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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-01-22

OF " hiCh about 10 :.c"cs iTr ti',:,:' and liz
balance i'll timber. IHc laau i vc:y i,r,ilv.
well fenced and in a high state of cultivation.
A.h2A-0 The improvements Epn>ist
sSyTf,"tgAAa-IrS OF comfortable STON i:
H%I.ytE,SS DWELLING. large B1-l and
III: fffiAsES Stable combined. t,rararv.
Spring House within a hundred :CGt thv
dwelling and other necessary "athui!dinG>.
TITS property is situated i'll cecil. 1T
nciGhborhuod, conveniently near cI!urci,"..
Schools and stores ard within hail a utj'" ni
thr old fidcwatc- Canal :IlOa2 which il is
proposed TO Con$t-uc; an Electric Railway 10
Hayrc de Grace
X will hc offered as Il whole and also in 40
parcels. one containing about 50 acres. with
all the Improvements situated on The yc%l ter
l. side OF the road from Bel Al. 20 Rock Kun:
and the othcr containing nhou, - acres. ON
the caStcriy side of the BE! Air ROAD.
TEAMS OF SALE.
One-tl!ird Of the purchase money 1" i'. l,,i {;
in cash and the BALANCE with Interest from
tbs day of SaiS to he secured by Il mort A:i.Lr
OF the property, paynb2 at the e.. ilirattuI o.!
five years, all cash AT tilr option 81 the
purchaser.
T.f7-At The same tim" and place as above
stated, the undersigned will uiIcr f"r s;rio
fourteen lead nt iirSt-claSS SrOCk CATTLE
now said farm.
ROBERT ARCHER,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-01-22
6 Acres SIS Square Pcrchcs, More @. less

LAND. situated in the T'lir! Election district
of Hartford county ai'rrc$,ih, adioiniug the
lands of David ]. Levels and others contain
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-01-22
John WorthinEtou,
Blanche w. Ely,

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Blanche w. Ely,
Sarah c. WorthinG-
ton, executrix of the
will OF Sarah IL: sly
mer, deceased, Sarah
{. Worthingtou, Gin
ton c. Ely, Margaret
A. Bolts, Archer NJ.
Bolts, her husband.
Mary a. Mitch ell,
Robert O. Mitchell.
her husband. Joseph
Hankcln. The Column
bian Building ASso
citation of Hartford
County.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-01-22

MIR. Samuel W Touchton, contractor
and builder in IIavrc de Grace, died sud
denly al his residence in that city on
Wednesday "f last week. He was in the
sixty-lourrh wear OF his age and is surviv-
Ell by widow and one son, Mr. S. Lyell
Touchtor. His funeral took place on
Saturday, the intcrmcnt being at Wesley
an Chapel Rev. Z. u. Nowlin was the
oflieia.ing minister.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

persons pressing for tidings or identi-
Acation showed material diminution,
the anxiety and WEAKNESS were inten-
sified. The black wagons Of undertake
ers were conspicuous in the many scat
tered ueighborhoodss where the
morgues are located.
Bands Play Dhges.
A mournful variation was the &C.
casional appearance of bands playing
dirges as funerals slowly passed to-
wards churches, railway stations and
cemeteries.
At the hospitals where many fear
fully burned persons are being cared
for, death was momentarily expected
In u number Of cases. All that could
be done had been done, except to sit
and watch for the last breath. One
ease was that 2of James Schneider,
who was being =caredaforsat the. Sama-
ritan hospital by relatives. Mr..
Schneider finally passed away to-day.
The majority of the striking drivers
have returned to work and it is not
likely that any funerals Will be inter-
ferad with.
We ordered them back, wages or no
wages, to help the city out Of the great ca
lamity that has befallen 1t, said President
Haggeu Of the union.
After ten days the strike will be re-
snmed where 1t left off. Strike benefits
IRE being paid to-day. and will be paid
just the same.
The men are. glad of the chance to come
back, said President Edgerton of the liv-
cry men and undertakers' association.
All Will be taken back as soon as posi-
Bile. They will have to work and check
ers and cards I'M the drivers rooms will
no longer be the main occupation of theiI
working hours. When a man Is to clear
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
EVENING,

