EOTEEAELY 200 SCHOOL CHODEEH IOST THEIE LIVES IH FIEE.
V Wisv VtfV - s
The dia.gr.-im shows how nearly joe
.whonl children lost their liws in tlie
'faorror at Xorth Collinwood. Ohio.
From the description ofye v5iie.xes
the artist has graphically pictured this
terrible child tragedy. Marching in
line after the sound of the lire drill
bell , the -hildren saw a tongue of flame
shoot up from the basement. The chil
dren occupying the four rooms on the
ground lloor escaped. The flames cut
off exit by the front . -
st.-rirway for the < c
on the second ami third iloors. Those
on tJie s < H-ond flot r rushed for the rear
stairway and attempted to esc.ipe
through the rear door. Th" door open
ed inwardly , and in their wild rush the
children piled upon one another in
front of the door. Shrieking , they
surged down the stairs , whirling , trip
ping , dropping , then falling headlong
to the landing , where the outside door ,
opening , nlns. inward."caught them. In
almost the twinkle of an eye u ghastly
pile < f irampled. mangled innocents
jxrew. piled high between stairs .aid
door. All escape from the third lloor
\vns cut off. Then the lire and tiie
UNCLE SAM MAY DEPOET MANY.
Starts "War on Anarchists by Taking
Census of Public Charges.
Aroused by the attempt upon the
life of Chief Shippy of Chicago , the
United States government has ollicial-
ly swung its forces into action in a
nation-wide battle against anarchy. Or
ders went out from Washington to take
the first step in purging the nation of
these foes to ajnvernmcnt and individ
ual life. The instructions from "Wash
ington were tin' result of a prolonged
Cabinet meeting. : rnd in addition to the
word sent out by Attorney General
Bonaparte to his subordinates they Jf
were embodied in a special order issued
by Secretary Strauss of the Department
of Commerce and Labor , who is espe
cially intrusted by law with the duty
of deporting anarchists and see that t
they do not gain entrance to tis coun CO
try.
try.For
For the second time since rhe passage
of the new immigrant law in UK ) . ' ! , de
tails of immigration inspectors have
started out to take a census of the "
prison , insane asylums , reformatories
and chariiable institutions of the coun
try to collect statistics relating to the lo
number of aliens in these institutions
_ nnd those who have become public del
\ rhanres. It is said this is the lirst step
la ihe war which the Department of jroi
Oommerco and Labor will wage against lira
axwchists and members of pernicious ! '
serret societies. Hundreds of deporta
tions may follow. IIn
In oflici.-il circles it is admitted that
future immigration legislation of a rad for
ical character may result from the re In
ports brought in by these investigators. : iie
The details of men were ordered to !
oflic
)
work as rapidly as possible and to have
tl > < ir reports ready for part
presentation to and
the department at Washington bv May He
31. infh
Tiider the law an alien can be de- ;
porfr'd if he becomes a public charge iniM
within ihrce years after landing. It is iiib
Relieved i : ! at
a large
percentage of the aliens
that
now depending
on charity have not
been in the country three cent
years , and
therefore wholesale
deportations
are
likelv to result. dent
that
I'o T the
M"iss Anne Morgan , dau-rhter of J. in
Pierpont Morgan , and several other I ley
wealthy society women , are leading a to
nio\ement. intended lo be of national The
scope , lo improve the condition of work a re
ing women and men in larire cities. To bulk
this end they have voluntarily assumed the
the duty of factory ii.spectors in New owed
Yprk City and vicinity ,
examining cos ! > - men
ly into the hygienic and social conditions ilives
prevailing. The purpose so far devel Piw
oped is no ! lo remedy oxi-sting conditions of p
by infliiejx-in legislation , but to work "tha
by pihat.influence on the individual and
manufacturing firms in whose workshops not
are found abuses or unsatisfactory con site
ditions. '
J're <
ty
flaming timbers came , .ind dead , dying
and injured \\ere caught in one dre.ul-
fnl j > yre. The smaller picture''showing
the burned' s-hool house was photo
graphed a few minutes after the roof
had fallen in on the lieaped-up. m.-n- ;
t
I Ex-Senator William E. Chandler of
New Hampshire and William Pitt Iel(1
Jog : . former Republican Governor of
Louisiana , have issued from Washington
an appeal , or. as they term ir. " .i few
suggestive words. " to the Republican voters
ers of the South. Fit-si , they : 'sk that
the Southern delogaies to the presid r.liil
n be not maopd in favor of any
one candidate. eressing ] their be'i-f ' that
any candidate nominated as a result of
the united ad Son of ihe Southern uele-
gaies would be defeated at ihe polK. They
urge that the delegates be. ifwssiblc. .
