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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-26
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poured in through the doors and windows. or
be compelled to jump from the fourth story
window to the sidewalk below, in which event
death or cruel mutilation would have been
almost q certainty.
There were between seventy and eighty men
in the composing room at the time, and the
best order possible prevailed and prevented
men from being knocked down the steps or
trsmpled over by others.
Take your time gentlemen" ;" was the warn
ing given by one of the compositors There's
plenty of it."
just then the men filed out one by one, and
in less than sixty seconds fully fifty men had
got beyond the danger line
All this time the smoke was pouring into the
room and the atmosphere soon became so
dense that the men who were in the rear found
some difficulty in finding an opening through
which they could reach either of the numerous
stalrways.
Several OF the men we're finally cut off from
the corridors and they had to seek the win
dows opening on the Eleventh street side, and
there they stood while the hundreds of per-
sons on the street below prayed and gesticu.
lated and shouted "don't jump"
SOME NARROW ESCAPES
Thomas Faulkner and John Dripps were
first of those caught in the smoke to get out
and they did SO by climbing to the roof and
then using the fire escape.
Mr.. Joseph Harris, assistant foreman of the
composing room, was still in the room and
with him were Messrs. William G. Collins. JUL
ian Wright. Arthur Campbell, Thos. ]. Glenn
ents and Kid Shields.
The two last ,nanaoad .r;..l
window to the roof Of Judd 4 Detweiler's
building and there they did noble work rescu-
ing their companions.
Thos. Mitchell and Arthur Campbell were
nearly suffocated by the smoke and they were
probably IN worse condition than the others.
FOR GoD's SAKE DON'T LEAVE MEL
Newton Croggan was the last one to get out
Of the composing room. When the other COM
positors had either reached the ground or the
roof of Judd Detweiler's building, he WAS
left in the room with the colored messenger
boy, named Curtis.
They we're both near the window and the
smoke having cut of every other avenue of e.
cape, the bswildered boy did not know which
way to move, and, turning to the compositor,
he said: "Mr. Croggin, don't let me stay here. ~
The latter did not think the boy had made
his appeal with any degree Of seriousness, but
when the little fellow looked up at him and
said: "For Gods sake, Mr.. Croggin, don't
leave me-" the latter realized that the boys
piteous appeal was in earnest, and before look
ing out for himself he saved the boy BY hand
ing him through the window to the rescuers
who had remained ON Judd 4 Detweiler's
building.
While these scenes were being enacted on
the fourth floor the several thousand persons,
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SUSPICIOUS FLAMES.

FIRE BROKE OUT IN IHE CITY HALL AT JERSEY
CITY THIS MORNING.
JERSEY CRY, n. J.. April ia fire occurred
shortly after O'Clock this morning in the City
Han, while great crowd still waited about the
building to hear the result Of the charter cleo
ton The iremen. when they arrived. found
the names burning 6ercely in the second story,
but they soon had the FIRE extinguished. Great
excitement prevailed among the large number
OF persons who witnessed the fire and nany Of
lnem, on account OF the defeat by the republi.
cans of the so-cslled ring, expressed the opiniou
tnat the hre had Its origin In some dire political
plot Certsin il is that the fire was OF a very
mysterious character, as there was nothing in
nsmmable or likely 10 cause flames in the ofice
where il originated
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them at the window apparently unable to get
out Of the building any other way. He climbed
the ladder leading to the skylight and pulled
the ladder to the roof after him. couple Of
mon from The star had already reached the
roof and the combined weight of the men on
one end Of the ladder held the other end secure
while the men climbed from the burning build
ing to Judd Detweiler's roof.
PREssMAN TRAvERs' STATEMENT.
W. R. Travers, superintendent of the press
room, said, after the fire was over: "Gibson
hadn't more than got upstairs and announced
the fire before the press room was filed with
smoke. We had to hustle to get out man
who was putting on his shoes had to drop them
and run. A man ran over to the engine house
to give the alarm. In less time than II takes
to tell it, almost, the fire was roaring up
through the back Of the press ROOM"
Edward Gibson, the man who was working
near the boiler, said:
''When I turned around and saw the fire II
was raging in the paper which Armstead had
left near the door and seemed to have caught
the whole room. threw bucket Of water on
the paper, but realized that the fre had too
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BELTZHoovER CHAIRMAN.

