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TEN PERISH IN FIRE
SET BY_BLACK RAND
Five Others Hurt in Italian
Tenement House.
OIL USED BY INCENDIARY
Man Seen to Ignite Barrels Placed
in Hallway.
WORK DELIBERATELY DONE
Carefully Looked Over House Before
Setting Fire to Combustibles
Carried From Street.
NEW YORK. October 3.?Ten lives were
snuffed out by an incendiary's torch in
the big tenement building at 71U| Mulberry
street at 1 a.m. today. Several
others were severely injured, one of whom
is dying.
The tire was in the heart of the Calabria
n section of New York, and it is the
opinion of the police that it was the work
of Black Hand agents.
The dead:
Domenico Forcillo. thirty years old; 5iis
wife. Antoinella. twenty-eight, and their
three children, Rosa, five; Joseph, three,
and Feleeia. two.
Francesco Palestrino, eighteen, a boarder
in the Forcillo home.
Mrs. Rosa Schettino, thirty-two. and her
seven-year-old daughter, Christina.
Vito Rarone, twenty-one, a boarder In
Mrs. Sc*iettino's flat.
A man believed to be Pletro Magllancla,
fifty years old.
An unidentified man about thirty years
old is dying in Hudson Street Hospital.
Five others were taken to hospitals.
The ground floor of the tenement was
occupied by Carmeno de la Vecehlo's dry
goods store. He and hie wife occupy
rooms in the rear of the store.
Fired Oil-Soaked Barrels.
About 1 o'clock de la Vecchio and his
wife were having coffee In their rooms,
when they saw a man enter t?he hall from
the street. The man looked carefully
about the hall and located the Bteps.
There were some barrels at the curb
which presumably were filled with paper
and soaked with oil.
On the street were Charles Lemplllo
and Charles Fresa, The two men saw the
mysterious man move the barrels from
the street anA-osarvelejA^l bis midnight
actiYmrC^^uV^?f* disturb the
man.
Suddenly the man dashed out of the
balL He ran full speed up Mulberry
street, turned a corner and disappeared.
The next instant Lempillo and Fresa
saw flames shooting up in the half, which
was entirely of wood. V*he two men
rushed fn and found half a dozen barrels
under the steps blazing. Flames had already
spread themselves against the walls
and ceiling and were climbing up the
stairs.
The men yelled '"Fire" and * attempted
to hurl the barrels into the street, but
the flames drove them back. Then they
ran outside and mounted the Are escapes.
Lodgers Thrown Into Panic.
The tenants awoke at the first cry
and began crowding the escapes from
the fourth and top floors down to the
second.- Several women in their frenzy
dropped their babies to the two men on
the escape, and the latter passed them
down to men on the sidewalk. So great
was the excitement that a call for the
engines was forgotten, but men began
firing off their revolvers from the windows.
AVhen the engines did arrive crowds
hanked the streets. Men and women in
all stages of dress and undress were
running about screaming, and every tenement
In the neighborhood was emptied.
The smoke was intense and the heat so
great that those on the fire escapes were
blistering.
One of the fust persons to get out of
the burning house was Pietro Maglianci.
He came down the rear lire escape and
leaped to the yard. Then he remembered
he had left his money behind, and back
he went up the escape, fighting his way
through the crowds until lie reached the
third floor.
Afire, He Leaps From Window.
A few minutes later a man ablaze hurled
himself from the third-floor window.
He was taken to Hudson Street Hospital.
He had been so badly burned that no
one recognized him, but' it is said it was
Maglianci.
On the fourth floor lived the Forclllo
family?father, mother, thr.*e children and
the boaxder Palestrino. Forclllo and his
wife got to the escape in front and were
followed by their children and boarder,
when there came an explosion which is
supposed to have been caused by a back
draught. The house trembled and windows
crushed. Then came flames from
the windows below and the Forcillos
were driven back into^thelr smoke-filled
and already blazing rooms. They ran to
the escajies in the rear. In the father's
arms was one of the children.
