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FRANCE TO WIN IN
MOROCCAN PARLEY
Berlin Says Kaiser Sees Madness
of Attempt to Humiliate
the French.
Journal 8pecial Servloe.
Berlin, Jan. 13."There is storm
enough now," Emperor "William re
marked to one of his suite when he
landed in Morocco in a howling gale
last spring, it is now recalled. "But
I have a sort of feeling that time has
in store a bigger storm still if Buelow
.gets his way in this affair."
The emperor's views upon the Mor
occo question have undergone a com
plete change.
At the time of the first publishing
of the agreement between France and
England, by which Prance was given
a free hand in Morocco and England
was allowed full swing in Egypt, Em
peror William said the agreement was
equivalent to an alliance against Ger
many and must be opposed at all haz
ards. Imperial Chancellor von Buelow
did not agree that it would be oppor
tune to take action at that time. After
a struggle the emperor acquiesced.
Emperor's Views Change,
Then came the emperor's visit to
Tangiers. Already his opinions had be
come modified, and it is absolutely cer
tain that the speech he made there to
Moorish notabilities, promising that
Morocco's sovereignty and integrity
should be maintained, was made en
tirely at von Buelow's sugestion. From
that time until the crisis in the nego
tiations with France the emperor's
mind was steadily changing, but, while
he was becoming more moderate, von
Buelow was getting provocative and
bellicose.
Since last August the emperor has
been pouring oil upon the troubled
waters. He is now convinced that it
would be madness to make any at
tempt to humiliate France. France
knows this and is acting accordingly.
Everyone here who can see behind
the diplomatic curtain believes that
on practically all of the issues at the
Algeciras conference France will come
out victor. On the question of policing
the frontier she surely will win, pos
sibly conceding to Germany unimport
ant points with regard to matters on
which money is involved.
France Counts on England.
Journal Special Service.
Rome, Jan. 13."The moment that
France presents her demand for a guar
antee regarding the policing of the
Algerian frontier the discussion of the
Moroccan conference*, will become seri-
ous.'^ This is the Opinion" pf a-
high-,Wife
Italian official, who added:
"The frequent armed incursions of
Moroccan bands of Rebels compels
France to adopt strong precautionary
measures, and on this point the French
government counts on the support of
England and Italy.
"The German representative at the
international conference at Algeciras
will advocate the policy of the open
doora policy which was accepted by
all the powers, tho with certain re
strictions relating to their respective
interests.
"Spain will insist on the elimination
of all territorial concessions under the
protectorate of foreign nations on the
Moroccan coast, and in that demand
ehe will be supported by the representa
tives of the United States, France,
Italy and Austria.
For Moroccan Independence.
"The representative of Italy, sup
ported by representatives of Austria
and the United States, will propose that
the nations represented at the congress
guarantee the independence of Morocco
under the sovereignty of the present
sultan and the ..establishing of interna
tional neutrality at Tangier and also of
the formation of a neutral zone around
the town.
"In addition the Italian delegate
will propose the 'establishment in Mo
rocco of zones of Spanish, French ahKil
German influence, Spain to have the
controlling influence on the Mediterran
ean shores, Germany on the Atlantic
coast, France on the Morocco-Algerian
frontier, a tract on either side of the
line of demarcation to be declared neu
tial, while Italy will have charge of the
international police in the town of Tan*
gier.
Proposals Already Accepted.
A preliminary exchange of views
has already taken place between the
interested ministers and the greater
part of these proposals have been ac
cepted, so, except in the event of un
foreseen, but highly improbable fric
tion, all things point to an early and
peaceful settlement of the Moroccan
question with the entire consent of the
interested powers.
A special agreement between
France, Italy and England will guaran
tee the right of Italy in Tripolitania
and the eventual occupation* of that
territory by Italy.''
Warships Ordered to Europe.
Journal Special Service.
