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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1905. CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA (A'Ji NiAL. HLUl-rb MISOR MEXTIOX. rrld et drum. I Leffert's glssses flt. Btorkert sells carpet. Dumbing and nesting. Blxby A Son. 3rs. Woodbury, dentists, 30 Tearl street. For rent, modern house, 723 fllxth avenue. Nw picture mouldings. C. K. Alexander, Broadway. Tel. awi. . Duncan, 23 8. Main at., guarantee to do ihe beat shoe repair work. Ulve him a trial. Our new at vie of wall nanpr wlil tickle your taste. II. BorwUk. 211 Main. Tel. !. Leon Ixser, chargfd with perjury, eeeured a con Un nance of nm rase In the superior court yesterday until Thursday. Henry 8nell of Omaha, and Mary Morgan of tfcweo,- la., were married In this city vestm-asy afternoon by Justice Field. Carl Battev, son of II. V. Btittey, clerk of th district 'court," naa accepted a posltthn with the TKI Quarantee und Trust com pany oi inia city. cobs 11.75 per load, alien bark hickory 1) n, 1 Missouri oak dry cord wood, $4 a cord per cord delivered North Main. Telephone U8, per cord,, delivered. WUUam Welch, five cases of whoonlnz couch In the family of C. W. Boy or, &Avfnue O. were reported t the Bonrd of ileaith yesterday. Ifcirls Koach. 7 Mil street, waa reported 111 ith scarlet fover. . . Deputy Bherlff C. Yi. Woolman la HI with typhoid fevr. Teslerday HherlfT Canning; appointed" K. L. Ward a snwlnl deputy to servo during; Woolntan's absence. Ward waa formerly a deputy city marshal. Ben Olllnski, the boy charged with using a knife on Paul Blackburn, a crippled colored lad, Sunday night, will have a near Ing before Justice Held this afternoon. Young Olllnski was Pleased on J-U) ball. The Carnegie library building on the out side la beginning to snow a finished appear nnre. Yesterday most of the windows were placed lit position. Contractor Cullen ex tent the men here nxt week to put In the Interior marble. - ' Building permits Were Issued yesterday as follows: Or ape Growers' Building asso ciation, $4,X two-story brick warehouse; Mrs. 8. I Beordsley, $2.5n) two-story frame dwelling; O. R. Howard, J2.3H0 two-story frame residence; Mra. J. Coyne, $730 ono atory frame cottage. Andrew Sorenson, Cliff Smith and A F. Pweetman. the hoys living In the south part of 'the city, charged with stealing grain from the Union elevator, we're released yea terday by Judge Thornell on their promise to keep away from tho railroad yard here after and to report regularly until further notice to Rev. llenry Delxuig, court proba tion officer. , Mra. Charity Cot, aged 7S years, died yesterday at Morcy hospital from the ln- r itrimwtTB ui itiu Hge. r or irii jam tour yertrs she had made her home with her son. John B. VsnClenve, near Weston, la., who alone i survives ner. me funeral will be hold this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Hazel Dell church and Interment will be In the Hazel Dell cemetery.- Rev. W. B. Clemmer, pas tor of the First. Christian church of this city, will conduct tho services. The hearing of the negroes arrested In connection with the alleged disturbance at Kd Burke's plare on Broadway last Fri day resulted yesterday, In William Black' 'mm -being discharged, Arthur Ounn re viving twenty days on bread and water nd Budd Cox having a sentenre of ten dHys on brefUl a.nd water auspended during good behavior. The hearing of Kd Burke, chnrged with maintaining a disorderly place, la - set for this morning In police court, .. .. FOrXD DEAD 1DEH THE BRIDGES Vletlm of .Accident Supposed to lie . , z . Named Beta. -An unidentified man, whose name' Is thought, to be lt, waa found lying dead yesterday . morning shortly before noon under the tTnlort Pacific bridge about 150 feet from the end of fhe dump on the Iowa side. The left" arm was broken at the elbow and. the face and head were scratched' and bruised, but these were the extent of the man's Injuries. The pre sumption, la that the man either fell from the bridge or was knocked off by a passing englne..Ib.10iurlcs appear: to. have hen caused, by .the fall, although It Is possible that the broken arm may have resulted from being struck' by an engine. There was nothing among the man's ef Tecta to give any. positive clue to his Iden tity. The name Bete waa marked in.in delllble. Ink on the collar and he wore a heavy gold seal ring with the Initial "B" set with small "chip diamonds. He had a. gold '.watch and some memorandum books containing a reckoning of working hours, but. nothing which would .tend to. Identify the owner. A ticket from Omaha to Lin coln, purchased In Omaha Sunday, also a check for baggage at the Burlington depot In Omaha. 