Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 3, 1893, Page 1

TS LAST TRAGEDY End of the Farnam Street Thoeater Comes with Fire and Death, . = FIREMEN ASSUME THE LE\DING PARTS Stalwart Men Suffer in Reality Where Many Have Mimicked Pain, OKE KILLED AND €iX BADLY WOU'DED Albert Jerome's Body Lies Under a Heap of Broken Brick and Mortar. SENSATIONAL CLOSE Fire Dest Thespian Palne ge an Losses and An extensive conflagr. #ho business center of ¢ excitement through tho day afternoon a fow mi The Farnam Streot tl unted at the corner of nam stroets, was totally destroy Two small buildings on Joining the theater, five, water and falling losses aggrezato $145,4( $118,000 is covered by in: of New York’ company cluded in theso figures, An unfortunate s of several other brave flames. Several __jurod. The fire was witno people, who filled the s windows of in ity. The fire originate: of the theater and tho wuas a flery furnace minutes afterwards. under Shortly after 10 o'cloc firomen who had been T'h — Caught Spread wer OF A PLAYHOUSE ya the Fiest Built of Omaha's on the Swiftly— lusuranon, ation in the heart dmaha sont a thrill of omumunity yester- uutes past 5 o'clock heater building, sit- Fittoenth and i, od by fire. Faroam stroet, ad- also destroyed by 18, The estimated M. Of 4his a unt, surance. The “Waifs lost 33,300 not in- o squel of the fire was thef death of one fireman and the s fous injury 0 fought the were men w ators also in- ssod by fully 10,000 trects, housstops and the immadiate vicin 1 in the rizging loft intorior of the resort in fiftecn or twenty ho flames were gotten ontrol after much diffeulty. ck last n batthng tho flames for five hours, went up on tho fire es the Fifte extinguish knew fo When they the fire. were about nth street side of the th Six arted up with men, who never a line of hose, twenty-tive feet from the ground about two-thirds of the eastern wall fell, burying the in the debris, “* eatching onto a window b ) " \Jn‘ s g ‘was buried alive in the Vietims of The following is the 1 injured: ALBERT JE Resides at Ei Murried. Carraiy McBrine of hose about head and shoulders. Joux Marrs sevel aN of hose and injured at base of brain. pital in detirious condit Tom RUANE, injured i Jayes Dowss of No. 8 of No. 9 hoso, slightly Piok. J. M. GAYNOKe, falling brick. CHARLES STEVENS, fin by falling corni The injured men we Three of the £ verely lnjured and two say unfortunate firemen men were se: 1 themselves by sill. The sixth man ruins, the Fir ist of the dead and No. 2, budly cut rely bruised about @ No.2, cut on head Taken to hos- ion. nternally. hose and Pat Ruance ut and bruised. struck on spino by Partially paralyzed. iger on left hand cut re soon rescued and the patrol wagon conveyed them to the St Joseph best of attention, recover. luas) hospital, where they recerved th thought that alt will One disgraceful incident of the fire was when the police and talke the fujur given medical friends of the being taken home treatm no fiver men to where they could be victims ins ien attempted to ent. Certain alleged isted upon their t knowing but what second might witness the death of the man they were quarrel John MeBrid pany, who was on tho verely injured, succeed Carter of the same com injurios reccived at the Paxton ing over. captain of No. 2 lose com- lineand was so so d the late Michacl pany, who died from aunex fire in Avril, 1591, He bas been in the departioent about uine ye: same company. , ali of the time He is & married man, with the Struck by Falling Bricks, Prof. J. M. Gaynore ‘when the northeast corner of the Mr. Gaynoro was view rear of Getty's conf; struck in the back was tly injured wall fell, fire from tho sLrore and wus by falling bricks. Ho ing th was roudered unconsclous and was partially paralyzed, that he be t and thd that purpose, splne, but ata lato he thought that he would Orig Tho five originated i stage, n o, th He recovered enough to v Juest 0 5t Joseph hospita patrol wagon was summoned for Ho was injured about the voiast night it was recovor, of the Fire, n tho flies over the The employes were setting the stago for the first act of “Ihe Waifs of New York, which was billed for a last evening, The *ly to ndjust the *drops, fall over tho cudge of 18 supposed 1o protect gas jous in the border | mediately ignited and rapidicy, spreading through the entire five minutes the of the theates was in 4 burst througu the oo, an inflammibl of scenery, ropes and tuft. D, volumes seen issuing from the window, the building, near the * i Mostyn, wh Fifteonth streot, at anc Bt Pifteenth o the alarm. The ud the N vas laid the buil seething flum o fire nature, heing d Farnam 10 the call second performance wen," i eudeavoring allowed a “drop” to the tin trough which the scenery from the ight. The drops im- bivned with amazing ulmost instantly “rigging loft.” n stage and rear sheet of flamo that ‘The material wis of composed similar combustible of smoke weve first in the rear of flies. 0 was passing down stiouted toan oficer streets to turn on mand was instantly denartment mado but ore the first ding was & mass of antie Eflorts av Rescue, The attempt o s sweeping grasp of the number of narrow Zife aud liwb. Soveral theater orchesira pluy burning buildiug whe: oul. Oue member of Plays the bass viol and submitted to the guy PO many oceasions, b the aisle of the t “fddle in his arms. Figl the smoke and flying ci sidewalk in safety, wit instrament in of Manager Burgess v office and roscued anuns and papers. Ono admi rett suntched a large from its position on th sidewalk just as the second 1) By a singular coincid. erash. ol lhlu Cluxton, the he members of the his tight embraco, ve goods fire kin from the vesulted in a escapes fr Farpam zed madly in the five first b the orchestra, who who has patiently 10g song of “Georgie" bravely rushed down ter and seized the big iting his way through nders, ho reached the b the huge musical Friends th 8, hooks ushed into nher of plet rer of Lawronco Har lctur of b actor wall and reached the o fell with & lee @ picture vine of the Brooklyn | TUESDAY MORNING, OMAHA s saved from the rains, the contents