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WAtERBURY SWEPT BVFIRE
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Loss of Property Estimated at From
$4,000,000 to $5,000,000.
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SEVEN CITY BLOCKS IN RUINS
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When the First Fire Wai Under Control
' a Second One. Supposed to Be of Incendiary
Origin, Broke Out?Governor
t Calls Ont the Troops to Prevent Looting?The
Cause of the Disaster.
WaterburyN Conn.?The city of Waterbury,
-which was one of the most
flourishing in the Nutmeg State, now
stands devastated by Are. The loss,
according'to estimates of conservative
business and Insurance men. will run
between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000.
With all this great destruction there
has been no loss of life, and few accidents
have been recorded.' The city's
heart, taking in a triangle, bounded
nr.i-th hv TCvnhanep Place, on the
VU lilt O- r
. "west by Bank street, on the south by
Grand street and on the east by South
Main street, has been nearly wiped out.
The fire burned over four acres.
Mayor A. E. Killdufl! made the following
statement:
"This is unquestionably the worst
fire that has occurred in this section
of New England. The property loss
will amount to $5,000,000, and 100 families
bave been rendered Homeless.
* "We opened the City Hall as a temporary
shelter for those whose homes
were destroyed, but at 4 o'clock, when
the Scovill House caught fire, the inmates
of the City Hall were forced to
seek shelter elsewhere.
"I do not think that Waterbury will
have to appeal to other towns for aid
In our distress. The manufacturing
concerns, with factories located in the
. _ edge of the city, have promised to come
\ to the assistance of those whose needs
are greatest. It is a hard blow, but
Waterbury will recover in time."
The fire originated at G.30 p. m. in
the upholstery department on the third
' ' floor of the store of Reid & Hughes
Dry Goods Company, and that store as
well as many adjoining buildings, are
in ruins. The origin or the connagra
' / tion is not known. The fire was not
discovered till It had gained treinenBra&JVv*.
dous headway.
" When the Fire Department reached
',v the scene, flames were issuing from
every window of the building, and
it was evident that the structure was
doomed and the entire business section
of the city was imperiled.
The fire started in a drizzling rain
with a rapidly rising wind, and, with
the increasing cold, the rain turned
to snow. The wind was at first shifting,
but it settled toward the east and
carried destruction with it. The first
building to catch from the Reid &
IWghes store was a tall structure
. ; ' ,to the rear and westward, occupied by
a Salvation Army Barracks and a
Turkish bath. A moment or two later
the flames leaped back to the east
across Bank street, and wiped out the
Ryan & Fitzmaurice block, Cannon &
Webster's drus store. Davis' cicar
store, and the store of J. B. Mullings
& Sons. They burned rapidly through 1
to South Main street, and jumped
across that street, shriveling th? buildings
like paper.
At the same time the flames caught
the Masonic Temple end traveled from
the Salvation Army building to the
rear of the Franklin House on Grand
, street, and the entire block, consist- 1
ing of seven or eight handsome five- 1
story buildings, with thirty tenements
and the large and commodious headquarters
of the Waterbury Americ-n
were soon in ruins.
. Shortly after midnight the fire started
in new places, and the efforts of the
local firemen, combined with the aid 1
- given by fire-figtoters and apparatus '
, from the other cities, seemed power- 1
less to stay its progress. The blaze
wiped out the business portion of the
i city, all the fire being confined lo that
section, though residential parts of the
city "were in danger by sparks driven
by the furious wind.
About the time the firemen supposed
they had placed the first fire under :
control another was discovered in an- 1
other quarter of the city, near the City
Hall and the police station. The Scovil
House, the city's leading hostelry,
remodeled a few years ago at an expense
of about $75,000, was discovered
to be on fire about 4 o'clock a. m.
This handsmeiy equipped hotel, one of
the most noted in New England, was a
Vreck at daybreak.
At the outs?t of the blaze its occupants
were forced to seek the street
in their night clothes. With theringing
of a second alarm the entire city was
thrown into a panic. And when it
was learned that the historic hotel was
on fire there was consternation. The
sparks, thicker than the falling snow
flakes, covertd the entire business centre
of the city like an umbrella, and
? occupants of buildings located in the
pathway in which the wind was blowing
prepared to leave them.
The tire burned over four acres of the
city's choicest business section. Among
the prominent buildings totally destroyed'are
the block occupied by the
Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Company,
the entire plant of the Waterbury
American, the beautiful Masonic Temple,
the two leading hotels, the Scovil
and Franklin houses, the clothing store
of Jones, Morgan & Company and J.
