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electricity. Beginning several miles
south OF Hinckley and sweeping north
ward came the cyclone, bsarins with IL
the cense masses gas AMI smoke,
which speedily took fire eithe.' from
the ground fires over which they
passed or from electricity. fac result
was that the whole heavens seemed in
blaze. Immense masses Cf roar ng
flame were hurled along, many feot
above the surface of the ground ig-
hitting everything over VIII ch they
swept. Great black clouds were seen
rushing forward, whirling and roaring
in the wind. only to burst into flames
with an exrl sion like tie discharge Of
ordnance. Many of toe buildings, as l
was told by men who ha witnessed the
remarkable and terror ling sight, did
not take fire ON the outside, but from
within, suddenly burst ng into flames
all through the interior and then eX-
plo ling.
Before the winl came up the people
of Hinckley were generally about their
usual vocations-working in the saw
mill, about the streets, in the stores,
along the railroads, etc. They were
impress ed with the unusual condition
of the atmosphere, but we o not
frightened. The increased density OF
the smoke, so great that lamps were
lighted in the houses shortly after
noon, they attributed to the uncom-
mon stiffness of the air. The fire de-
partment had been on constant watch
FOR weeks qua ding against the near
approach of the foes fires, and at
this time were fighting fire on
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dead, with hope extinguished by
despair and love turned from its OBJ
jects on earth to objects beyond the
dividing line of lite And oh. the
sublime pathos of the ch lnge-the
heroism displayed in the vast burning
regions; the sacrifices that can never
be written nor ever be known; the
divine love that prompted self-ob-
liberation that some one, dearer than
very self, might live.
Mothers covering with their bodies
the PROSTATE forms of their little ones
that the cruel flames might not touch
them, wetting the frail bodies while
their own were on tire-who could
view such scenes, who think of them,
them. without feeling the sublimity
of our common nature? And then
the tragedy-the profound horror
of 1T all-mothers, fathers chill
dren, brothers, sisters, neigh bors
and friends, all standing in a raging
ocean of fire; hopeful until their very
breaths became as furnace draughts,
and then turned with anguished gaze
from earth. to heaven, falling at length
into the sleep of forgetfulness and
painlessness.
How cruel it all was, how swift, and
how terrible A few hours and the
fiery holocaust was over; nearly one
thousand lives were wiped out and
over $4,000, ,0C0 worth of property was
destroyed. The survivors, dazed, SUI
fering and despairing, stood amid their
ruins and their dead, while above,
yelling the brightness of the sun, hunt
clouds of smoke-the fringe OF the
fiery tempest past. Death and ruin
reigned. A. M. DICKINSON.
SEVEN HUNDRED Catholic Knights
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heat, a few from fright and ex.
haus stion, and one man was IA
tally Injured by being tram
ple1 on by COW. Seve al horses,
cows nd pigs, and even q number of
rabbits and few wildcats and lynx,
crowded themselves into the pit with
the people and came out ali,e AS the
flames rolled through the air above
themthe people in the pit suffered un-
told agonies, and many were so severely
burned that they will be under the
care OF doctors for some time TO come
To this gravel pit, however, and to
the two trains guided ~ the
brave engine rs, Best and Root, near Y
all who escaped owe their lives. A few
found refuge in water holes in the
Grindstone River and few succeeded
in escaping hy running for miles along
the railroad tracks, having been una
bic to reach the trains.
OF the l,500 people of Hinckley
nearly 200 perished. At Sandstone
little village few miles north on the
Eas ern Minnesota Railroad, sixty nine
peri he'd. At Pokegama several lost
their lives, anG of the settlers scat
tered here and there through the forest
on small clearings very few escaped.
Altogether, in and about Hinckley,
fully 600 PEOPLE persshed.
Eccrutricity of the Flames.
AS / walked about the smoking ruins
OF Hinckley could not but remark the
complete destruction wrought by the
flames. Every house was destroyed.
The sidewalks, and even the culverts
running under the streets we're burned.
Two landmarks, however, remain to
show that fires as well as floods can be
eccentric. The little wooden outhouse
belonging TO the Eastern Minnesota
The true northerner., 1894-09-21
RUINS OF HINCKLEY.
WHAT A SPECIAL CORRESPOND
EMIT SAW THERE.
Scene of Unutterable Horror, Deso.ation
and Death = Trightfui Experiences of
the People-How the Prosperous Minne-
sofa Town Was Wiped Out.
Firth and Air Afiamc!

