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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07

and a good Shriner and preserve the same
dignity expected OF Knight Templar
or Scottish Rite Mason. Mobiles OF the
Mystic Shrine, 1 thank YOU for your
hearty welcome ana reception"
Noble George Burnhsm, introduced az
the oldest past potcntate OF Palestine
Temple. followed. after which the affair
was brought 10 close with music
Today about 30 OF the mobiles will see that
the imperial potentate enjoys the hos
pitality OF the Squantum club after hav-
ing made a tour OF points OF interest in
the city. lie will leave on Friday morn
ing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07
FOR THE CORONER
Death Of Miss Nora CoakIey
TO Be Investigated.

Miss Nora Coakleys death Is - be IN
Guircd into by Coroner Lincoln
10 has been allsgod thst she died from,
the cnects ~ caustic slkaH. which was
solo 70 her In mistake fer citrate OF mag
nesia
The autopsy neld on January n reveal.
ed the fact that death was due 90 brirhts
disease. bat as tho malady Was OF such a
nature that q could have been FASTENED
by mistaken ~ az caustic alkali mo
situation neccssitated the coroEer's SER
vices In fixing respOnsibinty
The coroner Will not begin 10 take dep-
ositions uil next week when the doctors
WOO attended the girl duriug her illness
will be called
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

