The evening world. Newspaper, January 4, 1904, Page 2

ti eg ‘J ose Benes NSE atest? a i. eae f \ “are MEN VOTE TO. IKE STEPS TO BRING CONVENTION HERE Resolution Adopted by the Board Urge _the Claim of New York to Secure the Democratic Conclave Which Is to! Nominate the Next President. More Public-Spirited Citizens Consent toActas Representatives of This City in Presenting Its Claims Before the National Committee. The Board of Aldermen at its first meeting of the new year and under the new Mayor this afternoon extended an official invitation to the Na- tional Democratic Committee to bring the National Democratic Convention to New York in June next. The resolution was offered by Alderman Reginald Doull. the approval of Democrats and Republicans alike. The resolution in full follows: “Whereas, The City of New York, the Empire City of these United States, will be the pivotal centre in the approaching National election and by the superiority of its hoted accommodations, trans- Portation facilities and the enterprise of its newspapers presents ad- vantages for convention purposes over any other city; and, { “Whereas, The City of New York, the stronghold of tne Demo- eratic party, should by right be selected as the place to hold the Na- tional Democratic Convention; therefore, be it “Resolved, That the Board or Aldermen of the City of New York, having in mind the best interests of the city, most respectfully and earnestly urge His Honor, the Mayor, to use every effort to secute the designation of this city for the National Convention.” CITIZENS ANXIOUS TO PUSH THE WORK. ———New York's claims that the Democratic National Convention should tome to this city next June will be presented to the National Committee when it meets in Washington on Jan, 12 by a large body of representative Citizens. These men include men of the highest business standing, judges, professional men and politicians. On Saturday the Evening World printed names of many men who anxious to present New York's claims. As further evidence of the “interest the plan to get the convention has aroused, scores of others of ¢ have communicated with the Evening World and signified arettiaes to serve on such a committee and go before the National Committee. Mr, John D. Crimmins, who headed the movement among this great body of citizens, expects to have his organization in working shape by to- morrow, when it is believed that New York will be in position to send a delegation to Washington on that day, if necessary, and make a succasstul bid for the convention. Since Mr. Crimmins took the helm he has wasted no time. He has worked night and:day. He has seen the representative business men of ew York and bas made such progress as wil, it is believed, insure the “taising of the necessary fund, This fund was started by the Evening Word with a subscription. Since then this fund has been added to until it now reaches $11,500. The fund Mr. Crimmins has raised in pledges and other- wise has not been made public. VHEY WILL SERVE ON COMMITTEE. Here are some of the additional communications received by the Evening World from men who are ready to go to Washington and push New York's claims: 1am thoroughly in sympathy with the movement to select New York as the place for holding the next Democratic National Con- vention. I would be willing to act on a committee indorsing our city’s claim, JAMES W. OSBORNE. I accept the proposition to serve on the National Committee for the purpose of tringing the Demccratic Convention to New York City in June next OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN. Tam with you heart and soul, and will do anything in my | power to try and have the convention held in this city, FRITZ LINDINGER. I am In sympathy with the plan for holding the Democratic National Convention in New York City in June, 1904. 1 am willing to act on the committee, and will do all I can with the business people of Coney Island toward raising their share of the fund. FRANK F. CLAYTON. T shall be glad to act as a member of the committee, PERRY BELMONT. I am very earnostly in sy:npathy with the movement to get the National Democratic Convention to New York in June, 1904, and would cheerfully act on committee appointed for such Purpose. JOHN B. M'DONALD. I will gladly serve on committee to go to Washington, VICTOR J. DOWLING, T will be grad to be one of a committee to ask the National Committee to hold the convention in the greatest metropolis in the world. We should succeed In this undortaking, and your efforts in thie direction will, I hopo, meet with success. JULIUS HARBURGER. I will be pleased to go to Washington on the 12th with tho committee. GEORGE A, KESSLER. MERCHANT PRINCES ON THE COMMIT} It met with J will giadiy go to Washington !n the interest of bringing the Democratic National Convention to New York City. I, SAKS, My intereste in Chicazo are large. At the samo time I feel it my duty as a citizen of New York to join the representative mer- ehants