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CHICAGO DEPARTMENTSUFFERS
FEARFUL LOSS
Kxplosion of Dust in the Burning
Elevator of Railway Terminal Com
pany Hurls Brick Walls and Burn
injj Timbers Upon the Firelighters
Died at Posts of Duty
Explosion in the midst of a terrific fire
brought to a heros death four of Chica
gos lireiuen Thursday afternoon and
stretched on beds of pain more than a
score of officers and pipemen who sought
to keep in check a seething furnace of
300000 bushels of grain in the Chicago
Kaihvay Terminal Elevator Companys
elevator at Indiana and Jefferson streets
Xot since the cold storage disaster at
the Worlds Fair have so many of the
citj s fire fighters been laid low and only
twice in the historyof Chicago has the list
of casualties in the department been more
appalling One unknown man dea7 and
many spectators railroad employes
yatpr hands and others injured further
mark the record of the disaster
The dead
John J Coogan pipeman of engine com
pany 3
William ITanley of engine company 5
Jacob Schnur pipeman of engine com
pany 3
Jacob P Stiameu pipemen of engine
company 3
Unknown n an thrown into the river by
Hie force of the explosion and drowned
Thomas Monohan a driver for Chief
jfSwenie is missing and it is feared he is
dead drove the chief to the fire and has
not been seen since
Of the score hurt three will die and
several will be disfigured for life and laid
up for months
Swcnies Xifc in Peril
Chief Swenies life nearly paid the pen
alty of years of peril lie was close to the
elevator when an avalanche of red hot
bricks burning timbers and sizzling grain
was pitched on the heads of the lire fight
ers and escaped with severe bruises and
burns
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in an overheated condition High in the
bins are hung big lanterns to guide the
workmen in their labors and the presence
of these has given rise to the theory that
a red hot chimney came in contact with
the dry dust and set the place on fire The
age of the building and the amount of
dust which had congregated in every
crack and comer supports the latter opin
ion Many of the firemen arc of the belief
that the blaze and subsequent explosion
were due to spontaneous combustion
Insurance Inspector Gillan gave the
following statement as his opinion as to
hov the fire originated It was surely an
explosion of dry dust In the majority of
cases in fires of this kind they all start
from the same cause The dust from the
grain collects and when it is heated to the
right point it is like powder It is just
as dangerous as any explosive If this
elevator had been constructed as grain
elevators should be the chances are the
fire would have been put out with a loss
of less than 1000
Loss Will Reach 3OOO0O
Before the insurance underwriters com
plete the list of buildings wrecked or dam
aged and property destroyed the total
financial loss will reach 500000
The tabulated statement of the loss as
nearly as can be learned is
The Chicago Railway Terminal Ele
vator Company on building 90000
Loss to grain in structure 210000
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
loss to froightliouse and cars 20000
Engine and machinery in elevator 25000
Loss to Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad freight including valu
able l eas and spices 23000
Damage to Hathaway Cos coal
yard Indiana and Kingsbury sts 2500
Damage to building occupied by the
Grockerand Milwaukee Chair Com
panies contents windows and
beams 20000
Damage to Tung Brewing Companys
plant i J rand avenue 15000
Damage to building occupied by Wis
consin Dairy Company Austin av
enue and Jefferson street 3000
Damage to Indiana street bridge
abutments and planking scorched 1000
Damage to dock warehouse in Indi
ana street 1000
Damage to building loccupied by the
Star lox and liarrel Company 2000
Damage to tugs and shipping esti
mated 3000
Minor losses to stores houses and
other buildings estimated
Total 507500
Insurance on the contents of the
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FUIEBOAT PLAYING ON TJIE JJUEXIXG ELEVATOR
Not a single premonition of disaster
warned the men of their impending doom
There was a brigh glow of the heavens
for an instant a tumbling as if the in
terior of the earth was lending its heat
to the flames and then the east wall was
precipitated on the heads of the firemen
and a few spectators who had escaped the
fire lines huiriedly established by the
police The noise was different from the
ear piercing roar of dynamite or gunpow
der but its effects were as deadly There
was a mulll d boom a crash and the fire
men were buried
