THE OMA&A DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 'I , 1891.
HALF NOT YET TOLD
( ConttnuH from First rage )
til comiis in charge of Undertaker O'llatloran
of 8t Paul Wai Bent north.
At Hlnckloy the visible situation 1ud not
materially improved over night. The thirty
or forty enkits and boxes with lliel. cruc-
Botno contents mill lay alone the track
where they were placed last nljM. ; No at-
t mpt liad been rnado to dress or embalm the
bodies arid they were already growing very
offensive. KTijnately the day was cool
RtiJ cloudy and grateful showers felt at In
tervals ( Uirltii ; Hi11 ( orunoon Tlic remains
of the dcnd , however , were In such a liorrl-
> ile blistered and burned condition that de
composition rapidly eel In.
Undertaker J. < J. Donnelley of St. Pnul
v.as on the Rrrnntl and he advised ( hut the
bodies be put under Mother Earth flu rapidly
ng possible. Rvery attempt nt IdcntlRcatlon
line ! failed. Prom thuso bodies 'by the track
the. ofllclals of the Duluth road liatl removed
and carefully preserved every trinket and
article of Jouclry and even shoe * and scraps
of clothing , placing thcso from each body In
a receptacle numbered Identically with the.
casket so that when relatives return they
may recoKnlze them and know whether tlielr
friends have been Interred.
HOUnOKS IN TUG CEMETEHY.
Out In the llttlo cemetery a mllp cast
of to u was a scene which words are abso
lutely powerless to describe. At best the
lltllo spot should be as dreary as could
ba Imagined. It Is at the top o a little
sand knoll where nature Is seen at her worst.
and absolutely no attempt toward beauti
fying the spot lias ever been made. There
were only a few little sandy , unsodilcil
moundB before. Now with the blackened
lire scarred stumps and fallen trunks of
trees all about It presented on appearance
of desolation hard to describe. But In the
center of the opening was the crowning her
ror. In an Indiscriminate heap lay more than
ninety corpses , men , women and children :
Borne burned to a crisp , others only brownc-I
by the heat and none with a fragment of
clothing larger than a man's hand to con
ceal tholr awful nakedness. Some were
mere trunks , the extremities having been
burned on .
Some -were bloated until the abdomen had
rracked open end Intestines weri > protrud
ing. Skulls wcra burned , open and brains
escaping. All were twisted and cramped
In the exquisite agony of the death that had
overtaken them. A fores of men were
quickly nt uorlc dlgglnK a shallow trench
nlonR the scutti end of the cemetery. The
nandy soil was hard as flint. It had been
baked to a crust by weeks of drouth and
nlmost solidified by the fire. The work
lirojrresssd slcwly. Off In the corner of the
clearing two email graves were being dug.
Ono was for
Jtns. WILLIAM aUlSINQER mil her two
baby Rlrls ,
CAHOLINH GIUSINOEn. ngcd G ,
MABUL > GHISINQEK , aged 3.
The huslnml and father had recognized
them In the grisly heap and was hard at
work preparing the hole for their final real
apirt from the trench , his labors dulling
lor a time the aciitcness of bis anguish.
BURYING HIS FAMILY.
The other grave was for the Ucsl family ,
whose numbers make their destruction nota-
Tile even In this time of death. John Beat ,
Jr. , was dlgqtnjr the pit with the friendly
assistance of two neighbors. Laid In n.
row decently covered were the bodies of
JOHN BEST. SR. ,
MRS. I1GST ,
KUHI ) I1DST , aged 23 ,
UEHTIIA DI3ST , aged 17.
MRS. ANNB. R. WIORL , a married
daughter , and HER 3-YCAR-OLD DAUGH-
THU , MINN1R.
MRS. ANNIE TRUTTMAN of Diamond
Dlufl , Wls , n visitor , aged 26.
VICTOR BEST , aged 8.
Two othpr sons , George , aged 25 , and Wil
lie , aged 21 , arc missing and arc certainly
dead , and of this whole family of three gen
erations only the sorrowing grave digger
and his wife end cMIif , who took refuse In
a dugout , are left. They nil lived together
about two miles southeast of Hlnckley. The
only others of the ninety odd mho were rec
ognized were :
CIIAUl.es ANDERSON , cashier of the
bank ,
MUS. WILLIAM CINDER and her daugh
ter , WINIFRED , aged 0.
