Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 77, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1899 — Page 1

IHBIANAPOLI JOUBNA H A WEEKLY ESTAr.LTPIIED 1823. DAILY ESTABLISHED 1K. VOL. XLIX-N'O. 77. INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1899. -dt t nr o rvVTC S AT haiwat news stand?, on X. lXLYjrj O UJLii X o. trains and Sundays s cents.

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FIRE CALAMITY

WINDSOR IIOTKL BURNED AND 3IANY mon.i: kilico asu njinco. Popular New York Hostelry Convertcd Into a. Flaming 3In While It Was Crowded frith Guests. LACE CURTAIN CAUGHT FIRE AXD IX THX 3IINUTES ESCAPE OF OCC VIM NTS WAS CUT OFF. Scores of "Women Became PanicStrlckcn, anil Sefnci of Indescribable Horror "Were Soon "Witnessed. MANY JUMPED TO THE STREET AND WERE PICKED t'P IN A FRIGHTFULLY 31 AX G LED STATE, Victims Taken to 3Ilss Helen Gould's Home Across the Way and to Hospitals, "Where Several Soon Died. FOURTEEN DEAD AT MIDNIGHT AXD OYER FORTY SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS BURNS AND "WOUNDS. Unknown Number In the Rains Prominent People Among the Mansled Heroic Rescues Incidents. NEW YORK, March 17. Flames which originated from the igniting of a lace curtain burst forth from the second floor of tha Windsor Hotel, at Forty-seventh street and Fifth avenue, shortly after 3 o'clock thb afternoon Just as the St. Patrick's day parade was passing the building, and in a few moments they had leaped up to the roof and enveloped the entire Fifth-avenue and Forty-seventh-strect fronts of the hotel. Ten minutes later the flames were . roaring through the interior of the hotel, and all escape by means of stairways and elevators was cut off. There was the wildest scene of excitement within and without the building. Hundreds of guests and employes were in thejiojjlwhenthe.flxe broke out, and for many of them escape with safety was Impossible. Probably from ten to fifteen lives were lost within a half hour and thirty or forty persons were injured in Jumping from windows and in rushing through the roaring flames in the corridors and on the stair ways. Many who were Injured died later at near-by residences and at hospitals, and others who made wild leaps to the stone Sidewalk were so badly Injured that they are still hovering between life and death. It may be twenty-four hours or more before the complete list of fatalities becomes known, and it will be longer than that be fore it can be ascertained definitely how many charred bodies are in the mass of fallen masonry that mark3 the spot where the hotel stood. List of Dead. Following is the list of dead reported up to midnight: LKLAND, MRS. ELIZABETH, wife of Warren Leland, proprietor ef the hotel; burns of body; died at Flower Hospital. LELAND, HELEN, daughter of Warren Iceland, Jumped from window; body Identified at East Filty-rtrst-street station. PADDOCK. MRS. AMELIA. Irvington, N. Y.; Jumped from window; body at East Fifty-tirst-street station. KIRK, NANCY ANN (Mrs. James S. Kirk), Chicago; died in Bellevue. PIERCE. MRS. M., Macon. Ga.; died at No. l'j Ea3t Forty-sixth street. GKANDY. MISS LAZELLES, Elizabeth City. N. C; body at East Fifty-hrst-street station. GIBSON. MRS. ADDIE, aged thirty-five; shock; died at Murray lull Hotel. GOODMAN, ELEANOR LOUISE, aged seventeen, fractured skull; died at Bedevue. CONNOLLY. JOHN, hotel employe, burns and internal injuries; ditd at Flower Hospital. UNKNOWN WOMAN, middle aged. Jumped from window; died at Miss Helen Gould's residence. UNKNOWN WOMAN; body at East Fifty-tirst-street station. UNKNOWN MAN. aged thirty-five, seen to Jump from roof at rear of hotel; body not recovered. UNKNOWN CHILD, thrown from window by mother; bedy not recovered. UNKNOWN WOMAN, mother of the child, Jumped from window; body not recovered. The Injured. ROACH E. KATE, burns on face and leg fractured. NOONAN. lOLLY. hotel employe burns on the body. Cd'NICHOLS, PATRICK, watchman, burns. M'GUIRE, JAMES, truckman, left leg fractured and scalp wound.. MTHATTER, DR. NEIL, ankle fractured. FLANNIGAN. KATE, domestic, burns on body. MALLON. NICHOLAS, internal injuries, serious. HENRY. MEHITABLK. probably fatal burns. WALDO. MRS. FRANK R., burns on body. BAILEY. MRS. CATHERINE. No. 4CI Greenwood avenue. Chicago, burns on body; not serious; Roosevelt Hospital. BREWER. MISS HELEN, thigh broken and bad burns on body. VON SPEIGLE, MRS., leg and rib fracturned. MISCH. MRS. CATHERINE, burn on face and hands; suffering from shock. WHEELER. MRS. G. P.. shock and burns. WHEELER. MISS DOROTHY, shock and burns. BOYCE. Mrs. William S.. shock. S3 K ELTON, EDWARD, watchman, burns, probably fatal. DUKE. JOHN, hotel employe, shoulder dislocated. LELAND. WARREN P., proprietor of the notel, neaa cut. IIASKINH. MRS. MARY KIRK, Chicago, nysiencai; uciievue Hospital. PRICE. MRS. ALICE M.. sister of former Governor Price, of Georgia, shock, scrl ouly injured; Bellevue Hospital.

