HOMAGE TO REED HOUSE ADJOURNS IN RESPECT TO HIS MEMORY. MARKED RESPECT FOR THE DEAD No Parliamentarian Surpassed the Il lustrious Ex-Speaker, No Debater Matched the Intellectual Giant Who Towered Above His Fellows. WASHINGTON. Tim house, on Monday paid a remarkable tribute to the memory of cx-Spt-akcr Thomas U. Ued. - His death had created a profound Impression and thre was a universal dejlre among the inemlx-rs that the house how a signal mark of respert to hli n.cmory. for the house to take Hindi artion on the ileal h of a former meuiher hail only three r-( eil rit.s in its history, namely, on the occasions of the death of .':n, Itlaine and Alaniltr Strphekt.t, when the hou e Tidoptcd resolutions and adjourned out of re spect to their memories. It was decided to follow these pre cedents In the rase of .Mr. Reed. The chaplain at the opening of the ses sion paid a feeling reference to the death of the ex-speaker. No business wai transacted beyond the formal reading of two messages frtsm the president and an arrangement to post pone the special order for the day, the London dock bill, until Tuesday. Mr. Sherman of New York, then amid profound silence arose and in a few feeling remarks offered the fol lowing resolution: "Resolved. That the following min utes be spread upon the records of the house of representatives: "Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed died In Washington December 7. l'J02. for twenty -two years he had been a mem ber of this house; for six years its Hper;er. His service terminated with the fifty-fifth congress. 'Within this chamber the scenes of his life's great activities were laid. Here be rendered service to his coun try which placed him in the front ranks of American statesmanship. Here be exhibited chara? teristics which compelled respect and won ad miration. ' "forceful ability, intrinsic worth, strength of character, brought him popular fame and congressional lead ership. In him depth and breadth of Intellect, with a full and well rounded development, had produced a giant who towered above his fellows and 'impressed them with his power and .wisdom. "A distinguished statesman, a lofty patriot, a cultured scholar, an incis ive, an unmatched debater, a master of logic, wit and satire; the most fa mous of the world's parliamentarians, the great and representative citizen has gone into history. "Resolved, That in honor of the dis tinguished dead the house now ad journ." In presenting the resolution Mr. Sherman said: "Mr. Speaker, the life of ex-Speaker Reed ended yesterday. Its span meas ured many years lesl than the alloted life of man; and yet there was within it so much of moment that his fame became great and will be lasting. He was a citizen of my state since his re tirement from public life, although it was as representative from Maine that he rendered his services to the re public, and it is in the state of Maine that he will have his final resting place. . "To have served with Mr. Reed was an honor, to have been in close touch with him an inspiration, to have en joyed his confidence and friendship, a delight- He was so great, his serv ice to his ceuntry so valuable, that it seems to me we may fltiy depart from what is the usual custom of the house when one not in public life dies. I. therefore. Mr. Speaker. ofTer the reso tion which I sent to the clerk. The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and tha speaker declared the house adjourned out of respect to the memory of Mr. Reed. The ays and means committee has reported favorably on the resolutions to adjourn from December 20 to Jan uary 5. Senate Ready for Reciprocity. WASHINGTON President Roose velt Is assured that if the negotiations with Cuba for a reciprocity treaty are concluded satisfactorily by the state department the treaty will be ratified by the senate during the present ses sion. Three Thousand Are Dead. SAN FRANCISCO From the Guate malan coast the Pacific Mail steamer City of Sydney brings the news that the deaths resulting from the recent eruption of Santa Maria volcano num ber about 3.000. This estimate is bas ed upon the latest information that had been received at San Jose, Guate mala, previous to the steamer's depart ure for thi3 port, but it is accompa nied by the statement of Guatemalans that reliable reports were unobtainable. Nebraska Land in Demand. Figures compiled by J. F. Hanson, secretary of the Fremont Commercial club, show that the average price of farm land in Dodge county has In creased $5.70 per acre in 1902 over the prices that prevailed In 1901. This year the amount of land sold in the ' ten months up to November 1 aggre vateri 15 9rt acres And hrmieht to the w-t t ' " - .' sellers a total of $789,150, an average of $50 per acre. WAGES OF MINERS Workmen Appear Before the StrYke Commission. ( SCR ANTON. At Thursday's ew slons of the strike commission prao- tical miners teld their story of condi tions In the Hazleton coal fields. Tte miners tried to show that the Coxa and other companies violated tha agreement, that the strikers should re turn to work and given their old places where they had not really been filled. The commission decided to Invite the raine Inspectors to appear before it. because the miners claim that work men fear to mention dangerous or unhealthy places In the mines because the inspectors are usually accompan ied by some representative of the com pany. Rumors of possible negotiation? looking to a settlement continue. Whatever la done will first be decided upon in New York, where those in authority are located. The opinion still prevails here and rather strongly, too, that the operators and the miners will agree on most points before the omiiilssioii concludes its hearings. Arnlrrw Malt.-y, a Slavonian, who wus employed at Coxe Bros.' company, was the first witness. He was the president of his local union and was told by thet company, he said, that if he quit the union he would be given a boss job. He refused, and later was given such bad work that he gave up his job. He said he was the means of bringing fourteen Slav onians to this country at the instance of a breaker boss at the Coxe mines. They were promised $1.10 a day, but received only 65 or 80 cents. When the witness was asked by Mr. Darrow how many times he had seen the mine inspector in the mnes, Com imissioner Watklns asked the purpose of the question. Mr. Darroy said as a rule the mine inspector was accom panied by a company official and, therefore, a miner was afraid to make a complaint in the presence of his bos3. He maintained Inspectors should be unaccompanied and their attention not diverted from bad places in the mines. In consequence of this allegation all mine inspectors will be invited to tes tify regarding the point raised. John G. Strenix. an Englishman, followed Mattey. He said he aver aged about $300 a year and had work ed in the mines for thirty years. John farari, an Austrian, formerly employed by the Coxe company, said he was able to save only $60 in seven years. DISCUSS IMMIGRATION BILL. Senators Amend Measure Regulating Ingress to the United States. WASHINGTON The senate Mon day adopted all the committee amend ments to the immigration bill, with the exception of one prescribing an educational test, and approved the ac tion of the committee in striking out the clause prohibiting the sale of in toxicants within a capitol building, and then laid aside the bill until Tues day. The amendment fixing a $3 tax on each immigrant furnished the princi pal topic for debate. Mr. Gallinger (N. H.) insisted that there was less necessity for it now than a year ago, but it was adopted without division. A new amendment was adopted, de signed to stop the alleged perjury on the part of persons seeking admission and the committee amendment making the hfad tax a lien on the property of the transportation lines was struck out. An amendment was also agreed to exempting aliens in transit through the United States and aliens once ad mitted and who have paid. Will Impose Conditions. OTTAWA Hon. Clifford Sifton, minister of the interior, is reported by an intimate friend to have said in re gard to the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific road that if the Grand Trunk or another road gets assistance from the government for a transconti nental it will be on the express con dition, which will be fully guarded in legislation, that the termination will be a Canadian point. Some point in the province of Quebec on the St. Iawrence, far enough east to be kept open all the year round, must be se lected and reached by the shortest and most direct route. Nominated by President. WASHINGTON The president sent the following nominations to the sen ate on Thursday: Robert M. M. Wade, Pennsylvania (now consul), to be consul general at Canton. China. Martin A. Knapp, New York, inter state commerce commissioner (a re appointment). Cheyenne Theater Burned. CHEYENNE, Wyo. The Cheyenne opera house, owned by James M. Ca rey and valued at $50,000, was burned Monday. The Wyoming Tribune Pub lishing company, which occupied the basement of the building, suffered a loss of $15,000. Adjoining property was damaged and the total loss is es timated at $75,000, which is covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. Death of Mrs. A. J. Kellar. HOT SPRINGS. S. D. Mrs. A. J. Kellar, wife of Colonel A. J. Kellar of this place, died at her home here Tuesday after a few days' illness of pneumonia. . Mrs. Kellar was state re gent of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution. She was also an ac tice club woman and vice president of the Shakespeare club of this place. She leaves three sons and a daughter, Miss Werdna Kellar. I NEBRASKA REPORTS ON STATE'S CASH. Treasurer Stuefer Tells of Receipts V , and Expenditures. The 'financial statement of State Treasurer Stuefer, filed with Governor Savage, contains summaries showing the disposition of funds during his term 'and a list of the depository banks and the amounts in each at the close of the llscal year, November 30. The following shows the receipts and dis bursements: Balance December 1. $ C13.01S.Dt Receipts from De ber 7. 10. to No vember Z, 1902 0.712.531.71 $7,o37,370.03 I 'fhurferie: In from Ieoemfer !!)'. to November 29, 1902. 6.923.3H.67 Hiliinop Nov. 29. 1V2 1 42.2."..3S following is a list of tho state de positories and the amount deposited in each November 29, 1902: Vnlon Nation:!. Omaha S 18.27R.f2 l H. National. Omaha. 30.O33.ttJ Mty National. Lincoln 23.o?i;.13 Varkers National. S. Omaha 9.42. 4 Klrxt National. Lincoln lS.iCl.Hl Saunders Co. National. Wahuo.. Ki.311.Wt Adams County Hastings fi.Hl.19 Wman National. Hastings .... 8.K38.33 IJattle Crr-k. Vallev 10.OO0.00 Klrst National. Alliance 4.224.19 Kirwt National. York 5.247.25 Norfolk National. Norfolk 10.OiiO.00 Hroken Bow State. Proken How. tt.ono.0o 4'itlzens. McCook 8.303.12 Vnion State, Harvard 7,H.t..V City National, York 3.942.2S State, Curtis 4.343.53 Farm, and Mer.. Stromsburir.... 5.215.77 Omaha National. Omaha 36.4o2. Merchants National. Omaha 31.5Ko.l9 Columbia Natl, Lincoln 23.S00.75 Hank of Bazille Mllle. Bazille Mills l.sm.wi First National. Omaha 26.687.19 Ftrst National Holdreare 4.W9.1! First State. St. Paul 4.500.00 First National. Wayne 10.000.0rt Pierce County. Pierca 7.000.00 Bank of Orleans. Orleans B.ow.w Orand Island Banking Co 10.000.00 First National. Loomis s.ouo.oo Valentine State. Valentine 7.6O0.0O Hank of Syracuse. Syracuse.... 5.000.00 Commercial National Omaha ... 21,710.94 Citizens National. St. Paul 10.Wp.00 Newport State. Newport 3.000.00 Hank of Commerce. Lincoln .... 13,818.01 Total $129,991.03 Source of Income. The following shows the resources from which receipts were derived for the general fund: Balance. December 1. 1900 ....S 49.594.4S State taxes collected 1,797,022.26 Fees 134.0ti2.00 Transferred funds 20.944.31 TTnitorl Stain aid to soldiers' homes 60,6G7.Xn IVnosit Interest 20,746.04 Oil inspection fees 17.40X.6.1 rood commission fees 4.44b.uo Transfer from sinking: fund .. 67.7S2.81 Platte county compromise 8,000.00 Third dividend from CaDltOl National bank 4,727.27 School land notices 1,002.19 ComDtroIler of the currency for First Natl bank or Alma.. rc.nti Mrs. Jones, board for Inmates. 577.00 Sale of flsh 291.70 Kental of asvlum land 2o0.00 !-f:ilo of imnrovements on school lands --." Miscellaneous items 23b.j0 Total receipts $2,188,920.82 Principal gen. fund warrants paid ....1,Su9,jim.09 Interest ffen. fund warrants Dald .... 14a.9i.lJ Balance on hand Nov. 29....$ 83,606. fiO Following are the unexpended bal ances of the current funds November 29, 1902: General fund $ 83.606.60 Temporary school 244.717.44 Temporary university 44,419.30 Hospital for the insane i.zju.m State library 4.741.35 ITniversltv cash 18.646.20 Normal library b.074.10 Normal interest 2,048.06 Penitentiary special labor 2,WI.1d Penitentiary land 4.0S8.00 Aeri. and mechanic arts 16.990.63 C S. experiment station 1, iJO.su Inheritance tax b4. 