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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
CITY OF DEERING.

WHEREAS, Joseph G. Libby and others
w have petitioned the city council TO lay
out new street or public way in said CITY
toward the Basin so called, to be called
New Douglass street, and whereas said Pc
t:tion W as referred 10 The City Council ,, No
vember p, 1897, to the undersigned ZOE 'ilelii
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN to all parties
interested that the Committee of the City
to hear the parties and view the proposed
way on Wednesday the 9th day of February,
1898. at two O'Clock in thezatternoon, at the
e eDd will them and there proceed to deter
mine and adjudge whether the public con-
venience requires said street or way to be
laid out.
Per order of the City Council.
L. f. JONES, City Clerk.
ian19 dJ 1eDS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
SCHOONER NEVADA SUNK.

Casttne, January s4.-Captain Hand Of
the revenue cutter Woodbury., reports that
the schooner Nevada Of Rockland, which
has been ashore and abandoned on Davis
island near Port Clyde, IN the heavy gale
yesterday, drifted off and is now sunk
with the topmast above water In the
middle of Davis straits, blocking the
channel and making passage by here at
low water doubtful.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
MEN ALL RIGHT.

New York, January 24.-One of the
Luckenbach tugs, which has been cruis-
ing about outside the Hook came up to
the city this afternoon and reported that
while coming in the tug passed the
Sandy Hook light-ship from which it was
shouted that the crew of the missing tug
James F. Wallace were all on board. No
further particulars could be learned
because of the very rough sea running
which prevented any near approaches.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
ELKINS' FINANCIAL BILL.

Washington, January "a. Senator
Elkins today introduced financial Dill.
1t restricts thei denomination OF green
backs and treasury notes to bills OF hve
dollars and upwards; provides that ma
tional banks may issue currency up 10
the par value of bonds deposited; re-
duces the tax ins circulation to one-half
of one per cent. and allows national
banks to be established with $4,000 CAPT
tai and in towns of 5000 population.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
GREW OF SEVEN DROWNED.

New York, January 24.-The tow boats
]. E. Wallace and James A. Dumont be-
came water logged off Coney island yes.
terday and it is feared that the Wallace
sank with her crew Of seven men. The
crew of the Dumont was rescued by the
tug D. S. Arnold. The Wallace has
not been seen or heard from since 4
O'Clock yesterday Afternoon, when she
WAS off Sandy Hook, and drifting east
southeast
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
THE NIAGARA IN A RAGE.

Buffalo, N. Y, January PA special
to the news from niagara Falls that the
Niagara river was in rage last night
owing to the heavy western gale which
prevailed for twenty -four hours. Tho
water rose in the gorge about twenty five
feet. 1t swept over the Maid OF the Mist
docks and sheds and carried off boats.
boat houses, lumber and pulp wood in
large quantities.
Contributory creeks overhowed their
banks and added their surplus to the
mighty Niagara flood. The scene looking
on the American and Canadian rapids
alb owe the falls was wild one.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
EIGHT EN INCHES OF SNOW.

Preqsue Isle, January 24.-The worst
snow storm in years has just closed. 1t
ragged all day yesterday. The roads are
badly dritted and trains on the Canadian
Pacific and Bangor and Aroostook roads
are considerably delayed. Eighteen inches
of snow fell
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
MAINE POSTMASTER

Washington, January Extensions have
been granted residents OF Mains as fol-
lows:
ORIGINAL.
William Buchanan, Rockland, Sc.
SUPPLEMENTAL.
George r. Barber, Corrina, 50.
INCREASE.
Especial January 14) Simon B. Dow,
Biddeiord, Sc to S..
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
LETTER CARRIER DEFICIENCY.

Washington, January "a. Postmaster
General Gary today sent to the secretary
of the treasury, with request that it be
Immediately transmitted to congress, an
estimate for an appropria ton of $163, 900
to be Immediately available to meet the
deficiency of the postal carrier during
the remainder of the present fiscal year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
LIMII.LABoR OF CLERKS.

Boston, January 24.-In the House to-
day MIR. Ross of New Bedford introduced
a bill to limit the hours of labor of
minors under eighteen. and women, in
mercantile establishments of SO, 900 popu'
lation or more to sixty hours week.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
DEATH OF JUDGE HENRY CARTER.
Former Portland Editor and Power IL
Maine Politics.

