The evening world. Newspaper, February 26, 1904, Page 1

PRICE ONE CENT. LACK (if ENGINES am PAPANESE AND RUSSIAN FLEETS AND AOGHESTER CAUSED » LOSS OFS MILLIONS, a Fierce and Quick Spreading Blaze Starts Early To-Day and Sweeps Through! Several of Finest Buildings in Heart!: of Dry Goods District of the City. Threatened to Be as Disastrous as) | Conflagration at Baltimore When It!: | Was Checked with the Assistance of ti Sister Cities of Syracuse and Buffalo. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 26.—The worst conflagration in the a aistory of Rochester started early to-day in the basement of the Roches- | ter Dry Goods Company's store, at Nos. 156-166 Main street East, and has ‘cost millions of dollars. The fire, which, according to the night / \ watchman in the store, Thomas Connors, was discovered soon after it started, spread with such rapidity that by the time an alarm was turned} __ in the entire front of the store was a mass of flames, The Fire Department responded promptly. Assistant Chief Jaynes realized at once the “dangerous nature of the fire and turned in a general alarm. By this time the flames had spread to the building occupied by Mayor Cutler this afternoon announced that the heavy loss was| due solely to the fact that the city was not provided with an adequate quantity of fire apparatus. Efforts had’ been made for some time to supply this deficiency, but the money was not appropriated. HELP SENT FROM SYRACUSE AND BUFFALO. Chief Little arrived on the scene shortly after the general alarm was sounded. He realizgd that the flames were beyond the local Department | and appeals for more fire apparatus were sent to the Chiefs of the Buffalo and Syracuse Departments. Four steamers arrived from Syracuse and jour from Buffalo, They were greeted with cheers as they dashed from the railroad depots. Within an hour after being discovered the fre had spread to the big FORTS IN FIGHT AT PORT ARTHUR. Marine Artist.) PHO OF MIRED LROOS 2) a Se *THATRER—Snow-to-night).snow or + vale tatuvald 110°CLOC NIGHT EXTRA “NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRU AR Y 26, OPPOOPREDAIE 14 S80 PSOLEEOLEOSEDOSIIOEDY C8 VESHOTOIHE LOD LBORG EOE IEEE DL DIDPSAGOGROSS EXPLOSION PUTS HT. GRIFFIN SUSPENDED BY SentuwzgcemscmctSoce"™"” GRLSINPERL STEWARDS AT NEW ORLEANS’ BUSY STRET a in a Dyeing and Cleaning Fac- A guxoline cleaning machine contain- ing a great quantity of liquid fuel ex- ploded this afternoon In the extenston to the dyeing and cleaning fu Schwarz & Forger, at Nos, 6 ¢ Manhattan avenue, few doors from bbins will not sign son until Seren: ‘| Irene Mac 3. Granite Building, ocoupied by the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company and by hundveds of business and professional men. Flames also spread to the build- n the rear of the Granite Block. ‘Yhe extreme cold made fire fighting difficult and hazardous, as the lad- ders were coated with ice. Assistant Chief Frank A, Jaynes was hurt about 4 g’clock and was removed to Hahnemann Hospital. He was struck in the head by « flying nozzle. This was the only accident of any consequence reported, LOSS '1S UP IN THE MILLIONS. The Joss is in the neighborhood of five to seven million dollars, most of which fell on the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, the Beadle & Sherburne Company, the Rochester Dry Goods Company .nd the Walkover Shoe Com- pany. The plans and estimates for the mammoth new block that the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company contemplate building in the spring are destroyed, The plans and estimates were in the architect's office in the tenth floor, The original plans and specifications for the new High School were also in this office and were destroyed. There are no duplicates of these plans and specifications. Shoitly after § o'clock a portion of the Kirley Building, accupled by the Rochester Dry Goods Company, fell. At 9 o'clock the front of the ings (Continued on Second Page.) HIS NECK BROKEN, CAPTAIN SEEKS BUT VICTIM LIVES $200, 000 DAMAGES Newark Man Plunged Headiong| George Cochran Broome. Army ! Down a Flight of Stairs and} Officer, Sues Mr. and Mrs. J. \ Surprises Doctors by Surviv-' F. Barbour for Alienating His ing His Injuries. Wife’s Affections. NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 2%—Andrew| Cochran Broome, of the United States Vender, of No. 105 Ferguson street, this] Army, now stationed in Porto Rico, to- Wi)’ city, Hes at his home unconsctous from | day filed in the District Supreme Court ® fracture of the vertebrae of his neck} a sult for $250,000 damages against caused by a fall downstairs at a factory| James F. Barbour and his wife, Annie where he was employed. D. Barbour, of this city, for alleged ( (Special to The Evening world.) WASHINGTON, Feb. %,—Capt, George! Despite the severity of his injuries} alienation of the affections of Cupt. there if outwardly no mark on him to|Broome's wife. ‘The Barbours are ‘Indicate that he has been hurt, and Hes| prominent socially here. Capt. Broome {ike