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INFIELOOFIST INFIELOOFISTIndianapolis IN FIELD OF WEST WESTIndianapolis WESTConferees
Indianapolis IndianapolisSTARTS Conferees ConfereesAbandon ConfereesAbandon ConfereesAbandon
Abandon Efforts to toDraw toDrav toDraw
Draw Scale ScaleCALL ScaleCALL ScaleCALL
CALL MAY COME TODAY TODAYJoint TODAYJoini TODAYi
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r Joint Conference of A All AllDelegates AllDelegates 11 11Delegates
Delegates Formally Ends EndxNegotiations En EnNegotiations EndsNegotiations
Negotiations NegotiationsINDIANAPOLIS NegotiationsIDLAPOLIS NegotiationsINDfANAPOLIS
INDIANAPOLIS March 27The Joint Jointfccale joIntecale jointecale
ecale committee of the bituminous bituminousbilners bltumlno bltumlnotnlnera bituminotnlners us
bilners and operators at 940 oclock this thismorning thismorning thismorning
morning voted a 8 disagreement They
decided to call the Joint conference this thisafternoon thIsBtternoon thistafternoon
afternoon at 2 oclock oclockIt oclockIt oclockIt
It Is estimated that 400000 of the coal coalminers coalmlnera coa coaminers t
miners are affected by the decision decisionThin decIsionThIll decisionThis
Thin number It Is said will in all pro proability prob probability probabiUfy l ¬
ability go on a n strike at midnight Saturday Sat Saturday Saturda ¬
urday urda when hon the existing labor contracts contractsexpire contractsexpire
t
expire expireVIe expireVice
VIe 1 e President T L 1 Lewis of the theVnlted th thtnlted thi e
Vnlted i noted Mine Workers orkers who was ono of ofthe orthe o othe ef f
the first to come comelrom from the th committee committeeroom committeeroom committeoom e
room oom made this luaement ifUitementConfereLce atttementConference luaementConference
Conference Finishes at a sA aA 2OOA
OOA A motion motle > n to call the Joint conference conferenceIn onrerenceIn
In session this afternoon at 2 oclock oclockwas oclockwas cloc clocaas k
was carried The committee will report reporta repora t
a failure of the operators and miners minersto minerto s
to agree agreeAsked nl agree agreeAsked re reAsked
Asked who ho had made the motion motionMr motIonlr motionJir
Mr lr Lewis said saidIt sala1t sai3It
It was as made mn e by b one one side and sec seconded seconded accended ¬
onded by the other otherThe othetThe othefThe
The committee went Into sessio sessioshortly session sessionshortly sessionshortly n
shortly after atl r 9 oclock this morning morningand morningRnd mornin morninand g
and was as not ti session over half a ahour an anhour anhour gn n
hour hourThe hourThe hourThe
The motion to adjourn was made In Infa Inatt 1 1fat n
fa fat att < t by b President John john Mitchell o othc of ofthe orthf f
the United Mine nne Workers and was wasseconded wasl1 wa waseconded s fs
seconded l1 > Clnded by b J T H Winder Inder of Ohiochairman Ohio Ohiochairman
chairman of the th operatorsNo operators operatorsNo operatorsNo
No Debate of MotionThere Motion MotionThere MotionTh
There Th re was no decision of any an ques question quest11n question ¬
tion this th smornlng morning leading up to the themotion themotion th thmotion e
motion to disagree jWOisn tt + P asked If Ifthere Itthere 1 1there f
there had been any an < qualifying itnt ing clause clauseattached clauseattached claus clausattached e
attached to the motion Horace L LChapman LCbapman LChapman
Chapman a leading Ohio operator operatoreald oper3toraald operatorBald
Bald
Absolutely none The motion was wasBimply waselrnpl w wslmply
Bimply elrnpl to report a disagreement disagreementThe
The action of the Joint conference conferenceon e
t on the report of the committee committee was wasconsidered wa waconsidered as asconsidered s es
considered merely formal The belief beliefIs beile beileis t
Is that the report will be accepted acceptedwithout d
without question and that before night nighta nigha t
a strike will will Ill be declared declaredCut declaredCut declaredCut
Cut Demands in Vain VainT VainT
T T e final cause caus of the committees committeesfiction commltteesctlon committeeAction s
fiction ctlon was the demand of the miners for fornn toran fo foan r
an Increase of 59 per cent in wages wa l
Their original demand was as for 125 in increase Innasc increase ¬
crease nasc but this was not seriously con considered conslderel considered ¬
sidered by the committee during the two twosessions twosE9f1lons tw twsrsslons o
sessions each day da since March rarch 20 20EXPERT O OEXPERT 0EXPERT
EXPERT MAY INVESTIGATE INVESTIGATESLUMS INVESTIGATESLUMS INVESTIGATESLUMS
SLUMS OF WASHINGTON WASHINGTONJ l lJ
J B Reynolds one of the foremost foremostworkers foremosttorkers foremo s L Lworkers
workers of the University nler81t Settlement Settlementmovement Settlementmovement Settieme Settiememovement nt
movement of New eW York has been In InWashington 1 1Washington n
Washington several days and has con conferred conferred conferred ¬
ferred with the President once or twlc twlcsince twice twiceelnc e
elnc 8In since he arrived In the Capital CapitalMr Capitallr CapitalMr
Mr lr Reynolds has been greatly inter interested Int intercsted r rst ¬
ested st d in the
investigation of slum con co I
ditions In New York and other largeEastern lar larEastern ge
Eastern cities The subject of his con conferences conf co I Iferences
ferences f rences with the President has not been beenofficially beenotllcJal1y bee beeofficially n
officially announced but It Is understood understoodthat understoodthat understoothat d
that they discussed the slum conditions conditionsof 3 3of
of Washington looking l oklng to an Investiga a ¬
tion IGon and report by Mr Reynolds ReynoldsVICTIM ReynoldsVICTIM
1 VICTIM OF LEAKING GAS GASk GASMAY GASMAY
k MAY LIVE TO TELL STORYUhael STOR STORMichael
Michael Gaghan thirtynine years old oldvho oldho o f fho d
