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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-12-12, Page 3IN A FIRE -TRAP. Torrible Conflagration ill a Crowded Newspaper Building, PROBABLY TWENTY LIVES LOST. „litenaumpyromthe Seventh Otory—Rearte Eending 8ceees--.1"atal Delay—Other rues, Minnespolte, limn., etespevon of Sun- day &mettle following aolount of e head - Melding calamity of the previous night: Between 10 and et o'clock is night fire ineeke one in the third floor of the Tribune • mewspapea buildiog in this city and the • IbuilOing 18 a tOted 19843, with the loss of Me Of Oyer half a dozen and herhahs ten or aore. This building ie an eight -story structure at the carper of First avenue and IN:forth street. Is is occupied by the liriburte, the .Tribune.Star, (evening edition of the Tribune), the Minneapolis affirmed the lit. Paul Pfeneer .Press and the ,Evening journal, bootiaee a large inaMber ef offices. The Tribune Itch -Oriel ferge leen the seventh, floor and composing.romoos above it. Ao- Mee 110 *be budeling is by way of an sieva. to aritimd which a reaerow and dark stairway wohied. At night Vile stairway with the only among of Owego or epees. Mite huildlog Mieht va4ed:11y be celled a re -tap, tend the dauger to those boated *ewe hie been often ocerimeuted upon. The fre broke out in ehtt third /leer and soon the upper eforiee were out off from be etreet. , The building. Was on the Ammer, and the only *dimming building were only one *tory In height, teo that no inetene of escape woe afforded in tied The flames, out off the egeape of She Pioneer Prete force on the eixth door ea 'Well settle hhibutoe felhe On the seveneh nd tertghtha Reporter Barnes, of the Pioneer bid * marrow eeeepe from the build. Sago itited. /eft bellied him Milton Pickett, be assistant city editor., mei one of the oldest men in the terms of the paper. Wiekett watt lost in the burning budding. =ere are else es yet unconfirmed reports ref the sloth at others 0011/Moted with the Tfolther Prni7 But the Trireme force aniffered not. They Were looted higher the building and bed le= wernieg of their danger. MINTED SO DRATIL John Olsen, the presider:iv at a Dakota soilege, wits lu the composing roome at the gine the Aimee broke out, looking atter an ttdvertieement to be inserted in the morning papa. Ile jumped from one ihf the windows to cocotte ilie tam= and net with an even more horrible deeth Stow shattered limbs aud body. Jame* IP. Igoe, Isight operator ot the Amadei-ad Tress, met with a luta dee*, se a reedit of 1*0 faithfulness to his employers. ge Wee at work on the seventh, ficor when the =pod of the fire was Out received, end Immediately opened his key, dating the tacit to the head effice at Ohiogo. and ashiog for a mionte's time to investigOe. oon he returned to he insteunient, •apparently Shutting he wee sere, and told tbe sending ope rator to continue. In * =owed he sod he would have to ekip, and found too late that eampe was ant off. Ile lumped from the seventh storey window, and Wee SO bully injured that he died •before Teething the hospital. Be heave, a •family. An old Man named Pearce, a printers wee *he Mlle& One report !aye that ten have been killed, but tip to midnight only six bodies bad been taken from she ruins, whith were then Sonia in. as SUILDIEG A MILE TRAP. The Tribute b eliding WO ton Aerie') high. It woe tiondruoted of pressed brick with intone teinunings. Ito front on Fourth street was 200 feet and JO depth was about efe feet on Fourth avenue south. It was plastered on wire lath, and was reputed to bears -proof. The main front was pro - basely ornamented, and it mettle° artisti- welly broken with oriel windows and balconies. The plin was such as to make it vrell nigh impossible for any who delayed after the alarm had been given to =reaps from the building. There were not boothan 100 men at work on the upper stories at the %hue the fire broke out, and Ile warning was late. Several timee there lave been small fires in the • building, but 'they were quiokly extinguished, so that, although all realized the combustible nature of the building, at warning was less likely to be heeded. There was but one fire esseape, and it was at the eudof the building here the fire ragta fiercest. The Dingle stairway was swell, narrow and dark, and wound around the elevator shaft. Three 'years ago the inadequate fire protection of she building was considerably agitated, the 3natter being taken up by the Trades and Labor Aseembly and carried finally to the city officials, an attempt being made to have the building properly protected or con- deouted, but nothing oemeof it. No changee were enade in the ono max or um mom originated in a law office on the third story of the building. The elevator man smelling smoke called the attention of some of the persons around the bueding to it. The ory of fire was reieed and several persons went down •stairs from the seventh dory to in- vestigate, and then returned to work. Be. Sere long Brooke ho gan to fill the narrow stairway, the only one in the building, and ereerybroier began to make leisurely prepare. tion for departure. /go immediate danger wee feared, but , in less than ten minute the flames sought the elevator abaft, which, acting as a mammoth fine, conveyed the diames to the top story, and soon the eattor. lei zooms, in tbe same side of the building where the fire originated, were a seething man of flames. In a few minutes the fire Teethed the other side, where the compos- ing -room was situated. • A GENERAL ALARM. general alarm wee turned in, and • all the engines in the ' city responded., • The imprisoned printers gathered at the win- dows on the south end and shrieked' wildly • and despairingly for aid: Hurry the ladders," was the awful refrain that bur- ' dened the air. "Hurry theladders, for iGod' s sake," shrieked the men. The YAM 'crowd that from the opposite side viewed the fire wreak its work shouted words of enzaaragement and good spirits to there. "Tile long hadder eeemed to move up at a anail's pee% but was finally rested in posi- tion and the crowd began to eiesoend, the Ilames making steady encroachments in the corner where the frightened men had huddled like cowering animals. The life mete were brought and some were saved by thie means. Telegraph Operator Igoe jnreped from a seventh story window and was billed. Be leaves a family. ER DEM:TEO TOO IONG. 