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DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE |
Condition* In the Hnalnc** World are
Favorable, Oenplte Labor Trouble*.
New York, July 27.—1!. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Iteview of Trade says:
A fortnight of the steel strike lias
•passed without materially altering
the position of the contestants, or
adversely affecting the industry as a
•whole. Exceptional activity is no
4iced at. the mills not affected by the
strike, and the movement of struc
tural material for bridges, building*
si.nd track elevation is still heavy.
Steel bars for agricultural imple
ment makers are firm in price and
freely purchased. Railways seek
freight, ears, and rails are sold for de
livery next January. Cotton ties,
sheets and hoops are commanding a
premium. Pig iron is accumulating,
but. producers offer no concessions.
New lines of woolen goods for de
livery after October 1 opened at mod
erate reductions from last yjuar s
prices, as generally expected by the
trade. Supplies of heavy weight
•goods have been reduced to a satis
factory point and the situation in all
branches of tin* industry is such as
'to engender confidence. Itaw wool,
however, thus far fails to reflect the
improvement, quotations remaining
unchanged at. the lowest average
price in four years.
Shoe shops are producing at full
capacitv, with orders arriving stead
ily. and salesmen are already placing
(spring samples liberally in western
•and southern markets.
Failures for the week numbered
lOS in the United States, against 231
last year, and 28 in Canada, against
2S last year.
Shower* in the Corn Kelt.
Topeka, Kan., July 27. —fieneral
rains throughout Kansas yesterday
caused an effectual break in the.
drouth. The rains came too late to
be of material benefit to the corn,
but will result in plenty of stock
-water and giving new life to the pas
tures. The rain in Topeka lasted an
hour. Among the towns reporting
rains are Pittsburg, Lawrence, Leav
enworth, Eureka, Osage City. Burlin
ffanie, Emporia, Parsons, lola and
Lyndon. These localities report pre
cipitation from lig-ht showers up to
'heavy rains. In many places rain is
still "falling and indications are for
heavier downfall.
Earthquake* in Nevada.
Salt Lake. Utah, July 27.—A section
'75 miles wide through the Nevada des
ert experienced a series of heavy
earthquake shocks Friday. '1 lie vi
brations generally were from north
■to south and at one or two points
lasted five seconds. At Elko, „Vev.,
the shock was unusually severe. The
high school building, a big new brick
•edifice, was badly cracked by the vio
lence of tiie vibrations and other
buildings were slightly damaged.
('isarmakeri) Strike,
Tampa, Fla., July 27.—A general
<eig>armakers' strike was declared here
Friday. This is a strike of all La
Ke.-:istenvia workmen, about 5,000 in
niwnber, because the International
union men are at work in their fac
tories. Only three factories remain
unaffected by the strike. The strik
ers demand an average increase of $5
per thousand.
Accepted tl>e Chinese OllVr.
Pekin, July 27. —The ministers of
the powers have sent a note to the
Chinese peace commissioners formal
ly accepting the recent Chinese offer,
•which wius for the payment "112 450,000-
000 tacls as indemnity, at 4 per cent,
interest, the final payment to be
■made in 1940. The total payments
of principal and interest will be 1,000,-
000,000 taels.
Kitchener to Leave Alrlen.
London. July 27.—The Cape Town
correspondent of the Standard says:
"It is reported in Pretoria that Lord
Kitchener will give up his command
•August .'!1 and proceed to England,
where be will remain five months,
then taking over the supreme com
mand in India, and that Sir Bindon
Blood is expected to succeed him in
South Africa."
The I.HUiirhliin of the Maine.
Philadelphia, July 27. —The launch
ing of the battleship Maine at Cramp's
shipyard will take place to-day. The
Maine is a sister ship of the Ohio, re
cently launched at San Francisco, and
of the Missouri, at the Newport News
ship yard. She is 388 feet long and
displaces 12,230 tons.
111 TRADE CROWS.
Value of Exports in Last Fis
cal Year $1,487,000,000.
