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Show ROASTED TO DEATH. Ilurnin; if the Freston Poorhonir, . T., ana Lost of TirflTe Lkrs. ten Idiots were among the NUMBER- The Tonjaf Tolnte Horror Finds n raraltcl in estcriUj's Iil befne. STATEMENT BY ONE OF THE i (KEEPERS. Brnial Prize Flshtjla Xew York. ' ' Baseball. The thijlon Inqnlrj. By Ttlerrapb to Ihe Xews ah nviiAiTnlioTiir.it. Vnollier Ay lam llnrnel Down nnI Twelve 1'nllrnln ItoalI to Death. Uliat, X. Y., Jray S A large portion of toe Chenango building, located at rrctton, near Xorwleb. burnnl at lulduiglif Iat night and ten iumatus, jxi-sibly more, rtru burnul. Thu buildings dettrojul were Ihe asylum, In nhlcli were nlout eighty inmate, and the iu-pcr iu-pcr house and idiot ward, in which there, were forty Inmates, lloth we're thrcc-ttory wooden building, in pood repair, having wings of two f-tories In height. Tliey werevalueil nt $5,000 and iuurvd for $1S,000, and are a total loss. The horrible part of the disaster was the burning of ten Idiots, who wire penned, in and roasted aiic. The origin of tlie flro was prolnbly the smoldering sparLs of a slight fire which occurred Wednesday afternoon. Deborah Bible, a fetble-iuinded fetble-iuinded old woman, was smoking a uipu and set her clothing and bed. ding on fire, aod was burned fatally before the llames could be extln-guUhed. extln-guUhed. Lat nlglit'a fire, it is su-poed, su-poed, started from umllfcovtred smoldering juks from this event THU l-OKTEB WAS AWAKEMJ). by a. pauio., and attcmpteJ to release re-lease the idiot", but was driven lack by the fire. lie then wi lit tlirough the building In hU niglit clothe, rescuing the inmates. Theinnue patient", some of them, were forced out, andfouglrt against release, but all were saved. Host of them were taken to the MethodUt and Unl-versahst Unl-versahst churches till other ijuartera are provided. Some escaped and took to the woods where the slierilT and deputies are hunting for them todiy. The keejur, Wainwright, rescued teeral at the peril of ilia hte. The scene at the burning was indescribable, in-describable, and the horrors of Tongue Points were re-enacted on a smaller scale. The di mental and terror ttrickeii inmatts wandered around thu burning pile in a hone-less hone-less manner. Tim great wooden building lit up the woods fur mile around. A bucket brigade was formed, and about IOT labored to save the smaller buildings in the rear, with success. IJ.TOSI K.CITEMEJ.T. XoTtvi icir, X. Y , Slay 8. Excitement Ex-citement over the destruction of the oorhouse and county insane ay-lum ay-lum this morning Is ii.teu. AH he liad friends imiong the unfortunates unfor-tunates eagerly sought iufomiation of their fate. Preston is six miles from any railroa I, and a procoilon of all sorU of vehicles has been going tlieie all day. The smoke and stench from the holocaust are perceptible percep-tible here. At the ceuc of the disaster dis-aster the stench is sickening. The idiots were locked In and roasted like beasts. Keeper Wainwright said: "On opening Uie door leading from the hall to the idiot department, I was thunderstruck to see the interior a mass of flames. 1 attempted to rescue the poor Inmates, who were all securely shut In their cells, as usual, but as drl 1 u back by the lieal and smoke. 1 saw that the idiots were doomed and nothing could save them. I then aroused the paupers. In some instances the poor people were dazed and it w as ntcessarj to carry them bodily fioni the house and turn them looe iu the. yard and fields. There were t nelve inmates in the idiot asylum, and they had been overcome by the heat, for I heard nothing from them, and they roasted like pigs." Coroner Fernald of this place went to Preston and ordered a removal re-moval of the charred and blackened remain in the ruins. Buckets of water were dashed upon thcin, and at length the roosted trunks were pulled out and laid unn the grass. All were burned beyond recognition. recogni-tion. In someinstances the remains were removed t ith shovels, nothing noth-ing but theskull or a few bones giving giv-ing any indication that they were once human being. Coal Miner M HI Strike. PiTTSLnna, llay 8. -In regard lo the report that the miners of the United btatesv numbering 75,003, aTiliatcd with the American Federation Feder-ation of I.atior, will strike for eight hours, Vice president Martin of the American Federation of -Labor said tonight it was decided at the New York meeting tliat after the carpenters' car-penters' strike was settled thu de-mauds de-mauds of the miners would be presented. pre-sented. The carpenters' struggle is regarded as over, ani whencer the miners are ready the federation vill take charge of the matter, bo far, however, they have not notified thu ((.deration ofiicials of their intention in-tention to demand eight hours. The coal operators hero say that the idea of the coal miners strikiug for eight hours is ridlculou. The men ore paid by the bubel and not by the day. They are masters of their own time. Tlie I. T. A. s. r. Toi EKA, Ivans., May 8. At the annual meeting of the Atchison, TopekaA fcante Fe Itallway Jho only change in the board of director direct-or elected was tho substitution af tevy C Wade, president of the Mexican Central.for F.C Peabody, The foilowitig officers uereunanl-jnously uereunanl-jnously elected hy the new board of directors: Alien Manv 1, president; J. W. Relnhart, fltet-vice-pnsident, in charge of financial ana account-in;; account-in;; afiairs; A. A. Ilobinson, second vice president, In charge of operating operat-ing attain; J. 3f. Goddanl, third vice-president, in chtrge of traffic affair; Kdwanl Wilder, "ecrttary and treasurer. No action as takin by the stockholders or directors regarding re-garding the proposition to give the present management control for five 3 ears. It was stated that none will betaken. Ilepnotfran Mirer Cnnrn. Washington, May 8. The republican senatorial caucus tills morning was ijuito largely attended.. at-tended.. The silver question was again the sutject of discussion. discus-sion. Again no agreement was reached. Thoftilver men refuse to suppoit any bill conUliilug a clause which will jiermit tho redemption o! purchase notes In bullion under un-der any conditions. |
