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The Washington times., 1904-02-14

None of the boys with No. got
hurt seriously, but nearly all of us got
well blistered and burned. Some of us
got hit on the head by falling bricks.
II never saw anything TO equal the
fire in all my life. We would be stand
ing on one of those narrow little streets.
when all Of sudden the fire would
rush out OF fourth story window.
across the street and go into top
window on the other side. In less time
than it takes to tell it the roof of the
house would be gone.
The Washington times., 1904-02-14

Everybody was as good TO us as
possible. We never suffered for FOOD
or anything the whole time we were
there
Lively Experiences.
Chief Belt and Marshal Bieber had
many lively experiences while they were
working with their men. Chief Belt
started over wearing his famous tan
shoes, which he claimed could turn
water as well as rubber boots.
"YOu'G better let me get you some
boots, Chief" said his assistant, Grit
The Washington times., 1904-02-14

dAL'c<bO-Nf-i Is DTllSln5a nlSner
NM price at the present time than
v v ever before-with one excep-
tion-since it has been an article of com
mereial value. 1t is worth $50 a pound
now. The seasons catch was only 5O.09e
pounds, whereas the New York market,
which is the greatest distributing point
for this commodity in the world. de-
mands from 100000 to 100000 pounds an
nually. 1t has been said the prevailing
high prices are due to the formation of
''whaleboue trust and a consequent
f"corner;" but the real cause is the
gradual disappearance OF good whales
into the inaccessible places OF the Arc
tic Seas and the consequent inability OF
the whalers to catch them.
One firm in San Francisco. from which
port most OF the whalers fit out. reports
that of its five steam whaiers one re-
turned with 10000 pounds of bone. two
came back with empty holds and another
brought 1s,coo pounds from the nth
steamer, which now Is vintering neal
the mouth of the Mackenzie River
Thus FIVE ships only got 5000 pounds o.
bone, when fair average would have
been eO.OOo pounds. As it costs $2s.oO
TO fit out one of these vessels for tw,
years cruise. the loss on this venture
alone runs up into big figures
Tie representative OF one company. n
spea king of the gradual decline in ~.
yearly catches. said his hrm would b,
The Washington times., 1904-02-14


There have been criticisms of the
Baltimore fire department for allowing
the fire to get such Roadway that it
could not be controlled. ! think they
arc wholly unjust.
A Lifetime's Experience.
In all my forty-odd years experience
in fighting fire have never. seen any
thing to approach that fire. Engines
and water We're powerIess before it. All
we could hope to do was to turn it a
little and aid the wind in driving it to
point in the city where it would burn
itself out
We stuck with the fire from start TO
finish. We went into 1T at Fayette
Street and McClensnd Alley and we fin
ished on the east side Of Jones Falls
During that time moved my men over
twenty times.
And there was where we were at
disadvantage frpm the very first We
were in a strange city and did not
know the location Of the fire plugs. Here
in Washington / can put my finger on
any fire plug in the city. Whenever /
get in any neighborhood / know just
where TO order the engines.
In Baltimore 1t was different When
ever we had to make a move had to
send men ahead to locate the plugs for
US.
I'VE had plenty of water in good
volume and the pressure was strong.
Every now and then We would think we
had good stand. but in a little while
the fire would drive US away and we
would have to run for all we were
worth
Did More Than Our Share.
Another thing that has not been
commented on strikes me as being
worthy OF notice. That is the propo;
ton Of its total number of fire pieces
Washington sent 10 Baltimore out OF
fourteen Gre pieces. we sent five. which
is more than one-third and think no
one can find fault with that
Philadelphia sent seven out Of about
forty. 1 think. and New York sent
eleven out Of more than hundred
Our boys did we'll over there. and I
was proud Of them"
I'VE had a hot time Of it. said Fire
man Williams, Of No. q AS fast az
The Washington times., 1904-02-14

ON THE WAY TO THE RAILWAY STATION.
The Washington times., 1904-02-14

Fire Chief:
w. 7. Belt.
Fire Chiefs Staff {:
r. J. Griffin.
The Washington times., 1904-02-14

~ RAISE for the washington fire
fghterS-who went 20 the aid OF
Il frc-swept Baltimore has poured
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Outbreak in Honduras.

