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VOL. XIII. FORT MILL. S.C., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1904. NO. 3.L GAS TANKS EXPLODE ' I i Tcrriffic Detonations and Heavy Less I Cf Property j . FOl'RPEOJtE KILLED IN CHICAGO ? Plant of a Concern Engaged in Supplying llluminant Stored in Retorts 4Jnder High Pressure for Rail road Coaches Completely Wrecked Chirago, Special?Four persons were Wiled and a score of others were injured by a seriei; of gas explosions that completely destroyed the plant o? the I'vle Electric Headlight Company in South Chicago Friday. The Shocks of tho explosions were so severe that nil the buildings near the demolished plant were badly damaged. , windows were shattered fol* blocks. *nd persons walking in the streets were thrown from their feet. Over pressure on tnnks containing gas is he- j lievod to have caused the accident. The dend: Ralph Wells, superintendent for the I*vlc Electric Headlight Company. Amos Wntkins. assistant superin- I tendrilt. for same company. George Muehl, draftsman, employed ! by the People's ('.as Light Company. Thomas Jennings, employed by th? Pyle Electric Hendlight Company. The fatally injured: William M. Maloney, blown from third floor of building; body crushed. Alfred Cox. internally injured. Many persons who were walking in the street iu?ar the plant were hurt by fly in pieces of debris and were taken 1o their homes in carriages before their names could be learned. All of the dead were buried under tons of burning timber and hot brick and iron, making it impossible to remove their bodies for hours after the accident occurred. Fireman poured water on the portion of the building in which the dead were thought to he buried. The flames were sufficiently i!) permii or ino lour uuutes uctng rcmovfid fro mtlie debris. The scene of tire explosion is the old Hyde l*ark (las plant, which passed into the hands of the People's Gas Eight it Colte Company several years ago. with the consolidation of the gas interests in Chicago. Through h-aso, the big plant is occupied partly by th? l'yle National Electric Headlight Company. which is largely engaged in supplying illumination for railroad coaches. This illuminant is forced into small retorts, which, when attached under the door of a ear. will supply it with light for mouths. In order to make this possible, the retorts are subjected to an extremely high pressure. It was sueh a tank that caused the first explosion. Without warning of any kind it burst. Amid the debris, workmen were blown out of the structure far into the street about the building. Itefore any one realized what had happened, retort after retort exploded in sueli rapid succession that it was almost impossible to distinguish th% detonations. There were nine sucli explosions in all. which left the plant in names. Hard fighting on the part of fully a hundred firemen finally sub- . dued t tie flames. The total loss caused by the accident ! j* estimated at $75,000. * Train Strikes Street Car. Toronto, Special.? A stroet car with trailer attached got beyond control of the motorman and crashed through the guard gates at the Queens stieet crossing of the Grand Trunk ' Railway Friday night. A Montreal freight train struck the forward ?ar. grinding it to splinters. Kvorv pas- , sengor on the strett ear was injured. I two dying soon alter bcir-s tak-m from the wreckage, and .v.?? at the hospital. The dead are: James Armstrong, "mdtwlor One-year-old child '?f J. Robertson. Tlie baby was th?r,*vn from its mother's arm > and both it; legs were cut off. Mrs. Minnie Mahaffy, IntcmMlv m- I jured, die t ni hospital. Russell Stephens, internally injured. died at hospital I Three Defendants Discharged. Wrightsvillo r.a.. Spec ial.? The ease J Oi Walker, IM h e, Ontlaw. Mot man. Mrs. J Williams and Mrs. Rdae. for the al- i leged murder of Clayton Williams, J previously reported In these dispatches, j was railed in court here. The defend- ' ants elected to sever trial. The ihsb | against Williams was postponed. On j motion, tlie court discharged the two 1 women and Morman. on the ground of , Insufficient evidcucc. They were, how- ; ever, put under bond to appear as witnesses against Walker, Price and OutJaw, flic ease against whom will he taken up next week. 