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The age-herald., 1898-03-06

thized with Spain. This coming to the ears of the British government, the latter lost no time in putting the firms which are in the habit of doing government work on their guard.
 American Securities Untouched
 Operators on the stock exchange are leaving American securities alone until the matter is settled. They burned their fingers during the past week, the net re- suit of the see-saw movements being that London lost considerably to New York. Hence London purchases at present are not likely to be appreciable,
 Withdrawal of Gold
 "The withdrawal of gold for New York at this season of the year is noteworthy and gathers therefrom corroboratfon or the belief that ''most of the recent specu a- ton in American securities conducted ny the United States, was financed by New York banks, hence the latter has now no disposition to part with much money 10 the agricultural districts without calling Tn loans."
 Continuing, the Statist says: Another circumstance has powerfully contributed to the stringency. If there should be war the expenditure would be upon an enormous scale and the government will have to Dor row immense sums to meet this enormous expenditure It would not be surprising therefore If the banks are taking precau- tions and are increasing their holdings of gold.''
 The Spectator believes both Washington and Madrid expect war without desiring it," and "both are arming as rapidly as they can" and that "both are cog1tating upon possible alliances" Spain with france and Russia and America with Japan, which wants the Philippine Islands, and can double the American fleet at a few hours notice if Russia permitted"
 "The French foreign office, dreading a financial crash in Paris, is suggesting medi- ation, but it will, in the end, make mis- take in threatening people who at heart believe there is nothing strong in Europe except Great Britain"
 Dese-ters Pardoned
 The consul-general of Spain is responsible for a curious advertisement which has ap- peared in the London newspapers calling upon Spanish deserters, fugitives and youths who have not yet drawn lots for military service, to come to the consulate and acquaint themselves with an important royal decree of pardon which concerns them. Thus far there has been no re- sponse.
The age-herald., 1898-03-06
Bloxham Has No Authority

Jacksonville, Fla, March 5.-Gov. Blox- ham, who was seen at St. Augustine to- night, said that he had heard nothing from President Mckinley or other Washington officials relative to abrogating restrictions of state quarantine law, which goes into effect April, so far as it applies to naval vessels. He said that should he receive such a request he would at once confer with the state health authorities. He de- clined to anticipate what such action would be. but there is no possibility of conflict between the United States and Florida officials
The age-herald., 1898-03-06
Work on Old Monitors

Philadelphia, March 5.-Worlx was begun today on the old monitors which for years have been lying at the League Island navy yard There are eight of these old fighters, the Nahant, Iehigh. Jason. Montauk and Catskil, each of 1,S75 tons displacement and the Canonicus. Mahopiac and Man haitian, of 2,10O tons displacement. The men were placed at work in the interior of the monitors. The machinery of the vessels will need but little attention. In the tur- ret of each monitor are two 15-inch smooth bore grns capable of throwing a '5oo-pound 3rc5ectile.
The age-herald., 1898-03-06
WAR SCARE AS
 VIEWED IN ENGLAND 
The Spectators Let New York ! Stocks Severely
 Alone.

London, March 5.-Now that time and opportunity for reflection have been al- lowed by temporary cessation of the pa- triotic and bellicose statements which, since the wreck of the Maine, have been the chief feature of the special cable dis patches from the United States, English people are beginning to realize the depths of the pro-Cuban feeling in the United Staes, with which the thoughtful ele- ment here cordially sympathize, although they still believe the Maine inquiry will hbsolve Spain from complcity in the dis aster.
 An impression, almost amounting to conviction, prevails that public opinion will compel the government of the United States to acknowledge the Cubans as bel ligerents and to intervent between Spain and Cuba. The very camness and pa tience of the people of the United States tends to confirm the convictions here that Americans have become aware that their government is preparing to satisfy the conntry's aspirations when the suspicious moment arrives Every one in this coun- try acknowledges the dignity and self-pos- session with which the cabinet of Presi- dent Mckinley have been handling this most difficult affair and this attitude of the United States government has had a great effect in influencing opinion on this side of the Atlantic.
 Englands Friendly Attitude
 Americans express themselves as being much gratifed at the friendly attitude which the British government has evinced towards the United States. By the advice of the government the shipbuilders and dealers in munitions of war here insist upon cash payments in the case of all or ders booked by Spain. It seems the Spanish embassy when, bargaining with the shipbuilding and other firms, indirect ly suggested that Great Britain sympa-
The age-herald., 1898-03-06
And That Supplies B6 S6nt to Cuba
 on Merchant Vessels. BOTH REQUESTS PROMPTLY REFUSED
Spanish Government GdIS Through SenOn GulOn That Send ing Of Supplies on War Vessels Gave it an Official S6mbdnC6- Limited States Stands Pat and
 VIII Not Withdraw General b66.

