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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, PEBRUARY 21, 1903. IU LfcUArt rLAIYlLO Hotel Guests Leap and Break Legs and Arms. A FURNACE ROARS BENEATH KIne Crcmntcd In Hotel nt Cedar Rapids nuil -12 ManRled and Scorched HnriilnK of Ileitlster Inkes Lom of Life tncertnln. CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia.. Feb. 20. Fire early this morning destroyed the Clifton Hotel, cremated nine of the guests, and caused injuries to 2 other persons, who were scorched or forced to jump to the frozen street from the second and thlrd etory windows. After an all-day search in the. debris, four bodies have been re covered. It is now believed that five more bod Ira remain in the ruins of the noieu The building was crowded with delegates to the State Young Hen's Christian as sociatlon Convention and the district con vention of the Knights of Pythias. The hotel register was destroyed, this mak ing It difficult to ascertain the number of mllng persons. Forty men have been working In the rulnn all day, and will continue to dig for the remains of the burned persons all night. The property losu Is J69,000. The Dend. The dead arc: TV. A. MOTVERT. TVnatcbrtr. Ia. W. C. TOLTCG, Minneapolis. Two unidentified men. bodies recovered. Five bodies still In debris. The Injured. The seriously injured are: Ulna Burns, head waitress: jumped from third story. L. C Burnett. Nebraska City. Neb.; badly burned. Slnda Williams, waitress: face badly burned. leg Injured. J-lzzle Kelly, waitress. F. C. Outing-. Cedar Tolnt. Emma Smith, waitress. X. W. Bremer. Lyons, la. F. It. Moore, Chicago. Beatrice Netollcky. Sbueyvllle, Ia. J. U. "Wlnnlnger. Waterloo. J. E. Anderson. Chicago. A. S. Farrow. Boone. Ia. F. G. Gardiner. Woodburn. D. F. Taylor, Davenport: head Injured, elbow fractured, hip Injured and body burned. Louis Thompson, Cedar Rapids; badly burned. A. M. Larsen. Oelweln; bruised and lungs burned. C G. Roberts. Cedar Rapids. L. O. Vernon. Delta. Ia.; cut and right side burned. May Reel, waitress; badly burned. M. P. Hooper. Tama. Ia, P. J. Daly. Canton. 111. J. A. Eylar. Davenport: slightly hurt. C L. Benedict: body burned. D. P. Hawes, Decorah. Ia. F. O. Redman, mall clerk., Tama. Ia. Edward Templeton. Monti cello. Ia. George Taggarc St. Paul: hands and face burned. Jim Lewis, colored porter: slight. John Lewis. Ottumwa; bruised, not seriously. J. M. Dunbar. Monticello. Dr. S. C Grove, Cedar Rapids; terribly burned while hanging to a lire escape, probably fatally. P. E. Strickland. Clinton. Ia.; jumped from the third-story window, leg broken and injured Internally, probably fatally. Cella "Williams, waitress; badly Injured. C F. Hamburg. LeRoy, Minn.; limbs badly burned. R. C McConaby, Aurora, 111.; hands and face burned. O. J. Lamb, Centerpolnt, Ia.; seriously burned. F. G. Gaesser. Walker, Ia.; face and bands burned. C A. Roseman, Independence, la,: legs and arms sprained by jumping from top floor? struck wires and landed in a snow bank. F. A. Chase; hands Injured. Bnlldtne & Firetrap. The hotel, a three-otory brick veneer structure, is said to have been a veritable firetrap. The flames started in a pile of rubbish in the basement, presumably Ignited by defective electric light wires. The night clerk was on the third floor when the cry of fire, raised by a bellboy. startled him. He took up the cry and in an Instant the hallways were choked with frightened guests. A rush was made -for the stairways. It was then that the crowd already collected in the street heard heartrending cries of anguish and desperation, for the fire,, feeding rapidly and ravenously on the under-like xmv terlal of the lower floor, had completely cut off escape. There followed a stam pede for the windows, the only means ot exit left. The streets below were now filled and the crowd was no less frantic than the despairing ones in the fast burning building. Leap and Break Limbs. "It was like a Dore picture of Infamo, sprung to life." said a spectator, in de scribing the scene. "The flames, looking blocd-red from reflection against the snow, lit up the pale, drawn faces of the people in the windows with a glow that was unearthly. The victims were literally driven by the flames to jump. Nearly every one of them lingered to the last moment, urged by the people below to wait as long as possible. in the hope of assistance. Then a cry -would tell that the fire had reached them or the smoke had made it impossible to breathe, and one alter another jumped, come to tha street, and some, more for tunate, to the roofs of buildings adjoining. In a short space of time the street was filled with men and women, bruised, bat