Nebraska Newspapers

    The O'Neill Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher,
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
David Yoliln, a member of the muni,
clpallty of Jerusalem, says that the au.
thorftles In the holy city are consider
Ing the provision of an adequate watej
supply and the installation of a moderr
system of drainage. Peopl-- in Jerusa
lem are beginning to realize that t
greater Influx of tourists, on whom th«
Inhabitants principally depend for theii
livelihood, can only bo expected ll
things are made comfortable for therr
by the provision of proper accommo
dations, the lighting and paving of th«
streets, tho freeing of tha city froir
dust and improvement of travel facili
ties.
"The Argentine Republic,” says th«
Prague Presse, "has found a customei
for Its beef on this side of the ocean
The Austrian government, which wae
asked to take 10,000 tons, has ordered
a sample lot of 700 tons to be delivered
In December. The great American beel
companies did not show any activity In
the direction of securing an order from
Austria, because of the duty difficulties,
preferring to employ their beef ships
In transporting their products to Eng
land, where the customs regulations
gnake It easy to do business,"
I Farmer Hodge gave a feast to his
men at harvest time. Giles was the
.oldest laborer, an4 tha hostess, with
beaming cordiality, motioned him to
•the seat by her right hand. But Giles
remained silently unresponsive.
"Come,” said the hostess, "don’t be
ibashful, Mr. Giles; you've a right to
It he place of honor, you know.” Giles
[deliberated a moment, then spoke:
"Thank ydu, klndlv, Mrs., Hodge," he
said, "but lr It’s all the same to you,
I’d rather sit opposlto this puddin’.”
Miss Mabel Macher, a graduate
(nurse until recently In charge of the
operating room In the Eye and Ear
Infirmary of New York city, liaB gone
(to China to take the position of head
'nurse In the University of Pennsyl
vania medical school at Canton. Miss
Margo Leo Lewis, an assistant teach
er In Mount Holyoke college last year,
has gone to Seoul, Korea, where she
expects to teach In the girls’ school
under an appointment by the Presbyte
rian board of missions.
. It may not be generally known that
the term "alma mater," which Is uni
versally applied to colleges and univer
sities .where men receive their schol
astic training, is of purely Catholic or
igin. It had Its source at the Univer
sity of Bonn, and drew its inspiration
from the beautifully chiseled statue of
the mother of Christ—known as tha
Alma Mater—placed over the principal
portal of that celebrated seat of learn
ing. _
Chicago commission men object
strenuously, according to the Tribune,
to a proposal to sell eggs by weight.
“From time Immoral/' Bays one of their
spokesmen, “eggs have been collected,
bought, sold and shipped by the dozen.
The farmer has marketed them, the
■nipper has shipped them and the
markets of the world have priced and
quoted them by the dozen, and there Is
a natural and Inherent reason for this.
The egg is a unit of substantial uni
formity.”
i A London writer questions whether
Mr. Churchill had so splendid a holiday
In the near oust as Disraeli did nearly
*0 years ago, when he made a cruise 011
the yacht of his friend, James Clay.
“You should see me," wrote Disraeli
from James Clay’s yacht, "in the cos
tume of a Greek pirate—a blood-red
ehlrt with silver studs as big as shlll-j
lngs, an Immense scurf for girdle, fu(f
of pistols and daggers, red cap, red
slippers, broad blue-striped jacket and
trousers."
With the approach of cold weather
the market for mining machinery for
the gold and silver mines of northern
Ontario shows Increasing activity. In
camps beyond the reach of the rail
way It Is Impossible to get In heavy
loads excepting during the winter.
Many of the mine owners In Porcupine
and Gowganda are now ordering plants.
An Increasing proportion of the ma
chinery, which was formerly nearly all
Imported, Is now made In Canada.
There will be a crusade tn spruce
gum digging In the Maine woods this
winter. About 20 men will leave Skow
hegan within a short time to begin
■urn digging operations near .bickman
Hum has grown scarce In the last few
t ears and the demand la so great that
It has become a business to many
Maine men. Last year James Carey,
Frank Cronin and Jse Cass dug 1300
pounds and sold It all In Maine. It
us estimated that from 50,000 to 100 000
pounds will be dug this season.