THOMAS, NELLIE, assistant housekeeper, shock. CLIFFORD. JOHN, severe scalp wounds. CURRAN, ELLEN, hotel employe, bums on body. ' . LOVE, WILLIAM P., cashier, burns, condition serious. JAMES, ARTHUR, fireman, scalp wound. CALHOUN, MRS. CARO 11., shock. SIMMONS. MRS. C. C, burns on body. ROSENTHAL, MRS. EOSINA. burns on body. UNKNOWN WOMAN, aged twenty-five, fractured skull, leg fractured; condition critical; Bellevue Hospital. UNKNOWN MAN, hands and arms burneJ. M'PHERKSON. THOMAS, burns hands and body; Bellevue. WATERMAN, MRS. E. IX, burns; at No. 2 West Forty-seventh street. PURRING TON, Mrs. S. H. II.; at No. 2 West Forty-seventh street.

W ESTER F ELD, HELEN; at Dakota flats. LAWNE, MARGARET; Manhattan Hotel. BADENBERG. MRS. WINTERS, MISS; at No. 7St Fifth avenue. BUTLER, WILLIAM. Roosevelt Hospital. M'CLUSKY, THOMAS; at Flower Hospital. STRIENER. MRS. G. 11.; at No. 2 West forty-seventh street. ROSENHEIM, MISS; at Bellevue. Revised List of 31 1 Mint?. The following list of missing is revised to 12:3") this, Saturday, morning: THOMPSON, GLADIS, fourteen-year-old daughter of Eugene Thompson, est Seventy-first street. BETTS, SADIE, daughter of John Betts, Vest Seventy-first street. UPHAM. ANN ETTA, daughter of ex-Senator Upham, of Vermont. DE CORDOVA, MRS. ALFRED, wife of a stock broker having an office in the hotel. BRADLEY, MISS STEINER, New York. MORGAN. LMISS CATHERINE, No. 4S3 Madison avenur-. GUI EN, WARREN, elevator matt at hotel. AUZE. MISS, visiting at hotel. M'NULTY, MISS. BUCK HORN, MISS H., New York. M'CARTHY, CATHERINE, domestic. SHEA, KATE, domestic. JOSE, MARY, domestic. M CONNELL. KATE. VRUIT, JAMES. DEMORASCH, MRS. BRAND, MRS. JAMES. FULLER. MISS MARGARET, niece of A. M. Fuller, of Philadelphia. TROOPS, MISS. CHAPMAN, MRS. WILLIAM II. BUCKLEY", MRS. WORTH, MISS. RIG LEY", MISS JENNIE. CASE, ELLEN P. FORD. CHARLES. WALSH, MARY'. WALSH, NORA. LAMMY, MARY'. STOKES. MRS. JAMES H. MULLEN, CHRISTOPHER. M'FLOY". MR., seventy-five years old; lived at hotel with his family. HOFFMAN, MISS DORA, and two nieces, Baltimore. KELLY, ELIZA. CLARA, MARY'. ARMSTRONG, BRIDGET. KELLOGG, DR. KENNETH E. MORGAN, MISS ANNIE TAYLOR, LOREE, HARRY W. ANGELIN, MARY. MAC KAY', MRS. FREDERICK. CLOUDS OF SCALDING STEAM. The flames could not be checked, and In two hours from the time the fire broke out the entire structure was In ruins and the streets on three sides of the building were filled with debris from fallen walls and chimneys, T.hilo the streams of water being poured or. tho lnteri"oT"t'ReFuihs had no other effect than to fill the air with clouds of scalding steam, making it impossible for any one to approach near enough to search for tho bodies of those who perished. The fire was the most spectacular that could be Imagined. When It broke out Fifth avenue was crowded with people watching the St. Patrick's day parade, and every window in the front cf the hotel facing Fifth avenue was filled with spectators. The day was all that could be desired, end an unusually large number of people were on the streets on that account, a fact which interfered not a little with the movements of the firemen and police. As soon as the flames were discovered shooting from the windows that part of the St. Patrick s day procession which was near the building came to a halt, and in a few minutes the parade was disbanded, for the police camo rushing toward the fire from every direction, and, as far as they were able, drove the people from the streets. One alarm after another was turned in, and the first of the fire engines were rot long in appearing on the scene. The engines caused a wild scramble among the paraders and spectators as they rushed along the street and fell Into position for service. WOMEN TERROR STRICKEN. In addition to the regular guests of the hotel the windows were crowded by a large number of spectators, residents of this city, who had congregated there to witness the parade. Soon after the first alarm was given people on the lower floors of the hotel, those who had easy access to the street and stairway, commenced to pour out of the building in great numbers, but it very soon became apparent that a great majority of the occupants of the hotel were either panic-stricken or unable to make their way to the ground floor. Windows were thrown up on every side of the building and guests, mostly women, in all stages of terror, made their appearance and uttered frantic appeals for assistance to the crowd below. As the flames gathered about them they became more and more terror-stricken, and presently some of them stood upon the narrow window sills and