coSVEsISs OF THE PENNSYLVANIA pEnocRAro
CONVENTION.
HARRIsBURG, Pa, April l3-As early as 10
O'Clock this morning delegates to the demo-
cratic state convention began to assemble in
the Harrisburg Opera House. Every safeguard
was thrown around the distribution of tickets
Tor the reason that il was feared that those NOT
friendly to Mr.. Harrity and the state admins
trstion might counterfeit the tickets and MI
the hall with an undesirable class of visitors.
When the convention was called 10 order the
lower noor OF the Opera House was filed up
by the 46S delegates and the two galleries wore
packed full Of spectators. No convention held
here in years has attracted such crowded
galleries.
The convention was raped TO order by
Chairman Wright at l2:l0 and the business
was formally begun by the reading Of the call
OF the convention issued January 80. The CALI
ing Of the roll Of delegates occupied forty-fiys
minutes, many substitutions being made. John
X. Read Of Philadelphia nominated Congress-
man heitzhoover for temporary chairman and
he was elected unanimously,
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DEATH ENDS HER TROUBLES

hoiOirE OF MRS MILLER THE PRKrIY YoUNd
CHICAGO WIDOW.
CHICAGO Ill, April l3-Mrs. Amelia Miller,
the pretty young widow who was brought into
unpleasant prominence during the inquiry res
sulting from tho finding Of dead infant a
lSOl Wabash avenue. has probably ended her
troubles by suicide. That she was impressed
with an exaggerated idea OF the nctor,sty
brought upon her is shown by letters in vhieh
she bids farewell to friends and children and
declares her intention TO kill herself The
police believe the young woman's remains will
be found of Lincoln Park and are dragging the
lake at that point
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much of q start of me, SO ran upstairs to give

much OF start OF me, 30 ran upstairs to give
the alarm"
Tom Harlow. the boy whose presence of
mind resulted in the early notification of the
fire department, said: "When saw the smoke
slid down off the press where l was working
and skipped out through the press room crying
fire. kept on over to the engine house and
told them about 1t and then ran back to the
press room. That didn't take long, but when
got back to The STAR building the whole
rear end was on fire.
SCENES AND INCIDRNrs
Within five minutes after the fire started a
crowd of several hundred people had gathered
around the buildings, and in little time this
number was augmented until it reached thou
sands. 1t was an orderly crowd, and stood out
side the fire-lines roped of by the policemen.
The only excitement that occurred was caused
by the appearance of several men at the upper
windows of the burning building who seemed
about to jump to the pavement below. The
crowd rushed forward in horror, shouting to
them not to jump. For a few moments there
was considerable excitement, and when the
men finally escaped great shout went up.
When it became evident that disastrous
fire was impending four reporters we're called
into the city editors room and directed to
make story Of the occurrence. Each man
was given portion Of the descriptive work
to do.
The reporters coolly noted the progress of
the destruction, interviewed the workmen and
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THE STAR BUILDINGS.