'When Igoe gave warning to New York of the fire on the Assooisted Pros wire, he odd: "There's et fire on the third floor of thie {Tribune) building, and len 'on the • seventh floor." After a inomentea pause, he said to the New York operator , " Cht ahead, Chandler," and New YoYorkbegan sending again, *ad after a brief Vane. hielded to Cleveland, who sent the toilette- ing ; " Clevelend, 0,, Nov. 30.—Caphein Joe& Moffat, a well-knowo lake Men, wall hilted to -day by falling into 'the hold of hip vessel." Jlist then Igoe broke, "Bop 1" ) hettoked on the wire, end there was another brief wish and alt the leen on the moult were listening with intereat, for 9y had noted in the transmission by f the word "boys" a. trewuIonsuesif toile us t Ms s. layman could deed a tremo harnall 9010e. "Boy, rite gos to den 9,11. zeffir,teryib"loilaysheieengloenOe:selaudeftj canon roit longer." be work weni on avian! One of Igoe', oolleehaes thought ser his good -bre until there cone b the lose of life, aod Mining them o the probebility that poor Igpe ha too long. The last 200 worde be to tithe were fatal. They cost hire TERRIBLE SIGHTS. s THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE A. VeryllOrdinary Kind or a Document. Being at the Beath end of the b • while the only fire mem° was at the nor priotere found sheir way to the stair t well as down there cnt off. A ntiteher *heal climbed ons of Windows and clung td She window ledges, waiting for the help which, in several cases, cone too late. Their piteoue cries for help direeted the firemen 10 them, and attetelher were raved. Others felt off iheir narrow reeting pieces or d sopped iron/ the telegraph and telepbone wires, over which they heti tried to watt** to itheix deathe on the frozen ground. The eight of the sufferings of she burning, strligglheg Men broughe tore to the eyes of the booed. Women prayed end ettong men beeathleoly wateheel Assooleted Poo Operator lgoe's attempt to ocape. He got clear of the building, and was gradually workitig his way along the wires to safety, while the /Went crowd below Itoxiously and helpletedy watehect hine, fint the Wiggle ant his bands and his etreugth felled, and groan wept up tome the crowd when he was se= to elip from late alight support and to the roof of ehe boiler hoes°, when he reeeived fetal injuries. Men lifted hire gently and dieted with hint too drug store, but on the way, after *list word of loving core for hie wife and four children, he breathed hie lad. Tax swam OP Ali EYE-WITNESE. The lees man of the Tribune editorial etaff to leeee the buildieg. was Ow Aifreal William, the managing editor, eked although himself badly =reed about the head and beude, be pore the followiug stittement of bow elieh of the= *hove reported reee his death, bevieg beer/ an eree.witnees of. the deaths ot *11 but outt I Milo and Millman, with a number of printers Weeded down She Are ellettre, bleat of 'hot smoke and ftstrie Week Ma- lan et be wee *endive, Ana loat hie hold, and ia falling knocked Miles off, both follies from the lieversh floor to the ground, and rat the sixth door knuckles ;Iowa Pickett and Profeseor Chien, who bed niched the tire eireape from that Soon, The four men in failing atruok spinet she loweet plettorm and bounded away from the building, and wee° dead when they Much the ground. When liVillions started down the ladder the fire wee horning his hair etud wok, end be narrowly etioapeel the fate of therm who bad preoeded him, the heat and amok° beteg overpoweric The printer§ on the leader topped with slight bane, Igoe and Jenkins= both *ought to eseepe by. the wirer, but hoe been weakened by tbe awoke and flames so that both soon fell off, atriking on the root of the Tribune boiler roam, Jenkineon ban% dead when pinked, up. altiCettehr00, lumped from a window ledge for the extereisou ladder, but ids babile slipped, and he fell to the pevement. A. net had been stretched to oteli biro, but he was too heavy for it, and, striking the ground, was so seriously injured that he died moon after. Pickett, Igoe, Miles and hloCuttheon Were married mete and Jenkinson was to have been married in a shod time. Mil - Man lost hie wife by asphyxiation a couple of weeks ago, and bad just resumed wotk. Frank H. Jones, of She Globe, Who came here from Philadelphia a yew* ago and woo was reported to be in the building, is safe. TEE =MOB MAE'S STOAT. The elevator 02411, Wlm made three trips after the fire had broken out, says he saw a man come out from an office and try to escape, but before he could reach him a sheet of flame streak the man and at the same time be pulled a revolver and shot himself. He thinks there were still seven people on the eighth floor when escape was out off, and they must have perished. Ile