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him. She struck him when he was
on q level with the first floor. and
the force Of the fall knocked loose his
hold. All three fell to the pavement Glenn's
left shoulder was broken. The women re.
ceived bruises. but were not seriously hurt.
Another woman fell on a fireman who was
bearing woman and child to the ground. and
they all fell in heap. They also escaped se-
rious injury.
The ladders reached only to the third door at
first. Ono that touched the fourth door WAS
put up finally. and men and women were car
ried down that But there was no help for the
unfortunates on the fifth floor. Little could bO
seen OF them from tho street
THE LAST COUPLE OUT.
Tho smoke that came from the lower floor
seemed to rise to the top and hang there like
a great cloud. Occasionally q gust of wind
would clear 1t away for moment, and forms
could be seen hanging from the windows The
people there screamed to the flremen. but their
cries were not heard. In the excitement on
the other floors every one seemed to forget
that there was floor not reached by the lsds
dcrs Once when the smoke cleared q woman
was seen to dash headforemost out Of win.
dow on the top floor. Her companion. man.
seized her skirts. They held a moment and then
slipped from her. She fell on the balcony.
Tho man climbed out OF the window. hung
cape was hanging from the window under him
and he managed to seize that and checked the
force Of his fall. He landed on the balcony be.
side the body Of the woman. Picking 1t tup he
climbed on the ladder and was coming down
with it. A policeman took 1t from him. He
leaped then Shimself from the ladder and
dashed across the street. He was W. l. Har.
mon. He was nearly suffocated. but was other.
wise unhurt.
This couple were the last that got out Of the
building. There were no more faces at the
one could be In the building and be alive. The
nearly every window the fire leaped out almost
to the railroad track on the sixth avenue side
and across tho street and ,sineed the trees on
the Fortieth street side. Not drop OF water
ali been too busy saving lie to think Of prop
erty. Now tho engines hooked on to the
hydlants. Chief Bonner had sent out third
alarm almost the instant he arrived. That
at work. but there was no checking the flames
which had been busy at le4st half an hour
Soon the Fortic,h street wall bulged and iell
In. and then the whole northwest corner 81 tho
minutes later TALL that was left standing OF the
Sixth ayonu" side whsa Jagged piece OF wall
less than twenty five feet wide. and about as
much was lett of the Fortieth street front.
tho street. But u little OF the rest can be told.
STORY OF THE LAST MAN OUT.
Those VII? escaped BY the ladders or By
IT was aroused by the smoke. had Just
| dreamed that the hotel was on fire and that ]
had been burned TO death. When AWoks ~
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From the same window leaped two men.
One shrieked wildly as he cut through the air.
He did not move after he fell. and he was
dragged away dead. His companion landed
on his feet and sank down and fell over. He
writhed about on the pavement just mo-
ment. Then he leaped to his feet and dashed
on across Fortieth street. He was not seen
again. Probably his name or his alias is in
the list OF missing.
FIRST LADDERS UP.
The fate Of those who fell could be seen by
those who clung to their places in the win
dows. and it made some OF them hesitate to
follow. Some who leaped escaped unhurt, and
then turned and shouted to the others to hold
their places and not to jump. The excited
crowd In the street shouted Jump" and
Hold onr by turns.
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A FRIGHTEUL HALF HOUR.
Ladders Too Late to Save Those Who Were
First at tho W indOws.

