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V , - I' F > VOL. XII. CHICAGO HAS 550 Victims Peed and Many Others Seriously Injured MON OVfiRCOMfc BY AWFUL SIGHT Dead Found in tirent Files Terrific 1 Explosion Precedes the Fire?Hie ' Iroquois Theatre Was the Scene of Destruction. . Chicago, Spcciul.?About 6C>0 peo- I t>le were killed in about lo n. '.tea in the Iroquois Theatre, tho newest and, as fur as human power could make it, the safest theatre n Chicago. Estimates of t.ie dead and injured vary. The police account of the dead is The estimate of the newspapers is 5(12. Besides ties there are 6G people mi. sin?; tit midnight, the majority of whcni arc very probably among the cle id in the morgue and the various undertaking establishments. Eighty-six of the dead have been positively identified anil 1)2 others are known to be injured. A few of tho unfortunates were burned to death by fire, many were suffocated by gas, and scores were trampled to death in the panic that followed the mad plunge of the frightened audience for the exits. It will he many hours before the number of dead is accurately known and many days before all cf theni will be identified. There are bodies lying by the dozens in the undertaking rooms in the police stations, and in the hospitals from which nearly everything mat oouia reveal nicer identity 10 those who know them best is prone. Their clothing is torn to rags or burned to cinders and their faces have been crushed into an unrecognizable pulp by the heels of the crowd that trampled them down as they lied lor Hufoty. The fire broke out during the second act of "Mr Blue Beard, Jr." which was the flist dramatic production presented in the thoal re since its erection. The company, whit h was very large, escaped to the streets in safety, nearly all c.f them, however, being compelled to liee into the snowy fitrootr: with /?]nlhinw hut ihoir stage costumes. A few mcrabers of the company sustained minor injuries hut none were seriously hurt. The accounts of the origin of the fire are conflicting, and none of them aro certain, hut the best reason given is that an eleitric wire near the lower part of a piece of drop scenery suddenly broke and was grounded. The fire spread rapidly toward the front of the stage, causing the members of the chorus, who were then engaged in the performance, to Ilea to the wings witii screams of terror. The tire in itself up to this time was not rerious, and possibly could have becu checked, h:>d net the asbestos curtain failed to work. As soon as the fire was discovered, liddie Foy, the chief comedian if the compinyshout->dto lower the curtain, and this was immediately ilone. It descended about half way. and then stuck. The fire thus was given practically a flue through which a strong dr. ft was setting in. With a raor and a hound the flames shot through the opening, over tho heads of the people on the first fioor and. reaching those in the first balcony, caught them and burned them to death where they sat. Inimeditely fol lowing this n:<h of flames, there came an explosh n. which lifted the entire roof cf the theatre from it" walls, sattering tho great skylight into fragments. As soon as the flames first appeared beyond tho curtain, a man in the rear shouted "Fire! F'ro!" and the entire audience rose as ore person and niflc'e for the doors. It is believed the ex plosion war nusrd l>y the ll.iines com- | ins In rent id w'th the j;as reseivo'r of the the-f-e. eoiiFinp: Ihrm to burwt. . Will J. 1 ~vi\ mar.nrer of the thoitre, said, after the entcs'rophe. that the people had rrmninel in their seats and had