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7 1 12 Pages. -v- VOL. XLIV-O. 13.C0&. II MAY SAVE MANY LIVES i Tohble Passage cftb Tcncccst-Hoise Bill Now la its Legislature.

HALL THAXSOMS ARE FORBIDDES Opposition Now Only Directed Against Provlalona aa Opea Areas ad Solid Walls Ban. tary- Precast Ions. The friends ci tenement-house reform 'In VirTork and public-spirited dtlsens gen-trily. are interested In the success of the legislative measures growing out of the In-vestigalons of the Tenement-House' Committee, of which Mr. Richard Watson Glider was Chairman.

There arc four of these measures. What la retarded by many aa the moat Important la stlU before the Legislature. Soma cpposltkm haa bea manifested to ward It by builders and other interested persons, hut the provisions, embodying aa they do tha practical results of the careful investigation of tha Tenement-House Committee, contain ao much that la regarded aa of eaaentlal reform In tenement-house construction that little doubt la entertained, of the passage of tha blU. It la believed that many live will eared If It roes Into effect. I The bill provides for an Increase In tha sanitary force, for safeguards against Bra la existing tenements, and for Improved construction In point of light, ventilation, and safety from fire and smoke In future tenements.

The bill has been changed In various features since Its Introduction, after consulta-tloo and conference. It hoped, the bill will now be puubed to enactment. 7 Under tha bill, all double-deck tenements In which there are four families on a floor must have fire-proof staircases. The walla tenements must be solid, or be filled In solid. This Is aa Inexpensive but Important reform In point of fire protection.

The bill does not forbid transoms over doors from room to room, but only over doors opening Into tha halls. This provision was at first opposed by Senator W. Reynolds of Brooklyn, who la a builder, on the ground that tha Board of Health had ordered transoms as a means of ventilation. It was explained to the Senator that this regulation of the Health Board was aimed at buildings constructed under the old law. In which there was no other means of communication between tha rooms and tha outer air.

In the new type of tenementa, tbe walls are cut In. thus giving air through outer windows and doing- away with the neceealty'fo'r tha transoms. It has been found that the transoms over "doors leading into tha halls -from tha living rooms are not only unsanitary. but arc a ource of the seatesttUtttareaao of The bill does not' drive bakeries out of tenements, but simply regulates the boiling or fat In these places, putting the pro- uw rira impair ment. This Is true also of places In tenementa for the storage of hay and feed.

The bill provides for fire-proof doors at every open.n Into dumb waiter shafta In tenementa It alao Immediately provldea that all doors, transoms, and windows leading from the halls of tenements Into bakeries in the basement, eellar, or on the first floor ahall be solidly Another Immediate provision la that all transoms and windows, but not doors, ahall be removed and closed when they lead from the halls of tenementa rnto rooms where paints, oils, drugs, or spirituous not malt) l.quora, are stored or kept for sale. The doors leading into theae places from the halls must be made fire-proof. The bill further provldea that hereafter only one thickness of paper can be on a tenement wall at a time, the wall to be scraped and cleaned before any wallpaper is put thereon. This la a sanitary precaution aa well as a precaution against tha spread of fire. The bill provldea.

that the basements of tenements cannot bo occupied as habitations unless they are two feet above the adjacent ground. Instead of one foot, as heretofore. There must be an open area In front of the basements of tenements. These are the chief provisions of the blft. Opposition Is now only directed to any extent against the provlalona aa to open areas and solid walla la general, tha bill Is de-iroed to help the Health Department la carrying on Its work.

The important of the bill Is Indicated by the fyet that 63 per cent, of the fires In were In tenements, which compose SI per tent, of all tha bulld-Inrs In tbe city. Two measures prepared by tha Tenement House Committee have passed the Lerls-jsture and are In the hands of Mayor Mrong. Ha haa not set a day for a hearing. Thev are the East Side 8mall Parka bill and the Bchoo! Play Grounds bill. The School Play Grounds bill provides" that hereafter no achoolhouse shall be constructed in New-York without an open-si? 10 of ud la conaeo-tion with the school.

The advantage of the bill Is that If It Is convenient to have a playground attached can be la the neighborhood and accessible, and atlU come within the meaning of the act. By the wordlnr of -ne masure it doea not apply to buildings temporarily used for schools. Jh. 8m' prk provides i KZaL goT nd Catharine bireet and south of Fourth Street. Thia is mot crowded neighborhood la tha contains 825.000 persona.

The T0 'Pend M.Ooo.000 within thrt Tars on these parks. This Is no more than the 11.000,000 a fy lrrlX by the Small Parks of 1W7. but the present measure haVtba Jvanuge of making It impossible for the tv to neglect Its duty In thlsi respect. The terms of the act are such that on these parks may be situated either public schools or publio school playgrounds or rau-nlolpsJ baths. This the first time that municipal baths have been directly auther- i.

with pubUo parks la this VJtyL xcPt Implication In the Small ese smaU parks mty th act. around existing The Tenement-House Com-mt'w 'Tnln the bill, expressed the hope that Wouo.iwo would aufflca for mora than two parka vmnw0f th Tenement-House Committee's bm Uw- provides for eomsletlng the construction of the three small parks created by the act of lhS7. The proposed parks are: Mulberry Bend Park. Hounded by Mulberry. Bayard, and Baxter f.

Row5 8L Joba's Park, in Ward; East -River Extension t. bounded by Avenue B. the Harlem nd East Rivers, and East Eighty-sixth street. Only haa been epent In. getting these parks since 1887.

About 2.000.0U0 due for property condemned. The city already paying out money under this act. and the three parka wtll com into actual existence before very long. It Is oelleved. Mrs.

