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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-03-04
HOT SPRINGS Fire
THREE PERSONS KNOWN TO HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES.
Square Mile Of city Wiped Out. With
Loss Reaching into miiIIons-Water
system Gives out and Wind prives
flames Through Closely Built Blocks
-psstltuts Are Being Cared For.

Hot Springs. Ark, Feb. 26.-Fire
swept the southern portion Of this
city Saturday. causing losses Yariously
estimated at from 100000 TO 81
600. 600 ana three deaths. Three char.
red corpses were found in the ruins.
but the Identity Of the victims has not
been established. One Of the bodies Is
supposed 10 be that Of q female guest
OF the Grand Central hotel
The Ore started a, $3.50 O'Clock in
the morning, and in 1--WE hours burned
over an area Of one square mile.
Block after block Of business houses.
hotels and other buildings were swept
away. The fire swept area includes
every house ON Chapel street, all Of
Market street from Central avenue
west. Orange street 10 Grand avenue
aud a portion Of Oak street.
Among the buildings destroyed are
the Grand Central hotel. the Lee
House. Moody hotel. Plateau hotel,
Columbia hotel. the county courthouse
jnil First Methodist church. the Jew
ish synagogue and % residences and
stores.
The ere started In the Grand Cen
trail hotel and It's origin IL uncertain.
An OF the guests had retired for the
night. and only TIE night clerk and
Waterman were on duty when the
flames were discovered. A stronE
north wind was blowing, and before
the Ere department could reach the
scene the flames spread rapidly 10 ad
Joining buildings
form Bucket Brigade.
The nremen and police worked
yallanty. but their efforts could not
check the flames. and 10 add TO theft
dlffculties the water pressure gave out
al O'Clock Bucket brigades yer,
then formed. citizens and visitors alike
volunteering their services. Many
lodging houses and cheap restaurants
'gc-s .s.ss3-;ly 10 The path q the ERE
and the occupants were huTriedly AZ
prsncd 81 their danger Many In theii
anxiety jumped from windows and sus
tanned severe bruises and shocks
A. daybrcak the wind Increased il
force Tho Gre swept along Contra
avenue south. eating M building afte
building on the west side Of Centra
avenue a strip Of woods covering II
acres arrested TIE progress Of the fr'
60 the west The Park hotel through
a favorable shift 10 the wind. escape,
destruction.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
SENATOR DRYDEN DENIES

(..'sAsM 6lIo 6ssIsr euL,, OF IeIoeds)
NEWARK, July II. 1905-The at
tention of Senator John f. Dryden was
called to an editorial in New York
paper, in which it was charged that he
was, as president OF the Prudential In
suranee company. a participant in GER
tain stock dealings by the Equitable As
surance Society officers and directors.
Senator Dryden said:-
"There is nothing in the story. | have
never been connected with any of fhe
Equitable transactions, and personally I
know nothing about them. / have bought
stocks and paid for them as other men
have done in companies
The New York paper published the
testimony taken at the Investigation of
the Equitable by Superintendent Hen
bricks, of the New York State Insurance
Department, in which both James w
Alexander, James H. Hyde and other
Equitable officials told Of the use Of the
eompany's money in syndicate stock
fransacfjnus
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
CRILD'S SACRIFICE.

Overhearing a woman in a car say
she would give a hundred dollars for a
head Of hair like hers, Amy Resell,
thirteen vars old, of Pearl street, Pater-
son, followed the woman home.
At the childs home was her mother
and brother, too i'll to work and because
Of lack of money unable to take rest
in the mountains that had been ordered
for them A hundred dollars meant ev-
erything, ana the beautiful head Of gol-
den hair that hung below her waist
seemed of no value to her.
The girl hastened to barber. had
him shear it close to her scalp. and lit
tie later presented herself at the door OF
the house and rendering the tresses. ask
ed for the S100. The woman was
amazed and explained that she meant
she would give that sum to have hair of
her own. But she cheered the child the
best she could, took the hair and prom
ised to see if she could not dispose Of it
Ito a New York dealer and then raise
by subscription among her friends the
500 nevessary to send her mother to
the mountains.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
BIG JAPANESE LOAN.

