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, 1890-10-16
The Leland Hotel in Syracuse,
N. Y, in Flames.
Twenty-Five Persons Known
10 Have Been Killed.
Sickening Sights Seen by
Thousands Of Spectators.
Men aud Women Perishing
While Waiting Rescue

SYRACUSE, Oct. l5.-What proved to
bs the most disastrous fire that has visited
Syracuse for many years was discovered
in ths Leland hotel at 1890 O'Clock this
morning 1t is now 2 O'Clock and the fire
is still burning %iercely. although tina Gu
tire FIRE department, consisting OF nine
engines, 10 working hard to save further
loss of life aud limb. An eye witness OF
the fire says be Is positive that at least
twenty-five persons lost their lives and
many more are injured.
N WOMAN
Was being lowered from a window by aid
Of a rope. She had reached a point op-
po,ite the third story when the rope be-
cane ignited from a burning sill. The
rope parted and the fell t. the
pavement. Her brains were dashed out
and her body fattened into a shapeless
mass. So great is the confusion and ex-
element hat the id nifty of those killed
aud injured Is wholly unknown. Under
takers aud ambulances are flying 10 all di-
r%ections. and the streets in the neighbor-
hood Of the Inflated hotel are thronged
with excited crowds Of people.
Frank Carey ofGlenn Falls, N. Y, has
been identified az one of those burned to
death. Many people crnzed with fright
LOST their n'es oY jumping from the win
dows, One man says he
SAW SIX PEOPLE JUMP
nom uiuershs WINDOWS on the paTette
street sue Oh tne ouiiuing' within me
space oil iour minutes and the sight sick
sned him with It's horrors so be was com
pelleu 70 ieAVe the spot
Inc ouliuiug was pro'iued with Ooth
non nre escapes on the outside ana ropes
on .ne ins'ue; "hieh were inc means oil
saving many iSes'
Durne' FORBES a STOCK broker oil ms
Guy, escaped into the street Utmost en-
ure'y nsAeu' he was shgnty Injured
ABOUT tue hanuT'
one woman was lound win a paoe In
ne' nana' o'ou'nea III 'ne stairway where
sue nAu oeeu overcome oY SMOKE cue
ny uie"en Ou' mas not YET
o0"sess anu IL Is 'hpoS'
"uA. nei name
IT.. WAS
" sa' u na'e s'Ar'eu ID d
T, 80 81 'o'', =
sI5o q I,
oo.,ainoi a.. ~
learn Inv nm. = 80,
=, III. i'm. mo 10 49,, Tn -,
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d,l,r
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ub, w.rarI. hu,.aI -,
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,ba ho,a1 r. -. =. sS:-
on ,ha arorn, NJ, ot,La LnisI
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Vagina r,rnors : a., ~ 49, l., -
Lillod wiIl n,mher 6G,r narsons h., ~.
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Ii people would take the advice of
w. N. Hunt, the druggist they would
never start on a Journey without a bottle
of ChamberlHin's Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhGa Remedy. 1t can always be
depended upon and is pleasant TO take.
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New mattresses. 50. so; new woven
wire springs, 81. rs; second hand heating
and cook stoves at lowest prices. Every
thing delivered Tree. Corner Twenty-first
and Thorn F Bohnsted, Manager.
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PLAINS for Preserving,
Grab Apples for PrPseS-c-
ing Colorado Grapes, at
A. Underwood a Bro.
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Or any number of cards. Ladies' Wis
ting cards written in the most elegant
styles at the Business College. Office,
room Al. Commercial block.
, 1890-10-16

A hotel where you can get solid and
substantial value for the money expended
is the Occidental. Good table board 25
cents per meal, or 81 per week.
Board and room 81 per day.
The Occidental has good rooms and is
well and comfortably furnished through
out. Visitors to the city will find the
Occidental a good stopping place. 1909
Themes street.
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Hearts are all the rage
tH JesUetr.y. Zehner, BWech-
Her y Co. recetced some
gerry fine styles in Lace
Pins, Pendants, Scarf
Fins, Rings.
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A Card,

Job Printing neatly executed at the
Leader Job Printing Rooms.
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All kinds of Job Printing neatly and
promptly executed at the Leader Office.
, 1890-10-16