“The Administration of the Police
Department In Some City In the Unit
ed States with a Population of More
Than 200,000,’’ Is the subject selected
for the National Municipal league’s
competitive essay for the William H.
Baldwin $100 prize.
Two concessions for supplying Mex
ican cities with gas plants have re
cently been secured by an American.
Both run for 50 years, during which
time the plants shall be exempt from
taxation.
Thorticograph Is the name that has
been given a machine which has been
Invented to draw diagrams of a per
son's chest movements during reoplra
tlon.
The State Federation of Women's
clubs of Michigan voted 2 to 1 In fa
vor of woman suffrage at Its annual
meeting recently held in Battle Creek.
The hobble skirt may do for avenue
promenading, but It is a flat failure
for wear when ice skating. Not a few
young women have found that out.
Professor Tamassla. of the Univer
sity of Padua, has discovered a new
system of identification by photograph
ing the veins on the hands.
Argentina lias reached the Louis XV
tvpe in furniture and the "arts and
crafts" movement for simplicity finds
no appreciation there.
According to the London Gazette,
Middle Island, South Shetlands. docs
not exist, and has been expunged from
the official charts,
Buenos Aires is also working for the
"city beautiful." In nine years it has
set out 142,000 trees and has opened
SO parks.
There are cattle ranches in Argentine
■with so many buildings that they al
most form a town in themselves.
The British mint recently turned out
Its first square coin—o-eent nickel
bronze pieces for use in Ceylon.
The Austrian river Polk drops into a
big hole and disappears entirely Into
the interior of the earth.
Portuguese East Africa, p'-'vlnce of
‘Mozambique, is developing rubber
j Industry.
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
IS EESTCORN AREA
Labor Commissioner Names
Knox, Cedar, Cuming and
Platte In $2,000,000 Class.
Lincoln, Neb., Per. 24.—As State
Labor Commissioner Maupin figures it,
northeastern Nebraska is the finest
:orn growing section of the state. In
bis annual report Just filed with the
governor, Mr. Maupin says that, not
counting Custer county, which leads
purely because of its great size, the
best four corn growing counties in the
state arc Knox, Cedar, Cuming and
Platte, where the yield in dollars runs
over 12,000,000 for each. Cedar county,
with nearly 3,000.000 bushels, leads all
others in the state in tlie production of
oats, closely followed by Platte, Knox,
Saunders and Madison. Holt leads in
the production of rye, with Antelope
fourth and Brown fifth. Cherry and
Holt produced the greatest crop of hay,
while Boone is fifth in alfalfa produc
tion. Cuming is third, Burt fourth and
Saunders fifth in the spring wheat
crop, the great winter wheat produc
tion being in central Nebraska.
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SIOUX CITY WOMAN
DIES AT ELGIN, NEb.
Elgin, Neb., Dec. 24.—Mrs. Emma
Cooley, aged 23, of Sioux City. Ia., died
this morning at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Waldron, of
this place, of diabetes. The burial will
tako place tomorrow at 1 p. m. at Ser
geant Bluff. Ia. There are no children.
Mrs. Cooley arrived on a visit to her
parents Monday and since that time the
disease had taken a radical change
terminating her life suddenly and un
expectedly.
DUMMY WEST IS RETIRED
AT END OF THE EIGHTH
Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 24.—Before a
large audience last night, "Montana"
Jack Sullivan, of O’Neill, Neb., won
from “Dummy” West, In the eighth
round of what was to have been a 20
round bout. Sullivan had his man go
ing In this round, and West’s second,
fearing a knockout, tossed the sponge
Into the ling.
A special train brought in many fight
fans from O'Neill. Many sports from
Sioux City occupied ringside seats.
Sullivan had aspirations for the light
weight championship, and a largv
following Is ready to back him.
BIBLES GALORE FOB
HOTELS OF CHICAGO
Gideons Will Distribute 6,000
Copies of the Sacred Work
to Hostelries.
Chicago. Dec. 24.—Six thousand blbles
Are to be placed In the hotel bedrooms
of Chicago. ■
They will not be chained down. If a
guest steals a blble to read It, the
book will be replaced and the loss
charged to the credit account, because
the purpose of the project Is to en
courage blble reading.
