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' 'TKTP-lU' T,y f. G STABK, COTTyorgIBMOOTlAT. joCAffTOSfr OHIO, TUnHDAY'JANOARY 3L 1905, i P. I 51-' if I iB 10 CHILDREN RESCUED FROM FLAMES Helpless Mothers and Wee Babies Wrapped in Blankets and Taken From Burning Maternity Hospital to Places of Safety. ANXIETY OF FRIENDS New York, Jan. 20. A number of lcranlo patients, , some of thorn woll nigh at tho .point of. loath wore car ried from their warm beds In tho wards of the Maternity hospital of tho New York Mothers' Homo of tho Sisters of Mlserlcordo, located at 531 East Eighty-sixth street this evening Into the snow covered streets and With tho tcinperaturo well below the zero mark In ordor to escape death in a flro that gutted part of tho struc ture. Many little tots, ranging In age from one day to three years woio also bundled up In blnnkots and taken to places of safety. Pollco and firemen vied with each other in the work of rescue and It Is hoped tonight that none of tho patients will suffer from their exposure to tho oloments. The hospital Is located In the con tre of a block of buildings. Adjourn ing it in tho rear Is tho factory build ing, 538 East Eighty-seventh street and It was here tho fire started. The tactory building Is occupied by Char les Deltch, manufacturer of mantles, and Charles Bishop and V. Snyder, upholsterers. Tho fire was not dis covered until It hid attained great headway and tho first flromen on the scene turned in additional alarm bringing 12 engines, threo hook and ladder companies and a water tower to the sceno. At that time Jt was plain that tho factory building was doomed and tho flromen turned their attention to adjoining property. Despite their efforts the lire spread to Henry Kell's dwelling house at 540 East Eighty-seventh street and MR. MANNING'S CAREER UP FOR INSPECTION Accused Persons Plead Guilty to Indictments. Court Imposes the Usual Penalties to Novices. A number of persons Indicted by tho grand Jury appeared In court yes torday, tho most of them without counsel, nud pleaded guilty to the charges against them. . Among tho number was Michael Maiming, proprietor of the Garden Theatre. Ho acknowledged that ho had boen guilty of keeping his saloon open on Sunday and wa3 roady to tnko his medicine, but tho court defer red dealing out the dose until ho ox nmluud n little Into the career of the prisoner. Past conduct lias much to do with the fines and other penalties Imposod and it it Is found that Man ning Is an old offender It Is possible that ho will not get a first offense sen tence. SENT TO THE PEN. Michael Engle, who was not allowed to plead guilty to burglary, was per mitted to plead to having burglar tools In his possession and was sen teucod to two years in tho penitentiary by Judge Ambler. Ho was not repre sented by an attorney. THE REFORMATORY. Leo Essner was sentenced to the Mansfield Reformatory for breaking into the saloon of Goorge Wagner and stealing a bottle of whiskey and two bottles of wine. Leo had dono tlmo at the Lancaster reform school In his younger days. Ills term Is an Indefinite one, depending on his behavior. OTHERS SENTENCED. Augubt Zandl, saloonlst, pleaded guilty to selling on Sunday and was lined $25 and costs. Ho cashed up. John D. Bilssol of tho firm of Hay den & Uribsell, acknowledged to tho court that he had sold on tho first day of tho week, commonly called Sun day, certainly fluids that are Inclined to muko a man forget to go to church, and ho got the regulation first offenso ilue of $25 and costs. Joseph Eflhigor, another dealer, 'fossod up and was finod $25 nnd costs. WANTS A DIVORCE. Ella D. Anderson has sued William II. Anderson for dlvorco, alleging will ful nbbenco mid gross neglect. Thoy wore married in 1001. P. J. Collins is counsel for plaintiff. LOUISVILLE CASE, Amos Hecmsnydor, bb recoiver of tho Roomsnydor Slato Co., has sued August F. Dallzct to collect on ac count of $113. It Is claimed that tluough cortun manipulations and vnles tnndo by