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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08

New Orleans, Aug. Sin the fever
situation in New Orleans today the
number Of new cases and deaths was
small, but considerable suspicious sick
ness was reported. There are now
thirty-two cases of this nature under
investigation by the marine hospital
service.
The campaign in the Crescent City is
progressing favora bly, under the federal
authorities. The weather is clear and
warm. So, =. 81
Two deaths from the fever have been
reported at Shreveport. They are of
cases which tried to enter the city from
other points, but were stopped and sent
to the detention hospital. There is no
yellow fever in the city of Shreveport.
twenty-five new cases have been re-
ported in parishes outside New Orleans
during the past twenty-four hours.
Nineteen of thes care in Patterson and
are mostly Italians. The three other
cases are in St. Charles parish, one of
them being negro:
The two cases Of suspicious sickness
| reported yesterday at Bon Ami, La,
! have been diagnosed as yellow fever.
One terminated fatally. On hearing of
these eases, Texas people living along
ernor of Texas to send militia to the
state line for guard duty, but the gov
ernor declined to comply.
Reports today from the bedside of
Archbishop Chapelle, who is i'll with vel
low fever, were to the effect that the
venerable prelate was about holding
his own with the physicians still un-
able to predict with confidence the out.
come of the attack.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08

The work Of digging out the victims
vas conducted by the members of the
ire and police departments and all city
laborers. Water rushed into the ruins
from twisted pipes and it was neces-
sary to cut off the supply in the
Scenes Were Pitiable.
The scenes about the building were
as pitiable as those within. Several
hundred relatives Of employees were
there and their supplications as to the
welfare Of their loved ones were heart
rending.
1t is reported that Robert M. Chal-
merS, one Of the members of the firm.
was missing. A clerk with whom he
was talking when the crash came, and
who escaped, said:
HHe was at my side and then there
was the crash and saw him no more -
Helped Thirty Girls Out.
Edward J. Koran, one Of the clerks at
the men s furnishing counter, was
among the fortunate ones to get out
without a scratch. He assisted in re-
moving about thirty girls to a neigh
boring store.
CIT all happened in a minute,'' said
he. 81 was engaged in getting my
stock. in shape and there were not
half dozen customers in the store within
my vision at that time. y heard roar
ing and turning round, much like
thunder, and then the crash and shrieks
that followed drowned out every other
sound. Many of the girls sank behind
their counters and had to be dragged
out in a fainting condition.
Work Of Rescue.
| The work of rescue was soon begun
Firemen and laborers worked with
clerks and business and professional
men who had, heard the crash on their
way to their offices. Every contractor
who had men employed in the city sus-
pended work and offered assistance and
within an hour after the building fell
the laborers were arriving by the
wagon-load. -..:..&:
In the rear of the store. on James
street a score of employees were found
imprisoned in the cellar where they had
been thrown from the floors above. Moss
rected the work Of rescue.
Thus far only one person has been
taken out of the ruins who is not an
employee. This is Mrs. Richard O.
Bassett, wife of well-known attorney.
Her injuries are serious. Her husband,
whose office is near the store, had been
working among the rescuers for an hour
when she was found.
The building was an old one, but
about twenty years ago received new
front, which gave it a modern appear
ance. Extensive repairs were under
way on the interior when the collapse
occurred.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
BRADY TO INVESTIGATE
United States Will Look into Slave
Traffic at Unalaska.

