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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
twelve PERSONS DIE
| IN BAD CHICAGO FIRE
Flames in Fish & Co.'s Building
Surround Victims and Hinder
the Firemen.
YOUNG WOMAN LEAPS TO DEATH
Heroism Of Men in Attempting to
Save Girls Trapped on Top
Floor in Vain.

The lives OF twelve men and women
were lost in. fire in the l.. Fish
Co. furniture store. Chicago. Eleven
of them were burned to death on the
sixth floor Of the building. They had
been trapped on the top floor. nearly
100 feet from the ground, with no pos
sible chance Of escape, and the flames
roaring SO furiously about them that
the firemen could not raise ladders to
go to their rescue. The twelfth vic
tim. girl 10 years Of age, jumped Ia
escape the flames, but was SO badly In.
5ured when she struck a glass awning
that she died. Miner w. Bell, one OF
the department managers OF the com
pany, and H. NJ. Mitchell, auditor OF
the firm. and brother-in-law OF Isaac
Fish. were burned to death. They
gave their lives to save the girls who
were trapped by the names.
The fire is said to have started from
an explosion of an alcohol cigar light.
er which was being filled on the 4rh
floor of the building. With the excep-
ton of that on the intake water tun.
mel 1t was the most disastrous since
the Iroquois theater horror. 1t swept
upward through the structure with
such rapidity that the men and wom-
en- in the general offices ON the sixth
floor had little chance OF escape. There
is no fire escape on the front of the
building. 1t was fire Of horror and
thrills. marked by tragic death and
wonderful escapes. There were forty
or fifty employees in the building when
the report of the explosion was heard.
The furniture fed the hungry flames
and In an incredibly short time tie
scorching tongues had burned their
way through the fifth floor Soon this
section was an inferno like the fourth,
and then the fire crept to the sixth,
cutting on all escape for the girls and
men who were at work In that sec.
ton. The financial loss is estimated
at $250.000. The contents of the build
ing practically were destroyed by fire
and water. The bodies were recov.
cred.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
CHrIl,cAdto.

j. = # IS u f..
1 R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
ot Chicago Trade says:
= Easter trade In the principal
branches of distribution equals san
guine expectations. A high volume OF
payments through the banks is sus-
tanned and the trading defaults fur
nish favorable comparison with pre-
vious years. Buying In the leading re-
tail lines rose to new high proportions
during the week, and business gener-
ally reflects the quickening derived
from the advent of spring and the re.
markably fine weather which prevails
here and throughout the West.
New building and heavy construc-
ton are vigorously advanced, and
there are notable additions to workers.
employed at the mills and factories.
Activity among the industries and In
transportation now compares satisfac;
torily with the best previous timess
while the improving position draws
strength for the future from the wider
range of new demands for finished
products.
Earnings OF. the Chicago steam
roads surpass all former gross records
for this season of the year, and threat
ened difficulties with workers are re-
moved by higher wage concessions.
Offerings of commercial paper have
increased, and the discount rate rose
to AZ per cent for choice names.
Bank cleaings, $cSo,465, OFT. exceed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
SENATOR Aids FOUND GUILTY
Verdict on Bribery Is 40 to O.
Move to Probe Grating.

Verdict on Bribery Is 40 to o.
Move to Probe Grating.
After seven weary weeks of inves-
tigation the New York Senate has con-
victed Senator lothian P. Aids, Of
Norwich, of accepting bride Of 81 900
to influence bridge legislation. The
vote against him was Overwhelming
40 to 8. BY the unexpected move Of
sending in his resignation Aids re-
lieved the Senate of the painful duty
Of expelling him. The resignation was
sent on the advice of his attorneys,
who were convinced that he had lost
and who desired to put the blame on
political interference with the Sena.
torial jury from Washington and else
where.
There is every indication that Sem
ator Benn Conger, who accused Aids
in an effort to defeat him as majority
leader, will be expelled within a month
unless he resigns in the meantime. A
resolution for committee to prepare
charges of bribe-giving against him
was offered, Nor will this end the
matter. The proposition for general
investigation Of all sorts of bribery
charges will undoubtedly be present.
ed and can hardly fail Of passage.
Ex-senator Aids declared that he
would seek vindication from the SEN
ate verdict and 100000 damages from
Senator Conger in the civil courts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
DRAG HOUSES TO HILLS.
Residents Take Flight When tn.
Missouri River Leaves Red.

