V -it
I
ill
hem.
sre thirteen train ho
calnst twenty-two in 1002.
;e may not be cc mfortlng to
of the 11KJ3 hold ups, but it
i.v f nil it Vi.i arn t.haf.
tW 4111 11 I iv. vvtuw
liot j VQt, come iu contact
I11CI1 WBS jailliueil niuiy.u
piled higher than either of
loads. All the lights of the
were out and the only illutni-
ramo (hroUEl lUe C OUUB 01
that hung between the interior
theeter and the street. The
en immediately hurried below
liformed Chief Musham of the
partment that the dead bodies
piled high in the balcony and
assistance muBt be rendered if
them were to bo saved. The
at once called on all his men to
Ion work on the fire and to go
to the rescue. Tho building
so dark and the smoke so thick
was found lmposuible to ac-
CLOSE UPMCES
CHICAGO BUILDING COMMISSION
ER TAKES ACTION.
HALLS ARE TICHTLY SHUT UP
Outside of Churches and Lodges Not a
Place of Meeting is to Be Open
Steps for Public Safety Must First
Be Taken.
It
Lush anvthlne until lights had
obtained. More than 200 lights
quickly carried into the build
and the work of remo;ina the
ies was begun.
no large truck ordinarily ised for
veylng freight to depots was so
Lily loaded with dead In front ot
theater that the two draft horses
ached to It were unable to start
the police were compelled to as
by tugging at the wheels.
15 u ttho re's uTT isTn tl re ly"u pent le'iiT U
.1.- j .l..nnn..nntl..n Tim
UPOn MIC UCMIUfciai.IVl.uiin:iii.i""' -
minority party's choice cannot now
bc foretold with any ecrttilnty. Ac
cord I mzl v. the irrcatest event of. 1004,
V.r. v-..-: iiiih ill itlt-,11
ul several noma m -
Suilday, when every bcase was In
urgent demand, It required about
twice as long to reach a cemetery as
under normal conditions. Arrange
ments were made u ho undertakers
to bave as many funerals as, possible
held in the early part ot tne uay, in
order to allow if possible, the use ot
the hearse for a second funeral iu
the afternoon. In a number of cases
this was done, but there were in
stances where the families who were
to wait for the return of the hearse
wnro fHsBimointed and were com-
u.i . ,i,fnr ihp luirlal of their
pUlHHl IVf u' '
loved ones until Monday. H is not
v.wwte,l that there will be any fur-
in ihi direction as the
cii-miia tn the cemeteries are now in
..... iu..n aa tn nermit of the
BUCI1 I'lJiniiinu "
passage of funerals in almost tnc or
dinary time.
CHICAGO After Monday night it
will, for some weeks at least, be prac
tically Impossible to hold a public
mooting of any kind in Chicago out
side of churches. Building Commis
sioner Williams issued an order clos
ing all public hulls, dunce halls ad
Turnvereln halls and all similar places
of public assenibage until an inspec
tion has shown that they are comply
ing with all provisions of the building
ordinance. As there are upward of 4in
halls in Chicago ranging in size from
those that will accommodate fifty per
sons up to those with a sealing capac
ity of TiiHI, this order will affect as
mauy persons as the theater closing
order. Protests were numerous, but
the building commissioner was inflex
ible. He said:
"Many of these halls are worse thnn
any theater In Chicago, some of them
are put up with no restrictions such
as govern theaters and ninny of them
are fire traps of the worst kind."
Two years ago a general inspect ion
of halls was made before the com
mencement of Building Commissioner
Williams' administration. Notwith
standing this, the .commissioner suys
he will take no chances und that ev
ery hall must satisfy the requirements.
The sole exception is in favor of prr1
vate lodge halls, which do not fall
within the scope of the order.
.Mr. Williams w as not if) I Monday
night of the election of Joseph M.
Downey, a prominent contractor and
trustee of tho board or education, as
chairman of the Joint committee- se
lected at Mayor Harrison's request, by
the various architects' and builders'
associations to inspect all of the down
town theaters.
It was pointed out to the building
commissioner Monday an indicating
that, the Iroquois theater was opened
prematurely, that the $10,i)(m bonds
filed with the street department by the
Fuller Construction company April 20
to secure the proper use of the street
and to insure the city against damage
to the frontage in excavation had not
been redeemed. At the office or the
street department it was declared to
be the Invariable custom of coiitr-c-tors
to redeem I he bonds as soon us
the work was finished and the work
accepted.
