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I t 1 f it fl r k f The Norfolk Weekly News Journal 1 SIPS l IMS iDavcnport Suffers Property j Loss of 700000 MAD RACE WITH THE FLAMES Twenty Blocks Burned In a Brief Space Dry Goods Store at Sioux City Bursts Into Flames Llscomb Creamery Burns Caused by Sun Davenport la July 2C Flro laid Hvasto an area ot sawmill ami resi dence property hero last night equal to 20 ordinary city blocks The flames started at 230 p m In sonio big piles ot kindling wood belonging to tho Itock iBland Fuel company on tho levee A brisk breozo carried Jho flames directly across tho lmmonso lumber yards of Welrhausor Denk mann which were soon a seething maBs of flames Tho spread ot tho flro was bo rapid that tho workmen barely had time to desert tho yard some losing their coats and dinner palls Tho flames pushed their way Into tho ad Joining residence district closely Bot tled with mid Ho class homes of an average value of a few thousand dol lars each from which the occupants cscapGd only with their lives and tho clothing on their backs Over 50 homes wore thus burned some of them tenements resulting In 100 families be ing rendered homeless Others do Berted their homes In tho threatened district Vacant houses all over town are filled with furniture removed from tho Imperilled district Tho firo was fought heroically by tho flro depart ment of Davenport and Rock Island and Mollne Ills tho latter cities re sponding promptly to an appeal for aid from here Efforts to check tho flames wore un availing until they spread to tho north on the spacious grounds of St Cath erines hall a boarding school for young ladies which was saved after tho tower was burned off Gradually tho battle waged on the edges ot tho flaming district told as the less thick ly settled portions of tho city were Invaded and by 10 oclock tho con flagration was under control Tho mill of Welrhauser Denkmann com pany and yards were totally destroyed Loss 400000 Tho loss on resi dences and other property Is 300000 more Not a drop of rain having fallen hero In three w eeks the lumber yards furnished food for the flames that quickly put the conflagration beyond tho control of tho firemen Had tho wind blown from the east tho entire business portion of tho city would have been swept away Fortunately a southeast breeze carried the flames toward the bluffs and as soon as they were out of tho tliickly settled district tho efforts of the firemen and hundreds of volunteers finally brought the flro under control Tl6 entire district from Federal street to Bridge avenue and from the river to Seventh street was swept clean The heat was intense and two am bulances wore kept busy hauling away persons who were prostrated by it In a few instances persons living In tho burned district have not been lo cated by their relatives but it is be lieved that they escaped Probably 100 families wore rendered homeless by tho fire and hflmes and hotels were turned over to them Tor tho night Hundreds of others moved temporarily from their homes and va cant lots over a largo portion of the town were filled with household goods and the refugees from the burned dis trict It Is believed tho fire was caused by 1oys smoking cigarettes on tho levee Groups of them had been chased away during tho day from tho district where tho fire broko out T3RY GOODS STORE DESTROYED Sioux City Has 80000 Fire Two Per j sons Being Injured Sioux City July 2G J F Pholan Cos big dry goods store was de stroyed yesterday by fire supposed to have been started by tho suns rays In tho front show windows Tho firo started so quickly that many of tho clerks had a narrow escape Every counter loaded with combustible stuff seemed to catch flro simultaneously Tho first floor was a seething mass of flames in Ave minutes The Injured all of whom Jumped from tho second story windows aro John Phelan proprietor of tho store arm broken face cut Miss Rose Dement a clerk bead and face cut Tho loss Is 80 000 partially covered by Insurance t Blaze Caused by Sun Marshalltown la July 25 A fire caused by tho Intense heat destroyed tho creamery Jn Llscomb yesterday iThe blazo caught on the