350 Deer and Elk Sold. Nashville, Tenn., Special.?About SCO deer and elk at the Hello Meade Farm worn sold to a hunting club in which Harry Payne Whitney, of New York, and other wealthy men are interested. The f^Jmals will bo turned loose in the 60,000-acre game pr<v serve the New Yorkers own around Hickory Valley, in litis State. Long Distance Weather Forecasts. Tho slow and laborious progress of all the sciences, from the earliest dawn of civilization, has been hampered and burdened by the actions of men Incapable of mastering the principles involved in the study of science, yet had the keenness to be alive to tho possibilities of science for the public good. Those men were unscrupulous eno"gh to assume to them the false garb of knowledge, and in that false garb pose as apostles of the science, tor persoual gain and utterly regardless of the good of humanity. In their false guise, it is true, these impostors wore but tiie laughing stock of men of science and deemed unworthy of serious notice, while the ignorant and credulous believed more readily in the false than in the true, as the former promised more, were more mysterious, claimed to know it all. and it is too sadly true, that the people in ages past, as in our own age., delighted in being humbugged, and were willing to pay for their pleasure. Thus it was that the beautiful science of astronomy that demonstrates with such exactness the motiou of the heavenly bodies and that teaches other properties that pertein to them only, gave rise to the astrologer who made the credulous believe tliat planets hud an influence on the destinies of men. until a wiser ago destroyed the fallacy. Thus it was that chemistry gave rise to the alchemist, who in his mysterious and preternatural processes made the credulous believe that he had tha command of the much sought for elixcr of life Thus it was that the science of medicine gave rise to tho quack with his nostrums, and who, even today, deludes tfie sick and afflicted with his deadly doses; and thus it is that the beautiful and intricate science of meteorology and weather forecasting has given rise to its own peculiar parasites, a host of lutis range weather forecasters, that In a mysterious and -.holly irrational way claim to be able to foresee that which patient, hard and intelligent study of meterology by learned men in all parts of the world has not been able to do, and by them has been <ieelared impractieable. It is t rue that our own w eather l>u reau and the meteorological services of other countries have demonstrated the practicability of forecasting the weather for from one, two or in very favorable conditions three days In advance with reasonble accuracy, hut honest forecasters, with one accord, deny the possibility of forecasting the weather for a mouth or a season in advance, nud yet these charlatans, fakes, or what nets, who make a fair though fraudulent living by sclliirg such forecasts to the public, and, what is still more strange, reputable papers, thai ordinarily are not. willing parties to any fraud, publish such forecasts in their columns. The desirability of long range forecasts is admitted, their usefulness, if they were possible cannot be gainraid, and tlieir attempt is not deprecated. On the contrary success is ardently hoped for and encouraged on rational grounds, but their practicability is, at present wholly denied and can be shown by any attempt however friendly, io verify them whenever made. People who are familiar with meteorology know this, but the tuany have not studied the science, and influenced Kv h < ?! ? M *--- * * nj iucii uc?ir? nil- Knowledge anil misled by 1he spurious though plausible clatm of unprincipled long range forecasters readily buy and believe tha goods to be genuine. Few test its *orth by actual verification, but credulously accept accidental agreement between the forecasted weather and what actually occurred as convincing proof, while the failures that so numerously happen, if noted at all, ar* charitably forgiven and forgotten. It would indeed be strange if some of the long range forecasts did not prove correct, for the chances are as about one in five that they will, if ordinary intelligence Is exercised In making them, and it is this probability of chances that gives life to