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spokane, we predict, will surpass 1t in

ksppokohe, we preuict, VIII surPhss IL IN
And ,.by, the.way, 10 shoulttSbe,romen
,bered fhdt tho Joiifnef Was onathc streets
l,,With an aocotiN of the fire aff'ifour be-
Tire any6ther paper.
whtbA wAabA JOURNAL.
The blow,is worse on Spokane thap ii
was on Seattle. They lost better toild-
fpgs and che incentive for rebuilding
Twili be found to. be not 50 sreat as snalno
spoakaS Nails viii Be T ia fns sesmer g's self
again, and Wans Walie TOO will fess the
loss, Especially our hvit raissrs A
great n,any Waita Wallians had set.
Piled down In Spokane Fails and
were doing we'll; There, 10 VIM.
RhahsaaSf hsh;s Char chsrleg 4,,.l, k4ssi pS Chaf!s' M.
aynsr%sis R NJ 6,d b Dolsn M \: WI ssnsmsn ns0sas
Mrs. Nj. h. i Chs,smap, william KifcSen,
Miss NeAie Gafbressh, Lane Gilman. AT
suffered more or less. asme lost all
and Colonel II. b. Holmes Poodle Dog
restaurant is among the things that
were. We sympathise with the doomed
city of,Alling waters, and hope she may
"ss sSa1 0VAs' W sna se Ss WsPs PT9'P|sSSs P|s
from us shat blow Of the fiery
demon of death and destruction.
George starrett csme back from Spo-
kane Fals this morning. He saw the
starting OF the great fire. He says IL
started In aifbuilding, Our depart.
ment could have drowned II out In Less
thanten minutes, but there they had
not pressure enough to send a stream
across the street. Hero was the whole
trouble. Dr. Burch and Lane Gillian
are heavy losers. Charlie Davis was
busy saving goods. Little was saved.
People didn't think the fire would
go. beyond the brick buildings, but
before they could say Jack Robinson
the fire was all around them and
lives were lost. A fortune teller came
up there and predicted that the town
her ieoSe. -Four men were blown up
with the buildings. The chief Of police,
u is feared, was one of the four. Private
families are few, that are homeless, but
1t Is rough on strangers, for there ls no
hotel accommodation whatever. Hop
kips' telephone was the first TO send the
news of the fire abroad, and the oper-
ator kept up his lick until ii got too hot
for him, and all he could do was to es.
cape with his life when he did, but that
was all.
HELENA JOURNAL.
Our neighborp,s territory of Washing
ton is most certainly terribly afflicted
This summer, that should have been
| forever remembered as marking happy
fepoch, wnl rather be recalled as @ season
of sorrow and bereavement. Even be-
fore the last smoke had assembled from
the trackless ruins OF her largest city,
another which had fairly started on a
l "a ,,,a ,txar -
reddeped earth And now spokane, the
most beautiful Of all, which shared with
Tacoma and Seattle the just pride of
every Washingtonian, city whose past
has been replete with all the excellent
accomplishments that energy and cour-
age can produce, and whose future was
as fall OF brilliant prospects as could
possibly tighten the sky of hope, is ut
terly devastated.
Spokaae's was one of she most won.
derfu Of all the amazing histories OF
! Western development. Practically the
ci$y had grown from blank praif1e to
its late proportions within ak years
Until the arrival of the railroad 1t was
little more than village, and but poor
and feeble village at that. With the
first glad scream of the locomotive there
came q tide of adventurous fortune
| hunters whose steady and successful
work created first country and then, az
ii with magic hand, a noble town. In
many OF lis cosmopolitan aspects, Spo.
kanbreseinbled Hjiena. ITS people were
lQsgely from the New England states.
They had educatian and that abundant
fund of natural industry and pluck
Which 50 peculiarly distinguishes the
Yankee eharacser. That city 80 iuii
qpalities'that nhakc Communities not less
than individuals, respected and AF
teamed, should have met such an awfal
fate IL pitiful in the extreme.
po thpughtnl people, lesson Is in
votved In l1iof these oatastrophes. How
the fire started is of small consequence.
III may have been the internal work OF
an incentiiary. II may have been one
of those accidents which no eye could
foresee and no hand prevent. But fires
are events that all cities must expect,
/! They are among the inevitable adVersi-
| ties. ls Helena ready In Seattle, in
] Eliensburg, In Spokane Falls, the trouble
| was ever the same-no water, no pres
sure and an undiscipaRod fse depart
ment. We print this moTning a num-
ber of interesting interviews con,
and, TO an extent. they are
reassuring. The Jourpal would not
\ be an alarmist, but there Is neither wis
dom nor economy in shutipg our eyes
to the real facts of the cas6. seattle y
loss was $4,000 600; Spoksne's is more
rather than less. Eight millions would
purchase great many water supplies
Are we ready2
The Journal will be glad to receive at
its counting room, addressed to George
n. Boos, manager, such contributions to
| a fund for the relief of the sufferers AZ
Spokane Falls as the generosity Of the
! people Of Montana may prompt them to
proffer. All contributions will be
promptly acknowledged and forwarded
directly to the proper persons In Spo-
kane.
GAZE ON THE RUINS.
from the Centraiia News.l
| Why don't the citizens of Centralia
wake up to the. fact that wooden build.
Eings are no go? We shall have disas-
tsous fire II something is not done.
Within certain limits, not another
You unbeliever, gaze on the ruins oi
Spokane,
| TACOMA GLOBE.
The Globe extra of Monday contained
the following editorials
Spokane Falls was considered the most
beautiful city in Washington territory,
Il was, moreover, possessed of strong
business pulse and was altogether ali
active, energetic, enteTprising and
typical Western city. To-day almost
The loss is Appealing and the blow Is
astounding, but with true Western spirat
the city will come up again as vfyor.
ously as have the other Washington
cities which have been thus stricken.
Our dispatches say that every hotel,