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I rj ri I i Occasional OCC Variable rain winds tonight tonightVariable toni ght I I Ql 1lrfi If Rtifin tfc HI ftingtoutdiJimt nt 0 7r a HI it itI itLAS I LAS LASN FINANCIAL AINANCIALOccasional FINANCIALWith i TION 1 1I I With CIID Closing No Stock stack Price Pd PdNU1BER PriceNUMBER i NUMBER 5072 TflTG ASBINGTON OhMOtiDdY 1I lPAY EVENING MAY 4 1908 PRICE ONE CENT THAW MAKES MAKESTODAYS POINT POINTIN IN TO TODAYS DAYS FIGHT FIGHTPI I FOR HIS LIBERTY LIBERTYPoughkeepsie UBERTYPoughkeepsi LIBERTYough Poughkeepsie PI ough ees Pic Court Will WillTake WTake VillTake 111 Take Favorable Evi Evidence Evidence Evidence dence May 11 11States 11fate States fate Witnesses to Be BeHeard BeHeard BeHeard Heard in New YorkCit York YorkCity YarkCity City CityPOUGHKBBPSIB CityPOUGHKEJPSIE Cit YPOUGHKElLPSI1C POUGHKBBPSIB May 4 4At 4Attorn 4Attorneys At Attorneys torneys torn ys for Harry lIar Thaw seprOd first firstblood firstbloot firstblood blood this afternoon in their fight for forhis forhis his freedom tr edtJTl when they secured a ruling rulingfrom rulingfrom rulingfrom from Justice Morachauser in special specialterm specIaltrm specialtern term of the supreme court that the thewitnesses thewltneaea thewitnesses witnesses who will testify testtr that he issane is issane issane sane shall be heard in court here Those Thosewho Thosewho Thosewho who claim that he is still insane will willLe w111ie willLe Le heard in New York and that county countywill countywill countywill will live to bear the bulk of the ex exDense exn cx9enae Dense of the th present litigation litigationIt UUg Uon UonIt It is admitted at todays proceedings proceedingsthat that Jerome will ill make the hardest kind kindof kindot kindof of a fight to keep Thaw in the criminal criminalinsane criminalinsaJIe criminalinsane insane asylum Ylum To do jI he te will send sendcommissions sondcomml8 sendcommissions commissions comml8 Sona to London LOndoh Rome Paris and andMonte a aMon andMonto Monte Mon Carlo to take evidence as to al alleged allE alleged leged lE ed insane acts committed by Thaw Thawin in thee eee picked pJ CIII The light which began begantoday besatoday begantoday today wIll last for several eral months it Is Isasserted hia8l18rtet1 isasserted asserted her herDistrict herlJlatrict herDistrict District Attorney Mack of Dutches Dutchescounty Duteh Dutehcutlty Dutchoascounty county led the light to have the case casetn caMetrlaBfened casetrs tn trlaBfened referred to Nw ev York county for forlinal tOtl1flAl forltral linal settlement settlementIt It will 11l cost us 980000 OOOg OOO to try this case here he declared and there is I no rea reason reason reason son why hy our taxpayers taxp yers should have to topay topey topay pay thw bill because this thi murderer de desire de desires sire Ir to go fr free irecGalVan freeGarvan eGarvan Garvan Urges Decision DecisionAssistant DecisionA8 DecisionAssistant Assistant A8 District Attorney GarvaK GarvaKahw GarVinahl Garvaaalso also ahl made this point claiming that it itwill ItWill itwill will be necessary to end commissions to Rome London and Pittsburg to get evidence that will show that Thaw is hopeiewly insane The expense of these conmnasians he declared cl ed will be great eat He also intimated that the State will insist on them being appointed although It will take a long time to secure MCur their report and Ad that in the meantime moan tI me it will insist that Thaw remain In the asylum asylumAttorney uyIumutom asylumattorney Attorney utom Graham insisted that Than Th did pot nave eave a fair trial and seJd the expense ex would be insignificant Justice Morachauser 3Lor user denied the motion foTThe for the tic enfnfce a of venue and ruled that the Itnejises for Thaw will 111 be heard here herea hereaIVI an afd those agatowt him in New York iiI a that Hle the expense shall be divided After making this ruling ruU the court ad journed the further hear hearin herlQ until ViV ViVThaws May 11 when witnesses will will be heard In lnExpects Thaws behalf behalrExpects behalfExpects Expects Thaws Release ReleaseThe ReleaseTho ReleaseThe The utmost confidence that Thaw will be liberated by habeas corpus proeeed iiffs was expressed before the hearing hearingopened headftgopened heatingopened opened here today todayGraham to todayGraham 1ay 1ayGrabam Graham Thaws attorney whoIs wbf Is new newIn newIn newin In the case is best known her here hervpolitician as a apolitician apolitician politician and a man of influence In ueaee He Hesized Httsized Hesized sized up the situation today ag fol follows follows lows 1 lowsWe We have JK doubt that we will be beable beable beable able to prove pro Thaw sine no and gain his hisrelease lalreleaoe Idarelease release He was committed withoutbeDrl without a ahearing ahearing hearing beDrl and nd is now being detained il legally A commission found him sane saneduring saMedurIng saneduring during his first ftnlttrlal trial and he te sane to touay tota toNone uay ta uayNone None ef Thaws famil was as in court courtto courtto to greet him He arrived In custody custodyof of two husky guards from Matteawanwho Matteawan Matteawanwho 1latteawanwho who never left his side Thaw Thawappe appeared appearedgreatly appearedgreatly red redgreaUy greatly Improved since his last trial trialHI trialHis His HI face formerly formerl sallow today twas twasflushed was wasflushed flushed He Is coniderably considerably heavier but butshowed butfhowed bute showed nervousness He came into the thecourt thelourt thecourt court room with his usual rapid stride strideand strideand strideand and greeted the lawyers and others who whowere whowere whowere were in attendance on his trials trialsDr trialDr trialsDr Dr Baker Against Him HimDr HimDr Dr Baker acting superintendent of ofMattewan orMatteawan ofMattawan Mattewan headed the party of guards guardsand bUardsand guardsand and attendants that took Thaw from fromthe fromth fromthe the th asylum to the station on the way wa 10 Pdughkeepftie ughkoe le The doctor will tes tify that he does not believe Thaw has hasrecovered hasrecovered hasrecovered recovered his reason but this appar apparently aPPlrently apparently ently has has not affected the young Joun mil ml1110nalre8 lionaires friendship for him Thaw has been greatly encouraged encourag by the knowledge knowled that his mother and andother andolhel andother other members of his family amll with the possible pos lbloe exception of his wife a ae back ing him in his fight for freedom The Thestatement Thestatoment Thestatement statement given out by Col Franklin Bartlett I Mrs William Thaws attorney declaring that she is ho hopeful eCul of suc suctid suctSS susC tSS In the present legal proce proceedi dinp did much to cheer him Evelyn Thaw8 Thaw8opposition Thawxopposition Thaws Thawsopposition