News of the killing of General Vene-
gas, commandant of Yoro, Spanish Hon
duras, reached New Orleans yesterday
by the steamer Anselm, from Puerto
Cortez. General Venegas was killed in
political uprising between the followers
of the present administration and the
Conservatives. General Venegas is said
to have been shot by one of his soldiers,
who turned traitor at the approach Of
the generals opponents, who opened
fire as they advanced on the command
ants headquarters. The plot had been
carefully planned, and when he resisted
his own meu turned their weapons on
their commander. YOre is asmall place,
about one hundred miles from the At
lantic coast, and the uprising indicates
that another revolution is brewing in
Honduras in opposition to President
Bonilla for his action in causing the in
generation of ex-President Ariz and six
members of the Chamber of Deputies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Virginia News.

Ballard Gibson, young man of AM
herst county, accidentally shot and kill
ed himself while cunning near his home
at Monitor, yesterday morning.
Lewis Rodgers, while swimming in
the Rappahannock river below Fred
ericksburg Sunday was taken with cramps
and was drowned before assistance could
reach him.
Capt w. w. Baker, the representative
of Chesterfield county in the legislature,
was hurt by being thrown from his bug
gy yesterday. While his injuries are pain
iul, they are not serious.
Mr.. J. w. Truslow, living near Fred
ericksburg in Stafford county, was struck
by a train Saturday evening at Quantico
on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad, and was severely in
jured.
Rev. DR.. John Pollard, the well-known
Baptist minister, pastor of the church at
Bowling Green, was stricken with paraly-
sis Sunday while in the pulpit. He was
lken to his home and is in critical con-
dition.
Notice has been received by the mer-
chants 10 Richmond of an increase in
freight rates, effective July /. The rate
will be advanced l to cents a hundred
for less than carload lots from Virginia
points south. The roads making the IN
crease are the Atlantic Coast Line, sea-
board Air Line, Southern, and Western
North Carolina.
So Indifferent are the voters of Rich
mond that it is suggested socialist or
an Independent may be chosen mayor OF
that city at the regular election today.
Last April primary was held and nom
nations made for mayor and members of
city council. Captain Carlton Mccarthy
was nominated by the democrats for
mayor. He now has opposition in the
person of w. f. Tilley, independent,
and Henry L. Rhodes, socialist.
C. B. Miller, a young white man, who
says his home is in Pittsylvania county,
not far from Danville, was arrested on
the Southern Railway, near Lynchburg
on charge ofattempted criminal assault
on the aged wife of Policeman Marshall
Chenault. Mrs. Chenaut states that the
man entered her home about 9 o'clock
yesterday morning aud seized her by the
arm. She screamed and he ran. Miller
denies saying anything wrong, and says
he only asked for breakfast.
The lifeess body J. C. Land, a
travelling man, of Norfolk, who has been
missing from that city since Friday, was
found yesterday afternoon in his room at
the Davis Hotel, on East Main street,
Richmond. Two empty laudnum bottles
beside him showed the cause Of death.
Coroner Taylor, who made an examina-
ton, considered no inquest necessary, as
it seemed to have evidently been a case
of suicide. Mr.. Land left a note on the
table beside him, in which he requested
that someone would take care of his wife
and children.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Republican National Convention.

Chicago, June H.-The first session
of the republican national convention
will begin at 2 p. m. tomorrow, when
the Wisconsin delegate contest will be
taken up.
Several speeches are to be made in
launching Mr.. Roosevelts nomination
before the convention next week. Form
er Governor Black, of New York, is
scheduled to place the President in NOM
ination, Then will follow six powerful
spell binders.
There is more talk among the repub-
lican magnates who are gathering in
Chicago today about who will be the
Vice Presidential nominee, and who will
be chairman of the national committee
than there is concerning Roosevelt.
The van guard of Fairbanks boomers
came in from Indiana last night
Mr.. SCOTS hackers as a result are be-
ginning to set up and notice things. 1t
is probable that Hit headquarters will
be established today or tomorrow in one
of the leading hotels.
1t is not at all improbable that the
leaders may select Governor Murphy, of
New Jersey, chairman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Wrecked bv Natural Gas.