not 1 cn excited by the err of fire, not a s'n lo l'.fe would have eon lost. This s. however, eontrtdfete1 hy the statements of the firemen. '/ho found nrrlns of rrnple alttin" in their seats, the'r fi"03 directed to\' 'rd the sta^e os If the performance Ixerc 1 still Roinp on. It was the opinion of the flrcnrn that there peo~>lo h"d been suffocated at cm* hy the P.ow of vas which ramp from behind the asbestos curtain. As near as can he cstimrted at tbo present time, nl o-t 1.301 nonle we-e in the tb<"Hre. Three hundred of these were on the first floor, the balance be FO TwfUTml ing lit the two upper balconies and in the hallways back of them. The theatre iis modeled after the Opera (> miquo, in Paris, and from the rear of each balcony there are three doors kadiiig out to passage ways toward the fifunt of the theatre. Two of these uoorr are at the end of the balcony and one in the centre. The audience in its riish for the outer air seems to hare,! for the greater part, chosen to flee to the left entrance, and to at| tempt to make its way down the eas! tern stairway leading into the lobby | of the theatre. Outside of the people burned an.l ; Funocairn py mas. it wns in these two | doorways on the first and second bali conies that the greatest loss of life orj eurrcd. Whrn the firemen entered. the j dea lt were found strct -bed in a pile ! rea'l^lpg from the !mnd (1f the stairway at least eight feft from the door I bark, to a point about five feet in the | rear of the door. This mass of drort ! bodies In the ccntr* of the doorway i reached to within two fret of the top passage way. All of the corpses at this point were women and children. The fight for life which must have taken plare at these two points is something that Is simtdy hrvond human power adequately to describe. On'y a faint idro ef its horror eoul 1 I he derived from the bodies as thy lay. | \V0n2en on ton of these masses of de.ul | hod been overtaken by death as tY y i were crawling on hands and km < s over I the bodies of these who had died I p| fere., Others lay with arms outstretched in (be d'rrcfen toward which lay life and rofrty. holding in their hands | the fragmrnts of garments not their own. i ncy wcrr evioeiuiv mrn ironi others whom they hid endeavored to pull down and trample under foot as they madly fought for their own 1! V OF. An the police and flreturn removed layer atper layer of dead i:i thrse doorways. the sight herame ten much even ! for them, hardened ns th?v are to such harrowing s: ? lies, to < adore. The bodies were In such an inr>ctrieahle mass and so tightly were they jamtr.r I betwetn the sides of the door and tJsv walls that it was impossible to lift then. one by one. and tarry them out. 1 The only possible thin" to do was to I scire n limit or some other portion nT tb /body and pull with main strength. ! M'tv; worked at the task with tears | riftming down their cheeks, and the sobs of the reenters could he hoard ! even in the hall l elow where this aw. fill Rt'Ono WtkU 1 \r?* ta fr t\naet. I \ n?mi_ i " ? ? ! her of the mm were compelled to | abandon their task and give it over to others whose nerves had not. as yet. been shnken by the awfnl experien e. As one by one the bodies were (lvgged out of the water, soaked bine' ^ ed mass of corpses, the spectacle became more and more heartrending. There were women whose clothing J was torn completely fiom their bodies above the waist, whose bosoms had ! been trampled into a pulp and whose j face were marred beyond all power of identification. Bodies lay in the first! and second balconies in great numbers. ! In some places