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HEAR DEATH THE PRINCE OF WALES ESCAPES BEING SHOT. DEED OF A YOUNG BOY Me Fires a Revolver at the Prince Just As the Train Was Pulltng From the Station. Brussels. (Special.) The greatest consternation was caused here Wed nesday bv an attempt on the lif" of the Prince of Wales. His roya! highness, accomr-anied h" tbe Princess of Wales and their suite, srrived in the Belgian capital at 4 1-"' o'clock, coming from Calais an'l being n route for Copenhagen via Cologne. Whil they were waiting for th .' V,gT.2 express to 1 made up the roal carriage was !aced on a siding on tl it Oare du Nord. The Princess of Wales and the ladle? f her suite remained In the carriage ami partook of refreshments. So the prince, accompanied by two secretaries, walked up and down the platform en gaged in conversation. A few minutes before the scheduled departure of the Cologne express at 4:4a the prince re entered the royal carriage. At this Instant a youth, apparently aboot 16 years of age, crossed the plat form. Jumped on the footboard of the carriage and fired two shots with a re roiver in the direction of the prime. Re, was preparing ti fire again when the stationmaster knocked up hit- arm and the revolver fell to the ground. The rooth nas Immediately seized and mn 'Juoted to one of the waiting rooms, where be a kept in custody. WALES TAKES IT COOLLY. The stationmaster then returned to tee royal carriage to assure" himself that no harm had happened to any of the occupants. He found that the bul s had gone through a window on the opposite side of the carriage. The yrJnce of Wales, who had shown the jrreatest calmness and self-control throughout, asked the stationmaster if would-be assassin had been arrcst and upon his receiving a reply in the affirmalive. the train steamed oft te. Celogne. The prisoii'T, was conducted to th ae&rest police station, where lie was just through an examination. He stat-d tfrai his name was Jean Baptist, sip iio and that he was IS4 years of age otp! are apprentice to a tinsmith. - Two versions are current as to fur "Jitr statements made by him. One is ia.' he stated that the crime had long 4 en premeditated and that he desired ? kill the Prince of Wales because ho vzs the heir apparent to the throne of x setintry that was killing so many iCsOsand persons In South Africa. TBs second version is that Sipido is anarchist and that he expressed re flrrai (hat he had not succeeded in klli mg the Prime of Wales, declaring that 1 would try again on the first oppor tunity. SOW TUB BOY WAS IXSPIKKD. It is supposed that he first eomeived the idea of the crime at a meeting of rw.S.a held Tuesday at which sev ,.?' of the speakers denounced the Fntish policy in South Africa in uti Tteayored terms, and M. Vandervelde, a metali'st leader, uttered the following wrrds: "Tomorrow the Prince of Wales wil ymts' through Belgium going to TVn Yiark. He must know Belgian opinion -s-fricfi sgrees with that of the rest of lurope In calling for the cessation of this feloody and unjust war instigated r Cecil Rhodes and others to substl itte white labor for cheap black labor to tie Transvaal mines." , mrNISHMEXT FOR HIM. ' Cla account of the extreme youth of the would-be assassin, the only punish-i-ert under Belgian law that can be f hren him is to confine him in a reform atory ontil he reaches his 21st year. After the arrest of Sipido a very re grettable accident took place. As soon la Jt was known what had happened, a rye and excited crowd poured onto the platform, among them a young stu aent named Vameroy. He noticed the rvoTver which had been knocked out t Slpido's hand and picked It up with intention of handing it to the pro rr anthorities. Vnfoi tunately for bin. 'tuts Action was misconstrued by the TWi, which, seeing the revolver in 1i-? Sao. Imagined that, it was he who lad" W at the Prince of Wales. The indignant populate set uim him id h'jfoi'e the police: could come to his wis or the mistake explained he was r.j severely maltreated. Biscefver for Flour Trust. -fin York. (Special.) An order Wa .