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THE
?MfflffltffSS&ff?Sk WHOL? NUMBER 16.436.
K1CHMOXD, VA.; SATURDAY, JANUARY 2,1004.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS
Weather
WASHINGTON, Jan. l.-Porccast for
Saturday and Sunday: ; , ,
Virginia*-Bain 'Saturday, except fo.lr on
1 he coasti Sunday rnln und colder: viulu.
ble winds, bocomb.g ??osh North,
rvorth Carolina?Pair on the coast, rain
Iti Interior Saturday; Buntlay rain und
coldor; light to frCsh South winds,
The now year stT?ried out with Ideal
tall woatr.or, it was morn like October
? (Han January. Rain is piedlctcd for to.
nay,
STATE OP THE THERMOMETER.
S ?. M.'..il
12 M. W
> p. m.?;
C P. M., 51
> P. M.*i
.12 Mldn'ght .,'...?
' Precipitation during post 24 hours.... 00
? vverage for 21 hours.?t'5-?
Highest toni pern tu re yesterday .ff>
Lowest UmneratUre yesterday .30
(denn temperature yesterday .i>l
?Vorniui temperature for Junuarv .23
Departure from normul temperature.... 12
Richmond.
Annual meotlttg and banquet of tho
Grand Chapter Phi Kappa Sigma held
here last nlgttt with many prominent men
. (.resent?Mr. M. B. Florshelm, tho Rich,
mond man who, with his two sisters, was
In the Iroriuols Then?"? when It burned,
f?t vos a graphic dlucriptlnn of the catas?
trophe-Richmond birds win five out of
right fights In ft cocking man. In Norfolk
??Sharp correnp*ondence between Colonel
ft. C. Marshall and 'Congressman Carter
Cila?-n attracts much attention, -but no
rurthor troublo is feared?Now Year's
celebration of Deep Bun Hunt Club a.
delightful affair; Mr. Hobson has exciting
ttc'pcr once with Seven-up. who first runs
awny and then takes a ftto-luot who
itncu?Rev. J .J. Haley, the new pastor
nf Sovonth Street Christian" Church, ar?
rives, and will preacTi hts llrst sermon to.
morrow-Leo Camp, has on interesting
uiscusslon of the Rxey resolution-Ec
rentrjc and wealthy Southampton man,
Mio had burled a large 6um in gold in
hie eniokonoufe, leaves memorandum on
? hi? will, which leads to Its d scuvery
impressive New Year's gathering In tho
tiuiet room at the Methodist Mission
Arch toct Marye and Captain Baker going
lo St. Louis to arrange for the erection
of "Montlccllo"-Death of Captain Gib
ton, a well.known brick manufacturer
Mr. nnd Mrs. M^irx Gunst celebrato their
rwepty-nttn annlve sary-Thu law
Bgnlnft ihrowlrg packages of medlc'no
Into yards not being observed-Raymond I
Harrison's penchant' for ?vercoats sends
him to Jail?The pretty, new St. An
nrew's Episcopal Church consecrated
uenerai Assembly notified of tho million
ooiisrs for th* Jamestown Exposition,
necessary to secure tho State" appropria?
tion-The Senate and House be.ng still
without a quorum adjourned to Monday
-Mr. Billln?:. the new superintendent
f'f the penltonlUry. ?luallUcs-Small fire
if. the nomo or A. W. Harsrovu. on West
Marshall Street MANCHESTER-New
year Is received quietly-Olympia Club
banquets, with many post-frandlal speech*
' cs-Officers of ,lo.*eph Johnston Camp
il'stal:ed-Council commltteo calendar
for n^xt week-New bank pays four
per cent semi-annually.
Virginia.
The V. M. I. csdets first class hold
their iinniml hs.nnnel at Hotel Lexington
? Rev John Robertson, of Glasgow;
otoriond, to take charge of Bible schopl.
at Greenwood, Va.??National Soldiers'
iintw!, at Hampton, cl?s?s leas? w.th tho
.Normal Srttonl-e?Henry county, -oit.-.ao
?'innt of tbe conflict of Ilio ohi and now
law has two sui;e.visors of tb" poor
Two urnniiKone of a Cbarlottcavlbe :mer-,
? cimnt killed In Chicago theatre disaster
-winchester maiden goes to a party
und is niarr.ed be?'ore ?fe returns home
-a wo men In a v.aeon that was struck
??'.? trd-.n, near urlEtoI. ar.d neither are
nurt-lonng lady shot ' In Charlotte
uuuntv wnlto passing along tho road
*'iin companions?Anv asphyx'ateo cou
t'lc, in l-'flersuui'S'. snveu uv tho Use of
Hie telephone-Eight ? year old gir'
burned to death In Surry county?Roan
?ko KlkH lay tyelvo hundred plates tor
dinner for the poor. In liouuoke?Nego
nni.ons for a ground door theatre, in
Newport News?-Sudden deaths of prom,
men pe"oplQ In Gloucestc.-The. dispen?
sary board for Meherrin appolnied by th?
jauge-Stiffs wharf, on the Rappalian
??>???, carried away by the Ice-Aged oit.
