SIOUX COUNTY JOURNAL
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STATE NEWS.
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NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Diphtheria has about vanished In
Fremont.
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha railroad will build a new depot
at South Sioux City.
Some of the Omaha street railway
lines have been abandoned because thoy
do not pay expenses.
A generous citizen of Lincoln gave
one hundred turkeys to the poor of that
city on Thanksgiving day.
i The Beatrice oat meal mill is expe
riencing difficulty in getting all the oats
needed for grinding purposes.
Tho Young Men's Christian associa'
tlon in Fremont, organized one year ago
has now a membership of 130.
The Times says the Grand Island
girls will meet an equal number from any
community in a race of ehewing gum.
The demand for box cars for shipping
grain is so great that the railroads can
not begin to supply them fast enough. .
Campbell wants a new school building,
the present accommodations being irisuT
Ccient for the number cf p,upils attend
ing.
Members of the W. C. T. U. in Cass
county will meet at Plattsmouth Decem
ber 5 and C to form a county organiza
tion.
Tp-The work of improving the river at
Plattsmouth has commenced. Congress
at its last session voted $500,000 for this
work.
At Hastings Judge Gaslin fined two
jubilant attorneys $5 each for slapping
their hands when the jury's verdict was
, announced.. - , ;r
It is announced that Mrs. ArtaCodv.
daughter of Buffalo Bill, will be married
. . n . t I . .
' vt m jar. jdowi, m row euaw ueaiur pi
North Platte. , . .
The ExprcM says there has never been
a time In the history of Beatrice when
business was as flourishing or prospects
m bright as to-day. '
The health officer at Lincoln lias
' rcen instructed to quarantine all cases
of dldhtaoria. The disease is quite
prevalent In the city. .
Grand. Island will be treated to a
coarse of lectures this winter. The lee
tarera are awn of wide reputation and a
literary feast Is expected.
. Several gospel army women at Crete
armed themselves with whip and admin
I ate red a lashing to two or three boys
who Interfered with their street services.
' - By breaking Into the pottofflco at
' Central .City burglar tocurod a haul of
fMO- Thef Turned the safe, but left ao
tram fro which a cine can be formed.
$ atfawM Ctol Ban U S. F.
MCoaaihy, nttrrtwrt, all U Xmki
atatgasneatt for the benefit or
Tho Mak win probably pay
araiilon In full.
A man wli name is not given got
on a roaring drunk iu Grant, lie laid
down to sleep off the effects of his de
bauch and w hen he awoke was minus
110.
A rumor is afloat here to the effect
that the Union Paciiic will build a branch
line through Palmer from Fullerton to
St. Paul, and the people are greatly ex
cited thereat.
While Investigating the mysteries of
a revolver Chris Jensen, of Ames, acci
dentally shot himself through the hand.
No bones were broken and the wound Is
not dangerous.
Professor H. . Caldwell, of the
stale university, has been Invited to read
a paix-r on '-History iu Our College," be
fore the Nebraska state teachers' asso
ciation next March.
The commissioners of Lincoln county
have t'hamred the name of Morrow pre
cinct to that of Plant, in honor of the
late Henry ). Plant, one of the early
settlers of the precinct
At I)aveiixrt a great religious re
vival has taken place. One hundred and
twelve ueron have professed conver
sion and HHi have uiiitiHl with the vari
ous churches of the town.
Iu the vote at Omaha ou Thanksgiv
ing day to issue bonds to the amount of
S1.jO.000 to aid the Union Pacific In
building a depot, the projiosition carried
by an overwhelming majority.
Hi-rtle Hawkins, a Lincoln frail sis
ter, tiring of the disreputable life she
had been vins. attempted suicide by
taking poison. The physician with his
stomach pump arrived in time to save
her.
The corn sliellers of Unadilla tried
to form a jiool to keep up prices, but
two or three wouldn't Join the trust, and
the consequence is there Is a war of rates
raging, much to the delight of the far
mers. -The herbarium of the state univers
ity has just been increased by a set of
the Nebraska lichens, which have been
carefully determined, by Mr. T. A. Wil
liams, one of the rising lichenologists of
the country. !
