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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01
BLAND
HAS GOT
A QUORUM.
Iho & n.y. 'ssS' Question
Was Ordered,
BUT THE QUORUM EVAPORATEU,
And the Rule to Fix a Time
for Vote Not Adopted.
WIN Likely be Done Today, Though.
Several New Workers Camo to
BANDS Aih-The senate is
Debating Hawaii Texas
Matters At the Capital.



Washington. Feb. 2S.-After the OPEN
ing Of the session this morning Mr.. Gels
senhnincr, Democrat. of New Jersey tried
To seizure unanimous consent Tor tue con
sidcrniion of the bill making an appro-
priation 20 save the armament Of the
wreck Of the keursarge, but MIR, Bland
demanded tho regular order
~. g,f......t.,i....,. T.. ,.,.., "a, ,t,.. H..
~ ''''''"''''' - O''' W '''
Gratis VINO refused to vote on MT
BANDS motion.
Aft.r tho COLL of committees far no.
~ PEI. - IL. ,.,.,..,,,,,,1
pofus' AT, Ni'EoIe % ieA'9 P''s'"''u
she following resolution as a question OF
privilege
,,U-,,a n,. t,,,.., n, clio Ifui.,.i
States section 40 chapter W. oil inc Nr-
vised Statutes. provide that when any
,n.,,bor of +h. bous. Of renrescptatiyps
Iii ~, -. far NV c,nso o,cont
'n"i' W
that of sickness of himself or of his
family. il shall be the duty Of the SER
i''''','' -. -, ,,,o ,,t,
s''"' ,''' -. ,I.'..
ly salary the amount due him each dNy
he tx so absent from such cause; aud,
u, 1,t.. u,, ,,,.sont s,sst,p
,,..,. -. -,
many members nave p''l' "p'e"'' 'S up
Inn ,tas. named in fhe stntute. there.
uD'" '"D''
fore, ne 1t
"Rcsoyed that the sereeant-atarms be
required TO report IN this house without
-. 90 .,,,.b obseptncs and
delay lhe nlIueH IT, i,' s,,,l, .1s"s
Whrlh'r Hr IVY b,, h,a, Ia, him
made AMI PROVIDED INV ~ n, ~ US ', mnt
complied Win anl tn"' II H. ii,' r ,,o
been cumplied WIN; \" ,i
5onS ky ,t,, NC ra m ana If In his iuig.
mont the law cannot pg e',, n,.s, W ,sby
| that he ne REQUIRED 10 E''' "'''
l II cannot be ehinreru' 800 ..,,,. .t,o,
! Mr. Reed made lhe npull "i WI'i 5Tt
I the resolution was not prlFHcSNus "
| speaker decided that the tcsolnilnhi y,
/ drawn was not privileged nut ,nni y !,
| contained IN allegation 10 therehect lhal
nm officer of the house had been derclicl
/ IN his duty II WON" ele"rN W " "''
character, ,,, ,.,,1., ;,
mako the Change suggested.
Thercupon Mr.. Bland moyed thG, t ~,
house KY iu." ~ H. s.jgniornce hin
Mr; illlm w" W., KIN close al 4 o'clocl
oral dchnie on w ~, MN, yiuse t,e !" dcmande,
tomorrow ON ne motien ne u'n'ii'''
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01
rNIoNs run COMMISSIONER.

BY Associated Press
Washington, Feb rs Judge Cox, "
the district suprcmr court today granted
the Injunction asked hy Judge Charles
G., Long Of the Michigan supreme court
To- restrain Commissioner Of Pensions
l1chrcn from reducing hs pension from
81 10 500 a month, ns the commissioner
announced hr would do
While Judge Long was granted In
junction the opiuinn Judge CrA on tie
whole appears adverse TO him The IN
Junction granted u given ON technical
grounds, foe judge staiing that he ~
of the opinion that tho commissioner of
pensions Las not given actual thirty dnys
notice OF suspension or reduction Of p'u-
sion, required by the act OF December
n. 1881
On one " the main questions 90 issue;
viz, the power of the commissioner of
pensions To- rvpiw and revise the action
and ruling of his predecessor, The deci-
sion is IN favor nf Commissioner Lochrcn,
Judge C1x nilmg thaf Commissioner
Lochrcn has this power
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

