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Judge Corlett§?j talaing the Law ' Case.

TODAFS

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Jlislon Sus-p k e Snyder

REED GETS THERE.

Nomlinajted for Speaker of the House on Second Ballot

i —

R WcKINLEY A BAD SECOND.

McPbeifaon of Pennsy lvan ia for Cleric—Holmes of I o w a for

Serffeaot-at-Arins.

elusion. votes i ballot, that if the then their o rigi ml

W A S BIS< ITON, NOV. 3a—{Special.]—Theout­come of tu« i caucus to-day was almost in line with thje slute made up by the New York Repubtycai members. Heed wont through on the second aallot, just as it was supposed he would do. All the members from the West and Northi rest who are supposed to represent the great o >rporate interests of the trans- con­tinental raj Iroads supported h>m almost to a man, aod his election was a foregone con-

Jk r. Reed did not secure as many it i ras thought he wouid on the second and there is very little doubt

who changed had stuck to candidates for one more

the| Maine statesman would have left out, as there was a

I isp< isition in several quarters to deser.. Jr tl ie second ballot. New York's un-(roi t doubtless did a great deal to-

cii g up the oihers, an J in spite of the of the Wisconsin men to the con-

?re can be no doubt that the support m< mbers from New York for the

In c uididate for doorkeeper was given tun lerstanding that the seven Wis-mublican votes would be cast for Speaker; in fact there was evidence ti all around. The .-data was broken *ti lastership because the Wheat deal

led throu/h. That made it neces-VYheat should have the place, and

1 he only position asked tor by New Y-rk w i s t le Chaplaincy, and this they got through ait from the West. Tha Caaplain is tho paitoi of the Nurth Presbyterian Church of this ci ty, and Le was at ouo tima a member of the 41 ti 1 "ew York Volunteers. He was a classmate c t Congressman Sanford, and it was throigii Sanford's influence that he was indorsed by :he New York delegation. There are some Que itioiis as to wheth.-r Beiden, Farqu-har, or Laid aw will have the best committee places in Lrei JTU for the work done ior Reed. '1 ha three gentlemen have stuck to him from tho outset ar. d they will doubtless be rewarded.

Congress :n MI Farqaiar's colleague* are having Wgr>atd.alof fun at his expense to­

night, plications

It tire

ieji threaten to swamp him with ap-fl r places, and the Major seems to

take i t set 101 sly. was understood this morning that the e% IS Rrpi biicans present from the Empire

State wot, Id vote for Mr. Wheat of Wisconsin for doork H p »r. Adams of Maryland, the man chosen, hud only one more-vote than Wheat, and this vol a came frain Major Farqnh.r. It is said ;ha t New York will have about -" per e*nt uf the places under the doorkeeper and that as Farquhar settled the contest in favor of kd imp, he will naturally have the distribution >t the patronage. Consequently all apyliekui - for positions under the door-keep, r from New York State are to be re­ferred to J irbane number from Buffalo.

ic (Proceeding* In Detail .

i IN, Nov. 30. WASHlNbrbN, Nov. 30.—[Associated Press.] —The floor cf the House presented a busy scene this mo ning as early as 10 o'clock, al though noon ' ras the hour fixed for the meet­ing of the pa icus which was to drcide who should prea d< • over the deliberations of the Hou^e during the 51st Congresa Members as­sembled in jgr >ups to talk over the situation, and the frifnt s of the various candidates were earnest in che r efforts to add to the strength of their fa v.. v tea

The first of the candidates to appear was Mr. Cannon of Illinois. Shortly after 10 o'clock he arr ved at the Capitol and took pos­session of t i e argeat of the two rooms occu pied by th£ Committee on Appropriations. Then he wait* d the coming of his active lieu tenants, Mepj ML Howell and Adams of Illi­nois, who, wfcen they arrived, went hard to work in be a a f of the Illinois candidate.

Mr. Reed

Henderson of 1

For Reed—Messrs. Arnold, Atkinson, Baker, Banks, Bayne, Beiden, Bingham, Boutelle, Brosius, Brower, Candler, Carter, Caswell, Cheatham, Clark, Cogswell, Coleman, Corn-stock, Conneli, Craig, Dalzell, Darlington, Delam>, Dingley, Dorsey, Farquhar. Flood, Funston, Grtenhalge, Grout, Hall, Haughan, Kellv (Kansas), Ketcham, Knapp, LafoUette, Laidlaw Lansing, Lehlbach, Lodge, McCor-mick, McKenna, Miles, Milliken, Moffitt, Moore (New Hampshire), Morrill, Morse, Nure, O'Neill (Pennsylvania), Owen, Payne, Perkins, Quackenbush, Raines, Randall

gMassachusetts), Ray, Reed (Maine), Rife, ockwell, Kussell, Sanford, Sawyer, Scran-

ton, Sherman, Simonda, Spoouer, Stewart (Vermont), Stivers, Thomas, Townsend (Pennsylvania), Van Schaick, Wade, Walker, Wallace (Massachusetts), Wallace (New York), Watson and Yard ley.—78.

For McKinley—Messrs. Beck with, Booth-man, Browne (Virginia), Browne (Indiana), Buchanan, tMirton, Butierworth, Caldwell, Cooi»er, Culbertson, De Haven, Evans, Ewart, Frank, Grosvenor, Harmer. Houck, Kelly (Pennsylvania), Kennedy, Kinsey, McCord, McKinley, Moreyi Niedringhaus, Osborne, Pugaley, ScuiL Smyser, Suider, Stockbridge, J. D. Taylor, E. B. Taylor, Thompson, Towns-end (Colorado), Wickham, Williams. Wilson (Kentucky), Watson (Washington), and Wright—39.

