Show I 1 AMERICA MERICA A E ra C 4 flames Biding fiA old I 1 fit st alulu 8 aio 3 1 IRRE stor OF THE ROBBERS to two sweet kasiar girls one ohina manibo L toss oso I 1 st u fj s I 1 jil in 11 A qt uber arrest at buraby burg by a cokl coal mine explosion in pena penn one vassar cirl girl was killed another firl girl and two yount men v ere terribly injured A kaase Is destroying destroy lor life and property david hoffman arila aral wrecker yr ecker is i to be hadeed ban ged la in nebraska 11 john broto a letter to the of Philadelphia blaine 11 ie is improving by western ad iret press to the OLD ST AUGUSTINE I 1 danger of destruction by fire the flames spreading Spread int BOSTON 1303 TON april 12 A dispatch from st augustine au ustine fla Fix dated to day says hotel took fire at this morning and nod was deaf destroyed royed old slave market is also gene and the cathedral is inflamed inflames in flames the ed wards hotel and half a d dozen ozea small bull dingi i are also fire on and it seems s ineyl inevitable taZle that the florida bouso and the tile opera house must go danger D an of the destruction of the whole town from tho the plaza to the city gate cate Is Imin imminent all of the seventy aix six guests at the st augustine got out in safety as did also all the help of that house and the guests and servants of the edwards home house STATESMAN I 1 he write writes an eminently safe Poli fical 20 letter ater to republicans f LADELMA UIA april II 11 Tha tb sixth annual banquet of the young kepul lican of philadelphia was elven given at st georges george hall 1111 tonight to night ar aad d was largely attended the following letter from senator john sherru an was wa s read and its Fenti sentiments ments received with applause WASHING washington TOv D C apr aar 8 1887 edward S stuart uarl esq president ident P vw V f u chita philadelphia president iam hiop i UT ur DRAR oln ima A I sm corn M polled to deny myself the pleasure of dining with the young republican club of philadelphia on april hill I 1 take occasion to express roy my hiebl appreciation of the value of their set vice 1 to the cause of good government in which we all are or ought to be enlisted As one of the seniors of the republican party I 1 may way be allowed to giva words of encouragement and advice to the young men who have assumed or witt toon assume the control of our political organization we certainly should feel a I pride in the great measures that have boen been successfully exe axe buted by the republican party and alti although lough you may not have to conduct cont d net a gigantic war for the tile t ion of the union will probably havo have no such dini diff lault cult tasks as reconstruction and slavery to deal with yet tho the work of the tile republican party ia Is but fairly begun that which is past la Is honora honorable blei that which ie is to come will depend chiefly upon tho the vigor latex rily and ang patriotism patrio tiem of young republicans who like yourselves are now organized to continue the work of the past what you have 0 to o do ie Is still further to develop and diversify american industries inaus tries it should be our aim aim to produce ever everything athing in this country for which the god of nature ha has glyen tit u raw or are suited to our eoll and climate every measure ineas should be supported that will tend to foster defend and protect home industries we should not bo be content with every channel iannel cl ol 01 communication capable of improvement and which yields benefits ben eilts equal to their coat costs shall bo be improved the of the rising generation without respect to race color or previous condition ought to be tho the constant object of desire the equal enjoy enjoyment ment of every pol political iti right rig civen by the constitution should be secured bv iv every legal and d con means shadow and prejudices 0 of f the past should be lifted by hv the lights of modern civili it the in every eve ry condition and anti employ employment mant of life should be be encouraged protected and every reasonable means to adrance hie his condition and to opell opp up lip to him by bottest labar and enterprise all tho ilia avenues of wealth and honors our may brood over the tile dead past and mourn the tile decay of if confederates ideas republicans hail with unbounded tion the every advance of our country in strength and power at home aud abroad Co Conaci liscious om that this is cons consistent isten t with iolj the tile full powers of state col county anty and oral local government governments reaching to very kery family I 1 and homestead in the land with will agin a in ere cere hope that your society and kindred socio ties throughout hout the united states nay TORY take up the work woric