of the box office, however, were totally destroyed e Saved a Sign, One bewildered vescuer rushed madiy around the streets with a huge placard of ‘Standing Room Only" clutehed tightly in his trembling hand. ‘This sign greeted the patrons of tne theater Sunday evenine, when the initial performance of *“The Waif of New York" was prosented. The 1,800 people who filled the theater Sunday night little dreamed that twenty-four hours later the building would be a smouldering mass of ruins. [t was a source of general con gratulation that the fire did not ovent Sun day night, when the house was literally Jammed with th andience of tha season. The results upon that occasion would have been frightful to contemplate. men Worked Nobly. The firemen were handicapped by the lack of pressure of water and u network of wires which threatened thoiv iy few mioutes after the alarm companies 2 and 3 had streams playing on the building. but the force was so weak that 1o water could be thrown above the third an, who was at home sick, Jumped into his wagon and was soon on the scene, directing the efforts ot his men with all his old-time vigor, and he did much good, encouraging his lircmen o Leroie de- ion to duty. I'he men of companies 2 and 8 ru the theater from the west enty were playing water on the stage when the first crash came A half dozon firemen under command of Assistant Chief Sulter were at work when the dome of the theater fell in, d into Canght in the Crash, J.H. Scott, a member of No. 2, was hall way down the center isle at the He was knocked to the toor und se injured bout ime. 1ously John Simpson, driver for hose No. ith him, and how the men escaped s 4 miracle. The firemen triven out of the building by the rush of flames, and their comrades had to get out a8 best they could The men followed the line of hose and ched the door. Scott had mest of the haiv of his head Lurned off and bis hands were badly blistered. A failing brick gashied his head. Simpson also braised and cut and his left forearm was fractured by the falling debris One hundred feet of were abandoned and dest w hose and a nozzle yed: Fourteen St 18 0f W tar, About this time companics 5 and 7 ¢ and fourteen streams playing on the flames. In a short ne the new water tower was on the ground and the great mass of people grected it with hearty cheers Two lines of hose were turned into the tower and a torrent of water was shot into the structure Avout this time the novth wall fell out, doiag serious damage to the Karbach build: ing, in which the German Savinzs bank is located. The crowd sought safety in flight and many people were badly fimmed 1 the crush. About this time the foreman ‘Thompson-Houston electric liwht w vivod with cight ornine assistants and began cutting the live wires. Their prompt work certainly saved many people from serious havm, rrived Splendid Polico Serviee. The police uuder Captain Mo Sergeants Shoop and Ormsby did good vork in keeping back the crowds. Commissionor Coburn, Hartmann and Strickler also did £00d servic The crowd of at 10,000 to 12 005 contr At the north wall fell, complotely destroying Jack Woods’saloon. \When the flamos were first noticed Jack was in his ate office talking to Georse Krug and 10 friends when Lot coals bewan to fall in his doorway. He went back into the saloon and hardly had time to secure his pupers and casheregister when it was seen that the whole building would be destroyed. When the north wall fell in his place was com pletely demolished. Mr. Woods says his loss will be §22,000 and he has 11,000 in- surance. tyn and estimated they were hard to Fell with n Deafoning Crash, In fifteen minutes after the aorth wall fell in the cast wall toppled over with a deafen- ing crash, destroying I3 Wittig's and the Drum saloons and the World-Herald's muil- ing rooi. “Phe men in the saloons had left the build- ing, but five men were at work in the mail- ing room and they had a narrow escape with their ives. The floors of building were Jammed together so that the tile flooring was raised up from the concrete base. The flood of water which follywed destroyed several volls of print papor. Witig's place and “The Dy were al most completely destroyed, bat 1d - Wittig wanaged to save his papers ana accounts The dumage to these places was from the falling walls and watel ¥ ieals, The whole interior of the like a soething furnactd wit utes after the alury building was 10 Uhivty min- was Lurned in, dod the tinaer-like partitions added fuel' o tho flames. Whon the fivemen ot down to real work some chemicals in Snow, Lund & Co.'s drug store explode { nnd shattered the plate glass front. Hot c vore eved through the air for'a block distant. The gailunt fir mon stuck to their work, uamindful of the hox | heat and fiying cosls. 0 of the electric light compu o wires on the poles in the vicinity to obviute Lhe danger from that source. When the uorth wall feil oue live wire shos a current into o strea playing on the fire, The the wire had to drop the nozzle, ‘Lhe fir men could not el i stream uto the front part of the third story of the building on ac- count of the thickness of the window pancs. A voliceman suw the difficuliy ana solved it by pulling out a revolver and puncturing the giuss with 4 bullet, His aim was true aud the crowa cheered heartily, Manager Burg alks, Tears filled the eyes of Manager Burge: a8 ho viewed the destraction of the theater, 1 do nov know how it started,” said M, Burgess, “God only knows. 