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THE P iJBLIC LEDGER. FEARFUL HOLOCAUST The Hotel Boyal, ITew York City, in EuinSp MAKY LIVES ABB REPORTED L03T. Harrowing- Irenes Witnessed by riiosn Who Assemhled in Sifrlit of the Burning Building Guests Leap from Windows to Escane from the Sea of Flames. New York, Feb. 8. A disaster par alleling in. horror and probably exceed ing in loss of life the terrible occurrence in Park Place, the remembrance of which is fresh in the public minds, oc curred here early yesterday morning. The Hotel Royal, at Fortieth street and Eitais. 4 ine otners nave Deen cared tor y their friends at neighboring hotels or at their homes. At the Morgue. The body of Henry S. Levy, the only one of those at the morgue which has been identified,was removed to the home of the dead man's cousin. It was taken to 243 East Forty-ninth street, and will be buried in Salem Fields, Brooklyn. The other bodies have been viewed by hundreds of persons, none of whom were, however, able to identify them. There was a big crowd about the morgue, but admittance was denied to all but friends of the persons reported to be missing. The bodies are arranged in a row m pine coffins. BLAINE WITHDRAWS He Sends west, accepts tne resignation as nnal and says it points unerringly to Harri son's renomination. The Old Ticket. Bj .Letter tO Unairman Kinlev believes in the old tinker.. TTnrr.i. fi'irlrcnn son and MoTton. He says it would be 1892. FEBRUARY. 1892. HE WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSEL McIIiVAINE FT.ECTROCUTED. The youthful Muxderer Dies in the Electric Chair at Sing Sing. Sing Sing, Feb. 9. Charles Mcllvaine was shocked to death in the prison here Sixth avenue, was burned to the ground yesterday in the presence of the follow- and a large number ot people were burned to death, many suffocated by smoke and oiners crushed to death m the ruins. It was a few minutes after 3 o'clock yesterday morning when the flames were hi st discovered. They never had better fuel. The building was com posed of several old structures, all amal gamated into the Hotel Roj'al years ago. So far as can be learned the flames kindled in the shaft of the elevator in the basement at about the middle depth ot the building. Terrible Scenes Enacted. Harrowing scenes were witnessed by those who were assembled in sight of the burning house. One unknown man sprang from a window on th third floor and was dashed to death on the side walk below before the horrified eves of the spectators. This terrible scene was enacted on the Sixth avenue side of the house. A moment later another man leaped from a window on the Fortieth street side and was mangled to death. Shortly afterward two women jumped irom windows on the Sixth avenue side. Firemen and spectators helped to res cue the imprisoned guests and emplo3Tes. Many were taken from windows where they had sought refuge from the flames and the firemen dared smoke and flames to save life. Sergeant Ward and Patrol man Phillips went into a room on the ing witnesses, besides the deputies taken from the prison keepers: Dr. S. 13. Ward, of Albany; Prof. L. H. Laudy, of Columbia college; Dr. L. A. Saxer, of Syracuse; Dr. T. S. Robertson, of New York; Dr. Herbert F. Williams, of Brooklyn; Dr. J. Marill, of Poughkeep- sie; Dr. A. F. Carroll, of Brooklyn; Dr. J. Hasbrouck, ot Port Ewen, N. Y.; Dr. kj. v . -tuacuonaia, ot JNew l orK, anaa number of newspaper reporters The first contact with the dynamo was made at 11:12 a.m.; the duration of the contact was forty-five seconds. In t -Ct-t- i?J J.1 1 X n .tew truunu& aner me current was cut off by order of Dr. Mac-Donald, froth issued from the mouth, and almost si multaneously there was a quick gurgling exhalation and as quick a recovery, like a person strangling. The current was at once reapplied and continued for forty-five seconds, when the doctors ex amined the wrist and -jugular vein for pulsations. There were none, and after examination by all the doctors nresent the subject was declared dead. The doc tors with one exception believe that life and consciousness were destroyed at the same instant. Mcllvaine was not nuite 19 vears old when he committed his terrible and he had just been married to a girl still younger than than himself. Thev occupied a couple of rooms in an east side JNew York tenement. One night in fourth floor ana took Walter H. Phelps grust, 1889, he took two companions and his wife safely down a ladder. Offi cer Phillips succeeded in saving Mrs. Samuel