Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 23, 1892, Page 1

TWEN FIRE'S AWFUL WORK, Helpless Oripples Burned to Death in In- dianapolis, ASSISTANCE COULD NOT BE GIVEN THEM. d by Those urning Pil Heartrending Soenes Witne Who Gathered Round the B HEROIC ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE MADE Many of the Patients Killed by Jumping from the Windows, LONG LIST OF THE DEAD AND INJURED. & Scenes Which Met tha View of the Rulned Herole ts of the ¥ in Building — ot Self-Sacrifice— ire. history of Ispiasarorts, Ind., Jan, One of the most appaliing fires in the Inuia napolis occurred last night. The Nationul Sur gical institute, one of the most famous fnsti- tutions of its character in the United Stat burned to the ground. The fire started at widnight in the office building, aud above this offico wero the wards for bubes and mothers, and known as the A B C departments, Smolte was discovered a few minutes beforo midnight issuing from the advertising room of the building, which im- mediately Joins the oporating room back of the office. The vrigin is claimed to have been from the spontancous combustion of some chemicals which had been placed 1n the room, and circulars and papers about tho room were soon ablaze, and in fifteen min- utes the whoie lower floor was enveloped in tumos, The attendant, Bartley, awakened all of the patients, and in the halls and upper rooms pandemonium reigned. Shrick after sbriok for help went up us the inmates real- ized thelr terrible situation. Jumped from the Windows, During the fire two womon jumped from tho window. One of these was badly injured, but the other was caught by a man standing fn the crowd below and escaped serious in- jury. Two oihers threw out thewr babies, which wero caught and saved by the firemen. One or two men jumped from the roof and were badly burt, At least 125 persons wero taken from the windows by the firemen and car- ricd to adjoining store room: Awtul Scenes of Suflering. At Weddel's restaurant, where seventy or olghty of tho vatients were carried, the sight presented as oue entered and looked upon the Indiseriminate gathering ot suifering crip- ples, many of them maddened by excitement and pain, was one that almost defied descrip tion., Stretched upou the improvisod beds, spread on tho tables, were little children, monning, crying, coughing, their faces vlanchod with fear, their throats rasped with the pungent smoke th +Oh, my Lord, please dow't touck my legs. 1t will almost kill me if you do,” pleaded a tittle girl whose bandaged feet extended over the edgeof a table, Said William Kimball, a young man with oth legs crippled from tho knces down and bis head thrown to oue side by a distorted shoulder jolut: I was slecping in my ved on the fourth floor. I dorot know how it was, but I awoke from a sense of strangula- tion. Krom less than one foot above my face was dense mass of smoke. I just rolied off my bed. Icould not move with my braces on, 80 I took them off, lying upon my side, It was so hot 1 thought I was going to die. 1 called as loud as I could: *Help! help! in 9. Just then thore was o crash of doors and a big colored man fell over me. He picked mo up like a baby, dashed through the halls and down tho stalrways and brought me here. God kuows 1 am thankful. God in heaven knows I am thankful,” Pitiful Appeal of a Child, Oue of the most pitiful cases was that of little §-year-old Ethel Piatt, daughter of James M. Piatt of Piukuneyville, Ill. Lattle Lithel was found in her bed on the third floor half strangled with smoko and suffer- ing with spinal trouble. Wrapped in a blan ket she was taken up in the arms of a Gorman, carried down to the next floor through dense smoke ahd past roaring flames to a window, und as the crowd gath- ered bulow and extended their arms she was thrown out. With a broken leg sho was taken across [llinols street, placed on a table aud covered with blankets. She suffered desperately and fregently screamed out from her desperato agony. She was finally re- moved from the crowded room and carried to tho roowns of Mues, Gilbert, four doors north of the restaurant. A’ pillow was placed ou the outstrotched arms of a gontle man and the child was placed thereon ana moved to more pleasant quarters. When rwsed_she cried out: “0O, please don'tlift me. Yowll kill me. O, my ieg's broken. [ want mamma. O, I want my mamma,’ and tho cries of the little sufferer continued to ring out as she was taken outon the streot und removed to Mrs, Gilbert's room. “Mamma just left me last Saturday and went home bocause she was siok,”” murmured the child. **Won't you please telegraph her to come back. I don’t want to die; O, I can- not die until I see my mammau.” Exciting Rescue of Inmal Mrs, Ed Purdy was sieeping with her little dnughter, Jesamine, in a room which was on what was known as the A B C floor, and had only time to spring from her bed, throw a quilt over the eripuled child, and with uoth ing but her tight robes to protect her com menced her escapo from the Lorror that was close pressing ber. Out in the hall she pressed, full Lo the floor, recovered her feet, and then stepping, dragged he little girl about seventy-five fest o tho top of stair. Again she took her child, now unconscious, in_her arms and bad made bor way half down the steps leading to the third tloor, wheu she lost her balauce ana foll downivard, the little oue falling upon the mother and remaining uppermost until she renched the lanaing, about ten stops be low. Here mother and cbild were found shortly after oy Johu Gavia, av Atlas engine works moldor, who caught up the littie girl in his arms ad started down stairs A traveling man, whose name could not bo loarned, took Mrs. Purdy up und started aflor Gavin, Tho smoke was stifling, out thoy beat their way through the narrow pas- sageways aud down the flights of stairs. ond floor, Guvin was confrouted with massed crowd of men blocking his passage. Without raised his foor and sent it crashing into the breast of a man who went tumbling over acainst the banister and down stairs. The others gave way und finally Mrs. Purdy and | ber ohild wero taken out to Woddel's Restoratives were sdmiuistered and they gained consclousness, although both were ¢ from SOVOro HErvOus Prostration Watched Himself Slowly Hu Stern of Dubuque, Ta., been an fumate of the instituti about mouths, was left in room 