Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1891, Page 1

| | ' { | A ,-v h | ] DANGERS OF WEALTIL Ruseell fage Has a Narrow Feoape from an Awful Death. DIABOLICAL DEED OF A DESPERATE MAN. d1 of a Cratk for Money Follows1 by Terrible Explosion. S7VERAL PEOPLE BLOWN INTO ETERNITY. Members of Human Bodies and Frayments of Flesh Scatter.d Broadeast. TERRIBLE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION. Death of the Man Who Threw th Dynamite—Experiences of Peo- ple in the Office—¢ tates ment from Mr. Sage. Russoll d death by a mir Youx, Dee. 4 millionaire broker, escaj i acle today, hiz office and the entive Empire building, in which it was, oeing shaken to its vory foundation by the explosion of u dy- namite bomb, hurled crank who made o demand upon Mr, Sage for the immediato payment of £1,250,000, tie ultimatum bein aso of refusal the death of the willion- the crack and those employed in the olice. Nover in the history of the metropolis is it 1 event has occurred that for more excitement on Wall Broadw Fally 500,000 peoplo were drawn 1o the scene of the ex plosion, and for au hour the police were powerless to bring order out of chaos. The ofices of Russell Sago wer the second floor of the building numbered (9, 71 ana 74 Broadway, situated on the southwest probable that the time « street and lower on among the debris a leg which was thought to b that of a woman, Whother it is or not hus not been discovered, Sage never em- | ployed a woman typewriter and as this fact is well established, the supposition 15 that it the leg is that of & woran it is all that is left | of one of his_‘*‘put and call’’ customers who was in the office at the time, Mer. Charies James, a railrond man and a resident of Chattanooga, Tenn., had an ap- polutment with Mr. Sage at 12 o'clock and had an expericnco that he will not soon for got. Hosays: I callad ut Mr, Sage's of fica at 12 o'clock and found him out. A sc was offered mo i the main office near the desk. 1 took it and waited Mr. Sage's turn. Sitting on a beneh near the wall I noticed a man perhiaps five feet eight fnches in height. Ho wore a plug hat and had a pointed beard ana heavy brown mustache, At about 12:15 Me, Sage pame in and greet i Mr. sked me info his private ofiice moved his hat and asked me her lorks entered 1o of his cl hing to him thut I did not ‘Excuse me for a ning to me ho said few moments' and passed through the door into the matn office. The door closed behind him and sat facing the door through Suge had gone When the Explesion Came. It might have been two or threo minutes when the explosion came. [ was blown up nearly to the ceiling, and tho chair on which I sat was smashied into pieces, 1 came down allin a heap, Dust and small particles of plaster and smoke filled ihe room. I was completely aazed and did not know what to do. I remember making my way through id 1 pushed my chiair over to the wall which Mr. the passage way which thy explosion had blown into the main ofice. There [ met Mr. Sage, with blood trickling down his face and Lands, his clothing tora and covered with dirt and dust. When he saw mo he sad: ‘How shall we get out? “Wait, I replied, ‘until this aust settles. Ithink wo will. be sl 1ight, as the worst must be over.” Then [ recovered my sen and taking him by the arm led him down the stairway into the strect,” Aamong the debris in the wrecked office was found the remains of a silk hat, evidently worn by the man who gave his name as Wil- son, and in one corncr of Mr. Sage's privato offic where Mr. James was sitting alono at the time of the explosion a man's nand Mr. Washington K. Connor was in his of- fice on the Broadway front of the building aud on the same fioor with Mr. Saze when the explosion came. Mr, Counov wus out of the building among the firstand assisted Mr. Sage to the drug store. Within half au hour afterwards he nad opeued a new offfce just across the Broadway and was transacting businoss all day. corner of Ractor strect, overlooking the Trinity curchyard, nnd a stone's throw from Wall strect. It was just twenty-two minutes past 12 o'clock when the explosion came, with a fores that was absolutely startling, completely wrecking the second floor of the building, turowing pedestrians on the street to the ground and startling people for blocks around. Those who were.close at hand saw a man blown throuzh one of the windows of Suge's oftice into Roctor street. A fow minutes later Mr. Suge himself, with vlood streaming from s face atd hands, was heiped out fnto the street and taken to O'Counell’s druz store, just below Wall street on Broadway. Thero also was carried the man blown from the window. Statement of Mr. Sage. Within ten minutes after the explosion Dr. A. P. Munn, the pnysician of Jay Gould, was at the side of Mr. Sage and personally at tended to his injuries, which proved to be not of a serious nature. ‘Thie hair and eyebrows of the mwillionaire were burnt and his face and hands cut by smail particles of elass and plaster, the result of the explosion. Mr. Sage, though suffering from the shock, wade the following statement while his wounds were being dressed: “A man, who gave his name as H, D. Wil- son, came to my office just now. I had never secn him before. Ho hnd a carpet bag in his hand and said: *If you will not give me $1,250,000 T will blow you all to pieces.” 