Knapp, of Chicago, who was un able to save herself and was about to leap from a window on the third floor. Mr. Uh I man's Great Loss. Mr. Frederick Uhlman, a well known dealer in hops, lost everything in his room, including $12,000 in cash, several checks and notes and other valuable business documents. Among the nar row escapes related is that of William C. Thompkins, of this city, who was a transient guest. He was aroused by the cry ot nre and finding escape bv the to his rooms. All three tvnieal east side toughs" lay down to sleen. with ordera to Mrs. Mcllvaine that she should awaken them shortly after midnight. In the early hours of the moraine" thev crossed the Brooklvn brid 0-e bent nnrm plundering some house before their re turn. Passing through .T open window in Grocer Christian T.iWa house attracted Mcllvaine's attention. It was an "easy mark," he thought, and telling his companions to wait, he re moved his shoes and climbed up and into the window. While he was search ing for plunder Mr. Luca surprised him. stairs impossible coolly packed his things :Jlcllvame whipped out a knife, and as hxiu lovvereu nimseir to tlie ground bv t uugcu n again mm means of the rope fire escane which ho adm mt0 tne man s body. found in the room. When on the ground rru i he gathered up his effects, which he had . J?he Chlles Sentenced. previously thrown out of the window Ll -m- AotuUiua, reo. o. unofficial in to finish hi cw' texiigeuce nas oeen received of the sen tencing, at Valparaiso, of the men con- For the Presidency, and Adds That His Name Will Not Go Before the Republican National Convention for Nominal ion Comments on the Secretary's Declination. Washington. Feb. 8. The following inci v its mitue uuonc last mgiit. Washington, Feb. 6, 1892. ion. ,j. t. UlarKson, chairman of the national Kepublican committee: iu JJEAR oir 1 am not a candidate ior tne presidency, and my name will not go before the Republican national convention tor the nomination. I make tins announcement m dup spa son Wednesday, Feb. 3. In a fight which grew out of a nractical joke in a Chicago saloon Charles Maguire shot William Tagney and Andrew Gal lagher. Tagney was killed and Gallagher, it is believed, is mortally wounded'. Of the eighteen men who drifted out to sea in the tug Webster and four scows of the New York street cleaning deDartment all have been rescued. The last two were brought into Philadelphia last night. Thursday, Feb. 4. A mail wagon crossing from New York to Hoboken, N. J., was robbed of seven pouches of first class mail. No clew Su Jflo. Ti TI Fr. Sa. 1JL ajlX" -LA JLJO JlJl Jz iiJAli JZJ8 J9 20" 21 22 j?3 24 5 26 27 28 29 j "fc First Quarter fs Full VSMooii 5 12 MOON'S 4:39 a. m. 2:38 p. m. PHASES. n ii Quarter 20 ;Mo7n 27Sii7 7:15 p. rsx. The Argentine Elections. Buenos Ayres, Feb. 9. The provin cial elections resulted in favor of the conciliation party desiring an a mo ment between Mitre and R Governor Abbetfc liasrpannmnfofi vM lo those who have tendered their sup- Beasley as chief justice of the New Jersey liave figured as presidential candidates port I owe sincere thanks and am most supreme court. Senator Werts was an- In some places the elections were marked cn" r Ai n I 4-un l mi I -vZn4 1 i . tjiaxiu j.kjx bueir comiaence. iney, puwu associate justice. win, x am sure, mane earnest efforts in nrmea. tne approaching contest, which is rpn dered especially important by reason of tue industrial and hnancial policies of xne government being at stake. The popular decision on these issues is of great moment and will be of far reach ing consequences. James G. Blaine. Washington, Feb. 9. Opinions differ widely as to the effect upon national politics of Mr. Blaine's letter. Politic ians seem to be practically unanimous in the belief that the secretary, in writ ing it, turns his back on thp ror tne presidencv, it being conceded that he could be his nartv's company has susnendpd hnir,oaa Both were con- An earthquake shock in Omaha, rans a bank of earth to fail on the house of S. H. Green. The house was demoli shprl nrl Green, his wife and two children seriouslv injured. Ex-Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, says the government has no need of a navy, that the Chilean affair was fomented bv inter ested parties, and that the government has no business to send war shins swao-erin around the earth." Friday, Feb. 5. The president of the Louisiana T.ott.rv generally company has issued a circular saying the - j n no is. several arsons killed and a number