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CHRISTIANS SLAUGHTERED BY TURKS.
American Missionaries Reported Killed—
Scores Of Armenians Dead.
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French Cruisers Ordered To Vicinity
Of The Massacre At Adana—The
Turkish Government Gives Assur
ances Of Ability To Restore Order
—Turkish Soldiers Join In The
Excesses Of The Mob—Houses
Fired And Homes Pillaged By The
Bloodthirsty Turks—Albanians In
Revolt And Thousands Of People
In Macedonia Starving.
MASSACRE AND FAMINE.
Reports tbit two American
missionaries have met death in j'
the massacre of Armenians at |
Adana, a station in Turkey of the
American Board, are as yet un
confirmed.
Anxiety is felt for the safety
of the Americans, including the
Rev. William Chambers and wife.
Some of the Turkish soldiers
are said to have joined in the
pillage of the city and the slaugh
ter continues.
The Albanians at Monastic,
near Salonika, are showing signs
of trouble. They have had sev
eral clashes with the authorities. |
Eight thousand families are |
suffering from famine in Mace- [
donia and Servia and 100 persons |
have died of starvation.
Secretary Knox has instructed j
Ambassador Leishman to see that j
American missionaries are protec- j
ted at Adana and other points, j
Major Daughty-Wylie, British
vice consul at Messina, is report
ed wounded.
The French government has or
dered warships to Turkish wa
ters.
The Young Turks claim to ;
have enough soldiers on their side j
to start a revolution, and a sen- i
sational report has it that 2,000
. 'people have been killed in Con
stantinople.
Mersina, Asiatic Turkey (Special).
—The massacre of Armenians at
Adana continues. The troops are
powerless to control the situation,
and some of the soldiers are joining
in the pillage of the city.
Berlin (Special).—A local news
paper publishes a dispatch from Us- 1
knb, in the vilayet of Monastir, and
not far from Salonoki, declaring that '
the Albanians of the vicnity are
showing signs of unrest. Already
there have been several clashes with
. the authorities. A band of Albanians
at Petch defeated the troops sent
there to restore order, and at one of
the Turkish military stat ons in the
Albanian country military mutineers |
seized their barracks and drove their |
officers away.
Famine preva'ls in Macedonia and
Old Servia. Eight thousand families
are suffering, the correspondent de
clares, and more than 100 persons
already have died of starvation.
PERIL OF AMERICANS.
Two Missionaries Reported Killed !
By The Fanatics.
Constantinople (Special).—lnfor
mation received here from Adana,
in Asiatic Turkey, declares that two
American missionaries have been
killed in the anti-Armenian outbreak
at that place.
The Moslem fanaticism against
the Christians of Adana appears to
have broken out afresh. The Mos
lem attacks recommenced yesterday
afternoon and continued throughout
the night. Large numbers of Chris
tians are said to have been killed.
•One report says that 60 Armenians
have lost their lives and that many
houses have been lboted and burned.
There 'is no confirmation of the
death of the two American mission
aries.
United States Ambassador Leish
man has had no direct news of the
reported killing of the two Ameri
can missionaries. He has instructed
the American vice consul at Mersina,
John Debbas, to proceed immediate
ly for Adana and report on the situa
tion. Railroad communication be
tween Mersina and Adana appears
to be interrupted. The Bible House
is also without direct information.
TLe missionaries of the district are
at present at Adana for the regular
district meeting. They are Mr. and
Mrs. William Chambers, the Misses
Vrebb, Miss Wallis and Miss Borel.
Mr. Christy is at Tarsus.
The government has given assur
ances that it is doing its best to
restore order at Adana and to pro
tect foreigners. Additional troops are
being sent in.
Consular, telegrams received here
report that half of the town of
Adana has been burned and that the
attacks upon the Armenians are ex
tending into the vilayet. They say
that the British vice consul at Mer
sina, Major Daughty-Wylle who was
ordered to Adana when the first ad
vices of the massacre were received,
has been wounded. Communication
with the disturbed district is inter
rupted, however, and all reports re
ceived from there must be taken
with caution. The Porte declares
the disturbances are subsiding. Two
additional battalions have been dis
patched to Adana.
