VOLUME LVII.
ROBERTS TELLS
ABOUT HIS
WIVES
Testifies That H Kept Knowledge
of Third Marriage From Both
r of His Other "Better
Halves." ;
Knew Action to Be Contrary to
Law and Did Not Wish First
Wives to Testify.
SEGOND ROUND OF THE CASE
Important Testimony Hrutifrtit
Out ut llenrlnir ISH'orfl Com-
ml t tee YcNterdny Favor
able to I'roMM'iitlon.
Washington, April 10. What will
be termed the second round of the
Reed Bmoot contest opened today be
for the senate committee on privil
eges and elections. It wee ennoum-ed
that eeven wltneeeee would be heard
before the adjournment of congress,
end It la practically certain that the
committee will then adjourn to con
vene July IS. At that time will be
examined wltneaiiee who were unable
to come to Washington and othere
who could not be reached wl,h ,um"
mona to come here. '
Important testimony for the prose
cution la expected to be developed at
thl session of the committee. The
hearlnir opened without formality ot
any character, nrlgham II. Itoberts
waa called to the atand by Mr. Tay
lor. He waa questioned to brine out
a atatement of hla official connection
with the church. Mr. Ttoberts said
u wmm t)MA n ha wMillnn tna
of the first 70 presidencies In 188,
and entered politic In 1889. Hla In
terest wna manifested In making
speeches, but he waa not a candidate
for offlce until 1894. He waa then
elected as a member ' the constl
tullotial convention which met InlMS.
He explained hla enndliltury for con
gress and the oppoaitlon that had de
veloped from Mormon sources. He
said the church hud opposed the elecr i
Hon of high ofndals of the church' to!
membership of the constitutional con
vention and thut he had accordingly
consend not to urge hla candidacy.
He waa nominated during hla absence
and waa Informed that the order had
been rescinded.
He aald that Joseph Hmlth wna the
member of 'he first presidency who
aald the ruling had been modified.
He explained fully certain criticisms
whih has been md of an all 4 111
fluenee which ths first presidency and
apostle had brought to bear against
the present aspirations of himself and
othere. Mr. Roberta aald he protest
ed and later the burch took up his
protests. Mr. Roberta was defeated
the first, time be ran for congress.
He thought hla last child was bom
three or four years ago.
In response to question by Mr.
Taylor Mr. Roberta wild his first plur
al marriage was perfected by t. H.
Wells, consul to the apostles, and he
thought the ceremony waa performed
at the home of Mr. Well's son.
Senator Overman Inquired of Mr.
Roberts whether his first and second
wives had consented to his marriage
to his third wife.
"No, air," aald Mr. Roberts. Con
tinuing he said they did not learn of
the marriage for three or four years.
"How was thatr asked Hen. or
Ileverldge. "Do you nieun to say that
the marriage was not known to any
one?" it was known to some of my
friends, but not to my wives." was th
answer. .
"Why was the marriage concealed
from tbemr asked Chairman Olur
rowe. "Iiecause I did not want to embar
rase them."
"How embarrass them?"
"Well, we knew the marriage woe Il
legal and might be embarraelng to
them. If they should, for any reason,
be called on to testify."
Mr.- Roberta sold hla third wife .waa
the divorced wife of Dr. Ship, and In
regard to his courtship he aJd he al
ways had met her s the house of a
mutual friend end never had called on
her at her home. He also said that
she continued to live In her home, but
that he never had called on her there
until she removed to rooms on Main
street Bait Lake.
Mr. Taylor asked Mr. Roberts If he
knew that Maggie Ship Roberts lived
In a house where lived her divorced
husband and two of hla divorce!
wives. Mr. Roberta aald he was
aware of that fact.
Question were asked respecting Mr.
Roberts' views regarding the mani
festo of 1830 regarding plural wive?
and living In polygamous cohabitation
and tho witness said hat he regarded
the manifesto a an administration
act of the church of binding force upr
on all member. VJfle admitted that to
disobey any of these laws would sub
ject the members to liability to church
discipline.
(Continued on Page I.)
TORONTO FIRE LEAVES LOSS. AND
SUFFERING IN AWFUL RED
HOT WAKE
Flames Rage During Entire Night in the
Busiest Centers of the City Entailing
Loss of Over $10,000,000.
Aid From Surrounding Cities Arrives Too Late to Be of Any Real
Importance Steady Wind All that Saves City From Total
Destruction, as Sudden Shift Would Have Proved
Generally Fatal.
te Price To A
Do Yon Udow What That Means?
A bojr can buy a Suit of Clothes
from our immense stock, i"d get
as good a bargain and us good a
fit as though his father made the
selection. , t " '- .
Fair and honorable tratmeut
and the Lowest Prices consistent
with Honest Goods have .givt n
our store the reputation of being
the Leading Clothing house of
the city.
