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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-08-27
Notice.

me annual meeting Of the stock
noluers of the Black Diamond Mining
WWu.pany will be held at Great Fails,
a. TIJUANA. August 30th, 1892. at 4 p. m
M.ne Office of the secretary for the pur-
~ OF electing a new board of directors
cou voting on a proposition to make the
s,%,pany assessable. All stockholders
ESv'requested to be present or represent
" proxy. H. G. KLENzIE,
Secretary.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-08-27

Handsome vase lamps selling for 50 at
the Bee Hive Store. Get n before
they are all gone.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-08-27

Large stock of Flower Pots at the Bee
Hive.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-08-27

Everything new in stationery n
office supplies to be found at Calkin's
! Boo kstOre.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
THOMAS WOODS.
JAMES WOODS.
SON OF WOODS.
B. WAUGH.
CONGRESS
Atlas, Taka. Action.

A bill has been introduced at Washing
ton requiring all baking powders contain
ing alum and ammonia to be so labeled.
This is step in the right direction, and
has been long foreshadowed by the action
of state legislatures, boards of health, food
commissioners, etc., in this matter. The
bill affords needed protection to the pub
lie for the evidence as to the injurious ef-
fects of alum and ammonia is very heavy
but it will nevertheless be fought bitterly
by the manufacturers whom it affects who
are accustomed to sell their goods as pure
Cream of Tartar" absolutely pure" etc.
The bill is something needed. If
maker uses a drug in his powder, the
name of which be does not want to have
printed on his label, it is prima facie evil
dence that there is something wrong.
We hope the subject will be vigorously
prosecuted all over the country, not only
as regards baking powder, but also all
other food adulterations.
This bill may incidentally benefit the
makers of pure articles, but If it should
this is only an additional point in its favor.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10

In 1t was an unknown woman, who
quickly stepped out on the ladder
anu was carried down in safety.
Ihen the ladder was placed against the
window OF Mrs. Mears' room. A young
man ran nimbly up to help save the
woman, who had already stepped upon
the ladder. Mears ran up the ladder to
the roof OF the veranGa o. er the entrance
to the Office to steady his wife when she
came down.
Half way down either the young man
missed his footing or his strength gave
out, for be dropped bis burden which fell
to the pavement and lay motionless
Whlle hremen lifted the unconscious form
and bore IL across the street. Half crazed,
the husband says he does not know
whether he fell or whether he clambered
down the ladder. But be started to find
his wife when a big policeman with q
heaVy black beard, whose name, he SAYS,
he would give a considerable sum 10
ascertain, stopped him and demanded
TO know his business. "Pm the pro-
prietor OF the hotel" he replied, "and am
looking for my wife"
At this he says the officer shouted to a
fellow policeman saying: There's the
owner of that building, don't you think
he'd better be looking after his house in
stead OF his wife,"
At this they laughed, and despite his
urgent entreaties he was not permitted to
follow Mrs. Mears, and it was not until an
hour and fifty minutes later that he
learned her fate. Then through the kind
ness OF Capt. Reilly OF the Tenth-st.
station he ascertained that she had been
removed to Bellevue hospital.
Mr.. Mears said the spectacle for twenty
minutes after he reached the street was
beyond his powers of portrayal. Men and
women at the upper windows, only in
robes de mutt, shrieked and gesticuated
frantically and were only prevented from
jumping by the fremen who shouted
encouragement TO them. But the flames
waxed tiercely and presently a human
form plunged from the fourth story and
struck the pavement head foremost with
a sickerGng crash, while blood and brains
splasheG upon the clothing of the by
ISLANDERS. Another and another shot down.
ward until three unrecognizable bodies
lay bleeding and motionless. Mr.. Mears
said he could stand no more and got away
from the horrible spot as quickly as possi-
bic. He was not badly injured aside from
a severe burn on the back of his right
hand. But the hair was burned from the
back of his head, showing his close prox-
unity to the flames. Mrs. Mears' injuries
though painful were not thought to be
critical.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10

fed, removed to the morgue. At that
hour the known dead numbered four.
Several others had dropped from windows
or slid down ropes with which every
room in the hotel was provided and
escaped with severe burns, while many
more had been injured in the same way,
making their escapes by the fire escape,
and were in the hands OF ambulance sur
geons who had been summoned from
Bellevue hospital and New York hospital.
The surgeons had their hands full in TAX
ing care of the injured and manned.
All this time the fire was raging fiercely
and it was plain TO be seen the building
was doomed. The structure burned ike
so much klndling wood.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
DISCOVERY OF The FIRE.
PeriIOus Escape of the Proprietor and His
Wife