In natural gas explosion in Brad
ford, Pa, yesterday evening one man
was killed, another fatally Injured, the
home of r l.. Sheckels was wrecked
and property valued at S3l 600 was de-
stroyed. Several persons had narrow
escapes from death. Two men named
Lawrence and Nutting, both carpenters,
had been employed to repair the interior
of Sheckles' house One was under the
building, and it is supposed that he ac
cidently broke the gaspipe connections.
A volume of gas accumulated, and, be-
coming ignited, exploded with terrific
force. The shock was felt over a con-
siderable portion of the city. The house
Immediately collapsed, and flames sprang
up in the debris, communicating with
the storage plant of J J. Cole, adjoin-
ing. Mr.. Cole found Nutting lying
some distance from where the explosion
had occurred. He had been blown
through two walls by the exploding gas.
The flames soon completely destroyed
the Sheckels' establishment, entailing a
loss OF $29, 900. Coles loss is 81, 600.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Utilizing the Dead Sea.

1t is believed that before very long the
Dead Sea will be exploited for industrial
purposes. French engineers are at work
on three different projects with this pur-
pose in view. The level of the Dead
Sea being more than 1900 feet below
that of the Mediterranean and Red seas,
it is thought by connecting either of
these two seas by means of canal with
the Dead Sea a stream of water would
flow with a velocity calculated to pro-
duce some 20, 600 horsepower. There is
no DANGER it is asserted, of an overflow
ing of the Dead Sea, for the waters
there eyaporate at so great rate o.
900, 900 tons a day. that the incoming
waters would make no appreciable diff
ference in the level. One project is to
start the canal from the Bay of Acre,
lead it southwark past Mount Tabor and
let it join at Baisan the water of the
Jordan. Another plan is TO build the
canal along the railway line from Jafia
to Jerusalem. This would mean blast
ing a tunnel Of some 81 miles through
the mountains of Old Judea. The third
project the cheapest, proposes to start
at Akaba, in the Red Sea, aud pass
through the desert OF Wady-el-Jebel.
Having obtained power in this manner,
it is thought many industrial works
would be carried on. i London Daily
News
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14

Hopkins and to place Willard Dunlap,
Hearsts Illinois campaign manager, at
the head of the Illinois democratic ma
chine.
Himself moving spirit in a Bridge
port Conn. organization founded as q
Thirteen Club" and later reputed to be
suicide club, George Wagner by his
own suicide yesterday, leaves but one oil
his fellow-members to survive MN.
While it has been denied that the organl-
cation was suicide club, it Is note
worthy that all but one of the men who
were identified with it died by their own
acts. Mr.. Wagner was found dead at
the Morton House, early yesterday. Mr..
Wagner was a wealthy German resident
of Bridgeport and unaccouutably left his
home Friday. He leaves a wife and
two daughters. He owned much real
estate aud had been in good health.
The only surviving member of the club
is said to be a jeweler in Bridgeport.
G. G. Kennison, president of Miners
Union, No. 40, of Cripple Greek, Col,
was arrested yesterday afternoon by City
Marshal Moore, of Goldfeld, as be was
going to the miners headquarters in
Denver. The charge against him is
murder, alleging participation in the
blowing up of the Independence station
with dynamite. Kennison did not re-
sist arrest, but after his arrest he got in
t. an alteration with Moore and the
Iarshal struck Kennison' on the head
with a revolver, making a scalp wound.
Kennison declared that he knew nothing
about the explosion. 81 think the war
is nearly over" said Governor Peabody
in Denver, Col, Yesterday al have
news from General Bell that the Grip
pie Greek mines are open and running
today, and there is comparatively little
disailection among the men. There IS
no news of further trouble or any likeli-
hood of any.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Nan Patterson.

New York, June l4.--Nan Randolph
Patterson, the actress, who was indicted
yesterday by the grand jury for the MUIR
der of Frank Caesar Young in cab
on June 4th, was arraigned before Judge
Newburger in the court of general ses-
sions to plead to the charge this morn
ing. At the request of her counsel,
Abraham Levy, the pleading was de-
ierred until next Friday, when a motion
for the inspection of the minutes of the
grand jury will be made. Counsel Levy
said this morning that it was hispurpose
to bring the case to trial at the earliest
possible moment. "Nan Patterson will
90 upon the stand" he said, land tell
her story of the death of Caesar Young.
Her story VIII clear her. She will con-
ceal nothing"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Royal Visitors.

