Daily Bee.
JiSTAULUIIEP JUINU 1 1871,
oMAnA; Monday mohnino, feijiiuaky 10, 1902.
SINGLE COVY FIVE CENTS.
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10 RESTRAIN TRUSTS
Indartrial Csramiwi tfrps Itrc Ea
,frmsit of tkf itaUUi. .
Would penalize violation of rate law
fcommds Striopnt Ltii!at!on to 8tp
Eailrtai ' ' Discrimination. ,
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TAVORS UNIFORM JURISDICTION 0, S
lYfrmit Otm Capitalisation ft
Lwi Irs Iteemnnndtd.
flACE FRANCHISE TAX ON CORPORATION
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Commission "aya Tea: ihoold Be
Impoeed by Several Statee Baaed
. ttroaa F.arminaja of '
' Concern. "
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' - . WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. The second part
Of the report of the .Industrial commission
ss mads public today. It covers manufac
turee and Industrial combination and In
' It recommendations Quotes from Ita re
port to congress of WOO. In 'which It then
recommended: . .
That the -promoter and organizers of
! eorporatlone .or Industrial combination
Which look to the publlo to purchase or
deal In tnetr stock er aecurltlea ahould
be required to furnish a full detail re
garding the organisation; 'that', a pro
nectu or announcement of any kind, solic
iting subscriptions which fall', to mak J
full disclosures as aforesaid, or wmcn is
s false, ahould e deemed fraudulent, and
, that' all information -concerning the cor
poration should" be open to Investors, and
that the larger corporations, the eo-calledJ
, trusts, should be required to publisn an.
dually a properly audltsd report, showing
the assets And liabilities, with profit, or
lost, suchTeport to be subject to govern
l tnent Inspection. . . v ' '
k The committee now recommends . that
v district attorneys of the United States be
authorised and dlreeted to institute pro
ceedings for violations of the federal antl
' trust laws. ' ', ,!..'
That combination . and conspiracies In
rth form of trusts or . otherwise In re
stratnt of trade' or production, which by
k the consensus of judicial opinion are un
. ., lawful, should be ao declared by legislation
uniform In all Jurisdiction and as to all
persons and such- statutes should be thor
oughly enforced.
- Penalise Rata Dlserlmlnntlon. .
That stringent law be enacted by-'con-gres
and the several ' state legislature
making both penal and. criminal the vicious
practice of discriminating neiween cub
v tomer and'' cutting rate or prlcea In one
locality, below those which prevail gener
ally for the purpose of destroying local
.competition and that such laws ahould give
to aay . persona damaged right to sue tor
. , prescribed penaltlea and make It the duty of
the prosecuting - officer to proceed against
the offender. i
T . That,-to prevent over-capltallaatlon, the
7 vera! sUtrHiiaa.VUf's"enact law stml
" lar to the antl-tock-watertng law of
MassachusetU: also, to provide for state
supervision of all publlo ervlce corpora
tions, with power, to recommend or regulate
rate for service and to paas upon the
i publlo need, desirability or exigency of any
:'- proposed new service. - -.
That an annual' franchise tax be Imposed
' . tiDon all state corporations engaged In In-
' teratate 'commerce,1 calculated upon ' th
: gross, earnings of each corporation from Its
Interstate business.', ' ..
That th minimum rat of such tax be
low, but that the rat be gradually in
creased with Increasing earnings. ;
Serena of Raa-latratloa.
That there he created In the Treasury
department a permanent bureaurth dutle
of which shall be to register all elate cor
poration engaged 'ftt, interstate or foreign
J eoramero; to aeouro from aucb corpora
J tiona alt report needed to enable the- gov
A jrnment to levy a franchise tax with cer-
talnty and Justice and to collect the same;
to make such Inspection and ' examination
of tha buainess and account of such cor
poration a will guarantee the complete
noss and accuracy of the information needed
to asoertaln whether such' corporations are
.' observing the condition prescribed in the
act; and to enforce penalties against de
linquents; and to collect and .publish In
formation regarding such combinations and
the Industrie in which they bay be en
gaged, so a to furnish to congress proper
Information for possible future legislation
That if a Department of Commerce ' and
Industry stall be established, one of lta
functions should, be to call attention.' from
time to time, to such ' economlo change
In the world's progreaa as may suggest'
tariff modifications, and also to auch com
mercial opportunities aa may .suggest re
ciprocal legislation or arrangements, and.
furthermore, to any evils Incident to com
bination which change In the tarn will
correct. ,
That In view of the extent 'and perfee
Horn of our manufacture, of .oar 'growing
export trade and the sharp competition it
encounters In foreign markets, of the prac
tice by some exporter of making lower
prlcea abroad than at home, and of the de
alrablllty of protecting : th consumer , aa,
well aa . the producer, without awaiting
other legislation, the. eongress provide tor
commission to Investigate and atudy the
subject and to report aa soon aa possible
ht eoaeeasloaa la duties may be made
without endangering wages or employment
at home, what advantages abroad may be
obtained, therefor ..and also to suggest meas
ures best suited to gala the ends desired.
