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The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Nancy Ann Kirk. CMrs. James S. kirk.

Nancy Ann Kirk, Mrs James S. Kirk).
Chicago; died in Bellevue.
Mrs NJ Pierce Macon, Ga; died at 10
East Forty-sixth street.
Miss Laceles Grandy, Elizabeth City, n.
c.. body at East Fifty-first street station.
Mrs Addie Gibson. aged SO; shock; died
at Murray Hill hotel.
Eleanor Louise Goodman. aged IL; frac-
tured skull; died at Bellevue.
John Connolly, hotel employe, burns and
internal injuries; died at Flower hospital.
Unknown woman, middle aged. jumped
from window; died at Miss Helen Gould's
residence.
Unknown woman; body at East Fifty-first
street station.
Unknown woman. partially identified as
the wife of Baltimore financier: fell while
letting herself down by the rope fire escape
from sixth floor, and died in Miss Helen
Gould's house.
Unknown man. s5 seen to jump from roof
at rear of hotel: body not recovered.
Unknown child. thrown from window by
mother; body not recovered.
Unknown woman, mother Of the child
jumped from window; body not recovered.
A revised list of the missing, made up
at midnight brings the list up TO Al.
The Burned Hotel.
[The Windsor hotel was seven stories
high and almost square in form. had
occupied the entire block between East
Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh streets.
The front center OF the building was eight
stories In height. 1t had also two wings,
each seven stories in height and rs feet in
length. There were more than 500 rooms in
the hotel The building was chiefly of
brick and was architecturally simple. 1t
was thoroughly equipped for fighting fire
and had pumps equal in force to six OF the
most powerful fire engines in the city. 1t
cost about three-quarters of a million dol
lars to build. The Windsor's builder and
first owner was John T. DAILY, and the build
ing was first opened as hotel In Septem-
ber 1873. The Windsor for many years was
one of the most exclusive hotels in the
city and was In the height OF Its glory up to
ten years ago. 1t was the rendezvous OF
all the great Wall street operators from the
days of Commodore Vanderbilt and Daniel
Drew. The hotel became known as wall
street by night" because Of the visits of
the great fnanciers. President and Mrs.
Mckinley always stopped at the Windsor
and celebrities OF all kinds were its guests.
Mr.. Leland, the proprietor of the hotel, took
charge of the Windsor shortly after the
close OF the worlds fair In Chicago.l
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THREE KILLED.
A Wreck on n southern Railroad I'm
which Three Trains Wore
Smashed Up.

Roanoke. Va. March 20.-A fatal
wreck occurred on the Norfolk & West
ern railroad at Ada Sunday morning,
killing Fireman Van Landingham, of
this city. and brakeman named f.
A. Graham. A tramp was also killed.
Several trainmen were more or less in
iured. Three freight trains were
wrecked. All were coming east. The
first train had stopped. The second
broke in two and the sections in their
fight down the mountain side crashed
into the first train. They were soon fol-
lowed by the third, which had not been
tagged
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which at that time was read by many of
the farmers throughout the country. A G.
Wales, a Quaker neighbor, had a library
which he placed at the young mans dis
posal, and II was not long before the con-
tents OF every book on the shelves were
mastered.
In 1S49 he bought the Coshocton Whig
which he renamed the Republican. 1t was
a free-soil whig paper. In 1853 this journal
was consolidated with another free-soil pa
per called the Free Democrat and rechris-
tened the Leader. Its office was in Cleve-
land About the same time Mr.. Medill
gave material assistance in founding the
republican party In Ohio.
In the winter of 1926 Mr.. Medill sold his
interest in the Leader TO Mr. Edwin Cowles
and coming TO Chicago in May bought a
large interest in the Chicago Tribune. a
paper which was then almost bankrupt II
was placed on paying basis by the new
owners In 1874 Mr.. Medill secured full con-
rtol of the paper and through 1t made a
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
SIGNS THE TREATY.
The Queen Regent Of Spain Ankles
Her Signature tn the Historic
Peace Document.