For Cannon—Messra Adams, Anderson, Bartine, Cannon, Cheadle, Bunnell, Gest, Gifford, Henderson (Illinois), Hill, Hitt, Hop­kins, Liud, Mason, Payion, Peters, Post, Roweb, Smith, Tavlor (Illinois), Turner (Kan­sas.), Yanlevere— 2L

For Burrows—Messrs. Allen, Belknap, Bliss, Bowdeu, Brewer, Burrows, Cutcheou, O'Don-mll, Stephenson, Wheeler—10.

For Henderson—Messrs. Bergen, Conger, Dolliver, Finley, Flick, Gear, Hansbrough, Henderson (Iowa), Kerr, Lacey, Laws, Mc-Comas, Pickler^ Reed (Iowa), Strubble, Sweeny—17.

There were four absentees—Messrs. Wilber, Morrow, Taylor (Tenn.), and Hermann—but before the second ballot Hermann entered and voted for Reed.

On the second ballot the following changes were recorded: From McKinley to Reed— Culbertson. From Henderson to Reed—Ber­gen, Hansbrough, Pickler. From Cannon to Reed—Gifford, Liud. Hermann was also added to the Reed column, and Bartine to Henderson. This made the total vote stand: Reed 85, McKinley 38, Cannon 19, Henderson 14, Burrows 10. The announcement of the vote which gave Mr. Reed the Republican nomination for Speaker was greeted with ap­plause, and that gentleman returned his thanks in a neat little speech.

Edward McPherson and John M. Carson, both of Pennsylvania, were placed ill nomina­tion for Clerk, and Mr. McPherson was elected, receiving 110 votes to 50 for Mr. Carson.

Over the selection of the candidate for Sergeant-at-Arms there was hardly*any con­test. Adoniram J. Holmes, an ex-Member of L'ongn si from Iowa, and A H. Heed of Minnesota were the candidates, and Holmes wtu elected—142 to 13.

The contest over the next place, the Door­keeper, was very animated. The candid :tes were Charles W. Adams of Maryland and James A. Wheat of Wisconsin. The vote was very close. A recount of the roll was neces­sary, and when it had been made the result showed that Attains bad defeated his opponent by a bare majority, tbe vote standing 83 to 82. Wheat was,

THE CRONIN CASE. i- *

State's Attorney Longenecker's Address Continued.

KUNZE CAUSES A DISTURBANCE.

H e Gives fche S ta te ' s A t to rney t h e l i i e -^udgre W i n g Opens

for! t h e Defense.

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however, immediately nominated for the office of Postmaster, receiving 99 votes

for Worrell, and 10 agatnsc 23 for Leiiom, 20 for MeKee.

The Rev. Charles Bt Ramsdell of the North Presbyterian Cnurch of Washington was nominated for Chaplain, rec riving 84 votes out of a total of 147, the remainder being divided among half a dozen other candidates. The caucus then at 5:15 ©"oiock adjourned.

.

G E N E R A L W A S H I N G T O N N E W S .

ohi.» Receives the White House •

C»l<| Shoulder at Treasury Matter*.

t h e

the next candidate to reach the Capitol, abd he immediately went to the hall of the H< rase and in Lis old seat received the good w iih?> of his supporters.

Mr. McK.it>f y directed his canvass from the room of tho L ummittee on Rivers and Har­bors, and his ;hief lieutenant, Mr. Thompson, was active in his efforts to prevent any break in the r.tnki of the adherents of the Ohio man. The Michigan delegate secured the room of tbe Comniitte > on Naval Affairs for its candi­date, and Mjr. Burrows smilingly welcomed allcomers, j 3 r. Henderson of Iowa was the neighbor of M '. Cannon,occupying the smaller room of the Appropriations Committee, aad was the recibi mt of many good wishes.

About 10 innutes beforw 12 o'clock the door-keeptrs be^in to ck-ar the floor of the H u-e of all persons not entitled to be present, dhe newspaper men took up their stations in the corridors; the adherents of the various candi­dates who k^ro not members of Congress gathered in i i ots outside of the doorways, and the few D mioeratic members who dropped 111 to witnessjt te skirmishing and dragooning of forces preli ninary to the caucus, retreated to adjacent co umittee rooma

Just before ft te caucus met, the air was thick with rumors p combinations an 1 agreements. Tiie whipper»i a of the candidates were labor­ing earnestly with members supposed to l e doubtful, or it ose who showed a willingness to trade af ten 11 few ballots for their favorites But these mem oera were few in number.

Promptly at noon the caucus was called to ord«.r by Secre ary McComas. Mr. Cannon of Hliiiois held owi>r as cnair.oin of the caucus, but in view oi his candidacy for the Speaker­ship, he retire* , and Mr. Henderson of Illinois was elected cni urnnn. The roll-call develop <d the presence Ic t 105 members, four less than the fcmire Repi ib.icaa strength in the House, Mr. Mudd, tho contestant for Mr. Compton's seat from toe f ifth Maryland District

fl ;or, but took no part occu-

i l l pied a seat on I h the proceeding; i

Th« first L i siness was the adoption of a resolution tha the balloting for Speakership should be cp ,-B

Mr. Cannon of Illinois, chairman of the caucus,.resign* 1 his place, inasmuch as he was a can h ;ate for the Speakership nomination, and upon mcfjiou of Mr. Gear of Iowa Mr.

inois was elected chairman of tbe caucus. Bj direction of the caucus Secre-

Ej McComas was instructed to cast the votes the dilFere »t Candida res for themselves

pectiveiy. By previous agreement the usual prea-nta ion speeches were or it ted and the nomination of a Speaker was immediately entered upon, The candidates were: Html of Mai L", McKinl jr of Ohio, Cannon of Illinois, Burrows of Miqplsao. and Henderson of Iowa

called the roil and the result The was

Secretary Reed 78, McKinley 39, Cannon 23, Bur- crease of cholera in that country, and of the

rows 10, Heudvliou lti. The UeUikd rote was

WASIIIXOTOX, NOV. 30.—[Special.]—Senator Sherman of Ohio called on the President to­day to urge the claims of an Ohio man for the Supremo Court vacancy. The Senator was told very plainly by the President that no Ohio man would be appointed. Too Senator came away with 'the conviction, gathered from the President's conversation, that the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Matthews will be filled by the appointment of a man either from Iowa or Michigan. If from Iowa, the chances are that ex-Secretary Mc-Creary will be appointed. If a Michigan man is chosen, the appointee will be Alfred Russell of Detroit, who was a classmate and an old friend of Secreta ry Proctor, and who is en­dorsed by Senator McMillen. There is a well-defined rumor to-night to the effect that the President has finally determined to appoint ex-Secretary MeCreary.