Washington, Aug. S.-Acting Secre-
tary Ryan Of the interior department
today directed Governor Brady Of
Alaska to make an investigation into
the charge that slavery exists at Una
laska. The charge was made by Will
liam A. Davis, superintendent of public
schools at Unalaska. He made it first
eighteen months ago, when he said he
knew that eight little girls, ranging in
age from 6 to IL years, were being held
as slaves. They were brought to Una
laska from one Of the neighboring
Aleutian islands.
The charges at that time were for
warded to the department Of justice
So far as Professor Davis and Acting
Secretary Ryan know, nothing has been
done to ascertain the truth. A short
time ago, Professor Davis renewed his
charge, SO as to give the interior de.
partment an opportunity of going
ahead without waiting for the slow
processes Of the department of Justice
He asserted in his report, that the chill
dren are held in bondage as cruel as
that Of the negroes before the civil
war, but are treated with greater cruel
ty in that they are not provided with
proper clothing and are not permitted
to attend school or associate with other
children.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
BUSINESS MEN
TIRE OF STRIKE
Vhey Implore Photographers and
Railroad Officials to
Arbitrate.
ASK GOVERNOR TO
USE HIS INFLUENCE
Yerham's Reports Indicate Posi-
bility that Other Trainmen
Are Affected.
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Aug. s.-Attorney Gen
eral Moody has received replies from
five OF, the eight district attorneys to
whom he sent inquiries as to effect of
telegraphers' strike on government bust
ness: These replies indicate a serious
condition of affairs along some portions
OF the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific roads.
Mr.: Moody will not give out any infor.
nation as to localities, but reports say
there has been some wirecutting, wire.
tapping, and shortcircuiting which has
delayed transmission of messages
1t is stated that the belief is ex
pressed that these Interruptions of bust
ness have been brought about by ire
spsnsible parties SO that the attorney
general is in somewhat of a quandary
as to the method of procedure by gov.
eminent officials. He does not want tc
do anything that will give the public
an impression that he is taking sides
with either party to the controversy
and will give the question careful con
sideraticn before taking any action.
1t is possible that Mr. Moody's de-
parture on vacation will be DELAYED sew
elal days because of difficulties con
fronting the department in connection
with the strike
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
WANTS NATION TO
GUARD POLICIES
American Bar Association Com
nittee Favors Government
Insurance Supervision. !.

Omaha. Neb., Aug. s.-Ralph w.
breckenridge, of Omaha, chairman of
the committee on insurance of the
American Bar association, has COM
pleted the report of his committee,
which is to be presented to the annual
convention at Narragansett Pier, Aug.
% to 25. The report makes five spe-
cific recommendations as follows:
First-Legislation by congress providing
for the supervision of insurance.
second-The repeal of all valued policy
laws
Third-A uniform fire policy, the term
of which shall be specifically defined
Fourth-The repeal of all retaliatory tax
laws.
Fifth-Stricter incorporation laws in the
several states as they affect the creation
of insurance companies; and a federal
statute prohibiting the use of the mails
to all persons, associations or corpora
lions transacting the business of insur-
ance in disregard Of state or federal regu-
lations. -=-
President Roosevelt is quoted as hav-
ing said to the committee that he was
very much in favor of federal super
vision of insurance.
The committee would require reports
to a governmental department showing
the amount of money collected, for
WudI PURPOSES useo, anu onoWlnS hui
est management and the protection of
policyholders.
w. R. Vance of Virginia, member
of the committee, is expected to pre-
sent a minority report, in which he
will differ from the committee on the
proposition that there is no constitu-
tional obstacle existing to the Inaugural
tion Of federal insurance business.
Wildcat companies are strongly criti-
cised and the report says that state
laws denying companies the right to
defend against death claims in suicide
cases encourages self destruction.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
GIRL CLERKS ARE
CRUSHED TODFAT
Myers Department Store in the New York
Capital Falls in, and Frantic Rescue
Work is in Progress With Many
Dead in the Debris.