"free and miinstriK ted. who from the
in-sinning ( to the end
will at with pru-
deme. discrefion and wisdom , according
ihfir best judgment , formed only ai the
lime and place of the convention. ' They
also issue a warning against allowing Ihe
delegates to be named or controll-1' ! by
federal officeholders. And. above all. they
protest against excluding colored R 'pub
licans from taking active par. in the
I'lcflion of delegates.
The fii-sl wriMen word from Gov.
Hugheof : New York defining ins atti-
lude toward the Republican nomination
President was contium'd in his ivpl.r
n letter of inquiry from a member of
Xew York City Republican CIui > . In
ihr Governor says he is noiveking
flice. but will respond to the call of his
tarry should the voters , with delilvraiion
harmony , decide to presrnt his name.
reiterates thai he will not a't. injil to
nfiuence the selection or vote of .my d 'le-
ate. and that Ihe State administration
continue to be impartial .m.l not
libutary lo any < - andiday. . He say.s the
alter is one for the party to decide , and
whatever its decision he will be of
ontenr.
The expected slal/'inpnt from the Presi-
in rejily to widely circulated charges
he had used federal
patronage n > : Iii
cmdidacy of of
Secretary Taft came out
the t form of a letter to William Und
Foulke of Indiana , who had wri.fpn
the President as a friendly inquirer.
President says thai all such harg"s
"f.-jlse " the
and malicious. For the great
; > f iiosimasiorship ; ; and coliectorships to
President asserts thni he has fol-
the custom of
taking the
recom-
ncndatioii of the Senators and Represenl-
as the basis of his selections. The ax
'resident says his interference in matters a.es. .
patronage has been limited to insisting (
opposition to the purposes , policies
friends of the administration shall
be consid-M-ed
as a necessary prercqiii- tie
U > holding file commission of the
"resident "
ever
ub'd 1'odii's of nearly L'OO children and
several of their te.-n Iicrs. who had he-
yoi'-aily thrown tlieniselves into the
midsi of their .
ii.inic-sjrh-keii little ones
in an effort ti > save them from the
awful doi.'ii that overlook them.
SAID TO SOUND KEYNOTE.
Ohio Hcpublican Platform Considp
ercd of National Significance ,
The platform adopted bf tlie Ohio
Republicans is considered of national
si , as i ! is the joint work of
t ! ablest advisers of President Roosevelt
velt and of the
most
vP astute of the cam
paign managers of Secretary Taft. As
the joint product of these men. few Re
publicans doubt that the Ohio platform
sounds the keynote of the Republican
campaign ; , always in the event of the
RooscvHf-Taft control of the National
Convention. Following is the platform
in brief :
Go\ eminent regulation of railroads as
against irovenimcnt ownership.
. Re-enactn.ent of the employers' liability
act.
Limitation of the exercise of the power
of injunction.
Greater merchant marine and an ade
quate navy.
Revision of the tariff
by a special ses
sion of rhe next Congress.
Protection of the civil and political
riulits of negroes.
Reduction of representation in Congress
and the electoral college in all the States
where white and colored citizens arc dis
franchised.
Approval of the prosecution of illegal
trusts and monopolies and of evil-doers
boih in the public service and in flie com
mercial world.
. Indorsement of Roosevelt administra
tion.
Thf platform which the Nebraska
Democratic State convention adopt rd ,
and which is the announccnirnt of prin
ciples winch will go into the national
platform at Denver in July , declares in
favor of the vigorous enforcement of the
criminal law airainsr trusts and trust ted
magnates , unres tariff reform and an in
come tiand d-mands "such an rnlargo-
mint of the powers of the national and
State railway commission as to give to
pers'oiiv aid places full protection from
discrimination and extortion. " pt-al
Mr. Bryan , in a brief address follow one
ing the naming an l instructing for him
sixteen delegates the
to national con
vention , said : "As the Republicans used (
one faction of the Democraifc party to inir
defeat us in 1S ! I. we shall return the is
compliment this , \ear and use one part any
the Republican party to defeat the
"
other.