Ono or two others were Imperfectly Identi
fied , but It was largely guess work. Enough
rude boxes were 'knocked together from
rough beards to contain most of these bodies ,
and they were frequently laid away under
the sand , but not before other bodies be
gan to come. '
In the swamp across the Grindstone , where
these corpses were found yesterday , were
cboul thlrty-llvo others , which were brought
In this moinlng , making a total of upwards
ot 130 dead In this llttlo space of four or
flvo acres. Down near the river -aas found
the body of
THOMAS DUNN , the Duluth operator at
Illnckley.
Dunn was born and raised here , and was
a universal favorite. He stuck to Ills key
until the depot was burning over his bead.
The delay In locating his body led his friend !
to hope that ho might have escaped , but thle
ID lull 11 g of his blackened corpse put an enO
to all uncertainty. Up the St. Paul & Dulutl
right-of-way were found three or four more
bodies. Among these who perished north ol
town as
E. RIOKETSON of 231S Polk street , north-
cast Minneapolis.
Ho was here visiting his son. He
wont out with Dave Kane of Hocl <
Creek , also a visitor hero , and both perished
though the horses came out unscathed.
The busiest point nt Hlnokley at noon was
the Associated press telegraph office It was
hot much ot an office , hut It sufficed to servi
the public with the Associated press reports
Bent out of Hlncliley today. The wires wen
brought down to n burned stump of a pole
A large dry goods box near by furnished tin
operator with a desk , n cracker bat matli
him a comfortable seat. A burned rnllroat
Rplko held down the copy in the brisk breeze
A rough board , ons end restingon the. opera
tor'a table and the other on a milk can
furnished the Associated press correspondent
lits deal : , and his scat was a beer keg
Hero , under these clrcumstnncssvero pre
pared and sent the story of the day In thli
btrlcken town. An occasional shower blurrei
the copy , but It was rapidly fed to the eagei
\vlro despite the discomforts of the occasion
SWEIT ABSOLUTELY CLEAN.
The. Associated press correspondent took i
five-mile lrli out through the wcods to tin
north ot town this morning through a scen <
ot desolation which rarely falls beneath tin
eye of man. The country Is absolutely awep
clean. Thc.ro Is but ono settler's housi
standing within an unknown radius o
miles. It Is that of Mike Doin , on the edg <
ot the river , three miles cast ot town. I
was a. now house and very substantial. Deal
and a neighbor fought the lira bravely , bu
had ta abandon hope. They got the womei
and children Into the water , overlni
their heads with cloths kept wet by dash
Ing water over them , and when the lire hai
passed they cams , out unhurt and were imicl
surprised to find the building standing , am
this morning when the Associated pres
correspondent entered the clearing the housi
Bog barked as savagely and the rcoster crouei
as lustily as If they hail not come- within ai
BCD of death.
The hand car party which went north thl
morning has just returned. It met th
Uuluth construction train about eight mile
up the trai-k , with word that the city o
Duluth had furnished the necessary relle
nt Sandstone- and Miller. They according ! :
turned btck , and on tha way In locate
eleven bed es.
These eleven belles swelled the total o
( hose found alrng the Duluth track betvreoi
lilnckloy and Skunk lake to alwul fifty
Ono nt them was recognized as Otto Rowle
ot Duluth , sen era 1 freight agent of th
Duluth & Winnipeg He was a pasaenge
on the limited south on Saturday and ha
left the initn body of refugees anl passcn
sers , running back toward the lake. Ill
body was Identified by his name on his col
lor. Near another body , evidently that of
passenger , was found a letter addressed t
Israel Schrumskl , Chicago , and a chirrc
business card bearing the snmo naim
Three others ot the bodies were prahabl
these ot passengers on the Ill-fated trail
Another was a young man , a splendid spec !
men of manhood , ind from hi * clothln
and high laced boots , apparently a prcs
pectar or cruiser. The other live wcr
tlio family of a cottier named John Uobli
eon consisting of himself , wlfa and Infant.
MIOUT ALL HAVE BEEN SAVED.
Above Skunk Lake- the work train reportc
Uelvu bodies en the right otway , pr <
Bumably settlera. In retrospective , tli
most sorrowful feature of the terrible fata :
tty at Hlnckley Is the thought that had Hi
jjlluallon been realized la Uui not a ,
life BUI on g the residents of the town need
have been lost. The Great Northern gravel
pit , where only n hundred sought safety , Is
about ten acres In extent , broad enough and
long enough and deep enough to have shel
tered every soul In Hlncliley , with all the
domestic animals. There Is a pool ot water
of considerable depth. The banks are bare
of grass or shrubbery and there was no
Inflammable matter near the brink from the
direction In which the flames came. Those
who did seek this haven passed the hours ot
their enforced Imprisonment In comparative
comfort
This morning a detail of twenty regulars
from Fort Snelllng , under command ot Cap
tain Hale and Lieutenant McCoy and an
army nurseon. came In from St. 1'aul. They
brought fame tents , but > finding Adjutant
General Muchlburg had sent up ISO state
tents , the regulars turned In nnd put up
fifty of them for refugees with regular army
expedition. The local physician whs about
played out and there was an abundance of
work for the army surgeon. A portion ot
the tents will be put up at Klncklcy.
