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PART L r FHE OMAHA .SUNDAY BEE , NINETEENTH YEAE. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , SEPTEMBER 8 , 1889.-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 81 ANTWERP HORROR , The Qroat Blnzo of Petroleum Still Raging Furiously. BIG WAREHOUSES IN RUINS. The ExDlodlng Cartridges Kill Many Sailors in the Harbor. IMMENSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Burned Oorpsos Fourid Half nMllo From the Powder Factory. PLACING -THE RESPONSIBILITY. The Town Council Will I .my the Blninu the Provincial Council The Terrible Mine Accident in Scotland. The Flro Still Ilnglng. 1 > U James OonionJemisU.l Sept. 7. [ Now York Herald Cable Sncclal to Tun Bnn.l The horizon is Btlll blood-rod with the glare ot the great flrc , which is oven yet raging furiously , though the petroleum warehouses them selves nro but a hcnp of ruins. It appears that , ns a measure -of precaution , a largo proportion of the forty millions of cartrlgcs In the Corvlltnn factory bad been buried In the ground. After the explosion the men employed In n petroleum warehouse close at band turned on the taps of the reservoirs , containing millions of gallons of the liquid , and scut It flowing nlong the tranches. The petroleum reached the powder manufactory nud penetrated to where the cartridges were buried to-day. The fire spread to these cartridges. Frequent nnd loud reports nro beard i\s pacli- ets of the cartridges explode from time to time , aJcllncto the pantcof the population. Several sailors on board the vessels in the port hnvo been killed , among them a cabin boy on board the City of Boston. Ho was In the rigging when ho wns struck by n box of cartridges. Ho fell to the deck bslow and death was instantaneous. An English vessel , the Labrador , which wns on tbo point of sailing for London with a cargo of mineral ore , had her dock cabins completely destroyed. The cook was'struck In the ohest by a packet of cartridges and killed iPstantly. The Belgian Btenmor Prince Albert wus much damngcd , A gang of dockers unloading n German vessel were thrown down into the hold nnd tbreo of them were killed by the fall , whllo nn equal number were seriously injured. As cabled last night , the number of windows dews broken is incalculable. Scarcely n r shop or cafe can show an Intact puna of glass. Tha number of parsons wounded by splinters is immense , and nt ono cafe a ver anda , running nlong the front , fall , Injuring a majority of the customers sitting beneath. Half burned corpses nnd fragments of hu- mnu bodies hnvo been found to-day nt a Ala- tancc of nearly half a mile away from the powder factory , Dovoldor , minister of justice , who came nere Immediately on receipt of tbo news ol the disaster , has wired the king all of the details. Ho soys that no further danger to the docks need bo apprehended. Ho speaks in terms of the highest pruiso of the trul.v admirable conduct ot the firemen , soldiers , hospital surgeonf und authorities. The funeral of the victims will take place on Monday morning. Subscription lists in favor of the killed and injured are boinp wldo'iy circulated. With regard to the question of rosponsl bllity , various reports tire circulating. It I : M authoritatively stated that the city onglnooi prepared a report to the effect that the towr wovud bo exposed to great danger were tin permission demanded by the Corvillai granted. It would bo worse than folly , hi said , to allow forty million cartridges to hi stored in suoh close proximity to tin petroleum warehouses. The town council which moats on Monday , will , it Is expected BSUO a tiroclamution throwing ull the ra sponslbllity upon the provincial council. I is probable that lawsuits will spring out o the affair. The Corvlllan is naturally no told blameless. It is , however , stated thnt the cartridges which were purchased from the Spanisl government , contained n small quantity o dynamite ; that the Corvlllan wus lottlnth dark about this fact. If it should provo cor reel it would probably cause a storm ot in 'dlgnatlon at the Spanish government , as th international convention of Geneva prohibited itod the use of explosive substances in carl ridges. The Corvlllnn wnsln Paris when his factor blow up. Ho returned hero to-day an had an Interview with tha municipal at thorStics hero. Ha refused to bo scon b any ouo else. The popular indlgnutlo against him is very strong , and the 11 ro hu been fanned by the report that ho pu chased cutrldgos ut u cost not exceeding th. mere vnluo ot the metal. He expected 1 mnko half u million francs profit on It speculation. Tha town Is crowded with thousands o visitors , whom the uows of the catustropli has brought from every part of Belgium. It Is believed thnt the measures ulrouO taken will bo sufficient to prevent the fii from Hurcadlng any further ! although It wl probably last nt least twenty-four houi longer. The chapter of accidents is long an terrible. It Is as yet Impossible to tml win may bo the number of the dead burled bi iiouth the ruins , but It Is certain that t least two hundred persons perished. FII teen of these who were carried to the ho pltuls have to-day died. rill : ; SCOTLAND MINK ACCIDENT Thirty "Widows and Seventy loss Children A Helmf Fund. ICojiur/o/il / I8S9 lti ] James Qonlnn TleniMt , ' ] EuiHiiuna , Sept. 7. iNow York Horal Cablo-SpcclaLto TUB BEB. ] At Mauric Wood , Pu Pcnlculk , this morning , boyon the slight nolso caused by tbo monotonoi click of the engine , all was quiet , and whoi yesterday stood largo groups of-rclutlvi and friends of the entombed miners , eager clinging to the feint bopo tnut was thou ho out , only a few , drawn by curiosity , at prcucnt. Before dawn six other bodies wet brought up , making twenty-seven r covered lu all. A copious su ply of Tvutor is' kept on tl burning coal , but It U evident that llttlo pr gross Is being made lu reducing the llame the tire In tbo east aldo having got hoi The bodies woiVfound lying on an olcvati portion of the working , anil the only way which they could DO rulsod was by ulaclt them , thrco at a time , la a bo'x and iloatli them uloug ou the water to tba tuouth ot V , Incline. Asau Instance of the difficulty experlonc in searching , the rescuing party state that they had to wade through water for fally a quarter of an hour before they came upon tha corpses. At 5 o'clock In the morning the water was four foot deep and wns rising at the rate of thrco inches nn hour , consequently It was deemed advisable to cease searching. At this time the flro on the eastern siOo was burning brightly , nnd the hose which was being played upon It had llttlo ofToet. Ltita r In the day n consultation of mining export s and the manager ot the colliery was hold , nt which It was resolved to damp down the mine , nnd this having boon done , there will bo no further operations probably for six weeks. It Is estimated that thcro nro there thirty widows nnd seventy fatherless children , and that 20,0011 will bo needed ns n relict fund , towards which several of the leading col lieries nnd landed proprietors have already contributed , the Spoils colliery giving 5,000 and tbo Manjulsof Lothian 1,000 , , SIxty-threo and Seventeen , ICopi/rty/it / lS33hiiJamtA Gordon n nuett.1 LONDON , Sept. 7. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to THE BEE. I Howard Paul , nn old member of the Savage club , and well known In dramatic and literary circles on both sides of the Atlantic , was married at St. Gcorgo'a church , Bloomsbury , this after noon to Miss Florence Arthur. Ho is sixty- throe nnd aha Is soventcon. Paul is a native of Philadelphia. ENULiISU-BUEO HOUSES. A Noted Breeder Gives Some Very Interesting Facts. [ Cni/rf0it ) ? i $ < V ) bu Jamc } ( Jonlon JJcnnffM PAIUS Sept. 7 , ( Now York Herald Cable Special to TUB BEB. ] At the horse show to-day I had a conversation with nn exhibitor of Domlsang horses , whoso opinion will bo of special interest to Englishmen and Americans. This is Burdctto Coutts , M. P. , owner of the BrooWleld stud , near Holly Lodge , Htghgilto. Said ho : "I have not brought over my best horses , but I see no reason to feel ashamed of the ten I huvo on exhibition. You know I have for seine years in my Brookfield stud boon making n rather needed departure in horse bteeding. This is , I think , of general inter est , not only from its novelty , but from its eminent success. At the Uoyal Agricultural society's show at Windsor this year , my horses were awarded over a dozen prizes , in cluding the queen's goU medal for the best coaching stallions nnd the queen's gold medal for tbo best hackney ninre. I may therefore speak with certain authority ou the subject ot breeding Dcmisang horses. The trouble In England has hitherto been that great landed - proprietors etors nnd other capitalists who have engaged in horse breeding have limited their efforts almost entirely to producing thoroughbred racers , hunters or heavy draft horses. These nro all very well as far as they go , but they do not go nearly far enough. Besides those , England uses nnd requires an enormous number of light draft horses , ns well ns for military purposes. The breeding of such horses as these has been entirely neglected , except in Yorkshire and the eastern coun ties. "Thoro have , however , In the course of the last hundred years , como into existence through the providential care of small farmers , thrco different breeds of horses which may properly bo considered as thor oughbreds , or all but such. Thcso breeds ore the hackney trotter -roadster , the Cleveland bay , nnd the Yorkshire coach horso. The hackney breed is of Interest to Americans , because from it came the horse Bcllfoundcr , from which again came Kysdyck's famous Humblctouian. Hackney horses are of medium size , standing about 15-2and are admirably adapted for drawing broughams , llitht victories , phae tons , otc. The Cleveland Bays and York shire coach horses are largo , standing 10-2 or 10-3 , and are suited for barouche service. "Now , as I said above , thcso three breeds have been produced only by small farmers In a small section of England , through whoso efforts , however , the breed has been kept pure to n certain extent. Therefore , until recently , this means of supply bus been suf ficient , but of late years a change has taken place. Foreign governments have gradually como to recognize tbo supurlor excellence ot the three English breeds , and the desirabil ity of obtaining souio of them for their own purposes , military and otherwise. Consequently Austria , Italy , Hussia , Franca and other countries have been sending agents to England , who have every year bought largo numbers of these horses , aud so well bavo thcso agents carried out their mandates that it was rapidly be coming apparent that unless something was done to stop such , wholesale appropria ion the country would soon be entirely depleted of Its most useful horses. So I resolved to do something myself in the lluo of defend ing these great English Interests , und I think I hnvo suecoouoJ. "In the first place , I hnvo laid it down as a fundamental principle in my breading Dcmisang horses that 1 will never soil my best stallion or moro ot any given species. I always keep my horses so us to bo ublo tc produce others equally good. The others I sell , but In this way I