NARRAGANSETT-H Il Fairfield. Jr.
brooklyn; q ~ Chase. Boston: Jas Dro-
esehen, ~ y. u ~ Miusor, Reed CITY.
Mich; Y & Pease. W n Butman. Sprine-
Held. l. " Craw, Irylneton-on- n udson. g.
u Harrison, y Y; J " Elting. Kingston
a Lannegan, T W Hayden, s Fanherg
Miss Sarah Weaver. Boston: j butcher
Jr. y ~ W y stephens. Cincinnati. "a Is,
Scripture. Y: r A. Van Dyke. Geo N
Rowland, l. II Mayhcw, y y; Geo u KeI-
logg, Hartford; - < Jordan, { W Bald
win. j Beno n Y: David Gushing. Bos-
ton: u y Froth. Phil: f. j Finberg. II
Holman, Y: Geo r Walker. W A
Banker Boston: r ~ Arnold, r q Piper.
Y Albert d Gumby. y Y: 4 Mungall
- stephens y b; III Il Sewing, Phil; :
Lamberger. l. s Brooks, n Y: w Il
Clarke, Boston; $ NJ Schwartz. n YRS
Peck. w q Simmons. 4 u Wilson. Henry
smith, Arthur Merrill, " N Martin. g III
Miller. W Pratt. W r Marchant Ar
thur Wilson, Frank II May. Hartford: 9
" Cannon. Boston; John NJ Spear. y Y:
G i rreadway Jr. New Haven; Abe Gug-
gepheim W Harding. Phil: W a Black.
y y: NJ IL coffin. Whitinsvillc: + &
Frey y Y; A y Andrews. + I. Goldman
Boston; y G Holt. Taunton: G r Murray.
y y; l. Davis. Jr. Salem; A /. MeIlen.
Baltimore; Samuel Meller. pascoae
RobL Wilcox, "A II. Pascoag: I. Oppeu-
helm, y Y: j 60 Crockcr Boston: las
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q VI Morgan. Buffalo; g y Gross. Phil:
j & Martin. & l. NJ Holmes. Jr W -
Schmtz, y y. John y Fiske, Cleveland;
- X RAYMOND. Pittsburg: W ~ HARDING.
Brooklyn Camp. Hartford. IS Free
man, Boston, NJ SPECIAL y y:JJ Mitch
ell. JI, 7 " Abbot. Boston; n W Disney.
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Mrs Winthror wetherbee Boston; James
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Y, Jnhn Watson. n Y: A J Perkins.
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Kirvin. Geo W Sullivan y Y. Chas r
sardncr. Boston; W Douglas Snok.
suc. Wash; g a Collins = Nichols.
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W . Chace. Wakefield; w p Jones. Bos-
ton. A r Malcolmson. l. Harris. PROV: 4
- Pallen. Boston: " Mcdonnell Prov.
Paul Haud, y Y: n Traut : I. How
land Alfred Stein. y v: W Gibbs Rain.
Phil; v r Blake. Boston; Il Cowen.
tairhsvsn; Hirsh. " Y.
DORHANCE-H b Lsmson, n Foster
Boston; A Atchsrson. ~ T:T 4 KittrsdF,
Lsvrsncs: { A Knapp. Boston A Berg
n l. G Hszsn, Sprfnsfeld, A Trumbeu
Prov n T. Winser Boston Geo W Dandy
\ v John Park. Boston. n m Peck. Vim
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ham. Boston; W ~ Thompson. n Y; II
& kalish, Boston; VI Bernstein, y Y; II
IA Govrie r. Gahagan, Boston; Geo III
Noyes, Portland: Thomas Smith. j II
Sweeney, J A Littleheld. Boston; Joe
Deekinger. Harry Ferrance. y Y; ~ T.
Hall. Boston; n Frankel, y Y; NJ v Jen-
nings. Somerville; II III Dunlap. Cnas II
Nelson. Y; Jos stack Boston: Edward
Lewis. y " IA Goodwyn. So -Dcertleld,
Mass; IA 8 Refs. l. Hirshfeld J a lent,
W N Brown. oscar Levi. ! : Disney,
Steve Herschberger, V: T. l. Place,
Warren. = sullivan, Springfield; X y
Wiley, Boston; n Y Ridman, Lafayette; /;
Chas Green. G + Alien, Boston; Kobien-
ger, y Y: v n Babcock. Westerly: j G.
Baumbach, J Mccullough. w Meyer,
r ] Molansky, Y; II II Barrett Al
bany; W y Rogers, Newburyport: 4
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y Brown, Bait: A NJ Milander, Tho il
Hayden, :, Y: ely Cotton, Mt Vernon; a
$ Noyes, " N Dixon. whitinsville; X
Stansheld, Phil; J " Sayles. Uxbridge;
sam Stone. y Y; e II Boyer. bridgeport:
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Sanderson. y Y; w 4 Bushell Phil; B
Wilder. Boston.
NEWAlAN-R A Pratt. Jr. Richmond,
Ind; Willis Coates, Brookville; & Frcnke,
New York: r " Lawton. Wexford: =
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: Magill. Philadelphia Matt Kennedy,
VI W Melcher. New York; $ Il Maron
London; G ~ brown G \ Hall, Boston:
J r Beverly New York: T \ Wilson
Boston; Geo II Read and wife, WOrces-
ter j ~ ConnOr, ~ y Lockliu, Boston,
b h Conrad, New York; II Whtlock
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nett. Arkansas 5 Il steere Chepachet
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ner. New York; Capt Smith, r. f. Parks.
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New YORK Allan Taylor Cambridge
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07

MRS. wINsLows SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over ffty years By
millions OF mothers for their chiIdren
while teethins. wish perfect success re
soothes the child. softsns the gur1s. al.
lays az psin. cures wind coiie. sne "a tns
best rsrnssy fer Disrrhosa It slii n.
hsys the poor little sufferer iumsdlstslv.
sold ~ druggists IN every part q ths
world Twsntv-rve cents bottle re
SURE ana ask for Mrs Win,low's Sooth-
tus syrup." snd take ne other slna.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07
What Shall We Hays for Dessert |?

This question arises in the family e..
cry day. let us answer II today. Try
Jell-O. n delicious and hcalthfpl des-
sert. Prepared IN two Minutes No
boiling NO baking, simply adj boiling
water ana set to cool Flavors Lemon,
Orange. Raspberry and strawberry. Get
package at your srocer's today.l0 cents.
Boston: w VI Waterman. u 9 Wood.
Prov; Arnold Pict, W Monlior. Bestcn /.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07
LECTURE ON YELLOWSTONE PARK.

