The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
LATEST NEWS.
Senator Logan Chosen His oYva Sue
cessor in the U. :. Senate
Disagreement in the sfackin aad
Gallagher Case.
Fifteen Persons Meet their Death
at Cincinnati


girls. mostly the support or help OF
their families, luncbed merrily az noon
to-day IN the large front room on the
nth floor OF the Sullivan printing
works. No. 70 Sixth street. Two hours
later most of them We're dead Ten of
/ them were sUfIOcaJed by the smoke.
, their bodies shrIveled and scorched by
the heat of a fire that cut of retreat
/ with scarcely a warning It would he
I hard TO construct more perfect DEATH
( trap. II was on the top floor. with
I three windows IN front and one in the
rear. where an ell OF the building gave
( room. II was entered from a narrow
/ stairway in the rear, winch wound
{ around the elevator, well fenced-ln
/ with wooden Iattce-work. The sec
/ ond floor held The heavy presses. \
/ boy brought mp gallon can filed with
/ benZine 10 clean the forms. Nobody
/ knows the cause. but something caused
J the benZine TO explode near tie press
next 10 the elevator well. The burn
| ing fluid spread TO the Ink-well of the
I press and TO a drylng-rack filled with
Ireshly-printed sheets next the eleva-
/ tor Sullivan. the proprietor. saw it.
/ He caught a lot of heavy brown sheets
! Of paper
! TO SMOTHER IT OFT.
Z In an instant all in the room saw il
/ was useless. MY God" said Sullivan.
! tell the girls upstairs" His brother
/ flew up the stairs 10 the bindery The
/ flames were there as quickly as he.
| climbing up the lattice work of the
/ elevator like a flash. The girls were
! terrified out OF their senses. The flames
/ cut off their only means Of escape.
/ They rushed to the 'front.' windows.
! The flames reached forward and caught
! at them. Five OF them leaped from
| the windows and were crushed to
/ death. or died within a few minutes.
| \ great crowd had gathered and looked
/ on with groans and cries of horror OF
warning. but We're powerless 10 help.
| One or two brave men tried TO catch
1 the girls as they fell. but were only
/ hurt themselves. The men from the
next building had caught up Il long
rope kept for such uses, and going
on the roof held it over a window.
| John Sullivan saw il. and helped first
one and then another TO catch 1t. and
| they were safely lowered. BY that
I time the rest were quiet and crouchIng
/ in the corners or on the floors,
RAPIDLY SUFFOCATING.
Sullivan caught the rope, but had
| barely started downward when the
! flames leaped out and burned the rope
| off, and he fell, never breathing after
/ ward. Before this. however, another
| printer. who came up with Sullivan,
! had remembered the Skylght near the
| front and above the side OF the room.
| Below it ran a binders bench piled
| high with stock. He mounted on this,
| threw open the skylight. and easily
| climbed out on the roof. Several 9th
! ers-bOth boys and girls-fOllOWed, but
! Sullivan and the rest were too excited
I -, 4. of
| which everyone might easily have been
! saved since on the roof they could
! have walked a square in any direction
| away from the fire and out of the re-
| hottest danger. Meantime an alarm
| had brought the liremen. SO well did
! they work that within five minutes
! they were able to enter the building
! and 90 to the fifth floor. Here the
! bodies of ten girls were found distorted
| in death. Some We're shrlyeled by the
heat till their skin peeled off. It was
| an awful tragedy, consummated With
III very short time.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. May 19.-Every
| member of the legislature was on hand
at the opening of the Joint session to-
! day. When the roll was called Senator
! Adams of WAYNE was the first man on
the list, and he responded very dis
| tinctly. John \. Logan" Senator
! Ainsworth did the same. Senator
Bell (democrat) was next called, and
there was a pause at his name. He
| made no response. and this was taken
as a cue by the other democrats. The
call proceeded without incident til
! RuCer's name was reached. He rose
in his seat. and IN low voice, bat
clear enough to be heard III all parts Of
the house. enunclated. John y
Logan!" At once there was wild ap
pause. waving of handkerchiefs, anC
the like on the part of the republicans
| Most of the democrats were standing
up. but they remained quiet, evidently
thinking their turn might yet come
i. The call proceeded amid much con
fusion. and when the senate had beer
finished Haines felt call upon to Sc
forth the necessity of keeping order
These demonstrations were out OF or
der and might do harm. The Chail
himself sometimes got excited. bu
under circumstances like the presen
he hoped they would all behave like
sensible men. After specially eXhOrt
ing the bystanders to keep still, Haine;
directed the clerk of the house TO pro
coed. There was painful hush as The
republican representatives cast theL
! votes one after another for Logan
while the democrats made no responses
Gen. Logan kept his eyes on the clerk
while over on the democratic side Nor
rison gazed absently at the ceiling.
, When Macmillan shame was reached
the clerk did not stop long enough 70
him to vote. Macmillan was on hi
feet at once, while a score of voice
called attention to the omission. n
Macmillan recorded himself for Logan
there was a murmur of applause
which the General himself quieIed b
a wave of his hand. This incident call
) ed out a remark from Senator Merritt
? and the strain under which every on
/ labored was relieved by Haines' mat
, ter-of-fact reply that everything wa
going well and no rights were beln;
lost.
When Sittig's name was reached h
did not vote This was met with az
pIause on the democratic side. wnicl
was soon hushed. The whisper Wen
around, ~Sittig didn't vote" and Their
5 was deathlike silence among the re
e publicans. The roll-call was finished
t and those who had kept count kne'
that Logan had received 102 votes. c
: within one Of an election. When tn
absentees were called every face Wa
:. turned TO Slttig. who arose and read
long speech ending by voting. unde
: protest. for Logan. The democrat
!
0 changed their votes to Charles Z. Fal
: well, but no republican followed sui
f At the end of two hours the speake
= announced the election of Genera
e Logan. So votes having been reeorde
\ for Lambert Tree.
CHICAGO. May 21.-The judges
e the case of the United States agaln
: Mackin and Gallagher. sitting in cou
2 of error, decided under the proylslo
:. of the statute to that effect that the
: would apply to the Supreme court 4
9 advice and instructions on the pom
of disagreement. Meantime the d
fendents are held in the custody OF Il
court in error under the same bonds
$50. GOO each. Justice Harlan SAID Il
h Supreme court would soon meet. ar
d that Judge Gresham and himself wou
= be ready to deliver their final jud
nent in October. The questions upC
: which the Judges disagreed are tho
= of the jurisdiction of the Dlstrl
z court and the propriety of trying 7
u case by information Justice HSariS
le was in favor of approving the procee
b ingS in the lower court. but Jud
a. Gresham held the opposite oplnlo
IN The questions of law upon which tn
,e disagree will be sent sealed to the ;
II preme court to be answered. 1t
- probable that 1t VIII De seNeIdl inoil
: before the decision of that tribunal G.
= be obtained.
lie The test well at Ludington, Mel
ID developed - feet of rock salt at a dep
k of 2.2l5 feet.
at The last spike has been driven in t
IL Canadian Pacific railway gap, ne
Jackfish bay.
s. s. Cox has qualified as minister
- Turkey. and expects 10 sail from N
York about June II.
The production of -four at MinneaI
: lis during the past week deereas