The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 30, 1903, Page 1

ONE CENT WEATHER Cloudy FORECAST with cccasiona and t resh south winds The Seattle Star SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 190%. f The Only Pap n Seattle That } se Dares to Print the News < VOL. 5. No. 265 a5 CENTS PER MONTH SECOND SPECIAL EXTRA HUNDREDS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN LOSE THEIR LIVES IN THE MOST FRIGHTFUL FIRE DISASTER IN YEARS roquois Theater in Chicago Gutted by Flames and the Panic-Stricken Audience Were Caught Like Rats in a Trap-=-Many Chorus Girls Among the Dead and Injured---Big Play Was Going on When Fire Started “ . BULLETINS, CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—-5:30 P. M.—Fire Marshal Campion fully 300 dead bodies in the first balcony of the theater. CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—The latest estimate now place the number of dead at close to 500, Exact figures will not be ob- CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—4:45 P. M.—The fire is now out. ‘The police estimate that 500 lives were lost scems conserva- tive, CHICAGO, Dec. 0.—Fire broke out pany, ba ¢ fm the new iroquois theater this af-| sprang ferncos. The playhouse was packed | aisic, setued the With a big matinee audience, mostly | back to a place women and children, who were there} At 4:46 o'clock the dead fe Witness a performance of “Hiue-j| reached approximately 10) Bevera: beard. | died tn @ restaurant after being re ‘A Wilt panic followed the discov- | movesd duy.cf tne fire, Women and child he extraordinary loae of children from the bulidi can be acc <i for by the fw fesaee pelimet! depeeneing wn fear. the perfor wan cmpecta!ty he | gyre ER | Many fet! beneath the feet of the | signed for matine f little folks and {emat it woula t the city no- | Stricken throng and were hor-|each afternoon when a performance | tino ue canine trampied. was given the playhouse i |The major ‘unen ©x- fire broke out on the stage} ed with litte ones. accompanied by | | promwed themacives as jemning the and read with frightful ragsdity | mothers asd nursemelde action of the Times Printing company (gained headway s rapidly that =| ‘The Iroquois, one of the newest im putting wp a bend to work ‘of chorus girls were uneble|nouses in Chicage, was recentiy | = ¥ to avenge itself on the Bul- te secure their clothing and barely! nuit by the Kiaw and Erlanger | pre il hes Seeepet to the street with their liven. | theatrical syridicate and was eape Bee: eral were overcome with mmoke|ojaily designed for the purpose of} » nd had to be carried out by fire-| presenting the great Drury Lane/ A | TRIAL STILL ON men. xpectacies that have been presented | The postal authorities are looking Phe intense cold of zero weather Is) in the country during the Last twe|for a clever former, who, during week | eddiag to the horror of the situa-}years by the syndicate. It was| before Christmas, cleaned up near ‘ aes ; tite end the fire department is mak-| opened this season by the Recona | £00, raising money fb legued. from | | The trial of Tégut. Ouas Soe fing but little headway against the| english spectacle to be presented in| the Everett poatoffice of the revenue cuttéer Hainds, te st encroaching flares. America, “Mr. Bluebeard,” the par Phe orders originally were issued for |" progress before ® courtmartial im ‘The fire sturted in the flies 404 | tomine which ran ie year) small sums and after being ered | the federal rt building. qpread ai) through the mass oflat the Knickerbocker theater, New | were cashed with various local tra | lar scenery. The entire rear/ York. ‘The piece was notable for the | men. who learned of the deception on! is now a mass of flamer. Fifteen members of the troupe. | its spectacular value. and it is more Ghorus girls, are supponed to be Gead/inan possibile that these were ind! fm the rear end of the dutlding. | rectty responsible for the conflagra ‘where they were trapped by theliion. During the run of the play New York, and later in Pittsburg. The list of missing children is! cicvetand and other cities the fire | constantly growing. One who ¢8-linsurance companies strenuously ob caped from the auditorium says wo- men fought each other in get t any child which dropped im the flight must have met certain jected to some of those feature ‘The Iroquois theater was com one of t was br It as a companion