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FLAMES RAGED TEN HOURS
One Hundred nn Thirty lllochu llnrnril
Mnny of Tliem In the Ilrnrt f llic llusl
nrM and Uenlilcnee Hand
oineit Structures Destroyed
luckBonvllIe Kin Mny 4 The most
XllFiiPtroiiH lire In tlio history of this
Iclty begun yestonlny shortly nffor
jioon In a fiitwll factory started by a
defective wire acconllni to the best
belief and burned for nearly ten
hours In that time properly damage
estimated from 10000000 to 15000
000 was caused
According to the city map one
Wied and thirty blocks were burned
many of them In the heart of the busi
ness and residence section the esti
mate of houses to the block Is ten
Thirteen hundred of them went up
In smoke Many of the finest public
and prlvnte buildings were destroyed
including hotels theaters churches
and residences
The casualties cannot be accurately
estimated That there wore several
poems to bo well authenticated Among
them was that of the fire chief who
fjustninod a bad fall The mayor or
dered all saloons closed and has Im
pressed help to clear the wreckage
The mayor stated that ho estimated
the loss at 15000000 and that 10
000 to 15000 people wore homeless
Origin of tlio Fire
The fire started in the American
Fibre factor between the hours of 12
and 1 oclock in the afternoon and
owlngto this fact the loss of llfewlll be
comparatively small The llbre fac
tory was a wooden shell full of in
jUammable material and In a few mo
ments it was a mnss of flames The
Wind which was already blowing
strong from the southwest seemed to
Ibo possessed with a sudden fury and
noon was carrying destructive embers
all through the city the fairest por
tion of which lay right in the course
of the wind Some delay was experi
enced in sounding an alarm and to
add to the tragedy of fateful accidents
the engine at tlio waterworks suffered
n mishap and nothing more than or
dinary pressure could bo obtained
By this time the flames had swept to
the Boston store It leaped across
Davis street and took a course right
through a section where block after
block of frame buildings many occu
pied by negroes had been erected
Here is where the fire department lost
control as simultaneously In half a
dozen places some of them six blocks
from the main fire roofs wore seen to
burst out In flames It took Just four
CONSOLIDATION RUMOR
Wall Strict ltt port ul Merger of
Couutrjs Whole ltnllroiicl Hjstrtu
New York May 7 Consolidation
continued to be the magic word to Influ
ence the speculation In stocks yester
day There was even n wild rumor
that all the great railroad interests
wince supposed contest for control
have caused the recent violent move
ments In prices had come to a com
promise nnd there were about to con
solidate all the principal railroad sys
tems of the whole country This nar
rowed down somewhat to more spe
cific reports of progress in the south
western merger and of further steps
towards the adjustment of relations
In the northwestern railroad deal
The last named rumor was the only
thing to account for the sensational
movement In Northern Tactile which
exceeded that of nny Individual stocks
which have been singled out at differ
ent times recently as centers of atten
tion Northern Tactile made an ex
treme advance of 121 points
FIND FIVE BODIES
Victims llurntd to Drntli or Drowned In
Efforts to lrnii the Ilnnics
nt tlncksonvllle
Jacksonville Fin May 7 The work
of relief In Jacksonville Is progressing
sytematically The following are the
dead so far as recovered Harry V
Honiithenu William Clark both white
unknown negro found In the river at
court adjourned for the day five jurors
had been secured
Sultan Kills Physician
London May 7 It is rumored
says the correspondent at Constantino
ple of the Daily Express that the
sultan shot dead n physician who
while attending him for ear complaint
nnd mnssnglng him unwittingly
caused his majesty Intense pain The
chamberlain rushed Into the room and
the sultan who supposed there wns an
attempt on his life Hred again wound
ing the chnmberlaln
Says Nothing Abont Kruger
Washington May 7 It Is learned
at the state department that the presi
dent has made no statement through
nny of the usual channels to the effect
that he would refuse to receive Kruger
officially or unofficially The govern
ment lins made no promise ns to the
character of his reception If he should
decide to come here
Younger May lie Paroled
St Paul May 7 The board of state
prison mnnngers meets today nnd it Is
