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Vf:"' tB-i?.-."1fr3-!rf'fS. I3T 1THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC. B 16 PAGES TO-DAY Cooks, Waitresses, Etc., Easily marcd through B llo Want Ails. J4 Tiordi, or less. 10c Any -gist will take roar ad. rtv,n??j;'?-5t-a-T ( In St. tools. One PTJTnTT' Outside-St. tooli Pi.nf. NINETY-SEVENTH YEAE. SATUEDAT. MORNING. DECEMBER 3, 1904. Tno cents. i ree Cent. if77 'I Ua. i- SI TO HEAR OF PORT SUMMARY OF The St. Louis Republic. For Saturday, December 3, 1D04. ARTHUR Confirmation at St Petersburg of Japs Capturing 203-Metre Hill Forecasts the End. ALL BELIEVE IN STOESSEL Commanding General, It la Thought Will Not Surrender, Even Should the Czar Order It CANNONADING AT MUKDEN. Sounds of Rapid Firing on Rus sian Southwest Front Jlore Foreboding Than for Months, but' Occasion No Excitement. St. Teteutlruig. Deo, X With tba con firmation of the, news that the Japanese hav occupied IOC-Metro HIU. and the re port tilt the Russians unsuccessfully at tempted ita recapture, officials at the War Offloe are beginning to prepare themselves for the Inevitable. Golden E1U ana Llaotl ara higher, and dominate SB-Metre Ed. but the officials tar that If the Japanese succeed In mount Ins heavy gnus upon tie latter. It prob ably will be only . question of days, or week, before the fortress falls. StllL there Is not the slightest Idea among General Stoessel's friends that h will surrender, even If he should bo or dered to do ro. It Is hinted that It Is possible that If the fan of the fortraa'ls shown to be Inevitable, the Emperor may direct Its surrender In order to prevent the unnecessary sacrifice of the remnant of its brave defenders. But It Is believed by those who know General Stoessel best that he wCl make good his threat to hold out to the last man and the last cartrldgo In Port Arthur. Th ships In tba harbor. It can now.be stated on high authority, ara In no con dition to attempt to break through the Investing squadron. The guns of the war ships were lone ogo landed, and the marine and sailors havabeen participat ing la the land defense. The question of the advisability of re enforclna; "Vie Admiral Rojestvcnsky's being sgltatad by some of the papers, not ably the Koto Yramya, which points cut that with tba addition of the Black Sea vessels RaJwli nlj wffl have a superior ity which will tnsora victory over Admiral Tortfa. Tha Novo Yfrscnya cans attention to the Cast that Japan was sot one of the slgnalort of the treaty closing the Dar 1tnn , sjnd asserts that If Japan bad the power she might foros an entrance Into tba Back Sea and eagaga the Rus sian fleat Convereery, the paper contin ues, with the consent of the Porte there la tftrthmg la the treaty to prevent the exit of tba Black 6 fleet to fight aomo Poww wtuah Is In no wis Involved In the treaty. RAPID Fimra AT KUKDEft FROM RBMUJIa ODTHWEST FROHT. Mos-rtn. Do. 1From IS) o'clock this, afternoon until lata to-night sounds of a rapid cannonade bar been heard on the BnsUfi southwest front, such as has not been arperleneed for a long time, but no excitement has been caused by the Inci dent. General Rennekampff, with his cavalry. Is following the retreating Japanese, giv ing them no time to oecupy-o position, it seams that the Japanese, in attempting to sols Russian positions recently, go ex tended themselves as to deplete their re serves. CHEFOO HEARS KO KEWS OP FORT ARTHUR OPERATT02W. Chefoo. Dec. 2,-No news from Port Ar thur was recalled here to-day. THE WEATHKH- Indlana and Illinois-Fair la tea north: dear, lac and colder In Ui south portion. Baturdar. Rincay fair; fruh north winds. Eastern TexasFair and colder Saturday. Sunday fair; fresh to brisk northwest winds. Western Tesas. Oklahoma, and Indian Terri tory Fair Saturday arj runflay. Nebraska Fair Saturtny ond Sunday: Warn er In tha nortli portion Saturday. Warmer Eusday. Kansas Fair Saturday and Sunday. Wro"r Sunday. . Missouri and Iowa Fair Saturday and Sun day; warmer In the west portion Sunday. Arkansas-Fair Saturday; -tnuea colder. Bun day fair. ' The cna rises this morning; at t1 and eta this evening- at :. The mooa rlsea thla morn- Irr at 2X1 a. m. R "" w H WAST PAGES IS AND 13. 