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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.
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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
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done by the faithful use ol
Radam's Microbe Killer,
which cures more hopeless
cases including Catarrh,
Consumption, and all dis
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any other remedy known to
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We sell teranton,
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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.