101, He was less, And on Lis Himbs were his braces, which 0 could not remove. e could uot gou off is bed for fear of rolllug dows under the has Ive who I'Y-FIRST YEAR. i Halfway down the flight leading to the sec- Waiting tor thom to make way he | THE OMAHA bed of bis room mate, whick was right next to biis own, He lay thore cryiug for help. The fire burned through the partition at the toot of his bad, and o portion of the burning boards fell on him, He lost consciousness. Ha was romoved by the police and tiremen, but when taken to the restaurant it was found that his fe dreadiully burned; s0 badly fnjurcd that the flesh burst asunder, exposing the muscies, Au amoulance was summoned and he was taken to St Vincent's hospital, where, after examnination, his n dition was pronounced very critical At the restaurant of A, J iftith, directly woest of the institute, the scene was terrivle. The poot unfortunates werestanding, sitting, Iying on the eounters and tables, huddled in groups on the floor, their pale faces, with staving eyes, turning listlessly in different directions, Some of them apvenred dazed, as if scarcoly realizing what had uappened The room was crowded, over fifty inmates veing counted, They varied in age from old men and women dowu to the mere babe. Somo few appeared cheerful and were ughing and talking among themselves, we were greatly concerncd about their trunks ana clothes, and numerous inquiries were mado of police aud attondants whether their clothing and personul effects ere suved Thicre were 246 patients and sieeping n the two buildings in which 1h e instituto was located. At 0:30 this morning nineteen dead bodies had been recovered. Some wore killed bv jumping, out the others wero suffocated or burned to death, A Terrible Disc Kours the delusion was enter- tained that all the inmatos wers saved. Soon after 2 o'clock, when the firs had nearty sub- sided, the polico and firemen went into the building and found in one room a mass of roasted bumanity, Thero were seven per- sons in that mass alone, Nearly all tno bodies were found the Georgla street aune The of thodead was further swollen by four who died from injuries received in leaping from windows. Identitication is almostimpossible, many of the dead being churred beyond recoguition thirty nurses Kor two Origin of the Fire, The fire when first discovered was located in the Georgia street building at the rear of the oftico in the advertising room, Whether it started there or not cannot be said, as the kitchen and aining room were in the sume section and further back. An alley separates tho orgia street building feom the one facing Ulinois street, A covered bridge con- nects them, The five leaped up through the floors of the building in which 1t started, reaching a stairway about two feot wide, thus securing a draught, and spea through the second floor from rom to room ead ball- way 1o hallway. Then the tuird and fourth floors were quickly reached and across the ailoy the fiery tongues dashed, firiag the ad- joining building. ~ These buildings were a network of narrow balls, entrances aud staivways. The fire could not have chosen a better place for its destructiveness. Helpless Patients, - In the small rooms throughout the build- were from ono to four oeds, all occupied by patients, many of whom were perfectly helpless. Wheu they bocamo avare of their peril their tright was awful. They bocame frantic in their efforts to reach places of safoty. Every cffort was made by the fire- men, polico aud uwmbulance forces to rescuo the caged unfortunates, and acts of heroism and daring woro performed vy the wen that should perpétuato their memories. Whore the diuing room and kitchan were the building was gutied. Above these two departments, on the third ana fourth floors, were tho slecping apwrtments. When the fire was discovered overy mcaus of escape was cut off, aud many perished there, The flamos ate up the ontire interior of the building. When the floors gave way and fell to the bottom there is no telling how many people were kilied. The Surgical institute was a veritable fire trap. The stairways were narrow, the nalls dark and tho whole_structure a labyrinth. Tho first floor suff=red little from firo, the privcipal _damage having resulted from water. The second floor was thoroughly sonked and the ceilings in many rooms had holes burned through. The rooms on the Georgia street sids were thoroughly water- souked, and the furniture had been thrown about in great confusion by the patients who had been so suddenly awakened to tnoir groat danger, 1L Was n Veritable Tiro Trap, Tho halls and stairs in some cases were so much of a puzzle that it was hard for a por- son to tell which was which. At onc poiut four Hights of stairs were iu a bunch, The rooms on the tkird and fourth floors of tho main building and nearest the alley were tho scenes of tho greatest fatuhity. In one room Lwo women perished. Lo unothor thern was a man whoso lower extremitios wore paralyzed. Although unablo to walk he aragged himsell 10 a window at the rear of tho building avd threw himsclf out. He aropped about eight feet to a roof then to anotber, and finally rolied off to the ground saving himself from death. ‘The entire rear half of the inside of the Georgia street building fall in. The debris fillod completely the first story and when tho firemen bogan their search for dead bodies they were obligod to commence work on @ level with the second fioor. It will be sevoral days beforo they can bopo to reach the bot tom. Names of the Identified Deu KATE L. STRONG of Salen MRS, LAZARUS of Chicago. who jumped from second story win tow and was killed. WILLIAM RAMSTACK. Milwaukee. MISS NATE BURNS. Newnort, Mion. FRANK BURNS, Nowport. MINNTE ARNOLD, Luu IRMA PAYNE, Dex STELLA SPEES, M . MINNIE M DONALD. Nozuin GEORGE | LLIS Cali I MES, EARBAND DAY (I 1 ore FANNIE BREEDEN, Mewphis! MORTIE DECK, Indianupolis, FRED DOCKENDORE, Stillwater, Minn. HANNAN BROOK, Tuylorsville, Tl CoHL GORMAN, MeDonidd, Mich, ARTHUR BAYLESS, List of fnjur AaNN1E STERN, Des Moin burned. Craky Morius, back burt. Mics, Tionas, horribly burned about face and bod, Mus, J. D. Grinn, Medaryville, T internaily by falling from a’ ladder; recovery doubtful, Her son was also hurt by the fall .1 Vax Hoesox, Athens, N. Y., haud and ear burned Cranexce MEAD, Athens, N. Y., log hurt, M. D. Waaxew, Troy, O., head