Dcnison. Tex. Feb rs Fully 1900
people wore nt The Howard rlce track
this afternoon 10 Wow the races ar
ranged several weeks ago. Tho Terri
tory was represented bv o large number.
ns three ArlmOre horses contested.
The day was The Dfctiies' Of the sea-
son and The weather pleasant.
First race. throe-ciglths nf mile dnsh,
three entries. purse 500, Won by Gold
dust aorrel mintc owned by Julian
Gndgcll Time. O;pi.
Second rao. free for all pnco -four
entries Won hy Grey Eagle, the prop.
eriy Of Al Bigdon. Time / 10
]. g. Brown Of Conf Gnfa bcsiod Nil
Ter Pryor Of Denieon In a iiftyfoot foot
race for So O side
IN APRIL there WI be f1nr dave racing
and about ilfiy horses will be present.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

hy Associated Pres
London. Fob. ~, Madame Janet Pa
tey. the distinguished contralto siuger,
died at sheffield today. Madame Paicy
WAS closing tour 0f The province and
last night after slnising unusually well
was twice recalltl and sang "the
Banks OF Allan Water While shr was
singing he last lines she was suddenly
seen to lean over Tie piano uud finished
tho sonr In this noitnn. thr closing
words being, "rhcro cnrpsc lay she
After hrshinr the song she f1inicd ana
never regaincd consciousness.
Madnme Putpv WIS born in london IN
1872. aud made her debut az Birming-
ham H. 1851 She sang az tho WORCESTER
festival. aud In 1871 made q professional
tour of the United States.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

Ify AAaNNiuInI Pros
,,-..,t..,a-, ,.,. 10 MI, ..,,,. h,l
W aS1lls.''" ~, = "t s','i't ""f
t"V nou'9 9'Vn '''ns NY ~ 80, W.
"n'in W. r,'ei 'B.esii.,,t Gi.',
,ot y ~ ia ~ 49,,
'',''u 80 '' 49, i'.,,.''.i
eAgvu,i'e sesauN Ky aV''o' ~,
Wv I'm ii,.i nus
Xiii. tn M. enS6c a, "r,,',,.'3 IN
Mac ,,. ag S.ns,or yancs
w. H. 5ta,,.l o. Be-. t..,,,.
H'h"'ui iA"ul ""JV'''u 90 4e lHul'
II went over uull tomorrow.
Immediately Hilef tue reading OF inc
journal Senator Frye of Maine addressed
the senate ou tho Hawaiian testimony
taken before the senate committee on for
cign regulations. flr said the events had
islands in which the American people
,,er, decply Interested. nnd which ,yar,,
l,ru,iljofi1g Ia tha cottnfrr nm, raia-
H. i,,i,,,e, tI,,, fslonIs nid H., tfnit.l
Stat,- ,yare ci,.e onJ nas,,iisr liz
Slal'S NvIe tU1s "liu ~ u'l"'; re
lI'e IllS WIZ, N,''''.gGn tnen gin W.
American men and women had sought
TO penetrate TIE dark cloud Of haruar-
| ism and paganism which had hung over
them, and they had reaped a rich har-
vest by their missionary work. The
chiefs of the social blood had died ont
| In 1874. when kAlakua was elected king.
| Aftor lint fnr "a limo thara ,,.as ,oae.
| ~ NO isian1s Rut he nnmpd Ills sfster
| I ntnntalani as sue,essor 10 thn tbrnne
All sbs in,nc5Iatelv becsn scbe,nin /,
nlul sl' in l,i',.' svu''', W,
| LOT tue overthrow OF UT pIp hor' She
was uhsu gyesslnf pu' nlN uea'h maue her
| ruler Of Hawai-
The Louisiana lottery. to get a foot
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

Carts Is backed by r. n. Carr aud
"Raeht Eye by James \ Bates. 4
side hci OF Slnp hNs also been made
Mr. Carr has also mairltI Paddy
Wclch nf New Orleans TO stop "Bright
Iye" within six rounds before the same
club. NEXT Saturday evening. A purse
Of SiO0 is slakci ON The last named con-
test
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01
lsTHE WAY GOV. HOGG DE-
INMATES THE STORY THAT
ARE LAYING WIRES.
cucrnor and the Chief sachem
ai Yesterday in Galveston.
rier Won't Listen TO Any
Kind of Political Talk.