Madrid. March 1S.-The queen re-
gent has signed the treaty of peace be-
tween Spain and the United States.
The next step must be taken by
Spain; that is, she must name her spe-
cial envoy and notify the United States
government of the probable date upon
which he will present himself in Wash
ington with the exchange copy of the
treaty of peace. Although in most in
stances little more than perfunctory
ceremony. in the case of the exchange
of ratifications of this treaty the de-
tails will be of more than ordinary in
terest, for the occasion will be his
torcal
The signed treaty of peace will be
forwa rded TO the French ambassador
at Washington, NJ. Jules Cambon, for
exchange with the one signed by Pres
dent Mckinley No decree on the sub
ject will be published in the official
Gazette.
The draft of the treaty OF peace be-
tween Spain and the United States was
signed in Paris on December 10, 1898. 1t
was approved by the United States SEN
ate by vote Of 81 10 81, on February g.,
and was signed by the president on
February 10.
Washington, March 20.-M. Cambon,
the French ambassador. called at the
department of state Saturday and
served formal notice Of the signature
of the peace treaty at Madrid. Secre-
tary Hay has indicated his preference
L. Il, 81
for the Spanish government in the
final exchange of ratifications. This
should hasten the last formalities.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Tour of InsnecfIon.

Washington, March 16.-About 60 SEN
ators and representatives have accept
ed invitations from the Panama Canal
company for trip to inspect the routes
of the proposed Nicaragua and Panama
canals.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
JOSEPH MEDILL DEAD.
Veteran Chicago Newspaper Man Ex-
ptres I'm San Antonio. Tex.-A
sketch Of His Career.

Chicago. March 17.-Joseph Medill.
for almost half century editor of the
Chicago Tribune and former mayor OF
Chicago. is dead.
At noon Thursday came the sad in
telligence from San Antonio, Tex, that
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The Snanish PrisOnerr.

Washington, March 20.-The Spanish
government, through the French am
bassador, NJ. Cambon, has presented to
the state department representation
as to the condition of the Spanish pris-
oners held by the Philippine insur-
gents, setting forth what they consider
the serious results arising from Gen.
Otis recent prohibition of efforts by
the Spanish authorities to secure the
release of the prisoners.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22

Toledo, o., March 17.-Mayor S. NJ.
Jones, who is one of the socialistic
leaders who is prime mover in the
conference called by Gov. Pingree, OF
Michigan, TO meet in Buffalo in June,
denies that the object of the meeting
is to form a new political party or to
boom anyone for office. He stated that
it was purely conference to aid in the
bettering of lab Dor conditions.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
For n WOODEN Combine.

Foxcroft. Me-. March 1S.-Manufac-
turers of mems woolen goods in this
section have been approached by repre-
sentatives of the syndicate who pro-
pose to bring about a combinat tion of
woolen manufacturers under one man.
agement with a capital of S100, 900 900.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Iowa Out of Debt.

Des Moines. Ia. March 1S.-The state
of Iowa is out of debt. BY July there
will be a surplus in the treasury. The
income for July and August is so small.
however, that the surplus will be dissi-
pated until after October. BY January
/, 1900, the state will have a big surplus.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22

the veteran newspaper man had expired
in that city at the Hotel Menger, where
he had been staying since early in the
winter.
Mr.. Medill was rs years old, and the
cause of death is assigned simply as
old age, with it's attendant weaknesses.
His heart. it is also said. had troubled
him for the last two years and heart
failure was presumably complicat ton
Fastening the end.
Joseph Medill was born I'm ST. Johns, NJ
b., April s. 1923. His parents who were OF
Scotch-Irish descent, moved to Stark coun-
ty, o.. in 1881. establishing themselves upon
a small farm near Massillon. Joseph helped
his father with the work and made his
pocket money by getting up clubs of sub
scribers for the New York Weekly Tribune
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Negrnea Shnf.

Palmetto, Ga, March IA mob of
masked men stormed the little house
doing service as Jail here at an early
hour Thursday morning, and sho OF nine
negroes. Four were killed outright,
and the other five were badly wound
ed. The negroes were held for the
burning of the town, three fires since
January l having nearly completely
de St r owed IL
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
ReestabIishing Camp Meade.

Washington, March 16.-The reesta b.
lishment of Camp Meade, near Middle
town. Pa, for the muster out of vol
unteer troops is going rapidly forward.
An officer of the quartermaster's de-
partment has been there some time
and is now putting the camp in con-
dition for the occupancy of the troops.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Trains Run on Sund day.

New York, March 20.-For the first
time in the history of the Delaware,
Lackawanna e. Western railroad Sun
day passenger trains were run yester-
day, when regular Sunday train serv-
ice was established. The trains were
crowded
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A southern Tornado.

Birmingham, Ala, March 16.-A tor
nado at Avondale, a suburb of this city,
destroyed % houses, three churches,
three machine shops and thousands of
yards of fencing and many persons
were injured.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Not Guilty.

