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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-29

The government of Paraguay Will
expend $4,000 for building a market
hail in the city of Asuncion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-29
enepard's blowing Pictures With En-.
tire New PROGRAM.

Sh,n"rd's Moving Pictures with a
WASH collection of novelties never be-
fore exhibited. comes to the Opera
House on Thursday and Friday. Nov
" and 4. and Friday matinee at $50.
The great standard of excellence so
long maintained by Mr.. Shepard will
he far enhanced by an entirely new
series of pictures obtained at great ex-
penditure of time and money and will
embrace magic, travel. adventure,
comedy and dramatic incident COM
hmed with historical pageantry that
will hold the eye and mind entranccd
throughout the performance
A few of the subjects that will in
ter"st are. "A Voyage to Italy" Fire
and Flames The Magic Fan "A
Genuine German Boar Hunt 1.-The
Old Homestead etc. All are the
acme of animated photogra phic art and
appeal to every taste.
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that the Dandanelles should be open to
all or mono.
France-Eecause of her present ALI
ance with Russia. France views the
question i'll a different light from that
in which she regarded it at the time of
the Crimean war. when all countries
connected with England in the treaty
OF 1886. which was confirmed by the
treaty of Berlin. she favored the pro-
hibition of warships passing the straits.
Observation-Disclosures the intimate
relations between the houses of Savoy
and Romancf, this government has no
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-29
3o3 VOTES.
Roosevelt Almost Sure of
This Total.
Republican Victory Will be
Greatest Since 1872.
Parker's Campaign a Failure Because
He Stands for Nothing.

Washington, Oct. 21.--With but 10
days remaining for active campaigning
but ole result of the Presidential cleo
ton appears prob tble. That is the
election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks by
a majority in the electoral college
greater than that received by am
candidate for President since Grant
overwhelmed Greeley IN 1872.
The present prospect is that Theodore
Roosevelt will have at least sos cleo
toral votes and perhaps ~ more. That
may seem an astonishing prophecy
but all Political signs must point incor-
rectly if such is not to be the result
To be sure the campaign has not been
characterized by that lively interest
and intense excitement which is Gus
tCmary TO note in Presidential contests.
For want of political enthusiasm rho
campaign has been said 10 resemble
that Of 1892. This is the only thing,
that Affords any hope to the Denio-
Gratis. who are talking to keep up their
courage Of a political revolution. which
will give them the States OF New York.
Connecticut. New jersey. West Viz
ginia. Indiana. Maryland, Colorado.
Montana, Utah and Idaho. There IS 81
course. a possibility of such political
revolution but there is certainly roth
ing to indicate it.
There are decided differences hatWAaH
the campaign Of 1872 and that of toca.'.
Cleveland then stood for n distinct
issue tariff reform. He had In pos
tige Of a comparatively Succc, sal adj
rlinistr alton four years before. i.'h.n
was d;scontented. Harrison bal made
many enemies within his own pIr II.
and Rad the reputation OF being c''.l.
This year the Democratic candidate"
stands fer nothing. His p'".oH.''ft"
has made no impression rrnY tn" "1IU-
try. He has been a 9rieyou: Iis.,V-
pointnent to his party from thr L. gin
ming of the canvass. Tariff r-f.'r.n r-:s
tried by the Democrats after .. vita
disastrous results to the county,.
Prosperity prevails and the personality
Of Roosevelt has captured tn" country.
The Roosevelt administration stands
for accomplishment. 1t has not been
successfully aSSail On any Cl.p pO'at.
The Young men arA with the PrrSidenE.
Labor regards him as its especial
| friend. In general TIE people know
what to expect from him ANA Cor what
| he stands. and have ret heard o."
| loci, al sustained argument against bis
| election. The Democrats have rai':"l
no living issue. They are lacking II
harmony and collra ge. Their can
pi'ign has been mismanaged and tn III
candidate A failure.
In these circumstances, halirg man
aged their own campaign quietly AMI
efficiently. with favorable reports fr@,n
all quarters except from The solid
South. the Republicans are confident
Al this date it can he said what Stat,s
appear to be certainly Republican,
f! They follow:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-29
AMUSEM ENTS.
Jere McAu!iHe Stock Co.

