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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-24
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The Total Loss Said to be About $3.50. 900
The Taylor BuildinE.


The Taylor BuildinE.
The Taylor building hns. In the judgment OF
the insurance men OF this city. been ranked as
unsafe. Whom ono OF them rathertthan offend
an old customer. has accepted . risk he has
parted with it Is soon as possible. AS conse.
ousnce, very little OF tho loss Is borne in New
York. and its amount cannot DO accurately as.
certalned. A conservative estimate places tho
total loss by the liro. collapse. explosion. or
whatever II was that caused tho disaster. as Q
little moro than $25O0O0. distributed AS follows:
Liebler T. Mass. lithogr sphers and thes:ri-
cal poster printers. second and third floors
70 aud rs Park plaoe and fourth and fifth floors
Of 6S. 20. 72. and "A; loss In stock. printing
presses. and litLoRraphing stones estimated
by Mr. I.iebler as $4,000: insured for $4,000
in twenty companies. Tho firm also loses
largely BY Its laiiure to complete certain con-
tracts.
Ellis Il Macdonald. bookbinders. second
floors Gs. 70. 70. and "A Park place: stock esti-
mated. $SOOO: machinery as described by Mr.
Macdonald four mon his ago tn nm insurance
company. $1,000: total loss $4,000. As both
Mr.. Ellis and Macdonald are missing and be-
lieyed to be among the dead. the insurance. II
any could II OF be learne!.
+. w. Trippo. wholesale druggist. first floor
and basement ~ Park place. Stock totally de-
stroyed; estimated value. $4,000: insurance
'I louis Kosenfeld Il Co.. bronze paints and
gold leaf. first floor and basement 20 PARK
place. .o stock totally Destroyed estimated MED
stock is said to be fully insured in Hartford
4. IL. lindsay. tyne foundry. fourth and NTH
floors ~ and rs Park place. stock and mn.
chinery 'sixleen type machines. sls.Oo0; In
!. q. Klein x Co. watch makers and Jewell
lore, first floors Of - Park rlace and 247 roen
w!ch street. Damage principally 6y water.
'1eS s: .p Stream tailors first floor 245 Green.
about 81. 500: fully Insured.
Andrew Petersen. restaurant, first floor and
basement ~ Park place. about $1,000; insur-
II aonsaia barber T. R.s.ms1. under J; G. g;
PARK place loss about $4,000; no Insurance.
J. A. uilmour. umbrellas: part OF hlst floor
70 Park place. loss about 500; insurance un-
Tho building is said to belong to Mira Ran
pibal A. Grain and TO have been worth $50. 900.
D. lone. Grain, father OF City Chamberlain
Grain. said on saturday that II was Insured for
s59olo Several ISiISsrs whO hay. ; e the
OF the walls and the apparently chcap manner
OF lis con -tructoi. said that It could be dupli-
Gated for $ul.nuO The land II stood on Is he
property OF Coumbia College. The building
descended TO Mrs. Cram as part II her share
1t is doubtful. un.ess the destruction Of the
puildi ng can DO proved to have been the re-
suit OF FIRE. whether the Insurance. companies
can be compelled 70 pay the policiea The In
suyancs y divided AMONG many ee@pap1sh
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RECIPROCITY WITH SPAIN.
England and Canada VIII Not Derive EQus
Eencft from Its Operation.


SARATOGA. Aug. 23.-Gen. ]. ". Foster is q
guest at the GraEd Union where the President
is stopping. Tho two have had some confer
ences on reciprocity matters. 1t is stated au-
thoritatively. however. that there Is no hitch
in connection with the Spanish treaty and
that none Of its clauses is the subject
of dispute. Re!erriug to the impression
that England and Canada would do
rive equal benefit with tho United
States from tho operation OF our reciprocity
treaty with respect TO Cuba, because the one
years notice OF announcement, OF spain's
treaty vi Eng ana was not made In July Of
this year by Spain thus deterrins tho exercise
Of that privilege as has been assumed. until
july OF next year: and ron,erring thereby an
1888 Gen. Foster said to- day:
The official publication OF the reciprocity
arrangement with spain; made in the Govern
mont Gazette at Madrid. contains the an.
nonhcement by the Minister OF state that I'll
the commercial treaties winch Spain has with
European Governments have already been do
nounced. and that the last Of them vii! cease
to have any force on the i st Of July next This
declaraion makes it clear that neither Eng
land, Canada, nor any other o. the British pos.
sessions will enjoy any OF the benefits of the
reciprocity Arrangements as 10 Cuba after that
date"
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A WALL FALLS IN JERSEY CITY.
Two Hours Before Il 1umbiod Crowds OF
Churchgoers Passed Under II.

