| Show BY TELEGRAPH ren rek UNION TELEO earn EATn LISE lue A AMERICAN liz lil 11 C A N CHICAGO 31 one of the three bodies shipped in casks from baltimore to chicago proves to be a white man on whom an inquest was held in the east the authorities propose to compel the baltimore ohio road to pay the necessary cessa expenses of in the bodies the casks were four found in a barn bam this morning eort tort wayne ind 31 A sensation this morning was caused by the arrest of Wm win bennett while claiming a trunk at the pennsylvania depot the officers compelled bennett to open the trunk on account of the strong odor the dead body of a nude white man was discovered doubled in the trunk bennet is a medical student he satisfied the officers that he obtained the body f from rom lima 0 in a legitimate manner and was mea dea released s ed philadelphia 21 durin during the annual fall breaking at the university of pennsylvania this morning the students got into the street ad and destroyed considerable property some of them had their clothing torn tom and were almost nude the police arrested one student aad were followed to the station house by his comrades who were pelting the officers with bricks stones etc in front of the station house bouse another student was arrested the howling students numbered fully during the disturbance four pistol shots were fired and one man was shot in the hand HAMILTON ont 31 four dwellings on napier street fell from the weight of the snow on the roofs mrs bums burlis and child are seriously injured utica N Y 31 A house near norwich occupied by an old couple ahmed clinton was burned last night the bodies of the occupants were found in the ruins Pitts ritts pittsburg bur 31 while the men engaged in loading pieces of steel known as nish fish plates i on to the cars and were standing on the platform on which was from 50 to 70 0 tons of fish plates the platform gave way and the men fell to the ground with the metal on top of them john butler and taomas liney were killed instantly and john roach is not expected to live till morn morning ing S sas SAX fra era misco 31 on the opening of the cable road to ocean beach a number r of whisky hot coffee a and a d doughnut sellers headed by denis kearney jum jumped pealy the strip of land I 1 lying ing between between the con confines tines fines of the golden ye gate park and the high water mark they built shanties and began plying their trades to the annoyance of respectable visitors quiet efforts to evict them failed the squatters claiming they were on united states land be beyond C ond the city or state authority at at an early carly hour this morning the park commissioners with 25 men and six police policemen men all armed proceeded to Hoodlum ville and quietly wiped out the town the boards and other property were piled into heaps awaiting in the arrival of their owners who on tae the alarm being given rushed to the spot ot but too late to prevent the demolition it non uon bloodshed w was as expected but no resistance was offered indianapolis 31 the south bound accommodation train on the indianapolis and chicago air line due here at 1030 this morning mes with a terrible accident when seven miles from this city at broad ripple at that point I 1 foint joint the railroad crosses white river ona ena on a truss bridge of two spans each feet in length the engineer had gone to the car to get a drink of babage water an and the locomotive was in charge of the fireman when the locomotive reached the centre of the bridge the fireman felt the structure sinking ile he had one hand on the throttle he opened giving the locomotive all the available steam the engine sprang forward with great force breaking tile the coupling between the tender and ba baggage car the locomotive kept tie the track but the baggage car sl smoking car and coach dropped through and ana a piled up in a mass at the foot of the piers the wreck was partially submerged but the portion above the water immediately took fire from the stoves the fireman states that when he looked back after the locomotive reached the south end of the bridge the cars were on fire and the smoke was obscuring the scene news of the wreck reaching this city in a short time and a wrecking train with S surgeons r co na and other assistance was mae made up and sent to br broad oad ripple on reach reaching 9 the a chaotic scene was presented the bridgland bridge and cars were yet burning and those presen present were so lacking in presence of mind as to be unable to extinguish ting the flames or afford relief to the sufferers the officials of the road went to work vigorously and systematically mati matl cally caily and in a short time the fire was extinguished and search for the bodies begun six persons were either elther to death the remains recovered were burned and charred almost beyond being terribly mutilated and the only means of identification was the finding of incombustible trinkets known to be the prope property r t of the dea dead d men the following is adist a list of the dead john brewer lafayette ind engineer J E ricketts baggage master new albany ban Y geo lowery brakeman buena vista Vs ta ind thos parr karr parr brid bridge ge foreman indianapolis A T smith american express 1110 illo messenger indianapolis di the aly only passenger killed was