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JACKSONVILLE FIRE-SWEPT
Florida Metropolis Suffers Untold
Loss From Raging Flames.
ICSES OF BUILDINGS GONE
Joe Hundred and Thirty City
Blocks Wiped Out and Many
Thousands are Homeless.
The moat disastrous fire in the his
tory of Jacksonville, Fla., began Fri
day last shortly after noon in a small
liber factory, and burned for nearly
ten hours. In that time a property
iamage estimated from $10,000,000 to
115,000,000 was effected.
According to the city map 130 blocks
•rere burned, many of them in the
ieart of the business and residence
section. The estimates of houses to
the block is ten, hence 1,300 of them
went up in smoke. Many of the finest
public and private buildings were de
stroyed, including hotels, theaters,
•churches and residences.
The burned district reaches from
Bnrbridge street on the north to the
it. Johns river on the south, a uis
auce of quite two miles. The width
>f the desolated area is thirteen
blocks. Within this space practically
everything is blackened ruins. On
Bay street, the principal mart of trade,
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany's building is the first going west.
Everything east of Laura, on Bay, is
gone.
At 10:15 p. m. the fire was under
control, having practically burned it
-elf out. The suburban settlements,
with the exception of La Villa, are in
tact. La Villa was badly hurt. Thou
sands of persons were on the streets
homeless, with practically all of their
worldly possessions upon their backs.
The depots of the railroads, situated
:n the southeastern section, were
turned into temporary lodging houses
and hospitals. Luckily the weather
was fine, so that there will be no suf
fering on that score.
The fire started between the hours
of 12 and 1 p. in., aud was caused by
the displacement of a bit of innocent
looking wire which accidentally got
into the ohreddiug machine of the
American Fiber company at the corner
of Davis and Union streets.
The fiber factory was a wooden shell,
full of inflammable material, aud in a
few moments was a mass of flames.
The wind, which was already blow
uig strong from the southwest, seemed
to be possessed with a sudden fury and
soon was carrying destructive embers
ail through the doomed city, the fair
est portion of which lay right before
the wind.
Some delay was experienced in get
ting the alarm, and to add to the trag
edy of fateful accidents, the engine at
he waterworks suffered a mishap aud
nothing more than ordinary pressure
could be obtaiued. By this time the
dames had swept to the Boston store,
a huge furniture establishment belong
ing to W. W. Cleveland & son, who
were also proprietors of the fiber fac
tory. It leaped across Davis street
and took a course right through a sec
tion where block after block of frame
buildings, mostly occupied by negroes,
had be in erected.
Here is where the fire department
lost its grip, as simultaneously in half
a dozen places, some of them six
blocks, were seen to burst out in
flames. The wind rising higher and
higher mowed down whole rows of
buildings and attracted at first a
crowd of curious sightseers, who seem
ed to be fascinated by the sight until
they learned that their residences,too,
were in danger of total destruction.
It took just four hours for that re
sistless sea of flames to consume every
building for a space of six or eight
blocks wide, from Davis street, near
where it started, to the Hogan creek
viaduct, a distance of over one and one
half miles, and then not satisfied with
mating the heart of the residential por
tion of the city cut, it doubled on it
self and went roaring up the princi
pal thoroughfare of trade, destroying
everything in what was the original
incorporation of Jacksonville. The
Kovernment building, which caught
'be at one time, but was saved, is the
oQ ly pretentious building left stand
*ng.
Grom the hnmble homes of the poor
'o the elegant residences of the well-
J-do was but a short journey for the
ames. After passing Bridge street,
tiie first honse to succumb to the flames
'^ as the elegant mansion of former
Councilman Stansell. Then it seemed
that wherever there happened to be a
roof on a building erected be
'■ore the fire limits were extended, the
embers found lodgment. Blocks
away from the main fire other fires
would break out.
Right into the heart of the town the
-aines swept. The Windsor hotel and
SUNDAY SCHOOLS PROFITABLE.
K P#rt*of Committees Show a Handsome
Surplus I.ld Up.