auna shoul der burt and iuteroully ivjured vy falling from a window. W. MaLBURCH, 3, burned. Noua KyowLes, Independence, Ind., injured. WL hurt. Mis. Jons sprafued unkle. NELLIE MasoN, Wisconsin, ju third story window. Mus. J. G. Sivpsox and little daughter, vadly burned, B.0'Coxxon, fell from tho second to the first floor through & nolo with a child in his wrms, He is vrovably futally burt. Koy Hauwis, Now Orlewns, slightly burt MinNiE Fanaanvs, Chicago, leg vroken, Mus. H. H. IneNa and son, bowe knowu, sevorely injured The injured were taken to St. Vincent's hospital, where, with the exception of those futally injured, all were resting fairly well A number of doctors were in attendance ana the victims received every attenlion, Roasted Ay Five bodies wero taken morning, They we e roasted baving peeled from tho bodies. At the undertakers' there known boaies, They were ta building in their night clothes avsolutely nothing by which fdentitied At the a. Ia., feet badly , hurt Duakirk, slightly back MaNspieLp, Otsego, N. Y., foot S. Stokes, Dauville, IlL, sped from a not out early this live, tue skin were four un xen out of the and thero was they could be small weman recognition, morgue there is a whose body wiss cooked beyond Her feot were doformed and are striveled up from tho fire. A man with a deformed limb, also thore, cunuot be ideatified. This_afternoon the asbes and cinders were washed frow the dead and b viewed the blackened rem At Flanoer & B man supposed to bave Ho was burued atout about 15 years old Three ‘of the bodies ndreds ins, chanan's wior was @ been an attendant. the face. He was were found av the OMAHA, | floor. They had buddled about the windows and were trying to escape when the fluines caught them. Plunged to Her Death, Just as the department arrived on the scere a woman appeared at a third story window. The flames within mado a fright- ful background, and her form stood out in bold rellef. She wrung her hands and screamed for hieip, while the smoke rolled up in angry, black wreaths about her Chisf {Vobster at once reaiized her critical condition and shouted at the top of his voice: “Hold on; hoid on, don’t jump. For God's sake, don't jump, We'll get you ina mo- ment A savage roar of the flames, a cracking, crashing sound was the only reply that came back to him, and scarcely had the words of appeal left his 1ips when the woman, with o shriek of mgony, leaped iato spics. She struck the stonu flagging but a few feot from where the fire chief stood aud was picked vo in the pangs of death and removed across the way. Only i Chol At the window on the upper floor a panic- stricken mother was seen strugeling to throw open the window. In her arms she clasped her child. She clutched at the window casing, and finally succeeded, after frantic efforts, in reaching the air and receiving re lief from the stifiing smoke and death-deal- ng flames within. Her screams fell upon the ears of tlousands of helpless spectators below. No ladders wero at haud, and her pitiful appeal went unheeded. Her face was deuthly pale and form partially nude. The flames were closing in about “her and she looked back into the furnace of the hull, then down to the pavement below, as if choosing between the two things, either of which seemed certain death, Realizing fin- ally that tho end was at hand, sue clasped the baby to her breast, gave oue look of utter despair aud helplessness, tossed the precious load out of the window ana_gave her life to the flames within. It would have beon a pleas- ing thought to her to kuow beforo expiring the fortune that befell her offspring. Pipe man O'Brien had watcbed the heartrending scene from the ground, anu us the child left the arms of its mother, he planted himself firmly, with outstrotched arms under the window. The vaby, wrapped in its night clothes, whirled about in the air and tumbled into O'Brien’s arms unburt by the fall.—a life suved, A few moments later it wus smiling, seemingly unconscious of the sur- roundings. Herolsm of Fir Ies, The heroism of Fireman Jotn Loucks of chemical company No. 2 will long be remem- bered. While the flames were shooting in forked tongues from the windows facing on Ilinols street, he ascended the extension ludder to the upper floor. As he reached the window siil he was mot by Fireman Robin- son, who had pushed his ~way through the Deaths, man Lo ATURD/ cornor of the rear building on the third [ into a hosp | the | Wreck on the Atlantic & Paeific smothering smoke with a child in his arms, “Tage this baby for God's sake, Loucks, and lot mo breathe, said Robinson. Loucks grasped tho living load and started downward, He had doscended but a fow foet when the brave follow missed bis foot- ing and fell head-foremost, his log catching in the ¢ run 1a and doubtless saving his life. Heclungtothe chiid pluckily. although his injury was a painful one, his limb being broken. As he hung there the dense mass of peoplo bolow turned away £ om the scene, thinking Loucks would be obliged to loosen his grasp from weukness. Not so, however. He calied for assistance, aund in a twinkling ho was veached by two other firemen, who carried the child safely to tho grousd and tenderly belped Loucks to an ambulance, which cou- voyed him to his home, Anot Fireman Sim. Hoyle entered the burning building and found two women who were orying for help. He realized the situation and started for a window. When he reached it a laader was near nim, a few foet aside, ‘The flames and smoko wors rapidly envelop- ing the brave fireman und ms burdens. Quickly Hoyle pushed one woman out of the window and beld ber with his teeth by her night clothes. He heid tho otter woman in side the room, huug himself out and drow the ladder to him with bis feet aud desceiided safely with tho woman. His act was ap- plauded by tho crowas bolow. Hoyle's arm was frightfully burned. 1 Buck Into the Flumes, Sald Fireman Jim Madden of headquartors : “I will naver forget thoso shrieks. My God, 1 was awful. Those poor caged people, who could not belp thomselves, screamed until T could scarely stand to listen any longer. [ took a little child out of a Georgia street window. It was with its mother and I told tho lady to stay and I would return for her, When I got part way down the ladder I aropped the child into Sid Thompson’s arms and started back for tho mother, but bofore I reached the window sho jumped to the sidowalk. 