wounded. were HOGSHEADS, HARNESS, &c. candidate if he would but consent. This uenei is snared by leaders of both great parties. Cullom in the Field. It is developed Ii ere. a,s n, nnnQArmono. ?, ..Blame's letter of withdrawal, that Illinois will probably have a strong candidate for the presidential nomina tion in the person of Senator rh-illn The senator desires a delegation favora ble to him from his own state, and that he will endeavor to gain strength iw other states is assured. When ques tioned by a reporter Senator said: I am not surprised. T im James Odem, who went tn "Pnrtionri Ark., and wantonly killed two negroes re cently was shot and killed near Morell Sta tion, Ark., by a sheriff's posse. -Britton Williams. th 14- Deputy Sheriff J. A. Williams, of Brady ville, Tenn., was killed bv hsi by a playmate named Willie Bryan. vvnile Kichard Griffith and two laborers were robbing pillars in the mines at Upper Lehigh, Pa., a fall of rock occurred, burv- ing Griffith beneath it. It took fifteen hours' hard work to recover the body. Saturday, Feb. At a meeting LOOK HERE! When you want Hogshead Dror us anosLq supply alvays on hand . Orders filled at IJ' thyite section of the Irish parliamentary HientS UOtiCe. Ill and, indeed, from the secretary himself, Party Mr. Justin McCarthy was re-elected 6. Dublin of the MCar- a niO- ana went elsewhere to finish his sleep. A tall, handsome young man, climbed down the Sixth avenue front from the topmost window. He slowly climbed from sill to sill until he reached the ground. He was seriously burned and bruised, but alive, and the crowd cheered him wildly while he disappeared, unidentified, in the crowd. Mrs. Keuper and her daughter, Julia, who occupied a room on the third floor at the corner of Fortieth street and Sixth avenue, and who registered from Flemington, N. J. on Saturday, were rescued by a police man and a fireman, who carried them down a ladder. They lost all their clothing save their night dresses, which they had on. Mrs. Keuper suffered greatly from the shock and Miss Kue per s long black hair was badly singed by the flames, which burst out of the win dow as she stepped on the ladder to safetjT. Richard Meares, proprietor of the Hotel Koyal miraculously escaped death with his wife. They retired at 1 o'clock and were asleep on the second floor. They were aroused by the watchman. Mr. Xoonau's Thrilling Kscape. A young man named Noonan, who oc- cnPle.a room the fourth floor, made a thrilling escape. With tl or an athlete he swung himself from tne window sill to the window below, and "U1" ""c wiimow to another he de- ctrnueu umii ne reacned the ground . ' now many Ohil rrorl onI w- r 1 J l i . - J r. .m ixidiiieu uouies are yet bur ied beneath the ruins of the Hotel Royal rniT m""", iiuxooie uncertainty. Thus f'jf tntolTTn T,t; i n J utlvC uumra nave oeen recov- eieu, omy twoot winch has been identi L.-.Vi. . , , vcl-. Uiirerui exann- xict tiuii ui tue noiei register and the -journal which was furnished by Night Clerk uuuwwouuine number of persons in the buiidmg when the fire broke out wcw u. oi inese twelve are known to be dead, eighty-one were rescued bv "-", awicu uy citizens, before the walls collapsed, and fifty-nine are still missing. Twelve Bodies from the Uuins At 8 o'clock last night number twelve was found. It was the trunk of a wo man, and was found near the Fortieth street entrance to the hotel. The le-s and arms were gone, and nothing was found near the body by which it might be recognized. Twenty minutes later the laborers found the foot of a human being wedged in under a piano. At this point work was stopped temporarily. Work was resumed in a few minutes the stop having been made to remove a portion of wall which appeared danger ous. A lady's memorandum book, on the back of which was the name Mrs. H. A. Cate, was found. Last evening the identification of the bodj- in box No. 9 was made complete. Ic is that of Mrs! Mary Begley, the housekeeper of the Hotel Royal. Among those who were rescued from the flaming building are twenty-four who are more or less seriously burned and bruised. Three of these are at Bellevue hospital, and there is one each ftt tiie New XQk Presbyterian fcoa. l-TP1 Partlcipation m the assault on the Baltimore sailors. Little surprise is expressed at the mildness of the punish ment inflicted. Carlos Arena, alias Gomez, gets 920 days' imprisonment, which includes 540 days for assaulting Turnbull, who died of his wounds, 300 days for disorderly wwuuuui,, ou uays ior