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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-06-26
.EX.PRESIDENT
cleveland dead.
III Many Months But Death
Unexpected.
Long and Eventful Career Closes
With Devoted Wife at
His Side.

Princeton, n. j., June 24.-Grover
Cleveland, twice President of the
United States, died at $40 o'clock
TINS morning at mis- nome, "Westland'
in this quiet college town, where he
had lived since his retirement as the
nations Chief Executive, almost II
years ago.
An official statement given out and
signed by the three physicians gave
nedrt trouble, superlnduced by stOm-
ach and kidney ailments of long stand
ing as the cause of death.
Wmle Mr.. Cleveland had been in
poor health for the past two years and
had lost 100 pounds in weight, his
death came Unexpectedly.
Some three weeks ago he was brought
nome from Lakewood, where MS con-
dition for time was such that the
hotel at which he was staying was
kent open after its regular Season,
because he was too i'll to be moved.
But when Mr.. Cleveland was brought
back to Princeton he showed signs
Of Improvement and actually gained
five pounds in weight.
Although confined to his room con-
tinuousy after his return TO Prince
ton, it was not until yesterday that
Mr.. Cleveland's condition aroused un-
easiness on the part of Mrs. Cleveland
VINO remained with him constantly.
Undoubtedly affected by the heat,
Mr.. Cleveland showed signs of failure,
and Mrs. Cleveland telephoned to DR..
Bryant, who came over from New
York on the train arriving here al
4:2I p. m.
CAREER OF CLEVELAND.
1SS7-Born at Caldwell, Essex coun-
ty, n. j., March IS.
1S33-After academic education be-
came clerk In law office in Buffalo.
1S59-Admitted To the bar and be-
gan practice of law in Buffalo.
1S63-Became Assistant District A.
torney of Erie county, New York.
1S7O-Elected Sheriff of Erie county,
New York.
lSSl-Elected Mayor OF his home
city, Buffalo. n. Y.
lSS2-Nomlnated and elected as GOV
ernor of New York on the Democrat
ic ticket
1SS4-Elected President of the Unit
ed States as Democrat over James
G. Blain, Republican, by majority vi
thirty-seven electoral votes.
1SS6-Aiarried in White House to
Frances Folsom, June 2.
1SSS-Nominated for President of the
United States by Democrats, but de-
feated by Benjamin Harrison, Repub-
lican.
1SS9-Returned to law practice, To-
eating in New York.
1S92-Again nominated for President
by Democrats and elected, defeating
President Harrison.
1S97-Retired from the Presidency
and active political life and took up
MS residence at Princeton. n. j.,
Princeton University comforting upon
him tine degree of LII. ID.
190S-Died at Princeton, n. J.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11

Special Correspondents 70 The Prsss
CLEVELAND, ., March 11-One
little section Of a vestibule parti.
tiorls two feet and eight inches in
width, was directly responsible for
the sdeath of 1874 children in the
burned high school building in
North Collinwood.
TWAS an error of false economy,
which proved costly beyond COM
pare,
There were no storm doors out
side the outer doorway. No provi-
sion had been made for their cree
ton. 1t was cheaper to put par
tition across the hallway inside
than to build storm doors outside.
So the partition was built.
The entrance hall was 10 feet
and eight inches wide. 1t was 10
feet from the doors to the bottom
of the little section of stairway, six
steps in all, which led from the
hallway uu to the big central hall
in the center Of the first floor, from
which the stairways led to the up
per Doors.
Four feet from the stairway the
partition was built. Two doors
were set in it, each about three
feet wide, with automatic catches
in the middle. At each side the
fatal partitions jutted out. The
stanipeded little ones, turning the
corner of the stairway above, ma
turally swerved to the left, and
while. the first ones got through the
doorway those closely following
collided with the partition, halted,
stumbled and fell, and the horror
was upon them.
1t gave one of the potent lessons
of the disaster. There should be
no Instructions In Railways lead
ing to exits.
THE paramount lesson of the
catastrophe" said w. S. Lougee,
Cleveland city building inspector,
"is the need Of an overhauling Of
every Anticipated school building
in the country" LOugee was one
of the first city oflcials to reach
the fire. He has studied the sit
uatioh thoroughly.
"In the larger cities at least the
modern school building is made
fireproof. Yet there are hundreds
of : buiidings, scattered through
the cities, where were built years
ago, are behind the times, and
positively unsafe. These buildings
should be remedied at once.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
TERRIBLE LESSON TAUGHT
i BY COLLLNWOOD HORROR

