Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-27
NEWS.
A HALF MILLION BLAZE IN
PHILADELPHIA.
BAD Blood and wild Talk in
the Ohio Legisture.
AN ATTEMPT TO BLOW up A POLICE Off
GERS HOUSE IN CLEVELAND.
Several Persons Killed by snowslides
at Crested Buttes.
ADDRESSES IN MEMORY OF VICE PRES
IpENT HENDRICKS.
ESPECIAL TO rHE sBNTrNEt.l
alfaastrOus Con HagrntiOn

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-The fve-story
brick building, Nos. It's 80 719 Arch street,
was discovered TO be on fire at 1:35
O'Clock this morning. The danes quickly
communicated with No. 721 Arch street.
The building in which the fire originated
Ia one of the handsomest on Arch street.
The upper floors are occupied by three
drms of photographers. Each OF these
hrms will suffer a total loss. The first
aoor is occupied by Monroe Brothers &
Co., Wholesale dealers in shoes. The
building ct No. 721 Arch street was occu.
pied by May b Bros. straw and millinery
goods. The tiremen. finding their efforts
to save the Morris building unavailing,
directed their streams to the St. Cloud
Hotel, which adjoins Immediately on the
east. The guests in the hotel had all re-
tired for the night and were startled by
the . tic shouts OF " Fire " which came
from the fourth floor. The cry Of warn.
Ing created q panic in the hostelry. The
guests rushed from the rooms. partially
dressed, into the corridors and down
stairs to the office. The female guests
were taken to quarters in tho neighborhood,
while the gentlemen with their gripsacks
and others Juggling their trunks looked
after their own interests. There were
many exciting incidents and scenes attend
ant upon the retreatfrom the hotel, but no
accidents are reported. At 1:16 the front
wall OF Morris building fell In with Q
crash into the street. This was soon after
ward followed by the fall OF q side wall
upon the warehouse occupied by May &
Bros. The roof was crushed and the
building shattered by the burning debris.
A number Of buildings on the south side
OF Arch street were damaged by fire, and
double building, Nos. 723 and 724
Arch street. just west Of Morris building.
Was entirely burned. shortly after 2
O'Clock IL was evident that the ST. Cloud
Hotol was doomed, as great volumes of
heavy smoke came pouring through the
nth floor front windows during the early
stages OF the fire and before il had reached
the hotel. The police ran through the lat
ter building to awaken the guests, who had
not been previously alarmed. Some of
them were too sleepy to be aroused, and
the officers were Obliged to break in 3 few
OF the doors to get the people out. By 8
o'clock the cornice and O portion of the
| top story OF tho hotel fell into Arch street,
sending up myriads Of cinders. At 3:45
the fire was under control. The 81. CLOUD
Hotel was a five-story structure, with Q
frontage Of 80 feet. 1t had -accommoda-
tions for $50 guests. and last night was
filled to two-thirds OF it's capacity. The
| proprietors say they value their furniture
and effects at $50. 000-fully covered by in.
surance. The London Temperance Hotel
| adjoins the 81. Cloud on the east side. 1t
| also caught fire. Tho guests. who were
mainly permanent boarders, were directed
to leave IL. and all OF them succeeded In
saving their personal effects and property.
The loss Is now estimated at from o half to
threa-quarsers OF q million dollars.
Something for the soufh 10 smile at.
COLUMBUS, o.. Jan. 26.-The Senate
chamber last evening was jammed with
spectators. AZ the hour for the joint
convention approaches there is some bad
blood and wild talk. but no apparen.
danger Of personal encounters. The pre-.
liminary fight will likely be one Of an.
shortly between the President and the
SNW ~ AossoA Ways uo WILL btbuu DIV
the majority under the rules. At 1855 r.
II. the Democratic Senators filed into the
chamber and were received with cheers by
the lobby, which soon was checked By the
sergeant-at-Arms. The call showed all
The members present, and the fight was
Immediately ~inaugurated. All r. N. the
discussion continued with vim, the Demo.
Gratis endeavoring TO force the reading OF
the journal and the Republicans the Ham.
ilton county cases. The Chair decided
that the journal should not be read, but
that the special order should be taken up.
An appeal was taken from the decision.
The Chair ruled that the Hamilton
county members could not vote. The
Clerk called the names Of the Hamil-
ton county members. and they voted. The
Chair. before the announcement OF the
vote. marked of the vote OF the Hamilton
county members and declared himself
SUSTAINED. Half an hour before the time
for the joint meeting all the available space
was appropriated. There was plenty Of