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Show ill IDE ill NO. 3. VOL. L carried death lo so many hundreds. The first step toward a definite conclusion as to the cause of the firs was made when William McMulIan, operator of the upm light, threw the blame tiiioa another electric light near by. On each side oi the proscenium ZERO .Ml at the theater was s metallic reflector Kiycr Harrison i'sbcs concave in form, 20 feet long snd studded throughout its entire length with tncandcecent lights. Normally these lights fitted into niches in the rosso nury. but when in use were swung out in order that the lights may be thrown upon the performer upon the stage. Their greatest width when opened was 14 inches. When both reflectors were' in place the fire curtain had no imiiediment in its course but with either swung outward the descending curtain could not get below the reflector's top. Carelessness of some employe, whose identity It will he the effort of the olli to ascertain. resulted In the combination of the open reflector snd falling curtain which cost over six hundred lives. "1 stood near the switchboard from which the fire started," said Maxxonl. when I saw the flames shooting up from the drapery near the lamps. The fire nurtsin was coming down as I looked up and at just the same time I saw lhat one end was lower than the other and as 1 looked closer I could see that it was caught. I ran up on ihe bridge on the norlhslde to try to get the curtain free. The bridge1 is twelve feet high snd although a Steep- 'd! Crier. STEEL CURTAINS DEMANDED Commissioner Willisms snd Iroquois Theater Proprietors Placed Under Arrost- Loss of Lifo 587. Building Jan. The total number dead In the theater lire was definitely established at SS7, of which but 12 remain unidentified. Chicago, 2. 2. Tonight Chicago, Jan. every heater in the city of Chicago Ik dark sad its doors locked. Not one of them will be open to the public until the managers have complied In the fullest manner wlih every section of the ordinance regulating play houses. The order compelling the theaters to done was issued this afterboon by Mayor Harrison alter a conference with Corporation Counsel Tolman, who assured the Mayor that ample legal ground existed tor hia action. Seventeen (heaters and museums were cloned last night and the sweep-orde- r today to shut the doors of seven more. These last are the leading theaters in the business section of the city snd are tho Studebakcr, Grand Opera House, McYickers, La Salle. Tbs Garrick, Illinois and Powers. last two are owned and controlled by Messrs. Davis and Powers, the managers of the Iroquois. Thu Garrick theater closed today la not to be confounded with the Garrick 'closed yesterday. It lielng one of the largest play houses in the city while the one concerning action was taken ' yesterday is a much smaller house. The seventeen places of amusement which were shut last night were doe-efor the one reason that they were not provided with an aslwstos curtain. The further action taken today is ia consequence of violations of other sections of the ordin sacs. . There was a hasty rush of theatri.. cal managers to the office of Mayor Harrison In tho effort to pecure the withdrawal, or at least a postponement of the order, but their reception was of an exceedingly frosty nature. They were Informed by the Mayor that, the Inspector had reported the case of every one of them which had violated the law and he wan determined that it should not be said hereafter that the city had neglected anything which could prevent a repetition of the horror of last Wednesday afternoon. The fact that the asbestos curtdin In the Iroquois theater was so badly wrecked In the fire that charred portions of it have been carried away by the various investigating committees caused the committee to decide that asbestos curtains could not be relied upon to afford th most complete protection. It was announo ed that every theater must hereafter comply with the following regulations before they could open: Steel roll curtains, wide exits, no combustibles of any kind in the house furnishings, fire proofed scenery, no calcium or sjiot" lights to bo used on the stage, skylights above the stage with wide lids to permit of smoke, fire snd gas, separate stairway each exit having Its own stairs leading to the street. After issuing this sweeping order Mayor Harrison said: I do not wish to assume responsibility for these theaters. The order first Issued was to make It certain that no precaution to insure the safety of audiences had been neglected. It is quite probable that the owners of the theater may sustain serious financial loss, but in view of the condition of the play houses we cannot take any risk and if the law bad been fully complied with in the first place there would have been no question of closing them now. The Auditorium, which Is the only theater left open in Chicago, has a steel roll curtain and s this seems to ie the only curtain that affords absolute protection against fire. In view of the fact that the Iroquois was destroyed, I have determined as far as possible to see that the other houses are similarly provided. Will J. Davis and Harry Powers, proprietors of the Iroquois theater, and Building Commissioner Willisms are under arrest charged with manslaughter. They have been released on tIO.O'H) bonds anil their hearing is set. for January 12. The warrants for their arrest were sworn out by Arthur E. Hull, who loot his wife and three children in the fire. Mr. Hull said that. he was not Inspired by any motive of vengeance but aimply to make It cer- tain that the owners of the theater should not escape any thanes of pun lEhment that was rightfully theirs while stage hands and electricians and other employes were compelled to suf- ' fer. Mr. William's predecessor vacated his office after the burning of Kt. Lukes Sanitarium at Twentieth street and wiivh -- venne. This was the fire ffl fOTI of irfl Piie -- - f re TRADE IN SLAVE GIRLS. Believed to Have Been Unearthed by I (Officers In Seattle. Seattle. Wash., Jan. 2. Ah Sou. a Chinese .girl. IS year old. who haa been sold blv? ree fines In the poet three years, is in jail here and jwo. Chin men who are charged with siding her to eluding the Immigration officers are also under arrest. The officers believe they have unearthed a slave ring that baa been trafficking-Igirls. n THREE T!?le", cptin- - INFORMATIONS Mont.. wero Jan. 2. In FILED. . Three the district n s WAS . OF A DEATH 8EC. HAYS CONDITION. 2. Secretory Jsn. Washington. Hay's doctor reports that he is progressing satisfactorily toward complete recovery. LIVESTOCK Religious Body Did Not Use Its fluence Against Unionism An Explanation Mads President Gompers. the Living. MORE GOVERNMENT FRAUDS. Now It Is the Interstate Commerce Commission That is Involved. Washington Jan. Treasury Department experts today instituted an Investigation of tbs accounts of the Interstate Commerce commission. The action is taken at the instance of Acting Chairman Clements, of the commission. The action is taken at the Instance of Acting Chairman Clements, of the commission, as a result of persistent rumors of irregularities in the drawing of vouchers, etc. When the expert accountants. Mr. Ambrose and Richard H. Taylor and James L. Chase, the latter of the office of the auditor for the Stale and other departments, reached the commission today, they sealed the safe and examined Secretory Edward A. Mosley. H. 8. Milstead, the cashier and other employes. Milstead has not been suspended. Acting Commissioner Clements stated today that he did no know that any' thing, waa wrong but that the rumors had become ao persistent that they could no longer be ignored and the Treasury department therefore was asked to take charge of accounts. It Is understood the rumors Include allegations of payments made for service at one place while the payee was engaged elsewhere with similar irregular methods The Investigation will be thorough and every phase of the accounting work of the commission will be thoroughly overhaled. The commission handled about $123,-00- 0 annually, the bulk of it being for salaries, traveling expenses, etc. Tbs payments are by warrants drawn on the treasury. H. 8. Milstead performed the duties of cashier, but Edward A. Moseley, the secretary. Is In charge of all the accounts. Acting Commissioner Clements, who Is head of the commission In the absence of Chairman Knapp said that he did not repud the altuatlon as startling and that he did not believe any wrongful conduct would be found, but that It was the unanimous opinion of the that the rumors should be Inquired Into. 2.' ' cam-missi- PREVENTED A PANIC. Murderous Stampede Started New York Theater. New York, Jsn. In 2. An Immense which