Show BY TEL TELEGRAPH PER PEB WESTERN UNION LINE A X IE at I 1 C A A washington dec 27 mrs lo 10 gans banh residence was today to day connected uy by wire with the inabin washington office of the western union telegraph company and its facilities are freely placed at the disposal of the family ane ae bite of the lagan mansion is unquestionably the hobt commanding in or near the city of washington gLon standing almost due north ot of the centre ot the structure crowns the top ol of the highest of that circle of bluffs which was expected by the fathers to be the limit of the growth of the capital and below it ic lies spread out in full view the entire town wn bounded in the distance on eil either oer to hand d by bythe the potomac and its chief affluent aft luent while the landscape beyond com comprehends e a wide sweep of the blue bills bil 8 of virginia and maryland the mansion itself is of buck brick a sturdy square shouldered wide spreading structure queerly typical in its appearance of the character and physical makeup make up of its now depar departed Led owner it is a structure tuie of the kind nowadays now a days described a as of the old fashioned southern bouthern style it is one of the best examples of its class clasa its interior has been slightly modernized since it became the property of general logan about two and a half years a ago 0 by broadening the stairways and an fn interior doorways but the wide central hall through the middle of the main building front into which opens dire directly etly the outer front doors together with the high square parlors on either side carry ones imagination almost to the old continental days and betray se att origin in 14 the times when refined architectural te tec tural cLural tastes sought expression expression in substantial comfort roominess loo miness and rather than in queen ann od cities and fi lagree rue porte cocheres almost the only outer adornment of the original oril inal structure has been extended to make a high pillared portico along the entire enaire front general logan though not lacking ambition ambit iGn to become I 1 wealthy and though ful in a hundred more different undertakings never acquired the habits of money getting hud and money saving and his home when at the capital prior to his purchase pui chase of this property pr opery was made in a boarding house when the bare rooms of the newly purchased property were first surveyed by the general and his wife and friends numerous queries found expression as to where and how burul burdi ture in quantity and kind befitting beniti uK the mansion and the standing of its new owners was to be procured at last retorted letor ted the general we have bave the rooms that is the principal thine we will put into them what we have and see how it looks before we borrow trouble about what we have to get this property though still encumbered by morl mortgage daae has increased considerably sider ably in value since general logan became its possessor together with his chicago how homestead estead it constitutes almost the entire fontane left for the support of the widow her chief remaining resources being expected proceeds of the sale of the generals Genei als book already 11 ready the project has been privately discussed discus bed among congressmen of pro viding lor for her future by a pension bill based upon the generals military a ry service and none have been heard to question the propriety of this course philadelphia dec 27 the temple theatre with its improvements cost singerly and was re raided as tle handsomest theatre building in the country fihe roof fell in at 2 30 taking a portion of the wall with it and burying three of the firemen under the heavy timbers and stony one of the men hugh colgan was aug oua out alive but the others john johnson and john gibson are still buried under the debris and cannot be reached they are dead beyond all doubt abl the fire was gotten under control about 8 tonight to night the flames having been kept within the walls of the theatre build building ng the buila building g and its contents however are wholly ai destroyed st mr singerly paid for the ground and building and ex pende J on OB remodeling the structure and for fixtures etc in the museum on these losses are insurances amounting to the losses to the several tenants will aggregate 2 well insured no effort will be made tonight to night to reach the two unfortunate firemen their bodies being buried under 20 feet of brick and stone YORK dec 27 the news bof of logans death was received in this thia city soon after it occurred and in all quarters surprise and regret were manifested among those who had bad known general logan the suspense was most marked fo for they had supposed him to be in almost perfect health and the re grer grei with these was the deepest for it had bad the foundation of absolute knowledge of the mau man As the news spread among the people there was the same feeling ot of astonishment and sorrow gen W T sherman who was found at his bis rooms in 1 n the fifth avenue hotel lingered fondly over the recollect recollections ins of tile the early days of the war called up by the news of logans death which had been tele telegraphed graphed to him at once said gen sherman 0 1 I first met general logan on a boat un the tennessee