The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, September 15, 1904, Image 1
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VOL. I. NO. 33. CAMDEN, S. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER J5,1904. SI .50 PER YEAR.
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tacklsf Part Arthar.
St. Petersburg (By Cable).?The
general staff is not displaying great
anxiety over the alarmist reports that
General Kuropatkin is in serious dan
ger of being cut off. The members
also decline to say, even if they know,
whether General Kuropatkin purposes
taking his army north of Mukden.
An officer of the general staff said:
"I believe it is safe to say that Gen
eral Kuropatkin's army is now out of
danger. Our advices since Monday in
dicate that the fighting is of an insig
nificant character, and 1 do not be
lieve that the tired Japanese troops
are capable of seriously threatening
the line of retreat. The greatest diffi
culty our army is now having to con
tend with is the terrible roads, owing
'to the recent rain.
"Oilr information is that the bulk of
the baggage has already passed
through Mukden. This is the usual
procedure in the case of any retreat."
Kuropatkin's movements, after all,
must depend chiefly on the tactics of
the Japanese, with whom lies the ini
tiative. If the Japanese continue to
press north in the hope of cutting off
the Russians and bringing them to
bay, then Kuropatkin will be obliged
to move north to circumvent them.
But both armies already arc terribly
axhaustcd, and if they again come into
contact the result will depend largely
upon which of them is able to throw
the mo.st fresh reserves into the fight.
If there is a race northward, it is ap
parent that the greatest danger will
conic at the narrow define of Tiehling,
north of Mukden, but the authorities
seem fairly well satisfied with the
situation and are confident of its ulti
mate outcome.
Generals Kuroki and Kuropatkin
have been inarching northward along
parallel lines, both armies being great
ly hampered by heavy roads, the Jap
anese in a rough region and the Rus
sians along a flat country, but em
barrassed by the high Chinese corn,
which prevented marching on the side
of the main roads. No difficulty is be
ing experienced at the Hun River, a
few miles south of Mukden,, -whtrt
bridges had been provided Jor cross
1 ing the stream. '
There has been constant fighting at
the Russian rear and along the east
ern wing, but so far as known by the
War Office nothing of importance has
occurred since the retreat began.
The general staff naturally is reti
cent about Kuropatkin's plans, espe
cially whether he intends t?> stop at
Mukden. His decision probably will
depend upon the intentions of the Jap
depend upon the intentions of the
Japanese. Contingent preparations
will probably be made to evacuate
Mukden, and there is considerable evi
dence that Kuropatkin, if compelled
to go north, will make a stand at Tie
ling, where the Russians wintered last
year. Tiding is 40 miles north of
Mukden. At this point there is a nar
row defile, with the Liao River 011
one side the mountains running al
most down to the railroad 011 the
other. Steps are being taken to guard
against a possible attempt to cut the
line there.
Another Blf Baltic.
Paris (By Cable).?The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Echo vie
Paris says:
"A great battle is going on before
Mukden. The First and Seventeenth
Corps arc engaged against General
Kuroki.
"General Kuropatkin, with the bulk
of his troops, is moving towards Tie
ling."
London (By Cable).?The Daily
Telegraph's Seoul correspondent says
there is an unconfirmed report there
that the Japanese have landed several
fresh divisions of troops in the vicinity
of Possiet Bay, cutting off the re
treat of the Russians in Northeastern
Korea.
HarataH By the Japs.
Mukden (By Cable).?Part of the
Russian army which is coming tq
Mukden by wagon road is in danger
of being cut off. All dny and night
Monday the Japanese in the hills on
the east road shell jd the Russian
troops. In one instance the Japanese
infantry attacked a large force of Rus
sian infantry and artillery which had
taken to the hills, running parallel *.o
the Japanese, in protecting the flank
of the retreating army.
Troops, guns and transport are pour
ing into Mukden by train and road.
Considerable transport was left be
hind.
The main Russian army, pushing
northward, is evacuating Mukden.
New Mtat Opeaed.
Denver. Col. (Special).?The new
United States mint in this city was
opened with a presidential salute of
at guns and raising of the American
flag over the building by George E.
Roberts, director of the mint. The
mint will not begin coinage until July
I, 1905, as no appropriation has been
made by Congress as yet to cover the
cost of coinage.
Thieve* Loot a Pettolllce.