Duluth (Minn.) correspondence:
Despite the hundreds of columns
whica have been printed descriptive of
the great forest fires in Northern Min
nesota, the most careful reader cannot
but have failed to reach anything like
q full realization of the horrors of that
terrible holocaust which had the thriv-
ing village OF Hinckley for its center.
No one who has not gone over the
burned territ 1ry, seen for himself the
devastation wrought and talked with
the survivors of the awful tragedy, can
begin to appreciat what that ever-to-
be-remembered afterno n and evening
we're to the PEOPLE OF the stricken ter
ritory. 1T was as though the lid Of
hell had been lifte off for awhile, al
lowing the flames and smoke OF the
internal regions to feast On poor help
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conflagration swept over the country.
The extended drouth, the quietude o
the atmosphere, the fires burning
among the pine stumps and roots in
the forest-these had resulted In filing
the air with dense ma ses of smoke,
Then came veritable cyclone-the
wind glowing sixty miles an hour
suit cient in itself to have wrought un-
told damage The wind instead OF die
sir ating the gas-laden clouds of smoke
only served to condense them. Added
to this, the air seemed charged eith
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City by that remarkable con1agration
when even the river covered as it was
with oil, became a blazing serpent,
miles in length, shooting its fiery
tongues 700 feet in air. But-always
excepting JohnstOwn-I have never
witnessed scene of such complete de-
vastation, such utter de. truction, a is
presented FIR miles and miles north of
st Paul along the st. Paul ~ Duluth
and Eastern Minnesota Railroads.
There is a territory, varying in width
from ten to thi ty miles and n length
from thirty to one hundred miles, in
which the flames left no live thing.
The'whole territory is blackened rum
tens OF thousands of acres of charred
stumpo, smoking ground, gnawing
hames, even yet re ,uctant TO leave
while there yet remains fuel on which
to feed. Where were once great for
rs, partially cleared farms, prosper
GUS saw-mill villages. the homes OF in
du5trious settlers, now all is ruin.
Even at st. Pau found the air dark
with smoke, and as | trave ed north
the smoke became more dense until,
once in the heart of the burned dis
trict, il could be seen rising in columns
and dense masses in all directions,
completely obscuring the sun.
Even the Heaven Abiaze.
How came the Great fire of Septem-
b'r | which swept o yer SO many miles
Of territory, burning several villages
and wippirg o { over 500 human lives?
Not through any unsual prevalence of
smaller fires or through any lack of
vigilance or care on the part of the
peorle but through a combination OF
condition, very difficult 20 explain
early, and against which no man o.
number men could have struggled
successfully. Let s glance at the con-
ditions existing before the terrible
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less humanity" was the way one man
In Hinckley briefly described the scene
80 me.
spent ten days in Johnstown, Pa.
immediately after the awful flood in
She Conemaugh valley; | saw Louis
vile, KY, only a day or two after it
was visited by one OF the most destruc-
tive and fatal cyclones in our history;
train which could take me there after
the memorable flood in that city; Isaw
the ruin wrought in Titusville and Oil
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the we tern verge of the village,
but had 1t completely unIer control
The company was volunteer one
III there was no water system
in the village. But the boys hal
a great quantity of hose and
usually were able TO get water
either from the mill pond on one side
of the village or from the grave. pit"
on the other. In this instance, how
ever, several teams were being en-
ployed drawing water for the fire ccm-
pany. To the fact that these teams
and wagons were acce sib when the
crisis came many people owe their sue
cessful fight fl m the flames.
Su denly came the wind-"the cy-
clone of fire. as the survivors call it,
The insignificant fire which the men
were fighting paled before the immen-
sity of the volume of flame and smoke
which came rushing over the heads OF
the tiremen, and they were immediate
ly forced TO turn AMI fee for their
lives. some on foot and some in the
water wagons. At the same moment
began all over the village, with its
p population of 1,500 souls, the flight for
Iife
In the Gravel psf.
No one attempted TO seek arefuge in
the small mill pond to the west of the
village. 1t was difficult of access or
the villagers at best, bein = beyond the
railroad embankment, and n oreover
was filed completely full of log', SO
that it would have been almost impos-
sible to get into the water From the
mill pond along the northern border o!
the village, at the foot of a consider
abe blum, is the Grindstone River,
never much of a stream, and its bed
now nearly dry. At the eastern verge
of the village was hollow. known as
the gravel pit, in which was a couple
of feet of water This was the only
natural place of refuge for the
people, and it seemed a poor refuge
indeed. About 40 people did reach
the gravel pit however, and by lying
down or crouching in the water and
pouring water over each other, sue
ceeded in fighting off death. A few
perished there from sufiocation and
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out Of existence and levelcd the beau
ties of the forest to a blackened, smok-
ing ruin. But YESTERDAY "a scene Of
prosperity, OF human hope and courage
and Thrift, of human lives and loves,
and now
There is woe piled on woe, horror
upon horror. a charred and blackened
chacs beneath, heaven of smoke
above, a city-a dozen cities-of the
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depot is intact, without sign OF fre
on it, though Of the depot and hotel
ccr So the way not vestige remains.
Again, down beyond the ruins Of the
st. Paul and Luluth Railroad round
house thele o stands garden fence of
thin pickets. dry Us nder. on which
the ii &c ha > lie no mark. Every house
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Flower Pct.

