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VOL. XXV.—NO. 41.
ELEVEN PtfiSuSS!KC!SEHSTEQ
Early Morning Fire in a St. Louis Lodging
House Cremates Sleepers in
Their Beds.
THE BITTER GOLD SORELY TRIES SURVIVORS
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Feb. 9.-An early
morning fire which destroyed the Em
pire hotel, a large three-story lodging
house at 270. and 2702 Olive street," occu-
pied by men exclusively, caused the
death of eleven persons, ten men and
one woman, and dangerously injured
eight others. Ten or more had narrow
escapes from death in the fire, and were
more or less injured by being frost bit
ten.
It is estimated that there were between
thirty-five and forty persons in the build
ing last night, and it is believed all have
been accounted for. The financial loss
*is nominal. It is thought that $20,000
will cover the damage to building and
» contents, which' was totally destroyed.
The Dead. \
HORRIS YALL, senior member of the
firm of Yall, Clark & Cowen, manufac
turers of fine cut glass; formerly of Chi
cago. Burned to a crisp.
TOBE DAVIS, man about town, suffo
cated.
JOHN C. LUEDERS. father of Depu
ty City. Marshal Lueders, skull fractured
In jumping from third story window.
GEORGE THOMPSON, switchman,
Terminal yards; burned.to death.-
SAJtAH HARRIS, colored chamber
maid, burned. . --
B. F. WOOD LEY. employe Hamilton
Brown Shoe Co., burned.
J. A. M'MULLEN, carpenter, burned.
S. T. CORRY. telegraph operator,
-Merchants* Terminal association. ...-
VANCE MAHLIN, civil engineer, In
dianapolis, burned. ' y
A. J. ALLEN. Sedalla, Mo., stonema
son, burned. -. *. _ .
UNKNOWN MAN who died at city
hospital from burns. ..
Xnines of Injured.
! The injured are: Harry Cline, medi
cal student, of Marion, 111., hands "Badly
burned and ankle sprained;- Waller
Johnson, employe Hamilton Brown "Shoe
company, .hands burned, both legs
broken and injured internally; Henry
Robinson, colored, night porter, badly
burned: George Lane, medical student of
Rich Hill, Mo., ankle sprained in jump
ing from second story window; —— Stur
geon, dental student, back sprained in
jumping from second story window;
Harry Thompson. medical student,
Nashville. 111., ankle sprained in jump
ing from second story window; J. J.
Lally, manager of Empire hotel, back
badly sprained while escaping from
"building; Con Ryan, burned about face.
"About ten or twelve others are less seri
ously injured, being bruised, burned or
suffering from exposure.
fang-lit 1 Sleepers Unawares.
The fire started about 3:30 a. m., when
but few persons were abroad and gained
considerable headway before it was dis
covered and the alarm given. {There was
considerable delay in turning the alarm
In, and when the engines finally reached
the scene the whole front of he Build-
ing was in flamees and the interior was
a seething furnace. By that time all
who escaped death had gotten out of the
building by jumping from the windows
or climbing down ropes made of bed
clothes. A few escaped from the ground
J \
NOYES CASE
HAS THE BOARDS
FEELINGS OF PARTISANS IN THE
CASE LEAD THEM TO MAKE
- VERY FORCIBLE ASSER
TIONS PRO AND CON.
FROM THE GLOBE BUREAU,
Washing-ton, D. C.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.--Of more inter
est just now to members of the senate
than any of the great questions of na
tional policy is the case of Arthur H.
Noyes, federal judge of the court at
Cape Nome,, Alaska. This is one of the
cases that divides families. It seems al
most impossible to look into any feature
of it without developing into a violent
partisan. The whole senate artd a large
section of the house of representatives
is marshaled into pro and anti-Noyes fac
tions.
Get hold of a pro and you will hear of
a gang of mine stealers in San Francis
co who are worse than the James broth
ers for high-handed brigandage. Get hold
of an anti and the tale will be of a high
and honorable court in California which
has passed righetous judgment on one
of the worst men that ever sneaked into
the American judiciary. There are oceans
of literature on both sides; there are af
fidavits, court opinions, pamphlets and
the Lord knows what not, and every sen
ator is like a firecracker, ready to go off
if the subject is mentioned. And Till
man is figuring in tne role of a mis
chievous boy with a stick of lighted
punk, poking round.and touching a fuse
wherever he sees one sticking out.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE VETS
TO HAVE AN EVENING ALL TO
THE3ISELVE!S. [?■. :tyy%
WASHINGTON, Feb. The Interna
tional Woman Suffrage congress will be
called to order in this city Wednesday
and will remain in. session about a week.
