Youngstown News, 1901-05-10

              THE YOUNGSTOWN NEWS. VOL. XXI. tfOUNGSTOWN, N. Y.,|?RIDAY. MAY 10, 1901. NO. 14. JACKSONVILLE'S BIG FIRE Millions of Dollars' Worth of Property Burned in the Florida City. 19,000 PERSONS ARE HOMELESS Fire Started From a Bit of Wire in • Shredding Machine In a Fibre Works—l3o Block* of Private Dwellings and Bumnet* House* Destroyed—Damage, It 1* Estimated, Amounts to 515,000,000. Jacksonville, Fin.—The most disastrous fire in the history of this city began Friday shortly after noon in a small factory, from a defective wire, according to the best belief, and burned i'or nearly ten hours. In that tiuie a property damage estimated from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 was caused. According to the city map, 130 blocks ■were burned, many of them in the heart of the business and residence section. The estimate of houses to the block Is tell, hence 1300 of them went up in smoke. Many of the tinest pubi. • and private buildings were destroyed, including hotels, theatres, churches and residences. The burned district reaches from Burbridge street on the north to the St. John's Hirer on the south, a distance of not quite two miles. The "width of the desolated area is thirteen blocks. Within this space practically everything is blackened ruins. On Bay street, the principal mart of trade, the Western Union Telegraph Company's building Is the first building standing going west. Everythng east of Laura Bay is gone. The suburban settlements, with the ■exception of La Villa, are intact. La Yilla was badly hurt. Thousands of persons tramped the streets, homeless, with practically all of their worldy possessions upon their backs. The stations of the railroads, situated in the southeastern section, were turned , Into temporal y lodging houses ana hospitals. Luckily the weather was fine, so that there was no suffering on that fee city, a brick structure, Ave nf stories hlgfh. It was the winter home of many /Northern mUUonarles. rr" Started at the corner of Lee and Monroe streets, the fire was spread with great rapidity by the high wind, p which almost amounted to a gale. It was soon seen that the local fire department could not cope with the emergency and appealing messages, jisklng help were sent to nearby cities. Brunswick, Ga., sent one thousand feet of hose and three firemen by a special train for Jacksonville, running sixty miles an hour. Two fire engines, ivith crews, came from Savannah on a special train. When the fire reached Julia street it was a roaring furnace and seemingly beyond control. The local military companies were called out to keep back the crowds, and the Fire Department began to use dynamite to blow up houses a block away to prevent the fire spreading. So fierce was the blaze, however, and so strong the wind, that sparks aud burning shingles were thrown five or six blocks, ,■netting afire roofs of houses in advance of the department. Senator Taliaferro's residence aud other adjoining houses were soon ablaze. Desperate efforts were made to save the Windsor and St. James hotels, but both were quickly wrapped in fiames. For about an hour the patrons of the Windsor had been busy packing, and they went away loaded ■with trunks and grips. Leaping across the street from the Windsor, the flames caught the Sells House and then the Methodist parsonage. A few minutes later the Trinity Methodist Church was on fire. The Opera House block followed. Once the fire got started on Main street the closely built buildings went one after the other. Paint shops with barrels of oil In stock were plentiful, and as they caught fire the blaze rose hundreds of feet and started fire In buildings across the street. Th£ City Building went, the Fire Department Building, the Armory, the County Court House, the Clerk's office, with the county records; the Criminal Court House, the City Jail and the Graded Schools and the Catholic Church and Orphanage, St. John's Episcopal Church and the convent. Almost all the large buildings In the city were burned up In less than four hours. The Chief of Police has ordered all j saloons closed until further notice. ' Mayor Bowden says the property loss will exceed .$15,000,000. Ten thousand to fifteen thousand people are homeless. The City of Jacksonville. Jacksonville fs the largest of tlie cities of the Everglade State. It has shown a remarkable growth in the last twenty years. The population in 1880 was 7W50. In 1890 it had increased to 17,201, and last year the census showed 28,420 inhabitants. The city is on the left bank of the St. John's Hiver, fifteen miles west of the Atlantic Ocean and thirty miles southwest from Fernandina, Fla. Jacksonville is a popular winter resort and a centre of travel for the eiftire State. The trade is large in lumber, cotton, oranges, phosphate and naval stores. The city contained nine banks, six hotels, a Government building, two libraries, three dally and six weekly newspapers and fourteen i, achurches. HOW FILIPINOS MET DEATH Remarkable Statement of Geixral Bell ou Arriving in Washington Bullcta and Fev«r Have Killed One-sixm of the Natives of Luzon Within Two Tears. Washington. D. C.