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I I LJ GEuT 10 "All the News That's Fit to Print." VOL. XLVm NO. THE Stock market lrregulan 2 081 corn. Na 2 T16c. -X Cah middling.

was general kt f.ari8 that the Bosnian Peace commissioners will yield to the American demand tor the- Philippine. The Span- laras ukea lor a tmniiiMt rr jolot session yesterday, pending Instructions from Madrid. Reports from Berlin ay that an attempt upon the life of the yar wai made wh'le tie was. returning rottJ Copenhagen, a bridge over which tne Imperial train would pass being barricaded. Political riots are reported from Seoul, the capital of Korea.

Severe snow- storms occurred yesterday in and traffic has been virtually suspended on the Channel in consequence. Pages 1 ana explosion In the Hercules Powder Wo, near Jlo yesterday killed six men. A burglar In jail at Bridgeport. Conn, vowed he would not eat until set at liberty. Yesterday stomach pump was used It reported that eighteen persons who were shipwrecked at the mouth ot the dered by Indians.

One man was killed and three mn were In-- Jured In a collision between a freight train and switch engine at Waterbury, Conn-last night. 4 The Baldwin Hotel, in San and uV niium ub ouituing were de stroyed by Ore yesterday. It Is feared that many persons lost their lives. '4 Ex-Judge Blandln of Cleveland, Onto, In a speech before a Bar Association Cotn- ml tea, yesterday made a sensational attack upon the judiciary of Cuyahoga 'County. I.

ban of White Caps at Black Rock; who bad captured a negro accused of siwiua, were area upon oy tne man friends. One member of the band was killed, another mortally, and a third dangerously wounded. 'A. nca war ia threat ened, Gen. Theodore B.

Gates was' to have been the principal speaker last night on the return of the Thirteenth Battalion of Brook lyn to Its armory- He had his address that would have made a sensation, and ha did not speak. Th Ttnmtftv Tt 'Sullivan ABwvtatlAtiKM its twenty-third Invitation reception and ball in Everett Hall last night The trial of Senator Oiur'of Pennsvlvanla for alleged conspiracy has been postponed unut Aionaay nexu The Republican County Committee last night decided to retain' counsel to secure the punishment of fraudulent voters. Jt was said yesterday that CoL Roosevelt will leave to Gen. Roe the proposedreorganization ot the National Guard. (The 662 "defective ballots cant lir the new Prtiintv tt Kihuii tn reontinted in court, two of the beaten candidates hav-' tag made contests.

Justices Gaynor, Dykman, and Keogb have been subpoenaed to appear before the Westchester County Grand Jury, which is Investigating charges of illegal natural- i i Page 3. SThe War Investigation Commission heard many witnesses yesterday, It will not toiay. i- i William H. Tomlinson of the Third New York Volunteers committed suicide at El-mira, N. yesterday.

CoL Downs made a statement yesterday denying the cbarses madeby CojP- Roush mi 5onf erenct In this city yesterday between members of the Cuban Junta Th Twenty-second Regiment arrived from Fort Slocum yesterday i afternoon and -was heartily greeted on the march to Reth Iirton was Vesterday arrested on a charge of perjury In making a false affidavit In a civil But over the affairs of the Inter-State Express Company, of which he was auditor. Eamuel j. Gompers, President of the American ITMlerarian of Iflbor. had an inter- view with President McKlnley yesterday -for the purpose of securing. If possible, the President's Indorsement In his message of labor measures pending in vongress The naval court iof Inquiry that has been Investigating the cause of the cruiser Buf-falo's detention has absolved Commander Hemphill and Chief Engineer Beig from Three subordinate mecnamcs) nave been dropped from the service.

Pas; -4. The Wilson Bank of TJtlca. Ohio, was robbed of yesterday. There Is no clue to the thief or thieves. The War Department issued the first general order for the military occupation of the central and western provinces of Cuba yesteroav.

Cresceus, the champion trotter of the year, was sold yesterdsv for S14.000, after llve- 1. YJAAinm- Vi 17n mi lutru at Man. lson Square Garden, i TAnan1n IPapaM whna aVnll was broken hv a. hl.tw MIS i ahnvel in a flcht Sent. 8, will be spechlesa for life, surgeons say.

His vocal chords are paralysed, The Board of Naval Bureau Chiefs baa been oktUa. a. aa-ftxaa oalAai Kaa wnwawl aSV al BVSh vuiic uauuva a-s vawFw vmum ment into double-turreted vessels of the four monitors recently contracted for. nA ih. it.nartnrai nf that KnAniaraa are having a salutary effect on the ooromer-.

clal and social life In Havana, and the health of the city has improved with the advent of cooler weather. Klnley exchanged visits In Washington yesterday. -t The Hawailsn Commission met tor Wash In g- rv I 1. th. f.

Hm leaving Honolulu. The bill to be presented to Congress was completed, and the lm- rmrtipt featnroa of thai ranort ware dedd- ed The call for'7 a. National convention In Tampa, to formulate plans for reorganis- lng the National Guard, is meeting with favApahU ManAnu frffcfn fitafai Dlar. emors. I ne zcnooi tscara 01 jurwaio, i ire 111, vu of Its military trained achooi- ooys to the convention.

rredertck W. Hlnrtchs cited the old polic irnam nr tha niii iinr Krnfikivn vta. terday In illostratlon of the value of a lnarlaj.llaaaa1 Dstlfs Pr.rrim1sa.An I Pace 12. f. The report that tha 'TTnited States had leased the British island of Bokotra, in the Indian Ocean, for a coaling station.

Is vncially denied, tfrs. Capella yesterday testified against her husband. Pasquale Capella, on trial for the murder of Lulgi Blanco, Capella "said shot. In self-defense. uajor van wycx yesterday urrea tne Board of Public Improvement to haste in the matter of the proposed bridge from Manhattan to Queens.

