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which the fire started may have been
struck by lightning, but many strongly
suspect that the fire originated through the
carelessness of some drunken man.
When morning broke the site of Windsor
was a scene of desolation with hundreds
of frantic thinly-clad and destitute men
and women and children rushing back and
forth through the smoky streets. Fortu-
nately no lives were lost. although the
streets were perilous with flying bricks and
states, which the fierce hurricane drove like
thunderbolts from the roofs. In the hurry
and excitement horses and cattle in the
stables were forgotten and many perished
in the flames, were suffocated from
smoke. The ruins are burning tonight, the
smoldering embers having been famed into
a blaze, and the heavens are lit with the
flames which cast their reflection across the
side. No effort has been made to quench
these hreS and naturally the occupants Of
the Few houses that remain are afraid the
nre Will spring up again. The fire has mod
Grated somewhat and there Is no likelihood
of further disaster.
Reiief measures were started in Halifax
at an early hour, and this afternoon train
load of provisions, tents, blankets, etc.. ar
Id Tived from the provincial capital. Aboard
the train were General Montgomery Moore.
Governor Daily, Mayor Stephen and 100 men
OF the Royal Berkshire Regiment and Royal
Engineers, who were brought to attend to
the erection of tents and aid in relief work.
Ihe total loss is estimated roughly at S. :
OOO,gOO While a number of the heaviest los
erS are partially insured, and some of them
pretty we'll covered, the total insurance is
calculated to be not more than half mil
lion. The courthouse, several hotels and
four churches were burned,
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OLD SCANDAL REVIVED.
Engagement of Empress Frederick
RumOred. but Not Credited.


PARIS Oct. 1.-THE dispatch published
here in the Rappel from Berlin to-day to
the effect that Empress Frederick is about
to marry Count Seckendorf, who for so
many years has been attached to her house,
hold, first of all as chamberlain, and latter
" as grand master and chief master of her
court is nothing more nor less than the re-
vival of an old scandal which reached it's
climax shortly after the accession to the
throne of the present Emperor Pamphlets
of the most scurrilouS nature were being
haWked about underneath the windows of
his palace, without any interference on the
part of the police describing in the coarsest
language the relations between two parties,
one OF whom was referred TO as "a great
Queen" and the other as Count s." the
initial letter only being used 1t was at the
time of the bitter fight between the Empress
Frederick and Prince Bismarck for the
principal influences over the young Emper-
or, and in English court circles people don't
dalous gossip about Empress Frederick to
the friends and adherents of the old ex-
chancellor, who hated the empress most
What has given a pretext and appearance
of truth to these rumors in the sight Of
evil-minded persons is the fact that the
count has been most favored and unset
fish retainer of the empress for nearly thir-
ty years, and that he alone of the members
of her household shares her artistic tastes
and her artistic attainments. Like her, he
is remarkably clever with pencil and brush
and as the empress deYoteS a considerable
portion OF the day 10 painting, sketching,
examining art works and discussing art
matters he is her favorite and most fire.
quent companion and that the preference
which she shows for him excites the jeal-
ousy of the other members of her court He
is a short man, white bearded and with
snOw-white hair, somewhat effeminate and
mincng in his ways, and presenting the
most striking physical contrast TO the late
Emperor Frederick. who a singulary
grand-lOoking and majestic man. The idea
that the widowed empress should dream of
allyng herself with the count is. therefore,
preposterOus, all the more she is an ex-
ceedingly proud and ambitious woman and
realizes that her life in Germany would be-
come intOlerable were she to render her
self guilty of such mesalliance that would
give an appearance of truth to all the
shameful rumors that have been current in
the past concerning the place which the
tiOns
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LOSS OF $500. 900.
Seven-StOry Factory Building at New
York DESTROYED.

