Show LATEST LAXEST TEL EU RA US tho oregon legislature le atanas firo fire over tho the senator the grand jury of the third district adjourns philadelphia and other towns visited by fires russell sa saso 10 pays a visit to the tombs by special to the tile jury Adjo adjourned umed SAST LAKE CITY feb 21 the grand jury adjourned tins this afternoon to march icah they brought brou glit in one indictment today to day under the territorial law some say want of funds is tl the e cause of adjournment ament bat but wo we do not know positively by western aeed press to the fearful fires philadelphia feb 21 A fire broke out between 6 and athia morning in the tile bouse house ff jno A king in noi no 1539 pine street the flames made rapid progress three dwell trips were destroyed tho occupants of kings kinga residence asleep on the upper stories were aroused by the heat beat and smoke only to discover that the usual means of egress were cut off they then ran to the windows and moat most of them jumped out king appeared at a fourth story window and was seen tomazean tom tem akean effort to jump but was w overcome by bythe the heat beat and fell back into to the flames three people who jumped to the ground two kwo female servants and a sister of mrs king also lost their lives sirs mrs king appeared at a window crying for help mattresses were held by the firemen and she was told to drop her baby first lint and then jump herself she did so and arid received severe but not dangerous injuries the baby however was killed the body of mrs hamilton sister of mrs king kings has been recovered four people in all were killed the kings were among tho the most fashionable and popular people of this city pity A fire occurred early this morning in the four story brick building no market street occupied on oil tho the first floor by kuth ruth bennett co dealers in china and glass ware the two upper floors were occupied by joseph I 1 co boot and commission merchants the stock of if was destroyed Th tho stock of ruth bennett co Is valued at the flames then spread to the paper ware warehouse bouse of SA rudolph sons co the contents of which were destroyed the building no market street tho the upper floors of 0 f which were damaged was occupied by lippincott sons co a auctions aers the total loss on the building and stocks is estimated at CHAPPAQUA CnApp AWA NY feb 21 the Chappa u britain institute burned at 3 this morning the 75 scholars were all safely removed althou although frh there were somo some narrow escapes many children were carried blo ble through tho the smoke and flame upon the frozen snow covered ground in their nightclothes night clothes barefooted barefoote dand and partly naked tho the neighbors were seen at the scene the half frozen children were cared for this institute was started 16 years ago as a quaker school for boys and girls NEW ORLEA ORLEANS s feb 21 A baton rouge la dispatch saya bays the tile stale state penitentiary is on cro fire and from the appearances the whole building will burn NEW BRITAIN conn feb 21 at three this morning a fire was discovered in m the jivery livery a stable table of bailey bunting situated in the rear of main street it gained such headway adway lie that three occupants occupant i of the stable office barely escaped with their lives while the fourth ed rowley was burned to death tho the fire spread to a large wooden block on church street occupied by several tenements and beyond the control of the firemen the fire spread from church street north to main street some merchants saved their goods but the most lost everything central block a largo four story brick w was a 3 also destroyed the losses OO 00 tho the insurance deadly Do detonation pittsburg feb 21 A terrific explosion of natural gas occurred in the two story brick dwelling occupied by halsey belse bros cigar makers wells burg arg IV va at half past one this morning the building together with tho the adjoining proem property ty was entirely demolished six persons are reported killed ohio feb 21 A terrific natural gas explosion occurred at wellsburg Wells burg IV va seven miles down the river this morning by gas leaking in the cellar of the two story brick occupied by it Hell caly brothers cicar makers this build ing and t the lie adjoining one occupied by luke weller saloon also a substantial brick were blown to atoms the debris took fire the intense cold cave aavo the firo tire sway and it spread rapidly to adjoining buildings the shock of the explosion was wasso so terrible that glass was shattered and plaster shaken from the ceilings of nearly every residence reside in town T tho he inhabitants ran in all directions ter or stricken A great many buildings were found badly damaged quite a distance from the explosion obstreperous oregonians niang SA m ore feb al both houses were e called ailed to order at ten all the democratic seats scats were vacant nearly all MI the democrats having loft by early morning train in each house there was more than half a m membership e 11 but not the two thirds required by the state constitution for a quorum for tho the transaction of legislative business both houses then took a recess until 1175 As viewed by tho the republicans the legal status of tile situation is clear the president of the senate at 12 has but to announce that the constitutional joint convention having arrived tho tile senate will proceed to tho the hall of tho the house when more than half the members being present as required by tho tile national I 1 law balloting may proceed in regu regular 1 ar and legal form there ie is however a strong opposition to this plan though there Is no question as to tho the legal au authority thorl for forit it the antagonisms which divided the republicans up to tho tile hour of adjournment are still unabated the republican minority will probably decline to enter a joint convention unless the majority candidate will ivill withdraw ramrod kastet racket w P cincinnati feb 21 the st loins louis express train due here this morning ran ill into the rear car of tho the teis train waiting on the bide track at delhi twelve miles from thirdly city injuring borne fifteen passengers all suburban of cincinnati the tile cause of if the accident was an all open switch but why wily it was open has not been clearly explained several of the passengers received serious injuries ries not far from the same sam time another accident happened on the line of the road at lockland station 13 miles north of tins this city the rhe new york express train was approaching the city and had just passed lockland when it ran over a broken rail two tw sleepers and the rear passenger coach were thrown from the track no one was killed eo so far as known and only two persons are reported as seriously injured quite a number of other others however were werd moro or less bruised business bits YORK feb 20 as 1 as as pac Gs 25 con paci fici burlington northern pacific 42 northwestern new york central wl oregon navigational gation gat ional transcontinental pac mail mall Par panama tarna OS 98 st louis san francisco 20 texas exas pacific Pac itic 1 union pacific fargo express 7 W U bar silver is 1001 stocks were more active during tho the past hour prices were strong generally a frac lion tion higher with the exception of N Y central which is unchanged the tire market is now a shade off from the highest prices of this morning the weekly bank stati statement ment shows a reserve decrease of Sl the banks now hold OW in excess of the legal requirements BAiT BALTIMORE ivonE feb 21 F L clayton co ship brokers havo have ma mado do an assignment to robert 11 smith for the benefit of their creditors the assets are estimated at the liabilities at disaster in asia LONDON feb 21 the papers mako make much of the account published in the that there is great danger of a it conflict between the russians on the af afghan ghan outposts tile trouble arisen over the disputed territorial boundary dary sage safe NEW YORK feb 21 the well known millionaire russell sage appeared cared in the tomba tombs police court today ky charged by J S purdy with the larceny of certain bonds the justice however discharged the prisoner as not being guilty the house has a holiday WASHING washington TOx feb 21 the only proceeding in the house was the passage of the resolution notifying the senate that the house was pre prep pared to receive the senate and proceed with the washington monument exercises in the hall ball of the house given up A LONDON feb 21 it is tho the opinion in in insurance circles that the british steamer Fc mwood captain roberts which left new york jan 20 for avonmouth Avon mouth lias has foundered |