! Dispatch.
ieI5n. Tex, Feb. % Late last
Igehard Croker. grand sachem of
H. Mrs Hiebnrd Croker. Frank
1rber Croker. sons of the chief;
7hrockmorton of Virginia Miss
oi New York. chaperoncd 10y
James S. Ioga aud Mr. Ed
asasc. prominent Texas sugar
arrived here in Mr.. Crokcr's
an 'Wnlowdalc." The Croker
rnalned ia their ear. while Gov
.Ess and Mr.. House sought quar-
h. Tcmont hotcl for the night.
4 MY was astir carly this morning
IN c..t..- - -. J.,
''H'' anu pHI''' "n"'' "'
g governor llogg and u lew
D. citizens. were shown during
~ NV lo'n,' OIL interest ]" VIC
~ an elegant luheh ln'y
a Ae quarpntine tug Hygeia aud
4 A,vn The harbor imnrovomepts
os,,. 80 ls.'...,....,,. ~ ui,
N " ''''Hti ue'lou anu 'iii'
4 lN Nnker and family are being
a w sritftainel.
e Nft v-nl lo,ve to.norrow cor
~ "a '''' W"
II ' "ltVr looklhg over tha'
- hlYe for New Orleans.
cal Tammapv loader mot ,pite
,als a '''' Nv -
~. l'oNnnen' 'ili@eha oho
Flsncally of the wonderful
"A Al possibilities of the state.
l,d.a I. ~ 'on,ersa''on ,oucneu
NV York pouucs' nc
II ~ clam. He said his triI
II \ flllieal sirnificonca that If wa.
ssuEe aud recreation
.nir Horr nlso dental omnboti
~ iAe rammauv chiefs presene,
" 81 this time had any politira
N shout 1t.
. itkel IL Nj. Croi,or,s ris;+ va,
: ihe pune ~ 70 r il.,', .lSlt VA
noaination of lin r. sn ~ IIo ~
Presidency apd wi yicc e,,r i idoSs,
ri ihe goyernnr indignnn Mn ~;
t0t lie saii tb hia''R bo b sS bd 1T,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

Washington. Feb. IS. In the super
vising nrchteci's Office o lie trcasur,
department today. ldds wero opened
for tle construction or the ur-
pronch 10 the United Sifes courthouse
and postoiiice al Paris ihe lowest hid
WAS from y. -. Wilson A Co. OF Ma
The appointment Of Representative
Gresham ns member Of the house
committee on commerce Z compliment
To that gentleman, and gses hlm posi-
ton In which be can do 'feciiye work.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01
TEXAS oFiIcEs.


Washington. Feb. Ste appoint.
meut today " l.. ". Logan as post.
master 81 Vernon, Of fharlcf A, Worth
elmer AZ Victoria. wen in The line with
congressman. and had been forecast IN
thnse dispatches.
Representative Cockell had rather n
stih fight on his hane ~ Vernon. but
came fhrougS with fling coiors. 70 T.
nlsO said here that esenator Wsseen-
grr Of Victoria was beers 81 protest
but. II 70. the protest was Ineffective.
A postoihcr was established today M
Colbert Enth COMMIT james y. Nc
Donald Postmaster
T.. j. Rpberts we today appnir ed
postmaster AZ olefts Limestone county,
vice v. Deans. resisIld
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01
A GIGANTIC FnAuD
Chicago Atumpys liUolhrcotc Forged
Deeds and RehliEe Sau0U0O

by AasociNicd Pro.
Chicago. ll, Feb ~ II Us now ul-
legged thnt ns much az Si1uNOD on morn
Was realized hv aUurnev Frederick y
Baker. loscph 1, DOLLS aud ~ Cpykon-
DIAL the men chureod with swindiing by
menns Of forged doads upnn which, thry
npciri loans. ilnnker. rival rstnte
dealers. lonn ussnpnlnnH and Ind vldunlH
have been yiclimized Dolls AMI liaker
have hoon arrested, and detectives ave
looking Tor lhe others
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

