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Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-05-19
FIRE IN BROOKLYN
The Tallnage Tabernacle Destroyed
for the Third Time.
OTHER PROPERTY BURNED
Fine Hotel, Methodist Church and
Dwellings Among the List-Losses
Are Nearly Two Millions.

BROoKLYS, Nav 14.-While DR.. Tai
mage was shaking hands with his con-
gregation yesterday and about 200
people were left in the building, some
one remarked, 4 smell smoke"
tongue Of fire was seen to leap out from
between the pipes of the organ. DR..
"s1mage commanded the people to leave
the church ard they lost no time in
obeying the command. Two of the
trustees who were in their room in the
tcwer were overcome by smoke and
had to be carried out. Within ten min
utes after the first alarm had been
given the church Vas doomed and the
flames had extended to the Hotel Re-
gent, and the fire was soon beyond con-
troll Of the frem-n. The tabernacle
ard Hotel Regent were totally destroyed
and the Sammerte!d Methodist Episco-
pal church, together with about twenty
residences, more or less damaged. The
total loss is over s., 900, eco.
DR.. Talmage held quite reception at
his home during the afternoon. He
made graphic statement of the Incl
dents connected with the fire He said:
cat the close Of tie church service
was standing at the foot of the pulpit,
shaking hands with hundreds of people
from all lands. | was about through
and walked toward the center of tie
lhurch, where my wife stood, when she
called my attention to FIRE springing
Gu. from the top of the organ. ! saw at
orce that it was nrder full headway.
and my first Impulse was to look about
ard see how many people were in the
house. TO my great JOY there were
only about twenty and twenty five doors
to get out Of felt they would all
escape. then went into my study,
bick of the platform, passing under
blazing p ping, to get my hat and coat,
and then | said to my elf, is it manly
to run OFF, I wake up and down my
study room rejoicing that the fi,e had
occurred when there was no chance of
fatality. While In this sort OF a brown
study a friend rushed into the room and
taking my arm said: Get ont of this
doomed room or You will not get out at
ALL. We went out into the church.
0ae-half of the organ was down and the
f4e had leaped TO the roof saw that
nothing could save the building and l
came out. Oar church has been burned
three times and it has always been
burned on Sunday"
When asked for an opinion as to the
cause Of the fire he said emphaticaliy
''Electric lights. Electricity caused this
fire, as it did in the last tabernacle on
Scharmerhorn street."
The spread with lightning RI pidity
and before sunset had destroyed prop
erty worth nearly $4,000, 900
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They SAY It's A FAKE.
Old Miners Who Aver That Alexander's
Mine Is No Mine at All.

Old Miners Who Aver That AleXander's
Mine Is No Mine at All.
GREAT FAILS, May 13.-George Fnlli
gan, w. II. Harrison and Joseph Veg
ner returned tonight from Alexander
City, where they had been to inspect
the newly discovered gold field. The
three men are all practical miners who
have had years of experience in placer
work. Mr.. Fulligan said:
The reported discovery of the ia
nous Kies mine is a mistake. The
ground at Alexander City contains lit
tie particles of fine gold in the grass
conlees, but no other color was found.
Bed rock w4s reached yesterday on
Alexander's claim and there was no
gold found. The miners are IL leaving
and In the next thirty days none will be
left. The excitement was first started
by the working of twenty-ore claims
secretly by Glasgow parties who were
greatly excited over finding gold in the
grass roots, and this excitement was
increased by reports sent out from par
ties at Glasgow who had no knowledge
of mining whatever.
THE old cabin found was probably
left there years ago by buffalo hunters,
and the mining tools found were relics
of early prosrectors. The country
round about Alexander City has been
thoroughly trospected. No ground has
vet been discovered in that section that
will pay to work, and the hundreds
headed for Alexander City had better
turn around and return home or they
will be as bitterly disappointed as WE
were after thorough inspection of the
new camp"
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YER Is ON IOP.