too& a couple of women up a few minutes before the lire broke out and says they did not come down again. He did not kuow who they were, but says they wanted to see the city editor of the Pioneer.Prees. A number of printer& remains are almost certainly in the ruins. THE TOSS OF MOIL Seven bodiee were found around the building last night, all of which have been identified. They are: Milton Pickett, assistant city editor of the Pioneer Press. James F Igoe, Assodated Press night operator. Walter E. Miles, night agent and day Operator of the Associated Press. • Edward Olsen, President of the -Univers- ity of South Dekots, at Vermillion. W. H. Millman, commercial editor of the Tribune. • Jerry Jankineon and Robert MoCutobeon, printers. Other bodies are known to be in the building, but just how many is uncertain. Two men who could not be identified sbot themselves rather than be burned to death, and to-diey the body of a man caught in the ruing is in plain sight of the crowd on Fourth street. It is believed that the •number of victims will • reach twenty and perhaps twenty-five, but until the debris • cools off positive information as to the loss cannot be Obtained. The fire department withdrew from the fire to -night, and the search for bodies will be begun just as Soon se it is considered safe. • Au far as learnerrthe injured are : Wm. • Lawm-printer, burned on the hands and face; E. C. Andrews, burned on the hands and face; George S. • Worden, printer, burned on the hands and face FraralhGer- ber, a deaf printer, hurt about head by • felling; Charles A. Willianas, managing editor of the 'Tribune badly burned about the head and face ; H. Williams, fore- man of the composing rooms, badly burned • about • the face and hands; El. H. Jones, Pioneer Press reporter, hande and face slightly burned; Prank Hoover, printer, burned about the ileek. Elevens] employees of the Swedish paper, which was priblished on the eighth floor, were in the habit of sleeping in the building and nothing has been heard of them. Some law students oleo slept in offices in the buildings, and some of them may be among the lost. rLienie THE BLAKE. Chief Stetson, of the fire department, laye the blame for the great loss of life to the leak of fire escapes, and says the de. p rtment did what a could to pave lives. The total lose ie placed at 1)300,000 ; the insurances foots up 1)150,000. B NAL L MR icnftfe W Can: thettlemon el Srvtc. hateddteetoeeteatasheeshilow the hairpin*. To the shod* and House of Repreneotatives; There are few trimeactione in the admitilefiras Oen of the OevernMeet Oat are even tern- PCIrarilY *ad in the oanAdoolles of those charged wise tee eseeelles, seeamie hesinese. Ev.r,e 'toe tame is eerier the ciftelvsece a an Meese. gent end watehtel Bole, The *rota ot the n is known from y to dayrandauseenten, ea to needed leash: fled an earlier Yews than that which op- Os in theses:Anus/ oeue .menicatious of the President to the Gooftteee- tr reletions tied oorreepondeuce with other ant cordiality berite eliareeterme4 Government*, aust the year just closed leeves tow intereational imeetioes o itopprtopee re- ning oteedjuaree. No taboo aeg„ 4 to et setae pas rime the d edjuiltnterte of the Sill petid i&tI8f&etor5 and honorar Goyetmo,,t wit er aud Inesfroukn and nreked Oae MOW Tbia ;Pune h44, 1141M4 pat. east; d i 21 our diary, es is Potion to preserve Gm beritage of good repute whith a century of root dealing With ferelEtt Ginanrittleista tias secured to Referring "nal gratittortion to tbe cm:rye:sing of the Wei enmeresit eretertess the Prinikletit centinuee: lille the commercial eremite whale it le leaped will rol ow dee Chafer. ewe are worthy purseit.ried et thee greet iater ther'eave exeltere if beirttleue'S tqs greening beoetla will be 14U134 the better aecuritiett whIell may be dead- e4 for the male tat tat tu *e.;1tc ot *-V1 ae enat 101329111411COlearietriere Oittotti 1411 that a cerietier, 01,4404= eire Approve." The reeeicleet regorntoode OW all citie Maio - mole agents hi :be hater amencen reoutato be raiseel to tbeasok of Mir:dater higeipateetiere, Tito toiler°. of the tt eieynegoti (dee won °Mee for more oomple o reetnetioti of heineee leave im inigretleo Joao the qu totem epee forree eyed offert that direction. Wbe pewee stale Of afreire reSpeet tO the Itatiekli ISLANDS le encouraging. A treaty will he submitted to the geuseefor its eel -lemma "I trust tbat the efforts wieldelowe beet made to effect an seinW nlent Of the qatetbill Will be prodliatlya Ot tbe • Pe, nneltelat 4,444114100010 of I4W 444 enter hz • ;11464111re anudP°i&trteritsb"of4thelfre,mtvuleeteen:4w1:11°;esti4ot the treaty Vermeer. The getiettene Whiels bete • aritteu duriug the Feet feW yore betweem BEAT IMITani AND TUE VtalTUIS ertteles are in skeY4Xit0 firth omelet AY -41101e adjost- mote On the part or the Government ot Oanwle S13 effort, bee been amazed to edmieistee the lee toad reguletic aepltes.ble to the fisheries with se little onkel for Wale° an wen Read- ele te is latieuel that the a ;Leaned oriedjuit riddsunder existing treatiee and in virtue of tbe emicuttent le lelatien Of tbetwe 0913tiguees 4013041ee will mitt he long deforeed. A. hat and acceptable stolen:meet of thelist 004o:flee fur Which extredition may be clanged mid greeted is meet doireb a hetweem title coontra and Groat Britilm The territory of ueliber alit become e. seeurelaerbor fer the evil dotes of the ett er threuge Pity otooloeble shortcoming An this resod. A yew treety ore this obiect be- tween the two pawn ha* been recently tiegotis- iodated will Eton be lent tattoo