Charlotte, N.' C. (Special).?Burg
lars made a raid on Yadkinville, Yad
kin county. They blew open the safe
of County Treasurer J. A. Logan in
his store and secured between $S,ooo
and $to,000. The safe in the postofficc
was also blown open. Postmaster
Mackic reports that over $410 was
stolen. The burglars secured tools
from a blacksmith shop in the town.
County Treasurer Logan offers a re
ward of $2,000 for the capture of the
burglar)* and money.
REVS IK SBHT MML
It was staled that Assistant United
States Treasurer Hamilton Fish had
been agreed upon as Republican nom
inee for goviruor of New York.
General Manager Jenks, of the Car
negie Steel Company, at Youngstown,
O., has declined to have another con
ference on the wage scale.
Charles F. Ehrenfort, proprietor of
the Mineral Springs Hotel, at Willow
Grove, .reported that his place had
been robbed of $2,000 cash.
Six masked robbers looted the safe
of the Lehigh Valley Traction Com
pany at Souderton, Pa., of $700, the
Labor Day receipts.
A chemical laboratory was opened
in New York by the Department of
Agriculture for the examination of im
ported foodstuffs.
Th Cuban Senate has ratified the
treaty of extradition recently con
cluded between the United States and
Cuba.
The State Department at Washing
ton has been officially notified of the
conclusion of the Japan-Korean treaty.
The annual convention of the News
dealers, Booksellers and Stationers'
Association was begun in St. Louis.
Fire threatened to wipe out a sec
tion of Woodsidc, a suburban town
on Long Island.
President Gompcrs, of the American
Federation of Labor, has refused to
call a meeting of the National Execu
tive Council to recommend general
sympathetic action of unionists in sup
port of packing-house strike.
The Northern Securities Company
filed in Trenton, N. J., an answer to
the suit of the Harrimans to restrain
the company from carrying out its
proposed plan of distribution of its
assets.
The Superior Court in Chicago de
cided that operators who formed
corner in wheat, oats or other com-1
modities cannot enforce payment
against those caught in the squeeze.
Judge Joseph Sheldon, of New
Haven, Ct., was selected as the canJi
| date of the People's Party for gov
ernor of Connecticut by the state exec
utive committee.
Engineer Johnson and Conductor Ir
win were held responsible by the cor
oner's jury for the train wreck at Tin
taluta, N. W. T.
The New York Police Commission
er has asked for $13,328,129 for the
support ot the New York police force
in 1905. ,.S
The Johnson-Dunbar Mills Com
pany, of North Adams, Mass., manu
facturers of eotton goods, has made.,
an assignment.
A Wabash train ran into a street
car at a crossing in St. Louis, killing 7
persons and injuring 25, several fa
tally.
Will Bruner and Joseph N. Trahan,
farmers, were killed near Rayne, La.,
by Homer Mechc, a drunken man.
Charles Rothermel and his wife were
frightfully slashed in Philadelphia by
their maniac son Edward.
Mrs. George Packer was murdered
in Clarkton, N. C. Her mutilated body
was found in the woods.
An agreement lias been reached be
tween th<: coal-mine operators and the
mitieworkers in Montana.
Fire in the wholesale district of
Memphis, Tenn., destroyed property to
the value of $800,000.
Plans have been arranged for in
structing the primitive Filipinos ^t the
World's Fair in English.
Clark Caryl Haskins, the electrical
inventor and writer, died in Chicago.
Fire completely destroyed the ce
ment plant of the Struthers Furnace
Company, near Youngstown. O. The
j loss is placed at $120,000, with $60,000
j insurance.
Six persons arc dead and four dan
gerously injured as the result of a
dwelling-house fire, followed by an
oil-tank explosion, at Yellow Creek, O.
The Chicopee (Mass.) Manufactur
ing Company has shut down its en
tire plant until September la on ac
count of the state of the cotton busi
ness.
Former Judge Lyman S. Bur, of
New Britain, Ct., was arrested on the
charge of embezzling $5,493 from the
estate of Timothy W. Loomis.
The imperial express on the Cana
dian Pacific was wrecked at Sintaluta.
N. W. T., and five women passen
gers tn the tourist car were killed.
Philip Caldwell, elevator conductor,
was killed and eight persons were in
jured by the falling of a passenger
elevator in Chicago.