Editor Asks Protection.
Phoenix City, Ala. (Special).—
Having received threatening letters
because of attacks in his weekly
newspaper on “blind tigers,” Editor
W. E. Berry, of the Plioenix-Girard
Journal, appealed to Govenor Comer
for protection.
Mr. Berry received a message from 1
the private secretary of Governor
Comer saying “State of Alabama will |
give you every protection possible.” |
NAVY ALSO MUTINIES
Battleship Commander Lynched
By Marines.
The Third Army Corps Threaten To
March On Constantinople—An Ex
aggerated Report Of A Massacre
At Mersina Created Uneasiness
Among Church Organizations Rep
resented In That Section—The
New Minister Of Marine In Dis
favor.
Constantinople (Special). The
third day of the revolutionary move
ment in the capital was marked by
some disorders, the most serious of
which was a demonstration by ma
rines who objected to the new
ministers of marine, Vice Admiral
Adjiemin Pasha. The marines
gathered in force and seized and
conveyed to the palace Arif Bey,
commander of the battleship Asar
i-Tewfik, a member of the Com
mittee of Union and Progress, who
ordered the guns of his ship trained
on the Yildiz Kiosk, when the rising
was at its height, with the intention
of supporting the committee. Arriv
ed at the Yildiz Kiosk, the men
lynched Arif Bey, notwithstanding
the efforts of the palace guard to
save him.
Although public confidence is by
no means restored by the formation
of the new cabinet, an excellent im
pression has been produced by the
appointment of Nazim Pasha as com
mander of the First Army Corps, and
this has been strengthened by the
nomination of Memduh Pasha, anoth
er able Andrianople officer, to com
mand the First Division at Constan-'
tinople. Edhim Pasha, the new
minister Of war, and Nazim Pasha
today made the round of the bar
racks in the city and exhorted the
soldiers to obey their officers. They
were well received and heartily
cheered.
Porte circles are extremely dis
quieted by news from Salonika and
Monastir, where the influence of the
Committee of Union .and Progress/is
strong. Officers of the Porte have
received telegrams from these sec
tions demanding the re-establishment
of the status quo ante, failing which
'the committee leaders threaten to
march on Constantinople with the
entire Third Army Corps, whose of
ficers are now.in communication with
the Second Army Corps, with a view
to co-operation. The latter corps,
however, recently opposed the com
mittee. The impression prevails here
that the Third Army Corps is ignor
: ant of the real object of Tuesday’s
rising, and may desist from its war
like intentions when it realizes that
the parliament and the constitution
have been maintained.
A committee of ulemas in the capi
tal has issued pamphlets explaining
the movement, which, they assert, is
in. no wise directed against the con
stitutional government. On the con-
I trary, the committee emphasizes the
fraternity between Moslems and
Christians, and encourages all to
co-operate for the welfare of the
country.
Beirut, Syria (Special).—A terri
ble uprising has occurred in Adana.
Street fighting has been going on for
three days and at least 1,000 per
sons have been killed. The city has
been practically destroyed by fire.
American missionaries named Rogers
and Maurer, the latter from Hadjin,
are dead. All the other Americans
are safe. The British vice consul,
Major Daughty-Wylle is among the
wounded. He was shot through the
arm.
At Tarsus there was less loss of
life. The Armenian 'quarter, how
ever, were destroyed in the American
mission. The need of relief is ur
gent, for shortly the fugitives will be
on the verge of starvation.
Conditions in the vicinity of Alex
andretta also are most serious.
WARSHIPS TO THE SCENE.
Constantinople (Special).—Confir
mation has been received here of
the killing of the two American mis
sionaries at Adana. The murdered
missionaries were Mr. Rogers and
Mr. Maurer.- The others connected
with the missions are safe, including
Mr. Christie, who is at Tarsus.