one asleep, although his body Js] belongs to old New York fami gia his wife Miss Mary Keyworth ‘The aceldent happened this afternoon. | Barbour, a step-daughter of Barbour: Vender was walking from the second) Capt. Broome alleges that for moi to the first floor, when the hoel of ofte|than six months the defendants hi of his boots caught tn the stairway and| been harboring his wife and have re-| threw him, He fell headlong down the] fused to allow or permit him to see) fers and ie head struok the iron steps| her or his child, . with great foros. Capt. Broome alleges in his declara- 2 He wad ploked up senseless, and doo-| tion that to deprive him of his wife's Bs enn wore summoned declare ‘that | aqciety the Barbours promised her. $160 ® month if she would agree to live ind sre’ surprised that he Mas worvived | APart from him and to refuse to per- to long. bes him to see the child, and by “mi Many ri Holous and wrongful, representation: Re a Sh oes, airmail aes ‘orn tb, wife to refuse to y and *| rived there was a series of sma One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. The entire bullding was tmmediate enveloped in flames, which soon spi to the neighboring glass fdctory of Leon Noel, at 2 491 and 403 Weat| | One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street despite the efforts of the firemen to/ st check them. The cleaning factory is a two-story brick structure with » one-story exten- ion is ined with sheet | cement floor, in‘ which the 80) nig. machine was sunk. ner Wolt the second race, Griffith When thu’ explosion took place there | man led a small, undersized young: were twenty girls working dn the sce- | ond Moor of the main building. The | Hunter Morris, ie pe to-morrow. | bed 3, ton Hails from Stobile, Ata | mombo and several other horses from ick Bauer recently, 1 track Ww st as lightning t and t ther sultry, © books let out a howl after Swe Rollick II. 3. oner 3. v they repor a <7 ebooks that Sweet Pepper was the . force’ of. the explosion threw muny of | tll" books that Swe Wi lS), 1; Bengal Weber, 3. the young girl Workers to the floor, but} Was rosponsibl (hey munagwd to make thelr escape | safely. 0 ‘As far as the police e pair Doyle. The furlong, and vot, the theft alates they would have met Instan even the sheet. iron walls out by the force wf exploding oil. A few minutes after the ong! just isstied an riffin case. No ¢ of any horses part by HT, Grit Iv suspends the en- plosions, supposed to be barrels of gasolene, that turned the small space that divides the cleaning factory from ory into a roaring furnace, upper Moors of the gus fi tory are let out to the Empire State} i Laundry, the New York Rug Company and the Clipper. Manufacturing C pany. These’ three concerns employed fifty gitls, all of whom were at work when thé fire started, ‘The great noise of the exploding giso- lene machine, which was followed by | “Qi volumes of black smoxe pouriig UD about’ the adjoining building, created « wild panic hong the girls, who fell | Curlongs; purse 0 entrance $20: tor | | jdm and up in nt | rushed to. th ¢ hat orner 4 Whe the end over each other in thelr efforts to reach the stairway. A squad of reserves from] and Balm of the West One Hundred and ‘Twentys} rush, away and w Afth streeti station, around ,the corner} Irene Irom tie Bre, mvt Wea un “OUL aa. however.’ Beate if SECOND RAC Wien the firemen arrived {ie cleaning} Pour furlongs factory: Was amass of UIAZINE Ol, 301 gia, tas that all efforts Were directed to saving] oStartnre mite ie the adjoinms building. As thete Was al {ibelia Do lO. & freat quad@cy of oi to burn in a wars fow area, the diremen arranged the: felves for a long battle With the ‘lam "Ater an hours tight the fireém managed too subdue the flames cu save the glass factory. When the ‘th ner at every strh she ne coming with a} Be plew $1 AY Fin Way extinguished tt” was found oy three barfgis of gasoline in the c Start good under. the The. Basterners mi ade jement flooring, of the exte:i- sion remained intact, ‘Phe ine | mest kilt that exploded was the Iatest movel ot per the Jind and “had, been recently In- atalled hie, SES Hil WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P. M. Saturday for New York City and vicinity: Ris- ing temperature with snow to- night, and snow or rain Saturday; northeast to soutl it winds, be- coming fresh and brisk. i And after: racina Teva slon on the first quiet won as he pleased at th THIRD F Mile and @ sixtoenth. Mile o Terance $10 i finish. i Starters The hue, Jock Srlin' ns x 5 ¢ bat Lt 100 Won ciriving. Tite: aa taco sfuyniahad a rattling. gona | bx. HOT THEE CHASE “ALOT AATTLE AT PORT ARTHUR AUSSIANG SAY | Official Despatches Received Lines Reeaen ae at St, Petersburg Bear Out the News Sent by © Major-Gen. Pflug Yesterday to the Effect That the Japs Had Been Repulsed at’ the Russian Stronghold, | TERRIFIC BATTLE WAS IN PROGRESS FOR THREE HOURS. Big Japanese Fleet and the Russian Fleet in the Harbor as Well as the Great Forts” Which Guard the Place Were Engaged in the ‘Cannonade Which Resulted in the Drawing Back of the Invaders. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26.—The details promised by Twenty of Them Have Narrow| Young Turfman Uses Sharp Practice in |Mrs. Gardner cane of $1,200 Escapes from Death in-Fire| der to Get Good Odds on Sweet, Worth of Jewels, Gives Alarm| have been censored it will be given to the public, y “ and Hundreds Join in Pursuit tory, but All Are Saved. Pepper, and Stewards Have Decided! — Not to Accept His Entries. . ORLEANS. WINNERS. ‘There was an exciting chase after a this afternoon » between Fifth and Sixth ave- nutes, In which policemen, a large crowd of men on the street and an expressman driving a wagon Joined. | these following the titef disappeared at Vitth avenue as if he had been swal- A number of Central Office detectives are now searching the nelh- Y wae, FIRST RACE—Baim of Gilead (9 en here to 1) 1, Lady Contrary (15 to 1) 2, :| SECOND RACE—Sweet Pepper (8) an usked for! to §) 1, Isabella D, (3 to 1) 2, Truffle THIRD RACE—Rachael Ward (15/ Meligdtaieeme: day os eaten | Arthur were used by the Russian forces, as were the guns. borhood for him, ner, a dressmaker 5 Wont ‘Twenty-first: street, for ef worked, he was siply ¢* His friends called * A Young negro, in Went vel work. tar Ho vole Uyimettus, Peeper, Su! FOURTH RACE—Little Jack Hor | ner (19 to 20) 1, Optional (3 to,1) 2, * FIFTH RACE—Macbeth (12 to 1) 1, Burning Glass (4 to 1) 2, Reck- nn AbOUt 3.80 o'clock Mrs went up to her Hving apa bedroom found that aud been opened. och, & charm with SIXTH RACE—The Regent (9 to diamond crescent. bi rticles, valued in all AL 31,20, were gone. Going downstairs Mrs, Ga did not for a moment suspect her new porter, sald to him 1 have been robbed. watch In front while I call up Police was startled at this announce- lus suggestion that It would be better If she would not notity failed to arouse her She went into the re made a dash for the front und opened up i caused Mrs. Go nd passed Julia had to eb stalloft Optional, who ear Major-Gen. Pflug of the attack by the Japanese on Port Arthur on Feb, 25 have been received here in a long official despatch. The despatch is now in the hands of the military authorities and when matters of an officialnature The report of the details confirms the assertion of the | Russian authorities that it was the hardest conflict that has yet been fought at Port Arthur. The original statement of ~ Major-Gen. Pflug that the Japanese were repulsed on all hands is confirmed. On the side of the invaders there were twenty-thnagi i vessels of war. They approached Port Arthur soon after ~~) midnight and the battle opened in general at 1 o'clock in the morning, continuing for three hours and a half. ‘ All the heavy guns commanding the entrance to Port | of the war vessels at the harbor’s mouth, é JAPS SAY THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE BO TTLED. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Feb. 26.—The Japanese Legation to-day gave out the follow~ ing official despatch from Tokio, dated Feb. 26: “Early in the morning of Feb. 24 four old vessels, escorted by some torpedo boat’, were run into the entrance of Port Arthur for the purpose of blocking the mouth of tho harbor. ‘I'he object of sinking these vessels was attained and the officers and crews returned safely. “Although there is no report regarding our fleet direct from Admiral Togo, no doubt can be entertained as to its safety.” CZAR’S SPEECH TO PRINCE KUROPATKIN, (By Associated Press.) ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26.—A stirring manifesto to the army wast sued by the Ozar to-day in the form of a message to Gen. Kuropatkin, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army in the Far Bast, as follows; “Although as bead of the military administration since 1898 you have (Continued on Kirst Column Second Page.) [with a rush and was catehing (he witt- ig towards Fifth a ie | empentn Man Conference ‘with! \ } legally A t0 Heat tie sal tan, guardian ad litem for Helen Mare garet Go wife of Frank J, Gould,, who is twenty years old and resides at ue. She has only @ est through her husband, teen monthay n Gould, 4 A ten ‘| Children of Pen J, and Ae velo; sums of Edwin tdith Gould, ch win and Wife of Frank Figure‘: wageteae in Friendly Suit Brought by : i. oe tare Helen Gould to Buy Estate. vit S Nast Gould eetatene legally declared Spectal to TI ning Wortd) r given. WHITE PLAID NS. Y., Feb. SA = ——————_$— t suit, brought by Miss Helen! MAY DEPOSE MRS. EYLER. i nt of Glrin’ He | NON. J. Feb. .—Gov. Murry | f iced his intention of take | infled with the » Gould, (ie to the hat she will be of Mrs, Myrtle By allowed to purchase Lyndhurst, dent of the y Gould mansion at Irvingten sulted in a guardian being ap- ‘on. between Rachel Ward and) Jona i wnbee ‘Was third, ine drive, Giulia le ake er ete spscealH Baie eal atrenyetd antler ec kas is ts to be affected by @ rear day Justice Wilmot M. Smith’ ape! «a im NH to bbs rages (2 pointed George H. Taylor, of Manhat- twae, 4 @ os