Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1901 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1901.

I believe that if the Doers row In the field knew th? tnvi ta!c t)f uffalrs and were fiwnro that Ihz continuance of opposition

could not poslblv Improve the terms ofTrfffl them a majority would have sense enough to v:i fighting. Mean while you m' be assured of th- lart th;it thr War ofiice Is not guilty of inertia. Lord Kitchener H getting all hrt as'.; for. Ird Rot rts has a perfectly free h ind. What can be done Is lMr.g done." RETCRN OI' CANADIANS. Fighter from South Africa Arrive lit Halifax Sad News for One AVowon. II ALI FAX. X. S.. Jar.. 8. A salute of car.con rop.r! a welcome to-night to the Canadian soldiers returning from Africa. The overdue transport with SCO volunteer troops on board was reported off Camperdown at S o'clock and reached quarantine on hour Liter, The steamer left Table bay Dec. 13. To-morrow the soldiers will disembark and parade in the city and afterward attend a public banquet. The forces on board comprise both battalions of the Canadian mounted rifles and the Canadian artillery, which took part in the relief of Maf eking. These constituted the second Canadian contingent and left Halifax nearly a year ago with a total strength of 1.320 Of all ranks. The regiment returns only too strong. Many were invalided home sick, twenty-eight were killed or died of disease and forty-eight were wounded In action. The enly Canadian forces remaining In Africa are titrathcona's horse, and that force was sent out by a private person. The voyage of the Rosslyn Castle from South Africa was marred by a fatal outbreak of enteric fever, to which Lieutenant Sutton, of Quebec, and Sergt. Trumpeter Inglis. of Winnipeg, succumbed. The latter died New Year's day and was buried at sea. The officer died Sunday last and his body was brought' to land. Mrs. Sutton, who is a daughter of Judge Routhler. of Quebec, was here to meet her husband and received a terrible shock when her husband's body was landed from the transport. Sutton and Inglis Loth served in every engagement In which the Canadians participated In South Africa and were in good health when they boarded the Rosslyn Castle at Cape Town. Twelve other men are sick on board. An official order of General Smlth-Der-rien, who commanded the colonial division. Is exhibited by the commanding officer. In which five Canadians are recommended for the Victoria Cross. They are Lieut. E. W. Morrison, Lieut. H. C. Cockburi, Lieut. It. W. Turner. IMvate W. A. Kinsley and 'Sergt. F. Homan. Fro-Iloer Meeting. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Jan. 8. Captain Wessels. South African envoy, and Field Cornet VII joe n and Adjutant Snyman, of Cape Colony, addressed a pro-Boer meeting here to-night that packed the big Auditorium holding 4,000. A collection of several hundred dollars was taken for the widows and orphans of the Boers. These opening remarks of President M. S. Walker, of the Transvaal League, were received with silence: "We do not, I trust, as n body or as .individuals, meet as haters o: Ensland and the L'ngiish. For myself, I have no desire to see England unnecessarily humbled or injured. Should she lose her position as. the first power of Europe I should regret it as a calamity both for Europe and the world." Astor4 Peace Offering. LONDON, Jan. 8.-Mr. William Waldorf Astor'.i contribution of 5.000 in response to the appeal of the Princess of Wales for further aid to the fund raised in behalf of the families of the fighting men in South Africa is regarded by the Dally Chronicle as a peace offering. The Daily Chronicle points out that the Princess sympathizes with Capt. Sir Archibald Berkely Milne in his controversy last summer with Mr. Astor. WEI PUSH THE PROJECT. Chicago Anxious for a. Deep Waterway. to the Mexican Gulf. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Chicago declared itself, for uninterrupted progress in the construction of ashlpway from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico by the action cf tbc River Improvement Commission tocay In defeating a committee report which advised temporary abandonment of the project of widening the Chicago river to 200 feet and counseled against efforts to obtain additional funds for river and canal Improvement. A report which provides foi the appointment of an expert committee of five to formulate plans by which the canal trustees shall be guided in future operations was adopted by a vote of CI to 18. The body is required to report by March 1. The appointment of the committee probably v.ill be made at a meeting of tha canal trustees to-morrow. Taken by Father to Station. Walter Haynes and Edward Haynes, brothers, living with their parents at 721 Woodlawn avenue, were slated at police headquarters last night under a charge of loitering. A warrant was filed charging the offense and sent out with the district men with instructions to arrest the boys If found. Before the officers could And them the father had escorted both to the police 'station and turned them over to the turnkey. He was afterward permitted by Captain Dawson to take them homtj again upon his promise to see that . they were in court. FAIR AND MUCH COLDER. Decided SInmp In Temperature Pre- . dieted for Indiana To-Day. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday: For Ohio Fair, except cloudiness and now flurries along the northeastern lake höre on Wednesday; colder, decidedly so In western portion; northwesterly winds; brisk on the lake. Thursday generally fair, with snow flurries probably on the northeastern lake shore. For Indiana Fair; much colder on Wednesday; northwesterly winds, brisk on the lake. Thursday, fair. For Illinois Fair, colder, decidedly so In outhern portion Wednesday; northwesterly winds, brisk on the lake. Thursday, fair. Local Observation on Jan. 9. Ti-iw Thr T TT Wln.1 TtToa V.,. T. 7 a, m.. 30.01 23 62 S'east. Cloudy. .00 7 p. m..2U.:3 11 78 S'wesL Lt. rain. T. Maximum temperature. SS; minimum tnrrfttnr X. Following is a comparative statement of ine mean le-inperuiure a.ua luiai precipitation for Jan. 8: Temp. Pre. Normal 27 .öj MmII - T Departure from normal 13 .oa Departure since Jan. 1 ! .76 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official.