Perilous Escape of the Proprietor and His
Wife.
At sos o'clock Mrs. Isabella Mears.
wife of Mr.. Richard Mears, proprietor of
the hotel, awakened her husband, telling
him the house was on fire. She heard the
cracking of the flames and saw smoke
coming through the crevices of their bed
room door.
Mr.. Mears had only retired at o'clock
and was aroused with difficulty. He
sprang out of bed and ran into the hall
way. Volumes of smoke filed the halls
and the flames were making their way
rapidly up the elevator shaft. Their apart
ments were on the third floor and forty
feet from the stairway. One glance at the
situation was enough to tell him the story.
He ran back to his wife's room and
shouted: "Now you follow me-"
He then snatched up a coat and again
ran into the hallway. He fought his way
straight to the staircase, supposing that
his wife was close behind him. The pas
sage way was choked with dense smoke,
which almost strangled him. Then throw
ing his overcoat over his head to prevent
sufocation, bent his head and CROPPED his
way to the banisters,o on which he placed his
left hand. Flames were shooting up from
below. His hand which was on the rail-
ing was burned and his hair was singed
His situation was perilous. To run down
the stairs for two flights meant certain
death, and so be, swinging himself over
the handrail. dropped twenty feet to the
ground floor. He landed on his feet with
out broken bone and made his way to
the street.
Mr.. Mears was among the first to leave
the burning building, and when he made
his exit not a fire engine had arrived. But
even in those few minutes the flames had
got their grip on the fated structure and
fire was shooting from all the windows of
the upper floors. When Mr.. Mears
reached safety in the street he realized
that his wife was not with him. AT that
moment a hook and ladder arrived Mears
implored them to save his wife. A ladder
was quickly placed in position to a window
which he said was his wife's room. Up
the ladder Policeman Merritt ran. The
window selected was not the right room.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
BEERS RETIRES
As President Of the New York Lift
Insurance Company.

New York, Feb. 8.-At en- adjourned
meeting of the trustees of the New York
life insurance company today William H.
Beers rendered his resignation as presi.
dent of the company. and it was unani-
mously accepted. to take effect Wednes-
day, the 10th inst Mr.. Beers, pursuant TO
the arrangement made by which he gives
up the presidency of the company, retires
on a pension of 900 for life.
In addition TO this the directors decided
to retain Mr.. Beers during the remainder
of his life in an advisory capacity at half.
pay, $4,000, making his annual salary
800.
1t is said that the presidency has been
offered to Z. w. Scott, one of the vice.
presidents of the Equitable life assurance
society; to W. /. Strong, one OF the
company's present trustees and president
OF the Central national bank, and to Mr..
Mccall, comptroller of the Equitable CONS
pany.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
One Hundred and Fifty Guests
Face Destruction.
Many Jump from Windows ana
Are Dashed to Death
Before the Eyes Of the Assem-
bled Crowds.
fIairbreadth Escapes from the
Burning Building.

Sleeping Occupants Reused by the
ShriH Shrek Of an Elevated Rail-
road Locomotive Whistle-The Fire
Discovered by the Wife of the Pro
prietor i'm Their ROOm-Rapid Prog
ress of the Flames-SickeningS Scenes
of Efforts TO Get Away from the
Fire Ending in Death-ThriIling
Stories Of Successful but PerilOus Es-
capes-HeartIess Conduct of a Po-
Iiceman-HOrrors of the AIOrgue-
Fascinated Crowds Eagerly Watch
the Work Of the Firemen on the
Ruins.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
RIndIrh MN nnllels.