beckoned to the spectators that they were about to leap. The men collected on the sidewalks ready to render any assistance they could and, in the meantime, some of the women left the window sills and dropped to the streets. In most instances the efforts to catch them and break their awful fall were unavailing, for they struck the sidewalk and, in most cases, broken limbs were the result. As soon as the firemen could get their scaling ladders Into position they climbed the sides of the building and entered at every window where there was an unfortunate guest appealing for assistance and many cases of heroic rescue wero witnessed by the throng in the streets. TAKEN TO HELEN GOULD'S HOME. At the corner of Forty-seventh street and Fifth avenue, directly across from the hotel. Is the heme of Miss Helen Gould, and at her direction many of the Injured were carried there and were treated by physicians and nurses whom she had sent for. In the meantime the chief of police had telephoned to every hospital in the city, asking that assistance bo sent. Ambulances forced their way through the crowds as quickly as possible and the injured people who had made the frightful leaps from the hotel windows wero placed in them and removed to the hospitals. Several occupants of the hotel appeared at the windows of .'he sixth and seventh stories and even on the roof and leaped to the streets from those points. Very' few of them escaped either Instant .Continued on Second l'Kgc.j

TREATY SIGNED

NAME OF SPAIN'S QUEEN REGENT ATTACHED TO THE DOCU3IENT, Which YVII1 Be Forwarded to Wash, lngton, So that Ratifications 3Iay Re Exchanged, According; to Usages. AMBASSADOR CAMBON TO ACT AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPANISH GOVERN 31 ENT. Ceremony That Will Declare- the War at nn End to Take Place as Soon as the Treaty Arrives from 3Iadrid. SEVEN MONTHS AND FOUR DAYS FR03I SIGNING OF TUB PROTOCOL TO SIGNING OF THE TREATY. Official Announcement of the Cessation of Hostilities to Be 3Iade by the President In a Proclamation. MADRID, March 17. Th? Queen Regent has signed tha treaty of peace between Spain and the United States. The signed document will be forwarded to the French ambassador at Washington, M. Jules Cambon, for exchange with tho one signed by President McKlnley. No decree on the subject will be published In the official gazette. LONDON, March IS. The Madrid correspondent of the Standard, after referring to tho ratification by tho Queen Regent of the treaty of peace between Spain and the United States, says: "Official relations between the two governments will now be promptly renewed. It is rumored that the minister to the United States will be Senor Don Brunetti Duke d'Arcos, former Spanish minister to Mexico, whose wife Is an American. EXCHANGE OF RATIFICATIONS. French Ambassador Will Act for Spain "When the Treaty Arrives. WASHINGTON, March 17.-The first news of the signature of the peace treaty by the Queen Regent of Spain was conveyed to Secretary Hay and the officials of the administration through the exclusive bulletin of the Associated Press. The secretary was naturally gratified at the action, which he had expected would follow the course of the Cortes. The action makes it possible to exchange the ratifications,, and thus complete tho treaty within the time set by the treaty Itself as the maximum. The protocol was signed Aug. 13 last at the White House by the President and Ambassador Cambon. Dec. 10 the treaty was signed at Paris by the commissioners. Feb. 6 it was ratified by the United States Senate, after a memorable struggle; Feb. 10 the President gave it his signature and now to-day, seven months and four days after the signing of the protocol, the Spalnish Queen Regent gave her formal assent and signature. Official news of the action at Madrid was not conveyed to the State Department before tho close of tho department for the day. M. Cambon visited the department about ten minutes to 4 o'clock, and, in the absence of Secretary Hay, called upon Assistant Secretary Hill. He told the latter that he believed the treaty had been signed. It seems now probable that to the ambassador will be confided the honor of closing the task which he set about seven months ago of bringing two great nations then at war to a state of peace. Usually, the rule is for a nation situated as Is Spain to send a special envoy charged with the duty of exchanging the ratifications. In this case, the wish of the United States government will be consulted and there Is little doubt. In view of the kindly regard entertained for the ambassador by the President, that