The mother carried another and PalesIrino
held the third The clothes of all
wen- blazing and flames came out over
toe escapes. Suddenly the smoke hid the
imprisoned persons from view. The firemen
found their bodies later. All had
been suffocated and burned.
About the atmo time Mrs. Schettino appeared
at the front window with her little
daughter Amelia in her arms. The mother
and child were both on fire, but the
mother smothered the flames in the child's
clothes with her hands and then dropped
the little one to a man on the fire escape.
Dies Trying to Save Child.
Back she went for her other daughter,
Christina. Mother and daughter were
found later burned to a crisp.
Vlto Barone was a boarder on the third
floor, and when he found the fire escapes
too hot to climb down he took to the hall,
lie reached the second-floor landing,
where he was overcome, and there the
firemen found him dead.
The fire was put out after a lose of
about $5,000. Many of the tenants were
taken to the Elizabeth street station,
where clothes were provided for th<
women and children by the matron.
TOUR NOT_PUHHE[
President Has No intention o
Going on the Stump.
CURRENT REPORTS DENIEC
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| Impression Obtains That Circnm
stances May Beverse Decision.
ANNAPOLIS POSTMASTERSHI1
Representative Mudd Wants Actioi
Delayed?Commissioner Capers
Reports?Welsh Singers Heard.
i President Roosevelt has no intention a
present of taking the stump in behalf o
Mr. Taft. There have been numerous re
ports to the effect that he is to make i
speaking tour 1n favor of the candidac;
of the republican nominee. With extraor
dinary persistency have these report
continued to come from all parts of th
country. The latest was received at Lin
coin. Neb., yesterday by William J. Bryan
and was that the President is plannini
to make at least six speeches on a tou
which will terminate at San Franclscc
This information, which is news at th
White House, was said to have come fron
persons in the east upon whom rellanc
could be placed.
The report is very similar to that whicl
Vice Chairman Hudspeth of the demo
cratic campaign committee, announce'
several weeks ago he had received. A
that time the President personally wa
asked about the report, and he said h
had not the least Intention of taking tb
stump, and that he had not given th
idea a thought. Frequently during th
President's summer vacation similar re
ports were flatly denied at Oyster Bay
Since the President's return to Washing
ton these reports have become more nu
merous, and every one haB been contra
dieted at the White House. When th<
matter flr6t came up the denials of thi
President's secretary were unequivocal
but the latest reports he has given some
what qualified denials, always saying tha
it is the President's present intention no
to take tne stump.
It is the opinion of some persons thai
the President has taken the matter undei
consideration, and that if the campalgr
reports to him in the next fortnight arc
not satisfactory, he probably will decide
to go out on a whirlwind tour to speal
in favor of the election of Mr. Taft.. H
would not be a great surprise if an ofticlal
announcement should, within a shori
time, be made that Mr. Roosevelt hat
decided to go out and speak for Mr. Taft
The Annapolis Postmastership.
Representative Mudd called at the White
House today and had a pleasant Interview
with President Roosevelt. He asked
the President to reserve his decision in
regard to the appointment of a postmaster
at Annapolis, Md., until after the
election. He said that the business was
being conducted in a satisfactory manner
by Deputy Postmaster Carter, anc
he desired that the appointment be noi
made until after the election, or until the
circumstances were such that Mr. Mudc
could recommend a man for the place
The President said he would postpone
action until after election or until h<
heard from Mr. Mudd.
Mr. Mudd. after leaving the White
House, called on Secretary Mfetc&lf at the
Navy Department. He spoke to him it
regard to the appointment of a board oj
labor at Annapolis Naval Academy similar
to those provided for the navy yards
This board is to recommend increases 01
decreases in the wages of the workingmer
and make them conform to those paid it
various grades in similar employment!
in the navy yards of the country. Th<
Secretary said that he favored Mr. Mudd'!
idea, and intended to make recommenda
Hon to Congress, and also to recomment
that provision be made to carry out anc
pay these Increases.