Edward Westlake a newspaper man
was standing with Chief Sweuio when
the wall collapsed Both were covered
with the fallen material and rushed blind
ly to the nearest shelter
My God That was the nearest I have
cometo it said the intrepid leader and
turned back in the face of flying embers
to aid in the work of rescue
Start Work of Rescue
After the walls went toppling over
Chief Swenie hurt blinded and bleeding
staggered forward and shouted to his men
to follow him Lying on the ground were
a score cf injured men crying for help
Beneath the mass of white heat bricks
and iron sheeting were two men burned
until nothing but the bones were left
In an instant half a dozen streams of
water were turned on the blazing mass
As the water struck the red hot debris a
cloud of steam hid the ruins from view
The injured were first assisted to a place
of safety Three patrol wagons and two
ambulances were soon in service The
men were put on stretchers and Lieut
McDonald directed that the wagons be
driven at one to the different hospitals
As the last victim was hurried away
from the scene of death and destruction
the work of removing the charred bodies
of the three firemen from the ruins was
taken up By this time the flood of water
bad cooled off the ruins sufficiently to al
low the firemen and sixty policemen to
start their search for the dead Sergeant
Decker was the first man fo find a body
He used a long pole in lifting the iron
sheeting to one side when he discovered
the remains of Coogan The body was
in a crouching position and showed that
Coogan was running when the mass of
bricks felled him to the earth He was
Identified by his helmet which lay within
a foot of his head
It was impossible to distinguish the
burned bodies of Schnur and Stramen
apart They lay side by side and a heavy
beam had fallen across the neck of one
of the bodies Chief Swenie directed the
men i o continue their work and not until
the entire pile had been gone over was
the chief satisfied that all the bodies had
been found
Orijrin of the Fire
The origin of the fire is indefinite Be
centlj furnace driers were introduced into
the structure and these way have been
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tor was placed by D M Bodgers while
Fred Tames had the building in charge
Mr Rodgers said he was not in a
tion to give the exact figures He de
clared however that the losses were fully
covered by insurance
The officials of the Chicago Railway
Terminal Elevator Company that owned
the elevator are
President C A Weare
Secretary Edward TV Thompson
Treasurer Charles C Rubins
PREACHER SHOOTS A GIRL
Sleeping Child Suffers in a Fight
-with Indiana Ruffians
Rev John Welstein who has been hold
ing revival services at Concord Christian
Church near AVashington Ind receiv
ed word the other night that he wouftl be
egged if he preached again He went
prepared and when he opened services
laid a pistol on each side of his Bible an
nouncing that he would defend himself
if necessary
It was not long before a disturbance
was raised at one of the windows In
an instant the minister commenced firing
toward the window He scattered the
roughs but one bullet passed through the
abdomen of the daughter of
John Standiford who was sleeping on one
of the seats The little girl is dead Stan
diford refuses to prosecute YYalsteiu
Told in a Few Lines
The Metropolitan Electric Company of
Chicago has failed The liabilities amount
to about 35000 Poor collections are
said to have caused the assignment
James Gerah a well known sportin
man from the Pacific coast was instant
ly killed at Chickasaw I T by Willis
Day a stranger in a quarrel over cards
At Philadelphia Daniel Mehan aged 19
years accidentally ran his bicycle against
a low stone fence plunged headlong over
it into Wissahickou creek and was
drowned
Two Ohio firms the Canton Rolling Mill
Company of Canton O and the P Hav
den Saddlery and Hardware Company of
Columbus have signed the Amalgamated
Association scale
The blow of a hammer upon a nail
caused a 40000 fire at Olean N Y
and eleven men narrowly escaped beins
burned to death The men were roofin
a 35000 barrel oil tank when it was dis
covered that the oil had ignited from a
spark caused as above
Representatives of Eastern hop buying
firms have been in Chehalis Wash sev
eral days and displayed great eagerness
to make contracts for the 1S97 crop Re
cently the best quality sold for 7 cents
but now S cents and even 10 cents a
pound Is offered and the latter figure has
been refused bj several parties The pros
pects for the growing crop are exceed
ingly good
FIVE WIVES OR MORE
Davit7 15 Bate3 a Bir Star in the