Albany, N. Y, Aug. 8.---More than a
hundred persons, large majority of
them girls, were buried beneath a mass
OF brick, wood and plaster today when
the central portion Of the large de-
partment store Of the John G.. Myers
company collapsed from roof to cellar.
The wrecked portion includes nearly
one-half of the store.
Scores OF rescuers toiling among the
ruins up to half past l had brought
out only twenty injured. Three of
these died after reaching the hospitals.
At that time 40 were unaccounted
for and it is certain that at least half
OF these are still beneath the mound
Of debris.
| About four hundred persons are on
the firm s payroll, but fifty of these
are on their vacations.
dead was Miss Bertha Cunningham.
The number of deaths is now generally
! estimated at from twenty to thirty.
Worst in City's History.
The catastrophe, which is the worst
OF its kind in the city's history, oc-
Cured shortly before 9 O'Clock. The
Myers estate had been making extern
sive repairs on it's building. This morn
ing gang Of Workmen started to re-
move an iron pillar that supported the
main floor: Evidently they had failed
to brace the floor properly, for scarcely
had they loosened the post when down
came all three upper floors within a
radius. of fifty: feet from the fatal pill.
lar. The wreck crashed thru to the eel
lar, burrying the workmen and carrying
down those who happened to be work:
1ng no, IN that portion of the building.
The fire department was called out
and the work of rescue began at once
Considering the nature Of the accident
the NUMBER OF persons who escaped with
only slight injuries is remarkable. The
debris in which the firemen and their
assistants are digging is light, consist
ing mostly of wood and plaster. Little
i, or no heavy brick or stonework fell
and this fact gives hope that the nun
Der of fatalities may not be large.
Young Women Injured.
| Most Of the injured were young WON
en-. When the collapse occurred the
walls and the roof of the center of
the structure fell into the building
were the unfortunate victims.
to the various hospitals and doctors
turnout, the city, and within half ar
hour twenty-five doctors and four am
balances were on the scene. The va
rious stores in the neighborhood were
turned into emergency hospitals ani
mattresses were brought from the va
rious department. stores in the neigh
, borhood for the care of the victims.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
COSTLY GOTHAM
CHURCH BURNED
st. Thomas, Surrounded by Homes
Of the Rich, Is De-
stroyed.
Bell in High Tower Peals Note of
Doom as Fine Structure Is
Destroyed.

New York, Aug. 8.-St. Thomas Epis-
copal church at Fifth avenue and Fifty
third street, one of the most richly
furnished religious edifces in America,
was wrecked by fire today. Within a
block Of the ruined church are the
homes Of half score Of the country's
wealthiest men. On Fifty-fourth street,
of John D. Rockefeller, and near by are
the residences Of William Rockefeller,
H: Mckay Twombley, Colonel J: j.
McCook and the home Of the late Dan
S. Lamont The Hotel St. Regis is
scarcely one block away, and scores of
the finest city homes in America are in
the section Of which St. Thomas church
was practically the center. The fire was
confined to the church..
Quarter Million Loss.
Defective electric wiring is supposed
to have started the fire. The loss is at
least quarter of a million dollars.
Only mere shell Of stone walls was
left standing.
Many very valuable paintings and
has reliefs were ruired. One bronze
has relief called "The Alteration Of
the Cross and valued at $50, 900 was
"The Resurrection and "Christ Heal
ing the Sicl,' were also burned. John
La Fargo executed the paintings, and
the bas relief was from Augustus St.
Gaudens. Sumptuous altar and chancel
furnishings, including a $4,000 organ,
were destroyed by the fire.
Rockefeller's Home Menaced.
For time John D. Rockefeller s
home was in danger. Fireman who
stood with their hose lines in the win
dows+sof Mr.. Rockefeller's home con-
centrated the streams of water on the
206-foot stone tower Of the church,
which for time threatened to topple
over on the Rockefeller home owing to
| the Intense heat at the tower s base.
A dramatic incident, the ringing Of a
! big bell in the tower, marked the close
of this struggle just at the moment
when the fremen had succeeded in saw
ing the surrounding homes from the i'm
when the roof of the church fell in.
This shock shook the great tower to it's
top. The onlookers shrank back, but
the only sign the tower gave was one
stroke from the clapper OF shaken
bell. Only little more than an hour
elapsed between the time the smoke was
first seen and the fall Of the roof.
Scene of Brilliant Weddings.
The church, which was closed for the
summer, has stood On it's present site
of some of America S most brilliant
weddings. Rev. Ernest M. Stlres IS the
rector.
The furnishing of the residence of DR..
W, Seward Webb were damaged by fire
men who broke into the house in order
to drag their hose to an advantageous
position.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST
PROSECUTION FALLS
New York Sun Special Service.