Residents Take Flight When the
Missouri River Leaves Bed.
The Missouri river has taken a no.
ton to overwhelm the little town OF
Barney, 'Neb., and practically the en-.
tire town is on the move, the proper.
~ owners getting their houses back
to the hills as fast as possible.
A month ago Barney was two miles
from the river. To-day the stream is
right in the town. When the high
waters came with the breaking up OF
the ice in February the current of the
Missouri was thrown against the
farms between Barney and the river.
Those farms have been cut away en-.
tirely.S and the other day the citizens
began moving their houses.
An eighty-foot steel bridge over a
tributary of the river was taken down
piecemeal, and hauled to the hills. Now
the river is flowing where yesterday
was the bridge. The schoolhouse was
moved, as was the big grain elevator
and number of houses. Two miles
Of Burlington railroad track was
washed away. A new town will be
built on the hill beyond the reach OF
the Missouri.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
1ag4E11ijQz'

/ Chicago Cattle. common to prime.
$500 to 1915; hogs. prime heavy, $500
to S11.07; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50
to 1910; wheat, No. 2. SLIT to 1920;
corn, No. 2. Soc to Soc; oats, standard,
42c to 4S; rye, No. 2. 79c to SOC; hay.
timothy. $1,000 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $14.50; butter. choice creamery, csc
to BIC; eggs, fresh, 18c to 21c; pota-
toes, per bushel, zoe to soc.
lndianapolis-Cattie. shipping. $500
to $500; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$500 to $11.15; sheep, good to choice,
$500 to 5000; wheat. No. 2. SLY to-
s1.19; corn, No. 2 white, Gle to &c;
oats. No. 2 white, 45c to Acc.
st. Louis Cattle, $500 to $780,:
hogs. $500 to $11.10; sheep, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2. $1.1S to 1920;
corn, No. 2, Gle to 63c; oats, No. 3.
Ale to 43c; rye, No. 2, 79c to Sic.
Cincinnati Cattle, $500 to sS.25:
hogs. $500 to $11.10; sheep, $500 to
1915; wheat. No. 2, $1.1S to 1920;
corn, No. mixed, Coo to &c: oats,
No mixed. ACC to 47c; rye, No. 2,
SAC to S6c.
Detroit-Cattle. $500 to $780,; hogs.
$500 to $10.s5; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, s1.16 to s1.1s; corn, No.
8 yellow, Gle to 63c; oats, standard,
Acc to 47c; rye, No. 1. 79c to soc.
Milwnukee-W Wheat. No. 2 northern.
$1.13 to S1.16; corn, No. 8, Gle to CSC:
pats, standard, 43c to 44c; rye, No. i.
7Sc to SOC; barley. standard, soc to
Zoe; pork, mess, s26.50.
Buffalo - Cattle. choice shipping
steers, $500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to
choice, $500 to s11.4O; sheep. common.
to good mixed. $500 to $40; lambs.
fair to choice. $500 to s10.25.
New York; Cattle. $500 to $500;
hogs. $500 to SLIPS; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red. $1.24 to 1925:
corn. No. 2, CSC to Sac; oats, natural.
white, Acc to sic; butter, creamery.
soc to S3c; eggs, western, 19c to 22c.
Toledo Wheat, No 2 mixed, SLIT.
to $1.1S; corn. No. 2 mixed. Sic to
CSC; oats. No. 2 mixed. 44c to 45c:
rye. No. 2. 7sc to SOC: clover seed,
$40.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
SLAIN AFTER KILLING TWO.

Drink-Crazed Passenger 1. Trapped
by Wilmington, Del, Police.
Barricaded in the toilet room OF a
Pullman parlor car, in which he had
taken refuge after killing a porter and
a conductor. ]. H. Bethea, drink
crazed murderer from South Carolina,
held the entire police force of Will
mington, Del, at bay for an hour and
twenty minutes. He also tied up traf-
tic on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
for more than an hour. He fired more
than 100 shots from an automatic re-
volver att the besieging force, and
wounded two men. Finally the fire de.
.partment was called and drove him
from his retreat with three-inch
stream of water through the window.
Half drowned. he staggered on to the
railroad station platform and was shot
to death as he fired repeatedly toward
the police.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
MENEL1K DEAD; BOY MADE KIN,
Abyssinian Ruler Reported =
Having Passed Away.

