Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 8, 1889, Page 1

T | THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. — o PAGES 14, ——— ————— OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1880-SIXTEEN PAGES ANTWERP'S HORROR, Tho Great Blaze of Petroleum Still Raging Furiously. « BIG WAREHOUSES IN RUINS, The Exvloding Cartridges Kill Many Sallors in the Harbor. IMMENSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. "Burned Corpses Fourd Half a Mile From the Powder Factory. PLACING ‘THE RESPONSIBILITY. The Town Council Will Lay the Blame the Provincial Council—The Terrible Mine Accident in Scotland. The Fire Still Raging. [Copyright 138 by James Gordon Bennett.) Axtwenp, Sept. 7.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Trr Beg.|—The horizon is still blood-red with the glare of the great fire, which 18 even yet raging furiously, though the petroleum warehouses them- selves are but a heap of ruins, It appears that, as a measure -of precaution, a large proportion of the forty millions of cartriges in the Corvilian factory bad been buried in the ground. After the explosion the men employed in a petroleum warehouse close at hand turned on the taps of the reservoirs, containing millions of gallons of the liquid, and sent it flowing along the trenches. The petrolenm reached the powder manufactory and penetrated to where the cartridges were buried to-day. The fire spread to these cartridges. Frequent and lond reports are heard as pack- ets of the cartridges explode from time to time, addingto the panicof the population. Several sailors on board the vessels in the port have been killed, among them a cabin boy on board the City of Boston. He was in the rigging when he was struck by a box of cartridges. He fell to the deck below and death was instantaneous. An English vessel, the Labrador, which ‘was on the point of sailing for London with a cargo of mineral ore, had her deck cabins completely destroyed. The cook was struck in the chest by a packet of cartridges and Xilled instantly. The Belgian much demaged. Agang of dockers unloading a German wessel were thrown down into the hold and three of them were killed by the fall, while an equal number were seriously injured. As cabled last night, the number of win- dows broken 1s incalculable. Scarcely a | shop or cafe can show an Intact pane of glass, The number of persons wounded by splinters is immense, and at one cafo a ver- anda, running along the front, fell, injuring & majority of the customers sitting beneath. Half burned corpses and fragments of hu- mau bodies have been found to-day at a dis- tance of nearly half a mile away from the powder factory. Devolder, minister of justioe, who came here immediately on receipt of the news of the disaster, has wired the king allof the details. He says that no further daunger to the docks need be apprehended. He speaks in terms of the highest praise of the truly admirable conduct of the firemen, soldiers, hospital surgeonf and authorities. The funeral of the victims will take place on Monday moruing. Subscription lists in favor of the killed and injured are being widély circulated. With regard to the question of responsi- bility, various reports are circulating, It is authoritatively stated that the city engineer prepared a report to thoe effect that the town ‘wouid be exposed to great danger were the permission demanded by the Corvilian granted. 1t would be worse than folly, he said, to allow forty million cartridges to be stored in such close proximity to the petroleum warehouses. The town council, which meets on Monday, will, it is expected, ssue o vroclamation throwing all the re- sponsibility upon the provincial council. Iv is probable that lawsuits will spring out of the affair, The Corvilian is naturally not held blameless, It is, however, stated that the cartridges, which were purchased from the Spanish government, contained a small quantity of dynamite; that the Corvilian was _left in the dark about this fact, If it should prove cor- rect it would probably cause a storm of in- * dignation at the Spanish government, as the international convention of Geneva prohib- ited the use of explosive substances in cart- ridge: The Corvilian wasin Paris when His factory blew up. He returned here to-day and had an iuterview with the municipal au- thorities here. He refused to be seen by any one else. The popular indignation against him is very strong, and the fire has been fanned by the report that he pur- ochased catridges at a cost not exceeding the mere value of the metal. He expected to make half & mullion francs profit on the speculation, The town is crowded with thousands of wvisitors, whom the news of the catastrophe has brought from every part of Belgium, It is believed that the measures already taken will bo sufficient to prevent the fire from spreading any further, although it will probably last at least twenty-four hours longer. The chapter of accidents is long and terrible. It is as yet impossible to teil what may be the number of the dead buried be- peath the ruins, but it is certain that at least two bundred persons perished. Fif- teen of those who were carried to the hos- pitals have to-day died. THE SCOTLAND MINE ACCIDENT, Thirty Widows and Seventy Father- 1ess Ohildren—A Relief Fund LCopyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.) EniNsure, Sept. 7.—|New York Herald Cable--Special to Tug Beg.]