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gdip "&cd lito KOcsto sjodgD (IDOdsqipwoifq ftOo ftati 0d(f3dBD airaGD AOd GPshpodqsq0 amcsfl KOsqUdshjdO, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 185 Volume xxiii. number 8. PRICE $1.00 vYKAR THE SILVER PARTY Chairman J. J. Mott Issjies an Address. FRIENDS OF FREE COINAGE He Urges Independent Action in Politics. DURING THCOMING CAMPAIGN An Especial Appeal to North Carolinians Not to Submit to Further Strad e dies in the Old Party Platforms. Washington, D. G, Feb. 17.-f-Mr. J, J. Mott, chairman of the" National Committee of the Silver partyj has is siiied the following address "To the People: i'As chairman of the National com mittee Appointed by the silver jcouf er ence lately-assembled in Washington City to organize the silver fqjrces in these United States in the battle which is to take place for the possession of this year, I it is the tvr i tivii tti n t. thought lroper that I should make some statement to the people in reference to it. , - j "As the necessity of money as a medium of exchange became revealed to! the minds of men the two jnietals liiially accepted as most suitable for money were silver and gold. lliis was natural, because they were the two most precious metals adapted purpose, and were sufficiently in kiuantity. ! to i lie iinited 1 . A. 1 VAs ''mining 'has developed tie fact that Jhese two inetats existed jin the earth in almost certain proportions, a natural ratio of value -was aijllueed. This ratio has continued as arranged by; man under the natural order as he found it; It was accepted by mankind as : a part of the ground plan upon whiehthe wrorld was to move,' and ap proved by philosophy, and cqmmon sense of all ages. " ' ;' , ! "From this condition of regular or der and contentment, contributing to the gradual elevation of all classes of society, the extension of civilisation, and the general betterment of the hu man race, this country and thel world has been ruthlessly torn. " I "It has been done by the rejection-of one ofv the precious metals, in he in terests' of : greed, and by this ajct the money changers have been enthroned,' and the narrowing of the scpe of monometallism begun. As monetiza tion hits been narrowed, money has be come scarcer in proportion, ajnd as money became scarcer prices fell in proportion, and falling prices,! have been the bane of this w orld. It was predicted after the demonetization of silver that great suffering would fol low. This suffering is already-here.. From a contraction of the curreftcy we are r.ow in the throes ofoiieofj these desperate stages of human experience a period of heartache,, canker, and sleepless nights as the foundation of prices has crumbled. Oblij ions resting upon the supposed firm founda tion of a price in ready money have crumbled into dirt as the foundation of the price has crumbled. The coun try is confronted by a grave Semer geney. Further theorizing is futile. The -.agitation of the money question must be settled by peaceful methods that will give practical results, i OLD PARTIES NOT TCrBE TRUSTED. "Lor-g, patient, and dispassionilteire fleetion has convinced me that an m dep ndent American financial system is absolutely necessary to the restora tion of national prosperity, anil the establishment-, of 'commercial tkmdi tions in this country that will giy common people the agricultura laboring classes an equal show capital and concentrated wealthJ ' :;ii it be effected? Can it be t-iirough either the Republican or! ocratic party as n(ow constituted;!? No. Both organizations are under, the blight iivg influence of the Eastern money power. The record of every national convention of both partiies for years is plain proof of the assertion. The legislation of both parties ins Con gress is proof that it is impossible as a. party question. 1 " "What, then is to be done ? Ais pa triots, -is . Americans who arej. for America against the world, what is our first" and controlling duty inij this cri:.;:-..' Shall we longer heed the' false promises of party "pi at form dedl.ara tioi s? Shall we longer submit to the aciiti; niic "discussion of what bi-njetal-listii means? Shall it be another feain . pa-gn of straddling and equivocation? Or shall the issue be squarely on the free coinage of silver and gold, and a J'tt s'-.U -at elected Avho represents) the people on that great question? :. ' i iie lirst step the essential J step preliminary to the correction of the i:V'- - :it abuses the re-establishmeht i. itioual prosperity and the riiain- oi 1ei .of. our -national credit, id the election 'of a President whose. Andrew i .i.ick: -ui. luunijiB unu liinexioie liueg- down by a bow ler, tiea with a hanaicer rit'y w ill defy the influence that Jbrosvj chief that belonged to Jackson. Search ''Titute.s Presidents and Cabinets.1 and fin other nlnees for the. missinp- heiid Y . . v 1 .1 'A! 1 I I i I t he adminisration of the gdtern- ..,-:: subject