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VOL.. XLVIII. SO. 14,798.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VESSEL HITS ROCK
NEAR
YAQUINA BAY
Unknown Schooner
Goes Ashore
TWO OF RESCUE PARTY PERISH
Members of Life-Saving Crew
Reported Drowned.
DETAILS NOT OBTAINABLE
Otter Rock Is Scene of Wreck, Ten
Allies North of Newport Boat
Was Lumber-Lit den Probably
From Grays Harbor Port.
NEWPORT, Or., May 3. (Special.) An
unknown steam schooner, lumber laden
and waterlogged. Is fast on a rock near
the entrance to Yaqulna Bay.
CORVALLIS, Or., May 3. (Specials
Telephone messages from Newport give
meager reports of the grounding of an
unknown vessel on Otter Rock, ten miles
"up the coast from Newport, at noon to
day. The Taquina Bay live-saving crew
went to the scene and In an effort to
rescue those on board tile craft, twoof
the life-saving crew were struck by the
parting of a rope, knocked from the life
boat and drowned.
Townspeople who went to the scene of
the wreck had not returned at 7 o'clock
this evening, and it was impossible to
obtain any account of the disaster.
Otter Rock, where an unknown
schooner struck at noon yesterday, is
about ten miles north of the entrance
to Yaqulna Bay and Is one of a half
dozen points or promontories that jut
into- the Pacific in that vicinity. This
rock is familiar to all Summer resort
ers who visit Yaqulna Bay and is the
destination of thousands or people each
year who make the trip there and to
the Devil's Punch Bowl, because of the
magnificent scenery.
The rock is half a mile off shore
and is surrounded by deep water.
rThough it Is well in the track of south
bound steamers, no accident is known
to have occurred there before.
The cause of the accident is of course
unknown, but in view of its being in
the usual course of coasters it is not
much of a hazard to venture that the
craft became disabled while in prox
imity to the rock and, powerless to
resist wind and tide, was carried onto it.
The statement that two of the life
saving crew were drowned as a result
of a rope breaking, probably means
that the lifeboat was made fast to
the wrecked schooner and that a heavy
swell fstruck the boat with sufficient
force to sever the line, and. In snap
ping back, one end struck the unfor
tunate lifesavers with terrific force
and knocked them overboard into the
swift-rushing surf, which, even in
Summer, lashes the rock in an awe-inspiring
manner.
The vessel was probably one of the
lumber carriers operating between
Grays Harbor and San Francisco. No
boat has left the Columbia River which
would be in that vicinity unless she
had been disabled and had drifted at
the mercy of the wind and waves.
TROOPS HUNT IRSURGENTS
Incipient Revolution Quenched by
Peruvian President.
LIMA, Peru, May 3. Government troops
have been sent out by President Pardo
on the leceipt of reports here that an
Insurrection was brewing not far from
this city. Alarm was felt in government
circles on Friday night, when it was ru
mored that the insurgent leader. Br.
Uurand. with 200 of his men, attempted
to cut the wires of the electric light
ing plant which 'supplies the current for
the lighting of Lima and the suburbs.
President Pardo passed Saturday night
in the barracks and this morning ad
ditional troops were sent out In search
of the insurgents.
WASHINGTON, May 3. A cablegram
from Secretary of Legation Neill, of Bo
gota. Ecuador, arrived here this after
noon and informed the Department of
State of the suppression of an outbreak
near Lima. Public opinion condemns the
disturbance. Quiet prevails throughout
Peru.
NATIVE VILLAGE IN ASHES
Lightning Starts Fire Which Ren
ders Hundreds Homeless.
MANILA, May 4. The town of Anti
polo, in the province of Morong, has
been practically destroyed by fire.
Four hundred houses were burned
and hundreds of people are homeless.
The famous shrine was saved.
The fire was caused by lightning.
Anttpolo is a town of 3500 inhabitants.
THAW INTO COURT AGAIN
Will Make Efrort Today to Obtain
. His Release From Asylum.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.-Y., May 3.-Public
Interest in the case of Harry K. Thaw,
slayer of Stanford White, will be revived
tomorrow morning, when Thaw will en
deavor by habeas corpus proceedings to
secure his release from the Matteawan
Hospital for insane criminals. -
The writ ' was ; issued . by Judge
Morschuser at White Plains on April 22,
on the application of James G. Graham,
an attorney of Newburg. District At
torney Jerome, of New .York County,
will try to prevent the discharge of Thaw,
who under the law is insane. The first
step in the court proceedings will be a
motion by Mr. Jerome to have the trial
transferred to New York County.
