I AN
THEATRE
Famous Old Play Bouse
Burned.
,FIRE SEEN TOO LATE
Firs Brigade Worked Heroically
But the Fire Had Too Good
a Start
THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE
Tht Theatre Had Bn Clowd Since
tht Pantomlne Season Ended
It Wti to Have Been Reopened
Again on April IB.
LONDON, March 25.-Drury Lane
theatre, one of the most famous in
London, wai completely destroyed
by fire early this morning. While
the interior of the theatre ia destroy
ed and outside at well at the whole
interior is badly damaged. The flames
were first discovered about 4 o'clock
this morning bursting from the win
dows. It was then too late to save
the structure which burned fiercely
despite all the efforts of the fire
brigade. There was no loss of life.
The theatre has been closed since the
pantomine season ended. It. was to
have been reopened on April 18. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
CHILDREN'S HOME.
Receives Gift of $70,000 From Child
less Couple.
CHICAGO, Ma7"24.-Through the
interest aroused in the hearts of a
childless old couple by a 12 year old
orphan girl the Illinois Children's
Home and Aid Society has been en
riched by a gift of $70,000. By this
gift the long delayed dream of an in
dustrial home for orphan girls has
bcome a reality and the resources
of the society are doubled.
Four years ago A. B. Judy, a weal
thy farmer residing near Petomac,
III., and his wife adopted a little or
phan from one of the homes of the
society. Through their interest in
their adopted daughter they were
led to study juvenile charitable so
cieties and Mr. Judy conceived the
project of building a memorial school
for orphans.
Further Mr. Judy proposes to de
vote to the society 400 acres of choice
farming land valued at $150 an acre,
himself and wife to retain a life inter
est in the lnnd except ten acres which
with a beautiful grove of hard wood
timber is to go with the building to
the society. The income from the
land is to form the endowment fund
for maintainer.ee of the school. The
contract for the transfer has been
completed and today -the property
which the society holds virtually
amounts to $140,000 as against $70,
000 yesterday and $10,000 ten years
ago.' . .
The new home is midway between
Potomac and Ellis, 111.
NINTH GRANDCHILD.
Disarranges Plana for Distribution of
Millionaires Property.
CHICAGO, Mar. 24. An event of
great importance to the family of the
late Otto Young occured Sunday
night in the birth of a boy to Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel K. Martin. The boy
Jh the ninth grand child to share the
iiiiima ii.il w T liiw aiawa t waa
the birth of this, their first child, the
Martins under the terms of the will,
had no claims on the fortune beyond
Mrs. Martin's life' interest in its in
come, now they have an' heir whose
prospects are worth at least $,3,000,
000. It is the first young grandchild
to be born into its own rights since
the death of Mr. Young.
The importance of the event to the
four branches of the family arises
from the. peculiar provisions of Mr
Young's will, In his testament, Mr.
Young directed that his widow and
four daughters be given practically
the entire income from his estate but
the principal, amounting at the time
of his death to $25,000,000 he left to
be divided equally among his grand
children. To the family with the
most children thereby will receive
the most money and the one with
none living at the time of the dlstri
button will not shire.
The birth of the Martin baby had
the effect of disarranging calculations
in the families of the other three
daughters. The prospective share of
the family of Mrs. Marie Julia Young
Kauffman of Marquette, Mich, who
is in the lead with five children was
decreased by the event from five
eights to five ninth of the estate a
loss approximately of $1,875,000, The
future share of the family of Mrs.
Cecite Young Keyworth, with two
children declined from 25 to 22 per
cent while that of Mrs. Catherine
Young Hobart, one child fell off
some $375,000.
An addition to any of these three
families will help it to regain the
loss of prestige suffered through the
event in the Martin family. At the
same time a repetition in the Martin
family will enhance its prospects and
still further reduce the others.
SLAYER QF SHERIFF
Half a Hundred Cowboys In Pur
suit of the Murderer.
DEAD OFFICER WELL KNOWN
The Man Who Did the Shooting Was
Horsethief Whom the Sheriff
Had Arrested The Sheriff Was
Relentless in Pursuit of Thieves.