vho ho was found unconscious in his room room1Q roo n nto m
10 Florida avenue northwest from t om in inlallngr Inallng Inaling
lallngr Illuminating gas last night was waseported waseported w weported s
eported by physicians at the Emer Emerency Emerency Eme Emeenvy r
ency Hospital to be much improved to tolay toa t tay o
lay a ay The physicians phY8Icl 1s believe he will re recover reoer r rover e ¬
cover coverr oerGaghan overGaghan
Gaghan was overcome by the gas a
f few w moments after
r uvii Aiming retiring 1UBL last nigm night t
The gas Jet in hts h room la said to hat have e
been defective Other occupants of t the ho hoho
house detected the he odor of gas in t the ho
house and traced It to Gaghans room roo m
Physicians say he would
have been be en enhe
asphyxiated if f he had remained In the t he
room oom an hour longer longerTHE longerTHE longerTHE
THE WEATHER REPORT REPORTJ
The J Jhl he western estern depression continues f
enstward movement but has h s divided d
one renter occupying occup Jn the lower 1
region and the other northern Texas A
area of high pressure of modera
energy ClI rl I advancing southeast and over ov
the Missouri Isourl valley alley It Is not attended bj f
unusually Ul1 JsuaU cold weathar weaUl r however as In
the case of recent highs that that have ad a d 1 ¬
vanced IHlced from that Quarter ds
f Rain has fallen quite generally ea easl ast s
or the Mississippi 1li 1lslIJlpl and there have be been beenvuvo en
vuvo showers In 11 the me i pacific iwini WUIOL c coast ast OIUICB States and a
rain or Know now locally In the Rocky moun mou n
tarn and plateau regions regionsThe regionsTht regionsthe
The temperatures are generally abo v
the th seasonal average for or the flrst tf
In several ev rnl weeks weeksRain weeksRain weeksRain
Rain Is probable tonight in AtlantIccoast Atlan
coast districts and snow or rain tonight1ni tonig h
and 1ni Wednesday in the lower r lake region g hn n
rafrtAYc
dlo l
Rain in also indicated for tonight I at d
Wednesday In the east Gulf and Soul
Atlantic States StatesIt StatesIt StatesIt
It will be somewhat colder exceptthe except Inthe n
the South Atlantic and east Gulf GuI States Statesr Stat es
6 r a l m i
12 1 noon noonIpm 1i 1iTHE K
Ipm 1 p m 5S
2 p pm m 61 61THE
THE SUNSun SUN SUNSun SUNSIJn
Sun sets ts today toda 61 61Sun 61E 61ESun 6 6Sun
Sun rises tomorrow 55 55TIDE 551TIDE 5 5TIDE
TIDE TABLE TABLEL01 TABLEt
1 Low L01 tide today 355 328 p pm pmHigh pmHIlh m
High tide tid today 900 p pm pmLow pmLow m
Low tide tomorrow tomorrow4 432am 2a am m 505 05 p pm pmHigh pmHigh m
High tide tomorrow tomorrow101Sam 1018 am am1042 1042 p pm m mm
ITEAMERPLYMOUTH ITEAMERPLYMOUTHVICTIM STEAMER PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTHVICTIM
VICTIM OF FLAMES FUMESOther FLAMESIN
IN NEWPORT NEPOR1BERTH NEPOR1BERTHOther BERTH BERTHOther
Other Fall River Vessels VesselsBadly VesseJsadly VesselsBadly
Badly adly l Damaged Damagedby Da aged agedby
by Fire FireBIG FireBIG FireBIG
BIG PIERS IN A BLAZE BLAZEReported BLAZEReported BLAZEReported
Reported Loss of Life De Denied Denied Denied ¬
nied But Damages Will WillGo WillGo WillGo
Go Over Million MillionNEWPORT JlilionEWPOR MillionNEWPORT
NEWPORT EWPOR It I March 27 27The 27Thesearner The Theseamer
seamer Plymouth PImouth P1 mouth of the Fall River Riverline Riverline Riverline
line wa wan burned to the waters edge edgethe edgeth edgethe
the th Puritan the Priecllla the Nauga Naugatucl Naugatucl Naugatuck
tucl and the City Cit of Lowell all of the thesame theSAme thesame
same line were xere ere scorched by the In Intense Intense ¬
tense heat the Fall River passengerstation passenger passengerstation passengerstation
station and Bother other lher buildings on the thewharf thehar
wharf har were er badly had I damaged by a flre flrehere flrehere lirehere
here early e rly today toda The total loss is s es esUmated estimated = j
timated at Jl 1500000 31500000Reports 1500000Reporttt 500000 500000Report
Report of loss of life were ere posl poslUvely positively
lively denied by officials of the police policeand polleeand
and fire departments departments and only onl one man manwas manwas manwas
was injured This was Driver Sulli Sullivan Sull1an ¬
van an of a fire engine who bo was run down downby downh downby
by h his engine suffering a broken arm armStarted armStarted
Started on Plymouth PlymouthThe
The fire started o or pn the Plymouth Plymouthshortly
shortly shortl before 2 oclock Jt t19gan began in inthe
the how of the boat deep In lathe the hold holdand holdand
and soon flames were shooting forth forthand forthand
and smoke Z oke was coming In suffocating suffocatingclouds suffocatingclouds
clouds The thirteen men on the thesteamer thesteamer
steamer were ere aroused and began to togive togive
give battle to the flames The Job wastoo was wastoo wastoo
too much for them however and the theflre thefire
fire alarm was sounded soundedSuddenly soundedSuddenlY
Suddenly the the flames from the big Ply Plyniouth PJymouth Plymouth
mouth seemed to take possession possc 8lon of ofevery otecr ofevery
every ecr part of her They TheyrQse rose from the thehold
hold to the first then the tho second and andthen
I
then the th hurricane deck and shot to toward towardthe tothe ¬
ward wardthe the sky They were were caught by bythe bJothe bythe
the wind and fanned In every evel direction directionflrst directionfirst directionfirst
first one one and then the other othe as If seeking seek seeking IIMkIng ¬
ing to lick up the other steamersmoored steamers steamersmoored steamersmoored
moored close by b Some one cut loose loosethe loosethe
the PrispUla but she she ht did not float floatout tioatout
out into Into the harbor untU bus Uetr wjtlte wjtltepaint Ite Itepaint
paint had been blistered and her sides sideswere sldeswer side sidewere