—At Maurice Wood, Pa Penicuik, this morcing, beyond the slight noise caused by the monotonous click of the eugine, all was quiet, and where yesterday stood large groups of -relutives snd friends of the entombed miners, eagerly + clingiug to the faint hope thut was then held out, only afew, drawn by curiosity, are present. Before dawn six other bodies were brought up, wuking twesty-seven re- covered in al A - copious sup- ply of Water is kept on the burning coal, but it is evident that little pro- gress is being made in reducing the flames, the fire in the east side having got bold. ‘The bodies wers found lying on au elevated portion of the working, and the ounly way in which they could be raised was by vlacing them, three at & time, in & box and floating them along on the water to the mouth of the ncline. As au instance of the dificulty expericnced steamer Prince Albert was noon to Miss Florence Arthur. in searching, the resouing party state that they had to wade through water for fally a quarter of an hour before they came upon the corpses. At 5 o'clook in the morning the water was four feet deep and was rising at the rate of three fnches an hour, consequently it was deemed advisable to coase searching. At this time the fire on the eastern side was burning brightly, and the hose which was being played upon it had little effect. Later in the day a consultation of mining expert s and the manager of the colliery was held, at which it was resolved to damp down the mine, and this having been done, there will be no further operations probably for six woeks, It isestimated that there are there thirty widows and seventy fatherless children, and that £20,000 will be needed as a relief fund, towards which several of the leading col- Lieries and landed proprictors have already contributed, the Spotts colliery giving £5,000 and the Marguis of Lothian £1,000, i i Sixty-three and Seventeen, | Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.l LospoN, Sept. 7.—[New York Herald Cable pecial to Tre Bee. | —Howard Paul, an old member of the Savage club, and well known in dramatic and )iterary circles on both sides of the Atlantic, was married at St. George's church, Bloomsbury, this after- He is sixty- three and she is seventeen. Paul is a native of Philadelphia. ————— ENGLISH-BRED HORSES, A Noted Breeder Gives Some Very Interesting Facts. (Conyright 1839 by James Gordon Bennett.\ Panis Bept. 7.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee. |—At the horse show to-day I had a couversation with an exhibitor of Demisang horses, whose opinion will be of special interest to Enghshmen and Americans. This is Burdette Coutts, M. P., owner of the Brookfiela stud, near Holly Lodge, Highgate, d ho: 1 have not brought over my best horses, but I see no reason to feel ashamed of the ten I have on exhibition, You know I have for some years in my Brookfield stud been making & rather needed departure in hors breeding. This is, I think, of general inter- est, not only from its novelty, but from il eminent success. At the Royal Agricultural show at Windsor this year, my horses were awarded over a dozen prizes, in- cluding the queen’s gold medal for the best coaching stallions and the queen’s gold medal for the best hackney mare. I may therefore speak with certain authority on the subject ot breeding Demisang horses. The trouble in England bas bitherto been that great landed propri- etors and other capitalists who have engaged in horse breeding have limited their efforts almost entirely to producing thorougnbred racers, hunters or heavy draft horses. These are all very well as far as they go, but they do not go nearly far enough. Besides these, England uses and requires an enormous nuwber of light draft horses, as well as for military purposes. The broeding of such horses as these has been eatirely neglected, except in Yorkshire and the eastern coun- it Chere have, however, in the course of the last hundred years, come into existence through the providential care of small farmers, three differeat breeds of horses which may properly be considered s thor- oughbreds, or all but such. These breeds ave the hackney trotter or roadster, the Cleveland bay, and the Yorkshire coach horse. The hackney breed is of interest to Americans, because from 1t came the horse Bellfounder, from which again came Rysdyck’s famous Hambletouian, Hackney horses are of medium size, standing about 15-2, and are admirably adapted for drawing broughams, light victories, phae- tous, ete. The Cleveland Bays and York- shire coach horses are large, standing 16-2 or 16-3, and are suited for barouche service. Now, as I said above, these three breeds have been produced only by small farmers in a small section of England, through whose efforts, however, the breed has been kept pure to a certain extent, Therefore, until stly, this means of supply has been suf- ficient, but of late years a change has taken pluce. Foreign governments have gradually como to recognize the superior excellence of the three English breeds, and the desirabil- ity of obtaining some of thom for tueir own purposes, military and otherwise, Consequently Austria, Ital Russia, France and other countries have been sending agents to England, who have every year bought large numbers of those horses, aud so well have these agents carried out their mandates that 1t was rapidly be- coming apparent that unless something was done to stop such wholesale appropria 10n the country would soon be entirely depleted of its most useful horses, So I resolved to do something myself in the line of defend- ing these great English interests, and I think I have succoeded. “In the first place, I have laid it down as a fundamental principle in my breeding Demisang horses that I will never sell my best stallion or more of any given species, 1 always keep my horses so as to be able to produce others equally good. The others I sell, but in this way I control the market und keep up the standard of excelleuce in my own stud.” B e WILL STAND BY ABBOTT, The Rock lsland Will Not Recognize the Acting Caairman. Cmicago, Sept. 7.