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iSl)e #l0tietBtiiUe Hatlg Cea^eIr. VOL. X V II. NO. 103. GLOVER.SVILLE, N. Y ., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER., 30, 1903— 8 Pages. WHOLE NO. 5031. Edward Carpeatier, Weil Knowoin GUile,P.e-. moved to Hospital in Serious Condition. liool was (uillad to tako diargo of fha At tho Troy honpltal Mils afternoon 1 It was stated that Carpeutlor was con- I scions and that tho Indications wore favorable to his recovery. I A meetlnR- of the Rensselaer County j Bar has been called for Thursday , morning to take action on the death ot Messrs. Clough and Shaw. POLICE UNABLE TO FIND MISS ETHEL ROVELLE. TROY, N. Y., Dec. 30.—The Troy Club house was destroyed by a fire that was discovered at 1:40 o’clock this morning, and three 'prominent who occupied apartments in the build ing lost their lives. They were W il liam Shaw, of the law firm of Shaw, Bailey & Murphy; Moses T. Clough,the nestor of the Rensselaer county bar, and Benjamin W. Kimmey of Boston, Mass., where he was manager of the branch office of the Fuller & Warren Co., of Troy. Ed .vard Carpenter of New York, who Is to be married next week to Miss Rosamond Corliss, a young society wo man of Troy, was overcome by smoke and removed to the Troy hospital in a serious condition. How the fire started no one knows. Flames and smoke were first discov ered* on the th ird floor of a building ad joining tho Troy club and occupied as a boarding and rooming house by em ployes of the club. The flames spread along the walls of the Troy club to the east and were ,already breaking into the Troy Cliib house when discovered. Occupants Panic Stricken. Panic reigned among the occupants, several of whom rushed to the windows and shouted fire. A policeman heard the cry and hurrying to a box turned in an alarm. The department respond ed i i i good tim e and it was'fortunate that i t did. As the apparatus smiled to the scene every window in the upper portion of the boarding house was filled w ith shrieking men and women, who threat ened to jump in their excitement. Those in the windows, their shneks being unavailable, made attempts to climb out on the window sills and the excitement became even more in- Men cried to the terrorized inmates of the place to remain in their posi tions; others cried for a fire net and others ran w ildly about, knowing not what to do to assist the imperilled ones, Many Rescued by Firemen. A ladder was hurriedly raised from the rear, but i t was of no use. A por tion of the building was all afire and smoke. ' A ladder was almost simultaneously raised on the Congi'ess street side and one a fter another those above were car ried down in safety by the firemen, some already overcome. D. W. Coon, of New York, who was stopping at the club, was one of the men rescued. He was reached only after much diflficulty, but was not hurt. A fter the rescues had been made the firemen turned their attention more fu lly to the fire, and soon had i t under control. The club house, which was a magnifi cent building, was at the corner of First and Cemgress streets. I t coat ?125,000. The flames did not reach the F irst street side of the structure, but the west end was badly burned. The por tion which was not burned was badly damaged by water. The walls are in- Origin of Fire a Mystery. A prominent mem her of the club stat ed this morning that the fire is believ ed to have originated in the pantry on the first floor. How, no one knows. The pantry was at the extreme western part of the building and the boarding house south opened Into the club. I t is fo r this reason that the fire in Its early stages threatened the lives or the employes. Near the pantry was an elevator shaft, which the flames climbed w ith great rapidity. Mr. Clough, one of the victims, was nearly ninety year's of age. He had been a prominent Troy attorney for many years, b u t on account of his great age had not practiced actively recent ly. Mr. Shaw was among the prominent active attorneys of the city. He took ar active interest in church matters and was a member of the First Baptist church. Only last night he attended the Christmas exercises of the Sunday school. Undertaker Vanderpool play ed Santa Claus and Mr. Shaw assisted him. A few hours later Mr. Vander- Miss Rovelle is Heiress to a Fortune Valued at $6,000,000. MERIDAN, Miss., Dec. 30.