THEATER PEOPLE
IN HOTEL FIRE
The Fatal Leap of John Conley,
a Comedian.
AN ACTRESS TERRIBLY BURNED.
Death and Suffering in an Extrav-
aganza Company The Members and
Other Guests of the Hotel Arcade
in Chester, Pa., Awakened by Fire
Early Sunday Morning.
Chester, Pa. As the re-
sult of that
has visited this 3 and
which destroyed the Hotel Arcade
Sixth Street and Edgmont
an early hour Sunday morn
man is dead, one woman is '
and several other persons, members
of a theatrical comp are patients
in Chester Hospital under treatment
for burns and other injuries.
The dead:
John Conley, Philadelphia, com
edian with the Vanity Fair Extrava
ganza Company, jumped from a third
story window
The injured:
Mrs. Lillian Watson, E
member compan)
body and limbs; ition critical
Fred Reed, Boston, comedian Var
ity Fair Company, burned and
fering from shock and inhalation
smoke,
(Special).
one of the worst fires
city In years
Avenue, at
ing, one
dying
any,
of same
Cont
Reed, wife of Fred
fering from and slight
Ernest Shaw, Boston, bur
The fire was attended
thrilling and
were 24 nd
the family 3
prietor of
when the
So quickly
headway that non¢
time to save any
all escaping
night clothing
The origi
Shortly
lett, a per
ter, was aw
ing his w
and, going
covered
flames.
greaves
send
but was
with his
Bartle
cape ci
blankets
roof
Buildi
In
the
shock
®
€3Capes.
the members
of
were
compar
themes]
being
floor,
lear
ing
third stor
rescue, 1
loved ones
26 IN MINE EXPLOSION.
Fourteen Near Death In Hospital,
Others Slightly Hurt,
Pa
nove
Scranton,
men are
lor Hospital
slight bur:
explosion
a8 portion
Holden mine
awanna and
North Taylor
Whether or
work in the
was doubt
Mine in specton
safe in savin
the mins
he made
searchi
the
who returned
they could find
ings who had been 1
Still this news was
to hundreds
shaft’'s head,
of the afternoon
not removed, and they felt
that there were yet others
lifeless bodies would be found
{ Special) Fourte
four
not
affects
in
and
\
only
ne ne
ng |
affected
riot
odd
who gathe 1
for the doubt
and
evening
ceria
later,
Graphophone For Choir.
Rev. J
from Call
Marion,
P. Gurrin, who came here
fornia as pastor of the First Baptist
Church, inaugurated an innovation
by introducing graphophone music in
lieu of the choir. The service
marked by a 15-minute prelud«
the graphophone, followed by bap
tiem, pralge, and premching on the
subject “Evangeliam.”
Ohio (Special)
was
with
Score Of Men Blown Up.
New York (8pecial).—A dynamite
magazine, containing explosives used
in the excavation work for the Penn-
sylvania Railroad's North River tun-
nel at Homestead, N. J., was blown
up shortly after midnight, a score
of employes at work in the vicinity
being injured and buildings for miles
around shaken. The shock of the
explosion broke probably every win-
dow in Homestead and at Union Hill,
and was felt in this elty and Brook-
lyn, where many tall buildings trem-
bled preceptibly.
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Domestic.
in equity to secure an ac-
counting of the financial affairs of
Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, head
of the Christian Sclence Church,
was filled in the New Hampshire
courts by Mrs. Eddy's son, George W
Glover, of Deadwood, 8. D., and his
daughter, Mra. Mary Baker Glover,
and George W. Baker, a nephew ol
Mrs. Eddy.
The Waeastern
ance of Reformed Churches
the Presbyterian system has
letter to the Reformed Churches
France expressing satisfaction
the new religious conditions
Wilhelm Raff, editor of the
Stanats-Z the oldest
Zeitun
tor in the United St
A bill
the Alli
holding
sent a
in
over
gection of
Til
nois Ger-
man edi ates,
dead.