MONTICELLO, Ark, FebS.-This morning.
as Chloe Wright, the fourteen-year-old
daughter of Mr.. Jackson Wright, who
resides near Wilmsr, was going to school
she was overtaken by a negro named
Henry Beavers, choked to insenslbility
aud most foully outraged.
When the little girl recovered sufficiently
she dragged herself home, and the whole
neighborhood started in pursuit of the
villain, who was found in hiding. he was
taken to Wilmar and swung up TO limb
and his body riddled with bullets. The
little girl is In precarious condition.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
COMMENT AT WASHINGTON.
General Opinion That Harrison Now Has
q Clear Field.
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL. J
1920 NEW YoRK-AvE., n. w, :
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BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL J
1920 NEW YoRK-AvE., n. w,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. Z.
Blaine's determination not to be a
candidate for the republican presidential
nomination, as expressed in his letter OF
yesterday to Chairman Clarkson, is the
one topic of discussion in Washington
tonight. The Harrison men are in high
feather.
"It gives Bennie walkaway," said an
Indiana republican tonight. HE will
win hands down"
The opinion generally expressed is that
Harrison will have no opponent IN the
republican nominating convention worthy
of note. McKinley's name is on GOOD
many lips as possible candidate, and
Reeds name is mentioned by few of his
enthusiastic followers. but there seems to
be few who do not believe that The nomi-
nation will go to Harrison.
Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom of Illinois
thinks he is a candidate he is reported to
be in fine spirits over Blaine's withdrawal.
Cullom had inside information about
Blaine's letter, and told several Philade-
phia correspondents the other day that
the letter would be written. but when they
quoted him to that effect he denied say
ing it,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
NOT A CANDIDATE,
Mr.. Blaine Declares His
Political Position.
His Name Will Not Go Be
fore the Convention.
Takes Himself Out of Mr..
Harrison's Way
WITH THANKS TO FRIENDS.
Does Not Say He Would De-
cline However.
All the Harrison Men Now in
High Feather.
Thayer OF Nebraska Gives Up
the Struggle

And Turns the Office Over TO Gov
ernor Boyd-BIaine's Letter the
Topic OF Washington GOssip-Gen-
eraI Opinion That Harrison Now
Has a Clear Field-Some Mention
of Mckinley and Reed for the Nom
ination by Enthusiasts-CuIlom Now
Thinks He Is in It-Absurd Report
of Friction in the Democratic Ma
tionaI Committee.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

reason for assembling that fact. No
other living American has inspired such
ardent devotion and upon no other have
80 many Americans lOnged 70 con-
fer the greatest distinction within their
gilt. This is a simple and obvious truth
which nobody doubts and which dis
parages nobody. The certainty that the
foremost citizen OF the country will not be
the next president OF the United States
and the presumption that he will never
occupy that great Office can not fail to af-
flict a multitude OF bis fellow-citizens with
e keen sense OF personal grief.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
THAYER GIVES IT UP.
He requests Governor Boyd 20 Take Charge
of the Office.

He Requests Governor Boyd 20 Take Charge
of the Office.
OMAHA, NEB, Feb. Tonight at 10
o'clock this letter was handed to Governor
Boyd:
LINCOLN, Neb.. Feb. :, 1892.
Governor James i. Boyd, Omaha, Neb.:
DEAR SIR-Wben l commenced proceedings
one year ago to test your title 10 the Office of
governor l did so in the full belief that there
was great doubt in the public mind
as 10 your citizenship and ell
igbility. l then took occasion TO
puDliah that as soon as your citizenship was
established by the courts, ! would gladly sur.
render the Office TO you. The contest was not
one of personal strife nor to satisfy any ambi.
ton Of my own, but 70 comply with the eonsti
tuition OF the state.
Now that the public press has announced
that the highest tribunal has declared undet
the constitution and laws Of our country and
state your rights to the Office, ! cheerfully
yield the Office of governor to you without
awaiting the mandate OF court. AS j am about
10 leave the state on Monday TO be absent some
weeks, it would be most convenient TO me-
turn the office TO you at o'clock OF that
day if 1t is your pleasure 10 accept the same st
that time. Very respectfully,
JOHN n. THAYER.
The letter from Governor Thayer was
handed to Governor Boyd by reporter,
who asked Governor Boyd if he had any
thingto say. The governor positively de-
cliHed to be interviewed, saving simply he
would 90 at once to Lincoln and take
charge OF his Office.
Charles Ogden, chairman Of the demo-
cratic state committee will accompany the
governor. There will be no demonstra-
ton. but on Monday, Feb -, q general
reception will be rendered Governor
Boyd by the democratic organizations Of
the state.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10

