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A BUDDEXMEICJK. UCILDING, four story Twenty Workmen Overwhelmed .by Fall Ide Walls and More than Half ef Thera Killed. ' New York, October 17. A building in course of erection at 443 East 15th street, to be used as a sehoolhouse, tumbled in Monday afternoon and manjr "workmen were buried in the ruins. The building had reached the fourth story. The whole front wall fell in. At that time there I were over twenty men in the building at work and they were all buried In the ruins. Search was at once commenced and at 6 d'cJock this evening six dead bodies have been General ews Notes Ford ham, dead. - the noted English jockey, is THE PRESIDENTIAL TOUR. VISITOR TO THE FAMOUS DEFaR.U. BELLE. i taken from the ruins Four men were taken out'Sericmly wounded and almost suffocated. ' men underneath the debris. Most of the workmen were engaged in the lower part of the building at the time of the accident. The side walls fell in immediately after the front wall save way. The workmen were all Ital ians, and the sehoolhouse was intended 'for the education of Italian children. Two hook and ladder ebrnpaniesand numerous citizens are searching the ruins. There are no sounds heard from the wreck, and it is supposed that those buried are all dead. V Later reports fay that five persons were t killed and over a) dozen more or less wound ed. Of the latter Father Amelian Kirner, priest in charge of the Church of; Our Lady, ' of Mount Carmal, will probably die. He was standing on the fourth story talking to the foreman at the time of the crash, and was thrown to the forward part of ; the wreck, landing on his feet, ; sustaining spinal inju ries. Lynch, the foreman, escaped, but can -notbe found. There were a number of miraculous escapes from death. The killed are John Duncan, bricklayer. Henry Reinitz, blacksmith, two Italians and-one unknown man. ! The build iDg was begun about four months ago under the supervision of Father Kirner vrho hoped ficnra i.innov Viv Vlninc withmiti a eontrac- tJ V- jhw 7 "J ' tor., . The fall of the wail is said to have been ceased by a violation of the building laws, no central supports haviiig been placed under the beams of the first floor, which were sim ply set into the walls. But central 'supports were used on some stories. . It is also charged that the walls were run up too hastily, and the m. rtar wjas not given time to set. Besides this the constant jar ring from a donkey engine ussd in hoisting material caused the weak walls to oscilliate, and they finally swiug over from the east to the west carrying both sides, j The walls are only sixteen, inches thick in some places. The building when finished was calculated to , accommodate 2,000 children. 1 ' John F. Henry & Co, wholesale, druggists of Xew York have made an assignment. It is officiallyannounced that a meeting is projected between the Emperor "William and the Czar. ( A London dispatch says that Gustay Rob ert Kirchoff, eminent natural scientist and discoverer, is dead. The Czarevitch and Prince George of Greece, who are visiting there, have also been attacked by the same disease. Delegates from the employing printers of nearly all large cities in the country arrived in Chicago- They intend to organize a na tional association. . At Trenton, N. J., Henry S. Little will publish a fifteen column reiteration of his charges against Senator MePhersonof bar gaining to secure the election of Gen. Sewell as Senator in return for business favors. r The Inter-State commerce ha? resumed open sessions at Washington. The first day was occupied in hearing cases against the Oregon Railway Company, charged with ex tortion. The steamship Fulda, which arrived in New York, brought Andrew Camagie, and a deputation of members of both nouses or Parliament, whp have beenappeihted by the Peace Associaiton of Great Britain to wait upon the President. j CroTer and- Uncle Bob Reviewing the. Deer Some Interesting Reminiscences. A dispatch from Nashville ,Tenn., saysj The President has made the personal acquaint tance of Uncle Bob HardiDer. Every stocks man in the land know3 j"Uncle Bob," the : colored major-demo cf this Bell Meade stock farm and one of the chief authorities on. ! blooded stock in the world. It was intend ded that-' the day should .be for the Pres ident one of restful quiet j and so it was. j President and Mrs Cleveland could not re sist the temptation however, to stroll over the great breeding farm, ancfiso' accompanied by their host, Gen. Jackson, they sauntered out, and, of course j Uncle Bob was in the way. It was a great dayj for the old man. "I met him very courteously,' (meaning seriously) said Uncle Bob to one of the Pres ident's party later in the! day. ; ''Just think Oh, Lordy, that I should live sixty-three years and then SCO a President." "Why, Bob, is he the first President you ever met.