List of Marital Marauders
With five known wives and possibly as
many more not yet discovered with
sweethearts by the score loving by mail
and telegraph David E Bates now lock
ed up at the stock yards police station in
Chicago has lived a life of consummate
marital deceit and trickery which has
seldom been equaled Bates has been
married five times surely though the po
lice believe they have information con
cerning another woman who claims to be
his wife He has confessed that he had
wedded twelve times and should have
married as many more women was the
startling statement of pretty 19-year-old
Nettie Swaini his last bride
Bates told the relatives of his first Chi
cago wife that he had had fcn agreement
with wife No 2 to separate and this made
his marriage to Miss McCarthy legal
They are going to prosecute him for big-
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THE MAX OF MANY WIVES
amy however H Fv Lawrence the
brother-in-law of wife No 5 caused the
arrest of Bates and there will be another
prosecution for bigamy Bates career
has been remarkable lie is 3S years old
out he looks younger though his expe
rience has been such as would turn any
other mans hair gray lie is a psycholog
ical puzzle lie is a dull uninteresting
homely thin faced angular specimen of
humanity of the commonplace type In
the slang of the street he would be called
n lobster Yet he induced at least five
women to marry him and has been in cor
respondence with a score of others who
have expressed in their letters the warm
est affection for him He kept three end
possibly four establishments in Chicago
at the same time though he was only
getting SCO a month as night clerk for the
Union Stock Yards and Transit Com
pany He fell heavily into debt This
was the only matter that troubled him
He had finally determined to get rid of
all his wives by starting for Alaska on
the day he was arrested
DEBS ISSUES A DEFI
Iabor Leader Says the Jackson In
junction Is a Farce
Eugene Y Debs the social reformer
says that he will talk when jind where he
pleases regirdlcss of the injunction is
sued by Judge Jackson in West Virginia
He declares it is the most sweeping doc
ument ever promulgated and one which
if its principles were sustained would ef
fectually strike down all constitutional
rights Concerning it he says
The injunction issued by Judge Jackson
is substantially the same as that issued by
Judge Mason Ky its provisions I am en
joined from walking on the public highways
which lead to the mines and as all the
highways lead lo the mines I am subject to
arrest the instant I enter the State This Is
the most sweeping injunction ever issued
by any court and if sustained as it doubt
less will be it effectually strikes down all
constitutional rights and leaves us bound
and helpless at the feet of the iioney
power
The courts of this country have degener
ated until they are now the conveniences of
corporate capital There are but few excep
tions and they but serve to prove the rule
They are the oppressors of the people who
support them This fact is being gradually
understood and when the eyes of the peo
ple are entirely opened there will be a
change and the high priests of the bench
will learn that judicial despotism will not
be tolerated on American soil
As for Jacksons injunction I hold it In
sovereign contempt If I have occasion to
speak in tho interest of famishing miners in
his jurisdiction 1 will do so or at least make
the attempt totally regardless of his In
famous injunction The farce of It is that
the Injunction pretends to be issued by a
judge If it came direct from the coal op
erators some little respect would be due the
judge Such injunctions are issued by the
creatures who owe their positions to organ
ized capital and they obey the orders of
their masters with the alacrity of spaniels
DIES TO PAY DEBTS
Charles Knorr Writes Creditors
Where His Body Will Be Found
Charles Knorr an architect of Chicago
decided to shoot himself to pay his debts
Saturday he cashed a check for 2j at
Albnecht Glembows meat market Sun
day rilled with remorse he wrote a letter
to the butchers it is said confessing the
check was a forgery When you receive
this note I will be dead he wrote but
my wife will pay you for the loss oit of
my insurance money
Wednesday morning A L Kraus re
ceived yet another note telling him just
It ACE TO SAVE A SUICIDE
where the body would be found The
writer told him to inform the president of
his lodge of the death at once so his wife
would ha v e no delay in securing her insur
jance money Kraus behind a fast horse
set out at once and at top speed began