he will elect to have M. Cambon act for the last time as the representative of the Spanish government, and make the exchange. A good reason also for accepting again the ambassador's offices in this last function would be the saving of time. It Is presumed that the Spanish government Is desirous to hasten the complete restoration of peace and this government is certainly equally anxious, so that If time can be saved by accepting the services of the ambassador here. Instead of awaiting the selection and coming of one. from Madrid, that course is likely to be pursued. The signing of the treaty cannot in any manner affect the status of the Spanish prisoners in the hands of Agulnaldo, for the United States government is doing all that it can to secure their release. Still, it is apprehended that the Spanish government, being able to address itself directly to the United States government so soon as the ratifications are exchanged, will not neglect to press the matter on the attention of the State Department and perhaps will solicit authority to resume direct negotiations with tho insurgents looking to the release of the prisoners. The hope is entertained, however, that it may be unnecessary to decline a request, for by that date tho insurrection may have been quelled. If the Spanish government should Insist, however, some disagreeable questions may be raised, involving the formal recognition of the Insurgents by Spain, in which case perhaps It might claim the right to deal, directly with Agulnaldo. Contrary to an expectation that seemed to have obtained In some quarters, the signature of the treaty to-day does not involve the immediate discharge of all the volunteer soldiers. It was stated positlvcly at the State Department that legally the treaty does not go into effect until the ratifications have been exchanged and' it will further be necessary for the President to proclaim it before the people of tho United States, including the soldiers, can know officially that the war is over. In all other aspects, however, the State Department will treat the war as at an end. It Is believed hero that the new Spanish minister will come prepared. Immediately after making the exchange of ratifications, to Institute negotiations for a treaty of trade, commerce and amity, the old treaty having been nullified by the outbreak of war. and there being nothing In the way of a formal convention to protect trade be tween the United States and Spain. Also one of the first duties of the officials in tho War Department who are charged with the administration of tho customs affairs of tho

insular possessions of the United States will be to prescribe regulations to give effect to the pledge of the United States to afford Spanish commerce with the Philippines and West Indies favored treatment. MR. M'K IN LEY'S OUTING.

The President Enjoying the Sunshine and Georgia's Spring- Weather. THOMASVILLE, Ga., March 17. President McKlnley, after a good night's rest, rose early this morning and enjoyed the sunshine and delight of the atmosphere of a perfect day. The weather was quite warm and he discarded the high hat usually worn by him for a wlde-brlmmed straw. He looked better than at any time since he has been here, and, responding to congratulations, said that he was feeling well and thoroughly enjoying h'.s stay. "This," said he, speaking of the weather, "is the best day we have had since I have been here." The drives around tho country were all pleasant and he intends to spend another day of his vacation about as the two previous days had been spent. About 10 o'clock Assistant Secretary Cortelyou called with the mail, and a half hour was spent in dispatching necessary business, including the signing of some army commissions. Announcement of these appointments was made In Washington before the President's departure. Shortly afttr 10 o'clock the party left the house for a drive to Melrose, the beautiful plantation of M. A. Hanna, the senator's brother, about five miles out of town. Senator Hanna drove ono team to a carriage and President McKlnley himself held the rciii3 In the smart yellow trap which followed, both teams going at a good sharp gait. Vice President Hobart and two ladies of tho party were with the President. Lunch was served at Melrose and nearly tho entire afternoon spent In the country. Tho party remained at Melrose until between 3 and 4 o'clock and then drove Into town again after a delightful day in the fields. The President transacted a little business and then rested till dinner. There was no special event for tho evening, the general plan of the President's