The Gideons, an association of Chris
tian traveling men of the United
States, are back of the movement Dur
ing the year this organization has
placed ever 50,000 blbles In the hotels
of most of the big cities of the coun
try, Reports from every direction In
dorse tlie Idea. Bible reading Is said
to have received u tremendous impe
tus. Religious workers enthusiastically
approve the plan.
Heads of important religious organi
zations of Chicago are lending their
support to the move to equip the Chi
cago hotels with blbles. It is believed
transient visitors will be brought In
touch with religious Influences, where
as men and women of this class gen
erally cannot be reached by the reg
ular routine of church and social
work.
Bibles will go into the Chicago hotels
in this proportion: La Salle hotel, 1,
000; Great Northern, 400; Stratford,
210; Auditorium, 365; Grand Paciflc,
200: Lexington. 300; Saratoga, 265; Ma
jestic, 200; Kaiserhof, 260; Windsor
Clifton, 157.
BRITISH OFFICERS GO
TO A GERMAN PRISON
Two of Them Are Found Guilty
of Spying on Kaiser’s Mili
tary Layout.
Lelpslc, Germany, Dec. 24.—Captain
Bernard Frederick Trench, of the
British Royal Marine infantry, and
Lieutenant Vivian H. Brandon, of the
Royal navy, were today found guilty
nf espionage on the German fortifica
tions at Horkum and sentenced each to
font years' imprisonment in a fort
ress.
The British spies were arrested at
Borkum on August 22 and 23. Bran
don is a brotherinlaw of Sir William
Bull, m. p.. Trench is a grandson of
Lord Ashtown and a descendant of
Archbishop Trent.
When arrested botti admitted frank
ly they had come to Germany to col
lect information which they intended to
place at the disposal of the British
government This admission was re
peated at the trial yesterday.
SPRINGFIELD MAN ON
SOLDIERS’ HOME BOARD
Pierre. S. D., Dec. 24.—J, L. Turner,
of Springfield, has been appointed a
member of the soldiers’ home board to
take the place of J K. Pratt, resigned.
The appointment is dated December
20, '910.
In many country districts in Hungary
superstition is still rife. One of the
latest evidences of this comes front
Grosswardein In the communities of
Vaskoh and Baresd severe earthquake
shocks were experienced and in the
former place the church bells were
started ringing A "witch" living in
| the neighborhood persuaded the peas
ants that the devil was hungry and
was shaking ttie earth in his anger.
Thereupon they collected a number of
calves and goats and drove them Into
a cave where the devil was supposed
to be dwelling. After this they set
! fire tc the fonst in two places to drive
out the devil living there.
I
CANDY KID ROBBER IS
! GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
He Confesses to Two Murders,
Including That of a Chicago
Physician.
Chicago, D<c. —Leigh Rhodue,
known as the "caud.' kid" robber to
the j oih o. when arrested in East St.
Louis )'<)• burglary a month ago, con
fessed to two murders in Chicago, be
cause lie said he preferred a murder
trial in Chicago to a burglary trial in
East St. Louis, today was sentenced
to life imprisonment. His victims were
Dr. William S. Mlchaelis and Anton
Helbig, a contractor, both of whom
[resisted robbery.
In addition to the life sentence, Judge
Karston also sentenced Rhodus to serve
three indeterminate tariffs of imprison
ment, each from one year to life Im
prisonment This was to forestall pos
sible applications for parole later, it
was announced.
Rhodes gained his police characters
I nation from his confession that he
fobbed more than 100 persons in Chi
cago so that his young bride might
jhave candy and confections.
-• Os --—
RAILROAD STRIKE
LOOMS SERIOUSLY
Chicago, Dec. 26.—The wage dispute
between the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and the 61 railroads, west,
north and south of Chicago, today be
came critical, and It was admitted that
a sudden break In negotiations would
not lie unexpected.
None of the parties to the contro
versy, the board of railway managers,
[Brand Chief Warren S. Stone, of the
Brotherhood, or Mediator Charles P.
