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A SEA
OF FIDE
400 Lives and
$7,000,000
co
MEN GO MAD.
Fearful Falaiity by
Forest Fires,
TOWNS SWEPT AWAY,
Graphic Description by
Eye Witnesses to Ap¬
palling Scenes.
Minm't>i|>olD, Mtnu , Sept. 2. ’Hie lii*Nl
train over the St". Paul nml Duluth
ID,iln,a,1 direct from the scene of the
lireat fire, iviwilied MinneapoliH at 12:45
this afternoon. There were about n
dozen persons on board, ilicliidhiK Mrs.
Lawrence, the only one of the passeu
Kew on the limited which started Satur¬
day afternoon from Duluth. The other
pasaenigers were those who went up on
the limited yesterday afternoon from
this end of the line, and findinj; that
Ihey could go no further they stopped at
Pine City ami returned to Minneapolis
on the first train.
Mrs. Lawrence says the first evidence
of the fire was noticeable about ten
miles north of Hinkley, when the air
became almost suffocating. One mile
north of Hinkley a number of persons,
Mrs. laawrence estimates the number
at fifty, rushed toward the train screatn
ins frantically. The engineer, see ins the
danser they were In if they remained,
stopped rite train to let them aboard.
The heat became intense and the
whole violence of the tire seemed to
burst' out in a miphty effort to wipe
the train and its occupants off the face
of the earth. Mrs. Lawrence describing
the scene, said
“At the first rush of the flames to¬
ward the ears the widow panes went out
with a crash and the train began slowly
to return toward Skunk Lake. People
became crazed and Jumped through the
ear -windows- The yltd panic was horri¬
ble. There was no humanity In it. Every
fear-eraaed person was for himself, amt
they did not care how they got out of the
swirling, rushing avalanche of flames.
My dress caught fire, but 1 extinguished
flic flames. I saw- two children actually
burned to death in the seat before me.
'they were paralyzed by frigid and
made no effort to got away, but simply
liid their heads under the seats and were
burned to death. 1 stood it ns long as
1 could, and then rushed out, jumping
over one or two persons that were lying
on (the ground injured. Some of the
people jumped Into Skunk Lake. Rut 1
simply ran along the ties. The fire had
burned away, and after running until
my strength gave out I fell down be¬
tween the rails. 1 expected every minute
uiy dress would be burned from me. 1
pul out the flames a dozen times, and I
had to hold my hands over the baby’s
face in order to keep it from suffocat¬
ing.*’
*1*1115 morning Mrs. Lawrence was
picked up in the middle of the track
about two miles north of Hinkley by a
relief party from Duluth on a hand ear.
The site of Hinkley, says Mrs. Isiw
renec. is nothing but a blackened waste
with the bodies of the dead aud injured
persons lying everywhere. There were
fully 125 persons aboard the “Limited,"
but only two were burned outright.
These were the children above men
(Ioned. r* * - *!*
A dozen jiersonz, according to her story,
were injured in the panic which resulted
w-hen the jieople tried to escape. Some
rushed to the platform and jumped off
while the train was still running, while
others fought their way through the
struggling, frantic mans of passengers
fn an effort to get away from the scene.
Tn this way many persons suffered
severe injury, such as broken hones and
limbs.
Mayor Eustis received a telegram from
a citizemt’ committee at Rush City.
Minn., this afternoon stating 150 lives
had been lost at Hinkley and the snf.
fering was horrifying. A carload of pro
visions was prepared, hut no engine can
be secured to take it to the
sufferers. It will go out in
the morning. however. and to
morrow a meeting of business men of
Minneapolis and St. Rani will be held
lo provide relief.
TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.
