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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-27

Mir. Frank Harris of the Tax Asses sor's office, after pleasant visit to New York, has returned. FrdSn obser- vations he predicts the election of the Parker Davis electoral ticket.
 Little Mary Nelson. the 10-year-old daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Nelson. who was operated on yesterday for ap- pendicitis. died at midnight.
 Mfr and Mrs. John Swinson and child of Orchard. arrived here today and will leave tomorrow for St. Louis. Mir. and Mrs J. E. Thrower and daughter left tonight for St. Louis.
 Mobile Society News.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Mosher an- nounce the engagement of their daush- fer Henrietta Calista. to Mir. A. Mar win Carter of Maxton, N. C.. the we'd ding to take place at the Mosher hNne. October F.
 Mir. and Mrs George Leatherbury and family and Mrs. Orton and daugh- ter. have returned from Kushla where they spent the summer.
 MT and Mrs. Charles Hammond and children of Americus, Ga, are expected this week to visit Mrs. Hammond s mother, Mrs, Wylie.
 Miss saida Billups and Miss Grace Restor arrived this morning from St Louis and took the afternoon boat over to Point Clear.
 Mrs. L. c. Parker returned yester- day to New York after visit to her narents. Mir. and Mrs. John Quill. Miss Evelyn Harvey returned yester- dav from New York where she spent inc summer studying music.
 Miss Mary Bullock left today for At lanta where she goes to be bridesmaid
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-27

[ BUY, sell and exchange vault work and iren safes of every description. Write c. '. Thrasher. Basement Moses Building. 1nnA9omsEYs Ala. phone 12s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-27

Mir. and Mrs. John Swinson and child of Orchard arrived here today and will leave tomorrow for St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-27

RAILROAD WATCHES. guaranteed to pass
 Inspection; will sell this week only at the following sacrifice prices Appleton. Tracy < Co, v Jewsled. .n a 2o-year gold filled case
 SIS; B. W. Raymond g jeweled in 2o-year year case. S22 50; Crescent Street. 2i Jeweled, In 2o-year case. S22. 50; Hampden 2 jew eled in a 2o-year case S22 50; Vanguard, 2s ieweled, in a 2o-year case. S33. Montgomery Loan Co.,, North Court 10
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-27

MT. and Mrs. J. F. Thrower and aughter left tonight for St. Louis.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

ing up a strip of the black earth so
that the flames might die for lack Of
grass on which to fasten its fiery
fangs.
A conference of the fire chiefs was
held. 1t was decided that the one
chance of staying progress in that
direction lay in sacrificing the splen-
did structure occupied by j. w. Puts
& Co., notion dealers.
One hundred pounds Of dynamite
were plaed in position. A fuse was
applied. Then, as the police drove
back the crowds there came a crash
of thunder and the building lay in
ruins. But even this heroic remedy
failed materially to check the fire. 1t
delayed the sweep of the flames, but
only temporarily. The firemen were
brought to a halt, practically power
less to make even the slightest re-
sistanoe to the roaring furnace that
was sending its flames 200 feet into
the air.
By o'clock, an hour after the
fighting of the flames with dynamite
had been begun, forty buildings lay
in ashes. A dozen blocks had been
devastated. A high southwest wind
swept the flames on to spread greater
ruin.
BY s o'clock in the evening, an
hour later, the territory bounded by
Lexington, Saratoga and Baltimore
streets on the north-these streets
running east and west through the
business district-and by Liberty,
Howard and other thoroughfares fur
Their west and south, was in flames.
Down Baltimore street, the pride OF
the city, roared parallel waves Of
cracking, consuming flames. The
maddening work Of flremen could do
nothing to check II.
At this time a cry went up that
struck terror through the heart-sick.
frightened crowds that jammed the
streets, their bowed heads lodging
the blazing rain of cinders.
The water supply has given out"
was the word that went down the fire
lines and was communicated to the
crowds, to be sent from lip to lip.
The fresh water supply had given
out wholly. Baltimore had spent SILL
600. 900 on its water system. yet that
great reservoir had been sucked dry
in the desperate fight on the flames.
Almost four hundred leads Of hose
had been draining this great supply
and hurled the billions Of gallons OF
water on the flames. But the efforts
had been OF no avail.
With the exhaustion Of the fresh
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18
LOSS OF $500, 900, 900 CAUSED BY FIRE
In HISTORIC CITY OF BALTIMORE, MD.

