Show U TE L E G rajil PEB reb UNION TELEGRAPH AMERICAN m E R 1 CAN cab 1 r p nf r qt aul JO 6 A bulean bu leUn to tip jip jP lonee press ft from 0 lil ill S st t peter reter says the number of lives lost jost by the burning and freezing in the insane asylum aro are variously estimated at from I 1 99 10 to 50 the loss on the building ingis is A special dated at 4 am a amseys in says the tho scenes at aft the cumin e south wing of the hospital were heartrending in tile the extreme A appalling a sight ba ha i rarely been witnessed and I 1 trust may never be again phe rhe the patients in the annexed w wing 1 nj were males many of t ahrn ar refused to leave the buldin baidin building g at ah they ran up and down the the hails halls screaming and crying and awl acting like wild ani animal nials filey fliey could not noc be coaxed or forced octav outgo af jale jile lle ile lie buli bull building 0 and became unhappy victims of t the he flames others were saved some by stairs some ly ky leaping rena from windows some were nearly nude some shoeless and hatles haties and all were exposed to tile the exceeding 0 cold of the nigh night t many of the poor demented and crazed ini inmates nates ned hed for their limesand live jives sand and could not be overtaken or conflux conn conf lup luj their thein su in this frightful condition can belter ie be imagined man than described the whole catastrophe is fearful to contemplate and impossible to describe the poor oo 00 dazed inmates of the asylum lu M w who h 0 had escaped the flames were at large half clothed and were to be seen in all directions flying in in wild fright from thoe thoo who attempted 19 save them the air was vas bitter cold and the poor wretches with half naked bodies and ana bleeden bleeding feet werd were were flying about hiding r 1 in alleys and dark corners it was a sight bight when once seen never to be forgotten for some come time the capacity c ity of the building lias has been been tried to ee the utmost There there were about 60 t patients and every inch of space was utilized what will he be done with these poor creatures turned out in the cold and their malady increased by the excitement exel temen t of the th e occasion occa ion lon is a serious question there are two other otiler buildings situated in town which are used but they are already crowded to their full capacity the rhe asylum at rochester is full and will doubtless be unable to provide accommodations for any of the inmates of st peter reter allis all ali is terror and excitement to get a complete list of thoe killed and hurt is not now amon among 1 the possibilities ties dr bartlett Bartlet fc of the asylum say there are not more than twelve lives lost and probably a as many more mor eburt hurt and buttering suffer ering g from the th e bitter cold of iasi lass night nigh more people are belie believed eti etl to tobe be hurt and ying dying from frome I 1 exposure asure to the weather than from burns others say as many as twenty insane people either perished in the flames or died on the cold hills during the night so many of the patients have disappeared it cannot he be told who are dead and who have run away the tile sume sute ing has hag beert been terr terri i ble and no pen can deuribe de cribe or hu man mind nealise realise re ailse alise hundreds of pa tient sare are as hel hei heltness helpless as children governor Pills bury burk heads a band of workers who are doing Z everything possible for the comfort of the distressed mr carson of minneapolis linneal Mi li has found the dead de id body of his father therin ther then in law laif mr abrams and will have it removed to minneapolis the real dama damage e to the hospital building will amount to the centre building and south wing have been preserved sev nev NEW vom YORK 16 the venerable statesman and low weed was entertained to night by the press club of 0 new york on the occasion of the anniversary of his birth ile he was introduced to the club by J W simonton general agent of the associated pres presa who said it mi might 1 lit be doubtful whether any man now livin gother than this much beloved ni estor nestor of the amerian amerlan amerian p press hai hat ever even se an andeleen and I 1 ileen eee e an qa epati U le esti estl D V e of r mir agui aqui junry ou nry abe he his Q e erf erful ul power was that thal while marst ath i ir i ila iia had neen eem idlette idlet be wie and rif i aa than any other inthe in the journalistic profession who fad iad in pressed ill lit upon tile the thil times 16 recognized zed that as me creator byg rys than the creatures the king P maker is greater jlian ulan the ki kig ia lin atiq in power dur duri mi ng 5 g ea careen career reer reen weeds efforts ahall apt aFt bit DiT t I 1 it steadily stela dily dlly addressed to md T shaping public I 1 1 I u zay government was wag basking king ng always striving III lil well to put whatever W b a ve r eb pen arto anto pip n t hands of a ca capable able abie administration he bo ever and akol re eelje pushed aside the honors of high office which were rel sei within lin im hia grasp nu no sus bus ocion of or self seif seeking could impair his power powen for good referred to weeds service in the tiie war ot 1812 and said eaid llis his misi misiora orr abroad in 1861 1881 here ere was