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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt MOPAY, FEimtTXllY 10.
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rula from short dlstsnr west from Main
treat to the parsonage of the First Pres
tyterlao church.
Market Creel at Pile of Halite.
Market street It pV of ruin from
Main street to the Market street church
on the ndrth ld and on the south side.
Nowhere was the seen of devastation
mere marked than north of the Krte rail
road In the district bounded by Sixteenth
avenu and Market street. Ther wa
simply nothing but ashes left of the busy
aod populous section of the city.
On Washington street, between Broadway
and Market streets, tbers Is practically
nothing left. '
Church street Is wiped out on Its west
side, between Ellison aad Market streets,
as It Is on the east side.
It was on Its newest and best built por
tions that Paterson suffered, though some
cf ths property now lying In blackened
ruins bad an Interest which came with
age and usage. The, trolley car stables
whsrs the flames began 'had Jn their time
been a skating rink and also the scene of
political rallies and other popular gath
erings. The First Baptist church had a
history all Its own, Its orlgn running back
for a century. The old city hall baed for a
police station waa also a landmark.
Homes of Btateseaea Escape.
Neither the noma of John W. Griggs, ex
attorney general of the I'nlted States, nor
that of Mrs. Oarrett A. Hobart, widow of
VIM President Hobart. was harmed by the
tiro, both being out of 'Its path.
Ths coat of ths firs hss not yet been
counted with any degfee of accuracy, and
It will be several days befors there csn be
a definite tabulation.
In the confusion of the day and the rigor
ous, guarding of the burned district tonight
It was Impossible to locate a majority of
the heavy sufferers. Ths estimate of $10.
000,000 will probably cover ths destruction,
and a group of city officials who went ovr
, ths city this eveblng were Inclined to seals
that figure to between $7,600,000 and $8,000,.
000.
A hastily prepared and Incomplete list
complfed by a business man tonight gives
the following estimated losses:
- Batlaaate t)f Losses.
City hall. $450,600; First National bank,
$100,000; Second National bank, $60,000;
Paterson National bank, $75,000: Hamilton
club, $180,000; Katt building, $65,000; Gar
den theater, $50,000; United States hotel,
$40,000; publto library. $100,000; Quacken
buah Company, department store, build
ing, and Contents, $500,000; First Ba,ptUt
church, structure and furniture, $75,000;
Paterson high school, building and con
tents, $35,000; old city hall, used for police
beadquarters, $15,400; the Boston depart
raent store, Meyer Brothers, building -and
Block, $300,000; the, Evening News, building
and plant. $65,000; Y. M. C. A. building.
$5,000; Paterson-Passalo Oas and Electrlo
company, $25,000; St: Mark's church, build
ing and content. $27,000; St. Mary's paro
chial school, $10,000; Park Avenue. Baptist
church, building and furnishings, $(0,000;
St. Joseph's German Catholic church, lulld;
. lngs and furnishings, $56,000; 8t. Joseph'
. rectory and furnishings, $15,000; ths Na
tional clothing stor,' Levy Lackenbruck
Co., proprietors, building and stock, $45,000;
ths Paterson department store, B. Sonnen
born, $50,000; Schuer 4 Co., grocer, build
ing and stock, $50,000; Marshall A Ball,
(lothler. building and stock, $60,000; Globe
department store, D. Bohm, proprietor,
building and stock, $55,000; Stevenson
building, $40,000; Kent's drug store, $25,000;
Klnaella't drug store,, $25,000; Fuld'a aho
stors, $$,000; Musty Brothers, hardware,
tulldlng and contents, . $150000; Douglas
shoe store, $10,000; Sunday Chronicle,
flS.OOO; Romaln building, $100,000; D. H.
(AVurtendyk Company, grocers,. $20,000;
John Norwood, palnts.-J7S.000; engine 'house
No. 1, .$50,000; Oberg's grocery, building
and contents, $25,000; estate of Daniel Mo-
Ateer, wholesale liquors, building and con
tents,' $50,000;' police patrol headquarters
75.000; T. D. Mlcbaeleon, clothier,' stock,
$25,000; Soroal shoe store,' stock, 116,000
Waldorf ' shoe store, stock, $10,000;
C'ogan Tohouay, saloon, $10,000; J. Brett,
saloon, $10,000; Hugo Munser, saloon and
wholesale liquors, building and contents,
$T5,000; Billy Kane, saloon. $10,000; Dr. E.
F. Dinner, residence snd furniture, $10,000;
John Mullts, furniture stock. $16,000;
Blshow ft Cowln, department store, stock,
$15,000; J. A. Vanwlnckle ft Company, hard
wars, store and contents, $15,000; Broad
way car stables and cars, $100,000.
Bearta ta t'arshed.
. The fir began Its work of far-reaching
destruction at the power house of the Jer
sey City, Hoboken and Paterson Traction
company,, which fronted on Broadway and
extended a block to the rear to Van Houtea
street. It commenced in the carshed and
was burning fiercely when on of the em
ploye detected it. It was leaping through
the roof end the gale waa lifting it In forks
and swirls when ths Or apparatus cam
. clanging Into Broadway, ' Main and Van
Houten. The firemen tried to hem It tn,
but It speedily crossed Van Houten street
la on direction, Main .stret In another
and gaining vigor as ft went, burned un
checked, down Into the business district
, Stasia; Flame the. Master.
Every piece of Or mechanism fn the city
wss called-out, but. ths fire and the gal
were masters. A great torch of flam rose
up high In the air, lighting up the coun
try for many mile and carrying a threat
and warning to the people and property
tn It path. There were efforts to rescue
lurnitur ana .atocs, dui in spceo wun
which ' the fir moved gay the rescuer
little time. Property was often moved to
a place of presumed aafety, only to be
eventually reached and destroyed.