Mr. Mudd declared that Maryland wll
be rarried by Taft and Sherman, and sale
that the outlook in his own districi
was favorable for his own re-election.
Reports on European Trip.
John G. Capers, commissioner of internal
revenue, told the President to
day or nts investigations 01 mo uen<?
tured alcohol business In Europe. Th?
President has heretofore recommended
' that everything possible be done to en!
courage the development of this Indus
try. and it is probable that he will repeat
recommendations to Congress nexi
winter.
Mr. Capers, as the head of the repub
lican party in South Carolina, was com
plimented by the President upon the sat
isfaetory ticket of presidential elector!
plated in the field in that state. Then
are seven white and two colored men or
the ticket. Mr. Capers having avoided
the charge of running a lily-white affair.
The electors are business and pro
fessional men of standing. In putting
up a clean, satisfactory ticket in thai
state. Mr. Capers desired to attract th<
white business men of the state wh<
have expressed a willingness to vote tin
republican national ticket. The negroes
in the state are almost wholly dlsfran
chlsed. casting but a few thousand votes
hut Mr. Capers said today he hoped anc
believed there would be a large numbei
of white business men who would fal
into line nationally.
Superintendent Anderson Calls.
W. II. Anderson, superintendent of th<
Anti-Saloon I.eague of Maryland, had i
conference with the President today. Hi
declined afterward to discuss his visit, bu
was particular to say that It had noth
big to do with the work of the Anti
Saloon League of Maryland or elsewhere
; The league Is opposing the re-election o
Representative Pearre in the sixth dls
trict of Maryland, but his friends declari
that the voters will not permit the whis
ky question to be brought Into the elec
tlnn fiir CciniriMss hilt will ennfilie It ti
local matters.
President Hears Prize Singers.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt were en
tained at 2:150 o'clock this- afternoon b;
one of the prize-singing bodies of Wales
It was the Mountain Ash Male Volc^
Welsh party, composed of twenty-six per
sons, under the directioh of T. Olyndw
Richards. They were invited by th<
President and were much pleased to sini
before him and his wife. Tonight thg;
will sing in the Congregational Church
; On leaving here they begin a two months
tour of the United States, accompanie<
by Rev. T. C. Edwards of Kingston, Pa
A beautifully bound souvenir program o
the trip was presented to President am
Mrs. Roosevelt.
Greetings From President Piss.
( Secretary Root .went to the White f)ou*
today with Eduardo Ltceaga, the repre
1 sentative of Mexico in the tuberculosi
congress, and Jose F. Godoy. eharg
; d'affaires of the Mexican embassy. Mi
Liceaga delivered to the President a kind
ly greeting from President Diaz of Mex
> ico. and President Roosevelt was great!;
, pleased to hear personally from the grea
> I Mexican chief executive.
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r California, called on tlie President today
i and talked politics. Mr. Fleming, who
> was accompanied by James F. Kelly of
5 New York, said that California would
t give Taft a large majority, and that no
i uneasiness need be felt by the President
or any other republican as to that state,
t Ex-Senator Allee of Delaware, who said
I he is out of politics this year, called on
the President, telling him Delaware will
give a goodly majority for Taft.
The President gave a second sitting to?
day to Charles A. Wipple, the New York
> artist who is painting an oil portrait of
I the chief magistrate for the Republican
Club of New York. The President didn't
' have time to give a private sitting to the
artist, but talked to callers while the
> artist studied him.
I VILLA BADLY BUKNED
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' FRELINGHUYSEN HOME NEAR
TUXEDO PARK DAMAGED.
s TUXEDO PARK. N. Y.. October f..?
The beautiful villa on Lookout Point,
L owned by Theodore Frelinghuysen. was
nearly totally destroyed by lire Saturday
night. The Are broke out in the servants'
i quarters from unknown origin while the
* family was entertaining guests who liad
| come out from town for over Sunday.
