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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-10
HEROIC FIREMES.
Were in the Basement Under ES-
plosion but Stayed with their Hose.

One Of the most daring feats and ex-
amples Of devotion 10 duty on the part
Of individual members Of the Salt Lake
fire department, was one OF the feat
ures OF the big fire. Just prior TO
the explosion. Capt. W. @. Workman,
accompanied by J. w. Wilson end
Harry Coleman. took a line OF hose in
to the basement OF the Mine & smelter
Supply company's premises and worked
Their way through the smoke to COM
mence playing on the blaze that was
eating lis way through the floor. The
next instant the explosion came and
the men were hurled with frightful
force against the wall Instead Of rush.
Ing for the open air and safety as the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-10
HOW THE MEN TURNED OUT.
Hitch at No. Made In Fifteen Sec.
onds - Plenty OF Water.

The men who brave danger in a hun
dred forms, the humble fire fighters
who may be called upon any minute 20
walk into the very jaws Of death TO
save life and property. deserve un.
stinted praise for the promptness and
efficiency with which they responded
TO the alarm.
Only one man was on watch Of the
time OF the alarm, and that man was
George Reid. The other men were
sleeping peacefully In their hunks when
suddenly they were aroused by the rude
changing OF the gong. Instantly the
whole department was astir: men ran
rapidly 10 and fro but not In confusion
Every man knew his place and filled IL
In the twinkling OF an eye. The noble
horses upon which so much depends
pricked W their ears and dashed into
their places ander the harness. They
found the men already at their POSTS
and II was but the work OF a second to
snap the buckles, the drivers were on
their seats and they were OF IKE "a
flash. Only Operator o. T.. Maddy was
left behind 10 look after the department
and supply the needs Of the others as
calls came in from time TO time.
lie states that the alarm came In AZ
exactly S.4i a. M, from box No. 80. and
In less than fifteen seconds most Of the
apparatus was on the street and speed
ing away 20 the fire. IL requires lust
seventeen seconds for the box alarm
20 come In. there being what Is called
-four rounds" Just as the first two
rounds came in. the hitch was com
pleied and they were on.
AT the time stated above. chemical
No. !. hose wagon No. I, hose wagon
No. 2 and truck No. responded to the
call
Al AIS a. m. the truck and combina-
tion chemical and hose wagon from
station No. were called ont and made
a record breaking run 10 the scene OF
operations Al 40 steamer No. 2 from
No. was demanded. Steamer NO. was
out ~ order owing 10 sucking up a rock
NJ last weeks Gre. A delay was caused
on account Of an accident which hap
Continued on Page Two)
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secy. Gage to Chairman rappnn.

Washington, Sept. i0--socy. Of the
Treasury Gage today sent the follow.
ing telegram TO f. d. Happen. chair
man Of the clearing house association
OF ew York city.
Recognizing the unavoidable innu.
ence upon general business affairs %
a continued absorption into the pub.
lie treasury Of revenue beyond expen-
ditures / have directed that incoming
internal revenue receipts be placed
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majority OF mortals would have done.
Capt. Workman yelled TO his men.
They picked themselves UP, grabbed
the hose and amid o shower Of debris,
glass and bricks they stood to their
post and did not leave II until they
were ordered out by Chief Devlne.
In relating the affair to News" re-
porter, Capt. Workman said: ut was
a great piece OF luck that we We're
standing where we were for II we had
been few yards further south some
OF us would have got Il sure, as II was
we went flying like so many pieces Of
paper."
What caused the explosion" quer-
Ter the reporter. DO you think that II
was acid, as Is claimed2"
The three men looked at each other
and smiled and then one OF them said.
1T might have been acid, but | have
not got the smell OF II out o. my nose
yet and to me 1t smelled like powder"
Then the men wiped away the Crime
from their faces and once more plunged
into the fray.
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with National bank dep0s.tmics until
taau.a Hi,A each is reached luai
to o.. La. n.no 0f The bonds held l'
security Ian suChNiapOsitpr.es THIS
wl divert about hyeyhiions from the
treasury vaults.
'The aecreBry win today invite Tro-
rossls for the sale 90 the government
Of i.1g0089 of United states bonds
ether than the new twos II is be-
neycl that these steps wlil ohf.h.a
the otherwise possible embarrasmeni9
which are pointed out In yogr telegram
OF yesterday"
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BIGGEST FIRE in HISTORY OF SALT LAKE