-George 1'ullock, one of the party
who roblied Gardner Stevens near liagan
last week, has been captured with one of
the stolen horses in his possession. His
chances fur a term in the penitentiary
are flattering.
Comptroller of Currency Casey has
authorized the First National bank of
Cozad, Neb., to commence business on
$50,000 capital, and with the following
officers: George A. Brown, president;
Thomas K. liennison, cashier.
-Kcv. G. W. 'Waliiwright. district su
perintendent of the American ISible so
ciety for Nebraska, Colorado and Wyom
ing, will hold services in Auburn, De
cember 8, w itji the view of establishing
a Bible depository in that place.
James Shields, who was tried and
convicted at North Platte of having ob
tained money under false pretenses, re
ceived a sentence of one year in the pen
itentiary. It was proven that he had
fraudulently obtained a loan of 850.
Several of the scientific teachers of
the state university are planning an ex
tensive trip to the northwest next year
in the interests of science. The arrange
ments are nearly completed and the suc
cess of the project is well nigh assured.
H. S. Boat, and Miss Arta Cody,
daughter of Colonel William F. Cody,
were married Wednesday at North
Piatte. After the ceremony the young
people left for Denver and other points
west. Among the presents from the
bride's father was a draft for 5,000.
Tho state development association is
still in tho back ground. It has so com
pletely passed from public notice that no
one seems to think it worth while to In
quire what has become of it. When
questioned tho officers have only
the
stereotyped answer: "Wait till spring."
Lincoln is trying hard to secure
good, pure, fresh water, but so far has
been unable to do so. A number of wells
have been sunk, but the resnlt has al
ways been salt water. Now they have
resurrected the scheme to tap the Platte
river and bring thejwator there In pipes.
The lot known as Capitol square, on
which the Omaha high school building
now stands, has been deeded to the city
by Governor Thayer In obedient to
an act of assembly designed to carry out
the provisions of the original grant from
the federal government to the stato pro
viding that upon removal of the capital
the property should revert to the city of
Omaha.
To relieve himself of further world
ly cares Lew Garrow of Wakefield went
into a drug storo and called for a doso of
strychnine. The druggist was on to him
however, and gave him sugar of mlll'ln
stead. He said good-bye to his friends,
took the medicine and went home to die.
Be Is now. on very good terms with the
drug clerk. ' '.
Custer county will hold its second
annual farmers'! institute at Broken Bow
December 10, 11 and 12, under tho aus
pices of the Custer county agricultural
society. Assistance Is promised from
Professor H. M. Nicholson and J. 8.
Klngslcy, of the state university, and
W. P. Wright, of Keraaha county, who
will conduct the Institute. '
F.mll Oberge, of Oakland, this county
says a Tekamah dispatch, was arretted
last week for bastardy. The troublo waa
compromised by hia consenting to marry
the girl. H borrowed money or the
girl's father to come to Tekamah and get
his marriage license, and It now tarns
out that he is mlaslag, having used the
borrowed money to get out of the coun
try. All the parties concerned are high
ly isvecWpMB)a of the community In
which they lite. , . y
William Balesaonaky, aged IS, waa
mothered to death In a grain bin Id the
Schllti brewery, Milwaukee, Wla,
WANNAMAKER'S TALK
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Not Vel Urady fur ine fteduetlun In
foalaae.
The PealnaaMer'e l(eenmendall.n-
Wasiunoton", Pit. 1. Postmaster
General Wanamaker, In his annual re
port, says: "The jiostmaster general,
with his advent into oftiee and the tak
ing up of the duties of the department,
finds that other new officers have also
entered the field. Tho whoie organiza
tion at the top is changed and the work
falls Into untrained hands. This con
stant change will continue, but from a
business point thus to unsettle the serv
ice can not be beneficial to any depart
ment The postmaster's first, scond
and third assistants have too much work
to attend to, and moro officials are
nettled. A fourth assistant postmaster
general is needed to be in direct charge
of the railway mail, foreign mall, the
money order office, tho registry and
supplies divisions and the dead letter of
fice. A general manager, one of the
best educated postal men in the service,
is also needed, a man charged w iih the
general management of the seni"-c,
whose controlling grasp should remain
while others come and go; also a general
secretary, to whom should be referred
all plans of improvement a man whose
business capacity and authority would
bring about reforms at once without tho
usual delays, sometimes of months, exist
ing under the present cumbersome and
antiquated methods."