—The po lice department and relatives have as yet been unable to find any trace ot Miss Ethel Rovelle, the young heiress to a fortune valued at 56,000,000 to 58,- 000,000 and it is now the belief of the fam ily and friends in this city that the young woman has been abducted and is being held against her w ill. She nas been missing since last Wednesday af ternoon, at which time she left the house of her aunt, Mrs. J. M. Huskey in the west end. The conditions of the Will by which her benefactress, an aunt, Mrs. Minerva Binford, of Denver, Colo., left her the estate, are that she m a rry w ithin a year after the death of the aunt a man of her own choice if she wants to, but i f not, a man se lected by the deceased aunt and named in the w ill. These conditioils have led the relatives of the young woman to fear that she has been kidnapped and for that reason her disappearance was reported at once to the police. They have been unable to locate her and have no clew even to the time of her leaving the city, for i t is not believed she could remain here and be con cealed. TEN THOUSAND MEN AFFECTED| Large Warehouse Bumed For Twelve . Hours-Small Insurance-Car- negie Museum Loses Valu able Collection ’ of steel Trust Notifies Employes in Mc Keesport of Cut in Wages. M’KEESPORT, Pa., Dec.30.—Notices of a wage reduction were posted at the plants of the United States Steel Cor poration in McICeesport yesterday. The cut includes every employe and w ill graduate' down from heads of de partments to laborers, the latter re ceiving but a slight reduction. I Ten thousand men are affected, but j the reduction w ill be generally accept- ! ' “ ■ _ PITTSBURG, Dec. 30.—A report is current that the Jones & Laughlin Steel company had notified its em ployes of a proposed reduction- in wages ranging from 33 to 50 per cent, and an increase in the working hours ^ from eight a day to twelve hours President B. F. Jones said the report was misleading and untrue. “A re duction,” said he, “ w ill be made Janu ary 1. It has been agreed to by all our employes affected. In a few cases a change w ill be made from eight to a twelve hour turn.” The concern is one of the largest independent plants in the country and employs several thousand men. PITTSBURG, Dec. 30.—For 12 hours, beginning at 6 o’clock yesterday morn ing, the fire department battled with a stubborn fire in the six-story storage warehouse of Haugh & Keenan. The loss is not less than $200,000, and may reach 5700,000. Insurance is small. Officers of the company say that but for the steel doors and shutters, ap proved by the fire underwriters, the firemen would have been able to enter the building and control the fire. Prom the time the fire v/as discover ed u n til i t was smothered out last night not once did the flames appear in any great volume, but slowly and surely ate their way through the building. A ll the goods that were not burned were more or less damaged by water. President Keenan of the company said to-day: “ E very foot of the floor space was occupied. It is hard to tell v/hat the loss on stock w ill be, but the total may reach $700,000. The loss on the building w ill reach $25,000.” The insurance men, after working all day figuring out their losses, are una ble to say what the total amount w ill The Cai'negie Museum may lose con siderably on its Bayet collection of fos sils, w'hich was stored in the building for want of room at the Carnegie Insti tute building. This collection was bought by Andrew Carnegie from the King of Belgium last year a t a heavy cost. It consists of 100,000 pieces, and is the largest individual collection in the world. Fell While Coming Down Stairs When Visiting His Daughter. LONDON, Dec. 30.—Dispatches re ceived here this morning confirm the rpeort that Emperor Pran'Z-Josef was painfully injured yesterday by falling. One o f the first reports had it that his majesty had suffered a stroke of paraly sis, but this cannot be confirmed, and is given little credence. The most authen tic dispatches state that the Emperor fell down stairs while visiting his daughter. The Vienna correspondent of the Central Newp w ii’es this morning that the Emperor is much Improved to-day and was able to arise at his usual early hour. He is most anxious to hold an audience to-morrow i f his doctors w ill permit him to do so. . I t is feared that his majesty’s injur ies would prove serious owing to his advanced age, but his improvement seems to indicate that he has had a ■ucky l escape from serious injury. NEW YORK CITY’S TAXES. Claims of Discrimination by State in Favor of Country Disproved. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 30.