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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
The Great Chicago Fire. Twenty Years
Ago Friday.

Twenty years ago Friday, on
| October 9th, 1871, a combination of
broken lantern in a COW shed, high
winds and 6re-trap structures,
| brought the city of Chicago into q
bright and blazing prominence,
which is still referred to as "tne
great fire." the one seethine, surg
ing, sweeping baptism of flame
| which dimmed the historic splendor
of the great fire of London. and
which Boston, Lynn and other cen.
tres have since then vainly tried to
emulate. But as there is only one
Chicago-the one Queen City of the
West-so there has only been one
Chlcago fire to 60 laundering down
the ages as the greatest pyrotechnic
effect since the time of Nero.
1t was on a Sunday evening, Just
a couple Of decades ago, when the
first spark sputtered into a flame
that was to light a great and grow
ing city to temporary desolation
and shroud its glories in an ava
lanche of ashes. Bright, breezy
and pleasant had been that Indian
summer Sabbath. People were re-
turning to their homes from ioyous
excursions and the churches had
just discharged their congregations
after the last services of the day,
when the fire broke out, the alarm
was sounded and few firemen trot-
ted off laughingly to drown out a bit
OF a blaze which had started up in
an old barn. But, as great events
spring from small causes, so the mis-
erabls little blaze which first attract
ed notice spread until it became a
conftagration over which the world
stood awed and helpless in the pre-
sence of the demon of destruction.
From the Sunday evening until
the following Tuesday the great fire
set human bravery and tried appli-
ances at defiance. 1t swept on, un-
lmpeded in its tidal wave of destruc-
ton, until 2,1OO acres of the heart
OF the city had been reduced to ruin;
until 17,450 buildings had been lev
eled to the ground; until 9S, 500 per-
sons had been rendered homeless,
and until 200 lives had been lost.
Property amounting to upwards of
$2uO, O,OOO,OOO in value, and repre-
senting about one third of the entire
property in the city, had vanished
entirely; and population of 32O, 900
became the objects of sympathy to
the civilized world, and their mis-
fortunes opened a foodgate Of help
which, in its extent of charity, has
had no equal in it's warmth and
spontaneity.
But we'll speaks the Philadelphia
Times, when it says: "Chicago did
not shrink or wither under that dire
atfilction. The misfortune which
had fallen upon her only seemed to
brace her to higher and more ambi-
tious efforts. Troubles only brought
out her more heroic nature, and ere
the ashes of her fiery cyclone had
become cold she was busy at work
rebuilding, expanding, growing big
ger and brighter, and once more as
suming her old proud position as the
Queen of the West.'''
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
Dillon and O'Brien Refuse to Talk

A London special states that John
Dillon, a member of Parliament for
East Mayo and William O'Brien,
member of Parliament for East Cork
who are both in Ireland, were seen
yesterday and asked for an express
sing Of views for publication in re-
gard to the death of Mr.. Parnell.
Both the gentlemen referred to dis
tinetly refused to say anything upon
the subject.
Mr.. Timothy NJ. Healy, member of
Parliament for North Longford, and
probably Mr.. Parnell's most bitter
opponent, was asked to-day for an
expression of opinion upon the polit-
ical situation. He declined to say
anything regarding politics, remark
ing: "As Mr.. Harrington has declin-
ed to make a statement concerning
the intention of his party, we, for
our part, are determined to main
tain truce for the present"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
THE CALL Has BEEN ISSUED
For a Meeting Of the Rational Republican
Committee.
NORTH CEROLlNIAHS IN WASHINGTON,
BLENDERS to Visit the Southern Expo
sition-yhe Condition Of Gen.
Lae-Other Notes

WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. 9.-Mr.
John Mccarthy, private secretary to
Senator Leland Stanford, leaves this
city tomorrow morning to attend
the Exposition at Raleigh. It will
be well for our people to show him
especial attention.
The following call for a meeting
of the Republican National Com
mittee was issued yesterday after
noon:
"WAsHISGToN, d. c.. Oct. s, '91.
A meeting Of the Republican
Natlonal Committee is hereby called,
to meet at the Arlington Hotel, in
the city Of Washington, on Monday,
the 23rd day of November, 1891, at
the hour of IL O'clock a. N. The
duties Of the committee at this
meeting will be TO act upon the res
ignation of Hon. II. S. Quay as
chairman, I'll the vacancy caused by
his resignation, to determine the
time and place for holding the next
National Republican Convention.
and to transact such other business
as may properly come before it. The
committee is called to meet in No
vember instead of December, IS
heretofore, in order that the Ma
tional Convention may be held at an
earlier date, or in the last week Of
the month Of May. if it shall be
deemed proper TO DO 50, the rules
imposed by the last National Con-
vention requiring that the call for
the convention shall be issued six
-. S. GARRISON,
Chairman Of the Executive Com.
81. S. FAssETT,
Secretary OF the National Com ;"
1.-THE big Democratic meeting in
New York proves that Cleveland's
star is still in the ascenGant,n said a
North Carolina politician to me yes
terday. He is such a strong Cleve-
land man that he added, II hope
even the baby will be used as a fac
tor to make him more ropular!'
The lighthouse board has complet-
ed its estimates for the expenses Of
the esta ablishment for the fiscal year
1898. They aggregate 81, ,233, 900
and included the following items:
Nantucket, New South Shoals, light
ship. $4,000; completing pedestal
Statue of Liberty LIGHT, New York
Harbor, $4,000 Staten Island
Lighthouse depot, $40, ,0G0; Hog
Island station, Va. S125 600; Balti-
more station. 100000; Cape Fear
station, n. G., $3.50, 1000; Mount Cor
nelia station, Fla, &lT5, COO; tender
for the ninth district, $95, 900; Gray's
Harbor station, Wash, $50, 900.
and st. Mary's station, Alaska, $780,
900.
Ex- Minister to Liberia, Smith.
Bishop j. ". Hood. ana John G..
Dancy, ofNorth Carolina, nj colored,
called upon Secretary Foster yester-
day morning to pay their respects.
Congressman y. H. T. Lee is much
better. Ex-Governor Lee is on a
visit to him, and speaks encourage
ingiy of his condition.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
is Ealmaceda Dead?

Is Balmaceda dead? This is the
question raised by the Santiago cor
respondent of Galignat's Messenger.
The rnmor that the American minis
ter put out the story in order the bet
ter to conceal the fugitive Chilian
president and that the latter is still
alive and at the American legation
may have important consequences.
The story seems wholly improbable,
but if it is believed, as stated, by the
friends of the new administration, it
may cause the mob to attack the le-
cation. Such an event would render
very serious a situation already
greatly complicated.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
The ndotz Murder Case.

This famous case came up from the
grand jury of Lincoln county, on
Tuesday, in the form of true bill
against the Motz brothers for killing
their cousin, Samuel C. Motz. After
formal arraignment of the defend
ants, motion was made by their
counsel for change of venue, which
was granted. The judge has not yet
designated place for the trial, but
a report in the Charlotte Chronicle
says it is likely that Mecklenburg or
Cleveland will be the place.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
Improvement in Electricity.

Mr.. Edison announces that he has
solved the problem ofthe application
of electricity as motive power and
expects to show the world how to
run electric street cars without
either trolleys or storage batteries.
Mr.. Edison has from timee to tim an
nounced so many important inven-
tions that never materialized that
the news that he has put in his claim
in this field also will have a discour.
aging effect. Still there can be no
doubt that somebody will reach this
result and it may as well be Edison
as another.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
SCHOULER'S
A!4la!'y Establishment.

THIRD ST.. SOUTH OF COURT HOUSE
Millinery! The central figure of
the occasion. Every day this week,
will be Millinery days here for we
can no more crowd them all into the
showings of three days, or even three
weeks, than we can condense the
panoramic glories of Autumn. New
er have we more successfully, prop
erly, and at all points happily caught
Fashions brightest ideas than in the
Grand Showing we greet you with
this week. The choicest gems of
the Millinery's Art are here. The
field is covered at every point ev-
erything-the unique conceits OF
Paris Millinery, side by side with
the product of our own skilled Mil
liners. Prices, you'll find, are graded
marvelously low.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
Parneil's Dying Words.

During Parnell's delirium, some
hours before he died, he talked con-
stantly of Ireland, it is said, and told
what he would do for her if he lived.
In brief lucid interval just before
death he said-and they were almost
his last words-tLet my love be con-
veyed to my colleagues and the Irish
people.'' When these words were
subsequently, communicated to a
meeting Of the delegates many of
them burst into tears.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
Prohibition in Iowa.

