The evening world. Newspaper, February 26, 1904, Page 2

. — Che “ Ciroulation Books Open to Au.” | < a) PRICE ONE. CENT, EBRU ARY NEW YORK, FRIDAY, k LACK OF ENGINES it ROCHESTER CAUSED L005 OF MILLION Se a ee Oh a ees Fierce and Quick Sp Early To-Day an Several of Finest of Dry Goods Dis Threatened to Be reading Blaze Starts | i: d Sweeps Through’ Buildings in Heart’: trict of the City. as Disastrous as. Conflagration at Baltimore When It}: Was Checked with the Assistance of Sister Cities of Syracuse and Buffalo.) ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 2 aistory of Rochester started early to- ter Dry Goods Company’s store, at has ‘cost millions of dollars. The watchman in the store, Thomas Coi started, spread with such rapidity tha day in the basement of the Roches- Nos. 156-166 Main street East, and fire, which, according to the night nnors, discovered soon after it at by the time an alarm was turned] ___ was 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 the dry-goods firm of the Beadle & Sherburne Company. Mayor Cutler this afternoon ai due solely to the fact that the city quantity of fire apparatus. Efforts mnounced that the heavy loss was was not provided with an adequate 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 realized that the flame: Ss were beyond the local Department | and appeals for more fire apparatus were sent to the Chiefs of the Buffalo and Syracuse Departments. to Four steamers arrived from Syracuse and trom Buffalo. They were greeted with cheers as they dashed from the railroad depots. Within an hour after belug discovered the fre had spread to the big Granite Building, ocoupied by the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company and by reported. devs Were coated with ice. » o'clock and was removed to Hahnemann Hospital. head by a flying nozzle. He was This was the only accident of any LOSS IS UP IN THE MILLIONS. The Joss is in the neighborhood of five to seven million dollars, most of lundreds of business and professional men. Flames also spread to the build- ings tn the rear of the Granite Block. he extreme cold made fire fighting difficult and hazardous, as the lad- Assistant Chief Frank A. Jaynes was hurt about struck in the consequence which fell on the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, the Beadle & Sherburne t ; Company, the Rochester Dry Goods Company nd the Walkover Shoe Com- pany. ) The plans and estimates for the mammoth new block thai 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 fluor. Tho original plans and specifications for the new High School were also and specifications, in this office and were destroyed. There are no duplicates of these plans Shoitly after § o'clock a portion of the Kirley Building, accupled by the Rochester Dry Goods Company, fell. At 9 o'clock the (Continued on Second Page.) front of the HIS NECK BROKEN, BUT VICTIM LIVES Newark Man Plunged Headiong Down a Flight of Stairs and Surprises Doctors by Surviv- ing His Injuries. (Spactal to The Evening World.) NEWARK, N. J., Feb, %—Andrew Vender, of No, 105 Ferguson street, this city, lies at his home unconscious from ® fracture of the vertebrae of his neck caused by a fall downstairs at a factory where he was loyed. Despite the severity of his injuries there ifoutwardly no mark on him to indicate that he has been hurt, and les Uke one asleep, although his body fs ii ‘The aceldent happened this afternoon. Vender was walking from tho second to the first floor, when the heel of one of his boots caught in the stairway and threw him. He fell headlong down the fairs and his head struck the iron steps with great force. We was ploked up senseless, and doo- moned declare that been broken. ia not think he can possibly lve re’ surprised that he has survived en ket meshes Py odie! Pred CAPTAIN SEEKS $250, 000 DAMAGES George Cochran Broome. Army Officer, Sues Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Barbour for Alienating His Wife’s Affections. WASHINGTON, Feb. %6,—Capt. George! Cochran Broome, of the United States Army, now stationed in Porto Rico, to- day filed in the District Supreme Court A sult for $250,000 damages against James F. Barbour and his wife, Annie D. Barbour, of this city, for alleged allenation of the affections of Cupt. Broome's wife. “"The Barbours are prominent socially here. Capt. Broome belongs to an old New York family and his wife was Miss Mary Keyworth Barbour, a step-daughter of Barbour: Capt. Broome alleges that for more than six months the defendants have been harboring his wife and have re- fused to allow or permit him to see her or his child, Capt. Broome alleges in his declara- tlon that to deprive him of his wife's ours promised her $150 to live je to per- mit him to see the child, and by ‘m: otous and wrongful. representations’ ae peer oma eugttpny wife