Treasury Announcement.

WASHIN'GTON.NOV.SOL—f Associated Press. ] — The following announcement was made this afternoon*

"The Secretary of the Treasury has decided to reduce the number of uational bank de­positories and the amounts of public moneys kept therewith. It is intended to make this reduction in such a manner as to avoid as far as posible any disturbance to the business of the country. A transfer to the sub-treasury on or before January 15, 1890, of about 10 per cent, of their holdings of public moneys will be required from banks having inactive ac­counts—about 10 per dent, of the surplus held by them over and above tee amount needed for the convenience of the public service; or if the banks wish to sell to tbe Government the bonds f urnished as security for these deposits, the Secretary will purchase them and retain from the proceeds of sale the amount which otherwise would have to b :• deposited as above stated, sending checks to the banks for the resi­due. Other calls will be made from time to time, but always with due regard to business interests Until the public moneys with the banks shall have been reduced to the amount needed for current public business, and tbe money wit h Irawu will be used for the purchase of United States bon is. Banks de­siring to dispose of tha entire amount of bonds furnished as security for public deposits will not, of course, be limited to the 10 per cent. transfer of the first ca l l"

The Secretary explains that the phrase " banks having active accounts " refers to the national banks with which the Government, through its public officers in various parts of tbe country, transacts Current * business by de­positing Government revenues from time to time, and drawing upon them through checks of disbursing officers. The '' banks having in­active accounts " are those otherwise known in the Treasury Department as "surplus banks," being those designated by Secretary Fai rchild stlely as depositories for portions of the Treasury surplus. The total amount of the Government deposits in banks of both these classes is now about $47$)00,000. The ordinary amount of public funds dis­tributed among all tbe depositors Bar been from tlO.000,000 to $15,000,000, but ran up in 1887 to about #20.000,000. Secretary Windom further said that the rates at which bonds will be purchased from tbe banks desioing to dis­pose of them to tbe Goverument will be the rates fixed and paid to the public by the Treasury on the date at which any individual bank may notby the Department of its desire to sell them. The work of senJing out notices to the banks, some 266 in number, was begun to-day, and a large number of letters were mailed this evening.

Cholera in Persia.

The Department of State is informed by the United States Minister t o Persia of the in-

;i [CfrfUtaucd on Second Pagc.1

CHICAGO, No sj. 30.—At the opening of the Cronin trial this; morning the correspondence between Beggs ^nd Spellman was read in full by the State's! Attorney. Continuing his his address to tbe jury he said:

" When Boggs writes to the district officer he writes about jCrouin's camp and Cronin. What is it that moves this senior guardian to say in bis letter \ hat those men who were con­tinually stirring up agitation woulo. find that a day would co|ne to them of punishment What does Spelman mean when he writes that he hoped there would be unity; that he hoped for better results, but that he was greatly disappointed and disgusted, and thanked God j his time would expire at the end of tho month ? Why is it that Beggs stated tha|t a majority of the members believed the ex-executive innocent of tbe charges I Does | it not show that Spelman and Beggs in these letters had talked about Crouin, and had talked about this whole matter I Begcsisays that to have the charges against these men made continually creates bitterness and ;illfeeling, and that the men making the charges are not friends of Irish unity. What means this talk about inflicting a penalty on Crouui, who had continually and persistently changed that the.-e men were thieves, robbers,! and murderers, by sending Irish patriots from this country to English prisons? Gentlemen, if you are not con­tent with the proof afforded by these letters; if youj are not satisfied from the evidence ad iuced as to what took place on February 8j I direct your attention to the speeches made February 22, when Patrick McGarry mad<* tjhe same charges and when Beggs stood ther£ and said he would not sub­mit to such charges being made in his Camp, and he slapped h(s breast, and said he thanked God Alexander Sullivan had friends and he was one of them.; in order that your recol­lection as to what McGarry sail may be clear, t would like t > read his evidence from tbe record.

u I want to call your attention to what was said ami done at the meeting on February -ii. It is the reunion! you will remember, that Beggs spoke at iq his ktter to Sj>ellman—that he said not to forget their reunion. At that meeting speeches j were made by different par­ties, and among tihem Patrick McGarry made a speech and Joha F. Beggs, Senior Guardian of CamD 2d, answered that speech. This is what McGarry sadd: ' I was called on, there were three other gentlemen that made speech* s before me. Ouei had referred to t he unity that ought toexipt among the members and aratnj the Irish (generally, particularly, and altogether. It w^s aboat the time that Le Caron had testified before the forgary commission in! England and the other gentlemen had referred to spi#s getting |, into the organization.' Mark that, gentletaen. The other gentlemen hjad referred to sj$>ies getting into the organi-

