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MM POLI TTTKirTTn) TT A TT Lib WEEKLY ESTA HUSHED DAILY KüTAliLldllEL IHM. t VOI Ll-NO. 31. DIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1901. PRICE 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE. OS rr ANA I JOINTS 3iR. CAnnn: atio's cri'sade spreading over Kansas. Her Rxamplf Followed at Anthony Yesterday by Twelve Disciples, In cluding Three Schoolgirls. JOUE GROG SHOPS WRECKED II LT A WAREHOUSE CONTAINING STOCK OF LIQIOII UVEULOOKHD. faloon Smnihrn Armed rrlth Pick axes, Hatchets ami Hämmern and Protected by Male Relativen. ONE JOINT KEEPER INJURED IIIS SCALP LAID OPEN DV THE 1IUS DA5D OF A CRUSADER. Deer Bottle Used for the Pnrpowe "Wrecklng; Tarlr Led y Mr. Sher iff, One of 3Irs. Xatlou'a Frlenda. ANTHONY. Kan., Jan. SO. Mrs. Carrie Nation was outdone here to-day, when a band of W. C. T. U. women, hrcadod by Mrs. Sheriff, of Danville, Kan., completely . . i i i 1 , J imasuea piaie-giass winuows mm nnuum right and left, and turned gallon upon gal Ion of liquor Into the gutters. The women, wVtrk wrA rt iht htet fa mlllf R In Anthonv. wero accompanied by their husbands and kons or brothers, who assured protection. No arrests were made, and the band will, It Is said, etart out to-morrow on a tour of destruction through Harper county, which Is prolific in saloons. Mrs. Sheriff, who led to-day's raid, is under bond to appear at Danville In April to answer a charge of saloon-wrecking placed against her six weeks ago. Mrs. Sheriff came to Anthony late yesterday and worked all night, procuring hatchets and other im plements of destruction, and It was 2 o'clock this morning , before she had perfected plans for the raid. She enlisted the following women: Mesdames M. J. Davis, William Scott, F. IL Bru baker, Louis Macy, T. G. Hooper, Charles Robinson, John Illckens, John Kendall, J. II. Shelton and the Misses McKay, Tage, Massey, Robinson and Hlxon, all of An thony. They began their attack shortly after daybreak, taking the saloon keepers and the town officials by surprise. The women were armed with hammers, hatchets and pickaxes. In the brigade were two or three school girls under age, who did some of the most effective smash ing. A greater part of the havoc was finished before the police or mayor were aware of what was going on. The actual from the liquor destroyed. Is placed by the saloon keepers at $2,000. This, however. Is believed to be too conservative. The greatest excitement prevails. For a time the whole town was In an uproar and it was feared that personal violence would result. FORGOT TO SPILL THE LIQUOR. The flrst place attacked was situated In the rear of a drug store, which was forcibly entered from the rear. It contained some 'costly bar fixtures and. among other things, a valuable cash register. Within a few mlnute3 the women had smashed everything In slghL The cash register was demolished, but in'the hurry to finish this job and go to other places, they over looked the bulk of the liquor stored away. Half a block down the street the second icene of "Joint smashing" was enacted. The women found this saloon locked, but axes were applied and the whole glass front was demolished. Here their work was more complete. The building, a great plate-glass mirror and everything in sight was reduced to the maximum of the Mrs. Nation idea. The proprietor was smashed over the head with a beer bottle and his scalp laid open. He was struck by the husband of one of the women. In quick succession two other places a short dis tance down the street were subjected to , similar treatment, the fixtures smashed and all the liquor turned Into the gutter. To-day's raid was led by a Mrs. Sheriff, of Dan villa, a small town nearby. She came to Anthony last night, organized the local temperance women, and planned the crusade. Mrs. Sheriff had previously destroyed a saloon in Danville, and she is credited with having given Mrs. Nation , the first Idea for a wrecking crusade, Mrs. Sheriff Is a stranger to the people of An thony, and for a time many in the crowd that followed the crusaders from place to place believed that she was Mrs. Nation. The saloon keepers of Anthony each have a wareroora aside from their saloons where their stock of liquor Is kept. The cru saders did not know this and a considerable amount of liquor is yet unmolested. After the work of demolition was com plete .the crusaders held a prayer meet ing on the sidewalk and "Nearer My God to Thee" was sung with fervor and great unction. The women knelt within sight of the wreck they had spread. One woman la an Impassioned appeal to the Almighty, .asked that He guide them to other dens of iniquity and direct their footsteps to other rum-cursed towns in Kansas. This prayer was interpreted to mean that the Anthony women would extend their cru sade, and word was hurriedly .ent over the telephone wires to -adjacent towns by the saloon sympathizers', who wished to warn thelr( fellow "Jointtsts." No arrests were made but the mayor quickly wor In extra police and the crusader were place,, under strict surveil lance. II also preserved the names of the women engaged In to-day's work. As a sequel to the raid a number of young men and two or three small boys became reeling drunk. Two of the boys were locked up In the city Jail. During the eX. titement they had followed the crusaders Into the saloons and secured a quantity of whisky, wine and beer. ; Ilnud of Saloou Wreckers. TOPEKA. Kan.. Jan. 30.