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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.
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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"
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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.
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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.
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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. " ~