Mollnda Dallzot to Sel Ina DalUet, 2(1 lots In Loutsvlllo be longing to August wero transferred for lliq purpose1 fit dofraihllng creditor. I'Jio coutt is asked to find that tho jropcity belongs to tho defendant NEARLY CAUSED PANIC then oxtonded back to tho Maternity hospital. Reserves from tho polico stations in tho neighborhood; firemen, and members of tho salvngo corps swarm ed into tho hospital building and af ter wrapping tho holpless patlonts In blankots and bed covering carrlod thorn to houses In tho neighborhood which wero promptly thrown open to them. All wore taken out in safoty although somo wero so doaperatoly 111 that the superior in charge cxpressod tho belief that they would die during icmoval. So soon as possible ambu lances wero summoned and thoso whoso condition was most serious wore hurrlod to hospitals. Tho nows that tho hospital was afire spread rapidly and caused al most a panic In the neighborhood. Persons who had friends In tho Insti tution rushed to tho scene and tho police had their hands full keeping the crowds in check. Many weeping women crushed against tho ropes and alternately begged permission to pen etrato the fire lines and cursed tho pollco who held them back . The flicmen llnally got the blazo under control although tho factory building,' Kelt's house and the hospital wero gutted. The mother superior of tho hospital made arrangements for the transfer of the children In her care to St. Joseph's homo at Avenue A. and Eighty-ninth street and they wore conveyed there and given needed at tention. They woro none the worse for their experience and will bo kept theie until tho Sisterhood can re open the hospital. and that It ho made subject to levy to satisfy tho claim. Wolty & Ai baugh attorneys. ATTACKING INDICTMENTS. John and Michael Bast, who were Indicted for Sunday soiling, have filed a demurror to the Indictment through Attorneys Cralue & Snydor, claiming that tho instrument does not contain a causo of action and asking that it bo bet aside and tho accused go free. Nathan A. Soltzer, of tho defunct Manhattan Supplj company, who was Indicted for securing goods by false pretense from a Pittsburg firm, has through Attorneys Sterling & Brauch or made a motion to quash tho Indict ment on the grounds that It does not specify what goods had boen obtained. DIVORCE GRANTED Grace Martin was granted a divorce fiom A .J. Martin yesterday on tho grounds of extrerao cruelty, tho chargo being that tho husband had struck his wife on soveral occasions. Mr. Murtln did not contest tho caso. Tho parties live In Canton. Attorney William Simpson appeared for tho plaintiff. LACK OF EVIDENCE Prevented Medicine Vendor From Prosecuting Soldiers For Robbers. Another Case Dropped. Louis Schmidt, tho patent medicine doctor, who claimed to have beoi as saulted and robbed by Alfred Uphara and Willis Aloxander, two soldiers from the detachment at Westlawn, and who caused tho men to be lock ed up In tho city Jail, pending inves tigation, filed no charges against tho men yesterday and in consequence their releaso was given by Captain Patterson yesterday afternoon. Mr, Schmidt is sure that ho had tho right men, but all of tho evidence ho pos sess Dd was uncorroborated and was of such a nature that conviction could not possibly have been secured. Tho L. D. Hartung Plumbing com pany has dropped the case it started in the mayor's court against J. L. Mc Koean, a plumber formerly In their employ. Some of their property was found in tho man's possession after ho hnd left their employ. McKoean paid tho costs In tho case, amounting to $4. New Baltimore Couple Married. Curtis Breckenrldgo and Miss Min nie Wolmor were married by Justice Bowman yesterday afternoon at his office Doth nro from New Baltimore, Ohio, nnd wilt reside there In tho future. -r- I TO QUIT URQES THE CZAR TO ORDER 8U8 PENSION OF HOSTILITIES. Troops From European Provinces Are Reluctant to Fight Effect of , Port Arthur's Fall. London, Jan. 27. Tho St. Peters burg correspondent