Evening Gazette

              Mmmn® JkMikt Jt»1 NtMIMBK itlSM I WmKlr bMklukcd 18U. ( PITTSTON, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1889. s i\o t;niN' j Tom ii.» u it it* K 000 insurance. Mount Vernon street was wiped out entire. On this street were located the larfe brick factories occupied by Francis W. Breed. Heal? Bros, and William Porter & Boo. Goodwin's last factory, on thii street, wm also burned. THE EVIDENCE IS ALL IN. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. LUCKLESS TOWN OF LYNN HELD UP BY MASKED MEN. A WHOLESALE SWINDLE. VERY LATEST The State Closes in the Cronin Aftsr a Desperate Battle Train llobberfl  Get Away with 830,000. I A ___ _ € _ _, Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 27.—Fifteen Western Real Estate Firfn S masked and heavily armed men boarded the south bound Hanta Fe passenger train Monday Dight at Berwyn, a small station in the Chiokasaw Nation, Ind. T., and cut the engine and mail and express car loose from the coaches. They ran the train two miles, and threw the fireman off the locomotive. Two miles further on the engineer was thrown off, and after running four miles further the steam was turned off and the locomotive "killed." Then the robbers began an attack on the express oar. Fresh Tip* From the Wires Carefully Culled. MUSIC HALL, The City of Shoes Swept Away According to the latest advices from the congress of Central American republics, the present republics will cease to exist after Sept. 15 next, and will adopt the name of "The States of the Republic of Central America." by Fire Blowing Up Building*. Trial. Game of Grab. Special Telegrams to 4 P. M. Two Grand Performances Dynamite and powder were used at frequent intervals to blow up wooden buildings, but with little effect The fire virtual lj burned Itself out, and at half-past 7 was considered under control. Both companies of the Massachusetts militia located in Lynn were called out and put on patrol duty. NKAKM 300 BUILDINGS BURNED. NOW FOR THE GRAND SUMMING UP Kl»:i AN1D 1*00K OUT $1,000,000. To-Morrow's Indications. Rtin, changing to mow. Temper a fur* th• some. Southwesterly wind*. !?eely Hopkins, of Pbitlipsburg, Center county, Pn., who murdered his Wife and mother-ln-luw on Sept 2*2, has been indicted by the grand jury at Beliefonte, and his The Loss Will Probably Be SIO.OOO.OOO. Blowing Hp Buildings with Dynamite The State Makes a Desperate Assault Upon the Evidence of the Witnesses for Thousands of Farmers In Kannu and Iowa Swindled by Fredericksen M Co. T lmrsday, Nov. S8thC AFTERNOON & EVENING. to Check the Flames—Thieves Bush In the Defense—Strong Evidence In Rebut- Hundreds of Servant Girls Lose The 11 THE GREAT NEW ENGLAND FIRE. frnm Boston and Seek Plunder. A narrow escape from death was that ol Ernest Williamson, who, in the early stages of the Are, volunteered to take a line of hose up a ladder in front of Dagyr'i building on Willow street to play from the top upon ths west wall of the Mower brick block, owing to its not being "dogged." He finally ol Imbed down in an exhausted condition, to the intense relief of hundreds who expected to sss him perish. A few minutes later the upper west wall of the Mower block fell through the Dagyr building with a terrible crash. tal—Suspect Beggs Is Indisposed. Hard Earned Savings. The stockholders of the broken Lawrence bank, of Pittsburg, hare met and asked the directors to appoint an assignee and wind up the bank's affairs as soon as possibla. trial has begun. Lynn, Massi, Nov. 27.—Lynn, the city of shoes, was visited yesterday afternoon by the most disastrous and moot extensive fire in its history. With two exceptions, it was the most disastrous fire that has ever visited this section of the country, the exceptions being the Boston fire of 1872, when over $80,000,000 worth of property was destroyed, and the Portland fire of 1806, which caused a loss of from 110,000,000 to 112,000,000. Chicago, Nov. 27.—In the Cronin trial the first witness was Bailey Dawson, a well known politician. Mr. Dawson testified that on the night of May 4 he was in the Emergency hospital He was also there on May 6. Witness remembered meeting Mr. Beggs at the Grand Pacific hotel, when he (Beggs) was Introduced to CoL Babcock by Mr. Glaason, but it was on the evening of May 11, and not May 4. This created a sensation, as it directly contradicts the testimony of Francis Gleason, who swore that he introduced Beggs to Mr. Dawson and Col. Babcook ro the night of May 4 at the Grand Pacific hotel. CoL Babcock was sworn, and testified that he met John F. Beggs for the first time on May 11. He also testified that ha called on Mr. Dawson at the hospital on May 5. Guard Fred Frasher and Deputy United States Marshal Ellis opened fire on the robbers. The fire was returned and kept up until the car was literally riddled with bullets. Frasher fired more than twenty shots and it is believed that more than one of the robbers has boeu fatally wounded. Frasher is not hurt. The train officials soon exhausted their ammunition and were forced to give in. The robbers then made a raid on the express car. About $30,000, principally from Chicago, and which was in charge of the Wells-Fargo Express company, was secured. The passengers and mail were not molested. United States marshals and a large body of men are in pursuit of the robbers.Chicago, Nov. 27.