-Mrs. Carrie Nation to-d2y organized a band of forty six women to follow her leadership and aUt in wiping out saloons. Mrs. Nation -nnounced that they, would go ahead re WAR 0 gardless of the W. C. T. U. They would, hc sard, give warning before resorting to violence. Threatens to Arrest Her. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. CO. Chief 01 Follce Stahl announced to-night that when Mrs. Xation raided a "Joint" here he would ar rest her, and make a test case as to whether a saloon kcerr has any rights under the law, and whether or not ms sa loon property can be protected. Alarm at Coffeyville. COFFEYVILLE. Kan., Jan. 30. Every "Jolnt" In Montgomery county Is closed to day as a result of the action of County At torney Dana, who served notice on the keepers that they would not be permitted to run longer. Hatchet Cluli OrR-anlzed. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 30. The young men of Parkdale, a suburb of A'opeka, have or ganized what they call a "Hatchet Club." They have made known that they favor Mrs. Xation and her mode of closing sa loons. NO TRIFLING AT BOSTON. An Imitator of Carrie Nation Sen tenced to the House of Correction. BOSTON. Jan. 30. Mrs. Mary Green, who seemed to be familiar with the methods of Mrs. Carrie Nation, of Kansas, wrecked a Cambridge-street barroom last evening, and to-day was sentenced to serve a term at Deer Island. Mrs. Green not only laid the bartender low with a plate, but also reduced the bar ware to molecules, shat tered several plate-glass mirrors and drove the frightened patrons of the establishment Into the wine cellar. "I'm Carrie Xation." she yelled, "and I'll leave no rum shop In the town when I get through." Mrs. Green's Imitation of the noted Kan sas reformer was terminated by a police man, and Judge Wentworth to-day sen tenced her to the House of Correction. Preacher Advises Lawlessness. VIXELAND, N. J., Jan. 30. The Rev. Dr. J. Ward Gamble, pastor of the First Meth odist Episcopal Church here. Indorsed and applauded the drastic methods adopted by Mrs. Carrie Nation, in her crusade against the saloonsof Kansas, in his discourse be fore a large rumber of the most prominent women of VIneland, last night. Dr. Gamble even advised the women of this city to em ulate Mrs. Nation's example and smash all the unlicensed saloons or "speak-easles" in VIneland, if the authorities fall to do It. Dr. Gamble took the ground that, as the laws of Kansas prohibit saloons this woman has the example of Christ as a precedent In what she is doing and that the principle is identical. Dr. Gamble was prepared for the bar before entering the ministry. Mrs. Nation an Iudlnnn Woman. Special to tha Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., Jan. 3). Mrs. Carrie Nation, who has gained a national repu tation as a wrecker of Kansas saloons, Is an Indiana woman, born and bred. She 13 the daughter of Henry Moore, of Henry county. Her husband, David Nation, for merly was connected with the New Castle, Ind.. Courier. Mrs. Nation is his second (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2. COL. 2.) ROUGH ON MR. ROUGH AX ALLEGED GAM RLE II HORSE WHIPPED DV A WO 31 AX. Michigan Wife Who Adopted Mrs. Na tion's Plan of Tnklnir the Law Into Her Own Hands. BACKED BY A BAND OF HER SEX SHE MARCHED TO A CANDY STORE, WHICH SHE CALLED A 'DCX, And Broke Her Whip Over the Dody of Skeete Rough, a Detest aUIc Wrecker of llonies.' ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Jan. 30. The public horsewhipping of an alleged gambling house keeper by an angry wife furnished no end of excitement at Buchanan to-day and placed, that village well up in rank with the Kansas towns that have felt the rigor ous anti-saloon efforts of Mrs. Nation. The victim of the chastisement was "Skete" Rough, keeper of what purports to be a candy and cigar store, but which wives who have felt a shortening of their allow ances on their husband's pay days say Is a gambling' house. The Michigan apostle of reform is Mrs. J. Voorhees, and she had at her back half the female population of the village. In addition several hundred men crowded about and howled with de light as tho angry woman belabored the back of the cigar dealer. The trouble had been brewing for months. Among those who, it is alleged, patronized