Dr. W. E. Woodcnd, the bankrupt
Now York broker, arrested on the
charge of grand larceny, was dis
charged.
Twelve lr-vdred and fifty miners
have gone on ^'rikc in the Coal Creek
District of T-. :inessce.
Canadian authorities seized the
American fishing schooner Samosct
off North Sydney, C. JL
Six Indians of the Turtle Mountain
Reservation were killed by drinking
wood alcohol.
The Chicago and Alton Railroad
has passed to the ownership of the
Union Pacific.
Foreign.
The Gazette announced that King
Edward liad conferred the chain of
the Royal Victorian Order on Em
peror Nicholas and Empress Francis*
Joseph.
The Trades Union Congress in ses
sion in Leeds, England, passed a res
olution asking for the appointment of
a minister of labor, with cabinet rank.
The Norwegian relief steamer Vin
cola reported at Ilammerflst, Norway,
having met the Zicglcr relief steamer
Erithjof August J7
It is denied in official circles that
an uprising similar to the Hoxcr inove
mcnt is imminent in China.
In a hot fight between Armenian In
surgents and Turkish troops at Van
more than a score of persons were
killed.
MR. 1XUE UNDER ARREST
Hast Aaswer to Ckarge of lirieriif
Bs Wife.
FOUEIIAT0I ?F C1AHLOTTESYILIL
Takes tat* CatMjr at the lastsacs af C?a*
?oawealtk's Attoeaey Fraak Oilaer?Affect
tag Sceac at His ResMeaco Hfcta He Was
Separated Fran His CklMrca?The Accase4
Declares Tkst Hs Has CssiaritteS Na Crtae.
Charlottesville, Va. (Spccial).?Ex
Mayor J. Samuel McCue was arrested
at 5:10 P. M. at his rcsidcnce, on
Park street, by Police Officers D. C.
Grady and H. N. Eubank. The ar
rest was made on a warrant sworn
out by Commonwealth's Attorney
Frank Gilmer before Acting Police
Justice Archie D. Dabncy at 4:50 P.
M., who charges Mr. McCue with the
murder of his wife, Mrs. Fannie Mc
Cue, at her home on the evening of
Sunday, September 4.
Immediately upon the issue of the
warrant Officers Grady and Eubank
drove to the McCue residcncc, and,
without ceremony, entered the house
and proceeded directly to the sitting
room, where they found J. Samuel Mc
Cue, his brothers, Edward McCue and
William McCue, and the children of
the man whose name had 'been on
every tongue here for three days.
Officer Grady, without preliminary
statement other than the usual greet
ings, produced and read the warrant.
When the warrant had been read Mr.
McCue said:
"By the grace of God T will come
out all right. Do your duty, gentle
men."
The chil.lren had begun crvinir as
they realized the situation, and, turn-1
ing to them, the prisoner, himself
weeping, said: "Do not be uneasy: I
<nm not afraid of the consequences if
I get a fair trial. I have committed
no crime."
The father against whom the awful
charge of wife-murder had just been
lodged then kissed the children good
by. all weeping at the affecting sepa
ration. and then turning to the offi
cers signified his willingness to ac
company them, and with them and
his two brothers left the room.
The prisoner, the two brothers and
A. D. Payne, a liveryman, then got
in a vehicle and drove to the jail, two
Mocks distant, where the prisoner was
locked up.
THE ART OF HOUSEKEEPING.
Aa laportsat Work lsstltat*4 By the Chicago
Board of Etfscstloa.
Chicago^CSpeciat).?Perfect house
keepers will be graduated from the
Chicago public schools soon, if the
aims of the Hoard of Education are
attained.
The expectations of the board mem
bers are based on a course of study in
cooking and sewing, just completed by
R. M. Smith, supervisor of the manual |
training and household arts depart
ment, after a year's work, and which
has been given out to the teachers in
the different branches.
Conking and physiology will be
taught, together by the new system.
House sanitation, including the chem
istry of housecleaning, also will be
taken up. The classes in sewing will
he taught how to patch, to make but
tonholes. to sew 011 buttons, to darn
and to hemstitch. Then they will b?
given instruction in cutting and mak
ing garments. Finally they will be
told how to shop, how to select suita
ble material and how to calculate the
amounts necessary.
Judge Gray Will Accept.