1 beard the ataem and saw ot s glanee tiat tho builii was doomed, 1 caunot give the exact figur onour losses at present. ‘The building aud furnishings of the theater were insured for #0,000. We had a five years lease, and had & good list of attractions booked for the sea- son. ‘The theater was rofurnished through- out ouly sixty duys ago, \We hud put down now carpets uud fixed it up nice Now it is in ruins, [ cunnot spoak definitely ut this time of wy future plans,” SOME OF IT5 HISTORY. Sketeh of the Bovned Building—-List of the usurance, Che bullding was a handsome four-story and basement structure and had quite a history as & playhouse. It was ercetod in 1881 by ex-Govel Boyd, and the ground covered was 77 foot on Furnam and 132 feet on ifteenth aur ‘'he general style of archi © wus Auorican renaissance, and the exterior § ted an imposing appear- auce. The imerior was artistically decor- ated aud its nreanzements as & theater were pronouncea fine. 1L was victuully the first largo business st o orected in the city und he citizens iu the carly duys of its ex- istence pointed to it with ™ pride. It had,u seating capacity of 1,700 and - the st fifty fect deep, uceor tiug the produc- tion of ull the [ id - spectucular perforniunces. i buttding origiually cost #5000 and sted under the suporvision of Me- & Bros., the noted New York archi- Uutil 151 the theater was known as opera house. It was opened Octo- 1581, evopy seat in the house being icd. The opera was “La Mascotte,’ Fay Pempleton and ber company appeariig i the cust, Soon after the curtain dropped ou the first act Senator Maudeisou ad. dressed the audience, vongralulutivg the peoplo upon the completion aud opening of the beautiful tempie of awusement and it the same time complimeuting (overnor Boyd for his public spirib ana cuterprise. Govornor Boyd wade a neat responsse. Proved & Paying | ont, From the day it was thrown obeu to the public the theater proved a paying invest- 101 Wis e Lifari teots, Hoyd's the World-Herald * portunity to witness the best theatrical and operatic performances in the country. The first manager was Mr. Marsh, and he continued in the position during the first season. Thomas Boyd cane from Philadelphia when he and Doc Haynes became the lessces | for two years. In 1801, Royd's now opera house was completed and Boyd & Haynes became managers of that plavhouse. They were succeeded at the old theater by W, J. Burgess, who camo as resident manager for L. M. Crawford, the lessee of the thea- ter. It was not until a legal battle had been fought in the courts that the theater's name was changed from Boyd's Opera house to the Farnam Sireot theater. Since 1801 it hus been known as the Farnam Street theater, and has maiutained popular prices and enjoved a large patronas Neariy all of the bost known actors and actresses have appewred at the theater, among whom have been: Edwin Booth, IRiston, Salvini, Ciristine Meilson, Lawrenco I t, Fanny Davenport, sary Anderson n, W. . Florence, Bmmett, Mr and Mrs. Kendall, Kate Claxton and otie it to n Svndicate. In July, 1880, Governor Boyd disposed of the property to a svndicate of stockholders, kuown as the Amorican Bank Building com- puny, of which O, M. Carter is president and A. C. Powell is treasurer. The resided | Stockholders paid down £0,000, und bonded the same for $200.000. ‘Ine rentals on the buildin: ged §24,000 per year, In 1801 L. M. wfovd ot 'St Joseph leased the building, paying £0,000 for a five years Jease. Hied witi . The building was a four-story brick struc- ture. The ground floor was occupied by stores und offices, On_the Farnam screet side the tenants consisted of Muller, the confectioner; Snow, Lund & Co., druggists, and Allenspaugh, ticket broker. A small fruit stand occupied space near the entrance, On the Fifteenth street side of the building the ground floor was occupied by Jack Woods® saloon. Peabody’s hat store, Hess & Swoboda, Ruddy. the optician, und the American Fuel company. In the basement of the building were Hausen's barber shop and Dr. Worley’s Turkish bath rooms. On the sccond and third floors were the Jack- man dental parlors and labo e of the goods in the sto ticularly Snow, Lund & Co' Most of the contents,hiow od by fir 1w, T, About half losses are covered by insurance. ha buildings udjoining on the east, occu- pied by Lentz & Williams and Ed Wittiz saloons, were one-story structures and w damaged by falling walls. They wer property of A, J. Hauscom. v saloon " stocks and fixtares were at S4500; partially insured. damaged in’ both places, and the same are partially covered by insurance also. The American Fuel company, oceupying the one- story frame brick adjoining the Witting place, suffered dumage to the amount of $i5, £ suian Ter the the alued badly T'he Losien. President Carter of the company is out of the city, and T irer Powell says that the property is valued at £225,000, with insur- ance amounting to $90,000 on the building, He said that was impossible to vell what steps the company will take resarding re- striction The insurance on the building is placed with the following companics Iforniu. New York Bt of Hartford i American of Phil | Commercinl Unjon. ticut of Har, At riford i iciphia Nl New York “r3 % Buiidors of Hartford North British & Me Orient of | 1ix of | Nition New Hampshire, ‘b Union.. Providence-Washinsion.: Quecn of New York. ... le Isiand Underwriters. kford of THinois. ... rity of Co ut British'Ame: an of Merchants of New Je Rochester Gernian of Panl I and M. yaiof i United Firem 21000 2,000 21000 000) 500 1500 1,500 1150 1,500 1,500 1,060 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 11000 1,000 1000 M. of Hoston Miiw ke 1 Ningura of New York.... . Poople’s of New Hampsliive Spring Garden of Phitidelpliia POt 1o arerene cier e e 890,000 1t 1s cstunated vhat the total losses are follows: ‘Theater building, 215,000; J. R, Woo: $1,000; American K sen's barber shop, $1 as £55,000 ; 20,0005 furnishings, M. Ruad, el company, #500; Hal 00; ‘I'he Dram, £5,00 Bd Wittig, $3,5007 World-Herald, $1.000: D, Jack S2500; Allenspaugh,’ &500; frait stand Snow, Lund & Co., #5,000. Other lossc and ‘water, incluting adjacent huildi . #0,000, Total loss: £140,400. Covered by insurance, £118,000, Snow, Lund & Co.. draggists, were negoti- ating a sulo of their business und stock, but whether the sime was completed cannot be positively stated. Lost Thelr Wa sdrobes, The members of *“The Waifs of New Yor compuny, who were playing a four : cogagement at the cheater all more or less heavy loscrs by the five. The princi- pal_losses were sustained by Managor Clifford, who estimates that he has lost, in personul effccts and wardrobes, fully #1,000, Andy Amann fizures his personal by ings and valuable manuscript ut $1,100, Roberts' losses will aggrezate $1.000, losses of the other members of the troupe will reach #1, None of the members suc- coeded in saving anything, with the excep- tiou of five trunks. No insurance. This is 4 severe blow (o anost of tne troupe. Several of the lady members of tho company were bemoaning their loss and piteously wringing their hands while they watched the progress of the flames and tho destruction of their property. Young Eddie Cole of the company received the praises of all the members for his heroic efforts in trying tosave their wardrobe in stead of looking to the saving of his own offeets, Another member, 13 Peiper, barely escaped with his life from u falling wail while endeavoring to bring out i truuk The scenery of the company was valie #3,000 and insured, but whethe the is effective while the scenery ter building, or whether it only applies while in trafic, Manager Clifford was unable 10 state definitely lust night, the owner, Mr, Williams, being i Califo present with the Kutie Emmett company. It was stated by soveral members of the company that none of their number were in the building at the time of the breaking out of the tive, ng- Mr, ‘I'he ay insur- is in a Cinders, The water pressury to throw . heavp st of the building. ‘The falling bricl.s and flying cinders mad things dangerous for the firemen, Captiin Mostyn gnd his ofticers did excel- lent worlk in keeping back the crowds ‘Che Elks formerly had thelr club rooms in the fourth story of the by The Omaha Press club_entertined Biil Nye and James Whitcomb Riley in the club rooms after un entertainment in the opera house in I887. That was before Nye und Riley were divoreed When the injured firemen crawlod out of the burning bullding and bad to be assisted 10 the movguc in _order to receive medial us. sistance Dr. Lee said that he thought a firc and police surgeon should be apnolnted, | whose duty it should be togo to all the big | fires the same us the five reporter does und | be prepared to render prompt assistance to { injured tiremen ] | ] wiis not strong enough am to the third story Pickpockots mingled with the crowd and got In their work. Dennis Cunningham was robbed of » valuable gold watch and chain When the five alurm was sounded Clris Hartman was sitting in bis oftice figuring on insurauce rates for tnis building. The pro- as manager in 1882 ana continued until 1889, | | werday. and this ono was destroy ment. T.gave the people of Omaha an op- | prietor of the house wag en M;nrlnz to get a lower rate of insurance, 'an decided _that as had expired the V into an oMce block. It is a singular fadt that the People's theatre was closed for @ lack of funds yes- d by fire. leaving only one place for amusement seekers in the 1t is quite likely that the Peo- ple’s will now be reopened. Dense crowds of people lield possession of tho sidewa'k on the south side of Farnam street, Fifteenth for thedistance of a quar- terof a block south of Farnam, Farnam east and west of the five, and Fifteenth street north of the fire. During the progress of the fire the ow and occupants of buildings in the vicini the coaflagration kept men with buckets and it had been resent lease | a supply of water stationed on their roofs to ish any of the numorous stray sparks \ were flying in the air. flic on the Iarnam street motor line was cntirely suspended for a while, and when resumed only three trains were oper- ed to convey passengors west of Sixteenth street, The crowds of people were kept busy dodg- ing the wires which wore cut by the line- men. The Leavenworth street motor lines were obliged to transfer passengers on Twenty- seventh and Leavenworth streets on account of the fire there Mrs. Dr. Ayer was one of the first persons to observe thie flames bursting through the roof of the building. The lady was coming down Fifteenth street and was near the alley at the time. Leo Estelle saw the flames when they burst through the roof of the “fly" allery and before the department had responded to the alarm. om excitement, caused by the news that 1 fireman bad been buried in the rs. Joseph C. Root fainted away on tne sidewalk on Farnam streot, Herman Timme, who was in the throng that surged back and forth during the fire, reported the loss of his yaluable timepiece. Investigation disclosed that it had been left at home. { SThe Waifs of New York™ company uses ilsh; eugine in one of the scenes of the drama. When the company opened its en- gagement heve it was found that the small elevator at the theater was not lavge enough for the engine to be transorted to the stago. [t was therefore sont back to the cars, This fire eugine and a few trunks was all that the company suved, Three members of tie Board of Five and Police ComMnissioners were present at the fire. and they realized that Omaha did not have the fire apparatus necessary to handlo a big fire. A new La France engine has been ordered and will be here in a day or two. At the meeting last night the com- missioners agreed that one ongine was not enough and they ordered another one by telegraph, With the old steamer this wiil give Chief Gulligan three engines to fight the flames with. The theater five proved to e a lesson to the people, showiug that they have not adequate brotection from the five fiend. The *4-2-1 (the “general,” as it is known among firemen) followed quickly after the regular box was pulled, summoning every ailuble piece of fire apparatus in the civy T'he companics in the outlying districts had long runs to muke, but they acquitted them- selves nobly. ANOTHER BLAZE. In the Midst of the Excitement a Second Firs Ocours, During the progress of the Farnam street fire an alarm from box 4, at No. 5 engine house, was turned in and Chief Galligan quickly dispatched one hose company and truck No. 2, along with ‘Assistant Cnicf Sulter. Tt proved a long hard: run to Twenty-co-enth and Leavenworth streets, where the second fire was fiercely bluzing It was especially hard last night “after the men and horses” had worked 80 hard at the other fire, When the department arr sceue the frame block ut the corner of ‘Twenty-seventh and Leavenworth streets was found to be in flames. Chief