Rough's place were a number of laboring men. and the distress caused to their fami lies by their losses led to an appeal by many residents to the authorities to close the place. The request was not readily compiled with, and Mrs. Voorhees, who says her husband lost more than $300 in the resort and was nightly spending the wages he earned during the day, decided to take matters Into her own hands. Armed with a horsewhip she called on Deputy McFal- len and demanded that he close the cigar store. The officer agreed to do fo and ac companied the woman to the place. Other women Joined them. It is estimated that fully thirty women were in line when the party reached Its destination. "I'm here to close this den," declared the deputy to Rough, who met him at the door. "Guess I've got a right to sell candy and cigars same as anybody else," replied the alleged gambler. "Not if I know It, you detestable wrecker of homes," shouted Mrs. Voorhees. "Take that and that, and here's another, too," and with each succeeding exciamatlon she brought down her whip with increasing force until her whip was broken over Rough'3 back. The women encouraged Mrs. Voorhees with shouts. Rough was dared to defend himself, but he was wise enough to let well enough alone. Had he made a move against his tormenter It Is hard to tell what the crowd of women would have done to him. Finally he was released and took refuge behind his candy and cigar counter. Later he closed the door of the place, and now threats are heard that if It is reopened it will be demolished. PREPARATIONS FOR THE FUNERAL. OF THE O.IEEN COMPLETE. Xavnl Display In the Solent on Fri day Will De Imposing in Xnmber of Ship Participating. SATURDAY TO BE A HOLIDAY ALL BUSINESS WI LL HE SUSPENDED 11Y ORDER OF THE KING. Window Seats Alonjr the Route of Procession In London Sellins? at from $50 to 9-50 Each. REHEARSALS AT WINDSOR SERVICES TO BEGIN AT ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL AT 2 P. 31. SATURDAY. King of Portnjral and Other Royal ties In London Scenes on the iMle of Wight. LONDON, Jan. 31. Preparations for the funeral of Queen Victoria are almost com plete. Friday's naval pageant in the Solent promises to be an affair of magnitude. The warships began assembling at Portsmouth yesterday. The ceremonies on land also will outrival anything seen by the present generation. Rehearsals of various portions of the funeral exercises continue at Cowes, Windsor and In this city. Arrangements for the great naval pageant provide that eight torpedo boat destroyers will lead the procession from Cowes, fol lowed by tho royal yacht Alberta, with the Queen's body on board. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, with King Edward and Queen Alexandra, the English royal fam ily; the royal yacht Osborne, with the royal personages; the Imperial yacht Hohenzol lern, with Emperor William, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and others; the Ad miralty yacht Enchantress and a Trinity House yacht, with officials on board. The main squadron of battleships and cruisers will be moored two and a half cables apart In one line, extending from Cowes to Spit head. The channel fleet, under the com mand of Vice. Admiral Sir Harry Holds worth Rawson, will form the eastern por tion, and .the reserve fleet, under Rear Ad miral Sir Gerard Henry Noel, will form the western portion. The foreign war vessels are to be moroed southwest of the British ships in the order of their arrival, and alongside of them will e moored eight British gunboats the Antelope, Gleanor, Skip Jack, Leda, Rattlesnake, Alert, Circe and Speedwell. After leaving Trinity pier the Alberta, with her attendant escort, will steam 'along the deep channel between the coast of the Isle of Wight and the single line of battleships and cruisers. The main line will be as follows, beginning at Cowes: The Alexandra. Camperdown, Rodney, Ben bow, Colllngwood, Collossius, Sans Parell, Nile, Howe, Melampus, Severn, Galatea, Pactolus, Diana, Conqueror, Arrogant, Minerva, Niobe, Hero, Hood. Trafalgar, Resolution, Jupiter, Hannibal, Mars, Prince George and Majestic. On arrival at Ports mouth the royal yachts will remain in the harbor that night. ALL BUSINES3 TO BE SUSPENDED. At the privy council meeting yesterday morning the King signed a proclamation suspending business Saturday throughout the united kingdom. The closing down will be so complete that even the restaurants and saloons will be shut up for four or five hours in the middle of the day. Some of the afternoon newspapers will not be pub lished Saturday. The demand for seats along the route of the funeral Is unprecedented, ordinary win dow seats are selling for 10 each. Since two or three days ago the prices have risen very rapidly. One tenant In St. James street obtained 50 for a window on the top' floor. Store windows have been fet for 150 and 200. But the