VARIED PROGRAM IN HOUSE
Warns Intportaat Bills Will Ha
IMseaaaad fas Neat Fsw ' '
. , , Ways. '
WASHINGTON, Tab. t. A varied pro
gram confront th bouse tor the coming
week. Owing ' to the absence of a targe
number of' republicans who Wilt go to dif
ferent parts of the country to participate
la the celebration of Lincoln's birthday on
Wednesday, consideration of the bill to re
peal the war taxee will be postponed until
aext week. '
' Tomorrow Is District of Columbia day. On
Tuesday rouslderatioa of the oleomargarine
bill will be reaumed by agreement mad
last week to devots another day to gen
eral debate, followed by a day of debas
under the ave-mlnute rule. The passage
of the bill by a good majority la considered
assured, although ths substitute proposition
probably will command a larger vots than
It did in tbs last congress. Tha committee
on wsr claims will have a day following
tha . disposition of the oleomargarine bill
sad th latter part of the week probably
will be devoted to consideration of th
Indian, postolT.ee, sr army appropriation
bill, aad all of whleh are expected t be
reported tarUmr la th week.
TO VINDICATE BRITISH HONOR
Prmteat la Made Acalnat ' Alleged
glandrre' I pan ' Knsrland's
y - Army Methoda. t
CATKTOWN. Feb. 9.-At a mas meet
ing held here last night, a resolution of
protest against the Blunders 'upon the
honor and conduct- of the British forcea in
South . Africa was-adopted, The meeting
expressed lta warm appreciation of the
complete refutation by Mr. Chamberlain,
the British colonial secretary, of the conti
nental slanders; Its cordial concurrence In
the attitudS of the government concerning
the prosecution of the campaign and lta
,'dberence to that policy, which the meeting
, ne considered could bring lasting peace
public freedom to Sodth Africa. The
Ns were received with enthusiastic
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.'v "'.Feb. 9. From Wolvehek, Lord
Kite. - day telegraphed a Jong descrip
tion Ok .combined -.Movement of numerous
British columns with the' object of secur
ing General Dewet. . . ' v '
Lord Kitchener sa,y. of the advance the
Bight' of February 4. the' whole ' force
moved from various directions, and form
lag a Continuous line of mounted men on
the west bank of the . Llebenbergs ', Vlel,
from Frankfort as far south as Fanny's
hpme, and thence to KaErkof. The line
then advanced to the west, and the follow
ing night the director entrenched .with
their outposts fifty yards apart'. 'They held
the line from Holland, on. the Hellbron
Frankfort blockhouse line, to Doornkloof, on
the Kroonstadt-LtndUy blockhouse' line,
while the columns were also' working In
advance of the blockhovse lines to prevent
Dewet's crossing. The advance was con
tinued February 6, and Dewet was within
the lnclosures but realising his position, he
ordered 1 his men to: disperse and seek.
safety during the night, '' Dewet himself,
with some men and a number of cattl,
made for the Kroonstadt-Llndjey block
house line, and at 1 o'clock In the morn
ing, when It was very dark, by rushing
his ' cattle at the fence, broke hi way
through the line, mixed up with the cattle,
and losing three men killed Many at
tempts were made to break through tire
line of February 7, reporta Lord Kitchener,
the Una of .outposts being attacked at va
rious places -throughout the night.' But
very few escaped, and ten dead Boers were
picked .up in the morning near Hellbron. '
"I did not get exact detail of tho Boer
casualties,'' . continues , ' Lord . Kitchener,
"but as far as I have - ascertained, they
consist of 2S3 In killed,- wounded and pris
oners, as well as about 700 tired hoases
and many cattle,
' "Our'casualties were only ten."
LONDON, Feb. 8. Lord Kitchener' plan
failed by the escape of -Dewet,' but Was
successful In the greatest single capture of
Boers since Lord Kltchenpr arrived In South
Africa. Altogether twenty-three eolumns
were employed In an Immense parallelo
gram. :
. It Is estimated that Dewet's force, reached
2,000 men. Lord Kitchener personally sup
erintended the final preparations for the
expedition and the great move was made
In' a frontier of forty ml!ea, the advance
extending ..sixty mile with the object of
driving the Boer against the railroad line,
where armored trai were patrolling, and
were repeatedly in . (tctlon, . shelling the
.Boers ta prevent, their grossing the rail
road.' Dewet succeeded ln slipping through
the Unas to the ' southward. .The where
about of Mr. Steya Is unknown, although
one report say he is with Dewet. Y
GOVERNOR RESIGNS OFFICE
BaeoatlTe la Philippine' Tovvn Abdi
cates Beeaaie His Authority
: ' ' Is Ignored. ".
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' MANILA, Feb. 9.Th governor of the
town of Cayagan,'tn the province of Misa
mis, ; Island of Mindanao,, ha v resigned.
claiming that the military authorities there
do not recognize his authority In refusing
to receive writs or habeas corpus.
Borne months ago 'to any of the leading
Officials of the province were arrested be
cause they tendered a banquet to an In
surgent lolonel and because It waa proved
that they had also contributed funds to the
Insurgent cause. . At ' that - time' General
George' W, Davis, commanding at Zambo
anga, Island of Mindanao, requested that
tbs province be . transferred from civil to
military control. Th military authorities
la Misamia refused , to allow the prisoner
to be represented by a lawyer sent by the
civil commission from Manila tor that pur
pose, claiming tha arrested .officials to be
priaonera of jarar. Later General Chaffee
instructed Oeneral - Davl , to releaas the
prisoner in queation and notified tha civil
authorities when and where they could ar
rest them ahould they desire to do so, but
the fact that their offence waa convnltted
before 4he passage of tbs law of sedition
makes further action Iff i the matter Inj
probable. General Chaffee deeming it Inad
visable that civilians should be tried by a
military commission.