audience, holiday packed the Thalia theater on the Bowery at today's matinee performance, all but repeated the scenes of wild panic of the Chirago theater fire when a shrill cry of fire" rang through the house. Only the chance circumstances that several policemen wrre standing in the lobby at the moment and met the emergency strong mcasnrra checked the wild, uorperming frenzy of the sudteflre in tfaetr desire to re' caps from the the building by the main entrance. Clubs and fists met the rush the moment it began, the police and the employes of the theater rushing the crowd literally lifting the leaders from their feet snd forcing them Into seats. The attack of the police from the front was as sudden as had been the fire alarm, and served a moment to qrie.t the crowd and t what could not have failed to been a murderous stampede. h - KENILWORTH W?N. Gen- He was in Goad Health Up ts Wednesday. People Stood With Bared Heads as the Funeral Precession Passed Atlanta, Ga., Jsn. 2. General James Through tTie Streets. Loufstreet, soldier, statesman and diplomat. and the last lieutenant-generof the Confederate army, with the of General Gordon, died in exception Chirago, Jan. head was Gainesville, FIs., today from an si tack bowed bowed in grief today over the of scute pneumonia. He has been swfsl calms! rophe of Wednesday afterill two days. noon. Business generally waa susGeneral Jxmgstrent was a sufferer pended. For an hour si noon the bells from cancer of one eye, but bis genof ihe city toll. hI a requiem for the eral health has been good until Weddead. There was not a cemetery, in nesday when be was seized with a sudOh which did not have one or den raid, develop later into pneumore, some of them having as high aa monia of a violent nature. He waa years old. He Is survived a wore. The double funerals iiassed eighty-fotwo sons and a daughhis wife, by through the dnsn-mw- n streets just as the large merchandise houses were ter. He will Is buried in Gainesville, the dismissing their employes at noon. which has been his homo since The sound of Si. James chimes was civil wsr. floating on the air, and the ieople, recognizing tho solemnity, of the occasion, DESIGNATE BURT. lined the street and stood, many of bared with them, heads, while the funerals passed slowly on. The triple funeral it 2183 West Explicit Statement of a Dsalrs to Monroe street was that of Mrs. K Retire From tho Servlet of Sbriner and her da lighters Irene snd tho Union Pacific. Irma. The hwdwnd and father has been dead for some lime and the catNew York. Jsn. 2. Mr. Burt's resastrophe of Wednesday exterminated the family. as president of the Union Paignation Mayor Harrison today received a letcific road, it was learned, haa been ter from Coroner Traeger suggesting that a public, funeral be held In the In the hands of the directors for some near future for the unidentified dead. lime, although the fact was not made The Mayor agreed heartily with the public until today. It is not believed the board will refuse to accept it as suggestion. Mr. Burt has been very explicit in his expression of a desire to retire from the company's service. The matter of selecting a new presl dent of the road has crested conoid erable interest and siieeulation as to a successor has included a wide range of names. At Union Pacific headMEETING quarters, however, no opinion was officially ventured as to who will In (he future control the affairs of tho company. Mr. Burt himself will remain nominally In charge of affairs, to begin at once the prepProtectionists are Howled Down hut expects his aration of departure. al ign ur HELD By Audience. English People Remain Devoted to Free Trade Series of Free Flghtfc London, Jan. 2. An uproarious meeting was held at Newton Abbott tonight in connection with the Midda-ve- n elecion and the Tariff Reform League, and as a result several people were injured. The three thousand persons in attendance refused to Helen to the chairman or the speakers and a series of free fights culminated in the storming of (lie platform, some of the occupants of which were thrown off. The crowd passed a vote of thanks to the free trade candidate. . GEN. REYES UNDECIDED. Cannot Fix Date of His Departure for Home. Washington. Jsn. 2. General Reyes has not yet received the reply of (be Washington Government, in which he charges the United Slates with violating the treaty of 1848 In