Fort Wayne Sunday Gazette (Newspaper) - June 17, 1883, Fort Wayne, Indiana VOL 24 SUNDAY MORNING JUNE 17 1883 PRICE 5 CTS GONE UNDER of Ilic Boldest Firm of Operators on Hie Chicago Board Succumbs to the Inevitable The Failure Causes a Panic Among Holders of pensions Expected Losses of all the Unfortunate Firms Believed to Aggregate of the Failures Upon the waukee and St Louis Markets BULLS of Well Known Firm Lard and Provision In Panic June The scene on change to-day was one of deat excitement from the ot the doors at 10 to the sounding oJ the bell marking the close of trading hours at 1 o'clock As though tiy a preconcerted arrangement tue v o- clique had no sooner assemb ed iu their allotted greeted them that i Co one of Ue verns firms of speculators ou the board had wlis verified This afterward by members of the firm the floor o change and notifying all with u non were interested in deals to close them our Following on the heels of this ensued the heaviest dav of trading known the of the board and tho tension from that time forward to the finish was of th nZt strain d character Bed rock prices touched almost at the first The bin deal was in July lard closed at the in find the option which had the look Lo in such loo a der that it made opera lose their heads for a while was an immediate rebound to 20 and UP to but iU tirne heavy all big operators being by buyers with to pick up everything without limit I nd during this brief o uproar it a before two weeks ago by their refusal to receive a large consignment of lard from Chicago ou the ground that it was tainted aud over which disputed fact tion on the board is now in progress Tbe firm has since accepted tbe lard in question under Following in the wake of the failure of McGeoch Everingham Co the firm of Holley succumbed at and attribute suspension to tbe failure of the other stated that their resumption depended entirely upon tbe action of the large firm of eight or ten failures freely but no definite announcements been made on change The of extraordinary excitement continued to ment aud while there were many free buyers of July options lard could not get above and closed As near as could be quoted tbe to place the the direct losses of McGeoch Co at on lard An operator intimate with Geoch on the board of trade aud in bis late deal says hia will proximate nearly but withstanding this tbe broker firm professes its ability to make a good showing on settlement He thai their interests are to closely heavy operator that they will he able to pay one hundred cents ou the dollar from the present outlook During tbe Jay many rumors of failures were current ami even found their way into print injustice in some instances and explanations openly known that many in deep water but as a matter of fact the failures do not exceed six in of art ones It lo Holly already Bull C gave no- to close will deals and have gone under Kills and Wilson frankly announced Hint are but both express me belief that they will be able to weather the know Monday M B Co and Wm Martin Co are among reported us having failed of he six firms of SICKENING HORROR One Hundred and dren Trampled to Death in a Panic Bodies of the Victims Piled i Seven and Eight Deep Heartrending Scenes as Mothers Their Mangled Children Among the Dead South Carolina Father Mortally Wounds the Seducer or His Daughter CRUSHED TO DEATH is estimated i occurred and so it went throughout day was marked by lapid and bewildering Hue of the severest to but mft tbB operators among tiie bulls could not bee a figure above SO Still 50 under cent and the opening n a half a pound on and condition of down From the present outlook by bulls laying SK with The the board and how many are crippled or utterly ruined by collapse will not be known until the temper ot the market has been tested on Monday win accrue to the which the Associated Press in the afternoon report Sdat bv those concerned with him deal The ruinous break in prices is attributed purely to hia and is ascribed by no any cause save that an was made to maintain tbe price to a Steh by speculative the failure of to meet heavy demands made him for became positively known A panic to tne and for a time au The effect was to be seen quotations of lard which yesterday up and down to 65 M the initial drop and then kept on wa reached which would iu point of comparison to a drop of 40 cents on the bushel in wheat Other options felt tbe result in a like ner but all measures whoso names have m-e as Co KHis Alien Co Co Au to the but are given M WAS reputed to have worth half a million dollars and Ida leading partner Wells in to hive worth A mom of tho broken In ascribed the failure in a measure to the pending lard investigation and declared it canned banks to scale on their advances and by this means llm crash was hurried on prematurely and but for this fact the firm might have been able to caray out their con- tracts In an interview to-night asserted that the pending lard and which his linn had m- was the primary cause of the failure It had reduced consumption created a doubt iu very many tern very materially decreased lation placed the firm in a tiou where it could no longer carry ou its deal He said he would continue to prosecute the lard investigation HB could not state tbe smoke had cleared away to what extent or in what manner his linn could meets its liabilities ABROAD MILWAUKEE June break in lard did not cause any failures here but many commission men money by it It is rumored that nearly tierces were Milwaukee parties but much of it was dropped several days ago It was said that horse railroad here ia now held in the name of his wife Alexander One and Killed During a LONDON A terrible lamity involving the death of 178 occurred iu county Durham this evening From tae details received it appears the en- given in Victoria hall were attended almost altogether by children several sand being in attendance The dent occurred at the close of the The body of the hall had