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LIGH7NING IN BROOKLYN
Eight thousand Bales OF Cotton Set Fire
In Fc=r Warehouses.

In Fc=s Warehouses.
While yesterday afternoons thunder shower
was at its height bolt OF lightning struck tho
centre OF the roof OF one OF the big wareh ouses
OF the New York Warehousing Company ut the
foot OF Van Brunt street. facing on the Erie
Basin in Brooklyn. In the four warehouses.
which are labelled A. b. Z. and D. beginning
at the east end. were 5000 bales Of cotton
The cotton quickly ignited and In a very short
time huge clouds Of dense. black smoke were
rising skyward.
1t was exactly 1858 o'clock when the light
ming struck the building. Three boatmen.
who were getting shelter from tho storm un-
der nearby wharf heard q crash. and look
ing toward the warehouse saw flames shoot
Ing from the roof No workmen we're In any
OF the buildings. and but few were on the adj
joining wharfs. The three boatmen sent in
an alarm. The fire. m eanwhile. was making
rapid Roadway. and the smoke was SO dense
that people living q block away wero hardly
able to breathe.
More alarms were sent out and soon the
nreboats Seth Low and David A. Body
steamed up to the docks and sent eight solid
streams apiece into tho burning mass Of
cotton.
ladder. which had been broken before and
then spliced together again. was sent UP
against the wall OF the building by Truck 2.
and three fremen. dragging hose with them.
quickly went up 1t. Whom they reached the
top the crowd below were Mortified to hear q
sharp crack and to see the ladder break In
two. The three men fell twenty-five feet but
fortunately were only stunned. They resum cd
work after a short rest. the dense smoke
greatly interfered with tho work OF the fire.
men.
4 dozen fremen managed to reach the roof
Of the burning warehouses by placing ladders
against the rear wall. They then threw ropes
down and pulled up hose. In this way FIVE
streams We're poured for three hours directly
which sprang up at about TX o'clock blew the
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HIGHWAYTOMEN.
Two NondescrIpts Curse Judge CowinE
After lie Sentences Them.