Wilmington, Del. (Special).?Judge
George Gray announced that he would
consent to the request of the concilia
tion hoard of the United Mine Work
ers Association that he arbitrate the
dispute about the check-weighing sys
tem in the Pennsylvania anthracite
field. As will he remembered. Judge
Gray was chairman of the Anthracite
Coal Strike Commission appointed by
President Roosevelt last year to ad
just the mining troubles in Pennsyl
vania.
A Bad Man Hanged.
Clearfield, Pa. (Special).?Henry C.
Fitch, colored, was hanged here for
the murder of John Williamson on
September 29, iqoj. Pitch attempted
to rob Williamson, who resisted, and
was shot to death. Recently Pitch
made a confession in which he claimed
to have killed a negro at Red Star,
W. Va.; shot a man at East Liverpool,
O., and murderously assaulted another
at Coraopolis, Pa.
Child Accoaea Stepfather.
Mahony City, Pa. (Special).?After
a coroner's jury had decided that An
thony Gerlaitis had been killed by a
Philadelphia and Reading railway pas
senger train, it-year-old Katie Miller
came forward with a statement that
he was murdered and his body placed
alongside of the railroad track. She
implicates her stepfather, Joseph Zu
klewicr., and John Accpawich. Both
men have been placed under arrest.
Shot His Wile and Himself.
Now York (Special). ? George
Schmidt, a carpenter, in a fit of jeal
ousy shot his wife three times in the
body. Believing he had killed the
woman, Schmidt shot himself in the
left breast. Both are itv the hospital
in a critical condition. . ?
Blew Up His Own Mill
Meridian, Miss. (Special). ? Moses
Graham, owner of the Ilighwood lum
ber mill,. i'i Jones county, deliberately
dynamited and wrecked the machinery
of his mill rather than accede to the
demands of about 100 empires for
higher wage*. The mill had been
shut down for two months on account
of the strike. The ftrikers lived on
Graham's land, and when ordered off
camped in tents on his border await
ing flu- optnivg of the acason.
IlIST DELIVER SOLDIERS
tegiUrs to Testify it Atkeas Shwtiag
IBrty.
TIE WITNESSES SEEK A TKAMSFOL
OatCMM ml tkt Attack By a My ?! Ret alar
Hi Win u4 UpM a MIMtU
PravMl Oaari at Atkeas. OHt, Rtccatty,
Attested By the KUUef a( Oae at tke
Qaari
Washington, D. C. (Special).?As
an outcome of the attack by a body
of regular soldiers and militiamen
upon a militia provost guard at Ath
ens Ohio, recently, attended by the
killing of one of the guard, the fol-1
lowing telegram was received from
the Governor of Ohio:
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1904.
Hon. William H. Taft, Secretary
of War, Washington, D. C.: The
prosecuting attorney ?>f Athens coun
ty on the 30th asked for delivery of
seven men of Fourteenth Battery Field
Artillery, located ?t Fort Sheridan
The request has not been granted. I
respectfully urge immediate consid
eration. We have direct evidence of
their comrades implicating these men
and they should bp delivered to the
civil authorities in the ends of jus
tice. Will you not assist? I again
request assurance of department of
transfer of members of Fourteenth
Battery testifying. The men request
this for their own protection. There
will be but six of ?uch requests.
MYRON T. HERRICK,
Governor.
Acting Secretary Oliver immediate
ly replied by telegraph as follows:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, September 6, 1904.
Hon. Myron T. Herrick, Governor
of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio: Reference
your telegram 6th instant, just re
ceived, requesting delivery of the men
at Fort Sheridan implicated in the
Athens disturbance and the transfer
of men testifying, the department re
ceived a telegram fr >m commanding
general Northern Division 011 August
.28, stating that I. M. Foster, prose
cuting attorney, asked to be author
ized to assure meml>ers Fourteenth
Battery Field Artillery that if they
give testimony againstguilty comrades
they will not have to serve "in that
battery again, to wtfich reply was
made on August 30 in accordance with
recommendation of Judge Advocate
General that no such authority or as
surance could be givct; that such wit?
nesses of said batter\ as tnay be re
quired before tourtf oi Ohio be di
'rcct?d <0 pw^etif"thftil^elvrk to prop
er authority to "ji've their evidence
and that question "t transfer of these
men be left for future consideration,
according to best interests of the serv
ice. On August 30 telegram was re
ceived from Mr. Foster giving names
of men he desired, and this message
was repeated to the commanding gen
eral Northern Division on the 31st
with directions to take necessary ac
tion toward complying with Mr. Fos
ter's request. The commanding gen
eral Department of the I.akes has to
day been directed l?v wire to deliver
at Fort Sheridan t!ie additional sol
diers desired upon demand of proper
authorities, with a view to their ap
pearance at preliminary hearing be
fore committing magistrate. Depart
ment will take pleasure in co-operating
with civil authorities in bringing guilty
parties to trial.