White Plains, n. Y. Aug. 8.-A de-
cision of County Judge Platt, Of inter
est to Christian Scientists all over the
country, has been filed in the West
chester county clerk s office. The court
sustains the demurrer of John Quinby,
his wife, Georgiana Quinby Of White
Plains, and DR.. John c. Lathrop OF
Manhattan, all Christian Scientists. to
the indictments against them for man
slaughter in the second degree.
The decision dismisses the case and
no further prosecution will follow.
The charge against Mr.. and Mrs.
Quinby and DR.. Lathrop was that they
allowed Esther Quinby, a young daugh-
ter Of the Quinbys, to die from diph.
liberia without calling a physician, and
instead "laid on hands and prayed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
SLAVE TRADE ON
AMERICAN SOIL
United States and British Author
tiles Will Investigate Traffic
in Girls on Pacific Coast,

Vancouver, B. c., Aug. ga report
has been made to the provincial police
by Constable Jones, who just returned
from the Indian village at Cape
Nudge, stating that in that settlement
there is open traffic in Indian girls.
Jones found a number of well-authen-
ticated cases where half breed and
quarter-breed girls have recently been
from 500 to 5000. A complete investf:
cation will be made by the author
tiles. .-s-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
WERE
BADLY BRUISED
Head End Collision of Northern
Pacific Trains at Brainerd
Station.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The J6ufna1.
Brainerd, Mimi, Aug. 8.-A headend
collision occurred here at noon. Just
as the passenger train from the south
was pulling in, the switch engine was
on the main line switching, No. being
reported thirty minutes late, but COM
ing in only twelve minutes late.
The conductor and brakeman were
badly bruised, as were also several of
the passengers.
A freight car was piled on top of the
switch engines, and both engines were
badly damaged and put off the trucks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
ENJOYS AT PORTSMOUTH
Peace Plenipotentiaries Are Guests {
Admiral Mead at Luncheon.

xAse4AAA4 al 3AOoSA DIV AuAACAoOA'
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. s.-With
one of the foreign peace ENJOYS within
it's gates and the other three practically
at the harbor S mouth, Portsmouth to-
day awoke to the realization that one
of the most important. days in its his
tory was actually al. hand. The Russian
envoy, NJ: Witte, hriiveSl late last night,
and the fleet, shar tly. after half past g.,
dropped anchor df the navy yard.
At the Hotel Wentworth M. Witte
got up early, beginning at once the
work Of preparing With Mr. Wll4kin
answer to those which reached him
during the night. Speaking to the AS
Frss ne saq b thf 6 ne
doing all in his power to conclude
peace: but that, as he has often stated,
all will depend on what the Japanese
expect to obtain. However, he will
leave nothing uninterrupted to reach the
desired object, and in case of failure,
the world will Judge on whom the re-
snOnsihi]itv shall rest
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
scALPERs LEAVE PORTLAND.

Portland Ore. Aug. S.-As a result Of
the decision of the state circuit court up
holding the railroad anti-scalping law
passed by the state legislature, H. G.
Caspary, the broker on whom test Of
the law was made, had paid his fine in
the municipal court and with the other
eighteen brokers under arrest has agreed
to leave the city ana close his establish
ment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
FARMER KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.

Baraboo. Wis, Aug. S.-Andrew Platt.
well-to do farmer, aged SO, was killed
in runaway accident here today.-In
severe electric storm today the residences
of A. r. Smith and Daniel Falvey were
badly damaged by lightning, and Allen
Johnson had four cattle killed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
DENVER BANK CLOSES DOORS.

Denver, COL, Aug. S.-The Denver
Savings bank closed it's doors today. Sew
eral hundred depositors were gathered
about the doors waiting to draw their
money, when the doors were closed. The
bank owes depositors about 100000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
eouLps IN AUTO ACCIDENT.