The board ordered plans 'l-r -V aac B. Newcombe and Edwin W. Orris, members of the Stock Exchange, have oeen suspendad, the former for a year and me laiier tor one montn. for vioiauna: tne rulaa In Mffanl (H rlnn. a.l..

The Building Committee of the Board of Education yesterday reDorted the result of Its investigations Into the conduct of Superintendent of Buildings Snyder. Mr. Snyder was completely exonerated from the charges against him. It was decided to choose teachers In the order of merit displayed in ArrtyaU at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers. 1 Page 2.

i Srin -1 nteUlgencel and Foreign. Malls- Vot-rt Calendars. Page 10. Business Troublesw-nHars 10.1 "4 itrsterdsys Fires- Pags 2 -sfj 4U. Ijnited Servica-Page 4.

JMes by Fire. Page 2. eal Estate. Page Railroads. Page V.

Marketa Page 10, 15.249. SPAIH EXPECTED TO YIELD Believed She Is About Ready to Accept Our Terms of Peace. MAY GIVE HER REPLY FRIDAY American Commlaaioner Confldent thm Spaniard WiU Acqulesc in Out DemAnds. Instructlota from Madrid the Spanish Peaoe Commlrt- requested a postponement of the Joint session that was to have been ana tha Americans acquiesced. The data of WXt mtlnf not been fixed.

Tha postponement of. to-day is regarded aa'a hopeful sign that the- treaty will be lned. While the Madrid Government has not yet received the text of the American ultimatum, the Spanish Ministers -received quite enough by telegraph on Mdwday night to enable them to Instruct their Commissioners to retire, were such their Intentlona It -wzm confidently believed by several of the American Commissioners who conversed with the correspondent of The Associated Press to-day that before the explra- by the Americans, namely, Monday next, the Spaniards wui Stater PhlHppTne vthlLtr. njtlmately, the treaty will be signed by all the Spanish Commlsalonera. 1 trV.

that the course which Seftor ntfV, Rlos, President of the Spanish Commission, will follow is still uncertain, JL, pn.Unue" Play lor pubUc ut.a ladinK member of the Commission believes he will sign with 1tner In any case, his place SLkPki eomjfslon will be speedily filled, probably by Henor Leon Castillo, the Spanish Ambassador here. Seftor Monrero Hios sent a communication to tne American Commissioners yesterday 'il "Jting a number of questions. The lmPrt 0f them, and the one to which he most eagerly wanted a reply, no doubt, was tucked away in the middle of the letter. It asked, in effect, if the Americans really meant that the ultimatum must be answered by Monday. The Spaniards were assured that they did.

and the answer has cleared the air. A member of the Spanish Commission this morning assured the correspondent of The Associated Press that the next meeting of the commissions will take place on Friday orPa.turday -nd 'hat Spain's answer then will be the last she will make and that It i ne. a definite conclusion of the matter in hand. This utterance is looked upon as Indicating that Spain will sign the treaty of peace. SPAIN'S CREDIT IN DANGER.

MADRID, Nov. 23. After the meeting of the Cabinet Council a Minister- said 'that nothing definite had been decided on the subject of peace. A semi-official note tasked to-day contains an appeal to all Spaniards to furnish assistance to save the national credit if they do not wish foreign capital to be withdrawn from Spain." The note Some people believe Cuba ought to assume her own debt, no matter in whose bands Is her sovereignty, because she herself possesses the security therefor In the form of the customs. If, however, nobody will assume the debt, Spain must pay what Cuba cannot, because Spain made herself responsible." CoaUaalag; the note reads: With respect to the debt of the Philippine Islands Spain must await a definite treaty of peace In order to know what conditions America will impose upon Spain through the Paris Peace OPEN DOOR AT MANILA.

LONDON. Nov. 24. The Berlin correspondent of The Times, who remarks this morning npon the skepticism of the German critics regarding" the sincerity of America's Intention to adopt the open-door policy in the Philippines," and calls attention to German speculations on the prospect of protection In the American pos-sessionsi It the Pacific, says: The'Neueste Nachrtchten draws attention to the treaty of 1877 between Spain, Great Britain, and Germany securing freedom of trade In the Sulu Archipelago for Anglo-German shipping, and says that Prince Bismarck at that time successfully contested Spain's claim to have the Sulus regarded as belonging to the Philippine group." The correspondent draws attention to the fact that a section of the German press hastily assumes that America will claim the Sulus." and suggests that this is a point upon which an understanding with Great Britain, with a view to Joint action, appears Inalspensable. The Times, commenting editorially upon the dispatch from the Berlin correspondent, It Is easy enough to understand that the Germans are eager to find flaws In the Anglo-American understanding.

For our part, we have always been aware that there are difficulties In the way of adopting the open as that polloy Is usually understood here. But we have never for an instant loubted the sincerity of the United States Government or its ability to devise some means of substantially securing the results aimed at. Secretary Hay "explains that the ordU nary American tariff will be enforced against everybody. For all International purposes that Is the open door policy. Economical purists may argue that, as the tariff restricts trade, the door Is only partially open; but whatever force that argument holds.

It Is of purely domestic application. Equality of treatment and absonce of differential duties are the essence ot the open door policy as between nation and nation. Revenue Is Indispensable: and it Is Immaterial to the trading world whether this be raised at ports of entry or by internal taxation." The editorial proceeds to argue as follows: Though some amendment of the Constitution may, perhaps, be necessary to legitimatize the novel policy of governing by protectorate, It would not be necessary merely to settle the details of fiscal legiula-tion. What appears to be wanted is less an alteration of tne Constitution than an extension of the powers of the Executive for purposes not contemplated when the Constitution was framed. In any case.

In the present enthusiastic expansion mood of the American people, these technical difficulties are not llaely to prove troublesome," The Daily News, in an editorial reference to tha "open-door" policy In the Philippines and -the constitutional difficulty It ire-abta to America, says: In the United States themselves opinion Is sharply divided over the future of the Philippines. Enthusiasm for American expansion will be considerably abated If it means a proportionate extension of the Ding ley WHAT WE HAVE OFFERED SPAIN. LONDON, Nov. 24. The Madrid correspondent of The Dally Mall says'.

