Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-05
DEATH OF PETER COOPER,
THE PHILANTHROPIST
\ NOTED PREACHER FALLS
BY THE WAY.
4 BOY KILLED IN A PRIZE
FIGHT.
Explosion at the Palace.

| CLOCK IRE alarm was turned IN, caused
by gas explosion in the Palace Hotel
cellar, under the Sidewalk. A leak Of
gas caused an investigations, and Officer
Jackson. John Apshen and William
Moyzell, employed in the hotel, went
down with a light, which caused the
explosion, all OF them being burned,
though not very seriously. The Fire
Patrol and Fire Department were at
oLce on the ground and entered the cei-
lar, when another explosion occurred of
greater violence, blowing out the side
| walk light and severely burning num-
Der Of persons. Assistant Engineer
Ross, of the Fire Deparsln sne, vas
dangerously in ured, andJ Ohm McGorry,
driver of No. truck, Cap ain White. of
the Fire Patrol. George L. Laraz, G. w.
| Harrison, J. Mccormick, Z, DroW, John
Ford and r. Chapman. members OF pa
troll, all badly burned. l. IS feared
| Chapman will not recover. James
| Really, Foreman "f No. 5 hose, john
| Cavanaugb. son Of the oocupanc Of the
| store overhead, and Frank Smith. Of
Virginia City. and JOHN Wis, an EN-
| ploye OF the hotel. were aisu burned,
| though not seriously. The damage to
the properly is not Of conss quence
The wounded were a. once moved to a
drug store and subsequently to their
homes, the members Of the fire patrol
being taken to the pa;rnl building on
Stevenson street, next block The ia
jured men are All burnt about the
hands, lace and bead, and, though in
grea5 pam, no serious fatal results arr
feared, except IN thu cases Of Ro>s and
Chapman. Surveyor General Brown,
who was standing on NeS Montgomery
-treet, reac the cellar light which was
blown out, had MS clothing burned.
Yesterday the Cus:on.-house officials |
seized on the steamship Arabic seven |
teen Silk coats, thirty silk handker- |
chiefs and four pounds OF crude opium. |
To-day the officials captured twenty |
foaT aud half pounds of crude opium. |
Petcr Cooper Dead.
New YORK. April 3. - Peter
G .oper, the phil,nthropist, was
taken i'll a few days ago il New
York. and soon nearly recovered. Ven
turing cut, however, he caught fresh
cold, wh Oh settled into pns umonia.
Last nj ght his condition was pronounced
dangerous. HIS advanced age-uinety.
three years-makss his recovery a mat
ter o s;treme doubt.
INV YORK, Apr! 4.-Petar Cooper
died of pneumonia ct $50 o'clock this
morning. aged 81 years.
NEW YORK, AIril 4 --Cooper cele-
brated his ga birthday February l2lh.
He bad been ailing some time With Il
slight cold, and Sunday was compelled
to remain in bed. The family phvsi.
clan was summoned and at once dis ,
that his patient wss suT.ring .
from a seveIe attack of pneumonia.
Cooper's advanced years were great ;
drawback to his recovery. About 2
. clock this morning he called for bis
son, ex-Mayor Cooper. and Mrs. Abram /
Hewitt. his daughter, and her family to $
ais bedside, saying to them that he
knew he had not long to live and they
must become recopciied to the fact c
HIS death occurred exactly at 5 A. NJ. I
he remained conscious uD to the time
| y
.bout family affairs. Many friends of {
he family and prominent citizens called {
It his house this morning to sympathize I
With the bereavsd family. Cooper was :
BORA in this city February l2sh, 1891,
md lived a life full OF honors from '
arly boyhood.
The Rule OF EiGotry. !
New York, april 3.-Long before j
o'clock tonight the Temple in hich
'almi Morse had advertised he would +
'roduce his Passion Play, charging an b
ntrance fee, was thronged with people. n
shortly before S, Captain Williams and c
Thorne, of the police, made :
heir way to the back of the stage and
erved upon Morse an injunction, sued ,
ut by the Society for the Reformation ,
+ Juvenile DelinGuents, restraining the =
of the play. Morse sept for =
rs C unset, and on the latter's arrival, =
vent before the curtain and informed !.
he audience Oh what had occurred.
me announcement was received with
isses. Morse stated that the Society e
ao had plenty o: time tn serve the in. o.
but had waited till the last z
Moment before servingit it. The money 2
aid for tickets will be returned to- +
lorro@ morning. a.
Ninrse's counsel also made a speech.
the proceedings as an out
age, and trampliug on civil and relig. -
'us liberty. The Receipts we're to be L
iven to the Home for Poor Children.
he affidavit on which the Injunction :,
'as granted VAS made by John J. Fitz,
era:d, and sets forth that the perform. p
nee is disgraceful to religion aud was "a
D De given in an unlicensed place. ~
lorse will appear before Jadge Dona- u
Ne on April IL.
DENVER. Col, April 4-Elrly this A
forming . disastrous fire occurred in to
reeley, SO miles north of Denver. N. &c
'. Hall l. Co., dealers in hardware :.
nd furniture, and H. B. jackson, a
ry goods merchant. suffered serious or
,tal losses. The Uaion Bank build CT
g. Masonic and Odd Fellows Halls ca
ere entirely destroyed. The esti. d,
a ed loss is $3.50 COO. tn