New YoRK. Feb. IA disaster ap-
palIing in horror bringing to mind the
terrible occurrences in Park Place, still
fresh in the public mind, occurred in this
city early this morning.
The Hotel Royal, that wellk-nown land
mark which has stood for more than
quarter of a century at the southeast cor
ner of Sixth-ave. and Fortieth-st, was
burned to the ground and large number
of people were burned to death, suffocated
and crushed in the ruins.
At the time of the disaster there were
nearly 150 guests in the hotel. The hotel
employees all told number fifty-fve.
OF this number of people, five have thus
far been found dead, six are in the hos
pital and sixty-three have been reported
alive.
One hundred are still missing. The
number of dead will probably not exceed,
at a later estimate, thirty.
Scenes were heartrending and appalled,
even the firemen and policemen who are
used to terrible scenes.
Soon after the fire broke out ambulaices
arrived from the various hospitals. Many
physicians, whose residences are in the
neighborhood. were quickly on the scene
and did all they could to relieve the in
jured.
Nearly every one of the 124 rooms
which the hotel has on its five floors was
occupied last night by guests, many of
them transient. In feet all the rooms
had been taken at l o'clock this morn
ing when Richard Mesrs, the proprietor,
went to bed.
When the flames burst forth from some
unknown origin near the elevator shaft
the entire building was instantly envel-
oped in flames.
The dead, missing and injured are re-
ported as follows:
The dead:
UNKNOWN woman, forty years old, fract-
ured skull and slightly burned. She is sdp-
posed to have jumped from a window and
killed herself. Body at morgue.
UNKNOWN woman. about twenty.eight,
good looking, light complexion, wore an
abundance Of jewelry. Burned and sufTocated.
UNKNOWN man, about thirty-fve years
old. dark brown hair. jumped from window.
Head smashed in pieces. Smooth face, about
Eve feet nine inches in height weighed about
$50 pounds. wore linen night shirt and trousers.
Body at morgue.
UNKNOWN NAN, good looking. about
forty-three years old, had on striped silk under
shirt. light brown stripes. Evidently Hebrew.
Body at the morgue.
HENRY c. LEVY of the firm Of Levy.
Strauss & Freeman. 40 Broadway, wholesale
clothisrs: identified by his brother, II. ]. Levy.
at the morgue.
Missing:
WILLIAM E. ARMSTRONG.
THoNAs KENNEDY.
CHARLES CLOSE.
KATE REILLY.
ELIZABETH DONoHUE.
MAGGIE GUuDER.
MAY Ryan.
SUSIE SMITH.
ANNIE CUMMINGS.
MRs. VANNoRDEN.
WILLIAM MCLEANE.
Mrs. WILLIAM LANE
o. A. MURPHY.
Mr.. LoKCHARDT.
Injured:
AVERY. J. Z. New York, left hand burned !;
at Gedney house.
HARDING. HEEBERI. New York. ribs bro.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10

To those who have rendered me their sup
port owe sincere thanks and am most CRATE
make earnest effort in the approaching con-
test, which is rendered especially important by
reason of the industrial and financial policies
of the government being at stake. The popu-
lar decision on these issues is OF great moment
and win be of far-reaching consequence. Very
sincerely yours, JAMES q. BLAINE.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE following
letter explains ITSELF
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. 6, 1s92.
The Hon. J. S. Cla-kson, Chairman of the Re-
publican National COMMITTEES:
Ny DEAR SIR am not candidate for the
presidency and my name will not go before
the republican national convention for the
nomination. make this announcement in due
season.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
SCENES OF HORROR.
Many Persons Jump from the Windows and
Are Dashed 20 Death.

