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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1901-01-10
ASYLUM HORROR
Nearly Two Score of Lives Lost
in the Awful Disaster at
Rochester, N. Y.
Gwenty-eight Bodies Recovered
and at Least a Dozen Peo-
pie Are Missing.


ester orphan asylum 28 bodies have
been recovered-26 children, nurse
and cook. In addition q dozen others
are missing. The asylum was a 3-story
structure and its occupants numbered
between l65 and 1876.
The fire was discovered at l q. M,
aud word was promptly sent to police
headquarters. All the fire apparatus
was rushed to tho burning building,
but before the frat engine arrived the
neighbors for blocks around had gath.
cred and were doing their best to res.
cue the inmates.
Shortly after the fire broke out q
boiler exploded with terrific force,
completely blowing out the lower part
Of the west end of the connecting
wing, thereby cutting of the escape Of
lie children from the east end Of the
building. The children who were
dearest to the connecting wing were
apparently dazed by the force Of the
explosion and with difficulty were able
to take in their surroundings when
final,y aroused.
Flames Spread Rapidly.
The work of rescue and attempted
rescue was taken up BY many hands,
volunteers as we'll as flremen, and in
many cases was carried ON in q manner
that was nothing less than heroic. but
the flames gained such rapid headway
and CrrooA r,ifh s~n~oAsh1o
that it WAS beyond human effort to
prevent the loss Of life. In few min.
utes after the fire broke out half of the
building within which the hospital
was situated was mass of flames The
smoke poured out from every window
and screams and frantic cries could be
heard coming from the imprisoned in.
mates. The long ladders were run up
and plunging. into the sitting smoke
fireman after fireman came sliding
down the ladders. bearing inanimate
forms in their armR Most of the chill.
dren and adults carried from the burn.
ing building were unconscious from
tho effects Of the thick smoke. The fire
was fought from every available point,
but In spite Of that ths building was
almost completely destroyed before the
blass was finally under control
Caring fer he 1sj1rsd.
Ambulsness from all Of the hospitalt
were on the ground almost as soon Al
the hrs companies, and houses in the
neighborhood wore opened to receive
the little waits who were carried from
the asylum. The ambulances were
started to the hospitals with the more
seriously burned chiiaren. In several
cases they were dead whom taken from
the vehicle at the hospital doora
Fireman Morris Keating went up ia
the roof on a ladder TO rescue women
and children. Just % he reached the
top stream Of water was turned ON
him to keep away the flames, but it
had the effect TO confuse tho man. He
reached for woman and the latter
jumped for his arms Suddenly the
man lost his hold on the ladder and fell
to the ground. The woman was killed
outright and the fireman was 90 seri.
ously injured that he may die.
The roof was covered with children
who had escaped through the scuttle
from the upper rooms and the firemen
were kept busy carrying them down.
Many escaped unharmed in this way.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1901-01-10

been i'll the employ of Howry
4 Allen the pastseveral me- nths
as timer, will the first of Feb
ruary go to Minneapolis to
work at his trade.
Sheriff Moody is repainting
and repapering the living apart
ments at the court house, and
the new sheriff will remove to
those quarters when the work
shall have been finished.
Mrs. John Simmer who went
to st. Paul three weeks ago to
help care for her son and fami-
ly, ill, returned this week hav-
ing left her boys family inn
proving. we are pleased to say.
DR.. Geo. w. Howland of
Flint, Michigan, formerly inter
ested in land with NJ. J. An
drews, near Dwight this coun-
ty, was thrown from his buggy
the other day at Flint and kill
ed.
Edward McCann who spent
several m o n t hs in GLASGOW,
Montana, railway shops there,
has returned and is in his old
position in the machine shops
ut Breckenridge. He likes this
country better than Montana.
B. Berres, the tombstone
man, went east. Monday even
ing, to Chicago and New Eng
land, to buy a large stock of
goods. Mr.. Berres proposes to
work none but the very finest
and best tombstone materials,
so that if you want anything in
his line, await his return.
Wm. Torgerson who has been
in Mr.. Stern's store the past
year or more, departed for
Alaska Sunday. Has a brother
interested out there from whom
| William got a telegram, Satur-
day to come, and he left on the
firsttrain. 1t would seem that
the BEQther must be on warm
trial.
i Andhow if the Republican
push wants to do the right
thing and do much to unite
that party, they will give the
post office here to NJ. III. Morrill,
of the Gazette. Mr.. Morrill,
deserves the place many times
over, and thsibosses ought to
take trn,ble,and do.the right
thing just onesE :.
F. E. Malchow Of Wilder,
| Minnesota, and Mi s4Stella
Wellington of WORTH n 6 ton,
Minnesota. are to be married
at the residence of Judge and
Mrs. Wakefield, Wednesday of
next week. Miss Wellington
has been in the city few days
greeting her many friends but
says her home is to be in Wild
er, Minnesota. The Times con-
graduates the happy young
couple in advance.
The Globe was in error, the
! !! boys say, in saying that the
MazepAdb bought the flowers for
use at TIE funeral of the late
Marcus Giddings. Dece a 8 e d
was member of the Reliance
and the latter of course bought
the flowers. And then it was
the Reliance, too, who present
! ed the departments friend, Mrs.
Harf, with a christmas present
of $40. There has been some
little misunderstanding about
, this, also.
Sheriff Moody returned home
from the hospital, Monday, and
was at the court house and
qualified as sheriff. The sheriff
says he's as we'll as any man
in Wahpeton and laughs at the
.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1901-01-10

