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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
FIRE PANIC KILLS IL.
rWO SCORE INJURED.
v,cro Mob in Philadelphia Church
Stamp Out Many Li0eS.

.r,s.,rb,s. ian. 21-Eighteen persons were
o1d nrobably half hundred were injured
Kineu so,rovvine the CRY of "F1re!" tonight
:. oa,,rs Colored Baptist Church, in Sth-st.
!. a--s..s ware being held on the second floor OF
=. ,,i,ding. A defective flue set fire 10 'he
Icy causing smoke to issue through the
..a.ss IN the floor near the pulpit. the room
-sTI filed at the time. and the cry OF flre!
..r,Isd with the sight of the smoke, threw th9
,orrregation into panic.
-.ls rush was made for the stairs, despite
~, efforts OF the Rev. E. W. Johnson. the pastor
!. snav the fears of the frenzied people. All
-.r.ad To get out at once. and men, women and
.sns,en alike were knocked down and trampied
rron bv those pushing from behind. The stair
nv 70 the first floor had one sharp turn in It.
"a ,be frightened people became so tightly
--.aead IN the bend of the staircase that the
s-.u vooden baunlster gave way precipitating
many to the floor below.
IN. crash and the screams and shrieks OF the
zronen and the children added TO the frenzy Of
those above They did not stop in their onward
-nsh tn get out Notwithstanding the wide
onen doors on the first floor leading to the street
ire crush was so great that eighteen persons
ran the life stamped out Of them before the
panic was ended.
4 general alarm was sent IN for amhulances,
Arsnen and policemen In the mean time the
ersstest confusion reigned. a crowd gathered
and the work Of rescue was promptly started
7bs dead and injured were quickly taken to
hospitals and nearby houses
The fire was only triflng. the flames being exs
ans.lished before the fremen arrived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
THE MINERS DEMANDS.
Increase of 12H Per Cent Among
Other Things asked.

Pittsburg Jan. N.-'"The Post tomorrow will
say:
A completed draft of the wage demands that are
to be presented by the United Mine Workers 10 the
tors at the Interstate conference at Indanap-
oils this week secured from reliable sources
over the former agreement of these interests me
miners are now asking for only one year agree
ment, instead of the two year scale which Is 10 20
expire next April, and which was the first or the
kind to be tried by the coal interests
The specific demands to be presented 10 IIe op-
orators are included in propositions as foi-
lows: =,
First-A straight advance of 121s per cent for all
miners and mine labOreTS. 49, :
Second-AIl bituminous districts to be admitted
to the conference where they are represented Dy
both mine workers and operators.
Third-A seven cent differential must be estao-
lished between pick and machine mining on the
mine run basis.
Fourth-A uniform day wage scale 10 De PAID 10
all classes of day labor.
Fifth-Boys under sixteen years of age snail not
be permitted to work in or about the mine
Sfxth-That the wage agreement or contract pc
tween the United Mine Workers and the operators
shall continue for year from April l. 1910.
Seventh-An other conditions of the present wage
agreement that do not conflict with the aooVe
demands shall remain in force for the same period
as the scale.
The conference between the miners and opera
tors is to start at indianapolis Thursday OF this
week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
SHIPS CREW CRIPPLED
FiUe Badly Hurt in Storm-Three
Taken to Hospital.

With five of her crew badly bruised and torn,
and the rest nervous from want Of sleep, new
tramp steamer the Ardgowan tied up to Pier
morning. Three of the crew were at once re-
moved to a hospital.
I've been seafaring good many years."
Captain William Putt said, "but never ran
against such devilish seas in all my career
Why, one afternoon while the officers and my
self were at dinner heavy sea swept through
the skyIight and drenched and broke every
dish on the table. Some of the men Jared
worse than Others but no one is seriously In
jured."
Those taken to the hospital were Chief En-
gineer Harvey, Oscar Williams an assistant
carpenter, and Second Engineer Charles Newell.
Harvey had two ribs broken and his body badly
bruised; Williams was swept off his feet one
afternoon and buried under a falling hatchi
Newell is suffering from blood poisoning. He
cut his knee against plate, and blood poisoning
set In.
For two days during her first voyage the
Ardgowan's crew Of thirty-fve were kept busy
bailing, the heavy having flooded her be-
tween decks On January she hove to for
fourteen hours and on the tenth changed her
course On the ninth the carpenter, ]. B. Smith,
and his assistant, Oscar Williams, were secur-
ing the matches when a great wave swept over
the vessel knocking down the matches. Both
Smith and his assistant were buried under them
and badly bruised Williams lay abed for five
days after.
The Ardgowan was built in Glasgow for Lang
& Fulton She is $40 feet long, 40 feet inches
beam. 20 feet s inches deep, weighs f,1OO tons
and is registered at 2.7SO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
MAY DIE FROM HEAT.
Foreigner Stricken in Pittsburg-
Steel Mills Shut DoScn.
rBy Telegraph 70 The tribune. ]

