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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1921)
.feMtfK.,.,, 1 N DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD ram'iiiim' 48 E S WEN IHE AH IKS FOUND IN BOATS OR DRIFTING IN LIFE PRESERVERS. 12 BODIES ARE RECOVERED Capt. Hobey Seen at Stern When tho 8teamer Slnk6 Believed to Have Perished. Euroka, CaL Forty-eight persona, thlrty,-alx passengers and twclvo of tho crew, wero lost when tho stcamor Al aska, f tk San Francisco and Port land Stearaeklf Co., south-hound from Portland, Ore., to San Francisco, sank In thirty mlnutcB aftor crashing into tho rocks of Blunfa reefs, forty miles south of this city. The eurvivorB, numbering ICC per sons, woro brought hero by tho rescuo nhip Anypx, tho first vessel to reach tho scone of tho wreck in respono to tho Alaska's radio signals. The coast guard tug Hanger, dispatched from Euroka, returned to port with tho bodies of twolvo mon. Eight woro members of tho crow and four wore passongors. Capt. Harry Hobey, mast or of tho Alaska, is still unaccounted for and iB boliovcd to havo gone down with his ship. Of tho surlvlvors landed by tho Anyox, thirty, woro moro or less sor iously injured and received modlcal ti-cutjraont at tho local hospitals. The Alaska struck tho reof bow-on in a donso fog, according to tho sur Tlvors, and immediately bogan to list. To work of launching tho llfo boats wae accomplished without delay or dis order. Throo of ,tho boats successful ly rodo tho waves, but tho fourth boat capsized and proclpitatod its occu pants Into tho sea. Tho greatest loss of llfo, tho survivors said, resulted from this mlshnp. A fow who woro llfo bolts ouccocded in kooping afloat until tho boatB of tho Anypx pickod them up. Capt. Hobey, when tho last of tho liroboats had boon sent ovor tho side of tho rapidly filling Alaska, went to tho stern of his vessol and ho was scon thoro when It started Its plungo to tho bottom. , Tho stcamor Alaska started her final Toyago to San Francisco with a paa Bongor list of 132 men, women and children and a crow of eighty-two, an unofficial total of 214 persons. Want 2.37 Per Cent Beer. Washington, D. C -A movomont nsklng congress to shift burdens of taxes from tho peoplo to non-alcoholic beer haB boon started throughout tho country, urging congress to havo tho rovonuo bill provldo for tho manu facture and salo of boor containing 2.75 per cent nlcohol and In that way ralso from $1,000,000,000 to $1,25,000, 090 In taxes, and tho proposition is be ing seriously considered, A sorlous effort has boon modo to got prohlbl tlenlBts to agroo to a tax of $10 por barrel on "non-Intoxicating" coroal beverages containing not moro than t per cent of alcohol by wolght. Gov. Small Gives Up Tour. Chicago. Gov. Len Small, whoso in dictmont in Springfield on chargos of embozzlomont during his term as stato treasurer ho had attributed to his po litical onemlos, announced that ho would give up his tour of state roads and return to the capital becaiiBo of bis "traducor's" attempts to mako It appoar ho was dodging his dutieB to escape arrost. Warrants for tho gov ernor aro hold by tho Bhorltf at Spring flold. Search for Spurgln In Porto Rico. Chicago. Tho search for Warren C. Spurgln, missing president of tho de funct Michigan Avenuo TruBt com pany, who la boing sought In connec tion with a $1,000,000 shortago in tho bank's accounts, was directed from Mexico to Porto Rico following re colpt of a mossago from tho pollco of San Juan, Porto Rico, asking for a description of him. Vast Amount of Wheat Needed. Paris. Ono billion thrco hundred million kilograms, (approximately, 2, 880,000,000 poundB) of wheat aro noodod to rollovo tho famine strlckon peoplo of ten provinces of Ruscln, ac cording to ostlmates published by th IMpulalro, an organ of tho extreme loft aoolallstB. New Mailing Machine, New York. New York was Intro dcd to tho postago motor-a-machlno, which makes every man his own stamp printer and does away, with the hooch shy of slicking them on. Dig Drop In Income. Washington. A shrinkage In three Mentha of$330,000,000 In tho ostlmat o. government Income for this fiscal year, based on tho present revenue law, la disclosed by, tho statemout re cently presented to the hotiso ways and means committee by Secretary Mellon. Killed Under Coal Heap. Omaha, Nob. Roy Hewitt, foreman U the coal heavora at tho Nebraska Pewcr company'e plant, was killed by aa