Tn warning to many was brief and they
were forced' to He, scantily clad, Into'
streets, glased over with Ice and awept by
.the keen winds. , . J.
Main street waa soon arcbsd over with a
canopy of Or for a .block and then for
two blocks, as the flames fastened them-
elves upon building after building. The
Bremen fought with every resource of their
' craft and the Impulse of desperation, but
the flame found new avenues In EUlsou
i and Market street aad got beyond all con
troL ,..'
Beads Oat Call fop Ifelav
Call for relief went out to every eity In
this portion of tbs state and ths Jaded fire.
men labored on through the hopeless hours
of the morning. The city , hall, a magnify
cent structure, surmounted by a great clock
tower, situated on Washington, Ellison and
Market streets, finally caught and with
It went all of the splendid business struo
ture that surrounded It. They made I
great furnace ot Or that burned with i
Here roar. There was a aeries of explo-
, sums and score of wall fell when the
Br left tnera strengtwtsa.
Flying firebrands carried the conflagration
. over some building nd around oibera and
It therefore, burned tn an Irregular course
. The brand finally cleared th tracks "of
the Erl railroad and Ramapo avenue and
. alighting on Straight atreet, started another
great area of tire. In which th destine
tlon and 4solatloj wrought was Dearly as
- great U the other.
Tbl second Treat fir started at the
UcndacFso
Biliousness, sour stomach, constipa
tion and all liver Ills reouipd by
ilood'a Fiiia
Tb norj-trrttatinf cathartic Price
So oants of aU drugglata or by Bail ot
UL iieoa ft Wfc. I4weu. Aiao.
angle of Psrk avenue aad Washington
street snd swept slmoet unchecked, until
on three two thoroughfare there waa Bo
more fuel. On the right band side of Mar
ket atreet. It encountered Sandy Hill ceme
tery as a barrier to cheek It. but ea the
left hand side at Carroll street It claimed
8L Joseph's church, a great, classic stop
building. It wss on this second greet
fire that the volunteer firemen from the
outside cities did their roost heroic and
effective work. They fell back only when
they had to and when the natural obatacle
Interposed they seized th chance and
sloooed the lire.
Th final and one of-the moat desperate
fights of the dsy occurred In mid-afternoon
back In th first flre area at th Hamilton
club, situated at th corner of Church and
Ellison streets Th! handsome club house
caught and the exemted firemen were ral
lied around It. They wer anxious to save
the structure, and besides, failure meant
that th fir might take new headway
among the properties adjoining the club.
(lab Hoaae Collapse.
The building was doomed, however, but
a torrent of water kept th fire t the prem
ises. The four walls of th club house
stood, but the root collapsed and the Inner
part completely burned out,
Paterson rests In a valley and the con
flagration waa r.n Inspiring spectscle from
the rim of the hills that surrounds it. Col
umn ot Asm went high Into th air and
shed their lights for mlf. Hundreds of
persons hurried Into, the city before day
light to watch the work of deslractlon at
close rang, and when the dsy came thou
sands more Joined them.1. The fir became
a great popular spectacle that Claimed pa
tron from New York and every outlying
town In New Jersey. They crowded the
regular trains of the raway operating
through here nd compelled the dispatching
of extra trains. Once In the city, they
crowded around th firemen and at tlmf
hampered them in their work. Police lines
were Impossible, and through the day they
poured in an endless stream through the
desolate streets. I
Crowds Hamper the Work.
Great pinnacles of ruined brick stood
In every street, but the crowds paraed un
der them unmindful of the waralng ot po
lice and firemen. With th crowd came
thieve and looter, but there was hot much
pillaging. Under orders from Governor
Murphy, who hurried from Jersey City,
Companies A, C, K and M of th Fifth
infantry, National Guard, assembled at their
armories and wer held a a reservo force.
The police, deputy sheriffs, hundreds cf
special watchmen and firemen united la
protecting property during the day and
when night cam a grim order clearing the
street wss Issued by the city and county
authorities.
Despite that precaution 0f tBa authorities
there was much confusion in th atreet at
night. The destruction ot wires left th
city In darkness, save tor th dull glow
given off fy the acre of ember In th
two great 'fir areas. Hundreds of belated
viators crowded around the deoota and
truggled In the dark, for place In th
overcrowded train. . ,'Tb treet railway
system was also severely Impaired through
th injury of Its wires. Early In the day
tb mayor Issued an order . forbidding Mho
sale of liquor. It was not obeyed, however,
andsthere was considerable drunkenness.
Scores Hart aad Battled.
Scores of persons wer hurt and burned.
but the loss of life U thought not to be
great. There ar many person supposed
to b missing, but In the excitement most
of these, r supposed t be separated from
their families and friends.. .Until prder Is
brought out of the chaos whjeh baexlsted
her today, nothing definite can be Known.
Reuben Jsllb, whU servias coffee Jo the
xhaustsd firemen, was hit on the 'head by
a falling bam and It la doubtful If h will
recover. He was carried away by th fire-
Ken as they 'toad their retreat from the
doomed sckoolhouse. ,N
George Fltzmaurlc. a fireman who had
been acting ak driver for Fir Chief Stagg,
I also dying. H was driving an engine
from Pasaalo, when th horse bolted and
before ha could get them under control
tbey brought the apparatus against an elec
trlo pole and Fitimeurit, who had not
waited to sttap himself In, was hurled out
upfcn hi head. There, la no chance of his
living. ,
One Death Is Reported.
Up to 11 o'clock tonight no serious acci
dent was reported at police headquarter.
