The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1902. - ROYAL BROTHERG IN CONFERENGE Prince Henry Tells the Kaiser All About. America. Squadron Takes Part in the Home-Coming Demon- stration. #hip Kaiser Wilhelm II, having on board Emperor William and Admira! Prince Henry of Prussia, arrived here at 5:30 3. m. His Majesty and the Prince were welcomed by the firing of salutes and | cheers from the naval squadron in these | IN, March 18.—Prince Henry 3 t Kiel at dusk and joined Prin- cess Henry and his sons. That which took place between the royal brothers is, of course a matier concerning which nding Emperor William and have been taken into the 3 rence further than to know that the brothers had a talk to-day las! fam his 1g to the end of his trip. the Prince when the least alarm was felt was when a man enter He hesitated, and A few minutes he nis way through the er the Prince. , under which ff pointed out Wilkie, chief of ow why he at Chicago, dvised by Wilkie better to omit this part me, as the Polish work- the Un'ted States who represented at Cuxhaven yes- Tul reception Prince ed in the United said Commander Beehler, “your h elved a greater ror replied But 1 intry for so long.” ot take you longer than Jerusalem,” said Commander OFFICIALS SAY MILES DID TEE MISCHIEF Belief in Washington That the Gen- eral Caused Publication of His Plan. 146 G STREET, N. . March 19.—President he publication of the plan ad- of the Philippine in- , and an effort is being made to who is responsible for its ap- has ben ordered nor eral Miles has not alied upon for an_explanstion. les there is a disposition to ral Miles made the facts to discredit the adminis- is denied by the general's stated that the general has not : that he recognizes ies who are prepared to ut to retire him under riziig the President to rele- to retired life who have hed the age of 62 years. r be Jearned the President t f retiring General Miles tent to wait until that time Jubilee of Pythians. Turkey’s Flat Refusal. arch 12.—A dispatch to the from Con Kish Goverfi- the demand of the to the Stone and S REMEDIES. ' DECEPTION. When the conjurershows an empty het, E: once begins to extract from it rab- we know that we have en adroitly deceived, because we know | we can’t getont anytbing that isn't in it. rople would only reason in that medi- are only nulants in dis- P = You can’t stre: out 2 stimulant be- e strength is in it. All hysical strength food digested and 2 ilated and an the form of blood nourishing the entire hody. Doctor Pierce’s ! was beginning to attract general atten- KIEL, March 15.—~The German hnulo-l {in his career which would be of interest to experiences | ) him, together with his cas more than $50, is certain. It is known that | while Prince | m at the other | vd. This man was | appearance he was flush and enabled to concealed. A | | tive ‘department are administ | tive departmer ministered. Se: detailed Detectivy ockyards might create a | m spoke to Commander | replied the Emperor, “that|the rooming-house ot 319 Minna street, | and Secretary Root are an- | | left some time later I asked him what General Miles for | iy o sujted him nicely, but that Garratt | any trifling matter. \GAVE VIOLETS put it, is not desired to | T of the commanding gen- | nerel will be retired on ac- | vear, and the adminis- | | Columbia | ber. 1 heard his movinz about and a few brig- | | chase of books on socialism and biography. | cranky, like most men who have hobbies, and ' expressing his oconvictions. He frequently | #poke of a friend, but never mentioned his | | took charge of Emllh‘l effects. These con- FACTS oW SWITH WIS MUREE HAND OF THE GIANT SYNDICATE CLOSES ON TROLLEY AND CABLE Continued From Page One. A D PSR RO 1 i X Do been established that he was intimate with Smith and that he enjoyed the lat- ter’s confidence to an unusual degree. He told several persons as late as Mo after Smith's disappearance that he and Smith had rented a room together on Tay- lor street, which also was a falsehood. He told of having received a money order for one dollar from Smith, when according to his own story he was employed at the Palace and was to meet Smith on the 6th instant, the day on which Smith drew his salary. The necessity for issuing the money order therefore did not exist. Last- ly Garratt's flight from the city after tell- ing people who were engaged in the search for g‘ml that he would communicate with them later in the week relative to -the matter tends to show that he had some hidden motive in escaping from the city at a