opposition opposition to his release Thaw be be lieves Is based on a desire to keep him In an asylum until her suit for annul ment of their marriage on the ground that he was insane when they were werernarried wcemarried weremarried married at Plttsburg Is settled settledHe settledHe He is anxious to testify in his own behalf He said he is willing to take the stand and submit sU mlt to any kind of ofa ota ofa a grueling to prove his sanity They can go as far as they like he said Im ready readyTHE readyTf1IWEATHER readyTHE THE Tf1IWEATHER WEATHER REPORT REPORTT REPORTronabl REPO RT RTVnsoaaonably nseasonably low temperatures con tlnue in New England the Middle At Atthe lantic It ntic States and thence westward westwardAt to the Rocky Rock mountain region on In the lat ter the temperature temp rature has has1 h8 fallen thirty to forty degrees In the last twentyfour tw twentyf ntyur rur hours he urs and snow is now falling through cut Wyoming and eastern Colorado Rain has alien over a narrow belt belt extending from the Middle Atlantic States westward to the Rocky moun tains tainsqtoaraers tainsf3tOllmers tainsfitoamerseparttag fitoamerseparttag qtoaraers departing today for Eu European EuroP European ropean 8n ports will have light westerly winds and fair weather to the Grand 1Jpk1LI Banks I TEMPERATUREWeather TEMPERATURE TEMPERATUREBuna TEMPERATUREWeAUler Weather WeAUlerBuree WeatherBureau Bureau Afgeeka 9 a mn 44 54 6412n0011 12n0011 noon 45 1 d4p 47 ss 2 pm 49 57 57SUN s7SUN SUN TABLE TABLESun TABLESun TABLESun Sun rises risesSun rls Sall IS Sun sets 155 155TIDE TIDE TABLE TABLEHJ TABLEH1 TABLEwater HJ H1 water today 525 i pm pmi Ix rown bY1 water atPr today 1042 pm High 1il wa water atpr tomorrow tnmorrowl1 tnmorroLow 11S am amLow 8101lAw Low water trcrowSX tmrowsi0 amt an 61 615 TITrt rrj I 1 I DIES SUDDENLY I i THOMAS SULLIVAN SULLIVANWas SULLIVANDIRECTOR DIRECTOR SULLIVAN SULLIVANPNEUMONIA SULLIVANPNEUMONIAVICTIM PNEUMONIA PNEUMONIAVICTIM PNEUMONIAVICTIMWas VICTIM VICTIMWas I Was Head of the Bureau Bureauof of Engraving Engraing and andPrinting andPrinting andPrinting PrintingThomas Printing PrintingThomas PrintingThom8 Thomas Sullivan director of the theBureau theBur88U theBureau Bureau of Bngravmg and Printing died diedat diedat diedat at 11 oclock this morning mornl at his reel residence tdenee reeldeuce deuce IflSS 1 street northwest aort we of pose pneumonia NMMImonla posemocha mocha following an Illness of less than thana a week weekMr wHkMr weekMr Mr Sullivan was in the sixtythird sixtythirdyear year of his age and had been con connected COftflocted connected nected with the Bureau of Bagiaving Bagiavingand RB vtag vtagall and Printing for forty years servingunder serving servingunder rvtng rvtngunder I under every director of the bureau bureauHe bureauHe I He was made director June 1 1 3M 3Msucceeding Jf OIwcceedbag IVWsucceeding succeeding Jlllam 1I1am Meredith Mr Sullivan left his office Tuesday feeling badly from the effects of a cold but his condition was thought to be better the latter part of the week and no fear was entertained for his recov ery It was fully expected at the bu reau that th he would be able to resume his duties this thl morning morningAlso moraineAlso morningAlso Also Had Heart Trouble TroubleThe TreubleThe TroubleTlse The cold took a sudden turn fist the thev theaIMI ivoree wse and pneumonia pneumoofarapidly rapidlyed rapidly develop developed I ed from which his death resulted this tJdsDtOrnlnc thismorning thismorning morning It te also thought that Heart Hearttrouble ntrouble harttrouble trouble served to complicate the cHIt disease cHItand dieease ease and hasten his hi death deathMr de th thMr thjr Mr Sullivan was regarded as an ef efficient etftdent officient I ficient head of the establishment bltshment over overwhich overx I which 111 bleh he presided and his sudden death deathwas deathwar deathwan was received with much regret by the theofficials theoftela1 theoffldals officials and employ etn yes of the bureau bureauWhen bureuI bureauMeredith MeredithFormer When I Former Director William MMeredith oMeredith MM8rd Meredith M8rd rite resigned his position In I 13M 13MMr 1311ltr UNMr Mr Sullivan who was then assistant assistantdirector Mlatantdtreetor aslataatdirector director was selected as his successor successorApril successorApril rAprtl April 12 12 1 taking the oath of office July 1 1 1WK He was born in the District Districtand Districtand and 1H1 has lived here all his hi life lifeNo UteIio lifeNo No Funeral Arrangements ArrangementsMr Mr Sullivan is survived by his widow widowMrs 1ldowMrs widowMrs Mrs Mary Catherine Sullivan three threesons lhr lhrsons threesons sons Thomas a chemist located at atKansas atKana atKansas Kansas City Kan Joseph Jo an at attorney attOrDe attorney torney tOrDe of this city Francis a local localarchitect loea1archlteet localarchitect architect and one daughter Miss Mary Marywho Marywho Marywho who resides re at home homeHe homeHe homeHe He belonged to the St Vincent deof de dePaul dePaul Paul Society Soclet and the Gaelic Society Societyof of Washington WashingtonThe The funeral arrangements have ve not notbeen notbeen notbeen been perfected but the services em will willprobably willprobably willprobably probably be heW from St Pauls Catho Catholic CthoIIc Catholic lic Church Wednesday Vedne da and the burial burialat at Mt Olivet The arrangements for forthe torthe forthe the funeral will be held open pending a atelegram atelegram atelegram telegram from Thomas Sullivan In InKansas InKan InKansas Kansas as City CityJoseph CityJoseph CityJoseph Joseph Ralph assistant tant director directorhas directorhas directorhas has ordered the flag of the bureau to tobe tobe tobe be placed pl ed at half mast and will 111 also alsopreside aliiOpre alsopreside preside pre lde at a meeting of the chiefs of ofdivisions ofdhlalons ofdivisions divisions that will be held this after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon to take suitable action on the thedeath thedeath thedeath death of Director Sullivan SullivanBegan SullivanBegan SullivanBegan Began Career in Banking HouseMr House HouseMr HouseIr Mr Ir Sullivan won his promotion to the theresponsible thercaponslble theresponsible responsible position po of Director of the theBureau theBureau theBureau Bureau of Engraving and Printing en entirely entirely entirely tirely upon merit as there was strong strongpolitical strongpoUtlcal strongpolitical political pressure for other candidates candidatesat at the time of his appointment He was waseducated WB8edueatod waseducated educated in the public and private privateschools privateachool8 privateschools schools of this city He subsequently subsequentlyattended 8Ub subsequentlyattended oquentl oquentlattended attended the law school of Georgetown GeorgetownUniversity