B. Mullings, the Hausom-Sellew Furniture
Company, the New England Engineering
Company, the Sapaline-Hoff ">
man Company, the W. L. Douglas Shoe
Company, Ryan & Fitzmaurice, the
Johnson blpck, occupied by Cannon &
Webster; Perschels' Turkish bath and
Feace Talk May Kesult in Nothing;.
Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch Premier, confirmed'the
statement regarding peace
overtures made by Mr. Balfour in the
House of Commons. In London it Is
believed that nothing will result from
overtures not coming from those authorized
to speak for the fighting
burghers.
President "Warns Officeholders.
President Roosevelt lias issued an order
forbidding officeholders to attempt
to influence legislation in their own interests.
/ Aline Explosion Kills IOC.
; , dispatches from Hondo, Mexico.
A ~ show that 10G miners were at work in
/'* the Coahuila Coal Company's mine
/ when the explosion occurred, and all of
them are dead. The majority of the
victims are Mexicans and Chinamen.
The explosion was occasioned by striking
a gas pocket. The loss to the owners
of the mine is very heavy.
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Four Men Killed in Train Collision.
A rear-end collision between freight
trains on the Illinois Central at Apple
River, 111., resulted in the death of four
ttockmen and the injury of Ave others.
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the Salvation Army Workingmen'B
Home, Jean Jacques' block on Grand
street, the Bost Furniture Company.
In all about 100 of the city's most
prominent business houses are burned
out. The loss on buildings may be estimated
at between $2,000,000 to $2,500,00o,
and the loss on stocks, etc., a'
as much more. As far as can be
learueil the greater part of the loss i8
covered by insurance.
During the night the Mayor was in
communication with Governor McLean,
and the militia was called out to
prevent thieving, which was reported
to have begun. Companies A and G. in
command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Geddes, with Captains Carter and Fitz
Patrick and about 120 men, were detailed
about the fire district, and are
still on duty. The city is practically
under martial law.
Waterbury has a population of abaul
45,000 persons, and is situated on the
Naugatuc-k River in New Haven Coun
ty.Conn..about eighteen miles northwesl
of New Haven. The city is celebrated
for the extent and variety of its manufactures,
the first of which, the manufacture
of gilt buttons, was begun in
1802. In 1812 the rolling of brass and
copper and the production of brass and
copper wire was introduced, and Waterbury
is now the centre of the brass
industry of the country.
There is in the city six rolling mills,
two clock companies, a suspender and
weooing ractory ana an extensive pin i
factory, in all about thirty stock companies,
with an aggregate capital of
$00,000,000, and employing over 4000
operatives. The city supports two
daily and two weekly newspapers, and
owns the Bronson Free Library, which
contains 18,000 volumes.
SECRETARY SHAW IN OFFICE.
Sir. Game's Farewell to the Officials and
Clerks of the Treasury Department.
Washington, D. C.?In the presence
or the ch:..j;' otPclila of ihe Treasury
Department, Seaa'or Doll v?r and nearly
all of Iowa's delegation in the lower
house of Cong.vss, former Governor
Leslie M. Shaw took the preset ibed
oatn of office as Secretary of the Treasury.
The oath was administered by
Justice Shiras of the United States Supreme
Court. The retiring Secretary,
Mr. Gage, was among the first to congratulate
his successor.
The new and retiring Secretaries
then received all the officials and
clerks in the Treasury Building to
the number of more than 2009. Mr.
Gage has gained the affection of the departmental
employes to a remarkable
decree, as was shown in their leave
taking. Many eyes were wet and
mMnv vrtipps trpnihlpd ns flip Inst fare
wells were said. Mr. Gage remained in i
conference with liis successor an hour
or more and then left the department.
Mr. Sbaw Will Continue to Bay Bonds
Washington, D. C.?Secretary Shaw j
of the Treasury Department stated j
that for the present at least he would I
continue the purchase of bonds ,for
the sinking fund on the present basis.
CENTLEVIAN BURCLAR BACCED. '!
Worked In Fnll Evening Dress and AN
ways Used a Cab.Chicago.
? Edward F. Flake, who
claims to be a graduate of Notre Dame !
University, and who scorns to ride in j
a street car, and leads a gang of twelve I
burglars, has been arrested for robbing
Hyrle Park houses.
When a robbery was to be committed
be called a cab, his accomplices say.
and rode to the front steps of the victim's
house and insisted that his companions
should help him out of the
cab. He scorned to carry firearms,
and made his pals carry the plunder.
He showed rare judgment in select- .
Ing booty. He usually did his work in
full evening dress. He attributes his
capture to the fact that he consented
to work once too often in other garb.
Flake, as the leader of the bang, Is
said to have introduced original meth- ;
3ds in pillaging houses. He has a half- '
3ozen burglaries attributed to him.