avalanche of coal D First to THE FAITHFUL OF ZION CITY ARE GIVEN SHOCK tlarly Morning Blaze Causes General Disregard of Overseer's Decree Agalntt Scanty Attire. Chicago. Doom cracked in Zion, It cracked with such vigor that tho faith ful sprang from their beds and hast ened out to dlscovor six fires blazing at once. Certain vltrollc signs Vollva, goneral overseer of tho holy city, had causod to bo erected in front of rival churches had taken flro by sorao agency and were blazing merrily. "What next?'' whispered tho trem bling faithful. Vollva. tho fighting Icador of tho hosts, had tossed his gauntlot Into tho ring and the faith lesu and tho scoffers had soaked It In coul oil and touched a match to It. Sovoral weeks ago Vollva began a -scorching campaign against nnti-Zion-bt churches In Zlon. There' are In lependents living In tho holy city, property owners, who do not bend '.ho kneo to Vollva, and there sprang up meetings of tho Holy Holler society In a hall. Grace MlB3ionary society also oponed a small house of worship, Vollva erected large billboards In front and around those placos. Wheth er It was duo to his burning word3 or a korosono torch, tho isx great bill boards took flro at dawn. . "It is tho end of tho world," blub bored ono hysterical woman. "It Is not,' warned n long whlskored mombor of tho faithful. "Tho world Is flat, Vollva has said. If this be tho end of tho world, why can wo not boo ovor tho edgo? Peace bo with thoc, foolish woman." At any rate, tho flro causod goneral dlsrogard of ono of Vollva's sternest docreos, Ills peoplo como forth show ing ankles, kucos, scraggly backbones, scrawny necks, and somo of tho wo men's arms woro nctually baro to tho elbow bocauso of tholr auddon flight from tholr homos without regard for attiro. Tho flro and its consequences are expected to bring from Vollva an oruptlon of words that will fairly mako tho north Bldo rock and sqaro tho lake clear back to 'the flve-mllo crib. Plague Reports Exaggerated. Washington, D. C- Donlal that thoro Is a "condition approaching a famlno or plaguo In tho south" was mado In a report unanimously adopted by health officials from a dozen southorn states- In conference hero with Surgeon General Gumming, of tho public health service, to discuss tho pellagra situation. It hold that "or ronooua and misleading" statements had boon mado to tho public. Beor Regulations Await O. K. Washington, D. C Regulations which will permit tho proscription as modlclno of a caso of beor at a time without limit to the numbor of pro scriptions aro understood to havo been completed by tho Internal rovonuo bu reau and now await decision of Sec retary Mellon as to their Issuance Twenty Spanish Soldiers Dutchored. Madrid, Spain. Twenty Spanish Boldlora, tho lastTomnant of tho Span ish troops In ro3lst capturo of tho town of Nador, 15 miles, south of Melllla, woro massacred by the Moors nftor having surrendered, according tc advices received hore from Molilla France Agrees to Conference Date Paris. France, replying to an in quiry mado by the stato department at Washington, agreed to Novombor 11 as th date for the conference In Washington on disarmament and far eastern quostlons. Woman Drowns In Spirit Lake. Spirit Lake, la. Mrs, John C. Han son, of Dos Moines, was drowned whllo bathing hero. Divine Arouses Citizens' Ire. Lancaster, Pa. Rofuslng to preach ovor tho body of a Manhome boy who died oversoas In the Chateau Thiorry fight, bocauso the coffin was draped In an American flag. Rov. John Snavo ly, pastor of tho Hernloy church, Is tho centor of attacks. Tho body of tho former mombor of Mr Snnvoly'B congregation was resting at tho en trance of tho church when ho Issued his odlat. Tho Indignant family of tho soldier then had the remains re moved to tho United Brethren church, where services woro held. Arrive SEVEN WHITE SOX MEN AnE FREED BY A JURY Carl Zork and David Zelcer, Co-De- fendants, Also Acquitted Finding Greeted with Hurrahs. Chicago. Tho seven former White Sox baseball players and two others on trial for alleged conspiracy to do fraud tho public through throwing tho 1919 world sbrics were found not guilty by a Jury. Tho Jury took only ono ballot. Tho verdict was reached after two hours and forty-seven minutes of de liberation, but was not returned until forty minutes later, Judge Hugo Friend boing out of court when tho decision was reached. Tho defendants were: Buck Weaver, third baseman. Oscar