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8 THE WILSON ADVANCE: JANUARY 2, 1896. TRAMPLED TO DEATH. -i - ; ; ; - . Terrible Eesnlt3 of a Theater Panic in Baltimore . " A. Sennet ess ry 'PmT ' Old Pront i Street Tkeatwa RosoTta hi a Frt8l Scramble few BsBp fMo Umagiaary Danger : . BALTIMOfW AM, Io. 58. Tn a soctss19 pank, caused by defbetiv'. grs bnrne and a f Dolls ry ef fi a the old Fren 1 Street fotwrte n4ht, twenty-four jjeopla weire frffled, twe fa:sfly injartxi and ten mon seriewsly Jrw.' .Thw ftn?! bn $irteea f the ed hare -twm , Identified. Theylan! Iiw Ceam, as4 33; Jenai Jfenzle, asd .faweb Rosenthal, 'aged ; I0 Merrt Mais", ttffed 39; Ii . Anosld, aged tf; Lernl Levensfcein aged ' t5 Gsrrrlac CTesn, aged Theresa Brnrten, afed ; Ida ffriodman, agfodU; . gsrah Hf, ajed It; Loa LottU, aod 35 Jaeeb 1 Srdzhoro aedv 12; "Tf. . Tfolf , agd 2S. The hers are at the mergue lawaitlasr fdis. V - i The inred a the City hespital a-roi Mrs. Friedman, aged 9; Mrs. Goldman,; - aged 43; Hilda Gtoldwalt, aged 16.; Morris ' Sobaeffcr, aged 0; Jaoob Goldstein, raged; JO; junfcnown boy.- aged about 10, will die; unknowa woman, aged aboufc 35, will die J unknorra raa-iv aged about 22 ; unknown boy. nyfd 19, serious internal injuries. Almost all the victims are of Polish na tivity and Hebrow extraction, and many of the injured were taken to their homes "by frieieds. f ' 4 The thete, which ill probably the oldest in. the aity, was Ailed from pit to dome 'with people who had assembrsTto listen to Hebrow yra, whieh has boaiSgiven iri the old fcouM twice a week for the past month. It-is supposed that thero were at least 3,&t people within the walls when the curtain wut up oa th flrat act, while the capacity of the houss is less than 2,500. Ten minutee af re the curtain rose ope of the . attendants went up to the second tier to light a pas jet which appeared .to hay been extinguished. As he applied a ' match the light flared up, and it wat seen tha these was me tip re the burner.' The jet was in lain new of the greater part of the audieaca, hut a the slare from it Bhowed agiast tfae wall wait on ia ika gallery ketA "Fiae ! Hr ! Ire ! ,J In anintnt tfceee xrm a raad scraoabla for te deer. The ranguard of the terror, Mrioken multitude JahA th eutraaoe on Front street, pushed oh by the howl ing, shrieking u hehlid the'ra. There thorje ix the foreinost rauk were oom pellod tura to the right aud to the left to reaeh the deuble e&traace.way, built in the form ef itariaa doosa. Parsing through these doors they retehed a night of steps ' leading from euuh door downward to a landing, ferei whenoi a broad stairway of modem keisht would hare oarried them into the street and te safety. . The step Uejdin fceos the doorways are but about Ire feet high, bat. the landing at their bases ia narrow. Down those tho f righteaed people hurled themselves in the frightful stsruaale Wv peejoh the open air and escape the oertaim death they thought . was behind eheaa. ' As the or o wis feeim the twe doors naehed the landing tdtef met. Thero was a brie ssjvugsjLe, aad tfcea sense one lost hie or he eotdmy nd fast. Ia a moment fhe erowd pushed wish irrecistlhle force irons the rear, orewded neen tsie prostrate ferra aad tipw la tun te stuns hie. reel and pmsentiy te fail neon the leer nndec . the myriads ef 'feet eenslnj frena behind. In less time tsaa t hakee te tell It the landing was packed tvetr ev thirty deep with the panle aerl&ke st sitite.de, , and the hundeeds behind tkem were etrng gling retf-teae t nsswh the street. The tuxamlt attracted a liamoau orewd from the eutodde, mamy ef wheos toied te