New York Times, The (Newspaper) - April 30, 1903, New York, New York Ail the News That's Fit to Print IT HE WEATHER Fair and cooler variable winds VOL NEW YORK APRIL 30 PAGES ONE CENT In Greater New York CKr and Newark TWO CENTS ST ALL READY TO DEDICATE THE FAIR FOREST FIRES IN NEW YORK Throng of Visitors However Not Up to Expectations greeted by President Francis who had driven rapidly to the station after President Roosevelt at lion The members of the committee I and Mr Cleveland to Done in the cleared and President Francis walked through the aisles formed by the crowd and entering a carriage was lot he residence of President Francis Oov Odell of New York came in this kills and Adirondacks i Ceremonies Will Be j Visitors and Brilliant tary Companies Are on Hand attended by his staff Following j him came a train bearing a on cavalry a provisional division ot Naval Militia and a provisional j i I ST LOUIS April the eve of the i three days which will jointly 1 commemorate the Louisiana Purchase and j marl of the exposition to opened a from this city j is not overwhelmed by a multitude j laboring under any great strain of t j there is a very marked change be- the condition of to-night and the j of celebration so j far as popular participation j is going to fall far short what was pre- j It was said that there would be strangers in town and enthusiasts j insist that there are or will be but j streets not a New of are plenty of to be had at nil the hotels except ones and tlie service is woefully inadequate at all times ias not broken clown But tho fact that crowd of visitors that was expected hero has not materialized will not the interest of the bration except from a spectacular point Its features such as parades public j assemblages and pyrotechnic been planned with great prodigality The President of the Stales and the only living are Here to seen and to be heard The most ot the States of States gorgeously attired staff of- ami escorted by small and large bodies ot militia are on hand Ddell of New York being most conspicuous with his regiment of picked men of the members of President Cabinet nearly of the members nf the Diplomatic Corps a of cial Commissioners from foreign ments and high officers of the army nnd navy with from both j branches of the service make cial representation that in a measure com- pensates for tne of the vast crowd that was NEED OF UETTER FACILITIES One thing is made very clear to those who have sought good hotel tion here to-day and that is if Louis is going to take care of great sition Crowds next year a large number of first-class hotels must be built the small crowd is here now the desirable hotels are filled With an in- flux of people accommodations would have to be sought in little hotels that ordinarily well-to-do people would not pare to patronize or in the hundreds of private houses which announce their to take strangers in Experience at Chicago and Buffalo has demonstrated that exposition visitors will not put up with such Inferior accommodations Relief is in the con- struction of many large exposition tels temporary in in the neighborhood of tlie exposition grounds The visitor will of these simply for the reason that they will be near the exposition which is miles from the heart of the city and which is to be reached at the present time only by transit facilities that are abominable Infrequent and overcrowded trolley cars and very much more and less cleanly local trains over two lines of railroad are what the people here for this celebration have to depend on It is said that all this will be remedied that new tracks are to be laid arid loops and licit lines to be built Casual however seem to develop the fact that the powers that control the transportation are going to do these things only when the authorities whose it is to protect the public interest gram demands that a New York franchise grabber would blush to hint at The scene at the exposition grounds even as matters are to-day is one to anybody that the show is ing to be a magnificent one The grounds are on a wide plain It is practically de- void or shade irees but this condition is relieved by the wooded hills of Forest Park close by The grounds ire very extensive KB compared with those occupied at and Buffalo so much so that one is rather disheartened at the prospect of ing to walk about them This effect will be modified though when the great white city built and the scape gardeners have done their An army of men are employed there now The work is not far enough advanced to warrant any detailed description or cism of the exposition a whole but what accomplished gives full promise that this exposition will be ly housed RAIN MAY HAP It Is uncomfortably warm to-day Visitors from the East who came in ter flannels wearing light are casting the overcoats aside and un- buttoning their vests Straw hats arc ready being generally worn by the natives St Louis men say that this ii one of the coolest Summer cities in the country but it does not seem so Visitors listen interest when that at the exposition next Summer there Is going to be a skating rink with acres of artificial ice in it and that there will be two artificial storms each day there it will surely be a centre of The weather prophet declares to-night that great parade and exercises will