ROBERT SHAW OLIVER.
Acting Secretary of War.
PANAMA BOUNDARY LINE.
Minister Barrett Will Try to Avoid Friction
With Colombia.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The
State Department is watching with in
terest developments on the Isthmus
connected with the establishment of
the eastern boundary between Panama
and Colombia.
It seems that while the geographers
have drawn an arbitrary line begin
ning at Cape Tiburon, on the Gulf of
Darien, as a matt?T of fact, no sur
vey ever has been made; and whilo
the old treaties sp^ke of the bound
ary as lying on the watersl\jpd cros??
ing the Isthmus at that point, even
the existence of that shed never ha|
been determined. There is ample
room for controversy between Pan
ama and Colombia as to the exact lo
cation of this boundary, and report*
reaching Washington that one side
or the other had invaded the disputed
territory have given rise to some ap
prehension of serious friction. This
was one of the subjects which Sec
retary Hay charged Minister Barrett
with the attempt to adjust as far as
he could by sound advice based upon
such inquiry as he could make. It if
more difficult to address the Colom
bian government, owing to the partial
i absence of diplomatic relations with
j that country, and the officials here
feel that if there should be any genu
ine friction, both Panama and Colom
bia \Vould be glad to listen to Ameri
can advice.
Succeeds Von Plehve.
St. Petersburg (Special).?Senator
Plr.tonoff. a member of the council
of the empire, has been appointed min
ister of the interior and chief of the
Russian police, in succession to the
late M. Plehve.
FINANCIAL.
Bachman is the inside house in
Warwick Steel. He has bought the
stock this week.
Tube manufacturers reduced the
price $5 a ton owing to the cut in
steel.
There is an estimated short inter
est of i .000,000 shares of United States
Steel. No wonder the stock rises.
Uncle Sam's August cotton report
makes the condition ^4.1 compared
with a ten-year avcragu of 7J.2.
BOOB SWEET HOT.
A nmwH latOt at Orcca Skoals. Oaaa
River. W. Va.
Huntingtor^ W. Va. (Special).?As
a result of an attempt to collect a
long-standing bill by a clerk in a
country store at Green Shoals. 20
miles south of here, on the Gban
River, two men were killed. One was
fatally injured, another serious in
jured and two more men who es
caped and have disappeared are sup
posed to be injured. The fight may
result in another bloody feud being
added to those already existing in
this part of the country.
Two brothers of John Lambert, who
engaged in the fight, are believed to
be wounded, but escaped to the moun
tains.
The fight started over an attempt of
Lambert, who was clerk in a country
store at Green Shoals, to coilect a
long-standing account against Adams.
The men engaged in an argument over
the amount several days ago. Adams
was with friends at the time, and,
after heated words, struck Lambert,
who was alone. Lambert did not
fight, but Wednesday, while with his
two brothers, be came upon Adams in
company with George Mead. The
fight was renewed upon sight, all the
men being heavily armed.
The firing opened in the street and
the men were almost enveloped in a
cloud of smoke. Bruntfield rushed
between the factions with his hands
uplifted, unarmed and crying, "Stop,
boys, stop!" Caught between the
crossfire of the two opposing fac
tions, lie dropped to the ground dead
Adams, just before Brumfield came
upon the scene, had been shot to
death, four bullets having pierced his
body. Mead was lying on the ground
with two bullvts in his body and fir
ing as he lay on his side.
After the death of Brum field the
men broke away and all attempted to
escape. John Lambert was found ly
ing on the mountain side almost sense
less by a deputy sheriff and members
of a posse and placed under heavy
guard. Mead was carried into a near
by house and is dying. The two
brothers of John Lambert, who are
wounded, escaped to the mountains
and are being hunted by several
posses. There is much talk of lynch
ing the Lamberts if they are cap
tured.
