Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 23, 1892, Page 5

TWENTY-FIRST YEAR. FIRE'S AWFUL WORK, Helpless Cripples Burned to Death in dianapolis, ASSISTANCE COULD NOT BE GIVEN THEM. Heartrending Scenes Witnessod by Those Who Gathered Round the Burniug Pile, HEROIC ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE MADE Many of the Patients Killed by Jumping from the Windows, LONG LIST OF THE DEAD AND INJURED. Klekening Scenes Which Met the View of Searchers in the Ruined Building— Stories of Herole Incldents of t Self-Sucrifice— Fire, IxpiaNarorts, Ind., Jan, One of the most appulling fires in the history of India napolis occurred last night. The National Sur- gicnl institute, one of the most famous fns tutions of its character in the United Staf burned to the ground. The fire started at midnight in the ofice building, aud above this ofico wero the wavds for bubes and mothors, and known as the A B C departments, Smoke was discovered a few minutes beforo midnight issuing from the advertising room of the building, which im- mediately joins the oporating room buck of the oftice. The origin is claimed to have been fromw the spoutancous combustion of some chemicals which had been placed n the room, and circulars and papers ubout the room were soon ablaze, and in fifteen min- utes the whoie lower floor was enveloped in Hameos. The attendunt, Bartley, awakened all of the patients, and in the halls and upper rooms pundemonium reigned. Shrick after shriek for help went up us the inmates real- ized thelr terrible situation Jumped from the Windows, During the firo two women jumped from the window. Ono of these was badly injured, but the other was caught by a wan standing in the crowd below and escaped serious in- jury. Two others threw out their babies, which wero caught and saved by the firemen. Ono or two men jumped from the roof and were badly burt, At least 125 persons wero taken from the windows by the firemon and car- ried to adjoining store rooms. Awful Scenes of Suflering. At Weddel’s restaurant, whero seventy or olghty of the vatients were carried, the sight presented us oue entered and looked upon the Indiseriminate gathering ot suffering orip- ples, many of them maddened by excitement and pain, was oue that almost defied doscrip tion. Stretched upou the improvisod beds, spread on the tables, were little children, moaning, crying, coughing, their faces blanched with fear, their throats rasped with the pungent smoke they had inhaled. +Oh, my Lord, pleaso dow’t touch my legs. It will almost kill me if you do,” plcaded a little girl whose bandaged feet exteuded over the edge of a table, Said William Kimball, a young man with ooth legs crippled from tho kuces down aund his head thrown to one side by a distorted shoulder jolut: “I was slecping in my ved on the fourth floor. I do ot know how it was, but I awoke from a sense of strangula- tion. I'rom less than one foot above my face was a dense mass of smoke. I just rolied off my bed. Icouldnot move with my broces on, 80 I teok them off, 1ying upon my side, It was sohot I thought, I was going to die. I called as iond as T could: *Help! help! in 49.’ Just then there was a 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 1 am thankful.” Pitifal Appeal of a Child. Oue of the most pitiful cases was that of Ittle 8 year-old Ethel Piatt, daughter of James M, Piatt of Pinkneyville, 1ll. Lattle lthel was found in her bed on the third floor half strangled with smoke and suffer- ing with spinul tyouble. Wrapped in a blan ket she was taken up in tho arms of a Gorman, carried down to the next floor through dense smoke ahd past roaring flames to & window, and as the crowd gath- ered bulow and extended thoir arms she was thrown out. With a broken leg she was taken across [llinols streot, placed on a table aud covered with blankets. She suffered desperately and fregently sereamed out from her desperato agony. She was finally re- moved from the crowded room and carvied to tho rooms of Mus. Gilbert, four doors north ot the restaurant. A pillow was vlaced on the outstrotched arms of a gontle. man and the child was placed thereon ana moved to more pleasant quartors, When raised she cried out: "0, pleas don'tlift me. Yowll kill me. O, my iog broken. I want mamma. O, I want my mamma,” and tho crios of the littie sufferer contloued to ring out as she was taken outon the street und removed to Mrs. Gilbert's room, “Mamma just left me last Saturday and went home because she was sick,” 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 sco my mammau," Exciting Rescue of Inmates, Mvrs. Ed Purdy was sieeping with her little daughter, Jesamine, iu & room which was on what was known as the A B C tloor, and had only time to spring from her bed, throw a quilt over the cripuled child, and with noth ing but ber uight robes to protect her com- menced her escapo from the Lorror that was close pressing her. Out in the hall she pressed, foll o the floor, vecovered her feet, wod then steppin dragged her little girl about seventy-five fest to tho top of a stair, Again she took her child, now unconscious, in her arms and bad made ber way half down the steps leading to the third floor, wheu she lost her balance and fell downward, the little oue falling upon the mother and remaiming uppermost until she venched the landing, about tea stops be low. Here mother and ohild wore found shortly after by Johu Gavio, av Atlas engine works moldor, who caught up the little girl in his arms aud started down stairs. A travelng wan, whose name could not bo learned, took Mrs. Purdy up und started after Gavin, Tho smoke was stifling, but beat their way through tho narrow pas- and down the flights of stairs. down the flight leading to the sec- ond floor, Guvin was confrouted with & massed crowd of men blocklng his passage. Without waiting tor them to make way he raised bis footand sent it crashing Into the breast of a man who weut tumbling over seainst the banister and down stairs. The others gave way and finally Mrs. Purdy and ber child wero taken out to Wedde Restovatives were sdmiuistered and they gaiued consclousness, although both were suffering from severo nervous prostration. Watched Himself Slowly Bu Lazarus Stern of Dubugue, la, who