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TUE . DUALLY. UAlLY.JlEC:,:TtX&llAyrrj:nRtl.RY. .0-1901. Tela. 81-M. WE CLOSE SATURDAYS AT ( P. 11. lJfi ' iUc llo8e suPI,ort(,rs are nuacneu to inese fsrnt models by the designer, who knows the pre- the correct fitting exquisitely dainty. pair. Each pair fitted. Silk laces gratis. TlHllW Y.M.CA, Building Corner atreet that led to the fire area m crowded with spectators. Down the narrow gulch Sheets of smoke hung, split now-ml then by a red glare of name. ' The craah of falling buildings waa lost In the rotir or exploding of dynnmlte as It waa used to demoliHh structures aa yet untouched by flrp. The city waa under the atrjrteft of mili tary control. All around the burned area waa stretched a cordon of soldiers, who held up all comers at the point of the nayoner. iwa nron.ni rrom ncgnnor.ng r h natrn vit the da ret and on every I street near the limits of the fire area paced armed sentinels. . ; Tn the early houra this morning the army of Are fighters operated gainst overwhelm Inga odds and when dawn broke the flames were raging fiercely along the wharvea and focused about the grent power house of the t'nlted Railways company, which fur nished the- power for all the street rail ways of the city. Then (he flames ato Ihelr way with undlmlnlahijd. force south westward, following, the lines of ( Jones Falls, and were finally' checked near the water"a edge at West Falla avenue. There the flumes continued through the night, but only In spots and with diminishing fierce ness. A dark gloom served to assist the watching thousands of spectators, held be hind the lines ma,ny squares nwayto locate the names. Devastation Is Complete. The burned area Is a scene of complete devastation. Numberless buildings that were the pride of Baltimore, costly and stately, and oeeuplrd for divers purposes, were gutted and only smouldering debris and. walls and remnants of walls remain. The American building, one of the finest, Is now but smouldering debris, save rem nants of the front and side walls. Across South street, where stood the Baltimore Sun building, only the pillars ttjat marked' the front remain. Entire blocks ust below there are Wiped out, wlrth'ou Ir) some eases a wall left standing. From Fayette street down Hnlllday street as far as German street there Is no building leff save the t'orn and Flour exchange at the corner of German street. . That building, whose walla tomer above the crumbling debrla of what were rejoin ing structures, was gutted and the standing walls formed a cauldron, the flames of which burst at times through the windows, but could cause no further damage.. In numerous other wrecked buildings the. fames played about the debris and threat-' ened to weaken the foundations' of the few Walls that were left. i ', Ho BaHdlngs Left Standing!. . Like a grim tower In the ruins standa the walls of the flfteen-atory Continental Trust company's building. The walls of the Baltimore & Ohio building are still stand ing, but the Pennsylvania railroad building, directly across Calvert street, la razed. Only the walla remain of the once stately Equitable building. Remnants of one wall are leftvof what was the National hotel at Holllday and Fuyette streets, No build ings are left standing as far aa the eye can see down Baltimore street from this point. All along South Oay street there Is the same picture of complete destruction. A broken sign and a front wall, tottering, show where the Women's Christian Tem perance Union building once stood. Ad joining this was the building occupied by the Iron Ship company, and nearby the British consulate, whose building Is a com plete lose. The building used by the Ger man consulate on this square Is also In ruins. The costly t'nlted Btatea customs house In course of construction and occu; pylng the triangular block; between. Lorn-, bard and Water streets and Exchange Place Is said to be ruined. The marble blocks are badly damaged, the cornices on the north side are destroyed and the mar ble la cracked In a number of places. The only other federal building damaged was t'nlted States store house No. 1, diagonally Opposite. Here the lrtter!6r sustained se rious damage, but the outer walls are In tact, the only building In that section whose outer walls were preserved. , Westward along Pratt street Is only de fcrls from which flames leap and play. Down Pratt street, west from Gay for sev eral blocks, the oil In the wreck of the Standard Oil buildings Ignl.'ed and there was a succession of explosions with the bursting out of flames. At times the smoke rushed up and threw great black clouds ever the ruins. Pratt atreet for many - blocks Is almost Impassable from huge plies DYSPEPSIA is a germ disease, cured only by killing the Microbes, bred by fermentation in the stom ach. "This is surely and safely done by the faithful use ol Radam's Microbe Killer, which cures more hopeless cases including Catarrh, Consumption, and all dis orders of the blood than any other remedy known to mortal man. Safe, certain and scientific. You drink it. Writi rr frtt bk. Tks Wn RwUa Microbe Killer Ce in Ffiace Sk, New York, r GOUTANT & fkf M sell geraaton, est renusy ivanm Antnrnelte, film 1111 f I Arkansas Fnrnare eoal aaa flat far baa fcuraera, 0.00, I a I I 1 1 I ' Oar Ohlaj coal makes eaten.. ko Are a 4. seat nor a a ska. Ill JflL' a Is tke kest saea'tem rae ea la, kVa sanrket. w w n nas a BaU Meek gprtngs, gkertean. Cherokee, W a fa at fcloek. We sell teranton, .Be, Feb. t. 190. Redfern, Style ! The lonjj, dip hip and dip front model for medium figures. There is ail easy elegance about Redfern Corsets found in uo other make. They are bias cut, with the