Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 98, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1899 — Page 1

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DICTATOR ROSE

CERMAXY'S CON5VL AT APIA THINKs HE IS THE "WHOLE THING.' Tet of Ills Froelamntlon to S moans Inciting Thrm to Ills? Against the Anirricnni and Ilrltlah. ADMIRAL KAUTZ INSULTED nis address to natives deSOl'.MED AS "Qt'ITi; FALSU." Aotlce Given to All Samoans by Herr Rote tlint He Is It." the "(icrninn Connul General.' MAIL ADVICES FROM APIA ANOTHER ACCOINT OP THE ROMBARDMENT OF VILLAGES. Lantllnc nf English and American Illae Jacket Mulletna .ott King Stutcinrnt from Knutz. APIA. March 21. via San Francisco. Arrll 7. There have been lively times In Samoa during the raft few flays. The Cnlted States and British war ships have shelled Mataafa's force repeat elly, and sailors have been landed in Apia to protect property. Numerous casualties have resulted on both sides. Admiral Kautz and the commanders of the British ships are anxiously awaiting advices from their governments, and in the meantime the shelling proceed daily. When Admiral Kautz arrived on the Philadelphia he spent two days in making Inquiries and then called a meeting of all the consuls and the senior officers of all the war ships in the harbor. As a result of the meeting a proclamation was issued by the American admltal, declaring that the so-called provisional government under Mataafa had no legal status under the Berlin treaty, and thereforo could not bo recognized by the consular ai.d naval representatives, and ordering Mataafa and his supporters to quietly go to their homes and respect the laws of the Berlin treaty. Following Is the proclamation in full: "A PROCLAMATION. To Tils Highness Mataafa and thirteen chiefs associated with him in particular and to all tho people of Samoa, both foreign and native, in general: "1. "Whereas, at a meeting held this day cn board the United States flagship Philadelphia, at anchor in the harbor at Apia, at which were present the consular representatives of the tignatory powers of the Berlin trMty of and the three senior naval officers ejfthe same powers, it was agreed that the ro-called provincial government, under Illch Chief Mataafa and thirteen other chiefs, ran have no legal status under the Berlin treaty, and can, therefore, not be recognized by the consular and naval representatives, it is hereby ordered that the high chief and the thirteen other chiefs go quietly to their homes and obey the laws of Samoa and respect the Berlin treaty. "2. It was further ordered that all the chief 9 and their reople who havo been ejected from their homes and who have been sent to different points in the Samoan Islands,- return quietly to their aforesaid hemes without molestation. "3. The guarantee of protection as far as lies within the power of the naval force now in this harbor is given to all who quietly obey this order: on the other hand, it will be usod against all who disregard it or the rights of quiet end peaceably disposed people. "4. The treaty of Berlin recognizes the chief Justice of Samoa as the highest officer under the existing government, and as long as he holds hl3 office his authority must be respected and tho decree of the co:rt must bo carried out. "3. Trusting that all residents of Samoa will havs thj good sense to observe the requirements of this proclamation, which is issued in the interest of peace, with an earnest regard for the rights of all, both foreign and native, and that there may be no occasion to use power to enforce it, I am respectfully, "ALBERT KAUTZ. "Rear Admiral United States Navy, Commander-in-chief United States Naval Force on Pacific Station. "March 11, ly." This proclamation was taken to Mataafa and read to him by Flag Lieutenant Miller. It was received in silence, and no answer was made. Mataafa and his chiefs qiietly left arid went to the western portion of the municipality, and It seemed as if they were about to obey the commands to return to their homes. The German consul, however, Issued a counter proclamation in the Samoan language, which was distributed among the Mataafans. The proclamation read as follows: "NOTICE TO ALL SAMOANS. "By the proclamation of the admiral of the United States, dated March 11, it was made known that the three consuls of the signatory powers of the Berlin treaty as well as the three commanders of men-of-war, had been unanimous to no more recognize the provisional government composed tt Mataafa and thirteen chiefs. I. therefor.?, make known to you that thl proclamation is quite false. I am the German consul general; I continue to recognize .he provisional government of Samoa until I have receive! contrary Instructions from my government. ROSE, Consul General. Apia. March 13. 1SW." The Immediate result of this act was that the rebels turned bark and prepared for war, declaring that they would not obey the admiral's order and prevent any food supplies from being brought into Samoa for the Malletoa natives. The next day Apia was surrounded by Mataafa's warriors. Forces from the Philadelphia and Torpolse, under Lieutenants Brown and Cave, were landed to protect the loyal natives. On Tuesday Mataafa, having failed to answer the admiral's proclamation. Flag Lieutenant Miller was sent to deliver an ultimatum. He was not allowed to see the chief, but delivered his message and retired. Everything looked ugly and British and American Hue Jackets were landed in Apia to protect tho consulates. Quick-firing machines and small Held pieces were also landed. MATAAFANS WARNED. Hostilities commenced on Tuesday afternoon, when half a dozen Malletoa men were taken by the Mataafans.They were taken to headquarters and bound. On Wednesday morning notice was spread that If no answer was received from Mataafa by 1 o'clock tho Philadelphia would lire one vt her large guns, followed by three one-minute guns. Mataafa sent no answer. He and his chiefs were buoyed up by the German consul's proclamation and vague talk that Germany would support them and wa the greatest nation on the earth, invincible In war, and that Great Britain and America would never dare to engage Germany in conflict. Signal guns were fired and the foreign population. British ami Americans, were taken on board their respective war hips. Other nationalities went on board ailing veasel in the harbor. One hundred and seventy-five men and officers were