J. Russell Belknap Will give a descrip-
tion of HE trip through the rsllowstors
Park illustrated by the stersoptieon ct
the Calhoun Aveuus Baptist chspsl. Fri
day. February S - %. m Adrlfs sr~
invited snd Admission o. fres.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07
HE WAS LuRED
over BORDER.
Charles Hlncklsy, Who Stole
$4,000, Nabbsd by Trick.
A FUGITIVE FOR 20 YEARS.
Safe 50 Long as He Remained In Canada,
but He vsniursd Across laio.
washington.
A FUGITIVE FOR 20 YEARS.

Rossland, b. c., FEB. CHARLES A.
binckley. alias &. Il. Morris. has been
arrested in Loomls, Wash. and Is now in
jail Al conconuliy, Wash, awaiting ex-
tradition 10 New York. where he is ac-
cused of having embezzled $4,000 os the
funds Of the West Side Bank. in 1854.
After his former arrest here In 1899. and
failure 20 extradite he went 10 Ollala, 2eo
miles west of here. where he owned an
interest I'm a town site and n number
of mineral claims. Recently. Fred whlta-
ker, Of Grand Forks. went 10 Brooklyn to
visit brother. who is employed by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company.
Whitaker put himself in communication
with the West Side Bank people. and the
result II is said was an ofrer OF a reward
Of $1,000 II liinckley could be lured to the
American side and arrested.
Bert Miller. secretary or the Summit
city Townsite company. and others were
communicated with and Hinckley, though
very wary. was induced 10 cross the
boundary line To Loomis, where he was
arrested From there he was taken 10
conconully and lodged In Jail. Whitaker
is SUI In Brooklyn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07

it was not until 1879 that Binckley was
traced AZ all. The extradition treaty had
been modified since his CRANE was com
mitted and was interpreted as not cover
ing his case
Hinckley was employed by the West
side Bank As a paying teller IN 1865 He
held that place until May IA. 1884 when
he went away taking $4,000 with him.
lie left his wife in this city She was
watched for a while but managed To- dis
appear SIX months later and she probably
found her husband.
AT any rate the first clew TO the where
abouts Of the thief was the wife's dead
body, brought here for burial in 1897 Long
before that the bank officers and detec-
uves had given up looking for Hinckley
and the 5000 which he took with him
further deficit of X5.0oO found in his
accounts had been charged with the s15.-
600 20 profit and loss. But four years ago
Christian r. Tietjen, president of the
bank, heard that Hinckley was I'm the
city and that he had come here TO bury
his wife In Woodlawn. That was found
To be true
The wife's body had been brought here
from Cleveland. From Cleveland Hinck-
ley was traced back To Toronto and from
there 10 Rossland, where he was arrested
in October. 1899.
Since Hinckley's release after that ar
rest President Tietjen has received two
anonymous communications from British
Columbia asking what reward would be
given for tho capture OF TIiuckley
II paid no attention 10 these letters"
said Mr. Tietien last night. because I
suspected that they came from Hinckley
himself, and thought that possibly he was
trying 10 feel his way back to this coun-
try In safety.
But today / received telegram which
j have turned over 10 parties Interested
IN the mans arrest with authority to act
IT would be absolutely useless 10 arrest
him again on British territory"
Mr.. Tietjen would not tell what his tele-
gram contained or the name OF the send
er. But he intimated that his commune
- ton was TO the effect that Hinckley
had been caught over the line in this
country.
He has been living In shack IN there
I'm the mountains OF British Columbia
ever since his first arrest" Mr. Tietjcn
said, and its SO cold there that the
temptation 10 come down into civilization
az this time OF the year must be very
strong. He has been living within lao
miles of spokane
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07

DoRhANCE-R b Lsmscn, . r. Foster
Boston; A Atshsrson, ~ TT 4 Kittrsdss
Lsvrsnes: { A Knapp. Boston. A Berr
~ y Hszsn, sprtnsfeld. A Trumbeli
PROV n J. Winser. Boston .Geo W Dandy.
Y. John Park. Boston n AZ Peck, Vim
cent fforH', - ksrt y Y. renf VII
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
KILLED A BURGLAR.
San Francisco Barber's Struggle With Q
Desperate.