Chicago, March 16.-Baron Curt K.
Won Biedenfeld, the first foreign noble
man ever brought to trial in Chicago
criminal court, yesterday was declared
not guilty of the murder of Constable
Charles A. Mcdonald
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
VIII Not Resirn.

New York, March 16.-In an inter
view in this city yesterday Secretary
of War Ager said the constant reports
that he was to retire from the cabinet
were false.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Passed Away.
Patrick

Augusta, Ga. March 20. - Patrick
Walsh died at his home here yesterday,
aged 50 years. He was former United
States senator from Georgia, mayor of
Augusta and editor of the Chronicle.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Not to BE Recognized.

Washington, March 16.-The commit
tee which was appointed by the Cuban
military assembly at Havana to come
to Washington to secure recognition,
it can be stated, will not be recognized
in any official capacity.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
EniIa to Elect.

Sacramento, Cal, March 20.-The Cal
ifornia legislature adjourned sine die at
HAS o'clock Sunday morning without
electing a United States senator to sue
ceed Stephen NJ. White. term expired.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Gomez for President.

Havana, March 1.-THE talk Of Gen.
Gomez for president of the Cuban re-
public is increasing. as a very natural
reaction against the censures passed
upon him by the military assembly.
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looting the rooms The police arrested
Frank Kane near the hotel and found
in bundle that he carried property
valued at $4,000 which was identified
as having come from the hotel.
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Noted Train Robber sentenced.

Meridian, Miss, March 16.-Thrasher
Meade, the notorious negro train rob-
Der, safe blower and bandit, was SEN
fenced to the federal penitentiary in
the United States court here Wednes-
lay for 20 years. In passing sentence
Judge Niles expressed regret that he
could not under the Law sentence Meade
to death
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
Arco. for spanish Minister

Madrid, March 20.-The Pals says it
is certain that the duke of ARGOS, the
former Spanish minister to Mexico, will
be appointed minister of Spain at Wash
ington.
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WINDSOR HOTEL Burned.
New York's fashionable Hostelry Is
Destroyed and Several Persons
Lose Their Lives.
SCENES OF EXCITEMENT AND HORROR.
The Death List Now Foots Up f0. with
45 Missing and 80 InJured-PrUper-
~ Loss Is EnormOus-Poiice Think
the building Was Fired by Thieves
An Important Arrest.

New York, March 1S.-Flames which
originated from the igniting OF lace
curtain hurst forth from the second
floor of the Windsor hotel at Forty
seventh street and Fifth avenue short
ly after three o'clock Friday after
noon, just as the st. Patrick's day
parade was passing the building, and
in a few moments they had leaped up
to the roof and enveloped the entire
Fifth avenue and Forty-seventh street
fronts of the hotel. Ten minutes later
the flames were roaring through the
interior of the hotel and all escape by
means of stairways and elevators was
cut off. There was the widest scene Of
excitement within and without the
building. Hundreds of guests and en-
ployes were in the hotel when the fire
broke out. and for many of them es-
cape with safety was impossible. Prob
ably from ten to fifteen lives were lost
within half hour. and 30 or 40 per-
sons were injured in jumping from win
dows and in rushing through the roar
ing flames in the corridors and on the
stairways
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sDeyyey Day.

Harrisburg, Pa. March 16.-A reso-
luton has been adopted in the legisla-
ture requesting Gov. Stone to name
Monday, May /. 1899, as dewey day"
and designate the same as a legal holi-
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FURTHER PARTICULARS.
sixteen Known to he ID end n nd ~ Are
Missing-Heavy Losses.

New York, March 20.-The latest es-
innate with reference to the Windsor
hotel fire places the number of dead at
10; injured, 54; missing, As; value OF
the hotel, furniture, ETC., is placed at
$1,250,O00; insurance, $S90,000. The
loss to the guests will reach nearly ST..
600, 900. Two families have lost jewel.
ry valued at 100000, and there are
scores of other wealthy families who
lived in the hotel and who lost jewels
worth tbousands of dollars
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Fired by Thieves.

The police are now led to suspect
that the hotel fire was the work OF
thieves. Many of the guests who lost
friends and valuables declared that
thieves had set the big hotel on fire
for the purpose of creating panic and
The true northerner., 1899-03-22
The Dea a.