Felsch. outfielder. Charles Itlsborg. shortstop. Arnold Gandll, first baseman. Claude Williams, pitcher. Eddio CIcotte, pitcher. Joe Jackson, outfielder. All woro former White Sox players. Carl Zork. of St. Louis, and David Zelcer, of Desmonlos. Announcement of tho verdict was greeted by cheers from the several hundred persons who remained in court for the final decision and shouts of "Hurrah for tho Clean Sox!" Judge Friend congratulated tho Jury, saying he thought It a just ver dict. Eddlo CIcotte was the first of tho defendants to roach tho Jurors. Ho grabbed William Barrett .by both hands, shouting his thanks. Joo Jackson, Claude Williams and tho others woro closo behind and tho Jurors lifted them on to their shoul ders while flashlight photographs woro taken. Bailiffs vainly pounded for order and finally, noticing Judge Friend's smiles, joined in tho whistling and cheorlng. Hats sailed high in tho air, papors woro thrown around and the courtroom was the scono of tho wild ost confusion In any rocont Cook coun ty criminal case. Booze Ship Seized. Now York. The schooner Henry L. Marshall, with a cargo of liquor, was taken Into custody four miles off tho coast by tho coast guard cuttor Sen nca and brought hore. Tho schooner was flying tho British flag but a dis patch from tho Senaca said thoro were no papors showing transfor to British registry, The schooner was taken in tow to quarantine and a guard placed on board. Tho schooner, Hated as a flshormnn, registered 78 gross tons and hor homo port Is Gloucostor, Mass. Murdered with Ax. Ottumwu, In. William H. Arm strong, 40 yoa'rs old, wa3 found inun dorod hero, his skull having been plorcod by a pick ax. Armstrong hud been killed Sunday night, according to tho authorities, but his body was not discovered" until Monday. It was lying In front of his homo In tho yard. William Jackson. 24 years old, was placed under nrrost Immediately as a suspect To Probe Candy Prices. Chicago Following a roport from New York that some stores there ad mitted recolvlng profits of 300 per cent. Lad reduced candy prices 50 por cent., Russell J. Poolo, Chicago city council high cost expert, an nounced that he would InvoBtlgato prlcos here. Three Men Killed. Paterson, N. J. Throo mon wero klllod and sovoral seriously Injure when a drying machlno burst In tho plant of the Standard Silk Drying com pany. Coal Men Indicted. Baltimore, Md. The officers, direc tors and Individual members of tho Baltlmoro Coal Exchnngo wero in dicted by tho grand jury on charges of making a monopoly through a com bine to manipulate and fix tho prico of anthracite coal. Seek Triple Murderer. Palstlno, Tex. A sheriff's posso Is roportod pursuing a man who shot and killed throo men at or near Wild cat forry on tho Trlultr rjvor nortb lot Palestine GOVERNMENT AGENTS NAB 2 J. W. Worthlngton and O. T. Evans Accused of Operating "Fence" for Disposal of Loot. Chicago. John W. Worthlngton, prosident, nnd Owen T. Evans, vlco president of tho Central Securities company, were arrested on indict ments returned by tho federal grand Jury charging thorn with having in their pos30Bsion false, or forged, or altered government notes and with buying, selling or exchanging false, forged or altorcd govornmc.it notes and with having In their possession falso govorment stamps and bonds. John V. Cllnnin, assistant district attorney, declared that the arrests will help to cloar up many big mail robberies throughout tho country. Ho Indicated that it was believed that the Central Securities company had acted as a "fenco" for the disposal of loot taken In these robberies. Evans was sent to tho county jail, and Worthlngton to the Waukegan Jail by federal agents. It was charged by government au thorities that Worthlngton and his partner havo altered many hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Lib erty bond to render them salable without detection. Then, It was al leged, through a concern known as tho "Central Securities company" thoy disposed of tho securities to reputable brokers and investors. Among tho cases which tho authori ties dcllaro Worthlngton and his asso ciates havo been connected with aro the following mall robberies: Toledo, February 17, 1921, $1,000,000. Pullman, 111., August 20, 1920, $100, 000. Dearborn Street station, Chicago, April G, 1921, $350,000. ML Vornon, 111., January 14, 1921, 1921, $212,000. Chicago Avenuo postal substation March 4, 1921, $50,000. Toccoa, Ga., September 