Evening Gazette

              Vv- - • • .*Tf'QxXl jeltje. nvhebh tsm I Weekly EetsblWbeU 1830 j PITTSTON, PA-. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1889. I TWucEm j feu Cental a Week. about the city streets to dig away the ruin* and rescue any who had gurrived the awful catastrophe. This work was greatly hindered by the Are, which baffled the firemen until about 11 o'clock, when the real labor of rescue began. EDGERTON TO CLEVELAND A 8ENSATIONAL 8UIT. GREAT IS THEIR WRATH. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Hie YOU 6l| BURIED IN RUINS. Scatlitdi Arraignment of a MiniiUr Who Petty Quarrel In the Senate—Uvporl oa ik An Object Lesson in Civil Ser Brings Salt for Libel. Hoosiers Howl at Harrison's Albany, Feb. 19.—The petty qnarrei ";, Mr.- Murphy's right to preside last Friduy n m resumed and took up the eutlro session ot tlx senate last night, ending in an approval 01 the journal for that day by a voto of IS to 10 The assembly session was devoted to the fa mo us ceiling fraud. Mr. Enz began with t vigorous denial of charges by inslnuatioi against him in a Troy paper, and then the re port of the experts was presented and read It was of great length and minute in detail showing that either the bids had been madi and contracts let on a blind set of drawing; and speciflcations, or that the original set luu been withheld from the committee, only bij of the drawings in possession of the committot having been made prior to the awarding oi the contract, and they represented a verj (mall proportion of the work under contract The committee doubts the bona Ode charactei of the bids and suggests a rigid examination. The oommittee charges that Superintendent Andrews' statements, upon which payment! were made to contractors, were incorrect anc excessive, both as to quantities and prices, tliC sum total being $388,838, whereas the total amount of the contract la only *370,150. Under the oonfcraot 80 per cent, should bo ro tained from Smith until his work is accepted Only (90,066 has been retained, instead ol •64,030. The oontraotar has therefore re oeived on account to data $14,944 more that he is entitled to until the work is accepted. The report says: "What the actual value ol the work proposed by the original plans and speciflcations may have been we have no sufficient means of ascertaining on account ol incomplete data, but we find that the vaiuool the total work actually done under the contract does not exceed $163,000. Ceiling Fraud vice Reform. Twchtok, Feb. 19.—What promises to be the biggest sensation since the Laverty impeachment case was opened in the Mercer court It is a church scandal, and is being developed In the trial of Morris C. Werkheiser for the alleged criminal libel of Rev. Elijah Rumored Cabinet. Sixty People Go Down with a At 10 o'clock Governor Bulkley had ordered out the city battalion of the First regiment, and in a drivirig rain and sleet storm they were placed on guard about the ruins. A large detail, too, was put faTfrork on the ruins. THE PRESIDENT ARRAIGNED. SOME VIGOROUS EXPRESSIONS To our low price movement, if not, "get on to it, doncher know, yer know, yer know," Hartford Hotel. The forenoon passed away amid intense excitement, only two or three bodies having been taken from beneath the mass. After the fire was extinguished, however, the debris was rapidly cleared away. Wellington Ketchum, proprietor of the hotel, and wife were dug out of the ruins at about 1 o'clock. They were alive, but wer» severely bruisod and scalded. However, great hopes are entertained of their recovery Mr. Ketchum says that thirty-five guest* were in the house when he went to bed in the evening. He did not know how many arrivea on the midnight train. It is thought that between ten and fifteen did bo. This does not take into account the regular boarders. It is probable that there were over sixty in the hotel altogether. Judge Edgerton Openly Charges the President with Violating Civil Service Bales, * and Argues That Himself Is the Only Lucas, the pastor of the First Baptist church. There Is No Authentic Information Thai NINETEEN BODIES FOUND. Some time ago Werkheiser published a pamphlet in which he referred to Mr. Lucas as an unscrupulous blackmailer, a vindictive, deliberate falsifier, a religious fraud of despicable depravity, a leper idol, a wolf in sheep's clothing, • monster of iniquity and a hardened and infamous religious impoeter. _ Rev. Mr. Lucas is an eloquent preacher, and has for over twenty years bean pastor of the First Baptist church, which is the largest in the city. Wsrkheissr, an tx-member of the beard of education, was a member of the church on June 80, 1888, when he was expelled on charges oil unchristian actions. The pamphlet was issued after his expulsion. The church has sinoe been almost rent in twain by the two factions, which took sides-with the pastor, who was so bitterly assailed, and with Werkheiser, who felt that he had been wronged in being expelled. When ex-Judge Woodruff, for the plaintiff, opened the defense he said that be threw the entire responsibility of opening such a scandal to the publfc upon the Rev. Mr. Luoas, He pointed his finger at him, and in soathing terms said that never had there been an instance before where in the courts of this state