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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-06

fires are located. Reports tonight say that no
buildings have been burned at Crystal DAVID
son or Grindstone although the fires are close
to those places. At Oakfeld, Aroostook County
slight rain fell this afternoon. The freight
station of the Bangor and Aroostook at Easton
was burned to-day with large potato store
house near by. -,
In many small settlements dwellings, MUS
and storehouses have been burned, and the fire
is running along the Bangor and Aroostooh
tracks in several sections, burning out the ties
In the Beaver Brook region the whole forest Is
a blaZe and the big game is being driven out L;
vast herds The forests all around CARIBOU are
burning but as yet the town has suffered no
great damage.
Bangor timberIand owners have suffered great
losses but the great Northern Paper Company
and the American Realty Company have lost
little yet.
In Haynesville Wednesday night John
Lane a farmer was burned to death while try
ing to save his horses from his barn. which
took fire from the blazing woods Arthur Bull.
of Mapleton. died from the result of excitement
over the fires.
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EFFECT on EYES SLIGHT.
But Erperts Say That Many People
Com plain of the Irritation.

An effort made yesterday TO obtain pro-
fessIonal opinions on the effect of the smoky air
on the ewes The consensus of opinion that
while il is too early notice general complaint
nevertheless the atmospheric conditions do some
injury though slight continuation of the smoke
In the air will undoubtedly do some harm.
DR. Conner house surgeon AT the Manhattan Eye
and Ear Hospital said that result of the
smoke in the atmosphere there undoubtedly
an unusual number of slight OF local irrtta-
tIon of the eyes well of the mucous mem
brane of the nose. This irritation slight at
present and there had been no appreciate IN
crease OF patients yet the clinics at his hospital
He said that the irritation was intensified by rub
bling the eyes.
Dr. Richard Kash. visiting ophthalmc surgeon
at the city Hospital at BlackweiIs Island sad
phere had resulted a slight external irritation
Of the ewes Under the present condition he did
not think that this irritation would be dangerous !
There was more danger, he said. from foolish
home treatment The effect at present healthy
eve was hardly perceptible. With sore eyes-those
previously suffering from colds or Inflammation
the trouble would be aggravated by the smoke.
as to home treatment, DR.. kafsh said that IT
would be well TO the irritated eyes in luhe
warm water Infamed eyes should be seen by
Di-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-06
NEU-ENGLAND
Maine Tozcns Destroyed and Nee
Ham pshire Villages in Peril.

Boston June 5.-Conditions in the woods are
worse than ever tonight. with no hope for rain
tomorrow. Northern Maine is una bic to make
any Roadway against the flames. and several
more villages are in ruins. Other sections or
newfoundland are suffering heavily The total
loss in Maine will exceed So.0oOHn. and III
New-Hampshire S30o000O. The damage in
Massachusetts will probably exceed Sl,tO.oo
before the fires die out. Bangor adYlces are
that there is widespread danger. and for TWO
hundred miles north and east there is sea OF
fame overhung by clouds of dense black smoke
Ashland Junction, near Houlton Is beyond nope
I'D the irha bitants are moving out Zen sulil-
,nar cottages many sporting camps aho the
railroad station at st. CrotX are purheo. OIilS
miracle can save Patten and Smyrna Mis-
cereraI fires in New Hampshire have been SET
t,r nassing trains and have caused great de-
etrurtion Berlin. Gorham. Randolpn Llspoii'
IIavarhfII and all Northern NeW-1aihp shlIe
,oU,ns are in peril. Two bridges on Boston anu
sSai,,a branches are burned. Moan Lalhrop
S,aaTn saw mill at Bristol Is burned pc
+uean westfeld and Montgomery the nouI1I L
- abIaze end the hamlet of East LalloiAe Is
t'aIie,.ed 70 be wiped Gilmore ana MOTIFS
III 40 endangered. we'll as HYDE PARK
,Tasgachusetts is suffering. but no towns aie
g., danger Saddle Ball Mountain IN tlIe Dr. D.
~ I,Tee Is burning over, and many o'heE io'e''
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STATE TO HELP PUT OUT FIRES.
Governor Odell Authorizes the Controller
to Pay Out Money