—The Rock Islana road gave formal notice that it would decline to recognize the uction of the Western States Passenger association at its meecting Thurs- day 1o placing the affuirs of the association in the hands of the secretary. General Man- ager St. John takes the ground that the elec- tion of the secretary was not valid, because it was not effected by u unanimous vote, and he aunouncas that his company will continue 10 recognize Abbott as acting chairman of the association. This is the same position taken by General Manager Egan, of the Chicugo, St. Paul & Kansas City, Freight Agent Parker Rosigns. KAxsAs City, Sept. 7.—A special from Topeka says this morning C. A. Parker. gen eral freight agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, handed in his resiguation t0 take effect October 1. Heading Of the Northern Pacific, DuLoth, Sept. 7.—Tue Cavadian Pacific has let the contract to build about seven bundred wiles of new road next year to head off the Northern Pacific's movement in Mon- tans and other northwest territory. A new Line is to be extended through the Yellow- head pass of the Rocky mountaius and to the coast. -~ Fought a k'rench Duel, CoLumbus, Ga., Sept. 7.—It is rumored that Hou, W, W. Patterson and Hon. Wm. A, Huft, of Mucon, mewbers of the legisiature from Bibb county, fought a duel at Poplar Springs, Ala., this evening. The report says neither party was seriously burt, if et wll. No facts can be obtaiued to-uight, SULLIVAN'S AMBITION. He Will Run For Congress From the Boston District. New York, Sept. 7.—The Sun this_after- noon publishes a letter from John L. Sul- livan, in which he announces his intention of running for congress on the democratic tioket. Itis his ambition to represent the Boston district, and he sgates that such high ambition he trusts will in the future make his life what it ought to be. In an interview regarding his proposal to stand for congress, Sullivan said: ““You know of the misfortune I have just had in the loss of my mother, I don't want to talk about it much. I can only say I do not feel like living as I have up to now. You know how people abuse me, and if I make a good resolution my enemies laugh at it, while my friends try to got me to_break 1t, but I will show them what I mean to do without saying much about it. In the first place, I shall give up boxing, which has occupied nry time 80 far, It is an honorable calling and does good, but as & congressman or a candi- date for congress, I, of course, could not continue to be a professional pugilist. My fighting reputation is made. The cropping-up of now fighters can’t injure it, and those challenges can’t worry me, I shall go through with my six weeks' exhibi- tion and shall put my money away care- fully and attend to my political career exclu- “Now that my mother is dead, there is no sively hercafter. one depending on me but my father, and ne 18 well cared for. Ho has six houses in his own name which will keep him in comfort to the end of his days. T have brought him on with me from Boston because I can't leave him alone to worry about my mother's death.”’ While Sullivan was talking of his future political aspirations, a friend of his now in congress dropped in to 8co him to express sympathy at his mother’s death and to say he would be glad to do all he could to help Sullivan out of his trouble down south. John L.'s Benefit. 3 New York, Sopt. 7.—After many post- ponements and delays the long heralded re- ception to John L. Sullivan was held at the Academy of Music to-night. Fourteenth street from Third to Fourth avenues was filled with a motley crowd of Sullivan’s ad- mirers, and when the champion’s carriage uppeared it was almost impossible for the driver to bring it to the curbstone. When the champion alighted the cheering was tre- mendous. The crowd in the academy was not nearly as large as had been expected. Sullivan appenred late in the evening. He had lost none of his old-time quickness and grace, and ho never appeared to better advauntage than in his bout with Mike Cleary. His ance on the stage was the for tumuituous applause, which lasted for fully ten minutes, The “Big Fellow” stepped to the foot-lights ahd made one of nis characteristic speeches, He said: “Ladies and gentlemen: I do not know what to say to you. I am at present suffer- ing from a sad affiction, the loss of my mother, but T wish i@, thank the New York public for their kindacss to me. They al- ways have been kind to me and 1 shail never forgev it. I beg to remain your humble servant.” Sulllvan then turned and shook hands with Cleary and the anaience was treated to afine exhibition of scientific boxing. T HEIR TO FORTY THOUSAND. Romantic History of an Interesting Young Lady. CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—Some days ago Chief of Police Hubbard received a request from Dr. J. H. Breswer, of Sioux City, Ia., for the full names and addresses of all the Adams in Chieago. The following story is told in explanation of the request: Avout twenty years ago & man named Andrews eloped with with Miss Viola Adams, the daughter of a wealthy resident of Chicago. The father cast his daughter off. The young husband soon began to treat his wife harshly and finally she left him and returned to her father, bringing her baby daughter with her. Subsequently the child was stolen, and all efforts to find her were unavailing. Finally Grandfather Adams died, leaving the missing child a legacy of $40,000. It nowrappears that she was stolen by her father, who placed her in the family of a Norwegian named Nelson, of Des Moines, where she grew up as their daugh- ter. Recently Dr. Brewer discovered the facts in the case and secured a confession from the father, who had been playing the role of a friend of the Nelson family. It was his intention to take the girl to Chicago and secure the legacy for himself. The young lady is now with Dr. Brewer's family in Sioux City, and the doctor is endeavoring 10 get her Chicago relatives. - NEW CRUISER LAUNCHED, The Philadelphia Set Afloat From Cramp's Ship-Yard, PurLaveLpiis, Sept. 7.