Thaw will be brought to Poughkeepsie
tomorrow morning by Dr. Baker, acting
superintendent of the Institution." and two
attendants. : Dr. Baker will testify that
Thaw is not mentally fit to.be given his
liberty. One of the insanity experts who
have examined Thaw will be put on the
stand by Mr. Jerome.
Up to this evening no relation of Thaw
had arrived here. Neither his wife nor
his mother has visited him in two months.
During the three months he has been at
Matteawan he has gained 20 pounds.
NEW YORK. May 3. Mrs. William
Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, issued
" nil
'
Prince Wllhclm, of Sweden. Who
Was Married In Great Splendor to
Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna of
Russia. '
a statement today through her counsel.
Colonel Bartlett, in reply to the rumors
that she is opposing her son's release.
It reads
"I am authorized by Mrs. William Thaw
that the stdry to the effect that the Thaw
family is opposed to Harry Thaw's release
is without foundation. White it is not
necessary for them to take any active
part in the matter, nevertheless they are
all In full sympathy."
BLOW UP ANOTHER TRAIN
ATTEMPT TO DYNAMITE ORE
GON SHORT LINE THWARTED.
Man Walking on Track Discovers 1 5
Sticks of Dynamite Underneath
Rail Culprit Arrested.
BUTTE; Mont., May 3. What appears
to have been an attempt to wreck a
freight on the nortbound Oregon Short
Line similar to that which befell the
Burlington train Friday night, was today
thwarted by John Holan, who was walk
ing the track on his way to Melrose.
When about six miles this side "of Mel
rose, Holan, according to his own story,
discovered 15 sticks of dynamite in a
small hole immediately under the rail.
Holan threw the explosives into the
river nearby and hastened to notify the
Melrose station agent. When the north
bound train arrived it was held back
until a thorough Investigation could be
made.
The station agent at Melrose telephoned
the local authorities, and the latter are
inclined to give credence to Holan' s story
in view of the theft recently of a quan
tity of powder from one of the mines
of the district. About seven sticks of
dynamite were found on the Short Line
tracks.
The would-be dynamiter was arrested
and confessed his part in the plot.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 68
degrees; minimum, 45 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair and warmer; vari
able winds, mostly westerly.
Foreign.
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden married to Grand
Duchess Marie Pavlov na of Russia.
Pa,ge 2. ,
Troops sent to quench incipient Peruvian
revolution. Page 1.
National.
Methods of New York Cotton Exchange
under investigation. Page
Domestic.
Score of people believed to have perished
in Fort Wayne hotel Are. Page 1.
Facifle Coast.
Unknown lumber schooner fast on Otter
rock, near Yaquina; two members of
life-saving crew reported - drowned.
Page 1.
Battleship Illinois adrift in storm In Monte
rey Harbor; accident narrowly averted.
Page 3..
Jealous brake-man kills sweetheart,, wounds
escort and shoots himself, near Hepp
ner. Page 1.
University appropriation defended in home
of referendum agitation. Page 2.
Sports.
First home game of Coast League season
will be played tomorrow. Page 5.
Frakes beat Woodburn in Tri-Clty League
game. tPage 4.
Batting averages of Pacific Coast League.
Page 5.
Coast League results: Portland 0-4. San
Francisco 1-0; Oakland 6, Los Angeles 3.
Page 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
Henry Mel drum accuses George C. Brownell
of base Ingratitude. Page 9.
Richard Pearson Hobson speaks at Y..M. C.
A. men's meeting. Page 8.
Cake confronted by delicate task in Sena
torial campaign. Page 8.
Thomas McOusker tells of business condi
tions In East. Page 14.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson preaches against
proposed umendments Nos. 820 and 821
Page 13.
JEALOUSY
CAUSES
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
Girl Dead, Man Dying,
Another Wounded.
GRIME-DONE NEAR HEPPNER
Crazed Lover Orders Victims
. , M Pray,' Then Shoots.
RIDE WITH THE DEAD GIRL
Wounded Escort Makes Wild Dash
Past Murderer, Receiving Bullet .
In His Shoulder Lover Later
Turns the Gun on Himself.
HEPPNER, Or., May 3. (Special.)