Two Hours Before IL 1umbioA Crowds OF
ChurchEoers Passed Under It.
Tto front wall OF nve-story double nat
building in course OF erection at tho southeast
corner OF Eric and Fourth streets, Jersey City.
fell ct $3.50 yesterday afternoon with great
crash. A woman who was about to pass tho
building saw the wall totor. and picking up
her skirts, scnmpered across the street. She
had scarcely reached the opposite sidewalk
when the crash came. Then she tainted. Two
men picked her I'M and carried her into drug
store, where she was revived.
Tho building ID Owned By Luke Clark Of So
Pnlisade avenue. James Ellington is the
contractor and George ". La law, the archi-
tect. The roof was completed Saturday
aud the carpenters had begun 10 lay the floors
and erect the partitions. Ths ground floor is
Intended Tor store. On the Erie street side
WAS an iron Rirder resting on Iron pillars,
which reached within q lew ieet OF the corner,
and then another iron eirder placed trans-
yerseiy across thu corner OF the building to
within tow feet OF tho corner OF Fourth street.
The iron pillars rested on o stone foundation.
It IL supposed that this foundation was in
secure and that the corner pillar on which the
ends OF the two Orders rested Was forced out OF
position BY tho heavy weight. The ontire wall
fell out. covering the street with debris.
Two hours before tho wall fell Eriestreet was
thropged with people returning from mass
at st. Marys Church. two blocks away. Build
Ing Inspector CLARKE will make an IN vestiga-
tion. II will cost $1,000 TO repair The damage.
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At TIE MORGUE
Difficulties In Making Standardization
Pathetic Sceaes.

Pathetic Sceses.
There was no rest for MorGuo Keeper White
and his assistants from enrly yesterday morn
ing until dark. Hundreds Of people. tho ma
;ority OF iLom women. poured through the
arched gateway OF the Bellevue Hospital
grounds and entered tho MorRue. fearing TO
recognHe In tho charred heaps that
filed n dozen collins the features or clothes
OF 10, cd ones. The remains were closely OK
aminsd. but nearly all OF them wero beyond
recognition. 1t was only BY tho scraps OF
burned rags that chung to them that the iden-
tifcntons were usually made.
All OF tho bodies AIKEN TO the MorRue yester-
day were those OF men and boys. Before dark
eight OF tho twelve bodies had been iden-
titled. Tho roll Of the missing was also
swelled. In the carly hours yesterday
morning The inquiries for missing relatives
began. Two Ens Jets Hickerei weakly
in tho dead rooln. and when II WAS necessary
10 examine the remains closely the attendant
hold lighted match over tho coffin. There
were many other bodies In tho Morgue besides
those taken from the pile OF bricks and GOALS
In Park place.
The burned bodies - they arrived were
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-24
THE NEW CENTRAL LABOR BODY.
Supposed to he p Eon-r ,iitIcnl Onshoot
from the Central l'eac r.mtion.


from the Central Federation.
The now Central rahor Federation. which ID
supposed t. be- 9. u T.. o.t,c i ofshoot from
the oil Ient,al Labor FEDERATION, WAS for
mally organized yesterday morning at Wizig's
Hall. IS East cur'l street. Representatives
OF these orGaLi'..iIp us wur. present
,Trros."p,i.I1 ln..n 20 = Bakers mon No rs.
or 5,ten. He" u. Di"'ht.s ca'ccrs rorrsssvs
Nus cal lniun. h.er. itinu. ~ =! AVID ~ Build
IN" sss H.'' no g. !'sF .snssTs ,,s. .s
ers mon, !, on an ~r 'h'' ''I''''f'
Some of the dc aLatos rHiue armed with
crsi. n,ia!,: 9th - came ny Ia look OF.
', Delegate iiah!rl !lhtr.@ o, t'snrmakers'
, 1mon a; No. arrv w r. o'SI h"r S,s, pro
Louis W"lcr ~ Ii;armsk"rs Union No IA
novel thar tl.y Should rr"ce" MT once to
form a NV C ntr@! BODY "oi.heSei OF open
Tho IN lion was carried. an, Hcnrv Weiss
man. WHO sund the call ior tho meeting.
ter should q re ms idereu. as the motion had
been rushed through.
Clder re orte ~ aging that The delegates
mot,'n 10 r" unsiaer. during the debate
Ie ecate richards OF tho garment workers'
lists. EN-, Gratis and Ennubli ans IN his lnion.
We mt create ii lower III Ito ciy OF New
Iogh." he sn d..
August l,euhar said that this new central
body woni'. be tie only real lona-fde central
labor ody n New YORK. The old Genital
Labor Federation was heat and the Central
LnYor Union was !ar-e,y COMPOSED OF Knights
OF Labor.
After nearly every ono present had snoken
his sentiments. the following were appointed
by-laws: Tho national Secretary OF tho Gar-
mcnt Work"rs Mon. August Deiat ar. Daniel
Harris. Simon Gumpers. and Theodore kich-
ards.
Another meeting Will be held next Sunday
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-24
Jersey City's Missing.