4 Total balances $429,994.03 Busy Week at Lincoln. There will be plenty doing at the state capitol during the week of Janu ary 19-24, for in addition to the state legislature, the following organizations will hold annual meetings. The Ne braska State Board of Agriculture, Ne braska Dairymen's association, Ne braska Corn Growers' association, State Swine Breeders' association, Southwest Shorthorn Growers associa tion, Nebraska Veterinary Medical as sociation, ")uroc-Jersey Breeders as sociation, fate Farmers" institute, State Poultry association. State Bee Keepers' association, Nebraska Stock Growers' association,' Agricultural Stu dents' association, Keya Paha Stock Growers association, Nebraska Irriga tion association. Fine Stock Breeders association, Farmers' Co-operative Grain and Live Stock association. Reports on Soldiers' Home. The eighth biennial report of the su perintendent of the Soldiers' and Sail ors' home at Grand Island has been filed with the governor. During the year 1901 there was a daily average of 372 inmates. In 1902 the average was 409. The average cost per capita for the first year of the biennium was $185.46. For 1902 the cost per capita was $178.38. H. L. Randall, the sur geon in charge, recommends that the salary for that oflice be increased to $2,500 for the two years, as he said it takes the entire time of the physl clan to attend to the duties of the office. Library Commission Report, J. L Wyer as president of the Ne braska Public Library commission has filed with the governor the first bien nial report of the commission. The expenditures have been $2,606.60, leav ing a balance on hand of $1,393.40. Since November 10, 1902, 1,888 books have been added to the library. Of the traveling libraries he reports that thirty have been sent to forty-four places In thirty counties. Twenty-one libraries report 1,000 borrowers; 840 volumes have, been loaned 5,521 times in ten months, and three permanent traveling libraries have been estab lished. The supply of fuel is very low In some Nebraska towns. Two religions sex vires arc In prog ress in Wymore - IN GENERAL BRIEFLY TOLD. Teachers of the district schools of Hall county are moving for an in crease of pay. Postmaster Hammond of Fremont has sent in his resignation to the de partment at Washington requesting" that he b relieved of the position on January 1. A dog at Kearney brought to the section house the hand of a woman. but the authorities were unable to ascertain to whom the gruesome ob ject belonged. Joseph Janda, the lad who has been held at Plattsmouth as a deserter from the United States navy, was released upon a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Munger of Omaha. Herman Fagerli. a brakeman on the eastbouud local freight, was killed at Lynch. He slipped while switching, fell under the car and was dragged a car length. He died almost instantly. State Veterinarian W. A. Thomas is not alarmed about the foot and mouth disease reaching Nebraska and he will not contemplate a quarantine against it until he finds it absolutely neces sary. At a meeting of many stockmen at Alliance it was decided to send a pe tition to congress and the president, protesting against the immediate re moval of fences from government land. Frank R. Roberts, the young man who disappeared so mysteriously about ten days ago from South Omaha where be was employed as cashier of the Pa cific and American Express companies, has be"n located in Chicago. As a result of the grand jury in vestigation which has been going on at Chadron thirty-one indictments have been returned. One is for man slaughter and the balance are mostly for violations of the Slocumb law. The village of Vesta, in Johnson county, had some little excitement. A young man named Bert Schofer paid a fine in the justice court for draw ing a knife on Dr. C. H. Zlegler. Dr. Ziegler is the postmaster at Vesta. The winter course in agriculture at the State university begins January 5, 1903, and closes March 7, 1903. In struction is offered in the following subjects: Soils, field crops and farm management, butter and cheese mak ing, breeds and gardening, diseases of live stock, English, and shop work. Following is the mortgage report for Gage county for the month of Novem ber: Number of farm mortgages filed, 13; amount, $23,530; number of farm mortgages released, 24; amount $30, 535; number of city mortgages, filed, 17; amount $7,600; number of city mortgages released, 15; amount $S, 472. The recently organized Columbus Poultry and Pet Stock club gave its first annual exhibition. Almost every species of fowl was represented, in cluding a large number of fine speci mens mostly from Platte county fan ciers, but there were some from vari ous other towns in that part of the state. "Grandpa" William Atwood cele brated his eighty-fifth birthday at his home in Plattsmouth, his wife, their children and nearly all of their grand children being present. . He has lived to record the death notice of