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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17

was perfectly happy. and she was doing like
other Americans do. She knew there were
to be fireworks at night, and that several
balloons were to go up. She would it
all. She coaxed her way past the gateman
into the grandstand ani finally reached the
side of the man In the band who beat the
base drum This was the pinnacle of her
happiness.
And it was from that height that she fell.
For there her father found her and carried
he off home. Her one regret was that she
only part of the fireworks, and that the
; man who sent up the balloons did not ask
her to go Up in one Of them. Nora was
punished. of course. for running away, but
she feels that now she really and truly Is an
American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17
A Zuni Baby.

From st. Nicholas.
The Zuni child spends his early days in a
cradle But cradle in Zuniland does not
mean down pillows, silken coverIets and
fluffy laces; 1t is only fat board Just the
length of the baby, with a hood like a dolls
buggy top cover over the head. Upon this
hard bed the baby is bound like mummy
the coverings wound round and round him
until the little fellow cannot move except to
open his mouth and eyes. Sometimes he is
unroiied and looks ont into the bare white
washed room. blinks at the fire burning on
the hearth. and fixes his eyes earnestly on
tho wolf and cougar skins that serve as
chairs and beds and carpets In the Zuni
home. By the time he is two or three years
old he has grown into plump little bronze
creature. with the straightest of coarse
black hair and the biggest and roundest of
black eyes. He S now out of the cradle
and trots about the house and the village
When the weather Is bad he wears small
coarse shirt and always necklace of beads
or turquoise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17
GINGER.

Wow. WOW, Ginger. II you please. That
Is my name, and | wish to tell you l have
had terrible trial My great trouble IN
this world is cats. l simply cannot endure
them and judging by the way they growi
and wauI and spit and bend their backs
and stiffen their tails at me, they feel no
more friendly toward me than 1 do toward
them.
There is just one pussy that l can toll
crate, and she lives next door. / never call
her a cat. even though she is one. l call
her "A dear old puss-Nancy is her name
and we have more fun than you can shake
seven sticks at Our play ground is the
grass plat in our back yard and the way
we chase and tumble and roll would bring
a smile to the face of the wooden Indian
at the cigar store
But | draw the line just past Nancy. for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17
Jimmy Jones' Quandary.
BY ELIZABETH SAAIIJOU.

Dear me! / have been reading
OF what great men can do;
The men known all around the world,
With wealth and honor, too.
Now. let me see-what are their names?
Well. Mister Gladstone's one.
They say he used to read. In Greek,
His Homer. just for fun.
I'd not mind being famous, too,
And hearing people sag.
There goes the Honorable James Jones,
Our greatest man today"
Bnt II that means that l must rad
Such stun. ~ dry as bones.
Please count me out and let me stag
Just simply Jimmy Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17
An Alphabet Story.

Each person must write a story in TWEEN
ty-six words, Every word TO begin with
different letter of the alphabet In its natur-
al order. For Instance:
A brilliant creature discoursed every Fri
day, giving her interpretations loosely.
Kindly lawyer. Mr.. Norton objected pro-
Tossing quite rudely some trumpery u,tbe-
iiefs. varied with (e) xalted yells.-Zoundst
This may be varied by using the letters
backward. from 2 to A. For thc best (or
least bad story some humorous trida
be presented
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17
Some Dolls.

Most dolls are born In Thurinsia, a prov
ince of Germany. Thuringia Is sometimes
called puppet land on this account. AL
most the entire population is employed
making some parts of the dolls, which are
sent to every country in the world EXCEPT
India The iitEe Hindus ara said to be
the only doll-less children In the world. ali
countries having something which the little
girls can rock to sleep and love- That the
American girls love dolls one has only to
read that last year over $S,00OO0O worth OF
dollies came into this country, and neg riy
all of them from Thuringia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17
Beauty Recipe.