-fc in f-ourt of hsnvery at Jers-y I Li.y; jnlt'-fic. P"f"li,llent the appolut niWfV of (ieneffll Samuel Thorns of Nrw York. Albert l'rlng of Minne swdis and C. K. Kimball of fumrnltt. jr. i.. as receivers nf the United Slates Flcur and Milling company, otherwise nown ss the flour trust. The appoint ment of a temporary receivership was sjiadc on February 24. Jt was objected to tij Thorns W. Sfliackelford of Hu fjerlor. Wis., who wned $75,000 of the tosnpany's bonds. The plaintiff alleged tktt the plan of the reorganisation of CMRVaiy mi fait", as its purpose mtl protect particular and favored latere tB ezpense of the mlnor ey tsMfrata. The right of the organ- UltW to centfot lh new for ftrMI at years. It was mm .iwwary M opprw- THERE'S KILU'JSS IH II. Commercial Clut Takss Ui;Oues tlon of Irrl.-ation. Omaha. N b.- -i special ) -.t : "; Ukr meeting of the ts-x(i.- commit tee of the Commercial lu'o I - -.. dm on -were adopted commit! i iz to- to the Inauguiat! i:i of a campai -n f-.r th.: advancement of a proj ! f..r tii'' irri gation of lW.ins acies of western arid iarirJi now owned by itv- gov ru men. The resolutions wti.- sVomnte-i by Ceor-je H. M.sxw -ll ..f Chici te chirjrman of the cx-iuti-' cotir; itt -or the National Irrigation a.-n . i-iti.n. who ad i'.es' d th - itub at its m ;Ui;y ir.eeiing on the iubject. ar;d ip' earn ag'rin this -,M-ek at the invit.it ion uf the club to submit tits plan. It wiifw pl.ites the adoption of a national l "li' y i cniboilvir.e the following f.ntits. ItK.S; I A'TK ).'.S A 1 I T 1 '. ! "All the ren:aining public lands ;., be lield and administered as a truss for the benef.t of the whole p.-opl- of Hie l'nitd Jstat?s and no giants of th' ti tle to any of the public Uioils ! : hereaftr rr-ade to any state or t'lti tory or to anyone b'.it a tuai st it'eis and hnme-bul! 1-ts on the land. "Die pf-servation and dev-lopm-nt of our national ri-soun es by the con struction of storage reservoirs by the federal government for flood protection and to save for use in aid of naviga tion and irrigation Ihe flood ters which now run to waste and cause overflow ami destruction. "The construction by the federal gov. eminent of storage reservoirs aod irri gation works wherever necessary to furnish settlement of the arid public lands. "The ptes-rvatiioi of the forest and reforestation of denuded forest areas as sources of water supply, the con servation of existing supplies by ap proved methods of irrigation and distri bution and ttie increase of the water resources of the arid region by imeati sattim and development of undei ground supplies. "The public grazing lands which are unsuitable for agriculture to be leased at a nominal rent In limited areas to settlers farming adjacent, lands, the revenue from rentals to be used for irrigation and development in the states or territories herein the lands are situated', leases to be subj-i t to right f rec lamation by irrigation and of s.-ttiemenf of lands actually re. claimed or cultivated, title of land to remain in the federal govei niro.oit until actual settlement. 'lb-solved. That we urae upon con gress that an appropriation f not less than - '"" should be made in this session for irrigation suivejsanrl maps of irrigable public lands with plans and estimate of cost of reservoirs, ca nals and irrigation works necessary for their reclamation and for sinking ex perimental artesian ueils." (- )Pi:i:atio.v ok "immkrial iiOlMKS. The resolutions provid- further that copies of the resolutions be sent to each senator and congressman from this state, that they be urged to support the appropriation and oppose the era t nient of any laws relating to public lands not in harmony wilh the policy above set forth. They also provide for the taking of sleps to secure similar co-operation of every commercial or ganization of the country and induce tliem to secure support of their sen ators arid congressmen for the measure. Mr. Maxwell spoke wild I'liing ef fect of the great Impetus that the adop tion of such a policy would bring to the development of the west, de tar ing that under it Omaha would double its population every rive years until the iwipulatiori of the west equals that of the east. The Improvement of the lands would enable the government to disjiose of them al enhanced prices that would more than repay for tbe im provements, and thus a revolving fund could be produced to continue indefi nitely as long as arid lands remain to be reclaimed. Provision was made for the appoint ment of a permanent committee to cany on this work, and Mr. Maxwell will remain In the city a day ur two to get the work