The Y. M. C. A. building
N. Y., was destroved by
a loss $150,000 $175
Thomas Baldwin, of Colfax, Ill,
shot and instantly killed Mr. and Mrs
Charles Kennedy and Mrs. Eise
and Miss 1 3aldwin
had been indicted alleged as
sault upon Miss I man
Ray. J. B. Tittle, hi
wife and baby were killed
children fatally injured by
plosien of dynamite de
his house, at Carnie,
"ilipinos are alarmed over
war talk, and a recen
alutes betw
ned many ni
1 mountains
Andrew Freedman,
covered
fea,
Ng
at Ut
can
Lao
of to
AA
man viseman
for an
l¢ father, his
and two
an ex
judgm
again
Paul M of the other
iring officer {f the Equitable Life
urance Society re-elected
lower hou the
jature pa anti
» and anti-C
he Salvation Arr
y
ng
sweepit
rench col
bhoeean
lonial
American
fighting
icaragua
Tho
reed
mir
chie f Of
in poli
The Dutch mail
Wilhelmina went a
dyke at F l
won got off
Ce
The Japan
issued
next two week
5.000 000 ;
Antar
ved at Seo
Islands, after
with icebergs
It was shown in the
Bay, South
gerjous Ole
Reichstag
stoma dues per
either England or the
pava legs en
capita than
There debate in
nuties over the
Law
lively
of Ix
Day
tosina Bertram, who was principal
contralto of the Savoy Theater, Lon-
is dead.
Francis
ambassador
WHE Aa
Rest
Sir Plunkett,
at
formerly
Vienna, is
Aeon A
. La
H. G. Stang, ex-minister of state
Norway, dled at Christiansand.
Henry White, the retiring Ameri
can ambassador at Rome, paid fare-
well visits to Premier Glolittl and the
Presidents of the Senate and the
Chamber of Deputies, who all ex-
pressed the most friendly feelings
for the United States
In the debate in the Reichstag Herr
Groeber, the Center party leader, ag
gerted that the National Liberals
had even applied to parties in the
United States for funds to be used
in the election agitation.
Richard C. Perkins, a well-known
member of the American colony in
Paris, is dead.
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SUBSIDY BILL IS
PASSED BY HOUSE
Victory Wrested Out of the Jaws
of Defeat.
SEVERAL VERY EXCITING SCENES.
Splendid Organization of the Republi-
cans and the Disorganization of
Democrats Accredited as Reason for
Bill's Final Adoption by a Majority
of 12 Votes.
DB.
hington, (Special)
defeating the Ship Subside
afternoon by a majorit;
the House,
ing ion, reconsidered it:
ind adopted the bill by a majorit
of 12 volts
The official by
first defeated was
apparent malority
of fact, Mr
who has been
when he
afters
ailvel
discu
which the
161 to
of 2, but,
Littauer,
in char
aw that
ed
vole
matter
w York,
the mea
bill
sure,
doomed,
f in
chang
Tavor
vyoie
wonent
sentiment ag
growing
the bill was
the House, the
resolution
WAS
{
RICH FARMER KILLS FOUR.
Was Being Prosecuted On
Of Assanlting A Girl.
HIRO.
ilamed the
man for
Baldwin
at
narr
hands
surrendered
Arrowsmith,
brook and
Bloomington
! ped 13
yt of angry farmers
tp a deputy sheriff
was driven hurriedly
brought by train
the
Say
Minister And Family
111. (Special)
Killed.
By an ex-
B. Tittle,
baby were
Carmi,
hia father, his wife and
Mr. Tittle, who
Baptist minister, had the dy-
namite in his house expecting to use
the explosive in blow out stumps.
The reaidence was totally destroyed
Died To Save His Child.
Chicago, (Special) .—In an attempt
to save the life of his son Michael,
R years old, John Nolls, 48 years old,
teamster, was killed by a passenger
train. The boy was standing on the
track as the train approached, His
father ran to him and had just grasp-
ed his son's arm when the train
struck them. Nolle was thrown on
top of his son, and the train passed
over them. The father died on the
way to a hospital. The gon is in
a serious condition.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Morgan filled a
Congo
gtatement
concessions
granted Ameri-
Hi resolu
tigation went
senator
on mation Of
which may
cans hy King
tion calling
to the ealendar,
Admiral D
\ i wa
n of’
the
by
have heen
Leopold
for Inve
Of
instr in the
The Star-Spangled Ban
told a
umental
tory
anthem
Ke)
in an
national
fore the morial
ation
J. Oliver,
tH
Jr.