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RICH FARMER ROBBER CHIEF. j
.Michigan Alan, Said to Be Worth $100,
00Q, Accused of Burglary. ;
St. Louis, Mich.?Clint Nelson, who
was arrested here recently, and who is ;
reported to be the wealthiest farmer in
Gratiot County, is now alleged to have j
been the head of a band of thieves who j
have been robbing farmers of stock
and other property for years.
Sheriff Paris arrested James Hazzard,
his son, William Marble and Martin
Hakes, all of this vicinity. In jail
Marble confessed, savins: that the band !
had been stealing for years, and that
Nelson acted as the "fence." Nelson
is charged with borglary and being an
accessory after the fact. At present
he has 300 head of cattle and about 300
sheep on his farm for the city market,
[n addition he has nearly as many more
which he is wintering. He Is said to
be worth $100,000.
CONDEMNED MAN C3IES OUT.
J. D. Canselft Makes a Scene When Sen*
tenceil to Die in the Chair.
Springfield, Mass.?When sentenced
to death Johu D. Cassels made a scene
in court. He stood in the dock and
with manuscript in hand declaimed for
half an hour in a hysterical manner.
He declared that everybody connected
with his trial had conspired to convict
him. He shouted: .
"Slicot me in the open; don't murder
me in a cell, like a rat."
Cassels begged for a weapon with
which to defend himself. After Judge
Hopkins had sentenced him to die in
the electric chair 011 May i uasseis
sprang up and shouted curses on the
court. He was overpowered by the
guards and carried out yelling at the
top of his voice.
Younger* Plead For Pardon.
The Board of Pardons of Minnesota
read and heard arguments on a petition
from .Tames and Coleman Younger,
life convicts now out on parole, asking
for complete pardon, and took the
case under advisement.
Tragedy at a Boar Runt.
Count Dcpas organized a boar huk
near Arras, France. One of the party
shor. a boar, and the bullet, after passing
through the animal, struck a stone,
ricocheted and killed the Countess Depas,
who was fifty yards distant.
Labor World.
A fijlit against the Garment Makers4
Union has been tarted in Chicago by
mit nOO workers.
Engineers at the electric power plant I
in Terre Haute,Ind., quit work out of
sympathy with ^he striking street .ear
men.
The new scale adopted by miners in
convention at Pittsburg embraces an
increase of ten ceuts a ton in th
price of mining.
Six hundred striking woodworkers
have returned to duty in the American
Car and Foundry Company's plant at .
JeffersonvJlle. Ind.
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DUTCH PEACE PLAN FAILED
Great Britain to Negotiate Only With
Boers in the Field.
1A/II I WnT APPCDT IMTCDN/rMTinW
HILL I1VI nUULI I I II I ?_ 11 f LI1 I 11/11
The Answer of the British Foreign Secretary
[to 'the Dutch Priose MinisterSkeptical
of the Authority of the Boei
. Delegates to Make Proposals of Peac*
?Nature of Holland's Note.
London.?The British Government replied
to Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch Pre
mier, in relation to the Dutch Government's
proposals for bringing aboul
peace in South Africa, that if the
Boers in the field desire to negotiate
for peace, negotiations can be entered
into, but only in South Africa. The
British Government adheres to its intention
not to accept the intervention
of any foreign Power.
Tte British Government acknowledged
the humanitarian feelings which
had prompted the Dutch Governnienl
to make Its proposal, but declined to
comply with the request, on the ground
that there was no assurance that the
Boer delegates In Holland had author
ity to act.
The reply of the Marquis of Lansdowne
to the Dutch Government concludes
as follows: <
"In these circumstances this Govern- <
ment has decided that if the Boer leaders
desire to'enter into negotiations for
the purpose of bringing the war to an
end these negotiations must take place J
not in Europe, but in South Africa. It <
should be borne in mind that if dele- (
gates are to occupy time in visiting <
South Africa, in consulting with the '
Boer leaders in the field and in return- 1
ing to Europe for the purpose of mak- !
ing known the results of their errand, '
a period of at least three months must 1
elapse, during which hostilities would 1
be prolonged and much human suffering
perhaps needlessly occasioned." (
The correspondence between the '
Netherlands Government and the Brit- J
ish Foreign Office opens with a memoir
from Baron Gericke Van Herrwijnen, 1
the Dutch Minister in London, to the 1
effect that the Government of Queen 1
Wilhelmina wss considering the escep- '
tional circumstances by which one bel- '
ligerent "was prevented from communi- 1
eating directly with the other, which, !
it was considered, partly accounted for
the prolongation of the war still raging.
as it appears, -without cause and <
without end.