The stores, including tn t
meat markets, are closed, even
ings, at seven o'clock; arrange
ment to last two months.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1901-01-10


Sheriff Moody returned home
from the hospital, Monday, and
was at the court house and
qualified as sheriff. The sheriff
says he's as we'll as any man
in Wahpeton and laughs at the
idea of relapse, but agrees to
be careful. He asked us to say
for him that ST. Francis hospi-
tai is all right, the best place
in the world for a sick person.
And the sheriff thinks he had
the best nurse alive. He says
she's all right.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
Business Women.

We often think it is a pity that
women do not have better chance to
show what they are capable of in a
business way Our social and econo-
mic system assigns her to matrimony,
maternity and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
wherein she has but small chance to
display any business ability save as
she may be able to work through
some men who is her husband Here
and there some bright woman who did
not think that a man was the great
est thing in the world, preferring in
dependence to any other thing, starts
out with poultry or bees or horses or
some other sort of stock or develops a
fruit or flower farm with the most sig
nal success. A bright Dakota girl has
lately invested her little capital earned
as a clerk in a ranch and has stocked
it with COWS and sheep of good blood
and will without doubt make success
of the business, provided she does not
fall victim to the wiles of some tree
claimer in the shape of man. There
are opportunities of this sort awaiting
any bright girl who does not want to
marry just for home. Many a
woman might Just as we'll do farm
work for herself as to do it for some
old stick of man.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
OUR EXPORTS.
Whittier They Go...-South American
Countries Take But q Small Portion.

New York Tribune
The announcement that the exports
of the closing fiscal year seem certain
to amount to more than 81, 500, 900, 600,
and thus to surpass all records for this
or for any country. is eminently graft
flying. The details which accompany
| it should also prove instructive as to
the directions which out streams of
commerce are taking and as to the
probable means of maintaining and in
| creasing them. 1t is observed that the
present year shows a larger proportion
of agricultural products and smaller
of manufactured goods than last year,
the former being considerably more
than twice the latter in value. This is
not at all surprising, and it suggests
at once the vast Importance of our
agricultural interests and the posi-
bility of increasing our exports of
manufactures.
The destination of our exports is,
however, the most suggestive feature
of the case. Europe is, of couse, our
largest customer, taking no less than
n per cent of our exports. 1t takes,
naturally, "a large share of our agri-
cultural products to feed its teeming
population and to supply the demands
of it's factories North America takes
Is per cent, a fact which speaks we'll
for our commercial relations with
Canada and Mexico, though, as we
have hitherto shown, our sales to the
latter are far smaller than they should
be- To Asia we sent only 3. 2 per cent,
a considerable falling off from the year
before, because of the troubles in China
the actual reduction being estimated
at SIS, 900, 900. To Oceanica we sent
g. per cent, which also means a re-
duction, due to the acquisition of so
many of the islands for our own and
the consequent removal of our sales to
them from the category of foreign
trade. Asia and Oceanica are, it may
be said, the only quarters of the globe
in which we have suffered loss, in the
former the loss being real though tenn
porary, in the latter only apparent.
To Africa we sell only /. 10 per cent of
our sales.
There remains the South American
continent. 1t receives only 2. SO per
cent of our exports, a slight increase
over the year before, yet pitifully
and discreditably small proportion.
The population of South America is
more than three times as great as that
of North Amreica outside of the
United States, yet the former took
less than one-fourth of our produce as
the latter. The more immediate prox-
unity of the North American coun-
tries should not give them twelve to
one advantage. Or, rather, the greater
distance of South America should not
place it at one to twelve disadvant
age.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
ROERS AT BERMUDA.
Prisoners Well Pleased With the Isl.
and and Enioy Themselves.