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FILIPINO JUNTA? IS . BUSY
floods Provinces . with) Pamphlets
Announcing- lltlmata ladepvnd-
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. .. cnexf Natives. , .
' MANILA, . Feb. 9. Ths provinces under
civil rule, as well as Manila,.' have been
flooded with a quantity, of pamphlets
printed In Hong Kong by the Filipino Junta
These pamphlets are eoples of a memorial
by the Junta, which ha been forwarded to
President Roosevelt. The memorial- ex
presses sympathy at the death of Mr. Mo
Klnley and assures the Amerlcaa people-
that sooner or' later tha Filipinos are bound
to have Independence. The. Junta say it
has reliable Information-that moat of the
pacified provinces ar only held ta check
by superior military forces. Ths pamph
lata say that the educated- Fillpinoa appre
eiate American governmental Ideas, but
when the bread of .national life la asked
for It does not suffice to offer a stone, oven
thougn that atons be diamond.
ALGER'S PLAN TO REFOREST
Gx-gerrrtary Favors Adaption- of Ger
many's Black Forest ysteas
'' 1 America.
DETROIT, Feb. 9 General R. A. Alger,
who haa about recovered from hie recent
illness, while speaking tonight of the ne
cessity of re-foresting ths barren lands of
Michigan and other states, said that Ger
many's system la maintaining the Black
forest should be carried out In the pine
barrens of the United mates, especially In
Michigan. He announced that h would be
one of a commission, to go to Oermaay at
bis own expense to thorpughly investigate
the system in the Black forest and apply
it to Michigan". Mr. Alger aald if It were
auccesaful In Michigan there was no reason
why all tbe great northern timber-bearing
states should not adopt it. He also advo
cated the plaa of bringing experienced for
esters to this country, from Germany to
superintend tha work.
THEODORE, JR.J1ULDS DISOWN
Tonif lesatTslt'i Cooditiaa Uidirpea H
Malarial Chaur.
PRESIDENT JOINS WIFE AT BEDSIDE
la Greeted with Cheer aad Cladaess
by the 9lek Boy Length
'- '' of His Vlalt Is-certain.
WASHINGTON, 'Feb. 9. The condltloa of
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., shows no change,
of any Importance and It Is probable from
the nature of the illness that It will be
several daya or more before the outcome
will be apparent. The president is not.
likely to return to Washington until at
least the end of the week. This evening
the White House made .public the follow
ing message received from Groton:
"The president saw his son shortly after
arrival here. Boy's condition Is unchanged,
but he Is holding his' own well."
.GROTON, Mass., Feb. 9. President Roose
velfc, upon his arrival at the Groton school
this afternoon, did not find his son, Theo
dore, Jr.; aarmlngly ill with pneumonia,
but the boy's condition was not sufficiently
reinsuring to warrant the presldent'a Im
mediate return to the national capital.
Young Roosevelt, with two schoolmates.
Horace B. Porter of New York and William
Cammell of Providence, both having pneu
monia. He In large, airy rooms on tbe sec
ond floor of the college Infirmary.
Mrs. Roosevelt has been with her son for
two days. He greeted his father cheerily
this afternoon.s
Tonight It was stated that his condition
is unchanged, and he Is holding his own
well. The school has been dismissed and
the 150 boys have scattered to their homes.
The president's stay here is Indefinite,
although it la not believed It will be pro
longed much after Wednesday, unless the
boy's condition takes a turn for the worse.
Pnuemonia . being always alarming, , the
president haa thought It well to stay her
until he has some assurance of his son's
recovery.
. Trip from White House.
The president arrived, here at 2:30 this
afternoon, after an uneventful trip of four
teen hours from Washington. He came on
the private car, Rambler, arriving in Jersey
viijr auau alter i a. m. ine car was un
mediately transferred by boat across Har
lem, and left Mott Haven as a special train
at ,8:20 a. m. A 'stop was made at New
Haven, where a dispatch was handed to the
president, stating that the boy's condition
waa encouraging. , No other atop were
made until Providence was reached, where
there' was a slight de'lay on account of an
acoldent to the angina. The train pulled
Into South station at Boston at 12:45 p. m.,
but .was immediately hauled out and around
th city, 'through Cambridge, to the Grand
Junction station. The run from Boston to
Ayer was made In a little over forty min
utes, and there the car was transferred
to the Worcester, Nsshua A Rochester
division of the road, the train arriving in
Groton at 2:30. There were no crowds at
any of the stations, except at Ayer, where
there waa a gathering of about G00. The
president eanie out .of h)-seclusion "and
bowed to tbe crowd from the back -platform,
bis appearance being greeted with
cheers. . .
President Met at Station.
ReV. S. Endlcott Pfthnlv h nrln.ln.l
of th Groton school, wa at the Groton
station to meet the president, and with
him was Rev. Sherrard Billings, his aa.
1st ant.
, The president, with Secretary Cortelyou.
Immediately Jumned into a tvn-iuini
wagon and Mr Billings drove the party rap
idly up the hill to the school building.
