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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-02
One Person Injured.

One Person Injured.
 The only persons injured, so far as can be learned, is Mary Jane Quinn, who was burned about the face and hands and severely bruised by leaping from a sec- ond floor window to escape.
 Several apartments in the tenement house were having Hallow cen ceremon- ies. Guests at these added materially to the number of persons in the house, ana made the crush and jam to escape more than it originally would have been. All though plentifully provided with fire es- capes, front and rear, escape was cut off a few minutes after the fire started hv inc bodies of the dead becoming wedged in the exits. The fire had been turning several minutes before it was discovered. It started in the basement, spread upward and attacked the starr way leading to the apartments, and other nortions of the building. In a short space of time the flames had so envelopeo the stairway that engress from the puiio- ing by it was impossible The house rom inc third story to the fifth floor was en- tirely destroyed.
 Bodies damned in Windows.
 At the windows, front and rear, bodies of men and women were damned, show ing that a desperate struggle to get free had resulted in completely choking the exits to the fire escapes, ana had been the death of many by suffocaton. Lying on he'd alongside a window at the rear of the fourth floor the fremen found the bodies of five men. Each had clutched the one next to him in an endeavor to nush him away in order to get to the fire escape outside.
 The features of the men were distorted. some with rage, others with agony, and In two instances the men had gripped each other so hard that blood had been drawn and had run over their hands On the third floor were found the bodies of Maculeta Vingiguerro and her babe. The mother had crawled to the front window and had succeeded in grasping the sill. when she was suffocated In her arms lay the body of her enid.
 Bremen Show Heroism.
 When the firemen reached the scene there was a mass of flames bursting through the middle of the room, while inc air was filled with heartrending screams of women and the curses of men. Many daring rescues were made by the fremen, who at times had to use violence in their attempts to disentangle the mass of wrthng human beings struggling in vain effort to reach safety from the crowded fire escapes.
 One fireman climbed to the fourth floor where a window was filled with people. damned in and fighting to get out. All within reach were handed down to the firemen on the ladders below. Another fireman performed similar feat and res cued two girls from the fourth floor.
 Life nets played prominent part in the work of rescue. The firemen dropped men and women. dead and alive from one floor to another. and finally the men standing on ladders on the first hoor let them fall into the nets held by policemen and firemen in the street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-02
Cresceus Will Try.

Kansas City, Mo. November 1.-Cres- ceus will try to break the worlds mile record next Thursday afternoon on half mile circuit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-02
 THE WEATHER.

washington. November 1.-Follow- 1. ing is the forecast for Alabama:
 !. Fair Monday and Tuesday; light . to fresh winds, mostly southeast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-02
Persons Allowed on Field.

The rule governing the admission of persons to the field will be rigid1y en- forced Two surgeons, two coaches, one attendant for each team and the neces- sary officials, and sporting writers on daily newspapers bearing written cre- .dentials will be admitted, but under no circumstance will more than two men all lowed on the side lines representing one local paper. With the enforcement of this the spectators are assured of an un- obstructed view of the entire field.
 The probable line up follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-02
Windows and Fire Escapes Are damned With Dead Bodies
 of Men and WOmen
PEOPLE FIGHT ID GET OUT
 OF BURNING BUILDING
Heroic Work of Bremen Saves Many Iives-House of All Nations Was Crowded With Guests
 When Fire Started.

New York, November 1.-Twenty-one men. three women and a 10-months-old babe were burned to death or suffoeateo in 4 fire that started early this morning in NaThe House of All Nations" a i've story tenement house at No. 426 Eleventh avenue. which the police and coroner be- leve to have been of incendiary origin.
 Some of the peculiar features of the disaster. in addition to the startling loss of life are that the fire was practically extinguished in twenty minutes; that the police could learn of but one person De- ing injured, other than those who lost their lives and that the property loss was only $7000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-02