Mayor Hlnchllffe received a alight burn
on th cheek from a flying spark. Several
firemen were overcome, but none -of them
was Incapacitated tor mora than a few
minute. , -
One death was reported as a possible out
come of th conflagration, a Mrs. Brown,
who. It was said, was over $0 year ot age,
nd who wa removed from her residence,
18 Broadway, Just two . door from where
the fin started In th caraheds. She was
taked to the residence of friend nearby
shortly, after midnight, and died an hour
later. ' It was said death resulted from ex
clttuent. - ''' '.,
Telegraph Compfcnl Wised Oat.
Th Western Union and Postal telegraph
companies, American District Telephone
company and th Paterson, Paaaalc - and
Suburban Telegraph company were all com
pletely burned ojt with all ol tb dellcat
and expensive electrical equipment.' Losses
In many Instance,' notably in thaacaa of
th trust companlea, will depend upon how
th vault and safe stood th test' ot the
nr.
Had not th weary Paterson flrmn been
helped durlbg th day' by brother yflremen
from neighboring cities and town It Is
tolerably certain that th .' muntelpallty
weuld have suffered In a fag greater degree
than It did. Jersey City, Newark, Passaic,
Rutherford, Hoboken ' and Montclalr sent
engine and other fir appartua wall manned
to th atrlcken city a soon as It be cams
known how tremendous a. conflagration It
was. Th Jersey City fireman arrived
about I a. m., the aglnea being run over
rallroada on flat ours. Th horses wer
carried In box car speedily pressed Into
service.
Fla UU Alive. -
t, - . .
Late tonight th fir U11 burned, though
It had been well under control since mid
afternoon. ,Tbf fio interior ot th Hamll
ton club, which wa th last of th build
lng of prominence to Buffer, wa crack
ling and It walls war reddened by th
glow from th flames within, and around.
Man7 of th cttUena wr still about th
streets, but th cordon kept by the mllltla
men' wa quit rigid. Th qtlartar they
wer guarding waa alive with firemen aad
fir machinery and wagon which were be
ginning in a small 'way to clear away
debris.
Th Sunday Chronicle Usued an extra at
$ o'clock thla morning giving th story ot
th Drat two hour of th fir. At 4 o'clock
tb fir, spreading down Elllsoa trt, at
tacked the Chronicle office, destroying It.
Relief Mfetlsisr Held.
Three relief meetings wer held during
th afternoon, th principal on ot which
waa attended by Governor Franklin Mur
phy, Mayor John Hlnchllffe, Recorder
Oeorg' B. Senior, who under th elty
charter la fir marahal. In a few moment
$800 waa banded to th atayor for 1mm
dlat use, but th chief magistral said
ibat while tb city had i suffered.. terrible
visitation, he waa la a position to say that
there waa vary lit tl distress, Tha bust
new section ot th rlty had been prac
tUaily wiped out. but the, residence por
Uoa which uffered waa that la which well
to-do cltlsen lived. '
i ' Th armory of th Fifth regiment wa
tnd headquarter '.of to relief ot any
persons desirous of assistance, but op to
a late hour no applicants for help visited
th building. MsJot George P. Olcott, who
was In charge, said be did not expect to
find more than a score ot people who needed
assistance- Chief if Pollc Graut aod
Sheriff Sturr established temporary offices
In the city treasurer' offlc aod th sheriff
swore In fifty special deputies, who were
Immediately sent to the burned districts
for tb protection of life and property.
Uratefal to early Town.
Governor Murphy and Mayor Hlnchllff
said they were extremely grateful for the
assistance given by, the Ore departments
ID the 'nearby cities, . who responded
promptly to the calls for sld. '
"I am deeply grateful to th men who
so promptly came to our assistance," said
th mayor, "and were It not for their
quirk arrival and subsequent heroic workv
I am afraid that the city of Paterson would
by this time have been a desolate, black
spot. Too much credit cannot be given by
our cltlsens to the fire-fighters,, and the
thanks of the community, which has had
such a severe visitation, while to my mind
Inadequate, are the only offerings w can
make to thoo who helped ua in our terri
ble hour of need."
Temporary relief quarters were estab
lished in the day at St. Paxil s church,
where Dr. Hamilton presided at a meeting
ot the Ladies' Aid society, but It wss stated
that there wero only a few applicant.
The want of these wer quickly attended to.
Ta Cheek Disorder.
To check disorder and prevent crime,
Mayor Hlnchllffe aad Sheriff Sturr tonight
issued the following proclamation:
Whereas, By reason of the recent fir
It is necessary that prompt action be taken
by the city and county authorities to pro
tect the lives and property of our cltlsens
by the rtrlct enforcement of the ordinances
of the city and the' laws of the state of
New Jrfv
Therefore, we, John Hlnchllffe, mavor of
tne city or Faterson, ana Jonn w. isrurr,
snrrlff of the countv of Passaic, do hereby
proclaim. That all persons shall refrain
rom traveling or being upon the public
it reels of the. c'ty of Paterson within the
limits of the burned district after the hour
f 7 o'clock p. m., and any person refusing
r nealectina; to obev this Droclamatlon
hull be subject to arrest and punishment.
Householders and property owners witnin
the snld district awlll be allowed to pass
upon giving satisfactory reasons and proofs
to tne omcer or omrers wno may d as
slaned to the sahd district to enforce thla
proclamation.
Necessary instructions ana aumoniy
have been given to the police officers, con-
stntnes, deputy snennrs ana miuua to en
force this proclamation.
Seek Refuge la Cemeteries.
Horses and wagons were taken possession
of by all who could get at them. Owner
hip counted for nothing.' Frightened co-
cupants of house took' possession of them
to cart their beionglnga away from the fre
Even horses and wsgons which cam from'
Passaic bringing their owners to see the
Ights, were taken away by the property
wnera. Three cemeteries ot the old times
wer In tb city. Into these many moved
tfieir belongings. All morulug families wer
In possession ot tbe old disused vaults in
ths Presbyterian cemetery. Some families
wers very comfortably established by the
afternoon, except In th matter of heat.
