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CANAL AND LOCKS.
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"WASHINGTON". Jan. 7. Chairman Bur
ton, when asked today if he favored the
repeal of the boat railway project for
the dalles of the Columbia, said that he
did, most emphatically; that 'the boat rall
way was highly Impracticable, and he
should use. every effort to have the pro
ject wiped out, He would not be willing
to consider any other project until this
had been sot aside and the money turned
back Into the Treasury, for he did not
propose to have the balance used as a
club over him and the committee to force
the substitution of a new project. He
was free to admit that the portage road
proposition could never bo adopted, for
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ownership of roads and that can never
have Congressional sanction.
His conclusion is that the canal and
locks Is the only feasible project, and
the only one that can ultimately be se
cured, but he thinks the cost. $4,000,000.
Is entirely out of proportion to the
amount of commerce to be benefited at
this time. He says Oregon has much
more than her share In the pending bill,
and If prevision were made for the dalles
Improvement, the name of the bill would
have to be changed to "A bill for the
improvement of Oregon rivers and har
bors." He Is under the Impression that Oregon
has already received more consideration
than its commerce justifies, and became
nettled when pressed to continue projects
which the engineers had reported dispar
agingly on. so that when meritorious
propositions were offered he was in no
spirit to entertain thom.
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SUGAR GOES UP.
Another Indication of the Settlement
of the "War.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Announcement
was made today that all the refiners had
advanced all grades of refined sugar 10
points. The reason given by the refiners
for the advance was that a great many
orders were received shortly after the
opening of the day, which pujt them In an
oversold condition. In other quarters It
was said that the advance was not alto
gether due to the Improvement In the de
mand for the refined product, but was an
other Indication of the settlement of the
sugar war.
Children to Rebuild Missions.
NEW YORK. Jan. 7. Children In the
Sunday schools of the Congregational
Churches In the United States have been
asked to contribute a fund of $50,000 for
the rehabilitation of the recently de
stroyed Chinese missions. All the proper
ty owned by the American Board In the
Kalgan, Tung Cho. Peklh, Pao Ting Fu
and Lin Chlng stations has been com
pletely destroyed. "Missionary Sunday"
will be January 20. The 5604 churches of
the denominations, with their 740.000 schol
ars, will then make a united effort to raise
the required sum.
lias Kot Obtnlned Justice.
CURACOA. (via Haytlen Cable), Jan. 7.
The United States Minister at Caracas,
Venezuela, Mr. Loomls, according to the
latest advices received here, has not yet
succeeded In obtaining justice for the
New York & Bermudas Asphalt Company
in its dispute with the local authorities,
and the situation Is regarded as critical.
The local authorities. It was added, en
couraged the natives to Invade the com
pany's plant.
Mnnagfr of Air Line Road Resigns.
NORFOLK, Va Jan. 7 E. St. John,
vice-president and general manager of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, has tendered
his resignation. to take effect not later
than January 15. He declines to indicate
his future, movements.
REPLY TO HARRISON
Solicitor-General's Brief in
Porto Rico Cases.
UNITED STATES NOT A DESPOT
Limitations of Constitution Plainly
Stated Validity of Duties As
sessed and Collected on the
Several Importations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Solicitor-General
Richards, in behalf of the Govern
ment, today filed in the United States
Supreme Court a brief in the case brought
by Ellas S. Dellma, Caleb B. Downs,
Henry W. Dooley, Charles Armstrong and
George "W. Croasman against George Bid
well, Collector of t3io port of New York,
involving questions of taxation relations
between the United States and our Insu
lar possessions. The cases cover the
several phases of the dominion of the
United States over the islands before and
after the ratification of the Paris treaty
of peace, and after legislation by Con
gress with reference to them. The feat
ure of the brief is the direct notice It
takes of ex-President Harrison's address
at Ann Arbor and the response made
thereto In behalf of the Administration.
The Dellma case concerns duties col
lected on sugars Imported) into New York
from Porto Rico after ratification of the
Paris peace treaty and before passage of
the Porto Rlcan act; me Downes case,
duties on oranges brought from Porto
Rico Into New York after the passage of
the Porto Rlcan act: the Dooley case
and the Armstrong case, duties on goods
imported from Porto Rico during military
occupation and partly before and partly
after the ratification of the treaty, and
also after the passage of the Porto Rlcan
tariff act, and the Crossnian case, duties
on liquors imported from Honolulu Into
New York after the passage of the resolu
tion annexing the Hawaiian Islands and
the passage of the act providing for their
government.