they were piled up In the aisles t' -?e and four deep, where one had fallen and others tripped over the prostrate forms, and nil had died where they lay evidently suffocated by the gas. Others were bent over backs of seats. where they had been thrown by the rush of people for the doors an(*< killed with hardly a chance to rise j lrom their seats. One man was foun 1 with his back bent nearly double, his sninal column bovine been fractured as' he was throvn backward. A woman was foi nd cut nearly in half by the back of the scat, she having fallen over fare down. '"The fire began in the middle of the second act," said Mr. Foy. "An electric wire b oke, was grounded an I the flames were started in the rear of the stase. The stare is unusually wide and there Is s j gr-at a draft the flames spiend rapid'y. They soon had antaek-' ed all the scenery in the rear oJ the house. I neve believed it possible for fire* to spread so quickly. When it first started I went to the foot-lights, and to prevent alarming the audience said that there was a slight blaze and that it would be better for all to leave quietly. T:-en f stepped back and called for tve as'iesios curtaflp. fo no lowered. This when about linlf way down refused fo go furthe-, anduhus an additional d aft was crested.; This swept and I knew that the theatre was doomed.* I hurried lack to the stage and aided In gett'ng the women members of the company into the alley. Pome wI IIJVI1 wi II' III Ul'll IIH'MMMS . II 'Ill> nnd were almost overcome by smoke before they rouhl r?t dnvn to the state rnd to the (lo~>rs. The simple fact that the en*tain did not dpsccncl entirely wps what save' the livc3 of the company, flit no 'th ii e "~?f Pitch a horrible cfnstremhe In the front of the house. The cu tain had refused to descend the- e came the explosion of the ens pp,i with th? ovta'n ''own all the fire rnd pas wrnld h","? Ven canfl-rd between the 'ear wall of the theetre rnd tve fi'?-nro?' mirtala In front. T'nder th*?* drrmns'ancos it would not have *ern possible for a s'ngle member of the cam-any to escane ni've no'ess he or she ha*l been stand'n" lnTn? in '-oat of the do"r leadtn*r 'n'o tSf> allev. As It was the draft fflrrWl the ryrrs o r from the In t'T eom?-<ny was saved nlthonvh tvelr r.al"at'on w"s the death of on poiy "pi- veonip in front." Al' "">1 deenlv sMr cd by tt-?e tfW,'blo '"eastc end aw'ol lo"s o* life. Tvc wn-v <-.? -escne w*?q vlgorcrs'y n-ef~ni(ed The morgae and r-f-. ? Were Piled with the dead and dying. u. : i m v MI] ltT MILL, S. <J? WRDN MANY WATERS CONDEMNED. \ Chicago Officials Trying to Avoid Fiiv'.?re Disasters. Chicago, Special.?Mayor Carter H. Harrison Friday took stops to provide as far as possible against a repetition of Wednesday^ horror at the Iroquois Theatre. As a result of an ' investigation made at his orders and lasting but a few hours, lit theatres and museums were closed, some of them being among the leading and i most popular play-houses of the city. | The act of the mayor was based on a single violation of the ordinances j which are intended to protect the patrons of the theatres from just such , an occurrence as that which cost so i many lives on Wednesday. This was i that every one of these places had ' omitted to supply an asbestos curtain. The theatres ordered closed ere: Howards, Alhambra. Avenue, Bijou, Chicago Opera House, Columbus Stock, Thirty-first Street, Criterion, Fiegenbau m'S, Milwaukee Avenue, GarricU A- (Hickman's. In addition to these the London Globe Museum and the Clark Street Museum wero ! also compelled to close their doors. The Chicago Opera House and