to refuse to see a Sa a Miho nsartaaed fa ea a EDITION =s] 26, WAL sk 135 “xsdlioss Toot aad ore RMATN . JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN FLEETS AND FORTS IN FIGHT AT PORT ARTHUR. (Drawn from Cabled Description by W. G. Wood, ‘The byeving RODEO PE OPOETY OPE ES DOD OE World's Marine Artist.) DEE DEANE OE CHPRODO EGA OO TOO OPETIEEROOEIOTSIEEDY CL IOSIOTOOHIESES SOOT OS: IeOEPOESOLe APOIO SOT® FPLOSION PUTS. HT. GRIFFIN SUSPENDED BY GIRLS IN PERIL Twenty of Them Have Narrow Escapes from Death in. Fire in a Dyeing and Cleaning Fac- tory, but All Are Saved. | Not to Accept His Entries. : : WINNE A gusoline cleaning maciine conta ing a great quantity of liquid fuel. ex- ploded this afternoon in the extension to the dyeing and cleaning factory of Schwarz & Forger, at Nos. 6 and 8) 5 Manhattan avenue,.a few doors from One Hundred and Twenty-fifth stre The entire building was immediately enveloped in flames, which soon sp! to the neighboring glass fdetory Leon Noel, at Nos. 491 and 403 West One Hundred and Twenty-fourth st despite the efforts of the firemen check them. cleaning factory is a two~ -atary | me Wut » Irene Mac 3. asked an turf-| Hunter 3. cisco (0- for some! ne mas » to-morrow. bed 3, wo bought mombo und sev ck Bauer recently. ther horses from The trick wax Grimith's vsized youngstel telling the gateman, * sunk | Peppe Tee, man k ni to the paddock, weet gr solene-cleaning machine When thw explosion took plac were twenty girls working dn oner 3. ond floor of the main building. force’ of the explosion threw many of 5), 1; Bengal (10 the young girl workers to the floor, but | Weber, 3. they munaged to make their escape} x = sare brought fr y fe 4 As far as the police can leary there | whieh Re is PY ad by wi Kot her stall was no-one in the extension when the of the books chi explosion oecurred. Had there been they would have met Instant death as even the shect iron walls were: torn out by the force wf exploding vil A fow minutes after the engines are rived there was a serles of smaller ex- plosions, supposed to be barrels of gasolene, that turned the small space that divides the cleaning factory from the gas factory into a roaring furnace. | oi ‘The three upper floors of the gas fao-| pai ¢ tory are out to the Empire State] | Laundry, the New York Rug Company and the Clipper, Manufacturing Com- pany, These’ three concerns employed fifty girls, all of whom were at work when thé fire started, ‘The great nolse of the exploding gaso- lene machine, wich was followed by volumes of black smoxe pouring UD about the adjoining building, created «| wild panic dmong the girls, who fell over each other in thelr efforts to reach Six Curlongs; purse foursyenr-ojde and Up; rant passe the stairway. A equad of res t hen the West Gne Hundred sy aly Paine nite) x On 4 ac just ma Det up in bdo gen linha time (0 beat out Pitabritia? irom tie mre, mye Ub Ww havfen the fremen arrived {ne cleaning 1, factory, Was W mass of viazing that all efforts Were directed. to the adjoins building. As there Waa a great quan@cy of or to burn dna ware Sow area, the firemen arranged then selves for a long battle with the’ Atter an hours fight the fr miaged’ tol wutilue the flames “and gave the ss factory. When the tre Nas: exthiguished twas. found three barry of gasoline In the under the Cement flooring of the ex! remained intact vhe that exploded was the latent 1 the Idnd “and “had, been rece atalled WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P. M. Saturday for New York Gity and vicinity: Ris- SECOND Four furlongs SCALE Pin oc ks. 4 Whie 3 i ais i | Lous hk Ww pany. Vine 0.49 ners made aie of the esti Tmoving, (2m Burning Into submis-| rew nway and} yi ‘ats iene deatter racing sion on the: first won a8 he lensed wats Joo tin A ing temperature with snow to-| night, and snow or rain Saturday; northeast to southeast winds, be- coming fresh and brisk. Babar yun t tert mood. Won. iriving Hider ending it thew ait taco fnenished ct ia be 2 Detween Rachel Ward ha Weber ‘was third, in a ) “Balram,” Colds, %° he moved eyes SLINE Hin three iepaths, from Pepper, and Stewards Have Decided RS. FIRST RACE—Balm_ of Gilead (9 here to 1) 1, Lady Contrary (15 to 1). 