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Fatal Burning of the VAlvord H0-
tel at Glov'crsville, N. Y.
MANY THRILLING ESCAPES
Flames Spread With: Great Rapidity
And llIany of the Guests “'ho Were
'Asleep Had to Flee in Their Night
Robes.
.Gloversville, ‘N. Y., Feb. 2.—The Al-
' word House, one of Gloversville’s oldest.
landmarks, as well as the largest hotel
In. Fulton County, was totally destroy-
rad by fire yesterday morning and five
masons are thought to have perished:
The following are missing.
Henry C. Day, a wealthy and promi«
191311; businessman of Gloversville, 11 ho
resided at the hotel. .
a bell boy, named Rupert.
E. C. Kimball; wife and daughter, of
tndianapolis, Ind.
The Alvord was a. magnificent five-
story brick structure. For 01 er a quar-
ter of a century it had been widely
known throughout the country, as it
was a' popular resort, and among its
patrons were many glovemen and the—
31:11 a] people, who for many years
have made .it their home while stop-
‘ pine; in this city. , ..
’} .Ie conflagration, which started
abut 7 o’clock, was one of the largest
In the history of the city, and its de-
structive' work was complete. The
building burned with almost incredible
rapidity, and the fierceness with which
the roaring flames devoured the big
building caused the thousands of spec-
tators to shudder with horror at the
iliought that some of the many in—
mates would be unable to escape from .
{he fiery furnace. At this season busi-
aess here is unusually large, and it is
anderstood that nearly every room in
the building was occupied.
Elindlay Morrow, a traveling sales-
.nan Qer'J. & J. Dorn, wooden ware
manufacturers, of Albany, was awak-
. sued by the strong odor of smoke.
Springing out of bed, Mr. Morrow
:aught up his trousers and rushed to
die doorway, but was driven back,
almost blinded and. suffocated by the
black mass which filled the corridors
1nd rolled in dense clouds into his
room. Abandoning everything else, he
lumped, landing safely in the snow.
Al woman, clad only in her night
:fi‘ess, and standing erect 011 the nar-
row cornice four stories above the
ground, was watched with bated
oreath by the crowd below. J. C.
Strauss, of the firm of Levi St1auss &
30., occupied a room on the third story
at: the hetel, directly over the kitchen.
He had. risen and dressed when the
ador. of smoke reached him. He opened
the door, roused his wife and hastened
10. the stairway to see if it was pass-
able. Finding escape there impossible
i112 rushed back to his room, and, with
11s wife, a brave little woman, stepped
Il'llt of the window on the narrow ledge,
or, cornice, along which they walked
31mm about the centre of the west wall
{10' the northwest extremity, where they
stood ten or fifteen minutes, awaiting
the rescuers. By that time the hook
and ladder truck had reached the'scene
of action, and a ladder'was hastily ad-
iusted, down which Mrs. Strauss was
assisted.
E. G. Lambert, a Chicago glove buy—
er. who had a room on the second floor,
Zumped from a second-story window on
Dayadutta street and broke his right
arm, besides receiving internal injuries.
He was taken to the Nathan Littauer
flospital. Two men, whose names
sould not. be learned, jumped from a
window in the front or the building,
and. one of them struck a wire and
turned a somersault before he struck
the ground, but escaped injury. His
companion also got out safely.
It“ is not definitely known how the
are started, but it is certain that it
started near the laundry, either from a
stove. in that part of the building, or
also from the boiler exploding. The
nitchen employees were the first to see
the flames.
'RASCALS‘ siIL'I. WORKING.
Fist-armed Pension Attorneys Taken Un-
der the Wings of Congressmen.
Washington, Feb. 2.—Blacklisted and
disbarred pension attorneys who have
been forbidden to do business with
the Pension Bureau are giving Com-
missioner H- Clay Evans 3. world of
worry. Various Congressmen, Sena.-
tors and influential men throughout the
country have taken some of these un-
welcome gentlemen under their wing,
and the result is they are flourishing
in the 'very face. of the Pension Com-
uiissioner.
“Some of these rascals are slick poli-
{zicians and are useful to certain mem-
é-bers of- Congress,” said Commissioner
Evans. “The Congressmen take them
under their protection, and they keep
on in business, swindling the poor and
gnorant at every turn. I got a. letter
from one of them the other day. 'It’s
true I’ve been disbarred,’ he wrote, ‘but
i am doing better, getting more cases_
and making more money than I ever
did before.’
“These fellows owe allegiance to
neither God, man nor the Pension De-
gartment, and .I am powerless."
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$5,000,000 Left for Charities.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2.—Another great
fortune amounting to about $5,000,000,
amassed by a. Philadelphian, is ulti-
‘mtely' destined to found a charitable
as educational institution. The late
:‘lndrew M. Moore, a millionaire distill-
‘ 2r, thus disposed of this sum. His will
has been filed for prObate, but the pro-
<acisions cannot become operative be-
(are two of his sons have filed caveats
against its admittance.
Blizzard 1?. the West.
Ehicago, Feb. 2.——Reports from va-
rious towns in Michigan, Northern
"Wisconsin and nothern India. tell of a.
severe blizzard raging in that section
of the country. The wind is blowing
g9. gale and huge, snowdr1fts are being
piled in the highways. All trains are
more or less delayed, and in some
towns street railway traffic has been
r:ntircly suspended.
_ The report from Marquette, Mich"
,states that the storm on ,the lake is
fearful, and that waves are-breaking.
completely over Picnic "Rocks, some-
thing that they have not done in
scam,
I GIIISTLY BEGUM.
How- Fifty Thousand Lives .
