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BALTIMORE'S LOSS TWO
. HUNDRED MILLION.
Flames Checked After Desperate Bat
tle of 32 Honrs.
GREAT FORTUNES WRECKED.
Commercial Prestige ot Baltimore Oiven a Blow it
Cannot Recover From For Yam
Baaadarks af Baltimore's Baraed
District
The burned district is within the
territory bounded on the west by
Liberty Street, on the north by
Lexington Street, on the east by
Jones Falls, and on the south by
the basin. Within this district
were the bif structures on Fayette,
Gay, Lombard, Charles, Baltimore
EllkXt, HoUiugsworth and Cheap
aide Streets.
Passing southeast along the basin
the following large blocks were
datroyed: McClure, Pattersons,
Smiths,Frederick,Long and Union.
Small thoroughfares which do
not extend as far north as Lexing
ton Street, and which were in the
path of the flames are Commerce,
Frederick and Mills-Streets. The
district thus sweDt by the fire com
prised seventy-five blocks and
nearly 2,500 buildings.
Baltimore,Md.,Feb. B—Stunned,
disheartened and on the verge of
despair, Baltimore drew a deep
sigh of relief at 7 o'clock to-night
when Mayor McLane confirmed the
report that the progress of the
flames had at last been arrested.
After thirty hours of desperate
fighting the combined fire forces of a
half dozen cities succeed in holding
the flames at the Union docks
' Two hundred millions of dollars'
worth of property in the meantime
had been swept away. This is the
conservative estimate. Sixty busi
ness Mocks have been wiped out.
More than one thousand modern
structures,many of them sky-scrap
eis, modern in every respect and
said to have been "fireproof," are
blackened ruins.
FOBTCKKS WwtCKKD
The fire area covered a territory
more than a half a mile in length
and from three to six blocks in
width. Two square miles are in
rains. The entire business, bank
ing and commercial district of Bal
timore has been obliterated, thous
ands of poor workers hsve been
thrown out of employment, great
fortunes have been wrecked and
the commercial prestige of Balti
timore has received a blow from
which it cannot recover in many
Tears.
Amid the darkness and the deso
lation of the calmity that has over
taken (he city, there is only one
fay of light.
So far as can be ascertained at
this hoar, only one life hss beer,
lost in the tragedy of flame and gale
that has penetrated one of tht
greatest cities of the continent.
Jacob Ilginfntx, a member ot tht
La—l Company, of York, Pa.,on«
mi the firat to respond to the appeal
for outside help, was crushed ti
death by a falling wall eariy thb
morning.
John M. Hood, president of the
United Railways Company, is miss
fng. Semes of firemen have beet
i nfurad and tht miraculous escape
from death mount into the hund
reds. •
Maktial Law
Martial law has been proclaimed
The poliaeof a dozen cities are pa
trolling the streets, aided by nat
tonal guardsmen and a thousanc
regular troops dispatched hither In
the War Department Major Get
and Henry C. Corbin, commanding
the department of the east, ha
keen ordered to take military com
mmd of the situation and by mort
iag wiß be at the right hand o
Mayor McLean to assist maintain
!■( order and restraining the h« -
less. Looting has begun. Band.-
day, plundering abandoned proper
ty and prowling shout the rains
until stern repressive measures were
adopted.
Orders have been issued to the
troops on guard to shoot down all
persons found engaged in unlawful
operations.
GUAM Or HOP*
Mot without varying hope and
despair did Baltimore reach to-night
the first stage in her progress to
ward recovery from the calamity.
All through the night the fire
raged. At dawn the flames were
still sweeping resistlessly onward,
snd it seemed that the entire city
must go down in smouldering rains.
Then at 11 o'clock came a gleam
of hope. The firemen announced
that the fire was under control.
A cry of thanks went np and
Baltimore took courage. A hund
red fires still blazed about the de
stroyed district, but the firemen
kept back their spread. There was
a feeling that the worst was over,
and then came another blow. At a
o'clock, despite all the worn and
weary fighters could do, the flames
took fresh hold, and with renewed
fury began fresh devastation.
Powerless the firemen fell back
and again the fire was master of
the situation. Then the flauies
swept on, and once more, block
after block going down, the resi
dental sections looming into dang
er, snd all hope was abandoned.
DBSPSRATB WORK
But they continued desperately
at their work, the New York Bat
alion rendering magnificieut aid,
and shortly after seven the an
nouncement was made and confirm
eg by the mavor, that the fire was
surelv under control. At this hour
great biases continued in the burn*
ed district, but they are no menace,
being islands of fire in a desolate
waste.
