| Show BY webe TELE TELEGRAPH graph 1 PER pen WESTERN UNION egi CAN oan ON Sl 41 Mitchell itchell offered a resolution providing for the appointment of a special commission of five senators to inquire and report not later than the second monday of next december as to the number of trade dollars put in circulation in the united states before their legal tender quality was repealed how bow said coins came into circulation subsequently how many are still held in the several states of this country at what rates they were vere taken ho how IN guch much in uch profit accrued in any way to the government by the coinage of the trade dollars and what has been the practice of this and other governments as to the receipt or refusal by them of their own coins beck beek and harris objected to its present consideration and it was laid over adlon Adion adjourned rued DE 17 nf 21 the the transcontinental railway association meeting today to day unanimously unanimous agreed that rates of freig freight on all ali brattle to and bromall from all ail points in california washington territory and all points east of the meridian in e rid lan ian be restored to the tariffs of march 1884 1894 the agreement goes into luto effect on the instant and to be strictly maintained thereafter the percentages awarded by arbitrator tucker will govern in future f all roads interested including the southern pacific and union Pac rac itic agreeing thereto the meeting was entirely barmo harmonious mon mo ious lous A goni coni commissioner missioner will probably be elected on monday to which time the meeting adjourned ARKANSAS CITY Ks 21 intelligence that the coffeeville Coff eeville colonists have crossed the line and entered indian territory occasioned considerable excitement cit ement here while the troops are engaged keeping oat the couch boomers encamped here they are getting in at other points in small the mhd movement continues it will be necessary for the troops to march again to oklahoma and remain there FrOgh freighters report numbers of them already settled along the canadian river an fn tents and dugouts dug outs captain de wees with four companies will reach that vicinity within a week CHICAGO 21 at 8 this evening 14 tire engines poured water into the lang Lanz langham hanl hani hotel which was a amass mass of llames iiames from basement to garret the tire fire originated in irk one of the lower rooms from a a kerosene lamp which accidentally overturned at the time the restaurant of the hause contained cont mined loo IOU guests at supper and as many more were in the tho rooms the people in the restaurant had no trouble in getting tin out but several persons in the upper rooms roon is had a very narrow escape thee the fire tire spread with marvelous rapidity and before the second alarm was turned on the llames names were bursting through the roof the general alarm was given half halt an hour after the fire rire broke out but all the engines which could be brought to play on the flames could not get the tire fire under control mrs belknap an elderly lady was killed in lumping from the founta story into an alley subsequently the cry was raised that the walls were falling and thit that bul but winkles insurance pa patrolmen were inside the tile building A portion of the south wall was seen to totter and then it came down with a crash numbers of the fire insurance patrol barely escaped the tumbling bricks and timbers two others were pinned fast but were extricated after strenuous exertions tiie tile leos legs ol 01 both being severely bruised policemen policemen A jones and john walsh are believed to have been suffocated beneath the wall no trace of them has las been found up te to a late hour policeman marks saw two domestics domestico at one of the second story windows after atter it was supposed all the inmates had llad been rescued he rushed up a burning staircase and a few moments later appeared dragging out both WOT wo me oleu nieu W who 0 had been re rendered unconscious i s 1 by the smoke the hot hotel ea which is a total loss was erected immediately after the great tire fire and while substantial looking from the he t outside has h as been called a fire tire trap it was formerly known as the burdick house then as the cra crawford ford and mud recently as the langham Lang ham bam cummings howard were the owners shaw son leased the establishment the batters lat loss is insurance the building was valued at insured one half keith son picture frames and hardens baad boad grenade agency suffer total loss insurance unknown the escape of mrs urs J A murray aud ard child was marvelous the lady occupied a room on the fifth floor and was unaware of the danger till fill too late to attempt to descend the stairway she reached a nire lire escape but at each floor found the hole in the grating too small to admit the passage of herself and infant she was therefore compelled four times with the flames bursting around her to sent seat the child upon the platform lower herself over the edge and reach up for the mhd little one mrs murray arrived on the ground without assistance and aud an da a quarter of an hour afterward had bad ad wholly recovered from the effects of her terrible experience the firemen never ceased their efforts to rescue the two missing patrolmen and three hours