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The Norfolk Weekly News Journal
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iDavcnport Suffers Property
j Loss of 700000
MAD RACE WITH THE FLAMES
Twenty Blocks Burned In a Brief
Space Dry Goods Store at Sioux
City Bursts Into Flames Llscomb
Creamery Burns Caused by Sun
Davenport la July 2C Flro laid
Hvasto an area ot sawmill ami resi
dence property hero last night equal
to 20 ordinary city blocks The flames
started at 230 p m In sonio big piles
ot kindling wood belonging to tho
Itock iBland Fuel company on tho
levee A brisk breozo carried Jho
flames directly across tho lmmonso
lumber yards of Welrhausor Denk
mann which were soon a seething maBs
of flames Tho spread ot tho flro was
bo rapid that tho workmen barely had
time to desert tho yard some losing
their coats and dinner palls Tho
flames pushed their way Into tho ad
Joining residence district closely Bot
tled with mid Ho class homes of an
average value of a few thousand dol
lars each from which the occupants
cscapGd only with their lives and tho
clothing on their backs Over 50
homes wore thus burned some of them
tenements resulting In 100 families be
ing rendered homeless Others do
Berted their homes In tho threatened
district Vacant houses all over town
are filled with furniture removed from
tho Imperilled district Tho firo was
fought heroically by tho flro depart
ment of Davenport and Rock Island
and Mollne Ills tho latter cities re
sponding promptly to an appeal for
aid from here
Efforts to check tho flames wore un
availing until they spread to tho north
on the spacious grounds of St Cath
erines hall a boarding school for
young ladies which was saved after
tho tower was burned off Gradually
tho battle waged on the edges ot tho
flaming district told as the less thick
ly settled portions of tho city were
Invaded and by 10 oclock tho con
flagration was under control Tho
mill of Welrhauser Denkmann com
pany and yards were totally destroyed
Loss 400000 Tho loss on resi
dences and other property Is 300000
more
Not a drop of rain having fallen
hero In three w eeks the lumber yards
furnished food for the flames that
quickly put the conflagration beyond
tho control of tho firemen Had tho
wind blown from the east tho entire
business portion of tho city would
have been swept away Fortunately
a southeast breeze carried the flames
toward the bluffs and as soon as they
were out of tho tliickly settled district
tho efforts of the firemen and hundreds
of volunteers finally brought the flro
under control
Tl6 entire district from Federal
street to Bridge avenue and from the
river to Seventh street was swept
clean
The heat was intense and two am
bulances wore kept busy hauling away
persons who were prostrated by it
In a few instances persons living In
tho burned district have not been lo
cated by their relatives but it is be
lieved that they escaped
Probably 100 families wore rendered
homeless by tho fire and hflmes and
hotels were turned over to them Tor
tho night Hundreds of others moved
temporarily from their homes and va
cant lots over a largo portion of the
town were filled with household goods
and the refugees from the burned dis
trict
It Is believed tho fire was caused by
1oys smoking cigarettes on tho levee
Groups of them had been chased away
during tho day from tho district where
tho fire broko out
T3RY GOODS STORE DESTROYED
Sioux City Has 80000 Fire Two Per
j sons Being Injured
Sioux City July 2G J F Pholan
Cos big dry goods store was de
stroyed yesterday by fire supposed to
have been started by tho suns rays
In tho front show windows Tho firo
started so quickly that many of tho
clerks had a narrow escape Every
counter loaded with combustible stuff
seemed to catch flro simultaneously
Tho first floor was a seething mass of
flames in Ave minutes The Injured
all of whom Jumped from tho second
story windows aro John Phelan
proprietor of tho store arm broken
face cut Miss Rose Dement a clerk
bead and face cut Tho loss Is 80
000 partially covered by Insurance
t Blaze Caused by Sun
Marshalltown la July 25 A fire
caused by tho Intense heat destroyed
tho creamery Jn Llscomb yesterday
iThe blazo caught on the shingle roof
end burned rapidly destroying all the
contents with tho exception of the
separator It was Insured for 4000
but this will not cover the loss Sev
eral sheds adjoining were also de
stroyed and buildings across the street
caught but were saved after a fierce
light Manager Thomas Culp was
overcome by heat while fighting tho
fire and is in a precarious condition
9 Death of Michael M Allen
I Lead S D July 26 Michael M
Allen a prominent politician and mine
owner is dead hero the result of heat
exhaustion Ho was a part owner ot