H. VT. Gilder. Chairman of th recent Tenement-Hous Committee haa mad an investigation of the four-story tenement ltW est Twcnty.nfth Street, where two persons were killed through a fire on March aa The tenement was radically defective," aid Mr. Odder yesterday.

in that there no fire escape. The spread of the fire accelerated by th wooden stairs and hoilow walls. Ths fir spread in a deadly rptd way from the front entry, up stairs. burned In the hollow walla and went tnrough the transoms. The Immediate r-iuse of death waa the illegal absence of t-rt ecapen- i On of the facts in the reporf of our eom-i fe waa the absence of tire escapes even Orally reouired.

Ther should julatlon In that direction. The L.jiartmenl now has discretion In WAS A PCUOIEIl FOR aia.xiUi&G lonnorem Doliert WalkeJ Cat I. ex Mrket Court sl X(nl Homo. -rA, Inquiry oAtfei! VV-. sflchael Doherty, who was prisoner charged with bavins; caused the death of James Carroll, walked out of the Eaaex Market PoUsa Court yesterday and leisurely made hla way back his home, 273 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn.

Ha was so long getting home that ha found a Brooklyn detective waiting for him, and he was rearrested. Doherty and Carroll, who lived at 151 Cherry Street, were longshoremen. Carroll was brought home last Friday with a wound tha back of his head. He died Friday night. An autopsy revealed a fracture, of the skuIL Doherty was arrested Saturday.

He was taken to the Essex Market PoUce Court by Policeman Andrew McCarthy of the Madison Street SUtlon yesterday morning. An examination waa aet down for next Wednesday, and Doherty waa held without ball. Policeman McCarthy secured the prisoner's commitment, and turned to lead him away to prison, but Doherty had gone. Policemen aent in every direction did not find the prisoner. The Brooklyn police officials were notified of Doherty'a escape, and Detective Sergeant Connors of th Central Offle squad was sent to Doherty horn In Plymouth 8treeC Doherty went Into th house and Connors followed.

How did you manage to escapeT the detective asked Doherty, "wny. i asked the man over In tha "and be told me I could go. and that must return on Tuesday. I then walked out of the court and went home. Doherty waa taken to Police Headquarters, where Inspector Mackellar turned him over to Policeman McCarthy.

i Doherty said, when was arrested the first time, that Carroll had caught bold of him while walking In South Street, and that a scuffle followed, and that finally they both fell to the sidewalk. He helped Carroll to his feet, he said, aet had no knowledge that Carroll was injured. An investigation will decide who la to blame for Doherty escape from the ARRESTED T1HILE 03 HIS BICYCLE Tower Held on the Chirp of Stalin i $350 i Diamond Ring frem In. Ljnch Then Ha Rode Around the World. Detective Charlea Heidelberg arraigned George F.

Tower of 243' West One Hundred and Thirtieth Street before Justice Simms, In the JeSarsoa Market Police Court, yesterday on a charge of ateallng a three-hundred-and-fifty-dollar diamond rtnc from Mrs. T. Lynch about eighteen months ago. Tower, who. was at that time connected with the -Tower Manufacturing Company, got the from Mrs.

Lynch on memorandum. He did not return it. and shortly -afterward left the city on a bicycle tour of the worlV He 'returned two weeks ago, and Mrs. Lynch reported the matter to the police. Heidelberg got a warrant, and on Saturn day night saw Tower riding through West One Hundred and Thirtieth Street on his 'He was accompanied by a young woman, who was alao riding a wheal.

The detective told Tower he' waa under arrest, and th young, woman rode away at a furious pace, Tower had on his bicycle clothes when erf raigiied yesterday. mH was-represented fey Lawyer said: Tour find myself in. a position. I am counsel for this young man, whom I have known a long time, end also for Mrs. Lynch.

I that this complaint will be as arrest was made owing -to a mlsunder-. "I have not the power to' allow you to withdraw th complaint," said Justice filmms. Very aald Mr. Mayer. As counsel for Mrs.

Lynch I ssk to have the defendant held for the Grand -Jury, and as counsel for th young man I ask your Honor to parol him in my custody." I will hold blm In for the action of the Grand Jury." replied the Justice. Tower waa locked up. FEIICH C0S8Dl6EIIRiLBsnriSRTEXlE rasnLUar Ofaetal Rtia ul aa Aathrtty a Osr Tavist. Oa the French' Line ateamar La Champagne, which arrived yesterday, was tha new Consul General of France for thia city, Francois E. Bniwaert.

Hla district will Include the States of New-York, Pennsylvania, Delaware. Maryland, New-Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Caro- Mr. Bruwaert has had experience in the French official service. He has been Con-' snl General In Chicago, and had charge of all the French exhibits at the World's Fair. After the close of the fair he was sent to Washington, where he served tha French Embassy in a commercial capacity Previoua to hla trip to France he lived In the country four years, and his visit was for the purpose of enlightening his Government regarding the working of the new tariff schedule, wl th which he was particularly familiar, having given much time to lta arudy during th period that It waa under consideration in the Senate and after It went Into effect.

Mr. Bruwaert la of gracious personality. He la Intimately acquainted with the dutlea of hla new position, and his friends predict a successful career for him. He will reside In this city. THE CHILBKEV HC1R0 TBE 8PLJIH Sheet fee Hla asd Their Father Was Saveel freaa Drswalag.

PrrTSBURa. March 24. Cyrus L. Rose, a member of the carpet firm of Bo-vard. Rose eV fell or jumped Into the Allegheny River from th Sixth Street Bridge this morning.

Mr. Rose says that his hat blew off, and In aa effort to recover It he Jumped upon tha guard rail, lost his balance, and His hat. however, waa picked up from the foot- walk of the bridge. Mr. Rose was on his way to church, accompanied by bis two daughters and a eon.

