Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-02-10
AT FTERMATH OF The
BIG BALT more FIRE
One Hundred and Fifty Nil
lions Estimated Loss.
FIRE HAS BURNED ITSELF OUT.

Grave Questions of civic and Munich
pal Re-Adjustment-P of Aid
Confront Mayor and His Associates
of the City Government-City Is Or
derIy.
Baltimore, Feb. 9.-With the great
fire, which ate up property variously
estimated at from $25 600 to $780,
100000, slowly burning itself out, Bal
timore woke up this morning to face
the grave questions Of civic and muni-
cipal readjustment.
Confronting the mayor and his as
sociates Of the city government are
the problems of aid, the acceptance or
refusal of generous proffers of as
sistance from every section of the
country, policing of thN vast burned
district where lies buried untold treas
ure in warped vaults and safes and
all the hundred minor things that fol
low a calamity so stupendous that it
is even yet hardly fully realized.
DCCIdFGQ LCNat T1CllOaJSs
With admirable promptness all the
important phases Of the situation al
ready have been provided for. To
relieve banks and citizens from the
embarrassment of financial transac
tions, the next seven days have been
declared legal holidays IN the common
wealth of Maryland. Three regiments
of state militia infantry are on duty
and troop "A" Of the state guard also
has been called into service So
thoroughly is the policing Of the city
now systematized that the big force
OF federal troops yesterday organized
to assist the national guard, was not
needed, and after a conference with
Brigadier General Riggs, Major Gener-
al Corbin has returned to New York,
and 1t is not probable that a single
federal soldier will be retained in Bal
Nmore
L1ty rs orderly.
The city Is orderly. The hours of
the early morning when vandals and
looters usually rise for their work,
passed without event. But one man
is under arrest for offense directly con-
nected with the fro
"A careTuI round Of the hospitals re-
veals the fact that by far the greater
part of the entries on the books are
simply "a foreign body In the eye"
Bright and early, in spite of the fact
of his long hours of duty, Mayor Nc
Lane was at his office holding confer
ence with the other city and state Of
ticials. Governor Warfield also was
on hand.
The cold, however, is not intense
enough to cause suffering among the
police. soldiers and firemen on duty.
The absence of wind is God-send, for
thousands of feet of tottering walls
would surely tumble in Strong
breeze and add greatly to the peril Of
the men whose duty calls them to the
danger zone.
Not Under Martial Law.
Baltimore Is not under martial law
General Riggs terms the condition
military control" but In no way have
Military and civil authorities are work
ing together. One-half of the local
lre companies were ordered to their
quarters at 1 a. M, the newly arrived
volunteer visitors remaining to assist
the weary local men With the ex.
ception Of few buildings, 140 acres
Of valuable city property is devastated.
During the early morning hours sew
eral small fires started among the
ruins of the burned buildings. Only
debris, however, was left to be de-
stroyed
beginning this morning the compa-
MES of the First regiment, Maryland
guard, which has been ordered here,
have been posted. The Fourth and
Fifth regiments, which, with troop "a"
cavalry, Baltimore guardsmen, who
had been doing police duty since the
sending Of the riot calls Sunday after
noon, were not relieved entirely but
we're excused to go to their homes.