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MOmnwimmwim iwwwwmiwwiii n'u mwrummm IHOWWWWW I AAVKUL EXPLOSION. Boilers In tho Detroit Journal Ofllco Blow Up. Tho Unllitlng Wrecked mill Score nf l'or fiunn Hurled Henna! Ii Hid Kulus Thirty three llcail Codies Ill-covered Many Other Injured. Dkthoit, Mich., Nov. (i. About 9 o'clock yesterday morning the city was (.'itaLlud by a fearful explosion, which ioolc placo in the basement of the Journal building, a five-story structure at tho corner of Lurried and .Shelby streets, occupied by u number of bitsi iickh Onus in addition to the Journal newspaper company. Plate glass windows across tho street and some of tlioHe fariher away were shattered by tho concussion and several persons wore cut by falling glass. At the name instant tho live floors and the roof of that section of the building coilapscd and fell to tho basement car rying with it at least llfty por.snns.wlio had not the slightest warning of their dimmer. Tho cloud of dust which blinded tlio oyes of tho amazed specta tors of tho horror wusquiokly followed liy liinolco from tlio llros whicli started in tlio ruins. Tho work of rescue was pushed to tho utmost all day and to night, but progress is necessarily slow. The wrecked portion of the building whicli is owned by tho Newbury estate, was separated from tho rest of tlio structure by a fire wall. The llrst floor of that section was occupied by tho Davis company, dealers in druir jjists specialties, and by the Journal's mailing department The second, third and fourth iloors wore occupied by tlio Davis company, V. V. Dunlap fc Co., machinists, and llillicr book liindery. The editorial rooms of tho Journal are on tlio fourth Hour but sit uated beyond tlio iiro wall and tlio BtalT escaped injury. Tho Journal's stereotyping room, on tlio iifth lloor, was directly in the path of the explosion and went down in tlio wreck. A few had iniruculou.". escapes ami came staggoring from tho ruins ufk-r tho awful shock, scarce knowing themselves what had happened. From the lists of tenants and em ployes secured it seems certain that llfty persons in all wore in tho col lapsed section, most of whom are un doubtedly lost. Carelessness is undoubtedly tho cause of tho disaster, but where tho responsibility rests is as yet problem atical. Thomas Thomason, the engi neer, was painfully injured, ilo said lie could assign no reason for the ex plosion. City lloilor Inspector Mc Gregor says ho inspected the boilers last August and had found them up to tho requirements. As dead bodies aro being taken from tho ruins and identified the scene is most heart rending. In addition to the large number known to be dead nineteen persons havo been rescued, Konio of them badly injured. Over a dozen dead bodies have already been taken from tho ruinsand at least twen ty more aro undoubtedly still buried Thlrty-lhrcii Oodles Uncovered. Dkthoit, Mich., .Nov. 7. The work of recovering the bodies of tho victims of tho .lournal boiler explosion con tinued all day to-day. liy to-morrow morning all tho debris will have been explored and the last of tho bodies re covered. At. V) o'clock tho searchers uncovered this nineteenth body. It was that of -Jennie Noubauor, ono of Miller's em ployes. Five minutes later the body of licrthu Woidbuseh was dug out, and at ten minutes past 0 o'clock still another girl's body was recovered, so Jbadly burned that it could not bo rec ognized. Y lew minutes before :i o'clock tho jrhastliest. Hud of the day was made. It was tho trunk of a woman. Tho lioily was bloody, tho arms and feet humed oil'. Tho head was found at fsoiiio little distance from the trunk, completely severed by a falling tim ber. About -1 o'clock three bodies were found togcthor under tho debris, in tlio alley in tho roar of the Journal building. There wero two men and a girt in tho group. The woman laid wedged between tho other corpses. She was Luo Fret., ap prentice in the machine shop of the Jlogers Typograph Supply Co. In her Xinnd she still held