after the wall fell the pair were discovered in the tild basement of the building next the hotel buried burled in debris they were taken out alive and it is thought will eventually recover CHICAGO 22 mr S SW W salt lake city who with his bis wife 06 occupied thesul the suite bulte td of rooms numbers 67 67 on the top floor graphically described their narrow escape from their apartments pan pal ments we were in our room he said when I 1 heard the cry of fire lire J I 1 opened the door leading into nto the hall but was instantly compelled to close it on account of the smoke and flames that filled the corridor and which rushed into the room with such intensity that I 1 was blinded and nearly suffocated foca ted As soon as I 1 could withdraw X hastened to the window and threw it up but here beret as at the door the smoke w was s so dense and poured in ili at the open casement in such volumes that before I 1 could lower the sash the room was filled my aly wife threw her arms about me and sobbed it Is certain death so I 1 thought but but I 1 tried to cala calm her though I 1 felt feit cert cent certain brin bLin that death was but a few moments distant but my wife suddenly tore herself from me and said there was a bottle of chloroform chloro tarm farm inthe room and that we should both take it to make death i more easy iwas I 1 was reasoning against this when I 1 heard sounds at the tee window which I 1 could not see and in a moment more firemen sprang through the casement and tak taking ing my wife in their arms anus bore her down the ladder in safety I 1 followed and thank god we are unharmed har ined un unless unies les ies the terror of the experience results seriously to my wife who is in a delicate condition he was telling this story atthe clifton house where he had taken apartments my cifes and my own wardrobe which I 1 could not retrace replace for 2000 are tire lost and I 1 also lost J 1200 in currency we escaped with only what w we had tad on I 1 he continued CHICAGO 22 92 the ure fire which destroyed the Lang langham hain harn hotel last night proved much more dreadful in the loss hoss of life and physical injuries entailed than was supposed until an early hour this morning it is now known that at least five per persons dersons ier persons sons killed and four injured just before the south wall of the hotel fell upon the faxon building a number of persons erson besides those of the ire ere dire fire insurance patrol were nere inside the latter building assisting to save goods As no immediate danger was apprehended there is no means of knowing just how many of these volunteer helpers were in the structure at the time but texca excavations haire have proceeded to an extent which just justifies fl the hope that all the dead have been found As far as k known those at work in the faxon b building ull uil ding when it was crushed by the falling alling f gotel hotel walls walis were the following C captain edward shepard jas blvd patrick john walsh and fredk jones all of the fire lire insurance patrol william bean piano tuner and john hennessey clerk both ern employed loyed in the building mullins an and if thime being near the rear of the bill buil building ding were forced out through one odthe of the windows by the rush of air as the building fell but were not seriously hurt captain shepard and boyd were nvere pinned down by fallen timbers and were rescued alive about midnight both are seriously hurt but it is believed will recover walsh and jones were taken out this morning both crushed to death bean was alive when found and taken to the county hospital where he died at 3 this morning the body of hennessey was recovered at ato 0 tonight to night soon after the walls fell the wre wreck k took fire and the firemen turned several stream n the blazin blazing mass to save their comrades from being roasted to death though at the imminent emmi nent risk of drowning them the water ice lee cold coid drenched the poor imprisoned fellows chilling them to the marrow mrs C V belknap who was killed by jumping from an upper window was the widow of col belknap who died some years ago at new orleans she has many friends in cincinnati her remains are still at the city morgue GIRADS VILLE pa 22 dynamite was placed under the skating rink la last A night by an unknown person which exploded lg 0 ded tearing out one end of the building A lane laree crowd was in the building but no one was hurt washington 23 edwin fphelps JP helps was nominated today to day for minister to england he is a prominent lawyer of burlington vermont about CO 60 years of age and the possessor of a moderate fortune he is ex president of the american bar association has practiced before the supreme court in washington and is highl highly esteemed as a lawyer and a man ol of culture ile he has several times been democratic candidate for governor of vermont but so far as known here he be has never had a public office for iwo two years past he has delivered lectures on law to the graduating class of yale college mr phelps is son of ex senator phelps of vermont senator Je naton edmunds was his legal preceptor WASHING washington TUN 28 29 E D clarke of vicksburg miss the newly appointed assistant secretary of the interior who has been suffering from an a attack t tack of pneumonia about ten