-?en dies alono lu Lun'enburg county.
North Carolina.
?t'lireo men under arrest at Ashevillo
for a murderous assault on Iiurgtn Ya>?
?it-rry ut Cune Creek: dy.ng deposition or
liijuiC-t mari-Salisbury, in common With
other North Carolina towns, has several
?nines ot small pox-The division oillccr
or trie Southern to bu muved from Grc-ons
nnro to Atlanta-Flag nislng, w.tb
?peeohes rJy aisungulshed men, at Ma?
nlng, Rowan county?Bajuist State Board
Oi eussions elect otllcera and dlStnOUlw
?-.i.iiu; to State missionaries; endorse plan
ot theological Institutes-Boaro, of exam?
iners tor trained nurses or???ii!?ml under
?r.cniii. not of i-eglsiaiuro-Tile dispen?
sary at Ralolgh opens and all the bar?
rooms cjose?Cha. lotte had a "citizen
Killed In Chicago theatru disaster.
General.
Aiayor Harrison, or unicago, orders a
number of theatres closed because of a
iaclc of precautions aga.nst fire and says
that he will tee that eve.y possible pie
caution shall Lie taken to prevent the loss
o, mimati Ufo; searching Inquiry Into ro
Iponsibiiity tor the fire is being mude by
the police department and the coroner;
many very dtstress.ng incluants are toiu
<-.uiis?:queiit upon tho catastrophe, a father
having to draw a revolve- to force con
ouetoi tu allow niiu to carry body of his
daughter homo . on street car?Mayor
?Mot leitund assumes oftiee In New York
with ceremonies that aro not at all ela'bo.
, r;*;e-?itussia said to hav? reiuseo to
itBiOc to proposal? made by Japan, und
! ir. London ilio puvoidanco of war |p
luuhed upon us no longer a possibility?
Colonel Babst,. the head of the fuost
Brew.ng Company, dies at his homo .?.ter
Sn, long lilnesu, but unexpectedly-Repre?
sentative David DeArniotitt, uf Mlssuuii,
one oi the'chief speTTIifrs at tho Jackson
?Day colouration in .Nebraska, wh.ch is
port of a reunion of the gold and silver
diemocruts; ho urges reconciliation and
. preuicis possible success for the D?mo?
.era.s in the Presidential election?'Pros
idunt and Mrs. Roosevelt tender a b.ll
llant reception ut the Wliltu Hou o o dip?
lomatic body, members of tho Supro.iw
Court, nrmy and navy ofllcors, members
of L'oj;yress and general public
The Missing Mail Carrier.
(Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.)
COMORN, VA,, Jan. l.-Mr. Andrew
Burcholl, the mail carrlpr, who did not
1 re.urn to \i\nj, Gjorgo with tho mall on tho
Ilampstead route last Saturday night, ai d
who had not been found Monday morning,
was finally found at tho home of Mr,
Amos Sullivan, In Stafford county, ?omo
two or three miles from FrederJcksburg,
It was at first reported that ho had been
robbed and beaten, but It has since been
learned that nothing of the kind oc?
curred, Tho 'Frederlcksburg postmaster
?ays lhat tho Hampstenrl carrier did not
call for the mull ut all Saturday,
Mr, John King, of this place, is bo
critically 111 that his family and friends
are exceedingly uneasy.
Mr. W. P. Stophens, of Igo, who had
almost recovered from a. violent attack.of
typhoid fever, has had relapso and Js
dangerously ill.
>???.. ? . ? .e ' . ? ?-.
Mr; Crawford Here,
Mr. R. W. Crawford Is vjsltlng friends
In Richmond,: He is now located in Mon
treul. Mr. Crawford was formerly a con?
tractor with the Locomotivo Works, and
ti well known here,
"PHI KAPS"
ARE HAVING
ROYALTIME
Greek Letter Msn From
Many States Here.
GRAND OFFICERS
EL?CTEP YESTERDAY
Those of High Standing and
Ability Arc Chosen
Leaders.
BRILLIANT COMPANY AT
LAST NIGHT'S BANQUET
Seventy Young Men From Far
Scattered Sections of the Coun?
try \ Gather Around the
Festive Board?Eloquent
Po*st-Prandial Speeches.
? Among Those Present.