be marred by a pour of rain He says he hopes his pre- diction will be fulfilled but he is afraid It will The arrival of the President late this afternoon and of Cleveland shortly afterward were the of the day They are both guests at the home of President of the ex- position w Mr Cleveland ever the Baltimore Ohio Southwestern at o'clock and a large reception committee was waiting for him The committee was not allowed to be Idle however for the train from ton bearing the members of the Diplomatic Corps which was not expected until o'clock came in thirty minutes before the committee had looked for it The diplomats were promptly taken in and escorted lo the quarters to A portion of the remained to greet Mr Cleveland whose train came in shortly after the diplomats mid driven away As he alighted he was warmly of Infantry all from New York In to the troops from New lork these arrived during the One band cers from Ohio four regiments from Missouri officers and one and band from SO officers lind men one regiment and band from Illinois officers and men one lalion and band from Oklahoma cers and men one battalion and Band from Louisiana JtM officers and Mien Oen Gomez of Cuba arrived 10 o'clock morning He heartily welcomed bv a Reception Committee escorted to the Hotel Oov Van Minnesota Gov of and Gov Mickey of eirly in the and le Oov Cummins In was attended A by a stalt numerous to make j which com squadron of cavalry iii itself who Is to deliver the invocation at the arrived late last night and was driven to the residence of Archbishop Kain whose be for the oi Chester W Chapin's Estate the Estate the Loon Lake Burned i in Other States FOR TO-DAY The order of exercises for to-morrow is as follows Hi A of lite will bo ill the Club by A military parade formed on j If A Marshal Major On Henry f west on Llndcll irand in ot will World's Fair and will be- firM ami cient will take Ills In Hie ut P Band as cr ie Arts H P R tii the Fuir Company will meeting for Tho by Introduction of Thomas of ihc by kl Mr Francis band C Potter The has put forth every effort to en- visitors and ail parts of it have lavishly decorated with flags rs and ol r-d blue and yellow bunting The York Times PORT JERVIS N Y April forest fires are raging in Sullivan County and have already caused thousands of lars of s A- big fire is burning in the forest and lake preserve at Chester W Chapin the millionaire steamboat owner of New York City and deer antelope and other animals are escape the About two-thirds of the prises acres have been over It Is reported that Chapin has offered a reward of for the conviction of the person who started the fire Flames are sweeping over the estate a short distance west of here and are being carried by the wind to the village of Glenspey where the eight children of the late George B McKenzie of New York City have fine Summer homes Large forces of men are out to the village from the scourge Many miles of woodland have been swept by flames on the Mountains east of this village The force of firefighters almost exhausted and a number of houses of the village were saved by a bucket brigade of women to-day The crept all tME way the mountainside several large areas in Pike County Penn have burned Late this afternoon a fire in the woods at Parker's Glen fourteen miles west of here and burned over an extensive area The was saved by a large force of Erie trackmen who formed a bucket brigade Social Ara York Times N April forest fires are raging in the Adirondacks and great damage is reported to the Loon Lake i Hotel property and the Rockefeller estate which covers over acres of land and upon which a of money has been expended in macadamized highways artificial ponds and camps The feller camps are located about Big Bay Pond but no damage has been done to the building Crowds are the fires and it is believed they are under control Since the disappearance of snow tho grounds have become thoroughly dried scarcely any rain fallen in the Adirondacks this Spring Many forest fires are expected if the present dry sun continues Never before forest fires been reported so early Had Been Paid on His Life by Order of the Supreme Court York limes DALLAS April man giving the Iname of A Hunf out life N Y April insurance policies in Dallas on Adirondacks Lack of and a dry wind have made the very dry and as the green leaves have not come out yet a fire Is very easily started The New York Oct -21 ISM from Capt J of the Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company of New York Two months later Hunt was reported to have perished in quicksands in the Pecos River Valley In County Texas The insurance compact not satisfied with the showing on ported death and resisted payment of life insurance A Mvs Jennie of Dallas claiming line of the Adirondack Railroad the leaves to be a sister of Hum sued the life and underbrush In the Adirondack woods ance company and got judgment The case are fire nas thus far been went 1 i Supreme of the kept In check by the labors of 175 men the regular fire wardens Chief Fire telegraphed to the to-day from Fulton Chain that the fires there were tinder control he was going on to Central has had its fire gangs at work along their line since last X Y April is said at the office of the Forest and Game that be- tween White Lake and Saranac Inn