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YOUNG WOMEN HURT
!. 8. IN FIGHTING FIRE
Misses Lillian and Florence Reid
Brayely Sought to ,Extinguish
Flames That t, Started in Their
Grandmothers Home. 81

BY hard work, LILLIAN and Florence
Reid to-day prevented flames from
spreading at their home at No. sl2 West
FHfty-fl Nth street.
Tho young women and their brother,
Horatio. live with their grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Reid. Miss Lillian saw
flames In a paper basket In her brother 5
room. Picking up a heavy comfortable
the young woman threw It over the
basket, and then called to her sister.
who was in an adjoining room.
The fire had gained too much head
way, and the women were compelled to
resort to the use of water in order to
keep the flames under control until the
arrival of the fremen. Then the blaze
was sooa extinguished.
Miss Lillian Reids hair and eyebrows
were singed and her hands slightly
burned. Her sister, was also slightly
burned on the hands.
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and quickly grabbed the intruder, who
she knew at first glance did not belong
in the house. He fought her OF, and
her cries brought her mother. who also
grabbed the man. He freed himself of
both women and made his escape.
The entire household was awakened
by the commotion, and with n bucket
brigade and snow they put the blaze
out, which was burning brislly near the
coal-bin. Word was sent to the Tender
loin police, and Kelleher was sent to
investigate. Upon leaving the place he
PASSED Anderson. and recognizing him
as the man who had been arrested on
Christmas Eve and held in Bellevue for
FIVE days under examination as to his
sanity, decided to take him to the sta
tion-house and have him explain what
he was doing in the neighborhood.
Kelleher and mis- prisoner were passing
the tenement on the corner when flames
and smoke burst .otn OF the windows
and, dragging the dishwasher bo an
alarm box he sent In a call for ap-
paratus
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Life span of the Human Race.

(From HarpePs Weekly.)
Science has given the human race
only limited span of existence. This
was one of the prospects which dis
tressed Darwin. and 1t has weighed
on many other sensitive minds. Some
three millions of years or SO Is about
the average estimate. The discovery
OF radium naturally led to the question
whether the existence of the metal in
the aun might not indefinitely prolong
tnat luminary's active life. Much dis
appointment was therefore felt at the
results of investigations undertaken by
~ Cambridge scientist. After some
months exposure of very sensitive So
l1tions TO the sun. he was unable to
OF radium rays: The verdict, therefore.
fords no reason for altering the cosmlca1
time scale. But Sir william Ramsay's
proof OF the, transformation of radium
so into heiium revives the hope that
Esdlnna may. after all, be a constituent
4f the sun. 1t is well known that the
nnectroscope reveals the abundant ex-
Islence In the sun of helium-this metal.
HI1eeds was discovered In the sun before
Ez5Eze known to be q terrestrial proper
4#-and II seems possible that ali this
##IIum may be transformed radium gas.
Z e that once more II appears prematiire
- init me existence of the human rs
= ~ aennite nulGDeE Of million year.
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to to-day's. and they will hold him u,til
an investigation has been made by the
Fire Marshal.
The worst OF the blazes planted was
in big double deck tenement on the
northeast corner of Seventh avenue and
Thirty-frst street, also known as No.
iG7 West Thrty-first street.
A fire was set In the first floor and In
the basement The Railways and the
apartments rapidly filed with smoke
and the tenants were driven to the fire.
escapes. Children wept bitterly as the
cold struck them and women shrieked
Tor help. Every one on the first three
floors got out safely and found protec-
ton from the weather In nearby saloons
and hotel entrances.
ScnIing Ladders Used.
The people on the fourth floor fed to
the escapes on the Thirty-first street
side and werc cut off from descending
by the flames which burst from the
windows between them and the street.
They had to wait until flremen threw
scaling ladders up against the side of
the building and carried them to safety.
Among those saved In this way were
Frank Belsen and his family of wife
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and three children; George sidrael. his
wife. brother and son; Mrs Charles
Bernard and two children: Mrs. kra-
mer n widow and four children. and
George Wood. his. wife and one child
all In their night clothes.
one mother. during the height OF the
excitement. tied bedclothing together
and lowered her baby to the sidewalk,
where 1t was caught in the arms of
"a tenant on one OF the lower floors or
the house
No one was injured and the house
was in II condition TO permit the occu-
pants to return to thek apartments.
Anderson had been arrested in the
mean time, and when the crowd learned
this they tried to take him away from
Policeman Kelleher. The policeman
fought them on and with difficulty got
away from the scene to the West Thir-
tieth street station. where he imprisoned
The first work OF the inceidiary was
discovered at No. 15S West Thirty-first
street, across the way from the fire de-
scribed above.
saw the Incendiary.
Mamie Herren, a daughter of the
janitress, was passing through the first
floor hallway when n man darted up
from the cellar and made for the front
door.
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TWO MORE ARRESTS
lA:.GHGAC'0!:. !: HORROR. lo(l|}.
Employees of a Sub-c Contractor
Ifor the Fuller Construction Co.
scharged with Mailing the Ven
tiIators Down.