Already a few of the leaders in the wom
an suffrage movement are in the city.
Susan B. Anthony, who relinquished the
presidency of the National American
Woman Suffrage association two year*,
ego, has arrived here and will preside
the first evening, when an address will
be made by pioneers in the suffrage
cause. The speakers that evening all
will be more than seventy-eight years of
age.
HINDOO TWINS CUT APART.
Extraordinary Operation Performed
_£>*"; by Paris Surgeons.
PARTS, Feb. The Hindoo twins, Ra
dica and Dordina, who were united in a
mariner similar to the Siamese twins,
separated this afternoon by Dr. Dojvn.
The operation lasted twenty minutes and
was entirely successful, but owing to the
weak condition of, the patients, due to
the illness of one of the twins, the final
result is still doubtful.
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floor through the front door. Some of
the escapes were very narrow.
- Almost everybody who got out suffered
some injury or were frost bitten. The
guests barely had time to get out when
aroused, the flames had spread'so rap
idly. Some saved their clothing, but
others were not so fortunate, losing ev
erything. After some delay nearby
houses were opened to the unfortunates
and they were given shelter.
It was one of the coldest nights of the
winter, the ground being covered wUh
ice and snow. Harry Cline, Walter
Johnson, Henry Robinson,: and an un
known man who, died later, were taken
to the city hospital. Robinson recover
ed enough to be taken home. The oth
ers named will be laid up for some time.
Victims Had Little Chance.
After a short fight the firemen got the
flames under control,. and assisted Dy
the police, made a search of the ruins.
The first body found was that of John
C. Lueders, who was killed. by jumping
from the third story. His head was
crushed in. The body of Lueders and
those of the others found later were
taken to the morgue, where friends and
relatives later identified them. Sarah
Harris was found on the first floor. The
remains of the other victims were found
in their rooms, where they were suffo
cated or burned.
J. J. Lally, who managed the house
for his brother-in-law, J. W. Killam, had
rooms on the first floor. He stated there
were four rooms on the first, nine on the
second and seven on the third. If all the
guests occupied their rooms, thirty-six
persons, including tire colored -porter and
chambermaid, were in the building when
it burned. Lally said he had no means
of knowing just, how many persons were
in the house at the time the lire broke
out. Some of them were in the habit of
staying out late, and it is possible all
were not there then.
Lally said he barely had time to get
out, being scorched, and spraining his
back. The only way for many of the
roomers to get out alive was through
the windows, the burning stairways cut
ting off their escape that way. Some
jumped and sustained injuries more or
less serious', while others, who tooK time
to improvise ropes from their bed cloth
ing, got down safely.
R. A. Wcolsey, a medical student, whos e
home-is in Galesburg, 111., had a room
on the second floor. Finding the regular
exits cut off, he slid to the ground safe
ly with the aid of two sheets tied to
get her.
Tonight, most of the guests have been
accounted in the list of dead, injured
and escaped. Among*- those unaccounted
for is A. Goldberg, ah unknown stranger,
who came in late and went to bed with
out registering; two students, whose
names are not known, and F. B. Can
trout, lt is not believed there are any
more bodies in the ruins, which have
been carefully searched. For that rea
son it is thought they will turn up.
MRS. TURCHIN
WENT TO WAR
BRAVE WIDOW OF A GALLANT IL
LINOIS SOLDIER SEEKS A PEN
SION TO MAKE HER LAST
DAYS COMFORTABLE.
FROM THE GLOBE BUREAU,
Washington, D. C.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 9.-There
is a pathetic story behind the pension
bill Introduced by Senator Mason to aid
Mrs. John B. Turchin, of Radom, 111.
The husband of the beneficiary was a
colonel of the Nineteenth Illinois, one of
the thirteen fighting regiments. He was
jn nearly all the great battes of the
Civil war and was wounded many times.
He lived afterwards in Chicago, where he
was well known among the veterans. .--
But the peculiar claim of Mrs. Turchfff
to a pension is based on the fact that
she was herself present and a participant
in the battle of Chickamauga and sev
eral other engagements. She insisted on
following her, husband, and when he
was wounded she sought him out among
the dead and -injured and nursed him
•back to health. She suffered all the
hardships and exposures of camp life.
Her claim was presented to the pension
office, but was turned down on some tech
nicality. She is now broken in (health
and her friends do not expect her to live
more than a couple of months. Col.
Turchin was of Russian descent. His
name was originally Turchinowski, but
was abreviated and Americanized for
convenience.
ENGINE BOILER BURSTS
THE ENGINEER AND FIREMAN
LOSE THEIR LIVES.