a minister of the gospel had appeared in this way, as a prosecutor in a libel suit against one of bis flock. The defense, he said, would prove that Werkheiser had no malicious intent, but desired to have the reports against the pastor explained, and he only wrote the pamphlet when he could get justice in no other way. They would prove that in one instance Mr. Lucas continued to visit the wife of a member of the church in the absenoe of the husband after the husband had forbidden him, until at last he was ejected from the house. That in another instance he took long and frequent walks with a certain young lady, and was seen to descend the stairs from her apart, ments one night on tiptoe. When the pastor was once applied to by a member for a letter to another church, he refused to give it unless the member remained another year and paid him tlO. In the first instance mentioned above he wrote to the husband and threatened to bring him before the church and have him expelled If he did not apologize within twenty days.  It Is Made ae Published, bat the Assistant Cablnst Makers Are Indignant al Nine Rescued Alive and Many True Exponent of the Science. the Chief'e Alleged Work. FLOUR Are Missing. Washington, Feb. 19.—Judge Edgerton, lately removed from the position of civil service commissioner, has addressed an open letter to President Cleveland, in which he critises the president severely for this action, impugns his motives in nrlring the removal, and accuses the president by not removing him before the election, of "playing falsi with the mugwumps to enable you to win with the Demoorats." Judge Edgerton, in opening his letter, says: Indianapolis, Feb. 19.—If Republican sentiment here has any influence, Gen. Harrison's cabinet will Be broken up once agate before he gets a chance to send it to the senate. The publication of the list caused a sen- Nation here. The names in the list had all Patent ♦7.00. Process, "Superlative," THE EXACT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN Patent Process, "Morgan's Best," been discussed freely during the past few days, but this was the first time that they had been pot together in cabinet form, and their relative and aggregated proportions contemplated. The result is that the Hootdei Republicans are divided between indignation and disbelief. 17.00. There Was a Terrific Explosion, Instantly Patent Process, "Snpe.-b," 17.00. Btst Family Winter Wheat, Patent, 16.35. Followed by the Collapse of the Park Central Hotel—Guests Felt a Lifting, Then a Sinking Sensation, and Knew No More—The Ruins Immediately Took Such of thom as escaped say the building was lifted bodily and crushed like an egg shell, falling in a mass of broken timber, bricks, mortar, bedding and the like. The first warning of any danger which the guests hod was a feeling of being lifted, then they experienced a sinking sonsation, and they remembered no more. ; ** "To the President: Fire—It Is Not Known How Many Peo- "X was indebted to you for the only appointive office I ever held. You now declare by your action that you regret the appointment. I, with equal right, can say that I regret the acceptance. Your regret was never math' known to me by you in any word or utter a»09 or action until now, at the clCwe of youi administration, and on the day before my removal. If you had any just, or unjust, cause of complaint against mo you had not before that time made it known to me. You have never asked from me any explanatioi, Jf newspaper or other statements and charge reflecting upon me which may have come to your knowledge. If any of thead were ever made known to you such knowledge was withheld from me. No intimation was ever made to me by you or by any one acting fot you that my opinions or actions were not approved by you. I certainly could not bt expscted to make Inquiry of you concerning charges, or of your opinions which were never disclosed to me. One well known Republican said; "There's nobody except Blaine in the whole lot that stands for anything, or that is representative of anybody, except Wlndom, who represents Blaine, or of any principle exoept Wanamaker, who represents boodle. Nobis, W. H. H. Miller, Thomas and Rusk are politically good for nothing, and Warner Miller probably won't go in and won't represent anything but one side of a New Tork quarrel, if he does. The cabinet rewards nobody except Blaine, and it utterly ignores the states to which both gratitude for favors received and a lively sense of favors to come should have dictated the giving of some repreeentation. Delaware, West Virginia and Virginia, in each of which the Republicans had made a hard fight against great odds and had done nobly, and each of which presented a good man for the cabinet, are passed over, and the representative of the bonier states is an unknown man, taken from the hopelessly Democratic state of Missouri. The hopes oi southern Republicans are distinctly rebuffed. The Pacific coast, after its gallant work for the party, is left out Iowa, Ohio, Kansas and Nebraska, great Republican strongholds, are ignored. Minnesota gets a man whom she repudiated years ago, and who hasn't cast a vote within her borders since be had one sworn in four years ago. OliOIF. pie Were llurletl, as the Register Was Per 100 lbs. $1.00. Ilurned