Albany. June 5.-Governor Oden to-day, by
telephone from Newburg, authorized Controller
Miller TO provide Colonel W. F Fox, State Su-
,,.ri1teg,dent of Forests with funds sufficient to
l.s a. { him TO procure all necessary help to hght
l. crest fires in the Adirondacks.
This is the second time in the last FIVE years
ii ne state has been called upon TO meet
:, h an emergency The former occasion was
l. 1899 when Governor Roosevelt authorized
T.. Controller to provide $1,000 for the Forest
Commission.
% extensive and SO threatening have the
tres become that private owners by the pay
nlenl 81 cash wages have been securing the
available labor. and have practically left the
state without a sufficient force.
With the $1,000 now available, Colonel Fox
thinks there will be no difficulty securing all
necessary help.
Chief Fire Warden Emmons who is directing
three hundred in fighting fires at Long
Lake in the vicinity of the camp OF Robert Z
Pruyn the banker. to-day reported that the
fires there would be under control to-day unless
unfavora bic winds revived them.
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BIG DEMAND FOR LABOR
Receding Of Water Makes Lots Of
Work at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo. June 5-The water had re-
coded at dark tonight from one-tenth Of the
flooded area and the uncovered district was
promptly reoccupied. The territory reclaimed
included the Union Station. which suffered go
900 damage and part of the railroad yards
The recession of the flood has caused a lively
demand for unskilled labor to repair railroads
clean out buildings and carry away rubbish
The verified death list now numbers ten.
temporary bridge is being constructed
across the Kansas River to carry the city aque-
duct and pure water Is hoped for within three
davs Telephone and telegraph communication
with Kansas City. Kan. was re-establfshed to-
dav. The electric light service was resumed to-
night The saloons will be reopened on Monday
morning.
The citizens general relief committee of Kan
sas City Mo, has issued a statement TO the
public giving thanks for offers OF ald ana ask
ING that assistance be sent to Kansas City,
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FLEEING FROM SUMMER HOMES.
City People Owning Cottages in the Adiron-
dacks Escape from Fire Zone.

Several NEWCOMERS who have cottages in the
fire zone in the Adirondack at which they We're
staying deserted them Thursday, when the flames
got dangerously near. Among them was Dr. Charles
Laight, who has a place in Keene Valley, Essex
County. He was obliged to hurriedly. at l
o'clock in the morning. with his wife and child, to
Elizabethtown. thirteen miles away. He intercept
ed Frederick II. Comstock's daughter and several
friends who their way TO Keene Valley,
where the Comstock cottage adjoins DR.. Laights.
Mr.. Comstock said last night
Information I have received says that the entire
east side of the mountain is burned bare and the
almost so. The cottages are still intact as far
know. DR.. Laight probably drove to Eliza
BEETHOVEN. where there is comfortable hotel. TO
avoid the hot and sitting air of the burning dis
triCt.
Three hundred frehghters working with little
success TO control the situation and many fine cot
tages of Phiadelphians New Yorkers are threat
ened. 1t had been reported that that OF George
hoffman was among the number. but he received
word night that it was out of danger: and
n left here with mis- family to take up
his residence there for the summer
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THE D4M4GE IN CANADA.
Families IN Eastern Ontario and
Quebec Lose Their Homes.
Try TELEGRAPH TO The TRIBUNE

Montreal June 5-The forest fires continue
in different sections of Eastern Ontario. Quebec
and New-Brunswck. On the Ottawa and Gait
neau and streams tributary. the damage is in
caIculab!e A man who has just arrived from
Allumette Island says that the fires have started
again in that section, and destroying much
valuable timber land.
The J. R. Booth Company had checked one
big fire by keeping it from spreading at the side
After 1t was out new settler set fire to some
brush and the woods were soon aflame again
At Iabelle in the Northern Quebec district.
forty or fifty families have been made homeless,
and number of valuable mills destroyed. In
the Three Rivers and Quebec district the loss
viii be hard to estimate. Quebec dispatch
saws the railway station OF the Triton Fish and
Game Club has gone. though the large club
house is so far safe; but the Stadacona Club
house the Press Club house and several camp
ing houses of the jacques Cartier Club have
been wiped out. Many Americans visit these
clubs every year. No lives are believed to have
been lost.
The Inglewood Club properties. consisting of
three Clubhouses two cabins. lighthouses. ice
and cook houses which cost S14O.Ob. are in
ashes Even most of the furniture which was
taken out on the lakes in boats. was lost over
board by heavy setting in.
The drouth continues. and crops promise TO be
a failure The loss will into millions.
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READY FOR BRIDGE NO. BIDS.
Board of Estimate Appropriates $685., 900
for Manhattan Structure

