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Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06
FIRE ESCAPES OF BUILDING
HAD NOT Been COMPLETED

The theater had been constructed
but a short time and all it's equipment
was not yet in place. This was un-
fortunately the case with fire escape
in the rear of the building. The small
iron balconies to which the iron lad
der was to be attached were put up,
but the ladder had not been con-,
structed.
When the panic was at its height a
great number Of women ran for these
fire escapes only to find, as they
emerged from the doorway upon the
little iron platform, that they were
thirty to fifty feet from the ground,
a fire behind and no method of escape
in front
Those who reached the platform first
endeavored to hold their footing and
to keep back the crowd that pressed
upon them from the rear.
The effort was utterly useless and
in a few moments the iron ledges
were jammed with crowds of women,
who screamed, fought and tore at each
other like maniacs:
This lasted but brief interval and
the rush from the interior of the build.
ing became so violent that many of
them were crowded off and fell to the
granite paved alley below. Others
leaped from the platform, fracturing
legs and arms, and two were picked
up at this point with fractured skulls,
having been instantly killed. 49,
Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06

Suhocated BY gas It Was IN these two
doorWays on the first and second bal-
'conies that the greatest loss Of life
occurred II
!. J When the firemen entered the build
ing th3 dead were found stretched In
apile reaching from the head ofssthe
stairway atstleast sei ght feet from the
door back to 4 point about Ave feet ii;
the rear of the door. This mass Of
dead bodies in the center Of the door
way reached to within two feet Of the
top Of the passageway. =" /
All of the corpses at this point were
women and children.
Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06
!. DOnnestiCs

80 IN. heavy unbleached Sheet ~,
", lngt clearance clear price. e........ 5 cents
Good Prints NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4 cents
White Shaker Flannel. ....... 3A cts
.1oc Outing, Flannel. ........ TX cts
One lot Of Outings. ...:. ....... 4 cents
Fleeced Dress Goods. ...... 5 cents
Mereerizsd Fleeced Waistings.> 10 cents
~ in. pure Linen Crash, worth
:@l2Nc for... :........ ....., 81 cts
Good Cotton Crash. ..,...>... 3N cts
Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06
Hosiery:

The best: Hose for the least money.
Boys extra heavy feeced Hose,
best 25c quality for. ...... 80. 10 cents
Ladies fine silk fleece Hose,
worth SOC, sale days: ......:. s. cents
Ladies black 'heeced Hose, sale
,priee pair for. ~: :. Is cents
Mems extra heavy wool Hose, *,s.4
best CSC quality for. $50. ~ cents
Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06
DEAD BODIES HAULED AWAY
IN DRAYS LIKE CORDWOOD.

IN DRAWS LIKE cORDWOoD.,
Although all the patrol wagons and
every ambulance owned by the city,
was pressed into service they were
utterly inadequate: to carry away the
dead and in short time there was a
line of corpses fifty feet long piled two,
and three high on the sidewalk in
front Of the theater. It found,
necessary In order to convey the bod.f
les rapidly to the morgue and to the
various undertaking establishmentsstoI
Impress trucks into service and in}
these, upon costly blankets furnished
by the dry goods stores in the vicin-5
2tty " and: covered with the same matey
trial, the dead were hauled away prac-.
tically like SO much cordwood. !. 81: .|.:..
Chicago, Jan. 4::Mayor Harrison
has ordered the closing of every the
ater in Chicago without exception un-
til it has been definitely ascertained
that they are not violating any city
ordinance. This is supplementary to
the mayors previous order which
closed nineteen theaters, about half
the total number of playhouses in the
city. II H. :, 80 .7.@z Ssz @1.Ia
| Chicago, Jan. Warrants charging
Harry j. Powers and Will j. Davis
owners and managers Of the Iroquois
theater, and Building Commissions
Williams with manslaughter have
been issued by Justice Underwood on
complaint Of Arthur b. Hull, hose
wife and three child dren i were killed
lin the Iroquois theater flre. So
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-20
Leads all North Carolina Daiies i'm News and Circulation
are expected daily at the mouth of the

