t THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL.
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NOKKOUC NKIMtASKA KKIDA Y JANUAHY ! 1J. I ) ( ) >
TWO YOUNG MEN OF PLAINVIEW
CAUGHT IN ACT.
SON WOULD TAKE FATHER'S CASH
Clay Shaffer , Who Is Known to Have
Been Drunk , and Sam Marty , Both
About 25 , Tried to Hold up Jo Shaf
fer Both Fled.
Plainvlow , Neb. , Jan. 11. Special to
The News : Under the Inlluonco of
liquor , Sam Mnrty , aged about twenty-
five , mid Clay Shaffer , about the same
age , wore caught hy the town marshal
nt midnight In the act of holding up
Jo Shaffer , father of one of the young
mon , and trying to relieve him of his
pension money which ho carried. The
victim Is sixty-live yearn old.
When the marshal arrived , the pair
scattered , and loft town. Tholr where
abouts Is not known.
GREENE AND GAYsvJ.t . ON TRIAL
After Four Years' Delay Men Charjod {
With Conspiracy Face Court.
Savannah , Ga. , Jan. 11. After four
years spent In exile as fugitives from
the law Benjamin U. Greene and John
P. Gaynor appeared In the federal
court for the southern district of
Georgia before Judge Umory Spoer to
answer to several Indictments charg
Ing them with conspiracy to defraud
the government , with embezzlement
and with receiving money known to
have been embezzled from the UnlteJ
States.
With the two defendants appeared
Potcr \ Moldrim as leading counsel
and Osborne and Lawrence as ussocl
to counsel. For the government an
pearcd Uieri.il United States Attorney
General Erwln , assisted by Samuel l > .
Adams and General Thomas F. Barn
Shortly after the convening of
court Mr. Erwln announced that at
this tlmo he desired to call only the
cases of Benjamin D. Greene and
John F. Gaynor , making no allusion
II to the Indictments standing against
the co-defendants , William T. and Ed
win H. Gaynor , Michael A. Connolly
and former Captain Oberlln M Carter
tor , none of whom was In the city.
WAR TALK HAS CEASED
Apprehension as to Morocco Fades
Away in France.
Paris , Jan. 11. With the approach
of the Algoclras convention on Moroc
can reforms the newspapers devote
greater space to discussion of the
question. Public opinion evcrywhen
Is that the ( ssue of Iho conlerence
will be amicable and war talk hae
practically ceased The Journal s
Madrid correspondent sends an Inter
view witli the Gorman ambassador a t
Madrid. Herr von Radowitz. who I a
also the principal German delcgat
to the convention. The ambassador
the correspondent says , has no doub
of the favorable Issue of the confer
snco.
Elevator and Lumber Yard Burn.
Waterloo , la. , Jan. 11. A $15,000
flrn at Denver , la. , destroyed the yan 1 :
of the Citizens' Lumber company am 1
K large grain elevator. The town has
no fire department and the citizens
were helpless. The grain belongei
to farmers and the elevator was
owned by Nlcholl of Waterloo.
Choked to Death.
Clinton , la. . Jan. 11. Physician *
who examined the body of John Flax
! V amp , the itinerant cigarmaker , win
died suddenly in a restaurant at Sa
fc < ranna , state that death was caused
fcy choking , the man having chokei
to death when a small piece of rnea
ntered bis windpipe.
Blew Out the Gas , Two Dead.
Aberdeen , S. D. , Jan. 11. Christian
Olauaer , aged fifty-five , and Adan
Hauclc , ugod twenty-five , of Eureka ,
ft. D. , were found dead at the Euro |
9en hotel here. The men reglstere d
Uat night and left a call for the soutl
train In the moraine. They blew ou
' th gas-
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Debite on Philippine Bill In House.
Washington. Jan. 11. A vtgorou
speech In favor of the Philippine ta
>
Iff bill by Dalzell ( Pa. ) opened th
ry
proceedings in the house. It was fo !
lowed by several others against th
measure , most notable of which wa
a two-hour address by the vetera
statesman , Kclfer ( O. ) , an ex-speake
m irho returns to the house after a re
m tirement of twenty years. Keifer b
epoko "stand pat" doctrine of th
most pronounced typa and said ho
should oppose the pending bill becauFe
It was a concession to the Democratic
principles. His speech was replete
with recollections of earlier days and
received the closest attention and lib
eral applause from both sides of the
chamber.
