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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21
Public Speaking.

Hons. 4. G. Gordon and j. L.
Fry, Democratic nominees fol
Floater and Representative, viii
address the voters Of Obion county
at the times and places named be.
low:
Harris Station, 7.S0 p. M, Oct. rs.
Woodland Mills, 2 p. M, Oct. 81.
Clayton, 100 p. M. Oct. q.
Crystal, 2 D. M, Oct. %.
Samburg, 7.3O p. nj, Oct. 2S
Hornbeak, 2 p. m, Oct. 30.
ElbrIdge, $50 p. M, Oct. 30.
Troy, 2 p. M, Oct. 81.
Glass, 7.30 p. M, Oct. 81.
Obion, 2 p. M, Nov; L
Crittendon Grove, 2 p. m Nov. 2.
Stanley's Chapel, 7.3O p. M, Nov. 2.
South Fulton, 2 b. M. Nov. 8.
Mcconnell, 7.S0 p. M, Nov. 5.
Pierce Station. 2 D. M. Nov. /.
Kenton, 2 p. m, Nov. s.
Mason Hall, 7.30 p. M. Nov. 5.
Union City, 7.so p mr., Nov. !.
Us..~~<t4..4 -
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21
Gard Of Thanks.

/ wish to tender my sincere
thanks to the neighbors and friends
who so patiently and lovingly
watched and cared for my husband
during his late sickness and death.
May God bless and reward you.
MRS. C. e. HUDSON.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21
THE GREAT SOUTHWEST.
Low Rates Tor h0meseekers and coionl
Twice = fionth. -,

Low Rates for h0meseekers and Cotoni
Twice itonths -.
Many farmers Ia the Mort
Eastern States are selling tl
priced lands and lOcatina
Southwestern Miss0ur Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas Macy who nave
been unable TO own their homes IL the
older country are buying land at the
prices prevailing ia the new country
IS, $40, S15, per acre and up. These
landsare mostly cut-over timber lands,
some OF them possessing deep rich
soil producing corn, wheat, oats clover,
cotton fruits and and vegetables.
Well improved farms are scattered
throughout this country. Many plhnN
with small clearings and SOM
provements can be bought very
Our descriptive literature Civ
ly good idea OF this country.
about the soil, crops, china
schools and churches, waite
1t contains maps showing
counties, towns, railways an
and gives names and address,
estate dealers in the towns.
Reduced rates for hOmeseekITs all4
colonists are in effect first and third
Tuesdays of each month, by way Of
st. Louis, Cairo or Memphis and the
Cotton Belt Route. Let us send you
our literature and quote you rates.
Address or
NJ. ADAM, Il. w LEBEAuMR.
Tray, Pass. Agt. Gen. PaAe y Tkt. Agt.
Cotton Belt Route, Cotton Belt R0u
Cairo. I'll. &c. Louis M
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21
WONDERS OF IMAGINATION.

Il notice." said the authors
friend, "that You always ring the
bell for breakfast, but never a
breakfast do | see. Why is this
thuss"
II will explain" replied the
author. 1.-THE bell is to fool the
neighbors; and when the end is
gainedI sit down, and look at the
bell and imagine the restl"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21
A JoB's COMFORTER.

Finding q novelist in tears, a
friend asked the cause of his grief.
sI've just killed my herol' he
replied.
is that aIla Cheer upl If be
was like the rest of them, he de-
served his fater'
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

ELECTION in Eovember.l
For President,
ALTON B. PARKER.
For Vice-President,
HENRI Y G. DAVIS.
GOVERNOR.
JAMES B. FRAZIER.
SECRETARY Upstate,
JOHN w. MORTON.
STATE TREASURER,
REAU u. FOLK.
COMPTROLLER.
FRANK DIBRELL.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
b. Al. ENLOE.
FOB CONGRESS
FINS j. GARRETT.
FOR STATE SENATOR.
GEO. e. BOWDEN.
FOR FLOATER.
T. g. GORDON.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
JOE Il FRY.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21