GeorgetownUnhersity GeorgetownUniversity University and received the bachelors bachelorsand bachelorsand bachelorsand and the masters ma degree degr In law from fromthat fromthat fromthat that university universityAt At an early age he started his bust business bu bustflees lnen ness career with the oldtime banking house of Sweeney Rittenhouse Co CoHe CoHe CoHe He entered the service of the Bureau of ofEngraving orEngraylng ofEngraving Engraving and Printing December 1 I1SW 1UN 1SW 1 as an expert in accounts He was waspromoted waspromoted waspromoted promoted rapidly through the several severalgrades severalgrAdes severalgrades grades and was made principal account accountant accountant accountant ant in October 1S72 and assistant chief chiefof chleror chietof of the Bureau of Engraving and Print Printing PrintIng PrintIng ing in March arch 188S The title of the office being changed In 19M he was reappoint reappointed ed assistant director of the bureau July 1 of that year yearUpon yearUpon yearUpon Upon entering the sere service ice Mr Sulli Sullivan Sullian Sullivan van an devoted himself to the systematiz systematizing ing of the methods and forms In use In Inthe Inthe Inthe the business of the bureau and form formulated fonnulated formulated ulated rules and regulations to prevent preventthe preventthe preventthe the loss to the employer and the Gov Government Governm Government ernment ernm nt of the valuable securities han dled In the bureau bureauORDERS bureauORDERS bureauOER8 ORDERS 1ARTIAL MAT1AEAM MAT1AEAMe LAW LAWIN lAWIN IN TOBACCO DISTRICT DISTRICTRIPLEY RIPLEY Ohio May Ma 4 4Adjutant Adjutant Gen General Genor Genoral oral or Critchfield deckled today to place placethe placethe placethe the Burley tobacco district of Ohio un undor undor undor dor martial law Two troops of cavalry cavalrysnd cavalrysnd cavalryend snd one of Infantry will arrive In Rip Ripley RIpley Ripley ley tomorrow for or patrol duty du Rumor Rumorhas Rumorhas Rumorhas has It that another invasion of Ken Kentucky Kenwelty i en entucky tucky riders caused this action actionTioope actionTIOOPS actionTroops Troops will Ul be quartered in Ripley RipleyAdjutant RipleyA RipleyAdjutant Adjutant A jutant General Critchfield Crlt hfild arrived at atthis atthIs atthis this decision after a thorough Investiga Investigation Investi Investitton investigation tion of tie situation Ituat vn accompanied a mpaoied byl by I Shtrlff Shc riff Cahill I I RECOVER 11 BODIES BODIESFROM BODIESMany FROM HOTEL RUINS RUINSRESCUERS RUINSRESCUERS RESCUERS AT WORK WORKVictims Many ManyFROM any Victims 1n in the Hospital Hos Hospital Hospital pital Several of Whom WhomWill WhomWill WhomWill Will Die DieDefective DieDefective DieDefective Defective ectlve Wiring Given Givenas as Cause of the Fort FortWayne FortvVayne FortWayne Wayne Disaster DisasterFORT FORT WAlfKB A NE lad May 4 4JE 4JEbodl Eleven Elevenbodice KHrrenbodies bodies bodl four of which are ar a badly badlyburned badl badlburned badlyburned burned that all hope of Wentmeikm Wentmeikmhas tttIG lnft lnfthas has been abandoned are lying ht the themorgue tmo themorgue morgue mo in this city today tod as the result resultof of the New Avei Aveiine Ave ie Hotel horror early earlyyesterday earlyyesterday earlyyesterday yesterday morning morningThe morAinelhe morningThe The lire which had its origin 11 near nearthe rthe nearthe the elevator elev tor shaft on the first rst floor floorwas ftoorwas floorwas was caused by defwetive def wiring 11 It was wasdiscovered WUdi weediscovered discovered di overe4 by hotel hotelJ employes at 330 330oclock 330oclock 33 0 0oclock oclock and the alarm was sor sprerd sprerdthroughout 1Id 1Idthroucbout dthroughout throughout the hotel hot Within AYe min minutes nainltea minutes utes however the interior of the struc structure etr uc ucture ture ure was a seething furnace ace and manyof many manyof manyof of the guests ts were caught in their theirrooms ttelrrooms clr clrrooms rooms before they had time tv get into intothe Intothe intothe the halls llMand and make their way to the thelireescapes tJwaftree8CapH thefireescapes lireescapes lireescapesAVlthout fireescapesWithout WIthout nets netsand and with UM only oaI aerial aerialtruck Hrlaltruck aerialtruck truck in the lte city fire department temp temporarily temporarily temporsrty orarily thrown rown out of commission commissionthrough eommatontbroOCh commissionthrough through defects the firemen were handi handicapped haDdtcapped handicapped capped and anc many of the guests were wereeither wereeither re ret either killed or injured by jumptog from fromthe tr fromthe mtbe the windows Within ten minutes JIdDut after afterthe alterthe afterthe the fire was discovered the flames nad adHlten Thadeaten nadeaten eaten their way through the wood of oflite utUte ofthe Ute interior construction and the five fiveupper Aveupper fiveupper upper floors had fallen raJI to carrying carryingdown carl7incdown curryingdown down with the mass of burning bunaI wreck 1MttCkaSit wreckage wreckage age the bodies of those who bo were un unable Uftab1e unable able to reach a place of safety safetyVictims safetyVictims etT etTVictims Victims in Hospital HospitalFully HospitalFully Fully twenty guests are in the boa hospitals boaplta1 boapitais pitals suffering from burns orInjuriesreceived orInjuries orInjuriesreceivedIn 01 Injuries Injuriesreeelvod receivedIn reeelvod In Jumping from the windows windowsB Matthews a traveling travel salesman uatesaianof of Columbus Jumped jum from the huh nfthstory Aft Aft8tOl huhstory story alighting on the back of his Lead Leadand keadand 1dnDd and shoulders in the middle of the thestreet tMstreet thestreet street He ws picked up and is stilt stiltalive JrtI11anv stiltalive alive a patient in Ina a local local hospitaL His Hisinjuries HiabtjurJes Hisinjuries injuries will prove rMany fMany fatil fatilMany Many of the escapes were miraculous JahaeuJousXive miraculouslove love guests crawled law feet oa a ledw ledwnot lsdganot not more tU tf9 eJjMJaches rheak11 rheak11reaehing wMe ftn fly flyrochmg rochmg re a ptoceot place safety saetyIt It Jauppos is supposed that at least three moreYodles more morebodies bodies remain in the rums rumsTh rulesTire Th The hotel was the largest te Fort FortWayne FortWayn1 Wayne It was owned by the estate 18 of ofThomas ofThomas Thomas Shoat a carpet Importer porter of ofNew ofNew New York and was managed aW by theKnickerbocket the theKjiickerbocket tJMKnlckerbocket Kjiickerbocket Trot Ompany of Now NowYork NYMk NewYork York There were eighty ro tlla ms ht the thehotel tJMhotel thehotel hotel and the fire swept It lun 1 tAft end 81Me Uend toend end endThe The known dead dea4List at atList axList List of VSotims VSotimsR It JOHNSON JO SON Pans 31 31j mJ 1tJ MILLER Sbeboygaa Vale sJIs Wls Wlsj WisJ VIII