After He Sentences Them.
Bessie Gordon and Mary Thompson. two dis
reputable colored women. were tried yester-
day in the General Sessions before Judge
Cowing upon an indictment charging them
with robbing Charles Baumann OF 1877 Avenue
G In West Twenty-1rst street, near Seventh
avenue. on the evening OF May 81. Four col
ored women. two Of whom were the defen-
dants. attacked Baumann. KIN ed him down.
beat him, and robbed him OF SIS. Bessie Cor
don and Mary Thompson were arrested, but
the other two colored women escaped. In their
own behalf yesterday Bessie Gordon and Mary
Thompson testified that they did not rob Bau-
promptly convicted them.
I'VE have had many men who robbed other
men and who even robbed women at this bar"
said Judge Cowing but this is the first case
that can recall where women robbed q man
in tho open street by force and violence. re-
gard 1t as my duty to adm mister e8em plary
punishment. / sentence you. Bessie Gordon
and Mary Thompson. to the state prison for
women at Auburn. each for the term OF eight
years.
The women became furious when they heard
their sentence and 1t required the efforts of
several court officers to lead thsm from the
bar. AS they reached the door OF the prisoners
box Bessie Gordon turned and pointing her
finger at judge Cowing. exclaimed:
pray when get out you will be IN HE'LL"
Mary Thompson shouted out:
=, pray when you die you will die 50 pooc
that you will die in he poor house."
Judge Cowing ordered that they be taken
from the prisoners box to the Tombs without
delay,
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4. Battery Park and it's near nsichborhood vo.
s sni. bolts dsscended in yolleys. The tall. cir
formsrly e Gas e.hi,m H OF the new Aquarium.
marx. Aiawyer In tho Washington buiidInH'
Who saw the havoc in Battery Park, saws ia
n rum nh{G made dozen Efforts TO hit the aqua
lot OF splinters from the flag staff on the
AQUARIUM tower Then It hawed down ne
scanoiding, the heavy i'm Der supports OF which
four zi poIsseG into me brick with three or
isted lumber came iattling down on the sky
MMghts OF the roof. smashing in six OF them.
an. .hsf =, were 100 Torkmen In the Aquarium.
vide doorway opening on the park One OF
i,nsm was cut and bruised by falling glass
IRON IRON tRe skylights and splintered wood
uo@ the scaffold. and another was so
Gnghly frightened and huddIed together
n M inc arched doorway until the shower was
5. tai Ao4Hs hitesn feet OF Tho chimney will
sbons s, z MriGhrs sons. say their loss will be
battery Park was Uttered with branches
and many Of its gas lamps 'I were fn s ed
aMsr. Three Of the corrugated iron shutters
Sa-o one south sine Of Pier were bent double.
WinS say by lightning and some say By the
wbRss Ellis Island ferryboat Schackamaxon.
Iath 81 StHEtnlnG 70 tho Barge office, got In the
copIs ol inc blast and was driven out OF her
Along rn n 70 me Liberty Island float and tore
thai wt and lightning com bnsd. 1t is thought
Terrvr hlecRed tho roof OF tho Staten Island
a.. ~ TI1t9gags room. The room is on the pier
pisSsssh d the revenue cutters. The lichtnine
Atst S ga y AROUND the pier and the cutters.
hssr nv nINia nash, a cracking that seemed
AHu loAr Of Wind, about 100 SQUARE
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feet OF the corrugated iron roof on the end OF
the baggage room curled up. split into
One piece fell through the roof OF the staten
Island Ferry house, and another came down
ss o Of the Sop nth hDH
Street Ferry house. left the tower there Just
before the lightning struck 1t. doing no other
aa I1g than smashing few panes and splin-
H. was the wind strongly ,suspoeted OF being
a little tornado, that caused trouble on Pier 3,
East River There was q steysdores shanty.
set on wheels. on the pier. and II was lifted UP
and dePes Il on scoE north Of the GiSy
Mann Of ~ West Fifteth street sue S
resisted the attempt Of the wind to blow II. Off
the storm. and didn't. stop until It got into the
South Ferry house. where it was secured.
In the fifteen minutes tho thunder storm
sewers could not carry Il of right away. and
flowed. Over the copings Of all tall buildings
cascades came. and narrow streams In cutters
wdsnsd to canals Dogn the incline Of the
murky rapids ankle deep. The South and
West street cellars were flooded by water that
windows facing southwest. all opcned to let
In the mir. could not be lowered quick enough
the many windows OF the Produce Exchange
paners oyer the fioors and tearing, down cur
were glutted with refugees from the wet The
Golore' attendants were so frightened by the
lightning that they would not GO near the
windows to pull them down..
The wind dashed through Exchange place
unimpeded until it got TO the corrugated iron
bridge connecting the Custom House with the
Naval office. In its clean sweep It had gathered
bridge with the force OF a battering ram,
smashed in o part Of tho west side Of the
structure. and broke nil the windows.
According to Policeman 2.5SS. lightning
struck the fagpolo on the BARCLAY, Street
bolt splntered the gilt ball into bits. The
next spiintered the staff aud tore hole In the
roof.
The big blue-and-white sign at Pier 5. East
River. Of the New York Central and the Mil
waukee and Wisconsin railroads, was blown
down and smashed into spiinters. 1t was
forty feet long and ten feet high. and tho
debris blocked South street.
There Ia a branch Office OF the Western Union
Telegraph Company in II. i. Claflin's store.
i is that part Of the building at the corner Of
ThOmaS Rtreat and Wast BroadXaY. which La
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CLOSING THE DISTILLERIEs.
The whiskey Trust Decides to shut Down
Every Concern Controlled Hy 1t.

Tho whiskey Trust Decides to shut Down
Every Concern Controlled Hy It.
PEORIA. Ill. June 6.-The Board OF Directors
Of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company
have concluded their labors here and ad-
journed.
The mpany has concluded to shut down
for an Indefinite period every distrillery con-
trolled by them throughout the country.
There are three OF the eighty owned by them
now running.
The seeding houses are debating whether
they will permit the trust people to further
withdraw spirits on hand or to hold on the
goods themselves.
They assert that tho Government will bs
with them. Us Uncle Sam does not recognize
the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company.
but tho owners Of the several plants who are
In possession.
CINCINNATI. June 6-Thornton NJ. Hinkle
placed on file to-day the mortgage executed
by the Distilers' and Cattle Feeders Com pany
to the Central Trust Company OF New York.
1t Ia the document that Is being placed on
record at each point throughout the country
where the Whiskey Trust owns property. The
total bond issue Is $4,000. 600. represent ed in
$1,000 bonds. mum berinG from ! to 5000 in
elusive: bearing interest at the rate OF q per
GENT The mortgage herein referred is for
$2.5OO.OOO for the payment Of rebates.
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BANK ROBRERS ESCAPE
They Proved Too Much for tho Pursuing
Arkansas sheriff. and Rosse.