TYMN roii > IIY
Torrlltlo Kiporlonco of tlin Crow of n Train
M rp ( lii-il In tlio 3IliUl nt I ho I Ire.
MINNEAPOLIS , Sept. 3. A special to .the
Journal from St. Cloud , Minn. , Bays : The
first eye witnesses of the great forest fire
to arrlie today from the scone of tlie dis
aster were , the trainmen of No , 40 , which
was ditched one and one-half miles this side
of Pokegiuna. Mr. John Vandersllce thus
tells the ntory of their awful experience-
"Wo left Hlnckley at the usual time Satur
day afternoon. It was smoky and the air
was hot n nil oppressive A terrible wind
Has blowing us hot as from a furnace. Wo
had not gone far when the smoke began to
bo BO thick that It was perfectly dark. Our
train consisted of an engine , baggage car
and coach.
"As we plunged through the. darkness ,
smoke and ( lame , and rushed aver the small
tnldgcs and wooden culverts , we could feet
them Rive under the weight of the train.
The tie1 ! , bridges , fences and trees above
our heads were burning.
"When within ono nnd one-halt miles of
PoKegama our train went into the ditch ,
but we all escaped and laid down on our
faces to keep from smothering. But It con
tinued to grow worse Finally we managed
to reach a small creak , anil wo threw the
water over oursehes and put out the flre
which caught under the baggage car. Over
our beads the names were leaping clear
itross the right of way. It was terrible
wful. No one can describe our experience.
"At one time wo thought we could not
stand U any longer nnd said good-by teach
! ach other. The flre came with the fury of
n cyclonn nnd must hae been traveling
sixty miles an hour.
"At 5 o'clock two of us walked to 1'oke-
gatna. thinking we could g.il relief there.
When we got there we found half the peo-
ile In the river. Their feet were burned
jnd blistered and their faces scorched.
Some ot tliom were so blinded that they
could not see. We took them back to the
.tain with us. There were about twenly-
'our of them. Thty did not know where
heir neighbors were , We tore up our shirts
anil used tlio cloth to caver up the burned
and blistered feet of the suffer is
"At. 5 o'clock Sunday morning we left the
> arty and train In charge of two brnkcmcn.
' started for Hlnckley. On the was ; every
tie in tin track was burned out , the'ground
was baked , ami we found many bodies of
people who had perished.
"When we reached Hinchley we found
: hat the relief train from St. Paul over the
St. Paul & Duluth had reached there and
ovciytblng that men could do was being
lone for the Injured and suffering. Every-
: hlng but the Qr.at Northern roundhouse ,
freight shed and water tank was gone.
"Wo found all of Pine City a hospital.
Every house was thrown open for the shel-
: er of the sufferers The stories told of the
terrible loss of life In and about Hlnckley
are not exaggerated In the least. There are
at least 300 people dead there and It Is
liard telling where that lire , awe png | along
at sixty miles an hour , has or will be
stepped "
IVATKIt YVOIUC3 WRltl ! USKMIlS.
All tha Wiiter III Kcttlo Hirer Would No )
Iluve Stayed tlio I'lnim-H.
SANDSTONE , Minn. , Sept. 3. All that remains -
mains of what was once the prosperous vil
lage ct Sandstone Is the small shack used by
the Sandstone company fcr an ofilce , and thl !
would have met the fate of the oilier build-
nga but for the fact that It was Iccateil
near the quarry and the flames ml'sed It ,
Crowded Into this building and the terij
IIOUSB were found over 300 people , who bad
lost their homes and everything tlut the )
possessed except the clothing which the }
wore. When the St. Paul & Dulutli rellel
train , which left Duluth fit 1 o'clock , arrlvei
at Miller's Junction , word was received thai
the town of Sandstone was entirely burnet
and the people there were In need of imme
diate aid. A party of the relict committee
aboard the train started with provisions tc
look after the destitute people. After pass
Ing the Eastern Minnesota tracks and Jus1
before coming to the glowing coals and ashe !