There are two ways to do this
and insure safety for the pupils.
One is to make the furnace room
absolutely fireproof; surround the
furnace with a brick room. Then
supplement this precaution by tear
ing out the corridor floors, walls
and stairways and making them
fireproof as well. With the CORR
doris and stairways fireproof the
children could escape in any case
Of fire.
"Then Of course there must be
the door which opens outward and
the elimination of any Obstruc-
tions, such as vestibults, in the
Railways at the outer doors.
1.-The other way is to provide a
means of egress from the building
which will not require the chill
dren to venture into the halls, the
corridors, or upon the stairs in
case of fire. A system of bal
comics about the buildings, one on
level with each floor, to which
doors will open from every room,
will provide this. 1t is plan
which appeals most because stair
ways could lead from the balloon
les to the ground. AS a last re-
sort in case these stairways were
cut off, the life net could be used.
"Old buildings, where the tim
bers have been dried out by years
Of heating, cannot be fireproofed
successfully in corridors or stair
ways by any resort short of tear
ing them out completely. Metal
shingles, sheet metal and asbestos
sheeting beneath floors and stair
ways would be of little avail.
Fire starting between the
walls would eat its way to a weak
spot, and once broken out, would
as In this case fame like pow
der puff. 1t would work its way
behind a metal sheeting just the
same as betwee ma wall not sheet
ed. The fire in this case had been
smoldering for hours before 1t
burst forth.
There are two ways of making
these old buildings safe and no
more. Personally l am inclined
to the balcony plan. With broad
stairways and doors from each
room it is an ideal means of es
cape. There is no possibility of
suffocation. There is always one
side of the building at least which
is not fire swept"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
jim HILL WILL
COME NIX

%. think Mr.. Hill will be
very likely to drop his business in
New York and hurry right out
here because certain Spokane gen
tlemen would prefer to talk over
N. p. grade separation with him.
SO remarks f. j. Cannon, N. p,
counsel, in regard to the decision
of the secret conference held yes
terday by property owners near the
N. p. right of way who are fighting
grade elevation The gentlemen
argued all sides of the question as
to how Hills curiosity could be ex
cited over the Spokane fight.
They figured that If the cold
man" could be induced to take up
the matter he would probably set
tie It as the property owners com.
mittee wants it settled. This will
ingness to do just exactly as other
folks want him to Is one OF the
traits that make Hill noted.
When Howard Elliott, president
of the N. p, was here some time
ago he declined to discuss the
separation question, saying 1t was
in Mr.. Cannon's hands. He also
looked at Fred Mason's design for
two elevated tracks with park
Ing strip down the middle and said
they were very nicely drawn. That
was all.
Now the committee, which ia.
vors this idea, wants to know what
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
DEMOCRATSFOR
EXCLUSION

WASHINGTON, March 11.-Hav-
ing secured the support of southern
democrats to his Japanese exclu-
sion bill, Representative Hayes OF
California is confident that his
measure will pass. The southern
democrats will trade their votes for
the Japanese exclusion bill in the
hope of western support on bills re-
lating to the negro problem.
Although there is some talk of de-
lay because Of the presidents de-
sire to complete negotiations with
Japan, Hayes believes the bill is
sure to be reported shortly by the
house committee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11

Jim Hill would think about it.
Those who have had experience
with Hill after he has ordered a
certain thing to be obtained would
just as soon keep away from him
in this case.
Cannon says he has not yet been
taken into the committees conf
dence, but he is not worried any,
and the inference is that there is a
hen on which may hatch something
eventually.
The second tender to the coun.
Gil of the Lynch tunntl scheme is
regarded as merely another plan
OF the few interested property
wners to tangle the council up in q
manner that will delay grade sepa
ration by elevation. Lynch still ex.
hibits desire to tunnel under
Cannon hill. On his first appear
ance he faded away when the
council asked to see the color o.
his cash guarantee or his backing.
The proposition to refer the mat
ter to Hill would also serve admir-
ably as source of delay in secur-
ing grade separation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
PUBLIC ALARMED OVER
FIRE DANGER IN SCHOOLS

