New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

lures VII have 20 De pulled down To q layInan.
what IS left seems good ever. Tbs walls
seem unbroken. true and plumb. and there appears
20 be no dangerous varpng OF the steel frame
work within. The Office building OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company suffered severely al
though Of modern construction. These apparent
contradictions are not easiy accounted for.
BY Thursday evening nearly al tho streets
through The burned district IN which there are car
tracks had been cleared. and woTknen were ready
20 begin stringing traction wires on Friday. BY
Saturday all walls considered dangerous had been
razed and PROBABLY to-cay, just week after the
great FIRE started. there viii be al least limited
car service on eli lines.
HCMORs or THE CATASTROPHE.
Baitmoroans saw Tttls huTnor in the situation
Il took rank outsider TO appreciate the fact that
there were humorous phases in the conduct Of az
fairs. Nobody else. for instance could see any
thing funny IN the general suspension o: work IN
the factories beyond the danger zone on Monday
IN order that the emp DYES might add themselves
TO the thro1g OF curiosity seekers besieging the
military fire line No resident OF the stricken city
could see any inconsistency IN the holiday attire
and general idleness which characterized that day.
Only from a distance could have a proper
conception Of the humorous side Of n long line OF
applicants for passes az the Office OF the Police
Commissioners in tho Courthouse in which men
who owned property In the burned district. boys
and girls armed with kodalzs, and representatives
OF out Of town newspapers were about equally
numerous. Tbs fact that tho youthful kOdakar
the business and the newspaper men were
compelled 10 take their places on the line IN the
order OF their arrival without regard 20 the urgency
OF their needs may have seemed peculiarly I'm
partial those who formed the line and kept IL in
order not 30, however. 20 representatives Of the
press. Commissioner Cpshur. however. was kind
to such newspaper men az had the good luck to
appeal 90 him personally, o. his secretary cespite
the lack OF discrimination manifested by officers
In charge az the line outside the door.
One OF the funniest Incidents 10 outsider - The
local pride OF Batimoreans IA the magnitude OF
their loss ANY suggestion that the loss not
heavier than that IL any ether FIRE that ever hap
pened was Instantly and yehemently combated.
Heated arguments among persons who had not the
slightest conception OF the meaning OF the word
million o. 10 whether the loss slCoCoocOo or
s7oooooOoo were not infreQuent and bets Of slightly
smaller SUMS were sometimes offered 70 back up
the conttntions OF the dispuiants
on Thursday two colored laborers got into a
Dispute IN Calyert-st Il tell you, sab" said one.
mon one hundred millions done burned up
inside oh de ropes "One hundred Tnillionl Go
way. you ign0nt niggaht' said the other son Of
Ham. shaking his finger menHcingly IN bst you
my cap-sn Il have sErved well nigh on 70
yeahs-cai mon two hundred million doahs was
burned up IN dat whole catelamityi" ''You's dis
grace. YOU uiECah. 20 Baltino'." the hot
5olndcr. bUt = in blue interpOsed a bsyonet
between the dlsputsnts in time avert bloodshed.
An Irishman. richly endowed with native wit
but none too scrupulous presented pass TO
Of the sentries az Charles and Lexington sts.
Monday. An roight." said the sentinel who was
slso an 1rishman. IN the command OF United
States troops sent Up from Fort AIcHenry. Come
or. bridget called the applicant FOR admission
pulljlg . woman out Of the throng across the Ina
How'd on there" called the sentinel; "yez have
q pass for only wan" ''IDyil = roight have vez 10
stop Bridget shouted the passholeer. ''accordin
the marital lax. Bridget r. Moike-thats
slf-be until death, an sure isn't tho marital
law IN f0orce now" The sentinel concluded It
was. and JET them pass. and while Mike" was
stopping LEAKS OF gas Bridget contentedly picked
the ruins % 3ewery store for souvenirs"
Not long afterward a col07ed man. who was for
merly 3snitor OF OF the burned buildings
accompanied by a comedy yellow girl presented to
the same sentinel pass for two. BE yez mar
rodT" eueried the doughty warrior from Fort Nc
Henry No sab she's NY Thin beKorra
thu woman can't 60 r." said the sentinel: the
city is under marital law. an can get
anybody but his wife across. except the dead
body OF Pat Mccarthy"
Some 81 the militiamen on duty wore long hair
and other ind.cations that they came from the
pennsulsr regions some distance back IN the cour-
Try. They were zealous IN their work. Inside the
lines one OF them who was or duty stopped
superior onlcer IN civilian attire and demanded 20
see his pass. why cont you port arms when
you address me-" asked thc officer I'm of d.t,-
ana haia't got no gun" Then. SIR. YOU have 10,
rght 10 see my pass. and n You don't go about
your business III hle charges against you with
General Riggsf' The soldier saluted and retired 20
a quiet spot. and the last seen OF him hs wa,
studying the manual with desperate ensrRy.
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