on the States and was affirmed the policies ages and the com- pany amounting to paid Two ago was notified that a man was under iirrVst at ham Ala who the claimed was Hint the accused bv the company ot an insurance swindler but declared bv friends to be dead Capt Brown from Dallas day to Birmingham to see it he could identify the prisoner as the whose life he insured in telegraphed to M K Locke the company's Dallas at- torney that the identification was com- and that the prisoner will at once be brought Dallas TO RAILWAY CHARTER to Proceed n Sonthern V lo 1 e York Tints Texas April J Storey Chairman of the State Railroad sion said to-day that a public hearing would be called on a petition ing the commission to direct the Attorney General to institute suit to forfeit the charter of the Gulf West Texas and Pacific Railroad Company which Is a Southern Pacific property The charges against the company are that it has not compiled the ments of its granted in by special act of the Legislature which vided that it should build a certain number of miles of road each year until It had ex- to San Antonio Austin and FIRES IN MICHIGAN Town of Onaway Threatened with De- and Life Endangered ONAWAY Mich April fires threaten the destruction of the city In every direction tne woods ablaze of citizens fought the flames last night to keep them from the and plant of the Lobdell Bailey Company The lumber camps are by fire and it is feared that there loss of life A high wind from the southwest prevails Log trains were kept busy all night irg in people rescued from lire along the track Residents of part of the city are moving for safety The smoke is so dense as to be suffocating and the sun's dimly through it a vellow shadow and i embers fill the air Unless rain fall's will be serious G R E AIN El It Is Raging in the Region Between Moose and Dead Rivers Special The Me April enormous cloud of has been spreading like a pall over the Upper Valley all and rapidly working The all through Company PRINCE HENRY'S BEAUTY WEDS Milwaukee Whom Prince Millie Famous with HU a Bride Special to York Times Wis April Geneva Dolan whom Prince Henry Is said to have considered the roost beautiful man he met in America was St John's Cathedral to-day to Anthony J Romadka Rev Father Keogh officiating The bride entered the church on the arm o her father Miss Krilt was maid of honor and Francis J Romadka best The ceremony was followed by a the Club After the wedding trip Mr and Mrs Romadka will make their home at Thirty-fifth Place and I Grand Boulevard Chicago WEED DIVORCE TRIAL of Decree in Connecticut Tim York Times April the Court Judge William S nit for divorce instituted by Samuel A iri the immensity of smoke cloud Mid the direction in which it Is traveling it A that a tremendous forest fire is somewhere in the region between River and Dead River probably In which devastated twenty-five years ago From the top of found breathing difficult at times to-day to the smoke In the air The smell of burning pine de- and this indicates that the fire is in a virgin forest Lack telephone and telegraph facilities makes it impossible to exactly locate the tire to-night but Irom all can be learned the flames are over a tract about forty miles There has little rain this I siring In any part of Maine and the woods are as dry as in midsummer BLIZZARD NORTHWEST Heavy Snowstorms in Several States j and a Big Drop in Temperature DULUTH Is ex- a snowstorm several days of warm Spring weather It commenced raining last j to snow this morning j INDEX TO DEPARTMENTS Commercial 11 Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town 7 business 7 Court 31 Insurance Legal in Losses by Intelligence and Foreign Page 7 New 13 Real H Society J 11 Weather 3 Yesterday's 2 Bottled at the Famous Poland Adv Tine Century Limited IP the Niw Vork train between York Chicago Saves a Samuel i In of a Dakota divorce The defendant left Mr obtained a decree in kola and married Charles Francis Bates their children the couple now live I in N J The only witness examined to-day was j Mr He testified as to the date of his marriage with the defendant and told of household over the friendly calls of Mr Bates He said that Mrs Weed had left in December 1804 and produced two letters which he had received after she had left him In which she stated her intention of never living with him again and re- preached him for jealousy and cruelty Mr I Weed he had been I with papers In the Dakota suit but had not j defended Natural Spring Water No Need for Anxiety Tlis Pennsylvania line to and the West is protected by the latest automatic signal apd 1 WEST SUPERIOR April worst blizzard of the year has been raging since early morning There is a strong gale of Wind and snow lias been falling steadily this morning was 7 de- grees below the freezing point I S D April has been i falling here since early morning with i Fruit buds and in the western part of the State with the temperature below freezing point The dropped Ki degrees In There is much danger oi fruit Weather predictions for to-night are rain snow and colder LINCOLN Neb April blizzard ex- tending over the entire western part of the State set to-day and still continues Trains on the Burlington the northwest are delayed The snow west and north of Broken Bow is two inches deep