J the mad race with death The note had
said the body would be near Niles Cen
ter but when the exhausted animal and
his driver reached the spot indicated if
was too late life was extinct
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Insurance agent Do you want the
Insurance for one or three years V
Isaacs Er von veek vill do Judge
Husband Do you need anything for
the house Wife The cook says
there is not enough china to last the
week out Life
Literal The Rescuer How did you
come to fall in
The Rescued I
didnt come to fall in I came to fish
Harpers Weekly
He Would you scream if I should
kiss you 7 She And if I were to
allow you to would you squeal In
dianapolis Journal -
Bertha What is the height of your
ambition dear Marie blushing
Oh something between five and a half
and six feet Fun
Mrs Church Did you ever catch
your husband flirting Airs Gotham
Thats the way I did catch him
Yonkers Statesman
Air Crinisonbeak What type of girl
would you call that one with bloom
ers Airs Crinisonbeak A bold face
type Yonkers Statesman
Air Buffum Is it a fact that you
can neither read nor write V Illiterate
Dont know Xever tried to do
either Boston Transcript
He Do you Ihhik women are the
equals of men She Yes but I
dont think iiien are the equals of wo
men Columbus Stale Journal
Capital you know is universally
timid ilow queer I thought it Avas
the man without money who was
shy Typographical Journal
Has the unpardonable sin ever been
discovered Yes it is the act of
sprinkling tacks on a bicycle path
Philadelphia North American
Iligginton Come up and see us
some time Stepperby Awfully
sorry but I shall be engaged on that
occasion Boston Transcript
First Summer Girl Having many
offers Second Summer Girl Yes
Ive had to limit proposal speeches to
live minutes each New York Jour
nal
James The rain falls alike on the
just and the unjust Jones True
but the unjust man is generally pro
vided with the just mans umbrella
Fun
lie sobbed the verdant bride
does not love me any more You are
lucky said the seasoned matron if
he does not love you any less In
dianapolis Journal
Archie I always think evening
dress must be so trying to a lady of
humor Bertie Why Archie
Because she cant laugh in her
sleeve
Claud Do you think your father
would offer me personal violence if I
were to ask him for you Ajabel
No but I think he Avill if you dont
pretty soon Tit Bits
The old maids soliloquy At seven
teen years of age I inquired which is
he At twenty who is he At twenty
live what has he And now where is
he Fliegende Blatter
Bride who has eloped Here is a
telegram from papa Bridgegroom
anxiously1 What does he say
Bride All is forgiven but dont come
back Colliers Weekly
A question in grammar Air Kink
to a professor in Biddle University
Perfesser Well Air Kink
Which is the past tense of the verb to
hoodoo hoodone or hoodid Harlem
Life
Air Benham I wish I were single
again Airs Benham You horrid
wretch What would you do if you
were Alarry you again Airs
Benham Oh you darling creature
Alodern Society
Poet That man we just passed is
Editor Soanso He is one of my most
particular friends Ditto He must
buy your poems Poet Oh no he
never buys any I said most particu
lar didnt I Judge
It is so aggravating to go house
hunting every spring said the lady in
the city We generally have to hunt
ours up two or three times a summer
said the cousin from the cyclone belt
Typographies 1 Journal
Teller Grimshaw is the only man of
ray acquaintance who invariably wins
in an argument with a woman As
kins How in the name of wonder
does he do it Teller Oh he states
his sne of the case and walks off
Puck
Traveler to the ferryman crossing
the river Has any one ever been lost
in this stream Boatman No sir
Some professor was drowned here last
spring but they found him again after
looking for two weeks Fliegende
Blatter
A mere figure of speech He Away
you go to the sea shore Airs Tiffing
ton and leave your hard working hus
band chained to his desk She
Chained No indeed if j ou only
could be Id have some peace of mind
Brooklyn Life
Bacon Have you see Sprocket late
ly Egbert No Bacon Hes a
sight Fvce all cut arm in a sling
and walks lame Egbert How did
be do it on his bicycle Bacon No
if he could have stayed on the bicycle
hed have been all right Yonkers
Statesman
Thank you said the lady to the
man who gave her his seat in the street
car You surprise me replied the
man TIow do you mean By that
T thank you She smiled I
couldnt have surprised you more than
you surprised me by offering me your
seat The stand off was thus com
pleted Detroit Free Press
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