4 Orala closed! Et. LoulsDea. wheat U.es1 asked; Deo. corn lCilHc Chicago-Sea. wheat I1.C34 ailed; Dec UHSU'io. local rnrws. Fred A. Warm, general freight agent of the Chicago and Alton, has resigned, to accept the position of first vice president of the Pere Marquette and second vice president of the C II. & D.. In charge of traSlo of both companies. PAGE 9. The Executive Committee of the Busi ness Men's League, after general discus sion, held In abeyance the question of ad vocating a new Charter for St. Louis. PAGB IS. Employes of William H. Woodward were his pallbearers at the funeral yes terday. PAGE 15. Fred Larch was arrested in tho case of Frederick L. Drake, who was assaulted near Klmmswlck, upon the statement of Tom Balrd, a 13-year-old boy, and was later released. PAGE 1L The Exposition Company reallaed tlif ftrwt salvege In the sale of the rolling stock of the Intramural road. PAGE 2. Notices tr tenants to vacate premlEC-! on the northeast comer cf Seventh and Pine streets revives rumors of a large odes building to bo erects there. PAGE 2. Seven-year-old Elmer Plerson was struck and Instantly killed by trolley car at French Village yesterday. PAGE It Tho thirteen bars of metal stolen In East St. Louis and thought to be lead are silver alloy and valued at JT.W. Nathan Banks arrested. PAGB 14. Mma. Ella Russell, who achieved nota ble operatic successes In Etopo, will give her first concert In St. Louis before the Apollo Club. PAGE 2. The City Council passed the bill provid ing for an amendment to the City Charter for an lncreaso In the salary of officers. PAGE 2. MERCHANT SWINDLE Bernie, Mo., Man Disappears Leaving Accounts Owing to Local Firms. sevebal ee POLICE ASKED TO FIND HIM. Accused Man Is Said to Be on His Way to Russia Claim $14,000 Is Due for Gootla Sold. ISSUES WRIT TO STOP BUTLER CASE Judge-Robinson of Supreme Court Temporarily Prohibits Judge Foster From Proceediug With Butler Trial tjefferaon City. Mo Deo. i-CWef Jus os Robinson dt the Supreme Court to iy tasuad a temporary rule in nrohlbltin regain Judge Poster of Mm nt t..,- vruBuw iran. io prevent him from pro oatdlng with the trial of Edward Butler In W court on the charge of bribing Charts . KaUy to leave ths state and btou i win iym against him In the boo- cue EDITORIAI, PAGE. Editorial articles on the "Million Club," Foreign and State Displays, Democratlo Administration In Missouri, A Progressive Policy for St Louis. PAGE 8. The Week's Kow Bodes. Stevenson In Fresh Dress. Some of the New Novels. Stephen Phillips's Latest Play. PAGE 8. Seventh Installment of Pastor Charles Wagner's "The Simple Life." now run dally m Tho Itepublla PAGE 9. TiTB EASTERN WAR! Confirmation of the news at St Peters burg of the Japs capturing 203-Meter HU1 prepares the -War Offlco for the Inevitable. It Is thought that If the Japs can succeed In mounting their heavy guns on other eminences tho fall of Port Arthur Is a matter of days, or at the most of weeks. PAGB 1. Rapid cannonading Is heard all afternoon from the Russian southwest front at Muk den, and although It occasions no great excitement It Is considered significant PAGE 1. GENERAL DOMESTIC 5EWS. "Fred" Wlttroek. who planned and exe cuted the Fotherlngham train robbery near St Louis In 1S3T, dies In Leavenworth. PAGD 1L Governor Tatcs and representatives of the State Federation of Labor will meet In Chicago to-day to Investigate the ru mors that oonvlots at the Jollet Peniten tiary are slowly losing their reason be cause of idleness enforced by the anti- convict labor law. PAGB 2. The dead body of Thomas H. McGraw, head of the Water Department of Dallas, Is found badly mangled under a railway bridge in that city. PAGB u. The Hepburn congressional party, which was appointed to visit Panama and gather Information for the Committee on Inter state and Foreign Commerce, and of which Congressman SbackWford of Mis souri Is a member, returns to New Orleans. Bhackleford- advises making American control of the canal property absolute and exclusive. PAGB 2. H - PRINCIPAL LOSERS THROUGH O ALLEGED SWINDLE OF MILLER. Werthclmer-Sworts Shoe Co...