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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
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sell then rushed Tom to the ropes and clinched. Russell uppercut on the jaw. They wrestled around the ring. Ref cree found 1t very difficult to separate them. Sharkey landed right swing OH the head. Another clinch. Sharkcy wrestled Russell to the ropes. Russell landed left on the jaw. Sharkey threw Russell to the ground. The fight was marked by clinches and wrestling conl- paratively few blows being landed by either fighter.
 Round 3-Tom landed left on the ribs. Russell landed left and right forcing Tom to the ropes. They again clinched Sharkey's blows seemed to lack steam, while Russell was on the aggressive. SharNey seemed to be winded and hug ged Russell. Russell puts right to jaw twice. Russell landed right swing on the body. Again they clinehed. Shark ey landed right over heart, Russell fall- ing to the floor with right swing. Both swinging wild and both very tired
 Round 4-Russell landed right over the heart. Sharkey missed right and left swing. Sharkey landed rigr and left swings to the jaw. Sharkey lands left and right to jaw, putting Russell to the mat. Russell reached out and grabbed Sharkey, pulling him down. Tom broke loose and jumped to his feet and as Russell rose to his feet Sharkey landed a half swing on the jaw with right, putting Russell down and out.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
THE MACHINISTS, MEETING.
They Will Try to Organize Machine
 Hands nt Wincheater,a

At meeting held last night by the
 Elm lodge, l. A. M., the machinists' or-
 ganization, the situation of the machin- ists in the Winchester Repeating Arms
 company's factor was discussed and a
 circular was issued in reply to the cir
 cular issued by that company to its employees recently. The machinists cir
 cular is addressed to the employees at
 Winchester's and calls'attention to that
 issued by the company, and asserts that
 It was accompanied by the discharge of
 their shopmates. It asserts that this
 was because the company fears the
 union because by getting better wages, shorter hours and better conditions for the men it will reduce the companys profits In conclusion the circular con- tains the following:
 The Winchester company has always governed the greater part of your ex- istence in accordance with their inter- ests. They have even tried to direct your political views and influence you at election time. They now presume to say you shall not attempt to protect yourselves. It is time for you to decide whether they own you or not.
 Machinists! Attend the open meet ings and join the I. A. of M. Machine hands join the allied metal trades and bicycle workers, and take part in the shorter workday movement. You should not work longer hours than other trades You should have more than la borers' wages. You can only secure both by organizing.
 Members of the machinists' union said after the meeting last night that an effort would be made at once to or- ganize the machine hands, assemblers, screw machine hands and others. enl- poyed at the Winchester factory into branch of the allied Metal Workers and Bicycle Workers union. They said that of the four men recently discharg- ed at Winchesters' three had already secured positions elsewhere and that the fourth man was conducting store and did not desire to return to machine work.
 An open meeting will be held by the May 13, probably at St. hall at which time 1t is ex- pected that J. J. Connolly, an officer of the grand lodge, will be present and speak. It was said last night that a large number of the employees of the company was present at the meeting of the Machinists' union at which the circular was issued.
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Main street, the closely adjoining build ings went one after the other. Paint shops with barrels of oil in stock were caught fire one after the other the blaze rose hundreds of feet high and quickly set the other buildings across the street on fire Then the Hubbard hardware store caught and the people scattered when they saw what had happened. Hundreds of pounds of powder and q great deal of dynamite were stored in this building.
 Ten minutes passed when suddenly there was a roar and the building co- lapsed like an eggshell. The dynamite and the powder had exploded.
 The firemen at this time were work ing in great danger Cartridges began to explode and bullets began to fry around so the effort to fight the fire at this point for time had to be aban- doned This was only the start of the most intense part of the fire. The new Furchgott building was soon ablaze and soon the Gardiner building was also a mass of flames.
 Down the street the fire spread with rap1dlty ana Tn snort tlr1le the eHtlfe section of Bay street from Market to Main streets. and extending for five blocks back, was burning all at the same time.'
 The city building went, the fire de- partment building, the armory, the county court house, the clerks office with the county records, the criminal court house, the city jail and the grad ed schools and the Catholic church and orphanage, St. Johns Episcopal church and the convent. Almost the entire city of magnificent buildings wah burned up in less than four hours. The scene was one that beggars description.
 At S:30 p. m. the fire was checked at the intersection of Laurel and Bay where the Commercial ba 1il went up in flames. The Western Union building just across the street was not damaged.
 Among the prominent hotels burned were the St. James, the United States, the Placide and the Windsor
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SHARKEY DEFEATS R RUSSEL
Latter Knocked Ont in Fourth Round
 After a Hard Fight.

