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NO. ia
BURNED TO DEATH.
TIE SAD TERMINATION or 4 SCHOOL FIFE
IN ENGLAND.
The Dresses Of ih. Lltls Girl Performers Catch
FIRE and -Four Are Consumed By The Flames.
Thirty Others Are Seriously Injured
By the Fire.

LONDON, January Further partic.
ulars received to-day from Wortley.
near Leeds, show that the terrible
scenes witnessed AZ the school fete there
were In no way exaggerated, though the
cause OF the disaster was not the falling
OF Chinese lantern. as was supposed.
The school fete referred 10 was a charity
6azar under the auspices Of the
parish Of Wortley. The building
used for the iete was the
Church school. adjoining the Wort
ley Episcopal church. Part OF the pro-
gramme ofthe bazar's attractions was
series OF tableaux vivant. in which num-
6er OF the young girls aud boys of the
parish took part. For this display a
small stage was erected In the school
room, and to the right OF the stage and
opening upon ii was a room used a,
dressing room. just before the disaster
crowd OF joyous children were gather
ed, all the girls OF the party being n
light gauzy attire and many of them
covered In addition with cotton used o.
represent snow. In addition several of
the children carried dangling on sticks
above their heads lighted Chinese lau.
terms.
Suddenly shrieks issued from the
little dressing room. aud all were
horror-stricken 10 see a number of chill
dren rush upon the stage with their
costumes on fire. The gentlemen
promptly seized the burning children.
threw them upon the stage and smoth-
cred the flames. Up 10 the present
there are four deaths recorded As tho
result Of the disaster. and several oi the
injured children are not expected %
recover.
An investigation into the cause Of the
disaster shows that while the children
We're gathered in the dressing room pre-
paratory TO making their appearance ON
the stage, one Of the little girls who was
playing with lighted lamp accidentally
set fire TO her clothes. She uttered o
cry OF terror, tried TO extinguish the
flames with her hands and rushed 90.
wards the door leading TO the stage.
Herr and the sight OF the flames caused
a panic among the other children who
also made a rush for the door men
toned. The result was that crowd Of
children were crushed around the child.
whose clothes were already loo names
and thereby ignited the clothing OF 30
or 80 other children.
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BRIDGE DAMAGED
At Charlottesville False Work Carried
Away by the Flood.
I'll -.


Special Tsle1Tdm 10 The Register
CHARLEsroN, January 2.-The false
work for the channel span OF the
Charleston and South Side bridge, across
the Kanawha river at this point, was
washed out at : o'clock this evening.
The river has been rising for two days,
with swift current, but the
trestlng resisted the pressure OF
the water until this afternoon,
when it gave little and moved
about foot down Stream. AS the river
rose the pressure became greater on the
upper part of the timber, and the In
creased leverage OF the water was too
much for the timbers TO stand. The
trestle fell with tremendous crash and
hoated down the river. The steamer
Springhill Immediately started in pur-
suit and caught the timbers half mile
below the city. They were badly wreck
ed and damaged. The loss will reach
about $1,000.
The keystone Bridge Company, OF
Pittsburg, had the contract for the
bridge. The trestling was the work OF
six weeks and was all ready for the iron
work, which would have been partly up
but for the high river. The south
shore span, which is already up, was
uninjured, as was the "traveler," con-
structed to carry the iron work out for
the channel span. The tresting was
built up some 90 feet from the bottom
of the river, and the part carried out
was about $50 feet long.
The trestling, which was secured by
the steamer Springhill got away again
during a heavy wind and floated down
the river. 1t was followed as far as
Lock 6, where pursuit was given up on
account of darkness. The loss will
reach fully $4,000, now that the tim
bers have escaped. The boat is still
after them, but cannot hope to catch
them before daylight. With a swift
current in the river they will probably
be dashed to pieces before caught.
Craze fears are entertained here for
the safety of the Handy No. ., Il pas
senger steamer which was coming up
the river. She passed Lock : on her
way up, but has not reached Lock q
yet. All efforts to hear from her have
been in vain, and 1t is supposed that
she is either laid up on account OF the
current or struck the bridge timbers.
If the bridge timbers hit the boat they
must have knocked n hole in her hull.
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Waters Failing at Weston.