CHEYENNE Wyo April storm which began yesterday continued with fury to-day The has fallen almost to zero and heavy losses of sheep are ex- as shearing has been going on for two weeks TEXAS Windstorm at Clarendon Does erable to Crops lo The York Times DALLAS Texas April fell in many sections of the Panhandle of- Texas to-day The weather all over Texas has suddenly turned unusually cold for this season and damage to crops is ex- result More snow in the handle Is predicted for to-night It as far south Antonio and hail fell there rain The unseasonably cold weather has alarmed the farmers and it is the general opinion that crops of all kinds will be seriously injured weather comes soon The fall of snow in Texas with May nearly at hand is regarded as a weather freak A windstorm at Clarendon at S o clock this morning wrecked stores and unroofed houses and serious There wen no fatalities The rain about Dallas fat has done good Tha farmers they heavy and warm sunny weather after them ROSE DIVORCE Will File In District Court of lena to Marry Again tu The Times HELENA April mond Marie Sullivan known to the rical world as Rose Coghlan will file a suit tor divorce in the district court here morrow Her attorney is First Assistant Attorney General P W Metier Miss is playing here to-night said flu and her husband have not lived together for five years and that she n residence here a year ago Asked If she was going to marry again Miss Coghlan Not me I've had enough of it for one woman When get my maiden name back again I am lo keep it TO FIGHT TRUST Pledge of for Houses Given by Stock Men in the Country The York Times DENVER April W Springer President of Live Stock said to-day that the stock men of country have already pledged to a co-operative company that 1 will establish a chain of independent ing plants In the event that beef trust is formed Mr Springer who has taken the lead -In the agitation of stockmen for combination to prevent control of the price of cattle by the packers says that the stock inter- ests will have a working capital ot times that packers com- it should come to a with available it to build independent packing plants at Omaha Kansas Joseph Denver and Salt Lake City and possibly In Chicago HARVARD STUDENTS PROTEST Action Taken by the Bursar Leads to an Indignation Meeting CAMBRIDGE Mass April or three hundred Harvard men gathered in Sanders Theatre this afternoon to a call for a mass meeting to test the action of the college in seizing a large number of signs which adorned the walls of college rooms Some of the leaders in the movement made speeches which were brief but to the point denouncing the part taken by Bursar as high handed geous and most radical ism on record It was filially voted to appoint a com- ol five to consider the matter at ind report its recommendations at a second which its members are authorized to call The committee was appointed a session at tlie close of the but did not come to any decision OBJECTION TO It the of Salem By a Special o SALEM Mass April monument offered by Frederick Aver of New York in honor of ancestors who were banished from Salem because they were has stirred up not a tle opposition among certain of the older residents They admit that the work Is beautiful Irom an artistic standpoint but declare that much as Mr Ayer may wish to honor his ancestors it is too much to expect them to allow him to present the ancient of Salem in the guise of a wild beast statue represents a man struggling a- tiper who has attacked a woman tiie using the tiger to impersonate is very in favor of accenting the as It is and de- clared to-night that SO per cent of the people of the city were also in favor of it BIG COELOSTAT FOR ST LOUIS tor to Go to tlie Fair -0 The York Times PITTSBURG Penn Jan John Brashear of Allegheny last night an- that the completed for the Smithsonian Washington D C would in a few weeks be sent to St Louis where the United States Government will have it mounted for at the big fair The instrument which Is built on a new basis of construction Is technically known as a is and ment of its kind ever constructed and will primarily for the study of Solar such as sun storms trum work and other phenomena PEREZ 1 STEWART IS Mr Cantor Dismisses tendent of Buildings j Borough President Gives No Reason for S Thompson pointed but May Be Ineligible frequent trouble had occurred in his oe I the calls of Mr I other believed to have been seriously Injured TOPEKA Knn April re- at the government Weather Bureau here to-day snow falling Extract of Vanilla Beans warranted While the limited otters convenience of office or club A reports and comfortable Adv Four million In bond the of Adv FIRE CHIEF CASE It Was Argued Before the Court of Appeals by His Counsel ALBANY case of Department Chief Edward F Croker of York City who was duty last August by Fire Commissioner argued before the Court of Appeals day Croker Is appellant from the the Appellate Division of an order of Special Term to compel his reinstatement The main contention of his counsel John J Delany is that he practically pended from the force without a hearing eatest Natural Water Great Adv All the Sound serve Portsmouth N H Ale and Si out Bock Harris Agenti 82 Cortlandt at N Perez M Stewart Superintendent of Buildings in the Borough of Manhattan was