deep hip gores, encircling and mouldiug the hip into the sloping contour, giving the form the approved style of figure. cine place to locate tnem, tnerepy assuring of the corset. The laces and ribbons are 'f Boned with selected whalebone. ?G.O0 per Sixteenth and Douglas St. of maaonry and water with Which the fire companies flooded that aectlon. Tangle of Twisted Wire. the electric 'wlrea are a tahgled network and the trolley wires are down In every direction. At O'Donnell's wharf, where a freight station of the Northern Central railroad la located, the flames fed all day on the Inflammable trimmings of the annex to the power house of the United State railroad, the main building; of which waa I gutted early this morning. The walls of hudlnMi however, remain Intatft. The . ... ...., I large buildings of the Miller Fertiliser com pany, the Bragener Oil company. C. A. Roblnsqn, dealer In seeds, and the Martin Wagner company, cannera and packers, opposite the slip from the power house, were destroyed and the ruins burned throughout the evening. Many of the oc cupants of Pratt street were saloonkeepers and dealers In second-hand goods. There Is nothing today to Indicate that these places ever existed save for brick piles. Took Prompt Action. Notwithstanding the magnitude of the catastrophe the absence of disorder and confusion was remarkable. This was due to the prompt action r.f the state and city authorities who, as soon as they realized that they had a calamity to deal with, took a tight grip on the situation and never for an Instant let go. Tonight the fire dis trict and th territory Immediately sur rounding It Is under the strictest mili tary control. During the confusion of Sunday, night detachments of regulars from nearby forts were sent to the fire district and as slated the polio In maintaining order and restraining the great crowds from en croaching upon the firemen. The Fourth and Fifth regiments of Baltimore, ordered out by Governor vl'arfleld, came. on. duty before, da-ybreafc-under- the- command of Brigadier General Rlggs. . T,he jnen who numbered 1,200. were distributed about the Are distort . and.cno. oasr no jwtter. who he wam Vouldi (ret' beyond net lro:estib- llshed inlees he held a military pass. These were Issued personally bythe brtg a (Her general at bis lieadquarte.ro In the courthouse. .'- . Scores of telegrams were received ,by Mayor McLane profferlngrasslB.tance.to the .cltlsens of Baltimore who have suffered as a result of the awfur fire. They came from mayors of cities, railways and other corporations and from prominent citizens all over the country. President RamVejy of the Wabash and .Western Maryland railroads sent the following telegram: . "The Western Maryland Railroad com' pany tenders Its service In handling . or moving supplies of any kind tn and from Baltimore In Its terrible calamity." Remarkable Lack of Casualties. In the several departments that make up the city government ther were busy scenes all day. All heads of departments and those under them had been on duty since Sunday, and the strain on these men was great. The mayor had an extremely busy time of It. On every hand he was bealeged for passes through the fire lines and.- In each case was compelled to firmly refuse and direct all persons to the brigadier gen eral. Then the disappointed ones would make their way through crowds to the gen eral's headquarters, only to be again dis appointed. ; The fire was most remarkable tn many ways, but more so In the lack of casualties. It can safely be. said that no great fire In this country can show a smaller dead or Injured list. Vn to tonight -the-, number treated In the hospitals will not -be more than fifty. In the city hospital thirty-five persons were treated during the progress ef the fire and only one waa compelled to re main. In the Institution and he was suffer ing from exposure. ' The Maryland general hospital treated about a dosen firemen and policemen. 'Property Vanishes Like gnow. A northerly wind waa ad ting to the ter rific odds which the army of fire fighters were combating, with the great Are run ning Unchecked. The estimates vary, ranging as high as $360,000,000 to $300,000,000. Willi the .fierce .wlud. blowing, nothing could stem the tide of 'the. flames till all the property In the section was burned to the water's edge. Fr6m the myriads of lumber yards on the western side of Jones, Falls, the little muddy stream that flows through the business; section of the Oriole city, the flames have leaped over to the other side of. the stream and were rapidly eating Into the mats of oyster and fruit packing establishments, and these were, rapidly crumbling . Juto ruins. One of the . firemen was killed and the clang lng of the hospital ambulances bore evl deuce of the mrnor casualties. Vj to this hour approximately thirty-five persons have been Injured, Including .one fireman The city government, has .been entirely suspended and the cH . Is under Complete military control. The city officials are adopting the moat heroic measures to check the flames and Governor Warfleld has telegraphed to the secretary of the navy a request to Immediately dispatch here a dynamite expert to work on fuineu buildings where bare walls are tottering at every shift of the wind and threaten to endarger life by falling at any moment Governor Warfteld today Issued a procla mation declaring the day a legal holiday. It is said that this will be extended for several days, or until such time as the chaotic condition In the business and flnan ciai districts can be straightened out. This proclamation closes all banks 1 and other financial Institutions and defers the pay ment of commercial paper, Thle