tho small bit of ma chinery with which she was working. On either side of her were liradley and Iksrby, tho earpentors who were caught while making sorao alterations to the building. Up to n o'clock this afternoon evory oody taken from tho ruins had been identified liy friends and relatives. One body was that of a young woman sitting bolt upright in a chair us she hail been when the explosion took plnco. She had been sulVocated. Tho causofof tho frightful catastro phe was settled beyond all question this morning when tho workers on tho ruiiiH got down to tho boiler. Tlio ex plosion was caused by a dry boiler. Thirty-three bodies in all havo been taken from under tlio mass of debris. Ailin. Sliulcldt Iloiul. AVahiiinoto.v, Nov. 8. Itour-Adin. Kobort W. Shufoldt, retired, died at his home in this city this morning after a Jong illness following an attack of tlio grip and an accident while driving about a year ago. lio had a notable record, having opened Corea to tlio world by treaty, burvoyed tlio To huuntepoc cttnal routu and played an Important part in the civil war. A BOILER LXPLODES. Four Mint Killed from u Itlow-l'p on t tin I.kIiIuIi & Hudson llallroad Wahwicic. N. y., Nov. II. I3ngino No. 13, of the Lehigh & Hudson rail road, blew up yesterday morning near this place. Two men wcro instantly killed and two others died later from their injuries. The engine was draw ing a train between Maybrook and i'lilllipsburg. Conductor Martin O'Neill, of Itolvidore, and ills head hrakeman, James L. Sloan, of Phillips burg, were in the cab when the train started for the junction with Kngincer William Cooper, of I'hillipsburg, and his llrcMiian, Herbert Ilcetner.of Huston, Pa. A train of forty cars had reached tho top of the grade near the stone bridge, and as the train started down cold water was doubtless run into the boiler. Mrakenian Morris Moil saw tlio explo sion that followed. The heavy boiler went .( feet in the air mid fell 2! feet from the tracks, leaving tho engine trucks uninjured. Moil threw himself full length on a car and clung there. Me recovered himself and ho ami Flag man Adams begun setting brakes. The train ran a mile and a half before it could lie stopped. Meil ran (I miles to Warwick and gave tlio alarm and Adams went back to flag tho eastern express. Superintendent I'.ailey, with a gang of men, went in an engine to tho scene. A terrible sijfht met tho rescuers. Con ductor O'Noil was crushed and muti lated almost beyond recognition, tlio train having pnssod over him. Sloan hung unconscious on a barbed wirn fence nml Hn.rineor Cooper lay dead under tho boiler. All wcro nearly naked, parts of their clothing hanging in tho trees near liy. A little later Fireman llootnor was seen walking along tho trades, his trousers being his only apparel. Me was dazed and Miid lie remembered going through the air and found himself in a Held .10 foot from the trucks. Me soon relapsed in to unconsciousness and was taken to Huston, where ho died in the afternoon. Ilrukoinaii Sloan died here yesterday morning. OUR POSTAL AFFAIRS. Interesting Mgums from llin Annual lie nor! of yimt Assistant roslnmstcr-Cien-cral .lours. Y hiiinuto.y, Nov. 11. Fir.it Assist ant Postmaster (iciicral Frank II. Jones has made his annual report for the year ended June 110, Is'.)."!. Mr. Jones shows that the divisions under his su pervision havo saved during the year SI, :i!)"),.'77, tlir principal items being the saving in the carriers by stopping overtime and reduction of tho force, amounting to SL. '100.000. Tlio salaries to all presidential postmasters amounted to S."i.S')7,:20Ot and tho gross receipts of post olllees SUO.fi.'JS, 01)7. The number of presidential post masters is a.'