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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-08
DEPARTMENT STORE COLLAPSES SCORES DEAD IN RUINS
HUNDREDS CAUGHT IN CRASH OF BIG ALBANY BUILDING
WITTE TO BLUFF
JAPs # He CAN
Russia s Peace Envoy to Make the
Best Play Possible with
Worthless Hand.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal 5y3e3zqs ...-..ast ...-
chif2ge Aag sWalter Wellmasn IL an
car Nicholas bluffer-in-chief, in
the stalwart person offs Count Sergius
Witte, has arrived here
Count Witte's reputNaon came here
ahead of him. His reputation is that
Of as clever a buffer as ever sat be-
hind a pair Of deuces and filed the
table in front of him full of the ivories
which betokened his nerve.
Witte' s mission in America is al
ready we'll understood by those who
have carefully watched the game and
who have mingled with the players. He
into very important notifications of
their demands under penalty Of hav-
ing the whole affair break up in a
failure.
From men who crossed the ocean
with Witte and who are more or less
in his confidence, gather that the
cars ambassador really believes he
can outplay the Japanese and force
them to accept much smaller stake
than they have set their hearts upon
Witte believes, as many Russians do
for peace than they permit to become
known. He believes that under thu
right sort of pressure they will make
huge concessions rather than see tn.
conference end in failure.
The Russian envoy is said, on excel
lent authority, to be conscious of th'
fact that he has no hand. His card
are almost blank. The one piece O.
capital he has, and the one he mus
make the most Of. is the possibilit,
that. he can SO work on the fears O.
| l. L T@ L =
small winnings rather than go hom
without any.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-08

The work Of digging out the victims
was conducted by the members of the
hre 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
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
who escaped, said:
He was at my side and then there
was the crash and I saw him no more. -
Helped Thirty Girls Out.
Edward J. .Horan, one of the clerks at
the mems furnishing counter, was
among the fortunate ones to get out
moving about thirty girls to a neigh
| boring store.
cit all happened in a minute,' said
he. ,"I was engaged in getting my
stock, in shape and there were not
half-dozen customers in the store within
I
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 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
i 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.. ..--.z z.
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
OF them were conscious and several di-
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., 1905-08-08
BUSINESS MEN
TIRE OF STRIKE
Vhey Implore photographers and
Railroad Officials to
Arbitrate.
ASK GOVERNOR TO
USE HIS INFLUENCE
Serham's Reports Indicate Posi-
bility that Other Trainmen
Are Affected.
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Aug. S.-Attorney Gen
sral 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 serious
condition of affairs along some portions
OF the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cifc 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 MESA ges.
1t is stated that the belief is ex-
pressed that these Interruptions of bust
ness have been brought about by ire
spensiblee 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 to
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.
1t is possible that Mr. Moody's de-
parture on vacation will be delayed sew.
e1al days because of difficulties con.
fronting the department in connection
with the strike.
The Minneapolis journal., 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 favorably under the federal
authorities, The weather is clear and
warm. -. <>-- r. NJ -. zs
) : 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 twentyfour hours
Nineteen Of thes care in Patterson ano
are mostly Italians. The three othe1
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 cases, Texas people living alons
ernor Of Texas to send militia to th'
state line for guard duty, but the gov
ernor declined to comply.
Reports today from the bedside O.
Archbishop Chapelle, who is i'll with vel
low fever, were to the effect that tn
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., 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., 1905-08-08
GIRL CLERKS ARE
CRUSHED TODFA
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
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 had brought
out only twenty-five injured. Three of
these died after reaching the hospitals.
At that time 10 were unaccountel
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 firms, payroll, but fifty Of these
are on their vacations.
up to O'Clock the only identified
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 it's kind in the city's history, oc-
Cured shortly before 9 o'clock. The
| Myers estate had been making exten-
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, burying the workmen and carving
down those who happened to be work.
1ng 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 mum
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
forming a mass of debris under which
were the unfortunate victims.
Telephone communication was sent
to the various hospitals and doctors
thruout- the city, and within half al
hour twenty-five doctors and four am
rious stores in the neighborhood wer,
turned into emergency hospitals an(
mattresses were brought from the va
rious department. stores in the neigh
borhood for the care of the victims
The Minneapolis journal., 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,
directly in the rear, is the city residence
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 million dollars
Only mere shell Of stone walls was
Many very valuable paintings and
has reliefs were ruined One bronze
bas relief called "The Alteration Of
the Cross' and valued at $4,000 was
totally destroyed. Two large paintings,
''The Resurrection and t'Christ Heal
luS CuC olCA, Wc1t dlSU OOllu
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
dows4sof Mr.. Rockefeller's home con-
centrated the streams of water on the
which for time threatened to topple
over on the Rockefeller home owing to
| the intense heat at the tower 8 base.
A dramatic incident, the ringing Of q
big bell in the tower, marked the close
Of this struggle just at the moment
when the firemen had succeeded in saw
| ing the surrounding homes from the i'm
pending danger. The peril was greatest
when the roof Of the church fell in
This shock shook the great tower to its
top. The onlookers shrank back, but
| the only sign the tower gave was one
stroke from the clapper of shaker
bell. Only little more than an hou!
ELAPSED between the time the smoke wa
first seen and the fall of the roof.
Scene of Brilliant Weddings.
The church, which was closed for tn
summer, has stood ON its present sit
for fifty years and has been the seem
of some of America s most brillian
weddings. Rev. Ernest M. Stlres IS tn
rector.
The furnishing Of the residence of DR.
W. Seward Webb were damaged by fire
men who broke into the house in orde
to drag their hose to an advantageou
position.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-08
WANTS NATION TO
GUARD POLICIES
American Bar Association Com
mittee 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.
23 to 25. The report makes five spe-
ciic recommendations as follows:
First-Legislation by congress providing
for the supervision of insurance.
Second-The repeal of all valued policy
laws
Thrd-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 federal
statute prohibiting the use of the mails
to all persons, associations or corpora
tions transacting the business of insur-
ance in disregard of state or federal regu-1
lations. . ---. .~E
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
WnaC purposes uSec, anu showing non-
est management and the protection of
policyholders.
w. R. Vance Of Virginia, member
of the committee, is expected to pre-
sent. 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., 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, young daugh
ter of the Quinbys, to die from diph
liberia without calling physician, ant
instead "laid on hands and prayed
The Minneapolis journal., 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. s.-A 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
sold to white men at prices ranging
from 500 to 5000. A complete investi,
cation will be made by the author
tiles. ,s~
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-08
PASSENGERS WERE
BADLY BRUISED
Head-End Collision Of Northern
Pacific Trains at Brainerd
Station.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
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. l 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., 1905-08-08
ENJOYS AT PORTSMOUTH
Peace Plenipotentiaries Are Guests of
Admiral Mead at Luncheon.