with the Night Clerk—Miracu- lous Kscape of the Proprietor and ■Others—Burled for Hours Under the Michael Cor rig an and his wife were in one of the rooms in the southeast portion of the Aotel, and were buried for nearly five hours in the ruins. They were recovered terribly bruised, but living. Enos Jamee, of England, was buried for six hours. He was taken out alive and was able to walk. CORN MEAL. :Mmoklng Ruins — The Explosion Is Per 100 lbs. 11.00. Thought to Have Resulted from the "Night Engineer's Negligence, and He alas Been Arrested — List of Killed, CRACKED CORN. HVounded and Missing So Far as Known. Altar the reading of the report regulzu business was resumed. Two local bills were returned without the governor's approval. Among the bills Introduced were one to create an electrical commi-sion, with powers aud duties similar to the railroad commission; alsc providing that the mayor of each city appoint a committee of praotioal mason builders U examine applicants for licenses as mason builders and oertify the same to the mayor, who shall issue licenses at $6 each; making ii unlawful for county or city officers to chargt for burial permits; requiring all railroads tc equip their freight cars with automatic couplers and air brakes. lie tails of the Disaster. The case of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Broilson and child was a most pitiful one. Mrs. Bronson was the daughter of Brig. Gen. Graham, of the Connecticut National Guard. Gen. Graham came from his home at Middletown and was in the ruins searching for the body of his daughter. The First regiment boys aided him, and at about 3 o'clock the bodies of the eouple were found. Gen. Graham recognized the body of his daughter by her hair and the rings on her fingers. Per 100 lbs. D1.00. Habtvohd, Feb. 19.—The most awful dimity that has visited Hartford for many years was that of yesterday morning. WHEAT MIDDLINGS, An explosion took place in the Park Central hotel at a few minutes before 5. The greater jiart of the building instantly collapsed like a house of cards. At least fifty people were . buried in the ruins. ' Per 100 lbs. $1 00. WHEAT BRAN. The list of the dead whose bodies have been recovered from the ruins is: It is believed that Mrs. Wesssou, of 3pringfleld, the widow of Frank Wesson, who waD kilied at the White Bun Junction railroad accident, was in the hotel, together with all of her family—five children—and possibly a servant or two. People from Springfield were in the city anxious to find tracer of her, knowing that she stayed in Hartford over Sunday, bat her name is not to be found oo any hotel register, and it is feared that she must have been in the Park Central. If so her death and that of her family would raise the aggregate loss of life probably seven additional"Of course, if you believed me unfit for the postion or neglectful of duty, you should haie removed me long ago, but I presume the *e were prudential political reasons wh; you did not make the removal until after thC eloc tion. In this regard it would almost seen as it you were willing to play false with tin mu jwumps to enable you to win with th- Democrats. And here permit me to define the term "mugwump" as referring to a claw of political reformers who have the spirit 01 reformation without the common sense ant. good judgment to reform, as reforms are no effected by unjust personal denunciation, bu by reason. The result of the election places you in a dilemma from which few people would have known how to extricate them ■elves. You found a man on your hand, whom the mugwumps had declared war upon, as an old enemy to their civil service reforn theories, and your plan of beooming thei representative in the future would be weak ened or defeated if some assurance of you fidelity to their cause could not be secureu Accordingly, it appears that you decide upon the removal of the head of the commi. won, and, deeming Mr. Thompson a goo enough mugwump for them, you, therefore demanded my resignation that you might ap point him, apparently as an atonement fo your previous inaction." Per 100 lbs. 95 cents. H. Buell, of Hartford, jeweler. Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Bronson and child, «if Hartford. Mr. Bronson was secretary of •.the Hartford Stove company. George J. Engler, of Hartford, drug clerk. George Faines (colored), night porter. Lizzie Gerald, of No. 361 Chestnut street, Mr. Saxton Introduced in two separate bilk his former electoral bill. One permits the deposit only of official state ballots, aad the other permits other than official ballots to bC oast LEMONS. 2 dcz. very c.ioice goods for 25c. "New York is practically left out, because making Warner Miller secretary of agriculture amounts to nothing as a recognition ol the work of the party in the state. This cabinet satisfies nobody and represents nothing, and that's all there is about it I'm no state*- man, but I'm politician enough to know that this is the most damphoolish cabinet that a man ever put together, and that if Geo. Harrison don't listen to reason and brace it up while there is time ha will realiie the fact himself before he has been in office two weeks.' ORANGES. NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. Bjiring field. EVANGELISTS CREATE TROUBLE. A Sweeping B1U Against Gambling—T« 2 d Dz. large and sweet for 35 cts. J. W. Housman, of No. 271 Second street, Brooklyn, agent of the Boston Revere Rubber company. J_ c. Hill, of Buffalo, commercial traveler. A Pastor Resigns His Charge and There la Trenton, Feb. 19.