Ministers deny that the Americans have offered Spain' equal commercial privileges In bhe Philippines. They declare, on the contrary, that the United States Commissioners have only offered to negotiate, after a peace treaty has been a special commercial treaty with regard to Spanish commerce. "The Americans have demanded Young Island. In the Caroline roup. as a coaling and cable -t MASSES TOO OPEBATXC.

Rmms Why Sass Ara Farbladea Ja Claclaaatl Cat belle Churches. Ohlo.1 Nov. MacKey. of St. Peter's Cathedral said to day that the.

reason that the singing of certain masses baa been forbidden In Catholic churches of Archbishop Elder's diocese Is that they are. too stagy." The committee which pronounced on Catholic music will pass Judgment on every place of music hereafter before It Is permitted to be sung la church services. IS 1 4 COPnUQHTED, NEy YORK; THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24, Fath( r.Quartroan. is Chairman of this cottt- mltte i i Tat ier MaotCev said to-day: Thera' la music which is too operatic to be sung in catholic services.

It is out of place and therefore, been forbidden. This action In not part ef a general movement throughout the United fetatea At Rome ii. jLV which pronounces on and PfOMUlates general rules TRIED. TO KILL THE CZAR. A Sikdjre Orer Which tha Tmnarlal "Would Pass Ee turning from Copenhagen Barricaded, i Nov.

23. A dispatch from El- he seaport ot West Prussia, says ompt was made unon. the Ufa of th Oar while his Majesty was returning from Copenhagen. Just before the Ciafs specla train crossed the bridge between Boehn and Lagern a switchman dlscov red that the bridge had been barricaded. m.

i By i Imoat superhuman fforts, as a result ol which ha Is now la hospital, the switch appears, suoceeded la ts-movlni the obstacle sufficiently to permit of the passage of tha Imperial An Invest! atlon which Is being conducted In secret still proceeding. EX 'LOSION KILLS SIX MEN. i Powdet "Work in Missouri Blown Up Death and Destruction Wrought in the Vicinity. 1XU4SIANA. Nov.

terrifla ex plosion I occurred at tha Hercules Powder Works near Ashburn. In this county, about 8 o'clock this morning, causing the earth to trer ble for mOes around. The packing house was completely demolished, several other buildings damaged, and at least si i men killed. The known dead are Wnile Vllson. son the Superintendent; TA III Charleston, J.

Holllnger, Alfred Wens, 1 1. M. Smith, and Albert Miller. The luse of the explosion Is not yet deflnltel known. There was a terriflo roar and the walls of the roof of the packing house ere thrown Into the air as though shot a volcano.

Window glass was hattert- i for a radius of ton milea Tha employe i were thrown Into the ar by the force of the explosion, and their bodl-s fell Da.k.an: ld th reck and burning debris. Half a dozen persons were injured by flying tlmb rs, and a number of near-by houses were stiuck. One house half a mile away a-as alnost demolished by a huge mass of brick an 1 mortar that fell upon It. while it waa stli; rocking from the force of the explosion. Rescue parties are at work trying to reach' the men buried in the ruins, the number of whom Is not yet known.

A special train was mail up in Hannibal, and a large number of ci (sens hastened to the scene. CLEVELAND BENCH ATTACKED. i Old Mei ibers of the Ohio Bar Cheer a Sp ech Reflecting Upon the Judiciary. CLEVH LAND, Ohio. Nov.

23. After hearing the estlmony of several unimportant wltnesset In the disbarment proceedings against i tate Senator Burke to-day, the attorneys for both sides announced thai all their wit aesaes ail been examined, and that the were ready td begin arguments. Attorney Johnson opened for the Bar Association and Attorney Foran followed for the defer se. Judge Blandln made the closing ai gument for the prorecution. Judge I landln arose to speak, as every one supp sed.

In 1 support of the charges and In dc Tense of Judge Dollenbaugh. Instead, he aid not attempt to affirm or deny the truth ot the charges nor did he seek to defend dge Dellenbaugh. He made a bitter and sensational attack on the whole Bench of Cuyahoga County. He said he knew the risk he was taking, but that he did not ire. For som time the ex-Judges and old-time members of the bar.

who listened to Blandln's passionate uterances, stood amased a his daring. Then they broke into chert i. -When Judge Blandln finished they cheeiied and clapped their hands again and again Judge andin declared It was the Bench which nee led reforming first. The elimination of rt ttenness should commence with the Bench! he said. He went into details and did 'hesitate to say he was alking about Jud re Walter C.

Ong-, and Judge T. Dlssette. He said it was a comparatively Instgnlflcai thing whether Judge Dellenbaugh wa impeached and driven from the Bench, or whether Vernon H. Burke was disbarred. It was more Important, he declared, to cleanse the Bench of the county so that pr perty.

liberty and life might be safe in th hands ot the seven men constituting the court. The Trial Committee then retired eon. slder the testimony. A decision may not be reached for several day a TRAINS (CRASH AT WATEBBUBT. I Mas Kill and Three Mew lajared, le of These Fatally.

WATER ITJRY, Nov. 23. Edward Crorler. fin man of the switcher at the Nau-gatuck yai da, was killed at 9 o'clock tonight in a ollislon with a freight train, and Timothy ynn of the switch crew was fatally Inji red. The engineer, George An-derson, and Robert Newcomb, a switchman, were both seriously Injured, but may recover.

i The acclc ent happened on the Highland division rn ssing, where the freight train backed Intc the switch engine, which was going aheat The collision is thought to be due to negl gence on the part of Engineer Anderson, ind there will be an Investiga tion, i i FOUR laDBEH DIE US FLAMES. Darned tt Death, la Teaaessee Before elr Pareats Eyes. TOMPKINSVTL.LE!, Ky. Nov, 23. The home Of Milton Garvin, across the Ken tucky line, Clay Temv was destroyed by.

