Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-07
TAMMANY BURNED
WHILE fHB BRAVES ARE PRESIDENT
MAKING AT 81. LOUIS.
Tony Pasbss fhsats and As Big Democratic
Wywan Destroyed BY fre-fhs Bald
ings Completely wrcts-
Fighting The Flames.

NEW YORK, June 6.-About halfpast
six o'clock this morning . fire broke ont
in Tony Pastors Theater in Fart Four.
teenth street. As the flames gsined Q
rspid headwsy three alarms were sent ont.
The theater is in the Tammany Hall build.
ing and adjoins the Academy Of Music,
which at one time was seriously threaten
cd by the fAmea By dint Of hard work,
however, the fremen succeeded In pre-
venting this, and at s:45 o'clock the frs
was got under control.
Tammany Hall and Tony PASTORS thea
ter were both wrecked. Fire broke ont in
the scene room Of the theater in the Tam.
many building. Firemen found flames
burning fercely in the middle Of the big
building, reaching toward the roof with
mighty strides. Il was not until
after desperate struggle that
the fire was gotten under con-
troll. Additional danger that came from
the proximity Of the Academy Of Music
was successfully met and the fire was kept
within the walls Of the Tammany build
ing. There II wrought sad havoc. The
big halls 20 Lately deserted by Democratic
hosts, now Prcsident-mAking is totally
wrecked. Tony Pastors thestcr 10
wrecked too. The whole inside Of the blk
building ia In ruins, and only the 'front.'
on Fourteenth street looks as usual. The
damage Is not less than $50, 600. and per-
haps will be moro. There has becn no
cause discovered yet for the fire. II Ia tho
Fifteenth street end Of the building which
is ruined.
o All flags and bunting belonging 70 Tam.
many are ruined. The Big Indian Tam
many was carried out In safety. The
bust Of John Kelly and plsster profile Of
Jefferson were broken. The portraits Of
Cleveland and Thurman, intended 70 dis
play at the ratification meeting 10 be held
were saved.
Tammany Society.
II was on the cath Of May, 1889. that
the "TAmmAny Society, or Columbian Or
der was founded - . chartered institution
not quite two years after the adoption Of
the Consultation. II IL proposed TO oele-
brate the centennial Of Tammany In May
next year In great style.
Originally Tammany consisted Of but
thirteen 'lodges or tribes-ons for each Of
the original States In the Union.
These tribes were known rs the Mo-
hawks, TuscarorAs, Algonquins, Penob-
scots, Iroquois, Pequods, Hurons, Onopda-
gas, Senecss, Naragansetts, Winooskis,
Kennebecs and the docile Leni-lenApea.
Like the States In the Union, the tribts
of Tammany have increased since then,
and the wigwam now affords shelter for
such warliks tribes % the Sioux, Semino-
les, DAkotas, Blackfeet, Apaches, Choc.
taws, Ojabeways, the wild Comanches and
many other tribes Of les note.
The Modocs, now known - tho County
Democracy, and the Wampanoags-the
Irving Hall lodge-left the Tsmmany
reservation many moons ago." but the
hearts of the great chiefs and schemes Of
the "wigwam" still hold thsse srins
young bucks" in affectionats remsm.
bfance, and an effort 10 10 be made To win
then back from their sinful ways. They
are b b invited 20 return 10 ''the happy
hunting ground" Of the wigwam in tims
to take part In the centennial barbecue.
Tne building which Wa destroyed ID
comparatively modern, having only been
occupied about twenty yeArs.