THE IMPORTS $822,673,000
Value of Farm Products Twice
that of Manufactures.
BIG INCREASES ARE SHOWN.
Statement Prepared by the Treasury
Department Demonstrate* that Circal
liritaln I* Still Our llest ('uitomei
Aiiiou*g the Nation**
Washington, July 27.—The detailed
figures of the foreign commerce of .
the United States in the year ended
June 30, l'JOl, were completed by the
treasury bureau of statistics Friday.
They show total imports $822,673,010;
total exports $1,487,755,557.
The imports by great classes in the
fiscal year 1901, compared with the
preceding year, are as follows: Ar
ticles of food and animals in 1900,
$218,510,098; 1901, $222,227,898; articles
in a crude condition for use in domes
tic industry in 1900, $302,426,748; in
1901, $269,763,404; articles wholly or ■
partially manufactured for use in
manufactures and mechanical arts in
1900, $83,354,439; in 1901, $79,080,716;
articles manufactured ready for eon
sumption in 1900, $128,900,597; in 1901,
$130,662,003; articles of voluntary use,
luxuries, etc, in 1900, $111,670,094; in
1901, $120,938,095.
The exports of domestic merchan
dise by great classes were as follows:
Products of agriculture.. .$944,059,568
Products of manufacture.. 410,509,173
Products of mining 39,267,647
Products-of •the forest.... 54,312,830
Products of the fisheries... 7,743,313
Miscellaneous 4.561,278
Each of these great classes except
manufactures show a marked in
crease over last year. The de
crease in manufactures, which
amounts to $23,342,583, is due chiefly
to the absence of figures showing ex
ports to Hawaii and Porto liico, which
are estimated at about $25,000,000 for
the year and largely consisted of
manufactures. In two important
articles of manufacture, however, the
exports of 1901 fall below those of
1900. The total exports of copper in
1901 were 252,769,328 pounds, valued
at $41,260,376,again5t 33,340,725 pounds
in 1900, valued at $55,772,166. This
decrease was due to a reduction in
demand for copper in Europe. In
cotton cloths there was a reduction,
due to the temporary suspension of
exports to China.
The exports to each of the conti
nents except Asia and Oceanica show
a marked increase over last year. To
Oceanica the apparent decrease of SB,-
014,099 is entirely due to the absence
of the Hawaiian figures from the ex
port statement of 1901.
To Asia, the reduction of $15,510.-
993 is due in part to the temporary
suspension of exports to China during
the recent period of hostilities, and
in part to the reduction in exports of
cotton to Japan, as compared with
abonrmal exports in 1900.
By far the largest increase in ex
ports was to the United Kingdom, the
total increase being nearly $100,000,-
000, of which over $50,000,000 was in
cotton, about $15,000,000 in bread -
stuffs and about $10,000,000 in pro
visions. The total exports to British
territory were valued at $819,651,392.
The total imports of the year were
$27,268,168, less than those of 1900 and
$22,243,180 less than those of 1891.
The total exports were $93,272,475 in
excess of those of 1900, and $603,274,-
747 iu excess of those of 1891.
J'lcketlnjj In Permitted.
New York, July 27.—Permanent in
junction papers restraining the strik
ing weavers of Frank & Dugan's silk
mill in Paterson.N. J., from "serenad
ing" or otherwise annoying non-union
•workers, were receive din Paterson
yesterday. The papers permit the
strikers to post pickets and to urge
•workers to leave their places, but all
lof this must be done in a peaceable
manner. The temporary injunction
forbade the picketing.
CAMERON COUNTY .. ..SS, THURSDAY, AUGUST I, 1901.
SUN'S DOOE OPEN.
A Deadly Wave of Heat Sweepa
Over the West.
Dorrni of People Died from Its lif
lects—Crops Withered and Illed
I'nder the Terrible mister
ing 'l'liey Received—All
Itet-ords Hroken.
Chicago, Chicago, July 23.—Ten
dead men, one insane and five pros
trations showed the result of Sun
day's sweltering heat. The tem
perature Monday was pleasant, be
ing below 80, and the deaths and
prostrations were therefore the work
of Sunday.