Pa An
Toronto, April 20. Revised esti
mates of the loss place It at $10,000,000
with f7.000.000 Insurance. One hun
dred and fourteen buildings were de
stroyed, and It Is estimated that 8000
people are thrown out of employment.
Toronto, Ont, April 20. -The fire
that raged throughout the night and
up to an early hour today In Toronto's
wholesale and retail business district,
waa the most disastrous In the history
of the city. The total loss Is conserva
tively estimated between $5,000,000 and
$(,000,000. The principal warehouses
of the city were reduced to ashes and
nearly 250 firms were but out of busi
ness. The area covered by the Are is
three blocks In length and varies from
half a block to two blocks In width.
Every building on Bay street, from
Mellnda street southward to the water
front, were wiped out and the fire
spread on Wellington end Front streets,
along the waterfront from this section
and the Ksplamade along the water
front from this section with Bay street
for a boundary for a few hunted feet
to a whole block.
Early In the evening when the fire
assumed alarming proportions, appeals!
for assistance were sent to London,
Hamilton, Montreal and Kuffalo. Spe
cial trains were at once started from
these points, but It was long after
midnight before the flist of them be
gun to arrive, and In the meantime the
local firemen were having the tight of
their lives.
From the time the tire started on the
north side of Wellington street, a short
distance east of Bay street, In the E. A
S. Currle manufacturing plant, till it
burned Itself out at daybreak, there
was not a moment when a shift of the
wind to the northward would not have
resulted In the destruction of the
greater part of the city.
The fire started In the elevator shaft
In the rear of the Currle building.
Then the names spread across the
street to Brown Bros., and from there
east to Bay street. The wind, which
had been brisk, Increased to a gale.
A general alurm was sounded, but be
fore all the firemen had reached the
vene. the fire had leaped to the high
buildings occupied by Anley & Co., and
Pugsley, Dlngman & Co. Then Suck
ling & Co.'s building adjoining Currle's
caught fire. Almost simultaneously
names began to shoot out from the
Brown building and the firemen were
compelled to divide their forces. The
roof of Dlngman & Moneypenney's
building, on the northwest corner of
Bay and Wellington streets, was the
next place to burst Into flames. In an
Incredibly short time Suckling's, Cur
rle's, Brown's and Dlngman & Money
penny's were all a mass of flames and
the streams of water thrown Into them
had no apparent effeet
The Bale Manufacturing Company's
Immense plant In the rear of Anley
Company, waa the next to fall prey to
the flames, and shortly afterward the
Homes on the east side ot Dlngman
Moneypenny's were carried across to
the east side of Bay to the Office
Specialty building.
It was here that the firemen made a
desperate stand to check the progress
of the flames northward In the heart
of the city. They won, but not until
they had lost considerable by the
flames, which were now sweeping down
Bay street toward the river front The
office of the Evening Telegram, the
next building north of the Office Spe
cialty building, was slightly damageJ
in the two hours' fight with the rag
ing flames.
In the meantime the Immense ware
house of the W, R. Brock Company, on
the southwest comer of Bay and Well
ington streets, was being subjected to
the Intense heat from the burning
Brown building, on the east, and the
Dlngmun & Moneypenny building op
posite, with scarcely a stream of water
playing upon them. The big wooden
watertank on the roof caught Are, but
In some strange manner the building
Itself escaped destruction for the time
being. The fire cut Its way through
the rear of Brown Bros.' building,
which faces on Front street, the first
street south of Wellington.
In a brief space of time Front street,
on both sides, waa like a roaring fur
nace. For over half an hour the fire
In Front street burned fiercely, prac
tically unchecked. It then began to
wrk Its way back upon Bay street,
Gordon. Mac Kay A Col's warehouse
serving as fueL A few minutes before,
the Canadian Rubber Company's plant
started to burn. While It lasted this
furnished the hottest and fiercest con
flagration of the night The flames,
shooting hundreds of feet Into the air
and scattering great masses of sparks
and cinders on every side,, continued
north on Bay street until a complete
circle of Ore had formed around the
Brock building on the southwest cor
ner of Bay and Wellington streets,
over which the flumes had hurled in
their first dash south. The Brock
i
building was soon In ashes.
It was only the Intervening park that
saved the Queen's hotel, one of the
finest hostelrles In the country. The
guests hurriedly left and everything
portable was removed from the hotel
The flames leaped across Bay street
In half a dozen places, and shortly be
fore midnight It became apparent that
the whole block south of East Welling
ton street was doomed.
The Oordon-MacKay building, on the
northwest corner of Front and Bay
streets, which for nearly 70 years was
one of the finest In the city, made a
fierce blase. The Copp-Clark building
and Warwick Bros, and Rutter's were
destroyed at about the same time. The
heat was so great and the smoke and
flying embers so thick that the fire
men were helpless and, could not get
near enough to the Are to play a single
stream on it.
To add to the terrifying scene came
a bombardment of explosions giant
firecrackers and fireworks stored in the
Copp-Clark building. The flre next
leaped across Front street to the Mc
Phersoh Bros.' boot and shoe ware
house and the adjoining building.