river and from that tine thue until the close of the war I 1 had a good chance to know him as he fought fo lor a long time directly under me no braver man ever lived he had great personal courage and was magnificent inaction in action in battlene batt battle lehe he manifested intense devotion to his cause and country probably at the time of his death he was the mo t conspicuous example of the volunteer soldier of late years in political life he ha was waa very ambitious but his desire to be president deric was laudable and full fully warranted he was a constant attendant at the grand army wee meetings tings and wm way one of our best orators boubis on his trip to the summer he seemed in the beatt health and only two weeks ago he occupied the very next room to me ine in this hotel and seemed to be in his hia prime for some years after the war he be w was x disposed it s to be cautious captious and a fault finder finde r but of late years he has been beloved by all the soldiers both volunteer and regular re guar during the first period ot of the war he thought west pointers were disposed to monopolize everything but was among the first to acknowledge his hi error his hid death is a great loss to the military profession mayor elect abram S hewitt said 1 44 I 1 do not look upon logan as one of the great men of the country but lie he was honest earnest and patriotic he was a partisan but I 1 believe a patriot and the death of such a man of 01 logans experience is always a loss to the me countr country 11 senator evarts said gen logans death is a great loss to tue the senate the country and the republican I 1 can party he had great claims to the attention brict affections of the people as a soldier 0 r and in the senate was a strong a and ud brave afa 11 senator leland e land stanford bad known central logan well wel personally he believed his bis death was a great loss to the republican party stephen B elkins received the fiest first information from an associated press reporter he spoke of him as a great good pure mana warmhearted warm hearted ariena friend and a general of ability gen grant had on several occasions told mr elkins that he looked upon logan as the ablest volunteer soldier of the war SAN FRANCISVO FRANCISCO dep 27 one ane arrest has been made george W kelly who wits recognized as a former conductor on the sutter street road the men who made the attack were masked so recognition was rendered impossible th the train i which was attacked on I 1 the he geary street road was the second from central avenue and was in charge of conductor wright there were two policemen andone and one passenger aboard no indications of trouble were noticed until the train crossed franklin street when abea a number of masked men ran out opt and threw stones which went through the windows striking both policemen conductor and they then boarded the train and after a severe struggle pot got possession of it toe the conductor did his best to make inake things lively for his assailants and in the struggle pulled off the mask of one ot of the attackers and recognized him to be george W kelly who went out on a strike the car and dummy were uncoupled and the latter was started down grade but one of the policemen chased it jumped aboard and stopped it the car was stopped by theother policeman As soon as the policemen emea had secured the dummy and car they started in pursuit of the attacking party the latter quickly tied ded and although the policemen fired after them they all succeeded in esca escaping except kelly keily none of them as is known were struck by the shots it being ling only the intention of the policemen to stop them the gripman was severely beaten but his bis injuries are net serious kelly who was arrested is charged with riot assault to murder and felony he is a men man about 40 years of age he says he be was on his way to his mothers on gough street when the officer asked him to stop and arrested him david thomas charged with being one of the leaders of the strikers has been arrested also three others named fred nusbaum george small and wm morrison Mor all sutter gutter street strikers on suspicion of 0 being concerned loncer ned in to days riots the attack made on the sutter gutter street line ine was even more serious than chati that of geary street in this case as in the others the attackers were all masked the first intimation that martin bowman bosnian toe the gripman on train no 19 bad of ef tho the troi trouble ible was being a lot of boards pih d up across the track he imire stopped the dummy and got off to clear the rails this was the moment chosen by the maskers for their attack they knocked the gripman down and beat him h irn so severely that he had ad to be carried to the hospital where it was found that although badly he was not dangerously hurt the conductor was frightened and ran raa pursued by several masked men but he be was not overtaken the dummy dumm yand and car were then uncoupled and sent flying down the grade in different directions there were three passengers on the train but when the attack commenced they red fled for their lives the dummy which started down the grade seemed to fly through the air but as it was secured by the tipp rip it kept the rails it continued its fearful pace until Itte it le ached the com anys