carrying a concealed weapon and 20 days for giving a false name. " An -. JoseAnumada gets 320 davs for his part m the assault on Turnbull, and Fredenco Rodriguez 140 days for wound ing .Boatswain's Mate Riggin, the other muraered American. presi- Killed by a Boiler Explosion. Philadelphia, Feb. 9. When half way between Wavne Junction and Nice town, on the Bound Brook track of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, at 10:15 last night, engine 180, while push ing freight train 504 up a steep grade, blew up with terrific force, killing three men and injuring four others, two of whom will probably die. The killed are: George Reardon, fireman: Harvey Moore, brakeman: an unknown man. The injured are: Huerh Dnno-hm-fv probably fatally; John J. Moore, brake man, probably fatally; John Buck, ux axeman, oaaiy; Jerome D. Miller, brakeman, badly. Murderer Fitzsimmons Suicides. New Orleans, Feb. 5. Frederick C. r ltzsimmons, alias Ambrose G. Budd and several other names, who was ar rested here Tuesday charged with mur der and theft in Pittsburg, Pa., cut his throat with a penknife in a cell at the Parish prison. He died at 1 o'clock this morning. In reference to the rumor tnat a ltzsimmons was suspected of be rng Tascott, the missing murderer of Millionaire Snell, ot Chicago, William t' fmKerton, or at. Paul, says positively was 110 1 tne oneii suspect. Governor Boyd Seated. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 9. At 2.10 yes terday afternoon Governor Boyd en terea tne omcial apartments of the gov- ci ziur aim was seated m triumph. Gov ernor Thayer came forward as Mr. Boyd entered, extended his hand and exclaimed: "How do you do, governor?" Governor Boyd made no reply or offered to take his hand, whereupon Mr. Thayer turned and left. of earnest service eicrht in tho sfnfo legislature, six m the governor's chair, eight in the lower house of congress and nine in the senate I would. estPPm it a great honor to have the delegation to tne national Republican convention rrom Illinois support me for the flpritinl rnTVll-QTirin " Chauncey M. Dopew's Opinion. ,,vliy; .10RK. eb. 9. After reading iur. s lame s letter Mr. Depew said: "It is the most important announcement tnat nas been made m the presidential canvass. Blaine was certain of the nomination. There would have been no name-seriously considered in opposi irvr ir 1 i t vi TXT. Til .Z 1 m . . -l'j-i. -uiiuutj is still m a position to largely dictate the nomina tion. he party's devotion to him has prevented the consideration of other names, liie renomination of President xiarnson lias by this letter, in my opin ion, been assured." Senator Hill Exnected Tr. -tsritisti West India rnl Windward and Leeward is- but nothing definite. If it is construed president. u nih menus to mean Mn nhsnlnta -r- At tvTqttt vi- -d fusal. as 1 1,,, ArTh "Tn r t:Z rr" ueromyin sentenced 7 ' u w t 10 vv in & if i 1. 1 1 h i 9J en 1 1 r?s Pi ivi mnonorh - j 1 spiifltm- hnri vf v. ViV, : j r- , uuuvictea mur - "ivvi nu ii i. i i i i r-t-: ii a. it i r i v i tr tiiq i fl 1 1- rtiT rvr n-- -m t m - letter) it nnwK ti10 r,iA trZ V x. . ItlLA oran, to aie during the letter;, it opens the field for the nomina- week beginning March 21. "Does that mean that von will ntflr? Jt?eu has issued his Proclama- "Yes, it does. I have said tnmvS a Zl tu reciprocity treaty it . -. . . vvw i tii bii i.iit- nr r cn tnat, Having given Illinois thirty years Trinidad lands, etc. Samuel Southerland, who, with John McCannand Charles E. Waterbury, was arrested for kidnapping little 8-year-old Ward Waterbury, was held in $5,000 bonds at Greenwich, Conn., to answer the charse in court. The lord mayor of London, before whom Mrs. Florence Ethel Osborne, the English society woman. aDneared charge of obtaining money under false pre tenses from a London firm of jewelers to whom she represented herself ful owner of jewelry she stole from her friend, Mrs. Harerreaves, discharged Mrs Osborne from custodv. the fusing to prosecute. Mrs. Osborne was immediately arrested on a charge, nf per jury and held for trial. Monday, Feb. 8. Four of the anarchists of Xerea will be executed on Wednesday. ' ' Captain W. S. Schlev has ,wi., 'This announcement is no surprise to from the command of the cruiser -rih me, said senator Hill. "hn. if iQ more and assio-ne fr iin t j.. 1, . 4- L. . 