The reference to ex-President Harrison's
Ann Arbor address Is preceded by a state
ment of the Government's position with
reference to the extent to which the Con
stitution applies to newly acquired terri
tory. The brief denies the doctrine of
ex proprlo vlgore, and that all the limita
tions of the Constitution apply every
where throughout the scope of the author
ity of the Government, but says there are
limitations In the Constitution which ap
ply through both the states and terri
tories, organized and unorganized.
Because some limitations apply It docs
not follow that all apply. Those which
do apply everywhere both within and
without the United States In Its broad
est sense, it says, are those securing the
'blessings of justice and liberty to all the
people. Tyranny and oppression cannot
Constitutionally exist under the sov
ereignty of a republic, whose founders
declared that all men are entitled to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This
is what Justice Bradley meant when he
said In the case of the Mormon church
vs. the United States (136 U. S., 1, 44):
"Doubtless Congress, in legislating for
the territories, would be subject to those
fundamental limitations In favor of per
sonal rights which are formulated In the
Constitution and its amendments; .but
these limitations would exist rather by in
ference and the general spirit of the Con
stitution from which Congress derives
all Its powers, than by any express and
direct application of its provisions."
This statement of the Government's
standing ground leads It up to the notice
which it takes of ex-Presldent Harrison's
address. Of this address, Solicitor-General
Richards' brief says:
"In a recent address, a portion of which
I understand has been brought to the at
tention of the court, a distinguished
statesman and lawyer affects to believe,
If the view of the Government Is correct,
that Congress could without constitutional
objection, pass a Porto Rlcan act provid
ing for a number of shocking things. The
Government has never asserted and does
not believe that Congress has the power
of a despot In. Porto Rico. The funda
mental limitations In favor of personal
rights, which are formulated In the Con
stitution and Its amendments, referred
to by Justice Bradley, stand In the way
of everything suggested which shocks
the moral sense. Congress could not pasa
an ex post facto law, or declare an at
tainder, or grant any title of nobility, or
provide for the trial or punishment of
treason other than In the way marked
out by the Constitution, all these things
being prohibited by direct and applic
able propositions. If the first 10 amend
ments do not limit, by direct applica
tion, Congress in legislating for our new
possessions, neither do they operate within
the states which composed the Union.
"As this court, speaking by Chief Jus
tice Waite, said In United States vs.
Crulnkshank, et al (92 U. S., 541, 552):
'The first amendment to the Constitu
tion prohibits Congress from abridging
the right of the people to assemble and
to petition' the Government for a redress
of grievances.' This, like the other
amendments, proposed and adopted at the
same time, was not intended to limit the
powers of the United States, but to op
erate upon the National Government
alone. 'Protection of life, liberty and
property rests primarily with the state,'
as Chief Justice Fuller said In R. E.
Kemmler, (136 U. S., 43S, 448). 'The Con
stitution makes no provision for protect
ing the citizens of respective states In
their religious liberties, for this is left to
the state constitutions and laws,' said
Justice Catron, in Permoll vs. First Mu
nicipality, (3 How, 539, 600).
"The Constitution forbids the states to
pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto
law, or law Impairing the obligation of
contracts, or to grant any title of nobil
ity, and the 14th amendment provides that
no state shall deprive any person of life,
liberty or property without due process
of law, nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the. equal protection of the
laws; but outside' the range of these
limitations the people of the state,
through Its constitution and laws, are su
preme. They can define treason against
the state as they see fit; they can limit
the freedom of speech and of the press;
they can restrict the bearing of arms,
they can provide for the quartering of
troops, they can regulate the right of
search and of arrest; they can provide
for the trial of capital or other Infamous
crimes upon information and without In
dictment and without a jury, and they
have done so. They can do away with
the trial of civil suits by a jury. And
they may do many other things which I
need not enumerate.