Buenos Aires, Jan. 13.It is an
nounced^that several foreign ministers
here have received instructions to or
der war vessels of their respective na
tionalities n'ow in the South Atlantic
to return* home immediately. The or
der is probably connected with the Mo
roccan question.
MADMAN FIGHTS POLIGE
THEN GOMMITS SUICIDE
Special to The Journal.
Milwaukee, Jan. 13.After a desper
ate fight with two policemen, an un
known man, Supposedly insane, commit
ted suicide at the residence of Jacob
Kunkel by cutting his throat with
a razor. Two officers, Herman Mar-
Snardt
^nd George Boerner, were
ashed by the maniac.
As a result of the encounter the room
in the little cottage on Wright street
looked like the interior of a slaughter
house.
Kunkel is convinced that his own life
was saved onlv bv the wav he humored
the man for nearly three hours, during
the most of which he and his four chil
dren were alone in the house with the
madman, and during the latter part of
this time. Mi. Kunkel's wife also was
KAISER AND CASTRO 'YASSAR HEIRESS'
BOTH WORRY PRANCE
"WHO'S AFRAID?"
SAY VENEZUELANS
South American Diplomats Show
Little Fear of French
"Big Stick."
Journal Special Service.
Washington, Jan. 13.In French cir
cles it is declared that orders to move
against Venezuela will be cabled to the
warships assembled at Martinique,
which is only forty-eight hours from the
Venezuelan coast. But the Venezuelan
diplomats shrug their shoulders and
"Well, what of itf
'There are only four ships at Mar
tinique," they add. "The Venezuelan
coast is 2,000 miles in length. A pa
cific blockade cannot be established
it is contrary to international law.
Thirtv per cent of the customs receipts
of La Guayra and Puerto Cabello are
pledged by treaty for the payment of
the claims of the powers which block
aded Venezuela 1902. The other
powers, including France, are receiving
a certain percentage of the duties col
lected at other ports.
German Interests in Way.
A blockade, therefore, will not in
jure Venezuela alone/ It will affect
France and other powers. Suppose
France orders the bombardment of a
port German and other foreign busi
ness houses are maintained at all ports,
and view of the strain already exist
ing in the relations between France
and Germany, growing out of the Mo
roccan question, it is unlikely that the
French ships will be ordered to take
any action which would destroy German
property, wherever it may be. They
will not dare send ashore a small land
ing party. President Castro has a
large army and, besides, the whole
country would flame up with patriot
ism if any European power placed
troops withiri its borders.
"Finally, France must consider the
effect of intervention upon public sen
timent in America.''
It is a philosophical way of looking
at the matter, but it is the Venezuelan,
not the French view. There is no doubt
that France is in a temper over the
Continued on 2d Page, 6th Column.
CHICAGO WOMAN
SINGER MURDERED
of Pwttnltte^Mlter, Her
self a Leader in Musical
Circles, Slain.
Chicago, Jan. 13.Mrs. Bessie Hol
lister, 30 years of age, the wife of
Franklin C. Hollister of the printing
firm of Hollister Brothers, one of the
largest concerns of its kind in the city,
was murdered last night by Richard
Ivins, 24 years old.
The body of Mrs. Hollister was found
this morning lying on a pile of stable
refuse in the rear of the Ivins resi
dence at 368 Belden avenue. Around
the neck was twisted a fine copper wire
and death had been caused by strangu
lation.
Confessed to Crime.
Ivins, who pretended to And the
body, and reported the fact of the mur
der to the police, confessed to the crime
a short time after he had been taken
into custody. His statement to the po
lice, in effect, was that he was at work
in his carpenter shop near where the
body was found, and that when Mrs.
Hollister passed by he attacked her,
and when she resisted he dragged her
into the carpenter shop and killed her
by twisting the wire around her neck.
He then went home and remained there
all night.
This morning he went to the barn,
ostensibly to perform some work, and,
pretending to find the body, rushed into
the house and reported to his father,
and later to the police, that the body
of a woman was lying on the heap of
refuse near the barn.
