The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-06
GREAT NEED FOR AID.
Gov. scofeld ASKS Help for Losers
by Wisconsin Fires.

Nine Known to Have Perished in the
| Blazing FOrests-Over 100 Are
Observation-Disclosures Are
Absolutely Destitute.
Cumberland, Wis, Oct. 3.-From re-
ports received here, nine people have
persisted.
| A dispatch from Rice Lake says that
| many unidentified bodies have been
found charred in the woods, and that
so far as heardfrom there are over 100
persons missing. Advices from Rice
Lake state that the fires in the neigh
| oorhood are worse than ever, and that
the loss of life will be much greater
than it was supposed it would be.
The property loss in this county will
aggregate 100000 besides the farm
buildings and crops. A large amount
OF stock has been burned and much
! hardwood timber has been destroyed.
Gen. Boardman and party, from
Madison, representing the state relief,
arrived here Sunday morning and aft
err taking a census of the fire district
drove to Rice Lake. He has listed rs
destitute families in Turtle Lake, SO
families in Cumberland, 40 families in
Stanford and Rice Lake, and 30 fami-
liesin Clinton and Barron, also 10 fami-
lies in Cumberland. all of which need
immediate assistance. He has ar
ranged for the distribution of relief
from Turtle Lake, Cumberland, Rice
Lake and Barron and supplies will be
forwarded Immediately to these
points. The danger is now mostly
past, though it is still unsafe to travel
through some fire districts in the vi
cinity of Cumberland.
Gov. ,Scofield's Appeal.
Madison. Wis.,, Oct. 3.-In response
to calls for assistance from the forest
ire sufferers of the northern part of
the state, Gov. Scofie!d has issued the
following public call for their relief:
ITO the People Of Wisconsin,: Forest
fires have again devastated a portion Of
| our state and rendered homeless several
! hundred people, and a request has come
FOR assistance. These people require cloth
2ng' 1000 and shelter, and they will have
| other needs than these which it will be
necessary to meet in order to enable them
to undertake again their own support The
! people OF Wisconsin have always given
ready response to calls of this kind for
help, and feel confident that this demand
upon them will be generously met
Col. William ]. Boyle, Milwaukee, will
receive contributions of provisions cloth
ing and money for the fire sufferers, and is
nereby appointed to take charge of the
contributions and attend to their distribu-
tlon. The people in any part of the state
VINO desire to help the fire sufferers can
! communicate by telegraph or mail with
Col. Boyle at Milwaukee,
Send Supplies to Milwaukee,.
Milwaukee, Oct. 3.-Col. William J.
Boyle. who has been appointed by Gov.
Scofield to receive contributions and
take charge of the relief work among
the families who have lost everything
by the forest fires in northern Wiscon-
sin, has completed his plans for the
work. Quarters will be opened in this
city to-day, where supplies of clothing,
food, furniture and money will be re-
ceived. The first shipment of supplies
will go north over the Chicago & North
western road at six o'clock tonight,
and other shipments as fast as carload
lots can be made up. Col. Boyle says
that supplies from: all over the state
should be sent to Milwaukee to be dis
tributed Systematically from here.
Hundreds Are Homeless.
Turtle Lake, Wis, Oct. 3.-The dam
age done by the forest fires of the last
few days cannot be estimated or over
estimated. Hundreds of families are
homeless, many are almost naked, and
in few days all will want for food, as
the small supplies in the towns are not
sufficient. The people are in no condi-
ton to pay for what there is. The
devastation wrought by the fire is so
great that it cannot be comprehen ended
by anyone not on the ground.
Chippewa Falls District.
Eau Claire, Wis.,, Oct. st is report
ed that the timber near Graves wood
is on fire. At Livermore dwellings,
barns, granaries and crops have been
burned. At Chippewa Falls it is re-
ported that all the camp outfits on
Cedar lake have been destroyed, and
it is feared that several lives have been
lost. Men and horses of August Ma
sons outfit only escaped by plunging
into the lake and staying there for
hours, almost suffocated by the smoke.
At Stout's camp 500 oxen persisted.
Hundreds of people are homeless. The
loss Of farm property in Clark. Bar
ron and Chippewa counties is esti-
mated at 100000. The latest reports
say that all hopes of checking the
flames have been abandoned. Nothing
but rain will save the remaining prop
erty.
| Colorado Fires Checked.
Denver, COL, Oct. 3.-Snow and rain
have checked the progress of the for
est fires on the main range in Colo
RADIO, and it is now thought that fur
Their destruction of timber is prevent
ed. At least all danger to the threat
ened towns is over. The temperature
here has fallen perceptibly and dis
patches from the mountain towns in
dictate a similar fortunate change. At
present nothing like a correct esti-
mate of the damage done can be given
and it will be days before an accurate
statement of the losses by the fires
that have been raging for week or
more can be made.
Nevada Cavalry for Manila.
San Francisco, Oct. 3. Gen. Marcus
P. Miller has decided to recommend to
the war department that the Nevada
cavalry be included among the troops