The investigation fire protection
facilities, or the lack of them, at
the high school yesterday was only
just the beginning of the fire com
missioners' work with this regard.
1t Is the intention to investigate
every school in the city and with
in the next two weeks submit a re-
port. Separate reports on the vari-
.GYs school buildings will not be
given out as was done in the case
of the high school.
The board gives as the reason for
this the apprehension caused the
general public by the announce
ment of discoveries that the
schools are not as safe as repre-
scented.
Mayor Moore last night sent a
communication to Corporation
Counsel Hamblen demanding an or
dinance embodying the fire COM
missions recommendations. This
report will probably be forthcom-
ing Immediately after the corpora
tion counsel Is done with court
case. If there is no immediate
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
KING ALPHONSO
MAKES BIG NIT

BARCELONA, Spain, March IL
Barcelona, the hot-bed of revolu.
ton terrorism and anarchy is on
its good behavior today and If the
entire day passes as we'll as has the
past "a hours, King Alphonso's
trip will have been a great success
and may result in much good. The
king is now the peoples idol for
having dared to come despite an
archists' threats and when at q
banquet last night he intimated
that he might soon restore consti-
tutional privileges, taken away be-
cause OF what is known as revolu-
tionary tendencies of citizens, the
enthusiasm was great.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
SAYS FIRE ESCAPES
ARE never LOCKED

Complaint was made today that
several patrons of the Columbia
theater last night tested the doors
leading to the fire escape at the
close Of the performance and found
them closed and bolted and that
they We're opened only with diff
Guilty.
Manager George Dreher says this
could not have been true, as the
doors to the escapes are always
opened when the front door is
opened, and that a fireman is on
duty during every performance to
make sure that no precautions are
overlooked. He also says these
doors are held only by a hook so
that II would be an easy matter
10 open them In case one by any
chance had been left fastened.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11

meeting day for the. council, the
mayor will call a special session
for the passage of the ordinance
authorizing the work to cover the
fire boards recommendations
1--WE want strict and immediate
action in this matter" states the
mayor. That the matter has gone
with speed thus far is evidenced
by the fact that yesterday morn
ing the board made its investiga-
ton. At noon it was prepared; at
3 1t was in the hands of the mayor,
and at 5 the mayors orders went
to the corporation counsel.
The board of education will hold
a special session Monday night to
consider recommendation made by
the fire commissioners yesterday
in regard to lack of protection at
the high school. In spite of the
claims made by the school authori-
ties in behalf of that building the
board found conditions anything
but desirable and danger from
fire and panic apparent in various
places.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
TURKEY WiTHDRAWS
Her AMBASSADORS

ST. PETERSBURG, March IL
A clash between Russia and Per-
STA Is again imminent. For some
weeks Turkey and Russia have
been involved in dispute in regard
to certain Persian territory which
Russia maintains Turkeys soldiers
have invaded in violation Of treaty.
The car came to the aid Of the
shah and has taken the attitude
that the Turks III list get out The
sultan is obstinate and the Turkish
embassy at Teheran was closed to-
day and the representatives re-
called.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
EVELYN ASKS DIVORCE
TO GO ON STAGE

NEW YORK, March 11.-Papers
seeking the annullment of the
marriage of Harry X. Thaw to
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw were filed in
the district court this morning by
Evelyn.
The grounds upon which she
sues are that Thaw was insane at
the time OF his marriage. Attorney
O'Reilly, while tacitly admitting
that his client had arranged a set
Element with the Thaw family, de.
MED the story of a $4,000 settle
ment and $4,000 annuity. He said
Evelyn may return to the stage in
play especially written for her in
which the big scene" is laid in
the court room with Evelyn on the
witness stand.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
.CRAzEO TEACHER KILLS
COLLEAGUE AND HERSELF

