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Birmingham City Bon@s

rrutts pud Produce Butter-Elgin. 1661Sc; dairy, No. i, 1S@ 2oc; country. 1o014c; cooking, none in mar ket
 Irish potatoes, soc per bushel. Lemons, $600@6.25. Poultry-Hens. 25@27kc: fries, 159l7c; small 14@16c: ducks, 2uc; geese. 25930c. Eggs, 10111c per dozen. Tomatoes 75c per crate. Onions-White 1kc, red 1c. Spring cabbage, 1411ac per pound.
 Local Staple Grocerie. Flour-Best patent, $4.50; straight, $390; patents, s450.
 sugar-Granulated, $500; Y. C., 6ss@6%c. Coffee-Green, 1o1A@12c; Arbuckle's pack ages, $12.S0; Lyons packages, s1295 Lard, 7% basis. Clear ribs sides, 6kc. Molasses-Centrifugal. 15@35c; sugar house, 2c035c. Georgra cane, s6c. Rice, 412c; fancy, 7c. Corn-Mixed 62c, white 63c. Pearl meal $1.02. Hay-Choice timothy, $1950; No. 1, SIS; clover mixed. s17.00. Oats-Mixed, 36c; white. 3Sc Bran-Mixed. $1700; pure wheat, s1s.5o. Cotton seed meal, s2200-
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Live Stock Markets

Chicago. July 2S.-Cattle: Receipts 100; nominally steady; natives, good to prime steers $5 1595. .S5; poor to medium $i.5Oq 5 10; selected feeders steady at S444. 6o; mixed stockers s313. .90 COWS $394.7O; heif- CTS 8 25Q5 IS; canners $2. .25Q2.90; bulls $2.9C G4.6O; calves $5.5O@7.OO. Texans: Fed steers $4.40G5. .15; grass steers S3.S5Q4. 25; Texas bulls $3.5OQ4.40.
 Hogs Receipts 10000; active, mostly 10c higher. Good to choice heavy $5.20Q5 .471s; mixed and butchers s5. .1505 40; rough heavy $5@5 121a; light 520d5. 40.
 Sheep: Receipts g, coo; sheep and lambs steady; good to choice wetheps S4 .15Gl4 5O; fair to choice mixed 8. 2o9410; western sheep $i64 40; Texas sheep $36D4.00; native lambs $4. 4.4046 %; western lambs $5@600
 Receipts this week: Cattle 26,2O0 hogs 105 100; sheep 55,500. Last week: Cattle 46- 500; hogs 115,500; sheep 69,30O.
 St. Louis. July 2S.-Cattle: Receipts GOO, including 100 Texans; market steady; na- tves and export steers $4 5005 20; steers under 1000 pounds S4 10@4.9 .95 stockers and feeders $3Io4 .65; cows and heifers $2G5 %; canners $1 5O12 .S5; bulls g. .50@4.5O; Texas and Indian steers $3lD4.75; cows and heifers $2. .5O04. %.
 Hogs: Receipts 26Oo0; market 511oc high CT; pigs and lights s .25G5 .35; packers $5. 20 Gi5. 80; butchers $5. .30d5. 40.
 Sheep Receipts none; no sales; market nominal. Native muttons $iq4 .25; lambs $4. 9OG5 .5O culls and bucks $25014.0O; stock CTS s .35@3.65.
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1 ally StAtenans

Galfeston-Quiet middling 92sc; sales, 90; receipts, 149 stock 7697. : Mobile-Nominal; middling, sac; stock, B. 9S4 Savannah-Quiet; middling, sac; sales, 51 i; receipts, 659; stock, 15,054 Charleston-Quiet; middling, SAC; re- ceipts 15l; stock, 3,074.
 Wilmington-Nominal; middling, 9%c; stock, 3,S60.
 Norfolk-Steady; middling, 10c; receipts, 1,063; stock 3,6S2. ~ < Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 1oc; stock, 3,516. Boston, ull; middling, 10 1-16c; net re- ceipts 522; gross, 667.
 elphia-Quiet; middling, 10 5-16c; re- ceipts 5; stock, 3,150.
 St. Louis-Quiet; middling, 9%c; receipts 1oi; stock, 17,912.
 Memphis-Cotton steady; middling, 9Ac receipts, 10c; sales, 75; shipments, 36O; stock 9,1S1.
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Coffee