Menelik IL. King of Abyssinia, is
dead at the age Of 66 years and in
the twenty-first year Of his reign.
Prince Lidj Jeassu, grandson of the
late monarch. is heir to the throne.
The King was stricken with apoplexy
last fall and never recovered. For
many weeks his death had been expect
ed. When he was able no longer to
carry the affairs of state Ras Desame,
the regent. with the approval Of the
principal chiefs, took the reins Of gov
eminent. At the same time Empress
Taitou was deprived of all power of
interference and her appointments of
favorites were annulled. Prince Lidj
Jeassu was proclaimed heir to the
throne May 1s. He is IA years old
and little less than year ago mar
ried the granddaughter, Z years old.
OF the late Emperor John and a niece
of Empress Taitou. =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
BOY czAREv1TcH RUNS AWAY.

Heir to Russian Throne Found Three
Miles from Palace.
The Czarevitch, a bright, sturdy boy
not quite years gid, ran away from
home The small heir to the throne
OF all the Russias was lured by the
sea. He bad determined to become a
sailor, Young Alexis disappeared from
TsarRoe- Selo, where the imperial court
issa The palace and park were searched
thoroughly, but no trace Of him was
found. Then there was great conster.
nation. The Car was in despair; the
Czarina, from whom the news could
not be kept, was distracted. Every
body feared that Nihilists had kid.
mapped the imperial youngster. After
several hours Of frightful suspense the
soldiers who had been dispatched to
scour the country brought back the
Czarevitch, accompanied by woman
who had met the child walking along
a road two or three miles from the pal
ace. The Empress gave beautiful
bracelet to the woman who brought
him back. l 'fa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
MINERS FIGHT m COAL FIELD.
Illinois and Pennsylvania to Be Tied
Up Completely, Saws Lewis.

~ NoAApASSSAys 0uyS AeWAS.
Although as a result of the plan
adopted by the coal miners interna-
tional convention the other day there
Will be no countrywide strike of the
bituminous miners, President T. l..
Lewis of the miners union declared in
Cincinnati that Pennsylvania and ILL
nois will be completely tied up" The
miners in the, two districts number
100000. This means a fight in the
largest two bituminous fields in the
United States. Pennsylvania's annual
production is 150,00O,OOO tons and ILL.,
nois' 50,000,000. Ohio's production is
35,00OOOO tons, giving employment to
10000 miners.
Il believe the majority of the Ohio
men will be at work after April L."
President Lewis said. "Ohio is one
of the States in which the operators
can sign by districts, or even subdis-
tricts, and i believe one of the earliest
to sign will be the Big Hooking dis
trict." In Pennsylvania the entire BIZ
luminous production is in the Pitts
burg district and the miners affected
number 1870, 900.
Mr.. Lewis said strike in the Ca
madam mines would be delayed, even
In the event of an immediate disagree
ment, because of the Canadian law,
which compels the miners to give thir-
ty days notice of an intention to
strike. ai
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
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III D. i
DIR. Edward Meyer. professor OF an
cient history at the University of Ber-
lin and one of the greatest living his
torians, is giving series of lectures
before the students of the University
of Wisconsin.
A lively discussion is in progress in
Japan in regard to the advisability Of
adopting the jury system. Even among
the members of the legal profession
opinion is divided. but If anything the
balance appears to be against the in.
novation.
German south polar expedition
virtually has been arranged by Lieu
tenant Filchner, of the general star OF
the army, under the auspices of the
geographical society. Lieutenant
Filchner announced that the expedi-
ton would start in October Of this
year. II the necessary funds were
forthcoming.
The announcement that there will be
no Home Rule bill presented to the
present session of Parliament, while
not unexpected. caused regret In Ire
land, and 1t is recognized now that it
may mean another election before Ire
lanQ VIII DC given ChS TlSut 10 govern
herself
The great German firm that is
known to everyone as "Krupps," and
which supplies half the civilized world
with what it wants in the way of can
non. is buying large tract of land in
Holland, with the object of erecting
new works there, and also have made
Investigations in America with a view
to establishing plant.
The naval program of Russia has
been finally completed, sanctioned by
the Car and presented to the commits
sion of defense. The plan calls for the
expenditure of s5oo,OOo,oOO extending
over period Of ten years, and besides
battleships and cruisers there will be
built fifty destroyers and fifty trans
ports. Most of the ships. it is an
.nounced, will be constructed in Rus-
sia but 1t is probable that few of
them will be built in France England
and America.
Vesuvius has suddenly become ac-
tive again. Several assures have OPEN
ed from which gas and lava are fow-
ing in great quantities. Fl
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
FIX UP TARIFF TRoUBIEs.
Taft and canada's Representatives
to Announce Terms at Once.