Mra. Roosevelt waa at the window as
the president drove oast into the vard ami
greeted him as he mounted the stairs. The
two Immediately went to the sick boy's
room and tbe president wa delighted to
find that his aon'a head waa v.r.
and that he was overjoyed to see hi father.
ine president did not remain long, how
ever, although be spent several hours la
ma uuice on toe grouna noor.
The president and Mrs. Roossvelt, to
gether with Secretary Cortelyou, are be
ing entertained at the houaa of William
Avery Gardner, brother-in-law of Mrs.
John L. Gardner of Boston, a very wealthy
man, but nevertheless one of tbe instruct
ors of th school. .
. ' Catch Colds While at Play.
It appears' that quit a number of the
boys hsvs contracted colds during the
past three or four weeks, probably from
strenuous exercise and lack of caution aft
erward. It is said that it has been tbe
habit of' some of them to play handball In
the closed court and then, while perspiring
freely, to dash across the campus to the
gymnasium, clad only In the lighter clothes.
Only four, however, contracted pneumonia,
although one -case resulted fatally, that of
Edward Hodges, who died here about ten
daya ago. The other boys contracted se
vere colds, but were sbls to return to their
homes' when school; waa dismissed last
week. -
Tha physician In charge Is Dr. William
H." Warren of this town, ths regular at
tending ' physician of ths school, bus- Dr.
George B. Bhattuck of Boston has made
almoat , dally trips here since the three
serious caaes developed.
.,.' Roosevelt Vlalts Boaton.
; BOSTON, - Feb. 9. President Roosevelt,
on bis wsy to Groton, came to Boston today
tor the first time since assuming bis of
fice. His visit was a brief tine for be did
not' leave his ear and In accordance with
hia owa plan, through familiarity with the
situation here, waa transferred from one
railroad system to another by means of a
connecting link over the tracka of a third
railroad.. Thla plan rendered unnecessary
the arrangements of the police to look sfter
bis safety In crossing the city and of th
railroad officials who bad prepared another
special train tor his use on the last atage
of hla Journey.
When the ahlfting engine waa attached
to ths car, the president came to the plat
form. Then every hat worn by men in
ths crowd on ths station platform cams
off and tbs president removed his in ack
nowledgment of the courtesy.
As ths car, moved President Roosevelt
again raised his hat, saying. "I thank you."
In anticipation of aeelng President Roose
velt, msny people had gathered outside the
train shed gate at both th aouth 1 and
north stations and at both places alto were
squads of officers to maintain a clear pas
sage for him to snd from his csrrlage. It
was a long time before the expectant people
learned that tbe prealdent had made hla
own plan for getting around Boston.
Nothing unusual happened during the
evening. Tbe president, with Mrs. Roose
velt and Secretary Cortelyou, went for a
short walk after dinner around ths school
campus, returning before 9 O'clock. Shortly
after 11 o'clock ths announcement was mads
that ths boy was resting quietly and that
hla condition waa unchanged.
STEAMER IS BADLY . DAMAGED
Raaa Vnon Rocks Whtrh Are Se
cluded In Dense Snow
torm. 1
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HALIFAX. N. 8., Feb. 9. The Allan line
steamer Grecian, Captain Harrtsen, from
Liverpool vta St. Johns. N. P., ran upon
rocks on the western shore five miles from
this city at 8 o'clock this morning and now
has water in ita hold. Its position is very
bad.
It had on board one passenger, John ,
Blair of St. Johns, who has been landed,
and 300 tons of cargo, part of which has 1
been taken out. Grecian left Liverpool
January 25, and after a stormy - passage
reached St. Johns, discharging there a
quantity of cargo. It . left St Johns on
Thursday evening and fine weather waa ex
perienced all tbe way. Off Cbebucto head,
at 3 p, m.. Pilot William Fleming boarded
Hw The weather was clear and the harbor
lights were visible. The steamer proceeded
nt ordinary speed until a thick snow squall
set In. A little later the engines were
stopped .and soundings taken. The water
waa very deep and the steamer was again
started ahead until the lookout shouted,
"Land ahead!"
The engines were then reversed and the
steamer sent full speed astern. After go
ing aboat forty yards Grecian crashed
against a rock known as the "Holy Stone,"
a hole being torn in Its stern. - '
The steamer lies broadalds to the beach
wt,th a list to port. There Is seventeen
feet of water In the fore hold and eighteen
feet In the after hold. The engine room,
which Is protected by water-tight compart
ments, la still dry and steam la being kept
up. Lighters and tugs were sent from this
city with' divers and wrecking gear during
the day, and by 6 o'clock over 100 tons of
the cargo had been lightered. Ten powerful
pumps from the drydock have been aent
down and they are now placed In position.
CAR' STRIKES FUNERAL. TRAIN
Motor Craahea Into. Cortege, Injuring;
Nnraber of tha.
Mourners.,
' CHICAGO, Feb. 9. Violence pursued the
Troste! family even after death, an electric
oar this atternood striking the funeral cort
ege of the, nine kinsmen who perished In
Wednesday's explosion. In Twenty-second
street The collision occurred at Sixty
sixth and Vtncennes avenue, three persons
being Injured and an Indignant crowd of
mourners assailing the conductor and mo
torman. Coroner Tragerl saved tha street
car men from personal Injury by ordering
off their assailants and placing the two
men under arrest These persons were In
jured: v
Leo Lowey, flower bearer, face and head
out and bruised. - ' .