tbe gonotte. eon Desemed Per areaway Jo Atria% was coestreeted nudely a canonical by lame al to 411 Americo', eltizeo when needy corm lated the root Wait seiztd by die needs Of the Portuguese Governmees Forecel pretest bee beim inane agairea Gas an endure peeper evert vile emered to secure pro; er rellehh The Preeident relocate peeteure in =some - lag the felemily Dettlement of the diellute between C•tes Arca sue Eilearegoe, over the eitual questiott. Tess guestielli selling front the rotten to Ger-; m:PM Of Gerrnerin naturalized In hale country aro consitered and dispeerd of in* temperate in frit to the satisfaction of botlt governm uts. The reguletion of the neturelleatfort titiestlen with Mbar Eurepeau countries Is reommeneled. Deferring to the REVOLUTION isIteete the' President 'itaye "Our eil later wee In- structed to ineintaux friendly rd lations with the eittedelonal governmeet." sae! adds: Oar fill:t- inter bits b.en farther instructed to extend on the mot of t is Gov ',emcee:, storm& and cor- dial recognitien of the ram republic to soon au tee mejority of the people ot Brazil tibial have signinee tbeir assent to its establishment &Ltd maintenance." after seuding to various minor roatteril cou- eornlug our fereign relselons, the Prosideut turns 10 domestic) affairs aud Pass "Within our own harden' a general coudition of prosperity pro - trails The barveats of toe last summer wore exceptionally altuudant, and the trade condi. tioris now prey ai mem promide a successful 5800013 10 Leo mercbaut and inenufeeturer arid general employment of otir workiug people." nmerieleri =Tien% fie theiediscueses the rep rt of the Secretary of the Treasury and .as the estimated revenues for the current year are 5185 000,000, and the expenditures *3118141Z leaving au estimated surplus et $loe/sew Tee Sur! Itis for the Ilscal year ending Juno 80th, 1891, id estimated at $44,559,14. The President adds: "The e.tistence of so largo an actual and anticipated surplus should have the iinmediate attet,titin of Con- gress, with a view to reclining the receipts the Treasury to the needs of the Government as closely as may he. The collection of moneys not needed for public uses iu3poses an napalms •ary burden upon our people, aril the presence of no large a stirplus in the public vaults ie a disturb - lug elemetitin the conduot private business. It has called into use expedience for putting it into eirculetton of very questionable propriety. We should not collect 101 0000 for the perpose of an leipating our bonds beyond the receerements of the sinking mud, but any unappropriated surplus lu the treasury should be sa used, as there is no other lawful way of returning the mot ey to vireulatien, and the profit realized by the government offers a substantial advantage. The oaning of pubhe fund to the bauks With- out interest upon rho soca ity of Government bonds I regard as an unauthorized and danger- ous expedient. It results in a temporary and unnatural increase of the banking capital of favored localities and compels a caution" and gradual recall of the depoeits to aveid injury to the commercial interest«. It is not to be expected than the bailee baying these dope -its will sell their bonds to tbe treasury so long as the present highly beneflciai arrangement le continued. They now practically get ilterest ?loth up.ss the bonds and their proceeds No further use should be made t f this method of getting the surplus into eirculet on, aud the deposits now outstanding should be gradually withdrawn and applied. to tbe purchase ef beide. It ie fortunate *bat such a use cum be made of tbe existing surplus, and for some time to come of any casual surplus that may exist after isongress has taken the necessary steps for a reduction of the revenue. Such legislation should be promptly but considerately enacted. I recommend a na he BEVIBION OP OUR TARIFF LAM, both in its adminidtrative featutea and in th schedules. The need of the former is generally conceded, and an agreement upou the evils and incorivesiences to be remedied aud the best methods for their correction will probab,y not be difficult. Uniformity of valuatiou at al our pato is essential, and effective measures should be (taken to secure it It is equally desirable that questions affectiug rates and clas,ificetions should be promptly deader/. The preparation of a new schedule of en toms duties Is a matter of great delicacy because of the direct effect mem the business of the country, and of great difficulty by reason ot tbe wide divergence of opipion tie to the obj•-ets that may properly be pr. meted by such legislation. Some dtaturb- auce of legislation may perhaes result from the consideration m tbis subject by Congress, but thie temporary ill-effeot will be reduced to the • minimum by prompt action and by the 8.888Y- ance wircb the country already enjoys that any netobsary chaugee wet be so made as not • to impdir the just and reasonable protection of our home industries. The irregularities of the law should be adjusted, but 11.0 protective principle should be maintathed and Miley applit-d to the products of oar farms, as well as to our ships. These duties necess.,rily have relations to other thiu ge beside the public revenues, and WO cannot lirmt heir effects by fixing our eyes on the public treasury alone. They have a direct rela- tion to home production, to work, to wages and to the commrcial independence of our ountry, and (be wive and patriotic legislator sbould en- large the field of his vision 1,, inelude ail these. The necessary reduction in our public revenues