$t609 Q Erilch & Tiger Company 1X00 O Carlcton Dry Goods Company.. LMO A. Boss & Son Pants Co. - L009 L Russack & Sons 800 George W. Perry & Co 73) O a Chief Desmond's men are looking for Israel Miller, a dry goods merchant of Bernie, Stoddart County, Mo., who has disappeared owing to Bt Louis creditors, it Is said, more than JH.COO. It is believed that Miller, with his broth er Max who conducted an auxiliary store at Holcomb. Mo., Is In New Tork City, and that his Intentions ore to board a boat tor Russia, whither -the- families of both men are said to have departed some time ago. Twenty merchants of the city have placed their accounts against the alleged defaulter In the hands of attorneys. It Is their Intention to prosecute Miller, In case he Is apprehended. Less than three years ago Miller opened stores, buying his goods In small amounts and promptly paying his bills, untU he had established a solid credit account with the firms. Ee was thought to have a pros perous business, and bis Integrity was not questioned. About a month ago he visited firms in this city, from whom be bad been buy ing, and, it Is said, several at Cairo, HI., and purchased goods to the full amount of his crixllt When his payments were due representatives of the firms called at his place of business to find that be had gone, leaving his business in ths hands of a clerk, who, the merchants claim, was disposing of the goods at 23 cents on the dollar. PROPERTT 13 ATTACHED. The matter was placed in the hands of a local collecting agency, who promptly attached tho remaInlngproperty. Miller's whereabouts was a mystery, the clerk said. It was discovered that a letter addressed to Miller and containing several hundred dollars was forwarded to a St Louis ad dess not later than Jast Monday. Investi gation so far. however, has failed to lo cate the merchant The firm of Wertheimer-Swarts Shoe Company la said to be the heaviest loser. At the office of the concern nothing could be learned of the transactions other than It was a personal matter. Besides, the firms of Erilch & Tiger, Carleton Dry Good Company, A. Baas ft Bon Pants Company, I. Russack & Sons, and George W. Berry & Co. and more than a dozen local firms had small accounts under 00. The Banlon Millinery Company was one of these tlrms, their account against Miller being (S3. a C Child, president of the St Louis Credit Men' Association, said yesterday the missing merchant 'would be prose cuted by this organization If apprehended. Ono of the objects of this association Is to procure protection for ths mercantile credit men. A meeting of the creditors of the mer chant many of whom are yet unknown. wui be held In the office of Fagin & Co. this afternoon. SIDINGS ON PIKE BURNED; OE THEY WERE SET AFIR T! PALACE ROOF DAMAGED Ancient Rome, Fair Japan, Quo Vadis and the Bowery Concessions Destroyed Galleries at Hagen beck's Scorched Animals in This Show and at Mysterious Asia Add to the Excitement Waiter Supposed to Have Been Burned to Death Japanese Rescued by Policemen Old ?t. Louis Damager. ! GUARDS DECLARE THEY CAUGHT MAN IN THE ACT OF SETTING TORCH TO "HEREAFTER." iiite Mi i LraitWT rntH RMte'Arfeen? 6 V3T5ERN , fl . - - :t!.. -i. ii tejas wesfiwt . lit N is i. - 4 S3 1, ' ' ) 11.1-1 U-TT-l-T-rt - ' "'l' ' - ' r f B & rrMllU ?f? 1 jfl DlllHBB.BCxi YATES WILL NOT WITHDRAW TROOPS AT ZEIGLER NOW Governor States After Confer ence That There Is a Pos sibility of Removal In a Few Days. MARTIAL LAW NOT DECLARED. Tho black spots Indicate tho ruins on tho Pike at the World's Fair as the result of the fire last Dijht KIre on the World's Fair grounds early this morning destroyed Ancient ene. Fair Japan, the Bowery, Quo Vadls and damaged Old St. Louis on the e. Sparks set Are to the roof of tho Electricity building, but the blaze was extinguished. ' Two Japanese, seriously burned, w ere rescued by the police In Fair Japan. It was found that the stairways of Ancient Rome, where the Are started, had been saturated with oil and tho hose cut At Hereafter, across the street fro m Ancient Rome, a man was caught by the police. He is said to have been In the act of setting Are to that building. An alarm of fire was turned In fro m the Mines and Metallurgy building, but there was no blazo there. At 2 o'clock this morning attaches of Ancient Rome feared that Alex ander Dixon, a waiter, 20 Tears old, had been burned to death In the struc ture whero ho was