BOSTON, March ia double
killing which the police believe to
have been murder and suicide, to
day resulted in the death of Sarah
Chamberlain Weeo, of Philadel
phia, and Elizabeth Bailey Hardee
of East Savannah, Georgia.
The killing took place in the
fashionable and exclusive Laurens
school for young women and the
report of the police is that Miss
Weed first killed her friend and
then turned the gun on herself
The two were found dead in bed
by a student aroused by the shoot
ing.
They had been friends since
their graduation at Wellesley. Miss
Hardee for a time was instructor
at Wellesley. They opened the
Laurens school last summer, but
on the opening day Miss Weed
broke down and had been in a san.
itarium until last night, when she
escaped and came to her friend at
the school.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11

Firemen are supposed to be
working for the city, but there is
evidence at hand to show that they
are in reality working for the man
who has money to lend at the rate
of shout 10 per cent per month.
The enterprising financier who
reaps this harvest of usurious in
terest is w. S. Brown, in the Zieg-
Ter block, as it is explained to The
Press, and he has about dozen
victims on his string at the Cen
trail fire station alone. Unless they
fall sheir to fortunes or skip the
country he has an excellent pros
pect of holding them for the rest
of their lives. His method of op.
Grafton is as certain as death or
taxes.
Say a fireman earns $50 per
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
ALTOONA TIC LOAN CINCH
KEEPS FZREMEN'.S NOSES
RUBBING GRLNDSTONE

month. He needs ready cash and
Brown supplies it on an order for
the fireman's salary drawn on the
city comptroller or whoever acts as
city paymaster The fireman gets
his 800 in exchange for the order
and the financier of his destinies
draws the full amount on the next
payday.
But there is the fireman, very
likely with a family on his hands
to support and nothing left Of the
money he borrowed for the next
months expenses. Here is where
the loan scheme gets action. The
fireman comes back, of course, and
negotiates another months salary
in advance accommodation. The
lender hands over, not $50 this
time but $8l, the balance Of SO be-
ing his rate of interest on the
previous loan. And then the fire.
man finds himself in the clutches
of scheme that hangs on as long
as he lives and works in the de
partment unless good luck of some
sort comes to his rescue. 1t is the
same old story every month.
One victim Just lately was trying
to get out of the trap by offering
500 worth of furniture as security
for a loan that would satisfy the
salary shark and give him chance
to get on his feet.
There is little element of risk
of the fireman jumping town or
lodging the debt, and the illegal
rate of interest charged takes
care of what uncertainty there
might be of this sort. In nearly
every respect it is a cinch game
from start to finish.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
Haunted Janitor of Burned School Crazy

CLEVELAND, O., March H.
Guarded from frantic mothers and
cursing fathers, cross questioned,
doubted and probed, three of his
own little children burned or
trampel to death in the fearful Col.
linwood school horror, Fritz Hirt-
err, janitor of the i'll fated building
has gone mad.
For two days after the fire, Hir-
ter was the center around which
the flood of inquiry and grief hurl-
ed itself. Grief crazed men sought
him out and shook their fists in his
white face. AgoniZed women clam
ored at his door and demanded that
he give them back their children.
The coroner, grave faced, asked
him question after question. The
school board kept him up until mid
night. Between the times when he
was being questioned, he shuffled
along the shrouded lines of the
dead, searching for the bodies OF
his own little ones, Eda, 8; Helena
10, and Walter, 10.
At last he found them, blackened,
charred, almost unrecognizable.
They wanted to question him
still further. They wanted to
know why he couldn't open the 9TH
err half of the big door when he was
fighting with it like mailman, and
little children, his own among them,
were piling up behind him, while
he himself was being licked by the
hot flames. They wanted to ask
him 100 things, though he had an
swered most of them so times be-
fore.
At last his poor, untutored mind
gave way before the storm and
stress of the pitiless days, the
gloomy faces. the persistent prob
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
SCHM|Tz HAS
HANDS FULL

SAN FRANCISCO, March IL
No what Schmitz has gained his
freedom and has made his peace
with Ruef, it is asserted that he
will spend every moment of his
time with his attorneys fighting the
remaining % indictments that hang
over him charging bribery in the
trolley and gas cases.
Langdon and Heney are conf
dent that new grand jury will
vote an Indictment against Schmitz
on the extortion cases that will
bear the test of the courts scru-
tiny.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
AHEAD Of Time
ON BRIDGE

