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The Washington times., 1904-02-08
DIPLOMATIC BILL
BEFORE SENATE
1t Carries Increases Over
House Measure of $1,000.
SOME NEW POSTS CREATED
Several Consulates Raised to Consul
ates GeneraI-Two New Secretaries
Of legation Provided For.
SOME NEW POSTS CREATED

The diplomatic and consular appropri-
alton bill was reported to the Senate
today BY Mr. Hale Of Maine, who gave
notice he would ask for its considera-
ton tomorrow Immediately upon the
conclusion Of routine business.
The increases included in the bsn are
as follows:
Diplomatic service Minister to Rou-
mania. ServIa. and Greece. from S. SOC
TO $500. $1,000; charge d'anaires ad IN
term and diplomatic officers abroad.
5000: secretary OF legation to Denmark
new. $500; secretary Of legation to
Portugal new, $500: erection Of lera-
ton buildings at Seoul. Korea, $4,000:
collection Of consular and commercial
reports. 5000. Total. S41 500
Consuls general-Lorenzo MARQUEE
now consul at $500. made consul gen
eral at $500. $1,000; Tientsin. now consul
at $4,000. made consul general at $500.
Chefoo. Puchau. Hankow. now consuls
at 5000 each, made consuls general at
$500 each Tosal. 81 900
Consuls = ChinlIiang. China Cfew).
5000; Hangchew. China nc {Oo0;
Odessa, Russia, from $3.50 to $3.50, $500:
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz. Mexico. fr,,m s.. 900
to s.. 800. $500; Budapest Austria HIM
gary. from $500 to 200. $500. kouen
France, from 81 900 TO 1850. $500; None
ton. New Brunswick new. 81 $50; Port
au- Prince. Haiti new, 81, 500; Turks ISL
and, West Indies new 1880 Total.
Clerks at cOnsulates. Monterey. from
500 to 81, 400 $500; Bahia new. $50:
clerks at consulates (net increasel
81 goo. Total, So. 200
Total Increase. 81, zoe
Total Of bill as reported to Senate
$2.0I3.100-6e; as reported to the House
II. S9o. 500 So. showing a Senate Increase
Of so 800. Current years appropriation,
I 81, 96S. 5000
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SEVERAL THOUSAND MEN
OUT OF EMPLOYMENT

BALTIMORE, Feb. ss.-As result OF
the conhagration it is estimated that
between 1900 and 1900 men and women
will be thrown out of employment Many
Of these are heads of families. and as a
result faint idea Of the suffering can
be gained.
Besides this loss I'm point OF salaries
and wages. many of these employees had
property more or less valuable at their
places OF employment. Some female
stenogrephers owned their typewriting
machines, and, of course, these were
lost.
There Is scarcely a family in the city
that Will not feel the result of the fire
In some financial way Many OF these
employees were completely stunned by
the terrible wreck caused by the flames
and they Will only be able today TO
realize The FIRE IN It's complete tntalitY
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HUNDREDS OF FIRMS
REMOVE THEIR EFFECTS

BALTIMORE, Feb. s.-Hundreds OF
merchants and business men with offices
in the threatened district were notified
by watchn en- and police. Nearly all
took steps TO have their books removed
to place Of 5afety.
Hundreds OF men and boys were i'm,
pressed to move the books. Wagons.
hand-carts, and dry goods boxes We're
used to remove them. The Adams Ex
press Company sent a hurry call for
its men and wagons TO come to the
office at once The books, desks. and
flies were all packed into wagons for
removal to a place of safety.
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SENATE DEMOCRATS
WILL VOTE FOR TREATY
0ne-Half of Them Favor Ratification.
Hopkins and Clay Among
Today's Speakers.

The Panama question was before the
Senate today, when Mr.. Hopkins OF IIIi-
nois took the floor and spoke earnestly
In favor of treaty ratification
About one-half the Democratic mem
RershiD Of the Senate will vote IN favor
" the treaty. and Chairman Cullom, OF
the Foreign Relations Committee, is
hopeful Of concluding the debate and
getting a vote by the end Of the present
week. Other Senator'S, less optimistic,
look for a continuation Of debate into
next weeks sessions.
Mr. Clay OF Georgia. with a strong
speech in favor Of the treaty, awaited
the conclusion of Mr.. Hopkins speech to
take the floor.
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TAKEN FROM BUILDING
IN THE NICK OF TIME

