North Carolina Newspapers

i : 8 : 4xM 5 .; ' B Y:. . : X "S i : 3 1 ! - J i --.5 :4-, 1 3 . K - ! Vt XV THE BALTIMORE FIRE $200,000,000 Goes Up in Smoke. The City's Business Blocks tive Conflagration in Money Values the World Has Ever Known : More Than the Cost of the Philippines and Panama Combined. The whole nation in fact, all countries of the commercial world stand appalled and deeply sympa thetic at the terrible calamity that has befallen Baltimore by fire, the full particulars of which are unob tainable at this hour, as telegraphic communication has been cut off by the ravages of the flames, but before the wires went down the following condensed report was sent out: Baltimore, Md , Feb. 7 The worst conflagration in the history of Balti- ; more, or the South, started about 11 o'clock this morning in the big wholesale dry goods house of John E. Hurst fc Co. The explosion of dvnamite in another store scattered : v,Q.o aH fho firPmM1 know t. once that they had the hardest fight of their lives. The flames were car- ried by a stiff breeze right through the wholesale distict. and immense hiMinMB-r,niv mpltpfl. one after for m. v - ujjj "'-'X 'J - - 7 another, before the destroying flames. Soon after the explosion the chiefs of the fire departments of Washington, Philadelphia and Wil mington were wired for assistance. A special train brough the Washing ton engines at once. All the fire ap paratus of the city, the suburbs and the county was pressed into the fight. A gallant stand was made at the first, but the flames won and swept across to destroy other stores. Dynamite was tried and twenty buildings were mined and blown up in the effort to stop the fire, but in vain. The Iops, at 8 p. m., is estimated at somewhere between $30,000,000 and $50,000,000 making it one of the biggest in the history of the world. The Herald and The News building both suffered greatly, and the former is now burning. All the buildings in the heart of the wholesale district! were destroyed, including all the newspapers. Washington, Feb. 8. A dispatch received from Baltimore at 2 o'clock this morning says the fire is still raging fiercely. The postoffice build ing is burning, also the $4,000,000 court house. The Holliday Street Theatre has been blown up with dy namite and the United States Ex press offices and central offices of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad are bun -ed. A telegraph message receive 1 by Mr. Chas. J. Barnes in the railroad in..-nn nlno hprp this mornintr at LCI 1 cl 1 1 ; v'..- - . . . .1 I - 7.00 o'clock states tnat 3t biceps m the business section of Baltimore had been destroyed by the fire, which was then not under control and there was no telling what the final result would be. At that time buildings in the direction in which the fire was raging were being blown up with dynamite. Special trains were bring ing fire departments from all the Northern citie3 within reach. In Ashes Most Destruc I, '1 THE BALTIMORE FIRE IS NOW UNDER CONTROL. More Than One Thousand Buildings Have Been Destroyed in the District Bounded by How ard, Fayette and Pratt. Baltimore, Feb. 8. The business centre of Baltimore is a scene of des olation. The fire, which devastated the busine-rs section of the city yes- was early this evening sweeping the water front with ter- rible effoct but the encl ilfter nearly thirty-six hours of flame was in sight. The fire was then officially declared under control. All is chaos in the ' section swept by flames and dyna mite. Ba.e walls, gutted buildings 'and towering ruins now mark where only forty-eight hours ago sky-scrapers and magnificent office buildings stood What the loss will be the future only can tell. One hundred million dollars is considered to be a conser vative estimate. Some estimates go as high as two hundred and fifty millions. More than one thousand buildings have been destroyed in the district bounded by Howard, Gay, Fayette and Pratt streets. Comptroller Ridgely has declared a legal holiday for the banks in or der to protect them in paper coming due, and to-night the Legislature passed an order making it a legal holiday for eight days for the same purpose. After travelling to the water front the flames about two o'clock were gotten under control. The progress of the fire was stopped at the foot of Union dock and kept from leaping to the Canton side of Jones Falls, a narrow stream separating the burn ed section from the shipping dis trict. In about as many hours the fire had burned thirty blocks out of the very heart of the business section of the town, destroying nearly two thousand buildings and caused an estimated money loss of more than i?:'0O,C0O,0i)0. Tne arta of the fire wept district is estimated by thy topographical department of the city fit 140 acre's, bounded on the north ! i bv Lexm.'ton, St Paul and Favette ' ( I 1 A ..1- i. 1. i U . , ' sireeis, ;u me e;iaa uy uie creeiv ' called Jones Falls; on the west by ' Liberty street, on the south by Chesapeake Bay While the fire was at its height tremendous efforts were made to save the municipal and national buildings. The temporary custom house was several times on fire, but the flames were extinguished. The court house had fire on two sides Will H A H mm w m mm 20. 