john bra ura bray y a stock iealer m din cit leng leuw ing ind ex sheriff galer gaier veamon Heamon of Qt ibl thi 1 I aam atm broken and was injured badly about the head and body lynn clark mark westfield ind is injured internally and will die A number of passengers were seriously injured A gang ang of workmen on the bridge were alf ali all ali more or less hurt the accident is now attributed to defective threads on the supporting rods of the bridge the nuts on the ends of i the rods nitting fitting so loosely that the bridge was unable tunable to support the weight of the train frightful screams came from tile the ruins near the pier as the wreck was being consumed by the fire A patch patell of gray eray beard led to the identification of ohn john J bray A train order in the vest pocket led to the belief that a handful of bones to which were hanging a few shreds of roasted flesh were the remains of engineer brewer A button or half inch of suspender or an undergarment der garment led to the identification of others it is is believed that all the killed have been recovered except themas thomas parr who was working on the bridge and whose remains are supposed to ac be at the bottom of the nver niver the bridge and train were entirely destroyed NEW YORK yore 1 L business failures the last seven days as compared with for the previous week TORONTO 1 adamsons elevator was aumea burned lyst last night it contained loo worth of wheat and bushels dukels of barley valued at oooo the building was valued at tile the fire spread rapidly to tte the adjoining pier firing it and chapman sons elevator the latter contained bushels insured for loss at 3 a in another large fire was raging in the western part of the city Bo both thAres fires are believed to be the work of incendiaries PITTSBURG I 1 the river reached the highest stage this morning at 11 when tg the marks registered 21 feet eort Fort portions ions lons of the low lands of al beshany Cit yand southside South side are under water but no serious damage has resulted suited to property pro wro ro party the waters arg are now reee receding xing and as the weather is freezing no more trouble is anticipated at several points on the heny bottom the lands are inundated inundated and families living on them arc compelled to retire to tile the second floors of their houses or wade out waist deep through the water at freeport oh oft the allegheny the ice iee piled up 30 feet high and for a time it was feared the town would be flo fio flooded ded but the gorge started shortly before midnight and the water obtaining an outlet soon fell to its proper level I 1 allegheny I 1 the ice reached here at three this morning and since then has been steadily passing out MAUCH CHUNK pa lla 1 II 11 E packer president of the lehigh valley railroad died suddenly of lliter internal hemorrhage at two this morning philadelphia 1 vice president charles hartshorn will serve as president of the lehigh valley railroad rall rali road until a successor of the late narvey harvey E packer Is chosen the directors nave no power to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting of stockholders the heeley keeley motor company today to day voted another postponement of tile the public exhibition at the request of the inventor WILKES BARRE barke pa 1 A terrible explosion of fire damp occurred in dan amance acance shaft lehigh valley coal co this morning damage great one man killed alleane Al liane ohio 1 A frightful gasoline explosion occurred in V F M orrs stove and tin store demolishing the building and burying in the ruins an unknown number 0 of I 1 people four persons have been extricated four tour more are known to have been inside men are at work to rescue if possible os sible sibie those still alive and recover bodies the store was a large new brick block in the middle of town it is rumored that a child turned the spigot of the gasoline tank and the tte tie gas as escaping escalin was ignited by the fire in the stove several everal people were in tile the store and two families were living ou oll the second and third floors besides those engulfed in the debris many were more or less seriously injured the force of the c explosion wrenched and broke the windows in the other building of the entire square the damage to these structures is estimated at in a few minutes tile the flames rose from the ruins and the nire fire alarm alarin was sounded such excitement prevailed prea ailed that t the h eff efi nire fire re gained a ined 15 so 0 much headway is as to n nearly ari arl y ct consume sul sui net the he ruins and burn two h louses houses Us be before fore it was got under control in the meanwhile the scene was harrowing in the extreme it was known that six or more people had been killed or were then imprisoned in the wreck and would perish lythe by the fire men women and children bareheaded wringing their hands relatives of 01 the ini inmates nates of the buildings destroyed wandered about iu in hopel hopeless es s des despair P air at their inability to save the unfortunates F M orr elmer eliner orr mrs homer and daughter mrs frank evans and two children aged two and four years ears cars were known to have been in tie the b at the time of the explosion th these idi 1 izi iii all par perished the women and children childre nvere