landed anJ at Admiral Kautz's request Captain Sturdy, of the Porpoise, assumed. command of the combined forces on shore. Flag Lieutenant Miller, of the Philadelphia, assisting. Surgeons were landed from both ships, and Miss McCoy and Miss Fohr, missionaries, volunteered as nurses. The whole native population sought protection behind the American lines. As soon as the land forces were stationed the Philadelphia opened fire by throwing a shell Into the outskirts of Apia. The Royalist followed with six-Inch shells, and the Porpoise went down the coast a coupln of miles and bombarded the village of Vaiusu. where large parties of rebels were supposed to be. The church was smashed by a shell and the house of the manager of the German plantation was damaged. The whole of the outskirts of Apia were shelled from the harbor, about seventy shells being fired before dark, when the firing ceased. A shell from the Philadelphia, which was sighted for Z.M yards, unfortunately exploded after it had gone only 1.W yards. It knocked over an outbuilding of the American consulate and damaged the veranda of the main building. One of the American sailors wa wounded in the leg. BRITISH MARINES ATTACKED. About dusk the rebels made an attack on the Britishers at the Tlvoli Hotel. Their fire was returned, but it is not known how many were killed. About 2S0 of the natives mado

a rush at the guard at the Tlvoli. Three British sailors were killed and cne wounded. The native loss Is unknown. At the request of the British, a Maxim gun was sent from the Philadelphia- to tho British consulate, and with It some men to work It. The next day a body of OvO Malietoans had their rides returned to them. The Porpoise rendered good service in clearing tho bushes. The rebel village of Valiala was burned in order to prevent close approach to the consulate. The German war ship Falko attempted to leave port on a secret mission, when Admiral Kautz ordered her captain to stay where he was and be ready to afford help to his countrymen. The Falke remained. During Thursday matters quieted. About dusk the Americans fired on a body of Mataafans, but no one was killed. Early Friday morning 200 rebels rushed up to within thirty yards of the consulate. The sailors be.haved splendidly and the natives were repulsed. One American Tailor was killed and one British sailor was shot in both leg?. Major General Cutliffe, of the British army, assisted In directing operations at the consulate. There is Intense feeling against theGermans here and they are accused of spying and giving information to the rebels. Fighting by night la an entirely new departure In Samoan warfare, and everything points to German teaching. One Marquette, who had been drilling the natives, has been arrested. He was sent on board the Falke, under pledge of the German commander that he will not be allowed to land. A half-caste named Taylor has been arrested as a spy and is in irons on the Porpoise. H. J. Moore, an American, Is confined to his store under suspicion of being a Mataafa sympathizer. Saturday and Sunday were quiet. The Tivoll Hotel has been mined. In case it becomes necessary to blow it up, and two German lights from tho shore the signal to shell It. Sunday a body of native foragers came upon a Mataafa crowd, killing eight and wounding twenty of them, when the rebels flCdCUT OFF THEIR FOES BARS." The foragers returned laden with booty and bringing the ears of several of their foe. Among the wounded was a nephew of Mataafa and one of the killed was Leleua Muda, eecond In command of Mataafa's forces. During the past three days there has been no fighting in town. The defenses have been strengthened by the mounting of an additional gun and a couple of mines have been laid in case of a rush Into town. The Porpoise has daily made a cruise along the coast, bombarding the native villages. Some of them have been destroyed. Captain Sturdee does as little killing in these expeditions as possible. The destruction of houses and boats is his object. The houses of the white residents are being looted in the vicinity of Apia, Owing to a defective fuse a shell from the Philadelphia burst a couple of hundred yards from the ship and severely wounded a loyal native. An American officer was slightly wounded in the face. For several days the German war ship Falke persistently kept in the way so as to Incommode the fire of the British ships, and finally Admiral Kautz compelled her to movo Inside the harbor entrance out of the way. On March 23 Tanumafil Malletoa was crowned King of Samoa at Mullnuu. Admiral Kautz and Captain White, of the Philadelphia; Captain Sturdee and Captain Forelesse, of the Porpoise and Royalist; the United States and British consuls and the chief Justice were present at the ceremony, which was attended by all the representative Americans and British. One hundred sailors from the American and British ships composed the guard of honor. The procession marched all through Apia, headed by the band of the Philadelphia. The flagship and Porpoise fired the royal salute of twenty-one guns, but the Falke lay In tho harbor as if she and her captain had not the slightest Interest In Samoa. The German officials were conspicuous by their absence. Everybody Is anxiously awaiting definite news from the three powers. It Is thought that If Germany acknowledges Tanu as King the rebellion will be broken. If not, Admiral Kautz will take stronger measures than hitherto. Her Majesty's steamer Tauranga arrived to-day. At present there aro on shore 173 men from the Philadelphia and 13) from the Porpoise and Royalist. The Tauranga has a complement of nearly 400 men, and this reinforcement will enable the admiral to take offensive measures. So far he has been compelled to act on land on the defensive. ADMIRAL KAUTZ INSULTED. Action of the German Consnl General Was Very Offensive. APIA, Samoa. March 24. via San Francisco, April 7. Tho Associated Press correspondent had an Interview with Admiral Kautz yesterday. He spoke freely on the situation, and considers he has been grossly Insulted by the Ger-nan consul general issuing his counter proclamulin Tho admiral takes the stand that the Berlin treaty, which he U instructed by bis government to uphold, does not make any provision whatever for a provisional government, ills instructions are to carry out the treaty in accordance with the views tf a majority of the consular representatives. The admiral Is very wroth with the German consul, and blames him entirely for the present attitude of the rebels, as the natives were cbcying his command to retire, to their homes when the German proclamation was Issued. At tho meeting of the consuls and Fenior naval officers on the flagship, the admiral explained his position. Under the treaty there could be no previsional government, and the agreement by which It had been recognized, under peculiar and trying circumstances, for the protection of life and property, was Ju-t ha provisional as tho government itself, lie had to stand by the Supreme Court, and he hoped that a plan of action would be decided upon for restoring pence to the Islands without tho (.Continued ou Second rage.j