—Gov. Odell said to-day that nothing more clearly disproved the allegation that the city of New Y\ork was discriminated against in the state’s present tax policy than the operation of the law recently passed taxing trust companies and banks for Ihe benefit of the state. “Figures just sent me from the state tax board shov; that whereas New York city received in taxes last year on the liorsonal assessment of banks $1,865,- 160; this year the banks w ill pay $2,- 200,000, an increase of $334,840. “The trust companies paid the city I last year $159,000. This year they w ill pay the state $1,594,000, of which the city w ill receive three-fourths—a net gain to the city since the passing of the law of about $650,000. “Notwithstanding the elimination from the rolls of certain,personality of the bank and trust companies, there still remains to the city of New York,as shown June 30,1903, taxable personal property amounting to over $680,866,- 000, an increase of nearly $200,000,000. LOADING COAL FOR JAPAN. Big British Tramp Steamer Loading Virginia Fuel at Norfolk. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 30.—The B rit ish steamship Knight Errant, an im mense tramp steamer, arrived yester day and w ill begin to take on a cargo of 11,511 tons of Pocohontas coal for Japan. The coal goes from Lambert’s Point pier and is the variety which is mainly burned by United States warships. For all the news read The Leader. SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED. M’KBESPORT, Pa., Dec. 30.—A fire at Glassport, a suburb, this morning, destroyed the borough’s city school, a 12 roomed brick structure with a one room frame addition, which was just being completed. The McKeesport fire department was called out to help extinguish the flames, the borough ha.ving only a volunteer department. I t is supposed that a party of tramps lodged in the frame addition last night and le ft burning embers so that shav ings on the floor became ignited. Five hundred children are without a school. A MODERN MIRACLE. An exchange, whose editor has am ple time to study the styles in ladies’ hosiery, says: The story of Dot’s wife turning to a pillar of salt can no longer be doubted. A young lady the other day put her foot on a dry goods box to tie her shoe, and two young men who were passing turned to rubber. Gra cious! Odell Man Is Elected. GLENS FALLS, N. Y., Dec. 28.— Washington county Republicans yes terday elected James S. Parker assem blyman to succeed the late General Hughes. Parker is an Odell follower, and i t is said I. V. Baker, who wants to go to Congress from the district' next year, may find in him a formida ble opponent. Striking Bakers Excited. PARIS, Dec. 30.—The striking bak ers became greatly excited to-day over the arrest of five of their leaders, in cluding the secretary of the labor ex change. The men were taken into custody on a charge of fomenting dis turbances. Appointed by Mayoi* Low. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Mayor Low yesterday appointed as justice of the court of special sessions, Appleton L. Clark of New Brighton, S. I., for the term of 10 years, to succeed Thomas W. Fitzgerald. Eight Carnegie Furnaces to Start. PITTSBURG, Dec. 30.—Orders have been received to put in operation eight blast furnaces of the Carnegie Steel company, at Duquesne, Braddock and Rankin, which have been out of com mission for repairs. Cotton Drops 20 Points. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 30.—The Cotton market this morning opened 16 to 20 points down. EMPEROR FRANZ-J08EF HURT. ITINERANT PREACHER ARRESTED Charged v/ith Sending Libelous Postal Cards Through Mails. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 30.—Rev. Bushrod Shedden Taylor, an itinerant preacher known in many parts of the United States as “ Cyclone” Taylor, was arrested at Moore’s Junction, Clinton county, and brought to Platts- hurg by United States Marshal Brew ster, charged by Emmett Armstrong o f Mooers, w ith w riting and sending through the mails postal cards contain ing scurrilous and libelous matter re flecting upon Mr. Armstrong’s charac ter. When arraigned before United- States Commissioner Corbin, Mr. Tay lor entered a plea of not guilty, and his examination was adjourned to Jan uary 28, bail being fixed at $300. CODY AND BAILEY COMBINE- Refuse to Use Anything Except Union Made Hacks and Liverymen Are Unable to Do Business-A Bitter Fight Promised. “Buffalo Bill” Wild West Show to Be Under Joint Management. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.. .Information ‘ are advised to c lll agdrorN e v rY e a F s irning. Should the hackmen go out ;hat day i t would interfere seriously ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 30.