preventing Colombian troops landing on the Isthmus for the purpose of putting down the rebellion. Until he knows the character of this reply, and whether it precludes the expediency of further pour parlers. General Reyes cannot fix the date for his departure for home. If the answer givt hope of any action by the United Stoles in the direction of relief for Colombia, however, small, tbs negotiations probably will continue. If the note be final in its refusal to consider anv of the proposals of General Reyes it will in the eyes of Colombia eshitnie the form of an ultimatum and General Reyes snd Dr.Her-rs- n will lone no time in leaving the country. Their departure will mark the hitspensl'in of diplomatic relations between the countries. PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY. Troops and Supplies Can Be Reqd'ly Taker to Isthmus. Washington. Jan. 2. All the supply departments of tho army have mads arrangements for the transportation of troops and supplies from New York to Ean Francisco, to the Isthmus, in move is determined upesse such on. Plans abo have been consider ed for tho construction of large storehouse and temporary barracks on Panama territory e"d it la rumored that i 00.000 may ' required for such construction. Era Francisco, Jan. 2. Kenilworth ORDER RESCINDED. took the sixth furlong handicap which WaS the feature of the closing day of 2. Mayor San Franc lie u, Jan. the Ingk-sitl- e meeting. The big spriu- ter was a receding favorite in the Bchinfiz today suspended Thomas J. betting but he led all the way and won Welsh, registrar of voters. but a few hours afterward rescinded the order. easily from Martinmas. THE NEAT FEW DAYS Met Last But One of the Lieutenant Chicago Fire Took the Last of erals of the Southern Army In- ASSOCIATION. IN Utah Delegates to Travel in Three Special Cars. Portland. Ore, Jan. 2. The indicait General Janes A. Longstreel is tions are lhat stock men from ail Pelting ConinceJ He over tho country. lo attend the convention of the Mvestock Association-anInevMle. Suddenly Called. tho National Wool Growers' Asbo will murk 12th. sociation, January larger than first expected. Tho Chicago delegates will travel in a special train and the Utah division will fill THE PNEUMONIA CAUSE three special cars. The local com- REFUSAL TO INSURE VESSEL mittees have made all necessary prep- aration. Great Falls, Mont, Jan. 2. J..M. Reeves, a prosperous rancher of the miles highwoad country, twenty-seve- n east of .Great-Fai- ls, was arrested in thia city this afternoon on complaint sworn out before Justice Deecombs In Belt by George Gould, charging assault In the second degree, and the arrest brought to light a sensational white; capping story which is so much out of the usual run of such proceedings as to be unique. Reeves was married several years ago to a young lady of this city, and one year ago his wife left him, securing a divorce In this of 'weeks ago on a cruelty, a couple ' elty charge. George Gould, a prosperous young farmer, owned the adjoining farm to Reeves and when the wife of the latter had secured a divorce Mr. Gould at once secured a marriage license and ten days ago the couple were wed In Benton. It is alleged that Reeves took exception to the marriage of Gould with his former wife, and that a number of the neighbors were asked to Join a whitecapping party for the purpose of tar and feathering Gould. Some of those approached told Gould of the proposed outrage, Wednesday night last being fixed as tbs time That night Gould took a Winchester and a box of cartridges and stationed himself In a pile of logs in front of his house to await the coming. Shortly after 12 o'clock a .crowd of about 25 and apappeared whitecappers proached the house and when hailed by Gould ordered him to come out or be killed. Gould replied by emptying his gun into the crowd, filling it and emptying tt again, firing thirty-tw- o shots in all. The whitecappers were all masked and apparently armed but evidently did not expert the shooting as. they fled In all directions without hooting back. In the first shooting one man was shot in the left arm and three others received wounds. The prat man shot was taken to Belt, Wed nesday, and yesterday arrived in this city and now is being looked for by the police; the other three men wounded are supposed to be In hiding and .Sheriff Benner and a corps of deputies are close on