Th children were walking aneaa oc men-father, and knew nothing of the affair until they heard tne spiasn in tne river. Th children screamed and attracted assist ance. A yawl put out from a passing steamer and effected tne rescue. t. Theaaas'a Cat Bsysase, CleeeeL BATONNE.

N. March 24. Bishop Wls ger had published this morning an order closing St. Thomas's Roman Catholic Church of Bay on for' the second and probably last time. This Is tha church and pariah In which occurred th protracted controversy between th Ordinary' of th diocese and the Rev.

Father Thomas M. KItleea of St. ManTa Roman CathoUe Church of Bayonn" The order of to-day doea away With, the parish name of St. Thomas. In due time an adjustment of pariah linea la Bayonne la Drobable.

Worah'n In the narlsh will be concentrated at St. Henry's Rpmaa Catholic Church. Fewer Beats eat D. svaid B. Casuil.

8 RONDOUT. March 24. The employee of the Delaware and Hudson Company' have commenced getting the canal In for the season of 1893. and It la expected that business will be began by April It Is also stated that there wilt be only about 400 boats engaged In the transportation of coal this season, which will mak ih hn at. ness quite good for the lucky men who.

are retained In th company's employ. I ner wvrw avsoui uu noais carrying coal last year. but. owing to the railroads. It seems that so many are not necessary: Prior to thh war.

there were aa many as som wiping wu tae canal. f-YORK, MONDAY, PfiOTEST TO EMPHATIC There Will Be No Mistakifl the Coop- 5 er Unlet Meeting's Meanly. POLICE REFORM MCST EE REAL Certain Senators, It la Believed, Will Heed ttie Warn 1 ng Senator Cocieahall I Worried Talk: of Tammany DeaJ. The protest against the Platt-Lexow po lice which win 'be formulated i at Cooper Union Wednesday night, will doubt- leas be ta the! hands of the legislators be fore the session Thursday morning. It is on Thursday say tha bill kre to be driven throurh the senate.

The protest 1 from Cooner Union will. an. cording to present IntenUons, be emphatls. ana tnose who are in favor of real reform in the Police I Department of this tlty believe it cannot fail to act as a wiralnr ta certain Senators which will be heeded when the time cornea for votlns? on th bills. There will be a meeting- of the committee In charge of tils meeting at the.

Chamber of Commerce at p-30 o'clock to-day, when one or two more speakers msy be added to the list already published, and some of the Vice Presidents of the meeting will be selecced. This list will pe made a representative one, and will Include many of tha strongest name In the (dty In professional and busi ness life. Predictions were made yesterday that th Piatt' bills could not' tsAsM ths Rnf nn less th support of some of the Tammany senators rrora this city was secured. If they are passed by the Republican Sena tors, assisted by the Tammany men. It will be construed las an open deal between Piatt' and Tajmmany, In which the.

Tioga' statesman .1 be look-d on as one who barters with that organization to save his own neck. Seme of the anU-Platt men believe that a trjade of this sort may made. They say It the only thing, left for Piatt, and If he glvts tLe present corrupt system as the price of his temporary power, eellnsr against him Will rise to such a pitch aa did the feeling against Tammany last Fall. They would almost be willing to see the "deal go through. that' the position of Mr! PUtt might be clearly defined.

Two Of the Senators who will' have a vote on Thursday I were In this city yesterday. They were Coggeshall of Oneida County and Btapletonf of Madison, the latter one of the 'three "4 bJcked 'out' of the 'caucus traces last Thursday. Senator Cokffeshall called on Mr. Piatt yesterday, arernoon. He occupiea a peculiar position, land, while he has not given open enaence mat ne.

is in a rebellious frame bf mihd. it is 'said he haa' res-rota over" the nreient situation. TT. Who Mi on 'Oneida, a County for a reno ml nation and election. nextrfall.

He wanta to go' back til ataal anil, ufnn.t Lun kl UUUKU 1U harmony wit, the sentiment of Tha Piatt sentiment is said to be the strong- Chairman Charles W. the iT I t.Vu.u vuuauiKi uvea 'i tils Is of no particular -advantage to the Piatt' cause -in thai 'the Chair- pnan is one pi Jsr; Piatt's moat obedient servants. Mt Hackett ha liule opponeaU bf his own. land -the 'local difrrnra i which he- flg4res. might result In a net loss ta Mr Plat.

I liuak comes from (that county, is one ci Mr. Hlrl.ft nnknnant, A i following, arid Is -sometimes put down as the LeSsllture: -T" onator Coggeshall that aa uiiwl III HIV "s1" l1- The more clearly mat ne is rouowing Just muc rreater la the possibility ofidanger to his Senatorial head hla county. Thxra wai reports last night that Sena. tor Stanleto: VlSIt tO thiS dtV thia waalr was of more ionsequence than is the usual an Albany legislator to the la visit was said to be about Hundav. nirnit metropolis.

as inirestin made to Bu aa me one (senator Lamy alo. Both. It was said, were P1 bri.c,n" thelr nerves Insidious Piatt Influences in Lav my it will Ka for tha nu acalnst tha Albany. Mr. was on nf w.

Piatt caucus. w- mm wuu went against the Mr. Stapletbn'a visit tn thia oit wnen ex-uongreaaman Jamea J. Beklen was in the eitv. Ha at the Windsor Hotel.

He Uvea In Mr. Stapleton'a Senatorial dlatrict. or rather Mr. Stapletoi Uvea It, tha district in which Vff TlaMan tea been powerful for theae Last Autumn Mr. Putt, act- 'many years.

ins" tnroua-n a decision in rendered local factional ouimi whih was adverse to Mr. Belden, giving to ex- Ma HAflriHrtlrw Senator Frat In the control of political affairs there. In the recent cajnvasses of anU-Platt men, Mr. Belden has been put down as one of the anU-Platt leaders. So, after Mr.