control the market und keep up the standard of oxcallouoa ia uij own stud. " STAND BY ABBOTT. The Itoclc Inland Will Not Heeo nlzc tlvn Aollnir Cftnirnmn. CIIIOAOO , Sopt. 7. Tbo Kock Island roai gave formal notice that It would decline ti recognize the action of the Western Statci Passenger association at its meeting Thurs duy in placing the affairs of the ussoclatloi in the hands of the secretary. General Man agcr St. John takes tha ground that tba elec tlon of the secretary was not vulid , becuusi It was not effected by u unanimous vote , am ho UHUOUI1C33 that his company will cantlnui to recognize Abbott as acting chairman o the association. This is the same positloi taken by General Manager Egan , of thi Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City , Freight Auont 1'nrlcer HntdiriiH. KANSAS Citr , Sept. 7. A special fron Topeka says this morning C. A. Parker , general oral freight agent ot thu Atcbisoii , Topeka t Santa Fo railroad , bunded lu Ms rusignatloi to tuko effect October 1. Heading Otr the Northern "I'aollli ; . DULUTII , Sept. 7. Tno Canadian Paclfli has let the contract to build about sovot hundred in lies of now road next year to hcai off tbo Northern Pacific's ' movement in Mon tana and other northwest territory , A nov line Is to bo extended through the Yellow head puss of the Kooky mountains and to th count. Fought a French Duel. COLUMBUB , Ga. , Sept. 7. It U rumoroi that Hon.W , W. Patterson and Hon. Wm. A Huff , of Mucon , members of the logUiatur from Bibb county , fought a duel ut Popla Spring , Ala. , this evening. The report say neither party was seriously hurt , if at ull No facts can bo obtained to-night. SULLIVAN'S AMBITION. Ho "Will Hun For Congress From the Boston District. NEW Yonit. Sept. 7. The Sun this after noon publishes a letter from John , L. Sul- llvnn , in which ho announces his intention of running for congress on the democratic ticket. It Is his ambition to represent the Boston district , nnd ho spates that such high nmbltlon ho trusts will in the future make his llfo wh.nl it ought to bo. In , nn Interview regarding his proposal to stand for congress , Sullivan said : "You know of tno misfortune I hnvn just had in the loss of my mother. I don't want to tnlk nbout it much. I cnn only say I do not feel like living as I hnvo up to now. You know how people nbuso ino , nnd if I make a good resolution my cnomlos laugh nt It , whllo my friends try to got mo to , break it , but I will show thorn what I moan to do without saying much nbout It. In the first plncp , I ' shall give up boxing , which has occupied' time so far. It Is an honorable calling nnd does good , but as n congressman or n candi date for congress , I , of course , could not continue to bo a professional pugilist. My fighting reputation la made. The cropplng-up of now fightora can't injure it , and thnso challenges can't worry mo , I shall no through with my six weeks' exhibi tion and shall put my money uwny care fully and attend to my political career oxclu- "Now that my mother Is dead , there is no sively hereafter. ono depending on mo but my father , nnd ho is well cared for. Ho has six houses In his own name which will keep him In comfort to the end of his days. I have brought him on with mo from Boston because I can't leave him nlono to worry nbout iny inothor'3 death. " Whllo Sullivan wns talking of his future political aspirations , a friend of his noxv in congress dropped In to see him to express sympathy nt his mother's death und to say ho would bo glad to do all ho could to help Sullivan out of his trouble down south. John I'n Bonollt. NEW YOUK , Sopt. 7. After mnny post ponements nnd delays the long heralded re ception to John D. Sullivan was held at the Academy of Musio to-night. Fourteenth street from Third to Fourth avenues was filled with n motley crowd ot Sullivan's ad mirers , and wnon the champion's carriage appeared it was almost impossible for the driver to bring it to the curbstone. When the champion alighted the cheering was tre mendous. The crowd in the academy was not nearly ns largo as had been expected. Sullivan appeared late in the evening. Ho hud lost none of bis old-time quickness and grace * , and ho never appeared to bettor advantage than in his bout with Mlko Cleary. His appaar- anco on the stage was the signal for tumultuous applause , which lasted for fully ten minutes. The "Big Fellow" stopped to the foot-lights nhd made ono of his characteristic speeches. Ho said : "Ladies and gentleman : I do not know what to say to youI am nt present suffer ing from a sad affliction , the loss of iny ' mother , but I wish > , thank the New York public for their Kindness to mo. They al ways have been kind to mo and I shall uovor forgot it. I beg to remain yonr humble servant. " Sullivan then turned .and shook hands with Cleary nnd the audience was treated tea a fine exhibition of scientific boxing. HEIll TO FOUTV THOUSAND. Romantic History of nil Interesting ' Young Ludy. CHICAGO , Sept. 7. Some days ago Chief of Pollco Hubbard received a request from Dr. J. II. Brewer , of Sioux City , lu. , for the full names and addresses of all the Adams in Chicago. The following story Is told in explanation of the request : Auout twenty years ugo n man named Andrews eloped with with Miss "Viola Adams , the daughter of n wealthy resident of Chicago. The father cast his daughter off. The young husband soon began to treat bis wife harshly and finally she loft him and returned to her father , bringing her baby daughter with her. Subsequently the child wjis stolen , and ull efforts to find her were unavailing. Finally Grandfather Adams died , leaving the missing child a legacy of $40,000. It