to Announce Terms at Once.
There is to be no tariff war with
Canada. Peace terms have been agreed
upon, and the PRONUNCIATION thereof
will be made simultaneously from OF
tawa and Washington. the day before
the maximum tariff of the United
States would go into effect automati-
cally against Canada in the event Of
no proclamation to the contrary by
President Taft.
e Details regarding the successful
termination Of the negotiations be-
tween the United States and Canadian
officials are being carefully guarded,
but 1T is known that Canada grants
its intermediate rates on small list
of articles that do not seriously come
into competition with Canadian man
ufacture. Full details are known as
yet only to President Taft and' Secre-
tary Knox on this side of the line and,
to Minister of Finance w. S. Fielding
and Minister of Railways George p.
Graham and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the
Dominion premier. on the other.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
dry PETITIONS THROWN OUT.

Chicago Will Not Vote Upon Local
Option Question This Spring.
Chicago will not vote upon the ques.
ton of disseminating the licensed sa-
loon and substituting prohibition at
the aldermanic election this spring.
The Board of Election Commissioners
threw out the monster petition of the
Anti-Saloon League calling for the sub
mission of the question to the electo-
rate. The commission held the "drys"
to be short 1928 of the 63.511 names
necessary to give the petition legal
status, declaring that out of the "a.
P026 names appearing on the petition
26.12S were not those OF registered lie.
gal voters and 1920 were doubtful"
The commissioners did not go into the
question of some 1900 obviously fic-
titious names, 1900 Implications and
900 forgeries charged by the VETS"
who filed objection to the petition.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
TOTAL COTTON SUPPLY SHOWN

Census Burenu Places six Months
Figure at lI,552,3G1.
The census report shows the total
supply of cotton for the six months
ending Feb. 2S to have been II. 552,361
running bales. The distribution is
2,526,SS3 bales consumed, 4,599,6S2 ex-
ported. 1.674,331 held in mills. 1892
521 held in Independent warehouses,
I and other stocks S18,S44. The number
OF bales held on Sept. /, 1909, was
1,48S.5S5; ginned during the six
months period, 9,974,s9s; net imports.
ORTIZ.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
KENrucKY-1ND1AnA LINE OPEN.
Ride from Louisville to south Bend

Ride from Louisville to South Bend,
20G Miles, Is at High Speed.
The first through electric car from
Louisville. KY, to South Bend, arrived
there the other evening, marking an
important epoch in the history of cleo
trio railroads in this part of the coun.
try. The distance between the two
cities is 296 miles. Chicago and South
Bend already are connected by trolley.
The route was from Louisville to In.
dianapolis, Peru, Winona, Warsaw and
Goshen. An average speed Of thirty
miles an hour was made and in some
places the schedule was as high as six
ty miles an hour.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
PLOTTED DEATH OF BAII1NaER.

Anarchist Held I'm Cleveland Says
He Planned to Stab Secretary.
Hating en- route to Washington,
where he. declares he intended to stab
Interior Secretary Ballinger, William
Scheldtknecht was sent to the Cleve-
land State Hospital for the Insane in
Newburg, suburb The man, an ap-
'parently highly cultured German of As
years. insisted before Judge Hidden
that he was an anarchist. that he saw
President Mckinley shot in Buffalo
and that he had associated with the
Paterson. N. j., colony of anarchists
and had come to decision to end the
Pinchot-Ballinger struggle by knife
thrust.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
FIRE COSTS $50 LIVES.
Gay Scene Is Turned Suddenly Into
One Of Horror.

Two hundred and fifty people were
killed and many others were injured
In the village of oekorerite, Hungary,
when fire broke out in hotel at which
a ball was being held. A coach house
connected with the hotel had been fit.
ted up as ballroom, and at night
was crowded with several hundred
guests when the fire started. 1t was
noticed first when "a woman,s dress
was seen to be ablaze and moment
later the gowns of several other won.
en- were in flames. A panic followed,
and in a mad rush to the exits many
persons fell and were trodden to death
by others. The roof fell before the
hall could be cleared and many in
jured persons and those who because
Of the crush at the doors had been pre-
vented from escaping were buried with
the dead in the ruins.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
Frees 100000 Acre. Land.

Frees 100000 Acre. Land.
More land has been designated under
the enlarged homestead act by the Sec
rotary of the Interior. In Wyoming
36S.SS0 acres, not susceptible of irri-
cation at reasonable cost. were
placed under the terms of that act. In
Montana 155.04O additional acres will
be disposed Of as enlarged homesteads.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
GUN BURSTS ON o. 5. CRUISER.