Nncrm lbapnichs
Dallas Tex. Feb rs Major A, q.
Slmmon. an old Confederate soldier was
elected registrar of votes on tho four
topnth ballot by the commissioners court
today. There We're dozen applicants
for the position. including Judge n. @.
Bower. William Shed. Major George w.
lYns0n and several others, Major Sam
mon came from Jefferson CRY, Mo, ak
years ago.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01
DALLAS LIQUOR DEALERS MEET
l...,.f.I ital.,ut..h

Dalins. Tex. Fob - The liquor deill.
en- Of the city held o big meeting this
Afternoon ut 1rish-Amorlcau hall and
olecisd Leopold Bolny prisilent. Mnurice
j. u Lacy rice president and q. H.
Striking sntfehry About 100 dealers
were nrrseni. Tho local option hrhi IA
certain 70 come Ia this city. ihc county
being dry now and the trade il organ.
ling
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01
GrN. cApnlL orr AGAIN.

Dallas. Tex. Fob. 2S Cen w. s.
Cnhell. who sustained seyernl bad hruisra
owing 10 a storm ut SEA while en- route
from Ilundnrns 10 New Orleans. IL out
again Friday he viii doDart FOR Puerto
corfrz Win Tunpa Fla. and y the rvyp-
lutionisis do not capture him he VIII re-
turn about March ~.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS

Washington. Feb - Tile president
today sent the following nominations 10
tho senate. Posrnators. l.. VI. Logan
Vernon, Tex. Charles A. Werihclmer,
Victoria. Tex.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

1pfclh blAlatNHs
IN Paso. Tex. Feb. % Articles Of
agreement were Tonight entered into
betwren Riny lewis n Butte Mont
and Australian Bills Smith f1f q finish
light for 500 side The fisif will be
with two-ounce gloves on ihe 18th Of
March al some point near n Paso.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

special Difpainn'
peni.on. T'er.. Feb % Edward Ring.
ar and miss Lillian Jones were married
This ereniag % toe Presbyternn church,
Both reslde hcrc.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

Special Dispatch.
Bolton. Ter., Fob. 2s.-The residence
Of Cbnries Actin burned this uOrnlng
a. 3 O'Clock h wet heligu. i.oss 5000
f,lobe Ter $50 1ho origin Of the ffa
Wss eridc1fJ iDcendiiiy
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01
7 Escaped LYNcH1Ne.
BIN. nhsilns into a River and
aossoEned A Negro

- y Prev.
ss.s sS. Ala- Feb. 2s.-one Of
" ss a - outrage az and a't g1 sseq
tesls nn,'.,, lsN days ago while
~ "a ,o tae Black Warrior
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

Nine. Paiev, che Renowned Centralto,
"And There Corpse lay She"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01
RING
bVELTlES.

yer so pretty nor so
osble as this season.
should make an early
ion. No better styles
had later, no prettler
tlpent to be seen IN
have a special sale OF
+. You win find this
5argain Of the season
should call early to
tbe rush, 25c and S9c
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-01

Florida raises fiftJ Flrleilas q oTaagal-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-03
A Day of Horrors.


Thirty-nine buildings out of roc
stand amid smoke and ashes en- the
site Of what was Friday the flourish
ing city of Phillips, Wis, the county
seat of Price County, and one of the
wealthiest and most prosperous of all
the towns in the timber regions OF
Wisconsin. Three thousand people
are homeless, and, except those who
have been offered shelter in tho neigh
boring towns, have no covering for
their worn out bodies Worse than
all, at least thirteen people are known
to have lost their lives. The dead are:
James Locke. Lutcher, wife and five chill
dren.
Frank Cliss. In charge OF the dry kilns OF
the John r. Davis Lumber Company, ard
2-year-old child.
Mrs. David Bryce. wife II the foreman
OF the Fayette Shaw Tannery. al d two chill
dren. Mr.. Dryden was also supposed TO
have died. but returned home that night
having been away from the city, only to
hear that his family had persisted.
Unknown man.
All the dead were drowned in Elk
Lake while trying to escape from the
fire, except the unknown man whose
body was found in the ruins of the
house of F. w. Sackett, editor of the
Phillips Times
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-03