of humiliation and rt .ioa r-LDENT I'LKDGED TO SIli'EIi in character' and intention :.s 1, i' v : e tne standard bearer of .tha ! ;i ur democratic nartv : in ;ng campaign, it will hafdly A. - -i 1 T ue ,;:s!'ie tor them to rise abov the influences that secured his nomination, or the-environments that must j sur round him in the event of his election. The hope of the people, 'I am convinced, is the election of a President pledged, unconditionally and unreservedlyV to the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold, the same as fromi the foundation of the government until 1873, and also unconditionally pledged in favor of a national currency, with out the intervention of banks of issue, and against the issuance of intejl-est-bearing bonds in time of peace for any purpose whatever. T appeal not only to the Republicans in my own State, who" can appreciate the sacrifice I make in renouncing party obligations on this question in advance of party action in the premi ses, but to the people throughout the'! country, without regard to party; to co-operate in this great non-partisan, patriotic American movement to Sus tain the industrial and financial inde pendence of the United tates in the pending irrepressible conflict. - f "This sentiment influences me to accept the chairmanship of the Nation al Silver Party. I shall give to this movement my best services fend thought, and successful or otherwise, I shall realize the satisfaction of having"i done my duty to the people 'and the country, as I see and understand it. "In my own .State I confidently lap-! peai to me rans anu uie in uom parweo to support mv efforts. North Carolina is an agricultural State, and nine tenths of its people "are directly and disastrously affected by the operation of the. single gold standard. I appeal to them to lay aside party feelings, ignore party obligations on this social question, disregard party appeals, for get the exasperations of past party contention, and spurn the offe? j of place and emolument. j , I "We have the example and experi- enee of the last campaign In North Carolina to show the practicability and ' safety of men of different parties jco-J operating to carry out a great measure i essential to the welfare of the people, ' where neither of the parties favoring it could effect it alone. Thatwasajeo operation on one issue, the issue I of fair elections. ' It is nowl arranged to extend such a plan, through all the States on another vital issue of eyen greater importance to this country. No one party can do this, but a ma jorny oi ine peojue in an me parses want it done and they can do it if they - wui co-opeiate. FEOPLE MUST AVERT THE PERIL. ! . ... - 1 1 i . i , -'The r.eril that menaces the neonle! in - the election of a President- whose d- j ministration of the Government means : system, can only be averted by the peo-iof the restoration of the money of the our people. . pie themselves. It may be too late people will determine the political! - The fight is on; the sword has been four years hence. Present abnornial j affiliations of all men in the approach- drawn, the scabard thrown away, conditions do not warrant belief jin! inS campaign. He that is hot for it There are some who from honest con the peacef ul submission of the people , must be against it. Senator Butler , victions will contend for the single to further oppression and impoverish- j has truly said that on this question: gold standard. To such, if necessity ment. The gold gamblers may deride j the line of battle will be clearly and require at the parting of the ways, we the popular ebullition as a system' of sharply drawn from the mountains will bid a sad and respectful farewell, harmless 'socialism but if they are!10 the sea' and from one ?nd of the There are others who, with blind pre wise, thev will heed the admonition - Union to the other." On this question, ' jud ices, will cling to dead traditions and not persist in their greed of adm- tlie Republican party, which has al- and a party name, and there are others muiation at the expense of the toiling ! wars been and always will be,. the tool yet, who from the hope of federal and suffering people The plain, pa-l0 monopoly and the enemy of the patronage and the emoluments of triotic dutyof every American 'who Ieople, will be controlled by the pluto- j office, traitors to every trust of citizen loves and honors his country, who j crats, and declare for gold, or, which ship and leadership, actuated by the would jealously guard its institutions, is worse, attempt a straddle. With the ; motives of the wretch who betrayed who w ould die for the principles that exception of a f ew counties in the west his Master for thirty pieces of silver, have made it the greatest, the richest, the proudest, the most independent na- tion on the face of the globe, is to as- sert his manhood and subordinate partv success to the country's welfare j zenship, men, principles, and