close questioning soon disclosed the
fact that he did not believe the story
that powder had not been stored In
the basement Of the destroyed build
ing. II is safe to say that no man can
convince him that he did not taste, see
and smell the evidences of this explo-
sive. He had been told that the explo-
sion was caused by acid, but he Is GER
tain there was powder stored there as
well. The chief narrated the thrilling
story OF the fire as follows:
The alarm was turned In from box
80 at 1894 o'clock, and was
promptly telephoned TO from the station
at home. In very few minutes ! was
at the scene Of the fire and found the
department already there hard at work
with two lines Of hose, chemical In
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-10
The PRESIDENT is
OUT OF THE WOODS
So Says DR.. McBurney- Sand He Has pIeu.
ty OF Daylight Behind Him." adds
DR.. WadSin.

piece OF lead enoysted in the muscles Of
~ PACK VIII cause no harm. or oourso
II II gives MIN trouble an operation win
! be performed" Wv" III
:, % 5u' you viii use the X-ray to locate
He shook his head. owhv sbould
We ne asked. "ro satisfy our curi-
osllyT that would be it's only purpose .
II Mcburneys supreme confidence
~ the outcome could not be- oyerstatad
ms manner and bearing an testlfying
70 the conviction he felt. There were
none OF the reservations he made YES
.eruay' Yesterday he plainly showed
ne was not yet satisfied lie then said
week should elapse before definite
assurance could be given This morn
lub me Presidents condition was so
eihihentiy satisfactory that he felt safe
"a nus announcement that the danger
POINT MAD been passed and that the
PRESIDENT was on the high road to re-
We have locked door after door
against the grim monster" said he in
conclusion. Il am satisfied. and | am
going to Niagara Falls today to see the
with these cheerful words the sur
geon turned into the grounds OF the
spacious residence Of Mr.. spraRuo.
where Secretary Root Is stopping 10
convey the good news TO the secretary
Of war
THE MORNING CONFERENCE.
The result OF the morning conference
was made known about o'clock as the
doctors came from the house although
u was some time after that that the
bulletin appeared The faces OF the
doctors clearly indicated their satsfac-
tl0n al the condition OF affairs. As DR..
roswell Park came TO his carriage he
paused long enough TO give general
survey OF the conditions prevailing.
The condition Of the President this
morning is entirely satisfactory" said
he. THE bulletin will state this and
It's sums up the situation. The Presi-
dent spent the most comfortable night
he has had since the shooting. He slept
well and when he was awake he was
CHEEKY and even chatty. He is not re-
ceiving any nonrlshment thus far ex-
cept by enemae. This Is an altogether
natural incident Of the ease pt this
stage"
DO you regard the President as en-
tlrely out Of danger?" Dr. Park was
asked.
Il do not want 70 go that far what
can be said is that unless there are
unexpected complications we expect
him to recover"
Have you considered the prospect OF
| his removal2'
mo Il Is too early for that. but when
he is moved. he probably will 90 70
Washington"
Dr. Park referred 10 the fact that the
bulletins were most conservative and
gave results such as the medical frater-
nifty would be expected 20 pass upon
IN the case Of any citizen.
1T would be well 20 have II stated
he added, that the President Is not
being deprived Of benefits OF private
citizenship. He is being treated exact
~ as any other citizen would be and
Il getting the benefit Of II. We view
the case Just as that Of any other man
who might be similarly afflicted"
Dr. Parks latter statement Will ex-
plain the fact that the official bulle-
tins are based on rigid scientific prln-
clples as they are applicable alike TO all
cases Of surgery.
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STATEMENT by CHIEF DEvrSE.
Early Stages OF the Fire and How
the Explosion Occurred.