store keepers mostly prefer to let single seats at 10 and 15 each. Stores and hotels in Piccadilly commanding a view of the in cline from there to St. James palace are getting Immense prices, balcony seats fetching 25 and 30. The procession In London, as indicated by the War Office orders, issued last evening, will be a gorgeous military pageant. De tachments of forty regiments, with an al most equal number of distinctive uniforms, embracing all arms of the service, will make a constantly changing picture. The uniforms of all the great armies of the world will appear, for, in addition to the brilliant entourages of the visiting kings and princely envoys, there will be the mili tary attaches of the embassies and lega tions. All the field marshals of the British army able to endure the fatigue will ride with their staffs. The naval corps will also take part In the procession, which will be two miles long. The War Office directs that Beethoven's and Chopin's funeral marches only shall be played. From the time the coffin reaches London to its de parture guns will boom slowly In Hyde Park. Londoners are just awakening to the ull proportion of the obsequies and the result of days of mourning, which, to numerous tradesmen and others, means absolute closure, is causing consternation. Suddenly to stop every Industry In the United King dom and to turn the masses into the streets, with millions hoping to concentrate along the two miles of the route of the pro cession, is an undertaking which has begun to be fully appreciated by the police, but the public of London Js dismayed to lind that all the great markets, Covent Garden. Smlthfleld and others, where the food of the metropolis is supplied, are to be abso lutely closed at the end of the week. The rail -.ays of the United Kingdom will reduce their arrangements to the Sunday sched ules. Restaurants and bars will be shut and the crowds will have to wander In the streets. London is a world In Itself, living from hand to mouth, and the closing of the accustomed avenues for the supply and dis tribution of food, drink and amusement fro:n Friday to Monday will mean a los and inconveniences that no American city could appreciate. The newspapers are protesting against the lack of arrangements for the press iu London and Windsor, while householders along the route are asking a year's rent for single windows. A member of the United States embassy sent an agent to secure a window for his family, but neither official Influence nor anything else cculd procure a small window, even on a side street near St. James street, for less than 100, and places of fair vantage have already been engaged at prices prohibited to any but mil lionaires. London learned last year how totally Inadequate the police and military are to protect, and the apprehensions of Saturday's crush are enough to appall Lon doners; but, apparently, these considera tions do. not deter thousands of every rank from flocking to the metropolis. The heavy work of arranging tho elab orate military details of the London pro cession will prevent the official programme being Issued before this (Thursday) even ing. Somo Idea of the extent of the labor Involved will be gained from the fact that a firm of caterers has been Instructed by the War Office to provide breakfast and dinner for 250,000 troops. The military dis positions, however, have been practically setled as already cabled. It is understood that the military and naval escort will precede the coffin, that after the escort will come, the headquarters staff of the army, the foreign military attaches and various military bands, and that then will come the coffin, followed by King Edward, Emperor William and King Charles of Portugal, the royal mourners, representa tives of foreign states, mourning carriages with the princesses, and then the re mainder of the military escort. All the troops will march with reversed arms. KIXG EDWARD AT COWES. He Returns to Osborne House Prepa ration for Friday's Exercises. COWES, Islo of Wight, Jan. CQ.-Klng Ed ward arrived here soon after 4 o'clock this afternoon. Count Von Fulenberg, Emperor William's grand court marshal, accompa nied him. As the royal yacht Osborne ap (CONT1NUED ON PAGE 2, COL. 3.) CABLE CAR RUNS AWAY GETS DCVOM) CONTROL AXD CRASHES INTO TWO OTHER CARS. Chase for Twenty Dlocka on a Xcw York Street Four Persona Serious ly Hurt and Twenty Slightly. NEW YORK. Jan. 30. Ripping up Lex ington avenue at breakneck speed to-night a runawa; cable car caught up with two other cars and pushed them ahead In a mad run that lasted for twenty blocks be fore the cars were under control. And then It was found that four persons were hurt seriously and a score slightly. All three cars were crowded with the rush from down town, and windows were crushed In, platforms were wrecked and the passengers tossed wildly about. In the race that was started