Governor Boies squarely faces tie
prohibitory liquor law in his canvass
through Iowa. He says that the law
has been fully and fairly tried, and
that it must bepronounced Ineffective.
Its application is not felt at all in
many places and the efforts to enforce
it anywhere are farcical. He believes
that the people are tired of the
business.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
Only One Joint Debate.

The Ohio executive Democratic
committee have solicited. eight more
joint debates between Campbell and
Mckinley after the one at Ada, Oo-
tober 8th. The Republican lexecu-
tive committee have declined. 1t is
surmised that the main reason was
that Major Mckinley Gid not want
his silver record on the short dollar
drawn upon him in the presence of
so many Republicans, who, of course,
would attend all such meetings.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
An Asheville F.mily Polsenea.

The family of Mr.. James Brown,
of Asheville, including Miss Annie
Gowan, adopted daughter of Capt.
William Brown, of Salisbury, who
is boarding with them, were poisoned
one day this week by eating pudding.
All of them are now doing well ex-
cept Mr.. Brown and Miss Annie Cow
an, who are still quite sick.-Ex.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
The Teachers Trip to Cuba.

Col. E. G.. Harrell, of Raleigh,
will take charge of a very pleasant
party during the holidays, which
will go to Cuba. The trip will oc-
cupy fifteen days and the total cost
will be $75. That is certainly a
cheap rate.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
SORROW 5Hs Erei9a Il.

DUBLIN, Oct. 9.-At a meeting to-
day of the corporation of the city of
Dublin resolutions Of regret at the
death of Mr.. Parnell were passed and
the lord mayor and members of cor
poration were empowered to attend
the funeral tomorrow in their robes
of State.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
Our Coal Product.

Extra Census Bulletin No. 10 pla-
ces the total coal product of the
United States in 1890 at 141, ,229. .513
short tons, worth at the mines $780,
226, 1923, the increase in product over
1850 being 97.5 per cent and in val
ue 67.5 per cent. There were 49,
6OO,4S tons of anthracite. worth
500, 1879 9,514, and 95,629,O26 tons of
h'tuminous coal, worth 1914, ,346, ,8O9.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
OFT TRE YEEGGNzA CoAsr.
Steamer Ashore 5Ga Great Rars-secre
taEy Eracy osa Goases

BALTIMORE, Oct. lO.-The e. S.
Steamer Dispatch is ashore near Cape
Charles on east coast of Virginia.
Secretary Tracy is or board. It is
impossible to reach the steamer, and
it is in great peril. 1t is highly prob
able now that the steamer will be
wrecked and the crew and passengers
lost,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15

''The Nicaragua Canal is a sue
cess. Work is being carried on
steadily, and if American capital
refuses to complete the enterprise it
will be done by the British capital
lists, who are only too eager to gain
control of this commercial Gibral-
ter" said FL. j. Strong, of -Nicara-
qua, in Chicago on Sunday, accord
ing to a dispatch to the New York
Tribune.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15

The first joint meeting between
Governor Campbell and Mr.. McKin-
ley took place this a. m. at Ada, O.
From the way Mr.. Campbell handles
Mr.. Mckinley this ought to add
considerable to the Democratic G
vote.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
Tha Alliance Organ i'm MeckIenbure

The Charlotte News states that the
efforts for a weekly Alliance organ in
Mecklenburg are about to material
ize and that the organ will be started
in u few days, the matter now being
in the hauds of its editor, manager,
ptc
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15
No Cause for Regret.

An Irishman who was shingling a
barn. got too near the edge and roll,
ed off and fell to the ground. stOi
wuz coomin' down onyway," he re.
piled. ssOi wuz jist out O. nails"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15

Judge Ralph P. Buxton, of Fay
etteville; is being recommended for
Judge Seymour's position as Circuit
Judge by his friends in this State
irrespective of party. Judge Buxton
is a pure man, learned in the law.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15

> This seems to be bad year for the
BIS, Balmaceda, Boulanger, and
about dozen balloonists have taken
sudden departures.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15

The next Civil Service examination
of applicants for positions in the
Government service will be held at
Charlotte on the 22nd inst.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-15

The advent of the "Veiled Proph-
ets' in st. Louis last night was at
tended by gorgeousness pever be-
fore excelled.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
This y Gear Had Indieestion.

