The Atlanta constitution., 1900-04-09
Kansas City's Famous Audi.
tOrium Was Burned Last
Wednesday.
TO BE REBUILT AT ONCE
While Crowds Were Watching Burn.
ing Building Subscriptions Were
Being Taken Up To Re-
build in Time for Big
Convention.

, Kansas City. No. April 4-Conventioa
hall, Kansas City's pride. wherein TIE
democratic national convention was n
nave been held on July 4th. was laid I'm
RUNS in less than thirty minutes time
mis- afternoon. from the time tina. II start
ca from an unknown source at o'clock.
Inc IRE burned with such fury thar il
was evident almost from the start that
thc structurc YVES doomed. and the fire
men soon turned thoi attention to saw
ing surrounding property 4 stiff breezs
was blowing and before the fire was sub
dued at 2;l5 o'clock the Second Preshvter-
ian church. one IF the finest edifces, in
the city; The church parsonage the La
throp public school two-story. thirteen
room building. ali situated across the
way on Central street. ana hall block
ot three-storv fiat buildings on Twelfth
/ street. were rende-ed a total loss.
/ Several residences were damaged n =
greater az less degree. and for a time Il
/ was feared that several blocks Of bu.Id-
inss IN the residence district would go.
The aggregate loss is $4,000. apportion-
ed follows:
Convention hall s235.cno. insurance s1a5.-
coz; church. S3,oo'. insured: parson5ge
si"oH. insured; school. $500 insurance
SO 400; Williamson block. Twelfth street.
Soocco insurance Aj.m0.
July. vhTe the ri 7T'cats - lYrr,i,- -,roy-ee,
members of the Commercial club. through
whose cfIcIts the nall was conceived ami
built, mingled in the crowd of spec ators
and began soliciting funds for a new
structure This evening $500 had been
subscribed and Secretary CIeudcnuiuc oF
the club, called mass macliu.. Of the
citizens cI'lzens or tomorrow night 10 devise
way ana means of raising an additional
%.oeV1 The hall association has 5000 in,
the bank and viii have the S155a,o ins,1r-
ance tcr mmcdia-c use. the Insurance
companies having spontaneously aareed
10 waive the sixty days' limit and make
settlement On demand
Inc Kansas City Lumber Company. who
furnished four-ffths of the lumber for the
old building, has agreed to duplicate their
order at once al the rate in existence rvva
Years ago. and the Minneapolis firm that
furnished the steel girders for the i'm
ncnSe roof has been tclcgraphcd TO du
,iicate their order
One OF the Finest Halls in World.
Convention han had been cIassed bv
rdNelerS as one of the largest and most
erlectly constructed auditoriums in the
World The building was erected in lAs
( a cost 81 $-@5.V9. which was raised en-
reIy ny public subscription. 1t occupied
piece oi ground 3llX2o) feet in extent
ne total seating capacity OF the bui,dfne
as nearly 21e3u. and with standing room
le building was capable Of holding more
IAN --''oo people The building had no
aIrWays the upper seatines being reach
hy means of inclined planes. Sepa-
'ie exits are used for the balconies ana
'ot garden. and it Is estimated thar he
minute. Va ''OoV
1 ctically nothing remains intact Of
Invention hall save the Thirteenth street
5d sHd the foundation. Tne stragciinc
ie walls viii have 20 be torn down.