The Indianapolis journal., 1889-12-02

Resume of the Principal Events at Home and
Abroad Published in the Issue Of Dec 1.

Judge Longenecker concluded his address
for the prosecution in the Cronin case, and
Judge Wing opened for the defense.
Sir.William McKinnon expresses the opin-
ion that Emln Bey's capture and lmprison-
ment was due to Tippoo Tbs treachery.
Dom Pedro has arrived at st. Vincent.
Cape Verde islands. He was well and IN
good spirits, but refused TO be interviewed
At the annual convention of the Railway
Conductors Benefit Association, Frank
Champlin devoted the annual address to
pointing out the futility of strikes.
Secretary Window announces that 10 per
cent. OF the government deposits in national
banks will be Withdrawn by Jan. ID. The
bonds deposited for security will be pur-
chased if desired.
Prosecuting Attorney Stannard has filed
two suits in Clark county, Indiana. to re-
cover the amount embezzled from the JEFF
fersonyille School Board by Colonel In
gram, its late Democratic treasurer.
p. ID. Armour on the witness-stand be-
fore the Senate dressed-beef committee at
Washington. denied the existence of a
combine of packers to depress the price
of cattle and uphold the price of dressed
beef.
1t has inst been discovered that William
kirkpatrick. who disappeared from Charles
town, Ind, IN 1883. lee wing a wife and child,
is alive and has another wife and child in
Missouri. His people are very prominent
III Clark county.
fifty-six French and German laborers were
taken from New York To South Carolina to
work In the phosphate mines. and upon re-
beinng. were imprisoned. The matter is
made subject or inquiry by French and
German c0nsuls.
In ons Me Second Edition OF SUNDAYS Journal.
Holocaust at Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIs. Mimi, Now 3O-About
1o:S0 this evening fire broke out in the third
moor OF che Tribune building, and made
sueh rapid headway that in a very few
moments the sixty-tve men working on the
seventh floor found that escape was being
cus OH and made dash in body for the
stairway. Forty made the run safely and
got out The rest made frantic effort TO get
Through the binding smoke. five of these
were cut Oft at the fourth floor and jumped
to the pavement. Three of them were badly
hurt and the other two killed, being man.
gied frightfully. j. McCutcheon, q CON-
positor. appeared at window, and the
into His weight caused the net to
strike the pavement and he was instantly
killed. Another. whose name could
not be- learned. appeared at the win
dow and not seeing the ladder the fire
men were raising. apparently lost his
senses. and drawing a. revolver from his
pocket, placed it to his head and fired, fall
ipg backward into the flames.
Thes elevasor man noticed the smell of
smoke. and called attention of some
OF thes persons around the building
to il. The cry of fire was raised
and several persons went down stairs from
the seventh story to Investigate. and then
gan to till the narrow stairway, the only
one in the building. and everybody
began leisurely making preparations for
their departure No Immediate danger was
feared The only exits TO the building,
which was enormously supposed to be fire.
proof. were a narrow staircase scarcely
wide enough for two persons to come
down abreast, the elevator and a single
fire escape at the north end of the
building. Several persons had made their
escape In the meantime, but in less than
ten minutes the flames sought the elevator
shaft. which, acting as a mammoth fue.
conveyed the flames to the top story, and
soon the editorial rooms. in the same side
of the building where the fire
originated, were seething mass of
flames. In few minutes it reached the
other side, where the composing-rOom was
situated. A general alarm was turned in
10 the call.
The imprisoned printers gathered at the
windows in the south end and shrieked
wildly, despairingy. for aid. Hurry the
ladders" was the awful refrain that bur-
dened the air. Hurry the ladders, for Gods
sake" shrieked with all the vehemence
and power that the anguished souls of the
dozens in peril of their lives by an awful
death, was all they could utter. The vast
crowd, that from the, opposite side
of encouragement and good spirit
to them in strenuous endeavors to buoy
them up. The long ladder seemed to move
mp at a snaiFs pace. but was finally rested
scend. the flames making steady encroach-
ments IN the corner where the fright
ened men had huddled like covering ami
mails. The life-nets were brought and some
were saved by this means. The entire
building at this writing, less than an hour,
Is mass of ruins.
The following is correct list of the dead
upt TO date, all the bodies having been rec
ognized:
JAMES F. IGOE, Associated Press operator
WALTER f. MILES, Associated Press agent
W. III. MILLMAN. commercial editor Tribune.
ROBERT MCUTCHEON, compositor Tribune.
PROF. EDWARD OLSEN, VerInilion Oak
MILTON PICKETT, reporter, Pioneer Press.
Miilman, the commercial editor of the
Tribune, who lost his life. n few weeks ago
lost his wife by asphyxiation.
The printers held meeting at l o'clock
this morning and appointed a committee
or i've TO meet various local unions
and take some action. There is in
the building. Some three years ago the
printers claimed the dire possibilities
that might. arise in case of fire
demanded that an additional fire es-
request was not granted by the owners of
the building and an appeal was
taken to the city. but there was no
legal way ofeompelling the owners to place
an additional escape on the structure.
Colwell. the printer who was thonght to
have been killed. has turned mp alive and
the identity of the man supposed to be
him is unknown. Phere are doubtless sew
eral people in the ruins who were working
in other parts OF the building. but just how
many Will not be known until the debris is
removed. Jimmy Kohl, the messenger boy,
has turned up without a scratch. Several
persons suffered injuries from burns but
none will result fatally.
j. III. Leonard. telegraph editor; III. B
Hudson, city editor; w. w. Jermane, A. Ill.
Welles. reporters; w. III. Millman, CONNER
cial editor. and James lgoe. Associated Press
operator. were in the editorial rooms
ON the seventh floor at the time the fire
broke out. Mr.. Welles says that boy
rushed In and told them the build-
ing was on fire. They thought
the boy was Joking. but. as the printers,
some. sIxty-tive in number, started down
stairs. followed leisurely. Welles and Leon
ard were the last to go down the stairway
the elevator having stopped running Mill
man, so some Pioneer Press men say. looked
into their Office as they went down
the fire escape. which was in one end of the
building The printers could not use this
because the fire cut them off,
The loss To the Journal is SS5. 900: in
sured for 100000. The Tribune's loss
is fully as much as the Journal
fully covered by. insurance. The