Pittsburg. Jan: 21.-An records for heat Ia
Western Pennsylvania in the month OF January
were broken to-day, when the mercury climbed
up to "A degrees. registered this afternoon at 3
o'clock at the Weather Bureau, on top OF the
twenty-four story Farmers Bank Building. With
Yesterdays heat registering 66 degrees. it was
supposed that a limit had been reached inso-
much as that had been the warmest January
day since 1874 The Weather Bureau promised
relief and said that to-day's weather would Do
colder. with rain.
When the dawn came. there vas not cloud
I'm the sky, and the sun came out with all the
warmth of day in the middle or June Al
noon the sun was broiling in its intensity. and
nv 8 o'clock there was actual suffering. Furs
and overcoats were discarded. and still there
was no comfort Stephen Hymess. foreigner,
fell unconscious from the heat He was taken
10 the homeopathic Hospital. He Is still uncon-
scious. and the physicians doubt If he will re-
cover The suffering intense in the mill
districts and many of the steel mills and glass
houses we're compelled to close down for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
4ERONAUT FALLS FAR.
Blames 800 Foot Drop to Failure Of
Tozeang automobile.

orrnond Beach. Fla, Jan. A.-Charles Hamilton
the eeronaut after falling three hundred feet in
his aeropIane to-day, hit the fagpole near the
Hotel Promeda bathhouse, but escaped with a
co,,ara shaking I'D When the aeropane landed.
Hamilton, cIinging to the rope seat. his hands
above his head pitched forward face down, upon
the boardwalk His right leg caught the force
Of the fall but he struck heavily on his chin haV-
ing the breath knocked out of him.
The first thing he said was: - 1t, lost my
cigar" He lit one just before going up. as he did
q cigarette at his previous ascension.
Although Hamilton in the air not more than
three minutes he regardes his flight as success
ror hts collapse was said be due to the INSULT
ciep+ mower of the 6O-horsepower of j. c. Con-
way of New-York. which was doing the towing
The combined weight of the aeroplane, of Hamilton
and the rope was enough to make the car slip
backward. When the chauffeur tried to shirt from
6rst 10 second speed. he in great danger or
strpping the gears off the end the wind against
the aeroplane stopped the automobile.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
MAY DAY IN JANUARY.
Weather Bureau Reports Warmest
Winter Spell Since 1890.

Washington, Jan. 21.-A warm wave which
scored the highest record in temperature slllce
1890 prevailed to-day throughout the region
between the Mississippi Valley and the AtIahuo
Coast. Its crest was in Ohio, where the tenn
neratures this afternoon, as reported 10 IhS
weather Bureau. ranged from 40 to a degrees
south of the Ohio River it was less warm be
causa of heavy rains and thunder snoWers-
rr,rndar storms also prevailed in Tennessee
11;ssissinpi Alabama and Northwest Georgia
A cold wave, which developed in the West IS
-onid1,, following the warm wave, and the
forecasts say it will reach the Atlantic coast
Monday night, but its force Will be dlIIlll4she-
as II advances The weather officials announce
that the fall Of temperature will approximate
Al degrees in the region just west OF the MIS-
stssippi River and north Of the MISSOURI Wills
II will go below zero in the DaAotas' Minnesota
orebraska and the Middle Rocky Mountain re-
gion.
In washington the weather was springlike'
--'.. MAXIMUM temperature of 63 degrees.
hitch however is much lower than the January
racord In Parkersburg w. Va, the tempera-
+,,ra IA degrees was the highest ever recoroeo
by the Weather Bureau.
The Weather Bureau official report to-nlghC
charaoterizes to-day's warm weather as 'Ae
Greatest midwinter warm spell since 1891 ana
saws the maximum temperatures IN the Ofllo
Valley have been exceeded by degree or SO
on1>, once or twice in the last thrty-three years
an a few localities" it adds. "the record has
not been exceeded
The following special storm warning has nsen
issued:
Southeast storm warning ordered UP az S;SO
n m from Miami, Fla. northward to Nortoih-
Storm central over lower Mississippi Nailey,
moving east northeast. Brisk TO high windS
Will prevail along the South Atlantic coast Iate
Tonight and on Monday, becoming northwest
Monday afternoon and night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22