were wer were scorched saorchcd Then JJlen the Puritan Pu 1t8n the theNauga theNau3tuck theNaugatuck
Nauga Nau3tuck tuck and the City Clt of Lowell Lowellwere Lowellwer Lowellwere
were wer freed from the big hawsers that thatbound thatbound thatbound
bound thorn and when they the did notfloat not notfloat notfioat
float free quickly tugs came up and andtowed andtowed
towed them to It safe distance All of ofthem otthem
them had been damaged more or 0 legs legsI V S8 S8Piers
Piers in Flames FlamesBy FlamesB
I
By B this time the flames had Jumped Jumpedto
to the piers which burned like paper paperThe paperThe paperThe
The flames ran from one end to the theother theother
other and in a few tewmlnutes minutes they the were werea w re rea
a burning mass massA massA massA
A general alarm was sent in which whichcalled whichcalled whichcalled
called every eer engine company com pan in Newport
to the scene and messages were sent sentto sentto sentto
to Fall River and Providence fire de departments departments departments ¬
partments to hold a number of appar apparatus apparatus apparatus ¬
atus in readiness to be sent here should shouldassistance shouldassIstance shouldassistance
assistance be required Before aid wasneccasary was wasnecessary wasn
necessary n ceZsary however the local companieshad companies companieshad companieshad
had the flames under control controlHow control1low ontroiIlow
How the fire started is not known knownThose knownThose
Those who were on board stated that thatthey thatthey
they had not the slightest Idea what whatcould whatcould
could have caused the lire lireOwned 1reOwned fireOwned
Owned by Railroad RailroadThe RailroadThe RailroadThe
The burned steamer was owned own ell by bythe bythe bythe
the New England Transportation Com Company Compan Cornporn ¬
porn pan a subsidiary 8ub ldlary company company of the New NewYork NewYork
York New Haven and Hartford Rail Railroad Railroad Railroad ¬
road Company She he was a sidewheeler sidewheelerand Itldewheelerand
and was built at Chester Pa in 1S90 1S90She 1590Sho
She cost in the neighborhood of J000 J = 000
000 She was as constructed of steel with withInterior withInterior
Interior fittings of wood Her length lengthwas lengthwas lengthwas
was 2C7 feet width 50 feet and depth depthof depthor depthof
of hold 21 feet feetShe teetShe feetShe
She was always alva s a remarkably easy eas easboat
boat in a seaway and had little vibra vibration vibration ¬
tion while running at Q t full speed speedThe speedThe speedThe
The remains of Louis Lamonte a fire fireman fireman fireman ¬
man on the Plymouth were ere found at atnoon atnOon a t
noon In the hull of o the steamer The Thehead Thehead Th Thstead e
head and shoulders were intact but tai the thearms thearms ee e
arms and legs had been burned off La Lamonte L Lmonte ¬
monte resided r sl ed on In East Eightyfourth Eightyfourthstreet Elght3tourthstreet
street New York YorkEDWARD
EDWARD S r MOORES MADE MADEINSPEGTOR
INSPEGTOR AT G P r 0 0Edward OEdward r
Edward S Moores for a number of ofears ofesrs o oears t
ears employed emplo employedIn edln In different positions in inthe Inthe I Ii Iithe
the composing rooms has been desig designated desIgnated desfgnated ¬
nated by Public Printer Stllllngs as an anassistant anassistant a n
assistant inspector with duties confined confinedchiefly confinedhlet1y d
chiefly to the printing divisions Mr MrMoores MrMoores M df
Moores is a a native of the District a of ofColumbia ofColumbia f
Columbia ColumbiaThere ColumbiaThere
There was 0lS a report today that the theformer thermer th a
former rmer foreman of the bindery H Clay ClayEspey ClayI Cla y ay
I Espey Espe will again be placed In charge chargeof chargeo chargof e
of o the bindery At present Mr Espey Espeyhas Espeyhas Espe
e
has charge of the bindery blnder branch of the thej th
j Congressional Library Llbrt1 T Mr Espey has hasa hll3Il h a 9
a reputation for executive ability and andlit andlit an d
lit It Is known that the Public Printer in inreorganizing ineor1j3nlzlng 1 1reorganizing n
lit reorganizing the office will give special speciali specialattentlon 1
i attention to the bindery binderyT blndef3J
T K J 1i4xa riit = 5 of the lack of work ork the theme thePublic th thPublic C
J Public Printer yesterday abolished th the theJsPne e
JsPne division and transferred th thime tho o
ime me i to different divisions of the bindery binderythe binde bindeFormen
1 Formen Bogia Millet and Gordon and andthe an d
the forewoman Mrs Seaman were ere re reduced reduced ¬
duced ducedPOLICE ducedPOLICE
POLICE SAY HAWKINS HAWKINSTRIED HAWKINSTRIED
TRIED SUICIDE WITH ACID ACIDPercy ACIDPercy D
Percy Hawkins twentynine years old oldof oldor oldof
of 523 Thirteenth street northwest Is Issaid Issaid i isaid s
said by police of the First Fl ist precinct lo lohave tohavc t
have attempted to end his life about 2 2oclock a aoclock
oclock this morning by drinking car carbolic carbolle carbolic =
bolic acid Physicians at atthe the EmersretTcy y
Hospital say they treated Hawfcfns for foralight forellght fo
alight carbolic poisoning pOlsonln and acute a ute al alcoholism alcohoUsm ¬
coholism Hawkins TVS rata released fro frothe from fromthe tromthe m
the hospital before berorexk etoo 8 oclock < xk this morn mornIng ¬
f fr
ing I
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GEORGE B CORTELYOtT CORTELYOtTPostmaster CORXELYOUPostmaster CORTELYOUPostmaster
Postmaster General aid National Chairman Chair Chairman Chairman ¬
man of the Republican Party
ni BLAZE BL i ZE 7P 1N mi N THEATER THEATERGuests THEATERENO THEATERApIGGuests TiiPiTpn
ENO ApIGGuests N ERS MERmEN MERmENGneSt
Guests of Adjacent Atl acent HotelFlee Hotel HotelFlee HotelElee
Flee in Terror TerrorWALLS TerrorWALLS TerrorWALLS
WALLS INJURE TWO FIREMEN FIREMENHouse FIREMENHouse FIREMENHouse
House Where Actor Crane Was toHave to toHave toHaye