Salter did he best he could with the one siream of water which had been sent out with nim aud telephoned for help us soon as he could, The fire started in the shoe store store of A, MeArthur, 725 South ‘I'wenty-seventh strect and spread very rapiciy to the build- ings adjoining. ' On the north was the plumbing shop of Hanighan. ed on the J. “The roof of this building was a sinzle line of hose had been The flames spread rapidly and were soon lapping the roof of the tailor shop of J. Wolenholdt. This building, which is 4 two- story Quiie and stands on the corner, aught. In spite of all that the firemen could do the flames spread and inside of ton minutes this corner block wus a total ruin, I'he firemen made several efforts Lo en the builaings, but were driven back every time by the iniense heat. After a hard tight the fire wag gotten under control, According to stutements made after the fire it scoms that the blaze started in the shoo store. Mr. McArthur was lighting his Lamps for the nizht. them and had the other in bis hand. It flickered and he dropped it. MeArthur tried 0 smother the flames with his coat, but could not, and rushed upstairs after a quilt. When he returned he found the blazs had spread and he vashed to the engine house to turn in an alarm, viie Ish block on the corner was unoceu- picd but insured. McArthur has o 81,300 in- s nce on his building and. §1,200 on bis stock. J. J. Hanighan saved about half of his property. The building he occupied was owned by the Byron Reod estate, as was also the store occupied by Wolenholdt, the tailor, The loss will umount o fully $5,000, and is ulmost entirely covered by insurince. ——— BIMELALLIC CONVENTION, Delegates Beglnuing to Assemblo Louis—All Are Enthusinstic, St. Lours, Oct. 2.—The delezates to the pan-American bimetallie convention, which will meet at Armory hall tomorrow at 10:50, lhave begun to arrive. President A. C. Fisk reached the city this morning by the Chicago & Alton train ‘and thirteen Colorado dole- gates came with bim from Denver, Burleigh Johnson, president of the Topeka Bimetallic lsague, was #lso among the car arrivals and announced® that tho league's delogation would come i tomorrow morning, Governar Lewelling will be amoug them. [t is impossible to estimato either the number here or that will be here. Those who are ncre, however, ure enthusiastic enough, if that quality wili make up for any possible deficiency in sumbers. ‘I'here is wore or less of & sectional feeling evident among those slgeady he 11y dent Fisk is especially’ pronounced in ex pressing himself us of the belicf that the convention will be extremely beneficial Lo the west and the south generally, as it will be a declaration of & community of interests between those seotions of the country, with St. Louis as the chief distributing point. 1 believe,” said he today, “that St. Louis can bo made the groatest eity of the United States. This city is the natural depot of supplics for all the vast territory repre- sented by tho delegutes W this convention, among whom there is a very strong senti- ment." at St S 2 LM Killed 1n n strect Duel GrasGow, Ky., Oct. 2 —As the result of a desperate v duel Saturday pight be- tween Deputy Marshal Collius and Ciem Deph, whow he was trying to arrest, Deph lies in 4l condition with threc bullet wounds in his body. Oune of Deph's shots fired at the officer weat wide of the mark and struck a negro the forehead. I'he butlet flattencd and fell to the pavement, waking only a painful flesh wound. Marsial Collins was not hu;t. —— Wient in tue Nort Miysgarolss, Oct. 2 —Figures compiled by the Northwestern Miller aud ths Market Record show the ugeregate stock of whed in the northwest is 12,111,542 bushels, an in- creaso of 1,045,400 bushiels compared with a week ago, strec He had placed two of | OCTOBER | RIO BOMBARDED 0NCE MORE Mello Again Turns His Guns on the Bra- ian Capital, PROVISIONS NOW AT FAMINE PRICES Efforts to Secure o Districts P Disputenes oy NDON, Oct. 2.—The Brazilian minister in this city has sent the following dispateh to Reutcr's Telogram company DO"Rio vE Jaxeiro, Oct. 1, 1893, —~The in- surgent squadron is still in the bay; its fighting clements ave much weakened by de- sertion from the crews, and daily some of the vessels are damaged by the shore artil lery. Yesterday's bombardiug the forts vigorously answered. Two steamers which aped have been repulsed at Santos. At Santa Catherina they fuiled to land. The troops are united and loyal to the govern- ment. Public opinion is obposed to the in- surgents.” LONDON, Oct. 2.—A private cablegram re- ceived here today announces that the rebel fleet at Rio de Janeiro opened fire upon the Brazilian capital yestorday morning, and that the bombacdment was continacd throughout the day. The samo cable an- nounces that the foreign ministers at Ric backed up by the commanders of the fo war vessels at Rio,have for a loug time pust done overything possiblo to avert further hostilitles between the insurgents and the government forces und in_spite of the fuct these friendly efforts have been ted continuously toward both sides in the dispute a failure W wduce the opposing factions to come toun agreement has vo- sulted in more damage to Rio from the rebels and great loss of life The cable message morning does not give any details of the damage done by the bombardment of yester- day, nor does 1t state how many people were killed ashore orafloat. It is presumed here, from the fact that the rebels are reported to have shelled the city all day Sunday, the loss of life must have been consi terable and both sides must have suffered, The telegram referred to, however, con- firms the statements previously made to the effect that provisions at Rio ar geiting so s that, to uso the exact words ol the age, “famine prices provail,” in spite of the untiring efforts made by the government ecure food in the neighborhood of the pi nd from the adjoining states of Geraes, Sao Paulo” and Goyaz, but :‘*E-fl'ol 8 do not seem to have been suc- u The private cable message which was sent to the Assoclated press after its receipt hore seetus to contradict explicitly the st made in the message whi azilian 1o Reut Telegram company todny, and which the minister ed to all abpearances from Rio under yesterday's date. The ofticial me y that though the rebel squadron was still the bay of Rio “its fighting clements wi much weakened” and that tvesterda, bombardment was vigorously answered” by the forts. It wus also said in the Braziliun overnment dispatch that the robel ships baa been “damaged by tho shore artillery.” This may actually have been the case, bui it does not seem to have prevented the rebels from bombarding Rio all duy Sunday. Redacing Mextean Postage, Crry oF MeXIc0, Oct. 2.