Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-05-08
CASUALTIES And CRIMES.
4 New York Poor House With
Seven Inmates Burned.
ITEMS OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
Great Frauds Committed on a
Massachusetts, EState.--.0ther
Important News.
FATAL FLAMES.

FATAL FLAMES.
BINGHAMPToN, n. Y, May s.-A
special dis atch from Norwich
Chenango county, brings the new:
that the poor house burned last
night. The loss is Il total one and
seven inmates burned to d ath,
Tie report is that the fire started in
the insane department.
The poor house insane depart
uent and a large barn are COM
pCtely destroyed. Ali the depart
ments were crowded with inmates
and but for hard work on the part
of the keepers the loss of life would
have been terrible. The total loss
is 100000.
The names of the dead discovered
are: Sarah Mills, Sarah Gallagher,
Sarah Bailey, Laura Gray, Della
Benedict. Deborah Dibble, Mary
Ann Dibble, Lucy Warren, Amelia
Atwood. Great difficulty was ex-
perienced in attempting to rescue
the poor creatures, many of them
old and feeble, others wild with
terror. 1t was no easy task and
great wonder IL so many were res
cued. The people went at it hap
hazard, appalled, by the awfulness
of the cries and groans of inmates
aud the magnitude Of the catastro
phe. Two women, idiots, are
burned but their names cannot yet
be given. A session of the board of
supervisors will be held tonight, in
order that immediate provision may
be made for the exposed inmates.
The city marshal has sworn in a
large number of deputies and is
searching for the missing. The
number Of dead may possibly reach
thirteen.
FRAUD ON AN ESTATE.
SALEM, Mass, May S.-Litiga-
ton involving $5,5GO,OOO and the
of three executors Of the
will of Thomas w. Pierce, of Tops
field, Mass, who died in 'S5, was
opened In the supreme judicial court .
to-day. Eight legatees' names in
the will claim the executor have
not been faithful in the dis, barge of
their duties and ask for their re-
PRATT NOT GUILTY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May S.
The jury in the case of George &.
Pratt charged with an assault with
intent to murder for shooting l.. L.
president of the Califor-
MIA Insurance company last jan
uary, has returned a verdict to-day
of not guilty.
FINED FOR LIBEL.
NEY YORK, N. Y, May s.
O'Donovan Rossa recently convicted
of criminal libel was to-day fined
800.
AFTER THE MONOPOLY.
COLUMBUS, o., May S.-To.day
Attorney General Watson has
brought suit to take from the Stand
ard Oil Co., its charter for iolation
of laws of the State in various ways. |
The Petition refers to General State |
laws against monopolies, and cites
the fact that the Standard Oil Co.
had forfeited its right by going into
the Standard Oil trust of New York.
THE FASTEST AFLOAT.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 8.--The
new steel cruiser Philadelphia has
r eturned from her trial cruise with |
a record which promises that in her
official trip she will prove Que of
the fastest war vessels afloat, The
main object Of this trial was to see
that all machinery worked smooth /
ly. Captain Steele threw his log
at frequent intervals during the
trial and the result gave the cruiser
a maximum speed of 20,74 knots per
hour. This speed was obtained
with lis revolutions per minute OF
the twin screws, under head of
steam of ll5 pounds.
THE STRIKERS IN FRANCE.
PARIS, May S.-Twenty thousand
strikers who have been conducting
riotoHs and forcible demonstrations
at Roubaix have resumed work and
the May Day strike is practically
ended.
O'BRIEN REFUSED A NEW TRIAL.
LONDON, May S.-O'Brien' has
been refused "A new trial in his libel
suit against Salisbury. On the first
trial verdict was returned for Sails
bury.
GOLD IN CORK COUNTY.
DUBLIN, May s.-The Irish Times
says that rich gold mines have been
discovered at Duhnode, in the west
ern part of the county Of Cork.
Scranton, Pa, has had 500, 900
fire.
THE DIAMoND HOsE-1his is con-