—In the house last evening Voorheee, of Union, offered a concurrent resolution, which was adopted, providing foi the appointment of a joint committee of flv« to consider the matter of the taxation ol property other than railroad and canal property, the committee to sit during the recets oi the legislature and report to the next legi* lature by a bill embodying a general act tc take the place of the various statutes now or the books. Redistrlot the State. A report that members of the "Hoodman Blind" theatrical company were in the ruined hotel was found to be incorrect Mr. E. P. Munroe, the business manager, says some at the company applied to the hotel for accommodations, but could not get them, and went to another hotel. The fact that they were refused accommodation does not indicate that the hotel was crowded, but simply that the members of the company desiring rooms for $2 or $3 could not be furnished on account oi previous engagement of apartments by legislators.Glens Falls, N. Y., Feb. 19.—Two reyivalists named McLear and Wilis have been holding meetings here for the past six weeks, and have stirred up a great deal of excitement in religious circles. Their unsparing criticism! upon the ordinary methods of preaching have caused the regular pastors much annoyance. Yesterday Rev. G. L. Collyer, of the Methodist church, read his resignation at service, saying it had been intimated that he wat standing in the way of the 450 converts said to have been made by the revivalists, and he would do so no longer. The official board met last night and asked him to reconsider his action, and he will probably comply. The revivalists came here at the invitation of Rev. C. M. Wootten, of the Friends' church, but Mr. Wootten'a congregation approv. their work, as they belong to the Ohio confer ence, and are out of their bailiwick here. There is bad feeling all around, and it fc feared that any good that might have resulted from the zealous labors of the visiton will be neutralized through the strife aroused by their methods. Hard Feeling All Around. SWEITZER CHEESE. Fall cream, 20 cts. lb. Fannie Howe, of No. 228 Chestnut street, Spriugfleld. George Ketch um, brother of the proprietor, of Hartford. Send in your orders by mail, they will receive our bestattention andbedelivereriC. O. D. We guarantee all our goods. - If they are nol satisfactory money cheerfullyreJunded.Eddie Ketchum, aged 11, son of the proprietor.George W. Root, aged 00, of Brookport, N. Y., traveler for Waite, William® & Co., of Boston. There is a livelier prospect of the breaking up of the cabinet, however, from New York than from Indiana. The best informatioi obtainable here is that Warner Miller has declined the department of agriculture. In that case it is supposed that Benator Palmer, ot Michigan, will be the man chosen; but thii choice will entail other changes in the cabinet, for it would never do to take six out ot the eight members of the cabinet from stater that touch shoulders so closely as Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. That would be a western cabinet with a vengeance. The most probable solution of that trouble would be toDdrop Thomat and give New York the secretary of the navy. O'Neii's (weeping bill against all forms oi gambling, which makes the penalty for permitting gambling on any premises and foi persuading others to gamble a term in prison of not lees than six months nor more thai two years, was passed by a vote of 49 to 2. A. H. Tilloteon, of Cincinnati, traveler for the Merrill Chemical company. An unknown, gray eyes, brown hair, bald 'in front, heavy mustache, about 40 years of ;age, weight about 150 pounds. An unknown man, about 40 years of age, '.black hair, mustache and goatee, weight aibont 200 pounds. How did the explosion occur? That is the question which no one can answer with any degree of certainty. Mr. J. II. Alien, president of the Steam Boiler insurance company, and an expert on boiler explosions, will n.ot accept the explosion theory until there is mors definite evidence, which cannot bo obtained until the bojler it reached. If, as is generally believed, the disaster was caused by the boiler, it was prpbably caused by the night engineer going away about midnight and leaving a heavy draught on the furnace and little wafer in the boiler. When the day engineer came he probably turned oo the water and caused the explosion. Heppenheimer offered a resolution, which was adopted, asking for an opinion from the attorney general on the question of the right of corporations or individuals to divert tht waters of the state and dispose of them foi their own profit and to divert them to othei states. Mr. Edgerton then calls the president's at tention to the fact that on July 28, 1883, h. was a good enough civil servioe commissions for the president, when he indorsed the fourt annual report of the commission, and sau. '•The path of the civil service reform has no at all times been pleasant or easy. The scop and purpose of tue reform have been muc misapprehended; and