New York, July 2S.-spot: Rio, steady; No invoice 7hc; mild, quiet; Cordova, 91sG0 131hc. The market opened steady in tone with prices unchanged to points higher. supported by local buying and scarcity of sellers. Throughout the short session the market ruled extremely easy, with room trade in control, but indifference and pur- poseless The European news was fairly encouraging and the Rio exchange rate worked up to lid, but the receipts at the ports in Brazil far exceeded expectations and demand for spot coffee was dominant. Late in the day room sales and absence of speculative support. Close was quiet with prices net unchanged to points lower. Total sales, 5,7OO bags, including: October, S.15; November, BPS; December, S.S4QS35; March, S.50G8.55.
 Sugar: Raw, strong; fair refining, 47s@ 4 13-32c; centrifugal, 96 test, 4 29-32c; mo- lasses sugar, 5-32c; refined, firm; No. 6,
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, July 2S.-Q D. m.)-spot cotton dull; prices higher; American middling fair 6Ad; good middling 31-32d; middling 5 25-S2d; low middling 2l-32d good ordi- nary f7-32d; ordinary 11-32d. The sales of the day were 10000 bales, including 1,20O American
 Receipts 600O bales, including $500 Ameri- can.
 Futures opened quiet and closed quiet but steady. American mddling L. M. G.: July 5.35@5 36; value July-August 5.3O buy CTS; August-September 5.1395.14 buyers; September-October 457 buyers; October November 4.44G4.45 sellers; November-De- cember 439 sellers; December-Ja January A. 35@4 36 buyers; January-Fe February 4.33Q4. 34 buyers; February March 431(94.32 buyers i; March-April 43094.3 31 buyers.
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LOW RATES
To Denver Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Salt
 Lake City and Ogden, Utah.

On July S1, August and 21 the Kansas City. Memphis and Birmingham Railroad will sell tickets to above points at the very low rate of one fare for the round trip, plus s2 These tickets will be limited to october 3l, 1900. Stopovers will be allowed at Colorado common points, such Den yer Pueblo and Colorado Springs. Con tinuous passage on return trip will be re- quired.
 The Kansas City, Memphis and Birming- ham Railroad has train consisting of Pullman Buffet Sleeping car, Free Reclin- ing Chair car and elegant day coaches through from Birmingham to Kansas City without change.
 This train leaves Birmingham at 12:10 noon, arrives at Memphis at 500 p. III. and at Kansas City the following morning at 9:45, making close connection with lines to the West and Northwest.
 For further information apply to
 c. M. BILLHEIMER, c. P. A.,
 Birmingham, Ala. CHAS. JONES, T. P. A.,
 Birmingham, Ala. Mo- 1914 Morris Avenue. Telephone No. 94
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Murphy X Company's Cotton Letter

By Private Wire to Murphy & Co.
 New York. July 28.-Cotton in Liverpool 1-32d higher on spots, nIiddHng 5 25-32d; ; sales very small, only 2,000 bales. Futures opened 1-64 to 2-64 lower and closed 2-64 to 3-64 under yesterday. The Chronicles ad- vices for the past week are generally sat- isfactory. Rains were had where needed and consequence further improvement in the crop is noticed in view of our market closing higher yesterday than the previous day, the decline in Liverpool and favora- ble crop news caused d lower range of values here at the opening, as some longs were induced to sell on account of the favorable Chronicle. The buying was scat ter1ng by Liverpool and sl.orts Albar.S Ga., reported first bale new cotton in that section, which is one day earlier than last year.
 New York Cotton Futures
 By Private Wire to H. D. Cothran 6 Co
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information of the above experts ,v state so they will know rot to l1.a end more lies, except they do so wilfu1ly anu maliciously, that until I commenced to clusively treat private diseases as ,,e1 ap cialty was a member of the State hsu.sa, ,!-'a,, Assocation; also secretary of the Cu,il,,ri tIard county Medical Society and one Of us poe.o }eaa oi m cersors, or medical examiners V.'o transactions of Medical Association ol Aaa ,.ao pama, lSS7 for proof. I will stil ssS special attention to private troubles anu aiso treat al my office patients With any clsease they may trust to my care:
 .l refer you with permission to f1rst s tfonal Bank Alabama National Bank, Jet- Ierson County Savings Bank and Stelile. ies Ioros-' Bankers. as to my responsibility ion ,o, my contracts. I cure many pauents D' iiiaii Treatment Write for prices ana terms, Address Dr. Y E. Holloway. 1So11a Second avenue Birmingham, Ala.
 oEnce, Second avenue and Elgnteeh'A street, opposite postofice.
 Office hours. S:3O a. m to 5:3o D. m. sui- days, 10 a. m to 12 m.
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clean up and put their mills in good work ing order, but in the meantime the supply of manufactured goods Is being gradually disposed of, some improvement in demdI for textiles having been experienSe1 during the past week.
 The only, but great, drawback to the market is the unsatisfactory state of at- fairs In China and if we could but l1ok for some favorable news from that uar' ter, higher prices for new crops could ee confidently expected.
 Spots here closed easy, out unchanged with middling at 10H.
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BONDS
Financial