The Grand Chapter, Phi Kappa Sigma
fraternity, Is having a well attended'and
ibi roughly delightful session m this city.
Distinguished" representativos of thin
old Greek letter organization are here
frcm every section of the laud?from as
far north as Maine, as far south as Louis?
iana and Texas, and as far west as the
Golden Gate.
Two business session? wero held at tho
Masonic Temple yesterday, morning and
afternoon, and lost night tho Virginia
chapters ami alumni gave the delegates
tD the. forty-first annual session of the
Grand Chapter nn elegant banquet at the
Jtfferson. tho headquarters of the visi?
tors. This social turn in tho day's pro?
ceedings was enjoyable In every fea?
ture of It. The menu and wines.served
by the hoto? wore excellent. The flow
of wit thereafter was rich and generous,
the spirit of comradeship high, and cyeB
sparkled with the happiness present with
every man of tho seventy In the banquet
hail. Speeches post-prandial were far
aboy? the average on such occasions.
Mr. e: R. Chesterman,? tried so often
'and?, always proven pure - gold ? at such
times, was.toastmasler. This gnntteman,'
Introduced by Mr. ThomaiTB.'McAdams,
Is known .nil over Virginia as th? "Idle
Reporter," never dleplayed that Inimita?
ble dry wit of his to the greater pleasure
of his comrades.
Grand Officers Elected.
At tho morning session tho grand offi?
cers for the next twelve months were
elected. The new grand leaders of the
.Greek letter men are:
Grand Alpha:'J. Hartley Morrlck, Phil?
adelphia.
C;.-and Beta: John B. Baer, Baltimore.
Grand Iota: T. B. McAdams, Richmond.
Grand Thetns: Alfred Tennyson Sevino
??????????; Gould Anthony, University of
Mninc.
Grand Sigma: Frank B. Bowe, Phlladel.
pHa.
Grand Gamma: Boyd Lee Sparks, Phila?
delphia.
Grand Upsilon: ?G. Charles Giffenbach,
Pittsburg.
Grand Tau: James Star; Philadelphia.
Tho afternoon session was taken up
with mutters of little interest to tho pub?
lic \
A Splendid Feast.
The banquet last night, was noted for
good fellowship. The Virginia chapters
liad a fine body of men as their guests,
men who are making their mark? wherever
their lots have been cast. Tho fraternity
has ever been careful to get Into its ex?
clusive ranks those men who have prom?
ise of a future of usefulness boforo them.
Every profession was represented. The
spiritual adviser and the physical healer
were there: so were the Journalist, the
manufacturer, the banker and the broker.
It was a well rounded company of good1
fellows, every one enjoying the implicit,
confidence of tho other, as brothers do,
and every ono at perfect case.
Among Those Present.
When Mr. McAdains arose to present
(Continued on Second Page.)
THE HORROR
BROUGHT HOME
Virginia and North Carolina
Cities Touched by the Chi?
cago Catastrophe.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
CHARLOTTESV1LU3, VA., Jan. 1,
John.C Patterson, a rotlred merchant of
this city, received a telegram to-day from
Chicago, stating that two of his grand?
sons had lost their lives In tho Iroquois
Thcatio disaster, und a third was seri?
ously injured. The dead boys wero Wil?
liam and Crawford Patterson, sons of
John C. Patterson, Jr., mniiagor of tho
Pullman Palace Car Company, In Chica?
go, a:ul wero aged ten and twelve yeurs.
respectively.
Fred, Patterson, who wns badly In?
jured, was the sixteen-year-old son of
William C. Patterson, an Omaha mer?
chant, and wus spending tho ' holidays
with his cousins In Chicago. His con?
dition Is reported serious. Both of his
logs may havo to bo amputated. Ho
Is In one of tho city's hospitals.
The bodies of William and Crawford,
necompanlocl by their father, will loavo
Chicago to-morrow und arrive hero at
noon on Sunday. The burial will occur
that afternoon.
CHARLOTTE, N. C? Jan. 1.?Charlotte
people felt a renewed Interest In the
horror of the great Chicago fire of
Wednesday, when It was learned here
to-day that, a former resident of tl>ls
,iUy. Mrs. Fannia Treloar Forhush, was
u victim'of-the. awful calamity. Infor?
mation' to this effect was received this
morning by.the mother of the dead wo?
man, Mrs. Julia. F. Treloar. who resides
ut Ho. ?Ut North Brevard Street.
DEATH OF MAN WHO
MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS
(By Associated Press.)