An Idea of the rapid tpread of th flame
during the early morning hour can be ob
taincd from th experience of a woman
who had a babe, but a few day old at her
breaat. She was routed from her home,
nd wa helped to a store two blocks away,
where aha was given shelter. Five min
ute after she entered th store she was
driven from It by the flame's suddenly burst
ing In at tb rear. This time she wa taken
threo block awayi and In ten minutes waa
once more bliged to seek safety in flight.
Trolley Car Destroyed.
,
Fifty persons were treated at the hos
pital. At one time It was feared th fir
might reach the general bospHal,
uniy -jne cars 10 ixewara are, moving.
Tha trolley company lost practically alt ot
Its cars, except the few that were out on
fh'e llneB.'
Last week the car houses near Paisalo
were destroyed by fire. Tb fir at Passaic
was ald to be almost certainly of incen
diary origin. There 1 no positive lnf6rma
tion that the fire last night tras not started
by accident of some kind, but the authori
ties have started an Investigation.
The big bell .In the belfry of the First
Baptist church sounded the power of the
wind while that building wa burning. Tb
fire soon burned away the" wooden ahuttert
around the bell. The wind hitting th
nicely balanced bell caused It to toll until
the flames had eaten away th wooden bal
ance, and a little later the bell and all fell
to the ground. 1
Charles Abrams, an employe of the trol
ley company, appear to have been th
first to discover tb fir. He says that dur
ing th two hours It broke out car were
run Into 4ho barn every few minute. Ha
had occasion to' visit tha main shed d
found th whole rear portion In flame. He
turned In an alarm, but although he bad
but a few feet to go the entire building
waa on fir before he could pull th box.
Cans of Fir la Doabt.
What started tb fire I not certain, but
It I tbought that on of tb feed wire run
ning Into the car barn waa responsible.
From tbs car barns the flame leaped to
other building close by and tbs were
burned before th first call firemen reached
the cene. Inside Of two hour tb Ore
reached Main street.' Tbl wa th critical
point of th fire. Th firemen sought to
hold It and failed. The First Baptist
church waa on of tb first to go after this.
Tb destruction of the church was spectac
ular. Th tower burned before tb body of
the building. . A big blazing splinter wa
carried through th air and lodged on a
wlndowsilt From thla the flame spread up
to th top of th tower and while around It
wa still intact, the fir blated up and pre
sented a beautiful sight. From the tower
the flame descended Into the church and
from there the tight was seemlngljr hepb
lee. Bilk Mills Hot Damaged.
Paterson has, according to th last een-
us, about 10,0O0 lnhabitaata, but recent
growth tils probably Increased this coupl
of thousands. IU principal Industry Is silk
maklnc, which gives It tb nam ot the
'SUk City." . .
Ther ar about forty mill sufficient In
Is to be classed as suoh. .There ar many
mall planta employing from four to twenty
persons, who work In tbs varloua line of
th business. Th silk mills wer not dam
aged by th fir and It I thought tonight
win d aot 10 atari tomorrow a usual.
geatriesj Watrh the Rata. ',
PATERSON. N. J.. Feb. 10. Mi a, m
Tb wind died ut during tb night aod th
danger of a, fresh outbreak of Are from
flying sparks wa for th tlm greatly
lessened. It sprang up again at midnight
nd an hour latsr wa blowlu- quKe hard.
The firemen remained on guard at every
point of danger and atreama wer gpt
playing Into a number of building. At
midnight th military guards wer .relieved
by fresh men. who remain on watch through
the rest of tb night. The sentries blocked
every avenue leading Into tb two burned
district and preserved perfect order. Dos-
ens of th shells of building still stand
aad ar dangeroua In that a strong wind
will toppl thsm over and steps will b
mad early la tb morning to tsar than
down.v S
Mllltla Ealpmeat fa Relief.
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. . Quartermaster
General Donnelly tonight, fa response to an
ppeal from Mayor Hlnchllffe. ' to Pat-
arson by special traia a great quantity ot
tenia, blankets sad other camp equipments
to relieve th ettlian of that city.
.Order wer Usued front th adjutant
general'a offlc calling out th Paterson
battaMoa of the National Guard, to do pa
trol duty and otherwise to assist In meet
ing emergiarlea that might necessitate
their asslatance. Th battalion wa placed
under command of Colonel Campbell of th
First regiment.
INSURANCE COMPANIES' LOSS
Coaeera la Mew Jersey RaaTer Less
Thss' Those Oatalde
th State.
NEW TORK, Feb. . There wss a hasty
assembling ot the fire underwriters at New
ark today, and effort were made to obtain
from Paterson an Idea of tb losses ther.
It seems that the losses will all largely
upon th ompanla which ar foreign to
tb atate ot New Jersey. Th four Newark
companies, Tb Firemen's, Merchaata, New
ark Fire and American of Newark, with th
aid of mapa of th city thla afternoon, mad
up an estimate, of their losses. Tbey trs
not badly hit, as their payments will not
b more than $40j0O0. in th jtas of any
qne company. .. From . these figure tb
amount scale down to $13,000, making but
a comparatively amall amount In th ag
gregate. Losses ar likely to fall largely upon
tb Insurance companies of thla city. While
no formal meeting of underwriters has been
held, th general expression among them Is
tl at inauranee carried In tbl city by Pater
son will aggregate between 13.WO.000 and
$3,500,000. ., v '
This, of course. Is merely n estimate,
a no papers wer available tonight, which
would disclose the actual amount cf pbl.cie
written by th underwriter her.