with one car and wound up with three Jammed and locked together the only person not In any of the cars who .was hurt was an expressman. His wagon, laden with packages, was sent flying and the oil lamp on the wagon ex ploded, scattering flames. So while police and crowds charM the Aying cars other policemen and other crowds fought a fire in their wake and dragged a stupefied ex pressman from beneath piles of blazing boxes, trunks and packages. Of those injured on the cars all were passengers, as many of them were stand ing up clinging to straps. With the sway ing and the jammed interiors they could not protect themselves and some times they were half out of the broken windows, and at other times piled in heaps in either the front or rear. Those most danger ously hurt were men and women who were thrown to the floors and trampled on. The others, who were in their seats, suffered greatly from bruises and cuts from Aying glass. As to the cause of the accident the opin ion of employes was that the cable had broken and the first car had got entangled in the runaway end of It. Whether it was that or a defective grip and useless brakes the officials of tho road would not say, but It Is known that three runaways were caught only after a race of a full mile, and then only when the cable was stopped In response to an order by telephone. NOVITIATE RELEASED. Younsf Woman Slakes Uely Chargea Against a Catholic Institution. IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich., Jan. 20.-A sensation was created here to-day when Ellen Hogan, a hovlate in the Emergency Hospital, was declarea sane by Probate Judge Bergeron, and her release from the county Jail ordered, where she had been confined since last Sunday night. The ar rest was made at the instance of the Mother Superior, who alleged that she was insane, and when Sheriff Cudllp and Dep uty Gleason went to serve the writ the demand was made t.iat they search the woman, It being asserted that she had con cealed $C5 belonging to the hospital. It Is said that her religious habiliments were torn off, but the search revealed no money. Then the woman was taken to Jail her ar rest being kept secret. She related a harrowing tale to the pro bate Judge of her alleged ill treatment at the hospital, and many ugly charges were made against the Mother Superior and oth er members of that institution. Ine young woman, who has no friends here, Is being cared for by the sheriff until her brother arrives from Chicago. NEELY AT HAVANA. Delivered to the Keeper of the Can cel to Await Trial. HAVANA. Jan. 30. Charles F. W. Neely. the former chief of the Bureau of Finance of the Cuban Postofflce Department, who was arrested at Rochester, N. Y., In May last, charged with embezzling 6,000 of the department funds, has arrived here on the steamer Mexico from New Yorx, Jan. 27. Captain Luclan Young, captain of the port. took charge of the prisoner and delivered him to the keeper of the carcel. Lawyer VIondi, Neely's counsel, had a long talk with the prisoner. The latter, who is in good spirits, received many vis itors and talked confidently of his acquittal. sssssssbssbsssssmsbbbbsbssssbbsbsbsbssbssbsbsssssb Serious Riots In Russia. LONDON. Jan. 30. The Westminster Ga zette to-day says serious riots have oc curred at Kleff University. Conflicts have taken place between the students and Cos sacks, in which many of the former wera killed or wounded. ZOO IN RUINS FRANK C. ROSTOCK'S SHOW AT BAL TIMORE BURNED. Flames Spread So Quickly that the Animal Confined In Catces Could Xot lie Rescued. FULLY SEVENTY-FIVE ROASTED AX ELEPHANT, CAMEL, TWO DOX KEl'S AXD THE HOUNDS SAVED. Doatockii Loss on Beasts Estimated at $400,04M, While the Bnlldlna; Was Worth About 915,000. HOTEL FIRE AT NEW YORK OXD W03IAX KILLED BY FALLING AXD ANOTHER. SUFFOCATED. Serernl Persons Severely Injured and Others Cut by Glass Man Who Es caped Without Ills Cork Leg. BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. SO. With pitiful screams of fright and groans of pain, the seventy-five or rnore animals of all de scriptions confined in cages at Frank C. Bostock's "Zoo," which was In winter quar ters In the old cyclorama building in this city, were roasted or burned to death to night. A Are which probably originated from a badly insulated electric wire on the outside of the building caused the blaze which, once started, in an Incredibly short time enveloped the entire structure. The Aames spread so rapidly that It was Im possible for the attendants to rescue the helpless animals, and with the exception of one elephant, one camel, two donkeys and a pack of hounds, the entire collection was lost. The fire was discovered at 10:43 p. m., a few minutes after the evening perform ance had ceased. Had the attendance been as large as usual it would have been im possible to empty the building so quickly, and loss of life would doubtless have