Crazed with jealousy, at 3:30 this after
noon, Henry P. Morrison, a brakeman
on the Heppner branch of the O. R. &
N., shot and killed his sweetheart, Nora
Wright, wounded her escort, Barney
Ahalt, and later turned the same gun on
himself in an attempt at suicide, In one
of the most startling crimes in the his
tory of Morrow County.
The tragedy occurred near Morgan, be-
Mrween Heppner and Cecils. It has been
the custom of Morrison, after his run
was finished on Saturday nights, to take
a "speeder" and go back down the track
to Cecils, where he would spend the
evening and Sunday with Miss Wright.
Last night he went down as usual. It is
not known whether' the young people had
a quarrel or not, but Morrison returned
to Heppner and this afternoon again
started down the track toward Cecils.
First Shot Is Fatal.
About two miles below Morgan the
wagon road runs close to the track, and
it is here that Morrison met Miss Wright
driving In company with Ahalt. Ha
jumped from the speeder, ran out into
the road and commanded Ahalt to stop,
saying, "You folks had better begin say
ing your prayers.". Then he opened fire
with a revolver.
The girl turned partly aside at his
command, and the first shot fired struck
her in the back of the head, killing her
instantly.
Morrison fired again, the bullet strik
ing Ahalt in the shoulder and causing a
flesh wound.
Ahalt whf ied the team into a run,
and, dash 1 - by Morrison, drove into
Morgan li tlie dead girl by his side.
, Morrison returned to the speeder and
also went back to Morgan. There he
found that the girl was dead. Going into
the wheat warehouse of Balfour, Guthrie
& Co., he placed the muzzle of the gun
against his forehead and fired. The
wound was not immediately fatal, and
for several hours the wounded man lay
In the warehouse without medical at
tendance. Br. Chick, of Iona, was called
to attend him, but no hope was held out
for his recovery.
Brooded Over His Trouble.
Morrison had been brooding over some
thing for the past week or two. Con
ductor Wall, of the same run, says he
found him in the baggage car one day,
sobbing as if his heart would break.
Saturday night his landlady in this city
found him In the back yard, where he
had been for some time, crying. To her
he said that he was having trouble. He
obtained the revolver with which he did
the shooting from Express Messenger
Smith, telling him that he wished to
shoot a dog that ran out at him while
passing a ranch.
- Morrison was raised at Arlington,
where his parents lived until a short
time ago, when they removed to Port
land. He was a good, sober, industrious
boy, well liked by his companions and
fellow workmen.
Miss Wright's parents live, at Cecils,
where they own a ranch adjoining the
station.
The Coroner will leave here for the
scene of the tragedy in the morning, ac
companied by the Sheriff and Prosecut
ing Attorney.
Formerly Liived at Arlington.
ARLINGTON, Or., May 3. (Special.)
Word has just been received here that
Henry Morrison, a brakeman on the Hep
pner branch and formerly of this city,
shot and killed Nora Wright, wounded
her escort, Barney Ahalt, and later at
tempted suicide by shooting himself in
the head. Morrison's relatives live here.
CLEVELAND IS IMPROVING
Ex-President's Wife Predicts an
Early Return to Princeton.
LAKEWOOD, N- J., May 3. The con
dition of former President Cleveland,
who is said by physicians to be suffering:
from acute indigestion, continues to show
daily improvement, according to Mrs.
Cleveland, who expresses the hope that
the progress of her husbands recovery
may permit an early return to Princeton.
Plague Spreads in Guayaquil.
GUAYAQUIL, May 3. There have been
48 new cases of bubonic plague in this
city since April 23. During the month of
April 'there were 130 from bubonic plague
and 16 deaths from yellow fever.
Torpedo-Boats Start Out in Gale.
SAN PEDRO, May 3. The torpedoboat
flotilla, headed by the flagship Whipple,
Lieutenant Cone commanding, sailed out
EVENTS OF COMiyq WEEK
Fleet at San Francisco.
In National interest first place
must be given this week to the ar
rival at and the naval display In -the
harbor of San Francisco.
Eight state conventions and 20
district gathering's to alect delegates
to the National convention will
keep politics well In the foreground.
Other events include the quadren
nial general conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church at Baltimore,
Wednesday; the National confer
ence of charities and corrections at
Richmond. Va., Wednesday, and the
civil service commissioner at Chi
cago Thursday and Friday.
Union Pacific to Vote Bonds.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Union Pacific Railroad has been
called for Tuesday at Salt Lake to
authorize an Issue of bonds' to be
secured by mortgage on the com
pany's unmortgaged lines.