Stion on the 8th day of February of this same onth. On the, occasion of moving the ap-

ppmtment of the committee you will remem­ber that Foy talkid of spies in the organ iza-tipn. McGarry f further says: 'And how Irishmen coming to this country and becoming American citizens ought to educate their children.' That ^as good. * Ought to educate them first in the principles of American in­stitutions' Thai was good. 'Educate them also to have a love for their fathers' and mothers' and their* forefathers' home. There was nothing in the Irish i a e or Irish history that Irishmen o^ght to be ashamed of in America." That is true. ' I said I agreed with what all those gentlemen had said. 1 said that it was all very wefl to talk of unity and that I myself wanted to! see unity among the Irish people, but that there could not be unity while the members of this organization were meet­ing in back alleys ] and on dark corners and vrllifying and abu-iug a man that had the courage to stand up and attach the treachery and robbery of the Triangle. I told them they ought to be about i getting members into the organization; tha^ I had been inquiring into Le Caron"s record and I said now that there were men in this organization that were worse than Le Caron. 1 said that the man who got Le Caron his credentials, that got him into the convention, w as a worse scoundrel than Lo Caron ever \ pretended to bo.' Now did Beggs make! a speech following this ? Yea What did she say ? Hear McGarry's testimony. ' I remember that Alexander Sul­livan's name had [not been mentioned. The Triangle had not beeu mentioned. Beggs said that visiting members were coming in there and they would Speak. It wasn't right, hj said, it wasn't fair; and I wanted to interrupt him, and the chairman at that time would not allow me; I wanted to interrupt h m when hj used the word "cowardly." He said they came in there talking #bout Alexander Sullivan, and it was cowardly, he said, to talk about a man behind his hack. Why didu't they say it to his face ? andthen he slapped his breast and said Alexander Sullivan had plenty of friends and he wasjone of them.' Then you find that on the 22 i day of February this same Senior Guardian was called upon to appoint a secret committee |to investigate the action ot Dr. Cronin in ^charging Alexander Sulh-van with embezzlement of funds of the order, or rather th^ executive, better known as the Triangle, jwith that offense. ihc Triangle had beenj guilty of emln-zzling tbe funds of the order and putting men into English prisons, yet without having men­

tioned his name in pis speech McGarry morely repeated the charge, and this man Beg^s sai i he would not submit to it, that it was cowardly for him to make an attack on a man in his absence. Now, gentlemen, remember that this was on the 22d of February, two days after the carpet bad been nailed down in the fiat in 117 Clark Street, fljse days after the notorious letter that the Senior Guardian had written to Speilman under the pretext of finding out something be knew all about. We learn that in jthe following meeting ou March 1—it is in evidence from Henry Owen O'Conner—that asi he was leaving the hall Daniel Coughlin, chairman uf tbe committee, followed him into the ant>room and said to He wry Owen O'Connor that there were other Le Carons there. Singular, is it not, that on February 8 the rootiion was made for the com4 m it tee in Camp 20? On the 19th of February Senior Guardian Beggs is writing about the matter to Edward Spellman; on the 17th he again writes about it , on the 16th the flat is rented at No. 117 Clark Street; on the 20th the carpet was uailed down; on February 21 Beggs defends the! Triangle, and on March L Coughlin denounces Dr. Cronin as a spy; on April 29, as testified to by Beggs's friend Spell­man, the district ipember; it is conclusively shown to what this* committee had reference, which was to report to Beggs alone What did Beggs say on that date 3 He said to Spoil-man: 'That matter has all been amicably settled.' How settled .* Gentlemen, at the hour be spoke the cottage had been rented; at the hour he spoke j the final arrangements; had bee nmade; • at the hour he spoke the sentence had been fixed. (Sensation.) Tell me when it was; 'amicably settled.' What had been done in the Camp? What steps had been taken to investigate the matter! No one knows except the Senior Guardian and his cpmmittee astojjust what they did say."

The State's Attorney then read the law of conspiracy &s dev eioped in the Spies case. He then, in simple language and with telling force, sgain traced I every move in the con­spiracy from the proceedings of Camp 20, step by step, to the renting of tbe Clark Street fiat, the Carlson cottage^ and the luring of the victim thera Speaking of Burke's renting the cottage, he asked:

" What explanation is there to give for the renting of that cottagel If Burke was work­ing at the Stock Yards, why go out to Lake View to keep house* Well, w e will see if we

evidence in tUm you a good reasonJtar

will give in Burke not keep-

that he ought to be the days of his life.

•lied to wallow in from the veins of

done in the Clark rney said: "There t see at 117 South

—Kunze, the little Irishman. Kunze

ing house. My o compelled to li've That he ought to the blood that w Dr. Cronin." (Se

Going back to Street flat the State'r are the two men that

.Clark Street (po: 'German, and burae, had been sleeping there,

The defendant K u A — (excitedly) — " I never did; that's a Ua." ,

The State's Attorhe*-"As I say, Kunze had been sleeping there. Now, Burke was helping to move the famiture with-another man. There is no contagrtiou here that Kunze over helped to move the furniture. Nobody would ever contend that he would lift any furniture "

At this point K«nzv made a (gesticulation and motion as if to again interrupt the speaker, but ho was checked by a bailiff.

Judge Longeiieekir continued to trace the story of the crime, ^welling upon the various links in the chain "f evidence which connected each of the prisonerawiM the crime; O'Sul-livan and bis contract with the Doctor; Coughlin's known aad afjbwed emnity to him; the driving away to the Carlson cottage, and the part the different prisoners bore in the tragedy enacted there, frith the subsequent disposition of the body. Continuing, the speaker said : . -3

"Dr. Cronin's but words as he drove away on his errand of m-rcy, affaen Frank Scanlan asked him when t.n would be back, were, ' God knows, God knows whea I will get back.' Well, God did not tell hias when he would get back, nor did he know whence be was going; yet the God abofe Mauds ready to-day to direct this proseowtioay aright and to see that the men who leMrofed the life of that man shall be pun;*net for t i i s terrible crime. On the morning of rhe 5th of May, at about 7 o'clock, the man Steib. or Theel, and two others who were <>uten teat morning, found a trunk which was fuJt» of blood, as though a hog had been stuck and Jkcarcerated in the trunk. Then you remember this man Cough­lin—this cold-blo ted, heartless wretch "

