The evening world. Newspaper, January 1, 1904, Page 1

‘S wwarmen—cotder to-night; Saturday elowgy. GEES “ Circulation Books Open to All.? l NEW — FRIDAY, J PRICE ONE CENT. GUESTS FLEE IN TERROR FROM FIRE W ‘muRRAY HILL HOTEL "PRICE ONE CENT. _ we » fll THEATRICAL wsezzzex F FIRE-TRAPO TIER First Official Act of Fire Commissioner Hayes Is an Order That Every Playhouse in New York Must Be Thoroughly Inspected by Experienced Men. ph eee 200 MADE WI DASH FOR ODORS. UF DINING OOM They Were Told When the First Engine Ar= rived that the Fire Was in a Neighboring — Hotel, but. When the Smoke and. Water Poured In They Were Seized with Panic, Control of All the City Depart- ments Formally Turnea Over by the Low Administration to Dominant Wigwam. 4 SPEECHES BY FORMER MAYOR AND M’CLELLAN. i 't They Exchange Compliments and Tears Glisten in Mr. Low’s Eyes as He Takes His Departure from City Hall. The government of the City of New York passed from the hands of Reform SPECIAL EXTRA." PATROL WAGON GRAFTING, — SAYS. MADOO New Police Commissioner De- WOMEN SERVANTS LEAP FROM. CHICAGO BLAMES ELECTRICIAN, ‘| ROOF 20 FEET TO FIRE-ESCAPE. WHO IS HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER. nothing to do. When 6eth Low was figuratively hamting the bays of the ‘otty to George B. MoCielian not over 200 persons gathered owtaide the City The Blaze Started in the Room of a W@W rigid investigation of conditions in the theatres of New York has Hall and most of these were - been ordered by Fire Commissioner Hayes. Shocked lk body else ji : : ge ten 7 Fie Comenaioes Hare. Shocked ke everiogy se| Bano Gu se Brae Boao | N Fe U N AW AY i clares the Honesty and Effi-/ on the Sixth Floor, but Its Exact Cause aatety of the New York theatre-golng public ta reposed more in him than aide the” City. Hall” Jonitor’ Marty 7 y ciency of the Force Depend oni Not Known—Hotel Employees and y . 4 apy other one man in the city, and shortly after he was eworn in by seer ca isuatca iaemrrees eel the Individual Policeman. Mayor McClellan to-day he gave this statement to The Evening World: oe the ott auld’ the’. Walis jane: taped DR | V E R a U Pe ] men Vigilant. “There must be no delay in considering this matter. It will be the first Larrea per bp eam seag bape “No grafting” {9 the motto that Police thing cam It would be oriminal to delay when perhaps we are in| on the southwest commer of the balldieg sDarereniael pete Unie ceneee | oeyT We A stubborn fire on the top floors of then ortheast corner of the i sme Sicptantnyobesme sil: Onienary se) bopres Semi tas ATS |e ie tas gooey: Mc reeereeioe eee hisromririrvat tan cresie trsotrove: | ray’ Hil Hotel, in’ PSFK avenue’ betweén Eortieth and Forty. fet een } lee on en. Greene turned over i , in venue between Fortie! an ‘orty- Mready made my plan for the first steps to be taken in. this direction. Coay to a degree to the man whe Ras: ‘ f a his desk to him to-day. This ie what he Hed ¢: ‘ i 7 i TO INVESTIGATE AT ONCE. cotupled it tor two yeara While answering a call from Eighth avenue and “ne Hun- | gcia eo 1 ntteen inapectore and eighty {#8 afternoon, caused that portion of the hotel to be emptied of guests ar “I eroderea Deputy Chief Kruger, a man of ex oy ek Crowd tm Peak aie dred arian on the mie iM a haut WAGON from | captains who had assembled to meet , Created a panic. observation, to visit. every theatre. im the ctty, © areas uencohse tu |the One Hundred and Fifty-second street station ran away. | inn: The excellent precautions that had been taken against teach Safe them tn tren aes rise snes, opts the at 4 down jae So Gonmane Gant. ‘@epnea| At One Hundred and Fifty-second street and St. Nicholas | “Tee honesty and emetency of the calamity and the judicious handling of the feiniaas ie fe the lars ‘@ motes of where t! fa: oe e "1 'e policemen, formed \ ‘ ESC ep cH Aish Binin Roeanicedeaaeaaeed, eine ee Oe roan the ae ear eearnet iplace the horses ran into a tree, upsetting the wagon. ee TT folie tae ten ea ee ployees and the firemen prevented dangerous disorder and possible loss loss of “In this work I will have the earnest co-operation of the Health com. | ata, rout ce leven: Gnsed acne