1 don’t know what becamo of her. In a fow minutes I hoard a scream, and look- ing up saw three faces at a fourth story win- dow. They cried for a laader and we tricd 10 g0 to them, but before we could roach the window all three fell back into the flames and were burned up."" Madden's hand wis severely cut by broken glass. He was banging out of o window when tho sash_gave way and ha dropped. His band caught on a pioco of glass and until no was removed Maddon bung with his full weight by the haud which was tast on tho Rl Firemen Morris Donuelly and Jotn Higgins wero among those who did many acts of valor. The former wont to a second story room, wheve he found many female patients, He took one under each arm and ordering & third to chiog about his meck, Le landed them. er Hero, Fireman Higging' N Fireman Higgins stood on the sidewalk and secing o womau leap from a window above him, ue determined to save ber Life at tho sl of his own. He stood firm and the awful load struck him like a ton weight, throwing him to te stone walk with great force. He struck on his head, and received s painful injury, a broken thumb; but bhad the satis- fuction of kuowing that he aad broken the fall of the womat suficiently to save her life, Sights, rve, Appall As s00n a5 the hallways had been suf- ficientiy cleared of smoke to permit an inves- tigation, somo of the most horrible scencs were doveloped. 1n ono room on the third floor four victims wero found dead, kneeling in tne attitude of prayer. Iu @ room on the second floor & man was found in bed dead. The smoie had found its way into the room slowly, and he was over come, exviring without & struggle. Further along tho hallway & young map 1 was found sitting beside au open window, bis dead body leaniug forward. Although the occupants were nearly all more or less seri- ously crippled, many of them became o frantio that thoy lost all self-control, and al- most invitea death by their action, They would rush to a window, cast their eyds below, and realizing that a 'leap was almost cortamin death, retreat at once into tho rooms uud face tho result desperately. A ludy from Harrisburg, Pa., was stopping at the Surgical institute with fie child, who was a patiout thure. She asserts that some time before an alarm was sent in she smeiled smoke and 10id the porter that there was fire somewbero, He declared 1t was nothing but a bit of burniug paper somewhere in the baliways, und she returaed to bed, only to be | awa d & few minutes after by stifling smoke and Hames, Sho gave the wlarm to those in the rooms udjoining, and then 1shed from the building, being tho first to | escape, She left aluabie diamonds and other jewelry in the room and took nothiug but u scant amount of clothing and her child. “Phe register of thoso under treatment in the institute was destroyed. This fuct makes it difficult to ascertain just what the of life was Well Supphied with Fire Escapes, Chiet 10 g0 “About 1wo mouths ago," sald Fire We “Dr. Allon requested me through tho iustitute and examine it. I found that toe builaing was suppiied with firo protection, such as rope escapos, chemi cals, ote. Although the structure was some whit of & trap 1 will say that Dr. ook every precaution against fire und vrovided the buildine well with havd ap us. [ | can not imugine bhow 1we fire co ve gained such besaway before au was seatin ild alarm | those buried | were | of the water The Weddel bouse auuex has beeu turued Y MORNING ! for the injured, and also thoso who escaped from the disaster, Surly thls morning ehodl$ bezan their work among the ruins and no small amount of valuablis were piiforad By-the thievos, Dotectives Page snd Kinney irested a min whom thoy found rummaging smong tho dobris. In his pockets were money and other articlos which it was thought he had stolen from the effects of patients. ‘here was @ total [nsurance of 851,000 on surgical instituto buildiogs, furniture and Surgical supphies. The oxact loss cantiot be eatimuted, but it will aggregate at least $40,000, it is believed, FIVE WERE KILLED, ar Albu- N querq Aunvenque, N. M., Jao, larly this morning a terrible wreck occurred on the Atlantic & Pacifio ratleond near Bluswater, a small station 100 miles wast of here. The Raymond & Whitcomb oxcursion train, con- sistivg of five coaches, was runuing on spacial time, coming cast from the coast. Whon the speciul was about a mile cast of Bluewater, and in rounding a curve, 1t camo 1 collision with the rogular Atlaotic & Pacific passonger train which was going west. Both trains were running at hizh speed and the forco of the collision was awful. Both engines were thrown from the track and the smoking car of tho regular passen er train caught fire and was totally de stroyed. Fivo railroad employes wero killed. Their names aro: ENGINEER TAYLOR. FIREMAN KEAGGY, ENGI E ¢t MOORE, of the special traln. CONDUCTOR MORAN, who was not on duty At the time, but wus riding in the smoker of the passo 34 FIRLMAN WAVERLY, of the speclal train, wans pl under his enging, havine u leg cut off u belng internnlly Jurcd. Ho aied u short time afte ping tuken from the wreek. Eugincer Taylor and Firoman Keaggy wore scalded to death., Conductor Moran was taken from the burning smoking car, but was found to-haye his head crushed in & horrible manuer, and was dead. Enginesr Moore of the spacial was caught under his engine and crusied to deati. It. S. Gordon, baggago man, Tom Collins of the commissary department on the special and W. C. Smith, messenger on the pass- enger, were seriously mjured number of passengers on both trains received slight bruises aud were badly shaken up, but_were able to continue their trip east. The bodies of the doad men wera bronght here tonizht and present a badly mutilated appearance. It has not been ascortained yet who was at fault in causing the collision, but it i thoueht that conflicting orders about the disastor. The matter will be fully Investigated. f the passengor. - HARSHWAN WON, Grent Dispute Over Wresting Abllitles Settledat Weeping Water, Weerixa Waten, Neb., Jan. 22— [Special Telegram to Tue Ber.)=The wrestling match for $100 a side betwoén George Harsh- man and Frank Leahy took place in tho opora houso tonigut, Harshman winning, the three best in five. Over $1,500 hanged hunds and the house was packed. 