can. I am ..,ure, be made without Making the small burden more onerous than thi-h large by raising of the disabilities and limitations which the process of reductiou petit up n both capital and labor. The free '110 can very safely be ex- tended by placing thereon articles that do not offr injuri Os competition to such domestic • produe.s se our home labor can supply. The removal of the internal, see ainnmealeinnse TA% MON TOn eeet would relieve an import:nip wig:literal product tom a burden Which was impeded only become; • our reveeue from customs duties was inenet- riled for tbe public needs. If safe prep.:doe leeriest fraud cao be, devised, the removal of the tax open sprite used in the arts end in menu- faze:tree would elso tiffer an unohieettenable method of reducing the sotPlue " Tbe Preeldeet tliscessce tee currency queation wad favors the continue4 use ofsilver, but e eye: "L tette( it is °leer that if wo abould make the otepage of eilvees t tbe preeent ratio free we T.144 mon expect tbet difiereuee in the hellion velnee of the‘gold d hover dellare will be taken eeeenitt of .i*oommereitil treneactione, teed I fear the seine uitwould follow any con- sieerable increase of he present rate of coinage. wail a eesua would be discreditable to our nencisl ruerteeement and dem trous to all mess interests. Any safe leealation omen subjeet musb secure the liquidity of the two ee their commercial usr- se, TboPreardeui came attcntion to the eeed of usesineesa to preveut tee Chinese eitteging our coutffre• ;wreaks the riorthweetere benler frore Ste, ergs the constructien of harbor f retie ite. a beginning of esinplete come; de- fames 1mortgnt eivent end lawbore elhood be bnnrowea toy -Gape ease atiowe the need Of to proteet FORA'S!, Offieera, &nee • old bo deVnied to fie litete the blv-ineva PFelne Cenrt, DeKriet Judges' salarlee meowed. congress (Mould considex hew hz "Trusts" should be restrained_ by Fed- eral Mete eteire en International ooParient 1082,WOnid be a wise and iust measure. her nentraltsation, Jew should be e9 eevieed to excende inanorai persons Or onemieS Of Onr gerereMental sYsteni from tgriseuelain. A Patios al bankrupt law hi desirable. The recommeedidgoos of the Postroseter- Geneva are 1aireme4; 4130 throe of tee Secretary Pi tee, Navy, inelucheg tbatr fer the reiesteucts et teed ermore4 Ibipd, three guneoacs aud dee torp�do beets. Et ledisis question is discussed on aubetan- eteeileer tho linea of the Secretary of the Interiorei report, and the inereesed p Oteetion of the rights of settlers eirt ember:41=14 elsexeceivee etreuriore The Rreaident faVera 4 melon for every hon- orably ffieclierged fletertree ten eArtion *she le slew dependent upon bite own tither for rodetenetme ad itoineeriteltated hr disease ee 130512IIIJ ham earning to Tie° difecelty of prov- t the disability ariginete0 'adman orrice aliorilO ot deaer title J tuft :O. Tlje of footle?? fitatea la 411444 CP wth oenerenditioe, epete of moon* to protect the life On linehe Pf reilwidy workmen le noted, The Weather Rimini ebeeld he 11'443004TO VIM the Weir CP theAeriellithral Deportment. Tee propoeel he hold 4Viirld'afstr en the 400t8 weitivereau ea the direoleire of Anterice may well °here the attention ef tee georel goyerage Tun myth 41i1W/e1l CONStreeleet ba been wooed of cardial eurpozt I oforclog t*0 eatutea ante reetiletiessi. Tee retorm of the vil service will make AP goo or eateereerory e I'rv80nt law aud 1tetputi inistration ere well eneleithea to the cOlfg- the eopie. It will be Me pleeeueeileiftS18 et 9 Wet tbe Jaw is emoted wittt alstl ilareadalito. if same of it; pee- vliocs e be Ineelulent yelferde4 bY 0 efficers our reonitineet tbeula out t the retool 1be 18W inn referee in Sta denuiewation. Tha duty of appointment le &Medved by the eoriiititUtleu er by the lair, end be appilutieg officers ale properly held to a high reepeusthility iu ite exercise. The growth of ihe counrry and the conserment lecreage of the civil Hoe him meguilied this fouctien of the execotIve dieproportionehy. 11 comet be denied. heeever. ;het the laber emu:acted with We :accessary work le Mere:meal oftee to thereat of actual die zoos to the sudden Mad excessive dement:* that ere mete upon en hie' ming edministratkin tor xemovelli sull tappets:Meals. But, on the Miler heed, it ie use true %het luennthrzicy tit a coettlesive arm. meet for It coutinuence IR 0410e. Impertiellte, nuekration, fidpu fidelity to blie duty and ^good atialumorit in tne disthargetof it must be gelded htfore the ereemeut is complete. livhen theee holding eeteinistretive eflIcee ea eteiduct Oita:- fele:et ws to convioce just political oppeueete that no petty comideretioe or Wes Paget; in ally toy the d ecterge of theist Mille dutlee, we oat more lewdly 'My the deemed tor renewals. em setisfied thee both in tad out et tbo ewe. Zed isiwylis greet tenon% womd Accrue frien ter eiloptitnt of such intern by whtelt the officer would receive the dietluction het in all private emplaymeut comes from exceptional faithfuleme sad eincleuus fu the .erformence Of duty." "1 hews suggeeted te the heads of the Zemin,: Te Deperuneets that they consider whothera reeord retelit not he kept iu each bureau of ell those memento that Ale covered by tha terms 1*tlbftilnesi and efddeney. and & rating reade the relative mores of tlut clerksa of each is teeing te beeogarded axe test *Merit keg promotions The Pees -Went resent national isle for educa- tion, seise:111111Y in the States where tbe freed* men form a largo pert of the population. Such pante, however, elieuld be limited, to olio Ycamet a