I1/ Just before the session closed the
Incident of the ejection from the exec
; utive offices of Mrs. Minor Morris was
i made the subject of discussion by
Shepard ( Tex. ) . A brief reply was
made by Grosvenor ( O. ) , who deprecated '
| ! i 'ots
cated sending out sensational reports
tsa
t regarding the American administra
im tion.
m Troops Charge Crowds ,
Opatoff , Jan. 11. Troops charged
crowds here. Many persons wore killed 1.
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Wade Court-Martlal Convenes.
Vallojo , Cal. , Jan II- The court
martial which In the first week lii
November completed the trial of Kn
sign Charles T. Wade on charges arln
Ing out of the boiler explosion anoanl
the Dennlngton convened nt Mine Isl
and to rovlso their findings of the
caso. This action Is In pursuance of
the orders of the socrelary of the
navy , who has oxprosse I himself dls
satisfied with the verdict reached by
the court. _ _
Miners Ambush Cossacks.
Knttowltz , Jan. 11. Another san-
tulnary collision has taken place between -
twoon the military and the minors em
ployed In the Nlemcn mine , near Sos-
novlco , In Russian Poland , across the
frontier. The minors enticed n num-h
ber of Cossacks Into nn ambush and
then attacked them , killing three. One
of the minors was killed. Miners
have seized the Saturn mine and
elected their own directors
ACCIDENT AT TERMINAL STA
TION , ST. LOUIS , IT FATAL.
S NOT YET OBTAINED
< $ > .
A Te. 'tff > rorn St. Louis Says That
In ai * v 'cnt Which Occurred
There 1 * yn 'tails of Which are
Lacking , a ' ' * / / ozen Died.
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St. Louis , Jut. . 11. In a wreck at
the terminal station in this city tills
morning , six persons arc reported to
have been killed outright and others
Injured.
No details of the disaster are obtain
able at this hour.
SUuDARD OIL UASI WAITS
New York Hearing Goes Over Until
Court Passes Upon Rogers' Order.
New York , Jan. 11. The hearing
before a commissioner In the quo war-
ranto proceedings brought by Attor
ney General Herbert S. Hadley of Mis
souri to oust three companies from
that state was put over until tomor
row. This was done in order to allow
Mr. Hadley and his counsel and counsel
sol for the Standard Oil company to
appear in the supreme court and maku
an argument on the order Issued by
that court to H. H. Rogers , Instruct
Ing him to show cause why he shall
not answer the questions asked him
by Mr. Hadloy.
When the order to show cause was
taken up before Justice Glldersleevo
In the supreme court William V. Rowe
and Frank Hagerman , counsel for the
Standard Oil company , asked that the
hearing on ' .ho question whether Mr.
Rogers shall bo compelled to answer
the questions bo put over until tomor
row morning. Justice Glldersleeva
granted the motion. The counsel for
the Standard Oil company Informed
the court that they had not had ttmo
to prepare an answer. They also re
quested that the hearing beroro Com
mlssloncr Sanborn should be held la
abeyance until after argument before
the supreme court Justice Gilder
sleeve therefore ordered that all pro
ceedlngs before Commissioner Fred
erick II Sanborn be staved until to
morrow at 2 p. m. . or until after argu
ment on the order to show cause.
MRS , GIIADWIGK AGAIN LOSES
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United States Court of Appeals Wil
Not Grant Rehearing of Appeal.
Cincinnati. Jan. 11. The motion for
a rehearing of the appeal for a new
trial on behalf of Mrs. Cassle L
Chadwick of Cleveland was denied in
the United States court of appeals In
this city. .
The court of appeals some weeks
ago sustained the judgment of the dls
trict court at Cleveland , O. . which
found Mrs. Chadwick guilty of con
spiring to wreck a national bank and
sentenced her to servo ten years In
the Ohio penitentiary. The petition
for rehearing maintained that the
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charge of conspiracy was not borne
out by the evidence.