Special T,iegraB, 70 ne Register.
WESTON, W. VA, January 2.-Early
Yesterday morning the waters began TO
rise here. and by ten o'clock were at
stage which began to look serious, but
fortunately the rain ceased about noon,
and al . p. m. the gauge registered 10
feet. al which stage it stood for more
than an hour, when it began falling,
but very slowly. The snow on the
mountains was rapidly melting in the
meantime and kept the water at a
standstill until early this morning. 1t
has been receding all day, but very
slowly. aud shows about ten feet to-
night. No serious damage was done
here. Reports from Little Kanawha
and Elk rivers say they were very high
also. The weather Is colder with a
light snow tonight.
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Not An Unusual Shut Down.

CHICAGO. January. .2.-Oificials OF the
Illinois Steel Company complain that
any special significance should be at
tached to the shutting down of the roll
ing mills at South Chicago which took
place last Wednesday. They say that
they shut down every winter for re-
pairs and to adjust matters for the next
season. The official who gave this in
formation added:
I'VE are trying to settle a scale OF
wages with the men for the coming year
and want time to adjust it. We have
been negotiating with the men for ten
or fifteen days in regard to the wages,
and can't tell how long ii will be before
we arrange the entire scale.
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r,f,v Feet r,pected at CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI. o., January with the
Ohio river rising here at the rate OF
three inches an hour and reports OF rain
and rising river from Pittsburg down,
the prospects ara good for iifty-foot
stage of water here. The Ohio has risen
about seventeen feet at Parkersburg in
the past "A hours, and the rain and
melting snow continue to pour into all
the tributaries. Rain reported up the
Kanawha, causing that river to rise
rapidly. The Big Sandy and Guyandotte
rivers are rising rapidly, and log booms
are being broken and the logs floating
down the river. The approaching cold
weather will prevent Il disastrous Hood,
unless it is too long delayed.
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The Senate AdIourns to Monday.

WASHINGTON, January although
il was understood when the Senate ad-
iourned on Wednesday that the session
to-day was to be merely formal, there
were forty Senators present when the
journal was read, including Mr.. Allison,
who had been absent from the city for
ten DAYS past. The Senator-elect from
Idaho, Mr.. Mcconnell, who has not yet
been sworn in, was also present, and
was introduced to good many OF the
Senators. as was also Mr.. Dubois, OF
Idaho. who has been elected for the
term beginning on the 4th of March
next. No business whatever was trans
acted, and the Senate, on motion OF Mr..
Spooner, adjourned till Monday atnoon.
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Earthquake Shocks.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, January q
Reports from Gilroy, Santa Cruz, Mo-
desto. Stockton aud number OF other
points. indicate that the earthquake to-
day was quite generally felt In Central
California. No damage is reported be-
yond the breaking OF some glass articles.
CHICAGO, January Two distinct
earthquake shocks, with but few sec
onds intermissiOn, occurred here at Two
minutes past noon to-day. The yibra-
tions were nearly north and south.
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TWO THEATfRS BURNED.
Filth Avenue and Hermann's Theaters
Totally Destroyed.

New YORK, January 2.-Eighteen
years ago to-day the Fifth Avenue thea
tire, then In the rear OF the Fifth Avenue
hotel, on the Twenty-fourth street side,
disappeared In flame and smoke. With
In short time after Augustin Daily had
old Apollo Hall. where the famous COM
pany OF 20 had its birth, changed
into play house. Fifteen minutes
or so tonight after Fanny Davenport,
In the character OF Cleopatra, had trod
the boards Of the Fifth Avenue Theatre.
and the audience had passed out OF the
Broadway and Twen.y-eighth street en-
frances, watchman ran out OF the
theatre screaming "fre." A few
seconds later fire engines were dash
Ing up Broadway, and until nearly
one o'clock this morning. Besides
the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Hermann's
new play house. dozen stores and
threatened the Sturtevant House, on
the east side OF Broadway, between
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth
streets. Up to this writing, while the
fire is yet raging, no lives are known To
have been lost. There were dozen or
more narrow escapes, and at one time IL
was thought that three tiremen who
were caught upon the top Of a roof
would perish. They were, however,
rescued.
The fire had been burning less than
half an hour before the flames shot
through the roof, causing the widest
CONSERVATION among the guests OF the
Bower house on the northeast corner
and the Sturtevant house. The shower
OF sparks which covered the pave
ment OF Broadway also set fire
TO the awnings OF the latter. To add
to the confusion there were six eXplo-
sions in the Fifth Avenue Theatre
which blew the blazing rafters sky
ward, and these set fire TO the roofs of
the buildings surrounding the burning
theatres. While liremen were power
less to do anything towards saving
the play houses, they worked
nobly in preventing the destruction
OF houses in the vicinity Of the immense
blaze. All the property burned belongs
to the Gilsey estate and the total damage
TO the building and its contents is
roughly estimated at $500, 900. Man
ager Harry Miner was early on the
scene, as was also Prof. Hermann.
While the formed saved nothing from the
wreck, the professor and his wife worked
like beavers. Mrs. Hermann saved her
four pet doves, but her husband sorrow
fully said that his favorite trick appar-
atus worth $50, ,O0O was lost to him for
ever.
Fanny Davenport's loss will be about
100000. At 9:l5 4. m. lire In the Sturte-
want house is reported To be under con
troll.
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c,n pnn,n OIL ON sunday.

