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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-9-3, Page 6SASTERq deb ear the edge of the sidewalk was AN APPALLING DI taketsllout the bedy of Patrick Slattery wlio wee working for the Subway Company. A horrible sight was that of 4 humau arm extended from the wall at the east end of Probably Fifty LISOS Lost at a New the building, the lingers etretched out e • appeeliog for help. me arra wixs black aud cm it rested the burned skull. As the afternoon advanced the police, under Inspector Williams, had all they could do to keep the thousands of people who had been attracted to the scene horn breaking through the fire lines: Scores a men mid women were begging to be 411owed to get inside, so that they might see if Any of the bodies taken out of the ridiss were those of their relatives or friends. All the dead bodies as fast as they were recovered were removed to the morgue'except the bodies of the children Aisne Haegner and Johnny Gibbs, which were taken to their homes. Up to 9.30 p. m. nine bodies had been dug out of the ruins. THE BUILDING oorinsenenre The building was originally erected by a man named Taylor, and was known as the Taylor building. It hada frontage of aboub 150 feet on Park Pim° and of 35 feet on Greenwich street. It was condemned thir- teen years ago by the building department. There are all sorts of theories as to the cause of the disaster. Chief Reilly, of the fire department, Was of the opinion that a boiler supplied by the pipes of the Steam Heating Company had exploded, but the officers of the company denied that their supply pipes connected with any pipes lead- ing mto the wrecked building. Another theory was that the boiler in a restaurant had exploded. Then ib was said that some cheinicels had exploded in the drug store. The most plausible theory of all, however, is that the wreck was caused by the shaky condition of the buildiug and the vibration of the heavy presses running in the litho- graphing and printing establishments of the upper floors. It is generally supposed that there was an explosion of some kind, but the collapse is accounted for in no other way than the one mentioned. There was practi- °ally no mortar between the bricks, and when they were looked at after the smoke and fire had subsided they were as bare as a board. It is said the building is owned by Mrs. Crain, mother of City Chamberlain Crain, of this city. The damage is about 8150,000 to the building, and the loss to the occupants will be about the same amount. York Fire. A GREAT BUILDING WRECKED lay a Mysterious Explogion—The mush to teem pe—Saa Se eitea—n ge;ing tat corpses chaistly Sigist. A Sunday night's New York despatch gives the followi°na details of the explosion 'disaster reported.on Saturday: At 1.'?. 30 o'clock yesterday an explosion occurred in the five -story brick building extending from No. 68 to 74 (inclusive) Park Place, and in snoment a frightful rumbling noise was heard, and the whole front portion of the walls collapsed and fell outward in a pile on the street. It is believed that 50 lives were lost in the ill-fated building by being crushed to death under the debris or burned by the tem fire that followed the explosion and collapse. About 50 people escapedfrom the building with their lives. All the fire com- panies in the lower portion of the city were summoned to the scene, the police reserves were called oat, and the wildest excithment prevailed throughout the city. Up to 5.30 o'clock in the evening; only six bodies had been dug out of the ruins. Only one person was taken out alive, and that was Mary Haegner, 9 years old, who was found under two feet of debris near the edge of the side- walk. She had been sitting with her sister Anna, who was younger than herself, on a doorstep, and when the explosion occurred started to run, but was pinned under the felling mass of wreckage. Anna was dug out dead, as was 5 -year-old Johnny Gibbs, who had been with the little girl. The fire burned fiercely, but the firemen by heroic labor got the flames under control within an hour and a half, and began the work of dig- ging at the ruins for the bodies of the vic- tims. Ambulances were summoned from several hospitals, and the dead waggon came from the morgue. The work of the searchers for bodies was kept up all night, and will be resumed to -day. DIGGING OUT THE BODIES. The first body was dug out of the wreck just two hours after the explosion. It was that of little Mary Haegner, who was alive. Her father, Frank Haegner, is the janitor of the building, NO. 61 Park Place. When he heard that his children were crushed under the heap of brick and debris he was crazed with grief. As the firemen lifted Mary out of the debris and held her up in their arms, the little one saw her mother at one of the windows opposite, and exclaimed "There's eny