Neil, would say anything touching on
the situation Elsewhere it was learned
however that despite the fact the two
parties were only a trifling percentage
of the present wage schedule apart.,
each side saw In the. efforts of the
other matter of grave import which
pvershadowed the mere dollars and
cents involved.
RAILWAY WON’T SHIP
SNAKES TO NEW YORK
Asheville Man Brings Suit
Against Express Company as
Result of Refusal.
Asheville, N. C., Doe. 26.—Because th©
Southern Express company refused to ac
cept shipments of rattlesnakes a promising
jlnfant industry has been swatted a death
(blow. Manuel Weeks, a citizen of Swain
county, this state, alleges that he has
cause for grievance against the company
and has filed suit asking tch $5,000 dam
ages.
Weeks owns much land adjoining the
Vanderbilt forest. It is rough and un
tillable and especially adapated to rattle
snake culture. A New York naturalist,
noticing the fine qualities of snakes that
[inhabited the cliffs of Weeks' farm, en
'teror Into a contract with him to pay $5
each for the extra large snakes and othera
.accordingly.
Weeks soon had a big catch of the
deadly rattlers, which he boxed up and
shipped to the New York address. He
received a check and shipped a second
lot, but while en route to New York the
box was smashed. The rattlers escaping
made the express crew desert the car. A
day or so afterward the agent at Bryson
City received an order to accept no more
'snakes for shipment.
COUPLE IS MARRIED
IN MISSOURI PRISON
Woman Weds Man of Her
Choice and Says She Will
Reform Him.
1 Jefferson City. Mo.. Doc. 26.--The
first wedding ever solemnized in the
Missouri penitentiary took place today,
when Governor Hadley, at the request
of Mrs. Iluth Rltch, of Kennett, Mo.,
paroled Charles Beachamp, that they
might wed. They were engaged when
Beachamp was brought to the prison to
serve two years for assault with Intent
to kill.
The woman pleaded with the gov
ernor that she would see that Beu
.hamp lived a proper life in the future.
H’he ceremony was performed In the
warden’s office.
PADLOCK BILL NOW
THE LAW OF SPAIN
Premier Wins Victory Over the
Clerical Party In Securing
Its Passage.
Madrid, Dec. 26.—After a stormy all
night session, the chamber of deputies
today passed the government’s "pad
lock bill" by a vote of 10$ to 20. This
is a notable victory for Premier Canal
»jas, obtaine d after a bitter fight in
folving not only the opposition in
£ipain, but of the Vatican, whose seal
of disapproval was set noon the legis
lation even before it had been sub
mitted to the cortcs.
As originally drawn the bill prohib
ited the creation of further religious
establishments in the country until the
revision of the concordat had bocn
completed or definite laws on the sub
ject passed. In the senate the govern
ment accepted the amendment of Karon
Saore Idrio, limiting the period of in
terdiction against new congregations to
two years.
ST. PETERSBURG—The refractory
behavior of the Chinese provincial au
thorities in Manchuria is the subject
of an editorial appearing in ‘ho Novoe
v'remya. Tire newspaper recalls a
scries of Incidents within the present
year, the scries culminating with a
reference to the maltreat trier.t of Ccl
onel Raddaz commander of the Amur
Cossack regiment, who was arrested on
December 16 while visiting the Chinese
side near Blagovic shti liensK. Colonel
Raddaz was bound. Ids vpaulets torn off
! and he was spat upon. Kfnalty ho vvajs
released L y the Cossacks.
GHICAGO WILL PAY
MILITARY HONORS
; TO DEAD FIREMEN
Twenty-Three Corpses Have
Been Taken From Ruins,
, and Total Death List
Is 28.
Chicago, Dec. 26.—Firemen early this
afternoon announced they were con
pfident they had the stock yards fire un
,der control.
I With all city firemen accounted for
'except Engine Captain Dennis Doyle,
4ihe recovered and identified dead in the
'police list number 22. It is believed
Icertain that Doyle is dead, he having
been with the crew caught under the
wall. The 24th man believed dead and
whose body also has not been recovered
is a private fireman for Morris & Co.
Business men today planned the
creation of a permanent endowment
,fund of $350,000 to care for the widows
and children of the firemen.
