Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-02

better seek safety IN illght. The
missionaries at Tsunha have, there
fore, abandoned their statlona and
sought refuge IN safer parts Of the
country
DIED FROM SMOKING,
pirrsBURa, Pa, Dsc. 2. Mrs.
Mary Mcvay, OF Braddock, died
after having voluntarily TASTED l5o
DAYS. She was nearly ~ years old
and had for six months bs,n suffer
ing from cancer cf the lower jaw,
anil had refused al food aud drink
except butte milk. She incurred
tho cancer ss the result Of smoking
pipe, wLlc3 she d q inve;erately
for iorty-hve years. Through the
habit Of holding the pipe for hours
10 the same position between her
teeth, she allowed the nicotine to
drip upon the same spot in her
cheek.
G. W. FIELDS CONDITIONS.
NEw YoRK, Dec. 2.-Cyrus w.
Fields condition is somewhat inn
proved this morning. Edward
Field not only robbed and deceived
his partners, but stole every cent his
trusted father had. Field realized
the fact that he is penuiless in bis
old age. AS he lay on his death bed
yesterday, he said to ali old friend;
II am as poor as the day | came
into the world"
EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
LONDON, Dec. IA report has
Just reached here to the effect that
there has been a terrible explosion
at Blackburn, near Preston, Lanca-
shire. Three stores We're said to
have been wrecked bv the explosion,
and twenty people reported killed
and large number Of others were
reported to be injured. Additional
details received later from Blackburn
say that the Crown hotel and two
stores on Victoria street collapsed
Immediately after the explosion,
the cause Of which is unknown. AS
the dispatch referred to was sent the
Crown hotel was in flames and
from It's ruins the most heartrending
cries were issuing. The entire
building has tumbled upon those
therein aud a most serious loss Of
life is expected. There are at least
thirty people buried In the ruins OF
the hotel, while over dozen are
said to have met death in the ruins
ofthe stores. The number of dead IL
not YET known, but 1t isjudged the
majority of bodies will be foundin the
ruins Of the hotel. The police anC
firemen are masters of the situation
and it may be said that all that
remains to be done is to overhaul
the ruins and pick out the dead.
Many terrible scenes Of distress
have been witnessed about the ruins
upon the part Of those who have
relatives among the missing, and
who fear that they have met with
death In the ruins. One poor wom-
an, with FIVE children clinging to
her skirts and babe at her hreast,
is the center of sympathy and In
terest In the crowd. She is supposed
to be the wife Of the assistant cook
of the Crown hotel, aud her cries
and those of her children are enough
to make heart of stone bleed.
Five bodies have already been re-
covered. They are burned or crush
ed almost beyond recognition. The
cause of the explosion still remains
q mystery. 1t is believed that there
are not as many people buried in the
ruins of the two stories as was at
Arst supposed. The police estimate
the number of dead at thirty.two.
A number of people more or less
severely injured are being cared for
at the hospital and In the neighbor-
ing buildings. A large corps Of vol
unteer physlcians are on the spot.