Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-16

Duke of Oldenburg have been sacked
extent OF u 81 900 600.
MEM YORK, March l4.-Twenty or
more people perished in "A fire which
destroyed an old hve-story building
tenement on Allen street early TO-DAY.
Fifteen bodies nave so far been rScoy-
cred; SIX persons are still missing,
and il is probable there are some more
corpses in the smouldering ruins
Six of the injured tenants were taken
to hospital unconscious. The fol
lowing is the names OF twelve Of the
dead:
ISAAC JACOBS.
RACHEL SOLOMON. and two 9th
er members Of the Solomon family
LEO COHEN.
ELIZABETH BLOOM.
HANNAH LOUIS.
FANNIE GlNSBERG
ABRAHAM MILLER.
BESSIE MILLER,
the ground floor. Twenty families
embracing lao persons lived In the
building Panic seized them when the
alarm was sounded, and Immediately
The fire escapes were clogged with
bedding and furniture. and half.clad
men and women fought wildly for
safety. A heavy wind was blowing
at the time. causing the flames to
leap directly onto the fire escapes
which caused many of them to jump
to the hard pavement below. Some
were caught by the fire nets and 9th
ers were killed one woman threw
her children to tne stone pavement
and leaped after them. Lieutenant
Bonner. son of former Fire Chief Bon
| almost red hot five times. each time
bringing down a woman or child,
At last, however, his strength gave
| out, and his cnarges would have per
isned had not another fireman come
to the rescue. BY this time human
| chain. formed of iircmen and police
| men, saved over twenty persons from
the burning building. Several men
and women were slowly burned to
death on the fire escapes Lurid
flames played on their agonized and
| wriihing forms, and t0Sir wild screams
| of terror arose above the din of the
lire engines, causing the watching
crowd below to turn away their faces.
The iremen were so busy in saving
lives that the building was completely
destroyed
| CHICAGO. March 1.-the war on
the gigantic trusts of the country has
| began simultaneously in Kansas, Chi
cago aud New York. Here the inde-
pendent packers, with $1,000, 900 nave
| united To fight the beef trust. In Kan
sas the oil producers plan retineries
and pipe lines to defeat the STANDARD
Oil company, and in New York the
electric light combine is being fought
| by powerful Independent influence.
NEW YORK. March lI.-After an
absence from the stage OF nearly a
year. Mary Mannering has returned TO
the footlights and will give the initial
performance of her new play. Nancy
stair at the Criterion theater To-
nlgnt. 1'ne play is founded on the
| novel of the same name. which has
been dramati2ed by Paul NJ. Potter
Miss Mannering's supporting company
known San Francisco actor and man
ager.
CHICAGO, March l4.-Fire today
destroyed the printing department OF
The Grand Crossing Track company,
The loss being nearly 5000 900 The
entire plant is valued at a million and
employs SuO people. Wnen the fire
alarm was first sounded there was Il
panic among the women and girls ON
the upper floors. but the foreman and
the superintendents We're cool and
collected and prevented any disaster.
and all We're gotten out without loss
ol NE. a large number of children
We're employed in the building
MEM YORK, March l4.-For the
tirst time in tne nistory OF medical
science finger has been transferred
from the hand of one person TO that
of another II was the second and
last step in the grating operation nm.
dertakcn twenty-five days ago by DR..
Andrew l.. Nelden. The principals In
the novel case were two women. who
met tor the first time only day or
two before they were bound together |
In the TWENTY-FIVE days they have been
living like the Siamese twins they
have come TO know each other very
well indeed.
Dr. NeIden performed the operation
unassisted, although three !