Chief Devine, with dirt begrimed
face, on which there was a liberal
sprinkling OF blood which had come
from some slight wounds caused by fly
ing debris. was seen upon the ground
early this mornsis s;iii giving dii-c-
ton 10 the men who were fighting the
IRE In Its last stages. The chief was
10th TO make specific statement, but
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-10
Oregon Short Line Building and Several Fine
Stores Wiped Completely Out Of Exist
ence-Loss Estimated at From S5O,OOO
to $15O,OOO.

A Terrific Explosion That Tore
An Immense Hole in the
Building and Put the Flames
Beyond Human Control
Origin Of the Fire a Mystery
Charge That Powder Was
Carried in Basement OF Mine
and Smelter Supply Company
Also Company's Denial Sew
eral Firemen Hurt-Some
Narrow Escapes.
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THE INJURED

!. Assistant Chief Edward Nc
. Carthy-Artery In head cut and
: leg cut.
. CAPTAIN J. W. Love--Artery cut
: in right hand and fingers lacer-
ated,
Otto Wltbeck-Thumb of right
. hand and fingers OF left hand bad
; ~ cut,
; Amos Moreton-Hands cut In
several places. :,
c. Il. Williams-Hands cut and
bruised by a fall.
Walter Clawson, scorched hands.
Robert Pearce--Arms and legs
cut.
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THE BULLETINS.

Milburn House, Buffalo, Sept. TO-
The following bulletin was issued by
the Presidents physicians at Q a. m:
The Presidents condition this morn
ing is eminently satisfactory TO his
physicians. II no complications arise
a rapid conyalescence may be expected.
Pulse l0i; temperature 1873; respiration
e.
This temperature Is taken by mouth
and should be read about a degree high
er by rectum, -
CHAS. McBURNEY.
p. NJ. RIXEY,
Nj. u. MANN,
ROSWELL PARK,
II. MYNTER,
EUGENE WASDlN,
GEORGE b, CORTELYOU,
Secretary TO the President
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what he was struck with. He says he
knows he turned a complete somer-
sault before he smashed into the fence.
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Milburn House. Buffalo, Sept. 10
The following bulletin was issued by
the physicians al $50 y. m:
The Presidents condition continues
favorable: pulse ~; temperature lOl;
respiration "a.
tslgned.)
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shut off by roped enclosure of large
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-10

Pm. RIXEY.
NJ ~ MANN,
ROSWELL PARK,
HERMAN MYNTER,
EUGENE WASnIN,
CHAS. McBURENY.
GEORGE b. CORTELYOU,
Secretary to the President.
PRESIDENT WANTS TO SIT UP.
The President asked for the papers
again today and also asked when ne
would be allowed 10 so NJ. Win me
execution OF the physicians and attend
ants only Mr.. Mckinley and >ecy.
CorteNou have been admitted @ MS
nresence n, report that his brother
Abner Mckinney. saw him yesterday IS
Incorrect
THE LATEST BULLETIN.
Mlburn House. Buffalo. Sept lo-The
following bulletin was issued by the
Presidents physicians at $3.50 p. M;
There is no change since this NOM
inrs favorable bulletin. Pulse. 10;
temperature. 100, respiration, q.
up. N. BINEY,
~. D. MANN,
ROSWELL PARK,
HERMAN MYNTER,
EUGENE NASpiN
GEORGE D. COETELYOU,
Secretary 20 The President
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-03