of tho' London Daily Telegraph wires as authentic In formation that tho czar Is In receipt of a telegram from Genoral Kuropat kin strongly urging tho cessation of hostilities, His offenslvo powor, tho genoral states,, nccordlng to' tho corre spondent is soriously hamporod by Iho obstinate rclucfanco of tho, troops hailing from tho European provinces' Ho failed at various times to cdinploto a contemplated advance movetuon( owing to this disposition of , Iho sol diers. Tho general declares that the troop nrguo that Poit Arthur having fallen thoy could sco no object In continu ing tho war. WORKMEN SHOT BY TROOPS BLOODY CLASH BETWEEN STRIK ERS AND SOLDIER8. Over Thirty Workmen Killed Two Officers and One Policeman Prob ably Fatally Wounded. London, Jan. 27. Dispatches fiom Riga give details of tho bloody clash between strikers and Russian troops in tho cpurse of which, 3,0. .qdd work men wero mowed down by soveral volleys. Many others were -wounded nnd two offlceia and ono' pollco of ficial lecclved injuries which, It Is belloved, will prove fatal. The ' ICohhums railway station, which is located at the dividing line of tho city pi'opcr and one of tho man facturlng districts, was tho sceno of tho conflict. About 1,000 strikers, who had Just quit work, made a lush for a train which was Just about to start for tho city. They wero stopped by police and troops 'but Uie guaids wero not In sufficient "number to picvent the strikers from carrying out their object by peaceable means. Th'e officers in command gnvd' thb or der' to flro and" valley1 'Woft'S'otfoy was sent In every direction a'ftdr tho scattering workmen. Somo tJf? thesfc leturncd tho fire and then mado an nltempt to disarm tho troops nearest them. They were later driven to night. WEST VIRGINIA BOY Leads Annapolis Graduating Class. Ohio Lad Is in the Star List. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 2C. Tho so sult of the final examinations of tho graduating clabs of midshipmen shows that Hugo Frankenburger of, Char lestown, W. Va,, loads tho .class of 114. Ho won this distinction after a most Interesting fight over Roy C. Smith, of Michigan. There wero sev en who passed with distinction, that is they received the multiple of 85 per cent, 75 passed with credit and the others simply passed. Tho seven stars are: Hugo Frank enburger, West Virginia; Roy C, Smith, Michigan; Ormond L. Cox', Ohio. Royal E. Ingorsoll, Indiana; Herbert P. Lcary, Maryland; Leo S. Border, Iowa; Chestor W. Nlmltz, Texas. MAYOR JOHNSON Seriously III and Condition Growing Worse He Is Threatoned With Pneumonia. Cleveland, O., Jan. 2G, Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who has been ill for somo days with tho grip, has taken a turn for tho worse Ills friends foar pneu monla. Tho mayor Is under tho caro of Dr. H. H. Powell and two trained nurses. All that medical bdenco can do for him is being omployod to carry him safely through tho -prosont "attack. This noon It was found that instead of continuing bottor or even holding his own, ho was worse. Tonight ho is no bettor. His family and friends aio alarmed ovor his con dition. River Filled With Peanuts. Suffolk, Va., Jan, 2C Captnm Swift of the Old Dominion Steamer Virginia, reports tonight that ho sighted 800 bags of poanuts worth $3,000 floating promlsiuously about James river near tho Nans Emonds mouth , There was no vowel in Bight A freighting craft is supposed to havo been lost. Four Miners Killed. Cnlumot, Mich., Jan 20. Four Fin nish minors met almost Instant death today, two by blasting In Champion Mino and two from samo causo In Tamarack mino. Henry Aho and Jdhn Relnl wore killed In tho Tamarack, mino nnd John and Jacob ICostuhen, brothers, In tho Champion. NIP WILLING DOW MARINES SENT TO ' SANTO DOMINGO CRUISER DIXIE WILL TAKE ONE HUNDRED Equipped With Ammunition and Ra tions Sufficient to Last For Several Days. Now Orleans, La., Jan. 20. Tho fol lowing special cablo dispatch was re ceived In this city early this morning