Ivins, in his confession, said he was
drunk at the time of the crime, but this
is denied by his mother, who says he
came into the house and ate his sup
per while perfectly sober.
Last Seen by Friends.
Mrs. Hollister left her home yester
day afternoon to attend the funeral of
a friend, Mrs. Emma Semple. When
she left the house she intended to stop
at a florist's and order some flowers to
be sent to the funeral.
That was the last seen of her by any
of her friends. The flowers she ordered
arrived at the funeral, but Mrs. Hol
lister did not appear.
After waiting until 7 o'clock for
her return to her home, Mr. Hollister
informed the police of her disappear
ance, and an all-night search, which
proved futile, was begun. Early this
morning the body was found. Judging
from the appearance of her clothing,
Mrs. Hollister had made a desperate
iight before she was killed.
Mrs. Hollister was a woman of per
sonal charm, handsome, and had for
years been prominent because of her
voice, which was considered to be of
extraordinary quality. She frequently
appeared at musical entertainments
here.
EPIDEMICS MENAGE
GHIGAGO, HE AYERS
Chicago, Jan. 13.Members of the
city council finance committee have
been startled by. a request from Health
Commissioner Whalen for an emergen
cy appropriation of $10,000 to check
the spread of scarlet fever, diphtheria
and smallpox in Chicago. Dr. Whalen
painted the situation in alarming colors.
The commissioner related the fight
waged in scarlet fever in several sub
urban towns and declared that, instead
of growing better, conditions had grown
worse. Diphtheria, he said, was spread
ing rapidly, and smallpox has been
found twice in the last forty-eight
hours. More help in the isolation hos
pital was needed, he said.
STORY WAS HOAX
Girl Who Worked as Servant and
Told of Sudden Fortune
Has Vanished.
Journal Special Service.
Pittsburg, Jan. 13.Katherine Gray,
the alleged Vassar girl graduate who
has been working as a servant in this
city for the past four months and who
claimed to have at last come into a for
tune of $300,000 to $500,000 in. United
States bonds, has disappeared. Super
intendent McQuade of the Pittsburg de
tective force is looking for the young
woman and also for a man who. is be
lieved to have assisted heT in carrying
on her hoax.
Two weeks ago she received a letter
telling that her father's fortune of
more than $300,000 in United States
bonds, which had disappeared when he
died, had been found.
Attorney W. G. Stewart was called
in and the girl furnished with money
to go to Washington and meet her
uncle, Colonel John Gray, at the Wil
lard hotel. No Colonel John Gray was
found there. The girl's employers then
demanded that she show proofs of her
claims and she indignantlv quit their
service on Thursday and has not since
been seen. Inquiry at Norfolk and
Eiehmond discloses there never was a
Senator Asbury Gray and that no
Colonel John Gray is known in the
former confederate capital.
TM N O DOORMAT,'
LAWSON SHRIEKS
Boston Man of 'Frenzied Finance'
Hurls Defiance at Peoria
Club.
Journal Special Servloe.
Boston, Jan. 13.Thomas W. Law
son will not be a speaker at the Wash
ington's birthday banquet of the Creve
Coeur club, Peoria, 111. In a letter
mailed last night to H. M. Pindell,
chairman of the banquet committee, he
says:
I find there is some objection on
the part of some of your members to
my speaking at your banquet. I would,
therefore, ask your courtesy in cancel
ing my engagement. It was only at
urgent and repeated requests of your
officers that I consented to accept.
While thanking the large majority of
your members who have shown their
confidence in me, I must, in justice tov
myself, say this:
'I would See your club, and every
other club in America, in hades before
I would humiliate myself by i*fctmg at
their board with the knowledge tha*
I was not a welcome guest to any sin
gle one of my hosts.'
"The curs of the system have seen
fit, in the furtherance of their sneak
thievery and 'manly' warfare, to ad
vertise me as having some game I want
to work off on the American people.