Have Played Tonight Is IsGutted IsGutted IsGutted
Gutted by Flames FlamesMerrffen FlanesIS Flames3lj
3lj IS 1t DTw Cqp 3itip J y > l llf ly lyMertuien
Merrffen lf 1on Theater Th1fl1eJ Tlt er UWQit ftc fli o > an e n Qfcfcrehstreet CJIIrohstreet Qfcfcreh Grohstreet
street and tHftilieAtar tSt1 t tyeatir MtOr auditorium in inthe Inthe inthe
the rear ware were destroyed d dtfetroyed t107ed by tire this thismorning thismorning thismorning
morningFor morning morningFor morningFo
For Fo a time it seemed seem6d as if Ii a large Uirgnportion largeportion largeportion
portion of the business section of the thecity thecit thecity
city cit were doomed The bloek which whichforms whlcbfornuc whichforms
forms the theater entrance is a brickth1aeRory brick brickthiaeKtory brJckth
thiaeKtory th eF tOl structure and the theaterauditorium theater theaterauditorium tbeateraudltorhlm
auditorium was formerly th the old oh First FirstCongregational FirstCongregnUonul FirstCongregational
Congregational church a wooden struc structure structure structure ¬
ture The rear of the Winthrop Hotel Hoteland Hotelanl1 Hoteland
and the Wilcox block two t o of the finest finestbuildings finestbuildings finestbuildings
buildings in the business bUMn center OR onColony ORColony ORColony
Colony street adjoined th the theater theaterand theAterand theaterand
and were cre in pressing danger dng T The fire firemen firemen liremen ¬
men turned a number of streams of ofwater ofwator ofwater
water on all sides side of the burningstructure burning burningstructure burnlugstructure
structure and saved all the surround ¬
ing property propertyStarted prop propgrtyStarted rty rtyStarted
Started Near Stage StageThe StageThe StageThe
The fire was discovered near the thestage tbestage thestag
stage r entrance and the origin is not notknown notkI10 notknown
known knownThe kI10 knownThe n nThe
The walls wall of the theater fell in with witha with witha
a crash during d rln the height of the fire fireadding fireadJlng fireadding
adding to the spectacular features of ofthe otthe ofthe
the blaze blazeFalling blazeFaUlng blazeFalling
Falling walls WaI1 injured Capt Richard RichardShaw RichArdShaw RichardShaw
Shaw of the Wilcox Hose Company Companyand Compan1and Companyand
and Hosemen James C Cxnw > IL of ofthe orthe ofthe
the same company companyThe companyThe f fThe
The fire caused c used a panic i i t4 Sin Sinthrop n nlhrop nthrop
throp Hotel and many man guesrajgttand guesrajgttandothers ryes md mdothers
others hastily prepared prepare many to leav lea the thebuilding thebuilding e ebuilding
building and many did so But no nodamage nodamage nodamage
damage was done to the hotel hotelCrane hotelCrane hotelCrane
Crane Was w s to toP1ayo toP1ayoIlliam Play PlayWilliam Play1Vlilinm
William Illiam II HCrnne Crane was booked to play playIn pla plaIn playin
In the theater theatertonlght tonight It Is a strange strangecoincidence strangecoincidence strangecoincidence
coincidence that Mr tr Crane withStuart with withStuart wlthStuart
Stuart Stuart Robson opened this theater manyyears many manyyears man manears
years ears ago agoThe a agoThe o oThe
The theater building was owned by bythe b1the bythe
the Wilcox Realty Company and the thetheater thetheatlr
theater has been managed by Ira W WJackson 1F V VTackson
Jackson of New London and William V7illlamB
B Reed Reedot of this city clt The total loss Is Isestimated Isestimated isestimated
estimated at 80000 sSOoooMARIA E80000 E80000MARIA 80000MARIA
MARIA JOSEPHA OPERATED OPERATEDUPON OPERATEDUPON OPERATEDUPON
UPON FOR APPENDICITIS APPENDICITISVIENNA APPENDICITISYIE APPENDICITISVIENNA
VIENNA YIE NA March 27 7The The Archduch Archduchess ¬
ess Maria Josepha wife of Archduke ArchdukeOtto ArchduklOtto
Otto nephew nephewot of the Emperor FrancisJoseph Francis FrancisJoseph FrnnclflJoseph
Joseph and the brother and heir helro helroArchduke of ofArchduke ofArchduke
Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir pre presumptive presumptive ¬
sumptive 9 mpttve to the throne has been b n fluc fluccepsfully imcce mey
cepsfully ce stul1Y y operated upon for appendici appendicitis ¬
tie tlt by b Prof Hochennegp HochennegpA
A fortnight ago Prof Hochennegg Hochenneggperformed RJhennegg RJhenneggperformed Hachenneggperformed
performed a L similar slmilAroperation operation upon uponnthe uponthe uponthe
the Emperors srranddauhgter rranddn lhJter Princess PrincessElizabeth PrincessElizabeth
Elizabeth of Wlndlschjrratz WlndlschjrratzPROVIDENCE Wlndlsch t7 t7PROVlDENCE
PROVIDENCE TEAM TEAMWILL TEAMWILL TEAMWILL
WILL PLAY HEREThe HERE HEREThe
The Providence Prot Sden e baseball team arrived arrivedIn
In Washington lest 16st1lg11t light about 845 845under 845under
under the sheltering ZheIterln King Ing of Captain CaptainDunn CaptainDunn
Dunn who ho this morning started the men menin menin
in to work bj a little > jaunt about the thecity theell
city ell Those In the party are N Maddox MnddoxMulvey fnddoxjulvey
Mulvey Dick Harler Harle Rock Brodie BrodleHeffron BrodieHeffron
Heffron McKenney MKenne Poland CooperCruner Cooper CooperCrucer CooperCruler
Crucer and Coppen CoppenAll CoppenAU CoppenAll
All the Northern contingent conUn2 t are in ex excellent exceUent ¬
repent condition The game which was wasscheduled wasscheduled
scheduled for this afternoon with withGeorgetown wUhGeorgetoo withGeorgetown
Georgetown has been Called aIled off because becauseof
of wet w t grounds groundsWashington groundsWashington rounds l lWashlnllton
Washington fang fan will be able to see seesome self seesome
some f = oml good names aames1n ln the near future be between betwt between ¬
tween twt > ln the Nationals and the Providence Providenceteams Providenceteams Providenceteams
teams as the latter J tter has engaged the use useof useor useof
of the American Lcasrue T Leac arroe a Park for the thesoring thesDrlitg thesnriftg