Jcrr McAuliffc. n talented character
comedian. we'll known to thcatregocrs
in this city will bring his popular
stock company to Augusta for two
performances only. opening at the
Opera House Tuesday afternoon, Nov
l. in he sensational melodrama Ten
~ ss."'s Pardner." Mr.. McAuiffe has
tc"n appearing before local amusement
lovers for a number of years. formerly
rs 4 member of Thomas E. Sheas
conn any. but for the past half dozen
years as the star of his own organiza-
ton and it can be said in his favor
that he has always given his patrons
full value for every dollar received.
He always surrounds himself with
clever actors, up-to-date specially art
lists and eauips his plays with special
scenery which fully carries out the at
mosrhere of each story being told in
play form.
As an actor his work is clean cut
and decisive and he usually mana ges
to Keep those in front of the house in
the best Of spirits while he is on the
stag. This season he promises even
better entertainments than in the past
SO we can look for good deal.
On Tuesday night "A Working
Girls Wrongs" will be presented.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-29

al am fully satisfied that your Peruna
is an efficacious remedy for catarrh, as I
and many Of my friends have been
benefited by its use."-W. G. Hunter,
NJ. d.
Well known men Of dignity and promi-
hence in the United States endorse and
recommend Peruna for catarrh.
, II you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write a once to DR.. Hartman, giving =
full statement of your case, and he win
be pleased to give you his valuable Ads
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
! Ohio
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-29
Commodore Nicholson Of the U. S.
EllN

NGty.
Commodore Somcrville Nicholson. OF
The United States Navy in letter from
ISL R Street, Northwest, Washington,
DC, says:
"Your Peruna has been and is now
used by so many of my friends and
acGuaintancoS a. sure cure for catarrh
t.:It | am convinced Of its curative
qualities and ] unhcsitat:ncly recon-
m"nd it TO al persons suffering from
that complaint.'-S. Nicholson.
U. S. Minister to Guatemala.
DIR. ". ,iodfr"y Hunter, L S. Minister
. Gna:"maia. ard cN-incmlcr of Con-
- frG;n Kentucky, in u letter from
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-29
Chinese Honeymoon"

Chinese Honeymoon which is to
De presented at the Opera House. Sat
uroay Nov. ;. is certainly an interna-
.iona! musical hit, in the true sense of
the word. The opera is now being
presented in its fourth year in Europe
a'o VIII this season be presented in all
the large cities on the Eastern CONT
heht' The opera contains so many
a''ractive features than it promises to
De q popular opera cen after it has
peen Seen by everyone. who appreciat ties
clever book and bry ght. catchy music.
Ths opera is PRESCRIBED with all the
aDora'e lnvestatyire, the scenery and
...essories' the lights and the cos
stas Dt,'nl' especially beautiful and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-29

reason to change from the attitude as
srned in the Crimean war. in which
Piedmont participated as the ally of
England.
The general English opinion is view.
tonight. by the Tribuna, leading gov
eminent paper which calls Admiral
RojeStvcnsky lunatic, adding that IL
complete satisfaction is not given war
will be inevita BILE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-29
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. NJ. +. Mason nf Dover. y. H.. is
guest of relatives on Cony street.
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AWFUL DISASTER TN
CHICAGO THEATER ]!
Fire Breaks Out During the
Performance and ManV
Hundreds Perish.
LIVES CRUSHED OUT IN The FRENzED ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
Almost Six Hundred Souls Sacrificed i'm the Appalling
Catastrophe : Unfortunate Victims Mostly
Women and Little Children.
LIVES CRUSHED OUT IN The FRENzED ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE

rate Of four a minute. Many blankets
filled with fragments OF human bodies
were taken from the building.
Like Rats in a Trap.
Most grewsome were the sights in
the upper balcony of the burned thea
ter, when the police and firemen began
removing the bodies. There $50 per-
sons, caught like rats in a trap, had
died in fearful agony. Along the rail
guarding the edge of the pit were
stacked the bodies of the hapless VIC
Tins, their limbs drawn and faces set.
Indications in the highest balcony were
that in the last few seconds of the
struggle for life the agonized people
had crushed forward, intent upon
throwing themselves to the floor below.
Their arms were interlocked and the
muscles set so hard that much force
was necessary to separate them. In
the end of the gallery nearest the stage
the fire had done its most awful work.
There were found bodies charred be-
yond the possibility of recognition,
some with shreds of clothing still
clinging to them. A number of the
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Terrible Scenes ARE ENACTED
IN THE PLAYHOUSE OF Death
Rescuers Are Forced to Walk on Dead to
Extricate Living---Exits Choked With
Bodies of Women and Children.