"The right of the people of the states
to change their laws and system of pro
cedure so as to make them conform to
changed views of administration or -the
exigencies of their social life has been
sustained. If fba Constitutional guaran
tees relating to Indictment by a jury and
trial by a petit jury are -not Federal in
character, and, therefore, do not tie the
hands of the Inhabitants of a territory
when organizing a state, why should they
tie the hands of the President and Con
gress In preserving order and in protect
ing life anfi property in our new posses
sions? "It Is a strange contention that as soon
as the treaty went into 'effect the power
of the President and Congress to pre
serve order in the new possessions
ceased. There were no grand Juries, no
petit juries, no, machinery for punishing
crime by the force of the Anglo-Saxon
law, and yet. if the limitations intended
for the states at once of their own force
applied in the hew possessions, crime
could be punished in no other way. The
Constitution whidh gave the United States
the power to acquire property by treaty
and gave to Congrers the duty of govern
ing it, did not leave, the National Gov
ernment helpless by demanding impossi
bilities." The brief then goes into the question
of the validity of the duties assessed and
collected on the several Importations In
volved in the cases at bar, following the
general lines of the argument heretofore
made by Attorney-General Griggs. It,
however, contains soma new suggestions,
tne most interesting being this:
"If Chief Justice Taney was wrong (re
ferring to the case of Fleming vs. Pago,
holding that the United States may de
mand the cession of territory as the con
dition of peace, in order to Indemnify
its citizens for the injuries they have
suffered, or to reimburse the Government
for the expenses of war), and we can
not take territory sub modo to Indem
nify or reimburse us, .but only to make
It a part of the United States, then be
fore the President carries a war Into
the enemy's country "he should send a
commltteo ahead of the Army to ascer
tain and report whether the territory he
proposes to invade and conquer Is fit
to be made a part of the United States,
for the treaty-making power of Con
gress cannot prevent that result If a
cession follows conquest. Before the
President sent Dewey to Manila he should
have satisfied himself that the PhlllD-
plnes were suitable for Incorporation Into
the Union, for we could destroy the Span
ish power there only at the risk of hav
ing to assume the burdens of sovereignty
ourselves."
The argument in the Porto Rlcan cases
did not begin today, as other cases pre
ceding had the effect of postponing It
until tomorrow. The court, however, took
sufficient cognizance of the cases to de
cide what time should be given to each
side of the controversy. This question
was raised by ex-Secretary Carlisle, who
stated that five of the cases could be con
solidated. These five are the cases of De.
lima and others vs. Collector Bidwell; C.
B. Downs vs. Collector Bidwell ; two cases
of H. W. Dooley -vs. the United States,
and Carlos AUnstrong vs. the United
States. Upon suggestion, the court award
ed five hours to each side of the con
troversy. Mr. Carlisle stated that these
cases Involved the double question of the
power of the United States to levy duty
on goods being shipped In both directions,
the question regarding the imposition of
duties Into Porto Rico being entirely new.
Mr. Carlisle objected to the consolidation
of the Crossman case, involylng the legal
ity of -duties collected on .goods, coming
to the United States from Hawaii; fnd
It accordingly was not included in. the
consolidated list of five. That case and
others Involving cognate questions will be
argued after the conclusion of the con
solidated cases, so that It Is probable
the remainder of the week will be given
up by the court to the question of the
relation of the United States to Its insu
lar possessions.
Colombia nnd Venezuela May Fljrht.
KINGSTON, Jan. 7. Letters received
here from Panama say the relations be
tween Colombia and Venezuela are much
strained in consequence of the latter's
connivance with and the assistance being
given to the revolutionists In the former
country. The activity of the rebels, It Is
added, only restrains Colombia from tak
ing warlike measures against Venezuela,
and even now Colombian troops are being
moved to the border. The rebels are still
receiving large supplies of arms and am
munition through Venezuela.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS.
i Federal Government.
Solicitor-General Richards filed his brief In the
Porto Rico cases. Page 1.
The Congressional hazing committee took the
testimony of the Breth family. Page 2.
The Horans are awarded a contract for a
battle-ship.
Congress.
Lodge, In the Senate, predicted America's su
premacy In the Industrial conflict. Page 1.
The Senate eliminated the Veterinary Corps
provision In the Army bill. Page 1.
Chairman Burton declares his opposition to
the boat-railway project. Page 1.