well started. INFLICTED HEAVY LOSS. Boers Succeed In Repulsing the British Troops, Pretoria. Saturday, March SI. I De layed.) There has been heavy fighting between Brandfort and Bloeinfontetn. The Wakkerstroom and K'erbo com mandoes attacked ",'sw British and drove them back with heavy loss. Ac cording to the reports of the wound d who have arrived here, fighting rscur- ....,1 oil nl.iim the line Tbe federal troops held xisltions on (be side and top nf tbe mountain, while tne itriusn positions were on the oppos,t side of the hill. The British chaiged repat- e,ilv, bUt Were repulsed. The latest reports say that the fed erals were more than holding their own but the final result of the fighting in ooi known h- r. The federal loss was nine killed and wound'-d. iroiwiris from Hrandfort. received la ter state that 2.W federals attacked 3.(tfs BHtish successfully, hut that 13, foo British reinforcements anied and the federals wer compelled to tetire, lifter punishing Ihe British severely. The federal loss, accotding to these re. ports', s.lght. - Ittrt tillT OPT RT CARNK'lfK. Pitlsbuig. Pa.-fp lal.- The Car negie company has purchased 1.0 shares of the Dt x k of thu Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake Kile railroad from Colenei Samuel 0. Tck. chairman of the road. fr '"' ' 'ng-j close In 4a,iil. and Colonel tl K hss retired completely from the msnagemsni ot the cwmcftBf.. . PASSES BILL PORTO R1CAN BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE. A MAJORITY OF NINE. One of the Most Memorable Days Since the Session of the Late War Congress. Washington. I. (.'. Sp ial. ) Tl Was a notable day in the S'-nat-. It bi ought to a cIom- tin- sharpen and most prolonged debate upon any noas ure since those iliscussf d during the memorable "mt coi.gi'ss" two y-urs ago. At 4 p. m. the vol-s iv-.!- b -gun upon the I'orto Rjcan tarilt and i t il gov ernment bills and Ihe pending amend ments, and less 'ban half an hour la ter the itiiasure about which there has been so much contention in arid out of congress, was paserl by a majority nine, the final vole being 40 (.. ?.. Only commit te.. amendm.-nu were adopted. H has been evident for some tun that the bill would command a major ity in the senate, but notwithstanding that fact, the interest In the measure, both of the senatots and of the public, has not flagged an Instant. The galleries were crowded and hun dreds of eople lilt"d the coiridors. un able even to secure standing room in the galleries. From II "'clock, when the seiiaie convened, until the hour when the voting began, advocates and) o..oooer.i of the bill bi illiani.lv and i elotiuetitly maitilained their ruiivlctioris ! indeed, a historic aslon. and the audilors were kept in a stat. ; Mr. Wellington (Md.t oppos-d the of constant excitement. j pending measure, but said be had stood The particularly notable .peeehe of i ready to support the bill first presented the day were delivered by Mr. Mason J to the senate upon the subject. That of Illinois, in opposition to the meas- j bill had been regarded as Just and n ure. and by Mr. Foraker of Ohio, ho j siitufional. "But." he said, "the leg replied to a brief spec, h by Air. Wei- isialfve monstro-lty now before us lington of Maryland. It was tbe ( diso i transgresses evio y principle .f nation senator's desire to ciear up any inisuu-! al honor, patriotism, good faith and derstandirig or misiiifoi mat ion con- j justice. I am compelled, therefore, to concerning the bill. j part from my colleagues of the repub- Mr. Mason's spee. j, was aigumeiita- j i an majority and vote agsiinst -this tive, eloquent and uoiusmg in turns. ; hdl " and as it ownd the entire range of; Mr Foiaker said the spee, b of V. the t ouiclry's duli.-s and ..soisiidit- WelUnai.in made It appropriate for him lies to what the Illinois senator tar-jlo say. at tie- close of Ihe debute. Hat astna v tt-noe. "our m-au-liir P"S- ses-sions. it was ry inteu-siijig and ciear to his heareis. i Just before the senate adjourned, a sensational episode occurred in which Mr. Woleott aoeus.