CHICAGO. Jan. THE arrest to-day
OF William J. Maher and George Nagel
IS considered important by Coroner
Trager In connection with the investi-
cation into the recent theatre horror.
The men were employed by sub
contractor of the Fuller Construction
Company. According to the police, the
men say they nailed down the venti-
lators on the roof of the theatre over
the stage and that examination VIII
show that the skylight frames had
never been removed. In other words.
the safety vents for a fire on the stage
were never operated even experiment
ally and every audience that ever sat
in the Iroquois Theatre from the day
the theatre was opened had been In
imminent danger of roasting TO deatn
Wholesale whenever fire broke out
Il. Krifting is the sub-contractor of
the Fuller Construction Company who
employed Maher and Nagel. The two
workinen were both In bed when ar
rested. The workmen explain to the
police that the nails were expected TO
be removed later and the skylights
placed in proper working order when
tie theatre was placed In the hands
Of the owners. Both men expressed
Willingness TO appear before the Coro-
ner's Jury,
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Mayor Mcclellan received to-day the
reports of the building inspectors who
started out yesterday to look over the
theatres of Manhattan Borough. These
reports show that, while there were
many violations of the laws regulating
the building and equipment of theatres,
no theatre is hopelessly deficient 1t
is probable that many drastic improve
ments will be ordered to make danger
ous places safe
The reports were taken by Building
Inspector Thompson to Borough Presi-
dent Ahearn. who sent them to the
Mayor. Reports from the Fire Depart
ment and Health Department inspectors
win also be forwarded to Mayor Nc
Clellan.
Deputy Fire Commissioner Doyle, OF
Brookiyn, is in possession OF the reports
OF his men who have inspected the
Brooklyn theatres,
srhey found that several Brooklyn
places OF amusement would be ex-
tremely dangerous In case Of fire, but
Mr. Doyle says that inasmuch as they
were built before the present building
iaws were passed he cannot close them
Moroe Precautions to He Taken.
He has given orders that improve
mentE shall be made at once In fire
protective apparatus and has arranged
to have the managers make fuller pro-
vision for the escape OF audiences In
case OF fire.
Brooklyn has been divided into two
fire inspection districts, with a captain
In charge of each. 1t will be the duty
OF the captains to visit every theatre
IN their districts every night and per
sonalIy assure themselves that the as
bestos curtains and other fire machinery
adjuncts are in working order. that the
exists are open and that there Is no
danger from lights.
hvery manager of a theatre or mu-
sh hall In this city has been notified by
superintendent of Buildings Henry y.
Thompson that all stage scenery. cur
tains, decorations and woodwork on or
about the stage must be painted or
saturated with a non-combustible ma
terial to make them fireproof
with fireproofed scenery, with all
woodwork painted with non-com-
bustible paint and with asbestos cur
tains as still further protection. the
danger Of fire on the stage of New
York theatre would be reduced to
minimum,
T Section l0s OF the Building Code pro-
vides that all scenery and woodwork
about the stage shall be made fireproof;
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.A[L THEATRES IN THIS
CITY ARE SAFELY BUILT
None of Them Found to Be Hopelessly
/ Deficient = Steps Taken for Fire
proofng of the Materials in Use in
the Playhouses.