1 The man waa apparently about 39 years Be had heavy, dark brown, curly hair and a heavy moustache of the same color. He wore a dark suit and overcoat. It Is not thought the body had been long where It was found, aa the clothing was not damp, which-would probably have been the case -bad It leen there over night. COUNCIL RENTS A SWEEPER Bentol and Cost of Operation Will Mount Up to Five Thousand lollan. ALDERMAN OLSON ' VOTES AGAINST IT Members Hit a Little Spat Over the Hydrant at Fifth aad Inlon Aveaaes aad Finally Order It Moved. A aoon as the weather permits, cltlaens of Council Bluffs will be enable to wit ness a combination automobile sweeper and sprinkler working on the streets, as the city council at its meeting last night authorized the mayor and committee on streets and alleys to lease one of" these novel machines. The manufacturers de mand $3,&ue a year for one of the machines, but the council expressed itself as hopeful of securing one for $3,000. Including the rental of the machine and the pay of a "chauffeur" at 115 a week, the streets and alleys committee estimates that It" will take at least 15,000 to run the street sweeper. It developed at last night's meeting that the leasing of the automobile sweeper had been decided upon at a session of the com mittee of the whole during the afternoon, but Alderman Olson was not satisfied, and he expressed the opinion that the council waa acting rather hastily In the matter and that he for one would like to see what they were getting for $3,000. Alderman Maloney auggested that they ought to try and get one on trial first, and this brought Alder man Weaver to his feet with the remark, "We went all over this In the committee of the whole, and what's the use of chewing It all over again here I" Alderman Olson alone voted against the leasing of the machine. There was quite a spat when It was moved that the water works company be required to place the hydrant at Fifth and Union avenues In repair - and fence It around with posts to protect It. The mo tion failed: to carry, there being a tie vote and the mayor casting his deciding vote against It. A motion to have the hydrant moved to some other place, to-be selected by Fire Chief Nicholson, carried aftei a prolonged discussion. A communication from Congressman Smith relative -to securing government aid In repairing the rtp-rapping ' east of, the Illinois' Central bridge was rea'd.'.-t'ongres-man Smith wrote that he had 'seen General McKenzle relative to the niatWr arid, that the latter had Informed htm ' that - only $50,000 had been appropriated; for the entire river between Sioux City and Council Bluffs.. apt as all of this sum 'had already been apportioned there waa no chance of Council Bluffs securing any 'of It. . The city engineer was Instructed to pre pare blueprints of the watershed pf lndian creek pnd estimate the proportion' which each railroad should bear of the cost of dredging Indian creek between Ninth' street and Nineteenth' avenue. Alderman Gilbert secured the passage of a motion that the motor company be re quested to place destination signs on the sides as well aa on the front of Its cars; also that it stop Its ears at Oak street and Broadway Instead of . at Pierce and Oak streets. ' . '' . ' jumping on and off trains in the North western yards. Young Gllty had a narrow escape from being ground to plecea be neath the wheels of a passenger train. He slipped and fell between the tracks but fortunately had the presence of mind to lay Mill and the whole train passed over blm without Injuring him. BERK9TEIS FAILS TO IAVB ARTHIR Convicted of Complicity la Treyner Dank Robbery. John Bernstein's efforts to save James Arthur, his alleged accomplice In the at tempted robbery of the Treynor bank, proved futile, aa the Jury laat evening brought In a verdict finding Arthur guilty of breaking and entering the bank as charged. The Jury waa out about four hours and It Is understood ten ballots were taken before the verdict waa reached. Bernstein's testimony that he had not met or known Arthur until the evening before the attempted robbery of the Treynor bank -waa contradicted by several witnesses for the state yesterday morning. Officers Dunn, Heldfeldt and Donahue of the Omaha police Identified Bernstein and Arthur as being two of a gang of four arrested December 1$ In Omaha as general vagrants. At the time of hla arrest In Omaha -Arthur, ac cording to the testimony of the officers, wore a mustache. Henry Gerber, a barber of Mlnden, la negative side of the asset currency question. RECORD INHERITANCE TAX Almost Sixteen Thousand Dollars Paid Into tho Stat Treasary. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE3 MOINES, Feb. V. (Special.) The largest collateral Inheritance tax ever paid In the state of Iowa was paid today from the Jacob M. Funk estte of Webster Clly, the amount being $lS,tl0.40. This Is but a partial payment, the entire amount not being definitely settled yet. The tax Is 5 per ceut of all real estate which passes by will or Inheritance after the Indebtedness Is deducted. An estate In Jones county paid $16,000 some time ago, but It waa later found that It had paid more than was re quired and $12,0(0 waa returned. The report of the auditor of state on the apportionment of the interest on the school fund to the various counties of the state was made today. The total amount of the school fund on January 1, HK. waa $4,767, H2M. The apportionment Is 14 SO-100 cents for each youth In a county. The total amount of Interest for distribution Is $107, 127.69. Winnebago county has $-'15,276.61 of the school funds out-on Interest,-which is the largest amount held by any one county. Linn, Scott and Clinton counties are the only ones having no1 school funds. Potta wattamie county, according to the report, hat 17,013 youths, and $&4,405.6 of the school fund on which It has collected $1,899.13 of Interest and Is entitled to $2,619.63. It has a ' Inspection Light Oaarda. The Dodge Light guards made an ex cellent showing last night at the annual Inspection conducted last evening by Col onel ,J. . A. .Olmsted of the United States army, assisted by Colonel J. R. Prime and Major' F. B. Lyman of the Iowa National guard.' During the afternoon the officers Inspected the equipment and the , new armory; The equipment wa. found tO'b 'In first claea condition while the officers were loud In their -admiration and praise of the new armory. ' The Inspecting of ficers did not make public last night the markings of the company. N. T. Plumbing) Co. Tel. 250. Night. F6B7. Boy Scat to Reform School. William Abbey, an orphan boy from MIIIb county, was yesterday committed by Judge Thornell to the reform school at Bldora. The boy was arreated -In Ingraham towni ship, Mills county, and taken before a Jus tice of the peace, but. Judge Thornell said It was doubtful If the justice had jurisdic tion in the case of a juvenile. It being hown that the boy had no father and that his mother had deserted him. Judge Thor nell decided that the reform school would be the best place for him. The boy waa brought before the court by Sheriff Morgan pf Glenwood;. ' ' A Sirm OP BBATrry IS A JOY PORBVEK, , DR. T. FELIX OOCRAtTD'S OXIKNTAT, CBKAM, ORMAU1CAL BKAUT1F1J.B Ittmorct Tin, Plmptot.Frw klis. M Mautr. M4 1U0I detection. It k to4 lh UU at M ycM, od Is o barnlM we Uau It to bt sure it it properly mada. Acoapi no coaour tall ( alalia! bam. Dr. L. A. Barra aall to a lady of Uia bant. tun a ut&anDi 'at you ladtat will uu bw, I iiitaaail 'Ssurwd'l CrsM' H the ltaat harnl of ait lbs Skla reparation. tor tale ty all Diuaglata aad rancf Oooo Dealers In the r. .Canadaa. aad Earwpe. KftO, T. MOnUNg. rrei'r. 17 (real Jests Si. . It CHATTEL LOANS A. A. CLARK A CO. a)atBUake IMS. Ire ear aa Maine Su oar flare' a Ska state. eft a oerrvw any lanun oa came, seree. held turnltura or an esattel aeenrUy. -neata caa a made aa naclp41 at aay time , I aomwer. an4 latereat reduced accordingly. tinea conAdeattal.- i-eat ratea f)Ar. eata .renin till t i Saturday eala( till it an m a Rrna. SPSS 7S OLD RESIDENT Ml DOWN BV THAI. Thomas Deerwester Instantly Killed In Northwestern Yard. . Thomas F. Deerwester, an old resident. of thU city, was run down and instantly killed shortly before" noon yesterday by norinwesiern passenger train No. 102, known as the Bones'teel train. The accident happened at the "Y" near the Second ave nue and Twelfth atreet crossing, where the train, was backing down to turn,' Deerwester was warned by the conductor to keep off the tracks, but just as the train backed up to him he either fell or threw himself directly In front of it. To Conductor Il'eckman, who was standing on me piatrorm of the rear car. it seemed' aa if the old man purposely threw himself in front of the train. At the Inquest held yesterday afternoon by Coroner Treynor Conductor Heckman testified as follows: "Before backing up to. turn on the 'T' the deceaaed atepped across the track in the rear of the train. I told him to look out, as we were going to back up. He