The total registration for the
Thirteenth district aggregates sO3
names.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21

But storms will ceas
And Gods own wings Of Light
Watt thee to Peace.
II.
The pillows beat thy barque-
The black sea swells
To dash it through the dark
OF ocean-knells
But in Gods silence-harkl
The harbor bells.
III.
Sect thou the shoreline dim
Across the foam?
Nearest thou the welcome hymn
Where no wrecks roam?
Lights of the Seraphiml
Glad songs Of Homel
Nv.
Look to the lightsl- They CLEAN
Where shadows throng;
Dark let the deep seas stream,
In wrath and wrong;
Dream on, 0 SOUL and dream;
Home draws ere long,"
V.
Home! the long voyage done,
The perils past;
How sweet the smiling SUM!
Love holds thee fast
Gods Love to lean upon
At last-at lastI
~
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21
WHEN LOVE GOES REAPINe.

+.
When Love goes a-reapin',
LIN the light or the mist,
The rose of your keeping
BY his red lips kissed
III.
The thorns-how he chides theml
They would wreck thy rest;
But he takes them and hides them
In his own dear breastl
'sThe world is bright enough to
set the heavens on fire." exclaims
a Georgia philosopher. Don't
don't it's bad enough too much
FIRE down here; we don't want to
heat the Hereafter with it.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21
MISTER PROSPERITY.

Mister Prosperity comm along
He des de one what'll winl
Chune up de fiddle en- give him song:
Open de do; let him inl
Ever see anyone
Lookin' lax dat2
Take off yo' coat sub,
En- hang up yo' hatl
Mister Prosperity comm along
Hummln chune on de way;
Show him de road-don't you let him
go wrong:
Here's whar de good people stayl"
Ever see anyone
Lookin' lax dat2
Take of yo' coat, sub,
En- hang up 70 hatl
Life isn't q dream to the man
with the silver dollars ID his peck
ct, its q juggling realitylF. l..
s. in Atlanta Constitution.
Have you ever tired S=.sls::e
hOur2 Try
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21

Go to hear Little Joe Washing.
ton speak at the Fair Grounds to-
day.. He will interest you.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21

Have you ever tired Sunshine
Hour2 Try It.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21

FRIDAY, OCTOBER q. 1904.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-21

rARsHALL q BAIRD. Hdlsors aad Pa8
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09
LOCAL MAN LOSES BY FIRE.
Building i'm Which ConhagratiOn
Started Owned by A. B. McCreary,

Building i'm Which Conhagration
Started Owned by A. B. McCreary.
The building in which the fire start
ed in Baltimore was owned by A. B.
McCreery, the multi-millionaire of
this city. 1t was occupied by John Z.
Hurst & Co., wholesale dry goods
firm. The building was originally
built six stories high and about nine
months ago two new stories were add
ed to it, giving the structure a height
of eight stories.
At the time of the building of the
additional stories the firm made a
requisition on A. B. .McCreery, the
owner. for facilities for heating the
new portion Of the building by steam,
the boiler used to produce the heat for
the original six stories having been
found to be Inadequate.
The old boiler was in a faulty con-
dition and it is believed that the oil
used as fuel was in some manner re-
sponsible for the starting OF the fire.
A new boiler had been placed in the
basement but was used merely 10
heat the new addition TO the building.
The firm of John f. Hurst &. Co.
was one of the largest firms of its
kind in Baltimore. 1t is barely three
weeks since John f. Hurst Sr. died
and the firm at the time of the fire
was controlled mainly by his son.
John +. Hurst Jr.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09
Great Con17agrations That Haze RaUdged
Cities From the Days of Nero to
Burning Of Baltimore.