that marked all that remained of Sandstone
several bodies were seen , tlie victims ap
parently having been overtaken by : hi
( lames as they were fleeing to safety. Oi
reaching the quarry , below the town , when
the people who were saved were awaltlnf
aid , they were given provisions and thosi
who were uninjured were sent forward to thi
relief train , about four or five miles away
Those who were .burned and a number o
children were left In the office building mill
today , when they will be cared for b ;
another relief train. All those saved a
Sandstone were In the river while the cyclom
of flames pissed , and only imnaged to es
cape by wailing Into the water as far a
possible , and then throwing water over eacl
other's heads. The coming of the flamei
sounded like thunder , and with such rapldlt ;
did they come that pecple who lingered ti
save property or neglected to seek safety li
the rher perished In the Uamea. As far a ;
could be learned between forty and fift ;
bodies were scattered about the streets
burned to a crisp , The relief commlttci
had paid but llttlo attention to bottles , a :
the living required Immediate attention , Th
town boasted of a water works , but as on
ot the citizens remarked , "The whole o
Kettle rher would not have had any effcc
on the solid sheet ot flames that advancei
on the town and swept It out of existenc
In less than an hour. "
The relief train took back about 215 per
sons to Dulutli for aid. At Sandston
Junction , II. Llnds , wife and five chlldrei
perished. Llnd was fatally burned , but I
still alive.
Mr. Greenfields , wife and sit children o
tha same place were burned. The brldg
watchman , Denmuth , of Sandstone , wa
so badly burned that he committed sulcld
before- the rescuing party arrived. "
Air , u
1'iioplo of Cmlilot llriidy ( n I'ly Should th
I'lrn Itonrli that I'olnt.
MILWAUKEE , Sept. 3. A sp-clal fror
Chlppcwu. . falls , Wls. , says : North
western Michigan Is 0113 sea c
( lames and reports are coming t
this city constantly of fatalities cause
by the great conflagration. The towns c
Rib Lake , Marengo and Uradshaw have b > e
completely wiped out and at the latter plac
three persons lost their lives. Many other
nro missing and It Is Impossible to cstlmat
th3 extent of the sufferings by the Inhabll
ants. Yesterday a message was received her
from Caddot asking for asslstancs. The tow
was threatened by n forest fire and the It
habitants were almost panic stricken eve
tholr Imminent danger. A force of men froi
Chlppewa was sent up and until 10 o'cloc
last night the 100 Inhabitants ot the villa ) ;
struggled to preserve their homes from d <
strurtion. Scral buildings on the outsklrl
caught lire end were- shortly reduced to ashe :
but hnpplly the flre was prevented froi
spreadlnc to the others. Tli * citizens wei
greatly excited at the prospects of losln
their homes and preparations were- made fc
a hurried flight In casa the town fell a pre
ta flre. Wagons loaded with household gooC
stood In the streets and the scne was or
of Indescribable confusion. At 10 o'cloc
last night the 11 ro had abated In the Immed
at vicinity of Caddot and for tha present tt
village Is safe. Almost twenty miles awe
In a xlense forest which endu at the edge <
the town , th > woods , ore in n vast blaze an
the winds are carrying tht > ( tames with gre ;
rapidity toward the town. If no rain fal
before this evening1 the town will certalnl
be wiped out. Tha Inhabitants r allze th
fact and already quite & number have take
refuge In this city , while others are pri
pared for flight on a moment's warning.
would be useless : to sluKgte against the mass.
of flames fast bearing down on the town nnd
as It reaches Its limits safety wilt be taken
In flight
The city authorities have taken every pre
caution to assist the townsIn the neighbor
hood , but there is little hope that their house
hold gocds will be saved , A special train and
a lire cngln : were sent up The town of Cad
dot has about GOO Inhabitants and la situated
In the midst ot n dense forest , where escape
Is practically Impossible
No word has been rccslvetl from the party
cnt to tiio rescue ot the Ullage and fears
re entertained for its safety.
I'KNNSVI.VANIA M'UUUI ON TIKE.
luck Inltiablo Timber llnriipd nnd Oil
L'rujiprllei Aru In Hunger.
BRADFORD , I'a. . Sept. 3. Forest fires are
aging all along the line of tha Buffalo ,
locluster & Plttsburg railroad. Reports from
II points on the narrow gauge roads state
he woods arc on flre for tulles and the dam-
.go will be heavy unless rain should fall.
'ho woods along the pike to Corydon are
n lire for miles and all property In th ? vl-
ilnlty of ttm west branch Is threatened ,
lliould the fire spread to the oil Holds , seri
ns consequences would result. The woods
long ths Bradford , Uardell & Klnseau rail
road between here and Soutbport are re
ported on fire and valuable property Is In
langcr of being destrojcd. Between Mount
Tewill anil this city ami the west branch all
he woods ore ablaze and se\eral oil wells
ire reported burning. At Long Bird the
woods are a roaring mass of flames and valu-
, blo oil property Is being devoured by the
flames. As yet no loss of life Is reported
md the extent of the damage cannot be estl-
nated. A report reached here this evntng
'rom Lewis Run stating the woods are ablaze
md the people are fighting the ftre to save
, hslr property.
