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first cars to leave Pacific avenue was about
half full, and as it was behind time the
gripman had orders to put 'er through. /"
A passenger was waiting on Commerce
street, but the conductor said. Don't
stop for that stiff on Commerce street
let him go However, the cable was not
running very fast, and the stiff managed
to get on board.
The stopping of the cable last night
was only repetition of common occur
renee. Nobody knows when the old, worn
out cable is going to stop, and when it
does they take their medicine and get out
and walk up the hill. Nobody ever saws
very much, for people living on the hill
have by this time become so accustomed
to that sort of thing that they take it
now as a matter of course. In fact, many
OF them express the greatest surprise when
a car makes the trip from Pacific avenue
to X street without having the cable
stop.
The same thing occurred Saturday night
and late shoppers were put to the incon-
venience of walking up the hill.
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PRESIDENT SEES
MISS BREWER WED

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. Sat
noon today, in st. Johns church, occurred
the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Brewer,
daughter of Justice Brewer of the United
States supreme court, and Wellington
Wells of Boston. Persons of prominence
in the official and social life of the capital
thronged the church, among those present
being the president and Mrs. Roosevelt,
the various members of the supreme court,
senators, diplomats and others. Bishop
Henry Yates Satterlee offciated. The
brides only attendent was her sister, Mrs
Karrick. Following the church ceremony
there was a wedding breakfast for so
guests at the home of Justice Brewer on
Massachusetts, avenue.
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ST PETERSBURG, Feb. 8.-Everyone
who comes to Russia hears a lot about
the Russian passport system before he
starts. and after he arrives the fate of this
little certificate of his identity is of keen
interest. 1t has often been said that
Russia is an easy country to get into, but
a very difficult one to get out of, and this
is in effect true.
Before starting on your journey you have
to secure a proper passport from the au-
thorities of your nation, and then take 1T to
a Russian consul and have it stamped by
him in Russian to say that he thinks it is
genuine He also writes your name in
Russian, and this gives you fine idea
of how funny you must look to a Russian,
anyhow In this way the writer found
his name transformed into Bahiiepkyk, but
as letters in Russian have different sounds
to the English, it was approximately right.
About the only leading question the
Russian consul asks you before he stamps
the passport is as to your religion. You
can profess any variety of Christian belief,
and he will say it is all right, but if you
tell him you are a jew he won't stamp
the passport and you can't go to Russia,
Arriving on the frontier, your passport
is carefully examined, but as rule no diff
iculties are raised, and you can enter the
country without having to answer further
questions. In the customs examination
nothing much is looked at except books
You can take in time tables and diction'
aries, but nearly anything else is liable to
be taken away from you.
The customs official will tell you in polite
French that as the book is in English he
cannot read it, and that while it may be a
love story or something equally innocent
it might, on the other hand, be an an
archist tract; therefore he must keep il
and have it read by someone who under
stands English, but if you will give hin
your address he will forward it to you
after it has been read. If you give hin
your address you will get it in about tive
months.
Arriving at your first stopping place, thu
man at the hotel Immediately asks fo
your passport and takes it away from you
You do not get it again until you go away
but you learn that he has sent it to tn
police station, where you are duly entered
on the records, and where your passpor
is stamped about Is cents worth whicl
you have to pay.
In st. Petersburg they are especially par
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ticular, and in addition to taking your
passport give you little paper to fill up
in which you are asked your full name,
your age, your religion and your business.
If your business strikes them as ordinary,
you have no further trouble, but if you
happen to write down that you do news
paper work you will probably be followed
for two or three days by detective who
tries to find out if you have any designs
against the government.
Mr. McRae, of the Scripps- McRae league,
had this experience, but when they found
out he was chiefly interested in churches
and old pictures they gave him up Often,
however little bluff will relieve the trav-
eer from filling up this hotel form and
then, unless he chatters too much, they
have no way of finding out what his bust
ness may be.
The American embassy in st. Petersburg
is kept busy by Americans who have had
their passports stolen. This is a thriving
industry on the part of the light fingered
fraternity, as a passport in good condition
has a market value of $25. They are
sold to political suspects, who use them
to skip the country, while the unfortunate
American has to spend a week or two in
proving his identity and getting a new one.
Leaving the country is more difficult, as
special stamp by the police is required
saving that they know no reason why you
shrould not depart from Russia. If you
have been reasonably discreet this permits.
sion is extended as matter of course, but
it is fatal to forget it.
A friend of the writer's, who had been
in Kieff, went to the frontier without re-
Numbering to get this visa, and when he
reached Alexandrovo, on the border of
Germany, they refused to let him across
the line and said he must go back to hieff
There was nothing to do but to retrace
his steps. a long thirty-six hours journey,
to Kieff. When he reached there he found
there was church festival on, which are
very frequent in Russia, and that no public
office would be open or doing business for
three DAYS Therefore it was not until
the fourth day that he was able to get the
necessary visa and resume his journey. His
foreetfulness had delayed him week and
cost him nearly 500.
The chief object Of this police consent
for departure is to keep criminals and po
litical suspects from getting out OF the
country. As a matter Of fact, however
Russians who know the ropes have no par
ticular trouble in getting over the frontier
even without any sort Of passport Inc
average Russian official is underpaid anc
greedy. and even a. small sum a. $2S'
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THERE WILL BE WAR IN TACOMA
IF The CABLE is NOT REPAIRED