soring tr trout = out and will remain here un until until ¬
til the opening of the Eastern League LeagueMRS Leaguaseasoni Leagueseason
season seasoniMRS seasontifRS
MRS MRS S DAVIS FRAIN GETS ESTATE ESTATEThe ESTATEtrhe
i trhe i4 The he will of o Davis avls M 1l L Frain dated dat d dprll
Cpril prll 15 1 1S99 has ha been offered for pro probat proba probat
bat ba He leaves his hl estate to hl his wife wifeAnn wifeAnn
Ann M Fraln who wh is named as exe execjitrix ex xe xecjtrlx e ectrix
cjitrix
We Move Anything AaythingMerchants AnythingMerchants o oMerchants
Merchants Transfer > S itora > brace t e Co CoAt Ar S
IPreserve Preserve Niagara Says SaysPresident SaysPresident
President to toConrress toConrressDeclared Congress CongressDeclares CongressI CongressDeclare
I
Declares Declared in Brief Message That No Treaty Is IsNecessary IsNecessary IsNecessary
Necessary in Order to Maintain Scenic ScenicWonders Scenici ScenicWonders
< <
i Wonders Existence
I President Roosevelt this afternoon afternoonsent atternoonHDt afternoonsent
sent the the following message to Congress Congresson
on the the subject subje t of the preservation of ofNiagara ofNiagara r rIagara
Niagara Iagara Falls FallsI aUs
001 I submit to you ou herewith the reportof report reportof reportor
of the American members of the Inter International International International ¬
national Waterways W Waterways terVas Commission re regarding regarding regarding ¬
garding th the preservation of Niagara NiagaraFalls NiagaraFalls Iagara IagaraFalls
Falls I al also o submit to you certainletters certain certainletters certaInIetters
letters from the Secretary Secre of State and andthe andthe andthe
the Secretary Secre of War Tar Including memo memoranda m memoranda o oranda ¬
randa showing what has been attempted attemptedby
by the Department of State in the ef effort etrort effort ¬
fort to secure the preservation of the thefalls thefaUs thefalls
falls by treaty treatyFour treat treatI treatyBODIES
I BODIES BEING BEIM SOUGHT SOUGHTIN SOIIGIITit1
it1 IN SMOLDERING RUINS RUINSFour IIIIINSFourr
Four firemen Killed in New N w YorkFire York YorkFire YorkFire
Fire and Others May Bein Be Bein Bein
in the Debris DebrisNEW DebrisNEW DebrisNE1v
NEW YORK March 27 2iAU All throughthe through throughthe throughthe
the night and this morning mo lng men withPIcks withpicks with withpicks
picks and shovels were digging digging Into thesmoldering the thesmoldering thesnol
snol smoldering erlng ruins at Bedford and Downing Down Downing DownIn5 ¬
ing streets in search for any dead that thatmay thatmay thatmt
may may mt y be burled under the pile of debris debristhe deblisI debristhe
the result of the he conflagration n yesterdayafternoon yesterday yesterdayafternoon yest erda y yafternoon
I afternoonFour afternoon afternoonFour afternoonFour
Four firemen were killed by a falling fallingwall talUn talUna1J faliinwall
wall a1J and It Is belief that at least twoworkmen two twoworkmen tW tWworkmen
workmen are buried b rJed in the ruins Every Everyeffort Evcl Evcletrort Everyeffort
effort is being made to recover the thebodies the thebodies thebodies
bodies The T e fire department to a manis man manis manIs
is in grief because of the death of theircomrades their theircomrades theircomrades
comrades and today comment is made madeon madeon madeon
on the fact that 50 per cent of the fire flrefighters firefighters lirefighters
fighters connected with engine company companyNo companyNo companyNo
No 14 met death de th or InjurY in the fire ftreThe fireThe fireThe
The dead are Capt John Walsh Fireman Fire Fireman FIreman ¬
man man George Christman ChristmanFireman Fireman Thomas ThomasHalpin ThomasHalpin lhomasI
Halpin Jr and Fireman Dennis HealeyThe Healey HealeyThe HealeyThe
I The total loss by the fire is estimated estimatedtoday estlmat estimatedtoday d dtoday
today at half a million dollars dollarsWITTE doI1arsWITTE dollarsWITTE
I
WITTE WILLSTOP WILL STOP STRIKE STRIKEAT STRIKEAT STRIKEAT
AT ANY COST COSTHEDECLAI3ES COSTHEDECLAI3ESST HEDECLARES HEDECLARESST HE DECLARES DECLARESST
ST PETERSBURG March Mar h 27 21n 21nconneotlon 27Inconnection In Inconnection
connection with jth the oftrepeated rum rumors rumors rumors ¬
ors that another railway strike is like likely UkeIy likely ¬
ly to occur In the near future tutu Premier PremierWltte PremierWitte PremierWitte
Witte has told friends that thAth6 he will w1llpreyent willpreventhsenewal willpreyentxrenewalof
preyentxrenewalof preyent renewalo of the rallwYstrlke raflwaystrlkeatany railway rallwYstrlkeat strike strikeat
at atany any cost
I earnestly ernestl recommend that Con Congress Congr Congress ¬
gr gress soJ enact enactlnco enact into law J law w the suggestions of ofthe otthe o othe t
the American merlcan members of the Interna International lnternatlonaf Internetlonal ¬
tional Waterways ater 3s Commission Comml lon for fol the thepreservation theprcse18Uon th thpreservation e
preservation of Niagara Falls withouwaltldg without withoutwaltitig t
waltitig for the negotiation of a treaty ti
The law can be put In such form tha that thated i
it will wmlapse lapse lay in n three years ears provid provided could couldel
ed that during that time no interna interna ¬
tional agreement has been reached But Bu Bun
In n any event I hope that this nation nationwill nationwill
will Ill make it evident Iderit that It la l doing all al I
In Its power to preserve the great scenic scenicwonder scenicwonder scenicwonder
wonder the existence of which un ¬
harmed should be a matter of r pride prld to toeven toccf3 i ievery u
even dweller dwelleron on this continent continentTHEODORE contlne continentROOSEVELT > nt ntTHEODORE
THEODORE ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELTMORE ROOSEVELTMORE ROOSEVELTMORE
MORE PAY FOR FIREMEN FIREMENTO FIREMENTn FIREMENBEURGATN