1 know nothing further except-hearing a great explosion, falling on the floor and regained consciousness here, ‘The man lying on the floor of this drug store is, I believe, the same one who asked mo for money.” When Mr. Sage's wounds were dressed ho was taken u a cab to his homs, Outside on the street eversthing was cou- fusion, men lost their heads, and rumors of the wilaest kind filled the air. Tweuty wers said to have been killed and injured and from the building firomen led or carried tho dead and injured. Ambulances wero summoned from three hospitals, and soon the streets around wero solidly filled with a struggling mass of persons, all eagar to get to the scene of the disaster. When the police arrived in force tho build- As Mr. Sage was being lod through the lower hall of the building into the street ho said: “I0is a dynamito explosion aud they meant it for us this timo.” Biown Into Many Pi The covoner made an cxamination of the mangled remaizs of the man found in Sage’s oftice and from the manglod mass of flosh nd clothing took a seven-chamber bulldog revolvor. This was all that could be found by which an idestification coula bo made., What was left of the mad- man's body, at least it was so belled and’ accepted by police coroner, was laid out in Undertaker oftico at 82 Greonwich street. It much, The head was there blackene not badly distigured. It was cut off at the top of the ueck and looked for all the world like the mask of a man 35 or40 years old with a full beard that might have heen long, but was now burned closo to the chin and chieek. Then thera was a leg—the rizht, the left foot, one hand and that was all. Tho body proner was gone; of meither chest nor ubdomen was a_ tvace found. The lez that was there was oroken and twisted. Such shreds of clothing as were fourd sncwed tho 1aa0 hud worn trousers of a blue-black plaid with o black overcoat and long black stock- ings. That might havo started the story that a woman's leg was found. He had been caroful to rid himself of everything that wight disclose his identity. His' name had been written in the corner of his black hat, but he had cut it out with a knife. There was a hole in the lning where it had been. Crowds came aud went, looking at the face but no one knew it. When darkuess fell, the undertaker, tived of the sight, threw a cioth over it and shut his door. Russell Sage made tho following statement to Iuspector Byrues this evouing: Sage and the Madman, T came out of my oflice, having beea seat for. 1 found there was a man with u satcnel. He handed me a card bearing the name of H D. Wilson. He said he came from John D, Rockefeller and ut the same time handed me a typewritten letter in a sealed euvelope. It wus aadressed to me. 1 opened it and found that it was a demand upon me for the pay- ment of 1,250,000 The letter stated that if the money wis not given up at once to tho presenter of the letter that he would blow e, himself and the entive offico up with dy- namite. 1 read the letter and placing it in the envelove handed it back to him and turned to go into my private oftice when tho explosion aceurrod.” Coroner Messmer went to the ( street hospital and took the aute-mortem statement of Frank LRobertson, 1) years old, ambers ing was quickty cleared of all persons and a search made in the wrocked oftico. Horrible Sights, Just insido of the door of tha gencral oftice as found the trunk of a man in a stato that sudered recegnition impossible, the head having been severed from the body. A ponted, reddish beard gave the appearance of an educated man, which was enbauced by the brown curls of the hair and the heavy mustache that adorned tho upoer lip of tho dead one. When the body was taken up it was found to haye been torn in shreds by the explosion. ‘'ho nteriorof the offices plainly showed that the force of the explosion was somothing tecrific, All the partition walis were blown down and the sushs and window frames forced outward. The ceiling had been blown down and the floor was forced downward, rendering it unsafe to walk upon. Desks and chairs were overturned and hurled into an indescribable mass, and every picca of glass in the big air shAft that ran'to the roof was shivered into thousands of particles, A search quickly showed that the body of tho man with the pointed beard was the only one amony tho debris 1n the meantimo the crowds in the stroet grow larger, the elovated trains from upto bringing thousands to the sceue, all impo by curiosity, For an honr confusion reigned. ‘Ihien the police found their heads and some thing like n correct list of the killed ana in- Jured was bad. Victims of the Explosion. But one person had been killed outright, tho man with the pointed beard. He is sup- posed to be H. D. Wilson, the man who made tho demand for money from Mr. Sage and the one who threw tho bomb. Benjamin . Morton, who was blown through the window, a clerk in tho oftic of Mr. Suge, was removed to the Chamuers street hospital, where he died at 1 p. m. while under un’ operation for fracture of the skull. The deceased was a resident of Far Rockawuy, L. 1. Tho following injured wero taken to the hospital: PRANK RODERTSON Bergen Pot, and Tmbre & Co. broker office at the time of the explosion was fractured and he will probably de. Cuniins W, Osnonsg, Russell Sag cashier, of 1% Borkloy place, Brooklyn, frac tured skull; will probably die. SanvEL J. Canous, clerk, of 163 Deano streot, Brooklyn, lacerited wounds on head 20 years old, living at nployed as i clerk for Ho wus in Sagu's His skull Winian R Laiow, wbo was in the building at the time, received a fracture of tho Ho was taken to St Vincent's nhospital Coroxer . J. S Mr. Sage, aud chiof clerk, was about the head and face, When Colonel Slocum's dressed be returned to the scenc declarin he had lett the door of safo oven and was fearful that tho securities in it had been blown out and lost. Quickly gathering ther what bo fourd he placed them in a safo and had it removed to the oftice of Manhattan Rulivoud company in the sawme buildia Fragments of a Hu Body. Late in the afterucon the firewen found of out ocrw, a brother-in-law badly wounds w an employe of W. M. Imbre & Co., stock brokers at 50 Broadway. Ho said: *“About 12:10 o'clock I went over to Mr. Russell Suge’s oftice, No. 71 Broadway, with a check to got 100 shares of Burlington & Quiney stock. 1 saw a man talking to Mr. Sage very attentively. The latter seemed to shun him. “Tho man pulled out what looked like u pis - tol. 1t all glivtered and he put it iu his right hand overcoat pocket. 1 knew notning more until 1 called murder. 