gala, etraeiee t : the the theater, thus adding t the eenfmslem. A deaws polioe mem hnemed t the seme and pushed - through the deerway to tike rrl thing mass en the loading. , Ameng the flrst te reach . then wae dOoe B. . Koliy. Forcing his way in through the maim doorway he . grasped si pair ef arms amd pulling with all his might dragged a'weimam frone ua- . der the fturgiag orowd, dead front auffooa i ion. AgAlm he reached lute the maes of humanity ' and pulled but a boy about 7 . years eld. Me, toe, wae dead, also from suffocatien, with soarooly a bruise upon his ' body, . ! The other offlcers, by. this time reia- ' ioroed by a dozen of their fellows, dragged out the prostrate ones, passing.; them to those on the sidewalk. Ambulanoos car ried the dead to the morgue and the most! seriously injured to the hespital. . Wheu the maee en the lauding had beem eieared hway the.frighteued mob iaaido were .uieted down eunieiemtly to enable . the peliee te etea the t&eaten. Then it was foamd theA there had beeat na danger, amd that, met a seul would hare been in jured had the aMoue but Mmained eated. ' J . j . A has beesi stotet, ail the dWd and 1m luved warn TaMah Uovw, aadfew mt theem hare friend e relaMree whe are able to peak the &eUh iamgrsasB) sufSoieutly - Trefl t mass .thesneeroe umdeeeteed, o enough . knewledgi -ft tha ways ef this : counts to kaew- whea ta ga to laok for their Wat erne. Tha fead aree a aU ages, . trem Kaeae lmft te gmf haired mem and - weraem. All were killed m iajarod la the tssaiCa araah am tha. faA landing; mot a eaameity harlmg Vappened Inside the hause, jdthamjjPk the erttsh tfceve waa trememdeus. Tha all theafar auildimg whleh wt epeaed in Vi&, hae beam eeasldeued unsafe " See yeuaa. It waa rm fhte thewtwr that lAn aala was mamimaaed fe hie eeuead presl- tamms tfad rt wew heaa'that Stephem' te wan nsmiaated by the Dame- kta, a , perttom ef whom withdraw and mamaimated Saaakammtdga amd Iame tm pree- - . ; We will Continue our Sale lLIS 3C3sS Wvincr cftriirpd the store on Nash . Street. ODDOsite the .First National Bank at a a w v 3 w w - v m - . r- i - . , , , ; fbrrherly occupied by the late A N. Daniel, COme at Once ii You lantthe Best Bargains m Ever TT 'A i mm Wilson, Nl'C. I'lTCll Vfili WE WERE pompelled 1 to rent this i store in order to close out the $85,OOD A S THE ABOVE STOCK OF $85,000 WORTH OF ! srrocK of- Men's, Boy's and Children's and we are doing it and dont you zet it. BE ; SOLD! in 15 more days in order to make aj ' fjnal settlement. We decided tb'vse-f cure the services of Mr. Barnes Boykiri and sell them at retail at . 1 1 LESS THAN HALF VALUE! TN order; to ,1 we mention 2 Men's Melton! $3.98, worth $8. Men's Black worth $9. f Boy's Knee Pants, Children Suits, $ give the public an idea r 1 --. tew prices: , 1 1 Cassimere full MeBeWoolen; Pants: 79c. Upward si Suspenders, 5c. pair; Silk Suspenders Cheviot suits, '34.9 SUi e 19c. and upwards. .25 and upwards. 14c. per pair. . 1 Mackintoshes half value. 1 , : Men's Blabk in vj anous-.vanet es at Hose .onlv ZC. net nnir A good Umbrella at oc. worth i. to And other bargains! hot here mentioned ail to. be ! sold at the Shat Tirfi wk Sale! Come early to this great sale of clothing at B. F. PEISINY & CO.'S on Nash Street, at the A. N'. Daniel storei Be sure you get into the right store. Lpok for the sign. -; .-( I in su r eiil e e ome: Come! ; J rhe Ctr Was Painfully Surprised. 4 London, Dec. 30.