GIVEN NO REST

AltMY AND NAVY WORRYING TUB FILIPINO INSrilGE.NTS. MnoArtlinr'w Men Scouring the Conn, try Dally In All Directions from the JIaloIos Headquarters. MONITOR M0NADN0CK BUSY PATROLLING THE DAY IX THE VICINITY OF BAKOOIt VILLAGE, Keepings the Rebels In Motion by Dropping: Shell Anions: Them In Response to Their Musketry Fire MONTENEGRO SAID TO BE DEAD MOST INFLUENTIAL FILIPINO LEADER .NEXT TO AGUIN'ALDO. Another List of Casualties from Gen. Otis Snpply Ship Ilrutas Reported Eight Days Overdue, MANILA, April 8, i:Z0 p. m. General MacArthur's operations consist temporarily in daily reconnolssances in various directions for the purpose of keeping in touch with the rebels and ascertaining their movements. The Fourth Cavalry and two guns were out all the morning in the direction of Barasoaln, a little north of Malolos. In tho meantime the dredgers arc busy clearing the channel of the Rio Grande to Pampamgna. Tho United States double-tur-retel monitor Monadnock is patrolling the bay in the vicinity of Iiakoor, keeping the rebels in motion and dropping occasional shells among them In response to their musketry fire. Suaal, reported to have been bombarded by tho Baltimore, is merely a suburb of Dagupan, which, as cabled exclusively to the Associated Press on Thursday morning last, was bombarded by tho United States cruiser Charleston last Saturday, because one of her boats was fired on and an officer wounded while Inshore making soundings. Montenegro Said to Re Dead. NEW YORK, April 7. The Journal's cor-. respondent at Manila cables to-day that paciflcos who have returned within tha American lines report the death of General Montenegro, who was regarded as next to Agulnaldo, the most Influential and aggressive of the Filipino leaders. The report Is credited at Manila, where It Is believed Gen. Montenegto fell defending Malolos. PRAISE FOR COL. HAY Comments of the London Spectator on the Schurman Proclamation. LONDON, April 7. Tho Spectator, expressing Its sincere satisfaction at the tone of the proclamation issued by the Schurman commission to the Filipinos, congratulates the American State Department on 'its fortune in having at its head such a man as Mr. Hay, a really great public servant and one who knows what statesmanship means." Proceeding to discuss the proclamation, it ays: "Tho whole proclamation shows that the proposed government will bo on the lines Great Britain had adopted in India and Egypt for the good of the inhabitants and true interests of the Islands, not merely an exploitation of the colonics to further the selfish Interests of tho United States." The Spectator urges America to appoint only a moderate number of whites to ad minister the Islands, but to give them all tha Important posts, with largo salaries. adopting Baron Cremer's principle in Egypt, so as to have "American heads and Filipino hands." SUPPLY SHIP OVERDUE. The Drntos Reported to lie Looser nt Sea than It Should Re. LONDON, April 7. A dispatch to the Lloyds from Manila dated to-day says the United States supply ship Brutus, from Saigon, capital of French Cochin China, for Hollo, Island of Panay, with a cargo of rice. Is eight days overdue. WASHINGTON, April 7.-Nothlng is known here of tho Brutus, reported in a dispatch to Lloyds, of London, to be a United States supply boat and eight day overdue at Hollo from Saigon with a rice cargo. If she is in the United States service she is probably under special contract with the War Department in those waters, but inquiry to-night failed to locate such a vessel. The only Brutus known here is the collier of that name in the navy, now at San Francisco loading with a cargo of coal which she will take to Guam, In the Ladrone Islands. GEN. OTIS'S CASUALTY LIST. Two Men Killed and a Number Wonndett in the Lnst Week. WASHINGTON, April 7.-Under to-day's date General Otis reports from Manila to Adjutant General Corbln.the following casualties not heretofore reported: Killed. EDWIN W. WALL, sergeant. Company K, Third Artillery. March 31. OWEN ROWLANDS, corporal. Company Ia First Montana, April 4. Wounded. RICHARD KING, private. Third Artillery, scalp, slight. March SI. WM. B. FRENCH, private. Third Artillery, forearm, slight. FRED A. JOHN, hand, slight, Marcli SI. ELLIOTT I ENGLAND, second lieutenant. Third Artillery, linger, slight. Oct. SI. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, Third Artillery, hand, flight. March SI. WILLIAM PINCllON. private. Company R. First Washington, hand, slight. March BEORGE D. GIMAS, private. Company D, Tenth Pennsylvania, foot, slight. March SI. GEORGE L. DICKERMAN. private, Company C. First Colorado, shoulder, slight, March 3L JOHN A. JONES, corroral. Company L. hand. ulijrht, March SI. GEORGE W. COWELU band sergeant, First Montana, ankle, slight, April 4. WILLIAM J. BOST. private, Company O, First Montana, knee, severe. FRANK LAUDETtMAN. private. Company M, First Montana, chest, severe, April . ALBERT W. HARTRISIGEN, Company E. Fourth Cavalry, wa accidentally shot In barracks March by revolver in the hands of Private Stolkman. of the snmo troop. Hartrlslen died the following morning. Bodies of Officers nrought Dark. SAN FRANCISCO. April 7.-The transport Scandia arrived at quarantine to-day from Manila with sixty-four time expired and difcharijed soldiers and the bodies of four officers who fell fighting in the Philippine. The remains brought back are those Of Colonel Smith, of tho Tennessee regi