his par ents and all of his brothers and sisters, and is enjoying quite good health for one of his age. Charles Fisher, a young man who until recently was a soldier in the Philippines, and who has been mak ing his home in Plattsmouth since leaving the service, last week went to Kansas City to visit his father, whom he has not seen since infancy and of whose whereabouts he knew noth ing until recently. The reports of the condition of the banks throughout the state are being received by the banking board, and while the reserve is generally lower than usual the statements so far show the banks to be in a healthy finan cial condition. A marked increase in the amount of money loaned is shown in nearly every statement received. Congressman Burkett has introduced a bill amending that portion of the act of 19C2 relating to appropriations for public buildings by directing the secretary of the treasury to erect upon lands now belonging to the United States adjacent to the United States court house and postoffice in Lincoln, Neb., a suitable building for the use of the United States court, custom house 2nd postoffice, a building whose total cost shall not exceed $350,000. Schuyler officials propose to enforce the compulsory educational law. Howard J. Chapman, a wealthy farmer and stockman living six miles southeast of Table Rock, was the vic tim of a railroad accident in the yards which cost him his left foot. The town of Custer now has a fine system of water works, with an abundance of excellent water for fire protection as well as domestic use. The contractor has turned the system over to the town in good working condition. York college is to have another building. It will be built of brick and stone, 30x30 feet, three stories high and occupied by the school of music. A large portion of the money has been secured, the citizens of York contrib uting liberally toward the enterprise. The Leigh public schools have open ed after a three weeks 'vacation on account of the smallpox. The quaran tine has been raised" from all places and it is given out by the board of health that there is no danger of more contracting the disease. II0V GUESTS OF CHICAGO HOTEL DIED IN SMOKE AND FLAMES Imprisoned In a tire-trap hotel, fourteen men were suffocated at day break on the morning of December 4 at Chicago. Only twenty minutes flapsed after the alarm was sounded until the flames were extinguished, but in that time fourteen guests of the overcrowded Lincoln Lotel, 17C Madison stret, blindly groping in the dense smoke, had perished in the nar row hallway and closet-like bedrooms of the top floor. In the sixty diminutive rooms of the . hotel 125 persons were crowded when the flames broke out. Only fourteen of them were residents of Chicago. The others were stockmen and farmers attracted here by tho live stock show or railway mail clerks and traveling men who could not se cure accommodations at other hotels. All the space possible was utilized. Even the hallway closets contained cots on which men were asleep, though there was not enough room in theBe improvised bedrooms for a chair in addition to the cot. In one room on the top floor the window of which opened to the only fire escape on the building, was a bed and a cot, an effective barrier, In the darkness and smoke, to this means of escape. With almost the first burst of flame the fuses on the electric switchboards burned out. stopping the elevators and leaving the building in total dark ness. Before the fire department could ar rive, in response to the alarm were flames roaring from the rear windows of the building. Faces, white with ter ror, were appearing at the front win dows of the upper story. From the sides of the ill-fated building men and women, shivering and half clad, were leaping or sliding to the roofs of the adjoining buildings. The cries of the men imprisoned on the top floors could be heard above the clatter of the fire engines and the roar of the flames. The proprietor of the hotel asserts that he started to mount to the endangered men and lead them to the windows where they could safely reach the roofs on either side of the hotel, but that he was stopped by the firemen. At that time, he declares, all could have been saved if some one familiar with the upper floor had been allowed to show them the way to the windows. The firemen contradict tnis, and say no one could have reached the foi'-rth floor through the rapidly increasing volumes of smoke. When fire-insurance patrol. No. 6, arived, its