1 heard a and everybody yelled murder, plosion 100k place a second aft aw put. the glittering object in_ s pocket, man nad a bign silk hat, light brown whiskers, was about S ex- him The side- years old, wore a black overcoat and was well dressed. He was alone and had u square satchel. tory of the Plot. The story of the plot on Mr. Sage's lifo goos far back. Russell Sage, jr., talked frecly about it. He said that of late Mr. Sago had received three or four threatening letters signed by one James Walsh. In one of them the iriter demanded £1,200,000. Why that sum, Mr. Sage could not say. Ihe recent troubles between President Andrews of the New York Steam Heating company and the Standard Gas Light company now come to play in tue case. A lurge part of tho stock in dispute belonged to the widows of Spinola & Mauheim. These women, Walsh said in bis letters, he was about to' marry. He therefore demanded money to put him on their financial level. Mr. Sage paid no at- tention to him. Mr. Jay Gould was ulso at- tacked in tho letters, and denounced in abusive terms. The writer threateued Mr, zo's life, but no attention wus paid to it, 1 who knew about the letters believing kim toboa harmless crank. To quote Russell Sage, jr.’s own words: *“T'he resuit 1s known and Mr. Sage has been made an object of the dynamite fiend." History of the Dynamite Thrower. Atnany, N. Y., Dee. 4.—The dynamite crank is thought to be Hiram Wilson, aged un escaped lunatic and_a native of Glens Falls, Warren county. Wilson bad escaped previously from Middleton and Uti luws. ~ He was very strong and of light complexion. The worst signs of insanity were developed fourteon veuars ago when he kept the Bolton house ou Lake George. Then be led norses wuto the hotel and mwounting o table delivered an address to thom, He was of late years talkig of makiug norses go faster than any have oy wone, and of patent ghts, and at'ono time took the shoes off horse’s hoofs and put them on his own feet and led the s0 over some of the most mountuinous country of the Adirondacks. Wilsou, aftershort terms in insune usyiums, nas been discharged as cuved or escaped. 116 has wenerally celebrated his freedom by makiny attempts to kill sowme one who re fused to meet his domneds for mouey, Sev al yeurs ago he attempted to kill' a man whom he had asked for money to set him up in business. On un oceasion when W, J Arkell was in Albauy, Wilson made a de- wand on bim, Whei he vefused his demand Wilson threatencd to kill him and even at- tempted to assault bim in his oftice. He has also threatened the life of Goodwin Brown, one of the state lunacy commissiouers. 1t was the loss of mo which made bim crazy., Wilson was urrested here about @ yoar ago for Lureatenivg Lo kill some one, U0 MOLMAY'S GREAT HEAD. Indiana's Famous Objictor Pledges His HORIZONTAL BILL'S Crisp of Georgia gram to Tue Brr significant incident of tor by chair himself be date for the Support to Roger Q. Mills, CHANCE IS GOOD. and He Has a Cinch of Missouri Knows Is Elected—Other Ofices, Hateh Wastisaroy, D. C., Dae. 4.—|Spocial Tele. The most striking and ht was furnished Holman of Indiana, who will be who has often Judge anof the caucus and n mentioned as a possible candi speaker. Mr. Holman walked into Mills headquarters tonight and grasping Mr. Mills' hand said speakership, and to say 1 nave come to pledge you my vote for the if 1 can bring it avout, my colleagues from Indiana will vote fer you also.” the room and a score of hands There was atonco a genoral jubilation in wera out- stretehed toward Holmun, statoment that flow the This incident was quickly ververted into a rounds of the lob- oies, that Mr. Holman had positively turned over Mills tonight, that seven of the Indi are for Mills and tho otner four for all the ecleven Indiana votes to The fact is, as stated by Me. Bynum na democrats pringor. Of these, three prefer Mills us second choice. Mills touight is the ar: Aucther important dovelopment in favor of ul of Don M. Dick- inson, who 1s working with Vilas to influence the democrats of the northwest in favor of the free trader. Dickinson openly de clares that ne will securo seven of the eight democrats from Michigan for Milis, one of them, Chapman, being irrevoca- bly pledeed to MeMillin. The arrival of Mr, Dickinson completes the formidable list of Cleveland workers for Mills, 4 merely a'cover for an uitimato Boatier of foilower, has come out 0lso means a vote Hooker of und Brawley of South have been claimed for Crisp, bave openly de- clared for Mills tonight, Crisp t which mean gian, while Stewart of was surprised Mr, Leadquarters today. hour Senator stand firm. u vouon to within a few moments the repo at least eight of them were for Mills. at Chamberlain’s tonight. sentees were Warner, who is ill, and Stahl- necker. ¢ and no poll was taken ou that question. delegation aurced to vote for Turner for door- keeper, and to use thoir uwenty-three votes as mightseem best on the other minor oftices. geant-at-urms, Turner of New Yorl Fri nds The Mills men have also broken into Crisp's soutnern forees. Terry of Arkansas, who has been credited wono' to Springer, which is Mills vote. Louisiaua, another allaged Crisp or MeMillin, which Mills when neeaed. Cobb of Alabama wrolina, all of whom for Mississippi, Soills Has the Luck. Buchanan of Virginia telegraphed Mr. tie is too il to attend the caucus, another vote lost to the Geor- ‘oxas, whose absenco exnected on_account of sovere illness, Mills by appearing at his All these circumstances have combined to place Mils directly in the lead tonight. The Ilinois delogation continued to hold meetings, at which Mr. Springer und Palmer frantically urged them to ‘The [lnois congressmen there v protested theirundying de- only to ba called again indignantly to repel vbodv belioves, that on periodical Springer s, which ove The New York delegation held a meeting The only ab- ‘The speakership was not discussed, The The Indiana delezation tonight endorsed Mr. Dalton for nostmaster of the house and incidentally resolved to present Indianapolis vetore the democratic national committes for the next convention, ‘The minor oftices now seem likely to go as follows: Clerk, iXerr of Pennsylvania; ser- Yoder of Ohio; doorkeeper, 3 postmaster, Dalton of Indiuna, Enthusiastic Mills men now claim that he will have 126 votes on the second ballot. YOUIt CHOICE TAKE of the Speakership Candi- dates Co nt of > uccess. WASHINGTON, 4—| pocial Telegram to Tue Bee |—*“Mills is us gooa as elected. of more talk because victory is surely ours.” Thus spoke tonight extioveruor Gearing of California, one of the most ardent s of the candidate of Corsicana. burst the Springer boom.”” Our fight 1s won, There is no need pporters “We have “The Springer forcos aro intact. Mr. Springer will bo in the fight to tho finish,” said Senator-elect Palmor of