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L fORTY PAGES PAGES ! TO 5 PRICE FIVE CENTS. TOL. XXTTT. KO. 1. PORTLAM), OREGON, SUNDAY MOKNINGr, JANUARY 3, 1904. 6 WM OF WAR Rates of Marine In surance Qo Up. RISKS ARE REFUSED German Companies Is sue No Policies ON ORIENT-BOUND VESSELS Neutral Goods Only insured on Japanese Lines. CHINA (PREDICTS HOSTILITIES If Russia Refuses to Accept Proposal of Mikado's Government, Japan Will Immediately Resort to Force. WAB IX A rEW DAYS. PEKIX, Jan. 3. Information In the possession of the best-Informed diplo mats la Pekln convinces them, that vrar is inevitable, possibly within a tew days. PARIS, Jan. 3. The Figaro this morning says that the biff eons tor the Japanese battleships Kasaga and Nlaahin, which were bought from Argentina, have not yet been supplied to the 'vessels. The Italian Govern ment is ,aid to desire that they re ceive their armament .elsewhere la order to avoid an lnuiiesslon that Jtoig ..PhtCi"Si. .... , That war between Russia and Japan Is regarded as Inevitable by the big marine Insurance companies is shown by the fact that they have advanced rates on vessels bound to the Orient, or refused to insuro them altogether. Policies have been writ ten" on every vessel sailing or about to sail from a Pacific Coast port, and the business may be enlarged to take in those already on the way to Asia. According to the quotations received yesterday by M. C Harrison & Co., marine under writers and brokers, the London market is given as follows: For cargoes on American and English steamers for Japan. South China and Philippine ports, per cent. For North China and Siberian ports, 3 per cent. For neutral goods only on the steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kolsha and Toyo Kisen Kalsha, 2& por cent. A still more conclusive evidence of their belief that war is imminent is disclosed in the announcement that tho London companies are prepared to take risks at Co per cent on war being declared this month. The German underwriters go still farther and flatly refuse to write anything at all on vessels bound to the Far East. Harri son & Co. tried to get quotations from Hamburg on a cargo for tho Orient by the America Maru, sailing from San Fran cisco January 25, but received an answer stating that no Insurance would be placed. On the Nippon Maru, another vessel of the Toyo Kisen Kalsha, which is to sail from San Francisco January SO, London quoted 2& per cent for a neutral cargo to Japan. The English, and American vessels on -which the Vt per cent rate is made are those of the Portland & Asiatic Steam' ship Company, Pacific Mall, Occidental & Oriental and the lines running out from the Sound. Large lines of war risks were covered yesterday by Harrison & Co. on the sailing of the steamship Indrapura, which left New Yor's day, and also on the Olympia, from Seattle. Tho fovr Orient bound steamers now out from Portland will probably be covered today. Oriental Flour Rate Advanced. Another indication of the tension is the raising of the Oriental flour rate by all the trans-Pacific lines. An agreement be tween the Portland: San Francisco and Northern lines -was reached, fixing $5 as the Fobruary tariff. However, as the agreement was not signed, tho San Fran cisco companies yesterday backed down to the extent of a dollar. The Puget Sound lines so far have stood by the advance. The Portland & Asiatic Company has made no announcement of Its intentions. It Is safe to say that if it finds the $5 rate cannot be maintained, it will fix its tariff at J4. Just why all the lines have re fused to abide by the proposed $5 rate Is not clear, but it is probable they feared the Portland flour exporters might take the opportunity to enter Into negotiations with tramp steamers to move the output of this section. A settlement of tho mat ter Is expected today or tomorrow, at the latest. General Freight Agent Miller, of tho O. R. & N., is now in San Francisco, and a telegram from him announcing fixed rate for February shipments is ex- . pected at any moment. War Prospects Cause Advance. Tho advance in the flour Tate from $3, now quoted, is attributed entirely to the prospect of war In Asia. At the samo time it gives the steamship companies an opportunity to extricate themselves graee- fully from the ruinous tariffs that have been In force since early last Summer, when the rate war broke out, and ship ping men would not be surprised to see a still further advance. If the Oriental situa tion becomes very serious, that would recompense the transportation people for their losses in the past. Will Not Withdraw Bid. It was reported on the water front yes terday that Laldlaw & Co. bad withdrawn their bids made to the Government for the transportation of fodder to the Phil ippines on the contract expected to be awarded to Portland grain and hay deal ers. The reason for the withdrawal was stated to be the imminence of war in the Far East Inquiry at the office of the company brought out the response that a telegram to that effect had been received from the steamship owners in Ixmdon, but it was countermanded soon after, and the offer to the Government will hold good for a few days longer. Laldlaw & Co. were the only bidders on transportation, " the matter of getting the fodder to Manila resting between them- and the transpor tation department of the War Office. JAPAN WILL NOT HESITATE. Once She Sees Russia Will Not Give In, War Will Be Declared. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Count Casslnl, Russian Ambassador, thinks the Far East ern situation "gloomy, but not without hope of salvation." At the Japanese Le? gation tonight It was intimated that if the Russian reply does not give definite assur ance that in general the concessions asked for by Japan in Corea will be granted, tho Tokio government -will be impelled to abandon diplomacy for force. Dispatches received by Mr. Takahlra, the Japanese Minister, from Tokio today, tell of the critical state of public feeling there. It is stated that if Russia fails to give a definite reply, Japan will interpret a dilatory note as indicating Russia's wish to defer hostilities until the Spring, when her forces on land and sea can be used to better advantage. If Japan is convinced of Russia's inten tion not to accept her proposals, the Tokio government. It is declared, will not hesi tate to take: the Initiative and assume the responsibility for making war. The Japanese Minister does not believe that, afterthe manner in which he says his people have acted throughout the ne gotiations, they will forfeit any sympathy which they have In this country by strik ing first. BEST TERMS OfF JAPAN. Rights in Corea Must Be Equal to Those of Russia in Manchuria. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. The Associat ed Press learns from an official source that Japan. In her last note to Russia, announced that tne minimum proposition which she can accept from Russia are right in Corea equal to those claimed by Rusela in Manchuria. In return, it Is said, Japan agrees to recognize the su premacy of Russia in Manchuria. To this ( proposition the Russian government will j not give its approvaleellng that Japan should content herself with modifications in tho form of concessions in Corea for her commerce. The Russian government has not aban doned hope of a diplomatic settlement of the question in view of the powerful pres sure which Great Britain and France are bringing to bear upon Japan to consent to a continuance of the negotiations, but It is emphatically stated that Russia will never admit the parallel between her po sition in Manchuria and that of Japan in Corea. BELIEVES JAPAN GOT SHIPS. Chilean War Vessels Reported Sold to Britain Likely for Mikado. ROME, Jan. 2. Notwithstanding the pessimistic news from the Far East, of ficial circles do not believe that war Is RUSSIAN SHIPS SAIL TODAY. BIZERTA, Tunis, Jan. 2. The Rus sian cruisers for the Far East will start tomorrow for Alexandria. A bril liant reception and banquet was given today aboard the battleship Osstlabyra by Admiral Wlrenlse. in command of the squadron, wbo toasted the alliance between France and Russia. near, as Japan before the opening of hos tilities, will certainly desire to have in the Far East the two warships she pur chased at Genoa from the Argentine Re public The crews of these vessels have arrived at Genoa. Japanese Admiral Mats a, who discussed the possibility of the two ships going (Concluded on Page 30 DEATH CLAIMS FAMOUS JAMES LONGSTREET. WAR HER D DEAD General Longstreet Is Hi Only Two Days. PNEUMONIA WINS DATTLE Equally Famous as a Diplo mat and Statesman. WAS BELOVED BY THE SOUTH General Gordon Is .taw the Last of the Confederate Lieutenant-Gen-earIs--feHIHant Career of the DeceasSdf HIS IXFE AT A GLANCE. Born in Edgefield, S. C, January 8, 1S21. Graduated from "West Point, 1842. Served in Mexcan, Indian and Civil Wars. Won Utle of Major at Battle of Mo lino del Key. Entered the Confederate Army. One of its most brilliant Generals. Became Republican after .war. Appointed Surveyor of Customs at New Orleans by Grant. Supervisor of Internal Revenue. Postmaster at New Orleans. "United States Minister to Turkey, by Hayes. United States Marshal for Georgia, by Garfield. United States Commlssoner of Pacific Railroads, by McKlnley. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 2. General James Longstreet, soldier, statesman and dlplo mat, and the last Lleutenant-General of the Confederate army, with the exception of General Gordon, died at Gainesville, Ga., today from an attack of acute pneu monla. He had been ill two days. General Longstroe'- was a sufferer from cancer of onvs eye, "but his general health had been good until Wednesday, when he was seized "with a sudden cold, develop ing later into pneumonia of violent nature. He was 84 years, old. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. He will be burled at Gainesville, which has been his home since the Civil War. (James Longstreet was born in Edge field district, S. a, January 8, 1S2L His family removed to Alabama in 1S31, and he was appointed from that state to the West Point Military Academy, where was graduated In 1842, and assigned to the Fourth Infantry. He was at Jeffer sou Barracks, Missouri, in 1842-44, on fron tier duty at Natchitoches, La., 1844-45; in Texas 1845-46 and in Mexico at the bat tles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, "Vera Cruz. Cerro Gordo'. San Antonio, Churubusco and Moline del Rey, For gallant conduct in the two latter en gagements, he was brevetted Captain and Major, and had already been made First Lieutenant. February 23. 1847: at the storming of Chapultepec, September 1S47, he was severely wounded. Hs was chief commissary of the Department of Texas, 1S49-51, was commissioned Captain In December, 1&2, and Major and Pay master In July, 1858. In 1S61 he resigned to join the Confederate armv, of which he was immediately appoinfed Brigadier- General, and won uistlnctlon in the firs battle of Bull Run, wbere he pr37Vitid a large force of Federal troops from sup porting McDowell's flank at tact. On May 6, 1862, he made a brave stand at Wll liamsburg, where he was attacked by Helntzleman, Hooker and Kearny, and held his ground sturdily until Hancock arrived to reinforce his opponents, when he was driven back. At the second battle of Bull Run he commanded the First Corp3 of the Army of Northern "Virginia. which came so promptly to the relief of Jackson when he was hard, pressed by Pope's army, and by a determined flank charge decided the fortunes of - the day. He led the right flank of the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg, and CONFEDERATE GENERAL tried to dissuade Lee from ordering the disastrous charge on the third day. When Lee retreated to Virginia,, General Long- street, with Ave brigades, was transferred to the Army of Tennessee under .Bragg, and at Chlckamauga held the left wing the Confederate forces. He rejoined Lee early in 1S64, and was so prominent in the Battle of the Wilderness that he "was wounded by the fire of his own troops. He was In the surrender at Appomattox, April 9, 1865. Throughout the army he was familiarly known as "Old -fete, ana was considered the hardest fighter la the Con federate service. He also had the un bounded confidence of his troops, who ero devoted to him, and the whole army felt thrilled with renewed ardor in the presence of the foe, when It became known down the Una that "Old .rete was up. General Longstreet took up his residence In New Orleans after the war. and estab lished the commercial houje of Longi street, Owens & Co. He "was appointed Surveyor of the Port of new urieans uy President Grant, and was afterward Su pervisor of Internal Revenue in Louiei- ana, ana .fostmasier ul cw uiicauo, in lSSO he was sent as United States Min ister to Turkey by President Hayes, and under Garfield as was united states Mar shal for the district of Georgia.) ONE OF LAST OF NAPOLEONS. pVlncess Mathilde, "the Good Prin cess" to Fjrance, Is Dead. PARIS. Jan. 2. Princess Mathilde, tho; only daughter 'of Prince Jerome Bona-g parte, died here at - 7 ociock tonignui Shortly before the' Princess expired thH Empress Eugenie and Princess Clothllde visited tho bedside!, , TbTe ,eath of Prlnces Mathilde has caused sorrow throughout' France, not only Because sne was one oi weiasi the Napoleon, but because show was al ways known as "the good Princess." Count Felury once tpld this story or ner: 'A little cousin of the Princess asked her. 'Do you know that through Queen Catherine you are related to almost all of the reigning houses of Europe?' The Princess answered: Tis good, tls true: but what Is that beside being the niece of Napoleon? " Prince Jerome Bonaparto arranged a marriage between his daughter and Louis Napoleon, but without success. The pre tender, who later became Emperor, caused the breaking off of the match, and this rupture was followed by Princess Ma thilde s marriage to Count Demldonr, a rich Russian. Whilo they were in St. Petersburg Emperor Nicholas conceived great affection for the Princess ana gave her a decree of divorce when she was no longer able to livo with her hus band. During tho presidency of Louis Napo leon Prlncesa Mathilde managed his house and dispensed the honors, retiring grace fully to her personal studies when Louis Napoleon married. During that epoch sho