mem bers started up the stairs from the Mother and Son Saved from Fire. Fred Shepard. Mrs. J. Shepard. office to the third floor to rescue the men, whose cries were rapidly becom ing weaker, but their captain refused to permit them to face almost certain suffocation, and ordered them to re turn. The escapes of some of the occu pants of the rooms were little short of miraculous. Six men, a woman and a little boy, saved themselves by jumping to the roof of a restaurant, adjoining the hotel on the west. Four mail clerks, who said they had a pre monition of danger, arose at 4:30 o'clock, dressed, and left the hotel. C. H. Foster, another mail clerk, who occupied the room with Corey and Bwing, both of whom are dead, re ceived a telegram early in the even ing that his wife was ill and hurried away from the hotel to her bedside, Scenes Inside xeom on fourth floor, where two men were found suffocated In bed. No Clandestine Marriages. Dr. George C. Houghton, rector of ihe famous "little church around the jorner" in New York, announces that to future he will refuse to marry per sons unknown to him unless they have reliable vouchers and acceptable wit lesses. "This parish is widely known Tor its charitable disposition," says '.he doctor, "but there is a limit to the Interpretation of charity, and I limit 'secret marriages and marriages un supported by family recognition." Saw Lincoln Assassinated. W. J. Chapelle, who died recently in Leavenworth, Kan., wa3 manager of Ford's theater at Washington when President Lincoln was assassinated, and was one of the first to reach the side of the wounded president. He was 73 years old and had been in the show business for fifty years. He was buried at Great Bend, Pa., where his daughter resides. ' Heavy Snow in Canada. . On the railroads in Canada It Is necessary to keep over 600 snow plows in operation every winter. leaving his valise with his follow clerks. room with Corey and Kwlng. was nearly an hour late in ariving in Chicago that morning and slept In -his mall car. Philip Koch of Janesvllle, Wia., saved himself by sliding to tho ground by mcann of a rope made from strips of hlg bed nheet. W. J. Thom as, another mall clerk, climbed to a window on the fourth floor and was rescued by firemen Just as he was Bodies Waiting to be H. G. McMasters of Minneapolis, a mall clerk who usually occupied the about to drop from exhaustion. Olaf Oldorf climbed downward from floor to floor by means of the iron shutters before the flames had begun to break through the rear win dows. R. C. Hamilton, while groping for the lire escape entered a room where a man was kneeling In prayer. He disregarded the man's admonition to give up hope, but continued hlH search for the fire escape and saved himself. H. E. Jett of St. Paul was awakened by the screams of a woman and, with four other half-clad men ran into the street and was given ref uge In a Baloon. The same screams awoke Edward Davenport and J. N. Westerland of Chicago. They were members of the party that was saved by jumping to the roof of the restaur ant. John W. Higgs of Lansing. Mich., escaped from the upper floor with the loss of only his coat and vest and collar. "If it had not been for the shouts of those who had already found the stairs, I would never have gotten out alive." he aaid. "The building was in absolute darkness, so dense that a person could see nothing. To add to this the Bmoke was so thick that breathing was almost impossible and the screaming and confusion of per sons running wildly back and forth in the hall made it impossible for anyone to keep his senses. "The smell of smoke was strong in my room when the noise awoke me. It must have been filtering through the cracks of the door, for some time. I was partly dressed and attempted to find the electric light bulb. It had seemed just over my head when I went to bed in the evening, but in my excitement it might as well have been in the clouds. I made a frantic plunge for the door, which I remem bered that I had bolted. I could not find the bolt, and In the darkness and excitement imagined that my end had surely come. Then I tried again for the electric light. I gave a gasp of relief as my hand struck it. The current was still on at that time, and I found the bolt which held me a prisoner in my room. "As I opened the door a blinding cloud of smoke rolled Into the room. The narrow hallway seemed to be full of shouting and struggling men. It was imposible to distinguish them. Lincoln Hotel, Showing