—The now steel cruiser Philadelphia was launched in Cramp's skip-yard in this city at 11:42 this morning. he new vessel is the fourth in size of the armored cruisers provided for the navy. Unlike the vessels already constructed here, the official test will not be rated ac- cording to horse power, but fixed speed. The contract stipulates & speed of ninetcen kuots per hour, and unless this s reached large deductions will be made 1 the contract price. The cruiser's length is 415 feet; beam, 4314 feet; draught, 10} feet, and displacement, 4,824 tons, Her main battery will consist of twelve six-inch rifles, while her secondary battery will be composed of two Gattlings, one one-pound Hotchkiss and two 57-inch Millimeter guns. Added interest was given to the occasion by the vresence of a number of distinguished guests, chief among them bewng Mrs, Harri- son, wife of the president, and Mrs. John Wanamaker, Wheo the vessel slid off the ways fully twenty tnousand persons were asscmbled in and around the great ship-yard, Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of the postmaster-general, christened the new cruiser, Immediately after the launchiug, which was entirely successful, the invited guests were escorted to the office of the ship- buildiog firm, where lunch was eaten, — A Warrant For Treasurer Dana. Bostox, Sept. 7.—A warrant for tho arrest of the missing treasurer of the Douglas Axe manufacturiog company, Denison D, Dana, was to-day secured, charging him with em- bezzling §25,000 from the company. This is not regarded as more than a small part of ‘what he actually took, but it was necessary that & particular suw should ve specified,and the facts were not at hand to substantiate an allegation as to the whole amount, A petition in bankruptoy was filed agaiust the Douglas Axe company to-day. ——— Ulircus Man O'Brien Doad. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7.—John O'Brien, the well known circus man, died at bis home here to-day, aged fifty-three, HIS EYE ON FRANCE. Bismarck Awaiting the Rosult of the French Hlection. THE WAR DRUMS WILL BEAT, If Boulanger Weakens the Gtovern- ment Germany Will Bristle. WORKING CLASS LEGISLATION' The Chancellor Will Take Up the Social Problems. TEUTON PRIDE IS TOUCHED. Irritated By the Czar's Treatment of the Emperor the Muscovite is Given a Broad Hint—The Bochum Congress. Bismarck Walting For an Opening. (Copuright 1589 by New ¥ork Associated Press.) BerLIN, Sept. 7.—Tbe upproach of the opening of the final session of the reichstag is causing all parties to ask what form of policy the goverument is likely to take on with which to go before the country. The semi-official press affords no special indica- tion, Prince Bismarck 1s obviously await- ing the results of the French elections. 1f the present governmen; is so materially weakened as t make Boulangerism an im- portant factor pf the Fiench policy we are as certain to hear the war drum beat as in 1887, and there will be rencwed app2als to patriots to support further military burdens, even if Carnot be secured in power. Prince Bismarck appears to be preparing to give prominence to social reforms, bills dealing with strikes and measures aiming to protect thé poorer classes agaiugt undue in- tercst on loans. Legislation generally in favor of the working classes will play a lead- ing part in the coming sessions of both the reichstag and the landtag as a preliminary t0 the forming of a plank in the election platform, Meanwhile the military expan- sion involves a demand on the reichstag for a credit of 60,000,000 marks. Tho temper of the foreign office toward Russia is gréwing worse. The czar's treat- ment of Empercr William continues to em-~ bitter tho rolations between tho two coun- tries. The semi-official press 1s permitted or instructed to speals with notable frankaess and severity. A Hamburg correspoudent, n an undoubtedly inspired articte, says: “Germany wmust accept the fact of the por- manent hostility of the czar. The chancellor, being couvinced of the czar's lasting enmiuy, will cease his delicate and cautious treat- ment of Russia and henceforth frankly tieat St. Petersburg as he treats Paris.” The paper approves the entente with Eng- land and disapproves of the idea of giving froe scope to Russiu outside of Europe, The rumors that Empréss Augusta has be- come a Catholic are baseless. The crews of the Gérman men-of-war Adler and Bber, wrecked'in the Samoa hur- ricane, have arrivel at Kiel. Prince Henry, 1n an address, told them they had nobly per- formed their duty in Samoa, showing them- selves brave sons of the fatherland. He welcomed them in the name of the emperor, who, he said, loved every truly brave man as his own son, The prince afterward gave a dinner in honor of the men. Maqy rumors are in circulation to the ef- fect that financial projects caused the recog- nition of Herr VonScholz, the Prussian. finance minister. The North German Gazetté