MILWAUKEE},? WIS., January 1,-C'ap
taln Frederick Pabst, president of the
Pabst Browing Company, died at hie res?
idence hero lu-day. While tho members
of his? family aud his -friends know that
he wan Buffering from nn Incurable dis?
ease, nnd that ho could not ,????. r?arn
than a few months longer, his death carne
suddenly arid unexpectedly. Ilo woe
sixty-seven years of nge. ?
Captain Pabst had been In falling health
for tho last, four or five years, but his
condition "was'not considered 'serious 'and
did not alarm his family. Hie physicians
repeatedly advised rest, nnd acting on
their suggestion ' he took several trips
abroad.' spending much of his time at
Carlsbad.
HIS FORTUNE
WAS HIDDEN
Eccentric Southampton ' Man
Had Large' Sum in Gold
Buried in'Smoke-House. ?
DID NOT TRUST THE BANKS
Kept Thousands of Dollars
His Pockets and in Safe
in His Home.
A small memorandum scribbled upon
tho margin of tho will of Benjamin B.
Worrell, of Southampton county, who
died a few weeks ago, led tho executors
of the will to tho discovery of concealed,
treasurer to tho amount of from $7,000 to
??.G??, which had been buried In the I
smoke-house. Tho memorandum : sug
fccsteci to the executors to "Look In the
southwest corner of the omoke-house for
hidden treasur? " Tho search revealed
a tin box containing several shot bags
filled with gold coin of the United States,
which had been burled thern by. the?
testator and which, it appears, oven
he h?V> overlooked when he made his
will.
Mr Worrell was a rather eccentric man
who distrusted banks, and, though one
of the? wealthiest men In tho county,
kept his money in ready cash or,.In? a
safe In Ills homo. Ho lived and dial a
h?chelo?? and had be*m a very frugal
and succfsful man In his Investment?.
He was seventy-four years old at the
time ?? bis'death.1
Tho ic?iowlng telegram from the cor?
respondent of The Tlmes-Dlspatch ut
t?ranltl|n, Southampton county, fully con
flrrps the story of the discovery of the
hurriod treasure,and gives.;some Interest-,
mc facts concerning the deceased!.
"Benjamin E. Worrell, of this coun?
ty ?led at the Johns Hopkins Hospital,
'n Baltimore, about the middlo of No?
vember last His remains were burled
at his homo near Capron. Tho will was
admitted to probate In the County Court
???f Southampton. Your correspondent saw
it. It was entirely In the handwriting of
decedent ana on the margin of one pago
??as a memorandum, the exact words of
which your correspondent cannot recall,
but thinks they were: 'Look In tho south?
west corner of smoko-house for bidden
t?e?sur*>.'
"The executors did look there and found
buried in a metal receptacle .seven thou?
sand dollars In gold coin. There was also
ovDut four thousand dollars in currency
It? decedent's iron safe. He was a very
tens'! le and successful man, and left an
estate worth about one hundred thou?
sand doLlars. He was rather eccentric,
and thought very little of banks, and did.
but K'.!*n business with them. It was no
untimmo? thlny '?or him to carry about,
with him five'to ten thousand dollars in
his pockut? "
CAB CAUGHT ON FIRE.
Fire Department Responds to
Call From S. A. L.
About 10:30 o'clock lnst night an alarm
of fire was sounded from Box 311, corner
Fourteenth nnd Poplar Streets, and. it
was found that tho cab of a Seaboard Air
Line engine had caught fire.-Nob. 2 and
' 3 engines and No. 2 truck responded and
quickly extinguished tho flames. The
dnmuge could not be dotormined last
night, though it is not thought to be
considerable. Tho origin of the fire is
not definitely known, though it is thought
to have started from tho explosion of an
oil can.
HOTEL GUESTS ARE
PANIC STRICKEN
Three Persons Dead and Four
Injured in Fire in Chi?
cago Hotel.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Jan, 1.?Three persons were
killed and four others Injured In a flro
to?night that destroyed tho Louvre Hotel,
No 8Q11-3?23 Lake Avenue. Nearly ono
hundred guests wore hi tho hotel at the
timo ihq flro broUo out, several of whom
had retired for tho night. WJtit the
remembranco of the Jt'oquols Theatre
horror fresh In Uwlr minds, every ono
In the place bocamo panlc-stlcken and
rushed madly for the streets as soon us
It became known that tho hotel was on
fire, At ? *3t0 hour the dead had not
been Identified.
When Urn flro was dlucovored most of
th'i guests wero In their apartments, nnd
all hurried to escape, but In the upper
story of tho building the nmoloi was so
tl Iclt that they had great dlUloulty In
flrdlng exits.
Several persons wero rescued from the
SLrond story through tho efforts of three
oC tho guests of the hotel.
A boy about fifteen years old was
taken from the building almost suffo?
cated, He died a few minutes after
being taken to the street.