Yesterday' Temperatures. Stations. MIn. Max. 7 p.m. Atlanta. Ga 46 C4 m Bismarck. N. D. 10 o t Buffalo. N. Y 30 45 Calgary, N. W. T 24 S IS Chicago. Ill CS 4S 3 Cairo. Ill M CC 62 Cheyenne, Wyo 11 2ö 20 Cincinnati. 0 34 C2 fa) Concordia, Kan 22 4 22 Davenport. la 22 46 22 Des Moines. Ia IS 2$ is Galveston. Tex W Cti ft) Helena. Mont S 12 J Jacksonville. Fla 41 CG &j Kansas City, Mo 24 Z-2 ti Little Rock. Ark M 72 M Marquette, Mich IS Zi U Memih!. Tenn 54 Ci C? Nashville. Tenn 50 ts w New Orleans. La So r.l ft) N w York city 2s 40 o North Platte. Neb H 2s 21 Oklahoma. O. T 4) 40 Omaha. Neb 14 21 :i I Mit burg. Pa 22 M W Qu Appelle. N. W. T...-21 -3 :) Rapid City. S. D 4 U 'J Salt Lak? City 15 Z I 'i St. LcuIj, Mo CS C6 41 St. Paul. Minn 6 32 6 Cpringr.eM. Ill 21 5.1 ningfle!d. Mo 42 Cß 42 Vtcksburg. M'ss.. ...... 50 70 2 vcriii ten, V. C 21 - 41 31

THREATS OF MOB LAW

MADE AGAINST TIIO.IIASSOX AND GAIXES AT I1LOOM1XGTOX. Sheriff Im Wntchf ul Plea for Clem ency for an Ased Convlc Keith on the Stund at Princeton. Special to tbc Indianapolis Journal. P.LOOMINGTON, Ind.. Jan. 8. Some ex citement has been created here by two let ters received by Sheriff Thrasher, in which threats were made to mob Thomas'on and Gaines, brought here from Lawrence coun ty charged with murder. The Identical note is as follows: "Lock out for a mob next week. Quarrymen greatly worked up over the murder. Say they are going to get Gaines and Thomasson In spite of the devil." Sheriff Thrasher has taken extra precautions as to guards, and any effort to interfere will meet with a warm reception. Judge Martin wires to save no expense to prevent an outbreak. It is generally believed here that if a mob is formed lt would be by the friends of the prisoners to liberate them and save them from trial. Executive Clemency Wanted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE, Ind.,' Jan. 8. The clemency of Governor Mount, and. If this is ineffective, of Governor Durbin when he enters upon his duties, will be asked for Martin Crevlslon, who to-day was convicted In the Importe Circuit Court of assault and battery with Intent to kill Samuel Goldberg, and who was sentenced to an indeterminate term of two to fourteen years in the State Prison at Michigan City. Crevlslon probably is the oldest person convicted of a felony in northern Indiana, being within a few months of eighty years of age. 0 IXDIAN'A OC1TUAIIY. Jense Arnold, Once n Well-Known Danker of North Manchester. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 8.-Jessc Arnold, for many years one of the prominent business men of this county, died last night at the home of his son Thomas, in North Manchester, of lung disease and a general freaking down. Mr. Arnold was president and principal owner of the First National Bank of North Manchester, which failed disastrously in 1SQ3, owing to the collapse of the Arnold Dank, at South Whitney. This wiped out every dollar of Mr. Arnold's property, and preyed upon his mind. Following close upon this his daughter, Mrs. Charles S. Daker, of Columbus. Ind., died, his wife passed away, and last spring his second daughter, Mrs. Schuyler Haas, of Indianapolis, went to the grave. This succession of misfortunes hastened the end. He was born in Darke county, Ohio, on Oct. 24, 1S31, and camo to Indiana in 1S52. Dr. D. F. Strafford. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Jan. S.-Dr. B. F. Swafford, aged sixty-seven, died this morning of diabetes. He was the Nestor of Term Haute physicians and was the oldest member of the Aesculapian Society of the Wabash Valley, which society is the oldest of its kind west of Pittsburg. Dr. Swafford served as a surgeon in the civil war and then returned to his practice in this section. He left a widow, who is vejy ill at Huntsville, Ala., where she has spent the winters for many years. Mrs. Swafford is known to the public by her pen name of Belle Bremer. There are no children. Other Deaths In the State. CAMBRIDGE CITY. Ind., Jan. 8. Wrn. J. Mason, a prosperous farmer, died at his home early this morning. He was born in Jefferson township, Wayne county, on Oct. 28, 1S16. and since 1S57 had lived on a farm near this city. He was a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 5. F. and A. M., which society will have charge of the funeral services Thursday afternoon at Hagerstown. Three sons survive him. BRAZIL. Ind., Jan. 8. George W. Reed, aged eighty-two years, died at his home in Harrison township last night. Mr. Reed had lived in this county for more than sixty years. He was a bachelor and was the possessor of CO) acres of fine river bottom land. For fully forty years he lived alone on his farm, where he accumulated a fortune. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 8. Mrs. Rachel Ann Ballanger, aged eighty-three years, died last night at the home of her son, N. B. Ballanger. The deceased was a native of New Jersey and was the widow of Isaac H. Ballanger. She was a lifelong member of the religious society of Friends. KOKOMO, Ind.. Jan. 8. John Sipe, one of the oldest contractors in this part of the State, died here last night of stomach trouble, aged sixty-four years. He had been in the building business forty-five years and was a pioneer resident of this city. B I'll X ED BY AX IXCEXDIAIIY." Dance Hall Xenr Elkhart Which Was Objectionable to XeIf?hbors. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART. Ind., Jan. 8. Max Ratncr's dance hall and tobacco and confectionery store at Dunlap, a village midway between here and Goshen, was destroyed by an incendiary fire early this morning. Ratner estimates his loss at $2.000. with $700 Insurance. The respectable elements of the community have been opposed to the class of people from both cities which were attracted to the dance hall and they have made efforts, both legal and otherwise, to have the source of the trouble wiped out. Early in December Ratner received a letter signed Whitecap," which warned him that if he did not conduct his place on a higher plane it would be destroyed and he would be tarred and feathered. Took All Ills Clothing. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RIDGE VILLE, Ind., Jan. S.-Early this morning thieves entered the dwelling of Ed E. Hlatt.'an oil well contractor, living in the west part of town, and secured $10 In money, a gold watch, a mileage book, two overcoats and nearly all his other clothing. He had to borrow a pair of trousers in which to come up tow n. KEITH OX THE STAXD. no Enters n General Denial of the Charxea and the State's Case. Ffeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind., Jan. S.-Both the defendant, Joseph D. Keith, and his wife testified in the Keith murder case to-day. The calling of the defendant to the stand caused a sensation and the jurors showed signs of awakening interest in the case Keith was cool and deliberate and spoke unhesitatingly. He made a general denial of the charge and of tho case the State has attempted to make against him. He admitted an intimacy with Nora Kifer, In December, lSltt, when he met her, by chance, in Evansvllle. and took her to ihz Richmond Hotel, remaining with her two days. He then took her to a relatives In Evansvllle at her request. After that time he had, he said, never seen her again. He was at home during the afttrnoon, evening and night 'of April 3, and did not leave the house. He did not see the girl on April .1 and did not go to the canal bridge that night, did not kill her or secure anyor e else to kill her; did not send her a note or. April 3, but sent a note, by Jesse, on March 15, asking her to meet him near the barn thai nisht at dusk. She did not come. Neighbors hail been talking of the Evansvllle escapade and ho wanted to ttil her to keep quiet about lt. He said he did not write or mall the letter to Mr. Klfer from Evansvllle about Nora being well and sign it "Lora." Ho said the nevtr made demands for money and never threatened any kind of suit; ho never gave her any money at any time. He painted the buggy on the last of May, an annual occurrence. He went to Evansvllle on the night of May 22, but did not go by the road which crosses Stevens's bridge. He returned home next day and was arrested. The confessions made were forced, he said, after he had been on the "rack" for two hours in tho Evansvllle police station. He was excited and Cid not know what was said. The

cross-examination was not completed tonight. After the direct testimony lt was discovered that the witness had not been sworn. He then took an oath that his testimony had been the truth. Mrs. Keith testified this morning that her husband was at home the evening and night of April 3. Mrs. Keith's mother corroborated her statement. The evidence in the case will be completed to-morrow. Xpw Trial Granted Gates. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 8.-William Gates, convicted cf manslaughter, will have a new trial. Judge Henry C. Fox, of the Wayne Circuit Court, to-day sustained a motion to this effect, it being ?hown that one of the jurymen was not qualified to serve. Gates's crime was the killing of James R. Meek, a prominent farmer of Abington township.