the long range forecaster. Hut lie has other deceptive devices, such as clothing his forecasts in the most general ami indefinite language: he guards enre. fully against any attempt to disprove I;is forecasts and keeps open a loophole for escape, and also stating that lie lias in mind some other section of the country where the forecasted conditions did actually occur. While meteorology ha suiaiic ran Id progress In the last fifty years, and the fact has been amply demonstrated that the weather is governed by laws as certain in their operations as those governing other phenomena of nature, yet it. hue nut advanced far enough, to enable the weather to be forecasted for a season or even a month in advance. The Weal her Bureau makes no claim to be able to inak.1 correct forecasts lor periods longer than one. two or at longest three days,! and for the longest period there must be varv decided conditions, as shown by the daily survey of the atmosphere by its numerous trained and skillful observers. With all the skill and training of the best talent available, and with as conscientious effort as true and honest men are capable of, mistakes do and will occvrr. Long and careful observation lias shown that weather changes are not dependent on planetary inlluences. i^ wrntlrr.t* * * ..w. ..i t?iu\ i luiri ijMjjii; a matter of inspiration, but ability to make reliable forecasts comes from hard study, ions training and intollig' nt ob I nervation. It is absurd to believe t when intelligent, scholarly men. who have made meteorology a specialty the world over, are in full accord in their denial of the practicability of ranking accurate long range forecasts, th;U a man ignorant of the very laws in which the forecasts are based an relying on mystical, iu>u existing plat etary influences, or on inspiratic winch means nothing save an irratioi al mental condition, should bo abl to make them. The Weather Bureau today is gU ;ng the people the best service poss hie. but not content with the sueces already attained, it has in the pas! and is now, studying every availahh and suggested means of improvini and extending tue scope and amp) tilde of its forecasts, for both shor and long periods, and should ion* range foroeawts ever become possible it will be through such efforts an> not by the braggadocio methods o ignorant charlatans who now occup; the field with their long-range fore casts. Prof. Willis J. Moore, who, as Chie' of hto Weather Bureau has ha?l t< deal with this subject in bctli an ad ministratixe way and in its* scientific aspect, recently stated his views on so-called 1< ng range forecasts 111 11c: uncertain language, and wholly in condemnation. In substance he said that it is the opinion of the leading meteorologists of the wot Id that pub lie interests are injured by the publication of so-called iong range weathei forecasts, especially such predictions as relate to severe storms, floods, droughts, and other atmospheric phenomena of 11 dangerous and dutn&ging character, and the persistent efforts of certain men to foist their predictions op the public, for public gain, has reached such proportions that it is deemed advisable fairly and temperately to counteract the influence of those whom we believe to be preying on the creduillty of the public. They may beiieve that they have dis[ covered a physical law or a meteorological principle that has not been revealed to the astronomers, meteorologists or to any other class of scientific investigators, but the publication of predictions that by roason of their absolute l?r.;curcey are calculated to bo positviely injurious to aggricultural. commercial and other industrial interests, casling a serious doubt on the honesty of their purpose, and upon their disinterested devotion to the public welfare. Such publications bring the science of meteorology into disrepute and cannot, therefore, he made in response to a desiro to I advance that science along useful lines; and they retard the work of honest investigators through whose efforts only can gains ho made in tho fundamental knowledge of the causation of weather, that will justify forecasts for a month or a reason in ad\ anec. In a circular letter to observers on the same subject, Prof. Moore says "I hope the time will enmo when it will he possible to forecast the weather for coining seasons, to specify in what respect the coming month or reason will conform t > or depatt from tho weather that is common to the month or season; hut that, time has not yet arrived, and I believe thai you will In* best serving tne public in tercsts when, without indulging in personalities or mentioning named, you teach the community you serve I the limitations of weather forecasting and warn it. against impostors. Your public press should, and doubtless will co-operate with us In this endeavor." J. W. BAUER, Section Director. 