NEW YORK, July -, 19o5.--Of the
30.000000 pounds sterling of the InIper-
ial Japanese Government Az per cent.
sterling, second series, 100000 pounds
sterling have been taken by Meisrs.
Kuhn. Loeb & Co., of New York, and
are offered to investors in the United
States by that banking house in ron-
junction with the National City Bank of
New York and the National Bank of
Commerce in New York These bonds
are similar to the previous issue of S0,-
100000 pounds sterling and are secured.
both. as to principal and interest, BY a
charge upon the annual net revenues of
the Japanese government tobacco monop-
oily, subject only to the charge in favor
of the prior loan of 10000. 900 pounds
sterling. The japanese government has
the exclusive right to control the culti-
vation and production of the leaf and to
purchase, import. manufacture and to
sell tobacco thus possessing the entire
monopoly Of the tobTcco trade within the
limits Of the japanese Empire
The estimated revenue for the fiscal
year 1905-06 from this source is equal to
3,267, ,796 pounds sterling. which is more
than per cent. upon the two series of
bonds. The semi-annual interest on the
bonds is payable January 10 and July
10 of each year in London, New York
and Berlin. At the fixed exchange of
S4.S7 per pound sterling in New York,
the offering price is S73s per cent. and
accrued interest, New York Stock Ex-
change usage, which is the approximate
parity of the London issue price.
The subscription list win be opened at
10 A. NJ, July Il, and will be closed On
or before July H. Subscriptions should
be made on forms obtained from tile
bankers and their correspondents ard
must be accompanied by deposit of $50
s in New York fands for each 100 pounds
sterling of bonds subscribed for. A ses-
ond payment Of $25 per 100 pounds ste +
ling of bonds will be payable August 3
and the. remainder on October 1d. Pay
ments may be made in full on August 3,
under discount atSthe rate Of. 3 per cent.
per annum Temporary certificates viii
be issued. exchangeable for the bonds as
soon as definite security can be prepared.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
PRISON CON NTRACTS


Especial to The Jersey city News.'9
TRENTON. July II. 1865. The board
of inspectors of the State prison yeste.-
day afternoon awarded the contract fer
the erection Of the new wing to the Pauly
Jail Company, of St Louis whose BID
was s226.ss5.
This was not the lowest bid, that of
Joseph Sutley. of Jersey City, who bulk
the Second Regiment armory in tbs "
being $219. 460. Cutlev's bid was reject
ed by the board on the ground that it did
not comply with the specifications in that
it did NOT give the names of the sub-con-
tractors
Catley's bid was s6,925 lower than
THAT of the Pauly Company.
After the decision of the board was
announced Cutley stated that he would
take action to compel the inspectors to
accept his bid. He contenlcd that the
board had no right to require the nam ng
of the snb-contractors ami that his BID
was legitimate in ever yway, being ac-
companied by the necessary bond
The other bidders on the contract
were: James II Lanning. s235,00o;
Thomas H. Prior & Sons. S24o,550; Lew
is Lawton, S282,6T4; William johnson,
S23s, o4s; William vandoren, Cleveland,
s23As77.
While the contract was awarded to a
st, Louis firm, the largest part Of the
work will be done BY local worlSmen.
The stone and mason work in the new
building will be done entirely by local
men, as~Lewis I.awton & Son are the
sub-contractors.
The successful bidders are no novices
at prison work and have the reputation
of building strong prisons They built
the last wing at the prison here and also
constructed the Wilmington model prison.
They will use the new interloc5ing pat
ent on all cells and introduce many mod
ern appliances in the new structure for
the safety of the keepers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
hot But HAPPY
Jersey City Has Adopted An
Al Fresco Style Of Living
and Succeeds in Keeping
Cool.