Mr. Donahue imtarruj»ting)—" We except to those remarks. ' \

The State's Attorney—* I speak from the the evidence, ii aiisevblence does not make him such, then I have no flight to say it; but, gentlemen, if you believe that this evidence nails him to the cr ss in this case, then he is a cold-blooded, heartless IBretcb. Now what does he do durnu mat search t He goes out and almost stands on the catch basin where the body lies, hunting, mind you, for the body that was tak«n aw iv in that trunk and depos ited in that eaten i> uin." W

The speaker then dwelt jopon the evidence which showed th •commission of the crime in the Carlson cottage. The next point taken up was the expert evidence concerning the specimens of blood aad hair found in the irunk and cottage, aad Mf. Longenecker ar­gued the absurdity of supposing that it was other than human bleed. The evidence, he said, ail ton is to show that it was human blood; not only that i twaf human blood, but that it was tho b o .d of Br. Cronin.

"I f you want io get at this case, if you want to boil it down, if ydfc want to write the history of the cas >, you will write: ' I contract for the medical services ofl^ Dr. Croniu—Pat­rick O Sullivan' ; ' I confract for a cottage— Manm Burke ' ; ' I contract for a horse and buggy for my frieud£~Daniel Coughlin.' Draw your line now and Write: ' Committee of three,' and write agaias ' I contract for your life—Patrick U'ouiliVan ' ; '1 contract for a horse and bug^y to 4irive you to v.eith — Daniel Coughlin ;r "i r^»fca>«otta»e in which to strike out your lifei-Mapin Burke.' Write againt 'The commits?e HBorts to the Senior Guardian—John F. BeggaT:'

SHROUDS OF FLAME. \*T

The Minneapolis Tribune Build­ing Destroyed by Fire.

SEVERAL LIVES LOST A l .

Some Burned to Death and Others Killed ty Jumping.

A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR'S FATE.

Terrific Ni t ro-Glycer ine Explo­sion Near Oil City—Tliree Lives

Lost—Other Mishaps.

The States Attorney cldled as follows: "When you coma to elijsider the verdict,

think of the 4th of May; think of that man gathering his little valise aad nis instruments; mink of him clasping to his bosom the cotton with which to relieve thjp suffering of the wounded; think of the sphuts in the box; think of his rushing out to the B g g y ; think of tbe crowded boat; t::ink of him rushing north to relieve tbe suffering man; think of him in the

* ink of him there, mr ears the death-sis last moments,

Jesus (sensa ion); rho, without giv-

pronounce the inn to the floor Ink of tbe wounds rave in which he is in making up there will be such

>r pronounces his having his heart

'lay the Lord have

cottage—and wh n you may tnere reverberate in cries of this man who, in called upon his Ood and think of these men, ing him time to other Trinity nam>«, felhxl_ with their deathblows. in hid head; thmk of the was placed; think of all your verdict, and in the et a verdict as, when His He juugment upon i', t.mt and eye to (iod, may say: mercy ou your souls!' 't

Judge Wing Opens fa

Judge Wing then eddre half of the defense. He* Coughlin's defense He r« amount and the numerous produced in tbe case, aud titil. He explained the dirts such evidence must be cc accorded to direct evidenc suspicion must not be tal each circumstance must ately. The speaker to l l ! celebrated Dr. Hull citing the sharply mcrimin^ which pointed to Dr. Hull| his wife; yet a negro mi bery. The circumstances, a known and visible coi crime. He said:

*• If I was on trial for m] values his future peice against me the fact that i of the homicide some ho days after, unknown men that would do that viola there is no known and v tween the two, After the | that there is a connection stances and the fact that yfu are looking into and trying to fin I out without a doubt, then you are to still inquire if may not be true, and y cent. That it the great tes

Judge Wing ihen dwelt that the jurors should put prejudice against these then on account of their nationality and religion, and remember that it was natural for thenft to love the home of Heir birth.

The court then adjourned $11 Monday.

' f-G E N E R A L C I U M I f A L N E W *

the Defense. id the jury on be-began with Dan srred to the vast Inds of evidence

of it circumstan-•ent light in which idered from that

A mass of mere •n as proof, but

Weighed separ-the jury of the

in New York, ing circumstances

the murderer of •red her for rob-

te said, must have lection with the

life, no juror who mind dare use

the neigliborfiood before, or some

re seen. A juror his oath because e connection be-

ujstion is settled ween the circum-

at circi.ms:anco e man be iuuo-

pon tbe necessity de their natural

d of Robbing i'res ted.

cannot find a reason for that* The

A Number of Hen Sus the Santa Pe Trail

ABBMOBK, Ind. Ty., N o * 30.—Eight men were arrested here Thursday for robbing the Sahta Fe train Monday night. The evidence is said to be positive. There are women in tbe case. Most of the men are gamblers. It is thought a number of arresat are still to be made.

St. Louis, Nov. 30.—A spacial says that be­sides the eight men ai rested in the Chicksaw Nation Thursday for robbiajg the Santa Pe train at Berwyn, Monday, the wives of two of the men have been arrested, 1 In the trunks at Ardmore two large package! of jewelry taken from the express car were found. The women have confessed, implicating the men arrested, and also several others still at large.

