The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-03-04
GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
ILLNESS OF GE0RGlA'S GREAT
C0MM0NER.
Governor Stephens Very Slck-A Bold
Burglary Other Crlmes-Llyely
News from Flooded Towns.
OTHER INTERESTING STATE NEws.


ALBA>Y, March 3.-At2 c ock this
morning the watchmau at Dunlau's ele-
vatur discovered fire IN the sIXtn story.
BY the time il was eItiugulshed the
flames had broke ont furiOusl! on the
fourth floor and several men were caught
ON the sixth floor Larry Benson aud
Louis Nj Ter, click ~ the fire depart
ment rushed down the stairs through
the flames and were badly burned. \
fireman, Samuel Atkins, HI John May
ers aud James Gilligan, were literal
forced to come down the iron hosting
chain outside the building, one hundred
feet About forty feet from the gro Iud
the chain was covered with ice and the
meu slid 10 the grou d with great eluc-
ity, more or less injured. \ strong
north wind was blowing and the whole
department was called out. The fire
spread rapidly the mill and elevator
epyelo,iug the whole stru ture Abou;
o'clock the upper walls Tell outward, "a
part falling through Bridge Il DAVIS
provision store on Broadway, hurying
several persons under he ru ns Wm.
Carlin, Micns-l Sheeh8u and Michael
McEwau, employees OF Bridge < DAVIS,
were killed. Jos. Cameron, book keeper
Of the same firm, was injured internally
and his legs cru he'd. The entlr- MI u
d elevator was destroyed. 1t belonged
to the es ate Of Robert Dunlap. Loss,
building, 375WO; insurance, S32,5Ou.
/ he mill and elevator, occu led 10y Frank
Chamberlain, loss about SlUO,uOO: lnsur-
ce, Sll0,5O0. About 10000 bushels
Of grain W re in the elevator. Loss u
t. re ia ties WHO had grain stored, $40
600; insurance moi Hscertalued.
ST LuuIs, March 3-Ihe extensive
chemical works OF ". II. Chappell n Co,
corner OF Fourteenth and Grotist, eN-
tending along he latter street nearly TO
Twelfth, toIk fire between 2 and 3
o'clock this morning were damaged
about 10000.
BOLD BURGLARY.
SrRISdFIELD, Ills, March 3 Earl,
this morning bn glars opened the
safe OF j. c. Kahot, jeweler and
matchmaker, and stole about S2O,UOO
worth OF goods II large portion Of the
property being diamonds and jewelry,
together with 300 watches, whIch 25Q
had been left there for repHirs kah rs
personal los is about $4,000. The
burglars first tered X. 4. Ruth's hard
ware store and secured dozen revOlvers
and tools to brcak in o kahOlts safe
Private Waterman =. Sntt says the rob
beers bound and gagged him, and tire
a bla ket oyer him while the burglary
WAS in progress, and threv hum into be
coal house. He succeeded ~ fire. inl
himself shortly afterwards. He say
there were three men. No clue to thei
identity.
ANOTHER EMBEIZLER.
BosToN, March B. Harvey n. Follan
bee, clerk Of the sup rnteudent OF tia,
police department and treasurer Of til,
polio relief assOci ton, embezzled SOM
p2O,7jO Of invested funds OF the latte
organization. He has been speculat NJ
IN stocks. He made full confession
and was held for trial in $4,000 bail.
FLOOD NOTES.
ARKANSAS CITY, March 3.-Thc rive
il rising steadily, aud great flood iney
liable. The people are taking thei
property to places Of safety; families ar
leaving on every train and negro 5 ar
II icing panic stricken.
THEY NEED NoAH's ARK.
CAIRO, March g. Columbiana is en-
tirely submerged; the roofs OF only tw
houses are visible; eleven houses hRv
iloated away, and one house dcmolishe
by cake OF ice. MI the citizons hay
waded to places Of safety.
SHOOT HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF.
, BUFFALO, n. Y, March 3.--R1ber
. Magee, aged -, this morning shot hi
wife, aged %, the ball eut, ring her RICH
, eye, and then shot himself III tue fore
head. Tn cause was Jealousy.
v srEPuENs VERY SICK.
ATLANTA, Ga, March 3-Governo
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