tered, broken-limbed and half crazed. All were in their night garments. In an hour. St. Luke's Hospital con talned IS injured, while many more, chief ly those who had escaped with compara tively slight hurts, were being cared for In buildings near the scene of the tragedy. Some who Jumped owe their lives to the fact that their falls were broken by the telegraph wires which Interposed in their downward flight. A number of guests who were able to converse calmly follow. lng ihelr escape, declared that they had stumbled over prostrate bodies as they rushed to the windows. The flames liter ally were chasing them and the smoke made it almost impossible to breathe, in proprietor of the hotel placed his estimate of the' number of people In the building at between 70 and SO. Many of them wro delegates to the state convention of the Young Mens Christian Association, which began here yesterday. Slost of the Bodies Unrecognisable, The bodies of "Y. A. Howry and an un known woman were taken from the ruins shortly after 11 o'clock. The bodies were frightfully charred. Searchers are now at work. Three bodies were removed from the ruins shortly before 2 o'clock. Their con dltlon was such as to preclude ldentlft cation. A young man named Owens, of Los Angeles, attending the Y. II. C. A. Con' ventlon. Is missing, and Is supposed to have perished. The body of EL Q. Young, foreman of the TVesterrl Union Telegraph Company and the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific at Davenport, was found tonight. Thirty men will dig in the ruins all night Stores Destroyed at Houghton HOUGHTON. Mich.. Feb. 20. A fire. which broke out In Miller's department store, damaged that place and several Etores adjoining. Total loss, $150,000. Several Store Burned. WASHINGTON'. Ind.. Feb. 20. Fire de stroyed Carnahan & Oo.'s big hardware store, Akerman's and other business houses on the west side ot the public fwjuarfl at Loogoote this moraine- Loss, H00.O00. Doller "Work Destroyed. DUL.UTH. Minn.. Feb. 30. The shops ol the Northwest Boiler Works burned today. Loss. S100.000. ANOTHER VICTIM DIES. Miith of Xevrnrk: Disaster Tiro More Deaths Likely. NEWARK. N. J.. Feb. 20.-Jenn!e B. McClelland, one ot tho victims of the collision between a trolley car and a Lackawanna train, died at the City Hos pital today, making the ninth death. When her daughter expired. Mrs. McClel land collapsed. She Is In a serious condi tion. The other victims were all reported to be doing well with two exceptions.- Those whose conditions are not favor able are: Peter Brady, E. M. Morton. Oscar Bocklltfe. engineer of the Lacka wanna train. The house surgeon said to day that Brady's death might occur at any time. The motorman is sunenng from a fractured skull and other injuries. Bockllffe's head is crushed and his face badly lacerated. It was said at the hos pital that his condition was grave. The public prosecutor and County Phy sician are conducting separate investiga tions Into the cause of the disaster, and they will submit the results to the grand Jury. A charge of manslaughter has been preferred against Conductor could, of the trolley car. He was been' placed under $5000 ball. TIinEE TRAIXMEX KILLED. Freight and Passencer Trains on Il linois Central In Collision. DUBUQUE. Ia.. Feb. 20. Three train men were killed at Galena, IlL, tonight In a head-on collision between the Chicago and Minneapolis passenger train and a southbound freight train on the Illinois Central Railroad. The dead: Fireman Bryan. Freeport, IlL Brakeman Clock. Waterloo, Ia. Fireman Spoolman, Waterloo, Ia. The freight train had stopped to take water for the locomotive. It wo about to pull out from the water tank when the' passenger train, consisting of a com bination baggage-car and four Pullman cars, rounded a curve and crashed Into the locomotive of the freight. All the men on the two locomotives were killed except Engineer Searles of the freight, and he was crushed under the wreck of the lo comotives and is fatally injured. Tho combination library and baggage car was wrecked, killing Brakeman Clock. COMPANY CRIMINALLY GUILTY. Colorado Fuel Iron Responsible for Dentil of Workmen. PUEBLO. Colo.. Feb. 2a After an In vestigation extending over several days and during which numerous witnesses were examined, the Jury impaneled to In vestigate the death of the four men who were fatally burned at the steel works last week has Just returned a verdict charging gross negligence against the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. The ver dict states that the men came to their death by the overturning of a ladle, filled with molten iron, due to the de fective design of the ladle, which was not staple: tnat the defect in said ladle was known t the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com pany before the accident, and that the officers were guilty of criminal negligence. The verdict caused quite a sensation. Another Death From Explosion. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. W. IL Vangurt. an ordnance man. who was severely In jured in the explosion at Fort La Fayette yesterday, died today, making the fifth death as the result of the accident, it was said today that John Clancy and Martin Thorgorsen, ordnance men, who were badly hurt, could not recover. The Coroner, who has been called upon to is sue death certificates for the men killed. said he. had been unable to get any stater ment from the naval authorities concern ing the explosion, and that until he got some kind of an explanation he would not issue the necessary certificates. Frosen to Death in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 20. The dead body of A. W. Holbein, aged 0, manager of a feed store, was found in a vacant lot at Washington avenue and Twentieth street today, frozen stiff. It is believed that In crossing the lot late last night he was overcome with vertigo and froze to death In his helpless condition. DAY'S DEATH ROLL. Genrenl C. D. Doollttle Dead. TOLEDO, O.. Feb. 20. Major-General Charles C. Doollttle Is dead at his home here. He rose to the rank of Brigadier- General during the Civil War and com manded a brigade et Nashville. General Doollttle was born at Burling ton. Vt.. on March 16, 1S32, and was edu cated at the High School at Montreal, Canada. He removed to New York In 1537. and to Michigan later, marrying Miss tmuy i. i-arsons in lfcou. tie servea through the Civil War. entering the Army In May. 1S61. as First Lieutenant of the Fourth Michigan Infantry, and being mustered out as brevet Major-General on November 20, 1S65. He served In the Pen insular campaign. In Kentucky In 1S62-62. in Tennessee in 183-64, and commanded Decatur, Ala., during the first day's de fense against General Hood. He led his brigade at Nashville and commanded the northern district of Louisiana in the Fall of that year. He was until recently cashier ot the Merchants' National Bank at Toledo, O. "Win. E. Tefft, Dry Goods Man Dead. GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., Feb. 20. William E. Tefft, for many years one of the leading dry goods merchants of New York, is dead at his Summer home here, after a brief illness. Mr. Tefft was born In Syracuse, N. Y.. 62 years ago. He was prominent in social circles In New York, and also a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce. A widow and eight children survive. Son of General Smith Dead. PELHAM" MANOR. N. Y.. Feb. 20. Harry Hale Smith, 23 years of age. the son of Brigadier-General William Smith, U. S. A., Is dead here from pneumonia. He was born In St. Paul, Minn., where his father was stationed for several years. He was graduated from Cornell University "with the clans of 1900. He was a member of the Chi Psl and a well-known baseball player at Cornell. Austrian Traveler and Author Dead. VIENNA, Feb. 3X Chevalier Karl Scherzer, the well-known traveler, died today. He was the author of several books on travel In the United States. Wants Action In Botkln Case. DOVER. DeL, Feb. 20. Both houses of the Legislature' today took action upon the apparent Inactivity of the California au thoritles In the matter of a retrial of Mrs. Cordelia Botkln. who was convicted of the murder ot Mrs. John P. Dunning, of Dover. She has been granted 'a new trial by the California authorities. A Joint res- olutlon was adopted providing for the ap pointment of a committee which Is di rected to ascertain the status of the case through the Attorney-General and to re port to the Legislature such recommenda tions as it may deem proper. Winners In Chess Tournament. MONTE CARLO. Feb. 2a In the eighth round of the International chess to urns. ment here today Wolf beat Moreau in 47 moves: the game between Schlechter and Taubenhaus was drawn; Mleses beat Ma son in 41 moves; Marco beat Regglo In 46 moves; Tarrasch beat Marshall in 3S mores, and Telchmann beat Albla In 32 BETRAYS THE ITALIANS LIFE IXSUILVACE AGENT TELLS METHODS OF FRAUD. Received Share of Plunder for Swear ing to Death ot Insured Exhum lnsr of Body Exposed Scheme. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Testimony of a startling nature was given by witnesses In the examination today or one of the six men under arrest charged with swind ling life Insurance companies by substi tuting bodies. Joseph Trepanl, the under taker in the case, waa held by Magis trate Zeller in $3000 bail to await the grand Jury. F. B. Foster, formerly an agent for the Union Central Life Insurance Company, testified that he had agreed, at Trepanl's suggested, to swear to the death of men Insured In the company while he knew, he said, that the body of some one else had been substituted. Foster said he re ceived sums, ranging from $100 to $600 from Trepanl when the policies were paid in these cases. He was first approached by the prisoner. (Clrino, and with Dr. Oliver Moore, of the company, examined one Tromborula, to whom a policy was issued on their re- POPE LEO XIII GIVING AS HE APPEARED WHEX CELEBRATING TUB SSTU ANNIVER SARY OF HIS ACCESSION. port. Tromborula soon after that was re ported dead, and, the body substituted be ing exhumed, the alleged frauds were re vealed. ARNOLD'S WEALTH GONE Little Money In Turf Investment Snfes Suit Against Ryan. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20. The three steel H safes In the turf Investment offices of E. J. Arnold & Co. were opened today by experts, at the direction of Receiver Swarts. Two were found to contain only books and papers, and the contents of the third and largest amounted to only $127.50. Receiver Swarts took charge of the money. The Legislative Investigation committee resumed its Inquiry into the methods employed by co-operative concerns. . Charles Schuellsr today filed suit in the Circuit Court against John N. Ryan and O. W. Doeppler, who constituted the firm of John N. Ryan & Co., to recover $3400 invested In the turf enterprise. Ex- Pollco Judge Sldcner, recently resigned to become counsel for the International Investment Company, called on Circuit Attorney Folk today to arrange for the amount of bond for the surrender of W. J. Hogue. manager of the company, who Is wanted on a bench warrant. The at torney was told that Hogue must sur render before bond could be fixed. JEST LEADS TO TRAGEDY. Passionate Lover Slays Three Per. sons. Including Himself. NEW" DECATUR, Ala.. Feb. 20. Re port comes from the mountain district .of Winston County of a terrible tragedy as the "result of which Maggie S chart, aged IS, Is dead; her brother, John Scharf, is seriously wounded, and her lover. William Jones, fatally wounded. The brother has been living at Shelbyvllle. Ind. He re turned yesterday without knowledge of Jones, whom be had never met. He was in conversation with his sister. It la claimed, when Jones approached them. The sister tauntingly asked her lover: "How do you like my new sweetheart?" It Is alleged Jones Immediately shot the young woman through the heart, causing Instant death, and then he fired at her brother, the ball penetrating the breast. The brother made his relationship to the oung lady known in a cry of fright, and It Is said Jones turned his revolver against his own breast and fired, the bullet taking effect near the heart. BAXK-KOBBERS AT BAY. Suspected Men Surrounded In House Are Standing Fire. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 20. A special to the Globe-Democrat from Walnut Hill, IlL, sayB: Two men, supposed to be William Ru dolph and Fred Lewis, charged with hav ing robbed the Union. Missouri. Bank and having killed Detective Shumacher, have ben found in a vacant house near here and a posse tonight surrounded the place. The men arc known to be heavily armed. Swindle an Seattle Bank. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Feb. 20. Edward Norwood Jones, aged 32, was arrested to day, charged with passing worthless checks In Denver. He will probably be taken to Denver for trial. In this city he deposited for collection drafts for $2350 on the Scandinavian National Bank of Seattle, and for these he was given certificates of deposit. Armed with cer tificates, Jones sought to purchase Jewelry at two stores, but was unable to obtain the goods. Jones went from Seattle to Denver. An (cry Constable Shoots Tito Slen, CHICAGO, Feb. 20. During a dispute over the seizure of some of the furniture today In the storage and auction-house of Phalen & Bennett, Constable A. H. Pitek shot Albert Hicks, one of the em ployes, and H. S. Grlswold, a customer. HIcka Is expected to die. Grlswold will recover. The shooting followed as the result of an argument between Fhalen and Patek. the Constable having gone to the warehouse for the purpose of making a seizure upon a supposed writ of re plevin. Turning to Grlswold. who was standing neir by, Phalen asked him . a question respecting the rights claimed by tho Constable. The answer angered Pattk and he knocked Grlswold down. Hearing the noise, nicks ran to the front of the store to Interfere, and the shooting fol lowed, Grlswold and Hicks being shot, the former In the shoulder and the latter In the breast. Patck was arrested. Former Society Man n Thief. NEW YORK. Feb. 20,-George II. Pell, who some years ago was well known In Wall-street circles and In fashionable so ciety, was sentenced today to ZM years in the state prison, for grand larceny, to which he pleided guilty some days agq. His wife and relatives are wealthy. Ames Sick nnd Losing; Ground. MANCHESTER. N. H., Feb. 20. Sher iff Dreger left for hi? home In Minneapo lis tonight. He visited ex-Mayor Ames at Hancock today and on his return here expressed t c opinion that Ames was a very sick man, and fast losing ground. He will return March 3 for his prisoner. Quick Work With Tnrf Man. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Ernest Mat- THE BENEDICTION thews, who was arrested on Wednesday by city detectives for conducting an al leged turf swindle, was discharged today, the evidence against him being insuffi cient to make out a case. He was imme diately rearrested by a United States Marshal on a charge of having used the mans to promote a scheme to defraud. Duncan's Case With the Jury. PITTSBURG. Feb. 20. The trial of Dr. Ellis Duncan, charged with the shootlntr of Charles Head, was completed today. A large crowd was present -In the court room. Dr. Duncan again took the stand for cross-examination. He said that ho carried the revolver for self-protection, having learned of the rough characters of the camp. He had not thought of the legal consequences that may have fol lowed his action, but even If he had he did not think he would have changed his course of action. The case is now in the bands of the Jury. Objects to Traveling: in Custody, JACKSON, Mich.. Feb. 20. It la positive ly asserted here today that "Dr." W. H Hale, who suddenly disappeared yester day after the arrival of requisition papers, has gone to Rochester, X. Y.. to give him self up on the forgery charge. The rea son given Is that he did not want to travel in the officers custody. Attested Entbeazler Arrested. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Feb. 20. The po lice tonight arrested Elton M. Wood, wanted at Chicago for the alleged em bezzlement of $32,025 on January 27, 1902. BONILLA IS WINNING. Revolution In Honduras Gains Vic tory and Secures Adherents, PAN ASIA. Feb. 20. The revolutionary movement in Honduras Is Increasing. At Choluteca. Macome. Pesplre, Yucaran. Daull and Graclas outbreaks have oc curred In favor of President-elect Bonllla. General Emllano Herrera, chief of the presidential forces, has been defeated at Olancho. General Sierra. President of Honduras, has slnco then assumed su premo command of the army. General Fidel Bulncs. with the assistance fur nished by General Rcgalado. President of Salvador, has Invaded Honduras by way of Ocotepec. with 500 men, and will sup port General Bonllla. Fifteen Congress men of Honduras recently escaped from Tegucigalpa and fled to Salvador, whence they have left to Join General Bonllla at Amapala Island, his headquar ters. Mexicans Talk of Money. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 20. The Mexican monetary conference held its first session yesterday and was addressed by Finance Minister Limantour. It then organized with Pablo Macedo an president. Com mittees were appointed. After conclud ing its business, the membera of the con ference proceeded to pay their respects to President Diaz, who wished them success In their labors. The next meeting will be held Saturday. Retribution. Atlanta Constitution. And now comes the startling news that an octopus has been removed from the stomach of a New Jersey lady who was thought to be suffering from a common tapeworm. We thought retribution would come upon that lazaretto of the trusts. New Jersey. Rebels Aicnln Defeated. PARIS. Feb. 20. The correspondent of the Matin at. Caracas telegraphs that the battle near Urachlohe, in- which the revo lutionary Generals Mantilla and Solagnle were defeated, lasted three hours. There were many killed and wounded. TRYING TO BREAK JAM (Continued from First Page.) he concluded. Senator Morgan continued his' remarks in opposition to the treaty in Its present shape. Quay's FcellnRs Hurt. The most interesting event of the day transpired before the beginning of the routine proceedings, when Senator Quay rose to a question of personal privilege. He sent to the desk and had read an art!