their trail. Ball for Reeves has not been fixed and he will be held in the rounty Jail until Monday when he will be taken to Belt for a preliminary hearing. The only remark made by him when arrested was to the effect that Gould had manwife and his aged to gather In both his to make the farm and he now desired Job complete. t'-'a- t FAMILY Libor, non-unio- r- t Isaac. Gravoll, t fobwas gn'lty a few day ago thr-- he war f.e r-to rce that no suck catastrophe could happen of sending threatening letters to the Two Pacific company. again.' Northern The asbestos curtain was, accord- charge him with sending blackmailing to Mr. Fulkerson, blocked In Its ing let era and the cither charge him descent by a reflector carelessly left With burglary In the first degree. The open by s stage hand. While one end penally oil the first degree of burglary was suspended 20 feet above It, and Is Imprisonment of from ten ycM-beneath It swept the flood of flame lhai to lifo. V tf ORGANIZED LABOR QUESTION AWL the-egres- . Eederatioa Messsge ihdeIse! d . It i Salt I,akr. Jan. J.Thi First Presidency of the Mormon Church today sent a telegram to President Compere of ihe American Federation of lilmr denying the charge that the church had taken a hi and against organized labor. The message, which Ik signed on 2.) page (Continued by President Joseph F. Smith mid his advisors in Ihe First Presidency. John R. Winder and Anion II. Lund, is aa follows: A report having (jrculaled that the Mormon chunk has used its influence against organized labor and has endeavored to fill the places of union n strikers with men, wc hereby emphatically deny that the chunk over which we preside lias taken any such step or issued any insl ructions on this matter. The whole story originated in a false newspaper report. The charges referred to arose from Warm Given a Whitecappers the reading at tho regular Tabernacle services last Sunday or a notice by Reception by a Farmer. President Angus M. Cannon of the Balt l,ake stake, that men were wanted In the Utah coal mines to fill the placH of strikers. President Caiman Troubls Grew Out of a Dlvorcs and says the notice was handed him by a coal company, and read with other Marriags Which Nsighbors Renotices, as Is the custom. Na question sented in an Unusual Way.' of chunk influence, he says, was directly or Indirectly connected with the reading of the notice. 1 . President Smith Seeds EXPERIENCED. Nebraska and Western lows Swept by a Piercing Wind. Omaha, Jan. 2 Zero weather has prevailed for nr trie Jt hours throughout Nebraska au l Wearcra Iowa with the mercury m, I lalliug. For tonight lower teir'ii.Tature is predicted. The wave haa Ircti accompanied by a stiff north wind making outdoor life extremely uncomfortable. MAKES A DENIAL arch .WEATHER THE TIME. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OGDEN CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY ILL THEATERS NEWS , NE WSOCIAL MOVEMENT. German Underwriters Will Not Taka Risks on Ships Sailing for Japan A 2 Jsn. training Chicsgd, Marino Enginnesrs Leave school for philanthropic and social work will open January 12 under ths Glasgow for Japan. auspices of tho university division of Prof. with of Chirago. the University Tho Graham Taylor as presideut. include personal, will course lecture institutional snd public work fur dereking, Jan. 2. Information in tha preventive possession of the best Informed p pendents policy and agency methods. mata in Peking convince them that There will be discussions on legist inevitable within the next few. lation. improved dwellings snd open space, public school extension, co- days. operative and benefit, agencies, the social utilities, social settlements, San Francisco, Jan. 2. An and ctchfeal and religious resource. of the imminence of war in Indication theOrieni Is shown by the refusal of Germaa underwriters to insure vowels bonod to the Par East. THOUGHT "I cabled to Hamburg. said Mahka C. Harrison, presldnnt of M. Harrison tt Co., insurant brokers, today, for asking quotations on a cargo for BE the Orient by the American Marti, Matting January 2.5th, and have Just received an answer ateiing no Insurance would he placed, A London cable quoted insurance on the Nippon Mara, which is to sail Officers Now Searching for Prac- January 30th at 2 3 per cent, for a cargo to Japan. tical Jokers. "On English or American vesonls, which