to-night describes these rumors as idle in- ventions and says that Herr VonScholz has not resigned, but has been given a long leave of absence on account of an affection of his eyes. Copnt VonHatzfeldt, German embassador to London, having been summoned by Prince Bismarck, reached r'rederichshen to-day. After witnessing the army manauyres in Saxony, the emperor will go on Tuesday to Minden to attend the mancuvres of ths Westphalian troops and will procsed theace to Hanover. «The manceuvres will be on a grand scale, The czarowich will bo the guest of the em- peror from the 15th to to 221 of September. If the czar's heir is sent to Pavis directly af- ter purting frow Emperor Willam it wiil increase the tension to the breaking point. Court advices are to the effect that the czarowich will return® to Freidensborg and thence proceed to St. Petersburg, The municipal council of Hanover has voted the sum of 84,000 marks for the pur- pose of decorating and illuminating the city during the emperor's visit. The leading cit- izens have been dirccted to make a display of bunting, but many of them will not ob- serve the order, as in this quarter enthusiasm does not run high for tihe Hohenzollerns, TPhe emperor has named his return to Berlin for the 20th inst. His interview with the czar will ocour then if ut all, ‘The emperor and empress, according % to-night's Post, " wiil depart for Italy to meet King Humbert early in October, "The action of the Catholic congress at Bo- chum in abstaining from a declaration in favor of the restoration of the temporal power of the popo is received with unfavora- ble comments by a section of the Catholic press, chicfly outside of Germany. Among the centrists, Dr. Windthorst's speech in favor of the maintenanceof the triple alli- ance, although rendering the restoration of Rome to the pope impossible, is accepted as the only possible policy, T'he pope has sent a letter to the Catholic congress at Munster thapking the German Catholics for their fidelity to the church and their struggles to sustain sheir religion, Captain Wissman’s ~ expedition against Mawapwa consists of two thousand men. A large quantity of munitous left Zauzibar on Monday last for the scene of operation.s The German public generally is indifferout toward the sus s of the English intrigues, and the adyocates of the policy of colonial extension denounce the treatment of Dr. Peters. e Ll The Weather Rarecast, For Nebraska: Fairj stationary tempera- ture, except in northern Nebraska; slightly warier; casterly winds, For Iowa: Fair, followed in western Iowa by light rain; stationary temperature, except in southern lllinois; warmer; easterly winds, For Dakota: Fair; slightly warmer weather; winds shifting to southerly. — Alger Assumes Command, Derroir, Sept. 7.—Commander-in-Chief Alger, of the G. A. R., to-day issued gen- eral orders assuming command of the order, wich headquurters here, announcing the offi- cers elected at Milwaukee and the following staff avpointments: Adjutant general, George H. Hopkios, of Detroit, Mich.; Quartermaster general, John ‘laylor, of Phul- adelphia; inspector gonoral, Lewis B. Grif- fith, of Troy, N. Y. judge advocate general, D. R. Austin, of Toledo, O putets 4. o BRAVE JAMES KELLY. He Rescuos a Drowning Girl In Spite of Her Biting and Kickini. New Yonk, Sopt. 7.—One of tho most do- tormined attempts at suicide ever heard of was mado last night by Lena Hortzog, sev- entoen years of age, who resides with ner parents in Willlamsburg. Sho was a passenger on the forry boat from Brooklyn on the 12:10 o'clock trip, the last might trip to this city, When the boat ronched the Grand street forry landing on this side, Miss Hortzog came ashoro, but im- meaiately returncd and paid her fare and once more took seat in the cabin. The boat had just cleared the ship when she came out of the eabin and jumped overboard, The boat wag stopped and life-preservers, ladders and ropes wero called 1nto requisi- tion. The electric light made things as clear as day. The first hife-preserver thrown fell close to the girl, but she pushed it away, with an angey gesture. The noise and shouts attracted the ticket taker, James Kelly, who has already saved thirtecn peo- ple from drowning. He jumped into the river, seized tne girl by the waist, and lifted her bodily up so she might breathe. The girl turned upon him ana striggled to froe herself from his grasp. Kelly held on, however, and made for the ship. A desper- ato struggle followed, the half-drowned wirl seemed to gain strength and fought ke o tigress. When near the ship, ropes were thrown out. Kelly caught one and wound it around the body of his charge, but it was auickly thrown off. This the girl repeated two or ‘three times, and then, seizing her rescuer by the arm, savagoly bit him. Kelly was becoming exhausted, and saw that if the girl's lifo was to be saved, violence would have to be used, 80 he was compelled to boat her to_submission. The blows had the desired offect for a time, but when an attempt was made to hift her up on a ladder, she broke out afresh, but was finally landed, wet, limp and exhausted. This water battle lasted fully fifteen minutes. When stimu- lants were offered the girl, later on, she threw the glass from her and smashed it. Fi- nally the reckless creature was placed under arrest and was afterwards sentto a hospital in an ambulance.where to-day she was doing nicely. Her parents say the arose from a love affair. JUMPED HORSESHOE FALLS, Steve Brodie Successfully Leaps the Cataract of Niagara. NirGara FaLus, No Sept. 7.