John Reuther, flower bearer, head cut and
shoulder Injured. -
W. B. Sleek, driver, of .carriage, leg In
jured. '
Waldeck lodge No. 874, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, was In 'charge of part of
tile -obsequies and the attending member
of the fraternity became so Indignant over
the : collision tbat they mads open-threat
of violence against ths street car cre"W".. Tha
mOtoYman, Henry Dues, and the conductor.
D. B. Wheeler, stood t.'-bi: to&si'exi
of an excited throng until Coroner Trager
fhterpoeed aad placed tha twp men under
arrest." ,
LIVELY SHOOTING IN SALOON
One Dnellat Is Killed Outright and
Other Is Badly
Wounded.
DUCKTOWN, Tenn., Feb.1 9. Vest Stapp
was shot and killed and a man named
Wilson fatally wounded by Joe Weaver
this evening at J. Plowman's "blind tiger"
Just across the line In Georgia, four miles
from Ducktown. Stapp and Wilson went to
Plowman's place, presumably to aecure
whisky, when Joe Weaver, an employe
of Plowman's, stepped from an adjoining
room snd, it is alleged, shot Stapp through
tha heart, death resulting instantly. Wilson
Interfered and Weaver, it Is alleged, shot
&lm In ths abdomen. Wilson has not been
caught.
POLICEMEN HURT IN COLLISION
Cleveland Motor 1,'ar Crashes Into a
. Freight Train Going at
.'"'.'. ' Fall Speed. ;
CLEVELAND, Feb. 9. An eaetbound Su
perior street motor, car dashed Into a
freight train going at' almost full apeed
this morning at the Cleveland ft Pittsburg
grade crossing on Superior street. Fire
men were hiir, three of whom were po
licemen. Their names are: Patrolmen
John' Connell, F. R. Brown, Henry Kiel,
Mot'orm'sn Charles A. Stone and an uniden
tified paaseuger. None of the Injured men
ta believed to be dangerously 'hurt..
POLICEMAN KILLS ROBBER
BhoUra Criminal Who HoldatVp Street
Car Condnctor on a w
Crowded Car.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9. John, aires "Shorty"
Councells, was shot and killed early today
by Patrolman Smyth, while attempting to
escape after holding up John W. Sollais, a
conductor, on a 8prlng avenue car. Coun
celle and an unidentified man who got away,
boarded the car, which waa loaded with pas
sengers and held up tbe conductor, at the
polat of a pistol, securing his watch and
money. ... ,
PREACHER UNDER ARREST
Is Charged with Embesalln- Thoa.
aands of Dollars of Brother's
Money. v
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 9. Rev. Amos Ara
ster, a Seventh Day Adventist preacher of
Marion, Ind., wa arrested today, charged
with being a fugitive from Justice. He
waa later taken by officials to Covington,
Ind., where he 1 wanted on tbe charge of
embexzling between $6,000 and $8,000 from
hla brother. He gave up a large part of
th money tonight.
Movements of Ueean Veaaela Feb. 9.
At New York Arrived: Beatrau, from
Bremen: Cymric, from Liverpool and
Cjnernstown ; Lucanta, from Uverpool and
Quecnatown ;' Philadelphia, from Southamp
ton and Cherbourg. Sailed: Celtic, tor
Funchal and Mediterranean porta..
At Antwerp Arrived: Vaderland, from
New York.
At Havre Arrived: La Champlaln, from
New York.
At Queenatown Arrived: Vtnbrta. from
New York, for IJverpool.
At Liverpool Sailed-: Georgie, for New
York.
At Movllle galled: Astoria, for New
York, from CSlnagow.
At Cherbourg Hailed: St. Paul, from
Southampton, for New York.
At Gibraltar -Sailed: Kalserin Maria
Tiiereaa. from Genoa and Naples, for New
York. Passed A maaia, from Hamburg and
Genoa, fur San Francisco via boutfi Aluerl
can porta.
ELEVEN LIVES DESTROIED
Csoupaits sf ii. Lai'a loUl Parish ia
mk aid Flame.
IMPRISONED ASLEEP IN THDR ROOMS
Many Others- Are Badly Injnred
While Flffhtlne; Their Way
Thronah Fire to the
Open Air.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9. AO early morning
flro, which destroyed the .Empire hotel, a
large threo-story lodging housd, ,at 200
and 2702 Olive street, 'occupied by men
exclusively, caused the death of eleven
people, ten men and one woman, snu
gerously injured others. A dozen or more
who had narrow escape from death re
ceived less serious Injuries 6r were frost
bitten. It is -estimated that there were
between thirty-five md forty persons in
the building last night, and it is believed
all have been accounted for. The financial
loss is nominal. It la thought that $20,000
will , cover the damage to building and
contents, which were totally destroyed.
Dead.
MORRIS YALL, senior member of the
firm of Yell, Clark A Cobn, manufacturera
of fine cut glass, formerly of Chicago,
burned to a crisp.
. TOBE DAVIS, man about town, suffo
cated. ,
JOHN C. LITEDBUS, father of Deputy
City Marshal Leo Lucders, skull fractured
In Jumping from th!rd-tory window.
GEORGE THOMPSON, switchman In ter
minal yards, burned to deafh.
8ARAH. HARRIS, colored chambermaid,
burned.
B. F. WOODLEY, employe Hamilton
Brown Shoe company, burned.