Said her husband one day: win you tell me- my
Kate.
What makes you so young and 80 handsome OF
late?
For long while-a month six weeks, I should
say
II believe" she said. smiling, "to tell you the
truth.
I've discovered the fount Of perpetual youth.
In the vale Of the SOUL like well spring. it's set
And contains equal parts Of Be patient Dout
fret IL"
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here and there a shark. waiting for It's
chance. One sailor said he had never seen
lovelier or more remarkable spectacle
The sea was perfectly calm and clear, and
overhead the sun shone brilliantly. The
tree must have been waterlogged for many
weeks, because 1t was covered with bar
nacles and all kinds OF shells
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Willie's Error.
Willie humbly begged

Poor Weary Willie humbly begged
For bread
And got 1t. too. with butter on
1t spread.
smilc three-quarters OF his face
Went round:
But there 1t stopped, for willie-well,
He frowned.
II I ask bread and get 1t. SPREAD
Thought VIII.
Perhaps better ask for much
More STILL
So to the lady back he gave
The bread.
And put an injured look on while
He said:
You ought to be ashamed. Perhaps
You are.
But let me tell Jon I'm partic-
ulae.
van. sons hsa%y on that broad.
The door shut. Bread was sens- and bon,
~, too.
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That Hump.

Oh. papa. dear. do tell me where
The camel got his hump.
Did something heavy fall on him
To raise that awful lump?
Or was be turning somersaults,
Like acrohaits genteel,
And struck s---oh, have It n0wi
think he rode q wheel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17

RHYsiING ENIGMA.

My first is In agent but never In sale;
My seconds In storm, but never I'm gale:
My third is IN evening, bat never In morn;
My fourth 10 In grieving but never In forlorn;
My fifth Is in ancient. but never In gray;
My sixth is In April, but never In May;
My seventies in apple, but never in plum;
My eighth is In cannon. but never in drum;
My ninth is in delicious, but never In nice;
My whole is a country Astounding I'm Ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17
WITHIN WORDS

WORDS WITHIN WORDS
Example, unit within the frame of animal.
Answer-B-one-s.
l. To sing low within part of the hand.
g A word of denial within to understand
g. file within increased
f. Unfinished within to speak In heightened
tone.
g. To edge within a subject OF discourse
FRUIT Puzzle
Out of the letters given make at least eight kinds
of fruit The same letter may he used more than
once: 90 G II II c MINAETF.
HIDDEN FISH.
1. The bird perched maple tree.
2 Louis had a beautiful new rowboat given him.
B. The little apple tree weak IL had to
be propped.
f. That route is the best I think
g. Go In, Bob softly you
g. These ginger snaps melt in your mouth.
Al. A consonant In letter. 2. negative.
being. 8. color. Z. consonant I'm letter
B-1. A consonant in sings" 2. Not good 3.
very good person. T. sport. ). trouble. g.
conjunction. Z. consonant in sings"
MIXED SYLLABLES
When the following sylables correctly ar
ranged six two-syliabe words will be formed. No
syllable is to be used than once:
EN-TACK-LE0P-MEM- AT-TER-AED-ER
-GINE-LET-LEAD-BER
RHYMING ENIGMA.
My first is in agent but never in sale;
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WORD PARALLELoGRAM.

HIDDEN WORD SQUARES
Al. d A L B-1. ISL
2. 8 L E 2. o
g. AL AS g. STEW
e. LESS e. HOWL
JCMBLED PROVERBS.
1. The busy have time for teays.
g The simplest STYLE II the best.
8. We all guess more than we know.
4. In bis grave rRined many .ear.
CONCEALED ARTICLES or Noop.
I. AueDa. .. Toast. 3. Tcru;p. Z. R.dsah.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
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Out of the letters given make at least eight kinds
of fruit. The same letter may he used than
once: . o z II L &c q MIN +.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
RARE PAINTINGS GONE
M. w. Savage Loses All His Old Friends.
in BintliR s..