Rogers. Ark. June G.-The robbers that rob-
bed the Peoples Bank OF Bentonville yester-
day are probably safe in the Indian Territory
by this time.
Tho Sheriff and posse that went after them
kept UP u running fire for about two miles out
OF Bontonville. until they reached a little
place called Decatur This place consists OF
four stores and Post once.
The robbers stopped and went into one OF
the. stores and called for some canned goods
and something To cat saying:
We are in hurry. licl Is on fire."
Before they could get what thoy had called
for the Sheriff and posse came up, and the
the counter. a sklrmish followed. and the
robbers again rctreat"d They went over
hill and prepared an ambush. into which they
led tho pursuing rarty.
In this fright two horses belonging to the
posse were shot and on" captured by the rob-
beers. The sheriff. with part Of his posse re-
turned 10 Bentonyile last night and remained
In that place all Of to-day. No men were sent
out to continue the pursuit.
1t Is expected that all the men will return
tonight and that the robbers will escape
=, 1t is believed here hat Tho desperadoes are
the Starr gang. and TINT one o! the brothers
was leading. Two OF the robbers were hurt
in the fight yesterday
Taylor Stone. a citizen. who was badly shot,
Is still living. hut wifi probably die. The
amount OF money taken WAS about $4,000
A reward OF 81 900 and l!ty per cent. OF all
money found has been offered Tor the capture
OF the robbers.
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DROVE INTO THE WATER.
The BODY OF Drowned Man Found Unde,
Wagon In q Stream.

Inc hody OF drowned Man Found Under
Wagon in q Stream.
BABYLON. June GA horse with a part OF a
buggy harness clinging to him was found In
True's Brook yesterday about 200 feet from
where the brook empties into the South Bay.
Tho horse was alive when taken from the
water. but 1t died last night. II had evidently
been in the water many hours and was in the
last stages Of exhaustion when found.
To-day a servant employed BY Col. William
Mcclure eaid she saw two men. evidently
drunk. drive down the road leading to the
brook and the bay at a late hour on Sunday
night. The road is a short one. leading from
the main road to the bay. Tho servant won-
dercd at their driving down there. and waited
some time for them to come back. but did not
see them again. The brook is ten feet deep
having Teen recently dredged.
By order Of Col. Mcclure. a search OF the
brook was made. and at 7:30 +. NJ O light
wagon was di scovered IN about twenty feet Of
water. near where the horse was found. Tho
wagon was upside down. and underne cath it
was found the body OF o man about As years
old: with brown hair. slightly bald In front,
and with light me ustache.
n, Il his pockets were found certificate dated
worked on section 45 OF the Long Island Rail-
road. and cheap silver watch stopped at - 20
o'clock. An inquest will be- held tomorrow.
1t was supposed that the man had a COM
panion with him when he passed tho Mcclure
house. Several wounds were found on the
head and face. He is supposed to be from
Northport
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CONVICT eIER MISSING.
Thought to Have Been Carried Ont OF Prison
and Have Hidden in q Pig Pen.