Illinois tonight. “Mr. Crisp is sofar in the lead that I should not be surprised to see him nominated on the first ballot, then 1f the Spi broker, we feel that we shall win, for we are s0 far ahead of Mills that with will come 1o us trom the breach, wo win breach.” ings of Mississippi, one of the chief engi of the Crisp canvas confidence do the followers of McMillin and nger forces are those that must, the next ballot the Thus spoke Reprosen on after \cers and with almost cqual Hatch continue to prophecy. Nothing Seems Certain, body still claims the race, although goul is but a few bours distant with all the wearied competition in the homestreteh, The democratic house caucus is to meet at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon At 10 o'clock tonight no man can_tell with certainty who will win the prizo of the second position in power only to the presi- dency in the United States government. Nearly il of the democratic members of the house'are now in \Washingtou. Tho hotels where the speakership candidates have their ueadquarters are crowded with josthing groups, all noisily discussing the prospects of the morrow. State delegations ure meet- ing overy quarter of an hour and mysterious conforeiices ure being held inevery corner. ‘’he situation has veen such all day that a decided change might be reported at any moment. The situation late tomght is as tremulous as tho needle of a snaken compass. The most noticeable feature of the day has been the firm toue of confidence in the claims of the followers of Mills, Hereto- fore thoy have allowed the workers for Crisp to do ull the claiming and up to last night when they gave out some rather skaky figures, contented themselves with vague assurauces of ultimate victory, Mills! Friends Confident, onight, however, tha Mills cohorts are enthusiastic and more definite. They claim « big accession from the northwest, caused in part by the arrivat of ex-Postmaster Gen eral Vilas, who promisod to swing the Wis- consin democrats into line for Mills. Other vorthern democrats are expected to follow nis lead. The lowa democrats still say they will vote for Springer on we first ballot, but will turn for Mills whenever necessary. The lllinois democrats have been meeting at intervals all day and it is evideotly & bard task 10 keep them in line for Springer. Add fo this the fact that the Missouri delegation shows signs of wavering in allegiance to Hatch, that Washington is flooded with tele graws’ tonight from freo trade democrats ull over the country, imploring members to vote for Mills, and it is not hard to explain the ustounding coufidenca of the followers of the father of the tariff bill which led the democracy to defeat in 1585, and yet in every estimate Crisp is considered M “the tead on the firet ballot. It ison the subsequont break that Mills' chonces of success hinge. The vame of each condidate who may still be in the fleld tomorraw ufternoon will be pro- sented 0 the car , s in & nominating speech | 85 effective as tuo orator can make it Crisp will be named by Blunt of Georgia and Rayuer of Maryland, Mills by Brecken- ridgo of Arksusas aud Crane of Texus, M- Millin by Washington of Tennossée or Covert of Long Isiand, Springer by New- berey of Ilinois and Hateh by one of the Missouri delegation, probably Dockory. ALL ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT. Democratie Candidates £ rthe Speak- ership Claiming Fverything WasniNatoy, D, U, Dee. 4.~The hotels of the capital are thronged with members of congress today, and the speakorship contest has reached fever hemt. Rumors are no longer a commodity in the political mart, and facts and figures are now demanded before any prediction receives credence. Yielding to popular inquiry, all the candidates or thoir friends havo at last given out flgures upon which they base their hopes of success, and these figures hava been supplemented by the names of their respective supporters. The estimates show material discropancies, but they are more nearly in accord than any which have preceded them. Upon the faco of these estimates, and upon the confession of candidates themselves, ono fact is evident that ro nomination is possible on the first baliot if all the aspirants remain o the field. “'hat this will be the case, and that five can- didates will enter thec#tucus, there is no long- er good cause to doubt. The arvival and effectivo missionary work of Senator Palmer last night has so strengthened and encour- aged the forces of Mr. Springer that the withdrawal of the Iilinols man is now in- decd n remote possibility, as all the efforts have been directed {n the attempt to effect the disintegration of Mr, Springer’ phalanx and these efforts have now proven futile. It 18 gouerally naccepted that the two minor candidates, Messrs. Me- Millin and Haten, wilkalso romain_in the fight to the finish, dndeed, so far as is known, no scrious attempt has been made to stampede the followers of Mr. McMillin, as claims of the other candidates render it uncertain as to whether Mr. Muls or sp would be tho gainer by the witn- drawal of the Tenressee candidate, A strong attempt has bean and is still boing made to persuade Mr. Hateh of Missouri to withdraw, but that gontloman quite fena- ciously, and even indighantly, insists that ho will bo'a hopeful candidate long after somo of his prouder competitors lave retired in humiliation from the contest. Irony of Politics, The irony of polities was never better illustrated than in the claims of the friends of Mr. Springer this mdrning, that Mr. Mills will be forced to retire before tomorrow alteraoon, and that the Tllinois candidate will absorb the greater portion of nis follow ing. The friends of Mr, Mills treat this prediction iightly and oharacterize it as a clevor retaliation by the lllinois candidate for the attomot ot the fexas man to break into his fold, but Mr. Springer maintains that they will not treat matters humorously aftor tho developments of tho next twenty- four hours. S will enter the caucus with fifty-seven votes,” soid Mr. Springer this morning, “and it must be appurent to Mr. Mills and his friends by this time that I willlead in the tirst oallot. It must b3 equally apparent to since they havo failed 10 win over that the only