The evening world. Newspaper, April 6, 1904, Page 2

E k | i ont POET EPRI IT TT TI OT oe carne BT ; | DEVERY ROASTS Telephone and Telegraph Conduits in Front of Western Union Building Ruined, Smoke and Sputtering Con- nections Driving Workmen to Street. A thirty-minute blaze in the timber of the subway extension under | ; Broadway at Fulton street carly to-day resulted in paralyzing telephone! § and telegraph communication throughout the greater part of the city. Both the financial and business centres of the city were seriously affected ‘and the Wall street ticker service was completely crippled. The upper section of the city, including the big hotel centre, was entirely cut out of communication from the lower city, and so great was the damage to the mass of wires burned out and cross-ircuited in the conduits lead-| § ing from the Western Union Building that repairs cannot be completed for several days. The fire started either from crossed electric wires or through the flame of a “banjo” lamp igniting the timbers supporting the roof of the subway and abutting buildings. Before the exact source of the flames could be ascertained the excavation was filled with dense smoke and a ter- rifying hissing of sparkling wires that drove the fifty tunnel workers to the street in a wild scramble. The first alarm the Subway workmen hed of the fire came with the crackling of electric sparks and explosive flashes of fire. The men were geveral hundred feet from the ehaft leading to the street in front of St. Paul's Church when the flames burst forth above their heads. The fire found its way directly to the great cables of electric and telephone wires radiating from the Western Union Building and ate off the paraffine cloths and asbestos windings, crsos circuiting the entire network of wires, ‘The men had hardly seen the fire when a dense volume of smoke poured down upon them. As they groped their way through the smoke the electric wires began to give forth flame. This was followed by volleys of sparks and explosive flashes as the larger wires crossed. ESCAPED HALF SUFFOCATED. The men rushed pell mell to the ladders leading up the shaft through Broadway and Fulton atreet and, half suffocated, managed to ascend to the street. When the firemen arrived great clouds of smoke were pouring from the shaft, and it was Impoesible for them to descend through it until they hed torn up the timbers at several places on Broadway and Fulton street. They were also compelled to break open several of the glass lights in tho Pulton street pavement. Then twenty-four firemen, dragging hose, climbed down the shaft and turned thefr streams on the blaze. By the time they had descended into the excavetion a great quantity of tlinber support to the Broadway bulld- ings on both sides of the subway had caught firo and was blazing* flercely. As there was no other inflammable material for the flames co spread to, however, the firemen worked rapidly in extinguishing the fire, though thoy were unable to prevent the incessant blasing of the crossed electric wires, John Griffon, of No. 12 East One Hundred and Thirty-sixth street, and James McKenna, electricians employed by the New York Telephone Com- pany, were at work iff the subway repairing a telephone cable when the fire started. They were working by the glare of a big “banjo” light, and ac- cording to McKenna, without the least warning there was a burst of flame over their heade, followed by explosions that threw them to the ground. Their hands and arms were severely burned, but they managed to climb up the Fulton street ghaft after the subway workmen and their burns were dressed in a neighboring drug store, 6,000 WIRES DISABLED. As soon as the fire was put out a force of Western Union and telephone electricians were sent down to learn the extent of the damage. They found sixty cables, containing from 200 to 800 wires to the cable, entirely exposed and cross-circuited. More than 6,000 wires were completely disabled. The greater part of the damage was among the telephone cables and vloctric light wires, only sixty of the Western Union wires suffering, ‘The repairing of the damaged wires will take from two to three days and-be accompanied with great risk because of the proximity of the trolley elaguel rail and che great number of exposed electric light wires, The Cortlandt Exchange of the telephone company, the largest trunk line in the city, was crippled completely