10, 1920, $300,000. Council Bluffs, la., November 17, 1920, $3,500,000. Minneapolis, Minn., December 3, 1920, $50,000. Centorville, la , March 22, 1921, $92, 000. In addition, the recent disappear ance of $3,000,000 worth of Sinclair Oil stock In New York Is being In vostlgtaed In conectlon with their arrests. New Hope for World, Says Harding. Plymouth, Mass. A hope that the disarmament conference called by the United States may bring to tho world a now era of poace and freedom was expressed by Presldont Harding in an address hero at the tercentenary of tho landing of tho Pilgrims. Charac terizing tho international situation as "moro than promising," tho president assorted that tho soed of common tol erance and understanding planted by the fathers hero was beginning to bear fruit 1,000 fold In the relations be tween nations. Sid Hatfield Killed. Welch, W. Va. Sid Hatfield, of Catowan mine war fame, met a better gunman. Hatfield and a friend, Ed Chambers, wore shot doad In tho court house yard hero by C. E. Lively, a detective. Lively, it Is said, engaged in an argument with Hatfield and his companion, and was "quicker on tho draw" as Hatfield mado a move to roach for his revolver. Hatfield wa3 In Welch to answer an indictment against him charging him with tho "shooting up" of tho town of Mo hawk a year ago. Bankruptcy Petitions Filed. Chicago. Petitions In -bankruptcy against Wnrron G. Sprugin, fugitive presldont of tho Michigan Avenuo Trust company, which was closed re- 'contly following the discovery of a $1,- 000,000 shortago In Its accounts, and against tho Warren Oil company, of which he was n director, wero filed in tho United States district court by James J. Kelly, a director of tho bank. Woman's Case Puzzling. Chicago. Mrs. Blancho Dolllngor, of Fox Lake, who seems able to say only ono word. "Yes," appeared In Lake county court for a sanity test. She seems normal otherwise, and hor caso Is puzzling psychopathic exports. Tho case was continued for further exam ination of the woman. Dcs Moines Cars Still Running. Dos Moines. la Tho suspension of street car service scheduled to tako placo hero failed to materialize Re oclvors for tho company In explana tion stated that thoy woro waiting final Instructions from federal court. $175,000 Fire In Iowa-Town. Eldora, la. Flro, which started in a basement of the bottling works here after throatonlng tho whole town with dostructlon, was curbed, with a re ported loss of $175,000. Candy Prices Cut. New York. A cut of approximately 50 per cent In tho prlco of all candy from gum drops to bonbons was an nounced by a chain candy storo com pany, following a general agitation against the high prices of Ico cream, cold drinks and confectionery. Off for Drill Grounds. Now York. A- portion of tho At lantic fleet, which has boon anchored ti tho Hudson rlvor, stoamod off to i southern drill grounds for throe i weoks' mnneilvera. NEBRASKA II BRIEF Timely News Culled From an i Parts of the State, Reduced for the Busy. Twenty speclnl tnifllc officers, co operating with the police department, raldtnl the streets of Fremont the other night In search of auto headlight nnd tall light viol tors. Cops wero stntloned at Intervals along tho bus iest streets and all offenders wore either escorted to the police stntlon or given notice to nppenr for trial. Over 100 drivers, among whom were ninny proinlne.it citizens, were victims of the lnw enforcers. No fines were levied, however, nnd bond money was refunded with lectures to obey the law In the future. The Hock Island nnd Northwestern railroads, through their nttorneys, hnve notified W. O. Osborne, state tnx com missioner, thnt they will appeal to the supreme court for a change In tax valu ation placed on them by the state board of equalization. Railroads, In hearings before the board, demnnded that their valuation be reduced 15 per cent, the same as valuation on fnrm propeicy was reduced. The board re fused to comply with the request. Ben Grlfllii, a farmer llvng near Shelton, clnlms to have discovered oil on his plnce. A few weeks ago Mr. GrlHln had a well drilled on his farm, expecting to get some good water. The water was oily so he attached n gasolene pump to the rigging in the hope that good water would soon come through. He pumped s?vernl days but the water output continued to ho oily. A fight over the location of the school house was terminated at Ells worth quite abruptly when two mem bers