- RoMPTLY at o'clock this after D noon some strong legged athlete will put his toe into the pigakin and the grldiron battle between sewanee and Alabama will have begun,
 Not since the famous game between Alabama and Sewanee at West End last year has so much interest been taken in football. and the largest crowd ever gath ed at a Birmingham gridiron is expected at the park this afternoon. Especial at tention is attached to the contest as it Is university has been called upon to de- fend Alabama's athletic honor. Auburn has been hopelessly put out of the run ming for the season and success or failure now depends on the Crimson and White. All arrangements have been completed, and if present plans are carried out any thing to mar the sport is practically out of the question.
 Officials Selected.
 noboehani of Tufts college has oeen secured as referee, and Tutwier of Vir- ginia will serve as umpire. These of ficials were in charge in the Sewanee- Auburn game and gave perfect satisfac- tion.
 The Sewanee players arrived Saturday night and after resting for day an nounced last night that they were feel ing much better, though several of the men are still a little sore as the result of Saturdays contest at Montgomery.
 The Alabama team, twenty-five strong. arrived last night and are quartered at the Hillman.
 The Alabamians are in the pink of con- dition and though Coach Blount will not discuss his prospects it is generally be- lieved he Is prepared to give Sewanee one of the hardest battles of the season.
 Sewanee is Favorite.
 Among the bettors last night slight odds were offered on Sewanee, but if Sewanee finds herself surprised as did Auburn this proposition will prove disastrous.
 Sewanee outweighs Alabama on an av- craze of five pounds to the man. The average weight of the Tennesseans is 154 pounds, while Alabama tips the scale at 149.
 The style of play of the two teams is practically unknown to Birmingham en- thusasts, as the reports of recent games gave no indication. So far Sewanee has not been called upon to use anything but straight football and it will be inter- .esting to watch what movements will be introduced this afternoon.
 The management decided last night to make the price of admission 50 cents with no extra charge for grand stand seats. Vehicles will be charged 50 cents aside from the tickets from the oc- cupants.
 Persons Allowed on Field.
 The rule governing the admission of persons to the field will be rigid1y en- forced. Two surgeons, two coaches, one attendant for each team and the neces- sary officials, and sporting writers on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-02
The Dead,

The dead are mostly Italians Of the poorest class. They are: Guiseppi Rossi. Antonio Rossi. Justine Rossi Nicholas Nogal. Piaro Diresci. Antonio Brocera. Mueuleta vingiguerro. Philimena Dorest. A babe. Antonio Villmo. Frances Villmo. Sarah O'Toole. Antonio D'Angelo. Pasqualo Marotto. Frank Mastrenio. Rose Mustrimor Mustiole. Pietro Donyski. Joseph Zorowitch. Frank Delmonico. Antonio Uncilini. Giuseppi Cappelli. Three unidentified laborers.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
LABOR WILL APPEAL
TO SUPREME COURT
Trades and Labor Council Dis
satisfiedWit Judge Cray's
Decision.

Albert H. Hall, one of the attorneys
for the Trades and Labor council,
against which Judge Cray has granted
a permanent injunction restraining it
from participating in any sympathetic
strike, said last evening that no def
mite decision had as yet been reached
by the council in regard to appealing
from the decision to the supreme court.
THE council is very deliberate in all
things" said Mr.. Hall, and Will not
act upon the suggestions of any one
member. When action is taken it will
be after careful consideration by all the
members of the council. Up to the
present time have not been informed
of the results Of any special meeting
of the council
The appeal to the higher court from
Judge Cray's decision is common talk
among the labor leaders now, and it is
practically certain that at the next
meeting of the council the appeal will
receive the official sanction of the
GEuncil.
Among the Socialists of organized
labor the decision has created, consid-
cradle agitation and 1T has reopened
The debate which was supposed to
have been definitely settled at the re-
cent convention of the State Fedora
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
PREFERS LYNCHING
TO MORAL APATHY
Chicago Pastor Thinks Too Much is
Said in Defense of Negro Brutes.

81
CHICAGO, H.. June PSI am no
advocate of lynching or. Of mob law,
but 1 would rather see a community
wrought to the highest pitch over
crimes that would seem impossible this
side of hell than to remain apathetic,"
was the declaration of the Rev.
w. A. Bartlett. at the First Congre-
gationalist church. IN IA prelude on
, "Lynching From Another Point of
View"
DR.. Bartlett said among other things:
Il have seen so many sermons. edi-
torials and resolutions denouncing
lynching and mob law that one gets the
impression that the citizens who hang
or burn the destroyer. of life. home and
all that is held sacred by womanhood.
are the race offenders rather than the
monster whom they destroy.
I'VE seem to be SO absorbed with
the majesty of this vague term law
that the notion appearsNto prevail that
the real criminals are3those who do not
wait for legal processes. and the vio-
lator Of womanhood is the abused
party.
I'VE shudder at the torture Of the
criminal who is burned, but apparent
ly forget to shudder for the innocent
girl. whose mental and spiritual agony
is ten-fold greater than fire. This is
not race problem except so far as
one race is the offender. The white
man who commits the same crime is
just as guilty"
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
BRITAIN EXPECTS SAME
AS AMERICA IN CHINA
Under New Treaty She Will Work the
FaT1red Nation Clause.