Haverhill, Mass, January 24.-Judge
Henry Carter died in this city at 4.45 this
He had been i'll for some time
and his death was not unexpected.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
LYNN HIGHWAYMAN CAUGHT.

Lynn, Mass, January 24.-Frank E.
Hughes of Swampscott was arrested
Mrs. Elliott in Lynn, Saturday evening.
Mrs. Elliott is positive that he is the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS,
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.>

HAT sense of tenderness and swelling of part
all indications that there is need of instant repa
the stitch in time Where these symptoms exist OF
the left or the right side of the womb disease Of tn
ovarv is setting in, and there will be, If Their
is not already established discharge, trifing a
first but later copious and irritating Soon, also
there will be felt dull dragging pains radiating fror
the ovary.
Do not, my sister, let your malady go so far, but
those of you who already suffering in this
wav should begin at once a course of treatment n
with Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
1t will restore the organs to their normal con- I
dition.
In this connection MRS. E. L. MYERs, Qualz-f
AXE, Pa says: ''My ovaries were badly dis
eased and for almost year suffered with se-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25


bed quiet
those suffering
they need"
MRS Pnkham you at LYNN
free Of charge privilege it
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25
MEETING Oh ALDERMEN.

The adjourned meeting of the Vest
brook Aldermen was held last evening.
Aldermen Pomerleau. Hardy, Riggs,
Black and Cobb were absent.
The order relating to the uncollected
taxes Of 1891 amounting to So, 1874 "a, was
given second reading and final passage
The order changing the polling place ID
Ward was taken up. President wood
man read petition from N. l.. WOOD
bury and six others, objecting to the
change. The signers were citizens who
live in the vicinity of Pride's Corner Hno
Duck Pond.
At the motion of Alderman warren
the order was laid on the table until the
next regular meeting 80 that the views OF
the voters may be obtained and the mat
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-25

Deering. January "a, 1898.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

apparatus Of any moment at any of the
engine houses to respond. Two or three
hose wagons answered at once, and the
hose was attached to the neighboring
plugs. The bare pressure from the pipes.
owing 40 the heavy use of water else
where, was scarcely sufficient TO throw a
stream across the street. Firemen hold
ing two of these streams stood on the
Harris street sidewalk. just outside the
fence surrounding the Cathedral and
found them barely strong enough to reach
the first window sill
Al this time the entire Cathedral was
enveloped in flames. The roof from front
to rear was mass of roaring, seething
fire. Hotter than a blast furnace seemed
the fire in the southern tower, from which
darted blue flames, as though of burning
gas. From time TO time pieces Of the
roof or parts of walls or small spires
would fan with a resounding crash. and
hotter and whittier would seem the risina
flames that followed
Thousands OF people were gathered
around the square occupied by the Cathe-
dral and adjoining buildings, kept back BY
policemen and ropes on the Liberty street
side, and in the square by ever falling
sparks such as would burn hole through
hat, coat or skin wherever they happened
to light. The policemen had little work to
do on The south side when the shower of
sparks began to fall
Words were inadequate to express the
horror and shock to Savannah's citizens
over the destruction being wrought. And
not an engine here yet" was all that
many of them could say when the fire
had been raging for half an hour or more.
and fire engines failed to appear The
fire on the Bay was, of course, response
BILE for this, it taking some little time to
get them uncoupled and the teams hitch
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
work OF THE FOURTH FIRE.
Two story Frame Building on Mont
gOmery and Jones Streets Badly
Damaged.