up he will do it, and he can't plead the
union as an, excuse. KS ss.sss y, s3 s
The funerals during the next two
days will tax the capacitY Of the
liverymen and undertakers Sto4the ut
most There will be a derdand for
the. services of all and some people
doubt whether the strike will be re-
sumed.
Hundreds of Burial Permits.
At the coroner's office burial per-
mits soon reached into the hundreds.
eparations have been made for the
issuance of2all that may be asked for
as it is anticipated that tomorrow
and Sunday. will be particularly char-
dcterized by funerals.
The local insurance fraternity was
hard hit in the loss of life. p. ~
Clarke was killed an It he crush, Three
.daughters Of "A. B. Washington We're
at the theater and two We're killed.
Florence Oman, sister Of Clarence
Oxman, persisted. e. r. Wetmore,
who placed the insurance on the the
after it started to ascertain the prob
able insurance loss, forgetting, until
he saw the fireman carrying bodies
from the building, that his own l2-
year-old daugher and her14-year-old
lscousin had intended going to the Iro-
quois. Both children escaped thru
/ the efforts Of one of the ushers.
No attempt has yet been made to
estimate accurately the loss on the
at about 25 per cent Of the Insurance.,
or $4,000. Some thought this estt-
mate was too high. The damage was
all on the contents and furnishings
1 the structural part of the building
/ being intact.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
WE'RE DISCERNING GOD
Dowie Declares the Iroquois Fire Evil,
dence of Divine DispIeasure. al ~

Waukegan, ILL.,, JAM 4 while
.Overseer Dowie was holding his ALL
night meeting in Shiloh tabernacle,
in Zion City, last night. he had fire
men on the roof and patrolling the
grounds. He was taking his leave of
his flock preparatory to his depart
IRE for Australia. b
"We have this building guarded in
such a manner that If fire should
break out it would not be a minute
before it could be extinguished," said
Dowie. Furthermore" he continued,
''all Of you 5000 souls would obey me
to death. know, and il the fire f1end
should come amongst us. a word from
me would quiet you all and you would
march out of here like soldiers. There
is no danger of such occurrences or
scenes as took place in Chicago yes
literday.'
Dowie and his elders went on to
state that the terrible calamity in
Chicago would open the peoples eyes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
FROM. WEST
J. AMONG The LOST
Society Favorites Of Des Moines and
Other Cities Died in the
Theater Fire.
Van Ingen Boys and Thompson Of
Wisconsin s University, Promi-
nent in Athletics.
Special to The Journal.

special to Ihe JOURNAL.
Des Moines. iowa, Ian. IA dozen
been numbered among the victims of
the Iroquois theater fire. Four from
.Des Moines are: John Holland, senior
member of the firm of Holland &
New; his daughter Mrs. Lillian Cor
ldrey: Mrs. N. NJ. Stark and Mrs. Lynn
M. futile. Mines. futile and Stark,
sisters, are daughters Of the late John
tGivern, superintendent Of the Rock
Island in Iowa. They were among
the leading young society matrons of
the city and each left two small chill
dren. The disfigured remains were
identified by their engagement and
wedding rings. The funerals of all
four will be held here Sunday.
Miss Helen McCaughanan, formerly
of this city, latterly of Chicago, Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Edwards Of Cedar
Rapids, and a 14year-old daughter
of H. r. KassOn, vice president of the
Barber Asphalt company OF Sioux
! City, are others lost. Charles H. Muir
row, county treasurer of this county,
who was visiting in Chicago and is
| believed to have been in Nthe theater.
The Misses Nina and Bessie Chap
man Of Cedar Rapids, prominent So
ciety girls, were visiting in Chicago
and were killed. -Four Dubuque peo-
| pie lost are: Mrs. Henry Wunder-
/ Itch and daughter and the two Misses
Becker, sisters of Christian Becker
of the mercantile firm Of Little &
Becker. Little Margorie Edwards OF
1 Clinton, the daughter of B. w. Ed.
! wards, a leading business man, who
had taken her to Chicago while he
was attending to business, is dead
4 also, Mrs. A. N. Mendel of Nicola, the
wife of a merchant, and Miss Lena
Christopher, daughter of a wealth.
j family at DEBORAH.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
NO SPRINKLER IN THEATER
In This the Building Ordinance Was
Plainly Violated.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-Section 1856
Of the local building ordinance
provides that in buildings OF
the class to which the Iroquois theater
belong there shall be a system OF au-
tomato sprinklers. There were nc
sprinklers in the theater.
When Deputy Building Inspector
Stanhopes attention was called to this
fact he said:
'.There was no sprinkler system in
the theater, but the provision about
the iron doors made it unnecessary
for the theatery to have them 81 Is
Section l89 aof the ordinance spro-
vides that theaters be equipped with
fire alarms connected with the city
fire alarm system. Mr.. Stanhope said:
1.-THE Iroquois had fire alarm con-
nectlons. I did not see the box, but
that is my information"
No Fire Alarm Connection.
Z City Electrician Hyland said:s The
Iroquois had no fire alarm connection
with the city alarm system. No appll-
cation Is on file for any such connec-
ton
The alarm Of fire, in fact, was
turned in from the box over half
block distant from the theater.
No Ventilating Shaft.
The law provides also, that there
shall be yentilating shaft at the rear
Of the stage which will conduct flames
and smoke away from the auditorium
in just such emergencies as arose yes
! terday > The lroquois, theater pos
f,sessed no such ventilating shaft.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01