Three French warships are hurry
ing to Mesina, where the situation is
desperate. Foreigners and many
Christians have taken refuge in the
consulates. The local troops and the
governor are doing their best to pro
tect the town, but there is great fear
that it cannot hold out much longer
against the invasion of the Moslems,
who are sweeping down in large
numbers. The American vice consul
at Mersina, John Debbas, has been
unable to proceed to Adana owing
to the interruption of communica
tions. A British warship is preced
ing to Alexandretta, which is threat
ened by the Moslems. Several Ar
men'an farms in that neighborhood
have been destroyed. Alarm is felt
at Kharput because of serious depre
dations by the Kurds in the sur
rounding villages, although the town
itself has not been the scene of any
) particular disorder.
Mt. San Jacinto Groans.
San Bernardino, Cal. (Special).—
F. C. Garner, of this city, has re
turned.from Mount San Jacinto and
reports rumblings in the mountain
so distinct that he was aroused from
his sleep. Mount San Jacinto is an
extinct volcano. Some years ago,
after heavy rumblings, an earth
quake at San Jacinto destroyed
buildings and killed several Indians.
The mountain overlooks Imperial ’
| Valley, where earthquakes were felt
I Thursday night.
SMUGGLERS ARE
GROWING ROLDER
They Offer the Government $260,000
to Drop Charges.
SAID SOCIETY WOMEN INVOLVED
Men Wbo Brought In $53,000
Worth Of French Gowns In
Trunks Raise Their First Offer
Of Compromise By $150,000 —
Gowns Intended For Fashionable
Women In New York, Philadel
phia And Boston.
New York (Special).—The smug
gling syndicate which first offered
Collector of the Port Loeb SIOO,-
000 to drop the government’s Inves
tigation of the smuggling of “sleep
er” trunks containing $55,000
worth of Paris gowns increased its
offer to $260,000, according to Mr.
Loeb.
“The amount now offered the gov
ernment to drop tlhe investigation
and probable prosecution is $260,-
000,” said Collector Loeb. “The
amount represents what would be
penalties of fully $200,000 above
the appraised value of the goods.
All offers have been refused. We
want the smugglers.”
It is believed that worry over this
case so affected the mind of Wil
liam B. Bainbridge, confidential
agent of the United States Treas
ury Department in charge of the
customs bureau at Paris, that he
committed suicide. The Treasury
Department had fully approved Mr.
Bainbridge’s course in this case, but
he left a note declaring that he was
the victim of a plot.
Collector Loeb stated that in the
negotiations for the abandonment of
the investigation started by him he
had been approached by several re
putable lawyers, but refused to re
veal the' names of the attorneys be
cause he said that even they did
not know the identity of the smug
glers and had been retained by in
termediaries.
Collector Loeb’s investigation so
far shows that the smuggled gowns
had been made in Paris, by famous
designers, for many women of ex
ceptional social prominence and
wealth in New York, Boston, Phila
delphia and Washington, and that
the reason for offering such a large
sum to suppress the investigation
was to shield these women from the
unpleasant publicity threatened by
the coming disclosures.
In Par'is it was understood thar
the Treasury Department had in
structed Mr. Bainbridge to obtain
tha names of the makers of the
smuggled gowns and the identity of
the American women for whom they
were made. The collector does not
believe that the women knew that
their gowns were to be smuggled
into the country, but had purchased
them, I’ke -many Americans buy
other good abroad, with the under
standing that they were to be de
livered to them in America “duty
paid” or “duty free.” This saves
the purchaser all customs annoy
ances.
Collector Loeb will sell the seized
gowns at public auct’on next month,
and will employ dressmakers and
models to display them.
LEAPS ELEVEN STORIES.
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Women Faint By Dozen As Suicide
Falls Among Them.
New York (Special).—ln full view
of a crowd of shoppers, for the
most part women and children, an
old man leaped from the eleventh
floor of the new Wanamaker Build
ing and was instantly killed. The
body struck the sidewalk of Ninth
Street, within a few yards of Broad
way. Fainting women by the dozen
were carried into the Wahamaker
store and the matrons there had
their hands full.
Although nearly every clerk was
called to view the body, none re
membered ever to have seen the
man. There was no identification
marks on the cheap silver watch,
which had stopped at 1.20 o’clock,
the time the old man jumped.