The House will vote on the reapportionment
bill today.
Senator Morgan makes another report on the
canal bill.
Philippines.
MacArthur will deport captured rebels to
Guam.
The first municipal election was held at Bu-
gunls.
The Thirty-seventh Regiment was reviewed at
Manila prior to Its return.
Foreign.
A British detachment lost heavily In a fight
with Boers near Llndley. Page 3.
Martial law has been proclaimed In several
more districts In Cape Colony. Page 3.
Spain and France are having snow storms.
Page 3.
Domestic.
Twenty-seven perished In an orphan home fire
In Rochester. Page 1.
New state officials -were Inaugurated In Idaho,
Utah and other states. Page 3.
Fred T. Dubois was nominated for Senator by
fuslonlsts at Boise. Page 3.
Pacific Coast.
A larsely attended "Western Oregon Farmers'
Congress Is In annual session at Salem.
Page 4.
The Oregon Supreme Court decides that a loan
of a savings and loan society can be col
lected. Page 4.
Mr. Colvlg will accept appointment as Oregon
Text-Book Commissioner. Page 4.
The State Reform School and the State Blind
School file biennial reports. Page 4.
Plans are on foot for annexing the Idaho "pan
handle" to Washington. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Record-breaking business on New York Stock
Exchange Page 11.
London &. Globe creditors to reorganize com
pany. Page li.
Wheat market nervous and erratic Page 11.
Many ships overdue at Portland. Page S.
Kalsow's fine run down the river. Page 5. .
Portland nnd Vicinity.
Central East Slders demand a new school
building, and have called a mass meeting.
Page 8. -Public
library began circulation of books.
PageS.
State Senator Mays has prepared a bill for
choosing United States Senator by popular
vote. Page T.
Sale of East Stde Railroad- confirmed and
Banker Morris has charge. Page 7.
Fire-alarm system officially reported as defi
cient. Page 8.
Girl fights fire In a residence until department
arrives. Page 8.
ATTraflnS" jn&in lftPlBhort time, comparatively, tnere would
I Kill II" SHINE-! II! I I be greater peace and order In the islands
1 linUL UUlll LIU i than they had ever known. After some
Certain to Result in the Su
premacy of America.
LODGE PICTURES THE FUTURE
.The Senate, In Considering: -the Army
Bill, Eliminated the Proposition
for the Establishment of a
Veterinary Corps.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. A notable
speech was delivered In the Senate to
day by Lodgejf Addressing the Senate on
an amendment to the Army bill striking
out the provision for a veterinary corp?,
he discussed briefly, and principally In
THE LATE PHILIP D. ARMOUR.
CHTCAOO, Jan. 7. The funeral of the late Philip D. Armour will be held at 1 o'clock
"Wednesday afternoon at the home, 2115 Prairie avenue. The body will He In state at tho
Armour home from 0 o'clock In the morning until noon. While the holding of the funeral
from the house will necessarily, restrict the number In attendance, all of the Armour em
ployes In Chicago, who number thousands, will bo Invited to view the Body during the morn
ing hours. Rev, Frank W. Gunsaulus will preach the funeral sermon. The burial will be
In the family lot of Graceland cemetery, and the pall-bearers will be business associates of
the deceased. The day of the funeral all of the plants and offices of the Armour Company
in Chicago and other cities will be closed.
the form of a colloquy with Bacon, the
Philippine question and the necessity for
an army of 100,000 men. In conclusion ho
drew a brilliant word picture of the com
mercial future of the United States, de
claring that the trade conflict with Eu
rope, already begun, could result only In
the commercial and economical suprem
acy of this country over the entire world.
In this Industrial conflict he apprehended
no danger from a material contest with
any nation of the world, but he urged
the necessity for a strong and scientific
ally organized Army and a powerful
Navy, in ordc- that the United States
might be prepared to defend its rights
against any possible foe.
During the afternoon the Senate rati
fied the committee's proposition to elimi
nate the proposition for the establish
ment of a veterinary corps In the Army.
Teller gave notice of a substitute he will
offer for the entire pending measure, con
tinuing In full force and effect the act of
March 3, 1SS9, Increasing the size of the
Army, for three years from July 1, 1901.