Where Lives Entrance to elevator shaft at rear of fourth floor. Cross mark shaft. To Guard Against Infection. At the recent international confer ence on tuberculosis at Berlin, Dr. Obertuschen suggested that teachers suffering from consumption ought to receive sanatorium treatment, and per mission to return to duty ought to be withheld till all danger of infection had passed away; they should re ceive their salaries during their ill ness. Prevents Mud and Dust. French journals speak of a sub stance which, when placed upon the roads, does away with mud and dust. The composition consists of a mixture of scoria from a blast furnace and tar. The preparation, carefully pressed, renders the surface of the . road im pervious to water. Ants Construct Long Tunnel. - The ants of South America have been known' to construct a tunnel three miles In length. Only Sixty-five Years Ago. , Sixty-five years ago Paris had only one postoffice. 'C3Y WB T6l As I stepped from my room the light behind me flickered a moment and disappeared. I impose It was when the funes burned out. My room was at the head of tho stairway, or I would never have found It. I hard some one shout. 'Hero they are!' Inv mediately thero was a despairing chorus from all sldea of 'Where? Where.' Thono of in that could groped In the direction from which had como tho cry of hope. Conveyed to the Morgue. "As each man found the stairs he would glvo a hhout of encouragement to those further down tho hall and trying to follow him. Tho smoke was rapidly becoming heavier and more stifling. Below us could be beard the roar of the flames from the rear. No one lingered longer than necessary after finding tho way to possible safety." Meantime the firemen and several patrolmen had again started to climb tho stalrB In the hope of reaching the upper floors. Detective Sergeants An derson and Ellsworth managed to reach the top of tho building. In a corner near the head of tbo stairway they found Mrs. Mlna Ilelder, her 11 year-old daughter Cora, and Mrs. Geo. Clett and her 9-year-old son. Remov ing their overcoats, whl'h they threw over the shivering women, the two de tectives carried thffin down tho stairs to a place of safety in an adjoining building. ; Mrs. Juno Shepherd of Cairo, 111.,' who was occupying a room on the fourth floor with her 10-year-old son' Fred, was awakened by tho smoke. Rushing to the door, she opened It, only to find the hallway filled with1 flames. Screaming, she slammed the; door and started toward the wlndowj Her son grasped her clothing and clung fast until the two were rescued by the firemen. Mrs. Shepherd's screams awakened several persons in the rooms adjoining, her own, and doubtless saved theln lives. Eccentric Millionaire. i Among the many human curios to be seen at Monto Carlo this season,; none attracts more attention than M.: Yturbide, an eccentric millionaire;, who shuns daylight as. he would a plague.1 In his splendid villa ho has placed an' enormous elevator. Into which bis curtained and shuttered carriage is driven and raised to his heavily draped' apartment when he wishes to take a! drive. His rooms aro always kept at a Turkish bath temperature, and as' conditions in the gambling rooms of the Casino are about the same he sometimes ventures there in the even ing. Many Holidays in Canada. Canada has most holidays of any British colony. Including Sundays, Canadians have ninety five holidays yearly. Were Lost. Scenes on top floor, f'ronnem iihow nar row window through which erajj were made and spot in hallway where three bodies were found. Electrical Roads In Berlin. A plan has been laid before the Ber lin municipal touncll for an under ground electric railroad from the ex treme north of Berlin to the Hlllischea Gates, ending at the suburb of Schoen berg, a distance of seven miles. Four years will be required for the con struction of the road, and its cost 13 estimated at $14,000,000, to be covered by a loan. It Is reported that the underground and other municipal undertakings will render a $30,000 000 loan necessary. ' Little Danger of Burial Alive. More than a century ago the fear of being buried alive led to the establish ment in German cities of mortuary, chambers in which a bellrope is placed In the hands of each corpse. In his recent volume on "Death and Sudden Death" Prof. Brouardel declares that' there Is no case on record of that bell having ever been rung anywhere. Japanese Gold and Sllye The annual output ofj suver mines of J J about f 2,500i0P"