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HERE is no quarrel SO endur-
ing as one having its rise in
church dissensions.
IN This particular quarrel had
ort1,sted two generations and was still
Tive in the third. 1t began III 1864
~ continued undated until 1877,
Sion the events here related took
W., The trouble originated in this
way:
In 1864 New Amsterdam was so
.,noIl that both Dutch and English set
+Iors gathered for worship in a chapel
T., fort near the Battery. Then Trim
itr church was built. At first both
mitch and English worshiped there in
harmony. The Dutch were then in
power. A. n-u.
Gaining the ascendency, decided that
This should now be the Established
Cbnrch of England. Many objected
70 this and on the 10Th of April, 1896,
some of the church wardens and YES
trvmen decided that they had the pow
or TO call dissenting Protestant min
was done, and the quarrel began.
The division grew wider, and the
Dutch retired and built place of wor-
shin for themselves. Trinity was then
established by grant and law as the
Church of England.
While the Dutch and English had
generally kept to their own people and
WAYS of life, a few had intermarried.
Among the families thus united We're
olivia Van Tuyl, who had married Cor
don SPENCER, and Adam Van Tuyl, who
had welded Mary Abigail Storm. The
Van Tuyl family was bitterly opposed
TO the Trinity church. In that family
was this Olivia Van Tuyl, a motherless
girl, who lived with her aunt, the Wild
ow Hildegonde Dekay. This widow
was Dutch by birth, but had wed an
Englishman.
At the end of three generations there
remained Of the old stock Guert Van
Tuyl, a rich and ugly old bachelor, and
his granddaughter, another Guert Van
Tuyl. But the young man was decid
edly handsome.
The old man was fierce stickler for
the lost rights of his Dutch ancestors
The young man had come from English
stock on his mothers side and was an
Episcopalian. Curiously enough, old
Guert secretly nursed the intention to
be married in the Trinity church and
had even often planned that his funeral
should be held there.
Guert Van Tuyrs handsome house
was in Greenwich street, quite near
enough to allow him to see the grounds
around the church and watch the new
graves being dug. He knew everything
that went on there. His wealth gave
him leisure. His granddaughter was an
assistant in a shipping house. They
were not on speaking terms, though it
was generally understood that if young
Guert would openly leave his pew in
Trinity and come over to the Dutch
church his great-uncle would be a ia
Their to him. But young Guert was also
a Van Tuyl
The prime factor in this story was
pretty Nina Won Peyster, whose father
like old Van Tuyl, was in the West In,
Ola trade, and his friendship for Var
Iuyl dated from their childhood.
The trim and dainty Nina was al
most seventeen and already a notable
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ouse"ire and the best dancer in New
an Her mother was dead.
rnu she kept house for her father.
Io~n i Tue young men In town were in
o., 90 WIN her. but they sighed in vain,
cnor uer bright eyes had found young
'Gert to her liking.
roh'l Won Peyster was a still more
bana uissenter than old Guert. So it
+ol 6pe ,l that when one day old Guert
ana h,has father that he loved her
cons. asheu FOR her hand Won Peyster
Nj with the greatest JOY.
verr md was not so happy over it. That
AFTERNOON, after her father had
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CHICAGO'S APPALLING CATASTROPHE.

business show and gh
W.T. cruelty manned burned
- PROOF that
aricalb its serious SIDE
Chicago the most appalling
In of horrible details it stands hrst
history the city More hVes were
the Lady
the IRE
1871 More lives panic than other hotel
theater times
In te holiday enepsing city of the most
of amusement halls than any other
appalling tragedies of the age The
battle and the horrors the death
terrible than any
holiday mainly Of children IN
suddenly found se
hdeous With an advancing wave
terrified people began de
the city ana was suposeu
Inc bulaers hau the
the construction OF such buildings IN all
inspected and approved by city
such they amounted moth
~ vvos which would not
the flames more directly upon the
adequate but they were cnoKed
of the first frened or saey
disaster Chicago becomes mouse
OF sorroWng
o. them the spirit OF holiday
of spectacle comedy
The fate are gone and
conpeis rendered
y The with Chicago this her hour OF
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DEATH TRAP AT THE MAIN BALCONY EXIT