600, ,OOo
1899, July 6-Large part of Eastport
Me. September 6-New York City
forty-six buildings, loss $4,000, 900.
1S45, April 10-Pittsburg, Pa, one
hundred buildings, loss $6,OOO,OO0 June
2S-New York City, 1900 dwellings July
19-New York City, 345 buildings, loss
Sc, 100000
1850, June 14-San Francisco has great
fire, loss $2,OoO,OOO.
1851, June 22-San Francisco, second
large fire, 2500 houses burned, loss SO.
000,000 to $4,000, 900. December 24-Part
of Capitol and whole of Congressional
Library. Washington, d. c., burned
loss inestimable.
1852, November 2-Sacramento, Cal
25Oo buildings burned; loss S5,O00,0O
1866. July Portland. Me-, 1900 build
ings burned; loss $13, 500, 0O0
1873, July 25-Baltimore Md. 81 .O0O.-
900 loss. Baltimore has had few very
large fires heretofore.
1874, July 14--Chicago, S46 buildings
burned; loss $4.OO0OOO.
1875, October 26-Yirginia City. Ney.
destroyed; loss "a, 900 0Oo
greater part burned loss $40. .o0o. 900
November 26-2S-Boston; loss by fire
IS, 600, 000
1892, April 3-New Orleans, fire caused
loss of S.500,000. October 2s-M Milwaukee
Wis. fire caused loss of 5000. 900.
1893, March 10-Boston had loss Dy
fire of $5.00O.0 600 and a number of lives
1898, January S-Chicago Worlds Fair
buildings burned, with loss of $4,000. 900
August 1-Another fire caused loss o,
SO, 000O O00
1900, June s0-Hoboken, N j.. ships
and docks burned, with loss of hundred
of lives and $4,000 1000 worth of prom
erty.
1901, January S-Jacksonville, Fla, las
blocks destroyed by fire, with loss OF
s15,O00,000 and a number of lives. This
fire practically wiped out the business
and shipping section of Jacksonville.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09

pIottsn,1rg Barracks, New York; one
battalion of the Sixteenth Infantry, at
T7ort Slocum. New York; one battalion
of the Ninth Infantry, at Madison Bar
racks New York: one company OIL
Coast Artillery. at Fort Howard, Mary
land. and one company of Coast Artli-
lery. at Fort Dupont, Delaware.
II is explicitly stated at the war
Department that the national troops
are to serve as a police force under the
direction of the Mayor and local au-
thorities.
In view of the stringent provisions OF
the posse comitatus law regulating
the use of troops in States, the follow
ing statement has been made as to the
conditions which brought about the ac-
ton of the military authorities to-day
with respect to Baltimore:
Early this morning Secretary Taft
was called up on the long-distance
telephone by a committee of citizens
OF Baltimore. who asked that some en-
gfneer officers. expert in the use of eX-
plosives. he sent over from Washing
ton to assist and direct the local peo-
pie in blowing up threatened buildings.
The Secretary acceded ins sending the
officers already named. Then it was re-
ported that engineers were to perform
the actual work of blasting. so prompt
ly these were ordered from Washington
barracks, as already stated.
Then Secretary Taft put himself into
communication with Senator German
and also with Governor Warield, who
thought that United States troops
would be necessary to protect the town
from Dillage and to restrain disorder.
Secretary Taft referred TO the conf
tatus law, whereupon Senator German
and Governor Warfield both Joined in
the assurance that the request from
the Legislature for the troops would
surely be forthcoming after the even
ing session of that body. Meanwhile
Secretary Taft had acted, and ordered
the troops to Baltimore through the
general staff. He did so because the
troops and General Corbin, their COM
nsander, could not reach Baltimore un-
til tonight, after the Legislature should
have an opportunity to decide.
It is entirely competent for the COM
mander Of the military department to
move his soldiers where he pleases
within the limits Of that department,
so long as he does not actually employ
them as a posse comitatus, without
violation of the law.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09