Metropolis, 111., July 23. —Heat here
Monday was greater than ever be
fore in this section. Thermometers
registered 110 In the shade and sev
eral small thermometers in exposed
locations burst because of the inten
sity of the sun's rays.
Kansas City, July 23.—Monday was
the hottest day ever known in Kan
sas City, the temperature reaching
106. Twenty deaths from the heat
were reported Sunday and yesterday,
Topeka, Kan., July 23. —Three
deaths and ten prostrations form the
record of Monday's heat in Topeka.
The thermometer registered 106.
From numerous plaees in Kansas
come reports of intense heat and
much resulting damage. Slight show
ers fell last evening in some regions,
'but the larger part of the state is still
parched by the terrible heat. In
some parts of the state the tempera
ture was as high as 109. The most
hopeful estimate of the probable
corn yield has fallen from half a crop
to a quarter of a crop. Many coun
ties report a total loss.
St. Paul, Minn., July 24. —Reports
from all sections of Minnesota and
the Dakotas show that the heat wave
continues with increased intensity.
Many stations reported yesterday as
being a record breaker, with maxi
mum temperatures ranging from 100
to 108. liismarek reports a maximum
of 106, the highest in many years. In
St. Paul the to'p was reached at 100.
The heat has had the effect of ma
turing grain much earlier than usual
and In northern Minnesota and Da
kota the wheat is about ready to cut.
Work in the harvest fields, however,
is carried on with great difficulty,
many prostrations of men and ani
mals being reported.
New York, July 24.—The Journal
of Commerce, which telegraphed to a
large number of bank presidents in
lowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kan
sas, prints a special report which
says:
"There is every reason for believ
ing that the early reports of damage
to the corn crop by the drouth have
not been exaggerated. On the con
trary it is quite evident that the situ
tion is very much worse than at first
reported and that much of the injury
in beyond repair.
"The region of worst damage lies
within an irregular circle of about
COO miles in diameter, with St. Jo
seph, Mo., as an approximate cen
ter.
"The following question was sent
to the bank presidents: 'Kindly wire
us opinion of percentage of damage
to corn and live stock by drouth in
your vicinity.'
"The answers indicate very serious
losses in the region specified. In
Kansas many report 75 per cent,
damage to corn; in Missouri the ma
jority of reports are between 50 and
75 per cent, damage; in Nebraska the
reports are generally between 33
and 50 per cent, damage, while in
lowa the injury is generally between
25 and 30 per cent.
"It would seem from the returns
given that a loss of 50 per cent, in
this district would be a moderate es
timate. This would indicate a loss
of at least 312,000,000 bushels in the
region of the greatest drouth."
Topeka, Kan., July 25.—The heat
record for Kansas was broken again
yesterday. At Topeka the govern
ment rfecord gave 106 degrees and
thermometers in the street registered
110 and 112 degrees. Manhattan re
ported 112, Emporia 112, Ottawa 110,
Atchison 104. Abilene 108. Numer
ous prostrations are reported and in
Abilene there were three deaths.
The financial part of the situation
is lost sight of for the present. The
thought now is of the extreme physi
cal discomfort resulting from the
heat, the alarming scarcity of drink
ing water and the prospect of much
sickness after the heated spell.
St. Louis, July 25.—The maximum
temperature here yesterday was 107,
a figure never reached before in this
city. Throughout the day people
dropped on thesidewarlks in all parts
of the city and horses in the streets
fell to the pavement unable to move.
In the 24 hours ending at 11 o'clock
last night 40 deaths directly attrib
utable to the heat had been report
ed. In the same period 75 cases of
prostration went on record.
St. Louis, July 26.—Winds that pre
vailed yesterday made their presenca
decidedly felt on the superheated at
mosphere and brought glad relief to
Buffering man and beast. A maximum
of 99 degrees was recorded. The
diminution in the intensity of the
heat was shown by the marked reduc
tion in the death and prostration
lists. Thirty-three deaths and 27
eases of prostration were reported,
as against 43 deaths and 75 prostra
tions in the previous 34 hours.