At the meeting of the Sunday school
board of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South at Nashville it was re
ported that the profits of the Sunday
school department for the year were
S-9,1G5. The book agents reported to
the book committee assets of 8947,685
a ad ‘’abilities of only 817,181. 'lhe
gain in assets for the year was 845,123,
the St. James, both of which are
among the finest winter hotels in the
south, were consumed in an incred
ibly short time. The opera house fol
lowed next, and then row upon row of
elegant residences were offered up to
the insatiable fire fiend. When the
viaduct leading over the marshes
of Hogan’s creek to East Jackson
ville was reached it was plain that the
limit of the progress of flames west
ward had been reached. The hope of
the people was that the worst was over,
but, as far as the money value of the
damage was concerned, the worst was
to come. Just as the materia! for the
flames was apparently consumed, a
| shift in the wind sent a roaring
| s ea of flames southward toward the
I river. Then it was beginning to dawn
on the minds of the un ortuuates who
had refugeedto the riverside that they
• were in danger of being cnt off and
softocated. A rush was mado for the
South Jacksonville ferry, and hun
dred sought refuge on the other shore.
Then came the most thrilling scene
of the entire day. The flames
caught the freight warehouses of the
Atlantic, Valdosta and Western rail
j r oad and began from there on its
! backward march. Slowly but surely
; it ate its way against the wind, taking
either side of Bay street n util it reach
j ed Jones’ boatyard. The wholesale gro
cery store of the F. & H. Dowling
j Company, Muller & Cos. and dozens
of smaller concerns were wiped out.
While the flames failed to cross the
open space known as Jones’boat yard,
anew danger threatened. The flames
swept down in the rear of the United
States hotel, and that with the Law
exchange was doomed. Meantime the
county courthouse caught fire and an
other splendid edifice was soon a total
wreck. ,
From the United States hotel the
flames again jumped across the street
and the line of march was taken up
again only to be checked when the
last building near McCoy and Hogan’s
creek had been destroyed.
Among the houses that had snc
cumbed to the flames on Bay street
were the Mohawk block, the Gardner
building, Furchgott’s mammoth dry
goods house, Benedict & Poliak’s
wholesale dry goods house, Chris
tie Drug Company; McAllister,
wholesale liquors, Cohen Bros.,
dry goods; R. D. Horsen, dry
goods; Iseman & Skinner, wholesale
grocers; I. E. Baird, paints; W. A.
Boars, hay and grain; F. M. Dowling,
wholesale grocer; Ciansson, wholesale
grocer; Florida Hardware Company;
United States hotel: E. F. Clark’s
Inrniture house; Henry Clark,carpets;
D. E. Cooper, furniture; Fettings A
lleichard, furniture; Harkisheimer,
grocer; estate of McNeery, wholesale
grocers; Coleman, tailor; a dozen drug,
retail grocery, millinery and other
stores; Sumner, wholesale butter and
cheese store.
The hotels destroyed included the
Windsor, St. James, PJacide, United
States, Girard, Glenada and Oxford.
During the time the fire was raging
the entire population of Jacksonville
was abroad. Most of them were en
gaging in fighting flames or in striving
to remove to a place of safety their own
belongings. Every wagon aud cart
that could be found was pressed into
service and these, heavily laden with
all sorts of furniture and personal
property of every description, were
passing in a long line across the river.
The terrors of the fire were added
to by a large number of drunken men.
The authorities, however, sent around
mounted police, armed with carbines,
and the saloons were all closed, and
the demon that was rapidly being
aroused in a disorderly element was
kept do vn.
The military companies were ordered
out, and the ent ; re force of police,
many men mounted, was on dnty, their
carbines slung across their backs.
Looting was feared, and it was in
dulged in to a certain extent. The
efforts of the soldiers and of the police,
however, were in the main, successful
in preventing scoundrels from taking
advantage of the great disorder that
prevailed on every side.
PHILLIPS HOLDS HIS OWN.
HU Corner On Corn Force* Price lip to
Fifty-Etcht Cent* liuthel.
A panic, the first one since Phillips
cornered the market appeared in May
corn on the Chicago board of trade
Friday. Price fluctuations were the
most violent in years.
Having seen their losses grow heav
ier and heavier with each succeeding
day. the traders who guaranteed to
deliver May corn to Phillips made
frantic efforts to pet in. The price
went from 55 to 58, 4$ cents higher
than its close Thursday a few minutes
after the session began.
Shorts surrounded the young ball
leader and almost begged for corn.
TO PENSION EMPLOYEES.
Illinois Central Promises to Take Good
Core of Its Men.
President Stuyvesaut Fish, of the
Illinosis Central Railroad Company,
after a conference with J. T. Harahan,
vice president and general manager,
has issued a circular announcing a
pension plan for the 40,000 employees
of the company. The plan, which is
to take effect July Ist, is more liberal
in its provisions than has heretofore
been adopted by any other. ,
THE WEEKLY NEW3. CARTER3VILLE. OA.