from a nowspapor correspondent now In Colon. Tho correspondent is a rcllablo man and tho report Is gener ally credited hero: "Tho United States crulsor Dixie will leavo for Santo Domingo with 100 marlnos under command of Col onol Wood, who has Instructions to land his troops, prepared to uphold tho peaco and dignity of tho Amorlonn government on that Island. Rush or ders wero received from Washington by General Davis, military governor of tho canal zono, to send ovory avail able marine to Santo Domingo, where fighting has broken out In tho streets in opposition to tho protocol recently declared by tho United States govern ment. Tho marlnos woro oncamped at Empire, midway between Colon and Panama, and when orders woro receiv ed ordering them to proceed to Colon, considerable surprlso was manifested by tho populace, nnd tho men thorn belvea. Tho troops woro equipped with full rounds or ammunition and provided with rations to last sevoral days. Five companies were rushed across the Isthmus and hold In trains to embark on board the Dlxlo which will leavo uarly Friday morning and should nr rlvo at Santo Domingo next Sunday. Colonel Wood and his troops, antici pate a great deal of troublo In San Domingo. TROUBLE AT LIBAU Loading of Vccsels Has Been Sus pended For Fear of in cendiaries. Llbau, Jan. 27. Tho killing of a gendarme In the course of a conflict with strikers has led to tho calling out of troops which- aio now patrolling tho streets and keeping strict guard over tho stilko headquarters as well as over tho principal manufacturing establishments. Tho row ocurred when a squad of gendarmes attempted to dlsperso a mob of strikers. Ono of thb former got into a hand-to-hand fight wltli a strlko leader, ondoavoring to wrest a red flag from him. The strike leadr or retaliated by whipping out a rov volvcr and shooting the gendarme through the hoartiB ', Tho loading of vossels has been suspended In the fear that inceudlr nrlcs aio abroad. 10 CENTS A- POUND Fixed by Cotton Growers ds Minimum Price at Which Product Should Be Sold. Now Orleans, La., Jan. 2G. After olectlug Harvle Jordan, of Montlcollo. Ga., president and adopting a reso lution providing a minimum price of 10 cort8 per pound for all cotton rais ed this season, tho great Inter-State Cotton Growers convention which con vened hero last Tuesday forenoon was brought to a brilliant and successful conclusion tonight. In addition to fixing tho price at which tho product shall bo marketed and making a permanent chief execu tive, tho association also passed res olutions asking congress with tho as sistance of Presldont Roosevelt to en largo tho powers of tho Interstate com merce commission in tho modification of tho railroad problom, which as pres ently standing Is objectionablo to the cptton growers. JOUR INJURED In a Fire Which Destroyed a Chicago Tenement Twenty Families Homeless. Chicago, Jan. 2G. Fire which prac tically destroyed a four story apart ment house at forty third street and Evans avenuo this aftomoon resulted In, serious lujurlos to four of tho ten- ants and tho practical destruction' of the, building. Twenty families woro diivcn panic trlcken iuto the streets. Tho property loss will roach $75, 000. Tho fact that all the flro hy drants In tho Immediate vicinity wero frozen up mado it Impossible for the firemen to get a drop of water on tho flro for nearly half an hour after tho first alarm. , The flro was causod by tho explos ion of a gasoline stove. CONGRESSMAN SUED FOR CAMPAIGN 8UB8CRIPTION Mllwaukeo, Wis., Jan. 20. Con gressman N. W. H. Stafford of tho Fifth (Milwaukee) Wisconsin district Is to be sued for non-payment of his camaplgn subscription. Suit will bo for $300 by Fred C. Loronz, chair man of tho Republican county com mittee. He alleges that Stafford agreed to pay $500, that when tho time came for tho paymont ho paid $200 and made arrangement with Mr. Lorenz to advance tho remaining $300. The plaintiff avers thai In spite of reunated . demands the congressman has