RUSSIA READY TO MAKE CONCESSIONS.
Answer to United States and Oreat Britain
Concerning Contraband.
London (By Cable).?The prelimi- J
nary representations made by Count
Benkcndorff, the Russian ambassador,
to the Foreign Office indicate that
Russia is on the point of making sub
stantial concessions to the United
States and Great Britain regarding
the question of contraband of war,
as a result of the submission by For
eign Minister I.amsdorff of the re
port of the general commission to
Emperor Nicholas, together with in
formation transmitted by Ambassa
dor Benkendorff showing the views
of the British government.
' The Russian Foreign Minister is ex
pected to present to the British gov
ernment, through Sir Charles Hard
inge, the British ambassador to Rus
sia, Thursday the formal reply of the
Russian government. It is under
stood in official circles here that Rus
sia, while not acknowledging herseli
at fault for the captures made by bet
ships in the past, will in re specifically
describe the conditions under which
certain goods, such as foodstuffs and
cotton, become, in her view, contra
band.
The British Foreign Office is satis
fied from the representations made to
it that such substantial concessions
will be made by Russia as will lead to
an easy settlement of the vexatious
question.
Stole Labor Day Receipts.
Lnnsdalc, Pa. (Special).?Six mark
ed robbers visited the Lehigh Valley
Traction Company* car barn, at S<>n
derton, a few miles above here, and
after beating and gagging four em
ployes, blew open a safe and escaped
with between $700 and $800. the Labor
Day receipts of the company. The
men were all armed, and when the
employes of the company attempted
to resist they were assaulted with
blackjacks and then bound and gag
ged. There were two safes in the
office, but otdy one of them was
broken open.
Told to Stop Raids.
St. Petersburg (By Cable).?The
foreign office bus been informed that
the instructions to the Russian gov
ernment not to further interfere with
neutral shipping has been communi
cated to the volunteer fleet steamer
Petersburg in South African waters.
There is no news of the Smolensk,
which is to receive similar instruc
tions. The instructions sent to the
steamers are understood to have been
delivered through a Russian and not
through a foreign agency, and reached
them both, it is stated here, at 3
known rendezvous off the African
coast.
Batted Ball Kills Boy.
Chicago (Special).?Wendell Mil
ler, 12 years old, son of George M.
Miller, president of Ruskin University
at Glen Ellyn, 111., was killed hy a
batted ball while watching a base
ball game. Miller was sitting in the
grand stand when the ball struck bin
on the temple. He died in three min
utes. . ,
First Alaskan Cablegram.
Dallas, Tex. (Special).?Col. W. G
llorslay, of Greenville, Tex., received
the first cablegram ever sent over the
new Aslaska submarine cable which
has been laid from Seattle, Washing
ton, to Haines, Alaska. Colonel Mors
lay's son Herbert, a sergeant in the
United States Simml Corps, who ha
had charge ?>f the construction of tin
cable, alter sending greetings, an
nounccd that he would *-twt h'# Texas
hoiu* *v November.
14 PERISH IN A FIRE
Tie Victims Were Mostly Woae* aid
ChOdrea.
TENEMENT HOUSE A DEATH TRAP.
Tbe Male Occapaata Were the Raaf a ad
Leaped ta Neighboring Mouses?'Waaea
aad CMMrea Faaad Their Egrcaa Cat OK,
Repalriaf Beiag la Pragreaa la the Lowcj
Part ol the Haaac^
New York (Special).?Fourteen per
sons were killed and nearly a score
injured in a fire in a five-story double
tenement in Attorney street at an
early hour in the morning. It was
one of the worst fires in the loss of
human lives that has occurred on
the East Side in several years, al
though the properly loss was slight.
The dead include four women, one
man and nine children, ranging in age
from 3 months to u years.
Many of the injured were taken to j
hospitals, and it is thought that scv- I
eral of these will die. Among the j
injured were five firemen, who were
on a fourth floor balcony, when it fell j
with them.
The small number of mcr. among j
the killed and injured was due to the I
fact that most of the mer who lived in
the building, following the Attorney j
street custom in hot weather, were
asleep on the roof, while but few of j
the women and children were there. |
Those on the roof were unable to es
cape by descending through the burn
ing building, and made their way to
safety over neighboring roofs. Mean
while the members of their families
who had remained in their rooms
found escape cut off, and panic reigned
throughout the structure.