playhor death in the struggle the New Amsterdam theater in ‘ : Twelve bodies, mostly women. or Terk, . have been taken out up to this time. m the matter of construction and } a ht 4 wettk Fire Marehail Cam-|jncorior decoration, it followed ine] CRAZED WITH DRINK,! Three hundred shingle manufactor Bion emerged from the building. He} more recent “art !neauy” scheme, and| WANTONLY SHOOTS FRIENDS,| ers from ali over the western part off mays there are at least fifty dead In-| pyoenne was spared | | Side. Fifty others are so badly i0-| Mr. Bluebeard,” the production] WITHOUT PROVOCATION the state are in session In Bike’ hath, fured as to be unable to move. holding the boards this afternoon, is| Phe flames are still unoheek« ne of the biggest spectacles ever pre- | - In the Colman butlding, this afternoon, constant stream of firemen are sented on the American stage, ® CHICAGO, De 90.—A stockyards | Mseusting which the Ime trying to rescue the dead and !h-| some idea of the numerical magnitude |empioye, Charles Peckroy lerstate Red ¢ Shingle company gured from the building ¢ the production can be realised when| with drink, thie morning « * to not an & nelling company | Campion says dead and injured are] i: is said that more than #6 people are|room in her boarding houre for all « of the state. all over the auditorium piled high! cnpioyed in the various tableaux jtempted to force a fellow board The mmitteer met hie QM the sides of the aisle and also be | inis fc than 20 are reg Vineent Clark, to take a drink. The| ™0r . Lumber Exchange tween them mernbers of the cot and the re-|latter refused kropy dimmed}. | building The convention propa AM} the first estin seem small | cinder are inexperienced supernum-|ately shot him, inflicting @ mortal | °P* at this afternoon The firemen now believe that the dead) -ooricw engaged in the various cities | wound, Peckropy then rushed Into| e wit probably rea edred. Ay j tt at t plays. The 4-\the hallway, where he met Mra | proximately s- pds o Soe [ing com ie played & Eddie | Mary Kreegk, and, with Temoved. Th «a long row dead ir and Whit kk, whelshot her twice infl ee pavement in Srox “ are pe time gale h toriety wound. Peckropy is @ivided between women and children. | ~ nabel Moore of the "Seele Diener | ture 5 Many are badly burned. ¢ me the plays the pert of Mr eandliniss faces and beads are almost consumed : As the work progressed it was disco a man in a part ered that the holocaust I* v f } was found in a vacant to the pit. but the gallery Httered fens ack at F avenue south and Mol. with the dead. t t afternoon, by chit Phe loft of life among the m Seer in the n The po of the company was very heavy. Fir a . roner have ben notified. have broken through the f 7» Danement a ead from every errens rear, The flame ate now under con trot. SEVEN MEN SERIOUSLY BURN-| The Datiy Bulletin was ‘The seene in the street fe terri contract: for the city printing for Where mothers are searching for the ED IN EXPLOSION | year bythe counct? at Ite apectal m children. Gealwtins and a we epiaiteancn at ni James and who | opera garments, jewelry and the lth 4 making the award to the Hec ave heen picked led LEVELAND, ©. D making the ony negative bee & nearby restaurant, which te being] wore vided, Ct probably | Corporation Counsel Gilliam presenled| werd an a temporary = howpital y . exhaustive opinion in the matter. | lf ambulances are inadequate to meet! fat explosion of am- rneys for both papers weer pres the demands pir the Kunts cabine Jent and made speeches in favor of} gaN 0, De th die Foy. are reported among the lowt nt Kuntz, Ge Gable, jan, hour's time ama ¢ the Mins Melcher, | member ofithe cot: A Gedeor The attorney for the Record stated torpedo destroyers Jones and Preble Gay the local She the removed many electrical effects that added to handsoment In America, and sae | ‘LABOR LEADERS Says, after a personal investigation, that he believes there are | NOT BLUFFIN As forecasted Star yester red as pro od in The maid he (mor rd videw labor unions today took their first step towards forcing the on the orders were presented to the for payment Inspector Wayland “SHINGLE MEN IN postaft wtoftioe MURDER heels of the brighter outlook of af- | St, Petersburg, states today that a the continent are universally omin-| | . tenes, which is now thought to be a spreading. SESSION LOOKS LIKE WAR Japanese Populace Goading Its Government to Oper Hostilities and Wise Men in Diplomatic Circles Say That a Declaration of War Is Inevitable. LONDON, Dec 30.