HELENA, March 24. Half a hun
dred cowboys in pursuit of the mur
derer of Sheriff James Webb, of Yel
lowstone county, who was killed on
the Musscll Shell near Billings by
William Byckfound, a horsethief,
who was wanted in Wyoming, whom
Webb had arrested. The dead officer
was known as one of the best and
most fearless men in the State. He
served six years as a stock detective
and arrested many "bad" men, some
of whom he chased from one end of
the state to the other before getting
them. His relentless pursuit of stock
thieves made him many enemies and
his life was often threatened.
INCENDIARY FIRES.
CHICAGO, Mar, 24. The fourth
fire of supposed incendiar origin in
Joliet within 24 hours occurred last
night and, like the fire Sunday
night seemed to be directed against
one of the leaders of the l"cal option
fight. The fire occured in the plant
of the Illinois Match Company which
is owned by Col. Fred Bennett, the
leader of the "drys"
The fire last night which followed
the fires in the Ruby Grain Elevator,
the Leach Windmill plant and the
Hardy Machine Shops started in the
drying room of the Match Company's
plant within ten minutes after the
night watchman had passed through
his room on his inspection tour. The
loss was comparatively small but two
hundred employes in the factory will
be thrown out of work for a month.
This fact led to a crowd of angry
workmen making . threats if the in
cendiaries are found.
A number of arrests have been
made.
MAY COMM
UTE
SENTENCE
Fate of Orchard Under Advisement.
JUDGE WOOD HOPEFUL
What Action the State Board of
Pardons Will Take Cannot
be Surmised.
COULD BE OF USE TO STATE
If Orchard is Sincere, in the State
ment he Makes That he Desires to
Make All Posaiblc Reparation, he
Should be Willing to Live.
BOISE, March 24,-What action
the state board of pardons will take
when it meets April 1 in regard to
the recommendation of Judge Fre
mont Wood to commute the sentence
of death to life imprisonment in the
case of Harry Orchard cannot even
be surmised. It is the general im
pression however that the action rec
ommended by Wood will be followed.
Judge Wood expresses confidence
that the sentence will be commuted.
Today it was suggested to Judge
Wood that Orchard has stated that
he prefers death to life imprisonment.
Wood replied: "If Orchard is sincere
in the statement that he desires to
make all possible reparation for
his crimes he should be witling to
live if there is a possibility of his be
ing of further service to the state.
If Orchard be hanged nothing would
prevent Jack Simpkins from walking
the streets of any Idaho town with
impunity.
INSUFFICIENT DAMAGES.
NEW YORK,Mar. 24.-When a
jury in the supreme court at White
Plains yesterday brought in a verdict
for $2,000 damabes against the New
York City Railway Company in a suit
brought in behalf of Patrick Moran, a
boy of fourteen for the loss of a foot,
Judge Morschauscr sent the jury
back for further deliberation. "I do
not think the amount is sufficient"
said the judge. "If you find for the
plaintiff at all I think you must figure
on the amount which will compen
sate the boy for the loss of his foot
and his suffering. If you find there
was contrihutary negligence, then
you must find for the company."
The jury after going out the second
time, returned an hous later with a
verdict of $8,000 for the plaintiff. He
sued through his mother as guardian
for $75,000.
GAVE POSSE THE SLIP.
RENO, March 24. The bandits
who held up Edward Hoffman, the
manager of the Coalition Mine near
Rawhide Sunday and who were sur
rounded by a posse that night gave
their pursuers the slip and escaped
to the southward. It is thought they
headed for Death Valley. The posse
is still in pursuit but with little hope
of a capture.
REPORT UNTRUE.
LEXINGTON, March 24.-A re
port is in circulation today of a set
tlement having been reached between
the American Society, of Equity and
the American Tobacco Co., was de
nied at the office of the secretary of
the Equity Society in Winchester
this afternoon, the ' statement being
that there was nothing in it.
DEFECTIVE RAILS.
Forty People Hurt by Trolley Lea?
ing the Rails.