-1 : "Oh, no, I seed Ginralj Jackson and Mr. Polk, but he is the fust one I ever got in my hand. He's a fine gentleman. Very much so." j WHEN WILL IT STOP? A COTTON FIRE IN LANCASTER. of Cotton, a. and a. Small Destruction of lOO Bales Depot, Two Warehouses Building , A dispatch from Lancaster, 8K5Ci, says: ' A fire broke out here on Saturday, which burn ed the depotrof the Cheraw and Chester Rail road Company and most of the contents of the same, and also "about 1 00 bales of cotton , which had just been placed on the platform of ; the depot ready for shipment. There were also consumed two warehouses of Heath Springs & Co., which stood adjacent to the depot, with a large "amount of goods and merchandise. There was also a small tenant house standing near burnt down. The fire originated in the cotton, which was standkig on the depot ready for shipment, and when first seen was blazing from a bale of cotton. It is not known how the fire got there, but it is supposed to have been accidental. The wind was high; and the fire could not be con trolled.. Heath, Springs & Go's loss is very consid erable'. They had no insurance on the ware house and only , $3,000 on the merchandise stored therein. There was probatly eight or ten thousand dollars worth of goods? in the . warehouse, most of which was desjtroyed. i It is persumed the railroad company had in suranee on the cotton on its platform. How much loss was sustaine 1 by other merchants from loss in goods in the depot is not known. At this time the entire loss of property will probably reach $20,0o0 or $ 25,000. Our cotton buyers have means, and this accident will not impede the purchase of cotton at this place. The public yvUl be ac commodated. Let the cotton conie forward. iAn Accommodation Train Telescoped by an Express Both Loaded With Passen BersFor Kansas City. ' A dispatch from Kansas City, M., says: An accommodation train on the Missouri Pa difie Railroad, consisting of four passenger coaches, left Independence, Mo., crowded with passengers for Kansas City. Near Rock Creek Station the possenger train was tele scoped in the rear by the Wichita express, consisting o eighteen coaches, all heavily loaded. . : A lady standing on the platfonaof the sta tion was struck in the obdomcn and killed by the debris. Conductor H. H. Noland was badly injured. Matt Chapman, baggage master of the accommodation train, suffered a brolcenleg arid other injuries, and Edward Milton, an employee of Solomom H. Reed, of Independence, was also seriously hurt. A large number of passengers on both trains injured themselves in trying to break through the windows. The accident was caused by the failure of the train dispatcher to notify the conductor of the express that the accommodation train had preceded him. Most of the passengers on both trains were coming: to t ee President Cleveland. Bob was much inclined ito. give remisincen ces of the stables, and he branched blT into talk about Luke Blackbiirn. A reference to Mrs'Cleveland recalled hibi, and he sid of her: "6h, she do beat "em! all, and she cer tainly d know a good ho$s." Passing the stables thej distinguished trio sauntered out into the deer park and sud denly, as they stood upon the knoll taking in the enchanting beauty of the scene, a drove of more than two hjundred deer came bounding past. Splendid; large fellowsthey were scampering, as if for life and hardly touching the ground. This again was Uncle Bob's work. As soon as the visitors entered the park he had the deer cbrrolled in a corner and then drove them past in review. Belle Meade farm is owned in common by the Jacksrn brothers, who married two sis ters, Misses Harding, daughters of the foun der of the establishment! The Belle Me? de mansion, the present resting place of the President, is a typical Southern home of the highest class. It is a very substantial two story brick structure of firople proportions, but built without much filagree or ornament tation. ' i - The ladies cf the white house. After lunch the President and Mrs Cleveland, escorted by Gen Jackson, drove into Nashville to pay their respects to Mrs. Polk. At the request of the visitors the affair Tas made as infor mal as possible, it being designed merely as an interchange of cburtisies between the lady of the White House of fdrty years ago and the lady of to-day.; j There were present by jinvitation of Mrs Polk: Governor Taylor, j Senator Wm. B. ate, -Governor!