—Congress has au- titorized President Diaz to reform the exist- ing postal laws, and itis belicved that in- terior postage will be reduced from 10 to 5 cents. I'he reduction, it is thought, will in- crease the revenue aud the efliciency of, tho Postofticedepartment. The postal chiargo to the United States is 5 cents, or half the rate charged for domestic postage. The Partido Liberal, a governmont somi-oficial organ, says that the prime ministor's newly. pro. posed tax on cotton fabrics is part of a vast plan slowly maturing by Senor Limuntour: also that the new tax is a sign of u rupture of the government with extreme protection- ism, which has caused so much harm to Mexico. 'The volicy of the government js distinctly toward lower duties, but enormous vressure is brought to bear by manufacety ers on the tinancial minister and the admin- istration geucrally to prevent carrying out any comprehensive sgheme of revenue re- form, ign received here this Disousse uswick Quos Loxnox, Oct, pamphlot has issued on the Brunswick question. It that the succession to the throno or to ths regency cannot last aal insists that th duko of Cumberland, who has the rizht o succession and whos¢ son attuins his major ity five yeurs hence. shall undertake to educato him In Branswick. Otherwise, continues tho pamphlot, when the dule of Cumberland dies the duchy must eleot another dulge, o els. will becom cichsland lik the Bry n. been United Sty bute to Information has ached the Navy department that the cruiser Newark, which left New Yori sev- cral days ago for Itio de Janeiro, has arvived atthe Barbadoe She will loave as bromntly a8 possible for 1tio, and ought to arvive thoer in two weeks. The department is also in- formed that Tho United States steamonip Bultimore h; ived at Algiers, 5.- Tonquin ilooded. Loxpox, Oct. 2 —~Dispatehes to the Times says that the delta of Tonkin was entirely flooded by a hurricane recent'y which swept away many dwellings. A number of the oc cupin aped ou rafts, but wmany were drowned The vicar apostolic has issued o prossing appeul Lo avert a fumin the crops were volned by the hurricane, French Miuers Fighting, Loxpox, Oct. 2.—The Paris correspondent of the Times telographs that the tension in the mining districts is becoming dangerous, ‘The first bloodshed is recorded at Droco: ary where, in resisting the orae darmes to disporse, several trampled under the hor sabres, or prodded with lunce: s of the gens. miners ‘vere feet, cut with amburg's Choler Hambrng, Oct Three new cases and one death from cholera are reported heve Two previous patients have succumbed to the discase. Record, - Nopiurating th n LovisvitLe, Oot. 2—The separate coach law enacted by the last legislature, provid ing that all the railroads runniug througl the state shall provide separate cars for L. white and colored passengers became opor ative yesterday. While all of the voads hive noL yet comy d with the law, they have either partially doue so or are making tho necessury arrangements for carrying out the requirements of the bill The colored people huve es quarters at Frankfort, Ky stubborn fight in the courts - Gt the Vessel O, MiLWAUKEE, Oct, .- At the office of the Goodrich Trunsp pany it was stated this even steamer Chicago, which ran e beach during a fog Raciue, after a short dela, pro trip Lo Chic blished hea and will maice ) Milwaukee tution com- that the nose on the was ceded off eleased n her Strauding Mu.warkee, Oct consin from Racine, Wis the (ioo steamer Chicago went ashore at the foot Hydo strect while endeavoring to Larbor in o fog. She 0! # L ke Steamer. iul to the S35 Y. Wis b ol the lics head on aud is ske 1 pounding heavily. There are a large num- ber of passengers on_board and great ex- citoment prevails, The tug Gillen and a life-saving crew have gono to the scene, vy OF A YEIERAN, DESERTION e-Long Democrat of Towa Becomas a Populist, Drs Morses, Oc. 2.—[Special Telogram to Tue Bre.]—Hon, R. L. Butler of Logan, o | life-long democrat who has served the party | as o member of the legislature for twenty four years, the last sixteen as senator, has written a letter to Chairman Scott of the people’s party in which he takes | leave of the deinocratic party and becomes a populist. He says: “We have come to the part A political r fon 18 upon us, The lines re rapidly forming, but are nov yot so dis: tinct as to be visiblo to the unaided eye. The day for separating the sheep from the goats, or, rather, from the wolves, is drawing near." A siguificant paragraph of his lettor ferving to Governor Boies is as follows “In Town we are informed by very wood authority that no national issues necd pply for consideratia that we really have voice or influence whatever over t and pressing questions: thut our state lie on the gatoway of the beer keg ue; that if relief sl ome at all iv must come through the bung of the beer barrel; that if we can only get proper legislation on this, then will the rocks not only pour forth ers of oil, but we shall becnabled w wash our weary with beer,” ingof the ways, Sensation Court Orreawa, Ta., Oct [Special Telegram to Tug Beei—There was something of a sensation in court today when Jenkin Bvans was brought in to reccive sentence to the nenitentiary for life for the murder of Thomas Lloyd. His attorneys filed a motion for a mew trial, claiming technical legal errors in the proceedings. One of the rea- sous urged was the misconduct of the prose- ution in veferring to the other murders committed since the 1st of January and