comoination which an defeat Mr. Crisp 18 tor Mills and hi friends to come over to me. With their assistance I can defeat Mr, Crisp, but that is the only winning card Mr. Mills can now play. The most unfortupate thing that could happen to Mr. Mills would begy withdrawal for if the field were lofuito Messrs, Crisp and Mulls today, the Georgi caundidate would be overwhelmingly nominatad.” At Mr. Mills’ nu.’l\lqlf: rs it was denied that Mr. Springer could 8o into the caucus with more votes thah SMr. Mills, ‘“As to figures,” said Mr. Mills, “T have nono to give, butIawm still e, urdzed by the out- look. I have yet seen nothing tc discourage me.” Congressman Breeltenridge of Arkansas, the manager of Mills’ canvass, said: *\We will certuinly have more votes than Mr. Soringer. A3 to what we will have upon the fivst batlot, T have prepared no figures, for we do not expect a speaker to be selected upon the first ballot. Al our estimates per- tain to subsequent ballots, when favorite ones are out of the way and cougressmen are free to express their secord cnoice.” Sanguine Crisp Men. At tho headquarters of Mr. Crisp thore was the same outward manifestation of con- fidence which has characterized his canvass for some days. **Wo are always glad to give figures, and names, to, if desired,” Representative Catchings. *“Upon the first vallot, assuming that 114 yotes will nomi- nate, we will have within twelve votes of a nomination, and tbat, teo, with all the can- didates 1 the field. Mr. Mills is not being a serious factor in this fight. He will go into tho caucus with fower votes than M. Springer, but with all 0f thom in the field our man will win on the second ballot.” “I will 0 into the caucus witn fifty-soven or filty-cight votes,” said Mr. MeMillin, “and all gossip rezarding my witharawal is nonsense,’’ It is rogarded as unlikely that any ono not now in the field can. consolidate sufficient votes to win. “The Michigan delegation held n meoting this afternoon. The delegation will be nearl if not wholly a unitn favor of Mr. Springer s0 long as b has a faif prospect of success. Mr. Crisp has developed unexpected strength in the delogation provided a break is made from M. Springer. Guarding Against Hoodoos, There is cousiderable difference of opinion as to the number of ballots which will be necessary to end the contest. Mr. Crisp tninks he will receive the uomination on tho second ballot, and if not, then on the third The other candidates say that at least thre and perhaps more, ballots will bo necessary Mr. McMillin, whose views agreed very nearly with thoso exprassed by his rival: 0 one can be nominated on the first ballot, nor on the sacond, and then the leader has got to win very quickly if he wins at all.” A horse shoo, with rabbit feet on each heel, was sent’ to the Crisp headquarters today by a lady from the south, and with this double emblem of zood luck, ono of Mr. Crisp's subporters jokigly asked bhow any oue could longer doubt the result. Kepublicans Will Make Nominations. The republican menbers of the house will caucus at 7:10 p. m. for the purpose of nom- inating their candidate for the speakership as well as for the minor offices of tivuvuse, The task will be a pertimetory one, and ali of the old ofticers will undoubtedly ve placed in nomingtion. The cayeus will be held in tho house if the democratie gaucus adjourrs in time, otherwise it wiil be hela in the room of tho committeo on jugiciary. The call will probably be issued by Representative Hen- derson of Illinois, chaifman of the caucus. Bl THOUGHT HE WAN THE KIDNAPER. pecial Agent e Strange Expertorcs Kaxsas Crry, Mo., Dée, 4.—Special Agent Kretschmer of the interstate commerce com- mission is 1n the city teday on his way to Chicago. Mr. Kretschmer had a peculiar experience in Kansas' City Thanksgiving night, und it was becauso of this that the federal grand jury at Omaba was delayed, Mr. Krotschmer had arranged to leave Kaj sas City on the Burhngton Thauksgiving night at 940 oclock, shortly after the kidoapiog of “Jupior” Beals, He was deluyed 80 much that when he started for tho train he bad omiy three minutes in which to catch if. -~ Ho bLad procured his ticket 1or a passage oger the Burlington and bridge depot. The hack rushed fuviously down Broadwaygbut near the depot a polico. man sprang to the horses' hoads and after being dragged nearly & block succeeded in stopping the team.! Two policemen jerked open the door and demanded the identity of the government oficial. He succeeded in satisfying the officers that he was not the kiduaper whom the polico ware on the look out for, but by tha times he had reached tho depot the train was b overthe bridge, Pullwan berth for Omaha, and not being desirous of losing the fare he engagad & hack at dovble pric o cateh the train at the | o court martial for tho trial of Major ¢ s | B. Throckmorton, Second artillor, amended to airect the court to conve WITHOUT A SECOND'S NOTICE i Wednesday, Docember 0, 1801, or as thereafter as practicable and the suspon 8t Paul Workmea Buried Beneath the (:l‘lhr nvr;uu-;w of ;.u\\m-m-r made in V 3 de tment order of Nov ber 2 1801 e Debris of o Fallen Wall, Witharawa, et HOW THEY WILL ORGANIZE, EIGHT KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED. | sfuch speculation Concerning the Ofti cers of the Fifty-Second Con Wasitisaros Berear o Tie Brr, | 513 FOURTEENTH STRERT Wasitivaroy, D, C., Doe. 4. § There will be vary little accomplished by congress next week. In f; little will be done until after the holidays. Both houses will convene on Monday at noon, After the new representatives and senators are sworn, a joint committee will notify tha president Crazed with Excitement and Fear the Workmen W aped with Difii- culty Are Induced to Commence the Work of Rescue ) 18 this in S, Pave, Mion,, afternoon a forco of Dee. 4 n wore At 145 clearing away the aebris of the burnea build- [ that the IMifty-second congress is in session ings formerly occupied by Farwell, Ozman & In the houso thero will be the formal eice- | Co.and Griggs, Cooper & Co. when one of | tion of a democratic speaker, clerk, sergeant- | the walls fell with a terriic crash, Killing | at-arms aud doorkeeper. The repubiicans elght men iustantly and injuring many | Will give ex-Speaker