tructi
nal, received
he
& con
$200,000 submitted
ue the gove
minister 1"
hi Own «
st Of minist
introduced
Invest
done
by »
upon the
The
proved
S315 NATIONAL BANKS
Of «
(
Report omptroller { Treasury
Shows
af ah 50
occured
circulation
awful money,
standing
Con
1800. au
chartered
intion
stock
game !
under the act of .
banks, with eapital stock
aking the total
banks char ed from
1900, Januar 31
5 $y
authorized
280.500
wore
June 3
f $188.
these banks, 366 with
with capital of
Of
capital
conversiong of §
with capital of 847,
gnccessions of Stats
and
capital
banks of
“During
authorized
were State banks,
074.000,
and private
1,837,
were
the
of
remainder,
$86,657.65
primary organization
the month of January
chartered 40 banks, with
ao,
which were
ganization,
and
conversions
banks of primary ore
gix reorganizations
private banks, and
of State banke.”
nine
Four Killed By
Knoxville, Tenn
“mixing mill" at
Explosion,
(Special)
the Rand Powder
Company's plant at Dossett, Tenn.
blew up killing William Hall, Wil-
liam Owens, Thos, Kennedy and
James Kesterson Three other men
were injured and two more are miss
ing.
The
To Hang For Murder,
Gaffney, 8. C. (8pecial) The jury
in the case of Tom Harris, alias Tom
Childress, the North Carolinian
charged with murder of Mrs. Hor-
tensia Morgan, returned a verdict of
guilty of murder and Judge Aldrich
sentenced Harris to be hanged March
29. Harris confessed that he at-
tacked the aged woman in her home,
cutting her throat with a pocket.
knife and robbing her of several han-
dred dollars,
WRECK AND FIRE
‘WIPE OUT TRAIN
Crash On B. & 0. Riva's Accident
to Pennsys Flyer.
ALL SURVIVE BUT THE ENGINEER.
nellgville, Pa. Just Missed Rolling
Down a Fifty-foot Embankment to
Water— Wreck Catches Fire.
Pittsburg,
Point
Ran 200 Feet On
Ties.
| $
or i
Cars Piled On
1
ere 41
RILLED BY AMMONIA.
Death By
Fumes.
| Two Firemen Meet Deadly
when they called
However, when othe
the hole to. assist
'
he hogo pon bias
Baker
i were not to
| monia fumes poured up thi
and filled the n
had melted the co
i of the ammonia pipes connected with
the cold-storage plant of the market.
Rescuing parties were formed and
Damm and Baker carried up from
the hole with difficulty They died
soon afterward Each of the res-
cuers succumbed on reaching
outer air Roll eall revealed the fact
that Capt. Bernard Carlock
down in the hole, where he had gone
in search of victims of the fumes,
and he was brought to the sui
It is believed that he will not recover
The financial loss will be about
$2.000
hole bas
fire
fac ©
Sundry Civil Bill
Washington (Special). Just be-
fore the Sandry Civil Bill was adopt-
ed by the Senate Senator Daniel suc-
ceeded In adding to the bill an
amendment appropriating $70,000 for
the extension and enlargement of the
postoffice ‘at Lynchburg in addition
to the $80,000 already appropriated,
and providing further that the re-
quirement in the existing law for the
proteetion of the building by a fire
limit of at lezat 40 feet to be re
ealed.
oy
COUNTRYS BIG DEATH RATE
More Succumb
{wo
two
d that
arts, and the
this was
ry twice
THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
testific
that
tha
nim to mar
A. Garrett was elected
dent of the Seaboard Alr L
London has been A
buyer American
{ GAYS
pros;
it i
good
of ‘
past,
A rumor
dividend on
be omitted
If all the
make alcohol, as
provides, it might act
influence on etillers’
was
South
farmers
to
Rock Island's nel profits in Janu-
ary increased £221.415
As a sample of
the "bargains in
the security market may be mention
ed the fact that Redmond & Co. are
offering in Philadelphia the new
Pennsylvania 5 per cent. notes at
#8 7% and interest.
President Johnson, of the Nor
folk & Western Railway, said there
wag no truth in the report that his
company has been approached Ly H.
H. Rogers on the subjeet of the pure
chase of the Tidewater Rallroad Com-
pany.