platform, in the impending conflict. j f The Republican vote of this State will ' "Let-us havenhTsmetal'moneje- cast according, to orders issued by stored, and in the proportions foujid.the potentates of Wall street. in- nature's store house, and as it ex- isted in Washington's time when he flag and the Constitution were fresh and God seemed to spak to t he people : .from an n'nen 1'oo'i " "The mch who are for irold stand 1 . I together, r.o ijuitter wha party they belon-r to. Thev have control of lx1h h Republican and Democratic parties, . The people hi their districts strikinr ; at entrenched power, knock out first . one and then the other partv, but jio manded by the overvhelmmg majority matter which turn is taken, gold is lip- ,.of its members. We take it that there permpst. The gold leaders are kefn, ' is nf possibility but that the Demo determined, and loval to the rdld ; crats of North Carolina will, as they standard. CAre the sil ver leaders less ' determined, less intelligent, less loyal?! torv to be scored ":iiU&t them, anjt tn&t, too. w hen the silver people in the coun try are in the vast majority? j "T he people are enraged, and justly so. -'-M ust. ; they 'say at last to ' thejse leaders, 'Lo! these many years have vye sent you for silver, and you have return ed to us without it; you are unprofita ble servants, and have led us through the bog and quagmire of disappoint ment. We like to honor you, but yu must take us by some other road aiid reach our idol. The men who blazed the way to the silver conference did well. The people see the citadel fcf their liberties, and are. ready for the battle. - The Philistiues are at our doors. ''To your tents, oh, Israel!' "j . ' j j THE HEAD NOT YET FOUND, But it is no Longer Needed to Prove . -' Pearl Bryan's Murder. Cineiniiati, Ohio, Feb. 14. The in fVcntincation of the hat foufidj near the place" where the body of Pearl Bryan was found is regarded as ohe of the most', conclusive "proofs .'that the crime of murder took place at that location and not in Cincinnati. There is further corroboration of this theory in the finding of a black bead, such as was worn on the hat of the murdered girl very near where the body was left. This would indicate a struggle ahd some violence and .that he hat wbs worn. by the victim at that time ahd place." When found the hat was some d Lstar.ee aWay and was weighted . . . . . . - . " A. : 71 was unsuccessful tqiay. But the head is n.o longer needed to prove tp.e criuie or to point out the criminaLbut i the public pitv for the friends is so strong that rewards amounting jto n:irlv si nan nffpvori -fnr- it coverv. 1 The requisition moves slowly. Some error in the papers has required cor rection and now it appears that the hastily drawn. indictment has been found to be imperfect and Judge llelm has instructed the grand jury to With draw it and report another in correct ed form. It is said that opposition to the extradition will be made on the ground that there is danger of mob violence. 1 AN EARTHQUAKE IN CUBA. Santiago de Cuba, Feb. IS. An earth quake shock which was preceded by deep subterranean rumblings and a larming noises, has been experienced here. The inhabitants were terror stricken until the noises ceased. If thev are equal to the others in these OT silver; anu it is oy no means a tore-: win not rest until we repeal finalities what is the matter with them ; gone conclusion, that the gold standard laws. The same condition that thev allow victory" aiter vie . . . i . . i i a. 1 4-"U A -nt4.; ..1 r a . j htt. SILVER THE ISSUE And North Carolina Is For Free Coinage. LINE OF BATTLE DRAWN ja. "W"ill Be Fought Out In The . Coming Campaign. ; nifTY OF DEMOCRATS 1 CLEAR The True Sentiments of the Party Must be Expressed in Every Con vention From the Pri maries Up. To the Editor: In the approaching campaign the financial question must be the controlling issue, it .cannot be the tariff, for the people will never engage in another great national . V ... . . contest over a question of percentage, whether the tariff shall be pr 52 per cent. In all the confusion about fusion; in all the uncertainty arnoner ooliticians. the ideas of the people of North Caro-j Una on the question of money is well defined and positive. The necessity of the times, the demands of the people! uit- J-vi "v- iiuiuvuiuia, a i uuiiuu- eoi of silven Senator Pritchard declred that this is-a. question.: of no importancebut it is not in the I pow er of Senator Pritchard and the j Republican party, aided by the gold standard element of the Democratic ijart3' to divert the minds of the peo- pie from this vital issue. The principle composed, as tnis party is, ot negroes ana omce-seeKers, it, win oi , course vote f or the nominees of the cdnven- .tion, regaraiess oi tne auties oi. cm It seems to us that the position to e taken by tne uemocrats of JNortn Carolina, is plainly determined by every consideration of party: policy, patriotism ana Humanity. - we must A t . 