, yet It is doubtful II that section has evel
been enforced. There has been mucl
talk of the testing of asbestos curtains
but thus far no manager has come for.
ward with the claim that his stage set
| tings are ireproof and cannot burn. The
| enforcement of this section would insure
greater safety to theatre patrons.
| Mayor Did a Little fnyesttgating
Mayor Mcclellan did a little investI.
| eating for himself last night He at
tended the performance OF 'Parsifal
at the Metropolitan Opera House. and
while strolling about the second bal.
ccny met Assistant Foreman Lenihan,
OF the Fire Department, whom Commits.
| sioner Hayes has made theatre In
spector. with LRnihan the Mayor in
spected the various exits OF the thea
tire and was much interested as Leni-
han explained matters from a fireman s
point OF view.
Health Commissioner Darlington also
visited a number Of the Broadway
theatres last night.
Commissioner Hayes said to-day that
he had received many letters contain
ing complaints of various theatres
4uuny OF these complaints were friv-
olous.
Two Theatres Threatened.
Inspectors from the Building Depart
ment went to two theatres last night,
one In Harlem and the other on Broad
way. with orders not to allow them
to De opened unless certain alterations
had been made. The alterations were
made and the performances went oil
as usual
on Sept. q last supt. Thompson. OF
the Building Department, sent the fol-
lowing notification to managers of the
atres:
Your attention Is hereby called to
the requirement that all bridges placed
In any theatre. concert or music hall,
lights. must be built of Iron properly
secured to the brick walls, and must DC
not less than feet inches Wide ana
feet @ inches long and provided with
an iron railing not less than . feet d
inches high ON all exposed sides and
ends, and the floor OF the same must
be OF iron or some approved incom-
bustible flooring made solid-that Is.
without openings In the same
"All existing bridges In the above
mentioned buildings not I'm conformity
with this regulation must be replaced
by new bridges constructed as specified
above.
wherever It is necessary to reach
such bridges by ladders the same must
be of iron, securely fastened to brick
walls
supt. Thompson announces that after
the theatres have been disposed of
there will be a. thorough inspection
Annex buildings In particular Will be
closely inspected, as many of them are
old and would burn like tinder boxes
II once isnited
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WENT FOR COAL, SAW SMOKE
FIremen Soon Arrived Rnd Made
short Work of the DInne.

One OF the tenants of the five-story
f.at-house at No. 1908 Madison avenue,
while going. to the cellar for some coal
labt night was met at the door by a puff
of smoke.
BY the time he had sent In an alarm
and the firemen had arrived the fire
had eaten its way UP to the first floor
which Is occupied rs saloon by Fritz
spreckles. The blaze was extinguished
with loss OF y1,cn0.
The evening world., 1904-01-07
SMOKE EMPTIEs CLUB.
Little Damage Done, but Member'
Were Panic Stricken,

A defective hue was the cause OF
much excitement in the WomaIrs Uni
versi,y Club at No. 10 Gramercy Park.
late last night.
Quite a number OF the members nao
retired when smoke began to pour
through the halls. Screams and panic
followed. The women rushed into the
street, thinly clad, and the fremen In
yaded the sacred precincts In a search
for the blaze.
cnuse Of the smoke, but 1t was some
time before the frightened members OF
the club could be induced to return &c
their rooms
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FOUND DEAD IN A HOTEL

An italian who Registered as Dominick
Sessa, of Chicago, and Who was about
thirty years old. was found dead about
II o'clock last night In room on the
third floor of the Knickerbocker Hotel
at Barrow and West streets, tho man
having been asphyNfated by gas. The
heen accidental. In his pockets were
found seS In cash and a steerage ticket
on the French line boats.
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recognised him. but when pressed % be
Anderson says that he Is employed in
Thorpe's restaurant IN Sixth avenue.
near Thirty-third street. After leaving
work last night he didn't feel sleepy,
and according to his story, he sat in
Herald Square reading a newspaper un-
iii very late He was on his way home
when fire engines passed him and he
fnllowed them TO the scene OF the hre.
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TENEMENT FIRED
BY |NCEND|ARY
Two Other Fires Also Set in
Same Neighborhood Within a
Short Time of One An
other.