At the meeting of the Board of Estimate yester-
day a resolution passed apportioning among
the several boroughs. follows. the 100000
porate stock authorized be issued under Section
Il OF the charter for the repaving of streets and
avenues in the city: Manhattan. $3.50 900. Brooklyn
81 $4,000; The Bronx s276000: Queens. s14SSO0.
Richmond. s12S. 800. The resolution also apportOned
as follows the $3.50 GO left out OF the previous
preparation: Manhattan. S17400O Brooklyn. $27S400
The Bronx S34.sGO; Queens. s26.l00 and Richmond
81 200.
A resolution offered By Controller GrOut was
adOpted authorizing the appropriation Of S6.532
for the building of Bridge No. 3, In moving the
resolution MIR. Grout said that Commissioner
Iindenthal was ready to advertise for bids. and
that IL was his intention let contract for all
the iron work the bridge.
For patnting OF a portrait of Andrew II
Green to be hung in the Governors Room. $500
resolution was adopted authorizing the issuing
of 500 600 of corporate stock for site and building
for the Health Department.
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THOUSANDS FIGHTING FLAMES.
Devastation Has Been Checked Somewhat in
the Foothills.
THr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSE.l


Saratoga. June 5.-This has been another vel
low dayr in the Adrondacks. where the smoke
rnd wind driven ashes again obscured the sun,
which recalled the memorable yellow day OF
September + 1881 when many were startled
by the peculiar dark conditions of the atmos-
uhere Many OF the fires in the foothills have
been brought under comparative subsection.
Those in the more mountainous sections are
gradually spreading over new territory, and are
far beyond control In some sections the muck
or peat that covers the surface to the depth o.
q foot or more, having been made in1iammable
by the protracted drouth is reported to have
BECOME a seething mass that cannot be az
preached. and only deluging storm can sub
due il.
L is estimated that more than three Thousand
fire fighters are work. but only al a few
places they making any progress against the
devastating element The scene OF greatest ac-
tivity is reported TO be near Catlin Lake. where
the fires are scattered over section hfteen
miles wide and twenty miles long. and in the
Cold River country. where an area over twenty
miles square is said TO be abaze- Additional
fires reported to-day in the Fulton chain,
Cedar River. Tekene Junction and Euba Mills
George a. Rosa, of this place. who reached
here to-day from the Catlin Lake region, re-
ports that navigation the Adirondack Lakes
IS practically suspended. He says steamer
with 4 gang Of fire fighters has been missing on
Long Lake for three days. The ravaGes in the
Cold River region cover twenty miles square
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FLAMES ABATE IN VERMoN1'
Jurv Trials Suspended to Let the Jurors
Protect Their Property.

- y, June 5.-Reports from Inherent
bulli4'7 H. state show that the forest fires
polnts well under control and that some OF the
reported earlier was exagge5ated Men IN
charge Of the bushes paee no 81 serious rts
say The reported destruction OF 70 of he erroSeous
Spring IIo T1rorcester Mountain has been suDdued
The iire on that thirty five hundred acres OF
,inberlaud have been burheo oNe
- y, June 5-The danger from forest
Ils' ,,,, al IN the suspension OF jury trials
mr. nc" noiI county Court here until next Mon
a., while case being heard TWO jurors
ce,,-ed word that their property was III uaise
-, .xr,Jsed them and tEen ordeFeo an JuiLs
me fsrred until next week The hre was III me
cases dc i-Irrore 4 change in the wind enabled
VIZ ss.sfdfpfs 10 save the place
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MANY TO PRAY FOR RAIN.
Various Denominations to Make Supplica-
plications.

So paramount has the need of rain become that
Yesterday numerous Episcopal churches offered the
following supplication for rain. provided in
the prayerbook
o God heavenly Father who by thy Son Jesus
Christ has promised all them that seek thy
Kingdom and the Righteousness thereof. all things
necessary To their bodily sustenance. send us. we
hessech thee In this necessity such moderate
rains and showers that we may receive the lrulLs
~ the Garth 10 our comfort and TO thy honor
through Jesus Christ Lord. Amen.
In churches of various denominations prayers VIII
be offered to-day and every day until general
downpour
In tho Catholic. churches the priests will pray
g.. s- rain AT mass and offer special prayers again
with the congregation. At the Cathedral Father
IayeIle rector will lead the parishioners I'm d
for rain.
Rishop Potter and Archbishop Farley VII pave
pravers said i'm their private chapels In the Pres
tytarisn Wsthodist and Collegiate churches con
gregationaI prayers will be offered tomorrow
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THE SMOKE PAIL.
Continued from first page.