The fire seemed the fiercest in the new wing
in the rear, and when No. company reached
the roof of Gait & Co.'S jewelry store the en-
tire back building was a mass of flames.
The firemen lost no time in running their
hose to the rear, and soon three big streams
were playing in the room where only fifteen
minutes before upwards of seventy-ive print
ers were setting the news of the day.
EVERYBODY AT WORK.
Foreman Maddox of engine company No. 2
was the first to arrive, he being on hand
as soon as the alarm had been sounded.
Every man in the service did his utmost, but
the task of saving the building was a diff
cult one. Half suffocated by smoke they
fought every inch of the way up the stairs, and
there they stayed until the last spark had been
smothered.
Thomas Fitzgerald of the water department
did yeoman service. He was at the District
building when the alarm sounded, and, know
ing the box Was IN the vicinity of The STAR
building, hsstened at once to the big valves
and in moment turned the entire supply of
the 4s-inch main into service. The result was
an abundance of water.
Major Moore was also among the first arriv-
ais and with a big reserve from the several
station houses soon had the street roped.
At this time it is impossible to estimate the
loss to The STAR. 1t is, however, covered by
ample insurance in home and foreign COM
panies.
THOSE IN THE GREATEST DANGER.
The men in the composing room were in the
greatest danger, and for a short time II seemed
as though several of them would either suffo-
cate from the dense volumes of smoke that
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REMOVING THE TYPE FROM STORE ROOM.
the greatest violence, and seemed to be the
especial point Of attack, for the immense vol
umes Of smoke which rolled up and through
every passage way and window, and especially
came up as through a chimney from the area
way between the burning building and the rear
Of the Palais Royal. The smoke first made
its appearance through the windows facing on
his area way and the first alarm to the printers
came from Mr.. c. P. Boss whose case is close
by this window. Five minutes after the room
was filed with dense. sitting smoke and the
men were escaping rapidly and in most case
coolly down the stairs.
SOME WE'RE TOO CALM
number Of men. however, did not succeed
in getting down the stairs. Several men we're
probably little too calm and considered the
danger only slight However, the smoke filed
the room in marvellous short space of time.
Mr.. 7. A. Mitchell had the narrowest escape.
being nearly suffocated several times and only
escaping finally by means of ladder run up to
one Of the windows by. the fire department.
-Four other men, T. R. Faulkner, J. H. Dripps.
VIM. NJ. McCullom and Joseph Hamaker,
also had narrow escapes, being forced
by the smoke to ascend to the roof, and after
extreme difficulty escaped by a fire-escape lad
der. Five others had Q narrow thing of il.
only reaching the roof Of the adjoining build
ing Gucd 4 Detweiler's) by a ladder placed
from the projecting roof TO one of the win.
dows. The men we're W. G. Collins, W. N.
Croggon, Sam. Edmunds, Julian Wright and
G. M. Mohler, and small colored boy, LLOYD
Curtis, who was saved from suffocation in the
front Of the room BY, W. N. Croggon. The
man who placed the short ladder from the ad-
joining roof to the. window deserves great
credit for his presence u mind, as he probably
saved several lives. ,
Talks with a number Of the compositors who
experienced the full force Of the danger Of los
ing their lives through suffocation show that
most of the men considered that the alarm was
q false one or that at anysats there was little
or no danger.
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GIVEN POISONED CANDY.

PoRT HURON, NIcH., April Is-some days
ago Miss Nellie McClayton died, and her death
was said to have been caused by drueced
candy given her by Ben Mackey 70 obtain al
undue influence over her. Nackey was ar.
rested and post-mortem ordered Ii is now
asserted that hackey gave her the drug TO eSt
rid of her. Should the coroner's iuouest find
Mackey responsible for the girls death. il is
thought very probable the prisoner will share
the same fate as did Martin a year ago.
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TG|GglaDliC News
WILL TELL ITS HISTORY.

AN IMPORTANT PUBLICATION AUTHORIZED ny rns
MORMON CHURCH.
1SpErrSDEScE, Mo-, April lS-The Nor.
mon elders in attendance upon the interna-
tional conference Of the reorganized Church
Of Latter Day Saints again administered TO
the sick yesterday at the Mormon Temple by
amounting with oil and the laying on OF hands.
The number who desired the treatment was
fully as large as the day before. and the base
ment OF the temple where the ceremony was
performed was crowded. At the business ses-
sion Of the conference a resolution was adopted
providing for the publication of q history Of
the church 70 be placed on sale at the worlds
falr. Very little other business was trans-
acted The conference will adjourn some time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-13
IN THE COMPOSING ROOM.
AN EXCITING TIME AAoNa THE PRINTERS

AN EXCITING TIME AAoNa THE PRINTERS
MANY NARROW ESCAPES.
There were exciting times in the composing
room Immediately after the fire got a good
start. The room was filed with compositors
hard at work at their cases setting up early
morning copy and within five minutes after the
fire was discovered the room was filed with a
dense suffocating smoke, followed Immediately
by cracking flames. That lives were not lost
in this portion of the building is something
remarkable and is due In a large degree to the
GOODNESS which seems to have been universally
displayed by the men. There we're narrow es-
capes, however, and several men approached
very closely deaths door.
The composing room is situated at the top
OF the rear building, where the fire ragged with
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Mr.. MIrCHELL's STORY.