xnamma. ' A cheer went up from the thou- sauds of bystanders. The child was found to be uninjured except for slight contusions, although her clothing was coated with dirt and blackened with smoke. Her miraculous escape fs due to the way in which some joists fell, forming a sort of arch, which protected her from the falling brick and stone. Mary said her little sister and the boy Johnny Gibbs, who had been playing with her, were lying near by. She had heard Anna groaning -and. crying. In ashort time the bodies of the other two children were dug out. As the many streams of water drenched the burn- ing pileestruins the flames subsided, and the firemen of the life-saving brigade were enabled to get to work. They could only dig for the dead, however. B.ESCUED X TIME. Roundsman Taylor, who Was passing near the scene of the disaster when the explosion occurred and the walls began falling, ran to a hardware store in the next block, and securing a dozen axes, distr.'. buthd them among the by-standers and fire- men, who cut a hole in the side wall of No. 74) Park Place, through which 17 persons crowded. They were all bruised and blackened, but none of them fatally injured. Dominick Barker, cook in the restaurant of A. Peterson was at work in the kitchen in the basement of No. 74. He escaped as if by a miracle. He said he was standing at the range when he heard the explosion. The next. minute the whole building seemed to be falling about him and he was knocked to the floor. Finding that he was not hemmed in by the ruins, he groped through a hole in the wall, and finally found his way into the basement of the building on Greenwich street, through which he gained the street. Two others who were in the basement escaped through the same opening with the cook. A. W. Lind- say, proprietor of the type foundry on two upper floors of No. 74 and 76 Park Place, is said to be a brother-in-law of In- spector Williams, of the police department. He employs about twenty girls. They all escaped by means of the fire escape. Mr. Lindsay said: "The girls and myself were preparing to go home when the explo- sion occurred. In a moment we heard a rumbling noise, and I shonted to the girls. We all rushed to the corner of the building, and as we ran we heard the wall behind us falling." THR/LLING INCIDENTS. ' Policeman Joseph Bock was at the corner of West street and Park Place when he heard the explosion He ran to the scene, and when he saw that nothing could be done from the front of the building he went -through a basement on Greenwich street, and thence made his way with Fireman Vredenberg to the side wall of the burning building. They had axes and crowbars with which they dug an opening through the wall and rescued three employees of tne restaurant who had been imprisoned in the basement Others coald be seen in the basement, but they were held fast in the rains and the flames soon enveloped thOM. THE DANGEROUS WIRES. One man running from the scene of the wreck came in contact with a live wire, and was knocked down. Frank Burns, of the Photo Engraving Company, was Man upper window opposite the scene of the wreck. He said he first heard an explosion an then rinnbling sound. Then he saw the front of the building, Nos. 68 and 70, wabble and sway, end the walls fell with a deafening crash. As the walls began to fall the people opposite say many persons tried to jump from the windows, but the walls crushed down upon them before they landed on the ssideWalk. The crash was so sudden thet none of the pedestrians passing on the side. walk in front of the Taylor building were seen 40 escape. 11. W. Detzler, who had charge of the Art Department, Of Lieber & Mass, lithographers, en the third and fourth ,floors of 74 and 76 Park tlace, said he and eighteen other men were at work when they heard the exilic:ikon. They all escaped by meanie of the fire escape at the Greenwich street end. Deteler and his men helped th emcee the girls from Lindsey's type foundry, OHASTIAI SIGHTS. 1Vleanwhi1e the firemen were hard at work on the Park Place side. Streams of water were directed on the burning mass trom every available point. At 2.40 o'clock the 'body a A young ntatt was taken from the east end of the debris with the elothieg aCompletkly burned off it. Prone utidet 641 wedged elk lessee ,theileees Taess melees RAnf STOPS THE WORE. Seventy-five Italians were engaged al through last night and to -day removing the debris from the burned buildings on Park Place. Two companies of firemen kept at their dreary task of searching for bodies. Their efforts resulted in the finding of five badly burned corpses. The bodies were taken to the morgue immedi- ately. These were all that were recovered up to 6 o'clock. The complete list of the identified deadup to 10 p. m. : Leonard R. Cole, 40 years, Brooklyn ; John Gibbs, 4 years, New York; Sarah Ann Heagner, 6 years