now appears that she was stolen by her father , who placed her In the family of a Norwegian named Nelson , of DCS Moines , whuro she grow up as their daugh ter. Uccently Dr. Brewer discovered the facts in the case nnd secured n confession from the father , who had boon playing the role of a friend of the Nelson family. It was bis intention to take the girl to Chicago and secure the legacy for himself. The young lady is now with Dr. Brewer's family in Sioux City , and the doctor is endeavoring to get her Chicago relatives. NEW OUUISUR LAUNCHED. The Philadelphia Sot Afloat Froin Crump's Ship-Yard. PiuiADEU'iiu , Sept. 7. The now stool cruiser Philadelphia was launched in Cr.unp's ship-yard in this city at 11 M'J this morning. Tha new vassal is the fourth in size of the armored cruisers provided for tbo navy. _ LJnliko the vessels already constructed hero , the ofllclal test will not bo rated ac cording to horse power , but fixed speed. The contract stipulates a speed of nineteen knoti per hour , and unless this is reached largo deductions will bo m ado in the contract price. The cruiser's length is 410 fcot ; beam , 43 j foot ; draught , 10 > i fcot , nnd displacement , 4il ! tons. Her main battery will consist ol twelve six-Inch rlllos , whllo her secondary battery will bo composed of two Gattllnga , ono one-pound Hotchklss and two 57-inch Millimeter guns. Added Interest was givcu to the occasion by the ureseuco of a number of distinguished guests , chief among them being Mrs. Harri son , wlfo ot the president , and Mrs. John Wanumnkcr , When the vessel slid off the ways fully twenty thousand pontons wore assembled in nnd around the great ship-yard , Miss Minnie Wauuuiakor , daughter of tbo postinastor-geuoral , christened the now cruiser. Immediately after the launching , which was entirely successful , the invited KUests were escorted to the ofllca of the ship building firm , where lunch was eaten , A AVarrnnt For Treasurer Dana. BOSTON , Sept. 7. A warrant for the urresl of the missing treasurer of the Douglas Axe manufacturing company , Dcnlsoa D. Dunu , was to-day secured , churglng him with em bezzling $25,000 , from tbo company. This 1 ; not regarded as moro than a small part ol what bo actually took , but it was necessary that a particular sum should DO sj > eculodanil the facts were not at hand to substantiate an allegation us to the whole amount. A petition in bankruptcy was filed agulnsl tbo Douglas Axe company to-day. Clrona Man O'Brien Doad. Pnii.AUEi.riiu , Sept. 7. John O'Brien , tin well known circus man , died at bis homo hen to-day , aged flfty-threo. HIS EYE ON FRAHCE. Bismarck Awaiting the Rsault of the French Election. THE WAR DRUMS WILL BEAT. 1C Boulanjjor Weakens the Govern ment Germany Will Brlstlo. t WORKING CLASS - LEGISLATION ( The Chancellor Will Take Tip the Social Problems. TEUTON PRIDE IS TOUCHED. Irritated By the CznV's Treatment of the Emperor the , Muscovite la Given a Brand Hint The Boclmm Congress. BUmnrckVnltinir For nn Opcnlnir. ICojij/rfoM / 1489 by Kcw YorH Associated l'n .l BBHLIN , Sept. 7. Tbo upproaoh of the opening of the llnal session of the rolckstug Is causing all parties to asle what form of policy the government is likely to take on with which to go before the country. The Bcml-ofilciul press affords no spocml indica tion. Prlnco _ Bismarck is obviously await ing the results of the French elections. If the present govurnmon ; is so materially weakened as to make Boulangcrism an im portant factor pf the Fioach policy wo are as certain to hear the war drum boat as in 1887 , and there will bo renewed nppaa la to patriots to support further military burdens , oven 1C Carnet bo secured in power. Prince Bismarck appears to bo preparing to give prominence to social reforms , bills dealing with strikes and measures aiming to protect the poorer classes agaiusjb undue in terest on loans. Legislation generally in favor of the working classes will play a load ing part in the coming sessions of both the rciehstai ; and the landtag as a preliminary to the forming of a plank in the election platform. Meanwhile the military expan sion involves n demand on the rolehstag1 for a credit of 00,000,000 marks. Tbo temper or the foreign office toward Russia is growing wnrso. The czar's treat ment of Emperor William continues to em bitter the rotations between , the two coun tries. The somi-oftlclul press is permitted or instructed to speak with notable frankness and severity. A Hamburg correspondent , n nn undoubtedly inspired article , says : "t ' 'Germany ' must accept the fact of tlio per manent hostility of the czar. The chancellor , being convinced of the czar's lasting enmity , will cease his dellcato and cautious treat ment of Russia and henceforth frankly tioat St. Petersburg as ho treats Paris. " The paper approves the- entente with Eng land and disapproves of the idea of giving free scope to Ilussiutoutiide of Europe. The rumors that Empress Augusta has be come a Catholic are baseless. * The ciews of the German men-of-war Adler and Ebor , wrccked'ln , the Samba hur ricane , have arrivc'd'at Kiel. Prince Henry , in an address , told them they had nobly per formed their duty in Samoa , showing them selves bravo sons of the fatherland. 