The hot spell continues and little or no
relief is in Sight. And vet the city is
harry. On every shady side Of street
in the downtown tenement section this
nserning the joyous prattle of children
at play greeted the ears of pedestrians.
Everybody is living out of doors and
no- much sttenton is being Jaid to the
cenventionalities Of dress. With all The
stories of dire poverty in lily ventilated
tenements. the children undergoing the
hardest test of health are seen disport-
Jag themselves on the sidewalks. foem
ar animated y use Of health. Nj arc
oress ed with a v,ew to comfort and few
can be seen who do not look us :.l.oush
t'ey had just emerged from a cool bah
and had hastily thrown on newly
wisscd genn 0 light material
The streets appear to be the home of
everybody, and the change of scenes from
the orthodox style Of living appear queer.
Old Een, who are not toiling, may BE
found in dress similar to pajainas sit
ting near the middle of the roadway of
less frequented theroughfares in.iustr:-
ous!Y working up a sweat in an effort to
fan themselves. Anywhere to get III the
shade. Some of these are shop keepers
and seated on tilted chairs in the middle
Of roadways they look silly, but con-
tented. Babes contentedy sleeping in
baby carriages can be seen III every sha-
dy nook where the least breath of air
is stirring, Small girls in groups are
found in other shady places playing
house." and the small boy is as busy as
ever whacking away with a stick piece
OF wood sharpened at both ends and
sending the dangerous missile through
the air while other kids scramble for it.
Whether the heavy showers of Mon
day and yesterday had ANYTHING to do
with clearing the air Of humidity or not
ii is certain that, hot as it is, there is
"a remarkable showing Of vitality.
Horses seem. to suffer most. Drawing
great trucks of merchandise, they can
be seen painting for breath with foam
from their sides. Many of them are
treated to hose bath in front of the
S. P. G. A. building and in front Of the
various fire houses. If they could only
talk what valume of thanks they would
heap upon their benefactors. But they
don't have to. Their thanks are express
ed in actions mot words.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
RELEASED BY DEATH.

Especial to The Jersey city News.''O
TRENE0N. July L, 1906 William
Mitchell an inmate of the State prison;
died suddenly in the prison hospital yes.
terday afternoon The prison physicians
said apoplexy was the cause.
Mitchell was committed from Essex
County June 8, 1900. for 80 years fs,
murder in the second degree. He was
then % years old In 1901 he was il
and was in the hospital six months
Then he got better and was placed en-
contract work Two weeks ago NE be-
came i'll again and went back to the hes,
pitaE He grew worse yesterday and d ed
as stated
Prison Keeper Osborne last evening
telegraphed his sister in New York an;
funeral arrangements will be made later
Mitchell is survived by a brother, who i
also in the prison for 10 years for TIE
same crime.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
MERELY
MENTIONED


The Board Of Street and Water Com
nlissioners is being commended fer hay-
ing the. courage of it's convictions in the
matter of the Erie Railroad open cut
proposition. 1t seems to be the popular
thing these days to oppose, whether right
Or wrong. anything a railroad or other
corporation may ask for. Mayor Fagan,
IN the hcpe Of making few votes vetoed
the action Of the Board Of Sreet and
Water Commissioners in granting conces-
slells 20 the railroad company. and now
the Street and Water Beard has pas d
the resolution d second time The rail-
road company may now start on the i'm
prGyements it has in contemplation and
which it IS estimated viii cost $S,0DG0 O.
Jersey City will benefit by these improve
ments farsin excess of any sum of men y
that might be paid for the vacation OF
the streets needed by the railroad The
concessions granted by the railroad are.
more beneficial than a money considera-
tion. Fair-nlind d persons will approve
the Street and Water Bcarl's stand III
this matter and will condemn the May
or's soak the corporations play.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
HEAT REGISTRATIONS

John ]. Christie, sixty-three years old,
Of No. Is Romaine avenue, while at work
as carpenter at No. 2l5 Baldwin ave-
nue., was overcome by the heat yesterday
afternoon. When he first complained
follow workmen advised him to go Ii me.
He said he could not afford TO lose the
time. He died an hour later.
john Burns. twenty years old, of No.
l46 Bright street, was overcome by the
heat at Colgate and York streets last
night. He was taken 10 the City Hos
pital
At a:25 n m, Yesterday William WI
sgl, fifty three years Old, of No. s4aa
Erie street. was overcome BY he eat
sat Sxesl4h and Coles stree Is and was re-
moved 70 the City Hospital.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
KIC KED BY The
BRONCOS
Skeeters Got An Awful Lick
ing Yesterday BY the De-
spised Rochester Team.
BIRDS BEAT THE slsoHs
Newark Bad = walloped by
Toronto and Montreal by
Providence
BIRDS BEAT the BlsONs