was regarded as one of- the most beautiful women In France, combining as she did the French type of beauty with Italian vivacity. Since the fall of the empire Princess Ma thilde had maintained a salon In Paris, which was frequented by celebrities of the art, literary and military worlds and by diplomatists and foreign Princes. Until her last illness the Princess was deeply Interested in politics, and It is said that after Joseph Remach's defense of ex-Cap tain Dreyfus she eent to Relnach her card initialed "P. Ft C." (Pour prendre oonge). a punishment abe meted out to au who displeased her CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER Par Eastern Situation- Marine Insurance companies make great ad vances in rates. Page 1. China regards war as Inevitable. Page 1. Japan demands same rights in Corea as Rus sia lays claim to In Manchuria. Page 3. British masses are heart and soul with Japan. Page 3. If Japan sees Russia will not accept her pro posals, she will not hesitate to declare war. Page 1. Chicago Theater Fire., , Mayor closes all the theaters. Page 1. City suspends business and observes a day of mourning. Page 2. Scene-shifter declares curtain caught on re flector carelessly left open. Page 2. Managers of Ill-fated theater arrested on charge of manslaughter. Page 2. Notable Dead. General James longstreet, the famous Con federate general. Is dead. Page 1. Princess Mathilde, one of the last of the Napoleons, Is dead. Page 1. Domestic. Horace O. Burt, president of the Union Pa ctSc, resigns; Harriman Is almost sure to succeed him. Page 1. Countess Es ternary sued for $100,000 for alienating affections of Virginia couple. Page 3.. Sports. Favorites take only two races on tho closing day at Ingleslde. Page 14. Lucas is working for a Montana-Utah league. Page 14. . Pacific Coast. Montana farmer meets a gang of white- cappers with blood-letting fusillade of rifle shots. Page 6. Oregon's expenses for 1004 amount to $1,403, 310; apportionment oi counties. Page C Nicholas Elchner. 7-year-old Baker City schoolboy, brutally beaten, dies from oper atlon. Page 6. Amalgamated miners at coroner's inquest swear that fatal explosion In the Michael Davitt followed attempt to smoke them out. Page "7. "Washington shingle mill combine expects large profits during the coming year. Page 7 Commercial and Marine. Violent break in stock prices at New York on war rumors. Page 15. Review of week in "Wall street. Page 15. Bank statement shows further loan expansion. Page 15. "Wheat jumps three cents at Chicago on war news. Page 15. Four-cent advance in wheat at San Francisco. Page 15. Portland and Vicinity. Four cities apply for permission to erect Y, M. C. A. buildings. Page 16. Mayor "Williams will not remove Chief of Po lice Hunt.' Page 18. Strong assurances given that Dlx will come to Portland. Page 10. Oregon presbytery will be asked to decide who are elders of Grand Avenue Church. Page 2S. First steel frame building in Portland is be ing erected. Page 16. Oregon Fish and Game Association elects of ficers. Page 12. Features and Departments. Editorial. .Page 4. Church announcements. Page 36. Classified advertisements. Pages 24-27. Bears at the City Park make their bows. Page 40. Measuring a tired child's brain. Page 31. Golden days of whale fishing. Page 30. : Book reviews. Page 36. Greatest problem of the Nation. Page 30. Chlmmle Fadden. Page" 32. Portland consumes 8000 pies a day. Page 40. Tom Fitch's resolutions. Page 31. Household and fashions. Pages 34 and 35. Youths. Pages 3S and 39. Ten Years of Oregon. Page 37. Social. Pages 20 and 21.. Dramatic Pages IS and 10. Y Musical. Page 2 BURTTIHES OF IT Labor Trouble Impels Him to Resign. HEAD OF UNION PACIFIC Harriman. Is Almost Sure to Assume the Position. DIRECTORS' EXPRESSED WISH He Also Desires to Be President of tho Lines He Owns or Controls- Burt Will Make Trip Around the World. HORACE G. BURT. Born In Indiana, 1849. Graduated from University of Michi gan, 1S73. Entered service of Milwaukee-Northwestern, 1873. Became chief engineer of road, 1SS2. Superintendent of Iowa division, 1SS3-SS. General manager Fremont-Missouri Valley road. 18S8-1S06. Third vice-president Northwestern Railway, 180G-03. President Union Pacific, 180S-1004. NEW YORK, Jan. (Special.) Horace -. Burt has resigned as president of the i Union Pacific Railroad, and will make an extensive tour arouna the world. His resignation is in the hands of tho direc- j tors, and will probably be accepted at the next meeting, which will be held within a few days. It can be stated with almost official certainty that Edward H. Harriman will succeed to the presidency of the road, as he did to the presidency of the Southern i'aclhc on the retirement of C. M. Hays, nearly two years ago. Mr. Harriman is now president of the Oregon Short