The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-08
I H E L A 7 E S T
"SLACK THE ROPE"
Fearful Fate of a Colorado
Miner.
Pistol Practice in a Leadyille Dance
House.
National Associated Press to the Star.


DENVER, COL, Now s.-John Duhen, a
miner at the Big Six Mine, near Adelaide
in the neig borhood Of Leadville, had just
fired blast yesterday and was being DIST
cd to the surface when one of the supports
of the windlass broke. Duhen fell to the
bottom of the shaft, distance of sixty
feet. Immediately after he struck the bot
tom the charge exploded, and he died in
few seconds after. A man sent to his as
sistance reacl ed the bottom only in time
TO hear him uttering SLACK the Rope"
MURDERED IN DANCE HOUSE.
During quarrel over prostitute in the
keystone Dance House at Leadville, night
before last, Ben Hayden was shot by anoth-
er man unknown. Hayden is since report
ed dead.
SUICIDE OF A BooKKEEPER.
SHREVEPORT, La. Nov. s.-Joe Rains,
book-keeper for Maj. j. B. Broodwell, in
Ma chitoches Parish, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart. He
came from New York City, where his
mother is wealth. Cause, despondency.
TOOK THE WRONG SWITCH.
NEWARK. O., Nov. 9.-A construction train
at st. Louisville yesterday took the wrong
switch and jumped the track, running into
the houses, two of which were completely
demolished. An engineer, Frank Dennis,
was fatally injured and three other men
badly bruised up. The train was wrecked.
National Aseooisfa,l Press to the Star
DREADFUL DISASTER AT KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Nov. S-A frightful
catastrophe has occurred here. At 1870
yesterday afternoon fire was discovered in
]. f. Carle's cracker factory, corner of Sec
ond and Main streets, and before the
Fire Department arrived the building was
III flames.
A few moments subsequently boiler
blew up and the roof tell in. There were
from thirty to fifty girls employed in the
upper stories Many escaped bnt a num-
Der were buried in the ruins Three OF the
unfortunates appeared at one OF the win
d,ws just before the roof fell with their
clothing in flames and hair scorched.
shreking piteonsly for help. They sud
denly disappeared as the roof fell.
About 8 o'clock the first person was taken
from the ruins, and proved to be girl
named Nettie Curtain. Strange,as it may
seem, her injuries will not prove fatal,
although she was under the edge of the
burning mass for over all hour. By 4ocock
the flames had completely gutted Nos. 200,
2O4, and 2O6, and the work began IN earnest
for the dead. Up to dark three bodies had
been recovered.
The W rk still goes on and. it is thought
that three more bodies will be found
LArER-The bodies Of one boy and three
girls have since been found in the ruins,
making seven in all.
wELL-EQUIpPED TRAMP.
MADISON, WIS, Nov. S.-The tramp cap
tured at Madison last night being one OF the
four who shot Constable Wisev, was
brought here and searched and two revnl-
vers, one swamp angel and one small
one, were found on him, as well as two
new overc ats and 500 in f,reign coin,
which was stolen from the Johnson store,
1 at Mcfarland. on the night of the election.
The other three tramps have not Vet been
captured. Constable Wilscy passed COM
Portable night. The ball has not yet been
extracted, but he is likely to recover.
BRILLIANT TARGET SHOOTING.
SYRACUSE, NJ Y, Nov. S.-George Cheney,
aged seventeen years, was accidentally shot
b. boy named Walters, while firing at Il
tarset at Clinton Yesterday afternoon. The
ball entered Chene, IS breast near the heart,
! almost instantly killing him.