NEW YORK, Oct. ia $500, 900 fire in the
seven-story factory building at Nos. 279 and
Isl Spring street taxed the energies of the
fire department this afternoon, and twenty
engines and a large force of men were called
out. The basement and first and second
floors of the building were occupied by Fitz-
patrick d Co., manufacturers of mirrors.
plate glass, stained glass; coach and car
riage windows and doors. The five upper
floors were occupied by the Bradley Currier
Company manufacturers of doors, sashes.
frames and mantels of the most expensive
sort This firm had among it's stock the
dryest of woods and the most inflammable
oils and varnishes! The building was erected
ten years ago by the Trinity Church COR
poration at a cost OF $l00000 Nothing of it
now remains but the blackened walls and
they will have to be rebuilt. The stock OF
Fitzpatrick & Co. and the Bradley Currier
Company, ali of which was destroyed, was
estimated TO be worth $500, 600.
Cormus Christus, sixty years old, and his
nephew, Michael Chrfstus, fourteen years
old, occupying an apartment in a Roose-
Velt-Street tenement house. were awakened
from a nap this afternoon to find the house
on fire. In their fright they leaped through
a window and down an air shaft, where
they We're found by firemen after the fire
had been subdued. They were terribly
burned, and the old man died at hospital
soon afterWard.
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His Strength Is Unequal to the Bur-
den OF His Position, and His Nife,s
Health Is Also Poor.
GOSSIP ABOUT Il SUCCESSOR
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S NAME MEN
TONED FOR PREMIERSHIP.
s.The BimetaIIist Conspiracy" and Sir
MichaeI-HicI<s Beach Denounced
by a London Editor.

LONDON, Oct. 1S.-The Daily Chronicle
announces this morning that, in view of
Lord Salisbury's desire to resign the
premiership, an early reconstruction of the
Cabinet is probable. According to the Daily
Chronicle no serious differences Of opinion
exist among the ministers on matters of
policy but Lord Salisbury finds his health
unequal to the strain and burden of his two
offices of premier and foreign minister. So
great is his desire for rest that on his recent
visit to Beauleu he did not even take his
secretary Moreover, the premier is much
concerned about the health of the
Marchioness of Salisbury, which is far from
good. The Queen is reluctant to sanction
his retirement and therefore it may be de-
ferred for a time. In these matters her
Majesty exercises her prerogative TO a
greater extent than is generally known. For
instance, her wish became a royal COM
mand when Lord Rcsebery, against his own
wish, took the Foreign Office portfolio in Mr.
Gladstones Cabinet. Serious i'll health, how
ever, relieves the subject against even such
an obligation, and it is probable that Lord
Salisbury's resignation will be accepted at
no remote period.
1t is worthy to note that Lord Salisbury
had long interviews with Mr.. Chamberlain
and Mr.. Balfour, separately, after the Cab
inet council yesterday, and then returned to
Hatfield House. Earl Cadogan, the lord
lieutenant of Ireland; Henry Chaplin. pres
ident of the local government board, and
Mr.. Akers- Douglass, first commissioner of
public works, also paid visits yesterday to
Sir William Walrond, the chief Conserva-
tive whip. 1t was at first supposed that
these movements concerned the vacant seat
at Liverpool, but they may have had an
other object.
The Daily Chronicle, commenting editori-
ally on the rumor, to which it gives cur
rency, says: I'VE shall regreat the depar-
ture of so great a personality. Despite his
shortcomings as foreign minister, no such
interesting man will follow him." The
Daily Chronicle hears that "the omens
point to the Duke of Devonshire Qord presi-
dent of the Council of Ministers) as the
next PREMIER and the Tories and Liberal
Unionists will become fused in a single
party. 1t thinks that under the Duke Of
Devonshire the Conservative party would
be less progressive than ever" and adds
that lit is doubtful whether even Mr..
Chamberlain would have any real power to
mold the stubborn mind of the duke"
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TOWN PARTLY BURNED
NEARLY 400 BUILDINGS AT WINDSOR
NOVA SCOTIA, DESTROYED.
over 5000 People Rendered Home
Iess-LOss About $4,000, ,OOO-De-
structivc Fire at New York.