and leaders of the minority fac tion loaded the building on skids at night and hauled it with a tractor two nnd one-half miles to their own location. It is stated that this move ended the controversy as th3 majority The total bill which taxpayers of Omaha will pay for repairing tho court house dnmngo will bo nearly $500,000, about $45,000 less than the origlnnl es timate, according to a statement by John Latenser, architect. In addition to the amount spent on building re pairs, about $250,000 was expended for restoring records lost In the fire. The St. Stanislaus parish at Duncan, Plutte county, will begin the erection of a $75,000 church buiding within two months, wns determined by a unani mous vote of the members of the con gregation at a meeting held for thnt purpose. The town has on!v about three hundred Inhabitants. George Dlmig reports the largest yield of wheat raised In York county this season. He threshed 11 acres, which ho sowed last fall with Kanred ivhenr, imported from Kansas, nverag Iiir 50.8 bushels per acre. He also threshed 930 bushels of bnrley from 15 acres. The Omnha Gun Club has scheduled Us fall meet for September 1-G. Secre tary .Tohansen, with the WrightWll helmy company Is In charge of local arrangements. Two hundred, or more crack shot gun artists are expected from Nebraska and adjoining states. A malady contracted vy Mrs. Dean Mohr so baffled Colrldge physicians that Dr. J. Williams, nerve specialists of Sioux City, was sent for. The diagnosis revealed n pecular case of sleeping sickness. Contagious diseases In Nebraska re ported to the slate department of health during July number 370. Dip therla cases reported from Omnha during the month numbered 13. Hog Cholera among the nogs In var ious herds in the vicinity of York Is reported nt this time. Every effort is being made to stamp the disease out. The barn and silo on the farm owned by William Bogers, I wo miles west of Albion, wns destroyed by fire during a sever electrical storm. The Community-Commerce club nt Mlnden Is organizing a band. Dan 11. Doyle has been selected as band master. Methodist of Wauneta are rnllng a $10,000 fund fur constructing a large new church, which will be built of brick. A steel amphitheater Is being erected on the county fair grounds at Albion. It will seat 3,C,00. The Fall City firemen are advertis ing n three dny tournament for August 25-20-27. Mason City will hold a three-day Home-coming celebration, August 3-1 5 The speclnl bond election here, ask ing for $105,000 addition-.l money with which to complete Norfolk's new half million dollar high school building, was successfully carried. At a meeting held nt Grand Island called by the president of the Three Hundred and Flfty-llfth Infantry or ganization, which was a part of the KIghty-nlnth division, prellmlnares were laid for the reunion, which will bo held on August 30 nnd 31. Theo dore Roosevelt, Jr., Is expected to ad dress tho gathering and about 1,200 men are expected. Dr. E. E. Stuuffer, preldent of Mid land college nnd delegate to the Inter national Rotary convention held In Edlnburg, Scotland, returned to Fre mont after n two months' absence In Europe. lie visited vsrlous nations following the Rotary conference. A two-months' drouth wns broken in Bigsprlng when an inch of rain fell In a few minutes. Lawns nnd gardens In town have been burned up owing lo Inck of moisture. The country sur- rounding the town has hud several nmil rales, insuring a good crop of wt" Judge S. P. Davidson anil family of Tecuiusch aro crimped at tin' J. O. Hunch resort,' near Boxton, In tho mountains of Colorado. Miss Until ' Davidson, 'JO, was lost in tho mountains for 10 hours ami was unconscious when found by n searching party. Miss Davidson had gone for a walk In the Needle Butte mountains and lost her way. She roamed about In the mountains for hours, seriously fright ened nnd flnnlly fell from a small elllt and lost consciousness. Bank creditors of the Nyo-Schnehk'"-Fowler Co., nt Fremont, Is in sessio.i nt Chicago, nnnied n committee to formulate n plan of reorganization. A stockholders' committee also is work ing in co-operation with the honker.? In an effort to tide the concern ovt"- a period of financial depression. Ralph Van Vechten, head of the cuminltto", believes the reorganization may ba ef fected In time for the company tu ) e- ' sumo operating during this season's crop movement. The Wells Ahbott-Nlcmnn Co., the lnrgest