A strand was the cause of good deal
of inconvenience to number of people be
tween 1880 and o'clock last night. Ii
was not the shining strand" that the
children had been singing about in Sun.
day school "A few hours before. but a
strand in a greasy, black. WORKOUT cable
that by fits and starts jerks the cars of
the Tacoma Railway & Power company
up the hill from Pacific avenue to X
street. The same strand has been making
trouble for the last three months or more,
SO it is not surprising that the line
should have been tied up again last night.
We'll, ! guess the cable must be balled
up again. smilingly remarked the Cheer
full Passenger, as the car gave a convulsive
lunge, stopped, started again, and then
came to standstill in the middle of the
block.
No, it amt balled up again." snarled
the passenger with the dyspeptic look:
cts the same old ball that we've been
having on this line for the last six
months. When a car starts from Pacific
avenue a man never knows whether he
is going to be able to ride to the top
of the hill or not. If this thing doesn't
change pretty soon, there's going to be
war"
This outburst seemed to squelch the
Cheerful Passenger and he settled back in
his seat and replied never a word
Meantime the gripman was jerking his
levers this way and that and talking to
himself about niece of Carrie Nation,
Miss Helen d. Nation, a young lady with
whom he seemed to have some acquaint-
ance.
The conductor took the situation philo-
sophically, as one who was used to such
occurrences. After advising the gripman
not to remove any of his underwear, as
it was rather chilly, he said to the passen-
gers:
eff any of you are in hurry to get
on top of the hill you'd better get out
and walk"
1t was quite cold in the car, and as
several of the passengers did want to get
"on top of the HILL they left the car and
finished the journey up the hill on foot. A
few with faith in the old cable that
was beautiful to see stayed by the car
a few minutes. The cable, however, re-
fused to work, and as faith without
works is dead" and the car was mighty
cold, they also finally got out and left the
conductor and motorman the sole occu-
pants Of the car.
In about one hour the temporary re-
pairs had been made and the cable and
the cars once more commenced to slowly
drag and jolt up the hill. One OF the
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OTHER GREAT FIRES

Prior to yesterdays great fire in Balti-
more the most destructive confiagrations
in the United States were those of Chica-
go. October 8, 1871, and in Boston, No
vember 8. 1872
The fire which wiped out Chicago broke
out in the evening of October g. 1871, in a
barn on DE Koven street. The wind was
blowing strong from the south, and soon
veering to the southwest assumed the
proportions of a fierce and unreenting
gale. In two hours and half the entire
heart of the city was burned out. On
the morning of the 9th the north side
was attacked; at 1920 o'clock the water
works were destroyed and thenceforth
there was no help. The fire ragged on the
south side until 10 o'clock in the morning,
and on the north side all day. On the
west side, where the fire began, 1914 acres
were burned over, destroying 500 build
ings.
On the south side the area was AGO
acres, and the number of buildings burned
$3.50. including 1000 stores, % hotels, 80
manufactures and all public buildings,
banks and Offices The area of destruction
on the north side comprised 40 acres,
and the number of buildings destroyed
was 1o,oUU, lncluulng OUU STORES anu ware
houses, 100 manufactures and all the finest
residences in the city.
Out of a population of 1900, only 1000
were left with roof over their heads.
The loss of property, according to the best
revised estimates was: Buildings and i'm
provements, $5O,OOO,OOO; produce, lumber
and provisions, $5,OOOOOO; dry goods and
manufactures, $75,OOO,O 900; household prop
erty, libraries, etc, $57OOO,OOO; total, $751;
100000. The loss of the city in public
buildings, bridges, pavements, etc, was
50 100000
The great fire in Boston broke out on
the evening of November 8, 1872, and
destroyed the most substantial portion OF
the city, sweeping over 65 acres, covered
mostly with wholesale warehouses, nearly
all being of brick and granite, involving a
loss of over $75,000,0OO.
In a little more than two years after
ward the whole burned district, with
widened and improved thoroughfares, was
again covered with solid business edifces
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PARTIALLIST OF LOSSES