The fire seems to have been discovered by q
great many people at about the same time.
and no one had the coolness to send In an
alarm for fully ten minutes. The night en-
gneer. Herbert Harding. says he was in the
basement raking his nres when he heard
cracking and saw puff Of smoke In the
wooden elevator shaft at the east end OF tho
basement He dropped his poker and ran
down to see what was the matter. and he saw
that the whole bottom OF the shaft was ablaze
and that the flames We're being drawn up the
shaft and were communicating above. Harding
says it was 3:U5 O'Clock A. NJ, when he saw the
flames
George i. Randolph. an operator for the
Postal Telegraph Company. lives across Sixth
avenue from the hotel. He was Just getting
home from work at $40 o'clock. and he saw a
glare In the upper windows OF the hotel that
Light the corridors He also saw blaze near
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through the walls and the doors OF their
rooms They ran to the windowa There was
but one stationary fire escape. Not all the
rooms wero furnished with the rope escapes
that the law requires. Because Of almost
criminal slowness In sending out the alarm
there were no flremen with ladders to aid the
frightened people when they came to the win
dows. Numbers leaped out. Five were killed
instantly outside the walls. Dozens more
were hurt
There were 1876 or ITS persons in the house
when the fire started. Not all their names are
known because a thief stole the register when
the fire first broke out. But even the register
would not tell the story. for many Of the tran
silent guests at the hotel were OF the kind who
register under aliases to conceal their iden-
tity. They came with women who were not
their wives.
The list OF dead is not complete. nor will 1t
be for many hours. The walls fell in and the
bodies OF those burned are under the debris.
1t may be that the dead will not number more
than twenty. They may number twice as
many. Tho list Of missing printed in The
SUN numbers forty. largo proportion OF
these persons are probably safe. though they
may never he publicly accounted for.
With five corpses in the Morgue. eighteen
persons recorded rs injured. forty as missing
or inquired for. and fifty-two as known to be
safe. there are fifty persons still OF whom moth
Ing has been heard one way or another. IL
there were 1G5 persons in the house. 1t Is
probable that nearly all OF these fifty escaped.
The building was n fire trap. Chief Bonner
says. The lightning rapdity with which the
flames ate up the interior and the readiness
with which the walls fell down go to prove the
statement The Building Bureau was stricken
dumb by the disaster.
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ALARM IN A TENEMENT.
The Fire Marshal Called Upon to Investi.
gate Suspicions OF IncendIsrism.

The Fire MARSHAL Called Upon to Investt.
cato Suspicions OF Incendlsrism.
Fire broke out in the cellar OF tenement at
1874 Ludlow street at o'clock yesterday
morning. The building is five stories high.
and is filled with Russian Jews. The halls
filed with smoke. and tho frightened tenants
sought escape from the building In the rear.
Three women jumped. but were not seriously
hurt. The others cnmbered down into a mar
row yard. from which they could not escape
until the treme.n broke down high fence
Tie IRE destroyed $500 worth Of tobacco
stored in the cellar, Of Theodore ,Ristow. a
cigarmaker He said that he smelled smoke
awoke him an hour later. when the fire broke
II the house since he had lived there; and he
thought that some ono WAS trying to burn the
building to spite the landlord, $. Z Blake.
Frank ut 7s Essex Street. Frank Frank said said Il that t he he
poured kerosene on the kindling wood in the
oil exploded and set Are to the place. Tic
stove and and smashed % ed front wndoww. A patrol
Fire Marshal Mitchell was called upon yes
terday morning to investigate both Of these
fires.
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A MOB IN HICKSTILLE
An Attempt to Rescue = Boy who stonsa .
Train FOlled.


Several times during the past month win
dows in the Greenport mail train have been
shattered by showers OF stones from unseen
hands. as the train rolled through certain
villages on the Long Island Railroad. On
Saturday. Detective James Sarvis arrested
14-ycar-old Peter Gerringer near Hicksvllls.
as he was in the act OF hurting stone at q
passing train.
Justice Steinert Of Hicksvile sentenced the
boy to the State Reformatory until hs .is2l
serted the boy Should never leave the village:
They assembled g. big crowd at the railroad
station to secure him IL the detective should
try to take him aboard q train. Seeing the odds
were against him the detective had the boy
placed in the village lookup and allowed the
regular train to 90 by. The crowd was jubilant
at the success OF their plans. and then began
to talk of raiding the village lookup The only
other train through the place that niRht was q
milk train. While the crowd were outside the
depot rejoicing. Detective Sarvis sent q tele-
gram to the conductor Of the milk train d.
recting him to slow up short distance out Of
the village.
The detective and Constable O'Neill then
took the boy, to the spot designated and
boarded the milk train as it came along. The
crowd hung around the depot until the milk
train left, and then it rushed to the lookup
only to find that Gerringer was on the way to
tho reformatory.
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ONE STABBED. THE OTHER SHOE

Two Residents OF Little Italy Mako An At.
tempt to Settle . Drudge.
Joseph Deseria and Dominica Maria settled
an old grudge last night with knives and
pistols. They met in front Of Marra's grocery
at 420 East 18th street.
Deseria came up behind Nara and stabbed
him twice in the left shoulder. As Maria
turned to defend himself Deseria stabbed him
in the left breast and ran away. Two OF Mar
ra's friends caught Deseria. While they were
The bullet broke Deseria 8 jaw.
Policeman Culhane sent Deseria to the Har-
lem Hospital and took Maria to tho East 126th
street police station.
Marra's wounds were dressed at the police
station and he was locked UP. ;. Deseria's
was taken to the station and locked up.
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VIEW OF THE RUINS FROM THE BACK.