1 1 It 1 1 t stana uoioiy ana uncompromisingly for the immediate, free and amlimited einagc of silver. This is, and always has been, Democratic doctrine. ' Jt is one , oi tne iunaamentai principles oi Tne party, ana is penevea m-..ana ae- always have done, in convention as- sembled, declare for the restoration eienieiiL wjii cuuuui liic xauuiitn uciu- Jlj;irtLlu tuuuu. - j.x mat wuycuuuu has any regard for the principles and L I ll 1 LIU U O VAX UUC iCLl 9 AA. AV lli for one moment to the demands of the people "wTio" constitute the rank and i"iiTn?&TtiAQR,CU,-TU'AI- APPROPRIATION humanity and hear the cries oi op I jiressiou and distress and suffering that come louder and louder from every State of the Union, that con vention will promptly, emphatically and unequivocally, declare for the , tion bill. It carries $3, l.iS.1 92. The restoration of the money of the consti- section of the revised "statute for the tution. It will then receive the en-' purchase and distribution of "rare and thusiastic support of all Democrats J uncommon," seed which Secretary and all honest advocates of silver. But ! Morton declined to execute in the enr if the national Democratic convention, ! rent apropriation. law was repealed, controlled by a- horde of ' office- j The appropriation for seed was in holders' and powerful financial ! creasetl from $130,000 to $150,000 and syndicates, should nominate a candi- J its execution was made mandatory date and adopt a platform in accord upon -the Secretary . with the administration, the duty of j Mr. Couzins, of Iowa, introduced his North Carolina Democrats, and of amendment tq reduce Mr. Morton's Democrats of the Union, is clear and j salary from $3,000 to $25 until he ex mandatory. There are thoiu-ands in pended the appropriation in the cur- North Carolina who love the; Demo cratic party.' We are proud of her his tory and her statesmanship. ' Her triumph has been co-existent, with the prosperity of the people and the glory oft the L nion. She has always stood with the people, resistiny the en- croaeh ments of monopoly, and has al-j by the imposition of penalties for vio w ays been the champion of civil liber-' lations, were striken out. ty and human rights. The present j A resolution was adopted directing contest marks a crisis in her history, the committee on Ways and Means to and it is the solemn duty of all; Demo- investigate the effect of the difference crats to see that in this contest the of exchange between gold and silver true f.eidi ments of the party .jive;' ex- J standard -"countries upon the manufac pressed in every convention that shall j turing industries of the United States, be held, from the primaries to the Na- Notice also was given that the con tioral convention. It is especially ; the tested election case of Tan DZora vs. duty of North Carolina Democrats to! Tarsney would be called un next see mai ine ue-iegaiioji seiii to viiicuu will stand firmly for the' money -of Hue i people ana n mat convention, at ine dictation of (rover Cleveland and Wall street, should .set at naught the w ishes of the overwhelming majorityjof the partv, and regardless of the condition of the country, driven to the verge, of anarchy and ruin regardless of the de- j imftids and sufferings of the jeople, ; should trample upon the will of the! people, and attempt to pledge : the Democratic party to the support of gold bugs, in the interest of a tyrrani cal plutocracy, our delegation; should be instructed to withdraw from the convention, repudiate its platform and nominees, and denounce its action as an outrage on Democratic institutions and a menace to the existence of the Republic. TTow could we do otherwise? ' ISorth Carolina is for free silver, lhe people everywhere are for free silver and every one knows this fact. This is Democratic doctrine, and is the para mount question in politics, and will be until it is settled. . The demonetization of silver has been a powerful factor to ruin, pau perizeand enslave our people. It has humiliated and dishonored the nation. We have seen our government at the mercy of speculation, driven almost to bankruptcy, stand trembling beg ging gold from Shylock. Our fore fathers of the Revolution. refused to pay the smallest tribute to England, but we to-day, by the ignominious po sition of our own government, pay mil lions of unjust tribute to the Roths childs and bondholders of London. If an angel of darkness had, with the blast of a trumpet spread war and pes tilence and famine from one end of this land -to the other, he could have done no worse than did Cleveland when he completed the work of the Republi can party in the demonetization of sil ver, thereby confiscating the homes of millions, paralyzing industry, turning workmen out of employment to raise the red hand of riot and anarchy, bringing want to humble hearthstones, taking bread from the mouths of chil dren, and ringing tears from the