LIMA, Ohio, Feb. 9.-The boiler of a
freight locomotive on the Lake Erie &
Western railroad exploded today while
the engine was standing en a siding near
St. Mary's. Fireman Floyd Brown, of
Lima, was killed, and Engineer Edward
Casey, of Fremont, scalded so badly that
he died a" few hours later. "A number of
cars were wrecked. A defective crown
sheet is supposed to have been the cause
of; the explosion. ..-_ • 7
LORD'S SUPPER IN SYNAGOGUE.
First Service of the Kind Held in a
Jewish Church.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Feb. 9.—The
sacrament of the Lord's supper was ad
ministered in the Jewish synagogue to
day, this being the first time the .Chris
tian ceremony has taken place in -7a"
-Hebr&w house iof worship. The sacra
ment was administered • by .the Rev.
Small, of -the Congregational church,
which was recently burned. .- Chevze
dukah congregation offered the use of
the * synagogue ; aatil; a new church is
built,, v -
MONDAY MORNING^ FEBRUARY 10, 1902.
SOME TAXES
MAY STAND
SENATE HARDLY READY TO RE-
PEAL ALL. THE WAR TAXES
AT ONCE
FIFTY PER CENT CUT FAVORED
Oleomargarine Bill Is Expected to
Pass the House This Week—Cul
lom to Bring Up Reci
_:. procity Treaties -
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS LOADED
FROM THE GLOBE BUREAU,
Washington, D. C.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The senate
does not agree with the house as to the
desirability of repealing all the war
taxes. About 50 -per cent" is what Aid
rich Allison and the * rest are talking.
The senators do not give reasons in de
tail; they just think the money will be
needed. It may be for the isthmian canal
or the shipping subsidies or some of the
other expenses, but the secretary of the
treasury, does not think there will be
any deficit even with extraordinary ex
penditures of this character. Members
of the house are : prone to believe the
attitude of the senate is ' inspired " Dy a
desire to force the Cuban reduction in
sugar and tobacco duties.
It is expected now that the house will
vote on the oleo bill ; next Tuesday.
Several appropriation - bills have inter
vened to interrupt the debate, and they
always have the right of way. There
has been a great * demand for time to
talk on this oleo ~ bill,, every man with a
dairying constituency: wishing to make
a few remarks for circulation next sum
mer in his district. It is expected that
the bill will become a law and it affords
an excellent opportunity to the former
statesman to make political capital.
Consideration of * the . bill will be re
sumed under the agreement made last
week to devote another day to general
debate, followed by a day of debate un
der the five-minute rule. The passage
of the bill by a good majority is consid
ered assured, . although the substitute
proposition probably will . command a
larger vote than it did in the last con
gress. " ,
Cnllom Has Xerve.
Senator Cullom Is getting ready to
bring the reciprocity treaties to the
front. This, in the face of a very gen
eral sentiment here, that those compacts
are ; quite dead.. They may be revived;
that remains to be . seen. A few weeks
ago even Senator Cullom did not talk
hopefully of the prospect. He said it
seemed that the local interests which
would be hurt by reciprocity always
had it in their power to combine and
prevent a necessary two-thirds vote.
But- in his position as chairman of the
committee on foreign relations it is up
to the senator from Illinois to make the
attempt to pass them, and if the senate
wants to turn them down, eacn man will
have to go on record and take the re
sponsibility for his vote.
As a preliminary step for the consid
eration of the reciprocity question the
committee """has been looking into the
legal inquiry whether such treaties hays
to be ratified by the house as well as the
senate. Naturally the senate has de
cided this query in its own favor.
Now it is the contention of the house,
and particularly the ways and means
committee of the house, that the senate
is in ft way to circumvent a constitu
tional limitation. A reciprocity treaty
would operate directly to modify the
taxation laws of the country; and if the
senate could accomplish this result with
out the concurrence of the house of rep
representatives, the taxing power would
to that extent be vested in the president
of the United States and the United
States senate. The people as represent
ed in the house would not have any
voice at all. So this is one of the stum
bling blocks in the way of reciprocity. -
Elkin*. Bill Is Well Liked.
No serious opposition has yet been dis
closed to the Elkins bill to ■ amend the
Interstate commerce act by permitting
and legalizing pooling and giving the
commission power to fix and enforce
rates. -
The interstate commerce commission is
naturally in favor of the bill. The ship
pers* association is divided on the pool
ing feature, many being in favor of it,
and an almost equal number opposing it.
The Industrial commission in its report
to congress recommends pooling legisla
tion of this sort in strongest terms. " Most
of the railroads are understood to favor
pooling, though they are not a unit ! o*Ti
the subject; many are doubtful about the
increased powers of the commission, es
pecially the right to arbitrarily, declare
rates. -
Democratic Senators Loaded.