25 Per Cent. Dividend. Kichmond. Va., Special.?1The stockholders of the Atlantic Coast Line met here Tuesday. The action of the directors in purchasing the Jacksonville ts Southwestern was approved. A dividend of 25 per cent, on the common stock was declared. 20 per cent, in cash and f> per cent, on certificate or indebtedness, payable in January. The old officers were elected by the directors. The capital stock was increased to $:.o.ooo.oog. Alleged Whitecappers Arrested. Jackson, Miss., Special.? United States Marshal Wilson has arrested V. V. Hamilton. Will Evans and Marius "Wactur. indicted in the Federal Cniiri here for conspiracy or whitecapping, the offence alleged being that they were running negro United Stales homesteaders oft their land. In default of bail of SI.000 each the men were placed in jail. They are all while and come from Franklin county. wlien? ;? reign of lawless' , has been in progress at : tervuls for several years. ! Southern Railway Officials Promoted. | Memphis, Tcnn.. Sp- . inl. It was an I nounced that li 1- Mt Kellar. assistant general freight agent of the Southern Railway lias heo.n appointed ussi-taut traffic manager of the entire system Mr. McKellar succeeds I.Mi (Mug. who resigns to accept the position of treasurer of Yale College. The < Imngo will take effect December 1.1th. and Mr MrKHlar's beadquarteis will be in Isiuisvillo, Ky. I Parker Moves to IS'cw York. New York, Special.?Judge Alton P. Parker, recent Democratic can J :1a to for President, opened n law office the building at "2 Liberty stree." :a ! this city last weel:. At the same tine 1 be announced that he had become a resident of this city, that Mrs. Park? r would join iiim here and that they would ;it onee socur< a home in this city. While Judge Parker aunoun e,l tIrat he would tint farm any law puitlicrship. his new office Is in the suite occupied by \V. V Sbt-ehuu of the firm f SheehuM ? ('ollin. | SETTER CITIZENSHIP j President Spoke Sunday On a Uglier Patriotism I ADDRESSED A CATHOLIC AUDIENCE I i Anniversary Celebration at St. Pat- . I rick's Church, Washington, Signalized by the Presence of the Chief Executive. Who Spoke From a Balcony of the Rectory to Crowded ! Streets?Little Care For Moral Weaklings, But a Welcome for the Highest Endeavor by Men cf Every Creed. Washington. Sue ial.?President j Roosevelt made an address Sunday at' the 110th anniversary celebration at; St. Patrick's "hurcli a^id the dedica- J tion of Carroll Hall, thie new parochial j building and parish school. The Rev. ; Dr. 1). .1. Stafford, rector of St Pat- I ricks, acted as tho master of cere- j monies. Cardinal Gibbons, several archbishops and other digna.ai ies of the Catholic Church attended the exercises, the former making an address immediately preceding that of i the President. H. B. F. Ma.-Farland. president of tho board of commissioner^ of the District of Columbia, was the j concluding speaker. The Knights of Columbus formed a guard of honor for the President, hut a squad of policemen was necessary to open tho crowded streets. Cheer after cheer went up as tltio President and his escort appeared. lije was met. at his carriage by Father Stafford, and as he passed into the relet or y a children's choir of 200 voices, stationed in {join, of the church, sany hymns. Dr. Stafford intrniln<>?<t Prr?l.lot%, J Roosevelt as "the man of even-handed j justice; the President of the 'square deal.' " President Roosevelt thanked the rector and joined in the laugh vliich preceded prolonged cheering. Then he spoke in part as follows; "It is a great pleasure to nie to he present with yoiy to-dday. to assist at the dedication of the school, hall an I | rectory, of this parish. 