I re last evening. Four Children, ranging In ge from one year to seven, perished In the The parents were absent at the barn when the building caught fire and retu Tied to find their home wrapped In flames, "be children screamed for help and in their attempt to save them the father and ther narrowly, escaped death. The four ch ldren burned to a crisp before the parents' eyes. X.ETTEB TJIBECT FBOH DBETPUS. Col.

Plean rt TCxaatlaadoa Before the Cesr at Cassation Coatlaaed. PARIS, v. 23. Mme. Dreyfus has received a lettt from her husband In his dwn handwriting.

It Is repor ed that Oen. Eurlinden, Military Governc of Paris and former Minister of War, has signed a decree directing the trial of. Col. Plcquart by court-martial for forgery and he divulgation of secret documents concerning the safety of the State, The. trial i been fixed for Dec.

12. Col. Plcquart' examination before the Court of Cassation In the Ureytus affair will be continued to-moi row. Agalaaido's Ageat Is Caeaay. PARIS.

Nqv. 23. tt Is said that Agon- cillo. the itpresentatlv Aguinaldo's Government I is going to Washington to ascertain th4 Intentions of the United Htates. I Btoyal Mmlted.

Kaw" York V. aihlneton dally P. T.rrnHtal. (Huulh Parry.) and P. Ttl.

Libert lirt. Kclurtva VulUnan equip ment. Ulnlng ar mw aneoualad. Mo nou tar.a 'lnat trains and qulrk.t time Itelwsaa new Yerk ashiagtua. aav.

i 1 iffe I YORK TIMES The Thanksgiving Proclamation. The approaching November brings to mind the custom of our ancestors, hallowed by time and rooted in our most sacred traditions, of giving, thanks to Almighty Cod all the blessings He has vouchsafed to us during the past year. Few years in our history have afforded such cause for thanklgtviiig as this. We have been blessed by abundant harvests, our trade and commerce have been wonderfully increased, our public credit has been improved and all sections of our common country have been brought together and knitted Into closer bonds of National purpose and unity. -J The skies have been for a time darkened by the cloud of war, but as ve were compelled to take up the sword in the cause of humanity we are permitted to rejoice' that the conflict has been of so brief duration and the losses we have had to mourn, though grievous and important, have been so (aw, considering the great results as tar inspire us with gratitude and praise to the Lord of Hosts.

We may laud and magnify His Holy Name that the cessation of hostilities came so soon as to spare both aides the countless sorrows and disasters that attend protracted war. I therefore Invite all my fellow-citizens, as well those at home as those who mar be at sea or sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe Thursday, the 24th day of November, as a day of National thanksgiving, to come together in their several places of worship for a service of praise and thanks to Almighty Cod for all the blessings of the year, for the mildness of the seasons and the fruit-fulness of the soil, for the continued prosperity of the people, for the devotion and valor of our countrymen, for the glories of our victory, and the hope of a righteous peace, and to pray that the Divine guidance which has brought us heretofore to safety and honor may be graciously continued in the years to come. In witness whereof. Sec, WILLIAM McKlNLEY. By the President.

JOHN HAY, Secretary of State. SHIPWRECKED.THEN MURDERED Party of Eighteen Persona Said to Have Been Hassacred by Indians in Alaska. PORT TOWNSEND. Washington, Nov. 23.

Latest reports from Alaska tell of the fate of a party of eighteen persons who are said to have been killed by Indians after having been wrecked near the mouth of the Kuskokwlm River lat June on the little steamer Jesse. The story has Just been brought from that section In a letter to Bameson A Chlleott. who Were part owners In the wrecked 'steamer. The letter was written by a man named Marsten, a hunter and trader on Nunlvak Island, 100 miles frotn the mouth of the Kuskokwlm. He says his wife, who Is an Indian woman, paid a visit to her relatives at the mouth of the Kuskokwlm River shortly after the wreck of the Jesse.

While there she attended a feast given by the Indians. During Its progress the Indians got drunk on a kind of liquor made by themselves. While indulging In the general debauch they quarreled over the possession of certain articles taken from the shipwrecked crew. Her suspicions were aroused by seeing them In possession of many valuable articles of wearing anparl watches, breech-loading rifles, and an abundant supply of provisions. She made inquiries at her grandmother, an aged squaw, who related to her how, when the Jesse went ashore In the surf, the Indians assisted In saving the whites and the and after the whites had established a camp, the Indians demanded pay for their services.

They wanted nearly everything: the whites had, not leaving them enough to last the party through- the Winter. The whites offered a reasonable amount, "Which did not satisfy the Indians, who planned to take possession of A council was held, and It was decided to kill all the whites, which was done the next night while they were asleep. The bodies were taken to the sea In canoes and thrown overboard. Nothing was known ot the fate of the unfortunate prospectors tor nearly a month after the wreck, when several bodies came ashore badly decomposed. The Indians then reported that the Jesse and the barge had been wrecked and all lost.

Report was made to an agent of the Alas-ka Commercial Company, who visited the scene and identified the bodies of CapL Murphy and the Rev. Mr. Webber, a Moravian missionary, who, with hla wife and cbiid. joined the expedition at Dutch Harbor, and was going to establish a mission among the savages who murdered him. It Is further stated that the Kuskokwlm Indians threaten to stop the whites from prospecting In the Kuskokwlm country, as they claim It as their bunting and fishing reserve.

WHITE CAPS SHOT lit ABXAXSA8. Hesrroes Besea aa Attested Thief ase Shoet Dwa Three of His Captors. LITTLE ROCK. Nov. a band of White Caps at Black Rock.

Lawrence County, had Henry White, a negro, in custody accused of hog stealing they were fired upon by the negro's friends. A hundred shots were exchanged. Henry Hale was shot and killed. Chubby Spades mortally, and George Warner dangerously, wounded. All are white.