It was exceptional for one belligerent
to be completely separated from the
rest of thp world. Their roDresenta
tives In Europe were deprived of com- .
munication with their generals in the r
field. Thus the Boer authorities who ;
ought to negotiate were divided into '
two sections and deprived of.the means .
of deliberating together. It was evldent
that the delegates in Europe could .
do nothing, because they were ignorant
of the state of affairs In South Africa. '
and the Boers in the field were obliged '
to refrain from talcing steps because
they did not know the state of affairs
in Europe. '
Moreover, the delegates in "Europe
were bound by their letters of credence
drawn up In South Africa in March. '
1900, whereby they were bound so *
strictly to the independence of the two '
republics that they would not be permitted
to accept even the status quo
ante bellum if a mode of settling dis- c
putes which might arise were not laid J
down before the delegates and the gen- ?
orals at the same time.
The question therefore arose whether
a neutral could not offer its cood t
offices in order, at least, to render negotiations
possible. It thus became important
to ascertain -whether it was
agreeable to Great Britain to use the
offices of a neutral if such were confined
to the task of placing in communication
negotiators to be appointed by
the two parties. The Government of
Queen Wilhelmina might be considered
as indicated for the performance
of this task, seeing that the Boer delegates
on Netherlands territory were accredited
to that Government only.
If the British Government agreed to
that proposal the Queen's Government
would have to inquire whether the
Boer delegates were willing to proceed
to South Africa and deliberate with
their leaders *on the spot, returning to
Europe after a fixed stay of, say. a
fortnight armed with adequate and full .
powers providing for all eventualities
and authorizing them to conclude a
treaty of peace which would be absolutely
binding on the Boers in Europe
and South Africa.
In the event of the British Govern- .
ment consenting it would be necessary .
for England to hand to the Netherlands
Government three safe conducts
permitting tne delegates to proceed
freely to South Africa, to remaiu there
freely for the time agreed upon and to 5
return freely. j
CIRL STUDENT A SUICIDE. 1
Shot Herself, Probably Yl"hilf> Suffering
From Mental Depression.
Ann Arbor, Mich.?Miss Agne3 Inglis, '
twenty-three years old, a sophomore 1
student in the medical department of
the University of Michigan, committed
suicide. She is a daughter of Dr.
David Inglis, a prominent physician ,
of Detroit.
No motive for the deed has been dis- (
covered, but it was known that she
was subject to attacks of mental depression.
At such times she has often
threatened to take her life. She shot f
herself and died half an hour later ?
without recovering consciousness. The <
bullet entered near the heart.
PORTO R1CANS IN CEUTA PRISON.
An Effort to Be Made to Secure Their
Release.
San Juan, Porto Rico.?The House of ,
Delegates has asked for information
regarding Porto Rican prisoners in the
Spanish penitentiaries at Ceuta, Morocco.
The records show that forty
prisoners were sent from Tor to Rico
to Ceuta between 1882 and 18!)8. j
Against seventeen of these persons no
specific charges were brought, they
being, it is said, political prisoners.
HELD CLOSE TO LINCOLN'S CIFT.
Man President Thought Hoireller Than <
Himself is Dead.
Columbns, Ohio.?Rev. William Hastings,
of Toronto, Ohio, who died a few (
days ago. kept to the day of his death :
a pocketknife given him by President ,
Lincoln for being a homelier man than (
himself.
Hastings was a chaplain in the Civil ;
War. and became well acquainted with
the President, who in handing over the
knife said that It had been given him
by a man who asked him to give it to
a homelier man than be was if he ever
met such a man.
EXPLOSION OF GAS MAIN
Thirteen Dead, Many Injured and
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iwu ?)ununi(g> jiiavkoicu<
Flamei Leaped From Several Mapholet
as Fire Spread Beneath' a Chicago
Street?Whole Family Perished.
Chicago.?By an explosion of illuminating
gas in the basement of a twostory
frame building, thirteen persons
lost their lives and the building was
blown into kindling wood.
Five of the victims were of one family,
not a member of which escapcd.
They are Otto Trostle, proprietor of a
meat market; Mrs. Otto Trostle,. Otto
Trostle, Jr., Minnie Trostle and Annie
Trostle. ?
Two other explosions followed so
quickly that it was hard to distinguish
them. First to explode was a main at
Twenty-second street and Archer ave-.
nue. Then the manhole half a block
south on Archer avenue was thrown
high into the air by a loud explosion.
Flames leaped and roared from the
hole. The fire spread below the street
and smaller manholes were blown into
the air.
Thp flames'from the first gas main
shot high In the air and reached with
the aid of the wind the Trostle butcher
shop. The building was a Jhree-story
frame structure, and it had been weakened
and nearly wrecked by the shock.