Reed and probavly the | othors, some of them serlously. other officers who served in tho Lust congress There was supposed to have been fifteon | A1 who still hold tho reins and draw the men beneath the wail at the time it fell and | Wiii'be ho mistake about the. aadorsement of the majority of them were iilled or received | Mr, Reed’s administeation of affairs of the last house, No other name las oeen so much as whispered for the complimentary vote, injuries which will probably prove fatal. All the patrol wagons in the city were at The members o 0 house draw their once summotied and the polico attempted to | 4% TR OF o Bouse WK (e organize the laborers who were not under [ The popublicans and democratic senators the wall and get thom to work removing the | will hold separate caucuses on Mounday or dead and injured. Wila with The men wero wild with excitement, how- ever, and it was a long time bofore mors than balf a dozen could be induced to go to work. In less than haif an hour the men had taken out twelve of their companions, seven doad and five injured, one fatally, Contractor Wilcox was taken out dead and mangled beyond recognition “The wounded were taken to the city hospital and the dead, with the exeeption of one man, laid out in tho Great Northorn freight house “Tho wall appeared firm, and gave no s of weakening up to the timeof its fall. Monday night and appoiut cancus comiit tees which will agreo upon a rearrangoment of standing committees of tho se Quito a number of prominent senators have retired to private life sinee Moreh 4 last, ana sevoral chairmanships and minor positions on prom- inent committees are vacant. 1t will require a great deal of conferenco to determine who shall fill these vacancies, The democrats will have a much casier task to fix a slate for minority ropresentation on the commit- tees, [t is not probable that the caucus com- mittecs will roport their work under a week, when the new arrangement of the committees will be ratified The president's messago xcitement. will be read in cavations, however, about its base the two houses on Tuesday afternoon. It is caused it to tumblo. expected that on that day the president will Most of those taken from the ruwns Wero | gond to the senate a largs lot of vecess nom- badly crushed and bruised; others were uot | jnations and possibly sume now one: About s0 badly maugled, but had evidently been | Wodnosday it is oxpected that some impor Killed by bricks falling on their heads. Of those wounded and taken to hospi only two will recover. There were no groans or cries from the in- jured as tho poor fellows were extricated from the ruins by their fellow workuen. Notone had regained consciousness. Tho most careful handling possible secmed to bo torture most horrible, for the roscuers were tant news nominations will go to provably a otary of war, two membe of the ‘interstate commission and some, if not all of the circuit and district judges, a member of the court of claims and possibly some diplomatic nominations, there being vacancies in the Chinese and Japan missions Be » senate, al trice's funlic Building not well drilled to thoir task at tho outset, | The bond of Samuel C. Smith, cashior of and did not work tocether as thoy did later | tho First N 1k of Bentrico, ns dis- on. In theirdisconcerted offorts they seemed | bursing oficer for the Beatrice public build- at times to bo pulling the men almost to | ing, was approved today and funds to pay for pieces. The faces of tho workmen wero | tha excay e Rndardtoba e te Hbo almost as 1f thoy had been dead themselves. nOW progress| forwarded. Assistant Se versed the de of Benjamin I¥ m g rapidly, will be immediately The majority of tho men were under the south part of the wall, and here tho heaviest part of the wall fell. Only two wero taken out from the north side. ctary Chandler today sion below in the land contest . Bowman vs Wayland 8. Davis Listiof ths Dendlani Woundeds of South Dakota and granted a rehearine. TR R T G 13, ). Evans of Omaa is at the Rieg HANS HANBON, SWoUs e paaator. Senator Saunders of Montana is at the Ar- CHARLE lington. Miss Nellie Crounse, daughter of Mr. Amos CHARLES LARSO. Crounse of the ‘Preasury ctment, who JOTIN ADAMSKL 5 years of age. has been spending a few days with Miss FRANK MARCIA Kitty Street, daughter of Captmn Street of JOHN KOL The injured are: Joux Winrke THOMAS SOMATRA. Fraxk D. LeTaer, Samven Perers, UNKNOWN. These ave iow lying at the olty nospital, and at 5:30 wers ahve. It is uot thought eturned to her home in Capitol Hill, has Herndon, Va. J. D, Cressy, who has been at his home at Huron, S. D, for some weeks, has returned to Washington for the session. Colonel John L. Jolley of South Dalsota, who succecds the late Representative Gam: ble, has arrived and is stopping st 55 B that Somatra, Peters and the unknown can | *U5°0% HOFbERsl L ey s At recover. the Arlington. Workmen spent all the afternoon search- General J, C, Cow! J. o, Millard and ing for more victims of the disuster, G andiy Miss Millard avrived from Omaba this eve ning. Geaeril Cowin will apoear for M. Hoyd in the celevrated gubernatorial case before the supreme court on next Mouday. Postmasters appoiuted today: Nebraska: rzer, Scotts Bluff county, P. J. Shawver TERRIBLE STORM RAGING. Many Trains in North Dakota Block- aded by Dr fiing Snow. 3 Ponrks, N. o4 4. —T r v A. B. Grow, resigned; Lamar, Chase GraD Fouks, N D., Dec. d.—Tho storm | .unie’ 1,1y Ruffman vico V. L. Wilson, is still raging with the mercury about ab | posigidd; Lewollyn, Keith county, C. Graf zero, ‘The air is filled with snow. Railroad | vice S. McN. Scott, resigned: Olos, Boono men report the first snow blockade in two | county, J. K Kram vice H. U. Gualest, ro All trains aro practicaily abandon siened. Towa—Bladensbure, Wapelio county, eat Northern passenger, due last oven- | 1 Murray vice W. I, Parker, resicned; Port- ing, is 1n a snow bank two miles from tuis [¢ 804, Cerro Gordo county, A. R. Harrington vice' 5. C. Hill, Rome, Henry city. The mercury 18 falling rapid 1 resigned; Rome Reports from Aberdeen, . D.. report that - A. Sheridan vico €. C. Churehili, the worst wind and suow storm of the P.S.H. 2on hus provailed for tho lusy twont ThaNAYY hours. All business is at a stanastill o N i pster i train services are greatly interfered Wasmivatoy, D. €., Dec. 4, —Socretary At Moorehead, Minn., all the Great Northern | Tracy has issued an order dotaching the teains are tied up. Reports from Crookston, Owatonie and other Minnesota points say the blizzard is raging with great fury. Snow is fulling fast and drifting badly. All trains aro delayed Newark from the squadron of evolution, and directing Admiral Walker toprocecd avonce with the Chicago, Atlantaand Bennington to the south Atlantie station and assume com- =y 170. FOUR TRAINS IN ONE HEAP, NUMBER t Thompson, Conn., the Socone of a Most Singalar Collision, CARS CONSUMED BY THE FLAMES. Three Men Lose Their Lives and & Number Are Badly Wounded ~ Thrilling Experience of the Passengers, Provinexce, R. I, Dee. 4.