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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-08-31
SPARKlUL CONVENT FIRE.


-Four Deaths.
Sparkhill, n. Y, Aug. 80. -Fire
that broke ont at o'clock this morn
ing destroyed nine of the ten buildings
of the st. Agnes convent and orphan
age, entailing a loss of $3.50, 900 and
causing the death of four persons. The
dead are: Helen Brown. aged 6; En-.
ma Mackin. aged Z; "Jane." a PEN
soner. aged 10; Mary Kate Mccarthy,
aged 90.
The missing are: Therese Murphy,
aged IA, and Mary Brown, aged 4.
The seriously injured are: Sister
Sienna. shock ami collapse; Sister
Marie, burns and concussion; Sister
Bertrand, conclusion of spine and
shock Sister katherine, arm broken,
and Hannah Shea, leg broken. TWEEN
ty-tiye inmates were injured by falls,
jumps and burns. none seriously.
e That more lives were not lost was
due to the heroism OF the Sisters and
some OF the elder inmates. When the
fire broke out. The 400 inmates of the
institution were asleep. Most of them
were gotten out in almost perfect order,
but score who risked their lives to
save others we've finally forced either to
jump from the upper stories or make
desperate dashes through stairways
and corridors filled with flames and
smoke
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-08-31
RUSSIANS PUT OUT.
Great Britain Asserts Her Rights on tho
Yang Kiang.


Shanghai, Aug. 29.-As the outcome
OF a dispute regarding the ownership
of some lands at Hankow, on the Yang
tse- kiang. about 700 miles from the
sea. which were purchased in 1868 by
the concern Of Jardine. Matheson 81
Co., but were subsequently included in
the new concession to Russia. the
owners, under the advice and protec-
tion of Mr.. Hurst, the British consul,
sent workmen to fence in the tract.
After the work was begun, dozen Cos.
sacks from the Russian consulate, APP
peared on the scene and forcibly eject
ed the workmen. The captain of the
British second,c class gunboat Wood
lark, specially designed for river serv-
ice, after consulting with Mr.. Hurst,
landed party of bluejackets and
moved the Woodlark within firing dis
lance Of the Russian consulate. For
a time fight seemed imminent, but
nothing further occurred. The blue
jackets are now guarding the property.
The British thirdclass gunboat Esk
has been dispatched to Hankow from
this port. Great Britain is evidently
determined to uphold British rights.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-08-31
CRASHED 70 THE GROUND
Heavy Steel Arches Fell Like
a House Of Cards.
NINE KILLED; MANY INJURED
Arches Were to Have Supported tho
Roof Of Chicago's New Coliseum
Cause of Accident Unknown.

Chicago. Aug. 30.-Twelve steel
arches. each weighing 80 tons, which
were to have supported the superstInc-
ture of the Coliseum building, in
course of erection on Wabash avenue,
fell to the ground late this afternoon.
1t is known that nine lives were lost.
The bodies of three men are supposed
to he under the wreckage. MANY are
in the hospital with injuries received
in the accident, and OF these four will
surely die. The dead are:
Charles Walpol, Edward Murray,
Frank Logan. Stephen J. Thompson,
John Farrey, Richard Sherman, Theo-
dore Thorne, Leroy Fenner. A. L.
Norman.
The fatally injured are: John Morsh-
man, fractured skull and fractured
right leg; j. J. Dowd, internal injur-
les, both eyes out, both legs broken;
Peter Peliteir right arm cut off at
shoulder, skull fractured; John White,
skull fractured, internal injuries.
Those missing and believed to be in
the ruins are: Edward Swanson,
Joseph King. Several more were in
jured slightly.
All Of the l2 arches were standing,
the 18th and last having been COM
pleted today. 1t was the intention of
the steel contractors. the Pittsburg
Bridge Company, Of PittsbuIg. Pa. to
turn over its work tonight to the gem
eral contractors. The iron "haveler"
or derrick. which had been used in the
erection of the acrhes. had been re-
moved and the agents Of the bridge
company were accounting their work
as practically completed, when sudden
ly, and without warning, the arch last
put in place suddenly fell over against
the one next to it. The weight was
too much for this; it gave way, crash
ing against the third. and, one by one,
the great steel spans fell over to the
st2uth, precisely in the same manner
as number of cards would fall.
Nearly all of the men who were killed
were at work on top OF the arches 40
feet from the ground. Some of them
made futile attempts to slide down the
side of the arches, but before they could
help themselves, they were hurled To
the ground. Many of them uttered
piercing shrieks for aid as they fell.
Most OF them were killed outright by
the awful nature of their injuries. The
skulls OF the unfortunate men were
crushed into shapeless masses, their
limbs were cut off as if by monster
knife. and they were mangled beyond
recognition.
The direct cause of the accident is
not known. One theory Of the acct
dent which receives some sup
port is that a shifting of sand beneath
the foundation caused the collapse Of
the first arch, which brought all the
others to the ground. A story which
cannot be substantiated is that num-
Der of workmen were using pulley on
the north arch, while they were taking
down some scatfoldng that had been
erected around it. They caused the
arch TO sway. and finally it swayed too
far and fell out.
81 cannot say what caused the acct
dent" said Superintendent Johnson.
81 could hardly believe my eyes when
! saw the results Of our weeks OF work
DESTROYED in minuten
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-08-31
Proclamation of Independence.