and and Enjoy Themselves.
Hamilton, Bermuda, July 2.-The
$50 Boer prisoners who arrived here
June rs on the British transport Ar
menian were during the day NOV.
into the camps prepared for them on
Barretts and fuckers islands.
These Beers are part of the force
OF General Cronje and were captured
at Paardeburg. They include several
boys of 8 and 10 years, who carried
ammunition to the fathers when the
latter were in the trenches. Among
the prisoners were also two Beers so
old that they crawled on all tours
down the transports gangway. These
two old men aver they never saw salt
water before reaching Cape Town.
The prisoners are pleased with Ber
muda and say they are enjoying the
sea bathing. They say they are sorry
they were led into the war and long for
its termination. They expressed
themselves as grateful for the treat
ment accorded them by Great Britain.
Some of the more wealthy prisoners
have inquired as to their chances of
spending money in Bermuda.
The gunboats Medina and Midway
are guarding Barrels and fuckers
islands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
DEATH BY A SINGLE BOLT.
Eleven Peope Killed by Lightning at
Chicago.

Chicago. July 2.-Crowded together
In little zinc lined shanty under
north shore pier 10 boys and young
men and one old man met instant
death by lightning. They had left
their fish lines and sought shelter
from the fierce thunder storm that
deluged the northern part of the city
about / o'clock. There were II who
sought shelter and just one escaped.
fwelve-year-old Willie Anderson was
uninjured, but he lay many long min
utes before he could be drawn out
from under the heap of dead bodies.
The dead are all from the families OF
comparatively poor people and com
prised party of men who were fish
ing and seeking relief from the heat
Of the day, Joined by a number Of
boys who had come to wade and swim
on the beach. The storm was as vio-
lent a visitation as has ever been ex
perienced in Chicago. They rushed
for the only available shelter and
crowded themselves in through the
little trapdor in the top of the cabin
till they were packed almost to sui
locating point. Then came the thun-
derbolt. It was the worst of the
storm. Watchers in the pumping sta
ton saw the zigzag lightning strike
the water as they thought. There was
one small boy, however, who saw the
bolt and whose senses were all alert
despite his excitement. Perry Keane,
clad in bathing trunks and watching
from the water station, thought he
heard a scream as the bolt struck
Mindless Of the storm he rushed
across the beach. He looked INTO the
cabin and in dismay saw the twisted
bodies. Young Keane pulled at the
dead mems arms and legs to get them
away. He saw Willie Anderson's
head and part Of his body, but he
could not pull him out, nor could he
pull the heavy bodies from on top of
him. Then young Keane telephoned
to the police, who succeeded after
deal Of difficulty in reviving young
Anderson and recovering the dead
bodies Of the others.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE.
Presented as Free Gift to the Brit.
lsh Navy by Americans.

Presented as Free Gift to the Brit.
Ish Navy by Americans.
London, July 2.-The Earl of Sci
born, first lord of the admiralty, an
nounced in the house of lords that ne
had great qualification in informing
the house that the hospital ship
Maine, which was fitted out by a COM
mittee of American ladies for the use
Of the wounded and sick in South AT.
RIGA and which later was sent to Taku,
where she took on board wounde
and sick men of various nationalities,
had been presented as a free gift to
the British navy.
The Earl of Selborn read a letter
from President Bernard Baker of the
Atlantic Transport company Offering
the Maine and also read the govern
ment's reply accepting the ship. Lord
Selborn added that the ladies of the
Maine committee had donated the
ships hospital fittings. This gift of
citizens and ladies of the United
States was most gracious.
Lord Spencer concurred. He appre,
cfated the gift very highly, not only
on account of the ship herself, but as
sign of the cordial relations exist
Ing between the United States and
Great Britain.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05