believed that Cole and James Younger
serving life sentences In connection
with the North field bank robbery nnd
murder committed 25 years ago will
be granted paroles under the terms
of the law Just enacted by the legis
lature
Flood From Cloudburst
Fort Madison May 7 A cloudburst
here flooded the streets to a depth of
Ave feet Mrs Mary Carter nn nged
woman was drowned in her cellar
The city Is In darkness the cas mains
being filled with water
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD
Mariano Ignnclo Prado ex president
of Peru Is dead
A deal Is in progress to consolidate
oil the oil cloth and llneolcuin plants
of the country Into ono combine
Kid Carter of Brooklyn was given
the decision over Jack Donner at Louis
ville Monday The fight went the 20
rouud limit
Jamleson Co one of the largest
stock brokerage firms In Chicago have
suspended They were unable to meet
their obligations on the New York
Stock exchange
The national womans board of mis
sions of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church convened in Marshall Mich
Monday with 184 delegates and many
visitors present
Mrs Caroline Harchner died Monday
at Puna Ills from a peculiar disease
Two years ago she began using pain
killer continuing its use until she used
a bottle daily All effort to overcome
the Labit failed and denUi retiulted
ii m win
House of Commons Passes
Government Measure
GENERAL STRIKE PROBABLE
Lnhor Members Iiitliniite That Orcat
btrURglti Miy Ho rrvelpltaled llrtwrcn
Their Oriinlitliiii nnd riirllninrnt
Lnmhtoii bprnks In ltt liulf of Mlnrrs
London May 7 There was unusual
animation and attendance In the house
of commons yesterday when the last
Installment of the coal tax resolution
debate was opened by Kir Edward
Grey Liberal who defined the meas
ure as harsh and oppressive The
house adopted the coal tax by a vote of
XW to 227
lerhaps the most Interesting feature
of the debate was the speech of Hon
Frederick Laiubton who denounced
the government as a pack of riotous
hounds after a ewe lamb by which
he referred to the coal Industry The
kleepy people who had come in to boar
the Until stages of the debate blinked
vigorously as they heard the right of
mliiers to strike proclaimed by an aris
tocrat who declared that the miners
were as good as many a man who has
won the Victoria cross
Another supporter of the govern
ment lohn Wilson bitterly objected to
the tax bringing up the question of
transferred from the department com- 0n her glistening
mnnded by General Wade to that com
manded by General Hughes General
States n chance to cut out British
coal
What the Miners Federation will
do remains to be seen Judging from
the Beeches of the labor members
during the last stages of the debate
the Federation Is nulte llkelv to do-
wtMmm
THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY MAY 10 1901
RECEIVE A ROYAL WELCOME
lllnUiritto Itcceptlnn of Unite nml Until
i of York ul Melbourne
Melbourne May 7- The duke and
duchess of Cornwall and Yoik landed
from the cteauier Ophlr jesterdny
They weie received at the pier hend
by Lord llopctoun governor general
ami the state mid federal ministers
After the ministers had been ptesent
ed the party past ed down n quarter of
n mile of carpeted plrr and entered
carriages surrounded by a guard of
honor composed of Victoria troops
Just returned from South Afilea and
proceeded a distance of seven miles
through Hiillltintly decorated sticets
hordeied with almost continuous lines
or people The entire route was lined
with demonstrative crowds and the
decorations arches Venetian masts
and columns along the line of march
were wry effective Opposite the town
hall the procession passed beneath the
quoons arch canopied with the royal
colors and sheltering a golden statue
of Queen Victoria Twelve thousand
troops were In Hue There aie S0000
vIMtois In Melbourne The dtlve ter
minated at Jovctiimcut house
INCENDIARY GANG
Mx Men nnd One Woman Clinrgiid With
Complicity In Tire In INI moil
County MUmhiiI
Macon Mo May 7 Six men and one
woman tire charged with direct com
pllcily in the recent scries of flies In
the foot of Market street Mrs American competition and contending l MMithern portion or Macon county
nelia Thompson widow of the late that the duty would give the United with the object of swindling Insurance
General Waddy Thompson bones
found In ruins of old Indies home
Union nnd Laura streets Martha Ha
gen a negro woman found at Ocean
nnd State streets
Six thousand destitute were fed yes
terday by the relief association Gov