-tThe Berlin corre spondent of -The Standard say s : "I have excellent reason to state that the reports ef am agreement between Russia and the United States about Venezuela are un founded. On the contrary, tho czir was paimiully surprised at President Cleye lamd's message, and !any war inrolring Saglamd would be unweloome to the Rus tsiem eeurt on the approach of the eorona- ; .:: 4 ' .. . Wasbinotw, Ner.j 28. Tho president haa hammered plaoee on the Venezuelan high eamasi&ftian to Bdward J. Phelps, of Termomt. eoiainletec of Ekigland; Robert T. Idnaeln, af Illinois ex-minister ta Eng amd. j Sen. Biehard H. Alvey, oi Hagers itawm Md., ahlof justice of the United States eeust ef appeals in th? District ot Columbia, haa aUe beem offered a place en the eommLalon. 1 . . . ' wt AHwatpted Fratriotde. ylTlli.n, Pa., ;Dec. m. Charlea Xc4kafhr was committed to jail here Chavged with attormptmg to kill his brother, Mat bias, ma fee saloon fight at Giberton. A! muimber j ef Polaodere participated in the fafty, amd elnb, knires and blackjacks warn used. Mafthiae Kolkof sky -svas struck upen the head by a blackjack. - He lies in fhe hbspltal, it is thought, dangerously hmat. i 1 Iwo 2w BattlMfcipo. i WAHl3F&TOf. Deo. 27. Secretary Her bert he frnally awarded to the Newport Kewsjeompawy, of Virginia, the contract tor building both of tho new battleships, for one ef whieh the Union Iron werksAof Cam Iranise, was a'oompetitor. BuNtvd His Brother-In-Iaw. Pmikenxa, Ind., Dec. 80. Saturday might,! new Oakland City,, John Cooper was muadered by George Martin. Cooper mud Mareiu wo do traveling, horse traders, and siopeed at Oakland City to get a jug f whisky. They pitched their tent and Quarreled. Martin grabbed a nook yoke amd battered Cooper's brains out. Their familllee wea with j them. - They were brethers-lm-law. Martin rode away, leav ing the dead man lying in his wife's arms. The women remained in the woods all might with the eerpse. Martin is at largo. Vhe f tmff af Tha Tlmae-Herald. ' Katioa&l Xiotsl Rportr'. The TimesHerald, as conducted by Mr. Kohlaaat, is ia maar respects tn sreatst news- . paper in ta United States. Its new owner and publisher is sxpendlnc money with a liberal hand, and it is probably true that tbe payroll of The Times-Herald is to-day considerably larger than that of any. other American newspaper. Mr. Kohlsaat has, la fact, seeured the service of nearly all the .great aewspaeer writers of UK day. Cormelias McAmllfT. the manaciBST editor, is a BU f proaomnce ability. Moses P. I Handy, who hi ia ehare of Jthe editorial V4"e, end who eoatritatee. twice week, eome eater talniagr matter over his owa slaaatere, im kaowi Von one mi eC,the eosatry te the ether-ae a reedy writer and brllliaat Jos r nails t. Mrs. Mar garet Salllraa. who Is reaardai a ome of the best writers la tale coaatry. retains her aoeitioa , on the editorial eeaS. V. mailer, who ba recently retmmed to Asaerlea from a leaffthy so journ in IriSadoai, has beea. aedeeV to1 the. eorpa of writers oa Chieaao'e sweat aewepaaar. leak L. Ctaintoa, whoe oeaas apaee.1 so fctroajly te the husMA heart, has a eoluata of verses twiee a week oa the editorial pace, and they are beluc widely copied. ' Maatlia Garland has recently be' om a eoatrihator te this paper. Lyama B. Glorer. o loaa the aoeeatpllehed draatatie eaitot ! of The Herald, aew coatrltatee well writtm ar ticles aa Tarioee testes over his owa sig-aatfcre. Walter Wellaaaei,' the well kaowa VTashing-ton edrreepoadmt. It reemiaed ia the same eapacity. Elwyn A. Barroa. who was for so maay years the dramatis critle ot the Inter Oceaa. is bow at tached to Twe Tinea-Herald, with a reeldeaee ia H.ondcai, and le wrltlas; some very scholarly and delightf al letters from tbe aietropolia of Oreal Britain. 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