been entirely cleared when the little ones came rushing down stairs from the gallery At the top of the first of stairs was a which opened only twenty inches and thus only one child was permitted to pass through at a time At this point while tne mass of children were pushing for- ward one of them fell and to rise owing to the others crowding The result was that great number were pushed down trampled on and The was terrible No could stop the mad rush of the affrighted children They on pell though strangely without shouting and 178 were knocked down and by the liberty of Ireland he would be pushed aside by an indignant people Con- gressman Finerty contended that En- gland would have no greater success the of Ireland by on Rome than she could have by marching on Washington The utterances were Fight June 16 special from Ohio says that ibis evening Edward a worthless young man who lives at Junction near that home intoxicated His old mother said something displeasing to him when he drew a pistol and shot her in the head inflicting a wound from which she will surely lie A prize fight short but terrific was fought this morning in Collier fifteen miles from this city between Tom Hill aud Peter Murphy a miner Both are young men and about 175 pounds Only five rounds were fought but Murphy wag whipped and terribly punished There were 300 spectators The affair wound up in a riot WASHINGTON Coleman March's Attorney Creates a Sensation in the Hill Hill Denounced for Alleged ful Conduct Towards the Committee Last Performed Over the mains of Dukes the town Celebrity Cheering Crop Reports From Successful Cremation at Washington others trampling on their The greater number of bodies which were badly mangled from trampling were laid seven or eight deep Many victims who were killed had the ing torn from their and this together witli the bleeding bodies of tbe unfortunates shows the terrible nature of thu struggle The of tho ITS children known been killed from four to fourteen years The excitement in when the of the disaster was terrific Great crowds r Murdered lij Honshu June 16 Rushville a town here was the scene of a murder over a woman Minnie Helm by name Late last night a farmer was shot dead by Jim Storey a rather notorious character It Bever and the bad been together and had a walk when they were met by Storey who insisted on accompanying the woman objected and a series of fights took place in which Storey was wounded by a pistol shot iu the hand Storey shot in the face nud left breast from wounds he died Storey tied aud has not been arrested as yet Another Steal for ST June de- in the case of ex-Judge Chester N Krum who has been absent from his home aud business several weeks past show hat tho 12th of of last year Robertson a retail dry goods merchant of this made an and Judge was pointed assignee aud gave bond iu Subsequently under tion of court thu Robertson stock of was sold by Krum to William the latter paying therefor something over No record of this is found in and It not to bo known what was done by Kruni of the proceeds of tbe sale The WASHINGTON Coleman a In the Hill Invent WASHINGTON June a sensation was produced to-day in con- with the Hill investigation Assistant Secretary Newh chairman of the committee had just announced there would be uo session for the day when counsel for Murch said with some warmth that he wished to call the attention of the committee to what he regarded as gross both to himself General chairman of the committee He then produced a requisition made several days ago by upon Hill for papers relating to contracts for statuary for the public building The request was endorsed by General New with an order for production of the papers On the reverse side was Hill's endorsement refusing to furnish the desired papers tor the reason that the statuary in question was not mentioned iu the charges being characterized this refusal as an insult to the chairman committee aud his Hill's superior then gave notice that the prosecution proposed to take up the public buildings at St Louis nati Chicago aud other places and show that above Among the number were Hoover and his father in-law John services were conducted by Mulholland land Baileyi of the Presbyterian church and were short but affecting In the his Mr land said it was for him to judge Dukes he had gone to answer before a higher Mrs Struble mother of the deceased then toob a last look uito casket and sobbed aloud as she upon her son The coffin was then closed and the cortege which was composed of about iu vehicles took up the march to the cemetery Upon top arrival there the usual ceremony took place after the body was lowered into grave and the funeral party returned to the Struble mansion for dinner Dispatches from all parts the country are still pouring in upon Suit family tendering aud financial aid to be used in defense the number to-day was messages from Philadelphia Chicago aud St Louis Theatre BOSTON H Gray proprietor of the opera House that burned says every one iu his part of the building There little confusion and no one hurt He iu the when fire started aud there were over u dred in the house aud upon the stage were actors most of whom saved their wardrobes Gray estimates his loss at C W Burnbam who occupied parti of the lost At 4 o'clock the fire was under control The story pied building by the opposite American Steam company was saved only by perforated pipes which drenched the building will reach Workmen all through the building barely escaped not saving their tools Some fears are all not escape Gray says all the employes of bia theatre got our There was a stampede in the audience nutit is not known that any one was hurt or ttiat any one to reach the street fore the flames reached auditorium Insurance will not reach rushed to the sons surrounded the until hall The ing was so Intense that the authorities ordered out the infantry to pre- serve order The work of getting out the bodies was begun immediately They were