re sulted. As it was, there were two mem bers of the audience and the regular at taches of the show In the building when the fire was discovered. So rapid was the spread of the Aames' that these were compelled to seek safety, and got away as quickly as possible. Twenty minutes after the fire was discovered the entire build ing, which was constructed mostly of wood, was a mass of flames. Mr. Rostock estltsatea his loss on animals at about $100,000. The owners of the build ing could not be found to-night,, but it could probably be duplicated for $15,000 or $20,000. Rostock In Hard Luck. Manager R. J. Aglnton, of the local Zoo, when seen last night said: "I have Just received word of Mr. Bostwick's misfor tune. It will certainly be a great blow to him, for this Is about his first good sea son. Two years ago he lost everything in the Coliseum fire at Chicago, and he was Just getting his new collection of animals In good shape. It seems a case of Provi dence that Bonavlta and his lions were not there. He was to have gone to Baltimore from here last Saturday, but was detained until some other attraction should take his place. The greatest los3 of all will be to the old Indianapolis favorite, Madame Morrelll, who had the only trained jaguars In America, and who was to have returned to this city in a week or so. We were mak ing great preparations for her coming be cause she was so well liked here. Another attraction which was to have been here next week was the trained pumas which Madame Dora performs with, and which were trained by Madame Morrelll. Madame Planka, whose Hons were also consumed by the flames, was to have been here In a short time. TWO LIVES LOST. Others Imperiled by the Darning: of a Xew York Hotel. NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Two lives were lost by the burning of the Hotel Jefferson, a seven-story building, Nos. 102 to 106 East Fifteenth street, early to-day. The dam age by fire is estimated at $50,000. The dead are: ELNORA DOWNING, twenty-Ave years of age; a nurse. ELIZABETH REYNOLDS, thirty years old, a waitress. Mrs. Downing was being lowered from a sixth-story window by means of a rope. The rope broke and she fell to the sidewalk, striking on her skull. Miss Reynolds, who was on the seventh floor, was suffo cated. Among those injured were: JOHN P. WALSH, fifty years old, con tractor, right knee fractured and body bruised. JOHN KALLAGHER, porter, right arm badly burned. J. ENSIGN FULLER, feet and arm badly turned. W. H. VOLTZ. New Haven, a student on his way to Princeton. JOHN CHATFIELD, proprietor of the "hotel. Mrs. Chatfleld and her mother, Mrs. F. H. Streator, escaped from the burning building, clad In their night robes. J. En sign Fuller, an elderly man, made a drill ing rescue of his seventeen-year-old invalid niece. Miss May Uperman. She was In the back room on the upper floor. Through the heat and smoke Mr. Fuller carried her down stairs on his back. His feet were terribly burned, and as he reached the open air he staggered and fell with his uncon scious charge into the arms of a policeman. Col. William L. Gildesleeve, attache of the Supreme Court of New Mexico, who was on the fourth floor, was badly cut by glass, but escaped otherwise unharmed. Edward Marshal, who ost one leg as the result of a wound received while serving as a war correspondent In Cuba, occupied a room on the second floor. When he was aroused the halls were filled with smoke. Not waiting to find his cork leg Mr. Mar shal climbed to the fire escape in the rear of his room, and one story from the ground. There he found that no Iron ladder was available to reach safety. Directly In the rear of the Jefferson is Steinway's piano warerooms with a onestory extension in the rear. Steinway's watchman secured a board which he placed from the extension roof to the balcony on the bottom of the Are escape and across this board iir. Mar shall and about thirty others who climbed down the fire escape were rescued. Many were cut by glass, but none was seriously injured. Several of the women Inmates were so badly frightened they had to be carried across the plank. Panic Amonfir Employe. CHICAGO, Jan. 30. Fire this evening de stroyed the building occupied by the Con tinental clothing store. Great excitement followed the discovery of the fire, and a panic seized the employes when it was found Impossible to reach the street by the stairs. Windows were hurriedly opened or smashed and men and boya leaped to the awnings which were spread by citi zens In the street below. The awnings served as life nets and half a' dozen em ployes leaped safely into them and then dropped to the sidewalk uninjured. The Continental clothing store was owned by J. N. Nusbaum. He valued his stock at $$0,000, and he carried an insurance of SO per cent, of that amount. The loss Is prac tically total. The building was valued at $30,000, and the loss Is estimated at $23.000. with full insurance. The fire caught from a stove, it is believed, in the basement. Illinois Town Partly Horned. CHAMPAIGN. 