The. sudden need for 50 great a
number Of collins produced also a
In this article Of funeral fur
niture. Orders were rushed to the
manufacturers by the small undertake
'ers and deliveries. were made yester-
day. Last night 1T was reported that
sufficient quantity had been re-
.ceived and there was no lack of collins
for the hundreds of dead.
The city health department has en-
gagged the services of four additional
clerks to issue burial certificates.
Three of the clerks We're kept busy all
day yesterday and will be at the city
hall to-day to give full attention to all
persons who may require their service.
Seventy-f1ve per cent of the permits
issued yesterday We're for out of town
burials. DR.. Heckard who has full
charge of the issuance of the permits,
asserted last night it would be much
easier and quicker for the friends of
the dead not to go to the morgues to
find the dead until they received de-
scription of the unidentified bodies
from the police.
| Coroner Traeger has made arrange
ments with the health department by
which he will issue an .45order5$ for
burial certificates before the inquests,
which will not be completed for weeks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
THE WISCONSIN DEAD
Three University Students in the List
Two Professors Escaped.

Special to The journal.
Madison, Jan. 1.-Among the VIC
tins of the Iroquois theater fire are
three students of the University of
and Edward L. Van
Ingen ofSKenosha, others. land Clyde
Thompson of Argyle. The Van Ingen
boys were sophomores in the civic
historical class and were considered
unusually brilliant students They
were prominent in social and ath-
letic circles. &
John Van Ingen was the amateur
golf champion of wisconsin last year.
Both were members of the Psi Upsi-
Ion fraternity, one of the most exclu-
sive in the university. Thompson was
a freshman and was a candidate for
a position on the varsity football team
last fall. He played with the fresh
men eleven which won the cham
pionship of the northwest. When the
university closed for the holiday re-
cess, he went to Chicago to visit an
uncle, J. D. HovlaAd.
Miss Ruth MaMSpn Robbins, II
years old, junKor in the Madison
high school, is missing and IS belleye q
here last week to visit her father, G.
N. Robbins, JEemploygsd by Swift & Co.
in Chicago. Mr.. Robbins telegraphed
relatives here to-day that she started
out to attend the3 matinee and has
| not been seen since.
Professor B. v. Swenson Of the col
lege of engineering of the university
was severely hurt about the face and
head while fighting his way out Of
the burning building. Professor j
D. Phillips, also Of the college of en-
cheering, escaped without injury. 10
seph w. Curtis, commercial traveller
of this city, also escaped unhurt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
BENSON WE'LL KNOWN HERE
Has Had Many Dealings in Lands on
the Pacific Coast.

Benson is well known to the Mime
apolis lumbermen, who are interested
in California timber lands. When a
Journal reporter called on T.. 3.
Walker, that gentleman said:
"Benson is probably the largest
dealer in the coast lands in the coun-
try. He is engaged in handling for
est reserve lieu and lands owned by
railway companies, the holdings of
California land companies, and the
holdings of owners whose lands have
formerly been in the forest reserve
..He also handles state school lands
and lieu lands in California, and,
think, oregon. He also buys and sells
lands in any Of the states and terri
tories
Anyone dealing in lands on the
coast would naturally meet him OF
have occasion to do business with him
in the purchase of land or land scrip
80 far as have knowledge, his
transactions have been all right.
do not understand the nature of thu
difficulties in which he is involved, bu
suppose them to be something in ref
| erence to the forest reserve ex
changes or state school lands-Whicl
seems to be the point touched on II
| the press dispatches. just what com
plant the government has made
| have no means of knowing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
LAND FRAUDS
TO BE TRIED
John A. Benson Of San Francisco
Held in New York In Default
of Bail.
He Is Well Known in Minneapolis
One Of the Largest Dealers
on the Coast.