ask- ing the jury how it would look to see in the aper witl big headl another mur- derer turncd Toose.” It wis also charged that Juryman Jumes Hendrickson had do- clared previous t the trial that he would have to hang Evans, and Juryman Ford had done the sin dhot discussion the matter v til tomorrow. Masox Crry, Ia., Oct. 2 to T Lim O'Brien, night policeman | of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ril- | road, was shot down in cold blood at 5 o'clock tuis morning by a tramp. As tho freight pulled in from the east two tramps Jumued out of an empty car, and O'Brien attompted to nrcest them. He eaught one and had taken him into the depot and commenced to search him, whon the tramp made a break for liberty. and O'Brien followed him. He ran about cight rods when the tramp whecled around, and grabbing B'Brien's volver from Lis hand, slot him through the breast. He lived but twenty minutes. The tramp can be identified. largo party of citizens are now in searci. O'Brien 18 ve v popular, and if his murderer i3 run down alynching is not among the impossi- bilities. Shot In the Buok, Dusrue, Oct. 2.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.|—The police have been notified of a robbery and attempted murder at Fort McGregor. The victim was Hans Nelson, a voung Norwogiun, He entered the town wWith a stranger, who lured him up the rail- roud and shot him in the back and pounded him into insensibility. Ho took $10 aud a watch and threw him into the river, Tho water revived Nelson, who drazged himself ashore and reached a farm house, where he lies with slight hopes of recover Will e Given Tumo for Reflects S10vx Crry, Oct. 2.—[Special Telegram to Tug Bee)—D. M. Hawk pleaded guilty bere today to the charges of bigamy and omb zlement, Hawk came heve from Council Bluffs to work ina commission house. He was a Sunday school superintendent on the side and in this work met a lady from ¥lic Point, to whom 1 murried & week after his firsy wife came hero from Council Bluffs, and they left together, taking 3500 of his ew. ployer's moncy. He was caught in illinois, Murdered by (tghwa Sioux Crry, Oct, 2.—[Special Telogram to Tug Bee.]—John Rohrer, an old resident and engineer at the electric street car power house, was shot and killed at 9 o'clock tonight at_ the corner of Sixth and Water streets by highwaymen, Ho rosisic their attewpt to hold him up. There is no clew to the identity of the murderers, Will Close th Crenan Raeins, Ta., Oct gram to Tur Bee. | —Scarlet fover in a most walignant type has broken out at Neyr Hart- ford and Willoughby. ‘I'ieschools will prob ably be closed. , e~ HIGH WALER AT MOBILE. Backed In from the Gull By & Henvy Wind It Does Muvh Damage, Montir, Oct. 2—A southeas’ g herc this morning about 4 o'clock and the Special Tele- le broke GROWI wind has been incrensing in velocity ever since until this hour (1 p. mn.) it is blowing at least fifty miles an hour. The barometer isstill faliing. The wind has blown the water in from the gulf until the river has veached Itoyal street, four blocks from the viver and at an elevation of about ffteen feet from the muin river height. Thero is no wiy of estimating the money dar All tiie wholesale und the principal portions of the retail district of the i e four feot under water and thousunds of doiluys worth goods have been damaged, “The puot boat Ida Low wud the bay boat Heroine have been driven on the rocks and badly The Crescent City, u by boat, left Point Cloar this morning and his not siuce been heard from, It is reported that three « Iges working on the channel have been lost. 1t is also reported that somc fifty miles of the Louisville & Nushvillo rond alobg the const ler water, and that the Biloki bridg been swept away by the ealo, Nothiug hins been heard from the garden- ers in th hes cast of the city, and the graphic communication is cut off in al most every divection, and from the present outiook, Mobile will bo entirely cut off from the outside world when darkuess come In chis city houses have been unraofed, trees blowin down and oo cotton warelouse las suceumbod 1o the furry of the gale, All the smoke stacks of all the manufactur 114 industries have been blown down. Stre cur trafic has been totally suspended, and the city will no doubt be in dark the wuves ave fust encroachin ctric light works, which may be under water in another hour. ‘I'ho bisiness thorough fares M the cily are belug navigated in boats, and people ave wading up to their armpits in order to suve their goods, 1t is conceded by all to bo the worst storm thit has over yisi 1 Ihe southern part of the city presents o scene of wreckage as il it had been bombarded, The towers on the court house and Christ church a totter Dradge No, b turned over near the light house aud threo men vero thrown into the augry 1he crow of the tug Captain Sam st ued o theh e and saved two of the men, the other being lost, An unkuown min lost his footing while wading from the union depot at the foot of Ciovernment PPE under the Dridge and drowned, - Heavy Biow at New Or Niw ORLEANS, Oct. 2.—A vary high wiud storm ntiug to almost a cyclone, visived this city late last night, doing great damage to taleplione and telegraph wires and cans. ing considerable loss by blowing off tiles, ete. Policewan Ulrich Bauer was struck and killed by falling bri at the corner of Choupitilar sirset. No further loss of life is reported, s, | with & spirit of hostility to the TIRESOME Senators Show a Disinclination to Listen ta the Silver Dobat, HARD WORK TO KEEP A QUORUM PRESENT But One Incident of the Day's Proceedings Provoked Lively Iuterast, WASHZURN AND DUBOIS EXHANGE WORDS How the Unseato d Benators from Wyoming and Was ngton Would Have Voted, lKYLE OPPOSES UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL © Reviewod the Finanelal History f the nery and Denounced the Attempt to Enlarge Nati, the lower of il Banks, WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. ~In the sonate today the most mteresting incident occurred early in the day. By meansof o 1l stato- ment Me. Dubois of Idaho brought up the subject of the v S in the senatorial