San Francisco, Feb. l.-Edwaid II.
Hall. a barber shot and killed burg
lar here tonight in lodging house ut
l22 Taylor street. Hall, who lives in
the house. went to his room, which
was opened by one of two men who
were engaged in rifing the apartment.
The burglar instantly drew a revolver,
placed its muzzle against Halls body
and pulled the trigger. The cartridge
failed to explode and Hall grappled
with the man. A desperate struggle
ensued, resulting in Hall getting pos.
session of the pistol. The other burg.
lar then rushed toward him in an at.
tempt to escape. Hall fired at him as
he reached the door. The bullet On.
tered his brain and he crashed head.
long down the stairs, falling dead at
the bottom. Not until then did Hall
release his grip on the other man, who
at orce .ook fight.> jumping over the
dead body of his companion, and
reached the street. He was captured
by citizen block away from the
scene Of the tragedy. He was identi.
fed as Fred Keefer, alias Wilson, who
has served terms in the house of cor
rection. He refused to give the name
of his dead companion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
Held Up by Drunken Yaquis.

Tucson. Ariz., Feb. LA Ca.
nanea, the mining camp of the Green
Consolidated Mining Company. in So.
nora, was held for three days by a
band of Yaqui Indians, and the people
of the camp were at the mercy of the
Indians. 1t seems that large number
of the Indians who are employed at
the camp got drunk when paid and pur-
chased all the mescal in the camp.
The Mexican police were driven from
the camp and held outside by mum.
ber of Yaquis. Their guns were taken
from them, and the Yaquis also took
guns from Americans who attempted
to interfere with them. There were
mum Der of serious cutting affrays, but
no one was killed. The Americans set
about to quiet the Indians and sober
them. and, with the assistance of the
Mexican cavalrymen, were successful
in quellirg the drunken rebellion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
Creek Trouble Ended.

Henrietta; 1. T.. Feb. Peace
among the warning Creeks has appar.
emily been reached. and all that now
remains to be done is to give Chitto
Har jo, the chief Snake, who has caused
all the trouble, preliminary hearing
and send him to Muskogee for trial for
treason. In the meantime few more
of the minor leaders will be arrested
and the troop of cavalry undery Lieu.
tenant Dixon will probably remain
here few days longer, until the last
vestige of an uprising has disappeared.
Last night the Indians burned signal
fires on the hills surrounding the
town, and, fearing an attack. the SOL
diers remained up until daylight,
armed and ready for instant action.
but the Indians attempted no depreda.
tiOns.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
N[W} Of Till W[[k LAWS f0Q f|up|hO5|
latt Commission Passed Munich
pal Government Act.
PROVINCIAL BILL HAS BEEN COMPLETED
The Bill Provides for a Governor, 4 Secre.
tary Of the Treasury. q Super.
visor and a Fiscal.