who go to Washington to prosent to the National Committee the expediency of holding the next Nemocratic Convention here. HENRY SIEGEL. I am in sympathy with the movement and I will go to Wash- B. J. GREENHUT, Siegel Cooper Co. T will be giad to go on to Washington to secure the Democratic National Convention for New York. Ly H, J, JAOKSON, Jr., Morton House, You may count on me as one of the committee to appear in on and urge our claims before the National Committee. J. P. CADDAGAN, Hoffman House. ‘om ‘Arously in sympathy with the idea of having the National oraty Convention held In New York, and I am willing to go Ag OMe Of ® committes having that end in view, « ; CHARLES ©. RECTOR, | | near ICE-COATED FIREMEN AT THE BURNING RUINS OF RIDLEY’S OULD DRY-GOODS STORE, RIDLEY'S OLD STORE BURNED Structure Which Was Destroyed | Contained Many Sweat Shops and Was Filled with Inflam- mable Goods of All Kinds. | Hundred« of tenement dwellers tn \ Allen street, near Grand, were routes out of their beds curly this morning 4nd driven inte the bitter cold of the Streots. Ridley's old building, part of which extends on Allen street as far ax Nos. i, 6 and 68, was ablaz was a matter of preenutien t penplo in the tenements were driven y wandered nbout Mt shot 8 the tire into the streets. ‘Th in the slush and snow or sou ter with neighbors as long Jnsted, | A citizen first saw smoke pouring from the basement of No. 68 Allen street, occupied by Shapiro & Co. denlers in stoves, The ground floor was oceupled by Edward Grinston as a jow- clry store and the upper floors of the four-utory building held as tenants man- Ufacturers of halt restorer, paper bo: photographers’ materials and oth sorts of inflammable goods. There were 1 sweat shops. hat was known as Ridley’s ‘This was | old building, built In 1843, It took in) Nos 209 and 811 Grand street, Later al the more modern five-story structure was | ing built on the lots at Noa, 31% to 319 Grand street, the buildings being sepa- | rated by a heavy party wall, This party wall saved the entlre block from de- struction this morning. Police Rout Out Tenants. Sorat when the alarm, McAdam, who happened to be citizen turned in the | summoned all the re- serves from the Eldridge street station: most before the fre apparauis Lin ploughing through the streets the pollcomen were tory tenement at No, 62 tenement in th At oncd up in ihe five ph street and the no No. 62 routing out the tr Iteut. Howe, of Hook and Company No. 5 at o turned in a second alarm whi Smoke in dense volumes was then pouring from brought down : Ing the nerrowness of Allen street and | the possibilities of the fire should it waln extensive headway, sent in a third alarm. At the aine time he notified the Man- people to shut off the power 1 rail of the Second avenue h runs through Allen street » hour and a half the fire was to the cellar of the stove shop, Tons of water were poured into it, and just as Chiet Kroger was beginning belin@e the sire would be contined there All of the four upper stories were sud- ed by a red gt Al was u fire Ww or the Ridley, building and was] ( fron tion under control at 0 ¢ he Inmates bullding at Now. 318 nd street, occupied by the Frank E. Rosen Furniture Company and the Van Norden Trust Company, The Ridley building hax beon one of | ma the Japdm of New than Half tury. At one time Rid-| the ni loy's was the most prominent dry goods concern in New York, but as New York grew uptown Ridiev's suffered, and gome years ago was closed out en- d bullding would ane to the stock ani Beenie tm ann ana. owing to A FLAME-SWEPT Jan. Water Pressure Not Enough to Check Fire that Started in Attic of $3,000,000 ! | Structure, Strang 4.—Fire ¢ Ueht wire in northwest attic of th day caused he indennits Cc postponement Von fire compantos sou nt a spread or t the iMetent 1 the altitude the pre: and the firem At a cont of $3, Firemen Raising Ladder Rescue Victim at Hotel Blaze When Wails Fell, Carrying Him to Death. pltol butla damage and of the nty-ninth General Assembly. ht fn vain flan but was to FELL INTO FLAMES AS CROWD WATCHED to (Special to The Evening World.) t and Eligubeth avenue denty ture: : | most instantly the glass from every | 1° window. { siructure blew out and | 42%. sheets of followed, Fourth Alarm Sent In, hile blaze in thi rd John Heiss, a painter, ly for help, m the led, rlooking a nar to the pe ow alley position to rescue th fell and Reiss was the walls throng on the street w: acene, ——$——_____ tirely. 4 Guaranteed Cure tor pS itching. Chief Kruger estimated that the dam-] pitsh'"E.,, Ee On Blind, Bleeding or ir drugedst wll roti cure FEISS flo ihe man was tangle fu third-story windes wy he was carried to death in York for more|fames, and many turned in horror from ELIZABETH, N. J.. Jan, 4.