Republican House members are ex
pected to agree upon a financial bill
at a conference Tuesday night.
After disposing of the financial bill,
anti-trust legislation . will be con
sidered.' In the Senate there will be further.
discussion of the Brownsville affair t
by Senators Bulkley and Warner. T
Hear Standard Oil Appeal.
Trunk line presidents are to meet J
In New York on Thursday, when It I
is expected the question of increase
of freight rates win be determined.
On the same day In Chicago the
hearing of the appeal of the Standard
Oil Company from the fine of $29,
240,000 Imposed by Judge Land Is
will be heard.
The debate on the licensing bill in
tha House of Commons on Monday
promises to be a memorable one,
owing to the vast financial and
labor interests involved.
On Wednesday, In Lisbon, King
Manuel will take the oath of
sovereignty.
of the Inner harbor at 8 o'clock this
morning in a heavy sea that developed
Into a gale before the flotilla had round
ed Point Firmin.
The torpedoboats are to join the battle
ship fleet at Santa Cruz and will arrive
there tomorrow.
ROBBED WHILE THEY SLEEP
CAPTAIN" AND MATE OP TUG
BOAT CHLOROFORMED.
Steward Finds Them la Morning
With Handkerchiefs Over Faces
and Arouses Them.
TACOMA, Wash., May 8. (Special.)
Climbing aboard th tug Keros as she
lay moored to te vharf Just south of
the Eleventh-street bridge, two desperate
burglars some time after midnight Sat
urday entered the cabin occupied by Cap
tain James Hird, and Mate Harry Bra
naugh, placed a handkerchief saturated
with chloroform over the nostrils of
each and then robbed the men of every
thing of value that they possessed.
When the tug steward went aboard the
boat at 8 o'clock this morning he found
Captain Hird unconscious and the hand
kerchief still covering his face. After
some difficulty the steward aroused the
captain from his stupor. Then going to
the bunk occupied by Mate Branaugh
he awoke him. Both were Immediately
taken violently ill and grew very sick
at their stomachs. Then It was dis
covered that while they slept burglars
bad chloroformed and robbed them of
money and valuables.
Evans Enjoys Auto Ride.
PASO ROBLES, Cal., May 3. An auto
mobile run to Santa Isabel was enjoyed
today by Admiral Evans, Mrs. Evans
and Dr. McDonald. Lieutenant Gherardi,
In command of the Yankton, called on
the Admiral today to make arrange
ments for taking the Admiral from Mon
terey on board the Connecticut at Santa
Crus. .
May Close All Race Tracks.
NEW ORLEANS, May 3. Before the
Legislature, which will meet at Baton
Rouge one week from next Monday, an
attempt will be made to suppress abso
lutely every form of betting at race
tracks. No suggestion of what opposi
tion the racing interests will make has
yet become public.
OREGONIAN BUREAU AT SAN
- FRANCISCO.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho '
People Please Register at Cali
fornia Building.
VISITORS from the Pacific North
west In San Francisco during the
presence of the great fleet will find
a bureau of Information located in the
California building. The Oregon lan
has established this bureau for the
benefit of all visitors and sojourners in
the Bay City who are from Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, and 'as .this
building is situated In Union Square,
in the heart of the downtown district,
it will be convenient to reach from
any carllne leaving the Union Ferry
for uptown streets.
This bureau of information is estab
lished for the purpose of keeping a
register ot visitors; furnishing accur
ate information concerning hotel ac
commodations and points of interest
and to be a meeting place for visitors
and residents of San Francisco. Mall
may be received or sent from there
and the names of all registered at The
Oregonlan bureau will be telegraphed
to Portland and be published In The
Oregonlan. In this way relatives and
friends will be given Information of
the visitors.
The Oregonian trusts that all going
to San Francisco from this part of the
country will avail themselves of this
free information bureau, for by doing
so much annoying delay will be avoid
ed in finding rooms and all necessary
accommodations. Those who know the
old San Francisco will find so many
changes in the new city that a visit
now is like one to a strange place,
and by calling on arrival at The Ore
gonian bureau and registering, visit
ors will be equipped to make their
trip without the attending annoyances
experienced 'in a crowded metropolis
on fete days. ,
The bureau is in charge of Arno
Dosch, who is well known in Portland.