The Paper Record notes the manu-
facture of paper tlower-pots. Their
light weight and non-liability to
breakGge mark them as peculiarly
severe tests prove their ability to
withstand the necessary damp.
The true northerner., 1894-09-21

FOR a complexion soft as velvet and rich
I'm color as the tints OF a beautiful sea
shell. use that wonderful skin purifier
Glenn's Sulphur Soap
The true northerner., 1894-09-21

taking medicine until you are sick2 You
can keep box of kipans Iabules IN the
house, and at the first signs OF IA headache
or bilious attack "a single tabule will re-
lieye you.
The true northerner., 1894-09-21

SOME tars seen through telescopes
are 80 distant that it takes their light
ZOO years to reach this planet.
The true northerner., 1894-09-21

THE hottest region on the earth's
surface is on the southwest coast OF
Persia.
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and tree and every foot # sidewalk
mas been con erted into ashes, but the
picket ence stands as clean and un-
marked rs though no fire had ever
come within mile Cf it, To explain
such things is impossible. They are
facts, nev, rtheless.
Here and there are bits o. clothing.
remnants Of shoes, buttons. etc, and
the peculiar dark. gre sy-lOoklng spots
which the initiated recognizes imne-
oiately as the places where victims of
tGe fire perished Near the size OF the
roundhouso en- the street IS u u2ntity
of scorched feat er; AMI u ned rem
nants Of clothing. The Carelc IS passer
by Wou d no notice the place but 1t
marks q sccnc or ucn Leroic se.f sac
rilice as is seldom met With. On this
spot peris he'd sick man ard his two
would-be saviors. He was unable to
rise from his bed, and two heroic men
arre ed him rom the house lying on
his blankeis and pillow and tried TO
convey him TO place OF safety. After
the fire, when the searchers went
about the street. gathering up the
dead, they found the three corpses.
r. @ corpse of the sick man was easily
identified, but TIE two mob fellows
who died in their heroic effort TO save
Linn were buried beyond recognition.
No one will ever know who they were
this side Of heaven.
Awiu so Con emp!ate.
The mind can hardly grasp the ex-
tent Cf the disaster that has witheBed
with the torch of fire and of death
large area Of Mime sofa, Wisconsin,
and Michigan, leaving only blackened
waste where beauty once repCsed and
human ashes where Cnce was the sweet
vigor o. life A blackened region,
burned house,. and charred bodies
once animated with immortal souls
these are the relics of he fiery tornado
that swept whole towns and villages
The true northerner., 1894-09-21

ALAS, how often statues outlive their
names.
The true northerner., 1894-09-21

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The true northerner., 1894-09-21

SEVEN HUNDRED Catholic Knights
OF Ohio met in convention at Dayton.
The true northerner., 1894-09-21

Lydia {. Plnkham's Liver Pills. IS cents.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION
CASE.