TO BE BEURGEU BEURGATN BEURGATNCommissioners URGED AT ONCECommissioners ONCE ONGECommissioners
Commissioners Will Push Bill Bec BecausMen
Men Never Got as Much 1rIuchas 1Vlichas Muchas
as PoliceElated Police PoliceElated PoliceElat
Elated Elat d at the success attending thel thelefforts their theirefforts theirtr r
efforts tr tts in Insecuring securing better pay pa for the thepolicemen thepoUcemenr th thpolicemen e
policemen the District Commissioners Comm sloners
have urged Chairman Campbell of the thesubcommittee thesubcommIttee th thsubcommittee e
subcommittee of the House Distric DistricCommittee District DistrictCommittee DistrictCommittee t
Committee to expedite the Commissioners Commission
ers eta n bill for the reorganization of the thefire thefire th thfire e
fire department which provides for a aincrease an anIncrease anJncrease n
Increase of the salaries of the firemen firemenall firemenall firerneall n nn
all along the line lineThe IlneThe lineThe
The Commissioners Com isloners will argue that the thefiremen thefJrenuri th thfiremen e
firemen rank for rank have never re received recelvw recelved ¬
ceived aiid do not now receive as large largepay largeJlay larg largpay e
pay for their services t > rvJces as the policemen policemenThis policemenThis policemeThis n
This they think will have great weight weightwith weightwith t twith
with the subcommittee subcommitteeThe subcommitteeThe ubcommltteeThe
The firemens bill provides for an anIncrease anIncrell3e a aincrease n
Increase in the salary of chief chl engineer renglneerfrom engineerfrom engineefrom r
from 2500 to 3500 the deputy chief chieffrom chietfrom chie f ffrom
from 1500 to 32500 2500 battalion engi engineers engIneers eng engneers f ¬
neers from 71200 1200 to 5000 2000 deputy fir firmarshals
marshals 1400 inspectors ftOSO ftOSOone 1080one 0S0 0S0one
one clerk at 1400 all other clerks clerk s
1200 captains Increased from 100 100to f
to 1400 lieutenants from 5900 900 t
1260 1 eo Of the rank and file privateof s
of class two shall receive an increasof
of from 900 to 1080 and those i iclass
class clas 1 from 720 to 960 960The 960The 960The
The act is to take effect after July 1 1Plenty
1 1s 1i
Plenty of Laths LathsLlbbey LathsUbbey LathsLiblieyCo6th
Ubbey Llbbey LiblieyCo6th Co Go6tha 6th and d N Y Ave 7 = Adv Adv dv
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WARRANTS OUTFOR OUTFOR OUT OUTFOR
FOR THREE MENJerome MENJerome MEN MENJerome
Jerome Orders Arrests in PoliticalInsurance Political PoliticalInsurance ¬
ance Insurance Scandal Scan ScandalSaid aISaid Said to Be Cortelyou CortelyouBliss CorteIJouBliss CortelyouBliss
Bliss and Perkins PerkinsALL Pe PerkinsALL kins kinsALL
ALL NOTIFIED OVER OVERPHONE OVERPHONEAND PHONE PHONEAND J JAND
AND PROMISE TO ANSWER ANSWERGka ANSWERC
Gka C Gi iHlJijg a rges i ges s Grow row Out of New York LifesContributions Lifes LifesContributions Lifesntributions
Contributions ntributions to Republican RepubIicanNati National NationalCampaign NationalCampaign nal nalCampaign
Campaign Funds
NEW YORK March 27 27Goided r Goaded to action by Justice OSullivans OSullivansremarkable OJSu11ivasremarkable oSullivansremarkable
remarkable charge to the grand jury yesterday District Dist ct Attorney Je Jerome Jerome Jerome ¬
rome appeared before Magistrate Moss today and obtained warrants for forthe forthe forthe
the arrest of three of the principals p ncipals in the scandal arising a sing from the NewY New NewYork NewY
York Y rk Life Insurance companys contribution cont bution to the tbeMcKinley McKinley and the theRoosevelt theRoosevelt theRoosevelt
Roosevelt campaign fundsIt fundsA funds fundsIt
It was reported at the t th A criminal court building that the three thre 3 men meni mennamed
i named in the warrants are George W Perkins Cornelius N Bliss BlissI Blisstreasurer
I treasurer of the Republican National Committee and Postmaster Gen General General Genera1
eral Cortelyou former formeiCbairman former Chairman of the t e Republican National Commit Committec Committee Committee
tee V
= v vThe iThe
j The issuance of the warrants followed a long conference between betweeni b tween tweenMagistrate
i Magistrate Moss and Mr Jerome JeromeTHEY JeromeTHEY JeromeTHEY
THEY ARE ALL NOTIFIED
j with Jth the warrants In his possessionMr possession possessioni
i Mr I Jerome went baok to his office and andI andnotified
I notified the three men by telephone that thati
i I warrants arrantt had been Issued for their ar arj arI arrest
j I rest Arrangements rrangemenl were made for them themto themto themto
to appear at the criminal court building buildingas
as early as possible with bondsmen that thatbail thatball thatbait
bail may ma be fixed pending a hearing heatingTodays hearingTodays hearingTodays
Todays action Is based upon the cam campaign campaign campaign ¬
paign contributions which Andrew Hampton Ham Hamilton HamUton ¬
ilton says say were paid by him to Cor Cornelius Cornelius Cornelius ¬
nelius nelius N Bliss and which George Geor e W WPerkins W WPerkins wPerkins
Perkins testified testt ed were gerepald paid by the New NewYork NewYork XewYork
York Life Insurance IDsuran < < Company t te MrBliss Mr MrBliss Ir IrBliss
Bliss Andrew Hamilton holds a JL vouch voucheiv voucher
eiv 6Z signed by b Bliss BUs as a receipt for for1i5000 forso1G
35000 so1G made in two payments of 510000 510000and 10000 10000and 10000and
and 56000 OSOOO to the Republican campaign campaigncommittee campaigncommittee campaigncommittee
committee committeeGeorge committeeGeorge
George Geo e W Perkins when hen he first ap apocared appeared appeared
peared as a J witness before the Armstrong Arm Armstrong rm rmstrong ¬
strong committee testified that a check checkfor checktor checkfor
for 4870250 had been drawn to the or4er or orJer orJer
Jer of J J P Morgan and given to toCornelius toCornelius toCornelius