has been an inmate of the institution about five mouths, was left in room 101, He was help less, and on Lis Himbs were his braces, “uich 0 could not remove. tle could wot ger off is bed for fear of rolllug dowa under the bed of s room mate, whick 10 his own, The fire burned througt toot of his bed, and o boards fell on him. He Ho was remove; but when found that his feet were dreadtully burned; 50 badly injured that the flesh burst asunder, exposing the summoned and he was taken to St hospital, wher: dition was pronounced very critical Iying on the en staving eyes, divections, as if scarcely r The room veing counted. m i women down to the mer truuks ana were made of police and attondants whether their clothing suved sieeping in instituto was located, nineteen Some wero suffocated or burned to death. tained that all the inmates were saved after 2 ¢ sided buildir roasted bur sons in all the tho of tho dend was further swolieu by four who died from injuries received in leaping from windows, in the Georgia street the offico in the it started there or not cannot section and furth tho nects them, floors of reaching u thus so the second floor from way to nallway, floors were guick ailoy the fiery tongues doshed, firiag the ad- joining building. network of stairways, a better place for its destructiveness, Tho water., sonked and the ceilings in many rooms had holes burned through. Georgia souked, and the furniture had about in great confusion by the patients who son to tell which was which, was right next thers cryiug for belp. the partition at tho of the burning 10St consciousness. by the police and tiremen, to the restaurant it was He lny portion taken Au smoulance was Vincent's his con- muscles, after examination, At tue restaurant of A, J. Grifith, directly st of the institute, the ne was terrible. e poor unfortunates werestanding, sitting, ters and tables, hnddled io zroups on the floor, their pale faces, with turning listlessly in different Some of them apveared dazed, alizing what had uappened. was crowded, over fifty inmates Thoy varied in age from old babe, rful and were bing and talking among themsolves. owe were greatly concerned about their clothes, and numerous inquiries mo few appearod cl and personal effects were Tlicre were 246 patients and tLirty nurses the two buildings in whichth e 30 this morning dead bodios b n - recovercd. were kiiled by jumping, but the others A Terrible Discovery. the delusion was enter- Soon clock, when the fire had nearty sub- went into the room a mass of seven_ per- Nearly found in The list Kor two hours the polico and firemen and found in one anity. There were that mass alone, bodies wero Georgla streot nex, Identitication is ulmost impossible, nany of the dead being charred beyoud recoguition Origin of the Fire, The fire when first discovered was located building at the rear of Whetner &id, as the 2 room were in the sumo ) lley separates building feom the ouo A coyered bridge con- leaped up through the building in which 1t started, irway about two feot wide aring a_draught, and spea through i to room znd hall- Then tho third and fourth v reached and across the vertising room, kitchen aud ain Geovgin stre facing Llinois street, The fi the These buildings were a ow bLalls, entrances aud The fire could not have chosen Helpless Patients, - In the smail rooms throughout the build- ing were from ono to four oeds, all oceupied by patients, many of whom were perfectly helplose. When they bocame aware of their peril their fright was awful. They bocame frantic in their efforts to reach places of iy, [ivery effort was made by the fire- 1, police uud umbulance forces 1o rescue the caged un fortunates, and acts of heroism and daring wore performed by the men that should perpétuato their memorio Where the diving room and kitchsn were tho building was gutied. Above these two departments, on the third aua fourtfi floors, wore tho slecping apartmeats. When the fire was discovered overy meaus of escape was cut off, and many perished there, The flames ate up the cutire interior of the building. When the floors gave way and fell 1o the bottom there is no telling how many people were killed. The Surgical institute was a veritable fire trap. The stairways were narrow, the nalls durk and the whole_structure u labyrinth. first floor suffered little from firo, the privcipal damage having resulted from The second floor was thoroughly The rooms on the street side were thoroughly water- been ~thrown had been so suddenly awakoned to tnoir great danger. It Was a Veritable Tho halls and stairs in some cases were so much of a puzzle that it was hard for a por- At onc point four lights of stairs were i & bunch. T'he rooms on the third and fourth floors of the main building and nearest the alley were the scenes of the greatest fatality. In one room two women perished. o anothor thers was a man whosoe lower extremities wore paraiyzed. Although unablo to walk bhe aragged himsell to a window at the rear of tho building and threw bimself out. He aropped about eight fect to a roof then to another, and finaily rolled off to the ground saving himself from aeath. he entire rear half of the inside of the Georgia stroet building fall in, The debris filled completely the first story and when tho firemen bogan their search for dead bodies they were obliged to commence work on & level with the second foor. [twill be sevoral days beforo they can bopo to reach the bot- tom. Viro Trap, Names of the Identiied Des L. STRONG of Salen, Ore, ZARUS of Ohicago, who jumped nd story winlow and was kil WILLIAM RASSTACK. Milwiukee, ATH BURNS Newport, Minn. ), Laueaster, Mo, Dexter, Minn., SEARIAND DA UGHTER, Sheiby, 0. NIE BREEDEN, Metphis. RT1E DECK, Tndianapolls. 0 DOCKENDORE, Stillwater, Minn. NNAU BROOK, Tuylorsville, 11, L GORMAN, Me Donidd, Mich, ARTHUK BAYLY ist of fnju Faxyie Stey, Des Moines, Ia., feet badly irued. Craky Monuis, back burt. Mics, Tiow s, horribly burned about face and body. M, d. D. Guinn, Medaryville, Ind., hurt internaily by falling from o laddor; recovery doubtful.