DETROIT, March 24. -Over a
score were injured this afternoon,
two of them seriously, and nearly an
other score received minor hurts
when an interurban car on the Ann
Arbor branch of the Detroit United
Railways in-bound was derailed by
defective rails and plowed across a
brick pavement into a store building.
The car was wrecked and the front
of the building demolished.
TO GIVE BOY A HOME.
SPOKANE, March 24.-"Jesse
Hart," the boy suspected of being
Cecil Brittan, the kidnapped Oregon
boy, has mystified R. L Brittan, the
father of the stolen child. Brittan
was at first positive that the boy was
his son, bnt the boy insists that he is
Jesse Hart and his story is backed up
by Mrs. L. M. Hert, a variety actress
of Wallace, Idaho. The lad is strong
ly like Cecil and is familar with the
Wild Seven Devils region and the
tollgate country as the lost boy
would be likely to be. Brittan is now
planning to take the boy and give
him a home.
BOXING CLUB.
LOS ANGELES, March 24. -The
Jeffries Athletic Club was formed
here today for the purpose of holding
25-round bouts at Vernon. James J.
Jeffries is president of the club and
will referee the fights. The club in
tends to hold its first bout during the
week in which Admiral Evans' fleet is
in Los Angeles ports.
FORCE REPUBLICANS
To Some Action on Employers'
Liability Law.
DEMOCRATIC' FILIBUSTERING
A General Debate on the Agricul
tural Appropriation Bill Continued
Throughout the Day Except for' a
Brief Time When Sulser Spoke.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The
determination to conduct a filibuster
on all occasions where an opportun
ity presents itself in order to force
the Republicans to some action on
the employers' liability law and other
measures is deemed necessary of
enactment was announced by Wil
liams, the minority leader in the
House today during the consideration
of the agricultural bill. He said he
had waited until today to see some
evidences of their intention to tran
sact business which the people are
demanding but finding none, he had
reached the conclusion that the time
was ripe to force the hand of the
Republican party. The Democrats
cheered the announcement. A gen
eral debate on the agricultural appro
priation bill continued throughout the
day except for a brief time when Sul-
zer by way of retaliation for the ac
tion of the House yesterday in elimi
nating from the record his speech of
Saturday last sought- to have ex
punged some remarks of Dalzell re
garding the rules. In fact, however,
he was unsuccessful. Many demo
crats refrained from supporting his
proposition.
MATRIMONY 1
NEW YORK, March 24.-Some-what
peculiar circumstances attend
the engagement of Miss Mildred
Barnes to Robert Woods Bliss, sec
retary of the American Legation at
Brussels just announced. Miss Barnes
is the daughter of Mrs. Wm. H. Bliss
second wife of Wm. H. Bliss, who is
the prospective groom's father. Some
years ago the elder Mr. Bliss, then a
widower, with one son, married Miss
Barnes' mother, after the death of the
bride's father..
INVITATIONS
ACCEPTED
The Battleship Fleet Wtil
Visit China.
SOCIAL CALLS LIMITED
All Other Invitations Should Any
be Extended Will be Declined
With Thanks.
A CABINET SESSION DECIDES
The Fleet Must be Home on Wash
ington's Birthday so That President
Roosevelt Can Participate in the
Welcome 10 Days Before he Retires
WASHINGTON, March 24. -The
battleship fleet will visit China as
well as Australia and Japan and be
home on Washington's birthday so
that President Roosevelt may par
ticipate in the welcome before his re
tirement which occurs 10 days later.
In deciding at the cabinet session to
day to accept the invitation extended
by China it was also determined that
the limit of social calls had been
reached and that all other invitations,
should any be extended, will be de
clined with appreciative and regretful
thanks.
ISSUE STATEMENT TODAY.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal
March 24 Professor Clark, chairman
of the student affairs committee, an
nounced this evening he would issue
a statement tomorrow morning in
regard to the cases now under inves
tigation. He gives no intimation of
the committee's probable action. It
is surmised by the students that at
least a part of the 247 will be dis
missed. "
President Jordan, president of the
university, refuses to talk on the
question. The original 12 students
suspended have prepared an appeal
to Jordan if the committee will not
reinstate them tomorrow. No stu
dent body meeting will be held until
the decision is announced.