1 am glad in- I need, to have been introduced, Cnrdi- I nal (aihhnns, by you, the spiritual representative in a peculiar sense of that ilishop Carroll who played so lustrious a part in the affairs of the Church, and whose kinsfolk played as Illustrious a part in the affairs of the nation at the dawning of this government. In greeting all of you I wish to say that I am especially glad to see the children present. (Cheers and applause.) You know 1 believe in children. 1 want to see enough of them and of the right kind. (Applause.) "I wish to-day, in the very brief remark:; (hat 1 have to make, to dwell upon this thought, that while in this country we need wise laws honestly and fearlessly executed, and while we cannot afford to tolerate anything but (lie highest standard in the public service of the government, yet that in the last analysis the future of ??? . must depend upoft the quality of the individual home, and of the individual man or women in the home, and that very largely depends upon the way in which the average hoy or girl is brought up. (Cheers and -applause.) Therefore, a peculiar responsibility rests upon those whose life work is to r?e to the spiritual welfare of our pco-j pie and upon those who make is the'r life work to try to train the children ot the future so that they will be worthy of that future. The rules of good citizenship are tolerably simple. The trouble is not in finding them out; the trouble is in living up to them af- j ler they have been found out. We . know fairly well what quantities there I are which, in their sum, make up the t> pe of character we like to ?er> in I man or wife, son or daughter; but I am afraid wo do not always see them as well developed as we would like to. ' ' wisb to see in the average American citizen the development of two sets of qualities, which we can roughly indi<ate as sweetness and strength?the qualities on the one hand which make the man able to hole' his own. and those which on the other hand make him jealous for the rights of others ' just as much as for his own rights. I "You 'probably know that 1 do not j care vorv much for the coward or the i moral weakling. I wish to see in the | man manliness, in the woman womanI lincss. I wish to see courage, persel vi ranee, the willinginess to fac e work, to face, you men, if it is ne essary, danger, the determination not to shrink hack when temporally beaten in life, as each one will now and then. lill t f /\ onmn "* (iii nfcdiii una wrest triumph from wei'eat. I want to Hec you nen strong men and brave men, and in | addition I want to see each man of you feel that it has strength and eotir-1 age are joine I the finalities of tenderness toward those he loves, who are dependent upon him. and of light dealing with all his neighbors. "Finally, I waiit to congratulate all of us on certain successes that we have achieved in the century and n quarter that ha3 gone by of our American !ife. Wo have difficulties enough, and we are a long way short of perfection. I do not want to see any im med'ate danger of our growing too good; there is amp!.? room for effort yet left. But we have achieved certain results; we nave succeeded in measurably realizing certain ideals. We navt grown to accept it as an axiomatic I truth of our American life that the man is to l>o treated on his worth as a man. without regard to the accidents of his position. (Applause.) that this i is not a gc.vernment designed to favor ! the rich man as such, or the poor man j as such, hut it is designed to favor j every man. rh li or poor, if lie is a de- I cent man who acts fairly by liis feljows j (Cheers and applause.) We have grown j to realize that part of the foundations i upon which our liberty rests is the right of each man to worship his Ciea- , tor. according to the dictates of his ! conscience, and the duty of each man I to respect his fellow who so worships , Hint. (Cheers and applause.) And, oh t my countrymen, one of the host augu- j ries for the future of this country, for i the future of this mighty majestic na- S tion of ours, lies in the fact that we have grown to regard one another, that wo brothers have grown to regard one another, with a broad and kindly charity, and to realize that the field for human endeavor is wide; that the field for charitable, philanthropic. religious