silver Flank in Kansas City Convention
Adopted by a Vote of la:} {" 10.
KANSAS CITY, May 16-The democratic
s.ate convention was in session last
night until o'clock. A ma jority and
minority report en- the platform was
submitted. The majority report sup
p7Its TIE administration. The McKin-
ley law is denounced and the income
tax feature Of the pending tariff bill in
dorsed 1t is declared that congress
has no right to refuse to coin both gold
ard silver: The financial clause to the
platform is as follows:
I'VE demand free bimetal il coinage
of bo,h gold and silver and he restora-
ton Of the bmetallc standard as exist
ed u-der the laws for over eighty years
prior 20 the demonetization of the
standard silver dollar in 1878. and
shcull it become necessary to maintain
the tx 0 metals in circulation TO read
lust the ratio, it should be determined
whether gold has risen OF silver has
fallen, and whether there should be
change of the gold dollar or the silver
ratio is adopted, the rights of both
creditor and debtor shall be observed
alike, havirg in view the demands of
the people for the circulating medium
that we are opposed to farming out to
national banks the right TO issue the
circulating notes that we are opposed
to any further increase of the in crest
bearing debt of the government
FrarcIs NJ. Black was nominste for
supreme Judge ard T, W. Darlington
for superintendent of schools. Ad
iournment was then taken to 10 O'Clock
this morning. When the convention
met again rab;d anti A p. A. resolu-
ton was introdu ed, but went over
pending sc;ion on the platform. A
stormy discussion ersued over the plat
form, wLicn was finally adopted, 423 10
40. BANDS face was wreai ed in
smiles.
The ma jority Platform says further;
1--WE commend the integrity, patriot
ism, ability and courage of Grover
Cleveland, and applaud his sc,ion in
promptly approving the repeal Ct the
federal election law: his earnest eff orts
in behalf of the tariff refo1m; the Iur
ity. econe my ard visor of his admins
tration" After lang discussion the
ma iority committ>e PLATFORM, Of which
Congress: nan Bland was the head, was
adopted j. H. Fisk was nominated
for railroad com missioner, and at p.
N. one of the most exciting conven-
tions ever held in the state adjourned.
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RoNNER's FERRY, Idaho, May II
Twentv-eight wealers arrived here to-
night, having marched on foot from
Colburn, way station twenty-six miles
west of here They are part of tre
command organized by Colonel Dolphin
IN Spokane. They are commaeded by
Captain E. L. Stephenson. They are
quartered in Hoy's hall and will stop
over here a day and rest up. They
were met here by forty-two deputies in
charge Of Colonel Ed Doust, who will
see that theorailway property is fully
protected and trains unmolested. Cap
tain Stephenson claims that there are
5 900 industrials between Spokane and
Seattle who are working east, and that
the next grand encampment place will
be Helena, for which place they are all
making.
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CLEARING The SHORT LINE.
No More Free Transportation for lhdns-
trials in Idaho.

No More Free Transportation Tor lhdus
trials ip Idaho.
BOISE, Idallo, May i3.-The common
veal problem on the Union Pacific
Short ii lc in Idaho has assumed a new
phase, a force Of armed deputies hav-
ing been started out today to clear
trains. The company last week let
the bands move, under protest. After
trains had been tied up two days, orders
were received to run again. The COM
monwealers climbed on, guyed the
trainmen when ordered to vacate and
rode at will through the state. News
of the positive attitude of the company
was flashed westward, and it seems
that general movement was started.
1t assumed alarming proportions, and
the company determined that it would
be better to change front. Therefore
all trains were stopped yesterday.
The most advanced band of Coxeyites
had reached Montpelier, in the east
ern part of the state, and is there tied
up. Others are scattered along the
road. An effort will be made now to
clear the 'wealers off the trains and
permit traffic to be resumed.
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Wanted to Address the House.