action of Governor Warfleld suspends the operations of various business contracts and greatly relieves the complex conditions which con front the business and financial Interests. The authorities have already taken steps to meet the emeraencv and a irvdil tnt fVig.of .th5 Maryland legislature WA called for tonight, when relief legislation will be enacted. The measure le not yet drafted L-V -a3 SQUIRES (400 FARNAM Telephone 930 best I'ennsy Irani Antkmeite, f 1 14MI, but It Is understood that the legislature w'll spproprlate $25,000,000 for relief If that amount Is deemed necessary". The effect of the Immense property losses on the Insurance companies Is a subject of peculation and fears are expressed that some of the smaller, enterprises may be forced to the wall. . ( ... cut across to Lexlngtor and Charles streets, destroying everything In Its path. At the corner of Lexington and Charles streets, O'Neill's big retail dry goods store, while damaged, was still Intact, but Schealnger's shoe store adjoining was en tirely destroyed. ' While J. W. Putts A Co. and J. J. Jen kins Co., on Fayette, were burned, the large new factory recently erected next to Jenkins A Co. by Gans Brothers, was providentially spared. The Gas Appliance company, the Oood- year Rubber company, Bryant & Stratton's business college, a cigar store and J. 8. McDonald's Jewelry store, on all (he Charles street block, between Baltimore and Fayette streets, were utterly destroyed. ss was every building on the north side of Baltimore street from Liberty street to Charles and diagonally across to Lexing ton street and Chafles. The witer of Baltimore street Is In some- places ten feet deep. With bricks and debris, but the lire In' thl whole section Is practically out. The buildings on the west side of North Liberty street with the exception of M. C. Stout A Co., tailors, were all untouched. Those burned on the -fast side of North Liberty street were Berguny Brothers and C. C. Davidson ft Co. C. C. Bteirf's piano factory adjoining Davidson's Was damaged by water, but It was stated' today that no great damage had been suffered. Conditions at an Knrly Hoar. There was little sleep for the 7i4,030 residents of Baltimore last night because of the terrific conflagration which started Sunday forenoon. While there were ' no live lost, the monetary loss will probably reach J'.'Oi.OfiO.OW. Acres of the most vamabie prop erty in the wholesale dry goods, produce, lumber, shipping and railroad districts have ben destroyed. At thla hour, not withstanding heroic efforts on the part of the local fire department, reinforced by many firemen from Washington, Phila delphia, Wilmington, Newark, N. J., Newark, Del., Ilarrisburg and New York City, the fire la raging as furiously as it was an hour after It originated In the cellar of the John E. Hurst company at Liberty and German streets. Its origin Is said to have been spon taneous combustion, but no tangible evi dence to this effect has thus far been secured. ' Dynamite Is t nnialllng. ' Several tons of dynamite were used dur ing the da and rilght to blow up build ings In an effort to check the spread of the flames, but even thla was unavailing, and the strong wind which blew the flying embers hither, and thither soon ignited other-buildings. . . ... All the newspaper buildings, including the offices of the Associated Press, were destroyed by midnight. Several publishers arranged at once to have their editions printed on the presses of Washington papers.' , . ' ' These editions, containing full and ae chrate 'aecbuits'of the fire, arrlttd here early this morning and were delivered- to helr' regular customers. "' ' "At this hour the fire has attacked the wharves, piers and docks -ef the harbor and seeme to be spreading to the -south1 eastern section of the cltjrc v . -.-Wind Changes Coarse of Flkmes. .The wind "changed .from west to north west shortly 6" 'o'clock starting the names toward the water, rront, the wh saJe.Vu'rober' district' Millions of 'gall of water had no effect on the flameW'dtiHng the" night and at daybreak the fire' seemed fo be growing- In extent. Flames have ex tended 'ta'the Water front on Light street and ti. eaten all the southeastern section 6f he .'city'" Several fire engines from near by have just arrived and are at work. The local firemen are almost exhausted At 9:30 a.' m. the fire continued to spread eastward and southward, but was- hot burning as fiercely as at daylight, and there Is hope that It will Spend itself "Within a few hours. - The lumber district near O'Donnell's wharf has been practically consumed and there Is little material left for the flames to feed on In that direction. The Monumental theater on Baltimore street Is threatened and will probably fall a vlotlm to the conflagration. All electrlo power has been destroyed and no street cars are running. Statement of Baltimore Paper. The News Union In Its editorial today will say: Acres of buildings, covering more than half a mile In length, and from tnree to alx blocks In width, were destroyed In Baltimore's greot fire, which started yes terday morning. The fire Is still burning and, considering the high wind and Inflatn mable nature of the buildings and material In front of It, may continue to bum for hours yet.' No one can tell today the 'extent 'of the disaster, which now has reached propor tions far In excess of the Chicago fire of 1871, hitherto the greatest fire In the United States. No end can be seen at the- present writ lng, and to estimate the total loss Is the merest folly..