this has not only give y-ise to strong opposition, but has led to ii invocation by its friends to compass object not m the least related to it;" and asks, "D. 1 then hold such a relation to the commissio fs to be included in yoijr commendation! u did f then hoid a relation tq it which justifie my removal I If included in the commends tion, what has since transpired to justify » removal f' Youra for Cash Only The injured, all of whom are likely to recover, are: Michael Corrigan, of Windsor, badly braise*. JuoljUop Mrs. Com eta, wife of the above, terribly bruised. The choice of Rusk for secretary of wai pleases the soldier element in Indiana. Within a few days one of the leading Republicai officeholders in the state has been to Gen. Harrison especially to insist upon recognition being given to this elemant in the selection ol the cabinet The talk was a very plain one, and is understood to have made some impression upon Geo. Harrison, and It is highl} probable, therefore, that Uncle Jerry will not be knocked out in any of the revisions thi cabinet may undergo. In the senate Senator Eiwards introduced the bill to redistrict the state. Mew lines art laid for the sixty assembly districts, and they are so drawn as to make forty of the district! Democratic. The Democrats, providing they carried their assembly districts, would contro.' the joint meeting of the legislature. There are eleven Democratic senators this year, and there are seldom leas than eight. Hudson and Essex counties have each ten assembly di» trlcta. In Hudson, by this bill, eight art made Democratic, one doubtfuliv Democratic, and the other doubtfully Republican. In Essex seven Democratic and three Republican districts are created. Rachel Cramer, of Aron, bruised and scratched. Legislator* on an lee Boat. South Main St., Pittston. Jennie Deeker, of Unionville, leg broken. Walter N. Gay, of Bayonne, N. Y., suffering from exposure. But be is dead and can give no evidence It is said that Amos E Blsley, the night engineer, was of irregular habits, ge said to a reporter about an hour after the explosion; "I left the boiler all right at U o'cjock last night. We never run it all night either on Saturday or Sunday nights. Last night I banked the fire with sixty pounds of steam on and shut the dampers. In half an hour the steam ought to have been down to twenty pounds. Then J went to bed in the annex on the second floor. When the explosion came 1 got out all right, but how the thing exploded I can't imagine." Philadelphia, Feb. 19.—An inspection ol the Delaware islands was made by a committee of the legislature of Pennsylvania, accompanied by the members of the committee on finance and commerce and navigation ol city councils, representatives of the general commercial bodies of this city, members 01 the New Jersey legislative, railroad men, state and city officials, and a number of pub be spirited citizens. The trip upon the Delaware was made on board City Ioe Boat No. 8, and was for the purpose of affording thi members of the Pennsylvania legislature, at well as the representatives of New Jersey, an opportunity for viewing Smiths, Windmill and Petty Islands, and at the same time fa impress upon them the importance of appropriations with which to secure their removal and thereby improve the harbor. February 13, 1889. Max Galody, editor of Tlie German Herald. Mrs. Galody, wife of the above. •Charles G. Hemsen. HEADQUARTERS Efcoe James, agent of the White Star Una Wellington Ketchum, proprietor of the lhritot; mD bones broken; badly bruised. "Mr. President," be adds, "with due com tesy to the high office you hold, allow me t say that you are a very peculiar man, a pos tive man, positively wrong or positively  and, therefore, an unsafe man to trust; an that element in your charaD tor I believe le to your defeat" Pittsburg, Feb. 19.—Col. James F. An drews said that ex-Senator Windom had in termed him while visiting here on Sunday that Gen. Harrison would not make knowi his cabinet, even by intimation, until after hi has taken the oath of office. Wyoming Valley Lumber C( Mm J4r, Ketchum, wife of the proprietor. mUM about the head; one hip broken. George Ketchum, brother of the proprietor. Helen Leport Ellen Maoogne. The caucus on the local option repealer iD in session to-day. It is highly tmprobablC that any satisfactory conclusion on the measure will be reached this week. DenJbcratlc Senator Baker will not support any b;ll, hC says, unless the right is given the people to vota on the question of the amonnt of the licenst fee. In his county, Cumberland, and in several others the figure would be run up sc high that prohibition would result As hs has it in his power to defeat any liquor bill not to his liking, he must be consulted, and the WertB bill will not be introduced until hC agrees not to oppose it The "temperance" members of the house will be guided by hii action.  "Mr. Windom," said the colonel, "gave mt to understand that the rumors about his being offered the secretaryship of the treasury were pretty near the truth." Large slse AU.L, Henry Steffel, of Philadelphia, commercial .traveler; scalp wound and sprained ankle. Jacob Turpin, colored barber;sealp wound. Mrs. Andrew F. Whiting. Among the missing are: Kisley was arrested. Judge Edgerton then observes that ttD president Fas credulous enough to believe 1. was elected president by the mugwump and therefore permitted them to malign h real friends and flatter him into a polk which led to defeat, that as a result of nC permitting his real friends to admonish hi with freedom and confidence he suffered t want of friends; and "the president's wreck and wretched greatness," he says, has di covered that there is no true success in U without the power and blessing of frien ship. Judge Edgerton then asserts that, havfo sworn to do so, it had been his consta. effort to support the civil servioe law; bt he did not swear to support a mugwump I terpretation of it, based on the monstroi assumption that the commission was inu pendent of law. Referring to his intorvi with the president, when the latter request Judge Edgerton to resign, the ex-civil servu commissioner says: "When, on the 8th «. February, you requested my resignation, yo expressly declared that you had no oth reason than that it would enable you to non inate Mr. Thompson far commissioner, wu without my resignation, would have no piv pect of confirmation by the senate. A11101. tue many newspaper charges against me, handed to you The Chicago Tribune of the 14 of December, which stated am ing other thin, that for several mouths you had cjntemplau my removal. After reading the statomei. oarefully you declared the whole article to i. 'a lie,' assuring mo that you had baen, an wasetill, my frioni; and tor that reason thC it was duo to you, aC a personal friend, that should give you my resignation to enable yo if po&'ible, to provide a p«ce for Mr. Thom,. son. As already said, I may have been wro. in many things, but not iu fidelity to t civil service law. This I was sworu to ex cute, and so wore you. Was it a faita. 1 execution of the law to appoint a comin sioner and then not to ask him to any confe euco or c jnsultatiou concerning its busine.-i By whoso advice, "through wnose action, we. you led to boiieve that this was just! Y must not, and 1 presumo you do not, cia auy immunity from ceiuure, neither can y bo indifferent to it, even from members . your owji party, to whom your indifference past understra -itig; neither must you expe that truth and justice will remain inactiv You will be co-.isu ed and condemned becau you put no trust iu your party, but believ. yoursolf to be better than your own ai greater than all parties. You have asce tainod that thotaauy were not made for tC LA HQS STOCK well seasoned W d The police did good work In keeping order until the militia were called out to relieve them. The lower floor of Judd Sc. Root's wool warehouse was converted into a temporary morgue, where the coroner, medical examiner and assistant physicians cared for the victim* until the dea4 could be identified and the injured removed to hospitals. The city provided caskets for the unclaimed bodies. Piling, Mine Props. "Then he has accepted?" asked the reporter.LUMBFH, rough and dressed The Rev. Dr. L. Perrin, of Hartford, secretary of the Congregational Tract society. Mr*. H. Perrin, wife of Dr. Perrin. Edward Perry, of Hartford. J. C. Pendleton, of Indianapolis. .George W. Root, of Boston. CMrs. Frank Wesson, ot Springfield, her children and servants, in alt seven persons. "Yes, sir; the newspapers guessed right this time, and no mistake. Cord Wo Poisoned by Sausage. -(hlngles, Bills, Fence Po Pickets, etc.. eta, etc. Philadelphia, Feb. 19.—Another littk daughter of August Bommon, the poor tailoi of 822 Fourth street, hah died at the Gernuu hospital. Gertrude, the eldest, aged 9, dieu last Thursday. Marguerlta, who was 6 year old, was the name of the last victim. The other three children are In the hospital in a critical condition. The physioians are now convinced that the half smoked sausage whicl Bommon's starving family at five daughter partook of last Wednesday Is the cause of th. deadly sickness which has already carried oti two children and threatens the lives of thre. more. Just what the poison in the sausagt was the physicians as yet are unable to say. A Georgia Swindler. Lath, Blinds, MaOON, Ga., Feb. 18.—John L. Adams, junior member of the firm of Adams & Hon. otton factors and warehousemen, has been arrested and sent to jail in default of $5,000. 1'he charges against him are forgery, uttering forged paper and swindling by means ol orged cotton receipts. The amount Involved * said to be about $50,000, *21,000 of whlcfc • due to the Capital bank, upon whose complaint the arrest was made. Speculation led to the crimes. Doors, Windows, t/ Balustrades, i u kladsof dl IP cult $ Most of the bodies bear comparatively few marks of burns. Death seems in most cases to have been due to suffocation or contusions. Andrew F. Whiting, actuary of the Hartford »iD» and Annuity Insurance company, NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. wood-work. Utah-finished Estimates made.