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ESTABLISHED IN 1868. DAILY EAST ELY, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1909. VOL. XLI NO. 240
Rochester, New York, at
the Mercy of Flames
Which Are Raging
From Different Points
HYNAMITK IVKI-'KKUTI Al. IV
ro.MT.in WITH KIKItCK HAI.I-I
—CONI I.A(.i:\TIOV I HAIM.KB
TO KAN ATM'-MAW ItOMKI.Kss
IMK HKNTKIl. April IT.—A
lire which may rival tile Baltimore
contlagral ion of a lew years ago in
the amount of destruction ami citor
■nous money Ins* entailed, lias Im*cu
laging in t !•••> rity si nee shortly lw—
fore iiihiii today.
Not only tin' Imsiness ami manu
facturing district* of tin- rity, lm( the
residence renter as well, arc in the
grasp of the lire king tonight ami
with a high wind Mowing the situa
tion is <|rs|M-rute. Hyiiainilc has Iw-cn
used since this afternoon to check the
progress of the llames. Inn without
much avail, the wind sweeping the
llames and carrying showers of tunn
ing emIters far over the rity.
The fires starled at two diflert-ut
points, alMiiit a mile apart, almost
if not simultaneously . . Indications
point to incendiarism, probably by
IP a religious fanatic. Thousands have
been rendered homeless while the
property loss reaches Into the mil
lions
Unless the gale, which Is now
blowing ;;o or more miles an hour,
subsides, the damage before morning
will lie incalculable.. It has been de
cided to dynamite some building* in
an effort to check the progress and
control the Are,
The fire broke out In the Seidell
building, a four story structure.
Kroni this it leaped across to St.
Peter's church mid then to the big
Jewish synagogue. Hi. Peter's
church was saved but the synagogue
la In ruins.
An apartment house valued ut
$100,000 was next swept away. Then
the flames attacked a score or more
of residences near by
About the same time ibis lire
broke out. a fire started in a church
In another section of the rity, about
one mile removed from the flr*i
conflagration. Only one tire company
could be spared for this tire and tn
burning church soon fell prey to the
flames, which quickly spread '■> a
, number of residences and are sow
[sweeping whole streets.
fully 1.19 families have moved out
from the path of the flan.**, ,\ larg*
number of houses arc burning wiih
L out a single stream of ante tlt check
^ the flames.
ROCHESTER, X V., April I::
1 The conflagration Is raging Jn the
heart of the manufacturing district.
Syracuse and Buffalo fire depart
ments asked to give assistance t,>
the tire department of Rochester
■ are on the ground with departments,
sent by fast trains, and Mayor Ed
gerton has the militia out to help
the police In the burning district.
Twenty-five buildings, including a
number of churches, are nflto and
the loss I* already estimated to be
iu the neighborhood of two mllli »r.
dollars
HOt'll ESTlilt. April SImnly
after two o’clock it looked as If the
lire would be held in check, but In
creased violence which came in tin
gale dispelled the hopes then enter
tained and carried the flames for tin
time being beyond all control of the
fire departments
President Angell of \nn Arbor
university has announced himself in
favor of prohibition
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• CAFHOFN .11 KV IS •
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• I INAI.IA SK« I ICKH •
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• sAN l-'KAXClsco. April Id. •
• —The jury to try President •
• Patrick ('ulluniii of the I’nllitl •
• railroads on a charge of bribery •
• was completed today. Fpoii ap* •
• plication of the prosecution, and •
• after strong opposition on the •
• part of the defense. Judge l.aw- •
• lor made an order for the se* •
• lection of the thirteenth juror •
• to serve in the event any of the •
• others should In- disqualified in •
• the t’alhoun case. •
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PASSFNtiFItS SNOW FH IN
Nearly Four Hundred on Moffat Fine
Train This Side Continental
Hi vide.
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HF.XVFIt. April 1:1.—An east
IhiiiiuI passenger train on the .Moffat
road is blocked in the middle of snow
drifts at I'.url. on the west side of
tile Continental divide.
Two liig rotary plows have failed
to make impression on the big ilril't,
which is paiked almost as solid as
iiv and is UO loci deep. Three hun
dred and seventy-five passengers are
aboacd the train.
TESTS IN 1
>IAN % IIA IN<« >1 At'll INKS IN SHIt
VICF. 1‘KHl‘AltATOItl TO IN
THKNATIONAI. H.X POSITION —
M\NN PASSHNtiHKS om.II.
HURLIN', April 13. Preparations
tor the international aeronautic ex
hibition to In* held at Frankfort in
July are approaching completion
Dirigible airships, aeroplanes and
special balloon* are to be seen in
Might, ami frequent opportunities
are offered visitors to make trips iu
airships.