flour milling concern between Minneapolis and the Pacific coast, closed the doors of their plant at Schuyler. To the 150 people who were laid off by the shut-down, the only word wns that It was not knowr when the establishment would be reopened. The closing Is said to have followed a failure to reorganize the company with $200,000 additional stock. The fnrm bureau picnic for Madison county, was held at the Andy Tom- hngnn grove southeast of Battle Creek. It was estlmntcd that 22,000 .attended the picnic. Business houses closed for the event. The program Included ad dresses by C. W. Pugsley and Professor II. C. Fllley of the University nf Ne braska, and concerts by the Norfolk, Madison, Newman Grove nnd Battle Creek bands. The campaign to raise $35,200 to se cure tho air carnival for Omaha this fall Is well under way and everything points to the success of the movement. Not less than 200 nvl-.itors are expected to come with their machines to par ticipate in the flights and carry away tho prize money. The air mail Hying field on West Center street will bo used. For every two people that died in. Nebraska every year Ave are born to take their place, according to statistics prepared by the state bureau of public health, department of vital statistics. The average yearly birth rate in the state is 2,500 a month. The average death rate is 1,000. There were 15, 92S mnrriages last year. There were 3.92S divorces. T. II. Mennner of the Aero club of Omahn, while In Minneapolis, said the Omaha club will enter nt least six air planes In the Twin City national air derby, which will bo the chief spec tacular feature of the 1921 Minnesota' stato fair. More than 100 airplanes from stntes as far east as New York and 'as far south as Florida are to compete. The, Burt County Stock Show and Agricultural society at Oakland Is erecting commodious buildings on Its newly acquired possessions which join Its 50-ncre natural park. The society already has completed a largo, show and sale pavilion. The building has a seating capnclty of -100 and will ac commodate 50 head of cattle and 50 head of hogs at one time. At a mass meeting of citizens at Madison, after listening to estimates for rebuilding and equipping the old electric plant for alternating current, and for building a new plant nuir the depot, a ballot was taken showing a strong preference for building a new plnnt at an estimated cost of $70,000. There are soon to be thousands of 'bars" In Nebraska. John Westovor, well known Lincoln man !s to furnish them. The board of control let the contract to Westovor t.. furnish that many "bars" to affix tho windows of the new state reformatory. He will re ceive $2S,921 for the L-on work. Clinton E .Lnttln, 78. the first white mnn to be mnrric-d in Lancaster county Is dead here. Mr. Lnttln was. married In 1800 In Lincoln, then known ns Lnncnster. He was a wid ower and is survived by four children, eight grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. The hoard of directors of the Sheri dan County Fair association nt Gordon has changed the dates of the Sheridan county fair to Septenlber 5 to l), in clusive. The recent hnll storm which was ac companied by a high wind caused great damage In the vicinity of Broken Bow. The postofllce nt Mead, was broken Into by burglnrs and about $200 worth of stamps were stolen. A torentlal rain In Madison county did much dninnge to ;he growing crops. Plans are under way for a big avia tion meet at Crete August 1S-20. There will be all kinds of aerial stunts and a cross-wjuu.ry race for prize money. The Chamber of Commcrc has the meet In charge. Hanks and French, near Goring, have completed tho harvesting and threshing of 1,170 acres of wheat. With four combined harvesters and threshers they cut tho entire ncroago In eight days, sacked the wheat m4 hauled It to market. They claim this to bo tho record for liarvestlng and threshing In Nebraska. Through tho efforts of the Com munity club nnd the Business Men's club n bund Is nssured In Stanton. A. D. Hlnva of Ravenna will tnke charge of the bnnd. Heroic efforts of nurses saved the lives of patients In the Arapahoe hos pital when lire broke out In tho build ing. After the pnllentn hnd been rescued, workers succeeded In saving most of tho fixtures. The blaze, which Wtltt (itnfioi liv nil nlniltrt I..M-. .(! damage estimated at $5,000. The lire ' was checked before tho whole bulldlna ' uus destrnved. V ' 't ii ,t , 1