A dispatch from Springfield, Mass., re
ceived tonight, says th Fir snd Marin
Insurance company of that city would lose
about $120,000 by th Paterson fire.
ELEVEN LIVES DESTROYED
(Continued from First Page.)
Escape through the ball. -They found tb
stairway bn fir aad th ball filled with
mok andNlames, which drove them to
the window In their, room. Thompson
Jumped first, and hurt hi ankle, but be
for Clin could get out the flam burned
him terribly about the hands, with which
he shielded his face. He 1 now at , th
hospltsl,! suffering from hi burn rfnd a
badly sprained ankle.
Both lost everything. William Clark and
Abraham Cowen, partners of Morris Tall,
who was burned, escaped uninjured. They
formerly lived In Chicago. 1 . i
- Among the other who got out unscathed
were Jamea McMahon and Joseph L. Hart
of 'Corning, N. Y., and E.. M. NiesHy of
Chicago,
Most of Gaest Accoaated Far.
Tonight most of the guests have been
accounted for In the list of dead, Injured
nd escaped. Among those unaccounted
for la A. Goldberg,, a stranger, who cam
In late and' went to bed, without
registering; two students, whose name ar
not known, and F. P. Contrand. It 11 bot
believed there are any more bodies in th
ruins, which have been carefully searched.
For that reason it 1 tbought tby will
turn up.
Nobody seems td know Just how or whet
the fire started... It is believed that. It
started on the first floor or In tb cellar.
Later tonight,' with 'the aid of papers
found near his bodv, the unidentified man
who died at the city boapltal waa partially
Identified as C. E. Cantrout, a union ear
penter. , ..
THEATER
BADLY ' DAMAGED
Orpheoh In Thtcaira Saffer Hea-vr
.oas mmu irtes
,'; tajared.
Are
CHICAGO, Feb. 10. Th Orphaon theater
In Washington atreet, opposite the ' city
hall, v was damaged by fir, this moraing
to the extent of $30,Odo. The flames spread
with such rapidity that three attache tf
tb theater who. wer In tha building at
the time wer overcome with amok and
everely burned before being reseued by
th firemen. . Nona will die. Thl la tb
third time In six month that th theater
haa been on fir. ,
Two acrub women who wer worklnf th
tha theater have not been accounted for
and it la feared both have perished.
Later estimates place tb log at $50,000.
PLATTSMOUTtf HOUSE AFIRE
Flremea Obliged to Deluge th Large
Healdeae of Joha Water-
PLATT8MOUTH, Nb., Feb. t.-Speclal.)
The fir department wa called thl aft
ernoon to th lrg resldenco of John Wat
crman, wher volume ot smoke wer s
eaplng from tb 'root, and for a tlm -at)
pearancea indicated tbat tb . structure
would be . consumed. Stream of water
soon quenched tha flame and flooded tb
rooms, th water doing more damag than
th "fire, but th roof was greatly dam
aged The origin of th fir la undetermined.
Th insurance will probably- cover th
loss. . , . .
MEN IN THE CAB ARE KILLED
Easrlaeer aad Flremaa Scalded ta
Death by Bsplaaloa at .
Boiler.
'
LIMA, O., Veb. t. The boiler of a freight
locomotive on the-Lake Brie ft Western
railroad exploded today while th ogli
was standing on a siding near St, Mary
Fireman Floyd Brown of Lima wa killed
outright and Engineer Edward Casey ot
Fremont scalded o that b died a few hour
later. A number of car wer wrecked. A
deteetive crown sheet Is supposed to bav
been tn cause or th explosion.
DEATH RECORD. - ; I
.v D. J. Clelaad.
PIERCE, Neb.. Feb. 9. 8pecil.l a J.
CUland, on of the old and respected Cltl
sen ot Pierce, died at his horns Saturday
morning at I: SO o'clock. A few week ago
he waa taken ' HI with pneumonia ' and,
though he waa apparently recovering, th
action ot.hls heart began to trouble him
nd be steadily grew worse. Mr. Cletand
cam her twenty year ago from Rock
Island, III., and engaged In tb general
merchandise business up to th winter ot
1S94. He wa a atrong republican and was
hla party' cholc for county Judge In 1995.
Although th odd were greatly against
bits, be mad an actlv canvas snd mate
rially reduced hi opponent' majority. H
wa a member of tb congresslohsl arlyt
aad tor ovar tea year hld th office
of 'deacon and trustee. .
A short servlc was held ttb houi
Sunday afternoon, conducted by th pastor,
Rev. Oeorg E. Taylor. Tb body will br
taken Monday morning to Reck laland, 111.,
to rest beald tbat of bis wit. H )
two ot. H- F. Cleland. professor of bot
any and geology In William college, tod
J. J. Clelaad of Crawford, and on dautb
tor. Miss ElUabatb E. pielaBd.who,ha been
keeping house her for her father.
Especially dry without beavlne, dell
cat and breed r. 1 G. H. MummV Extra
Pry. now coming to market. Importation
i:o.s9 case la loi nearly M.vo mor
than any other brand.
iVELCOME RURAL DELIVERY
Sibruktbi Aaprwiat tka UhtWl Is
.tsiils. f th Bmlc.
