The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-12
|SPECK OF WAR
At BALTIMORE
JEALOUSY AMONG MILL.
TARY AUTHORITIES
Shall State or Federal
Troops Guard City?
LOSS IS SI25,OOO, 900

Cavalrymen and lnfantrymen.
Baltimore, Md, Feb. 9.--With a
complete realization of the catastro-
phe which has befallen her in the
destruction of her great commercial
district, the city of Baltimore spent
today taking an inventory of the sit.
uation. There was little to cheer the
officials and principal citizens Of the
municipality.
The loss expressed In its most con-
crete form by insurance experts
reaches $125,000,0O0, many capable
business men conversant with Balti-
more commerce, industries and busi-
ness methods, say the loss exceeds
this figure.
profits and wages due to the devasta-
ton bf eighty city blocks of closely
packed business enterprises, claim
Baltimore has been subjected to cal
amity which, named in terms of mon
ey, will amout to upwards Of $780,
100000.
The confagration was thing of the
past today, save in the extreme east
ern section of the burned area, where
among the lumber yards and wharves
lining the basin, a great furnace still
RACES, burning itself away.
The elements had subsidized during
the night. Later in the day the
twenty-seven engines from New York,
Philadelphia and neighboring cities.
which for "a hours assisted the local
department. were shipped home on
special trains.
Little was done with the ruins at
the city hall end of the fires pathway
except the blasting of the law build
ing, an imposing structure opposite
the new court house, which was mined
and razed under special permits by
the authorities.
In other blocks, dangerous walls
were pulled down, the crashes caus-
ing an intermittent series of vibra-
tions felt all day. The explosions in
the law building were audible through.
out the city.
JEALOUSY DEVELOPS.
What bids fair to end in jealousy,
II nothing more between the state and
federal troops, has developed, since
the hurried visit of Major General
Corbin and his staff from Governors
Island early this morning
His stay in the city lasted less than
two hours, ending in hurried depart
ure for New York. Orders to one
thousand regular troops about to pro-
ceed to Baltimore in the mainten-
ance of order and policing of the
burned district, we're hastily counter
manded.
The report was general during the
day that Secretary of War Taft, after
consulting with President Roosevelt,
determined to order General Corbin
and the regulars to Baltimore. pend
ing the passage of resolution in the
Maryland legislature requesting gen
eral aid for the preservation of order.
BLOCKED BY GOVERNOR.
The arrangement was carried out to
the point where the legislature figured.
There 1t was blocked by a request
from Governor Warfield, who had
been in touch with Mayor McLane,
and Brigadier General Riggs, COM
manding the two regiments of militia,
as to the situation in the city, that
the resolution be defeated because the
state troops had the situation perfect
ly in control, and the presence of the
regulars would be only a needless
complication.
The state senate failed to pass the
resolution, with the result that Gen.
eral Corbln's excursion reached an un-
timely end. During the day, there
fore. Brigadier General Riggs and his
brother, Acting General Riggs. with
infantrymen and cavalry numbering
about 1000 held the fire limos intact,
patrolling in addition the city hall,
co-r' hc-sH --a e"h treasury. The
militia worked in harmony with
ponce unuer Maiauai E'arnan, al
though rumors existed to the contrary.
PASSES REVOKED.
Baltimore, Md. Feb. 9.-All passes
for use through the military and police
liuos surrounding the fire area were re-
eral Riggs and Mayor McLane after
conference with Governor Warfield.
This step was taken to prevent looting
and to insure personal safety.
None but duly authorized city off,
cials and employees will be admitted to
the district. The effect of THU order
was a Siege Of the military and po-
lice headquarters by business men who
declared they will be greatly injured
unless allowed to get to the safes in
the ruins of their Offices. The author
tiles. however. were obdurate. While
II IL asserted the city Is not under
martial law the soldiers rule the city
district. ~
OFFERS OF HELP.
Mayor McLane received reporters
this Afternoon. discussing informaily
the situation He saidi we have re-.
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