.il, of which Mil aro first-class, 700 second class, S.O.'ia third class. An estimate of 17,000,000 for all postmasters is made for the year 1SU7, an increase over tlio present year of S1,0.)0,000. Tho total number of positions brought within the elassi iieil service during tho year were ',30.". Mr. Jones recommends tho abolition of experimental free delivery mi le ,s 10, 000, 000 is apprHpriated for tlio piirpose, also free rural delivery un less $'.20,000,000 is appropriated. An estimate of $r,y.Wi),:t00 is made for tlio free delivery service next year. The money order report shows iat there are 1!),('U1 domestic money order olliees and orders to tho amount of S!.v;,7l)(.),0S'.i were issued and $ir0,I.V.),iSJ paid. Mr. Jones recommends legisla tion requiring clerics handling money order business to give bonds. Concerning tho dead letter matter the report says: "The number of pieces of original mail matter received during tho year for treatment was 0, 31'..87:s, a decrease of 7-51, 171." Mr. Jones renews seteial recommen dations made in his last report, such an a penally for using postmarks for unlawful purposes; to prevent boy cotting y ist olliees; to amend the franking l.iws; more stringent legis lation agiiust obscene mail matter; the power to suspend employes; the employment of temporary and substi tute clerks; care for disabled employes; tlio better classification of salaries of clerks in largor olliees and the employ ment of substitute carriers. QUELLED A RIOT. Mlnnm at lllrniiii;liam, O., Attack a lions anil Aro I'lllcd Mlth KulliitH. Cincinnati, Nov. 11. The Commercial-Gazette special from liirmingliaiii says; A threatened riot at Ishkoota mines, near this city, was quelled by Peery Watkins, tho mine boss, Satrtr day night, who killed two men and mortally wounded another. Wnt Icins was assaulted by Louis Smith, Jr., Louis Smith, Sr., and Columbus Madden, with missiles. When they had Watkins down and, as they thought, knocked senseless, ho emptied his revolver, kill ing Louis Smith, Jr.. ami Columbus Madden, and mortally wounding Louis Smith, Sr. Tlio other dissatisfied min ors then threatened Watkins, but wero quelled by Watkins starting tho biuno vigorous defense. llanlciir tlnhusnn I'oturiiH, Omaha, Neb., Nov. II. Hanker Frank Johnson, of tho Citizens' state bank, which recently failed, who mystorlously disappeared last week, has returned. Mo declares lie has been sick in western Nebraska and knew nothing of the attachment of his property and charges that ho had left the country. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. A vorvo son of John Schado, of Shelby, was recently crushed to death by a wagon and runaway team. Tin: total registration of the city of Lincoln for the late election was 5,500, which was 1,100 less than a year ago. Somi: time since Charles Feas, of Friend, fell from a horse and broke his back. Mo was to havo been married tlio next day. Tin: women of tho Christian church at Plattsmouth gave a free dinner on election day to all voters who voted the prohibition ticket. A .man, identified by letters ns M. M. Do Witt, of Omaha, was recently killed in a wreck on the Missouri Pacific road near Kansas City, Ivan. Mo was steal ing n ride on tlio bumpers of a coal train. Ida Oahkin, an 11-year-old girl, was criminally assaulted and murdered at Omaha on the night of tlio 3d and Iior body was found In a vacant house next morning. Two men named Hooker and Morgan wero arrested on suspicion. Whim: Mrs. 13. lj. Robinson was out riding at Hastings tho other afternoon tho horse ran away and upset tho car riage. Mrs. Robinson struck tho ground with such force as to break her arm and otherwise injure herself quite badly. Lincoln police were recently en gaged in tho search for P1.U00 worth of diamonds, which wero lost by a travel ing man. His name was J. II. Vogel. The stones wcro in a small sample case, or wallet, whicli lio carried in liih pocket. Lawson Cook, who was at one time one of the wealthiest farmers of Otoe county, and a pioneer settlor, diod at the Lincoln insane asylum the other day at the age of nearly 76 years. Ilu was adjudged insane and sent to thj asyium in December, 180.1. Sicvihiai. weeks ago the 10-year-old son of A. Thorp, of (Irani! Island, was bitten by a dog supposed to be mad. A madstono was applied and as it did not