- Jame D. Porter, Major J. F. Thomas and several other gentlemen of prominence of this city and vicinity. , The statelv- Polk mansion was surrounded One cf those present was an old Irishman, a gentleman of wealth and culture who was inr troduced by Governor Porter. Mrs Cleveland expressed her delight at making te acquaint tange of a friend of Governor Porter. The gentleman's eyes twinkled as.he locked! at Her for a moment. "Madaml said hr. 'there is but one remark Jewish to make y ou are purtier than your pictures. Mrs Polk presented Mrs Cleveland a bou quet of Marechal roses in the name of her grand niece, Mrs Sadie Fall, who, she said, sailed yesterday from Liverpool for America. She then invited the party to refreshments, at which each guest was served ' with a glass of sherry seventy-five years old. The guests, ' after visiting the t omb of President Polk in the grounds adjoining the mansion, returned to Bell Meade. Mrs Vilas is quite exhausted by the fa tigues and excite a. ent of the journey from Madison, and has been confined to her room nearly all all day. It is reported, to-night as doubtful whether she will be able to procede to-morrow. r . . He Falssifled The Books. A Special from Stafford Springs,v Conn. , says: A great sensation was created here when the fact became known that R. SV Hicks, cashier of the Stafford National bank, was a defaulter to a large amount. Upon the bank's dour was posted a notice that the institution was closed pending an" investiga tion. Natonal Bank Examiner H. A. For man, of the district of Illinois and Missouri, who was sent to this district on special duty; gives to the press the following facts: The investigation of the affairs of the bank showed that Hicks was a defaulter, and a warrant was sworn out on charging him with the embezzlement of $50,000. He has also falisified the books of the. bank and is li able to prosecution for forgery. He was ta ken to Norwich, before a United States com missioner, and gave bond in $40,000 to Ap pear on October 24.' The total ;loss to the bank is stated at . over ? 100,000, and Hicks confessed to having taken f 73,000. Hicks lived at Stafford Springs twenty years. He is connected with a number of business en terprises, and has contributed largely to make the town a flourishing business place. Robert 3arrett Resigns. Mr. Robert Garrett has resigned the presi dency of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and the resignation was accepted. Wm F Burns will continue to act as president until the annual meeting. A Cotton Ship Afire. Early in the morning the British steamship j Hughenden lying at her wharf in Savannah, Ga., was discovered to be on fire. All the j engines of the department were called out, but . then- work was of little avail. The cotton in j the hold was on fire and there was. but one way to extinguish it, .and that was to fiocd the ship. The tug Forest City came up alongside of the ship shortly alter the fire started and gave all the help in her power. The tug turned her steam on the fire, and the fire department ran all its available hose over the British tramp, Kate Fawcett, lying inside tbe Hughenden, and poured water in- ,7, A., . , , , 1 ter extended, her liand. and said: stead dv until 9 o clock, when the ships for-; "v . , i.. ward apartments were flooded. " The fire was ) confined to this section of the ship, seeming- j ly having raged worse under the deck just j aft of the second forward hatch. j The Hughenden had five thousand bales on board and was nearly ready to clear. She is now being pumped ont and unloaded. The insurance companies are putiing up rates on ships at this port, owing to fre quency of fires in the cargoes. There is no doubt that some of the fire have been of incendiary origin and startling developments may be made in a day or two. by a great crowd of people of all social grades, all ags and bothj sexs, gathered to see the President and Mrs! Cleveland. 