Ing could be done to check the flames
which speeded from building to build
ing with great rapidity. People liv-
ing in the upper stories Of buildings
were comp lied to fee for their lives,
and in one instance the family OF John
B. Leicht were rescued from the Sec
ond story of the drug store of Vanme-
ter & Co. by means of ladders so fast
was the spread of the flames.
brooklyn, low, re Sen.
A disastrous fire broke out in Wood
e. Kibby's furniture and undertaking
establishment at Brooklyn, Iowa, Sat
urday morning. and in two hours ev-
cry business building on Front and
jackson streets was in ruins, including
the Chronicle Office, the postotfce, and
the opera house. The loss is over
$50, 600 and the insurance nearly $780,
600. The Ma ional and Niagara In
surance Companies are the heaviest
losers. Others are TIE Continental,
Home Hartford, Farmers, Council
Bliffs Capitol, North British, Ktna,
and Phoenix.
The following are the losses. with
the amount of insurance carried:
Brooklyn Chronicle, $1,000 partly
insured; Butts barber shop 800, no
insurance; Wood q Kibby $4,000, in
surance 81 800; Dr.. Conawty and Bus
by 81 900. no insurance; Scott, Reed a.
Scott s: 0J, no insurance; Poweshiek
County Bank S9.5 O, insurance $1,000;
Boston G othing House I :, 900. insurance
$500; Pest Jffice 50, 800 insurance ST.
700; j. II. Wood S1,L0J, insurance
So 0: Rayburn q Lee S1,S0J, insur-
ance Sl.5tC; DIR. A. G. Landes $50,
insured; Charles West 500, insured:
T.. II Talbot $500, insured, G. Il.
Ra nsburg $500, insurance $500:
Leonard Bros. $ O,O)J insurance 81 100;
Will lam Hankey 5000. insurance
5000; Graham Bros. s 1000, in ,urance
$1,000; DIR. A. +. Anger $1,000, insur-
ance 5000: |. o. o. +. hall $4,000: in
surance Sc, 200; George Kraft $500,
by damage: Earr Bros. 81, o. o, insur-
ance $40 600; J. w. Johnson 5000,
partly insured; Mills variety store
5000, insurance $500; Mustapher IL
Butts 81 900, no insurance; +. L. ShIa.
de $4,000 insurance $4,000; w. l..
Paul $500, in 3urance 8 90: /. L. Drake
49,, insured; Will lam Manatt $4,000,
no Insurance.; Phil Kilmer $1,000, in
sured; Wood * Derrance 5000, part
ly insured; First Rational Bank 800.
insured; Sterling & Tabott building
800, insured; Bowers building 500,
insured; Boughton, jeweler. $50, in
SIRED: f. II. Bigelow s40O, insured;
Westley Man 1T 81 900, no insurance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-03
More Relics of Lincoln.

Two relics of Abraham Lincoln Of
very exceptional interest have just
been added to the museum at the house
in which he died, No. 5l6 Tenth street.
The first is the Lincoln fam .ly Bible,
owned by the Presidents parents, and
having his name on the inside of the
cover, in a childish, scrawling hand.
1t is of rare edition of 1899. From
this book Mr.. Lincoln derived that
wide and accurate knowledge of tho
Scriptures that marks all his speeches
and state papers to an extent unequal-
ed by any other American public man.
This book bears the evidence of much
use, but is in a good state of pre- serva-
tion. The second relic is deed, all
in Mr.. Lincoln's hand, bearing date
the 25th of October, lS4l, and in per-
feet condition as to legibility. This is
one of the most interesting autographs
of Mr.. Lincoln in existence. These
articles have become the property Of
the Memorial Assoc alton of the Dis
trict OF Columbia, through the gener-
osity OF one OF its members, Mr.. Gar
diner G. Hubbard. Washington Star.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-03
IN OFFICE sIxTY-FoUR YEARS.
The Record of an Octogenarlan Postmas-
ter I'm the buckeye State.