Eight Men Reported Victims of Acci-
dent ON Charleston.
An unofficial report has been re-
ceived at Manila that a great gun
aboard the United States protected
cruiser Charleston exploded while the
crew was engaged at target practice
near Olongapo. 1t is said that eight
men were killed or wounded in the
accident. The cruiser now Is on It's
way to Manila, supposedly for the pur-
pose of bringing the victims of the
disaster to the marine hospital in Man
lila. No details Of the accident have
been reported to the officials. SO far
as can be learned, and it is expected
that none will be given out until the
vessel comes to port. The Charleston
is the flagship Of Rear Admiral John
Hubbard. commander In chief of the
Asiatic fleet. The commanding officer
of the vessel is Commander John H.
Gibbons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
FoRMER OHIO OFFICER GUILTY

Mark slater Convicted of Certifying
False Voucher While Surveyor.
Mark Slater. supervisor OF public
printing of Ohio from 1901 to 1906.
was found guilty in Columbus, Ohio,
of certifying as correct false voucher
for $5,5O1. He is liable to a peniten-
tiary sentence of from one to ten
years. There are twelve other indict-
ments against him. Slater's total
thefts are alleged to have amounted to
$4,000. Two others facing indict-
ments are D. W. Dinsmore, under ar
rest in Chicago. and Charles Whealen.
a Dayton manufacturer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
SOCIAL WORKER DISAPPEARS.

Captain of Volunteers of America
and $3.50 Missing Same Day.
Fearing that Captain Timothy Muir.
ply, head of the Volunteers of AmerI-
ca in st. Paul, has met with death or
accident, the police are searching for
him. Captain Murphy had been work
ing hard to raise funds for working
girls home and by means of tag
day" collection on March II had col
lected about $1.25o, which had been
deposited to his credit in local bank,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06

1000 Rubber Workers Laid on.
The United States Rubber Com
pany's Alice shoe mill in Woonsocket,
R. l., and its rubber boot mill at Mill
vile, Mass, were shut down until
April II. The two plants have 1000
employees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
saye. water Power site.

SnNeN Wafer POSver Sftes.
In aid of proposed legislation affect
ing the disposal of waterpower sites
on the public domain, the Secretary
of the Interior has Withdrawn 22.4O6
acres of land in Washington, Califor-
mia, Colorado and Idaho The with
drawals are along the Columbia, Su-
sun and Boise rivers, Grape creek and
Williams fork.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06

After spending several hours at Gin
cinnati in disposing Of details incident
to the reorganizing OF the conferences
recently broken OF at Toledo, the min
ers and operators of the central COM
petitive field, comprising Ohio, Indiana
and Western Pennsylvania, appointed
committees which are considering the
points IN issue between the two fac
lions.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
Fire Make. 1000 Home,...

With practically every home IN the
prosperous mountain village of Noun.
Hope, w. Va, wiped from the Garth
by fire which swept that place the
other day. at least two thousand per.
sons rendered homeless were com
PEELED to sleep in the commons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
EamiIx Lo.e. Tro n Eire

Two children were burned to death
in the residence of George Rowe in
Washington, Pa, and the mother and
three other children are suffering from
shock and smoke inhalation. Rather
inc and Sarah Rowe are dead, and the
injured include Mrs. Rowe and three
other children. Jennie, Louise and Ma.
riOn .aI1- sf
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
Lover Dynamite. G,rp. HON.

. HOVer DyhhmiteN GiFTk Home.
After dynamiting the home at North
port, Wash, of girl named Jellison,
with whom he was infatuated, and
killing the town marshal, who sought
to arrest him. Martin Kloose ended his
own life with bullet when brought
to bay by crowd of townspeople, he
abandoning hope of escaping.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06

Three thousand men, representing
forty labor organizations of Spokane.
marched through the downtown streets
to the Council chamber to demand that
the city raise the wage scale for city
labor to So a day. The movement was
led by D. c. Coates. former lieutenant
governor Of Colorado. elected on So
cialist ticket.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06

Cowboy Slayer Found Not Guilty.
Bud Stephens, the former cowboy
who shot and killed Dode Mackenzie
son of Murdo Mackenzie, of Colorado
Springs Colo. was found not guilt.
in Aberdeen, S. D. The plea OF self
defense was accepted by the jury.