Any attempt to describe the speed
of the flames are utterly futile so
rapidly did they encompass the
burned district and so vast and
complete is the ruin.
In the extent of property loss
the fire has reached proportions
that are likely to exceed those of
any other conflagration in the
history of the Unite! States.
To estimate the loos accurately
at this time is impossible. A large
percentage of it will fall upon the
insurance companies. Insurance
brokers to-day estimated that at
least 30,000,000 in premiums will
have to be paid by the companies
concerned, the losses falling on in
dividual companies to the extent
from $500,000 to $3,000,000 each.
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WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAV, FEBRUARY 12.1904.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
BY CM A. BDWAKOS.
February Ith, if-4;
The principal subject of political
discussion in the national capital
at the present time is the so-called
Foraker bill, which aims to relieve
the trusts and the mergers of any
control or limitation by the fovem
inent, and is everywhere regarded
as' the administration's hid for the
support of the great corporations
in the coming presidential election.
This bill shows the lack ot sincerity
on the pert ot the republican party
in their alleged fight against the
trust as docs nothing else thst has
come to the surface lately. The
administration has been active
in getting before the people of
the country and touting itself as an
anti-trust sdministration. telling in
flashing headlines in the good re
publican papers how the Attorney-
Gen ral was going to sniaah the
trusts to smithereens. It would
like to get the people to believe
that it intendei to do aomething
for them in the way of trust
busting, but so fkr it has only
worked with its month and has
done nothing in the courts of the
country, notwithstanding the foct
that an appropriation of a half mil
lion dollars has been made for the
•pecial purpose of proeecuting the
trusts. The fund has not been
raised snd will not be, for that pur
pose. More aimilies, drawn from
the national game of poker, that
fit the political aituation, have late
ly been coined, most of them by
the redoubtable Mark Hanna, than
at any period in the political his
tory of the country. The one that
fits the present situstion in the poli
tics of. the nation is that the pres
ent plsy of the republican party ia
a huge 'bluff," so far aa it Intends
to wipe out the criminal trusts of
the country.
Senator Foraker. besides being
the Ohio manager ot the President's
campaign for election to succeed
himself, is, with the Hon Henry
Cabot Lodge, his spokesman in the
Senate Of the United States, and no
man who knows how things are
done in Wsshington considers that
thert would be the remotest possi
bility of Senator Forakt r offering
such a bill without the President's
direction.
Follow inf, as it did, the visit to
Washington of th« trust magnate?,
whose mergers and combines are
menaced under the Sherman law.
the Northern Securities merge',
now fighting for life in the Su
preme Court, and the coal trust
brought to bay by the suit started
by William Randolph Hearst be
fore the In'eratate Commerce Com
mission—the significance of Sena
tor Forakei's effort becomes mani
fest.
Not in years has anything hap
pened to bring J. Pierpont Morgan,
H. C. Prick, J W Gates, President
Cat salt of the Penaaylvania rail*
road, and President Stillman. of the
National City Bank, all to Wash
ington together. The pre ence of
Cassatt and Stillman at the White
House dinner emphasised tire view
of the situation that the Foraker
bill was the administration's tender
in exchange for the help of the
trusts in the next election- Not in
■ generation has a bill introduced
in Congress provoked such a feel
ing of alarm and indignation as
this has dobe. doming at a tine
when the people are marshalling
all that is left to them of power to
check the power of the rapacious
combinations, and when the worst
of these are under fire, the propo
sition to unto all that has bten
done for the protection of the coon
try against these predatory organi
zations, the Foraki r bill is doubly
alarming, and the fact that it is
presented by the spokesman of the
President intensifies the feeling of
dismay.
