Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-09
|1B[ BURNED CITY
FACING 4 CRISIS
Baltimore Awoke Today to Face
Grave Problems Of Civic and
Municipal Government
BURNED DISTRICT UNDER cuAAb
City Official. Meeting Calamity With
Fortituds-work Of RshabiIitati1s
City eesun-L atsr Estimats Of Loss.
es Reduce Amount But Accurate
Statement Will bs Long Delayed.

Baltimore.Feb. 9.-With the great nra
which ate up property varfous}y esti-
mated at from s25,00O,o00s 20 $3.50. .00o,-
900 slowly burning itself out Battimops
awoke today to find grave questions
of civic and municipal resdiustment.
Confronting the mayor and city gove
ernment are the problems OF aid, ac.
captance or refusal OF generous prof.
fers OF assistance from every section
of the country, policing the vast burned
district, where lies buried untold treas.
ure dn vaults and safes and all Of
hundred minor things THAT follow .
calamity so stupendous. q
With admirable promptnese all in1-
portant phases OF the situation Ale
ready have been provided for. To res
heve banks and citizens from embar-
rassment OF financial transactions, the
next seven days have been declared
legni holidays in Maryland.
Three regiments OF state militia, tu.s
fantry, are ON duty, and 30 tiproughIy
is the policing OF the city now sys-
temaItized that the bis. force OF federal
troops yesterday ordered here 10 assist
the rrs'uipnal guard, was not needed and
General Corbin has returned to New
York. es
Ihe city is orderly. But one man
is under arrest for an ofEense lirectly
connected with the fire All those ln> I
1ured duEing the fire ore doing nicely.
To-Day a. 4wned eold and cisah alre1 Eha
flooded strests were covered with fce
The cold. however Is nn intens
enough to cause any suffering. OUT
of-town firemen are returning homo
today and with only half the local
force on duty.
Incoming 'tr,aans during tire forenoon
brought. sigaptseers in consAderab.e
utumbers from adjacent chttss and
nearby country districts. Those. who
came anticipating spectacle OF
great city in confusion end 1o0t In
clouds OF smoke were disappointed.
Even 10 THE very edge OF the burned
region there was mounting spectacular.
BY reason of the cessa,sion 'of street
car service therE were large crowds %
the street. but trarspo rtatdon compae
rdes are making brave efforts TO 70.
sumo service.
In tils fire area uce embraced the
financial distinct, considerable poe
t1on OF the wholesale district and tho
area given over to brokers of various
ki1rls and large shipping dfstract
sd.mg the wttarvea Practically evsrN
office building in tine city was dee
surveyed, along with dlps banks and
TRUST compalGes in the financial dds-
t1dct.
Today there is scramble 1or tem-
porary Office room on the part OF hsin-
dreds of business firms, whose homes
are now but unreoognt0able wreckaSe.
Mayor McLane when asked 6or
statement today dlctated, ll1e fotaDwinC
TO The Associated Press:
"Badtlmcre hats NOW entered nn-
tsaunaed into the task Of reeurrec-
tion. A greater and more beauta-
fun city Will arise from the ruins
ai,d we Shall make of ,0ris calamity
future blessing. We are stag
sered by th'e Terrible blow. but we
are not discouraged. and every
energy OF tine city as muntcd pail.