WASHINGTON, May 14.-The speaker
laid before the house today the resigna-
tion of Barnes Compton of the Fifth
MARYLAND district, who leaves congress
to accept the Office of naval officer at
Baltimore, The proceedings were in
terrupted by burly negro in the gal
lery shouting, "Mr. Speaker of the
house of representatives" Instantly
the house was in confusion. The
speaker directed the doorkeeper to re-
move the man. The doorkeeper was
unable to Gust him for some time, the
negro endeavoring to deliver his alleged
divineIy inspired message to the effect
that the Lord commanded hin to come
to the speaker and order him to pass
the Co3ey bill.
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SEATTLE, May 10 y esterday morning
,hirty-two deputy marshals arrived with
1876 Coxeyites and sixteen citizens OF
North Yakima, who are melting them
10 resist the authorities at Yakima
The men were arrested Thursday and
were started for Spokane on Northern
Pacific freight train, with view OF be-
ing brought here over the Union Pacitic
TO Portland, but it was learned that a
mob at Arlington had blockaded the
Union Pacific tracks. The train con-
sequently went to Spokane and then
back to Seattle. On their arrival here
all were locked up, but all except two
of the Yakima people were afterwa1d
let out on bail by Judge Hanford. Ap-
plication for the release Of the CoXey-
ties on their own recognizance was re-
fused
On the way to the jail number Of
populists hoo,ed the deputies and three
were arrested. Last night six deputies
were recognized on the streets by a
crowd Of local Coxeyites, who followed
them with cries of "Lynch them The
crowd grew to 500 persons and became
more threatening, until the deputies
sought refuge in a bank. The mob then
dwindled to about 100, who hung
aroung, watching all the entrances, but
the deputies escaped. In the afternoon
cipher summons was chalked on the
sidewalks and about 600 people gathered
and held meeting in the open air.
The first speaker advocated going in
body to the jail and forcing the sheriff
to release the prisoners, but ucceedins
speakers advocated respect for the law
The mob threatened to sack the house
of Henry Shepard, late general of the
Seattle industrial army, charging him
with stealing money and provisions.
Five companies of the Fourteenth
United States infantry, under command
of Lieutenant Colonel Theaker, arrived
here this morning in response to the
call from Judge Hanford of the Un1tec
States court, who considered then
necessary to aid in enforcing the order:
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TRY TO STOP THEM
Western Railroads Propose to Run
Down Offenders Hereafter.
LIVELY TIMES AT SEATTLE
Threatening Demonstration by Crowd
Of COxey SympathiZers-Slx Dep"-
ties Had a Narrow Escape.

RAwL1Ss, Wyo., May 1.-THE rece1v-
ers of the Union Pacific road are taking
steps to put an end to the movements OF
industrials over the lines in their
charge. This end may be peaceably
accomplished, but if resistance is made
it will be met with bullets, and posi-
bilities Of serious trouble exist. A body
of $50 men, led by man named Shef-
fer, has seized a train on the oregon
Short Line and is moving east All the
rolling stock has been taken from Mont
pelier and the tanks cmptied of water,
and at Cheyenne Judge Riner OF the
United States court has granted an IN
junction to restrain the men from using
the property of the road and writs for
the arrest of the leaders have been
placed in the hands of the United States
marshal to be used in case the army
comes into Wyoming Shelter and his
men managed to pass through Mont
pelier and seemed to be In desperate
mood
On receipt Of this information the
marshal and twelve men LETT Cheyenne
to meet the industrials ard carry out
the instructions Of the court at all
hazards. In case his force is not large
enough to do the work troops will be
called for from Salt Lake City or
Cheyenne.
Later word was received that the men
had abandoned TIE stolen train at Coke
vile, Wyo. It is expected that they
will board the first freight train coming
east, In which case Marshal Rankin will
encounter them at Granger junction Of
the Oregon Short Line and Union Pa
cific. The G. .Xeyites are not in con
tempt of court in Oregon and Idaho.
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ONLY TWO HURT.
The Base ball Season Opens Auspicieusiy
at Miles City.

The Baseball Season Opens Auspicieusiy
at Miles City.
MILES CITY, Mont, May 13.-The base
ball season opened today with a game
between the Miles City and Fort keogh
teams, which was won by the local
team by score Of 90 to 8. The game
proved disastrous to the players. Fred
Kreidler, the stenographer OF the dis
trict court. and the right field Of the
Miles City nine had a serious accident.
In the second innings he was running
from second to third base, ard in try
ing to make slide slipped and fell,
knocking the third baseman down on
top of him. DR.. Andrus was aumE1oned
and found that the small bone of the
right leg was broken just above the
ankle and the latter had also been dis
located. Van Verton Of Fort Kee gh
was spiked and had knee sprained in
the sixth inning.
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CAR OF eEhztNE EXPLODED.
Hundreds of People Injured in the Mad
Rush Which Followed.