The Texas railroad commission case
has at last been reached and decided
by the supreme court of the United
States. The case was carried up to
the supreme court upon very many
grounds but especially upon the un-
constitutionality of section 5, the
severity of section Ii and the unrea.
sonableness of the rates the commits
sion had fixed. The decision of the
court is very lengthy, and as n whole
is victory for the legality of the act
of our Legislature. An important part
Of the decision is rs followt:
Specific objections are made to the
act on the ground that by section 1
the rates and regulations made by the
commission are declared conclusion
~ all actions between private indi-
viduals and the companies, and that
by section Ii excessive penalties are
imposed upon railroad corporations
for any violation of the provisions of
the act; and thus, as claimed, there is
not only limitation, but a practical
denial to railroad companies OF the
right of judicial inquiry into The
reasnnableness of the rates prescribed
by the commission The argument is in
substance that railroad companies are
bound to submit to the rates prescriO,
ed until in direct proceeding there
has been a final adjudication that the
rates are unreasonable, which final
adjudication, in the nature of things
can not be reached for a length
Of time; that meanwhile a fail
ure to obey the regulations expose:
the company for each separate fare OF
freight exacted in excess of the pre-
scribed rates, TO u penalty so enor
nous as in few days 10 roll up a sun
far abO7e tie entire value OF the prop
erty, that even If IN direct proceed.
ing the rates should be adjudged uu
reasonable, there is nothing To pre-
vent the commission from re-estab
fishing rates but slightly changed
and still unreasonable, to set asid,
which requires new suit, with iii
length of delay; and thus, as il
claimed, the railroad companies art
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31
WILL HE STICK?

The Houston Post urges Judge
Reagan to withdraw from the guber-
material race and give the commission
the benefit of his experience on the
interstate commerce law, his long
membership in congress and his ad-
ministration of the state law, all ol
which emphasizes the Importance OF
Judge Reagan's administrative ability
ON the commission more no"
than when it was though the
commission would have plain
sailing, when he was thought
important. Now the commission
sails between Scilla and Chyribdis,
with breakers all about her. Will
Judge Reagan abandon the ship and
take to the life boat, leaving the peo-
pie of Texas alone to prevent wreck,
or will he, with his old.time gallantry,
take his place on the deck and steer
the ship clear of all breakers? 1t was
thought when the commission law
passed that he could do the state
more good on the commission than be
could in the United States senate
How much more important that Judge
Reagan should be at the commission
helm now than then.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31
BRIGHT's DISEASE
Has Been Proven TO be Catarrh Of the
Kidneys

A letter from Mrs. Mary A. Shear OF
Jennings, La, states: Il am recon-
mending your Pc ru-na to everyone l
hear complain Several people have
already commenced taking it. My
disease was Bright's disease of the
kidneys and catarrh of the bladder. |
am quite well now"
The symptoms of Bright,s disease
are: Dull pain in the back, scanty,
high colored urine containing albu
men and various sediments, nausea.
and sometimes vomiting; paleness of
the face and feet; dropsy of the legs;
palor and dryness of the skin, chilly
feelings, alternating with fever and
sleeplessness. The treatment is: A
tablespoonful of Peru ma before each
meal, between meals and at bed time,
and enough Man-a-iin at night to pre-
duce one natural action OF the bowels
each day.
Send to the Pe-ru-na Drug Manu-
featuring company OF Columbus, o.,
for a free copy of the Family Physl.
clan No. ?, devoted to catarrh in all
forms and stages.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31

The clerks and men counting the
silver in vault c of the United States
treasury department the other day,
in order to protect Themselves from an
avalanche of silver, built a dam
across the vault. Silver dollars in
great numbers when started, flow with
more swiftness and velocity than
water, but this protection happening
to break under the pressure, the clerks
had to run for their lives. You
may down silver for a
time, but when it accumulates in sutii-
Gent quantity it will beak the dam
and under an adjustment of ratio by
international agreement will finally
overflow the markets of the world.
This is a tip to the very few who d-n
silver in another way.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31
DeLacy VIII Appeal.

NEW YORK, May 29-Peter De
Lacey's lawyer will enter an appeal
against Justice Gaynor's decision
in DeLacey's suit against the Brooklyn
Jockey clubs president. A new point
of law will be raised. The coustitu-
ttonality Of the Saxton amendment to
the Ives pool law will be brought into
question. This made it illegal to send
money by another person TO bet at a
race track. 1t is assumed however,
that betting was legal. DeLacey SAYS
the case will be carried on appeal to
the highest courts if necessary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31
Baptist Missionary Union.