rae fe oe She Nadal to the street, sus- |iloe force must be honest, 1 wilt do! life. A ‘iseloner and the Building Commissioner. With us three working to- the members of the outgoing ays Tatne Hood Wright Hospital ead and face. He was taken |everytning in my power t prevent A woman suffering from pneumonia, who was carried out through geltter I do not believe that anything can escape us that we ought to no-| 7mm oo nistrations acd the invited Dinckmailing, extortion and ‘grafting’ or | the smoke, may not recover from the shock and exposure, Mrs. Le guests the corridors and jroome ia! , Louis Hilderstein, also on the wagon, was thrown out. but |*be-taking by the police , to ex- | Clair Jacques, wife of the son of Proprietor W. L. Jacques, ran throught tice. and improve. “Where I find there are no exits I shall have them cut through at once. was not injured, peot a policeman to be honest if he has to pay for his appointment, promotion or assignment. Therefore, preferment | the smoke with her three-year-old boy wrapped in blankets and got him™ ee safely to a room in another quarter of the building. [he little fellow is gates an tatata (he Suastisiar (neninant ge caaiease vertse tee [Seas bie nese ee anaes LATE.RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. will reat on mertt only, Sudged by the | jl], but his physician says that his experience had no bad effects. ing capacity of each house, Then again the sanitary end must be looked) rows, wecretary, Mr. Reyonlds ap] Third Race—Morningstar 1, Frank Bell 2, Hands Across 3. tion wi bear constantly "in mind cne| The fire started in Room \io. 685, occupied by a guest whose name is peared to be sad. He had mapped out many reforme in the push-cart business that will have to go unaccomplished. Mr. Reynolds was followed to the City Hall by the former Mayor and his per- sonal secretary, Mr. Beebe. The retir- ing Mayor wore a frook coat, a silk bat and a broad smile. Any feeling of sad- ness he may have felt wes effectually |smothered, As he passed down the cor-'| ridors he turned to Mr. Boebe and asked him if he did not think the decorations fact that the police force is a semi- military body, wpon whose efflolency and integrity depend life, property, Iaw and order.” Greene Greets Successor, It was just 1 o'clock when the new) Police Commissioner reached Headquar- kept secret by the hotel people. The apartments of Mr. Jacques and his son are in suites near this room. The flames spread to their suites and gutted them. Then the fire spread to the upper ‘floors and out through the roof. The origin of the fire is a mystery. : PANIC IN THE DINING-ROOM. island tansaloecaat ith haere | Two hundred men and women were in the big dining-room when the There: were, aleb: prevent: Br: Deputies | first engines arrived. They were assured that the fire was in the Grand — And John Fe Cowan the tee new e| Union Hotel, But afew minutes later, when the water from above and the ~ pointees, besides Chrystie and Florrie dense black smoke commenced to pour into the dining-room, several Sullivan, Iasie Cohn and Bx-Registrar | Tadao wrctina: | women, who had first seen it, screamed, and there was a panic. All around the room were Sorat ihe In the mad rush for the door it appeared that many must he feet Meh trom letter cartier. crushed, but the head waiter caught and held those who tried to pass himt band in that way he and the waiters prevented the jamming at the door, .| Amid much screaming and the greatest excitement all got but. They " out for. This hi direct bearing on fires, and I have the assurance of Health Commiesioner Darlington that he will do all in his power to see that the law is lived up to in every theatre In the city. THEATRE-GOING PUBLIC MUST BE PROTECTED “Every precaution that the human mind can conceive must be taken to Protect the public in the theatres, and. what is even more important to my mind, they must be taken at once, There must not be a lot of talk, a lot of delay. ‘0 Managers who persist in evading the lawe mnst be punished. SUSPICIOUS PERSONS DRIVEN FROM HOTEL DURING Flhe. During the fire in the Murray Hi Hotel this aeneon six RUSSIA INVES WAR BY REFUGING