000.000 Tula argus u er the people's -urns Doth an eternal vig-li keep GULDSBOKO. N. THURSDA Y, FEBRUARY irom tall office buildings, but was saved by splendid work. The city hall is apparently unin jured, and during all the time that the flames were whirling around the dome that every Balti morean and visitor to Baltimore knows so well, old Lord Baltimore, far up above the fiery furnance and the doomed build ings was tolling off the hours to the I best of his ability. Occasionally the mechanism of the clock became dis arranged and some remarkable tolls were heard. From the time that the last news of the fire reached New York this morning until the firemen of New York planted against the walls of the ice houses by the shore of the Chesa peake, aid to the flames, "Thus far and no farther," the story of the fire is one of ruin and destruction from the business centre to the sea. But for the dreadful calamity which has plunged the city in such ruin the town presents a holiday ap pearance. Every incoming train and steamboat is bringing hosts of sight-seekers. The Baltimore and Ohio refused any more tickets from Washington. The power house is destroyed and street car traffic is suspended. Every sort of vehicle imaginable has been pressed into service, and millionaires can be seen riding up and down town in moving wagons. The city is under the strictest kind of martial law and evtrv sa loon is closed as tight as wax. The troops are on guard at almost every point, and only a pass, signed either by the adjutant general or by Presi dent Upshur, of the police board, will allow any ne within the fire lines. Baltimore, Feb. 8. The city to night save in one residential district, is in total darkness. Cab drivers are charging two dol lars to go two blocks, and only one important line of street cars are run ning. HANNA'S CONDITION Is Now Favorable Patient Takes More Nourishment and Seems Stronger, But Tempera ture Is Higher. Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. The official announcement of Senator Hanna's condition to-night is re garded as favorable. The bulletin, written by Dr. Rixey, after taking the senator's temperature and pulse at 8 o'clock, was as follows: "Senator Hanna has rested fairly well since morning. Temperature, 102 4-10; pulse, 92." It was stated that the senator had suffered less pain to-day, had taken one or two ounces of milk and seem ed a little stronger. BAXTER FAILURE Causes a North Carolina Man to Lose Heavily. New York, Feb. 6. Two involun tary petitions in bankruptcy were filed to-day in the United States Dis trict Court against the stock broker age firm of A. B. Baxter and Com pany, of this city, but with branches in many other cities, which made a : general assignment on January 20. j Tne principal creditor is Herman of Charloiic, N. ('., who claims t.ie firm owes him $18,127 for money deposited as ma-gins cn stocks between May 25, 190-', and January 30, 1904. E. It. L. Gould was appointed receiver, with a bond of $50,000. $lt)G Ir. K. jDetehoH'a Anti Diuretic inuy be worth to you more than $5100 jf you have a child who soils bedding from incontinence of water during sleep. Cures old and young alike. It arrests the trouble at once. $1. Sold by M. E, Bo bin Eon & Bro. druggists, GoMsboro. No ooutliiiifc otraints ol Maia't -ods Ohp 'nil t.p hundred a vpe to nlepp. E THE COPYING BY THE GO ERNMENT Is Well Under Way, But The Prog ress Is Very Slow The Scope of the Military Record Not Yet Decided. Washington, D. C, Feb. The work of copying che Confederate rosters for publication by the govern ment is well under way, but progress is slow. General Ainsworth, chief of the records and pension division of the War Department, said to-day that there was an immense amount of labor involved in the preparation of the rosters ot the two armies for publication, and it was impossible to prophesy as to the time that it would require to complete it. This is spec ially true when it is realized that the Congrtss has not definitely