—A most ox- traordinary aceident occurred at Kast nompson, Conn., station on the New York & New England main lino just beforo 7 o'clock this morning, Four trains, two freights and two passengers, were pilod up confusion within less than five minutes and three lives lost, while sev- eral persons were seriously injured, one of in indescribable whom may die, passenger trains were the Norwich Boat train and Long Island & Eastern Statos expross. Tho freight trains were the local Southbridge and the throuch ecast-bound Boston. Both the engineer and firoman of the Long Island express wero killed, the engineer being decapitated. Tho other fatality was that of an unknown passonger on the train, who was burned to death in one of the Pullman ca At East Thompson the local Southbridge freizht mado up as usual just bafove 7 o'clock this morning and haa como to a standstill on the west-bound track when thers was a shrick trom a locomotive, and in another in- stant there was a crash, and two engines were mixed together, while a long pile of freight cars blocked both the enst-bound and west-bound tracks. It wasa special freignt, esst-bound for for Boston, on the west-bound track that had struck the tocal freight. I'ho damage thus fur done was comparativel slight, but the men tad searcely reached their feot when there was another locomotive whistle, and in an ivstant another crash. This time it was the overdue Long [sland express, Plunged Into the Wreek, The engine struck the wreckage on the track, bounded in the wir and fell over on its side, All the cars of the train reruaived on the track. he engineer, Hal Tabor, had ovidently seen the wreck, but too late. He had reversed his lever, but that was bis last act, for s headless body was found beside the’ ruins of his engine, and that of his fira- man, Jo rry Pitzgerald, lay near by, The boat train ordinarily gets ahead of tho express, being duo at Boston ten minutes carlier. On nccount of both trains being lute, howover, and as the exj goes through without o stop, the bout train “was held at Putnam several minutes and then permittod » g0 by, There was no delay after tho. ex- press had gone, Wiien the express struck the ‘wreck one of the train bands snatched o flag and ran up the track. The cugineer of the voat traiu dia not see the man until within 100 feot of the wreck. Quick as thought he reversed bis engine. put on the air brakes and with the fireman, jumped for bis life. The engine of the boat train went quarter way through the Pullinan, while the tender telescoped the baggage car behind, ‘There were but few passengers on eithor train, twelve on the express and about: twenty-five on the boat train. All of these escaped except one. The Pullman “Midland” was the last car of the cxpress. It had four passengers, Three of them wot out quickly after the skock, oie escaping through a window in Liis night shirt and drawers. The fourth man, it 15 understood. started 10 go out but for some reason_turncd vack. . That was the lust seon of him, for a few seconds later the engine of tho boat train crashed through the ¢ A piece of skull, an arm bone and a gold watch was all that was found in the debris of the car. tmmediately after the last cotlision flames. broke out from the Midland, which was about the center of the wreek of tho four trains. T'he Midland was entirely destroyed, as were several box cars with ~their con- tents. somo Killed ana Injured. HARRY TABOR, englneer of the Land express, TERIY VUG ERA LD, Tabor's fireman. AN UNKNOWN MAN, who was in the sleeper of the train at the tine of the ac dent. At last aceounts the budy hed not been takon out of the wreek. Tho injured are: Long mand of that station. The order assigning Admiral from five to twenty-four hours. Several persons are reported frozen to death. Pierre, Benham to Do and (rand Forks, N. D, each roport | tna command of that station is rovoiced aud CEMCE LIRS ho will probably romain in the United States waiting orders, ‘the Nowark will, it is expocted, be placed under Admiral Gherardi’'s command, as part of the north Atlantic squadron Admiral Walker's commanud will comprise PENNSYLVANIA CYCLONE. Much Dimage Done at Carlisle and Other Towns. Canviste, Pa., Dee. 4.—The worst storm fl\\‘;’ \'~| m‘«‘ his. |||‘n ship, lll‘-z «'hi‘ |" e RSl e Atlanta, Benuington, Yantic and Issex, known in years swept over the Cumberland | SERRT ; TRAG R o FLECE, B ST valley this afternoon, wrecking buildings, uprooting trees and destroying crops. Tho damage will reach and may exceed $100,000, but as far as could be learnsd tonight no lives wero lost. At Mechanicsburg fifteen buildings were blown down, among them the Natioual Hotel and Mothodist church, Twelve other build- ings were damaged. At Waynesboro, Landis' tool works and tho Weber school house were wrecked, Fortunately the pupils of the school had been dismissed and the employes of the tool works escaped with slight injury. Severa vbuildings were unrocfed. ‘The townshi chool houso and the Western Maryland round house were also demolished. I'rom the country come roports of wrecked | ¢ and ruined crops and prostrated telegraph lines nave an effective fleet ready for immediato servico in either the south Atlantic or south Pacific, e 4 the Last Wasmyaroy, D, C., Dee. 4.