L "Beggars nowadays know that the
old stories common to their profession
won't go down with the average New
Yorker who reads the papers and keeps
up with the times, said a young broker
at the Hoffman House the other even
ing.
"Being aware of the fact, they are
ever on the lookout for some new
method of approaching passers-by SO
they may be reasonably sure of getting
a moments attention and incidentally
a quarter, or at least dime. Some
times they size a man up from his ap-
pearance. and walking up to him they
say boldly: Mister, [ am suffering
awfully for a drink, and if you'd give
me the price you'd save me a lot of suf-
fering.'
"In making this appeal the mendi-
can't knows that if the man to whom
he appeals is "a man about town he
will have known what it is to have
been suffering for drink himself and
readily give up dime to aid a man in
the same plight.
"The hungry man, the newsboy who
hasn't sold his papers, the stranger
who wants a lodging over night, and
the old woman who asks for her fare
back to Harlem are all familiar figures
to the New Yorker, but [ really met a
man with an original idea yesterday"
continued the broker. "He approached
me as usual, and I said: Yes, [ know,
you are hungry and all that, but l can t
do anything for YOU
"To my surprise, however, he re-
piled: No, [ amt hungry, boss. [
just ate big dinner and I'm suffering
from indigestion. Can't you give me
something to buy medicine with .
He got a quarter. "-NeoO YORK.
HprnH
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
A Crank's Invention.

The st. Louis Globe Democrat tells
about cranky invention of Western
man who thought that horses are
worked too hard. It was carriage
which ran on four very high wheels.
The driver sat in front and the passen-
gers on each side, like those on an Irish
haunting car. The horse was under
meath the affair, and wiggled along
with only-his head sticking out like a
turtles The beauty of the arrange
ment was a four-foot belly-band that
went underneath the horse, and when
the concern started down hill the driver
turned crank and lifted the horse off
the ground, and the whole business,
horse and all, rolled on together till a
level road was reached, when the crank
was again turned, the horse lowered
till his feet reached the ground, when
business was resumed in the old way.
The advantage of the invention was
that it enabled the horse to ride down
hill the disadvantage was that it could
not foresee and follow the windings of
a road. There is no knowing how
much might come of it, though had it
not happened that the machine ran off
the track one day when going down a
winding hill, ran into a gu1ch, killed
the horse, smashed tho whole contri-
vance~to pieces, and hurt the man SO
badly that when he got well he de-
clined the construction Of another.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26

were then allied with the marauding
Chins of the Burmese northwestern
frontier, and the method adopted for
the subjugation of both enemies stimuli
taneously was by two separate columns
Of troops, one ascending the rivers from
Chittagong through the Lushai coun-
trr, the other, in Upper Burmah, adj
vancing westward to meet it from the
districts which had been molested by
the hostile Chin tribes. so as to effect
a junction, forming line of military
posts OF forts guarding the whole
length of the road.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
Numbering Thread.

When $40 yards of yarn weigh 1000
grains, pound Of cotton, the thread
makers mark it No. l. If 900 yards
weigh a pound it is marked as No. 2.
For No. SO yarn, it would take fifty
multiplied by $40 to weigh a pound
This is the whole explanation of the
yard measurement as used by the
spool-cotton manufacturers. The early
manufa ctured thread was of three in
stead of six cord, the number being de-
rived from the number of yards to the
pound, just as it is to-day. No. 60
yarn made No. 80 thread though in
point of fact the actual caliber of No.
SO thread would equal No. 20 yarn,
being made of three No. 20 strands
twisted together.
When the sewing machine came into
the market as the great thread con-
sumner, unreasoning in it's work and in
exorable in it's demands for mechanical
accuracy, six cord cotton had to be
made in place of the old and rougher
three cord, it being much smoother
AS thread numbers were already es-
tablished, they were not altered for
the new article, and No. 60 six-cord
and No. 60 three cord were left iden-
tical in both size and number.
To effect this the six-cord has to be
made in yarn twice as fine as that de-
manded in making the three-cord
variety The. No. 60 sixecord is made
of six strands of No. 100 yarn. The
three-cord spool cotton is the same
number as the yarn is made of. Six
cord spool cotton is ALWAYS made from
simple thing, but, simple as it is,
there are 1900 kinds of it, and each
kind goes through hundreds of differ
emit processes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
The Microbes Lair.

