A TOWN FUME SWEPT
Tho Oityof Jacksonville Elorida Suf
fois a Great Conflagration
THE LOSS IS VERY MANY MILLIONS
Heart of tho City En tea Ont by the De
vouring Element IJuslness Blocks and
Residences in Great Numbers Are
Entirely Wiped Out
JACKSONVILLE Fla May 4 The
most disastrous fire in tho history of
this city began yesterday shortly after
noon in a small factory started by a
defective wire according to the best
belief and burned for nearly ten
hours In that time property damage
estimated from 10000000 to 15000
000 was caused
According to the city map 130
blocks were burned many of them
in the heart of the business and resi
dence section where the estimate of
houses to the block is ten Many of
tho finest public and private build
ings were destroyed including hotels
theater churches and residences
The casualties cannot be accurately
estimated tonight That there were
several seems to be well authenticated
Among them was that of Fire Chief
Haney who sustained a bad fall The
mayor ordered all saloons closed and
has impressed help to clear the
wreckage The mayor stated that he
estimated the loss at 15000000 and
that 10000 to 15000 people were home
less
Along the entire length of Beaver
street from Davis street to the creek
on Liberty street all buildings have
been destroyed This is fourteen sol
id blocks of residences For the
same distance Ashley and Church
streets have both been completely blot
ted out When the fire reached
Bridge street in its easLward course
it enveloped in flames an area three
blocks wide taking in Duval Monroe
and the north side of Adams street
burning the entire section of the city
and running fourteen blocks to the
Duval street -bridge
How much further in that direction
the city is burned it is impossible
to learn the street being impassable
but it is feared that St Lukes hospi
tal was burned and it is said that the
Presbyterian church in East Jackson
ville is ablaze If this is correct the
fire must have extended five blocks
further east The fire which broke
out at 245 oclock this afternoon has
covered as far as is definitely known
a distance of two and a half miles
by half a mile wide
When tho fire reached Julia street
it was a roaring conflagration and
there was no prospect of it being put
under control The local military com
panies were called out to keep the
crowds back and the fire department
began to use dynamite to blow up
houses a block from the fire hoping
thus to prevent the fire from spread
ing So fierce was the blaze however
and so strong had become the wind
that millions of sparks and flying
burning shingles spread over five or
six blocks setting the roofs of the
houses on fire in advance of the de
partment
It is impossible at this hour to as
certain the losses but it is estimated
by insurance agents that it will be
between S000000 and 9000000 Six
live are reported lost in the conflagra
tion The mayor has called a meeting
of the city council for tomorrow to
consider ways and means of reliev
ing the sufferers
Well Known Farmer Killed
NEW LONDON la May 4 Harry
Helphrey of Canaan township a well
known farmer was killed while at
work in his field by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun He had lean
ed his gun against a fence post and
was plowing when in making a turn
the horses knocked the gun down and
is exploded The contents entered
Helphreys heart killing him instant
ly
Typhoid at German Ports
BERLIN May 4 An epidemic of
typhoid fever has broken out in sev
eral forts and villages in the neigh
borhood of Metz The Eighth Ba
varian regiment has alone last six
teen men from the disease and has 281
men sick
Wins Holy Terror Case
RAPID CITY S D May 4 P B
McCarty of this city has received
word from the supreme ceurt at Wash
ington that he has won the Holy Ter
ror case which gives him one eighth
interest in the Holy Terror mine at
Keystone
Gould Gets Arkansas Line
MEMPHIS Tenn May 4 A special
from Helena Ark says John J Hof
nor president of the Arkansas Mid
land railroad today admitted that his
road would pass under the control of
the Gould system within the next
sixty days probably soonor He re
turned yesterday from St Louis
where the deal was practically closed
The sale included the - main line from
Helna to Arkadon and the branch
from Pine City to Brinkley
CHINA CANNOT MEET DEMANDS
Mast Have Aid to Pay Indemnity Tons
of TValclersees Letter
PEKIN May 3 -At a meeting of
the ministers yesterday the report of
the indemnity committee was read
Regarding the resources of China the
report was very voluminous It was
practically a repetition of Jamessons
well known pamphlet on the subject
Sir Robert Hart offered suggestions
similar to those already credited to
him and cable to the Associated
Press It is asserted that the reve
nues from all available resources will
not allow China to pay the indemnity
unless assistance is rendered
The next meeting will be held next
Tuesday The subject of Count von
Waldersees letter will then be taken
up and a reply to it will be drafted
The ministers assert that they know
what they want without being told
They particularly object to any of the
legation guards being under any au
thority except that of the ministers
themselves
NEBRASKA PENSION FRAUDS
Fred Dorer Taken to Omaha for Crime
Against Veterans
ST JOSEPH Mo May 3 Fred
Dorer alias Fred Dolan who was ar
rested here on a charge of drunken
ness two weeks ago and later identi
