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Loss From R:
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ACRES OF BUILDINGS GONE
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One Hundred and Thirty City
Blocks Wiped Out and Many
Thousands are Homeless.
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The most disastrons fire in the his...
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tory of Jacksonville, i?ia., oegan Friday
last shortly after noon in a small
fiber factory, and burned for nearly
ten hours. In that time a property
damage estimated from $10,000,000 to
$15,000,000 was effected.
According to the city map 130 blocks
were burned, many of them in the
heart of the business and residence
section. The estimates of houses to
the block is teD, hence 1,300 of thorn
went up in smoke. Many of the finest
public and private buildings were destroyed,
including hotels, theaters,
churches and residences. *
The burned district reaches from
Burbridge street on the north to the
St. Johns river on the south, a distance
of quite two miles. The width
of the desolated area is thirteen!
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U1WAO* VV ikuiu vuio cyavc [/lavvivanj
everything is blackened rains. On
: Bay street, the principal mart of trade,
the Western Union Telegraph company's
building is the first going west.
Everything east of Laura, on Bay, is
gone.
At 10:15 p. m. the fire was under
control, having practically burned itself
out The suburban settlements,
with the exception of La Villa, are intact
La Villa was badly hurt Thousands
of persons were on the streets
homeless, with practically all of their
worldly possessions upon their backs.
The depots of the railroads, situated
in the southeastern section, were
turned into temporary lodging houses
and hospitals. Luckily the weather
was fine, so that there will be no sufp>
fering on that score.
The fire started between the hours
of 12 aud 1 p. m., and was caused bv?
> ' the displacement of a bit of innocent
looking wire which accidentally got j
into the shredding machine of the ;
American Fiber company at the corner j
of Davis and Union streets.
The fiber factory was a wooden shell, 1
full of inflammable material, and in a
few moments was a mass of flames.
... The wind, which was already blowing
strong from the southwest, seemed
to be possessed with a sadden fnry and >
soon was carrying destructive embers
all through the doomed city, the fairest,
portion of which lay right before
the wind.
Some delay was experienced m get^
^ ting the alarm, and to add to the tragedy
01 fateful accidents, the engine at
the waterworks suffered a mishap and
nothing more than ordinary pressure ,
v could be obtained. By this time the
flames had swept to the Boston store,
a huge furniture establishment belong- ;
ing to W. W. Cleveland & son, who
were also proprietors of the fiber factory.
It leaped across Davis street
and took a course right through a sec- ,
tion where block after block of frame 1
buildings, mostly occupied by negroes. ]
had been erected.
Here is where the fire department ,
lost its grip, as simultaneously in half j
a dozen places, some of them six i
blocks, were seen to burst out in :
flames. The wind rising higher and
higher mowed down whole rows of
buildings and attracted at first a 1
crowd of curious sightseers, who seemed
to be fascinated by thh sight until ,
they learned that their residence?,too,
- were in danger of total destruction.
It took just four hours for that re- |
sistless sea of flames to consume.every
building for a space of six or eight ,
blocks wide, from Davis street, near
where it started, to the Hogan creek ,
viaduct, a distance of over one and one- .
half miles, and then not satisfied with ,
eating the heart of the residential por- ,
tionof the city out, it doubled on it
self and went roaring up the prmci- J
pal thoroughfare of trade, destroying ,
everything in what was the original j
incorporation of Jacksonville. The
. ? government building, which caught
' fire at one time, but was saved, is the
only pretentions building left standing.
Grom the humble homes of the poor
to the elegant residences of the well- <
to-do was but a short journey for the i
flames. After passing Bridge street,
the first house to succumb to the flames
was the elegant mansion of former
Councilman Stansell. Then it seemed
that wherever there happened to be a <
shingle roof on a building erected be- <
fore the fire limits were extended, the :
flying embers found lodgment. Blocks
away from the main fire other fires
would break out
Bight into the heart of the tewn the
flames swept. The Windsor hotel and
SUNDAY SCHOOLS PROFITABLE.
Reports of Committees Show a Handsome
Surplus Laid Up.
At the meeting of the Sunday school
board of the Methodist Episcopal
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vuui^u uuutu au iiaduvuio it was icported
that the profits of the Sunday
school department for the year were
$29,165. The book agents reported to
the book committee assets of $947,685
and liabilities of only $17,181. The
gain in assets for the year was $45,123.
. A WOMAN'S GENEROSITY.