VIIIJ ELLIS of Carson PIn Scott ScottCo ScottCo 4 Co Chicago ChicagoW WBoweer A PITCHER PITCHERr salosmaa a for FBowser FBoWN Bowser Co Fort Wayne Waynej a aJ DBVINY DEVI salesman flbr Crawford Craw Crawford Crawiord ford Lehman Philadelphia PhiladelphiaMORRIS Phl1adelplsla10RRIS PhUadetphlrMORRIS MORRIS PIBRSCH ChicagoCHARLES Chicago ChicagoMiss oCHARLES CHARLES BLOOMER Boston BootoaMias BostonMiss Miss MARY BL BURUTTT RLETT assistant assistantmatron a antmstron assistantmatron matron Mishawaka Infl Orphans OrphansHMr OrptauHome Orp ans ansHome HMr Home HomeMnt HomeSARAH Mnt SARAH HATHAWAY matronUnentffied matron matronUnWentifled matronUnkentifted UnWentifled man badly charred sup supposed supJosed supused posed used to be Attorney FRANK FRA BAX BAXTER BAXTER BAXTER TER of Auburn Ind IndCHARIES IndUnlde1Uftod IndUnidultifiod Unlde1Uftod body supposed to be beCHARIES leeCHARLES CHARIES BENJAMIN of the I Detroit Detrotteckwea DetroitNeckwear etroU etroUNeckwear Neckwear eckwea Company CompanyUnidentified CompanyUnidentl CompanyUnidentified Unidentified Unidentl ed body bOd supposed sups te be beCHARLES beCHARLES beCHARLES CHARLES BLOOMER DLOO ER of oCThe Boston BostonThe BastesThe The known raising ml lng are areCompanion areCompanion re reCompanion Companion of Fran Frank Baxter of Au Aub AuR Auburn Auburn burn Ind IndR burnE burnindT indT TRIBLE Dalbart TexM Tex a mU millionaire mUUonalre mUpionaire lionaire ranchman known to have been beenin eenin yeermin in Room 33 near the elevator has not notbeen DOtbeen notbeen been seen since the fire flreBURKE fireBURKE fireBURKE BURKE colored porter at theThe the tileThe igai igaiThe The Injured are areF areF tF OD ODonnell nn tU right ht arm broken in inJames Jftjumping Injumping jumping jumpingJames James AFoster A Aabout Foster Fort Wayne Yy burned burnedabout Burneda about a face aee and head headA beadA head headA A A Meth Pittsburg burned ed About facearms face facearms acarm8 arms and legs legsLyman le legsLyman sLyman Lyman Campbell Jumped three stories storiesbadly stonesbadly storiesbadly badly shocked shockedCharles shockedCharles I ICharles Charles Falls Columbus Onto gash ga In Inleg Inleg Inleg leg contusion on head and badly lacerated lacer lacerated Jacer8ted ated leaped three stories storiesE Matthews Columbus Ohio back backbroken bckbroken backbroken broken and burns burnsGeorge bumsGeorge burnsrfladel George A i Sill Philadelphia rfladel badly cut cutand cutand cutand and burned about face anil arms armsM armsl1se armsMiss Miss l1se ss Agnes Agn Nadeau three rIDs broken brokencontusion hrokencontusion brokencontusion contusion on head injuries Injur will prove proveMiss provetatal provefatal fatal tatallIi fatalsites Miss lIi Margaret Meeehan 11eeeh Miss Anna AnnaBlock AnnoBlock AnnaBlock Block and Nathan Bell all employes employesall all burned and Watered WateredF Philippe PhutpPS1Calumot i Calumet Mich face faceand faceand faceand and head scorched scorchedJohn scorch scorchedJohn dJohn John Long bartender er arms broken brokenJohn brpkenJohn brokenJohn John Strohrecker traveling sales salesman stlcsman solesman man New York city burned abeufhead abeufheadand a utJh head headand ad adand and arms armsIncendiary nnSIncendiary armsIncendiary Incendiary Fires FiresCause FiresCatlSe ryes ryesCause Cause Loss of Life LifeNSW LifNEW eNEW NEW YORK May Thirtyfive 4 fam famIH famUitMI fantiles IH tiles were made homeless three firemen firemenwere firemenWEre firemenwere were seriously liJured and three tnement tne tnemont tnement ment houses were destroyed in a a sec second aecond sececand ond incendiary fire early today In InBrooklyn inBrk1n inBrooklyn Brooklyn following close on the heels heelsof hee16of heelsof of the firebug blaze that resulted in six sixdeaths sixdoot11sand sexdeaths doot11sand deaths and the thefatal fatal injury of three threeothersat threeothers8t threeotharsgt othersat 17HunVooldt 17 street WIHIamg WIHIamgburg WJlUamsburs Willlsmgburg burgThe burg burgThe bursTbe The latest incendiary blaze started in inthe Inthe inthe the home of Spmuel rouel Green reen on the theground thoground theground ground floor of the fourstory tenement 971 Flushing avenue renuo The TJamtas 1Jam spread spreadto to the houses on either side and tenants tenantshad tenantshad tenantshad had narrow narrowVlIUnm escapes escapesWilliam escapesWilliam William Brock a member of the sal salvage salAge salvage vage corps was chopping cb cboppl on the third thirdfloor thirdfloor thirdfloor floor when the stairway fen 1 and Iro lrotContirued IroContinued 1rolContirue Continued on Second Secon Page HOSTILE AFGHANS AFHURRetreat AFGHANSTHREATEN AFGHANSTHREATEN THREATEN ENGLAND ENGLANDWITH ENGLANDBJ WITH BJ TRIBAL WAR WARto AR ARRetre to Retreat Retr Slowly Under Underrjy UnderFirI I rjy rjyFirand Firand FirI Ir and nd Ambush AmbushJs Ms Js Ifs Feared Fearedastly Fearedfi fi Ii IiBriti Briti tiS Vastly astly asti Outnum OutnumGain Outnurnberl utnum utnumber berl ber Gain Respect Respectr RespectOnlby espect rby I OJ Onlby tSGMLA lJ by Artillery ArtilleryStMLA StMLA 3i Mfty 4 f1ullen Hullen but apparently apparentlyoverAwed a apparentlyoveawed arenUyOefWed1fJf overAwed OefWed1fJf llm the powerful British lt showing show showing showIng ing ageinet4hsn gfclnetp the Astir of Afghanis Afghanistans AtgIaaDI8tas Afghanistans tans tr trMfs jM Be retreating Inch by inch inchfrom inebfrom Inchfrom from Laml Law La Kotal before which they theyenoamped theyencamped theyencamped encamped saw their attempt aU mpt Saturday Saturdaynight Saturdaynight night to setae sfe the blockhouse guarding guardingthe I the Afghan outlet to Khyber Pass PassThe PThe PassThe The Aaiattac are not routed by any anymeans anyJIMD8 anymeans means It fe ItJnet net even en certain that they theyare the theare theyare are not attempting at pdMg to dr 5nw the English Englishinto EngUahInto EnglishInto into the country where their cavalry cavalryand cavalryaDd cavalryand and cannon can will be at a disadvantage disadvantageand tlt advaBtaseanet and attempt attelft to cut them off offSo ott5io offSo So apfxehaosive appulum te Is Gen Sir James JamesWdksockB JamesWJUeock1l Jamesrt WdksockB rt ot seek eh an attempt aUemptat at an am ambush ambuIIIt ambush bush that lie is doing no more that to tokeep tok tokeep keep Ms vanguard in touch with the thenatives thenatives I natives natty slowly pressing them backward backwardbut backwardbut but venturing vent1ld in no advance until he heehad hehad hehad had mad his position po absolutely secure secureCasualties securei secureiCasualties Ur UrCasuaU CasuaU Casualties Have Beer Bee FewShots Few FewShots FewSbt8 Shots are ftxchanged from time to totime totime totime time betWeeR betw the advancing and re retreating retreaUng retreating treating armies but Bathing in the na nature nature natare ture