At the opening of the session Pettus
presented the credentials of his colleague,
Hon. J. T. Morgan, elected a Senator from
that state for the fifth time. His new
term of six years will begin March 4,
1901. The credentials were filed.
A joint resolution was reported from
the District of Columbia committee au
thorizlng the Secretary of War to grant
permits to the committee on the Inaugu-
ration of the President for the use of pub
He reservations in Washington, and to
lend flags for decoration purposes. The
resolution was adopted.
The resolutions of Baker and Pettlgrew
relating to the declination of the Execu
tive to send to the Senate the report of
A. L. Lawshe as to postal revenues in
Cuba went over.
Consideration of the Army reorganlza-
tion bill was resumed, with discussion of J together and its markets opened to all
the committee amendment striking out the atl"3 ot tho wold- do ,not ay
the provision for a veterinary corps in I anything Improper or boast unduly when
the Army. Kenney. the champion In the 1 sar that It was owing to the United
Senate of the proposed veterinary corps, States that this policy was adopted in
urged that the committee's amendment ' ftead r -ne tner- 3e beUeve ln "
be rejected. He said he had serious mis- , a 8 policy. We are ln sympathy
glvlngs about the creation of a permanent , with It; but do you suppose the other
standing Army of 100.000 men, though will- countries like It? I doubt it very much,
lng to vote such an army for three years. ' , ny one who has read the newspapers
He doubted whether the United States , lately will have noticed there has been
could send an army to the Philippines i continual talk about economic federations
atrAnr mnh trt mi rinwn th snirit of to shut out the United States from Eu-
Independence and liberty, which seemed
innate in the breast of the Filipinos. He
did not think the United States was get
ting an adequate return from "the strug
gle, the butchery, the crime," that was
going on ln the Philippines. If the United
States was In the Philippines merely as a
guide and aid, he" declared, there would
be no trouble; the war now ln progress
would cease. He argued In favor of a 5 nomic xorcea. ve may umijuer
veterinary corps in the Army. I legislation, but the American people s eco-
Sewall, a member of the military com- nomic forces, which underlie all, are car
mUtee. replying, said that a -great lnjus- rying us forward to the economic suprem
tice would be done the regular Army acy of the world. It Is a great position,
officers by the Injection into the Army , hut. dazzled by its, splendor do not for
of a new corps. I set it carries Its dangers with it, and I
-Lodge objected to the proposition to es- want to see the United States always
tabllsh a veterinary staff corps. Discuss- prepared to meet those dangers. We have
ing the general features of the measure, , no quarrel with any nation, and I hope
Lodge said he did not think any American we shall have , none. I see none who
citizen honestly believed that the liberty would wish to attack us, but I wish to
of the people was menaced. by an army
of 100.000. As to the sltuatiotf-in the Phil-
ipplnes. Lodge maintalne(MJiat "organ
ized rebellion has ceased!3hd- the local
George Washington is lnrg$dlng"." "In a
short time" said Lodge-fflfbelleve there
will be peace and ordrfrmweughout the
Philippine Islands." Hdld not think,
however, that the probabSitissof outbreaks
among the Moros andAhe -uncivilized
tribes of the interior would ever be elim
inated, zfk
Bacon Inquired how longrLpdge thought
a large annv might be"ne"edecl In the
Philippines. Lodge believed, that ln a
I short time, comparatively, there would
sharp sparring. Bacon put this question
to Lodge. "From your knowledge as
chairman of the Philippine committee of
the conditions In the Islands, will the
army of 76,000 be needed there for a short
time or for an Indefinite time?"
Lodge What Is a short time?
Bacon Well, say, two years.
Lodge My judgment Is that at the end
of two years we would be able to reduce
very largely the Army In the Philippines.
That Is my belief. Spain had an army
of 15,000 men, and kept very bad order
"And occupied little territory," Inter
jected Bacon.
"Yes, and occupied little territory," as
sented Lodge. He maintained, however,
that with a force of 35,000 in the Philip
pines the United States would keep bet
ter order than ever had been known
there. With that force In the Philippines
there could be about 35,000 men left to
man the fortifications of the country, "a
force which he believed totally Inade
quate. In addition, that force would be
called upon to guard the Nicaragua Ca
nal, which it was proposed soon to begin
to build. On that canal there would be
employed 50,000 laborers. They would
have to be guarded. " In his opinion, at
the end of two years the force in the
Philippines could be reduced materially.
and at the nd of four or five years the
force probably could be reduced safely
to 20,000 men. In conclusion, Lodge drew
a brilliant word picture of the plans for
the future of the United States.