the I Olympic Theatre are vaudeville j houses of the highest class and probably do as much as business in point of numbers as any one of the theatres in the city at single performances. They give, hi wever, a matinee every day in the week, and it is seldom that seats tan be obtained for any performance after the time of opening. In addition to this they have been accustomed to selling large numbers of tickets for standing room, and as a general thing mere people arc within these places of amusement at an av- I erage performance than can be found at any other playhouse in the city. The Garrick Theatre, which was or- ! dered closed, is a small playhouse on the northwest side of the city and should not be confounded with the | iui I liir.iur * i t uu r ailic Hit lilt' feiiuated on Randolph street,* oue block [ west of the Iroquois. The inspection ordered by the may- ' or was carried out by Iiuilding Commissioner Williams and Chief of Police O'Neill. The scope of the investigation include 1 no ether feature , than asbestos curtains. The mayor instructed Comnii i-ioncr Williams to report to him promptly at the eon elusion of his investigation, declaring that it was his intention that no theu- 1 tie should he allowed to open its doors in Chicago hereafter unless it was provided with an uslestus curtain of standard quality that would work at all times and under all conditions. "It mnv not he possible." snid Mayor llnrrMon, "to prevent loss of life when audiences rush for the doorways, but 1 have determined to r.eo j that, every precaution is taken to prevent such occurrences as will alirm the people and start them on a rush for the exits. It is all very well to | say that the loss of life in the Iroquois was due to the fact that the people lost their heads and crowded into the doorways and aisles, like , maniacs, but the fact remains, and It pfinnnt 1.,, tliot t Itm*/. .,,,,1,1.4 have been no panic* if the apparatus in tliis theatre, which, judged by all ordinary standards, was the best equipped playhouse in the city, had been in proper working condition. There is no getting beyond that fact. Prom all the evidence now in hand it is clear that if the asbestos curtain in this theatre had been in the I condition it should have been there would have been no loss of life, conipaiatively speaking." The report of Building Commissioner Williams showed that the Academy of Music, with a seating capacity of 2,000, had a curtain c.f burlap; the Alhambra. with a seating capacity of 2.200, the Avenue GO-'), tne Bijou 1,.'100, Clark Street Museum 270. Criterion 1,400, Fiegcnhaum's 400, Howard's \ 900, Marlowe 1,300. New American 1,400, all had curtains of linen. ' The curtain in the Chicago Opera House was of burlap covered with lire proof paint. In the Columbus Stock Thea- | tre, and in Sam T. Jack's it was ot canvas. The Dl mpic, with a seating 1 capacity of 1.G00, has a curtaiu cf canvas. "There were other glaring defects,*' said Commisr i< ner Williams, "wulch were noticed in some of the houses, I but we were not p.a* ing particular attention to them, although i noted 4 them and the theatrical managers will he compelled to remedy them as soon as possible.' Meet ing of H s< o i il Socl-ty. New Orleans, Special.?Pre f. Dunning, of Columbia University, presided Wednesday over the meeting of ! the American Historical Soc-iety in j f Tulane University. He announced | j that the object of the session was to , i show the col leg professors of the ' North 'ho conditions in the South j with respect to nil important cpies- jr tions cf teaching l.i-tur \ I'rof. W. 13. Goo.l. of Itan