The herald., 1896-10-06
The Mountain Fires Still Rag.
ing FuriousIy
TIMBER LAND THREATENED
Fire Flehters at Work and Hopeful Of
Success
Silver Supporters Gather to Listen to
Orator Tayior-Baseball and Bicy-
cla-Social and Personal Notes

reports men now hghting fire above
Switzer's. to which point they moved
camp. The intense volume Of smoke
seen to the north Of Pasadena today,
he says, comes from the Tejunga, where
the worst Of the fire is now located.
Between there and Switzer's some eight
miles. practically the whole country is
already burned over, so there seems to
be no danger to the front range Of noun
tains from the huge Tejunga fire. The
other immense fire in the San Gabriel
canyon has now reached within six
miles Of switzers camp on the east. and
If these two raging torrents Of flames
should come together. and they are now
working toward each other. Mr.. Royce
says the fire fighters agree that no pow
er on earth could stop the work Of de-
struction till the whole Sierra Madre
range lies covered with ashes. Thou
sands Of acres are already burned over,
but a great area of valuable timber
land lies on to the north and east, right
in the track of the two big fires.
John McCutcheon returned this after
noon and reports the trails impossible,
owing to the great trees and brush,
some of them still burning, which have
fallen across the trails everywhere. He
says 1t Is no exaggeration to say that
sheets Of flame fifty feet high are now
ing trees from the mountain sides.
This evening the fire is again seen at
several points along the top Of the front
range, upon which the Mount Lowe
railway and Echo Mountain house are
located. Apparently nothing is being
done to check the San Gabriel canyon
fire. which is the largest of all.
The flames have now reached the
summit of Brown mountain and have
done more damage, but back-f1ring will
begin tonight, and 1t is thought there
are men enough to check the flames.
The fire has been extinguished four
miles beyond Switzer's, and the camp is
now in no danger. Men spent the night
last night and are now camped there.
The men feel rested and greatly encour-
aged.
A SILVER MEETING
The advocates Of free silver held a
rousing meeting in the Republican wig
wan this evening. J. B. Young, vice.
president of the Bryan Silver club pre-
siding. and the speech Of the evening
being delivered by Hon. F. NJ Taylor Of
Colorado. An overflow meeting was
also held at the silver club rooms. which
was largely attended.
At the wiywam~t there were fully 1000
auditors. and Mr.. Taylor's two-hour
address was received with very great
enthusiasm.
The meeting was by far the largest
political gathering ever held in Pasa-
dena. Not only was the Wigwam crowd
ed to suffocation, but largo overflow
meeting was addressed in the Bryan
c1YY hU Ind rA nf
Los Angeles and others.
All day Pasadena has been discussing
the meeting. Some rabid Republicans
did not want to allow the silverites to
use their Wigwam. although they had
at first agreed to do so, the objection
being that the meeting had been adver-
tised as a -silver Republican" meet
and the use Of the Wigwam was allowed
the Bryan club. The Republicans, how
ever, tried to get up counter demon
stratiQn by pinning very large gold
badges to the coats Of all who would
permit it.
An hour before the time for the meet
ing to be held the Wigwam and sur
rounding sidewalk was crowded, and
when the Los Angeles delegation arrived
in cars bearing the inscription, Republf-
can Silver Club, a great crowd received
them with cheers.
They marched to the hotel and escort
ed Mr.. Taylor to the Wigwam, and the
meeting began.
B. Young, who has voted for Repub-
lican presidential candidates since he
has voted at all, presided. On the stage
were q large number of ladies and gen.
tlemen, including q number of lifelong
Republicans. Judge Lamme sat beside
Mr.. Young, and Senator Del Vale oc-
cupied a nearby seat. There was a song
by Pasadena's poet-singer, Professor
Clark, and his friend, G. T. Havens, q
short speech by Candidate Sprague, the
fusion candidate for the legislature, and
then, with an enthusiastic greeting by
the big audience, Mr.. Taylor began his
speech. Frequently he was interrupted
by enthusiastic applause. and even old
Republicans stood up and cheered when
he declared that this country should be
as free in its financial policy as it is
In its political government
Whenever he mentioned the name OF
Bryan. but especially when he declared
that he would be the next president, the
cheering was both enthusiastic and con-
tinuous. When he closed, some ques-
tions were handed him, signed "Repub-
lican." which ld was requested to an
ewer. He expressed his willingness to
40 so II the anonymous questioner would
give his name. The crowd cheered this
etatement and the further offer by Mr.
Taylor to debate silver with any man
who had formerly been for it, but had
recently changed his mind. An employe
OF the Times. which paper had done its
best to throw dfscredit on the meeting
In Its issue this morning, endeavored to
make point against Mr.. Taylor by de-
0laring that silver men always lodged
questions. The fellow continue5r in an
effort to create disturbance. Isyt Mr.
Taylor treated him very politely and
finally answered the questions at the re-
quest Of Mr.. Sprague. The crowd an
plauded every sentence in the answer
and the Times man, as soon as possible
slipped ouNof the hall. 1t Is understood
that the author OF the questions is one
]. d. Wood.
After the meeting Mr.. Taylor returned
20 Los Angeles, where he was enter
tained by the members of the Los An
geles Silver club.
Chronic kickers objected to the plac-
Ing OF the Republican wigwam at the
disposal Of the Bryan club tNs even
Ing when Hon. M. T. Taylor spoke in
the interests of free silver. Earlier in the
campaign the Bryan club volunteered
the use Of its headquarters to the Re-
publican club for the speech Of Mr.. Nc
Kinlay of Northern California before
the wigwam was constructed. Though
the offer was declined, 1t was appre-
ciated by the directors Of the McKin-
ley club, and they did not ieel thsA IT