under the storm Of water thrown on
the fire, defed it and began to eat up
the buildings on the east side of Han
over street.
Here the fireman had sought to
make a stand and to make Hanover
street the eastern boundary of the
fire-swept zone. Their efforts were
as nothing.
The $4,000,000 marble courthouse,
the pride of all Baltimoreans, and
the handsomest court building in the
world, caught fire time and again, but
men volunteered to do all they could
to save it, The great dome of the
city hall and the turrets of the FEEDER
al building rose high above the sea
of flame while big Ben" of the city
clock banged out the hours that
marked the progress of the fire.
Fire Chief Horton, fighting like a
demon, was disabled by live electric
wire. Mayor McLane never faltered,
but took personal command of the fire
brigades, his clothing soaked with
water his hat gone and his body wet
to the skin. His efforts reused the
cheers of hundreds of volunteers, who
worked until the sweat dropped from
their faces and their bodies were wet,
in the effort to check the roaring fur
mace.
. All the afternoon was one story
desperate, determined fight. And all
the efforts of these firemen and the
hundreds of volunteers had counted
for nothing. At o'clock Fire Chief
Horton determined to use new tactics.
1t was decided to fight the flames
with dynamite.
Building after building was wreck
ed, hundreds of pounds of dynamite
being used to blow the structures to
ruins, hoping to place gap in the
pathway of the flames. 1t was the
tactics used by the pioneer to check
the prairie fire-his blowing of fur
rows about his homestead and turn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18
GREAT FIRES IN AMERICA

New York, Dec. 10. 1s35-Flre de-
stroved ga buildings, including
clty's best business structures am mn
No lives lost. Property loss ~ l''OVV'VVV
Chicago, Oct. s. 1a1-Great Chi
cago fire. which ran over an
area Of three and third square
miles destroying T,ibO build
tngs killing $50 persons, render
ing homeless $500 persons, and 49,. ,oo
involving a property loss off, 2Vo'VVO'oVV
Boston. Mass. Nov. ., 1S72-Fire
laid waste sixty-hve acres OF
property and caused death OF
fourteen persons. Eight hundred
buildings destroyed Property loss sO'OOO'oVO
Ottawa and Hull Canada, April
&C. lgOO-Flre which destroyed
manufacturing city Of Hull, and
portion Of Ottawa caused
p prSpe loss Of .!.'........ 1900, 900
Hoboken n. j., June 30, 1900
North German Lloyd dock fire
p mrpyg loss So of o.. 100000
jacksonville, Fla, May 3, 1901
Area two miles long and thir-
b ygi s Loss .,'..'.,....... 10000. 900
Paterson. n. j., Feb. s, l9O2-Fire
I'm business section destroyed
seventy-iye buildings Loss. BOOO,OOO
st. Johns, n. f.. July 0. is92-Slx
hundred buildings destroyed. Fif-
teen thousand persons rendered
homeless. Loss ,..,........... 2O,OOO,OOO
Baltimore, Md, Feb. and s.
Fire IN heart Of city destroyed
its best buildings. Loss 2OOOOO,OOO
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