Delivering Mail By Autos.
New York (Special). The first
experiment of using automobiles for
the delivery of mails was inaugu
rated by Postmaster Morgan here.
Four high-power and copimodious
machines supplied by the Motor De- j
livery Company were used. They j
were of the electric type and equip- j
ped for the expeditious handing of
the mail on the route chosen for the
experiment. This was between Col
lege Station, Station M, and the '
Washington Bridge Station. The
motors made half hourly trips be
tween these stations. It is the in
tention to extend the service shortly
to every remote section of Greater
New York.
Ten Cottages Burned.
Grafton, W. Va. (Special).—Ten
frame cottages and a small boarding
house burned to the ground at Ham
mond, a village of 300 inhabitants,
nine miles west of Grafton, on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and
two others had to be blown down
with dynamite before the flames
were subdued. The properties were
owned by the Hammond Fire Brick 1
Company. The loss Is SIO,OOO.
Death Ends Long Sleep.
Parkersburg, W. Va. (Special).—
Mrs Marie Hughes, wife of a promi
nent farmer of New England, this
county, died after having been in a
peaceful slumber for five days.
Fatal Auto Crash.
Pittsburg (Special). Charles F.
McClinton and H. B. Imhoff, business
men, were probably fatally injured,
when an automobile in which they
were speeding on Grant boulevard
ran into a pile of dirt. McClinton is
internally injured, while Imhoff's
skull is fractured. A third man, sup
posed to have been a chauffeur, was
'injured at the same time, but dis
appeared, leaving the two injured men
unconscious.
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BREAD PRICES GOING UP
! One Cant and Probaby Two Cents
, Will Be Tacked On.
Bakers Say They See No Alterna
tive To This Action—Wheat Oper
| ators Anxious Are Wondering
What The Bull Campaign Will Do
1 Chicago (Special).—On the thresh
-1 hold of a new week ojerators in the
’ wheat market are keenly anxious
• about the prospective developments
! in the Patten bull campaign in the
■ next six days. Old calculators con
fess they are at sea and are not
making and forecasts.
Following the example of the Jew
-1 ish bakers, who have already advanc
■ ed the prices of bread and biscuits,
. Mathias Schmidinger, president of
the Master Bakers’ Association, made
| the definite statement that 1 cent,
, and probably 2 cents, will be tacked
on to the present price of bread
' within the next few days.
Mr. Schmidinger declared that
bakers throughout the city face the
‘ alternative, of charging more for
! their product or gqing into bank
; ruptcy. The Master Bakers’ Asso
| ciation, which represents nearly all
the bread bakers in Chicago, will
, meet Saturday. The case, begun
some time ago to invalidate the mu
, nicipal bread ordinance, will be de
cided by the Illinois Supreme Court
within a few days, and if the meaa
‘ ure is held to be illegal master bak
ers say two cents will be added to
the present cost of a loaf of bread.
"Fifty bakers in Chicago have
been driven out of business within
a short time on account of the high
; price of materials,” said Mr. Schmid
berger, “and the enforcement of the
ordinance pertaining to sanitation in
. bakeries. In many instances also
flour concerns have refused to extend
credit to bakers, that has been
a source of severe embarrassment.
It is not a pleasant undertaking to
increase bread prices, but the bak
ers will have to do it as a matter
of self-defense.”
James A. Patten remained at his
home in Evanston, resting after his
efforts during the last week. In
terviewers were told that Mr. Patten
did not wish to be disturbed, and
no ccfnment on the wheat situation
was forthcoming from him. The
“Wheat Wizard” is planing to un
load more of his holdings of the
May cereal in the coming week, and,
apparently, is unshaken in his belief
that wheat prices wifi continue up
ward.
Talk of proposed legislation at
Springfield to prevent speculation in
foodstuffs caused President Bunnell,
of the Chicago Board of Trade, to
assert that the board has nothing
to conceal and does not fear an in
vestigation.
Traders are now confident and
even clamorously buying wheat at
current figures, though they were
pessimistic regarding values when
these were much lower than those
now prevailing.