GUESTS PERISH
IN HOTEL FIRE
Score Probably Dead
At Ft. Wayne, Ind.
MANY BODIES LIE IN RUINS
Recovery Will Be Difficult Until
Debris Can Be Removed.
BURNS LIKE MATCH WOOD
Interior of Old Structure Quickly
Becomes Roaring Furnace, Shut
ting Off Escape; Guests Reach
Street in Night Clothes.
FORT WAYNE, Ind.. May 3. Ten
known dead, many missing and 13 ser
iously injured is the result of a fire that
destroyed the new Avellna Hotel, Fort
Wayne's principal hostelry, at an early
hour today.
Chief of Police Anckenbruck said this
afternoon that he believed 20 bodies were
still In the ruins.
The entire interior of the building is a
smoldering heap of ruins, and how many
dead are concealed beneath the debris
can only be conjectured.
The hotel register was consumed by
fire, and there are no accurate means of
determining who are missing.
Six Identified Dead.
The known dead:
R. a JOHNSON, Pana, 111.
M. HIRSCH, New York.
J. B. MILLER, Sheboygan, "Wis.
J. E. ELLIS," employe of Carson Plrle,
Scott & Co.
W. A. PITCHER, Fort Wayne, sales
man for S. F. Boysler & Co., Fort Wayne.
G. W. DEVINY, salesman for Crawford
& Lehman, Philadelphia.
Three unidentified men.
One unidentified woman.
Many Are Still Missing.
' The' known missing:
EL B. Alty, Wabash, Ind.
Charles Benjamin, salesman for Detroit
Neckwear Company, Detroit. -
Mrs. Sarah Hathaway, Mishawaka, Ind.
Unknown woman companion of Mrs.
Hathaway.
R. E. Trlble, Delhart, Texas, a ranch
owner. Some of the Injured.
Among the injured were:
F. C O'Donnell, Detroit; right arm
broken in leaping.
James A. Foster, Fort Wayne; burned
about face and head; at St. Joseph Hos
pital. A. Metee, Pittsburg; burned about face,
arms and legs.
Lyman Campbell, jumpeu three stories,
badly shocked.
Charles Falls, Columbus, Ohio; leaped
three stories, gash in leg, contusion on
head and lacerated.
E. M. Mathews, Columbus, Ohio; back
broken and burns and gashes; at St. Jo
seph's Hospital.
George A. Dill, Philadelphia; badly cut
and burned about face and arms.
Mrs. Agnes Adeau, Miss Margaret
Meecham, Miss Anna Block, Nathan Hall,
kitchen employes; burned and blistered;
at hospital.
F. C. Phillips, Calumet, Mich.; face
burned and head scorched.
John Long, bartender; arms broken. ,
The complete destruction of the Interior
of the hotel makes the work of recovering
bodies a difficult task. A confused heap
of charred wood, bricks and twisted gird
ers is piled up between the bare walls to
the second story. Piece by piece this
must be removed before the roll of the
dead can be completed. Some of the
bodies taken out are mangled and charred
beyond recognition.
Night Clerk's Heroic Work.
Infantry Company D and Battery D of
the National Guard are on duty and
aiding the fire and police forces to clear
away the debris.
The fire was discovered at 3:30 o'clock
this morning in the elevator shaft by
Night Clerk Ralph Hopkins. He rushed
to the upper floors alarming the guests,
until the flames, which had spread with
appalling rapidity, drove him back. His
efforts, however, saved many ltves.
The hotel was erected B0 years ago and
the woodwork was dry as tinder. It
burned like matchwood and within a few
minutes from the time the fire was dis
covered the whole of the hotel was a
mass of flames that filled the corridors
and rooms with suffocating clouds of
smoke and laid fiery barriers across all
means of escape save by the windows.
Guests Leap From Windows.
The Fire "Department rescued many per
sons by means of ladders, but some,
frenzied by the onward rush of the
flames, leaped from high windows to the
paved streets.
R. S. Johnson, of Pana, 111., jumped
from the fifth story. His body struck
a balcony and bounded far into the
street. He was a crushed and bleeding
mass when -picked up, and died a short
time later in St. Joseph's Hospital.
As the flames increased, men and
women, were seen in the windows of
their rooms, where they wildly Im
plored help. Those who got from rooms
before the flames cut off their retreat
were able to make their way to the
fire escapes and bo were saved with
comparative ease. Soon the flames
curled about the fire escapes. Some
of the mora, hardy ones braved the
flames and made their. way through
smoke and fire down the iron stair
ways. Thrilling Rescue Scene.