Hundreds of People Injured in the Mad
Rush Which Followed.
BRAppocK, Penn, May l3.-The Bar
rel house of Emery's refinery in this
city took fire this evening. presumably
by spontaneous combustion, and was
destroyed. Loading racks and five tank
cars were consumed. While the fire.
nen were making their fight and thcus-
ands of people watching there was
tremeaduous explosion. A tank car
containing 100 gallons of behzine had
let go with mighty :oar. Fortunate
ly the burning beuzine was thrown
into the ar in sheets Of liquid FIRE and
consumed itself before settling over
the crowd. The explosion was fol owed
by Panic that can not be described
in words. The blind, unreasoning,
pitiless instinct of self preservation
showed itself and the weak went down
before the strong in multitude of
cases III I frantic rush to escape what
seemed to be horrible death. In the
stampede, men as we'll as women and
children, were thrown down and trod-
den by the flying masses that surged up
from behind. Thirty-6ve of the fire
men were burned, the skin peeled off
their faces and hands and the hair
singed off their heads. The total mum.
Der of those burned and injured in the
stampede will probably reach 100 per
sons. The property loss will not ex-
ceed 5000.
The crowd of sightseers was within
100 feet of the tank when it exploded,
but most of the 6remen were massed
within half that distance. Mat Behar,
a redner with oil soaked clothing, was
standing close beside the car when the
Dig tank let go TIE concussion stun
ned him a. if he had been struck with
a s!edge hammer, in a moment he was
ablaze from head to foot. He cool]y
rolled in the gravel until the fire was
put ont. Several others sustained
serious injury.
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A WIDOWS HARD BLOW.
To Rid Her of Incumbfancp. Her Two
Children Committed Suicide.

VIENNA May ia sad affair oc-
Cured here todav. a poor widow
named Jerabek had two children,
girl and a boy aged i / and years re-
spectively. The woman was compelled
to work hard to support herself and
children. The children determined TO
kill themselves and thus relieve her of
the burden of their support. They
went to one Of the bridges spanning
the Danube and mounted the parapet.
Then they hastily kissed each other and
clasping hands: jumped into the river.
Before assistance could reach them
their bodies were swept out OF sight.
When the mother returned from her
work she found her lodgings deserted.
She found note in which the children
said that they were only a burden to
her and they had decided to commit
suicide The widow is frantic. 1t is
feared she will be incurably insane.
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OWE UNCLE SAM S32O,OOO.
North American Commercial Company
VIII BE Asked to Settle.

North American Commercial Company
VIII Be Asked to Settle.
WAsHISGToN, May 14.-Attorney Gen
eral Olney has rendered an opinion in
which he holds that the settlement
made by Sec! etar;es Window and F'os-
ter with the North Ame ric1n Company
by which the government, for the years
1890, 1891 and 1892, received less rental,
both as to the bonus and the rental per
skin, than was originally agreed upon,
was Illegal, and therefore not binding
to the present secretary. In view OF
this decision the secretary has made
formal demand upon the company for
the full amount of rent aud per skin
tax fer the wear 1898, and has referred
to the attorney general for such action
as he may deem advisable in the mat
ter Of collecting from the company the
full amc unt due for the previous years.
The amount claimed to be due the gov
ernment is about $500 600.
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of the court. They number twelve Off
GERS and 224 men.
Threatened to Hang tho Marshhls.

SPOKANE, May li.-State Senator e.
w. Ide came in from the sound yester-
day. ''Things were in pretty state
for little while in Seattle Saturday
morning." he said. ga crowd started
after some deputy marshals, jeering
and offering threats of violence. 1t is
said threats to lynch were made, and
the deputies found they had business in
a convenient bank The crowd hung
around for some time, threatening to
break the windows, but some cooler
head drew them off to the docks for
public meeting. Speeches were made
denouncing the marshals and the rail
road officials, when telegram was
received from Spokane, signed by
Jeffries, informing them that Judge
Buck had ordered the Yakima prison
ers brought back here. The crowd
cheered Buck and Jeffries, and some
one counseled moderation, at least
until it was seen whether the men
were brought back under Judge Bucks
order.
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Under Arrest for Insanity.