great piles Of blankets, rubber cloth
anything and everything that could be
utilized.
Ambulances were REINFORCED by doz-
ems Of wagons from these stores and
teaming establishments, and from every
where willing helpers poured out to do
or give what they could. In a little
while, with frantic thousands trying to
batter through strong lines Of police
flung across the corners of Dearborn and
State streets, the bodies of the dead came
faster till it seemed as if there was no
place to lay them.
The north sidewalk of Randolph street
for a hundred yards was covered with
these remains, packed side by side and
covered with white blankets and table
cloths. Soon the great entrance was
choked with them, and faster than
morgue wagons could take them away
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DIAGRAM SHOWING CRUSH SECOND BALCONY ENTRA NcEs

robbed dead and dying in the midst of
the fire.
Ten baskets of money and jewelry
were picked up from the main floor when
the fire was extinguished.
Hundreds Of bodies were taken from
the building, their clothing gone, their
faces charred beyond recognition.
The theater had thirty exits. All were
opened before the fire reached full head
way, but some had to be forced open.
Darkness shrouded the theater with its
hundreds Of dead when the fire was I'M
der control that the building could be
entered.
ruined, the stage a wreck, and the full
loss, it is thought, may be S15OOOO to
100000.
AS the first rush was made for the
foyer entrance to the balconies men,
women and children We're thrown bodily
down the steps.
Not since the fire of 1871, when $50
were killed, has Chicago been mantled by
such a universal tragedy; never has it
received blow so instantaneously shock
ing.
The GOODNESS of Foy, Of the orchestra
leader and of other players, who begged
the audience to hold itself in check, prob
ably saved many lives on the parquet
floor
There were 1000 persons or there
abouts in the theater. OF that number
LAO had seats. The rest were massed
in the rear of the seats on the main no5f
and the first balcony.
The newest theater in Chicago, the
playhouse declared to be freproof from
dressing rooms to capstone, burned till
it's stage was q steel skeleton and its
wrecked interior a charnel house.
OF the unidentified nearly all were so
badly burned that recognition was impos-
sible. Only by trinkets and burned scraps
of wearing apparel could the bodies Of
hundreds be made known to their fami-
lies
From 80 o'clock, when the alarm
was sent in, to 1870 o'clock, when the
doors of the theater were closed, the
charred, torn and blistered bodies were
carried from the building at the rate of
four a minute.
According to nearly all accounts, there
was no real explosion, the sound Of ex-
plosion being that of the fuse of the
spot light, the light which is turned on
a pivot to follow and illuminate the
progress of the star across the stage.
Perhaps the worst of the horror-if
horror can have a superlative- that
a great portion Of the dead are children.
1t was a holiday matinee. 1t was vaca-
ton for the school children and the col
lege boys. Not in the 800 days of Nle
year could there have been such an au-
dience.
Before the first fifty bodies had been
carried from the burning theater a score
or more Of ghouls had commenced search
ing the piles of dead for loot. They filled
their pockets. Rings, bracelets and
watches were taken from the dead. Ear
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they were deposited on the sidewalks and
in every building in the neighborhood.

they were deposited on the sidewalks and
in every building in the neighborhood.
Here and there, men up in the gallery
entrances could hear underneath the tan
gled masses, faint moan-the despair
ing signal Of some unfortunate for sue
cor. Then, tearing, struggling at the
blackened mass to penetrate it and effect
rescue, they labored, cursing and cry
ing. Some Of the still living victims
were rescued and taken out in time to be
saved. Others died before they could be
lifted from the heap Of dead; others,
while they We're being carried down the
staircases.
There were thousand spectacular fea-
lures about this battle with the destroyer
gallant rescues, joyous reunions, noble
labors in relief of pain, unselfish charity
that was splendid and spontaneous.
But to those who saw that terrible
scene, who went if only for a moment
up those stairways and among the twist
ed bodies Of those poor victims, the
whole story Of this swift struggle be-
gins and ends there, and there only
What caused the fire, what property loss
was sustained, where the blame, if any,
can be placed-what matters it, what
can matter, beside that terrible picture
on the stairs, that awful plotting out OF
human lives, that holocaust of cruel
death
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,.,,. # BorrOr Intensified as Scores
Leap to Street or Fall from
the Escapes.
Catastrophe Is Said to Have Been
Caused by Explosion o.
calcium ! enormous gall
~ minutes