From time immemorial the doctors
have told us that carpets in winter are
indispensable if we do not wish to die
of all sorts of undesirable diseases. But
now it has been discovered that the
carpet is the source of ills almost with
out number. It seems that it is the
lair of the microbe. Its woollen jun
giles are simply swarming with fierce
bacilli whose tenn ers are lrrltated to
the last degree by anything, such as
brooms and boots. which disturb them.
When disturbed they rush out in miIf-
ions and attack every human being
within their reach. The thing that
especially infdriates them is dancing.
Whenever carpet is shaken by the
feet of dancers the microbes attack the
dancers with such ferocity that few of
the latter escape without at least fit
of illness. This is the real reason why
Young women are so often taken i'll
with consumption or pneumonia after a
ball. Their illness is due to the mi
crobes of the carpet, and not, as was
formerly supposed, to taking cold. 1t
is clear that we must give up carpets,
and as all kinds of WOODEN, cotton and
linen cloth are inhabited by microbes
prudent persons will either clothe
themselves with skins or abandon
clothing altogether. Indeed, the lat
ter seems to be the only safe course
NeU York Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
Making a Bluff.

At about noon, as | was jOurneylng
on horseback through North Dakota, [
came along to a farm house which
looked very dilapidated, but which
might furnish comfortable dinner,
nevertheless. It seemed at first to be
deserted, but after awhile bare head
ed, coatless man answered my knocks
and asked what was wanted. When |
told him he replied:
Stranger, I'm sorry, but [ can't
accommodate you. My wife is down
with the ehills."
"Too bad"
"And my oldest gal has got the
jumping toothache. Just jumped her
clean over chair"
"That's hard lines"
"And the other gal has bin in bed
three weeks with a thorn in her foot. !"
"Im sorry"
"And I've got my every otherday
ager shake on, or [ would cook some
thing for you myself"
"Ihings seem to be going hard with
you," | suggested.
you've hit it, stranger" he said, as
he sat down on the doorstep and in
dulged in long SILVER.
"The land amt what I thought it
was"
MOP"
"And I've had three crops fail on
me-"
"Yes?"
"And some of us have been sick
every day since we came into the State.
Barn burned up last month"
Did, Ell?
"And some one run off my horses
and wagon last week"
Il declared"
"And I'm dead broke and nothing in
the house to eat except cornmeal."
"Well, we'll! Wern't you discour-
aged?'
"Teetotally."
"And why don't you pull up stakes
and leave?"
"Thats it, stranger, why don't I? I
know I orter, and the old woman says
I orter, but I'm hangin' on for bluff. "
"How's that?"
Eastern man got a mortgage for
$500 on this outfit which bain't worth
$500, and I'm hangin' on to bluff him
into giving me $50 more to vacate and
travel. I've writ him if he won't do it
we'll all die in the house and haunt
the ranch forever more, but he's slow
in making up his mind. Ever see a
Teller shake worse than l do, stranger
It's seven miles to the next house, end
the old woman is hollering for water,
and that jumping gal is jumping with
another spell of toothache. Excuse
haste, stranger, and keep straight on,
and Y QUILL fetch up at Brown's.'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26

a position to set about the 'work prac-
tically. 1t was decided that the mon
mument should be simple statue
standing on a plain granite pedestal,
and the contract for making the model
was given to Miss Louise Lawson, the
sculptor. She has completed her model
in clay. The statue will be of bronze,
Will benine feet high, and will stand on
q pedestal twelve feet high. The model
represents Mr. Cox as in the act of
speaking in Congress- his eye on the
Speaker, his right hand raised, and his
index finger extended, while his left
arm hangs by his side. Those who
have seen the model differ in their
opinion of its artistic merits. Some
claim that it is a poor piece of work
which can never be accepted by the art
experts who are to pass upon it, while
others insist that it is all right. The
letter carriers have accepted it and
agreed to pay Miss Lawson $4,000 for
her work. Her original design was a
monument that would portray the his
tory of letter carrying from the days Of
the tabled Mercury down to our own
times. But the letter carriers wanted
a simple statue on pile of granite,
aud they have had their way.