—Secrotary Proctor attended the meeting of the cabinet vesterday for the last time and took oficial leave of his associates. Ho will sevor his conneetion with the War department tomor row afternoon. WEATHE e ¢ Fo. OrricE oF WEATHER BUREAU, ) Owany, Dec, 4. The storm his crossed the upper lake re n into Canada. Traces of it still linger in Minnesota and upper Wisconsin in the form of suow. The weather over all the wostern sections has cleared off deligntfully, and fair weather ST BLIZZAKD SWEPT MINNESOTA, Exaixirk WiLn, of the night freight 212 eastbound, Frraay Bovcr, also of the night freight, Both of tho latter aro seriously injured. ENGINEER BUrLEY, of the boat train. FirEsaN Lownex, of the boat train. A M. Cuaxpre, of Chestuut Hill, Boston, Exriess Messexari Mansinars of the boat <press, shoulder injured. BaGaAGEMASTER Ciase: of the boat train. Tho four engines are totally destroyou. Two of them were in the center of tho flames. DEATH ON THE WATERS. Twenty Men ‘fhought to Have Found Watery Graves in the Hudson, Havenstiaw, N. Y., Dee. 4.—Twelve barges londed with brick, including the Irene, Captain James Kennedy; Delson, Captain Pat Hill; Louise, Captain A. Bradbury; and Louise-Christio Koy, Captain Scowt and kilen C. M, Towing com- ming down oton PPoint. and about tho Corvell pany’s boat Townsend, were the Hudson, sud when opposite ¢ were upset at about 9 p, m., twenty persons were drowned. The names of the otter boats were Mary G. Burns, Cap- tain Will Dewitt; Blackstone and Yellow- stone from Tomplins, whose captuius’ names could not be learued. When at n Point the swash of the river was 80 great thut the tuy was compelled Snow and Cold Weather in the North- | oy provails botween tho Mississippi aud weet—L0oss of Life, the Rockies. Suow is falling in Utah ava MixxgAroLs, Minn,, Dec. 4.—The storm | westarn Montans. contizues with unsbated vigor tonight. All [ There has not been much chango in the trains on the Canadian Pacific, Groat | temperature ard no decidod chango is an- Fy PR o | ticipated. .?.‘,‘L‘:‘,“,.’l.';l':";'l.,;\:l‘,:l'\‘,‘,““‘l’"',:l','n:;"m‘:,f"““h‘;‘,‘:\‘,'; H bR Omana nnd. viclnity Continued fair weather with slight change in temperature, loss of life is feared as the mercury is arop- ping. At Deloraine, Mrs, John Peddle was found this morning frozen to death about 400 yards from her howe, Sho was driving home from probaoly a little warmer today. WasiixGrox, . C., Dec. 4.—For Missouri and Kansas -Huir; variable winds; slight warmer, market and was caaght in last night's bliz- | (F {I’W",“‘:‘l':‘r’, .I.T.';Ii:‘:il;;.‘l oad Oklshomm, d or children were also budly AIR] 20! ) said, Her Lo’ eniidren were also badly | wor” Montans—Tocol- suows: ver oRen, 3 Is; stationary toemperature in west Fatal Glant Powder Fxplosion, ¢ in eastern portion, South Dakota—Generally fair; west winds: slight ehanges in temperature, For lowa and Nevraska-— Gonerally fair; Tacoma, Wash., Dec, .—At Eagle Gorge, fifty miles cast of here, & workman named os Rodgors was lkilled and Honry |50 hwoest winds; slight changes in témper | was fatally wounded by an explosion | i, of giant powder. IPor North Dakota—Occasional stows in - ARMY ORDERY, eastern, fair in western portion; variable Ll winds; warmer by Sunday mornin of Intere-t in the Regular A .«. » Service Yester luy. ondon—Sigl Stey Wasmixatos, D. €., Doc. 4.--(Spacial Telo- | AL Loudon SRR BT o : e Bre|—Tho following army | AvBoston—Poruyian, from Moscow DR W Tus. Bew) UM S Al Amstordam—Scheidam, from Balti orders were Issued today : AL Major Samuel M, Horton, surgeon, is de N T AR P tailed a member of tne Army Retiring At New Yorl T'rave, from Bremen; Ger- Board at Los Augeles,Cal., convened by War | manic, from Liverpool dopartment order dated Februery 9 1 eS—— vice Captain Henry (. Burton, assistaut sur Death Roil geon, hereby relioved. Such journeys s | Cuicaso, 1il., Dee. 4.—Colonel Dick Taylor Major Horton may be required to make be- | gied 1n this cily today, aged S0, Colonel :,“‘;‘x ‘,:::l‘“::"f,‘}’“”‘,f_“:,""‘[_‘J Angelos in attond | aylor was a personal friend of Lincoln and B i lne Caniatn Tiam A px.aan | |v’\\'\v~‘!u;\\»lln:suy:, sted to Lincoln the idea army surgeon, will report in parson 1o Brig. | ©f #reenbacks. o . adier General Alexander Mcb, McCook, | G oxamian AR president uf the army retiriug bourd, at Los | el A Angeles, Cal., for examination by the voard | LY . 40VOrng Smp and on the conclusion of his examination | bell is still zonfined to his home with la | will return to his proper station | grippe, but is not considered daugerousty ill Order dated Novewber 20, 1501, appoiating | by bis poysiciens, to round to, thus forcing the barges to rido cach other. Boing loaded and the tide wash- ing bigh, they immediately upset. Phere wero sixty men ou Lhe twelve bargos and only about thirty have some ashore. I'he accident is reported 1o be due to the careless- I ness of the pilot of the Wg. over. The boats did not sink but toppled 0 oon euch barge were fivo mon, makiog sixty in ail. ‘Pugs are out ull over the river in the hopeof saving any who may have clung to the bottom of the’ capsized barges, but little hope is entortained as to their safety Twelvo mon are known to have been drowned from the difforent ooats. Gireat. excitoment prevails in tho village, Pho Herald bas the following details of 1 the disaster Twelve brick bargoes Hudsou river were struck storm off Croton Point at and were cupsized, T to have been lost. The bodies of ten have recoyered ot midnight. The barges s in tow of the Cornell Towing company's tug Townsend down the by 4 violent wind 0 0'clock last night. ity lives ure reported coming Tlo storm came upon them just as thoy reached the polnt. ‘The river i very wide ut this place aud a high €ross sea was run- ning. As thetow eaino around the point the wives were 50 heavy Lhat they began to side. To save ber S8ALY 10 DeAyo 1o wish over tho steamer’s from foundering it was ne vith beud 1o Lhe s was cast off the. T'ho minuto the tow line | barges began to drive into one wnother and { bound about in the seaway, As they knocked together some bad Loies stove i aud some eaught o carried over by o waves and wind their sides and sank them other and w th | one against a | their heavy deck loads turniug them bottom upwards, All this hup= | pened in & very few minutes. v - = ing in Strength WaASHINGT D. C, Dec. 4. Secretary Foster is slowly gaiuing strength aud wip: | avle to walk across bis Foom today,