Of the proposed limited postal tele
graph service, which the postmaster
general hoped to have outlined in this
report for congress to consider, he says:
"I confess to disappointment that the
negotiations with the Western Union
telegraph company did not lead to the
scheme which I hoped tosubmit whereby
t he, people at large could have the bene
fit of the telegraphic service at popular
rates, it is stated that merchants, bank
ers and newspajH-rs are now the princi
pal customers of telegraph companies.
With a lower telegraph rate and with
stations at the windows of the oostoffiees
I an entirely new class of business ' would
I grow up, affording great convenience to
i many not now in the, habit of using the
wires."
"The great propriety and advantage
, of a united service cannot be questioned
from the point of convenience and econ
omy to the people, i here Is no reason
whatever why the night messages of tel
egraph .companies should not. be deliv
ered as postal matter by the first morn
ing delivery carriers. This Is properly
postoflice business and would add to the
profits of the department. The vast net
work of wires covering the country
could easily reach many of the village
postoflices and would benefit more eo
ple than by stopping at railroad stations,
which are often a mile or more distant
from where the people live. An experi
ment could be easily and quickly made
to ascertain whether the demand for a
cheaper telegraph service exists as Is
claimed. It could be done without auy
outlay of money by tho government and
with no interference with the existing
telegraph Interests, inasmuch as It would
create, as stated, a new elass of busi
ness." He asks for legislation to bring about
the establishment of such a limited xs-
tal telegraph service.
On the Sunday mall service the post
master general says he. will make use of
all the minimizing of postoflice work on
Sunday, because he believes the govern
ment should, as far as possible, make no
requirements which will prohibit its em
ployes from enjoying a day of rest.
The postmaster general does not favor
the extension of tho parcel jmst system.
All the lmstoffico buildings are over
crowded and could not makpace for an
enlarged package business. When the
postal service Is carried nearer to the
i point where there Is an excess of revenue
this business can tie considered.
Of tho lotteries and the mails he sug
gests a law for jurisdiction over the of
fense by tho courts at the offices of de-
livery, the same as at the mailing offices,
mus nraKing tne onenso continuous be
tween the o'fTice of mailing and that of
delivery and enlarging tho opportunity
to convict.
He also recommends an amendment to
the postal laws which will permit the,
mailing or works of fiction as second
class matter.
In tho special topics discussscd by the
postmaster general ho recommends a
double postal card for return answers,
the establishment of a postal museum and
the prompt delivery of all letters on
wnicn mo postage is not prepaid and to
collect double postage.
Touching the civil service the report
runs thus: "The postal department has
an individuality of Its own. Tho ordi
nary good clerk of the government might
suit perfectly well In any other of tho
civil places, but for postoflice work ho
must almost learn a trade There ought
to be a kind of apprenticeship with pro
motion. With 150,000 employes rightly
selected, who feel a proper pride 4n rep
representlng tho government and aro
alive every day to Improvement, the pos
tal service would soon become the best
in the world." The report recommends
that larger discretion bo given for mak
ing contracts for carrying foreign mails
with American registered vessels.
It Is recommended that all Dlaces of a
population of not less than 5,000, or
where the postoflice has shown a gross
revenue of 97,000 for tho previous fiscal
year, shall have the benefit of the free
delivery system.
An early consideration Is suggested on
the question of establ Ishlng postal savings
banks at 10,000 of the fourth class offices
In towns where such facilities are most
needed, leaving the extension . 'of the
privilege to be determined after a trial
of two years.