dictator of Ecuador He is one of the best known
OF the disturbers of that troubled region. revou-
ZIONIST at periods covering half century, dozen
times nearly assassinated. IN prison for years. a
leader of revolutions IN several Latin-Amer1can
countries, he bobs up again as President OF
Ecuador. This is his second term as President
for he held the Office from 1888 to 1901
The etrife in Ecuador IS being watched closely
in New-York for it is capital from this city that
Is developing the almost virgin resources Of that
country A railroad from Guayaquil to Quito, now
more than half completed. is financed by New
York capital It will reduce a nine-day nluleback
ride over the Andes TO about a two days trip by
rail
When the railroad was proposed in his former
term, he said:
"Only Americans can build the road which we
must have across the Andes" Archer Harman, or
New-York, obtained the concession The line is
now complete the mountains, and taps rlch
mineral region. Along the road are found de-
posts of gold, silver. coal, pure sulphur and alum
Forests of rubber trees and hardwoods abound.
General Alfaro born in Monte Crist. Ecua-
dor in 1843 He went into the army when young,
but was banished for fomenting a conspiracy He
went TO Panama stirred affairs up there, and then
led an adventurous career in various South Ameri-
can countries He returned TO Quito in 1888 and
became dictator in 1888 taking advantage of ex-
President FIOress embarrassment caused by MS
connection with the sale of the Chilian cruiser Es-
rneralda to Japan
Alfaro was the first man to wipe out the political
power of the Church Ecuador has been god
standard country since 1901 Quito the capital, lies
almost on the equator and is $500 feet above the
sea It has been greatly improved in the last SIX
wears as the result of the railroad The city lies
in a valley girded with volcanoes
The present insurrecton dates from last august
when General Leonidas Plaza was succeeoed pv
ca6or Garcia who in turn appointed General Plaza
,.----SSTer 10 this country. Senior Plaza had been
bnre only two months when Alfaro began a reNoi1 %
,ic
oSSerthroWn last Thursday after having held power
one hour was q former Vice-President with PlaHa"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH.
Naghbors and Police Believe She
Committed Suicide.

Hiss Mary Gormley was found burned to
death last night in her rooms on the first floor,
rear, at No 436 West 18th-st. Miss Gormley
lived there with her brother, who is now serv-
Ing short sentence for intoxication.
According TO the neighbors, Miss Gornley de-
Iberatey set fire to herself by causing q lamp
to explode. and the police are of the same opin
bn She wrote a note earlier in the day 10 a
Mss Grace Boyle telling her that my brother
has brought disgrace on me- don't think 1
vii live long I have lost my place through
him" The entire house might have been burned
had not a Mrs. Duffy seen smoke issuing from
Miss Gormley's room. She called the police and
ths fremen broke into the room and found the
Toman's body
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
In GRIP OF WARM WAVEi
ZERO DROP ON WAY.
Summer Temperature North, South
and West-Bizzard in Kansas.

The weather yesterday from the Mississippi
Valley to the Atlantic Coast was the most
remarkable in many years, and in many cities
established new record.
A warm wave, the temperature of which
ranged from the ffties to the eighties, was
felt in the West, South, Middle Atlantic, At
Iantic and New-England States, heat prostra-
tons and actual suffering from the warmth
being reported.
Thunderstorms ragged in several Southeru.
States.
On top of this a zero wave began Its ad-
vance, the temperature falling from 90 to 40
degrees in the West, and Kansas being in the
grip of blizzard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
sEGGAR ROBS HARVARD STUDENTS.
0Hio He Had Lost Pocketbook-W Worked
Game Three Months
by TELEGRAPH TO The Tribune. ]