Accused of Padding Payroll.
Mlnot , N. D. , Jan. 11. George H.
Smith , a clerk In the Great Northern
railway division superintendent's of
fice here , Is under arrest , charged
with carrying "straw men" on his pay
rolls. Bogus time checks aggregating
more than $200,000 have been located ,
but the specific charge against Smith
concerns a check made out to Fred
Kelly for $38 , which was preeentcd for
payment by Smith last month.
Lynched for Killing Man "for Fun. "
Houston , Tex. , Jan. 11. Ben Harris
rs
ris , the negro charged with the assas
sination of Ozro Polk , at Berlngs
Mills , and who was taken from offi
cers at l.aSalle by a mob , was lynched
at Moscow , Tex. There were about
lito
seventy men In the mob. The negro ,
when asked why ho killed Polk , said
at first that It was an accident. Later
he said he killed Polk "for fun. "
Au. . .iy Officers Arrested.
London , Jan 11 A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to n now I ondon paper ,
the Tribune , reports the arrest of
eight artillery officers of the ofU.
Petersburg garrison on the charge U.of
being engaged iri a conspiracy to blow
up the Troltsky bridge and to capture
the fortress.
HEAD OF CHICAQO UNIVERSITY
PACSES AWAY ,
DIES OF CANCER OF INTESTINES
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President Faunce , Chancellor An
drews and Dean Judson Will Dellv
er Addresses at Funeral , Which
Will Be Held Sunday.
Chicago , Jan. 11. Dr. William
Ilnlncy Harper , president of the Uni1
verslty of Chicago slncu Its Inception ,
ono of the foremost educators and one
of the most learned Hebrew scholars
of his time , died of cancer of the In-
, testlnes |
Three years ago Ur. Harper under-
woi.t an operation for appendicitis ,
nnd symptoms wcro then discovered
which led the surgeons lo suspect that
; ravcl troubles might arise In the
ulure , but they were then of too In-
lefinlle a character To permit of nn
operation , and It was not until Fob.
22 , 1905 , that an operation was de
cided upon ( o determine the n at tire
and cause of severe abdominal pains
from which ho bad suffered tor sev
eral months. At the outset of ( ho op
eration It was discovered that Dr liar-
per was suffering from a cancer at
Iho head of the largo Intestine , and
: hat the malady had progressed so tar
that , an operation which would have
removed It would have been fatal lethe
the patient.
The funeral services will be held
In Mandcl hall at the university Sun
day afternoon As part of the exer
cises addresses will be dollveied by
President Faunce of Drown univer
sity , Chancellor Andrews of the Uni
versity of Nebraska nnd Dean Judson
of the University of Chicago.
The news that Dr. Hat per had ex
pired was received in the lty with
deep sorrow. Ho was a man popular
with men of business as well as wlUi
men of letters , and all united in prais
ing him as a man of remarkable bril
liancy of mind , executive ability and
kindness of heart.
New York , .Ian. 11. Although John
D. Rockefeller , whoso liberal contri
butions furnished President Harper
with much of the means for carrying
out his plans for the upbuilding of
the University of Chicago , Is out of
the city nnd could not bo s"on , his
son. John D. Rockefeller , Jr. . gave an
authorized Interview to the Associated
Press , In which , after expressing the
shock the news of Dr. Harper's death
had brought , ho declared that whllo
his father had nnvnr committed - himself
self to any definite policy with regard
to the university , his Interest In Hi
future would continue to be expressed
as It had been In the part , and that
those of Mr Rockefeller's family who
come nfter him will endeavor to carry
out Mi R'tfkefeller's wishes as to
the welfare of the institution
RATE CONVENTION AT WIGHITA
Organizations Will Be Formed In
Every Kansas County.
Wichita , Kan. , Jan. 11. A freight
rate mass convention made up of CO' ! )
delegates representing commercial
and farmers' organizations Irom all
parts of Kansas was held here. A
permanent organization for the pur
pose of pushing railway rate legisla
tion was perlectod and resolutions
wcro adopted urging congress to give
a railway rate commission power to
control railroad rates. It also was de
cided to perfect organizations in every
county In the state and to follow In
the footsteps of Wisconsin In securing
a state bill to control corporations.