5 By the time the volunteer fire department
responded the fire had gained considerable
1 headway. The furniture, bric-a-brac and
' valuable pictures were carried out, but
! were damaged by water to the amount of
1 several thousand dollars, in addition to
t the damage done to the building.
$150,000 Blaze in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 5.?Fire yester"
day destroyed the warehouse of the
" Campbell Glass and Paint Company at
" Main and Gratiot streets, entailing a loss
or giao.uuu. inree nremen were uvci'
come by poisonous gases, but they were
soon resuscitated.
' Missouri Attorney Burned to Death.
t HARTVILLE, Mo.. October :>.-Lomax
Pittmnn, an attorney, formerly on the
editorial staff of the Encyclopedia of
American and English Law, was burned to
i death In a fire which destroyed a num?
ber of business buildings. The fire was
i caused by Plttman's overturning a lamp
I In his room in the Farmer Hotel. The
. property loss is $1.1,Wt
' KNOWS NOTHING OF THE CASE.
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\ Earns worth Says He Would Be of
: No Value in Hains' Trial.
\ FORT STEVENS, Oreg.. October B.?
Lieut. Farnsworth, mentioned in a New
i York dispatch as a poesible witness in the
r trial of Capt Peter C. Hains, Jr.. for the
1 murder of W. E. Annis, denies having any
knowledge of the case that would make
him competent as a witness. According
? to printed dispatches, Lleu-t. Farnsworth
i is one of three officers whose prosehfe Is
p greatly desired by the prosecution, but
t who have been transferred to posts out.
side of New York, and will, therefore, not
. be present today to testify before the
grand Jury.
f Lieut. Farnsworth was ordered to Fort j
Stevens July 8, and arrived here about a j
8 week later, or a month before the killing
I of Annfs. !
) CAMPAIGNING IN MISSOURI.
Judge Taft Will End His Western
Trip Wednesday.
V KANSAS CITY. October 5.?Just a parti.
ing word to Kansas with meetings at;
e Kansas City, Kan., and at Leavenworth
- and Atchison and William H. Taft will
r cross over into Missouri for two days of
e campaigning, and then to Chicago to end
t his western trip Wednesday.
* His day Ol reat in Kansas City. Mo.,
f was decidedly more strenuous than was
J expected; nevertheless the candidate this
,. motning pronounced lihnself fit for the
J work In hand.
a In Missouri today Mr. Tgft will speak
In St. Joseph, Maryvllle, Chillicothe and
Brookfield, with a meeting tonight at
Macon.
B The first meeting, that at Ivansaa City,!
- Kan., was added to the schedule yess
terday at the earnest demand of the
l residents of that city. The trip across
the river war made by the candidate in I
* an automobile. His speech was delivered
* from the steps of the ppbllc library.
- and despite the early hour, the crowd
y was too largo for the voice of the apeakt
er to cover.
After the meeting the train was taken
f and the regular Itinerary begun. 1
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SEELV THINGS.
APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT ^
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GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA COM- o
PLAINS OF RAILROAD RATES. \
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Asks for Injunction Law That Will *
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Work Both Ways and Pro- C
tect Shippers. t
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Gov. Corner of Alabama appealed fosthe f
administration tdfay to take a hand in
the legal squabble growing out of injunctions
now operating against Alabama tl
to prevent the railroad-rate laws of that
state being enforced against railroads so
far as interstate shipments are concerned.
The governor came here and went into 3
conference with the President and Attorney
General Bonaparte as to the situation
in his state. He declares that the
Lrailroads have not only raised rates on
all shipments to or from Alabama, but
they have obtained an injunction, now in ^
force and likely to be in force a long ^
time, preventing the state enforcing any j
of its rate laws on interstate shipments
while in the limits of the state.