walked south. bu( not On the track. When we got across Second avenue we were about to him with the, rear end of the train. I was on the rear platform and saw him faU or throw himself across the tracks. I threw 0n the air and emer gency brakes. That brought the train to a stop, but one set of trucks had passed over him. As he fell he exclaimed "Kill me," and this he repeated aeveral times. He was very close to the car when he fell and was about twenty-fjve or thirty feet south of Second avenue." John M. Beck, brakeman, corroborated the conductor's- testimony as to warning Deerwester. ' The only other witness was Frank Ste gall, assistant engine dispatcher, who was on the train, but did not see the accident. The Jury;' comprised of Peter Smith. C. 8. Hubbard and Painter knox, brought In a verdict to the effect that the mans death was accidental. Deerwester lived with his wife at SOS South Twelfth street, less than a block away from where he was killed. He was 66 years of age and for aeveral years, had made a precarious living by collecting and selling junk. He leaves besides his wife two sons and two daughters. One son Is living In Qlenwood, la., while the other Is thought to be In Indiana, where he is working as a telegraph lineman. One daughter, Mrs. Coffey, resides in Deadwood, 8. D., while the other Is thought to be liv ing somewhere In Missouri. .Hflwl that two rtava hrfnra the Trevnor hank affair. RernRtein and Arthur were 1n . balance to its credit of, $620.60. hi. nhon and he shaved them. Arthur hav- . State Superintendent John F. Rlggs has Ing his mustache removed. . Qerber was decided that teachers must give their right positive in hla Identification, as he said the Z'''"'?1,1? h"vl"f ne",',,!n"M men being strangers he took particular no tice of them and he considered 11 rather strange that Arthur should have wanted his mustache shaved off. The men, he said, remained some time in hla shop to warm themselves. Mrs. Knapp, who keeps a rooming house at 2213 Leavenworth street, Omaha, was In troduced In rebuttal by the defense. She testified thst Arthur roomed at her place about Christmas last and at that time he did not have a mustache. The trial of Nate Be there. Indicted, on a charge of assault with Intent to kill J. H. Miller, one of the leaders at the Fif teenth street mission, was next on the as signment but by consent Bethera entered a plea of guilty. to assault' with intent to do bodily Injury. The court deferred pass ing sentence, A Jury was Impaneled for the trial of Dr. J. F., Walter, Indicted last year on a charge of performing an unlawful operation on a young woman named Eleanor Larsen of this city.. Following the opening statements of counsel court adjourned until thla morning. revoked. The decision is given on the In quiry of Superintendent Langerberg of Johnson county, who discovered that some mere slips of girls were giving advanced1 ages, while women on the shady side of life were still young, according to their re ports. Enormous shipments1 of grain are being made by the grain men from all sections of the state because of the report that a conference la being held In Chicago and that the cut rates will soon be revoked. Grain cannot be shipped for export to Bal timore through Chicago for less than the rate to Chicago, and some dealers have discovered that It Is possible for a ship ment to lose Its Identity in Chicago and be delivered to Chicago buyers at the Baltimore rate. The shipments of grain now are heavier than for many months. , Fanernl of Henry Knowlea. The funeral of the late Henry B, Knowles was held yesterday- from the family - resi dence, 413 South Eighth street, the services being conducted by Rev. W. S. Barnes, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Burial was In Walnut Hill cemetery. The pallbearers were Rev. H. S. Alexan der, H. J. Chambers, W. S. Cooper, C, W. Coker, H. O. McQee and 8. Tyndale. . A sister from Pottsdam, N. T., and Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler of Minneapolis were among the out ef town relatives present.'' . Mr. Knowles' death was . entirely unex pected. as only a few days before his death he was at-his place of business' as usual.' He was taken down with the grippe, ' which developed Into pleuro pneumonia. His condition, however,, waa not considered critical until a few hours before his death. Mr. Knowles was born at Pottsdam, N. T., August 7, 1849, where hie mother, now In her 88th -year. Is still- living with three Unmarried daughters. A fourth sister of Mr. Knowles, . Mrs. Charles Wheeler, Is a resident of