outing being framed with the idea that he shall retire early. The exact date of the trip to Jekyl island will depend to some extent on Mrs. McKInley's health and the weather. Invitations continue to pour In from surrounding country, but aro all being declined in pursuance of the purpose to avoid everything having the aspect of a semi-public function. The presidential mail is growing rapidly. The statement cannot be made too broad that it is the President's wish that communications on business and other matters be sent to Washington, where attention will be given them, the present trip being solely for play and rest and not work. The President was shocked to hear of the frightful holocaust cf the Windsor Hotel, NewY'ork, and grateful that all the family pf his brother Abner had escaped unhurt. The President ha3 received official advices from Washington saying that dispatches from Manila show a very favorable situation for the American cause. WRECKED AND BURNED ROCK ISLAND PASSENGER TRAIN PARTLY' DESTROYED IX KANSAS. Baa-gngemnn Killed and Twenty-Six ilurt, Two Seriously Calvin Green, of Velpln, Ind.f Anions' the Injured. VOLLAND, Kan., March 17.-East-bound passenger train No. -3, Conductor Thomas, jumped the track southwest of Volland, on the Rock Island road, throwing the tank, baggage car and smoker down a bank and leaving the chair car and baggage car partly tipped over. The train caught fire, the flames destroying the combination baggage and mall car, two coaches and a chair car. Twenty-six passengers were Injured, two seriously. The'traln baggageman was killed. Following Is a list of the killed and injured: WILLIAM FREEMAN, Kansas City, train baggageman, killed. W. G. MEANS, mall clerk, Kansas City, shoulder and back injured. C. W. SCHWARTZ, mall clerk, head and leg and both arms cut, Kansas City. GEORGE W. GILES, mall clerk, hurt in neck, Kansas City. M. J. CLDMING,, Columbia, Mo., side hurt and leg bruised. K. R. KEAN, Columbia, Mo., cut on head. CHARLES H. PENN, Ashland, Mo., cut on hand. MISS MADGE FARRER, Sterling, Kan., back wrenched. W. H. PHILLIPS. Watonga, O. T., strained hip. cut in arm. JOHN SEARLE, Timber Lake, O. T., leg and arm hurt. T. A. STURGEON, Weatherford. O. T., back sprained. MRS. O. C. ALLAN. Caldwell, Kan., Hp cut and ankle sprained. GEORGE W. LEWIS, El Reno, O. T., ankle sprained. B. T. HALL. Topeka, Kan., legs bruised. FRED W. KASNER, Hutchinson, Kan., right side hurt. JAMES M'SHADDEN. news agent. Kansas City, head and face badly cut, nose mashed in and hurt about body. H. H. CORN. Mapleton. bruised. MRS. J. M. KEN LAND, leg bruised. C. F. CLARK, Topeka, Kan., hip sprained. B. E. BRY'ANT, Cloud Chip, O. T., cut on chin. A. WARNEICKE, Fort Sill. O. T., wrist sprained. JOHN PHILLIP, Protection, Kan., hip and back sprained. N. DEAN EL, news agent. St. Joseph, Mo., knee, arm and neck, slightly. CALVIN GREEN. Velpln, Ind.. breast and ribs. F. M. MA SUING ALL, Caldwell, Kan., scalp, shoulder and leg. ED SWITZER, Garvey, O. T., head and stomach. MRS. SARAH SMITH, Bethany, Mo., prostrated from shock. The baggage car caught fire almost instantly after the accident, and before any one realized that the baggageman had not escaped it was too late to save him. The mailing clerks In the other end of the car made their escape by crawling over tho side. The fire spread quickly from the baggage car to the cars behind it, and before the relief train, sent from Topeka, arrived, the four cars were a mass of blackened wreckage. The Pullman was saved by being pushed back from the burning chair car. A relief train with doctors was sent from Topeka as soon as word was received of the accident, and every possible attention was shown the Injured. A construction train was also soon on tho ground end tho work of clearing the track commenced at once, so that travel could be resumed. Fireman Killed, Engineer Injured. MIDDLESBORO, Ky.. March 17.-In a wreck on tho Louisville & Nashville Railroad rear Wheeler, nine miles from here, at 2 o'clock this morning, caused by a landslide, Charles Painter, of Jelllco, fireman, was killed, and Engineer Charles Shively Injured. Floating- Island Stranded. HAVANA. 111., March 17. A floating island, between one and two acres in extent, and from four to five feet thick, has come down the Illinois river. It collided with a cabin boat and smashed In the keel. The island next struck a pier of the wagon bridge, violently shaking the structure and throwing crossing horses from their feet. The island is now stranded between the pier and shore, and the city authorities contemplate blowing it uo with dynamite.