Stapleton's visit to him. the w. Uv wcii.iui iruui Jnaui- son was more than ever Ukely to hold out rwi measure in Aloany thia week. I sUtement. it) was said last night that Sena- be found voting against the Lexow bill this Wek.

Tlla SvnillH nmnal (V. measure unless the open deal with Tammany Senators were made. ukuius ooi warn 10 see tms deaL If It were mkde It would be with the belief on the pari of many that Gov. Morton would veto the Lexow bill, if It was passed wj mm Aaaciuuijr. xney wouia tnen try to defeat any Qerlslation and u.

tha u. partment jfcat where It la to-day. and where It ws whan the corruption In It waa thriving. Tfcla would remove Mr. Piatt's mask completely.

THEIR CS SO LOSGCR A SECRET Miss D4i a Beeaase the Wife ef Vs. eral Beasett Ust Tar. 1 A notloe as published yesterday morning In Brooklyn announcing the marriage, oa Sept. IS, 1894, of Fannie Florence Dodman, daughter of Mrs. F.

Dodman, to! Henry Bennett, Jra. Dodmaa la a wealthy widow, Uvl ng at S30 8umner Avenue. Brooklyn, i tear the Thirteenth Regiment Armory. 1 er daughter Is a stately brunette, twen years old. and haa attended Trinity Pre: byterian Church for some time.

Henry Bennett Is the assistant sexton of that churcl an undertaker, with an Office in bunner Avenue. He Is The marriage was performed by the Rev. Mr. Woulters, at hla residence In Hancock nwwtblvn wmu. vwmm a.TTv mm until Saturday night, tbe husband and wife, meantime, gtvlna at their resnectlv hnmaa wnen airs jjoanuui was uiormeo.

ana waa surprised, biut sh invited her. son-in-law to make his home la the future with her. This ne aectaea so aa. Evtdeae 'ef ROC KA WAT. L.

March 24. Fir discovered by Nicola, FabrUio la the cottage of I WUUam 'Furman. occupied by Mrs, Cornelius Davenport, at B90 this Firemen aroused Mrs. and her" son and daughter, who were asleep. The flame) started in aa unoccupied room.

through thre wail or wnicn large auger hole naa ween oorea irom tne outside. Shavlnsrs and oil were scattered around. The fire waa extinguished with only about X3U0 loss, wnicn covered ny insurance. search la netng maae zor tne incendiary, ch la beL PIKE 1 1 tl7S PEAK OR Tkt iwniltr Nr Puaale. Sold sei i b-ia.

Prtoa, 2oanta. usiwuiasruu i rsakT-ASv. MAECH 25, 1895. -TWO TWO OF THE TICTirS HIT DIE Seren Personi ygrrowly Icaied Bein Earned to Dettlt a Firs i Bsltimore Seddehce. BALTIMORE.

March 24. Seven nersans narrowly escaned death In a fire on Wast Mount Royal Avenue at 1 o'clock this morn ing, two of them were badly burned and may die of their Injuries. In the home of Geori-e E. Timanua Maryland Avenue, Mrs. Florence Cox, his sister had Just died.

Mrs. Timanua, who was sitting with the dead. discovered flames bursting from the rear of the first noor or the residence of Roscoe B. Heath, stock broker, at 29 West Mount Royal Ave nue. Mrs.

Timanua rave the alarm over a telephone circuit and awoke her husband. Mr. Timanua, without stopping to dress, rushed to "the Heath residence and aided three servants, who had Jumped from the third noor to the roof of, an extension in the rear of the house, to reach the ground tn the firemen and policemen had and found the parlor noor in flamea. They broke in a door and rushed nn tn flights of stairs to where two children wera screaming. Policeman How gathered both his arms, but was overcome by smoke on the second floor.

Assistant Chief Mo-Aleer met the officer and draewed him ami the children to the front door, where will ing hands pulled them beyond the reach of the stifling smoke and scorching flames. Mrs. Heath had been asleep La the second-story front room, and did not awaken until her escape was almost impossible. Her screams told the firemen that there was still another person- in the building. The woman made her way to the third story through the fire and smoke-congested hall bui waa ina-miuuy Durned.

Her nightdress had been burned from her bodv. and hnhilm, peared at the rear window. Assistant Chief McAleer and other firemen stood on each others, shoulders and brought the woman T.H extension, rom there an waa pr.riitlv lw and sent to the Maryland General Hospital in aa amDuiance. tier lace was blackened and scorched, and most of th skin of her bodywaa burned away. Her condition Is Mr.

Heath was also badly burned. although he was the first to leave the house. He ran through the flame and smoke out of the front door. He ia also at th hos- ably started to the parlor, and tronv aU van twrnea was causea oy the overturning or explosion of a piano Urns. Mr.

Heath had not retired for the night. ana etn nmh.klv k. i blase. He was so badly dased this morning mm it. uiwuimii, ana nis conaiuon throughout the day has prevented an Interview with him.

The children and servants escaped serious Injury. The house was destroyed. SS. C' 8. TIKES TO BDFflLO Ceuarsesl by Dr.

Mas-tlw with Slgrmlaar a Wsrtklew Cheek. Dr. Charles Collins of 112 West Sixty. first Street was' arrested Saturday evening on the complaint of Oh Kugene A. Martin of Buffalo, N.

and left, for dty yesterday afternoon in the custody of Officer John B. Mucklar of Buff alo. Dr. Martin chanres Dr. Collins with ka.

tn. mrhll. am a vw.as fiat unfa eheck on the Columcla'-Bank for'llbo, wnlch w. aaaiTin ana Wnloxt th bank has returned as No good." e-r I iti account Columbia Bank. aalit IV (Vllin.

timYv u.ii. ryiurt, rtuick fn good 1 -a mm miiuif UK Vi VVOSrSVini my account. I can't understand why Dr. Martin should -have taken suoh axtrem measures." Justice Voorhls said he had absolutely no power in the matter, as Dr. Collins was a prisoner or tne -Buffalo authorities.