Mr*. Shannon of MaMachosetU Makes
Bequests to Southern Institutions.
The will of Mary Shannon, of Newton,
Mass., filed in the Middlesex prolate
conrt Friday, contributes more
than $125,000 to charitable and public
institutions. Hampton, Va., Normal
aud Agricultural institute gets
$10,000; Tuskegee, Ala , institution,
Kittrell, N. C., Normal and Industrial
School for Negroes, Atlanta, Ga , uni
versity, and Mallalieu Semiuary for
Poor Whites, Kinsey, Henry county,
Alabama, $5,000 each,
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.FIRESWEPTI
is Suffers Untold
aging Flames.
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the St. James, both of which are
among the finest winter hotels in the '
south, were consumed in an incredibly
short time. The opera house followed
next, and then row upon row of
elegant residences were offered up to
the insatiable fire fiend. Wheu the
viaduct leading over the marshes
of Hogan's creek to East Jackson- i
ville was reached it was plain that the <
limit of the progress of flames west- f
ward had been reached. The hope of
the people was that the worst was over, *
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Dur, as iar as xne >aiue vi iuc
damage was concerned, the worst was *
to come. Just as the material for the ^
flames was apparently consumed, a ^
shift in the wind sent a roaring *
sea of flames southward toward the *
river. Then it was beginning to dawn *
on the minds of the un:ortnnates who t
had refugeedto the riverside that they 1
were in danger of being cut off and
soflocated. A rush was made for the *
South Jacksonville ferry, and hun- 1
ared sought refuge on the other shore.
Then came the most thrilling scene s
of the entire day. The flames c
caught the freight warehouses of the 1
Atlantic, Yaldosta and Western rail- 1
road and began from there on its 6
backward march. Slowly but snrely
it ate its way against the wind, taking ?
either side of Bay street until it reach- 1
ed Jones' boat yard. The wholesale gro- *
eery store of the F. & H. Bowling 1
Company, Muller & Co. and dozens I
of smaller concerns were wiped oat.
While the flames failed to cross the *
open space known as Jones'boat yard, ]
a new danger threatened. The flames 1
swept down in the rear of the United ?
States hotel, and that with the Law
exchange was doomed. Meantime the *
county courthouse caught fire and an- (
other splendid edifice was soon a total *
wreck.
From the United States hotel the 1
flames again jumped across the street 1
and the line of march was taken up 1
again only to be checked when the
last building near McCoy and Hogan's *
creek had been destroyed. (
Among the houses that had sue- ?
cumbed to the flames on Bay street (
were the Mohawk block, the Gardner '
building, Furchgott's mammoth dry 1
goods house, Benedfct & Pollak's (
wholesale dry goods house, Chris- 1
tie Drug Company; McAllister, 1
wholesale Honors. Cohen Bros., ?
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dry goods; B. D. Horsen, dry '
goods; Isemaii & Skinner, wholesale
grocers; I. E. Baird, paints; W. A.
Bours, hay and grain; F. M. Dowling, 1
wholesale grocer; Clausson, wholesale
grocer; Florida Hardware Company;
United States hotel: E. F. Clark's
furniture house; Henry Clark,carpets; ^
D. E. Cooper, furniture; Fettings &
Reicbard, furniture; Harkisbeimer,
grocer; estate of McNeery, wholesale
grocers; Coleman, tailor; a dozen drug,
retail grocery, millinery and other
stores; Sumner, wholesale butter and 1
cheese store. <
The hotels destroyed included the ]
Windsor, St. James, Placide, United ?
States, Girard, Glenada and Oxford.
During the time the fire was raging c
the entire population of Jacksonville 1
was abroad. Most of them were engaging
in fighting flames or in striving i
to remove to a place of safety their own i
belongings. Every wagon and cart <
that could be found was pressed into i
service and these, heavily laden with
all sorts of furniture and personal <
property of every description, were 1
passing in a loDg line across the river, c
The terrors of the fire were added ]
to by a large number of drunken men.
The authorities, however, sent-around t
mounted police, armed with carbines, 1
and the saloons were all closed, and ]
the demon that was rapidly being I
aroused in a disorderly element was j y
kept do vn. j 1
The military companies were ordered 1
out, and the entire force of police,
many men mounted, was on duty, their t
carbines sluDg across ;heir backs. ]
Looting was feared, and it was in- I
dulged in to a certain extent. The ! (
efforts of the soldiers and of the police, j ,
however, were in the main, successful j T
in preventing scoundrels from taking j ]
advantage of the great disorder that ;
prevailed on every side. t
PHILLIPS HOLDS HIS OWN.