St. Cloud. Minn,. Sept. 2 The first
i-"onrf of the terrible loss of life at TTinV
ley was received here early lb’s morning
from Pine City, and a message to the
Great Northern officials here said that
Hinkley had been burned, the Great
Northern round-house being tbe only
building left, and that thirty lives hart
been lost. At noon a second telegram
placed the dead at nearly two hundred,
and word was a!»o .received asking for
assistance. The Great Va -,* 1 1 M . r
all In its power to reach the fire
stricken town. Every since yesterday
noon work trains have hcen engaged
In rebuilding burned bridges. Three large
bridges are down. At fl o’clock the road
almost clear to a pomf four miles
wch< of Mora and with flflcpii miles
*,f Ilinklev. hut the officials do lot ex¬
pert to get into Hinkley until tomor¬
row. ll is thought here that the town
will be reached quicker from Pin*. Citv,
The scenes at the front, where the
trains are engaged, are frightful. One
it,™' report that they saw tin* flames
sweep down on a house close lo the
track. The place was enveloped in fire
before the people could escape, The
workmen were powerless to render any
asHiVitnneo, although they were so close
that Ihcv could hear the people scream¬
ing as they were being cremated. News¬
paper men are trying to reach Hlnley
by tlie Great Northern from here but
il is not thought they will gel there
before tomorrow. All telegraph eomiiiii
nloallon is cut off. The Eastern Minne¬
sota train which came here from Prince¬
ton last evening is still In the Great
Northern yards, the company keeping
the passengers at the hotel. They will
not gel atvay before tomorrow.
THE DEATH ROLL INCREASES.
■ El. Paul, Min , Sept. 2.-Tile town of
Hinkley, 75 miles from St. Paul on the
*81. Paul *ani 1 Duluth road, with a
population of 1,000 to 1,200, was wiped
out of existence last night by a rag
in*g forest li e which swept down upon
the doomed village. The smaller town
of Mission Crock, a station about 5
miles from Hinkley, was ala > wiped
out. The loss of life Is variously esti¬
mated at from one to four hundred and
11 is almost certain the loss will equal
two hundred. It will be come time
before the full extent of damage is
ascertained. All is in confws'on. Parents
are searching for their children and
children searching for parents. The
death roll increases every hour.
The walls of tlie railroad roun i house
ami school house are the only parts
of kite building* in Hinkley which te
muiin.
One of the most thrilling events was
the experience of a train whieh left
Duluth at 2 p. m.. Saturday f,u* si.
Paul. II was a delayed passenger train
nml was crowded with passengers. The
smoke from the forest fires was so
dense that lamps were lighted in the
oars. When the train was within
about a mile of Hinkley the engineer
found he could proceed no further, as
tthe people were already fleeing for
'heir lives from the town.
Dr. W. Carry, of this city, who was
on board, tells of the back wan I run of
the train for 7 miles, until a small
take was reached. Kis story as given
•to a Morning Call reporter, is as fol¬
lows:
“The woods on either side were lash¬
ed hy a fierce win I blowing the flames
at a rate of about 40 miles an hour.
Through this scene the limited sped,
the situation growing more alarming
at every mile. As the train neare 1
Hinkley it avias discovered that the fire
had reached the town. Tlie engineer
hoping to pass Hinkley in time to es¬
cape the danger, tt was not until tlie
train had come within a mile of Hink
ley that the engineer discovered ids
cab was burning and .at it would
be I m post tile to pass. The bridge nail
already been consumed, together with
the mi'Is and some hi sinoss houses of
Hlnklo.v. Here the train was met b.v
a bundl e I o, more fugitives from Ihe
burning town, mothers carrying in
their arms small children, others ding¬
ing to the mothers’ skirts. Some car¬
ried a few Imes hoid goods and others
were c:y;ng ami moaning on account
of losses already sustained. Many
were s*» nearly exhaust el that they
could scarcely e’.:mh on the train Near¬
er and near©)- the flames were ap
broaching and finally the engin **e*r was
compe’led to reverse his love * ; >nd run
Kvok, leaving behind scores of unfor¬
tunate ones who had hot itemi able to
reach the train, their only available
means of ©scape.
••At At <SL„„P Sknnk T„1» Lake sixty It more women,
children and men found refuge in tho
shallow water and dirty mud. The wo
men walking out in the water until it
reached their waists, with 'heir hands
fT"* fa, ' l ' S IU,Ul
and water. Many of them were seriously
on the head. Many lay in the
mud covering themselves with it and
as often as this became baked a fresh
coat had to he added. Many ou leaving
the train rushed off towards a marsh
*>■»<“
is thought that many of those are
lost. Some few died of suffocation with
in a few rods of water. Many women
bad their dresses burned and torn from
their bodice. One mother wag found
nursing her suckling child to prevent it
be,ng suffocated. I,ns p,ace was reached
r.ome time near fj o eleok in the evening
and when morning came he men ven
Hired on a journey to Hinkley, some 5
or (! miles distant. The r>iD had been
so badly warped that nothing but a hand
car could be run over them. Two hand- “
cans were lashed together and on rbesc
some of the St. Bam passengers were
carried to Hinkley. Between Skunk Lake
and Hinkley 29 bodies were counted
and several more were found near the
lake. One man is reported to have found
115 bodies along the old territorial road
. leading nA . into ■ t ri- Hinkley. t t T 1 » he train . after
havine been abandoned was completely
consumed.”