- - The wholesale dry goods, produce, turn ber. shipping, railroad and financial Inter ests have been destroyed notwithstanding the heroic effort on the part of the de partment,' and by almost numberless Are men from Washington, Philadelphia, Wit mlngton, Newark, Ilarrisburg and' New Tork City. Starting In the wholesale section, the fire burned out every- wholesale house of note In the city, swept along through the Baltl more and Fayette street retail sections, destroyed all the prominent office buildings. leveled banks and brokerage offices, as well as the Chamber of Commerce and Stock axchange, in the financial section: then sped on through the wholesale and export trade sections centering- about Exchange Place. It Anally brought up at the Falls, wherf it Invaded the lumber district. Fire on Wharves.1 This morning the Are was burning Aercely along Pratt atreet from Light street to a point not yet determinable. It had gutted the old and new buildings along that thor oughfare, and on the wharves, which house hundreds of Arms doing business all over the world. It had swspt away tha bridge over Jones Falls and burned Into tha great freight terminals of the Pennsylvania an Baltimore A Ohio railroads oh Preaidsn street. Millions of feet of lumber have gone u In smoke already and the Are Is still burn ing with the Aerceness which has charsc tertsed It since It started In the vast mnu ufacturlng district, following the harbor lines toward Canton. To describe In detail the Are, which will go down In the history of the world as one of He greatest disasters. Is simply a Impossibility; just as It Is Impossible at this time to give an adequate Idea of tha amount ef loee, the number of buildings destroyed, or the Arms which have gone out of business. These 'are facts which will not develop for days to come. Baltimore's equipment of twenty-five en glnes was almost Useless. Reinforced by four companies from Washington, aa man more from Philadelphia. . two more from Wilmington and another from Chester, Pa It was still unable to check tn any way, during the night, the progress of the flames. This morning a half dosen of New Tork City's most powerful steamers arrived by speelal-4rm eeV enetT'eonirng'-sjeree' new mpetus to the efforts to. "check the flames by putting fresh men, Into, the fight, the Baltimore; firemen, as welf Ihe mit-of- town men, who arrived earlier, having been exhauster by their all night "struggle agalnet such. terrlAo odds.-. All F.lectrie Power Destroyed, All electrical power has been .destroyed and no street cars ars' running About midnight the Wind,' which had been blowing strongly from the southwest, with tendency to switch to the westward, began to come In a gale from the north west. At this hour the flames were headed directly fof the tenement districts, across the falls, where frightened foreigners were working like demons to save their house hold effects. Temporarily the change In the wind saved them, for the flames were driven toward he water front, . and all buildings from Baltimore street down to Pratt street, soon were a roaring mass of fire. From then on Pratt street became the center of the re, which burned block after block of business structures on tha thoroughfare from Chafles street eastward to the falls. Roughly speaking, the fire In Its course described a half circle on Its northern and western edges, curving 'from Lombard and Iberty streets to Fayette and St. Paul streets, and' then sweeping. around toward Market place, and Lombard streets.' The hole effect of this course of the fire was to describe an' Immense question mark. Jacob Ilglnfrlts of the, Laurie Are com pany of York, Pa., ; was killed today at Baltimore and Frederick streets by a fall ing wall. ' Firemen Abandon Knglne. Among the out of town Ore departments which responded were two companlee from Wilmington, Del. While flgh'.lng the ames on Boklens' wharf-the Wilmington remen found retreat cut oft by an ex plosion of the Standard Oil company's warehouse. A panic ensued, and the Are- men yelled for assistance. Feveral tugn came to their rescue and they were taken off, abandoning their engine. A few min- tcs later the entire wharf was a mass of flames. Among the principal buildings which . were razed to the ground In this elghborhood. Were those of the Standard Oil company, the Patapsco OH -company, the United States Fruit company, the Balti more Fruit company, J. J. .Underbill, W. C. Robinson, Baughan & Son, and N. Frank Sons. i- Dynamite was proved - most useless last night when building after building In the neighborhoods of Charles and Baltimore streets was blown up to stay the flames. It seemed as If the .Are fiend laughed at such paltry efforts, -for the flames simply umped these vacant spaces and licktd up the buildings on the far sides. -, Calls Legislature- In Extra Session. The common remark of cltlsens Is that Baltimore has received a blow from which It cannot recover for years. Mayor McLane Is ' among those who are optimistic and today, whllo expressing his sorrow over the calamity, expressed the hopeful convic tion that this city .will quickly rise like a Phoenix from Its ashes. It Is anticipated that there may be much suffering and destitution following upon the heels, of the destructive visita tion, and. Mayor, McJjane'. and other city officials are already discussing relief meas ures. It .Is sald.as. niany ns 20,000. per sons' wlli be thrown out of employment, and many of these and their families will be without resources. Governor Warfleld has called an extra session at the .legislature this evening, to empo-Vfr. him to declare the city' under martial JaWand tds:ferid '"all business for ten Bays,. Tnnay nas neen aeeiarea a legal holiday In order to glvh'the clearing houses a chance to get 'straightened out. Governor -waf field '"stated " today' that