M. w. Savage Of the International
Stock Food company lost pictures worth
about $1,000. Today his home is quite
denuded of picture ornamentation and
Mr.. Savage is mourning. The money
valuation Of the paintings is placed by
Mr.. Savage at $4,000 but he would not
have taken several times that sum for
his old picture friends.
for st. Louis, short time ago, Mr.
Bintliff went to the Savage home and
took all the pictures in the house to his
place of business to reframe them.
They were still there when fire last
night destroyed them. Among them
were paintings by Rheams. the noted
fruit painter; Alex Fourier and sew
eral other we'll known artists. Mr.: Saw
age says the pictures were insured, but
he feels that money will never COM
pensate him for the loss Of pictures that
had come by association to seem like
members of his own family.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
FINE ENGINE CRUSHED
Men Who Manned It Had Marrow
Escape.

That the death list was not four in
stead Of two is undoubtedly due to the
watchfulness of Fire Chief Canterbury,
who saw the Fifth street wall of the
Boutell building just as it was about
to fall and warned Engineer Hugh SG.
Mcleod and Assistant Engineer Charles
Baker, both Of Engine company No. 3,
Just in time to allow them to escape.
Just as they ran away from the build
ing the wall fell upon the engine, crush
ing it into a mass OF twisted iron. A
few scattering bricks struck the engi-
neers as they ran across the street, but
did not injure them seriously.
to arrive at the fire; and took it's posi-
tlon at the hydrant directly at the cor
ner Of the Boutell building on Fifth
street and First avenue s. When the
building was attacked by the flames,
the position Of the engine was almost
unbearable to the fremen on account
of the heat, but as the engine was more
the water had to be thrown, Chief Can
terbury decided to leave it there as
long as possible. N.. 49, -
But while the engine was there Chief
Canterbury was not at ease, and told
the men to watch carefully for any
sign of the wall s falling. At the same
time he took up the vigil himself. Sud,
u6nly ne nOLlcou IAo Wall CULVER ana
he shouted:
''Run for your lives, the wall is fall
ing!" ..s...... =. /.
Mcleod and Baker ran across the
street just as the wall came down with
terrific force. Pieces of brick followed
them across the street and Mcleod re-
ceived several painful bruises.
While the men were fortunate in es-
Gaping, their engine was completely de-
| molished. ~
No. 8 was an extra frst-class piston
engine, built at Seneca Falls, N. Y, in
| 1888. It was one Of the best engines
in the service and was stationed at
Second street and Third avenue N,
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Photo by Journal Photographer. B..

building fell. The crowd was close to
the building when the crash occurred.
yelled, and instantly wild panic seized
the crowd. People were gathered thick
ly under the falling wire, and it seemed
in the crush that all could not possibly
escape, but when the live wire had
reached the pavement, it was found
that no one was hurt.
The danger from the wire had then
Just commenced. Police officers and
volunteers busted themselves in warn
ing spectators to keep away from it, but
in spite Of all efforts the habitually
careless would persist in =, approaching.
One man walked toward It when some
one warned him. He stopped stock
him standing directly upon the wire.
..:Get off, you fool" shouted q burly
PT1Ser heels a and Pa was a1d sendng WITH
these on the wire. The rubber propa-
bly, saved his life.
One policeman, angered because the
crowd disobeyed his orders, grabbed a
young man, who had stepped over the
wire and threw him violently back. The
intruder almost fell over the wire, but
miraculously escaped. -, ia
One Of the drivers Of the fire depart
ment, not noticing the wire, drove di
rectly across it. The horses fortunate
ly stepped over it, but when the whee
| struck the wire, there was a splitting OF
blue fire, clearly Indicating the deadly
power 1t transmitted.
Finally the treacheroug coil wa
clipped, but It continued to be regarded
with evident respect. -.aT slg ..ze.ss};
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HELPED THE FIREMEN
Two Firms Supplied Food to the Ell
hausted Workers.

