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?? VOL. XII. A JAPANESE^ Brave Stand Made By Russian Ships | That Went Down THEY GALLANTLY WENT TO DEATH I N\ ith Bands Plnvinc and Fleets Ch-crinj; the Uucsians I need the linemy In Frosp.'Ct of Certain ! Death. Nagasaki, By Cubic.?Th? reset Is ; '.mjiris'tu' the Japanese lloot which j ott i lied uin! destroyed the lluasian ? i, Vmiyan mil Ivorictz at Chem- ' iripo ' a the V? inst. were tho crul.-eis Nan: wo. Ah::-!: iho. \kaalii, Sutna. ami ?ii" \ run .1. ; in did not lc a m.:n. . Tire survivors froai tlio Varlajr and j the Kiu-m . the Russian cruisers ihat win sunk by t!ie Japan.* e licit at t'hemulpo las; Tuesday, still remain on board the British cruiser Taibot. the li'.ii in ? rnisod Klba and tlx* French oruisep Pascal. The situation is becoming acute as ihe Japanese have twice made demands on the commanders of tin* three for- ! ?*ia i \t .-cis that the Russians be sur- 1 rendered as prisoners of war. The ? aptairi of the Talbot, being the senior rnvnl officer, each tinui replied that lie ( was awaiting instructions from his ; s'ov- rnnu nt. None of the Russians is ? n hoard tiio American gun-boat Yickshur? whose contmaiuler considers that ' ilUSHZr' y M AN CH U RViN :. w t Sn { I'lgLfPC ' \ v X CHr"Zr^^ v j 5 & Y ELLOW^^^^ ><JtA , > v r *) SrfANSVt.'.t > / J^V /FOOCHOW \ t;M ; vXjb.ORMOSA v $'# *'' ? \v>u - / w m<?i *%? % > M? ?? ?M???X? ' M VR M! TUK SCKNK OK IiOSTIMTI J Oi? Japanpsf aro riKht in tliMr ?le- i tiiatnl. ii> tin Russians took advantage <>i inc ricmoney of the Japanese in i*turning io the harbor, then taking r< t'i".< on the foreign vessels and rel using to surrender, whereas the Japanese tied refrained from sinking them in tl.< open sea as they eould 1 have done. v magnificent episode in the battle i was the second sortie of the two ltus- I sian cruisers With hands playing the j national anthem, the international j feet loudly cheering the bravery and gallantry of the Russians, the Varlag ami Koreiiz faced the Japanese fleet in wiiat was certain death. The positions of the wreck appear to he such that it will be easy to recover the guns. The Russian losses were one j officer nnd 40 men killed and 4f>4 j wounded. Two Killed; Seventy five Injured. Cumberland, Md., Special.?Two persons were killed and about 7,"? Injured, 'jr. of whom were seriously hurt, in a trolley car accident in Frostlm rg Sun<1ay. The car ran away, on a steep grade and crashed into a telephone pole. The dead are; John Gough. of Mi Hand; J. J. Ross, of I.aeoning. , Gorman's Challenge. Washington. Special.?In the report on the naval appropriation bill made to the House by Chairman Foss, of the naval affairs committee, the gauntlet thrown down by Senator Gorman in hi-5 announced policy of Internal im-i p ov oments in place of naval construe- 1 tion. is taken up with vigor. The report says: "If we judge public sentiment aright it is in favor of the continuance of the policy of building up the navy. If j we stopped now we would be left and ; behind the loading countries of the world. "The American people are not willing to lessen their influence on this hemisphere, nor forsake their interests on the other." . t; ..... ii FG USSIAN FIGHT Tokio Celebrates Victory Toklo. By Cable.?The night celebration far exceeded that of the clay in noisy enthusiasm. Many impromptu processions of thousands of men were formed an*l para-led through the principal streets, an:', sui . I about the public buildings and the palace, c.trtyitigr banners and cheering wii II. . The Russian legation was dark and silent. No unfriendly demonstration was r : do there by the immense? crowd < ejtantly passing it. but lhiron He !; en's associate: T inly heard the <' and noise of t!> t" ium^han* ; opl<\ Bands, drums and ':-.rm. added vniutn ' to the cheers of ?i sy populace. !" cry reveller car: ' . a rant ni. 