shingle roof end burned rapidly destroying all the contents with tho exception of the separator It was Insured for 4000 but this will not cover the loss Sev eral sheds adjoining were also de stroyed and buildings across the street caught but were saved after a fierce light Manager Thomas Culp was overcome by heat while fighting tho fire and is in a precarious condition 9 Death of Michael M Allen I Lead S D July 26 Michael M Allen a prominent politician and mine owner is dead hero the result of heat exhaustion Ho was a part owner ot the Golden Crown mine which was re jjejtt sold to a Denver company NEGROES WILV -7 ob fc 1 W uairouc oicci kuiiiuuiiy rw yn fort to Land Them at Mclroc Chicago July 20 General Manager Acrtzon of tho lntrobo Stool and Coupler works at Melroso Park gnvo out a statement last evening declar ing that tho company had abandoned the cfforl to bring tho colored laborers to Melroso Park and thnt thoy will bo sent bnek to their homes In Alnbatna All day the 100 negroes snt In their rars at Lagrange 28 miles from Chi cago In fear A conunttteo of fivd citizens of Melroso Park called on them during the morning nud used their best endeavors to Induce tho men to return to their homos In Ala bnmn Thoy informed the colored men of tho actual state of affairs In Mel roso Park whero 300 armed men wore awaiting tho arrival or their train determined that they should not bo al lowed to alight In tho village Their statements alarmed tho negroes nnd It was with difficulty that tho trainmen managed to keep them from Tunning off in a panic ELKS DECIDE TO WAIT AWHILE Postpone for One Year Action on Ques tion of Selecting Site for Home Milwaukee July 2G Tho grand lodge Benevolent and Protective Or der of Elks adjourned last night to meet in Salt Lake City on tho second Tuesday In August 1902 While tho convention transacted a great deal ot business there wns little to bo made public Tho most important question to como up for consideration was tho report of the committee on national Elks homo Tho committees report recommended tho postponement of tho matter for another year and tho con vention ratified tho recommendation Tho committee was also given discre tionary power to select a site boforo tho end of a year Should it see fit to do so WANT FREE HOMESTEADS Settlers on Fort Randall Reservation Preparing to Petition Congress Sioux Falls S D July 2C Tho set tlors on tho abandoned Fort Randall military reservation in the south cen tral portion of the state near tho Ne braska border aro preparing to cir culate petitions asking congress at its session next winter to grant tho set- tiers free homesteads on their lands The tract was opened under a special act to which the free homestead law does not apply and tho settlers are re quired to pay a certain sum per aero for tho land filed upon by them Kaiser as Peacemaker London July 2G Tho rumor as to early peace negotiations which has pervaded tho house of commons for some days says the Daily Express has taken the moro definite fosm that Emperor William Is soon to as sume the itde of peacemaker Mr Kruger and his advisers aro repre sentee as having empowered the kaiser to act for the Boers and he is considered willing to take tho initia tive in oidcr to popularize his rela tions with the German people who disapprove his friendship Tor Great Britain OBrien Must Hang Ottawa Ont July 20 Tho rase of George OBrien the Yukon murderer was before tho cabinet yesterday and an order in council was passed allow ing tho law to take its course OBrien who shot and killed three persons on the trail coming out from Dawson for the gold which they had on them will bo hanged on Aug 23 Negroes From the South Knoxville Tenn July 2C Agents for a number of large coal mining com panies in the west are at work in this section procuring negro miners to work in the western mines which aro said to bo very short handed Tho first party of 30 negroes weat to Mc Alester I T Mining Congress Elects Officers Boise Ida July 26 E L Shaffer of Ohio was elected president of tho International Mining congress Fred R Reed of Boise was chosen vice pres ident and Irvin Mason was re elected secretary