For do days during I lie exhibition
: of balloons with other competitors,
I the Zeppelin and two Parseval air
ship* will travel to Frankfort by air
and take passengers on excursions
along the Khine.
(ireat Interest centers In the pres*
ent experiments and operations. On
the ground are hundreds of enthus
iasts who will remain throughout
the season All of the tests being
made are participated in dally by
visitors and those of aeronauts who
desire passengers are finding no trou
ble In securing all «ae company they
can accommodate. It is felt that
tests to date warrant much enthusi
asm. the success attained being very
general.
oilio \\ ii.I. iti: >i III:.
Child stealing Indictment Is llruuglit
\gstitist | lie Hoyles.
t'l.KVKLANl), April I.". — An ad
ditional Indictment, charging child
stealing was reported today against
James H. Hoyle and Mr*. Hoyle. It
is evident from this that the Ohio
authorities intend to take no chance*
on a failure of justice in Pennsyl
vania. where the Hoyles are now
held for trial
Kii.u:it vi i ii:i:.
PITTSBURG. April 13. Out Ire
man was killed, two fatally injured
and several others hurt today in the
collapse of a wall during a tire at a
pottery plant in this city.
• I'KF.NNO TOTHS Ititl •
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• AFTE1C HOT CONTEST •
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• I KHKNO. Cal., \pril Id.— •
• Tlie Prohibition element oas •
• tnmipliunt in tlie anti-saloon •
• lengeii light at yesterday's city •
• election. The fight was liotly •
• contested. As a result of tlie •
• count ol’ ballots. Ait saloons will •
• go out of business. I»r. dies. •
• ter Howell. Itepiildican. was •
• eleeled mayor by a large major- •
• ity. •
LOVELOCK BANKER IS FOUND
WITH BULLET HOLE IN HEART
liOVI LO( h. \I>riI l;|,—W. T. Oil)(Ml, assistant cashier «»!' the First
National haul, in this city, hum found dead today, uitli a hul lot hole
through his heart. It is licliovcd I lint tin- wound was solf-iiiltieted,
though Iho coroner's jury has reached no ronrlUNioii as a result of its
invosligation tonight. Ilunk ollh iuls drrlaro that On yon's urrounts are
straight and u» nuts' of his suicide, if such It was, cun lie assigned hy
t hem.
Pittsburg is Visited by a
Big Storm With the Re
sult of One Killed and
a Number Injured
At ICDHA, KANSAS., STItK K HY
TOHNAIM) WITH HKSl'I/r OK
MANY 1XJKKKI) AXI) DA.MAOK
T<> KYKHA Itl IKDINd IN TOWN
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• TOHNAIM) IN KANSAS •
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• IVIl ltKS A NIMItKIt •
• OONCOHDIA. Kan., A|>i-il Id. •
• In a tornado which slunk An- •
• rnrn, Kansas, yesterday, many •
• (mtsoiis were injured and prae- •
• Orally every store and house in •
• the town ilanmgrd, The C'ath- •
• olir church was among hitild- •
• iilgs demolished. Kallier Mol- •
• Her was hlown do yards lint not •
• seriously hurt. •
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I’lTTSm iK., April 1:1.—One pci
son is dead und a iiiimlsr of others
in the hospitals witli serious injuries
as the result of a wind storm in this
city and vicinity today.
Tin- storm swept up the Ohio river,
coming without warning and attain
ing almost cyclone velocity within a
few IliillUtrs. Signs were torn from
their fastenings, roofs blown away
and telegraph and telephone |M»|es
blow n down.
The dead man has not been idenli
lied. lie was struck hy a falling
sign ami instantly kilhsl. Those who
were injured were victims of flying
1 debris. On the river front consider
able loss was sustained through the
sinking of loaded coal barges and
damage to steamers which were toss
ed about at their moorings
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JAPAN KSF FRITOK SA1S AMFHI
cans not Ai.rt h.fthfk kf
SPOXsIltl.F I Olt THF AXTI-SHX.
TIMFXT—JAPS <>OIX(f HACK.
COLORADO SPRINGS. April 13.
iR. Shibukawa, city editor of the To
kin Morning Sun of Toklo and author
of several Japanese novels, said here
tonight, that the Japanese were not
altogether without blame in the re
cent labor and school troubles in Cal
ifornia. The solution of the problem,
he declared, lies in raising the stand
of immigration.
Many Japanese in ITUs country, lie
said, are of the lower class, and do
not represent Japanese sentiment,
lie says that the conservative people
of Japan have never felt that there
would be any break in their amicable
relations with the United States, and
regarded all talk of war as absurd.