The casualties on tha negroes' side are not known. The alleged thief escaped. i A Coroner's Jury charges him with murder and he Is being hunted by a mob. Many negroes In the vicinity have been whipped by White Caps recently, and a race war Is threatened. Mrs.

Pwllmata Will Get fO.OOO Meath. i CHICAGO, Nov. 21 By the order of the Probate Court entered to-day Mrs. Hat tie 8. Pullman, widow of.George M.

Pullman, will receive fu.OtO per month on aocount of her share of the estate. 'This amount is declared to be materially leas than the actual Income acruing to her from her division of the property left by the palaoe car magnate. In addition to the monthly payment authorised by the court, the account of the executors of the estate showing that $83,874 has already been paid to Mrs. Pullman was approved by Judge Kohlsaat. i Coaaaaasdor Hewtaea's Proaaotlea.

BOSTON. Nov. 21 The Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard. Commodore Hewl-son. will appear before the regular medical examining board at this station on Friday to be examined physically for promotion to the grade of Rear Admiral.

This order from the Navy Department arrived-at the yard this noon. i Practical Jaka Eada tsj Death. BIOUX CITY. lows, 21 Practical Jokers Induced a young etranger to hold a bag for quail during Monday's billiard on the Little Sioux bank, outside town. When looked for three hours later be was gone, and Is supposed either to have strayed away and (rosea or Cailea Into the river.

Sim COMPANY. 1893. -TWELVE PAGES. SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL FIRE Baldwin's House Laid In I Ruins by Flames. LOSS OF LIFE MAY BE GREAT Only Two Victims' Bodies So Tar Be.

eoTered Theatre la the Build- V. lng 7 Also SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 21 The Baldwin Hotel, for almost thirty years one of the principal landmarks of 8aa Francisco, was destroyed by a fire which broke out In the -east, and of the building shortly after o'clock? this morning, supposedly in the property room of the Baldwin entailing a financial loss of nearly tLBOOOO. The loss of life so far as reported has been miraculously light, but two deaths having occurred as far as known.

The list of deed and Injured and missing persons, as reported. Is as follows: DEAD. Cart. J. WHITE.

Baa Pranetara. eapitaUst. UKW18 8karaar. Alaska, nwrctiaju. INJURED.

T. P. NOOtf. Rt. Loula, both ankles brokaa.

QKOROB RUBER. Baa Francisco, est about body. atiaa BRIDGET MITCHELL Baa rraactseo, badly bralaad. Plr Marshal Towe. head.

Ran Praacteeo, cat about QEORQE CARROLL, cat and braised. MlSHtNCI. J. M. LRIOHTHEAD.

8aa rimoclseo, ataamer City of ftrdney. puraar r. WEATHEltBEK an4 wife. HavarhllL Maaa TATB PRIOR of Bt. Louts.

P. R. ANDREWS, cashier call. FREDERICK WEBSTER. JOHN CARTER, race track Juds.

THOMAS BERKET. Aasnaor Sacramrate Cotia- ty. and wire. JOE trt'MMERrrELD. bookmaker.

Chicago: BlLER. advertising agent. St. Louis Watt- llcha Post. The ground floor of the hotel was divided Into a number of large stores end of their occupants saved anythfng worth mentioning, the majority reporting total 1 oases.

Two of the handsomest caffs In the city ere gutted, and their stocks destroyed. The Baldwin Theatre, the fashionable amusement place of this city, was totally destroyed with the rest of the building, and flee Service company, headed by William Gillette, which has been plsying an engagement at the theatre, lost all Its effecta Many of the members of the company lost most of their belongings, and trunks containing the contracts and other papers of the company were destroyed. The. flames were confined to the Baldwin structure, but much adjoining property was seriously damaged by water and smoke. The Columbia Theatre Building on Powell Street, on the west side of the Baldwin Building, suffered considerably, and the basement of the Columbia Theatre was gutted, and much valuable theatrical apparatus destroyed.

The "Gay Coney company will lose considerably, and Dr. Freeman, manager of the company, who was a guest of the Baldwin, lost a trunk containing valuable papers, and farjo in cash. There were upward of 800 guests in the hotel when the fire was discovered. The watchmen, bellboys, and other hotel employes worked energetically In arousing sleeping residents. It believed that every person in the building waa apprised of the dargrer within ten -minutes after the Are broke out.

but rumors are afloat that many of those in the east wing, where the flames were discovered, were cut off from escape and lost. How true this rumor Is cannot be definitely told for several days yet as many parts of the building have collapsed. T7JPK nv. wno nsar hv heen left In the building under the debris. MESSENGER BOYS BRAVERY.

A force of messerger boys employed In an all-night office adjoining the hotel did excellent work In connection with the warning of guests, and several brave rescues are credited to the boys of the messenger service. In conjunct Ion with the employes of the hotel the police and firemen, they went through the building awakening-guests and aiding them to dress and assistance. The employee of the hotel are highly praised by the the firemen aad policemen era spoken of in most complimentary terms. Half an hour after tne first alarm was sounded 112 policemen were on the scene of the conflagration. Many of the guests of the hotel are Eastern turfmen, and some of them lost all their effects.

CapL J. L. White, who on the fourth floor, was killed while trying to escape by means of a rope, which dangled from tne fifth floor almost to the street below. The rope bad previously done good service, being the means by which five persons escaped from the burning building For eight years Kate Richardson has been an employe of the hotel, occupying a room on the fifth floor. Five years ago, as a ore-cautionary measure for Just such an emer-sency, she procured a rope long enough to reach from her room to the street.

When the alarm was given. Miss Richardson, with the assistance of Ousslj Johnson, a companion, secured the rope to a piece of heavy furniture and threw the free end out of the window. The girls were about to make the descent to the pavement, when three lady guests rushed Into the room and begged to be saved. The two girls gave precedence to the suests, and then Miss Johnson took nandTverSand. th Went Miss Rlcharison was the last to leave and she had gone down but one story when Oapt.