—It is now said that the amount involved in the alleged fraudulent transactions of Fredericksen & Co., in connection with which their cashier, Bidgood, who was arrested, will roach $1,000,000. The charge is based on alleged crooked transactions in giving mortgages on lands to which the Fredericksens had no title. These mortgages are said to have been pledged as security for Fredericksen & Co. have been doing a large business in western railroad lands, selling for the most part small tracts of forty or fifty acres on the installment plan, the purchasers usually being immigrants or poor people who wished to in vest their earnings in farms. Contriba tlona of Clothing Ormtlj Naadad In gtrloken Lynn, THB GREAT SCENIC AND SPECTACULAR PRODUCTION, Ltnn, No?. 37 —Six companies of MasDachuaatts militia patrol thin stricken city. Nobody la allowed to paaa along the atreeu without a permit signed by the Mayor 01 •tome other responsible city officer. The mot urgent need Just now is clottiiog. Severn nuadred families are without chaag* . f garments and in many ewes hav oot even a full complement of wearing apparel. The Bret estimate nf the Iocs la attained by further investig*- tion. Prominent marufacturprj place it a dve million dollar*. D.mse clouds of smoke ' aog over the city. The air is suffocating with warmth a 4 floating cindura- Streams •if water are yet thrown on the piler ■ if smoking debris. Contributions of money clot ing and food are coming iu from all JTer New England and the East The Pennsylvania State Wool Growers' association met in Pittsburg and passed resolutions deprecating the admitting of wool as a raw material, the substitution of ad valorem for specific duties, the admission of ring wast*,'and advocating the protection of woolen and worsted industries and the election of Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, as speaker of the house. ll Legal wrong The work of the firemen was greatly hampered by the network of overhead wires in the burned district Thieves flocked is from Boston as soon as it became evident that the fire was to be a large one, and there was considerable plundering. A house was blown up by powder at the corner of Broad and Exchange streets at 8:45, shattering window glass in all directions, but effectually checking the progress of the flames in that direction. William T. Ash, slipper manufacturer, in S. N. Breed's block, is insured. The Central station of the Boston and Maine railroad was burned flat, and th«i" flames then leaped across Mount Vernon street Thieves Flocked la from Boston. The fire mged eight hours, and devastated a square mile of the business section of the city. The flro swept over an area of twenty acres, destroying 296 structures, as follows: Oue hundred and twelve dwelling houses, 142 frame business houses and forty-two brick blocks. The railroad depot, three newspaper offices, the telegraph oflice and a church were among them. The loss is variously estimated at from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000, but the latter is believed by real estate experts to be nearer the real figure. In fact, the greater part of Ward 4 is wiped out as regards the important shoe manufacturing blocks and prominent places of business. John King has been re-elected president of the Erie railroad. Positively the Dramatlo hit of the season Congressman George E. Seney is a candidate for United Suites senator from Ohio on the Democratic side of the fight. Geo. O.Morris as Clarence Gray Notice of appeal from the decision of the supreme court sustaining the order of Justice Barrett dissolving the North River Sugar Refining company has been filed. Supported by a Company of Actors LEECHBURG'S BIG LOSS. Many Worthless Mortgages. A COMBINATION OF A Pennsylvania Town Devastated by Fire. I After a certain number of payments had been mado Frederlcksen gave a deed, a mortgage on the land being taken for the unpaid portion of the purchase raone£ These mortgages, it is alleged, were then given aa collateral for loans or sold outright through the west. SENSATION! COMEDY! AND TRAGEDY! Replete with Pathos, Mirth and Musio. Strong Cast I Pleasing Specialties I Nlenaan Again Sworn, Loss Over 9100,000. The Ohio Wool Growers* association has prepared an address to the wool growers of ttfe United States advocating a protective system, and asking that congress give the wool and mutton industries protection to the full extent of the most favored of the manufacturing industries. Nieman, the saloon keeper, was then celled. He said he had been introduced to James Hyland, and swore that to the beet of his belief James Hyland was not the tall man who came into his place Saturday night, May 4, nor Sunday night, as O'Sullivan claims. This was considered all the refutation the iceman's alibi required, and the witness, after passing through the cross-examinatidn Are unscathed, was permitted to depart, and Simon Olsen, a livery stable keeper, was called. Lebchburq, Pa., Nov. 27.—A Are broke out in this place about 6 o'clock last evening and for three hours raged fiercely, destroying a large portion of the business and residence section of the town and entailing a loss of $100,000. The fire started in the Anderson block, and as a high wind was prevailing, the flames spread in all directions. In less than an hour the council rooms, the Cochran block, the Leechburg Banking company's building and several blocks on both sides of the main street were burning and the fire was still eating its way through the town. Oanahdaioua. N. Y., Not. 27—Earlj tbimorning a gang of desperate bur, Ura enit reC the residence of Danitl Mead, of tbis (lace Ur. Mead and wife were awakened by then opera'iot 8 and at once got up and ordereC hem out. Battle With Burglars. SEI THE GRFAT CYCLONK AT m At this juncture Lawyer William H. Miles, Francis W. Reed and ,others asked Mayor Newhall to have some of the brick blocks in Mount Vernon street and the Central churdh blow np with dynamite to stop the flames. The mayor thought such a course would imperil lives and be a hindrance to the firemen who were directing streams of water at that point. Several small buildings were, however, blown down on Exchange street, but the effect was very slight, so fierce was the current of the flames. The Daily Item proprietors estimate their loes at $50,000, and they are insured for $40,000. They will rebuild at once. A fire boat could have done immense servioe in saving wharf property, but no boat was at hand, two from Boston having got stuck on the flat& One small schooner was burned at S. H. Breed's wharf. Dynamite Of Little 17m. Among others ez-Oovernor