VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1899
NO 313
HOLOCAUST
AT HEW YORK
TiMta Liyes Lost in a Fire Which
.ComDletelY Destroyed Two Fine
Residences.
FOUR PERSONS
BADLY HURT
Explosion in the Andrews House Started
the Blaze, Which Soon Spread to the
Adams House Heroic Efforts of
Firemen to Save Lives.
New Yobk, April 7. Fourteen persons
met death, four were seriously injured,
and others slightly injured in a fire which,
at an early hour this morning, destroyed
the five-story dntll'ng, 2 East Sixty-eev-enth
street, the home of Wallace
Andrews, president of the New York
Steam Healing Company, 'and the five
etory brownstone house of Albert Adams,
3 East Sixty-eighth street.
The first fire was discovered about 2
a. m. A policeman was passing in front
of the Havcmeyer residence, in East
Sixty-sixth street, when he heard an ex
plosion and saw a great flash of light on
Sixty-seventh street. He ran thither
with all speed. When he arrived, the
flames were shooting out of the upper
floors of the Andrews bouse. The police
man tried to get into the house to arouse
the occupants. He was driven back by
the flames. He then turned in an alarm,
and returning got the people out of V. H.
Rothschild's house cloee by. Next to
the Adams house was the handsome tour
ctory brownstone home of H. O. Armour,
of the Chicago firm of packers. Next to
that is the home of Perry Belmont. Di
rectly opposite this is the house of George
J. Gould.
With the arrival of the first engine
company the value of the property
threatened was apparent, and a second
alarm were turned in. While some fire
men fought the flames with hose and
chemicals, others rushed into t'.ia Roth
schild's house, and from there into the
Andrews house by way of the rear win
dows, but they were too late, for in the
middle room oi this floor the firemen
stumbled over the bodies of Mrs. St.
John and Wallace, her 3 -year-old child
The child was dead, but Mrs. St, John,
was still alive and gasping tor- breath.
A fireman picked her up and staggered
with her to the Rothschilds house,' but
she died as she waa being carried in.
Mrs. St. John and her three children
were all on the third floor. '
The servants of Andrews were on the
fourth, or top floor. Alice White leaped
from the window to the extension, which
rose to the third floor. She was found
there unconscious. Jennie Burns, an
other servant, jumped from the same
window to the extension. She crushed
in her skull and is in a critical condition.
Nellie Bolland, the kitchen maid ; Mary
Flanagan, parlor maid, Annie Neary;
and Eva Peterson, the four remaining
servants, were later found dead on the
fourth floor.
After the firemen had rescued Alice
" White and Jennie Burns from the roof
of the extension, just before the flames
reached that locality, another desperate
effort waa made to get into the Andrews
borne, but the conflagration bad gained
an extraordinary hold, and it was impos
sible to force an entrance. A strong
wind blowing from the south, swept the
flames north.
On the rortb side of Sixty-ninth street
was the handsome home of Albert J. Ad
ams, the millionaire sporting man. His
family bad been aroused by the tumult.
A servant opened the front window, and
a gust of wind swept the fire in through
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the open window.' The Adams house
then began to blaze fiercely.
Killed by Nitric Acid.
Elgin, April 6. A young child of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Page died in great
agony Monday, from the effect of a doee
of nitric acid administered by another
child a few years older. The acid was
being given in a diluted form to the
children .for the whooping cough. Dur
ing the absence of the mother from the
house, the older child climbed upon a
cupboard, got the bottle and gave the
little one a dose of the undiluted acid,
with' the result that it died after 12
hours of intense agony.
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by local applications, as they cannot
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There is only'one way to cure deafnesp
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Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
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unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, bearing will be destroyed for
ever ; nine cages out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. -
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DEWEY SOON "
TO COME HOME.
Will
Return with Members of the
Philippine Commission.
Chicago, April 7. A- special to the
Tribune from Washington says: With
in a tew months Admiral Dewey will be
back on American soil, if all goes well,
and. will then be given the welcome he
earned nearly a year ago in Manila Cay.
He will not be recalled, as such action
might be construed as a mark of dissatis
faction with Lis recent actions, and
might encourage the Filipinos. . An
intimation hag been conveyed to him,
quite unofficially, of course, that work of
the navy in the Philippines is over, sj
far aa fleet movements are concerned,
and that the minute he asks for shore
duty the request will be granted.
It is understood Admiral Dewey is
ready to come home so far as naval da
ties are concerned, bat he prefers to
finish the work of the Philippines com
mission and come home with Chairman
Schruman and ex-Minister Denby.
Within a short time the rainy season
will prevent active military operations,
so that the commission will settle down
to a consideration of the civil adminis
trative feature of the problem.
It is believed that the commission will
be ready to sail, possibly by July J, and
certainly before September 1.
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Clereland Bicycle.
There may be other standards but the
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than quality. See them at
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'Puke
ALGER WILL
RESIGN.
His Place Will Be Taten ly General
Warren Hastings.
CHANGE TO BE
' MADE SHORTLY.
American Delegates to the International
Disarmament Conference Have
Been Named.
Washington, April 6. Secretary Al
ger, will be forced to resign as soon as he
returns from Cuba and his place will be
taken by General Warren Hastings,
who was the commander of President
McKinley in tbe war of the rebellion
This comes from administration circles
and is definite. The matter was settled
eome time ago at a conference be'
tween the president and bis advisers,
and it can be said that a hew secretary
of war will be installed within a few
weeks.
For the Czar's Conference.
Washington, April 6. The secretary
of state has announced the personnel of
the United States delegation to the die-
armament convention, which will meet
at Tbe Hague in the latter part of Ma
The delegation consists of Andrew P
White, Uojteq Stfttea ambaFBador at
Berlin ; Stanford Newel, United States
minister to the Netherlands; President
Seth Low, of Columbia university. New
York; Captain William Crozier, ordi
nance department, U. S. A., and Cap
tain A. T. Mahan, retired, U. S. A.
Frederick William Holtz, of New York,
will be secretary of the delegation.
Tbe American commission, as a whole,
is regarded as an exceptionally strong
body, being made up of men well known,
not only in public and political life, but
in tbe world of letters and international
affaire. They are all meg of scholarship,
una linguists, ahd those attainments
helpful in a congress representing the
nations of the world,' conducted under
the diplomatic usages which makes
French tbe accepted language.
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Long Cbeek, April 6. Ealban Hon
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cattleman, is in northern Grant county
for the purpose of purchasing 400 head
of mixed cattle. He said yesterday that
he was not meeting with success, as
owne'8 are disposed to make contracts.
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