I have no game. I want neither
th.e American people's money, office,
nor anything in their gift. As I pay
my own way, and as I took up a task
which has brought down on my head
the hatred and machinations of every
financial pup in the country, I am. and
will be, as independent as a Fourth of
July Yankee with a hide full of hard
cider. Under no circumstances do I
offer myself as the "doormat for the
American people or any section
thereof."
Representatives Martii? and Bdrlce have recom
mended John C. McMillan for reappointment as
postmaster at Sturgis, S D.
STANDHfGIAT'AS
REPUEIGAN-PERIL
McCall Tells His Party Associates
They Must Revise Tariff or
Lose Control.
SAMTTEZ, W. McOAXL,
Bepublican Congressman* Who Calls for
Tariff Eevision.
Journal Special Service.
Washington, Jan. 13."If the tariff
is not revised,within the next two years
by the republican party -we shall cer
tainly have the democrats in power and
then will come the deluge,'' was the
statement made in the house late yes
terday, by Eepresentative Samuel W.
McCall, a republican member from
Massachusetts.
Mr. McCall is an*ardent tariff revis
ionist and a member of the committee
on ways and means.
"The governor of Massachusetts
never spoke a truer word than when he
said in a recent statement that if the
campaign in that state had been' on a
stand pat' platform the election would
have been lost to the republicans,"
Eepresentative McCall continued.
These two' statements caused much
discussion among the standpatters in
the house. Led by Speaker Cannon*,
the republican majority has refused to
believe the statement made as to the
desire of the people at large for a re
vision of the tariff.
Mc. McCall, made his speech on the
Philippine bill and said he intended vot
ing for it because he believed the peo
ple of every part of the United States,
whether insular or otherwise, were en
titled to the same treatment us the'citi
zens of any other part.
Mr. McCall is regarded as one of the
most conservative men "in the house. He
is not given to m^Mi^^ald predictions
and statements^a&d ffecause of" this his
remarks attracted'luue&h attention and
comment.
3
Present indications point to the pas
sage by.-congress of a maximum and
minimum tariff bill before March- 1, on
which date the existing commercial
treaty between the United States and
Germany becomes void thru notice of
abrogation. It is believed such a
measure will enable the president to
meet all customs discriminations -im-
posed by Germany or other foreign na
tions against American manufactures.
The proposed bill would fix the mini
mum rates at those now prescribed by
the Dingley tariff act. The maximum
rates would be limited to a 25-per cent
increase over those offered by the Ding
ley act.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jan 18 The British
pte*mer Santiago, which left here yesterday, took
to Panama the body of Thomas Nast. the car
toonist and former American consul here, who
died of yellow {ever Eec 7, 1902 From Panama
the body \1H be taken to New York.
MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM BENEFITS, AT LEAST.
There is talk of congress adopting the maximum and minimum tariff plan. Haven't we something'!
of that sort in force at present^
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JEROME IS AFTER
INSURANCE HEADS
New /York's District Attorney
Will Fulfill His Pledge to
Prosecute.
New York, Jan. 13.It can be stated
authoritatively that District Attorney
Jerome will prosecute those officers of
the big insurance companies who have
violated the criminal laws. No pubho
move will be made by the district at
torney for several days, or probably not
until after Jan. 20.
There are reasons which prevent him
from taking the public into his confi
dence at the present time. These rea
sons, it is understood, involve matters
which have an important bearing upon
the success of any prosecutions he may
begin.
The district attorney feels keenly the
criticisms which have been leveled
against him for his seeming inactivity
in life-insurance matters. Jerome could
not explain the cause for delay of
prosecution without jeopardizing the
success of the undertakings he has in
view.
When asked why he had made no
public move in the seventy-two days
which have elapsed since he made his
promise to prosecute all guilty insur
ance officials, he declined to discuss the
subject. It is known, however, he has
been preparing for an investigation by
a special grand jury which may be
sworn in next month.
NEW EVIDENCE IN
THE PATRICK CASE
Proof of His Innocence Is De
clared to Be in Hand, to Give
to Governor.