J. A, Rice, of Wisconsin; R. Nunnemacher, cashier of the Merchants' Exchange bank, of Milwaukee, and E. G. Comstock, a Milwaukee lawyer, are said to have been large buyers. It is now claimed that many of these mortgagee are worthless. When seen at the station Bidgood stated that bis connection with the company was purely as cashier and that he did not see how he could be implicated in Fredericksen's transactions. The business, he said, amounted to SO,000 acres a year, but he could not say how much of this was in mortgages. T. G. Cowie said that he represented the interests of bis father-in-law, ex-Governor Rice, of Harland, Wis., who, he said, was a loser to the extent of (100,000 or more by the alleged fraudulent operations. The fire started in Mower's wooden building on Almont street, over the boiler room, and spread with such rapidity that the excellent flre department of the city was powerless to cope with it. This large wooden building was soon doomed, and t he flames leaped across a narrow passageway and communicated with the six story brick block known as Mower's block. When these two buildings were well under way it was evident a terrible conflagration would result. Almost simultaneously the four story wooden shoe factory of Bennett ft Barnard on Central avenue, and the four story wooden building on Almont street, took flre, and when under way a hurricane of flame was in progress which terrorized all who were looking on. The efforts of firemen and citizens seemed to be of no avail. Wliere the Fire Started. Benjamin F. Neally, Republican, has been elected mayor of Dover, N. H. Red McKenna, a New York "fence," has been sentenoed to five years' imprisonment. And the Beautiful Tropical Scene, At Binghamton, N. Y., Judge Smith decided to continue the case of Thomas Cleary, the alleged boodle alderman of New York, to the February term of oourt. A fierce strangle ensued. Mrs. Head's sra »as broken ibrC ugh ber being thrown 10 ibD fl"or by one of tbe mCs:reanis. M«ad war osaten hadly about tbe face. Tbe noise »i ibe conflict and the shrieks of Mead's wif noon aroused tbe nC ighoorhood sn J tbe in'ruders Bed, jumping from a second sion window. A pursuing part; was organisen. Tbe burglars are believed to be coucealed in a urove near iowd, which 50o cit zens bare surrounded and are closing ia upon. A Lone Island in Mid-Ocean. USUAL PRIOFS. Orand Holiday Matinee at 2:15. Doors open at 1:80. To Weaken Burke's Alibi. Telegrams for assistance were sent to Pittsburg and Allegheny and engines were sent from those places. By 9 o'clock the flames were under control. Before this was accomplished, however, the postofflce, The Leechburg Advance building, Leechburg Bank building, Hill Bank building, Cochran's block, Squire's block and twenty to twentyfive dwellings and stores were in ruins. The loss will be $100,000, and may reach $135,000. It is impossible to estimate the insurance, but it will be light. The night is cold, and the many homeless ones will suffer severely from exposure. With Olsen and his employes the state intends to demolish, or at least materially weaken, Burke's alibi. The alibi was that Burke was all the evening of May 4 in Donahy's saloon. William Coughlin and John O'Mally swore to seeing him there, they together having stopped there about 7 o'clock on their way to a west side saloon opening. Brewer Rocherot's second natural gas well, at Buffalo, is flowing half a million cubic feet every twenty-four hour*. MUSIC HALL NOV. 9 Q Cww An explosion of natural gas wrecked Scott Hawthorne's brick residence, at Dayton, O. Two children were killed, and Hawthorne, his wife and father probably fatally injured. FRIDAY, The Beautiful and Ronuntlo Irish Comedy- Drama, entitled, Olsen and Swanson Testify. The house in Richmond occupied by Jeff Davis during the' rebellion, and known as the "White House of the Confederacy," is to be torn down and a school house built on it* site. Nsw Yoke, Not. 27—The recent dccisioi »( the Illinois Supreme Court relaiive to tbD Chicago gas trust caused a tremendous tiurrj i ■ tbe Stock Kiel ange here to-day. Stock ii tie trust f U 10 poiute, and many speculators 1 si heavily. A Flurry In Wall Street. Olssn swore that on the evening of May 4 at 0:90 o'clock he sent his driver, Fred Swanson, with a carriage to William Coughtin's saloon on John O'Mally's order. He saw the carriage stop in front of the saloon and ten minutes after it was driven away. The carriage returned to the stable at 19:90 o'clock that night. Then the driver, Swanson, told his story, and when he had finished there was a big hole in Burke's alibi. He swore that a few minutes after stopping at Coughlin's saloon O'Mally and a young man got into the carriage and he drove them direotly to the west side, not even passing Donahy's saloon, and that neither did they do so on the return, which was not until after midnight "The charge we make," he said, "is that M. C. Fredericksen, Bidgood and D. G. M. Frederichseu got up fraudulent mortgages, went out on the street and gave men $5 to sign them. Then tbey went to capitalists with the mortgages and raised money on them. They gave mortgage* on land in Minnesota, Dakota and other parts of the northwest There are hundreds of working people In Chicago who paid in their earnings to the Fredericksens, thinking they were buying land, and now find their deeds worthless. Many of these mortgages were placed in Milwaukee." Working People Swindled. PEEP O'DAY The Burned Territory. Some of the Shoe Firms Scorched. From the corner of Spring street on the southerly side of Exchange street to Broad street was a row of wooden buildings, in which the shoe business wan first conducted. Starting from the oorner of Spring street the first building was occupied by Willis W. George, sole leather dealer. Then followed the shoe factories occupied by William F. Hill ft Co., Isaac M Aitwlll, Denning ft Wiggin, James B. Chase, Smith ft Queercaux, shoe trimmings; Charles S. Vittum, Milton D. Porter, and