fied as a man wanted by the govern
ment authorities for pension frauds
was taken to Omaha today for trial
in the federal court Pension Com
missioner Tedrow of this city recog
nized the man as one who is alleged
to have committed pension frauds
near Beatrice Neb in April 1899
It is claimed thevt Dorer represented
that he was a special pension exam
iner and could secure pensions and
increases in pensions for the old sol
diers in that district Under this pre
tanse it is alleged he collected a sum
of money and then left the country
WU THINKS CUSTOMS TOO LOW
Says Present Bate is Inadequate to Pro
vide for New loan
WASHINGTON May 3 It is be
lieved here that the hitch which is
said to have arisen at Pekin over the
proposition to increase the Chinese
customs duties to meet the indemnities
demanded by the foreign powers is
caused by the oroaching by Mr Rock
hill of his plan for the abolition of
the likin duties as a condition for
his acquiescence in the customs in
crease The United States govern
ment has in the past admitted a read
iness to permit the Chinese to increase
custom rates providing there was no
discrimination between the powers
Minister Wu says that the present 5
per cent rate is totally inadequate to
provide a sinking fund for a new loan
COMING HOME 0E TROOPS
Many of the Volunteer Troops to Return
Before the End of May
WASHINGTON D C May 3 Ma
jor Miller chief quartermaster at Ma
nila has cabled the war department
an approximate schedule of the sail
ing of transports from Manila with
troops to be mustered out of service
as follows
May 10 Hancock with the Thirty
first Buford with the Forty first
Pennsylvania with the Fortieth
May 20 Logan and Kilpatrick with
the Thirty eighth Forty third and
Forty fourth Indiana with the Forty
second
May 25 Grant with the Forty
eighth and Forty ninth Ohio with
the Forty seventh
If there should be any surplus they
will be sent on the Thomas
Iowa is Launched Again
SEATTLE Wash May 3 The bat
tleship Iowa was launched today from
the Bremerton navy yard after un
dergoing repairs and a thorough over
hauling Less than four weeks were
required in the great undertaking al
though six weeks had been allowed
by the navy department The Iowa
is now awaiting sailing orders
Twins Burn to Dearth
SIOUX CITY la May 3 Jay and
Joy the 3-year-old twin children of
Mrs Layton Hubbard were burned to
death in a stable at Hawarden la
The children were playing in the barn
and set fire to some papers The
charred remains were found after the
barn had been destroyed
Shot Through the Heart
NEW LONDON la May 3 Harry
Helphrey farmer while plowing in
the field leaned his shotgun against
the fence In making a turn his
horses knocked down the gun and it
went off sending the load into Hel
phreys heart killing him instantly
Canada to- Control Road
OTTAWA May 3 The scheme by
which the Manitoba government hopes
to control passenger and freight rates
within the province has been ratified
by he Dominion railway committee
The provincial government will lease
that portion of the Northern Pacific
railroad lying within the province for
a term of 999 years It will be im
mediately turned over to McKenzie
Mann of Tortonto for management
the government fixing all freight rates
IS G OLD II
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These Are the Men Now figuring in
Union Pacific Theories
BUYING IN ORDER TO CONTROL
New Yorker Thought to Cherish Three
Road Control Scheme Clark Wants
Outfit for New Iine and Is Said to Be
Seeking Privileges In the East
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NEW YORK May 2 The Mail and
Express says It was learned from offi
cial sources that William K Vander
bilt is a large holder of Union Pa
cific stock and that he acquired his
holding after reaching a full under
standing with E H Harriman Those
in a position to know assert that Mr
Harriman was placed at the head of
the road at the instance of Mr Van
derbilt although others declare that
Mr Harriman is the joint choice of
Messrs W K Vanderbilt George J
Gould and Kuhn Loeb Co
Mr Harriman is a close personal
friend of Mr Vanderbilt and was pick
ed out to manage the Union Pacific
because he was regarded as an able
railroad man From sources close to
Mr Vanderbilt it appears that the
present management of the Union Pa
cific is not only in thorough accord
with that gentleman but has stood
ready for a long time to make a deal
with the Chicago Northwestern
which the Vanderbilts control But
up to the present year of great deals
Mr Vanderbilt it is said thought
it was better for the Northwestern to
have several strings to its bow rath
er than tie up exclusively with the
Union Pacific
The Burlington deal however
changed the western situation and the
aggressive policy of eMssrs J J Hill
and J P Morgan in combining the
Burlington Northern Pacific and Great
Northern forced the Northwestern to
prepare for future emergencies
There are excellent reasons for the
assumption that Mr Vanderbilt has
been the largest buyer of Union Pacific
on the great rise to nearly 130 either
for his own account with a view to
increasing his interest or on account
of Chicago Northwestern so that
the latter can exercise a leading influ
ence in Union Pacific
There is good ground for believing
that George J Gould as president of
the Missouri Pacific and a leading di
rector in Union Pacific has been a
heavy buyer of the latter stock and
that by means of his large private
