Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-23

The dreadful calamity in New York city,
by which three members of the Stiner
family lost their lives, shows foreibly not
only the lack Of more careful construction
and better safeguards against fire. in our
houses, but the need of presence Of mind in
emergencies. Mr.. Stiner was 4 wealthy tea
merchant lie bought a new house for Sl5,-
coo two months ago, and put $50, ,0G0 into
reftting and furnishing it. Yet, after all
this outlay, there was defective hue from
the furnace. which -et fire to the house be-
tween the floors. Aroused At six in the
morning, by the smoke and flames, the
family with due possession Of their faculties,
could al have escaped, either TO the street,
as dii the son, 1 young man Of twenty. or
to the roof, a. did TWO of the servants. Mr..
Stiner clambered from his bedroom window
out on to the roof of bay window, and
while persons were shouting 10 him from
below to wait till they could bring a ladder.
he jumped of. lie fell thirty feet his head
struck a stone coping; he staggered a few
steps and fell dead. His skull had been
fractured in terrible manner. Mary
McGuire, one OF the servants. next Jumped
from the same place, and fell with two irac-
tured thigh bones, her head resting on her
dead masters body. Mr.. Stincr's two taugh-
tiers. Deborah and Flora. next came to the
window calling for help. \ gentleman
living next door had, at great risk to his
own life, raised ladder TO the window and
ascending il caught Miss Flora Stiner in his
arms and brought her INTO his Own house.
He then returned to the window and begged
Deborah Stiner to allow him 70 save her.
The poor girl answered Il cannot 20
without my dear mother She Is in the
other room. | cannot 20 without her" lie
endeavored to catch the garment Oi the girl
in order to drag her down the ladder. bat
she retrcated. and went back into the room
10 her death. The tremen, when TIE fire
was extinguished, found the charred bodies
of the twO-the mother in bed, where she
had been confined by illness for some weeks.
the devoted daughter, sitting in chair by
her bedside, with one arm around the
mothers neck Mr. Stiner was Sixty-seven
years old, a native of Bavaria. and a most
upright and hOnored gentleman. His wife,
a lady tiity-ihree years old, was OF one OF
the wealthiest and most ariStocratic families
in the West Indies. The heroic daughter,
Deborah. was beautiful girl only twenty
one years old, born in tile Wc>; Indies.
She was noted for her beauty. accomplish
ments and her amiable ways. The three
were buried ON Wednesday from the Jewish
tabernacle, where they attended worship.
notice that Whtelaw Reid, who has
never forgiven Carpenters lling at his ap-
pearing in mems clothes, renewed the
attack the past week by ilat-footcd reitera-
ti0n (and more tool of all his former charges
against the Senator'S morality. Of course
il Is Mr.. Carpenter own business what he
will do now, but it would seem to have come
to n point when patience ceases to be
virtue" Mr.. Carpenter Is a man of great
ability, first-ciass lawyer, statesman.
and a brave man who dareS t. show up the
nonsense connected with false economy and
imprlcticable civil service reform. lie is
not loud mOnthed professor of exalted
virtue, and since the fate OF POmeroy.
Culiax and Patterson We know what slch
men are worth. Bat he iSa man OfcOmmOn
sense at least and of decency. and was never
guilty of such gross and open lewdness as
the Tribune charges him with Wash.
Cor. 81. Adams AdrertiSer.
of course this correspondent can not mean
to imply that there is no such thing as
virtue, or that it is OF little worth, because
several men of heretofore unsuspecied
virtue are now under a cloud. Bot we
quite agree with him. that the IribHRs's
attacks ON Senator Carpenter are of Il kind
which he cannot longer afford to submit to,
if the law will afford him any protection.
SECRETARY RICHARDSON 5 SPECIE PAYMENTS.
The Washington correspondent Oft Pitts
burg paper gives currency to this little
story The President. General Sherman
and the Secretary of the Treasury occupied
box at ford's Opera IIonsea few evenings
since. Little Nell, during the representa-
tiOn sang n song, improvised for the oeca-
/ sion, in which there were several local hits,
and among them the following:
| And there is our great fnancier.
| He'd pay out his last dime.
In resumng specie pay ment
Five dollars at 4 time.
| The President Immediately became con-
yulsed. He slapped Richardson on the
back, and laughed until he became red in
| the face. This is said to be the first time
the President was ever known to laugh in
/ that thea ire