Lampley & Bro, storage. window
shades. $4,000.
P.F. Gerhmann & Co. laces and en-
broideries. and Phillips Bros Com
pany, dry goods, s2O0,0
Amos Green & Co.. cotton, and other
offices. $4,000.
sadIer, Rowe & Co. books and sta
tionery, $4,000.
George Mayo, manufacturer OF pro-
prietary medicines. $50, 600.
Van Zandt, Jacobs & Co, shirts, s5O,-
600.
Ceptan g. Greenbaum, clothing, and
| Crucible Steel Company. $4,000.
Carey, Balm & Smith. dry goods. and
F. Kent spool cotton and thread. $780,
Oee.
Oehms Acme Hall. $15O.O00.
/ Consolidated Gas Company. 100000.
/ Armstrong. Carter & Co, notions and
millinery, s500OOO.
Weigart & Co, shoes; StOIger Bros,
/ trunks: DoweH. Helm & Co.. storage,
and J. Oppenheimer & Son, jewelry.
$4,000
( II s. HEIGHT & Co, millinery. 500. 600
I Allen & Sons. Florida Tag Company.
/ Mullins Hotel. Haimer Bros. (clothing).
E y
I burg 3 Co. William Lehman & Co.
/ Baltimore News Company. Frank &
Sons, Bottingheimer g. Motter. the T.
L. Miller Safe Company, Louis Stiel &
Co, Rosenbach & Co., McFadden &
McElwee, John Turnbun Jr. & Co,
George w. King Printing Company,
Monogram lunch rooms, Douglas shoe
store, Bay Line ticket Office, David
Bondan. Williams shoe store, Peter
Rose & Son. JudsOn (harness manu-
facturer) S125. 600.
Robertson Manufacturing Company.
plumbing supplies. $4,000.
r. ]. AndOrff & Co. boots and shoes.
and James Robertson Manufacturing
Company. storage. 100000.
Peace & Gaynor. window shades, $75,-
600.
L. Fuehlshawth. wall paper. $685.
Alden Bros. umbrella manufacturers.
and Fondin Dahn & Sons. clothing,
S1OO, 900.
Henry & Co. hosiery and underwear,
$4,000.
L. Grief & Bro. clothing. $500 900.
Mas & Kemper, laces and embroid-
cry, $780, 900.
Florence w. Mccarthy Company no
tions, $15O.OOO.
Thalheimer Bros. clothing, $780, 900.
Fisher Bros. liquors, wholesale, and
Siberman & Todes, notions. dry goods.
etc, S15O,GOO.
NJ. Moses & Sons. merchant tailors,
S75. 900.
J. Goldsmith & Son, clothing, and
Sugar & Shear, clothing, 100000.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09
FEDERAL TROOPS ARE SENT.
War Department Heeds Appeal From
Maryland OniciaIs.

WASHINGTON. Feb Sat the urg-
ent request Of Senator German and
upon his pledge and that of the Gov
ernor Of Maryland that the Legisiatura
of Maryland would tonight pass a
resolution calling upon the National
Government for military assistance,
Lieutenant General Chaffee, command
ing the general STAFF, sent teIeeraphic
orders this afternoon to Major General
tofDln' commanding the Department of
me Last az New York, to proceed
forthwith 10 Baltimore and take mill
iafy command Of the situation there.
Nearly 1000 soldiers have been ordered
r. serve under him. They are ,vo
Oaitaiions u the Fifth Infantry. at
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09
General COrbin to Command
the Regulars in Fire
Swept City.
Soldiers UiU CerUe Under
the Direction of the
Local Officials.

BALTIMORE, Feb. S.-Mayor
McLane to-day received the fol-
lowing telegram from President
Roosevelt:
"WHITE HOUSE, WASH
INGTON, Feb. S.-Hon. Robert
McLane. Mayor, Baltimore: L
share the horror of our people
at the appalling catastrophe
which has befaIlen Baltimore.
IL there is anything the Federal
Government can do, pray call
on me.
..THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09
FIRE A BENEFIT.