1t took five falls to decide it. At the conclusion of the match Loany offered to bet &0 ho could throw any man, cateh-as-catch can, which was taken by Blako of Iowa. It will take place here to- rorrow night. Wilson & Hundy's le. W Yok, Jan. 22.—Abéut 1,000 persons were present at the Americkn Tnstitute ouild- ing when Peter C. Kellagg ‘& Co. begau to sell the trotting stock togs: to them by Messrs. Wilson & Hundy Cynthia, Ky. Fifty-oue hedd in all wéyo catalogged. o be sold. @A number of colts and fillies sold today ~wero ‘by Sultan, and the famous site was led around theé ring before the sale becan. His appearance called forth admiration. During the morning 109 head of Senator Stanfords's stock arrived ot the bujlding and were stalled, Baby McKee, a full brother to Avion, and Worth, a brother to Suuol, will be sola ou Tuesday and Woanesday of next weelk. The more im portant sales todny were: Alcyola, bay mare, b, by Alevoneto J. S. Forguson, $1,600; Mollie I, bay mare, by Georgo Wil'tes to J. S. Forgusou, $2,000; Moon Beam, vay filly, I, by Sultan to G. J. Harley, Brooklyn, 2,000, Driving Park Meeting, There will be a moeting of the Driving Parl association at the rooms of tho Itoal Lstate Owners' association at 3 o'clock next Tuesday afternoon. A vigorous effort will bo mude to pince the association on a sound basis for future work aud & full attendance of stockholdors is especially desirod. "Tachigorin Lends. Havasa, Jan. 22, —The tenth game of the Havana choss mateh was won by Tschigorin. Scoro: Tachigorin, 4; Stelnitz, 2: drawn, 4. WEATHER FORECAST. Orrice or WeATER Bureav, } Oxaua, Jan, 22, An extensive aroa of high barometer over- los the regions west of the Rocky moun- tains, and low temperatures prevail in Colo- rado. The outfow of this area of high prossuro extends into the Missouri valley. In the upper Missouri valley quite warm weather now provails, due to the approach of another low barometer from the north Pacific regions. Delightful, clear, pleasant weathor prevailed gencrally yosterday. The maximum at Assemboine wns 42= and at Rapid City 44=. There is & prospect of a warm spell. For Eustern Nebraska—West to southwest winds; warmer; fair wonther during Satur day. ifor Omaha and Vicinity—Slightly colder, followed by warmer and continued fair weather, Wasuixarox, D. C., Jan. and Kansas—Gonorally fair northwest winds. For Indian Territory and Oklahoma—Ciea- erally fuir; slightly cooler; northwest winds. For Montana—Generally fair; northwest winds, Ior Towa and Nebraska-(Gienerally cooler; northwest winds. s For ' Colorado—Goneraily cooler, east: variable winds, For'the Dakotas -Fuir; warnier; becoming southwest, ST A ) UNDER A WASS OF ROCK, culiar and Fatal Accfdent In a Fr wn. Pants, Jan, 22.—A most peeuliar and fatal accident is reported from ‘Dippe, in the de- partment of Seine Inferibure. Noar that town is & high precipice, at tho foot of which aro a number of houses, This moruing, without o moment’s warnfug, the rock at the top of the precipice fora distance of 150 yards, crashed down with thundering noise upon the buildings used us laundrics and an other house, completely burying thom. Reseuers immediatcly went to work to help in the ruigs. Iu ashort time persons, men, women and children, ken out, all of whom wore mor less injurea. Two women were taken out dead, their bodies being friehtfully maugled by the immense weight that haa fallen upon them. It is thought that the breaking off of the mass of rock was caused by the freezing that uad percolted into the many rifts and crevices aL the top of the precipice. 22, —or fowa slightly cooler; fair; fair; slightly wiads BURIL Lwenty e ey ol i Death, RoANokE, Vi, Jan, 92, —Miss Delia Nichol sou of Frauklin county hanged herself to th Lunb of & treo uear her homa today. | heurt, & young men named, Plnkbard 100K poison soou after and died. The young lady’s pavents objectod to the warriage of théir daughter and Pinkhard, by Conl Gas. New ¥ Jan 22, —Jumes Cassidy and Jobu Herwan were suffocatea by coal gas in Brooklyn today. Phe men wora intoxicated wad before retiring kicked down the pipe at tacament 1o the stove, Sufocnt JANU ARY 23 1892, INDIAY Thurston County Asks Re Presant Exen NEBRASKA LANDS, ief from ption Law, the EXISTING SYSTEM NOT SATISFACTORY. Nebraska Senntors Will Advoeate the ¥ nous Conducive to the Best In- terests of All the Citizens of t Section op- osith Wasuigtox Buneav or tus Bue, | 518 Povrtieyt Stser, Wasmiyaros, D, O, Jan, 32, ) Senator Manderson or Senator Paddock will which will present u new problam in logisla- tion, and o fact an entirely novel iden in business gonorally. [t rolates to the ex tion from taxation of the Omaha and Win bago Indians in Thurston couuty. From data furnished it appears thai thore ave in Thurston county more than twice as many Indians as thero aro white persous, and yot the latter pay nearly all the taxes. Tho In dians in Thurston county aggrogate 3,400, whilo the whito population is but 1,100, The Tudians own 210,000 acres of land and the White inhabitants 20,000 acros, yet tho taxes collected from the Indians in 1801 aggreguted but $1,007, while the taxos paid by the whitos aggregated §9,050, 1 Favor of the Indians, The Indians’ tax per capita was 41 cents, while that of tho whiles was .22 This disparity is due to the fact that the Indians pay no taxes on their roal ostate Loldings, and only pominal taxes on their personal property. The Indians’ personal property in 101 was assessed at 74, while thut of the whites was §206,753, Tho ussessed realty of the Indians was_nothing, whilo that of the whites was $30,750, or a total value of 827,540, including tas assessments unon persunal property. Notwithstanding the Indinns own 240.000 acros of land against 20,000 possessed by the whites aud their pop. ulation is more than double that of the whites, the prosecution of [ndians’ state cascs has cost to the county 3,400, while that of the whites' ageregated but #70. The white citizens of ‘Thurston county claim that it is unjustly out of proportion and that con gress snould do something to relieve them from this burden, otnerwise they will whoily ignore the Indians and give tiem no-atten tion whatever except criminal prosecution wheu they have broken the law. Thurston County Desires Rollef. ‘Thurston county asks that it be given ro- lief by the federal government for the reason that it was by an act of congress that the