Line, of the O. R. & N. Co., and it is said to have been his purpose from the start eventually to be at the head of all the properties which he owns or controls. It is due, it is said, to. the. expressed wish of the directors of thevarious railroads which comprise the, Harriman system. Although the retirement of Mr. Burt comes In the nature of a surprise, it is stated emphatically by those high in Mr. Harrlman's confidence that it is not due to friction nor to the slightest dis satisfaction on the part of Mr. Harriman with the Burt administration. It is ex plained by Mr. Burt's friends that his work as president has proved distasteful to him, and that he has desired for more than a year to retire from the position. This feeling on his part, no doubt, in creased by the continued and severe labor troubles which, for nearly 18 months, have interfered materially with the efficient operations of the railroad. Mr. Burt Is essentially a civil engineer, and the bent of his mind is such that the constant annoyances of railway management has severe effect upon him. Whether the retirement of Mr. Burt, who states that he has no plans for the future other than the world's tour, was hastened by criticism, it is undoubtedly the fact that'it fits in with the plans which Mr. Harriman has for the Union Pacific, and which do not require the services of an expensive president. As president of . tho company, It is probable that Mr. SENATOR FRANCIS E. A LEADER IS THK FIGHT FOR LAND-LAW REFORM. Harriman will draw a nominal salary, as he does "with tho Southern Pacific, and will' have personal direction of all his properties. During his six years in the presidency of tho Union Pacific Mr. Burt has in augurated and carried to successful con clusion' some of the greatest engineering' undertakings in railroad history. It is understood that' the suggestion for all the big Union Pacific improvements" came from Mr. Burt, and that he found little difficulty in securing the support of Mr. Harriman in carrying them through. rFom Omaha to Ogden the Union Pacific has practically been rebuilt; mountain grades have been reduced materially, tun nels have been dug and ravines filled, at a total cost of nearly $40,000,000. Mr Burt .also 13 given a large share of credit for the inauguration of the Ogden-Lucln cut off on the Southern Pacific, which cost nearly $5,000,000, and which engineers for years had declared could not bo con structed, ' UNPOPULAR WITH LABOR. Strikes Under Burk's Regime Cost the Union Pacific Heavily. OMAHA, Jan. 2. (Special.) Although It had been rumored from time to time that there were to be important changes on some of the Harriman lines. the resigna tion of pfes'iSjnt Burt ot the Union Pa cific, was unexpected." Mr? Burt said today he had no plans for the future, and that 1 his retirement from the company was due osolely to his desire to take a long rest after over 35 years of railroad service, Soon he proposes, accompanied by Mrs. Burt, to make a trip around, tho world. and after that, ho declares, he expects to make his home in Omaha. This being the case, it is probable that Mr. Burt means to retire permanently from railroad serv ice, which his large wealth would easily enable him to do. It Is generally thought, however, that he will not care to make a permanent retirement at the ago of 54, and will again be seen in the railroad service. The impression exists ,n Omaha that Mr. Burt's resignation was hastened by the labor troubles which recently, have been settled, and which have reduced ma terlally tho Union Pacific revenues during the last 18 months. The shopmen over the entire system first struck for higher wages, and when the matter was settled and they returned to work It was only to find that piecework had been Inaugurated in all the Union Pacific shops. Another strike was precipitated, and the engine- men sympathized with the shopmen, mak ing the situation a serious one. The strike badly crippled the power and equipment of the Union Pacific, and by the uncom promising measures employed by Presi dent Burt, he became unpopular with the labor element. Apparently, he was un able to cone with the situation, as on three occasions committees of shopmen went from Omaha to New York to con sult with E. H. Harriman. Officials of the Union Pacific, nowever. declare that Mr. Burt's policy met the full approval of Mr. Harriman and the Union Pacific directory. However this may be, the old Union Pacific loyalty among em ployes was severely shattered. CAREER OF RETIRING OFFICIAL He Has Been Actively Engaged In Railroading for 30 Years. OMAHA, Jan. 2. (Special.) Before he be came president of the Union Pacific, on January 1, 1S98, Horace Greeley Burt was for 25 years connected with the Northwest ern Railway. From 1S96 until 1S98 he was third vice-president of