One of the most interesting letters
Our Social Chat has had this year is
that published this week from Mrs.
Null. She describes her trip to Cal
ifornia, and we hope that she will
tell us of her stay-the things that
she saw and the impressions pro-
duced, for not many of Us will ever
cross the continent as she has done.
We shall have another letter from
her next week.
Not very many boys of the present
generation would enjoy such thrill
ing experiences as r depicted in
Sixty's letter. We are glad that he
was spared to tell us of his boyhood
adventures. Will Sixty please tell
us more OF those early days in Yves
tern Carolina? We know so little
of them and will remain ignorant
unless he, Manly, and others, en-
tighten us.
Many thanks, Johnny Brown, for
your kind invitation. The day you de-
scribe would be an ideal one for me,
but your letter is personal and I fear
would not interest others. Try again,
as you write well, and we would
like to publish your letters.
Cheerful Patsy is with US this
week. Yes, a mother can control
her children, but as you say''she must
begin in time" or she may expect
to fail in her attempt to do so. There
are very few mothers that can see
their own children as others see them.
AUNT JENNIE.
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"REMINISCENCES OF A PIONEER.
Catawba Co., N. G.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Hearing
many calls for Sixty, I will come
again. I left you in St. Louis on
our return to the Old North State.
Next morning we crossed the Missis-
sippi river in a hOrse-boat. They
had two horses in the boat and a
wheel in the water they worked
like grinding cane. So we finally
got across.
On we came thaough a part of I'LL
nois, and passing a Dutch family
whose house was close to the road,
and a paled fence along beside the
road was lined with bucks horns,
some of the largest I ever saw. Some
Dutch girls came out to look at a
large jennet that father had. They
were full of chat, but we could not I'M
derstand them. That jennet would
keep the road clear of dogs. She
made every one of them leave the
road before she let him alone. On
our way we came to a new cedar
fence. I thought it was the pref
test fence I ever saw and father
got some of the cedar and put it in
his wagon to make a churn; that
churn is good yet.
On we came until we got in sight
of the pines on the tops of the noun
tains and the older ones of. the fam
rejoiced and said, "We are getting
back to North Carolina again"
And so we did, and in the month of
May. Father made a cropin Cherokee
county, near a creek, and it was
here that I did my first fishing with
a pin hook. The first one / caught
I jerked so hard that I almost
Strengthened my hook and threw
the fish about thirty feet, but I
thought that I had done we'll.
There we're many Indians in the
country then, and we were afraid of
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THE MOTHERS DUTY TO HER CHILD.
Jackson Co., N. G.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE 81 want to
talk a little with the mothers about
our little ones and their training,
There is nothing more needful than
rearing our children in the right
way. If we give them the right
training in the home, they will grow
up useful and independent men and
women. 1t begins at home.
First and above all, we should love
our children with that Christ-like
love that seeks after their welfare in
this world and the eternal welfare of
their souls. We should ask God to
guide us and give us wisdom to
know how TO teach and govern them.
We should not love them with that
selfish love that keeps us from cor
recting them when when they need
it. We should strive to initiate our
Heavenly Father He corrects us
when we go astray, beoause]He loves
US and wants US to do better. At
home is the place to teach and in
struct the child, instead of letting
it go it's own way there and then be
continually scolding and ohastising
when you take it out anywhere
from home.
The parent should never tell the
child to do anything he doesn't
mean for it to do , and then when
you do tellit to do anything, see that
it is done as you commanded before
you stop.
A good and obedient child is loved
by all. We all want our children
loved and respected, but it will not
be so if we fail to govern them we'll
[ have seen cases where the correct
ing was entirely left for the father,
the mother thinking she couldn't
F'manage'' them. In fact, they
went on their way till she "dreaded
to commence with Them" but this
was wrong. The mother can teach
them to be just as obedient to her
as they are to the father if she will
commence in time and exercise
enough frmness and resolution.
CHEERFUL PATSY.
Alexander Co., N. G.
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them. One day my brother and
I were playing along the creek. W.
had a hatchet with us and an Indie
man passed and took it away froD,
us, and walked about fifty ward.
away, turned around, laughed ana
laid it down, then went on. Anotbo.
time we were playing along a trail
that led through a piece of woods To
the field, when a tall Indian came nm.
we ran and he ran after us. Fe
caught me, threw me on my back
pulled out a long spring-baok knife
and drew it across my throat. 7
don't like that Indian yet.
When I was about ten years old
a Mr.. Morress had two pet bears and
kept them in a log stable. Every
day they would turn one of them
into the lot and let the dogs fight
him. They fought one SO much that
he died. The other one got out and
was gone some time. Ihad formal
the Indian habit of killing birds and
rabbits with my bow and arrow,
and as I was hunting along the river
one day came TO a big brush. heap. 7
was looking for a rabbit, but l found
Mr.. Morress' bear that had gone into
winter quarters in the brush heap.
I thought fast, and then I pulled off
my bow-string that was made of
Indian hemp and was strong, and I
made a loop. Then I crawled upon
the brush pile and tried to drop the
loop over his head. A few times he
took his paw and would pull it off.
At last I dropped it, gave a quick
jerk and fastened him. I COM
menced pulling and he would whine
and lick out his tongue. I pulled
with all my might and he came out,
/ looked at him, and he was so big I
got afraid of him, for he was over
two years old. I led him about a
hundred yards to the edge of a field,
and tied him to a bush. Twas about
three quarters of a mile away, but
I holloed to father at home that I
had found Morress' bear, and he IN
derstood me. I saw him start to
tell them, and they came and got
him. SIXTY.
Jackson Co., N. G.
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Our Social Chat.
EDTTFD BY AUNT JENNIE, RALFTGH. a, o.