by the fire. This cuts off tne greater part of the financial district from telephone communication. The John, Thirty-elghth street, Plaza and Williamsburg Central were also cut out of communication, though officers of the telephone company declared after investigating the damage that the service could be restored beforo night. The 350 stock tickers on the Broadway cincult of the Gold and Stock Ticker Company were even more seriously damaged than the telephones and cannot be repaired under two days. ‘The superintendent of the com- pany said after the fire that the ticker conduits were burned out and the service would have to suspend until new conduits were laid. SECOND SUBWAY FIRE. Samuel Rosaria started a second subway fire to-day and lost his shirt and several patches of sklin by *o doing. He was working in the tunnel at Forty-second street and Seventh avenue, smoking a cigarette of his own make. Throwing it back of him {t landed on a gasolin lamp. An explosion followed. The burning fluid spattered over Rosaria's red shirt When half way out of the hole some of his friends we: extinguished the flames, which had burned Rosaria’s arms and the beck of his head. olfceman Brad: Pers bring Rosario to the surface. Velt Hospital. He liv; t and set him afire, nt to his rescue and hands, his back, his ly helped the sybway labor- The injured nan was taken to Roose- at No 8% Second avenue. HILL AND SNEERS AT THE LID “Big Bill’ Devery, after a whirl) won't rr Around town following his return from | Svea Atlantic City, last night decided to Pass up a few remarks on the national political situation, “Why, Hill ain't Parker any more than Dr, Parkhurst is Tammany Hall,” began Devery. ‘The Judge is an able man, a good man, a fine feller, but that fly-by-night Hill--why, he's got a feather in his brain. It sticks out of hie skull and has printed on ft ‘I am then, In olng along protty smaptiiy cent here, The manhole covers are down all right right around here. “They ought to take the lid off all saloons while they're at it. Boost the Ucense to $2,000 and allow the saloons to keep open on Sunday, except during cburch hours, That would stop graft. ing for fair and the respectable keeper would be protected and t © Democrat.’ That feather was carried| tion About local cea umnone” Away by the Parker gale, and Hill] | “Nothing to say to-day.” and the big got busy chasing it, ‘Talk about Janding| fellow started for his favorite ‘heres on the political band wagon—why, | #%°P- —— there's nothing to it when that acrobat HUN gota started. ‘The bie circus over! SNOW, PREDICTS DEVOE. at'the Garden ain't complete without Jersey W her Prophet Gives Us Cold Comfort, Weather Prophet Devoe, of Hacken- ‘Isethe iid on, Chief?" ‘Well, 1 see them manhole covers peas * : =. 1 CROWDS IN BROAD WAY WATCHING THE SUBWAY 6,000 WIRES, CRIPPLING TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE SERVICE, PSTHISSH5-9H9S-3099099090 6 oOe- ©9064999O9O9D94 OOOOH 9DGOO4% 20000 het FIRE, WHICH DISABLED cameo ISH BOY CANE HE AS BAS Tagged at Queenstown He Crosses the Ocean and Is Duly Delivered to His Rela- _ tives in Morristown, N. J. (Special to The Evening World.) MORRISTOWN, N. J., April 4 —Com- ing to this country checked as a piece of baggage and consigned from the bag- gage master at Queénstown, Ireland, to the baggage master of Morristown, John J. O'Conner, fourteen years old, has arrived at hie Géstination and is now Hiving with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs, John Hannon, at No. 54 Sussex avenue, this’ place. Little John O'Conner is an orphan, his mother having died several weeks ago. He was anxious to come to this coun- try, but had no money, still he could | not remain in the old eountry very well, Lee naeine reeves there. ew who Was his hnothers sister, and told her of Le ere desire to come to America, }. Hannon at once kent him che: money, and [ttle Johnny ‘was sht ven a6 a piece o: ba en 0 obi VAR exchanged and the pac was eke fied 10 hin Uncle am Sone wee ot tune La & W., 0607" sea} FALLINGHAIR and Dandrurh, Itching and irritation of » p Prevented g/° by warm shampoos with $9900 rex sacs 890996 BIG ARMICS MASOED FOR WAR ON THE YALU ~-2+ Two Brisk Skirmishes Indicate that Bloody Battle Will Be Fought Soon —How the Russians Stopped the Japs at Port Arthur. (By Associated Press.) BT. PWULELSUURG, April 6.