time when the disappearance of Smith tion. GARRATT’S RECORD BAD. The publication by The Call of the facts in the case resulted in several interesting developments yesterday. A waiter named Clancy who worked with Garratt in Oak- land for some months appeared at the Palace during the day and volunteered the information that Garratt was ‘no good” and that he knew certain incidents the police. Clancy’s statement was not taken by a responsible party and when a Call reporter sought him at his residence, 319 Minna street, last night it was found that Clancy was in Oakiand. From other | sources it was learned, however, that Gar- ratt did not bear the best reputation and ! that details concerning his conduct would | be furnished within a few days. Another fact tending to show that foully dealt with and that the robbery developed yesterday | learned that Smith had two money orders in his possession at the time of his disappearance. One of there was for nearly $i0¢ and the other for a lesser | sum. That he carried these orders with amounting to Garratt was without funds at the time he | gngaged the room at 1035 Market street, | but within & few days after Smith’s dis. | purchase a ticket to a distant point. ! Captain of Detectives Seymour admitted | yesterday that he knew nothing of Smith’s 1 disappea nce until he read of it jn The Call yesterday. This was di | | {;‘at Se o ue to the fact | ! me Smith dropped out of sight and that | { mo report of the matter was made to him | | sent in the East at the ! on his return. The fact illustrates laxity with which the affairs of t:ee;etteh g u% for l]fias[ time and has € Reynolds upon the case. T_he clews furnished by, The Call ar:l;‘dng worked up with gratifying results, and it is expected that Garratt will soon be ar- | rested if he has not yet left Nevada. | WOMAN SCOUTS | | IDEA OF SUICIDE Former Landlady o;’ Smith Says He Must Have Been Murdered. Mrs. Beechner, the woman who keeps | where Smith and his friend Garratt once | lived, is certain that Smith has not com- mitted suicide. When seen last night at her home she said: “l have known Mr. Smith for a long | time and I don't believe he is a man who | would end his own life. It is a strange | case, perhaps one of murder. I know that Mr. Smith would never leave his room in the condition he did if he did not intend to n. Garratt roomed here at my house for about a week. When Mr. Smith was the trouble. He told me that every- wanted him to move. I understood that they were going to take rooms together. Once when Garratt got broke in Truckee Mr. Smith sent him a money order for $10. They were fast friends and I don’t believe they could have quarreled over TO LANDLADY | On Day of His Disappearance Hal Smith Was n His 1 Gayest Mood. Additional details relative to the dis-| appearance of Hal Smith from his room | at 837 Bush street on the 7th inst. were | furnished by Mrs. Kate Mackey, the land- lady of the missing man, yesterday. She said to a Call reporter: Smiths custom when going anywhere when | off duty, as was the case on the day of his disappearance, was to return to his room-and ange his clothing. He got home about 2 o'clock and remained about thirty minutes. He appeared to be in a gay humor and in y sitting-room and presented , th a bunch of violets. He talked about | b ndition of the weather and expressed | the belief that it would rain and that it would | not be very pleasant to be out in the storm. Then he spoke about having tickets for the d_Fischer's theaters and sald a | young ledy acquaintance of ours might have the Columbia seats if she desired them. He left the room then and re-entered his cham- minutes later the front door siammed. When 1 entered roem I saw his glasses lying upon the tal His books were scattered about and_his mouse-colored gloves were on the bed. overcoat hung on a hook in the | closet. Everything was just as if he had left the place with ths probable intention of re- turning within a few minutes. WAS AN ORDERLY MAN. Smith was & cleanly and orderly man. He read a great deal and his hobby was the pur- He studied medical works also, 1f I'm not mis- taken. He seemed to be ambitious and said he intended to be somebody some day. He never had any callers except one day some weeks ago. Smith said it was a friend of, his. From recent developmenis in the case I am convinced the man Wwho called that day was Garratt When Garratt called on Tuesday after the Friday on which Smith dropped out of sight he was accompanied by a tall young woman whose name 1 did not learn. Garratt