wai great danger of foreign eign intervention was as as su successful cessnu I 1 af as F franklin at ai ah ail earlier period afi and d their name names would godown together in hii hij batory story to be cherished among 0 the choicer memories af afa ara a grateful posterity P oste tt it was our proud distinction that their thein reflection would also aiso abd and ever even illuminate the journalistic craft dr wad and whitelaw Reid also aiso spoke the latter referring r to the tile old fir nl weed greeley i and 4 of the grath graif greatness hess tess of ta those ose oso who co composed pa edit it thurlow weed said sald I 1 will not nott detain you sou boulong long iong F r will wi I 1 I 1 n not 0 t 1 e even give utter u algle aigLe 0 yeu you and pro hound found ense frens enso e of gratitude that I 1 feel toward to night 1 I gim jim simply rie in mlis the remarks malle made in relar lop iop op t the partnership partner hip mentioned tio by so some bome alib of the speaker mr weed then proceeded to state hov how heh he had ad first met inet mr dir greeley in 18 37 when the whig slate state committee determined to eta establish blish a campain agn paper ile he was called upon to nind find an editor forgit forit and through gli certain art ant articles iclef that he had read from the pen of mr greeley selected him feis was the origin of tile the co partnership ner ship the speaker related a number of incidents in relation to his intercourse with I 1 mr fr greeley of whom he said sald phere was no man capable of so much muelu good or of exercising so 9 great greal reat an influence later in the evenin evening 11 mr weed again poke spoke ands and said sald iid lid ild it was wag one of the solaces solaced of his RO that political collision had never taken his close friend ly relations with his political appo bents away other speeches were made by ex congressman robin robinn on Postin aster james AU aigernon Mg gernon ernon S sul sut livan and rev M mr r garrett there were alo aho aio songs sons and recitations among t those present were algernon d S sullivan whitelaw reidland reid and rev henry highland garrett rhe fhe rooms were beautifully decorated letters of or regret were read from george wm curtis wm henry hulbert mark twain jam james e 9 parton hugh J ha hastings tings george W chil chii chills 1 P B Shil shii laher laber and edmund C ci stedman addresses were also made by james watson webb era eratus erastus brooks and robt J burdette of the burlington rile file news rays pays charle charles A byrne editor of or truths fruth said i today to day in relation to the morey dlorey letter ietter le ater that some things had transpired that almost made him believe the letter wat wal was i a forgery if sume some things in conn connection ec with it could be explained ll 11 he should concede that it was a forgery he also stated that kennard rennard philp is 14 ls is no j jongen longer ongen connected with truth r alth CHICAGO 16 the inter infer oceans washington special spee spec lal lai says rays buckley SAN FRANCISCO franciscu 16 ABod A bodied ledis is patch says the fire at mammoth city on sunday dunday las out about half past 10 in the mornin morning in the tile roof of or george XV lawsons Raw sons store ib it rapidly communicated to the adjoining buildings and was ony bonfy checked after it had burned ai a thel lipper portion of the town above llie tile herald ferald office the lower part of or town including nil all il the buildings agh anu the mill of the mammoth mining eom Com company paw pay is saved consider able has been occasions occasioned cl to families burned out but the fhe citizens ar engall doing all ali they can to alleviate vint viat their suffering ring mammoth is w i miles disla distant t from nodle bodle the near nearest bittl telegraphic point aud and communication is accordingly slow sow and diol dih cult C dat 4 losses a ard rd as estimated d valedat ma ledat at the tiie fine fire is le lie lle diep vleo q to have been accidental ta 1 t sitka advices advises ad vices uia via via uia port townsend ay say a severe cyclone and lieal biej hief t of earthquake mccu occurred fied bied on qc tober toben 2 etli the wharf was ggs wrecked k edund and many mauj many roofs and and polished moli molls shed bed A party of miners have fromi the interior of I 1 alaska ind and lead head wils waters of t the he yukon river and re report 0 rt finding numerous g gold id dep and idi idl indications afo 4 of seh sch rich placers another expedition killgo will wili go out next season work is suspended temporarily in the quartz miner mines beai near sitka but wi will M soon be recommenced phe fhe indians are quiet DALLAs texas 16 rhe fhe city i is s thrown into a great excitement by the arrival of a squad of fory armed farmers bringing in the body of a dead man mail and recounting the boldest robbery enacted in this section AT marion marlon johnson linson Jo a planter was met twelve ra miles wiles ioa ios 1 lea out by two masl masi masked cel eel wen men pip d itaoch down fd rebo robber bein being overtaken by loy men in in pur uit them farmers were met ulo who had leea leen roi rol robbed bed and tiey in the were overia overtaken eil ell i within three mlle mile miles of lof i when a general fi night fight 0 lit occurred one of the