'lag or tr Uisparcnoy. Tlic p. oplc have been . -strained and e.tim for so many i onthr? that, they mo pouring out their long pent-up feeiin into- a wil ily enthusiastic eelebrali u f victory. It was Manila. I/idysmi; h r.nd Santiago nigiics duplicated, v. 'h an Oriental setting. _ . Hurry Orders at Colon. Colon. lly Cable.- Hurry orders were received yesterday to embark a battalion of marines on the Prairie. A special train left Colon this morning and returned at noon with the -150 marines who were ?ncamped at lias Obispo station on the Panama railroad. The Prairie's boats were kept busy all day embarking the camp Pittines. baggage, stores, etc.. and this task is not yet finished. Major I mens v.iil command the battalion and the Prairie will sail under sealed orders, it has baked out here that the marines arc ' stined for Santo Domingo. Only al>out 100 marines now remain at Das Obispo. 1 ^ro Pus^ Jjy [ (jAPANjWt |\ SEAjp || w * ro.v,:>/r/j i t ? <?? kCAUt Of^M?wCk S liKfWWHC JAPAN AND RUSSIA. I,<?nilon, Hv Cahlo.-Tlic Daily Mail. t!i?> Daily Telegraph and other papers publish dispatches from Toklo, Nagasaki and Shanghai. reporting tho do si ruction of three Kussiafi cruisers by mines or torpedoes 111 Tsugari Straits. The Daily Mall, which at lirst described the news as official, in a telegram says the report still lacks absolute confirmation. In the absence of confirmation the reports are generally discredited. A statement that China will maintain neutrality is published in Pekin. It is reported from Tien Tsin that all foreigners and civilians have boon ordered to le:rVT? Por* Arthur. It Is also reported that the Siberian railroad lias been wrecked in six places, covering a distance of seventy miles. New Steamship Service. n.'Stou, Special.?Announcement was made that a new steamship service had been inaugurated between the Mediterranean |>ort8 and this city. The steamc s of the new line ure all under Italian registry. On their outward trips they will not load here, hut will proceed to New Orleans nnd Galveston, where they will oad cotton, provisions nnd general i.unehandise for Mediterranean ports. ?? -J Judge Brewster Dead. Dr.nbury, Conn., *'v. - ?Judge Lyman i>enison Brewster. a jurist of national reputation, is dead at his home in this city Sunday. Ho was a charter ivu ;nbrr of the American Bar Association. From lS'.O until the beginning of the present year he was chairman of the committee on uniform State laws. The uniform divorce law, which is expected will be adopted by nearly every State in the Union, was drafted by Judge Brewrter. He was associated w'th Joseph H. Choatc. now United States ambasosdor to England, in breaking the will of the late Samuel J. Tilden. ?RT MILL, S. C? WEILS CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS i ! What the Nation's Lawmakers Are Moinc l>ny By l>ay. j Speak-. r I :.k.-s the Bit Speaker (\uinon F:ids> took the bit iit his teeth anil ran completely away , with sanctified legislative prct-edent in i the House. Incidentally he broke all ' previous record:-, in Use dispatch of p: ivnte pension bills. I ndor his guidance M.'o of i lie.so measures of relief received the favorable consideration of the committee of the whole in.l passage by t t Hon. e in the short space of ir.."> mlu- 1 I ?u >. i! ty inr v . >ie or i.11s tur. . Iiwnr, v. is eons-inn d iu com mitt i I of tli- whole. Tin- In use pa:* ? i ti e I bills * < ;? hie.- isn 1"-* unanimous con- ; . at. whiCi tee Speak ;- )i m ! ;>sh? ! | ".iv. About lia!" o: tl e b \\? < tils I p -.-I of limit r this > thus. 1 \.ithout aim o .ii a'. V.'iicu oojeetiiu; was t- a just *ili mart* the Spc.i\e; 1 plainly -lio.v"' 5?is b . :re by dm I jjirss tin* pro . (Unas, j . " lie object i.ni \\ withdrawn wit a ! tie renin ill in a i .Us v. re de tired pus - | I . tl without ev? n the formality of huv1 ii.a the elryK r?:nl their numbers. Ms. Fiuley. of So.;tii Car tina, was the on- I i j? i-tor. lie ma !