—Reports from the officers in charge of the Yalu River district of Manchuria indicate that the Japanese are getting close to the line of fortifioations. There is news of frequent skirmishes between the scouting parties of Japanese and Russian outposts. ; Despatches from Japanese sources that the Russians are retreating in Corea and Manchuria are denied here. Five Japanese were killed in a skirmish on April 6 near Wiju, and six Japanese were killed in a fight with Russian volunteers on the same day on the island of Matuzeo, In the Yalu River. A correspondent at Port Arthur sends a thrilling description of the latest attempt of the Japanese to bottle up Port Arthur. “Following a reconnaissance our fleet returned and anchored in the in- He says: terior of the harbor. After midnight the darkness became more profound and our searchlights were constantly in operation piercing the gloom, Suddenly a shot thundered and then a second and then a third. Golden Hill and Tiger Cliff opened fire when the enemy was discovered. “From the battle-ship Petropaviovsk & launch put off with Vice-Ad- miral Makaroff and other officers, heading for the gunboat Bobr. At the sume time the torpedo-boats Silni and Reshitelny signalled to prepare for action and to attack the enemy, Tho gunboat Otvajny discharged her six- inch guns and the torpedo-boat Silni fired a broadside while hurrying to- ward the enemy and let go a terpedo, which fairly struck the prow of the first Japanese steamer, carrying it away. STEAMERS RUN AGROUND. “Other Japanese steamers came on at full speed, raining Hotchkiss bullets at the Silni, which fired a second torpedo at the steamers which thon ran aground. “The commander of the Silni discovered five of the enemy's destroyers further away, and the blg ships valiantly rushed to tho attack, firing their guns as they rushed forward, The enemy then separated and disappeared in the darkness. “Myantime the Bobr and the Otvajny continued to fire on the stranded steamers and on the small boats putting off from them “Commander Travinsky, of the Reshitelny, saw a large steamer rushing toward the centre of tho channel and fired a torpedo, which exploded on the side of the target. SILNI FOUGHT FIVE SHIPS. deut. Krinitzky, sommanding the Silni, having fought five of the enemy's ships for a long time In the darkness, was himself wounded and his chief engineer and six men were Killed. “With his machinery disabled and the helm of the Silni damaged Lieut. Krinitzky decided to cease firing, but fearing to leave the open entrance to the harbor he approached the shallows near Golden Hill and got off in a boat with another officer to extinguish the fire on the nearest steamer and to ren- der ald to twelve Japanese who had been wounded. “The Otvajny sent surgeons to care for the wounded and boats were sent to the other steamers at a terrible risk to cut the wires connecting the torpe-| does which the Japanse had arranged to destroy the steamers. The fires on the ships were extinguished.” + KUROPA TKIN AT A REVIEW IN NEWCHWANG. NEWCHWANG, April Kuropatkin, commander-in-chiet of the Russian military forces in the Far Hast, arrived here to-day and f- viewed about four thousand troops on the parade ground outside of the fort here. One battery of Horse Artillery, several batteries of Field Artillery, parts of four regiments of Siberian Rifles and detachments of Cossacks and regular cavalry participated in review. Russian Secret Service agents reported that the Japanese intended to attack Newchwang yesterday, THE HELENA IS AT SHANGHAI. 6.—Ven, dn the street ain't biown up yet, vut the Wesiis generating all right and the ‘right man holiers ‘fre’ ana ff the fuse, all the lids will Rig Why, the ftattron root sock, said this afternoon: “The sun bas been shining through snow all day and there will be a fall of snow in section either temorrow or Priday. WASHINGTON, April 6.—The Navy Department to-day received a cablegram from Commander Mason, of the Cincinnati, et Shanghai, an- nouncing the arrival there this morning of the gunbost Helena, trom New- SEMTOR BURTON CVE SX MONTHS Court Also Imposes Fine of $2,500 and Tells Prisoner His Loss of Office and Sta- tion Counts in the Sentence. 