\K\V YORK. April 13 Accord
ing to the official report of the de
partment of foreign nffuirs of Japan,
its announced at the consulate gen
eral's office in this city today. 307
more Japanese returned to their na
tive country from tho United States
and Hawaii during March than en
tered the states and Hawaii. The fig
ures show that 2."9 Japanese came to
America, and fifitl sailed from the
United States and Hawaii for Japan,
most of them being steerage passen
gers.
TK \..iC FX l» OF TRIAL.
Alleged Fiiiltcizlei* Kills Himself on
Fve of Second Hearing.
RING 11 AM. N. Y„ April 13 On
the ever of it is second trial on n
charge of embezzling Broome county
funds. Arthur W. T. Hack committed
suicide today.
Tin* kidnaping of Willie Whilla nf Nlinron. I’a., was the moat aeustiMoual
episode nf its kind m*xl in tin- ( liailey Ross rase dial ever occurred in this
country. I'In* ehlld is heir in inllllnns. and his father readily agreed to the i
demand* nf the kidnaper* and paid xin.oon in rash fur the return of the lad
Charley Ross, who was slnlen ii■ I.H74. was never heard of after he disap
peared from hi* home in Germantown, I’a.
ARMED MEN WATCH TOWN
FOR FIRE RUGS APPEARANCE
I’REt'ACTION RELIEVED II S I II I Ell IlY ATTENDANTS AT QtIKT
MEETING . ESTER DAY AITEUNOON — RICKARD RESIDENCE
EIRE BE: LI EYED UNDOUBTED IA OK INCENDIARY ORIGIN—IN
VESTIGATING .HKY NOT YET THROUGH WITH WITNESSES
In different parte of Ely throughoul the night several armed men
nels* on putrid duty without oltieiul authority. They were business men
and representatives of business houses who volunteered their services at
a quiet meeting In’ld during the afternoon at whirl) the three mysterious
tires of the last ten days were discussed, with result of conclusion that
it looki*d very much as if an incendiary had Itren at work in tin* city.
In ronsequeme of this conclusion it was determined to give the ofti
rials p<>*sild> important aid through keeping an inde|>endent wateli.
I Iiom* engaged kept a la tut flit* town
during the night and were little in
evidence to the casual passerby, lint
they scrutinized all who went their
way closely and shadowed suspieiiats
appearing characters from the des
ignated districts of one to the other.
It is understood that this watch
will he kept up for some time to come
and if there is a fire hug abroad in
the town he will find his wav a much
beset aud hazardous one. Opinion
differs widely as to the causes of
the recent tires, but those who have
interested themselves in the watch
movement believe that the precau
tions they are taking at considerable
personal sacrifice are worth the
while.
As a result of many ugly rumors
which were afloat iu reference to
the fire which occurred in the home
of M. F. Uiekard early yesterday
morning, an investigating jury com
posed of \V. U. Graham, John H
Wat (son and W. T. Hinford was iu
tile afternoon empanelled by Justice
Cartwright.
The jury visited the house yester
day afternoon and examined the in
terior carefully. Later, at the city
hail, several witnesses were exam
ined.
Findings of the jury may lie sum
med uii its follows: Tlie parlor and
dining room were the only rooms
damaged by the flames. From all
appearances the tire started in n
davenport near the folding doors, as
the most damage was done in this
section of the room. The testimony
of witnesses indicated that, some par
ty or parties entered the house after
midnight, while Mr. and Mrs. Kick -
ard were at the Boosters’ dance, and j
threw kerosene on the carpets in the
parlor, dining room and front lied
room and then set fire to the daven
port, expecting tile flames to spread
rapidly and destroy the house and
contents before the fire department
could be of service.
According to the testimony of M.
F. ltickard and Marshal Hudgens,
they left the house between ft: :io and
It) o'clock p. in. and went to the
ball. They testified there was no
sign of file in the rooms when they
left and that they were not smoking
at that time. They ulso stated that
all the doors were locked before go
ing out and both remembered dis
tinctly of tile back door being locked
by Rickard. When the firemen
reached the house and found it irn
I possible to enter the front door on
account of smoke, two of the mem
bers went lo the back door, which
, they found unlocked. They stepped
In, hut were unable to proceed as
the smoke was 100 dense. Tile back
door entered by the firemen is the
one which both Hudgens and Rick
ard remember the locking of.
The story advanced Is that som<
one familiar with the premises push
ed the key out of the door and used
a skeleton key to uuloek It. The
smell of kerosene was not detected
until after the firemen left the
building. Discovery was made by
persons who were left in the house
to watch it. Upon investigation they
found spots on the carpets in two
of the rooms, these smelling sfronglv
of kerosene.