are expected daily at the mouth sf the
Yalu river
The reports that there are 5000 Cos
sacks in the neighborhood of Gen-San are
denied The Russian cavalry is scoutin
along the east cost of Korea but not so
tar down as Gen-San.
Lack of transportation facilities, ae-
coring to the Russian advices, are delay
ing the japanese In Korea the roads are
I'm a dread ful state. The Japanese
horses are dying by the hundreds. it will
be impossible 10 bring up regular field
artillery and they will have to rely on
mountain guns. General Kuropatkin's
disposition, the general staff says, are
progressing rapidly and satisfactorily.
The troops concentrating below Mukden
are being sent TO their allotted positions
About $4,000 are employed in guarding
the railroad but the number is consid-
cred sufficient The Japanese are making
desperate efforts to blow up bridges and
criprlo the road.
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In Complete Control.
(By the Associated Press

Shanghai, April 19.-Noon.--Authentic
advices from Seoul, dated the 18th instan;
declares that the japanese are in com
pletc control Of Korea, and that the Rus
sian scouting parties have retired across
the Yalu before the japanese. who occu-
pied WIFI practically without resistance
The japanese army is divided into two
forces one sor expcditionary purposes,
and the other for occupation
The former numbering $4,000, is aG-
vancing to the Yalu and the latter. cen.
sisting of $4,000 reservists is making far
sighted communication arrangements with
the headquarters at Seoul. where there
is garrison OF 1000. The headquarters
of the transport service is at Chemulpo.
Railroad building and road grading is
progressing rapidly. The fortifcation OF
Kojedo Island, at the mouth OF Masamphc
hartor, which protects the Southern err
minus Of overland communication. also
guards the passage to Vladivostock and
Port Arthur through Broughton Strait
Forty transports off Hal Ju are supposed
to have landed part of their forces at
Takushand, and it is htc evident inten-
ton to tiscmbark second army AT
Yongampo preparatory to forcing tine
valu
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They are, However, Bound
by Unit Rule.
SAFE MAN is WANTED
The Pennsylvania Democratic Platform
Declares Roosevelt a Menace to
Constitutional Government,
to International Peace,
to Stability.
(By the Associated Press.)

Harrisburg, Pa, April 19.--The Demo
cratic State Convention, which was he'll
here today, refused to instruct the Ma
tional delegates from Pennsylvania to
vote for the nomination of Judge Alton
b. Parker, of New York, for President.
The delegates will go to ST. Louis dnin-
structed and will be bound by the unit
rule.
n attempt was made at the meeting Of
resolutions committee of the conven-
tion to amend the platform by substitute
ing for the unit rule plank paragraph u
structng the delegates for Parker. 1t
failed and the platform as adopted by the
committee was UNANIMOUSLY adopted by
the convention.
Justice Samuel Cuisine Thomson, of
Philadelphia, was nominated by accamaton
for Supreme Court justice to succeed him
self for the full term of twenty-one years.
The delegates at large to the National
convention are Colonel James NJ Guffey.
State Chairman j. X. p. Hall, exGover-
nor Robert E. Pattison and Robert E.
Wright.
The National delegate and electors chos-
en- by the delegates from the Fifteenth
and Twonty-seeond districts are contested.
The contests were referred to a commit
tee to be appointed by State Chairman
Hall. Chairman Hall will be reelected to
morrow by the State committee at its an
nual session. =
The platform says the thoughtful senti
inent of the country has become distrust-
full of President Roosevelt's administra-
tion and declares that:
Safe dignified administration has given
way to strenuous, spectacular partisan
ship, national and international. and have
been fashioned and moulded as stepping
stones to the Presidential succession.
To-day the country finds in Theodore
Roosevelt a standing menace to Constitu-
tional government to international peace
and to business stability and prosperity,
1t turns to the Democratic organizations
for safety and relief-to that party of con.
servatives which from its birth and
through so many years, was the bulwark
against which the spirit of sectionalism.
atheism, radlcalism and tho crude. wild
theories of experimentalists dashed in
va:2'
On trusts and taxation the platform
81 s:
While we recognize the right of capi-
tai in all legitimate lines of enterprise to
combine for the interests of business, We
believe that by wise legislation rigidly en-
forced against such combinations, their
evil tendencies can be prevented. without
needless destruction to the capital upon
which labor must depend for employment
and compensation. We believe that a ma
jority of the unlawful trusts now in ex-
istence are the direct and natural exer-
else OF Republican tariff duties which de-
stroy competition, and inevitably breed
combinations for monopoly To remedy
this evil should be ono of the first pur-
poses OF tariff revision. To such revis.
ion our party stands pledged
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government by permitting fraud in the
gauging reports, Newland having pre-.
vlously held a position as storekeeper at
registered distillery.
Probably the most interesting case
which will come before the court at this
term was that of negro indicted for re-
failing at Hendersonvilie and convicted.
This negro was caught selling whisley to
the prisoners in the Jail at Hendersonville.
and it was brought out that the whole af-
fair had happened unknown to the jailor
there. The main witness was former
Federal prisoner in the Jail, and upon
Hlearning that liquor was being sold the
Federal prisoners, Judge Bod ordered
that Marshall Milliken lcok into the mat.
te rand see II the Hende~sonvillc Jail was
a proper place to Jail prisoner.
The county Democratic executive com
mittee met here yesterday and set May
IA as the day to hold the county primaries
and the 10th as the day to hold the county
convention which will elect delegates u
the State convention.
Fire is raging in the woods near here
1t is supposed to have caught from hot
cinders from passing trains.
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SkrydIoff En- Route East.
(By the Associated Press. }