work is wide, and that while a corner of it remains untilled. we do a dreadful wrong if v?e fail to welcome the work done in that Held by every man. no matter what the creed, only he works with a loftly sense of hi* duty to l!od and his duty to his neigh-t bor. (Cheers aud applau e.i CURRENT NEWS ITEMS Happenings of .Moment As Gathered From Many Sictlons. Washington, Special.?John W. Brownlow, a clork in the Postofllce Dcparitnont, who acted us disbursing oiliccr ot the Department at the St. l.otiis Exposition, was dismissed from the service by order of the President. Hrownlow was charged with impertinence and insubordination, and as he declined to withdraw his offensive lan gunge, his dismissal followed. Tot v.nlow's insubordination consisted in re fusing to supply an itemized s'.a'i mens of receipts and disbursements asked for by Postmaster General Payne, accompanying his refusal with statements to the Postmaster J GeneiiiJ which were considered of. i j fensive. tie evidently felt that the i demand of Mr. Payne was a reflection upon his honor. < Hrownlow was given an opportunity < to withdraw the statements considered offensive, hut he refused to do so < and his dismissal followed. Two Men Drowned. N\>: ilk, Yn.. Special. -f'ommuniea- j lion o\<-r the United States Weather Her? itn's scacotst telegraph wires was restoied Tuesdaj as far south as Mont? o, on Keanokc Island. At Kin. nnskett, N. ('.. a fishing lodge on the | !i? ach wis washed into Pamlico Sound | l?y a tidal wave and two men were diowned. 'I*!ie name;-, were not given In the hide;' telegram which came over a , badly-woi-sing wiie. Kinnakeet is situ- ] ated r?:?. miles north of Cape Hatteras on a small strip of land separating the | Atlantic Ocean and Pumlico Sound. No news had been received front tb? schooner Myra \\. Spear, which strand- , ed on the Hattcras coast last week, and | which it. is supposed must have gone to |lpiec?s in the storm of Sunday. Boll Weevil Coming This Way. i I Shreveport. Special.?The executive ' committee of the National Cotton Boll Weevil Convention, which assembles in this city December 1 r? to 1 inclusive, has issued an address to ' the cotton growers of the South. The commission says that the (light of ilie weevil during the summer of 1904 has aeon fully f?0 miles, and north and fast, into territory heretofore unlit- ? Tested, and indicates a habit that is i beyond the power of control. The j division of opinion and interest in a . campaign against the weevil will bring disaster and defeat." e ?? . Mv<b ^cmcnuca TO fiang. Wilmington,?Special.?Ceorgo W. ' Daniels. convicted last, week in Dtiplin I ' I Superior Comt of the murder of Will ' Maxwell is sentenced by Judge Fred J Moore to lie hanged at Kenan.-.villo , January 111. 1P0">. His counsel. o>;- 1 udgo W. S. OR. Robinson and Sicv- ' ns, Reaaicv & Weeks, have given no- ' dee of an appeal. v Court is being held over in Duplin * tlila week to complete the trial of Dan renchey, also charge,} with murder, t'ounsel are expected to complete their i rgument to the jury to-night. Dan Teachy Convicted. ' Wiltnipgton. Spo. iel. The jury in the I>an Tenchoy murder trial at Ken- ^ ansville, Duplin county, after short do1 beraflnn. xinie into court and veturr- ' ol a verdict <?f guilt in the flr ? tie- < gree. Teachey's victim, Robert Ri\< I bark, belonged to a weil-ronm -ted a family in Duplin. The k'lling occurred r i;i March, !!?<>-. at ti negro settlement near Wallace, where Rivenliark went in search of laborer.- foj his si r;t wherry field. Could Not Attend. > El Pnso. Texas, Special. Following < Is President Roosevelt's letter to the < National Irrigation Congress read: , ' 1 wish It were possible for me to * accept your kind invitation to attend ihe National Irrigation Congees. to he teld at El Paso. I need not state to you the dorp interest, i feel in the cause of national irrigation. Irriga- , tion, is in every fact, one of the means 1 lj->r national expansion which is most } effective. < "Wishing you all success, I am, I "Slnrerelv vours, 1 "THEODORE l'lpor EVENT." , 12 DEAD IN A FIRE Terrible Less of Life Caused By tte Burning; of a Tenement House BROOKLYN FAMILIES ARE VICTIM Flames Starting in the Cclt.ir o< ? Three-story Building Snre.:r.? With Such Rapidity That Two Italian Families on the Upper Floors We-re Suffocated Before Reaching the Fire Escape?All the Sodiei Found in One Room?Two Sirvivorrt WiSl Die?Neighboring Tenant: Evict? Questions. Now York. S|M rial.