loiph Macon College,"*| * of Virginia; I1, of. Fort lor. cf the < T.culelana Historical Sccictv, nn I t I'rof. Lillian NV. Johnson, of the l,'ui- ! I vcrsity cf Tcnncs co. spoke. ^ l'r n m C? mp nv. Paris, rfy Cable.?Owing to recent i events at Panama the annual mooting of the Panama Company, which lie- ' gan Wednesday afternoon, developed ; unusual interest and excitement, i Prior to opening efTcits wore mado to . seat rroxlca to overrule the existing , management of the rompni". j wore favorable to the sa'.e cf the , company's properties to tue Uu.?cd 1 , States. c OHHIK Ur~ /* ESI)AY, JANUARY ( DAYS OF SORROW. Chicago Recovering Slowly From Shock of Great Fire ARE FUNERALS UN EVERY HAND. Tlie List of l)end St'.Jl Growing? Su.iday NVas Day of Universal Afou r ning. Chionpo Spoeinl.?T- > total ti-mbrr of dead i:i I hi* thoatro (Ire lias been de.finiii ly < st;;! ?1 at f^T. of vhi.Y but 12 rruiain uiku.'ntiuod. Bolls toll;:- ; at n u susp tided br. irn-ss aotivitv. av.d km;; 15r.es of fun- v.ils making tbelr way > tbr outlying dis tri is \\. r< tin* coiiwli 1 it s arc situated oircirn-.-r.nc \s evidenced ihieayo's outward j: ioi F v I!1.;' viet'ni." the runiois Tii atn- di -i it ? i.nd-iy. I'i sand ministers of the different thirebr- were kept busy, as iln y will bo for some days. Tlio mii.lontifi 1 dead will bo boat as Ions as pcsriblo at lb" ni u-,ja s. If no oiip conns to lay claim I i the b diog liny will bo 1 riod at the cities-. o\nmso. lly c us'-, n consent of the clorjxy. "l.oad. Kindly l.'yht," the cat hymn written by Cri!!;1 :1 John Nowii in. is tuiny sail'- at all tbc fuao a Is, Winn it was 11! o\ tlio chimes ? " t1 . N -rtli Si o l'h s- h tolled a direr a*'I lho no the:-.--: win 1 wafto.l it over t' city, lb-fore tin* tlist notes had db ! away, another chimp, tr-ther south. sound c mnu nful intviah n. Then a l??tit?1 e I 1: Mb- brok forth in a mhrhty din pason, v!:iv.; > iron tr.oans s 'rm to r< i '< IV.i- gray c'omls an(5 ? chor \ Imc!; again in rob t in Tea >rd. A sn tv ft :nt which provnile 1 added i i tV- ro'^innlty. \rt intense qttietr s i:t the : at" sphere its* if. the alts' n of a'l !: lhlay app< aran.' a ami the titimeroMS fit oral eortegt as they ?v'v mow ! tit ottph the sn w-.storni. whPe the i hureh hells w. re tolling, corn! inril to ?na'v the < cc ion one a.-t * -tilinr 1 y (h'et lo: a as it wis solemn ant! imprcf dvo. The i t'.* l'. vll. ox. cpt the ahrdutely ttei i : c? ry (!< el rn-~?i t s. was rV < ;1 t > day. Tito h?r>rd of ir do rlosed an hour earlier than usual. and a number of mercantile and ntannf -c u in * est tbIsihnunts also close t earlier. The big S'n'p street department stores closed thrir ikots at noon. The purpose of the proprif t i s had hce'n to afford facilities for (lie he raved thousetds to secure mo anting poods t?y kc ping the stores open. ThL v-f ur ten hers in the public .?i> imh .11 in irivi- i.isi men* live i in tho lire, and th i schools wore ordered closed Monday in their memory. '"hicayo. Speetnl.?Sunday wis a day r.ftt'i'iiernls in f">iearo and for the first thinie in the hir'ovy of the city nil of the peo'ile who das'red to b'iry their fiend were finable to do so. T'^e nttI'T' rdonted den and for hearses tied cfrriaees would have hern eno igh in Itself to tas'r to the utmost the resewr cs of t'-e undertiVrfs. hut tho heavy snow that has follen d- ny 'ho last two days h is lnerease ! t''cir 'iffirtiit'es ono-pio'^'y. All of the cemeteries in Ohi-ayo are miles fiorn the business con're. Arrnnrrmcnls were made by t'<e uudcti'-ers to have as many funerals as nrss'hle lie' I in the raily part of the day 'n rder to o'low. If possible. the csa nr the bear-o for a t.eeond frneral in the nfternn-n. In a number of en s tVs was done, h t Ihrve were instTres w'-? re t^e fnrni i rs wpo \vo*o so wit rrr '-jo m f" of thp br-?