But for the heroic efforts of Miss Jlary
Corbott, $.n einplayo of the hole!,? three
children of Mrs. ? ?. Schaffer, one > of
the guests, would undoubtedly have lost
their? lives. Tying u ciolh, about h?r
heao, Miss ?orbeit rusl)0d into the burn?
ing, building, Picked up tho children, bud
^arrleil them to the street,
RENDING
STORIES
Incidents Told That Are
Almost Heart-Breaking,
DRAWS REVOLVER
ON CONDUCTOR
A Father Dctermiited to Carry
. Dead Child Home, -Despite
the Rules of Company.
SOCIETY WOMEN ?
TELLS OF HER ESCAPE
Risked Her Life tojSavc a Beau?
tiful, Child, But Was. Pushed?
Along by Panic-Stricken
Crowd?The Last Per?
son. Who Left, the
Theatre Alive'.
' (By Associated" Press.)
CHICAGO, ILL.,, January li-A pathetic
incident occurred to-day on'the Cottage
Grovo Avenue- cable line. rThis passes
within half tai squaro of. Kolston's morgue.)
Late this .afternoon a man, haggard and
worn, -walked up to a; Cottage' Grove
Avenue cai arid 'climbed aboard, carry?
ing in his arm's, the body of a -little gold?
en-haired girl. .The.', form w?vs partially;
wrapped In a. canvas .cloth,- but' not .sut-'
ficlontly to conceal it. .As the.father took,
his seat, with the .child In his. arms,, the,
conductor eyed him doubtfully, and. thon,!
approaching, him',, touched .him on the
shoulder, saying: "I ? anv sorry, but the
rules ot tbo company do,- not permit the
carrying of bodies In. tills manner. ' G
mustr?stf you to leave the car.'' With-.1
out changing his expression^ .the slight-;
.est; without showing a-trace, of exciter;
ment or irritation, : the man rose to bis
.ieet.'.istill holding:on .one arm the body
of his child. With.-his free hand?the
thrust into tho ' face of the conductor
a large revolver," and ?said in a ..i?ne
which' betokened utter -weariness and al?
most lack of Interest Sin" tho -proceedings r
"This. Is my ? daughter? I have.,looked
for her all of last night and all of tor
day. t'havo .tried inVr?ln'?-*? -obtain r a
cab or'ar?arriage,' ??<? j"?can get none.
G dm taking my baby !;h?mo to her
mother, and I Intend to' take her on this
car. Now go on."
Other men ron? the car Interceded with
the .conductor, and tho latter, realizing
the situation, gave way, and In the
. crowded ..car ;the father sat-, and carried
tho corpse of-his child -.to -her homo. . j
Heart-Breaking Story.:
_ Miss .Georgia .Swift, a prominent soci?
ety lady, was badly battered and bruised
in the panic in the theatre. In talking of
her experiences to-day, she said:
"I itarted up the aislo at about the
samo time as all the others, I suppose.
Mv seat -was on the first floor near the
stage, and when ? had reached the rear
of. the auditorium, the aisle was choked
with people, -who had fallen. I looked
down to avoid stepping on them and just
as I d|d so, my eyes wer? caught by
those of. a little boy about seven years
old, who was lying on tho floor unablo
to line. He had largo brows oyes and
was so neatly dressed and apparently so
well i.red and such a little gentleman
that he fascinated me. it was all- in
a second. I know, but as he saw me
loolrln? at him. he said: "Won't you
please, please help me; pleaso do."
"I stopped to raise him If I could, but
the ctowd wus too thick and the rush
too strong. 1 seized him under the arms
und then I was knocked over him on
to niy knees In the aisle. I struggled to
rny ftct, but the weight of the. crowd
was such that 1 could not turn back and
l.wus carried out through the door. The
littlo boy -was unquestionably trampled
to death, nnd the memory of those eyes
of his will haunt me while t live."
Last to Leave.
Miss Viola McDonald, of Chicago,
tin i mo to bo the last person to leave tho
theatre alive. She was a member of
tho cnorus and rushed to the dressing
room beneath the stage to dress, but
f.fter seizing some of her clothing.'found
It impossible to malto her way up the
stairs, which were blocked by (lame and
smoke. Turning around, she ran back
itilo tno basement again miri made her
way tc a coal hole underneath tho front
sldcwtlk, : Crawling on her hands and
knrcs tc tho hole, she managed to thrust
out her arm to attract attention and
was drawn out. by a liremaii,
THOROUGH INSPECTION
OF NEW YORK THEATRES
(By Associated Pros?.)