__Her son was also hurt by tho fall Giant Vax Hoesox, Athens, N. Y., hand and ear burned. CrareNce Mean, Athens, N, Y., log hurt. M. D. Waaxer, Troy, O., hed aua shoul- der hurt and iuternully ibjured vy falling from u window. W. MaLbenen, N burned. Noua KxowLes, Independence, Ind., injured. Wi hurt. Mus, Jous S ained unkle, NELLiE Mlasoy, Wisconsin, jumped from a third story window. Mus. J. G Sive vadly burned, 8. 0'Coxxon, fell from tho second to the first floor through & nolo with a child in his urms, He i3 vrovably futally burt. Koy Hannis, Now Orleans, slightly burt. MiNNIE Fanaanos, Chieago, leg broken. Mus, H. H. IneNa and sou, home knowu, sevorely injured. The 'Injured wero taken to St hospital, where, with the exception of those fatally injured, all were resting fairly well A number of doctors were in uttendance and the victims received every attention. " ted Alive, Five bodies were taken out early this morntug. ‘They wero roasted alive, tte skin haviog peeled from the bodies. AU the uudertakers' there were four un known boaies, They were taken out of the building iu their night clothes und theroe was avsolutely nothing by which they could be Duakirk, sligntly back foot 1L, MaNspiELD, Otsego, N. Y., Stokes, Danville, )y and little daughter, not Vincent's | tdentitied. Al the morgue there is a smull weman whose body was cooked beyond recoguition Uer fect were deformed and are shriveled up from the fire, A man with a deformed limb, also there, cunuot be identifie This afternoon the asbes and cindd washed from the dead and bundreds the blackened remuins, At Flanaer & Bucbunan's man supposed to huve been Ho was burned about the about 25 vears old. Three of the bodies s were niorgue was a an attendant, ace He was were found av the cornor floor. and were tr caught them scero a woman window. ful background, and bold relfof, casing, and finally succeeded, after cfforts, in reaching the air and receiving re- lief from the stifling smoke and enrs of deuthly palo and form partially nude. down to the pavement below, as if cho seemed viewed | | every precaution ugainst OMATA, of the rear building on the third They had huddled about the windows ying to escape when the fuines Plo the ged to Her Death, department urrived on the appsared at a third story The flames within mado a fright- her form stood out in She wrung her hands and amed for lieip, while the smoke rolled up Just as in angry, black wreaths about her, Chisf Wobster at once reaiized her critical condition and shouted at the top of his voice: *“*Hold on; hoid on, don’t jump. sake, don't jum ment.” For God's We'll get you in a mo- A savage voar of the flames, a cracking, crashing sound was the only reply thut back to him, and scarcely had the word appeal left his lips when the woman, with a shrink of struck the whes in the pangs of death and removed across the wa, agony, leaped into spac She onu flagging but a few feot from o the fire chief stood aud was picked vo Only a Cholee of Deaths, At tho window on the upper floor a panic stricken mother was seen struggling to throw open the window. In her arms she clasped her child, She clutched av the frantic death-deal- g flawes withio. Her screams fell upon the thousands of helpless spectitors below. No ladders wero at haud, and her pitiful appeal went unheeded. Her face was The flames were closing in_about ter and she loolked back into tho furuaco of the i, then ng between the two things, either of which certain deatn. Realizing fin- ally that the end was at hand, sbhe clasped the baby to her breast, gave one 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 becn a pleas- ing thought to her to kuow before expiring the fortune that befell her offspring. Pipe man O'Brien had watched the heartrending scene from the ground, anu us the child left the arms of its mother, ho planted himself firmiv, with outstrotched arms under the window. ‘The vaby, wrapped in its night clothes, whirled about in the air aud tumbled into O'Brien’s arms unburt the fall—a lifo suved, A few moments later it wus smiling, seemingly unconscious of the sur- roundings. Herolsm of Fireman Louecks, The heroism of Fireman John Loucks of chemical company No. 2 will long be remem- bered. While the flames were shooting in forked tongues from the windows facing on Illinois street, he nscended the oxtension 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 smothering smoke with a cbild in his arms. ““Take this baby for God's sake, Loucks, and lot mo breathe, " said Robinson. Loucks grasped the living load and started downward. He had doscended but a fow foct when the brave follow missed bis foot- ing aud fell head-foromost, his log catching in the t rungs of tho ladder, and doubtless saving bis life. Heclungtotie child pluckily. although his injury was & painful one, his lmb being broken. As he hung there the dense mass of people bolow turned away fom the scene, thinking Loucks would be obliged to loosen his grasp from weukn, Not so, howevor. He called for assistance, aud in a twinkling ho was veached by two other firemen, who carried the child safely to tho ground and tenderly helped Loucks to an ambulance, which cou- voyed him to his home. Another Hero, Fireman Sim. Hoyle entered the burning building and found two womeu who were orying for help. He realized the situation and started for a window. When he reached It a ladder was near nim, a few foct aside, The flames and smoko wera rapisly envelop- ing the brave fireman wud nhis burdens. Quickly Hoyle pushed one woman out of the window and beld her with his teoth by her night clothes, He heta the otner woman in- side the room, hung himself out and drow the ladder to him with his feet aud desceiided safely with tho woman. His act was ap- plauded by the crowas below. Hoyle's arm was frightfully burned. Fell Back Into the Flumes, Said Fireman Jim Madden of headquarters : “1 will never forget thoso shrieks. My God, 1t was awful. Those poor caged people, who could not belp thomselves, screamed until I could scarely stand to listen any longer., [ took a little child out of a Georgia street wiodow, It was with its mother and I told the lady to stay and I would return for her. When I got part way down the ludder 1 aropped the child into Sid Thompson’s arms and started back for tho mother, but before I reached the window she jumped to the sidewallk. Idon’t know what became of her. In o fow minutes I heard a scream, and