I Lasso: Life in New ymy NEW YORK, October Iring'lit people were either burned to .. oath or “floated in gafiwhich partialiy dangled the Htisree story and attic inns: tenement house. 45 a 4512 - ester , . " street. ea rod! . The dead are: fiah‘ggig £3?“ 33:31:51? SASSthitgity-5ix years old. ‘ ’ * ‘ , . ineen. 3 ,. . LENA sass. nine. ““‘wmw’! : MORRIS SASS, two. ‘ AIRS. HOROWITZ. forty-six. ROSA LEWIS. fiftv—two. MENDEL STR.»\U§S. sixty. SAKUEL STRAUSS. twenty. Mary Murphy. forty. was burned about the back. while escap- ing. and was taken to the hospital. ‘ The fire was discovered shortly after i :30 o’clock. by the janitor of the bnihlings. He ran out into the hall to find it ablaze. His shouts aroused the others in the house.— hit! the flames had already gained Serve headway. and few of those in the imiiding had time to save themselves by the stairs. Policeman Hunt. oi the Eidridge street station. saw the fire. and turned in an alarm. He then ran back to the building to assist in getting out the inmates. The flames. however. cut off escape in the lower from part of ihe buildings. and Hunt w“ unable to get in. 3 (Continued on Page Four.) Message from Emperor of China. WASHlNGTON. October iyabiinister Wu called upon the presideni, this morning. Upon leaving the \N‘hitc House. the mfinis- W m . . ,. ter said that he had conveyed to the president. a message mm T 7—. am» * k M" “‘5’" 9‘- 3” . . . a : y . 'the Emperor of China. thanking President McKinley for the can» 065:? “£0“ M 3“- “ "‘ W“ W‘“ I 2 ' ‘ A“ ‘ sideraiion shot-kn by the United State. during the Chinese trouble. mm 3&2: . _ ” .. 5 The minister also brought a despatch from Shanghai. from the southern vieeroys. stating that the imperial party had reached Tong Roan. only a few miles from Simon Fu, the new capitai. on the Hill. instant. Referring to thereport from Pekin lhal the edict for the pun— ishment of certain Chinese ofiicials had been forged. Minister \Vn said such a story was preposterous. and would receive no credence whatever If any one should ifisue a iaise decree of that character, . it wonid be very easy. in- said. “to ascennin his identity. and he use mm up unit he ‘ certainly would be beheaded." “m r II! .____..._.. ' ___._.__... Wfiemofixnmwdtl 1.3:...“ m . 7 . ...~ y, ,W,W~ mm..." , 3......" . Mr. Deming Rebukes a Director. . ' , ‘ ~ “— NEW HAVEN. October ly—«Tlie twenty—ninth annnal meet- , W m 3‘ m “I!” 3% ing of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com- 3 fit gaunt-Wm m? pan}: was held at the general office building in this city. today. The M m, m 3“,; by em proceedings. ordinarily oi the simplest routine character. were en- tie ulcers: lircned today. by something of a sensation. tfiorded by a speech by ' WW 5— KIWI Mr. Clarence Deming. of New. Haven. the well-known journalist. WWA We!» who in his capacity as a stockholder. look occasion to administer. in at a“ C. Whaler. John 3. Hum an earnest speech. a rebuke to one of the most prominent directors 2 or m M» of the company. ' ‘ The incident developed when the president called for a vote :01" directoriz. M r. Deming was on his feet instantly. He spoke as ' 0 0V??? in! ; iii xli 1:, ll ill .1 ll gm! .l il 2‘ Hill ,. 1 gr! ‘mil iléfilfi ; If” E (Continued on ?age Eight} Trunk of Man’s M in a BM. IzYNN. Mass.. October iy-The trunk of a man‘s body. with 2:21:21 and legs severed. has been found in a bag. at Floating Bridge i . The bag was taken from the water by jamcs English and, Rider Jam-e5 Torrance. who saw it in the pond. as they were passing over ‘» the bridge. The sack was a large afiair. sewed strongly at the top and bottom. but with coarse meshes. so that its ghastly contents could be seen. Apparently it contained the headless body of a man of :60 pounds weight. . -m m ’ Th 'il‘he head had heft-n en:1 off at the Sgfiiders. amid was missing. in!“ W~ e .weregone omit-knees,“ annsasohailbeencni m t: 7 “’M- 3 her he '5 "‘D A "Rflv Tm" off. 1%: police were called. and the b3 , unopened, was taken to 3:39. not. Guru 3...; a Ema... the city morgue to await the arrival of e coroner. ' ’ uni-«prism . . ., “mm-”WW BmanCommgtoConnechan . NEW HAW EN. October 17—Aiexander Troop announced to- , _ Grem’: Point. , day; that William 1. Bryan will probably come to Connecticut the D‘s-man's [we luncheon: In urn latter part of this month. It is proposed that Mr. Bryan shah leave 0i. all W W t W tine ‘3 '5‘ New York at 8 o‘clock. on the morning of October 27 and through to Bridgeport. to Waterbury. to Hartford. to Mei-idea, to few Hav— en. and probably back to Bri§eport for the evening. The national chairman. r. lanes, has approved of this plan. and ii it does not conflict with the plans of Mr. Hearst. president oi thedNational Bemocratic Clubs. it is expected that the trip will be ma e. Ex-PosMsier General Wilson Dead. LEXINGTONVL October I7—EX~PW General ‘Wii- liam I... Wiison died sndenly. this morning. at 10 o'clock. . m. lilili i islllii
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