N13W YORK, Jan. I,--The tlrst order
Usued under tho new administration of:
tho pre department looks to the more
thorough inspection of till theatres In |
this city. In each battalion wherein a
the!.tre Ih located, u competent asslstt
ntit (?reman will bo designated, as theatre
inspector, and theso Inspectors ore to bo
'under the supervision of general theatre
Inspectors,
Weekly Inspection of all places of
amusement will be required, for tho pur?
pose of seeing that the ?tugo, ules,
ehle'.d. etc., are In proper condition, ex
uunnniB all auxiliary fire appliances and
seeing that thoy are of tho regular de?
partment standard. In perfect condition
and ready for Immediato uso.
.... ?
Richmonders in New York,.
(Succiai to Tho TlmoB-Pispatch.)
NJ5W YORK. Jan. 1.-Broadway Cen?
tral. B. W, Bowman; Herald Square. O.
Waruor-lc, 13. Etchlsoii, Jr., J. II. Redd,
Jr. C. B. Smith; Marlborough, 10, J.
Mort'lsberg; York, K. C. Clark, C. 13.'
Wonlium, Jr.; Grand Union, C, fiorii
ley; Park Avettuo, W. R, Brown; Jlcil
land, W. P. Gllniour and wife.
... . ?e-??I
Virginian Sails.
(Special to The Tlmesipisnatcii./
BO?'t'ON. MASO., Jan. 1.? Among tho.
mlonn passengers who sailed for tho
Mediterranean on the White Star Liner
Repudilo, Is Miss Carrlngton, ot War,
rpnton, Va. (She w!U yt?it the Azores.
Gibraltar, Marseiile?, Genoa, Naples, and
AlfKuudru.
THE NEW YEAR HAS COME.
WHITE HOUSE
RECEPTION
President and? Mrs. Roosevelt
Inaugurate Social Season at
?Nation's Capital.
THIRTY-FIVE COUNTRIES
This .";N um ber Represented at the
. Reception' by?" Their; accredit-/
ed Ambassadors or Ministers.
RUSH FOR EXITS
OF BURNING HOTEL
Building in West Damaged to
Extent of $50,000?Some
Narrow Escapes.
illy Ansoclnhxl Pits?.)
WtAINBRK. MINN., Jan. l.-Klrc,
which broke out In the'Arlington Hotel
to-day, did about ???,??? damage to tho |
building. There wero ubout thirty guests
In tho hotel and groat confusion pre?
vailed l'or a timo, und there was ri mud
rush tor exit?.
Thuocoru Ilnlllstur. of Puluth. an al?
ternes, who was attending court |:#??,
whs forced to crawl down ?ta|rs on his
hands und knees. A. T. Bass' and wife,
11 deaf anil dumb couple, recently mar?
ried, wero asleep when the flro broke
nut,' and had to bo carried ????? the
burning building. Tho loss Is partly
covered by Insurnnco.
shot inbac?Tby
his boy companion
(By Associated Press.1
MONTKRHY,. MKX1CO. Jununry 1.
Alexundro Heyes, the nlne-yeiu-ohl son
of Governor Itoyes, was accidentally shot
In the back to-day by a boy with whom
be was hunting. The wound probably
will not prove serious.
Mr. Hurst Here
Mr. Jew J3- Hurst, a well known news?
paper writer and theatrical man, who
litis beep connected' with "tho Fawcolt
ccmpanlcs recently, arrived in this city
yesterday, and aftor spending a day or
ivo here will go to Washington, where
b<> will make his home!
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D.'.C., Jan. l.-Presi- I
rtcnt.uml Mrs..Roosevelt inaugurated to?
day tiie official sp,?|ul season" in tho na?
tion's c<%tnl with ia, brilliant, roceptlon
nt the Whit,? House.. . ; -
? Tho interior of. the AVhite House never
wiiv more '.beautiful ..than to.-dnj Tj.d
. mansion glowed with electric lights and
floral decorations were. disposed about
the c-irrldors and parlors. Raro palms,
lotted plants and exquisito cut flowers
were arranged effectively in every avail
nhle space. Great rectangular urns,
hanked to the edges with dwarf pulms
and holly, were placed between the main,
corridoi? and the . vestibule's", forming a
fitting background for the'gorgeous new
uniforms of the Marine Band, which,
sixty plocos strong, was seated In the
vestibule.
Eleven o'clock was tho hour fixed for
ilio beginning of the reception. Por
nn h??r before that time, carriages, con?
taining members of the diplomatic corps,
relied up to the southern entrance of the
While House. Among tho representatives
of the nations of the world. It was no?
ticed that there was one abpentco. ? Co?
lombia, one of this country's sister re?
publics to the south, was not represented
?it tho reception. Conerai Rafael Reyes,
tho minister of Colombia, in this country
on ? special mission,"did not nttend the
recep? ion.) lost, it Is understood, his pres?
ence at Hip While House might be mis?
construed by hin people. 'Ho, therefore,
had begged to be excused. Dr. llerran,
Hie Colombian charge d'affaires, was de?
tained at bis residence by. a bronchial
affection. *
To-day, as a year ago, a new republic
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
NARROW
ESCAPE
Mr. M, B.. Florsheim, of Rich?
mond, Was in the. Iro
quois Theatre. .