Cornelius N Bliss for the Republican Republicancampaign Republicancampaign Republicancampaign
campaign fund in 1S01 The payment wasordered was wasordered wasordered
ordered by b John A McCall cCall president of ofthe oJ oJthe ofthe
the company The transaction was notentered not notentered notentered
entered upon the books of the company companybut campaubut companybut
but was was1nt first charged to a nonledger nonledgeraccount nonledgeroaccount nonledgeraccount
account and afterward arterwardlranererred transferred to tothe tothe tothe
the t profit > rbflt and loss account ac ount on toe regu regular regula regulac ¬
lar la books book
booksHamilton
Hamilton Involves BlissThat Bliss BlissThat BlissTht
That Cornelius N Bliss BU s had received receivedother rece1ndother receivedother
other and larger amounts from life in insjurance insurance insurance
sjurance surance companies for Republican campaign cam campaljrn Cflmpal
paljrn pal paign n purposes was not however made md mdknown madeknown
known until Andrew Hamiltons sensa sensational I a atlonal
tlonal and unexpected return from fromParis tromParis fromParis
Paris Soon after he reached New York YorkMr YorkMr YorkMr
Mr Hamilton announced that be had hadciven haddven hadriven
civen Mr Bliss 75000 5t and held the theRepublican tbeRepublican theRepublican
Republican committee treasurers re receiot recclpt recelpt
ceiot for that sum sumWhen sumWhen
When this statement was brought to tothe tothe tothe
the attention of Mr Ir Bliss he denounced denouncedit
it as utterly false notwithstanding the thefact thefact
fact that Hamilton had produced hod the thevoucher tb tbvoucber
voucher which had been photographed photographedand
and reproduced in newspapers newspapersNo newspapersSo
No such Bum of money mone was ever paidover paid paidover paido
over o er by b Hamilton or the New ew York Yorklife York1Ue YorkT
life T fe said Bliss nsty My y word ought to tooe toue toue
ue accepted No o such voucher exists existsIf existsif
If anyone says so he liesJudge lies liesJudge IleaJudge
Judge Hamilton replied to this by b producing pro produclng producing
ducing the voucher and ant explaining every everydetail eerydetail
detail of the transaction0fficials transaction transactionOfficials transactionOIficiaJs
Officials Are Questioned QuestionedVice QuestionedVice
Vice 1 < e President Kerwin P Klngsley of ofthe otthe ofthe
the New York Life Insurance CompanyGENI Company CompanyDEFENDS CompanGEN
GEN PETER HAINS HAINSDEFENDS IIA1N
DEFENDS LOCK 1Ot1KPETER CANAL CANALDeclares CANALDeclares ANA ANADeclares
Declares This Type the Most Advisable Advisahleand Advisableand Advisabland e
and One Most Readily ReadilyCompleted ReadilyCompleteil ReadilyCompleted
Completed CompletedGen CompleteilGen
Gen Peter Halns canal commission commissioner commission commIssiJnere commissioner
er ere and signer of the minority mInor1t report of ofthe otthe
the board of consulting engineers today todaybetore j
before the Senate Committee on Intor Intoroceanic Int Intoceanic r roceanic
oceanic Canals testified in defense of a alock alock
lock canal across the isthmus of o I sn snama awaura n nams
ama as outlined by b the minority r re report revort
port He said saJdthat that such a 8 canal would wouldeasily wouldeasUy wouldeasily
easily accommodate all commerce that thatapplied thatapplied t
applied for transmission through the theisthmus tbeIsthmus theisthmus
isthmus and that he considered conslder d it to tobe tobe
be the most feasible plan from the very veryfact per er erfact
fact act that Its construction would be com completed com completed cornpleted ¬
pleted at an earlier e rller date than would woundsealevel a asealevel aseaIeel
sealevel ditch ditchHe dachHe
He said that with a lock canal much of ofthe S
the curvature of the waterway betweethe between betweenthe bctw 43n 43nthe n
the Atlantic and Pacific at Pant PanLma PanLmawould ma mawould a
would be eliminated This feature at aljne aljnewould almewould me
would guarantee a speedy transmission transmissionof transmissoof n
of vessels and he had no idea that thatlocks thatlOcks
locks large enough to accommodate a ad a a900foot 8900toot
900foot vessel could not be constructed constructedas canstruct co ruct d
as easily as a GOO or 700foot lock lockOn lockOn lockOn
On the Gatun Gatundam dam proposition he hesaid hesaid h a
said that the site advocated by the lock lockcanal to d t
canal was all that could be desired desiredand desiredand
and that thatmuch much of what was said against againstthe again againthe =
the site he thought tho1 ht was based on opti optimistic opt ¬
mastic views lew8 He did not go into full fulldetail tuIldetail ful fuldetail 1
detail regarding reg rdln the building of th thcanal the thecanal e
canal confining himself mostly to o th thtype thtypEs o s
type of the canal to be b constructed constructedwhich constructedwhich constructedwhich
which he considered paramount at this thistime thIstime thi thitime s
time to t all other questions Que Uons
was one of the first of the insuranceomoi81s insuranceomelets insurance insuranceofficials
officials found by the district attorney attorneyoffice attorney8omce attornrneyeonce
office He ws taken to the Tombs Tombscourt Tombsco Tombscourt
court co rt by b Assistant District AttorneyKressel Attorney AttorneyKressel AttorneyKressel
Kressel and in Magistrate Motts fotts private pri private prlyate ¬
vate chambers Kinsley made a sworn sworndeposition IwomtopomUon sworndoposttlon
deposition depositionSubpoenas doposttlonSubpoenas < < topomUonSubpoenas
Subpoenas for other officials of theNew the theNew th thew
New ew York Life were Immediately Issuedand Issued Issuedand lsued lsuedand
and it is believed that additional wa warants warrants war warrants ¬
rants will b be Issued In the course cou of the theproceediags th thproceediJl theproceedings