City Engineer Ralston announced
this morning that the arches on the
Washington st. concrete bridge
would be completed by noon to-
morrow, just three days sooner
than expected. The next work to
be undertaken will be the uprights
which are to hold the floor. This
will require considerable carpenter
work in building the forms for the
concrete.
1t is as yet too early for the en-
gineer to estimate at what date the
bridge will be completed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
italian AUTO
STUCK IN MUD

CHEYENNE, March 1.-THE
Italian car in the New York-Paris
race is stuck in the mud with a
broken shaft at Paxton, Neb. The
American car, after battling a snow
storm, reached Walcott, Wyoming
last night. They expect to take
dinner at Rawlins. The Italian car
had gained 178 miles on the Ameri-
can car in the last two days.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
JUDGE hURRlES
HITCHCOCK JURY

NEW YORK, March 1.-Only
five jurors had been accepted when
the trial of Raymond Hitchcock
was called this. morning. Justice
Blanchard notified the attorneys
that the box, must be filled today
and the work went ON more rap
idly BY noon two more had been
secured
Only those actually connected
with the case and newspaper men
are allowed in court, Hitchcock is
very nervous and the trial Is ar
fecting him severely: Mrs. Hitch
cock is with her husband in court
s~l@u
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
Three REPORTS
ON brownsville

WASHINGTON, D. c., March IL
The committee on military at
fairs today filed three reports in
the Brownsville shooting affair
The majority report sustains the
president, the minority report con
siders the evidence unreliable and
the third practically exonerates the
soldiers.
In accordance with Roosevelt s
desires a bill will be presented to
congress providing for re-enlist
ment of the soldiers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
ANNA TO PLAY
ELIZA ACT

CHERBOURG, France, March II.
The Anna Gould-Prince De Sagan
plot thickens. The former wife OF
Count Boni sailed on the Kronz
Prinz Wilhelm at 5 o'clock this aft
ernoon and 1t is almost certain
she intends to defy the order of the
court and take her children with
her. 1t is now said that De Sagan
will not accompany her and that
the extra apartments reserved by
him will be used by the children
and their tutor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
TEAM OWNERS WIN

The team owners won out in
their fight to maintain standing in
the Central Labor union after a
hot struggle on behalf of the
teamsters' union. The latter class
ed the former as contractors, but
their membership was maintained.
The team owners then asked that
the matter be dropped.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
STATE SENATOR
KILLED IN DUEL

MORALLY wounded and died almost
instantly. His own shots went
wild.
Hyde, who is but "a years old,
ran from the scene and is not yet
arrested. One witness states
Kemp did not shoot.
The feud between the principals
attained its climax in the recent
primaries when Kemp was VIC
tOrious.
Both were well known through
out Louisiana and their duel has
drawn bitter faction lines that
may result in repetitions of their
fatal encounter
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
BAD MAN 10 BE LOOSE

Frank Wiley was arrested this
morning by Patrolman Nelson.
Mrs. Wiley complained that her
husband, who has been out of the
insane asylum only short time,
had threatened to cut her throat.
He had been drinking.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11

John Maskell employed on the
federal building, fell from the in
side framework, distance of
about so feet, this morning. He
was taken to the Washington hos
pital, where the physician failed to
find any broken bones or symp-
toms Of serious internal injury.
Maskell has brother in Beaver,
Mont.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11

ANTE, La, March 1.-THE
fierce old days of Southern political
warfare were recalled here last
night when c. F. H. Hyde in a duel
shot and killed D. s. Kemp, state
senator-elect. Hyde is prominent
in politics and the two were bitter
enemies.
AS the result of violent quarrel
a duel was agreed to. The men
went to the appointed place, the
distance was measured by their
seconds and the signal to fire given
exactly as in the days before the
war.
At the second shot Kemp fell
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
APRIL IS MADE
CLEANING DAY

At the meeting Of the City Beau
tiful committee today noon, April
Is was set for cleaning day" DR..
George 7. Penn was elected chair
man. A committee on organization,
which is to report in two weeks,
was named.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11

eral days and yesterday got so
weak and dizzy that when he at
tempted to climb down out of the
tower he lost his balance.
Apparently the n. p. has not the
slightest intention Of ever taking
the matter of guarding grade cross
ings seriously, else an inilrm old
man would never re left at Slch u
post until he fell helpless.