ernor Jennings has perfected the mill
tnry government of the city by n gen
eral order placing Colonel Lovoll In
command nnd making Major Maxwell
provost marshal
The receipts by the relief associa
tion nnd other ngoncies upproxlmntc
50000
Ferfect order prevails The work
of rebuilding has commenced
War Not Kudcri In Sninar
Manila May The island of Samar
one of the Viscnyan group 1ms been
companies
Five arrests have been made nnd
Deputy Sheriff Turner left Macon yes
terday with warrants for John Prov
ince anil wife whose home was burned
on March 22 Among those ai tested
are Grant CJIpson n well known
-
clare a general strike thus Amnion noigtmonioou ieroy
lug n struggle between organized la- Summers hoii of a farmer Milton
bor nnd parliament Such a collision I Kuiiimuth a relative nnd W I Don
ns was said frequently during the van a coal miner
cusslon might prove ruinous to the possession of Prosecuting At
conl Industry and highly Injurious to y Wlilte are confessions signed
the country -v imoviinionn rrovinceanii moun
Clip Defender Launched
llristol H L May 7 With her hull
gaily decorated with flags aud her
deck well filled with sailors the yacht
Constitution was christened last even
ters wife which It Is alleged prove
the existence of n conspiracy to tie
lrntiil the Insurance companies At
least half n dozen others are under
suspicion Joseph llelftier agent of
the Iowa State Insurance company
ing by Mrs W Kutler Duncan who estimates that their depredations have
broke the traditional bottle of wine already cost the Insurance comimnlen
bow Just ns site 10000
started slowly down the ways Into the jhey have so terrorized the neighbor
sen The scene was a brilliant one ns hood of Artlmore n coal mining town
Hughes has been ordered personally 1 the Constitution was slowly lowered in the southern part of the county
to Samar nnd If he is unsuccessful In into the water the cheering from the that the honest runners dare not up-
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iiLKuinuing uiu in mi- oonts outside tieiiig loud mm vigorous
gent general Lukban the rorce of while the searchlight from the steam
American troops in Sainar will be yacht Colonln Just outside the dock
largely increased and a vigorous of
fensive campaign will be inaugurated
Third Trial or Dr Kennedy
New York May 7 The third trial
nf Rn muni T 1ot limit 11 in
hours for that resistless sen of flame
charf of inunlermB DolIy n0ynolds
to In
consume every building its wnke
for n space of six to eight blocks wide
from Davis street near where It
started to the Hogan street viaduct
n distance of over one nnd n half miles
nnd then not satisfied with eating the
liAnit 4 4 Vrn MnntrlAnil 1 v n4 Inn iln I
roaring up the principal thoroughfare
of trade destroying everything In what
was the original Incorporation of Jack
sonville
Into TIenrt of City
Ttight into the heart of the town the
flames swept Tho Windsor hotel the
St James both fine winter hotels
rwere consumed in nn incredibly short
time The opera house followed nnd
then row upon row of elegnnt resi
dences went up As the vlnduct lead
ing over the marshes of HoganB creek
to East Jacksonville was reached It
was plain that the limit of the progress
of the flnmes westward had come
Just ns the material for the flnmes wns
apparently consumed a shift in the
wind sent n ronriidg sen of flnmes
southward townrd tiie river
Then came the most thrilling scene
of the entire day The flames caught
the freight warehouse of the Western
railroad and began from there on their
inarch backward In the teeth of the
wind Slowly but surely the fire ate
its way against the wind taking either
elde of Bay Btreet until it reached
Jones boat ynrd The flames swept
down In the rear of the United States
liotel nnd thnt with the Law ex
change was doomed Meantime the
county court house caught Are and an
other splendid edifice wns soon n to
tal wreck From tho United States
liotel the flames again Jumped across
the street nnd the work of destruction
continued only to be checked when
the last building near McCoys and
Slogans creek hnd been destroyed
Double Killing at Denver
Denver May 4 Hugh Masterson a
private of company M Twenty third
Infantry stationed at Fort Logan
ehot and probably fatally wounded
William True a bar tender and was
few minutes later shot and instantly
killed by a policeman from whom he
yiaa trying to escape
Fir Wipes Out lows Town
j Ewart In Mny 4 Fire last night
practically destroyed tho entire town