LONDGE, June 29.-The Times cor
respondent at Pekin says it Is an
nounced that the ratification of the
commercial treaty between China and
Great Britain, which was signed by
Sir James L. Mackay and the Chinese
commissioners at Shanghai last Sep
tember, is on its way to Pekin, and
ratifications presumably will be ex-
changed after it's arrival, although
China has not vouchsafed a reply to the
queries Of the British government re-
garding her intentions as to the carry
ing into effect of some of the more
loosely Worded clauses of the treaty.
Article s of the treaty provides for
the abolition of the likin barriers, while
the native customs houses enumerated
IN the government records are retained
The functions of the liI1in barriers and
the customs houses are largely inter-
changeable. The treaty also provides
that Great Britain must be furnished
with list of customs houses, con-
cernlng the number of which there is
great diversity of opinion. The treaty.
commissioners estimated their number
at eighteen to twenty-five only, while
experts in the inland trade say the
customs stations number at present a.
thousand. If article s becomes opera-
tive the British officials in China will
be required to redouble their vigilance.
but it probably will not operate be-
cause Great Britain will obtain the ad-
Vantages in the American treaty un-
DER the most favored nation clause.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
MORBID THOUSANDS VIEW
Scene OF WHITES lYNCHINC
Continued From First Page.


church was crowded in expectation
that the Rev Thornton would have
something to say on the events of the
past week. He said in part:
The white man, in face of his boast
ed civilization, stands before my eyes
tonight the demon of the worlds races,
a monster incarnate, and, in so far as
Inc negro race is concerned, seems to
give no quarter The white man is a
heathen, a fiend, monstrosity, before
God, and is equal to any act in the
category of crime. 1 would sooner
trust myself in the den of a hyena
than in mis- arms.
With court, law and officers of
law. in his hands the despised negro
can expect no mercy, justice or pro-
lection. The negro is unsafe any
where in this country He is the open
prey at all times of barbarians who
know no restraint.
There is but one part left for the
prosecuted negro when charged with
crime and when innocent. Be q law
unto yourself. You are taught by this
lesson of outrage to save yourself from
torture at the hands of the blood
seeking public. Save your race from
Insult and shame. Be your own sher-
III, court and jury, as was the outlaw
tracey Die in your tracks, perhaps
drinking the blood Of your pursuers.
Booker Washington's charity, human
ity, ADVICE of forgiveness, love, indus
try and zeal will never be recinrocated
by white men,
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
BODY is EXHUMED AND
IDENTIFIED BY WIFE
r. S. Darlington Is Arrested at ST. Louis
Charged With Murder of Mccann.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June ga warrant
was sworn out today by Mrs. j. p Nc
Cam charging F. Seymour Darlington
with. the murder of her husband, James p
McCann
: AS the alleged crime was committed in
st. Louis county the city authorities to-
day gave Darlington over into the Gus
tody. Of Sheriff Hankon, and the prisoner
was taken to Clayton and placed in jail
The body: Of the man supposed to be
Mccain. which was buried soon after be-
ing discovered several days ago, at Bon
fills. was exhuned today and an inquest
was held by Coroner, KOCH, of ST. Louis
county. Mrs. Mccain positively iden-
titled the body as that Of her husband
partially basing the Identification upon a
gold tooth. Others who knew Mccain in
timately also identified the body
Coroner Koch made rigid investigation
and returned a verdict that two. bullet
holes were found in the dead mans head
and bullets were extracted corresponding
In caliber to that Of the revolver found
In BarringtOn's trunk at the Union sta
ton here last night. He also found deep
cash in the throat and deep cut in the
palm of the right hand, leading to the
assumption that the man had been at
tackled first with knife and in defending
himself had seized the blade which cut
deeply into his hand: that finally his
throat was cut, and he was ultimately
shot twice in the head.
harrington maintains his innocence.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
TEACHERS PREPARE
TO INVADE BOSTON
Twenty-Five Thousand Are
Expected to Attend N. {.
A. Convention.