His Corner On Corn Force* Price I'p to j
Fifty-EicM Cent* a Bushel.
A panic, the first one since Phillips *
cornered the market appeared in May 1
corn on the Chicago board of trade
Friday. Price fluctuations were the j i
most violent in years.
Having seen their losses grow heav- j 1
ier and heavier with each succeeding ! r
day, the traders who guaranteed to ; '
deliver May corn to Phillips made
frantic efforts to get in. The price *
went from 55 to ?8, 4i cents higher j
than its close Thursday a few minutes j
after the session began.
Shorts surrounded the young hnll I 1
leader and almost begged for corn.
TO PENSION EMPLOYEES.
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Illinois Central Promises to Take Good 1 (
Core of It* Men.
President Stuyvesant Fish, of the
Illinosis Central Railroad Company, J
after a conference with J. T. Harahan, j
vice president and general manager, j
has issued a circular annonuciug a j
pension plan for the 40,000 employees j
of the company. The plan, which is
to take effect July 1st, is more liberal i
in its provisions thau has heretofore j
been adopted by any other. }
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GENERAL HAMPTON IN DEMAND.
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Republicans Anxious to Honor South Carolina's
Greatest Democrat.
A Charleston, S. C., dispatch says:
Extraordinary inducements are being
offered Geueral Wade Hampton, the
first Democratic governor of South
Carolina, to accept a federal position
and become associated with the white 1
Republican party movement. Senator
j McLaurin, who is the moving spirit in
| tbe new party organization, bas made
the open boast that he can secure any
office in the state for General Hampton
if the latter will accept.
THE BLUE AND GRAY
(Vill Be Entombed Side By Side
In Historic Arlington.
SECRETARY ROOT GIVES ORDER
Provision of Congress For Care of
Confederate Graves at Washington
to 3e Carried Out.
A Washington special says : Secetary
Root has given orders to the
juartermaster general's department
or the execution of the act of congress
requiring the re-burial in Arington
national cemetery of the conederats
dead now there, numbering
.25, and with them the remains of the
.26 confederates buried at the naional
soldiers' home here. Protests
lave been received by the secretary
com the women of Virginia, who wish
he remains taken south, but the order
emains unchanged.
It is stated at the war department
hat the action by Secretary Root in
espect to the reburial of the confederate
dead at Arlington cemetery is in
trict conformity with the requirements
>f a special act of congress, which
nade an appropriation of $2,500 for
narking the new graves with headitones.
Soon after the law took effect oppolition
was manifiested toward its provisions
by the representatives of cer:ain
confederate organizations. The
esult was that the authorities suslended
action in the matter.
Considerable correspondence then
:ook place between the officials of the
var department and ladies representng
certain confederate organizations
it Richmond Ad elsewhere.
A few days ago Secretary Root instructed
the quartermaster general to
;arry out the law, at the same time informing
all the parties interested of
lis action. It is understood that Sec etary
Root acted in this matter on
epresentations made by Senator Cockell.
It is further stated that the action of
he department is in line with Pr'esilent
McKinley's policy of giving the
tame care and attention to the graves
>f the Confederate dead as is given to
hose who fell on the Union side. In
i telegram to the quartermaster general,
Mrs. N. V. Randolph, of Richnond,
Va., protested against the proDosed
action in the name of the "wonen
of Virginia,0 and added: "We
lave no right to place our dead against
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lie protest 01 tne u-. a. n.
In reference to this it is said that no
protest has been made by the G. A. R.
BUFFALO SHOW OPENS.
Sates of Hammoth Pan-Ameriican
Exposition Swings Ajar
Without Ceremony.
The gates of the Pan-American Exposition
at Buffalo, N. Y., were thrown
ipen Wednesday morning according to
program, and notwithstanding it bad
ained all night and the weather conlitions
were threatening, large crowds
were in evidence.
At 8:30 a. m. the turnstiles clicked
ind the first of the millions of people
who will visit the beautiful Rainbow
Uity during the six months of its exstence
passed into the grounds.
No ceremonies marked the opening
if the gates, it having been decided
:>y the management to combine the
ipening day ceremonies with those of
\Iay 20.