adhere lie was thought to be safe. Tho other day, however, tho boy be came a raving maniac with all the signs of hydrophobia. Is tlio federal court at Omaha sev eral days ago Judge Sanborn decided a case involving $7,000,000. The Cen tral Jiimn it Trust Co., of New York, asked for a decree in foreclosure against tlio St. Joseph & Grand Island Rail road Co. for S7,'000,0t)0 mortgage bonds, and the decree was granted. Lincoln police were recently noti fied from Dcadwood, S. I)., to keep a lool;out for one Kimball, an insane banker, who was supposed to be headed toward Lincoln. Kimball had been previously picked up witli valuable papers with him, but was released be fore tho notification from Dead wood. Tin: Humboldt llourmill, tho largest of its kind in southeast Nebraska, was totally destroyed by flro at an early hour tlio other morning. It was owned by O. A. Cooper, mayor of Humboldt, wlio placed liis loss at 601,000, with in surance not to exceed S'2"i,000. A llnr lington freight car and a team of valu able horses also burned. Tin: caso of inland M. Wheeler against J. 13. Cobbey for $S,.M)0 dam ages for an alleged infringement upon the copyrighted publication of the Ne braska statutes was thrown out of the federal court at Lincoln the othor morning by Judge Shiras. The ground was that the plaintiff: should have commenced his action within two years of tlio alleged infringement. Tin: secretary of tho interior lias uf firmed the decision of tho commissioner on the application of Albert Holt, that tho interior department cause suit tc be brought to cancel a patent issued to Wilson Pyles for a quarter section of land in Neligli land district. The see rotary holds that no sufllcient showing is made by plaintitV to warrant the de partment in recommending a suit for cancellation of the patent involved. In the homestead contest of Reuben A. Slaymaker against Lizzie Slay, from tho O'Neill district, the secretary af firmed the decision of the commission er and holds defendant's entry for can celation. At tlio lute city election in Omaha the republicans carried everything be fore them, iiroateh was elected mayor over Hrown, the citizens' and demo cratic candidate, by '.)rf.r. Two demo crats were elected to the council. Peabody, for mayor, received l.-'ls'J voles. The total vote of the city for mayor was l.i,S77. Tho Fourth Judicial district (Omaha City and Douglas county) elected live republican and two democratic and citizens' district judges. Norval, for supremo judge, carried tho city and county by a plu rality of 1,350 over li is highest com petitor, Judge Maxwell. Maboney received t,'J(i'2 votes for supreme judge, Phelps 1)75 and Wolfinbarger V15 votes. AcuouniNO to tho decision of Judge Holmes at Lincoln, Frank Milton, ex oil inspector of tlio state, must ac count for something like 55,000 in fees which so far lie lias failed to turn over to the state treasurer. Judge Holmes overruled Hilton's demurrer, which was made on tho theory that the law creating tho oflice of oil inspector was unconstitutional and, consequently, ho could not bo compelled to account for fees ho hud received. Tlio court held that tlio fact that Hilton had given bond and accepted fees estopped him from setting up the alleged uncon stitutionality of tlio law, and he must account for all fees received. Judge Holmes also decided that the oliice of coal oil inspector is not an oxouutivo oflice. EXTRADITED. An Allejri'il "oiifi'ilcratn In nil KiiiIipzzIo nii'iit Surrt'iiili-riKl by Mexico. Crrv or Mi'.xico, Nov. II. Secretary of State Murl-cal lias notified United States Minister Hansom that llichard C. Uowc, of Iowa, for whom claim had been made for extradition, would bo delivered at once to Superintendent William F. Force, of tho Pinkcrton National Detective agency, who had been here for the last five months work ing on the riv. Tlio two will leave for Iowa to-morrow. Tho crime with which Howe is charged is helping his brother, Chester Howe, who was treasurer of Poweshiek county, la., to embezzle ?33,000. Chester I to wo has taken out ills naturalization papers, and being now a citizen of Mexico cannot bo ex tradited, but will bo tried hero for bringing stolen nroperty into the coun try. ' HONORS FOR MR. PEAK. Tim l'retlilunt Salil to Have Selected u Kan hih City ''Ian at Minuter to Switzerland. Washington, Nov. 11. The presi dent is said to have decided upon tlio appointment of John L. Peak, of Kan sas City, as minister to Switzerland, to fill the vacancy due to tho resignation of James O. Urondheail, of St. Louis, and tlio informs)! ion is received from such sources as' to place its relia bility lKjyond all reasonable ques tion. The appointment may be with held until after the assembling of con gress in December, so as to avoid the necessity of a reappointment for con firmatory purposes, but tlio assurance that it will be made rests upon such authority that Mr. Peak's friends may safely tender to him their congratula tions. KILLED WHILE On" DUTY. A California Kpre.s..t At;eiit Sliot to Death Hecatisn lie Would Not lllvo 1 .Money. Stockton, Cal., Nov. 11. While tho stages from O.ikdalo and Angeles vcro changing horses at Chinese Cli'mp George Camp, tlio assistant postmaster and express agent, was shot to death by two robber. Five thousand dollars in coin wore shipped from Oakdalo on tlio stage, and tho robbers were evidently awareif the fact. Morris had tho 11101103 with him at the time, and when called upon Co surrender, opened lire on the rob bers. One of the men had a shotgun, and returned the fire, riddling Morris' body witli buckshot. They thou left without talcing tho money. PANIC IN EUROPE. Intervention of tlie lioMiselilld-i Mono I'rii enteil .Serious Kesnlls. London, Nov. 11. The Paris corre spondent of tho Times says it is under stood that only the intervention of the itothschiids on Saturday prevented the panic at Paris from becoming positively disastrous. A dispateli to tlio Daily News from licr lin says that but for the assistance ren dered by the Piothsehild.-: on Saturday bourse prices would have closed still weaker. The panic could not have been worse on tlio eve of a general 13u ropean war. CUBANS ENCOURAGED. It Irt Said the Insurgents Havo Surrounded (Ion Campos A Crisis Kxpected. Ni:v Yimit. Nov. 11. Dispatches from Havana indicate a crisis in Cuban af fnirs. (Jen. Campos, commander of tho Spanish forces in Cuba, has been completely surrounded at Santa Llara by the insurgent forces, and a decisive battle is expected. Campos lias been making his headquarters at Santa Clara, and has witli him the llower of the Spanish army. His force is, how ever, greatly outnumbered by tho in surgent forces, and altogether things do not look rosy for the Spanish cause. WILL GIVE AMPLEWARNING. Tlio llorernnient Went her Uunvui Has Ar ranged 11 Sunlt'o That M 111 I'eiiclit Farm ers. Ciiicaoo. Nov. 11. Prof. Garriott, of the weather bureau, has perfected a system whereby fourteen western states will give mutual warning by tel ephone, telegraph and signals of the approach of storms. The territory lias been subdivided so perfectly that stockmen and farmers will be warned at least twenty-four hour in advance of blizzards. FIGHTING CHRISTIANITY. China Not Vet Heady to Vield to tlio Kindly Persuasions of .Missionaries. Nkw Yum. Nov. 11. News from China is discouraging to the propa gators of Christianity. At Hunan, the place in which the book entitled 'Death to the Devil's Religion" was written, the author, Cbou Han, is issu ing and distributing thousands of conies of his work. interesting lloolc to Merchant. Washinoion, Nov. 11. Tlio statis tical bureau of the slate department lias just issued a work of great value to merchants generally in tho shape of a volume on tho "Highways of Com merce." Tills was compiled from re ports by United States consular olllcers on the moans of freight and passenger transportation and telegraphic com munication in their respective dis tricts. lturned liy Cinders and Hot Iron. Ciiicaoo, Nov. 11. Saturday after noon, in