laid out iu the hall and the parents of those killed were ad- mitted to identify the bodies of their children The most heartrending scents transpired while identification was in progress the mothers of the constantly uttering piercing shrieks aud many fainted on discovering the bodies of their little inference Is that ho is that a mount ill default fot Mass June onel John P Sweeny has been ing the books of the insolvent society and reveals interesting figures Closing April 1 an ditor of the books entered a statement in which it found up to that date the society owed the depositors 000 of public funds gaily expended Murch stated this had been that To show what funds had at their disposal the clergy have besides the de- posit money and received from sub- tbe schedule published shown they had Thus from all sources subscriptions burial and marriage estimated at ran Mitchell president of were somewhat recovered in point of tone aud at 11 July options had gone up to again to An to the to hich the firm and to Sers of the board of trade careful to have been heavy and the loss under the ken market proportionately large The to have been heavily in wheat but tnis announced its ability to care for all deals In being on the winning side the tho Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway iu interview says he never promised McGeoch one to support his deal but admits that he was to advance money and refused because he was not in a business like manner de added that he would have given a large sum outright and would ingly have advanced if that would have averted the failure but he could not assume the whole load carried by McGeoch and the latter offered no security ST Louis June Tbe failure of Co of cago caused a good deal of comment and considerable excitement on change to day but so far as can be ascertained nobody here is hurt The provision market sympathized with that of Chicago in tone aud feeling but there were no round transactions made aud no speculative movement nor was there any trading in lard Wheat was a good deal excited for awhile and declined sharply but recovered aud closed firmer aud more steady NEW YOKE June Fowler Bros agents in this city for Geoch Co were not AVENGING HIS WRONGED DAUGHTER Mr Kar H C Demands Honorable from His The aud Shot S C June some days past a rumor has been in circulation here to the that a Miss Kay the daughter of ft constable had been wronged by L W Floyd a wealthy young mau doing business here as a merchandise broker The story at length reached the ears if Mr Kay who proceeded to gate the matter Floyd denied the truth of the rumor aud upon being Confronted with his accuser and an- other witness denounced them as liars Pistols were once drawn but outsiders interfered before any shooting was in the of the girl's father wete set at the secretary has and the has it gone received the sum question is where rest last night her previous when she retracted dentals and con- that she had been drugged aud assaulted by Floyd with whom she had kept up an im- proper intimacy This morning Mr Kay called at Floyd's ing told him that he was satisfied of his guilt you marry mv Floyd ly replied in the negative whereupon Mr Kay reached for his Floyd immediately fired at him through his coat pocket in which he had a cocked revolver aud missed Kay then fired aud struck Floyd in the left side of the abdomen W Davis a merchant and others rushed in and seized Kay Floyd fired again shooting Mr Davis through one of kis arms Floyd's wound is dangerous Public War Imminent June 16 There ia of a war the members of the and Linen Glass who thirty tories iu uily aud the west At a late the association it was decided to slui down July 5 for three months in order lo restrict tion as trade during the past year had been exceedingly dull Several of the strongest however to obey the order of the association and gay they will continue the operation of their factories during the summer and unless some amicable settlement is arrived at in a few days there will likely be trouble in the association June ry Fink vice-president and general manager of the East Tennesse ginia Georgia railroad system for- merly making his headquarters at Lynchburg has removed to ville The rumor that he would abandon the East Tennessee system is untrue but he will be more closely allied with the syndicate He will be among the papers which he had been enabled from the supervising architect's office was one showing that in one instance after tracts had been made an order was made by the architect increasing the compensation of con- tractors 25 per cept ner cubic foot for cutting and polishing stone for he Philadelphia public building for statuary that said Murch it awarded to Assistant French's son aud by him sublet to another party who sublet it to the contractor who is now engaged in building it TO BE In the criminal court to-day ris law partner of Merrick stated that in case f Brady and he to for Merrick that desired to withdraw his plea of guilty substitute one of not guilty and the special counsel for the government consented This be- ing done the court said Herd ell must come into court and make the plea and ordered that he he brought ir Monday The court further that he thought the first to be done would be to enter a motion in arrest of the laws it re- at least two to commit a con- June The secretary of agriculture says in formation covering almost en- tire slate the condition of the crops whea harvest will commence within a though tho ia short of last your per acre will be above average for the past The area corn is greater than ever before and although backward in some parts of the has never had nidi prospects for u big corn crop weather is extremely and with seasonable rains this Important crop will he assured Cremated A Chronicle Washington Pennsylvania special says the remains of who died in New Vork on the 13th were put in the retort of furnace at 9 last and the ashes werfe at midnight She was a and a