Mayor Harrison and seven aldermen,
who have been apiKiinted members of
the city council committee to suggest
legislation in relation to theaters, met
Monday afternoon with the theater
managers, every playhouse in Chicago
xcepting the Great Northern being
presented. The managers asked it
bey could notjupn "ToiiibJioiwtiatlo. I
Seats Uli-1,.1 ..a onil
-'1i:m:u iiiv ii " " ,..'
Ion the lower floor only.
THE NEW CANAL TREATY.
President Sends to Congress a Special
Message.
WASHINGTON. President Koose.
elt sent to the senate and house on
Monday a special message in regard
to the new Panama canal treaty. He
treats the topic in every respect at
gieat length, reciting a history of the
Umithian commerce In support ol re
cent action The I'nited Suites, he
says, must control the carnl An ob
ligation rests upon this natVn to se
cure unrestricted use of the fame. He
details at much length our dealings
with Columbia, and says that (he nego
tiations In which the I'nited States
was just and generous wtve rejected
by tho South American government..
In the course of his message Pres
ident Roosevelt says the fact is
brought homo that if a canal is built
to connect the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans the I'nited States is the only
country that can build it. The act of
congress providing for the waterway,
he maintains, favors the Panama
route, with Niacaragua secondary, at
least. If not a last resort, lie pre
seats a mass of documentary evidence
bearinx on the revolution going to
prove that this government iu no way
instigated . , but acted the part of
defender of life and property, and car
ried out its treaty pledge to the world
to preserve nee transit across the
Isthmus. Colombia, the president
says, brought about the rising by her
own bad faith toward the I'nited
States, and disregard for the pleas of
the seceding people of Panama. Fi
nally, says the president to congress,
the question resolves ilscir Into the
plain proposition: Shall the new
treaty with Panama be ratified: shall
the canal bo built ?
FIRE DAMAGES THE CAPITOL.
Loss is Estimated All the Way From
$300,900 to $700,000.
DKS MOINES The beautiful Iowa
state capitol. erected at a cost of $ !,
000.000 und just now undergoing exten
sive and costly repairs, was greatly
damaged by fire Monday. It is rough
ly estimated that the loss is from
;::oii.ooo to $7(Ni.ii(iii.
The lire was discovered about lo:::n
o'clock u. m. and was not extinguish
ed until II p. in. in what is known as
committee room No. .1. which is a
small room occupied during legislative
sessions generally by the clerk of the
house and which is on the same floor
as the house of representatives anil
between the room of the speaker anil
the office ol' the clerk of the house.
The room was one of many that were
being used by the small army of work
men engaged in repairs of the build
ing. The floor was lltered with paint
and relH arl the painters had done
paint mixing in the
tor. Samuel Addiiigtou.
at work near the room.
some purpose and
whole interior was
been left shut up n'"l
the fire hud beet)'
RTAIN WAS BAl
ID TO HAVE FAILED TO WORK
AT PREVIOUS FIRE.
EMPLOYES WERE 1NC0MPETESS
pre-
Wedncsdity,
much eir
room I Si
w ho If 1
enter! 1
foun4 I
rl
"II
of. the
"Gut.IIeil.'or and aldermen positively
decided against it. It was declared
that, all placeR must remain closed un
til the ordinance requirements had
been fully met. The managers, on de
parting from the mayor's office, reit
erated their purpose of obeying the di
rections of the mayor and city coun
cil, but urged haste in drawing up the
new ordinances as the closing of the
houses necessitates great financial loss
by them.
OF LAST YEAR.
Lia-
PORTO RICANS NOT ALIENS.
De-
Dead will Reach Six Hundred.
Later reports give estimates that
ill probably bring the dead up to
x hundred. The City Press associa
tion discontinued all attempts to keep
irack of the number of dead bodies
the morgues, the fact being palpa-
le that tho effort was more produc
tive of error than genuine informa
tion owing to the confusion Incident
tot'' i .,val of bodies and the dazed
F' those In char3e from
o rvcornskase , .,. illrn The roe-
Iptinira bribe npiriin ahriwln? thft IsHiin
r of republic, at the coroner's ot
ic penitentiary tuted. as a less nnsatlB-
ho belong the of keeping the death
'.) Register. '
One Hundred New Year
Is the vnluc II. )' (lay funeral proces-
iiertoo, S. C, me snuw-
lv,t,.i. tTt,.i s to various cemeteries
I, IbVll 11H-VI . ,
, ..ii ... ..nc aooui tno various
ii id Hie lines , i u w
i . : . , undertaking establish
failed except PeU ll ,h aa
ilvc. 11 cured me,
Dead List Increases.