look- g up saw three faces at & fourth story win- dow. They cried for a laader and we tried 10 g0 to them, but before we could reach the window all three fell back into the flames and were burned up. Madden’s hand wus severely cut by broken glass. He was banging out of a window when the sash gave way and he dropped. His hand caught on a pieco of glass and until no was removed Madden bung with his full weight by the haud which was tast on the R1ass. Kiremen Morris Donuelly and John Higgins wero amoug those who did many acts of valor. The former wont to a second story room, whove ho found many female patients. He took one under each arm and ordering a third to ching about his uneck, be landed them. Fireman Higging' N Fireman Higgins stood on the sidewalk and secing a womau leap from a window above him, ne determined to save ber hife at the risk of his own, He stood tirm and the awful load struck him live a ton weight, throwing him to the stone walk with great force. He struck on his head, and received a painful injury, a broken thumb; but had the satis- fuction of kuowing that he had broken the fall of the womar suiciently to save her life, Appalling Sights, Assoon s the hallways bad been suf- ficientiy cleared of smoke to permit an inves- tigation, somo of the wost horrible scencs were doveloped. 1n ono room on the thivd floor four vietims wero found dead, kneeling in tne attitude of prayer. In & room ou the second floor a man was found in bed dead. The smoke had found its way into the room slowly, aud he was over come, expiring without & struggle. Further aloug tho hallway & young man 1 was found sitting beside an open window, uis dead body leaniug forward. Although the occupants were nearly all more or less seri- ously crippled, many of them became so frantic that they lost all _self-control, and al- wost iuvitea death by their action, They would rush to a window, cast their eyes bolow, and realizing that a 'loap was almost cortain death, retreat ut once into the rooms aud face tho result desperately. A ludy from Harrisburg, Pa., was stopping ut the Surgical institute with he child, wno was & patieut there, She asserts that some time before an alarm was sent in she smeiled smoke uud toid the porter that there was fire somewbero. e declared it was nothing but a bitof burniug paper somewhero in the baliways, and she returned to bed, only to be awakened a few minutes after by stifling smoke and flames. Sho guve the alarn to those in the rooms udjoining, and then rushed from the building, baing the first to escape. She left valuibie diamonds and other jowelry in the roomn and took nothing but a scant amount of clothing and her child ister of those uoder treatmont in the institute was destroyed. This fact makes it dificult to ascertain just what the loss of life was Well Supplied with Fire Eson » Firo Chief me 10 go ““About two months ago," sald Webster, “Dr. Allen requested through tho justitute and examine it. [ found that toe builaing was suppiied with firo protection, such as rope escanes, chemi cals, ote. Although the structure was some- whit of & trap 1 will say that Dr. Atlen took lire und provided the buildine well with havd apparatus, [ can not imagine how tue tre huve gained such henaway before an wus seatin, The Weddel house aunex has beer turued | whom DAlLy BEE. l\'l"l'l{l)A\' MORNING, JANUARY 23, into n hospital for the injared, and also thoso who escaped from the disaster, Early this morning «hotls Bezan their work umong the rufns and no ‘seall amount of valuabls wers piifored By“tne thievos, Dotoctives Page and Kinnoy ‘ested a man they found rummaging amone tho dobris, In his pockets were money and other articlos which it was thought ‘he had stolen from the offects of patients, There was a total Insurunce of 51,000 on the surgical instituto buildings, furniture and Surgical supplies. The exact loss cannot e estimated, but it will aggregate at least $40,000, it is believed, i FIVE WERE KILLED, Wreck on the Atlantic & Pacific querque, N, M, Avnvenque, N. M., Jao. 22, —Early this morning o terribie wreck occurred on the Atlantie & Pacifio ratleoad near Bluewater, a small station 100 miles wast of here. The Raymond & Whitcomb oxcursion train, con- sistivg of five coaches, was runuing on spacial time, coming east from the coast. When the speciul was about a mile east of Bluewater, and in rounding a curve, it eams 1 collision with the regular Atlaotic & Puacific passenger train which was going west, Both trains were running at high speed and the force of the collision was awful. Both engines were thrown from the t k and the smoking car of tho regular passen ger train caught fire and was totally de stroyed. Flive railroad employes wero killed. Tueir names are: 3 AYLOR. N KEAGGY, of the passengor. ENGINEE ¢ MOORE, of the special truin, CONDUCTOR MORAN. who was not on duty At the time, but waus riding in the smoker of the passonger. FIREMAN WAVERLY, of the spe wie pinned unde eniine, havine a leg cut off und being internnily injured. o aied o short time after being taken fron the wreck, Enginesr Taylor and Fireman Keaggy were scalded to death. Conductor Moran was taken from the burning smoking car, but was found to have his head crushed in a horrible manner, and was dead. Engin Moore of the spacial was caught under his engine and crushed to deatn. R. & ordon, baggago man, Tom Collins of the commissary department on tho special and W. C. Smith, messenger on the pass- enger, were seriously imjured. A number of passengers on bott trais received slight bruises aud were badly shaken up, but were able to continue their trip east. — The bodies of the dead men wera brought here tonizht and present a badly mutilated appearance. It has not been ascertainod vet who was at fault in causing the collision, but it is thoucht that conflictiug orders brought about the disaster, The matter will be fully Investigated. Near Albu- FIREM - HARSHMAN WON. Great Dispute O Wrestling Abllities Settled at Weeping ‘Water. Weerixg Warer, Neb,, Jan. 22.—[Special Telegram to Trz Ber.)=The wrestling match for $100 a side betwoen ticorge Harsh- man and Frank Leahy toek place in the opera house tonigut, Harshman winning, the threa best in five. Over $1,500 8hanged hunds and the house was packed. 