Chicago, JAN lon the heels of the
firemen came the police, intent on the
work of rescue. Chief O'Neill and
Assistant Chief Schuettler ordered cap
tains from a dozen stations to bring
their men, and then they rushed to
the theater and led the police up the
stairs to the landing outside the east
entrance to the first balcony.
The firemen, rushing blindly up the
stairs in the dense pail of smoke, had
found their path suddenly blocked by
wall of dead eight or ten feet high.
They discovered many persons alive
and carried them to safety. Other
firemen crawled over the mass of dead
and dragged their hose into the theater
to fight back the flames that seemed
to be crawling nearer to turn the fatal
landing into funeral pyre
Passages Strewn with Bodies.
Among the elevated passages lead
ing from the foyer to the balcony
were strewn scores of women and
children, who, in the struggle inside
the doors, had exhausted their strength
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ly became so great that sheltering them
was impossible. Wrapped in blankets,
they were piled along the sidewalk for
hundred feet, four narrow lanes divid-
ing the piles and affording passages for
the firemen and police.
GhOuIs at Work.
In the midst of the fire a cry of hor-
ror went up from those in the building
rescuing the dead, when it was discov-
cred that men were robbing the dead.
Before the first so bodies had been car
ried from the burning theater score
or more of thieves had commenced
combing the piles of dead for loot. They
filled their pockets. Rings, bracelets
and watches were taken from the dead.
Earrings were even torn from many of
the women. Two men were found who
had provided themselves with baskets
and were filling them with the property
of the dead. The work of the ghouls
was reported to Chief of Police O'Neill.
The Burned Theater.
The Iroquois theater was built at a
cost of $450,000. 1t was opened to the
public with it's first and only attraction
November Is. Managers Davis and
Powers said Wednesday that there was
but $4,000 insurance on the building
1t was supposed to be absolutely fire.
proof, and little insurance was consid.
cred necessary.
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victims bodies had burned to the seats,
so that the firemen were either forced
to rend the bodies in removing them
or use axes on the seats to which they
were fastened.
Men fell on their knees and prayed.
Men and women cursed. A rush was
made for the Randolph street exits. In
their fear the crowds forgot the many
side exits, and rushed for the doors at
which they had entered the theater.
Little boys and girls were thrown to
one side by their stronger companions.
The 12-year-old son of Mrs. F. A. Nor
gan, of 1876 Webster avenue was lit
orally scalped by a man who grasped
the boy by the hair and threw him to
one side. With his hands the man tore
the boys hair out The mother held to
her sons arm. Alive, but injured, both
were carried out
Work of Rescuers.
The struggling line of rescuers which
followed the conquest of the flames be-
came steady stream as a strong wind
from the front cleared the theater of
smoke and the odor of burned flesh.
Down the front stairA the rescuers be-
hind treading on those before them,
went the line of workers, their blankets
shielding the nakedness of the bodies
from the gaze of the crowds in the
street. Four stories above the street
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which inclose the stalls in the top Of
the house were wrung from their sup
ports in the awful rush of the mad
dened horde that strove for the one
door. Piled and mangled in CHASTITY
mass in the rear aisle near the door
were hundreds of MANNED and charred
bodies. Children were dragged from
the heap with skulls crushed in and
limbs broken.
At MOrgues and Hospitals.
Morgues and hospitals were the scenes
of wild disorder and frantic grief for
hours after the disaster. Kipsfolk and
friends sought their loved ones, frantic
with grief, threatening to break win
dows and overpower the police unless
permitted to enter and search for the
bodies of those they loved. Heavy po-
lice guards were necessary to keep the
crowds in check at Rolston's and Jor-
dams morgues. At the same time the
hospitals were filled in with injured.
Many, of them unconscious, many of
them writing in pain from their burns,
the yet living victims were taken to the
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
A Chance for the Militia.