Journal Special Service.
New York, Jan. 13.New and start
ling evidence is to be presented to Gov
ernor Higgins, Monday, to prove that
Albert T. Patrick, now in the death
house at Sing Sing, awaiting execution
on Jan. 22, never killed William M.
Eice, and, in fact, that Bice died from
natural causes. This information comes
from Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton,
whose petition asking for clemency for
the condemned man is to have a hear
ing before the governor.
"Patrick's counsel have evidence to
show that neither Jones nor Patrick
killed Rice, but that he died a natural
death," said Dr. Hamilton. "Out of
courtesy to the governor I cannot give
the names of the witnesses, but their
testimony will convince anyone of Pat
rick's innocence.
"The lawyers are ready to give the
evidence to tftF governor, either by
affidavit or by verbal oath, of at leftist
eight witnesses to whom Jones on his
return to Texas spoke on the convic
tion of Patrick. They will swear that
Jones Baid that he was no murderer,
and had lied because the district at
torney had him in a corner and had
accused him of causing Bice's death by
giving him mercury. They are ready to
swear that Jones said he had invented
the chloroform story to save himself
and that Patrick was innocent.
"This confession would not be
worthy of attention were it not for the
facts that were presented in the scien
tific evidence which conclusively prove
its truth.
"Patrick's counsel for the last four
or six weeks have had a searching
medical examination carried out by
three pathologists of international
reputation. All of them are prepared
to say that Rice died from natural
causes.''
Simple Services Over Remains of
Fireman Hero Attended
by Many.r
W. S. AMSDEN I S DEAD
THE TENTH FIRE VICTIM
CAPTAIN BERWIN
IS LAID TO REST
Funeral services over the remains of
Captain John Berwin, the hero of the
West hotel fire who fell to his death
while saving the life of another, were
held at Bethany Presbyterian church,
Oak and Union streets SE, at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
Long before the time for the ser
vices all the seats in the little church
not reserved for intimate friends and
relatives were Allied with persons who
had known and respected the brave
fireman. They sat in reverent silence
while the remains, escorted by members
of Oslo lodge, Sons of Norway, in full
uniform, were being brought from the
Berwin home atr 304 Walnut street.
A short service was read at the homo
and only the family and intimate
friends attended.
The services at the church were eon
ducted by Kev. N. B. Thvedt, an old
friend of the family. He read the ser
vice in both English and Norwegian
and spoke feelingly of the honest and
upright life of Captain Berwin, calling
attention to the many times he had
risked his own life that others might be
saved from death. He also -spoke com
fortingly to the widow and the four
small children who are left without
the protection of a husband and father.
Among those who attended the funeiv
al were Chief J. R. Canterbury and As
sistant Chief Hanley, and representa
tives from each of the fire stations.
Chief Canterbury relieved as many men
from duty as could be spared that they
might attend the services. Fire de
partment headquarters were closed all
the afternoon and all those employed
there attended.
At the close of the service at the
church the members of Oslo lodge
formed a marching line and accompa
nied the remains to Lakewood ceme
tery. The body was buried in the fire
men's lot, in accordance with the ritual
of the lodge.
MAHOUT THE WORD
FOR AUTO DRIVER
Mark Twain Solves a Problem
and, for Himself, Banishes
"Chauffeur."'
New York, Jan. 13.Mark Twain has
solved a nation's problem. He has
found a substitute for the most ma
ligned and unpronounceable word in the
new language of automobilingchauf
feur. This word, which he declares, is
said in' nine different ways, all of them
wrong, he would abolish, and establish
"mahout" in its place.
Mark Twain announces his discovery
in a letter to Harper's Weekly to which
this quotation is a preface:
Scarcely had Watchman Fowler taken
his post at the sate when a procession of
strange creatures appeared.
"Halt! Who goes there?" ejaculated
the watchman, when a fat negro ap
proaohed, laboriously leading a thin, bow
legged goat.