2,, SECOND RACE—Sweet Pepper (8| to 5) 1, Isabella D. (3 to 1) 2, Truffle! THIRD RACE—Rachael Ward (15 entire raciig| to 1) 1, John Doyle (5 to 1) 2, Mint: ~| FOURTH RACE—Little Jack Hor ner (19 to 20) 1, Optional (3 to,1) 2,) 1, Burning Glass (4 to 1) 2, Reck-| SIXTH RACE—The Regent (9 to Jake ; to 1), 2; vught {tout all the last winning mark was to stall off Optional, who came jwith a rush and was catehing the wits ran ak, belond, Bengal. drive, drive to sti won Paxed up HOT THIEF CHASE STEWARDS AT NEW ORLEANS’ IN BUSY STREET Young Turfman of: Oseh bg Sharp Practice in |Mrs. Gardner ver Robbed of $1,200 Order to Get Good Odds on Sweet, | = of Mang ‘There was an exciting ohase after a ‘Twenty-first [ Uuief this afternoon in street, between Fifth and Sixth ave- hues, In which policemen, a large crowd of men on the street and an expressman driving a wagon joined. But with all these following the thief disappeared at Fifth avenue as !f he had been swal- lowed up, A number of Central Omce detectives are now searching the nelgh- borhood for him. ‘To Mrs, M. &. Gurdner, a dressmaker At No, 0 West Twenty-first: street, for whom the thlef worked, he was siaply tructure with # one-story x as lghtniig® to-day and: ihe| Rolliek, (Ite) va ‘ . nail ‘his extention is ined with 5! eiarraiittes ee hart ee siernae 0" His frlends called ndsa- cement floor, In-whieh the | howl after Sweet| ‘FIFTH RACE—Macbeth (12 to 1)/ Nm “Shi is a Young negro, who went te work for yesterday as a porter, his afternoon al 2.80 o'clock Mrs ner went Up to her ving apart- id in her bedroom found that » had b opened. A och, a charm with Jant, a gold p and a n all Mrs, Gardner Going downstairs Mrs. Gardner, who did not for a moment suspect her new porter, sald to him ‘hartie, 1 have been robbed. You wateh in front while I call up Police Headquarters the police at once failed to arouse ber «. She went into the reor to ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26.—A stirring manifest to the army was 1s P Li i | Sued by the Czar to-day in the form of a message to Gen. Kuropatkin, the Bal OA TSU ON eta Naat Commander-in-Chiet of the Russian army in the Far Bast, as follows: ng Julia Junkin| “Shine” made a dash for the door an dW opened UD AT his heavy steps ed Mrs, Gardner to} “Although as head of the military administration since 1898 you have Tims, reullee 1h turn around ie 8 hin disappea With Tittle Finto the #trest and quickly gaye chitse feakila eaienth Hite the final! oseop thief! Slop thief!” she eried, | _ tahoe ¥ Ub. Over] ing yuascre-by Were attracted Wy the a Fuatiae Junin) Taitehe | anes ‘a. litem’ for. Helew aeaee 5 hand tee hart ridden At) EY xp remnman w gin his of Frank J. Gould, eK nd Whip> “LID IS ON. u Has a Maxinteate Conference meet him tn two public officers minutes Magiatrate of a private although arding the public Fo, The Cantagn may care to. 8a: something regarding it, but 1 hav nothing to say.” and Jake, scallion Scarlet ante = i Naat RT ye 8 Worth of Jewels, Gives Alarm] nave been censored it will be given to the public, and Hundreds Join in Pursuit “Shine” wus startled at this announce- ment, and even lus suggestion that it | would he be {f she would not notity | 7 ca win and Wife of Frank Figure re SAYS COTTRELL. with |) Magistrate's pri- | -ALOODY BATTLE ATPORT ARTHUR AUSSIANS Sk '|Official Despatches Received To-Day at St Petersburg Bear Out the News Sent 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. hs ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26.—The details promised by - 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 official nature 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. i On the side of the invaders there were twenty-three vessels of war. They approached Port Arthur soon after / midnight and the battle opened in general at 1 o'clock i in the morning, continuing for three hours and a half. All the heavy guns commanding the entrance to Port | Arthur were used by the Russian forces, as were the guns. of the war vessels at the harbor’s mouth, ‘i JAPS SAY THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE BO TTLED. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Feb. 26.—The Japanese Legation to-day gave out the Pees 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 ‘ot blocking the mouth of the harbor. ‘The 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 a PRINCE KUROPATKIN. | (By Associated Press.) GURDIK NAMED Ah GOULD f MINGRS old and resides at 41 Filth avenue, She has onl} @ interest through her husband, aylor Is also made guardian for § Margaret Gould, a daughter of Gould, who ts seventeen monthi win Gould, Jr, and Frag ged ten und five, of Edwin Gould, : . Murjorie, Helen Edith Gould, children wns considerable props |X eee Mr in Friendly Suit Brought by and ae eb | Helen Gould to Buy Estate. | Soevtal to T Evening World > WHITE PLAINS, N. Y,, Fe » ———— cauit, brought by Miss Helen MAY DEPOSE MRS. EYLER. yuld in the Supr tourt chester County against Howard | Gev. Murphy Not Satisfied wh 4, Frank Gould, George Gould, tie Management of biris’ Home. Countess De Caatellane and other ms legally allowed to purchase Lyndhurs ‘nt of the New Jersey © the Jay Gould manston at Irvingte: fhe Gevemnon aaa has resulted Ina guardian being ap- warrant Mr BM pointed for some of the defendants. A ko bo ettected.Dyiaveba ‘To-day Justice Wilmot M. Smith ap-' _ pointed George H. Taylor,.of Manhat- h { the board of managers) ite Sea Mt