W. A Estes ft Co. A small amount of stock was saved from several of the buildings. A hopeful feeling prevails and there is no question but that the public spirited oitisens and shoe manufacturers will soon rally from the terrible catastrophe. A battery of boilers in the Allegheny Bessemer steel works, Duquesne, Pa., exploded, killing Superintendent Marshall, and fatally wounding Fireman Cooper and John Pritchard. The burned territory is bounded by the following streets: Almont, Central avenue, at its junction with Willow street; Union street from its junction with Broad to the Boyden block, on both sides; Mount Vernon street entire; Central square entire; Beach street on both sides as far down as Lee's lumber yard; Washington street, from Munroe through to Union; Railroad avenue; all of Exchange street; Broad street, from the engine house, on both sides, up as far as the corner of Exchange; Spring street entire, besides dwelling bouses too numerous to mention on Suffolk, Amity, Sagamore and Beach streets. Brooklyn, Nov. 27.—The National City Bank of Brooklyn was defrauded of $750 by means of a false telephone message and a forged check. The message informed the bank that Clapp Brothers, of No. 679 Fulton street, had sent a district messenger boy to get a check for $750 cashed, and that it was all right. When the boy presented the check it was paid without question. The check had been given to the boy by a man who stood in the doorway of Clapp & Brother's Btore. The man telephoned the bank from the telephone station nearest the store. When the boy came back with the money the man took it and walked away. The messenger thinking it odd that the man had not entered the store, went inside and asked if the firm had sent the cbsck. This revealed the swindle, and an attempt was made to catch the thief, but he had escaped. Inquiry at the bank revealed the fact that $450 more had recently been paid out on checks purporting to be signed by Clapp Brothers, making the total loss $1,300. A Brooklyn Hank Defrauded. Or, "Savourneen Deelish," Under the auspices of the He Defended Himself, At the coroner's inquest Mrs. Hannah Southwortb, the slayer of Stephen Pettus, was committed to await the action of the grand jury. It is now stated that Mrs. Rosa Lloyd, the friend who introduced Mrs. Bouthworth to Pettus, was also ruined by Pettus. Hoboksn, Not. J7,—As Polioeman Thorns* Harrison waa entering a saloon io tbis plaoe to-day be was attacked by six ruffians who teld a grudge agaiosi him becauao of arrreets he bad made of them. Harrison received several blows, when hastily drawing a revolver he shot into the gang, killing one William Lindskey. 51. (Hops Dramatic CM Bid food Bays He Is Innocent. CAST. OF CHARACTERS. Bidgood was arraigned in a police court and his case was continued till Saturday in bonds of $15,000. The prisoner looked as if he had spent the night in wakefulness and tears. He declared his entire innocence and asserts that he never had reason to suppose that the business of Fredericksen A Co. was other than strictly legitimate. The famous banking bouse of Kendler, in Vienna, has failed, with liabilities of 2,800,- 000 florins. &SEKS: | D. H. COLLINS Barney O Toole WILL DEVANKY 8t» phen Puroell J AS. P. KEAKNEY Father O'Cleary J. T. HtFFi-RAN • atrickGrace ... JOHN A. FOST R Capt. Howard T. L\HEY Lieut Graham J. McTIOUE 'Mulling". T. WAI8H Dermott p. McNULTY 'hadug. p. MoHALB ;CD y T.QUEttNEK *» ftalTHf* * HU Story Unshaken. William Coughlin was not with the party. The cross-examination was very lengthy, but the witness possessed a clear memory, and his story remained unshaken. Suspect Burke looked very crestfallen when the witness left the stand. AN EX-CONVICT LYNCHED. Nkw York, No* 27—Mrs Hannah Southworth was to-day formally indicted for the murder of Stppben Pettus She is confined in the Tombs, and received the news with unconcern. Mrs. South worth Indicted. Aid arrived from Boston, Salem, Marblehead and other surrounding towns, but the united efforts seemed to have little effect on the devastating flames. Scenes familiar in the great Boston and Chicago fires were repeated in all their horrors—mothers fleeing with babes in their arms, express wagons, trucks loading at business houses and dwellings and transferring goods to places of safety, in many cases a second removal being necessary, and the utmost confusion and alarm prevailing. The Chicago Flre Recalled. Occupants of the Burned Blocks. His Wife and Son Both Pulled on the Rope. Among the parties burned out in Mowers' brick block are: Central National bank, Pratt ft Babb's express, E W. ft C. F. Mower, shoe manufacturers, and Wake B. 8purr ft Co., society goods. Loss 94,000 on the latter. In Stevens' brick block, on Central square, the parties burned out are: National Security bank, Lewis B. Breed, E J. Madbery and the Lynn Ice company. In Fuller's block, which was burned, were located the Western Union Telegraph company, C. D. Pecker ft Co., M A Leger ft Co., Breed ft Sprague and Hilton ft Sons. In Earl's block was located the telephone office, Earl's cafe, Henry F. Hurlburt's law office and one or two other lawyers' offices. The Western Union opened a temporary office late in the afternoon at the Eastern railroad's Market street depot and the Postal company opened one at Weet Lynn. La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 27.—Hans Jacob Olson was banged to a tree near the town of Preston Sunday night by a mob, and his wife and 17-year-old son were among those who pulled on the rope. Olson was a morose and quarrelsome fellow, always at variance with his neighbors, and frequently beat his wife and children. He 1 J served one year in the penitentiary, and upon his release made threats of .