—One man Was burned to death and several other persons driven to the strect by flames uring Zero weather at a fire that de- dd Weber's néw hotel at Spria ne early to- The flames broke out while everybody was in bed and made such rapid he way that (hose who escaped had to run to the street'in thelr night clothing. Ww the firemen were busy tgiting cate of the hotel, tney ery’ fran- ‘and was fn the next house! In the next house f nd Allen streets was house adjoining nh times, and the struc: | ws Dut it was ab! in front of the fire was charred by] tnd his. would: ule reaeh him, A to the newer por} While the freman were getting a hud: man the el down d the the The charred body of Retss was found later in the ruas. Piles, IOWA'S CAPITOL JAPAN GOES GN WITH WAR PLNS Russia in Pacific Mood and Re- | ply Expected to Avert Clash, but Mikado !s Prepared to Fight If Necessary. ' | ! roxio, gan. 4—War preparations fcontinue, but the Government seems determined to avoid the Initiation of any conflict, and for this purpose the Inote sent the powers was intended to show that the responalbility rested up- on Ruswia, should the negotiations now proceeding fail, 1 ‘The Gove cautiously weeding very unless Rus: may continue for some The p arations made by the Gov- ernment are, however, suMcient to con- vince the populace of a determination upon its part to fight If necessary, ‘The although many support the proposition to Selze and declare a protectorate over Co LONDON, Jan. 4.—A despateh fre Tokio says thore {x increasing evidence there of the imminenee of some im- portant development, but that the most rigorous secrecy is malntained in all official circles, ST. P Jan, 4.—The Japanese . Kurino, au- thorized the statoment to-day that he had a cordial conference with Foreign Minister Lamsdorf on Friday last and that he was convinced by the latter's sincere conciliatory attitude that the Russian Government !s disposed to seek @ peaceful settlement. f The Foreign Office states that’ the Russian reply will be transmitted to Japan in a day or two. It will-not be merely “yes” of “no,” but will he mado Up of reasoned propositions. ‘The gen- eral basis of this communication Is already complete, but the details are being elaborated. : An official note published to-day an- nounces that instructions have been sent to Viceroy Alexieff as to the reply to ve U-} given to the last Japanese note, —o——— JAPANESE OFFICERS . Jan. 4.—Seyeral Japanese of- have been attending the cav- a pol at H er have received cable messages from thelr Government instructing them to return to Jupan im- mediately. —— CONGRESS CHAPLAIN PRAYED FOR PEACE, WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—At the open- ing of the House to-day the Chaplain prayed for peace between Japan and ussia, R The resignation of Mr. MoClellan (N, Waa announced OPARM CMTS popular clamor has somewhat subsided, | IN GERMANY RECALLED) THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, SANUARY-4, 1904, ‘ , : [MAYOR TO CLOSE ALL CHICAGO BUILDINGS Not Only Theatres, but Churches, Stores, Fac- tories and Residences, He Insists, Must Comply with the Law. CHICAGO, Jan, 4.—Mayor Harrison has served notice of a wholesale closing, not merely of threatres but of churches, stores, office buildings, factories, hotels and private residences, until the fire laws are complied with. Before the Mayor proceeds to extremes the City Council will be given a chance to revise the laws and strike out provisions which are held to be unjust to property owners and not essential to safety. As soon as the | Council acts the laws are to be enforced. As the ordinances stand at present strict enforcement, {t is stated, would parayze the business, professional and industrial interests of the city. For that reason Mr. Harrison will give the Council the opportunity of acting. G . Churches are mentioned as flagrant offenders against the building laws. They are accused of overcrowding, of placing chairs in the aisles, of hi inflammable material on the platforms, especially at such celebrations as Christmas, and of not having the proper number of exits in some cases, Some cong-egations, ic is said, worship in buildings which would be condemned as fire traps if used for large gatherings of people for any other purpose, Not satisfled by previous inspection, the Coroner's Jury made a second tour of the Iroquois Theatre. The jury spent half an hour on the stage sifting the debris piled on the charred floor, but no trace was found of the jalleged asbestos curtain or the wire cables with which it is said it wes hung. A search was made for the proscenium border lights, which, it is said, made it impossible to lower the asbestos curtain, but neither could they be found, Mayor Harrison vetoed the plan proposed by some theatre managers to open their playhouses and admit patrons tothe main floor only. The danger is just as great, in the Mayor's opinion, as {t has been, so long as the viola- tions of the ordinance continue in all the theatres. His ruling followed a conference with a large number of managers. They were asked to attend a meeting of Aldermen who are more or leas expert builders this afternoon. Mayor Harrison