RETURNED HOME LAST NIGHT
Qiyes a Graphic Description of
. I. . the Scene-?-Helped the
: Doctors.
Mi. ,\1. 1?. Florshelm, proprietor of the
Jefferson Laundry, who was-Jn the Iro.
qiiols Theatre fire, In Cht'cago, reached
hbm? last bight, receiving a hearty wel?
come.
Mr Fl?rsheim was In company with his
two sisters, and was tho first; to get into
tb-.j.street after the flro. 11,3 it was who
asked that.an alarm be sent in.
'The theatre was packed," said Mr.
?Florsheim. "We had tickets in W row,
bei ause we were Jate ih making up our
minds-to go, and had to take the scute
in the rear. We made an effort to get
? box scats, but failed.
"My attention was first attracted to
the fire," . ho said,, "by tho chorus on
th'j stiigo shortly after tho second act
started. In a moment Eddie Foy, the
ccmedfan, cam.2 out on the stage nnd
told tho audienci that there was a little
fire, but that It did not amount to much,
and advised everybody to keep cool.
Then he and tho other people on tho
stage seemed to be fighting tho incipient
flames. They could do nothing, and a
retreat was mado just as a sheet of
flame shot across the stage.
AWFUL SCENE.
"Then pandemonium reigned. Men, wo?
men and children, with blanched faces
and horrlblo shrieks and cri'es, ran over
each other. Lltt'iJ children woro stamped
to death by the horror-stricken crowd.
Strong men acted llko hysterical woman.
"Eolng nonr the door, my two-sisters
and.myself got out, but even at that It
way a narrow escape, I ran out and
(Continued on Fifth Pago.)
SLIGHT PANIC IN
NEW YORK HOTEL
Many Guests Leave Building
Hurriedly and One Woman
Faints From Excitement.
(By Associated' Press.)
NliW YOItlv, Jan. l.-Threo alarms
were sent lu this afternoon l'or ? Uro
that started In a room on tho sixth
fluor of .the Murray lllll Hotel, at Forty.
first Kirnet and Park Avenue. Tho flro
burned briskly for a while and ato its
way lo tho seventh Hoop and through
tho roof of one wing, causing ilamngo
ohtimaleil at $10,00?. A slight ponio re?
sulted, during whlcn many guests loft
the hotel nnd ono woman fainted. NO
one was injured, however.
It .s thought tho flro started from
crossed electric wires. The dromon had
easy access to tho lire and did excellent
work In keeping it from spreading, It
was completely under control within
threo-i]unrtora of un hour. 'Much of the
damafju was caused by water.
PROMINENT FARMERS
FIGHT TO THE DEATH
(By .-vssoclatod Press. 1
TALLAUEGA. ALA?. Jan. l.-At|
Kymulga to-day, N. p, Hobbs shot and
killed Brooks Mitchell. Hobbs, who af
lei ward went to the sheriff and sur?
rendered, displayed a knife, wound on
che face and said that Mitchell attached ?
him with a ltplfe, apd'he fired In solf
iiejenee. poth men were prominent far?
mers An old grudge Is said to have been
tho" cause,
ARE LATE
LOCKING
STABLEDOOR
Nineteen Theatres in Ghi
cago Ordered dosed.
MAYOR ISSUES
STRINGENT ORDERS
AU Playhouses Lacking ? Ashes??
tos Curtains Must Clos?
Their Doors. i'?
EVERY PRECAUTION
TO PRESERVE LIFE
Day of Mourning in? Chicagd|;
Where Funerals Are Taking ,
Place' in All Parts of the ';<'
City?Many Cases of ]
Great Sadness?Min?
isters Kept lfysy.
(By Associated Press,}
CHICAGO. ILLi, Jan.? l.-Mayor Carte*
H. Harrison to-day took steps to. provide .
as lar as ' Dosslblo against a repetiUou .
of Wednesday's horror at the Iroquols)
Theatre. As a result of an Investiga?
tlon made at his ordors, and lasting, b?i
?? few hours, nineteen theatres'and mu?,?
aoums were ordered closed, somo of theni
being amone tho loading and most pop?
ular play houses of the city. The act
of the mayor was based on a'singlo vio?
lation of th? ordinances, which aro' in-i
tended to protect the patrons of theatres
from , just such an occurrence as than
v.hlch cost so many lives on Wednes'
day." This was that every ono: of these.