Were Lost.» That “Might
HaVe Been'saved.
More than a hundred thousand die
annually of consumption in the. United
States. and a careful classification has
revealed the startling fact. that fully
fifty thousand of these cases are caused
by catarrh in the head. and had no
known connection with hereditary
cases. A large share of these cases
might have been cured. Many of
those afflicted with this terrible dis-
ease were in the morning of life, and
theirvoung hearts, now cold in con-
sumptive’ s grave, struggled hard
against the enemy that laid them low.
Qatari h is a discharge of fluid form the
Schneideri ian memb1ane, which lines
the nasal fossae and extends to the
difl'erent cavities'connecting with the
nose. Symptoms of this disease are
as follows: In most. cases, after a. suc-
cession of colds, there is noticed an
increased discharge from the nose, and
especiall1 into the throat during the
night, and there may be at first, or if
not. there is sooner or later, more or
less pain experienced in the nose, fore-
head, cheeks and e1es. Generally, if
the disease be not arrested, the dis-
charge becomes ofiensive, the sense of
smell. is grafluall1 impaired, and in
some cases finally lost; the pain in the
forehead increases, or beecmes more
constant; and distressing, the eyes be-
come weak, watery and painful; the.
SIght becomes more or less impaired; a
constant has king or spitting becomes
necessary to clean the throat, a trouble-
some couch supei venes, and if the dis-
ease continues, perhaps deafness, dizzi-
ness and various other unpleasant
symptoms are liable to arise.
At any stage in this disease Califor-
nia Catarrh Cure will arrest its pro-'
gress and effecting positive and perma-
nent. cure, save the sufferer from a con-
sumptive’ s grave. It. is the new antl-
septic treatment by the only scientific
method is safe, sure, and immediately
efi'ective. Its success is proved by hun-
dreds of cures in Norwalk. Sold by all
drug0 ists; 50 cents; three times as much,
one dollar.
BI r TERV COLD WAVE.
Storms and Zero “'eatlicr All
Over the Country.
York, Feb. 2. Still colder
is promised for to-day after
terday‘s blizzard, of .which New
21-218 felt only the edge. Its main
' 1: 11115:, expended upon the New
.. “:‘anrl States, althoughfits icy breath
:.:~::. nded over New York. New Jersey,
«‘1 Iznecticut Pennsylvania and as far
‘\.'1-st as Michigan.
Shipping suffered severely, especially"
in Glom estei, Mass, whe1e twelve fish-
ing vessels were smashed to pieces,
many craft of all descriptions were
partially wrecked and eighteen lives
11cm lost
Boston was cut of *“‘f1 om all communi-
cation with the outside 11011d. save by
cable to London. for hours yesterday,
and great damage was caused there
by the heavy snowfall.
In St. Paul and Detroit, the mercury
has dropped below zero, and at Duluth,
Minn, it is down to 12 degrees below
zero.
At I’Vhite River, Can., just north of
Lake Superior, the inhabitants are
having weather of the frigid sort. The
mercury there has gone to 48 degrees
below zero.
Freezing weather covers the entire
country except aIOng the South Atlan-
tic and'Gulf States.
Big Snow
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vi. 1'
Boston Snow Bound.
"Worcester, Mass, Feb. 2.—Nol3 since
the memorable blizzard of Marchlz,
1888, has this section been so complete-
ly snow-bound. Business .yesterday
was practically suspended, and .the
streets in most parts of the city were
impassable. It has snowed continuous-
ly for twenty-four hours. Thereisan
average of two.feet of snow on a level,
and the wind has made drifts from
ten to fifteen feet high.
Boston was completely blockaded
yesterday. Only two or‘ three street
cars were running on Washington
street. and railroad communication is
practically shut off. Over 200 horses
were killed by falling trolley wires and
by exhaustion Monday night,_ and their
carcasses were lying in the streets
yesterday, most of them being on Tre—
mont and Washington streets, and in
East» Boston. N0 fatalities or accis
dents have been reported up to noon.
Eighteen Sailors Drowned.
Gloucester, Mass, Feb. 2.——The «storm
at Gloucester was one of the worst in
a. great many years, and the damage
which lies in its wake will foot up high.
About 1,000 fishing and other vessels
were wholly or partly wrecked. About
twelve of- these were wholly" wrecked.
Eighteen lives are said to have been
lost, and there may be twelve more
which have gone down on missing ves-
sels. A great number of vessels were
driven ashore and more or less injured,
but succeeded in getting off again.
There was no railroad cOnnection
with Boston or outside towns until 6
o’clock last evening.
Coated with ice and looking like small
Icebergs, a fleet of steam and sailing
vessels came into this port yesterday.
The black hulls were in most cases
changed to white. Masts and rigging
were ice- c-oated and the decks were
simply skating rinks, on which it was
almost impossible for the shlps' ofliceis
or crews to get about.
. There is a large fleet of steamships
overdue, and it is believed that their
delay is due to the storm. The Kaiser
Wilhelm II. of the North German
Lloyd Company should have arrived
here two days ago from Gibraltar. She
has not been heard from. The South-
ery, from Havre, should have reached
port three days ago, and the Galileo
three days ago. Vessels from Southern
ports report good weather until after
bassing Cape Hatteras.
Quakers Did-afiscape.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2.—The snow and
wind storm of yesterday was one of the
most severe experienced in this section
since the big blizzard. All trains were
behind time, and several casualties
were reported, but no one of. any grav-
lty. The storm was severely felt
throughout Eastern Pennsylvania. Two
Reading Railroad freight trains crash-
ed together near Tamaqua- darnolish-
lng both engines and injuring the fire-
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