In these cases, as with many others
later. the damage done was really
benefit u the permanent welfare of
the cities, as the infiammable wooden
buildings were. soon replaced by others
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09

on larger scale, built of stone or brick
The FIRE of Moscow September Il,
1872, kindled by the citizens themselves
in hundred places at once as mea-
sure to defeat Napoleon, holds place
as one OF the comparatively great in
| fire history of modern times. On the
eve of the French occupation the city
had population of 252.0OO souls. living
in some 9200 houses. When they fed
from its fiery precincts only 1926 houses
were left standing.
OF the great Chicago fire, October 8
to II, 1871, we have comparatively full
and accurate statistics. The total area
devastated, including seventy-three
miles of streets, was three and a third
square miles; 17,450 business and liv-
ing structures were burned, and about
100 900 people rendered homeless. over
$50 lives were known to be lost near
1000 persons were reported missing and
property estimated in value at $780,
200 was destroyed. This vast eie-
mental scourge was stayed by using
gunpowder to blow up the buildings in
its front
In the following year (1S72). Novem-
ber to II, the city of Boston was Wis
tied by a confiagration in the very
heart of the richest business section of
the place. Though covering but small
area comparatively, not over so acres,
the property loss was ssO,000000, about
a million per acre. The loss of life was
small.
OTHER GREAT FIRES.
Other fires of magnitude that have
occurred in this country are as follows:
1740 November 1S-Half of Charles
ton, $. c., burned down.
1760, March 20-One- tenth of Boston
burned.
1884, December 16-New York City,
S29 buildings, involving loss of $1S,00O,-
900, burned.
1885, December 15-Patent office and
pestoffice. Washington, d. c., burned
New York City, 6s3 buildings, loss $40,
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09
Amtrican Mln Be PubIIshed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The Bal
timore American has made arrange
ments for publication in this city until
its Baltimore plant can be restored.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09

The awful confiagration that has
just wiped out a great section of the
city of Baltimore, richest in historic
associations as we'll as material wealth
and current business transactions.
seems destined to rank with, if not to
exceed in actual loss, the great fire of
Chicago. October S-11. 1871.
With the great historic fires of earlier
times, in the absence of accurate or
any statistics, comparison in this case
cannot well be made. The torch often
laid low every habitation in conquered
cities, some of them of large size and
population, but it is very questionable
if in any one instance the actual loss
of property by the flames exceeded
the two great American burnings.
Historians accord to Nero the in
fanny of having started the great fire
in Rome, A. D. 64, which ragged for six
days and seven nights. The loss of
life and property in this instance can
only be surmised, and from any one of
a dozen points of view.
The great fire" of London, which
broke out in Pudding lane. Sunday,
September 2, 1865, burned over a vast
area. but it was mainly covered by
small houses. An east wind famed the
flames all during Monday and Tuesday
night but fell on Wednesday, when the
fire slackened for want of material
within reach. 1t broke out again on
Thursday. however. near the temple,
when heroic measures in the shape of
blowing up houses ahead with gun
powder were resorted to, and its pro-
gress was stayed. A large area was
burned over, many lives were lost and
property to vast amount for the time
was destroyed.
FIRE A BENEFIT.
In these cases, as. with many others
later. the damage done was really
benefit - the permanent welfare of
the cities, as the infiammable wooden
buildings were soon replaced by others
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09
LEGISLATURE TAKES ACTION.

Will Vote a Fund for the Relief OF
the Destitute
STATE HOUSE. ANNAPOLIS. Nd.
Feb. S.-The General Assembly met
at the State House tonight to consid-
er plans for relief Of the conditions
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09
LDAR DEPARTMENT SENDS FEDERAL TROOPS TO BALTIMORE
TO 4D THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES IN POLICING THE CZTl


p h n m h N an cities arrive
eh places f db by h gad discerning hopeless h
Heh hHegOf fmm d duRh bdS hnhwBm
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-09
ADVERTISEMENT.