New York; Michael Slattery, 55 years, B. Peterson, 21 years, New York; George Low,15 years, Brooklyn; Gustav Zeikler, Hoboken N. J.; Joel Heidrich, 12, New York; Otto 'kaiser, New York; Charles Breitner, New York ; Frank Hatch, 33 years, New York. Besides there are a number of unidentified bodies at the morgues. At 8 o'clock to -night a steady downpour of rain stopped the work of removing the bodies from the ruins, the men being forced to quit -work and seek shelter in the adjoin- ing buildings. The ruined structure, with its tottering walls, presented a dismal pic- ture but all through the pouring rain anxious watchers stood outside the fire lines patiently waiting to hear some news that would be a clue th raissing friends and relatives. It was reported late to -night that the number of missing would reach to 86. The total number of bodies taken from the ruins up to the time the men stopped work to -night is 17; the number of identi- fied is 11. A New York despatch says: Superinten- dent Brady, of the Department of Buildings, stated this afternoon he was of opinion that the catastrophe at Park Place was caused by an explosion of naphtha or some other explosive matter. He was satis- fied that the upper floors of the building were overweighted, and had direct evidence to that effect The building, he said, was condemned Feb. 21st, 1885. The wall on the Park Place side was in good condition then. At 5.20 o'clock the workmen unearthed the first body since that of W. H. Ellis, taken out at 11 a. m. It was the forty- second body recovered. It was the body of John M. Hillis,the truckman, who a few minutes beforethe fatal crash left his horses In the street and went into Peterson's restau- rant to get his last meal. Hillis leaves a wife and eighb children. He was 41 years of age, and lived at 75 Gouveneur street. At 7.05 p. in. the forty-third body was brought out of the ruins. It was that of a' female, but in such it frightfully mutilated and charred condition that identification was itnpossible. Only a portion of the trunk was intact the head being crushed into a shapeless mass, the arms and lower limbs being almost entirely destroyed. It was the most sickening sight yet of many results of the fire. Every particle of clothing was gone. tater, however, it workman found some fragments of a dress which belonged to the body. It was black goods with a small white dot. At 8.30 this evening another bruised form was found. As it was being raised by the firemen the head dropped off and disap- peared in the black depths below. The torso was clothed in rags and seemed to have been once the form of a youtag girl of 17. "Anyone looking for a sister or a lady," shouted Capt. Allaire. One poor man bent, over the horrible sight, gave a muffled cry, and hurried away, burying his face in his hands. Between 9 and 9.30 p. m. four bodies were recovered from the centre part of the ruins, making a total at 10 p. m. of 48 bodies re- covered. Body No. 45 was that of a male adult, 5 feet 6, and about 17. The body was frightfully crushed and scalded. No. 46 was also the body of e male adult. It was badly crushed, the legs having been cut off from the knees and the hands being entirely gone. Fenn teeth were missing from the upper jaw. No. 47 is said to resemble Louis Rosenfeld, the missing bronze powder dealer. No. 48 was the corpse of a male aged about 22, smooth -faced, and with jet black hair. It wore dark trousers, white socks, blue jumpers and apron. It was unidentified. Inti de another hour two more bodies were brought to the sutface, making 50 thus far reeovered. One of the Italians was seen searchieg it coat in the reins. He was arrested and a pocket -book was found upon him, which he claimed was his own. Papers found on the forty-ninth body proves it to be that of John Hyland, aged 50, of Pennyan, N Y. Of the 50 bodies recovered 38 have been positively identified. Contractor Crimmins, who now has charge, is pushing the work of clearing away the debris With great vigor. - Body Ne. 50 was the most horrible sight yet reeealed, It was a male abed 30 yeers Aug, 26,2 as tri, --At 1.30 6. m. two more bediee Were brought to view, but they are bodies discovered in the ruins. The 51st body is thist of a man. The 52nd has been identified as that of Jennie Flower, 19 yeers old. BLOODY DOINGS IN GRANADA Revolutionary Uprising FromptIT geelled by Government Troops, DEADLY STREET FIRE. A special cable to the New York Herald from Granada, Nicaragua, says : A desperate fight occurred, here to -day in which the Chief of Police and eix men were killed and many *Abets were wounded. There had been more or less friction in the country for some time and it was feared that it revolutionary movement was on foot. The Government had made all the over- tures to the opposition which it thought consistent with its dignity and safety, but they had been