< the .-latemcxit that lie j did not ronsi b r this mole of procedure j proper for a Iry.Mal1 ve body, i "The obj a t ion is perfectly proper," > 1 replied Speaker Cannon. "This method ! ot procedure could oul\ be done by j unaninioi! consent, and the chair line been vcrv can ml, and it. Is quite withI | ; in thtx j.'Ciwor t?i <i'%: member to ob- j 1 jeet." | Then, with a not <>f disappointment i In his voice, he concluded; "Objection j is mndi . The clerk w il report the first i bill." ^ Tin; first bill contained an amendt tnent. and when the clerk announced ! that fact, the Spent.ep inquired fa< e| Moitsly: "Does ih<* gentleman from , Carolii i d< sire to li ,a t' . amendment | read?" "till, no," replied .M:*. Kinloy. "Well." ?<?nlinur,| the Spitiker, "the I gentleman does not kno,v what the na; tore of the amendm i ' . Neither does I the chair." He then insisted on tin reading of , the entire amendim at and. when this ' was done, his unnouncenient of the . third reading and pns>a?e of this l?:l! was notieealdy slow. In the meant km C'hairn on Londcr.slager. of the pen sion,committee, . id eral or Mr | I'inley'.. ! :.! , m : ill. .1 ;i;< won: ' to liis seat to reaion-trate with liitn for tlie objection. When a fresli request 1 for unanimous consent was made no objection was off< red. .Mr. t?i jsvonor. of Ohio, made what In declare:!, with some heat, was his I last of tempt t<? grt a day set for the consideration or the bill creating 11 l joint com mission to consider the qitest on of chip subsidy. His request v.as I iliat this measure I e made a special I older for Feb. I'O. ' v ral objections had been made and withdrawn, Mr. il:v lw; k. o' (i 'Oriria. objected | because Mr Rartlett. his colleague, hud objected when the reque i was made , j'previously and was not in his seat at J the time. The Senate will voh .>11 the Panama _ i (ana] treaty on some day between ' February IT. and An agreement 1 ** ' | I was reached in > -xonitive session today j to tube action 01 Monday next to d'*- ! ! 1 ide ipon 11 time for voting on ihe j treaty, tnti it was determined thai stfh date should >? on or before February 1!;;. The Senate was in exceutive stasion j tor mote than four iiours. and after j the agreement to vote on the treaty had been reached nearly t he entire time was devoted to genera) discussion of \ tli encroachments of the Senate and 1 the President, on each other's prcroga- ; live under the constitution. Senator Teller opened the debate ou j this subject. In 1 speech lasting more I than two hours, and filled with incidents where the Senate has interfered with the President in regard to making Federal appointim nts. he aroused a number of the Republican leaders? to the defense of President Roosevelt. Some of the Keniihlb-ans nirreoM that i thorn had been many encroachments by the White house upon the righcs of the Senate. The political phases <?f flic debate were flnnl.v eliminated, with tiie result that several administrations were discussed and brought under the Imn of disapproval. The Hrst was under the Cleveland administration, in which it was said that the President used undue influence for the repeal of the purchasing clause of Hie Sherman act. J "resident Mclvinley's influence up >n Republican members of the Sen ate f,?- the fal.illcation of Hie |?:?: treaty and President Root;, celt pressure in brlrrging about the ratilh atlon of the Cuban treaty, and also the influence b< lias brought to bear looking to tnr vatiflcation of the Panama Canal treaty, were cited as instances hi which the tieriate ha. not b.on left tr?e to deal with those topics according to individual judgment. The criticism was not alone of the administration. and several Senators. Including Messrs. Spooner. Allison. Dubois. C.nlllnger and Piatt, agreeing that the Senate had often Insisted upon the ap- ' polntment r>t certain men for executive positions again* t the wish of the Picsldents mentioned. Js. ^ ;KS1)AV, FKI>R r ARY will keep neutral; " > - - j Decision of Our Government On I I Japanese-Russian \\ ar. SiCM iiAV MAKES SUGGESTIONS' Kscomncnd.s to the I'ow rs I hat L!i'u:i i e Accorded the Claim of Perfect Nen*ralit> l itis Will Aid Japan. Wushin.