The endurance and excellent work Of
the fire department was in a large,
measure due to the hospitable manner
in which two downtown firms threw
open their doors and allowed the work
ers to come in for food and coffee.
Regain Brothers had not yet closed their
fire broke out word was sent to Chief
Canterbury that the place was at his
disposal.
Yerxa Brothers did the same thing,
altho the proprietors were at hong
when the news of the disaster reached
them. They at once summoned their
employees and coffee and any food the
More than 200 wers fed.
Had it not been for this, hospitality
says Chief Canterbury. many of the
best men in the department would have
given out before the fight was finished,
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effect. While the streams Of water
were playing on the fire the spray was
frozen and fell in the shape Of artificial
snow, which lies EN- banked about the
base of the burned buildings.
cred with ice. On Nicollet, from Fifth
to Third street, the ice is almost as
thick as it is in portions Of First ave-
nue. s. Fourth street, from Nicollet to
First avenue, is also encrusted, while
on First avenue s, in the fire zone, the
ice is heaped up in mounds and en-
bankments.
army Of spectators began to arrive on
the scene of the fire and officers were
kept busy keeping them out Of danger
and out Of the way of workmen who
were at work repairing, in small,
puerile way, the immense damage OF
few hours. Women braved the raw,
damp cold Of the morning to get good
look at the steaming ruins.
1.-THE building of the Powers Mercan-
tile company attracted almost as much
attention as the ruined structures: The
south front of the building, facing
First avenue s, shows clearly the fiery
ordeal thru which the building passed.
| Its escape seems miraculous. The
burned woodwork along the top, the
| ScOTched pa1nI all along IHe souCH SAue
Of the building, the broken windows
and the coating Of ice, all tell story
Of a narrow escape. 50 =
Streams of water were kept playing
en- the burning debris all morning, ant
the steam rising in clouds at times, tx
iclear away, for the moment, added tt
the picturesque effect Of the blackenet
ruins.
| Workmen Of the Twin City Tractio,
company were early engaged in tn
work Of repairing the damage to theii
line and in opening up traffic on thi
thorofare. Armed with picks and shov
els, the workmen laboriously hacked
hewed and shoveled until the ice ha
started in to repair the wire damage
Several of the trolley supporting arm
,, had been broken off. and the wire ha
to be spliced and rehung. By 1913
o'clock cars were started.
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RUINS ARE PICTURESQUE
Crowds Throng to Gaze on the
Wreck and Ruin. ::

A. scene Of desolation and ruin
marks the scene Of last night
confagration. It is as picturesque
as it is desolate, the elements
seeming to have conspired in pro-
ducing the effects. sc What is left
standing Of the ruined buildings is
darkly outlined against the sky, while a
coating Of ice in thousand forms lends
softened effect to the ruins. From
early morning thousands Of people have
gathered at the ruins and gazed with
1nceasing curiosity and wonder.
To those who had gazed at the pyro.
technic display Of the night before, it
seemed this morning as tho fairy wand
Had been waved over the scene, causing
g. wonderful ansformation.- In place
Of the splendid buildings which fur
nished material for the, greedy flames
only dismantled walls remain to show
where the buildings formerly stood. 80
The walls Of the Peck building arc
still intact, altho the interior is com
pletely destroyed. The open and gap
ing windows tell the tale Of destruction
and death that progressed there during
the night hours. =! -' -. -
| OF the Boutell store there is only
portion Of the rear wall, and frownin)
tower Of brick which still remains at tn
northwest corner of the building. O.
the Bintlif Manufacturing company
building, the front wall, detached iron
any support on the west, looks in wa
like tottering replica Of the tower 0
Pisa, and seems ready to plunge int
the street at any moment.
The scene of desolation and ruin thi
morning is picturesque and awe-inspi7
ing. In it's desolation it is as complet
as the widest imagery could produce.
The ruined walls are covered wit
sheeting coats of ice, wrought in del
cate traeery and arabesque effects, cal
ing to mind the pictures Of ruined ca
ties and towers Of ancient times. In
mense icicles hang from the highel
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
ROUGH RIDERS IN GREEN
Local Club Will Have New Uniform
for Washington Trip.

At meeting of the Roosevelt club
held last night, it was decided that
the members, on their trip to Washing
ton in March, should wear. the green
khaki uniforms used by the regular
service hats will be worn to make the
effect harmonious. The Minneapolis
club will have a special train.
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to am. carried it's quota Of anxious
General Disaster Feared.