declined ; then it was de- cided to take measures which woulcl prevent any possible attempt at rebellion. In pur- suance of this policy ord.ers were issued to arrest Gen. Zavilla An- sehno, Rivas and Enrique Guzman this order was executed this morning. As soon as the men were arrested and before they were gotten to the prison, a number of their partisans got together and made a desperate attempt to rescue them. A volley was fired into the guards which wounded several of them and killed the chief of police. The guards returned the fire with fatal effect. The Government was fully prepared for just such an crude, and rein- torcements were immediately sent to the beleaguered guards. With the reinforce- ments, short work was made of the friends of the men under arrest and the streets were quickly cleared, not, however, until several interchanges of shots had taken pipe° in which six men were killed outright and fully fifty were more or less seriously injured. After order had been restored the streets were patrolled by bodies of troops, and to -night all is quiet. &villa, Rivas and Guzman were sent to Managua in charge of a guard sufficient to render hopeless any possible attempt at rescue. An Italian hotel keeper of this city, who appeared to be one of the ringleaders in the trouble, this morning has been arrested and accom- panies the three first mentioned th Managua. Other arrests are probable. The Govern- ment has taken every possible precaution, and there is apparently no reason now to fear any attempt to overthrow it A CHANCE FOR BLOOD5IIED. 'Railway Strikers Threaten to Shoot Any. one Who Goes to Work. A Peoria, 111., despatch says: Owing to an error in telegraphing the men who were to take the railroad yard strikers' places did not come hereto -day. The strikers have been driven from the yards of the Peoria and Pdkin Union Road by deputy sheriffs, and all are drawn up in a long line along the C. B. & Q. tracks. Sentinels are placed at each entrance to the yards to notify the strikers when the new men arrive. The strikers say they will shoot the first man who attempts to couple a car. The Toledo,Peoria, and Western made up a through freight at Hilton this morning and sent it down through the yards. It was no molested, as the train was not made up here. The situation is growing desperate for the business men of Peoria, and some decided action is demanded. Railroad officials say cars will be moved to -morrow if the new men and Pinkerton men arrive. SHOT A STOKER. Mutiny Alleged as a Justification for a Homicide! A New York despatch says: The story is told in shipping circles to -day of how Capt. Bakker of the steamship Obdam, which left this port on July 18th for Rotter- dam, two clays later shot and killed one of the coal stokers. On his previous trip Capt. Bakker shipped about twenty coal stokers in Rotterdam. On the trip over here there was some dissatisfaction among the stokers, but they were afraid to mutiny. When the ship left this port, however, to return to Rotterdam, the men grew sullen and there were good grounds to fear a mutiny. Capt. Bakker was told by a man named Boel that such a move was ripe and the captain went down into the coal hole and warned the men. One of the stokers picked up a fire- man's comb, a heavy iron instrument, and made at the captain. The latter drew his revolver and shot the /nail dead. The man's name was Duzer. In Rotterdam Capt. Bakker was placed under $10,000 bail. Youths Who Played Desperadoes. A Knoxville, Tenn., despatch says: On Wednesday two boys aged eleven and fifteen years, armed themselves with revolvers and knives and proceeded to act the part of desperadoes. When two and a half miles from the town they saw a man named Marsh with a team coming towards them. They asked permission to ride, got into the waggon and after riding a short distance one of the boys asked Marsh if his horses would run if he should fire a revolver. Marsh said they would. The boy then got up and stabbed Marsh in the back with it large butcher knife, inflicting a serious if not fatal wound. The boys were promptly arrested and placed in. jail. Were the Children Murdered ? An Irontown, Ohio, despatch says : Geo. Hamilton and his wife went visiting yester- day, leaving their three childeen, Hestie, Edith and Emma, aged 8, 4 and 2 re- spectively. When they returned the children were missing. After it long search the little ones were found confined. in an old tool chest, where they had died from suffocation. The mother is almost insane in her grief A stick fastened in the staple of the chest indientes murder, and the police are investigating the case. A Murderer Filled With Lead. A Shelbyville, Ind., despathh says : City Marshal Bruee Test night, while attempting to arrest Charley Hawkins, a desperate character, who was creating a disturbance, was fatally shot by the latter. Hawkins