--iIr. Collins was joined In court by Oen- Thwwfira Smith hla nnnl. a. V.n 1 1 w.u, mm vuv.w to on his bail. Dr.

Collins said everything "mwiu uv www uy mm KAJU am Urn gOv LO Buffalo. 10 RECEPTIOI TO M'WJIET Ohio's Gvernr Deellae tm mm the Cass el Faetlaaavl- Itrtf. JACKSONVILLE, FUu. March 24. There Is a rumor current to-night that no reception will be given Gov.

McKlnley here tomorrow night, and that he will go to St. Augustine without stopping In this city. The trouble Is said to be due to factional feeling among the Republicans of Jacksonville. There are some of them opposed to ex-Collector of Internal Revenue Dennis Kg An, who is the Chairman of tha Republican State Executive Committee, and they re sent tne i act tnac ne nas oeen making the arrangementa for the reception to Ohio' a Governor. It la aald to-night that Gov.

McKlnley. haa aware of this friction, and that. In consequence, he has intimated tnat ne wouia preier inat no reception be If It would result in Increasing: the factional feeling; among Republicans. TO SEE THE 8T. PAUL LlUSCflED, A Lare Party fre-sa St.

Pawl WlU Be 'Present Te-day. -PHILADELPHIA. March large party of ladles and gentlemen from St. Paul arrived here this afternoon to be present and represent their city at the launch to-morrow of the International Nav igation Company's new steamer, St. Paul.

The party consists of Messrs. Parker, Brady, Mark ham, Kartok. Ehrmlntrout. Millham. Reardon, Lewis, Peet.

Finch. Steer, Otis, Chittenden. Noor, Klefer, and Johnson, and the following ladles: Miss Finch, Miss Steer, Miss Otis, Mrs. Chittenden, Miss Klefer. and Mrs.

C. K. Davis. The party are tne guests or tne international Navigation Company, and are quartered at the Hotel Stratford. It Is probable that the roarty will start on their return trip to St.

Paul to-morrow evening. Ceal far Unit State The steamship Jason, which arrived yesterday from West Indian points, brought news of the safe arrival at Kingston, Jamaica, of th two colliers. Golden Sheaf and Jennie Butler, which were chartered by the Government to supply with eoal United States men-of-war which are now In Southern waters. Four schooners In all have been chartered for this purpose. Th cause for this action on the part Of th Navy Department was the exorbitant prices charged by West Indian coal deal- ara When the cruiser New-Tork was at Kingston she required a large quantity of coal, and was charged $11.60 a ton for It.

Anticipating the return of the North Atlantic squadron, the local dealer have laid tn a large supply of ceal. which ia now on their hands, and which may be difficult to dispose of. Weaaea to Veto la Semta. Aaatralla. Hamilton' Wilcox of this dty has received a cable dispatch from the Agent General of South Australia at London, announcing that Queen Victoria has given her consent to the bill passed by the Parliament of South Australia, relieving women entirely from- and securinr them the bum auffrage and on th sam terms with men, and mat uus bui ia now a.

law. Geaw Tracy's Trts AhreaeT. Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy expects to leave for Europe next Saturday.

His companions are to be his daughter. Mrs. Wllmerdlng. and her daughter. Miss Alice Wllmerdlnr.

He haa not yet decided what places ha will visit or wnen ne wui return. John SaUlyaa Better. BOSTON, March 24. John L. Sullivan He.

sat up to-day. and expects to be able to house wtthla a-few days. PAET3. 12-. PAGES.

A MILLION-DOLLAR FIRE Red Brotkcrs' Packics Plant la Kansas CUy la Rains. i SHTEE5 ACRES OF FIERCE FLAXES Magnificent 8pectacle Which Was Viewed By; Thonaands Only Ona Important Saved, KAKSA8 CTTT. March 2i-Flre which started from unexplained causes de stroyed the greater portion of Reed Broth ers' packing house, In Armourdale. this evening. Involving a lose of about 1.000.000l Am a the fire was magnificent thing-.

Thousands of people gathered on the west bluff of this city to view It The fire started at 6-30 In the third story of the hog building, a structure of three stories, probably 200 by 75 feet- It spread with remarkable rapidity, and quickly communicated to the engine room on the' south. The entire strength of tha Fire Department' of the two Kansas Cities responded tO the CSlL but tha water measure. was totally Ineffective. The best that could be done was to save the beef building. The first wan fell at 7:10 o'clock, and then' the fire spread to the Icehouses, five In number, and 150 by 200 feet In six.

All were destroyed. Next the flamea attack-Mi the storage building. This was aa Immense structure, four stories high and 200 by 250 feet "It was packed, from top to bottom with pork. One of the Reld Brothers said to-night that the firm never before had so heavy a stock In the building. Desperate efforts were made ta um thia but were futile.

Th floors and Walls wer aoaaea witn grease and burned like It waa only nv miuwiInHii, th. strength of the Fire Department and Ar-mour's water tower that the' beef building wa Reld Brothers carried about 1750,000 worth of Insurance on buildings and stock. Of this amount 1300,080 was In the Indemnity Exchange, an organisation fnrmtJ frr Vw.i packers and merchants for self-protection ana co-operative insurance two or three ears im The house was established la 1887 by Klngan (Limited.) the Indianapolis and Belfast (Ireland) as branch, under tha management of William P. Reld. The name waa changed to the Reld Brothers' Packing Company In July, 1803...