VIEW OF THE RUINS FROM THE BACK.
hremen started to put up got away from thsm
and crashed back on the elevated railroad. Il
took them three minutes to get It in place. and
In that time the flames were gaining fearful
headway and were burning through the walls
and doors and into the rooms
PERILous REscuEA.
When the ladder was in place dozen IRE.
men and almost as many policemen dashed up
1t and leaped of on the balcony at tho nrst oor.
and into the windows at the second and third
floors. Policeman Daniel Glenn was one Of
the first back on the ladder with . woman In
his arms. She had tainted. He came down
half dozen rungs when a woman above him.
who had clambered on the ladder un.
aided. lost her footing and fell %
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Gave Agent King Hard Fight.

As Agent William IL King OF the Gerry
Society stood looking into window on Third
avenue near Twentieth street on Saturday
night. he felt grasp on his shoulder Turn
ing. he saw one-eycd tramp who said to him:
"You will rob me. will your Give me back tho
money you stole from me-" The tramp car;
after a hard light "a which his right hand was
bitten. took away the club and started with
Knees Ee sa and lat Attempted to throw him down an
areaway. The agent fell and the tramp bit
Burns dragged the tramp to the station house.
In the YorEville Court yesterday the prisoner
said he was william Ihompson' S,oo no oeGRapa, RIan
held him for trial
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THE SVANHILDA GETS IN
Eight Days Behind Her Big Yankee Rival,
the Shenandoah,

The new steel clipper Swanhilda finished her
first voyage to this port yesterday. She Is
four-masted British vessel whose skipper.
Capt. Mitchell. declared. just before he left
Havre on Dec. "a that he was going to beat
the handsome Yankee ship Shenandoah to
New York.
The ships sailed from Havre on the same
day. The Swanhilda battled with westerly
gales for q few days. and then put into Spit
head. The Shenandoah rode out the storms
and got out OF the English Channel a day or so
ahead OF the British ship. The first inquiry
Capt. Mitchell made when he got into Quaran-
tine yesterday was: 800
Has the Shenandoah arrived" He did
not look happy when told that the giant Yam
kee racer had beaten him by about eight days:
The Swanhilda is a fine single-decked craft OF
Dunn barton. Scotland. by A. Mcmillan x Sons:
Her owners are ]. ". Carmichael d Co. OF
Glasgow,
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NOTICE TO PIRATES.
A Decision for the Fl Dorado In . Suit OF
tho Wreckers for Salvage.

When the Morgan line steamship Ell Dorado
went ashore on Bahama bank in August last
the men OF Andres Island swarmed aboard OF
her. insisting on helping to save her cargo.
The III Dorado's Captain told them their SER
yicss were not needed. and characterized them
as piratea They brought suit for salvage and
Admiralty Court Of tho bahamas decided
against them.
crowded upon the Bimini and tho Harbor Isl
and men. who had been employed by the CAP;
the vessel while the Captain and crew were on
her than they would have II she were ,pursu-
ing her voyage. The Justice. says. finally that
as regards the law. believing that a stranded
ship was q sort OF place where M any one could
tage. trust that this judgement will do away
with any such misconception In the future"
The sun., 1892-02-08
OHIO DEMOCRACY FOR HILL
Grover Cleveland's Name Taken Down From
q Club In Mansfield.

MANSFIELD. O.. Feb. 7.-The Grover Glove
land Club. organized here when the star OF the
man whose name 1t bears was high In the
heavens. has changed Its name to the Jackson
Club. the organization voting unanimously for
the change on Friday night. Some say that
this wns done in order that no boom may be
given to the cause of any candidate for the
Presidency. but the facts are that the followers
Of Hill. who are in the lead here. and control
the club. take this means OF expressing their
opinion that Cleveland is not in the Presi-
dental race. A we'll known Democrat, speak
ing of tho matter today. said:
Hardly a day passes but some opposition to
Cleveland crops out in some part OF Ohio.
Democrats in this city. especially among the
set against him. The name Of the Springfield
Democratic Club Is soon to be the David b.
Hill Club. Ohio Democrats seem to be for
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witnesses say. the whole Fortieth street side
OF the house was literally covered with ladders.
and on each were men who clambered in at
the windows in the face Of the smoke and
flames. They clambered out again. each bear
ing woman or man In his arms. and began
their perilous descent. Not one met with IN
accident
The men with tho ladders on the Sixth
avenue side had no such luck. The people
there were more panic-stricken and harder to
manage Probably the delay had a good deal
to do with this. The FIRST big ladder that the
The sun., 1892-02-08
THE LAHN's ROUGH VOYAGE
Prince Leopold OF Blrstein . Passenger,
with Many Attendants and Servants.