“Those on hoard could see many
them sink to the ground exhansted
overcome by the terrible heat, never
again fields to rise. from Many came running across
the small settlements hoping
to escape, on the train hut only disap
pointment and death awaited them. On
rushed the train through the fiery
breath of the pursuing flame, for a
<A0» wonM have been fatal to all on
hoard. Later, as the weary passengers
retraced the Ir steps, some afoot and
others on hand cars, they found
the side of the track and in the
the charred remains of those Poor tin
f«rtuna|es. .^ Tn four miles 43 bodies
were _ found, j some . burned , beyond . , recog
nltlon and others unseamed, having died
from suffocation. Tt was four or five
miles to Skunk Lake, whleh is a little
more than a mud hole, the mud and
water 'overtng not more than an acre
The tram had gone hut a short distance
before It was surrounded by the devour
Ing flames. Hot blasts of flames struck
the coaches, setting fire to them in places
and braking the windows on both Rides.
The baggage car was soon a mass of
flumes whieh streamed back over the
tender and engine, setting ‘fire to the
engineer’s ninths and scorching hts face
and hands. On either side of the en¬
gine there was a stream of flame but
never for an instant did Engineer Root
flinch. To remain was apparently cer¬
tain death to him. hut could he hold
out for four miTes the passengers might
nosstbly escape. To have deserted bis
post would have been death to all on
hoard. Back of him stood his trusty
fireman who incessantly poured water
on him. AVI,on the heat became unen¬
durable for the fireman he took a dip
In the water tank from which he drew
the supply for Hip engineer’s shower
hath.
“At Skunk Lake the engineer barely
bad strength to shot off the steam. As
he nulled the lever he sank to tbe floor
exhausted, burred and Weeding, the
breaking class having cut him In a
number of places. Quickly two men
rushed to the cab and bore the form of
the brave fellow to water below the
bank. Here be lay nil night covered
with mud and dirty water, and dying,
as most of the passengers believed. A
tulle or two from the lake the ears were
burning above and underneath. On
board tbe passengers became panic
stricken and it was only bv foroe that
many of tbe weaker ones were prevent¬
ed from springing through broken win¬
dows or rushing out the doors. To pre¬
vent this toon guarded the doors and
senreelv _a soul op board had any hope
of escaping, not knowing at what me
mont tbe burning train would lump from
its track of fire Into a bod of hot coals.
118 BODIES RECOVERED.
Mora, Minn.. Sept. 2. One hundred
and forty-eight bodies have been taken
out of Hinkley and places in (he vicinity.
The nearby town of l'okegaunua is
wipe,l out. The East, in Minnesota train,
which left St. Ban! at 1:05 yesterday
afternoon and arrived at Hinkley at 0
o’clock last night, took 300 people on
board and moved westward toward St
Cloud. .
The train has not been heard
of since. It has not reached St. Cloud,
and has not gone back to Hinkley. There
is a general fear that it lias been burned
with all on bum!. There is no chance of
a stream or slough into which they could
go Bokegamiua and eseape is the homeless fire. Every faintly in
anil in danger
of starving („ deaf'll.
A freight (rain is in one and one
half miles of Bokegamiua. Twenty-five
persons are said to have taken refuge
on the ears. If they are not rescued
all must perish.
Hans Nelson, section foreman at Boko
gamma. started away yesterday after¬
noon with his family or, a hand-ear
escape the tire, and nothing has sine,
Leen seen or heard of them. It is certain
that they have perished.
$7,000,000 LOSS.
Minneapolis, the Minn., Sept. 2.—Bulle¬
tins from fire district show that the
damage by fire has not been exaggerat¬
ed. Duluth reports that $7,000,000 of
property has been destroyed and that
300 lives were lost. Relief trains have
been sent out from here and St. Paul.
A train of sufferers is expected ben
soon. In Wisconsin the towns of Bar¬
nett, Granite I mho. Cumberland, Pine
ville, Comstock and Forest City have
been burned. Seventy-five houses were
destroyed at Shell Like and Spooners
is threatened.