every' safe- depo'slf fVo6rahd' Vault In;' the Various' Institution's' Was '" absolutely '''Safe, that' the- Tecwde; w4re''trei'eA-d, ; and-'that It was next to Impossible Tor serious dan ger tn happen (o documents contained in the ruins. i -.' ' Chief Engtnoer Horton, whi was .over come yesterday, afternoon, was- . resting easily this morning. : The ' lumber yards along West Falls avenue, from Pratt street to. the water's edge, are In ruins. -. - This morning the power house of the Union Railway company and. Electric and Power company,, near Jones Falls, . col lapsed, and the expensive machinery re cently Installed la a total wreck. This was the largest, and one of the most ex- plenslve, plants for generating electricity In the country. - The tremendous' business, storage and warehouse . section, i between South street and Jones Fa 11 Is, from Fayette to Pratt, Is a mass of ruins. The dynamiting of ' buildings , has been continued today, tmt the necessity for such berolo preventive was not so urgent today as. yesterday. , The expediency of using dynamite was decided upon by the Board of l?srlmate, composed of Mayor McLane, Building , Inspector Preston . and the city engineer. A cltlsens' meeting hag been called by Mayor McLane to asesmble at the city hall today to consider measures of relief. Fire Breaks-Ont Again. At 11:46 a. m. the fire Is sweeping along the harbor and river men are taking their vessels rapidly out into the middle of the stream. - There are seventy-five or 100 of these and they are anchored down the bay. The buildings of the Standard Red Sea OH company and the Buckman Fruit company are In flames. . At noon the burning area stretches for blocks along the harbor to the southeast section,' the old part of the city. The Are- men are working bravely, but against fear ful odds. The area la enveloped In smoke, that rises In great volumes and rolls away over the rest of the city. Stretching back along Jones i Falls is a host of buildings gutted by flames. From the Lombard street bridge westward Is a scene of utter destruction. What were once large, sub stantial structures are now a. mass of smoldering debris,-- a few -walls here and i there standing like sentinels over the ruins. Huge piles of . sticks, tangled networks' of electrlo wires, a few: remnants of walla and here andthere telegraph poles burned are all that remain to mark the progress of the conflagration la that section. The firemen are dynamiting buildings and walla In the burning area and the Intona tions of the explosions and the shrill whis tles of the Are engines add to the Inde scribable horror of the scene. Every few minutes the fall of walls can be heard. Travel throughout this district Is fraught with tha 'greatest danger, and even In the outlying parts of the district flames can be seen eating their way through the ruins and to ths roaring walls, making Ingress and egress Impossible.'- Losses ef Buildings. The loss will not be accurately estimated for weeks, for business men, prosperous yesterday morning, ate poor today. Ex pressions hesrd among these men as they peer Into the collapsed properties reveal an astounding number who were only poorly protected by Insurance. Inspector of Buildings Preaton, after making a careful study of ths burned dis trict, placed the building loss alone at $150,000,000. t Tonight It Is feared that aid must come from adjacent cities, and a partial famine .would be an additional phase to the situa tion. Restaurants are without food and the destruction of the commission houses along ths wharves has shut off the means of supply. Hotels are but little better off and though they say they will be Able to feed their guests. It Is admitted the vadety will be lessened at once. Preparations are being made to rush supplies from- New York In order td" avert suffering la homes. Late this afterneua at beoame poealMe to locate the spot where Ihe march of (he flames was stopped. After the burning of the Maryland and American Ice com panies' plants near tha Union docks few buildings were destroyed. The Ice houses held the flames for thrco hours, though In the meantime the Norfolk wharf was con sumed. The fire boat Cataract and several New York engine companies held this dan gerous neighborhood, and when the fire entered the American Ice company's oonl yards It was kept under control. The next building In line was the Damast Packing company's plant and this was but little damaged. Wilson's lumber yards. Den- mead Malting company's buildings, the Merchants and Mariners Transportation company's buildings and a number of others virtually were snatched from the burning. Local Are officials extend unstinted prnlse to the Are companies from New York for the brave stand they made at tha eastern end of the Are belt. Time and u train they were driven from their positions, but at the coal yard they made a last stand and won. The water supply of.Ualtlmore Is causing some concern among city officials. The Are proved a serious drain upon the several reservoirs of the city. Had it not been for the waterway, which was not' only of assis tance In checking the progress of the flames, but also afforded a source of water supply with which to fight the flames, It Is difficult to Imagine where the Are would have ended. Revised 1. 