|-co wore (li'-S'irni' tr 1 nn ! vr .-? ontpoMf ' to 'pft t'ie burial on th ;r io"d until tomf .-row. Tlic oemo'orios vme comrxi'r 1 to fc?e?tv Ptn nt work oil 1' ?orcii the ni"bt dloein? rrrrvs. rn 1 ;n p-rro of !hr Imerr or n>r*r'ifs tloy li" H v i" >trod to mnke C'em nt soffleioot o 1. M ong timo tlrls afternoon? 11 bi'r a's ivrr-1 In provf s ' i l.oso 1***1 Co miery ond oil of them wore tiro iiCprr.Tits of v'.titirrp of li e fiie. \ In (be r or?. of < no itn 'o:!"' or on bo r-ont.'' el'o < f l' o o'ty n frntirn"! trymjwt'on h''d s^'v'ota o-or f.v rrnbtis of t1 fir ordrr ?t t'o cn-oe re ~nd nil of t' rm wo e V "'ol pie ,v s' *e In Vlilwim Cornrt'ty. The Yneml sr V' ' f vr t' o rrmo'os o' *t't rnl l***y n Kr< ' frl'O'i, s'otr"S ; r'Q j <vj in " *- li v ?rd II..11 nt Fftv "f h mi iMstevl Ktrri t t. f l!y TOO v?f?orr Vo'nsr in "ttmro o mil '(> o*"o ffi( (? !"> t" '~ *rj th? i> i rn. ' ' r fvarrfil had departed frr Co'; woo I Zr mrtrry. I*i the frvo r" t' ? '"'ll on^'-p mnmrvrr. T.Pitff i? VV, on V/.T^h'ir'cn b"lrv"1. w: g KrH ('"> p - 'rr- > rural rf his dan^M'? Vrs. Win. >rn nd vrr t',rrr. rh'WIrrn. \ v ' if more than 1.000 tvo~'p p ouo 'i p ho sc nrd t' e f it vvrc co pnr | t i p-jea a pas^.a^oHvay for t". I'l-bearrrs. A frncrsl rmi'i df) 1n x h rr bi iflnen" w?s h('rl a few a-, -rrs f> * ' c V'oiff res'"mrp. It w.' t trs. M?ry W. T"olt n-'i V-- f.i'c c'?'l !?en. ell of r hon <itv ' ii1-f f ronrl baWiy Frlly t, m^ny rno1 R-rre ro"r1 p i*r"\M frr*T rlvre'" i? whic*' tbi3 f' n":>.l wa.i hold as " p p- f?vp t o prrKT'o s V"o,f rrnr'on. ro-1 frme ?s front rf Mr.' A'olff's rcalicnr o, the ptllcc vs'rre remy&ir" j 190!. I WAR IS THREATENED; . j Japan and Russia Are On the Pajr^cd Edge THE CONFLICT SEEMS IMMINENT Trouble (irowlnc From l)ny to Day Between the Bear rnJ tlie Flowery j Kingdom. Fekin, By Ca' lo.?In the various foricign locations here the opinion is prevalent t!:at was between Japan and j Russia is Inevitable. I This opinion is has" 1 on the latest b:-q ic hes from Tokio and on the conviction that it is not a qmsth n of bo j tail which separates Russia ami .In;-an, hot the vital prin it dr.- as to whether ' : nil posst . ; rs th.e rinht to a voice in tie* ? ttlcn.ent of our ions connected with the R* .airtn o enpation of M:?:ichnria. it- -in all alonn I. is denied this ' rirht, and i *i! ss her r< ply shows that 5-11e has receded from this position, whieh is not expected to l.e the cm.*, if will probably provoke rn untima.turu thoiii Japan, wlio.-e di termination to i ort to arms in support of b< r elaliu ; i:; unqt ration* d. Vdvlces from Man hu da r piisert the Russian of"i Is there as In :i surprised at .lapur:, re .lines to It .; They expo.-t 1 tl -it . he woul i submit at tin* la , nton ent as she dhl in lVo, when she sum ndcre.l I'ort Arthur nt t' e lit(1(11: of ill" ihltope-in eonl'tiou. '['he Russi rn off ' i's re'v f ir support on the s".pi* powers which aided the Re sian povernnt nt on that < -as on. Mo:*enver. the Ku- -inn h: vc confidence in their ability t i win tii" event of war. (lenernl Yuan Fha-Ki, conur-an krt in-chief of ti<e rivm e army an 1 navy. | has nirmoralirod tin* throne praying to b" rclic-vi ! of all lsis. minor offices so that lie may devc.ic ill bis energies to the re-or; ani7::tioi: <?; the a: iy. VI 1* ti.o Kovn nir.cnt is tl tcrminod to r" tpaiii neutral as long cs pes iblc. :t fully re opni/t :1 tin* possibilities of becoming involved, in the event of wo.r. 5ni* Tn-Mp t y I) mir-s Ni w York f**e ial. T' vecrtlnpR to | recover $h r>.n? o damages for the sink- j ir.tr of tlie sip mer Itinivi liv (! >.