was promptly arrested and lodged in jail. Later in the night a mob of 500 men collected around the jail. Six of the mob finally gained an entrance and brought licserkins ou t, took him to it tree mid hauged him up and shot him full of bullets. And Then this War Began. Henpeck—I believe that therereally is . something in the saying that Friday is an unlucky day.I remember when I proposed to my beet girl on a Friday, Sniith—And she rejected you? Ilenpeck--No ; unfortunately she married ine. Harry Stayer—Have you heard the latest, Mies Flimsy? Miss Finney—Yes; I mob heard the cloth strike 12. Robert Mantel' will begin his next. season oe August 31s4 in Yonkere. Itis repertoire will embraes "The Corsican Btothers" atid " IVfonlatte," and he HILLY Ms() be Seen in one Or two tt*p1a3 dtirims the season. PREPARING FOR BATTLE. 13almaeeda'S Opponents Steal Upon Him. March LIF}. AND DBAT1f URI:MGM EXPECTED, VAtrAnAxso, Aug. -- The insurgent army, numbering nearly 10,000 men, landed yesterday morning at Quintero Bay, twenty miles north of this city. They were brought down from Caldera on eight transports, three tugs and four warships, The point of i landing s fifty miles from. Santiago, where Belmo,ceda's forces to the number of 10,000 have been stationed. Quintero Bey is the entrance to a fertile valley, and at in a direct line with Santiago and Valparaiso. The Balmaceclists have anticipated a move- ment south on the part of their foes, but they believed Coquimbo would be the first place ettacked. It now appears that the hoveringof the insurgent fleet in the neighborhood of Coquinabo Bay was only a scheme to deceive lialmaceda. By coming so far south the ineargents leave the large force of Balmacedists at Coguimbo, many miles to the north of them, and helpless to render aid to the Government army in this neigh- borhood. The landing at Quintero Bay was therefore a complete surprise to the President, but as soon as he learned the news he acted promptly. By his commanci it large force was sent north to meet the enemy. The Esmeralda, commanded by Seim Palma, is just outside the harbor. It is expected she will be joined at once by the other insurgent war vessels from Quintero Bay. It looks as if in conjunction with the advance of the land forces upon this city the fleet will open are upon the forts that defend this harbor. Unless some of the Government gunners turn traitors it does not seem likely that the fleet can silence the forts. A fierce fight is immi- nent. On its result depends in all likeli- hood the complete overthrow of Bahmteeda or of his opponents. The rout of the President's forces would undoubtedly be quickly followed by the capture of Valparaiso and Santiago by the victorious army of the insurgents. 200,00e OF Origin ofthe Beneficent Order of the King's Daughters. Although the King's Daughters nave a membership of 200,000 there are thousands of men and women who have never heard of the society. The creed of the organization is expressed in the lines of Canon Kingsley: Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream them all day long, And so make life, and death, and that For Ever, One grand, sweet song. The Order was founded by ten women in this city on January 13th, 1886. A little company of women met on that day at the residence of Mrs. F. 13ottome, of Gramercy Park. Of the various names proposed for the Order the one suggested by Mrs. Irving was most favorably received. The new Order was therefore called the King's Daughters. At this first meeting a badge of purple ribbon was selected to he worn with or without the Maltese cross, upon which were the initials I. H. N. There are now circles of these good workers in. twenty-three States.—Yew York. Recorder. The Perfect Woman. The New York Recorder is an able news- paper and all that, but it carries presump- tion too far when it informs its readers that a woman 5 feet 3 inches tall should weigh 130 pounds and measure 24 inches around the valet, 31 inches around the chest, 8 inches around the forearm and so on. Why should the do all these things? Whence comes this rule ? Is it, then, that a woman of 5 feet 3, who has it 22 inch waist and weighs but 120 pounds, may not be beau- tiful, healthy, strong and well formed? Shall the lover go round with calipers and tape line to choose a wife? Shall the girl with the 22 -inch waist be expected to diet so as to gain the other two inches, or shall the young lady with the plump .forearm undergo medical treatment to shrink it to eight inches in diameter? There is a deal of nonsense about tMs perfect woman. As well attempt to define it perfect rose or a perfect landscape. The woman of 5 feet 3 inches, or any other height, is a model woman when she possesses a good constitu- tion, keeps herself in health, and is satisfied with the figure nature gave her. —Boston Globe. Women and the Steam. Famine. It takes