1st of Rnlna. The burned district Is within the territory bounded on the west by Liberty street, on the north by Lexington street, on the east by Jones Falls and on the south by-the basin. Within , this district were the big structures on Fayette, Guy, Iximbart, Charles, Balderson, Elliott, Hollingsworth and Cheapslde streets. Passing southeast along the ba-sln the following docks were destroyed: McClure's, Patterson's, Smith's, Frederick, Long and Union. , Small thoroughfares which extend as far north as Lexington street and which were In the path of tho flumes are Commerce, Fredericks and Mill strceta. .The district thus swept by the lire comprised seventy five blocks and nearly 2,600 buildings. The following Is the latest list of business places destroyed, with a rough estimate of losses, where obtainable. Where several Arms are grouped the Iohh given is the total to the building: John E. Hurst, dry goods, $1,500,000; over i,ti,wu insurance. Vacant building, $50,000. WIMIom Kocn, import. ng company, toys Bamuel D. Goldberg, prtnts: F. ft Charles jiurger & Co., clothing, 175.000. The Daniel Miller company, dry goods, $1,600,000; over l,UOti,0uo Insurance on con tents. Dixon Bartlett company, shoes, $176,000. Joynes, Wits & Co., liats and caps, $100,000. Bpra'gins, Buck & Co., shoes, $l&.000. Cozen Adler Shoe enmounv. illX.OOO. L. 8. Flteninn, women a wrappers; Jacob . seaman, paper, ana xsainan ttuxen, women's cloaks, $100,000. Morton, Samuels & to'., boots and shoes, and eHrauBs Bros., storage, $luo,ono. Ualtlmcre Rubber company. l;,000. Ouggenheimer Weil & Co.. lithographers miu primers, l.:i,unf. M. Frledmen fcons. clothing, and F. Schleunea, cloths, $1S0,000. Swarts Toy company, $100,000. A. Fetlei-letnht & 8on, cloths, $75,000. Whltaker's saloon, $15,000. C.-'J. Stewart & bona, hardware, $25,000. t O'Connell ft Bunnan, ealoon, $21,000. National Exchange bank, building, $75,000; contents, $SO,0uO. S. Lowman A Co., clothing, $125,000. .John E.- Hurst ft Co., .sUirage, $150,000. ' Flniilay, Roberts ft C hardware, $75,000. Lawrence ft OrHd Shoe company and Bates Hat company, $125.000.- S. Ginsberg ft Co.. clothing, $123,000. Wlnkelman ft Brown, dry gopds company, $125,000. H. H. Sutton Co., dry. gnodn, $1,500,000. Chesapeake Shoe company. $100,000. B. F. and A. F. Miller, clothing manu- luntirers, fiou.lAV. 8. Halet ft. Co., boots and shoes, $140,090. Strauss, Brothers, dry goods. $if0,0oO, , ... v j. Meyer, patent medicines, n&o.ooo. ... Matthews trtr-others, fh.c-ture.ra, $36.0WI. . bwh t rrothers.f paper took msnnt iiBun.i iiiiiiiiinii at.vu., pun ,n, yii-,,.. North Brothers ft Strauss, building, $75, 0"0. ' Standard Suspender company and Daniel A, wonne ft t o., liquors, jw.ooo. Bradley, Klrman ft Reese Co., papers, $150,000. George A. Eltel, neckwear manufact urer, Charles L. Llnvllet and J. J. Mur phy; sewing sl'.ks. $75.1110. ; McDonald ft JTlslicr, wholesale paper, IKM.UVO. Wiley, Bruster A Co.; dry goods, and F". W.- and T3. Dammsnn. cloth. $125,000. . -Henry Oppenhelmer ft Co., clothing, and VanHant. jacona ft Co., enirts, iiio.uiio, Joseph R. Stonebreuker ft Co., liquors, J7S.OTO. Lewis I.aaer ft Co.. shirts. $100,000. Champion Shoe Manufacturing Co., and Dlggs, Curwln ft Co., shoes, iuhmkiu. Mendels Brothers, ladles' wrappers, $125, nort Leon Keene ft Co., ladles' cloaks, and llenrv Prettfelder ft Co., boots and shoes, $126,000. Blankenburg, Oehrman ft Co., notions, $125,000. " Hoi, kins' Place Savings bank. $76,000. (Vihnn ft Samuels, hats and cans. $75,000. . Farnold ft Sons, surgical Instruments, $60 000. Michael Ambach ft Sons, clothing, $250,000. Marburg Brothers, tooaceo. iiiu.mu. , 1 -Hired Shirt and Collar Co.. $60,000. ' Mack Brothers ft Mack, clothing, and John A. Griffith ft Co., tailors' trimmings, tae .vie Standard Manufacturing Co., and Ellas Coplan, neckwear. $76.0oO. S. Neuberger ft Brothers, dry goods, $100,000. ,1 S. M. Fllescher, ladles' and gents' fur nishings. $75,000. r a Wallersteln. millinery. $50,000. The Bralnerd. Armstrong Co., silks, and Carter, Webster ft Co., wnue gooas. i.o.uw. vrhti Oiiait ft Co.. clothlnsr. $76,000. Woodward, Baldwin ft Co., dry goods, $160,000. ' Bouldin Brothers, notions, $750,000. Edward Jenkins ft Sons, coach and har ness makers' supplies, $150,000. Johnson. Boyd ft Co.. notions, $200,000. - T.lnthle RlihKar Co.. -$126,000. M. I Blum ft Brothers, clothing. $100,000. a trinnn ft Hrothers. clothlnsr. $100,000. Edward Jenkins ft Sons, storage; Lapley A Brothers' Co., storage, window shades, Phllln F. Gerhmann ft Co., laces and embroideries: Phillips Brothers' Co., dry goods. $200,000. M Amon Green ft Co.. cotton and other office", $76.0110. Sadler. Rowe ft Co., books and station George Mayo, manufacturer and proprle- ..., miinlnftl XMI INK . r 7hi Iao,,ti ft Co.. shirts. $50,000 Captan ft Greenhsum, clothing; Crucible Btel company, jwi.wi. rmv. Bln ft Smith, dry goods; F. F, Kent, spool cotton and thread, $80,000. Oems' Acme hall. $150,000. t' u.,, fl a nimnnnv. S100.000. . Wleaart ft Co.. shoes; Stelger Bros., DEVIL ffll Speedily Cured with Baths of CUTICURA SOAP and gentle A nointings with CUTI CURA OINTMENT when all else fails. " I ia.(n... iirilll VK x Pl,flflnr, ,q U, Josephhelmer A Rons. Jewelry. $100,0n0. Armstrong. Cator ft Co., notion and mil linery, $roo.uoo. It. 8. Ilecht ft Co.. millinery, $100,000. J. J. and H. I. Thompson, roots and aoan: C. J. Dunn, trunks. $it.oin. iitnt Robertson Manafnclurlivg - com pany, plumbing supplies. $limoon. n. januorrr st id, imiois ami snoes; jamra Robertson Manufacturing company, stor Sge. $100,000. feach ft Oaynor. window snaaea. !7.ooo, I. Fuelrliauth. Black oomixiny. wall paper. $.tioo. Aden Bros.,' umbrella manufacturers; Fondln, Hahn ft Hons, clothes, $1ii0 noo. Henry A Co- hosiery . and underwear. $75. i o. Grief 'ft Pros., clothes. $170,000. Mans ft Kemper, embroidery and laces. $125,000. Florence W. MacCarthy company, notions and laces, $150,000. Thalhelmer Bros., clotning, i.,wu. .Fisher Bros.. Honors, wholesale: Bllber- man ft Toiies. notions, dry goods, etc.. $16n.