Nine People Injured.
Chicago, July 22.—Nine passengers
were seriously injured and several
others painfully bruised in the wreck
of a Madison street cable car Sunday.
The train was running at full speed,
when the grip car was brought to a
sudden stop because of a defective
cable rope. The trailer bounced
from the track, rose skyward and
crashed with terrific force into the
grip car. The shock was of sueh
force that the passengers were
thrown from their seats, several
landing in the street headforemost
and others falling against the seats
and sides of the c§r.
THE BIG LAND LOTTERY.
A Cabinet Officer Says It la a Good
Thing for Poor Men and Prevents
the Hlch from Grabbing*
Washington, July 24.—Secretary
Hitchcock said yesterday with refer
ence to the effort to prevent the
opening of the Oklahoma Indian
lands to settlement by injunction
proceedings at El Reno, that the
preparations of the department for
the opening would proceed as though
no suit had been begun. "We shall
not let the matter go by default,"
he said, "but we apprehend no ob
stacle from that proceeding. Any
one can bring a suit."
The secretary took cognizance of
reports coining from Oklahoma that
the men who are registering at El
lieno and Fort Sill are doing so with
the intention of transferring their
rights to others. "The report," he
said, "is to the effect that they can
and will dispose of their numbers at
enormous profits. That is absurd,
because it is impossible under the
regulations for them to transfer
their rights. For any of them to at
tempt to do so would be a clear vio
lation of the law. They take an
oath not to do such a thing and to
use their rights for their own exclu
sive benefit. There can be no specu
lation in these numbers."
The secretary also said that re
ports are coming to the department
of schemes for disposing of numer
ous town sites, the promoters offer
ing chances to the public. "The
only town sites which have been au
thorized," the secretary said, "are
those of the three county seats. No
others have been sanctioned and no
one knows where others will be.
Hence all except those three are
bogus and reports of their establish
ment should be denounced as intend
ing to deceive the public."
Referring to the suggestion that
the new lands should be sold at auc
tion and the proceeds of the sale
turned over to the Indians, the secre
tary said:
"These lands are as much govern
ment property as are any other part
of the public domain. They have
been purchased from the Indians
and title is no longer in them. Hence
the plan is not feasible. Moreover,
it would not be wise, if practicable,
for If the lands were put up at auc
tion they all would fall Into the
hands of men with money, and tho
poor man would have no chance
whatever. Under the present plan
all have equal rights, regardless of
conditions of wealth, and that this
fact is recognized is made evident by
the large number taking advantage
of the opportunity for registration."
El Reno, O. T., July 25.—The rec
ord was again broken yesterday when
1(5,708 registrations were made in El
Reno. Total for El Reno 120,637.
The registration at Lawton was 1,342,
making the total for that place 29,-
288. Grand total 149,925.
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Arrangement* Are IHade to Bring the
Western Posts to Cleveland, 0., on
Special Trains—The Kates.
Cleveland, July 26.—The Grand
Army departments of Nebraska, Mis
souri and Kansas have issued official
orders to the posts of their respective
states regarding the national en
campment in Cleveland. The Ne
braska people will run a special train
from Omaha. The train will be
decorated with bunting, streamers
and grain, the latter the product o?
the state. The departments of Utah,
Idaho, Montana, Colorado and Wyom
ing have been invited to accompany
Nebraska. The Missouri general
order urges the greatest possible
representation of posts from that
state. Commander-in-chief Rassieur
will accompany Frank P. Blair post,
of St. Louis, on its special train,
which will reach Cleveland on Sep
tember 9. The department of Kan
sas will run a headquarters train.