eyes of the. innocent and helpless. Shall we indorse this great conspiracy and crime against the people! The Demo crats of North Carolina will never en dorse it. The Democratic party of the Union will never endorse it, arid if any organization falsely purporting to act for the party should endorse it,thepeo ple will organize a new and purified Democracy, and one that will be in reality as in name the party, of the Pfople, and stand fbT a govern- that forever scourge these money changers from our temples, and declare anew the proclamation of the emanci- I , North Carolina are for the free coinage of silver. They are in earnest for it. They must unite for it. We believe that they will unite. No political T trickery can prevent tnem from uni ting. The entire electoral and Con gressional vote of this State will be cast in accordance With the washes of win Da&eiy uesen, ine cause oi tne peo- ple, regarding not the voice of duty that must speak to the consciences of all good men. For a little money they are helping to rob the poor and the weak and to drive the iron wheels "over ;iT i. m nvt LL VUU L-X "1-3 4.1JJ.U. UCflULllUI liicl I) w trthl ,lirot7n all parties. Let them go . 1 - . wTio would fall back, fall back Let: those who would oppose, t It 1 . rany, ana ( inspire others country from mg ana swelling, like the accumulating ; lorreni mai rusnes irom tne inouu- lain sweeping aii Deiore it Gome with, me," said. Richard Cob- den, as John Bright . turned heart stricken from a new made grave, "in London there are women and children dying with hupger, with hunger made by the laws Come with me and we these threatens uul, cuuuu v wuav . xxc wno . , Will i 1 1 iitrtii,- iu juiii uic tiaiiuus ux ue. uaitie call M. L. EEZD, LOCKE CRAIG. Asheville, N. C, Feb. 17. ; The Bill, Carrying $3,158,192, Passed By the House Yesterday. Washington, Feb. 18 The House to- day passed the Agricultural appropria rent law , bnt the amendment wjas ruled out on a point of order. Several amendments to inspection acts of 1891, recommeded by Secretary Morton, which would have given him additional power to enforce regula tions and have strengthened the law ; iuesdav ANOTHER MASSACRE FEARED. The Condition of the Armenians in Turkey Truly Pitiable. Boston, Mass, Feb. 18. The follow jnr y, been received in Boston from a resident in Marsovan, Eastern Turkey, under date of January 20, 1S96: "The city has been in great fear the ; last few days, and any spark may easily discharge a magazine. Amazia is less badly off, and Hadji Keoy escaped with the loss of its market. The con dition is most pitiable." The total amount received and for warded to Turkey for relief thus far, by Frank II. Wiggin, Assistant Treas urer of the American Board, Boston, is $70,522.89. DISTRIBUTING RELIEF. Constantinople, Feb. 18. Miss Clara Barton, President of the American Red Cross Society, has arrived here, and she is organizing a system for the distri bution of relief to the suffering Armenians. with an enthusiasm that will ;,UtU1J,'v' Tt .WiU"".WI tuc me- llle has accuinulattd u large "fortune. , wi arou&e is . j an(j pUSbing- tearing each others ' uc-w a c PDATm J itu iitai -hov ocean to ocean, gather-L.. ' - n.c'W- "E WAo CRA.tD VVITH JEALOUSY. A TWEHTY DEADWQM EH Death's Awful Harvest in Troy, New York. VICTIMS OFTHE FIRE FIEND Dashed to Death on the Pave ment Below. THE RUINS A DOZEN NOW IN The Conflagration Vae ni,.A Kw .... ..-0. --w.. 1 - Lighted MatclvCarelessly Thrown Into a Pile of Oily Rags by a Boy. Troy.N. Y.,j Feb. 17. A small boy carelessly throw ing a match into a pile of oily waste; a blasting mass of flames, 350 girls and women, frenzied! with trignt, hghting for life, as the hot names, chased them with hungry tongues, was the beginning of a fire to night that consumed thousands of dol lars worth of property and caused the destruction of many lives. From the outside of the high build ing the first notice of impending dis aster was the sight of .a body of girls, T 1 J a a f . lurid streaks, then the mnss of hvn - " i.i me iut civ j viiiv-m rnv iiictL iijfic arc niieen peo- . ., . . capes from the windows, those who " pie missing, and with the five a I ready 1,1 ,ne mine perished. were more fortunate crowding out the : known to be missilng, that will make! hn,oke s rushing from the .shaft in entrance. Following them was a mass ' twenty lost in thd ruins. 