IICTERESTIIJG NEWS ITEMS.
Senator Young has been expelled from
Philipinu assembly by a vote of10
. " . " . Heas very bitter in his attacks tory
upon partv leaders. ' con
Dr. Inslee P. . Berry of Xew York nun
recommends
Ma
ommends that all trains carry , besides the
and crowbar , a kit containing br.nd-
es.hisky. . splints , plaster and sterilized
Ottoll.
The German steamship Robert Heyne the .
arrived in Xew York after a furious bat- ! "lii
of twenty days with a series of storms ,
which its captain declared the worsl he ! ments
saw. be <
"DO IT NOW. "
-Chicago Record-Herald.
WAS ON ANARCHY.
Determined Effort Being Made to
Stamp It Out in Chicago.
Federal. State and municipal govern
ments are to unite in a determined
movement to quench the fires of an-
aroliy in Chicago , which were fanned
info a flame when Lazarus Averbm-h. a
youthful tool of local nihilists , was
slain in the attempt to assassinate
Chief of Police George M. Shippy.
In running down the anarchist
groups that are poisoning the minds of
thousands of men and women , it was
determined , in a conference of public
clli < ials. that the police should have
the assistance of every available nu-
ilM'rity and that decisive action must
jc taken to avert a recurrence of the
Ciitlawry which came to a bloody cli
max in Ilaymarkec Square in 1SS ( > .
A\erbuch. the police are informed ,
was commissioned to kill Chief Shippy
at a meeting of anarchists which he
attended the previous Thursday night.
It was on that night , upon his return
i > the home of his sister. Olga Aver
buch. ills Washbtirne avenue , that the
\oiiiig Russian de.-hired that he might
as well kill himself.
This group of anarchists , it also ha.-
been reported , plotted to assassSnat"
Mayor Bnsse and Captain P. D. O'B''i-
PU of flic detective bureau.
Information has reached the police
that Averbuch. instead of going to
night s'-houl. as his sister said he did.
was iu frequent communication with : :
band of violent , lawless men. who had
alpo
decided upon the death of Chicago's
poli'-e head. In the meeting where the
plans ] were discussed Averbuch. it is
alleged , was chosen to commit the
crime. When picked by lot for the
execution of such a deed , police o'ii-
cials ; familiar with the regulations of
anarchist societies declare , tiie nss-i -
sin is watched continually , without hi-
knowledge , until he carries out the
order or is arrested or slain in the
attempt. This , the authorities believe
was done in Averbnch's ca e.
Many anarchists have been arrested
iu a rusade the most vigorous waged
since the time of the Ilaymarket rirr.
but y search for leaders revealed that
all h.d : fled rhe city or were hiding.
Literature , teeming with bla ph."in ;
and exhortations against the law am1
public officials , was confiscated , and
several street meetings in the ghetto
weve dispersed. President Roosevel'
in an interview with a corresponded
warmly commends Chief Shippy ami
says he would reward him if he were
in a position to do so.
The press of the countrr has I eon "
practically unanimous in praising the
action of Chief Shippy in dealing with and
the assassin , and urging " strict nieasmav
, ,
uivs to stamp out anarchy. ing
. \ ntlItciiuit ; Act T'pheld. rule
The I'nited States Supreme Court de
cided , in the first of a series of cases of
attacking the Elkins
anti-rebate law as
reincorjiorated in the more recent Hep of
burn rate law. that the Great Xorthern tary
railway's conviction and Sl."i,000 fine for
making a concrssion offt cents a hun
dred on fifteen shipments of oats from
Minneapolis to Seattle , was ralid. not-
lutes j (
withstanding that the acts were commit- , ,
in 10f ) > . before ilio Hepburn bill had
become a law. The indictments , though ' . /
returned after the passage of the Hep- '
burn bill was based upon the Elkinsaw. .
This decision is expected to have a w.de anese
effect on a law number of cases of aj- has
from low < ' courts and it destroy , triven
of the principal defenses which the self
Standard Oil Company was preparing t < > when-
advance against the payment of tliP $ - ' . ) .