1 The visitors were received at tbe Church street entrance, Governor' Taylor offering his arm to the President, !and Mrs Cleveland taking that of Mr. -George W. Fall, and entered the spacious parlor, where Mrs Polk stood awaiting them. Governor Taylor pre sented the President to Mfs Polk. The ; lat- am mdeed delighted to The Cotton Supply. Tho total visible sumolv of cotton for the world is 1,946,049 bales, of which 1,403,14 bales are American, against 1,468,157 and 1,107,557 bales respectively, last year. The receipts at all the the interior towns are n 314 bales. The receipts at t he-plantations are 308,457 bales, and the crop in sight is 1. 413, 000 bales. A Jackson, ' Mich., manufacturer is J shipping- -wagons to Australia. t r- Proci.lonh T meet you.'1 1 "And I to meet you, Mis Polk," replied the President. I have looked forward to; this visit with a most pleasant anticipation. Mrs Cleveland was presented, and tlie two ladies conversed cordially a few minutes. The other gentlemen 3 present were then presented to the President and Mrs Cleve land, after which the conversation become general, tbe President dejyotmg Himself al most const aatly during th brief remainder of his stay to Mrs Polk; Tke expressed a fear that the crowds of to-moij-ow might be an noying to her. i ': "No, it pleases me," replied the courtly dame, "to see my people tender such an ova tion to President Cleveland " Then the two turned thejir conversation, to the White House and Washington. The lady war an interested Questioner, and the Presi dent a willing informant. Prettier than a picture. was the object of marked the eentlemen present, captivating listener and charming conversa- Mrs Cleveland attention from all orovine herself a Flames in an Insane Awylnm. For the second time a fierce fire visited the Northern Insane Asylum, on the southern limits of Cleveland, Ohio. It was the occa sion of the weekly dan ?e, given the more manageable of the patients as a healthy means of recreation. About .three huadre and fifty of them, in charge cf their attend- 'ants, were enjoying the divcrsionsywlien' the cry of "Fire!"" arose, and flames and smoke ' poured in upon thtm with bewildering sud denness. A stampede was the result, and the attendants had scarcely time to realize the situation when the room was filled with leaping fire and dense smoke. As soon as the first excitement had abated the attend ants made a couraj: eous rush into the suffo cating smoke and rescued all they could of the unfortunates who ha. I been overcome. The brdies of six insane women who had . met death by asphyxia and burning were recovered and three more were found in an in jured condition. ' THE TA.-U PA E PI n EM I C. Six New t'nses and Two Ienth. One. Death at Palatkn-Jacksonville Qua run tine Palatka. A despatch from Jacksonville, Fla., says: The fact that a death from yellow fever had occurred in Palatka tecame known here. The president of the county health board im mediately" declared quarantine against Pa latka, and sent out a special train with offi cers to stop the trains at the border of the county. A train was met at Orange Park and all persons from Palatka were sent back there on a special train. N Rigid quarantine has been established on rail and on river, and it is not .thought that the fever cai reach Jacksonville. A special to the Times Union from Tampa says there have been six new cases and two deaths. Dr. Porter and nurses from Key West have ar rived. A Prisoner Halcide. . D. B Reed was convicted in the court of general sessions at Sumter S. C. . of aggreva ted assault upon his wife, and was remanded to jail to await sentence. He stated he would die before he would go to the penitentiary. That night about 11:45 o'clock, the jailor was aroused by a noise in the building, and on go ing into the cell corridor was informed by one of the prisoners that Reed was trying to kill himself. The jaiforold them, "Let him alone," and went back: tombed. In the morn ing the dead body of Reed was found hang ing by ins snux from toe wmdowxbars of hiM oelL
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