The convention was strictly non-parti
san. Thomas W. Potter was made
permanent chairman. Speeches were
made by S. R. Van Sant , former gov <
ernor of Minnesota ; J. L. Lonroot ,
speaker of the Wisconsin bouse of
representatives , and others.
Stlckney on Rebate Evil
St. Paul , Jan. 11. President A. B.
Stlckney of the Chicago Great West
ern railway delivered an address be1
fore the Minnesota municipal conven
tlon on "The Railways and the Pee
ple. " As to railway rebates , the
speaker said : "Experience has
proved that under present conditions ,
without effective support from th *
law , railways are powerless to prevent
rebates , and kindred devices , and ex .
[ erlcnce has proven as long as re
bates exist no manufacturing or mer-
cantlle business Is safe. " The rem
edy by consolidation of railroads Into
one strong enough to defy rebatn
seekers would be worse than the dis
ease , the speaker said.
Fall to Arrest Morales.
San Domingo , Jan. 11. The BU
preme court transmitted to the mln
Ister of the interior an order for the
arrest of President Morales and his
followers. The authorlt.es do no
know the whereabouts of Prcslden
Morales The news from the Interlo
Is favorable to the government. Qule
prevails In this city and neighbor
hood.
Fifty People and Two Banks.
Eldora. la. , Jan. 11. The total pop
ulation of Parson Is fifty , but the
place has two banks. The town 11a
but recently established and Is on
the line of the Chicago , Mllwauke
and SL Paul railway , laVapello
county.
New York Election frauds.
Now York , Jan. II Arraignments
began on Indictments by die special
grand jury to Investigate election
frauds which was recently Impanelled
nt Iho reiiiioHt of Attorney ( leneral
Mayor Mr. Mayer oiilil that ho had
nearly 1,000 cases of alleged fraud
to lay before this Jury Theodora
Morgan , chairman of nn election
board In the Nineteenth assembly
district , was committed to Jail ,
charged with falling to challctign voters
ers nt the request of n Hcaritt watrhor
j City Marshal of Enid Shot Dead.
Hnlil. Okla. , Jan 11. City Maishal
Thomas Undfnrd wan shot and killed
by I John Cannon , formerly oily Jailor
The city marshal hnd ordnrud out of
town t a woman who occupied rooms In
a house of alleged questionable repute
said to be owned by Cannon The
latter I Is under arrest and has been
tukcn I from lOnld to avoid danger of
mob i violence.
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BROWN COUNTY PEOPLE FAVOR
J. C. TOLIVER.
REV. JULIAN DECLINES IT
Long Pine Minister to Whom Place
Was Offered , Snys Ho Docs Not
Want It A. W. Scattortjood Not a
Candidate J. C. Tollvcr Mentioned.
Alnsworlh , Neb. , Jan II. Hpeelnl
to The Ninvs : Alnswoith people are
excited over the pioposlllou as l < i
whom will bo chosen as register of the
land olllee at Valentine. Word has
reached lure from Long Pine that Rev.
.Mr. Julian , who was named , will not
accept the olllco.
As It appeals that Drown county Is
ntllled to ( ho olllee , tbo name of A.
W Sen Urn-good was suggested , lie
siys that bo Is not a candidate and all
parties have decided that J. C. Tollvor
would maku a good man for the place.
He Is a republican , and lias served two
terms as county judge.
No Attack on Depew.
Albany , N. Y. , Jan. 11. Senator
Brackett's resolution requesting the
resignation of United States Senator
Cliauncey M. Oopew was the only
Icature of the senate session , al
though It was not. Introduced after
all , and the expectation of another
bensationnl attack on Senator Depow
disappolntod. Senator Dnickt'tl de
clared that he would yet put the sen
ate on record on his resolution
COUNTY SUPERINTENCY IN STANTON -
TON COUNTY.