with Many Attendants and Servants.
Prince Leopold OF Birstein did not have an
agreeable time on the North German Lloyd
steamship Lain. which arrived yesterday. two
days behind her usual time. The Prince re-
ceived the best kind Of treatment from Capt.
Hellmers and the officers OF the Lain. but the
ship was badly treated by tho Rale-swept
seas While bucking the tall waves on Jan. 80
a shaft bearing got hot and the ship had to
stop for seven hours. The bearing burnt out
the next day. and the Lahn was hove to for
She pitched and rolled a good deal. and two OF
her second cabin passengers were hurt BY
falls.
Prince Leopold brings with him, several
counsellors. secretary. a doctor. and small
trunks and satchels to fill a small-sized hotel.
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Thunder Storm in Roeh..ter.

ROCHESTER,. Feb IA genuine old fashioned
thunder storm Is prevailing here: !t is as
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ABSOLUTELY IIREPROOE
Plaza Hotel,

Sth Av., 5sth a. 50th sts.. New York.
The water and leo used s distilled and frozen the
pure " n HAAkoHD.-Ad~
The sun., 1892-02-08

fotsdam entered the regimental kitchen. A
saucepan OF hot sausages happened to attract
the attention OF the Emperor. and he EXPRESS
90 a wish to taste them. Officers ran to get o
plate and knife and fork. but the Emperor said
they need not trouble themsel adding:
sausages taste better eaten with the fingers
than from the dish. or. as we students used to
say. er tdustibus"
The King Of Wnrttemberg. dining with the
onlcers OF the Hussars at their mess. told
them an amusing story about himself He
saia previous to his accession to the throne he
visited incognito the famous stables OF Capt
Won Drohne OF the Hussars at Kossewitz. The
oaptain was often pestered with horse dealers
1ha other undesirable visitors. When the
irlnce. still preserving his incognito. asked to
zee the Captain. the latter sent back word that
ne declined to see this gentleman from
nuremberg. supposing he was horse deal
En- The servant who took the reply returned
and announced that the visitor refused to 60
Inc Captain exclaimed:
Probably the man wants Donation" and
no esent him thaler. The reception the SER
want met with from the visitor this time scared
"'m OUT OF his wits, and he returned to his
master trembling In every limb. The Prince
'o''owed up the joke and the waiter into the
presence OF the Captain. who Immediately
'eco.hized him. The Prince laughed heartily.
dNu SAID MS this was the first aims he had ever
',eNeh he would not part with the gift
pF"i'he' now Major. was present at the
u,nnrr at which this story was told, and the
nm. produced and showed him the identical
mailer amid the laughter OF the company.
,, me artists OF Dusseldorf will give an exhl-
o'uon on July 9. confined to works OF tho
~@ous Dusseldorf school They propose to
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'uldng recorded the Temperature yesterday as follow
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-24
FOR MEDICINAL USE
NO EUSEL OIL

action. l think ii would be right to
discuss this matter. Other conditions
might be obtained from the Railroad
Company through proper effort.
Mr.. Jefferson-We have all seen
what the Railroad Company proposes
to do. All propositions have two sides,
but from the action attempted here q
few minutes ago, it would appear that
this has but one side, and that the side
of the river men.
Mr.. Jefferson went on to explain his
motive for offering his resolution, and
the discussion was continued by DR..
Caddle, who thought there might be a
compromise reached which would DE a
benefit to both the Railroad Company
and the river interests, and suggested
that perhaps the Railroad Company
would he willing to improve the south
end of the wharf in consideration OF the
proposed grant. The proposed improve
ment at the upper end Of the wharf DR..
Caddle thought good thing, for the To-
cality was at present an eye-sore and
public dumping ground.
Mr.. Prince spoke at some length IN
opposition to the grant, saying that
there was as little wharf room now as
the river men could get along with, and
that to further encroach upon 1t would
be 10 do great harm 10 the river men,
whose business was increasing right
along. He spoke of the annoyance at
present, and said that with additional
tracks in on Water street and switch
ing going on, there would be much In
convenience. AS it was, he had been
kept away from his own boat
for twenty minutes on several occa-
sions, and had been forced TO appeal
to the police and have innocent men ar
rested and fined in an effort to break up
the nuisance of standing trains on the
wharf,
After some additional discussion the
Question was put on Mr.. Jefferson's mo-
ton and it was defeated, but three
members voting for it, A motion was
then passed with but one dissenting
vote, asking Council TO reject the petit
ton of the Railroad Company.
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THE TERMINAL CROSSING CASE.

