Show went down through five floors of a new buildings new york april 6 an addition has been mado to tho list of recent flat houpo collapses in tho northern section of the city by tho fall of COO pounds fire rooting material through five floors of a thirteen story apartment hotel in course of construction at eighty street and central park west charles dielman a laborer was carried down with abo debris his escape from death was A the floors of the new building had been laid with fireproof and the contractor ascribed the accident to the moisture resulting from alic recent rainfall which caused the fire proofing to become soggy dielman was holding a bag of cement on the eighth floor standing on a space iu tho flooring about tour by iho feet in width it gave way the floor also gaio way and such was tho case with every floor down to the third where the workman and the pile of wreckage accompanying him stopped probably would have been outright had it not been that bis fall was broken at each floor by the mixture that encased him on his downward journey two fellow laborers hurried to his rescue they found his cars eyes and bose filled and procuring a hose they a strong stream on him when hla face and head had been partly washed it was found ho had sufferer several severe ecale wounds but the doctors said he would soon recover GEN FUNSTON ON THE COAST san francisco april 6 general frederick fenston has arrived here to relieve gen moore in command of department ot california who retires from the army at noon today immediately following the retirement of gen moore will come tho retirement ti of the following officers all with the title of brigadier generals col A C garard medical department aleut col W H beck third cavalry col frank HI robin pon thirteenth cavalry aleut col frank talor nineteenth Ih fantry aleut col samuel W fountain fourth cavalry aleut col edward davig artillery corps aleut col charles W hobbs artillery corps the retirement of the above officers causes the promotion of col jamea A buchanan twenty fourth infantry who takes the permanent vacancy REDUCED DISCOUNT calcutta april C the bank of boa eal odny reduced its rate of dl count bom sen lo 10 G pei arnt |