-ii Mr. fridge of Man. sachuseits of urgins that which was "uniualifS'dly ,alss-." The .jlfHeiilty arm over- an effoU made by Mr. lej jc to have tbe S"oiii-r bill made rhe un finished business. This Involved .lie displacemenl of tin- (jiiav case and the friends of the Pernor senator from Pennsylvania made tilings exeei-dir.y.'y lively for half an hour. BDIINMMl OF VoTF.. When the hour of 4 o i lo k wa- ' reached the chairman aniroiin.id that the votes uton the pending amend ments and upon the bill should now be taken. At the suggestion of Mr. Forsker the committee amendments w hich had been passed over were reverted to and adopted without division. The bill w as I hen reported to tin senate, the amendments w-ie agreed to and on an av and nay vote it was passed by a vole of 40 to 31; a ma Jorlly of V. The following is a detailed vote on the measure: Teas Allison. Baker. Bard, Carter. Chandler, Clark (Wyo.i. Cullom, Tx-bo. Itepew, Fairbanks, Foraker. Frye, t!al linger. tjear. Manna. Hansbrough. Haw ley. Jones t.N'ev.). Kean, Kyle. Idge, M'-Uride, McComas, McMillan. Penrose, Perkins, Piatt (Conn.), Piatt (N. Yd. Prilohard, Qaurles, Ross, Sott. Seawall. Shoup. SiMiner, Stew art. Tliurstort, Wet more. Wob-ott 40. Nays Allen, Bacon. Bale. Merry. (,'lark (Mont. I. Clay. Coekrell, Culbert son, Daniel, Iiavls (rep.l. Harris. Heit feld, Jones (Ar k ), Kenny. Undsay, M.'-I-aiirlii, Martin. Msson (rep). Money, Morgan, Nelson (rep.i. Pettus. PrKtor (rep), Sullivan. Taliaferro. Teller. Till man, Turley, Vest, Wellington (rep.) 31. The only change In pairs on the final vole related to Mr. P.everidge (Ind) Mr. Clark (Mont announced that he under stoiaJ, If present, Mr. Hrverldge would vote for the bill: he. therefore, transferred liis pair to Mr. Rawlins oiem., Ptaht. This permitted both Mr Clark snd Mr. ll.inna (Mr. Rawliu's pain to vntf. PROFI.P I.M'Y AM OITKKSSIO.S. Duiiim the dl-i .":eii of the Porte Ricdii bill Mr. t'mboioti tiek slroiiK ground against l cle.. r u,g the IT:;s of I'm-iii lileo to. coiigresi. uncontrolled by constitutional plovisione. Congress was apt to le partisan, and such being the fact profligaiy and oppression wer to be expected. Already the skirmish lines had lecn thrown out for a change on the part of Imperialists by Henatoi Jodge and Pa-veiidue, the latter ex oresing ti tueferenie in res-( t for the unwritten constitution of the arls-i tocracy of C.reat Britain, The order for llfleen-mlnute swoheii or less then went Into effec t. Mr, Clay 0 ) addressed htlriseif lurgely to show. Ing what he designated the Inconsist ency of the suppoltcis of the pending bill. The original measure, he said, wss diametrically opposed In Its provisions to Ihe pending bill, providing as It did for a territorial form of government. It was also in keeping with the presl dent' message, for the president had not only detlartd for free trad, , but kg also hud taken i position fr a teril- torial form of government. "We have been told" said Mr. Clay, "that the president has changed his mind, but as for myself the president can hae but one attitude." He recognized no mes sage from the president favorable to free trad- with Porto Rico, regardless of assurance of senators and the speak ers of the house. Mr. Ross (Vt ) laid stress upon the importance of proceeding with care in this crisis. He thought the constitu tion had not extended to Potto Rh-o upon the sdgnli'.g of the peace treaty and argued that it would be unwise to txtrnd it by legislation. Mr. Ross said he thought fu-e trade should be estab lishe das soon as possible between tbe t'nited State and porto Rh o. He thought the provision permitting some article to enter- fr.e and taxing mn-is w is unfair, If not Illegal. He would, however. suUuditiate some of his opin ion and vote for the measure. Mr. Teller enter,. ,1 bi.-i protest against the pending bill. He wou'd vote against it, not be -ause il I. i d a doty on Porto K" an ppaPiMs; be did not ob j ct t that pioiisi'in. but he did ! iicve the I'nited States ought to treat th" .,,ple of Pllto Rico 8S it p!ooos-d to treat those of Cuba, lie ( ! believed congress had ample power to il-g'l-date for the people of Porto Rl. o ,. I under the treaty of pari A. MKTAMORI'HOSKI). Mr. Paeon (fla.i adverted to what he teimed the "evolution of the pending bill," showing it had developed from free trade to a tariff measure. The pro vision relating to the citizenship of th people had likewise been changed, and npon the enactment of the pending bill they were to be disappointed in not be coming citizens of the 1'nlbd States. When this bill should pass it would be the first law d dar ing that people for