The Philippine question will continue to
hold foremost place on the senate calen
dar during the present week, but there
is little probability that the Philippine
bill will be disposed of before the close
of the week. Democratic senators say
they will require several weeks more
time in which to consider the measure.
Senator Lodge, as chairman of the com
mittee having the bill in charge, has not
failed to impress upon them his intention
of pressing it with the utmost dispatch
consistent with- due consideration of so
important a measure. There are several
Democratic * senators " prepared to speak
on the bill. _ *' 7-7
Senator Quarles will report the perma
nent census bill tomorrow before the
Philippine bill is .-taken' up and will make
an effort to secure immediate considera
tion. .-:;- ; - J*.
The Irrigation bill also occupies a place
of vantage on the senate calendar, and
with the other bills mentioned out of the
way will be pressed to the, front.
BLIZZARDY IN THE EAST
TRAINS ARE ABANDONED ON TWO
-""■*'.** ROADS.
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CORRY, Pa., Feb. 9.—A1l travel was
abandoned between Oil : City and Brocton
on the Chautauqua division of the Penn
sylvania, today. The 7 blizzard is the
worst In this section's history. Train No
8 lay all : night |in a,huge* drift at Sum
mit ■ and this *" morning food was carried
to the imprisoned passengers. - The of
ficials abandoned hope of moving trains
and .have decided to run through trains
from Brocton to Ashtabula via the Lake
Shore. --..- — --
7 DUNKIRK, N. V.7 Feb. 9.-As a result
of. the storm no trains were run 'today
over the _ Erie railroad between. Dunkirk*
and Salamanca or over the Dunkirk, Alle
gheny Valley & ■ Pittsburg line to Titus
ville. West-bound * Lake: Shore • trains are
from one to six hours late, * .**■■_:-.—.,...*-
OUR HUSTLERS
AT KANSAS CITY
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SAINTLY CITY DELEGATION OF AU-'
DITORIUM BOOMERS GET A 7*
WARM WELCOME
DINNER AND THEATER PARTY
Tendered the Guests—Today They
.Will Get Down to Business, and
Tonight * Will Proceed to
Omaha to Get Pointers.
Special to The Globe.. -
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. The dele
gation of the St. Paul Commercial club,
twenty-seven strong, bent on finding out
the best way of raising funds to build
an auditorium, reached . here this after
noon shortly after * 5 o'clock. The trip
"was without mishap -or serious incident.
The party was comfortably equipped for
the journey, traveling in a sleeping car
provided through the courtesy of the
Great _ Northern Railroad I company.
■ The car was hauled: to Council Bluffs
over the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha road, under the personal su
pervision of E. A. Whitaker. city pas
senger agent in St. Paul of the Omaha.
At Council Bluffs'. Eugene Valentine,
chief clerk of the passenger department
of the Burlington,| took" charge of the
party, the car being transferred to that
line. Both railroads carried the \ party
free of charge.
Upon arrival , here the party was met
by representatives of the Kansas City
Commercial club and taken to the Bal
timore hotel. .Many resident friends of
the visitors greeted them in the lobby of
the hotel. After an hour pleasantly spent
the visitors were taken to the magnifi
cent auditorium, : the pride and boast of
the city, and shown around the structure.
They were guided on this by U. S. Epper
son, president of the convention hall
corporation; E. M. Clendenning, secretary
of the Commercial club; John A. Brown,
a director, and Messrs. Frank Peck, Hen
ry Stewart and F. J.'Taggart. An hour
thus, spent was followed by dinner and
an evening at the Orpheum theater.
Monday morning committeees repre
senting the convention hall corporation,
the Commercial club and leading business
men will meet the St. Paul visitors," and
the work of finding out how Lie money
was raised to build the . fine " auditorium
will begin in earnest. - The journey to
Omaha will be begun at 9 o'clock Monaay
night. "" *- ;:.. ; : . .
NEW HUSBAND
QUICKLY LOST
OMAHA WIDOW IS MIIXUS SOME
. ' JEWELRY. 7 7
J. C. McKohn, of Red Oak, lowa, Se
cured Mrs. Coffey for a "Wile by
. Advertising: and Then "
He Disappeared.
Special to -The Globe.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 9.-The police of
Omaha are looking for J. C. McKohn,
described as a showman of Bed Oak,
lowa, who disappeared yesterday morn
ing. The story begins with a want ad
McKohn is forty-five years of. age and
being single,; advertised; for a helpmate!
the advertisement -brought a reply from
Mrs. Alice J. Coffey, aged forty, a
widow of Omaha, and a correspondence
ensued. " j- . .