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department Of
Progressive Farmer, we a. some of the
most w~ide-aWake and progressive young ladies
and young men and someO of the most entertain-
ing writer's among the older people of this and
other States, the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
YOU r REQUESTED to join by sending
us a letter on some subject Of general interest,
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN WRITING give full name and post
office address for Aunt Jennie's formatiO
If YOU do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as q Chatt9rer.
TWO WEEKS Or MORE must, as q rule,
elapse between the time q letter is written and
the date of it's publication.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie care OF
The Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. N. @.
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have fine silver, copper, lead and iron
mines. Men can get three dollars q
day working in the mines. Wepassed
through the Alkai Desert. Here
they have had very little rain for
three years. Here, too, at Lords
burg is shown the place Geronimo,
the fierce old Apache chief, led his
braves on the war path.
After a few hours ride from here
we enter Arizona with its sandy
plains and great bare mountains.
Here for the first time I saw g. mir
age, an apparently smooth lake of
water only a few miles away. Many
a thirsty traveller had gone there
to find only shining sand. The sta
tons and towns along the railroad
in Arizona have good hotels, and
the shade trees are magnificent.
Here palms in their native beauty
grow from twenty-five to fifty feet
high, and the eucalyptus and pep
per trees are seen wherever the white
man has built his home. Numbers
of consumptives come TO this hot
dry region seeking relief. We next
passed through Yuma, said to be
the hottest place in the United States,
and enter California, still in a desert
country. After awhile we begin to
see fine orchards and vineyards,
getting finer all the time as we adj
vance farther. Everythingis watered
by irrigation, and rain here in the
summer time would do incalculable
injury. Here is one orchard Of IF
teen thousand acres, owned by nj
man.
It is now Sunday morning and
Rev. C. M. Sheriff. calls on all that
desired to do so to take part in a
prayer meeting. We have been trav-
cling for days with ladies and gen
tlemen also on their way to the great
Epworth League meeting, and feel
almost like old friends and we gather
in the center of the car, and Rev.
Sheriff. conducts n of the most
interesting meetings I have ever
known. The fervent prayers of
thanks for our safety through the
thousands of miles through which
we had all passed, the sweet songs
of Zion floating out on the desert air
the experiences given by Christian
men and women, the tears stream
ing down the faces, while the hearty
handshake was given, for we knew
that in a few hours we should part,
very few of us ever to meet again on
this side Of the New Jerusalem.
After this we begin to g numer.
Gus orchards of orange and lemon,
apricot and prunes. At the stations
hand-wagons loaded with fruit are
offered to the passengers at very
low rates. A few hours more and
we reach Los Angeles, ''the Sum-
mel Land of California" Here we
all stop for a few days, and here I
will take leave of my readers until
my next letter, in which I will give
a brief description of the city and
my visit to Pasadena and then on to
San Francisco and China Town, the
abode of the Celestials there.
Mrs. ALICE NULL.
Catawba Co., N. G.