Chickens, old and young; ducks, dressed
or undressed, at the @. @. @.
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Delivered to any part of the city
and in any quantity by the Cheyenne
Transfer Company, Sixteenth and Eddy
streets.
, 1890-10-16

You can get anything you wan at the
G.. @. O.
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All kiOds OF fruit for preserving at the
G. q. G.
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CHICAGO, Oct. l5.-Police Officer
Junge was shot and it is believed fatally
wounded by a brother officer at 3 O'Clock
thisi morning. Junge got into an argu-
ment with Officer Tom Madden about
religion Madden accused Junge of belong-
ing to United Order of Deputies (which
is supposed to be an anti Catholic society.
One word brought on another until
Junge struck Madden with a club, when
the latter drew a pistol and shot Junge in
the lett side above the heart. After the
shooting Madden disappeared and has not
yet been arrested.
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ANOTHER

CHICAGO, Oct. l5.-Policeman Albert
Junge was shot and MORALLY wounded
this morning by Policeman Thomas Mad
den. The men had travelled adjoining
beats and there had been bad blood be-
tween them for some time. A few nights
z they had a serious quarrel and after
ward Junge reported Madden at the sta
ton for drinking while on duty. This
made matters worse. Last night at roll
call at their station Lieut.. Kane sum
moned the men before him and questioned
them as to the trouble. Madden refused
to reply and was told he would be sent
before the trial board. In reply he took
of his club and star and threw them on
che floor, saying he would resign. and left
the station muttering threats against
Junge.
He was seen in several saloons during
the night drinking and at 3 o'clock this
morning while Junge was in the patrol
box, reporting to the station, Madden
came M and fred three shots at him, one
OF which took effect in his breast. The
murderer then walked away and has not
VT been abprehende1 The Off at the
station rlaiU the mtn first auarrtled
ahuut religions aud other matters Mad
den accused JunRe of being a member of
the Unitcd Order of Deputies and .Junge
retorted that Madden was a Clan na-Gacl.
Dat OF this, the Offices say, the trouble
crow
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SPARKS FROM rHE WIRES.

Deaths from cholera at Alcppo average
fifty daily.
McDoel won the $4,000 stakes for
tIotting at Lexington yesterday in 2:l54.
The legislature of Vermont yesterday
elected Justin S. Morrill, senator for six
years from March 4 next.
The Dublin Telegraph says that Dillon
and O'Brien are at Uherbourg, France,
where they arrived in a yacht.
Hon. John Van Valkenburg, past
died at Fort Madison, Ia, yesterday.
The amount of silver offered for sale to
the treasury Yesterday was 636, 900 ounces.
The amount purchased was 275, 900
ounces. as follows; $4,000 ounces at
Sl.O9:59; 200, 900 ounces at $I.09:69.
Jack McAuliffe, the prize fighter, was
arrested in New York Yesterday on srs-
picion Of having been concerned in the
sudden death of his wife. An autopsy
showed that she died of heart disease.
A dispatch from Brisbane, Australia,
says there are plenty of non-union laborers
to be had there and the strike is rapidly
collapsing. Many members OF the union
are applying to be reinstated in their old
positions.
The secretary of state has received a
dispatch from Minister Ryan at the City
OF Mexico announcing that the Mexican
republic will adopt recommendations Tor
an international American conference in
regard to a uniform system of weights and
measures.
Danny Needham of St. Paul and Billy
Mehan OF San Francisco, light weights,
fought last night with four ounc gloves
at the Seattle Athletic club for a purse Of
81 900. Mehan was knocked out 10 the
forty-third round after a fierce battle.
The t~wenty-sixth annual meeting of
the LOYAL Legion opened In st. Louis
yesterday. The meeting is secret. A
large number Of distinguished soldiers
and prominent members were present.
The sessions will be presided over by ex-
President Hayes, commander in chief.
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on EXPERIENCES WAS.