1t took five falls to decide it. At the conclusion of the match Leany offered to bet #0 he could throw any mau, catch-as-catch can, which was taken by Blako of lowa. It will take place hera to- raorrow night. ‘Wilson & Handy's Sale. New Yonrk, Jan. 22.—Abaut 1,000 persons were present at the Americkn Institute ouild- ing when Poter C. Kellagg ‘& Co. began to sell the trotting stock rngsfi?d to them by Messrs. Wilson & Hundy ¥nthia, Ky. Fifty-one hedd in all wéro catalog, o be sold. “A number of colts and fillles sold today were by Sultan, and fhe famous sitc was led urouna theé ring befors the sale began, His appearance called forth admiration. During the morning 109 head of Senator Stanfords's stock arrived st the building and wero stalled, Baby McKee, a full brother to Avion, and Worth, a brother to Suuol, will be sola ou Tuesday and Woanesday of next weok. Tho more im portant sales today were: Alcyola, bay mare, b, by Aleyoneto J. S. Forguson, $1,600; Mollio I. bay mare, by Georgo Wilkkes toJ. S. Ferguson, $2,000; Moon Beam, vay filly, 1, by Sultan to G. J. Harley, Brooklyn, 2,000, Driving rk M ting, There will be & moeting of the Driving Park association at the rooms of tho Itoal Estate Owners’ association at 3 o'clock next Tuesday afternoon. A vigorous effort will bo mude to pince the assogiation on a sound basis for future work aud: a full attendance of stockholders is especially desired. "I‘M"lllgorln Leads, HAvANA, Jan. 22,—The tenth game of the Havaua choss match was won by Tschigorin. Score: Tachigorin, 4; Steinitz, 2: drawn, 4. ORECAST. OFricE o WeATiHER BUREAU, E Owmana, Jan, 22, An extensive area of high barometer over- lies the regions west of the Rocky moun- tains, and low temperatures prevail in Colo- rado, The outtlow 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 4=, There is a prospect of a warm spell. For Eustern Nebraska—West to southwest winds; warmer; fair weather during Satur day. For Omaha and V| followed by warmer and continued weather. Wasminaroy, D, C,, Jan. 22 —For fowa and Kansas—Gonerally, fair; sligatly cooler; northwest winds, For Indian Territory and Oklahoma—Gen- erally fuir; slightly cooler; northwest winds, For Montana—Generally fair; northwest winds, Ior lowa and Nebraska--Generally fair; cooler; northwest winds. For Colorado—Generally cooler, east: variable winds, For' the Dakotus -Fuir; warner; becoming southwest, e S BURIED UNDER A WASS OF ROCK, WEATHER cinity—Slightly colder, fair fair; slightly winds Peculiar o Fatal Accfdent in a Frenc Town, Pants, Jan. 22.—A most peculiar and fatal accident is reported from ‘Dieppe, in the de- partment of SeineInferieure. Near that town is a high precipice, at tho foot of which aro a number of houses, This morning, without & moment's warnfug, the rook at the top of the preciplce fora distance of 150 yards, crashed down with ‘thundering noise upon the buildings used us laundrics and an other house, completely burying them. Rescuers jmmediately went to work to help those buried in the ruigs. In a short time twenty persous, men, women &ud children, were “taken out, all of whom were more or less injurea. Two women were taken out dead, tneir bodies being friehtfully mungled by the immense welght that had fallen upon thom. 1t is thought that the breaking off of the mass of rock was caused by the freezing of the water that uad percolted into the wony vifts and crevices at the top of the precipic P ¥ e Jolued Jn Den Vu., Jan. 22, —Miss Delia Nichol sou of Frauklin county hanged herself to th lLunb of a treo uear her homa today. | swegtheart, 8 youug man named. Pinkbard, 100k poison soou after any died. The young lady’'s parents objeciod to the warriage of théir daughter and Pinkherd, Sufocated by Conl Ga New Y Jan 22, —Jawmes Cassidy and Johu Horuman were suffocated by coal gas in Brooklyn toduy. The men weéra intoxicated aad before retiring kicked down the pipe at tachment 1o Lhe stove, ROANOKE, 1892, NEBRASKA INDIAY Thurston County Asks Relief from the Present Exemption Law, EXISTING SYSTEM NOT SATISFACTORY. aska Senntors Will Adyo, % Conducive to the Best [n- terests of All the Citizens That 8 ate the osition WasuiNaroy Bunesv or e Bee, B8 PorrTees™ STRER Wsuisatos, D, O, Jan Senator Manderson will which will present a new problem in legisla tion, and in fact business generally. bago Indians in data furnished it Thurston Indians as there aro white persons, and yet the latter pay nearly all the taxes. The In dians in Thurston county aggrogate : whilo tho whito population is but 1,10). Indians own 240,000 white inhabivants 20,000 acros, yet tho taxes Thurston app county. The collected from the Indians in 1801 aggregated but #1,007, while the taxos paid by the whites aggregatod §,050, In Favor of the Indinns, The Indians’ tax per capit while that of tho whites was $3.2, pay no taxes on their roal estate boldings, and only pominal taxes on their personal property. The Indians’ personul property in 1801 was assessed at §7 the whites was §206,753, realty of the Iudians that of the whites value of 827,540, including ton assessments unon persunal proporty. Notwithsianding the Indinns own 240,000 acres of land against 20,000 possessed by the whites aud their pop ulation is more than double that of whitos, the prosecution of [ndians’ state cases The was_n was $50,750, or has cost to the county 4,400, while that The of the whites’ ageregated but &470. 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, otherwise they will whoily ignore the Indians and give them no-atten- tion whatever except crimiual prosecution when they have broken the law. Thurston County Desires Rolle ‘Thurston county asks that it be given ro- lief by the federal government for the reason congress that the Omaha ana Winnebago Indians were made citizens and their lands were exempted from appropriation by congress to Thurston county of an equal amount of what that it was by an act of taxation. An the Tndians would have to puy in taxes ou the 240,000 acros they own, had they tho title in fee simple, s asked, Real ostate in Thurston county is assessed for taxation at one-quarter of its value. 