Manila. Feb. 2.-The act organizing
municipal governments in the Pbilip.
pines was passed by the Taft commits
sion todav, after the adoption of
amendments. inclu ding a provision dis.
qualifying from voting and holding
Office any person who after April / is
III arms against, or aiding those oppos.
ing the United tSates authority. The
power to revise election irregularities
Is transferred from the governor OF the
province to the election judges. A
provision is added for returns and rec.
ords of births, marriages and deaths.
The presidents symbol of ice is des.
ignated as gold-headed tassel cane.
Prior to the passage of the act. Judge
Taft. president of the comm ission, said
the greatest pains had been taken in
the preparation of the act.
The provincial government bill has
been com pleted. The public consider
alton will begin tomorrow. Soon after
its enactment the commissioners will
visit the Luzon provinces and witness
the organization of the provincial gov
ernment and the elections. Later they
will visit the southern islands. The
provincial bill provides for a governor,
secretary of the treasury, a super.
visor and fiscal. The officers may
be Americans or Filipinos. The gov.
ernor is to be elected by the joint bal.
lot of the councillors of organized
pueblos (townships) and his election
must he confirmed by the Philippine
commission. The other provincial Of
ficers will be appointed by the COM
mittee under the restriction OF the civil
service rules. The governor may sus.
pend any municipal officer for miscon-
duct. reporting the facts to the COM
mission. The treasurer is required to
supervise his assistants in all the pueb-
los and collect all taxes. The SUPER
visors Will have charge of the roads
and public buildings. The fiscal will
be the legal adviser of the provincial
government and the public prosecutor.
The law is to be first applied to the
provinces of La Union and Pampagana.
Captain Cameron and SO Philippine
CaNoii y mon Aou q AsAo 4uOSudy Will
insurgents at Bundoopuray and routed
them, killing two and capturing a
quantity of arms. Geronimo was pres
ent, but escaped.
Minor captures and surrenders con.
time in the island of Luzon. Many
Filipinos are tax ng the Data OF alleg-
lance to the United States.
The cabled statement that the move
ment toward Professionalism in the Phil.
ippines is growing with astonishing
rapidity is exaggerated. The Metho-
dists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and
British and American societies have
worked In Manila and its vicinity for
two years and the membership of the
Methodist missions is 400, and in q
constituency of thousand the Presby-
terian mission has q native membership
of 80.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
DEWET LOCATED.
The Boer Leader Is Still in the Orange Rives
Colony.

London, Feb. >2.-General Kltch-
ener. telegraphing from Pretoria to-
day, says:
''Dewet's force crossed the Bloem-
fontein-Lady brand line. near Israels-
poort, during the night of January 30.
Hamilton's men. at the water works,
we're unable to get in touch with them.
French, with cavalry and mounted
infantry is sweeping the country east
of the Pictorial johannesburg railroad.
between Delagoa bay and Natal as far
as Ermelo. He engaged about 1000
of the enemy at Wilge valley. The
enemy retired with four killed and
nine wounded. Our casualties were
one killed and seven wounded.
''Knox reports that he engaged De-
vets force south of Welcome. Janu-
ary 30. There was continuous fighting
for five hours. The Beers dead were
buried. They removed many OF their
casualties in carts. Our casualties
were one officer and one man killed
and Is wounded"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
TO INTERCEPT ANDRADE.
Venezuelan Gunboat G ,es 10 Head or the
Supply Party.


San Juan de Porto Rico, Feb. LIT
IS reported here that the Venezuelan
gunboat Restaurador. formerly George
Gould's yacht Atlanta. is on her way
from Brooklyn with orders from Presi
dent Castro, to intercept in the Carl
bean sea. Senior Andrada's filibuster.
ing expedition. Passengers on board
the Red D" line steamer Philadel
phia, from La Guayra, January 2.
which left for New York today. assert.
ed that Caracas was in a state of sup
pressed excitement when the steamer
left Venezuelan waters; that President
Castro's troops had defeated the insur-
gents near Cuomana and that COM
paratively unimportant mutiny among
the troops in the barracks at Caracas
had been quelied. They also reported
that the Venezuelan congress would
meet February 20 to legalize the act of
President Castro, who, since the expe-
dition of Anurade, has been q dictator.
acting without electoral sanction. 1t
was further gathered from the passen-
gers that general uprising might
take place about the time of the as
sem bling of congi ess, but that the Ma.
tionalist party, prominent organiza-
tion in Venezuela, had offered its serv.
ices to Castro to maintain peace.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
IDAHO.