—"One-sixth of the natives of Luzon have either been killed or have died of the dengue fever in the last two years," was the remarkable statement of Brigadier-General Bell, who. arrived in Washington direct from the Philippines, where he was in command of four departments of Southern Luzon. "The loss of life by killing alone has been very great," continued the General, "but I think that not one man has been slain except where his death served the legitimate purposes of war. It has been necessary to adopt what in other countries would probably be thought harsh measures, for the Filipino is tricky and crafty and has to be fought in his own way. "Captain Hand, of the Fortv-flfth Infantry, narrowly escaped 'death while walking along a road in Southern Luzon. A boloman rose immediately before him as if from out of the earth and would have killed the Captain before the latter could draw his revolver, but a private a short distance away blew the insurgent's head off with a rifle. "The Filipinos in my district were In the habit of stopping the wagons of natives and imposing a tax of one American dollar on each load of hemp. Frequent complaints were made to me, and one day I sent Captain Hand to stop the practice. He and six men concealed themselves In a covered wagon. When they were held up they opened fire on the Insurgents, and five of them were killed. After that there was no more levying of taxes. "The Insurgents also caused us much trouble by tampering with our telegraph, and for a while we were obliged to treat every one outside of our lines as an enemy. If a man was caught within 150 yards of the telegraph pole he was shot. On one occasion six Fillpines were found dead holding to a wire, which they had wrapped around a tree. No one knew Vlbo jfcot them, but their fate waa to keep MANY FILIPINOS GIVE UP. General Tlnlo'i Surrender Muki the End of the Revolt In North Luzon. Manila.—General Tlnlo, the most prominent of the Insurgent leaders, with his entire command, surrendered at Sinalt, Province of South Ilocos, to I Captain F. V. Krug, of the Twentieth Infantry. This completes the general pacification of north Luzon. j The report that General Alejandrino | has surrendered Is confirmed. lie was looked upon as the possible successor of Aguinaldo. Padre Aglipay, the excommunicated Filipino priest, who preached the doctrine of a holy war against the United States, has | also surrendered. Baldomero Aguinaldo and Pedro 1 Aguinaldo, relatives of Emilio Aguin; aldo, and five other insurgent leaders have also surrendered. Fifteen Filipino officers have surl rendered to Colonel Baldwin, of the I Fourth Infantry, at Cavlte Viejo. OUR STOCK OF MONEY. $2,483,524,850 Of This the Treasury Holds 8328,230,419 —Circulation per Capita, 828.31. Washington, D. C.—The general stock of money in the United States on May 1, according to a statement prepared at the Treasury Department, was $2,483,524,850, of which $228,220,- 415 was held in the United States Treasury as assets of the Government. Based on an estimated population of 77-, 530,000, the circulation of money per capita was $28.31. Compared with the conditions on May 1, 1900, the general stock shows an increase of $160,481,077; the cash in the Treasury shows an increase of $25,702,005, the amount in circulation an increase of $134,778,772, and the per capita an increase of $1.73. DUG UP A KETTLE OF GOLD. It Contained 83000, the Second Found on the Farm of a Murdered Man. Akron, Ohio. — Joseph Meyers, employed on the old Oscar Osborne farm, dug up a kettle containing $3000 In gold. It was found near the barn. This Is the second discovery of gold made on the place, mnklng a total of more than $5000. Osborne's relatives have always contended that there was $20,000 bidden In various places. Edgar Johnson Is now serving a life sentence In the Ohio Pentltentlary for the murder of Osborne. It Is said that the murder of Osborne was the result of his refusal to tell where the gold was hidden. BOER WAR MAY END SOON. War Office Said to Be More Hopeful Now Than In Some Time. London.—According to the Standard the War Office Is more hopeful of the termination of the war In South Africa than It hasKbeen for weeks. The arrangements for food and forage for tnfc army, based on the expectation that hostilities would be prolonged, are likely to be cancelled. liar Corn Goes to Fifty-flYe Cents. Under a tension which stirred traders in the Stock Exchange in Chicago, May corn shot up to the flfty-flve-cent mark, and George H. Phillips, the master of the situation, is now taking alxty-ttve-cent com. -- - PAN-AMERICAN IS OPEN \ Message Conveying the President's Congratulations Read. * FORMAL EXERCISES POSTPONED A Brilliant Electrical Display, Forty-six Aerial Uomlis and a Flutter of Fines Announce That the Exposition Has Begun — Flight of Homing Pigeons With a Message to All the Americas. Buffalo, N. Y.