In 4a minutes the flames had leveled
every building between Front street
and the Esplanade, on the west side of
Bay street. .
The firemen, who had been forced to
retreat slowly on Front street and the
Esplanade, concentrated their forces
and made another desperate stand;
they failed this time. The flames leaped
across the street below and destroyed
McLaughlin & Co.'s flour mills at the
southwest corner of Bay street and1
Front From there the fire took an
easterly course towards Tonge street
and dangerously near the wharves. On
the southwest it burned itself out for
lack of fuel. The flames were nlsc
spreading toward the east along both
sides of Front street and the east sldt
of Wellington street.
At 1 o'clock the Eddy warehouse, the
Lincoln paper mills warehouse and th
Klelnerle Rubber Co.'s warehouse or
the north side of Front street were
burning.
On the south side the warehouse of
IL S. Howland Sons A Co., the Dogg'r
Paint Company and the Dodge BpHt
Pulley Company were burning.
On West Wellington street, opposite
the Brock building-, Wyland Bark's
warehouse, Bun Tin Reld Company's
store, the warehouses of W, ft L.
Samuel Benjamin Company, A. Brad
shaw A Sons, Kilgour Bros, and the
Union bank were destroyed. The
custom-house, a four-story stone
building at the comer of Tonge and
Front streets, was the barrier that
stopped the progress of the flames to
ward the eastern end of Front street
Tons of water were thrown against the
sides of the custom bouse. That struc
ture was not seriously damaged.
Dynamite was used on several small
buildings. ";''
Hundreds of streams of water are
still being poured Into Immense de
posits of glowing; embers, but the flre
has spent Itself and all danger has
passed.
ALL IS QUIET
ALONG THE
YALU
Japanese are Throwing up Ert-
Trenchmenfs Opposite Golutz-
Ky and also Further to
the North. r
Troops of Orientals are Increas
ing In Numbers Wiju Being
Central Point
BRYAN NOT AFRAID.
Believes That Only Crooked Work Will
Nominate Parksr.
Lincoln, April 20. W. J. Bryan gave
to the press the following statement
concerning the action of the New Tork
democratic state convention:
'1 do not think the instructions will
give Judge Parker any additional
strength, but the platform adopted by
the convention ought to prevent his
nomination unless the democrats.
when they assemble at St Louis, de
cide to work a confidence game upon
the people." - I
MEETING IN HOLY LAND.
Sunday School Convention Begins 8es-
sions in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem (Monday), April 18. De
layed In transmission. The world's
fourth Sunday school convention
opened today In a huge tent outside of
Herod's gate. Arch Deacon Sinclair
delivered the opening sermon. 4
The attendance Included 800 Amer
icans and 500 British. E. K. Warren
has been elected president of the con
vention. Numerous Turkish officials,
Greek, Roman Catholic, Jewish and
other priests are honored guests of the
delegates.
BASEBALL SCORES.
Pacific Coast
At San Francisco Tacoma 1, Oak
land 0.
At Los Angles Los Angeles 2. San
Francisco 5.
American. '
At Chicago Chicago 4, Detroit 3.
National.
At Cincinnati Cincinnati t. Pitts
burg 4.
LIGHTS OF TRANSPORTS SEEM
Cossack Sentinels Observe Ma
neuvers of the Enemy, Trans
ports and Other Vexiteta
Being on the Move.
St. Petersburg, April 20. General
Kuxopatkin has sent the following
telegram to the emperor:
"General Kashtalinsky reports aa
follows on April 19:
"All Is quiet on the Talu. The Jap
anese are throwing up entrench mezita
opposite Golutzy and further ta the
north. The numbers of the Ja
troops are increasing. They are
sentraUng at Wiju and spreading;
north along the Talu.
"'Cossack sentinels have obeerTcd
the lights of the Japanese transport
near Chlng-Tai-Is, opposite th vVL
lage of Po tonga, 25 versts west of Ta
tungkau. The vessels were anchored
at a distance of so versts from shore.
" 'According to dispatches from Gen
era! Mistchenko, Japanese ships wen
also seen near Sou Chou.' '
Quiet in Far East. .
St Petersburg,' April 20. The" gen-"
era! staff has Issued the following
statement:
"According to official reports all has
been quiet at Port Arthur and Ylnltow
and on the Talu river during the last
few days."
Wants More Men. . ' (
Paris, April 20. The St Petersburg
correspondent of the Journal says that
a friend of General Kuropatkln has re
ceived a letter from him in which Use
general says that he intends to await
the arrival of another 100,000 men be
fore risking a battle with the Japanese.
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We have the largest stock of summer shirt
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from the daintiest China Silk and Lawn to the
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We are showing in the new dress goods and
trimmings all that the new styles demand.
In Millinery we lead. We are showing the
newest Pattern and Tailor-made Hate.
Our shoe department is in keeping with the
rest of the store.
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