Two story Frame Building on Mont
Damaged.
1t was a few minutes after o'clock this
morning when the alarm for the fourth
fire of the day was rung from box No 80,
at Charlton and Jefferson streets.
This time it was a two-story frame
building. at MONTGOMERY and Jones
streets owned and occupied by Mrs. ]. ].
Walsh and family, consisting of her sis
ter Mrs. Herric, and eight children.
Charles Walsh, her son, had been to the
Cathedral fire and return home about 2
o'clock. Shortly after that time they all
retired, and few minutes before O'clock
Mrs. Herric heard a knocking on the door
and some one shouting the place was on
fire.
Mrs. Herric at once aroused Mrs. Walsh
and the children and got them all out 1t
was then discovered that the building was
on fire in two places, in a lower front
room that was not in use and in the rear.
The fire spread through the space be-
tween the upstairs ceiling and the roof in
some mysterious manner and was largely
smothered and smouldering there when
the two chemicals engines arrived. The
chemicals managed to put out all the
DAebAC, uut d lHick ne2Vy smoke rolling
out from under the cornices showed that
there was still considerable fire there. A
large hose was secured, and stream put
IN the upper part of the building The fire
was soon gotten under control though
the building was badly damaged and its
contents were ruined.
There was a store in the lower corner
room owned by Henry Litmoter The
goods were badly damaged by water The
other downstairs room in front was for
merly used as a store by Mrs. Walsh for
the sale Of the products of her bakery,
For some time, however it has not been
used, but was rented to Chinaman a day
or two ago, who was just getting ready
TO move in. Mrs Walsh and her family
lived in the upstairs rooms. Mrs. Het-
ric was confident that the place had been
set on fre by some one. There had not
been a fire in the bakery, which is in
the rear, since last Thursday, she said
The building was owned by Mrs. Walsh
VINO mas $1,000 insurance. The policy was
left In bureau drawer upstairs. and was
probably not destroyed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

sounded for the Cathedral fire the flames
began to make Roadway in the Conklin
building again, and considerable fur
ther damage was done the firemen being
unable with their depleted force to do
more than confne the fire to the building.
The fire was the worst with which the
department has had to deal in some time
Owing to the rapidity with which 1t
spread, the amount of property involved,
and the unfavorabe location for fighting
it, the situation was very grave one The
fire was discovered in the railway ware
house about $40 o'clock by members of
crews of the tugs on the river, The alarm
was given first on the Hutchison Island
side. The revenue steamer Tybee. at
Wiliinks wharf blew four sharp blasts
This was taken up by the tug Bachelor
which steamed across the river and took
the schooner Hilda. which was lying at
the lumber wharf, to a place of safety.
colored Waterman at Dixon's lumber
wharf was the first to perceive the fire on
that side of the river 1t was only small
blaze in a pile OF hay then. The watch
man ran into the warehouse office and no.
tilted the men of the fire. One of them
ran to the alarm box at Bay and jefferson
streets. There was delay in turning in
the alarm. People on Bay street and IN
the northern portion of the city generally.
who were looking in that direction saw
column Of smoke shoot up into the air
1t was several minutes after the column
of smoke shot up before the alarm went In
The first alarm was from box 9 at Rav
and Jefferson streets, but attempts were
made to sound two other boxes, which
probably accounts for the confused alarm.
When the firemen arrived the whole
warehouse was mass of flames. the
lumber was burning at the western end
of Dixon's wharf, the cars on the River
street track were in flames. and all the ex-
posed woodwork on the rear OF the build
ings across River street blazing Some
lime was necessarily lost in laying hose
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

ed when they were wanted for the Cathe-
dral.
About 11:40 two engines reached the
scene. The pressure from the water
works had before that time been in
creased as much as possible by orders sent
in by Supt. Lotion. and several excellent
streams were secured. The work for the
firemen then was to save surrounding
property; the destruction of the Cathe-
dral was complete and the fire had begun
to abate somewhat in fury.
The steamer from engine house No g.
which had been at the Bay street fire
was at the fire about the same time as
+ that from engine house No. g. 1t was
stationed at the corner of Harris and
Abercorn streets and got to work about
the same time as steamer No. 8.
The trend of the fire showed the proper
place for the two additional streams was
in protecting the Bishops residence. The
hose had already been laid and the only
thlng TO be done was TO make the connec-
tons and start. Both streams were en-
ployed with the view to protecting the
residence, and on account of the weak
pressure the firemen carried the hose
through the building and began throwing
water from the third floor No effort
was made to handle the main fire of
with irresistible force over the southeast
corner of the Cathedral. Effective work
was done. though the extremely light pres
sure made 1t impossible to throw the
stream where desired
The east wall protected the fremen from
heat and for time they were not subject
ed to it, and We're enabled to move from
one window to another with more conve-
nience because of the fact that everything
was removed from the house. The slate
roof soon began rafting and falling. Then
the flames licked through the roof, and
every additional hole made an opening
through which came clouds Of smoke ana
"A ornament of flying sparks. The roof
being of slate, lessened the danger to
other buildings from sparks
When the alarm was first sounded Chief
Mcguire, with one of the hose reels. start
ed from Bay street for the Cathedral. on
reaching there he was met BY Commas
sioner Wihink Mayor Meldrim, Hon. ].
CONTINUED on Third Page.)
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