—3teve Brodie accomplished the perilous feat to-day of going over Niagara Falls in a rabber suit, Brodie and his party arrived at Clifton last night and put up at the Waverly hotel, where they registered under fictitious names in or- der to avoid suspicion. The party left the hotel at 4 o’clock this morning and went to a point 200 feet above the falls. Brodiestripped and had his body padded with cotton batting. Then he put on a rubber suit which was in- flated fifty-two inches around the waist and seventy-five inches around the chest, the head gear being also inflated, while two steel bands protected his body. At 5:30 Brodie entered the water with his paddle. He caught the current, and a few scconds later was shot over tho center of the Horseshoe falls and was quickly lost to sight. He was buried from view for nearly two minutes, when a black speck, covered with a thick, white coating, was secen bobbing and jump- ing to and fro in the rushing water, . In a short time Brodie was caught and carried by the current toward the American shore, and then all of a sudden he was hur- ried to the Canadian shore, where John L, Edger swam out and dragged him in. Brodie was lifted on the rocky shore and quickly stripped. He was unconscious and blood ovzed from his mouth, nose and ears. For twenty nunutes he lay untll ammonia was applied to his nostrils, whoen he began to shiver. .He gradually recovered conscious- ness and it was then found thav his injuries ‘were not serious. He expects to be able to g0 to New York to-morrow. 1n describing his experience, Brodie says that after he entered the river he weakenod and would have given anything 1n the world if he could have reached land again. He at- tempted to get ashore by using his paddle, but the swift oucrrent swept him back and turned - his feet toward the brink of the cataract. When he saw that it was impossible to get out he felt the same as a man who was to meot death and prayed for dear life. Just as he came to the brink of the falls he became uncon- scious through fright and remained so until he touched the water at the base of the falls, when ho was temporarily brought to, Then he again lost consciousness aud knew no more until he found himself lying in bis rubber suit at the water’s edge. Chief McDougall, of the :Ontario police force, arrested Brodie at Grand Trunk sta- tion this afternoon «s he was about to take the 4p. m, train for New York. He is charged with attempting to suicide by going over the falls this morning. Brodie was brought before a police magis- trate this evening who read the charge made against him, In defense, Brodie said he did not attempt to commit suicide by goingjover the falls, but wanted to show the world the trip could be made. The police magistrate said he did not believe Brodie went over the fulls at all; that the whole thing was a hum- bug, and if he didn’t go over to say 8o and he would discharge him, Brodie said iv that case he would say he did not go over but declined to make afda- vit to that effect, saying he was a Catholic and couldn’t perjure himself, The magistrate then bound him over n bonds of $500 to keep the laws of the domin- ion for one year, aud especially that relating to attempts to go over tue falls. Brodie signed the document on his own recognizance and immediately made for the American whole adventure War Threatened, SAVANNAH, Ga., 7.—At Stockton to- duy, according to a special, a white man stabbed a negro. This enriged the negroes of the place, who swarmed around the store in which the white man took refuge, demand- ing his surrender, threatening to raid or burn the store if the demand was not complied with, The whites of Stockton telegraphed to Vulldosta for reinforcements, and twenty- five white men armed and left for Stockton by train late this afternoon. The Valldosta guards wired Governor Gordon asking to be ordered out, but up to this evering have had no reply. No additional particulars are ob- tainable to-night. e Distillers Embarrassed. LouisviLve, Ky., Sept 7.—J, G. Matting- laf & Sons, distillers, are reported embar- rassed, but it 18 thought with an extension of time the firm will pull through. The assets are given at $500,000; liabilities $200,000. The firm has not made an assignwent, but has merely asked its creditors for an exten- sion. The market for high wines has been ROiDR against the firm this year, hence its embarrassment. g " NUMBER 81 ALGER RAS NO HAT. He Offered It to General Fairchild in a Playfal Mood. Cn10s60, Sept. 7.—[Speoial Telegram to Tus Ben. | ~When the citizens of Detroit seo a tall, military looking 1nan, with his beard flying in the river brooze, leave the cars and start to walk home bareheaded they will think that ex-Governor Alger has surely gond daft. Russell Algor, commander-in- chief of the G. A, K., left Chicago by a late train last night. Those who saw him off say to-duy that they never saw him insucha good humor, He hadn’t a sou in his pockets norahat on his head. It occurred this way: ¥ There was a little farewell party last night, and General Fairchild arosato tell how he felt about General Alger. He took occasion toallude to the handsome commander-in- chief, whereupon General Alger wont down 1o his trousers pocket and brought upa double handful of keys, nickels, cuft buttons, army buttons and balf dollars. He arose and carried the entire lot over to the speaker, who immediately held out his hands, received the booty, thrust it into his own pocket, and procoeded with his speech amid much applause by those present. *‘He's in luck if he ever s any of that lot again,” remarked Fairchild, and again the party roared. “You're welcome,” replied the general, with a wave of his hand, Shortly after Gen- eral Fairchild again alluded to the makeup of his brother officer, and this time in more glowing terms than before. General Alger picked up his hat and offered it to tho speaker. Fairchild was not at all bashfui. He snatched the hat, exclaiming: s, 'l take that, 0o, and when you're elocted pros- ident of the United States I'll give it back for a position 1 your cabinet,” aud he kept it. Thus it was that the commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. left for home in a skull cap last night, OUNDEI) ON ROCK, The Northern lilino 8 Quarries Form a stone Trast. Ciicaco, Sept. 7.