Among the buildings destroyed were
those occupied by the following: Union
Trust. Continental Trust, Equitable, Cal
verta. Bank of Baltimore, Internal Trust,
Carrolton hotel. Junkers hotel, st. PauIs
hotel MARYLAND Trust, Alex Brown Bank
ing company c.. & p. Telephone company,
Roxbury Rye Distilling company, Allen q
Sons feathers; Sugar & Shear, clothing;
Stein & Co., umbrella manufacturers; M.
Friedman & Sons; Crockin 4 Co., dry
goods: Schwartz Toy company; Mullins
hotel; Burgunder Bros, clothing; Mas q
Kemper manufacturers of contectloners
tools: .ewis. Lowery & Co., dry goods;
Drv Goods Exchange; S. Neuburger q
Bro. dry goods; A. Meyer Co., drug
gists; Carrollton Chemical company; VIII
lam 7. Dixon & Bro, wholesale paper;
Burger & Co., wholesale clothing; Blanke's
saloon: Thomas Burke & Co., liquors;
James A. Geary & Sons, cotton mills, Oh
fees: Charles Burger & Co., clothing; Am
erican Cigar company; Cook-Sanderson,
clothiers: S. Hecht, Jr., x Co., carpets;
Daniel Miller g. Sons, dry goods; D1ggs,
Curran & Co., boots and shoes; Nolans
restaurant: c. l. Davidson, gas hitting es-
enlistment; F. Schleunes & Co., clothing
dealers: Oppenheimer, Rosland & Co.,
wholesale jewellers; w. C. Watson Co:
clothing. A Federlicht & Co., wooden
goods: c. J.. Stewart & Sons, hardware;
0Connell & Bannon, restaurant, building
occupied bv National Exchange bank and
the Merchants g. Manufacturers associa-
tion: HOPKINS Savings bank, building oc-
cupied by Horon, Rogers & Co., printers;
Owens & Heinman and Blake's saloon;
Ambach Bros. clothing manufacturers;
Conrad Zeals Sons, trunk manufacturers;
building occupied by SHERMAN & Todes,
drv goods; Thatheimer & Bros, dry goods,
and the Florence w. Mccarthy company;
Fusselbaugh-B Blake company wall paper;
Raecb & Garner. window shades; R. Jan
dorf & Co. boots and shoes; James Rob
ertson Manufacturing company metals
peter Rose & Sons. harness and saddlery
B. Kohn, notions; H. Pretzfelder boots
and shoes; John Murphy company, pup
fishers; Baltimore News company, DOCK
sellers; The Gushing company, booksellers;
J. S. Mcdonald & Co., jewelers.; Goodyear
Rubber company; Likes, Beranger & 20.
clothiers; Welsbach company, Jewelers.
Consolidated Gas company, office building
Oehms' Acme Hall, clOthiers; w. d. Du
lany company; Huyler's, confectionery
William Knabe Piano company; Samue
Hunt g. Sons. clothing; John R. Armigel
company, jewellers; P. Brau Hat company
Kanz-Smith Piano company; f. w. Nc
Allister & &C., opticians; Bryant & STRAIT
ton. business college; r. Elertz & Co., pi
amos; Ilmwood & Co.. furniture; Grange
& Co., tobacco.
The tremendous losses of the fire insur
ance companies will probably force some o
sn..;.I ALE every dag At Jols' ga Pa
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COAT OF ARMS CHOSEN
BY FIRST REGIMENT