William Hamlin was permitted by
agreement to purchase the first ticket,
le having offered some some ago to
pay $5,000 for the privilege.
At noon the government building
was thrown open and General Briglam,
chairman of the government
loard, made a brief address.
The following message conveying
;be congratulations of President McKinley
was read:
Memphis, Tens., Mayl.?Thepresilent
directs me to convey his congratulations
to the citizens of Buffalo
lpon the auspicious opening of the
Pan-American exposition, so rich in
blossom and ripe in expectation. May
;he hopes and ambitions of its promo:ers
be realized to the fullest measure.
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"Secretary to the President."
Simultaneously with the opening of
he exposition gates, a number of
jigeons were released. Thirty-five went
o Oil City, twenty-five to Cleveland
ind five each to Toledo and Pittsburg.
\ttached to their legs was this message:
"The people of all the Americas:?
This message of greeting, borne to you
:>y carrier pigeons, announces the
>pening of the Pan-American oxposi:ion
and extends to every one an invitation
to participate in the pleasure
ind benefits of this six months' festival.
William I. Buchanan,
"Direotor General."
Favor Asked of Waldersee.
The Christian Herald has cabled
Count Von Waldersee, commander in
chief of the allies in China, requesting
permission to send food supplies across
the frontier into Shan Si province,
where the famine is raging.
Quit Militia or the Unions.
The union labor organizations of
Richmond, Va., have ordered all their
members to resign from the volunteer
militia compauies or quit the nnious.
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Major Harrison, of Chicago, issued
a proclamation Monday asking for
contributions to the fund to relieve
suffering in Jacksonville. All inouey
or supplies received by the mayor will
be forwarded to the proper authorities
in the southern city.
b'alveston Doing Noble Work.
The citizens of Galveston, through
the Galveston News, contributed $40')
additional to the Jacksonville tire sufferers,
making a total of $1,454 contributed
to date.
;2 SOUTH CAROLINA 2
| i STATE NEWS ITEMS. \
j ?<N>ror **\irsirsics>csi<
Hampton's Friends Indignant.
A Charleston dispatch says: Senator
McLaurin's move in offering General
Wade Hampton tho postoffice in Columbia
if he would become associated
with the white republican party, has
J called forth the loudest indignation
I from General Hampton's friends in
Charleston as well as in other parts of
the state.
For Expres* Car Robbery.
The grand jury of Orangeburg
county found an indictment against ;
Bartow Warren for robbing an express I
car of about SI,800 near Branchville,
on the Southern railway, in Decemb?r,
1899. A true bill was given out
immediately after the robbery, but
was withdrawn. Meanwhile new evidence
has strengtened the express
company's case materially.
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W"nnts Money liefnnded.
An interesting question has been
brought up by the application of the
j town of Newberry, backed by the governor's
indorsement, for a refund from
the state board of health of SI,500 expended
by the town in fightiDg smallpox.
Dr. James Evans, secretary of
the board of health, will refer the
question to the board at its next meeting.
but he is opposed to paying this
claim. The city of Colnmbia expended
about $9,000 in this way and a number
of other towns considerable sums.
They have made no claim. The state
board has a fund for fighting such diseases,
but the contention has always
been that this was for the rural districts
exclusively and that the towns
were expected to take care 01 tneinselves.
Appeal* For Protection) From Mob.
M. PetermaD, a farmer living near
Monck's Corner, in Berkeley counly,
visited Charleston a few days ago to
seek aid from Governor McSweeney
against a ku-klux band which, he says,
has been making his life miserable.
Peterman's house has been fired on
by a m)b on several occasions. About
one hundred bullets punctured the
wails, but none of his family were
wonnded. Warnings were sent Peterman
that he would be killed if he did
not leave, and terrified at last he fled,
leaving his property at the mercy of
the mob. Peterman told Governor
McSweeney, who happened to be in
Charleston, that the sheriff of his
county refused him protection. Governor
McSweeney instructed Sheriff
Martin to hunt down the desperadoes.
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Pension Money Held Up.
A Columbia special says: The payment
of pensions to confederate soldiers
and widows l>as been held up
until the supreme court can pass on
the puzzling questions.