George ". Carter q convict up for term OF
seven years In Sing Sing prison. has been
missing since 8 o'clock yesterday morn ing.
His work was that OF engineer Of tho engine
that runs the machinery in the shoe shop.
AS a special workman he does not belong to
any working gang. and is consequently not
under the charge Of any keeper In going to
and from his meals. He eats breakfast at
what is known as tho second table together
with number OF other convicts who have
special work. after the regular working gangs
are through the m cal. and SO he Is left more to
himself than most OF the convicts.
At about $50 yesterday morning he went to
breakfast. and half an hour later he was miss
ing. Word was sent through the prison tn at
u man was missing. None OF the guards could
Giveany news Of him him an, and up 70 late hour
seven discharged men LETT the prison YESTERDAY
morning. and IL is rumored that Carter es-
caped with them. Another theory Is that Car
ter loitered about the yard until he got
chance TO 90 through the shops TO the oren
SPACE where t5eo the Wagon gate is and then
Warden Durston believes, that the man is
s sSf the Wa hnEs tS
Carter has concealed himself in some UNI
thouGht;of nook or Granny. where he will DO
he thinks he has chance to escape from the
The work OF searching the prison was begun
yesterday, and unless the man is found soon a
minute search OF the whole big institution will
be made. This will take time and care, and
may be unavailing after all. as convicts often
show wonderful ingenuity in finding hiding
places In the prisons.
Carter's crime Ia burglary In tho second de-
gree, to which he confessed. He robbed the
house Of Warden, pillshury on Backwells
JAN 49, 1893. Previously he was sentenced to
a year on Blackwelis Island In 1891 for grand
larceny. He Is 81 years old and Is an engineer.
Since entering Sing Sing his record has been
good.
named Van Tassel living in Hunter street.
says that she saw q man in convicts clothes
passing under q gas light at 1880 o'clock to-
Principal Keeper Connaughton. Seven guards
We're sent on the trail.
It is now supposed that Carter hid In n box.
was carted outside the walls with a shipment
Of goods from the shoe shop and then hid In
the prison pig pens where he awaited the
cover OF night to get away.
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smoke away from the front OF the building.
dows Of tho buildings. and poured stream
after stream in on the burning cotton.
water on the flames and the other half Hood
flames had not then reached; A. Z o'clock the
troll. but unexpectedly huge wave Of fame
appeared at the extreme west end Of the
OF the fire was got under control. The fire. o.
course. started on the top floor OF the build
Rs ht hs
that It did not get in any OF the buildings.
AZ o o'clock the fire was SO entirely under
will continue to pour from tho ruins. however,
for three or four days to come. The buildings
cupy the entire block and are bounded by Van
Brunt street, Reid street, Conover street and
the Bay; Al around them runs fence five
hundred var IS away are tho nearest buildings.
Tho burned warehouses werel2O0 feet long.
buildings were injured only on the fifth floor.
while thelother two were burned almost to the
badeg ascorSns
81 % ths ~ .iore $40
operated a. st the New York Wsrehousing Com Tgne
pany by James p Wallace Il Co. OF this city. A
rough estimate mat places tho loss on them at
-, When the lightning struck the building a
ltte boy who was leaning against the wall on
was KIN ed senseless. He was taken to the
Richard street police station and later to his
home
A number OF boys were watching the fire
from the roof OF 40 Van Brunt street when
one OF their number. Willie Mooney. slipped
and fell to the ground. He was taken home.
where his injuries were found to be slight
THE ARBUcKLE FLATS STRUCK.
The chimney Of the big Arbuckle fiat build
ing which forms the most conspicuous object
on the Heights. In Columbia Heights and
Orange street, was also struck by lightning
during the storm. Some OF the brick work
tumbled down on scafIold on which Painter
Henry Donner was at work on tho tenth story.
He was hurled from the scaffold. and although
killed He was 80 years old and lived with his
family at 32l West Forty-fourth street. New
York. The damage TO the building was only
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Mr.. booths Career,

Porn In the theatrical purple. the son Of one
the BSa thH Ens as s
w wa e s@a ~s fsats Iainss Ioftasss
took from him the affectionate and loyal ad.
miration Of tho American public;
race and the foremost tracedian Of the Amer.
ican stage r was born on the 18th Of Sovember
ahsr Janss Bpaus BSSth N Hsfttord
county. Nd. twenty-five miles from Baltimore.
Junius Brutqs Booth. an erratic man and .
county home he found rest between the periods
B@ Eawin Vas psn ed torfwo q his fathers
Flynn. The Booth dwelling. where Edwin
e s Haiy the
and and belted By a thist. unbroken eircie q
it, ssss ass od oven
bak cd the family bread and the family alto ~
from massive pewter platters Edwin Booth and
Country s seSoo 6dtT1
sespe and Ea5n Sa
his EVEN beeb S esuSSs
70 Fellow; Hs Iasher. e whom R H., was AZ a.:
dresser on his periodical tours. Between these
two there existed 2 profound and ferysnt
though undenonstratiVe sympathy. AS poy
father rHiH nelsncholy. He mad more influence
cess check lis haisrazel fatnGTs desire 70
cesses. His lie was prfeeEtibly, darkenedbv
'H On p sept TO- s darnr the elder B9sths
| engagement al the Boston Museum; Edwin
naas NJ dHpt cE ns fi'or s sh SsS Shss
Junius Brutus, Jr. had made his debut six.
teen y,ears before in this same ,o minor r3ls:
father for Il lH29 he TSs Pq lay ths yig9r
drlpiiia Arch Street Theatre, 1t was in this
r,is. On sept y, 1880 that young Booth made
National Theatre In Chatham square Edwin
Was j I years Old. and his work naturally at
soon after his New York appearance Edwin
Hooth accepted an engagement in Theodore
snm q, s %esk w hs pSed hs
range OF characters from Iantomme TO farce.
Il was not until he accompanitd his iather
IT. TO california in 1852 that he began to at
tract attention ms an actor. ~
themselves and he sailed tor home. leaving his
two sons TO grow, W with California Edwin
When the snow blockade was broken the news
that h $ father had died on his way home from
HSw " Ms %as r. n wh
EuI been playing, and made, his way to San
francisco. whore j. l.. Booth. Jr., had become
a partner in the pa raErnent Of O theatre He
joined his brothers company on a meagre
sanry. lie was induced to play Richard M
at benefit, and a crowded and enthusiastic
house rewarded his effort. The direct result
.NLipct. HChgrd Ill.,. and UhriiJ.
Success. instantaneous and emphatic. was
his reward Analiy. when he essayed Hamlet
for the first time. and HIS place In the esteem
Of tho san Francisco public WAS firmly fixed.
] fell 10 his lot. too. 70 support other stars as
they came from the Fast. FORESTS divorced
Veteran James L. Mardock WAS another. and
a third was that gifted actress but ssrraiio
for Booth was recprocated on his part.
With David G. Anderson, Booth made a star
wieh Islands on his way back 10 Frisco Laura
keene was his Leading lady. After his return
no created the role OF Raphael in The Marble
Heart" II was marked success.
Returning to the last at the request OF his
friends. who predicted that he would take
the .rlace on the stage left vacant ~
his father. Booth played 6se!.ard III u
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PLUNGED IN TO SAVE 4 DOG.
Thomas Seoandro Drowned In Short HIS
Park Reservoir.