New York, Jan. John A. Ben
son of San Francisco, who was ar
rested in Washington recently
charged with unlaWfully op1a1nlns
possession of public lands in Calffor-
mia and Oregon and attempting to
bribe public officials in order to cover
up his tracks, was committed to Lud-
low street Jail last night in default OF
$4,000 bail.
Judge Campbell, one of Benson's
counsel. said his client had appeared
before a United States commissioner
in Washington Dec. II, and that the
examinations had gone over unul
mot caring to wait" said he, "the
federal officials there yesterday in
dicted Mr.. Benson on the same iden-
teal charge he was arrested on there
We expected to be able to snow tnal
Mr.. Benson had been guilty Of nc
such crime. We will furnish bail fol
him tomorrow"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
PREDICTS A GOOD YEAR
PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK LII
SAYS IT HAS MADE GRE
GAINS.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
New York, Jan. 1.-The close OF
1903 finds many people expectant as
to the reports of the large financial
institutions. It has been assumed,
with the changes in valuations of the
stock and bond list since July 1, that
there would be considerable marking
off in values and in the reduction OF
surplus holdings. The New York Life
Insurance company is the first or the
great corporations to make state
ment. The applications for new m
surance amounted to $475,000,0O0
The new paid-for business accepted by
the company for 1903 is 1925, 100000
President Mccall states that this last
mentioned amount is in excess of the
previous year by 100000. 1t shows
also a gain of over $50, 600, 600 in
total paid-for insurance outstanding
which is stated at $1,745, 900, 600 i'll
amount covered by $4,000 policies
The income of 1903 is over $4,000
900 and is in excess of the income
1902 by more than $S,000,000. ;=Tha
company reports also that 1t does not
| invest in or loan upon stocks OF any
kind, and that no credit is taken IN
assets for the excess of the present
market value Of securities over their
| cost value, which excess Is over 81
Loco. 900. The total resources of the
company exceed s350,000,000. Its
bond holdings increased III lSOo oSeI
/ $4,000. 900. The policy reserves, as
/ certified by the state insurance super
intendent. and surplus reserves, nave
been increased during the year by
more than 35,000,000.
The various bank and trust com
pany officials predict an easy money
/ market, and the stock and other ex-
4 change members appear to be We'll
i satisfied that trade stagnation and the
doubtful views Of business improve
| ment will likewise be cleared away in
the early part Of the year. The large
building and railroad operations held
up by strikes and tight money market
! will, it is believed, be resumed very
early in the new year. The govern
ment export and import figures would
seem to indicate that the total exports
will fall few millions below those OF
1900, and be about equal to those OF
1901, but materially in excess Of those
of 1902, while the total imports will
exceed those of any preceding year,
and. combined with the exports, make
the grand total Of commerce more
than in any preceding year; also that
the exports of manufactures will ex-
coed those of 1902 by several millions
but be somewhat below those of the
record year 1900, and, perhaps 1901
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
RUSH ORDER FOR coFFINs
Growing Out
of Fire
few York Sun Special Service

Chicago. Jan. 1.-The funerals for
the dead from the Iroquois fire began
to-day. They will continue tomorrow
and into next week. The task of the
undertakers is too great for them to,
attend to 1t as promptly as the friends
Of the victims would like, and. many
delays will occur.
Never. before in Chicago have such
funerals been held as will be held over
the dead from this disaster. Whole
families We're destroyed together, and
their remains will be buried together.
There will be many funerals where, in
stead of one hearse, there Will be three,
four and five There will be services
for children brothers and sisters or
pIaymates who met a acommon fate
IN the theater. and who will go to
their last resting place still compan-
ions.
: In all quarters of the city, the I'M
dertakers say, there are not hearses
enough to bear the dead to the ceme-
terry The black wagons that scandal
lied the funerals while the drivers
were on their strike will again be
brought into service. Hearses may
even be brought in from suburban and
outlying cities, but the.&under takers
advise that, where necessary, services
be postponed a day or 80.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
WANT EVERY THEATER CLOSED
Architects Suggest This Should Be
Done Pending InyesfigatiOn