FIT. LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Feb. g.
The Twenty-hrst United States infantry
hah adopted a coat-of-arms and motto de-
signed by a special board of officers. The
design is a shield, two quarters red, two
blue, crossed rifles in center with letters
U. $. above and 81 below. The four quar-
ters represent four wars in which the regi.
ment fought. The first quarter shows a
satire, resembling the cross of the CON
fedeIacy; the second, four arrows, indicat-
ing campaigns against the Apaches,
Modocs, Nez Perces and Piutes. The third
quarter shows tower OF CASTLE repre-
senting the scrap with Spain, and the
fourth shows the rising sun and triangle
of the Filipinos. The motto is Ready"
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placed in the right quarter will enable a
fugitive to pass the frontier guards
At Warsaw the writer met on the train
a fine looking old Russian who was on his
way to Rome He had police permission
to pass the frontier and said he considered
himself very fortunate to get it. His son
had just been deported to Siberia under a
charge Of political intrigue and to avoid
the same fate he was hurrying to the more
salubrious climate of Rome This little in
cident struck the writer as dramatic and
extraordinary, but he was told that such
things were frequent and even common oc-
currences.
JOHN NANDERCOOK.
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NSSgQ1. Us
TACOMA THEATER.

Ibsens Ghosts will conclude its en-
gagement at the Tacoma theater tonight.
Commencing Thursday, February II,
Pollard's Lilliputian opera company wll
return and fill an engagement Of three
nights at the Tacoma theater. The com
pany is still headed by little Daphne Pol
lard, the smallest star in operadom. The
repertoire will consist of the following:
Thursday night, "The Geisha'; Friday
mht and Saturday matinee, "The Belle OF
New York" Saturday night, can Ameri
can Millionaire" Popular prices will pre-
vol
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BALTIMORE
FIRE-SWEPT
Continued from Page One.)

Continued from Page One.)
aided by a brisk wind. Appeals for help
were wired to New York City Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and other points, and
large numbers of engines and hose reels
were Immediately sent from those cities
on special trains, arriving in time to do
service. But in spite Of the fact that over
$50 streams of water played upon the
flames, they continued onward in their
mad career, greedily licking up block after
block of the most solid and substantial
structures in Baltimore.
Dynamiting was tried, but although
many buildings were thus destroyed the
fire fiend could not be stayed until the de-
struction of the district was complete
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HEARST'S RESIDENCE
INVOLVED IN SUIT

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. Feb. s.--The
question of whether w. r. Hearst, at
present an aspirant for the Democratic
nomination for president of the United
States, is a resident of New York or
California, is one of the interesting points
involved in an action which came up for
trial today before Justice w. M. Smith
in the supreme court in White Plains. The
suit is an action brought to recover dam
ages for injuries caused Mrs. Werner of
Mount Vernon, by New York Journal
wagon running into her in 1897.
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STATE POINTERS

The government authorities have con-
scented to let the Northern Pacific railroad
be built through the military reservation
at the Vancouver barracks under certain
restrictions, and it is now expected that
active construction work will soon com
mence. The road will be built near the
river bank Whether it is the intention
to extend the road any further than
the extent of the garrison grounds is not
known. For the present the road will
probably be built only to the eastern line
of the military reserve, where the railway
company has property which it bought a
year ago. 1t is thought a large sawmlll
will be erected at the end of the line.
The body of William McCary, bartend-
er, who disappeared from Aberdeen some
time ago, has been found in the Chehalis
river.
William Morrison, a veteran of the
Civil war and a pioneer of this state, is
dead at Kettle Falls. He was prominent
member of the G. A. r.
Farmers in Walla Walla county have lots
of wheat in their granaries Last weeL
they sold $4,000 bushels, and will hold the
balance, hoping for another raise in the
price.
The mayor of Chelan and three member
of the council have been asked to rssig1
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EDISON THEATER.