of an engagement gmg ment or oven a lively livelyskirmish livelyklrmt livelyskirmish skirmish saw be said to be in progress progressAs progressAa progressAs As yet there have been few casualties casualtiesTb casualtiesTINA Tb TINA British are enormously enormo outnumberOft outnum outnumber outnumber berOft ber but tins perfection of their discipllne dis dlscipllne discipline cipllne together with 1th the reeoltectisn reeoltectisnof of be raajmer in which European artUlety ar arttlleiy artltlGr ttlleiy tltlGr has bR mowed them down in most mostcampaigns mostCIJt mostcasn CIJt campaigns s1gns plainly niy gave the Afghans AfghansteJltpolIU7 a atewporary atemporary temporary fright The Mollahs are aredoing aredotRg aredoing doing their beet to stir Ur up a fighting fightingspirit ftghtlogspirit fightingspirit spirit among aJnOla their countrymen countrymen and un unless UIIlea tinless less the Xngton tt keep the situation well wellin wellfl in fl hand there is every indication that thatthey Uatthey thatthey they wdl will succeed succeedThe succeedTho succeedThe The greatest present II1HJe danger is that thatnewji thataewR thatnear near of the Xagifeh peril will precipi precipitate precipitate predpitate tate an uprising among the hill tribes tribesoa tribeson oa tie Indian aide side of the border a de development deelcpMeftt develcpment velopment which ch surely rel would be followed fol followed followed lowed by an overwhelming Afghan Afghanrush AfghanruN Afghantamp rush ruNWar War May Be Declared Declared1The Decl DeclaredThe red redTlte The keenest 10 aanrshanolen OR alee is felt frttthai feltut felttbat thai false Jfc Amir wiH formalljr lV declare war warfa Warfa warin fa Gte th bops hop of rogdimjBg HM pop poputarithe uiUhe he lest among his sftbjects JItI by his hlseat hiscoat re recent cent erislt to India and the sec secpanyleg acceia acceiapanying ce cePlQiapr panying rumors that be WAS as developing devtiopinproBritish developingproBcitlah de deproBdtJah proBcitlah sympathies sympathiesAn ympathAn An actual declaration of war would wouldforce wevklforce wouldforce force England to concentrate tic the entire entirestrength eadrKren entirestrength strength Kren of the India army along the frontier and leave the rest 1 of the oo noun a atry try at the mercy of the tb tIt9kMdY already discon discontented diaoorttented tented and dangsraue dangao a natives the thesouthward UtetIOuUrs thesouthward southward southwardBritish tIOuUrsBriUfth southwardBritish British officers are hopeful that the thecertainty theeertainty certainty of forfeiting ate countrys in dependence ndeuee in the event of defeat and andthe andthe the Amlrs realization of the linposeibtt ity it of conducting a successful succes Cul campaign campaignwithout campaignwithout without artillery will prevent a dedar declaration dedaratlon dedaratlon atlon of hostilities ho tltltles His inordinate con conceit COAcelt conceit ceit and Ignorance of Englands real realstrength realstrength strength make it difficult however to topredict at atpredict predict what action he may take takeON takeVANDERBILTS takei VANDERBILTS i COACH COACHON OOUllBBIGTO ON WA TO BRIGHTON BRIGHTONLONDON BBIGTOLONDON LONDON May IIL 4 4It It took POlice TK lic re reserves re rerves resenesto serves senesto rves to clear a way WIt today tooa for A VaaderbMts coach to start on 1t its first ftwttrip firsttrip trttrip trip from London to Brighton BrightonThousands BrIghtonTheunds BrightonThousands Thousands of curious Britons a spi spipletely an ptpleteiy pletely blocked Trafalgar Square rand randthe nd ndthe dthe the adorning streets The crowd was wasvery Was Wasa wasa a very friendly one however ho eer and aad fair fairly ihir ihirly lr lry ly screamed itself hoarse with enthu onthuslasrn enthusiasm enthuem siasm em when the bobbles having opened open opened opened ed a narrow lane through the packed packedmass packedmass packedmace mass of humanity the th American mil millionaire mllUonalro nrUbonalre lionaire tooled his fourinhand out and andaway andaway andaway away on the road to the famous water watering WatrinK waterIn inK In place ptaceThe placeThe The The start was made from the Victoria Hotel Th The coach was loaded to itscapacity Its Itscapacity Uscapacity capacity inside and out with 1th paanen paanengers PLIfIeng paasengers gers rs from whom the re guard had rigor rlgorously nsoroush rigorously ously exacted the farosVanderbilt faros farosVanderbilt tarosYinderbUt Vanderbilt himself shorn of his mus tache high ratted and long coated looked the typical coachman coachmanSTEWART coachmanSTEWART coachman8TEART STEWART EXI EXILED LEO AGAIN AGAINB AGAI AGAINBY NBY BY PRESIDENTS OBOE OBOECol oRnER oRnERCol ORD ORDCol Col William WUU Stewart of the theCoast theCoast theCoast Coast Artillery Corps Co has been exiled eX11etagain exfleagain exiledagain again to Fort Grant an ungarrisoneu ungarrisoneupost ungarrJsonetpost ungarrisonecpost post in Arizona where there is not a aliving ahlng aliving living soul within a radius of miles milesColonel mllesColonel milesColonel Colonel Stewart was oxIled original originally ly to Fort Grant last October The case casewas casewas casewas was reopened however vhen friends friendsin in this city made an active eampoi camP camp1 camp1in ii iiin aI i iIn in his behalf and AS a result of this thisthe th thisthe Is Isthe the ban was lifted and he was ordered orderedto to St Francis barracks St Augustine AugustineFla Fin FlaWhen When he arrived at St Francis Barracks Bar Barracks Barrocks racks he found awaiting him new or orders 01ders orders ders from the President to return again to Fort Grant GrantPresident GrantPrcsldent GrantPresident President Roosevelt Issued the neworders new nWorders neworders orders on request of the Senators and a Congressmen from from frombFoorida bFoorida Florida who Avith Governor BInn Bn cbjocted bJoct oeted td to Colonel ColonelStewart Stewart being sent to SL Francis Bar Barracks Barracks Barracks racks because becauseSt it would deprive themilitia the themilitia themilitia militia of that thatbuStatn buStatn State St of the use of the headquarters building which with the theother theother theother other buildings on the he reservation had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been leased leas by the State of Florida Floridafrom Floridafrom from the War Department DepartmentThe De Dehrtment DehrtmentThe artment artmentThe i The Presidents action in ordering I Colonel Stewart to i return turn to Fort Grant Gra nt Is taken to meo mean that the President has Jeanchanged haschanged ha hachange changed his mind about granting him a atransfer atransfer atransfer transfer from an ungarrlsoned Inland Inlandpost Inl InlDoet npoet post to seaco aeacoaat sea 8St barracks tracks with rim II niwonlal iwonlal Denial 1a1 surroundings