failed to pan and refused to pay, MfiTOOTIL- TO RECEIVE FULL SALARY Law Has Been Amended So as not to Apply, to Regular Army Officers Heretofore Assigned to Positions in State Militia. GOVERNOR MICK Washington, D. C. Jan. 2C Re tired army officers abovo tho grado of major, who havo been assigned to active duty. In the various states In connection with tho militia will bo permitted to rocelvo tho pay of an actlvo officer, if tho amondment a dopted by tho senate this afternoon Is ncceptcd by tho house conferees. Officers to bo assigned hereafter will not be. Tho amoudment was not a grecd to without a spirited debato in which Mr. Lodge, (Rop., Mass;) Mr. Teller, (Dem. Colo;) and others had denounced what they characterized as unwlso legislation on the part of tho house of representatives In pro dding that they should be entitled only to their retired pay. This cov ers tho caso of General Nelson A. Miles, who has been assigned to the Massachusetts mllltla and that of eight other retired officers. Reference was repeatedly mado to tho charge that tho house provision was directed particularly to cover tho Miles caso and Mr. Lodge created a flurry by having read from tho clerk's desk a telegram from Governor Her rlck, of Ohio, .which said: Ohio is deeply interested In the army bill. If it la desired to hum iliate General Miles, in which wo have no sympathy here, It should not In clude splendid army officers on the re tired list who arc rendering splendid services, to the national guard In different states. Wo are especially favored In Ohio and deeply interest ed." Tho amendment agreed to Is as follows: "That retired officers of tho army above tho grade of major shall when hereafter assigned to ac tlvo duty In connection with the or ganized militia in the several states and territories upon request of the governor thereof receive their full re tired pay, and also commutation of quarters unless government quarters are avoidable and shall revejvo no further pay or ullowance, provided that a lieutenant-colonel so assigned shall receive the full pay and allow ances of a major on the actlvo list" The debate upon certain provis ions of the bill was of unusual sharp ness and of great significance. Mr. Oalllnger, TKep., N. H.) Inquir ed Into tho reason for tho provision prohibiting tho sale of army trans ports without authority of congress. Mr. Proctor, (Rep., Vt,) in chargo of the bill, significantly roplled that the"cast seems to bo a theatre of war fare and tho committee thought that Inasmuch as these transports might MARKET STALLS SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION Brought Prices Far Above the Appraisement. What John Skeeles Is Going to Sell in jrlis Stall. All of the stalls In tho new market houso wero auctioned oft yesterday afternoon under tho directorship of the board of public service. Tho threo directors of the board acted In termittently as tho auctioneers. AH of tho stalls sold for prices ranging abovo tho appraisomlent. Tho ap praisement prices, based upon tho lo cation, wero $75, $C0 and $50. Six stalls were started at. tho former flguro, 20 at $60 and four at $50. Tho market houso was crowded during tho auction. Tho rental prices are for tho year, beginning oh the first ot the coming month. Quarterly payments havo been decreed by tho board. Besides tho stalls, market space on Court and East Third streets was rented at from ten to thirteen foot per booth. Tho outside quarters woro appraised at $2 per month, having a lease- for not less than six months. Tho board 'got prices on, theso exceed ing but very Uttlo on tho valuo of tiio appralsoment. Possessors of tho street stalls cannot obstruct tho sidewalk with counters raoro than five feet or interfere with tho vlow from tho mar ket house windows. Contractor John Skcels bought the third stall on Court street from Third for $2. lie has a ton-foot space, as do tho rest along that thoroughfare. After ho had bought It one of tho bystanders asked him what he was going