PITrsBURG, January In the coun-
ty court to-day Judge Stowe handed
down an opinion on the pumping ol
oil wells on Sunday, that has long been
undecided here. The suits were brought
by the Law aud Order Society, but were
dismissed by the Judge, who maintain
ed that the pumping Of wells on Sunday
was an absolute necessity, since salt
water generally ruins a standing well.
This completely knocks out several
local lndiciaI decisions.
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Engineer and Fireman Killed.

BALTIMORE, January @.-Train No. o,
engineer Manford, and No. t, engineer
Gosneil, in collision OH the Il. Il 0. road,
at the east end of Knoxville siding, at
10 o'clock last night. Both engines and
several express cars were damaged.
Engineer GoSnell and fireman Williams
were killed. Engineer Manford and
fireman Egler were badly injured. The
accident was caused by train No. 9s
breaking loose between Weyerton and
Washington Junction.
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RIotIng hungarians Arrested.

PITTsBURG, PA, January mo fur
ther trouble has occurred at the Edgar
Thomson street works at Braddock, Pa.
The striking Hungarian furnacemen
have been awed by the presence OF
Sheriff McCandless with his large force
OF deputies, and as long he remains
upon the grounds repetition Of yester-
days bloody scenes is not expected.
This afternoon the strikers will be paid
of and dismissed. The officials OF the
Edgar Thomson works have decided TO
keep the blast furnaces burning at all
hazards. and to continue the force Of
guards until quiet is restored.
Seventeen of the rioters were arrested
at Braddock this morning and locked
I'D in default Of 81, 900 bail each.
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jured-Engineer Rens, severely.
Train Mreckers Work.

NEw YORK, January 2.-Express
train No. 2. over the Delaware, Lack
awana and Western railroad, which left
Hoboken for the west at o'clock last
night, met with serious accident at
West Patterson, n. j., half an hour
later. The train, which was running
at high rate of speed, suddenly struck
an ice covered switch and crashed into
a train of fiat cars loaded with pig iron.
The engine, two passenger cars and two
sleepers were wrecked. None OF the
passengers were injured. Both the en-
gineer and fireman were scalded in a
frightful manner, by escaping steam.
In now transpireS that the accident
was not caused by an iced switch, but
by four train wreckers. Investigation
shows that the brass keys that hold the
switch had been hammered out of place,
causing the switch to open when the
train struck it. -Four men were noticed
hanging around the switch shortly be-
fore the accident occurred, and detec-
tiveS are now looking for them. Rob-
berry was evidently their object.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-03

FRANK w. STEWART is the Democratic
candidate for Senator. Vote for him
to-day.
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A FIENDlsH CRIME
Swiftly Avenged-A Negro Assaults n
White Woman and Brains Her.

WACO. TEXAs, January "a report
OF a iiendish outrage and subsequent
lynching comes from Chiffon. small
town Ii miles from this city. A negro
named Charles Beall, entered the cot
tage Of Mrs. Fisher while her husband
was away. lie seized Mrs. Fisher and
bound her, then gagged and outraged
her. Leaving the woman bound. he
robbed the house of jewelry and other
valuables. Mrs. Fisher finally succeed
ed in bursting the cord which bound her
hands and removed the gag from her
mouth. The distracted woman was GO
Ing from room 10 room crying for help
when the negro, returning from an ad-
Joining room, commanded silence or he
would kill her. Despite his threats,
she shricked for help, when the iiend
Drained her with hammer with which
lac had been breaking open closed doors.
BY chance the crime was discovered
shortly afterwards aud the identity OF
the fiend established beyond doubt.
At o'clock yesterday morning a band
OF masked men took Bcall and hung
him TO convenient tree, shooting his
body full OF bullets after he had con-
fessed. No hopes OF Mrs. Fishers re-
covery are entertained.
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r,u,Rurnedto Death.