Gov. Comer very clearly pointed out
ihat, while the railroads have gone t* the 1
federal courts and protected their inter- t
ests by preventing any decrease of rates, s
they have raised rates ail along the line. t
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He cannot see why if an injunction will i
act as a preventive to putting into effect | *
decreased rates it cannot also be used to ;4
prevent the railroads raising rates. He j d
thinks the same treatment should apply t
all along the lina. | *
The intimation was plain that the gov- j e
ernor believes the federal administration j i
I could secure Injunctions preventing rais- : j
ing of rates, and this is probably the subJect
under discussion. Attorney General
Bonaparte and Gov. Comer would not go a
Into details or discuss what had taken c
place, but It is known that Mr. Bonaparte
is to at once consider what plans, if any,
could be devised by his department by c
which the federal government could take
a hand under its own rate laws. c
The suggestion is made that Attorney t
General Bonaparte may go before the
judge who granted the injunction against;
Alabama and ask that jurist to extend \
his injunction so as to prevent the rail-; a
roads increasing their rates pending a1 j
final settlement of the whole question. e
i but this is by no means certain. Gov. t j
Comer, at least, thinks tihat if injunc- j
! tions are to apply they should cover the j (
I railroads as well as the state. .
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Injury to Cotton Shippers. a
Gov. Comer makes serious complaints a
I that the railroads have raised the rates
| on shipments of cotton to such an extent
! as to almost prohibit Alabama .cotton
| from leaving the state at all. One result
I is thai Alabama cotton can be shipped to ^
! Liverpool cheaper than it can be sent to
| northern cotton mills-.
He declares thai ibis is nothing more
I than attempted coercion of the state for j ^
j its railroad rate legislation. c
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; FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. a
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One Dead and Two Fatally Injured at ;
Dayton, Ohio. *
DAYTON, Ohio, October 5.?On? person
is dead, two are dying and two others are x
s'roio-ly Injured as the result of an ex- '
plosion of gas in the rooming house con- t
ducted by Mrs. Eliza Wagner yesterday, j,
Rnv Tlarshman three vears old n
killed. Mrs. Wagnm- and her two-year- r
old daughter, Vinta, were fatally hurt and 0
Edward Hllliard and Mrs. Delia Harsh- F
man were severely injured.
A leak in the gas pipe caused the explosion
when a match was struck. The T
building was baaly wrecked." J
CHICAGO GEBMANS CELEBRATE.
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Nearly 4,000 Obserye Founding of
First Colony in America.
CHICAGO, October 5.?Loyal Americans
and Germans to the number of nearly
4.000 gathered at the Auditorium Theater
yesterday to celebrate the tfifith anniversary
of the founding of the first German
colony in America at (.ermantown,
Pa., in 18?!.
The celebration was given by the Chicago
German-American Alliance in connection
with the formation of a state
organisation by the National Association
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Saturday. The celebration was in the !
orm of a musical festival, but there were
Iso calisthenics apd speeches.
Several hundred school children in cosumes
representing: the different sections
f the "fatherland" led the audience first
n singing "America" and then "Die
Yacht am Rheln," in German. Joseph
teller of Indianapolis, vice president of
he national organization, was orator of
he day and stirred his auditors to enhuslasrn
by his expressions of respect for
Germany and love for America.
Two thousand children, women and men
ook part in the musical program.
ISSERTS TIDE IS FOR BRYAN
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'ONLY NECESSARY TO HOLD <
OUR GAINS," SLAYS MACK. ,
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declares New York Will Go Demo- j
cratic by Landslide?Claims
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Other Eastern States. i
CHICAGO. October 5.?Returning to
*hicago today to take up the democratic
ampaign direction in the west, Norman
5. Mack, chairman of the democratic na- ,
ional committee, declarpd that the tide '
ras strong for Bryan In tl^e east, and that
f the democrats could hold their advanage
there the democratic ticket would be !
urely elected. To the Associated Press '
Chairman Mack gave the following statenent
on his arrival in Chicago:
"I have been three weeks In the east,
vhere I have studied the political situaion
from every angle. I have noted every ]
Irlft and current and today I am prepared
0 say that if we hold the steady gain^ \
ve have made in the last two months me ]
lection is ours. New York Is going demo- '
ratio; in fact, there will be a landslide j
or Bryan in the Empire state. New Jer- , (
ey, Rhode Island, Maryland, Delaware j 1
md Ohio will also be found in the demo- 1
ratic column. t
"The reports from state and county \
halnnen in the middle west are equally 1
ncouraglng. Indiana is safely demo- 1
ratic; even the republicans do not seri- ,
iusly claim it." t
Mr. Mack said that President Roose- ?
elt's letters had helped the democrats, \
ind that Representative Longwortii's dec- ,
aration that the country would have
sight years of Taft, after which Mr.