Beaum nost' of I'll the Chicago Ar
chitectural association has called a
meeting to be held to-day to consider
the propriety Of asking Mayor Harri-
son to close all the theaters until the
mgs have been examined.
Mayor Harrison said last night: Il
see no more reason for closing all the
theaters than for stopping all rail
way trains after a disastrous wreck.
There is no necessity of getting hys-
terical about this matter, altho this
horrible disaster has taken place in
probably the safest theater in Chi
cago." y
Must Employ Firemen.
3 The mayor last night sent the fol-
\ lowing letter to all theatrical proprie-
TORS in the city: -
! Nov. 2, last year, T transmitted to the
dity council a report on the theaters Of
chicago calling the attention of the coun-
Oil to the failure of all the theaters to
comply fully with the terms Of the build
ing ordinances relative to places of amuse-
ment. The council sent the communication
to the committee on judiciary for consid-
eration, and pending report from that
Committee directed the commissioner Of
buildings to suspend enforcement of the
ordinance.
The city ordinance, among other things,
requires each theater to employ fireman
to be approved by the chief of the fire
department. to look after the fire protec-
ton of the house. I am advised by the
chief that several theaters have refused
to comply with this provision Of the ordi-
nances. In view of the terrible disaster
at the Iroquois theater and pending action
of the city council, I have directed the
chief of the fire department to assign one
regular member of the department to
each theater now complying with the
ordinance relating to the employment OF
fireman. The ffremen now employed by
the theaters should be assigned to the
front of the house while the fireman as
signed by the chief should be assigned
to the stage. have further directed the
chief in cases where the ordinance ha:
not been obeyed to assign two, regular
firemen to the duty Of protecting the pub
lie against fire.
The wages of these firemen will b'
billed direct to the theaters to which the!
are assigned, and the service will be con
tinued until the council has finally aetet
upon the ordinance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
WAS THE CURTAIN A FAKE?
No Trace of Alleged Incombustible
Drop Can Be Found.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, Jan. Robert Craik Nc
Lean, editor of the Inland Architect,
who spent yesterday investigating the
claim that the theater was equipped
with an asbestos fire curtain, says:
after a careful investigation I am
convinced that the theater was not
equipped with a curtain such as is de-
manded by the city ordinances.
II visited the damaged theater this
morning, but there was no sign Of an
asbestos curtain. Fire will not de-
tain there when the holocaust oc-
Cured it had been removed this morn
ing, and an investigation should be
made to learn what became Of it. II
no curtain had been, removed, as is
claimed, I cannot understand how the
claim can be set up that the theater
had a fire curtain. No one denies that
there was a curtain there, but had it
been made of asbestos, as required by
the ordinance, it would not have been
destroyed by the draft Of air, as is
claimed by the management Of the
house. An asbestos curtain must have
a foundation of wire or some other
material, and had the Iroquois been
equipped with such a drop the wire
screen, at least, would be there to
| prove it. - Z
yesterday noon Samuel
Frankenstein, Frankenstein
Calcium Light pany, made the
statement. to me at he had had a
conversation with the stage manager
at the Iroquois regarding the fire drop,
! Mr.. Frankenstein said that the stage
manager told him that the Iroquois
stage was not equipped with a fire
curtain. According to Mr.. Franken-
STEM the stage manager went further
than this, and declared that there
were only three theaters in Chicago
equipped with asbestos Drops
Alderman Scully and Alderman
Conery took from the floor of the
stage bits of the stage curtain, none
of which was larger than the palm
of a hand, for examination to the
store of an asbestos company. The
bits were shown to be of asbestos
altho the, examiner pronounced it Of
a low grade.
"They wanted cheap curtain ant
they got it," an incautious clerk re-
marked. He was instantly hushed VI
!. by one Of the members of the com
pany, who added that they did no
wish, to discuss the matter, inasmucI
. as they had bid upon supplying tn,
curtain to the theater and their biz
had been rejected for lower one.