the Golden Crown mine which was re
jjejtt sold to a Denver company
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fort to Land Them at Mclroc
Chicago July 20 General Manager
Acrtzon of tho lntrobo Stool and
Coupler works at Melroso Park gnvo
out a statement last evening declar
ing that tho company had abandoned
the cfforl to bring tho colored laborers
to Melroso Park and thnt thoy will bo
sent bnek to their homes In Alnbatna
All day the 100 negroes snt In their
rars at Lagrange 28 miles from Chi
cago In fear A conunttteo of fivd
citizens of Melroso Park called on
them during the morning nud used
their best endeavors to Induce tho
men to return to their homos In Ala
bnmn Thoy informed the colored men
of tho actual state of affairs In Mel
roso Park whero 300 armed men wore
awaiting tho arrival or their train
determined that they should not bo al
lowed to alight In tho village Their
statements alarmed tho negroes nnd
It was with difficulty that tho trainmen
managed to keep them from Tunning
off in a panic
ELKS DECIDE TO WAIT AWHILE
Postpone for One Year Action on Ques
tion of Selecting Site for Home
Milwaukee July 2G Tho grand
lodge Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Elks adjourned last night to
meet in Salt Lake City on tho second
Tuesday In August 1902 While tho
convention transacted a great deal ot
business there wns little to bo made
public Tho most important question
to como up for consideration was tho
report of the committee on national
Elks homo Tho committees report
recommended tho postponement of tho
matter for another year and tho con
vention ratified tho recommendation
Tho committee was also given discre
tionary power to select a site boforo
tho end of a year Should it see fit
to do so
WANT FREE HOMESTEADS
Settlers on Fort Randall Reservation
Preparing to Petition Congress
Sioux Falls S D July 2C Tho set
tlors on tho abandoned Fort Randall
military reservation in the south cen
tral portion of the state near tho Ne
braska border aro preparing to cir
culate petitions asking congress at its
session next winter to grant tho set-
tiers free homesteads on their lands
The tract was opened under a special
act to which the free homestead law
does not apply and tho settlers are re
quired to pay a certain sum per aero
for tho land filed upon by them
Kaiser as Peacemaker
London July 2G Tho rumor as to
early peace negotiations which has
pervaded tho house of commons for
some days says the Daily Express
has taken the moro definite fosm
that Emperor William Is soon to as
sume the itde of peacemaker Mr
Kruger and his advisers aro repre
sentee as having empowered the
kaiser to act for the Boers and he is
considered willing to take tho initia
tive in oidcr to popularize his rela
tions with the German people who
disapprove his friendship Tor Great
Britain
OBrien Must Hang
Ottawa Ont July 20 Tho rase of
George OBrien the Yukon murderer
was before tho cabinet yesterday and
an order in council was passed allow
ing tho law to take its course OBrien
who shot and killed three persons on
the trail coming out from Dawson for
the gold which they had on them will
bo hanged on Aug 23
Negroes From the South
Knoxville Tenn July 2C Agents
for a number of large coal mining com
panies in the west are at work in this
section procuring negro miners to
work in the western mines which aro
said to bo very short handed Tho
first party of 30 negroes weat to Mc
Alester I T
Mining Congress Elects Officers
Boise Ida July 26 E L Shaffer
of Ohio was elected president of tho
International Mining congress Fred
R Reed of Boise was chosen vice pres
ident and Irvin Mason was re elected
secretary without opposition Butto
was selected as tho next place of meet
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SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
German RIesco was formally pro
claimed president of Chile Thursday
Fifty prominent Kansas City Repub
licans have orgaulzed a 1004 Theo
dore RooSovolt club
Tho four story building occupied by
the Barnett Carriage company at Cin
cinnati was destroyed by flro Thurs
day Loss 75000
Tho war department Thursday Is
sued tho formal order closing up tho
Department of Alaska and merging it
Into tho Department of Columbia
E H Conn of Newport Ky is dead
and August Helmer of Cripple Creek
fatally Injured as a result of a run-1-
away accident at Buena Vista Colo
Two farm hands were killed by
lightning while seeking shelter in a
barn near Neoga Ills Tho building
was destroyed several valuable horses
perishing
J B Jaynes formerly financial sec
retary of Jay Gould was found dead in
the railroad yards of JCansas City
Kan Thursday having been prostrat
ed by tho heat
Assistant Secretary Spauldlng
Thursday gavo telegraphic notice to