sleeping. The loss of the various Pike buildings Is estimated at $40,000. Tho Lcrles of blazes started shortly after midnight and the arc was un der control before 2 o'clock. Some of the spark3 sot fire to tho upper part of the gallery of the Hagen beek wild animal show, but were quickly extinguished. Most of tho animals had been removed, but thoso that remained excited tho crowd by their shrieks. At Mysterious Asia, on the south side of the Pike, tho trumpetlngs of the elephants added to the general din raised when the throng of Orientals flocked into tho Etreot 5 Tha tsanporary writ is made retumaUa (Daoamber 13, when Judge Foster is di rected to show cause why the temporary Tsling shall not be made permanent A question of Jurisdiction Is Involved In the proceeding. - " cnroAT ADKissross ' TO FAIR GROCJfDS. ) It 1 asutonaced that, now UMrt x ExtMMltloa. l officially . 'eae4, aha grounds vrill be f.afci to visitors on Sunday, as admission fee of 25 4;rata will aJuu-sed. 'I POLITICAL. EL H. Frlsby of Harrison County is chosen by the Republican Senatorial Con vention of the Fourth District to succeed Senator John C MoKlnley, Lieutenant Governor elect The convention took 231 ballots before the break occurred. Frlsby Is believed to be a Kerens supporter. Both Kerens and Niedringhaus took an active part In the convention. PAGE t The official count on Presidential Elec tors, completed by Secretary of State Cook, gives Roosjevelt a plurality of 2DJ27. Jofoph Traumlller leads the Democratlo electors, and Lawrence Jones the Repub licans. PAGE 8. TVASHTJfGTOX KEW9. The announcement that Postmaster Harris of Kansas City, who Is an Aklns man, will succeed himself, la regarded as encouraging to the long string of Aklns officeholders In the State. PAGE S. The House bill admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory to tho Union as one State probably will pass the Senate at the com ing short session of Congress. PAGB i. Although the calendars of both houses of Congress ore loaded with bills, little legislation besides the passing of tho an nual appropriation bills is expected to be accomplished at the session which begins Monday. PAGE g SPORT. Members of the Union Jockey Club win select a committee to visit Chicago to-da3r- " PAGE 10. It is reported that George c. Bennett the well-known Memphis horseman, has decided to retire temporarily from the racing game and to dispose of his entire stable at public auction at once. PAB 10. MOTE3IEHTS OF OCEAX VESSELS. New Tork, Ota. t ArzlTad: CfctmnlU, Br men. Genoa, Dec X.-ArrlTd: HooeasaUam. jftw York, via Naples. " Havra, Sac. i Arrived: Xa Oaacosia, Kew Tork. London, Dtc. L Sailed: laaslton. New Tork. Llzam. Dec t Passed: Rrsaam. $ yorv' for Rotterdam. Brow Heed. Deo. J. Passed: Victorias. Xa Tork. for LtverpooL . .tew Marseilles, Nov. M. Sailed: Roma, New Tork. ROOSEVELT ORDERS AGIST NEWSPAPER Directs That Boston Herald Be Deprived of Facilities for Information. Boston. Deo, i. J. W. Smith, district forecaster of the Weather Bureau, has received orders from the Weather Depart ment at Washington forbidding the deliv ery by Mm of weather forecasts, maps, etc-, to the Boston Herald. By these orders all weather informa tion disseminated by the Weather Bureau is withheld from ths Herald. DOJJB AT PRESIDENTS ORDER. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Washington. Deo. i Willis S. Moore, Chief of ths Weather Bureau, said to day: "Weather maps and forecasts were re fused to the Boston Herald because of th President's order of Novembr 2?. direct ing the heads of all executive departments to deprive the Boston Herald of all facili ties for Information. "That order was sent to the Secretary of Agriculture and, transmitted in turn to me as Chief of the Weather Bureau. In accordance with the order I directed that no information shall be given to the Bos ton "Herald until the order is rescinded." ROOSEVELT MARRIED 18 YEARS President and His Wife Celehrate Anniversary. Washington. Dec. 2. To-day was the eighteenth wedding oniiVeriary of Presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt They were the recipients of congratula tory mxssages and letters from all Darts of the cocatry. The Mmiversary was Quietly celebrated to-nlgbt