White, who occupied a room on that floor, called to her. begging her not to Jump. Mies Richardson stopped and begred the Captain to take her place on the TlneT This be refused to do. and only after dint of much persuasion could be Induce Miss Richardson to save herself, promising to follow In her wake. Miss Richardson reached the ground In safety and Cant.

White had launched himself in the sir when the rope broke, and he fell to the ground a distance of nearly 100 feet. The rope had become weakened by the strain to which It had been subjected and chafed by contact with the window allls, which had become Intensely hoL The other known death was that of Louis Meyers, a merchant of Skaaruay. Alaska. Mr. Meyers, who waa sUty-threa years of age, had been rescued, but the shock had been so great that bis heart weakened and death resulted.

MORE MAT BE DEAD. The most sanguine hopes are expressed that the list of killed will not receive additions, but the Indications are that the death roll must-Increase. The Police Department Is busy computing a list of the guests and checking them oft as fast aa they are reported sfe. Manager Lake of the hotel feels certain that all of the em-playes have been saved, though two chambermaids are missing. E.

J. Baldwin, proprietor and owner of the hotel, said that be could not compute hla losses for several days but that the Insurance was light In comparison to tha loss. Owing to tho extremely heavy insurance rates charged by the Insurance companies on the building and contents, he cmr-ried but little protection on his property and the high rates also prevented the tenants ao the ground floor stores from Insuring their stocks heavily. Tbe Insurance on the building may reach and IMOtu of this is divided among sixteen companies, the NaUonal of Hartford being the heaviest loser among the companies, being tarried with this concern. The Insurance on tbe contents of the building, so far as Known, amounts to SIT.euu.

and Is divided smong twenty-three companies, ua national of Hartford being retmonslble for another r.5ua J. B. McCune of Boston occupied Room 40 on the first floor of the hotel He lost all his personal property, but escaped without much trouble. Mrs. Sharp of New "York escaped from the burning building by si.

ding down a stand-pipe on the Market Street front. She fell part of the distance and was badly bruised. Harry FroUch, a Chicago bookmaker, clambered down the fire escape from the second to the first floor. There the Iron lad. der stopped.

Fearful lest the flremon should not reach him. he drooijed to tha street below and fortunately esyaped uninjured. I -Jack Purdy. a weil-knowncommlsslon merchant, who had a room 4a the fifth PRICE OXK CEVT mi floor, la missing, but It Is stated that be waa seen on the street after the fire broke out. Looters were on the scene and begaa ta make way with what they could carry.

Many were observed at tbe comer of O'Far-rel and Mason Streets carrying trunks and other similar luggage which had bm left on the sidewalk. Poltcemaa CKeefe railed on them to halt, and they refused to do so until the officer fired two shots frotn his revolver. Then they dropped thetr burde and msde their escape. Late this afternoon the fire engines were being withdrawn from the scene, only one or two streams being left to subdue any fire that might bree out among the debris. LUCKY BALDWIN'S ESCAPE.

Lucky Baldwin had a narrow escape from perishing la his own betel. Amid all the din he slept peacefully, antll bis room was broken into and be was dragged from his bed. H. I. KowalskL a welt-knowa attorney, waa also dragged unconscious from his bed.

He will recover. One of the most thrilling Incidents ot tha Are waa tbe rescue of A. H. Christie by Fireman Keough. For a few minutes Chris, tie ran to and tro on the cornice of the fifth floor, seeking In vain for some way to escape the rapidly approaching flames.

Fireman KeouKh. after many efforts, managed to reach Christie and bring him down la safety. The building of the hotel began la 187S and waa finished In 1TT, Its total cost. Including tho ground and fornitOre, being fa.Utu.uno. The building was In the French Renslsaanc style, with Corinthian columns and Manswrd roof, six stories high, and with a prindpel dome ltd feet la height.

The hotel occupied the lot at the corner formed by the Intersection of Market and Powell Streets, extending about feet oa Market, etsj feet oa Powell, and S00 feet oa aUUs Btreet. CHARLES mOHMATCS LOSS HE ATT. Valeaala Maasarrlst Destroyed la tha lata Francises) Fire. Charles Frohmaa, under whoa management William Gillette Is producing Secret and who met with the loss of his entire scenery, property, and costumes in tbe Ore of the Baldwin Theatre yesterday morning, received his first Information of the loss by telegraph from Mr. UUlette about noon yesterday.

Mr. Frohman estimates the value of the property which waa destroyed by fire at about S4.UIU. which Includes soma valuable manuscript, included In which was the original manuscript of the dramatization of Co-nan Doyle's novel, Sherlock Mr. Gillette has been working upon for the last three weeks. This Mr.

Froh-msn regards aa the most serious loss of the entire property, as It was the only copy of the dramatisation In existence, and It will undoubtedly entail considerable time and expense to secure another copy. Mr. Gillette received Instructions to secure at once a leat of the California Theatre and continue hla engagement, tbe members of the company appearing In their street clothes until the arrival of the car which was chartered yesterday and sent forwsrd, containing all the scenery, property, and costumes which Mr. Frohman was able to gather together In this city. Jt la expected that this car will reach Ban Francisco by next Monday.

In the meantime th players will continue with tbe scenery ef the Call-fornix Theatie and such costumes as they may be in a position to obtain ia San Fran, clsoo. BTJBQLAB, TED BT T0RCE. Stosnaera Pa sap taed rpas a Prlaoner at Bridgeport Wit Weald Hot Eat. BRIDGEPORT. Xer.

ZL-" Bat Regan, the burglar who vowed he would not eat until ha was set at liberty, was forced to take food by the, Jail officials this Dr. Banks forced a sAomach pump rate hU throat and. a ouart -of milk Mi mni down. He was thea-eoid that the performs. src(vOe lU VTVrj' OetJ UOCU D6 JOSEPH STSALTS 8TJICXDE.

Beewase His Dytagr Wife Wald Xt Lav Ulaa Anything. KINGSTON. N. Nov. 23.