111., Jan. 30. Fire, last night, almost destroyed the entire business section of the little town of Tolono, nine miles south of this city. The loss is esti mated at $100,000, partly covered by insur ance. The fire started In a ' small frame building occupied by a restaurant, and be fore it was got under control nearly every business block was destroyed. Woman Fatally Burned. STEUBEN VILLE, O., Jan. SO. A terrific explosion of natural gas at 2 o'clock this morning wrecked the house of John Loftus, blowing down the brick walls. Mrs. Maggie Clary, housekeeper, was fataliy burned and Mrs. Loftus was prostrated. BOOM IN WHISKY MAKING. Forty Distilleries to Be Started In Kentucky at Once. LOUISVILLE. Ky., Jan. SO. Angel o Meyers, of Philadelphia, head of the dis tillation department of the Kentucky Dis tilleries and Warehouse Company, who Is in Louisville, said to-day: "I have re ceived orders from New York to start forty houses immediately and I may get fur ther orders to start the remainder before I leave. We have fifty-five houses In Kentucky. Some are already In operation, but the great majority are yet to Be started." AFFAIRS IS CHINA MINISTERS AT PEK1XG DISCUSS PUN ISHMENT OF DOXERS. 3IIsIonnries Demand More Than the , , Joint Xcte of the Powers Re quires from Chinese. ARMY ENROLLING IN CHINA GREAT MILITARY ACTIVITY IX THE YAXG-TSE VALLEY. Horde of "Volunteer" Drilling- and Preparing; for War Crime Ram pant Anions German Troops. PEKING, Jan. 30. The ministers punish ment committee met this morning to con tinue the discussion of what measure of punishment to demand for provincial offi cials where foreigners have been killed. The ministers refused to furnish any In formation as to the result of their de liberations. A meeting of all the ministers will probably be held to-morrow. Three Italian soldiers entered a house occupied by Mr. Jameson, an American, close to the legation, supposing it was In habited by Chinese and Intending to loot. They Insulted Mr. Jameson's guests and Mr. Jameson sent for the guard stationed at the legation. In the struggle an Italian was wounded. They were all arrested and turned over to the Italian authorities, who have requested an explanation. The missionaries lan night met and pre pared final resolutions, which were pre sented to the British minister. Sir Ernest Satow, and the United States minister, Ed win II. Conger, to-day. The preamble sets forth facts "not sufficiently emphasized In the note" that the Chinese attacked everything representing progress, that there has been no adequate rebuke for the flagrant violation of treaties, and that no indemnity is asked for the Christian Chi nese who suffered heavy loss. Finally the missionaries say nothing has been inserted In the note safeguarding the missionaries, and they earnestly request Sir Ernest Satow and Mr. Conger to see that the former treaties protecting missionaries are reaffirmed; that the government should be forced to allow Chinese of any rank to ac cept Christianity without Injury to thdr prospects; that the missionaries should be allowed to live in the interior, own prop erty and possess passports, compelling their official acceptance; that friendly In tercourse between the missionaries and officials be encouraged,, and that relief should be found for the suffering native Christians. The missionaries earnestly hope that Great Britain and the United States will take a leading part In the com ing transformation of China, helping the rulers to enter lines of reform which alone can save the country. CHINESE VOLUNTEERS. La r ire Army nrlllSnn in the Vanc-Tif Basin Piracy on the Coast. WASHINGTON. Jan. CO. An article In a prominent Chinese newspaper of recent date, a copy of which has Just reacheJ Washington, chronicles a condition which may become an important factor in the final disposition of the Chinese question. The crtlcle states. "A very important movement is going forward all over China, and more particularly along the Yang-Tsc basin. In response to special orders from the viceroys and governors. Bodies of yolu n l ce r s a r e be In g a c tlve 1 y n r o 1 ! d niCNflNUED ON PAGE 2, COLTif" STIR IN HOUSE C. B. LANDIS AROISES THE RE PRE SENTATIVE OF 3IORMONISM. Attempts to Deprive Utah's Asricul turul Coll ckc of Support Until It Is Pursed of Polygamy. KING TURNS ON THE INDIANIAII AXD INSINUATES PURDIE'S FROPES SOUS ARE WICKED PERSONS. Grorrnor Calls KIbk a Scold, and There Is n Lively Tilt That Ends In LandU'a Defeat. SHIPPING BILL BOMBARDED DEMOCRATS ENDEAVORING TO SINIL THE SUBSIDY MEASURE. Tvro More Broadsides Fired m Iti Hulk by Senator Tarier nnil Arkansas Jones. WASHINGTON. Jan. SO.