The Skeeters got an awful trouncing
yesterday from the Broncos. They
hardly know vet how it happened. The
blame has been put on Linderman, who
was put on the slate for jersey City.
Some say he was too weak to undergo
the operation. That may be, but an am
alysis of the game shows plainly that
the slate was miserably supported. Be-
sides the weather, which IS mixing N
with eyerybody's business just low, may
have had all to do with Lindermans con
dition It rained before the game start
ed. One of Linderman's great traits IS
his successful use of the spit ball He
couldn't use it after the rain. On the
other hand Cleary, who pitched for Rosll-
ester, played like a star and had the
game been called on account of rain in
the seventh inning it is almost certain
that he would have carmel the seasons
Eastern League record for strike outs.
He struck out nine men before the game
was called. Three of the Slseefers went
down before him in one, two, three order
in the opening inning. They scored tier
first run in the third inning. Clement got
first ON Cleary's error. He stole seco9d
and third and ram home on a put. ont.
Another tally was added in the fifth,
when yandergrift hit for two bases and
short singles by Linderman and Clement
sent him home. That's all the Skee ers
did in the scoring line. The Broncos be-
gan scoring in the third. when Steelman
got pass to first. Smith singled and
Manning hit one along the third base,
hne. Steelman was nailed by WOODS,
but the latter then threw wild to first
and Smith raced home. Barclay hit for
three bases and sent Manning heme. AT
the close of the third inning the score
stood two to one in Rochester's favor.
and the Broncos piled on the agony by
scoring three runs in each of the TWO
following innings. Umpire Moran's de-
cisions were not relished by the Skeete $,
who put up a number of strenuous kicks
At one point of the game Captain Bean
refused to play under. the decisions.
The score
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
JUNIOR C. {. SCHOOL.

A summer school for workers in
Junior Christian Endeavor societies will
open in First Presbyterian church, As
bury Park, July IS, and continue until
the 22d. oLcal endeavor workers will
have prominent place on the pro-
gramme Mrs. A. r. Baxter. OF Tren-
ton viii give an address on THE Object
and Value of Committee Work Friday,
July %, and the same day Charles G..
Robinson, secretary of the boys depart
ment of the Trenton Y NJ. C. A., will
present th subject OF The Boy in the
Junior Society
At the opening session Miss Kate
Haus will tell what may be done with
children under 10 years Of age and those
between 10 and Ia years, and Mrs. Beck
man will speak ON the Importance of
Proper Training Christian Life for
Christian Service,
Thursday, July 20, Mrs. Alonzo Petit
will tell of teaching Missions and Sys-
tematic and Proportionate Giving. and
Mrs. r. V. Preston of Teaching Juniors
to Pray" .The Cooperation of Parents
and Mothers Meetings. will be the sub
ject of an address by Mrs. n. W. Miller,
and Mrs. Charles Aiken will speak on
Junior and Home Missionary Meet
ings.'
Mrs. Alonzo Petit will give an Illus
tration in Bible geography and Miss
Haus will tell of "Precocious Juniors
and How to Deal With Them.'' Music
in Junior Meetings" viii be the subject
of an address by Miss Ina R. Van
Heckle. and Miss Ruth Miller will tell
of "a Foreign Missionary Meeting in
Africa"
Friday, July u, Miss Ida Mabel Reeve
viii speak on ..The Junior Prayer Meet
ing; LIS ODject and Nalue, ana MISS
Haus will discuss '"The Pledge and the
Juniors Parents A Bible study will
be conducted by the Rev. W 7. S. Liem-
bar 'sThe Object and Value of Gem
mittee Work viii be the subject Of an
address BY Mrs. A. R. Baxter, Of this
city.
..How Far Should We Attempt to Ed
ueate Juniors to take Part" will be pre-
sented by Miss Ida B. Stephens, and G..
c. Robinson, secretary of boys work at
the Y. NJ c. A., will tell of ''The Boy
in the Junior what Daes Christian
Endeavor Mean To YouY' win be the
subject of an address by John T. Sproull.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
U. s. COURT TRIALS