II was clear in the rear of the building"
said Mr.. I. A. Mitchell, who had the closest
shave. "When the cry of fire was raised went
forward. thinking there was little danger The
room, however. Immediately filled with dense
smoke and / went back to my case for my
clothes and in starting again fell several times.
finally reached a window on the east side.
where several men were escaping over
the roof. The smoke was sitting by
this time. and was almost
overcome. / am troubled with rheumatism
and could not escape by the roof, and was SO
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BALLOT BOXES LOCKED UP.

Troy, n. Y, April lathe Cohoes Republi-
cans elect Henry A. Strong Mayor and VIM. B.
Leroy Police Commissioner, and carry two Of
the hve wards, with a tie on alderman in
another. The ballot boxes Of the fourth ward,
which were taken to the police station when
special policemen raided the polling places
yesterday afternoon, are still held there
The excitement caused by the seizure OF the
ballot boxes by special policemen was unpre-
cedented In Cohoes. Infuriated citizens
thronged the streets and threatened the police
and police stations. The public wrath was
great and was freely expressed.
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CLIMBING TO JUDD AND DErwEILERs ROOF.
cape by the stairway was cut of. and they all
turned to the windows, and were only
prevented from jumping by the presence Of
mind Of one the employees Of Judd Det-
weiler's nti Office, who climbed on the
roof and ra.. d. ladder to the extreme north
window on the Ilth street side. 1t was peril
Gus means of escape, but the frightened and
half suffocated printers took their chances and
escaped one by one, while the crowd below
eheered. just then truck O arrived 1t
seemed as though fully ten minutes
had elapsed since the alarm was turned in be-
fore the ladder-laden equipage appeared.
A sectional ladder was run up from the side
walk to the composing room and those who re-
manned were taken out.
FTRE-IES FIoHrISa TIE FLAMES.
Chief Paris was one Of the first to arrive.
He was joined soon after the general alarm
had been sounded by his two lieutenants,
Assistants Chiefs Belt and Lowe, and the regu-
lar plan of fighting the fire was mapped out.
II took but a second for the chief to grasp the
situation. and he directed engine companies 6,
2, 4. and to attack the IRE from the 11th
street side and sent companies /, and to
tight it from the rear.
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EVERYTHING OUT.

clambered around with the fremen through
the smoke and water. The artist leaned care
lessly against tree making sketches and two
men with kodaks watched favorable opportun-
tiles to get snap shots Of scenes
As each reporter collected material for his
story he returned to that portion Of the build
ing where the fire had not reached and sat
down to write his part of the account By IL
o'clock every man had gene out to attend to
his regular daily assignments.
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JEALOUSY NERvED HIS ARM.

JAMES N. BARRY, VARIETY ACTOR IN BOSTON,,
SHOOTS HIS WIPE.
bosroS, April lS-James N. Barry, q variety
actor at the Worlds Theater, attempted 10 kill
his wife early this morning at their boarding
house BY shooting her in the back, and as a re.
suit she is in dying condition at the City
Hospital Jealousy was the cause.
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After they had been rescued they discovered
that Mr. I. ]. Bicksler, the STARS zinc etcher.
WAS in dangerous position. In going from
one place to another he had been cut of by the
smoke, and the compositors mentioned pro-
cured a long ladder and succeeded in getting
him from the third-story window to the heavy
cornice above the lower doors and from there
they succeeded in getting him to the sidewalk
MIR. I. ]. Bicksler, speaking Of his narrow
second floor Of the rear building in the old
stereotype room when he noticed the smoke
rushing through the hole in the floor where
the machine belts come through, and he sent
one Of the boys to see If the building was
burning. Presently the smoke came in such
volumes that he knew there was something
wrong and he started out. His bicycle was in
another part Of the building and he
thought he had plenty Of time to save that.
Passing from one room to another he soon dis
covered that the doors behind him had been
closed. and that the smoke in front was SO
dense that it was impossible for him to 70
further. He then knew that his bicycle was
beyond reach, and he turned to retrace his
footsteps, but was unable to do so owing to
the closed door and the smoke. There he was
in thick cloud of smoke, and when he reached
the window he was nearly suffocated.
A BOYS PRESENCE OF MIND.
G. F. Scott, an apprentice boy in Judd 4 Det-
in rescuing the compositors as soon as he saw
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MURDERED ABOUT A NICKEL