-—Right on the gan of the Russian government at/ Reports from all news centers on) TROUBLE FOR ALL | BERLIN, Dee. 9. |mays a deciaratior will result in 0d | en and England, atch this afternoon! having extensive interests in the farr jeast, will probably be ¢ n says that the French minister at! imbrogiion oe ee oe Tokio has received the assurance Japs DEMAND EARLY REPLY fairs in the Far East the post fewlcrisis is at hand, and the slightest ous of war in the Orient. days come rumors today that seem turn of affairs may cause the begin-| A Paris di to presage a declaration of war be-| ning of hostilit Thi the most | tween Russia and Japan, and the alarming expression that has yet closing of all the salcona in the city. | sould mot elantene toutes GF This morning the executive co it. | rest of any one of the propr ore uh | tatk in semi-official circles here, thie emanated from the demain of the fr tee, which is handling the boycott. |leas he iswued them for al " vom the Japanese government that} LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Centra? consisting of Mesers. Rust, Cotterill, The committee expiained that it/efternoen, is the most pessimistic czar, and is considered as strongest the situation i News today again maintains the ace Jand Dewey, appeared before Prose. | would be diftioult to get the required | ° @ situation is desperate, though | curscy of ite report that Japan haw Calting’ Attorney seolt and aud | information “against “all tw ea04b= gies the Eastern trouble began jevidence that Russia is prepared to slight hope is still cherished that | Paced a time limit on Russia's rea nim to aus & warrant for the ar-|lishments stton tn thee Sty 6 ly e last Japanese note an rest of certainrest of certain prop once, but Seott was cbatinate.| ‘The belief is prevalent that the|#ecept the inevitable, and is expect-| peace is possible. will not consider any reply afte are conducting saloons and |The committee finally told him that am ad January 10. 4 ether places of amusement on 8 f he did not imue the warrants th Japanese government has been using |'"g # clash. WAR ALMOST ay would go ané se the warrant i . ea CERTAIN FEARS WAR Their request was used. The | from another cour ” 1. }ite meet strenuous endeavors to sup japanese dispatches show that | BERLIN, Dec. 30.—Die Lokal An-| WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 30—0 exeomtive committee . and be damned * a | | ? 30. |not given up the fight and hav Vie further sald |press information as to the real sit:|the populace in many places is fsir-|seiger says that the Japanese have| Wilt st the stale, department, tom Liable to be doings in a short tir that he did 1 to be made! ' tam Ue % . jo aed. to ertiananay gh = mann al Alf madd » catpae of vietae tajmation, fearing that too much pub-|ly goading the government inte wAr.|intormed the representatives of the tif H,that Panmina had been rwcm tore ene Att pap ies |Heity will onty precipitate open vio-|and that the war fever is rapidly! powers at Tokio that the situat |took occasion to express grave cone strike if Russia does not accept the| continued to hope for peace, but th Dispatches from Kobe to Berlin propositions submitted, outlosk Was dark. Bese 8 loern foregone conclusion. ] It is thoroughly believed in Lon don that a clash between the beilig- |ed from a diplomatic source that « papers state that it has been learn- F =. y arrest. Regarding this charge | Y. Ostrander, president of the Com aguinegt me, I will omly say that I am | mercial N. pank, to that banks ! guilty.” I never committed adur ndebtedine erent powers is imminent. declaration of war by Japan js al- 1 aoa “Gea to love” to. a vee the Bible eays, and any one whe without consideration from The Nove Vremya. the official or-lmost inevitable pel eR bln hg Pel IE that this neans that all who have! ‘T { God in thetr heart are | ty » whole transfer of the propere | the spirt is alleged to have been fraudu- | married to each other. jent and the result of coflusten be- Ne bout my divorce from the | tweent the ers of both banks tay iw ». I couldn't stand to live| cheat the stockholders of the Com= with her ar because she | mercial Nati nk ould not I y teachings, al- AS a It, the petitioner for a 66 59 I ple h her night and | receiver claims