-eveuge upon all who were concerned in bis conviction. Being unable to five bonds to keep the peace he was sent to the county jail for six months, and was released only last week. At the afternoon session Fred Hochkirch and Oustav Brunke testified that Salcman's life had been one of general iniquity, and they considered his word unworthy of belief, even under oath. Batsman's Bad Life. Two Hundred Servant Qlrls Are Vletim*. "There are about 300 servant girls in this city," said Mr. Cowie, "who invested from $50 to C400 each in these bogus lands, and who, of course, have lost all. But aside from these there are bankers in Chicago who hold a lot of alleged mortgages, which they might as well throw in the Are." He declares that he will secure the arrest of the missing Fredericksens if it becomes necessary to follow them so the end of the world. Furgup, the Fiddler WM'gaUOHAN Buffalo, Nov. 27.—Six inches of snow fell here to-day. The storm appeared to be general through northern New Toik. Beautiful Snow in Bufftelo. "Kathleen Kavanagh," MISS AGNES M'CAULEY Patrick Dinan was recalled apd testified to having had a conversation with Coughlin and Capt, Schaack shortly after the murder, and that when asked by them to give a description of the driver of the white horse, he told them to furnish their own description, as Coughlin knew the man well. Butte, Mon., Nov. 27.—It is conceded here that there is still one miner in the burning Anaconda mine, and it is possible that there are three others, in which case thirteen have died. The man known to be in the mine is Edward Dolan. He was on the day shift and it is probable he got into the mine before the alarm was given. John Lyqns, one of tbe injured, is unconscious and will probably die. The force of the flre is belie vied to be diminishing. The mine remains;sealed. Preparations are being made to flood the mine. The Anaconda Holocaust. Widow Kavanagh MISS GEN* VIEVE GAUOHAV Mary Grace MISSKITTIE CUNMNGHaM Widow Maione } ■• •MISS MAGGIE LOUGHNEY Soldiers, Peasanta, Polios, etc., by other members The excitement increased, and became a panic when it was realised that a conflagration threatening the entire business quarter was in progress. Anguish Unspeakable Is endured by the victims of inflammatory rheumatism, and any form of the disease may reach tbat agonizing phase or attick the heart and eauae death. Unhappily they who feel its preliminary twinges seldom realise this. Like other possibly dangerous maladies, rheumatism if often disregarded at the outset. Well will it be for him if this brief notice shall serve as a warning of future peril or psii. to a reader troubled with incipient rheumatism. The proper sequel will be sd instantaneous resort to the great preventative depurent, Hosteller's Stomach Bitters, whose brevet of professional commendation popular experience has confirmed. There is no finer or gC nial antidote to the virus of rheumatism in the system. Botanio in its origin, it 11 free from tbe objections attaching to depurent pi isons liable to be taken in more than the infinitesimal dose. The Bitters conquers malaria, indigestion, liver snd kidney troubles. The Concern Has No Assets. of the Oomp Dny' Four Newspapers Homeless. Breaking Down the Hylands' Story. Helge A. Hangan, the reoeiver appointed by Judge Shopard for Fredericksen & Co., asked leave of Judge Shepard to resign his receivership. He says that he has been able to collect only $8i3U, and that the conoern has no assets except some apparently worthless papers. He sees no need of a receiver, there being nothing to receive. His first act upon reaching home was a fearful attack upon his son and his wife. The names of those who took part m the lynching, othrr than Olson's wife and son, have not been revealed, and it is not probable that any steps will be taken to discover them. ADMI88ION, 50o., 35c. and 26c. Reserved ■eats, SO cents. After the fire bad been burning for two bourn everybody felt that it would not stop until it had reached the ocean shore, and this proved to be the rase. Four daily newspapers are burned out. The Item, Bee, Press, and News, three afternoon and one morning. Three national banks, the Cen tral, Security and First National, together with the Lynn Institution for Savings, are all wiped out Twelve of the finest shoe blocks in the city are in ruins, and about tw enty-flve stores. At present it is impoesiblfeto say how many dwellings are burned. The houses destroyed were mostly those occupied by poor people, in the vicinity of Beach street and the wharves. It is impoesibte as yet to estimate the insurance. Andrew Anderson, a liveryman, swore that the opening of Nieman's saloon occurred on the night of May 5, and that a large crowd was present. It was thin night the Hylands swore to going there with O'Sullivan, and that no one except the bartender waa preaent. Parties purchasing reserved seat tickets will receive a '*eupon that Hill admit th- m to a Grand Reception to be held at St. Aloyslus Hali after th* performance. Tbe diagram Is now open at Music Hall Book 8tore. Boston to the Resene. hGRANDH Boston, Nov. 27.—Mayor Hart haa called a citizens' meeting for today to take action in connection with the Lynn conflagration. Policeman Smith told of having, by direction of the state, examined the flies of all the dally papers, and that not a word waa said about Coughlin being connected with the case before May 25. This waa In view of Coughlln's alibi witneeses testifying to their recollection of the occurrences of May 4 being freshened because of their having seen Coughlin's name in the papers the week following the murder. They WIU Not Go to Brazil. It is stated that eight or ten eastern capitalists contributed 9100,000 to the coffers of Fredericksen & Co., and K. O. Comstock, a Milwaukee capitalist, drops about 170,000. A Contract Labor Decision, Boston, Nov. 27.—Admiral Walker, commanding the squadron of evolution, now in this harbor, denies most positively the report from Washington that he had received orders for the squadron to proceed to Brazil to look after United States interests there, nor does he expect to receive any such orders. The rush of people to see the the new cruisers is simply tremendous. Launches, tugs and boats of all kinds have been making oonstant trips from the shore crowded with sightseers since the ships have been open for inspection. New York, Nov. 27.