Roosevelt would be President tor eight
ears, "merely confirmed what has been
)lain for some time, that the President !
vas seeking to establish and perpetuate
1 Roosevelt dynasty."
The chairman will be in Chicago for
(everal days. (
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VICTIMS OF KENTUCKY MOB. 1
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Torch Applied to House and Family
Killed as It Coces Out.
HICKMAN, Ky., October 5. ? David j
Valker, a negro, and his five-year-oid (
laughter and baby were killed outrlght.the (
nother, who was holding the baby In her
ras. was fatally shot, and three other ,
hildren will probably die as a result of '
i mob's visit to the W.iiker homo Sautrday 1
light. In .addition, the oldest son is-missng,
and is supposed to have been burned
vith the negro's cabin, which was flred
>y the mob. i
Walker had cursed a white woman and
hreatened a white man with a pistol, it '
a said. When the mob of about fifty men
irdered him to come from his house he 1
eplied with a shot. The torch was then
pplied to the house, and as the occulants
came out they were shot down.
HUGHES IN THE NORTHWEST.
Extensive Tour to Be Made in the
Present Week.
LACROSSE. Wis.. October .1?Opening a ,
peaking tour which in the present week ^
s to take him through Wisconsin, Mln- i
lesnta soutn jiaaoia. jNeorastca, ivansas.
Missouri and Illinois, Gov. Charles E.
iugnes of New York In a speech here
oday told why be had taken the stump
n support of W. H. Taft for President.
Jespite* the earliBass of his arrival here,
i large crowd greeted him and the audiorium
where he spoke at 8:30 a.m. was
illed to overflowing.
Gov. Hughes' presence west of Chi ago
causetl widespread interest and
verywhere provoked the exclaniation "he
ooks better than his pictures."
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HERALDS OPEN SHOW E
Philadelphia Begins Its Great
Anniversary Celebration.
/IILITARY DAY PROGRAM
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10,000 in Parade Through Streets of
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IEREMONY OF THE NEW SEAL A
Jrief and Appropriate Addresses by B
the Mayor and Others?Tablet
to French Unveiled.
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PHILADELPHIA. October 5.?Witii the J
looming of the guns of the American ^
varsliips lying in the Delaware river oil
his city at sunrise today, the second day
n the elaborate program for the celcbraion
of the 225th anniversary of the
bunding of Philadelphia was ushered In.
["his is military day, and the principal
eature Is the great parade of t'nlteri
Hates regulars, sailors and marines and
he entire division of the Pennsylvania ?
National Guard. Twenty thousand men d
vlll pass In review this afternoon.
One of the pretty ceremonies of the day
vas the proclamation sounded by lift aids II
it the four entrances to city hall at
'clock this morning. The heralds, eight
n number, and attired in medieval cos- n
umes. rode on prancing horses from the ^
courtyard in the center of city hall to the
entrances facing tihe four winds. And I
hen, in the presence of an enormous ^
rowd that entirely filled the plaza surounding
the greatest municipal building n
a the world, they proclaimed to all the 3
eople the actual beginning of the day's
ere monies. "
The sound of the trumpets in the clear,
ool air of the morning sent a thrill
lirough the crowd and Infused enthuslism
into the vast assemblage. As the O
ast note died away the heralds proudly .
eturned to the courtyard and the people
lispersed to participate in the various ex- tl
jrcises on the program for the forenoon
.lours.
