The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-01-26
MONSTER FIRE.
Half a Dozen Firms Burned Out in
the Quaker City.
About Twenty Others More OF Less
Damaged.
Losses Estimated. at Upwards of a
Million Do lars.
Cities of Cuba at the Mercy of Out
laws and Official Thieves.

Cities of Cuba at the Mercy of Out
laws and Official Thieves.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24.-The dis
astrous conflagration in the retail mil
linery and ladies' furnishing district at
Eighth and Arch streets last night was
gotten under complete control at about
2 o'clock this morning, after half
dozen firms had been completely burned
out and some fifteen to twenty other
establishments had been seriously dam
aged by fire and water The books of
the firms who suffer the greatest
loss are in the ruins of the build
ings, and IT is difficult up to
noon to-day to obtain reliable esti-
mates of losses and insurance. The
losses however will no doubt aggregate
upwards of a million dollars and
nearly all the establishments were well
insured. Marks Bros, milliners, esti-
mate their loss at 1876, GOO with an in
surance of $500, 900. The buildings of
Shoneman Bros, I16 and lis North
Eighth street, is q complete wreck and
their loss is estimated at 100000, in
surance $4,000.
On the northeast corner of Eighth
and Arch street, Adolph Heller's
ment is leVelled to the ground as was
also the adjoining buildings. 731 and
733 Arch street, occupied by j. and L..
Baxter, artificial flowers and feathers;
Strauss, Taunhauser & Co., Millinery
and w. G.. Young, ornamental stained
glass. HellerS loss is estimated at
$50 600; insurance not ascertained.
reach $40, GOO, well insured, and BaX-
| ter's loss will be about $4,000, fully
covered by insurance. Losses on these
destroyed buildings will aggregate
abont 100000
Various other firms on the south
side of Arch street, on Eight street
above Arch, and on Latter street west
of Eighth, were partially burned out
or had their stock seriously damaged
| by water. The loss of these firms will
range from 81, ZOO to $4,000. The fire
originated from a defective fiue in
Marks Bros building. Flames were
discovered issuing from the chimney
at about Z O'Clock in the evening and
the alarm was sounded at once, but
the flames were soon checked
and the fire engines left
without going into service,
the insurance patrol however received
orders to remain in the building until
certain that all danger was past. The
4 1OI duOuU GNO
| and then concluding that the fire in the
chimney had been totally extinguished.
they returned to their headquarters.
Shortly after IL o'clock an alarm was
sounded from the same place, and on
the arrival of the firemen the second
| floor of Marks building was wrapped
in flames. The action of the patrol
will receive q thorough investigation.
HATFIELD-M'COY FEUD.
/ ha
war of determination between the
| Hatfield and hIcCoys is still going on
in the wilds of West Virginia. The
| steamer Frank Preston arrived from
Pikeville yesterday afternoon and
brought intelligence of an encounter
between the pursuing party and the
| Hatfields onlast Saturday. On Thurs
| day last capturing party numbering
| twenty left Pikeville for Tug river.
| After crossing the river, and when
nearing the residence OF Captain Hat
| field they come across a woman in the
road who was standing picket and who
| Immediately gave an alarm. The cap
! turing party when at the turning point
in the road we're fred upon by squad
of eight from the Hatfield gang
Bud Mccoy was shot through the
shoulder and dangerously wounded.
The capturing party, Immediately
sey of the Hatfield gang fell to the
ground shot in the bowels. At this juno
| ture the Hatfield 8 beat hasty retreat,
| throwing away their blankets, over
coats. etc. The posse went up to where
Dempsey was and, although he was in
dying condition and begged pitiously to
be saved as he would not live long, de-
spite his cries for mercy, man that
killed Jim Nance on the first raid put
| III nnpancnu.G hood anH
| almost blew it off. At this inhuman
and sickening act one of the pursuing
party became angry, left the posse and
returned home.
| The Hatfield's were organizing for a
raid over on Peter creek in Kentucky,
the scene of their New Years night
deeds, to murder people, burn property
and kill stock. The Peter creek
| guards, twenty strong, have Joined the
capturing party, which now numbers
| forty odd and are in hot pursuit OF the
Hatfields. The excitement through
out Pike county, although intense, is
increasing daily, as the Hatfields have
warned the people that they propose
to kill them and burn their prop
erty. They have sent word that
lthey propose to burn Pikeville and ex-
tricate their six comrades now in jail
there. The Jail is strongly guarded
day and night and pickets are set out
in all directions from the town every
night. Judge Waggoner, county judge
of Pike county and j. Lee Ferguson,
county attorney came down on the
| Frank Preston from Pikeville enroute
to Frankfort where they go to lay the
case before the governor and ask him
for arms to protect themselves and
property.
A vERDICT FOR MCGARRY.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. A.-The suit fol
SIC, 900 damages, brought by J. b. Nc
| Garry against the Missouri Pacific
Railroad company, for malicious prose
cution growing out of the railroad
strike in 1885, resulted yesterday in q
verdict of 81 800 for the plaintiff. Nc
Garry was an influential member OF
the knights of Labor, holding the oficf
of Judge advocate in the district assem-
blies engaged in this strike. He was
arrested, with a number of other:
lcharged with hindering the traffic OF
Il the railroad, and was acquitted. HI
/ then brought the above suit, and the
result is considered great victory fol
the Knights of Labor.
MIGHTY THIN EVIDENCE.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Jan. Pa
report reached here last night tina
Santos Salizer. Mexican, was lynches
Sunday near Collins, in Neuees county
for the supposed murder OF Jaco
. Stafford, whose body was found riddles
with bullets IN q water hole back of hi
| house, on Saturday. Tracks of hOrs
that SaIizer rode eorTesponded with tn
) tracks found near the body and on thi
7 evidence the Mexican was hunted dow
l and hanged by ranchmen and COW boys
HAT FACTORY BURNED
{ READING, Pa, Jan. 4.-The larg
. Ifour-story hat factory in this city, Opel
ated by VIM. II. Scott, was discovere
/. on fire early this morning and the VI
q per floors were completely burned OF
q and the machinery nearly all ruined
3 | Scott's loss on stock is $40, 600. pa,
I TALLY insured. The building and nj
: cbinery was owned by Z. s. Ammo
and his loss will reach nearly $1,000
partially covered by insurance.
vi EmanelpaGi0n Holiday.
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