BALTIMORE. Feb. s.-Mrs. Christine
Kludzekaulke, who lives with her nus
band at 100 West Lombard Street. just
west of Hanove- Street. and who was IN
bed with typhoid fever. was tak=l out
OF the house by Patroiman Smith and
with her two small children sent 90 The
city hospital
a few minutes after she was gotten
out the fve-story buildikg ocupied by
the Anchor Shirt Company. and which
is next door, fell with crash. three Of
the stories dropping upon the roof OF
No. 100. burying the dwelling beneath
the wreckage and taking two others
along with IT.
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NEW YORK CHAMB Der
OFFERS FINAN CtAl AID

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Morris X Jesup
president Of the Chamber of Commerce
has sent a telegram to Mayor McLane.
OF Baltimore, expressing the heartfelt
sympathy CT the chamber with the VIC
tins Of the disaster. He adds that.
should financial assistance be required
he will be pleased 70 hear from Mayor
McLane at once
lt will be remembered that the New
York chamber Of commerce collected
100000 for sufferers of the Chicago
fire in ISL
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CONFERENCE UPON OLD
PRINTING OFFICE PLANT

A conference viii be held at the Capt.
tol late this afternoon between Sena-
tors Scott and Latimer. the subcommit-
tee appointed TO investigate the old
Government Printing Office building
and Public Printer I'A'mer.
Senator Scott, who has just returned
from Chica go. received a request from
the Public Printer that the subcommit-
tees report be withheld until he could
confer with them
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SENATOR M'C0MAS LOSES
BIG LAW LIBRARY

Senator McComas was a heavy loser
by the fire HIS large law library was
entirely destroyed. together with that
of the firm of which he was a member
McComas, Gather g. Greenbaum The
firm had Offices IN the Continental Trust
Building. which was directly IN the path
of the flames
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GARY FIRM SAVES
MANY VALUABLE PAPERS

BALTIMORE, Feb Sc Stanley
Gary. member of the firm OF James A
Gary & Son, and West German Street,
was telephoned to early yesterday after
noon by one of. the clerks who was at
work. and reached the building in time
to save from the safe a number OF valu-
able stocks and bonds. as well rs all the
books and papers of the firm
Mr.. Gary said that the building and
stock were both fully insured and that
al the time of the FIRE the stock i- the
building was light.
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BAL TIMORE MAY ASK
FOR NATIONAL AID
Senator McComas Goes to Monumental
City to Confer With Bust
ness Men.

Senator's German and McComas were
in conference early this morning dis
cussing whether national aid should be
asked for the Baltimore fire sufferers.
Mr.. McCOmas left Immediately after
ward TO consult the leading men Of Bal
timore in that city, and upon his in
quiries their further action will depend.
A meeting OF the Maryland delegation
in Congress will probably be called by
Senator German for tomorrow and hear
Mr.. McComas' news
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stuck valiantly TO their work OF issuing
extras until forced out by the police.
II was intended. TO dynamite the struc-
ture to stay the flames. but the building
was burned before this. could be done.
The Baltimore News building. on
Baltimore and Grant Streets burned be-
tween and 10 o'clock. All the records
and valuable papers were saved. The
last. or fourth extra. was ready to go
on the press when the police ordered the
building cleared. The Baltimore Amer
lean" nearby. was burned at II O'Clock.
and an hour later the baltimore Sun
building was in flames.
Thousands Watch the Flames.
Thousands of spectators watched the
fire throughout the night. Every street
corner near the limits OF approach fixed
by the police was crowded with on
lockers packed in so densely that pas
sage to and fro was difficult.
Good order generally prevailed. but
there was a small army Of bluecoats
on guard. The local police were re-
enforced by $50 Philadelphia police and
by the Fourth and Fifth Maryland Reg
iments They aided materially in keep
fGg the region near the fire and danger
line clear of people. Regulars from
Fort McHenry guarded the Federal
buildings. The postoffice building at a
late hour was in great danger. and the
city courthouse was on fire In several
places.
From a spectacular standpoint the fire
was beyond description. Streets in the
region of the fire soon were walls of
flame. A great volume of light, visible
for miles around. with smoke and steam
rolling in mighty masses rose under
the star-lit sky. There was a swapping
and cracking Of building material which
sounded like the rattle of musketrv
The air around was filed with n con-
slant shower of sparks. which fell to
the pavements and sputtered in the
snow and mud
The dynamiting of buildings began al
O'Clock and continued well into the
night. The detonations sounded like
heavy cannonading The first building
thus attacked was the fancy goods es-
Establishment of ]. w. Puts & Co. AZ
the corner of Charles and Fayette
Streets. All this work was unavailine
in the face of such sweeps OF flames.
and was soon abandoned.
Fire-Fighters Overcome by Flames.
The painting of more than fifty fire
engines, circled around the great FIRE
the changing Of bells as fire wagons
rushed 20 positions. all OF which would
have been magnificent sight under
| ordinary circumstances. was hardiy
more than an incident in the mighty
flame picture. Many big buildings were
reduced TO ashes without being touched
by stream of water. so inadequate was
the FIRE fighting force to conc with II,
task before it. And when the engines
were brought into play the heat was 50
/ intense that the water was often sep
/ arated into its component gases and
| stimulated, rather than checked, the
! burning.
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. Continued from First Page.)