—A telegram from President McKlnley marked the opening of tlie gates of the Pan-American Exposition on Wednesday. At 8.30 o'clock a. m. the turnstiles clicked and the first visitors passed Into the grounds. The President's message follows:"Memphis, Tenn.—The President dl- recta me to convey his congratulations to the citizens of Buffalo upon the auspicious opening of the Pan- American Exposition, so rich In blossom and ripe in expectations. May the hopes and ambitions of its promoters be realized to the fullest measure. "By direction of the President "George B. Cortelyou, "Secretary to the President." The beautiful electrical display at night was the culminating event of the opening day of the exposition. Thfi attendance in the morning was small, owing to the threatening weather, which kept away many from nearby towns. Later in the day when the sun broke through the gray clouds, the crowd began to assume the proportions of an exposition throng The gates were opened ill the morning without ceremony, the opening day ceremonies having been postponed until the 20th, when they will be combined with dedication day exer- Jlses. • At a o'clock forty-six aerial bombs were fired, one in honor of each Btate of the Union. At the same time the flags on all the buildings were unfurled to the breeze. The stadium was ablaze with colors. From sis fifty-foot poles upon the Tribune fluttered the Star Spangled Banner. Fifty-six poles upon the general bays supported the Pan-Ameriean flag, and forty-six poles In the other bays held streamers bearing the festive colors of South American countries.When the Government building was thrown open General Brlgham, Chairman of the Government Board, made r. brief address. Other speeches were made by President Mlllburn, Mayor I>iehl and Director General Buchanan. Pigeons were released, which carried to Oil City, Cleveland, Toledo and Pittsburg this message: "To the People of All the Amaricas: "This message of greeting, borne to you by carrier pigeon, announces, the opening of the Pan-American Exposition, and extends to every one an invitation to participate In the pleasure and benefit of thla six months' festival."THE CHINESE INDEMNITY IDispatoh Saya It is $273,000,003. I Great Britain Oppose > Othor Power* That ties Be Increased. —The Foreign Office dispatch from Pekin it M. Pichon, the lias presented tlio nmittee on Indemnity, an is to pay has been i from Pekin say the Ivlded into two parission to decide liow ise the indemnity. f, Russia, and Japan t raising the customs n be relied upon to part of the requisite Ition of a duty on Juntu/fNCII WiH constitute a tax on towM mMHon, and the taking over of i tbe Ukin (provincial tr.iusli On tie cher hand, the United States andft£rj ep Britain decline to agree to an u jse of the customs duties, but the«ltPot ®PPear t° have presented a cfi ir proposition. The fact tliat the frJed States and Great Brltalr havfto,med hands on this question has cauK Jiuch disappointment here. The WW**jH,the United States is atftp, V-'1 the Influence of the Araer,-Jninsr community In China. II % that Great Britain, if alone wMßryleld, but fears are entertained tqat scheme Is to prolong the negotiations until ?ier liamls are free in Africa, when she would show a stronger policy In Chinese affairs. The Indemnity figure is under what had been expected In Paris. HEROINE REWARDED BY PROXY. Nlwt of Woman Who Raved Srwart Oat* a Position. Washington, D. C.—Miss Marguerite T. Coleman has been appointed to 11 position In the Treasury Department at §600 a year. Her aunt, Mrs. Mar guerlte Coleman, who has been In the department for twenty-seven years, has resigned on account of falling health, and the place was Riven the j'ounger member of the family so that the support of the elder should not be removed. Mrs. Coleman saved the life of Secretary Seward when an attempt was made to assassinate him ou the night of April 14, 18C5. She was an attendant ty the bedside of the Secretary, who was lying 111 In his home. An lu valid soldier named Iloblnson was alsc caring for the Secretary. As Payae, the would-be assassin, dashed up the stairs he encountered Mrs. Coleman. She' tackled him, screaming for help, and Iloblnson met the fellow at the door and also grappled with him. Seeing the struggle Secretary Seward rolled to the opposite side of the bed, and, although Payne got loose from the soldier and attacked the Secretary he was not able to seriously Injure him before help arrived. BRIGADIER-GENERAL HARE'S RETURN TUe Oallant Trooper Wlm Rescued Gilmore and Shieldt. New York City.—Brigadier-General Luther R. Hare, who rescued Captain Deveraux Shields. U. H. A., and Lieutenant Gllmore. U. 8. N., In the Philippine!, arrived here on the American liner New York. General Hare Is hastening to bis home, at Sherman, Tex., because a member of his family is dying. General Hare said: "I was at Aden when told of the capture of Aguioaldo. The war Is practically over, bat a sort of military police will be required to break up the bands of banditti The climate In the Philippines to very tiring on Americans, and all soldters sickening on field duty must b* sent home to recuperate 01 els* that will MTK set welt" FOBBED ON A BIG SCALE Former Mayor Jones Victimized lndi> viduals and Eanks. EVERYBODY HAD FAITH IN HIM CoriftM|uen«ly Poor People Took Tlieli Money to Hllu For InveAtnient, lE<v lylnc Solely Upon Ilia Kxrellent Hep. uf at lon — Victim*. Including r.tuikn, Lose ti* the Amount of a3'in,ooo, Little Falls, N. Y.