whom congret had legislated were not citizens "f lie- I'nited States It was. so far as l ne p-ininif too erned. r diffe there hod been nothing unusual j lent from legislation generally. PROCTOR'S QPKSTfo.V. J Mr. Proof or V! I tninrei wny tne president, the secretary of war and Genera! Thu is, the iroverrior "f Porto Rb-u. had not seen and noted the ne. cessity for a tariff on I'orto Rlcan pro ducts. "1 do not know." retorted Mr For aker. "why It did not occur to them. Perhaps It did. What I do know Is that the subjei t whs thoroughly ami impar tially investigated and the necessity f,.e Ihe b-iMvlKlioll IliOMISed ftOW WS established beyond quibble by our com mittee." DEWEY SAYS HE WILL ACCEPT, New York World Says He Would Accept Nomination. New York. (Special ) A spe.-iat to the Woild from Washington says; Admiral fVwev authorizes the World to announce to the American people that after mature reflection and In re sponse to earnest entreaties from all parts of the country . his former deci sion not under sny circumstances to run for the presidency is rescinded. A World correspondent saw the ad miral at his home. Admiral Dewey said : "I realize that the time has arrive, wh'ii I must deflnltely define my po sition. "When I arrived In this country last September I said then that nothing would Induce me to s candidate for the presidency. "Since then, however, I have had the leisure and Inclination to study the matter and have reached a different conclusion, inasmuch as so many assur ances have come to me from my coun trymen that I would be acceptable as a candidate for this great office. If the American people want nie for this high office I shall be only too willing to serve them. "U Is the highest honor In the gin of this nation. W hat citizen would re fuse it ? "Since studying this subject 1 am convinced that the otlie of the presi dent Is not such a very dlfllciilt one u. till, his duties being mainly to execut the law s of congress. "Should 1 be chosen for this exalted position 1 would execule Ihe laws of congress as faithfully as I have always executed the nrdeis of my superlots." Admiral Iiewey did not slate which party's nomination he would accept. The icimrter asked . e)n what plalfoim will you stand'' snd the admiral leplied: "I think I have said enough St thlt time, snd possibly too much." JONK8 KAYS TO WAIT. Washington, ! C (Special.)--Senator Jtmes, chairman of the national democratic committee, sny that the committee will take no formal action until he has further Information con (ernlng what Kansas City proposes to do. If It is true, ss reported, that th'; hall will be rebuilt, (here will be no necessity for making other arrange menu. Senator Jones says that l( the i Risen of Kansas City go at It in the right way there is no reason why they cannot templets the. ntw building by July . destroyed: KANSAS CiTY CONVENTION HALL DESTROYED BY FIRE. WILL REBUILD AT ONCE rVhlle Building Burns Kansas City Plans Its Reconstruction Loss is About 40O.OOO Kansas City, Mo. (Special.) Conven tion hall, Kansas City's pride, wherein the democratic national convenibin wu to have been held on July 4, was laid in tulns In less th.m thirty minutes Wednesday afternoon from fire that started from an unknown source at 1 o'clock. The fire burned w ith su -h fury that it was evident almost from the stall that the structure was doomed, ind (he firemen soon turned their at tention to saving surrounding proier- ty. A stiff breeze was blowing and be ,'ore the fite was subdued at 2:15 o'clock he Second Presbyterian church, one of .he finest edifices in the city; the I'hurch parsonage, the Lathrnp public tchool, a two-story, thlrteen-room building, all situated across the way on Central street, and a half block ot three-story flat buildings on Twelfth street were rendered a total loss. SeV ral residences were damaged to a greater ur less degree and for a time il was feared that several blocks o! buildings in the resilience dlsiilit would go. The aggregate loss is Jtoniss'. appor tioned as follows; Convention hail. $i"V. Insurance, ila,".f; church, M, insured; parsonage, tla,ts), insured, school $:;,",,iss. inxuie-i for $-.it.4i; V. ,1 liamson block. Twelfth street, pia '. Insurance Ibi.'Mr. Plans are on fool to rebuild Conten tion hall immediately and make it leady for the democratic convention in July. While the lire was still in pro gress members of the Commercial club, through whose efforts the hall u as oiiceived and built, mingled in tne .. rotd of spect.Hois and began s-dii it-ing- funds for a new- structure. J'.y evening t.'