j should not judge from the data at my COM
rnand that there were more than forty thousa nd
acres OF timber land burned by the fires
and the timber destroyed is OF all sizes and
grades high average value OF timber lands
in the sections where the fires have been burn
Ing would he 81 10 acre The highest price
the State has paid for virgin forest is 81 an acre
and II bought many acres of land covered with
hard wood from which the spruce and pine had
all been cut for 81 10 an acre. Hence. you see
the price Of So 10 an acre is q high one and on
that basis the loss would not be over $40 600 or
S1-aaee1
This is. however. only rough estimate on
the value and acreage of timber lands burned
Colonel Fox wishes il understood that the
estimate Of forty thousand acres is on timber
land only. There probably $4,000 or 40 600
acres Of waste lands covered with huckleberry
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NO WIND: FIRES DEADEN.
Glens Falls Lumber Companies Receive En-
couraging Reports.

Glens Falls. N. Y, June 5.-Reports received
tonight at the offices of the lumber companies
state that the fires are well in hand, and that
the situation. considering ali the circumstances
is satisfactory.
John Anderson wired tonight from Newconp
that he has three hundred men at work
in Townships 30 and %. and that the
fires have been kept under control during
the day and that there is no wind These
townships include the Catlin Lake region, and
also Robert c. Pruyn's preserve. J. T. Finch.
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LESS DANGER IN MAINE.
Wind Changes, scith Signs of Ram,
and the Villages Seem Safe.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuSE.l

Bangor Me, June "a lull In the wind to-
day gave the fire swept regions of Maine re-
spite from immediate danger. but the woods
continued to blaze. and tonight the wind has
changed to the southeast. with some signs OF
rain The fires again raging. although with
less fury than on Thursday Inc town Oh rat
ten which was in great danger last night, is
low regarded as safe. and Shirley has been
saved by the efforts of its own people and
large crew sent from Greenville. At Millinocket
the fires have died out somewhat. and no fears
are now felt for the safety of that town the
whole country north Of Millinocket Is thick with
smoke and it is difficult to tell where the many
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who is directing the fire fighting force at Iui-
ian Lake and Cedar River reports tonight that
the conditions in his territory are satisfactory
Lumbermen here do not anticipate that the
preserve will be damaged TO a very great extent
owing TO the fact that the timber is mostly
hardwood.
The report that Governor Odell has author
lied an emergency expenditure of $4,000 for
the purpose OF fighting forest fires is received
with approval here.
The lumber companies have their forces well
organized Nearly all Of them welcome squat
ters" because they are ready TO help in an
emergency like this.
The fires in the Lake George region have
practically burned out under control
The air is still dense with smoke
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uFLp FOR TOPEKA.

Cleveland June 5.-The Topeka relief commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce telegraphed to
r.onaka to-day to draw for 81 900 starter
+ba fund which will be raised in this city II is
believed that a large sum will be contributed by
the people here.
Denver June 5-Governor Peabody has issued
proclamation calling on the people Of Colorado TO
contribute to the assistance of the flood sufferers
of Kansas He asks that contributions be in cash
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-06
SHORT HAY CROP EXPECTED.

Rlairstown. y. j., June 5.-Many OF the farmers
about here and over in Sussex County, especially
those with big daires, are planting mlet and
fodder corn in anticipation OF failure of the hay
crop on account Of the scarcity of rain 1t is
fortv-efght days since enough rain has fallen In
some parts OF Warren and Sussex counties to lay
the dust The farmers say that the quantity OF
fodder corn planted this year will be double that
OF any previous season in ten years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-06
RAINMAKING BALLOON WANTED.
Or. Webb's Manager and Strawberry Grow
ers Wish 10 Try the Apparatus

Utica, June 5.-Major E Vi. Burns. manager
Of DR.. ". Seward Webb's Adirondack property.
has telegraphed Professor Carl f. Meyers, al
Frankfort. 30 come at once with his explosive
balloon apparatus for the purpose Of inducing
rain I'm that section Professor Meyers replied
that II would take three days get the APP
paratus ready. Some years ago Professor Mey-
ers conducted successful experiments in Texas
The strawberry growers Of Ion also want the
rain producing balloon tested.
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and other bushes. ferns etc, which have been
burned over this year, they are almost every
wear. and which added to the timber acreage,
would make a total Of some eighty thousand
acres but 70 value can be placed on such lands
as they are practically worthless. In 1919 about
seyenty-nine thousand acres were burned over
l1v forest fires, with about the same proportion
Of timber and waste lands
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crop SETTING FOREST FIRES.