J. A. M'MULLEN, carpenter, burned.
S. T. COREY, telegraph operator. Mer
chants' Terminal association.
. VANCE MARLIN, hoisting engineer,
Greenfield, O., burned.
A. 'J. ALLEN, Sedalla, Mo., stonemason,
burned. - ' '
C.) E. CANTROUT, 'union carpenter, died
at city hospital from burns.
Injured.
Harry Cllne, medical student of Marlon,
111., hands badly burned and ankle sprained
Walter Johnson. : employe Hamilton-
Brown Shoe company, handa burned, both
legs broken and Injured Internally.
Henry Robinson, colored night porter,
badly burned.
George Lane, medical student. Rich Hill,
Mo., ankle sprained, In Jumping from aeo-ond-story
window. '
Sturgeon, dental student, back
sprained In Jumping from second-story win
"dow. '
Harry Thompson, medical atudent, Nash
ville, III., ankle apralned In Jumping from
second-story window.
J. J. Lelly, ' manager Empire hotel, back
badly sprained while escaping from build
ing. . ' ' .
Con Ryan, burned about face. '
-. About-; ten or twelve . others, - less 's
"rlously .injured, being .bruised,, burned -or
suffering from exposure. : .
nla,Jtt,Olylna: Alarm. ,-
y -3 - :iti.
Tbe fire started about 8:30 a. m.. when
but few persons were abroad, and gained
considerable headway before . It waa dis
covered and the alarm given. There waa
considerable delay in turning in an. alarm,
and when the engines finally reached the
scene the whole front of the building waa
in flames and the Interior waa like a fur
nace. By that time all who escaped death
had gotten out of the building by Jumping
from tha windows or climbing down ropes
made of bedclothes. A few escaped from
the ground floor through the front, door.
Some of the escapes were very narrow.
Almost everyDody who got out suffered
immediate injury or was frost bitten. The
guests barely had time to get out when
aroused, tbe flames had spread so rapidly.
Some saved their clothing, which they car
ried in their hands, but others were not so
fortunate, losing everything.
After feme delay nearby houses were
opened to the unfortunates and they were
given shefter from the biting cpld. It
was one of the coldest nights of the win
ter, the ground being covered with Ice and
snow, and everyone suffered from, exposure.
The suffering ones were put under the
care of physicians. Harry Cllne, Walter
Johnson, Henry Robinson and an untdentl.
fled man, who died later, were taken to tbe
city hospital, Robinson recovered enough
to be taken home.
Firemen Conqoer the Flames.
After .a short fight the firemen got ths
flames urder control, and assisted by the
police, made a aearch of the rulna. Tha
first body found was that of John C. Lue
ders, who was killed by: Jumping from the
third story. -His head was crushed In.
The body of Lueders and those of the
othar found later, were taken to tho
morgue,' where friends and relatives later
Identified them. Sarah Harris was found
on the first floor. Her body had been
burned. ; The remains of ths other Victims
were found In their rooms, where they
suffocated or burned.
J. J. Lelly, who manages the house for
bis brother-in-law. J. W. Glllam. bad
rooms on tbe first floor. He stated there
were four rooms on the - first floor, nine
on the seiond, and seven on the third. If
all the guests occupied their rooms, thirty
six persons, Including tha colored porter
snd chambermaid were in the building when
it burned. Lelly said be bad no means of
knowing Just how many persons were in
the house at the time tbe Are broke out.
fcoine of them were In the habit of staying
out late and It Is possible all were not
there then. ' ', .
Roomer Gives ths Alarm.
Hs was awakened by hearing Con. Ryan,
one of th roomers, crying "fire." Lelly
said he grabbed bis clotfilng and money
and hurried into the hall, which was ablaze
and then without atopplng to dress,
stepped out 'through fbs front door. Both
stairways were on fire and he barely had
time to get out, being acorcbed and sprain
ing bis back. Lane, Ryan and a man named.
Nicely escaped the same way. The only
way for tha others who got out allvs was
through tbe window, the burning stairways
cutting off their escape that way. Some
Jumped, and sustained injuries more or
less serious, while others who took time
to improvise rope from their bed clothing
got down safely.
H. A. Woolsey, a medical student, whose
home is In Galesburg, III., had a room on
the second floor. Finding the regular exits
cut off, he slid to the ground safely with
tbe aid of two sheets tied together.
Harry Cllne of Marlon, 111., who is a
student in ths medloal department of Wash
ington university, bad . a narrow escape
from death. He roomed on tbe second
floor with Harry Thompsoa of Nashville,
III., a student at tbe same college. Cllne
was aroused by cries of fire. He awakened
Thompaon, and together they attempted to
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CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER
Forecast for N-brska rartly Cloiidy
Mnmlny nd Tiienilay; Blowly Rising
Temperature; Southeast Winds.
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NEARLY HALF MILLION LOSS
Destrnrtloa of Brooklyn Property la
Grent and t'aaoaltlea Are
Nnmerona.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9. An official estimate
of the damage by fire which destroyed the
plant ot the BhadboK Manufacturing com
pany in Brooklyn early this morning, fixes
the loss st $300,000.- Fourteen people were
injured and taken to the hospitals and a
number of others were attended by ambu
lance physicians on the spot. The list ot
the more seriously injured is:
Patrick Neven, auperlntendent of the re
pair shoD of tbe Brooklyn branch ot the
fire department.