decided the scope of the work. "I cannot tell now how much of the military record of each man we will use," said General Ainsworth. "Of course, it is desirable that the volume contaiu as much of the war history of each man in the army on either side as possible, but the size of the work is to be regulated by the appropriation made for it, and the details . th.Jt & to contain have not been definitely agreed upon." General Ainsworth said that the work of transcribing the rolls of Con federates in northern prisons, and those exchanged, had begun. Later the rosters of organizations turned over to the department after the fall of Richmond will be transcribed. "The Confederate rolls are much more full than the average Southern man believes," said General Ains worth. "When Richmond was cap tured the records were knocked around for a day or two, but in a short time an official of the United States government went down there and took charge of all that could be found. I do not think nearly so many were destroyed as people think. SAVED THE DAY. The force of a strong personality was strikingly shown in the . pro ceedings on the New Orleans cotton market when W. P. Brown, the bull leader sprang into the ring and quieted the panic. The market had apparently gone to smash. The reports from New York and Liverpool confirmed the fears of the traders. Brokers went wild, offering cotton at 20 and 30 points below the last sale. In all the maddening, desperate, surging crowd on 'change, there was only one cool head and that belonged to the man who had more at stake than any other. It took more than nerve to do what Brown did it required power. Mr. Brows is probably not an orator, but he must have been eloquent on this occasion. He had the magnetism of genuineness and earnestness. His voice quelled the hubbub. His confidence begat faith and the New Orlenne market rallied. It was Brown's woik entirely. He :vvf d the I'av ami perhaps he has saved him! If and many another cfi his follow e..-, from ruin. i - - - j RAIDS AN I JLII r.UMACiDE. I Baltimore News. . An advertisement for rheumatism ( .. ' , i, . . s going tne rounus uig'as tne roiuer 10 "get at the joints from the inside." The police method is to get at the joints by smashing the back door. YCU KKOW WHAT VOO A3E TAXIKQ When you take Grove's Ta8telessChJ.il Tcnic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that It ia simply Iron and Quinine in a taeta leB form. Nq Cure. 2?o Pay. 5Co. CONFEDERAT ROSTER 11. 1904. THE GANNONS ROAR. JAPAN OPENS FIRE ON THE RUSSIAN FLEET. Vice-Admiral Togo Attacks the Rus- sian Fleet and Forts at I ort Arthur with Terrible Ef- iect 3 Boats Taken. Chefoo, Feb. 9. The Japanese fleet attacked Port Arthur at mid night on Monday. Two Russian battleships and one Russian cruiser were disabled by torpedoes. The battle is being continued this morning at a range of three miles. There has been no further damage. Cheefoo, Feb. 9. The steamer Co lumbia has arrived from Port Arthur with additional news of the attack by the Japanese fleet upon the Rus sian fleet in the roads outside of the harbor of Port Arthur. The Colum bia was in the roads at the time, and felt the first shock of a torpedo ex plosion at 11 o'clock on Monday night. The attack continued all night, and at daylight this morning the two Russian battleships and one first-class Russian cruiser were seen to have been disabled and beached at the entrance of the harbor. The cruiser was badly listed to one side. Cheefoo, Feb. 9. A member of the crew of the Columbia tells this story of the naval battle at Port Ar thur: "The Columbia was lying in the roadstead surrounded by fourteen Russian battleships and cruisers. At 11:30 o'clock Monday night a severe shock' was felt on board the Colum bia. The Russians immediately commenced to operate their search- ights and opened fire towards the sea. Tne hring lasted only a short time. At 1 o'clock more shocks were felt and the Russians again com menced firing. "The Japanese did not return the fire. At 2 o'clock two Russian bat tleships went in and were beached across tne entrance oi the harbor. They were soon followed by a Rus sian cruiser which also was beached. None of th vessels were damaged above the water line. More shocks from torpedoes were felt during the early morning and then all was quiet. '"At ten o'clock Tuesday morning three Japanese cruisers passed Port Arthur in sight of the Russian fleet. The whole Russian fleet immediately weighed anchor and went after them but returned in half an hour." St. Petersburg, Feb. 10., 1 a. m. A telegram from Viceroy Alexia's staff, dated February 9, says that ten Russians were killed, and forty-one wounded. On the shore batteries one man was killed and three wounded. The battleship Poltava and the crui ser Novik each had a hole knocked in her side below the water line. The forts were slightly damaged. Pekin, Feb. 9. About one thous and Japanese troops disembarked at Chemulpo, Korea, yesterday, not withstanding the presence thereof two Russian warships. Deafness Cannot be Cured. by local application as they cannot rrfth the diseaped portion of the ear. 1 n e oi v ove way to cure deafue-;, -nd th6 is fcy coppHch- V y h- l !.! - 1 v -Lic-iv - " ith rem rO'. : ?. o" Ku'Jf-cj; :'v.h. V . . 