Mysterious Itobbcry at Forth Worth,

FORT WOBVH, Tex.," Nifr. 30.—Monday night someone having a key to the door and combination of the safe in tbe office of t he Pa-attc

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. SO.—jFire broke out in the Tribune building to-night and the estab­lishment was completely destroyed. Flames were discovered on the third floor of tha building at 10:45 P. M., and at 11:35 o'clock the entire building was enveloped in* Are. It is re­ported that a number of lives have been lost, among them James F. Igoe, the Associated Press telegraph operator, who was located on the seventh floor. On this floor were situated many of the offices of the Tribune staff, edi­tors, reporters, and comrxjjsitors. The only body yet identified is that of John Olsen, a merchant who had gone to the com­posing rooms to see about " posi-sion" for an "ad."i He jumped from the top floor and was killed instantly, bis body ; being shockingly mangled. Six bodies have been already taken out but no more names are known. The Pioneer Press, Minneapolis, force were on the 6th floor and some fears are entertained re­garding their safety. Howejver, the most of the loss of life seems to have been in another part of the building.

12:15 A. M.—The Tribune building is now nearly consumed and the walls have partially fallen in. Two printers named Pierce and Pickett were injured. It has been learned that Telegraph Operator Igoje was injured by a fall and died before reaching the hospital.

When Igoe gave warning Of the fire on the Associated Press wire he said: " There's a fire on tbe 3d floor of the Tribune building, and I'm on the 7th floor." After a moment's pause he said to the New York operator: " Go ahead, Chandler." New York began sending again and after a brief space yielded to Cleve­land, who sent the following:

CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 30.—Capt Joseph Moffett, a weii known iake captain, was killed to-day by falling into the hold of his vessel.

Just there Igoe " broke. H '!* Boys," he ticked on the wire, and there was another brief pause, and all th • m n on the circuit were listening with interest for thjey had noted in the transmission by Igoe of tbe word " boys " a tremulousness of touch, just as a layman could detect a tremor in a; human voice— " Boys, I've got to stand you off. Fm the only one left on this fl or. Everybody is gone "find 1 can't stay any louder." The work went on again and no one of Igoe's colleagues thought seriously iof his good-bye until there came bulletins of loss of life, and among them one stating the probability that poor Igoe bad stayed too lonj:. The last 200 words he had remained to take were fatal; they cost blra his l i fe

Those known to be dead are Harry Colwell and McCutcheonj printers in the rribune composing room. They were killed by jumping. Prof. Olsen, president of the Vermillion, Dak., University, was in one of the editorial rooms on the 6th! /floor. He fell from the fire escape and was instantly killed, spending his Thanksgiving here with his brother, and made a friendly call on a friend connected with tbe Tribune. One unknown man lies in Cirkler's drug store. He probably worked on the sixth floor. It will be impos­sible to obtain an exact list to-night, as there were nearly 100 persons employed on the seventh floor when the fire broke out.

The fire originated in a law office on tbe third story of the building. The elevator man noticed the smell of smoke and called the at­tention of some of the p rsons around the building to i t The cry of fire was raised and several persons went downstairs from the seventh story to investigate and then returned to work. Before long wnone began to fill the narrow stairway, tbe only one in the budding, and everybody began to make leisurely preparations for departure. No immediate danger was feared. The only exits to the building, which was supposed to b8 fireproof,were a narrow staircase scarcely wide enough for two persons to .come down abreast, the elevator, and a single fire escape at the north end of the building. Several persons had made their escape in tbe meantime, but in less than 10 minutes the flames found the elevator shaft which, acting as a mammoth flue, conveyed them to the top story, and soon the editorial rooma in the same side of the building where the fire orig­inated were a mass of flames. In a few min­utes the fire reached the other side, where the composing room was situated. A general alarm was turned in and all the engines in the city responded. The imprisoned printers gathered at the windows in the south end and shrieked wildly, despairingly, for aid. "Hurry the ladders 1'* 1 was tbe awful refrain that burdened tbe air. " Hu«ry the ladders, for God's sake I" shrieked the men. The vast crowd that from tbe opposite side watched the fire wreak its work shouted words of encouragement to cheer them up. The long ladder seemed to move up at a snail's pace, but was finally rested in position and the crowd began to descend, the flames making steady encroach­ments in the corner where the frightened men had huddled like cowering animals. The life nets were brought, and some were saved by this means.

The entire building in less than an hour was a mass of ruin?. The sparks flew in all direc­tions, and adjoining buildings occupied by tbe Ideal restaurant, Stearn & -Van Winkle's saloon, and McCrysties tailor store are doomed.

It has just been learned that YV. E. Miles, the agent of the Associated Press, was lulled. Dan Maloney, a printer; Jerry Jenkinsou, a printer, and Milton Pickett, a reporter for the Pioneer Press, are among the dead.

Tbe Tribune building j contained the Tribune newspaper, tne Tribune-Star, and the Journal, the Tribune job print­ing establishment, the editorial rooms of the Minneapolis department of the St. Paul Pioneer Press% the Swedish Tidings, and numerous law and real estate offloes. The loss will easily reach over a million dollar^; insur­ance not ascertained.

The building was located at the corner of First Avenue and Fourth Street. Access was

stairway was the only means of in­gress or egress. The building might be called a veritable fire-trap, and the danger to those located there has been often commented upon. The fire broke out on the third floor, and soon the upper stories were cut off from the street. The bnilding was on the corner, and the only adjoining buildings were one story in height, so that no means of escape was afforded in that direction. The flames cut off the escape of the Pioneer Press force on the 6th floor, as well as the Tribune people on the upper floors. Reporter Barnes of the Pioneer Press had a narrow escape, and left behind him Milton Pickett, the assistant city editor, and one of tbe oldest men in the ser­vice of t he paper. Pickett was lost There are reports of the death of others connectel with the Pioneer Press, but the Tribune force suffered most. They were located higher in tbe building and had less warning of their danger. Igoe jumped from a seventh story window. He leaves a family. One report says 10 men .were killed, but up to midnight only six bodies had been taken from the ruins, which were then fail­ing in.