water supply many engines were COM
PEELED to withdraw from the fight.
Salt water was drawn from the
mains and the fight went on, but only
those engines that were brass lined
and could withstand the chemical &C
ton of the mineral could keep up
the pumping of tons Of water on the
cracking flames.
In the throng that fought with the
police were many who began to sing
hymns and to pray. At many corners
groups knelt in the street and offered
appeals to the Almighty. From line to
line hymns were taken up.
By 1890 o'clock the flames had
crossed Howard street along Fayette
street. The blazing caldron was
spreading its borders further to the
west and southwark
By IL o'clock p. m. it was admitted
that the business district was doomed.
Firemen, with dynamite and hose,
turned their attention to combining the
flames to this central zone.
Maddened by fear and excitement,
the crowds began to get beyond the
control of the police. Crazed men
and women forced the police lines
aside, and firemen found it difficult
to work in the confusion.
Mayor McLane acted quickly. At
his orders the commanding officers of
the Fourth and Fifth regiments were
reached. By word of mouth prGcti-
cally the call was passed about, or
dering the men of these two regi-
ments to report at their armories.
In the meantime hurried call had
been sent to Fort Henry. Word was
sent that the situation was urgent. 1t
was feared that great loss Of life
might result if the crowds became
unmanageable.
Orders were given at the fort and
shortly afterward 200 United States
regulars tramped through Baltimore's
blackened streets. muskets on Shout
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

der and fell into the police lines,
holding back the crowd with wall
of blue. Fire apparatus was maneu-
vered here and there, and the fight to
save the city began anew.
Every effort of the firemen was
turned at this point to saving the
residence district. 1t was admitted
that no human power could stay the
sweep of the fire in the business Sec
ton. At two hours after midnight
the flames were jumping along at the
rate of a block every thirty minutes.
The tongues of fire were shooting
ever nearer the best residence dis
trict of the neighborhood
To the west the flames ate their
way with terrific rapldity. Leaping
from block to block, the fire reached
Jones Falls, the stream that divides
Baltimore and East Baltimore, and
was being driven under the gale of
a high wind.
Here came the turning point in the
fire. When the blazing furnace had
spread its boundary to Jones Falls,
the wind suddenly shifted, driving the
fire south.
At 3 a. M, when the city had been
at the fires mercy for sixteen hours,
twenty-five square blocks of the most
substantial and recently built struc-
lures had been turned, into heaps of
blackened, smoldering embers and the
fire was still beyond control. At that
time the flames we're rushingiug to.
ward the old residential sections Of
the city.
Day broke over a stricken black
ened city. In the gray of the morn
ing the firemen and volunteers, tired
Of exhaustion with the heat and the
strain Of hours, we're still battling the
flames. At that time they were mere
" holding their own. A smoking,
blackened waste, fri1ged In by the
roaring flames. told where Baltlmore's
business center had stood but a day
before.
At II o'clock the sorrow-stricken
people in the streets broke out cheer
ing.
THE fire is under control" was the
word that was shouted down the lines.
The allnight. all-afternoon, all.
morning fight Of the wearied men at
the FIRE hose had begun to tell. Flames
were battered down here and there
and smothered by the streams Of
water. Deeper and deeper into the
black waste the fremen made their
way, dragging the lines Of grimy hose
About forty blocks, which had
borne the most modern and costly
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18
" Fireproof" Structures
Wither and Tumble Be-
fore the Fierce
Breath of the Ad-
vancing Fire.
City at Once Placed Under
Martial LaW-Offers of
Assistance Come
From All the
World.