-t: i>. S;> '1- "To Knsslu I nr; 1 .):?! 1:1 the Win uti.it mi govi runu ni pu:: ust , 11?<* quiety n' 1 i ill it in histilili s within ; s: ui 1 nil in". a as pus. .i h and of import nr the iuu rality ! .'f.i adir.inistrnt; ti entity of China,) t ..it c .ina ma;. !> i from di nrb- i .tii at. foreign ittn ? th ti ::i ' l.I'M- ne ' This ill" \. ; ' Pre..-: is e rial d \ ;:. t:iv < . I: i tan e of the note i ml in: i (i liy sje . May on I". it. In , o ti. .-it. i: , .'.iiii Vohio gov- j < linn nis. (In !*? :, in a n i to (ier:n Miy. tin it llritniti and Wreiu . . M-. . )t: invite:! 'lie a- powers acurreutly ; td address Itui-sia and Japan wish the ! sane suggestion, nud on Kel:. ! I this invitation was extended to n tly. A ; i ri:t-i I uir.rwy, tie W 'inlands. I n ni.i"! \, Spain and Itolgium. tie many was tin* tirst to respond wiih a prompt acrepinnee o' tiie in- j vitatlon and the promise that she lni- j m dintelv would address the two; roinliatrntP. tin-it I'.ritain was h? ar.l from next;, r.\nies.siiig adherence to the principle laid down in th" note, hut withholding formal a> rcpt mice pending an answer to an imiuiry whether t!ie "administra tivo entity" of China involved Man- i eliaria. Japan was heard from quirk- 1 ly with the nnswi'r tint, sin- wonld art ( readily on the suggestions of the I nited State: if a similar promise eould lie j limine ; troiu Up.- sin. Italy. Hungary, an t the Netherlands expressed sympathy with tin idea ami promised an answer after consult: ion. with other ! pow ers. There Is rea ;on to believe ' that Spain am": I'.elgiirn will also a? oej'.t tii.it iu\ilution. Hussia thus far i oi ,,,.i ,t... .r | l-'imice h on. ot hesitation. Tills is the f'iratinTi tonight.* Meantime it is 1 .11 mi'.I that is addressing thi I c< eihatiints with a ii'iir in substance : it" sauki ns that of Socratuvy Hay. i{ n iing tin sotitude of tin at lirit.Jn ! It 1 :t I iau of l :;i ' t til the ofli ia'is lien1 thai. a the principle is on.- for ' which the It it ml; hn\e stood in the pa ! ho stalwart 1>. i; .should hold up .'a ana! acceptance of lite invitation tin. j .! it an; hunted fort her details Oti 1 l lie hlvin sL authority it ran he slated *h:i: liiere a.re no details to tli" note. [ : would he manif stly impossible { ; . hope for concurrent action 1?\ so i i-iany p > m r? upon an> h. t tin- n\e. ' t.era! line That tin- otluials of t tie "A" iiivsit:ri voveilinn lit could have; liad :.i iriud tin* neutrality of Man-; ehnria is deelared on the faca of ii to he j uhsu d. Manchuria i. reeop.ni7.ed by t'al: government with Korea to he the natural in ntre of the war. and for that reason, primarily. tlie suggestion v as inr l? thai hostilities lie rt streded. Washington, Special. -ITcsident Woo eveit Thursdaj' Issued a proclamation declaring the neutrality < t this i t o'ernment In tin- itusso inpanere vrar. The document. after getting i fort It the existence of a state of war ! and that tin* laws of the United State: without interfering: v. ftli tic free ex- j tu-MSsion of opinion r.mi s\ nipathy, or i w;u? uk- op n nianui:v ' nr. <>: oJ arms or iimniiions of war. noverthe less Imposes upon all persons who j may In within their territory etui Juri i>uictii>n the duty of an impartial neti '.rality during the exisfi nee of the eontost, proclaims tin- provisions of tin United States' neutralif\ law. which law forbid -, the accept on?