1and would sell rapidly for §12 per ucre and, therefore, if it were subjoct to taxation would be nssossed at an avorage prico of 83 per acre. Thus the realty of the Indians would be asse: ,ad at §:00,000, The state and county taxes, sxclusivo of school and village taxes, was 22 mills on the dollar in 1801, £ Must Help Tholr Wards, “This land, if subjoct to taxation, would yield a rovenue of 815,180 aad Thurston couaty asis congress for ‘an aunual appro- priation for the amount until such time when the Indians will receive the title lu fee simple to these lands, The white property owners of the county usk congress, in justice alike to them and tbe Indians, for immediate action in view of the fact that the county’s indobtedress is now £8,000. ‘I'ho white citizens contend that tho federal government has imposed upon them the bur- den of ¢ ning the Omahas and Winne- bagos whilo at the same time it has ex- tended no assistance whatever in this work, and that while the Iudians ueed briages and roads and various improvements, no pro- vision has been made by the federal govern ment for assisting the county corporation in the work. Mr. Hoebles of Pender 1s here presonting the cuse, and he telis The Bee correspondent that the coanty will vory likely get proper assistance by act of cou- gross. War Out of the Question. 1 have information tonight through official channels from the Chilian legat to the effect that Minister Montt has recoived defi- nite instruotious to answer President Harri son and Secretury Blaino that a proper apology and otber amends will be promptly made by Chili for the wrongs committed upon our saiors and the iasults inflictea upon our government. This would put an end to the controversy and make war out of the question. The president has his message on tho Chihian question ready and axpects to send it with correspondence to congress on Monday ; this he deems due to congress und the public in any event. Miscellaneous, Secretary Noble today ordered a rehearing in the timber culture contest of William H. Tucker against Peter B, Nelson, from Cnad- ron. The local oficers decided the contest agaiust tho entryman in favor of Tucker, bat the general land office reversed the decision. A new trial will be had now Justice Bradley's death will cause another ostponement in the auuouncement of the Boyd-Thayer decision. The court will proba bly not be'in session till after decision day which is Monday. Postmasters appointed today: Nebraska —Banksville, Rod Willow county, M. Benja- min, vico W. N. Benjamin, resignod; Odell uage county, L. H. Valentine, vico I Walker, resigned. lowa—Orlonville, Dallas county, W. Swmith, vice A. P. Harris, de- ceased. P. S. H. NEWS FOR THE ARM inges of & Day in the Regular S, Wasmxaron, D. C., Jan, 22.—[Special Telegram to Tur Beg. |—The following army orders were issued today : Tne leave of absence granted Delamere S, Kerrett, First artillery, Dacember 16, 1501, Department of tho Missouri, 15 extended seveu days. Oune month’s ordinary leave of absence 1s granted Captain James M. Bell, Seventh cavalry, to take effect on tho ex piration of the leave of absence on surgeon's certificato of disebility granted him January 23, 1501, Major Chifton Conly, Ordnance do- partment, is detaled as a membor of the Board of Oranance and Fortitications, ap- pointea by the War Departmeut, ovdoer of October 15, 1888, vice Colonel Alfred Mor decai of the Orduance department, hereby relioved. The following changes' in tho stations ana dutics of officers of the Or nance dopartment are ordered: Adelbert R. Bufington is relieved from the command of the uational armory, Spring- fietd, Mass,, and as a member of tho Ora- nance board 15 assigned to the command of the Rock Island arsenal of Tllinoi Colouel Alfred Mo decari is re the command of the New as a member of the Ordvance assigned to the command of the national armory, Springfleld, Mass. Lieutenunt Col- onel Joseph P Farley is assigned to the com mand of the Frankford arsenal of Penusyl vania, and is detailed as & momber of the board on magazine arms convened November 24, 1500, and he wiil also take tewporary of the United States powdor dopot, V. J. Lieutenant Colonel Willwm A b, DOW On sick leave of absence, is v Jioved from the command of the Walertown arsonal of Mussuchussetts, Mujor Clifton Couley is relieved from the command of the Indlunapolis arsenal, and is assizued to the commana of the New York arscnal aud board, Major James W. Keitley s relieved from the command of the United States pow der depot at Dover, N. J., and a3 a member of the board of ‘magaziue armes convened Novewber 24, 1500, is assigued to the cow- Board, and is | trom duty at the Wa “sistant P | the building n which the postoi | the county fuir or Senator Paddock introduce a oill tha first of next week an entirely novel idea in It relates to the exemp- tion from taxation of the Omaha and Winue- From ars thag thero ave in county more than twice as many 100, acres of land and the was 41 cents, This| disparity is dus to the fact that the Indians 340, while thut of ussessed hing, while a total the This declarad Colonel | itved from | York ursenal and | | for the famine-stricken Russiuns. is detailed 4% a member of the orduance | the Watertown arsenal of M Major Almon L. Varney is rolf rtown arsenal aneg chusetts. signed to the comn arsonal. Captain Frank Heath is dotailec 8 memoer of the ordiance board, apooint October 27, 18X, Captain William Crosier relioved from duty in the ofice of the ch of ordnance fn ‘this city and detailed ns metmbe the ordnance board appointec October 1800, with station in New Yoric @ THAT CONFEDERA U Explanations From the Texns Who Flew it From His Wasiivaroy, D, U, Jan, stmaster Gonaral Whits ceived from the postmaster at han county, l'ex., an oxplanation of the con fedorato flag incidont. Hosays that at the time the fiag is said to have boon fying 015 located vas in progress at Baird, In honor of that event tho citizens catod their places of business and displaved as many flags and as much bunting as they could conveniently ootaiu. In coasequence of the preat demand the supply of Unitea States flags became exhausted, and the owner of tho building in which the post olfico is located, in order to complete his decorations, procured some bunting und had his sister’ inako a flaz. With only