ment, w ho died of apoplexy as he was leading his men In the attack on Manila; Capt.

D. S. Elliott, of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment, killed Feb. ?) at Caloocan by a sharp shooter; Major McConville. of the Idaho regiment, who fell while charging at the head of his men on the trenches before Caloocan. and Lieutenant French, of the Flr5t North Dakota, who was killed at the same place. Lieutenant Swazee, First California Regi ment, and Captain Murphy, of the Four teenth Infantry, were also on board the transport, the former returning to be mus tered out, and the latter is under orders to proceed to Washington. Dewey Asks for Snpplle. WASHINGTON. April "-Admiral Dewey has eabled the Navy Department asking that six months' engineering supplies be sent to him at Manila. The department will probably use the Buffalo, now on her way to New York, for the carriage of these stores. The ndmlral's request is an Indication of his belief that it will not be possible to materially diminish the American fleet In the Fhlllppines In the near future. "TO HELL, FIFTEEN MILES." Sign Ilnnrd N'ear the Lnrcrest Illicit Distillery In Georgia. P ALTON, Ga., April 7. One of the largest distilleries ever captured in Georgia has been raided by revenue officers near Subligna. In Chattanooga county. A copper still of 173 gallons capacity, 6,200 gallons of beer, 10) gallons of singllngs, forty gallons of whisky, twenty-five bushels of meal, twenty bushels of malt corn, a malt drier, heater and heater-worm constituted the property destroyed. The officers captured two men. Bud Atkins and George Anderson, both of whom were brought to Dalton and bound overfor trial. The raid was made at 2 o'clock in the morning, the officers having to walk ten miles in order to surround the place. Ku route to the still the officers passed a signboard nailed on a tree at the forks of the road, which read as follows: "To Hell, Fifteen Miles." The settlement In which the distillery was raided is considered the most desperate In the State as regards dare-devil inoonshtnlng. FOR LYNCHING BAKER THIRTEEN SOUTH CAROLINIANS INDICTED AT CHARLESTON. Aeensed of Killing a- Nf?ro Iostmas. ter nnd Ilabe and Woundlnsr Others at Lake City Last Year. CHARLESTON. S. C, April 7.-In the United States Circuit Court here to-day Judge W. B. Brawley presiding, a true bill was found by the grand Jury against thirteen of the men accused of lynching Frazer B. Baker, at Lako City, S, C, Feb. 22, 1898. Fifteen men are under arrest, but no explanation of the dropping of two names from the indictment was given. Before giving the case out Judge Brawley delivered, an impressive charge. He did so, he said, owing to the unusualness and gravity of the case. Ho sketched in outline the offenses with which the prisoners were, accused and defined tho duties . of ' the Jurors in the premises. The crime was one of the blackest ever perpetrated in South Carolina, he said, and it was the duty of the government to prosecute to the fullest extent any or all of the men who might have been implicated in its commission. Tho jury retired and brought in the bill after being out less than an hour. The indictment they signed was, of course, prepared in the United States district attorney's office. It fills many typewritten pages and sets forth at great length tho incidents of the Lake City lynching. It will be remembered that on the night of Feb. 22, 1S9S, a mob went to the house of Postmaster Frazer B. Baker, a negro, who was obnoxious to the people of the town. Oil was poured on shavings piled against the house and fire set to it. When Baker, his wife and his children tried to escape, he and his Infant daughter were killed, while his wife and two other children were seriously wounded by men shooting at them from the woods. The men on trial now are Martin Ward, W. A. Webster, Ezra McKnlght, Henry Stokes. Henry Godwin, Moultrie Epps, Charles D. Jayncr, Oscar Kelly, Marlon Clark, Alonzo Rodgers. Edwin M. Rodgers, Joseph P. Newham and Early P. Lte, merchants and farmers of Lake City and vicinity. The last two men mentioned havo turned state's evidence. The trial will take place, beginning Monday. Ex-Attorney General W. A. Barber and J. 1. Kennedy Bryan, of the Charleston bar, will assist the prosecuting officer. No Mob Appeared. EDWARDSVILLE, 111., April 7. Whlle there was some excitement here over the report of the coming of a mob to lynch John Howard, the negro assailant of Mrs. James Jones, everything It comparatively quiet at midnight, no mob having appeared. Sheriff Kuhn has arranged to spirit his prisoner to a safe place of concealment In case of trouble. FERMENT IN JAMAICA. Council Demand Removal of the Governor anil Other Olllcers. KINGSTON, Jamaica. April 7. The Council, adjourned to-day, leaving the political situation almost chaotic, the representatives having passed a vote of censure on the officers bf tho government and having adopted a resolution demanding their removal, including the Governor. Sir Augustus Hemming. Last night, throughout the rural parishes, mass meetings were held and effigies of Joseph Chamberlain, the British secretary of state for the colonies; Governor Hemming and Mr. Palache, a representative who at tho final crisis, voted with the government, and who holds a government appointment, were burned. There were no other violent developments, but the leaders are reported to be formulating a monster ultimatum to the Imperial government, demanding the restoration of the original autonomous constitution of ISC'J, with the alternative of annexation to the United States. The agitaters say that I! both demands are refused and a coerclw- policy is maintained serious trouble may develop. NAVAL OFFICERS DECORATED Order of Bolivar Itestorred on Rear Admiral Sampson and Others. CARACAS. Venezuela, April 7. The American war ships commanded by Rear Admiral Sampson have been received with enthusiasm at Laguayra. President And rflde yesterday gave a dinner and a ball to the admiral, his officers and the United States minister, E. B. I.iOom!.s. The Pres ident also decorated the admiral and seven of his officers with the order of Bolivar. The British minister here, W. H. D. Hag gard, gave the American officers a splendid fete. ITesldent Andrade went to Laguayra to-day to visit the American fleet,