Many Persons Jump from the windows ana
Are Dashed 10 Death.
The scenes at the fire before the fire
companies arrived were heart-rending.
One man, whose name is not known,
sprang from a third-story window and was
dashed to death on the ground below.
People turned their faces away horrified
at the sight. This was on the Sixth-ave.
side of the building.
A moment later another man leaped
from a window on the Fortieth-st. side
and was instantly killed.
Shortly afterward two women jumped
from windows on the Sixth-ave. side and
were dead when picked mp.
Their bodies were taken to Thirteenth
st. station house and afterward. unidenti-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Views In Regard Mr. Bleine's With
drawal from the Contest.
IN v Herald

drawnl from the Contest.
n. Y. Herald.
Mr.. James G. Blaine has declared over
his signature that he will not be candi-
date for the presidency in the approach
ing battle of the parties.
This eliminates from the po-
litical compaign a very important
element. So far as the republicans are
concerned it may be said without fear of
contradiction that they have lost their
strongest man. BY all odds Mr.. Blaine
was their most available leader.
AS to the democrats their
shrewdest opponent has retired
from the field. They have large number
of men who can certainly win against
Harrison, and ought to win against Blaine.
If they handle their forces with skill and
enter the contest with strong western
man it will be their own fault If they fail
to carry the day. for the great bulk OF the
American people. in all sections OF the
country, are with them.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
PREPosTERoUsLY ABSURD.
The Story OF shserin Filling the Convsn.
ton in Gray's Interest.

ton in Gray's Interest.
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL,
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WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb. :.
The Post says editorially:
A Chicago special TO the New York Tines
represents that . troublesome quarrel is On
between the democratic local committee and
Mr.. Sheerin secretary Of the democratic ma
tional committee. relative to the distribution
of the 1900 seats that are TO be provided Tor
the accommodation of the national convention.
The local committee wants TO have the dis
posal Of 10000 seats, and 10 put the national
Committee of with 5000 If the special had
stopped here its statement might be accepted
as not unreasonable, though seemingly inn
probable; but when 1t goes on TO say that Mr.
Sheerin wants control of 3 big majority OF
the seats in order TO pack the convention with
cliouers for Gray and in correlation Of this
saws further that Mr.. Sheenn has announced
that Col. Dick Bright Is TO be sergeant-at-srms
of the convention, the story becomes prepOsters
ously absurd. Mr.. Sheerin may want the seats,
but it is not likely that he Is scheming to fil
them with Gray shouters.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
THE BUILDING
An Old Structure-The Walls Must De
Pulled Down.

An Old Structure-The Walls Must De
Pulled Down.
The Hotel Royal was built more than
twenty-five years ago. 1t was formerly
kept by Mesrs, Perris & Butler, but
Mr.. Mesrs leased it thirteen years ago.
In 1889 the building was remodeled and
an addition was made on the south side.
The house was the home of many persons
in the theatrical profession, and was pat
ronized chiefly by transients for a night.
Many families made it. however, their
permanent place OF residence. The elab-
crate restaurant was literally patronized
by the class OF people who kept late hours
in the upper part of the Tenderloin dis
trict. The loss will be S25OoOO
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
IN. Y. Tribuno.l

Mr.. Blaine tells the chairman of the
republican national committee, and
through him the party and the country,
that he is not candidate for the presi-
dency and that his name viii
not 90 before the Minneapolis conven-
ton. This formal announcement viii
cause sorrow and disappointment TO
thousands OF republicans and there is no
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
DICK nRIeHr APPOINTED
Sergeant-at-Arms Of the Democratic Ma.
tional Convention.

oeFEeHnt-ht--tIIliH III q tIIo A1"IllNOI ~
tional Convention.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The national
democratic committee has appointed Col.
Richard j. Bright OF Indiana to be ser
geant-at-arms at the national democratic
convention, and f. E. Canda of New York
TO be agent for the committee. s. p.
Sherin, the secretary of the committee,
together with Col. Bright and Mr.. Canda,
have been charged with the duty of pro-
ceeding to Chicago and making all neces.
sary preparations for the convention.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-10
BODIES HORRIBLY MANGLED.
Four Persons Killed by Boiler Ex-
plosion.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Feb. Saturday
morning while customers were waiting at
Salton's mill, at Bethel, five miles south
of Paragould, to get their grain ground
the boiler exploded and killed four per-
sons outright The killed are:
THOMAS WOODS.
JAMES WOODS.
SON OF WOODS.
B. WAUGH.
A gin house adjoining was demolished.
The bodies of the killed were horribly
mangled and scattered, one of them being
cut in two and the lower limbs wrapped
around a post. The boiler was carried
$50 yards from the mill. No other person
was near.