'Hie relief train from St. Paul arrived
here at 8 p. tit. with 2,400 loaves of
bread, clothing, hospital material and a
large delegation of St. Paul citizens. At
White Bear Lake $4,000 was subscribed
and three carloads of .supplies were pro
cured Hy the tiuiH> the train arrived here.
The following committee has been ap¬
pointed to take charge of ihe relief work
James Hurley, Pine City, chairman; ,1
F. Stone, J. Breckinridge, General
Okas. ehars and Bunker, II. E. A. Hough, II. Rer
Manni.x, Hart, of St. Paul; J. T.
of .Minneapolis; A. E. Quinn,
J. O. Nethway, J. H. Burgman. J. h
M oon. .!. D. Markham. X*. H. Kelly. G
R. Finch. 11. V. King, D. F. Stone.
Anything like an estimate of the loss
is impossible. Hinkley has been com
ph’tely destroyed, as has Mission Creek, ami
Sandstone and Suiters, small places,
large numbers of people are missing.
The fire extends from Pine City as far
west as Carlton and Rutledge. Rev. P,
fvnudson, a Presbyterian minister of
Hinkley, tells a graphic story of the fire
which swept down on the town like an
avalanche, lie says over 200 of those
who perished in the flame* might have
been saved lmd they kept away from the
river. The people lost their heads and
stampeded in trying to escape by teams
an(i sartl1ic horses. Mr. Knulson took
a hill-top and when the fires passed over
found himself in a charred desert sur¬
rounded b.v thousands of wild horses
ta !‘ frmn help and nothing to eat or
He thinks the Chicago fire noth
the 'bodies are piled in ihe
graveyard and will be buried ns soon as
possible. Every effort is made to
identify the dead bodies. There are tii’O
homeless people In Pine City.
Reliable Information received hy the
about 250 dead
aBS&fft’SLS « «’?!,“SI
with nothing to eat or wear. Sandstone
, has fifty dead ajjd 225 Itomek-ss In the
j very worst possible condition and need
,n * burned,au- aid. There are twenty
” V< 1 Ban Istor.c puccion.
wilfhfwWK
j teiiioa n v.-or* lhai, ll . > thought and
Immediate relief is needed,
| C. H. Vaa Hoven, of Hinkley, tells the
] following story of the fire:
* “About 8 o’clock in the morning amoke
; TY™ P:'i n,>t rri i e r ' M u, 'V' at ‘P nt from i on 7 the a9 ^ southwest. id nt11
j ™ 10 o clock . when the fire department A was
I called oat. A fierce hurricane rendered
[ it impossible to do anything. At 3
■ o’clock the heat was so Intense the tffre
j men were compelled to abandon the en
i sines and flee for their lives. At 4
I o ’ 0, T k th C h “"* e ,)f -Tohn Ande,-son was
wnole ""tJlAJ” twn was ,ofi " a than rentalwe .*’* ™nutes hell, nhont the
j 7f )0 hntldings heing aflame. Peo
; P J 0 had r,o time to get out of the build
i ings. Others were caught in the centre
of the town. Van Hoven was saved hy
swing into a gravel pit with 111 others,
i Nearly all of those who took to the river
perished. Two women died of fright
and the sight of burning men. women
and children beggared description,
A P VHTW.\ V OF corpse**.
Duluth. Minn, pept 2 The relief train
, mnt , r „, m hP! ,. !as , nWlt „ n
thB st ' Pn " , ;ln ' 1 , _ n "Iuth , , ruafl to -uecor
,rirI ,i,v e the victims of the forest eon As
v :Vou hetw/ftn this city and TTInktey re
>„r.|.*,t it l2:ao o’clock this afternoon The
r*’ j rfv riwutwj , , f ,, n<» cn/irroa , and , h , nlf ,, hnrnrd , ,
1 "’ ! ,! “ r ' !l!m,Er thP
tr! “ '*'• T!l '’ Aoetors who accompanied the
rctlef partv estimated the total number
of dead to If wo to r-no. The refugees from
Suridstonc. unoflier town whtfeh tvas wined
"” t " ., F o^onee. . . , cancht the relief tram at
Huf'crtgo. Do their way neross fhc country
they counted the corpses of r/» victims of
the rtovasting flames. The fire swept tb n
rcg'on which suffered the worst Is pmbrac
‘ 1 in the Minnesota counties of Pine and
Kruohpe a,,,! Burnett county Wisconsin,
t train arrived here at a o’clock, bearing
tiflO refuges.. mu it.r of whom were dying from
the effects of their experience. VnoJ hra* ro.