time so aa Uot to tempt local aulliorldee to unduly postpone &shaming the who o burden. Tito Prestdeut urges measures to secure the nogroes tbutr cive right's rowers net greeted cannot be eXercised, bet the power to wholly conteol the electiou ot reprosentallyes 1. grant, to the ginierel geTerautenti Ile recommeuda extending:nice contrul aeoordingly to preteet the colored man in all his reboimis to the Federal Governinout, whether as Misled, Juror, witness, donee or traveller. The President recent ea ends" the reinetatement of our merebant mariue by such appropriation for omen aII servioe to Central mid eolith America, China, JApart mid the import- ant islands of both the great oceans au will encourage the establisliment and in some fair degree equalize the chances of American steamship lines the competitious which they must Meet. Tbat the American atates lying south of ua will cordially co-operate in estab- lishing and maintaining puce Unroof steamship; to thew principal porta I do not doubt. We should also make provision FOR NAVAL 111431SevE to consist, of such merchant shipsOf American consi ruction and of a specffied tonnage and speed as the owners will eon ent to Mace at .be use of the Government in ease of need as aimed cruisers England has adopted thin policy aud 08 )5 result can now upon nece.sity 1310000 place upon her naval list some of the fastest steam - dupe in the world, and a proper supervision of the construction of such vessels would make their couversion into effective steps of war very easy. I am an advocate of economy in our naixonal expenditure, but it is a misuse of terms to make this word describe a policy that with- holds an expenditure for the purpose f extend- ing our foreign commerce. Everyteing is most propitious for the present luaugura- tion of is liberal and progressive policy upon this subject, and we ehould bnler upon It vdth promptness and declaims. Tbe leeisIetion which I have suggested, it is sincerely bel eyed, will promote tite peace and honor of our o3untry and the pt temerity and security of the permits The President recou. mends teat provision be made by an interne, ional agreement for visibly marking the water boundary between the United States and Canada in the narrow chan- nels that juin the great lakes. The conventional line ttaire n traced by the northwestern survey a year ago is not in all cases readily aseertaiu- able for the settlement of juriadietioutti ques- tions. I invoke the diligent and serious attention of Congress to the consideration ot these and such other measures as may be r resented. having the same great end in view. Benne= Meantime." Executive Mansion, Washington, Dee, 1889. j "The Idea!" Her matter-of-fact old father—Daughter, I do wish you would learn to talk without using eo many exelamatories. Every thing you speak of is accompanied with "oh V "the idea 1" "great goodness!" or some- thing of the kind. " Why I Goodness gracious,' pa 1 How oan I help it? The idea 1 We girls all talk that wity."—Kentucke State Journal. How About tbe rost-oiRce Otto? e Chicago post offioe—Howling Engliela Swell—Is the postmestew in? Postreader Sexton—I am the post- master. H E S. (presenting his card)—Am glad to meet yore don'ttherknow. 5 represeht an sw--Englieh syndicate, and I want to buy the pod -office, bah jove 1—Chaff. A Little Footstep. Lady Visitor (to little boy whose mother las been ill)—Georgie, is your mother any better? Georgie—Yes, ma'am; brit she can't walk around above et whisper. Yesterday M. Henry McFarlane, the Toronto contractor, was arrested in Mont. reel on a opiate issued at the instance of Mr. James Cooper, of that city: His firm afterwards registered a judicial abandon- ment of their estate. /FORTY T,Iheari. ON THE BOA». Probably the Oldest. Locomotive Waiglneer In the united Rates. Tbe oldest lootnotive engineer in New England, if not in the United States, is Thomas W. cepron, in the employ pf the NeW York, Providence 4 Boston, end a reeident tStonington Poiet, Crime, Pie was one of the AGA engineers to drive an Loon horse over the pew steel drewbridge over the Thamee et New London. Ete lase been in the einPley of the. Compeny ;settee, eontinimeie service eirete jaly 17, 1135S, end during this time he hem been Absent from hie poet only two and one belt Daring Me. Cipree'e long seri:ice he bee recelved from the (3onepeny wagee more than 030.040, and has ridden on hie looOmotive a distance to eseese of 1,200,000 Milo, or .50 times the circumference of the globe. This hoe been aocorapitehed with oae ocoliient of any port that -bee disable hie machines, and be hes •a repotation lo rarely coming *0100 BtatiOn behind time When he began hie tiervice for the Oempeny he was in his tOth year. Na*- he ee about 64, yet his actions are as prompt as when be Was in his prime. The Born Nurse. The' born Enna" is i family inetitu. *ion, who= Seine is wide aud wiles° virtue* are well recognized. Reeheele her telente are toberitee flora a leug line of Isnoestrel nentes whoa° tonote wee healing, and whO feem lime immemorial have been tbe gem - fort of the femily doctor. Perhape she gee in the family history, het however nt10 rimy be, the to get", abate eelt.oeutained, shell= 4 low voirteeind her geetle triennere huve else authority withal, for the hero nurse do= not permit her tereek to run ay with ber heed. She uoriereteeide bow to prepare* tempting meal for an tu. lid's! appetite, for tette Wanted pereon 10 * born ocok as well, Tier hot deirike *re alweye hot, not leltewarre, her beef tee ber bit of chicken browned to s eerie end her betteeed