• 'hicago, Dee. 26.—Fire Marshal
James Horan, who met death with
the 23 others, nearly all of whom were
■ firemen, at the Union Stock yards Are,
>will be given a public funeral, which
'will have something of a military char
acter.
The common council, a regiment of
'cavalry, a squadron of mounted police
■and platoons of police and firemen on
foot, with public bodies and semi-pub
lic organizations leading the concourse
of citizens who are expected to ask to
be permitted to show their affection for
"Big Jim,” as the marshal was popu
'larlly known, will be the features.
City to Pay Expenses.
At the special session of the eouneil
today a committee of 15 was appointed
to look after the funeral and it was
agreed the city would pay for all fu
neral expenses, furnish free medical
aid to all injured, and continue for at
(least six months the pay of firemen
.killed, Mayor Busse has taken per
sonal charge of arrangements and an
nounced today he thought the funeral
'would be held Monday.
Telegrams of sympathy and regret
came from many quarters today, the
firemaster of London, England, join
ling the fire chief of Seattle. Wash.,
(those of New York, St. Louis, Los An
geles, Minneapolis, Havana and of
(other places in sympathetic telegrams.
( Two more bodies were recovered this
■morning from the ruins of the Morris
,& Co. stock yards beef house, where
Eire Marshal Horan lost his life. This
(brings the death toll, according to the
'police count, to 26.
Twenty-three bodies, including that
of Chief Horan have been recovered
and it Is believed there are at least
five others still burled In the debris.
Through the night fire was shooting
high through the roof of two Morris
buildings adjoining the one in runs.
Early today, though still burning, the
(fire was considered under control.
More Walls Collapse.
As the members of 10 engine com
panies were playing water on ware
house No. 6, where the flames this
(morning broke out afresh, the walls
''collapsed. Captain John Windheim,
;of Engine company e4 was knocked
.down by flying timber and seriously In
jured. In the confusion. William Sheri
,dan. 18 years old, a clerk in the stock
(yards, was knocked off a platform and
(perhaps fatally injured.
This morning the fire was still burn
'ing fiercely. From warehouse No. 6
the flames were leaping to other build
ings and Just before retiring from the
scene because of sheer Exhaustion,
Acting Chief Seyferiich said he saw
no way of preventing the burning ot
warehouse No. 5.
The falling of the walls and the
scattering of burning timbers caused
a temporary retreat of the firemen. The
men were lined up to throw water or.
a point in warehouse No. 6. Suddenly
/when the walls toppled the alarm wait
given for the men to retire. They
.reached safety just in time, although
many of them received minor burns
• Captain Windheim, who was badly
(burned, was one of the last to get out,
Sheridan, the clerk, was knocked off
a high platform, falling on the back
‘of a passing fireman.
FRANCE THE MODEL
j FOR THE PORTUGUESE
New Republic Will Be Modeled
/ After That of Its European
Neighbor.
{ Lisbon, Dee. 26.—The plan of govern
Iment for the new Portuguese republic
!has been elaborated by the provisional
•‘cabinet. It is based upon the parlia
mentary system of France with cer
tain modifications adopted from the
United States.
The presiu t cf the republic will be
chosen by the parliament for a term
of five years, and lie will be ineligible
•for re-election until a regular term has
intervened. As in France, the cabinet
• will be appointed by the president in
accordance with the political complex
ion of the legislative body, but the
ministers of war, marine, finance and
'public works, being considered non
,political, will continue irremovable in
'the event the government loses the
'confidence of parliament. Members of
parliament will be elected for three
years.
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♦ MOTHER THROWS INFANT 4
4 OUT A WINDOW TO SAVE 4
4 ITS LIFE FROM BLAZE 4
4 4
>4 Chicago. Dec. 26. Hemmed in 4
4 by fire in an upper story of her 4
4 residence, Mrs. E. J. Cox today 4
4 tied her 1-year-old baby be- 4
4 tween two pillows and threw 4
■ 4 the Infant out of a window . The 4
.4 buidle was safely caught by a 4
4 neighbor, who then climbed a 4
4 porch and assisted Mrs. Cox 4
4 across a slippery roof and down 4
.4 to the street. The woman’s 4
.4 home was practically destroyed. 4
•4 4
XYON COUNTY PEOPLE
PRESENT REMONSTRANCE
Rook Rapids, la.. Dec. 26.—The board
of supervisors completed its canvass
'of the saloon petition last evening and
holds the petition good. All names on
ithe remonstrance not accompanied by
affidavits were thrown out. An appeal
'will be taken to the courts.