8ST, LOUIS. Mo. April 6—Senator J. R. Burton, of Kansas, was to-day sen- tenced to six months' imprisonment in jail and a fine of $2,600 for using his influence before the Post Office Depart- ment In behalf of the Rialto Grain and Securities Company, of St. Louls, anu for having recelved payment from the company for his services. When Senator Burton, accompanied | by his attorney, came into the United States District Court, Judge Adams | spoke of the motions that had been filed for a new trial and for’ arrest of judg- ment. The Court, after briefly review- ing the motions, overruled them both. The Court then sald to the defendant: “Have you anything to say as to why sentence should not be passed upon yout" Evidently suppressing his emotions with a strong effort, Senator Burton stood leaning with both hands on a? rback, as he sald: Your Honor, will please allow me to respectfully decline to say anything.” The Troon was atmort with the exception of a few who had remained out of curt the silence was almost oppressive Judge Adams, in low tone began de- livery of the sentence. he court said ‘After a fair and impartial trial by a jury of exceptional intelligence, you have been found guilty of the offenses charged in the indictment against you “A motion for a new trial In your be- half has afforded me an opportunity garefully to review and consider the evidence, As a result of this Loam satisfied that the jury reached the just and true result The evidence abundantly warranted the verilct and I find no reason elther in the law governing the case or In the proceedings attending the trial for disturbing It. “Your conviction necessarily results in your punishment. Its Importance, tn my opinion, 18 not confined to Its ef- fect upon you, “Your exalted station In life and the character of your offense give unusual significance to your conviction, It dem- onstrates that the aw of the land Is equal to any emergency and that It can be administered regardless of the per- sonallty and station of the accused, It nstrated to all the people that court empty. persons also de public office cannot be prostituted to self-serving purposes that public PIANO NEED TUNING, Repairing or Polishing ? If So, we will be pleased to furnish you an estimate of cost of same. CUTICURA SOAP And light dressings of Cuticura, the yxeat Skin Cure and purest of emallients. oMfcp is not a sure or safe passport to private thrift. © Cut Of from Office, “Phe humiliation attending your con- | vietion and the statutory disqualifica- tluns resulting therefrom which forever | incapacitate you from holding any office | of honor, trust or profit under the Gov- | ernment of the United States, are in| themselves heavy punishment for your offenses and leave but little in the way of severity which could be added. “It is neither my pieasure nor pur- pose to impose any unnecessary pun- {shment. I think the majesty of the law will be sufficiently vindicated and the public welfare suffictently guarded by Imposing a single sentence, warranted, as it 1s, on uny ono of the six counts under which you were con- victed. “This sentence will be that you be! confined in the Iron County Jail for a perlod of six months, und that you pay a fine of two thousand five hun- dred dollars."’ At the conclusion of the sentence | Senator Burton, who had not taken) Made young by the nroper applica- tion of GOOD GLASSES. The select- ing of glasses for older folks requires very minute and careful attention. If you read or write with ease and comfort under all conditions, this is not for you—pass it by. You are for- tunate. If, however, your eyes or his eyos from the Court, and who had scarcely moved as he supported him- self by the chair back, turned and sat down, with his head bowed and his eyes on the floor. 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Senator Burton and Judge Krum then left the courtroom, | Senator Burton walked to his hotel, | Fie declined to discuss the sentence, but sald he would leave to-night for his | home In Kansas, ‘The case now will be appealed to the Vnited States District Court of Appeals, the highest tribunal in the matter, Senator Burton, who Is u senior Sena- tor from Kansas, was convicted after an exhaustive trial, in which various letters from him to the and Securities Company, which celved In services the Post-Office Department and th mony of numerous agents of the Go ernment were Introduced. ris Suction Clip,” $1.00 UP, WH Moonis RYESIGHT SPECIALIST, 348 Sixth Ave, (bet. 21st & 22d sts. 50 Basti 25th St.(cor. Madison ave.’ Harlem Office Open Evenings. Almost any kind of trade ¢ exchange can be made with Wor Want ads. Read the want ads, in Thursday's Morning Worid, . 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