banks declared the day holiday paper
due today will and tonight will preside
special the Legislature
suspension of
shock of the dreadful disaster
In the of the banks there millions Warfeld
the that safety deposit vault in the safe
with its and that private deposos will their vauabe
The bakened of fireman found in the Equitable
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Eager Crowds Rush
To Burning Baltimore
Thousands at Railway Stations Anxious to
Take First Available TrainS--Spe-
Cial Rates Possible.

announce Sunday rates during the week.
Those who have been TO Baltimore
and returned say that the scenes there
begger description even viewed from
the distance at which the watchers
are compelled 10 stand. A leading mer-
chant said this morning that even last
night il was impossible for anyone to
f, realize the awful scene. and TO even
guess at the enormous losses that have
been sustained
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WHISKY BARRELS EXPLODE.

BALTIMORE. Feb. s-One hundred
and nifty barrels OF whisky IN the cellar
Of the James r. Stonebraker & Co.
Building. 16 Hanover Street. caught fre
and exploded. sending a dense, black,
and odoriferous cloud Of smoke out into
the street.
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BRITISH CONSULATE
FEEDS THE FLAMES

Gilbert Fraser. British consul at Bal
timore, came 10 Washington today 20
inform Sir Mortimer Durand that the
building occupied by the British con-
sulate IN Baltimore together with all
the archives had been destroyed in the
IRE He also stated that the German
and Spanish consulates had been burn
ed
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Want advert .sements and suSscrip
tilns for the evening and SUNDAY
Tires will be received al any OF me
following branches at regular ONCE
Rates: Library Pharmacy, I'd st. and Pa
Ave Sc; William II. Davis & Bro tltn
end u stS. NV, william G. CSenrne~
JoT. 18th and L SITS. NV; L. French
simpson. cor. 1th ST., Rhode Island ave
and X sts- NV: Theodore A T. Judd
cor eth and + SITS. sw.: W. Armstrong
cor. 9Th and II SITS ne; Astoria Phar-
macy, w. A. Evans, mgr. cor. 3rd an5
toll ard r SITS. ne: r. A Yeitch. S5ft
and NJ SITS. NV: x. A. Yates, ne cor
TIN and NJ SITS. NV; QuigleS's Phar.
macy, FIST and @ SITS. nw.t O'Donuel
x Rogers. cor. Sth and @ SITS Sc; W. n
Clarke 1918 SD ST NV
Anacostia-Bury's Pharmacy. corne
Monroe and Jefferson SITS.
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later, second:
Year. City. Loss
Savannah buildings destroyed 100000
lS33New buildings destroyed 100000
Charleston Mass buildings destroyed 100000
York,
buildings destroyed 100000
1852 Philadelphia 400 buildings destroyed Race Street
oil fire 6O0OOO0
1S51San 80 buildings destroyed 1O000000
Portland LAB buildings destroyed 100000
buildings destroyed 196OOOO00
1S72-B Boston 776 buildings DESTROYED 75OOOOOO
1SS9-Spokane Falls Washington blocks burned 100000
1892 milwaukee, WIS., Is blocks burned ........ 6O0OOW
1901 Jacksonville, Fla 100000
of falling
nversay conaagraon destroyed twnysx blocks
of $10000000 On the February
1903 the Empire Hotel burned St Louis causing the death of
eleven persons.
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verely from great fires. the last and
most notable occurring on June 8. 1881
when fully one-ffth Of the city was
wiped out by the flames. which burned
until wide spaces Of open ground left
no food for further destruction. This
fire. Ike chicago's horror. originated in
sable.
Quebec's visitations.
Quebec had a fire in May. 1876. which
destroyed 1900 wooden buildings. entailed
the loss of thirty lives and brought a
property loss of Ss.Ooo.OOO. In the next
month there was another great fire
which destroyed 1.S00 buildings.
The Thealer Royal. in Quebec. took
fire in 1876. and forty-seven persons were
burned 10 death. Champlain Street for
three-quarters of mile was the scene.
on January p. 1866. OF fire which de-
stroyed every building on both sides
OF the thoroughfare.
Quebec again suffered 81 1856 from a
fire which wiped out twenty-five hun
dred building. including fifteen hundred
dwellings. and left three thousand fami-
lies without a roof to shelter them. and
with all their personal belongings de-
stroyed- A fire started in 1870 in St.
Roche, suburb OF Quebec. and burned
the homes Of five thousand persons. and
on May 30 1876. another h-e rendered
one thousand persons homeless.
The great fire in st. Johns. n. F.,
started at o'clock on the afternoon Of
July 3. 1892. and burned until O'Clock