surrouadlfSat MOURNS MOURNS GRANDSONS DEATH DEATHl Admiral Evans and His Favorite Grandson Wha Died Yesterday in This City Cityof Cityof of Typhoid Fever FeverI 1 I CL CLEVELAND VELAND StriKING StriKINGFAMILY SINKINGFAMILYALARMEDFears FAMILY FAMILYALARMEDFears ALARr ED EDFears Fears Entertained That For Former Former jCannot mer Presrdteht tCa Cannot CannotLive Cannot CannotLive no noLive Live Long CongLAJODWOOD LongLA1CIrNOOD LongLdICV LAJODWOOD LdICV OOD XT 4 IDMplte IDMpltethe Despite Despitethe the great efforts a of members of the flwa feseIly i iliy liy to keep from the public the exact exacttwe nature na nature ture of the ntoess of former PresUent PrtroIf PreidsstGrover PresUentOrover Grover roIf Cleveland and to minimise it Itm a amuch he hemach much as poostbla it was learned on hehighest the theMsnest UtebtGfM highest authority this afternoon that thatnot t2atnot thatnot not only to be a very sick man but that thatbe tbatbe thatbe be may not recover It is asserted that thathe thatbe thatbe be can not retain medicine on onhis his Mom stomach Momaeb Momacte ach and tn consequence the attendant attendantphysicians att8h4lntplay attendantphysklaaa physicians play are greatly worried worriedMrs WOrriedIrs worriedMrs Mrs Cleveland Dr Joseph Bryantand Bryant Bryantand Booyaatand and two trained nurses es are at his bed bedside bedBIde bedMae side in the Lakewood Hotel The tele telephone telephoDe telephone phone connecting with their apartments apartmentshag hag been muffled and at the hotel hoteloffice hCKeiottlce hoteloffice office It is stated that no messages will willbe v11lbe willbe be taken to the wing occupied by the thedistinguished thecHeUDgut thedistinguished distinguished patient All that can be beascertained bea beascertained ascertained a is that Mr Cleveland is isstill JstJlI isstill still alive but even when confronted by bythe bythe bythe the statement that it was reported fMl his hiepatient hispatient hispatient patient was growing gro1 steadily weaker weakerDr weakerDr eeketi eeketiDr Dr Bryant when caught this afternoon afternoonas afternoonas DooR DooRbe as he started for a walk positively de declined deClined eeUne clined to say either that the report was wastrue watrue wastrue true or false He did however admit admitthat a admitthat llllt lllltthat that Mr Cleveland is still a sick man manbut manbut manbut but said professional profe loDt ethics made ma it im imperative Imperative Imperative perative for him to refuse to discuss the thecase theC thectse case Je See SIlrs Mrs Cleveland was Ms hisanswer Msanswer JIltaJtSwer answer to every question questionBut questionBut questionBut But But she will not he was told Well Wellthat Wellthat Wellthat that is all the more reason why I should shouldnot shouldnot shouldnot not was wa his answer answerMore aDtnver aDtnverMore answerMore More than a a thousand telegrams ask asking asking I Ilnl ing about the condition of the former formerPresident tormerPro formerPresident President have been received at the thelocal thelocal i local telegraph tolegra office and delivered at atthe tthe atthe the Lakewood Hotel Hot but none of them themhas themhas themhas has been seen by either Mr or Mrs MrsCleveland MrsCleveland Cleveland ClevelandWHAT ClevelaDdWHAT ClevelandWHAT I WHAT CONGRESS DID DIDIS DIDI I IS xi TEE SENATE SENATESenator SENATESenator I Senator Sen8t jpulkeJey ulkoley of Connecticut addressed ad addrossA a dressed dress the Senate en the Browns Brownsville BrowasyUle Brownsville 1 ville case 018The oaeeThe caseThe The Bowers joint resoI resolution ro etlon for the therelief therelief relief of Southern cyclone cycl fte suffererswhich sufferers suffererswhich uttererswblch I which has already passed the House Housewas Housewas i iwas was adopted adoptedSenator adoptedSenator i iSenator Senator Martins bill relating re1UD to certi certified eertifled certlI fled copies of records of deeds and aadwills andwills I IwU18 wills was favorably faOrab repotted from the theJudiciary theJudiciary eJudiciary Judiciary Committee CommitteeSenator CommitteeSenator CommitteeSenator Senator Lodge Lo Introduced a bill to ap appropriate appropriate appropriate propriate 34UQ000 400000 to purchase a home humefor homefor i ifor for the embassy s8y In Paris ParisOn ParisOn I On motion of Senator Galiinger 300 ex extra extra i itra tra copies la of the report oa oe fire pro prolection protection protection tection of the schools were ordered orderedprlnted orderedprinted printed printedchase prlntedSooator printedSenator Senator Carter CarterJntrodueod ntrodueed a bill to pur purchase purchase chase the site on which the Census CensusOffice CensusOtftce CensusOffice Office Is located and also additional additionalground additionalground additionalground ground aDd to erect an additional additionalbuilding additionalbuilding additionalbuilding building for Census purposes purposesIN JlUrposesN purposesIN IN THE HOUSE HOUSEThe lOUSEThe HOUSEThe The House consldercd the sundry clvilappropriation civil civilappropriation elvJlapproprlaUon appropriation bilL bllLThe bilLThe billThe The Lllley investigating committee an aanounced announced announced nounced that on the request of Repre Representative RepresontaUe Represontative sentative Lilley of Connecticut it will willreopen wUireopen willreopen reopen the Investigation of the charges chargesof of corruption of Congress by the Elec Electric Electric Electric tric Boat Company CompanyThe CompanyThe CompanyThe The select committee on print paper paperheard paperheard paperheard heard John Norris business manager managerofffie managerot1lie managerof of offfie the New Ne York Times TimesThe TimesThe TimesThe The Vreefemd eeisnd emergency currency currency bill billwas billwas biliwas was laid on the table today by the theCommittee theCommittee theCommittee Committee on Basking ana Currency AUMiliiA tV tVGRANDSON I GRANDSON DEAD DEADLtteRb Yt LtteRb ts 0berE i rV En lns QsSewen QsSewenF Sewelt SeweltFalls 5swe1lFal Falls Fal aUsV ls Victim Viii ViiiFever im to TyphM TyphMLittle TFelVer Fever FelVerLittle FeverLittle Little Rooley Evan Evans Sew Be1ireI1 Jr til Ute favorite f1IWt grandson of Admiral Evans is dead having passed away awa suddenly atthe at atfoHoMteg the EvtsaY eddeace 1tCe 1 1fallewiug foHoMteg foil a mega of flCQI1IIIeIi Tjjninli and andlittle Way 0 en adk CIIMt the fems sea sea seafighter I Iftdtte fighter Whose besrtitria 1M held 80 soclosely closely is lIOnOwIIIf OW the lens of his little chum chumreception ch1lllLThe chumThe The joy Del bl ptrat bepitatlon 0 ue et greatreeepttoar reception and naval fete at Saa Fran Francisco cisco wilt be marred so far as the theadmiral theadtnIral theadmiral admiral is concerned concernedplaymate eoncea nod 1 the loss lid lidbtJe811 anddosStlesg dosStlesg btJe811 Ii he osaid take a trait and InMla