Dieppe, France, Aug. S.-While George
]. Gould, accompanied by Mrs. Gould,
was returning yesterday from Saint VAL
cry en- Caux his motor car skidded. Mrs.
Gould was thrown out, bruising her leg,
but not seriously. The car pursued a
wild course with Mr.. Gould clingirg to 1t
down steep incline. but was finally
stopped by hedge NJ. Gould was net
injured.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
1.esa SEEK .uINTAH LANDS.

Grand Junction, Col, Aug. S.-Yester
days registration for lands in the Uintah
reservation eclipsed all previous days. the
number recorded being 1888. A large per-
centage of those registering here go on To
Provo, Utah.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
lis DEAD OF 500
CASES OF FEVER
Yellow Jack Continues to Claim
Victims-Archbishop Chap
pelle Still in Danger.
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION

New cases in New Orleans, 4. Total
cases to date, 500. Deaths in New
Orleans, 2; total deaths, 115; new cases
in Louisiana outside of New Orleans.
%; deaths in Louisiana outside of New
Orleans, 3.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
RAlsIN TRUST is FORMING.

San Francisco, Aug. S.-A deal has
been contaminated which will merge
most Of the raisin growing interests of
this state into one corporation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
Peace ENJOYS Land.

At 1870 o'clock steam cutter, fly
ing the American flag and Russian
flag, rounded Henderson Point and,
heading for the navy yard, was soon
made fast to the decorated float moored
to the seawall, and the Russian pleni-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
minneapolis Merchants

'6Se Mufe Space in The Jour
nal Than in All Other Min
neapolis Papers Combined.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
The Journal Tours

Don't Let the Season Go BY
Without Having One Of Those
Delightful Automobile Rides.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
Jerks Said to Be Out.

In support Of his intimation that
trainmen are daily getting more griev.
Continued en- I'd Page, LIST Column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03
rvToE ON MR.. PARSONS.

Mr. Olcotts retirement from the race for the
presidency of the county committee In favor OF
Mr.. Parsons is entirely creditable to him. No
body questions that Mr.. Parsons Is his own
master and that he Will use his power to bulid
ND the Republican party here and not to serve
any faction. Mr. Olcott sees this, says he could
have desired to do nothing more than this him
self and he would be false to his principles #
he stood for what might be considered an at
tempt to promote or augment facuonal strlIe'
No doubt Mr. Olcott who is an able and high
minded man, announced his candidacy believing
In entire good faith that he could be an 1nstru-
ment OF unity and healthful reorganization. IN
fortunately for him, his candidacy was seized
upon even before it was publicly announced by
politfcal factionists and financial schemers to
cover their own plottings, and the election of
Mr.. OIcott would have been SO obviously their
triumph as to preclude any hope of party advan-
tage from it.
Mr. Olcott seems broad minded enough and
loyai enough to party interests to recognize this
fact as a fact even if he is not 70 blame for II
and he gives timely support TO the Independent
movement which. owing obligations to no outside
force and being associated in the public mind
with no factional schemes, gives the best promise
of an efficient, sef-reIiant and selfrespectinS or
ganization in this county. Mr.. Olcott sets an ex-
ample to Republicans in thus putting aside every
thing in order to secure the right sort OF hare
monious reorganization The effort Of the lead
ers in this county should be to rally to the sup
port Of the new president those elements of the
party which are not commonly active In It's ar
fairs. Party committees should not be made up
merely of district leaders. precinct captains and
professional workers at practical politics; they
should contain the leaders of public opinion and
the workers In various departments for civic
righteousness.
Mr.. Parsons should have the cooperation In
his organization labors of the men whose advice
he would seek If as volunteer worker he were
interested in promoting tenement house REFORM
ballot reform, election expense reform, greater
police efficiency, wise insurance legislation or
any other business vital to the interests of the
community. By getting such men about him and
by organizing the committee on a thoroughly
businesslfke basis Mr.. Parsons can make the Of
fee which is now apparently to be his without
opposition most effective for strengthening the
Republican party among the voters OF this city.