'Ho welcomed them in the name of the emperor , who , he said , loved every truly bravo man as his own son. The prince afterward gave a dinner in honor of the men. Many rumors are in circulation to the ef fect that financial projects caused the recog nition of Herr VouScholz , the Prussian , finance minister. The North German Gazette to-night describes thosa rumors as idle in ventions and says that Herr VonScholz has not resigned , but has boon given a lung leave of absence on account of an affection of hs ( oyos. Count Vonllatzfoldt , German ambassador to London , having been summoned by Prince Bismarck , reached Frcdorieashon to-day. After witnessing the army manoeuvres in Saxony , the emperor will go on Tuesday to Mindcn to attend the manoeuvres of tha Westphollan troops and will proceed thence to Hanover. aThc uiauoouvros will bo on a grand scale. The czarowlch will bo the guest of the emperor - peror from the 15th to to 23d 'of September. If the czar's heir Is sent to Paris directly af ter parting from Emperor William it will incrcaso the tension to the breaking point. Court advices are to the effect that the czarowich will return * to Freldensborg and tbenco proceed to St. Petersburg. The municipal council of Hanover has voted the sum of 81,000 murks for the pur pose of decorating and Illuminating the city during the emperor's vlsl . 4Tho leading cit izens have been directed to make a display of bunting , but many of them will not ob serve the order , as in this'quurter enthusiasm does not run high for the Houonzollorns , The emperor has named his return to Berlin for the 29tli Inst. Ills interview with the czar will occur then if ut all. The emperor and empress , according to to-night's Post , will.doD.irt for Italy to moot King Humbert early in October. The action of the Catholic congress at Bo- chum in'abstaining from a declaration in favor of the restoration of the temporal power of the pope is received with unfavora ble conlmontsiby a section of the Catholic press , chiefly outside of Germany. Among the centrists , Dr. Wludthorst's speech in favor of the maintenance of the triple alli ance , although rendering the restoration of Roma to tha pope Impossible , Is accepted as tbo only possible policy , The pope has sent a letter to the Catholic congress at Munster thanking the German Catholics for their fidelity to the church and their strutrples to sustain their religion. Captain WUsmau's cxiwdltlon against Mawapwa consists of two'thousand ' men. A largo quantity of munitions loft Zanzibar on Monday last for the scone of operation.s The German pubHo generally Is indifferent toward the Huccosa'bf tho.Engllsh hitrlguos , and the advocates of tha policy of colonial extension denounce the treatment of Dr. Peters. The Woiitlint * Foroonsf , For Nebraska ; Fair ; stationary tempera ture , except In northern Nebraska ; slightly warmer ; easterly winds. For lo wa : Fulr , followed -western Iowa by light ruin ; stationary temperature , except in southern Illinois ; wanner ; easterly winds. For Dakota : Falr ; , , ) Jghtly warmer weather ; winds shifting to southerly. Alger AuBiunca Command. DETROIT , Sept. r. Commaudor-ln-Ohlef Alger , of the G. A. U. , to-day Issued gen eral orders u suralng command of the order , with headquarters bore , announcing the otti- cers elected at Milwaukee nnd the following staff appointments ; Adjutant general , George II. Hopkins , of Detroit , Mich. ; quartermaster general , Johu Taylor , of Phil- idolphla ; Inspector gonor.il , Lewis E. Grit- 1th , of Troy , N. Y. \ Judge advocate general , 0. U. Austin , of Toledo , O. iniAYlS JAME3 KTSbUY. Ho Rcscuofl n I ) row ill UK Girl In Splto of Her lilting anil Kicking. NEW YOHK , Sopt. 7 , One of the most de termined attempts at sulcldo over heard of wns mndo last night by Lena Hortzog , sev enteen j-cars of ago , who resides with dor parents la Wllltamsburg. Sim was a passenger on the ferry boat from Brooklyn ou the 12:10 : o'clock trip , the last night trip to this city. When the boat reached the Grand street ferry landing on this side , Miss Hortzog catno nshoro , but 1m- mcalatcty returned and paid her faro and once tnoro took a scat In tbo cabin. The boat had Just cleared the ship when she came out of the cabin nnd jumped overboard , The boat was' stopped and llfo-prcscrvcrs , laddcrn and ropes were called into requisi tion. The olccti io light made things as clear ns day. The first life-preservor thrown fell close to the girl , but she pushed It awuy , with an nngry gesture. The nolso and shouts attracted the ticket taker , James Kelly , who has already saved thirteen people ple from drowning. Ho Jumped into the river , seized tno girl by the waist , nnd lifted her bodily up so she might breathe. Tim girl turned upon linn nna struggled to free herself from his grasp. Kelly hold on , however , nnd made for the ship. A dcspor- ate struggle followed , the half-drowned girl scorned to gain strength nnd fought like n tigress. Wbon near the ship , ropes wora thrown out. Kelly caught ono and wound it around the body of his charge , but it was quickly thrown off. This the girl repeated two or'three times , and then , seizing her rescuer by the arm , savagely bit him. Kelly was becoming exhausted , and saw that if the girl's life was to bo saved , violence would have to bo used , so ho was compelled to boat her to submission. The blows had the desired effect for a time , but when an attempt was uiado to lift her up on a ladder , she broke out afresh , but was finally lauded , Wet , limp and exhausted. This water battla lasted fully fifteen minutes. When stimu lants wore offered the girl , later on , she threw the glass from her and smashed it. Fi nally the reckless creature was placed under arrest and was afterwards sent to a hospital In an ambulance.whcro to-day shu was doing nicely. Her parents soy the whole adventure arose from a love affair. JUMPED I1OKSRSIIOI2 Steve Brodlc Successfully Leaps the Cutnract of Ningnrn. NIAOAIU FALLS , N. Y. , Sept. 7. Stove Brodlo accomplished the perilous feat to-day of going over Niagara Falls in a rubber suit. Brodio and