St. Louis, July 26. —General orders
issued by Commander-in-Chief Ras
sieur, of the G. A. R., in regard to the
national encampment to be held in
Cleveland September 9 to 14, state
that the Central Passenger associa
tion has made a rate of one cent a
mile to and from Cleveland. All oth
er passenger associations, east, south
and west, have made rates fro'u one
fare for the round trip to a md
a third, plus $2, which will apply
through their respective territories,
but when the Central Passenger asso
ciation territory is reached the one
cent a mile rate will only be charged.
Sues fc.r 805,000.
Butte, Mont., July 26. —Eva A. In
gersoll, of Dobbs Ferry, N. V., widow
of the late Robert (». Ingersoll, has
broug'ht suit in the district court
here against several heirs of the es
ta.te of Andrew J. Davis to recover
judgment for $'.55,000, with interest
from August- 24, 1897, for legal serv
ices rendered by Col. Ingersoll dur
ing trial of the suit involving the va
lidity of the alleged will of the dead
millionaire, A. J. l)avis. Plaintiff al
leges that the lawyer was to be paid
SIOO,OOO for his work, but afterward a
compromise was effected among the
heirs and the alleged will was admit
ted to probate.
Hart a < linllenge.
Chicago, July 24.—Nettled by re
cent uncomplimentary 'comparisons
of the relative playing strength of
the Chicago National league and
American league teams, President
Hart lias issued a challenge in be
half of the National league club for
a series of seven or more games be
tween the two local teams, to be
played between September 30 and
October 15.
A Story ol" Wreck und Disaster.
Seat tie, Wash., July 24.—The steam
ship Humboldt, with SIOO,OOO in
treasure and 80 passengers, has ar
rived from Alaska. She brings news
that two river barges were found de
serted and the eight men who were
in charge of them gone. Three ocean
barges belonging to Black Sullivan,
loaded with 300 tons of merchandise
and bound for Dawson via St. Mich
aels, have been wrecked near Kodiak.
The ocean barges went on the rocks
at Rocky island. Eight men started
from White Horse on June 10 and 12
for Dawson in two scows, which
,were later found oa Freeman's Point
THE STEEL STRIKE.
No Indications of a Speedy Set
tlement.
Both Sides maintain Firm Attltudei
and the Content Seems Likely to
be One of the Longest uu
Record—The Situation at
, the Various Centers.
Pittsburg, July 23. —The expected
did not happen yesterday. Neither
of the looked for programs for
Wellsville or McKeesport were car
ried out. At Wellsville the importa
tion of men failed to materialize and
at McKeesport the attempt to re
sume at the Devvees Wood tube plant
was not made.
From the other Important point,
Duncansville, conflicting reports are
received, and the result of the quiet
struggle going on between the
American .Steel Hoop Co. and the
Amalgamated association is still un
certain.
Late in the afternoon the Amalga
mated association issued its first
strike bulletin from the general of
fices. The bulletin is printed in the
Amalgamated Journal office and is
intended to give the members of the
organization official news concerning
the progress of the strike. In the
future it will be issued on each Mon
day and will be followed by the regu
lar issue of the Journal during the
latter part of the week.
The bulletin gives an outline of the
conditions prevailing and reproduces
abstracts of President Shaffer's re
cent addresses at Wellsville and Mc-
Keesport. In the most prominent
part of the bulletin is printed the
warning words: "Do not drink,
especially if the trust tries to break
the strike by importing non-union
men. Don't believe anyone who
says the mills will be closed forever,
or taken out of the community if
you don't goto work."
Further on are the words: "There
were not enough men in tho coun
try to run the mills before the strike,
so nil you need to do to win the
strike is, don't work. Enjoy your
summer shutdown; it means more
work next winter. That is the time
for mill work anyhow."
Pittsburg, July 24. —The combine
forces have decided to carry the
strike into the courts. Judge P. M.
Smith, of Wellsville, 0., has been re
tained by Persifer F. Smith, district
manager of the American Sheet Steel
Co., to prepare papers for presenta
tiOn within a few days to a federal
court asking for a restraining order
to stop strikers from accosting or
molesting in any way non-union men
on the highways. The move prom
ises a crisis in the strike.