"Dis heah beast is ole Ironsides, suh,"
exclaimed the goat's mahoutFrom
"Dan'l the Bulldog," in the Times.
"When I read it." the letter says,
I recognized witn a thrill that the
right word had been found at last
mahout. The 'mobile, that majestic
devil, that impressive devil, is our ele-
fhe
thant, he is in* a class by himself, like
jungle monarch to be his master,
pilot and compeller is a post of%solemn
and awful dignity and danger, ami it
does seem me
thatproperly
that measly word
chauffeur'to does not fit the oc
cupant of it. Chauffeur is a good
enough word when strictly confined to
its modest awa rightful placeas you
will see by what Littre says about it.
I translate: 'A chauffeur is the firer
up on the street corner, peanut roaster
in English, stoker.' A good enough
word, you see, in its own place, out
when we come to apply it to the ad
miral of the thunderous 'mobile or of
the mighty elephant we realize that it
is inadequate. No, stoker is not the
thingj chauffeur is not the thing ma
hout is the thingmahout is the word
we need. Besides, there is only one
way of saying mahout, whereas there
are nine ways of saying chauffeur, and
none of them right. With ever increas
ing respect, dear sir, as the ages roll
on, I am yoursMark Twain'."
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MARSHALL FIELD IS
MAKING GOOD FIGHT
New York, Jan. 13.Marshall Field,
who is ill with pneumonia, rested
quietly during the night, according to
a statement made at the Holland house
this morning. There has been appar
ently no change in the patient's condi
tion since last night's bulletin, which
said that the disease had not extended.
The physicians in attendance said that
it was not possible to give the pulse
and temperature of patients who were
suffering with pneumonia for they
varied greatly at different stages of the
disease and the figures would be simply
misleading to the public.
The opinion about the hotel seems to
be that Mr. Field will surely recover.
The physicians, it is said, are quite
satisfied with the situation. Dr. Frank
Billings. Mr. Field's family physician,
who reached here yesterday, spent the
night with the patient, who, it was
said, was greatly cheered by the pres
ence of his old friend.
TYPHOID IN PITTSBURG SUBURB.
Pttsburg, Jan. 13.An epidemic of
typhoid fever prevails in the borough
?'here
Wilkinsburg, adjacent to this city,
are now more than a "hundred
cases of the disease and several deaths
have resulted. The board of health
is unable to find the source of the con
tagion. Samples of water taken from
fublic springs have been brought to
his city for analysis.
ONE MOREADDED
TO ROLL OFDEAD
W. S. Amsden Dies from In
juries Received in the West
Hotel Fire.
William S. Amsden, superintendent
of the Minneapolis & Northern Eleva
tor company, who was burned in the
West hotel fire early Wednesday morn
ing, died at the city hospital at 1:45
p.m. today.
Mr. Amsden is the tenth victim of
the terrible fire to die and he suc
cumbed to injuries after a long, heroic
fight pluckily against death. He was
in his room on the seventh floor of the
hotel when the fire broke out and the
flames swept into the apartment, burn
ing his body annl filling his lungs with
deathly hot air and poisonous smoke.
He was found unconscious by the
firemen, who carried him out and har
ried him to the city hospital in an
ambulance. At first it was thought that
he was only ^slightly injured and for a
time he improved tinder the care of the
physicians.
Thursday afternoon he began to fail
rapidly and then the physicians gave
up hope of saving his life. He lingered
until this afternoon, when he died,
having been unconscious since yester
day.
Mr. Amsden's relatives were all in
California at the time of the fire. His
mother died in Los Angeles the night
he was injured. His brother, C. M.
Amsden, is on the way to Minneapolis
with the remains of the mother and
will reach the city tomorrow.
With the Injured.
Miss Mary Rowan, who is also at the
city hospital, is recovering, as also is
B. W. Swisky at the same hospital.
Mr. Swisky has been declared out of
danger.