The Record of an Octogenarlan Postmas-
ter I'm the buckeye State.
Postmaster General Bissell has found
man in the postal service whose ex-
perience has interested him so greatly
that he contemplates making use of q
recent letter written by this man in
preparing his annual report. says a
writer in the New York Times. w. H.
Wallace, Sr., postmaster at Ham
mondsville, Ohio, now 81 years of age,
wrote two fair pages OF letter paper re-
Gently without noticeable error of
composition and in good, firm hand, to
give the Secretary his experience in
brief He has been sixty-four years
in the postal service, having held Office
under thirty Postmaster Generals. He
began when he was still a boy, and has
been the postmaster at Hammondsville
many years. When he was first post
master, and the charge for letters was
% cents for 400 miles or over, he had
taken two bushels of oats, or two BUSH
els of potatoes, or five dozen of eggs,
or four pounds of butter, or two-thirds
OF a bushel of wheat, or one and one
TIL pounds of common wool as fair
compensation in kind for the postage.
The postage on thirt 1.-TWO such letters,
he says, would b. about equivalent to
the price of a good milch COW. The
postmasters were expected to look out
that letters were written on one sheet
Of paper; If they were on two sheets
the postage was to be double. Mr..
Wallace gives some entertaining ac-
counts of his many long trips over the
mountains before the railroads were
constr. cite l. indicating that he was a
travelled man many years before there
was much travelling between the East
and the West. That he is a retty
capable citizen at his age is plain from
the fact that, besides being postmas-
ter, he is the station agent for the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Hammonds-
willie
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-03
On the Safe Side.

Everybody knows this is good place to be,
out everybody does not take measures to be
tn ere. IAN efficient preventive places us on
the safe side Of incipient disease, and there is
no one more reliable than Hostetter' Stomach
Bitters in cases where the kidneys are mac
tive, which is but the preliminary to various
destructive maladies, which, disregardsd. have
q fatal termination. Bright's disease, diabetes,
dropsy. edema. are but the outgrowths of
neglected inactioa OF the kidneys and bladder
They shC3id be checked at the outset with the
Bitters, which will prevent their progress by
arousing the renal organs to activity, and thus
place those who resort to this saving medicine
on the safe side. This preservative of safety
also conquers cons ti2ation, liver complaint,
malarial fever, nerve nsness and dyspepsia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-03

The property loss cannot at this time
be accurately estimated but it will
reach at least 81, 10000.
The immen:e plant of the John Il.
Davis Lumber Company is total loss,
amounting to between 100000 and
$4,000 0. On this property there is an
insurance equal TO at least four-hfths
the value of the plant OF the rest Of
the city about half the property was
insured. Many Of the poorer people
carried no insurance on their homes,
and they have lost everything. There
We're many fine business blocks and
private residences in the city, and
every one was burned to the ground.
Many of the residences cost upward of
$40, o. and were handsome even for a
Northern Wisconsin city.
Not since the cyclone of fire that
wiped cut the existence of the village
of Peshtigo, when many people were
burned to death, has there been hol-
ocaust of the character of tn one.
Four gales of fire following each
other. as soon as one had accomplished
its work of destruction, cut four
swaths through the city, leaving stand
ing only the Lutheran Church and
some dwellings near the southern linn
its. and freakish JUMPING over the
Woes T. Town Hall and group of
dive lings in the very heart of the
burned district.
A system of wa er works, which
would ordinarily be amp'e protection
against the blazing fore b, was rem
dered useless by the burning of the
pumping station In tie first fire.
Relief Come Quickly.
In almost no time provis ions consist
ing of bread, butter, coffee and canned
articles had been receiS ed from FifeId.
Prentice, Dorchester, Medford and
Butternut. TIE egrams were received
from the mayors of Ashland and Stew
ems Point. The former telegraphed
that he would send what was wanted,
and man was at once sent TO superin
tend the shipment. Stevens Point
sent a carload of provisions. Satur-
dav night eight carloads Of provisions
had been received. Major Upham,
who has had experience with the ter
rors OF fire, te.ographed that relief
was on the way from Marshfeld as
soon as he arrived home from Mil
waukee.
Governo Peck sent the following
message from Geo. ON woo:
WIN OIlub once. wire flP
ut once what Is most needed. Keep stiff
u"re lip We are coming as soon as cars
can run.
A telegram was sent 10 the Governor
In reply. asking him to send blankets
aud tents, together with me- tents,
for l,JO) people. in response {, this
the Governor telegraphed that there
were no tents available a. present, but
that he would be there in the morning
with sheathing, hammers and nails,
and to be ready to bsgin the con true
tion OF temporary quarters.
Ra wy OHcisis Render Aid.
General Manager Whitcomb, OF the