It is supposed that the occupants of the
building were knocked unconscious,
jr were too panic-strlcsen to rush from
the place.
The dry and rotting wood was food
for the fire and in an instant the flames
bad enveloped the structure. With a
roar the building collapsed, and the
Dccupants, with one exception, were
carried with it to the basement The
idjoining building, a two-story structure,
flared up, the next building was
wrapped in flames, and then another
3tructure caught fire. It seemed that
the whole block would be wiped out
before the firemen could bring the
blaze under control.
Many persons in buildings near the
jxplosions were knocked down. Scores
jf men and women, many of them
carrying children, rushed to the streets,
rhey were greeted by the glare of
the nre from the manholes. Fearing ?
further explosions the people rushed
3own the street, many of the women
screaming with fear. On several street
cars near the place the windows were
3mashed, and the passengers severely
snaKen up.
JAPANESE TROOPS' HEROISM.
)vertaken by Snowstorms They Preserved
Discipliuo to the End.
London.?The Tokio correspondent of
the Times says 105 corpses of soldiers <
>f the Avomari detachment, which was J
lost in the snow, have been recovered,
rhe search was interrupted by violent
snowstorms.
The purpose of the ill-fated expedl:ion
was to ascertain the possibility of
itilizing the inland route for recovering
rhe command of the coastwise railway
if that line should be seized by an en?my
landing on the northern shore.
Failing such possibility, there would
ae danger that the Avomari garrison ,
tvould be isolated from the defense of
:he Northeastern Province. I
The pioneers having successfully ex- ,
ilored the route, the expedition seemed
;afe,. but tbe soldiers were overtaKen
jy snowstorms and lost their way In
;he mountains.
The men preserved discipline and
>beyed orders until the end. Fourteen (
carried the commander to a place of*
ihelter, and seven of these perished. |
DISEASE CERMS IN CAPITOL.
Ifore Different Kinds There Than la
Most Laboratories.
Washington, D. C.?More different
:inds of disease germs have been found ,
n the United States Capitol by Archi- (
:ect Woods than exist in a well estab- (
ished bacteriological laboratory. H& ,
ias secured well developed specimens
)f the bacteria of tetanus, or lockjaw;
:uberculosis, typhoid, anthracis, strep- .
:occl and influenza, or grippe.
The chamber of the House has pro- ,
luced twenty-three germs of various
dnds to seven found in the Senate
chamber.
Architect Woods has demonstrated (
hat the Capitol was a breeding place
'or practically all the deadly germs (
VHUWll IU KUCUV.T. ill ? \Jt- i j
:aken from the floor of the House Mr. ,
(Voods found several million germs, ?
:he influenza microbe predominating. ]
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Convicted Murderer Worth 8230,000.
Merritt Chism, at Bloomington, 111.,
vas found guilty on the charge of mur- ]
lering his wife, and his punishment ,
ixed at Seventeen years in Joliet Peul- |
;entiary. Chism is worth $250,000. ,
Bull Sells For 159100.
The Aberdeen-Angus bull Prince Ito
sold at auction in Chicago for the rec)rd
price of $9100. The highest price I
'or an Angus bull ever realized In the |
ing before was $3050. <
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Ball Fighting Abolished in Mexico.
One of the State Governments ot
Mexico has abolished' bull lighting on
iccount of its being barbarous and i
endinc to demoralize the lower classes, t
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Fatal Quarrel Over Cards. I
Quarreling over cards, Ernst Hall
cilled Walter Bryan and \ fatilly
tvounded Lonnie Gunn, at Cincinnati.
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A Splltln Australian Federation.
Queensland's Parliament was dig- .
solved; the Premier issued a manifesto
showing dissatisfaction with the fed- *
iratlon. '
Woman Art Student a Suicide.
Bella Riordan, forty years old, ot
New York City, a student in the Penn- .
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts, com- ;
mitted suicide in her room in a boarding
house in Philadelphia. She swal- '
lowed carbolic acid, stabbed herself '
repeatedly in the breast and inhaled 1
illuminating gas.
Filipinos Elect Native Governors. j
Elections for Governors in the Phil- (
ippines showed that in most provinces
.he native candidates received a ma- (
jority of the votes.
Senator Dryrten Takes the Oath.
The onth as Senator from New Jersey
to succeed the late General Sewell !
svas taken In Washington by John F. | t
Dryden. His desk, just in tlie rear i
Df Senator Kean's, was covered with c
Bowers. He secures the Chairmanship ,
of the Committee on Relations with t
Canada, and goes on the Committees on 1
Immigration, Enrolled Bills, Library l
and University of the United States. *
Plot to Murder Empress of China.