member of the mation company The ashes will be sent lo C Germany all lower The MH in a movements Milwaukee in their could to-day Their not give any news inent unanimously shooting approves the On the floor of the produce exchange to-day there was an active time and a crowd in attendance especially for Saturday but at no time was there any excitement indicate that ing to the Chicago failures a panic was feared Dealings in lard were very heavy and fears were expressed that some failures would be reported in the lard trade but market was strong otherwise the movements ou d here and Chicago and taWI here BOSTON may brag of its erudition but it is stated as a fact that not one of The rope CHICAGO June mass ing called for the avowed purpose of rebuking the pope for his interference in the political affairs of Ireland was well attended people pressing into the West Twelfth Street Turner hall this evening The series of lutions adopted while directed at his holiness did not use his name but some of the speakers did and rather freely The resolutions after ing what had done for laud declared the best answer to his traducers in whatever quarter would be found in the release general manager of the Georgia air Virginia line the great through passenger and freight line from New York to Memphis Meridian and Brunswick via ville Killed KANSAS CITY heavy thunder storm visited this vicinity this evening doing some damage lo property but serious of trains were more or less interrupted by washouts James M Darrow yard master of the Hannibal St Joseph while directing the up of trains at the Union depot was struck by lightning killed The deceased was superintendent of the KaW valley division of the order o railway conductors and well-known through the Missouri valley swelling tbe fund to of his estate from two years ago His came debt Alexander Sullivan president if the pope tried to prevent the withdrawn YORK attach menu against the properly of J H Haverly the theatrical manager have been withdrawn upon the pay ment of the claims of creditors by McConnell with the exception of th Fourteenth street theatre No agree ment has yet been arrived with th attaching creditors Colville and Gil more It is probable a satisfactory ar will be affected as one could not do it As le other defendants had been of the charge the would nd itself unable to pass sentence on le plea entered Morris replied that it is the ion of the government to enter a nolle ros on that plea You had better consult the said tbe judge and come in londay Adjourned BRADY AGAIN INDICTED The grand jury this morning iu another indictment against Thomas J Brady It charges that on fuly 13 the defendant made a with J B Price to carry mail in the route from Socorro N M to Silver City and back seven a week on a schedule of thirty-five hours from August 1 1880 to June JO 1881 for and that on No- 3 1880 the contractor paid General Brady compensation or awarding the The are John A Walsh J B Price Hajor J Cochrane and John Brady NOTES Mrs Ella B Cresson eldest ter of Chief Justice the court ef claims Owing to the Inability of Hill's counsel to be present to-day the examination of General Stinemetz was deferred till Monday Major Nickerson's second wife did not leave the city with him as ed but has been here for past ive weeks and has no idea she say a where the major is As soon as she was apprised of the action of the adelphia court she informed the major she could live with him and they Panic iu a Ball Room Down at Garrison a large and select ball was given in a hall one end of which had been partitioned off for I ing rooms A young man who slept in one of these rooins who felt grieved because he had not been invited aud had to roll around and suffer while tha glad throng tripped the light bombastic toe at last discovered a in the partition through which he could watch the giddy multitude Whila peeping through the he dis- that one of the dancers who bad an aperture in the heel of his shoe and another in his sock to correspond standing by the wall with the separated since She has not seen him to Kent UNIONTOWN Pa June that was mortal 16 AU of Nicholas Lyman Dukes whose presence caused the family discord disgrace and shed at was hidden from sight to-day In Church Hill cemetery the burying ground of tbe family a short distance from here in German county Very many town people attended the funeral and most of those who did went through foot near the It was but the work of a moment to hold a candle against this exposed heel until the thick epidermis had been heated red hot Then there was a wail that rent the battlements above and drowned tho blasts of the music There was a wild scared cry of a frightened throng rushing hither and thither and then when and music and rum had gladdened the eye and reddened tho cheek a moment ago all was still save the low convulsive titter of a scantily clad man as lie lay on the floor of his donjon tower and dug his the Nve Ignorance in School An examination of the younger dren in tho Boston public schools not long since revealed some rather curious facts Tho examination was accidental It was also quite out of the usual line of school tests If the questioner had asked the children something that was in their books they doubtless would have answered brilliantly Undoubtedly they could have told him what a ciple was But lie asked them about everyday things and here wero tha answers he Eighteen per cent of tho young ones didn't know anything about n cow except from pictures 61 per cent had never seen com growing Ninety per cent of these children in the public schools which are tho glory of America did not know where their ribs were or exactly what they wero When asked what and their stomachs however 6 per cent seemed to have something like a correct idea They had had stomach-ache often enough to know that bless tho little THK New Orleans Picayune that genius does not require clean Perhaps not but we always more comfortable in Buffalo Courier