"I am no alarmist, I have no fears that
we are In danger of war with anybody,"
said Lodge, "and I do not believe there
is a nation on the face of the earth that
has any desire to attack us. But no man
can tell what may happen at any time.
We have gone on In the process of our
development until we have expanded far
beyond our own markets commercially,
and we are breaking into every market
of tho world. It Is a part of our eco
nomic development. We are marching
along toward the economic supremacy of
the world, In my Judgment. Look at Eu
rope and then compare it with the United
States. It has been worked over for 1000
years, at least, In the endeavor to draw
out all its resources. We are beating Eu
rope in iron and steel. We can turn
them out at a price Europe cannot meet.
We are going to surpass her In other
articles. She has to take coal from us. .It
Is a mere question of time when her last
stronghold, the carrying trade, will be In
vade'd. We will build ships cheaper than
she can. We shall In some way or an
other equal her subsidies to steamships
by our subsidies, and put our ships on
an even Dlane of competition. Does any
" "w "'" Sra imo . "l
dustrial achievements? They are strug.
gllng to get an opening for an over
crowded population and for an overpro
duction. That is why they have seized
Africa. That Is why they have seized the
Islands of the Pacific. China got Into
trouble, and they thought that there
would come a new division and' they could
all get their share. It has been stopped.
The Chinese Empire is going to be held
rope. In other words, they feel the eco
nomic pressure that we are putting upon
them. They will try to meet us ln the
great field of economic rivalry. I bellevd
that, with our resources, with the "char
acter of our people, with our new coun
try, with our great continent, the victory
can only be with us, and that there can
be but one end to that conflict of eco-
see me unueu oiaies so yrepureu umu
under these new conditions she always
would be safe on sea and land."
After some discussion of the veterinary
corps amendment, Galllnger, advocating
the establishment of such a corps, and
reading telegrams from many prominent
veterinarians, and Proctor, Daniel,
Spooner, Carter, Cockrell and Butler op
posing it, the action of the committee in
striking out the provision for the pro
posed corps was ratified by a vote of 43
to 5. Those who voted against the recom
mendation of the committee were: Clay,
Galllnger, Hale, Heltfeld and Kenney.
ORPHAN HOME FIRE
Terrible Holocaust at Ro
chester, N. Y.
VICTIMS ARE MOSTLY CHILDREN
Trrenty-sewn .Persons Perished and
Tvrenty-flve Were Injured, Some
of Them Fatnliy BlazeStarted
in the Hospital Section.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 8. This morn
ing at 1 o'clock fire broke out ln gomo
mysteslous manner In the hospital sec
tion of the Rochester Orphan Asylum, la
Hubbell Park, and at this hour (3:30 A.
M.) 27 persons are known to have perished
and 25 were injured, some doubtless fa
tally. It was the most serious conflagra
tion ln Rochester since the lantern works
fire, ln l&sS, when there were 31 victims.
Tho flames were discovered by two
young men, W. Clark and F. Young, who
happened to be passing the building on
Exchange street. Clark ran to the near
est Are alarm box and sent ln an alarm,
after which both turned their "attention
toward arousing the nurses, attendants
and children. They proceeded to batter
in, the door, when a terrific explosion was
heard ln the other end of the building.
In a few moments the entjre half of
the building ln which the hospital was
situated was a mass of flames. Tho
smoke poured out of' every window, and
screams and frantic cries 'could be heard
from the panic-stricken children. Long
ladder3 were strung up, and firemen
plunged Into. the 3tifllng smoke and boro
out scores of Inanimate forms ln their
arms. All the rescued were unconscious,
many were dead.
In the hospital were only two small
children and two women attendants. All
are believed to have perished. A tele
phone message was sent to all the nosplt
als for ambulances, and as fast as they
arrived on the scene they were sent back
to the hospitals. When It became known
that; the fire was extended to the main
building, a general alarm was sent ln,
calling out the entire department. The
fire was fought from every available
point, but the buildings were doomed.