Much interest is centering in the
situation at >J*>nessen. It is report
ed that 12 men were discharged Tues
day because of their too close friend
ship with the Amalgamated people.
Among the many peculiar condi
tions found at the Monessen mill is
the fact that the men are paid on a
tonnage basis and the company has
by contract with the men offered a
bonus on all tonnage over a certain
limit, this bonus to fce paid at the
end of the year. Some of the work
ers have as high as SSOO thus far
coming to them and They realize that
in case of a strike, they will lose all
of this. The effect of this is to hold
the men to their places.
Sharon, Pa., July 24. —A bill for a
preliminary injunction has been
granted by Judge Miller, restraining
the strikers at the American Steel
Casting Co. works from entering the
grounds of the company. A hearing
will be held to-morrow.
Pittsburg, July 25.—Two moves, it
is said, were made Wednesday by the
officials of the American Sheet Steel
Co. towards the breaking of the
strike. One was the shipping of
some of the non-union men that have
been employed in the Vandergrift
mills of the company to Wellsville, to
assist in the starting of the plant.
The second move that is understood
to have been initiated is the starting
of the long idle Hyde Park, Pa., plant
of the American Sheet Steel Co., This
plant was taken into the combine,
burdened with the objectionable con
tracts made by the former owners,
and has remained idle since the
American Sheet Steel Co. took hold
of the property.
Pittsburg, July 26. —The peace mis
sion of M. M. Garland, who went to
New York on behalf of the conserva
tive element of the Amalgamated as
sociation, has failed. Mr. Garland
was unable to secure from the steel
manufacturers any terms on which a
settlement could bo reached. They
would ifot recede an inch from the
attitude they have taken, lioltjing
that the workers' leaders precipitated
the fight and peace negotiations are
off. At the same time a more pow
erful influence is being sought to
carry the olive branch to J. P. Mor
gan.
Joseph Bishop, secretary of the
Ohio state board of arbitration, is
working as mediator, and plans to
reach the combine people through
Senator Hanna. Mr. Bishop is acting
with the approval of the Amalgamat
ed leaders and carries credentials
from President Shaffer explaining the
attitude of the association. There is
little doubt that Hanna will receive
the mediator graciously and it is ex
pected he will promise to exercise his
best endeavors toward a settlement.
About his success with the combine
people much doubt is expressed.
Jnmes Fosburg Testifies.
Fittsfleld, Mass., July 23.—James
Fosburg was called yesterday as a
witness for the prosecution in the
trial of his brother for the murder
of their sister. May Fosburg. The
young Vale graduate made an inter
esting figure on the stand and his
testimony was direct and conclusive.
It apparently left no doubt that his
explanation of the reason why he did
not know that burglars had been in
the house and killed his sister was
truthful. His testimony greatly ip
oreased the faith of the defense in
< tho ultimate acquittal oj his brother.
A HOT RECEPTION.
Citizens of an Illinois Town Prepared
to («l»e One to Imported Laborer*—
The Latter Turned Buck.
Chicago, July 26. —General Manager
Aetzen, of the Latrobe steel anil coup
ler works at Melrose l'ark, gave out
a statement last evening, declaring
that the company has abandoned the
effort to bring colored laborers to
Melrose Park and that they will be
•ent back to their homes in Alabama.
All day the 300 colored men sat in
■their cars at La Orange, 28 mile*; from
Chicago in fear. A committee of five
citizens of Melrose l'ark called on
them during the morning and urged
■the men to return to their homes in
Alabama. They informed the ne
groes of the actual state of affairs in
Melrose Park, where 300 armed men
■were awaiting the arrival of the train
determined that they should not be
allowed to alight in the village. Their
statements alarmed the imported
men and finally five of them made,
their way into Chicago, where they
sought an interview with Chief of Po
lice O'Xeil, asking protection, which
he could not give, as the trouble was
not within the city limits.