st. Petersburg, April 19.-Vice Admira
Skrydlon arrived here today on his way
to the Far East, where he will take com
mand of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur
He was accorded an enthusiastic reccp
ton by the people who thronged the
streets.
Admiral Skrydloff received a popula,
demonstration, the scenes rivalling these
witnessed at the time of General knropat.
kin's departure for the Far East. The
Nevsky prospect was crowded from enc
to end and the depot was almost taken
by assault The Admiral vas accompanied
by Lieutenant Shishlo, whose brother was
lost on the Petropavlovsk. ard who
begged for the privilege of taking his
brothers 2lacc.
TO his friends Skrydioff has declared
that his aim win be to conserve the fleet
al Port Arthur as a menace to the enemy
until il is reinforced.
The Admiralty says the damages n
the battleship Pobeda are slight and soon
will be repaired.
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The Day in the Senate.
tBy the Associate Press, ,

Wy IHc -Assutlato IfeSS.
Washington, April 19.-The question of
additional accommodations in the way of
offices and committee rooms for the SEN
ate occupied the attention of the SEN
ate the greater part OF the day. The
subject arose in connection with the pro-
visions in the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill. one Tor an extension of the, east
front OF the capltcl building in accord
ance with sketches left by Architect Wal
tcrs. and the other for an outside office
and committee building Much variety
OF opinion was expressed and the ques-
ton was still under consideration when
the Senate adjourned.
Mr. Berry tArk.l spoke in opposition
to the provision fer a huilding for Sen
ators. He said that before it could be
completed the building would cost not
less than $4500,oo0 This he pronounced
II piece OF extravaganza which surpassed
anything he had ever seen in the Sen.
ate
Mr.. Bailey supported the amendment.
He did not want Oriental magnifcence
but he did want splendid buildings. Sen
stors In Washington should not live in
huts or stop at wagon yards nor should
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-20
IT IS, NOT GUILTY
Verdict of Jury as to C.
C. Jones in Godfrey
Bond Case.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Goldsboro. n. c., April 19.-When Su-
rerior court convened at $50 O'Clock this
morning the hall of justice was again
crowded to hear the last of the famous
Godfrey bond case Col W. T. Dorteh, OF
this city, of counsel for the defendant,
made the closing speech His Honor,
Judge Brown then delivered his charge to
the jury. He charged the jury that the
State must prove beyond a reasonable
doubt that Mr. Godfreys bonds had been
stolen; that the bonds received by the
defendant. if he received any, were the
identical bonds lost by Mr.. Godfrey; and
that the defendant was convinced at the
time that he received the bonds. if he
received any. that the bonds were stolen.
The charge was listened to with rapt at
tention.
The case was given to the jury at 1912
and they returned to the court room at
10:17 with a verdict of not guilty. This
is the closing chapter in Mr.. Jones
case of matter which has oc-
cupicd considerable space in the newspa-
pers and claimed the attention of the
public fer some time. The defendant has
been completely exonerated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-20
With Matches and Pencil
Niedmeyer Sought Death
THE MATCHES EATEN
With the Sharp-Pointed Pencil He
Tore Open Veins in His Arm and
When Bound Up Clawed
Them Open With His
Nails.
(By the Associated Press.)