FIRE VICTIMS

THIRTI'EN" PEOrLB DEAD AND SEV ERAL SERIOUSLY INJURED. Result of n Fire In the Wealthiest Residence Dlstrlet in Nevr York. Early on Frld ty Morning. ONE PALATIAL HOME IN RUINS AND MILLIONAIRE AI ADAMS'S HOUSE BADLY DAMAGED. Smoke nnd Flnmen Spread So Qnlckly that Few of the Occupants Had Opportunity to Escape. MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN AND W. C. ANDREWS AND WIFE AMONG THOSE WHO PERISHED. Seven Servant Women Rurned or Suf focated and Others Injured by Jumplne from Windows. NEW YORK, April 7.-Fire early this morning destroyed the handsome residence ot Wallace C. Andrews, at No. 2 East Sixtyseventh street and twelve persons sleeping In the house were burned to death. Firebrands carried by tho wind were blown into an open window in' the home of Albert J. Adams, No. 3 East Sixty-ninth street, two blocks distant, setting fire to the hous?e and causing the death of a servant. All of the thirteen bodies have been recovered. The dead are: J Dead. WALLACE C. ANDREWS, president of the New York Steam Heating Company. MRS. WALLACE C. ANDREWS, identified by a elentist. MRS. GEORGIANA BOYDEN ST. JOHN, wife of Mrs. Andrews's brother. GAMALIEL C. ST. JOHN, an official of the New York Steam Heating Company. ORSON ST. JOHN, seven years old. WALLACE ST. JOHN, three years eld. FREDERICK ST. JOHN, thirteen mcnths old. EVA PETERSEN, servant. NELLIE BOLAND, servant MARY FLANAGAN, servanL ANNIE NEARY, servant. KATE DOWNING, servant MARY ROTH, servant. MRS. MARY LOUGHMAN, aged fifty years, housekeeper in the Adams residence, died from suffocation and burns. Alice White, a cook, and Jenny Burns, laundress, the only Inmates of the Andrews house who escaped, are In the hospital In a serious condition. The list of Injured at the Adams fire Is: MRS. ISABELLA ADAMS, wife of Albert J. Adams, injured in the back, burned, suffering from shock. NELLIE QUlNN. servant. Jumped from fourth fioor to an extension, severe bruises. EVELYN ADAMS, burns, shock. MINNIE BOGUE, servant, sprained ankle and bruises. JERRY BLAZIN, fireman, engine company No. 41, contusions on back. MARY MALLOY, leg fractured, shock. WILLIAM STEVENSON, bruises and contusions. CAUSED BY EXPLOSION. The fire originated at the corner of Sixtyseventh street and Fifth avenue In the house occupied by Wallace C. Andrews, president of the steam heating company. There were in the house thirteen or fourteen persons fast asleep. How the fire originated is still a mystery, though It seems tolerably probable that an explosion of some kind occurred, but whatever was the cause the flames gained headway with such rapidity that only two escaped from the building. One of these is so badly injured that she has no chance of surviving. The lire communicated to Sixty-ninth street, and Ir. the house of Albert J. Adams a servant was ourne-d to death, thus bringing the total of victims to thirteen. So thoroughly did ;he fames do their wcrk that when the gutted and ruined houses were, searched the charred bodies were found to be so badly burned as to be beyond recognition. The names were ascertained more from certain knowledge of those who were in the house over night than from the traces of tha living image that they retained. The fire first was discovered about 2 a. m. A policeman was passing in front of the Havemeyer residence in East Sixty-sixth street, when he heard an explosion and saw a great flash of light in Sixty-seventh street. He ran thither with all speed. When he arrived the flames were shooting out of the upper floors of the Andrews house. They leaped half way across the street. The policeman tried to get into the house to arouse the occupants. He was driven back by the flames. He then turned In an alarm, and returning got the people out of V. II. Rothschild's house which Is close by. Around the corner of Sixty-seventh street and Fifth avenue are tho homes of some of New York's wealthiest men. Next to the Adams house, which was a handsome four-story brown-stone affair, is the splenaid home of R. O. Armour, of the Chicago firm of packers. Next to that is the home of Perry Belmont. Directly opposite this is the house of George J. Gould. With the arrival ot the first engine company the value of tho property threatened was apparent and a second and later a third alarm were turned in. While some of the firemen fought the flames with hose and chemicals, others rushed into the Rothschild house and from there into the Andrews home by way of the rear windows. But they were even then too late, for in the middle floor the firemen stumbled over the bodies of Mrs. St. John and Wallace, her three-year-old child. The child was dead, but Mrs. St. John was still Just alive and gasping for breath. A fireman picked her up and staggered with her to the Rothschild house, but she died as she was being carried In. Mrs. St. John, her three children and two servants, Kate Downing and Maria Roth, were all on the third fioor. Mr. G. C. St. John, who Is the treasurer of the New York Steam Heating Company, and also a brother of Mrs. Andrews, was not at home during the fire. Mr. Andrews ami his wife occupie-d the middle room on the second tloor. There two hours later their bodies were found clasped in each other'3 aims. They were so charred as to be almost beyond recognition. Jl'MF ED FROM WINDOWS. The servants of Andrews were on the fourth, eir top. floor. Alice White. th e-ook. leaped from the window to an extension which rose to the third floor. She wa found there unconscious by firemen. Jennie Burn, another of the servants, jumped from the same window to the extciufoa. She crumbed