McKohn came to Omaha Thursday
evening and they were married Friday
evening. Saturday," morning McKohn
went for a carriage to take his wife to
the train and ' has not. yet returned.
_ Mrs. Coffey's j letters so impressed him
he lost no time in making her acquaint
ance. After the ".ceremony the happy
couple took rooms at the Millard hotel
Saturday morning Mr. and Mrs. McKohn
decided to leave for their future home
and went to the house where the bride
had been living to\pack her effects. This
done, McKohn kissed his bride and start
ed for the carriage, wearing her gold
watch and" chain aild a valuable diamond
ring, given by Mr. Coffey. ...■■■;... •:._
Whether the man disappeared volun
tarily or was"' kidnaped while enjoying
his honeymoon the police have not de
termined. Mrs. McKohn is more con
cerned now for the _return of her jew"
elry than for the restoration of her lat
est husband.. 7 •
TORN FROM HIS BRIDE
YOUNG ILLINOIS FARMER IS IN
HARD LICK.
Special to The Globe.
BLOOMINGTON, 111., Feb. 9.—Because
he married his 'first cousin, without the
knowledge ,or consent of her parents,
Charles Hendron, a groom of but a* day'l
is a prisoner-in the. McLean - county jail.'
He was arrested last night and torn away
from the weeping bride/who was Frances
March, the 'jpretty daughter of John
March, a faimer.. 7 :
Hendren la aa" young ;. farmer, whose
home adjoint that of March.- The latter
sent his daughter to.college in this city,
perhaps to separate her from her ardent
suitor, but his absence was no bar to
the union. Hendren_come to the city Fri
day and secured a license, 7 giving the
age of the bride as eighteen and of him
self a** twenty-one, although it is sail
that neither is of ■ legal age. It is *likely
tfiat the courts will annul the union. 7 *
HAUL BY SAFE BLOWERS
GOT $5,000 in GOLD and LOT of
VALUABLE paper.
ACKWORTH, Ga., Feb. ..-Safe blow
ers forced the vaults of j the Lemon Bank
ing company here early this morning, se
curing $5,000 in gold, a $5,000 Georgia state
bond and a large amount of stock certif
icates. Between $_£*-,000 arid $".0,000 in notes,
stock certificates". and "i bonds were hope
lessly mutilated by the explosion.
Adventlst Preacher Pinched. ;
j INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., -Feb.779.—Rev.
Amos Messier, a' Seventh Day Adventist
preacher, of Martin, Ind., was arrested,
charged w£th being a fugitive from jus
tice. He was taken to-Huntington, Ind.,*
where he is wanted on the charge of em
bezzling between - $6,000 1 and | $7,000 \ from
his; brother, a farmer. He g*ave up a
large part of "the" money.: -_...' \-
PRESIDENT
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"tOUND HIS SON IS HOLDING HIS
OWN IN ENCOURAGING
FASHION
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BOY GREETED HIM CHEERILY
While President's Stay Is Indefinite
: as to Time, It Will Be Prolonged 7
Much Beyond Wednesday
if the Lad Improves.
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VERY BRIEF STAY IN BOSTON
CROTON, Mass., - Feb. President
Roosevelt, upon his arrival.'. at the -Gro
ton school this afternoon, did not find7.his
son, Theodore Jr., alarmingly ill with
pneumonia, but the boy's condition was
not sufficiently reassuring to warrant the
president's immediate return to the na
tional capital.-Young Roosevelt, with
two | schoolmates,; Horace B. Potter, of
New York, and William Gammell, of
Providence, both having pneumonia, lis
in large airy rooms on the second floor
of the college infirmary. Mrs. Roosevelt
has been with her son for two days.
Theodore greeted his father cheerily this
afternoon. :._ 7
? Mrs. Roosevelt was at th<_. window as
the president drove Into the school yard,
and greeted him as he mounted the stairs.
The two .immediately .went to the sick
boy's room, and the president was de
lighted to find that his son's head was
very clear. 7"7*777- ""-':
The president's stay here Is indefinite,
although it is not believed It will be pro
longed much after Wednesday, unless the
boy's condition takes a : turn for the
worse. ...Pneumonia being always alarm
ing, the president has thought it well to
I stay here until he has -some assurance of
his son's recovery. .
Nothing unusual happened during this
evening. 7 The president, with Mrs. Roose
velt and Secretary Cortelyou, went for a
short walk after dinner around the school
campus. One by one the lights in the
infirmary -Went out and at 11 o'clock only
a dim light was showing at one end of
the building. Shortly after the.announce
ment was made that the boy was resting
quietly and that his condition was un
changed. . - .
Short Stay in Boston.