his party arrived at Clifton last night and put up at-tho Wavorly hotel , where they registered under fictitious names in or der to avoid suspicion. The party loft the hotel at 4 o'clock this mornlngnnd went to a point 200 feet above the falls. Brodio stripped and had his body padded with cotton batting. Then ho put on a rubber suit which was in flated fifty-two inches around the waist and seventy-five Inches around the chest , tno head gear being also inflated , while two stool bands protected his body. At 15:30 : Brodio entered the water with his paddle. Ho caueht the current ; and a few sccpnds later was shot over the center of the Horseshoe falls and was quickly lost to sight. Ho was buried from view for nearly two minutes , when a black spook , covered with a thick , white coating , was scon bobbing and JumpIng - Ing to and fro in the rushing water. In a short timu Brodio was caught and carried by tbo current toward the American shore , and then all of. a sudden ho was hur ried to tno Canadian shore , where John L. Edgcr swum out and dragged htm In. Brodio was lifted on the rocky shore and quickly stripped. Ho was unconscious and blood oozed from his mouth , nose and oars. For twenty minutes ho lay until ammonia Wns applied to his nostrils , when ho began to shiver. Ho gradually recovered conscious ness and it was then found that his injuries were not serious. Ho expects to bo able to go to Now York to-morrow. in describing his experience , Brodio says that after ho entered tbo river ho weakened and would have given anything m the world if ho could have reached land again. Ho at tempted to got ashore by using his paddle , but the swift current swept him back and turned his feet toward the brink of the cataract. When ho saw that it was impossible to got out ho felt the same as a man who was to moot death and prayed for dear life. Just as ho caino to the brink of the falls ho became uncon scious through fright and remained so until ho touched the water at the base of the falls , when ho was temporarily brought to. Then ho again lost consciousness ami know no moro until ho found himself lying in his rubber suit at the water's edpe. Chief MaDougnll , of the Ontario police force , arrested Brodio at Grand Trunk sta tion this afternoon aa ho was about to take the 4 p. m. train for Now York. Ho is charged with attempting to sulcldo by going over the falls this morning. Brodio was brought before a police magis trate this evening wlio read the charge made against him. In defense , Brodio said ho did not attempt to commit suicide by golnglovor the falls , but wanted to show the world the trip could bo mado. The pollco magistrate said ho did not bellovo Brodio went over the fulls at all ; that the whole thing was a hum bug. and if ho didn't go over to say so and bo would discharge him. Brodio said in that case ho would say ho did not go over but declined to make unida- vlt to that effect , saying he was a Catholic and couldn't ' perjure himself. The magistrate then bound him over in bonds of $500 to keep the laws ot the domln ion for ono year , and especially that relating to attempts to go over the falls. Brodio signed the document on his own recognizance nnd immediately niaJo for the American slclu. + Another JtncuViir Threatened. SAVANNAH , Gu , , Sept , 7. At Stockton to- duy , according to a .special , a white man stubbed a negro. This onrugcd the negroes of the place , who swarmed around the store in which the white man took refuge , demand ing his surrender , threatening to raid or burn the store if the demand was not compiled with. The whites of Stockton tolographoi to Vulldosta for reinforcements , und twenty- flvo white men armed und left for Stockton by train into this afternoon. The Yalldosta guards wired Governor Gordon asking to bo ordered out , but up to this evening have bat no reply , additional . particulars are ob- tuluublo to-night Kmburrussed. LOUISVII.I.K , Ky. , Sept 7. J , G , Matting laf it Sons , distillers , are reported ombur rass'ed , but it is thought with an extension o time tbo firm will pull through. The assets are given ut 500,000 ; liabilities 200,000 , The firm has not made un assignment , bu has merely askoJ Its creditors for an oxton slon. The market for high wines has been going against the firm this year , hence It embarrassment. ALGIOII HAS NO HAT. Ic Ottered It tn General Fntrahtld In n I'Iny fill IMontl. Cmcuoo , Sept. 7. [ Special Telegram to Titt Br.K.J When the citizens of Detroit see tall , military looking man , with his board ying In the river breeze , leave the cars and tart to walk homo bareheaded they will blnk that ox-Govornor Algor has surely one daft. Hussell Algor , commandor-ln- hlof of the G. A. U. , left Chicago by n Into rain last night. These who saw him oft say o-diiy that they never saw htm In such a good humor. Ho hadn't n sou lu his pockets nor a hat on his head. It occurred this yay : Thuro was a llttlo farewell party Instntght , nd General Fnlrchlld arose , to toll how ho olt about General Algcr. Ho took occasion o allude to the handsome commniidor-ln- chlof , whcrouuon General Algor wont down n his trousers pocket and brought up n loublo handful of keys , nickels , cult buttons , army buttons and half dollars. Ho arose and carried the ontlro lot over to the pcnkor , who Immediately held out his hands , received the booty , thrust it into his own pocket , and proceeded with his speech amid much applause by those present. "He's m luck If ho over sees any of that ot again , " remarked Falrchlld , and again the party roared. "You'ro welcome , " replied the general , vith a wave of Ills hand. Shortly after Gen eral Fulrchlld again alluded to the