HALIFAX, N. S., Oct. 17.-Historic Wind
sor one of the most beautiful towns in the
province. was devastated by fire this morn
ing. OF the four hundred or more buildings
occupying the burned section, barely half
d dozen scorched structures remain. Among
the buildings that escaped are the Windsor
cotton factory, Kings College, the Anglican
Church, the Edgehill School for Girls and
the Buffrin Hotel The latter is the only
hotel left standing. OF the $500 people that
inhabited the place few have homes of their
own tonight. over three thousand have
been taken in by the residents of the sur
rounding country and neighhorng towns,
while the remainder of the sufferers have
gone 10 Halifax or are sheltered in army
tents erected on the vacant plots tonight
by detachment of British troops from the
garrison city.
The fire started in a barn behind the
Marine block. in the heart of the business
district. The high gale prevailing carried
the flames TO other buildings before the
fireman had time TO get at work. and in a
short time the showers of sparks carried
in all directions had ignited a score of
buildings. The occupants of dwellings had
time to hurry on some clothing and to
drag some household goods into the streets.
but there was no place OF safety 10 which
anything could be removed quickly enough
to save it from being destroyed or dam
aged. The flames cut a clean gap from the
waters edge on the business front to the
forests in the rear. bounded by Ferry hill
on the south side and by Fort Edwards on
the north The origin OF the FIRE IS some
what mysterious. severe lightning storm
passed over the town before the flames
burst forth, and some think the barn In
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the only admissible way. The fact that
there are no tangible definite proposals TO
discuss amply justifes the govern
ment in declining to enter a conference.
which would be a mere fishing inquiry
where an immense amount of nonsense
would be talked and a great deal of intrigue
and wire pulling carried on. Tinkering cur
rency amid the cross-currents of an inter-
national conference and at the bidding of
people who have no discoverable principle
except the preposterous re-establishment of
the ratio of 1872 to / is a thing to which the
Unionist government ought to offer uncom-
promising opposition
The Standard says, editorially: The
strong bimetallic minority in the Cabinet
has shown itself sufficiently influential TO de-
lay for the present any pronouncement fatal
TO the success of Mr.. WoIcott's mission
The game of coquetry initiated by the bank,
with the connivance, if not at the insttgation
of some of the ministers, is apparently to
be still played and the public is to be kept
in the dark to the real attitude and in
tentions of the government. Why ISSUES or
such vital Importance to the financial stabil-
ity of the country should be thus tempor-
lied with at the request OF the United
States is a problem of the deepest obscurity
Though there can be no doubt as to what
the ultimate result will be, this policy Is
dangerous"
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Died at His Home in Glencove, Long
Island, Yesterday, After Long suffer-
ing with Cirrhosis of the Liver.
MANY YEARS IN THE SANCTUM
AND BECAME FAMOUS FOR HIS
WORK ON THE NEW YORK sun.
His characteristics as a Writer and
Personal Traits-War Incident Re-
lated by General knefIer.

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Charles A. Dana,
editor of the New York Sun. died at his
home, in Glencove, Long island, at 1:2O
o'clock this afternoon. Mr.. Dana's death had
been expected for several hours and his
family and physicians were at his bedside
when the end came His condition had been
such for several months that the members
of his family had kept themselves in con-
stant readiness to go to his bedside at any
moment. On Saturday morning he had a
relapse and it was apparent that recovery
was impossible. Several times, however, he
rallied, but toward night began to sink.
During the night there were feeble rallies,
but they did not last long. This morning it
was seen that the end was but a few hours
off and his attendants remained almost con-
stantly at his bedside. The end came
quietly.
The extreme heat of Saturday and Friday
had much to do with Fastening death. On
Friday Mr.. Dana showed signs of distress
and everything possible was done to relieve
him. He had been weakened by his long i'll
ness and during the summer was several
times thought to be on the verge of fatal
collapse, but each time rallied He did not
improve much with the coming cooler
weather and the sinking spells became
more frequent. On Friday Mr.. Dana was
able to take only the lightest nourshment
and this condition continued. Paul Dana
and his sisters, Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Under
hill and Mrs. Branan, were at his home
on Saturday morning and were warned to
remain there They were at the bedside
when death came.
The cause of Mr. Dana's death was cirr-
hosts of the liver. On June 8 he was at his
Office apparently strong and healthy. The
next day he was taken i'll and he never aft
erwards visited New York. Preparations for
the burial have not yet been completed.
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WOMAN HORSE WHIPPED.
Riot Narrowly Averted at Meeting ot
Social Democrats.