MAMA’S TROUBLE.
"Yes, sir; Mama’s out of order, and
they've sent her to a factory for repairs.”
“To a factory? Whatever do you
mean, my young friend?”
“Why, you know, my Mama is an in
cubator !”—Fuc k.
QUITS.
He —You women have such n ridicu
lous habit of screaming “Oh” on every
occasion.
She—And you men have such a
ridiculous habit of saying “I” on every
occasion.—lndianapolis Press.
Ask Your Jlcatev Tor Alien’* Fool-Vm#,
A powder to shako into vour shoe* : reels the
feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In
growing Nails. Allen's Foot-Fuse makes new
or tight shoes easy. At nil druggists and
shoe stores, 25 ots. Sample mailed FHEE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, I.elioy, N. Y.
Recent estimates place the number of
electric mining locomotives in operation
in Pennsylvania at 250,
A lUsth’a Test Frt*.
If yon hare Dyspepsia, writs I)r. Shoop,
Racine. Wit., Box 148, for six bottles of Dr.
Shoop's R*torative. Exp. paid. Send no
money. Pay $6.50 if cured.
All the machinery for grinding and pol
ishing glass of anew Toledo plate glass
plant is run by electric motors.
Indigestion is a bad companion. Get rid oi
ft by chewing a bar of Ailama’ Pepsin Tutti
f’rutti after each meal.
Lake Nicaragua is the largest fresh
water lake between Lake Michigan and
Lake Titicaca in Peru.
It requires no experience to dye with Put
nam Fapkt.kss Dvks. Simply boiling your
goods in the dye k all that is necessary. Sold
by all druggists.
In twenty years, at a small lighthouse
in the Orkneys, 14,000 hours of storm have
been recorded.
Two hundred bushels of po
tatoes remove eighty pounds
of “actual” Potash from the
|||o soil. Unless this quantity
is returned to the soil,
T the following crop will
materially decrease.
: DYSPEPSIA
| yiolde to nature’s medicine,
?t easily cures Dyspepsia and nil stomach,
liror, kidney and bowel disorders. An un
riv ailed aperient and laxative; invigorates
ol t I . H , whole system. A nutural
Wat i of the highest medicinal value, con
centrated to make it easier
and cheaper to bottla. - fsOP*.
strip and use. A ts-oz.
bottle is equal to 2 gallons eSEsSF \ IgGfflP
of uncondensed water.
Sold by druggist, every. a*. rr
where. Crab apple trade
mark on every bottle. *
_ ORCHARD WATER CO., Louisville, Kj. (
Can’t Sleep?
Did you ever have that feeling of oppression, like a weight on your chest, or a load of cobblestones In your
stomach, keeping you awake nights with a horrible sensation of anxiety, or tossing restlessly in terrible dreams,
that make the cold perspiration break out all over you ? That’s insomnia, or sleeplessness, and some unfortun
ates suffer with it night after night, until their reason is in danger and they are on the edge of going mad. The
cause of this fearful ailment is In the stomach and bowels, and a Cascaret taken at night will soon bring relief and
give the sufferer sweet, refreshing sleep. Always insist on getting CASCARETSI
f tkiai kiWmb trw#Hu !-!•**. w
w 1 y.
"I IMF* Ml OARABrn tIM
_ Ur lnwh. with Hli> I tow U>il*U . .
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- u Oi***r*tt bar* pn* ■** MT* MlUf Dmmj “1
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Will wmw shorn u irt*u4a aa bo- war
JtYj, iniUib|*nmrMiti H ipn
m Tho*. Klgla. fiL y
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fcaUSeCwia
best for bowels and liver.
HBHMB
li|||!ilWtl|Sß never sold in bulk.
THE TABLET DRUGGISTS
eUKAmn TO ec* all taml troubles, blll.DMCn.
breu th. bod Wn4. wind on the Monark, bloated bowel*, foal month,
headache. lndlce.llon. pln.lot, p*l. otter ratine. Ilrrr trouble. .allow cn
pinion and 4lir.i>r. When your bowel* don’t more recnlerly yon aro
rettlnc *rh. Constipation kills wore people than all other diseases together.
It I. a .tarter n>r the ebroale ailment* and lone year* of suffering that row*
afterward*. Xu matter what alls yoo, start toklnc CAWAKETJ today, for
you will nerer ret well and bo well all the time natll yon put your bowel*
rlabt. Take oar adxteei start with OaAcJlH*~|Vt oda/. ondor VT hbeotata
ffiaraatee to cure or niny reAiaded.