BOSTON, Feb. 9.—President Roosevelt,
on his way to Groton, came to" Boston
today for the first time since assuming
his office. His visit was a momentary
one, for he did not leave his car, but was
transferred from one railroad system to
another by means of a connecting link
over the tracks of a third road. This plan
-rendered unnecessary * the arrangements
of the police to look after his safety in
crossing the city, and of the railroad offi
cials, who had prepared another special
train for his use on the last stage of his
journey. •.„,- - _:
When the shifting engine was attached
to the car, the president came to the plat
form. Then every hat worn by men in
the crowd on the station platform came
off, and the president removed his in-ac
knowledgment of the courtesy, saying,
"I thank you."
A WIRELESS RECORD
MESSAGE TRANSMITTED A HUN-
DRED AND FIFTY MILES
Steamship Philadelphia .Report*, an
Uneqnaled Feat in the Use of
the Marconi System of
- Telegraphy.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—The steamship
Philadelphia of the American line, which
arrived today broke the record for having
the longest communication with the land
by means of the Marconi wireless tele
graph'system.
On Saturday, the first of February, «the
steamship was at 12:15 p. m. a few miles
off the Lizard. Messages were then ex
changed and the telegraphing was kept
up until midnight of the following day.
The last message* was sent when the
Philadelphia was 150 miles distant.from
the land.
Capt. Mills said that he had never ex
perienced such terrific weather before as
that which was met on the voyage." The
-waves continually washed the decks- of
the ship and the wind was bitterly cold.
The Cunard steamer Lucania reached
her docks in this city today. Capt. Mc-
Kay reports fine weather all the way
across until he reached the eastern edge
of the Banks. From there he says'.they
had a lively - gale all the way. When
twenty-four miles off the Sandy Hook
lightship at 5 o'clock yesterday, the Lu
cania sighted a four-masted schooner
sunk with only, her spars showing above
the water.* ':*.._.(_ *■ . ,
The operator in' charge of the Marconi
plant on the ship held a wireless** tele
graph talk with the Umbria in midocean
for several hours, during which some
thing over a hundred * telegrams" i were
interchanged, to be sent from the lizard
and Nantucket . lightships" respectively to
friends" of passengers on this side and
in England. .
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
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Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Fair.
Acres of Ruins in Paterson.
" Holocaust in St. Louis.
President Roosevelt at Groton.
Some "War Taxes May Stand. .
Auditorium Boomers in Knwville
2—Policeman Roche Badly Hurt.
: 7 Shoe Men's Annual Dinner.
Blase in Clarendon Hotel.
Gotham Democrats Hopeful. 7
Shoemaker May. Not Land.
Editorial Comment. ""■'
Theatrical Reviews. .77 .-*
7 News of Labor World. -7 .
-s—News of the Northwest. . *
Pointers for Farmers.
Justice Party In Field.
"7—Minneapolis New*.
Henry- Clews' Review.
7r Murder Mystery in 'Frisco. 7
Redemptions Expiring-.
.8"-*Lennon May Sell Team. 7
Mcllrath State Champion. '
Big* Walking- Match r0n..7 .., .. •
PRICE TWO CEN rs-{ $&%%&*
ACRES OF RUINS
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IN PATERSON, N. J.
Loss of Ten Million Dollars Estimated to Have
Been Caused by a Terribly Destructive
Fire, Which Swept Away Twenty-
Five Blocks. '
BILLOWS OF FLAME FILLED THE STREETS
Hundreds of Firemen Labored Like Heroes to
Conquer the Fire Fiend, but Their Ef
forts Were Almost Baffled.
PATERSON. N. J., Feb. 9.—A great
fire swept through Paterson today, and
in its desolate wake are the embers and
ashes of property valued in preliminary
estimate at $10,000,000.
It burned its-way through the business
section of. the city and claimed^ as its
own a majority of the finer structures
devoted to commercial, civic, educational
and religious use, as well as scores -of
houses. There was but small tribute of
life and injur*/* to the conflagration, but
hundreds were left (homeless and thou
sands without employment. A relief
movement for the care of those unshel-
tered and unprovided for has already
been organized, and Mayor John Hench
cliffe said tonight that Paterson would
be--able to care for her own without ap
pealing to the charity of other communi
ties and states. The great "manufacturing
plants of the place are safe, and the com
munity, temporarily dazed by the calam
ity, has already commenced the. work of
reorganization and restoration.
HUNDREDS OF FIRE X*
WORKED LIKE HEROES.