An entire change Of bill occurs this
week at the Edison. There will be the
Musical Keltons direct from Chicago;
Montgomery and Canter, in the harmony
and break-away piano act, and Lloyd Spen.
Ger. The moving pictures of the lroquois
theater fire, taken on December &c. will
be given and illustrated songs by Mr.
Frank Fay win also continue to be a
feature.
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because they are personally interested in
contracts awarded by the city. The charges
were preferred at the request of a num-
Der of taxpayers.
A franchise has been granted the Pa
louise & Spokane Electric Railway com
pany for an electric railway from Spokane
to Colfax. The line will traverse the
most productive part of Spokane and
Whitman counties
At the expense of the Stimson Mill
company of Ballard, Frank Messiah, who
lost four fingers of his left hand while in
the employ of the company, is taking
course in a business college, with the
assurance that when the course is finished
he will have permanent position in the
office of the company. He lost his fingers
through an accident for which he was not
to blame. Although he had good grounds
for a damage suit, he did not bring one,
and the company has voluntarily offered
to fit him for better position than the
one he occupied, and will care for his
family during the time that will be re-
quired for his education.
Twenty-Five men employed the Great
Northern shops at Hillyard, near Spokane,
have struck for better pay. If their de-
mands are not granted, rs other employees
will go out with them
Jacob Duback, aged 80 years, a survivor
of the Mexican war, is dead at his home
near Vancouver. He located in Clarke
county in 1858 and had been resident of
the state continuously for nearly half a
century.
The deep snow in the mountains has
been the cause of the temporary shutting
down of the lumber camps at Buckley.
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Social and
Personal

The Order of Lions will give dance
at Columbia hall February 9.
The ladies of st. Lukes church win hold
rummage sale on Friday and Saturday
in the basement of the parish house.
The Misses Hall have invitations out for
a card party to be given on Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. Ben Hollam of 435 South T. street
will entertain the members and friends of
Alpha Degree of Honor Thursday of this
week.
The first anniversary of the Council
of Jewish Women will be celebrated this
afternoon in the temple vestry room. A
very interesting program has been ar.
ranged, which will include paper on
The Biography Of Moses Monte6ore,"
read by Mrs. nj. Bloom, and instrumental
selections by Mrs. Joseph Cheim. Dainty
refreshments will be served
Mrs Henry Rhodes of 70l North j
street will entertain the ladies of the Wo-
mans league of the First Congregational
church today The special topic under
discussion will be Practical Uses of Elec-
tricity."
Tonight the Ladies' Auxiliary of the A.
o. II. will give card party at Parker
hall.
The members of Fern auxiliary, Order
of the Eastern Star, will be entertained
Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs
E. F. McClelland, 702 Carr street.
A card party will be given in Fawcett
hall Friday of this week by the Phil Sher-
idan Womans Relief Corps.
Mrs. John Cato left yesterday for
months visit with her mother in Los An
geles, Cal
The ladies of st. Andrews church viii
give sheet and FELLOWSHIP party this
evening at the home of Mrs. j f. New
ton, 3l02 South Eighth street
The Browning club will be entertained
at the home of Mrs. George Browne, 407
South G street, next Thursday afternoon.
Rev. A. w Martin will deliver an inter-
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black faced song and dance team; Huston.
comedy juggler; Kate Rockwell, in ser.
pentine dance, and "The Rose of Killar-
ney," sung by Mr.. George Wells, are some
of the attractions, In the moving pictures
the internal Cauldron" and the "Busy
Bee will be given.
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LYCEIIM THEATER

Vaudeville Of the best order viii hold at
the Lyceum theater all this week The
Austin sisters will continue their per-
formances.
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Cyrene tent No. 9, X O.. T. NJ, will
give a free social to the members of
order and their friends Tuesday evening
at the hall, 9l016 Pacific avenue. A short
literary and musical program has been
arranged, after which there will be
dancing and other entertainment.
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EMPIRE THEATER.

The new bill at the Empire this week
is excellent Hayden and Martin, high
clsss vocslists; Riley and MeGreevy, the
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the smaller ones to suspend business, while
the larger ones will all feel the effects
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esting lecture on the subject, Words
worth and Browning"
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Prof. Wilson's dancing classes every
Thursday eveuing st $50 Riks Hall,
Us 9 ".
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The ladies of St. Andrews church viii
give a sheet and FELLOWSHIP party this
evening at the home of Mrs. j. f. New
ton, 3l02 South Eighth street
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Special sale every dag at JolIs', s44 Pa.
sihs Avenue.