(10. New building, not occupied, 1.6.000. M. Moses ft Son, merchant tailors. $75,000. J. Goldsmith ft Son. clothing; Sugar ft Shear, clothing, $100,000. Allen ft Sons; the Florida Tag company; Mulllns' hotel; Thakhelmer Bros., clothing; Burgunder Bros., clothing; J. Harehberger ft Co.: 'William lehman ft Co.; Baltimore News company; A. Frank ft Sons; Bottlng- (Contlnue! on Fourth Page.) Te t'ii m Coin m One Oar Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Iruggists refund the money If It falls te cure. IS. W. Grove's signature la on sack box. 25c FREEIOM CONSTIPATION IS PROMPTLY OBTAINED Bt TAKINO ON ARISING HALF A OLAS3 OP THE NATURAL LAX ATIVC WATER, HunyadiJanos Of. YOUR OWN PROTECTION, ASK FOR IT BY THE FULL, NAME, HUNVAUI JANO". NOT SIMPLY HUNYAOI. Month's trial Free Breathe Hyomel Three or Four Times Dally and Be Cured of Catarrh. Sherman ft McConnell, one of the most reliable business flsm In Omaha, have seen many Instance of the romark,able power of Hyomel to sufe ,cfttafral. anl, other,.' dla orders pf the respiratory organs, ". .'. " Results In this treatment have given thetri so much, confidence .In Hyomel that, they will give a month's trial with a positive understanding that If, at the end of that time a cure Is not effected or enough relief gained to warrant a continued use of the treatment for a- while longer, the money will be refunded. Hyomel is the only treatment for catarrh that has ever been. old under a "no cure, no pay' plan, and the only one where a month's trial treatment Is free unless It cures. Hyomel Is hot a pill or liquid. Just breathe It through the neat' Inhaler that comes with' every outfit, and benefit will be seen from -the first day's use. Breathed In this way, the health-giving Hyomel penetrates to the minutest air cells of the lunga, and drives catarrhal germs and poisons from the system. The complete outfit costs but ' $1, and extra bottles of Hyomel may be obtained for BOc. Remember that If Hyomel does not cure you after a month's trial, Sherman ft Mc Connell Drug Co., Cor. 16th and Dodge Sts., Omaha, will refund your money and the treatment will be absolutely free. GOLFING AUTOMOBIL ING. FISF-IMG. AH'sreat fun, but all necessitate a visit to the tub. Make the bath a pleas ure by using HAND S APOLIO, a soap that puts the luxurious bathing of millionaires within reach of the masses. ' A BEAUTIFUL WOUAR. e rally half bar oaanas B la Uie glory ofhsrhaur. Tlie Imperial Hair Regenerator I responsible tor ntoet u lbs beaattfal Shads ol aalr yon M UMtar. It 1 ftbea. lntelT harmless. Mallr asDlld.41svaiu. ..Me for BMirtana Mniix-lit" wiil of balr oolored tree. Sand tot Pametafel lnsrUICatsi.MI.U )SW.UsSl.,)Mw lark Bhermen ft McConnell Drug Ce.. Omaha. AMlSEMEXTf. U Oy U S Managers. Weu. jlat. any seat ac Vveu. Night rrtei PUNKlN' MUHKiR'' Thursday Mauuue and Iigui. eb. U "THS SILVER $)UrlR" No t'rre L,im Dunns bugagetuent. MKS. LILY LAHOTwr Friday aim Huinruay Mai., ea. lt-W "!. DfctRINU'O UIVORCE" Sat. Night, "Tha Degeneratea" So frttt list during eninenl. CNEIOHTON Telephone IBM. Modern Vaudeville Every Night. Matinees Thursday, Satur day and Bunday. Nirvana, Harrows-Lancaster Co., Carlln ft Otto. Henry liumberil, I.uis Bros., luwe Hughes Duo and the Klnodrome. prices, 10c, 26c, Kk NEXT WEEK THR BIO ORPHEUM SHOW, KHUG THEATER 15 25 50 75c TONIOHT AT $1$ TBf fAf AL wfbWMi firtrud ilayiias -. ft Oiou- Cviasilal. bargain Ms tints WEDNESDAY, Pest Beatu, ?5c THURSDAY""" HOMESPUN He'IrV' FROM W Llcblg Company's Extract of Beef pee that the label has this Ifoatnrs la blest There are a dosen Imitations, asms adulterated and worthless and all Inferior, dome even beer the name "Lleblf ." Avoid l appolntaieat hf asking tor the genuine Liebig Company's Fr forty yesr the first. I'OJTornrn notice. (Should bo read DAILY by all interested, as changes may occur at any tlm. Foreign mails for the week, ending feb rusry IS, 1!H. will close 1 1'ROM rTI. In all cases) at the Ueneral Fostoftlce aa follows: PARC'ELS-lnjHT MA1I.8 close one hour earlier than closing time shown below. . Parcels-post malls frr Uermany close at 6 b. m. Monday, per s s. Kaiser Wm. tier Ornsse: and Wednesday., per s. a. Uluoher. Kegular and Suppljnientary malls close nt foreign Station half hour later than clos ing time shewn belBw ec.-pt that Hup plementary Malls for Kurope and Central America, via Colon, close out hour later at Foreign Htiitlon). S MMW Transatlantic Mails. Tt ESDAY At : a. m. for Kl'Rorii, per s. . .Kslse Win. tier tlrocse, via ply mouth, Cherbourg siul Bremen; at S'Ji) k. m. for. ITALY direct, per s. a. Ugurln (mail must-be directed "per s. s. IA- vfp!f)NEflDAT At : a. m. (supplement ary 11 a. m.) for El orE, ikt s. s. Oreanle, via Juccnstown. THU'ltSDAY At 7 ' a. m. for FRANVR, SWITZERLAND, ITALY. SPAIN, PORT I'OAI. TURKEY, EGYPT, UREECE and P.RITIBH INDIA, per s. s. La Iorralne. via Havre (mail for nther parts of Europe must be directed "per s. s. I.a tjnrralne' ). SATURDAY At 6 a. m. for EUROPE, per s. a. New York, via Plymouth and Cher bourg tmnil for Ireland must be directed "per s. s. New "York "j at S: a. m. for KKI.OII.M direct, rer s. s. Vaderland (mail must be directed "per s. s. Vader land;" at S:30 a. m. for ITALY direct, per s. s. llohensollern imatl must be di rected "per s. a. Hnliensnllern"); at &:3i! a. m. for SCOTLAND direct, -per s. s. Ancborla (mall must be directed ''per s. s. Anchorla"); at lft:3n a. m. (supplementary X 12 m.) for EUROPE, per a. s. t'mbrla, vlar Queenstown. After the closing of the Supplementary Transatlantic Malls named above, addi tional Supplementary Mails a r ' opened on the piers of the American, Enullsh, French and German steamers and re main open until within ten minutes