peremptorily removed Irom office by Borough President Cantor No charges were preferred against Mr and that his removal was for political reasons Up days ago he says Mr Cantor declared sonally that he was satisfied with his of- course Some leaders of the Greater New York Democracy declared last the re- moval of Mr Stewart was made because during last three has fried to cultivate the friendship of those ful in Tammany Hall Secretary Ceorge Biake of the Bo President's office appeared at the Avenue Hotel last evening and gave out such facts as Mr Cantor desired to make public to the case was made that Henry S Thompson formerly of the rett Construction Company had beWi pointed to succeed Mr Stewart The question arose at once as to whether Mr was eligible Section 403 of Greater New York charter gives the qualifications of the Superintendent of Buildings saying the President of the Bor- ough of Manhattan is authorized to appoint such Superintendent who shall be a com- petent architect or builder of at least ten years experience The assertion was made last night that Mr Thompson would be ineligible to serve because he has had only years ex- in building operations His first is said was with the of Thompson Adams The partnership was terminated by the suicide of Mr Adams Subsequently Mr son became connected with the Starrett Company He served as Treasurer for two and a half years and during that time -had control finances of the company while the building operations were in charge of the other members of the concern Secretary Blake however Insisted that Mr Thompson has had eleven years ex- but could not at the time give specific Information concerning that ure of his career The that there was any dis- agreement between President Cantor and the Superintendent of ings came at tile the Greater York Democracy held less than a month ago Charges were made then in the secret session that Superintendent Stewart had been partial to certain in Tammany Hall There was a heated debate and charges were made that Borough President Cantor was not the of the Greater New York Democracy with the political considerations which they de- John C Sheehan took a inent part in this It was said last evening that for more than six months Mr Sheehan has been trying to effect the removal of Stewart because he would not favor friends of the leader of Greater New York Democracy Soon after this meeting Mr Stewart re- moved from Chief Inspector Thomas O McGill No charges were made public against Mr McGill but for several months there was serious discord between the of the Blinding Department in ence to matters which they would not dis- cuss in public One ot the reasons why Superintendent Stewart was removed from office was given last evening friends of the deposed official They said that at a ner given in Chief Alton B Parker Superintendent Stewart Invited to the banquet Charles F the leader of Tammany Hail and Randolph i ex-President of the Borough of Manhattan Mr Stewart explained to the leaders of New York Democracy that his only In inviting these men was to have politicians of all shades of opinion present to show that it was a real harmony dinner and make it a substantial I ment of Judge Parker for President It j also was asserted that Mr invited Alderman P but he de- i nied having extended an invitation to the 1 nephew of the east side Congressman Several members of tile Greater New i York Democracy declared last there was mere back of the removal of i made Mr Stewart was seen in his apartments in the Nevada at Seventieth and Broadr He was surrounded by many friends whom to tell why he had been removed All he would say for was as I saw Borough President Cantor o.n Tuesday morning nt just dropped in upon him any tion or appointment Much to my surprise suggested ot account he said of out- side he could not stand that I should resign I asked him if he had any find with the ment 1 control and he said None 1 said I have to consider his request for my resignation due consideration believing and thai thel Bureau nf Buildings had been administered to the benefit and 1 made up my mind that not resign 1 talked to some ol my friends and they told me to stick to my decision 1 notified Mr Cantor and this afternoon I was afforded another to Secretary Blake of urged me to do so but I declined to retreat from and was removed ail there is to It 11 What outside influences were working against asked I do not care to discuss that matter Perhaps Borough President Cantor said is true and that could not siand friends of Siewart made many about the political Issues in- They declared lhat Mr Stewart had refused to give advantages which they called graft to the members of the Greater New York Democracy They said superintendent Stewart had treated all politicians alike Another statement was made in reference to the filling of the vacancy In the office of Chief Inspector of the Department held bv Mr McGill John C Sheehan It was asserted wanted one of his personal friends named for the place because of the power It would In the supervision large building operations Some of Mr Stewart's friends said that his removal was due to a discussion which he had several months ago with Mr Adams law partner of Borough President Poland first amung nature's Adv All Western Health are on or reached via the