Most of the Inmates knew nothing about
the fire until aroused by Young and Clark,
though one woman stated that she heard
an explosion before she smelled smoke.
The scenes about the building while tho
fire was at Its height were heartrending
In the extreme. Crazed women were run
ning about to lng to find out whether cer
tain little ones bad been taken from tho
building ln safety, while others were look
ing for their friends. All who were res
cued had .nothing on but their nlght-cloth-IngV
Policemen, citizens and firemen
united "in the work of rescue.
"Four little children had been forgotten
on the" fourth floor, until a woman
screamed out that they had been left be
hind. Instantly, a dozen volunteers start
ed for the stairway. Two were allowed to
go to the rescue, and In a moment it
seemed ages they returned with the
babes Vin their arms. A cheer went up
from the crowd, which was hushed as
the children were seen to be unconscious.
They were removed to the house of a
neighbor across the street.
About 30 children were carried Into the
home of Herman Behn, a shoe merchant
across the street on Hubbell Park, and
as fast as the ambulances arrived tho
children were removed. Every few min
utes a new victim would be reported dead.
Miss Comolieux, one of the attendants,
was rescued from a third-story window
by a fireman. When part way down the
ladder the fireman slipped and fell to tho
ground. Both were terribly Injured,
though they will recover.
There were 109 children ln the asylum
at the time, and a corps of about SO
nurses and attendants. Sixteen of the
deadare at the city morgue, several are
at the hospitals, and some were left at
the home of Mr. Behn. The Injured con
sist mostly of children who were more
or less overcome By smoke. It is impos
sible to get the names of the Injured at
this time.
The hospital building was entirely de
stroyed, and the main building damaged,
entailing a total loss of about $30,000. Tho
buildings were heated by steam, and the
fire was caused by an explosion of the
engine boiler.
At St. Mary3 Hospital eight are dead,
the Identity of none being known. There
are five dead at the Homeopathic Hospi
tal, the Identity of none being known.
Several died In houses near the fire. Tho
total number of fatalities known is 27.
Lillie Stone, aged 8 years, Is fearfully
burned about the legs and body, and will
die. Miss Brad, the nurse of the hospi
tal ward of the asylum, will probably die.
Kate Cottrell and Blanche Atheson, tha
latter colored, are believed to be In a
dying condition. Both had fearful falls
and sustained frightful injuries. But one
Inmate Is dying at the hospital, ho being
a little boy who was 111 at the asylum.
His name is unknown. John Carey, 8
years old. Is at the Hahnemann House.
His lungs were filled with smoko, and no
hope is held out for his recovery.
MRS. RICHARDSON ACCUSED.
Coroner's Jury Says She Killed Her
Hnsbnnd or Knows "Who Did.
SAVANNAH, Mo., Jan. 7. The, Coro
ner's jury, in the case of Frank L. Rich
ardson, the merchant who was murdered,
in the doorway of his residence Christ
mas eve, returned a verdict at 4 o'clock
this afternoon, charging that "Richard
son camo to his death from a. pistol shot
fired by his wife or by some person known
to her and unknown to the jury." The
Jury was out 55 minutes, ahd the verdict
created a profound sensation.
After waiting almost two weeks, the
jury heard the testimony of Mrs. Rich
ardson at her residence today. The widow
lay ln bed and answered the questions of
Prosecuting Attorney Boobes and the. Ju
rors impatiently. Once ahe exclaimed:
"When will you leave me alone?" Mrs.
Richardson was represented by two prom
inent St. Joseph lawyers, and was sur
rounded by her own and her husband's
relatives during the taking" of her testi
mony. She denied that she knew anything
about Uhe murder other than has1 been
told by other witnesses, and denied that
she had had any Improper relations with
the men whose names have been brought
into the case. No warrant has yet been
issued for Mrs. Richardson's arrest, and
Prosecutor Bflohes declined to say at Ihla
time what course he will pursue.
Stead's Gift Refused.
LONDON, Jan. 7.-The Board of Poor
Law Guardians, of Wooly, has declined,
oa patriotic grounds, to accept a gift of
pictures and books from William T. Stead
for the workhouse, forwarded through
Lady Somerset.
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