Regarding 1 cent postage the report
says that if introduced tomorrow it
would reduce the revenue by nearly
115,000,000, and the department is not
ready for this while the 'p retail l dell'
clency exists. -
- raka to aeara. .
HAVARA, nor. Z8. mere is appro-
a it - a . . ' .
Maaioa nere over we ran-Amencan con-
greai. The Inpretsloa aara k that tha
American government seeks to l-late
Cuba by shutting the ior!s of the United
States to all her products and then ruia
her commerce, industry and agriculture
interests, the ultimate object U-i'ig to in-du.-e
Spain to abandon the Island to the
natives or the United Static as us.-l.-s
burden to the mother country. '1 he idea
is not unfavorably received by a smal
party of annexationists to the I uit'-d
States, but Is strongly oppos.-d by the
conservative and "Ix-ral autonomists in
Spain as well as ui.a. in order to com
bat its effect th Spanish minister of
colonies lias proposed to make a consid
erable reduction iu the i-usu.ni tariff In
Cuba and Porto Kico on g.xsls imported
from the United States. It is generally
doubted here, however, whether this pol
icy will have the desired effect if the
American government is bent upon car
rying out its supposed scheme of isola
tion. I hlraco'a ew Krnaailan.
Chicago, HI., Nov- Sensational
developments are following each other
rapidly in the $l,0oo.oo0 swindle of
Frederiksen & Co.. land agents. To
night it is ass. rt.tl that thousands of
settlers, mainly .Scandinavian In Kan
sas. Iowa and other western stales, ho
have, as they snpx.sed, paid for their
land and got dctls from Frederiksen,
have absolutely no title to It Dark
hints arc dropped that back of Freder
iksen were parties in Milwaukee who
are the real beneficiaries of ihe gigantic
frauds. Wholesale arrests of clerks and
other persons in Chicago who hiazonly
acted as Frederikscn's tools arc talked of.
To-niorrow the state's attorney and chief
sufferers will consult and organize a
plan of campaign. Light or ten eastern
capitalists are said by one authority this
this evening to have contributed gloO.Oon
each to Frederikscn's coffers and $70,000
Is thought to have been dropped by a
single victim out of many In Milwaukee,
E. G. Cliimbslock.
Another Wisconsin victim, Mr. Cowie,
was heard declaring this afternoon that
Frederikscn's arrest would be secured If
it were necessary to following him to the
end of tho world. Cowlo says 200 ser
vant girls In Chicago Invested with Fred
eriksen from 850 to St.ooorach, and have
lost all. Among the Chicago capitalists
who arc mentioned as having had confi
dence In Frederiksen and suffered there
by are K. G. Moulhworth, tho steel man,
and S. W. Kawson, banker. Besides
these the losers are said to Include the
Fort Dearborn national bank and the
Chicago loan and trust company.
Ex-Governor Kice of Wisconsin, one of
the victims of the swindle, arrived this
afternoon. Ho admits losing Slid.ooo,
and says Cashier Nunncmachcr of the
Merchants' Exchange bank of Milwaukee
is also a heavy loser, while C. D. Hend
ricks, a prominent real estate broker of
Milwaukee, has lost every cent he owned
and been forced t" assign.
Milwaukeeans believed the Chlcagoans
had invested Frederiksen and therefore
did not themselves Investigate. Kice
said Frederikscn's plan was to get an op
tion on a tract of land from some railroad
company and representing that he owned
it sell farms to ignorant emigrants. Ab
stracts were furnished by notaries In
Frederikscn's office who certified to any
thing. Some weeks ago Frederiksen con
fessed to Nunncmachcr, Hendricks and
Hlce that ho had been issuing fraudulent
deeds and mortgages, but tho enormous
extent of the deception was not disclosed.
The trio of capitalists let Frederiksen go
ahead and form a stock company for
$500,000 to carry on business and them
selves took most of the stock. Since
then other crookedness had come to their
ears and Frederiksen had fled.