CHICAGO, Oct 1.-THE session of branch
No. of the Social Democracy, the organi-
cation formed by Eugene " Debs. ended
in a general row tonight, during which
Mrs. Fannie Clark Kavanaugh, president OF
the branch was horsewhipped. The whip
ping was done by Mrs. Thomas p Quinn
wife of the former president of the recent
ly expelled branch No. Of the Social De-
mocracy, the trouble between the women
growing out OF the fact that Mrs. KaVa-
naugh had charged Quinn with being a
Pinkertou detective. The male members OF
the organization promptly took part in the
row when the assault on Mrs. Kavanaugh
began. and a riot was narrowly averted
Mrs. Kavanagh is said to have been badly
distigured.
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Two Men Perish in a Hotel.

IOWA HILL, Cal, Oct. 17.-Iowa Hill, a
mining town situated in the mountains of
Placer county, was almost destroyed by fire
early this morning. Two of the lodgers in
the Central Hotel, William Golden and Will
liam owens. perished il the flames. The
total loss is estimated at about $40 600; in
surance, about 900. Fortunately for the
lew remaining buildings the night was
calm. Had there been wind it is probable
that all would have been burned, as there
il absolutely no protection against fire
Bucket brigades were formed, and by dint
OF hard work the Stehr Hotel and other
buildings were saved.
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COUDERSPORT. Pa, Oct. 17.-Destruct-
i've forest fires are raging in this section.
Nelson Run. seven miles from Austin, Pa,
in the Goodyear district. was burned yes
terday. with heavy loss in logs and bark.
About twenty camps were burned the oc-
cupants having barely time to escape with
their stock, leaving all household goods and
working outfits behind. There are other
fires, which, unless checked by rain. will
soon cause additional loss
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storm on the irish Coast.

LONDON, Oct. IA dispatch from
Queenstown says that a violent southerly
gale prevails off the harbor. The Cunard
liner Lucania arrived off the port at Z
O'Clock this morning. but was unable to
make the harbor until 1880. She had great
the dangerous high seas. Captain Mckay
deemed 1t prudent 10 wait until the flood
tide, SO that the Lucania did not sail finally
until 6;25 p. m. Advces from many points
report that the coasting steamers have suf-
fered severely from the gale which has
only slightly moderated this evening.
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MANY cHANGEs OF ATTITuDE.