1 imagine l,11,e ,,oulls hich prevents3-Ht ranee of smoke with flashes of hot Unmc in there a re mnnv-mW it w,-. ' to the "ine. The funs were.the only ; i 1 1 r vnpi f ill T. i iinn iit nvn i r 1 i . t t t. --.... . . i. . . u r i . i zied humanity finding the " egresses ' that building Should escape. A great j'01;11 a,s l1' t,wm'lt,ly;1,,lish too small for instant escape, began! many people would' not report to the1, ' , lloiM or P"' Wing climbing"over the sides of the escapes, 'police at all." found alive is cut off. ; and bundles of clothing filled with! The roll call in the mornintr will evI-! feupermtendent 1aul ..Mount, of the writhing humanity, dropied at the feet of horrified passers-by. "; ; Within twenty minutes after the fire started there were three dead women laid upon the floor of an adjoining: Store, and at least a dozen burned and maimed girls and women taken to the j hospital or to their homes. L ve ? &,ris an" women m tne building, it is presumed that at least a! half dozen are in the ruins, for it is .ll.lo 1Q oil ol il k t 'a. a. -a- a . bay be exaggerated. I ; . . " . ! j It was just tUirty minutes before ; closing hours us. L-ieitheimer & Co.'s shirt-waist factory, on River street, j jmd the 350 girls and women were J Kvorking rapidly 10 finish up. In the , catting room on the fifth floor, the 150. girls were closing up their day's as- j signn.ent and preparing to leave when the whistle blew. Lillie Kreiger who was working near a machine, called to w C,r: a threw the burning stub to the floor. .i- o.i.r. u luuivii T i a 1 ! - ! ' strucK a pne oi ouy rags ana in an rccordriir tt.is-8 aWheVn man names, vviin ner ciotnes arin riair l. . burning she rushed to the window and in an instant, the room became - a J1U", and women fought for their live: to get away f rem the fiery flames thr.r seemed to grow to monstrous size. ' LWith rare presence of mind, policeman j i arrall, who was on the street, seeing j that in the pome a number were Lable to jump, let down the awning over the entrance. Barely was it down When two or three forms came flying down from the fifth and sixth stories, and bouncing from the awning, fell to the sidewalk. I Lillie Kreiger, over whose machine the fire started, was one of these. She struck' the awning, fell on her back and bounced to her hands and knees on the sidewalk. She got up and stag gered about until the people helped her to her feet again. By this time nearly every window had a female form dang ling from it, and when the firemen ar rived, there was a hustle to get the ladders up. I At the center window on the sixth floor, a woman hanging by her hands, was forced out by the flames licking her face. With a last shriek, she let go and came tumbling over and over until she struck the pavement. When picked up it was found that she was Mrs. Carrolll. Her spinal coulmn was forced through into her brain. ; Just below her in another window hung a woman turning appealing glances to the crowd. The black smoke was pouring from the window, but as yet no flames w7ere visible, and the crowd yelled encouragingly to her to hold on, but a high red flame reached out just then and licked her face, and in an instant her body was rebounding from the pavement. She w:as Mrs. Foley, a .widow, and when picked up, she was dead. i On the same floor, hanging from an other window, was a woman, and sal vation in the shape of a ladder was most within her grasp when her strength failed, and she went tumbling down to death. She was Mrs. Kane, i The firemen and police worked likei l. 1 . . 1. : . .. ,? 1 ihtiucs, unu iu ljicii trut:i u nils uu; I a great saving of lives. At least a ! nn ;ia- ,o nn.;,ii ,i v i,i.i ",t .1 t 4l0 KT-Tf Tim fir. Tuimnil on fioma. ly by this time that no detailed search of the building could be made, and from what can be learned, there were many girls and women on the three upper stories, either lying in fainting fits, or overcome by smoke. It was this fact that led to the rumors that there were at least twenty women dead, and the story even at this writing does not seem improbable. I The flames ate down through three floors so quickly that the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the Jessup and Gooppner Crockery Com pany; and Van Zandt and Jacobs col lar manufactory had not time to save anything." One house after the fire started, caught from the falling por tion of the roof, and from it small buildings on the south caught. About 8 o'clock the firemen heard shrieks coming from the two-story building on the south, they discovered an Itallian peddler, named Joseph Rossi, who kept a stand in front of the building, pinioned by the legs under a heavy beam.1 Three policemen started to assist him, and with a fireman, work- - - A. 11 ' - 11 3 - A. 1 . 1 ed for three quarters of an hour. ? They had just about gotten him loose. when, with a roarthe great south walls came crashing, down, and the horrified . spectators saw the brave little group! i buried from view. When the smoke and dusk had c.earetl, there was a rush or willing workers, and in a little'while ! the men were takjen out All were in i jured and had to b removed, to the hospital. lhe Italian will probably die. Superintendent Yillard. of the police force, says that he saw a number of Crirls at Windows who nvr rnmi rmf .! out leu back into, the flames. J One fireman, whjo was working from the rear, saw three girls with their arms tightly about each other, turn in , uuvt Jump uacK UHO me names, borne, of, the women who escaped