SPOILED MEAT

TESTIMONY OF ONE OF ARMOUR'S "LAID-OFF" E3IPLOYES. Two Carloads of Canned Reef Said to Have Been Returned to the Kansas City House In a, Bad State. EVIDENCE OF W. D. MILES 3IANAGER OF THE PLANT SAY'S 3IOST . OF THE 3IEAT YVAS GOOD. Also Asserts that No Chemicals Are Used In Preserving; Refrigerated or Other Beef. ALL CATTLE ARE INSPECTED POOR GRADES OF STOCK NOT USED FOR CANNING PURPOSES. . Cheap Cows Converted Into "Barreled Beef" Other Witnesses Before the Court of Inquiry. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 17. The army beef court of inquiry arrived here today from Omaha. The members of the commission started promptly for Armour's packing plant to Investigate its methods of preparing beef. As beef a as supplied alone by the local firm of Armour no other plants here will bo Investigated. After tho testimony here has been taken the commission will, doubtless go to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and take evidence. The commission may remain In this vicinity till over Sunday. At tho Armour plant General Manager F. Miles conducted the party through the different departments. .The court spent two hours inspecting the various stages of the process through which the meat passed before being canned. The killing room was not yisited. This afternoon the taking of testimony was begun at the court's headquarters uptown. Tho principal witnesses examined were General Manager Miles, of the Armour Company, who testified at Washington as to his knowledge of the meat furnished the army, two inspectors from the local oflleo of tho Bureau of Animal Industry, a member of a stock firm and ex-Congressman Mason Tetcrs, of Kansas City, Kan. William D. Miles, general manager of the Armour plant, was the first witness called. He said his company furnished the government refrigerated beef during the Spanish war. It was preserved by cold air. "Did yoj use any artificial preservatives?" "Absolutely none," His firm had furnished the government with 1,000,000 pounds of canned roast beef. It was sold to Commissary General Eagan at Washington and Commissary Woodruff at New York. The meat was inspected at Mobile and other points of delivery in the South. Two carloads of tho million pounds was returned from (Mobile and three carleads from Jacksonville. On Its return to Kansas City tho company inspected the meat and found that less than one-half of 1 per cent, was bad. That from Mobile, the witness said, had never been inspected there. The returned meat was put back into stock and "possibly some of it was resold to the government." One portion of it was resold to a foreign government and accepted. . BUT ONE GRADE. In reply to a question, Mr. Miles stated that not less than half of the cattle killed for canning purposes were cows. The poorest grades of meat were not used in canning; poorer grades were made into "barreled beef." Nearly all fat and bone matter was removed from canned meat. A twopound can would contain 6 or 7 per cent, fat and from one and one-half to two ounces cf "stock," or water in which beef had been boiled. No salt was used in its preparation. There was but one grade used and all cans were labeled. Ex-Congressman Peters, who was formerly In the stock commission business In Kan sas City, and Lionel A. Lcnnon, a commission man, defined "canners" as quoted in the dally market reports. H. L. Antone, foreman at Armour's canning department, told of his department working day and night during May and June, 1SSS, to fill the government's orders. Because of the big demand for "canners" it was necessary to kill fresh cattle of a higher grade than usually used. Notwithstanding the rush, proper precaution in packing was taken, and all cans were inspected four times before they left the plant. The rejections amounted to one-half of 1 per cent. L. T. Rambo swore that In June, 1898, he was in the employ of the Armour Company and helped in tho canning department. He frequently nailed up cases. Cans would often swell up and burst. In reply to a question, witness declared some days as much as a third of the cans prepared were i ejected for this and other reasons. Mr. Antone was recalled and denied that Rambo had worked in the canning department at the time stated or that the number of cans rejected reached the amount alleged by Rambo. Antone said that a record was kept of all cans rejected and the court instructed him to bring this record before It to-morrow. NO CHEMICALS. S. M. Morse, who has charge of the killing at Armour's, said that all cattle passing through his hands bore tags showing governmental Inspection. He had no knowledge cf chemicals being used in preserving meats and said that it could not have been so used without his knowledge. Dr. Sv E. Bennett, of the Bureau of Animal Industry in Kansas City, and Thomas W. CarmlchacI, a government meat Inspector, said the proportion of catle rejected because of disease or for other reasons was from one to nine a day, rarely as high as eight. John Spencc, foreman of the cutting department, testified as to the good quality of cattle used for canning. Dr. Ernest W. Slusher, hospital steward of the Third Missouri Volunteers, said that while stationed at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, he was ono morning called to attend fifty members of the regiment who were vomiting. It was his opinion that they had been made sick by eating spoiled canned corned beef. The matter was not investigated. The cans, he thought, bore the label of Llbby, McNeill & Libby. Carl Holtschue, a member of Troop A, First United States Volunteer Cavalry, said there was no complaint of tho canned roast beef served on tho voyag from