New York, July 2S.-The Commercial-Ad- yertiser's London financial cablegram says:
 The markets here were idle and feature less. but the tone was fairly steady Im- portant African news Is expected on Mon- day. also information regarding the new government loans Americans were per- fectly idle, but high on balance.
 Discounts were nominally unchanged, but there was no demand. Fresh business was nominal.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, winter wheat patents, $2.O0@4o0; spring wheat specials, $i.5O; patents, s3.70441O; bakers, $2 S0d3 50; rye flour. s2- 70d3. 20; No spring wheat =; Mo- 3, 69@79; No. red, 76A@7S; No. corn, S9A No. yellow, 391a; No. oats. 24A; No. white, 241a No. white, 24D241s; No. rye, 51G52ss; good feeding barley, -; fair to choice malting, 4OG45; No. 1 flax seed, $1.5O; Northwestern -; prime timothy seed, $225@3.15; mess pork per barrel. s11 75611.S0 lard, per 100 pounds. $6.721sGD771a; short ribs sides Qoose) s690@7.2O; dry salted shoulders (boxed), 6%07: short clear sides (boxed), S4007.5o; whisky basis of high wines s1.231a; sugars unchanged; clover, contract grade, $500.
 On the produce exchange today the but ter market was firm; creamery, 15Q1912; dairy, 14@17; cheese weak, 914@1OA; eggs steady, fresh, 1114
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TO FLORIDA OR CUBA.

If you are contemplating trip to Florida, Cuba or Porto Rico you will find 1t to your interest and advantage to correspond with the undersigned regarding schedules, rates, and sailing dates of steamers. The Plant systcm trains run direct to ports without change or transfer. Address R. l.. Todd, division passenger agent, Is Commerce street. Montgomery. Ala.
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Chicago Change

Chicago, July 2s.-Disappointing cables and large receipts were mainly responsi- ble for a slump which wheat took today, September closing 11s under yesterday. Corn closed hc and oats Ac@7sc lower At the end of the session hog products were 5@7lsc to 20c reduced in price.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN,

All purchases and sales are made direct on the Exchange for which the order is given.
 Correspondents-J. H. Harper & Co.,; Me- Intyre & Wardwell; Purnell, Hagaman Ss Co, New York; Fairchild & Hobson, New Orleans; Ware & Leland, Chicago.
 References-First National Bank of Bir- mingham; First National Bank of Rome Ga.
 TELEPHONE No. 1145.
 Special attention given to orders over telephone and orders sent from out of the aity.
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Swept by Ocean Br'

Swept by Ocean Breezes-Tybee on the ocean, located eighteen miles from Savan- nah, reached only by the Central of Geor- gia Railway. The most popular seaside re- sort on the South Atlantic Coast. Exceed ingly low rouAd trip rates For rates and schedules apply to Solon Jacobs, Conner cial Agent, 2O15 1st Avenue, Birmingham.
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No. solid vestibuled train carries Pull man Drawing Room Sleeping Cars Bir- mingham to Cincinnati and from Birming- ham to New York without change. Cafe dining car Attalla. Ala, to Radford, Va. and Cafe dining and observation car Chat tanooga to Cincinnati.
 No carries Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car Birmingham to Louisville and Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car Chattanooga to Cincinnati also free Re clining Chair Car Chattanooga to Cincin- nati
 No Solid vestibuled Train has through Pullman Drawing Room Sleepers. Birming- ham to New Orleans and Birmingham to Shreveport.
 J. M. culp, Traffic Manager, Washington. b. c.
 Frank 8. Cannon. General Manager
 c. A. Wickersnam. Superintendent. Sir. mngham.
 w. A. Turk, c P. A.. Wsshington. n. c. c. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A, Chatta- nooga.
 R. M Ellis. T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala.
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5.55; No T. 5.45; No. 8, $40; No. 9. 5.S5; No. 10, 530; No. Il, 5.30; No. 12, 5.25; No. 1S, 5.20; No. II. 5.20; standard A and con fectioners' A." 5.sO mould A 6.35; cut loaf and crushed, $50; powdered A. 6.2O; granulated, 6.10; cubes, 6.25.
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PLANT SYSTEM.