New York. Aug. 30.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
Rio Janeiro and Para papers contain
numerous details of the proclamation
OF independence of the Acre territory.
The chief OF the new commonwealth is
a Spaniard, Louis Arias, who is busy
organizing his administration.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-08-31

Washington, Aug. 30.-A dispatch
was received at the war department
from General Otis, stating that Dato
Iundi, of amboanga. attacked and de-
feated the insurgents there August 20,
killing 80.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-08-31
A VALUABLE ALLY.

DatO Mundi and His Tribcsmen Fight
Zamboanga Rebels.
Manila, Aug. 30.-A report received
here from Cebu says:
Danto Mundi, with his tribesmen,
have taken the war path against the
insurgents at Fam boanga. and has given
them a warm battle. Mundi welcomed
General Bates, saying he was anxious
to become an American citizen, and
asked permission to fight the insur-
gents. He was given an American flag.
General Bates will return to the Sulu
archipelago to arrange for establishing
an American garrison there.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-12-23
Clubs.
LOUISA L RICKETTS,.
CALENDAR OF NEBRASKA CLUBS.
December.

December.
"a XIX Century c., Painting in the
Netherlands, Monroe Doctrine. seward
%. Woman's c., Holiday Adjourn
"en,'''''' Bend
Fin dc Steele c., American humor-
~, lists, and Christmas In Other
LanuS. ............... ...... ...... Seward
Zetetic G, Growth OF Lit.
%, erature from 1880 1890.
pronunciation test......W Weeping Water
%, Woman's c., Art Lincoln
% History and Art c., William and
Mary............ ....... ...... Albion
"a Woman's c., Business, music,
..Fairbury
20, Woman's c., French Conversation. Omaha
20, Woman's c., Ethics and philosophy. Omaha
20, Fortnightly c., Vacation. ........... Lincoln
81 Woman's c., Influence Of Imperial
ism Upon the Life Of Nations. -. Dundee
q. ! Friends In Council, Modern Eng.
ish WritVrs........... ....Tecumseh
~ J Cozy c., A Christmas Afternoon
-"Oberammergau' ........ Tecumse
q, Woman's c., A Christmas Meeting. Ashland
"a, Woman's c., Oratory. Omaha
%, Woman's c., Household Economics. Omaha
%, WOman's c., English Literature ..... Omaha
u, Lotos c., Porto Rico. .............. :. Lincoln
90 Hall in the Grove. The Renais-
Sance In Lincoln
~, Self Culture c., Gladstone. ........St Paul
90 { Woman's c., Thirty Years OF
American History Us2O-5O). Plattsmouth
30, Woman's c., Reception ......... North Bend
~ Review and Art c., Michael An
eelo . ...:........ ...............f ork
30. ! Woman's c., New Years Meet
lhg......... syracuse
80, Pansy c., Phelps and Thoreau &. e. Tecumseh
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-12-23