In the earlier stages Of the fire Mic
ollet avenue was lined with carriages
hired by, merchants to carry away their
books. Between Fourth and Fifth
streets on Nicollet there were many
trunks hastily packed by roomers who
wished to be on the safe side, and one
Fourth street merchant even went SO
far as to remove part Of his stock. Had
ire would have done inestimable dam
age. AS it is, the loss is really much
heavier than the actual money value Of
the goods destroyed, for this is season
Of large sales, and is the time when a
good share Of the years profits are
taken,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
Pulling Down the Walls.

The isolated plaster, left standing
like a lonely sentinel on what had been
the southwest corner Of the Bouten
building, was pulled down this morning
for fear that it's fall might kill or In
iure some one. A derrick was put up
were hitched to the other end Of the,
cable, and after vigorous pulling, the
tower came down with a crash.
The west corner Of the wall Of the
Bintliff building was pulled down in the
same manner.
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Exbihit; IF Fine woolens.

Get your suit made from one Of the
Grand Prize Winners ofrcwoolens from
the finest qualities ever brought to Min
neapolis by any house, but we are max
ing them at a reduction of 33 1-3 per
cent, and each pattern was personally
selected by Mr. Rush. just think $40
value for 1927, $35 value for 1924, $50
value for 500, $25 value. for $50.
be seen to be appreciated. We guar
antee to please you. J. A. Rush 6
Co., 3O4 First avenue s.
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FAKERS AT WORK
Chicago Papers Made Victims of the
'sString' Fiends.

Some one in Minneapolis, CORE
spondent for the Chicago, papers, be-
came excited last night and sent out
specials that magnified the extent of
the fire. This morning telegram from
Chicago says that not a little. excite
ment was caused there last night by
from Minneapolis. All the papers had
the loss placed at from $4,000,000 to
100000 and one leading daily issued
an extra leading with a Especial IN IN
der the caption: 49,, .-..-.... = aa.I
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eral hotels destroyed and nearly every
block bounded by Fourth and Fifth
streets and Nicollet and First avenues
Some one must have been Ha-kid-s
din = the correspondent. All thehs
Chicago morning papers have the Min
neapolis fire loss ranging from sc, 00O,-
600 to $8,0O0,000, with the Journal and
Tribune buildings wiped off the map.
extras on Hthe terrible CONGREGATION. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

You are sure to earn fond mothers
appreciation by buying the baby q
North Star Crib Blanket for Christmas.
North Star Wooden Mills Co., Third az
enue and Second street, Minneapolis.
Buy a blanket certificate,
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which stated that the Minneapolis
Journal building vas burned out, the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

Nickel Plate Certificates.
The easy Xmas gifts. Goods fitted
at any time.
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LIVE WIRE DANGER
Falling Walls Brought Death Dealin
Currents to Street Level.

Police officers, fremen and electri-
clans are wondering today, how it hap
pened that fatalities did not result from
the falling Of the trolley wire in First
avenue s., when the wall Of the Boutell
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

Christmas Kodaks. full line. E. B.
MeyroWitz, 6O4 Nicollet avenue.
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MINNEAPOLIS HAS $8,000,000 +
FIRE; SEVERAL LIVES LOST.
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FIERCE FIRE TN
RETAIL DISTRICT

Continued from First Page.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-12
When Gordon DIED.

Atlanta Ga, Jan. li-Whlle tbe
spirit Of General Gordon was passing
away down In Miami. just at io:o5
o'clock Saturday night. Creatore's
band at the Grand opera house was
playing the beautiful medley blend.
lng OF Dixie" and Maryland NV
Maryland" two airs so dear 10 the
southern heart.
Ihe coincidence was remarkable
when Il was known tha, the band nm
der control OF Crca,ores assistant
swung into tha strains OF Dixie" ana
Maryland My Maryland" az exactly
1000 o'clock, the moment when Cen.
e'al Gordon passed into the great ho.
yOnd.
Earlier in the evening the great
conductor had been removed from m,
sage having swooned during the nm,
dac'lon OF one OF Verdis eompost
tions ''''''