- S:v. >. lotej !*?>f? re ill ?y < *?m 1 s 1 iv:> li '.? fir i\.r:ip' in a burning: tenement htiMdini; if r$?r. Trout mil 11 st root, in tlio Willimnsburg district of Itrooklyn, tw-lve jh--k'Mks. met death shortly before . Tctoek Two ontnv families. ;fi .;o nf Maratno Triolo and Charles '* ilognio. an? wiped "jui. iIn* last living nemi'ior ?-.T each briny, now in a '. .> li. wit lio hope of iheir leroyery They an* Charles I'.ilonnio, ?:l y. l:-i old. an.' Tony Triolo. 13 years old. hoih i<T whom are terribly hum v * The binned tenement, Irvuui is in the renter of a row of tbreiMrtory tenements. extending t! i l<Migt.h **" the block, i.iul was oi < 11.-?t by Ifafians. The fire is supposed to !. ive > .( art>m in the eell.n of I'.ie groeory -.i?>r?? ?< Vntonio, (Jiambaives. on I'm grtran* fir nr. Tho 'ellar was stored vvth iofiauim&ble matoriol. and the Uamcs* spread with lightning like rapidity. ,;\11 the occupants v/oro s?i vp at. .a i ? !*, tutu i un v* wu> liUc^ ^ !uy in sending In the first alarm. Tb<t [jlnmbalvo family lived in the rear >f the store, rind succeeded in gctllnr; ant of the building, h"t. before thv> ac'.uupunt o.i .111- t wo lUier til <?? r. wore roused, their oa?'.; bad l>- > r. ?Ut off. The tenants in nearly ..i! 'ho ueigftIxiring building: dragged h >ir i"jos?> Irold goods out of tlu- htti! I;i: ?. ;ir' with thorn blocked the v. iy of .? fir '.pparatu... Ail tin- bod:w.ti fount,-' 111 the roar room of the inr?t tl>?or. and it was evident that all had boei. suffocated in their tutor t.> re i. !i tho (Ire OAt-ape at the hack if 11: building Tin: two who wore rescued r found in the lower hallway s m:i aft t tin liromen roa? :iod the a -n In his intervals: r.f n- i i ;ncss. 1'olognio dies fro iii. v . i.n! h?5lirou. but the pliysi -Ian.; i-.. ibm knowledge of I heir neat': would Kiii luni. and ii.ivn not told 1 a of llieir fate. In their investigation as to i . <*-* gill of the fire, tile pnlfo aiiv.s |v>o*. unablo to obtain a slut 'iin d. of hujt kirul from neighboring ' giants T?w straet about the burned hue lings hai. been orowded with Italian all <1aj but .he police n port that 'very nnequestioned about the per o- . I'lrnis#.. or the occupants t.f t!i ictiM'ag. hn refused to make an un ;wer It with grer t difllcuity tier -v n thrnames of the vjetiais i itiUia' ed. The los.. is t .-.Unuitcd \ S'O.otHfc. Birj Fire at World s Fair. St., Louis, Special. ' . M!.t.:onr? state Building at the Wori l'-> F'air w lestroyod by lire early Saturday <'vctsng. resulting from the expl isl ::i of xt. lot water heater in the baser.i a? In itantly the Hanies shot up thra igh lb? otundn. an#d the north wing i f cuialo were a solid mas; of tlarn writ* n 10 minutes after the explo-ut Tbr \ ai/nui m * iI ' iwing to the temper ir> onsToetirw Material. whic h has n ? ;alvov; v;t!u?the ptipeipal lo^s itc ? . Rio . ,:trnL* >f the building. The i c-cr.ur i14,->,000. an<i in it w. r $7V !t) ./nrtlo )f furnishings. the in >st . do i?*: vhieh were portraits of all form* r M?*?ami i (lovernors and so pi n> n! rile: *' eafmot be rephi' 1 For Railroad Y. M. C. A. Richmond, Va . S|I -eitii 5*r del Elevens, of tho (*h *p i OIiivj tail road has written the R .*d \ d ('. A. here, oft'oi in:: ;o < .m . iIa.OOO toward the orcetien t : r?: 1 V M A a .! yen i . *m, x . /?. m i i i1, 11 k ?, ill i i ity. Tli#* other railr.a.! , a'oritur, iichmond are to give prop;;: tinaieit . it'll a handsome strn#tnr i h rn? I "OJlil Y. M. (\ A. seems th i . Ex-Governor Thompson .Z-: : I Nesv York, Special lluuh t- :r.iui> ;oii. former governor of e .. fan.ina, died a,t. his re si . nc h .-'unlay. lie was born in Char! si on. r?. in 1836. In recent Von, he -a oniptroller of the N.",/ Yo; k l,if.? lu tnrnnce company. W. C. P. Breckinridge D;r>,. I."\inp;ton. Ky., in7 Vilii.f-*' ti.mpt.'U Proston T!,,r \ nrM-- died *.v 11:10 o'clock Saturday nl^!i fror; aroko of ppralysia sn*t art tied Wedm-. lav. The cnil cane p>-x; f illy. Ji. ? icd been gradually sinking for .1 ioutr and fo*. that loflftth of time tfm ase had been known to ) < hopehrvu. wt;'r \ \* 1