Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-03
EASTERN NEWS.
A Heavy Loss by Fire in Detroit,
Michigan.
FULLY $4,000 WORTH OF
PROPERTY DESTROYED.
The Arrest Of Ahortionists Causes a
Local Excitement.
DYNAMITE FiENDS AT WORK
IN CHICAGO.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
"A Gl.HnN.OOO Loss hN Fire.

A Sl.5OO.0OO Loss By Fire.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 2.-Shortly after .
| o'clock yesterday morning smoke was OBJ
| served coming from D. NJ. Ferry u Co.'s
mammoth building on Brush street. be-
tween Croghan and Lafayette streets. An
alarm was quickly turned in. The second
and third alarms followed in quick success
sion. there being promise of a big contla-
grafton in the heart of the business part
Of the city. The fire department turned
out in force and soon surrounded the burn
ing building with hose. The flames had
started in the packing department, corner
of Lafayette and Brush streets, and soon
enveloped the whole building, which was
q mere shell, having but one solid wall.
Bravely and ~intelligently the fremen kept
ut work, but all efforts seemed futile, the
flames spreading rapidly until atone time
ID seemed the whole district in which the
burning building 10 situated was doomed.
Across an alley from Ferry Il Co.. in the
same square and facing on Randolph
street, are Whites Grand Theater, the Wes-
son block, and q small building used as a
restaurant. The flames leaped across the
alley and began to eat into the theater.
The roof caught coon and fell in. firing the
whole interior of the building. After driv-
ing away the men, who had been working
on the Ferry block through the win
dows of The theater, crashing the win
dow glass was the signal for the in
creased fury of the flames. which seemed
to laugh at the efforts OF the
iremen. An immense crowd blocked the
49, - avA., .A,raatfnn and al timpp
they we're in the way of the firemeu. BY
10 o'clock the Ferry block was a mass OF
flames. The walls had commenced to full,
creating something of a panic among the
idle spectators. Numerous narrow escapes
occurred among the iremen, who worked
clo1e to the flames, wrapped in repeatedly
soaked but rapidly drying clothes. By
half. past 10 o'clock Whites Theater was
RACED, and by II O'Clock the firemen were
compelled to turn their attention to saving
the buildings On the opposite side OF Ran
dolph street, although still keeping
numerous streams of water on the burn.
ing buildings. Al II o'clock the men OF
No. 3 Fire Company raised a ladder in
front of the thester to get q better chance
at the flames. Finding that the rapidly
advancing fire would prevent effective
work at that poin. the men were descend
ing q ladder, when several feet OF cornice
fell on the ladder wagon. Capt. Richard
Fibban was struck on the head by bricks
and instantly killed, and q fireman was
badly but not fatally injured. Soon after
IL o'clock the flames spread to the Wesson
block on the corner OF Randolph and
Croghan streets, and hat building was
soon enveloped in flames. Although the
buildings across Croghan street were
threatened and caught once or twice, the
department managed to keep it within the
square named. BY - O'Clock it Was fully
under control. Last night the flames were
still raging fercely. but they were confined
within the walls Of the building already
mentioned. During the worst of the fire
the wind had been from the south, and q
single building on the corner Of Randolph
and Lafayette streets was not seriously in
jured, but all the rest of the square ia a
total loss. Ferry & Co.'s building occu-
pied half q square,, it being one of the
largest in the city. Their seed business is
probably the largest in the United States.
Definite figures Of the losses cannot be
than 81, 500, 900. Ths stock alone in
Ferry & Co.'S ia estimated OF from ST.. 000,-
900 to ST. 200, 900. The building is valued
at $3.50, 900. sAs TO the origin OF the fire
there are no we'll devised theories. Some
of the employees hint at incendiarism.
claiming there were no fires in the part OF
the building first attacked by the flames.
and that some outside agency must have
been responsible for the fire. The in
surance companies are completely at q loss
to account for the origin of the fire.
AbOrtiOnists Arrested.
BosToN. Jan. 2.-The Lynn police to-
day made an arrest which is causing great
excitement. The persons arrested are
Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Guildford, charged with
performing an illegal operation on Miss
Sadie E. Taylor. % years of age, q factory
girl, from the effects of which she died.
Charles e. Ames is arrested as an acces.
sorry. Ames is a married man and o we'll
known citizen of West Lynn. A search
warrant served at the home of the Guild
fords this morning revealed an extensive
assortmentS of instruments known to be
used by abortionists. The p~araphanalia
was most complete. The most important
evidence against the accused comes from a
young woman whom the police found at
The home of the Guildfords. She had
gone to the house a few days ago. and had
been operated on several times. She said
| puo AucW VI tuo kdylok ChsOs 1uo 0ulIu-
fords had been in Lynn for six or seven
years. A few months ago Mrs. Guildford
was arrested. charged with malpractice
and causing the death of Mrs. Annie Fl.
Dyer, but there was not sufficient evidence
to sustain the charge.
Governors Installed I'm Office.
RICHMOND, Jan. 2.-Goverpor Fitz Hugh
Lee was indicted into Office to. day in the
presence of the General Assembly of Vir-
ginia that gathered in joint convention in
the hall Of the House of Delegates. The
galleries and every inch of available
standing room was occupied with in
terested spectators, including many ladies.
ALBANY, Jan. 1.-The ceremony of the
Inauguration of Governor Hill to-day was
among the most imposing ever witnessed
at the capitol. The weather was extremely
fine. and but for the muddy condition OF
the streets nothing more could have been
desired.
The Austin. Texas, Outrage s.
GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. "A News Austin
special says: James Phillips. who was
seriously wounded on Christmas Eve.
when his wife was outraged and murdered,