In her skull and is in a serious condition. Mary Holland, the kitchen maid; Mary Flanr.lgan, the parlor maid; Annie Neary and Eva Petersen, the four 'remaining servants, were on the fourth floor. After the firemen had rescued Alice White and Jennie Burns from the roof of the extension just before the flames reached that locality another desperate effort was made to get Into the Andrews home, but the fire had gained an extraordinary hold and it was impossible to force an entrance. The flames shct into the air to a height of over a hundred fect. A strong wind blowing from the south swept the flames north. On the north side of Sixty-ninth street was the handsome home of Albert J. Adams, the millionaire sporting man, better known as "Al" Adams. His family had been aroused by the tumult. A servant opened the front window to see what it was all about. Just then a gut of wind swept in burning brands through the open window. The Adams house was on lire In a second and began to blaze fiercely. The inmates of the Adams house were panic stricken by this sudden outburst of flames. Nellie Quinn and Mamie Vogel, servants, tried to rush down the stairway, but that avenue of escape was already cut oiT. The two appeared at the front window. Thence they Jumped to the roof of the bay window, a story below. There they crouched In terror. The crowd below shouted that help would soon come. The flames got hotter and nearer to the women. A policeman and several citizens ran Into the adjoining house and up to the third floor of that building on a level with the women. While the citizens held the policeman he leaneel far out of tho window, and, lifting the women up one at a time, swung them up Into the room. They were carried down to the street, the spectators cheering wildly. PUG DOG CIjASPED IN HER ARMS. In an hour tho firo in the Adams house was out. Tho firemen found the body of Mary Loughman, fifty years old, at the bottom of the stairs leading to the roof. She had been smothered by the smoke and was not much burned. Clasped tightly in her arms was the body of a little pet pug dog. Almost until daylight the firemen fought the fire in the Andrews house. Several of the firemen were on the roof when it gave signs of giving way. They had scarcely time to heed the warning when the roof went down.