The fire il said to base started in a
kitchen. The bliliing will be a total loss.
1t was built two years z at a cost of
sl5O.00l. IL WAS ,ix stories high and
contained 400 ropm@. 1t is impossible to
learn how m INV guests we're in tho hotel
at the time the Iice broke nj The total
loss will nos fail short of half Il milf IN
dollars.
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| better one than has any OF the American
! FORM in all OF which the thumb is more like a
| NTH finger, bending around nearly In the same
plane as the others.
only one monkey has q chin and that is an
lnnabltant of India. and no apo out OF Asia
has really prominent nose
No monkeys tones are so pleasant as are the
hute-like notes which the sapajous will often
emit when pleased. but no ape gives out such
manlike sounds rs are chanted by the long
armed ape ortibbon monkeys of the Old World.
Often he has q short tail. and sometimes mono.
but almost all those OF America have long
ono, though In few very singular forms. to
be presently noted. 1t is very short.
Monkeys OF the Old World ascend to higher
ATTITUDES than do those OF the New. Mono are
known to us us having been found In America
to the north Of southern Mexico: but monkeys
are denizens OF Gibraltar Central Asia, and
Japan. in tho eastern hemisphere. This
great dlstinctness between the apes Of the Old
World and the New at once suggests some
curious questions to which it Is quite out OF
our power to return answers: Which group is
the ol1er2 Did monkeys as Is commonly sup
posed, first exist In the Old World2 II 80. then
did the American monkeys originate In the
New World and II not, how did they find their
way into 1t and whence did they Gomez
1t is a common opinion that the aboriginal
tribes of American men are OF Mongol affinity
and migrated from Asia; but as this is ques-
ton We have not studied. We preserve an open
mind concerning it. Although wild American
dogs havo boon domesticated. Asiatlc emi-
grants may none the less have brought domes-
tic dogs with them. But however this may be.
II Is very certain they brought with them no
monkeys. No fossil remains, so far as We
know. at all Justify belief IN the Old World
origin OF New World forms; so that up to the
present time the relative age of the two groups
and the origin Of either Of them are mysteries.
Speculative opinions have indeed been formed
iavoring tho lotion that tile American apes
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cept the colobi and spider monkeys. which have
no thumb at al; have thumb which is more
or less opposabe to tho fingers, although very
mperfecty so in the American FORMS Tho
thumbs OF the mgrmosets. however. are not
ticed whether they have two or three wisdom
teeth on either sido of each Jaw, all agree with
predecessors, and arc technically known 90
premolars. But the marmosets alone have only
two such on either side OF either Jaw.
Various species OF this piGmy group, each
are remarkable for the beauty Of their furry
set, Is clothed with fur Of II golden ye low, that
Of the head and shoulders being, long and
hair OF the head greatly elongated. Another
kind has a dark body. While the hands and
feet are elotheL, with bright red hair. Several
ward from either side OF the head.
We have compared those animals with sauir-
similarly compared with respect to their move.
ments among trees. to which they cling with
But though they thus resemble squirrels as to
their modo OF motion. their activity Is by no
means so great They live in !, small troops.
saimiris. they eat grSediIy. They are re- very
delicate in constitution. so that when brought
short time. NoVertheiess they breed ocea-
sionally in Europe, and bring forth as many as
ually bring forth but one The father shares,
at least sometimes. the mothers parental
cares wit, with great hmaDitg taking the Young
she is fatiGued, Till they need another supply
of food
With this notice Of the marmosets, ends our
brief review Of the entire group of apes. an
order of animals consisting, as we have said. OF
ordinate groups which have now been enume.
rated and briefly noticed. Considered MS one
whole the ape order ranges through the WARM
or parts of the earth. from Gibraltar and north
ern China to tho Capo OF Good Hope and the
23o north latituie 10 about 30 south latitude
in the Now World. Individuals OF tho entelus
an altitude OF / 1000 feet. Some Of tho local.
tiles richest in monkeys are islands. as Ceylon,
Borneo. Sumutra. Java. Fernando Pc. and
Trinidad.
There are. however, certain islands which
seem eminently well suited to support large
ape population. There apes are, nevertheless,
conspicuous by their absence. Such are MADE
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MANS NEAR KINDRED.
The Families of Apes
and Monkeys.
Their Peculiarities and Important
characteristics Described.