the money has beet a ... |80 diverted that there ix not enou | (Signed) P. H. NELSON left to pay the indebtedness of tha Mrs. Schmidt, a pale, worn looking | defunct’ bank. whi ounts to, ttle woman, hardly larger than algbout $70.90. | x6 year-old child, visited him this! If the funds had been well man- morning. They greeted each other! aged, Rrown estates, there would, COUNTY JAIL PRISONERS DIDN'T DO A THING TO THE STREET | warmly, and she told him she would |have been a surplus remaining afte’ |stand by him. She wears a beatific |the debts were paid, to be divide PREACHER CHARGED WITH ADULTERY WHEN HE BECAME [Pression and is fully as fanatical jas the man she declares to be her |*piritual husband. It has al~ Brown say among the stockholders. [ways been impossible. ‘to get together ed , ‘a quorum of m ONE OF THEM—-HE WAS ARRESTED It TACOMA Mek. Memaniat te about to Secemhe a jriches al tae Caleataas bemoans mother and this fact is set forth inlc: bank. to ask them to gemand ac |her husband's divorce complaint. The jaccounting from the Seattle Na tate for Nelson's preliminary hear |tonal bank PH the street preacher | against Netsor 2 ogee Bs ‘ See een ine at eee ess | “Sure schonide in the mother of six | hms net yet een Met 4] Brown demands the appontment Sresated in Tacoma yesterday after-|nmail children and her husband has|oann thin afternoon, and his bonds| the remaining property of the tam old tn-company with Mrs aght Sail for divorce against her, [nnn le" gugse’® thie pestiminary |e, Tpmalning property ot the Cam Schmidt, the woman ning “Nelwon & co-respondent. [hearing was set for Jun 7. parcial Rational: Sank, gut ata "eas saya he is married In the eye Mra, Schmidt's aged mother and _—— Soeuenting Soe Sr aeons oe Lord, by Deputy 8h sister, devout Christians, who are Tal hot Tae saieadae Farther He was brought shocked at her straying from the that the -@eaith Natton tanh ba and is how a princ orthodox faith, w estify aguinst ore arith tan Sak ties oudee. of Jail. which he has visit ef both her and Nels Patent enh he Seay Vale. oe Tnterial capacity two left the city at the con to have canceled. ‘6 . This ins of the Irony of fate of the divorce proceed e al greatly amuses those inmates of the |and have been living together in two | oumty bastile for whom he has| small rooms in Tacoma. Netson has | he Bax preached innumerable times. | work the He seemed surprised | Mime “kangarooing” of the apo Deputy Williams arrested bir by the men in the east tank, where 1 that it seemed be the he is incarcerated, a task which | Lord's will he should ac | wag, entered |nto morning with | 5 < officer to je with joyful enthu Although — no| resistane Oulalders were pr itt Jer-| | Mrs. Schmidt came, too, and they tent ane j enh that the’ t “ Tande by olde and tales rellaten aded not & tradition wht ng the t an city to tt A for tt tment of a this after- Sewn trom year to yeas at |receiver for the long inet hee The mir was. fir ts @ lar ath e| ise pree money he with him” by the|man. When seen in th Jail] merctal National bank, in which 1 stocks ludge of the kangaros as an|this morning he seeme n Sar frit Hin available aneeta, | hie fate and sald tha gations 1 ® been visiting, ax tet onsisted of a counter; |1n the jail he meant et nd mieng ‘ feit half dol could, and \ Je againat to wander about the The arrest nin the re tand for it, w al nd its ¢ F ech US Gwe’ Wrednees of recent ser lopments | . ' 0 with the consent. of men. in @ divorce by him . Bible with hi 1 wn, a ot in! Mes. § ane. will thé against his tor fe, al k L to 1 cancer t in about two weeks. leging cruelty Vit for robt : wi alleges that when the Cor ails was given @ decree on the er | religious! 1, has p a1 National bank went out of| of adultery, having #hown that hin the ui hie Naw ‘1 ther the p n 1804 Ine Schmidt, a street evangellat her ‘ me | SEEth 3175.000, ané eenple to pay tt , living tometh and | the ing t for 4 Habitities. | This propert f t wa fe Lord that they} Th n that T am being kt t and pr idward O'Rrten was arrested thid , Jrecuted in because I preach a Y arplus f on su of being ong ; Meation ot Judetean ona . f my profof the plekpeckets who were Works “ , 1 w anyth T ha i Washington street last night, ~ Bh ag + vn h the assets to J. Lampman, who lost a gold watehy ; 4 worn, tol have been Instrumental in causing !of promissory notes given by John man who rebbed hin, i ae ase