The National tribune., 1883-03-01

| completely In the Phoenix PARK murder. MI.
| sheridan is a journalist, about thirty-eight
! years of age and since his arrival in New York
in October has been employed on the editorial
staff Of the Hjsf World.
Her Magcsty's Opera Company on the 23d
| ult gave q complimentary concert to President
| Arthur in the East Room of the White House
| Between seveutv-iivc and 100 guests Of social
and official prominence were present by invita-
tion, and much enjoyed the occasion.
The President has approved the japanese in
| demnity fund bill.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The White Starsteame Republic, which left
! Queenstown for New York on Tuesday, the
18th ult on the following Friday sighted the
/ steamer GlauOrgan. which was flying signals
. of distress. Captain Irving had the Republic
brought TO about n mile to wndward of the
. steamer and prepared TO send help. The wind
/ and sea were very high, and the water made
+ clean sweep of the steamers decks aS she rolled,
except where the house was built amidshipS.
. Three Of the Republics boats were lost ana
/ snior named FORESTER drowned in attempting
. 10 reach the Glamorgan. Finally, however,
about p. m. by which time the gale had sub
sided To a stiff breeze the crew, numbering
foTty-four, were brought off, iust rs the vessel
/ was about to sink. The GlamOrcan left the
Mcrscy on February s bound fer Boston, and
. had encountered bad weather all the time until
. ,
/ February 4, she fell into the trough OF the
+ sea. and an enormous wave boarded her on the
port bow. 1t came over i'm a solid body, piled
many feet above the deck, and swept aft. The
. foremast went by the board with a crash and
dropped into the sea on the lee side, carrying
shroudS and all with 10. Two heavy steam
winchcS were torn frOm thDir fastaningS and
( washed overheard The matches were torn Off,
and tons of water poured into the hold. The
Vcntilators followed the winchcs Every boat
was swept from the dayitS, and about all the
rail followed. Reaching. the house amidshipS,
the sea broke into the bulllhcadS and swept
overheard the cabin and all of the rooms for
ward Of the second officers on the port side.
I ON the starboard side all the rooms forward Of
the lamp room were destroyed. Captain Court
and Second Officer T. 7. Bobilard were in the
forward part Of the cabin. and were washed
overheard and lost. Somewhere in the alley
Nyays aud about The decks wcr, Seanon d.
Williams and !. Igrrlrd, Second Steward John
Barrel. Handy CUlfan, q StowaWay. and another
s,owawav. name unknown. All but Cullen
were washed overheard with the captain and
his second officer ThCT cries We're heard Tor
a short time by those who rushed on deck, hut
no help could be given thom. The heavy bulk
head forward of the Stulvhuiu was stove IN,
and the water poured down in such quantities
that the fires were Pn5 out and the engines
. stopped. AbaIt the maiumast the WhCcIhouSe
was stove IN. Seaman John Morgan WAS at
the wheel. lie was thrown over by the force
Of the water and seriously bruised. Carpenter
H. !. Giilard was inst coming up the compan-
ionway. lie was caught by the water and
thrown AGAINST the hatchway, one Of his ribs
was broken. Steward Charles Horne was
thrown cut Of his hnrth..three OF his ribs We're
broken. and his face was badly cut. S5OwaW&T
Handy Cullen was thrown across the deck
against tho raii. His neck was broken. Next
day his body was lowered into the sea The
.rN.
the iorty-lour rescued men.
The scaoahouss attached To the Roman
Catholic Church of the Most Holy HgGeewer.
on Fourth street between Avenue ! and First
avenue, was the scene Of 4 horrible disaster
on the afternoon of the Doth Uit. An alarm
of fire was given and i'm the rush of the chill
dren 10 escape seventeen We're crushed 10
death. The school building i iiyo stories high,
short rs to depth. and fronting ON Fourth
street, embracing several numbers. lis rear
wall ahuts upoa the Church ot the Most Holy
Rcdccmer, in Third street, Of which it is an
adjunct. On the east side Is the Convent 81
the Sisters oi NotTe Dame, who teach IN and
have general charge of the school. Father
Hcspelcin IS school director. Five hundred
girls under twelve years Of age and two hun
drcd boys att nd iho school and all were IN
their classes when the panic occurred. The
fire started an a closet containing some s}yeaP =
ings and waste paper under the stairs on the
second floor j. amounted to nothing but
when first seen filled the hall and stairwavs
with smoke. Sister APromia. who was about
to send child home. opened the door OF her
class room and was mot by a gust OF smoke,
through which the flames could be seen.
Hastily shutting the door she ram for pail OF
water, sternIy commanding her pupils 90 re-
main quiet. She was too late with the water.
and hurTipliy m9rsha'in- crschOlarS marched
them ont IN safety. The alarm had spread
{
were taken in each gid-s. The boys in some Of
the classes became uEru!y but were kept IN
check by great effort. Exit being impossible
by the east stairs. a5 they were filled with fire
and smoke, the march was taken through the
class-reulas on each floor 30 the west side
in comparative order. In half minute
after the alarm had been given half the
children were in the street. Just at this
time, the sister in charge Of girls class
No. > ou the second floor tainted. This
WAS The one us!aP wanting Ia p-cciDitatc -
panic. aad With q Wild cry Of fear t3e seventy
or eight little girls. thus left without a leader.
rushed through the door into the already
crowded hallway. throwing the throng there
into confusion SIr.cking, the children crowd
I'd. rolled and fell down stairs together. The
foremost aGd the weak fell or were pushed
down and tramPlcd on.
The convic;s in the Missouri State Pcuiten-
Iiagy at Jefferson City TcyOitcd about noon last
Friday. Tho mOvcmcH, was started in the
harness shops whore ciuht men employed in
that department. headed by Jno B. Johnson,
on q pTaconc-rrcd signal, seized formidable
leather eating knives and assumed the Oticus-
i've. Four OF them seized the foreman OF the
shops and stripped him of his clothing while
the others ran 10 the ADor below and reduced
Van Horn, the foreman OF the collar depart
mont, h. -ubH asi0a. johnson then ran into
the collars-uthiHg room and set IRE to 4 guam
tity of loose straw. The flames spread rapidly,
and -nJ3 poured from the windows. The dcs-
FcrlJo with "a knife IN one hand and a club in
the other. t!Iau ran ont Of the building with
the intention Of sealing the walls He was.
however confronted by jesse Tobiu, the
dresser ia nI the prison, who, thou gin u
small man, piuckiIy compelled Johnson to
march to tie blind cell. This virtually
ended tla mU5Uy. Fhc fire meanwhile
hal gained areGJ hcadway. constituting three
buildings and damaging three Others. The
los, 90 the stat" VIII amount 20 $4,000 besides
losing gllc labor of 800 men, who were hired in
The shops hy private firms, till the shops are
Ta-Eu't. There was no insurance or tie State
property. he private losses viii aggregate
100000, and are as follows Standard Shoe
Company, NcrsoEbGrg 4 Co., loss $4,000;
fully covered by insurance: Giczcl5e q, Co..
Strauss * Co.. harness and collar shops. loss
$4,000; insurance 5000, Excelsior Broom
factory. loss 5000: half insured. -Four con-
yicg5 were somewhat burned, hut none escaped.
TWO more attempts 10 burn the Missouri pani-