!'ef frail) Wf Ill's city for the blackened
waste nr r, o'clock this morning, ft re¬
lumed to flits city bearing 5 Oft living, vie.
times of the fires. They were housed In
empty buildings 'Toid fed by citizens,
Another relief train wilt out on the
Fa fern rtiTtioivsots road brought in several
htmrtiofl rofuupi «.
Til 1*5 COVtlrtTmi HOBS at v n.
lie Perries His Train Throng!,, Th,.„
Pomes (lie Henri ion.
St. Paul, Sept, 2.—Conductor Sullivan,
bf the train that was caught by the fire
near Hinkley and hacked to Skunk
Lake, became a raving maniac pffer
reaching comparative safety, Tie was
heroically rool and collected while his
burning train was making its fearful
run, hut at Skunk Trike his mind gave
way. Engineer Roof, of the same train,
is so badly burned that he may not live.
His fireman drenched him with water
from the tender. There seems no doubt
that this train would have pulled through
safely If the engineer had not stopped
to pick up two or three hundred refuges
who lined the track.
CORNELL'S HEAVY T/iSS.
Chippewa Falls. AVl«„ Sept. 2.--The
heaviest loser hy the ferret fires in Ibis
vicinity is Cornell University, of New
dork, whieh had nearly $1,000,000
Invested In pine lands located chiefly
around Long Lake, thirty miles from
this city. TIielr binds have been com¬
pletely divested of standing pines and
their Ires will be almost complete.
THE VALLEY LAID WASTE.
Minneapolis. Minn.. Sept. 2. Three
towns, Hinkley. * Mission Creek and P<>
Icegamma. lie in ashes tonight and more
than 200 corpses lie in the neighborhood
of Hinkley. The vast valley between the
Kettle river and Cress Lake is \iid
waste, including several villages and
settlements. Resides the towns that were
reduced to ashes farms were swept clean
hy the flames. The fores's arc still hum
ing fiercely and rain is required to drown
tho fires that are sweeping over that
vast region. Whole families have been
cremated. Tn some Instances only one
or two men escaped from a neighborhood
to tell of the destruction. They sayed
their lives by running to small lakes or
hiding in potatoe fields and reached Fine
City more dead than alive. The dead ,*,,
being picked up by the score and hrought
here.
Searching parties are penetrating the
burned district hut find none but the
charred remains of the inhabitant
'Hie people from Hinkley and Mission
Creek who escaped with their lives are
destitute, having neither homes nor food.
Relief sent out from St. Paul was timely
The supplies of provisions was more wel¬
come than even the blankets sent out
later because the majority were still
anxious to continue the search for the
dead aud sufferers. The tents aud hos¬
pital supplies are very necessary for tlie
injured and burned people.
Harris Richardson, of St. Paul, wired
Governor Nelson to send out more sup¬
plies of provisions if possible. H. H.
Hurt, of the State hoard of charities, is
at Pine City gathering data to provide
State relief. .Toe Mnnix. of Minneapolis,
is also there to repor’ tn A favor Eustis
so that supplies may he sent later from
iliat city. A committee of five from
Stillmore is getting information as to
what lumber supplies are needed and
will contribute building material. Assis¬
tant General Manager Mayer, of the
St. Paul and Duluth Road, has been here
and returned to St. Paul to send out
sleepers, hospital and camp supplies for
tlie wounded and homeless.
PROMPT RELIEF.
Si P:)pi. All)))).. Sept. 2. A special
to Tic* Pioneer Press from Pine Gitv
s.iys: Estimate of the dead at Hinkley.
°B0: at Sandstone. 4fi: at Sandstone
Junction. 25: at Pokegnmma, 25: Skunk
f ake. 29: at Arissdnn Creek. 3rt. Total.
355. The people were quick to rrepond
to the needs of the suffering. TTnrdlv
had the sad news been received beferc a
Subscription was raised. Tlie Kelly ’Mer¬
cantile Company, the TIaekett Hardware
Company. Fmley > an Stick and others
responded in a practical way to tbe wall
of distress, and they were followed hr
*i * 'ore of others Tn an incredibly short
sor oe of time $4,000 worth of provisions
and supplies were rawed. TTnrej Brothers
per f nrmort yeoman service at their
bakery. Beginning at noon their great
furnaces were aa-low and their great
ovens filled. This firm alone turned on!