Will a ruthlessly pruned, strictly logi.
cal organization compensate for enthu-
siastic, loving. direct supportY The
Worcester club Of Massachusetts, has
placed a stumbling block in the onward
march Of the G.F. w. G. by the unkind
criticism embodied In those resolutions
presented to the council at Philadelphia
last June. This resolution denominates
the bienpials "unwieldy, awkward and
burdensome before the executive board
has discovered such defects. While we
would not impugn the motives of u
sisters Of Worcester. would 1t not have
been in better form had they waited
for the general federation to discover
it's " unwieldiness before, like q
pert child. it pointed out a possible
clumsiness in the mother? A finance
COMMITTEES working on the plan OF the
National Educational Association would
have been OF more benefit to the general
association than the present committee
on reorganization. Another peculiar
feature OF the situation, and one open
to criticism, is In the fact that the chair
mao OF the reorganization committee
has left no one In doubt as to her opin.
ion on this question and has made use
OF her official position to bring all pos
sible influence to bear in favor OF reor-
ganization. There is an unwritten law
in regard to such casee, and it forbids
the use Of position to influence votes.
The table OF statistics compiled by the
Massachusetts club reminds one OF the
parable Of the house built upon the
sand. It would be interesting to see
the computations from which some Of
those results we're obtained. In the list
of delegates proposed by the Massachu-
sets plan, New York would be entitled
to as many delegates in the biennial
meetings as the combined number OF
delegates from Minnesota. Nebraska,
Kansas, New Hampshire. Connecticut.
Tennessee, Arkansas. Kentucky. Wash
ington, Georgia, Delaware, Rhode lei.
and, Vermont. Utah, Florida and North
Dakota, Massachusetts following with a
delegation nearly as large as New York.
Ipdeed New York, Massachusetts,. Penn
sylvania and Illinois could always hold
the balance Of power. II the basis of
the reorganization is to be democratic,
some other plan OF r~epreaentation muat
be sought. We would enter q plea for
the small club, which must surely lose
its identity in the proposed arrangement.
In q certain sense it 10 numbers OF dimes
as opposed to the small club and lack Of
dimes. In other words q plutocracy a.
opposed to democracy. We may obtain
q very compact organisation 10 this way.
but, l fear, &C the expense Of oil sym
pathy for the smaller or the weaker state
for FEEDER atoms and clubs.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-12-23

The woman's club Of Lansing, Mich.
which is q Of the oldest in that state,
recently celebrated its twenty.ffth an.
nivereary. It is one Of the most ener-
getic clubs 10 Michigan and the general
efficacy Of iIs members may be account
ed for by it's motto, mo drones and no
unkind criticisms" 90.
It owns q substantial building erected
10 1889 at q cost Of six Thousand dollars,
the result of its own efforts. Setting
about this business in the energetic
manner characteristic OF it's literary
pursuits, the mysteries OF incorporation,
stocks AMI bonds we're soon successfully
solved. Stock was issued and taken by
members. q very few not being purchase
ers and none holding more than twenty
five shares. Bonds to the amount OF
twenty mine hundred dollars, bearing
five and six per cents interest. we're dis.
posed Of, all OF which have since been
redeemed.
The fret floor OF the building isI leased
for business purposes. bringing the club
q goodly revenue. The second floor 10
occupied by tho club, tho space being
divided into assembly, committee and
other rooms, and all handsomely deco.
rated and furnished BETTING the 70.
.quirements.
The reports from the librarian and
from diRorant C1uha npooantod ~ kha
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-12-23

The reorganization Of the G. F. w.
@. is Q current question-with the state
declarations, with the large clubs. with
the small clubs, and wen where two or
three women are gathered together, it
is the chief topic of conversation. These
discussions are beginning to assume q
humorous phase. First We arc told that
this change is necessary because the BIZ
ennials are growing so "unwieldy;" next
We are told that the new plan will pro-
vide for indefinite expansion. Some
argue that the running expenses will be
very much reduced, and then l try to
figure out how this can be done without
running both state and general fedora
tons into the ground. for tell it not in
Gath mol whisper it in Ascslon." Very
few state declarations pay even the nee
essary expenses Of their state officers.
while 1t is no secret that the general
federation has always lsbored under
financial endorsements that have
made 1t impossible to do many things.
We are told we are in great danger Of
disiutegrstion, and the wonder grows.
Is this fear based upon the last biennial:
the largest, the grandest. the most en-
thusiastic and inspiring Of them all.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-12-23