SARATOGA, May 29.-The series of
meeting held here during the past
week by several societies of Baptists
ended tonight with the closing session
of the Baptist Missionary union. Ad-
dresses were made by representatives
from different mission fields, including
Revs. John Foster of China, John
Craighead, M. G. Mason of Assam, }
W. Koenig of Germany and DR.. A. A.
L. Rose of Burmah. The anniversa-
ries will assemble at Portland, Ore,
in May.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31
n oticp.

Ali persons having claims against
the estate OF Mary RICE, deceased, are
hereby notified that ths undersigned,
whose postoflice address is Austin,
Tex, was granted final letters of ad-
ministration on said estate by the
court of Travis county, Tex, on the
18th day of May, a. D. 1894, and that
they must present their claims to him
for allowance within one year from
said date, or their payment will be
postponed until all claims presented
within that time are first paid.
w. b. WORsHAM,
A administration of Mary Rice -danaased
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31
ANNOUNCEMENT.
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.

We are authorized 10 announce j., II, HendeI
,on az a candidate for the Twenty-fonrlh legs
lature, subject to the action OF the Democratic
convention.
We are authorized to announce that MI.
Thomas II. Wheless is a candidate Tor eiecuoh
al representative in the Twerty.fourth legis-
latuTe, subject to the action of the Democratic
convention
WE are authorize 20 announce that Mr. K.
II, Ward is a candidate for representative IN
the Twenty-fouTth Legislature, subject TO the
action of the emOcTdtiC county convention.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31

The Philadelphia Record, one of
the most reliable newspapers in this
country, thinks that there is a malign
design in disappearing the gold in
the banks of this country fer some po-
litical purpose. A press dispatch rep
resented that there was only s., 23S, 0OO
in gold in the Philadelphia banks,
when, in fact, The Record says there
was $15, 94S.OOO in gold in the Phila-
delphia banks.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31
Buekl : MS Arniea salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fe-
yer, sores, letter, chapped hands, chill.
blains, corns and skin eruptions, and
positively cures piles, or no pay re-
quired 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction or money refunded
Price 25 cents per box For sale by
John H Chiles, the druggist
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31
CRIPPLE CREEK STRIKERS.
They are We'll Armed and the People
are Being Imposed Upon.


CRIPPLE CREEK, Col, May 90
The deputies and strikers are still
keeping a safe distance from each
other. Both sides are exerting every
effort to increase their numbers, the
strikers using, in some instances,
loaded winchesters as arguments. The
strikers become bolder and more inso-
lent every day. All tie smaller
towns are completely subjected and
some swagger demonstrations have
been made at Cripple Creek. There is
nothing manly in the attitude OF the
strikers. They vastly outnumbering
the male population and being heav.
lily armed have contiscated nearly
all the firearms owned by individuals.
Conscious alike of their own strength
and The weakness of the inhabitants
they conduct themselves in an over
bearing manner and exact conduct
on the part OF the inhabitants
that is little shor! of the
most abject servility. Today a
party entered Mound City, and at the
point of winchesters forced the union
men, together with a non-union man
to go TO Bul! Hill. The general i'm y
preston here is that this question can
be settled by a terrible conflict and
the people anXiOusly await the end,
whatever it may be, To the credit of
the strikers be it said that in some of
the camps they have closed every sa-
loon and placedtguards over them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31

Mr.. PATTERSON of Colorado at
tempted in the Democratic national
convention at Chicago to amend the
silver plank by inserting the word
"free" coinage of silver, and the amend"
ment was lost, so it will be seen the
convention declined to put free coin
age in the platform then as the Dem
ocracy will refuse to do next August
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-31
COUNTY TREASURER.

ED. ANDERSON candidate for collection
for county treasurer, with abiding faith in lhe
Import Of the people at the bal OF box
A. ]. JERNIGAN is a candidate for election
the office of treasurer Of Travis county, sub
ect to nomination by the Democratic county
ouvention.
WE are authorized to announce Mr., ]. S.
BoOlhe as II candidate for the office of
county treasurer of Travis county, subject to
the action of the Democratic convention.