by a family dinner party. - Twofold Happiness for rather. John Stock, or No. HOS WhltUer street the father of three boys, born to him Jr. November 5, Is one of the happiest men In St Louis, having received the congrat ulations of President Roosevelt and the notice of his election to the presidency of St Joseph's Sodality of St Matthew's Parish onthe same day. ""-wiri Jefferson Guards and policemen, who were on the scne of tho Ore In Ancient Rome shortly after It started, firmly be lieve that a determined effort was made to burn Ancient Romo and several others of the Pike conoesslocs. Guards Cardwell, Bortrara and Cochran wero patrolling tho Pike In the neighbor hood of Ancient Rome, when they saw smoke issuing from the building. They ran to the structure and soon located the origin of the blase on a stairway In the cellar. Tiny tongues of bluish Comes mounted ths stairs, fed by oil that had been used by the Incendiary to give the blaze a good start Ths guards were positive that oU hod been used. Ths nozzle was trained on the Are. but no water came. The guards discovered that the hose bad been cut Dropping tho hose the guards ran to the nearest engine-houso. Meantime Patrolman Jerry Barton and Dan Butler turned In an alarm. Whoa the guards returned a crowd had gathered In front of the concesuon, which was then ablaze and seemingly beyond control. When the Are apparatus arrived tho flames had gained such great head way that the fire laddies turned their ef forts to preventing a spread of the fire to the adjoining concessions. K. Tomlta, 13 years old, a Japanese salesman, rushed out of tho Japones Ba zaar at the first sound of alarm. He turned back when the flames were well under way and attempted to seize his trunk, containing valuable costumes and money. In the excitement he dropped the trunk, seriously injuring hla hand. His calls for help brought firemen to hl9 assistance and he was taken from the building. Despite their best efforts the firemen could not confine ths flames to Ancient Rome and ths bazaar and tea garden of Fair Japan on the one side and the Bow ery on tha other weie ablaze. Many of tho Japanese deeping in Fair Japan bnl1 narrow escapes, but most of them got out of the burning building wlth our injury. The excitement was great Ancient Roma was burned to the ground, the restaurant alone escaping, while the tea garden and the Bowery were badly damaged. Nothing was saved from Ancient Rome or the bazaar of Fair Japan. Tho fire raged until nearly 2 o'clock, when it was practically under control. Alexander Dixon, a waiter, 23 xears old. employed at Ancient Rome, was asleep in the building when the fire started. As he had not been seen by any of his friends or acquaintances since tho fire started they fear that he was burned to death. As the ruins of the concession were 6till smoking and smoldering, the firemen did not dare to enter to search for his body. The Japanese gardens and buildings of Fair Japan are within a short distance of the Hagenbeck animal show on the Pike, and at first it was thought that ths build ings of that place were ablaze. The heat from ths burning structures of Fair Japan could be felt at the Hagen beck show and the angry crackling of the burning timbers and the glow of the flames could be seen for a great distance. Fortunately most of the wild animals in the Hagenbeck show had been removed to their winter quarters on Olive street near Compton. When the flames were blown over the Hagenbeck show and ths upper galleries scorched the, shrieking of the terrified ani mals caused firemen to renew their efforts, which resulted In saving this concession. Across the street on the south side of the Pike, the elephants In Mysterious Asia trumpeted loudly, but were In no danger. The Pike was filled with strange people. whoie excitement was intense. Because of the extremely light charac ter of the material in ths buildings It burned wlti great fierceness, and at an early hour this morning the flames seemed to threaten tha entire Plka with destruc tion by fire. Tho fire at the Quo Vadis concession was discovered at about the same time that the Fair Japan blaze was discovered. This building is like all the bouses of cards on the Pike, a structure that lends Itself