Effective February 19. 1900. Pullman sleep- ing car service was inaugurated between Savannah. Ga., and Montgomery Ala on the following schedule: Leave Sa-s-~,ah, D. m; arrive Montgomery, S:10 m leave Montgomery, 7:45 p. m. 1; arrive Say an- nah 10:30 a. m.
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New York and Boston

Unusually low excursion rates via-Cen- tral of Georgia Railway to Savannah and elegant steamers of the Ocean Steamship Company to New York and Boston. For descriptive advertising matter and further information, aply to
 SOLON JACOBS, Commercial Agent. 2015 First Avenue, Bir- mingham, Ala. 7-1s-tf
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New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, July S.-Cotton easy; sales, 25 Ordinary 1-16c; good ordinary, sac; low middling, 9Ac; middling, 10Ac; good middling, lV7ec; middling fair, 10Ac; re- ceipts, 1869; stock, 55,5l3.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts, 4,- S27; exports to France, $500; to the conti- nent, 2s71; stock, Al ,973.
  New Ornans. July 2S-Cotton futures quiet; July, 10.O6@101O; August, 952@95S: September, S.57; October, S15@8.l6; NoVern- Der, S.03q0.05 December, S.O2@8. O3; January. S.O2GtS.o3; February, S.05GS.07; March, 8.07@ S.09; April, S.O9@S.11.
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Treasury Statement

Washington, July 2S.-Today's statement for the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $l50O00,O0O gold re- serve in the division of redemption, shows available cash balance of s150,169 TS; gold, $,2,7SS,330.
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N. D. C0THRAN & GO,

Members of Chicago Board of Trade. Rooms 1 and 10 Alabama National Bank
 Building. Private leased wires to New York. New Orleans and Chicago.
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DIR. Y. E, HOLLOWAY,
 Physician and Surgeon.

Young physlcians and the lesser lights of the medical profess sion. probably for the want of other prac- tice, try to create the impression that they are expert in the treatment of private 2 diseases. They deilgh. in telling people i,ao tnas doctors who advertise are quacks and m. n, . posters. Now, for l.i,i .i,i
 N HI
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The Iron Market.

Birmingham, July 2S.-The following are the preseut quota tions m iron:
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LOCAL MARKETS.

local Cotton Market Good middling, 98c. Middling, 9c. Strict low middling, 87sc. Low middling, SAC.
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Try a TeXie for a good smoke
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No 1 from Macon, CoIumbus, AIbanys etc., 7:3O D. m.
 No. from Savannah, Macon, Columbus. E,eoant through sleepers between Blr- n,insham, Columbus. Macon and Savannah oir Connection is made at Savannah with inc fast freight and luxurious passenger steamships of the savannah LII line e from and cose connection at Macon with the p,xie Flyer for all points in Florida and Tor more detailed information, beauti- fully illustrated matter, write or apply to '"' sOI,ON JACOBS, Commercial Agt. HACK w. JOHNSON,
 Union Ticket Agent
 Birmingham. Ala I. c. HALLE, Gen. Pass Agt.,
 b. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager,
 Savannah. Ga
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By Private Wire to Murphy & co.)
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J. fl. Woodward. Vice President; W. P. o. Smith. cashieri J. H. Barr. Assistant Tutwiler, B. F. Moore, F. D. Majors. Rob. ton, William A. Walker. ". s. Brown, N
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-22
MARsHALLrowN IOWA, FRIDAY. JUNE. 20

governor was met by squad Of six
policemen and twenty-five po-
licemen on foot. One hundred or more
small boys gathered, attracted by the
police. No one knew that the vice
presidential candidate was to arrive
until the boat had reached its dock.
Then there was cry:
Its Roosevelt! It's ROOSEVELT"
AS the carriage was driven up Twen-
sty-foilrth street many boys ran after
1t, and the mounted police had q hard
time In keeping them from getting un-
der the wheels. The clatter OF the
horses feet and the cries OF the small
boys brought many persons to the side
walk, and there was some applause.
Both the Odells Quilted the governors
carriage at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The governor stepped out for second.
and was recognized. There was q cheer.
and as his carriage rolled past Madi-
son Square he got quite reception. He
seemed pleased at the attention, and,
removing his hat, bowed out Of the car
riaRe window
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-22

i 4
edition of Whitman's complete works,
known as Leaves of Grass and was
of course generally recognized as a
paraphrase by the members Of the
Walt Whitman Club. before whom it
was read. If man were going TO crib
something from an author and palm it
off as his own, he would hardly select
a company of the authors particular
admirers and try to make them believe
that he wrote it, when he. knew that
every man present had copy OF the
book from whichit it was taken and was
familiar with that book. The unfortu-
nate part of the incident is that the
article was published in the Philistine
by some of Dr. Beardshear''s friends
without his knowledge and without any
Iexplanation Of what it was. His
friends only laughed at the charge at
| first and were inclined to pay no at
tention tosit until they have lately
discovered that a good many people
Fthoughllessly believe that he was
guilty of deliberate plagiarism. DR..
! Beardshear has explained the facts in
the case and everyone who knows him
4 knows that he does not need to plagiar-
ize when he desires to make a good
speech Of his own. He read this so-
/ called "Charge to Brother Walt as
la matterSof form in a ceremony that is
extremely humorous in its nature and
/ of which he was the year before made
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-22