to the bier eC tM JIttte liw 61 grandson grandsonpMymate playmate whom he loved so fondly he would do so leaving sac the tae celebration celebrationto to others othersRobtey otharsRobley othersRobley Robley Evans Sewell was his rail foKname railname fullname name name and be was the son of Mr and andMrs D4Irs andMrs Mrs Harold I SewelL Mrs Sewell was wasVirginia WIV1rsml wasVirginia Virginia Eva Evas Ev the admirals youngest youngestdaughter 701111CMtAJthoaPt youngestna daughter na bter Although Ms tether spent spentDtweh afIItor1da spentranch ranch of or1da nto time fe Hi Dd Jluuton tos and PortoRies Porto PortoPJeo PwtoR PJeo the lit Utto md lived principally at athis athis athis his grandfathers home In taM city cityBob cityBob cityBob Bob Evans jr as he was familiar familiarly ly known although but four years eara old olddressed olddre olddressed dressed in a sailor suit with great greatpride grtJII1de greatpride pride sung sailor saI songs and always alwaysexpressed aI aIhis alwaysexpressed expressed his desire to follow the footsteps foot footsteps 10MQS steps of his grandfather grandfatherDuring graDdftberDurlag grandfatherDaring During the time Admiral Evans spentIn spent spentm tJa Ja Washington the little fellow was wasconstantly waOORstaBtly wasoonMaMIy constantly at his side aWe and never best hesitated Itated besttated tated to express th the pride he took ht hthis fahis inhis his famous grandparent When the admiral ad admiral admiral miral went for a drive Bob Kvans Kvansjr Eva8Jr EvaeaJr jr was seated with him and many manyhours MaDYhours manyhours hours they spent romping in the spa spaeiouK spaelous spaelous elous yard behind the Evans EvansIn residence residencein in Indiana avenue avenuela avenueIn VelUM1ft la that back yard the little fellow feUowhad fellowhad fellowhad had a a miniature menagerie In which he heincluded heincha4ledaU beIncluded included incha4ledaU all the household pets of ofwhich oCwhich ofwhich which there were many Admiral Evans Evanswas EYaMwas Friarwas was responsible for the presence oe of ofmany ofman3o ofmany many of them notably notaW severrf rev parrots parrotswhich parrotshlch parrotswhich which hlch he brosbt broP bt back from tropic tropiccruises trOpIeleruIS85 tropicalcruises cruises cruisesWATSON eruIS85WATSON WATSON TELLS VIEWS VIEWSON VIIWON IE1N IE1NC IE1NON ON CONGRESS GOGIIE8hild PLANS PLANSCMkL CMkL hild tabor bill for th tIN District of ofColumbia ofCotumbia ofColumbia Columbia ColumbiaThe CotumbiaTbe ColumbiaThe The VreeteBd currency bill bMLThe WIIThe billThe The Government emptoytJf ulJph liability MablUtybill It7bill liabilitybill bill SUR3 SUR1A SUR3A A limited antiinjunction alttiinju etloft bBL bBLSome hIlLSome sillSome Some modification of the tIteanti Sherman SfeenaaAantitrust Shermanantitrust antitrust anti trUSt law 1awPSRHAPS 1awPSRHAPSDate PERHAPS PERHAPSDate PSRHAPSDate Date of Congressional cengrMSlonalIN adjournmentIN adjournment IN THE AIR AIRThis AIRThis AIRThis This Is the way Repreeentathre nttiYe Watson Wat Watson Watson son of Indiana the Republican whip yhJpof whipof Ip Ipor of the House sized up the stcuattoa to today 10 10day tieday day after a long 1oD conference with the thePresident thePresident thePresident President I have talked with aH the themembers the1nembers tiesmembers members of the Judiciary Committee Committeesaid COIIhRItteesaId Committeesaid said Mr Watson and IKI I boovethere boovethere4s balteve there thereas therejs as 8 exposition on their part to re report A Aport report port out the antiinjunction bill with withamendments withamendments amendments I do not believe there is ismuch J8much ismuch I much chance fer the Sherman anti antitrust antiI antttrustmodmcation trust trostI trustmodmcation moafficatron measure ma Th ne Vre Vreland Vree Vreeland Vreelandcurrency land landcurrency currency trill 1 is practically a sure surething aurthing sorething thing as are also the child labor bill Miland billand billand and the ke Government Go Govern ern sent employes liability liabilitybill ltabUttybill liabilitybill bill billAdjournment billAdjorn Adjournment Adjorn Ill give glv it up Cant Canteven Cantaen Canteven even pees when well quit Maybe not notbeCsre notbeBJre notbetbre beCsre the Fourth of July DIVERS SEEK BODY BODYOF BODYOFDRONED OF DROWNED BABYIN BABY BABYIN IN SUNKEN a VESSEL KBSLAccident VESSELAccident Accident 0 Off Alexandria AlexandriaMay AlexandriaMay May Have Claimed ClaimedOther ClaimedOther ClaimedOther Other Victims VictimsBoats VictimsBoats ctims ctimsBoats Boats Passenger Thinks ThinksCargo ThinksCargo ThinksCargo Cargo Overbalanced OverbalancedTrenton OverbalancedTrenton eTrenton Trenton TrentonWitt Witt bundled of ofI yssgi losing the thesurrouwttna theSUI thesurrounding surrounding SUI I 11 wharves dives at UOC Uociock itoclock OC OCeigbteeainaotlMokl ociock today begun the ieereh for the theeigbt11T1dM1 theeighteenmoagld eigbteeainaotlMokl eigbt11T1dM1 tally bat Stanley Btoroac BPOT BPosey POT drowsed yesterdaj entI wt the Po Potomac Potomac tomac river steamer Trmtoa sank off Rearoou wharf at Alexandria Alone AIaaAt sthla sthlaAftsc At Aftsc raadolat under he surface face of ofhaTtar oftile oftae tile water for more than It bone Capt CaptJ Wanner having char ebarge a or the dlvln dlvlnbody diving force arcae without having located the body of ties th baby Mr MrIrs and Mr MrMaury Mrs Eo Maury Poswy patents eIItII oC tile known knownvictim knownvictim victim let of the disaster who narrowly i escaped a acape watery grave are expected to toi tordura toreturn i return to Alexandria AJexa da this afternoon from Prince Geom Bounty Md and andassist i I assist te the some 2 fart tbatr a cMM cMMTnaBftctacs Uen TnaBftctacs OH SceneTwo Scene SceneTwo SceneI I Two iii fnspe0ter i uu rrr tram the Off Office ae of SteamfcM StN1B Inspection IlUoa Department of ofj Commerce aDd Labor toddy a lAyes tigattegr the disaster disasterTh cIi8uterTIa4t disasterThe Th The inspectors who loft Washington Washingtonearly Washingtonearly ldngtonearly early this morning to vbw the scene sceneof aeeneof sceneof of the wrede wreck are Cap lap White Whiteand Whiteand and Capt Wright who have havecharge hcharJre havecharge charge of iaapecUoa ttoa to the Waahingtound Washington erA nd Baltimore tt district Th They wiimake wm wmmake make an investigation OD of the hull of ofthe the Trenton and take testimony from fromj frompee frompersons pee aboard the aea asr at the Urn timeshe heuk she sank nk Both inspectors will attend attesds atte tbe inquest which bleh will he held by the theeoroer theoaoner eoroer of Alexandria XIIdr1a and ke a re report report report port to General TJUer chief of the Bureau Bu BuPoitee BureatI reatI of 9tssealb0et 9t 1 Nt rr piethou piethouCommodore lieu lieuOJ OJ Commodore I 5attoa Sutton coamsyed8rg tAg the Poitee boat