2,300 loaves of bread. Five barrels of
pork, large quantities of bams and
bacon, great bales of blankets, quantities
of crackers, canned beef, coffee, sugar,
kerosene, beans. lampwicks, ten large sacks of
and other supplies were speedily
hauled to the depot to be carried out
on special trains to the stricken people.
Gen. Wesley Merritt, in command of
the department of Dakota. United State
Army, issued orders for hospital supplies.
tents, etc., for the relief of the -of
ferers.
The special relief train left here at
3:30 In charge of D- H. Moore and .Tide
fl Burrell, prominent merchants.
Wires northward ar<- still in a had
i**.'»!«* of demoralization from Hinkley to
cation Duluth,, in and that there direction. is but little The commnni- road
is
leading through the burning district,
The St. Paul and Duluth, the Omaha
and the Eastern of Minnesota did sot
attempt to send out their regular trains
tonight. One conductor stated that near
Baronetie, Wis., twenty-five human
imdies, tilt- victims >f th- fir* , tv n* r.-i-n,
TRESTLE m-RNMn. .
Marquette, Mich.. Sept. 2.* -Telegraphic
comjuiiiif a:ion has"b* en est.iHIDheii as far
w-gf as Marengo Junction, on tin* Wiscon
sin Central and Judith s .nth Shore and
AtfnrUe Railway. A irestle Elite., t * * ** - i * i
feet long * Mat.ug-i '.vis l** i v destyiyed
hut Aslfiand. trains from hen* to i.nihith'ar** o;di*re,l
via Two bri ig.,s at Bibon Station
on the Duluth Road m»re burned. The
Wisconsin Central lias !„st three bridges
south of Marengo, bur their officials are
as vet unable r» state the approKimate
damage to railroad property, The treat if*
at Marengo will not be rebuilt, the man¬
agement of the Duluth Road having de.
.Tied to make a new - rossing at Grade.
No, hit, .'is yet known of Rie whereabout*
of the Dnh.th passenger train No. S. dm*
.ere this morning, but the offleiais ex, ress
the hope tha., it wi-.ibe before night.
140 MILKS T>EVASTATED.
Chippewa Falls. Wk, Sept * 2 -Forest
j- fires , have completely , . devasted . the
conn
try between this city an<1 Superior, a
distance of one hundred and forty mile*.
Telegraph wires are down and railroad
tracks destroyed, making it impossible to
secure ascurate information from the
scene of destruction. From what meagre
repot ^ t« that , have , been received, . , however,
it is beliovofl that the loss of life in this
district; very heavy.
THAI V WRK( KK!),
Marquette, Mich., Sejd. 2. Specials
from Nesforia and Ontonagon report
Ilie wr€M*k of a freight train on the
Milwaukee and Northern Miebigan U:\V
I'oad, two miles south Ontonagon sta¬
tion. yesterday noen. Knjrineer l^red
Almuquisl was kil!«*d and Krakencm
Steven Orton's leg was hrokon. The
wr-ok w-.us iraused hy forest fires burn
itig the lies and warping the rails. Kiv<
enrloads of lojfH were piled on top of tin
oirjcine and were soon a nuvsd »f jl-unes,
in which poor Almin/nist’s body w e s re¬
duced to cinders. r Phe hamlet of y ojth
Ituhyeon was rejmrtfd himted yo.sterday.
SITRRo!7.Vf>KD rtv KIRK.
(Mdott. Wis., Sept. 2. This elty is sur
I’ oindt 1 by forest tires, with a prospect that
d. will he destroyed before morning. The
entire jmpulafion lias been tijrhtinsr fire all
day, and many are giving up in despair
and fleeing for their lives. A tire engine
has reached here from fTdppowa a id js
doing goiwi work, and with Its help a por
lion of t'loi town may he saved.
pwtlioo iii ilhivgs im
Tll«- I.h.hn H'mclx-s SM’O'M); r,.,.,-,,,|
by IiiNurmiije.
Haltini .ri*, Sr|it. The P'lMmlsia ml,
- r n buildings ami nttn i ■,
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fa 'e t a U. were burned today. The
fire started in one end of lln> gran I
stan, l ■” 1 I ad , gam-d _ ._ , ri- :■ t , headway , .
before i' wa < d .*■: iivf-red. Sei .*rai tire
©•tgines ret “e. rel in the -vO.no the' hut
were .,f lift or no service, hug,
wooden ... H *uu f a e burning like so tmteh
I.ii.er, ! ae at; -rayed prop riy ran
along nearly a quarter of a mile.