The fire started about 3 o'clock in
the morning, and there was consid
erable delay in sending in an alarm,
although the district is one of the
most thickly populated in the crowded
East Side of New York.
When the firemen reached the sccnc
?ome of the tenants were jumping
from the windows and from the ends
of fire escapes that reached only to
the second floor; others were crouch
ing in the smoke in the small rooms
and narrow halls. Several ambulances
were called, and the surgeons were
kept busy caring for the injured.
A number of daring rescues were
made by firemen and police, and the
conditions under which *hey worked
were unusual and difficult. The loss
of life was due chiefly to the fact that
alterations were being made in the
tenement building. The basement and
the first floor, the latter about six feet
?hove the sidewalk level, had both
ieen cut through, the front and rear
wails having been removed, and the
npper floors being supported by steel
beams. The exit from the upper floors
was by way of a small stepladder.
The fire is supposed to have been
rattsed by the explosion of a lamp that
had been left to light the hall on the
second floor and the sleeping tenants
were not aroused until the hallway
was ablaze and escape through the
building cut oflF.
The fire was soon extinguished and
the search for the dead be^an. Police
reserves had been called out. and with
difficulty kept back the crowd that
had gathered from the densely popu
lated neighborhood while the bodies
were being brought down to the street.
Most of the dead were found on the
two upper floors.
No Mediation Now.
Berlin (By Cable).?The German
Foreign Office, taking note of the
fresh assertions that the neutral pow
ers ar*? comparing views with the ob
ject of offering friendly mediation in
the war between Russia and Japan,
pays that such an idea is absurd at
this moment, as the Russian purpose
to continue the war ha* been clearly
made known. All the governments
nnderstood that Great Britain and
France, at some time agreed upon,
would offer to mediate when both
?eligerents desired it. When that time
arrived naturally there was nothing
:o preclude other neutral governments
from participating.
Six Perish In a Fire.
Yellow Creek, Ohio (Special).?Six
persons were burned to death and sev
eral terribly injured by a fire and ga?
explosion at this place. The house
of Henry S. Fling was ignited by ?
?treet lamp and the intense heat set
lire to the rig of a ?as well near the
house. The flames destroyed the der
rick atid communicated to a tank,
which was full of oil. Before the
occupants of the house realized their
danger a terrific explosion occurred.
The blazing oil wr thrown all over
?he house and their cscapc was cut
iff. The bodies were recovered after
;hc fire was subdued.
Blown Up Ry Mine.
Tnkio (By Cable).?Admiral IIoso
ya, commanding the third Japanese
M|uadron, reports that last Wednes
day morning a number of vessels
vveighed from Port Arthur and en
gaged in clearing away mines. The
Japa ?.lesc watched their operations sea
ward. At 2:25 P. M. a steamer struck
i mine and was blown tip The disas
ter occurred one mile below Cheng
Mimjshan, and it was plainly visible.
The number of lives lost is unknown.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
The War Department has promised
to co-operate with Governor Merrick,
of Ohio, to punish any regulars who
participated in the attack on the
guardsmen in Athens, O,
American ordnance officers would
like mi opportunity to see tT.?? damaged
Russian war-hips to compare the effi
ciency of thCarnegie and Bethlehem
armor-plate*.
Plans are b?ing arranged at the
Navy Department tor a reorganization
I of vb? battleship squadron.
WHERE THE ICE CROWS WILD. ,
I tore the tinted (lories of the flower# m
they smile
In the sun-defying meadow or the shsdy;
forest lisle:
And when the killing frost has come I seek
them once again.
In a snug conservatory 'neath the air-tight
window pane.
But, dear an are their beauties, I would
fain forsake them all
When the mercury, once docile, starts to
shake itself and crawl.
I'd cease mv cold-wave hoping?hoping bul
to l?e *>eguiled?
And start for old Alaska, where the ic#
grows wild.
Oh. puny little prism! On my doorstep
you repose;
Wher" the iceman daily leaves you as
along the line he 2oe?.
And you seem, when thirst is raging. and I
call you to the drouth.
Like a snowHake in an oven, as I put you
in my mouth.