After men had left the train
to come to Chicago, the fears of those
left on the train increased greatly,
and it was with difficulty that the
trainmen managed to keep tnem from
running away in a panic. Nearly all
of the colored men declared that they
■would not goto Melrose Park and
that if taken there on the train, they
would refuse to get off. At 2 o'clock
Marshal Ran, of the town of La
Grange, ordered the train bearing the
colored men to move out of the vil
lage. It did so and was placed on
a siding two miles north of La
Grange.
In the meantime the attorneys for
the steel company called upon Sheriff
Magerstadt and asked that the com
pany be given ample protection
against the mob violence which was
threatened. They stated positively
that the laborers would be landed in
the shops of the company late in the
afternoon, whether the sheriff fur
nished any aid or not.
"I have just received a telegram
from Adjt. Gen. Reece offering me the
aid of the state militia if I need it,"
said Sheriff Magerstadt, after his con
ference with the attorneys, "but I will
not need it.l have sent half a dozen
men to Melrose Park to make a report
to me on the conditions there. If
they say that 300 armed men are pa
trolling the streets, as the officials of
the company inform me, I will swear
in a number of deputies and will pre
serve the peace at all hazards. How
ever, I am not going to call upon the
militia, as the company is capable ol
preserving the peace whatever hap
pens."
Out at Melrose Park the armed citi
zens remained on watch until assured
the negroes were not coming, whes
they dispersed.
FLAME-SWEPT.
Dnvenport, lu-, Is Visited by u 8700,.
000 l'lre—lTlany People Were .flad<
Homeless.
Davenport, la., July 26. —'Fire laid
waste to an area of sawmill and
residence property in Davenport lasl
evening equal to 20 ordinary citjr
blocks. The flames started in big
piles of kindling wood of the Rocl<
Island Fuel Co. on the levee. A brisk
breeze was blowing and carried the
flames directly across the immense
lumber yards of Weycrhauser &
Denkmann, which was soon a seething
mass of flames. The spread of the
fire was so rapid that workmen bare
ly had time to desert the yard.
The flames pushed their way into
the adjoining residence district, close
ly settled with middle class homes,
the average value a few thousand dol
lars each, from which the occupants
escaped only with their lives and the
clothing on their backs. Over 50
homes were burned and some tene
ments, resulting in hundreds of fami
lies being rendered homeless; others
deserted their homes in the threat
ened district.
The efforts to check the flames
•were unavailing till they spread on
the north to the spacious ground of
St. Catherine's hall, a boarding school
for young ladies, which was saved
after the tower burned off. Gradual
ly the battle waged on the edges of
the flaming district told, as the less
thickly settled portions of the city
were invaded, and by 10 o'clock the
conflagration was under control.
The mill and yards of the Weyer
hau.ser & Denkmann Co. were totally
destroyed; loss $400,000. Residence
and other losses $300,000. The U. X.
Roberts sash and door factory, Red
Jacket Pump Co., Standard Oil Co.,
Riverside mill and Davenport woolen
mills had narrow escapes, as the
flames were checked just before
reaching them.
It is believed there were no fatali
ties, although it is impossible to say
definitely at this time.
Ilad the breeze blown from the east
the entire business portion of the
city would have been swept away.'
Fortunately a southeast breeze car
ried the flames toward the bluffs, and
as soon as they were out of the thick
ly settled district the work of fire
men and hundreds of volunteers
brought the fire under control. The
heat was intense and two ambulance*
were kept busy haulnig away persona
who were prostrated by it. In a few
instances persons living in the burnetl
district have not been located by their
relatives, but it is believed that they
escaped. Possibly 100 families wera
rendered homeless.
Deadlock ICnded,
London, July 25.—"The deadlock »
the ministers of the powers has end
ed," says the Pekin correspondent of
the Daily Mail. "Russia has with
drawn her proposal to reduce tha
duties to 10 per cent, and has accept
ed with some important reservation*
Great llritain's counter proposal."
A Free Trade Proclamation.
Washington, July 26.—The presi
dent yesterday issued his proc'anrm
ti establishing free trade between
orto Rico and the United States :uml
declaring the organization of a 0!vil
government for the island,
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