Pekin or to get back. I'VE are hope
full" says the semi official announce
ment, that since he has not done the
latter. he has done the former"
: A dispatch to the Associated Press
from Shanghai. dated yesterday. says:
The consuls met today to consider the
which. in the absence of news
from Pekin, is looked upon as practi-
scally threatening. Grave fears still ex-
ist as to the safety of the Europeans
in Pekin. It was agreed to wire to the
senior consul at Che Foo to communi-
cate with the senior officers at Taku
asking for immediate assistance in
communicating direct with Pekin,
which they believe can be brought
about thru sheng. director OF tele-
graphs. They advise that Sheng be
asked to explain the Interruption of
c0r1 mi1nicn tfnns - 57l7 & q Ag r., ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-22
BIG FIRE 1t P||'119B|nq
Fine Structure, Including ths Fi1sls
National Bank Destroyed This n
Afternoon
Eichbaum Building and Exoha1st|
National Bank Burned Collier )
Students Marrow Escaps n
st Louis Strike Situation RsnainsS
Unchanged Merchants Fssl
Effects Of Boycott

Pittsburg. June 22.-Fire broke ont A.
the Eichbaum building. situated sinS Sths
heart Of the business part OF the city.
at 1880 this afternoon, threatened 10,
wipe out the entire square. bounded by
Fifth avenue and Diamond, Wood and
Market streets. The Eichbaum build.
ing was destroyed and the ExchangaI
National Bank and the Hussey building
We're badly damaged. Fifty students oA
Duff's College on he fifth floor barely
escaped with their lives and in the pan-
ic a number were rescued with slight
injuries, more seriously. Loss. ssee, go.
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DEBRIS BEING REMOVED.
Work in Bloomington.s Burned Disc
| trictfs a iotnvi on Day and NiZht.a

Work in Bloomington's Burned Dis-
trict is Going on Day and Might.
Bloomington, Ill, June ee.Ths
burned district swarms with men and
teams. The work of removing the de-
bris. clearing the streets. tearing down
walls. extricating and opening safes
and stringing wires has been kept up
since the fire. The militia, which had
been doing guard duty. was relieved
yesterday and most OF the barriers
around the burned district have been
removed.
The board of supervisors has decided
that they will not erect a new court
house, but will spend atleast 5000 900 in.
lreconstructing the old structure. max
ling it a modern and ella borate building
/ in all respects and absolutely freproof.
( 1t Will be rebuilt thruout and the up- &
per story will be made a full story in-s
stead of a half The building will be
| provided with elevators, nreproot
! vaults and steel book shelving. Tie ex-
| terror will be changed in many re-
/ spects. While this is being done
/ Turner hall will be used as a court
house.
1 1t is impossible as vet to obtain
icomplete list of individual losses and in-
4 surance The general estimate hereto
fore given will prove to Very nearly
correct nam IL. total loss. 81. 100. 000 The
INSURANCE was estimated at two-thirds
Ilof the loss. or 81. 100000. II is developing,
however. that this estimate was too
thigh, and it is probable that one-half
lof the loss will prove to be nearer corr
irect. The estimates of the Insurance
men run from s1,OOO.OO0 to $1,000, 900.
IS A number of vaults and safes were
1opened and the contents We're found un-i
harmed The Columnar structure OF.
iEbr:ck and cement. in which We're bulls
1.-the caults on the six floors Of the Cries
sfheim building, still stands like a monue
5Ement in the ruins of the stately Office
4 building. having so far resisted efforts
made to pull 1t down. The safes Will be
i lextricatad from the debris when the
4 pillar falls and opens.
4 +. The pumping records at the city water
4 works show conclurively that the spread
of the conf1agration was not due TO fail-
. ure of the water supply. as at first stat
Z led. Four millions Of gallons were
q pumped during the seven hours dura-
! ltion of the fire, and at the close there
was no appreciable diminution Of me
supply. With hundreds of service pipes
= in the burning district opened BY the
. fire. it was Impossible for the pumps 20
Iforce the water to the scene of the coii-
fiagration-the highest point in the city
4 fI-and give fire pressure.