ti, iter nf dead was Increased to
DS8 Sunday by the death of Leroy
noinhni.1 n hov of 4 years, who was
..,ui humeri, and died In St. Luke 8
DUliitij ...... , -
i.i nf ttn ten bodies at the
nonyiLcii. v
... iu four more were Iden
couiii; mih,,v
ifln,l SnniHiv.
trt-iiii-ori nf whom there is any
record nowVumber 103, although tho
number of I nose wno weie "b""j
w.'rf ,.,i!, u Iwell this number greatly.
tA iipniile went to their
i1lUU-J VIL t
'.. I a i mlirinnr ronnrt
Ituiut-a i -- -
lng themUlves to the polico as In
4,,"at
J",D"' .. ,
n.itatHo nf the numerous iuih-uub
i,.( worn held in the city Sunday it
liiuv ' v " . ,
was the first day of rest the city nas
oinno int Wednesday after-
,n 1 ph than twenty persons can
rd at the office of the chief of ponce
for permits to visit morgues, ami lew
worn at the hospitals.
" . . . ,
intin Schm dt. the stage nanu u
Is said to have left open the reflector
which prevented the asbestos cur.atn
la Btlll sought by
the police. Ho Is believed to be In
M.iinT In the cltv. but the chief of
eri an Intimation from his
friends that Schmidt will be ready
. la wanted as a witness at
the coroner's inquest next Thursda-y
United States Supreme Court so
cides in O'd Gnnza'es Case.
WASHINGTON-in an opinion by
Chief .lust Ice Fuller the suiirenie court
of the I'nited State:; decided thai the
citizens ol' Porlo Rico are not aliens
of the I'nited States and that they are
entitled to enter this country without
obstruction.
The opinion was delivered in the
ense of the Porto Kieun woman Gon
zales who, In l!to2. was refused admis
sion to the port of New York on the
ground that she was likely to become
a public charge. The decision was
based entirely on the immigration act
of 1801 and took the ground that the
Porto Uicans owe allegiance to tho
United States and to no other govern
ment.
Bradstreeft Report 9,568 with
bilities Of $154,277,033.
NKW YORK There were l.r,iiR
failures reported to nradstreefs in
inu3. with liabili-
in,- . ...... j
ties of $l(J,277.o:i and assets ot S.-11(10.47.-1.
This marked a decrease in
number of just 2 per cent from IfurJ
and of 8 per cent from 11)01.
ifi.i. ii,., ..v...-niimi of 18!!t. the in-
11 llll III'. -
crease, over which is l.-t per cent, the
year 19n3 shows the smallest number
of failrre casualties reported since
1SS7 Liabilities, however, owing pri
marily to the increase in suspensions
of financial Institutions, but also be
cause of the heavy number of manu
facturing concerns suspending. '
larger by -t.". per cent than those or
WH and the heaviest in fact since
1897. There were 9:111 failures involv
ing $S.3'2S,3(i2 of liabilities and $11,812.
1117 ol assets in the Dominion of Can
awl in 'V! decrease of 12 per cent
in numbA rl I a practically i.ientica.
total of liabilities.
WHERE DIFFERENCE ARISES.
It ii" Vifleged They Wore Not Experi
enced and Were Employed Because
Cheap Investigation of the Dit-atter.
CHICAGO. Kviileuce showing
grosser ciiminal negligence than an
urevi.iii.iy developed was given under
troth in the tire denarttuent's Invcui
gatiou of thv Iroquois horror
Joseph Daugbcriy. who had charge
of the curtain, swore that iwn weeks
ago during a nun luce peri'orm.uice
there was a fire on ihe stage and
I bat when he attempted to lower the
asbestos curtain It was stopped b the
same obstruction, v projecting plank
placed lor a lantern stand, that
vented its operation last
the fatal ullernoon
The cmiuin manager declares that
be protested at that time. Inn that,
no uiiniilio.i was paid lo hi warn
ing. In his opinion, if dm curtain
hud been run down during the fatal
matinee, the lives of many, if not all
Ihe victims of the disaster, might,
have been saved. It was only by Hie
merest chance that a panic was avert
ed as the result of the first fire. Tho
skylight at that lime, he said, was se
curely closed.
After the Interview with Daiigheiiy
Attorney Kulkerson said the rumor of
a previous lire at the theater hud
been investigated several days ago.
but as il had been denied by nntid of
the authorities. Including
Davis, he had been compi
lieve that ihe report had
lusls.