- ; cle from a New York paper of this morn- ' lng accusing him of violating a pledge which, the paper stated, be had made In 1 the Republican caucus Wednesday, to sup port the treaty to the exclusion of every other subject. He said such was not the case, but on the contrary, he had protested to the last In a caucus against any action looking to the displacement of the state hood bill. He called upon other Senators to testify to this effect, and several did so, among them Senator Foraker, who said he was quite sure that Senator Quay made no such pledges. Senator Lodge stated that he had not heard him make any such remark. Senator Nelson expressed the opinion that a pledge was at least Implied. Senator Hoar thought that the proceed ings of the caucus should not be revealed, not even In an executive session. Senator Burton expressed the opinion that there should be a committee on pub lication, and having taken the floor for that purpose went on with his statehood speech. After Senator Morgan had spoken for nn hour or more he gavj way to Quay, but before the latter had well begun Senator Carmack moved that Morgan be allowed to discuss the canal question In open session. In support of the motion ho. said that the question was of general Importanco and that the country should be placed In possession of the detalla. Move for Open Debate. The motion brought on a general de bate. In which the rules of the Senate, the advisability of a closure, the neceeolty of maintaining In the Senate a forum of free speech nnd many other kindred topics were discussed. Among those who spoke were: Spooner,. Teller, Depew, Hale and Bacon, most of whom opposed Carmack s motion for open doors, on the ground that It was not expedient to air our re lations with other countries before the world at large. The speakers differed widely, however, as to the expediency of the policy of delay which It waa freely charged was now being pursued In con nection with the Panama treaty on the one hand and the statehood bill on the other. Some of the Senators avowed themselves advocates of a rule of closure. Others expressed the conviction that the prolongation of the present situation would lead to the speedy adoption of such a rule. Speaking In thin vein. Senator Hale ex pressed the conviction that the present situation In which friends of the state hood bill had Joined with opponents of the treaty, was due to a previous under standing between them and between Sen ator Quay and Senator Morgan. Morgan replied earnestly denying that there had been such combination, to which Hale replied that he had been led to believe that such was the case. To this Morgan replied very tartly that, if Hale chose to believe what waa not true, he would In jure only himself. Quay Uu to Do His Own nendlnsc. At this point Quay rose and. expressing impatience with the Interruption, asked leave to proceed with his speech. No one objected and the course of. the contro versy waa shifted without putting Car- mack's motion to a vote. Quay's , speech consisted of a long report on the isthmian canal question. This reading he aeked the clerk at the desk to perform, but ob jection was made, and the matter was submitted to a vote. The reeult was ad verse to Quay's request; the vote standing 20 to 34. He then began the reading of the document himself and continued for two hours or-more. At 5:30 In accordance with a decision of the steering committee, Senator Cullom moved a recess until 11 o'clock tomorrow and the motion pre vailed. XO REPLY KROSI CAXAL COMPANY Xot Anxious to Accept United States' Offer of fiO,O00,'00O. WASHINGTPN. Feb. 20. It Is under- stood that the Administration Is still awaiting a reply from the representatives of the Panama Canal Company in Paris to me caDiegram of Attorney-General Knox, sent to President Bo, of the canal company, last Tuesday, accepting the offer to sell the rights and franchises of the canal company to tho United States for $40,000,000, contingent on the ratlfici tlon of the treaty by the United States Senate. The statement is made that the canal representatives have Informed the United States that the option given by the company to sell the property to the United States for $iO.OOO.OOO expires on March 4. It Is known that there Is much dissatisfaction on the pirt of the direc tors of the company at parting with the property for the amount stated, as they regard It as worth more than that. William Nelson Cromwell, attorney for the Panama Railroad and also for" the canal company, had a long talk with the Attorney-General today, but he declined to say what took place at the Interview. Hadn't Overlooked the Teeth. New York Sunf Not long ago a woman who had been well known in society for more years than other women who take such a step decided to go on the stage. Her friends had confidence In her ability and her sub sequent success proved the wisdom of her course. Women rarely begin a career at her age. especially a career that re quires a certain amount of physical come liness. This Btage aspirant posessed that that advantage In a large