Impressive Doable Installation. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 8. One of the most impressive scenes ever witnessed in Anderson was the installation of the officers of the Major May Post, G. A. R., last night, and at the same hour the offieers of the Woman's Relief Corps. The Installing officer in the former was Col. W. T. Durbin, a past commander of the post, and the commander-elect was his brother, Henry C. Durbin. The ceremony was wit nessed by more than four hundred persons, a number of distinguished persons being present. Mrs. Laura S. Burr, department commander of the W. R. C. of Indiana, installed tho newly-elected presiding officer of the W. R. C. Windfall In Xo Longer Dry. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL, Ind., Jan. 8.-After the failure of the ttmperance people to secure a sufficient number of signatures to a remonstrance ogalnst the granting of liquor license to C. P. Alley and Thomas S. Malston to defeat the applications, the remonstrants decided not to make any fight on the eiuestlon of the fitness of the applicants to sell Intoxicating liquors, as they might have dGne, and when the cases were ready for hearing yesterday in the Commissioners Court, there was no appearance on the party of the objectors. The licenses were granted. For two years Windfall has been "dry." Twenty-Two Pupils Arrested. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 8. Last week thirty-five boys, pupils of the Greentown High School, broke into the building at night and destroyed tho furniture, books and windows and defaced the walls. They had a fancied grievance against one of the teachers and took this method to get even. Last night a Kokomo officer went over and arrested twenty-two of the offenders, and he holds warrants for others. The boys all belong to good families. They gave bond for appearance at trial. Rushville Treasurer Contest Ended. Spf-clal to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Iiid., Jan. 8. The controversy between the City Council and James K. Mattox, city treasurer, over the possession of the city treasurer's office has been compromised by Mattox handing in his resignation and the City Council paying his claim for salary to date 1313.00. In connection with the compromise it was agreed that the successor of Treasurer Mattox should pay him $100 to cover his attorney's fees in the recent litigation in which Mattox was a defendant. Three Banks Held Election. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 8.-The First, Second and Union National banks held their elections of officers and directors today. No changes were made In the officers. The Second elected three new directorsGeorge H. Eggemeyer, Clem A. Gaar and C. W. Elmer. James E. Reeves and Jesse Cates. re-elected president of the First and Union banks, respectively, are two of the oldest active bank presidents In the country. Fell and Broke Ills Xeck. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 8. Louis Swartz, a stonecutter, who was keeping bachelor's hall in a business block on Canal street, fell down the stairs leading to his room about 8 o'clock to-night, and broke his neck. He left four children. He had been divorced from his wife. Coroner Williams's verdict will be rendered in the morning. Telephone Franchise Granted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., Jan. 8. Mr. Jerome Herff to-night was granted a franchise for an Independent city telephone system to oppose the Central Union, which now has 310 instruments. The members of the new company are not known, but are sail by Mr. Herff to be Peru capitalists. Dr. Ileck's Case Continued. Special to the Indiana;xlls Journal. GREENSBURG, j'nd., Jan. 8. The case against Dr. Conde J. Beck, charged with the murder of William Barton on Oct. 13 last, was continued until the second day of the March term on account of the sickness of Important witnesses on behalf of the defense. Indiana Notes. The Wabash River Traction Company has placed an order for 1.600 tons of steel rails for its line between Wabash and Peru. The recruiting officer at Tere Haute has received orders to enlist colored men for all branches of the service in the Philippines. Frank Reed, of Wabash, has been appointed trustee in bankruptcy for Arthur S. Chisholm, a druggist of that city. The assets ure very small. Oliver Bates, the fireman Injured in the wreck ät Alexandria last week, is still In the hospital in that city, but is showing marked progress toward recovery. The directors of the Citizens' National Bank of Greensburg, yesterday elected Will Cumback president, by a unanimous vote. He has served six years In that position. Winters Marvel, nineteen years old, was crushed by a fall of rock in the Alum Cave mine, near Sulllcan, Friday and suffered Injuries from which he died yesterday. The United Mine Workers Lodge, at Carbon, has decided to erect a building at that point to be devoted exclusively to lodge purposes and the order's conventions and social functions. The executive board of the Indiana Retall Grocers' Association met at Elkhart yesterday