Rice says a 'number of large dealers In
railroad lands in Chicago hold Frederik
scn's papers, but are keeping quiet for
fear It will Injure their credit
To-day Frederikscn's bookkeeper,
Good bid, was held in bonds of ?15,000 un
til Saturday. Mr. Haugan, who was ap
jKiinted receiver for Frederiksen, has
asked to be discharged. He retried the
assets In sight at less than $100.
Rpeakeralilp Koaalp.
Washington", Nov, 28. The arrival
of many republican members of the
house hero during the past forty-eight
hours has kept tho live gentlemen who
arc contesting for the honor of presiding
over tho deliberations of tho lower
branch of congress exceedingly busy.
Their friends are using all their persua
sive powers to draw tho shy members
Into tho various headquarters, and tho
scenes around each of them have been
exceedingly lively.
Mr. Keed has tho lead undoubtedly
and he wilil have a very substantial vote
on the first ballot. Now that nearly all
of the. New Yorkers are here tho other
candidates are practically certain that
they have very little to hope for In the
way of support from tho Empire statd.
Mr. Kecd's friends in that delegation
have successfully whipped In the few
who were wavering against tho unit
rule, and It seems almost certain to-night
that at least eighteen of the. New York
votes will be cast for Mr. Keed on the
first ballot. 'Hie other candidate,, how
ever, say that the adoption of tho unit
ruio m iew iotk, I'ennsylvnnla and
New England will servo to drlvn
of the others away from Mr. Uecd's ban
ner who might otherwise support him
H ho has, as claimed, these three sec
tions solid he will have
gother more than twenty voles from the
other states, and it is upon his belief In
his ability to do this that ho and his
friends base their assertions that l. -in
capture the prize on the first or second
uiaJJUv.
GaaU After the Alehlaen.
New Yoiik, Nov. 30. A report has
been persistently circulated during tho
past week that Jay Gould is trying to
buy control of Atchison stock. A de
cline In the stock Is said to have boon
engineered for that purpose In the face
of tho announcement of the success of
tho reorganization plan. It
boon hintod that Gould Is behind this
movement and is picking up stock In
both New York and Boston . Wrda.
a special dispatch was received on Wall
street, which read as follows: "Manlim!
latlonsof Missouri Pacific, Atebland
KU Louis A Kan Francisco Is attractln,
attention and is generally credited Z
Gould, whose holdings of Atchlwrtave
been estimated a. high as 200,000 shares!
Although no stock appear, la hi.
a lare amount has been transferred to
Grant t Com Dan, of N. v.i. ,, '
Gould baa always been credited with I
desire to obtain the control of Uw Xtohi
about .tMlMmhwSl
CALAMITY IX BOSTON.
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liana Several Plremj'n Laaa Their
Llrea rnrilrnlare of HueluM'e For
mer Creel Fire.
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Boston, Nov. 29. The most disas
trous fire from w hich Boston has suffered
since 1872, and one In which the proper
ty loss rivals the great conflagration at
Lynn Tuesday, broke out about 8:20 a.
ui. yesterday In a six-story granite build
ing owned by Jordan, Marsh & Com
pany, and occupied by Brown, Dun-ll &
Company, dry goods, Bedford street,
corner of Kingston.
The great fire of 1H72 broke out 011 the
corner of Kingston and Sumner streets,
and the alarm for yesterday's lire was
rung in from the same Imix which her
alded that memorable conflagration that
consumed, nearly Muo.ooo.oou of prop
erty. Tho first alarm rung In yesterday w as
immediately followed by the first general
alarm in Jtostou since 1S72.
The conflagration raged for six hours
and burned over two acres of territory,
covered by magnificent structures and
entailed a loss now estimated at S.'.ooti,
(MK). Tho general alarm was soon fol
lowed by calls upon all tho neighboring
cities and towns for assistance.
Flames were soon pouring from nil the
windows and the r.sif of the Brown
Durrell building; At S::i0 they had
spread to the shoe and leather exi liBiige
building, another large granite struct uro
adjoining Itrown, Durcll Si Co., on Bed
ford street From the other buildings
the flames swept in great masses aero
Bedford street to the opKslte corner,
thence across Kingston street along Bed
ford to Chauncey, where It was stopped
In the store of Farley, Harvey Si Co.,
the upper stories of which were burned.