NEW SUPREME JUDGE.
( Jefferson City. Mo.. Dec. 26.—Gov
ernor H. S. Hadley today appointed
Franklin Ferris, of St. Louis, justice
of the supreme court to fill the va
Fcancy caused by the death of Gavon
D. Burgess.
BIG BLAZE IN CHICAGO
STOCK YARDS DISTRICT
COSTS ABOUT 30 LIVES
Conflagration Start3 In Morris
Plant as the Result of Burst
ing of an Ammonia
Tank.
Chicago, Dec. 23.—At 1
o’clock this afternoon the fire
had been hedged in, and its
spread had been checked. Ef
forts to save any of the build
ings originally attacked by the
flames were in vain. The build
ings destroyed include two
warehouses full of dressed
meat, hemp and the like, a tal
low house and several other
structures. The total loss is
$1,250,000.
Chicago, Dec. 24.—Fire Marshal
James Horan and between 25 and 30
firemen were killed and 40 others in
jured today in a fire which at an early
hour had caused $1,500,000 damage, and
at 10 a. m. still threatened the whole
of the stock yards district.
A wall fell crushing an overhanging
wooden canopy on the beef house of
Nelson, Morris & Company, where the
fire started. Beneath the canopy were
two companies of firemen and the chief.
These men were crushed to death. The
debris made a furnace into which fire
men were unable to dig for several
hours.
Assistant Chief William Burroughs
and Lieutenant Fitzgerald were with
the marshal under the canopy, receiv
ing order for directing the fight against
the spreading flames in other quarters,
and they went down to their death with
Horan.
Other firemen, witnesses of the dis
aster, for a brief time deserted the other
parts of the blazing structure, and
sought with their bare hands to drag
apart the glowing debris to bring out
the bodies of their chief and his com
panions. Finding this a vain effort,
they obeyed again the direction of fur
ther to continue the fight against the
flames.
Trying to Check Fire.
Assistant Marshal Seyferlich and his
men redoubled their efforts to prevent
the spread of the fire.
The blaze was discovered at about 4
o'clock by a watchman in the Morris
beef house at Forty-third and Loomis
streets. An ammonia pipe, bursting,
started combustion that spread soquick
ly the watchman barely had turned in
the alarm before the flames began
bursting from the building.
Fire Marshal Horan, at his home on
west side, heard the second call for
apparatus and went to the stock
yards in his automobile. By the time
of his arrival his assistants had aban
doned the effort to save the beef house
and were endeavoring to head off the
rush of fire towards other buildings.
Flames were coming from several
structures nearby.
The awning, which later became the
destroyer of a score of lives, seemed to
offer a shelter from the flames. Under
this the crews fled for shelter, led by
Horan, Burroughs and Fitzgerald. On
top of the canopy another group of
firemen played streams of water into
the heart of the fire. Suddenly Lieu
tenant Joseph Mackey, leader of the
band above, felt the wall going and
shouted a warning to those below1. He
jumped with his men and escaped
death.
Canopy Proves Deadly.
But below, the canopy found victims.
Meanwhile firemen who knew nothing
of this, augmented by constantly arriv
ing aides, were standing in the path of
the flames. They stood their ground
at building after building, only to be
driven back.
Assistant Marshal Seyferlich, who
now was in command, resizing the
futility of saving property twm ablaze,
drew all the men back. The assistant
marshal acknowledged at 10:15 a. m.
that the whole stock yards district was
in danger.
"We’ve got no water here and we
can do nothing effectively,” he said.
"The thing really is beyond our con
trol right now.”
Captain H. H. Fuchs, of Engine Com
pany No. 29, who had just left Marshal
Horan with orders for his company,
walked out from under the canopy
just as it crushed out the lives be
hind him.
"I’m immune, chief,” he told the as
sistant marshal when lie reported to
him a few minutes later, the only man
left of his crew.