THE FIRST ARTICLE OF A SERIES ON ANIMALS.
II any one knew when 1t was that the first
flint implement was struck out with will by
Paeolithic men, lie might be able to tell us
how long the period is since the monkeys re-
sembance TO ourselves was first subject Of
remark. OF that period, the time which has
elapsed since the very old line. Simia guam
snlis t,rpissi'nG besttu nobiS" was written, can.
ut any rate. be but q small fraction. OF late
tho progress OF knowledge has largely In
creased the interest felt from Of old. In this
most exceptional group OF animals. The moro
We know Of science the more we know OF their
bodily resemblance to us and Of their diver
Gence from every other creature, and the more
also do we become interested in their ways and
In that problem which concerns their origin.
Most readers are probably, by this time. not
little tired OF Darwinian controversy; and
certainly we have no intention OF dealing with
ithere. That would lead us into psychology
and metaphysics. while our present purpose Is
to deal only with what appear to us to be the
most interesting facts which concern their
natural history. and not to analyze the phe-
nomena OF the ape mind. Readers who may be
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direction from northwestern Africa to Batavia.
japan. and the Philippine Islands In the east.
IN ancient, times this genus extended into
cles called the wanderOo. has tho face on
circled by kind OF tissue OF worry long hairs.
which gives the ape u very conspicuous and
characteristic appearance. 1t is also some
what distinguished as regards its domestic
habits. II there DO truth ~ the following Singh
by some of their follow countrymen: THE
Veddahs, are like wandoroos: they have only
one wfel"
In the Philippine Islands an exceptional kind
Of ape is found called the black macaque."
group OF Old World species, the balloons. In
spite OF the remotenesS OF the region II in
habits from that which is their home. The
balloons are exclusively inhabitants of Africa
and OF Araba, which is considered as regards
its animal population, to realn form part OF
after the anthropoid ones. tile more quad.
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smaller growth, while lycopods and q multi
tude OF humber herbs clothe the soil. Evil
IDENTIFY, II adaptation to surrounding condi-
lions takes place anywhere among anil
mails. special adaptations to forest life may be
looked for here and here they are found.
Many a bird and beast which elsewhere exists
In plains or moderate woods has hero it's en-
phatcally arboreal representative, ~ the fowl
seems to BIO represented by the curassow and
the goose by the horned soreamer. For ami
mails which cannot fly. but have to pass their
lives amid such an ocean Of forest, 1t is es-
pecially needtul that they should be supplied
with all possible means OF avoiding fatal fall.
Thus the sloth. which passes its life hang
ing beneath the branches, has It's hands and
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particular interspace OF its wire netting. It
will also. when so bid, put objects into its keep
ers pocket MAY various odd tricks with boy
visitors, and howl horribly when told to sing
A great contrast to the African Chin
panzoe is presented by the third anthropoid
form OF ape. the AslRtlc orang. 1t ia red In
stead OF blackish In color, and its arms are so
long that they roach to tho ankle when the
animal stands erect. This 1t rarely II ever.
docs spontaneously. 1t walks resting on it's
knuckles and the outer edges OF its leet. their
solos being turned inward. Thus resting on
its hands, it uses It's arms MS paIr OF crutches.
swinging the body and legs forward between
them. Its disposition is also worry different from
that OF the lively and petulant chimuanzee.
Remarkably calm, not TO say languid, in its
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vent one noticing the really great proportional
Length Of their legs In n9thinG DO the gorile.
ehimpanZee, ana oranG differ from man in
OF their lower limbs. Tho gibbons 20 to an OK
treme the other way. for L the leg BIO com
gibbons hayo even slightly longer logs than
man himself. THIS Is very Noteworthy APP
YET anothor We GaVe areaGy sad tb mSF only
one monkey n gibbon, has u chin. That mon
Fey Il tho |ustomentti0ned si9mqng Of sumatra
not few human beings. In spite OF
these approximations they have ono note
where IL rests, on the ground In sitting pos.
ture. and the hardened naked patches OF skin
thus situated arc spoken OF as ischlatlc cal
they II nNss9 Ga these caos,o5
oranG. which have thom not. Neither have any
American APES, which more, decorous than
their trH3satlaGtie brethren have that region
Leaving now the anthropoid apes, with which
alone we have been hitherto occupied We find
remarkably different aspect and Very different
form Of body Tho limbs are nearly of equal
length, but the arms arc nov the shorter ones,