without opposition Butto was selected as tho next place of meet ing i SPARKS FROM THE WIRES German RIesco was formally pro claimed president of Chile Thursday Fifty prominent Kansas City Repub licans have orgaulzed a 1004 Theo dore RooSovolt club Tho four story building occupied by the Barnett Carriage company at Cin cinnati was destroyed by flro Thurs day Loss 75000 Tho war department Thursday Is sued tho formal order closing up tho Department of Alaska and merging it Into tho Department of Columbia E H Conn of Newport Ky is dead and August Helmer of Cripple Creek fatally Injured as a result of a run-1- away accident at Buena Vista Colo Two farm hands were killed by lightning while seeking shelter in a barn near Neoga Ills Tho building was destroyed several valuable horses perishing J B Jaynes formerly financial sec retary of Jay Gould was found dead in the railroad yards of JCansas City Kan Thursday having been prostrat ed by tho heat Assistant Secretary Spauldlng Thursday gavo telegraphic notice to all collectors of customs that free trade exists between tho United States and Porto Rico NORFOLK NKRRASKA FRIDAY IFLY 2 i I I - inoipnnfrr Columbia Crosses Line Ahead of Her Rival CONSTITUTION SCRAPES REEF Twlco Dumps Ledge and After That Acts Like Lame Duck Diver Invcn tlgates Snd Todays Final Is De clared Off Newport 11 L July 21 Tho Colum bia yesterday In a rattling race rroin New London to Newport gavo tho Constitution a great boating tho lat ter finishing a good third ot a mllo astern of her antagonist and being defeated two minutes nnd ilvo seconds Tho victory was surprising for tho face was sailed In weather that as a rule has just suited the Constitution with wind not exceeding IE knots and tho Boa comparatively smooth It wns not until Nowport wns reached that an Intelligent explanation of hor real good drubbing could bo given Tho Constitution following In tho wako of the Columbia tho leading yaclft in tho big sloop class struck twlco on a ledgo near the Raco Rock llghthouso There was a substntlal bump on clinch occasion and after this tho Constitu tion behaved like a lame duck Mr Duncan who Is In command said that he believed somo of tho plates on tho leaden keel wcro wrenched off by tho force W tho Im pact on tho hnrd roej and that theso plates from the fit acted as a drag on the yncht and made her Incapablo of showing hor usual racing form A diver was sent down shortly aftor tho Constitution wns moored last night bat ho wns unable to make a satisfac tory examination and Mr Duncan de cided not to raco tho boat further un til she ljns been hauled out and oppor tunity given for n thorough Investiga tion Cadillac a Winner Chicago July 2fi Tho Cadillac of Detroit won yesterday In tho Canada cup trial races Milwaukee second Detroit third and Illinois fourtfi Thcro was nothing in it but tho Cadillac so far as first place was concerned Sho led nearly all the way and after tak ing the lead had no competitors finish ing six minutes and ten seconds ahead of tho second boat Tho raco of tho day however was between tho Mil waukee Detroit and Illinois for sec ond place No finish as close as that of the threo boats has ever been seen in a yacht race sailed near Chicago BAPTISTS IN SESSION Opening of the Young Peoples Tenth Convention In Chicago Chicago July 2C -The manner in which money is raised for our churches is often a disgrace and an abomination said Rev W I Nowlln of Lcxjngton last night in addressing a meeting of tho Baptist Young Peo ples union nt the Second Baptist church When tho church loams to adopt business methods Instead of holding people up wo piohahly shall find our finances in better shape It was accepted as tho sciibe of tho conference thatovery church member cughi to give onortenth of his income to tho cllurch no matter wjiat it amounted to While tills conference was going on another was in progress at Haven school which touched on amusements The Rev F F Jordan of Grand Isl and Neb declared dancing card play ing and tho theater as wholly out of tho question In somo of our young peoples societies said Rov Mr Jor dan tho desire for amusfnent ines dangerously near supplanting tho de