means the Occidental and Oriental and the Pacific Mail lines, for Immediate sailing, to Japan atone, neuTrain Stopped by Three Boys Re- - tral cargoes, 2 of l per cent, la quoted. turned From a Dane . "The highest quotation in to ManIn Washington. churian and Siberian ports, a per cent., being demanded on neutral cargoes, under neutral flags to these places." . A WERE a TO WENS tt 1-- 1-- Taroma. Wash., Jan. 2. Northern Pacific train No. 4. running . from Portland to. Tacoma pras signalled one mile west of Ranter In Thurston county, about thirty miles from Tune raa, by throe men who were thought to be train- robbers.. Investigation proved that they. were young men of the. neighborhood returning from dance.' They were, it is kaid. partially Intoxicated, and signalled the train as a practical Joke. The train was running nt rapid speed and rounding a crave and the engineer did not bring It to a stop until he had run 300 yards past the place where the men were standing. Several of the train men ran back and aa they neared the supposed robbers tho latter mounted their horses OHIO POLITICS. snd rode away. Sheriff Denholm of Fierce connty and 8berlff McCarthy Columbus, O., Jsn. 2. The legisla- of Thurston county. Investigated the tive caucuses here preliminary to the case today and found the young men organization of the Ohio General As- had admitted at Ranter that they sembly which will convene next Montopped the train as a Joke. Superinday were held today. The Republi- tendent Albert of the Northern: Pacans control both branches. At i cific says the young men will be'con-vlcte- d if possible. He will not permit Joint caucus of the Democratic senators snd representatives, John H of any trHIIng with the train, parClarke of Cleveland, was nominated ticularly those carrying the United for United States senator. This ac- States mail. The young men were tion is regarded as somewhat un not In the neighborhood when the usual In view of the fact that Clarke officers arrived and have not yet been ' was nomnlated for the office by the found. The Democratic state convention. Republican members, abiding by the CORONERS JURY IN BUTTE. action of their state convention, wlhch nominated Senator M. A. Hanna for reflection to the United States ths ' Killing of ths senate, will not hold a senatorial cau- Investigating Miners Ip the Michael cus. EXPORTS FROM GERMANY. Berlin, Jsn. 2. The exports from Germany to the United States during 1BU3 did not fall far short of or from $14,000,000 to more than In 1902, which was the previous record year. Detailed figures of the year's transaction in all the consular districts are not yet available, but the average Increase Is 12 per cent over that of 1902. For instance, the Berlin district exported goods to the value of $9,888,841, Jain of $1,108,821. This was due to the great variety of manufacturers. The increases taking all Germany, were chiefly In textiles snd steel, chemical and leather goods. STORMS IN THE EAST. New York, Jsn. 2. Snow beginning early this morning, with brief alternations of hall and rain, combined with bitter blustering gales tended to creole a condition of Intense discomfort. in New York today. The indications point to the arrival of a cold wave tomorrow. Philadelphia. Jan. 2. This city was viaited hr a heavy snow and sleet torm today, accompanied by rapidly lowering temperature. BUZZARD IN OHIO. Cleveland, Jan. 2. One of the worst blizzards experienced in years raged today throughout the great portion of Ohio. LIEUTENANT FOUND GUILTY. . e t t Washington. Jan. Tho Associated Press learns from an official source that Japan, In her last note to the Russian government, announced that the minimum proposition which she can accept from Russia aiwrights in Korea equal to those claimed by Russia In Manchuria. In return. It ia said, Japan agrees to recognize the supremacy of Russia in Mam churls. To this proposition the Ru lan government will not give its approval, feeling that Japan should content itself with modifications in ths form of concessions in Korea for hen commerce. The 'Russian government has not abandoned hope of a diplomatic settlement ot the question, in view of the powerful pressure which Great Britain snd. France are bringing to bear upon Japan to consent to a continuance of the negotiations, but it is emphatically stated that Russia will never admit the parallel between her