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"