Denver, May 3.-Tom Sharkey and
 Fred Russell. the California heavy
 weight, met in the arena of the Cobra
 do A. A. here tonight before an au-
 dience that taxed the capacity of the club house. Both men had trained
 faithfully for the past month, and
 when they stepped into the ring ap- peared to be in perfect condition. Sharkey was a prime favorite up to the sound of the gong at odds of to 2. Sharkey tipped the beam at 192 pounds and Russell at 205 pounds. Both men were examined by the club physi- clan, and pronounced strong and in perfect health, and fit to engage in the worst kind of rought and tumble fight.
 Frank Cullen was decided on at the last moment as the erferee for the fight. He declared all bet off. in order. as he announced, to protect the club and it's patrons. It was runlored that there would be an agreement of some sort.
 Round-Sharkey missed left wing. They clinched. Sharkey missed anoth- cd left; they broke slowly. Sharkey landed light left on head as Russell rushed in. Both swung wildly and clinchod. They rushed again to 9 clinch. Russell landed right hard on body. They clinched. Sharkey put right to back of head in clinch three times. They wrestled. Russell landing on top. Rus sell missed right swing and they clinch- cd again, wrestling all over the ring. As the gong sounded Sharkey hit Rus sell in the face. The crowd shouted foul in great uproar. The foul was dis allowed.
 Round 2-Sharkey landed a hard up- percut on the neck. They clinched. Sharkey rushed in and landed right on head Russell landed right and left on the face and in clinch landed right on the jaw, ducked a left swing. Rus
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
FOR YALE CREW COACHING.
Leonard ID. FisIxe of Hartford Loans His
 Fine New Yacht.

The Yale navy has secured for the rest of the season the use in crew coach- ing fine new yacht owned by Leonard D. Fiske of Hartford, manager of the Daniels mills in Hartford. The old Yale launch Is going to pieces, and Is not in condition for service. The kind- ness of MT. Fiske in loaning his yacht Is therefore greatly appreciated. The boat is one os the fastest on Long Is- land sound. She is new and fifty footer, with a speed of eighteen or twenty miles an hour Mir. Fiske, the owner, who has kindly permitted the Yale navy to use the boat. is a brother of MT. Fiske, proorietor of the Bran ford Driving park. w. D. Bushnell has given the use of his yacht for the coaching of the freshman crew
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JURY PICKING IN IRELAND.
A Bitter Debate i'm the Commentators
 sntions Made.

London, May 3.-In the House of
 Commops to-day Thomas Power
 O'Connor Irish nationalist), member
 for the Scotland division of Liverpool,
 opened a fierce debate on the Irish
 question by moving to reduce the sal
 airy of the attorney general for Ireland,
 asserting that not only was jury pack
 ing one of the most fragrant evils of le-
 gal administration in Ireland, but that the whole system was "calculated to produce abrogation of law and to sup press individual and national liberty'' Among many citations he brought up the case of Patrick A. McHugh (mem- Der for the north division of Leitrim) who was imprisoned because of edito- rial comments he had made in the Sligo Champion.
 John Atkinson, attorney general for Ireland, replied that it would be farce to try members of the United Irish league by a jury composed of members or the league, men who, he asserted, regarded the law of the league as high CT than the law of the land. He point ed out that juries were selected by the crown in order to secure in1partiality, and declared that Catholics were not rejected as jurors because of their be- ing Catholics. It was his own duty, he insisted, to take advantage of all means to remove from the jury box men who had been uttered to believe that serious crime was not crime
 Sir Edward James Reed CiberaD said the attorney general for Ireland had admitted the practice of jury packing on large scale Many members took part in the debate, among them T. w, who said he had been packed on jury--a remark which provoked Patrick O'Brien to exclain: T was packed in jail for saying. you were packed" MT. Russell: No one need tell me that juries are not packed in for I have gone through the operation myself" Mir. OConnor's mo- tfon was rejected by a vote of 173 to I05
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DR. HEBRON DID NOT COME.
Rev. w. F. Brown Addressed Socialists
 in His stead.