The fire started Saturday at midnight
and was only checked after a desperate
fight that lasted until late Sunday after
noon. Every city and town within reach,
of Paterson sent firemen and apparatus
to the relief of the threatened city, and
took th© united efforts of them all to win
the battle.;.; 7*. --
A northerly gale gave the conflagra
| tion its impetus and carried its burning
brands to kindle the blaze afresh at
other points. The : firemen made stand
after stand before the wall of fire, --.but
were repeatedly, driven back, and when
victory finally came to them they were
grimed and exhausted. 7
LIST OF PRINCIPAL
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
A partial list of the properties destroy
ed follows: ■""■'»■.. ; ",■--,■■; ... „
Public Buildings—City hall, public li
brary, old city hall, police station, No. 1
engine house, patrol stables, high school,
School No. 15 . . yr :" ■ ,-_»_.
Churches—First Baptist, Second Pres
byterian. Park Avenue Baptist. \ St.
Mark's Episcopal, St. Joseph's Roman
Catholic. '.*--. ,- „ _.
Banks—First National, Second Nation
al (partially). Paterson National, Silk
City Trust, Hamilton Trust, Paterson
Trust.
Club * Houses—V. M. C. A-.. Knights of
Columbus, Progress club, St. Joseph 3
hall. Hamilton club.
Office Buildings—Romaine building,
Katz_ building, Marshall & Ball's, Kohn
building, Old Town Clock. Old Klnne
"building, Stevenson building.
Telegraph Companies— Union,
Postal Telegraph. ."
-Theater—The Garden.
Newspapers—The Evening News, Sun
day Chronicle. .
Stores—Quackenbush & Co.. Boston
store, dry goods. Globe store, dry goods,
National Clothing Co., Kent's drug "store,
Kir-sella's drug store, . Muzzy' hardware
and general merchandise. Marshall &
Ball, clothiers, John Norwood, paints,
Oberg's grocery, Wertendyke's grocery,
P. H. & W. G. Shields, grocers, "The
Paterson," dry goods, Jordan's piano
store, Sauter & Co.. pianos, Feder & Mc-.
Nair, shoes, Sendler's confectionery. Tap
pan's tea store. Ragowski's millinery,
Brohal & Mueller." shoes, C. E. Beach,
automobiles, Morehead & Son, clothiers,
Paterson Gas and Electric Co.. Skye's
drug store, Mackintosh drug store.
ONE THOUSAND
FAMULI HOMELESS.
An- estimate made from a general in
spection of the smouldering ruins placed
the number of dwellings and apartment
houses destroyed at five hundred and the
number of families left without shelter
at one thousand. A re-estimate when
order* succeeds confusion may alter those
figures. . y*~
The fire began its work of far-reaching
destruction at the power house of the
Jersey City,_ Hoboken & Paterson Trac
tion company, which fronted on Broad
way and extended-a block to the rear
on Van Houten street. "- It commenced in
the car shed and was burning fiercely
when one of the employes detected it.
It-was leaping through th* roof and the
gale was lifting it in forks and swirls
when the fire apparatus came clanging
into Broadway, Main and Van Houten
street in one direction,. Main street in
another, and,; gaining vigor "as it went,
burned unchecked- down into the busi
ness district. 1 .7
Every piece of fire mechanism in the
city was called out, but fire and gale
were masters. A great torch of flame
rose high in _ the air, lighting '.. up the
cot. n'try for many miles" and carrying a
threat - and warning to the people . and
property in its path. - There were efforts
to rescue furniture and stock but the
speed with which the fire meted gave
the -: rescuers little time. j.Property was
often-moved to a place of presumed safe
ty only to be eventually reached and de
stroyed. .-The warning to many was brief
and they were forced to - flee, scantily
clad, * into streets glazed over' with ice
and swept by the keen wind.
CANOPY OF FIRE ~ . : '-'
- OVERARCHED STREETS.
„ Main street was soon arched over
with a canopy of .fire V for a; block, and*
then . for two blocks, as . the flames fast
ened themselves' upon building 7 * after
building. The firemen-fought with every
resource of t their craft and the impulse
of desperation, but the. flames j found new
- avenues £ ln j Ellison : and . Market j streets
I and got beyond; all : control. Calls for re
lief went out 'to every, city in- this por
tion of the state and the jaded -firemen
labored on through the hopeless hours
of the morning. The city hall, : a mag
nificent r. structure. - surmounted _"- by a
great clock tower, situated on Washing
ton, Ellison and Market streets, finally
caught * and | with. it went all of. the splen
; did business structures that surround it.
They . made a great furnace of Are " that '>
;: burned with a fierce roar. There was a
: series of explosions and scores of walls
i j fell when the fire left them strengthless.