KANE , Pa. , Sept. 3 Forest fires are wlth-
n a mile of town on all sides. Should no rain
"all the damags and loss , to property will be
great. Men are watching the flre and are
treparlng to prevent It from reaching the oil
.veils . and nltro-glycerlno magazines located
; lose by.
RUSSEL CITY , Pa , . Sept. 3. The woods
are on flre on both stiles of this place nnd
the fire extends over an area ot twenty miles- .
A large gang of men Is lighting the flames
mil dlggglng trenches to prevent the flre
'rom spreading to ths oil lands In this vl-
: lnlty. The Elk Oil company has laid water
lues In all directions from their pump sta-
lon and have a large pump ready for any
imergency. There are a number of saw mills
and lumber camps In the woods south of
liere. but nothing has been learned as to their
omlltlon and It Is feared the mills have
ieen destroyed and that some loss of life
lias occurred.
HOItTlMVES > TjilN ( JKTS OIT KASY.
No I.IHS of I.lto on lt Llncand l.lttlcl'rop-
rrty Ilentrotnl ,
CHICAGO. Sept. 3. General Manager J.
M Whitman of the Chicago & . Northwestern
lias Just mad ? the following official state
ment , prepared from dispatches forwarded by
his superintendents'
"Saturday night heavy winds north of
Antlgo spread the forest fires The South
Shore road lost their long viaduct over the
Wisconsin Central at RVirengo. We ran a Wis
consin Central passenger train from Iron
Mountain to Ashland Saturday night. * The
Wisconsin Central , South Shore & Green Day
roads have each lost several bridges. We
have lost no bridges yet Yesterday after
noon large Urea were burning around IJes-
senier and Wakefleia. Wa furnished n train
to take tha people out of Bessemer. The
lime kilns at Grimms caught fire from one
o ! the kilns , and nine ot our cars burned ,
At 7 p. tn. last night the wind went down
and we think the worst Is over. The Chlcagc
& Northwestern has lost no property except
as abo\e. Forces are out rolling the tracks
and fighting the fires. The Peninsula di
vision fires are not particularly dangerous
thus far , although there Is considerable flre
In the vicinity of Ilagley , Beaver , dowry ,
Hermansville , Wac anil Stager , and wesl
of Iron River. No Chicago & Northwestern
company property on the peninsular division
has been destroyed save a few ties and posts
A section force Is out matching and flghtlnt
tha flres. The wires are badly crippled
The Omaha lost several bridges bctweei
Ashland and Washburn. A number of llvei
are reported lost on the line of the St. Pau
& Duluth and Eastern Minnesota by thl
burnlnc of the trains and several towns
Severe tires are reported on the Wlsconsli
Central. South Shore and Chicago , MlUaukei
& St. Paul in Michigan. Indications an
that the flres are under control Mr. Wlntci
jubt reports light rain In the vicinity ol
St. Paul , "
AVIIOLE LOUNTKY ABI.A7 : : .
Ilrat So Jnli-nso that Vegotnblos Wcro
Cooked In Ilio tirouml.
MILWAUKEE , Sept. 3. A special to tin
Wisconsin from Iron Mountain says thi
whole north and eastern country Is a mas :
of ruins , and the loss will amount to thou
sands of dollars. Yesterday the people o
Norway had to flght the flre for hours ti
save their town from destruction. The damage
ago In this direction Is chiefly to the crop
of homesteaders , many of when
lost their all. An Idea of thi
Intense heat may be gathered fron
the fact that the vegetables were cooked litho
the ground. Captain John Perkins loslni
1.000 bushels of turnips In this manner. Oi
the Ontagnon division of the Chicago , Mil
waukco & St. Paul road the flre belt ex
tends from Channfng to Rock Island , 01
both sides of the road , and the damage I
chiefly to standing pine.
It Is estimated that 200.000,000 , feet of tlm
ber has been scorched , but If lumbered a
once the loss will be about 10 per cent. Th
railroad Is badly uarped In many places , am
It Is not considered safe to operate trains 01
that dhlslon.