building at sutter and polk streets streets just beyond the building Is a bumper with which the grip collided it was broken off short and the mo mera turn was so great that thel dummy continued to run until it reached the up grade beyond polk street t the car which was sent flying in the opposite direction ran till it smashed into the train which had bad belt the endom end of the road subsequent to it the crash was so great hi eat that the dummy of the incoming train was badly smashed while the wild car was completely wrecked trains on both routes were stopped running at dark so no no further trouble will occur oc our to bight superintendent mccord of tiie the Sulter Butter street line irne said what nad bad happened would make no difference in ake ru ruy of cars CHICAGO dec 27 97 complete details of the chase after the adams express robbers who robbed the safe ou on the st louis and san francisco road on the night of october of 55 were relate pinkerton for the first time by 0 officials cl of the pinkerton Nati national oDal detective agency to to a representative of the associated press the agency has succeeded in arresting arrest anz five men inen namely nai nely frederick who Is the author of the jim letters aid aad 49 is to tie be the hie iran buo perpetrated the robbery bobbt ry W W haight an employed of the express company who Is supposed to nave have aided in planning the robbery from his bis knowledge ol of the railroads ruu run thos We weaver avera a chicago who was with wita before and after the robbery edward Kin Kinu neya eya brother inlaw in law of upon whose person was found a considerable portion of the ex express ress money and oscar cook who had had Wit rocks letters detectives nave have turned up about and estimate that from to is still unaccounted lor for the story of the chase has all the dash of romance about it ft and certain features ot of it woula be regarded as improbable im la in fiction the express car on the st louis san fraucisco frau casco road was rifled on the night of october and the express messenger mess eDger david S fotheringham rother inKham when discovered by the train hands was BOUND AND GAGGED in the car he explained that he be had admitted a man into the car who presented a letter fron john B barrett the route agent of the express company the letter explaining that the man was to be given an opportunity to learn the business fotheringham related that while on the run the stranger presented a revolver bound and gagged him and ana then parried carried off all the money in the sate safe the robbery occurred at pacific junction about thirty six miles from st louis louie tte tile pinkerton agency sent operatives in all directions and the wagon roads running from pacific junction toward the Mise missouri burl river elver were traversed but bat 0 only alya a meagre trace was found the 0 officials alschen als when they returned to st louis were completely at sea in the meantime a letter was addressed by jim clummings Lum to the globe demo crat of st louis based on which the pinkertons Pink ertons claim to have compassed the arrest and fixed the crime ot all the participants in the crime in the meantime however the detectives had obtained ae the vames names of all persons who had been disc discharged barged or had ly IY left the employ of the express company slay during the year preceding the robbery and found all blag the former W W haight who had bad been discharged nine months theft of packages this man had bad been a messenger on the frisco road from st louis to vinita indian territory covering the same run which was made by fotheringham the detectives found that he and fotheringham had known each otner other in kansas City but that there had bad been no intimacy haight was traced to kansas city and from rom there to leavenworth where his bis father was an lumate inmate of the home fr for disabled sol diers from lovenworth leven worth it was found that HAIGHT HAD COMM COMB TO CHICAGO where he be had bad been employed at times as an express driver and also as a driver of a laundry wagon ifor for tom itow weaver already mentioned as one of the prisoners and also worked for fred Wi truck the mysterious jim cummings who was operating a coal yard at the corner of lincoln and west lake street in this city haight left the city on october two days after the robbery stating that he was going to florida and his bis wife followed him some lays days later they had bad been very poor but showed evidences of sudden affluence immediately after the robbery investigation by the detectives in chicago showed that had bad also come froin leavenworth and as he was absent from the city he could not be questioned boneer concerning nin haight when inquiry was pursued pursued respecting it was lound that he be corresponded very closely to the t h e description given of the mysterious erlo us jim cummings further cannious cant ious inquiries showed that had left the city on oct in company with tom weaver a laundryman whose place of business I 1 is at no west make lake street and within a few doors of Wit rocks coal yard it was also learned that the men had bad taken with them two valises vali ses a double shotgun and an army musket and explained that they were going to arkansas to hunt bunt and look up land weaver it was |