Rock Inland California Hot Springs Ark Tickets and berths at uptown bl ond Filth AV also at 401 Cantor Mr Stewart was asked to do a i certain favor but he declined Mr Adams I reported to have said that it would not be long before Mr Stewart would be looking a job Instead of giving jobs away SOUGHT HIS RETENTION It was learned last evening that the men who became interested in the Stewart ter and keep him In office were Street Cleaning Commissioner Woodbury Commissioner De Forest of the Tenement House Commission B McDonald of the subway company Oswald G lard who was consulted in the matter said last Mr Stewart's administration of the Building Department Has been thoroughly honest and competent and the best which the city has had for many years In talking over the matter with Mr Cantor he said that he knew nothing which would -in any way reflect on Mr Stewart's personal In- Mr Cantor if he wants to justify the removal of Mr Stewart will have to make public facts which will justify his action Whether the fact that Mr Cantor has been an independent Democrat and as such has attended a State Convention justified Mr I Stewart's removal will have to be decided in the future i President Robert E Dowling of the den Club who was sponsor for Mr Stewart when he was appointed Superintendent oi Buildings said last evening that President Cantor was fully justified in the removal of the Superintendent Mr Dowling Since he taken office Mr Stewart's actions have not been such as to satisfy his friends who placed him in of flee There are many reasons why Borough President Cantor should have taken the action he did to-day In the statement given out last night by Secretary Blake Mr Thompson was de- clared to be one of the foremost builders and business men in the city who until a j year ago the senior member of the i Company and who lives at the Hotel Marie Antoinette way and Sixty-sixth Street which building he constructed and owns The statement says that Mr Thompson's references were Moses Taylor Pyne a Di- i rector of the National City Bank and of the Delaware Western road John K Borne President of the i Trust Company James W ander President of the Equitable surance Society Henry A C Taylor I E Dowling President of the Tilden Club c C Cuyler Morgan Aymer Sands of the firm of Bowes Sands George S Victor Johnson President of the United Slates Realty and Construction Company John D Rockefeller Jr W H Russell of Clinton Russell Anton Raven President of the Atlantic Mutual D S Walton William S J Sloane Francis Burton Harrison the Congressman and others Hie statement ended by saying that Mr Thompson has erected many prominent buildings in this city and some for ton University that he is a native Xew and belongs to some of the leading club ot the city Mr graduated from bia College In and has been engaged in business as a contractor and builder for fifteen years He has been active in local politics and always as an independent Democrat In 1 supported the Gold Democracy and but in swung into line and voted for His hardest political fight was for the Assembly In when he defeated Robert Mazet Republican and S C many Mr Mazet had indorsement of i thp National and Democrats After a bitter fight the Republican date was defeated and Mr received tht certificate of election from the district contest was carried up to the Court of Appeals and it was there declared that Stewart had been elected In he a renomination In he was by the Citizens Union and in- by Tammany Robert Mazet was Hie Republican candidate and Mr easily Soon after Mr Stewart became tendent of he began an tion of the theatres of New York He de- clared that several of were lire and that their was In violation if the building laws He found in several of the theatres shops and places tor the manufacture of things Mr Stewart asserted that in case of fire and loss of life he would be held ble and lie forced the theatrical to make many charges In their houses crusade stalled by to place fire escapes on many public arid private buildings TO 95 KILLED Disaster Visits a Mining Town in Alberta Province Various Theories On th Cause of Explosion Whole Top of Mountain Slides Into the of Flood from Dam Formed by the Rock Detention Stations to be Opened on the Canadian at Malone N Y The Tima WASHINGTON de- stations for Chinamen will soon be Aliened an the One of them at X Y will be opened in ten days The others will at Burlington Portal X D and Sumas The of mark a th new stations will it- the rhinese business The dian Kailway will immigration places all The Chinamen trying to come through company has agreed that ill to be deported will be immediately returned to steamers for shipment to China has a head tax o on men arriving and bin a period of about three months in It nan been the custom of in charge of Chinamen to them al long to avoid the head tax but to coach the wily Orientals with to be told the immigrant they irc and to entrance as citizens The men have so coached with these stories that hundreds of them have been admitted at Malone Burlington and elsewhere During January and March Chinamen applied tor admission at Canadian border points on the ground they won born in this country Of number The has ordered outfits 01 the and is to them in the Chinese port ol entry come to the States will be supplied the