"So far as I can learn," said At
torney Kulkerson, "Hie fire Inn weeks
ago was in a pile or combust Dili- ma
terial back or the stage and was ex
linguislieil without alarming Hie audi
ence. The fire curtain failed to work,
and why this warning was disregard
ed Is a matter lhat somebody will
b.ive to explain."
Daughoi.'y's statement was made
under oulli. Speaking of the skyllgli;
on the liny or the first lire, Diiugberty
declared that the skylights above ih-
stage were closed, as were the ven
tilators between the skylights. The
latter were designed to create an up
ward draught in case of fire. Tho
ventilators were operated by a lever,
but Daughterly declared no attempt,
was made to ooen them during the
tragic fire which came a few days
later. The ventilators were in per
fect condition, he said, and had been
operated a number of times during tho
engagement of the Hlue Heard com
pany. He could give no explanation
JIK to Why the vents were mil nnem-il
n the (lie broke nut.
Ileciirriw ciiiiuin, waiigiieny
insisted lh " waK "'" 11 "
the prosceniiX" anl1- 1"" ,h "ve-foot.
plank which YHH mted as a platform
to' sustain his s.'" "k1" wl'i'1'
i ii. ouliuui.Tt ciinuin.
Will .1.
led to be
no proper
W I
Korea is
in
HUSBAND SEARCHED IN VAIN
Who
Wife Identified by Dentist
Had Worked on Her Teeth.
CHICAGO, 111 A. . Dixon had
searched morgues and hospitals in
vain for three days, often looking upon
the body of his wife, but railing to
recognle it, Ihe family dentist who
had worked on Mrs. Dixon's teeth five
years ago Identified me uouy among
the Iroquois theater dead at the coun
ty morgue on Monday. Mr. Dixon'him-
self then recognized tho body as
that of his wife. Mrs. Dixon went lo
the theater with her daughters, lCrina.
years old. and Leah. 1.1 years old.
The dead bodies of both little girls
were Identified at Ihe outset.
the Bone of Contention
the Far East.
PARIS. It developed Tuesday that
the greatest difference between Rus
sia and Japan arises from the prop
osition made by Russia that neutral
ity shall be established, extending
from Pins Van in Korea on the south
lo the Russian frontier on Hie north.
The Russian government has express
ed u willingness to-recognize the pre
pondering Influence of Japan in the
remainder of Korea, mm uie iiumie.-.
or the , intevriiy of China and of
Korea.
Japan, however, saw n reason why
the proposed neutral zone should be
established, holding lhat the entire
penlr.-.ula should be subject to her
preponderance of influence. The at
tiuirie of Russia is believed to be due
to the fact that if Japan controls
K,,r.. she will thereby be able to
more easily menace Port Art hut
well ns Vladivostok
ARBITRATION CONFERENCE.
Prominent Soeakers to Advocate The
Hague Tribunal.
WASHINGTON The international
arbitration conference is to meet here
next Tuesday and on the afternoon o
that day at the Lafayette theater a
muss meeting will be held In further
ance of the arbitration movement.
Prominent persons from all over tin
country are expected to speak on that,
occasion, those already having prom
ised to do so including Cardinal Gib
bons. Andrew Carnegie, ltahbi llirscli
of Chicago. President Wilson or
Princeton, Governor Durbin of Indi
ana, Kriward ICverett Hale and Clark
Howell of Atlanta.
The object of the conference is to
consider Ihe question ol the adoption
of a I real v between the Cnited Stale
and Greal Hiitain by which the two
nations will agree lo resort to The
Hague tribunal In a certain soecifieij
class of cases.
Place for Corporal Tanner.
WASHINGTON It was announce I
officially at the White house Monday
that "Corporal" James Tanner will be
appointed register of wills for the Dis
trict of Columbia, to succeed Louis A.
Dent, the change to take place April
1. Mr. Dent will be appointed to a
post In the consular service. Mr. Tan
ner was commissioner of pensions ilnd
came to Washington from Hrool-lyu.
av rvli?lit nml Thnrft-
'011 of tllO heal'mpn anneared at the
wiMlin's and Jordan s
relieves afternoon who had
Iceillifeet for forly-clght
, sorely searching for those
ufn ti The greater number
Fiickm)Se wo Placrs B"J
wed the ghastly rows
) and bad gone on
-w . . -
i, i to every morgue
k ' 'mum In thn rllv tn
om the theater had
back t nco more to
Man'3 almost in de-
agalnst hope that
verlooked their dead
or that had crowded
floors on Thursday
:brcb they were un-
y olhersithty were
Fall of
Icareful
Id away
i ...