The el-uh house and stable® are some
dlstntv* > removed from the grand stand
and were saved-. The total ires is esti¬
mated at $5a,itoo and is covered by in
sipan.de. The origin of the fire is
unknown Pimlico race track is own¬
ed by the Baltimore State Agricultural
Society, and is l.y them leased to the
Pimlico Jockey Club. Immediate steps
will be taken to replace the burned
buildings .with more molem strut:
t u res
IT WAS I.OADED
Vn Anintenr , »>me,l> it*......... n
Trngeiiy in Missouri.
Sedaiia. Mo., Sept. 2.—At Lees. Summit
county, last night an amateur theatrical
company, composed of young, society people,
was presenting the play. ‘•The Postal
Clerk.” at the opera house. In the play ft
becomes necessary to use a pistol. In the
dressing room of William Gibbs were two
pistols, one loaded with blank cartridges
and the othefi with bullets. Luring the
act Gibbs tired at .1. P. barthman. an op.
orator of the Missouri Pacific Railway, who
was playing an important part. The
audience was horrified to see Larfhnmn fail
to the floor with a stream of blood spurt
ins from a ghastly wound over his left eye.
He cannot recover. Gibbs is almost
crazed with grief, as the men were warm
personal friends.
COCTNERFEITRTIS CAI GliT.
i’licy AN ere <1 t* Mont Diinncroiis
Gang; I» the Country
Little Rock. Ark., Sept. 2.—The larg¬
est and most dangerous gang of counter¬
feiters ever organized In this country
has been run) down and broken up by
United States secret service detectives.
The headquarters of the gang was at
Bordica, Nev., and was composed
about 20 men, ten of whom have been
arrested and are now in the penitentiary
awaiting a preliminary examination!.
Those now in custody are George Tought,
a cattle dealer; .Tames McNatt. a gen
era] store keeper. Berry Huckley. Jack
Smith, Moee Welby and Charles De
loney, Riley Wills. Sam Ferguson, Dave
Nichols and Wm. Steele, prominent farm¬
ers. The counterfeits consisted of dol
Ians, halves and quarters and are the
best that were ever made. Several thous¬
and dollars of the spurious coin was cir
dilated in Southwestern Arkansas.
RUSSIA COATES IN.
S?t. Petprsbursr. Sopt, 2.—Tho Russian
squadron, dostlnud for Ooroa. te under or
dors to proofed with tho utmost spued. T 1
is officially stated that the dispatch of the
fleet d<*es not imnly Russian militarv Inter
vontimi in the CMneso-.Taonn dispute, hut
is merely intended to protect Russian trade.
Anarchy in Germany will soon need a
bullet proof coat
VAU ABLB HOUSES SOI,D.
Clifford l« Knocked Dona For Sg. - ,.
OOO; Dnent for 5 ! (> ;l), c).
Sheepshead Bay Race Track, N. Y.,
Sept. 1.—Leigh and Rose, the well known
horse owners, in disposed of their stock at
auction the paddoek herb today.
Messrs. I-eirh and Rose recently had
some disagreement over the conduct of
their affairs and they decided to dissolve
partnership, hence the sale today. Cllf
ford was tha first horse offered. The
was started by J. E. Madden, of
Kentucky, at $12,000. Other bids were
Chris made bjl or on behalf of E. Corrigan Rose!
Smith, W. Coniton and R. L.
The home was finally knocked down for
$25,000 to his former part-owner. R. L.
Rose. The bidding was remarkably
spirited and all of the horses were soon
disposed of. The following hors’s
brought $1,000 or ever: Clifford. R. L.
Rose. $25.0000: Ducat. E. Corrigan,
$10,000: Chant. C. H. Smith $5,000; Ln*
zarone. Erie stables. $8,500: Handspun
Chris Smith. S7.5O0; Urania. Chris
Smith. $3,100; Valkyrie. Milton Young,
* Derelict. J. ,T. IfcCafferty, $1.