intro duced himself as Smith's friend and asked to know if there was any news concerning him 1 replied that there was not. Garratt said h had received a letter from Smith that day in closing a money order for §1. He explained that he had lent Smith the money on the evening of the previous Tuesday and that| Smith had promised to return the money on | Thursday when he received his salary. Gar- | ratt said he had not met Smith as agresd on that day nor on the following day because he was busy at his work at the Hotel Pleasanton. Now that I see by The Call that Garratt never | worked at the Pleasanton I am reminded of | the fact that Garratt was extremely nervous for some reason and seemed anxious to find out just how much I knew of Smith's disappear- | ance. He said he would make inguiries as o | Smith's whereabouts and let me know within a day or two what he might find out. The woman took Do part in our conversation. When Garratt left he said he hed to be on duty be- fore 11 o'clock that morning and he had little time to make a #earch. In the letter contain- the statement h. acc Garratt, had issued a money order for $15 fo & Chicago firm on Thursday. The receipt for this order was found in a little book belonging to Smith, but there was no receipt for a money order for $1 which Garratt claimed he recelved. A LOVER OF BOOKS. Emith spent most of his time when off duty in his room among his books and papers. I never knew that he kept the company of women. He never talked about women. . He | did not drink or smoke. He seemed to be Jolly all the time he was in my house, cover- ing a period of three months. I do not be- lieve he committed suicide. He was. ot while' he was an ardent single-taxer and a gvn friend and admirer of William Jennings ryan and his theorles he was not radical in pame. My opinion is that he has met with foul play. During the mofning Detective Reynolds sisted of a fine Newmarket overcoat, a beavy sllk-lined astrachan overcoat, a | fine suit of clothes, a pair of patent leather shoes, several scrapbooks, numer- ous books on ‘socialism, history, b(m-pny and ophthalmic science. In ‘addition to these there were several shirts, & quan- tity of slik ties, collars and a variety of Beginning of the New Century Sees the United Railroads of San _Francisco Take Place of the Market-Street Railway System, With Era of Immense Improvements in the - Service Promised | P HE Baltimore syndicate is' now in control of the Market street, Su- tro, Sutter street and San Matep car lines. The purchase price was paid Tuesday, and yesterday morning the final act was performed when the syndicate accepted the roster bearing | the signatures of the stockholders, who ratified th® action of the directors of the Market-street Railway, Sutro and Sutter- street railway companies in selling their stock. The meeting yesterday was purely formal, “only about a half-dozen being present. Attorney Atterbury and’Eugens Delano of the firm of Brown Bros. were on hand for the syndicate, and H. E. Huntington, I. W. Hellman and George B. Willcutt on behalf of the Market- street Rallway. The legal end of the big transfer is very interesting. It was the intention of the Baltimore dicate not to take hold of the street car systems ui- til March 23, but it was compelled to take possession of the properties at once upon legal grounds. ¢ % : Law Authorizes Sale. An act amending the Civil Code of Cal- ifornia, known as section No. 404, was approved on March 22, 1899, authorizing the sale by any raflroad company owning any railroad in this State of its property and franchise to any other railroad comipany, whether organized under the laws of this State or of any other State. This was the law that the attorneys of the Balti- more syndicate acted under. There is a clause, however, in this act “that such sale, conveyance and transfer | shall be made within three years from the date this act shall take effect.”” As the act was passed on March 22, 1899, the syn- dicate had only a few days in which to make the conveyance legal. It was on this statute that the transfer of the property of the San Joaquin Valley Raflroad to the Santa Fe Rallroad was effected. Attorney Atterbury and Tirey L. Ford decided that with this. deal as a precedent they could make no mistake in the transfer of the Market Street Rall- road to the United Railroads of San Fran- cisco. When the Baltimore Syndicate pur- chased the San Mateo lines last vear the same legal action in connection with the transfer was taken. The ratification of the stockholders