The legislature, at its last session,
raised the appropriation from $100,000
to $150,000, but the comptroller
general and the treasurer both found
flaws in the act and were unwilling to
pay out the extra $50,000. The comptroller
expressed himself willing to
issue warrants for pensions based ou
the $100,000 appropriation. The
amounts that have been asked for by
the pension board are all based On the
$150,000. Here the officials who are
responsible for the money balked and
ssked the attorney general to get a judicial
decision. The matter has been
taken before the supreme court and
the points will be presented this
week. All the pension money will be
tied up until a decision is rendered.
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Senator BIcLanrin Angry.
Senator McLaurin is indignant that
his advocacy of General Hampton for
the Columbia postmastership should
have been declared by the local press
to be an effort to buy the old general.
He said the matter was first
presented to him by a close friend of
General Hampton?A. B. Williams, a
cousin of the Seaboard's president and
editor of a Richmond paper. He was
assured by Mr. Williams that the office
would be acceptable to the general
at this time and that he would not
object to having it come through J McLaurin.
The tender was made accordingly.
Senator McLaurin says he has the
written acknowledgments of General
IlamptDn for his efforts in keeping him
in the office of railroad commissioner
after his own term expired. He declared
he would not be drawn into a
controversy, saying the papers which
are his opponents are usiug bushwhacking
methods. He promises on
May 22d to make his position clear to
the people of the state.
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Bryan On McLanrln.
In a statement made at Lincoln William
J. Bryan takes Senator McLaurin
to task for what he declares is his political
flop. At the same time Mr.
Bryan admits 'hat Senator McLaurin's
action makes .. t> beginning of a movement
in the south which wiil have an
influence upon the politics of the na- j
tiou. He says :
"It is not likely that Mr. McLaurin
will be the leader of the movement,
because he is handicapped by the fact
that he is using his official position to
misrepresent the views and interests
of his constituents, but some leader
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win arise 10 givo uneuuuu auu
to the aristocracy and plutoeratic element
for which Mr. McLaurin speaks.
There is such an element in every
community, and now that the race j
question no longer nniflies the white ;
people of the southern states, it will i
doubtless manifest itself.
"Senator Tillman has already taken j
tip the gage of battle thrown down by i
Senator McLaurin, aud will doubtless
j be able to marshal a considerable ma- j
jority in the state, but the same influ- I
i ences are at work in other states, I
where there is greater danger of their !
j success. |
I "The Democratic sentiment is j
strong enough to resist and overcome ,
the McLaurin movement, but those ,
who believe that the man is more im- ;
portaut than the dollar will have tc
bestir themselves."
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It seems to have proved that finer j
tea can be grown in the United States j
than in the East, but little good will i
the news do with the American tea j
selling for a dollar a pound.
FIRE VICTIMS EUIINU
Remains of Three Persons Taken
From River at Jacksonville.
FATALITY REPORT IS VERIFIED
Negroes Must Work or Decamp.
Curiosity Seekers Not Wanted.
Public Statement Given Out.
A Jacksonville special says: The
body of Harry Bonnethan, a real estate
delesr, was recovered Monday
from the St. Johns river. Mr. Bonnetbau's
widow and son are supposed
to be in New York city. The bodies
of two negroes were also recovered.
All are victims of the disastrous fire.
There are many rumors of further
loss of life, but owing to the departure
of thousands of people from the
city, it will be impossible for several
days to verify the reports unless the
bodies are found.
Mayor Bowden issued a request that
all sight-seers remain away from Jacksonville.
It is feared the vast army of
idle negroes may cause some trouble,
and it is believed that all those who
will not go to work at $1 a day and
rations will be deported.
Governor Jennings has perfected the
military government of the city by
general order placing Colonel Lovell
in command and namiog .Major Maxwell
as provost marshal and a full staff.
The work of rehabilitation is being
vigorously prosecuted.
ESTIMATE OP TOTAL LOSS.
An estimate on the total loss by the
fire as given out by a former tax collector
is as follows:
Public buildings $ 1,088,000
Stores, north side of Bay
street 495,000
Stores, sooth side of Bay
6treet 880,000
Stores, Forsyth street 405,000
Stores, Main street 309,000
Residences, prominent 778,000
Residences, 1,500 small... 2,000,000
Personal effects in residences
2,300,000
Stocks of goods in stores.. 1,630,000
Stocks iu 200 small stores. 550,000
Street railways 30,000
Pavements 100,000
Total $10,565,000
The work of relief is progressing
systematically. The relief association
has increased its committee of nine to
fifteen, appointed a financial committee
of five, adopted a constitution,
made temporary organization permanent,
with C. E. Garner president,
and J. R. Parrott vice-president.