said: “{ notice that Dr. Stone, of St. James’s Church, has been criticising | public officials for allowing violations of the ordinances. Without having! made an investigation of any kind, I will be willing to guarantee that at Christmas and Easter exerciees in St. James's Church there were camp | chairs in the aisles, that the aisles were overcrowded and that all who couid enter were allowed to enter, standing after the seats had been taken.” | Five chorus men, arrested on a charge of manslaughter in connection | with the fire at the Ircquois Theatre, were released to-day on bonds of $600 each, | Eight chorus girls kept under police surveillance at the Union Hotel, | since the fire, were also released on bonds of $600 rach, All wil be arraigned before Justice Caverly Jan. 11 on a charge of manslaughter, WATERS PIANOS | 12 LOCAL THEATRES DECLARED UNSAFE (Continued from First Page.) heads of departments which have jurisdiction in matters pertaining to the theatres of the city. “The upstairs theatres of this city should go. They are not safe for the public, and it is dreadful to think what a panic in one of them while | a performance was going on, would mean. | cs have furnished the Mayor with a list of these theatres, but at the, present time do not think it would be wise to make them public. 1 ha taken no action against any of them yet. My jurisdiction {s not bro: enough for me to accomplish single-handed the changes which in my judg ment are absolutely necessary. “For instance, I have no right to close a theatre. 1 can only recom- mend, but in the cases of these Lwelvo theatres you can say for me that 1, will earnestly recommend the Police Commissioner to revoke their licensos at once. There should be no delay in closing them. To give you an idea of how helpless I am alone I will tell you that I have no legal right to! order up asbestos curtains. 1 doubt, in fact. whether I have the right to even examine those asbestos curtains which are already up in the theatres But the people can count on my doing all that the law gives me the right, to do. MAYOR ASKED TO ACT. “My suggestion to the Mcycr is this: That he call a conference of the | heads of certain departments at once to discuss what shall be done. I think that the Corporation Counsel, the Police Commissioner, the Health Commis- sioner, the Commissioner of Buildings and myself ought to be the parties to this conference with the Mayor. Together we have the authority to do anything we like, single handed we have very little power. Unity of ac- tion is what we want. It will accomplish at once a result that cannot aud should not be dyayed a moment more than necessary. “The twelve theatres that I have in mind are by no means the only | unsafe theatres In the city. Our reports show that there are a number of | others, but these others are so far inside the actual letter of the law that | | it will not be so easy to get at them. The twelve, however, are rank vio- | lators, and all we have to do to them to close them, up Is to enforce the ainst tnem, This you can he very sure will be done without delay, “In the mean time my suggestion for the turther safeguarding of every theatre in this city is that the Police Commissioner assign two uniformed policemen for each gallery of each theatre in the city to guard against panic. At a critical moment two steady-headed men in uniform could work mders with a maddened crowd. The uniform of the city’s servants wili inspire confidence when nothing else will. I also believe in having tw» untformed firemen on duty in each theatre. These are safeguards to which | the city is entitled.” Commissioner Hayes later added the Olympic Theatre and Hurtig & ponmaay Music Hall to the list of theatres to which two flremen will be detailed, law | LOCKOUT BY BUILDERS. PATERSON, N, J., Jan. 4.—The Asso- | vlation of Master Builders here carried | ut its threat of locking out the men to-day and the whole building trade was at a standstill. Fifteen hundred men are affected. The Master Painter and Master Plumbers have agreed (0 SUP- pretoria ,, port the builders in the tae ie [Marianne ‘The trouble ardse originally over the | Prinxe ployment of men who are said not Monterey - to belong to the Federation of Labor by a New York contractor who is me | | that if the men who went out had not returned to work by to-day a general | jlockout would be declared. ‘This threa was carried out this morning. ae SHIPPING NEWS. vont OF SEW YORK, ARRIVED. ‘ Bermuda Triente | Hembure » Havana{ INCOMING STEAMSHTPS. DUB TO-DAY. Ung up a big office building here. Be-| 4, Matinee PIverilay Liverpool: cause, these men were given ‘work | ARte Stee, Measua, [avg poo Walking Delegate Delaney called out | Victorian, Liverpool. Arabia, Hamburg, the union masons, anu a general sym | pathotlc strike was threatened by the other workmen employed in the build~ | Ing. The bullders then gave notice OUTGOING STEAMSHIPS. 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