teeet thin but never brerned, TIlie Meet person fleeter write ber petite* whet ate cite thiek of 'thee the vveuld like to eat, neither does the leave dielies or delicaohis of eny sort ill eight of the patient wheu the invalicee meal le over. She is cheerful without beteg bolatereus, ind hopeful • without obtruetVeneeff. Lite bellevee • eueehille and fresh, oar seed the eItinetieeee • which la me neer iktri to godluiria. She obey a the (teeter's °rater, implicitly, and it dote not ace= to her to (lamb= lete dem ill the bearing of her pitieut, what. ever she me, do Art the offence of ber awn mud, *10 mere three it deee to sultetitute some nostruu tor bis preeoriptieu became it tiered Anne Sally lest surmzer when *he bad exactly the same ayreptinnit. But until the doctor comes she is ehe fountein head et sid and relief. She kerma that bet water ie good for itprains aa well es for =lie end a tcotharibe. She remerobere the beet rereediee for sting. of insects, she knewe that a. faietiog women must be laid sua when there are arras or legs or Aeons to be bandeged her deft handy mike the tuens and menage the injured member with the least peeeible metiers, and mho awn improvise asplint from en old cigar box or an Umbrella handle witb perfect suotves.—The Art Exeltenge. Bis With awl AO over/. A. Watt side attorney, noted tor his abeente retedednese, as well as for his business shrowdnese, is in the habit of leaving the mausgenient of his homer entirely to hie wife, en whose ability he hes the utmoat confidence. Be furnishes her the where- withal to run thing% and mover inquiree nor Gores *bout whet tate does so loug as hie comfort is provided for. One evening, zot long ago, he wee awn stancliug on the learner of Grand avenue anti Wept Water street, looking dieconsohtte ana greatly troubled. ',Rollo, Blank" said an acqueintance, the matter?" "Doth he reaponded, "I'm in a cleuoed bad box, and I don't know what to 40. Illy wife moved to -day. She told nee this morning she was going to move, and where she was going to move to, but be blame it I remember where it was. I think it was somewhere in the Thirteenth Ward. Where do you think my wife would be Apt to move to?" The friend could not help him, and how and where he found his domicile history sayeth pd.—Milwaukee Evening Wisconrin. .A. Brutal Father. A Halifax despatoh nye An extraorfii. miry case of cruelty is reported from Free. ton road, an old ffian mimed Kennedy, 70 years of age, being accused of making his 11-yearoM son live in the woods •night and day during the past three winters. Yesterday the pod: isa entered his fatherhi hone daring the latter's absence and took a piece of bread. This morning She father came to the oity and swore out a warrant for the child's: street for theft. ie said the boy hes been sleeping in barns and outhouses and has had his limos frozen moral times. His mother is deed, and his brothers and sisters left their father eoroe time ago. The old man is in comfortable circumstances. Modern Improvements, Fire Insurance Agent—I fear I must charge you extra, rates. You burn kerosene oil here, I see • Mr. Suburb—Yes, but we run no extra risk—no risk at all. The kitchen is ope- rate from the house, and there is &skylight in the roof big et:lough for the servant girl and the cook stove to sail through without hurting anything. Abbotsford is still so popular a resort that the fees paid by tourists dually exceed .X400 a year, so that it is twice as profitable to show the place as to hst it, for the rent paid by Mr. Therburn, who hae taken it for five years, is only £200 a year The Board of Governors of MoMaster University yesterday voted cotiourrence in • the scheme to open the Arts Department in Septernber, 1890; in acoordance with the former action of the Senate. It is stated that a London publisher has offered Henry M. Stanley £40.000 for his proposed book, entitled" Bow I Relieved Emin." Fred Laselle, the young mail who semi. dentally mellowed a plate with false teeth attached and was taken to the Toronto Respite], submitted to a successful opera tion yesterday and had them removed He will 1 kay recover. The Porte hes called upon the Armenian patriarch at Constantinople to depose the Bishopof the Armenian community in Armenia, as he.has been preaohiog in a manner exceedingly distasteful to the Turkish Government. The patriarch hae, of course, refused to interfere with the bishop. Jatt.103 D. Reed, whom Preisdent Harri- et:in named for consul to Dumfries, Soot land, has for yeers been connected with the New York (Ace of the Western Union tele- graphy company, and a few days ago five hundred pretty girls in that establiehment hided him good-bye. As soon as he re. Covers Mr. Reed will leave for his new poet. meeplug in Oherohi.