—Additional dp. veloptnents relating to the wholesale forgeries committed by .ormer Mayor Hadiey Jones, of Little Falls, arc of n most startling nature. His scheme to bunco banks by putting up ' forged certificates of stock of the National Herkimer County Bank of this city ns collateral for loans is developing into one of the greatest bank swindling games that has been unearthed for some time. From the evidence now in it is certain that when the final roll call of bank victims is made up It will be found that his winnings from bank forgeries will be over $ir>o,ooo. Later developments also tend to show that he pot away with the larger part of the money. Jones had been engaged In forging mortgages for several months. He enjoyed a high standing as a lawyer and had a large practice. Poor widows and orphans are numbered among his victims. Every one in the county had confidence in Jones, and among his clients were many women having small savings and they would ask him to invest their money in real estate mortgages. Jones would draw i mortgage covering some residential property, forge a fictitious name to the Instrument, record It and then file It away in his safe for the client. When the Interest was due on the mortgage Jones would pay It iiromptly. His scheme for swindling the banks was one recently put in practice. The Indications are that the proceeds from the mortgage forgeries had been squandered in gambling! and wildcat Investments. |j|g Interest account bank scheme- for the pit pose of gathering up a large fund With which to leave the country. a. He was able to work the bank scheme by reason of the fact that he Had in his possession valid certificates of stock of the National Herkimer County Bank owned by his wife. Mrs .Tones owned ninety-six shares of the bank stock, made out in series of twenty-six shares and seventy shares. With tills stock certificate as a copy Jones had a new stock boon made on the representation that it was for the bank He secured the bank seal In the same way Then he secured a letter from the bank officers to the effect that his ,v ife' Mrs. Emily Jones, was the owner of ninety-six shares of the bank stock in series of twenty-six and seventy shares, and the market value of the stock was about 1(17. Jones would always issue the forged stock In series of twenty-six and seventy shares, made out in the name of Jiis wife, the same as the valid shares. This forged stock was put up as colateral for commercial paper made by Jones. If word was sent by wire to the National Herkimer County Bank regarding the stock, back would come the word that Mrs. Jones held the same number of shares of stock. Thus he would be able to secure the loan 011 apparently the most gilt-edge security He secured his first loun from the bank of Ashtabula, Ohio. His loan at this'bank was $9000. He secured $0000 from a Providence (It. I.) bank, $9000 from the Troy banks, $9000 from the Long Island City tmuks and a loan from Tarrytown banks. The valid certificates of stock were put up with the local banks as collateral. Twenty-six shares of the stock ure held at the Little Falls National Bank and seventy shares are held by the bank in the village of St. Johnsvllle, N. Y. Ills mortgage forgeries will aggregate $75,000, but the proceeds derived from this source have been lost In playing horses and faro In Albany. He had a mania for gambling and gained something of a reputation as a plunger in the White House colony of sports in Albany. Ills wife's fortune of $40,000 has also been squandered, but his bank forgeries are of recent occurrence, and it Is generally believed here that this fund was built up for the purpose of leaving the ccuntry. Notwithstanding his faults, Jones and his young wife were very devoted to each other. While he forged her name to bank certificates without the least hesitation and squandered her fortune, it is not believed that she knew anything about his crookedness or the fact that her entire fortune was swept away until she was summoned to the (irand Hotel in New York City on April 0 on a telegram to the effect that her husband was very sick. This telegram was a deception, but on her arrival the husband told her the story of his dowufali, which resulted in her determination to stay with him and follow him in exile. Nothing has been learned of the whereabouts of the fugitives. Blfil to the Steel Trait. The Pennsylvania Steel Company, a rival of the Steel Trust, has been incorporated in Trenton, N. J. Sugar Trust In Porto HI CO. The American Sugar Trust, it is reported, Is securing options on Urge Porto Rlnu estates. STATE NEWS. Tete.eope Stop* a Kidnaping. While testing a telescope from th(» roof or an optical factory at Rochester Albert KlrscholT and Professor Andrew Lynn, two scientists, discovered and