easily to the devouring element and from the first there seemed but little hope of caving it The Bowery and Ancient Rome also were quickly consumed. In a verr brief time the group of build ings Inclosed In the stockade of Old St Louis, about the center of the Pike, was discovered to be in flames, and a new foe confronted tho fire fighters. The roof of the Electricity building caught fire from the sparks and burning brands that were hurled towards it before a strong north wind. A corps of llromon and guards were sta tioned on the roof and the high pressure p.pe on the roof were manned. These and several hose lines from tho engines spurt ed steady streams of water on tha burn lnr roof, which Is of timber covered with felt paper and a coat of tar. When the fire was discovered a string of Wabash empties, which early in the evening had been shunted on tracks and switches nearby for the loading of ex hibits to be reshipped out of ths Fair, were hurriedly hauled out of danger by a switch engine which was hastily bitched to them. INJURED BY THE FIRE IN FAIR JAPAN ON PIKE T. Muto, Japanese carpenter; burns on right side and face; re moved to Emergency Hospital. Con dition serious. Rescued by Lieu tenant Schoips of the World's Fair police. J. Kumotsa". Japanese merchant; both hands and right side of face burned. Follcemen dragged him from the flames. K. Tomlta, a Japanese, salesman, was injured about the handa while attempting to rescue one of his trucks containing 'valuable costumes. a theater of frame, which housed the "On the Bowery" concession. This was also destroyed. The upper part of the wooden facade cf Habengeck's. which Is on tho Pike east of Fair Japan, was bsrned. This structm-e was only saved because of the fact that a wide avenue leading from the Plka en trance of the Fair separated It from the burning Fair Japan. AU the Hagenbeck show structures are of frame, uncovered by staff. That part which was scorched by the flames from Fair Japan consisted of gal leries In, which were a restaurant and cafe. The damage to Hagenbock's Is not great TWO JAPANESE RESCUED BY POLICEMEN. LOCATION OF BUILDINGS THAT WERE BURNED. Fair Japan, on the Pike, where the first blaze was discovered, was one of the most beautiful and pretentious places on the Pike. It was situated on the north side of the street of amusements, weU down toward the east end. Its main facade was a mon umental temple gate of frowning top and gayly colored native Japanese architec ture. Within the temple gats were buildings all of light Oriental construction. The main buildings contained the offices of ths concession company and ths bazaar booths for the sale of Japanese ware. These were well stocked. To ona side of the gate was a preten tious restaurant building. At the extreme rear, where the fire started, was the geisha girls' theater. In front of it and to ons side were other structures, in which the merchants. Jugglers, actors and other Inhabitants of the village lived. It was from this building that two of ths In mates were rescued by the police. In all. the village contained some half dozen structures, including a picturesque bridge, which spanned a tiny pool of wa ter In front of the theater. The village was reared by St Louis capital, and was uninsured, the policy expiring on the last day of the Fair by ths diminishing clause. The cost of the plant was about (KB.OOO. Ancient Rome, which went up In smoke at olmoot the same time that the Fair Japan buildings were leveled, was consid erably west of the latter village. It con sisted of a large semicircular building. fronting right on the Pike. It contained a Roman amphitheater and other minor buildings. It was diverted during the latter part of the Fair from its original purpose of showing the life of the ancient Romans. At the time of the fine It was occupied by the Quo Vadis Concession Company, which showed a number of striking paintings Illustrating scenes In the famous Russian's novel. Old Et Louis was a concession which Included several buildings. One of them, a restaurant was not In operation at the time cf the fire. It was only slightly scorched. The eastern end of the front of the Pike consisted of a stockade and a colonnaded entrance. Within ths entrance was an