The comments of the democrats
in the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives indicate how clearly the
danger is realised and how unanim
ous is the condemnation of the
measure among those on whom
will fall the burden of the fight to
prevent the enactment of this mcss
ure into a law. The fotaher propo
sition la regarded as a throwing
aside, on the part t f the republi
Cans, any pretense of opposing the
trusts and the notification that pros
pective contributions of Wall Street
to the republican campaign are
deemed of more importance than
the sympathy of the peopWwho are
fighting f„r the from
the mergers and ill- gal#trabina-
Hons of railroads withVf aggre
grattons that control production,
such as the coal trusted the beef
* M
* * *
Some time during taat month a
resolution was offered in th« House
of Representatives by Mr. Tawney.
a republican from Minnesota, and
it ought to pass. 1 know "Jim"
Tawney well, and I know that he
ia a big-hearted, honorable gentle
man. He offered this resolution
in the interest of humanity, but his
party is not incliued to sustain him
in his position. The resolution of
fered by Mr. Tawney was in refer,
erence to the rotten railway postal
cars, to which have been due, in a
large measure the loss of life to the
railway postal clerks in the past
dozen years. Even last year there
was not less than 18 brilliant young
men, who take their lives in their
hands every time they enter a car
and start out on their run, killed
and cremated, simply because
these cars were old, ram shackle
affairs, become a box of matches
in collision and burn like tinder
wood thereafter. The preamble to
this resolution offered by Mr. Taw
ney. and which recited the forego
ing facts, was striken out when the
resolution came up on January
17th. In striking out this preamble
it easily will be seen that nowhere
in the "Record" appears the reas
on contained in the request for the
information and that was the in
tention of the resolution. Instead
of this preamble, which was an at
tempt to get this information before
the people of the cou .try, they
simply add a request for knowledge
of the condition of the cars on June
the Ist last. This will be used as
a wall to hide behind and an at
tempt will be made to place the
blame for bad equipment on the
clerks; themselves, as it will be
claimed that they have neglected
to report the bad cars. - The truth
of the matter is that the postal
clerks have learned from long ex
pe ience that such reports on their
part only secures a new coat o'
paint and other subterfuges to hide
the real character of the cars. It
would seem that with so many de
mo ished cars and so many men
killed and burned up that there
would appear to be some neces
sity for action en the part of Con*
gress in the interest of humanity.
The railroads, however, are still
st ong enough to prevent Congres
sional action and hoodwink the
people, which will continue so
long as there is a party iu power
controlled by the railroads.
The railway postal service and
its efficiency are matters of impor
tance to every business man and
every newspaper in the United
States. Hitherto, the work of these
brave young men has been hidden
under a bushel, simply because
railway influences have controlled
the position of Second Assistant
Post Master General, which has
jurisdiction over this department of
the service
1 he people have necessarily been
in ignorance of the real situation
concerning it. This service is filled
full of labor unrequited by dollars,
of heroism, and ills a real tragedy.
It will be pleasure and my province
in the near future to expose the
methods and denounce the machin
ery, engineered by the repuplicau
party, from granting justice and de
cency to (he manly young men
who still live and work, snd to the
hundreds who have gone to their
deatb thrtujh Ihe cupidity and
avarice of cold-blooded corpora
tions controlling the machinery of
the Government
* * *
The Hearst candidacy for Presi
dent is receiving unp.ecedented
comment at present in the national
capital from the fact that many
FIRST CLASH OF WAR
Japanese Disables Three Russian Bat
tleships in First Engagement.
papers in thij country who have
hitherto ignored Mr. Hearst'* can
didacy are now making generous
comments thereupon. Some of the
papers that seek to belittle Mr.
Hearst's candMacy or edited by men
or ra her controlled by men, who
have made a signal success in
other walks of life, but a dismal
failure of ihe newspaper business.
This is notably true of one Frank
A. Munsey, who msdc money as a
puplisher of a cheap magazine, but
who has lost about all he has made
as the publisher of daily newspap
ers. Mr. Munsey's paper, the Wash
ington Times, attacks Mr. Hearst
bitterly wi'hout presenting argu
ments against him and without
shadow of excuse. Th's msy be
expected of a man who employed
men for the pcst office investiga
tion, but who had not the courage
to withstsnd the of cor
porate interest and who di. charged
from his service the very man who
started this investigation into the
rotteness of republicsn officialism
These attacks on Mr. Hearst from
uch a source are causing comment
here and thereby increasing the
standing of Mr. Hearst as a demo
crat and an honest man The recent
decision of the republican Attorney
General in the state ef New York,
not to biing action against the coal
trust under the applicatiou of Mr.
Hearst, has raised the trust issue
as the living issue  f the next cam
paign, and Mr. Hearst as itscxpon
ent, in the minds of the leaders of
democracy.