Details of the plot to assassinate th&
Empiess of China were received from f
Victoria, B. C. \
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BLIZZARD VISITS NEW YORK1
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Traffic in the Northwestern Section
Paralyzed by the Snowstorm.
BLOCKED ROADS STOP BURIALS
Railroads Are Heavy Sufferer*, Train* <
Being Stalled at Many Points?Tele- i
phone and Telegraph Lines Are Down, and
Badness Receives a Severe Check ,
?Storm's Fury Almost Unprecedented. >
Rochester, N. Y.?Western New York i
was tied up by the sharpest storm of
the winter and one of the worst in i
years. Rochester was troubled by (
crippled street car service, late mails .
and few, and trains hours behind time. ]
but the country round, was buried un- t
der drifts some fifteen feet deep. c
Many dead had to remain unburieo ^
bccause the undertaker could not reach, t
the house. The long suffering doctors I
did their best, but many cases of act
ual suffering were reported, because I %
even the tired horses could not carrs I v
the physicians through the blocked g
roads. '
Near the Brockport station a milk- c
man's horse perished while the ?drivei i
went to get help to release the team c
from a drift. The station agent at t
Wayneport, blinded by the storm, was t
struck by a train and instantly killed j
there. The body of William Hughes t
was found by farmers breaking roads a
near Palmyra. The man had been \
thrown from his cutter during the t
night, and evidently grew bewildered
and perished in the storm. (
From every side came reports that i
schools were closed, mails were unde- *
livered, trains were tied up and busi- t
ness practically suspended. Thirty t
passengers were found benumbed with t
cold in electric cars stalled near this a
city. . 1
From cities within hundreds of miles o
came reports of suffering and Inter- 1
rupted traffic. All along the line of the
New York Central, the West Shore and
Pennsylvania systems freight and passenger
trains had to be abandoned.
A freight train was wrecked on the
Western New York and Pennsylvania
Railroad between Hinsdale and Ishua, f
and was soon covered by drifting snow, t
At Utica there was no prospect of *
north and south roads being opened ?'
for several days. Country roads were c
burled under great drifts. a
The Mohawk Valley country roads t
were blocked and no mails were re- C
ceived. F
Wayne County was snowbound. The e
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg t
Railway closed down. Lyons and Clyde r
were in darkness. The electric com- ''
pany was afraid to run the lights be- r
cause of tangled up wires. c
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MAN! PERISH IN CALE3- t
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The Storm In Europe Bad Forty Victim* 1
on Italian Coast Alone. *
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London.?Forty lives are reported
to have been lost in shipwrecks on the
Italian coasts in the recent gales. Several
persons were killed by avalanches '
in Italy. A village near Verona baa v
been wrecked by the storm and certain J;
districts adjacent to Rome have been ^
flooded. ' 1
A German bark stranded on St. Martin
Rock of the Scllly Islands, and was 1
broken up before the life savers 0
reached her. The crew of Jlio bark was .p
drowned. l:
The mail steamer M:.ri? Hocriette ,
smashed a wheel on hor way rrora *
Dover to Ostend, and became unman- 1
ageable after the accident. Her pas- \
sengers had a terrible experience. ^
Wrecks Alone: Nova Scotia.
Yarmouth, N. S.?The Dominion Coa^ ?
Compauy's steamer Mira went ashore j>
on Chebougue Point Ledge, and, it is
expected, will be a total loss. The
steamer was bound from Boston to ?
Louisburg,* C. B. fe'he registers 2400 \
tons. The brig Antine Ora, from An- *
aapolis to the West Indies, went ashore ?
uear Point Prim Light, Digby, and is
i total loss. The crew was saved.
Blizzard Works SI30.000 Ruin.
Oweusboro, Ky.?Although the weathav
wild nnlrl tlimisnnfie wpiv in tlio r>itv ^
viewing the ice wrecks. Several hun- ?
3red inen were working for the tele- ?
phone and telegraph companies. The
Jamage to property Is estimate^ at *
floO.OOO. The wind has broken down
nearly every tree in the city.
Thunderstorm In Blizzard. j
Boston, Mass.?Reports from New ''
England points say the storm was the l.
host violent in years. Trains were
slockaded in,Vermont and in Maine in a
course of the tempest a violent thunlerstorm
passed.
Heavy Snowfall In 3'Ic'ilcan. 6
Kalamazoo, Mich.?For nearly twen- u
:y-four hours a blizzard was in s
progress in the State. Nearly a foot c
)f snow fell, drifting badly, and impeding
railway traffic.
Marconi Station Wrecked. 0
Baltimore, Md.?The Government's s
vireless telegraph station on the Mar- e
;oni system, the erection of which was l;
)nly just completed, was wrecked in
:he fierce storm.