*' * -a* Great sorrow is expressed at the death of Dr. Perrin. The Rev. Lavellette Perrin, D. D., was born at Vernon, Conn., May 15,1818; graduated at Yale in 1840, and from Yale seminary in 1843, ordained Dec. 18, 1843, at Gosclien, Conn., where be remained fourteen years, when impaired hea th lad to his resignation. After two years' rest he accepted the pastorate of the First Congregational church at New Britain, which renewed ill health compelled him to resign. His hea.tb having been restored by a long European tour, he served as a pastor in Wolcottvilie, near Farmingtou, Conn., from 1872 until 1887, since when he had been par. tor emeritus there. For years he was one of the editors of The Religious Herald at Hartford. Happenings of Interest In 8everal State* K D■ Builderi hardware. H w The main portion of the hotel, facing on High and Allyn streets, a five story building, i)0 feet by 125 test, bad fallen. Briefly Chronicled. wort, . Beat FaoUMtok. One of the most daring and successful burglaries on record-in Newark was committed at the jewelry establishment of H. & A. Oebrweto, on the first floor of No. 173 Halsoj street. A big safe was broken open and t8,400 wortp of stock was stolon: There is nc clew to tha identity of the thieves. , Stained (1ms, A bright flash of light The screeching sound oX escaping steam. The roar of an ex plosion which was heard for fifteen miles around. The rattle and rumble of bricks atnd timbers. Tfcen darkness, and for a few seconds silence. Oooneo' with Telephones. Pennsylvania's Boundaries. Paint, Office and yards When the explosion occurred the whole Ave story brick building collapsed into a COBftued pile ot masonry and timbers, except a part of the rear, where a tier of room remained standing, but with the partitions torn away so that the interior of the rooms was visible. Some of these rooms afterward crumbled down with their occupants upon the debris below. Elizabeth, N. J., Feb. 19.—Christopher A Wyatt, the woolen merchant, of the firm 01 C. A. Wyatt & Co., at No. 258 Church street New York city, who lives in this city, cana« be found. His creditors are greatly intei jsted in knowing where he has gone. Mi Wyatt left the city for the east. He sai chat he was going to Boston, Springfield an other places on a business trip. Attachment were made upon the firm's stock "by th sheriff for two manufacturers who had cor signed goods to Wyatt & Co. The execution were in favor of Rawitser & Bra, of Staffor* iprings, Conn., for $14,183, and Stewart 6, Co. for $12,278. Wyatt and Funds Missing. Washington, Feb. 19.—Charles W. Stone, vcrotary of the oommonwealth of Pennsylvania, sent to the senate a certified copy oi the act to confirm the boundaries of that •oinmonwealth and the states of New York, Ohio and West Virginia, as resurvsyed by joint commissions appointed for that purpost md to ratify and confirm an agreement oi June S, 1867, between .Pennsylvania and New York.  The expert!) who have been working on thC books of the defunct Farmers' and  bank of Pittsburg state that tjie liabilities ol the bank art) $320,006 and th6.4gsets (180,000. It is thought' that the depositors wijl get from 70 to 80 per cent, of their deposits. The f-ilshier, H. F. Voight, who is charged with embezzling the funds of the bank, is in jnif under (40,000 bail. • Bear D. L. & W. d DD pot, Wni Pltt«on I i and opposite P Sinclair Hon** Mo., etc., oto Plttaton Rosin and Paper, The register of the hotel has fjot been fouud, and Night Clerk Perry is juried in -the ruins, but estimates agree pretty closely that that about sixty persons were in the hotel. ..... The servants occupied an annex In th« rear, and were got out by ladders from the windows, the staircases having been demolished by the fall of the main building. A few of the more excitable employes jumped to the ground, but were only slightly injured., But the darkness was soon followed by the brilliant light of the flames bursting from the ruins; the silence, by the shrieks and moantigs of the human beings imprisoned in the mass of timber and masonry. The Kentucky Horse Sale. Rutgers college has received a big gift from one of its friends. The donor is Garret E. Winants, a millionaire, who resides at Bergen Point, and who has two grandsons rtudying in New Brunswick, one in the college and the other the seminary. His generosity has taken shape in the presentation of a large dormitory. FITTSTON, Pa. Lexington, Ky., Feb, IB.—At Woodard's sale of thorough brod horses twenty head brought $18,630, an average of $681. The highest priced animal sold -was Forrest Wilk s, b. s., by Bourbon Wilkes, dam by Berkley's Edwin Forrest, to F. 8. Wilcox, 01 ldarn Mills, Pa., for $6,000. The authorities are overwhelmed With telegrams of inquiry from people in ail parts oi the country, who fear that friends or relatives may have been in the hotel. L0WE8T PRtCER. The street cleaning department soon had all their laborers on the spot helping clear away the ruins, and the work of rescue went on steadily all day an4 evening. Foil at Last In Mom A Rich Gift. New York, Feb. 19.—Mrs. John Crosb; Jrown, of No. 86 East Thirty-seventh stree ireaonted to the Metropolitan Museum o U-t her rich collection or musical instru Company E, Third regiment, Torbert guard, of Elizabeth, N. J., at its meeting Friday night expelled seven of the oldest members after a court martial, in which they were charged with being in arrears and guilty of insubordination in refusing to attend the weekly drills of the command. A Timely Discovery. The following articles were taken from the ruins or were found on the bodies of those taken out: Book, name on fly leaf, Jane L. Spencer, Norwich, Conn.; sack coat, with two books, name in books, A. F. Whiting (no address); bundfe of underclothing ami trunk, name on truuk, C, Jaros; also an envelope with the name Mrs. H. Jaros on it; overcoat with blue mufflor and gloves, Michael Corrigan; vest with gold watch anu card with tue name of A A Stocker, No. 1 Orchard place; trunk of woman's clothing with instiajs "U H. B." marked on the linen. There was also a large collection of article* of clothing with no name, which will be kepi for identification. Chicago, Feb. 19.