Madrid March 5Senon Gullon, Spanish minister of for eign afair recently intimated to United States Minister Woodord that the Spanish government desired the recall from Havana of Consul General Lee and the American ships which have been assigned provisions for the relief of Cuban sufferers there should be replaced by chant vessels order deprive the assistance centrados official Woodford cabled the request to the Washington which replied reus
 ing to recall Gen. Lee in the circumstances to countermand the orders despatch vessels making the representations that the vessels not fighting ships.
The age-herald., 1898-03-06
Steel Wire Gnmhine

New York, March 5.--The formal meeting fixed by the steel wire rod combine for this afternoon was not held. The perma- nent organization will take place in New York April l.
The age-herald., 1898-03-06

IVY LEAF COAL. -s2 per ton. Telephone l No 40.
The age-herald., 1898-03-06
Without Consent of Congress

A precedent is cited as to the purchase of naval vessel in a time of emergency without the assent of congress. While Secretary Chandler was at the head of the navy department information reached here that the Greeley arctic expedition was in a perilous condition and that relief was im- perative without a days delay, and 1t is now matter of history that if the relief party had been twenty-four hours later in reaching Greeley and his men the latter would have succumbed from starvation. None of the naval ships at the time was available. The Bear was offered for sale, however and Secretary Chandler closed the contract for its purchase, stating at the time that if congress failed to ratify the purchase and make tEe appropriati necessary for the purchase price, he would hold himself personally responsible to the contractors. The Bear was successful in it's relief mission and congress promptly ratified MT. Chandler's course by appro- priating for the ship It is said that the same course of procedure would be fol- lowed in case of emergency at the present time.
The age-herald., 1898-03-06

Cold wave. Buy heaters frem Alabama Gas Fixture and Plumbing Co. 1920 Second avcnue. They are cheap now.
The age-herald., 1898-03-06
SPANS MINISTER HHS DEMANDED CONSUL GENERAL LEES RECALL

abroad. These have been doeketed and nied, but beyond an acknowledgement of the offers no steps toward purchase have been taken.
 Under ordinary circumstances the navy department would require authority from congress to purchase warships. There is no law which permits a larger exercise of authority in times of emergency than at other times It is understood, however, that the naval authorities feel that such an emergency purchase would have the sub- sequent approval of congress
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
The Loss on the Building and All Its Con-
e tents Aggregate $4,000, With
$4,000 Insurance.
1HE TWO DOZEN RO0AERS ESCAPE UKHURI

barn. Mr.. and Mrs. Pay bestowed
upon them what extra clothing was
in the house, and bystanders took of
their coats and wrapped them around
the shivering forms Of the half sutfo-
Gated and half frozen people as they
emerged from the building.
The last to 60 was A. G. Robbins,
who was sleeping soundly in his room
on the third floor, next to the elevator.
He was awakened by the voice of a
woman in the hallway, who was
screaming ooh, God. Oh, God" He
next heard some one shout through
the hallway, asking if everybody was
out, and he realized that the building
was on fire. He answered at the top
of his voice that he was still there.
Tony Kieffer,a fireman. then entered
his room, which was filled with smoke.
Mr. Robbins clothed himself and he
and Mr.. Kieffer wrapped wet towels
about their heads and started down
the stairway. Theysmade their way
out of the building, they know not
how, as they were so nearly sutfocat ed
by the smoke that they are unable to
remember anything that happened.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
The Building.

The building was a substantial
brick and iron structure, and was
what is known as slow burning
building. It, was an Office building,
and when the postofice was located
on the first floor nearly every room
was occupied as an Office. The new
Odd Fellows block drew number of
the tenants away in December last,
yet all but ten of the rooms were o.
cupied. Mr.. Adamson was the engi-
neer, and Mrs. Doty cared for the
rooms.
q The company is composed of citizens
of Mankato, and D. L. Rose and
Gaylord Lamb are the heaviest stock
holders. Considerable of the indebt-
edness originally on the building has
been paid from the net receipts.
There have been rumors at times
that the building was to be turned
into hotel, but there was never any
thing more to these than the fact
that from time to time hotel men
have looked the building over with a
view to renting it. 1t was always
stated by these gentlemen that the
building was not constructed right
for hotel. Many believe that if the
building is rebuilt, it will be with a
view to leasing it as hotel, but it is
too early to engage in any speculation
as to this at this time.
The officers of the Young Mems
company are @. ]. Macbeth, presi-
dent; Gaylord Lamm, vice president;
D. L. Rose, secretary; Jno. r. Thorn
as, treasurer; W. 81. Pay, r. E..
Brown and Messrs. Macbeth, Lamb
and Rose, directors. Mr.. Lamb states
that at no time has the building
failed to pay expenses and little
more. The floating Indebtedness has
been reduced with the profits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