CASE MAY GO TO THE COURTS
Republican Candidate Was Elected but
Failed at That Time in State Exam
ination Later He Took Examina
tion and Passed.
Stanton , Nob. , Jan. II Stanlon
county Is Interested in Iho outcome of
the contest for Iho county suporlnlen
lent's olllee. When the fall election
vas held C. S. Coney received a ntu-
ority of tbo votes. Under tbo law
novel ning the ( | uallllcatlons of a coun
ty superintendent , the man elected
mist hold a first grade certificate at
ho time of his election. Mr. Coney
took the examination here In Stanton
m November 4 and 0 and got an
rage of 08 per cent , when bis papers
vore examined by the board at Lin-
oln. Superintendent McHrlon sent
Mr. Coney a letter staling that he was
lot qualified when elected and could
lot take the olllee. The republican
wlltlclans got busy and prevailed
ipon McDrlen to reverse his state-
nent nnd give Coney another chance.
iiiHtend of coming to Stiinton and try-
ng to raise the averages , Coney went
: o Wayne and failed again. Some
: lme during the latter days of Docom-
icr another attempt was made , and
Mr. Coney appeared , when the county
board mot , January , with a first-
rado cortlflcato with nn average of
81 , and filed a bond.
The board postponed consideration
until Tuesday when Attorney W.
W. Young made an argument for Mr.
Coney's election , claiming that the law
fixing qualifications was unconstitu
tional. At the conclusion of his ad
dress the board approved the bond of
W. H. Hylnnd , the present county su
perintendent , nnd also the bond of C.
S. Conoy. It is expected that the case
will bo tried in the courts on Its mer
its.
The county board has awarded the
county printing to the Stanton Regis
ter and the Pilger Herald. The blank
books nnd stationery printing was
0awarded to the Omaha Printing com
pany , nnd bids for paper nnd envel ! l"
opes nnd supplies were rejected nnd
the county cloik made purchasing
agent.
County Superintendent Hyland was
in Uutto Monday on n pleasure trip.
District court will bo hold In Stanton -
ton January 22.
The Scott-Mlllsnp controversy has
been settled by arbitration nnd Mr.
Mlllsap has the store open for busi
ness.
NEW RULE TO LIMIT DEBATE IS
CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE.
RAILROAD RATE LEGISLATION
It Can be Effected Without Recourse
to Cloturc Senate Jealous of Its
Time Honored Privilege of Talking
Bills to Death Clean Money.
Washington. Jan. 11.- | Hpcclal. | -
S.ime Intelligent writer of congressional
possibilities has gnno so far astray as
to predict that the United Stales senate
will adopt a clotnro rule In order to
bring the railroad rate legislation lo a
voto. In the llrst place , eloture will
not bo necessary to si-euro a vole on
the railroad rale bill , and , secondly , If
It 1 were necessary cloture could not bo
adopted. 1t There Is no possible con
tingency t which would luuikc such a
radical departure In the proceedings
of the scnalo. Any person who Ihlnl.s
that t the freedom of debate can be re
stricted or the right of the minority to
debate measures to death taken away
does not Know what be Is talking
about , t'lotlire Is not for tbo senate.
An Attempt Recalled.
A friend of the Into Senator Hoar ,
knowing > my admiration of the ability
of that statesman , banded me n number
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of speeches made by Senator Hoar at
dllTcienl , limes. One of them related
to t an attempt that was made during
' lie Fifty llrsl congress lo pass the cole
bra ' lei I "force" bill , so called. Senator
Hoar proposed at that ( line to change
( bo rules of the senate sn as lo bring
( lie bill lo a vole , but It failed. Even
tliu men who favored the bill objected
to a change of tbo rules. Similar at
tempts have been made , but they al
ways fall because no senator knows
when U may happen that be will bo n
member of a minority lighting against
some measure which must bu talked to
death.
Represents Two Territories.