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—The great stone trust, embrac- ing in its operations the great northern Ilii- nois quarry flelds, 1s no longer a question of dispute, and the discovery creates no little excitement among builders and contractors. Quarry owners and stone dealers are nov pleased that the sccret of their organization has been discovered. They do not deny tho truth of the statement, however, but have little information to give regardiog the pool, which will .have a capital stock of £2, 'We have,tried hard to work the pool very quietly,” said the mauager of the Sanger & Moody company. “It has been under consid- eration for a couple of months, and thero is no doubt but that it will be organized very shortly. It will be composed of the owners of the quarries around Lemont and Joliet. For three years we had practically the same thing in the Chicago Building Stone com- pany, to whom all the quarries sold their output. This was run on a percentage, and included the small owners who could not afford to maintain an office and go to the ex- pense of working the business, but who would sell at the quarry low enough to de- moralize prices, After three years of fatten- ing off the Chicago Building Stone company the small fellows demanded an increase of percentage, and the company went under a year ago. Prices have been demoralized ever since from the same causes. Stone can now be purchased in Chicago for 85 per cord, whereas we formerly got $3.50. The trans- portation costs §3.25, so that but $2.75 is left. Nearly all the owners around Joliet and Lemont have signified their willingness to go into the pool or syndicate. Tho ussocia- tion will embrace all the quarries pround theso places and it will affect only the price of foundation stone.” P A FEARFUL SUGAR EXPLOSION. Dick, Moyer & Co.’s Plant at Will- iamsburg, N. Y., a Total Wreck. NEw York, Sept. 7.—A very disastrous fire broke out about 1:30 o’clock this afternoon in the mammoth sugar plant of Dick, Meyer & Co. on North Seventh and North Eighth streets, Williumsburg. Phe fire started with un explosion, the cause of which'is not known. It is supposed to have been caused by the explosive nature of the finely pow- dered particles of sugar which had permeated the air in the mills where granulated sugar was reduced to powder, There were three mills at work. The entire establishment, which consisted of a colicction of buildings eight storics ia height, extending about 400 feet on North Seventh sureet, 800 feet on North Eighth street and 250 feet along the doclk, was reduced to 4 mass of ruins, It was tilled with very valuable n nery, avd the loss on the buildings and muchinery is estimated at about $1,5)0,000. Within the building there was a quantity of sugar valued at about $300,000, making the total los about §2,000,000. ‘There were a number of men injured by the explosion or burned by the fire, Thewr names are not obtainable, Later—Martin Schmidt was burned about the face, George Swallow had an arm frac- wured and three other men were slightly in- Jured. A ~— A CASHIER'S BAD BREAK. The Wrong Party Taken for a Dead Beat £nis in a Suit, CuicaGo, Sept. 7.--[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—A scusational suit for $10,000 damages was begun to-dsy against C. L, Willoughby and D. K. Hill, proprietors of the well known and stylish Chicago restav- rant, The plaintiff is Mrs. Kitty Wharton, the wife of W. 5. Wharton, a well known financier. Some months ago, according to the bill filea, a Mrs. McCabe went into the Boston Oyster house for dinner. When she went to the cashier to pay the check sho found she had no money, havivg forgotten her pocketbook. The cashier politely al- lowed her to depart on her promiss to pay next day. The check was never paid and Mrs. McCabe never put in an appearance again, Last Sunday Mrs. Wharton went to the Boston restavrunt and ‘had dioner, When she went to the cashier to pay her check the amount of Mrs, McCabe’s unpaid check was deaucted, Mrs. Wharwon de- manded an explanation and was curtly in- formed that she was a ‘‘dead beat,” the caghier insisting she was Mrs, McCabe. The cashier is alleged to have atiracted a crowd of over twenty persous, who lsughed and tittered at the unfortunate woman, “Phe cashier found out he was mistaken afterwards,” smid Mrs, Wharton's attorney, “and came around with apologies, but no amount of apology can make up for the dis- grace aud indignity offered to Mrs, Whar- ton, —_— Cheese Poisons Fifty Peopl . Tivriy, O, Sept. 7.—Fifty people were seriously polsoned by eating choese at the village of Bewtsville to-day and it is feared some may die, This Is the third lot of people poisoned in & like manner within a week and the matter will be luvestigated, DR. BROWN-SEQUARD, The Famous Academician Roturns From His Summer Vacation. HE SUBMITS TO AN INTERVIEW, Ameriocan Physioians Not Proflolent in Injecting the Blixir, IGNORANT REGARDING DETAILS, His Studies Now Conflned to a Preparation for Women, WILL UTILIZE DOG SUBSTANCES, If 1t Proves Successfal the Worlde Renowned Remedy of Lydia Pinkham Wilt Have to Bos * Rolegated. Male Dogs Doomed. |Copyright 1859 by dames Gor im Beanstt Panis, Sept. 7.