One train was derailed by warped rails
and the engineer , named Almqulst , a realden
of Ontagnon , was Instantly killed. A brake
man , whose name Is unknown , was bad ) ;
Injured and cannot live. Conductor Hllker
who came down from the flre belt last night
says the flames have attacked the roadbe.
and the tics are burning. Many homestead
era have lost their homes , barns and crops
Unless rain comes within the next ten hour :
of which there Is not the slightest Indication
all trains on the division will be abandoned
In the direction of Watersmeet , on th
Chicago- & Northwestern , there are flres c
the same nature. Many trains are bein
abandoned. The passenger trains due her
Saturday night did not arrive until thl
morning ;
API'KAI. I-OH w\tl > IhSUKD.
Governor NolHiin of Minnesota Makes ui
Ajijicnl In Ilifi Clmrltixbta.
ST. PAUL. Sent , 3. Governor Nelson to
night issued the following proclamation
To the p'ople of Minnesota Informatlo :
of an official character has reached m
that the villages of Hlckley , Sandstone
Mission Creek and the neighboring to\n
ami farms have been destroyed by fores
flres , that hundreds of lives have been sac
rlflcwl , and suffering and destitution are o
every hand ; that the survivors of thla tst
riblo devastation are In Immediate need c
food , clothing shelter nnd evsrythlng tha
makes existence possible. This .appallln
disaster appeals to every heart ot g nerou
impulses , and the ca.sela one that demand
the Immediate anil llturnl asslstancs of a
goc < l citizens of this state. Now , thcrcfon
I , Knuto Nelson , governor of the state-
Minnesota , In view of this awful calamlt
which has befallen our people and by virtu
of the authority In me tested , do hereb
appeal to all liberal and public splrlt > d clt
zens , ta all municipalities and to all re
llglous and benevolent Institutions of thl
state to take Immediate action toward K <
curing contributions for tha relict ot th
prtvalllng distress , 1 hereby appoint th
following Btato commission , authorized I
receive contributions of money and eut
piles and to expand and disburse the samt
C. A. PllUVmry. Minneapolis ; Kcnnet
Clark , St. Paul : Matthew , Morton , Wit
era ; Hustings Hart , St. Paul , and a Dulut
man yet to be named.
KNUTE NELSON.
Curl I * anil Cutlitnc Iloth Uipril Out ,
MINNEAPOLIS , Sept. 3 A special to tl
Journal from Little Falls , Minn. , says :
forest flra des'royed Curtis and Cushln ,
eighteen mlloa west of here , Saturday. TI
loss at Cushliur Is about $35,000 Dower
saw mills and lumber yard were burne
Loss. J2&.000 , insurance , J1G.OOO. The J.
Howe Lumber company have 1(0,000 Insu
ance
At Curtis , William Long's mill burned , t
THE SOCIETY EVENT OF THE SEASON.
TONIGHT
BEGINS
AT
Commander Department of the Platte , -BY Tim-
Omaha Guards and
In a Blaze of Fire Thurston Rifles
SHARP. In Full Dress Uniform ,
20x40 KEXEtT.
DRILLS TAKE PLACE AT 8:00 : O'CLOCK SHARP ON MILITARY NIGHT
RESERVED SEATS
Take Hie Sherman nvcmic cars nnd change cars at Locust street ; no Tickets to POMPEII
( t\ SALE AT
Kulin's ' , IGth and Dougltn. transfer slip is necessary nftcr 3:00 : p. m , On entering cars nt Locust Also ndiiiit to Oouit'aud '
Kinsler's , 16lh nnd Fnnmm street after 3:00 : p. in. pny ten cents , conductor gives you n. rctnrn ticket. Boacli after 3:00p : , m.
Fuller's , 14th and Douglas
Kiplingei's ' , 13 tt nnd Far- On returning from Cottrtland Beach conductor takes up this return ticket wliilo Courtland Beach
nam. nnd hnnds you n transfer slip which will take you to either end of. the tickets are tot good for
Up to It o'clock ot . the Sherman avenue line you may desire to go , Pompeii nt any time ,
of the performance.
U. P. train to Pompeii leaves Council Bluffs at 9th and Broadway at 7:00 : p , m ;
returning leaves Courtland Beach at 10:45 p , m- Fare for round trip 25c.
Scale of Prices.
At Courtland
Admission , ith good.scat 500
Admission , with reaorrcd sent 73c
Family Boxes , seating live parsons $5.00
Single Scat in Doxe ; .j 1.00
Children under 12 ycat-af 25o
ildrenoccupying"J&jsGrvod. Seats or Box Seats full price
eethcr with all tlie houses In the town. The
loss to Long will be abant'125,000 ' ; Insurance ,
$4.000 , A great deal of timber was de
stroyed. One hundred -people are homeless ,
but so far no lives are lost.