Three incendiary fires were set in
tenements in the Tendcrloin district
early TO oay and only that they were
discovered In time prevented great loss
OF life and property. The police ar
rested James Anderson, n dishwasher,
who was taken into custody on Christ
mas Eve under circumstances similar
The evening world., 1904-01-07
Ball Bearing
SeWingMdChineS
1896, szS'co. %s5'e

g EEMS like an extravagant
- statement, doesn't it! But
ask the agent his price for
the identical machine he may
say fifty instead of forty.
1t runs along almost without
any pedal work. Has every i'm
provement of the newest Singer
model, and some additional no
tionS of its own. 1t is noiseless;
has self-threading shuttle, auto.
matte tension and all running
parts are ball bearing.
Latest attachments, of course.
Woodwork is highly polished
oak; new swell front, 8 drawers,
drop head construction, resem-
bling a table when closed.
Guaranteed for S years.
St3.o5.
Another one of our specials is
our Automatic Lift, which agents
get $1,000 for. We're letting
them out at $1,000.
Fourth Floor.
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BOY FALLS FROM ROOF.

Barney Jordan. sixteen years old, of
No. 115 Division street. fell from the
roof OF his home to-day 30 the yard be-
low He received a fracture of the sknll
and was taken to Gouverneur Hospital.
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The third fire was in the cellar of No.
Ill West Thirty eighth street and was
OF that house said she had put it out
unaided.
Mrs. Herren and her daughter were
taken to the police station to identify
a prisoner there, but they said that they
had never seen him before. The girl
was inclined at first to say that she
The evening world., 1904-01-07
DEATH CAUSED BY COLD.

HRnsen's Feet, Hands and Ears
Were Frozen.
William Hanson. a young sailor on
the schooner w. B. Hansen. died on
board that vessel at the foot of Doug
las street. Brooklyn, to-day.
Hansens fee, hands and ears were
frozen during the zero weather last
Sunday and Monday and this caused
his death.
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HOusefurniShingS.

FRIDAY will be a remark
L able day in our housefur-
nishing section for all economical
shoppers. basement.
We cannot begin to tell you all
the savings---can just give you
an inkling:
75G. for Sl.45 four tube Gas Ra;
diators. t9 In. high.
Sl.75 for $500 six-tube Gas
Radiators, ~ powerful burners.
SI.90 for So Banner" Oil Heat
er-simplest, safest heater made.
LOG. a yard for Table OilCloth.
"a yds. wide.
LOG. for 35C. RaiSin SeederS.
75c. for Set OF 3 Irons. including
handle and stand, Mrs. Potts'S.
lOC. for imported Jap. CaniSters.
LOG. for LOOT. Garbage Pals.
2OG. for imported China Salt
Boxes.
S5G, for round barrel hampers.
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500 Eyeglasses. soc

NATE begin the new year in our
w Optical Department by offering
these excellent glasses for Soc, the
regular price of which is S.. Com
petent opticians will see that you are
lifted right. Main Floor.
Nickel, rimless eyeglasses, fitted with
fine white crystal lenses.
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y After Inventory Affords Unprecedented Saw
Annual Sale EmbrOiderieS.

MTE SAY. without the least heSitancy that
w this annual event offers the very best embroidery
values in Amercaprces prove the truth of the asser
ton. Main Floor.
Just stop and thnk-during this sale you buy
enough embroidery for 29c to make little girls
dress. Ordinarily you'd have to pay 75c for yard.
20C. for 75C. Embroidery for chdrens skirts
full 81 inches wide large variety of paerns-excel,
lent quality OF material 1000 yarda manufacturers entire
surplus line
IOC. for 25C. EmbrolderieS Manufacturers sam
pie strips of fine embroidery and insertion-the hand.
somes lot OF we've ever shown and they going
30c,. for 81 All-OverS Some worth Si.5o-
you cannot find their counterpart in New York the
money-we took them all-handsome al>over designs
lOC,. for 35C. Wash LdCeS 5000 yards of manu-
facturers' SampleSbroken sets of edgngs insertions
odd widths OF fine Point de Paris Normandy Vals e-at
and ioc. t.
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Mems 25C Half Hose at 10C

THE value-giving importance of this great
after inventory sale is only half told in these
items. There are many others that will perhaps appeal
to you more than this one. S'l Main Floor.
.l9C for Mems Csc Half Cashmere.
black cotton and ribbed cotton, broke lines
l9C for Children's 25C sfiose-Boys' and
girls heavy cotton and wool black ribbed hose broken Sizes
l7c for Women'S 25C unbleached feece-lined
and lace ltsle thread black hose
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-03-18
800 REWARD, 800