Every officer and enlisted man in the
Minnesota National guard, every civil
ian who has seen service in the regular,
volunteer or militia forces, and every
private military school graduate In the
state, soon will be given an opportunl-
ty to appear before board OF officers
at Fort Smelling and be examined as 10
his fitness for the position of a comm1s-
sional officer in the volunteer forces Oh
the United States.
Every applicant for examination will
be permitted to name the rank for
which he thinks he is fitted, from the
grade of second lieutenant to that OF
colonel, and the questions propounded
to him will be in accordance with the
requirements of the rank to which he
aspires. This means that private IN
any national guard regiment, If he SO
elects, may stand the examination Tor
colonel, and if he passes it he will have
a good chance of going to the front IN
command of regiment when Uncle
Sam needs troops.
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wards, where hastily collected extra
forces of nurses and physicians did all
they could to alleviate suffering. Many
had breathed flame and were in the
stupor that preceded death; many had
been scorched from head to foot, and
some died on the way to the hospitals
or shortly after their arrivals.
Never have such scenes been wit
messed in Chicago's institutions for the
care of the dead or the suffering. The
capacities of many were exhausted long
before all had been taken care of.
Wounded Fill Hospitals.
Rolston's morgue was filled early
when 100 bodies were laid out in rows,
and wagons carrying hundreds of 9TH
ers were turned away. And all the
while, as the black wagons, express
wagons, carriages, vans, carts, wagons
for delivery of meat, groceries and mer-
chandise of all sorts, arrived with their
fearful burdens, the crowd surged
around the doors in waves that the DO
lice could scarce withhold and hailed
each new arrival with frantic manifesto
tions of grief and horror. Those in
front strove to get nearer and look at
the faces of the dead as they were car
ried in and those in the rear surged for
ward. The whole human mass, swayed
by common impulse, moved in tide
that almost swept the policemen from
their feet.
Greatest In COuntry's History.
The Iroquois theater was vastly more
destructive to human life than any other
playhouse fire in the history of this
country. The fire next to it in point of
lives lost occurred December 5, 1876, in
Conway's Brooklyn theater, Brooklyn,
N. Y. Here 295 of the audience persisted
in fierce flames. The day after Christ
mas in 1911, while the play, ''The Bleed
ing Num-" was being performed in
theater at Richmond, Va, fire started
that burned 70 persons to death, among
them the governor of the state, George
w. Smith. Only two European theater
catastrophes approach that of the local
playhouse. On December 8, 1891, the
Ring theater in Vienna burned and S75
lives were lost. In the destruction of
Lehmans theater in ST. Petersburg be-
tween 600 and 700 persons were killed.
In the great Chicago fire of 1871, the
largest conflagration of modern times,
in which 2,124 acres were devastated.
but 200 lives were lost, so far as the most
reliable information showed
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most spectacular means of rescue were
adopted. From the fire escapes at The
rear of the theater to those of the old
fremont house were laid three narrow
planks. Across the little bridge thus
formed were transported the boales OF
80 dead. Twenty injured were also
taken across the chasm. Many of the
rescuers on this bridge were stage
hands who gave little heed to the drop
of rs feet which would follow false
step. While in transit across the chasm
the bodies of the dead and injured were
steadied by the use OF rope by the
rescuerS.
Removal of the Bodies.
Coroner Traeger and his two physi-
clans, Joseph Springer and Otto Lewke,
arrived at the fire early. The coroner
took personal charge of the removal of
the bodies, $50 policemen and 200 fire.
men working under his orders. In their
first efforts to take out the dead, the
rescuing parties had much trouble.
Numbers of the dead were nearly nude,
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and who, when the outside and COM
parative safety were reached, were un-
able to continue to the street and fell
helpless upon the marble floor. Some
were deau when the rescuerS reached
them and some still showed signs of
life. These latter were hurried to the
street and committed to the waiting
about the entrance, ready to carry
them to nearby stores and restaurants
and to the police ambulances which
soon began to arrive.
There are three doors leading to the
main balcony from the front of the
theater and most of the imprisoned
spectators attempted to escape by way
of the east one. This door is higher
than either of the others and farther
away from the stage, and it is thought
that this accounts for the number that
tried to use it. The fire approaching
from the stage gradually drove them
back to the east wall, where they per-
ished in the frenzied jam.
Women Beaten Down by Men.
Comparatively more men than wom-
en- gained positions anywhere near the
door. According to one man who es-
capped, they climbed over the backs of
the seats, beat down women and chill
dren and even walked over their
fallen bodies. They tore children
from their mothers and threw women
WHO blocked their way out of the aisles
on and beneath the seats
AS soon as the bodies which blocked
the door were cleared away the chief
and his assistants turned their atten-
fortunate as to even get near the
doors. Charred and stiff in death,
women and children were found appar-
emily in the very seats from which
they had viewed the performance. One
little lad of about IL years was found
caught between two seats not half
dozen feet from the center door. There
was no one near him and he seemed
to be one of the few who in avoiding
the rush for the door above fell vic
tins to the suffocating heat.
Bodies I'm Galleries Burned Most.
Although there were more people
killed in the main balcony than in the
upper galleries those high up in the
theater were more burned and charred.
Here, as in the lower balcony, the vic
tins seemed swept by the fire to the
door nearest the rear wall. Seats were
torn from the holdings and the rails
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having been stripped of their clothing
in the rush for safety. The heat of the
fire and the water thrown in extinguish-
ing it combined to make the bodies
Shiny and most difficult to handle.
There was less difficulty after thou
sand blankets had been brought from
the store of Marshal Field e Co., half
block away. Firemen and spectators
worked together in removing the last
200 bodies, which were taken from the
building in less than an hour. AS fast
as the blanketed forms were taken to
the street doctors examined them. The
dead were ordered taken away, the liv-
ing hurried to the temporary hospitals
in adjacent buildings.
Bodies Piled on Sidewalk.
When the dead became so numerous
that the ambulances could not carry
them away as fast as taken to the street
it was the first thought of the rescuers
to carry the bodies to the shelter of ad-
jacent business places. Twenty dead
were carried into Thompson's restau-
rant, east of the theater. There they
were piled beneath tables and covered
with tarpaulins and blankets from the
fire wagons. The crush of bodies final
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News in Brief.