A half hour later in the beautiful reception
hall of tr.e office of the mayor ?]
3f Philadelphia there was struck the first
imprest-ion of the new city seal. For 106 O
years the municipal seal has been a ve- ^
hide of error. It has imparted the Information
for all that time that the ?
founding of the city dated from 1701. T.ie j|
blame lias always been blamed on the die
sinker who made the lettering around
the edge of the seal, v. ho discovered too E
late that the legend "Seal of the City of
Philadelphia" as he had spaced It, left (
too great a blank surface. Thereupon,
tradition goes, he took It upon himself
to .add the date. 1701. The new seal contains
the date 163S, and the njotto, "Philadelphia
Maneto" (Let Brotherly Love
Continue). _
Brief and appropriate addresses were p
made by Mayor Key burn and others who
took part in the ceremony. A public reception
followed. Then tor the moment ti
the .scene shitted to Independence Hall,
ivhere, under the auspices of the Pennsyl- a
ran.a Society of Daughters of the Revolution,
two bronze tablets commemorative
of the historic uses of that building ci
were unveiled.
Tablet to Bochambeau. p
Later in the city hall courtyard a cere- ^
nony of international Interest took place,
[t was the unveiling by the Pennsylvania '
Society of the Order of the Founders and 11
Patriots of America of a tablet to mark Ii
he camp of Comte de Rochambeau, com- g
nander-in-chief of the French army in t
\merlca. with 6,000 patriots, in September,
1781, while on their way to the iinal
battle of the revolution at Yorktown, '1
where they assisted Washington in cap- t<
^ lit- nrna
lUnilg V,Oril WiliiiS. X lit; lauici nao uiiveiled
by an attache of the French emjassy
at Washington. ri
-The great military procession is sched- g
lied to start at 1 p.m., and as MaJ. Gen. ..
Pred D. Grant, commander of the Depart nent
of the East, U. S. A.. Is the grand fi
narshall it is reasonable to expect that
:he parade will move on time. The first ! C
iivision, commanded by Col. W. II. C. r
Bowen. 12th Infantry, U. S. A., will l>e
nade up of four infantry companies of
he 12th Regiment from Fort Jay, fortyive
companies of the Coast Artillery trom
various forts along tne Atlantic coast,
our troops of cavalry from Fort Myer, t(
irid 2.1O0 sailors and marines from the
hird squadron. North Atlantic fleet, and o
he Philadelphia navy yard. The Penntylvania
National Guard will compose the a
tecond division, and the third and last
iivision will be made up of Spanish War
Veterans, Sons of Veterans, and other ^
lemi-military organizations.
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HOLLAND IS UNEASY. w
Report That Caatro Has Rejected ir
Second Dutch Note. n
THE HAGUE, October o ? Some con- n
cern exists here over the report, not yet
entirely confirmed, that President Castro
has rejected the second note of the Dutch
government. n
The majority of the people, however,
and the government still trust the Vene- "
zuelan president will understand his own P
Interests sufficiently to revoke ills decree
of May 11, which virtually put an
end to Curacao's commerce. e
Many are opi?osed to belligerent action d
on the part of Holland, In the wish that
The Hague, as the seat of the peace a
conference, be not connected in any way
with the idea of war. but the government
will be prepared for any event uaii- -jties.
The cruiser Utrecht has 1>een placed B
under orders to proceed to the East p
Indies, hot via the West Indies When
she arrives in West Indian waters there *r
will be four warships under Hie Dutcii
dag assemb.ed at that station.
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OLD CAR BARN SOLD. P
. ti
14th Street Depot to Become an a
Amusement Hall.
The large property on the west side of
I4th street just south of Park road, and *
until recently occupied by the Capital fl
rraction Company as a carbarn, has ?
tieen sold through Thomas J. Fisher & 11
Co. Since the erection of the new build- ><
Ing by this company, near the north end r
of the extension of its 14th street line
the company has made no use of that
structure.