of both the Market, Sutro and Sutter Street railways was simply to comply with a clause in the act which says: * + o Before euch sale conveyance or ome operative, an-agreement e Iatiot. b6 executed Y the parties thereto containing the terms and conditions of the purchase and sale, and execution must be authorized by the board of directors and ratified by three-fourths of the stockholders of the rallroad companies. articles constantly in use by men who are known as good dressers. There were 110 money or articles of jewelry, nor was anything found that had an especial value. A photograph of Garratt was dis- covered among a number of newspaper clippings, together with a small picture of Smith and two women, the work evident- v of a snapshot artist. The faces can scarcely . be distinguished, but Mrs. Mackey ig convinced that the’man of the group was Smith. y, The personal property of Smith was re- moved to the Hall of Jultice. In the meanwhile his room will remain Jocked until-the investigation by the detectives has been concluded. R B MISSING MAN WAS STUDIOUS Numerous Notes Made by Smuth Shiw Admuration for Henry George. Those who knew Smith intimately de- clare that he was a deep student of cur- rent history and a deep thinker. He had no academic education, but the quality of his mind was such as to enable'him to grasp the spirit of economic questions readily and to discourse upon this and collateral subjects with facility. Among his effects were a large quantity of clip- pings of varidus kinds relating to the theories of Henry George, Willlam Jen- nings Bryan and others. His scrapbooks were annotated with care and his notes bespoke the careful student. Smith had a habit of inscribing his thoughts on Tpl.pel‘ of all sizes and de- scriptions. ‘hese , were found scattered here, there and everywhere about his chamhber. A few of these are given here- Thus, land becoming public property, each member of the community is allowed to retain for his own use or enjoyment all that he pro- duces, returning to the community only such value as to repay or compensate for the ad- vantage he enjoys to the exclusion of all others. The land questi times. It is a question in which t man, woman and and the prosperity of the state cannot be a vanced until it is finally solved to the advan- ug of th o real the naked truth o ought never to Bryan T ebostie, of the eomial Geotey's s an e e e, theorles are sound and must eventually be em- Lraced as the only ones which will subserve At present the leading light of the Bal- timore syndicate in this city is Eugene Delano, a member of the firm of Brown Bros., the financiers of New York. He is simply a financier, and the syndicate has not yet sent out an operative official. It is given out by the representatives of the syndicate that no changes will take place for some time. In connection with the big deal an in- teresting item in financlal circles is the fact that the check that the Baltimore syndicate paid to I. W. Hellman at the Unfon Trust Company’s office for the pur- chase of the road is the largest check ever presented or paid in_the history of bank- ing in California. The sum of $17,599,000 has never been equaled. The check is at present in the possession of I. W. Hellman Jr., and he has had it photographed. The check will be framed and hung on the walls of the Union Trust Company's banking-rooms. Yesterday afternoon I. W. Hellman Jr. of the Union Trust Company stated that the bank would pay off the old stockhold- ers on Monday or Tuesday of next week. They will all be paid par Value for their stock, less 25 cents per $100 commission allowed the Union Trust Company for handling the business. The history of the Market-street Rafl- wav dates back to a franchise that was granted by the Legislature for the fi street railroad in San Francisco in 185 The road ran along Market and Valencia streets to Seventeenth. The terminus of the road on Market street was at the dunction or Market and California streets. In the month of May, 1859. the ground was first broken and the grading of the road commenced. Opened - With a Celebration. On the 4th of July, 1860, the road was opened with a great celebration. The rail- the people’s interests and bring about their social salvation. Socialiy, Smith was a favorite. He had pleasant manners and was a good conver- sationist. Whethef he had any female friends other than Mrs. Hamiiton is not known. He was reserved and seldom thrust himself forward. His habits were of the best, and he discharged his dutics faithfully at all