—Tbe trial of an action by the government against Mme. l.ouise, It well known uptown milliner, to recover the penalty of $1,000 for violation of the contact labor law, in the United States circuit oourt, has resulted in a verdict for the government for the full penalty. Mme. Louise brought Miss Alloe Dupont, a French demoi selle, to the United States to work in her millinery establishment. It was contended by the defense that the trimming of ladies' hats was a new industry, and that the young lady was not brought bitber under contract Fair\Fes(ival New York, Nov. 87.—A little 13-year-old girl named Mary Pogenkoff, a pupil in Grammar School No. 84, located at 303 Rlvlngton street, fell from her seat in the class room in a fit yesterday afternoon and a wild panic ensued among the scholars. The lit waa a most violent one, and over a hundred ehik dren, thinking something dreadful bad ha Impelled, rushed screaming from the room. They toppled over one another in their wild effort to reach the yard. The other ohildren in the school hearing the noise attempted to join in the panic, but were prevented by their cool headed teachers. Numbers of tbs children were knocked down and trampled on by their schoolmates. Their druses were torn and their bodies badly bruised. The school is located in a thickly populated district, and the cries of the children soon brought thousands of people, who tried to rush into the school, but the doors and gates were closed and locked. Criee of Ore were heard both on the street and in the school yard, and some one started the story that many of the children had been killed. When quiet was restored, however, it was learned that none of the children were seriously Injured, but a uumber had their dresses torn off of them, and some of the teachers were prostrated with nervous excitement School was dismissed for the afternoon and the little Pogenkoff girl was taken home. Panic In a New York School. Dr. John A. Rice, one of the victims of the swindle, said: "I hold f150,000 of mortgages sold mo by Fredericksen, and every one of them bears a written guarantee, signed by Fredericksen, that the mortgagee are good. Most of them I now find to be worthless. I had faith in Fredericksen because I knew that good Chicago men were backing him. I know that thousands of settlers in Kansas and Iowa who suppose they have paid for their lands have no title to it." fine Man In SISO.OOO. There were many narrow escapes from serious injuries, but no fatalities are reported. The high brick fire wall on the B. F. Spinney block served as a barrier to the further progress of the flames up Union street after that handsome structure had been gutted. The most prominent blocks tuirived are as follows: On Almont street— Mowers' block and the block occupied by the Consolidated Adjustable Shoe company. Central square and Central avenue—Bennett A Hrainerd's block. Fuller's block, the Wooden block, in which was located The Pally Bee; Bergengreen's block and the itrittk block owned by The Daily Item. On Union street—B. W. Currier's new brick block, C. 0, Bebee's brick block, B. F. Spinney's brick block, a large wooden buil ding occupied by Tit*»s & Buckley, Earle's block, i. O Brown's brick block, Ashcroft's brick Mock, Itirtiand'B liriak block, Buffum's brick Mock, a brisk factory owuw} by C. J. Little A Co., and Gushing & Downs' large wooden building, occupied by C. E Harwood and p. S. Boyuton; a brick factory occupied by Joijn S. Bartlett & Co., the brick and wooden bluttfe ot K. E. Elder, occupied as a machine ttHty planing mill. No Fatalities Reported. The People's Case Closed. Kupepijr. Under the auspices of the Edward H Bailey, editor of The Lake View Record, took the chair to declare that he had never deli\ ered O'Sullivan's cards to any one, and at the conclusion of his testimony State's Attorney Longenecker roee and said: "This closes the case of the people^" With the understanding that one or two witnesses more would be heard on reconvening, the court adjourned to Friday morning. The long receas is due to the illness of a little child of Juror North. TbiL is what you ought to have, in fact, you must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thousands are searching for it daily, and mourning because they find it not. Thousands upon thousands of dollars are spent annually by our people in the hope that they may attain this boon. And yet it may be had by all. We guarantee tbat Electrio Bitters, if used according to directions and the use persisted in, will bring you Good Digestion and oust the demon Dyspep-ia and all diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at 50c. and $1 per bottle by Price i, Co., and K. W. Oampoells druggi's. LEER CORNET BAND Baseball News. The Fort Worth K»ad Said, St. Louis, Nov. 27.—Mark Baldwin has signed Jack O'Connor, his catcher in the Columbus club, to play with the Brooklyn* in the Players' league. Robinson, of the St. Louis Browns, and Quinn, of Boston, also signed with Baldwin, but it is not known what clubs they will play with. THOMAS C. PLATT DEFEATED. New Yore, Nov. 27.—After an all day oonferenoe lietween President Adams, of the Union Pacific, and President Jones, Gen. Dodge and the directors of tbe Denver, Texas and Port Worth company, it was aiinouno.-d that tbe sale of the Fort Worth road had been settled, but that the officials were nut yet ready to give out a detailed statement. President Adams left for Boston immediately after the meeting. No information as to tbe terms of the sale could be obtained. The Court of Appeals Ousts Him from AT ARMORY HALL Wednesday, Thursday & Friday the Quarantine Commlsslonershlp. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 27.