Morris Har!ng Of II Erie street. Jersey City.
who vas reported among the missing at tho
Park place Calamity. Is undoubtedly one OF tho
victims. He was employed as clerk In .
harness store In Barclay street.
lie leaves wife md child seven weeks old.
Ho was an active member OF st. Paul's Meth
odist Episcopal Church in Third street He
was a class leader and teacher In tho Sunday
school. Wien i became known yesterday that
hs WINS one OF the victims OF the disaster the
Sunday school was dismissed.
Tie body Of Gustav Ziekert Of $40 Washing
ton street. Hoboken. whose name was In tho
list OF the missing. was. recovered yesterday
afternoon and removed to Grtmm's under.
was unmarried and had no relatives in this
country except brother and sisterin-l9w.
John Steinke.nnoth OF those reported miss
ing lived ut 24S Grfflth street. Jersey City
Heights. with his wife and mother. A. he has
Saturday morning. there is no doubt about his
fate. He was employed by Liebler& Maass.
lithogrnphers. as erinder.and was at work on
Saturday.
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Interv,ew with the Owners Husband.

SARATOGA. Aug. 23.-Mr. D. Jones Grain.
whose vito is the ownor Of the Taylor building.
arrived in Saratoga BY the late train last night.
In an interview with The SrN reroiter he
made this statement OF facts concerning the
Taylor building:
The building was erected in 1872. The
Messrs. Jardno were tho architects. and 1t
was erected undor their supervision. The
contractors and builders were John W. HoEen.
camp and Mr.. Cochrane. 1t was intended to
be. and was supposed to te. avery strong build
Ing. and in lis Construction tho best of material
was used. 1t was built for and owned by Mrs.
sRiah A. Buckley and her sister.
=, From the .'ime OF its completion until ST.
Mr.. ID. J. Grain was -. agent for It's owners In
this time he married thu daughter OF Mrs.
buckley and IN 1881, after the 4eath of Mrs.
Buch!ey. i'll course OF proceed ng- in pa tition,
the iropcrty came into possession of Mrs II.
Jores "a n. IN whom the title Is SIT vested.
No int!mat!on was ever made TO Mr.. Grain
by the Bureau OF lnspertio OF buildings or by
any OF the Companies in which it was insured
unsonId. or unit for the weight that was in it,
The building !ent"d for an agc eGate Of about
$4,000 year. There was an Insurance of
$4,000 on III" r, ntS in tue German Amer Can
tomrany. n" tu y'i!EG was in .urei tor about
$1,000. distributed among many ,onrauies.'
Mr. t!an is very mrch depressed by the
disaster. II" Las 10 idea OF how il "cCurI ed.
sion. here was no st, am boiler in the hui d.
ing 10 hi know eCEe. Mr.. t'nln. accompanied
10y his brother. \ T. Grain. will take the IL i'd
nlgtt train TO New YORK.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-24
4 BOUL or MIX S4TED HIS LIFE
Walter john Sc;nfrr Tells Why He IL
SritEcr Dund Nor Mihainc.

Walter john Schnf-r Tell. Why He Is
Neither Dead Nor Missing.
John Schnfcr Of 2li Carmino street called Mt
tho ST.; Once yesterday and uskei to be al
lowe to mako statement. Permission ac-
corded. he said:
I'm either dead nor missing. Lots OF the
papers his morning say am. and 1t annoys
my !,enLs. | mi:h; have been dead hut for
bowl of milk was waiter in reiersons
restauran: Al ~ Park place. and was at work
when the building lei. one Of the customers
,ked ne for n howl of milk. The milh. stool
OF an ZEE box near tie entrance. As leaned
ever 10 get 'he mix an explosion came and
kuock", tho Gowl out OF my aud ana shovel
nrcout OF the door. / ookeI back and saw
the rear VA " tue restaurant falling AMI ran
arr tho street. Quick us l was Two bricks
hit me.
There were ten tables in the restaurant md
q kind o. sdebo ARD tina accommodated twelve.
Each III" tables was for Tour. and they were
all luil " hen | ran. Two or three men were
waiting fnr an empty scat Mr.. Peterson had
eight eml lovees including the man who acted
as io-s when he was away. Isn't 1t curious
that mans life should be saved by a bowl OF
milk l saw rnbody leave the restaurant and
locked back before l ram"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-24