Chicago, April 1S.--Peter Niedermeyer
the leader of the car bandits. condemned
to die on the gallows on Friday. made two
desperate attempts at suicide today. His
condition as result is so precarious that
it is feared he will not survive Should
he still be alive next Friday he will be
carried to the gallows and executed.
Niedermeyer planned his attempted sui
eide carefully. First he masticated and
swallowed the heads of rs or 100 sulphur
matches While the phosphorus was
burning his stomach he sawed at the radiai
artery OF his left wrist with sharp
pointed lead pencil. Striking bone in
the wrist he gave up trying to cut the
artery and turned his weapon to the
large veins on the outside of his left
forearm and with 1abs he lacerated the
flesh and muscles of the arm and tore
open the veins, leaving large jagged
wound exposed. through which the blood
gushed in streams, dyeing his bed clothing
and running down over the cell floor in
pools,
His second attempt came after the
wounds had been dressed and closed by
the county physician. Neidermeyer was
lying apparently unconscious in the hos
pital under a guards care. His right
arm and hand were hidden by the bed
clothing and with hardly discernible
motion he slipped the handages off bis
left arm and with his sharp finger nails
tore away the threads in the wound and in
serting his foreflnger into the ragged hole,
he worked again at the veins and sought
to reach an artery. He unconsciously ut
tered q groan and made convulsive
movement which attracted the physicians.
nurses and the guard, and on throwing
back the coverlets the attendants saw
with horror that Niedermeyer had torn
away the bandages and re-opened the
wound. Niedermeycr opened his eyes. and
with leering wan smile exclaimed:
Let me die. Doc. Go away and let me
die. You were almost too late the first
time. Now why do you try to save my
life"
A letter written by Nedcrmeyer. prior
to the attempt at suicide, was found con-
cealed in his cot In the letter the writer
incidentally expresses repentance for his
career, and he regrets leaving the few
who have loved him. but chiefly the let
ter is a morbid glorifeation OF the writer's
courage and his loyalty to his kind In
contrast with Niedermeyer's associate,
Gustav Marx. The letter says:
There are four reasons why !, should
take my life.
First. Because of the public boast
that / cannot commit suicide while am
so closely guarded
Second. That L cannot cheat the
scaffold.
Third. That they cannot say they
executed me and made me pay for n
crime.
Fourth. To have another mystery for
the ignorant police to solve
The letter concludes as follows:
1T seems very pleasant to have this
everlasting enjoyment of rest / am an
atheist. and do not believe in any re-
ligon.'
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On
THE YALU DAILY
The Japanese in Complete
Control of Korea
ALEXIEFF HAS ENOUGH
He Applies to the Gar by Wire to be
\ Relieved as viceroy. 1t is Be-
Iiaved that His Request
Will be Granted at
Once.
Once.
(By the Associated Press.)

Lao Yang, April ia number of un-
important skirmishes are reported along
the Yalu river. Six japanese soldiers were
killed by Russian scouts on April 16 Fir
ing was heard on April Is. but the result
of the engagement is unknwn.
The outposts on the sland OF Yalu, be-
tween Anju and Wiju, have been engaged
in continual slIirmishes for several days
Some japanese are reported to have been
killed At night. when the japanese retire
they disguise themselves in the straw
cloaks of Koreans. They are making
bags. with bark mating. which they nll
with earth and use in building their de-
censive works.
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they have their offices in inaccessible
portions of the capitol. He said the Sen
ate annex. now used for Senatorial offices
was fire trap.
MIR. Bacon expressed himself as op
posed to the proposed addition to the
capitol, saying that to make such an ad
ditlon would be little less than a sacri
lege.
Mr. Teller opposed the east front ex.
tension, but advocated the new building
saying that as the country grows de
mands upon the capitol will grow He
expressed the opinion that a time would
come when it would be necessary to pro
vide accommodations for Senators from
Alaska and Porto Rico and gave voice
to the hope that it might be necessary
to make room for Senators from what is
now the Dominion of Canada.
The Senate adjourned until tomorrow
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Dispatch Of Troops Suspended.
(By the Associated Press }