the works of the Iroquois Furnace Co. at South Chicago, seven workmen wore engaged in trans ferring some boiler plates, when tho blast was overthrown and all were caught in tlio hot shower of cinders and mass of heated iron. Four were fatally and the other three badly burned. NOW A DUCJIESS. Tho Groat Socloty Bvont of Now York City. Mnrrlncn of the IJtikn of Marlborough and Miss Vnndorltllt 1'rofuso Chureli Doe orations I'uo IHshups and n. Itnctor OIIlr.latc. Ni'.w Yor.K, Nov. 7. The much talked of woddingof Miss Consuclo Van dcrbilt and tho duko of Marlborough took place yesterday in St. Thomas' church. The hour set for tho begin ning of tlio ceremony was 12 o'clock. At that hour tho church was thronged with representatives of New York's smartest society gathered to witness tho ceremony. A squad of fifty po licemen was on hand at 9 o'clock to keep the entranco to the church clear. My 10 o'clock they had their hands full to keep the fast increasing crowd moving. At that hour the church mm TIIK Dt'Ki: OK .MAHI.llOHOCOir. doors were thrown open, and it was found to be decorated to tlio perfec tion of tlio florist's art. Tlio ushers wore at their posts tho moment the doors opened. They wero Messrs. F. lirockliolst Cutting, llich ard T. Wilson, Jr., Keginald Ronalds, Herbert D. Robblns and Hamilton W. Caroy. Tho full choir of tho church was in the choir alcoves, and the or ganist of tlio church was assisted by a. harpist. At 10:15 o'clock tho concert began and continued until 11:15. At l'i o'clock tlio clergy attired in their clerical robes entered from the vestry room. Rishop 7vfttle John, who olliciated, was followed by Mishap Potter and Rev. John Wesley i'rown, rector of the church, who took their stations at tlio chancel and awaited tho arrival of tho brido and bridegroom. At a few minutes before 1:2 o'clock carriages containing tlio bride, her mother and tho bridesmaids, drove up to tlio church. The bridal party at once wont to bho small room at tlio left of the entrance, where tlio hist touches wero put on tho gowns and everything was in readiness for tho ceremony. The duko of Marlbo rough with his best man, his cousin, Hon. Ivor Guest, entered the church y .".l" ? . s Vs ? -rfaa. 4, v- - V " - fS2S JW"tA s-,-Z''-i rj' V'SYiiir, - T-5 TIIK DUCHKSS OK MAHUSOKOUGH. from the vestry room and botli took their posts at tlio right of tlio chancel and awaited tho coming of tlio bride. Tlio ushers marched up tlio side aisles and took their stations in front of and at either side of tho chan cel. The bridesmaids led tlio bridal procession, walking two and two. Then camo Mi-.h Vanderbilt on the arm of her father and carrying in her left hand tlio bridal bouquet. Tlio brides maids took positions at either side of the chancel. The bridegroom steppeil forward and took the right hand of Miss Vanderbilt and led her to tlio chancel steps. Tho marriage rite of tlio Episcopal chureli then followed. Immediately after ho had given his daughter away Mr. William K. Van derbilt quietly left tho chureli. When tho marriage ceremony was over tlio duko and his bride went to the vestry room and signed the mar riage register. At tho same time each of tho bridesmaids took a baskot of nosegays and marched back up tho aisle distributing them among tho guests. As the duko and his brido re entered tlio church tho orchestra played the wedding march from Tann hauser. Tlio bridesmaids returned to tho chancel and tho bridal party marched down tho aislo, tho ushers loading. Tho bridesmaids followed them and then camo tho duko and his bride. After them came Mrs. Vander bilt on tho arm of Mr. Guest. Tho party immediately entered carriages and drove to Mrs. Vanderbilt's house, where tho reception and breakfast followed. At 3 o'clock tho duko and duchess of Marlborough left for ok dale, L. I., whero, at Mr. Vandci hilt's country place, "Idle Hour," they will spend their houcymooi w - vt. jcSi. wls Msmm f!lff BMSBWI jT TJ i.:5,'J r- fei &??.-. . v ? 1 M"-.5?T' vi ?:4Ssi-sNS5 ifX I, wSriii imm III t x V