Hero Fatally Burned.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).—Michael
McGarrity is dying at the Emergency
Hospital from burns he received in
a heroic effort to save the occupants
of the house in which he lived, when
escaping gas became ignited, causing
fire to spread through the building.
A dozen women were trapped on the
second and third floors, and were car
- ried screaming and scantily clothed,
down ladders by firemen.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Music, patriotism, oratory and har
mony were the dominant features of
the first day’s sessions of the eigh
teenth Continental Congress of tne
National Society of the D. A. R.
An appropriation bill to provide
funds for the taking of the thirteenth
decennial census and other purposes
was introduced by Representative
Tawney.
Gradually the government of Vene
zuela'' is resuming with other coun
tries the friendly relations which
were broken off as a result of quar
rels with Castro.
The conference report on the Cen
sus Bill was presented to the Sen
ate, and upon request of Senator Mc
j Cumber its consideration was post
| poned.
i The nomination of Thomas C.
Dawson, of lowa, to be envoy extra
| ordinary and minister plenipotenti
! ary to Chili was sent to the Senate.
As a courtesy to the members of
the Liberian Commission, diplomatic
representatives have decided to post
pone their annual vacations.
According to an announcement
made by Chief Justice Fuller, the
Supreme Court will adjourn for the
present term of May 31.
The tariff debate was opened in
the/Senate when Senator Aldrich re
viewed at length the pending meas
ure.
John Barrett, director of the Bu
reau of American Republics, gave a
dinner at the New Willard in honor
of the Secretary of State and the
Latin-American diplomats.
Senator Stone introduced a bill
providing for free trade with the
Philippines and for the independence
of the islands within 15 years.
Treasury estimates for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1910, must
be ready for submission to Secretary
MacVeagh on May 1 next.
Rear Admiral Sebree was appoint
ed to succeed Rear Admiral Swin
burne as commander-in-chief of the
Pacific fleet.
The Senate agreed to a request of
the House of Representatives for a
conference on the Census Bill.
The Senate ratified a new patent
treaty between the United States and
Germany.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer has
called a meeting of all the bureau
chiefs of his department to discuss
the estimates of appropriations to be
submitted to the next Congress.
INDICTMENTS AGAINST
. THE CUUAHY PACKING CD
Accused Of Violating The Internal
Revenue Laws.,
* MONOPOLIZING OLEOMARGARINE.
j .
Accused Of Placing Quarter Of A
B Cent Revenue Stamps On Oleo Rc
g qniring Ten-Cent Stamps—Charge
s That Fraud Enabled Company To
3 Monopolize The Market Liable
To SI,OOO For Each Offense,
1 Topeka, Kan. (Special). lndic
tments were returned here by the
* federal grand jury against the Cu
dahy Packing Company, of Kansas
f City, Kan., on 695 counts for de
-3 frauding the government out of SBO,-
. 000 for violations of the internal
1 revenue laws. The charge is that
I the company has defrauded the gov
ernment of over SBO,OOO in revenues
t on oleomargarine. The maximum on
3 each of the 695 counts in SI,OOO.
r The revenue law provides that
• each pound of uncolored oleomargar
■ ine must bear a revenue stamp of a
J quarter of a cent, but that each
1 pound to which coloring matter has
1 been added to give it the appearance
■ of butter a 10-cent revenue stamp
' must be attached. It is charged in
t the indictments that the Cudahy
• Packing Company has sold the col
■ ored product under the -cent tax.
> It is claimed by the government
officials that the Cudahy Company
! has succeeded in monopolizing the
1 eleomargarine market by selling the
1 colored product and paying the tax
■ on the basis of the uncolored.
' District Attorney Bone will bring
1 a civil action in the federal court
’ against the company to have the
1 plant and machinery used in the
1 manufacture of oleomargarine con
• fiscated. The oleomargarine plant is
* connected with the Cudahy packing
; establishment in Kansas City, Kan.