3 T l , i - I - . . ...vv uioWAllr. J. L T" Price and Quality we cannot be beat. fflODOrD Totecco Bam Give Ds Your Bar Bor a Few MINUTES! The Elmira Postmastership. Washington, Feb. 9. The Senate, in executive session, yesterday confirmed the nomination of Rathbun to be nost- master at Elmira, N. Y., vice Flood, removed. This is the nomination which Senator Hill has been opposing. Eighteen Burned Alive. Vienna, Feb. 9. Eighteen neonle were burned alive in one carriae-e. of n Roumanian express train which esmerht fire. The Public Ledger from now to Jan. 1st, 180,3, for $1, not exactly sucii as 1 had supposed it wuum oe. ine ex-governor did not seem to think that it would have any particular effect upon the nation's desti nies, as he believed the Republican can didate, whoever he might be, is certain to be defeated. President Harrison, he continued, was almost sure of a renomi nation. "He has all the federal machin ery in his hands, and can easily get the nomination if he chooses to take it." Ex-Governor Foraker's Views. Cincinnati, Feb. 9. Ex-Governor Foraker,on Blaine's letter of declination says: -"Mr. Blaine will stand in history without a rival. Twice when he was a candidate for the nomination it was re fused him. Once when nominated he was defeated. Such a record would de stroy the power, influence and prestige fliiuusu ciuy otner man. 5ut instead he has constantly grown greater. stronger t. iuiLi me xxccix i.- ui ine people until, as a result, he had had literally forced upon him an opportunity to make me unprecedented record of twice de clining a nomination which would have meant m each instance nn Pioi , - - -------- ViVVHUU. as a iiepubiican, 1 deeply regret Mr. 5iame s determination. In saying thi3 x uuii.t mean to disparage President Har rison. From General Alg-er. uetroit, Mich., Feb. 9. General jxus&eii a. Alger appeared to be sur prised at the announcement of Mr Blaine's withdrawal fi "om the rnfo 'T didn't believe," he said, "that Mr. Blaine vvuum wxite it, but a good many people told me they thought he would. I think tnat tne time tor red fire in conven tions has gone by and believe that the delegates will be selected with the view of careful consultation when they get together at Minneapolis, and that there after comparing notes, they will do what is best. It would be a healthy thing for the partv to have several presidential candidates." It Means Harrison. m Chicago, Feb. 9. Blaine's withdrawal is the political sensation of the hour Tne members of the numerous Blaine clubs are much chagrined, but TT- ' A ND WE WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO GET your Horee MiUoery this ear. The ad- yuu Doming, but If taken you money. If you wish a jfood t. of WAGON HARNESS Collai Addles, Blankets, kc' son s supporters are jubilant. The lead- ing Republicans of the state say that it certainly means Harrison's renomination at Minneapolis. Maior Prtamo president of the Illinois Blaine club savs it means victorv for 1? mr Tribune the Be Qrgan of thenortS CALL ON quarters at New York. The Greek steamer Emhirno r ashore on one of the Scilly islands and ten of her crew perished. The ranfnin o and engineer are amonar the miino- t was a 1,500 tonner. The steamer Venezuela. fmTnVpn07flio. ports for New York, which went ashore BUGGY HARNFO on Bngantine shoals, near Austin n; HMniL. O O, on Friday, was floated yesterday morning in good condition. The nasson taken to New York bv rail & j United States Deputy Marshal Rtitii.w reports a terrible tragedy which hn.n, at a country dance near Gondonville Put nam county, Tenn., as a result of which three persons. Georo-p Whit. Mrs Mary White, and Sam Donelson were killed. Tuesday, Feb. 9. The President has granted a pardon in the case of John Eicher, convicted in Mis souri of counterfeiting and sentenced in uuwer to one year's imprisonment A special from Moorhead, Minn., savs that the Merchants' bank, of that city closed its doors yesterday with $175,000 on deposit, including considerable of thp county funds. e The Duchess of Sparta, wife of Crown Prince Constantine, is suffering from in fluenza but is progressing toward recov ery The Duchess of Sparta is Princess WUhelm. SiStCr f Kaisei The six story brick block on Main street Springfield, Mass., occupied by the Birnie I'aper company, was gutted by fire The lJLWi" Leach na.rl7 !0000' fu"y covered .ur"ce' ,vvnue tne Bremen were iiiu-u noor tne roof crashpd in injuring Frank A. Sauer and W p mer. " wili -a MOORE. i In J. E. Tyler-. .!u t rTARNESS, BOTH BUGGY Avr ix mane to ordr ar.j y- We invitR Pvor,K...i T.. ' ,? 1 n.e ll r now ctni. J . 'i JUi c, . MOOKtC. 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