The Young Mems, Investment COM
panY's building was completely de-
stroyed by fire during the early hours
of the morning, together with all of
it's contents, inflicting loss upon nu-
merous firms and individuals. Only
the walls and steel girders and sup
ports remain of the proud four story
brick block. This grim skeleton was
gazed'at today by thousands OF peo-
pie. The loss was complete, almost
nothing,beiDg saved. The third and
fourth floors were thickly inhabited
by roomers, among whom were some
students from various parts OF the
county. These people escaped un-
hurt. but in many cases only in their
night clothes, and in no case was any
thing except suit or a part OF a
suit of.clothing saved. 1t is fortu-
nate that there were no fatalities,
when it is considered what large
number of.people were sleeping in the
building. Many of those on the two
upper floors went down the
fire escapes and ladders of the fire.
men, as the elevator shaft was filled
with dense smoke.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
FOUR BOYS ARRAIGNED.
Confess to Stealing Engine Fixtures from
Several Parties.

-Four boys, Willie Kehoe, Erastu s
Waddell, Carl Hopkins and Cady
Keith, were arraigned before Judg e
Shissler today on the charge of grand
larceny in the second degree, in the
alleged stealing of number of engine
fixtures and appurtenances. They all
admitted having share in the steal
ings that have been going on, but as
it is district court offense they were
not allowed to plead guilty. Thei r
examination will take place March
8th at 1 80 p. M. and as the father
of each furnished 800 bonds they
were allowed to 60. .-..
Gus WideIl, Fowler & Pay, T. R..
Coughlan, Mayer Bros, the Oma ha
engine house, the Mankato Manu-
featuring Co., and Chas. T. Taylor all
report the .loss of articles of value,
such as brass fixtures, etc. Mr..
Taylor places his loss at $50. Mr..
COughlan reports the loss of two
6ASocS SOpc, q SOSoh SuQSO ouO q
steam whistle. The boys took a
board off from his engine house in
order to get in. Mr.. Coughlan has
recovered these articles.
Mr.. Taylor got out a search war;
rant to examine Pawnbroker Salet's
stock, but nothing was found, aside
from a couple Of articles which Mr..
Salet had reported that he had re-
ceived from the boys. These were
not Mr.. Taylor's. .... ....
The boys confessed to where ma ny
of the articles could be found, and
Officer Daniels recovered these today.
1t is said that an effort will be
made to prosecute those who have
been buying these articles from the
boys for almost nothing. ...
The parents of the boys feel very
badly over the affair. As
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Two Alarms.

The. fire was first discovered by T..
G.. Sutton, who roomed on the fourth
floor. o He.was awakened at about ten
minutes beforestwo o'clock by smoke
that had come up the elevator shaft
and penetrated into his room. He
started to go down to the basement,
thinking Ethat he could extinguish
the fire, When he reached the first
floor. hesfound the smoke so dense
that he concluded to give the alarm
first, ::and,ran in his night clothing to
the city hall. The alarm was turned
in FROM box 26 at a few moments be-
fore two o'clock.
Mr.. Sutton then went back to the
building and went down into the
basement. He states that the fire at
that time was confined to some
rubbish and woodwork near the
southwestern corner of the basement
close tosthe.vault. He states that if
he could shave had hose he could
have extinguished the fire. The
roomIwhere he saw the blaze was one
used by the sMankato Blank Book
Mfg. Co., he states. There is no clue
to he.Origin, but it is supposed to
be spontaneous combustion in pile
of rubbish.
When the fire department arrived,
the blaze chad spread considerably,
and the smoke was very dense and
pouring out of the entrance and up
the elevator..shaft. The firemen were
unable, on account of the smoke, to
exactly locate the tre, and it con-
tinued to gain Roadway, helped on oy
strong'draft that set in through the
basement and up the elevator.
At 2:30 o'clock, it was seen that the
building was doomed, and that there
was possibility of the fire spreading
to adjacent property. A second alarm
was then turned in. The entire de-
partment went on duty, the Dukes
addition company acting as reserve
and extinguishing the sparks and
burning brands that we're blown
northward. Hundreds of people
turned out and witnessed the fire.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
A Brave Fight.