It Is one of tbe oldest and wealthiest houses In the country. Klngan Reid. the founders atr vftsa. ASIsiaa wsraa-u It 1 Brooklyn, N. as early as 1850.

and later did aa extensive business in Cincinnati, moving from there to Indlananolls. tha 'resent-home of the parent The i jM VM.1. Interest and were, raised the business from their youth up. 1 Tha iklant waa aa at-vtaaM -a mmmmJI Just across the bridge, in Armourdale. The dally capacity of the houa' was 7O0 1 1 la uatn akt -Klfvf tAnum nada employed had The Rehi Brothers' Packing Company has myViMt miMlll, OX.

'JUOUl, eW-Tork. Bastoa. Phtlarfalnhla i anil H. the East and also atrBan Tranols co, Denver; Pueblo, Joplln, Oklahoma City, Memphis Dallas. Taxes; Peoria, Se- Mm 11a HVialra fl.

TMM.k. Atchison, and: JAMES 'HOTEL Fear. Flresaea Fell Threw vlv a Fleer tm the' Basesaeat aa4 Were KinedU DENVER, March 24. All b'uf one member, of Company lost their lives -last night; In a fire destroyed the St James HoteL The hose company, excepting the Is composed of colored men. The dead are: BRAWLEY.

Lieutenant' DANDRIDOE. RICHARD. HARTWELL, HAROLD Captain. MARTIN. STEPHEN.

The blase was discovered -at 10-30 o'clock by the clerk. Every-room In the house waa occupied, and steps were taken at once to warn' the ruests of their danger. All occupants escaped without Injury. i ne nnionunai men were groping about In the blinding smoke In the rotunda of the hotel, when the tile and cement floor gave way, precipitating them Into the basement where they were mangled and suffocated. xne property loss win amount to between $40,000 and $50,000.

Manager Clarke estimates the damage to his furniture and stock at $13,000. He had an insurance of $12,000. The building; was Injured for $9,000. xne experiences oi tne guests were exciting. J.

M. Ward, ex-manager of the American House, was with his wife on the fourth floor. Mr. and Mrs. Ward started down the stairway.

When they reached the second floor they were stopped by the suffocating smoke and turned to the fire escapee. Mr. Ward opened a window and helped his wife to a place of safety on the narrow Iron platform. There she stood for a minute, roaring to trust herself to th ladders. Bb was rescued by a fireman.

Mr, Ward, his way lighted by a fireman's torch, got down stairs and out by th Curtis Street entrance. More people quickly eppeared on the fire escape. Among them was E. Atchison, a traveling man, who with hi wife and daughter were driven by the smoke from their rooms on the fourth floor. The ladles were about making the descent and hesitated.

They wer rescued by Deputy Sheriff Ingersoll and two flremeov Representative L. Westerman appeared on tne veranda of the Curtis Street front carrying a "grip" and a roll of Navajo blanketa. The crowd yelled to him to Jump. 8moke was rolling from every window of that end of the hotel. A ladder was finally raised, and he dropped the blankets, and climbed nimbly down, sun holding the grip." He said that he had not awakened early, and that whan did attempt to get out the amok was so dense In the hall he could not go through It so be stepped out of his room to the veranda, A CHICAGO, THEATRE! BCBJTED.

Old la West Madison Jsf CHICAGO. March 24. The United States Theatre, known until lately as Bam T. jicki's Empire Theatre, at 144 West Madl-aoa Street was destroyed by fire this even-laj. The fire was started by an explosion which blew a hole in the top of the building and sent Into the air a sheet of flame to the height of 150 or 200 feet The theatre building was situated tn the rear aad was entered through the Madison Hall Building, which Is used for offices and lodge and dance rooms.

The latter structure was damaged only by water. The cause of the explosion Is unknown. It is attributed by some to gas and by others to The place has been closed for the last month, and the watch-maa says that a gas explosion was Impossible. He believes the fire to have been tha work of aa Incendiary. Tho ruined theatre was owned by the Union Amusement Company.

It was open ad aa th Empire, aad was fitted at a cost of 135.000. About six weeks ago the name of the place was changed to the United 8tates The Mlsaveari IslslatuVA4JueC JEFFERSON CTTT. Ma, March 24. Th General Assembly adjourned sine die at 10 JO o'clock last night Gov. Stone transmitted a scorching- message, criticising the Assembly for not enacting a fellew-eerv-ant law applicable to railroads aad for refusing to amend the election laws relating to st.

-Louis and Kansas City so as to prevent frauds. A- special session may he ceiled to take action oav the matters. EIGHT TUOCSAXD EUTCIIEKKC Tie Horror, of the Armenian Oalj Just Bcffifljun ta'ba fce4 the Worn LONDON. March Dally Telegraph's correspondent' tn Moosh says In a dispatch, sub-dated at Kars. March 23, that It Is certain that more than 8,000 Armenian Christians wsre killed In cold blood during the massacre.

asseru that the commission of Inquiry has not yet heard of a single Turkish soldier being killed. He quoted the story of a boy of fifteen who described tha Turkish soldiers as chasing and hacking to pieces pregnant women. The boy said that tha majority of the young Armenian women were assaulted. The village of Semmal was entirely obliterated by the massacre, correspondent have made the acquaintance and obtained the confidence of the, most redoubtable and deep-dyed of an bloodthirsty Kurdish brigands, a man whose very name strikes terror, to. the hearts of the Armenians.

I will not give hla name. have Induced him to narrate the atory of the raids, he did with conscious pride, glorifying deeds worthy of cannibals. His narrative tallies In all points with the Armenian accusations." VIENNA, March 24. There was a fight between Mussulmans aad Armenian Christians In Tokat Asia Minor, on the 20th. The official account says that but one person was killed.