makeup of his brother odlcor , nnd this . time In moro glowing terms than before. General Algor licked up his hub and odorcd It to the speaker. Falrchlld was not at nil bashful. Io snatched tbo hat , exclaiming : ' 'Yos , I'll aks that , too , and when you're elected pros- dent of the United States I'll glvo it back 'or n position m your cabinet , " and no kept t. Thus it was that the eouimundcfr-in-chiof of the G. A. H. loft for homo in a skull cup ast night. FOUNUKD'ON ROOK. The Northern Illino s Quarries Form n Mono Trust. CHICAGO , Sept. 7. [ Special Telegram to TneBnc. ] The great stone trust , ombrac- ng In its operations the great northern Illi nois quarry fields , is no longer a question of dispute , and the discovery creates no llttlo excitement among builders and contractors. Quarry owners and stone dealers are not pleased that the secret of their organization ias been discovered. They do not deny the .ruth of the statement , however , but have little information to give regarding the pool , which will .havo a capital stock of $2,500,000. "Wo havo.trlcd hard to work the pool very quietly , " said the manager of the Sanger & Moody company. "It has been under consid eration for a couple of months , and there is no doubt but that It will ho organized very shortly. It will bo composed of the owners of the quarries around Lemont and Joliot. For three years wo had practically the same thing in tbo Chicago Building Stone com- iany , to whom all tbo quarries sold their > utput. This was run on a percentage , and included tha small owners who could not afford to maintain uti'pfllco ' and go to the expense - ponso of working the business , but. who would sell at tho' quarry "low enough to'de moralize oricos. After tbrea years of fatten ing off the Chicago Building Stone company the small follows demanded an increase of percentage , and the company wont under a year ago. Prices have boon demoralized over since from the same causes. Stone can now bo purchased m Chicago for $ 'l ' per cord , whereas wo formerly got 83.50. The trans ; portatton costs $3.25 , so that but $3.75 is loft. Nearly all the owners around Joliet and Lomont have signified their willingness to go into the pool or syndicate. The associa tion will embrace all the quarries pround thcso places and it will affect only the price of foundation stone. " A FHARFUli SUO.VR EXPLOSION. Dick , nioyci & Co.'a Plant at Will- InmslHirtr , N. Y. , a Total Wreck. NEW YOUK , Sept , 7. A very disastrous fire brokoout about 1:30 : o'clock this afternoon In the mnmmoth sugar plant of Dick , Meyer & Co. ou North Seventh nnd North Eighth streets , Wlllhtmsburg. The flro started with * un explosion , the cause of which is not known. It is supposed to have been caused by the explosive nature of the finely DOW- dercd particles of sugar which had permeated the air in the mills where granulated sugar was reduced to powder. There were three mills at work. The entire establishment , which consisted of a collection of buildings eight stories in height , extending about 400 feet on North Seventh street , 800 feet on North Eighth street and 250 feet along the dock , was reduced to a mass of ruins. It was tilled with very valuublo machinery , acd the loss on the buildings and machinery is estimated at about $1,530,000. Within the building there was a quantity of sugar valued at about $5uO,000 , making the total los about $2,000,000. There were a number of men injured by the explosion or burned by the fire. Their names are not obtainable. Later Martin Schmidt was burned about tbo face , George Swallow had an arm frac tured and .three other men were slightly in jured. ' AQASHusu's u/vinmiuic. . The Wrong I'urly Tnlcon for a Bond Bnnt ISmls in 11 Suit. CHICAGO , Sopt. 7. fSpoclal Telegram to TUB Buu.J A sensational suit for $10,000 damages was boiun to-day against C. L. Willoughby and IX 1C Hill , proprietors of the well Known and stylish Chicago restau rant. The plaintiff Is Mrs. Kitty Wharton , the wlfo of W. S. Whurton , a well known financier. Some months go , according to the bill filed , a Mrs. McCabe wont into the Boston Oyster house for dinner. When she went to the cashier to pay the check she found stio hud no money , having forgotten her pockutbooie. The cashier politely al lowed her to depart on her promlaa to pay next duy. The check wa never paid and Mrs. McCabe never put in an appearance again. Last Sunday Mrs. Wharton went to the Boston restaurant and 'had dinner When fiho wont to the cashier to pay ho ; check the amount of Mrs. Mcdibo's unpali check was deducted. Mrs. Wharton dQ- manded an explanation and was curtly In formed that she was a "dead boat , " the cahler Insisting she was Mrs. McCabo. Tlu cuBhler Is alleged to have attracted a crowt 01 over twenty persona , who laughed ant tittered ut the unfortunate woman , "Tho cashier found out ho was mistaken afterwards , " said Mrs. Wharton's attorney , "and came around with apologies , but IK amount ot apology can tnako up for the dls < ( 'raco and Indignity offered to Mrs. Whar ton , Cheese I'nlnpns Kilty Pnoil3. | Tims , O , , Sept , 7. Fifty people wen seriously poisoned by eating choose at the village of Bottsvillo to-day and It in fearct Boino may die. Thin Is tbo third lot of poopli poisoned in a lluo manner within a week am the matter will bo investigated. DR. BROWN-SEQUARD , The Famous Acndonilolnn Boturna From Hla Summer Vnoatlom HE SUBMITS TO AN INTERVIEW. Amorlonu Physlolnus Not Proflolonb lu lujcotluff the Elixir. GNORANT REGARDING DETAILS. Hla Studios Now Confined to a Preparation for Womou. WILL UTILIZE DUG SUBSTANCES. T It Proves Successful the World * Kemnvnnil Komcdy of Lydla IMnkhnin Will