Especial to ''The Jersey city News
TRENTON, July u, 1868. The trial
Of Dr.. Wesley r. Wales, former presi-
dent Of the defupct First National Bank
Of Cape MAY, charged with the misap-
preparation of $4,000 of the banks
funds. scheduled to be heard in the Uni
ted States District Court to-day, has
been temporarily postponed
The trials of William Thompson. Of
Newark, indicted for eounterfelting. and
Antonio Vitieldo. of Jersey City, charged
with the, illegal landing of aliens. will be
heard illBre Judge Lanning tomorrow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
Charles R. Searles Of Lynd-
hurst Says he Went With
Charles Meyers to the
Hotel Albert.
NE SAW MRS. MEYERS THERE
Her Companion Was Louis ].
Apgar-Other Testimony
Of the Family Row


Further testimony in the divorce suit
Of George NJ. Meyers, of No. 1O4 Clifford
avenue against his wife Clara E. Meyers
was taken in che local chancery cham
bels this morning. Meyers accuses his
wife of misconduct with Louis ]. Apgar,
wealthy, retired business man. who
lives in Sip avenue. One Of the most
sensational features of the suit is Aey-
ers's claim Of having discovered .Apgars
Irritation with his wife through blottese
she used in addressing letters. The pfis-
cipal accusation against Mrs. Meyers
was her being seen in Apgar's company
at The HotA Albert. in University place.
New York, ON February s. 1894 Tes-
timony on this point was taken yester-
day This morning Frederick Riccard,
hookkeeper for Meyers. was recalled and
said he could iie-yify Apgar by wlii.e
spet on the back os, his head.
Charles R. searles, of Lyndhurst, \.
j.. testified that he was ope of party
that Went TO The Hotel Albert on Febru-
airy s, 1904. having merely been invs:ed
to dlso by Meyers's brother Charl.t.
Two detectives were in the party. HIS
place of business IS No. 146 Church
street., near thss AIeyers's busine. s plaee.
He testified that he saw Apgar ami Mrs.
Movers at The hoeel. He denied thar he
received compensation for the visit.
Charles Meyers brother of rhe plain
tiff. was recalled and testified that Mrs
Meyers came to their place OF business
in Chambers street two days after the
hotel incident and asked for her husband.
Her husband was out. The witness tes-
titled that Mrs Meyers asked him if he
didn't think her husband shculd return
to her and that he replied: THAT is
question for your husband to decide"
Witness was not able to recall that he
telephoned to Mrs. Ward, an aunt Of
Mrs Movers, to detain George NJ.
Meyers that day so that his wife could
not see him. He remembered having an
interview with the Rev. Charles Herr,
but the purport of the interview was not
brought out at that stage of the trial.
J. De Witt Coombes. of No. "a sip
avenue, a son-in-law of Apgar, identified
| a letter written in Apgar's handwriting.
This was merely to establish standard
of Apgar's writing. The witness could
not identify envelopes which the firm
by whom he is employed sold Apgar.
Some time was taken mp with dis
eussion as to whether statement secur-
ed from the clerk 9f the Hotel Albert
should be put in evidence. According to
the statement the clerk mad identified
photograph of Apgar as a man who reg
istered at the hotel as Charles G. Craw-
ford. The Court would not allow this
as proof that Mrs. Meyers was with APP
gar at the time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12
SCRUvAL0FF's MURDER.

LONDON. July Il, 19o5-The St
Petersburg correspondent of the Times
says that the assassination Of Coun
Schuvaloff. Prefect of Police Of Mos
COW. creates no surprise. 1t is one ncrs
evidence that government by the police
will never pacify the country. The whoh
Russian press, with the exception cf
few organs devoted to the bureaucracy
dins this obvious truth daily into ths
ears of the Government. County Schue
valoff was most Jealous policeman. Ths
post Of Prefect Of Moscow is now mort
important than when Gen. TTepeI beli
it. because since the murder Of Gram
Duke Sergius the prefect has had ad-
ministratiye as well as police functions
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-12

is the latter who are most severe in
condemning il, many Of them having de-
clared, in the council meetings. that they
viii be willing to subscribe to substi-
tute plan that will increase their pay
ments while it will tighten the burdens
of the older Arcanians
Tonight at Columbia Hall. the com
mittee composed of five members of each
of the twenty odd councils III Hudson
County will meet and further discuss
plans in the same connection.