Senator Ilalley of Texas says lie
wants Oklahoma and Indian Territory
admitted as a slate. "When I was a
member of the bouse. " lie said , "I re. )
resented one1 congressional district and
two territories. Since I have been In
the senate I have repieseiiled In part
( ho great state of Texas and two torI
rltorles. At least half of my mall
comes fioin these territories , and nt
least twice as many people from ( lie
territories come to see me on con
gressional business us from my own
stale. "
Bailey's Distinction ,
"I suppose . \ou would like lo have
the lime you nn > dcxotlng In Oklahoma
and Indian TeiTlinr.\ . attend to your
own allalrs , as jour election Is com
Ing on ( his . \ear. " lomiirUeil a senator
who beard Italley's reinaik.
"It Is not that. " replied Italley. "I
have no opposition. No , I won't say
that , " be continued. " 1 always have
opposition , but I have no opponent. "
That Is the case with a number of
men who me In public life. There are
enough men to make trouhlt ! for them ,
but no opponent worthy of tin * name.
Italley Is the kind of man who would
not scramble to keep n place of public
duty and trust. If his people preferred
another man they could have him.
When ( hey are illssatlslled wilh him
as a senator thc.are . welcome to
choose another , lie is personally In
dependent and Intends to remain so.
A Consistent Advocate.
Senator ( Jailing'1- ! New Hampshire
has always been a consistent advocate
of prohibition. It was be that procured
a prohibition amendment In the joint
statehood bill which f.illed In the las )
congress. Hi * has Introduced In the
present congiess a bill providing foi
a commission which shall thoroughly
Invest'gate ( lie alcoholic liquor trallic
In all Its phases , Including Its relation
to the revenues of the government and
municipalities and Its moral effect upon
th * country. Perhaps such a comnils
slon would not present a single new-
fact , but It might draft a report that
would make Interesting reading.
They Should Be Encouraged ,
Representative Galnes of Tennessee ,
who has been making a tight for many
years for clean money , has a helper.
llppresentatlve. Wiley of New Jersey
has Joined the Tennessee representative
In a crusade which would give the coun
try clean paper money. He says it has
been found perfectly practicable to Is
sue clean money from the Dank of
England and that the United State *
ought not to be behind liny other na
tlon In taking methods to prevent ( hi
spread of diseases. Well , why shouldn't
there be clean money ? Money that has
become old and dirty ought to bo re
deemed. The national banks should bi
made the agencies of redemption , am
through them there should bo new Is
sues. Anybody who has seen some o
the wornout , greasy and nasty bill :
that come In to the treasury now wll
Join Guinea nnd Wiley In their efforts'
to Improve the paper currency.
Popular Presiding Officer.
Vice President Fairbanks has provei
l"n popular jnesldlng olllcer In the sen
nto. Of course he had eight years' ex
ncrlcncc as a member of the senate am
in that tltno became fully couversaii
with Its lulus , or , rather , Its "ways , " fo
the latter word more aptly describe
the governing regulations In the senate
Ilules are never enforced unless It I
necessary to be illsaBreeablo to som
one. Like all laws , the rules of th
senate are for the purpose of restrain
Ins some ouc who desires to do what all
rilEGONDITION0FIHEWhAlHER
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Tempernture for Twenty-four Hour * .
Forecast for Nebraska.
Coiiillllon of tint wealhor a. , record-
l for Iho 21 bourn ending nt H in.
Kiilay :
Maximum 45
Minimum ID
AveniKu 30
. laroinclor 30.00
t'hleiiKo. .Inn. II. Tim liullcUn In-
lied by lint Chicago Htiillmi of tbo
llnlli'il Stales weather bureau till *
HIM Hint ; jjlves Iho forecast for No-
lirilHldl IIH IlllloWH
Fair tonight mill Friday. Hllghtlr
colder ciiHt iMiflliin liiililil. ) ;
the otlicr senators , or 11 largo proportion
of tlit'in , do not wnnt done. So It !
tlu "ways" of the senate ( lint the vlc
pu'Nldeiit knows HO well Mini to which
lie confoims In a dlgiillli < il mid Impar
tial manner. ARTHUR W. DUNN.
FATAL DLA2E IN WEST HOTEL
AT MINNEAPOLIS.
QUESTO JUMP TO THEIR DEATH
Heroic Effort to Save Woman Causr *
Flic Captain Dcrwln to Lose Hit
Balance on Extension Ladder and
He Fal0 ! Six Stories.