R,verhead. Long Island, June s'-ResiaehlS 81
,anton and Bridgehampton have sent a pc
faS'''a -, fsoard of Supervisors asking that a
a he offered by the county for Information
,sa,rg To the arrest and conviction OF persons
uho are starting fres in this Vlclnig ,asn nla@es
49, many forest fires lately near ti"se pi"Ses'
oeeh ,npch timber has been destroyed
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cLoUDsURsT NEAR ST. LOUIS.

St Louis June Reports were received here TO-
day of a cloudburst that struck Feuton and Valley
Park. about twenty miles west of this city. The
country for miles around flooded a depth
of six inches for several hours. The loss crops
a long the Merarnec River bottoms is heavy.
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handling light battery Captain Gebel
named the battery. with the cadets from the
graduating class officers The first. third and
loorth batteries also showed the visitors now an
army enters camp. A few minutes after the com
Hanu every tent was up and ready for occupation.
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MUCK" FARMS ABLAZE.

for producing potatoes. is abaze along the valley
from Fort Edward Whitehall. distance of ff-
teen or twenty miles Farmers fighting the
ground fires with hose taking water from the
canal Crops viii be utter failure unless rain
comes within q few DAYS
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CHARLES Z. DIsBROw. No 80 West Forty NTH St
81 1856 The principal creditor II
Herman Wronkow No y William ST. s2tst - GO
Schedules fled by the PHILIP SENMER GLASS
COMPANY, OF No l. Desbrosses showing liabilities
Of Si1 1H5 aud OF SOL 4tei The principal cret
the american Glass Company. PittshuTH PENN
81 ,33; MARI j. clark New York city. Sstsr' me
Brownsville Company. MorEaqtoNn. PENN $22sl: J9hn
p Seumer Jerse, city. s3a0d: J. BrccN Jerses tiiS
corporation discounted its customers notes
yith three banks First National Of NevIersey. Jer
Ctry holding SIS. IsS. Nsrk Bank ~ New oTA
s1.99. ard the Trust ~ New Jersey. Jersey
Cty- si.567. corporation thirty two lots IN
estimated uorrgased for S-epN.
claim equity s10cao Their stock is valued az
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>. altman 4 90.

$40 900; fixtures $500 bills and notes. $lI4 horses e'
$500 and accounts. S54 SIS .--r-r, -,,ov,
Schedules were also by SAMJ Eli .IL.3SS ~ S
iiaffIiriss Of Sc Inc p'!'
cipai creditors are Safenik Son. No q" s4st . -
81 IaD. Shafer Schramm * VoEel. W lao Sr'r'ilL
81 200 The accounts estimated at <l'tV ana h's
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CADETS HANDLE LIGHT BATTERY.

West Point. y Y. June 5.-The booming Of can
singly and in saivos to-day made the his
around the academy ring as the cadets demon
straied the board Of visitors what they knew OF
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relief committee and President Burt. of the
Union Pacific sent $500 to each Kansas City
The total of cash contributions received in both
cities is about $4,000. II is thought that half
the flooded area will be bare tomorrow noon.
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MONEY FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS.

The following contributions TO the fund for the
,eserers bv the calamites in the West and South
ave been received at the office of the Mayor. to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-06

A model for story writers-QuiiIer Ccrch's
..Adveutur~- of Harry HeveI" Something
doing all the time. Read the irst chapter In
tomorrow Tribune.
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THE shy LEVEE BREAKS.
Continued from first page.

bousas were mostly small and felt the full force
Of the current. The yards were swept clean OF
outbuildings and many of the houses turned
quarter of the way around and partly shppeo
from their foundations
The greater part of North Topeka IS waste
of sand, which is piled up over the streets,
bouse floors and railroad tracks in many places
from two to four feet deep. In the western part
of the CITY the sandbanks are everywhere
Generous responses are being made to the ap-
,eaIs for aid From ali over the country tele-
grams are coming authorizing the relief ofhcers
here To draw on various organizations for furlds'