position In Manchuria and that of Jspan in Korea. Count Cassini. Russian ambassador, thinks the Far , Eastern altuatlon gloomy but not without hope of salvation. At the Japanese legation tonight it Davitt was intimated that if tho Russian reButte, Mont, Jsn. 2. After examin- ply does not give definite assurance, ing fourteen witnesses this afternoon, that in general the concessions asked Coroner Keegan continued, until Mon- for by Japan in Korea will be granted, government will be imday, the Inquest over the bodies of the Tokto Samuel Olsen and Fred Duval, who pelled to abandon diplomacy for force. were last night killed in the Michael The Japanese minister does not beIn Davitt mine by dynamite In the hands lieve that after the manneracted of unknown persona in the Itorus which he claims his people have will throughout the negotiations they mine. forfeit any sympathy which they have When the Inquest is resumed Mon- in this country by striking first day, employes of the Montana Ore Purchasing company will be questioned Paris, Jsn. 2. The Figaro thlf as to vhelr side of the alleged undersays that the big guns tot morning ground dynamite Imttle. the Japanese battleships which were Although evidence would seem to bought from Argentina, have not yel The plat the blame on the men employed been supplied to the vessels. In the Itorus company, C. H. WInchell. Italian government is said to desire head geologist for the Amalgamated that they receive their armament Copper company teallfled that he had elsewhere, in order to avoid an imdiscovered vast amounts of hay In the pression that Italy Is unfriendly . to raise" Just above the place where Russia. the Amalgamated miners were working and this, he declares, was burned, Blzerta. Tunis, Jan. 1. The Rusthe stifling smoke being forced in on sian cruiser for the Far East will the Amalgamated men to prevent them tart tomorrow for Alexandria. A from carrying out. the orders of the brilliant reception and banquet was United States court in making an given today aboard the battleship d examination of the Michael Davitt by Admiral Wireulss lit mine. of the squadron who toasted the Al one (stage of (he, proceedings alliance between France and Russia. . the French resident County Attorney Breen and L. O. Ev- General ans. attorney for the lleinze interests, general in Tunis, responded, expressDgsged in a dispute which threatened ing on behalf of the French renple I of Tunis an unalterable affection tor to develop in a free flgh. According to the testimony of Gupt. Russia snd the Russian;. Adams of the Boston and Montana BERLIN THEATER FIRE-company and Foreman Moultrep of the Pennsylvania mine, on thq day built of the explosion the carpenters Berlin, Jan. 2. A fire caused by a door to prevent access to the Penn- short circuited electric wire started sylvania from the Rants, snd tha two last night in the cloak room of the men who were W'd were finishing new Royal theater during a performin ance of "A Midsummer the Job by calking np the cracks out Nights A fireman stationed at the Dream. and around this, dcsir to keep theater discovered the flames and the smoke. put them out without the audience ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. being alarmed: Waihlngtoq. Jan. 2. First LieutenScharen, Thirtieth Infantry, was tried at Manila by court martial, charged with embezzlement of $19,000 of post exchange bills and Riverside, Calif., Jam 1 Alexander also wltb neglect of duty. The court N. Karls, who la held in the county found him not guilty of the charge Jail here on the charge of having murof embezzlement, but guilty of neg- dered Andrew F. Peterson, made an lect of duty. He was sentenced to be unsuccessful attempt to cml his life file In rank and this afternoon ly cutting his throat reduced twenty-fivto be reprimanded. with a rusty piece of tin. ant George ' ENGINEERS FOR JAPAN. 1 2. Jsn. A Glasgow, large number of merino engineers received cable orders from the, Jsimnoso Government lx months ago, on the understanding that they would be called on, if active nervine was probable. Fall were sent them in cipher. They will go ot the For East by way of Canada. 2. ' a ra coin-man- Fim-hon- SOCIALISTS MEET MAY 1ST. Chicago. Jan. 2. The National Con vention of the Sorlalisis party will be held In Chicago May 1st, 1994, at which time candidates for national officers will be put in nomination. |