sire for a higher spiritual life Our amusement tends to lead young people to forget tho high calling which is open to them Tho convention proper opened yes terday at tho Coliseum with an at tendance of about 4000 v CONSECRATE NEW BISHOP Ceremony of Great Pomp Attended by Many Prelates and Priests New York July 26 With nil tho pomp befitting tho occasion Rev J OConnor former pastor of St Jo sophs church Newark N J was yes terday consecrated bishop of tho dio cese of Newark Tho ceremony took placo in St Patricks cathedral New ark the officiating prolate being Arch bishop Corrigan of New York assisted by Bishop Charles E McDonnell of Brooklyn and Bishop James McFaul of Trenton Several hundred bishops and priests were in attendance Among tho priests In the sanctuary woro representatives of tho Jesuits Carmelites Dominicans Franciscans Capuchins and Benedictines attired n tha garb of their respective orders Young Peoples Christian Union Winona Lake Ind July 26 Tho principal address last night beforo tlw annual convention of the Young Peoples Christian union of tho Pres byterian church now in session here was given by Rov J Wilbur Chapman of New York which was preceded by a praiso service in tho auditorium Devotional exercises wero conducted by Dr C II Strong of Sterling Kan Rev Charles F Wishart of Allegheny made tho oponing address on Temper ance advocating total prohibition of tho liquor traffic Does Not Heed Whistle McCook Neb July 26 Ben Glass-on of N laon Neb was struck by an engine In the Narrows a mile cast ot McCook yesterday and liiHtiintly Mlled Ho was walking along tho track and heedless of tho stocu whistle sounded attempted to ciohh In front ot the tinln at a curvb Explosion Wrecks Town Bnttun July 21 A tort I He explosion of potioloum yesterday In tin most thhkly populated Minuter of Batum v rocked tho whole center of tho town It is Impossible to oatlinutu tho loss firS FOSBURGH ON THE STAND Mother of Dead Girl Tells Her Story Miss Sheldon Testifies Pit Infield Mass July 26 In tho Fosburgh manslaughter ease yesterday Mm It r FoHburgh the gray hnlrod mother wont upon tho witness stand rnd told In simple words how hor daughter was killed Hor story wan given with frequently uncontrolled emotion Hor voice failed hor and uho shod tears Miss Borthn Sheldon a guest in tho Fosburgh homo on tho night of tho tragedy was another Im portant witness By hor testimony the defense wished to show that thoro wore burglars in tho house and that thoy wero seen by little Uoatrlco Fosburgh Thoio was a long nrgumont be tween counsel over the governments objection to tho admission of this evidence but the court finally allowed It to go In because what was said wan spoken In tho presence of tho defend ant Miss Sheldon wns relating the story of hor awakening by a piercing scream and declared that she opened the door loading to May Fosburghn room and cried What Is the mat tor RobPrt Beatrice and her father and mot hor wore In the foom nl tho tlmo Witness saw tho body of May upon tho Hour and at that Instant llo atrlce replied Burglars have en tered the liouso and shot May POSSE FINDS FUGITIVE William WoodfoTk for Killing Hl3 Brother Is Lodged In Jail Mlssouil Valley la July 20 Sher iff Skelton and Ills posso caught Will lam Woodfork alleged murderer near Llttlo Sioux yesterday It Is charged that Wednesday evening In a drunken rcVol Woodfork stabbed his brother Amos who lived but a few hours Tlib sheriff anil posse started after him at once and after a hunt mado moro ills agreoablo by the Intenso heat they lo cated him hiding In a brick yard south of Llttlo Sioux Woodfork was taken to Logan and lodged In tho county Jail o i i COURT MAY PROLONG ITS STAY Indications of Change tn Intention to Return to Peking Shanghai July 26 Tho floods In tho Yang tse valley aro causing great distress Two of tho embankments have broken abovo Wuhn and Hooded a thickly populated district for 40 or CO miles Tens of thousands of peo ple have been -rendered homeless and tho crops destroyed The return of the couit to Poking looks doubtful Supplies have again been ordered sent to Slang Ku tlici present hcndciunilcrs ol the cjmut London 