JAPAN'S TEAMS Fourth Race—Exclamation 1, Aggie Lewis 2, Wreath of Ivy. } Parag fucue eae ‘© must be action, There mast be firemen in all the theatres to see that they do, and there must be more firemen on duty during performances than there ever have been before. I think, too, that a little more leeway for the Fire Department in dealing with these delinquents would be a good thing. “Mayor McClellan is very much interested in this subject, and I am (Continued on Second Page.) TIOGA RUNS OFF ‘ommissioner McAdoo was sccom- \Panted by his secretary, William How- ell, They had met In the Philippin going to consult him to-morrow on ways and means of making not only theatres, but hotels and public buildings absolutely safe from such horrors WITH SECOND RACE. Clash in the Far East Now Regarded, deputies. bug McAdoo had forgotten the incident Unt to-day he had never met his two ‘They were presented to him, were taken to other hotels in the vicinity. Two servant girls were cut off by the flames. They made thelr way bed the roof, hung over the edge on the Forty-first street side and jumped the fire-escape landing, twenty feet below. A little -ut of the way am they would have been dashed to the street, The women were Sadie Care IG ney and Mary O’Brien. When the firemen arrived in answer to the first alarm they were askedh by the hotel proprietor to extinguish the blaze with as little confusion as possivle and went about it lefsurely. The blaze proved to be hard to gel at and a second alarm was sent in. Ladders were run up to the fire-escape and a line of was dragged to the sixth floor. As soon as the water was turned on the hose broke. Before another line could be run up the flames had eaten and he said to each: “Iam very glad to have you with me." McAdoo Gets Badge of Office, Gen, Greene aald in turning over, bis badge and those of his deputies: “Mr, MeAdoo, I take great pleasure in turning over to you the badge of the Poce Commissioner. “Your high character and varied ox- as that which happened in Chicago.” ‘ CHICAGO DEATH ROLL NOW PLACED AT 582. Rigid Investigation by the Coroner Leads to the Arrest of the Chief Electrician as Certain and Diplomats Join Mika-} do's Minister in Opinion ‘That Crisis Has Been Reached. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Docile (8 to 2). 1, Short Cake (5 to 1) 2, Any Day 3. SECOND RACE—Tloga (3 to 1) 1, Flyboots (12 to 1) 2, Begone 3. periv tke Ms LONDON, Jan, 1—Baron Hayash!, the Japanese Minister here, has | M's nt jy PUIG Ife Bive ample proot received the gravest news on the Russiaw reply to the Japanese proposals. | oftice and in the conduct of which 1 Stripped of ite’ diplomatic verbiage, {t is said to be nothing more nor) With you hearty success,”” Mr. McAdoo thanked his predecessor (Speelal to The Evening World.) NEW ORLANS, La, Jan, L—The weather of the meeting ie ite of the Iroquois Theatre. Herel in tha New Year, In fact, it| les than a sweeping rejection of them all, ee ee ees ntad tis ua preseces*or'/ the roof and the blaze had assumed dangerous proportions. Te ae eee a RT was unseasonably hot. Bookmaxers| Advance news of the Russian reply has been looked for through Paris! vation ot the office, As he banded] GUESTS FLED FROM THEIR ROOMS. Then a third alarm was sent in and lines of hose were run up throught Guests on the north side gathered their effects and got out, Me Adoo said: and théir clerks worked with their] sources, and Baron Hayashi, most conservative of Japanese esMEN, 4 yer the badges Mr A Inrgo holiday crowd pent) samite with a show of concern that he has heard from the French capital coate off. nate Phe Has the building. . CHICAGO, Jan. 1—The first important arrest in connection with the °os# of A large holiday Cooma woe! enormops loss of life in the Iroquois Theatre fire was made to-day, when matched felds furnisnel some spirtted| that Russia will refuse all proposals in the Japanese note and that he McAdoo! The fire started in the northeast corner of the building and a back draught)" @ Archibald Bernard, the chief electrician of the theatre, was taken into cus-| contests on # fast trek regards: the sitonvog as very grave. Nie the mite