Shout Is a Delusion.
Streams of water from one whole
fire company were poured on the fatal
pyre and had cooled it to some extent
when Seyferllch declared he heard a
voice unuer the ruins. It was about
10:30 a. m., several hours alter the
fatal fall. A shouted command brought
another detachment of firemen from
nearby posts, who tore at the pile of
debris with bare hands, axes and poles
In hope that some of the fated crew
still was alive. Five bodies were taken
out.
Coroner Hoffman arrived and empan
eled a Jury. As the bodies were brought
out the jurors joined the hundreds of
civilians who were aiding the firemen.
Mrs. Horan Prostrated.
Out in her Ashland Boulevard home,
Mrs. Horan, wife of the marshal,
learned she was a widow and swooned.
She required medical attention.
Long before noon, Assistant Marshal
Seyferllch, on his rounds of the fire
area, began to find here and there men
who had fallen from exhaustion and
their companions had been unable to
aid them. Some, recovering, started in
anew to stay the progress of the flames.
Mayor Busse. who had gone to the
fire a..d was sorrowfully discussing
the death of “Jim'’ Horan, with As
sistant Marshal Seyferllch, had a nar
row escape. An explosion of ammonia
pipes threw bricks, beams and frozen
meat In a shower about them. Seyfer
lich threw himself in front of the
mayor and then grasping him by the
arm, rushed him away to safety.
By 11 o’clock the news had gone to
FEARS FOR STEAMER.
Hamburg, Dec. 24.—The French
stdainer Savona, owned by Sloman &
Co., of this city, is believed to have
been lost with her crew of 21, w-hiie
bound from this port for Naples. The
Savona is a sister ship of the Palermo,
which was recently lost._
MILLIONS OF POLES.
Washington, Dec. 24.—During the
year 1309 there were 3,730,000 telegraph
and telephone poles used in this coun
try, according to a report of the cen
sus bureau, which was published to
day. Sixty-five per cent of the poles
were cedar and 16 per ^eqt chestnut.
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all firemen of the loss of their chief,
who was very popular In the depart
ment. Wearied men sobbed as they
continued their fight against the fire.
The buildings totally destroyed at
11:30 a. m. included the beef house of
Nelson Morris & Company, with loss
to building and stock of $500,000; ware
house No. 6. loss to building and stock.
$550,000; refrigerator storage shed,
$50,000. , ,
Mayor Busse has called a special
meeting of the council for this after
noon to take such action as is neces
sary.
List of Known Dead.
The following are the known dead:
JAME HORAN, fire marshal.
WILLIAM J. BURROUGHS, assis
tant marshal.
PATRICK E. COLLINS, engine com
pany captain.
DENNIS DOYLE, engine captain.
JOSEPH MURAWESKI, pipeman.
CHARLES MOORE, truckman.
Among the missing are the follow
ing:
THOMAS O'CONNOR, pipeman.
JAMES FOSTER, pipeman.
JOSEPH OSBORNE, driver.
J. H. BEHRENS, driver.
NICHOLAS CRANE, truckman.
FRANK WATERS, pipeman.
Partial List of Injured.
i;he incomplete list of Injured in
cluded; *# '
John P. Kassenback, pipeman, pos
sibly fatally. Edward Oehler, pipeman,
fatally John O’Leary, pipeman, fatal
ly. Martin J. Fitzgerald, pipeman, fa
tally. Antone Heiland, fireman, not
fatally. . John Carney, pipeman, se
riously. A. D. Lannon, captain engine
company, slightly. Joseph Mackey,
driver, leg broken. James McGrath,
captain engine company, leg broken.
John Miller, pipeman, seriously. Will
iam Walsh, pipeman, seriously. Lieu
tenant M. Boltman, crushed. Eugene
Miller, pipeman, crushed. M. J. San
ders, policeman, overcome by fumes,
lames Hendrichs, policeman, overcome
by hemp fumes.
Two entire fire companies, the
names of the members not previously
counted in the dead, missing or in
jured are:
Charles Berkery, lieutenant; Charles
Swenie, William J. Dailey, Peter J.