Thomas Richardson. aged SO. residence un-
known. fell overheard at Pier SO. North River.
yesterday. and was drowned.
James Quinn. aged l6. OF II Sheriff street,
while playing on Pier 60. Fast River yester-
day, fell into the water and was droWhed. His
body was not recovered.
Tho body OF Vito Benuola. a laborer OF 55h
Mul berry street. who WAS drowned at the foot
OF !.aight street on Saturday. was recovered
yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-24
Maurice BerahArdt Comes to Jola His
Mother.

Maurice Bernhard the son OF Nine. Sarah
Bornhardt arrived on La Champsene yester-
day morning. He is at the Hoffman House
with his vile.
He expects to leave for San Francisco on
Wednesday. TO Join his mother. He will be &C.
companied on his trip by Henry +. Abbey.
:, After Nine. Bernhardts engagement Ia San
Francisco 10 ended her son will spend month
or 80 on q ranch IN Dakota whore he will hunt
big game. lie will then Join his mother again
York with her In November.
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SOUTHAMPTON L. L. Aug. 23.-Ths body on
Casper l.. Feldman. . New Yorker. who was
guest at the Irving House in this place. was
found this morning in tho lake short dis
lance from the house. Fcldman Was last seen
went bathing. He was subject to paralysis,
and It Ia supposed that he either became help
loss from this cause or else was attacked with
cramps,
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1t was thought that John NJ. Hogencamp OF
l59 West l22d street was the builder OF tho
Parx plnce block. Mr. Hogencamp was out Of
town yesterday. and 1t Is not known when no
will return but it was learned that his father
John ". Ilocencamp. who died two years ago.
built tho block. The elder Mr.. HoEen camps
place Of business was 1875 West F;fty-filth
4 Son. His residence was $50 West Twenty
seventh street. John " HoCencamp. tho son.
had no nart IN the business until some years
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-24
The Green wich Fire Insurance Company holds
the largest risk. $4,000. and tho Liberty Fire
Insurance the smallest risk. $1,000.
ARCHITECT JARDrNEs OPINION
He Believes m Explosion or the Jarring
Of Eresaea Canned tho AccldeaA.

He Relieves m Explosion or the Jarrisg
OF Presses Caused tho Aceidest.
George f Jardine Of the firm OF John ".
Jardine b Dros, the architects who designed
the Tayler building. told suN reporter last
night at his home in Rye that the building was
erected twenty years ago by Contractor HoRsn.
camr.
Il have but q dim recollection OF tho building
OF the house" said Mr.. Jardine. but know
1t WAS constructed carefully and well. The
walls were OF q good thickness. I should say
twen.y.eght inches at the base and twenty
and sixteen as they rose. don't remsmber
whether We superintended the building OK not.
AHMED saa az and 's sSproved ss sspsria
tendent OF Buildings. In my opinion the
an & or tho ono ccntnnsl III.
presses. together with the overweiRhted floors.
hsoe have noe Been IL ,6s city since
disaster occurred.
- - but let us suppose thero was no explosion.
yoiEhinE over two tons. in continual action.
nra ss tho 0 ee M01 Dsssa
the samo direction, and their. vibrations
caused q continual stress on the timbers
wall which. some say. collapsed first Right
bore is an important question which I don't
81. Was that building designed and built Tor
tho purpose Of printing presses2 Ifit was not,
II is wonder 1t did not tumble sooner.
Of the machines to loosen the timhers, and
when Sudden Jerk came that these were dis.
supported by those iimbers would tumble
down. aud the debris would fall toward the
aide from which the girders had lost their hold.
nachlnery and other things on them. would
be sufficient to crush front wall out"
adhere to the bricks OF the wrecked structure,
MIR. Iardins said:
The mortar should have adhered to the
bricks II 1t was the right kind. But have
seen brick from comparatively now buildings
to which tho mortar did not adhere"
The building was never condemned to my
knowledge. 1t may have been condemned Tor
special purposes. but not as q building"
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important In ,h,. age Of ys.t m...ri.l prog
eye, easily taken. acceptable 70 the stomach and
healthy IN It's mature and snsctA Possessing these
QuAiisA syrup OF Figs 10 the pSTesct lAxadVe M
Se0t ESlvS 6ilysts kReWR-kAA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-24
SPARES FROM THE TELEoRArH