Rev. William T. Brown of Rochester, N. Y., graduate of Yale college in the class of 1890. and Yale divinity school 95 occupied the rostrun in Music hall last night in the place of Rev Dr. George D. Heron. who was to have spoken there under the auspices of the social democratic party. Rev. MT. Browns utterances were of the radical type and we'll calculated to stir up strong feeling among his hearers.
 It will be remembered that Rev. Mir Brown figured as principal in heresy trial at Madison. Conn, several years ago, and was triumphantly acquitted. It is said that as consequence he se- cured his present position in Rochester, N. r., at much higher salary. He was introduced by the chairman, Eugene Toomey, who said that the Rev. MT. Heron was not present Un account of severe illness.
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CIVIL GOVERNMENT BEGINS
ESTIBLTSHED BY COMMISSION IN
 MANILA YESTERDAY.
Experiment of Elections Not to be Tried However, for the Present -The Popu- latiOm of Manila Announced as 221,- 732-Census Taken by tho Board of Health.

Manila, May 3.--Civil government in Manila was established to-day as pre- llminary to the inauguration of gen. eral civil government. The United States Philippine commission is unwill- ing at present to permit the experiment of elections here, although they have been authorized in all the other munich palities. Judge Taft says a municipal government for Manila will shortly be created. The officers will probably be appo1ntlve. Lepanto and possibly all the other uncivilized provinces will be organized specially on a plan similar to that adopted in the case of Benguet. The board of health has completed the census of Manila. The population num- bers 244,732. The trial of Lieutenant Boyer, charged with commlssiary irreg- ularities, has been completed. The yer dict has not been announced. The trial of Captain Barrows on a similar charge begins Monday.
 Washington, May 3.--It is expected that within a day or two 9 programme will be completed at the war depart ment for a substantial reduction of the present strength of the United States army in the Philippines.
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4 CONFEDERATION.
Jacksonville, Fla, is Almost Completely Wiped Out
 in Four Hours.
STRONG WIND AIDED FIRE
TT RAPIDLY SPREAD AND VAS
 SOON BEYOND CONTROL.

Buildings Blown Up by Dynamite to
 Check Flames but Even This Was Use-
 less-MiIitia Called Out-An Area vyo
 and Half Miles Long and Half Mile
 Wide Burned Over Municipal Build
 ings, Court House, City Jail, Hotels,
 Churches, Schools and Other Fine
 Structures Destroy ed-Loss Estlm ed
 at from Ten to Fifteen MilIions.I
 Jacksonville, Fla, May 4, 1 A. M.-- The most disastrous fire in the history of this city began yesterday shortly after noon in a small factory from de- fective flue and burned for ten hours the greatest damage being done with in four hours after the fire started In that time property damage estimated from $10000,000 to $15,0O00O was caused.
 According to the city map one hun dred and thirty blocks were burned, many of them in the heart of the busi- ness and residence section. The esti- mate of houses to the block is ten, hence thirteen hundred of them vent up in smoke. Many of the fine public and private buildings were destroyed, including hotels, theatres, churches and residences.
 The casualties cannot be accurately estimated tonight. That there were several seems to be we'll authenticated. Among them was that to the fire chief, who sustained bad fall. The mayor ordered all of the saloons closed and has impressed help to clear the wreck.
 Mayor Bowden at 1 o'clock this morn- ing says the property loss will exceed $15000,000. Ten to fifteen thousand peo- pie are homeless. The situation is one approaching desolation in large sec tion of the city. The width of the deso- lated area is thirteen blocks. Within this space practically everything is blackened ruins
 At 1915 o'clock the fire was under con- trol having practically burned itself out. The suburban settlements, with the exception of La Villa, Nre intact. La Villa was badly hurt. The extent of the damage cannot be told until o-more row. Thousands of persons are on the streets tonight homeless with practi- cally all their worldly possessions on their back. The depots of the railroads situated in the southeastern section have been turned into temporary lodg- ing houses and hospitals. Luckily the weather is fine so that there will be no i suffering on that score.
 Meetings of the city council, the com mercial bodies and the charitable insti- ! tutions will be called Saturday morning i to devise ways and means for meeting | the situation. It is hoped that ap ap- peal can be avoided.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
ncw York BaNers to Strike.