degree. But she had no longer enough teeth. Jn pri vate life her own had served. But In the opinion of her friends they would not stand the searching glare of the foot lights, which Bhow with cruel distinctness every sign of age Jn spite of the popular delusion that women look better on the stage. It was settled that some of her friends must attract th attention of the mature beginner to this defect. There were long discussions as to whose duty this really was. All feared to attempt it. Finally one Intimate, having courageously taken on her shoulders the painful duty, asked the lady to drive with her. Their conver sation turned toward her approaching debut as an actress. Without further de- What soeip wcLshlnfia for the makers of linens, cottons and the like! How it keeps their business! Clothes used up quickly: others must be bought. Pearllno wa-shes so tna.t ciotnes ie.st longer. Instead of rub. bins the garment away by main strength PEAR LINE harmlessly soaJcs out the dirt. Think of tho saving to clothes In o. yee.rl 693 PeeLfliive lay and thinking how very necessary the I new teeth were the good friend said: I "And Fve something very Important to I say to your going on the stage, which I know you won't mind from an old friend like me. I hesitate to mention the sub ject, but " , "Oh, don't worry, dearest." was the .un concerned answer. "They're ordered al ready. I'm going to wear them for tha first time tomorrow." SONGS IN WAR TIMES. New Hampshire Family Whose Bal lads Won Enemies. Boston Post. I John W. Hutchinson, the renowned singer of ante-bellum days, held a recep tion at me venaome the other afternoon. the occasion of his S2d birthday- He is the only surviving member of the famous Hutchinson family of Mllford. N. H., that sang Itself Into National fame and helped to turn public opinion against slavery in me lato &os. The three brothers. John. Judson and Asa. and their sister. Abby. formed a unique quartet- Belles of 40 or 50 years ago sanir their ballads, and singing schools chanted the poems of Whlttler and Longfellow, which the three brothers and the sister had set to music All the members of the family. 16 In number, were musicians, and most of them sang. The three brothers and sister began concert work In a very small way. and soon worked their way Into National prominence. For their fidelity to principle they had to undergo Indignity, and at times they had to face personal danger. With Gar- I rison. Phillips. Douglass. Plllsbury. Park- er and Beecher, they fought side by side witn song as their weapon. Jonn Brown, of Harper s Ferrv fame: ' Lincoln, Grant and other prominent. Americans of their time came to hear . The largest audience that John Hutchin son ever sung before was in Union Square. rew loric during the Civil War. when It was found necer sary to raise more trooDS. There were 130.000 people packed In the square and .vicinity, and they listened, spellbound, to him singing patriotic songs. the choruses being taken up by the Han del and Haydn Society. , At home and abroad In those strenuous times they were friends of the great men and women of the day. Longfellow, Whlt tler. Morris and other well-known poets wrote songs for them to sing. Abroad, Charles Dickens, John Bright, Hnrrict Martlneau. Macready, Douglas. Jerrold, the Hon. Mr. Norton. Eliza Cook. Mrs. Thomas Hood, wife of the English poet; William nnd Mar- Howltt, loved and ad mired the singers for their Individuality and fearless Independence. The Hutchlnsons were persons of more than ordinary mental capacity, exceeding ly sympathetic and enthusiastic. In dress and personal appearance the men were In clined to plcturesqueness and oddity. Their songs were of the home, the mountains, valleys and rivers. All these they Invested with a charm peculiarly their own. Mr. Hutchinson's voice is still sweet and tuneful, and when warmed to his subject It rings out with wonderful power. He Is a forcible speaker, with an Irresistlbla fund of humor. His powers of mimicry have assisted greatly in pleasing and Im pressing an audience. In his long musical career he has given 11.000 concerts. KEEPING PROMISES You Can Depend Upon Ob taining Results, Re sults That Last. "Wlll It curs?" Is always the first ques tion asked by a sufferer who has made up his mind to take a course of treatment for any kidney ailment. "Will I stay cured?" follows as a matter ot course. If the reader Is In doubt about what method to follow, read this statement carefully: Frank Stlies. bricklayer, of 4Za Thirty third avenue, Denver, Colo., says: "It Is over three years since I recommended Doan's Kidney Pills through our Denver papers. 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