and decided to hold the annual convention of the organization at Indianapolis on Feb. 5 and 6. The Cincinnati Oil Company, of Hartford City, has sunk a well near that town which, at sixty feet In the Trenton rock, shows no trace of gas and has 7t0 feet of oil In the pipe. The well will be shot today. Wabash county teachers will hold their midwinter Institute at Wabash on Saturday, Jan. 12, In the high school building. The instructors will be Louis D. Bonebralce, Ohio commissioner of education, and Prof. Sherman Davis, of Indiana University. At the annual election of the directors of the Rushville National Bank yesterday Theodore Abercromble was elected president to succeed the late George C. Clark, who had held tho position from the organization of the bank thirty-five years ago. The Laporte County Commissioners have awarded the. printing contract for 1901 to Wilson-Humphrey & Co.. of Logansport, for JTTO.l'J. W. B. Rurford and Levey Brothers, of Indianapolis, and the Laporte Printing Company and the Taber-Chaney Company, of Laporte, also were bidders. 1 Boys found some boards stuck in a cattle-guard on the Lake Erie Western west of Fort Wayne last midnight and reported to the police an attempt to wreck the passenger train from tho south, s.xm du-.. Investigation showed It vas merely a piece of misehievlous trespass. STOLE A JEWELER'S SAFE. Spectators Supposed the Thieves Were Legitimate Safe 3Iovers. CHELSEA, Mass., Jan. 8. Joseph Hart. Samuel Goldstein. David Earner, Davtd Werbllnsky and Teretln Silverman were arrested here early to-day charged with stealing a safe containing $1.300 In money and $2.000 worth of Jewelry from the jewelry store of Morse IJrothers, In Boston, on Nov. 14. The police have recovered part I of the Jew-elry and P In bank bills. Dur ing tne aosence or tna aiorsc oroiners me rafc vas taken in broad daylight. Spectators supposed the men were legitimate safe

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KILLED IN A COLLISION

EIGHT 3IC.X IX A B. A O. WRECK IX WEST VIRGIXIA. Three Others Injured, One Fntally Trains Tried to Pass on u Trestle A Urakcmuu'i Heroic Deed. FAIRMONT, W. Va., Jan. S. A collision between a freight train and a light engine on the Monongahtla division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad this afternoon brought death to eight men, fatal injuries to one man and slight injuries to two others. The collision occurred on the bridge crossing the mouth of Keen's run, which is twenty -five feet above the backwater of the MonongahcJa river. Both engines w.re running at full speed, as the Pittsburg flyer was nearly due. The Dead. W. R. BOWMAN, of Fairmont, eng'neer. killed instantlv. W. J. O'NKIL, of Siverly, Pa., killed instantly. M. E. BRENNAN, of McKeesport, Pa., conductor, killed instantly. JOHN DEVENY, cf Fairmont, fireman, lived forty minutes. WILLIAM PARRISH, of Keyser, W. Va., brakeman. lived twenty minutes. JOSEPH E. KING, of Monungah. W. Va., conductor, lived twenty minutes. W. E. MURR ELL, of Fairmont, fireman, died this afternoon. UNKNOWN TRAMP, killed instantly. The Injured. J. E. TEDROW, of Fairmont, brakeman, fatally. C. J. O'LEARY, cf Keyser, W. Va.. slightly. THOMAS A. RICHARDSON, of Fairmont, engineer, slightly Injured. The heavy engine went entirely through the Ugh: one and as the entire crew was in the engine all were killed except Brakeman Tedrow, who was thrown into the river. He will die. When the first crash came Engineer Richardson, of the heavy engine, pushed his fireman, Murrell e ff at the left and he Jumped at the right. The collision occurred in the center of the bridge, which is trestle work with n& guardrails at the side, Murrell was thrown to the edge of the river bank and his engine followed, crushing him and he died a lew hours later. Hichardson was more fortunate and escaped with slight injuries. Brakeman O'Lcary was In the caboose and but slightly Injured. He immediately ret out to stop the tlyerj but found all the lanterns were broken He ran to Highland, over a mile distant, and succeeded in getting a lantern just as the flyer came in Fight and signaled the engineer. But for his heroic action many of the lives of the three score of persons on the fiyer would have been lost. To-morrow Supt. A. M. Lane, of the B. & O., will hold a court of inquiry, to determine where the blame lies, and to-night would only say it was a "misunderstanclinir o orders." TWENTY-EIGHT DEAD. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) ambulances from every hospital In the city reached the scene almost as soon a3 the fire department, but they proved Inadequate In providing for those rescued. Many sufferers and the dead were removed to the houses in the immediate neighborhood. There were awful scenes around the asylum at this time. Most of those rescued from the building were unconscious from the effects of smoke. It soon became apparent that the building was doomed. A general alarm was sent in and the entire fire department was soon on the scene. The fire was stubbornly fought from every available point, but it was over an hour after Its discovery before it was under control. : ,".:;:.. In the east wing were the sleeping apartments of the asylum. They were located mainly on the second and third floors. The lower floor was known as the first nursery and the upper as the second. Herein were forty children or more. Mrs. Sarah Ashdown was in charge for the night, and with her was Miss Brad, of the hospital ward, who was taking care of two sick children. The explosion, though of great force, was not loud enough to awaken the sleeping nurses. When the smoke began to pour into the east wing it was but a matter of a few seconds before the whole sleeping rtpulatlon was brought to a realization or the situation with a suddenness which at once seemed to rob nearly every one of their judgment and mental faculties. A terrible chorus of groans and cries filled the air. It was impossible to see anything, and as the thick smoke poured In the scene became one of indescribable confusion. The chief nurse. Miss Ashdown, did all within her power to save the children and nurses. A NARROW ESCAPE. When the firemen arrived on the scene their attention was first turned to the inmates of the hospital ward, in the west wing of which is the older section of the institution. On the floor next to the top was Miss Brad. With the flames leaping all around her, lt seemed impossible to escape. She did, however, but was so seriously injured by falling that she will not live. It was stated by the matron. Miss Dinehart, that there were seventy-five girls in the west wing. Besides these there were two children and two nurses In the hospital department, which was also In that wing. The work of rescue and attempted rescue was taken by many hands, volunteers as well as firemen, and in many cases was carried on in a manner that was nothing less than heroic, but the flames gained such rapid headway and spread with such speed that it was beyond human effort to prevent the loss of life. Fireman Morris Keating went up to the roof on a ladder to rescue women and children. Just as he reached the top a stream of water was turned on him to keep away the flames, but it had the effect to confuse the man and he reached for a woman and the latter jumped for his arms. Suddenly the man lost his hold on the ladder. The crowd groaned as the fireman fell with the woman to the ground. The woman was killed outright and the fireman was so seriously injured that he may die. The roof was covered with children who had escaped through the scuttle In the upper rooms and the firemen were kept busy carrying them down. Many escaped unharmed in,thls way. Miss F. M. Hlbbard, who had charge of twenty-three children on the third floor of the main building, said: "I was awakened by the cries of the children. I knew that the building was on fire, as did all the children. As quickly as possible we all made our way to the roof of the building, escape In any other direction being impossible. Already the firemen had their ladders to the roof of the building and quickly the children were carried dovn. After most of them had been rescued the heat became so intense that to save myself I slid down a post leading from the roof to the ground." Miss Hlbbard was terribly burned about the face and body. The flesh on her face was hanging in big patches and blisters had formed on the exposed portions of her body. The loss on the building is estimated at $10.000. Engineer Mesher expressed the belief that the fire originated from a leak In the gas pipe. There was a joint meeting of the board of managers and the trustees of the asylum In City Assessor Pond's office to-day. The meeting was hurriedly called, but the assessor's large room was filled to the doors with members of the board and those Interested in the Institution. While all sorts of excuses were put forward for the disaster there was unanimity in conceding that the managers had been derelict in that there had not been a better and more complete system of fire escapes provided. One, Thomas C. Montgomery, frankly expressed the opinion that the managers had Wen negligent in that they did not employ a night watchman at the asylum, and that they had not had the building patrolled nightly. TEXEMEXT HOUSE FIIIE. Four Persons Bnrned or Suffocated Others Rescued. NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Four lives were lest In a fire which broke out in the cellar of the five-story brick tenement house, 357 East One-hundred-and-thlrteenth street, between 8 and 9 o'clock to-night. The dead are; Antonette Mora, twenty-six years old, the wife of Donato, a fruit vender; Loul Donato Mora, the three-year-old son; Francisco Mora, tho ten-months-old daugh-