Mliint'iipollH. .Inn. 11. ICIght pop
BOIIB me dead ftoni hiiffocatlon or Itoin
leaping iK'in ' windows ami a HCOIO ol
people were more or IUHH Injured 0.1
a result of a llro In the Wimt hotel.
'I'ho dead : Captain John Herwln of
truck No. 1 , foil from Iho louith Uoor
to Iho Fifth Htrout sidewalk whllo at
tempting to save Mra. Uarlow's llfo ;
W. U. NIckclH of Minneapolis' chum-
bur of commerce , suffocated In hU
nxm on the sixth floor ; ThomiiH Hum-
mcrvlllo of Springfield , Mabs. , suflo-
cutod In hln room on the sixth lloor ;
J. 13. Wolf of Now York , suffocated In
hln room on the seventh lloor ; Clinton
II. l.iimmiof New York , suffocated In
his 1 loom on the hcvi'iilh lloor , J H
1'elsnlKor ol New York Jumped from
the I Hiivenlh-Hlory window ; Mrs. M. E
Hodges ] o : Minneapolis , Jumped from
the I aovunlh a lory window ; William
Black ] of Now York , suffocated In til
room.
The fire , which It supposed to haYo
oi'ii caiifiod hy crossed electric wires ,
WIIH In Itself Insignificant , being con-
( Inod to ( he elevator hhaft and the top
door In the corner of the building ,
ut the wild excitement which fol-
owed the ( IrHt alarm hurried people
nto the liall.H anil out on window
edges In Itantlc allemplH to save
honiBolvcs. The wood In the elevator
haft burned like Under and a sheet
if flami ) , twenty feet wide , mounllriB
o the seventh Btory , lightened the
guests ( lilt Of tllClr BeilReS
It wiiB the huge volume of smoke
hat stampeded the guests , as the rno
nent a door was opened the room wan
filled with smoke , and panlc-btrlcken
guests were compelled to lio.il ou ; the
windows to pi event Instant suffoca
Ion. Many used their hands against
ho windows , others their feet and In
ilrnost every Instance ugly wounds
resulted
The lire loss will not be over J30-
000. Caught like rats In it trap. HOT-
firal of those who are now dead laid
down In their rooms to bo slowly
smothered rind burned to death. Cnp-
aln John Dcrwln. who lost his life In
saving the life of Mrs. n D. Marlow
of I s Angeles , was one of the first
Iromon to climb Into the burning
Julldlng. Ascending to the seventh
floor on a scaling ladder , he stumbled
upon the unconscious form of Mrs.
tlnrlow The aged woman hud groped
her way to the ntalrway , only to suc
cumb to the smoke. Strapping the
limp body to his bnck , Berwln pushed
out onto the window ledge to carry
his burden down the ladder. Between
the noventb and sixth floors the strap
broke. Bending over to balance the
body of the woman a moment , the
fireman leaned forward at the risk of
his llfo and , gathering- himself for a
supreme effort , hurled the woman to
ward A projecting lodge on the floor
below. Mrs. Barlow had been re
vived by the cold air and she grasped
the projection and held on. In mak
ing the throw Captain Bcrwln lost his
balance and was dashed to his death
on the pavement. Mrs. Barlow was
rescued by another fireman.
Two Reports on Pines Treaty.
Washington , Jan. 11. Two reportt
on the Isle of Pines treaty wer
taken up by the senate committee on
foreign relations. Both reports cam
from a sub-committee Senator For-
aker made n report favoring ratifica
tion of the convention which would
convey the title of the Island to Cuba.
The other report Is sinned by Senator
Morgan and argues that the United
States Is under obligation to Amer
ican Investors on the Island to retain
the title. The variety of views ex
pressed Indicate that It will be somn
tltno boiore an agreement , on tbo
treaty can bo reached.
Marshal ) Field Better.
New York , Jan. 11. The condltlom
of Marshall Field , the Chicago mer
chant , who was taken 111 upon his ai-
rival here , Is reported to bo consider
ably Improved. He passed a comfort *
abU nlgnL