representation from the states of \Wa hing- ton, Wyoming and Montana and repeated his argumont de whea the resolution Which he offered was under discussion u few dayssinceas to the importance of these states being fully represented when a vote should be taken upon the repeal bill, Mr. Washburn of Minnesota soertod Positively that the senators from two of tho states in question, Mr. Squire of Washing- ton and Mr. Caroy of Wyoming, would vote for unconditionul repeal, louving the infor- ence thatif the question were postponed until senators could be elected from these states their votes would not aid the oppo- nents of repeal. When the authovity for his statement was demanded Mr. Washburn suid: | +The senators themselves,” adding that Mr. Squire had informed him that he would vote for unconditionn repeal, The. statement created somethinz of a sensation, and Mr. Dubois declared emphatically that the senators alluded to were not for uncon-. ditional 1 ‘There were two formal specchos on tho repeal bill—one by Mr. Kyie of South Da- kota against tne bill, and” the other by Mr, McMillan of Michigin against free coinago. Started tho Ninth Week. o'clock this upon the present session of con a score of senator attention of the vice president was called to the fact. Afier a little delay one more than a quorum was secured, forty-four senators responding when the roll was called, and tho senate proceeded with routine business, Mr. “Sherman of Ohio called atten- uon to a misstat'ment in the recent speech of Senator White of California, quoting from the Bankers' Magazine of August, IS73, as to the coinage act of that year. ‘There was uo sach statement in the magazine, he said, wni the whole statement W8 4 manufactured lie from begiuning to end. Tvwas worse than a forgery—and ab- solute fabrication branded with the brand of infamy. He did not blame the scnator from Californ, because the allogod articls in the magazine had frequently been quoted by others. Mr. White said he hud taken from a work written by a very prominent republican, and had not himself examined the Bunkers' Magazine. If the extract was ot correct he would omit it from his speech, "I'he silver purchase repeal bill was then taken up and Mr. Dubois of Iduho, rising to statement, cailed attention remarg of M Gorman of nd, that the resolution introduced Dubois to defer the cousideration of financial legislation until the senatorial vacancies from_the states of Washington, Montana and Wyoming were fillel wag. offered for the purpose of consuming timo, Mr. Dubois denicd vhat this was his motive, He had introduced the resolution in the in- terest of the three states referred to and justified the introduction of the resolution by a procedent established some years ago, Mr. Washburn of Minnesota siipposed the object of the resolution was to show that the opponents of repeal were being taken at anunfair advontage. He would therefore state the facts and allow the senate to reach its own conclusion. Of the three states in question two were not silver producin states, and those two states were reported in the senate by two senators who favor the repeal of the Shorman low. In response ton question of Mr. Wolcott of Colorado, Mr, Washburn said he referred to the states of Washington and Wyoming, Questioned the S| At 11 rnin, entered ninth the weok ress with present, senate of the Larely and the the extract it emont, “I would liko the senator from Minnesota,” suid Mr. Dabois, “to state by whose aue thority he makes that asscrtion,” 1y tho authority of the scuators them- ves,” replied Mr. Washourn, *Limagine those senators will resent that imputation,” sail M Dubo 1 state that the senators from Washing. ton (Squires) and Wyoming (Carey) are not for the unconditionsl repral of tho Sherman law. The senator from Wushington has offered an amendment in the interest of silver, The senator from Washington (Squires) told me,” My, Washburn declared, t he would vote for the unconditional el of the purchase clause of the Sher- n silver bill.” This closed the incident and Mr, Kyle of South Dakotn addressed the senate in” oppo- sition to the repeal bill, He review the fin: country and denounced the attewmpt to en- lurge the power of the national banks as dangerous 1o tho best intercsts of the coun- tr The banks now 1 it in their power to increase or diminish the volume of currency and expericnce had demon- strated that the power was used o promote sclfish designs. Keferving 1o the Sherman act, Mr. Kyle believed it had no part in pro- ducing the recent panic and that its repeal would hive no effect in the way of causing s return of prosperity. Lack of Tuterest shown, After Mr. Kyle bad been speaking about an hour and u half, his colleazue, Senator Pettigrew, suggested the absence of # quorum. Thereupon the roll wus called, & quorum uppearved. and Mr. Kyio proceedod with his speech, Mr. Kyla read his speech from manuscript in an almost inaudible volce, und until the roll was called scarcely u dozen senautors were in the chambge during its delivery. Mr. Kyle said thut he would agree to vote to contract the currency as provided by the peading biti if the private and public debts and taxes of the people of the United States wero scaled down in like provortion, 16 ap- pealed to the senators from the south to gtand for the protection of their own stites, “latus," he said, “make this gefense in a manly and courageous munner, not in the spirit of sectionalism or class legis'ation, nor castern in- tevests of our country, but in the spirit of qual rights and privileges to none He argued that between gold and silver lutter was the more sible ieasure of commodities, and that the United States should broaden the base of its money system by opening its mints to the free coinage of silver icial history of the MoMUun's S Mr. Kyle concluded his specch at 8:40, haviug spoken about two and a half hours, and Mr. MeMillan, republican, of Michigan | addressed the senate in favor of vepeul Iuternational bimetallism b Jut of the question for the presont, he suid. this couns try stould use all the silver possible without deparing from the gold stavdard, Gold