Tampa to Cuba. In Cuba, . to July each soldier received a can ol roast beef and one pound of bacon, with potatoes and bread as three days' rations and there was no complaint. Later at Camp Hamilton some of tho refrigerated beef was tainted and had to be thrown away. At the night session Joseph G. McCoy, employed by the State of Kansas as a live stock Inspector at the Kansas City yards, was called as a witness at the request of Major Lee. The substance of his testimony was that the poorer class of cattle was taken by the packers for canning purposes. RAM RO RECALLED. At tho request of Major Lee the court recalled L. T. Rambo. the witness whose testimony at the morning session had been disputed by employes of the Armour Company. The witness testified that he had been "laid off" by the Armour Company about the middle of January last. He produced a letter from the superintendent vouching for his "good conduct, honesty and general character." In answer to questions by Major Lee Rambo stated that two carloads of canned beef sold to the government by Armour were returned some time in May. "What was the character of the returned meat?" asked Major Lee. "When the cars were opened many of the cans were found to have burst. Maggots were crawling everywhere. The stench was so bad that ammonia had to be used to kill It. I 'was employed in unloading cars." "What was done with the cans?" "The opened ones were taken to the cooking room. The others to tho retorts." "And then?" "I don't know. I suppose the good meat was put on the market again." "About how many cans in the two cars were spoiled?" asked Colonel Gillespie. "I think they would average about two to the case., With 500 cases in tho car that would be 1,000 cans." Major Leo asked the witness if he had ever seen government inspectors examine any of the cans or cases. "I never saw any inspection made. We all helped put on the inspection labels." In response to a question by Colonel Davis tho witness stated that Inspections might have been made before the cans came to his department, adding: "All I know is that there was no inspection when the labels were put on the cans." The court adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

POPE LEO'S CONDITION ANOTHER OPERATION ON HIS HOLINESS SAID TO BE NECESSARY. The Pontiff Unsparing of Ills Little Strength A Collapse Last Night Ex-Senator Sherman Better. ROME, March 17.- The newspapers Fanaulla and Oplnlone, continue, in their reports of the Pope's condition, to lay stress upon his weakness. The Vatican functionaries, however, deny that there Is any cause for alarm, and say that his Holiness walks about in hisroom and occupied himself today in arranging a small library and some pictures in his study. At 5 o'clock this aft ernoon Professor Mazzoni and Dr. Lapponl, Ids medical advisers, visited him, the former changing the tight bandage that pro tects the wound. The Pope conversed with them, and on leaving they declared them selves satisfied with his general condition. PARIS, March IS. The Rome correspond ent of the Figaro says the Pope's physicians have decided upon another operation. LONDON, March IS. The Rome correspondent of the Daily News says: "The Pope was present at the delivery of a Lenten discourso by his special preacher, many car dtnals and prelates attending, but, in ac cordance with ancient custom, he sat be hind a screen, invisible to all." The Romo correspondent of the Times says: "I am able to confirm the report that the Pope's strength has never recov ered from the shock of the operation. AJ though there is no reason to apprehend im mediate danger, his continued weakness Is causing grave anxiety at the Vatican. Still it is hoped that careful nourishment and skilled nursing will facilitate a complete re covery, as a minute medical examination to day revealed no symptoms of organio dis ease. It is the Pope's physical depression and absence of elastic vitality that suggest doubts of his powers of recuperation." The Rome correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: "The Pontiff's desire to utilize ail his energies In efforts of forced vitality is frequently followed by a com plete collapse. Such an experience occurred to-night, when he was carried to his bxl by four men, as the doctor wished to avoid the least shock to the patient." JIH. SHERMAN'S CONDITION. The Stricken Ohioan Reported 3Iuch Better .Yestcrduy. PONCE, March 17. The American line steamer Paris, Captain Watkln3, with a party of tourists voyaging in the West Indian waters, arrived here at 5 o'clock this afternoon, but left an hour later without communicating with the shore, as Captain Watkins feared the ship might be quaran tined at Jamaica owing to the fact that a few cases of smallpox exist in Ponce. It is understood, however, that John Sherman, who has been suffering from pneumonia, is much better. WASHINGTON, March 17. Tho secretary of state has cabled the United States consul at Kingston, Jamaica, to meet the Paris upon her arrival Monday and to do every thing In his power to facilitate the trans fer of ex-Secretary Sherman from the Paris to the cruiser Chicago. The latter has not yet appeared at Havana, but there Is still plenty of time for her to reach Kingston in season to meet the Parte. Among the friends of ex-Secretary Sherman In the dc partment the hope is expressed that when lie is taken aboard tho Chicago he will be landed at some Florida port rather than to be brought north at this season of the year. LET0FF EASIER THAN DREYFUS Ex-Lieut, nolmon Given Five Y'ears In Prison for Selling; Secrets. PARIS, March 17. Ex-Lieut. Bolsson, alias Durand, formerly of a French regiment, who was arrested in this city on Feb 5 on the charge of carrying on an illicit correspondence with a foreign government involving military secrets, was to-day sentenced to five years' imprisonment, to pay a fine of one thousand francs and to be placed under police supervision for ten years. The ccurt. In pronouncing sentence, said It re gretted tho law did not allow more severe punishment to be inflicted on the prisoner. The Alaskan Story Denied. OTTAWA. Ont., March 17. Controller Fred White, of the Canadian Northwest mounted police, has received from Van couver, B. C, a denial of the story of a clash between Canadian and American min ers at Porcupine Creek, on the Dalton trail. The story, which spoke of the killing and wounding of some on either side, meets" with a refutation on tho Pacific coast'