an imperfoct krowledge of how the United States flag was fashioned, tho result of her labor was o complete failuro except ss n aisplay of buntivg. [nstead of the thirteen stripes hor flag had only thre L nino stars in tho blue field. But 1t answered tie purposo, aud was hoisted over tho post oftice building. This is the postmaster’s ex planation, Genoeral Whitfield, however, is in possas sion of tho afidavits of five roputable peo plo who declares that on several specitied dates they saw the contoderate flag flving over the “postoftico building, and that they were told by citizens of the town that it was a confederate flag. But, inasmuch as the postmaster declares that the flag was not a confedorate flag and was not purrosely mado to resembie one, and expressed decp regret that be bad dowe auythiuz that could be construed as u disloyal act toward the gov orument, he 1s i to et the incident Postmaster Bailding, First As. 1d hias re Baird, Cala- Westorn Ponsions, Wasuizatoy, D. C., Jan, 22.—[Spocial Telo gram to Tue Bge}—Ths followinzs list of pousions grantod 15 repovied by Tie Bie and Examiner Bureau of Claims: Nebraska: Original—Lovi Schooloy, Allen . Anderson, Israel Spindlor, Williim G arson, Joln W. Bounett, Nols N James 'W. Hunuell, William S, Jamos C. McDonald, Byron H. Haskell, William _Hakers, James P. Browster. [n- crease—Goorge A. Iaton, Josepn Vesey. Original widows, ete. —Eli6so Zeck. Towa: Original—Thomas Clark, Geor, M. Harmon, Wiiliam Robortson, Charles Lyman, Marion Dunbar, \William 1. Jumes Miller, Jotn Polly, Williain Eoglish, Jamos A, Pields, James A, B. Watts, 'Jacob W. Brown, Peter Oliv Cohoe, John Moutgomery, Charles I Kellogg. ~Additional - Benjamin W. Maslker, Goorge McCauloy, Samuel Shoup. Supple menta! and restoration—Wesley S. Monroo. Tucroaso—Josso Ankron. Iteissuo—Henry Page, deconsed; Anton Carthotner, illiam Nugent. Original widow —Anuio Page. South Dakota: Original -Dsgood H. Watson, Phillip Potri, Darius Bevard Fox, Curtis M. Carpente Social Events Pospone Wasuixaroy, 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 Justice Bradley. The dionor whnich Secretary Tracey was to have given tonight, in honor of président ana Mvs. Harrison, was also posponed for the same reason. o FAN'S SCALP. The ted States Requested to Withdraw Its Minister From Santingo. NEW Yonk, Jau, 23, —The Horald's Wash ington correspondent telegraphs: Will Miu- ister Egan be recalled? Iho Cniliau govern ment, through Minister Montt, has prac- tically asked his withdrawal from that coun try. It was done, it was said, as a prelimin- ary step to a_more spocdy and satisfactory adjustment of the pending controversy. Such a suggostion—for as yet it is ouly a suggestion —is indignantly disputed by the Harrison administration. What Chili's purpose is can only be con jectured. It is possivle that, knowing Mr. Egan’s unpoularity in the United Statos, it has put forth the suggostion throngh Minis- ter Montt,noping that public sentiment would forco President Harrison to adopt 1t. This being dono, sixty or ninety days would nec. essarily clapse beforo nis successor could reach Santiago, and thus a_deiay of several months in tho settlement of the Valparaiso incident might no effectod. This is the ouly reason advancod or suggosted which reached Minisier Montt. om Chili, Wasnixaroy, D, C., Jan. 22.—No dis- patctes were received today atthe dopart- ments in regard to the conditiou of afairs in Chili. At the cabivet meeting today the Chil ian question was discussod. It is understood the cavinet practically decidod to submit the matter to congress next weck. Do aglhe il KILLED WHILE AT WORSHIP, Awful A dent in o Russinn Village Roof of w Church Falls Upon the Congrogat- ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 22, —During services in a church 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 tho scene and worked heroicially to rescuo tha porsous imprisoned by the fallen timbers, board: . The wreckage was soon cleared vay, when it was found that fifty persons en either killed or injured, Putting New Youk, Jau. 22.—The final meeting of he committee on revision of confession of fuith of the Presbyterin generel assembly was held today. The session was taken up in putting the report which is to be reported to the assombly in shape. Very fow dissents hayve been made, and they were only in ro- Iation to soparate ovorturos, There was general unanimity, and the subscription of & majority of the committee is contidently ex- pected. e 1w Woman, Dartas, Jan, 22.-Caroline Ship, demned to be oxceuted for ipfanticide, was taken from the jail at | o'clock this afternoon and led to the gallows. She displayed great coolness. She said she was innocent, and that a man named Mack Favear committed the eviwe, The drop fell at | and death rosulted in twenty minutes by strangulation con - - Relief for Kussin, Beatuicr, Neb., Jan, 22 —(Special to Tugk Bre (iage county Is coming to the front handsomely in tho line of corn contributions Five cars have a ady been donatea and thero is o £ood prospest of Lwo more comins - i Sy ox., Jan vices received hero from. the the Rio Grande border are to th the Garza revolutionary m g among the peonle - In the Hands ¥. Prersnvna, Pa., Jan Tho arguments in the Quay-Post libel suit oocupled the en tire morning This afternoon the jndge delivered his charge and the case went to tho jury. Gurzn B AxTONI10, ' Hing. Private ad lower part of effect that nent is spread session - Tho Howes. i first premiemat P delphia, Borden' & Selleck Co., Agts., Chicago. ko to and of the lndinnay 29 % & - AAGUINCIDENT, | OVOF | it for tho habitation of & beast, and in & bed | the tidings that Paris, Syduey and other exbibitions | NUMBER 220, FROM AFFLUENCE T0 RAGS. ery of a Millionaire's Daughter in a Sioux City Hovel, nced ssity of Accepting Pablie ty—Fatar ¥ Wreck Ne tin F Cresto Stovx Ciry, Ia, Jan, 22, gram to Tue Ber. | Special Teles In an old wood shed nof 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 bocame the wife of Colonel iraham and followed him to the Moxican war. She was the heroino of the famous charge at Chepultopae, rushing forward with tho storming party und pickiug up the fallen flaz and waviog it at the brestworks, Sa0 charges