OPPOSITION TO THE IRRIGATION BILL
:oaressman Bhallenherger Objerts to
the WaterOtlcht Feat are aad I'e
elare It Especially Opprea.
alve to Nebraska.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. (Special.) Con
gressman Burkett, who bs been working
for th establishment of rural free de
livery routes In th First district, and
who la grldlronlng .the district with
carriers, bringing the farmer into close
touch with th towns, th other day re
ceived th following letter from a consti
tuent ot bis, mailed at Burcbard, Neb.,
on rural free delivery rout number one,
Which hss Just been established out of tbat
place. The letter show that at least on
man thoroughly appreciate the work tb
congressman la doing In behalf of tbat
rdral population, and 1 follow:
Hon. E. J. Hurkett. Washington. D. C
Dear' Sir: Today Is a daf ot Jublle and
feJoiclnsr over our rural free mall route
that are ordered to atari today, and 1 want
to pui tne first letter in tno oox to you,
WoNa would fall me If I should attempt
to express my gratitude to you for what
you nave done lor utr, so i simpiy
trmnk you. We feel like elnrtn "Praise
Ood from whom all blessings flow," and
Aln t 1 B lad 1 am out of the wilderness,"
etc., etc. Of course, we would like to ex
press our gratitude to tne preniaeni. om
win not ouruen mm witn ourscriouiin,
So w leave that for you to do for u
at some favorable opportunity. .
xours respeciruiiy,
8. A. ISAAC.
Opposltloa to Irrlgatlea BIU. '
As the Irrigation bill, dratted by the
committee of seventeen member and ena
tor from tb arid and aeml-arld states,
become better known to tb people of Ne
braska, 'opposition to th measure grows
hpace, and It 1 now very doubtful It the
Nebraska delegation in congress caa pre
sent a united front for tb measure. Rep
resentative Shallenberger ot the Fifth dis
trict, who 1 receiving a great many
letter Id opposition to the bill on aocount
of Its -fcattr-rlght feature,, sent out this
.week the following leter to his constitu
ents, expressing himself as follows:
A careful studvnf the compromise: Irr'ga
tlon bill an reported from the subcommit
tee of seventeen who prepared It, and which
is now before the committee on agriculture,
-onvlnces me that so many compromises
were necessary in order to reconcile the
differences between the mountain and Mil
states and the great plain states that it has
very little of Denent ert in it lor tne siaie
ot Nebraska or the Other plain and prairie
states, in tne nrst piace, tne em as re
ported Is primarily framed so that the
money which shall be derived from gov
ernment lands will be expended 1 it those
state and for the benettt of lands which
are still unoccupied by settlers. In tb
state of Nebraska all the land that ar
capable of irrigation are now in the nanus
of settlers, who have settled along tH
streams ana in me vaueys, ana are en
deavoring to build tip homes without gov
ernment aid. A bill that -wlirbenent Ne
braska must be one that will' help those
who bav already taken lip ths land and
established homes on them. Thl bill Pro
vide that. In one clause only. If there
should be a surplus of water, after the non-
settlea a 1st nets are euppaea, inai mos
who are" already owners ot Their farma
may obtain the residue. The probable tacts
ar mat under inia bin tne reservoirs win,
For a aood many years at least, be estab
lished in the mountain states, upon tha
neaawaiers oi streams wnere reservoirs
can easily be built and great tracts of gov
ernment lanas a yet urraccuriea are ac
cesslble to the ditches and reservoir. Pui
the most danaeroua provision of tnis nil
Is contained in the last clause, wherein the
government surrenders to the state all
control of the waters If be stored by trov.
ernment funds and subjects them entirely
to any laws or tn saia states wnicn may
be. in operation now or may ds Dassea in
the future. Nebraska Is partluulariy open
to assault under this bill, because of th
met that sne lies uoon a lower level oi
the continental divide than Colorado or
Wyoming, among whose mountains her
largest streams have their sources, and
the underflow of water along the bed-rock
comes from the same continental divide.
Possible to Divert All Water.
Under this bill' it will be nnsslble for Colo
rado and Wyoming, if water-tight dams
and reservoirs were Disced across the
streams at our western state line, to divert
all the water flowing from the mountains in
tnese streams ana roo tne state or Ne
braska entirely of the natural flow, of these
rlvera. There was a great battle over this
bill between the advocates of state control
and those who believed that this move
ment, being a national movement, tne
water so stored and resurvolrea should
remain under the control of the national
aovernment and that only by the general
government retaining control could th
rlaht of different states In Interstate
Streams be equitably adjusted. This matter
will need very careful attention ' by Ne
braska's representatives and the bill -should
be amended so that the Interests ot the
great prairie state would De tuny protected,
as l ao not oeiiev in present dui noes
and there would b more evidence of dl
rect . benefit comlna to our atate. as she
will pay Into the fund five times aa mUrlt
as uma of the Intermountaln states who
ar th moat probable tnenclariea under
thla act. I believe that in time a general
nlan of Irrigation of the semi-arid reelun
will be developed by our national govern
ment, out tne oniy way m wnicn tne in
terest of 'all the. Inhabitant f rreat
watersheds which Include several states pr
territories ran be -protected, la to make It
In fact a wu a nam a national develop.