Minneapolis. Mr. Knowles was educated at WJUlamstown,-Mass.,' arid Cornell - unlversltyv ' He came to .Pot tawattamie county jlp the fall of U72 and purchased land in' keg creek township. About seven years ago he met with an accident which disabled him from active life on the farm and he removed to the city and engaged in the pump and windmill business In partnership with his brother-in-law, D. B. Frank, under the firm name of Frank & Knowles. Deceased was highly esteemed for his qualities of char acter. For many yeara he had been an active elder and worker In the Hardin township Presbyterian church, with which he retained his connection after moving to the city, and always took a prominent part In the work of moral reform. Be sides bis wife he is survived by one son, William, and one daughter, Margaret. Veteran Dies suddenly. . . MARBHALTOWN, la.. Feb. 27.-(Speclal Telegram.) Daniel B. Brlggs, an Inmate of the Iowa soldlera home, Was overcome by asthma or heart disease - on the street here today and died before aid could reach him. He went into the drug store of Mc Donald & Mahood, on Main street, in a choking condition and was given some stimulant. While there he stated he was suffering with asthma. The druggist told him he had better get out In the open air and he sat down on the step. Here he was found by officer Joseph Edgar and taken to the jail waiting room. Edgar called the home for an ambulance, which had already left for him, but before aid arrived the old man had died. An In quest and post mortem', will be held to morrow. Brlggs was 86 years old and en. listed in Company ' O, Forty-second In fantry, In October 1844.' ' Ife entered the home In August, "0J. -.i-. LEWIS CUTLER -MORTICIAN 28 PEARL ST."""""' Lady Attendant tf Desired. ' " County Sues for Expense Money. Suit has been begun on behalf of Potta wattamie county In the district ' court agalnat Nettle Lear to recover the ex penses of conveying her to her home In Ohio. Miss Lear came to this county from Ohio a few months ago to assist In caring for a sick relative. She became Inaane and was committed by the commiasloners at Avoca to the state asylum. Superintendent Wltte, however, refused to admit her, the woman's legal residence not being in this state. After being detained at St. Ber nard'a hospital in thla city for a week or so the Board of County Commiasloners sent her to her home In Ohio. It Is alleged that Miss Lear has property rights which can be subjected to the claim of this county. ' ' More Time for Vaccinations. At the meeting of the Board of Health yesterday It was-decided, on recommenda tion of City Physician Tlnley, to extend the time In which children attending the public schools are required to be vac cinated until March 10. It waa also de cided to extend the order to all children attending private and - parochial schools. Dr. Tlnley also suggested that patients who are able to be required to pay for their board and care while inmates of. the isola tion' hospital. It was suggested that they be required to pay at least $4 per week, It being stated that the table board at the hospital waa first-class. The board con curred, In the suggestion and the task of formulating a rule in the matter waa finally ' referred to the members compris ing . the "sewer committee" of the city council at the suggestion of Mayor Macrae. This was supposed to be a i little Joke on the part of the chief executlvo of the city but It went through all right. Owing to the Increased duties of the city physician now that the law requires him to act aa registrar of births and deaths and owing to the extra work Im posed on. him by smallpox and other con tagious diseases Dr. Tlnley recommended that the salary of the city physician be Increased from $260 to $000 per annum when the council makes Its new appointment In April. Real Ketato Transfers These transfers were reported to The Bee February 27 by the Title Guaranty and Trust company of Council Bluffs: Clarlmda E. Fuller to Joseph Holm, nwhi sel4 17-77-41, w. d Jessica J. Siedentopf snd wife to George Morrison, e mei 29-77-44, w. d T. B. Hlckey and wife to Albert Mes eersmith, part ne sw4 27-76-43, Margaret L. McGee and huaband to Simpson G. Culver, part new sw4 J4-7&-44. w. d .; . W. D. Lowe to Emma Z. Johnson, neU 14-75-38, w. d W. P Hynes and wife to Emma Z. Johnson, neU 14-75-38, w. d Theresa J. Blgler and husband to A. C. Keller, lot 7, block 2, Falrmount place, w. d William Hatch and wife to William Arnd, trustee, sw4 80 eW nwH 31 76-49, q. c. d $2,800 1,000 1,260 1.800 1,400 1.36S , 1.SO0 Eight transfers, total $13,317 For Rent. An excellent office location at 10 Pearl street Only four doors from corner Broad way and Pearl atreet. Centrally located cn ground floor and a nice large ahow window. Call at 10 Pearl street. Bee office, Council Bluffs. Rooms1 and cafe. Ogden Hotel Boy Haa rioao rail. Three boys, William Taylor. Pnd Gaston and George Ofl.ry, living ln"tbv vlc-Jnlty of Avenue A and Fourteenth street, tmyieil themselves jreslerdtgr morning Marriage Licensee. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Name and Residence. Age. A. J.. Smyth. Omaha - 28 Guasle Burlinglm, Omaha II Henry Snell. Omaha 81 Mary Morgan, Boone, la 26 II. S. Jensen. Honey Creek, la......,,...., 27 Christina Jorgenaen, Honey Creek, la.. 86 Debaters to Meet Nebraska.' ITWA CITY, la., Feb. 27. (Special Tele gram.) The Inter society debate tonight to determine the personnel of the donating team whleh will meet the University of Nebraska this spring was won by the I Zetagalnlaa teauu, whicU defended the Move to Dismiss, Indictments. SIOUX CITY, la., Feb 27. (Special Tele- gram-T. F. Bev1rigton,"attorney Tor Fred H. Cutting, indicted on five' different counts for fraudulent banking, while president of the Oto bank, today flled'.a motion for each case, asking that the Indictments be set aside and quashed fo-pVe reasons. One of these reaaona Is that persons other than grand jurors and threw 'permitted by law were allowed In the grand Jury room and It develop that. Attorney Bevlngton him self was the only man other than those legally allowed In the rqom, who had been In the room. After an interesting session, In .which County Attorney Whitney and Attorney Bevlngton acted aa witnesses, Judge Oliver set aside the motion on four of the cases and took the case which charges the obtaining bt $5,000 on false pre tenses at LeMars under consideration. Woodmen Want Thrlr CashO DUBUQUE, la., Feb. 27. (Special.) A. N. Bort, Head banker of the Woodmen of America, will ask the United States court of appeals to determine his rights In the controversy with the bondsmen of the. E. H. McCutcheon & Co. bank at Holsteln, la. There was $100,000 of the Woodmen funds In the bank. Bort brought a law action agalnBt the McCutcheon estate and Its bondsmen to recover the $100,000, and the bondsmen brought an equity action claiming the bond was procured through false representations. MoBt of the bonds men live in Ida Grove. Judge Reed dis missed the equity action of the bondsmeu and (he cross complaint Of Bort. - Chances for Catholic Clerary. SIOUX CITY, In., Feb. 27. (Special Tele gram.) A new parish, of the Catholic church Is to be established at Morning Side, suburb of Sioux City, and consequently several changes have been announced among the clergy. Rt. Rev. Bishop P. J. Garrlgan has transferred Rev. J. L. Kerby, paator of the Cathedral of the Epiphany, to the new charge at Morning Side. Rev. J. G. Murtagh of Sutherland to the Ca thedral of the Epiphany, Rev. M. Bradley of Armstrong to Sutherland, Rev. J. G. Perrault of Ogden to Armstrong and Rev. L. Schenkelberg, assistant at St. Joseph'! church, LeMars, to Ogden. FIRE RECORD. Elevator at Blue Springs. BEATRICE, Neb., Feb. 27. (Special Tele gram.) The large grain elevator of Patton gt Blythe waa destroyed by fire this after noon at Blue Springs, Neb., together with about 2,000 bushels of corn and oats. Loss, $1,000, partially Insured. The fire Is sup. ..A . have len caused bv snarka from I on " way to. secure needed Im f "D " provements LOSS TtlREE TO SIX MILLIONS Disastrous Blaze at Hew Orleans InTolres Elevators, Warehouses and Cars. CAUSED BY SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION Two Flro Engines Are Lost la the Flames nnd Crew Has a Karrow Kseapa from Death. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 27.-Complrte Ou ures of the loss Involved In the destruction of the Stuyvesant docks of the Illinois Cen tral, it was announced by local officials of the company, will not be available until an inspection of the books of the docks is finished. Fortunately all these were saved. The value of the wharves, sheds, ware houses, elevatora and trackage Is known roughly, but the number of cars and the quantity of merchandise destroyed cannot be given until the Inspection la concluded. In the meantime estimates of the loss vary between Superintendent Dunn's figures of $3,000,000 and General Freight Agent Per kins" aggregate of $15,000,000. The ruins of the fire smouldered all day. Including the Crescent Ice plant, the police have com piled a list of approximately forty build ings, mostly occupied