0 :-- i . . r 1 1 iiili ..'"f.: 'jr,vS in.;, wh?ii it ?a mhfPiT ivwkI, 'lVt)C-g3 i.i t:.;n i-etiuit,, sxci UaWrt. the ir'ilaKatioa ct.n te take a om and this tube re?tcr-d to it,a noroal condition, L earing wid be destroyed forever. Nino cses out of ten are caused by Oataci h, which is nothing but an infiatDed condition of the rau cous seryices. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure Send for cir culars, free. NO 25 HE IMUiUM IT WILL BE MAINTAINED IN GOLDSBORO. The "Jug" Traffic Between This City and Pikeville Is a Viola- I lion of the Law and Will I Be Restrained. On the first day of January the law enacted by an overwhelming vote of the citizens of Goldsboro that the sale of whiskey in this city shall cease, went into statutary effect; and quite a number of the former bar keepers of our city moved to Pike ville 8 miles distant, in this county and were granted license by our ' Board of County Commissioners to engage in the ostracized business at that point, and immediately a jug" traffic was inaugurated between that town and Goldsboro that became so- high-handed and outrageous in its utter disregard for the law of the city and public decency and so vaunted itself shamelessly upon out. -streets without any apparent purpose on the part of our city officials to" "take the matter in hand," that 'the Argus- felt called upon last week to pass some criticism in this regard. This comment had somewhat the effect of removing the traffic "a little fur ther from the road" a little further from public view: but it still went on the agencies employed being :: serviceable negroes of uncertain : character, and last week the sheriff of the county, under the authority of warrants duly sworn out by observ ant citizens, arrested Henry Jordan, Tobe Pettiford, Chas. Foreman and Ernest Goelet all colored, and these were given a hearing before Justices Peterson and Broadhurst on Thurs day, and all but Goelet bound over to the next term of court. Justice Peterson delivered the ver dict of the court, and in doing so took occasion to say: "The people of Goldsboro by an overwhelming majority have expressed their will that Goldsboro shall have prohibi tion. There is no higher authority than the voice of the people; and yet there seems to be an organized pur pose on the prrt of some to set this expressed will of a law-loving and intelligent people at naught and flaunt in the face of the community their disregard for this prohibitory law. Something must be done to stop this conspiracy and establish the majesty of the law in our commun ity. Two learned Superior Court Judges are at variance in their opin ion as to the application of the Sta tute under which these defendants are indicted, and this court, there fore, feels it their duty to bind Jor dan, Pettiford and Foreman over for appearance at the next term of Superior court. 'Mr. Sheriff, the defendants are in your custody until they give a justi fied bond." This action of Justices Peterson and Broadhurst was entirely proper, aDd it should be notice to all other offenders against this law to cease their offending or take the conse quencesfor the law loving citizens of Goldsboro have only begun to en force this law. Saved From Terrible Death. TIip famil v of Mrs. M. T. Tir.KK,'- of Bargerton, Tenn., saw her dying and were powerless to save her. The most skillJul th yicians and everv remedy uswl, failed, u'hil consump tion was slowly hu- Hiu h taliinher life. In this U-n ibiii hour Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption turned despair into joy. The first lnttlf hro.ip-ht immprliat-n roliaf anil . . . v i a .a CtiUVC its continued use completely cured her. It's the most certain cure in the world for all throat and lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottles free at J. II. Hill & Son's drug store. Cotton seems as dangerous to, handle as gun cotton, just now. i -? ;-' : " r i " 1 r it I" H t t- - I ... 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