Places had omitted to supply an asbestos
curtain. The theatres ordered closed'aret
?Howard's,? Sam T. Jack's, Marlowe, Now
American, Olympic, Academy of-Music,
Alhambra; Avenue, 'Bijou, Chicago, Operv ,?
Houso, .Colunibus Stock, Thirty-first
Street, Criterion- Flegenbaum's 'Milwau?
kee Avenue,'. Oarrlck and GUckman'r?' '
In .cdditioiv to those, the London Glob? ;
'?Museum and the Clark Btreet MusoitpT
were nlso'comp?lied to' clns? their doors,r"
' : Do Big Business... . ,
The Chicago Opera House ati'd Slxe '
Olympic Theatre . are vaudeville houses
of thq highest clans, and probably. .lo
as much business in point of numbers '
as any one of the theatros In tho city
ut ?Ingle performances. They give, how
?jver. a ntatinco every day in the week
and it is seldom that seats can bo ob- ,
talneu for any performance at the time ?
t.f opening. In addition to this, they
have been accustomed to selling large..
namltrs of tickets for standing room,
and as a general thing'moro people ari?
within these places of amusement at an
vverhge performance than can be found
at any other play houso in the city.
The Gurrlck Theatre, which was or?
dered closed Is a small play houso on
the northwest shin of tho city and should
not be confounded with the larger thea.tr?
of the samo name situated on Randolph'
Street, ono block west of the troquois. ?
The Inspection ordered by the mayor
?f.-day was carried out by Building Com- .
tnlsskmor Williams and Chief of Police
O'Neill. The scopo of the Investigation
Include? no other feature than asbesto?
nurta'ns. The mayor Instructed Com
nilssloner Williams to report to him
promplly at the-conclusion of his Invos-.?
Ugaiirri, declaring that it was - his In?
tention that no theatre "should be al?
lowed to open Its doors In Chicago here^
<*fter unless It was provided with an.
isbcstos curtain of standard quality that
would . work at all timos and under atl
coud'llons.
Take Every Precaution.
"It niny not be posslbVs,". said Maye*
Harrison, "to prevent loss of. life, when
npdienccH rushed for the doorways, but,!!
I have determined to see that every pre
I mufl?n Is taken to prevent-such occuf
I vences as will alarm the people and start
? them on a rush for th-i exits.' It is alt -
: very well to say that the great loss o<
? Ufe In tho Iroquols Theatre wag dub tr?
the fact that the poople '.ist their heads ..
and crowded into the doorways and aisles
l'l:<? maniacs, but tho fact remains, and It ?"
rarinot be denied, that there would have
been no panic if the apparatus In this .
theatre, which, judged by all ordinary
standards, was the best ?equipped play?
house In the city, had been in props* .
working condition. There is no getting .
t?eyona that fact. ??a?? all the evidence
now In hand, It is clear that If the as?
lfitos curtain in this theatro had heon
in the condition it should have been,
there would have been no Viss of life,
comparatively ?peaking."
Tho report of Building Commissioner
Williams showed that tho Academy ot "
Mt'sfo, w'th a seating capacity of 2.O0O.
had a curtain of burlap. The Alhambra,
with a capacity of 2,3'iOj the Avenue, QOO;
tho Bijou, 1,300; Clark Street Museum,
270: Criterion, 1.100: Klegenbaum's, 400;
Howard's. 01?; Marlowe. 1,900; New Amer?
ioni,, 1,400, al', had curtains of linen. .
The curtain in the Chicago Ojvsra House
w.'ia of burlap covered with fireproof
pi: int. In the Columbus Stock Theatre,
und in Bam T. Jack's. It was of canvas,
Tb? Olympic Theatre, with a seating
capacity of about 1,000 peoplo, has a cur?
tail?, of canvas,
"There wore other glaring delete,"
said Building Comnilsslomv Williams,
??which wore noticed In some of the
houses, but wo were not paying part?cu?
la- attention to them to-day, although
1 noted that the theatrical managers
wiV be comnelled to remedy them as
soon as possible."
Day of Mourning,
Such a day of mourning Chicago never
witnessed a.s that which ushered In the
Now Year. In evory portion of the city,
almost, it seemed aa though there were
funerals going, or undertaking wagons .
arriving with dead, who were being
brought to their homos for the laut time.
While the funeral processions were intjv?.
Uif through the apow-covered streets to
various cemeteries, the thron? about the
various morgues and undertaking estab.
DshmenU seemed almost as large as ever.
vM uw -*w: appeared *l? &t ?fes?r of (y?.