in which they appear.
MANY CHANGES OF ATTITUDE.
Politically the attitude Of the Sun has
been such as to make one almost dizzy in
following it's various changes. Republican
at the outset Of Mr. Dana's connection with
it, the Sun in 1872 supported Horace Gree
ley, and in this campaign a marked trait
OF it's editor was clearly shown. Grant was
Greeley's opponent, and during the war the
general had refused to accept some sug-
gestion offered by Dana, then assistant Sec
retary of war. The latter resented this and
laid the matter before the President, and
the decision was favorable to Grant. This
ranked in Danas mind, and In the columns
of the Sun he poured forth the walls of his
hatred and wrath Greeley was defeated,
but the Sun, having espoused the Demo-
cratic side on the national issue, continued
the same policy in local matters and chung
to Tammany Hall and Boss Tweed and
championed their cause.
but Hancock met with nothing better than
Sneers in its columns and the attitude of
the paper toward Cleveland and Bryan is
too fresh in the minds of its readers to need
comment. The tariff policy, too, of the sun
has ever been a little puzzlng. 1t is pro-
tectionist, and yet during the Congress or
1890, when the Mckinley bin was the issue,
the Sun almost humorously thrust the force
bill to the front as the really important
matter before the country. The same ap-
parently intentional peryersity is also
shown in the support of Ben Butler in 1884
on the Greenback ticket. In explanation of
Mr. Dana's persistent attacks on Cleveland,
it is said that at one time when in office
Mr.. Cleveland refused to appoint one of the
EDITORS relatives to a political position with
the remark "Who is Dana, anyway" This
reached Dana's ear, and true TO his nature
never to forgive or forget, he used his
columns to avenge the sneer This persist
ence in one line is apparently applicable
only to anmosties insthe case of Mr.. Dana,
for his old-time ally, Tanmany Hall, has
had during the present campaign the bene-
fit of the keenest nibs of his most trenchant
pen, and the reformers. who represent his
Brook farm days, have been spitted and
roasted with daily rfdicule.
But with all his Inconsistencies he was
the greatest editor of this country, and per-
haps of the world and OIL that fact must
rest his claim to consideration in the world
of letters, for, with the exception of some
mediocre verse; he wrote nothing original
but editorials and single translation from
the German, THE Ant" published in 1S4S.
However he compiled and edited capitally
the Household Book of Poetry and in
collaboration with George Ripley the Amer
lean Encyclopedias: also with Rossiter
Johnson, Fifty Perfect Foems.'
Mr.. Dana married a Miss MacDaniel, and
his three children are Mrs. Jnderhill, Mrs.
w. K, Draper and Paul.
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editors public speeches, and yet in the
Suns quarrel with the New York World
the famous Move on. Pulitzerg' editorial
was a bit of writing which, though strong,
and wholly undgnified. The catch phrases,
too, for which the paper is famous. such
as WAS list los nit Coogan?, Stuffed
Prophet" mo king, no clown" If you
see it in the Sun It's so, ETC.. would be
thought puerile in their daily iteration if
removed from the atmosphere of the paper
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WAGON WHEAT, O2C
ACME MILLING CO..
Old 352 West Washington ST.
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

DEFORATITY APPARATUS, Trusses. Elastic
Hosiery. Largest stock OF ARTIFICIAL EYES
In the State.
WM. Fl. ARMSTRONG & co.
nSew No 120 n S. Illinois St. Indianapolis. IND
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We've a window full of Winter Neck
ties Many patterns come to us first, and
some of them are lively enough to talk for
themselves. Well talk for the rest if you
give us the opportunity /.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-24

his finger, and threw II, with his money.
In the iron receptacle. He then locked
the doors. and turned TO rear windo"
10 effect his escape from the Office. he
found IL impracticable to get out by tha1
way. and he returned TO the door.
The negro was still there. and no was
cursing at the young man within. no
apparently tried TO shake the coor opeh'
but falling. hung about for few MIN
utes and then moved of. The clerk, as
the story goes, waited awhile, and then
cautiously opened the door. Not seeing
the negro. he slammed II 10, and rusneu
of through the darkness up Thirteenth
street as fast as he could go. Arriving
at Main street. he met a police ofiicer'
10 whom he told the story OF his adVeh-
ture The officer went at once win ,no
Young man back 10 the office, and dill
gent search was made all about the
nelghborhood for the negro, but he was
not located, and the quest was nnaly
given up. -, at,
The young man himself related this
story to d Dispatch man, and there can
ha no doubt that re really believes he
was held I'D, but Investigation reVeaieo
the fact. that this like many other al
legged shod-ups," was not a ease In wnich
bold and bona -fide footpads had part
A. a matter OF fact, the reporter was
assured by one who should know. tho
affair was simply practical joke perpe-
trated upon the young clerk Tne pouvo
are also satisfied that there Is nothing ia
tho case.
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