. Washington, D. C. (Special).—
j Internal revenue officials express no
surprise at the announcement that
L the Cudahy Packing Company had
, been indicted at Topeka, Kan., for
[ frauds against the internal revenue
, law. It was admitted that the oleo
' margarine business of the company
, had been under observation and in
vestigation by treasury agents for
! three months or longer. It was sta
; ted that government agents have ex
amined a very large number of sam
. pies of oleomargarine in many parts
' of the country sold by the Cudahy
Company, and while it would not
| be expedient to estimate the amount
. of taxes involved In the alleged
' frauds, it is known that the offlc als
believe it will be in excess of $125,-
000, and possibly a much larger sum.
The penalty provided for violation
' of the law is a fine of from SSOO to
$5,000 and imprisonment from six
; months to three years for each of
fense.
CUDAHY’S EXPLANATION.
Says Trouble Is Simply A Question
Of Chemical Analysis.
Omaha, Neb. (Special).—E. A.
Cudahy, vice president and generai
manager of the Cudahy Packing
Company, gave out the following
Statement:
“The dispute between the govern
ment and ourselves is simply a ques
tion of chemical analysis. For some
time we have been aware that the
government officials have been taking
samples of our butterine all over the
country, wherever the goods have
been on sale. These samples, they
say, show the infinitesimal use of
artificial coloring matter. We have
had similar samples submitted to
the leading chemical analysists of the
United States and they have assured
us that the butterine was not col
ored. Every man in our employment
in our Kansas City butterine factory,
the only place where we make but
terine, having a knowledge of the
manufacture of the goods, has made
affidavit that no coloring matter has
been used. As the goods were sold
by us as uncolored goods and by
our customers to the trade as such,
there has been no attempt on our
part to defraud the government of
revenue.’’
BODY COVERED WITH MffNEV.
Woman Carried 2,000 Nickels And
Pennies In Small Bags.
New York (Special).—Mary Ward,
99 years old, who for 45 years ha 3
made a living along the North River
front by sitting and selling fruit, ap
plied at Bellevue Hospital for admis
sion to the Home for Aged Persons
on City Island.
Her body was covered from her
shoulders down with small ropes,
at the end of each being a small
bag, made of a piece of stocking,
shirt sleeve or other remnant of a
garments. There were 50 of these
bags, each containing pennies or five
cent pieces, making in all 2,000
pieces, worth $46.12.
The dress resembled an old
fashioned crazy quilt. After an ex
amination the captain sent the wom
an to the island.
Smaller Loaves Of Bread.
Kansas City, Mo. (Special). —“A
smaller loaf of bread or a dime for
the present size.” This is the declar
ation of an organization of the bakers
of Kansas City. B. Howard Smith,
president of the association, said that
the wholesale price of standard flour
had risen 40 cents a hundred pounds
in 30 days.
To Wed His Stenographer.
New York (Special).—John C.
Van Cleaf, vice president of the Na
tional Park Bank and a well-known
figure in the financial district, will be
married to his stenographer. Miss
Mary Imlay, of Brooklyn. The an
nouncement of the approaching wed
ding was made by Miss Imlay’s
guardian, Dr. J. G. Atkinson. Mr. 1
Van Cleaf is a bachelor. 44 years 1
old, and lives in Brooklyn. Miss
Imlay is a graduate of Oswego Nor- i
mal School and has been his steno- !
craDher for the last .two. -years.
GUESTS NEARLY TRAPPED
IN A HOTEL FIRE
The Fashionable Kenilworth Inn
Burned To Ground.
State Senator Gazzam, Owner Ol
Asheville (X. C.) Hostelry, Leaps
From Window And Has Skull
Fractured-
Asheville, N. C. (Special).—Rous
ed from their slumbers after 2
o’clock A. M., by an alarm of lire,
75 guests of the fashionable Kenil
worth Inn, three miles from this
city, barely had time to don neces
sary clothing and make their escape
from the burning building. The
hotel was completely destroyed, the
total loss being estimated at $300,-
000.
Senate Senator Gazzam. of Phila
delphia, owner of the inn, jumped
from the third story while the fire
men -were breaking open the door
of his room. In the descent he bare
ly escaped striking against the stone
arch of the front building. He .was
removed to Biltmore Hospital. Sena
tor Gazzam is suffering front concus
sion of the spine and a broken ankle,
and physicians fear there is a frac
ture at the base of the skull, in
which event little hope would be en
tertained of his recovery.