mnt by th general government retaining
full control over an ine wonts ana waters
upon which government money baa been
expended. i . ,
Secretary Shaw a Tlrelea Worker
Secretary Leslie M. Shaw Is causing cold
shivers to run up and down the backs
of tb employes .pf tb Treasury depart
ment. Tha secretary, who has been a hard
worker all hi Ufa, make It a point to get
Into hla offlc at 9:30 every morning, a half
hour before hla clerk appear, and then
work until S and sometime 9 ' o'clock
Thl tort of thing to a government clerk
1 on of the worst crimes In th calen
dar, because a government clerk ' Insists
upon quitting at i o'clock and not com-"
maneffig until &, and tben sometimes th
females do not get their hafs and cloak
oft until 9:15,. and at a quarter to 4 they
proceed to put tbelr hat and coat on,
with torty-Sv minute apent In th heart
ot th day ostensibly for luncheon, but
really to Indulge ia small talk and gos
sip. Tbl. of course, doe not apply to
th female clerks aloae. Th men ar Just
a bad. If Governor Shaw should kep up
th way he ha begun, a great many treas
ury employes will have nervous prostra
tion, and Instead ot each clerk having
n vrag ot thirty-four day leav. as
shown In the last trsasury bulletin, th
average will be, greatly Increased. When
thl matter wa called to tb secretary'
attention, h laughingly aald that h w
too Old a wbeel-hors to alter habits formed
during a quarter of a century ot actlv
Work, and b ld he was only a hlrellug
with! a Uttl mor power probably than
tha other employes of tb Trear-
ry department; he felt It his duty to do
a lsrger amount of work than tb em
ploye ' under him for th reason that' s
gU a, little mor salary. 'The trsasury
employes, however, ar fearful lest th
secretary unconsciously wilj lmbu th
bad of tb departments and chiefs of
dlvlsleos with a lik desir to work from
halt past sight until s'.x, aad then tbey will
b compelled to forego many pleaauret
whoh bow are part ot their daily lives.
- Sat Blew era SaCertd.
ACWORTH. Ga.,- Fb. 8af blower
forced tha vault of the Lnion Hilikln
company here early this morning, seourlng
t&.M in gold, a 95,000 Georgia state bond
and a lare amount of stock t-rrtlilcates.
bMwwn S.(K and fCOOjO In notes, stock
certificates and bonds wvre hopelessly muti
lated by the xploslon and much currency
and small bills destroyed. A box filled
with t-0 gold pieces ea.ttped the notl- of
the robbers. (The
rohbvr had tn b'ow
through
four
protection to reach th
money.
FLYNN HAS UNCOMMON GUEST
O-tlKlaator wf Rapree Vaa Toaeh.
l.aaTshe la th
Cttaatr Jail.
Among Torn. Frynn,- "boarder" at'tb
county convent of detention Is a young man
who irave his 'nurse a Charles Mitchell
whin he was put In ther to languish
thirty days for petit larceny, but whos
real name Is tbought to be Clark. Mitchell,
or Clsrk. has tatooed namend a tatooed
history., One ha was in th navy and
wore a docollete shirt, trousers with di
lated leg bottoms, a special pocket for his
navy plug,' a rolling gait abd other mark
of th (real thing That wa when b had
hi tatooing done. Then "he served in the
army In Cuba and found one Spaniard who
knew how to point a gun.. That waa when
b got hi scar on th neck. These r not
hi best claims to distinction, for b ha
hi nam and picture la tb rogues' art
display a th man who first adopted a hit
profession the gentle calling of "Vouching"
express delivery .wagon. That wa when
he got a pair of years In ths penitentiary
at Anamosa, la., from which he bad been
released only a short time) before being ar
rested and confined here.
This last distinction is a greater one tbsn
some, may suppose, for the plan wa Im
mediately adopted .by hundred of o?ur
crook and was responsible for the express
companies enclosing their wagon With tb
heavy wire screening that I now een on
all ot them.
TROUBLE. GROWS LIKE HAIR1
Lltla-atloa Uetweea Barber StaHeats
iaae) Their .Alm'av Mater Be
eome Extensive.
His honor, Jus tic ot tha Peace Charles
Potter' of Dundee, who 1 also Judge Sla
baugh'i court stenographer, will have be
fore him this morning tb attorneya who
represent th parlies to th suit of sixteen
student of th ' Molar Bsrber college
against their alma mater for $10 each for
alleged breach of contract. The attorneya
will ask tb justice to aet a day and date
for their hearing.
Th trouble of the two faction a re
growing to mor extensive proportion than
t first anticipated and the attorney gd
to Chicago Wednesday night to take depo
ltloni. of Arthur B. Moler, who Is resident
there, but proprietor of th mowing In
stitution in Omaha.' Later the attorneys
wilt. go also to St. Louts to take the depo
sition ot George Catteller, who was for
merly ths dean of th hirsute faculty hsr
From, a small beginning there have de
veloped three attachment, suit! set for
bearing before Justice Foster Jxt Satur
day and a replevin suit before Justice
Long'- court, In . addition to th -sixteen
straight suits for dsmages to be heard' be
fore Justice Potter. r
PENSION FOR .BRAVE WOMAN
Reward Is to Be Asked from .1 wa
itress for Veraa' Aged
. . Wife.
CARBONDALE, 111.. Feb. 9. An , efforts
being made by the civil war veterans ot
southern Illinois and other prominent
Grand Army of the Republlo men to secure
from congress a pension tor the wldw
oi Brigadier General John B. Turchlo, who
died a few month ago In the Asylum for
th Insane at Anna. Mrs. Turchln I now
past 80 year ot age tnd ha a war record
a brilliant as her distinguished husband
General Turchln commanded th Tenth
Illinois, and enroute to Washington after
tha disaster at Bull Run tb . train wa
wrecked and scores of privates Injured.
Mra.'Turchib Cut Up" art her clothes, except
one dress, for bandages for th soldier.
At Point Rock Valley, near Winchester,
Tend., .she passed through a hall of bullet
In order to bring from the union rear
section of artillery, which, by her efforts,
dislodged a company of bushwhackers Con
cealed In a' Woody train near at hand. She
followed the army nearly the entire time
ot her hurband's service,. Tb pension de
partment ha refused her a pension, Awing
to her marriage having been contracted In
BLIZZARD STOPS ' TRAINS
Worst Storm i vr Pelt la Section
of Pennsylvania Sweep
Coaatry,
- corry, pa-, Fen. . aii travel wa
abandoned be t we a Oil City and Brocton
on tb Chautauqua division ot th Panasyl
vanla today.' Th bllxxard is . tha worst
la thl Motion' history. Train No. 3 lay
all night la bug drift t Summit and
thl morjilng food was carried .to th ltn
prisoned passenger. Tb official aban
dond bop of mdvirig train and have de
elded to tun through train from Brocton
to Ashtabula via th Lake Short. Th Dun
kirk division ot th Erie, also th pun
kirk, Allegheny Valley ft Plttstmrg division
Of tbs Lake Shore ar blocked and no trains
are moving. - .