mo- r-.LDHage Mass. Jan. 2L-For the last three
ro-,, harvard students have been robbed by
:. - 'soei-uy an inmate Of the refOrmatory schooi
o,,.rid -e-coid and now lodger in the police head
vIc 80 al Cambridge. He is Fred d. Lindsay
]ao,,. vas captured on Saturday night in Reads
I,A' +. a Harvard dormitory.
So @ gu last night he refused to talk, except to
he csre ms ls name was Fred .. Lindsay and M lIat
1essef ~ iil NOVA Scotia. This morning ne con
Cd ali I'D a' lor the last three months he had haunt
ESrd efi,5 l.1ees IN which he hoped 10 meet MAJ
all He fr5t' > ana had given the same story 70
lIad COM '.l y ulein ne And0Ver student VINO
and EsTt.SSo 20 BOSTON ana had lost his pocketpook
A0ie than J,9 SCI NOME In thlS way H0
.s a las, ,',.3Id Empire If the New York central
arriving - - uan. leaving New Yorl- 81 ~ p in.'
Utica. sylao ,,uo lo:sl =. IT,. stopping At albany
-1ll9e. ROCHESTER,. BltaEia-A4Nt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
WESTINGHOUSE HEIR AN APPRENTICE

TBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Pittsburg Jan. 21.-George Westinghouse, jr., only
son and heir of the inventor and manufacturer OF
electric appliances. is working as an apprentice IN
the Westinghouse air brake plant at East Pitts
burg He was graduated from Yale last year and
entered his fathers plant the first OF this year lie
,s doing the same work as the other apprentices,
carries his dinner in a tin pail and is as roughly
dressed as any of the workmen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
COLD WAVE IN WEST.
Mercury Drops @5 Degrees an CHI
cagO-BHz2ard IN Kansas.

Chicago Jan 21.-The unusually high tenn
perature for this time OF the year which pre-
vailed yesterday over the Middle West reached
the crest shortly after midnight. and early to-
day the mercury began TO drop In Chi
cago at a m. the Thermometer stood at 63
degrees above zero. and at o'clock tonight IL
had dropped to IS above.
The mild winter and the absence OF frost thus
far experienced is responsible greatly for tho
increase in the number OF contagious diseases
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
NEARLY DIES IN FIRE TO SAVE JEWELS

IF,y Telegraph The Tribune.l
Memphis Tenn. Jan. 21-Miss Irene Mclaurin,
daughter of United States Senator McLaurin. mar
rowiy escaped death by suffocaton in Jackson.
Miss. this morning. She was a guest OF Superin-
+a,5ap+ oF Fducation Whitfeld's family. In trying
TO reenter the Whitfield house for her Jewels from
which flames had driven the occupants, she was
overcome by smoke. She was rescued with much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
r,ar DESTROYS PEW IN CHURCH.

Fire destroyed pew in the Church OF the Trans
eprration hetter known the Little Church
Around the Corner, at No. East 29th-st.. early
Yesterday morning. causing about s25 damage The
pew was against a steam radiator which had dried
the wood and paint the back of the seat There
was no fire near the pew nor any wlIihe. "a iauuet
-, .o.oon5fng TO q fire in 24th-st. at the same
time. passed through the street at the moment.
rrho crow, ran into the church and pulled out the
-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
DOLCE TELL JOKE ON FIREMEN.

Fire in some hay in the rear of the quarters or
Engine Company No 25 at No. 842 5th-st, yester-
dav morning furnished an anomaly in the COM
pany's experience and caused about 81 damage
The cause s uncertain. If 1t hadn't been that the
stb-st police station Is next door and the police
men thought it such good joke on the f1remen the
report would have been suppressed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
MOROCCAN EsC0RTING HAREM.
Sidi ell Mokhri Taking Few Wives tC
Algeciras.

Times" at Tangier says:
Sidi el Mokhri, one OF the delegates TO the
Moroccan conference, will start at midnight for
AIgecras on chartered steamer. The sole OBJ
iect of his Journey is to convey the women or
his barem 10 Algeciras before daylight In order
to prevent their being seen either here or at
IrrarI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
A PETITION TO MISS ROOSEVELT.
Belgians Will Ask Her to Bring the Joris
Case Before President.

Antwerp. Jan. "A committee OF prominent
po1ata,s appointed for the purpose Of seeking the
re,easo bv the Turkish government of Edward
Ioris the Belgian condemned to death by a native
court at Constantinople. to-day decided to send
a petition to Miss Alice Roosevelt asking her 10
irtereat President Roosevelt in the case, IN the
hone that he may personally intervene IN behaii
Inris
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
MYSTERY IN Il MESSAGE.
Supposed Suicide Gaze II. 4. WI
sons Home as Fathers.