prevented a kldnnpln.it on the flats nearly two miles away. The Mr telescope was being brought to bear on different objects, and Anally was sighted on the river, several miles away. Diminishing the focus, the river had been followed up from the lake until the big flats below the gas house were brought Into view, when a sight was beheld that caused Professor Lynn hastily to shift the glass across the river. A man hud been discovered who was half dragging a little Kirl along the river banks, dodging behind clumps of bushes and making nil haste toward a carriage that was waiting on the bridge below. His actions were most suspicious, and having In mind the attempt at kidnaping made on a school girl recently KlrscholT hurried down stairs and telephoned the police. Patrolmen Conheady and Fox responded, and, one descending from each bridge to the flats below, effected the capture of the man. lie gave his name as Kllas Chappel, a Greek, sixty years old, of Buffalo. The child belonged to an < mploye of the gas house. The I'artrhlge Hank Failure. W. C. Howell, one of the leading cltlzens of Ovid, was declared Insane. His insanity was caused by worry over the failure of the banking house of Leroy C. Partridge it Co. Howell was an Indorser of a large amount of the bank's paper Tind Is financially ruined. Two suicides have followed the failure, one victim being Archibald Banker, of Romulus, who hanged himself from a bca m in a shed. He was a farmer, about sixty years old, and leaves a wife and one daughter. Banker bad all his savings In the bank, and sluee its failure lie had been acting very strangely. The failure was the severest calamity that ever occurred In Seneca County. The liabilities are estimated to be $250,000. The heaviest depositors were Willard State Hospital, $14,000; Seneca County. $13,000; town of Ovid, $10,000. There are about a dozen others whose deposits were above $1000 each. The failure was a direct result of the decline In farm values. Many of the mortgages held by 'the bank \\vn- taken when farina failure followed. Fire Drill* In School*. A law which has Interest for all the educationa! institutions of the State, public and private, is the Elsberg lire drill law. This makes It the duty of the Principal or other person in charge of every public or private school or educational institution within the State, having more than 100 pupils, to instruct and train the pupils by means of drills, so that they may in a sudden emergency be able to leave the school building in the shortest possible time without confusion or panic. Such drills or rapid dismissals shall be held at least once In each month. Neglect by any Principal or other person in charge of any public or private school to comply witlt the provisions of the act shall be a misdemeanor, punishable at the discretion of the court by a fine not exceeding $50. The fines collected tinder the lew are to be paid to the pension fund of the local Fire Department. where there Is such a fund. The provisions of the act do not apply to colleges or universities. Curfew at Olovernvllle. An ordinance was adopted at Gloversville compelling all children under sixteen years of age to be within doors at 0 p. m. In the summer and 8 p. m. in the winter. The ordinance was opposed by the representative of a number of citizens, who held that they had no right to make a criminal out of a child. Under the ordinance the parents are held liable with the children as disorderly persons. Aeruned of illgnmy, Killed Himself. William J. O'Neill, of Rochester, conlined in the Oswego County Jail on ti charge of bigamy, was found dead in ills cell. It Is supposed he committed suicide by taking opium. O'Neil was a Rochester hotel keeper, and went to Oswego In March. He married Miss Anna Tully. Later he was arrested and Indicted on a charge of bigamy, It being claimed that he had a wife living iu Rochester. Horde* I>le of Diphtheria. A disease which several veterinarians have diagnosed as diphtheria is prevalent among the horses of farmers living between Geneseo and Conesus Lake. The disease Is of a severe form aud none of the horses which have been attacked has recovered. Fourteen horses, belonging to various farmers, lmve died of the disease. Murder at a Wedding. John McDermott was shot and killed at a wedding in Amsterdam by Albert Vettner, the bridegroom. Vettner objected to the presence of McDermott, and ordered him out. As he did not go quickly enough to suit him, Vettner shot him. Vettner is in jail. All Arouiid the Stat*. Every house in Cuba has a tenant. North Tonawanda has a bonded debt of $720,850. Wayne County apple growers predict a light crop this year. Oliver C. Spauldlng, a farmer, residing at North Hector, committed suicide by banging. He was fifty-three years of age. Work on Olean's new union depot will begin soon. The new structure will cost $18,000. It will be of brick u}d stone. .... * \An Independent Re-J < publican Paper, j < 6. OUTER FRICK, • Editor. { | The Brightest and Best t a County Paper. J r fI.OO Per Year la Advance, f | AdTßrtlitaf Bates on AppUeatloa. |