There were many thrilling escapes.
Claude H. Varnell, of the Fort Wayne
baseball team; his sister, Mrs. John
Hendricks, and John Hendricks, of
Chicago, manager of the Fort Wayne
team, together with Master Hendricks,
aged 5 years, barely escaped with their
lives. Varnell lost all of his personal
belongings, valued at several thousand
dollars.
Hendricks, with his wife ahead of
him, and his boy in hla arms, was de
scending the fire escape from the fifth
floor. At the third floor the fire broke
out below them. He swung Mrs. Hen
dricks over the railing and she dropped
to the platform of the story below. He
then dropped his son into the waiting
arms of his wife, and all made their
way to the ground. '
Other rescues were thrilling and es
capes as narrow were numerous. When
the fire was at its height, a man at a
it v f. V XN
Harry K. Thaw. Who Will Appear in
Court Today to Request His Release
From Matteawan.
third-story window was seen wildly
waving his arms. He shrieked:
"My God, men, save me. Will no
one save me?" and then leaped from
the window and went swirling to
the pavement below. He was picked
up desperately hurt. He was E. M.
Mathews, of Columbus, O.
May Be CO Bodies In Ruins.
A score or more of women employed
in the hotel were in the upper room
in the rear of the hotel. Most of them
escaped without injury, but some In
their fright leaped to ' the alley and
were more or less injured.
That there are still many bodies in
the ruins is the belief of Fire Chief
Hilbrecht and Chief of Police Ancken
bruck. Chief Anckenbruck, basing his
estimate on the reports of the police,
gives the number of dead in the ruins
at 6 o'clock at 20. At that hour eight
bodies had been recovered. A guest on
the fifth floor, who was aroused at the
outbreak of the fire and escaped, says
he believes very few on the fifth floor
escaped.
Many bodies are believed to be at the
floor of the elevator shaft. Among
the missing are two aged women. Miss
Hathaway and her companion, ot
Mishawaka, Ind. They came here to
receive some children for an orphan
age with which they are connected at
Mishawaka. Their bodies are still in
the ruins.
Interior a Roaring Furnace. "
The New Avellna Hotel was a six
story building of brick, in the busi
ness center of the city. Its erection
was begun In 1852, but it was not
completed until several years later. In
1895 the building was extensively re
modeled and two stories were added.
The hotel and furnishings were valued
at IS0.000.
Within a quarter of an hour from the
time the fire was discovered in the
elevator shaft, practically the entire
building was wrapped in flames. The
whole interior became a roaring fur
nace and from basement to roof all
was blazing at once. In rapid suc
cession the floors fell to the basement,
carrying their toll of dead.
Escape in Scant Clothing.
John P. Strohecher, of New York,
after a thrilling escape from death in
the flames, reached the ground almost
naked. He had no time to gather his
apparel, the flames having burst into
the room before he was awakened.
Scores of men and women reached the
ground, some of them with nothing on
but their night clothes. None of the
guests' had time to save his effects.
Dry goods and clothing stores were
thrown open to men and women, and
all who needed apparel were supplied
without question.
R. S. Lewis, of Chicago, was driven
from his room on the third floor to
the window ledge. The flames were
lapping about him, and he swung from
window to window. Firemen hoisted
a ladder to aid him, but it became en
tangled in Wrlres. He became exhaust
ed, his grasp loosened and he dropped
just as the ladder was raised under
his feet, but it broke his fall and he
escaped with his life.
SIX PEOPLE BURNED ALIVE
New York Tenement-House De-
stroyed by Fire.
NEW YORK. May 3. An early morn
ing fire In a four-story brick tenement at
17 Humboldt street, a thickly-populated
district of Brooklyn, caused the death of
six persons and the serious injury of four
others today. Every member of one fam
ily, consisting of a mother and four chil
dren, are among the dead. There were
many thrilling rescues by police and
firemen, and it was due to their brave
work that the death list was not larger. .
A half-dozen or more persons were
entrapped in the upper stories and were
saved by jumping Into life nets. The
financial loss caused by the fire is esti
mated at $10.01)0.
The dead are: Mrs. Dora Abrams, Sadie
Abrams, Carrie Abrams, Anna Abrams,
Charles Abrams, Mrs. Jennie Cohen.
The injured are: Mrs. May Noble, Mrs.