Omaha ana Winnebago Indians were made citizens and their lands were exempted from axation. An appropriation by congress to Thurston county of an equal amount of what the Tudians would have to puy in taxes ou the 240,000 acres they own, had they the title in fee simple, 1s askcd, Real estate in Thurston county is assessed for taxation at one-quarter of its value, This 1and would soll rapidly for §12 per acre and, therofore, if it were subjoct to taxation would be nssessed at an ayorage prico of $3 per acre. Thus tho realty of the Indians would be asse: ,2d at 00,000, The state and county taxes, uxclusive of school and village taxes, was 22 mills on the dollar in 1891, 0 Must Help Thelr Wards, “This land, if subject to taxation. would yield a rovenuc of $15,180 aad Thurston Couaty asks congress for an aunual appro- priation for the amount until such time when the Indians will receivethe title tn fee simplo to these lands, The white property owners of the county usk congress, in Justice alike to them and the Indians, for immodiate action in view of tho fact that the county’s indobtedness is now £3,000. "Tho white citizens contend that tho federal government bus imposed upon them the bur- den of citizening the Omahas and Winne bagos while atthe same time it has ex- tended no assistance whatever in this work, and that while the Iudians uoed briages and roads and various improvemeuts, no pro- vision has beew made by the federal govern ment for assisting_ the county corporation {n the work. Mr. Heebles of Pender 1s here presenting the cuse, ana he telis Tne Bk orrospondent that the coanty will vory likely get proper assistauce by act of cou- gross. War Out of the Question. T have information ton‘ght through official cnannels from the Chilian legation to the effect that Minister Montt has recoived defl- nite instruotious to auswer President Harri son and Secretury Blaino that a proper apology and otber amends will bo promptly mado by Crili for tho wrongs committed upon our sallors and the iasults inflicted upon our government. This would put an ena to the controversy and make war out of the question. The president has his message on the Chihan question ready and oxpects to send it With correspondence to congress on Monday ; this he deems due to congress und the public in any event. Miscellaneous, Sceretary Noule today ordered a rehearing in the timber culturo contest of William H. Tuckor againat Peter B. Nelson, from Cnad- ron. Tho local officers docided' the contest against tho entryman in favor of Tucker, but the general land office reversed the decision. A new trial will be had now, Justice Bradloy’s death will cause another postponement in the auuouncement of the Boyd-Thayer decision. The court will probu. bly not be tn session till after decision day, which is Monday. Postmasters appointed today: Nebraska —Banksville, Rod Willow county, M. Bonja. min, vice W.' N. Benjamin, resignod; Odoll, Gage county, L. H. Vaientine, vice I’ Walker, resigned. lowa—Orlonville, Dallas county,'W. Swith, vice A, "P." Harrls, do- ceased. B, S, H, NEWS FOR THE ARMY, Changes of a Day in th Regular Servi 3 Wasmxaron, Do €., Jan. [Special Telogram to Tt Bee.|—Tho following army orders were issued today : ‘Tne loave of absence granted Dolamere S. Korrett, Furst artillery, Dacember 16, 1501, Department of the Missouri, 15 extended soven days. Oue month’s ordinary leave of absence 1s granted Captain James M. Bell, Seventh cavalry, to take effect on the ex piration of the lenve of absence on surgeon's ato of disebility granted him January 23, 1501, Major Clifton Conly, Ordnance de- partment, is detaled as a membor of the Bourd of Oranance and Fortifications, ap- pointea by the War Department, order of October 15, 1889, vico Colonel Alfred M decai of the Orduance department, hereby relioved. The following changes in tho stations ana duties of officers of the Ord: nance dopartment are ordered: Colonel | Adelbert R. Bufiugton is relieved from the command of the uational armory, Spring. fleld, Mass., ang as u membor of tho Ord nunce board 15 assigned to the command of the Rock [sland arsenal of Tllinois Colouel Alfred Moidecari is reli‘ved from the command of the New York arsenal and | as & member of the Ordvance Board, and is d to the command of the national Springtield, Mass. Lieutenant Col- onel Joseph P Farley is i ed to the com: mand of the Frunktord arsenal of Penusyl vania, and is detailed a3 & member of the board on mugazine arms convened Novewber 24, 1500, and he will also take towporary charge of the United States powdor depot, Dover, N, J. Lieutenant Colonel William A Marie, now on sick leave of abseuco, is ve- lieved from the command of the Walertown arsonal of Mussachussetts, Mujor Clifton Conley is relieved from the command of the Tudiunapolis avsenal, and is assizued to | the commana of the Now York arscnal. | aud |5 detailed 48 a member of the ordnance | board, Major James W. K from the command of the United States pow introduce a oill the first of next week | DaiLy BEE. { mand of the Watertown arsenal of M chusotts. Major Almon L. Varney is rold trom duty at tho Watertown arsennl ane signed to the command of the [ndianap arsonal. Captain Frauk Heath is dotailec o membver of the orduance board, apooint Oclober 47, 184, Captain William Cros | relisved trom duty in the of th of ordnance {n this city a member of tho ord board nppointec October 1800, with station in New Yori city. THAT CONFEDERATE FLAG INCIDENT, Explanations From the Texns Who Flew it From His Bailding. . Wasmivaroy, D. U, Jun iest As sistant Postmaster Genoral Whittield has re ceived from the postmaster at Baird, Cala- han county, I'ex., an explanation of the con federate flag incidont. Hao that at the time the tiaz is said to have bean tiying over | the building 1n which the postofize is located tho county fuir was in progress at Baird, In | honor of that event the citizons decoratod their places of business and displaved many flags and as much bunting as they could conveniently ootaiu. In coasequence of the great demand the supply of Unilca States flags became exhausted, and the owner of tho buildiug in which' the post offico is located, in ol o completo his decorations, procured somo bunting und had his sister mwake a flar. With only an imperfoct krowledge of how the States tlag was fashioned, tho result of her labor was a complete