&n infant son, James H, Jr. His wife
bears up bravely under her great af
GIction.
Mr.. Kyle was a thoroughly self
@Rde man. He was a native Of Xenia
@. He was educated in the University
Of Illinois and later entered Oberlin
Spllege, o., from which he was gradu-
Sfed in 1878. He prepared for the
hAy, but changed his Qind and deter.
EnSned that he would join the minis.
~. He entered the Presbyterian
seminary at Pittsburg and came forth
clergyman in 1882. His first pulpit
experience was in 9TH where he was
. pastor of a Congregational church.
After that he moved to South Dakota
and filled pulpits at Ipswich and Aber
deem.
Senator Kyle was a man of strong
characteristics and sterling integrity
He was first elected to the senate in
$3.50 on the Independent ticket. His
second term would have expired IL
1eO3.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
REPORT MANY DEATHS
EASTERN CITIES SUFFERING TER.
RIeLY FROM THE IN.
TENSE HEAT,
NEW YORK LEADS THEM ALL

seventy-eisht Dead and One Hun
dred and seventy-seven Frustrated
There-Highest Temperature Ever
Recorded at Phiadel phia-salti-
more Is the Hottest Place in the
Country.
New York, July AT $40 p. m.
the thermometer at the weather office
reached CS dogs. The records show
that in the 80 years preceding on only
two days in all that period has a
higher temperature been reached.
These were July 9, 1876, and July 3,
1898. On these days the thermometer
reached 80 dogs.
In the early morning hours there
was what might be called a light
breeze blowing, but in the early part
Of the afternoon the breeze died away
and the city was baking in torrid
heat. The suffering in the city, par
ticularly in the crowded tenement
house districts, was most intense. AS
the day grew the deaths and prostra-
lions increased, and although prepare
lions were made in all hospitals for
this emergency the institutions were
scarcely able to cope with the demand
made upon their energies.
During the day there were reported
81 deaths and 141 prostrations in the
boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx
During the same time q deaths and
S6 prostrations had been reported in
Brooklyn.
There were so many ambulance
calls that the police were called on
to supply patrol wagons and every
ambulance did double duty in re-
spending to calls.
Many patients were carried to hos
pitfalls In cabs and carriages and sew
eral went to Bellevue and the Har-
lem hospital in moving vans The
prevalence of the grippe among the
horses Of the city also tended to mill
tate against relief work. In many
cases horses had to be obtained from
contractors to draw patrol wagons
and ambulances.
The weather bureau shows that the
maximum was SO, but this does not
indicate the heat on the streets. Many
thermometers registered 1O8 at $40
and all of them over 100 on the street
level.
If the heat was killing on mankind
1t was worse on the horses. They
dropped right and left. At one time
there were eight dead horses lying on
Broadway between Twenty-third
street and Forty-second street. There
were IA horses Frustrated in the vicin.
ity of Madison square alone. The
rush of the crowds to the parks and
to the nearby sea shore resorts was
unprecedented In the history of the
city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
NOT A QUESTION OF WAGES.
Steel Trust Gives Out a Statement
CONCERNING the Strike.

Steel Trust Gives Out a Statement
Concerning the Strike.
New York, July 2-The following
statement in regard to the labor trou-
bles was given to the Associated
Press at the Offices of the executive
committee of the United States Steel
corporation:
1.-THE United States Steel corpora
ton is simply stockholding company
and does not in any respect direct the
management of any company in whose
stock the former Is interested. In
formation has been received from the
officers Of the American Steel Hoop
company and the American Sheet
Steel company, respectively, that the
questions which have been discussed
by them and representatives of the
Amalgamated Association grow out of
the request by the latter to extend
union labor into mills In which union
labor has not heretofore existed; that
the officers Of the two companies
above mentioned have expressed
willingness to sign the Amalgamated
Association scale for mills in which
their unions have heretofore existed,
but not for other mills. No question
Of amount of wages Is involved"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
SPANISH PRIESTS.
Vatican Would Counterfeit Their IN
fIuence In Cuba and PHILIPPINES.