—|New York Herald Cable —Sveclal to Tug Bee|—Dr. Browa- equard, who rocently returned to Paris from Brighton, where he has been passing his summer holidays, is still pursuing his investigations and experiments in reforonce 10 the methods of increasing vitality. His studies aro now directed toward accomplish- g for women the same rosult that he main- tains has been reached in the case of men. That is to say, the period of capacity for con- ception can be prolonged by sub-cutaneous inoculations with substances primarily obtained from male dogs. These researches have not yet arrived at a sufficiently advanced stage to convines Dr. Brown-Sequard that a practical application can be made 1n this dircetion at present, but several women have already callod upon him and offered themseives as subjects for inoculation: Dr. Brown-Sequard received me yester- day afternoon at his residence in Paris.“The venerable academician was suffering frdm an attack of acute muscular rheumatism of the lower limbs that has lkept him in bed for the last fow days. But he is now much better, although his limbs are still stiff and painful, As I handed Dr. Brown-Sequard volumin= ous cuttings from American papers referring tothe experiments made with his inocula- tions, he smiled rather sadly and said: “Why, 1 thought I knew your countrymen vretty well, but it seems that I was mis taken. It never occurred to me that so many of them would go off at half cock, as it were, and undertake experiments of this kind without first mastering all the prelimi- nary details.” “Your elixir has certainly caused a sensa- tion in America.” “Please don’t make use of that word elixir,” exclaimed Dr. Brown-Sequard. *I never made useof the word ‘Elixir, still less of the words, ‘Elixer of Life.’ Thoso are all expressions or iaventions of sensational newspapers, If quacks or ignorant men in America nave killed people, as stated by the New York pas pers, they would have avoided commitiing those murders kad they paid the leas: atten tion to the elementary rules as regards the sub-cutaneous njection of animal substances or even if they had carefully read the paper on the subject that appeared in the London Lancet of July 20.” “Are injections of animal matter attended with speciul danger?? “No,” replied Dr. Brown-Sequard, “ine jections of animal matter have no danger us arule unless the substances begin to decom- pose. Whenfthis condition of things exists no good can be obtained, and there is grave danger of inflammation, abscesses and even death. There1s, of course, also great dan- ger unless the strictest attention is paid to cleanliness of all vases and instruments, Persons wishing 1o make use of my process ought to bestow on the small operation that 1t involves as much care as they would upon an operation of the amputation of the thigh, for instance,” *You seem to have got many letters from Amcrica,” ITremarked, glancing at a huge pite of envelupes bearing United Statos poste age stamps. Yes, I receive about twenty-five letters a day from Am 1 have no private secre- tary and never will have one. [ hate to have any one about who thinks he knows all my affairs, so that I answer as many of theso letters as I can imyself and let the rest remain il another day, 1am prepared to say, with the utmost frankness, that the appreciations of the method seem to me 1o be either oo luud- atory—absurdly so, in fact—on the ong hand and too depreciatory, too vindictive, I may say, on the other hand. Public opinion has gone to the two extremes, There socms to be no happy wedium of criticism. The Views expressed by Dr. Loomis, of New York, seom to me to be very just,” #Do you think that your old anti-vivisec~ tionist enemies are the cause of the vindic. tive views expressed in reference to the process i “Yes, 1am afraid that the anti-vivisec- tionists are at the bottom of a great deal of it, but what annoys me most is that the ex- periments should be made promisucously, as it were, without proper study or precaution, Why, while I was at Brighton an experiment was made, and when blood poisoning ensued from an utter disregard of the proper pre- cautions taken in sub-cutancous injections of animal substances, the fact was made known to me and my advice asked for. 1 replied; *I'he mischief is done now. Why didn’t you ask me about it before the operation ' McCoy-Hatfield k lovisviuie, Ky., Sept. 7.—The sheriff of Pike county, Ky, arrived at Fraokfort to-day, with five prisoners convicted at Pike- vills for the murder of the McCoys, in the McCoy-Hatfleld feud, They are Kllison Mounts, who is to hang; Valentine Hatfleld, Alexander M. Essre and Doc and Pylman Maborn, cach sentouced to life imprisons wment, Ivis hoped the convictions will eud the feud, A Murderers, Ben Holliday's Estate, PorTLAND, Ore, Sepl. 7.—Jumes Steel, administrator of Ben Holliday's estate, to- day began suit in the state circuit court against Joseph Holliday, Ben's brother, and one of the receivers of the estate, L recover $00,000 damages. He avers that Joe's neg- ligence and mismanagement have damaged the estate to that extent. A Deadwa Saw Mill Burned, Deanpwoon, Dak,, Sept. 7.—|Speclal Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—J. B Jeffrios' saw mill, together with 80,000 feet of lumber, burned last uight. Loss, §6,000; insurauce, §1,000. men Bangquet Giadstone, Pans, Sept. 7.—A bauquet was given Mr, Gladstone w-night by & wumber of prowie ueni French statesmen.