• j Flying firebrands carrier the conflagra
tion over some buildings and around
others and it therefore burned in an
irregular course. These brands finally,
cleared the tracks of the Erie railroad
and Ramapo avenue, and alighting on-
Straight street, started another 7 great
area of Are, in which the destruction and
desolation wrought was nearly as great
as in the other. .
SECOND GREAT FIRE
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PROVED VERY FUERCE.-
Thls second great fire started at the**
| angle of Park avenue and Washington*
street and swept almost unchecked un
til on these two thoroughfares there"
I was no more fuel. On the right hand.
j . side of Market street it encountered San
j dy Hill cemetery as a barrier to check-
I it, but on the left side at Carroll street
it claimed St. Joseph's church, a great
classic stone building. It was -on this
second great fire that the volunteer fire
men from the outside cities - did their
most heroic and effective work. They
fell back only when they had to and
j when the natural . obstacle ~ interposed
j they seized the chance and stopped the
; lire. *"•'-■"
The final, and one of the most desper
| ate fights of the day, occurred in midaf
ternoon back in the first fire area at
the Hamilton club, situated at the cor
ner of Church and Ellison streets. Tht.
handsome club house caught and the
-exhausted firemen were rallied around
it. They, were anxiCus to save the
structure, and, besides, failure meant
that the fire might take new headway
among the properties adjoining the club
house. The building was doomed," how
ever,, but a torrent of water kept the'
fire to the premises. The four walls of
the club house stood, but the roof col
lapsed and the interior was completely
burned out.
FLAMES WERE SEEN !
FOR MILES AROUND,
. Paterson rests In a valley arid the
conflagration was an imposing spectacle*
from the rim of hills that wall it in
Columns of flame climbed high in the»
air and shed their light for miles. Hun
dred's of persons hurried into the city
before daylight to watch the work of
destruction \at close range and when
the day came thousands more joined
them. The fire became a great popular
spectacle that claimed - patrons from
New York and every outlying town in
New Jersey. They crowded the regular
trains of the railways operating through
' here and compelled- the dispatching of
extra trains. Once in the city they
crowded around the firemen and at
: times hampered them in their worK
Police lines were impossible and through,
the day. they poured in an endless
stream through the desolate streets.
Great pinnacles of ruined brick stood in
every street, but the crowds passed un
der them unmindful of the warning of
police and firemen.
With the crowd came thieves and
looters,. but there was not much pillag
ing. Under orders from Gov. FranJ^in
Murphy, who hurried here from Wr- '
sey City, companies A, C, X and M of
the Fifth national guard, assembled at
their armories and were held as a re
serve force. The police, deputy sheriffs,
hundreds of special watchmen and fire
men united In protecting property dur
ing the day, , and when night came a
grim order clearing the streets was is
sued by the city and county authorities.
ACRES OF EMBERS
THE ONLY LIGHT.
Despite the precaution of the authori
ties there was much confusion lfi the
streets at night. The destruction of
wires left the: city in darkness, save
for the dull glow given off by the acres
of embers in the two great fir"*? areas.
Thousands of belated visitors crowd
around the depots and struggled in the
dark for places in the overcrowded
trains. The street railway system was
also severely impaired through the in
jury of its wires. 7 * .
Early in. the day the mayor issued an
order forbidding the sale of liquor. It
was not obeyed, however, and there was
considerable-drunkenness.
Three relief "meetings were held during
the afternoon,. the principal one of
which was attended by -. Gov. Franklin
Murphy, Mayor John Hlnchliffe, Record
er George, B. Senier. who under the
city's charter is fire marshal. In a few
moments f $800 was handed to the mayor -
for immediate use, but the chief magis
trate said that while the city hat. suffer
ed a: terrible visitation he was in a" posi
tion to;say. that there was very little
distress. The business section of the
city had been -practically wiped out. but
the residence portion which suffered was
that in which well-to-do citizens lived.
TWENTY-FIVE BLOCKS "
r7 - ARE' BURKED OVER.
The area of restruction foots up rough-:
ly twenty-five city blocks.
.7 From Main street :to Paterson street,
between Van Houten and Market streets.'
there is but* little left. On the block:
bounded by 7 Main,7 Ellison, Washington
and Market streets, not a single build ing-
except that *" of the ; Paterson Savings . In
stitution stands.. All along the West side
of Main street property Is wiped out. and
on the east sid_ also, from Market to
Van Houten streets.;
Along the south side of Broadway, be
tween Washington and ; Church :: streets, :
great damage \ has been done.
Van Houten street Is reduced; to smold
ering debris, so far as buildings are con
: cerned, for. some distance. j.*' ._ - 7 .
Ellison street suffered from the neigh
borhood of Prospect street, on the north
t side." as far as*" Church 7 street. 7Qn the;
south side of 1 this ..street; there is wide
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