times. It was these traits that endeared him to his fellow-workers | and hecause of his qualities his associates ircline to the theory that his disappear- ance can only be explained on the theory of foul play. WAS A MODEL BUSINESS MAN Storekeeper L.lndegren of Palace Speaks Well of Missing Hal Smith. George Lindegren, the head storekeeper at the Palace Hotel, when interviewed vesterday stated that he knew Ha! Smith very well, he found him to be a fine fellow, well liked by all. “‘He was the best man I ever had,” sald he. ‘“Always attentive to hig business and never late to his work. Smith is a man with no bad habits, as far as I know. He was very fond of books and read a great deal. He has often taken his books and gone to the park alone to read, and I don't think he ever took a drink. When I met Smith Friday morning I remarked that I thought it was going to rain, and he replied that he was very sorry, as he wanted to go to the park in the after- noon. I then asked him if he was going alone, to which he replied that he usually went alone, but this time he was going with a friend. He went on to say that while watching a parade Thursday night some one called to him. He turned around and found it was an old friend of his whom he had worked with up In the northern part of the State and they had made an appointment to go to the rk together Friday afternoon., Smith fu..llod to give the name of his friend and where they were to meet.” Mr. Lindegren says a waiter by the name of Cllncf’. who worked and roomed with both Smith and Garratt, called 'to see him' yesterday to inquire about Smith, Clancy sald that he knew Smith had money, for he was very saving and often sent money orders to the Postmaster of CInvwdo to Invest for him, and that he also had some estate in the Fast. Clan ¥ rld Smith was a fine fellow and he like im very much, but Garratt was no good REPRODUCTION OF LARGEST CHECK EVER TORY OF FINANCE OF CALIFORNIA, GIVEN YESTERDAY BY BAL- TIMORE SYNDICATE IN PAYMENT FOR MARKET-STREET ROAD. IN THE HIS- road was known as the San Francisco Market-street Railroad. was president and two trains were hauled Market street by steam dummies ‘were fearfully "and wonderfully In 1867 the steam dummy trains were taken off and supplanted by six These cars were steadily in- creased until 1883. During the early ope- ration of the roads the cars were manu- factured in the IZast and brought to San Francisco'by shi; In 1870 the San . L. A. Ploche %‘rnnclsco and San Jose Rallroad, which had gained possession of the property through a foreclosure, sold gut its entire holdings to the Southern fic Railroad Company. Street Railway. tington and the Crockers de they would make the Market-street Rail- separate corporation, and te on untfl to-da; Market-street Rallway has been a se; rate concern. J. L. Willcutt, at present a the company. and system in minor three persons livi nected with the the privilege of using a cable was ‘ovement went into operation fn This _included way an entirely 80 from that da two employes of the positions are the only ng who have been con- road since 1867, of the street rail- ransfer line to another of the e to another road. But in it was deemed to be of the companies and thei An investigation b; railway journa. the course of time | advantage to bo Y a prominent street | recently showed that the of San Francisco exceed- other city in the United e _exception th | | of Denver, | The average habitant rides N a year is 300. Teefeefefoferfenta it did like Lim and he often | Lindegren said he was v could not taik longer, so 1 ing he would call again to which is about number of times that an in in a street car in this city { ottt O ) e i S ] (o S @ ettt B e o RS CSRAS @ and he never told Smith so. ery busy and ancygen, say- | _Q HUNTINGTON ESTATE HIGH IN MILLIONS | State Tax Appraisers in New York ' Busy With Schedule of "~ the Pro 3 NEW YORK, M“perty will say to-morrow: ington estate, the State tax appraisers, Xecutors, Charles ch " 19.—The Tribune The Collis P. Hunt- now being inventor acting with the £ha W.t Tweed and Isaac amount to about $28,000,f 000. The transfer ol proximate $800,000. This is the unofficiai information abotit the sched erty left by Huntington, The report of the S not be filed for sever: derstood that the delay is due part to the overhauling of clal of Huntington. onishingiy large re in such shape executors to tell lly worth. The a long time. 5 g to the Tribune’'s informant loaned personal great deal of money, not collectible. “The’ se tate,” said this autl Huntington's heart promptl; to appeals for assistane: v —_— Proposed Railroad Suits. CHICAGO. March 19.