The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-05-11
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Military in Control of Stricken City
of Jacksonville.
Excellent Order Is Observation-Disclosures.
ures of Relief Promptly Taken
Money and Food Sent from
~ Many Cities.

Jacksonville, Fla, May 6.-The greet
fire has burned itself out, leaving
Jacksonville place of desolation.
Ten thousand persons are homeless,
14S city blocks have been laid waste
and property worth from $4,000, 900
to $15,O00,000 has been destroyed.
1t is almost certain that n number
of persons persisted in the river. Sew
eral persons declared that they had
heard cries for help issuing from the
water as they fioated to places of
safety.
The burned District.
The burned district is 10 blocks
wide and two miles long. 1t extends
from the st. Johns river, where it
to Catherine street on the east,
Orange on the north and Davis to the
west. This immense area was swept
. clean.
A committee was appointed at q
meeting of citizens to telegraph the
governors of various states to send
all the tents they can spare to Jack
sonville. 1t will be weeks before any
thing like permanent shelter can be
provided for the homeless thousands,
and the city for some time to come
will be city of tents.
Jacksonville has not yet made an
official application for aid. There
seems to be some objection to this,
but it is mainly based on the asser-
ton by many leading citizens that
this city and Florida can meet the
emergency and care for their own.
On every vacant lot in the territory
surrounding the burned district fam
flies are camped. Some have piled
furniture about them, spreading over
this blanket, which makes sort of
tent. In many cases this covering is
only enough for the baby. Some have
brought frying Fan, some coffee
pot. some money to get bread. Cook
ing utensils are shared in turn.
city Under Military Rule.
At one o'clock Saturday morning q
Gordon composed Of militiamen, depu-
ty sheriffs and policemen was thrown
around the entire fire-swept district.
Later a request was wired to the
governor for troops, to which the
following reply quickly came:
Tallahassee. Fla. May 4-MacWilliams,
Adjutant General: Your call for Gaines
VILE, Orlando and Starke companies APP
proved; have appointed LEngle. Broward
and Rogers special relief committee, plac-
ing $4,000 at their disposal
'W. S. JENNINGS, Governor"
At seven o'clock Saturday morning
Gov. Jennings declared the city un-
der martial law Col. Lowell, of the
First regiment, is in command of the
troops. The following troops. in adj
dition to local companies. arrived dur
ing the day and are on duty: Gov
ernor's guards, Tallahassee: Columbia
rifles, Lake City: Suwanee rifles, Live
Oak, and Gem City guards, Palatka.
Mai. Bradshaw, under Col. Lowell, is
i'm immediate command of the troops.
Legislature TO Give Aid.
A bill will be introduced in the leg
islature Immediately to at once bond
Duval county for 100000 to rebuild
the courthouse.
A bill for n similar amount will be
brought before the legislature to
bond the city of Jacksonville. the
money to be used in covering an
old debt and to erect buildings de-
stroyed by the fire. Owing to the
tremendous pressure of business the
Western Union Telegraph company
has given up all attempts to deliver
messages. The office is crowded to
suffocation by people endeavoring to
get their messages on the wires, and
to reach kilograms awaiting them.
Outside OF the telegraph Office people
are seen with blanks up against the
building writing dispatches. Money
is pouring in from all Florida cities
by wire and express. The Times
Union and Citizen has headed fund
which is growing rapidly. 1t is ad-
mitted by everybody that the situa-
ton is serious one. and that help
will be needed from the outside
world.
Relief Arrives.
The hunger of ten thousand home
less people was satisfied Sunday upon
the arrival of relief trains and boats
bringing provisions from neighboring
towns. Early in the morning a COM
IIllSSaTy was SIaDllSHeu III thC SCh'ei
of the city and thousands were fed
during the day. The relief fund is
growing hourly and every mail brings
offers of assistance. An order was
promulgated under martial law re-
quiring all merchants whose stores
were spared by the confagration to
open their doors and sell to all who
asked. The streets were crowded all
day with shoppers who lost all in the
fire and many stores remain open
all night. 1t is estimated that 5000
persons have left the city, and every
outgoing train is crowded with refu-
gees. Five car loads of tents were re-
ceived Sunday, the property of the
state, which are to be used by the
homeless temporarily.
Good once Goes begging.
Washington. May 6.-Not single
application has been received for the
Office of steamboat boiler inspector at
Manila at s2,25o a year. An examine