robbers recognized recognize 1 as adam adata Coy cop cortley tiey of nashville tennessee w was as killed tb the e other escaped esca escaped iea fed carrying IS 8 nuell uck shot in his bot body y eleven farmers are known to have been robbed both men are thought to be imp implicated in the robbery robbers of adams Ss leonards bank recently 16 chere la Is no very great chanse change in affairs here today A meeting 11 0 was held last even evell ing in hl T tilie tip companas comp anys office and anil it wax wats resolved e to send the following appeal to the mayors and wardens ot of the tim various towns throughout canada and s A terrible ter rilIe calamity N has happened in this placer place gwo disa diga disasters ter tei 9 in succession cesio cesto if inive been tile tiie means of killing at men irien and boys and leaving 33 3 widows and I 1 orphan orphans seven hundred men depre representing enting a population orl 2 oolf people are thrown out of employment in the beginning 15 1 of a Canadian winter we appeal to a generous public for immediate help contributions maylie maybe sent pent to any of the tile james hudson manager albiol mines mine robert sampan a m manager drummonds mine in henry ry poole mana manager er arcadian d n mine john greener manager vale mine H L angel manager nova scotia minea mines rev wm mcdonald DD rev kev D 0 moore renter reeter of or C christ I 1 irist church rev charles dunn orthe of the church of scotland rev mv thomas comming of the presbyterian church rev M E thurlow of the methodist church NEW YORK 17 the pym Pim essays the defeat in california of bf one of the six demo democratic cratie cratic candidates for presidential electors illustrates very forcibly the follie follies 4 of the tile democratic party as ag well as the weakness s of the elect elecio rial urial system it is possible that u under certain con eon contingencies des dei the tile full vote of the slate state of Calfi ornia mi might 11 ht be lie needed to decide the national election in one way or another if tf this were the cae and one vote should decide which of the two presidential candidates was elected one can imagine T how severe would be the st strain rain upon the forbearance of the people who wilo must see their will thwarted by the unpopularity of a candidate for presidential election under the laws of some states would forever be debarred barred de from holding any onice onlee in tile tiie gift of the citizens but Calir california ornia bourbons arrogantly disregarding the sentiment of the people forced this man upon their thein tig tit ticket ket wet the result is a rebuke wh which ieh ich is most signal and emphatic the times WaR washington hington special says gen schofield is to be re relieve liev llev effrom his position as ns commandant at west point and transferred elsewhere his report upon the whittaker cae is the cause it is said that sch Seb schofield ofield wrote this tills re report pl ort before the october election with witha a view to helping hancocks canvass and anil when he found etwas it was not printed de delred desired ired to recall it CHICAGO 17 the times washington special says justice miller has restored the missouri kansas and fexas road to the stockholders chiq decision is import ant in connee conn ec tion with a grand scheme of railroad eon con consolidation exten extension zion already partly ly arranged by parties controlling the line of railroad named the 1 ils ais missouri ouri oura kanag kanas kan as and texas road e ex tends from kansas city and st it ruh luh loui rum through indian territory to denneson dennison texas at which point it has connection connections to austin san aw ane tonio and galveston on the gulf guif of mexico the necessary arrange men menta ts h have ava ave partly been made to consolidate with the missouri Alis kan saw sas sa and texas the 1 missouri is 4 ouri I 1 pacific 5 aci aei fi c texas pacific and the various brandies eiles dies of feeders which would carry the consolidated line to the gulf of mexico and the rio grande oli oll on the south and the pacific ocean on the west and to continue the line to the city kity of nsf mexico exico this is 19 jay goulds scheme and its successful accomplishment ment would include in the combination the wabash sy system artem milne atine duil odil the kansas and texas line at kansas and sst st louis with the lakes jakes sandwith and with the northwestern states and territories by me means ansof of the tiie union pacific consolidation soli dation it is understood the main object of the pending efforts to consolidate the central pa pacific ciale with the union pacific 1 is to bring the central into this grand combination and thus practically ton ion on troi the railways of the tiie entire continent wert west of the mississippi sis p and south fouth f of the tile veny very vex heart of mexico ico another part r t of be the plan dlan la to ma genera arant afo mt 14 president of the con corm corn pany because it is believed grant would be able ahe to secure from the government 0 f mexico every eveny every epners con cession sion bion necessary nece sary sars to extend tb a hi it the states state of that country jay jy gould and the parties manat manaj managing nj th this is scheme have been working auit atit nor for sometime and thomas A IN |