days and was considered out of danger last eveni event evening 9 had a sudden relapse about midnight t and died at an early hour this morning to je ie envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of the united states edwin J phelps of vermont to great britain robert M mclain of biar blar maryland I 1 and to france geo H pe pendleton of I 1 ohio to germany henry R jackson of georgia to mexico and macenas E benton of missouri tor for attorney of the united states for the western district of missouri washington 23 1230 op pm M messengers and doorkeepers door keepers of the senate have been instructed not to talk to outsiders an additional doorkeeper door keeper has his been stationed at the gallery door of the senate opening upon the press room the pur purpose pose is to make sure that the publication of executive secrets which senators think has grown to ba be an evil of great magnitude shall no longer continue at this writing in the senate in secret session is discussing the welland weiland lambra treaty and senators morgan and voorhees have spoken in its support NEW york 23 general grant retired at 10 and slept fitfully until 2 his morning from anich hour he slept none this nis forenoon he chatted with mrs Sartor sartoris ls the patient is not feeling as strong today to dav day as yesterday rda owing owin to the undue excitement ada oty of yesterday and wakefulness last night fortress MONROE va 22 20 A snow SHOW storm set in at 3 this morning which lasted all day it 11 is the heaviest here in ten years the contributions for Bis marcks birthday present amount to marks IF 0 IL IE X G cairo carro 21 the friends of the exiled exile d egyptian leader pasha are threatening to take the life oi odthe the khedive for what they call a betrayal of his country SUA kini KINf 21 corrected returns ot of british britian losses in yesterdays engagement show 21 killed including I 1 17 in indian troops 41 wounded 16 bein being of 0 the indian contingent the troops tro Ps in the zareefa at nna fla hasteen sheen at daylight daylight this morning shelled and dispersed bodies of rebels on the adjacent hills the whole force except the guards will advance at daybreak tomorrow to morrow for the purpose of constructing za at points seven or eight miles from camp the berkshire regiment and marines will be lef left t to garrison the the remainder of the troops returning to shakim lor LONDON lormon MON 21 the russian military organ siret bret which reflects the views ot of the russian commanders gen romanoff gen and others of the war party is uraine the seizure of herat before the english can fortify the place aret urges ihal that thal as herat la Is the censer center of commerce for and Turco Turc manla mania if england Is permitted to hold bold it the russian position beyond the caspian will be perilous besides Ijes ldes ides says to allow england em to hold herat would be sho sat fal lowing xing wing weakness before the Tur comans the english must be chased out of territory russian diplomats conceding one inch of ground will betray the interests of their country england landfill will not risk war for herat she sie knows her defeat might involve india whereas russian deleat defeat would mean nothing more than the maintenance of the territorial status quo 11 71 de lesseps denies the me reports from I 1 sew new q ew york to the effect that work along the panama canal has resulted in failure de lesseps says his son vie victon after having visited panama and made a thorough investigation ot of operations along alon aion the line of the tue canal writes pour mot mol ie lc canal est rait fait art no contractor says de Lessep shave as has been reported stopped work because tile the canal company have failed to supply them with money although one american contractor was refused payment for jorj wor because he failed to comply with the conditions of hi his contact contract 1 I hav have e no fears says de lesseps of any stoppage of work on the canal beca because iise ilse of war in central america the united service gazette states the british admiralty has completed every preparation to send if necessary 11 e cessar 1 a powerful ow erful fleet to the baltic within a few ew davs I 1 lonbon LONDON 22 advices advises from beasso wall wah state that the rebels who have been been reinforced from berber attacked cassala Kas sala but were repulsed the governor 0 01 7 cassala states that he can hold lold out foursome for fon some time and will burn the town rather than submit to the rebels it is supposed he has a fresi supply of pi provisions ro visions I 1 22 while atille detachments I 1 01 the english and indian infantry were weri makin making a fereba seven miles south west of kuakini today to day dayt they were suddenly surprised by a rush of arabs who had massed and concealed themselves in defiles dennies west of dasheen Ha sheen the english formed a square as quickly as possible os sible sibie but the camels mules and borses borses were driven back in confusion on the troops causing a stampede and amid the clouds and dust the arabs penetrated the south and north sides of the square square meanwhile the marines and berkshire regiment who were on the east and west sides of the square maintained a continuous fire holdim 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