—Albany liverymen are facing a threatened strike of drivers which promises to tie up the city’s livery business unless speedily adjusted. A year ago the drivers’ un ion went on strike for higher wages, Their demands were granted and as a- result carriage rates were advanced one-third throughout the city. Then the liverymen organized the Liverymen’s Protective association and are prepared to give their drivers a The union’s new grievance is not a question of wages. They demand that their members shall drive only union made hacks. According to a prominent liveryman, there is but one concern in the United S+ates, an Albany firm, which manufac- lures union made hacks. They all do not care to deal w ith this one concern, and as a result trouble is threatened. One liveryman has had a new coach in his stable fo r six months but has never used it, the union refusing to al low its men to drive it because i t was purchased from a non-union manufac- S^urday last the drivers made their demands. The liverymen say they w ill not agree to buy coaches of the Albany concern to the exclusion of all others and insist that they have the right to discharge their men fo r cause. A t present liverymen are not allowed to drive their own hacks. A ll orders for New Year’s calls are be ing refused at the present and patrons deal has been consummated between , A. Bailey, owner of the Barnum & Sailey show, and Colonel W. P. Cody, whereby the “ Buffato B ill” W ild West show w ill henceforth be managed by the firm o f Cody & Bailey. Colonel Cody left New York last night for his home in Wyoming, where he w ill re main until spring, when he w ill go to England to head the W ild West show. Excitement on Cotton Exchange. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—There was a return of violent fluctuations at the opening o f the Cotton exchange to-day. The market presented a turbulent ap pearance after the call, working almost the Washington branch of the Interna- w ith the charity hall and other social functions. COL. JAMES MORRIS MORGAN RETURNED FROM ISTHMUS. Says That Panama Canal Project and Panama Government Are All Right. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30.—The Panama canal project and the new Pan ama government are “a ll right,” ac cording to a statement of Col. James Morris Morgan, assistant manager entirely along independent lines, and acting ast though bull support had been withdrawn, for everything was lower. Trading was active and unset tled, the room crowd being in the dark as to the intention of the bull leaders, and not u n til May reached 13.60 was any support forthcoming. A recovery ensued, bu t it was followed by another decline which served only to bewilder both the professional element and the outsiders who are trying to keep in touch w ith the market. Stop loss or ders were caught on the breaks, thus adding to the heaviness. Returned from Siberia. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 30.—W. B. Jones and C. C. Carpenter have re turned from two years of successful gold hunting; in Siberia as prospectors for the Northeast Siberian Co. Jones declares gold in paying quantities has not been found along the Siberian coast, but he believes thorough pros pecting in the interior w ill bring re sults. He found the coast line of Si beria to be a formation of granite, with an occasional narrow belt of lime or slate, w ith absolutely no wash any where. Graphite exists in large bod- CINCINNATI, Dec. 30.—The Nation al Shorthand Teachers’ Association in session gave an exhibition of remark ably rapid reporting on a blackboard yesterday, when Fred Ireland, official stenographer of the House of Repre sentatives at Washington, wrote from dictation a t the rate of 233 words a minute and read the matter without an error in less than fifty seconds. To Aid Macedonian Sufferers. BELGRADE, Dec.. 30.— Prince Paul, nephew o f King Peter of Servia, and th irty other children, all under ten years of age, w ill to-day give a theatri cal and musical entertainment at the national theatre, the funds going to aid the Macedonian sufferers. Prince Paul w ill make a speech. A ll the tick ets issued for the entertainment have been sold. tional Banking Corporation, who returned here after a trip through the isthmian country. Mr. Morgan is en thusiastic over the prospects of the in fant republic.butsays that i f the United States should withdraw its protectorate w ithin six days the 160,000 inhabitants of Panama would be at the mercy of a murdering and ravishing army from Colombia. The healthfulness of Panama has been much maligned, Mr. Morgan de clares, and w ith proper sanitation. Co lon and Panama should be made rivals of Pensacola and New Orleans. “ A-nother mistaken notion that some people have about the canal proposition is that the United States is being bun coed in its bargain w ith the Panama canal company,” Mr. Morgan said. “There is a very wrong idea as to the amount of work done on the canal. I was simply amazed by what I saw. The French have built so many buildings along the line that there is practically a continuous villdge all the way over the isthmus. There are m illions of dol