amphitheater, at ona end of whloh was a' One of ths most daring rescues that has ever taken place on occasions of great peril was that performed at Fair Japan by Lieutenant Schoppe of the World's Fair District Police Station. Bra-sins fire and smoke, and the immi nent danger of being swallowed up In a vortex of encircling Came, the officer rushed Into what seemed to the thrilled crowd standing about almost certain death and brought out from the flames a helpless Japanese carpenter. The man had been overcome by the fumes early in tha start of the conflagration while heslept and was helpless to save himself. And when tha first Japanesa had been saved, the police of ths district who were on duty at the fire heard from the ponlo strlcken natives that there was yet an other unfortunate unaccounted for. and probably struggling for his life in the flames that licked the flimsy structures. Quickly they rushed Into the lurid mnT end rescued the second one, burned and helpless to save himself from a horrible death like the first one. T. Muto. a Japanese carpenter, aged it, was the first native to be rescued by Lieutenant Schoppe. J. Kumatsa, a Jap anese merchant aged , was the second Inmate of the village whom the police rescued. Muto was literally slung over the police Lieutenant's soldier and carried out When the first alarm was turned la tho natives, many of whom sleep In ths vil lage, rushed pell-mell from the burning structure In which they were quartered. They did not wait to dress nor to save any of their property. They were on the street when tho officers arrived on the scenes, chattering excitedly and in great terror. Lieutenant Schoppe Inquired of one of them If aU of the villagers had escaped. At first it was said that everyone In the place had gotten out but a count of the occupants showed that two of them were T""":lnl' Schoppe hesitated not a moment but calling for volunteers, rushed Into the flames, groped his way to the building where the mining were supposed to be. Accompanied by several of his command, he reached the door of the building, and, hastily throwing it open, looked for the missing men. Muto was found on the bed where he had been overcome as ha slept Schoppe shook him, but the man did not awake. He was unconscious. In vain tha officer tugged In the blinding smoke and flame to waken the sleeper. Every second ths devouring flames licked the woodwork of the house of cards and leaped towards the sleeper on his bed. No more time could be lost and the Lieuten ant, stooping down, caught the uncon scious man and threw him across his shoulder. With a bound he was out of the door and Into the flame-swept court of the vil lage. But a few seconds more hs had reached tha pavement of ine Pike, and had handed bis unconscious burden to the applauding spectators there. In ths meantime the other officers had dragged the unconscious merchant Ku matsa, from his bunk. They, too, reached the outsldo Pike In safety with their un conscious burden. Muto was badly burned on the right side Of his face and on his right band. Ku matsa Buffered bad bums on both hands and on the right side of his face. Quiet Reigns at Mining Town foJ First Time in a "Week, bnt In habitants Are Xot Appeased . by the Prevailing iCalm. " REPUBLIC BFECTAr- Springfield, nL, Dec. fL-A conference to) discuss the advisability of withdrawlns the two companies of the Fourth Infantry, Illinois National Guard, from Zcigler, where tha troops wero sent several days; ago to guard the property of ths Leltss Mining Company, was held this afternoon In the office of Governor Totes, and was participated In by the Executive. Adjutant1 General Scott and Assistant Adjutant Gen eral Reece. It was decided not to remove tie troops at this time, but It Is understood that they will be sent home within a few. days, un less there ore more serious developments in the situation than Is now anticipated. Alter the conference Governor Yates gave out the following statement! "There Is nothing to be said relating to tha presence and action cf the Stats troops at Zelgler. except that two compa nies were sent there, and are there now, for the protection of life and tha preserva ticn of the peace. They were sent upon tha absolute demand of the Sheriff