The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-25
Crimes and Casualties.
COAL BURNED.

preparation for torpedOes.
The house adjourned.
Crimes and Casualties.
COAL BURNED.
ST., Louis, Jan. 2i.-The coal chute of
the Iron Mountain Railway company at De
Cato, said to contain some 1900 tons of
coal, caught tire at O'Clock this morning.
The fire engine at South st. Louis was sent
down speedily as possible and the fam, S
subdued after the destruction of about 80
tons of coal. The loss has not been ascer-
tanned. No insurance.
SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 2l.-The Elk Hill
Coal Iron company breaker Dickson CITY,
has burned. Loss, $4,000 partially in.
sured.
THE NIGHT CLERKS TESTIMONY.
| MILWAUKEE, Jan. H.-Night Clerk De
ianey was examined this morning in the
Newhall case. The salient points of his
testimony are that he thought the Iire
! originated in the bar.room the hose IN the
halls have not been used or examined for
the asst Two years; he could have called
| guests II he had not been engaged in mat.
ters which he considered more important
than that OF alarming guests; had he
twenty-five minutes between the discovery
of the fire and the time before he knew the
hotel was doomed, he could have ran
through every hall in the hotel and alarmed
every guest in that length of time, but he
had to attend to office duties, having pa
pers and valuables, knowing the hotel safe
TO be useless IN case of fire
ABsCoNDED.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 2i--Thea.rical cir.
rlpa prputlV nUltQtpI thn onl1an
anu unexpected closing of the Grand Opera.
house, which has been under the Joint
management of Charles A. Andrews and l..
Il. Stockwell, for the past three months
A huge placard on the door
last night stated that owing to
the absconding OF Andrews and Stockwel
there would be no performance 1t is no.
ported that Stockwell has gone to Arizona.
The whereabouts of Andrews is not known
The salary OF the company, which is very
large, has not been paid for the past week
The business of the house for the past seven
weeks has been good The extent of labili
ties of the d. amatic firm is not known.
SAD.
CLEVELAND. Jan. 2i,-The wife and four
children of Solomon Bartelsten, of Cleve
land, went down with the steamship Gin.
bria, in the North sea. Bartclsten came
here two years ago from Russian Poland,
and established successful business and
last May sent for his family. The two older
children came, but the mother feared To
cross the ocean. Finally she was pcr.
suaded, and embarked at Hamburg on the
Inflated steamer with the remaining four
children. His oldest daughter, u Young
lady aged q, swocaed on hearing of the dis
aster. Bartelstein is also Frustrated with
grief.
WHY 1T HAPPENED.
WILLE.BAREE, Pa, Jan. 2i,-The entire
extent of the caye.in of the Delaware n
Hudson mine at the shaft this evening ap.
pears to cover space of nearly forty acres,
most OF which Is covered with dwellings
and other buildings. The disaster is nc.
counted for upon the theory that the props
put III the mine some years ago to sustain
the roof, have rotted and given away. Gen.
eral apprehension is prevalent that this is
only the beginning OF more serious trouble.
The miners contend that the accident is the
result OF pillar rubbing.
DLUfFED.
CHICAGO, Jan, IA Shawneetown, Iii. |
nois, special says Early yesterday morn. |
ing a mob OF masked men attempted to en-. |
ter the Jail for the purpose of lynChng the |
colored murderer, Holmes, but were re. |
pulsed at the first attempt by the sheriff |
and deputy. The mob brought up q eau. |
non in front Of he jail, and threatened to |
batter down The walls, but shots from the |
Jail, the ringing OF the court. house bell, and |
the gathering of citizens frightened them
away.
CRUSHED MS SKULL.
COLUMBUS, o.. Jan, 2i.-William Jones,
fireman on the Panhandle passenger train,
Jumped from the engine at East Newark
this morning at o'clock and crushed part
of his skull, dying Immediately. Jones
lived in Lancaster, and was In the wreck at
Union station few weeks ago and narrow.
ly escaped. The engine was temporarily
disabled, but no further damage.
THE KkysER CATASTROPHE
CINCINNATI, Jan. H,--Reports from the
keyser, West Virginia, railroad accident
give the following names of injured: Harry
Baldwin, fireman; VIM. Lyons and James
McGettigan, brakemen. Killed. Martin
Welsh, engineer, who died soon after from
injuries; Daniel Bradley, fireman; James
Dolcn, engineer George farcker and solo.
mon Grass, brakemen, All lived in Cum.
berland.
cAvE.iN.
WMKEspARRn Pa, Jan. 2i.-An exten.
sive CAVERN took place this morning In the
Delaware 4 Hudson mine, this CITY. On
the surface cracks are visible for acres in
either direction. A number Of houses set.
tied from six inches TO two feet, alarming
the inmates, who fled. The caye.in has
taken place under the surface, and less
1 IAN twenty acres has gone down.
nI.p.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 2i.-A Los Angeles
dispatch says Captain Waterhouse
wounded at Tchachapc, died last night
one OF his children is dying. All the other
Wounded are doing well. The coroner Of