The firemen made a splendid battle
against the raging fire, that soon
turned the building into gigantic
furnace. The flames soon followed
the smoke up the elevator shaft and
spread through each floor, bursting
out of the windows and enveloping
the entire building'in seething, twist
ing columns of fire. The heat was in
tense, and sparks were carried north
ward in a cloud. The night was
favorable for fighting fire, however,
as there was only very light breeze,
and it Eblew the sparks across the
street, instead of on the property i'm
mediately adjoining.
When it was seen that nothing
could save the building, the efforts of
the firemen were directed toward
preventing the spread of the fire, and
in this they were entirely successful.
Streams of water were played on ad-
joining buildings. The Messrs. Pay
moved their families and goods out.
and everything was gotten in readi-
ness to abandon the livery barn.
Fortunately, the thick fire walls of
the building stood intact, and the
heavy steel beams and supports held
the outer walls in place. In this
way, the fire was confined within the
four walls.
Large sparks fell in the Lampert
Lumber Co.'s yard, but were extin.
guished by pals Of water. The roof
of the frame house on A. G.. Meyers
corner took fire couple of times, but
! no damage was done. Streams of
water were played on the buildings on
the opposite side of Hickory street.
These buildings were supplied with
graveled tin roofs, and sparks made
no impression.
The electric light wires were taken
care of by Supt. Brown early in the
fire. but the telephone wires were
burned off. The gas supply pipe kept
flame going where it entered the
basement.
! The firemen kept a number of
streams playing on the fire and ad-
joining buildings for several hours.
The interior of the building had
burned out by four o'clock, but the
fire continued to burn until daylight.
At $3.50 o'clock an alarm was sent in
from box 80, but when portion of
the department arrived there it was
ascertained that it was false alarm
The firemen had their run for moth
ing, and were naturally disgusted at
being called away at SO critical a
time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04

PARTITION on the second floor. The
blaze was seen through the window by
Gates Phillips, who was at work on
his livery barn. After Mr.. Phillips
had notified Mr.. Sugden, the fire was
put out with pail of water and the
laundry's private hose. The damage
to the building was 500, covered by in
surance. Ok
The cupalo of the Clifton House
barn caught fire from sparks and
blazed up. The fire was extinguishe d
before much damage had been done.
Holes were burned in the roof of G..
M. Phillips & Sons livery barn in four
or five places by sparks, but a careful
watch was Kept and no damage was
done. @a 80 Z"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Resolutions of Coincidence.

The Northwestern Legion of Honor
held their regular meeting Monday,
Feb. %, and the following resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS, iG has pleased our Heav-
emily Father to remove our worthy
companion, A. W. Bean, from earth,
therefore,
Resolved, That the Mankato Coun-
Gil No. 1872. N. w. L. of H., hereby
tender their heartfelt sympathy and
coincidence to the family and relatives
of the deceased companion in their
affection, and
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of this coun-
Gil and that copy of the same be
forwarded to his family.
PAULINE KOKE. Sec.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Occupants Escape.

The other occupants of the build
ing who had rooms on the third and
fourth floors of the building .Were
awakened soon after Mr.. Sutton left.
Some made their way down the
stairway around the elevator shaft,
through the smoke, while many, were
assisted down the fire escapes and
ladders put up by the firemen. In
this way every one was saved, and
no one was injured except one per-
who was cut by broken glass.
None Of the roomers had time to
save anything, and fully half of them
escaped In their night dresses. These
latter were taken into B. D. Pays
residence and into B. d. Pay & Sons
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
Odds and Ends.

Five streams of water were played
on the Young Mems building, and one
on the buildings in the block below,
where sparks threatened. None of
the fremen received any injuries, and
no hose was burst.
Mrs. Dean and her two little
children were rescued with some lit
I'll. difficulty. owing to her misunder-
standing Chief Phillips. When she
came out she told the chief that her
two children we're in the building.
He asked her whether she could To-
cate them, and she returned with
him. She got in two or three wrong
rooms, and when Mr.. Phillips asked
whether she was lost. she thought
that he said the children were lost
and that he didn't intend to search
any longer. She set up an outcry at
once. When the chief found the
children, the boy was overcome by
the smoke, but the little girl was all
right. .5o.-.r .......
A can of gasoline or other explosive
substance blew up with loud report
d uring the. fire., ...........
B. f. Pay lost bicycle in the fire.
1t was in Porter & Pays room.
Many of the dodgers in the building
came down the fire escapes.
Builders consider the. walls perfect
ly staunch aud safe. The playing of
streams of water on the hot stone
trimmings Clipped some of them of
badly, and they will have to be re-
placed.
A. G. Robbins bicycle went with
the rest of his goods.
The Citizens Fire Association was
to have moved into the corner room
the middle of the month.
All of the records of the secretary's
office of Mankato Council No. 1920,
Royal Arcanum, were destroyed. f.
w. Bates is the secretary.
D. L. Rose will have Office room
with Jno. @. Noe temporarily. Mr..
Rose regrets most the loss Of his fine
collection of stuffed animals and
birds, which he would not have taken
So, 600 for. The collection represents
years of labor.
A. G.. Matters bicycle was stored at
G. d. Beuack's store, and L. G. SUIT
ton had left his over night at Bee
uuette & Ford's.
G. L. Benedict has offered Arthur
Schaub office room temporarily.