to soil. "High grade turnips with the tops on," ho said. Tho lessees, prices paid and tho numbor of each stall Is as follows; No. 1 CharleH (Mlllor, $77.50, No, 2 Thomas Rocco, $90.60. No. 3 John Kohl, $115. No. 4 Harry Lavlu, $90, No. 5 II, E. Kresslor, $70, i No, C E. C, ScUauffle, $70, SENDS A TELEGBANL bo needed, their retention was tho part of wisdom." Tho houso provision prohibiting tho uso of any part ot $12,000,000 for transportation of army, supplies to or from tho Philippines In steamship lines was voted out after ropcatod declaration from leading senators that the elimination should Go. insisted on in conference Mr. Hale, (Rop., Me.) chairman of tho commlttco on naval affairs, cre ated n sensation by denouncing tho "general staff." He charged that tho civilian powers has eliminated from tho war department and that tho war powor was supremo. "Tho secretary of war, a flno man and a man of great ndmlnistrativo ability,, by this order of things Is a mero flguro head. Tho power of ad ralnlsthatlon has been entirely remov ed from him," ho said. Ho declared further that an attempt was to be made to have tho general staff, "cre ated for tho navy, It will novor bo done," ho said warmly, "whllo I can prevent it." Ho charged that tho sentiment among tho army and navy officials was to cllmlnato tho civilian powor in those departments. "I don't propose to havo tho secre tary of the navy mado a dummy," he announced. Mr. Cockroll. (Dem.. Mo.) defend ed the general staff. Ho said ho was astounded at tho charge of the sena tor fiom Maine, "for," ho declared, "tho powor of the secretary" bt war Is now greater than It ever was." "What does the secretary of war do, if ho is only a figurehead," inquired Mr. Spoonor, (Rep., Wis.) smilingly. "Oh," retorted Mr. Hale, "ho goes to Panama and ho Is going to tho Philippines. In fact his groat powers are diverted elsewhere." Tho bill as amended passed. In tho houso of representatives tho resolution appropriating $40,000 for oxpen3o of, -Uo-.ilJwayne Impeachment trial was passeAVaud tho agricultural appropriation bill partially consider ed. It carries $0,204,710. One provision appropriated $190,000 to fight tho boll weevil. During the debate on almost every subject but the ono beforo the house, Renresentatlvo Williams, of Missis sippi, the Democratic floor leader, en gaged In a colloquoy with Mr. Scott and said-that President Roosevelt hod adopted Democratic ideas in his oru sado against tho railroads. Ho wol comed tho president into tho Demo cratic ranks. "Wo will toe-mark his tracks upon this subject' he said. No. 7 W. M. Allen, $95. No. 8 Walter Androws, $124, No. 9 J. S. Wagnor, $127. No. 10 John Royer, $70. No. 11 Georgo McClay, $74. No. 12 Anthony Shlmpf, $70, No. 13 W. P. Klnzor, $112.50. No. 14 M. P. Flory, $130. No. 15 Uulted Brethren church, $131. No, 10 Samuel Hockenberger, $00. No. 17 Tournoux Halter, $80. No. 18 M. D. Aloxander, $101. No. 19. John Knlser, $101. No. 20 J. A. Fraleyv $99. No. 21 William Barker, $05. No, 22 Julius Oabloud, $70, No. 23 Fred Haldl, $125. No. 24 Anthony Shanabruck, $125. wo. 25 John Marslno, $92.60. fto. 20, John Blackburn, $90. No. 27 I M. Kllllon, $100. f No. 28 H. C. Jackson, $103. - No. 2913. T. Crowl, $112. No. 30 II. E. Baer, $78. STREET STALLS ON COURT RUN- Zt NING NORTH. T No. 1 Ludwlg Mayer, $2.30 per t month. ( l No. 2 Joseph Bruchez, $2.25. " il No. 3 John Skeeles, $2. STREET STALLS ON WEST THIRD RUNNING WEST. No, 1 Thomas Rocco 13 feet, f&.iu pur moiun. No. 2 John Kchl 13 feet, $2.15. No. 3 Samuel Cohen 7x1 feet at corner of Court and Third. $2, No, 4 John Lelne, 10 foot, $2. Granting that tho lessees of street a stalls lease for tho year tho city will 1 derive a yearly rovenuo of $2,033.20. "' From the stalls In tho market hpuso ,..i.w it sio i,oo. wnon warmer"-jvv """""" "" i"B uonru will auction!. ' off nioro street space, ' A -iMfr&ff.ftf M . i., ii mtr ii i i i iii i in i i i i 2 Afc r .dMKSLlm .Jkr4 i 1 , . ...:. . - ,.... . . ., ,.-ki.tiBMfnnnB