-e of a com ; mission to serve either belligerent. or 1 enlisting or hiring ;>r retaining nnotli- ' ? i person in llio service of either; til ting out and iirmiiig, or cum mission iner vessols of war. increasing Ihe force or armament of any vessel of either of tin* belligerents arriving in t'nited Status ports, and setting on foot any military expedition against j either belligerent. The proclamation further declares the use of United Slates waters to prepare for hostile operations a. viola- j tion of tieut.rality; that after Feb. K> j there Khali b a lapse only of 21 hours I between tin* arrival and departure of warships of the tw ? belligerents from T'nited Slates port: , and ihat no warfdiips shall n main la any part over 21 hours, except for neeossary repair. Such ships shall not be permitted to take in any supplies exi opt provisions ami so nitieh eoal as may be sufficient to t erry the vessel to the m ar est home port. The proclamation further declares the principles an to the rights of :ieu trills at sea contained in the treaty bo. tw?en the I*nit? <! States and Russia of 1 SI>4 as permanent and immutable. o e fa!lr\ii'u "That free shins make free goods- thnt in to say that the effects of goods belonging to n objects of citizens of a , po vor or state at war aro fr?>? from rapture and run fiscal ion \vh? n found on hoard of neutral vesrcU>, with the exception of articles of contraband of war; that tin- properly of neutrals on board an enemy's vlmicI is not subject to confiscation, unions the same he | contraband of war." The proclamation declares that no J perbon within the Tinted Statcj shall ! take part In the war. arid warns ail clti/ens "that while the free and full expressions of sympathies. In public and private, is pot restricted by the laws of tho United States military forces In aid of either belHgereiU. cannot lawfully be organized within their jurisdiction; and that while all persons \ i7, may la. fully aid ".without ro'-trictfon. by r? i:snii of tho^ aforesai 1 state of war. manufacture *i.nd sell w;?l:iu tlm I'nito , Stat uwi*s, amunitinns of war anil i titer articles ordinarilv I ki.nwn a.' raban.l of war.' ; - t tl:c> ' ?armor i jtrr; .such articles upon the j high seas for Uio uae or service oi j either belligerent. Nor can th> y Iran port Kolillt rs or officers of cither. 01 ! attempt to break ativ blockade which : may bo lawfully established and men i tained during the war, nWiotit Incur I r>n:' the risk of hostile capture, ai i > the penalties d nounccd by the law of ! nation In that behalf." I I Steamer Ashore Ni w York. S; i lal. Marine advh-.-s . received here :? no that the ship lb n ' D. ltyde. bound f.i vt N w York to I'..:! tlmore. wtltli >> !. ashore near Data, ne, ; life-sat tt " V:u, haviie. gone ashore d trim: a furious Rale Thi rev.' of 1'. i in lit-.* t!ii> c,i Wife, vi . t? k< n off . fol> t >day. ,\i 1 t!t i- 's ti i in itinip'd to ra.no. at (i-it:p;r- will 1 tin !" t;i save the skip, which lh - ia a fairly -r\ nod position. President H?'i i vi M niarrl u'o : ( i i in I mil. . i St. tioorgw'PU ia.vi r : "ir " ail ? ;t &VV ft urists from tlii' I Mil 1 St I. have flocked i to ki'c it that for ? on . enlonce* sake it In s boon bin .I b> itself in an acl os. ii lo aloovo of tli" old < hurch buililin;-. l'i' bilont Itoosovelt s mar tin no to Miss t'arow took placo so lonp apo seventeen yonrs upo, to bo on a i t tinit few persons toniorabor that tbo American president v.as mar- | rloii in :i t'oreipn land, lie Is. !t is said, tin- only Vmorioiin President whoso wedding was not celebrated i under tbo Stan mid Stripes fllird rcr Cnp.tired. KnnxtHie. Tonn. Rppri.il.?John White, tb- i\-ion.i t who shot and hilled Po.iceman .lohn I'-itii and John Sharp, a railrond swit iimaii in the i theatre at Miildlo.dioi i, Kv.. last Rat- | tirdav while a minsire! petforuiancts was lieinp yivrn before a erowd"il house, was arrested a: Minp.i Hollow, j four utiles from the rone of the rim ' \fter dark he was taken to Middles-1 i .Mi a.id placed lti jail, heavily guarded. Rh rib' Howard will take liitu to i I'tnevlllo. Ky.. at lt?:30 p. in. Pxcitemerit Is high at Mlridlenburo. I.ihcl Suit tor SlOiOOO IN usa-'ola, Pin.. Special. \ lllu 1 : suit for was tiled in tie 1'nited States Court hero l>y .loim II. Tluunp- j run, administrator of tin' estate ? ; .1 en*- ' crson Davis, of Mobile, Ala., auaim-.t the Limn do Vaporrs Sorra. a < ot pova- , t on known us tin- Surra l<lm; o' Steam- : .s!iit)s of lijlhoa. Spain. Tim suit also i named the Spanish steamer Vivian, one 1 of the vessel owned !.