.'i.'sm had le-en subscribed and Secretary K. Al. t lendi nlng of ihe c'ul. o,-i!-cd a mass meeting of citizens toi Thursday nii:hl to devise wavs and means cf raising ail additional !",, iio. The hall uns-oc laiioit has JIO.isKi l.i tie bank and will have V,',,t.m lnsuia:c for immediate use. the insuiaiee com panies having spontaneously agie.td in waive the sfxtV-day limit and make w ! dement on demand. The Kansas I'lty I,urnl-r company, that furnished four-dftbs ot the lumber for the old building, have agreed to duplicate their order at once at the tale in existence two years azo, are! the Minneapolis linn that furnished the j steel giub rs f,r the immense roof have been telegraphed to duplicate their or-j d-r. I STARTING OF FIRM j The fire started, as near as art be learned, at 1 o'clock. Just above the boiler room In the northeast corner of the building, on the alley, where some plumbers had been al work. There was no fire In the furnace and the sup position Is that the blaze started from a spirit lamp or by one of the plumb ers crossing an electric light wire. still alarm was first turned in. By the time the first engine arrived, ten minutes later, the whole building was a mass or names. 1 ne entire structure. coveririt half a block each way on Thirteenth and Central streets, was turned Into a furnace of fire before- a second alarm could be sounded, and In less than half an hour the roof, up held by massive sleel girders that span ned Its 200 feet of breadth, fell wlih a crash that sent showers of burning em bers in every direction and drove the firemen across the street. The brick Corinthian columns lilting the building along the facades on Thir teenth and Centitl streets tottered and in a few minutes all fell outward, and the hall was a complete wreck, the work of but fifteen minutes' time. CHI'lU'H AND SCHOOU A strong wind tarried the flames to the Second Presbyterian church, on the opposite side of Thirteenth and Central streets, und In forty minutes that big structure, occupying a half block in length, was in ruins. The parsonage adjoining, and next the Rafhrnp school, which was partially destroyed in ihe cyclone or !-. ni wntcn mm i-en s-r side for the use of the newspaper cor espondents dining tlv coming mnu-u tion, weie atlaeken: simultaneously, and o. in nothing but their wulls were left niHicllnir Foi innately the sch'Hil Inn hail not returned t- llnir room after the no on hour and all weie go. (en tu plat es of safely. Nexl the flames caught the William son flats, across lb- dey from the hall fin the nolth, on Twelfth stict. and these were giiii'd. The flats occupied a half block ami weie bilk and thic stories In height, Flying embers started blazes In a dozen different residences within a ta illus of two blocks, and fanned by a stiff bre.r.e anil shied by a low wmi-i pressure, threatened s geivial confla gration. The fire, which was finally gotten Un der control at 2:Vi. proved to le- mi of the quickest snd most dangerous ex periences In Ksnsss City for many years. CONVENTION HAM,. Convention hall had been classed b traveler ns one of the laret. and itiost perfectly constructed sud'torlum th world. Th building was eiciej in ISsH at a cost of Jje'.."f. which was ,ais-d entirely by public subs ! Ipti.m. It occupied a pie f ground 314 7 2M0 feel In extent, was two stories hlgU and built of native stone, cream brick and terra cotta. The first story was of th renaissance style of architecture, and the second story in peristyle form, with groups and columns. The build ing was of bridge construction, without a column, the roof being supi-orled by great steel girders. Its general seat ing arrangement was modeled some what upon the plan of the Metropolitan opera house, New York. The flocr space was divided into anna.arena bal cony, balcony and roof garden, box" skirting the arena and arena balcony. The total seating capacity was nearly 20.OW. and with standing room the building was capable of holding mow than 2').f" people. The arena alone seated 4ts). The building had no stair ways, the upper seating being reached by means of Inclined planes, Separai exits were