failuro except ss a aisplay of buntiug. f[nstead of the thirteen stripes hor flag had only three, with uine stars in tho blue flold. But it answered tie purpose, Gnd was hoisted over tho post office building. This is the postmaster's ex planation, Genoral Whitfiel Postmaster vs however, is in possos ion of tho aMdavits of five roputsble peo- plo who doclares that on several specitied dates they saw the contederate flag flying over tho “postofiico building, and that they were told by citizens of the town that it was a confederate fing. But, inasmuch as the ster doclaros that the flag was tot a confedorate flag and was not purrosely mado to resemble one, and expressed decp vegret that he bad doue auythiug that could be consteued as u distoyal et toward the gov ornment, he 1s iuclined to let the wncident pass, Westorn b WasmNatoy, D, C., Jan. gram to Pae Bge]}—Ths followine list of poasious grantod 15 repories by Tue Bie and Examiner Bureau of Claims: Nebraska: Original—Lovi Schooley, Allen S. Anderson, Israel Spindlor, William G. arson, Jolin W. Bounetwt, Nels Nelson, James ' W. Hunnell, William S, MeGain, Jamos C. McDonald, Byron H. Haskell, William _Hakers, James £, Browstor, [n: croase—Goorgs A. Baton, Josoph Vesey. Original widows, ete. —Elleso Zeck. Town: Original—Thomas Clark, George M. Harmon, Wiilium Robortson, Charles N. Lyman, Marion Dunbar, William 1. Impoy, James ‘Miller, Jonn 'TI. Polly, William Boglish, Jamos A. Fields, James A, B. Watts, Jacob W. Brown, Peter Oliver Cohoe, John Moutgomery, ~Charies I Kellogg, = Additional— Benjamin W. N Goorge McCauloy, Samuel Shoup. mental and restoration—Wesley S. Monroo. Tucreaso-Jesso Ankron. Reissuo —Henry B, Page, deconse Anton Carthotnor, William Nugent. Original widow —Annio Page. South Dakota: Original—Dsgood H. Watson, Phillip Potri, Darius Bevard Fox, Curtis M. Carpentor. nocial Telo slie Supple Wasuizaros, D. C., Jan. 22.—The public reception which was to have been haid at the white house tomorrow afternoon, has boen vosponed on account of tha death of Justic Bradley. The dinnor which Secreta Tracey was to have givon tonight, in honor of prosident and Mrs. Harrison, was also posponed for the same reason. CHILI WaAN The United States Requested to Withd Its Minister From Sant NEW Youk, Jau, 22, —The Horald's Wash ington correspondent telegraphs: Will Miu- ister Kgan be recalled! ‘ho Cuiliau govern ment, through Minister Montt, bas prac- tically asked his withdrawal from that coun try. It was doue, it was said, as & prelimin- ary step to o moro speedy and satisfactory United | covery of a Millionaire's Daughter in a Sioux City Hovel, RAUDED OF HER FATHER'S ESTATE. « Continu, to tie Neo Charity 1 Litiga sity of n She Is Reduced Accepting Pablie Stovx Crry, I, Jan gram to Tue Ber.|—In an old wood shod nof fit for the habitation of & beast, and in a bed of miserable rags, » woman 62 years old was found today who is tho daughter of the it lionuire General Pattison, who wis notable in two wars. Sho became the wife of Colonel Graham and followed him to the Mexican She wus the heroine of the famous charge at Chiepultopae, rushing forward with! the storming party and picking up the fallen flaz and waviog it at the brestworks, Saoe charges that hor half-brother, Governop tison of Ponnsylvania. detraudod hew lier share in bor fathor's estate, which was valued av nearly §10,000,000, Sho hud £15,000 when she cama to Sioux Ci lostit. For four winters she has liv absoluto destitution in s woodshed in the rear of the residence of a lawyer who has attend=d to the litization in which vhe was interested. This wintor sho has doponded entirely upon the charity of o neighbor v seut her food pecial Teles CLIFF WILL GO INTO COURT. Town's Deposed Seeretiry elined to Act Dis Mot la,, Jan. 22 -In tho senate this morair W. CLff, the deposed secre. tary, was on hand but made 1o atiempt to assume the duties of ofes. His titie will be tested iu the courts whon the tim» comes for the payment of salarios, Among the bills introduced were the fole lowin T'o compel all passengor trains to b at county seats: democratie caucus Liguor bill, to provide for the inspection of liguor: Austealian batlot bill Phe house concurrent roso vroviding for tie appointient of o visiting committoo, was defeated. A bill was mtroduced making it a misdomeanor to counterfeit union labal ‘The house this morning pussed a resolution fixing the compensation of clerks. Bills were introducea as follows: To fix the liabilities of mine owners for njury to em- ployes: Lo pro tect mukers of négotiable ine struments obtained by fraud; to regulate liabilities for insurers against 10ss or dawmage by fire, Itesolutions wero adopted 1o pav the housa emploges for only six days per woek and in~ structing the judiciary committes to devise some means of regulating the buuding and loau associations.” No afternoon session of the house was held, Tis afternoon of the ouse In- Honorably. bills were introduced ns follows in the senate: Authoriziug private banking tirms to incorporate under the gens eral vanking law; amending the game law; a joint resolution requesting conuress to pro= vide for popuinr election of United States senitors; appropriating $100,000 for the es- tablishmant of a normal school at Lemars; for 4he regulation of froight ratos i the state; to compel the payment of miners in cash: for the establishment of a state board of supervisors of state institutions;: estab- lishing a normal school at Council Bluffag providging for the establishment of & state examiner of publio accounts; to regulate the wanufacture and snle of 1itiors; to prevent the polution of the water supply sources; for the assessmont of mortgaces; providing for taxes on liens on real estate. Adjourned until 10 o’clock tomorrow. FATAL WRECK NEAR CRESTON. Deratls a wgineer, Cuistoy, Ta., Jan, 22— [Speeial Telegram Tur Bee|—At 6:20 this morning three extra froights west on tho Chicago, Burling- ton & Quiney left the Alton yards., The first section, 1 passing ov or the West Unlon switeh four milos oast of Creston, broko a A Broken Switeh o Teain, Killing to adjustment of the pending controversy. Such a suggestion—for as yet it is ouly a suggestion -3 indignantly disputed by the Harrison administration. What Chili’s purpose is can only bo con jectured. [t is possiole that, knowing Mr, Egan’s unpopularity in the Uiited Statos, it has