ST. Petersburg. April 19.-7:2S p. MT
was claimed by the general staff today
that General Kuropatkin now has 300,0 00C
men at the theatre of war, sufficient for
present requirements. A prominent officer
of the staff informed the correspondent
of the Associated Press that the dispatch
of troops to the Far East has been sus-
pended for the present General Baron
Stakelberg has been given command OF
the first East Siberian corps, to which
belong the advance forces, General Kash
talinsl1y jbeing in command of the third
division. at the Yalu river
1t is positively asserted that the circum-
Baikal railroad was connected a few days
ago. Construction trains can now pass
around the lake, but the line viii not be
opened TO troop trains or passenger
traffic for two months.
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Fleet Of Japanese Transports.
(By the Associated Press,

St. Petersburg, APRIL 19.-(4:So D. m1--
No continuation has been received here
mp to this hour Of the reported arrival
of big fleet of japanese transports in
tho Gull of Pc Chi LII Reports disfc,
widely as to the destination of the feet
Kin Chou, situated on the narrowest part
OF the Lao-Tung peninsula. above Port
Arthur; kai-Chou, south OF New-Chyaup
and New Chwang itself being mentioned
by the various reports. In the best in
formed military quarters the eorre,nond.
cnt OF the Associated Press finds consid-
cradle skeptieism in rcgad to the renorted
japanese landing in Liao-Tung Gulf ard
an inclination TO think it has been tc
widely advetised to prove more than a
ruse II a heavy hiding occurs now ey.
ccpt in Korea. the Russian authorities
are more disposed TO believe that II vii,
be near Takd Shan Japanese transnor,s
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-20
The University Presidency.
(By the Associated Press. J

Richmond, Va. April ia >..arlottes
vile special says
At the conclusion of the afternoon ses
sion of the university Board of Visitors,
at which the matter of the presidency OF
the institution was discussed at length
it was announced that there would be
no disclosure as to the status of the ques-
tion of electing a president at the pres
ent meeting of the Board of Visitors. Ex-
actly what this means no one knows.
The board assembled again in the evening,
but not to discuss the presidency.
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Full Republican Ticket.
NBy the A.soclatcd Pres..l

UBy the Associated Press.)
Jacksonville, Fla, April 19.-Acting or
the powers conferred by the Florida Re-
publican Convention at ST. Augustine the
Republican State Executive Committee
today put full ticket in the field as
follows:
For Governor-M. b. MacFarlane.
Secretary OF State-John +. Horr.
Attorney General-Fred S. CubbcrIy.
Comptoller-J. L. Skipper.
Treasurer-E. NJ. Breisford
superintendent of Public Instruction
w. r. ONel
Commissioner of Agriculturc-J. S.
RoUloy.
Railroad Commlssioner-H. J. Ritehie.
Justice OF the Supreme Court-M. e
Sheppard.
Associate Justices-O. S. Farr, c s.
Adams and e. F. Axtell
County committees will be urged to
place local tickets in the field in every
county in the State and speakers viii be
sent broadcast throughout the Stale.
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Primary in Georgia To-day.
lBy Che Associatod press. }

(By the Associated Press)
Atlanta, Ga, April 19.-Thc State Demo-
cratic primary will be held In every
county in the State tomorrow for the pur-
pose of nominating State officers. There
will be but two contests in this election.
that between Chief Justice +. j. Sim
mons of the Supreme Court. and Col.
r. b. Russell, who opposes him for this
Office and Judge J. s. Turner, OF the
Prison Commission. who will be opposed
by Judson NJ Strickland. Governor Ter
rell, Treasurer Park, School Commission
er Merritt Comptroller General Wright.
Secretary OF State Cook, Commissioner Of
Agriculture Stevens and Attorney General
Hart have no opposition.