used for the balconies and to f garden, and It is estimated inai the hall rould bo emptle d at the rata cf Z,W people a minute. Practically rothing remains Intact of convention hall, save the Thirteenth street one-story wall and the founda tion. The straggling side walls will have to be torn down. WIL.R BE RFBUILT. That Convention hall 'will be rebuilt and before July 4 was settled at the meeting in the evening of the board of directors of the Convention Hall com pany. That the necessary funds will be subscribed Immediately Is not even fiuestioncd, Karly Thursday morning a forte of men was sent into the ruins tf. begin the work of clearing away th debris. Wednesday night the directors were in telegraphic communication w ith iron and steel men Ihroughout the i.fiuntry in an endeavor to secure thu necessary structural Iron and steel. The securing of this matetiiil is the one question that is i auslng uneasiness. In the old building there were approx imately l,'i0 tons of Iron and steel. There is some doubt whether the gr.-at steel girders and trusses that supirt ed the massive roof r an be constructed in time, owing to tip- present great de mands tifOn the iron and steel work. However, even though the Iron men should prove urieriu.-il to the emergen, y it Is believed that the hall la nbe re built in time for the .onvention by put tine i temporal lly a light roof, sup poi ied by wooden columns. This plan is being discussed. H has also been suggested that thi old exposition building, located two miles east of the burned hall, eon d easily be transformed Into a satlsf.o r uy auditorium. This building would probably seat 1.W0 persons. The (''.-invention hall directors' arid . the committee on entertainment nf th democratic convention have already re ceive"! hundred of messages of syinm thy and encouragement. The spirit ev. ery where to night is that the hall must be rebuilt and must be rushed to com pletion before July 4. GIVE CITY A CHANCE, Stone Is Confident Auditorium Will Soon Be Rebuilt. St. Louis. Mo. (Special.) F.x-Govern-. or William J. Stone, vice chairman of the democratic national committee, re ceived the first news of the burning of Kansas Cily's convention hall from tli AssfM-lated Press. "I am surptlsed and shocked at thin had news," he said. "The convention hall at Kansas City I considered one of the finest In the country and it was, because of this that the national com mlltee selected that city for the con vention. It will be a great blow to that enterprising city, which, 1 think, will rise to the occasion and and pre pare a suitable place in which to hold, the convention. "Cntll I hear from the people there as to what will be done. 1 cannot say where the convention will be held, but 1 think it Is the disposition of the na tional committee and the democracy at large-to sland by Kansas City in hep affliction. Whether the people of Kan sas Ciyt tan llnlsh the hall between no wand July 4. or prepare a temporary place of met ling, I do not know, but if any city can do so that city can," "At any rate, I believe Kansas City people should have a breathing spell of a day or two In order to formulate their plans. I shall probably call ft meeting of the sub-commit ten which has the convention arrangements In charge, to meet at Kansas City at an early day I Iook over Ihe situation and deter mine what in the best course (o pursue, 1 shall ak Chairman Jones lo meet with them. As I hae already said, I Sincerely hcliete the citizens of Kansas City will make stupendous; ef lorts to rebuild Ihe i om eiitlon hall, or. If this camml be done, niak adefUt .provisions to mee ine emei ini y," SAYS COMMITTEE WILL AIO. Democratlo National Committee, May Help. Chicago, HI. 4 Special.) Secretary Wals hof the democratic ttHlioiiMl com mute expressed his regret at the con flagration so disastrous lo Ksnsss City, "In my heller," he said, "II wilt In ha way Interfere with the holding of the democratic convention. Any person whe has come In contact with the business men of Kansas CHy must have been Impressed with th fact that the town contains a higher degree of public pT. It than any other city In Ihe l'nlt4 Stales, and 1 believe w p,,,,ie horn will provide suitable aecommodatlona for the national democratic convention. It seems to me that the national com mittee will certainly aid (hem In tvvry v m its power."