—Attorneys repre- senting the Kansas City-Chicago railroads and W, A. Day, representing the Go ment, will hold a conference here to-mor- row or Friday with understanding regarding cer: the proposed litigation seeking to secure the vrovisions of the | tax will ap- ule of prop- tate appraisers wili These amount to an _ast. sum, it was said, and a; that it is difficult for the how' much, they are real major items in the sch have beén known for much of which is cheduling of the es- “shows that y responded 0 reaching an an observance of interstate commerce act Pkl ke S8 Has Etruria’s Passengers. FALMOUTH, England, March 19.—The having on board the pas- of the disabled Cunard steamer ‘which left the Azores March 15, Lizard at 2:45 p. m. to-day. steamer Elbe, Cecil Rhodes Is Better. CAPE TOWN, March 20.—A bulletin fs- sued at midnight last night said that Ce- cil Rhodes has taken nourishment; that 6 was |lllhtl':i'ltronn d th that e he was pin MRS, HAMILTON SPEAKS OF SMITH —_— Continudd From Page One. tell and moved his trunk there. Subsequently I moved to my present home and saw little of Mr. Smith until about three weeks ago, when {1 met him on the street. We chatted for a | while and he dsked if he could call on me. I acquiesced, but when he called the first time through an error oi a party who opened the door he was allowed to go without seeing me. He wrote me aeveral letters and I answered i them. Théy are the vnes which were found in ' his rooms and are purely of a business nature, jrelating to the investment of my money. A “week or two ago I saw Mr. Smith and Garrat: were going to call at Mrs. Rubert's on Castro street, who was quite friendly with us all. | The last time I saw Mr, Smith he was in excellent humor. He talked glibly and blithe- I am satisfied that he had mo love entangl: | ments that would cause him to make away with { himself. He may have been in love early in ihis youth, but if that is so he never men- | ; tioned it to me. I am quite at a loss to ac jvance any motive for a murder. He had enemles that I know cf and he had absolutel no troubles. He was a thrifty mar and always had a little money saved up. MRS. HAMILTON’S LETTER. The following is a copy of one of the letters written toSmith by Mrs. Hamilton, which was found on the dresser in his room on Bush street: 3430 Sixteenth street, March 2, 1902. Dear Friend Mr. Smith: I just returned {from a trip to Oakland. The country looks | fine; wish I were going to live there the rest |of my days. I suppose you remember of my saying to you about farming. Yes, that is just what I would like to do, but with a { few thousand dollars one cannot do very much. The balance of my money has not yet come and { I believe it would be unwise to Invest until the remalnder is in sight, at least, so it seems to me. So I am at sea, s0 to speak, in re- gard to what course to pursue. Naturally one would be a little shaky about " investing money. T ma; 0 to work again for | K i - | playing a_stream on the flames. The 1 T must do something. I happen to be one of | a short time. I dislike an idle life so much. those strange creatures that' cannot be idle. If 1 leave the city wiil not get out to Mrs. Ru- bert’s March 5 to see you. I wrote to you that I | would stay at home Wednesday evening, Feb- | ruary 19, to see you. I stayed at home Wednes- day. Thursday. Friday and Saturday evenings, expecting you would call, as I did not hear | from you. ' Well, it is all right, it is not to i be, 50 be it. The evening you called to return | the book, ifi-that stupid man only had man- ners enough to invite you in the dining-room 1 would have seen you. Of course I saw you | at the corner of Twentieth and Castro that | 'evening, but did mot think about calling at | Sixteenth, as I knew you were going to call ion Mrs. Rubert with your friend. | 1 have not said anything to Mrs. Rubert {about what I am to do, neither do I intend jto any more than to call and say good-by Monday, March 3. 1 judge from the tone of your letter of February 25 that you have very little confidence in me because I failed to let you know where I was. Well, I explained all that in my last letter to you. "I did not think that your faith was so easily shaken. , Hardly expected that from you, believing you {to be much superior to the average man. So +T think it best not to make promises. In case | anything should happen you will not again ac- { cuse me of not keeping my word. My motives have been the best, aithough you misconstrued .