Nearly six hundred men, women
II criIircp met a fearful death at the
-, rro1uois Thcater in Chicago We'd
.,,j,v ftcrnoon-tortured and inciner-
,t.l by fire, suffocated by smoke and
,,s, and crushed into nothingness by
m, another while struggling to escape
a, impending doom.
Hundreds Of others are lying between
n. and death, with limbs broken and
hrt at their homes and in hospitals,
rbIe every undertaking establishment in
40 city was MED with dead bodies,
nsny Of which could not be identified.
Tie Disaster the most appalling Of the
saactcr that ever has bcfallen Chi
49, occurred in the middle of the mat
bee performance Of MIR. Blue Beard, J"
with fully 1880 people in the audience,
arse proportion of them women, girls
nd little children.
A calcium light on q stand six feet
a9ve the level Of the stage exploded,
1 nl ia a moment a little streak of flame
ai caught the tinscl Of the stage set
as flooding everything back Of the
hajsbts in a wave of fire.
Panic Sefzes the Crowd.
Eddie Foy, the chief comedian Of the
azT.:y stood out from the panic
Stricken group on tie stage to assure the
audience that there was 10 danger. Even
be spoke the great asbestos curtain
FS let down, caught on one side and
alel to work.
h another instant smoke burst out
tn the top arch OF the stage and from
1ler the bottom of the curtain, and be-
An nan or woman in the seats could
he the Whole roof of the auditorium
's IN blaze, Two gas tanks explod-
din the flies on the east side of the
oeaier and black, choking fumes beat
Town IN a cloud OF death from every
veil.
That was ai. Fear, uncomfortable
III terrible, rcigncd. Men and women
9lsat like wild beasts, filed only with
ne desire for sclf-proScrvation. Little
a'Ps slipped from their mothers up
~ed arms and in an instant their lives
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tan,,y,,o S'ei under foot Girls threw
,rS. .',''S from the balconies and lay
L.. '. a.. all" dying till sufrocation ended
se,s ,.. ,'.'" people in the orchestra
c,rr ,,. ." s,.NE access to the doors. grad
Il Ham, , v, ,"''r WHY to safety, but most
s,s ,~ '"FeW aside wraps. pocketbooks,
t.n y; "tf|iA'ns that seemed to burden
1, IN ~ We'r rush for life and the open
es,,o,: s.''e OF the panic, in spite of the
kga ''"' nearly all of them were
Bit IN p' .S Floors Death Traps.
cso, ~ "a The balcony and the gallery the
q raE. obstruction wrought his fright
e,5earD, ~ WILL The flame and smoke
I, pe,TI, "" these upper floors caught
Gent If t,s :, V'tore they realized the full
u a.,' i yle danger. 1t seemed incredi-
e'rsns 'rs "ttIe rush of fire could lap
en- M ~ Quickly and reach out after
,Rea p,I stroke of lightning.
t,ae, o when the f,ll meaning of the
Sst1a Win g.e 10 them they fought and
y l a''h one another for safetrNbot.
ell sno JEulmpeded animals with the
s'aiOg nl"s curling all about them, ev-
s egep ~ -. into absolute darkness,
Way or t."endly lantern to show them
VI this dance of death.
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HORROR TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Men fell on their knees and prayed.
Men and women cursed.
For an hour the rescue work was car
ried on without other light than that Of
candles.
OF the 900 persons seated in the first
and second balconies few if any escaped
without serious injury.
Under pretense of serving as rescuers
ghouls gained entrance to the theater and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-01-08
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SENDS
MESSAGE OF COINCIDENCE

The following telegram of coincidence
from President Roosevelt was received
by Mayor Harrison:
Garter H. Harrison, Mayor Of
Chicago: In common with all our
people throughout this land, ex-
tend through you to the people of
Chicago my deepest sympathy in
the terrible catastrophe which has
befallen them.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
kilograms poured in in an avalanche.
Among them were messages from Wen
ma, Liverpool, Philadelphia and Chatta-
nooga and other cities.
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Of the stage near the proscenium, ignited
-