forced the smoke through all the halls, oausing a pauic. Several. aged = Bernard Was questioned ai Police Headquarters for two hours before three-year-olds: selling. aa “Tf'the’ information I have from France is borne out by the wertinatt alee i sign yaid have a#ked| Mra, Coyle, a guest, near to the point of death with pneumonia, wam Le a formel charge was made agaiust him. He denied responsibility for the potter others Sy: PL of the Russian reply, and if the Japanese Government adheres to its press] ata «with HA DOER EIS | wrapped in blankets and carried from her room during the fire, Because, ' faulty electrical apparatus, which was primarily responsible for the con- Rhurt cake i oe pt at ent determination, there seems to be small posstbility of averting war. (Meas i Alita iting “ac~| oe tie dangor of the spread of the flames she was not placed in another’ flagration. | Jon Dates Roman. 30} tee “My inférmation from. Paris,” sald the Minister of Japan, “is not! ? Gorteieht “Ther yoo, but conveyed to a carriage In the atreet, Her daughter, who x ‘The hearing of those who were arrested last night was to-day set for Fru’ wi, We ein 2-1 41 JoMctal; but, in connection with information imparted to me by the Brit- '* ‘of the deputies ty, ninted fa ber removal, sald that ste did not think therpabent wpllaucen Saturday morning. Bonds were viaced at $5,000 in each case.- ‘The charge ie} a ish Government, {a probably only too correct ; lo inwoerger refused | oot trom the shock and exposure. et 5 {p each case is manslaughter. alwerne ara “It Chancellor von Buelow's statement that Russia's reply will bei? jy fimittberger't)| Fire Commisaloner Hayes’ and hie secretary, Al Downes,, reached Acting for Kiaw & Erlanger, Benjamin Stevens stated in court that if; "gc, i; Nos1'3 | feameéd ina manner intended to satisfy Japan turns out correct, it will | ave | the hotel just after the third alarm was turned in and investigated permission were granted for the removal of members of the company from} be botter news bs payee to nore Cit ‘ Ey e a fire Separate William T Bigsen, Shlet oe the Apparatus Bureau of E - Six and a half ‘he British Foreign ice is insiile to confirm or deny Baron Hayashi's ‘ire Department, was on the scene Chicago he would guarantee their return when wanted for the inquest, He} tances 815; fo qT ‘The pence RoWwaver, bay! {hay axe nou mifgrisedial.ibe tenok F Deere that’ the hotel would be looted during the excitement byt ae information. of his advices. The Foreign Office seems inclined to think that Russia will, if possible, avoid_making a reply of any kind to the last Japanese note Foreign Secretary Lansdowne has informed one of the foreign ambas- jadors that he has practically given up all nopes of peace. 5 At the embassies here the statement made by Baron Hayashi, the Jap-! janese “Minister, co-day, that he had becn informed from Paris that Russia had decided not to grant the Japanese propcsals, is regarded as being most grave, especially in view of the Minister’ statement that his in.ormation pee rom ee tale ee ase fact that he permitted such Information to become thieves which haunt the Grand Central Station, a lialf block from thet Murray Hill, detectives were quickly placed ir, spots in the hotel where) | the smoke was not too dense to guard the great amouut of property wl was left behind by the fleeing guests. i The strong wind swept the flames back under the Soors and thro | the space under the roof to the Interior of the hotel. Deteodives , others, who had been op guard in various parts of the hotel, were ari ede ts. phere ate was not under contro! until 4 o'clock. At that ‘volume of smoke. was still heavy, but the fiames had been su in the Michail the roof of the wing at the northeast corner, { a, a said that many of the theatrical people were destitute and lacked, clothing. Htarters, when iy J. Davis, of the Iroquois Theatre, to Police Headquarters. _ “I want to question him,” Chief O'Neil said when asked t the summons. “I am not arresting him. If 1 thought that Managers 4. Davis and Barry L. Powers Adel Sept leave bisa ga I would lock the: Xo Poisonous Drugs. Varner Jonas Motieinn course Liga ie