- O'er their:devoted head. While the law thw deed, OtniglY and beetilessly 8nor'd the gibt he _ Great was the preaCher's thenle Screwed on was ail the steaM Neither with ettoutuerseteerre could bi, dieturb. Vie. 03101 Or the sixbneeireet. TerrOratexlght Of were, Terror *to lett of tbk+rn, Terrors in front of them, Ran itscuf plait tited ; °outmost essitil Wises. Wealimilidetkpetteeber Siege At tbe taunt? totte"er•h• lloldly hoseaceeaud well; All ooihoef Vara it fell Vain wasteloudeet yell. Voilord Mad time:Weed. F"oargiaibo truth to ten Neither for heavest nor hell Sneed llie six hundred Stili with redoubled zeta eau bespoke award. And in a wild eppeede Striking with heed end heel, efsitiug tbe peleile reel Shaken end sundered Caled them tee churclee Tereeteted with eedieds Woos. Vainly the answer roee (Fermi or teeiraweet rePose) Erten the neited nose Ot the six bondo4) V.Onvoti. Serpens of 40er an 4011r TOO Mtleb for htimart peter. Prayere too. mede to atub Mee inpoeaueous betels Weefolly biendee4 Vzihrik eerviee '1 133U810 Ftt Pe torte every pew etslt ChnrCh teat will not move OUt of the aocieht grove Throttglawhiell they've fitiendeed. le dies- we/ tee weed sue meet expect te Mad Ileseere ct Snell 4 that As the eix bemired, 4.1"iT PeltIN4T705ga Wlmttbe reebyterlen Police in Otter Re - tweet Jetes Alwaya Veen. The recent deeletoe a the Clucienati Preeleytery la favor of obengiog th'e Itoottrert of the Weriteehulter Ceefeepion treating cif intent beetle= 40 as treed4.21 infest* dyetgn eaferecy and other elect persone ore owed," Wee verlowilycommeeted by the Philerlelphie olergemen yester The three e'reireyterief et Vhgaciel will take ention on the metier at neat =eclipse, and, from the reputation which they enjoy for ormservatiarn, it le generally believed tbat all et them will KTake any change of the eiandard of doetriue, "The recommeedation of the Cinelenerti Preebytery to *he Gerund Aiiiembly does mot imply any chinge of belief," Wei ther Bele areetoe green% on,. Pattor the Tenth Prebbyterien Church, eveetog. "The teetemene of erin. ow reedy 4 BIM; izitaiets, dyiej. ey. are regeetteated end semi by C and the realireeion et all helantebes been endlepeted ler Imo. There IRMO question upon this point, sod the ohmage euggeeted by the Cincinnati l'xeebetery 10 merely the oreiselort of she word *idea" before 4 infeetee in order to sake the eueeel. log euroistekeble " 'Caviler* without the pale of the Ohm* insist that the term * elect intuits Shit tome 'literate are non -elect," said the Rev. There= .4. Hoyt, of Chambers' Pres. byterlan Church. " but the phreee affirm* no such Wag. The tremors of the coufeie- lion monk to lay that all who are saved, Infants or others, aro =Ted by eleetiort an the ultimate soma* of ealvraion. To bee* eueitled lhe word I °kali' would have been to imply that they were Raved through their own inumentee without divine biter. po*lIIoa. It wee the &mire to emphasize Godte sovereignity as the +Hahne teeters of Cidvieistte theology that 1e4 them to triune the sentence as re now stands. Ido not believe tied their belief differed on We point from that of the Preebyterien body tihdath nor gad they Melee* SO teach tho horrible doctrine of intent damnation. The fad that *hey quoted Christ's /memorable worde about children in this connection evidences the fact that they believed all wouM be reeved by hie rerlerepiion." " Viet word *elect ' is woefully raiecen. atrued 10 this convection," eyed a Weft Pbiladelphia pastor. lt deaoribee the method of salvation, but 11 1; not essential to the venue. If the Weetneineter divines believed that intaute not spatially provided for by Providence were to be damned, they would have made no bona about saying 00."—l'hihialeiphia Record. Mow idenieln Daneeds Gen. Singleton of Quintile 111., who was one of the bright yorang laoryers of Spring- field when Abraham Linooht Was a green youth there, telle this dory, which we be. tide has never been printed before. The bevy of bright young ladiet to which Mina Todl bdonged before her marriage to Mr. Lincoln nod to have a good deal of sport at this awkward young mart'a expense. One evening at a little party Mr. Lincoln approached Mid Todd and aid in his peculiar idiom Miss Toad, I should like to dance with you the worst way." The young lady accepted the inevitable and hobbled around the room with him. When Mid Todd had retuned to her seat, one of her misobievous companions said: "Well, Mary, did he dance with yen the worst way?" "Yes,"she answered; "the worst way:" —Washington Post. Warmth and Coldness of Clothing. Clothing possesses no warmth in Unit but, as it is more or less a poor conductor 01 beat, it prevents the esoape of the bodily warmth. Woolen fabrics contain a large quattity of air entangled in their meshes, which, being a poor conductor of hest, adds considerably to the warmth of olothing made from them. In hot weather we wear light cotton or linen clothing so as to allow as much of the bodily heat to esospe aa possible. There is a prejudice fevor Of light colored clothing for Bummer wear, but it as hardly based on scientific grounds. Dark colored oloth is the best radiator, allowing the bodily heat to escape freely, while wbite clothing absorbs less of the heat radiated directly from the sitm. There- fore, to dress scientifically in summer, ono should wear dark clothing In the shade and ' light clothing when exposed to the Mee rays. Praoticelly the matter of appear - soca is the only (Meth be considered, as the warmth or coolness of clothing is not apparently affected by its color. --Bx- • change. Great Waste of Powder. A Marseilles ceble of Tneeday night says A terrible explosition this evening emoted widespread terror throughout the city. l'he three -roasted ship Ville de Marseilles, with a cargo of 3 000 barrels of powder, shipped for Mozambique, caught fire. An attempt was mode to blow up the ship with dyna- mite without snocess. The fire in a elierb time reached the forehold, where there were 1,000 barrels of powder. A terrific ex- plosion followed. All the windowe for mile around were shattered. Fragments of the ill-fated ship were picked up 500. metres away from the seene of the disaster. No lives were lost. The ship belonged to. Heeds. Siegler & Co., Marseilles. \ The statement hod Hon. Commissioner, MacDougall had been offered the rehief olerkehip of the Home of Commons is con- tradicted.