\ LI. linn and which l:i now In port, and the vessel j was taken into custody hv tin- I'nit>m! ! States n.ni lial and is held. The suit is hrouph on account of the j death of Jefferson Davis in Mobile l ot - I hor several months ami, whih it is said, lie was at work on the steamer Alicia, also owuetl hy that <ompan> \ A Sso.ooo I:lrc i l'rlstol. Tint.. Special Y special to The Derai l from tint' City. Vi? sivv | finer, Ik of the Myrth Hotel wore, atom il from slumber at o'< loi k yes- i terday inornln*-' hy an alarm of dre. h" tlantcs having been discovered in | YY. P. Dnvi !son' store T! is store and s'ock wore destroyed, as was also' the general merchandise store of Howl. : In if. Head & Sloan, entailing a to'el j loss of $~?0A1(i. pnitlally insured Addressed Virginia Committee Richmond. Yn . Special.- Colin MeIsaac. commission r general of the Levis an*! Clark centennial exposition, | Oregon. nddressed committed of both I houses of the Legislature In behalf of the enterprise he represents. It Is desired that Virginia shall tuk special Interest in the exposition ret -rred to. Lewis and Clarke both having been Virginians. Baltimore Still tallies. Tlirie is some ilisappo ntnient, csprtelally among: business men who have valuable property buried under the ruins, iivo' the determination not to K?-nd federal tloops here to police the fire district, but (lovernor tidwln Warflehl is IIrni In his insistanee that One soldiers arc not needed. Many laborers wuc paid off Saturday as csual. Others had to wait on <.i-<-!umo nf fli?> .ilfYl.iMlfv -if m-ii' >?" rush. Japanese 5teamcr .Stink. Ixtndon. Special Harnn Hayashi, 1 Japanese minister here, has re. aived a dispatch from Tokio announcing that two Japanese merchant steamers, the N.iknoura Main nnd the Sensho Maru. widle on their way from Sakta to Otar;i ti n the island of liokkaido.i were r.'iroundcj and shelled by four Russian waiships, presumaldy t!?< V'ladiv< rtock squadron, off the coast of Herunshl (Okushlri).. One of the vesnols were sunk, but tho other escaped. CaWsnles, a Nevada town of 2,ono inhabitants, has Just moved itself bodily a distance of seventy mil -s so as to remain on it railroad. Certainly a typical ?aso of Western "/it up ana K,,:" .. . L NO. 13. BALTIMORE RALLIES Desolated City Puis Up a Bold Fight For Rebuilding FIRMS GETTING READY TO REOPEN TI:-j Propertj l.oss Hardly As (ircnt As at I ir-.t KstiinalcO Outside Assistance Appreciated Aut in No Case Asked I or nnd Not Needed. An iir dint th.it it.spine! the whole community . i, tram miosis confidence v .: : h r. nun pi .>n of business by the 1 ink:, dip. as in ne received n-nd i s honon 11 i .o u:...al way. It i,*!>c t!!j . I to estimate the volc i f irar *: r in til's respect. 1 a rardin t ? tin- leailii:" hankers it raLifyingty large lit view of ex? i t'tip < nndiliun Tia- know'.