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WASHINGTON OFFICIALS THINK THE WAR WILL NOT LAST LONG. General Otls's Report Thought to In dlcate the Philippine Insurrection May Suddenly Collapse. GEN. ANDERSON TO RETURN AND BE SUCCEEDED BY LAWTOX, THE NOTED INDIAN TIGHTER. Another Batch of Filipinos Captured by the Washington Regiment Near the Village of Tagulg OUR KILLED AND WOUNDED LIST OF CASUALTIES AS CABLED UXt COMMANDER OTIS Situation at 31anlla. as Viewed lr Un censored Correspondent Fate of a. California Traitor. WASHINGTON, March 17. There was much reticence shown at the War Department to-day to discuss a cable dispatch from General Otis, which was regarded as most important by those who read it as Indicating that hostilities might cease very suddenly In tha Phillrrincs and a collapso of tho insurrection come at any time. Tha reasons for tho belief of General Otis that a climax might come at any hour was not stated, but his assumption was based om tho favorable reports he had received from various sources that the Filipinos were tired! of the war and Agulnaldo's leadership. It Is believed at the War Department that tha method by which the Americana have conducted the fighting has done much to convince the Filipinos of the uselessness of trylr.g to drive out the United States forces. The fighting has been of different character from that to which they were accustomed vhen the Spaniards wero in rjSj" slon of Manila. General Otla's cablegram) has caused a great deal of gratification. It was sent to tho President at Thomavllle. Under orders from the War Department General Anderson, cow In command of tha First Division of the Eighth Army Corps In the Philippines, will return to tha United States, probably on the next transport to leave Manila, and will be assigned to the command of one of the military departments In this country, in all probability the Department of the Columbia, with, headquarters at Vancouver, Wash." General Lawton will succeed , him in command ct tho First Division of the Eighth Corps, to take effect very shortly. Orders which hava been sent to Major General Otis, In command of tho entire forces In the Philip- , pines, authorize the return of General Anderson whenever he can be spared In that field. The latter accordingly will embark at the first opportunity and proceed without delay to his new command. His family nov resides at rancouver. 3Iore Prisoners Captured. MANILA, March 17. Company G, of tha Washington Regiment, has captured 150 additional prisoners near Tagulg, and als3 seized some ammunition. Most of the rebels arms were hidden or thrown Into the river. The engineers threw a temporary bridga across the Pasig river for the artillery and commissary trains. The Twentieth Regiment returned from th front to-day. SITUATION REVIEWED. Letter That Escaped the CensorshipLittle Known About the Filipinos. HONG-KONG, March 17. The following general view of tho situation Is from a correspondent of the Associated rress at Manila, and has evidently not been subjected? to censorship: Th most remarkable fcatura of the situation Is the inability of the Americans and residents to estimate the numbers, resources and plans of the Filipinos. Prominent generate think that two or threa disastrous battles win break their spirit and make them sue for terms. A majority of the English and old residents are of tha opinion that extermination of the Tagalos Is the only guarantee of peace; that they, can easiry be whipped if they give battle, but that they will dodge a meeting with tha Americans In force. Some people think the will risk battles at Malabon and Paranque, where they aro strongly Intrenched, and that. If they are defeated, they will resuma bushwhacking as long as any of Uura ara left. United States Consul Williams said: "I don't expect to live to see the ind of tha war." Tho rebels shift about so much that It lJ Impossible to estimate their numbers. Tha correspondent quetloncd several generals as to the number of the rebels and the replies ranged from 30,000 to 100,000. Tho estimates of the quantity of arms possessed 1Y tha rebels are equally uncertain. The large section of the armed natives are Ignorant of their weapons. The country beyond tha American lines Is rice fields, cane and brush. The rebels are familiar with every Inch of it. and it affords fine hiding places. The residents say the Tagalos are unanimously rebels, and they predict the Americans will be resisted at Mlndoro and Mindanao, and that they will bo obliged to subdue them. The extent of the support which the other Luzon tribes are giving Agulnaldo Is a mystery. It Is known that several regiments were under arms before the outbreak, but thx) majority of them arc supposed to ba jealous of the Tagalos, who are reported to be treating the other tribes in the fashIon of the Spaniards, dominating tho bland, and holding all the offices. Reports from the rebels are to the effect that the recent tactics of the Americans la retiring to their established lines after pursuing makes the rebels think they are win n!ng victories. The Oriental character Is to deceptive that tho residents of Manila are Ignorant as to whether their own servants sympathize with tho rebels or not. It is known that a rebel organization exists In the city, and the evidence is growing that there was a widespread plot to assassinate the Americans, the signal being the commencement of hostilities. The servants were instructed to kill their employers, but they were terrorized by tho vengeance dealt out to offenders and they weakened. Every Tagulo would have cut hla employer's throat if he dared, or, at least, that Is a current saying. Tha faithlessness cf tto natives U uiu