Mohawk. Men F. Dwyer. $1,300;
Bezzare. G. B. Morris. $1,200: Yearling,
chestnut colt, hy DironAIercides, brother
Butterflies, winner of the futurity,
Ue Thompson. $3,500: Yerling. chestnut
ha T* Strathmore-Spinaway, R. Crok
er> ”*>*000.
i
W A SI11\OTON MAIOt ll ACV.
Tivo stnnitnnl nrarrrs VnniinAlmt.
for the Coin lag* Fight.
Sandersvil’e. Sept. 1 -The Democrats of
WaaMneton cotmtv in convention assent,
biM „ „ : ,y nnanimoualy and bv aeclama
ti,. , non.inat.,- Turner 1 ,.' Brown, of
DaviDe.ro, and Ron. Benjamin T. Raw.
’tugs, of Sandersvine. as eaudida'ea for the
noxr. Tjuulslature. Eiich district la the*
”■?' y "f r '*pres,*.,i..d by de'egates, and
* i sc*cuio«! t'» lu* gentiVuieu liopcji;! ami vurv ejjtjbusl
a.ue. These ate tery promt
n-**nt in tire county. Tl»t»y wl’! make a
sirring fight for Democracy and it la a
certainty tii.it they ivIJl be victorious amt
defeat the Ttml Pi Hv c;irt<li<lat(»s who
t
were successful two years asro. Lneonr
ttgAii# reports were received from all parts,
tie* hi-cest Third Parly county in the
S:af,*. or *■: least the only one r-pregejiled
!»y two Populists in the last General As.
spin lily, will roil up h majority in Oetober
for the two gentlemen nomiiuited today by
the grant! oil DenmcrnHc party.
lu every Congrmaionaidistrict there a rea
Til 12 H YTTLIil OF S1J)A\
Tin* bmiiersaiT tefetm that lu
IlnmlMir^ Vrstrrda?
Ham-burg. S»pt, 2. The anniversary of
?iie bat Me of .Sedan ivss eerchfated here
loday with , cntluisiasM). Flags were
displayed on public and private buildings,
and <»ii ti?e ships in the harbor, < hiurcb
bells pealed, tin* streets were full of pa¬
fading military unions, and there wns a
general air of rejoicing throughout the city.
At the varhom churches fife servircs wen*
largely attended. Meetings were held at
difla ient pohats aiimng the old war vet
'‘ T ‘ ; * li s. who beard patriotic addresses. In
evening the tableaux vivants of scenes .
- n the Franco--Prussian war were given at.
several thmstres. The eity was brilliantly
illuminated.
TO VISIT sot Til % N| I lit If
Will M'.'Hr,- lM,thlls (or III.' VI hurt:,
10 xpn sift Ion.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept 2.—President Col
ller » the Cotton States and Interna
tral, South and Latin American states
,:o se( ' ,,r ® ,he co-oppration of those gov
emments in the great Southern oxpn*l
tIo „ t o tie held Oojumhla, here: Col I. W. Avery,
to Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecua
,lor and Corn: Charles H. Redding, to
Mexico. Guatemala. Costa Rica.. Hon
durao, Nicaragua anil Salvador; Hr.
S . Barnsley, to Argentine Re
public, Chill. Brazil. Uruguay, Paraguay and
’
AS. TNT*DNT>TARY MOB.
Rome, Sept. 2,—Dispatches from Spin
nazzola snv that a :mob of peasants there
set fire to a communin' plantation ol which
they had been ’refused a share. Troops
were summoned; Stir! after some «dtarp skir
auxhing tin* disturbance was quelled.
OOCCCOCCCC? 8
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©RGftNS
MID-SUMMER BARGAINS.
( SpHt i**! Sa!<* Summer 1894 . The
,( turn* to buy Cheap ami Easy. Six
Special Summer Offers that boat the
( record.
Q $50 saved every Piano purchaser.
O $10 to $20 on every Organ.
A Six Special Offers on our Popular Mld
() Summer Plan. and Huy in when August, September
A and October, pay Cotton comes
ill
Spot Cash Prices. No Interest. Only a
Small Cash Payment required, $25 on a
Pimm, $10 on Organ, balance next Novem¬
i ber 15th. Longer time if wanted.
Payments to suit. all. Pianos $5 to $10
monthly. Organs $2 to $5.
Our Mid-Summer Offers save big money
on all plans of payment.
y New Fall Leaders ready. Beanti
O fui and Cheap. Tempting Bargains.
C( ' fees. Write Good at once only for until Mid-Summer November Of- 1.
Don’t wait.
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