Of the stage near the proscenium, ignited
it, starting the fire.
There were $50 drop scenes hanging at
the theater at the time, and to prevent
these from taking fire also the stage man
ager directed that the burning drapery
be lowered. Instead, the men in the fly
gallery, in their excitement, raised it, and
almost instantaneously the flames leaped
to the other hanging scenery.
Before the sense of danger became
general the flames surrounded several Of
the calcium tanks. With a binding,
scorching puff, which sent a sheet of
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Whole Country Must Heed.

Punishment adequate for the guilt or
negligence that permitted such a calam-
ity cannot be conceived. No penalty can
atone for it. Not in the spirit Of ven
gcance, but in sad determination that
such disaster must for the future be
made impossible, there must be the most
searching investigation of it's causes, Of
the means which may prevent its repe-
tition. When these are found the whole
country must heed the lesson.-New
York World
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STARTED BY SPARKS.
Electric Arc Light Tgnites Gauzy
Stage Draperies.

The fire originated from sparks from
one Of the eight electric arc lights which
hung in the first entrance back of the
proscenium arch, just behind the drapery
on the south side OF the stage. These
were in use at the time to throw spot
lights on the performers during the moon
light scene. One of the sparks, striking
upon the drapery hanging from the top
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fire to the stage by lowering the asbestos
drop curtain, which is required by the
city ordinances, but for some reason not
clearly explained it could not be brought
down more than two thirds Of the dis
lance.
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white flame out into the auditorium,
these exploded, scattering the fire and
starting the wild, terrible scramble for
| safety.
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rings were even torn from many of tho
women. In the blackness Of the theateR
they could work unobserved, but 1t was
not long before the police had discov-
cred their presence and made war on
tber2.
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the main one, his opening first would
cause the Confederates to weaken their
left, opposed to Sedgwick, and thus afford
him a favorable opportunity.
S6. 1t happened frequently during the
war that dispositions We're made during
the day for attack the following morning.
Attacks thus planned i'm advance generally
failed, as might be expected.
81. 1t would have been move we'll adapt
ed to the circumstances had Gen. Meade
on seeing his plan of operations frustrated.
advanced on Fredericksburg instead of
falling back to his old line across the Rap
idan. This would have had the character
Of an offensive movement, and would have
saved the morale of the army and the con-
hdence of the country, both of which were
rudely shaken by these frequent fruitless
operations. But here Gen. Meade was
met by previous prescriptions from Gen.
Halleck, not to make any change Of base
This absurd piece of pedantry prevented
what would have been an excellent meas
ure. From Gen. Meade l learn that he
would assuredly have made this move, had
he been free to do 50.
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Widows.

Upon the death of your soldier husband
apply for pension promptly. 1t is one OF
the provisions he leaves for your mainten-
ance. In most cases the pension will COM
mence from date of application Some.
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All About the New ''Age" Order.

THE LAW OF JUNE 81. 1890. AND THE NEW
"AGE'' ORDER.
The laws of June q, $780, and May O..
1900, provide for a pension, according to
degree of disability, from Sc to $12 per
month for any soldier of the War of the
Rebellion who served 90 days and was hon
orably discharged.
The new GAGE" Order simply says that
any claimant who has arrived at the age
of G2, or Go, or 6S, or 20, is presumed with
out further proof (and, inferentially, with
out examination) to be suffering disability
sufficient to warrant Sc q month pension
at age of 62; $S month at age of 65; $40
a month at age of 6S and $12 month at
age Of 20.
TO GENERAL LAW PENSIONERS DRAWING
LESS THAN $12.
If under the law of June q, 1890, as
construed by the New "AGE" Order, which
is given elsewhere, pensioner will receive
an increase, he should write to Il. w.
Shoppell, or The National Tribune, Wash
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TO PENSIONERS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE
q, 1890, WHO ARE RECEIVING LESS THAN
$12 PER MONTH.
Read very carefully the new "AGE" Or
der given in another column. If it allows
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REBEL RIGHT TOO STRONG TO ASSAIL.