LATER—The Tribune building was 10 stories high. It was constructed of pressed brick with stone trimmings. Its front * on Fourth Street was 200 feet and its depth was about 75 feet It was plastered on wire laths and was reputed to be Ire-proof. Tbe main front was profusely ornamented, and it was also artis­tically broken with oriole windows and bal­conies. The first floor was occupied by the counting-rooms of the Evening Journal and the Tribune, and by stores and offices. Tbe 2d, 3d, 4tb, and 5th floors were also occupied as offices, chit fly by attorneys and real estate men. On the 6th floor was Mitchell & Sim­mon's job printing establishment; the Min­neapolis department of the S t Paul Pioneer Press,a.nd a few of the Tribune editorial rooms. The 7th floor was used exclusively by the Tribune for its editorial, composing, and stereotyping rooms. A Scandinavian weekly newspaper, The Svenska A men- Canska Pos­ter, and an extensive book bindery occupied tbe entire 8th floor. The 9th and 10th floors were used for general storage for various con­cerns in tbe building and for sleeping rooms for the janitors. To reach either the Are escape or the stairway it was necessary for some of the employees to pass through several adjoining rooms.

At the Morgue are five bodies That of Prof. Olsen is enclosed in a plain cofBn. On the floor are the bodies of Jerry J- ukinson, a young man who was shortly to be married, and two bodies so bloated and burned, with blood still oozing from the terrible wounds, that they have not been recognized. On two tables are the corpses of Robert McCuteheon, a compositor, and Milton Pickett Jenkinson endeavored to make his escape on the tele­graph wires. He clambered down a short way, but was'unable to retain his hold and dropped to the ground. When picked up he was dead.

Terrific Explosion of Nitre-Glycerine.

OIL CITY, Pa., Nov. 30.—The most terrible explosion of uitro-glycerine for years occurred in the suburbs of this placa at 2 p. M. to-day in which two brothers, sons of a widow named Fisher, James aged 18. and Charles aged 16, and Ed Hoffmin aged 25, lost their lives. Fivo tons of glycerine owned by the torpedo com­pany was in a boat near Fair's ice house, and was being unloadeJ and placed in the maga­zine. While tbe men were away tbe boys, who were hunting, were seen to approach the boat, and it is supposed one of the party fell aad caused the accident. The shock was a tremendous one. Farm hous-s and barns near by were shattered and blown to pieces. The ice house, a building 300 feet square, was re­duced to kindling wood. Windows in the Postofflce and depot, two miles away, were shattered by the shocic The bodies of James Fisher and Ed. Hoffman have been found.

Fatal Railroad Collision.

PROVIDENCE, R. L, NOV. 30.—The Old Colony steamboat train for Btonington col­lided with a switch engine at Branch Avenue bridge this evening. Two engines were smashed. George Burnbam of Boston, engineer of the Old Colony train, was decapi­tated. Three other engine men ware injured, and taken to the hospital. No passengers were hurt

HOPEFUL LIBERALS.

Great Results Expected from tho Manchester Meeting,

MR. GLADSTONE TO SPEAK TWIC *

T h e I r i sh L a n d P u r c h a s e S c h e m e Discussed by the Cabinet - G e n ­

eral Fore ign News.

LONDON, NOV. 30.-[SpeciaLy—The tions for the coming Liberal demonstration* at Manchester, where Mr. Gladstone will deliver two speeches, are being conducted on an im­mense scale. Great results from the meetings are hoped for by the Liberals and obviously feared by the Tories, who are watching Mr. Gladstone closely with a view of taking ad­vantage of any inadvertent expression which may be used against him and thus weakening the effect of the ex-Premier's speech. Mr. Gladstone is, however, not likely to be caught napping. In a letter published to-day Mr. Gladstone, referring to the programme of the Liberals, says: " It will be a part of my duty to explain clearly my attitude and to do my utmost to further reforms."

The Irish Land Purchase Scheme.

The Wreck of the Ida

-Particu ars of VICTORIA, R C , NOV. 30. the wreck of tbe steamer Idaho have been re­ceived. The Idaho ran on Race Rocks yester­day morning. She had on board 800 barrels of lime and large quantities of fish oil, salmon, hops, and coaL The fog was thick and the steamer ran on the reef at full speed. She struck amidships and remained fast, while the water poured in and soon drove the men out of the hull of the vessel. The steamer caught fire several times from the slacked lime. The vessel was valued at $80,000 and Is well in­sured. So far as known no lives were lost

9 ' Another Victim of the Wires.

N E W YORK, NOV. 30.—Henry Harris, aged 36," was killed by an electric shock to-night iu front of the drygoods store of Bernard Callin on Eighth Avenue, where he was employed. Harris and Lawrence Hughes were carrying into the store a large show case preparatory to closing up. In raising it the upper portion came in contact with a Brush electric light wire. The current passed down the metal bars of the show case at a point, where Harris had hold of i t He uttered a piercing shriek and fell to the ground. His companion felt no shock and hurried to Harris's assistance. The man was carried in the store and physicians who were hurridly summoned pronounced life extinct. Death had been instantaneous. Har­ris leaves a wife and two children.

A protracted meeting of the Cabinet held to-day at which was considered a "pro­posal for a 10,000,000 bund purchase scheme to apply to tbe disaffected portions of Ireland. It is understood that there was not the degree of unanimity with regard to the measure that should characterize the consideration of so vital an issue, and ic U not unlikely that if the scheme is launched upon the sea of legis­lation it will be opeu to the same objection to many Tories that will be raised against- it by tbe Liberals and Nationalists, that it dis­criminates against a very considerable part of the people of Ireland who are entitled to alt the benefits that the measure may bestow. Indeed, it is now quite plain that the question of land purchase is not the only one upon which there is a diversity of views io tha Conservative ranks, and tbe Government will have no easy task to steer clear of br eakert next session.