> Ail rr.Iril Dewey were begun Tuesday wh< 11 pri ctors for the Clyde Simmvhip C uiprnv, owncs < f (*i?? Kiowa. 11 1?m1 in the i 'nil od Slat or Distiict Court a libol against tin* Ante: lean Steamship C ,aiiriny, owner's of tho Admiral Hwoy, The I'ro.'lo s asked for $300,0< 0 for the Ios' cf tin* Kiowa, $100.<,00 for it? oargo and $:?.000 for tho eiTocts or' its of- i | fleers and crew. Tlio iibollants charge : that tho Admiral Dewey's officers for tho loss of tho Kiowa, in having fuilo 1 sound tl'o proper signals required in, tlii k weather and in .i t hacking to avert a collision, and claim that the Kiowa, which nnoli >red on account of a heavy snow-storm. In I sounded all the p:opor signals required. Hen. LorR'-tro't Dead. Atlanta. Spoe'ul.?General .iani?*> l ong; itrcot, soidio", ft ''o nnn, diplomat.and iho lant lioct 'i nt general of tho Confederate armv, with th exception of General fiordm. died in Gainesville, Cla.. Saturday aftornoon at i! o'clock from an attack of acute pneumonia. TIo hod lioon ill two days. General l.ongstro'U suffered also from cancer of tho eye. hut his general lioa.th had Loon g< od until We lliesday, when ho was seized with a sudden cold, developing later into i pneumonia of violent nature, lie was ' St years old. Ho is survived by his , wife, four sins and a <1 lighter. Ho j Rill lie buried In (lainesville, which h; s boon his home sin- o the civil war. i Ca'fio c S'Clmwl Burned. Lrulnville, Spociah- St. Cat Ion inn's Academy, a Cathn'ic school for girls, < located near Springflold, Kv., burn 1 t to tlio ground. I.oss is al> mt !,*.:00.<u)0. 1 lie'ween T."> and 10 i plih. wero in the ' fhool when the fire broke out. So ar id was the prepress of the tl m -s 1 t tin1 pupils barely o raped with < . -ir lives. All < t" tli" bui' lings conic to I with the in. titullnn wero do- 1 .troyed. ( 1 Til riy I* r* n ; I i j^ t! Woodbfldge, N. J? Sjcedal,?An ex- ' I's'cn wri keel t!ir* hi U 1 and Irill of , i ' < i rh fallal!:?. rr.d more or le ? j.eri.1: ;ly injure! TO poisons at Keisby, our miles fiom brie. while the rit. < John's Benevolent fo-iciy vas rele- i bratlng its anniversary hy a dance. There wefe ah.ant rOU in tie hail and I ''lie or the J wo exits was closcel by the* ' \v:erl^ire. T! e people became pun'c.t.Vken, and fou;ht to get out. rn-Miy being tramped em and serious y in| lured. It is believe d tl at some one with a -grievance against flallalda or the pony used dyn^m'te. The wpI's of fie I building were blown apart and lma.eciialeiy collapsed. i ;s. NO. 12. CORBETT A WINNER Young Pugilist An Easy Victor Over (lis Adversary HF nr-FFAT* JAM UN IM !ATH but I or n ricrc'.ful Rtferee Hnnton's Punishment Would Have Been tirent Deal More Severe. ? San Francisco. Special.?A merciful referee probably raved Kddle lianlou from being killed by "Young Corbett'" Ttierdai night when he stopped their contest in the middle of tin sixteenth round. For two round:; previous Referee Craney had bogged llanlon's s- ootid:; to take their men out of the ring, hut they kept the game youngster at it and finally (iraney, fearing that a fatality might result, ordered the light stopped. No man ever recoil.such t* itIIIc punishment in a San Fran< i no ring, and probably Young Corh: tt" Is the only man in the country who could administer null a boating to lianlou. When tin' Satt Fram isco boy was carried to his corner still eons* ions, but unable to