The following are the dead so far
recovered:
Harry D. Bonathean and Will Clark,
white, and an unknown negro found
in the river Monday at the foot of
Market street.
Mrs. Cornelia Thompson, widow of
the late General Waddy Thompson,
bones found in ruins of old ladies'
home, Union and Laura streets.
Martha Hagen, a negro woman,
found at Ocean and State streets.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED.
The following official statement by
the Jacksonville Relief Association was
issued at 10:30 o'clock Monday night:
"To the People of the United States
?The relief committee having received
many inquiries concerning the sitution
here desires to make the following
general statement:
"The city of Jacksonville on Friday,
May 3d, was visited by one of the most
appalliDg calamities that has ever happened
in any community in modern
times. About noon of that day a fire
was discovered in a 6mall palmetto
fiber factory in the extreme western
portion of the city. A high wind was
then blowing to the eastward, carrying
the flames over the heads of the firemen.
The flames spread with such
rapidity that our citizens had great
difficulty in leaving their homes and
places of business. In many cases
they barely escaped with their lives,
and we regret to say that a number
were burned to death or drowned in
their effurt to escape from the flames.
The number we have been unable
to ascertain, although five bodies
have beed taken from the ruins and
from 10,000 to 15,000 people are homeless.
"The burnt area extends east and
went about two miles and north and j
south varying from one-half to threequarters
of a mile. In this area was I
situated the oldest and most populous j
portion of the city, embracing all
classes of people, high and low, rich
and poor. The flames carried before
them homes, churches and all the public
buildings save one. More than
half of the business section was also
consumed. The property loss aggregates
from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000.
"All contributions of money should
be sent to A. M. Ives, treasurer, and
all supplies should be sent to Jacksonville
Relief Association."
BRITISH LOAN ALLOTTED.
About One-Third Will Fe Taken By Pier-'
pont Morgan and Company.
In the house of commons at London
Thursday, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, replying
to Mr. Channing, liberal, said
?30,000,000 of tho new loan had been
allotted as follows:
To the Botlischilds. ?11,000,000; J.
P. Morgan k C:>., ?10,000,000, and
the Bank of England, ?9,000,000.
UNCLE SAM WATCHING GERMAN?.
Renort That Kxlser Is Seekinz Coaling
Station Off Venezuela.
Although the matter never has figured
before the state department, the
navy department has been closely
watching the happenings near Margarita
island, off the coast of Venezuela,
which have given rise to the
report that s Cer.nan coaling station
is to be established tuere. The facts
liaVe bceti reported to the department
i v some of the United Stares naval
nlliccrs who commanded vessels which
have cruised iu those waters recently.
uUYfcKNUK AJMfcIO
Georgia's Chief Execntive Comes
Back At His Critics.
"FAKE" REPORTS DENOUNCED
Fxnlains What He Did Sav Re
garding the Ogden Party
and Dr. Parkhurst.
Governor Candler of Georgia Tuesday
furnished the Atlanta newspapers
an interview in reply to the many
critics in other sections of his recent
utterances giveu out in Savannah with
reference to the Robert C. Ogden party.
In the reports as published in the
northern papers the governor was
made to say many things he did not
say, and in conseqnence the editorial
references to tho interview were, in
some instances, of a caustic tenor that
might not have characterized them had
he been correctly quoted.
Governor Candler at first intended
to have nothing further to say with
reference to the matter,hut so repeated
and frequent have been the misstatements,
that he desires to set himself
right once and for all, and in doing so
he does not hesitate to express himself
clearly and emphatically on the
subject. Speaking of the matter Governor
Candler said in part:
"Life is too short for a public man
to follow up and correct all the slanderous
statements made about himself,
his actions and his utterances. Mountains
are made out of mole hills, words
are put in his mouth* that he never
thought of uttering, and false colorings
are put on what he docs say and
his utterances are paraded under lurid
and misleading headlines by sensational
paragraphers. I have learned
to submit to all this, but there ie
a point at which forbearance ceases tc
be a virtue, and I have about reached
that point.