state federation show that. the travelling
library 10 highly appreciated by the
clubs OF the state. There we're thirty.
eight ~consiRnments made last year. with
24l volumes In circulation. Club wO.
men who have access to the public
library can scarcely realize what II
means to be deprived OF such help.
Since ths burning Of the public library
at Lincoln the club women OF this city
have realized more sharply than aver
before the library advantages they On
joyed, and feel the Importance az never
before OF maintaining the travelling
library. 1t would be impossible for the
clubs in many Of the smaller towns to
continue their studies unless books
were provided. The appreciative words
OF the delegates at York Tor the use OF
books and papers from the reciprocity
bureau are q stimulus to the more for.
tunately situated clubs. So far, the
contributions to the travelling library
fund have been voluntary, but 1t is a
matter OF sufficient Importance to the
state work to warrant placing II upon q
permanent basis with sufficient support
from each club 10 the state. The Omaha
womsn's club contributed one hundred
dollars In organizing It. 1t has vindi-
Gated its usefulness and its Importance
to the club movement, and has won the
right to ask for q definite, stable sup.
port from the clubs.
The literary department Of the w.
mans club Of Fremont met with Mre.
Gerard. Friday evening, December 8. ut
seven o'clock. The following program
was carried out:
Roll cali. Current literature.
Reading and comparing Of the poems,
"rhe Man with the hoe'-Mrs. Gerard.
review Of I'm His Steps"-Miss Wig
gins.
History. "Feudsl France" from chap.
tore Is to 10.
Talks on tho fret four Capets-Mrs.
Kramer.
The Troubsdours-Miss Mcmahon.
Lanfranc-Mrs. Geitzen.
The Lotos club OF Lincoln has en-.
larged it's membership and again re.
sumed work. AZ the club year 10 nearly
bali gone 1t will not enter upon q regu-
lar course Of study, but consider some
special topic at each meeting. A leader
10 appointed for each meeting who will
decide tile topic aud arrange tho pro.
gram. The fret meeting was held at
tho homo OF Mrs. Henry Lewis. where
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-12-23


Pres, Mrs. Anna L.. Apperson, Tecumseh.
V.P., Mrs. Ida w. Blair, Wayne.
Cor. Sec, Mrs. Virginia d .Arnup, Tecumseh.
Rec. Sec, Miss Mary Hill, York.
Treas, Mrs. II. +. Doane, Crete.
Librarian, Mrs. G. M. Lambertson, Lincoln.
Auditor, Mrs. f. j. Hainer, Aurora.
The oficers OF the N. F. w. G. will
meet in executive session Wednesday,
December q, at 10 o'clock a. m, IN the
parlors Of the Hotel Lincoln. 1t is very
important that each member be present
az there is much and important busi-
ness before the board. The meeting is
set for this time in order that the men,
bers Of the executive board may attend
the session Of Women's clubs on the
afternoon OF the 9th at 2 o'clock, 10
room No. 100 University Hall. I sin
cerely hope the Club women throughout
the state will take advantage OF the low
rates in force during the association and
accompany the teachers to Lincoln.
Thereby extending their sympathy and
encouragement. and emphasizing the
Importance Of the relation the teachers
bear to the club mothers OF our state.
MRS. ANNA L. APPEBsoN.
President N. f. W. G.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-12-23

The reports from the librarian and
from different clubs presented at the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

The king of Greece delights in taking
recreation in the fields. He can pillow,
cut and bind corn, milk cows, and, in
short, could at a pinch keep farm GO
ing singlehanded.
Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, in a London
interview, says that her husbands chief
recreation is reading. She herself
paints both in oils and water colors.
Much of her work is said to be excellent
Mrs. c. w. Goodlander, wife of the
mayor of Fort Scott, Kan, is proving .
great help to her husband in relieving
the city's poor. She makes personal
visits to all asking help and inquiries
into every case.
Justice Shiras, of the supreme court,
wrote a letter of advice to young law
yer the other day, in the course of which
he said: "Above all, deserve and keep
the confidence of your clients. You will
find this your best capital
1t is said of an English judge that il
fining a man and his wife for scorchinG,
he assessed the woman twice as much
in the lead 1t made little difference, as
the man had to settle for both.
Ex-Gov. Yarmouth, the first north
ern governor of Louisiana, has lived
down the bitter unpopularity which at
one time nearly cost him his life and is
now one of the leading sugar planters
of the state and most successful law"
yer.
Rev. j. Augustus Wix, vicar Of
Quethiock, Liskeard, Cornwall, has hit
upon novel method of obtaining funds
for church purposes, it being none
other than the making and selling of
walking-sticks His church needs a
new organ, and in order to obtain the
necessary funds, the vicar spends his
spare time in making walking-sticks,
and himself offers them for sale in the
market-place.
Piny Margal, who surprised the Span
ish cortez by holding up the United
States as an example to be followed
by Spain, is, strangely enough, one of
the leading authorities on United States
history He is now 10 years old, quiet
little man, who has devoted his life to
the study and advocacy of republican
institutions. He was the president OF
the short-lived Spanish republic, and
even now predicts that the monarchy
in Spain cannot last long. He has writ
ten a history of the United States in
two large volumes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
CHANGES TO COME.
An English Novelist's Idea Of Trans
portation in the Twentieth
Century.