—In one of the cases decided against Thomas C. Piatt by the court of appeals, it is held that he unlawfully continues in tbe office of quarantine commissioner. The court was unanimous, the opinion being by Judge Danforth. Tbe judgment affirmed was a judgment ousting Mr. Piatt from the position of commissioner upon the ground of his ineligibility. Suspect B«f|s Is III. New Haver, Nov. 27.—Edward Haalon, agent for the Brotherhood, has signed Pitcher Gruber to play with the Cleveland Brotherhood club. Suspect Beggs was unwell when the day's session was begun. His wife urged him to save himself by naming the assassins, and this appeal so unnerved him that he fainted on the way to the court room. It is believed by careful and shrewd observers that he is the only one of the defendants who stands a chance of acquittal, and it is believed that his attorneys have warned him that he will probably get a long term in prison. NOV. 37, a8 & 29. HAVE YOU SEEN THE Many Were Injured. Brasll In No Hurry, WASHINGTON'S The lady friends have perfected an organization with Mrs. Dr. Dively as Pr. eideLt; Mrs. W. F. Sticklio, Vice Piesident; Miss T. Msrtin, Secret try, and Mrs. J. Armi-tronp, Treasurer Following is the liu of matrons and waitresses tor tbe fair: Chattanooga, Tenn., Not. 27.—The But Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia passenger train left the track three miles west of Greenville on a heavy downgrade. The engine, postal, express, baggage, first and second class coaches and two sleepers went off. Engineer Gregg Dunn was thrown under his engine and fatally injured. The exprees messenger and four passengers were badly hurt The postal car and contents were destroyed. The story of this litigation and the circumstances which gave rise to it are matters of great public interest, and the struggle over this office has been the most exciting and protracted of any political contest in recent years. Paris, Nor. 37.—Cable dispatches received by the foreign office from Rio Janeiro say that no foreign government has yet recognized the provisional government of Brazil and that the Brazilian ministry will await the decision of the assembly before claiming recognition. Tbe French officials in Brazil have been instructed to maintain the good relations formerly held with the imperial government. All the foreign consuls in Brazil are receiving similar orderu NEW  38 Tear installment Policy Supper tables—No. 1—Matron?—Mrs. Joseph Cray and M m Aanie Smiles. W& U*rs— Mame Daniels, Mamie James, Mary Braoley, Ida Tlnklepaugb, Jennie Richardson, Annie Blackburn. Two New Jersey Convicts Pardoned. Thbhtom, N. J., Nov. 27.— MaJ. Alexander M. Way and Garret M. Boice, of Jersey City, two noted "boodle" convicts in the New Jersey state prison, were pardoned yesterday. Way embezzled from a number of building and loan associations in New Brunswick. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment in 1888. The officers of the Masonic grand lodge signed the petition for Way's release. He had a good record as a soldier, and through the efforts of John F. Lovett the national junior vioe commander, was liberated. Boice wrecked two Jersey City banks. He misappropriated nearly $100,000. His petition was signed by seven bank presidents. In the other case the court decided that the United States Express company must pay the Btate $it,000 for taxes on its capital stock. Inturx Now for *10,000. National Silver Convention. la 18W Tm Will Draw CaDb t3,(loo la 1009 Van Will Draw Cwh U.OW) la Van Will Draw Ca»ta *4.000 St. Louis, Nov. 27.—The National Silver convention, designed by the members of the St Louis Mining Exchange, has assembled in Grand Music halL The decorations of the hall were most elaborate, the stage rs[D resenting an entrance to a mine in the heart of the Hocky mountains. The committee on organization printed the name of Geo. A. J. Warner, of Ohio, for permanent ohairman, and Albert Singer, of St Louis, as secretary, with a list of vioe president*. The committee on resolutions organised by the election of Hon. R. P. Bland as chairman. No. 2.—Matron?—Mrs. Jesse Pear and Mrs. Wm. Watkins. Waiters—Kllen Monk, Mary J. Kagan, Louise Ballock, Agnes Alexander, Mary Buckley, LDzzie Naeb, Jennie Reese, Ada VanDuzer Annie Oosgrove. A £iDBBi'H0tlonal Church Destroyed. On Exchang* street—M. H. Abbott's wooden 1Duhsk, the large Doak brick block, the wooden block corner Qpring street, the brick block occupied by L S, Johnson & Co., the first National bank block and teu or twelve small shoe factories, the enUre stopk being wiped out. On Broad street—Sawyer & Chase's carriage factory, W. N. Breed & Co.'h five story brick block, V. K. Sc A H. Jones' five story brfck block and eight or ten smaller wooden buildings. On Beach street— 8. N. Breed A Co.'a lumber wharf and planing mill. B, Potter & Sons' planing mill, Joseph Breed's Sons' lumber wharf, flve or six carpenter shops and several dwelling Central Congregational church to the ground between 6 and 7 A Watchman Fatally Shot. The Santiago Burned. Or a paid up Participating Policy of (10,000. New York, Nov. 37.—James Tierney, a watchman on the Morgan line docks at the foot of Charles street, was shot live times iu the back by Joseph Kenny, a 'longshoreman, 38 years old, in the course of a quarrel. Kanny was arrested. Tierney was taken to the St Vincent hospital. He will probably die. New York, Nov. 37.—The steamship (Santiago, of the Wilson line, which left this port for Hull on Nov. 17, was burned at sea two days later. Her passengers and crew took to the boats, which hovered around the burn* Jng vessel dqring the night of Nov. 19. On the following morning they were picked up by the American ship A. J. Fuller, which brought them to port Tbe crew and passes gors, sixty people in all, were saved. Two hundred cattle were burned to death. The loss will reach $1,000,000. London, Nov. 37.