bodies
M Ideation
J hon
I such
ttie
libl
an.T
r.oronsr's Investigation.
utnnln st 9 o'clock Monday
morning Coroner Trseger and the
jury impaneled to sit at the inquest
,m ramimn Hr task or coiiecuoR evi
dence in the theater building. An
exhaustive examination fo the build-
in win he mado and particular at
tentlon will be paid to any violations
of the building ordinances tnai may
k fnnnfi In accordance with the re
quest of the members of the jury, alt
sightseers and even waicnmen win
t.. oTriurled from tho building whllo
examination Is in progress. The jury
.. -.,1,1 tn iim rnrnner that tney oo
lltlS Ml" 1" ''"
.iah onv nnrson to hear tne qnes
.in. th v may put to anybody,
as they fear publicity wl" tnienere
.uh ihn thoroushness of the Inquiry
llet auso of the unlimited scope that
th. ,..irnner Intends to give to the Ii
.......i..,in li ( pKiircted that the
vi'nvignviwii '
-.-.-v. ..f i.uiinr tcHtlmonv will con
t, ill n vi '"-."n -
sume several wttk.
Getting on a War Footing.
YOKOHAMA The government is
completing the final preliminaries for
plating the country on a war root
ing. Imperial ordinances Issued au
thorize Ihe government to make an
unlimited Issue of treasury bonds to
provide war funds, creating a special
council of war and fixing the Imperial
headquarters. In tho event of war,
should a special issu'. or war Ponds
be made by Japan. It Is understood
that the bonds can be disposed of In
England.
as
Internal Revenue Increases.
WASHINGTON The monthly siate
nient of collections of internal reve
nue show thai, during the month of
November. 19UP.. the total receipi.-i
were $'Ji.S74.SH4, an increase fir the
month of l.r,t;2.r,?4. For the five
months the total r-cellils exceed those
for the corresponding period In-n year
by $2,7U27.
Manv are Idle in Chicago.
CHICAGO. The closing down of
rtiicBeo theaters by order of Mayor
li.t-rimm has caused paralysis or busi
ness In many directions. Three tho'i--..nil
nctors. stage hands and people
who depend directly on Ihe theaters
r,r a livinc. are idle, with no hope of
miiirvment for urobably a fortnight.
Restaurants thai cater to tho Iheatrl-
rut rndlences have laid on many em
ployes. The hotels are complaining
and trsftlc on the street railways Iisr
fallen tiff at nigh'.
Iowa Delegation to Meet.
WASHINGTON A meeting of the
Iowa delegation for the puipose of
naming a successor to JmU-e. O. P.
Shiras, who recently retired from the
district bench, will in all probability
be called the latter part of this week,
although Senator Allison, chairmji of
the caucus, is undecided whether to
call a meeting for Friday or Satur
day. All members Interested in the
choice of r- successor to Judge Shiras
are In Washington, Senator Allison
returning on Tuesday, the rah.
Steel If ' Close Down.
CH1CAC.C.VT Tho entire plant of
the Illinois Si -mpany at South
Chicago, was closed down Wednesday
night for an Indefinite period, throw
I i.u fi.R00 men out of employment. No
hot Ice w as posted of when work would
be resumed In the great mills, but. at
the offices of tho compnny It was said
that tho shutdown would last for at
least three wei ks. When Ihe nulls are
reopened It- Is reported a wage cut
fmbi 10 to 1" l'ur cent will lie put Into
force. I
Deports Miners' Leaders.
TELLl'RIDH. Colo. Twenty men
arrested here by the military author
ities, including former Attorney Gen
eral Eugene Kngley. counsel for the
Ti.iinriiin Miners' union: Guy K. Mil
ler, president of Ihe union, and J. C.
Williams, vice piesldent of the West
ern Federation of Miners, were placed
on board a norihlHUind trai and
taken beyond the boundaries of San
Miguel county under military guard.
Tiiev will not be allowed to return
j while martial law Is In effect.
"Great Concessions" Made.
ST. PETERSBURG In, her reply to
Japan, ltussla mado great concessions,
and hopes her proposal will provt
acceptable lo Japan. The foreign of
fice Informed the Associated Pre
that Instructions had been sent to
Viceroy Alt xieff. on wtoicli in
was based. The latter was drawn up
In the most conciliator spirn -
of Ihe Japanese proposals were
copied, while others fvcre made
I .nl, led or extended '.lliKcrvntions.
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