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. S.-With
one Of the foreign peace ENJOYS within
its 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 fathand. The Russian
envoy, NJ. Witte, Rriivcd late last night,
and the feet, shertly after half past 9,
dropped a1chor 4f the navy yard.
At the Hotel Wentworth. NJ. Witte
got up early, beginning at once the
work Of preparing with Mr. Wilinkin
some dispatches to his government in
answer. to those which reached him
during the night. Speaking to. the AS
sociated Press, he said that he is more
than ever animated by the desire of
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.
sponsibilitv shall rest. ,.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-08
eouLps IN AUTO ACCIDENT.

Dieppe, France, Aug. S.-While George
j. 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.. Could clinging to it
down steep incline, but was finally
stopped by hedge. MS. Gould was net
injured.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-08
1883 SEEK uiNTAH LANDS.

Grand Junction, Col, Aug. S.-Yester-5
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., 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 $2,000,000.
The Minneapolis journal., 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-sca1ping law
passed by the state legislature, H. G..
Caspary, the broker on whom a 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. s
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-08
lis DEAD OF 500
CASES OF FEVER
Yellow Jack Continues to Claim
Victims ms-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., 1905-08-08
FARMER KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.

Baraboo. Wis, Aug. S.-Andrew Platt
do farmer, aged So, was killed
in a 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., 1905-08-08
Peace Envoys Land.

At 1870 clock steam cutter, fly
ing the American flag and a 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., 1905-08-08
.RAlslN TRUST is FORMING,

San Francisco. Aug. S.--A deal has
been consummated which will merge
most of the raisin growing interests of
this state into one corporation.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-08

Continued on I'd Page, Sd Column.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-08
The Journal Tours

Don't Let the Season Go BY
Without Having One of Those
Delightful Automobile Rides.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-08

-0Sc Mofe Space in The Jour
nal Than in All Other Min
neapolis Papers Combined.
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The Arizona sentinel., 1905-10-18
Notice OF Sale of Real Estate al
Public Auction.

Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of an order of sale made and
entered by the probate court, on the
It'll day of September, A. d., 1903, in
the matter of the estate of Harry F.
Neahr, deceased, the undersigned, adj
ministratrix of said estate will sell at
public auction, subject to the confirm
alton by said court, the following
described real property, to-wit: The
north half of lot five. 10. in block
twenty-five (22), in the town of Yuma,
in Yuma County, Arizona Territory:
said sale viii be made on the 18th day
of October, A. D.. 1905, at the hour of
1890 p. M, at the front door OF the
County Court House. in the town of
Yuma, in Yuma County, Arizona;
terms of sale, cash at time OF sale.
Refugia NeahI
Administrators of the Estate of
Harry f. Neahr. Deceased.
Dated at Yuma. Arizona, the 18th
day of September, 1905.
Sept 10Th. st.