New York, May 3.-Five hundred bakers will go on strike tomorrow to enforce ten-hour work day. To-mor- morrow night five hundred more bakers will quit work. This was resolved on to-day at meeting of the bakers in Liberty hall. The boss bakers were willing to consent to the demands, but declined to eien agreements.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
POPULATION OF LONDON.
Now 4,536, ,O34-An Increase of 30s,7l7
 Since the Last Census.

London, May 3.-The population of London, including the city of London and twenty-eight metropolitan bor- oughs, the whole forming what is term ed the administrative county of London, is now 4536,034. This is an increase of 30S.717 since the last census in 1891. Ac- cording to the first installment of cen- sus returns issued by the registrar gen. eral tonight, sixty-four English and Welsh boroughs show increases. Bath, Chester and Huddersfield show decreas- es. The borough of Westham, with an increase of CHAOS, is the largest increase recorded.
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First Details of the Fire.

Jacksonville, Fla, May 3.--Jackson- vile experienced to-day the most dis astrous fire of her existence. The build ings on the entire length of Beaver street, from Davis street to the creek on Liberty street, have been totally de- stroyed. This is fourteen solid blocks of residences. For the same distance Ashley and Church streets have both been completely plotted out. When the fire reached Bridge street in It's east ward course 1t enveloped in flames three blocks bounded by Duval Monroe and the north side of Adams streets, burn ing up that entire section of the city and running fourteen blocks to the Du- val street bridge.
 How much further in that direction the city is burned it is impossible to learn, the street being impossible, but 1t is feared that St. Luke's hospital was burned, a report reaching the city that the Presbyterian church in East Jack sonville is ablaze
 If this is correct the fire must have extended five blocks further east. The conf1agration has burned over, as far as is definitely known, distance of two and a half miles long by a half mile wide.
 At Julia street the fire was a roaring furnace, without any prospect of being put under control.
 The local military companies were called out to keep back the crowds. The fire department began to use dynamite to blow up the houses a block from the fire and thus prevent the fire from cyrn dino Sn finrna thn h12yp however, and so strong had become the wind that millions of sparks and flying burning shingles spread over five or six blocks, setting the roofs of the houses on fire in advance of the department. Desperate efforts were made to save the Windsor and the St. James hotels, but both were quickly enveloped in flames. For about an hour the guests in the Windsorhad been busily engaged packing their trunks and went away loaded with trunks and grips, some un- fortunately to the United States hotel, but most of them to Riverside.
 Leaping madly across the street from the Windsor, the flames set fire to Zills house and then the Methodist parson- age. A few moments later the Trinity M E. church was mass of flames The opera house block followed and the Richards and Livingstone barding- | houses. A desperate effort was made to save the Baldwin mansion, which was recently purchased by the Elks for $1S,- O00 No earthly power could save this ! building and that entire block and the one west of it were quickly mass of flames. Once the fire got started on
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
THE EASTMAN TRTAL
Compelled to Adjourn Because of tho
 Illness of Juror.

Cambridge, Mass, May 3.-An ad- verse decision on the prosecutions at tempt to introduce the defendants tes- timony before the grand jury which in dicted him brought the government S case against Eastman, the Harvard in- structor charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, to a sudden close this morning, but before the defense could outline the whole of it's case the Illness of one of the jury made post ponement necessary until tomorrow morning.
 The decision of the court in exclud- ing Eastman's grand Jury testimony was not unexpected, for this was the second time that the government has sought to introduce it. If the juror, E. F. Grant, of Westford, Mass, is able to appear in court tomorrow morning MT Bartlett will finish his argument for the defense and the evidence of the de- fence will begin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
UNCLAIMED CHINESE PnopER7Y
Taken by British Troops and Sold for
 Rene11t Of All,

London, May 3.-The Indian secre- tary, Lord George Hamilton, answering a question in the House of Commons to-day said General Gaselee had stop ped the British troops from footing at Pekin, but the general had authorized parties to bring in unclaimed property from deserted houses in districts occu- pied by the British. Such property was subsequently, sold for the benefit of all. This action, in my judgment" said the secretary twas proper and ju- dicious.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
To Admit Teachers from Cuba.