Three stores along Chauncey street to
ward Sumner were burned.
On the south sldo of Bedford street
tho fire jumped acrwss Kingston street
from Brown, Pnrr,:)l & Co s. to the big
sandstone building owned by F. L.
Ames and occupld by Taylor Brothers,
and this was consumed. The great gran
Ito building known as tho Nevliis block
at the corner of Chauncey street was the
next to go and the entire block clear
around liowe Place to Kingston street
w as consumed.
The fire then crossed ( baiiiiey street
to the stores which are enclosed In Exe
ter Place, a small street running from
Harrison avenue to Chaumy street
Here the firemen got control. At Lowe
place tho lire was partially checked from
going toward Essex street, but quickly
moved toward tho opwsito side to the
Immense Allen &, Larralw o buildings, oc
cupying tho square between Bedford
street and the Harrison avenue extension
of Exeter Place, at which polut its fur
ther progress w as checked.
Tho scenes about the lire vvcro replete
with excitement and activity. The ter
ritory bounded by Kingston, Jbtlford
oud Cbanncy streets was the principal
theatre of destruction. Here the confla
gration leveled everything. Within an
hour after the lire alarm sounded the
whole structure, of Brown, Durrell fc
Company's building collapsed with a tre
mendous crash. Flames were darling
from the doors and w Indues and the In
terior of tho block was a glowing fur
nace. The dry goods and oilier combus
tible articles with which t lie floors were
packed burned to a while heat. The
granite crumbled and the Iron girders
melted away like Ice. The streams
from the engines were dissipated in va
pcr before they touched tho lire. Sud
denly the cry a row:
"Tho walls arc falling! Back! Back!"
The crowd surged back for their lives.
Startled by the shouts the firemen drop
ped their hose and ran to save the lire
apparatus. Thern was a confused and
deafening roar and a dense cloud of
smoke and dust mounted heavenward-.
When It cleared away the luxurious pal
ace of trade had vanished, only a fantas
tic heap of bricks, shattered stone, twist
ed iron beams and broken columns mark
ing iu site. Two engines and an serial
ladder and water truck were ruined ln
yond repair. Tho scene was one of thrill
ing grandeur. The towering Ames block,
occupied by Taylor Brothers, was ablaze
from roof to basement. The floors fell
with a stunning noise leaving but 1he
m.ire shell. From this building the lire
was steadily eating lis way through to
Chaum y .ireet despite, tho thousands of
gallons of water thrown on It. A succes
sion of sharp explosions Indicated the
force of the coin pressed heated air in the
firm's rooms, and broken gas-pipe were
playing their part Iu tho conflagration.
The Immense stores occupied by Sam
uel Williams and Brlgham A. Company,
corner of Chauncy street and Kowe court,
marked the ftirtherest progress of tho
fire In that direction. Although appar
ently fire-proof, It was completely guU
ted. On the corner of Chauncy and llcd
ford street a largo block occupied by
Smith, Hogg At Gardner and others was
In almost as bad a plfght, and the build
ings between these two were utterly de
stroyed. Tho leaping flames suc
ceeded In crossing Chauncy street to tho
upper stories of tlo huge Allen block,
largely occupied by Farley, Harvey A. Co.
and those adjacent as far as Essex Place.
It was hard to direct streams of water
effectively and for a time It seemed as
though Warren street might yet lio
reached. Tliff firemen hero made a
grand rally. Many lines of 1OM0 w,.r
carried through the stores on Harrison
avenue and the foe Was strongly fought.
Other hose was taken up stairs and used
from the windows across on Bedford
street. Htill other streams were directed
on the flames and finally the further
progress of tho lire was staved.
Tho origin of tho Hro is not definitely
known, but Is attributed lo electric wires.
Later estimates of the loss places It at
nearly 5,000,000. About two hundred
firms were burned and 100 agents of New
York and western Arms had their head
quarters destroyed.