all collectors of customs that free
trade exists between tho United
States and Porto Rico
NORFOLK NKRRASKA FRIDAY IFLY 2 i I I
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Columbia Crosses Line Ahead
of Her Rival
CONSTITUTION SCRAPES REEF
Twlco Dumps Ledge and After That
Acts Like Lame Duck Diver Invcn
tlgates Snd Todays Final Is De
clared Off
Newport 11 L July 21 Tho Colum
bia yesterday In a rattling race rroin
New London to Newport gavo tho
Constitution a great boating tho lat
ter finishing a good third ot a mllo
astern of her antagonist and being
defeated two minutes nnd ilvo seconds
Tho victory was surprising for tho
face was sailed In weather that as a
rule has just suited the Constitution
with wind not exceeding IE knots and
tho Boa comparatively smooth It wns
not until Nowport wns reached that an
Intelligent explanation of hor real
good drubbing could bo given Tho
Constitution following In tho wako of
the Columbia tho leading yaclft in tho
big sloop class struck twlco on a
ledgo near the Raco Rock llghthouso
There was a substntlal bump on clinch
occasion and after this tho Constitu
tion behaved like a lame duck
Mr Duncan who Is In command
said that he believed somo of tho
plates on tho leaden keel wcro
wrenched off by tho force W tho Im
pact on tho hnrd roej and that theso
plates from the fit acted as a drag on
the yncht and made her Incapablo of
showing hor usual racing form A
diver was sent down shortly aftor tho
Constitution wns moored last night
bat ho wns unable to make a satisfac
tory examination and Mr Duncan de
cided not to raco tho boat further un
til she ljns been hauled out and oppor
tunity given for n thorough Investiga
tion
Cadillac a Winner
Chicago July 2fi Tho Cadillac of
Detroit won yesterday In tho Canada
cup trial races Milwaukee second
Detroit third and Illinois fourtfi Thcro
was nothing in it but tho Cadillac so
far as first place was concerned Sho
led nearly all the way and after tak
ing the lead had no competitors finish
ing six minutes and ten seconds ahead
of tho second boat Tho raco of tho
day however was between tho Mil
waukee Detroit and Illinois for sec
ond place No finish as close as that
of the threo boats has ever been seen
in a yacht race sailed near Chicago
BAPTISTS IN SESSION
Opening of the Young Peoples Tenth
Convention In Chicago
Chicago July 2C -The manner in
which money is raised for our
churches is often a disgrace and an
abomination said Rev W I Nowlln
of Lcxjngton last night in addressing
a meeting of tho Baptist Young Peo
ples union nt the Second Baptist
church When tho church loams to
adopt business methods Instead of
holding people up wo piohahly shall
find our finances in better shape
It was accepted as tho sciibe of tho
conference thatovery church member
cughi to give onortenth of his income
to tho cllurch no matter wjiat it
amounted to
While tills conference was going on
another was in progress at Haven
school which touched on amusements
The Rev F F Jordan of Grand Isl
and Neb declared dancing card play
ing and tho theater as wholly out of
tho question In somo of our young
peoples societies said Rov Mr Jor
dan tho desire for amusfnent ines
dangerously near supplanting tho de
sire for a higher spiritual life Our
amusement tends to lead young people
to forget tho high calling which is
open to them
Tho convention proper opened yes
terday at tho Coliseum with an at
tendance of about 4000 v
CONSECRATE NEW BISHOP
Ceremony of Great Pomp Attended by
Many Prelates and Priests
New York July 26 With nil tho
pomp befitting tho occasion Rev J
OConnor former pastor of St Jo
sophs church Newark N J was yes
terday consecrated bishop of tho dio
cese of Newark Tho ceremony took
placo in St Patricks cathedral New
ark the officiating prolate being Arch
bishop Corrigan of New York assisted
by Bishop Charles E McDonnell of
Brooklyn and Bishop James McFaul of
Trenton Several hundred bishops
and priests were in attendance
Among tho priests In the sanctuary
woro representatives of tho Jesuits
Carmelites Dominicans Franciscans
Capuchins and Benedictines attired n
tha garb of their respective orders
Young Peoples Christian Union
Winona Lake Ind July 26 Tho
principal address last night beforo
tlw annual convention of the Young
Peoples Christian union of tho Pres
byterian church now in session here
was given by Rov J Wilbur Chapman
of New York which was preceded
by a praiso service in tho auditorium
Devotional exercises wero conducted
by Dr C II Strong of Sterling Kan
Rev Charles F Wishart of Allegheny
made tho oponing address on Temper
ance advocating total prohibition of
tho liquor traffic
Does Not Heed Whistle
McCook Neb July 26 Ben Glass-on
of N laon Neb was struck by an
engine In the Narrows a mile cast ot