tell of stumbling over pros trate bodies, and are positive that o score of girls perished. The girls who did escape live in various suburban places and hurried awn v. rt ttmt ni4n . the roll is called in h mnmiro ha exact number of the missing will not be known. The loss by fire is from $250,000 to , $300,000, with about $100,000 insurance. At least 500 people are thrown out of employment; j The firemen worked to-night with the thermometer dpw'n below zero, and sintered very much. Midnight. Superintendent of j0. lice vullard said at midnight: "The returns from the various pre- ' , . . imp imiiMn' thn nii 1i dently show that between twenty and thirty people are underneath the l uins. Up to 1 o'clock no ifurther bodies had been-recovered. . IS SUED FOR HIS. OWN COFFIN A Prominent Man Making Extensive Preparations for Death, 1Tuntinrrtnn" w V, Vt.u iq..!,,.!,,.. W. P. Thompson, ho was Treasurer'! q - j " T ,uy m. -v nr M l . IIVI V. -"ll"-"ll lot this State for eiarht years and who orfir hr Jutge of the criminal court in this county, has been making extensive preparations for his death, although he is in apparently good health. Be has hall a vaulting and expensively finished and' has puchased a. handsome casker for his remains, Quite :i sensation was caused some t,ays a0 when ex-Mayor Nickey of this t.jty brought suit against the jiid-e for a casket. It seems Thompson had an order with -Nickey for the casket but "v,ilff : m low n ne w,uo.1": i rom anorner unnerr;'. kji- at 1 u tnu ! to-day. Thomson atmeared d, ay, Thompson appeared and plead. 5wn case and it is probably the irst his ow n case and it is nrobnhlv - ..'vx.ii -v.i iina ij viMiiii t tt Jit such suit defended his own cane. The hnC judge is one of th most prominent Democrats of this State and during his A Qcrina:.' Laborer" Shoots His Wife, icn ar.d Gi'and-Child. Brooklyn, N. Y,, Feb. 18.-Crazed with jealousy "because his wife and sons had left him, Franz Schwab, a (ierman laborer, 5G years old to-ni-lrt visited the home of his married son ! Bernard, and after gaining admittance, by trickery, fired foujr shots from a 44- calibre pistol, two of the bullets lodg ing in the body of his wife, Latrina; fifty-three years old, killing her almost instantly. The third ball struck his grand child, 9 weeks old, over the heart and the fourth struck the eon Bernard in the right eye. Schv. ab, after the shoot ing, ran through ti e apartments in search of bis daughter-in-iaw and not finding her, made js escape to the street by way of the fire-escape from the second storj-. He was overtaken by a patrolman and arrested. The police believe that he is insane Bernard Schwab child will probably d and the injured ie. TO RESTRICT IMMIGRATION A Bill Reported Providing an Educa tional Qualification. .t Washington, Feb.lfj. Senator Lodge, chairman of the Comiinittee on frami irration. to-dav reported a bill from .. vic i that committee for the restriction of immigration. The bill provides for the exclusion of all persons who are so ignorant as "to be unable to read" and write any language, j Senator Lodge presented a written rexort on the bill in w ;aich he saj s "the measure, if adopted,, will exclude a large portion of the present immigra tion and with few exceptions will tell exclusively on the niost undesirable iortions of immigration alone. No ; measure can be advised which will let j in absolutely every otie who ought to come ln and" exclude every immigrant vhr niilrht In lw sVint. mit tint. th Txr- o -L - 1' 1 , , , . . , ntage of desirable Immigrants whoPrds and canvass, throt.gl woul.l be excluded bv this bill would . r ni be forced in on the 1 win,wi tn tV.r. minimum" The com tti i tf e al ad mv thnt 'there . tan be no doubt that there is a general and very earnest desire among the peo- i pie of the United States to restrict im- ! migation. "It is obvioys that immigia- ' tion in its iresent unrestricted form, the report continues!, "threatens to I injure the quality of our citizenship of American and lower the rates wages." . I The committee say that all that has : hitherto been done to lim prove and re - ' strict immigration has been beneficial but that it has not been sufficient to reach the objectionable classes. burned. A little over a year ao, the , J j mines of the Vulcan company had to Washington, Feb. isj The New York j u' hooded on this account and jthe old delegation in Congress, at a banquet workings have never been rcbpeiied,' given here to-night at the Hotel jnfl tle drift where to-day's accident Regent, enthusiastically gave expres-! fecurrvd wax a new one. It is thought sion of their unanimous support to ! that the disaster may have been caused Gov. L. P. Morton, of j New York, fori by the breaking into an. iiuiense the Republican presidential candi- Jacket of firas generate! by theie ever dacy. There were present all the, lasting fires. On IVbruary Mb1, State members of the delegation but three. At the close of the speeches a unani - mous rising vote was taken indicating j the hearty support of the delegation to Governor Mortou. ' j FIFTY MEM PE ei " " ' ' . . . 