REBEL RIGHT TOO STRONG 1O ASSAIL.
Early Monday morning the army was
under arms, impatiently awaiting the sig
nal-gun. At last, the sound of Sedgwlck $
cannon came rolling along the line, when
the entire artillery of the right and center
opened upon the works Of the enemy. But
not an echo from Warren on the lett! 1 he
explanation of this silence soon came in
intelligence brought by an Aid-de-Camp
close observation of the enemy's position
by dawn revealed a very different state
of facts than was presented the previous
evening. $50. The presence OF Warren S
troops had attracted Lees attention to his
right, and during the night he had power
fully strengthened that flank by artillery
in position and by infantry behind breast
works and abatis Looking at the position
with the critical eye of an engineer, but
not without those lofty inspirations OF
courage that o'erleap the cold dictates OF
mathematical calculation, Warren saw
that the task was hopeless; and so seeing,
he resolved to sacrifice himself rather than
his command. He assumed the response
bilty of Suspending the attack.
HEROIC PREPARATION TO DIE.
His verdict was that of his soldiers-a
verdict pronounced not in spoken words
but in 4 circumstance more potent than
words, and full of 4 touching pathos.
The time has not been seen when the
Army of the Potomac shrank from any
call of duty; but an unparalleled expert
ence in war, joined to a great intelligence
in the rank and file. had taught these men
what, by heroic courage, might be done,
and what was beyond the bounds of hui
man possibility. Recognizing that the task
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"a. lin order to secure an efficient and
active reconnaissance, orders were given to
every corps commander 10 prepare himself
to attack the enemy in his immediate
front, and 10 examine critically, and to
ascertain, as early as he possibly could,
where would be the best place to attack
the enemy. y.'-Meade's evidence: Report on
the Conduct of the War, p. 345.
50. This disposition was based on the
hope that as Warren's attack was to be
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LEE CONCENTRATED RAPIDLY.

Meanwhile, the intention was fully dis
closed, and Lee, as may be supposed, was
not inactive. Hills Corps, which had been
scattered far south of Orange Court
House, was called up; Ewell was with
drawn from his advanced position on
which he had checked French and con-
fronted Warren, and the whole Confeder-
ate force concentrated on the line of Mine
Run, to bar progress beyond that point.
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IS. l speak here of the opinion of the
army; for what is called public opinion
was much divided. The fact. however
that the views of those ut home were
cal considerations (the supporters of Nc
Clellan condemning and his opponents ia
voring the overland rOutel. makes public
opinion hardly worth discussion.
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Corps. With this force it had a brisk
brush, and by the time it could extricate
itself. get on the right road. and open COM
with Robertson's Tavern, it
was night.
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you more pension than you are now re-
ceivng, write to X. w. Shoppeil, or The
National Tribune, Washington, ID. c.,
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TO REJECTED CLAIMANTS.
Any one over 62 years of age whose
claim, under any law. was rejected should
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Tribune, Washington, D. c., and proper
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TO THOSE WISHING TO ALICE MORE DIS
ABILITY THAN IS PRESUMED BY TIE
AGE ORDER.
The AGE" Order presumes and allows
that claimant is half disabled for manual
labor at the age of 60; two-thirds disabled
at the age of 6J five-sixths disabled at the
age of 6S, and wholly disabled at the age
of 70. If the claimant can not show that
he has greater disability at these respective
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for him to describe his ailments. 1t is
disadvantage, in fact, because it will incur
the expense and delay of medical examina-
ton. If claimant is in fair health for
his age, it is useless to apply for more than
is allowed by the "age" order.
Any one, however, who is sure that he
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VOL. XXII[-NO. 35.-WHOLE NO. lloO.
To Those Who Have Never Applied for Pension.

of ohave
applied for pension and that the majority them We
We
dpuin
circulation before finally
R.
D. C., blank will be mailed
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is more disabled than is allowed for by tht
AGE Order should write 10 r. w.
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4 Promising Manuver Which Failed of Great
Results from Insignificant Causes The Army
Goes into Winter Quarters for Much Needed
Rest-Gen. Grant Appointed Ii. q Tenant Gen.
ersl in Command Of All the Armies.