so that q QuRdrupedal mode of Progression on
the ground liz natural 10 them Neyertheless
they are arboreal amin animals, and both, adroit
aided In keeping tholr balance during their
m0yemssnts by the possession Of long tail
ern Asia, and consists OF many species which
also have their headquarters in the Indian Ar
tivity save that woll-known kind. the entellus
monkey or hounaman. which is an object of
such religious generation on the part Of the
Hlndoos. 1t has q coat of whitsh hair but
et-black face and once seen + not likely to be
iorSot,ten: , me largest and by far tho most
never been seen alive ii Europe. II is ex-
cusiyely n native OF Rornao where 1t can
hardly he common, since though II was
figured and described by Button in 1882 1t has
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are specially related to certain creatures
called Lemurs ito be seen In many geological
gardens) which have their headquarters In
Madagascar. The evidence. however.
upon which some naturallsts rely as
lustifylnR this opinion, is, In our
ewes, untrustworthy and valueless.
Neither have we boon able to detect any sign
OF the former existence OF creatures OF the
monkey kind that wore intermediate between
those OF the Old World and those OF the New;
80 that 1t seems to us not improbable that the
two groups may have had an entirely different
origin. and that the points Of structure in
which they so remarkably agree are but analogi-
cal resemblances and not signs OF any special
blood relationship between the two. Bearing
in mind the great distinctness OF these two
families, we may now proceed briefly to re-
view the leading forms contained in each, COM
mencing with tho Old World family, and es-
peclally with the species belonging to 1t which
are most like ourselves-tho anthropod apes.
First of these in popular appreciation stands
the famed gorilla. Our knowledge of this lGrg-
est OF apes. knowledge both ordinary and SOL
entinc, is due to Americans. 1t was really dis
covered by DR.. Thomas Savage. who, with the
assistance of u missionary named Wilson. pro-
cured materials sufficient to enable Prof JEFF
fries Wyman to describe important parts OF its
anatomy. tSee the Boston journal Of Natural
History. Vol. w., 1894. and Vol. v, 1s47,)
That absurd dogma which has been defined
and decreed by leading agnostics. the dogma
that every man receives microscopic justice
In this life." can be pretty we'll dispersed by
the history OF physical science In geography
we have one notable instance. Christopher
Columbus. with q hardlhood nov difficult to
realize. sailed across an utterly unknown
ocean and discovered New World which.
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Asia: but few persons who are not nAturalists
know how strangely different are those
which inhabit the Old World from those Of the
New. The whole mass OF apes OF all kinds Is,
for the PURPOSES OF study. grouped In two
families. each of which Is considered as
made up OF smaller groups termed sub
families" and these again OF genera"
each genus containing certain different
kinds or species OF apes Now. no single
kind OF ape which exists in America Is found
anywhere else: SO that all the above-men-
toned groups are similarly confined either to
the east or to the west OF the Atlantic Ocean.
Tho Old World has given rise to the chim-
panzoe. gorilla. and orang. the long armed
apes. many long-tailed apes. aud every species
Of bab0on.
In the Now World are found spider monkeys
and bowling monkeys, sapajous and sakis,
the gentle night ape dourocoull, the graceful
squirrel monkeys. and those charming pigmies
OF the monkey world. the little marmosets.
NO have thus two great fam lilies OF monkeys.
one including all the above from the chimpan-
zoo 10 tho balloons; the other comprising
the remaining forms, namely, from the spi-
der monkeys to the marmosets.
These two families OF Old and New World
apes differ literally from head to tail. In
most OF those points in which they differ. It Is
the Old World forms which are the more like
man; but, nevertheless, in some respects the
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HORNED sAPAJoU.

able. To begin with. it Is the first fully
adult specimen which has lived In Eu-
rope; secondly. 1t differs from all pre-
viously known ones by It's oarnivorous
habits. 1t will greedly seize and devour small
birds, whereas such apes were previously sup
posed to be naturally vegetariRns only But 1t
is. In the third place, most remarkable for the
tricks 1t has acquired. It will separately pick up
from the ground, place In its mouth. and then
present In one bunch. two. three. four or Ave
straws as may be demanded Of it. or only one.
1t has distinctly associated the several sounds
OF these numbers with corresponding groups
OF picked-up straws. 1t will also, on com
mand. pass n straw through large or small
hole in the fastening OF its cage or through