buildings of Baltimore's business dis
trict, had been swept to a blackened
heap of wreckage.
Just five minutes before noon the
statement again was given out that
the fire was under control and would
be kept within the district outlined.
At l o'clock in the afternoon, with
regular and state troops everywhere
about the devastated district, with
business paralyzed at blow and the
streets crowded with awe-stricken peo-
pie, Baltimore stood stricken, DESC
late city.
Desperate efforts of firemen and vol
unteers held the flames in check for
but short time, however. Slowly,
famed by the winds that swept the
fire southwark, the flames regained
their former volume. The firemen
were driven back again, the heat fore
ing them to give way inch by inch.
Sweeping toward the docks on the
basin at Pratt street, new material was
added to the fire and the flames leaped
skyward again with all their former
fury.
On the water front a seething fur
mace of flame was formed The
great mills there, half dozen steam
ships, the wharves laden with tons Of
cotton and merchandise and ware
houses crammed to the roofs with
goods in storage, all offered a mighty
feast to this banquet of flame.
The flames spread here with appall-
ing rapidity. The docks of half dozen
steamship lines, including the Ocean
Steamship Company, the Chesapeake
& Atlantic, the Norfolk, Baltimore &
Atlantic, were licked up within half
hour.
The fire then seized upon the cotton
wharves and warehouses, laden with
thousands of bales of cotton. The dry
cotton was like so much oil added to
the flames. All human appliances and
human effort seemed powerless to
check the red destroyer The weary
fire fighters were drawn back and
their efforts again directed to hem
ming in the flames to burn themselves
out along the water front.
In the early afternoon the winds,
driving the flames along and tanning
the fire to fury, became shifting.
Warning was sent to East Baltimore
that the flames might leap the Jones
Falls at any time and begin their
sweep of destruction among the blocks
of frame houses on the east side Of
that stream.
At 2:40 p. m. the fire had been
checked and begun burning itself out.
The last places to go were the Ice
houses and coalyard of the American
Ice Company. The coalyard, which
spread out about 200 yards south of
the icehouse, was the means Of stay
ing the march of the flames on the
south and Jones Falls on the east. The
Norfolk wharf of the Baltimore Steam
Packet Company, which was stocked
with barrels Of rosin and other mis-
cellaneous merchandise, was destroyed
before the fire had attacked the mer-
chandise company's property. 1t took
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

The people of Baltimore were at
worship when the flames broke out
at IL o'clock Sunday morning, Feb
1.-THE outbreak of me of the worst
visitations of fame the cities of the
world have known.
Just a few moments after IL
o'clock, a terrific explosion, shaking
the city to its foundations, gave the,
first warning of the fire. There was
sharp, splitting roar that went up
with reverberating thunder.
1t brought the city to its feet in
terror. In a trice the churches were
emptied. Panic seized the great con-
gregations and emptied screaming,
frantic men and women into the
streets.
In a few moments the pavements
were crowded with excited people.
There was another deafening roar,
whistling crash and then columns Of
smoke shot up over the central Sec
ton of the city. Showers of red-hot
cinders and flaming debris began to
fall over the city, sent upward and
down like showers from a volcanoes
crater.
BY this time only the fire had been
located. 1t was found that the great
wholesale house of John e. Hurst &
Co. in Hopkins place, near Hanover
street, was in flames.
The flames swept from this build
ing with terrific fierceness. BY the
time the fremen were on the scene
the large building adjoining, occupied
by the William Roch Importing Com
pany, was fiery furnace. The Hurst
building was in ruins in less than
thirty minutes, Quilted and crumbled
by the fierce sweep of the flames.
Fire gongs were Gathering, calling
every available piece of fire apparatus
In Baltimore to the scene. The flames
had swept across the street and
half dozen structures were burning.
The Stanley & Brown Drug Com.
pany's building was wrecked at
breath. Buildings along Baltimore
street, the city's central business thor
ougnfare. were caught up by the fire
as if they were portions of a great
string of giant fire crackers.
The most desperate efforts of the
flremen availed nothing. The flames
rolled on, catching up other buildings
with every sweep of the wind. Crash
after crash sh~ok the streets, telling
of terrific explosions, and building af-
ter building was swallowed by the
flames.
kilograms of appeal were sent to
Washington and Philadelphia, New
York was begged to lend aid. Quick
responses we're received. Six engines
were hurried from Washington by
special train. Four we're brought in
from Philadelphia.
The fire plugs were found to be too
limited in number. Every plug with.
in three-quarter mile radius of the
seething furnace had been tapped and
$50 lines Of hose we're playing on the
flames.
But the fire swept on unchecked.
The temporary custom house, oppo-
site the city hall and the postofnce,
was claimed.
In Baltimore street every building
from Liberty to Sharp street was set
afire. Then the flames swept down
and caught up the next block east
to Hanover.
At 3 o'clock there came another
roaring explosion. More than $50 bar
rels Of whisky stored in the upper
floors of the building at "a Hanover
street exploded. Tons OF burning
matter, flowing like lava from a era.
ter, were thrown across the street and
on to the roofs Of adjoining buildings,
spreading fire and heat.
This new burst Of fame quivered
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