BOSTON, Mass, June 2S. = Before
the present week is ended special trains
from all parts Of the country will be
speeding toward Boston with thou
sands of school teachers who will come
to attend the forty second annual con-
vention of the National Educational
association, which opens its sessions
Monday, July 6.
Already the vanguard of the $4,000
teachers expected has arrived. The
permanent secretary, DIR. Irwin Shep-
ard, of Winona, Mimi, is in town with
a corps Of registration experts.
One body is coming here from Seat
tie by special train with the avowed
purpose Of capturing the next conven-
tion of the National Educational asso-
citation for Portland, Or.
Advance notices are to the effect that
among the delegations will come the
following:
Madison. Wis, ESQ; Milwaukee, 200;
Minneapolis and St Paul, more than
200; Chicago about 1000; New York,
1900.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
Auto Stage Lines in Nevada.

Unlike the horse or the less come1y
mule, the automobile does not need
water, save that which is wasted in
making it clean. Hence a field of ac-
tual usefulness has been found for
the machine in Nevada, where water Is
scarce. Tonopah, realizing that sew
eral hours can be saved in time re-
qulred to make the stage trip between
SodaVille and Tonopah, is organizing
strong company to put in operation
an automobile stage line, each coach
TO carry sixteen passengers. The ma
chlnes Will be of thirty-two horse pow
er and guarantee of making the trip
OF sixty miles in six hours. The news
OF the new enterprise is hailed with
satisfaction owing to the crowded con-
dition Of the mail stage and it's heavy
loads Of freight every night-Denver
News.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29

ing 1t, that it was a lump of solid gold.
1t weighed eight pounds, and its sale
made the finder rich for life, says a
writer in Tit-B
There are many more of these can
non balls, each worth a small fortune,
lying hid or buried in the recesses of
the jungle, and their story is a curious
one. AT the end of the. sixteenth cen
tury Akbar. the greatest emperor
Hindustan ever saw, was at the height
of his Alory. At the head Of his con-
quering army he summoned Ahmadna-
gar to surrender The city and it's rich
treasure were then under the rule of
the Princess Candle
Knowing that resistance could be but
short, and in bitter rage against the
oppressor, she caused all the treasure
of gold and silver to be melted down.
Then she cast the metal into cannon
balls, and engraved upon each male
dictions against the eonquerer. These
were fired into the jungle, and when
AkDar entered the city, instead Of the
rich hoard he had hoped to win, he
found a treasury absolutely empty.
That this is not the only occasion
upon which cannon balls of gold have
Deen cast is proved by the fact that in
the treasury Of the shah of Persia
there may be seen, in the same room
where stands the famous peacock
throne, two small globular projectiles
of gold. They were estimated by a re-
cent visitor to weigh about three
pounds each, and are very roughly
made. Their origin or purpose is, how
ever, totally forgotten. 1t is only
known that they are very old.
The gaekwar of Baroda, not content
with merely cannon balls of gold, pos
sesses two cannon cast of the precious
metal. They are the only ones of their
kind in the world. They were begun
in 1863 by an artisan OF Lakha, who
worked upon them for five years before
they were finished. They weigh 400
pounds each, and, except for a steel
lining, are of solid gold throughout.
They are mounted on gun carriages of
carved wood, overlaid with silver.
During the advance on Ladysmith
an English soldier found a leather bag
containing ESQ in gold, which some
Boer had dropped in his flight. I'm
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
BURRELL COMET HAS
TWO DISTINCT TAILS
Lick Observatory Takes Interesting
Photographs of the New Visitor.

SAN JOSE. Cal, June 2S.-The fol-
lowing report was received from the
Lick observatory this evening:
The conspicuous white spot on Sat
urday, which was observed at the Lick
observatory on Wednesday, has not
again been in a favorable position for
identification until Sunday morning,
when it was looked up at the observ-
atory. The spot appeared to have di-
Vided too far to be easily distinguished.
The comet discovered by Burrell a
week ago at Marseilles has been reg
ularly observed with the twelve-inch
telescope at the observatory. 1t also
has been fully photographed with a
long exposure, showing two tails. This
is an unusual observation, as only one
comet in twenty is so situated as to
permit of this direct measurement It's
nucleus is about the brightness of a
9A magnitude star. 1t lies due south
at $3.50 in the morning, 53 degrees
above the horizon, and is about three
f1fths of the way up to the zenith IN
the constellation Agrarius."
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
FORt0RN LOVER.
FIRES EAI|lE SHOTS
s#-- 7f
Attacks Sister of Girl and Her
Hostess, Wonnding
Both.,d