Senator Gazzam had been a guest
at the hotel for the past two months.
He went back to his room aftgr be
ing called and was hemmed in by
the flames, and when he jumped he
believed escape impossible any other
way. Mr. Gazzam is 55 years old.
The fire started in the north end
of the building over the boiler-room.
A strong wind was blowing from
the southwest, and the flames quick
ly fanned to the other end of the
frame structure, where the majority
of the guests were asleep. Mrs. A.
B. Martin, the lessee, gave first
thought to the safety of the guests
when she was awakened, and in a
short time the alarm had been given
in every occupied room in the doom
ed building.
There was a wild scramble for the
exit, but there was nothing border
ing on a panic among either men,
women and children, in spite of the
great confusion at the time. Half
an hour later, when it was believed
that all were out, the roll was called
and every person accounted for.
Many persons, after conquering the
first thought of self-preservation that
had led to instant and precipitate
flight, ventured back into the smoke
filled halls and into their rooms
to rescue their trunks and other
personal effects.
Several persons who had re-enter
ed the hotel, not realizing that the
fire had reached the south wing, were
almost caught. Shouts of friends
from the outside were answered by
yells for help, and heroic efforts oi
several guests and policemen alone
saved the venturesome ones from be
ing cut off from every avenue of
escape.
The scantily clad guests were tak
en in at the Battery Park Hotel and
nearby residences and cared for for
the remainder of the night.
The Kenilworth Inn was owned by
Senator Gazzam and was built about
14 years ago by the Kenilworth Inn
Company at a cost of $140,000.
George W. Vanderbilt is believed to
have been the heaviest stockholder
in the company, which was composed
largely of Northern capitalists.
Ram Gores Woman To Death.
Zanesville, Ohio (Special).—Miss
Mary Chaney, aged 77 years, was
butted and gored to death by a vi
cious ram while walking across a
field near her home, 20 miles north
of this city. Miss Chaney was on
her way to visit a neighbor when at
tacked by the sheep. Her body was
found by a neighbor’s b~v ->nd the
spot where she had met death show
ed that the aged woman nau a ter
rible struggle with the animal. Her
clothes were nearly all torn from
her body which was a mass of
bruises.
To Welcome Jap Cruisers.
San Francisco (Special). Rear-
Admiral Sw'nburne, in command of
the Pacific fleet, arrived here on his
flagship, the West Virginia, which
was accompanied by the armored
cruiser Pennsylvania. The Rear- \
Adm ral, with the two warships, will
remain to welcome the cruisers Aso
and Soya, of the Japanese training
squadron, due to arrive on April 25.
The Navy Department has instructed
Rear-Admiral Swinburne to do every
thing in his power to make plea-’-
ant the visit of the Japanese to this
coast.
Bakery Closes Its Doors.
Waterloo, la. (Special).—On ac
count of the high prices of flour ono
bakery closed its doors. Others are
considering an increase in the price
of bread or a reduction in the size
of the loaf.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Cobalt mines in the first quartei
of the present year shipped a total
of 7040 tons of ore. A large part
of this is very high grade and the
ne* output of silver is estimated at
over $3,000,000.
this country has exported so fat
this month 12,000 tons of copper and
imported 500 tons.
Shareholders of the American Mill
ing Company, which absorbed Mars
den, held their annual meeting, re
elected directors and voted to can
cel the $1,500,000 of preferred
stock. The capital now consist of
$3,500,000 common stock.
No change in Amalgamated Cop
per’s dividend of 50 cents quarterly."
The refunding of Southern Rail
way’s floating debt removes another
financial cloud. An offer was made
by bankers to buy at 10014 and in
terest the 6 per cent, notes due two'
years hence.
The Atchison Railroad has secured
the right from the Kansas Railroad
Commission to issue $73,000,000 of
stock.
A Philadelphia firm of brokers was
the largest single buyer in Wall
Street of Southern Railway stock.
It took 15.000 gbiu-pi.