Aad I long to leave tlie flowers and their
sweetness to the hoes:
To shun the treacherous breezes which go
ni siting through the trees;
To find the land of plenty, where the cold
in chunks is piled.
To dwell in old Alaska, where the ice
grows wild.
?Washington Star.
"So you wont to Dr. Portal's piano
recital, oh ? Tell me, what do you think
of his execution? r,> be thoroughly
frank with you. I think he thoroughly
deserved it."-Brooklyn Life.
Oh. what .i curious world thi?ei*
Alan struts with pride immense.
Ho walks like thirty millions when
He feels like thirty cents.
Cincinnati Connncrcial-Tribuiit.
Mrs. Iloupock?"This paper says that
married women live longer than siugle
ones. Mr. lienpeck?"Heavens, wo
man. Cant you think of something
pleasant to talk about?"-Ilarper's Ba
zar.
Tom?"So Miss Turner refused you.
eh? I>id she give you any reason for
doing ?? .lack?"Yes. indeed: two
of them." Tom?"What were theyV"
Jack?"Myself and another follow." ?
Superior (Wis.) Telegram.
"I guess Mr. Olden doesn't feel as
young as he did several months a??,"
remarked the observant man. "Why
do you think so?" "He used to joke
with that undertaker who lives near
him. but he doos-n't do it any more."
Is sleeplessness contagious? Wliv
Am alv/|ys Jbfo tb catch It:
? Philadelphia Ledger.
"Why can't you marry me? it's
true. I'm not enormously rich, still I
lia\e an income plenty l>ig enough to
support lis nicely." "Yes. but think
how ridiculously small the alimony
allowed out of it will be."?Town Ton.
ics. '
IIow did Eunice look at her wed
ding to-day?" Mrs. Taylor?"Oh. k1i?
looked well enough: but she acted at
though it was her first wedding! II
gave the whole affair a distinctly
crude nppcara nee."?Boston Tran
script.
Customer (angrily)?"I.ook at thoM
hoots! 1 only bought 'em a week ago!"
Shopman?"Ah! you must have beer
walking in them." Customer?"Why.
of course!" Shopman?"Ah. well, w?
only deal with carriage people here."
?Ally Sloper.
"Why did you quit the Rlehieya
Jane?" "It was the stinginess of 'cm.
mum. I was a lookin' out me kitchee
window one day. when the mistreat
comes in and gays that she'd give a
penny for me thoughts; and thoin mil
Uouaircs. mind you!"?Detroit Tree
Press.
Mrs. Sweetly?"My daughter, yoc
know, has Jnst graduated from musi?
school. Did you enjoy her piano re
cital last evening?" Mr. Bluntly
"Oh. yes. I was born near a holler
factory, and my mother always said I
Inherited a fondness for noise." he
troit Free Press.
"Napoleon" In Japanese.
An interesting case was brought nnd
won by a Japanese in a London court
the other day to recover from a pub
lishing Arm the sum of ?20, part of au
agreed price due him for translating
five volumes of a Japanese life of Na
poleon into English. The plniatiff'*
case was that lie estimated the work
would total 20,000 words, for which tlif
publishers agreed to pay ?25. The work
completed, however, it totalled only
13,000 words, and the publishers re
fused to pay. Asked how lie could *
make so great a miscalculation, the
Japanese s;iid it was difficult to ex
plain. but. as an instance, "N:ipo!?o?
was four words iu Japanese."
Howling One? Illegal.
Bowling, now so popular in this
country, was once prohibited by law.
It was formerly known as "nine pins'*
when only nine pins were used. (I
became the rage In England and waf
prohibited there by Edward IV. The*
the game was brought to this coutk
try and was also made unlawful l^
several States hero.
I But to avoid the law the enthusl*
I asts added one more pin. making II
j "ten pins" and became so popular tlia*
*ho ban against it was removed. Itr
j late years it has become known
i bowling because of tho Ilea v\
bowled down the nll-ys.
. 1 ?.
A Klfflicrmrn'ji
fndian fishermen to the number of
f>0o on the Skecua Hivov. British Co
lumbia. are on strike for ten rents a
li*h. the canneries refusing to glva
more than eight and a half rents. In
dian women have also r?f?#<>d to work
I In the canneries unless the dtuiaud of
the strikers is mu*