Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-02-16

OF sewer S0Ss AZ ehc SoiAoi
| and all the people buried in the debris
| A scene Of terror followed. It is sup
posed the plosion was caused by the
pressure Of the water in the sewer, and
the people thought other explosions
would follow. Many left their houses IL
the utmos. alarm and fed, thinly clad,
to places of safety. a fire alarm wal
turned in which added to the conster
nation, and the fire department re.
spondsd promptly. Finding no fire,
they began the slow work of removing
the unfortunate victims. The house
was owned by Jacob Brown, who with
his wife. two sons and two daughters
occupied the fret floor. officer
Mackey, special policeman on
Fourth and Vine, known as "king
William" occupied the front room OF
the second floor with his wife. The
back on the same story was occupied by
William Muller and wife and two chill.
dren; third floor by William Harmon,
wife and two twin daughters. two years
old. By 5 4. NJ all the occupants had
been taken out. Officer Mackey and
wife and two-year. old daughter and
Mr.. Muller were dead. John and
Henry Brown and Robert Rockmanp,
neighbor who were in the house at the
time, are badly injured aud can hardly
recover. Jacob Brown and wife
we're rescued after several hours
labor, seriously, blu. no. fatally,
hurt; his daughters were taken
out comparatively unhurS. Mr.. Miller
is badly injured. All the rest of the
family, except the child named
above, escaped witt, small in
jury. Harmon and family also escaped
with slight injuries, The Brown
boys and Rockmann were building a
raft with lumber in the cellar and went
fer it with candle, when gas or damp
exploded the adjoining house.
Struck ii Rich.
BosroN, Feb. l5.-S. ?. NcIlrath,
for several years i'll the government
secret service in this city, states
that he is one of dozen
heirs VINO will shortly come into
the possession of fortune esti-
mated at 800, 100000 IN Eag-
land. He says: For fifteen years
we have been at work trying to bring
this about, and a recent cableGram in.
dicates the long-desired result attained.
The matter is still in the hands of astor-
news, but from what | have heard, I
should state was virtually settled. Mrs.
Frances Pier, McIlrath's grandmother.
living at Geneva, Ohio, is the first and
nearest heir to the great fortune. Mrs.
Peir was born in 1927, and is close rela.
tive, and now the neares. relative to Col.
Bradford Of Mayfower fame. Besides
j. P. McIlrath, these are his brothers
Webster, Philip, Oliver. Condis and
William, of Cleveland. Besides these,
who will get slice of the great fortune,
are Mrs. French, Mrs. Bigelow and HRS.
Robinson of the same city, all daugh-
tiers of Mrs. McIlrath. Mrs.
Peir OF Geneva is the nearest descend
ant of Colonel Bradford, who received
his great fortune from his second wife,
Alice Carpenter, who in turn re.
ceived her wealth from her
first husband, an English noble.
man. The starting OF the courtship
in England, the separation of Colonel
Bradford and Miss Carpenter, and their
subsequent meeting and marriage in
America, when Colonel Bradford was
a widower and his frs. love widow,
is matter OF history.
New YORK, Feb. l5.-Jay Gould
will start on his tour around the world
the middle of the coming Summer, and
will remain away two years. He will
spend the Winter in the Mediterranean,
visiting Italy, Greece, Egypt aud India,
as well as China and Japan and possibly
Australia. Gould said to an interview
err: II am going to try little play.
| did not have an opportunity when |
was young, and l must do my playing
later in life. If l like it may keep it
up. l have always been talking about
retiring from active business life, bus l
have never been able to do it. Every
one has his special tastes. Vanderbilt
cultivated love for fast horses, bacause
they give him pleasure and health. l.
too, like good morse, but l don't carry
the thing to extremes. | find pleasure
in other WAYS. try 70 enjoy roy bus
ines. l enjoy my home and family
better than anything in the world. 1
think | have my share OF pleasant
things in this world. l receive great
MANY kicks and cuffs, but they make
the sweets the sweeta
The Passion Play.
New YORK, Feb. l5.-Preparations
for the presentation OF the Passion Play
are now completed and the thester
where it is to be presented is finished
in every part. The place is lighted
throughout by Candida bras OF seven
candles each, made after the ancient
Jewish pattern. 4 full dress rehearsal
viii be given Saturday evening, and iu-
vitations will be issued to-day to
larg. number o. well-known men, ask
ing their presence. The programme
has been printed about the size of
sheet of note paper, and is printed with
extreme simplicity. The words "The
Passion head It, aud the names of
seven scenes follow. At the bottom is
4 footnote requesting that demonstra-
tious be not made until after the ulav.
Eeprosy.
LEWIS, Del., Feb. i5.-Jsmes Alwold
eft town to-day at the order of The
police. He came here from foreign
vessel recently, and soon developed
Dad case of leprosy in its primary stages,
and not contarin11s He SAYS ne 10 an