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Shirts All $2.50 colored shirts ..$1. 90 All $2.00 colored shirts ..$1.60 All $1.50 colored shirt ..$1.30 All $1.00 colored shirts . . .80 At these prices you get a 50 finer shirt than you can buy at this price elsewhere. All our old and picked out $1.50 and $2. CO colored shirts $1.00 About 10 dozen in this lot at ive-away price, if you like the patterns. Hou ecoats and Bath Robes 20 Ds. Women's Robes 2Sf Dis. Women's Hats. 25 Dis. A few that-I will, sell at price. V. 38 ter of the dead woman; Frlnclsco Mora, thirty-two years old, wife of Joseph Mora, a barber, and sister-in-law of Antonette 11 013 The Mora family lived in a flat on the f'lth floor and the bodies were foun 1 by the firemen after the flames had been extinguished. They had been burned and suffocated. Firemen carried a number of women down a ladder to tho street. Many ol tho Italians living In tho building managed to get to the roof and were taken down the ladders. The occupants of the fourth Moor, vhope names could not bo obtalnexi, could riot be found and it Is believed tliey escaped. The damage was only $1,000. Steamer and Dock Darned. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Fire destroyed the harbor excursion steamboat Idlewlld, which was lied up for the Vinter at ßaird's dock, Erie basin, Brooklyn, early this morning. The flames spread to the dock, which at 2 o'clock was still afire. For a time they threatened Balrd's warehouse, a four-story building filled with grain. Jute, nitrate of soda, sugar aud flour, but the firemei. aved the structure. The fire was practically under control at 2:30 o'clock. The los could not be determined at that hour. Pittsburg Suburb Suffers. PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 8. Wllklnsburg, a suburb of this city, was visited to-day by a $150,000 fire. The loss is well covered by insurance. The fire, which was of mysterious origin, broke out in the basement of the Penn building, occupied by Caldwell & Graham's dry goods and millinery establishment. The adjoining building, owned by G. W. Black and occupied by a number of small business firms, also burned. . Two Firemen Killed. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 8. The nitrate building of the Eastman Kodak "WorXs was destroyed by fire to-day. Two firemen were killed by the fumes of burning chemicals and one was so seriously injured he probably will die. The dead are Lieut Edward Murphy and George F. Long. The injured is George Kittllnger. The fire started by the contact of escaping nitric acid with the wooden floor. OBITUARY. Charles L. Benedict, AVho "Was on the Federal Bench Thirty-Two Years. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Ex-Judge Charles L. Benedict died at the Buckingham Hotel to-night of pneumonia. He was Judge of the Eastern district of New York for thirty-two years. It Is said that he was longest on the bench cf any United States Judge except one. He was appointed In March of 1S.GV and his appointment is said to have been the last Judicial one ever made by President Lincoln. He resigned in 1837. Robert J. Smith. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Robert J. Smith, for twenty-six years secretary of the Traders Fre Insurance Company and one of the leading underwriters of the United Stales, died early to-day at his residence in this city. Mr. Smith was born July 12, 1S37. He was president three terms of the FireXlnderwrlters' Association of the Northwest and for two years was at the head of the International Board of Marine Underwriters. At the annual meeting of the Western Insurance Union at Niagara Falls in September, 1SD5, he was elected president. C. P. Thompson, Xnvy Paymaster. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Paymaster Charles P. Thompson, of the United States navy, died to-day at his residence in this city. He had been an Invalid for several years and his death was not unexpected. Paymaster Thompson was a native of Richmond, Va. Fnmons Football Player. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 8. Allen E. Doucette, of the Harvard University foottall team of 1&7, and one of the famous football centers of the country, died at his home here last night of typhoid fever. He was twenty-eight years of age. He Invented the Option System. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Albert Emmet Kent, the pioneer packer of the West and the originator of th option system of trading on the Board of Trade in Chicago, died to-day at Genoa. Neb., of heart trouble. He vas seventy years of age. Thomas Van Duron's Widow. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Mrs. Thomas Van Buren, widow of the late Thomas Van Buren, sister of Mrs. William Walter Phelps, and mother of the Countess de Castclle Menard, died at her home at Tea Neck, N. J., to-day. Address by Henry C. Payne. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Jan. 8. Her.ry C. Payne, national Republican committeeman of Wisconsin, delivered an address to-night at the Milwaukee Bankers' Club banquet, taking for "his text "The Problems That Confront the People at the Oponlng of the Twentieth Century." Among other things. Mr. Payne touched on the disfranchisement of the negro ia the Southern States. He contended that the only remedy for the evil was an educational test throughout the country. To Care a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet. All druggists refund the money If It falls to cure. E. W. Qrov denature U on each bcs. 3.