President Loree says the fear Of pow
erty is one great drawback to success.
All that's necessary for him who
wishes to succeed is to get rich first.
How easy!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Nine. Patti refused to appear In
Butte, alleging that the altitude would
have a bad effect on her voice. The
effect Of the altitude of the price on
the audience is not stated.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Who would have thought that a
question Of precedence in entering a
reception room or Of the location of
seats at dinner table would jar the
impressive dignity Of the Supreme
court?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

The editor of the Cosmopolitan gave
a dinner to Prof. Langley at the Wal
dorf, which was pronounced great
success. 1t is the first successful af-
fair participated in by the professor
for some time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

A st. Paul man has secured a yer.
dict against Russell Sage, which calls
on him to pay $500. II Uncle Russell
survives this blow there will be no
reason to fear that he isn't strong
enough to get through the winter all
right.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Prof. Harper sneered at Boston as
being marrow and provincial" and
Boston never said a word. Then one
Of his faculty called Boston pseudo
monocotyledonous." and now there is
going to be trouble!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

II an ordinary old one-dollar bill
harbors 96,O9O,423 germs, how many
could get board and lodging on a
veteran twenty-dollar note Of com
merce?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Many a man whose brain is some
thing under the 54-ounce record OF
George Francis Train can remember
days when It certainly felt as II 1t
weighed "a pounds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

They have just had riot in the
French chamber of deputies. Evident
ly the deputies feel that 1t is about
time to let the world know that
France is herself again.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Some Of the people who are not kept
busy earning their living have taken
up for discussion the old question,
SHOULD a genius marry?" OF course
each of the discussers speaks from
personal knowledge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Basketball has become most popular
among the girls in some of the wom-
ems universities, but 1t usually gives
place in time to the saner game OF
market basket.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Prominent New York men have CIV
en- a complimentary dinner to Prof.
Langley, but would they risk their
lives in his aerodrome?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

At Great Neck, L. l., widow with
a fortune of 100000 recently mar.
ried a poor young man whom she
had known only two weeks. Still,
there are plenty Of men who will 90
right on striving so that their widows
may be left rich.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Gen. Joe Wheeler says that he Is
deeply interested In war, but hardly
at all in politics. And yet war is only
politics carried to an extreme.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Long Island sound was frozen from
New Haven to He'll Gate>-which is
evidence that Hell Gate is not rightly
named.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

The Americen hello" is a part OF
the language wherever the telephone
is used. But the American hello girl
Is all our own.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

One day the war cloud in the East
is larger than a mans hand, and the
next day it is smaller than a society
girls foot.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Maude Come is a ma, and will for
a while at least be more interested
in baby foods than in the Irish ques-
ton.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Warships are always a safe invest
ment. Wars threaten frequently
enough to make a constant market for
them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Smith Paine of Wolfboro, N. H..
cut an old-growth pine recently that
scaled 1900 feet, There are few Of
the old masts left.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

The adoption of the automobile,
with its gasoline tank, by the empress
of China brings her within the sphere
of Mr. Rockefeller's influence.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

1t is claimed that Scotch whisky In
this country is not so good as it used
to be. But that seems hardly credible.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

twenty-seven hours to stop the prog
ress of the great fire.
At least $4,000 men and women EN-.
ployed in the wholesale district are
forced out OF employment and many
are in want. Hardly fireman but
suffered some physical injury during
the fight against the flames.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

The most distressing thing about
slippery sidewalks is that somebody
always happens to be LOOKING when
your feet go heaveDward.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

A Corean mob has wrecked an
American trolley car at Seoul. Dispute
over transfer, probably.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

The hens are selfshly using all the
egg food for the sole purpose of get
ting fat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

When we can vote by touching a
button the women should be proficient
in the useful art.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18

Felix Adler wants to know why d
wife ought to obey her husband. Mrs
Adler is to be congratulated.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18
Production Of Bye.

The rye crop last year, with an.
acreage Of 1,soe.s0l. yielded s15.ssa.
s7t,