— Lord Salisbury addressed an immense mass meeting at Nottingham last night. He declared that the government would not support an eight hour bill, and expressed his opinion that it would be a great mistake for workmen to persist in advocating it. He favored ths extension to laborers of allotments, and believed that the oondition of the poor ought to be improved through public ai istanoe. l.orCl Sail bury on Labor. Face of Poller paid In caae death occur* any time during life of Policy. Dividend every year. Call on or write to H. C. DEWEY, Ptet. Agt. Over First National Bank, PittsUin, Pa. No. 3—Matrons—Miss Harriet Davis and Mies Julia Weiscarger. Waiters—Maggie MacFarlane, Jennie Thomas, Mary Andrews, R»se Weeks, Maegis Davis, Annie Stuckey. J. Harvey Moore, M. D. PITTSTON. No. 4.—Matrons—Mrs. Geo. Harris and Mrs. Li zzie D. Havard. Waiires'en—Lizzie Allison, Maggie A. Jenkins, Lzzie Thomas, Maggie J. Havard, Gladys Jenkins, Lizzie Polly, Lizzie Davis, Mary L. Kvans. Smith Knocks Oat Olover. Eye, Ear Jose and Tfiroat. San Francisco, Nov. 37.—Billy Smith, of Australia, in a fight to a finish with Frank Glover, formerly of Chicago, at the rooms of the Occidental Athletic club, knocked the latter out in the ninth round. The fight was for a purse of $500. Smith's victory was comjiaratively an easy one. Indiana's School Book Law. Lord Kaston's Libel Suit. Providence's City Election. Indianapolis, Nov. 87.—The decision of the Newton county circuit court, holding that Indiana's school book law is unconstitutional, causes much surprise here, as it was not known fu the state officers that suoh a case was pending. Governor Hovey thinks that the decision is not sound, and has asked the attorney general of the state to defend the law in the supreme court London, Nov. 27.—The libel suit of Lord Euston against Editor Parke, of The North London Press, has come up again. Lord Euston admitted that he had visited the house which has now gained such bad repute, but asserted that his visit was for ordinary and lawful purposes. Erain Pacha Is Grateful. • Providence, Nov. 27.—The election for mayor yesterday resulted In no choioe. The vote on city council is close. Tbe aldermen probably stand eight Republicans, one Democrat and no election in Ward 10. For mayor, Barker (Rep.) has thus far 6,l«fl, Howard (Dem.) 6,100, scattering 381. No choice. The result is still in doubt on city treasurer and harbormaster. Special Attention t* Fitting Qlames. UtiHDO i Until 8:80a. m. 5 to 8 p. m. nUUnO t I every day In the week. Ioe Cream Tables—No. 1.—Ma'rone—Mrs. Andrew Baker and Miss Masgie Mai tin. Waiters—Ruth Fnly, May Harris, Annie Thomas, Ida Howell. London, Nov. 27.—William Mackinnon, president of the Emin relief committee, has received a letter from Emin Pacha, dated Mslala, Aug. 23. Tbe writer thanks the subscribers (o the relief fund and the members of the committee for their generous help, which, he says, saved a handful of forlorn ones from destruction. o'clock. No. 2 —Matrons—Mies Maggie Price sod Miss Gertie Morrow. Waiters—Kate Jonts, Lillie Rommel, Cjia Leyshon, May Morrow. HomalrM People Housed in Charakaa, Col Rathbone Better. GEO. H. WARNER, The First National bank block cost $65,000 to imild. Located on the upper stories was the Oxford club. It had the handsomest club rooms in Essex county, and their loss is about $5,000; well insured. Lima, O., Nov. 37.—CoL Justus H. Rathbone, founder of the order of Knights of Pythias, is reported by his physicisn as slightly better. He is at the hotel and is receiving all the care and attention science and can command. Carpenter and Builder Fancy Table—Mrs. W. 0. Price and Mrs. Bice. Aid*—Mame N»ilCOD, Lillian Rosenkranc, Mrs. Wm. Williams, Mane DaC-is. pemand an Increase of the Flour Tariff. M30,000Jot the Cyathla. PfeMU-roN, Ont, Nov. 27.—A large meeting of millers and farmers held here passed a resolution to insist on an increase of the duty •o flour from fifty cent* to $1 a barrel. Premier Green way, of Manitoba, has promised to favor the increase. Ta Close Wellaad Canal. Shop on Butler St., Pittston. Residence, 408 Montgomery 8t., West Pittston. Confectionery stand—Liobie Jones, Cbristisa Martin, Jennie McMatb, Lizzie Williams. The First Methodist and First Universalis churches and several school bouses were Ihrown open to accommodate burned out families Mayor Newhall has called a special meeting of the aldermen to take action and .choose relief committees. 8. N. Breed & Co., lumber dealers, lose everything. They esti- Mlt their loss at $300,000, with about $135,- Qi'Kjmc, Nov. 27.—The collision ease between the steamships Polynesian and the Cynthia has been decided in the vioe ant miralty court The pilot of the former was held to be to blame for the collision anil the action of the Allyns was dismissed with costs. The counterclaim of the Cynthia for £30,000 is maintained with costs. Philadelphia, Nov. 97.— At a public meeting addressed by Mr. George Kennan, Mr. John Field, Rev. Dr, McVicker and others, it was resolved that a oontral association be formed to secure petitions of American citizens to the Russian government for an amelioration of the condition of 8iberlas prisoner*. An Appeal to Russia's Csar, Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 27.—The Welland canal will be closed at midnight on Saturday for the remainder of the season. Oyster table—Ma rons—Mrs. Rommel and Mrs. Victor. Miss Minnie ApD, Geit rude Bowkley, Anna Williams, Alice Reid. Choioe caDoed fruits and vegetables, sweet and spiced pickics, sweet potatoes and cranben-tee; now dates, lemons, Sits, prunes, etc. Leave your ordtr for winter potatoes. Vt Lewis Bros,' West Side Market, Plans and Specifications prepared, and estimates given on all work In hb Una. Flower ttble—Mamie Oliver, Lizzie Barnes, Nellie RichardaoD. The Fair Fond. N«w Yokx, Nov.-87.—The World's fai guarantee fund now amounts to $4,700,000. Of business, residence and tarm properties for sale or exchange. Investments mad* Rents collected. V. H. Basics, Over Miners' Savings Bank. -Aw-tf A Lai|« List Jobbing a Specialty* Country store—Daisy Luznrus, Lena Bechtold, Amelia Bechiold, Berma Klterlcfa, Nellie Yates, Agnes Fleming. 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