by laborers, which were destroyed with an estimated loss of $100,000. Earlier estimates of the damage to shipping were modified today, the prin cipal sufferer being the Leyland liner In dian Head, on which the loss Is $5,000. One estimate places the Immediate loss by the Are at $3,000,000, divided as follows: Two elevators, warehouses, sheds, $2,500, 000; 23,000 bales of cotton, $920,000 ; 700,000 bushels of grain, $385,000; 15.000 barrels of sugar, $300,000; cottonseed cake, 180 car loads, $97,600; lumber, $16,625; cement, $tt. 250; meal, twenty cars, $10,000; sundries, $150,000; 600 freight cars, $375,000; ships dam aged, $50,000; city lire department, two en gines and nix horses, $16,000; private prop erty and other damage, $216,000. The railroad company carried Its own in surance and the contents of the various elevators and sheds were Insured In local and foreign agencies. Where Flro Started. The wharves covered 4,050 feet over a distance of ten blocks. Of this wharfage 3,500 feet and what It contained were de stroyed, the remainder at the upper end of the terminals being saved through the fact that the wind blew strongly In the opposite direction. The destroyed wharf cost $500,000. Elevator "D," leased to Har ris, Scott & Co. of Chicago, cost $300,000 when built, and elevator "E," which was operated by the Illinois Central, cost $400,000. Apparently no lives were lost In the lire, though there were many narrow escapes of those who were engaged In fighting the flames, owing to its rapid spread, and lives were constantly endangered by debris of all kinds that was whirled through the air. The escape of two fire engines was cut off and their crews had to runfor their lives. Driver Charles Rich ardson of No. t being painfully hurt. The fire started In the conveyors to ele vator "D." It spread with remarkable' rapidity, sparks dropping Into oil barrels on the wharf and extending the flames In every direction. Ten ships were lying at the docks when the Are started, and all, except two, escaped without damage. The Indian of the Leland line had its rails, cabin house, masts, etc., wiped clean off, and the Cycle was burned about the bow and sides. All the tugs in the harbor that had steam up hurried to the scene when the Are started and by heroic efforts succeeded In pulling the steamers into the river out of reach of the flames. Prepares to Handle Freight. ' Superintendent C. M. Dunn directed the forces of the railroad company for several hours, and when the Are was under con trol went to the office of the company, where he spent the night In wire com munication with officials, east and west, and in settling the lines for clearing the wreckage away. He said that It was prob able that the piers, elevators and sheds could be restored within a year and that they would be made more extensive and substantial than those destroyed. Mr. Dunn said in his opinion the Are originated from spontaneous combustion. Throughout the night and today many messages passed between the local officials and the head officers of the company in New York and Chicago, and arrangements were set on foot to take care of the trafflo now enroute here and to provide for handling the export and Import trade of the company until the docks are rebuilt. The Texas & Pacific has an Immense ele vator at Westwego, and there la also nn elevator at Chalmette, the property of the 'Frisco. General Manager Preston of the latter road immediately tendered the use of the Chalmette property to the Illinois Central and it la probable that the trafflo will be handled to that point. In addition to the railroad property the Are destroyed the Crescent Ice company's plant, many small stores and a large number of small residences, and many pathetic scenes were witnessed as th8 poor occupants of them struggled to save their small belongings at the risk of their lives. The Are will temporarily throw out of work a large number of employes, but this loss will be compensated by the very much larger number which will be employed in the course of a few days In clearing away the debris and reconstructing the terminals at the highest attainable speed. Officials ( South. CHICAGO, Feb. 27. Vice President J. T. Harahan and General Manager Ira G. Rawn of the Illinois Central railroad left Chicago in a special car today for New Orleans. They go to oversee changes re sulting from the fire. Central Park Improvers. The Central Park Improvement club held a largely attended meeting last evening at Forty-second and Saratoga streets. 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