William Moran. ,
George Conran, fireman.
Captain Oswald, aide to Fire Chief Cro
ker. Joseph Kelly. ' v
Louis JeroskJ. ,
Roundsman Henry J. R. Tabcr.
Peters F. Mar.tin. i
Edward Hobby.
William Moore.
John Rellly. -- i
Joseph Kojly. - j
Stephen Delap '
The loss to the Shadbolt company Is given
as $250,000, fully covered by Insurance. This
loss Includes the building and stock ot
wagons and carriages made by the com
pany. Tbe losa to ths other buildings lis
placed at $50,000. . Includes Dlckerson ft
Browns bat 1 factory, behind Shadbolt's
factory, $11,000; J. K. Parker ft Co., shirt
waist manufacturera $16,000; Insurance $10,
000; George McHedden's frame stable total
loss $2,000; eighteen of McHedden's horses
were destroyed; three-story brick tenement
owned by Stephen Cantonio ot Jamaica,
Long Island, total loss $4,000; Insurance
unknown; building owned by Dr. M. C.
Camador. loss on building and to tenants
1 about $8,000.
The blaxe was first discovered on the
ground floor of the Shadbolt building, which
was a mass of flames before the first relay
of fire engines arrived. Eventually two
thirds of the Brooklyn force waa at work.
The marine fire corps of the Brooklyn navy
yard was employed. The Injured were
struck by falling debris. Some of them,
particularly the firemen are reported to be
in a ser!ou condition, but so tar no deaths
have been reported from the hospitals,
SEVERAL "visSELS RUINED
Boats Lylnn- 1 Near Wharf Are e
. ' .stroyed nlik Railroad's
V; .v'-' "W,- .'r.lF!"-, - -
t V , ; ' . t ;.''..., .
a NEW YORK -Tab. ' Firs destroyed
-pier -Mhe Lc4iigtr;VHoy Rallnoad com
pany 'this evening. The loss, " Including
damage to shipping, Is $250,000. '
The fire was discovered shortly after 6
o'clock by an employe, who gave the alarm
to the department in Jersey t(ty. The
beat, started the automatic extinguishing
apparatus, and the force of twenty-flvs men
at work on the pier dIJ everything In their
power to prevent a upread of the flames.
A strong northwest wind made the work
difficult and the fire rapidly gained head
way. Firetugs fought valiantly from the
riverside, but the regalar department was
obliged to drive over a mile of railroad
tracks to reach tbs pier, which was doomed
before tbe department reached It. The
steam canal boat Dale, owned by Joseph
PInnarlo, who lived with hia wife in be
cabin, the tug Mildred, tbe Lehigh Valley
barges, President and Plttston, and the
two-masted schooner Meteor, lying close
to the pier, were soon on fire. Dale waa
cut loose and towed about 100. feet toward
the river, where It sank.
PInnarlo and his wife escaped over other
craft to the wharf. Meteor is nearly a
total loss. Tbe other boats were saved.
A big fleet ot bargea were towed to Wash
ington street undamaged. .
Pier G was In the Morris canal basin,
which at tbat point is about 600 feet wide,
extending at an acute angle from tbe
wharf . on the south side of the baaln
lightly toward the northeast. The basin
extends east and west, Tbe pier was BOO
feet long and 120 feet wide, and had a
second story. It was covered with cor
rugated Iron. The floor were of yellow
pine. It' contained .11 carloads ot flour, in
vbarrel and aacks.
Carloada vary from 150 to 200 barrels to
the car. There was approximately 40,000
barrels of flour In the pier, valued at $3
a barrel or aark. The flour wa received
from many consignor in the west and
had many destinations. Tbe pier was built
at a cost of over $100,000. The losa on tbe
wharf la. $10,000.
The steam canaj boat Dale was - valued
t $5,000. It Is insued for $2,000. The
schooner Meteor is said to bavs been worth
$10,000. The losses n other shlpplpg and
on ths drydock will not exceed $5,000. The
loss of th Lehigh Valley Railroad com
pany la covered by Insurance.
BUCKET BRIGADE HELPLESS
Meager Facilities for Fiahtlag
flames' Unable to Prevent ,
Large Damage.
ELBERTON. Ga Feb. 9. Fire her early
today destroyed nearly all of tbe business
section of this place, doing damage which
Is estimated at $100,000. Tbe city has no
Ore protection, and the bucket brigades
formed by citizens were of no avail In a
temperature of 20 degrees and a high wind
Among ths firms burned out are:
St 111 f ell ft Govern, W. H. Corley, T. J.
Hulmes, E. B- Tate ft Sons' two stores,
the Tate block, tbs livery stsble of R. E.
Hudglu and M. H. Maxwell, their stock
being turned looae and not being recap
tured; Taber ft Almand, S. O. Hawes, T.
E. Maxwell, Joseph Cohn, and the ' new
plant of the Southern Bell Telephone com
Pany " . , ' , i
CHILDREN UNABLE" TO ESCAPE
Tber Dla in Flames Near Door Be
fore Help Can Reach
Them.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9. Elsie and Jennie
Berllnger, aged $ and years respectively,
children of Dr. R. Berlinger, wars suffo
cated and died while fir was In progress
at their father's residence in this city to
day. The children were In their room on
tbe top floor whea tbe Ire was discovered
and ail efforts to reach their room were
unavailing.