of the hour of sailing ol steamer. Malls for South and Central America,' West IiMllea. Kte. TUESDAY At t a. m. for ARGENTINE. URUOUAY and PARAQUAT, per s. s. Arsblstan; at 9:30 a. m. (supplementary 10:30 a. m.) for CENTRAL AMERICA (except Costa Rica) and SOUTH PACIFIC PORTS, per a. a. Yucatan, via Coign (mail for Guatemala must be directed 'per s. s. Yucatan"). WEDNESDAY At U m. (supplementary 1240 p. tn.) for BAHAMAS, per s, s. Au tllla (mall must be directed "per e s. Antllla"); at 12 m."for 'NORTHERN BRA ZIL, per a. s. Basil, via Para and Manane. THURSDAY At 8 a. m. for CUBA, per s. s. Esperania (mall for Mexico, via Progreso, Campeche and Vera Cms must . be directed "per e. s. Esperansa"); at I a. ni. ior nt km l i 'A. per s. a. rretona; at 12 m. for BAHAMaBT per s. s. Nlsgara (mall for' Mexico, via Tflmplco, must be directed "per s. s. Niagara"). FRIDAY At : .a. m. (supplementary - 10:30 a. tn.) for INAQUA and HAITI, per S. s. Alene; at 1:0 p. m. for BRAZIL, per.s. a. Eastern Prince, via Pernambuco, Rio Janeiro and Santos (mall for North ern Brasll. Arirentine. Urinruav and Para- uex'imust'be lreitt6V"ttr . .-Eastern . t'Xi.n.?fi'' s'x r 1 SATURDAY At $'80 : m, (supplementary M0 a. an.) for CURACAO and VKNR. .. Zl EIA, per s. .s. ZuHa (mall for Sava- nnia ana cartagena, must be directed Tr s. s..Zullav; at 9 a. m. for PORTO RICO; per S. 's. Cosmo, via San Juart; at 9:30 a. m. (supplementary 10:30 a. m.) for FORTUNE ISLAND, JAMAICA. 8AV AN1LLA and CARTAGENA, per s. i. Sarnla (mail for Costa R. must be di rected "per s. s. Sarnla'.'); ut 10 a. m. for CUBA, per s. s.. Mexico, via Havana. Malls Forwarded Overland, Etc., Ex cept Trnnapneltle, CUBA Via Port Tampa, Florida, closes at . this office daily, except Thursday, at 16:30 a. m. (ths connecting malls close here on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sat urdays). MEXICO CITY Overland, unless specially addressed for despatch by steamer, closes ut this office dally, except Sunday, at IM p, m. and i0:3o p. m. Sundays at 1.0U p, m and 10:30 p. m. NEWFOUNDLAND Br rail to North Syd ney, and thence by steamer, closed at this office dally at 4 30 p. m (connecting ' malls close here every Monday, Wednes day. and Kflturdavl. ,j , JAMAICA By rail to Philadelphia and inence ry steamer, closes at this omce at 11:10 p. m. every Sunday. By rait to Boston, and thence by steamer, closes ftt this office at 6.30 p. ra everv Frldav. MIQUELON By rail to Boston, end thenes vy steamer, closes at uua omce aauy a $ 30 p. m. x BELIZB. PUERTO CORTEZ and GUATB- mala-Hy .-all to Mew Dries ns, ana thonce ty steamer.-closes at this oflU-e dally, except Sunday, at, 11:30 p. m. and IH):ao p. m., Sundays at 1 1:00 p. m. and 10:10 p. m. (connecting mall closes here klondava at 110:30 n. m.) COSTA RICA-By rail to New Orleans, and thence by steamer, closes at this office dallv, except Hikjiday. at 1 :30 p. m ; 110:30 p, tn., Sundays at l:0O p. m. end (10:80 p. m. (connecting mall closes bete Tuesdays at 10:80 p. m.) BAHAMAS (except Parcls-Post Malls) By rail to Miami. .Fla., and thence by steamer closes at A:30 a. m.. every Mon day. Wednesday and Saturday. IKeglatered mall closes at hw p.. m. pre vious day. Tranapuclne Mulls. HAWAII, JAPAN, CHINA and PHILIPi PINE ISLANDS.vle San Franclsao, doss hsre daily at (:I0 p. m. up to February 112th, Inclusive, for despatch per a. s. Hong Kong Maru. HAWAII, via San Francisco close here dally at $:3o p. m. up to February 16lh. Inclusive, tor despatch per s. s. Afamedii. CHINA and JAPAN, via Vancouver and Victoria. B. C, close nere daily at M 1 p. rn. up to February 6th. Inclusive, for despatch per s. s. Empress of China. (Merchandise for U. B. Postal Agency at Shanghai cannot be forwarded via Canada.) CHINA and JAPAN via Seattle close here dally at $ 30 p. n io to lebruary 11th, Inclusive, for despatch per s. s. tlolurt Maru. ' HAWAII, JAPAN, CHINA and specially addressed mall for the Philippine Islands via San Francisco, i-loae here dally -st SO p m. up to February 121st, inclusive, for despatch per s. s. China PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, via San Fran cisco, close here dally at 1:80 p. m. up to February 1261 h, Inclusive, for despatch per U. H. Transport. NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA (except West), NEW CALEDONIA, FIJI, SAMOA and HAWAII, via San Francisco, close bere dally at 30 p. m. up tha Fu ruary 1.7th, Inclusive, for despatch per s s Sierra. (If the Cunard steamer carrying the British mall for New Zea land iio not arrive In time to corniest with this despatch, extra malls closing at $ a. m., 9 80 a. m. and t:to p. in:; Sundays at 4:30 a. m., 8 a. n,. and Cf p mwlll be made up and forwardrd until ths arrival of the Cunard steamer ) AUSTRALIA (except West). FJl Ibl ANDB and NEW CALEDONIA (specially addressed only), via Vancouver and Vic toria, B. C, close here dally at p. m. up to February tilth, inclusive, for des patch per s. s. Mlowera. TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS, vis San Franclsoo. closs hre dally at $,39 p. m up to Man-h 18th. Inclusive, for despatch per s. s. Msiiposa. NOTE Unless otherwise sddressed. West Australia Is forwarded via Europe; and New Zealand and Philippines via San Francisco the quickest 'outes. Phjllp. tlns specially addresed "via Cnad" or 'via Europe'' must be fully prepaid at ths foreign rates. Hawaii la forwarded via San Francisco exclusively. Tranapaclflo . malls are forwarded to port ' of sailing dally and tho schedule of co 1ng Is arranged on the presumption of th'ir uninterrupted overland transit. , IRrgtstered mall closes at 00 p. m. pre vlous day. CORNELfT'S VAK COTT, , poalmaater. Postofnoe-Nsei TorkvK. Ienruary t, 14.