M1ssorLA, May 13.-D=paty Sheriff
Wood and Charles E. Hall returned to-
dav from Arlee with an insane man,
concerning whom Agent Carter wired
Yesterday. He turns out to be Robert
Cantwell, formerly well known / Butte
where he was a township officer and
later justice Of the peace at Libby.
He is not violent, but melancholy. He
was roughly handled some time ago by
a constable and his friends say that he
has been unsound in mind ever since.
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Hopan's Men Sent ii

HELENA, Mont, May a. - Judge
Knowles in the United States district
court today disposed of the cases Of the
$50 Coxeyites who stole Northern Pa
cific train in Butte early in the morn
ing Of April ~ and flew eastward until
they we're captured by United States
troops at F'orsythe. Hogan, the gen
eral In command Of the army, was SEN
fenced to six months in the county Jail;
the engineer and fireman who ran the
rain and the forty captains and lieuten-
ants were given sixty days each in the
>itv iail. The other 800 will be brought
ito court in squads of thirty, and upon
edging their word not to engage in
~ such proceedings, the judge will
m them loose.
This is the gang that brought on the
scrimmage at Billings, when the first
blood of the Coxey warfare was shed.
They have been guarded here by three
companies of regulars since their cap
tuTe. Their defense was tnat tney look
the train with the tacit consent Of the
Northern Pacific managers, but the
Judge did not accept 1t as defense, he
having previously issued an injunction
restraining them from interfering with
| the road, which is in the hands or re-
ceivers. While passing sentence Judge
Knowles said: "There seems to be a
popular craze that eople may take pos
session of railways and otherwise tramp
to Washington, feeding upon the com
munities through which they pass, who
give them supplies because they want
them to move on and thus dump them
on other communities. This craze
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North Yakima City Election,

NORTH YAKIMA, May 1.-THE annual
city election occurred today. The issue
was whether or not to reorganize under
the general laws as city of the third
class. The proposition was carried by
a majority of thirty-six. The ticket
elected follows: w. n. Redmar, mayor !;
Il. II. Allen, Walter Walton, Matt Bar
tholet, j. j. Carpenter. Frank Sinclair,
\. f. Switzer, James Greene, council
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ElIensbnrr Free or the Idle.

E1LENsBURG, Wash, May 13.-With
the exception of two or three men who
STAYED to look after two sick men, the
Industrial army has left Ellensburg.
The last of them departed this morning
in wagons and afoot for Moses couiee
with sufficient provisions bought by the
city to last them to Spokane. Their
rendezvous is closed and the people are
breathing easier. 1t is estimated that
l.2OO to / 500 have passed through here
in the past ten days. About forty left
tonight on freight for Pasco. Some of
the officers said they were told by train
men when the train would leave and
took advantage of the information to
get into boxcars. They were assured
no stop would be made between here
and Pasco except for water
Several city officers and citiZens went
down this morning to recover the body
found on the island below the scene of
the wreck. After hard work rope was
got around it and i was hauled ashore.
1t has not vet been identified, but it is
believed to be Werner, the Spokane
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CHICAGO, May 12.-Two thousand en-
rloyes of the Pullman Palace Car COM
panv quit work yesterday. They as
sert that the entire force of 4,310 will
strike. The men demanded restoration
of the 80 per cent cut made last year
The officials refused and asserted that
,hev we're running at a loss for the
purpose of giving the men employment
The harbor of Rio de Janeiro is one OF
the finest on the globe. It has fifty
miles of anchorage, sufficient to loat
the napies of the world.
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Meek's Murderers Traced.

BRooKFlELD, Nd, May l4-Reports IA
saws that William and George
TAYLOR, the murderers of George Meeks
and family, took breakfast today with
farmer near Winnegan. Sheriff Bar
ton has offered a reward of 5000 for
each of the Taylors, dead or alive. Tho
capture of the fugltives is said to be
certain.
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The Train Surrenlert

LARAMIE, Wyo., May 13.-Shei1ier's
commonweal army is encamped this
evening at Cokevlle in the west part Of
this state. United States Marshal Ran
kin and deputies passed west through
this city this afternoon. The army has
surrendered the train to the Union
Pacific officials. 1t is believed they
heard of the trip of the marshal and
deputies. The army contains only about
l5O men
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Shelters Army Under Arrest,

CoKEvlLLE, Wyo., May 14.-Marshal
Rankin arrested General Shelter at
Granger at midnight and then placed
the entire army (e2s mep) under arrest.
Shelter, who was soliciting supplies in
Granger, exhibited ticket from Port
land to Kansas City, and said he won d
sue the United States for Infringement
on his rights
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A Pnu,nxin,S STRENGTH

In testing the lifting power of grow
ing plants and vegetables ian expert
ment made under the auspices of the
United States department of aSrlcul-
turel 1t was found that common pump
kins could lit weight of two and a
half tons