the following morning. This destroyed
coo buildings. including the English
cathedral and the loss was estimated
at SO O00. COO.
Milwaukee. Wis. had a fire on Oc-
tOber 3. 1892. which swept over the
business section of the city. involving
loss Of life and destroying property
worth 100000.
In Waterbury. ConP there was a dis
astrous fire on February ,. 1902. which
destroyed four city blocks and caused
loss Of $4,000.
Hoboken's Horror.
In money loss and horror the Hoboken
/ On. j. fire of June So 1900. ranks with
the great municipal disasters. Three
steamers Of the North German 10y
Line were destroyed; five acres Of
docks and wareh@----- were burned. and
the list of killed was estimated at 200.
the exact number OF those who were i'm
prisoned in the burning ships still being
unknown
The fire in Paterson, n. J., on Feb
ruary 9, 1902, burned twentysix bust
ness blocks in the heart Of the city.
with a loss OF Sl0.0O0.O0o
Paterson soon rose, phoeuix-like
| from fits ashes. and TO the busy com
mercial life of the city now tn IRE IS
only a memory.
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Baltimore is now added TO the list OF
American cities which have suffered
almost commercial humiliation by fire.
yet all the others-Chicago. Boston.
Quebec, St Johns and Paterson, y. j.
recovered.
The most memorable fire in American
annals was the great Chicago fire of
1871. which burned for thirty-six hours
and wiped out One-fourth OF the city
in area and one-half in value.
IL started in a small stable. where a
cow kicked over a kerosene lamp. and
the flames. spreading from the straw
TO the walls Of the shed, and thence TO
the adjoining building. finally swept
over street after street and through
yard after yard filled with lumber and
other inhammable material. until their
force was resistless, and II was only
when there was nothing left to burn
in the path of the flames that the fiery
terror was checked.
Five Hundred Were Killed.
Wooden pavements Of the city burned
for miles and the scenes of panic and
horror beggared description. Five hun
dred persons were burned or killed in
trying to escape from the fire. and the
properly lDSS. dCCpiuill5 u the DtSl tSti-
mate that could be made long after
ward. was $1es.OOO.OoO. Scenes of ruff
fianism and pillage that accompanied
and followed the fire were disgraceful.
Scores of men sYere shot down when
caught in the act OF rifing the dead and
despoiling the living. who were too
helpless in the general panic TO protect
themselves or their property.
e.. L., p,1.
evening Of November 8. 1s72- II de-
stroyed the most substantial business
portion OF the city. sweeping over sixty
five acres covered mostly with whole
sale warehouses. nearly all being Of
brick or granite. The loss was more
than $50. 600 0O0 but in a little more than
two years the whole burned district.
with widened and improved thorough
fares, was again covered with solid
business edifces-
Boston's Other Fires
Boston has suffered by fire since then,
but never TO so great an extent. There
was a fire on November %. 1893. which
coverea~two and one-half acres of city
property and involved loss of 5000 000
Again, on May IL. 1894, small boys al
the Boston Baseball Park threw a
match into rubbish underneath a stand
of seats in the right field and the fire
thus started spread until it had cover
ed fifteen acres Of ground, rendering
1000 persons homeless and causing a
loss of nearly S6OOOGOO.
The city Of Quebec has suffered Sc
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4, In the path of the ~t,5, little fires
were constantly breaking out In adj
vance of the main region of flames.
Firemen stood on tie roofs trying to
put cut these fires as they started, but
ten thousand men would not have avail
ed for the undertaking. The fire gradu-
ally ate its way forward and the police
lines were constantly moved farther
back. The cinders that flew out from
the great cauldron often lighted two or
three miles away. Many people were
ton, nora ~fIy- blfnled
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Destruction by Flames
In Other Great Cities
UP to This Time ChiCago's Visitation in 1871
Heads the List--ConfIagrations in Bos-
ton, Paterson, and Quebec.
LOSSES FROM FIRE IN UNITED STATES
FOR NEARLY CENTURY MAKE BIG TOTAL

Following summary the big fires i'll the United
covered greatest the property
the Chicago Of 1871 leads with the great eonAagan
later,
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LOCAL MENTION.
When You Order @Muenchensrs