lection of adjoining property. 1t was i'm
possible then to save any portion of the
building. It was at that time almost the
mass of ruins that it is now. though
burning like fearful furnace.
The wind, fortunately, was blowing to
the southwest across the square, through
which much of the valuable surrounding
property was saved. The breeze was a
slight one, ii is true, but had 1t been in
any other direction, the destruction would
have been largely augmented.
AS soon as the roof had burned off, the
powerful draft created by the intense heat
carried upward thousands and hundreds
of thousands Of sparks large and small,
most of them falling in the eastern side
OF The square. Part OF the time the wind
was somewhat toward the south, and
carried these sparks onto buildings just
across the street from the Cathedral. which
were protected with difficulty. This show
err like a magnificent fireworks display
lasted for an hour or more, and shortly
before midnight, when the fire in the tow
ers was fercest the sparks poured forth
from them with seeming renewed nten-
sity. Some of them were veritable Goals
OF fire, falling ere and there sometimes
upon the hat or coat of a spectator who
stood too close.
The fire was first seen about ten minutes
Before II O'Clock. It was then issuing from
the front OF the building, spreading rap
...- From the description of it then it
would Seem that nothing short of the i'm
mediate PRESENCE Of two or three engines
and several strong streams of water would
have saved it. The discovery is said to
have been by motorman of the City and
Suburban Railway, who was just coming
through the square with his car. The cry
Of fire Of course attracted the attention of
others at once and the alarm was turned
in very quickly from box No. q at Price
ard Harris streets.
When the alarm came IN there was no
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
CARING FOR ST. JosEPH,s BOYS.
Many of Them TO Re Provided for i'm
Savannah.

The burning of st. Joseph's Orphanage
at Washington will put many boys out of
homes, many of whom were from Savan-
nah, and who will return in a few DAYS
Before becoming a state institution. the
asylum was located in Savannah. While
here the institution was known as the
Barry Male Orphans Asylum, and was
located on Perry street, between Drayton
and Floyd streets. From there it was re-
moved to the place now occupied as a.
colored school building on West Broad
street The institution again moved. and
this time found it's home in the building
now occupied by st. Joseph's Infrmarv
The asylum was moved to Washington in
1876. -
Father O'Bren, in charge of the insti-
tuition, wired the condition of affairs to
savannah. The information was to Cant
John Flannery, who at once sent up thirty
SUITS OF clothing, undertaking, socks, and
other apparel, such as the boys needed in
getting to their homes. 1t is possible
they will arrive in a few days.
Everything a the asylum except tha
priests and sisters home, was burned to
the ground. 1t is reported, however thai
Rev. Father O'Brien will at once com
mence canvassing to obtain the necessary
funds for rebuilding a"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
THREE FIREMEN INJURED.
volunteer MOrrisey Believed to Have
Been Hurt InteruaIIy.

volunteer Fireman Joe Morrissey was
severely injured at the Cathedral fire. He
had jumped from a window. Just how
he was injured could not be ascertaine0
as a physician was not secured until after
he had been taken TO his home. on West
Brood street IL is thought the injuries
are internal, fracture of ribs or a spinal
hurt. Volunteer Morrissey was injured
toward the closing up OF the work. while
he was engaged i'm fighting the fire upon
the roof of the communicating passage
between the Cathedral and the Bishops
residence.
Assistant Chief George Mouro was pain
fully though ii is not thought seriously
injured. He had gone to a truck and Sc
CURED nozzle tip, and started TO carry
1t to the place it was needed endeavoring
to make his way through the convent
YARD. he aid not see a low iron railing,
and tripped over it. falling heavily.
For a moment he was stunned. but a
policeman ran TO his assistance. Mr..
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