LOSS IS TEN MILLION
City of PaUnon, Kw Jry, Viilttd j
a Disastrous Fir.
BUSINESS SECTION IS REDUCED TO RUINS
Dstatraurifht with riamu frtm VlilKht
Till Afternoon. -
FINEST EDiriCES IM ClTy ARE SURNED
Bit rw M.rUliil.. FolUw in U W k o
I)Mlatioi.
THOUSAND FAMILIES, HOWEVER, HOMELESS
-Despite
tho AppalllngrwWk of Pros
erty, Mnyor Proadly Proelnlma
that City Can Care for It
Own Distressed Ones.
PATKRSON. N. J.. Feb. 9. A great flr
swept through Patereon today and in II
desolate wake are the ember and ashes
of property valued In the preliminary esti
mate at $10,000,000.
It burned It way through th business '
section of the city and clslmed ss It own
a majority of th finer structures devoted
to commercial, civic, educational and rellg
icu use as well ss scores ot houses.
Thers was but small tribute1 of Ufa and
injury to the conflagration, , but hundreds
were left homeless and thousand without
employment.
A relief movement for the care of those
unsheltered and unprovided for haa alreadv
been organized and Mayor John Hlnchllffr .
ssld tonight that Paterson would be able
to care for her own without appealing to
me cnarity ot other ' communities ani
states. The great manufacturlna nlanti
of the place ara safe and the community,
temporarily dazed by the Calamity, ha al- .
ready begun the work of reorganization and
restoration. .
Rages All Day.
Ths fire came at midnight and was onlv '
checked after a deaperate fight that lasted
until late In the afternoon. Every city
and town within reach of Paterson sent
firemen snd apparatus to the relief .of the
threatened city and it took the united eN
fort of all to win the battle. A northeast
gale gave the conflagration lta Impetus and
carried Ita burning brands to kindle tha -
blaze afresh nt other points. The firemen
made stand after stand before the wall ot
Are, but wer repeatedly driven back anl
when vlrVry finally came to them they
were grlu and exhausted.
A partial list ot th properties destroyed
follow: . ' .
Pnblie Balldlng. , -
City hall.
Publlo library 1 , - .
Old city hall. '
Police station. . ,
No. 1 engine! houss, ,,.
Patrol stables.
Hlh school.
: School N.O.. 1.
4 ...
a. . - "--t. w . r C'harcbM.r -W,'v :-l '
First. Baptist.. ; r 1 '".
Second Presbyterian,
Park Avenue Baptist.
8t. Mark's Episcopal.
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Hanks. '."'''',
First National.
Second National (partlnlly).
Paterson National. '
Silk City Trust. '
Hamilton Trust. .
Paterson Trust. ' , ' ,
Club Ilonaea.
Young Men's Christian association.
Knights of Columbus. . . ,
Progress club.
St. Joseph's hall. ' ' '
. Hamlltou club. ' .
i
Office Oolldlnga.
Romaltne building.'
Kats building.
Marshall and Ball. '. ' ;
Cohn building.
Old Town clock. ." '-'.
Old Klnne building.
Stevenson building, ' .
Tel earn ph Companies.
Western Union. V
Postal Telegraph.' , - .- '
' . Theaters. ,
The Garden. . ..;
r Newspapers.
The Evening News. .
Sundsy Chronicle'..
. Stores. .
Quax-kenbush ft Co., dry goods.
Boston Store, dry goods.
Globe More, dry goods, ','-., i , . 1
National Clothing Co.
Kent's drug store.
Klnaellas' drug store. a
Muexy's hardware and central merchan
dise. Marshall and Ball, etbthlsrs.
.John Norwood, paint. a .
Oberg's grocery. ' ' 1
Wertendyke's grocery, -
P. H. ft W. G. Shields, grocer.
"The Paterson," dry good.
Jordsn s 1'laro store.
Bauter ft Co., piano. ' 1
Feder and McNair, shoe.
Bendler'a confectionery,
Tappan's tea atore. (
Ragowskl's millinery.
Brohal and Miller, ahoes.
C E. Beach, automobiles.
M or eh eh d and. Son, clothier.
Paterson Gas and Eleclrlo Co.
Skye' drug store.
Mackintosh, drug store.
Thoaaand. Families Homeless.
An estimate from a general Inspection '
of ths smouldering ruins placed ths num- .
ber of dweiyings and apartmsnt boussa de
stroyed at SvO and the number of families
left without shelter at 1.000. A rs-estlmata
when order succeeds confusion, may alter '
those figures. ,
The area of destruction foots up roughly
twenty-five city blocks.
From Main street to paterson treet. b.
tween Van Houten and Market tret. '
there Is but little left, a On ths block
bounded by Main. Ellison. Washington and
Market atreeta not a single building, ex
cepting that of the Patereon Saving Insti
tution, stands. , -
All along the west sld ot MaM atveet
the property 1 wipeg out, and on tha east
aide, from Market to Van Houtea street.
Along ths south lids of Broadway,. bs
tween Washington and Church streets, great'
damage haa been done.
Van Houten atreet ia reduced to smoulder
ing debris., so far aa buildings ar con
cerned, for some distance.
Ellen street suffered from tbe neighbor- .
hood of Prospect street, ea the north side,
as far as Church street
On th gouth aid ot thla tber la vast
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