sand to run an engine ; so it does run it woman. There is usually a great bustle about an engine ; so there is about a woman. It makes a fellow mad to get left by an engine; so it does by a woman. An engine is an object of much wonder and admiration to men and of fear to horses; so is a woman. When an engine goes off the track it usually takes a man or more along with it, so does a woman. An engine is known by its company; so is a woman. An engine will sometimes blow it follow up if he puts on too much pressure ; so will some women. What he Wanted to Be. New York Herald: " So you want to get religion?" " I do." "What do you want to be—Baptist, Methodist, Congregationalist, Presbyterian, or what ?" "To tell the truthI hadn't thought of any of them ; I want to be a Christian." A Clever Rival. Buffalo News : "1 hear that your rival has been successful in becoming engaged to Miss Cumrox," said it young rnan to his friend. "Yes, I did my best, but he was more clever than I." "Indeed? How was that ?" " He knew enough to let her father beat him at billiards, and I didn't." In Chicago they are telling this story on Sam Jones. Recently he was addressing a crowded audience and said: "1 want every one in this congregation who wants to go to heaven to stand up." Of course alreost everybody rose. Then he said "Now, I want everybody who wants to go to the other place to stand up." At first no one stood up, but -finally a long and lank and skinny individual in the back seats, about as fat as an umbrella, arose ahcl said "1 don't exaetly vemit to go to the other place, but I am willing to stand up rather than let the preacher stand all alone." A careful study Of the negatives of the moon Made With the aid of the great Lick telescope hoe revealed the existence of many 'unknown objects there, including great crater mountains and rifte elatterris in the 'unlace of the anion, ae well as some of those mysterious objects that go under the desoriptive name of bright stresina or rays. '.Il0111114E. .$CAFFQ.Lll SCENE. ••••••••••••*, A Illurderor's Dead Almost Toro From His Body. " YOU CAN'T SPEAK NOW," But the Priest Pushed the Holleman Out of the Way, Invineoors Aug. .—John Conway, the steamship fireman, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of the boy Nicholas Martin, whose body was found on May 9th floating in a sailor's bag in Harden dock, was hanged this morning. As Berry, the hangman, was drawing the black cap over Conway's head the latter shouted: "Hold on, I want to say some- thing." Berry replied: "You can't speak new," and was about to pro- ceed with the execution when the priest in attendance hastily interposed, pushed the hangman on one side, and held Conway's hand, while the condemned man in broken tones, asked forgiveness for his sins. Only when the unfortunate wretch host done speaking and when the priest had replied to his plea for forgiveness, did the latter permit the hangman to proceed. This incident caused intense excitement among those present, but it was nothing compared to the scene whieh followed. In due course of time the drop felland Conway disappeared from view. Immediately afters ward the priest began to read the confession of the hanging man, in which Conway said he was intoxicated when .18 murdered the boy and that his reason for taking the boy's life was that he had morbid curiosity to observe the process of dying. While the priest was reading Conway's confession a sound was heard from the scaffold as ina quantity of water wait falling. Investigation was made by the hangman and the prison officials, and to their horror they found that the sound was caused by blood pouring upon the prison floor from Conway's neck. The fall had been so severe that the orhninal's head had been practically torn from his body; in fact, the head was only held to the body by the muscles of the neck. The hangman was blamed for the bungling. CHINA DISTURBED By the Plotting of Secret Societies—The Trial of the Rioters. A San Francisco despatch says: Advices were received here to -day from Chino, and Japan. The Chine, papers print a report that the son of the present Chenese Minister to England, France and Italy has been arrested charged with being a prominent member of a secret society, and is th be tried for that offence. Rumors were prevalent at Shanghai, July 27th, of a serious rebellion at Ronan, but it turned out to be only a raid by bandits. The British Consul at Kauko was stated not to have been satisfied with the perfunctory trial of the Wusuoli rioters, and remonstated so effectually that the Viceroy ordered the case reopened. The Chinese Custom officials of Chin Kiang arrested six men charged 'with being mem- bers of the Kolao Hui secret society, which, it is said, fomented the present troubles, and they were held for trial. . A constable of the native court was arrested by order of the