-Joseph 8traley. aa aged German, became despondent last night because be had been totd-bls wife, who was dying, would not leave anything to him. and went to his barn and hanged himself. His wife died this morning. FEART.D A CONFIDENCE MAS.

Cantry Ba ireeylta a Streamer's Denaaelati mt Hla Owa L' avc la-CHI CAOO. Nov. 2X James Cullen, a farmer boy of eighteen years, whose home Is In Maitenn. I1L. received a letter from his uncle.

James Kelgher of West Monroe Street, asking him to come to Chicago and spend Thanksgiving Day. The boy was delighted, and boarded the first train for Chicago. He arrived at the Illinois Central Station late last night, and was mat by his uncle, whom be had not seen since he was a child. He did not recognise Mr. Kelgher.

but the latter said it was all right and James took his word. The uncle stopped In a store on the way to Madison Street, and the boy remained outside. A stranger accosted young Cullen, and la a low whisper told him that th man who met him at the station was a confidence man." and that had better not accompany him any further, la a short while Mr. Kelgher stepped from the store. -Much to his surprise.

James refused to walk with him. Tee nephew called a policeman and tbe uncle, stranccr. and naohaa- no detective headquarters. a a conndenc said Cullen. "I'm your uncle.

repUed Kalgbar. angrily. 1AH you ur. not jrorxr uncle?" asked SergL llrodertck of the farmer boy. The bo took a good look at Mr.

Kalgber again, and said he guessed a was hla unci, and finally the couxla denartad tnr Monroe Street. Wild 0s Flylaaj laalhwara. SARATOGA, Nov. 23. Wild gees from th northern country to-day begaa their annual flight southward to escape the Winter weather.

Six Immense Socks, one of them half a mile In length, passed over here this afternoon. The spectacle attract-ed general attention. THE WEATHER, The local forecast may be found at the too of this saga to tbe right ot thm tltia. Tbe sold wave has reached the Atlantis Coast States, atteaded by clearing weather. Pair waetl er has prevailed generally from ta Alleghany te the Rocky.

Moantaias. Over the Interior of the country the tetapertare changes have ho a aUsht, aal throughout the erstral valleys, the lake rerloaa. and the Ualf States tbe weatber baa bean 10 to SO dagr.aa flutter tfaaa tha seasons! averece. Tbe iDdleaUons are that fair and eoctlaaed cold weather will prevail aaat tbe Miaataalpta to-day. Waat ot tbe Jatastaalppl the laoprrmtor.

wlU anoderaie alowly, and la tbe Nurtbera Rack Mountain dlatrlcta soow Hurries wilt aaear Te morrow prusnlaa to be fair and not so onld ia the Atlantic Oiast districts, tba Ohio Vallev and tha aastcra take rrfioa. 1 be record of temparature for tbe t-enty-four hour. enJed at aiidDis-ht, tak.a front Ths New YORK TlMKa tbanoometer and from tha tha. mutaeler tbe Veaiber Itureaa. Is aa foUows: or Weathar Bur.

Tiaca A. 40 4 A aMeteeaee9t 43 44 A. as IS ST 4 4 Pa 44 4. 44 0 4. Haf JtA i a ata P.

SS 41 Tun Tin SI'S thermometer Is faet shoe tha eiraat tbat of tba WeaUWr sturoes ka XsA faet abvva tba etreet Waat. -Average IcaiBeratsres yoatarday ware as foi- pnaiiag Mooae Square .45 Weather itureaa ,..44 Correapuad.Bg data lfVl Correepoadlng oate for aaat tweaty Tha RULXtmum temperature vnuraar waa bw dasree at A. M. and tba ralatm-ita 43 d-areaa it I U. Ths bsmldlty it I A.

11. was si per cast, ass at P. M. aa per sane Otva adv. are order to your ta be aura 4 eerurtng editions of Tmb Niw YoaK TIMES of Saturday (wtib alitaen-paa Uouk and Art Hevlewi and buadar.

'xl: atitaea-page illustrated Masailne. H.ary Korman'a Lond-in eutue tatter, and other attractive faatures. A4. THE WEATHER. Fair, except possibly snow flurries; colder; northerly la Greater Torkl rfca.ew wary vity.

JTV cxxTi. GEN. GATES TURNED DOHII Jarring Incident on the Return cf the Thirteenth Battalion. WAS NOT ALL0WZD TO SPEAK Had His Addreae Eaadr. Sst It ia Insinuations That Hats Hade faexaation.

The ret era ef the Third Battalion ef tbe Twenty second Rewtavrat th old Thirteenth Regiment Armory ess stuBbtr Avenue. nrooUys, last rdgbt. was, as tar aa tbe Ceneral publio was eoncernad. a wry satis factory and swrceeafwl affair. To only a fear ot th trrimenae number ot parsons which thronged the armory was It known that a Jarring ctirnawteae which would Inevitably have mad trouble was narrowly everted, at son expense to ta feelings ef oa pretnleent officer.

Th Thirteenth Regiment waa 41rr-iMr-1 by order of Oow. Black because it refused to go te Camp Black at the outset of th war. One under Major RaaseO. 61d sadist and waa attach to th Tvt. ty second Regtaaeat Whets this battalloaj returned last sight, Geo.

Theodora B. OataC. dvU war Vetera and President of th Veterans Association, beaded tbe escorting-column and was expected be tbe princi pal speaker of the evening. At th last mo- aeat Oen. Oats waa suppress a and Brig.

Oen, James McLrer became the orator of U.e occasion. Oea. Gates waa ao sure that bo was to speak that be had hla edJras typewritten and sent to som ot th news. papers ta th afternoon, and fifteen minutes before Oen. McLeer began his addrea Oen, Oates said that be was to epak.