Between 1900 and 1000 the march of
change was still more rapid, and be-
tween 1000 and 200 the continually ac-
celebrated progress of human inven-
ton made the reign of Victoria the
Good seem al last an almost incredible
vision of idyllic tranquil days.
BY the year 1000 railways and roads
had vanished altogether. The railways.
robbed of their rails, had become weedy
ridges and bitches upon the face of the
world; the old roads, strange, barbaric
tracts of flint and soil, hammered by
hand or rolled by rough iron rollers,
strewn with miscellaneous filth, and
cut by iron hoofs and wheels into ruts
and puddles often many inches deep,
had been replaced by patent tracks
made of a substance called Eadhamite.
When Eadham discovered the sub
stance he probably thought of ii as a
mere cheap substance for india rubber;
il cost few shillings ton. But you
can never tell all an invention will do.
1t was the genius of a man named
Warming that pointed to the possioil-
ity of using it, not only for the tires of
wheels, but as road substance, and
who organized the enormous network
of public ways that speedily covered the
world.
These public ways were made with
longitudinal divisions. On the outer
on either side went foot cyclists and
conveyances travelling at less speed
than 25 miles an hour; in the middle,
motors capable of speed up TO 100. and
the inner Warming lin the face of enor-
nous ridicule) reserved for vehicles
travelling at speeds of 100 miles an hour
and upward.
For ten years his inner ways were va
cant. Before he died they were the
most crowded of all, and fast, light
fralReworks, hurled along them stead
lily toward 200 miles an hour. And by
the time this revolution was accom-
plished parallel revolution had trans
formed the eyer-growing cities. Be
fore the development of practical sci
ence the fogs and filth of Victorian
times vanished. Electric heating re-
placed fires Tin 2013 the lighting of q
fire that did not absolutely consume its
own smoke was made an indictable
public squares and places, were Gov
cred in with a recently invented glass
like substance. The roofing of Lon
don became practically continuous
| Pail Mall Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Bobby Bingo-"How long did it take
you to learn how to swim?" Willy-"I
learned in "A lickings. Puck.
A Theory.-"Parker is good listen
err" THAT may account for the fact
that he and his wife seem to be such
happy couple. "-Chicago Times-Her.
aid.
"That young Perkins who comes to
see you owes $40 to the laundry and SIC
to the barber shop well, papa, ne
deserves credit for trying to look like a
gentleman. Chicago Record.
II see that a man named Przibowor-
sky is accused in Berlin of being spy"
''Oh, well, he can console himself by the
thought that he never did bear good
name. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ma" said the young fly, lis it true
that some folks are so gentle that they
wouldn't harm a hy?" II wouldn't trust
the best of them, my dear. Don't buzz
around any of them too long. '-Puck.
Imitation" said Uncle Eben, may
be de sincerest flattery. But de gem
man at de bank has had folks put in
Jail fob takin' dab pens in hand an
tryin' ter pay dat kin O compliments"
Washington Star.
after ALL" said Mrs. Greatheart,
there are mothers-in-law and moth
ers-in-law." Certainly" replied Mr..
Greatheart. 1--WE no complaint to
make against yours; it's only nine
grumble out"-Househol Words.
First Yachtsman-"That Miss Topsail
makes me tired with her talks about
yachts" Second Ditto-"Why? First
Yachtsman-"I told her / had put
new pinnacle on my yacht, and she
asked me if ] scraped all the old ones
off the !''-Boston Transcript.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14

turesoue cascades to the larger and
more ornamental series of fountains inn
mediately below, and from them il will
again cascade to lower series and
again and again, until, after tumbling
down this wonderful flight of water
steps from the dizzy height, it will flow
under n great bridge and thence into
the main lagoon, or water court.
This court will also be a series of cas-
cades, and down the various levels the
water will flow to other fountains and
above dainty islands, which will be
artistically scattered about. 1t will
broaden out at distance of 1900 feet
from the starting point into two great
companion courts, the east and the
west. the extremities of those two water
divisions being graced respectively by
the magnificent Government building,
with its quartette of contributory
structures on one side and by the Hor-
ticultural building on the other.
From hat point the water will again
descend and form the Forecourt, and
from that will flow into the east and
west lakes, two beautiful limpid bod
les of water, each embracing 100000
square feet of space.
1t is not hard to understand. after
getting an idea from this bald and hazy
/ outline of the accepted plan of the COM
f., ing fair. that the ensemble will be rare
/ one. Every effort is to be made 10 have
what is done done right. There is ample
I time 10 work ont the delicate details.
and the mos, skillfui men in the land
will have charge of the work.
BERNHARD PPISToI