proceedings proceedingsAfter proceediagsAfter proceediJl s sAtter
After making tae deposition r Vice VicePres VicePresldeet Pres President es esIdent ¬
ident KIngsIej KlngI 1 was permitted lo leave leavethe Ien Ienthe leavethe
the court He went to the district at attorneys attorn attorneys ¬
torneys torn ys office Edmund D Randolph
treasurer of the New York Life Insur Insurance InsuraHC Insurance ¬
ance aHC Company was already there The he
twb insurance officials were closeted closetedwith closetedwith closetedwith
with Mr 11 Jerome for a long time
It is understood that Kingsley and
Randolph Rands ph swore to affidavits in regard regardto regardth
to the th 45000 Gti paid by George TV t Perkinds Per Perklnds PerkInds
kInds to Cornelius N Bliss These affi ¬
davit it Is said are to support the thewarrants thewarrants thewarrants
warrants which are believed to have haven
bean n Issued for Perkins Bliss Bts and Cor Cortelyou Cortel Cortely ¬
tely telyou tel ou
Perkins Sees CounselMr Counsel CounselMr CounselIr
Mr Ir Perkins had a a consultation with withhis withhis withhis
his counsel Mr 1 > lr Byrne of the firm of ofHornblower otHornblower ofHornbower
Hornblower Miller Byrne and remained re remained remained
mained with him in the offices WJ C J P PMorgan Porgan PMorgan
Morgan organ Co at Broad and Wall Wallstreets all allstreets aiistreets
streets He sent out this message la n re response response respouse ¬
sponse to an inquiry inquiryL
L know nothing of any impendingarrest impending impendingarrest ImNndlnsarrMtt
arrest arrestCornelius arrMttCornelius arrestCornelius
Cornelius N Bliss was not in the city cityIt cityIt cityIt
It was unofficially unotrlclall stated at the die dietrict district di ditrict ¬
trict attorneys office that the arrests arrestswould arresswould arrestswould
would not be made at once The three tlreemen ttreemen threemen
men will be asked to come to the crim criminal crJmInal criminal ¬
inal courts building with their counsel counseland counslland counseland
and bondsmen and the warrants will willI willbe in inbe
I be served in court courtCortelyou courtCortelyou courtCortelyou
Cortelyou Learns earns it Here HereWhen Hereen HereWhen
When en Postmaster General Cortelyou Cortelyouarrived Cortelyouarrhed Cortelyouarrived
arrived at the White House this morn morning mornIng morning ¬
ing to attend the Cabinet meeting he hewas hewas hewas
was asked about the warrant said tohave to tohave toha
have ha e been Issued for his arrest in inNew InNeW inNew
New York Mr Ir Cortelyou declared declaredthat decla declathat declaredthat
that he had not heard anything from fromNew fromew fromNew
New ew York to the effect that officials officialswere oftlclalswere officialswere
were looking for him with a a warrant warrantHe warrantHe warrantHe
He declined to discuss the matter atall at atall atall
all but It is understood he told sev several se seera several ¬
eral era of his fellowCabinet officials asthey as asthey asthey
they were gathering for the meeting meetingthat meeUn meeUnthat meetingthat
that he had just heard of the issuance issuanceof issuanceof
of the warrant through unofficial cir circles circles circles ¬
cles clesKAISER clesKAISER
KAISER WINS NATION NATIONFOR NATIONFOR
FORBIGGEIANNAW FORBIGGEIANNAWBerr FOR BIG B1GEIIMAN GERMAN NAVY NAVYHerr
Herr Bebel Socialist Leader Complains Complainsof
of Emperors Emperors Emper rs Wonderful Success Successas
as Naval MissionaryBERLIN Missionary MissionaryBERLIN MissionayI
BERLIN March 27Herr 2T Herr Bebel the thesocialist theBocJalist thesocialist
I
socialist leader speaking in the reichstag
today toda declared that the Kaiser has caswrough haswrougM haswrough
wrough an amazing aI 3Zng change in public publicopinion publicoplulon publicopinion
opinion c c he te question of the navy na A Adecade Adecade
decade ago o the Conservatives Clericalsand Clericals Clericalsand Clericalsand
and Liberals throughout the whole hole na nation nation nation ¬
tion were strongly opposed to gn n in increase increase Increase ¬
crease in n the navy Since 1S3S whwi hE hen > l1 theEmperor the theEmperor theEmperor
Emperor started an oratorical campaign campaignin
in favor of expanding the navy ua he has hasconverted hascoOerted hasconverted
converted the Conservatives Clericals Clericalsand C Clericalsand erlcaI8 erlcaI8and
and Liberals to his own opinion Now Nowthe Nowthe Xowthe
the entirenqtion entire nqUon with the exception ofthe of ofi orthe
i the socialists approvers approvs the he creation of ofa ota ofa
a powerful fleet fleetHerr fleetHerr
Herr Bebel reproved the German natiou na nation nat10u ¬
tion for alowing al owing the monarch to in influence Infiuence Inits
fluence its opinion to this extent Bebel BebelI Be BebeFa BebeFareproach rA rAreproa
I reproach reproa h really furnishes furnl hes the best proof proofof proolot
of the Kaisers magnetic magJ eUc influence over
the masses of r the German people peoplePRESIDENT peoplePRESIDENT
PRESIDENT DISCUSSESt DISCUSSES DISCUSSESPORTO DISCUSSESPORTORICG
PORTO PORTORICG RIO t n BILL BILLRepresentative BILLRepre
Representative Repre ntatlve Cooper of Wisconsin Wisconsinchairman WIsconsiI1chairman
chairman of the House Committee on
Insular Affairs talked with Ith the Presi Presst ¬
dent t this morning about the bill o 6T t
Commissioner Larrinaga Larrina of Porto Rico Ricoto Ricoto Ricoto
to amend the Foraker act actMr
Mr Larrinaga was at the White WhiteHouse WhiteHousp
House yesterday afternoon and in informed informed ¬
formed the President that a number of ofprominent ofpromInent ofprominent
prominent Porto Ricans were on their theirway tlleirway
way to Washington Washingtonopthea to opthea appear appearthe before beforethe beforethe
the committee In n behalf of t the e bill
t
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