that company, In charge of trafflc, and was succeeded by H. R. McCullough. Mr. Burt was born In Jan uary, 1S49, and was graduated from the High School In Te'rre Haute in 1867, and from the University of Michigan in 1873, After his graduation he went with the Milwaukee & Northern, and on March 1, 1873, he accepted a position on the engi neering force of the Northwestern. Nine years later he became chief engineer of th road, which position he held for one year, when he' was made superintendent of the Northern Iowa .and Iowa divisions of the road. From November 1, 1SS8, to July, 1396, Mr. Burt was general manager of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val ley road, a part of the Northwestern sys tem, and during 1896 was made general manager of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha. WARREN, OF WYOMING ALL ARE CLOSED ChicagoTheatersHave to Lock Up. ORDER OF MAYOR Stringent Rules Are to Be Enforced. ASBESTOS CURTAINS TO CO 1 Steel-Roll Ones Alone Pass Inspection Will "SPOT" LIGHTS UNDER A BAN Managers Make Great Effort to Se cure a Postponement of the Action, but Executive Fears a Second Iroquois Disaster. THE NEW REGULATIONS. Steel-roll curtains, "Wide exits. No combustibles of any kind. Fireproof scenery. No calcium or "spot" lights. Automatic skylights to permit egress of smoke. Separate stairways and exit to each. CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Tonight every the ater in the city of Chicago is dark, and its -doors are locked. Not one of them will be open, to the public until their man. agers have complied in the fullest man- ner with every section of the ordinances regulating playhouses. The order compelling the theaters to, close was Issued thi3 afternoon by Mayor Harrison, after a conference with Cor poration Counsel Tolman, who assured " the Mayor that ampla legal ground ex isted for his action. Seventeen theaters and museums wera closed last night, and the sweeping order of the Mayor today shut the doors of 1C more. These last are the leading thea ters In the business section of the city and are the Studebaker, Grand Opera- House, McVicer's, La Salle, Garrick, Illi nois and Powers, Calumet, Cleveland, Columbus, Trocadero, People's Institute, Haymarket and Hopkins. The last two are owned and controlled by Messrs. Powers & Davis, the managers of tho ill-fated Iroquois. The Garrick Theater closed today is not to be confounded with the Garrick closed yesterday, it being one of the largest playhouses in the city, while the ono concerning which action was taken yes terday, is a much smaller house, in tho Northwest portion of, the city. The Auditorium is not included In. the list. This hall is open occasionally and not regularly as are tho other theaters. There is no engagement there at present, and none in the immediate future. While technically a theater, it Is generally con sidered as a hall for great and special gatherings.. Reason for the Order. The 17 places of amusement which wera shut last night were closed for the one reason that they were not provided with an asbestos curtain. The further action taken today is in consequence of viola tions of other sections of .the ordinance regulating theaters. There was a hasty rush of theatrical managers to the office of Mayor Har rison in the effort to secure the with drawal, or at least a postponement of tha order, but their reception was of an ex ceedingly frosty nature. They were In formed by the Mayor that the inspectors had reported every one of them violators of the law, and he was determined it should not be said hereafter that the city had neglected anything which could pre vent a repetition of the horror of last Wednesday afternoon. The fact that the asbestos curtain in the Iroquois Theater was so badly wreck ed by the fire, that charred portions of It have been, carried away by the various investigating committees, caused the com mittee to decide that asbestos curtains could not be relied upon to afford. tho most complete protection. The New Rules. It was announced that every theater in the city must hereafter comply with tho following provisions before they will he allowed o open: "Steel roll curtains, wide exits, no com bustibles of any kind in the house fur nishings, fire-proof scenery, no calcium or 'spot' lights to be used in stage, sky lights above the stage provided with automatic lids to permit the egress of smoke, fire and gas, separate stairways, each exit having its own stairs leading to the street." After Issuing his sweeping order, Mayor Harrison said: "I do not wish to assume responsibility for these theaters. The order was is sued to make It certain that no precau tion to insure the safety of audiences had been neglected. It is quite probable that (the owners of the theaters may sustain , (Concluded on Page 2.)