were in the secand and third stories and are arc supposed to have been killed by the falling failing walls mr orr and son were both spoken to while confined under the debris buttero but were burned to death these bodies were ali all ali recovered at 10 and and ind were crushed and charred until hardly reco recognizable the only person in the build building rig tip klig known avii to have escaped was fran frank livan faiia s whose 11 hose wie and cil ClA children ildren perished deolde besides chobo killed tho f ol liin ilin havo have ibn hun tUn imbs libbs or have been cut or orb umed burned bjoyce R RJ joyce oyce frank evans frank fries J dlewis jerry miller ler ier maggie miller ler ier Jn the explosion was caused from the f furmes furors of gasoline asoline tile the child of mr nir orr turned turney the faucet in the barrel and the fluid ran out on the floor nir air orr was mopping it up when the gas arising in there ignited from a gas light john curry Cur ryang ryanT and charles 11 II hayden of duprez mid and benedict minstrels were blown out of orrs store through a plate glass window clear across the street where we picked them up badly injured they were carried to the hotel and will recover the damage is estimated at from to partially insured business was ell eli entirely suspended inthe in the city after the explosion hium lium illi col I 1 the D R G round house with six locomotives was de destroyed d by fire lire this morning loss between and partially insured pueblo col I 1 A fire this morning destroyed six residences and desmonds livery stable with 12 horses loss insurance WALLA WALLA kan WT tl 1 E dejohn johne son agent of the tile U P railway hallway also of the U 11 1 1 express misappropriated appropriated mis a package of consigned to john bennett a railroad contractor bylard tilton bankers of portland tile the package was addressed to the U P exl Exi express press johnson disappeared with the money tuesday and arrested and jailed today to day GALVESTON 1 wems fort worth special Ic clai cial A girl giri named fannie eannie murphy teacher in the wesleyan I 1 ter of the rev llev J D murphy nurphy was the recipient of a box af of fine candy a day or two ago in the box was a card bearing tile the signature of a young gentleman acquaintance miss murphy had been warned by an anonymous letter not to eat anything sent her jt it is learned tonight to night that the candy livas lisas heavily impregnated with arsenic De detailed tailed reports are coming into the post office department ot of frauds practiced upon postmasters by post office inspector lali bali lanier banier ler ier who was removed from office yesterday the office at mobile was defrauded to the amount of jacksonville florida pensacola ma atlanta anew N evy ety orleans selma ala loo other points not yet heard from that lanier banier is known to have visited are expected to swell the figure considerably lie also holds belonging to the tiie money order funds different plans were pursued by lanier in obtaining money from postmasters but the laborite lav onite scheme was to appear before the postmaster jre present credentials and ask a loan from the postal funds to aid him in his attempts to arrest criminals it is said at tile the department that the postmasters must lose the money as they are not authorized to expend postal kundsin the manner above described A dispatch from new orleans says lanier has nned nied to south youth america PITSBURG PiTs buno bung pa 2 after attaining a height of 23 feet 0 inches the allegheny elver river commenced falling and at noon the mark registered 18 feet the tracks of and western road are arc still under water portions of the allegheny were submerged but the dam damage ag els eis is very ery cry slight and the danger believed over st louis 2 there is but little more to be said about the running out of the ice gorge at this point last night the break up was a tame affair and the steamboat men are congratulating thein themselves selves to today day that so little dain damage was done CHICAGO 2 the harper high license law a state enactment which fixes the minimum license for selling malt liquors within the limits of the state at per year and for selling spirituous liquor at will wili enter into effect in this city after april in view of the general belief of many that the lit licenses will be bloused used as a cover for the sale of spirituous liquors A sentiment has been worked up in favor of a uniform license A canvas of the voting botin strength in the council shows 2 22 fin in favor of high uniform license heense and at 1 14 for the graded license the rile mayor 11 yr favors rs the graded license b but ut if the council on lc is correct the ordinance can bo be adopted over a possible vote ST JOHNS 2 head constable doyle and several orange prisoners were committe cd yesterday for st johns penitentiary to await their trial at the spring term of the supreme court on ith the ch charge arge of murder during the I 1 harbor grace belots CHICAGO 2 a pittsburg merchant was captured inch luch iu chicago leal 0 by detectives on a charge of elbez embezzling z lang oooo 5 1 OW and more than that amount was fo found un indis in his pocket lie he had started for california with ills his wife WOODHAVEN LI 2 john cowhey cowheg and ills his brother in law |