CogsrcANNA, TEXAS, January o.
The Avenue Hotel, wood structure,
near the Belt depot, burned last night.
woman, two men aud boy were
burned to death. One man aud the boy
are unknown. The other lnan and the
woman. from letter found In a vallse,
are supposed to be Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Daniel. from McGregor. Texas. The
hotel was total loss. fully Insured.
Loss SEQ, 900.
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yiolated Civil Service Law.

WAsHIxGTON,D d. c., January 2.-Chiet
Justice Bingham, in the criminal court
to-day. made an order certifying the
case of C. A. Newton, indicted Tor vio-
lating the civil service law, to the court
in the general term. Mr.. Newton was
an officer at the Old Dominion Repuoli-
can Club. and is charged with having
solicited from government employees
contributions for political purposes.
His counsel have filed demurrer TO the
Indictment. raising the points that the
acts charged do not constitute an otfense'
and If the courts should construe that
the acts are an offenSe then the law Is
unconstitutional.
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Collided In the Fog.

New YORK, January 9.-At half-past
o o'clock this morning collision oc-
CURED on the Elevated railroad at
Eighth avenue and One Hundred and
Fifty-fifth street. The train drawn by
engine PCS ran into the rear of the train
ahead during the fog, it Is supposed.
Dewitt Kemner, fireman Of 26j, had both
his legs and arm badly injured. No
other damage has been reported.
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OF the Il. & o. being in serious trouble
by reason Of the washing away OF
bridges. There were land-Slides at the
Narrows, and at Rosby's Rock, on the
main line Of the same road, TO be clear
ed away. The Ohio River road had a
slip south of Moundsville. and the
Clevelsnd and Pittsburg had similar
trouble The west-bound b. & o.
train due here about 6 o'clock last
night. had not arrived al midnight, and
the mails were badly mixed up.
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JoHNsTOwN. PA, January s.-Serions
alarm exists here tonight because oil
the large amount OF ice which lies upon
the river several miles above the city
The EdgmoOr Bridge Company, when
is building the new bridge, has the
river obstructed with treStle works.
should the ice move down II Will Ger
taiuly gorge and food the town, as well
as carry OF the bridges. The only hope
at this time Is that the increasing cold
weather will canSe the river 20 subSide.
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Dr,x.pto Distraction.

PrrrsBURG. PA, January 2.-This
morning Mrs. George Balm, near Irwin.
Pa. arose at 8 o'clock and drowned her
se'f in well. Three weeks ago her
lovely daughter went crazy. ms
drove her husband insane. and he died
in a madhouse here, December 80, and
this morning the last Of the family sui
cIded. all within three weeks.
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AIiheral Proposition.

ANGOLA, IND, January 9.-The Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Company, has made proposition TO the
people OF LaGrange and Steuben coun-
ties to the effect that the Lake Shore
Company. will build a road from Fay
cite. o.. to Goshen, Ind, passing
through Angola aud LaGrange, II the
people will give right of way and depot
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Young Girl Drowned.

Special ItIegrdnl 70 ne Rtglsrtr.
KTNGwooD, w. Va, January p
Miss Cora, the seventeen-year-old daugh-
ter OF George Jeffers, of near Riggs
wooden mill, was drowned last evening
while crossing Muddy Creek in a sled.
Her body was found this evening one
mile below where she was drowned yes
terday.
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CLOTHING MERCHANT FAILS.
Bad Collections and Misfortune in Busl-
ness Cause NJ. Kaufman to Assign.
T,.J.o.o,,, n a., Uzo;ey<r

Special IeEegrdUt0 me isOtSfG.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, January 9.-M.
Kaufman, who has been for years one
of the leading clothing men of this
city, made an assignment to-day for the
benefit of his creditors. Several years
ago he suffered severe loss by being
burned out, and has never fully recov-
cred from the effects. Bad collections
finished him up. The liabilities are
about SIS, 600; assets $1,000. The prin-
cipal creditors'.outside Of Charleston,
where about ZOO was due on notes,
and which were made preferred cred
itors, were in Cincinnati, Baltimore aud
Philadelphia.
The preferred creditors in Charleston,
were as follows: Kanawha Valley
Bank, 5000; Charleston National Bank,
s., $50; Hebrew Educational Society,
$500; Geo. w. Patton, $3.50; Samuel
Straus, S400; Isaac Kaufman, $500;
Rand Il Goshorn, sos. The other cred
itors comprise four wholesale firms in
various cities, who are stuck for sums
going as high as 81, ,533.
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pnrnell'. MnNcunenis.