You're assured the most delicious and
healthful been brewed. = doz, SI25 de-
hvered. Phone, 222. Nat Cap. Brew CO.
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SISTER BERNADINE
SUDDENLY EXPIRES
Death Attributed to Disease
of Heart.
WAS A NATIVE OF NEW YORK
Had Charge of Kindergarten Glasses at
Holy Cross Academy-Beloved
by Children.
WAS A NATIVE OF NEW YORK

Sister Mary Bernadine MeEntee. one
OF the best known and Oldest sisters in
service a the Holy Cross Academy.
Massachusetts Avenue. died suddenly
this morning i'm her room at the Sister
House. Death was attributed TO heart
disease. with which Sister Bernadine
had been sufferer for some time. Sis
ter Bernad!ne was apparently in the
best of health yesterday. and spent
nearly the entire day in the chapel.
where exposition Of the Blessed Sacra-
ment was held. Last night she partici-
pated In the night prayers in the chapel.
and retired with the other sisters. When
she did not appear as usual today, one
Of the sisters went 20 her room and
found her extremely ILL., She died short
ly. afterward and a. certificate Of death
from heart disease was given by the at
tending physician.
Mourred by Tots.
Sister Bernadine was in charge of the
kindergarten classes, and has been con-
nected with the Holy Cross Academy for
more than twenty years. She was a ma
tive OF New York, about fifty-two years
old, and entered the convent OF the or
der at its mother house In Notre Dame.
Indiana. She was especially beloved BY
the little tots in her charge each year
at the school and members of the kin
dergarten were among those who
grieved most at the school today. Sis
ter Bernadine was of happy dispo-
sition and worried little about the fire.
quent attacks Of the disease
Funeral services will be held Wednes-
day morning In the chapel Of the acad-
envy. requiem mass Will be celebrated
by the Rev Thomas s. Lee. pastor of St
Matthews Church, and burial will be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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Mayor Calls Meeting.

The mayor has called a meeting Of
the leading citizens to discuss ways
and means. A message has been re-
ceived from the mayor of Louisville,
KY. Offering financial aid.
Mayor Mcclellan, of New York, has
sent a message OF coincidence to Mayor
McLane. Mayor Weaver, OF Philadel-
phia. has offered the sympathy OF his
people and financial aid II necessary.
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President Hood Missing.

President ]. r. Hood, of Baltimore
Street Railways, has been missing since
last night. and it is feared he may have
lost his life. II is believed now that few
firemen have been killed.
The body found in tire Equitable
Building is that OF Jacob Ilgenfritz. of
York. Pa, a fireman Of tile engine COM
pany sent from that city
TIE stupendous extent OF the disaster
is typihed by the fact that the Even
ing World" is the only Baltimore paper
being published in the city today It's
building escaped the flames. Thousands
surround the Office I'm Calvert Street
awaiting the extras.
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Hospital Wards Full.

Hundreds of\6remen have succumbed
to the terrible work, the hospital emer-
gency wards being filed with them.
Their places have in many cases been
taken by citizens. The fire is sweeping
toward the docks, which are doomed.
The Western Union established n tenn
porary office With twenty wires before
noon at North and Saratoga Streets.
The Office was Immediately deluged with
kilograms from ali over the country.
while the rush of press matter concern
ing the fire threatened 20 choke the
meager facilities.
Chief Emerich is in charge Of the fire.
fighting arrangement, displacipS Chief
Horton. Former Chief McAfee. for sew
eral years retired, volunteered his ser
vices and is directing a portion of the
work
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Beautiful vioiets at Shaffera
Two stores. 14th & I: I'LL Pa. Ave.
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Heavy on Insurance Companies.

Most OF the property was well insured,
and the loss on the local companies will
probably be so heavy as 20 seriously em-
barrass some of them. One New York
company this morning figured its losses
at S60.O0o.OO0.
So far as known at this hour no seri-
Gus casualties have been reported to the
police.
When the fire reached Jones Falls the
wind changed, driving IT south. There
have been changes in the course of the
FIRE since it started. 1t first took a
northerly direction, swerved northeast
erly until o'clock. and then struck due
east. The last change turned IT south.
The New York fire department sent
seven fire engines. six hose reels. and six
trucks, which arrived at s O'clock. Tho
governor at first considered the question
of putting the city formally under mar
tial law, but decided that. although it
would he desirable, he has not the p w
ct 20 proclaim martial law under the
circumstances. However, the entire
burned district is in charge Of the mill
itia, and they and the regulars Will be
kept on the ground all day.
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Hot TamaIes and Chill

At sos Thirteenth Street NV.