The agents of a largo number of Insur
ance companies Interested were ai-en by a
reporter and asked as to their lossea.
The risks which could be ascertained
mount to nearly St,7SO,000, while a large
number of companies are yet to be heard
from.
The fire, coming as It does, on top of
the great blaze at Lynn, Is a crushing
ilow lo many of the smaller Insurance
companies, and It Is not at all unlikely
that It will cause the suspenslJ
01 1 11cm
THE CURAT KIKB Or J(rf
1 be former great con fWr.fi
swept over part of the area of tl
nre commenced at 7 o'clock
evening, November , i((7'
night and the greater ruirt ,
and licked ud Slon noo non
property. In those few hours
lugs, most of them magnified
lures 01 sione ana iron, were
as though they weret h.,ii
Twenty persons perished In tl:J
1 ne lire hroke out in a Inr,
granite store on the corner d
ami Kingston streets. Beforni
engines arrived on the scene
had communicated to the 1,1 1,.,
the vicinity and la less than tJ
utes the whole broad fa. :l.i
down Kingston and Sumn er stJ
sneei 01 names, and the heat
tense as to force tho firemen
sirong breeze sprang np and tl
spread with remarkablo rapid
firemen struggled heroically i.J
Barricades for their pmtoctiuii
up, out they melted before tM
ment like wax. So terril.lv 1
came tho heat after a while tli J
through tlie brick walls of
buildings to the fronts of war.
the other sides of the streeN
ana consuming the jnttcr wid
direct contact with flame.
About 3 a. in., attemuts wer,
stay the progress of the flam. J
Ing up the buildings In Its palli
uynamiic, out proved futile,
magnificent portion of the oil
by Washington, Kumncr, Bciif(
and Gliver streets burned to Ul
edge.
1 ho entire snaee occnnicii
wholesale dry goods dealers. J
chants, boot and shoe, hhlo anl
dealers, and clothing lions.-.
destruction. Not a wool house
standing. Every wholesale
nousc, with a single except
burned, and but three or four
commission houses wero lefL
Tho fire thus burned over tho
of massive and annarentJv Inri
commercial palaces In America,
acre.
atealou'a Lee SlOrOOO.M
Bostos, Mass., Nov. 30. Tli
bankers here look for no bad
effect from the recent fires. (H
largest owners of property b
F. L. Ames. The, Individual )J
rule, aro men abundantly able
their losses. Tho general sin
gnrdlng the effoct of the firo is
encouraging on a closer analysi
situation. liiiam It Gray of
('. Rogers agency estimated Hie
by firo at 10,000.000.
Tho burned district to-day
of desolation. A portion of tl
portment spent tho entire night
forenoon In quenching tho rcnJ
tho big blaze, while a cordon
officers ore still guarding the nJ
Incoming trains this morning w.
ed with people who bao con
the ruins. 1 ho wails of sum
burned buildings are in a veryd
condition and the owners are
(dating the razing of them to th
to prevent tho xssibility of
Gangs of men have already I
tear away the debris.
Tho wholesale small ware b:
Boston Is, with a single el
wlHtJ out, but all the firms will
business as soon as suitable qua)
secured.
Tills morning an attempt was
find the remains of the missing
Toker and Buckley, In thn
Brown, Burr.-ll & Company's 1
Their coats were found burled
bricks, and this seems to nettle U
further attempt to find boon
made this afternoon.
Tho aggregate Insurance on l
erty destroyed Is 3, 753,720, as li
can bo learned. The state h
commission says, with tin) eter
two or three new or smaller (
tliero Is no probability of Uie. su
of any Insurance companies.
Burglars carried off $100
clothing from a Washington, la..
A special from Gainesville, Tc
In regard to tho trahj robbery, th
Frasher, the guard of the trail
more than twenty shots.at Uie 1
and that ono of the. gang'isVJ;
be fatally wounded. Crusher '
hurt. The robln-rs secured
10,000. Tho passengers and m
not molested.
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