Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-09

The Burning OF the Steu-
ben County Poor.
House.
How the Democrats Placed
Themselves on Record
Yesterday.
lsrso,At DISPATCH TO n CON Hrii
DAILY NHws.l
The Bursisg Of she stssbsa Ceunty
Pssr Hsuss, usw Yesk.

The Bursing Of she stssbsa County
Peer Hsuse, usw York.
Bath. n. Y. April s.-Ths building Of
the steubsn County Poor House. burned
Saturday night. WAS Of brick. thirty By
forty feet. and two stories high. Nearly
al the windows were grated. and there VA
but one mode Of egress from each story,
An insane spileptio from Hornellsville,
named Ford, who was locked In . cell on
the drst door, set fire 70 his bed with {
match. probably obtained from . fellow
pauper. All the partitions were OF pitch
pine. and burned like finder. The cries
Of Ford aroused the other inmates, only
after the building was nlled with binding
smoke. An inmate who had Ford In charge
opened Ford's door. aud the flames burst
out and ran along the partitions and up
the stove pipe hole into the second story.
Ford could not DO seen on account
Of the flames. He had forced biz
head between the bars OF the window. and
unable 20 pull 10 back, was crying for
help. Tho fames poured out OF the win
dow around his head. and he persisted.
The upper story was occupied by twenty
fivs women and children, and tho lower
story BY eighteen men. The majority
were idiotic cripples. or very aged. Al
the foot Of the stairs. leading from thu
second story, eight or ten women were
piled up and Q cloud Of suffocsting smoke
rolled down. In i've minutes from the
time Of the alarm the paupers ceased
comiug out, aud In half an hour the roo
fell In. Five bodies were taken from the
ruins. When found altogether they would
about all an ordinary sized CONN. Heads,
legs and arms were entirely burned Cd.
and In most cases but very small por'
tons Of the body could DO found.
The struggle In she Hosss Yes.
ssrdsy.
WASHINGTON. April 9.-Party aud sec.
tional feeling ran pretty high In the House
OF Representatives during . large part Of
yessrdsy's political discussion concerning
the election Of Doorkoeper. bot subsidized
into . general feeling Of sstisfaction on
both aides before adjournment, the Rspub.
licans having forced their opponents Into
the position OF openly giving the prefer
sncs TO On x.Confederate over . Union
soldier Of the samo politics, and the Dem.
ocrats nearly counteracting thu eject Of
this political strategy by Offering . bill
which provides for placing Shields upon
the retired list OF the army. with the rank
and pay Of . Brigadier General. CLARK.
Of Missouri. who offered this bill. 10 him
self an ex-Confederato. General Luttrell
made the motion TO suspend the rules for
Ito passage. He stood frst IN the list Of
members WIN had previously applied TO
Speaker Randall for such recognition TO
day. Only six votes were recorded against
the passage OF this extraordinary bill, I've
Republicans and n Democrat. Springer
Of Illinois was the only Democratic mem
Der who voted with the Republicans for
Shields election % Doorkeeper. Luttrell
RETAINED from voting at all In this slec'
ton.
Proposed Treaty with ceres.
wAszIsoros. April s.-ssrgent jester
day introduced . Joint resolution. suthor.
king the President to appoint q commits
sioner TO sndeavor. aided by the friend.
ly offices Of Japan. to arrange . treaty Of
peace and IN between the Uaited
States and the kingdom Of corea. and sp-
p~ropriatins fifty thousand dollars for this
purpose. An accompanying preamble
states that Corea's independence has been
fully recognized by Japan. and that the
King Of CCrea has shown . disposition 70