Munich, June 14.-Princes George
and Konrad of Bavaria, elder sons OF
Prince Leopold, left here for Bremen to-
day. From Bremen they will sail for
New York and make tour Of the prin-
cipal towns in the United States. After
visit to the st. Louis exposition the
Royal pair will make tour Of Japan,
India and Egypt. Baron Dereitzenstein,
captain of the Bavarian Life Guards,
accompanies the princes. Prince George,
it will be remembered, visited the United
States in June, 1903. and was accorded
most enthusiastic welcome in the vari-
GUS cities which he visited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Printing Jefferson Bible.

Nine thousand copies of the 'Jetier-
son Bible" will soon haze been printed
by the Government Printing Office and
will be distributed according to the pro-
visions ofthe act of Congress authorizing
the reproduction. This Bible is formed
of clippings made by Thomas Jefferson,
and has been the subject Of frequent con-
troversy among the clergy and laity of
the country because of the fact that JEFF
ferson, in making his collection of clip
pings for III revisi d edition OF The Gospels
eliminated all miracles and in other ways
wrought at variance with the accepted
traditions of the clergy of all sects. Many
obstacles have been placed in the way Ct
reproduction of the unique work and t
was not until May, 1902, that Congress
authorized the duplication of the work
by photo-lithography. The original, then
in the National Museum, was according
ly transferred TO New York, where the
preliminary work was to be done and the
plates were made. The book is in very
poor-state of preservation, much of it be-
ing decayed and parts almost illegible,
but it has been returned to the museum
no worse than when it left there for the
photographers. OF the 5000 copies to be
printed from the plates 5000 will be for
the Senate and the rest for tie House.
Ofthe work Jefferson said "Itis para
digm of Jesus doctrines made by cutting
the texts out of the books and arranging
them on the pages of blank book in
certain order of time or subject. A more
precious morsel of ethics have never
seen -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Died on Operating Table.

Robert Freeman, seven years old, and Me
son of Il. B. Freeman, prominent lumber
manufacturer, of Norfolk, met with a sad and
sudden death upon the operating table at the
st. Christopher Hospital yesterday. The
child walked down town with his father yes
terday morning, played around the office un-
ill noon, when he walked to the hospital on
FreemasOn street for the purpose Of submit
ting TO the knife in a minor operation. The
little fellow was as brave as a lion when he
faced the array Of instruments and the awe
inspiring paraphernalia of the operating
room, and after brief preparation, jumped
upon the table and told the physicians he was
ready for them. The doctors, Lomax Gwath-
mey and Kirkland Rufiin, conduct the insti-
tuition echild was being placed under
them ~ iether, he struggled little.
anda;g Iylost his breath for a second.
In thai eeriod the drug overcame him.
and every ot.empt at resuscitatiOn failed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Effect of the Cut Rate.

New York, June l4.-So great is the
number of immigrants expected to ar
rive at New York this week, that the
authorities on Ellis Island believe it will
be necessary to erect tents on the island
in order 70 Accommodate those detained
for investigation. The great influx OF
foreigners is due to the new ten dollar
rate from London to this port inaugu-
rated by the international Mercantile
Marine and the German lines as the re-
suit of a rate war. The officials of these
lines insist that the reduced rate is not
bringing into the country an undesirable
set of immigrants, but the immigration
authorities are on the alert and every
body who takes advantage of the cut is
going TO pass a rigid examination before
being allowed to land on American soil.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14

ton. DEL, Jeffersonian in reply to mes
sage asking Mr.. Byan's attitude. Many
Of Mr.. Bryan's friends have long thought
that it is nigh time Tor him to bury his
resentment toward certain members oil
the democratic party who failed to see a
panacea for all woes in the Kansas City
platform. liz small communities man
with sore place, and who can talk OF
nothing else, is to be avoided. when
people achieve national notoriety they
do themselves no good nor do they en-
nance the interests of the party to which
they belong when they refuse to allow
past issues to burn ont.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Difficulty Settled.