holdings of stock which may later
be turned over to the Missouri Pacific
the latter road will jointly with tlie
Northwestern and possibly the St
Paul control Union Pacific
LOS ANGELES Cal May 2 The
Evening Express this afternoon pub
lished a report that private advices
have been received here to the effect
that John W Gates the steel mag
nate is rsponsible for the recent phe
nomenal advance in Union Pacific
stock and that Gates is acting for
Senator W A Clark and associates
who are endeavoring to secure con
trol of the Union Pacific as an outlet
for the San Pedro Los Angeles
Salt Lake railroad
ANNIVERSARY Of MANILA BAY
Admiral Dewey and His Comrades In
Battle Meet ot Banquet Board
WASHINGTON D C May 2 The
third anniversary of the battle of Ma
nila bay was celebrated her tonight
by a banquet at the Raleigh hotel
participated in by officers cf the Amer
ican fleet who took part m that con
flict These numbered about twenty
five persons less than one fourth of
those who were in the battle The
greater number of them came from
stations along the Atlantic coast from
Portsmouth N H to Norfolk Va
The floral decorations were unusually
attractive but four large American
flags with the American eagle and
shield as a centerpiece were the fea
tures of the decoration
Center of Population
WASHNGTON May 2 The ensus
bureau issued a bulletin announcing
that the center of population of the
United State excluding Alaska and re
cent territorial accessions on June last
was six miles southeast of Columbus
Bartholomew county in southern In
diana
Germans Surprising Action
HONGKONG May 2 It is reported
that the Germans have selected a con
cession at Canton that the prelimi
naries have been arranged and that
possession will be taken soon
Warrant for Thousands
SOUTH MALESTER I T May 2
A warrant containing 3000 names
was issued by United States Judge
John R Thomas in the northern dis
trict and given to Marshal Bennett
for service The complaint was male
by Hon Tarns Bixby acting chair
man of the Dawes commissions and is
against the Creek fullbloods who re
fuse to be enrolled The commission
has tried for several weeks to get the
Creek Indians to enroll to no avail
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Beet Beer
Manufacture of beer from beet roots
is being advocated in England The
beet abounds in sugar juice but it is
stated that the cost of separating it
from the gums acids and salts Is some
what expensive and would result in a
higher price being charged for the
beer
Willing to Compromise
The following letter written by a
woman in Kansas has been received
by the Philadelphia police department
Chief Police will you see the woman
whose name Is in the inclosod adver
tisement i will settle with her fori
500 She has a medicine which she
says will Remove hair from the face i
sent her one foliar and got a bottle
of the medicinexand it burnt my face
and now i have apt a heavy beard the
doctor say i will have whiskers now
all my life if she will give you 500
I will take it and say nothing against
the woman
The Lilys Dream
Mrs Langtrys English house In
Chelsea is described as a dream of
beauty The flooring of the drawing
room has been taken up and replaced
by white marble and everything Is
done on the same splendid scale The
furniture and decorations are said to
have cost more than 10000
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A Joke about the Schuylkill water
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148 will buy new Upright piano on
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally Price 75c
Most appropriate name for a dent
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A dyspeptic is never on good terms with him
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by chewing Beemans Pepsin Gum
Theres no egg so large that it can
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I am sure Pisos Cure for Consumption saved
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Some men seem to be fired by geni
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No man can stand on top because
he is put there
Hamlins Blood and Liver Pills cure
constipation and all the ills due to it
25c at your druggists
The bad boy often makes the best
man
Garfield Tea is the most used tho
best liked and is the original herb
tea for the cure of constipation and
sick headache It strengthens the di
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Opals have never been so fashion
able as this season
Do Your Foet Ache and Burn
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Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and
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Old Maids Home
Sweden and Norway both boast sev
eral homes for unmarried women One
of these was endowed more than 200
years ago by a man who left the bulk
of his fortune to his spinster descend
ants The home is managed by salar
ied trustees and the unmarried wo
men who can prove kinship to the
founder is entitled to a home there
The Only Woman Admiral
The queen of Greece is the only wo
man admiral in the world She was so
appointed by the late Emperor Alex
ander III of Russia because of her
love for the sea instead of being given
a regiment according to custom
OF PAIN
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Aug 6 1898
Deab Mbs Pikkham I have
Buffered since the age of sixteen with
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