DU1II ANIJ M.ISS1NU AT JIUOOIC 1'AHK.
Many TumUlec Snppottetl to liiivo Fcrlshnil
In tliiTnuiUcB.
MINNEAPOLIS , fgcptj 3 A Journal
special from Mora' , MVnn , , says : Brook
Park , I'okegama station , a new town on the
St. Cloud-Htncldey branch of the Great
Northern , was totally destroyed. The flames
burned 300.000 feet of lumber , saw mill ,
hotel , stcrrs , postoflico , school house and
section house. Twenty-lUo families In the
Immeflate vicinity are homeless. Six thou
sand tons of hay , twenty head of horses
and a largo herd of cattle are gone. The
total loss of property Is estimated at | 30,000 ;
no Insurance.
THOMAS RAYMOND , -wile and three chil
dren arc missing.
CHARLES ANDERSON , -wife and three
children are also among the missing.
FRED MOLANDEH , wife and \.vo chll-
dren are dead
CHARLES OLSON Is missing.
MISS NOHA OLSON Is dead.
OSGAH LARSON and sister are missing.
DAVID QOODHUE , missing.
CHARLES W. WHITNEY , mlsilng
BAHNES AND J. BREMAN , missing.
The Injured are :
Dr. Kelsey , hands burned.
Wright Kelsey , burned about the eyes.
Many children were blinded by the flre
nnd smoke. The foliating surviving sufferers
\vcre brought to Mora last night : W. W.
Thompson , Joseph Bergonla , Wright Kelsey
and family , Mrs. Cream and four children ,
Hans Nelson , section foreman , and family ,
and Frank Llttlegnrlicr. The remainder ,
about fifty people , wilt be brought In today
Hev. Mr Thompson opened his church to
the sufferers , and the cltlzans are relieving
the Immediate wants The dead fouml yes
terday i\erc burled. All railroad bridges be
tween Mora and Hinckl'y were burned , but
will be repaired today , Tha sufferers need
food , raiment and shelter for winter. Con
tributions from the outside are needed for
their relief. Contributions should be sent to
Hev. Mr. Thompson. Kelsey & Uarkliam , tha
tonnslto owners , say the town will be re
built. _ .
jritis : rou si. JAUIUF.N. .
Well Known Sportsmen of that Clly Be-
llcie.l to lie In the 1'iirimco Keglons.
ST. PAUL , Sept. 5. It la greatly feared
that many well known residents of St. Paul
liavo perished In the forest fires that have
swept over Hlnckley and vicinity since Satur
day night. Largo numbers of sportsmen have
left St. Paul -within the last ten days to
hunt jiralrlo chickens near Hlnckley , Mora
and Sandstone and other points In the vi
cinity , and few of these places have es
caped the flames. The flre covers a large
stretch of territory and If the sportsmen
were In the forest nothing could save them
unless they were ciose j # , some large body
ofwatsr. . A great rtifny ( St. Paul families
are uneasy , fearing tlB ) worst has happened
to their loved ones who vent gunning last
week. i
President George Freemsn of the Minnesota
seta Shoe company artYl' Lumberman Cuslclc ,
a prominent resident tit Stllluatcr , went
hunting In the ( crests near Hlncldey last
ft Trlday and nothing hadjibpcn heirJ of them
ft up to midnight last < ilgMt , It la feared
t they perished in thei flre Mrs. Freeman
3 said last night that litr husband's addrcbs
3 was Mora. Minn. , a&puti twenty-live miles
1 this side of Hlnckley. &tj-\n \ all probability
Mr. Freeman Is safe. ,
Train Delii ] ! < ) TWcij'v-r ' ( ur Hour * .
r
3 ESCANAIIA , Mich , i. Sept , 3 The contin
3f ued dry tvea'ther U 'fusing heavy losses
from forest Urea. F rp'rp ) } and lumbermen
report flres all over ttio' > country and unless
rain comes the loss" will be serious. The
Hurley passenger , duei Saturday , arrived
twenty-four hours late , ' having been delayed
by flres on the Ashland division at Qogebec
and Marnlsco. Two special trains were sent
out Saturday and Sunday with men and
water to help put out the flrea doing the
most damage. Reports from Uagley , Nor
way , Clnwrey and Hermansvtlle say those
places are * threatened and tha Inhabitants
are lighting the flames. At Ilcaver.il Je a
large amount of tics and posts were burned
and men have been fighting the fire there
for two days , protecting about $1,000 worth
ot cedar. The wires are all down on the
Iron Mountain.