There ia n picturesque artificial lake called
Short Hill Park Reservoir about three miles
above Summit. n. J. Lewis Bayard. Jr.. res
ident OF tho park. late Monday afternoon. with
his dog stroled TO the lake TO seek relief from
the heat While he sat on the bank in the
shade the dog. which was painting with the
heat. plunged into the Jake 1t Is n valuable
animal named Clio. Clio seemed to delight in
his swim. and headed toward the opposite
bank.
About forty feet from the shore tho dog
turned and behaved as II mething was the
matter Young Bnyard thought Clio was
drowning. and cried out. His cries attracted
the attention Of Thomas Scoandro and Daniel
kehoe. two lahorers who were worEing close
ut hand. Rushing down to the bank they per-
ceived at n glance the tribulation OF young
Rayard. Without much ado Scoandro hastily
snatched of his trousers and sprang to the
rescue OF the dog. He was in perspiration
from his ,worh. and the cool water OF the AXE
produced too sudden change in his system.
hands and sank from view He did not re-
appear. The dog. with q hard struggle.
reached the shore and stood shaking his
shaggy coat and looking toward the spot
where Scoandro had Disappeared.
Bayard and chloe had given an alarm. and
ployed by Stewart Hartshorn. the owner OF the
park were at the lake. Improvised graphing
irons were procured, but 1t was about four
hours before the body Of Scoandro was discov-
cred. II was taken TO his home at White Oak
Ridge. where he lived with his wife, and two
hysteria. from which she has not yet recov-
erel.
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obliterated tho Railroad Tracks.

CHARLESTON w. Va. June 6-Two cloud
bursts. one Sunday night and the other
and most destructive early this morning.
visited Hinton, at the end OF a division
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
twenty miles east OF here. almost submer-
Ging the place This mornings visitation
destroyed bridges. streets. houses. and
several families were compelled to fly for their
lives to places OF safety. Mrs. John auckland
and her II. year old son. who were out hunting
their COWS. were caught in q small stream and
drowned. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
tracks for distance Of ten miles with three
valuable and costly trestles is almost entirely
oeliterated. The. company report their loss
at 100000. but 1t is probably much more.
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EatollI nj Notro Dame.

SOUTH BEND. June 6.-Mgr. Satolli arrived In
this city from Chicago at 10:40 this forenoon
on a flying visit to South Bend and tho Uni
versity OF Notre Dame. He was accompanied
by Prof James Edwards OF tho University and
q number Of Chicago priests.
Al the depot he was met by President Thomas
i. Wash. the Very Rev. Father Corby and
other dignitaries Of the university and
pame At the entrance 10 tie grounds he eV %as
met by the university band and military COM
panies In full uniform and by the stud nts
who gave him fitting welcome.
The university buildings arc decorated
with United states and Papal colors Dinner
was served in the senior dining hall and this
afternoon was spent In inspecting the Guild
ings This evening a literary program me WAS
given in Satolli's honor III Washington Hall.