The statement made by Professor
Whitaker, a member of the student
affairs committee in a formal address
today is taken by the students to in
dicate that the decision of the com
mittee tomorrow will be for the sus
pension of the 247 students who have
confessed to participation in the
parade. Professor Whitaker said in
effect that it was only natural that
the 247 should be suspended as they
were as guilty as the twelve already
suspended by the committee.
SUICIDE BY GAS.
NEW YORK, March 24. -While
John A, Cisco, an aged retired bank
er, lay dying of pneumonia in his resi
dence on 40th street near Fifth ave
nue, his wife, worn out by her de
voted attendance upon him and
shocked by the verdict of physicians
that he could not recover, committed
suicide last night in an adjoining
room room by turning on the gas.
Mr. Cisco's condition is so critical
that he has not been informed of his
wife's death. Mrs. Cisco was 70 years
of age and the couple had been mar
ried nearly half a century.
, SEA DUTY.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Lieui
tenant-Commander Logan, secretary
of the general board of the navy, has
been assigned to duty as navigator of
the battleship Idaho. '
DEFECTS IN PUBLIC BUILDING
NEW YORK, March 24.-Defects
in the new custom house recently
completed in Bowling Green and oc
cupied by various federal government
offices were reported yesterday.
Cracks have developed in two large
columns flanking the main entrance
on either side. Their material, Ital
ian marble, has failed to withstand
the rigors of a New York winter.
Workmen yesterday were engaged in
encasing them and in erecting props
for the arch which they help support
They are likely, it is said, to be re
placed by columns of American
granite.
CURRENCY BILL ADVANCED.
WASHINGTON, March 24. -The
currency bill was practically given
the exclusive right of way in the
Senate today until it is finally dis
posed of, by the announcement that
Senator Aldrich that he would move
tomorrow to give it that status in
the Senate. La Follette concluded
the third instatement of his speech
on the currency bill A question
brought out the statement by Aid
rich to the effect that he hopes to see
the creation of a joint commission of
the Senate and of the House author
ized to consider a permanent cur-'
rency reform. '.''' -; "
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HELD FOR TRIAL.
NEW YORK, March 24.-Wm. K.
Vanderbilt, Jr., was arraigned before
Justice Olmsted in the court of
special sessions yesterday on the
charge of speeding his automobile.
Mr. Vanderbilt pleaded not guilty to
the charge. The case was adjourned
and Justice Olmstead held the de-.
fendant in $100 bail.
REACHES THE COAST
American Car Arrived In San
Francisco Yesterday.
WAS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE
The Car Will be Thoroughly Over
hauled and All Repairs Made and
Will be Shipped to Valdez on the
First Boat
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.
The American car in the New York
to Paris automobile race reached the
ferry slip and was driven aboard the
ferry at 3:37 this afternoon. Twenty
minutes later it was rolling along
Market street accompanied by no
less than two hundred other auto
mobiles. The car will remain here
several days, undergoing numerous
repairs and a thorough overhauling.
It is not badly damaged, apparently,
by the trip across the continent It
will be taken from here to Valdei by
steamer. The time for leaving here
has not been definitely settled but it
may not be able to start until the
early part of May.
TERRITORIAL CONVENTION.
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 24.-The
democratic territorial central com
mittee has met in Phoenix and fixed
May 28 as the time and Tucson as
the place for holding the territorial
convention to elect delegates to the
Denver convention. The republican
convention has been called for April
8 at Tucson.
REPUDIATES HIS VOTE.
CHICAGO, March 24. A despatch
to the Tribune from Peoria, 111., says:
A. W. White, a juror in the case of
Jac P. Nau vs. the Standard Oil Co.,
yesetrday repudiated the vote he had
cost giving the plaintiff $8000 dam
ages thereby necessitating a new
trial. Nau sued for $25,000 damages.
White was one of two jurors who ,
held out against the plaintiff until the
court refused to accept disagreement.