When the joint Committees adjourned
the Railrod Committee met by itself and
heard statement from President Brew
ster, of the Terminal Railroad Com
pany, regarding the crossing OF the Full
ton road, out on the Peninsula, referred
to in the resolution offered in the Board
Of Commissioners by DR.. j. w. Bates,
Jr., and adopted by that body, asking
Council to place a gate or watchman
on the crossing. President Brewster
and Mr.. w. P. Hubbard, counsel, stated
the situation to the Committee, very
much as it had been stated at previous
meetings by Superintendent Taussig,
and a resolution was passed by the Com
mittee, recommending that an ordi-
nance be drawn, requiring the Company
to send a man ahead Of all trains pass
ing over the crossing to warn the
public.
The Committee then adjourned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-24
Pittsburg Exposition Eaeursions via. b.

Excursion tickets will be sold via 3.
& o., September to October %, inclu-
sive, from Wheeling TO Plttsburg at re-
duced round trip rates, including one
admission to the Exposition, good re-
turning two days from date Of sale, and
when sold on Friday will be good re-
turning until the following Monday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-24

EVERY TESTIMONIAL in behalf Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla will bear the closest
investigation. No matter where IL may
be from, it is as reliable and worthy
your confidence as If it came from your
most respected neighbor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-24
WHEELTNG PARK,

The fin est pleasure ground In the State
Sacred concerts every sunday afternoon
by the full opera House Orchestra. A ride
to the Park on sunday Is q recreation to
everyone that works all week.
The Kim Grove Railroad, with It's In
creased facilities, can accommodate all
visitors
Organize your Ten Pin Clubs and secure
the ALLEYS IN time. also secure dates for
F4cnics through PARK Telephones, Nos
zoe and GOA, or apply TO Col. August Rolf,
Manager, city.
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a BAD FALL.
Mrs. VIM. Batcline Sustained Serious In.
juries Yesterday Morning.

juries Yesterday Morning.
Mrs. VIM. Radcliffe, VINO lives on
Jacob street, between Thirty-siXth and
Thirty-seventh, was the victim Of q
painful and serious accident, just be-
fore noon yesterday.
Mrs. Radcliffe was standing upon a
chair in the kitchen Of her residence.
and in some manner fell headlong to
the floor, the right side Of her face
striking with great force. He face was
badly bruised, and it was feared the
force of the shock produced some inter
nal injury. DR.. H. T. Ford was called
and rendered the necessary medical aid.
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Harvest E1cu siOns via pennsylvania Lines

September 9th excursion tickets to
points in Northwest, West, Southwest
and South, and on October 25th to points
in South and Southwest, will be sold from
principal ticket stations on the Penn
sylvania Lines west Of Pittsburg at very
low rates
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-24
No NONsEHsE.

The fact that Ministers. Professors. High
School Teachers, Physicians and Hospital Su.
stimulant, klein's Silver Age and DuqHesne
Rye w hiskies, is an assurance that no other
whlskies are their equzls send for price list
Of Al kinds Of liquors 70 Max Klein. Allegheny,
pa
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Register
Tnermomeser hooora.

Mt. c. Schnepf, the Opera House drug
gist, made the following observations OF
the temperature yesterday: a. m, 81;
9 a. m, 20; I2 N, 50; 3 p. m, So; p. m,
so. Weather. fair.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-24
Index to New Advsrtlsemenss.
FOURTH PAGE
Opera House-Prof. j. F. Flynn.
Opera House,. X. Emmet.
FITFH PAGE

Opera Household. J. +. Flynn.
Opera House,. X. Emmet.
FITFH PAGE.
Great Fall Opening-M. GutmAn & Co.
Stocks for Sale-Rinehsrt & Tatum.
Religious Notce-First Presbyterian Church
Mixed COfTee-H. +. Behrens.
Reward-Frank Cruise.
Religious Notice-Fourth Street n. E. Church
List OF Letters.
For Sale-Restsurant at Sistersyille.
Religious Notice-SL Matthews Church.
For Sale-SalOOn.
Lists Cholera and DiArrhGa Cure-R. h.
list.
Wanted-CooE.
Wanted-'Two Bench Carpenters.
Public Sale Of Household Furniture.
Wanted-One Thousand Dollars.
For Sals-L0t OF Pulleys and Hangers.
Wanted-ShlasmRn.
Wanted-Five Hundred Men.
Wanted-Man 20 Take Charge Of Horse.