| them. again soon. It is hard to tell just what I will do. Good-by. Respecttully, JENNIE HAMILTON. { This is a very little world. T may see you | New Commands for Brigadiers. WASHINGTON, March 19.—By direc- tion of the President, Major General Mac- Arthur was to-day assigned to the com- with headquarters in Chicago; Brigadier | General Frederick Funston to the com- mand of the Department of the Calorado, with headquarters at Denver, and Briga- dier General William A. Kobbe to the | command of the Department of Dakota, | With headquarters at St. Paul, Minn. | These changes will take effect on the | } 25th inst. . SRt e To Enlarge Yellowstone Park. ‘WASHINGTON, March 19.—The Secre- tary of the Interior to-day sent to the Senate a draft of a bill providing for the enlargement of Yellowstone Park. In a ; communication accompanying the bill he says the extension of the park boundaries is necessary to protect the game in the park. S e Colored Man Remains Collector. WASHINGTON, March 19.—The Presi- { dent has decided to give another nomina- tion to J. H. Devaux, the colored Collec- tor of Customs at Savannah, Ga. Soing up Twentieth street, near Castro. They | | Young Inmates of the Imsti- {1y and seemed to_enjoy his usual high spirits. | mand of the Department of the Lakes, | FIRE. DESTROYS REFORM 3CHOOL Nearly Three Hundred Children Escape From the Flames. tution Are Said to Be Safe. LEXINGTON, Ky., March 20.—At 1 a. | m. the local fire department was notified | that the School of Reform, located six miles from this city, and in which 287 chil- dren are confined, was in flames. The in- mates are thought to have all got out safely. A fire engine was sent from the city. At 1110 a. m. the boys’ building col- lapsed. The building in which the tele- phone was located was on fire and one of the guards who was answering the tele- phone declared that he must rum, as the heat and smoke made it impossible to remain. The institution was erected at a cost of $100,000. At 2 o'clock the Bradley bullding, used as offices and dormitory of boys, was in ruins and the flames had attacked.the manual training building. The engine sent from this city had arrived and was nearest telephone to' the Institution Is & half-mile. So far as can be ascertained no lives were lost. The origin of the fire is at this time unknown. High Winds at New York. NEW YORK, March 19.—High north- west winds, which had swept over this city since early morning, increased sud- denly this afternoon and blew in gusts with _a velocity of between forty-eight and beventy-two miles an hour. This equaled the gale of February 2, which up to to-day was the strongest of the year. In the evening the wind slackened, un- til at 8 o’clock its velocity had dropped to thirty-six miles an hour. The gale practically stopped shipping business in_the harbor and towing lines made no effort to shift vessels or to do any other work during the afternoon. LY 2 a0 Negro Murderer Is Lynched. NATCHEZ, Miss, March 19.—John Woodward; the negro murderer of Leon- ard Calvitt, a white planter of Union Point, Concordia parish, Louisiana, was lynched early to-day withih 300 yards of the parish prison in Vidalia, La. The mob gained admittance to the jail by claiming they had a prisoner from Catahoula par- ish. Woodward pleaded for life, but he was taken to a tree and hanged. The negro had stolen some cotton from Cal- vitt on February 17. He confessed the theft and promised Calvitt to make resti- tution if the latter would go to his (Woodward’s) house, and Calvitt did so, but when he apnea.\;ed the negro killed him. Demands a Minister’s Impeachment. STOCKHOLM, March 19.—There was some excitement in the Second Chamber of Parliament to-day owing to a demand made by Adolph Hedin, a Liberal mem- ber, for the impeachment of the Minister of Finance, Count Hans Wachtmeister. The grounds for the Impeachment, which were not anounced, were delivered to the President of the House in a sealed en- velope. The matter was referred to the Constitutional Committee. —_—— Hetty Green’s Husband Dead. BELLOWS FALLS, Vt.,, March 19.—Ed- ward Green, husband of Hetty Green, known as the richest woman in America, dled at his home here to-day. He had been {ll for a long time of a complication of diseases. uuu"" | { vate our claims? nience. 1%Mliflimélmiimmmnm...[...,!! Suits magle to Mmeasure @ If you are used to wearing $12 to $135 clothes we can interest you with our $10 made-to-order suits. 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