KISeFrsHER, Ok, April &c. C. Davis. Q
gambler running a crap game over the Wis.,
consin saloon in this city. shot and killed SOL
der Of troop X, Fifth Cavalry, on duty here, az
/ o'clock yesterday. There was dispute over
q nickel, resulting in desperate fight An
autopsy was he'd and the body sent TO Fort
Reno. Sheriff Clamp has Davis in Jail for
murder and soldier named Fisk and a civil
ian named Kirby are held as xitnesses
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THINKS IT A COLOSSAL FAKE"

A story from New York was printed this
morning to the effect that Brazilian in New
York named Antonio Hilario de Csehlo had
sent q challenge to Senior de Mendonca,
the Brazilian minister, feeling Aggrieved
by some publication. A STAR reporter
ter this afternoon. Mr.. Mario dc Mendonca .
son of the minister. said that his father had
nothing to say in the matter as he regarded 10
all as q Colossal fake" No challenge had
been received, nor had any ambassador from
the enrAged Brazilian been heard from and
nothing Of the sort is looked for.
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TWO CENTS,

Mr.. Hungerford immediately established
temporary quarters on the second floor of The
STAR Office amid the chaos and set to work TO
prepare advertising matter for the various
hrms to 60 to this evenings paper"
THE FIRE OF 1885.
At about o'clock on the morning Of Thurs
day. January 20, 1885, fire broke out very near
the same place where todsy's conhagration
started, and which ultimately gutted the en-
tire rear portion OF the building. The damage
then done was probably more considerable
than that resultinglfrom this mornings disaster
Inc press room was entirely wrecked; one
press was entirely destroyed and the other was
very badly damaged. The engine and engine
room were also rendered temporarily useless
A clean sweep was made in the stereotyping
room; all the matrices and plates in stock be-
ing entirely destroyed. In the composing room
there was but little material which had not
been rendered entirely useless. In spite of
the disaster the paper made its regular appear
ance that afternoon The type was set in the
Office OF Messrs. Judd d Detweiler and the
paper was printed. by courtesy of Mr.. George
=. Lemon, on the fast press used Ia the
National Tribune Office
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ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF ST. FRANCIS
NUNS DEAD,

DUBUQUE, Iowa, April 1S-Mother Mary
Zsvier, superior Of the st. Francis nuns. died
in this CITY yesterday. She was one OF the
founders Of the order. the only superior il ever
had and came to Iowa with other members OF
the order when they were driven out Of Prus-
sis in 1875. She was siXty-one years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-13
STRONGLY EspoRsED THE President.

REED CRY, MICH, April ls.-Resolutions
strongly favoring Harrson's administration
were adopted at the Republican Congressional
Convention OF the Eleventh District T. Bates
Of Traverse City and George p. Stone OF Ithaca
were elected delegates to the National Conven-
ton. and A. A. Blesseley OF Kalkaska and +. II.
Dodds of Isabella alternates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-13

THE GRAHAM cAsE-The record Of the pro-
ceedings in the case of Commander J. d. Gre
ham, q. s. n, recently tried by court martial
at Richmond, Va, was received at the War De
partment yesterday, but the sentence win no .
be made public until the case shall have been
acted on by the Secretary Of ths Navy.
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SALE OF THoRoueHsRKp TRorrERs.

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa. April &c. W. VIII
liams has sold to the Cloyerdale Stock Farm,
Philadelphia, Can't Tell. full sister 20 Axtell
and five head Of we'll bred trotters. Price
priyate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-13

Our Congressional Committee is now in
Boston investigating the Sweating" System,
and in July and August the Committee of the
whole House viii be ct it in Washington.