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New Idea Woman's Magazine For
March
Of especial interest to the readers
of this progressive periodical will
prove the first of a series of "Brief
Business Talks for Women," by
Katherine Louise Smith, in the
March number. Her hints to her
fellow-women for a better know
ledge in the care of money will
prove of exceeding value to those
who heed them. "The Vicerine
of India," as presented by Waldon
Fawcet, deals with the remarkable
success of that beautiful American
woman, Lady Curzon. Articles
appropriate to Spring in the house
and garden are "Flowering Plants
for the Window-garden," by Eben
E. Rexford; "Raising Mushrooms
for Profit," by Madeline Rilley;
and "Gardening Under Muslin,"
by George Etbelbcrt Walsh.
■TStertons Death 9t Scott Wright
Washington, N. C., Feb. 9.
Scott Wright, who is engaged in
hauling logs for D. B. Willis, of
this city, was found early this
morning about three miles from
here lying on the road dead. His
carrylog and horses were standing
in the road just a few feet from the
body. Master John Willis found
Wright on his way to the woods to
haul wood. There were no bruises
on the body, and how he came to
his death is not known. He was a
resident of this city. ,
The services of W. P. Rose, an
architect of Raleigh, have been se
cured by the public school trustees
of this city to make the plaus for
the new graded school building
soon to be erected here. The
building when completed will cost
approximately $30,000.
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It Was a Daring Surprise
In a dispatch from Cheefoo, dat
ed February 9, a correspondent of
the London Daily Press says: -
"The Japanese have dealt the
Russsians a crushing blow at Port
Arthur. An advance squadron
of the Japanese fleet under com
mand of Vice-Admiral Togo and
comprising sixteen battleships and
cruisers with a numerous torpedo
flotilla left the main fleet off Shan
Tung Peninsula on Sunday imme
diately that the news of the diplo
matic rupture became known. This
information was conveyed to the
Japanese Admiral by a destroyer
dispatched from the Tsushima Sat
urday evening.
"The Japanese scouting cruisers
had given accurate information of
the precarious situation of the Rus
sian fleet outside Port Arthur. The
squadron steamed slowly in battle
formation Sunday midday toward
its goal, and came within sight of
Port Arthur under cover of dark
ness. It cruised slowly outside
without showing lights. The Rus
sians were lined in the roadsted ap
parently feeling secure from attack.
Nearly all the Japanese torpedo
boats w:re dispatched on their dan
gerous and daring task. They
rushed full steam on the enemy,
who were completely surprised. A
gicat battle of small arms greeted
the invaders, who, however, es
caped unhurt, and the Retvizan,
the Czarevitch arid the Pallada were
almost immediately torpedoed. The
Japanese dashed along ilie entire
line of the Russians exposed by
now to a terriblefire fronrumchine
guns and small arms from both the
ships and the shore. There was
the utmost consternation among
the Russians which probably ac
counts for the Japanese torpedo
boats capping practically unscratch
cd and rejoining the admiral out
side."
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Jamesville —S. M. Darden.
Williams —N. T. Riddick.
Griffins—Kinclien Corey, J. S.
Griffin, J. J. Manning, J. E. Man
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Bear Grass—Jesse B. Harris.
Williamston —Geo. W. Blount,
C. W. Keith. John H. Mizell, Jr.,
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X. Rhodes —J. H. Ayers, Mc.G,
Gurganus, J. Henry Wynn.
Robersonville—L. A. Briley, A.
D. Cherry, W. A. Jenkins, D. B.
Parker, J. H. Roberson, Sr., John
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Poplar Point—W. B. Ballard,
Geo. W. Coltrain, Mc. G. Leggett.
Hamilton—T. H. Coffield, J. B.
Cloman, F. L- Gladstone, J T.
Haislip,W.R.Howard, C T. John
son. S. D. Matthews, J H. Rawls,
Geo. F. Roberson.
Goose Nest —H. K. Harrell, W
K. Williams.
SECOND WHHK.
Jamesville —L- "W. Davis, T. J.
Holliday, Clayton S. Modlin.H. H.
Mizell. .
Williams—W. E. Daniel.
Bear Grass —John R. Harrison,
C. B. Harrison, Levi S. Jones.
Williamston —Dennis S. Biggs,
S. G. Burroughs, R. H. Lanier-
X Roads —Alonzo Mizell.
Robersonille —T. W. Roberson,
Geo. M. Roberson, Ira D. Rober
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Poplar Point—J. W. Coburn.
Hamilton —W. A. Peel.
Goose Nest-T. H. Combs.
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DIRKCTORY FOB 1904.
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W.; Mc. O. Taylor, J. W.; T. W. Thom
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H. M. Burras.
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