officials intend to ask to the Chinese exclusion laws Vs to the on ground of citizens their oi re the of proof the lo fail the Government It Is AV 10 Government the to The VANCOUVER B C April persons are dead as a result oi a mysterious explosion which tore off the top of Turtle Mountain the little town of Frank in the Province of berta early this morning Great masses of rock were hurled down Into the valley OL the Old Man's Creek sweeping away the works at the coal mines on the side ot the mountain and demolishing in the town below Many ot the inhabitants were killed In their the men at the works were all killed and fifteen the seventeen men in the mine escaped by way through debris which choked an opening leading from the main shaft There is danger to-night that flood will add to the disaster The rock lias a great dam behind which the waters OL the creek have been piling up and it be let loose it is not doubted that the entire town would be swept away A gang of men is working on this dam ever and it is hoped thai before morning a will be up for the creek and that the town will be saveo Frank Is a town ot about inhabitants on the line of the branch of the Canadian Pacific Hallway uver row's Xest Pass It lies at the entrance to the canyon and the French Canadian Coal Company has been the coal deposits in Turtle months A dispatch just received from Prank states that at o'clock this town was with terrific force ana was shocked Ly loud reports and Houses threatened to topple In the rocking motion Instantly the town was afoot and soon the shouting 1 were running to and fro gled with wails of injured and showed that a catastrophe of had taken place a time nothing was seen but dense clouds of black smoke with balls darting here and there across the dis- turbed section As soon as the first smoke cleared away it was seen lhat the side and lop v-1 the mountain at tiie back of town had off An immense upheaval of about by two miles long hud taken place and what before was a iws denly a huge mountain of The the from the mountain was north and northeasterly ami in limestone as this of the country is all limestone The side of the mountain on which the working nothing but rock As to the cause or nature of tho sion many theories ar- advanced some a- it was due to gas others lhat :t was of limestone and others declaring it- was a volcanic The of country up by would 10 color to the idea that there was an for a mile or so but no till was blown up The mining company has cottages in which its and others town live one whole row of lages together with every them was totally destroyed remarkable directly in line f the and company's und plum plant being also A or so Canadian Pacific tracks is also torn up rails are and in ail of The road could never be built u there again roar from the is s at times deafening and the ro and panic stricken lor o outbreak Nearly collage in Is vacant the a small have b method held I Men at Westinghouse Works May j Go Out and Delay World's Fair j Contracts York I April meeting will be J to-morrow night to decide whether men employed by the house Electric find Manufacturing Com- pany at their East plant shall 50 or a Tne members of the I IMS Union charge discrimination against members by trix company The deny this Should the strike lake i place II will be biggest that In Pittsburg since the steel strike and labor that the Company has had In twelve The call for the meeting was issued from the headquarters ot the I I the employes of company de- cide unon a strike the entire electrical plant at East Pittsburg will probably be closed down This will be a great back to many contracts the most im- portant of which Is the electric apparatus fur tlie St Louis Exposition The Company has for all electrical work in oil the buildings and the bulk of the work is being done at tlie East Pittsburg plant If the strike comes the opening of the St Ex- position may be delayed For the Pall Mall London Cigarettes miles distant organized and and res i ried on biu any the missing family of Sam innis a escape Their cottage was the second from the end crash began superhuman effort he to himself out of and other the family While all shaken up and ins from bruises they are thankful to alive escape of two of A were taken out of the ruins almost Mr and Sirs and were all dead Many Scenes as other bodies ure takers out from tlie debris No Better Way to Buffalo than the new Pullman cars Dining car service Tickets aad LISo DETAILS OF Another Account from Vancouver Tells of the Slide of Mountain Top April whelmed by countless rock this morning shortly after 4 o'clock and with probably of its inhabitants killed almost instantly the little mining town of in Southwestern Alberta is threatened with complete destruction by flood to-night Old Man's Creek which flows through the centre of the town is up by rock to the height of nearly 100 feet and the entire above the town is Hooded for miles A big body of water is pressing wilh force upon the dam the protection the town uf Frank now has less inn river shall find another channel Should the Impromptu dam break tlie luge would be swept A large force of men has been at work trying to create a new channel lhat the dammed up water oi the Old Man's Creek may be run off The men will work the night and it is hoped that
