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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
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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
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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
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