The building sold is of large slse. having
a frontage of some 150 feet on 14th a
street and extending back some 300 feet. a|
The purchaser is said to be a company
that will conduct there a place of amusetnent.
including a skating rink, swimming
pool. etc. 01
The price paid is about $90.00<X
IMS PROCLAIM
THEIR INDEPENDENCE
OE TURKISH RULE
far May Follow Action by
Prince Ferdinand.
RMIES MARCH TO FRONT
ulgari&ns Prepared to Fight for
Their Liberty.
EACE OF EUROPE ENDANGERED
ustria's Action Surprise to the Berlin
Treaty Powers?France
Prepared to Mediate.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 5.?Bularia,
a tributary principality uner
the suzerainty of the Sultan
C T'.._l J 1?* J 1
i x ui ncy, luady proclaimed ncr
idependence of Turkey.
This action was taken at Tirovo
by Prince Ferdinand, who
ras elected Prince of Bulgaria in
887. The Bulgarian cabinet was
resent with the prince, having
let him yesterday at the frontier
nd journeyed with* him to Tirovo.
The party reached Tirnovo
1st evening.
Tirnovo is the ancient capital
f the kingdom of Bulgaria, and
: was there, in the olden days,
tiat the kings of Bulgaria were
rowned.
The proclamation was made at
tie Cathedral of Tirnovo at 11
'clock this morning. It was a
ramatic scene, accompanied by
^reat enthusiasm. A manifesto of
[idependence, addressed to the
lation, was subsequently issued
>y the prince.
)ppos]rtg Armies on March
^ to the Bulgarian Frontier
" ?
PARIS. October 5.?The Temps today
ublishes a dispatch from Vienna saying
hat the Bulgarian army is marching
iward the frontier and that the Turks
lso are moving forward to the encounter.
Austria-Hungary is mobilizing two army
arps.
CONSTANTINOPLE. October 5.? Reorts
that Bulgaria has declared her inependence
and that Austria-Hungary in;nds
to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina
ave caused a considerable sensation here,
a consequence of the fact that some
tulgarian battalions in the frontier diariets
have been called to the colors,
fie porte has ordered the first cavalry
Ivision, which consists of six regiments.
3 prepare for immediate departure for
fie front. This will give Turkey twenty
egiments on the frontier, as against Btilaria's
eleven, namely, six at Philippopos.
two at Sofia and three on the Rumelian
rontier.
:rance Offers to Mediate
to Prevent Balkan War
PARIS, October 3.?France has decided
j enact the role of mediator, with the
bject of preventing war between Turkey
nd Bulgaria.
Foreign Minister Pichon already had
egun a series of conferences with the
iplomatic representatives of the powers
ith the idea of reaching an understandlg,
the purposes of which should be the
lalntenance of peace, when the official
ews of Prince Ferdinand's proclamation
t Tirnovo arrived.
The foreign minister conferred this
lorning with M. Iswolsky, the Russian
linister of foreign affairs, and Xaoum
asha, the Turkish ambassador. Thla
fternoon he will meet the Austro-Hunarian.
British and American ambassaors,
as well as the Bulgarian diplomatic
gent, M. StanriofT.
The situation is considered most grave,
lie proclamation of the independence of
lulgaria actually lias been made, and It
robably would be useless to attempt to
iduce Prince Ferdinand to withdraw i .
It is known that the Bulgarian cavalry
lready is mobilizing on the frontier, and
'rince Ferdinand is determined to stick
j his guns. On the other hand. It probbly
would be equally difficult to peruade
Turkey to accept Bulgaria's act.
hile the sympathies of the powers are in
avor of the maintenance of the integrity
f European Turkey under a regime of
berty.
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fUSSia 10 rropose ounyrcaa
to Revise Berlin Treaty
ST. PETERSBURG. October 5.?It ia
nnounced with authority today that Runla
will propose a congress of the powers
>r a general revision of the Berlin treaty,
his is an outcome of the proclamation
r Bulgarian independence.
Russia has reason to believe that tfes