XHHIO ( line imposed last year for accept- my
Alton rebates. The court's decision sanity
unanimous and holds that repeal of ers
siatut- * should not have the eff. > ct of ship
releasing any one from any penalty in is a
curred under it unless the repealing ac :
expressly so provides. whole
Prof. Slipher. at the Lowell Observa tract
; , Flagstaff , Ariz. , has photographed
comparison spectra of .Mars and the A
. which indicate bo ;
water vapor in tiie
Martian atmosphere. -.evera
them
Through contract with the irovernment.
though under the immediate auspices of the
Y. M. C. A. , a quartet of women death
musicians June saiK-d for the Isthmus of Feb.
Panama , where they will ghe entertain
in the canal zone. They expect to can ,
gone four weeks Several
DENVER'S AUDITORIUM IS VAST.
Is Said to Be the Country's Most
Spacious Assembly Hall.
Work on Denver's immense audito
rium which will house the Democratic
national convention has progressed so
rapidly that ihe building will be ready
by the middle of June. The convention
will open July 7. The auditorium will
cost snriO.OOO and is built of fireproof
material , with exits arranged so the
place is entirely panic-proof. It is not
a temporary structure , but intended to
Inst for generations for the accommoda
tion of other conventions. It is larger
than Madi.-on Square Garden in New
York , which until recently was the
most spacious assembly hall in the
country. Madison Square Garden seats
llMo" . while th'k seating capacity of
the Denver auditorium is ll ! . . iOO.
From present indications it is esti
mated that the attendance at the con
vention will be the largest that hag
been present at such a gathering. Low
rates have been made on ail the rail
roads , and as the convention will take
place during the season when the travel
to Colorado is heaviest , the usual crowd
will be swelled by thousands who will
come for recreation , taking advantage
of the rates. The hotel men are pledged
not to raise prices for rooms and meals
and this promise will be kept , it is
said.
said.A
A correspondent says that it is amaz
ing what amounts of money are spent
in I enver to entertain those who come
as delegates to conventions. The re-
. eprion committee of the Grand Army
raised SI00.000 and finished its work
Sl.l.dOO in debt , so lavish was the enter
tainment. The Elks spent $80,000 in
making the city a sea of purple decora
tions for the event and dispensing pen-
handed hospitality on every side. The
Eagles also spent a large sum when
their national convention was held. The
city generally makes an appropriation
for this purpose , as fdoes the State.
is
an
Ernest Coqnelin. a French actor ol of
note , was confined in a private sanitarium
bec-.use of his hallucinations that he ii one
Xapoleon I.
*
Russian ; soldiers were sent to the Sront ,
it was announced that o.OOO troops call
may undertake militaiy maneuvers involv but
five nations.
The high Federal Court of Venezuela
ruled'against the Xew York and Bermuda ted
Asphalt Company , approving the penalty of
S200.0UO assessed against it.
The resignation of Gov. ( Jen. Gerhard
Finland and the succession of the mili
commander. Gen. Brkmann. is re try
garded as the beginning of repressive up
measures in the grand duchy.
Admiral Evans' armada exchanged sa tary
( with a Chilean squadron , with the
President of the Republic aboard , as the
sixteen , American bauieshipc steamed by cent
Valparaiso ' , bound for Callao , Peru. is
Baron Kogoro Takahira.-the new Jap on
ambassador to the ( "nitecl States ,
reached his po t. In a statement
to the reporters he expressed him
as pleased to return to this country ,
whenhe formerly represented his govj j
erniiient. "Ft is impossible. " said he. "in
opinion , for any man of ordinary
to think of war between two pow
like ours in spite of the sincere friend
actually existing between them. It Public
crime against humanity , against civ
ilization , against the well-being of the
of mankind. " ing
Three Amerjcans discovered a diamond the
in Mexico for which they refused
tflOfUMio in gold.
Lisbon newspaper reported that the
Kinir would leave his capital to spend
! months at rjiitra. oank.
Many persons were injured , some of tom
seriously , in a clash between the oha.-ed
populace and the troops growing out o is
demonstration commemorating the bank
of Giordrno Bruno at Rome on five
. ! < ! . The demonstration , which was It
anti-clerical , was engaged in by republi oflicials
socialist and anarchist organizations. mind
of the leaders have been arrested. while
" "s&rrtsv . & > &S& * *
y i I l'l 2 AV. * * V *
.J- . ' ad qpte
l-j70 Excommunication of Queen Eliza
beth by Pope rins \ ' .