lars’ worth of machinery. There are rows and rows of the small locomotives to be used in hauling d ir t from the ex cavations. There are tugboats and steam dredges in the portions of the canal already dug and opened at both ends. The work is proceeding steadily even now, w ith a small force of men as required by the concession treaty from Colombia, and by the agreement with the United States.” The stories of friction between Unit ed States naval officers on duty in Isth mian waters, and the officers of the Panama government are denied by Mr. Morgan. “ On the contrary,” he declares, “ the feeling of the Panama people is one of most sincere gratitude and respect. The officers of the New Republic impressed me as being men of the very best class ill every way. They are well educated, and they speak English as well as we do. And their idea of what the new republic is to be, is far removed from our North American idea of a typical South American repuhlic,a combination of cheap heroics and loot, a substitution of revolutions for work.” CORBETT WINS IN SIXTEENTH ROUND. Although Hanlon Put Up a Game Fight, Corbett Displayed Hia Old Time Skill and Received Decision. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 30.— Fight followers of ’Frisco are loud in their praises to-day of Eddie Hanlon, the western featherweight, who though beaten last night In 16 rounds by Young Corbett, showed a gameness never be fore seen in the roped arena. It was the fastest and fairest fight ever pulled off on the Pacific coast and each fighter is to-day loud in the laudations of the prowess of the other. Eddie Hanlon, sore in body and disappointed at the outcome, gave a fu ll mead of praise to Corbett, whtom he declared was the best featherweight that ever lived. “ I the best I could,” -said Hanlon, “ and I have no complaint to make. The fight was fa ir and Corbett licked me. Ref eree Graney did the right thing when he stopped the fight in the sixteenth round. I was beaten and could not have continued much longer. For the first five rounds I thought the fight was surely mine, but after the tenth round I knew the end was coming. A right to the wind and a left to the juw did the work in that round.” Young Corbett, who by his v ictory re tains the title, of feather weight cham pion and puts himself In a class by him self, said this morning that he realized he had been in a fight last night w ith a vengeance, “ I was indeed fortunate to win,” said Corbett, “ for i t was the hard est fight I have ever been in. Hanlon is a wonder. He was clever and fast and had there been a h it more power in his punches there might have been a new champion to-day. He is the great est little man I ever met.” ' Neither of the fighters were visibly any the worse fo r their m illing last night, though Hanlon admitted that his stomach bothered him some. Beyond a swollen face Hanlon shows no signs of the terrific punching he re ceived. He held a midnight levee and indulged in much ice cream. A blow in the Btomach, be said,.lost him the battle. Corbett has signified his willingness to meet B r itt at 129 pounds. Japan Has Intimated to Russia If Siie Proceeds Beyond Suez Canal Sneh Action Will Be Re- ^ garded as Unfriendly more liberal view, and all duly accred ited correspondents w ill he allowed to go with their forces in the field. “ In most cases the papers w ill eith-, er send representatives with -the Jap anese fleets 01 *, if that is impossible, they w ill arrange w ith a Japanese of ficer to send dispatches.” PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. Several Officers to Be Raised to th© Star Grade and Immediately Retired. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. sL— \When General S. B. M. Young retires on January 9 next, and General A. R. Chaffee succeeds him as lieutenant general, the President intends to pro mote a number of brigadier generals, and immediately retire them as major generals. Through this process several colon els w ill, in like manner, be raised to the star grade and retired, and others w ill be promoted to remain on the ac tive list. Among those slated for this latter promotion are Captain John Pershing, Captain A. S. Mills, and Col. Clarence R. Edwards. Each has seen service in the Philippines and distin guished himself therein. Captaiu Pershing has the credit of having reduced the Mindanao Moros to subjection. Two years ago he led an expedition into their country, razed their forts and capped his achievement by gaining their good w ill and inducing them to build a splep^ifl m ilitary road from the coast to Lake Lanao region, thus making jRif! possible on their part any successful uprising in the future. Captain M ills is the superintendent of 'West Point, in which position he has shown him self unusually capable. Col. Edwards, whose actual rank is captain, has practically evolved the bureau of insular affairs from nothing to one of the most important branches o f the government. CLOSED ITS DOORS. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 30.—The Con solidated Stock and Grain Co., of Al bany, which was incorporated here ori December 2 last w ith a capital of $100,- 000, has closed its doors. The concern began business w ith $500 and carried on a general brokerage and commis sion business. The directors are Geo. W.Mosely, Frederick R. Harrall, H a rry H. Sherman of Albany, and George H. Channer of Utica. The concern has branch offices at Utica, Schenectady, Rome, Port Plain and Cooperstown. There was no one in the offices to-day and no reason for the failure could be obtained. Loebmotive Explodes, Fireman Killed. PORT JERVIS, Dec. 30.—Prank Loven, fireman, was killed, Engineer Ira Wallace probably fatally injured, and three other railroad men badly hurt by the explosion of a locomotive on a west-bound Erie train near Han; kins yesterday.. i.SIIIII FLEET III LIVERPOOL, Dec. 30.—The Post learns that Russia has informed Eng land and France that she does not mean to, accept any material point in the demands o f Japan. The British foreign office, according to the Post, has up to the last few hours believed that a pacific settlement would result from the negotiations, but i t is novr understood that the officials regard the prospect as very grave. Another piece of news of a serious character which has been received* says the papers, is that a Russian fleet is now in the Mediterranean on the way to the Par East. Japan has in ti mated to Russia, that i f she proceeds beyond the Suez canal, the action w ill be regarded as an unfriendly one. The same paper, , mentioning the newspaper preparation fo r the report ing of a war between Russia and Jap an,- adds: “ Russian government officials have absolutely declined to allow any B r it ish correspondents to accompany either army or the fleet. e liben LONDON, Dec. —Dec. 30.—The talk in sepai-offlcial circles to-day is more pessimistic than almost any time sincfr* the trouble between Russia and Japan regarding the Far East, began. Even the most optimistic admit that there Is a strong chance, that the negotiations proceeding het-ween Tokio and St. Pe tersburg may come to naught, and that the near future w ill see a clash between the two powers, the echoes of which w ill be heard even i n the western hem isphere. I t is true that most of the dispatches from St. Petersburg continue to sound a call fo r peace, but as the days go by it is becoming more aud more apparent, that the majority o f the press advices from the Russian capital are government,and 3 gi-eatly relied One dispatch received this morning quotes the Novoe Vreyma of St. Peters burg,urg, aboutbout thehe onlynly paperper whichh has quote b a t o pa w had.the courage to exress its e ions regarding the situation, per expresses a belief that thougn mat ters are hopefull to a slight degree, there is n o ‘telling when the negotia tions w ill take an unfavoraable turn and hostilities begin. Russia Asks for Students. VIENNA, Dec. 30.— I t is learned that the Russian w a r office has invited all the fifth year medical students to vol unteer fo r service i n the Par Eas^ Transports fo t the volunteer fleet are nqi^Stantly leaving the Black Sea ]jQrtS With men and war material. Last week 2,000 men and f ifty naval gims Jett for eastern points. Ask Attitude of China. BIRMINGHAM, Eng., Dec. 30.—The Post hears on high huthorlty that Great B ritain and Ffance have in structed their ministers a t Pekin to ob tain a definite statement as to China’s attitude, in the event of war breaking out between Russia and Japan. The greatest importance, says the Post, is •attached to the reply, though it is realized that the Empress may not be able to enforce her policy on the prov inces. Time Limit Jan. 10. LONDON, Dec. 30.— The Centr?; News to-day again maintains the ac curacy o f its reports that Japan has placed a time lim it on Russia, and that the Mikado’s government w ill not con sider a Russian reply to her demands after January 10, Mormon Elder Dropped Dead. SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 30.—W ith the final word of a funeral sermon' on his lips. Parley H. Prophet, a Mormon elder, dropped dead in the pulpit of Uintah meeting house Tuesday. Elder Prophet had ju s t concluded a remark able address, extolling the life of Mrs. B. A. Watts, the woman whose body lay in a coflln before him. W ith the final words, “ Surely the dead shall rise again,” the priest turned toward his seat and sank to the floor dead. \