Mrs. Elizabeth Leland wife OF Warren
Leland proprietor of the hotel; burns OF
body; died at Flower hospital.
Helen Leland, daughter of Warren Le-
land. jumped from window; body identified
at East Fifty-first street station.
Mrs. Amelia Paddock, Irvington, N. Y;
jumped from window; body at East Fifty
first street station.
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The broad ax., 1899-08-26

Naturally, Mr.. Taylor felt more or
less anxiety in regard to the first ex-
pertinent. This was made with Q
twenty-foot wooden model Of the Iowa,
double the length Of any model used
abroad. So far, this has been tested At
various speed up to twelve knots, and
the results have been practically iden-
tical with those shown by the Iowa's
log books. In a few days experiments
will be made at greater speeds. At
present the machinery Is 90 new that
It is not thought prudent to use too
great velocity. AS the various parts
get adjusted to each other, and the
machinery, SO to speak. finds" itself.
the speeds will be increased till they
reach the maximum. At present every
thing is rough and discordant, and
makes a great deal Of noise. This, the
men in charge say, will soon wear on.
The broad ax., 1899-08-26

ere learn to speak In japanese. This
was 80 unique and refreshing, coming
from q student, that was in a guam
dairy for q moment, not knowing how
to take 1t. But he Informed me that
he was q Nippon Shugi man. end that
was the way to preserve national in
situations. There is q growing dread
among q large class Of japanese that
the national institutions are in danger
of being swallowed up In the hurried
EuropeanIzing Of things; hence the
spread Of NIpponism, the drawing back
into q national shell. The national
spirit will be lost II too much leaning
toward foreign things is allowed, hence
the absence OF any English on the re-
cent issue Of postage stamps. The May
number Of the Taiyo has not one word
OF English In it-not even The Sun on
the title page. No more English con-
tents, no English names under the pic
lures. Nipponism has gone mad.
The broad ax., 1899-08-26
Napoieon's Death Mask.

On March 4. 1891, the day after the
great Napoleon died, Automarchi, his
physician, took q plaster cast of his
face. and for this death mask he was
soon afterWard offered $4,000 by a
wealthy London collector OF curiosi-
ties He refused the offer and retained
the mask In his possession until he
had secured q perfect copy OF II In
bronze. The original cast was then
offered for sale In London, the price
asked being first $4,000, and after
wards $4,000. No purchaser, how
ever. appeared, and the same was the
case In Brussels. where the price asked
was 1o0.000 francs. The bronze mask
had meanwhile become the property of
the society entitled the Sons Of Glory,
all OF whom were at one time oficers
OF the grand army. whenever a mem
Der Of the society died the mask was
placed on his comm during the funeral
services. After the death OF the last
member the mask passed into the Dos
session Of Miss Forty, an English lady.
She has just died, and at the sale Of
her effects the once famous mask fetch
ed q comparatively small sun-ridicu-
lousy small, indeed. when compared
with the sum which was once offered
to Automarchi.
The broad ax., 1899-08-26
HOW NARSHIPS ARE TESTED.

responsibilities. There was seldom q
rush about anything, because the IA
cilities for rushing were not 30 numer-
Gus a. they are today. There was no
railroads when I was Q boy. no tele-
graph. no telephone, no six-day ocean
steamers. Everything necessarily was
on q slower scale. Mems nerves were
not constantly straining, and the
anxieties Of q week were not so great
as the anxieties Of day are now. This
was true also OF the professions. The
clergyman had to preach twice on Sun
day, but the kind Of sermon that was
expected Of him did not involve close
study Of contemporary AFFAIRS. Dur
ing the week he did practically as he
liked. The clergyman today has in
Vulnerable demands on his time and
energy, with all kinds Of charitable
and philanthropicy and quasi-clerical
projects and organizations. He must
be a man Of active affairs. Sixty years
ago the lawyers had an infinitely mar
rover field. People went to law about
q strip OF land or q title to a piece OF
property. Today the lawyers handle
cases involving the most intricate COM
mercial complications and engage in
the settlement Of disputes over mill
lions OF dollars. There were no patent
cases half a century ago, and today
there are thousands. and the lawyers
who handle them must be good me-
chanics as well as learned in the law.
So 1t Is true OF every profession and
almost every occupation today. A man
works harder and longer. and has
greater anxiety and heavier RESPONSE
bility. / believe that vacations save
many lives. They are very necessary,
because the life that We lead drains
the system OF its strength. and the
mechanic must stop for rest and repair
or break down"