Including a big grain elevator of the
Jowa Central the postofflce all of the
business bouses nnd n number of resi
dences The loss is estimated at
flOOOOO
Transport Supplies Free
Portsmouth Va Mny 7 It was an
nounced at the general offices of the
Seabonrd Air lino that that road will
transport free supplies for the Jack
sonville sufferers
Railroad officials In Chicago have re
ceived information that an attempt Is
being made to revive the American
Railway union under the namo of the
United Brotherhood of Railway Em
ployes The telegraphers are pushing
It
In the Grand hotel in this city on Aug
Jfl 1S9S began yesterday before Judge
Nowburgor Convicted on his first
trial and sentenced to death the den
tist obtained n second trial largely
through the persistent efforts of his
rul TluLlife and the jury disagreed
jij win ii iiiiiifii u unin nun uilJJli
When
Illuminated the stern of the Constltu
tlon Kockets nnd other fireworks
added not n little to the gaiety of tho
occasion
Hotly of Murderer found
Brunswick Mo May 7 The body of
Horace Williams who escaped from
a mob at this place on March 18 was
found in the Grand river near here yes
terday His Identity was easily estab
lished by ai tides found in his pockets
Including a well preserved picture of
his wife The crime for which Will
lams was pursued was the murder of
his wife Emma Swain Williams at
their home near Forest Green March
14 At the time of Williams escape
the river was very high The fugitve
was twice traced by bloodhounds to
the stream where It Is supposed he
plunged in hoping to swim across and
perished in the attempt
Doers Threaten Hallway
London May 7 The Pretoria corre
spondent of the Times in a letter dated
April 0 describes the Insecurity of
the Dehigoa Bay railroad and con
stant delays and stoppages due to sys
tematic attenips by Boer commandoes
to wreck the lines and trains with
mines Like the Times Kroonstntlt
correspondent the Pretoria correspond
ent of the Times also Insists upon
the imperative necessity of replacing
the stale British troops by fresh
drafts declaring that unless the war
Is finished before September we must
resign ourselves to n continuance for
another year
Author of The liread Winners
Chicago May 7 The Tribune claims
it to be an established fact thnt the
author of The Bread Winners tho
sensational novel published anony
mously In 1883 was Miss Ida Harris of
Champaign Ills daughter of B F
Harris president of the First National
bank of that city At the time the
book was published many of tho re
viewers asserted that John liny wrote
tho book Miss Harris died about ten
days ago
Valet Jones III
New York May 7 Charles F Jones
valet of the Into Mllllonulre William
Marsh Rice nnd who with Attontey
Patrick is charged with the murder of
Mr Rice is ill at the house of deten
tion It is the intention of the district
attorney to have him removed to a
hospital today Jones Is suffering from
an attack of acute dyspepsia
British Death List In Voer War
London Mny 7 Tho war office yes
terday officially gave out the total num
ber of deaths in the South African
war at 714 officers and 1 1201 men
Four ofllcers and 314 men have been In
valided home and subsequently died
and 2403 non commissioned ofllcers
and men have left the service unfit for
duty
Oaunl Commission Itcatly to Itenort
Washington May 7 The extensive
work of the Isthmian canal commis
sion Is nearlng completion and Ad
miral Walker chairman of the commis
sion said that the Until report
will be ready for submission to tht
Ibly
president is about six weeks
pear against them or even refuse to
sign their bonds for fear their own
barns haystacks or even homes moy
be reduced tii ashes
Practically all of tho Insurance com
panies have retired from the Held In
that locality
A piece of villainy which is laid at
the door of the gang is the burning
of ton school houses for no other reason
than dissatisfaction with the locations
selected by the directors
William llelfner tho insurance
agent said A member or the gang
told me that it Included 15 or 20 mem
bers who were sworn to stand by
each other Their plan was to meet
the Insurance adjuster on the ground
nfter the lire and if they refused to
pay the claim force him to do so at
the point of a revolver
Sheriff Gillstrop says of the alleged
conspiracy The extent of the con
spiracy Is not yet revealed It may
be much greater thnu we have any
Idea of People may bo connected with
It who nave not oven been suspected
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