walk, hi; seconds worked vigorously to revive liini. The terriblybeaten lad, however, commenced to vomit blood, and thugs looked very serious for him lor a short time. He was finally revived and was carried from the ring by on of his seconds, lh-fore he left "Young Corbctt" paid a high tribute to his skill and gamelti us. and saluted hi:; brother prizetighter with an affectionate kiss-. The light demonstrated that Corbett is any man's superior at his weight. At no time during the con tes t was be iii any apparent danger, I and when it ended there was not u S mark upon liim. Han ion's most pe- j ? (iiiut ;i 11 < i % r\ ciu'i iivu ijdlciisc was all i bat save,I 1;i:n ftoin a knockont J early in 11>.> g.insc. Kvt a when ho f ')< < :ini?" tired and could not prevent / him elf Oirbelt could not land u knockout ldow. In the thirl cnth and fourteenth rounds t'erlutt began to show what ( .hi do. The men were allowed t?> fight In the clincher-, nnd Corbett,. leaning his head against Hanlon'#/ , shoulder and with his* arms iree, would punch Matt Ion In the stomach with hi: li/'n and swing fier. ee short lefts (;ii h'. jaw. That, was the boginuing cf !h?* i ml. In ttilt ent'.i Covin-It hacked Hun? lost into a corner. ?:t ! wli n tho Sar. Kranei < o hov swung freely. Corhett swung two lightning lofts and ll;it>- ** Ion went down. Ho took the count* of eight, but struggled to his foot and again received the terrific punishment that t'orlicit was dealing out to hint. It was then that (Iranoj wanted the fight stopped. Our Tremendous Commerce. Washington. P. C., Special.?It has required the entire force nnd other workers of Tncle Sam's Bureau of Sat. tis'ies the whole of the past month to compile the figures showing tho corame:co carried on between thi3 country iiiin i >rcign nations ?luriiiK tin- eleven . months ending jNov. :t0. According to these ('mures, a>*i L uHural products. rt.*? a whole, show an incrcsase of $7-l,e ooii; p.oilucts < the forests. flO i'O0)0: iiianiifaeturi $~>.0<iu.0(il); and .'lis. ci ilan<ous ai tides, $2,000,000. lii the single croup. fish lies is shown a sliali decrease of a little more than $1,000,000. M I o Save i <?.?.. Nashville, Tntm. fipcclal.?A cablegram rays the si inter I/ipsley, is mooted bottom p.iile up In In > Cot go "iver and that effor's ' ? sn\ her are In day made. The boat founde 1 eight ivi oks ago, and carried down with her '' of the native crew and two Amorran missionaries. She is the missionary boat of the S lit horn i'rosbytorilu Chan ii in tin* ( :i*t Free Slate. __ Mob Tlfeaten^ N"'grn. Council 1 JlufT . ir.w'n., Special.?A [ rowl is aioiind the county jail r- ' threatening to seize and to lynch two negro pi in ae., v. ho nr.* Incarcerated for an aliened m -attlt on two women Friday night. M< . ' i.f t!:e Council ' I Hefts poiici.i, i ! e l'.iih 1 to dispel so the cio?.d. Mayor Motv.nn is attempting t > ind the mob to leave the j il. T..e molt i dispersing, having "ail *d to s> ce it; rrVcner. T**b yr ipb <_ ?? Icfs. Renewed aetivitv is reported alnni' tlir? Colombian frontier, whore considerable bo.lh- . of troops arc toon. Warlike pop. i Mens by China arc regardc I in Si. IVtersbiirj; as indi- j rating thai )?< may Ik", drawn into the Oriental war. * ! The r.cnvin Cathoiic Cntherrlral of Westmlimier, in l.onlr.n, will lio con- - ... serrated tomorrow. Dr. Alexander Graham fto'l nrrfTotr in Gene.::. Italy. to cut ?? .* to V7ar.hlng- *" ton the body (. f J ami/ Sznithsun, founder id the Smithsonian Institution. The Mad Mullah, in Somailland, prcfos&os wililu'jr.esa to trr. it with Great Britain through tha Italians. " ~