of the tile republican party part and sod carry it to ile ila logical results I 1 am aa as ever very truly your 11 JOHN MAiT GOOD 1 nougie enjoyable a litlie Mit lie by a sheriffs rosse CITY cal ca I 1 april II 11 A sheriffs posse in r hong DYO the Cli jurso murderer of mrs billion surrounded i chinese call camp ip near bore today to day A chinaman was wa 8 observed escaping carrying a rifle lie wae ord ordered ered to halt the command was unheeded eded when he was w gs shot dead upon examination mi nation it wae was found he lie WM is not the tile man wanted cal april 11 the reward now offered ferell of for the arrest of conr dye iye ani atu to twenty one hundred dollare dollars I 1 I 1 1 OLD BLAINE he Is improving and will start on hi his journey vows fout G april 12 mr blaine a alter iter eating a good supper of bread and arid milk last evening passed a fairly quint quiet night and this rooming morning was still improving an examination of his lungs by post po surgeon 9 eon byrne showed that inflammation was subsiding and there has been no fever since sunday he ile ate a hearty break fast this morning and byrne stated that with the weather in ite its present favorable condition and bis his ap appetite petita aa as it now Is blaiki will bo be well enough to travel in a few days I 1 M I 1 V I 1 burned and ana bruised in a coal mine ex II PoTTs mui penna april 12 A shocking accident occurred in a coal int neof tho the chamberlain colliery at bt st clair this afternoon misa bliss ber bet lists shaul of sharon springs N Y a student of or vassar college was visiting misa minnie keeter nee er of S st chair a fellow follow student the r two young ladies in company 0 with two a y young oung man i named harry short and edwin thomsen abne one of the operators of tile colliery entered the mine for the purpose of riving giving misa miss shaul an opportunity Wilty to inspect the tile operation of mining coal the tile mine mitie had not been working for a week alad none but the explorers were ineide inside at the time in an ad adjacent i abent working however were albert thomson Thom san another odthe of the firm and several others who were making makin examination of the works they were n cre startled by a heavy explosion and knowing that a party had entered the other elop slope they hastened there to investigate abelt yards from the foot loot of the elope slope they came upon cesere mesere rs short and thomsen ii and the tile two ladies iving upon the ground some of the them in unconscious and all frightfully burned and sod mangled they were nvere taken out as a speedily a as possible and medical attendance was obtained mw keeters face was burned beyond her skull and thigh fractured and her ankle crushed she died this ey evening ening miss shaul had her leg badly fractured and was badly bruised and burned but may survive t ur shorts head is a masa mass of cute cuts and contusions and he is terribly burned he ile remained unconscious a and his recovery in ia doubtful thorn thou in sen sea is painfully but not fata fatally ily bruised the precise causa cause of the explosion is s unknown but the supposition is griat the party carried a naked lamp and encountered a body of firedamp damp which igniting from the lamp exploded with tremendous force 1 to benefit wool grower growers SAN FRAN cicco april 11 A meet ing agnas was held today by persons interested te in the wool trade for the purpose coee of taking such action as would induce the inter stater commission to suspend section fouron four of the interstate inter state commerce law as far as Is it relates to wool under the present interpretation of tho law the rate on oil wool to new S ew york and boston is three dollars and nod seventy Whereas the old rate was sixty two and haf cents per hundred pound it was claimed hat that if the new now rate was maintained he the wool industry of california would be destro destroyed ed as the surplus product could not te be bent sent cast with profit A committee was appointed to collect the necessary cestary ne information and forward it to the interstate inter state commission wednesday A y next the meeting ad burned to the call of the committee flood floods in the Mol mohawk font FLAW V y the bricko bridge over the mohawk was caned away by a flood to night two sections 11 struck truck bridge and nearly carri carried e d it away the loss amounts to many thousands of dollars there is jig an ice jam near bi big nose A ecial on oil the central standing opposite C is in water to the car steps and cannot move the lightning light nine expresses also are ra both stalled in this vicinity and passengers were removed from the cars with boats fultonville Fult onville and a nd fonda are nearly all under water no telegraph