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able To cure in all it's stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, reauir.
es a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mu.
cous surfaces Of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the dis.
case, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work.
The ploprietOrs have SO much faith in
its curative powers, that they offer
one Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials. Address.
r. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-03-18

less they settle a few damage
cases soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. c. Noble,
Messrs. Green, Belfont and May.
Misses Anna Clark and Mary
May attended the 1st anniver-
sary OF the Knights OF Pythias
at Athol last week.
Last Saturday Vim. Belfor,l
undertook to go across the hill
from the r.. II. track to Mr..
Clark's place and got lost. He
wandered around in the snow
until after night within a mile Of
where he wished to go. Willie
viii carry IL swamper's guido
after this.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-03-18

DEMOCRATIC newspapers
are saying that President
Roosevelt can be defeated be-
cause he has made SO many
mistakes. Leslie's Weekly adj
mits that he has made mis-
takes and proceedsto enumer-
ate a few of them.
He ended the coal strike
in 1902, gave work to thous-
ands of miners and reduced
the price Of coal to millions
Of Americans.
He withdrew troops from
Cuba and carried out the
pledges made with the people
Of the island.
He led congress to pass the
national irrigation act, which
benefited every state and ter
ritory of the west.
He Ii; made splendid at
tempt to enforce the Sherman
antitrust act.
He called a halt on Eng
land, Germany and Italy in
their projected attack on Ven
czucla and made them settle
the trouble by arbitration.
He negotiated a treaty
with China and opened ports
in the far cast to the trade OF
the United States.
He induced England to alb
rogate the Clayton-B ulwel
treaty, made a treaty with
Panama and will soon star,
work on a canal that is to be
American.
And Leslic's adds that "the
American people love Roose
welt for some Of the mistakes
ne has made.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-03-18
MORE RIOTS.

Disturbances Of strikers are not
nearly As grave as an individual dis
order of the system. Overwork, loss
Of sleep, nervous tension will be fol-
loved by utter collapse, unless re-
liable remedy is immediately employ
cd. There's nothing So efficient ~
cure disorders Of the Liver or Kidneys
as Electric Buffers. It's wonderful
tonic, and effective nervinc and the
greatest all around medicine for run
down systems. 1t dl>pcls Nervousness
Rheumatism and Neuralgia and en-
pcls Malaria germs. Only soc, and
satisfaction guaranteed by DIR. y.
Webz, Druggist.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-03-18
Edwards Won Wrestle.

The Wrestling match at Fraternal
hall Saturday night between Marion
Edwards and Sherman Satchweil,
drew a large attendance and is aes-
crined as an amateur performance OF
high order. Edwards sustained his
reputation as the champion light
weight OF Idaho. He won the first
fall in four minutes; Satchwell won
the second in III minutes, and Ed
Referee Joe LAWN gave the decision
To Edwards. 4 sparring match fol-
lowed between LAWN and d. A. Cook
in which Cook got the decision. G.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-03-18

Preston Eaton n farmer was
accidently crushed to dealt. un-
der q load OF logs at Kidd Island
bay, Lake C9ur dAlene, March
10th. The funeral was held Sun
day under 90 L auspices
William Stoddard and Mrs.
Harriet Dittemore, both of this
place were married March Z, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. s.
Jones, at E1O27 Augusta ave.
Spokane. Rev. y. W. yanOsdel
performed the ceremony. The
couple will reside here.
4 petition for the establish
ment OF a rural free delivery
route was sent to the first assist
ant postmaster general, Monday
1t was circulated 10y James A.
Waters and contained III sig
natures. The proposed route
begins mt C1ur d'Alene, runs east
about 3 miles, thence in a north
erly direction gradually cilcling
to the west and south and com
ing back to CHur d'.Alene by way
of Ross Point. 1t is % miles
long.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-03-18
Granite Briefs.

Our school will be out the lat.
Ter part Of April.
BoRN: Last Sunday, To Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. t;ribblc, a baby
girl.
Geo. Peacock expects to start
his lath mill soon.
The mill ut Kings Spur is still
closed down.
ID. McQuaig and L, Casey are
spending the winter in town.
The band saw for the hot air
mill arrived Tuesday.
The camp of NJ. W. 4. at this
place has consolidated with the
.AthoI camp.
II. j. McNown Of Tckoa, was
III our town fora few days the
first OF the week.
On account oil the mill dam
the water is six inches deep on
the county bridge west of here.
Rumor has it that Messrs.
Rogers x Newton will have an
Injunction served on them. I'M