TRACKS BURIEDJN THE SNOW
Railroad Ar la Bad Coadltloa aad
Traiel I Serleasly
Impeded.
BUFFALO, N. Y-. Feb. 9. Chautauqua
county 'was th storm center of western
New - York last - night. Report received
today indicate tbat the bllxxard wa the
worst of a week of remarkable atorms. It
took. a train from 8:i0 p. m. Saturday to
1:20 this morning to cover the distance
between Jamestown nnd Buffalo, over tb
Buffalo Southwestern. .
Tb Waahlngton express managed to reach
Eaat Aurora,' vutn mile from here,
In seventeen hours; th train proceeded
south, following two cnowplow and a gang
of seventy sboveleri.
An Evidence
of Quality
Tb Drlnkiajj of
-MtCWAUKEE"-dlpl
all doubt a to
It merit. A pronounc-
I 1
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b, i-iviauiitr with
fyf'jy ,T,r a000 .uiiy.
. v'''p ITht very tast ef thl
S,ttirc-f'3ber 1 conclusive
V Vtrw'0""IBt'"'
BLATS MALT-VIVINE
(Non-Intoxicant) Tonic. Druggists
or direct.
VAU BLATZ BREWING C0r Milwaukee'
OMtHA Hit A At II.
14IS Daaajlaa l. . Tel. lost
BLATZ
nrrn
hp rti
I ft a- la. 1 1
0 KEEP'LIBERILS INDOORS
0oTriri Dcr FrklbiU Tkir f reMse
Btrt Day or Right . '
HOSTILE SPIRIT GROWS MORE BITTER
Colemblaa Aaaaaaee Deterallaatlaa
1 severely- Paaleh t Itlaea far ay
Treasoaabl Aet Darlasj
readies Dlfflealtle. ,
COLON, Colombia, Feb. 9. News has
Just Trsched her thst ob January 21 th
liberal residents In th town of Barran
qullla." profiting by the withdrawal of 400
goverhmedt troop to reinforce Panama,
made aa effort to capture th town. After
the exchange ot sever! sbols, th liberals
were driven to the mountain, wher It
wa Impossible to pursue them. I
General Gonsalea Valencia . I expected at
Barranquill with 1,000 troops from the
province of Santandar. One thousand
and three hundred troop from th pros
vine of Cundlnamarca and 1.300 jnore from
Puerto Berrlo ar also expected at Btrtan-
qullla. Of these latter a lrg number ot
4he command of General -Tovar will be de
tached for service on the Isthmus and at
Panama.
-Jean VaUxquls, governor of the depart
ment of Bolivar, has Issued a decree which
prohibits all liberals from walking on the
treets Ot Barranqullla at any hour of the
day or night. The chief of folic Is to en-'
tore thl decree by mean of an armed pa
trol. The guards of tb town re ordered
to make prisoner of those contravening
rtlcle No. 4 Of the , governor' decree,
which says:
Ta Panlsh Treaseaable Acta,
"Friends of the g6vernmefit ot Colom
bia who Interned by word or letter for any
liberal infringing voluntarily or involuntar
ily the present derree will be considered
hostile to th government and as such shall
suffer Imprisonment for thirty days."
Article No. 5 of this decree prohibits th
Peratln of sll canteens asd nubile estsb-
llsbments ot every tort In Barranqullla be
longing: to liberal so long is tb decree rs
malas In fore under th penalty of Do
of 11,000. ' '
Barranqullla Is on th left' bank at the
Magdalena river, fifteen . miles . from Its
mouth. It Ji a population of 14,000. ,
' Following Its decree concerning transit
through the department of Panama, th
Colombian government hat Issued a (ecOhd
decree with reference to barracks' and th
housing ot troop In the department. In-
lurtlng Panama and Colon. This sdecree
ordered military chiefs to report to local
authorities the houses necessary for the
accommodation of their man. i House be
longing to enemies of the government win
be appropriated first. Secondly, those be
longing td neutrals will be taken, and lastly
bouses belonging to friends of the govern
ment will be appropriated.
The property ot foreigners, on the asser
tion ot three witnesses that th foreigner
has participated lb the revolution, which
shall be considered proof, will" be treated
Ilk property belonging tj enemies of tb
government.
W MW
Combine All Power Plants.
ATLANTA.' fia.. Feb Ms tor Mima
ha approved an ordinance granting th
Power company, the Atlanta Rapid "transit
oiisoii'iaion oi tne Atlanta nanwar inn
company, tne ueorgia feimaric i.igni
pany and the Atlanta Steam Heating
Ight corn-
com
pany. This plaoes the control of all street
railways, electrlo light and heating plants
in one corporation, oacaea ny Atlanta- ana
Boston tapltnl, and Is the culmination- of
long drawn out controversy and negotia
tions. "
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Pain Pills.
Also all paini such at backache,
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"Dr. Miles' Pal PiK are worth talr
weight in gold." say Mr. W. D. Krea
mer, oi Arkansas City, Kan. .They
cured rny wile oi chronic headache
wbn nothing else weuld."
"Dr. Miles' Pain Pill driv away
pain at ii by magic. . I am sever with-
out a supply, and think cveryon
should keep them handy. One or tw
pills takegf ea approach ef beadacli
will prevent it every time." '
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