The Anti-Slavery Conference.

Though the Anti-Slavery Congress now sla­ting at Brussels was opened with a great flour­ish and many promises of wonderful results, very little is now exacted of it, and in soma circles it will be a welcome relief when the final adjournment of the Conference is an­nounced. The nations represented have al­ready lust sight of the ostensible purpose of the Congress in the general squabble which has arisen out of tbe action of Portugal in seeking to use the occasion as a means of settling her quarrels with England, and every power with an axe to grind is now bringing it forward.

To Succeed Wlssmann,

It is announced from Berlin that Lieut Gravenreuth will relieve Capt Wissmann during the furlough which has been granted to the latter for the purpose of v hi ting Ger­many. As the return of Wissmann is undoubt­edly due to th* jealousy of Germany at the thought of Stanley's working in British inter­ests, it is taken for granted that Gravenreuth'a appointment as his successor is permanent, and that Wissmann will be employed in soma direction where the chances of offsetting Stan­ley's work and influence are greater.

Trouble ut Limerick Expected.

It set ms to be a foregone conclusion that there will trouble at Limerick to-morrow. The Nationalists are determined to hold a demonstration In honor of tbe Manchester martyrs, while the authorities, -determined that they shall not, have set a force of police and military some hundreds strong to guard­ing the monument with orders to prevent any­body from approaching i t If the excitement is as high to-morrow as it is represented to be to-night, it does not seem possible that a colli­sion between the people and the authorities, with fatal results, can be averted.

As Many Lives as a Cat. /

Expi ess Company »t tja Union Depot b y w a y 0 | ^^ elevator, aroujnd which a nar-

B n s i n e a a M e n R u i n e d .

W A Y N E S B U B O , P a , Nov. 30.—Daring the past three days judgment notes amounting to 1500,000 have been filed here awl many promi­nent business men are ruined financially.

The Farmers' and Drovers' National Bank opened its doors again this morning and, not­withstanding it is considered safe, there was a rush made by depositors, which lasted all day. The newly-elected president, G. L. Wylie, says tbe bank has plenty of money to pay all depositors

At least 30 of the most wealthy men of the county will be ruined by being security for those who have failed. Among them are Robert Smith, County Treasurer; W. P. Lautz's liabilities are about $100,000 more than his as«4*.s ; W. W. Bradeu*. ex-treasurer, and 1>. A Spragg, $50,000 each ; Gen. G. F. Temple and Ex-Collector John Da wlin, about 1125,000 each.

O C E A N M A R I N E .

iOmUnued m & * > # Page-} [ now and dark stairway wound. At night this | of f uei

QuEENSTOWN, Nov. 30. —Arrived, the Urn-bria, from New York.

NEW* YORK, Nov. 30.—Arrived, tbe City of Chicago, from Liverpool.

N E W YORK, NOV. 30.—Arrived, the Adri­atic, from Liverpool; the Belgenland, from Antwerp; the Rotterdam, from Rotterdam.

PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 30.—iSpetial.}—The British steamship Tyndale from London re­ports that from November 11 to tbe 19tb she encountered continuous gales. Tbe cabin was flooded during a heavy gala The starboard side screens and bridge rails were broken. All of tbe shifting boards and about 10 tons of the cargo of pitch were burned on account of lack

The report which is in circulation here that the Mabdi is surely dead is generally disbe­lieved in view of so many previous reports of his death which have been disproved.

The Bristol Strike.

There hi now hope that the strike of tha dock laborers at Bristol may be speedily settled, the men having offered to rubmit their griev r

ances to the arbitration of the Mayor of Bris-tal. As yet it cannot be definitely ascertained that Bristol has sustained any loss of com­merce by reason of the strike, but it is certain that the prolongation of the trouble a few days longer will not only drive away the busi­ness which fell to Bristol from the great strike in London, but send many of the old shippers to other port?. With this result confronting them, it is unlikely that the masters will be so unwise as to refuse to meet the man in tha compromise suggested.

Vicar Lloyd's Downfa l l

A sad story is related of the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, who, until quite recently, held tbe office of vicar in one of the most important churches in tbe diocese of Peterborough. His tastes having become exalted far above the power of his legitimate income to gratify them, ha sought to improve his pecuniary condition by betting on the races, cautiously at first, but ultimately with all the recklessness of a hard­ened plunger. His experience was that of tha great majority who indulge in the alluring practice of gambling, and utter ruin overtook him. Unabfo to face his creditors, he resigned his position an i disappeared, going to no one knows where.

Dona Pedro Arrives at St. Vincent.

LISBON, NOV. 30.— The steamer Alagoas, with ex-Emperor Dom Pedro and his party on board, arrived at S t Vincent to-day. All the members of the party are well An attempt was made to interview Dom Pedro concerning tbe events that led to his deposition and exile. He declined, however, to enter into any dis­cussion relative to the revolution, but stated that he had been treated with the utmost kindness throughout The Alagoas will pro­ceed for Lisbon to-morrow. When tbe steam­er arrived at S t Vincent she was fly big tha new flag of the United States of Brazil Tha flag remained flying until tbe Brazilian Vice-Consnl boarded her and informed the Captain that the Provisional Government had given instructions that the old flag was to be hoisted at S t Vincent and Lisbon. The officers of the steamer not having direct orders from Bio Janeiro declined to make the change. They, however, immediately sent a cable dispatch to Rio Janeiro asking for orders relative to tha flag, pending tbe arrival of which tha Alagoas flit 8 no flag at at. The Alagoas was convoyed i% days from Rio Janeiro by a Brazilian man-of-war. Fine weather was experienced all tha way from Rio Janeiro to S t Vincent

As soon as tha steamer Alagoas dropped anchor hi tbe harbor of St. Vincent a boat was sent ashore bearing a cable mssaaga to tha;

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