_
ArinroiKln 'Imvin tn Dancer ,
EAU CLAIHE. Wls. Sept. 3-H li
feared the llttlo town of Hlb Lalto , In Tay
lor county , population 520 , will be ileatro > eil
tonight , til though a lire engine aiul crew
from Chlppewu Falls have gone to light
tlie lire. The Hlb Lake Lumber company.
with mills and an Immense tannery , Is lo
cated at that point
The tlangsr at Carnet , CaitwrlRht and
nice Lake Is thought to be over. At Long
Lake , a summer resort , the cottage ot the
lattf General Glnty - ns destioycd this af
ternoon At least seven railroad bridges on
the north division of the "Omaha road be
tween Chlppcwa Falls and Superior have
been destroyed.
WIDOWS IIIIOJMM. :
.1'rotoi.tml Her Slcli NOII from Ilio Flatnea
IVIillo Her Neighbors J'leil la Tcnur.
SPOONER , Wls , Sept. 3 The destruction
of Darronett was complete. One lone buildIng -
Ing Is left of the thrifty milling to n. The
total loss is $250,000. Shell Lake has fifty-
t o buildings burned , with n total loss of
$75,000. Three hundred and sixty people are
homeless and many arc without a dollar of
Insurance
needs of heroism are plentiful. One widow
dragged her typhoid sick eon from the
house Into a potato patch and there protected
him from the flames while the rest of the
Inhabitants fled In terror. The fires are now
under control In this vicinity
Suriliors Arrlvn nt superior.
WEST SUPERIOR , Wls. , i-'ept. ,1. Fifty
survivors of the fire nt Partrlclra were re
ceived in this city today and another rellel
train Is expected later. The sufferers were
provided with everything to maun them com
fortable. A late report from the Omaha linn
says that Bennet siding Is In Imminent dan
ger of destruction. The Omrh.i and North
Pacific lines are running trains , but the
South Shore , St. Paul & Duluth and Eastern
Minnesota are tied up on account cC burned
bridges.
Italns llolp Out Some.
CHICAGO , Sept. S. The following dls-
patch was received by the Northwestern
railroad fromVAshland from Division Super
intendent Bldwcll this afternoon
IRONWOOD , Sept. 3 2 p. in Situation
Is all right this far Fires are all down , but
j fresh wind Is coming up on the range ,
which may start them again We are having
a nice rain as far north as Monroe Junction ,
which we hope will continue north
Train Kin 'through tlin I'limiuH ,
MINNEAPOLIS , Sept. 3. A Marquette ,
Mich. , special to the Journal says : The
South Slioro express from the -nest pulled tn
at 7 o'clock this morning , many hours late ,
after an e\cltfng run through dense smoke
and walls of flre and over burning bridges.
The wires are all down , but the towns along
the line are believed to be sate. The trains
to Duluth are running via. Ashland.
I Irn Clirc'leil ' lit fnilitout.
EAU CLAIRE , Sept. 3. Word from Cad-
doet says that the flres have been checked ,
but that there Is still danger. Members of
the Rico Lake Lumber company here have
advices that Rice Lake Is In no present
danger. The flrea are northward of their
city and the wind has generally been from
the southwest. It is next to Impossible to
obtain communication direct ulth the towns.
I UK lllnzo In H'jomln .
BUFFALO , Wyo , Sept. 3. ( Special Tele
gram to The Bee , ) Heavy forest flres havs
been burning on the Big Horn mountains for
several days past. The whole basin country
is enshrouded In a dense pall of smoke. Be
tween the forest flres and the railroads the
magnificent forests In the northern part of
tha stita will soon be devastated.
C.lilo.iso Lumber lluulom l.oto Iliiivlly.
CHICAGO , Sept. 3. Chicago lumber deal
ers suffer heavily from the recent forest
fires No estimate can yet be made , but
from the Interviews had with leading lum
bermen of this city It would seem that the
losses will go Into the millions.
Disordered liver , sic ,
I I They Act UUe Magic on the Vital Orfrans , !
5 Regulating the Secretions , restoring lonjr <
lost Completion , bringing back the Kecnj
Edg ? of Appetite , and arousing with the }
v-nOSEBUDOF HIAITII the whole physical ]
! cnerjjy of the human frame. These H\icts <
> aie adralttc4 by thousand * , in all cliswi of ?
JSocictj. Laruttt balu In thctAVorld.
I Corcred with a Tastelwj & BoluUs Oo.
i O all drurgisU. Price SB cents a Box.
| Hew VotV Depot. 165 Tanal S ( .
NEW CARPETS ,
NEW DRAPERIES
Complete assortment Wil
tons , Axminsters , Moquettes
Brussels and Ingrains.
A full line of the newest
things in Rugs to be seen now.
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