1 ernnc -kXPlOSlon Ol Gas la a Colorado Mine. NOT A MAN HAS ESCAPED Between Fifty and Siity Men Were at Work.' THE MINE IS NOW OM FIRE Smoke is Rushing From the Mouth of the Shaft and Prevents the Work of Rescue by Those on the Scene, j Glenwootl SpringR, Col., tvb. IS. A gas explosion occurreil in the Vulcan mine at New Castle, just lH'fore 12 to day when there were Wtweiui 50 and 60 men in the mine at woik. At the shaftimouth a hole 100 feet square was. blown out. Ed. Welsh who was just attiihe mouth of the tunnel when the explosion took place was blown to atoms. It is almost certain that all the men T ! means of supplying air to the woi kmen onsonuaieu closed down ln mine and i seut Uii 111111 to tl,e l.t they could do nothing on account of ine sinoKe aim gas. i ney nave; now pro cured wet sponges and will make an en'ort to reach the interior. IThe pecne at the mine is one of wildest .confusion. ( Whes ami children are rushing madly to and froMenring their hair and rend ing the air in deep anguish which such a calamitv briiifs. i' , A t lining of people was rUi, ut the scene ot" disaster, a divtmue' of nearly two .miles from New Cast he A glance was enough to dissipate nhy hope for the lives of the entombed men. TIio force of tlie explosion had called a cave-in, ami the tunnel and air '-ourves weie filled with the fallen rock, earth and tiinbeis. I loth fan houses were wrecked and the kIok: ami! viefnity were so full of debris, and the pr.s was so bal that it was hard and. dangerous work to begin the rescue. Neverthe less, w illing hands were soe-ji :;t work ,t n . far as ,- ,.:i.u a a;. ir.t.. n ! lrl , . i'-i . jut. f, ru i:u(i aittib ai iri the party had gotten 200 feet they were eompelltd to recede. The party con sisted ' of ' Superintendent llerrick, of the Vulcan and John VimesJ, William Reese, Sam Hills, and Kotierjt Temple--man, from the Consolidated jmiii". ' The construction of a temju:u y fan house was commenced at on- atiJ the . work of pumping fresh ain into the mine was soon begun. It is hardly possible that aiuy of the miners are still aliie but th. staiting of the fans will 1x? made as-soim an. pos sible, in the hope that if anyjhae sur vived they may be kept alive till help reaches them. Two young" inii:ers, Tom Connelly and James Pjtri . met with narrow cM'npvs.. Th;iieyiii le coming hfH-e, they quit woijk-iu tire mines and had just emergediXrri.i the tunnel when the explosion keci erred. The follovVkig are the namjffi of the miners known to be at workithat raix be obtained up to this, hoiir:"j William JIagerty, Joseph . .I.Srr, Aliel Dorr, Will Dorr," .lames larrikin, Thomas Law igan, Ceorge iardr Ed ward Welch, driver; John Fipik, and 13 year old son Kmil; Charles Mer chant, Tom Addison. Ixniis jllimiotti, VnitV Rodnnki. home inTllino:y, haves wife and 'J children; Peter-; Patricio, Dan Morris, Cnbriel Jeeee, Ftfu.k Tos- sio, Baptiste Chowcette, .Augjiist Mat teve, John Scaife, Philip Ra 2i, Philip Urecker, Fred Sigimaul, Autfmio Pa tricio, John Counghlin, late jbf Iloek jiIc; William AVbb, Sam Joi.jk, Feank McCourdy, Ben. Cotle, Jr., Ahjx IJemo, Frank Sinionic, Roljert Seti;,r, Jack Jenkins, Dominic Kosetti, IVffer Tap- jero, Antonio Tapero, And Jew Rol iando, Peter MagiMito, Antonqo f;irtl no, David J. Evans. j As soon as the news of the explo sion reached New Castle, S u I; r in ten dent Blount closed the mhiejr of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, and taking all his miners left for&he Vul can -mines where all are actively at work in the attempts at rescu1 There are two shafts in addition to life one In which the explosion took place. In the upper of these two the remjuers are in alxjut threfe hundred feet, and it is thought that air can be forted into some of the rooms, but none of those in the mine have come out, and it is feared that this Js conclusive evidence that .nil are dead. In this mine jhc men i:re at work building a division with which 4i" fcido and the foul iras driven out 1 rem the other. But this is slow work a id there 110 possibility of gettir.g far, 5,1 the mine to recover any bo enough ddin bc- fore to-morrow morning. j The cause Oa the explossoi .et known, 'lhe coal fields. 1 the ulcan mine is located hi is not m which hdve lxen troubled with subterranean jus lor Inany. years. In many places over a distance of eighty to one ftundrea nile smoke has Lstsued frork i- s in 'the rocks 'uce the country ,vh first j ; known to white men and in latr rears ' niany valuable coal minc3 Laic leen ' otKii mine , inspector insrecti vae t - ine and pronounced it in s lecdkl condition acd Hie work is said j have been done at nil times in tbf nost careful manner. 1
The North Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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