Continued on Page IS. Column ).
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-14
RUSSIANS USE LIVE WIRES.
Japanese Encounter Electricity In an
Attack at Sukwantung.

japanese Encounter Electricity In an
Attack at Sukwantung.
GENERAL KUROKPS HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN THE FIELD; Sept. 5, via
Tientsin, Sept. 13.-One of the blood
lest encounters of the entire war oc-
CURED on the night of September 2,
during the course of General Kurokis
pursuit of the army of General Kuro-
ratkin in the weeks struggle that end
ed in the Russian retreat across the
Taitse River.
A part of the center division of
kurokfs army made a night assault
against the high hills at Sukwantung.
to the south of Heiyingtai, and facing
bend in the Taitse River. Upon ap-
preaching the Russian trenches they
encountered an unexpected defense.
The Russians had strung along the
ground heavy wires, highly charged
with electricity, and as the Japanese
soldiers ran against the wires in the
darkness they received severe shocks.
In addition to this, the Russian troops
defending the trenches threw hand
grenades, or shells, among the storm
ers. The effect was terrifying and
many of the Japanese were wounded.
The attempt to seize this hill, which
was an important vantage ground to
either army, was not successful.
One Japanese battalion which fought
its way into the trenches exhausted
its ammunition. 1t attempted to cut
its way out with the bayonet, but it
was almost eXterminated. On Septem-
ber the Russians withdrew and the
Japanese occupied these positions in
the evening without opposition.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-14
HAYS LOOKING FOR
RAILROAD TERMINUS
President of the Grand Trunk Pacific
Makes Inspection of Coast In
Search of Site.

VICTORIA, B. c., Sept. 13.-The
Grand Trunk Pacific terminus site will
not be settled definitely for some time,
but it is certain that the northern
road will have feeders extending far
ther north and to Southern Column
bia. So said President Charles
Nj. Hays of the Grand Trunk Pacific
to The Call correspondent to-day
Hays, accompanied by prominent Of
ficials of the railway, returned this
morning from tour of the northern
coast so far as Port Simpson. Their
steamer called in at all principal in
lets, and Hays says much valuable in
formation has been obtained as to
possible harbors.
A strong effort is being made by
Victorians to secure for this city ter
minus of the southern branch railway
and a deputation waited on Hays to-
day to impress upon him the many
advantages of the place. Hays ad-
mitted the strength of the claims, but
did not commit himself. Construction
of the new road from the east is to
commence almost Immediately.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-14
TRAINMEN LOSE
THEIR PLACES
Southern Pacific DiSmiSSeS
the Employees Responsible
for the Wreck in Nevada
ENGINES A TOTAL LOSS
Coroner VIII Hold Inquest
to Determine Responsible
ity for the Loss Of Life
ENGINES A TOTAL LOSS
Special DiIDatch to The Call.

RENO, New, Sept. 1s.-Three men, old
employees OF the Southern Pacific Com
pany, have lost their positions as re-
suit OF the terrible wreck at Laughtons
yesterday.
They are Engineers Isoard and Boyd
and Conductor Laforge. The men were
IN charge OF the westbound passenger
train. and the company holds that they
are responsible for the dreadful acci-
dent, IN which twenty-five persons were
injured and two killed.
The property loss is now conserva-
tively placed at S25o.0 The four en-
gines are entirely wrecked. The debris
IS now piled at the side Of the track
near the scene Of the wreck. Though
traffic is open, II will be several days
before the wreckage is entirely cleared.
Tomorrow Coroner Updyke VIII hold
an inquest over the remains Of Fire
man Hicks and H. l. Davies, the two
victims. The blame viii then be Of
ficialy placed. Several OF the injured
are being treated in Reno. Not one is
in q serious condition. and all will be
able 70 continue home IN q few days.