New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
Constant Reader Tells What HI
Missed an Last Week's Papers.

Missed an Last Week's Papers.
-,vhat has been the chief happening of the
-x.s,- asked the Busy Man ss he approached the
c,,s.aut Reader for budget OF news.
,,e latter looked up from his newspaper reflect
.x.lv and replied:
-rhe terrible tragedy in the schoolhouse in North
r,,s,,vroo6 Ohio. a suburb OF Cleveland, soon
:. heoorae q part OF that city. in which the lives
:. more than one hundred and sixty children and
:, ,po Of their teachers Were lost The accounts
a ,ne disaster carried dread to the hearts of all
events whose children are IN school and caused
,,en 70 realize tie possibilities OF such catastro
he overtakinG them To teachers also the awful
-. Of instructed and Instructors : shock
80 the regulations in regard TO fire drills viii be
&c closely observed, for a time at least The
~rses.ion has been made that when the fire drill
q, .n progress there should be smell of smoke
-, e harmless blaze of newspapers rubbish,
:, sccustorn children 10 it, and not let the smoke
q real cause panic. which is the one
,.4,r 10 be most guarded against in case OF
,-usl danger. In this school also all the drill
-, .he children had received had led them
:. .be stairs, escape by which cut off by the
.--ss and 10 the fire escapes, which were
- on,v means Of safety for those the upper
so,-s No calamity in recent years has caused
- x5sespread interest as every civilized city
.,.-ss the possible conditions which may cause
-x,e.ition Of the experience Fortunately, the
.o-as OF disasters by fire In crowded buildings
80 not contained many in schoolhouses. theatres
= 80 there been a serious panic from fire III
.,olbouse II New York, and the many provisions
-.ss against the peril are now believed by the
-, competent authorities 10 preclude such a dis
- - the one out in Onio. \ school uptown II
- there was an alarm OF fire the other day
- r-,,ied OF 2Se0 pupils in half a minute Fire
80 hufldings. broad stairways, fire escapes ana
- oons.ant 7sfIl Of the pupils III marching OUT 10
,sie at suC zen notice are believed TO safeguard
- .-r,v Of pupils in the hundreds oe great schools
oils
sis,ces IS emphasized every once IN Whlle py the
7--s,ee Of some such disaster as the recent
-. IN F7oyerstcvn Penn. tie great one III me
-,,,,is Theatre IL Chicago z few years ago ana
- one nearer home, in the Brooklyn 4he2lre' III
= - The greatest loss of life from fire terror
.rd manic occurred in church in Chill "HeFe over
-zo thousand lives we're lost score OF years aso.
.-5snz similarity between the ColilrW"oo sehool
&c and the theatre disaster n Brooklyn Is loIiiI
s. -,a fact that those the lower ROOT were S@eu
- 5be grezt loss Of life was among those "'io
c-owded down the stairs and pacAea lhe'-L9e1'e =
: -e1nlass mass against unopened doors al '44e
foot. z-edging Up al eAll-
POLITICAL PLATFORMS.
What are the political developments oI Inc '@S'
Few days. - .-. ~. ~
,9hio and Nebraska. whose fa7oIl1e sons 1I1.a az -
.na lead for the respective nominations d.
=. -,.-,-s- haze held conventions TO select oee-
gares n their interest and have ADOPTED l-ie pa'
fo-7,s in which the candidates VIII stalld oe-o
.ra country in the coming campaign As Ila- "S7
.-es+,z.57 57x-a5 the friends OF Secretary Ia1t con-
- -. convention IN his state and carried
.-s-v-fi-c before them. the opposition aIlAo~e"
,s - TIE Two state Senators. falling 10 MAKE -S
,-,--as=:o7 on the work of the delegates inc
-, e7-cinctfz and forCibly presented the
-1-.4,,-- and policies of the administrator OF
60 T,ooze--eI- Of which the Secretary OF " ar
a. , mart and which he has set forth IN Fal'oU'
-,--s o. the country. It pledged the parry 40
-o--s--e-=a- cr constructive and wholesome ieeS
80 v-f the continuance Of the party II po"eI-
n The deieEates-at-large Ior ono II liie c-Iaeo
-, one 2. = brother Of Secretary TAFT q
~ known Cincinnati editor The relonilIlato-i
- ccva--o- Harris IS felt to assure ms fe-eISC
T Is recz-5ed probable ftla1 'pilsl es
- ~ drafted the platform for the convention,
:, =, rs defeated for Mayor OF CieFeano
-. s.r v-fG he .he successor Of Senator Foraker-
-, Nebraska 1ae Democratic state SonF Fe-i'io
- .+zol-,rely dominated ny NJ Bran VINO was
,s-sore17v --ese-t but only as spectator "-.'ie
-he trsrezs OF the convention was IN progress ON
- +-z IN ovation Of applause IN the course "a
IS address On A Word Of t-ilcour7Ee--t-4.'
which sex forth what the speaker be-elt! -
.ta growth and spread Of Democratic pollcles ana
r-ipcules The platform bore the marks o. '.ie
80 ~ che .,,aa-less leader and called Tor tarlII
refn-rn -He eradication OF IaonopoHes 1he fesola-
-ion OF trusts government CoIltrol O. ram oa-7 Gu
government security for bank deposl1o1S- Inc $40
end Congress district delegates were al instructed
fo- R-za- and the convention was the most iiat-
-so-o.s -te Democrats OF the state ever held The
same day the PopuIists also held their s'ate coI4-
ren-for n Omaha and unanimously supporter
Brva- and instructed delegates 10 90 ali IN lLeI
rg7e- n make him the Populist national candidate
The Republicazs OF Kansas held their state con-
verrio- the same t7av as the Ohio convention was
had. and instructed their delegates Tor lt4t
~o-k for an untnstructed delegation II -lass4-
cLusetts has been begun in the interests OF Gov
erno- Hughes While Senator y. Murry Crane Is
pro-olfrr this pur1cse Senator Henry Cabot
Loa-e has announced himself for Taft, has Gov
Curtis Guild, II. In New Jersey some op-
position 70 Governor Fort one OF the delegates
. the national convention has sprung UP, but ne
declares thai ne VIII go Chicago II the people
desire i.
Besides the selection Of the delegates-at-Iarge
from this state TO the Chicago convention by the
New York State Convention 10 meet in Carnegie
Hal On April Il. the choice Of chairman OF the
committee viii also up and is expected
to arouse much interest. Ex-Lieutenant Governor
Timothy L Woodruff has been the head Of the
ttste COMMITTEES since Governor Oden. Who held
that place conjunction with his elective Office.
retired from Il. NOW Odeil and his friends are
opposed 70 the continuance in the position Of Mr.
woodruff, gyhc. while he says ne is not candi-
date. evers that ne expects De reelected. The
mare OF Secretary Cortelyou, former national
chairnal. Is mentioned in connection with the
Place. and stranger things might happen than his
acceptance. That Governor Hughes VIII declare
Ely preference in the matter is not deemed pos
SHE
SONS OF THEIR FATHERS.
Two sons q former Presidential candidates, one
successful and one unsuccessful, now Enea-
uons1 ss possible rivals William Jennings Bryan
for the Denver ro-1ai-,a ton III July. Governor john