Fire at the mammoth compressor ut
Wallace inflicted loss OF about $500.
fully insured.
E. B. Blaine. an employee In M. D.
Wright's logging camp. was caught by
. log and severely crushed.
The bridge that will support the
Hume for tie new -four mill at Ksnd-
rick il IN der construction.
Chris Teissan, the Clearwater sheep
man, 10 having plans drawn for .
thres-story pressed brick structure st
Lewiston.
Miss Dorcas ]. Harvey, Of Fort Hall
Agency, Idaho, has been appointed
assistant matron at the Fort Belknap.
Mont, Indian schovl.
The framework OF the Boise railway
bridge at Nampa u now completed.
and will soon b placed In position.
A report has bssn rscsivsd that Abe
Harper, Of Grangsvills. had accident
ally shot and killed himself. He was
. member Of the A. o. q. w.
James Rutherford. an Enslish min
ine expert, u as Usk, Idaho. making
an inspection Of several mining prop
critics along the Pend d'OEsills river.
but REFUSES tc disclose the names Of the
parties he rspesssnts.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
THE NEW YORK FIRE.
Caused by an Explosion Of Chemicals In the
Wicke Factory.

NAusSu Dy ~ IAPsossO" VI N"StnSSaiS " WS
wicks Factory.
New York. Feb. 4.-The extent of
the destruction wrought by the confla.
grafton which destroyed nearly a
whole block of buildings at Thirty
first street and First avenue last night
could be better appreciated this morn
ing. The huge factory of the William
Wicke Company was almost level with
the ground. Contractor Joseph Cody.
of the building department, with
force of 100 men, had labored at the
ruins all night pulling down dangerous
sections OF the walls.
Other property destroyed was the
six STORY building, nun,be 4O4, 4O6
and 4O8 East Thirty second street; the
five.atory tenement at 546 and 54S First
avenue the five story tenement at 462
East Thirty first street; Jackson's iron
foundry and q two story brick building
on Thirty.first street. occupied by the
Swift Dressed Beef Company. About
20 families were rendered homeless by
the burning of the tenements.
Fire Chief Croker said today he be.
lieved the fire was caused by an explo-
sion of chemicals in the Wicke fac
tory. He was Informed that watch
man had gone into the vault in the
cellar with light end that tn, vault
contained the explosives. The chief
added that he did not know what had
become of the watchman or who he is.
He said the explosion that started the
conflsgration might have been caused
by illuminating gas getting into the
cellar from the gas main, but he did
not think this was the case.
Policemen Thomas j. Fitzpatrick
and John b. McMullin. who were on
duty at the fire, are reported missing
today.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
New German Warships.

Berlin, Feb. 1.-According to the
Berlin Post, eight new German war
ships will be placed IN commission this
year, including the battleship Will.
helm der Crosse. with a displacement
of IL, 1852 tons: the twin vessel Kaiser
Brabarossa and Kaiser Karl der Crosse,
the cruiser Prinz Heinrich, with dis
placement of 8,081 tons. and four
email cruisers, each of 1850 tons.
Five battleships. one armored cruiser
and one gunboat are building, and two
battleships, one armored cruiser and
three protected cruisers will be placed
under contract during the present year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-07
Kansas CITY Theater Fire.

Kansas City, Feb. Ain the total
destruction by Ere last night of the old
Coates opera house An aggregate loss Of
$I5O. 900 was suffered. The building
was valued at $75,000, the furniture
at $50. 900. and the property of the
Walker Whiteside Company. which
had just begun weeks engagement,
at $25. 900. The opera house and CON.
tents were insured for but SAC, 1000.
while Whiteside carried absolutely no
Ere protection. Mr.. Whiteside lost,
in addition to his trunks and proper
ties, several valuable manuscripts that
were to have been produced shortly.