Gordon Sapp and Mrs. B. D. Barlow
are out of danger and improving at St.
Barnabas hospital.
Lamme's Body Sent West.
Lieutenants Charles C. Bankhead,
Thomas H. Lowe and John R. Stackey
from Fort Snelling escorted the body
of Clinton Lamme, the West Point ca
det who was burned to death at the
West hotel, from Hume & Davies' un
dertaking rooms to the union station
today.
The procession left the undertaking
rooms at exactly 10 o'clock and went
directly to the union station, arriving
there at# 10:15. Edwin Lamme, father
of the victim, also accompanied the re
mains to the station and will tike them
on to the\*amily home in Bozeman,
Mont. The remains were taken on the
Northern Paeifjcr express leaving Min
neapolis at 10-30.
The unei. and interment will be atr
Bozeman.
Wolfe Funeral Tomorrow.
The funeral of J. E. Wolfe, a West
hotel victim, will be held under the
auspices of the B'nai Brith at 2:30
p.m., Sunday, from the Johnson &
Landis undertaking parlors. 56 Seventh
street S. Friends are invited but are
requested not to send flowers. The
burial will be at the Montefiore ceme
tery.
The brother and sister of William
Block, another fire victim, have arrived
from New York and will return this
evening with the body.
The funeral of W. G. NichoHs will
be held from the residence of Thomas
Taylor, 3343 Ninth avenue S, Monday
at 2:30 p.m. The funeral will be pri
vate.
MB. AMSDEN'S MOTHER DIES
Death Was Nearly Coincident with Her
Sou's Injury.
Within a few hours of the time that
W. S. Amsden, superintendent of the
Minneapolis and Northern elevator sus
tained ^atal injuries in the West
hotel fire, his mother, Mrs. S. S
Amsden, died in Los Angeles, Cal. The
message that conveyed the news of the
dangerous condition of Mr. Amsden
and requested his brother, C. M. Ams
den. to hasten to Minneapolis, arrived
near the death hour of Mrs. Amsden
and its reply bore intelligence of her
demise.
C. M. Amsden, of the Pillsbury
Washburn company, is now hurrying to
the city to attend his brother. He is
bringing with him the remains of their
mother. He will reach the city tomor
row. W. S. Amsden is yet ignorant of
the death of his parent and the news
will be kept from him until his condi
tion improves.
Mrs. Amsden was well known in Min
neapolis, which had been her home for
several years, prior to her removal to
Los Angeles two years ago for the bene
fit of her failing health. In addition
to her sons, she leaveB a brother, City
Treasurer C. S. Hulbert.
RESCUE WORK DONE
Fire Stations Report on Work of Sav
ing Life at Fire.
Some of the reports from the sev
eral ftte stations were handed to Chief
J. R. Canterbury today, showing the
rescue work done by each company at
the West hotel fire.
Hook and Ladder company No. 1 res
cued five men from the top floor with
pompier ladders, and Hook and Ladder
company No. 2 rescued ^Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Spiesberger from their room on
the seventh floor. Hook and Ladder
company No. 3 carried five persons
down the ladders from the fifth floor.
Truck No. 4 rescued seven persons by
taking them down ladders flace in
the alley at the rear of the building.
No. 4 chemical rescued one nan from
the seventh floor and engine company
No. 6 took two persons from their
rooms on the seventh floor 6own the
laddeTS and carried four unconscious
men down the stairs. Engine company
No. 2 rescued Mrs. Barlow and Gladys
and Dorothy Maybie and Mrt Aarons.
The full report has not Tet been
made, but will show much moire rescue
work done during the fire.
NAMED REGISTER OF TRTSA8URY.
Washington, Jan. 13.President Roose
velt today announced the appointment of
W. T. Vernon, principal of the Qulndaro
Institute at Qulndaro, Kan., to be regis
ter of the treasury in succession to Jud
son W. Lyons. Charges were preferred
against Vernon, but they were not sus
tained by the Investigation mwfm by di
rection of the president
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