Cotton Goods Trade Situation. 1)
The cotton goods trade has not been f
ictive, but there has been a fair busi- t:
less in most lines, which has kept
irst hand supplies in good condition,
rhe absence of surplus stocks and the
steadiness of raw cotton prices have o
ontributed to the general support of j 5
.alues on a firm basis.
Two Millions For Harvard University.
John D. Rockefeller has given $1,000,)00
for the equipment of new buildings ?
!or the medical school of Harvard Uni- j
- ersity. This follows a gift of $1,000,- 0
)00 made by J. Pierpont Morgan a few s
lays ago. I,
Prince Henry Returns to Palace.
Prince Henry of the Netherlands, thfe
Dutch Prince Consort, has returned to
he palace at Amsterdam. The renewed
reports of quarrels between j.
3ueen Wilhelmina and her husbaD^
Uintah Mining Invalidation.
The United States Senate adopted
Mr. Rawlins's resolution for an inves- ?
Igation into the Uintah mining leases
n Utah. The investigation is to be t,
,'onducted by the Committee on Indian.
Affairs, which Avill inquire into twc ?
subjects? the authority of the Interior ^
Department to approve such leases and
Jie connection of Government officials
,vith the making of the leases.
President Zelaya Inaugurated.
J. Santos Zelayn, nt Managua, was ^
naugurated President of Nicaragua fojj ?
lis third term.
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PLATT FOR RECIPROCITY
'onneoticut Senator Declares the Protection
Policy is in Danger.
tariff Concessions to Cuba. He Says, 'Wll)
Not Injure Any American Industry?
View of Stanch Protectionist.
Washington, D. C.?"I think," said
Senator Orville H. Piatt, of Connecicut,
"that the cause of protection is
low in far more danger of being
mounded in the house of its friends
;hnn it ever was in danger of being
njured by its enemies."
This statement was made by the Conlecticut
Senator in the course of a
conversation on the subject of Cuban
eciprocity. in which he declared unequivocally
in favor of that scheme.
Mr. Piatt Went on to declare his belief
hat in the event the Republican party
loes not deal fairly by the Cubans, the
esult will be an uprising against the
vhole principle of protection which
vill be most injurious to party pros>ects.
He showed clearly that in
avoring the cause of the Cubans he
vas not only acting in accordance with
vhat he believes to be right and fair,
>ut was also acting for what he conidered
the best interests of his party.
Politicians here say the importance
if Senator Piatt taking this stand can
lardly be overestimated. He is one
>f the half dozen Senators who pracically
control the deliberations of that
>ody. He is one of the leaders of the
Senate, and, besides, he represents a
obacco-growing State, and is taking
in attitude which, in the case of a man
vhose position was less fully assured
ban his, might lead to trouble.
When he declares for Cuban reel>rocity,
not only because he thinks it
s right, but because he fears for the
vhole policy of protection unless somehing
is done, and this in opposition
o the policy of his section of the counry,
it is bound to have a great effect,
md all the more because Mr. Piatt
lflR hitherto hppfi an nnrnmnrnmisinff
pponent of the slightest attempt to
nterfere "with such matters.
FOR ANNEXATION OF CUBA.
longressional Resolution Inviting Island
to Become a Territory and Then a State.
Washington, D. C.?Represtntative
fewlands (Dem., Nevada), who was
he author of the resolution annexing
lawaii, introduced a joint reslution
nviting the Republic of Cuba to be ome
a part of the United States, first
ls a Territory and then as a State of
he Union, to be called the State of
'uba; also authorizing a twenty-five
ler cent. r?duction of duty in the present
crop of Cuban, sugar In consideraion
of Cuba's granting preferential
ates to the United States. The resoutlon
confines the twenty-five per cent,
eduction to the period prior to Januiry
1, 1903. Mr. Newlands is a memler
of the Ways and Means Commltee.
OBBZRS KILLED PLUCKY SHERIFF
;?cape With S6000 They Stole From a
ClarUiville, Ark., Bank.
Clarksville, Ark.?Robbers blew open
be safe of the Bank of Clarksville'
vlth dynamite, obtained a sum estiuated
at $G000, killed Jobn Powers,
Sheriff of Johnson County, who atempted
to capture them, and escaped.
There were from four to six men in
he gang. They tied their horses in the
iutskirts of the town and made their
ray unobserved to the bank, which is
a the north side of a public square.
Lfter gaining entrance they destroyed
he safe with dynamite, obtained all
he money available and .made their
ray to the street There they were
onfronted by Sheriff Powers, who
pened Are upon them. The robbers
eturned the fire, using both revolvers
nd Winchesters. Powers stood his
round and emptied two revolvers beore
he was killed.