By 6 o'clock the fire was sufficiently under control to permit .of a .search of the ruins. Then It was that the bodies of two of the St. John children were found. They, were carried down and placed by the side of their mother and little brother. Soon afterward Dr. Bruce, who is married to a sister of Mrs. Andrews, Identified the bodies. He said Mrs. Andrews came from Willoughby, a suburb of Cleveland, O. Mr. St. John was In Wilmington with some friends. Mrs. Andrews was in Albany yesterday rnd returned home only last night. Mr. 3orden, a brother-in-law of Mr. St. John, said that the entire family had planned a trip to Hot Springs, Ark., and were to have started tonight. George J. Gould was not in his home at the time of the fire. Mr. Rothschild said he was first awakened by the clatter of the fire engines, ne got his family and servants up and prepared to quit the house. They were all dressed when Henry Sclgl, who lives close by, came in and Insisted on taking Mr. Rothschild's family to his home until all danger was passed. The damage to Mr. Rothschild's home and furniture is said to be mostly from water. The damage in the Adams house is estimated at JIO.OOO. The fire In the Andrews house is said to havo started from an explosion, possibly originating with a leakage of gas. Mr. St. John arrived in New York At 3 o'clock this afternoon over the Pennsylvania Railroad. He went at once to his home, perfectly ignorant of the reasons which caused the sudden summons for him to New York, and when he saw the ruins of his house and was told of the horrible fate cf his wife and three children he bore up manfully, though it was apparent that he had to summon all his strength of will to do It. It is expected that Mr. St. John will take the bodies of his, wife and children and those of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews to WH loughby, O., to-morrow for Interment. 4 WELL KNOWN IN OHIO. Mr. nnd Mrs. Andrew nnd the St. Johns Ex-Ileitlents of Cleveland. YOUNGSTOWN, O., April 7. Wallace C. Andrews was a brother of the late Chauncey H. Andrews, of this city, and the brothers were largely Instrumental In developing the iron and coal industries of the Mahoning valley. Mr. Andrews was born at Payne's Corners, near this city,Junel7, 1S30. He was a resident of this city until 1878, when he went to New York and became Identified with the metroDolitan business world. He had no children. His wife was a sister of G D. St. John, who was his private secretary. He was heavily Interested, financially, until 1S!1 with Mahoning valley industries, but of late years has confined hia attention to the New York Steam Heating Company. He was an uncle of Mrs. Edith Andrews Logan, wife of John A. Logan, of this city, and Mrs. Julia Bruce, wife of Ieslie Bruce, of the Turf. Field and Farm publication, of New York. CLEVELAND, O., April 7. Wallace C. Andrews and his family were well known In this city, having for years lived in Wil loughby, a suburb, where they had a beautiful summer residence. Mrs. Andrews was a daughter of the late Orson St. John, of Willoughby. Mrs. St. John, Mr. Andrew's slster-ln-law, was an accomplished musician and composer. She was a young and handsome woman. Mr. Andrews was formerly in the wholesale coal business here. Sub sequently he went to New York and became Identified with various enterprises In that city. At oni time he became conspicuous In New York owing to his fight with the authorities over the use of soft coal In the furnace of an artificial Ice plant In which ho was Interested COTTON MILLS IDLE. Rhode Island Factories Affected by Strike of Operatives. PROVIDENCE. R. I.. April 7.-About 2,CX cotton mill operatives are idle as thi result of the many strikes in this State, and more than 7,0") looms in the Pawtuxet valley, 6.O0U of them In the mills owned by Robert Knight, are not in operation. The latest recruits te the striken" ranks are the emploes of the Natick mills. It is expected that the Pontlac weavers also will Join the movement. Agent Holt, of the Slater cotton mills. In Slatersville, says that his mills will remain bile until th striking weaver accept the 6 per cent, increase in wages, with a lVrer-eent. raise on some lines of work, as ofTerd. Russe Put on by Strikers. DAY CITY, Mich.. April 7. The streetrailway strikers to-day put omnibuses and carriages on the longer street-ear routes and are thus endeavoring to accommodate the travel. JudA' Robbins. scre-tary, ami Judpo of the State Court of Mediation and Arbitration, is trying to settle the trouble. All i quiet, but both tides are determined, although there is no intention of violence if running of cars Is attempted, the strikers being willing to let the people Judge whether to patronize the cars under the circumstances. Struck Aunln. WARREN, O., April 7. The .Vr employes of the Ohio Tube Company struck again to-day because the manager refused to discharge u man who worked durln the recent fetrikc.