Later news Is -that forty were killed and many others were wounded. THUS ROBBERY IS COLORADO Tw or the' Hasted Eotben Traded Bj a Bloedh(mTtd and Ctptnred In a lag -i Cttln ln the Woods. r- '7- VICTOR. OoL. March 24.

Floranc and Cripple Creek Railroad train No. 00, southbound, leaving Victor at 0:50 P. M-. was atopped last night by five masked robbers just outside the city limits. Th bandits went through the mail and express car, but found nothing valuable.

The robbers then compelled the express messenger to take the lead; and.1 going through the. coaches, robbed several passengers, taking two or three gold watches and some money. No one was Injured. 1 -Two of the thieves boarded the train! at Victor. One entered the sleeper, and commenced Immediately to wake up the passen gers, relieving them of $500 and watches.

The other robber got oa the blind baggage at Victor and rllmhnl na tha der Into the engine, threatening the engineer and fireman, and compelling them to stop the train at a point one and a half miles south of Victor, where four or five other robbers were In waiting. The latter party commenced work on the mail and express cars, and soon had them open. The robbers were dressed' In miners clothes, with slouch bats, and wore masks; They were Jovial in -their treatment, of the trainmen but hurried through with their work, enforcing their commands with a die-' play of firearms. After the robbery the engineer started the train back, to Victor, but the robbers objected, and commanded blm to pull out south, which he did. "All offi-cials of surrounding -towns wsre notified by telegraph -of the robbery at the first station.

At aa early hour- this morning Sheriff assisted by half a dosen Deputy Sheriffs, went- to the scene of last nig-hf a train robbery. They made thorough search for anything which would give them a clue to work but th uium nf ih. -ground precluded the following of the trail ura (oonni, -i---- ,4 About noon the famous bloodhound, from Walsenburg arrived on a special train, and he was immediately placed on the trail, and followed it from. the track te a small log cabin situated near the Strong Mine. A crowd of 2,000 people followed the dog.

Inquiry was made as to who occupied the cabin, and Bob Taylor, ex-Deputy Sheriff and ex-Deputy United States Marshal, and Frank Wallace were arrested. They were brought to Cripple Creek by Sheriff Bowers, and the trainmen Identified Taylor aa being one of the men who went through the cars and relieved the passengers of money and The Sheriff Is convinced that his ex-lieutenant was one of the five who robbed the train. Wallace, who claims to be only seventeen years old, but looks older, has been in camp only a few weeks, coming here from Oklahoma. Some of the trainmen say he strongly resembles one of the robbers who was called Kid." The names and location of the other three men are known to the officers. They are believed to be ex-Deputy Sheriffs, snd the police are confident they are the men 'who did last night's Job, as well as others during the last month.

SUPREME COURT MXET3 T0-9AT Am Early Decision Regrardlaar th Iat-eosae Tax law ExneetesTu WASHINGTON. March 24. The Supreme Court of the United States will meet tomorrow after a vacation of a week, and the announcement of a number of decisions Is expected. It Is possible that cases Involving the constitutionality and validity of the income tax law may be disposed of, but this Is not expected for a week or two yet The court might where the issues at stake were important enough to warrant It and there was a necessity for action because of th 2uestlon of time, announce its decision and 1 th opinion later. After opinions have been read the court will hear argument in the famous ease of Debs et aL, wh3 are petitioners for release from the sentence imposed by Judge Woods for contempt of court in connection with the Chicago railway strike last Summer.

Then will come the appeal of Theodore Lambert the New-Jersey murderer, and. later, that of J. W. Todd et sX, in what are known as the -Whltecap cases from Ala- LTCUR6AS 9A1T0S BEA9 IX WASEIX6TPI He Wa.Ftsaaatr th national Hew mt. Representatives.

1 March 24Iairg-us Dal ton. Postmaster of the -House of Representatives, died to-night at his residence, in this cty, of bronchial trouble, He was a native of Ind. He has held the office of Postmaster of the House through a number of Administrations. He ha been in bad health for some time. He leave a t.

Scarlatina, ta Bellcvw HoapltaL Three cases of scarlatina were developed yesterday in th children's ward la Belle-vue Hospital. The patients were removed to the Reception Hospital. They ar Joseph Wlckersen. eighteen months of 297 Elisabeth Street, who went to th hospital March 7. suffering from laryngitis; Maggie Donnelly, two years old.

or S32 East Twenty-sixth Street who was admitted March -19 with bronchitis, and Annie Fox. three years old. of 251 East Forty-fifth Street admitted Jan. 27, suffering from convulsions. Warden 0Rourke said that the physicians In charge of that ward believed the disease to have been introduced by a vial tor.

About thirty patients, women, and children in that ward, have been placed in a separate ward, where they will be quarantined for fourteen days. MYarl7m' the Fledse. The temperance Evangelist Franda Mur-Phy. aa. bis son.

Thomas Edward Murphy, adareased a crowded: meeting in Chlckerlng Han yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the American Temperance Union. mmtj-a a air uuinuvr ot were invested rcicc Tmrr, MURDERED, BUT DVYLi Janes Aifeca's Tro I 'J lib eis wiXDriPE had rixx Heand His Brother ITero Thr By Stranser Wltlt Tt They Interfered and Xho Dag Not Been round. r.r-:. 4 Word was sent to Police Suoerlnte r. William J.