When citizens arrived upon the scene
. little later Powers was dead, and
here was no trace of the robbers exept
a trail of blood tliat Indicated that
he Sheriff had wounded one or peraps
more of his assailants.
Coastod to Death In the Dark.
Six boys, coasting down a hill at
'eorin. 111., crashed into an electric
ar and four of them were injured, two
atally. The police were guarding the
rossing. but owing to the darkness
he coasters were not seen in time to
revent the accident
Six Firemen Klllsd in St. Lonli Fire.
Six firemen were killed, six badly inured
and a number of others more o:*
?ss injured in the lire which destroyed
he five-story building occupied by the
imerican Tent and Awning Compauy
t St Louis, Mo.
Wyoming JLavrfl Found Invalid.
The discoverhas been made that
very law enacted by the last Legislatire
of Wyoming is invalid for the reaon
that the bills were not read and reorded
properly in the lower house.
Woman, 100 Years Old, Kills Herself.
Mrs. Rebecca Evilsizer, 100 years old.
ommitted suicide in the home of her
on near South Whitely, Ind. She
hoked hersell' to death by stuffing a
irge handkerchief down her throat.
Unrest in Afghanistan.
There is considerable unrest at Kaul
and elsewhere in Afghanistan. The
auatical element is predominant and
rouble Is feared.
Missing Man Found Frozen Stiff.
Missing for a week John Neavaney,
f Oxford. Mich., was found frozen
tiff under the ice in a ditch.
Becoming a Xation of Beef-Eaters.
More beef and less mutton and pork
3 being eaten in America now thaa
ver before, according to George M.'
voinuiell. expert in animal industry
f the Department of Agriculture. Avho
poke at Kansas City, Mo. Beef cattle
a the country now number (304 to each
000 of population.
Salisbury Retires When War Ends.
The retirement of Lord Salisbury,
he Frime Minister of Great Britain,
rom office will be coincident with the
nci or me souin Aim-uu war.
Personal Mention.
Emneror William of Germany is fory-tlirce
years old.
Congressman Littlefield, of Maine,
alks nearly 300 words a minute.
Andrew Carnegie has made a second
ift of 8300,000 to Cooper Union, New
fork City.
Prince Henry has bought fifty presnts
to distribute on his visit to the
Jnited States.
Professor Edmund J. James, of the
Jniversity of Chicago, has been electd
President nt tho Northwestern UniersitT
Ideal Home*.
Some of the happiest and most Ideal
homes, where peace, contentment and
harmony dwell, have been the abode
of poor people. No rich carpets covered
the floor, no costly paintings were on
the walls, and there were no pianos,
no works of art; but there were contented
minds, and unselfish and devoted
lives. Each member of the family
contributed as much as possible to
the happiness of all, endeavoring to
compensate by kindness and intelll- j
gence for the poverty of their surroundings.?Success.
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The Price of Thickness.
The persiflage of some of the shop*
where the trade is with the poor is not
without its humor. Into a Fifth ave- .
nue butcher's establishment there came
the other day a little girl of the teneOk.
a m(4>K a
| uz?.ula, out; uuu a luigc uai nuu ?
feather?evidently the product of some
Ill-conceived charity box?and a little \
shawl was thinly covering her shonl- '
ders. She carried a small brown paper '
parcel. ' ',
"Please, Mr. Schmidt," she began, .
shoving this across the counter to him,
"my mother says this ten cents' worth
of steak ain't thick,enough. You have
a right to send her a thicker piece." '
"I have, have 11" growled Mr.
Schmidt, opening the parcel and looking
sternly and suspiciously at the returned
meat Then he went to the till
and produced a dime.
"There, take that to your mother,"
he said, "and tell her If that's thicker,
3he'd better keep It"?New York News.
Many School Children Are Sickly.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
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The man isn't necessarily a crank who
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MISS BONNIE DELANO \
A Chicago Society Lady, in A
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham says: ^
" Diab Mas. Pujeham : ?Of all the
grateful daughters to whom you havegiven
health, and life, none are mors
glad than I.
" My home and my life wai happy
MISS BONNIE DELANO.
until illness came upon me three years
ago. I first noticed it by being irregular
and having very painful and
scanty menstruation; gradually my
general health failed ; I could sot enjoy
my meals; I became languid and
nervous, with griping pains frequently"
in the groins.
"I advised with our family physician
who prescribed without any lmErovement.
One day he said,?'Try
?ydia Pinkham's Remedies.' I
did, thank God; the next month I waa better,
and it gradually built me up
until in four months I was cured. Thia
is nearly a year ago and I have not
had a pain or ache since."?Bqnhi*
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