Viceroy, but was promised pardon for giving evidence against others. The Wen Chow authorities have captueed eleven of the pirates who created a disturbance near there recently. A CAROLINA. VENDETTA. One of the Factions Attacks a Church and Fatal Fighting Follows. A Greenville, S. 0,, despatch says : At Mountain Hill Church, a rude place of wor- ship used by the foot washing Baptists, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 25 miles above this city, there was a bloody , affray yesterday. The people of the neigh- borhood are gennerally moonshiners, and two leading families, Durhams and Iowards, form hostile clans. Richard Howard led a party of his kinsmen on a raid on the church yesterday while the congregation was as- sembled. Luther Durham and Richard Gosnell, who is a deacon of the church, undertook to arrest them. Josh Howard shot Luther Durham fatally. Luther then shot and killed Massone Howard. Dick Howard was also shot, but has disappeared. The Howards were routed, but the congre- gation dispersed without concluding the communion service. This makes five men killed in this feud within three years. One of the Howard clan is now in jail under sentences of death for murder. Willie's Fervent Thanks. Willie wanted to know what Uncle Will said "it blessen' " at the table for. Mamma told him it was because he felt very much obliged for his dinner. After that, as soon as the family were seated at the table, after lifting his chubby hand to command silence, he said, in stern, measured tones, " Pm -very -much -obliged - for -this -dinner." He adhered to this simple form for several months, when, one evening after playuig all day with the little boy next door he added, " You-bet—Pm-very-much-obliged - for -this -dinner." Mother Eve Again. "What dM that lady have the screen across one end of the room for, ma?' asked little Johnny, who had been making a call with hisenother. "1 suppose she had something there she didn't want seen," replied his mother. " And that was the reaeon ma, that when you thought she wasn't looking you peeped behind it ?" At the birth of it child in lower Brittany the neighboring women take it in charge, wash it, creek its joints, and rub its heal' with oil to solder the cranium bones, It is then wrapped in a tight bundle, and its lip are anointed with brandy to make it it full Breton. Chappie—You do not seem very clear about Jennie's reception of your proposal. Johnny—We all mettled, dear bot; I have the refusal of her. It is not strange that very few men know themselves intimately. Most people like to avoid disagreeable acquaintances. Mrs. James Brown Potter is at present residing in Paris with her parents. She and Mr, Bellew will play in October at the West End Theatre London. Both Mrs. Potter and Mr. Bellew are hopeful of mak- ing it Visit to America soon, when they will playin "Hamlet." England carries about 58 per cent of the sea-born.ts merchandise of the world. One hundred and twenty-seven millions: is the ntiniber of boots and shoes said tt . be manufactured yearly in Great Britain. In Spain the infant's face is ewept witi a pine -tree bough, to bring good lnek. VON MOINICE'S 3MMOIRS. Interesting Reminiscences of the Tranco-, German War, ' WAS GAMBETTA .A TRAITOR? LONDoli, APS. -- The lehg- exneeted memoirs of Count Von Moltke are printed to the extene of five columns in to -day's Times. The Count touches very lightly upon po1ibia1 natters but confines his attention almost exclusively to the military details of the war of 1870. He reviews at censidsro,ble length the incidentsur- roanding the surrender ef 1VIetz and the, alleged traitorous conduct of Marshal Basaine. This disloyalty on the part of the general, he rather iseeentnates than palliates, and goes even further than this, and introduces the name ef Cfambetta into the possibility of Basaine being a part of it political plot which had for its object the - throwing of the dictatorship into the hands of Ganibetta and his fellow conspirators. Von Moltke's criticism on the bat- tle of Sedan, gives many facts. that will be entirely new to the- reeders of history and gives additional. interest to that marvellous cavalry fight. Much space is occupied in attention to the. exploits of the then King William, and it, will probably excite some conament that ho has passed over with only it enrsor3r mention the coonection which Prince Bis- marck enjoyed with the empire. Volk Moltke indulges in it lengthy discourses concerning the general calamity following all wars and the desirability of adopting some method by which they can be avoided. He compares the esprit de corps of the, Prussian army with what he regards as es selfish indifference of the French, or per- haps, more properly, their lack of stamina, for the want ole suitable leader. The book is written in an easy and. therefore a terse and pungent style, and the Times, in