-ile," ' in ita! Union'? terminal : icilif u e ntai t and that the rain hvatoi v.eie nm involved in the lie; \ tornado also starved to prorant' a popular ennvletion tiiat the s.tnatioa j: not . o dark as it lias heretofore appeared. Indeed the optimistic fee! in it is manifestly mowing that t lie rnl'ini iii- > ? i - - ..... MiiMiKn inn I'dwnii; in every il? tail, will give the city an opportunity to re-ad.iu t itself on now anil more modern plana and that a new city of Imposing grandeur is to rise froui the ruins of th.? old. The progress whl?h has boon made in the work of clearing the debris from the streets in the hurtled district seems almost magical. I'nltimore street, which ni sunrise was a confused mass of rul>b'sh. Is practically clean, and likewise South street, one of the great hanking thoroughfare. Hanover street, near where the lire started, was made passable for wagons, and l'ratt street, a long i venue of trade, is clear of cneumhranees all the way through. The city WV ueer's department, the building in sj ogtor and the street cleaning department, all worked in conjunct ion. No attempt was made to do more than to ch ar the streets from curl) to rurh. the debris lieing plied high on the sidewalks and back of the building line. VI:n.\ dangerous wolls which over hang the streets were pulled down. The most ambitious attempts at razing walls wen- on Liberty and Lombard street.-. \t each of tlnse places there tin hooting engines with wire cables. v. urn arc fastened to a .section of tli? toppling walls <tni| then wound upon > '! ttie s.?oois 1 iie Hurst building in which th* fi-st started was pulled uown All through 11:* liiiuncial district preparations are being made to open safes mil vaults. Those of the Ccrrian Hank nr.' tiie Herman Kire Insurance Company vera opened and the rash and books taken out uninjured. Tli? vault of the Marine Hank was opened and found intact. In no instance have the eonter tfc of any vault been seriOi! d'- 1 u. The ehaniler nf commerce liar, been ?\ < i-dingly ictive in sending brood .ist to every center of trade in this country and Kurope tlie assuratx e that :timore is even now in coutlition to transact 11 s i pping. grain and foreign trade, and that all other lines of business will he c8tored to their normal channels ? ith r the next two or three month.-. The oTlolnls of the i hntnber of commerce annottned thsit plans are already nearly uunpleted for the rehuilding of their $ >(>< .000 structure. Many merc.harrs nn'1 nianufaturers wIioki pine- business were svval loved up in the conflagration have tinned contrail.- f >r rebuilding and there arc on all fides tho greatest signs of activity In this respect. All u:o simply wa.tlug .'or the city to clear th? streets of debris and give permission to the owneis of the ground to take possession. The matter of accepting aid front other cities, has not yet been finally decided upon, according to Major Mci-ane. The fire did not reach th? o4u"tnfial section of tlie city and there is no actual destitution at this time. The indications are that the cit?tenb if Baltimore wf.l be ruliy aftle to take are of all cases of want that migni present mems* ivot i mayor feels grateful for the many proffers of Ri'l from the citizens of this country and from foreign lands. The following was received from the Pope: His Holiness, deeply moved by the hews of the great calamity which has recently visited the city of Baltimore, desires y nir excellency to convey to the honorable mayor and the people of Baltimore his sincere sympathy lie prays th ui?y can staud the severe loss their city has suffered and that it will cont nuo to progress (Signed * "CARDINAL MERRY DEL VAL." The leading savings hanks In the city combined in a public announcement last week that none of them have suffered uuy loss of securities by the tire, ami that they are in as good condition financially as ever and that they lot />?\on fur f.Hdlni Qa ^hhrlt ?rt* 15th." A composite estimate of the total loss from the flre by 25 expert representatives <,f leading Insurance componies outside ltaltiinore pieces the figures at $85,000,000. Rome of them think that the total loss will be reduced to $70.000,000, as much salvage Is being dug out of the ruins which was thought to have been destroyed. The loss to the insurance companies is estimated by tho some experts at 75 per cent, of the total loss. \ 1 0 " ' tfufcrwSMt