The long-standing difficulty between
the Brotherhood and Amalgamated Car
penters' unions aud the Council ofAllied
Building Trades, which has been agitat-
ing the Central Labor Union in Wash
ington for several weeks, was decided
last night at the regular meeting of the
latter body. The effort of the council
to have the carpenters expelled from
the central body was defeated, and the
carpenters unions which have been ex-
PEELED from the council will be reinstated
at meeting of that body to be held to-
night. The basis of the agreement
reached was not made public by the Cen
trail Labor Union, but it is understood
that the carpenters unions made con
cessions to the Council of Allied Build
ing Trades upon which the satisfactory
agreement was reached. The whole
difficulty grew Outof the demands of the
carpenters of the Brotherhood and Anal
gamated unions for the issuance Of a
union card by the Council of Allied
Building Trades which differed radically
from the usual card of that body. The
demands we're refused, and the carpen-
tiers, rebelling, were expelled from the
council. The fight was then taken TO
the Central Labor Union, and request
from the council that the carpenters be
expelled from the central body was voted
down. A committee was appointed TO
investigate the matter, but not until last
night was a satisfactory report submitted.
1t WIS adopted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Archbishop FalcOnio.

Rome, June l4.-There is a POSSIBLE
ity that Archbishop FalcOnio, Apostolic
delegate at Washington, will not return
to that post. Immediately after arriving
in Rome today, Falconio sent David
Fleming deputy General of the Francis
cans to Cardinal Gotti, with long s ate
ment wherein he explained the condi-
tons which must exist both at Rome
and Washington if he consents to return
to America as Apostolic delegate. If
these conditions do not exist, he says,
his work in America will continue to be
neutralized by intrigues at Rome.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
To Sneak in New York.

New York, June 1I.--Mr. WIN. J. Bryan
will tell New York democra8 at Cooper
Union on Monday night why they should OPP
pose the er-Hill- Relmont-McCarren COM
bination To have Mr.. Bryan set forth the
issues of the campaign from the radical point
of view, the anti-Hill mass meeting called
for Saturday night at Cooper Union has been
put over till Monday night. Mr. Bryan is on
his way east. He will speak in Indiana on
Saturday night. Frederick w. Hinrichs, Of
Brooklyn, who ran on the anti-Tammany
ticket last fall for controller, will share the
speaking hOnors with Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Hin
richs is a Cleveland democrat. He was in
1896 a candidate for lieutenant governor on
the Palmerand Buckner ticket. Mr.. Bryan
acceptance an invitation to speak at the
anti-Hill mass meeting means that he is
against the nomination ofJudge Parker. The
Parker men have been advertising the asser-
ton that Parker voted for Bryan twice. This
has not placated the Nebraskan, however.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
Attempt to Escape.

Columbus, o., June 14.-But for the
bravery of Guard S. Z. Richards, Oh
duty at night in the penitentiary annex,
the ten men awaiting death in the State
prison might now be at liberty. Shortly
before one O'Clock Tuesday morning, led
by Moses Johnson, the murderers made
desperate effort to escape. Johnson, at
that hour, asked to be let out Of his cell
to 90 to the toilet room. His cell is on
the second range end When he reached
the ground floor ne further asked to go
into the front room for some soda to set
tie his stomach. Guard Richards con-
scented and Immediately on opening the
door of the front room of the. cage the
prisoners in that range rushed upon him
and knocking him to the floor, sought to
bind and gag him. The guard made a
desperate fight, however, and succeeded
in raising an alarm. He was brutally
beaten though not dangerously hurt, be-
fore help arrived. The disappointed
murderers, seeing that the attempt had
failed, suffered themselves to be locked
up without resistance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
A Foreign Invasion.

New York, June 14.-Although the
influx of diseased, criminal and other
wise undesirable immigrants whose pres
ence here is chiefly due TO the cut in
steamship Storage rates has only begun,
there are nearly fifteen hundred immi-
grants now detained at Ellis Island. Of
these held for special inquiry nearly all
will have to be deported, aud fully 90
per cent of those in the New York room
will also 90 back. The usual proportion
of the latter deported is only per cent.
Officials at the island called the immi-
grants that landed yesterday the most de-
graded and ignorant they had seen there.
The fears of the officials that the 81. 60
rate would attract the scum of Europe
has already been realized. Paupers,
idiots and criminals are plentiful among
the immigrants now arriving. 1t is the
opinion of the officials that the Euro
pean cities have taken advantage of the
cut rate to ship here their paupers, crimi-
mails and general ne'er-do-wells. Immi-
grafton officials believe that in time the
steamship companies will either 60 back
to the old steerage rates or examine steer
age passengers more vigorously, since 50
many of those now arriving will be de-
ported at the expense of the warning lines.