13 Flooded London July BJ A ptu nnmnni thunder storm accompanied by hall and Incessant lightning- raged for a couple of hours in London yesterday altornoon Tho streets were turned into rivers The water overflowing tho sidewalks entered dwellings and poured down every opening The un derground railway was Hooded nnd trains woro stopped The storm flooded Mrs Lnngtrys now theater tlio Imperlnl A number of public buildings wero damaged Tho crops in tho country surrounding London wero laid low and tho telegraph wires torn down French Defeat Moors London July 2G A few days ago Bays a dispatch to tho Daily Mall from Cudiz a great battle was fought weon tho French and tho Mooro near Figulg It was tho result of the French operations to Mibjugate tin tribes south of tho Atlas mountains and then occupy tho oasis of Tnfllet Tho Frencli wero victorious Tho Moors assort that tho Frencli govern ment has 90000 troops on tho Moorish border Greeks Are Not Welcome Constantinople July 2C Tho Turk ish government has arbitrarily re fused to permit tho Greek squadron to visit Smyrna Saionlca and Mount Athos Greece sent tho usual notifica tion of the projected crulso but tho porto docllnod to entertain tho propo sition on political grounds Diplo matic officials regard tho attltudo of tho Turkish government in this partic ular as illegal Baseball Scores Yesterday National League Pittsburg 9 Cin cinnati 5 Philadelphia 7 Boston 3 Now York 0 Brooklyn 5 St LoUls C Chicago 3 American Leaguo Clovelandr 1 Baltimore C Milwau kee 6 Boston 2 Chicago A Wash Ington 1 Vestorn League St Jo seph 1 Omaha 2 Denver 5 St Paul 4 Colorado Springs 8 apolis 7 Kansas City 2 Dos Molnesl Iowa Central Deal St Paul July 20 Pioneer Press says Private ndvlcos re ceived from reliable New York sources aro to tho offect that tho frequently reported deal of tho consolidation of tho Minneapolis and St Loujs and tho Iowa Central with tho Illinois Central Is actually under way and ln prospect of early culmination IH B L uis4 i h H I Hh iH H H sR PBllHi 1i 1 i Bc fc -- B rsf 1 - MH l TPB i Si 11 rTP B H 5t yiiii ii 7rB if i ewB UlSlSLl 1 - llffl v H j x79 iwJr B Uj4 - mPV4uu j fl J ggMMqMgMtafigM H I if K BM 1 H HHH Jil 3P i J r ft3l H l M M lK kntH I fTottis tfrtnltt 1 B CorFolU Nrbrastta I Norfolk W II lift IIOI IruHiilmit UNIiit Itf JA It ico IiosIiUiU I h I IV iihlimr National Bank OLDEST ESTABLISHED BANKING BUSINESS IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA Capital 10000000 Surplus 2000000 Does a General Banking Business Buys and Sells Exchange Interest Paid on Tlmo Deposits Draf ts and Mojioy Orders Sold on any Point In TSusope A General Steamship and PorclK Passage Business TransaotetL s X UK AH DIBE1QTOBS F P 1UNLON F J HALK HA KAINBOIr W UKOOUtUiZ Htt HOTJON WW ZOTI FOR GOOD LOANS AND EASY PAVMENTS The Norfolk Building and Loan Assn C B DURLAND Secretary IuVeJ IB IS T TVTTCi RTT XT T is made from selected hops O U IN JJ s J iJLrX and barley malt 1 roni the field to tlie bottle mil kctr its handling is intelligently done with the one object in icw of preparing a perfect boor for all the family Iltliojjruphed booklet sent free on request JOHN CUND BREWING CO - - Ln Crosso Wis You can leave the Missouri River after breakfast today on THE OVERLAND LIMITED arrive California sooner than if yon loftyoHtorday via any other train ii T A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA in regal splendor can bo mado on THE OVERLAND LIMITED tho celobrated Union Pacific train This train runs via tho Overland Route 4fto established ronto across tho continent It has perhaps tho mnut flunlv enninnod cars in tho I PCTOVV I world There are Donblo Drawing- Room Palace Sleopers broad vesti buled Cars throughout Buffet Smoking and Library Cars with Barber Shops and Pleasant Readlug Room Dining Cars meals being served a la carto nud every delicacy is provided The cars are illuminated wikh the famous Piutsch Light and heated with steam A notable feature is that safety perfect comfort and speed aro all iucluded Onlv Two Nights between Missouri River and San Francisco For Time Tables and full Information call on F W JUNEMAN Agent a i t 1 3 i w j i r