This is the Smallest
WiCKLESSLmcOILSTOVE
Made also
in four
larger sizes.
Sold
everywhere.
LION COFFEE
A LUXURY WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL!
In our
Roasting
Establish
ments we
positively
do not allow
the use of
Egf*.
Egg Mixtures,
Glue,
Chemicals,
or similar
substances.
LION
COFFEE
is an
absolutely
Pure Coffee.
In every package of LION COFFEE you will find a fully illustrated and descriptive list. No housekeeper, in
fact, no woman, man, boy or girl will fail to find in the list some article which will contribute to their happiness,
comfort and convenience, and which they may have by simply cutting out a certain number of Lion Heads from
the wrappers of our one pound sealed packages (which is the only form in which this excellent coffee is sold).
WOOLSON SPICE CO.. TOLEDO. OHIO.
nDADGV NEW DISCOVERY;
\J 1% Iv) ■ quick relief and curat wort
Book ot teetiwoniftlM and IO days’ Lnaatiuen
I ree. Dr H. H. AHESNB 10BH. Box AtUata. Aa
Atari that aadt WollFtlalfaai*. w
MdLHENNY’S TABASCO.
Use CERTAIN S"CURE.?S
Watch our next advertisement,
Just try a package of LION COFFEE
and you will understand the reason of its
popularity.
LION COFFEE is now used in mil
lions of homes.
PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT
If you can (or think you can) solicit
LIFE l/NSCIRA/NCE,
Writ* (with reference#’ for terms to
local and special agents, to
R. F. SHFDDEN, Gen. Agent, Atlanta, Ga
TH K MUTUAL LirK I VSDRANCK CO.
of N. Y. Assets Over • 5.'1H.000.000.00.
_ BVAKASTMn TO CVIIKi riTO mn aCO tho Ini boa of OA
fARETNwMMiId. How It I* over six million boxes a year, creator than any
similar medicine In the world. This I* absolute proof or Croat merit, and
onr best testimonial. We hayeralth. and will sell CASCAKFTH absolatsly
coaranterd to core or money relbnilid, Go boy today, two &*e bexes rtr
them a fair, honest trial, a* per simple directions, and IT you aro not tn.UUrd
arter n.lus one SOr box. return the uan.ed -lOr boa aad the empty boa to
u* by mall, or the drurrfst from whom yon purchased It, and yet your money
*k for both boxes. Take oor advice no matter what alls you— star* today.
Health will snlckly follow and too will ble*. (hr day yon (Irst started tho two
.tCAUCAKICTS Hook free by mall. Addi ntHUWUtDI C*.. *. Tot cCUap.
If yovt dealef
does not have
them —write to
the nearest
tgency of
STANDARD
OIL CO.
‘LAYING DOWN THE UW."
THE poet writes his simple lay.
The builder lays briclcs by the day.
The carpet man lays carpets too,
So all are "laymen," good and true.
The hen lays eggs for all mankind.
Which daily in their nests we find.
But the funniest sight we ever saw.
Was Paddy " laying down the law.**
Pat boasted to a friendly “ Cop,”
Who often visited his shop,
That he’d a lion tamer been—
The fiercest lions ever seen—
And claimed in manner rather fresh.
That he’d oft eaten lion’s flesh.
The officer joined in to say
That k " drank ” Lion every day.
" What’s that ye say ?” then Paddy cried,
"Ye spalpeen; shure Oi think ye lied.”
The cop said " you’re too fresh I think,
It’s LION COFFEE that I drink—
It’s pure and strong, and healthy too,
And helps a man his work to do.
I take a cup or two to meet
The trials of my weary beat! ”
The last word just seemed to suggest
A thought to Pat; he did the rest.
His fist flew out, the cop fell down,
While Paddy’s face assumed a frown.
"Ye fooled me, did yez!’’ he exclaimed
As still another blow he aimed.
" I hope yez will excuse me paw—
’Tis fond of "laying down the law!*"
AC ENTS
Brohard Sash Look an!
Brohard Dear Holder
Active workers everywhere eaa earn bt# money*
■1,1,1 x ftteviy dented for our foods. Sennas
sash lock, with Prlnge, tnne, e*t\. free for Jc sump
tor eeetftfe. THU ItKOHARf* < 0.,
H la.tie a “ O,” Fhila4aihia, Fa.