Kill, William T. Welder. John F. Du- .
bach, lieutenant; Charles Cooney, John
G. Link, Joseph P. Mulhern, Francis
P. Eagan, John J. McClary, James J.
Bannon, John Helfert, William T. Mur
pny.
Discovered by Watchman.
The fire was first discovered in the
basement in what is known as the hide
room. A watchman making his rounds
heaijd an explosion and immediately
turned in an alarm by telephone and
then fled from the building.
The long wooden canopy which
played its part in forming the death
trap for the firemen ran along the
?ntire east side of the building. Rail
road tracks hindered the work of the
tnen and made it necessary for the
Ire fighters to climb upon the platform
peneath the covering.
The canopy itself formed a platform
’or other firemen who were fighting
the flames from above it, sending
streams of water into the second story
pf the building.
Story of a Fireman.
A graphic story of the collapse of
the east wall, which carried the men
lown to death beneath the wood 'A
'overing, is told by Lieutenant Joseph ”
Mackey, who was leading a company
pf firemen from the top of the canopy.
Mackey said as he looked up he saw
the walls bulge and he immediately
shouted a warning. At the same time
ie Jumped from the platform himself
tnd was followed immediately by 10
pr 12 of of his men. None of these lost
pis life, but their escapes were mirac*
llous.
"I knew Marshals Horan and Bur
roughs were beneath me with at least
two companies of men,” said Mackey,
and I shouted to them that the walls
were coming down. I heard some from
pelow shout a warning and I got my
pwn men and myself out of the way.
Heard Groans of Injured.
“Immediately after I jumped I
beard the groans of the men who had
been beneath me and I knew they
ppust be caught. Although nearly all
pf my men and myself were more or
less hurt, it flashed upon us that Horan
was among those trapped and we bent
svery effort to save them:
“It was beyond human power to do
inything for the moment as tons of
brick had come down. When the bodies
ire found they will be beneath this
pile of brick and mortar.
Hope of the firemen and the hun
dreds of admirers of Fire Marshal
Horan that the fire fighter and his men
had not perished was practically lost
when Battalion Chief Lacey, who is in
pharge of the stock yards division told
pf seeing the marshal and Burroughs
together with 18 or 20 men go down
beneath the falling wall.
OdW i iwiaii UU IU UCdtn.
“Chief Horan was in front of the
pipeman.” said Lacev, “and Burroughs
a short distance behind him directing
the work of pipemen when the crash
came. I know Just where they were,
and am sure they had no chance of
escape. Dozens of the firemen saw the
same situation and many of the men
ran to the pile almost frantic and be
gan throwing the bricks away with
their hands. They were like so many
cools of fire and any work of that
sort was useless.
"I ordered them back to fighting the'
dames with their lines of hose in the
hope that the fire might be stopped
in time to find a way to rescue the 4k
poor fellows we had all heard go down
to what seemed certain death.
“I was determined to make every ef
fort within human power to save the
men, but the condition of the build
ing made it suicidal for the rest of
us to try to enter it.
“I was in charge of the firemen
fighting the flames from the railroad
tracks. I saw one man fall near where
the men who were caught fell and r
ran and catching hold of his legs'
dragged him onto the railroad tracks!
and saved him. Then my men and I
made a rush to save others, but our
way had been blocked by the falling
ruins and clouds of dusi and debris “
The first body was taken from the
ruins shortly after 8 o'clock. It was
that of George Murawskl, pipeman of
Engine Company No. 49.
It was estimated at the general fire
alarm office that 28 or 30 firemen were
dead, after two hours' fighting to re
cover the buried men.
The entire crews of Engine Compa
nies 51 and 53 are said to be among the
dead. In addition to six members of
another company, 29 and a few of
No. 48 were killed.
VICTORIA, B. C.—The date set for
the removal of the queue from the
heads of male Chinese was December
3, and when the steamship Aymerlc
left China a few days before that time
the edict was being generally observed.
The Aynieric arrived here yesterday!
Assuming that nearly 200,000 queues
will be cut off, the human hair market if
will be glutted. The prevailing style of
hair dressing in the United States calls
for much artificial hair, but not nearly
so much as is available. Human hair
may be woven into cloth, but the fahri,.
is stiff and unfoldable.