-The anti-polygamy crusade which resulted in driving Mr. Roberts, Utah's representative, from his seat at the lust session, had an echo In the House to-day during consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill. When the section making the appropriations for agricultural colleges of the several States was reached Mr. LamMs, of Indiana, offered an amendment providing that no n oney should be paid to the college In Utah until the secretary of agriculture was sat isfied that no trustee or teacher in the institution practiced polygamy Ths amendment came as a complete surprise. Mr. King, who succeeded Mr. Roberts, tried in vain to head it off with a point of order and then inveighed against it as simply an aftermath of the Roberts cru sade. He Insisted that polygamy was a thing of the past. Mr. Landis replied by alleging that two of the professors of tha Utah Agricultural College were polygamlsts and that one of the trustees had teven wives and thirty-seven children. Upon this showing the House adopted the amend ment, whereupon Mr. King retaliated by offering an amendment providing thut none of the money should go to agri cultural colleges whose Instructors or trus tees have engaged In lynchlngs or being guilty of adultery or fornication. He aft erwards modified It so as to apply only to the Agricultural College of Indiana, It was, of course, overwhelmingly defeated. . Subsequently when the bill was reported to the House the Landis amendment was stricken out by a vote of 63 to 13. The "friends of the farmer" were very much In evidence during the day and, against an aggressive opposition led by Mr. Mahon, of Pennsylvania, voted into the bill an additional appropriation of $30, 00 for "farmers' bulletins." There was also considerable discussion of the Irrigation of the arid lands In connection with the paragraph providing for an Investigation of the subject. The bill was passed. When the House met to-day Mr. Tay ler, chairman of tho committee on elec tions No.- 1, submitted the report on the contested election case of Walker vs. Rhea, from the Ninth Virginia district. The committee found that while gross frauds and Irregularities occurred In the elec tion, they fell very far short of chang ing the result. The committee therefom recommended that Mr. Rhea, the sittir.g member, who Is a Democrat, should retain his seat. Messrs. Llnney, of North Caro lina, and Samuel Davenport, of Pennsyl vania, dissented from the conclusion of the majority and were given leave to Ale their views. The report will be called up in the near future, MR. LANDIS'S PROPOSITION. Following Is the provision offered by Mr. Landis to the section making approprla- ' Hons for agricultural colleges: "Pxovided, That no part of this appropri ation shall be available for the Agricul tural College of Utah until the secretary of agriculture shall be satisfied and shall so certify to the secretary of the treas ury that no trustee, officer. Instructor or employe of said collego Is engaged in the practice of polygamy or polygamous rela tions." Mr. King, in making his point of order e gainst the amendment, declared that he would not oppose It if It had bceji offered In good faith, but that he considered It simply an aftermath of what had been denominated "the crusade" against his pre decessor, Mr. Roberts. Mr. King said ths practice of polygamy In Utah was a thing of the past. No polygamous marriages were now solemnized. A few of those who had entered into such marriages prior to 1S?0 might still be secretly preserving po lygamous relations, but they wero very few in nunber. Mr. Landis, In his reply, said he was credibly Informed that one of the profess ors In the Agricultural College had threa wives and one two. that one of tho trustees tad seven wives who had blessed Lira with thirty-nine children. These ttate mcnts, he said, had been mado by one of the leading papers of Salt Lake City, and so far as ho knew the official organ of the Mormon Church had not denied It. If those statements were true not on single dollar should bo appropriated (or the support of the Institution. The chair ruled that the amendment was in orier, and the amendment was adopted 70 to 44. Mr. King, who was taker, by surprla by the amendment, hastened td retahatt by offering an amendment providing that no persor? should be a teacher in any agri cultural college who had engaged in -try lynching or who has been guilty of adul tery or fornlcution. The reading of this amendment created a furore. A foore of members Jum-d to thtlr feet with de mand for revugnltlon. Mr. Orosvenor was recognized. He said he dt-slrtd to raise point of order agalnt tho amendment; not one, but half a dozen, in fact. He argurd that the amendment wa an at tempt to legislate ujwmi an Mpj.roprlatlon bill. As he proceeded h warnud up ar.d charged that the amendment was an as persion upon the teachers In all the arj. cultural colleges. He Nvame engaged in & wyrdy duel with Mr. Klrg, in the courcj