McKelvey.of Erooklyn jester: morning that a mat. nad been murdcrt 1 1 the Fourteenth Precinct an! te at went to the Ralph Avenue Precinct wherj B've Capt Dunn Instructions His presence, surprised the police, for li bQ'ltT tor bead of the Brooklya force to' interest hlmael' In such a way. He ascertained that the murdered ma a was Jamea Anderson, thirty-nine years o.l, 661 Evergreen Avenue. Brooklyn, an 1 that when he received the Injuries that caused his death he was tn the company cf his two, brothers, William Anderson 1 1 1.228 Myrtle Avenue and Joseph Anderson Avenue. William is In the Insurance business and Joseph, until lately, was a letter carrier.

tThe murdered man was well known la tbe Twenty-eisTuh Ward, and last Fa'4 ran on an Independent ticket for Supervisor against James Boyd who was elected. The brothers had been drinking Saturday night and had visited many, saloons in the Vicinity of Broadway and Halsey Street They got Into Evergreen Avenue, near Hancock Street, about 2:15 o'clock yesterday morning, and while William and Joseph were trying to lead James home, only a few. doors awsy, they saw a man. on th Other aide of the street The three brothers made a dash for him. Ha gave them a beating, and continued oa his way.

James Anderson picked up a stone and endeavored to throw It at th man. but bis brothers stopped him. Peter B. Knapp of 1,137 Hancock Street was returning home, stopped to aee what the trouble was. William and Joseph Anderson dragged their brother up to where Mr.

Knapp waa atandlng, and asked him to hold James for a minute while they went after the man who had struck them. After the two brothers -had disappeared, Mr. Knapp discovered that his charge was Krausch drug store, at Hancock Street and Evergreen Avenue, and a call was sent for an ambulance. The aurgeon pronounced, the man dead. His windpipe had been severed.

4 The body was taken to the Ralph Avenue Station, and Capt Dunn, who had been notified, sent his men out to catch the murderer. They visited the saloons in the neighborhood, and found that th brothers hsd not quarreled In any of them, i Superintendent McKelvey ordered the ar- rest of William and Joseph Anaerson St William walked Into th st.tl heuso and gave himself up. He was si under of liquor. He said he not been with his brother when was Injured. Capt.

Dun questioned William, an1 told a number of contradictory etori Police are of the that William knows more about the -1 than-he wanted to tell, and they also i i-lieved that he not so drunk as lie so- -peared to be. 'Joseph Anderson 'Was arrested at r's house, at Si Sumner Avenue, last nlrht 1 waa taken to the Ralph Avenue Precinct. He said he remembered' nothing about the The police are endeavoring to find the PfL.0 tbraahed the three brothers for Interfering with-blm. The murdered man had been out of employment and. his wife had to do washing to support bim.

They have no children. PaaIa; Aaralt A meeting of -private hackmen was held last evening- at 77 Lexington Avenue to dla- cuss the beat means to Improve their trade '-and to' break up what they can a class of nlghthawka." The men who attended the meeting own their own cabs, and some of them have two or three vehicles. The nlghthawks." said the cabmen, generally work-In couples and at night' They get an old hack and stand or drivs slowly along Sixth Avenue or Broadway, and generally look out for well-dresr ed drunken men. If they succeed in persuading an intoxicated man to enter the rab one of the hawks will also enter, whilt the other drives on. The hawk who is Inside rifles the pockets of the victim, and when -an unfrequented, quiet street is -reached the drunken man in led out to the sidewalk, and the cab is then driven rapid, ly away.

The hackmen organized under the name of the Private Hackmen' Association. Faaeral of Editor L. J. Frank. The funeral services over the body of Dr.

Ii Frank, the late managing and theatrical editor of The Morgen Journal. were held at the home of his brother-in-law L. M. Hlller. 153 West Sixty-first Street at -100 o'clock yesterday morning.

Dr. John -Frederlch. former President of the German Press Club, delivered a brief speech of trio- ute to the dead Journalist. At Cypres Hll.s Cemetery Mr. Hangei of the Morgan Journal also mad a few remarks.

Delegations of the German Press Club and Morgen Journal attended the services. There -were also present Manager Conrled of tha Irving Place Theatre, Manager Phillpps ot of the German ia Theatre, Dr. Sen ner. Commissioner ot Immigration, and United States Revenue Collector Gross. Bell Blessed fcy BUhn Win rr.

UNION HILL, N. March 24. Four new be 11a which will shortly be placed in tha steeple of, tha Holy Family Catholic Church, Jefferson Place, were blessed thia afternoon by Bishop Wlgger. assisted' by -Vicar General J. J.

O'Connor, Chancellor Wallace, the Rev. O. NGrteff. rector, and the Rev. R.

Huelsbusch. curate. The sermon was delivered by the v. Father Haroes. rector of St Peter's r- lie Church.

Jersey City. The bells were displayed in tne sanctuary -and were hand somely oecorateo. rney are named Jeu, Marv. JoeeDtt. and Johannia and 4.000.

2.400. -L30O. and Uw pounds. retp4.t- iveiy. im cosi A.

Iatathrri'. hpn.ll Th Rev. A. Lambert formerly a torlst priest who a year ago renounce! bis allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church and preached his first sermon as a convert to Protestantism in Christ's Mission, 112 West Street last night celebrated the anniversary of the occasion by preaching a farewell aermoa in th sarr, mission to a large ana appreciative audi ence. Mr.

Lambert expect to sail In a few dayi for the West Indies, having recently. received a call to Jamaica. He was a rt time ago admitted to the Methodist WUI Keep) Oat Ceaaxaerclal Travelers. LITTLE ROCK. March 24.

Every city of note on the line of the raiTroai la this State except Little Rock has against all commercial travelers. local authorities aay that the fact tht uel Buckale, a Kansas City shirt was HI with smallpox at Camden th action. Several exposed i sent out of Camden to-Oay. R- G. Jennings, Secrenry of the Board of Health, reports that st Springs the number of imi varioloid -cases to date -Is 125, an i ber of deaths Is Tbe a--u.

i city is Improvuc.