BEEF NOT GOOD

YICWS OF MANY ARMY OFFICERS 0 RATIONS OV SOLDIERS. Testimony Collected by General Mile Admitted mm r.vldcnrr ly the Hoard of Investigation. NO CRUISER INDIANAPOLIS NAMES CHOSEN IIV THE PRESIDENT FOR .NEW WAR VESSELS. States of Pennsylvania, New Jerey4 nnd Georgia to lie Represented In the.Nnvy by lint tie Ships. THREE BIG ARMORED CRUISERS TO HE CALLED THE WEST VIRGINIA, NEBRASKA AND CALIFORNIA. SI Protected Cruiser Named Aften; t itles rayinent nf lfO.)0,HM Discussed liy the 1'nMnct. WASHINGTON, April 7.-The army beef inquiry court decided to-day to udmlt as evidence the official reports of army officers concerning the beef supplied to the army during the war with Spain as requested by General Miles. The decision was reached at an executive session of the court. Major Lee had stated that he considered it important that the matter should be definitely determined as soon as possible. He had also asked for consideration cf General Miles' supplementary request that a Urge number of additional witnesses be summoned. It was learned that all the reports were brief, and the court in secret session decided to allow them to bo read. There are H7 o? them, and they were generally prepared by their authors after the close of the campaign in Cuba and Porto Rico and In response to a circular letter. With reference to tna application to have more witnesses called it is understood the court will adhere to its determination not to summon ' any of the l'st whose testimony would b merely corroborative of that already given. At tho afternoon session Major Lee read th reports, all of which itcrtaiucd to canned beef. Brigadier General Vicle pronounced thei canned beef "a miserable apology for food.' A large number of reports were made frim officers of the First Cavalry, among theq the following: MaJ. James M. Bell: 'It is better than na beef, but I cannot recommend it as a corupor.cnt of the field ration." Lieut. Clough Overton: "It Is an unde elrnble portion of the travel rations." MaJ. J. M. Scott: "I heard no complaint of the canned roast beef." ; Lieut. C. R. Williams: "'The beef as ao, occasional substitute for bacon was acceptable." Lieut. Walter M. Whitman: 'The prolonged issue of the beef on the transport was Injurious to the men." Lieut. M. F. Davis considered the beef, as of poor quality and said he had found four maggots cooked with the beef in tha cans while on the field at Ias Quasimas. Lieut. B. R. Berkley: "No more unpalatable article of food could be issued." Lieut. W. C. Rivers: "It was an unsult able article of food." IJeut. E. S, Wright: "It was a distinct! failure." Lieut. Col. W. A. Rafferty. Fecond Cavalry, stated that he agreed with the report of ids commissary officer, who pronounced the beef nonnutrltlve. and said the men soon tired of It. A large number of offleera in this regiment pronounced a similar verdict. Major Jackson, Third Cavalry, pronounced the quality of the leef used in canning poor. It had served very well In hashes, but as a separate article of food It. was nauseating. Lieutenant Colonel Carroll, Sixth Cavalry, said that most of the meat issued to hi troops on the transport had been thrown ovcrlK)ard, as it made some of the men sick. Capt. F. West, of the Sixth Cavalry, ha. I preferred going without meat to eating tha canned beef. It made his men sick. Lieut. It. B. Paddock ald: "Men would go hungry rather than cat it." Capt. G. S. Grimes, Second Artillery: "The meat was xoft, watery and unsatisfactory to the men." Captain Ellis, Fourth Artillery: "It wa stringy and tough, and 1 and others found it unpalatable." Capt. Walter I Finley. Ninth Cavalry: "The beef was tough and devoid of flavor.' Capt. M. G. Hughes. Ninth Cavalry: "Th meat became distasteful after a few days." Capt. Phtlip H. Powell. Ninth Cavalry: "Almost wholly devoid of the flavor off beef." Captain Hutchinson. Ninth Cavalry: "It should be alternated with other meat. Had heard of no bail results from Its u?e." Lieut. I M. Ma nee had found it tasteless and the men would not eat it. Captain McLaln and Lieutenants Hardwick, Barter, Stadlter, White, Cavanauah, Lyman and Everett made reports very similar to those preceding. Lieutenant Barber thoujrht it pood ts u change. lieutenant Hamilton pronounced it a good food, Capt. Albert C. Cummins. Fecond Artillery, thought tome nf the meat container! ptomaines and caused a great deal of sickness. As a ration it was a failute. Capt. J I. J. Rile y. Fifth Artillery It w an palatable with vegetables, tout not otherWise desirable. Colonel Sinclair. Seventh Artillery Th meat u.ed was of ioor grade. If a better grade of meat was secured it might prove proper food. Lieut. E. 8. Benton. Seventh Artillery-. It was more wholesome than the fresh beef. Lieutenant Browne. Second Infantry It was unfit for use. Many of the nun Kald it had been "dorMd," meaning that chemical had be-cn used In Its preparation. Capt. J. Waring. Second Infantry It was not fit to be lssuc-d. Major Baker, Fourth Ir fantry The canned beef was of an Inferior quality, anything but palatable. IJeutenant Colonel Miner. Sixth Infantry Thj canned beef was utterly unfit as an article of ellet. Hungry men left it cn tho ground. Much of it appeared like meat from which extract of beef had been prepared bctore it was put up. Major Corliss, Lieutenant Quentln ani Capt. B. L Howe, Seventh Infantry, all reported the canned beef was not fit for consumption and that tho samo was true of much of tho fresh beef. Lieut. Col. B. H. Ellis. Eighth InfantryIt was openly condemned by the men and generally thrown away. , Capt. W. L. Pitcher, Eighth Infantry The canned beef was Just as bad as possible, sheirt of being rotten. Col. W. II. Powell, Ninth Infantry Th use of the e-anned beef was r.ot attended with any good results. It produced dLorderM stomachs. Capt. R. H. And. non. Ninth Infantry The canned beef was fairly putisfactory. NAMES FOR NEW WAIl SHIPS.

Sti States nnd Six Cities Complimented Other Wnshlniiton News. WASHINGTON. April 7. The PrrMJent to-day named the twelve new war fhlps recently provided by Congress as follow: Battle Ships Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia. Armored Cruisers West Virginia, Nebraska. California. Cruisers Denver. Des Moine. Chattanooga, Galveston. Taconia, Cleveland. Petitions by the hundred have been flowing Into tUe WiiJic l!ou;o Nivy Dtp art.