—Firebugs attempted to burn the lumber yards ot Koavit ft Connors, Rebecca street and Center avenue. The police iound a lamp burning under a pile of lumber hut, had beeu saturated with oil. The fire *as extinguished with but a small loss. That Alfred Dolges All-Wool Felt Shoes and Slippers, give i)omfort to cold and tender feet; lor sale at the Every window in the Earl house, across Allyn street, was broken, the walls wers . smashed in many places, and its guests rushed pell rnell into the street The scenes about ttu ruins were heartrending. In the center of tile spot where the building stood were a man, his wife and little ! child. Ho help could get to them, and they finally fell bsfk into the flames and perished in plain sight of the spectators. The child . cried for help, but the man and woman uttered no word. Embraced in each other's Arms tbey met death bravely. The shrieks of another iroman caused the blcod of the spectators to turn cold as tbey a young lady lying with her body baU ■across a beam, a look of agony on her faoe. j Finally tbe support fell and she dropped out •of right. The fir* defurtment responded quickly. Fire had broken out jji the northwest corner id the ruins, and seemed likely to spread to the whole inass of the wreck. The engines immediately began to work. The police gath«rtxl tcyettMff tbt usually employed aenta. The collection comprises in all 2c , Dieces, and takes rank with the great pubii [ -ullections of Europe. There are similar co. ; -ctions at Berlin, Paris and Vienna, but it i • aid that none ate finer or more complet. 'nan that of Mrs. Brown. Thomas McMahon, a conductor on the Pennsylvania railroad, committed suicide at Northumberland, Pa. No cause was assigned for the act Henry A. Booraem died at his home at Jersey City from the effects of a fall received ten days ago on his return from a meeting of the Committee of One Hundred of the citizens of Jersey City, of which he was the senior member. He was 03 years old. Star Shoe Si ore. The Harrison Special. Chicago, Feb. 19.—Luther Reynolds, a young colored man, was shot and kilted by Walter Scott, another colored man, during t quarrel over a game of craps, in a saloon at No. 462 State street. The murderer escaped. Murder Over a Game of Craps. Pittsburg, Feb. 1$.—The schedule for th' oecial train to convey Gen. Harrison fron .idianapolis to Washington was made up i. lis city. The presidentelect will occupy th .wclal car of President Uoberts, of the Penn Vivania railroad, and will leave Indianapoli .tout noon Monday, Feb. 25, passing througi lis city at 2:15 a. m., Feb. 26, and arrive a »asliington at 2:80 p. m. the same day. I also solicit your careful inspection of my fine line of ladies', gents', youths', misses', and children's footwear, which has been purchased direct from the leading shoe factories, with /jreat car9, and ib as nice as was ever I rought to Pittston. I guarantee you a fit, good style and value re oeived. No tronble to show goods at any time. Yours respectively, A Change In the Deadlock. Among the fragments ljlown into the win dow* of the Earl house, on the opposite side 01 Allyn street, was a piece of paper upon which was wriV.eni "George E. Harrington, No. It Grand street, Watarbwy," A D-ard with a rubber stomp, "A. 8. Ferris, No. a04 Washington street, South Norwalk,'" was also found in the room. A paper in u wrapper addressed to Miss Bella Jaros, box 818, Hartford, was picked up on tho street, Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 22.—A ballot wis taken for United States senator. Ooff received 40 votes and Kenna 29. The rest were scattering. No choice. Hon. N. Laphttm's starch manufactory at Peru, Clinton couiity, N. Y., was burned, with all the machinery and several tons of starch. Loss, about $10,000; insurance, *2,500. one. If you can find as many reasons for r moving me as tho Democratic party, throuj. an indifference which was simply retaliator bad tor removing you, I shall be quite Willi to remain with you in the gloom of defeat." Beauties «D * All Shades. Parib, Feb. 19.—Elaborate arrangomen' . e being made for holding a "beauty show i Paris in April, the entries to embrac /pes of Ethiopian and Mongolian as well i .t.oassian beauty. The first prize will rep reseat a value of $0,000, Suicide of a Flagman. Although nine days have elapsed since Miss Bessie Mcintosh mysteriously disappeared from her home, No. 005 North Sixteenth street, Philadelphia, not tho slightest clew has been discovered as to her whereabout*. Ckica C , Feb. 19.—Frank Schloss, aged 65, • Uugiuuii employed by the Panhandle railway, shot himself with suicidal intC nt. He will probably die. A. L.. TOWNER, Weather Indications. Much colder; brink northwesterly wind i igii on the coast 58 N. Slain St.