print- ing these extracts from it, pays a highs cotnpliment to VotiMoltke's literary talent. FAMINE IN RUSSIA. Bessarabian Peasantry Subsisting on Mush— rooms and Wild Fruit, THE MISERY WIDE -SPREAD. A St. Petersburg cable says The stories: of misery in this country are alinost in- credible. In Bessarabia parents are actu- ally offering their children for sale in order to lotp, food, and dealers at Constantinople. hearing of this have purchased through/ agents in the Russian villages a considerable, number of female children. Many deaths have resulted from famine, and families nsay be found actually perishing from hunger - and huddling together in their common misery. The stewards of Crown hinds and forests have been instructed to allow the peasantry to enjoy free pasture and freely to gather mushrooms, which are largely consumed among the lower classes of Rus- sians, aud to gather wild fruits in the forests and woods of the State. This, however, does not answer the demand for substantial food. The famine cripples also the finances ot Russia, and it is believed that for this reason there will be no war for many months. The collection of State and local taxes in at least twenty provinces will fall considerably behind the usual amount. Be- sides, large sums are required to prevent whole populations frona perishing of starva- tion. The Government authorities, being now aroused, are exerting themeelves with energy, and the distribution- of reliefeis going on as rapidly as possible. When a quantity of grain reached Marinpol, in the Province of YakaterMoslay, on Tuesday last, the people were so weak with want, that they were hardly able to come and gets their portions. They gathered near the place of distribution, presenting a pitiful spectacle with their wan faces and wasted forms. A force of police was present to, preserve order, but instead the police ha& in several instances to keep the applicants from falling through sheer hunger and weakness. Nor is the misery confined to. the lowest class. Among the applicants at, Marinpol were noblemen and tradesmen,the latter ruined in business through the loss of custoni on account of the famine, and the former deprived of the margin between, their debts and their income, on which they haddepended. The prohibitionof the export of rye was none too soon if the more frightful results of famine were to be averted. EXCITEMENT IN A MORGUE. A Child Certified to be Dead Proves to be a, Lively Corpse. A New York despatch says: Keeper White, of the morgue, yesterday afternoon s in looking over his dead bodies found that he had one that was living and apparently in the best of health. The body was that of a child. It was a boy a.nd was brought - to the institution by the father, Wilhelm Dooly, a German of No. 1,465 Second-. avenue. The father when he brought thee child to the morgue had it wrapped in a. newspaper and had a still -birth death cer-- tificate which certified that the child ha& been born dead. The supposed dead child. was handed th an assistant in the morgue awdf. was consigned to it small wooden coffin. It was placed on the right side of the structures near the entrance. The death certificates was then brought to Keeper White by his assistant, and as usual us such cases hes , 'started out to make an examination of the body for the purpose of seeing if there werot. any marks of violence on the body and get- ting a description of the remains for these records. On arriving at the coffin contaiiill ing the body of the babe Mr. White heaidi, some commotion, and lifting the lid of thes pine box found that the young one was Iiv- mg and kicking about. Not losing a Min -- late he seized him and ran to Bellevue Hos— pital with the child in his arms, and asked, that a doctor be sent for, Dr. Schneider - came, and said the child was apparently ins good health, and assigned the case to Wards No. 31. The child was doing well at 11. o'clock lastnieht New Post Offices. The following new poet officee veere estab— lished in Ontario on the 1st inst. : Beg, Island, Prince Edward • De Grassi Point, (Runnier office), Earnsefiffe Sim ' coe S. R. ss. Heron's Mills, Lanark, W. R. Kepler, Frontenac ; Long Branch, York, W. It. ;„ Mainsville, Grenville, S. R. ; Cotner, Stormont; Osaca (re -opened) Dur— ham, E. R. ; Parliament street, Toronto, Centre ; Shallow Lake, Grey, N. R. ; Silver take, Victoria, N. R. ; The Metta.was (re -- opened Summer office), Igssex, S. R. Besides "A Yorkshire Lass," of which. the London critics spoke in it very un-Eng-- lish though very complimentary way last, winter, the repertoire which Miss Eastlaker has selected for use in her American tour will include Jerome K. Jereine's latest, play) "What Women Will Do," and Wildon Barrett and Sydney Gruhdy'a " °tits)." A little girl says : "1 doti't liko peachee. The whiskers on them fill my teeth with hairs."