llnvo to Bo * Holctiitfil. Mnle Dogfl Doomed. ISSa b j < Jmnsi OorJ-ri H'ntirtt.1 PAUIS , Sept. 7. ( Now York Herald Cnblo Special to Tun Br.i ! . | Dr. Brown. Seiluurd , who recently returned to Paris rom Brighton , where ho has boon tmsmg ils summer holidays , is still pursuing bis nvcstignttons and experiments in reforonca o the methods of increasing vitality. Hla tudles are now directed toward accomplish- ng for women the same result that ho main * ulns has uccn reached in the case of men. That is to say , the period of capacity for con ception can bo prolonged by sub-cutaneous noculations with substances primarily obtained from iimlo dogs. These researches have not yet arrived at a Biifllcioutly advanced stniro to convince Ur. 3rown-Scquard that u practical application can bo made in this direction at present , bnt several women have already called upon um and offered themselves us subjects for noculations. Dr. Brown-Soqunrd roeolvod mo yostor- lay afternoon at till residence In Purls.tTbo venerable academician was suffering frdm an attack of acute muscular rheumatism of the ewer limbs that has kept him in bed for tha ast few days. But ho is now much bettor , although his limbs nro still stiff and painful. As I handed Dr. Brown-Scquard volumin ous cuttings from American papers referring to the experiments made with his inocula tions , ho smiled rather sadly nnd said : "Why , I thought I knew your countrymen nretty well , hut it seems that I was mis taken. It nuvor occurred to mo that so many pf them would go off at half cook , as it were , and undertake experiments ot this itiud without first mustering all the prelimi nary details. " Your elixir has certainly caused n sensa tion" in America. " 'Plcaso don't make use of that word elixir , " exclaimed Dr. Brown-Sequard. "I 11 never made uscof the word 'Elixir , ' still loss A of.tho words , 'KHxer ot Life. ' These ara all expressions or Inventions of sensational newspapers , If quacks or ignorant men in America nave killed people , as stated by the Now York pa pers , they would have avoided committing those murders had they p.xld.tha . loasl uttea tioa to the elementary rules as regards tha I sub-cutaneous injection of animal substances or oven if they had carefully read the paper on the subject that appeared in the London Lancet of July 20. " "Are Injections of animal matter attended with special danger ! " "No , " replied Dr. Brown-Soqnard , "in jections of animal matter have no danger us a rule unless the substances begin to dpcom- uoso. AVhongthis condition of things exists no good can bo obtained , and there is grave danger of inflammation , abscesses and oven death. There is , of course , also great dan ger unless the strictest attention Is paid to cleanliness of all vases and Instruments. Persons wishing to make use of my process ought to bestow on the small operation that it involves as much care as they would upon an operation of tbo amputation of tbo thigh , for instunco. " "You seem to have got many letters from America , " I remarked , glancing at n hugo pile of envelopes bearing United States postage - ago stamps. Yes , I receive about twenty-five letters a day from America. I have no private secre tary and never will have ouo. I halo to have any ono about who tblnks bo knows all my affairs , so that I answer as many of these letters as I can myuelf and let the rest remain till another day , I nm prepared to say , with tha utmost frankness , that the appreciations of the method seem to mo to bo either too laud atory absurdly so , in fact on the OHO hand and too depreciatory , too vindictive , I may Hay , ou the other Hand. Public opinion has gone to the two extremes , There seems to bo no happy medium of criticism. The -Mows expressed by Dr. Lootnls , of New York , scorn to ino to be very Just. " "Do you think that your old antl-vlvlscc- tionlst enemies ara the cause of the vindic tive views expressed In reference to the procnssl" "Yes , I am afraid that the antl-ylvlsoc- tionlsts ara at the bottom of a great deal of it , but what annoys ino most Is that the ex periments should bo made promUuuously , us it were , without proper study or precaution. Why , while I was at Brighton un experiment was made , and when blood poisoning ensued from nn utter disregard of the proper precautions - cautions taken tn aub-cutnnoous Injections ot animal substances , the fact was made known , f-1 to mo and my advice asked for. 1 roiHlod ; 'The mischief is done now. Why didn't you ask mo about it before tbo operation ) ' " . o nioL'oy-Iintlleld Kami AfurdurorH , LOUJHVIUB , ICy. , Sept. 7. The uhoriffof Plko county , Ky. , arrived'at Frankfort to-day , with flvo prisoners convicted ut Plko- vlllo for tbo murder of the McCoys , in the McCoy-Hatlloid feud. They nro Ellison Mounts , who is to bang ; Valentino Iluttlold , Alexander M. Essro and Dee and P.vlinan Maborn , each sentenced to llfo imprison ment. It is hoppd the convictions will oud the feud. Bun Holllilay'H ICntatc. POKTI.AND , Ore. , Sept. 7. Juinos Stool , administrator of Ben Holiday's ' estate , to day began suit In the state circuit court against Joseph liolllday , Ben's brother , and ono of the receivers of the ustato , to recover $500,000 damages. Ho avers that Jon's neg ligence and mismanagement huvo damaged the estate to that extent. A Jetilwo ( : > < l Haw Mill linrnod , DBAPWOOH , Dak. , Sopt. 7. [ Special Tele gram to TUB UKIS.J J. E. Jeffries' ' saw milt , tocothor with 60,000 feet of lumber , burned last ulght. Logs , tS.OOO . ; Insuruoccfl.OOO. . Frenchman llanqiKJt GltulHtono , I'AUIB , Sept. 7 , A banquet was t'lvtm Mr. Gladstone tc-nlght by a number of yrcuaU iiem French statesmen.