LOWELL. Mass. June 2S.-Joseph
Lamont a clerk in the Office of the
New York. New Haven & Hartford
railroad at Boston. tonight shot and
dangerously wounded Georgianna God
du, aged %. of Winchester. and DR..
Adelaide Payette, aged 35. of this city,
and is still at large.
The shooting was the outcome of
Lamonts infatuation with Miss
Alexenne Goddu, aged 10. sister of
Georgianna. and occurred in front of
the residence of DR.. Payette. whom the
Goddu sisters were visiting.
Lamont held Georgianna Goddu in
conversation for over an hour and
when DIR. Payette came out of the house
to prevail upon him to go away, the
latter fired two shots. one of which
lodged in Miss Goddu's left breast
while the other struck DR.. Payette In
the groin.
Miss Goddu is in critical condition
and cannot recover. DR.. Payette will
recover.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29

able to carry it, and yet unwilling to
lose it, he stuffed it into the first avail
aole hiding place, which happened to
be the muzzIe of a gun. The gun was
at the time standing loaded, but there
seemed no probability of its Immediate
use, and the finder Of the gold hoped
10 get back to his treasure in a very
short time. Unfortunately for him. oc-
caslon arose soon afterward for the
gun to be fired, and, as may be i'm
agined, no trace of the $50 was ever
afterWard obtained.-C Chicago Inter
Ocean,
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
TALLY-HO PARTY
COMES TO GRIEF
French Naval Officer and Friends In
iured at San Diego.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, June 2S.-By the
overturning of a tally-ho this after
noon Lieut.. Mason, of the French
cruiser Protet, now in the harbor here.
was severely injured, and A Blochman
and his son, Al Blochman, bankers Of
this city, were also badly injured. The
party was given in honor of Commo-
dore Adigard, commanding the French
Pacific squadron, by A. Blochman, who
acts as French vice consul in this city.
IN the talIy-ho beside the French com
modore and his officers and the Bloch
mans, father and son, were Mrs. A.
Blochman and Mrs. A. L. Blochman.
The other members of the party es-
capped with a shaking I'D. :.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
Ships Suffer in Collision.

FALMOUTH, Eng, June %. = The
British steamer City of Gloucester.
Capt. Milburn, arrived here with her
starboard bow cut down from the top
gallant forecastle to the waters edge.
her plates being badly indented below
and her forepeak full of water, the re-
suit of a collision in the fog off Bish-
ops Rock with the British bark Eu-
dora, from Vancouver, B. C. The FIJI
dora, 1T is reported, is being towed to
Plymouth
The City of Gloucester was last re-
ported at Hamburg June 8, from Sa-
vannah, Ga.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
CUTS ELOPEMENT SHORT
WITH A BULLET
Chattanooga Man Seems to Have Re-
gretted His Flight.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 28,-
A. M. Cate, a we'll known Iumberman,
of this city committed suicide, early
today on on Southern railway train
near Decatur. Ala. Cate, who was a
married man. his wife being away at
a summer resort. bought two tickets
for himself and Miss Belle RoehI. of
Knoxville, Tenn, for Sherman, Texas,
and the two started for that point
Saturday night
When Conductor Mitchell passed
through the smoking car between De-
catur and Trinity, Ala, this morning
Cate was found lying in the aisle. A
revolver lay by his side and there was
bullet hole in his right temple.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
White Caps Made Visit

COLUMBUS, Ind, June 2S.-William
Harden. who lives one mile south of
NashVIlle, lnd., was taken from his
home early today by five men and had
ly beaten. His wife went to his as
sistance, and i the scuff1e which fol-
lowed her arm was badly bruised. Har-
den claims to know three of the Ave
men. 1t is said that he was white
capped on the alleged ground that he
would not work. He has a wife and
four children.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-29
Badly Distributed.

Rear Admiral Coghlan, who is now com
manding the Caribbean squadron. is re-
membered in every station he visits for
his good cheer. While in the Northwest
he had many encounters with men of
more brawny strength and girth, perhaps.
than brain and refinement
One Of this type had an argument with
Coghian over a sailor the rear admiral
had forgiven for some small offense.
My opinion about this navy Is worth
something, sir" said the man of Drawn.
I'm self-made man. and I'LL
Humph," interrupted Coghlan. az he
looked him over. Maybe SO sir, but, my
the banquet hall than the attic?"-New
York Times.