McCook yesterday and liiHtiintly
Mlled Ho was walking along tho
track and heedless of tho stocu whistle
sounded attempted to ciohh In front
ot the tinln at a curvb
Explosion Wrecks Town
Bnttun July 21 A tort I He explosion
of potioloum yesterday In tin most
thhkly populated Minuter of Batum
v rocked tho whole center of tho town
It is Impossible to oatlinutu tho loss
firS FOSBURGH ON THE STAND
Mother of Dead Girl Tells Her Story
Miss Sheldon Testifies
Pit Infield Mass July 26 In tho
Fosburgh manslaughter ease yesterday
Mm It r FoHburgh the gray hnlrod
mother wont upon tho witness stand
rnd told In simple words how hor
daughter was killed Hor story wan
given with frequently uncontrolled
emotion Hor voice failed hor and
uho shod tears Miss Borthn Sheldon
a guest in tho Fosburgh homo on tho
night of tho tragedy was another Im
portant witness By hor testimony
the defense wished to show that thoro
wore burglars in tho house and that
thoy wero seen by little Uoatrlco
Fosburgh
Thoio was a long nrgumont be
tween counsel over the governments
objection to tho admission of this
evidence but the court finally allowed
It to go In because what was said wan
spoken In tho presence of tho defend
ant
Miss Sheldon wns relating the story
of hor awakening by a piercing
scream and declared that she opened
the door loading to May Fosburghn
room and cried What Is the mat
tor RobPrt Beatrice and her father
and mot hor wore In the foom nl tho
tlmo Witness saw tho body of May
upon tho Hour and at that Instant llo
atrlce replied Burglars have en
tered the liouso and shot May
POSSE FINDS FUGITIVE
William WoodfoTk for Killing Hl3
Brother Is Lodged In Jail
Mlssouil Valley la July 20 Sher
iff Skelton and Ills posso caught Will
lam Woodfork alleged murderer near
Llttlo Sioux yesterday It Is charged
that Wednesday evening In a drunken
rcVol Woodfork stabbed his brother
Amos who lived but a few hours Tlib
sheriff anil posse started after him at
once and after a hunt mado moro ills
agreoablo by the Intenso heat they lo
cated him hiding In a brick yard south
of Llttlo Sioux Woodfork was taken
to Logan and lodged In tho county
Jail
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COURT MAY PROLONG ITS STAY
Indications of Change tn Intention to
Return to Peking
Shanghai July 26 Tho floods In
tho Yang tse valley aro causing great
distress Two of tho embankments
have broken abovo Wuhn and Hooded
a thickly populated district for 40 or
CO miles Tens of thousands of peo
ple have been -rendered homeless and
tho crops destroyed
The return of the couit to Poking
looks doubtful Supplies have again
been ordered sent to Slang Ku tlici
present hcndciunilcrs ol the cjmut
London 13 Flooded
London July BJ A ptu nnmnni
thunder storm accompanied by hall
and Incessant lightning- raged for a
couple of hours in London yesterday
altornoon Tho streets were turned
into rivers The water overflowing
tho sidewalks entered dwellings and
poured down every opening The un
derground railway was Hooded nnd
trains woro stopped The storm
flooded Mrs Lnngtrys now theater
tlio Imperlnl A number of public
buildings wero damaged Tho crops
in tho country surrounding London
wero laid low and tho telegraph wires
torn down
French Defeat Moors
London July 2G A few days ago
Bays a dispatch to tho Daily Mall from
Cudiz a great battle was fought
weon tho French and tho Mooro near
Figulg It was tho result of the
French operations to Mibjugate tin
tribes south of tho Atlas mountains
and then occupy tho oasis of Tnfllet
Tho Frencli wero victorious Tho
Moors assort that tho Frencli govern
ment has 90000 troops on tho Moorish
border
Greeks Are Not Welcome
Constantinople July 2C Tho Turk
ish government has arbitrarily re
fused to permit tho Greek squadron
to visit Smyrna Saionlca and Mount
Athos Greece sent tho usual notifica
tion of the projected crulso but tho
porto docllnod to entertain tho propo
sition on political grounds Diplo
matic officials regard tho attltudo of
tho Turkish government in this partic
ular as illegal
Baseball Scores Yesterday
National League Pittsburg 9 Cin
cinnati 5 Philadelphia 7 Boston 3
Now York 0 Brooklyn 5 St LoUls
C Chicago 3 American Leaguo
Clovelandr 1 Baltimore C Milwau
kee 6 Boston 2 Chicago A Wash
Ington 1 Vestorn League St Jo
seph 1 Omaha 2 Denver 5 St
Paul 4 Colorado Springs 8
apolis 7 Kansas City 2 Dos Molnesl
Iowa Central Deal
St Paul July 20 Pioneer
Press says Private ndvlcos re
ceived from reliable New York sources
aro to tho offect that tho frequently
reported deal of tho consolidation of
tho Minneapolis and St Loujs and tho
Iowa Central with tho Illinois Central
Is actually under way and ln prospect
of early culmination
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