Asheville N c., Jan. 21.-James Beck. a farm
er living near Biltmore, while passing down the
French Broad River this afternoon through the
Vanderbilt estate, discovered a scrap of paper
fastened to a small can which the following
was written:
Love drove me to this. When you find my body
notify P T. Williams, oil 5th-ave, New-York,
my father.
The note was turned over to the Sheriff. who
had the river dragged for several hundred yards
without results.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22

No 511 5th-ave., this city, is the home of r.
T. Wilson. He said last night that his son.
r. T. Wilson, jr, was at his country place
Palmetto Bluff S. c., and that he had heard
from him within a few days. He had heard
nothing he said, about the message picked up
at Asheville n. c.. and knew of no Williams
who had ever lived in his house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
LINES TO QUITO CUT.
Garcia Is Reported a Fugitive-
4ZfdrU's Career.

GuayaquiL Jan. 21.-Tt Is rumored that Senior
Garcia, the deposed President Of Ecuador. has
taken refuge in the Brazilian Legation at Quito.
the capital It is impossible however to con-
firm this rumor as communication with Quito is
interrupted.
Few Of the several conspicuous South American
revolutionists boast of such a record that
of General E1oy Alfaro, the new President and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
OVER NIGHT TO CHICAGO
PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL.

The eighteen-hour train. Leaves New York 8S5
p NJ arrives Chicago 855 A. M. leaves Chicago
AZ p M arrives New York 945 A M, via Penn
syIvania Railroad-Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22

Savannah, Jan. N.-R. T. Wilson. jr.,
is at his home at Palmetto Bluff. S. G..
He stated over long distance telephone tonight
that he could not imagine how or why such a
note as the one alleged to have been found at
Asheville should have been written or left where
It was Mr.. Wilson absent from his home
part of last week, but returned Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22


Temporal drop of
Lus--Te nperatue
Kansas -sIzard; from
"adrooes
m.hba OF
Tme'
of
hed on
Nen-E
mids
Island
fevp
way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
os,pAs FAMOUS TRAINS.

., g. Fla special" 210 p NJ. Fla. & West
,n1ian TIA "e2b A. M Unexcelled service, via
penn Atlantic Coast Lane. 1.ld Bway' N Z
Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
PANAMA CELEBRATES ITS FOUNDING.

Panama. Jan A-To-day which was the ZSSd an
v,,arsorv NJ the founding OF Panama by De Cor
Aova wes marked BY civil and religious exercises.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22

SAVANNAH LINE South. Tickets at all p1,rts
at greatly reduced rates. New ships-superlor
vice.-Advt-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
1ro,,cED RATES TO MONTREAL ooGeHO
hEDC AND OTTAWA

from February ls TO lith by Me% N ticket agents
Lines For particulars inquire u
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-23
OLD PAPERS IN DISTRESS.
West Indian Publication 1913 Years Old
Appeals for Aid.

At the age of 12S years the st.
Christopher Advertiser of Basseterre,
the oldest newspaper in the West
Indies, finds itself in dire need and
makes an appeal for help. In letter
to the New York Tribune, Rirchard
Gable, editor and proprietor of the
Advertiser, says the paper has been
conducted by members OF one family
since the first issue. He adds:
On January l 1906, the periodical
reached the 122d year of its existence.
Circumstances had arisen in. this long
period which necessitated the nom
publication of five issues of the jour-
nal so far as / am aware. In 1S43 the
plant was removed to temporary quar-
ters in order that the premises of the
paper should be repaired after the
earthquakes of that year, and a weeks 8
issue lapsed.
In 1854, during the epidemic of
cholera in st. Kits, when 1000 per-
sons were carried off by the scourge,
destroyed almost the entire town of
Basseterre, the office of the Advertiser
being included in the properties de-
stroyed the issue for Tuesday, July
9, could not be published.
Like the phoenix arising from its
ashes 1t was published as a small sheet
from July 16, 1867, for several months
until printing outfit could be OBJ
tanned. In 1878, because of a supply
of printing paper not arriving on time,
an issue fell through. And in 1905,
owing to breakdown of the press, the
issue for Tuesday December s, lapsed.
A lapse of five issues in a period
of 1913 years les not bad record for
newspaper published in a small
island.
But this Is merely a corner in the
history of newspaper which, through
good report and evil report, has
through these long years "braved the
battle and the breeze" of West Indian
Journalism.
complete breakdown of the print
ing press has now caused the suspen-
sion of the Advertiser-the last issue
being dated January 16, 1906-and
disaster menaces the existence of the
Oldest newspaper in the West indies
zone of the landmarks' in the history
of the Caribbean isles.