wires on the central railroad are in operation the railroad tracks are torn up at PAI Id lestino bridee bridge and tracks aro are washed rashed out in various places travel will bo impeded seve several ralo days the rr prairies airles on fire ICAN KANSAS ISAS city april 11 A disastrous 3 prairie tiro tire is is raging in phil lips aud 1 ud norton counties Count leB in kansas KanS fis it started on saturday lia ay iy evening near edmon where foar houses were bullied and alid dossing the tile central branch atall kanro road td has aliases ex tended northwesterly to Nor cator having baying destroyed quite a number of houses house 8 nith with all ill other perishable property in iti lid it track lck it la is reported that niner sto twelve person perso nii havo have perished peri thed but tile facto cannot be definitely learned owing to the injury to telegraph wins wires the chicago strike io ji icaco april hat ll I 1 at a meeting of striking carpenters cra tod today to day ay an organization was formed to be known as to the iod independent p eident master carpen tere association the rho terms odthe of tho strikers were at once 4 acceded to on or condition that the strike be declared lec lared off iso far as members of cf the tile new now association ot of employers employ era aro con coll berned this tills was agreed to by the strikers tn kere aud sod jt it ia is expected that ab about 0 ut anc eighth of tho men will thus re alime work immediately 0 on it the hour plan at 35 aj I 1 cents au all hour boil r the tb actors church NEW youl april il 11 Arran pe meets matte for the tile ill funeral orth elate john T baymond are at us funeral morning w at 1030 wednesday service Loea at the little church around the corner church of the tion licy ar at houghton to conduct them fimple private xer services ery vices ices at house of alic lie fa family mily will precede these 11 NOTON april 11 ll gover governor nor hughee hughes of arkans has telegraphed the colix oner of agriculture ask ln that an inspector be ecat to that etalo state I 1 to 0 examine som come e herds of cat ile inspected of navin having monia an inspector baa been ordered there from chicago 01 I 1 I 1 THE RAILWAY ROBBERS a confession Cen fenton by one of then them sixty are under arrest april 12 the whole salo sale arrests of employ emp loyes or 01 panhandle ran handle railroad for robbing freight trains 1 continues to bo be the engrossing topic among railroad men and citizen citizens supt bupt taylore irs office hii was besieged beti eged from early this morning by b men in fn search of employment many wee given employ employment meat the road is nor tally fully equipped and there is no delay iu in the movement of freight no artesta have been reported since since last night speaking of the probable con diction of nhe men now in jail a special agent said this morning that of the CO 00 men now nm under arrest there moril llian than one or possibly two wah stood any atychan Chan e 8 shown ia wil not guilty the capture capi tiro of J it D ijunia P at it dennison ohio particularly Particular iX pleased tho the detectives As stated last night he made a confession in which he lie said life stealing has lists bee been 31 going on for rn months ho lie said he be could give the names of all the men implicated on the tile pittsburg division divi sign of odthe the pan handle but waa wair afraid to do BO so his language langu agi to the officer being bein would give you names but g great rest god they w would kill me there was no organization among the robbers dunlap said and no regular place of work each fa ell crew or e w worked wor ked by itself abot A ot withstanding dunlap confession th the officers of the road still believe that they were thoroughly organized and were carrying on the robberies under the systematic direction of shrewd leaders when a new man entered the service of the road if be he w was as thought though t to be the right kind of a fellow he lie was initiated initiate dinto into the gang wl with th a rigid oath binding him to tocea se crecy bill was introduced into the state last night which is in tended to caver such fuch cates as the railroad car robberies brou brought glit to light in this city yesterday the bill is in the tho shape of an ad amendment to the penal code at present there is no specific lanfor breakie breaking open cars unless un lesitis it is proved that tha t the e car was forced with an intent to coan commit wt felony A train wrecker condemned KANSAS CITY mo april 12 the times nebraska city neb special says david 11 hoffman offman convicted of wrecking wreck ine the missouri Bliss burl pacific train train at dunbar last january was sentenced to day to be banged july belle case will come up tomorrow to morrow |