Mouro found that his right leg had been
badly bruised. It was extremely painful,
but he managed to continue to get about,
directing the fire fighting until the fire
men left finger ON the left hand was
split open by the fall 1t was jammed
between the coping of the railing over
which he fell and the tip of the hose noz-
Zle.
During the progress of the fire at the
Cathedral, Fireman Morehead had mar
row escape. While walking between the
Cathedral and the convent, a heavy tim
Der fell, striking him a glancing blow over
the left eye, knocking him down, cutting
a cash in his forehead.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
MALT-NUTRINE
~ MN II
From the Physicians standnot

Where the stomach is weak il Is aI,-o -
adVlsa Die to prescribe Mali tNutrirn
There Is oftne danger in using pepsin or
olner preparations of which even the
smallest dose may have harmful aefo,ls
upon comparatively strong sta,s.a' y.
Medical authorities agree resa r1,Inar ~.
intense nourishing power of Malt-WT+r t.le
and its great assistance to digestion - ne .e
particularly adapted to strengthening 80 - Is
valescents. weak children and those e., 81
ing from lack of blood, stomach diseases
etc. Malt-Nutrine is prepared by The "a,
nous Anheuser- Busch Rrevins. 'us "a
which fact guarantees the purity o,5ali
lence and merit claimed for it.-ad eNcei-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
THE CATHEDRAL IN RUINS.
NOTHING LEFT OF THE SPLENDID
STRUCTURE But ITS WALLS.

Domus Of the Roman Catholic Do
ccse OF savannah Swept Away in
an Eour-The FiEe started in the
organ Loft-The Firemen Power
less TO Check Its Relentless
sVvcep-The Bishops Residence
aad st. Vincent Convent Es-
capea-Tbe Loss $4,000 with
about 100000 Insurance.
The Cathedral Of St John the Baptist.
yesterday, one of the most magnificent and
imposing structures of Savannah, upon
which years of toll and thousands OF dol
lars have been spent. is a mass Of ruins,
and nothing remains but its four walls
end the indistructable parts of its two
tail spires.
The confagration that swept it away
before the hour Of midnight was frightful
in its grandeur and pitia5le in its mag
nificence. 1t seemed to bot out in a mo-
ment the work of years.
The most pitiable feature was the help
lessness of those who stood around to
make one effort even to save the structure.
Two or three miserable little streams of
water that would scarce go across a 90
foot street were all to be had. The entire
department was then at work on the
River street fire and every available IN
CINE was there attached to a fire-plug en-
deavoring to quench that conhagration. In
the meantime one of Savannah's most
valuable structures was going rapidly.
It was fully three-quarters of an hour,
before an engine could be gotten. Then
two were sent from Bay street, and
streams were thus secured for the pro-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
BAY STREET LIT WITH FLAME.
OrE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.


COnklin & Co.'s Wholesale Hard
ware Warehouse, the G. and A.
Railways River Street Warehouse,
DixOn's Lumber Wharf, Savannah
Grocery Co. Stable. TeepIe's Furni-
ture WerehOuse, JacAsOn's Cotton
Pickery, w. i. MiIIer's Produce
Warehouse, DamaGed-Six Loaded
Freight Cars Burned-Capt. John
FIRnncFy Owner of the TeepIe
and Cotton Piclery Buildings the
Heaviest Loser.
Between $4,000 and 100000 worth of
property was destroyed by fire on RIVER
and Williamson streets, at the foot of JEFF
ferson last night The fire started in the
warehouse Of the Georgia and Alabama
Railway, on River street, adjoining Dix.
on's lumber wharf, and spread rapidly.
communicating to the lumber on the east
and crossing the street to the buildings on
River and Williamson streets, taking in
six carloads of hay and flour, which were
on the railway track adjoining the ware
house.
On Williamson street the Flannery build
ing, the Savannah Grocery Company's
stables and the large establishment of
Charles A. Conklin & Co, wholesale hard
ware, were all Quilted, and the buildings
occupied by c. r. Holmes and w. Inman
Miller to the east, were also damaged.
The extent of the loss VIII depend upon
the damage to the largo ha rd rxra ra stool,
of Charles A. Conklin &, Co. At o'clock
the firemen had this fire completely I'M
der control, but just before the alarm was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
Death of w. O. Godfrev

w. o. Godfrey died at Cedar ttar,r.,.
at 4:SO o'clock yesterday afternoon tn
deceased was IS years old and a native Of
savannah He was the father of Charles
o. Godfrey of this city. His funeral viii
be announced later "i'l