The jury was unable to render a
verdict last evening, as one of the
principal witnesses could not be lo
cated. Rumor had it last evening
that there had been considerable tam
pering with the hose during the fire,
but this could not be confirmed
I’OKUK IlKSlt;NATION o| MINI'»
I ItV AND MAN ItltlNt. ID tol l -
TION AT ANN HOI It—CONhl NN
TiNorDK ukoi’ia: i i kuoih/kd
CONST ANT I NO P I, K. April 15 —A
series of disturbances of revolution
ary character have broken out here.
Mutinous troops during the da>
and tonight have been demonstrating
against the buildings of parliament
and a panic has seized the people of
tlte city, while all through the conn-'
try shops are being hurriedly closed
Two battalions of troops quartered ,
at the ministry of war barracks!
marched at dawn to the Mosque of
St. Sophia, from which point they
surrounded the buildings of parlia
ment. They demanded the dismissal !
of the grand vizier, the president of
LOS ANGELES GRAFTER BACK
TO TESTIFY ON OWN ACCORD
I,OS \\(>l'iliKS, April l;t.—.Nil k Oswald, llu* much wanted witness
heftin' the grand Jury, fur whose apprehension $1,000 reward lias lH“en
1 offered hy the district attorney, suddenly ap|>eared in the city this morii
ing and presented himself at the grand jury rooms. Oswald's appeal
anee is ex|>ected to supply the missing link in the testimony regarding a! -
leged municipal graft suits iu Los Angeles, und is e\pec Its I to result in
many indictments. Immunity is understood promised him.
Strenuous Day in Wheat
Pits of the World, Dur
ing Which Price Was
Shoved to High Mark
\ Mil.LION AM* \ HALF FAIL! Illti
AMONG THF INCIDENTS —
SHOUT INTERESTS AND Kl7KO
REAN WAR FEARS CAl'SE.
NEW YORK, April l:J.—Kxcite
niciit in flu' foreign markets, with n
l>ig advance in Liverpool, niiiscd an
uproar anil new high ii'cofdn in tie*
local wheal market today. May
jumped two cents, to tjil.illig and
■Inly -old at I<ll.2t3*. Later the mar
ket broke 2,;j cents a Inisliel.
EXCITEMENT IN CHICAGO.
.CHICAGO, April Id.—Wheat for
delivery in May, July and Septctulier
estaldished a new high record on the
market at the o|M'iiing of the hoard
of trade today. The o|*eiiing in May
was Si.27 to SI.2S. July went up
early to SI. 17’is, an advance over
yesterday of one and one-eighth.
September touched Sl.bM'S,.
Great excitement in the wheal pit
attended the operations of the day.
Traders swarmed on the door and the
tension was terrific. It continued
unabated to the close, when it was
considered that tomorrow would wit
ness renewal of the strain.
The situation in Turkey. from
which it is considered possible that
the long threatened general disturb
ance in Europe, with possibility of
revolution in France, may lie brought
about, was a factor in the situation
today. Short interests and. a deter
mined movement to cover were also
engaged.
Early word from the foreign mar
kets. however, provided the inimedi
ate impetus for advance at the open
ing. Front all grain centers of Europe
advices wore on hand of excitement.
Gains of the inside wheat pool on
today's trading were enormous.
DIG FAILt'RFS.
NEW YORK, April l::.—-An iuvol
untary petition in bankruptcy was
filed in court here today against the
brokerage Ann of Ennis & Stoppard,
members of the Consolidated Stock
Exchange and the Chicago Hoard of
Trade. The liabilities of the firm are
alleged to be a million and a half.
Tile failure is attributed to opera
tions in wheat Vhich the firm ha.*
carried on recently. it Is said to
have been heavily in on the short
side.
FATHFINDF.R KEAI HF.S DENVER.
DENVER. April 13.—The New
York-Seattle pathfinder car arrived
here at ti o'clock tonight, having cov
ered the 90 miles from l.itnon, Colo.,
during the day. The car was met
outside Denver bv a delegation of lo
cal motorists. The pathfinder will
leave tomorrow uigbt for Cheyenne.
the chamber and the minister of war.
Later in the day, the cabinet re
signed and its resignation has been
accepted. It is reported that Kiantl
Pasha, former grand vizier, lias been
entrusted with the formation of an
other ministry.
This action is looked upon as sur
render on the part of the govern
ment to the popular will utni has been
received In different ways, the more
violent agitators urging that the ad
vantage be followed up without do
lay.
The situation is considered very
serious and it would not occasion the
leas' surprise should a general out
break and bloodshed begin at any
moment throughout the country. The
main grievances have been long pent
up and are very bitter.