Rome, July 2.-According to Vatican
circles one of the pricipal subjects of
conversation between Cardinal Glib
bons, Archbishop Chappelle and Car
dinal Rampolla was how to devise
means OF counteracting the Spanish
sympathies of the priests in Cuba and
the Philippines. 1t is said the United
States, through Cardinal Gibbons, re-
quested that necessary measures be
taken to secure the immigration Of
Dutch, Belgian, French and American
clergy to Cuba and the Philippines In
order to gradually dilute the pro-
Spanish character of the priesthood.
1t is added that the suggestion was
favorably received at the Vatican.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05

st. Louis, July 2.-Between $50 and
400 freight handlers employed in and
about the different warehouses of the
different railroads entering East ST.
Louis, Ills, are out on a strike for an
advance in wages to Is cents an hour
for regular truckers On the platforms
and Is cents per hour for pickers, the
men who sort the merchandise. Prac-
tically all the work of transferring
freight from one road to another is
at standstill, but 1t is believed that
the different railroad companies will
accede to the demands of the men
and that work will be resumed soon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
PUSHED INTO THE LAKE.
PIenickers at Madison Object to Int

PIcnickers at Madison Object to Inter.
ference of Evangelsts.
Madison, Wis, July "A party of
eevangelists, headed by Frederick B.
Duncan, were roughly treated at
Schutzen park. Duncan and his fol-
lowers went to the park for the pur
pose of dissuading the picnicke-s
from drinking beer and indulging in
the usual outdoor recreations.
Some Of the 1000 people objected
70 what they considered the unwar
ranted interference of the evangelists,
and, surrounding the little band, they
rushed 1t to the lake, where several
Of the members were pushed down the
bank into the water.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
BIG STRIKE NOW ON.
All Union Hoop and Sheet Steel Mills
Are Idle.

Pittsburg, July 1.-THE end of the
nrst day of the strike troubles De-
tween the Amalgamated Association
OF Iron, Steel and Tin Workers en-
one side and the American Sheet steer
company and American Steel HOOP
company, constituent companies OF
the United States Steel corporation,
on the other, found all of the union
plants idle and many workers from
open mills who are members OF the
Amalgamated Association on strike.
The association officials say they are
satisfied with the situation and claim
they will be able to control between
$4,000 and 10000 workmen in the two
companies. No move was made on
the part OF either side to the contro-
versy and 4 is doubtful if anything
decisive will be done for at least
week. Both men and manufacturers
agree that a shutdown for about two
weeks is necessary whether a settle
ment is reached or not. In the mean
time the association officials will make
every preparation to be fully equipped
Tor prolonged struggle should it be-
come necessary.
While officials of neither side will
venture . prediction much quiet talk
is being INDUCED in, the trend Of
which leads to the belief that before
the usual summer shutdown of the
mills has expired a settlement will
have been reached and the men who
are now nominally on strike return
to work. rr-.s.ss.~-1>s..o..
The Amalgamated officials do not
consider the negotiations with the
Steel Hoop company broken off, but
still pending and may be renewed at
any time. ]. w. jerks, manager Of
the company, is of the same mind
and intimated that the matter might
be taken up any day and gave the in
ference that a settlement would be
arrived at.
Reports received at the general Of
fee of the Amalgamated Association
show that nearly all the Independent
mills have signed the new wage scale.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
BREAKS ALL RECORDS.
Philadelphia Experiences the Highest
TemperattIre Ever Reeorded

Philadelphia Experiences the Highest
Temperature Ever Recorded.
Philadelphia, July 2.-Philadelphia
and vicinity experienced the highest
temperature ever recorded in this city,
the government thermometer on top
Of the postofice building ITO feet from
the street registering 102 dogs. The
previous highest temperature recorded
was on Sept. l, 1881, when the weather
bureau thermometer touched 1015
dogs. All records regarding the num-
Der of deaths and prostrations due
to the hot blast were broken. Every
one of Philadelphia's many hospitals
was taxed to it's capacity. Fifteen
deaths were reported and upwards of
100 persons were treated at hospitals
for heat exhaustion.