1UJI : I5lrth of Iloiiry Stubbe. "the most
noted Latin and Greek scholar of
his age. "
IGlo Assassination of the Indians byt
the Dutch at Pavonia. X. .1.
1G7. ! Charles II. leased Virginia to Lord
Culpeper and the Karl of Arlington ,
ton.
] ( j7i ; Indians attacked the settlers of
Wcymouth. Mass.
17OJ Indians attacked and destroyed
tou-n of Deerlield. Mass.
17 ( > . British House of ( " 'ominous passed
the Stamp act.
1777 South Carolina militia defeated a
large force of American royalists.
1780 Russia issued a declaration ot
armed neutrality.
178.5 Denmark acknowledgc.1 the inde
pendence of the I'nitcd States.
1707 The Hank of England suspended
cash pa.unents.
1700 Bonaparte/ reached the city of
Gaza in I'alestine.
1808 Denmark declared war against
S\veden.
18I. > Xapoleon I. escaped from the isl
and of Elba.
1S.51 Poles defeated the Russians at
Prague.
iS.'Jli Poland declared a part of Russia.
1S12Lord
Ellenborongh appointed
gov
ernor general of India.
1S17 Americans defeated the Mexicans
in battle at Sacramento , Cal.
18 7 Beginning of Indian mutiny at
Merhampore.
1SOI Xew constitntion
of Austrian em
pire declared.
1S71 Congress set the
apart Yellow
stone valley as a national park
A joint commission met in Wash
ington to settle disputes between the
United States and Croat Britain.
1S7.'J CommitlPe on the Credit Mobiliec
scandal recommended the expulsion
of one of the Tinted States Senators
implicated.
1SSI Boers defeated the British at Ma-
juba Hill.
1SSO French troops suffered a disastrous
defeat at Madagascar.
1SSS I'nion Square theater , New York ,
destroyed by fire.
1SOJ Yuma , Ariz. , nearly destroyed by
flood.
1SO ( > Receivers appointed for the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad.
1000 Gen. Cronje and the Boer forces
surrendered to the British Relief
of Ladysmith , after a sfege of IliO
days.
lOO.j Beginning of the battle at Muk
den. Manchuria , between the Itus
sians and Japanese.
An Iiituritri.smi Content.
Rev. A. G. Gates of Hutchinson , Kan. ,
endeavoring to interest prison chap
lains thronghont the country in an inter-
prison literary contest , after the type of
intercollegiate prize competition. The
subject proposed is "What Is True Lib
erty ; Its Value , and How Obtained. "
The composition be in
may either prose or
poetry , but must be the indiridual work
the prisoner submitting the manu
script. The prizes are to be one of $25 ,
of $1.1. one of § . " and five of $1.
These prizes are offered , "not with the
belief that they are of sufficient value to
out the best efforts of the writers ,
in the hope that they may serve rfi
adding interest to the result , and be an
expression to some sliirht degree of the
donor's gratitude for the article submit
on a subject so full of interest to all
us. "
AVouMVilhiIraiv : ? . " " .OOO.OOO.
From all the money centers of the coun
come reports of bank deposits again
to or exceeding the normal before the
panic. This being the rase , the Secre
of the Treasury has- made a further
withdrawal of public funds from the de
pository banks to the amount of 2per
of their holdings , where the total
$100.000 or more. 10 per cent payable
or I > erore .March ! > . and the rest on
March I' . " . 1'nder this call about $ 'Jo-
OOO.OOO will be returned.
The Xew York Court of
Appeals , by a
unanimous vote , has sustained the consti
tutionality of the former State Gas Com
mission. This derision is considered as
pnK-tically aHinnins the validity of the
Service Commission law. which
the duties of several
separate com
missions into two'ceneral bodies , one hav
jurisdiction in Xew York City and
other in the remainder of the State
\ -\v Hrurk
The National City Bank of X > w York ,
commonly -inown as the Standard Oil
. has heuuii to demolish the old cus
house nil \ValI street , which it pur-
soin- : years ago. On this site it
planned to erect the most imposing
strncfire in tin- world , to be twenty-
stories high and cost over .SL'-IOO.Oob.
.said to be the desire of the bank
to e-ccr : a building that will re
people of the Bank of England ,
being far more magnificent and
.