Show BURNING OF UNITED STATES ARSENAL CAUSES ENORMOUS MONETARY LOSS shop A the principal issue storehouse at the united states arsenal at rock island III was destroyed by fire last week together with its con tents it was filled with cavalry and infantry equipments of every description and a million rounds of krag jor gen crozier says the ammunition destroyed formed a reserve supply and can be readily replaced from the frankfort arsenal As none of the ma chinery was damaged the fire will not interfere with the operations at rock island in the manufacture of GENERAL VIEW OF UNITED STATES ARSENAL M Z V rv 4 M 4 1 genson smokeless ammunition the contents were valued at 1 the building was a massive structure three stories in height and was erect ed twenty years ago at a cost ol 01 the exploding of 0 the rifle ammini tion for two hours maintained a con sinuous rattle of musketry muo mu ketry resembling a battle the fire was fought hard until the conditions became dangerous to life on account of the large amount ol 01 ammunition in the burning building the building then was left to its fate and all attention was devoted to sav say ing the rest of the plant the sight of the burning building furnished a spectacle to thousands of people who lined the bluffs on both sides of the mississippi in the midst of which the arsenal lies on a tul island in the end nothing was left of the immense shop and all it had contained but a mass of glowing coals the fire had burned itself out destroying one of the government governments s finest storehouses and a most able collection of equipment the arsenal had been busy with large orders recently working 1500 men and advertising widely tor for ma chinis ts to work on rush orders received 1 0 MOP STANt fOPE C from the war department most of the factory capacity is left intact but there Is an immense gap opened in the stores on hand by the work of the flames the new small arms plant equipped at a cost of several millions oi 01 dollars and about ready to turn out tile new model of rifles escaped the flames maj S E blunt commandant at the arsenal estimated the loss resulting from the fire at 1765 1 and states that equipment sufficient to supply the army for three years was destroyed the origin of the fire Is a mystery as there was no fire in the shop no forge from which a spark might have fallen while the electric current had been turned oft off over three hours be fore the first alarm of fire in accord ance with the usual custom also the entire building was gone over by the watchman and everything was seen to be in orde before the doors were locked for the day the building burned was located apart south of the shop a three story structure covering about an acre ol 01 ground reports of casualties when the walls of the building tell fell precipitated a grand rush to the arsenal from the three cities and though the gates were c ased the crowd rushed across the railroad and street car bridges or scaled the railroad track from fort armstrong avenue and ran across lots to the scene of the fire gen crozier chief of ordnance at washington received a telegraphic re port from maj S E blunt ordnance department confirming the press re port of the serious fire at the rock island arsenal wednesday night and placing the loss at 1765 1 the re port stated that the fire was confined to storehouse A containing a quan city of equipments and small arms ammunition but no machinery gen crozier regrets the disaster bui but is grateful that none of the ma chinery of the valuable manufacturing plant at rock island was damaged I 1 carriages for field and siege guns or other current work WIDE difference OF OPINION methodist leaders D over mem barship of church there Is a wide difference of ion between two methodist editors editor thompson of the northwestern christian advocate published in CM chi cago and editor buckley of the chris tian advocate a new lork tion at a meeting of methodist clergymen in the latter city mr thompson spoke enthusiastically declaring that in the last tour years 1 converts had been made by the church dr buckley disputed the accuracy of these figures he declared anat statistics showed methodism to be actually declining in some of the eastern conferences at any rate he ile Uell relieved eved in looking at the facts and he declared it was a grievous mis take to take an over optimistic view his statements were vehemently op posed by the other persons at the meeting USE OF HIS EYES cuban physician relieves blindness by use of X rays A few months ago the world was startled by the suggestion of an op ti oculist that the blind might be made to see by means of the X rays now it appears that these san aulne hopes have been at any rate in part fulfilled by dr astudillo of havana the man who has been cured was originally a resident lesl les dent ident of madrid and was suddenly stricken blind twelve years ago eventually he went to cuba where he came across dr As audillo an oculist who invited him to his house in order telsee toa see if any thing could be done in his case after treatment he became able to differentiate between black and white in the daylight and gradually to see and il machinery of the ampara as well as count the flashes of in candescent lamps in the physician physicians s study value of presence of mind many years ago the american war alli ship p delaware came near foundering off the coast of sardinia while bluffing through a heavy squall during a morn ing watch the unauthorized letting go of the fore sheet alone saved the ship from going down with 1100 souls on board the first lieutenant afterward commodore thomas W wyman with difficult climbing sue suc ceedee in reaching the quarter deck where snatching the trumpet from the officer in charge his first order given gien in a voice heard distinctly tore fore and aft was keep clear of the he paint work this command to hundreds of human begins packed in the lee scuppers like sardines in a box in scantly restored them to order and prevented a panic they naturally feel ing that if at such a time with a line of battle ship on her beam ends clean paintwork was of paramount imbor tance their condition could not be a serious one story with a moral john mitchell told a story recently in the clover club of philadelphia which was vas of a certain grim humor mr mitchell was in his first suit of evening dress he ile was talking about the seriousness of life and his story bore out his view he ile said there were two sisters seamstresses who lived in a little room and earned their bread by sewing they were young and pretty but they seldom laughed they never wore ore comely clothes they did nothing but sit in a stooped atti attl tude sewing all day and a good part of the evening one night when she was quite worn out with labor tho the younger said to the older sister oh dear I 1 wish we were both dead the older sisters sister a mouth took on a grim smile as she returned be still and work hard business before pleas ure astonished the justice justice of the peace george I 1 sey mour eat sat in his hoboken office when a young couple entered carrying with them the usual and unmistakable evi dence of desire to be made one the justice asked the young man s name richard mansfield was the reply and his honor stared for a moment as he reflected that the noted actor must be much older than this would be bridegroom then he asked the girl s name maude adams she timidly responded the justice nearly fallout fell out of his chair but recovered when in formed that the pair lived in a sub urb of hoboken then he tied the knot pocketed nis tee fee and kissed the bride how royalty Is protected the law Is libel as regards royalty Is different from that which affect affects other people and in this respect great er privileges are accorded to reigning fam families illes at least by british law tha rule of english law Is that any pub li catlon cation tending to degrade or defame royal families of this or othe coun tries may be treated as libels so long ago as 1787 lord george gordon was convicted of a libel of this kind upon marle marie antoinette in 1801 vint was convicted of pf libeling the russian emperor and later a frenchman named peltier got into trouble tor for an article abusing napoleon who was then a prisoner on ae island of elba stanley a adventurous life sir henry M stanley the man who found dr livingstone in central af rica a little more than twenty two years ago Is now 63 years old he came to this country in 1855 landing as a cabin boy in new orleans where a merchant adopted him while ing as a confederate soldier he was taken prisoner then he volunteered in the union navy at the close of the civil war he became a reporter on the new york herud which was the making ot of him for the elder bennett sent him on several important expeditions notably the search tor for living stone president roosevelt a marksmanship in connection with the recent visit to washington of 0 dill bill sewall the presidents maine guide a story Is told of a moose hunt in which they were companions some years ago they were camping in the woods and one morning mr roosevelt saw a moose not far from the camp he ile grabbed his rifle and fired sewall came running up and said you youve ve got him how did it happen why I 1 aimed at his breast and hit the vital spot I 1 suppose was the answer well you done fine anyhow said bill you shot him in the eye the world 8 tobacco market louisville ky still holds first rank among the tobacco markets ot of the world orld lin 11 12 I 1 J L 11 building containing 3 Is early 2 of property destroyed by fire |