that her half-brother, Governop Puttison of Peansvivania, dotraudod hep of her sharo 1 hor fathor's estate, which was valued av nearly §10,000,000. She hud £15,000 when sho camo to Sioux City, but lostit. Kor four winters she bhas lived id absolute destitution in & woodshed in the rear of the residence of a lawyoer who bas attend=d to the litigation in which she was intorested. This winter sho has depended ontiroiy upon the charity of a neighbor who sent hor food CLIFE WILL GO INTO COURT. Towa's Deposed Seeretiry elined to Act Honorably. Dis Morses, In, Jan. 22 -In tho scnate this moraing J. W. CLff, the deposed secro- tary, was on hand but made no attempt to assume the duties of offee, His titie will be tested in the courts whon the tims comes for the payuent of salarios. Among tho bills introduced were the fols lowin, To compel all passengor trains to stop at county scats: democratic caucus Liquor bill, to provide for the inspection of liguor: Austealian ballot bill I'ho house concurrent rosolution, vroviding for the appointment of a visiting committee, was defeated. A bill was mitroduced making it a misdomeanor to counterfeit union labels, The house this morning passed a resolution fixing the compensation of clevks. Bills were antroducea as follows: To fix the ities of mine owners for njury to em- 053 to protect maukers of negotinble ine straments obtained by fraud; to regulate liabihities for insurers against 10ss or damaga by fire, Resolutions were adopted 1o pav the housa emploges for only six days per week and in~ structing the judiciary committes to devise some means of regulating the buuding and loau associations. No afterncon session of the house was held. ‘This afternoou bilis were introduced as follows in the senate: Authoriziug private banking tivms to incorporate under the gens eral vunking law; amending the game law; tresolution requesting congress to pros or popuiar election of United States ors 3 appropriating $100,000 for the es- slishimant of a normal sciool at Lemars for ahe rvegulation of froight rates in the state; to compel the payment of miners in cash; for the establishment of a state board of supervisors of state institutionsi: estab- lishing a normal school at Council Bluffas providing for the establishmont of s state examiner of publio accounts: to regulats the wanufacture and sale of iiuors; to prevent the polution of the water supply sources; for the assessment of mortgaves; providing for taxes on liens on real estate, Adjourned until 10 o’clock tomorrow. f the House Ine FATAL WRECK NEAR CRESTON, A Broken Switeh Deralls a Train, Killing the gineer, Cuestoy, Ta., Jan, [Special Telegram to Tur Brr|—At 6:20 this morning thrca extra freights west on tho Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy left the Alton yards, The first section, 1 passing ov er the West Unlon switeh four miles oast of Creston, broko a truck on @ lumber car, springing the poiuts of the switch. The second section passed ovor the same switch and broko atrick, spreading the switeh, but all the wheels of both traing remained ou the traci. When tho third sece tion arrived at the switeh, tho traw was run- ning At about thirty milos'an hour and a mile vehind tho second section. The engine and nearly tho entire train of loaded cars jumped tho track and rushed down the cmbankment, whore thev were piled up indiscriminately: ngine 451 and six cars were badly wreckod. Engincor Oscar Swanson was instantly killed and Firoman W. Wilson aud Brakeman Hollund were badly injurod. » Was Not His Wife Cusro, Ta., Jan, 22— Spocial Telogram to Tne Bex. | —Last Saturday a young man who gave his name as Bert Wilson applied at the Metropolitan hotel for boavd for him- self and wife. Wednesday the young man loft, sayiug ho would be back Thursday. Ho did nov come back, and today the young girl ho said was his wifo turns out to be not s wife but a l6-vear-old girl. Sho gave ber namo as May Norton and said she met Wilson for the first time two weeks ago at Clarinda, when he induced her to come to Croston, whoro she could securo work as good wages. She came and her ruin was no- complished, A ticket was purchased for the sent back to Clarinda, Fowr Donar, Ia., Jan, 22.—[Speciat Tole- gram to Tue Bee.| ~When tho pupils who attend school at the Rogersschool house near this ity roached the place last Thursday, they found the school house locked and Anna avs, tho pretty school mistress, missit ool has been hold thero simce, The reason developed today when it was learned that Miss IRogers had oloped with Charles Gibbon of Havelock and that the two nad been mado one at Dubuquo. The reason for tho romantic marriige was that Miss Rogors’ parents opposed tho mateu. Mr. Gibbon is tho cashier of & banic at Havelock and is & popular young mun, SLOPED WITH HER BOARDER, shrewd Plan of a Chicago Woman to Avold Hor Husband, Cineao, T, Jan, 22.—[Special Tologram to Tuk Bre. | —Mrs. John Ceraoy wanted to clope with John Jilson. Her desire to do so was not, however, 5o forvent as to lead her to run away with John without either bag or baggago. John was practical also, Although in love he desived to carry his wararobe with bim on his little expedition. John Cerney, tne husbaud, was around the house so much that neither his wife nor thoir boarder, for such was Jilson, could find an opportunity to pack their trunks. Tickots to Bohomia via Now York haa been securad, but the hus band’s vigilance gave the pair no cnance to prepare for the journoy. Tho woman's wit made & bplan. Sne went 10 the Maxwell police court Wednesday, and there swore out a warrant for her husband's wrrest, charging bim with assault, That night i pollceman puiled Coruey out of bis soft bed aua threw bim into a bard cell, While he was thero his wife and the bosrder packed their trunks and were off for Boe hemia. Ceruey was brought into court pro- testing that love and kindness had always marked his treatment of his wife aud there mus*, be some dreadful mistake. She will never prosecute me,” ho de clared, *uud she never will A policeman whas sent to summons her. - ile returned with the woman and Jilson had eloped. Cerney was dismissed, broken hearted - Vitt's Little kiarly Itsers; best little rdyspepsia, sour stomach,bad hraste