Amelia Hlrschom. Fannie Hlrschorn, who
sustained severe burns; Anna Hlrschom,
who suffered a broken shoulder . from
jumping from a window into a life net.
One of the families in the building, that
of Max Tolar, was in the Slocum disas
ter, and each member escaped at that
time. Their good fortune followed them
today, for all got out of the burning
building without injury.
HUGHES
C1PIGN
E
People With Governor
Against Grafters.
LEGISLATORS SHOW WEAKNESS
Leaders Now Willing to Make
Certain Concessions.
RECEIVE CHILLY REFUSAL
Told That Executive Is Making No
Deals Anti-Race Track Gamb
ling Bill Not Out of the
Woods, However.
WORRIES
HEMES
BY LLOYD F. LONERGAN.
NEW YORK, May 3. (Special.) On
May 11 the Legislature will convene in
special session and the final fate of the
anti-racetrack bills and other reform
measures be settled. Senators and As
semblymen went to their homes two
weeks ago, jeering and laughing at Gov
ernor Hughes and his policies. They now
find that the people are thoroughly
aroused and that conditions" are serious.
In fact, Woodruff, Parsons, Barnes and
others who control the Republican ma
chine have held a number of heart-to-heart
conferences on the subject. They
have not yet decided what action will
be. taken, although they admit some con
cessions must be made.
Governor Tours State.
Since the close of the Legislature
Governor Hughes has been busily en
gaged in explaining to voters through
out the state the necessity of enacting
Into laws the bills he advocates. In
New York, Brooklyn, Albany and Troy
his remarks have been listened to by
large and enthusiastic gatherings. Now
he Is on . a tour of the state which will
embrace the districts of most of the Re
publican Senators who voted against the
anti-racetrack bills.
In addition he will probably deliver at
least one address In the Niagara-Orleans
district, where the special election for a
Senator Is. to be held on the day the
Legislature convenes.
Puts It tTp to People.
It is the Governor's policy to put the
matter directly "up to th.e people." If
they want the legislation he believes they
do, the remedy is in their own hands.
Should they prove indifferent, nobody
else can be blamed. Friends of the Gov
ernor are emphatic in declaring that any
decision arrived at by Woodruff and his
allies will have no effect in shaping the
course of Hughes. The Governor, they
say, will proceed along lines which he
has mapped out, and although he will
certainly welcome the assistance of the
state organization leaders, he will not
be deterred by their Judgment.
Irrespective of what the machine lead
ers may decide to do, Governor Hughes
will work between now and the day for
the reconvening of the Legislature to put
an aroused public sentiment behind the
measures which he believes should be
passed, but which the regular session re
fused to enact on his recommendation.
Gambling Bill First.
First in Importance, in the Governor's
opinion, is the anti-racetrack gambling
Issue, and his greatest efforts will be de
voted to securing affirmative action on
the Agnew-Hart bills. But there are also
the direct nomination bill and the bill to
amend the public service law by adding
the telephone and telegraph companies
to the corporations now under public
regulation.
The original plan of the legislative
leaders was to meet, turn down every
thing that the Governor asked and then
adjourn. Now, however, they are willing
to make concessions. Within the past
few days the Governor's lieutenants have
been told that the Public Service Com
mission amendment would be passed "If
Hughes consented to adopt a more con
ciliatory attitude toward the Legisla
ture." What this promise means was not
explained by the machine men who mado
the offer.
Making No Deals.
"The Governor is not asking for con
cessions nor is he making deals," was
the prompt reply, and there the matter
rests at present.
One fact that has encouraged tha
Hughes men Is the change of heart dis
played by State Senator Cassldy, of the
Chemung district. Cassidy claims that
on the day the vote was taken, and in
fact a few minutes before the roll was
called, he received the following tele
gram: "John and I urge you not to stand by
the Governor on the race-track bills,
owing to conditions in your district.
"J. S. FASSETT."
"John" is Representative Dwight,
Fassett Is also a Congressman, and ths
two are the arbiters of the political
fate of Senator Cassidy. This is given
as an explanation of Cassldy's vote
against the anti-race track bills, al
though he had previously pledged him
self to stand by the Governor.
Suddenly Found "Error."
But. of course, what is a pledge any
way, when it conflicts with orders?
After the Legislature had adjourned,
and after Cassidy had heard a few
things from his constituents, the dis
covery is made that there was an
t Concluded oa Fas S