of tho county of Franklin, who stated In tbxeo different telegrams that he was abso lutely unable to preserve order. NO MARTIAL LAW. There has been no proclamation oj martial law. The Sheriff stfll asserted 03 late as last night that the presence of troops Is still necessary. I therefor con sider that the time has not yet com for their withdrawal. "Both the Adjutant General and tha As sistant Adjutant General have visited the locality. General Scott was there before the troops were sent and Colonel Reece has Just returned. The department Is. and will be. fully advised "of the situation con stantly by the officer in command." Zelgler Is surrounded by a dense woods, and It Is In this timber that tha firing of weapons takes place night after night to the annoyance and alarm of tho residents of Zelgler. None of the persons who are guilty of the shooting have been appre hended, and because of ths dense forest Colonel Reece has found that it Is ex ceedingly difficult to locate tha marauders. Officials of ths mining company ara con- fldent the shots are fired by striking union miners, but this assertion Is emphatically denied by officers of ths miners' organization. ALL IS PEACE IN USUALLY PERTURBED MINING VILLAGE BT A STAFF COBRESFOXIBSrr. Duqcoln, HL, Dec. L Absolute quiet seems to be prevailing In Zelgler to-night but two shots being heard before mid night and the rattle of ths machine guns have been silent for the first sight In a week of exciting Incidents. Seventeen Greeks departed from Zelgler this afternoon beaded for Bt Louis. They are of the consignment that was shipped in three weeks ago. They claim that when thay left the company refused to pay them wages due which average S35 earn, Representatives of tha strikers attempt ed to act for them In seeming the money, but ths angry Greeks would not nave any transactions with tho strikers, and left In a body to-night over tho Illinois Central for St Louis, where thay claim they will lay their casa before tha Greek Consul. To-day was pay-day for ths strikers, and W. T. Morris, member of tha Execu tive Committee, and Georgs Bagwell, pres ident of the Seventh District of the miners' organization, visited Camp Turner seas Christopher and other strike rendezvous, and left a portion of ths defense) fund which ths national body has raised. MAN HELD ON CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED ARSON. In Arthur C Dunn, who was arrested last night after ths first firs on ths Plka was discovered, tho pollco believe they have the firebug, or one of a bond of firs bugs, whom they hold accountabis for tha series of fires which were discovered ca the Pike at or about ths same time this morning. Dunn, who was employed up to tho dos ing of tha Fair as a lecturer la Here after, on the Piko. and who claims to to a school teacher, was arrested this morn ing shortly after ths first alarm was turned In. Sergeant H. P. Tetter, shortly after th first alarm of fire was turned m, was pass ing the Hereafter concession on th south side of ths Pike, nearly opposite th Fair Japan concession. Looking in he saw what he thought to be a blaze In ths kitchen port of th con cession building. Calling Sergeant Philip Regan, also of the Jefferson Guards, th two officers tried to gain admittance to tba builling. They found the gates locked, bat cwitlrmfd to clamor for admittance. After pounding on the gates, they wsra finally admitted to the place by the . whom they immediately placed under sa rest and brought to th World's Fair JN Ilea Station, Her hs was questioned by the potlcs. In answer to their queries, ho said that his name was Arthur C. Dunn. H gar his age as IS and hla occupation as a school teacher. When searched a fins gold hunting cat watch and eleven ladles' handbags war found on bis person. TEMPLE OF JAPAN DESTROYED BY FIRE. One of ths Irreparable losses of last night's fir was the Tempi of Japan, brought over to this country and erected by Japanese carpenters. , The temple was mors ti 409 years) old and it Is thought that tho two Jap anese carpenters who wer burned war attempting to protect th placo vksa Iks) flames drov thtofawsaf. . m Yl Wk-J$i cSi A "V. 'S'5L I 3 '-nSr $& iK ?! d&& AfsifeJftktrSaassSsM'Ss SsSaei?4kSiSA ggrSAj5tjfc-gSaga