put forth the suggostion through Minis- ter Montt, hoping that publicsentiment would forco President Harrison to adopt it, This veing dono, sixty or ninety days would nec essarily elapse before nis successor could reach Santiago, und thus a_doiay of several months in tho settlement of the Valparaiso incident might pe effectod. This is the on reason advancoed or sugeested which reached Miniszer Montt. Disps From Chill. Wasnixarox, D. C., Jan. 22—No dis- patcues were received today at the dopart ments in regard to the condition of affairs in Chili. At the cabiret meeting today tho Chil ian question was discussed. It is understood the cavinet practically decided to submit the matter to congress uext weck e KILLED WHILE AT WORSHIP, Awful Acerdent in o Russinn Village—The Roof of w Chureh Falls Upon the Congregt- S1. PETERSBURG, Jan. 22, —During services in a chureh at Sloboskoi, in the government of Viatka, the roof gave way and fell upon the worshippers beneath. The scene was one of wild oxcitement. Tho villagors rushed to tno scone aud workod herolcially 1o rescue the persous imprisoned by tne fallen timbers, boards, ete. The wreckage was soon cleared away, when it was found that fifty persous had been either killed or injured. e Putting Thelr Report in Shap EW Youk, Jau, 22.—The final meeting of e committeo on revision of confession of faith of the Presbyterian general nssembly wus heid today. The session was taken up in putting the report which is to be reported to the assembly in shape. Very fow dissents hayve been made, and they were only in re- lation to separate overtures, There was geueral unanimity, and the subscription of a majority of the committee is coniidently ex- pected, - nged w Wo Daras, Jan, 22.-Caroline Ship, demned to bo oxeented for ipfanticide, was taken from the jail at 1 o'clock this afternoon and lod to the gallows. She displayed great cooluess. She said she was innocent, and declarad that a man named Mack Favear committed the erime, The drop fell at 11 and death resulted in twenty minutes strangulition con in . - Relief for Russin, Bratuice, Neb., Jan, 22—~ Special to Bre. | Gage county is coming to the front handsomely in the line of corn contributions for the famine-stricken Russians. 1ive cars have already been donatea and thero is a £00d prospest of two more comi Tuw Girzn Revolu Sy Axtovio, Tex, Jav, 22.—Private ad vicos received hiero from. the lower part of tho Rio Grande border are to the effect that the Giarza revolutionary movement is spread ng among tho peonle. the dury. I'he arg ocupied the en sessic This afternoon the | d his charge and the case went I th Prerswenag, Pa, i the Quay-Post libel suit tire morning judge deliyer 10 tho jury ments - The Howe scalo took first premiemat I nila der depot at Dover, N. J., and &3 a member of the board of 'mugaziue armes convened 1 Novewber 1500, is assigued 1o the wm-l delphia, Paris, Syduey and other exbibitions Bordeu' & Selleck Co., Agts., Chicugo, truck on a lumber car, springing the poiuty of the switen. The second section passed over the same switch ana broke atruck, spreading the switch, but all the wheels of botb traing remained on the tracic. When the third secs tion arrived at the switch, the trawn was run- ning at abont tiirty miles an hour and a wile behing tho second section. The engine and nearly tho entire train of loaded cars jumped tho track and rushed down the cmbaikment, whore thev were piled up indiscriminately: gine 451 and six cars were badly wrecked. car Swanson was instantly killed and Fireman W. Wilson aud B rakeman Hollund were badly injured. She Was Not His Wife, Cuesro, Ta., Jan, 22.—[Special Telegram to Tue Ber.] —~Last Saturday a young man who gave his name as Bert. Wilson applicd at the Metropolitan hiotel for board for him- solf and wifo. Wednesday the young man loft, saying ho would be back Thursday. Ho did nov come back, and today the young girl o said was his wife turns out to be not s wife but o 16-year-old girl. Sho gave her name as May Norton and said she met Wilson for the ‘first time two weeks ngo av Clarinda, when ho induced her to come to Creston, whoro she could secure work at ko0 wages. She came and hor ruin was no- complished. A ticket was purchased for the girl today and she was sent back to Clarinda, Eloped With the )1 Teacher, Four Dovae, La., Jat [Speciat Tole- gram to Tue Bre.| —When tho pupils who attend school at tho Rogerswchool house near this city roacned the place last Thursday, they found the school house lovked and Anna 1Rogers, tho pretty school mistress, missing. No schiool has been held there sice. The reason doveloped today wheu it was learned that Miss Rogors had oloped with Charles bhon of Havelock and that the two nad been mado one at Dubuquo. The reason for tho romantic marriige was that Miss Rogers’ parents opposed tho mateu, Mr. Gibbon i tho cashier of & banic at Havelock and is a populur young mun, ELOPED WITH HER BOARDER. shrewd Plan of a Chicago Wou i o Aveld Hor Husband, Cineaco, N, Jan, 23 —[Special Telogram to Tue Bre.) ~Mrs, John Cernoy wanted to clope with John dilson. Her desire to do so was not, however, %o forvent as to lead her to run away with John without either bag or baggage. John was practical also. Although in love he desived to carry his wararobe with him on his little expedition. John Cerney, the husband, was avound the house o much that neither his wite nor their boarder, for such was Jilson, could And an opportunity to pack their tranks, ‘Tickets to Bohomia via Now York haa been securad, but tha hus band’s vigilance gave tho pair no cnance to prepare for the journey. The woman's wit made " nlan, HBne went 10 the Maxwell police court Wednesday, and there swore out a warrant for her husband's arvest, chargiu bim with assuult, That night i pollceman pulled Coruey out of his soft bed ana threw bim into nard cell, While he was there his wife and the boarder packed their trunks and were off for Boe hemia. Cerney was brought into court pro- testing that love and kinduess hud always marked his treatment of his wife aud there mus* be some dreadful mistake, She will never clared, *uud she ney WaS Sent 10 5 the tidings that eloped. Cerney hearted ho de policamun irned with Jilson had broken me, A prosecute will smmons her, - He r the woman and was dismissed, - s Little karly iisers; beat little rdyspepsia,sour stomack, DAY hraste