DUBLIN, January Mr. ParncIl has
arrived in this city and Is holding a long
conference with Mr.. Joseph +. Kenny,
VI. Z. II Is understood here that tho
conference between Messrs. Parnoll and
O'BrIcn will be resumed AZ Bouionge
Sur-Mer on Tuesday next Me.srs. liar
rington aud Gill. aud probably Mr. Sui
liyan. are expected TO be- present at thr
conference.
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Boston Wool Market.

BosroN, Mass, January 2.-Wool mar
ket steady; sales for the week 300
pounds; Ohio Y 3la:S2c; Xxx and above
S3a34c; Michigan y 29c; Michigan No.
SIC: combing and delaine ileeces firm;
No. combing i0ai2c; Ohio fine delaine
36a37c; Michigan fine delaine S5c; Terri
TORY fine 60a62c: fine medium 5'a1oc i:
medium 5ia5jc; Texas, California and
Oregon wools, quiet; pulled and foreign
firm.
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Roof KaI.Ing wind.

ARLENE, Ten, January IA tef-
r,ac wind storm blew here last night
doing great damage 10 buildings and
other property. The roof Of one of The
churches was blown away, number OF
houses were unroOfed and others were
blown OF their foundations. II was
the hardest wind that has ever blown
here No loss Of live was reported.
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FIVE MEN KILLED.
Disastrous Explosion on the Towboat An

DlsastrOus ENpiosiou On tue AoN po"e -.'A
ME Roberts.
PORTSMOUTH, o., January "a frigh-
full accident occurred on the river this
morning.
At 500 o'clock the Pittsburg towboat
Annie Roberts exploded 4 cylinder head,
opposite here, tearing open the boiler
deck of the boat, and hurling the man
gled bodies Of five men and about 10
or u wounded into the river.
The boat was bound for Pittsburg,
and was moving slowly up the river,
but with full pressure Of steam. Most
OF the men killed and injured were
sleeping in their hunks at the time of
the accident. All were horribly burned,
scalded, and some mangled by pieces OF
iron. Following is the list Of the dead:
Kilisd-Frank Perry, Ben Lawson,
James j. Wait, j. Il. Shaw, James
Gray.
njured-Enginee Rens, severely.
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LONDON, January 2.-According io
trade statistics published to-day, l2'.-
900 worth OF Sheffield cutlery wlsct-
ported during the past quarter. a.
against a7i, 600 worth during the proFi-
Gus quarter. This decrease j. stated 70
be- owing % the working, Of the new
United States tariff.
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county Treasurer Robbed.

BUFFALO. MISN., January 2.-Ihe
office OF the County Treasurer Of
Wright county was robbed OF $500 las,
night about . o'clock. As the money
was put in the vault two masked roo,
bers entered the office, fired shot ana
knocked the Treasurer senseless. lheh
they gathered up the money and ned.
There was no clue.
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plain. Il promised" he said, "that II
ever an uglier man than ! came TO JEFF
ferson barracks would set up the beer.
Go get the keg."
NO" said the recruit, as he stepped
back and took square look at the cap
tain. "yon haven't lost it yet"
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Prominent cltlIen A..a..inaisd.

AmTY CRY. La. January &C Co.
Houye. a prominent citizen of our town
was assassinated tonight a. = o'clock oh
the corner oi Railroad avenue aud MOL
berry street. the most conspicuous p.ac"
In town, yet the spot where tie kiiiihs
was done was dark place. he wa
sho, six times and instantly killed. III"
murderers escaped.
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Want 10 Hang Tim IIcaIN-

DUBLIN, January AT the city haii.
yesterday. after Lord Mayor Meade bad
been installed, the gallery gods sang
an improyised song 10 the effect that
IL would be advisable % Hang TIN
Ilealy on sour apple tree Tni- mu-
steal suggestion Was repeatedly cheer'i
10 the echo by the so-calied "lllii,id"
men," who were present at the insta.In.
ton CEREMONY.