The Executive Committee of the Prohibition STATE
Central ommittes ot ksbrAska have placed on their
ticket the name OF Ida w. Bitenoindsr of Lincoln as
esndidA!s Tor Judge Of The snpIsms tonr,. W. Rich.
Ardson, the nominee, being found ineligible
Reed 4 Poweiis Transportation CompAnys store
houses on their dock At oxsAcks Landing burned
yesterday. together with TWO barns OF the LArrabis
estate and thrs- houses belonging 10 Reed FowelL
Lo.a $500 partly insured Tho steamer RAatsr,klIL
which Was yinR al the deck. hAihed out into the
steam, bur her side 0 were badly scorchsd.
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Two Months for M,a.,. Je.h,n.o..

One Of tho thirteen women whs were arrested
on Saturday night By Detective Smith Of tho
West Thirty-sevenrh street station WAS Mrs.
Minnie Jepkinson. from ArElow. Ireland.
The detective did not know her
Justice Hogan recognized her. and after
giving her . lecture, he sent enced her to two
months ON tho Island In default Of 5000 bail.
enth avsnue and Twenty-ninth street She is
the woman who accused Q cabin pssse ger on
the steamship Cirosssis OF assAultinR her.
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He Forgot That lie Was on the Roof
Ferdinand Marcello. aged 10. In the excite
mont OF flying Kite from tho roof OF the six.
story tenement at 233 Elizabeth street. forgot
his altitude. He ran of tho roof to instant
death on the pavement
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-24

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Select pleasure tour. via New York Central 70 famous
AmsricAn rssoria For particulars apply a. ticket
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"An ounce Of preysnuoa 10 worth . pound Of eure-
to14-A1ss
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-02-20
GIBSON INDICTED.
An Indictment Of Six Counts Found
AGAINST Him.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE directors of the
Whisky trust are again in session at the
Auditorium hotel to day, and viii prob
ably remain together al day investigating
the charges against their secretary i is
said they are ing up the history of
Witness DeWar, and one of he directors
declared this morling that they ha Sc
cured some very damaging facts in that
gentleman history.
riged States Attorney Milchrist this
morn u +. denied the statement that Gibson
had paid peWar .UtO Ii, se.d EeWar
had never re~ci,ei from the a legged con
spirat + one dollar.
Tie iudictmeat oiust Gibson has been
made public II contains SIX u-ts The
fir,t ,hlrges the ac, u ,ea with conspiracy
with parties unk". wu to take the life Of
Shufeldt. The Sc. NJ obargcS him Nth
con piracy to take SEu sdt life with gun
powder; the third with conspiracy with
Others unkrown % tHae Thomas Lynchs
life the fourth with conspiracy to take
Lynch's life with ,'yaami"e. the fifth with
c0nspiring to destroy Shufcldt's life with
dynamite aud the sixth to destroy the
plant Of hufe dt and TIE Lynches, va ued
at 500 00J. Judge LCngencc er said that
if Gibson was now in Peo ia an officer
would 20 there an bring him to Chicago.
He declined to state what bal the state
would demand. but it viii be big sum
Judge Shepard fixed the bail 10 be given
by the indicted secretary at So OgO A
capias for Gibs0n's arrest was at once
issued by CleIk Schubert and given to
Chief Bailif CaIo'an for service Mr.
Carolan said that unless Gibson should
surrender himself to the court an officer
will be sent to Peoria 10 arrest him
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-02-20
rlNES AND CASUALTIES.

A CYCLONE in northern Alabama Tues
day caused great damage to property.
At keokuk, Ia, the Tri- State Can COM
p&ny's factory burned Wednesday. Loss.
sol GOO; insurance, S31 900.
joe SrucK accidentally shot his COM
panion, Christie Ripple, at Hurley, Wis
The latter cannot recover.
LIEUT.. ScHwATKA of artic exploration
fame was seriously injured at Mason City.
Iowa, by falling down stairway.
.FTIILorsoN & LovELEss' sawmill at
Muskegon. Mich, has been burned. Loss.
$4,000.
HOMER kIMBLE of Springfield, H., was
burned to death Tuesday afternoon in 4
small structure in the rear Of Mrs. Little 5
residence.
News comes from telluride, Cal, that
five men were carried down the mountains
by snow slide Tuesday, two of them be-
ing crushed to death The other three
were slightly hurt.
A scAFFoLD upon a new theater at Jersey
City, n. j., fell Friday. Nine workmen
were injured, but none fatally.