Boston, May 3.-In the house to-day authorizes the state board of education to receive into the normal schools of the commonwealth such a number of properly qualified teaches, or intended teachers, from Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines as they may decree ex- pedient MT. Luce offered the resolve at the request of President Capen, of Tufts college.
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M,PHERSOM wILL CASE.

Decision Reserved in tho Motion or Hra.
 Edla Muir.
 New York, May S-Decision was re-, served in the hearing of the motion of counsel for Mrs. Edla Muir, who is contesting the will of her mother, the widow of the late Senator McPherson, for the appointment of an administra- tor pendente lite. Argument was had in the case before Judge John A. Blair in Jersey City. Mrs. Muir, by the pro- visions of the will, receives only life interest in the estate, which, at her death, is to go to Yale university. The value of the estate is about $700,000.
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AMERICAN cYoLzsr,s SUCCESS.
Taylor Wins Race tt Borieaux-An Un4
 ruly Crowd.

Taylor Wins Race at Bordeaux-A Un4-
 ruly Crowd.
 Bordeaux, May 3.The American cy- list, Major" Taylor, continuing se- ries of victories in Belgium and France. won this afternoon the international cycling race, over a course of 2,OOO nne- tres, in three minutes and forty-ona seconds. The contest had been post- poned from last evening, when 1t was to have been brought off under electric light. At the last moment the light failed, and the enrmous crowd. greatly smashed the railings and seats, piled them in heap and made . bonfire of them. The police finally quelled the disorder and the gate mons ey was returned. To-days affair pass- ed off in orderly fashion.
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CHIMES Y IND EMNITY.

French Foreign Ofrice Corrects Former
 Figures.
 Paris, May 3.--The French foreign office corrects the figures of the indem- nity to be demanded from China As first announced the amount Cuba is to pay was fixed at 1865, 100000 francs (S273, GOO, 000). The amount should have been 1885, 900 francs ($327, 1000, 000). However, this amount yet may be re- duced. These figures provide for ex- penses up to July i.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
L,nemen Issue an Uit,matu m.

Boston, May 4.-2:15 a. m.-The Elec- Boston Elevated railroad until 10 o'clock to grant the demands, or strike will begn.
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MORGAN CITES so,ooo FRANCS.
Tho Great Financier's Gift to a French
 Hospital.

Aix-Les- Rains, France, May 3.--J. Pierpont> Morgan has donated fifty thousand francs to the local hospital, and the municipality has marked it's appreciation of the gift by presenting him with a magnificent bouquet in- scribed: "The town of Aix-Les- Rains to J. Pierpont Morgan, chevalier of the Legion of Honor, in recognition of his generous gift of fifty thousand francs to the new municipal hospital" MT. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie have had several conferences.
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Seeley's orchestra tonight.
Down Go the
 Garment Prices.

Profit and part of cost Topped off purely be- cause Old Sol has been sulking for the past thirty days and umbrellas and mackintoshes have held full sway. All that means backward season for us, and cloth garments must give way to shirt waists That's why prices tumble third and aI half A
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
HARVARD STATION SEES COMET.
Presumably the Ono Announced by pr.

Presumably tho Ono Announced by Dr..
 Gill. Cambridge, Mass, May 3.-A telegram has been received at the Harvard coll Arequipa, stating that very bright comet was seen at eleven hours, thirty five minutes, Greenwich meantime in R. A. 3h, Som, and Dec. degree. This is presumably the comet announced by Dr. CHI, April 24, 1901.
 Lima, Peru, May 3.-A bright comet has been visible from here last night and tonight. It is approaching tho western horizon.
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s1 800. 900 Board of Trade Building.

Boston, May 3.-A board of trade building opposite the custom house is to be built the total amount to be in- vested in land and buildings being $1, ,S000,000.