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ANOTHER BANK LOOTED RODDERS GETTIXG RICH EASILY IN PORTIOXS OF OHIO. About 9LOOO In Cash, $1.",000 lu Notes and $300 in Government Bond Stolen nt Snlloh. SHELBY, O., Jan. 8. The Exchange Bank at Shlloh, seven miles north of this city, was robbed early this morning of about $1,000 In cash, $300 In government bonds and a large number of notes. The work wa3 done by expert safe drillers. No explosives were used. The robbery is supposed to have been committed about 1 o'clock a. m., but was not discovered until 6 o'clock, so that the robbers had ample time to escape. Four men are believed to have been in the gang. They came from Cleveland on the Big Four train at midnight. They stole two horses and buggies from Jacob Gllger near tho village and broke open the bank with tools "secured from the Big Four section building. From twelve to fifteen thousand dollars in notes, $J,500 in paper money, about $350 in silver and $300 in gold, besides rings and diamond earrings were taken. The thieves drove to Norwalk, it appears, and are thought to have taken the track back to Cleveland. The horses were turned loose at Norwalk. TO SHUT SCENE. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) who reached Marseilles Jan. 5, has arrived in Paris. In an interview he said he believed the dowager Empress would return to Peking in the spring, when order will bo completely restored. The Europeans he adds, will finally not have lost ground by recent events. The government, however, must be given time to resume the direction of affairs. In the meanwhile the police work now proceeding should be completed and the last bands of Boxers and looters dispersed. Europe must not try to rush the negotiations, for Chinese diplomacy always says "No," but afterward always says "Yes." The archbishop Justified the ransacking of Peking shops for food by Christian Chinese with the connivance of the arcnblshop. He declared the Christians took provisions from abandoned warehouses after they had' first obtained permission Irom M. Pichon, the French minister, to seize provisions, clothes and coal, and also a portion of the money lying In Prince Li's palace, in order to send it to the distressed Christians in the provinces. An account was kept of everything with a view of reimbursing the owners or deducting the amount from the indemnity. All the valuable objects gathered at Pel-Tang, including the contents of his own mission, were sold at auction. Most of the articles were bought by two Americans. Archbishop Favier returns to China in February. rUMSIIED I1Y GEH3IAXS. Three Thousand Chinese "Whipped, SOO Slain and 300 Wounded. PEKING, Jan. 8. Von Roque, a nephew of Count Von Waldersee, rode seventy miles yesterday, bringing the news of a battle between the Chinese and German troops to the northeast of Peking. Three companies of infantry and one troop of Uhlans met 3.000 Chinese. An engagement ensued, in which 2C0 Chinese were killed and 300 were wounded. Three German soldiers were killed, and one officer and seven men were wounded. The remainder of the Chinese fled. The German expedition in the northern district encountered at Sze-IIai-Kong. twenty miks northwest of the junction of the great wall, 3.0W Chinese. The Germans retired toward Lul-Ti-Fu, where they were reinforced. The country is exceedingly mountainous and the village Is in an inclosed valley with a walled entrance. The Germans advanced to attack the wall, whereon the Chinese had mounted ten cannon. Including four old Krupps. . mountain battery bombarded the place Tor an hour and the position was taken at the point of the bayonet. Three hours turther fighting occurred before the enemy were driven out of the valley. The Germans, after destroying all the dwellings, retired to Yu-Hlng. Eleven Identical Protocols. LONDON, Jan. 9. Dr. Morrison, writing to the Times from Peking, Jan. 8, says: "Yesterday (Monday) eleven identical protocols, representing each of the powers, were handed to the Chinese envoys for signature and for th arfixlng of the Imperial seal. As the formality of communicating with the court is a necessary preliminary to using the seal, a delay of a few days is expected: but there Is no reason to fear that the Chinese will fall to complete the acceptance of the note." Chinese Trust the tutted States. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Hon. John G00Jnow. United States consul general at Shanghai, China, who is now home on a leave of absence is in this city. "In discussing the Chinese uprising." said he tonight, "it should be always borne in mind that the rebellion was confined to three cf the nineteen provinces, while the cth?r sixteen were quiet and in them foreigners were afforded protection. I am located a thousand miles from Peking, where negotiations are being conducted, but I am rear

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