The next session of educators NAV
go to Duluth.
Peter Stegendahl, aged 40, was
found dead in bunk in q lumber
camp at Homestead, Wis.
The Young Mems Sunday club of
st. Paul will endeavor to get st. Paul
colored railroad porters to refuse tips.
Senator and Mrs. f. w. Durant of
Saltwater celebrate golden wedding
anniversary and give recipe for do
nestle happiness.
Charles Hammerstrone, aged 63, and
unmarried, expired suddenly while en-
gagged in conversation with August
Oman at Hastings.
Work on the actual construction of
the Twin City building at the Worlds
Fair in ST. Louis will be commenced
some time in January.
The controller of the currency has
approved the application for the or
ganization of the First National bank
of Leroy, capital, $4,000.
Judge Loren w. Collins denied that
he has withdrawn or intends to with
draw from the race for the Repub.
ican nomination for governor.
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Valuable Land.

State Auditor s. G. Iverson, received
from the United States general land
office a second list of 6,296 acres OF
swampy lands in the Chippewa Indian
reservation which have been awarded
to Minnesota under recent decision
of the secretary of the interior An in
stallment of IL, 17S acres was received
few days ago, making total OF IT,
4S4 acres.
The la4ls in this second list were in
cluded among those from which timber
was to be sold Dec. % at Cass Lake for
the benefit of the Indians, under the
Morris law, passed June 81, 1902. These
lands have been withdrawn from sale,
as were the lands in the first list, the
timber on which was scheduled to be
sold Dec g.
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Inside City Limits.

Two full grown gray wolves killed
within the city limits, of Duluth, is the
report made at City Clerk Cheadle's off
ice by Captain Joseph w. Mann of the
steamer Mary Mann, resident of West
Duluth.
The animals were killed with strych-
nine some distance from the city proper
in the vicinity of Spirit Lake. Because
the wolves were caught in the city linn
its Mr.. Mann was obliged to procure
certificate from the city clerk in or
der to receive his voucher from the
county auditor. He will receive $25
for the scalp of the female and SIS for
the male.
The days work will net him obout
$45 in bounties on the wolves and a red
fox killed at the same time.