Vigilant aid he would send sendto that trowel lid his crew to uaadrta to render any II possible tOII assistance assistanceKay aanletanceMay 1111 taace taaceKay Kay Be Other Ot er Victims VictimsAlthona VictimsIt VictimsAlthongti Althongti Althona it has been reported that hlJtwu Stanley Pussy was Ute only actinamong victim victimWMa Yictinthe WMa among the tWrtydTy tIIIrb dy pusses Ie II on ie boat di psartWiKuii Desldle ion is made na4the ma4etbt madetoddy toddy that when dbrssnw Bader the theof MIa 0 the beat this atteruesn bodies bodiesof of other peace PNICoU who taG net stmtlar fate win be found tcM Id Boat Jb iifdilani fire are ui uithere unable able to explain Jt na J1OWI DIaIIIT l8kn paengetg l8knWfle getg were able abcnl rd at tile time because becausethere Ue UetJwre there wm was no passenaxr I ar list on ie iepacket tedEet tepacket packet and it I Is amid that tickets for forPMsengwm Ct CtI etpassengers passengers I going to son scree of the tower towerriver Io Iorhw oweriver river bindings lied nof ac been collected coUect 6e i fore 1 re the steamer reached Alexandria That the crow ail did heroic word vrorithowever ri ill IeIICUtDg tw passngers however weftr isconceded is isconceded ison conceded on all sides a Captain Davis is bettered to have rescued at leant ten tenpassengers tinys 1 1rs passengers ys ers rs Humphries Hur1 keener keenerof Yeeprof fI of the lighthouse at Maryland Poln Polnsnatched PofnsaatelMd PoInmatched snatched fo women three children childrenand cialldrena childrenand and a two men from the water while whileW whi whiw whilew Dancer the parser nearly lo 10Is last lasthis this his Is ute In saving 1ftac a colored woman who vfcodragged whodragged rraAed dragged him beneath the wares waresBoat wavesBeat Boat Was Overbalanced OverbalancedFrancis Over OverbalancedIeraneis a1aJtced a1aJtcedJIraBeIs Francis A A Prep a jjaiinenaw II HRK ping pingto ing ingto to Belle Allen JIlL rescued a man manwoman mJau manwueran woman and child ch He gave ga the fcllow fcllowinr fcllottInt fcaotcint Int account of the affair affairThe aDirTIM affairThe The sinking of the boat came with without without without out warning llg and was accomplished phIh la laabout ilabout Iaabout about three th minutes some passengers passengersone paa passengerscontend rs rscootead contend that not more than one min minutes mm1Ites minutes utes warning was gfr giseo a I was Ui tle thesaloon tlesaoon tlesaoon saoon of the steamer at the time and andafter andafter andafter after bearing the cry The boat is sink sirking a1nkdid sinklug lug did not have time timet tj gather up upmost umy upmy my gripe before tIM inrro of water 1 1JDO almost most floored me I wade ade my iy 1 to tothe tI tothe I the outside and as the boat a A suc succeeded 111 111ceMoed succeeded ceeded in grabbing one man colored coloredwoman coloredwoaaaII coloredwoman woman and a baby babyby babybywhom whom I brought tvj tvjthe tthe tolice the shore shoreThe sbThe liceThe The Theshore shoreoccurred accWent occurred I believe onaccount on onaccount onaCCOtlllt account of the excess a loading of on onside onaWe one oneside side of the boat with fertiliser The Theport Theport Theport port holes I understand were open openat openaIICI openand and as most oC the crew were OR shore shorat shoreat at the time the manner in which the thewater thewater thewater water gradually swept into the open openport openport openport port notes is each additional sack ofguano of ofguano ouaAO guano was placed aboard was unno unnoticed unnodeed unnodeed deed The boats boat sudden tilting was ufirst tlam tflat first warning the passengers rs had hadMule hacLM1 hadMale Mule Scented Danger Dangermule DangerXr Xr Polley confirmed the story that thatm a amale mule consigned to hisa from a Washing Washington Wa hing hingtea ton dealer pen refused to be bedriven bedr1ea bedriven driven aboard the steamer before it left leftWasMagton leftWUidllStOlL leftWashington Washington He says he and several severalother severalother severalether other men worked with the balking mule mulefor mulefor mulefor for an hour and a halt Finally they theygave tht thte theygave gave up the Job in disgust The mule mulewas mulewas 1 was left in Washington 1ICtou and was saved savedIt savt savedIt dIt It was learned today that an old cotored cot coiaoticlng colONel ONel woman a passenger ul Oft the boat boatDOtic boatnoticing noticing DOtic the mules strange sua conduct conductturned eoDduct1KDecl conductturned turned to Mrs Poesy Poee wh where baby bab was wasdrowned wasdrGWDeCI wasdrowned drowned and remarlMs That mule mules mulesof ssot sot sot ot sense Bad luck is otmtag to thi thiPreparations tll this thisPreparations of ofpr Preparations pr oas are arethe being lade to raise raiset raisethe the sunken steamer at or first effort effort13 effortprobably 1 probably lowest 7 will be made when tide 13 13Expects gExpects slowest Expects Find Body BodyCaptain BodyCapttu BodyCaptain Captain Wanner Jmw does not believe that thatthe tIIattIM thatthe the body of the baby has sas been swept smveptaway sweptaway sweptawe7 away He expresses tics belief that he hewill Itewill hewill will locate it dories the aftrooon aftrooonwlthon at afrueonwitbon rtJOOR rtJOORwtUtOR wlthon I 101 feet of the hull of the theTrenton tllteTreutolL theTrenton Trenton In th tIN event the body te tefound Isfo lefond found Coroner eoro Moore of Alexandria Alexandriawill Alexan4ia Alexan4iaUI Alexandriawill will UI order an inquest immediately immediately3irs Mrs Poesy says that she escaped escapedwith escapedwith escapedwith with her child through a glass window window win window dow of the cabin which was smashed smashedby sma smashedby ed edby by Captain Davis On getting outside outsidett outsklthe outsidethe tt the boat the section was so great that thatthe thatthe thatthe the child was wept from her arms armsand armsand acmeand and she too would have gone down dewahad downhad wa waUcl had it not been for a knotted rope ropethrown ropethrown ropethrown thrown her by SOHM men on the shore shoreMr shoreMr shoreMr Mr Poesy Po first saved his aunt hjrsBlake Mrs MrsBlake lIIrsBIak4t Blake Williams and then returned returnedafter returndatter returnedafter after his fouryearold son 8O Artb Arthur Arthurwho Arthurwho rwho who had been thrown oa top of the thepilot th thpUet thepilot pilot house hoa to temporary safety by byone bODe byyone one of the paeeemgers paeeemgersW Dancer Dan the purser while whi mak making makIn maklag lag his bl way to th the vessel to rescue some someot SOJn6o someoc ot oc the passengers p8 MnCfMi was wa dragged ragg t1 cat It of ofroy a arow arow row boat by a afrantic frantic rantl colored woman womanContinued womanCom womantContinuect Continued Com nued on Ninth inth Page Page1J 1J.

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