Th undelivered speech ef Oen. Gate would surely have mad a aenaatlon it th T.0U peraoaa In th armory had born per. mitted to, hear it, It abounded la Inaloua-ttone that th officers of the old r-gimeat were responsible for its downfall. Cot William L. Watson, who commanded th reglmeot when It waa disbanded, was pre- em at th armory last night for the first Um tanc it was broken up.

and for an hour before th battalion arrived bo was kept busy shaking ban da with enthastaaU friends, who warmly welcomed his return. If the frtvnds of tt Colonel had board tb hints contained la Oea. Oates a spevrh, though thera might have bean a open out- -break al tb time, there would certainly hava been ground for renewed rtlaai nilofiS In th already faction-torn rfftnnt. Bovta of tb at-n ten cas in tb typewritten copies sent to tb newspapers ar aa follows: Toa the men of the Thirteenth Battalion) marched out from this building nearly seven months ago with a larger per can tax of tbe rank and file of tb old regiment than any other National Guard orgaaiaattow In tht Stat took wHh H. That a ponton of tb regiment railed to follow your -ample was not th fault of th onUstod men.

As falthfuBy as yen have stood by your arm a. just aa faithfully has tn sentiment of th borough stood by yow. Nor has that aantlmant tailed to embrace la Its estimate th rank and file of the old regiment, who, through reasons and influences Deed-leas- now to mention, failed to abide with you la your choice to remain tn th field. And tt, waa' right and Just that th rom-muwtty In the miasr of which wi had spent your lives ss otlsens and soldier should have maintained this faith tn yow and Its respect "or you tn spit of to unfortunate events with which th nam ot your regiment was connected. No reaponalbUlty for thoa events ever rested upon th shoulders of th ecUlsled men.

1 ae battalion marched Into the armory at 9:15 and got aa uproarious reception. Tbe Veterans' Association, beaded by Oen. Oates. headed the column, followed by the old members of the Thirteeatb Regiment who taj-ed at home. The battalion came last.

The men were drawn wp la Una in tb drill hall, and then formaed Into a -hollow square to bear the spaaenea. Gen, Oates stood In the centre of the bail at th bead of the ClUxens" and Veterans' Cons, ml tea. A reporter approached the General, and asked him if he was to be the only speaker. I understand that Gen. Mr Lea is slao to apeak.

replied Oea. Gate. Wo will nrobably address th regime st from the He then walked away with -W. T. Lane, Chairman of th Veterans Committee.

Fifteen minutes later Oen. McLr appeared on the Boor sad begaa his addrwaa. Major Russell responded on behalf of tbe battalion. It was expected that Oea. Oates waa to tb next speaker, but Instead of that tb band struck up on their musical and tn crowd man a break for turned soldrs and begaa to give them their welcome doom.

Gen. MeLrer was asked bow It was that Gen. Gates bad not been allowed ta speak. He said ha supposed It was that he Gary. McLrer had rtgiaairy boon asked to speak and had declined.

During th day th corn, ml tea had approached him and aakod hint to reconsider bis determlnatloa and bo had assented. Oen. McLoer was ignorant of the kind of speech Oea. Oates iatoadod to sank. Whoa was told of th sentiments expressed in It the General said: If that waa tb sort of speech wss gotnar to make.

I am glad ha did not aaaa it- If any reflections on superior officer had been made la my presence, I should have felt It my duty to at owe leav to hall. Chairmaa Lata was asked the ran-aon for the sudden auppre-skn of the President of his association. He said: Oh. the only reason was that we at last secured from Oen. Mcleer a revocation of sua ex-preoaed determlnatloa not to speak.

Why couldn't both have spoken? Why. because the men were anxious get to their com pany rooms at once. Oen. Oate could not be found. Th other members of tho Clttsena and Veterans Committees remained on th floor, shaking bsnds with friends and soldiers, but tb General bad disappeared.

It was said that he had left the armory. At any rata, a prolonged search failed to result In discovertng-hlm. The battalion arrived at th foot of Atlantic Avenue at about o'clock. Th line of march was Atlantic Avenue to Clinton, to Remsen. to and serosa City Hall Park, to Court Square, to Schermerhorn Street, to Lafayette Avenue, to Bedford Avenue, to Greene Avenue, to Throop Aveaoe.

to 1 Putnam Avenue, to th armory. At City Hall Snuare they were reviewad Tav An- ough President Grout and Gen. Mr Leer. The bad wealhet prevented tnaay of the battalion's admirers from turning oat. and the crowds wars small.

This was all made up for at th armory, where tho crowd was large and enthusiastic. For aa hour before tn battalion arrived the company rooms looked as If ti Thirteenth was a regiment of pretty woman. The friends of tb reeirnaat had pro-pared a royal welcome for them, end every room was full of dainty maidens In cap and apron, standing guard over tempting-looking tables. Later In the oven lag tb hungry soldier descended on their company rooms and revelled In food and admiration at tbe nam lima The stay-at-home soldiers of the Thirteenth, not to uniform, but wearing badga. were warmly greeted, as wcr tba veterana.

but th cheering for th battalion was tra-anendous. Pretty girls we had momoa-tmrily deserted th company rooms Jumped us and down and screamed littl sonant of delight, waving their ltttl whit aprons ta sheer Joy. On little girl of fourteen, wb bad failed to get a Welcome Homo bodg. bad acraalod tha word of a ree of papr and ptanod It on bar Jacket. Wei.

come Homo greeted thesa, la floral rl.cua and terns, at every point, and flags ornamented tboa tomptlhg table. Gen. McLear la hla suarh told the returned soldier that It Was their defy to reorganise the oil re.lment. and road a letter from Oest. Roa authorising htm te say that th reorganisation matter will be artod on soon, snd It Is believed will be satisfactory to ail concerned.

This waa warmly Major Russell responded tn a brief speech ot thanks. After th formal exercises were over, the returned soldier were taken tn tow by their women friends and by tbelr old comrades and taken to their company rooms. Heroro th men arrived CoL Watson was asked whether be or Major Russell would be likely to have charge of the reorcantta-tion. lie replied that Major RuaaeK's nam aaa th only en which had kweo retentloned..