"The report of what I said aboul
the Ogdeu-Parkhurst party as printed
in the Savanuah Press, though somewhat
highly colored, was substantially
correct, and was good-humored and
harmless, but as it got farther north it
was exaggerated and embellished ky
falsehood till I would not have recognized
it if my name had not
been connected with it. In the
conversation which lhad with the
Press man, which has been dignified
as an 'interview,' I said
nothing that could give offense to the
most sensitive, unless perhaps my jocular
reference to Dr. Parkhurst as t
crank could do so. I 'criticised' nobody;
I 'roasted' nobody; I 'denounced'
nobody; I said not a word
abent'd?d yankee money; I impugned
nobody's motives. I see Dr. Parkhurst
is reported to have said in his
Sunday's sermon, 'Had the governoi
of Georgia, as did the governor ol
North Carolina, come into direct contact
with the personnel of the conference,'
the criticism would not have
been made.
"This seems to be the head anc
front of my offending, iJiat I did nol
dance attendance on this party at its
meeting in the colored church in this
city. I beg to assure the reverend
doctor that no offense was intended.
Dad it occurred to me that this was s
courtesy expected of me I would cer
tainlv have gone, at whatever sacrifice
of other duties, because I do Dot de
sire to be discourteous. The doctoi
says: 'The south does not altogethei
love us, but no GDe there hates us.'
The latter part of this statement it
unquestionably true. There is here
and there iu the south a crank (for we
have some cranks here, too,) whe
thinks he hates the northern people,
but this species is rare, much'rarer, ]
fear, than the men at the north whe
hate the people of the south.
"The amiable doctor may differ with
me iu this, but he would not if he
could see the hundreds of denuncia
tory and vilely abusive letters in my
possession, some of them from bis
own city, in which the vilest epithets
are applied to the south and southern
men, and even southern women, such
as 'you cannot raise men in the south,
you raise brutes,' 'your state is a dis'
grace to the natioD, 'snnff dippiD^
sluts, 'd?d daughters of sin,' etc.
"These vile denunciations and slanders
have not emanated alone from ignorant
fanatics, but some of the northern
newspapers have been just as bitter
and slanderous.
"The southern white people and the
southern negroes understand each
other and do not hate each other when
let alone. These miserable assassins
of character and of the peace communities
are chargeable with all the race
friction that exists. We had none oi
it before they intermeddled. They
have abused the liberty of the pres?
and have construed it into license tc
slander and abuse those who, knowing
the situation in the south better than
they do, dare to dissent from then
dogmas born of ignorance and prejudice,
or to resent their insults and
slanders.
G'alveston liaises Relief Fund.
Over a thousand dollars was raised
at Galveston Saturday afternoon foi
the relief of sufferers at Jacksonville,
and more will follow. Committees are
at work collecting for the fund and ii
is growing fast, both rich and pooi
contributing.
Nashville Gives $1,000 to Jacksonville,
The Nashville Banner has authorized
the mayor of Jacksonville to draw for
"* 000 subscribed by citizens of Nashville.
crusadTfor good roars.
Permanent Organization For State of Louifliana
1* Created by Convention.
A permanent organization for the
slate of Louisiana was created by the
National Good Roads' Association
convention at New Orleans Tuesday.
The purpose of the organization, which
is to be known as the Louisiana Good
floods' Assoeia'iou, is to "begin a oru
ad 2 i<i iavor of good roads," and tc
ireo legis'ation :u fawor of aud ap
propriatioiis l?y co lgress in suppoi'. o'
belter country roads in the state.
: UftiJEK II1AIU1AL, lan i
I
Jacksonville's Devastated Dis- ?
tricts Patrolled By Mililia.
HELP FOR HOMELESS THOUSANDS ?
Governor and Legislature Take ^
Action and Hany Outside
Citizens Make Response.
Additional particulars of Jacksonville's
fearful conflagration show that
one bundled and forty-eight blocks ^
of the city were laid waste.
Ten thousand people are homeless, 7
I and many of them left for St. Augus- 8
tine ami other coast cities and nearby
towns, while numerous river craft took *
many to little places on the St. Johns 8
river. Sapply stations have been established
in various parts of the city. x
The prompt action of Secretary of p
War Root in tendering the uae of the
barracks near St. Angnstine was re- v
ceived with gratitude on every side. ?
A committee was appointed at a 1
meeting of citizens to wire the governors
of various states to send all
, teuts they can spare to Jacksonville. 1
It will be weeks before anything like 8
, permanent shelter can be provided for *
the homeless thousands and Jacksonville
for some time to come will be a ?
city of lents. 1
Saturday Governor Jennings de- J
clared the city under martial law. *
, Col. Lovell, of the First regiment, is
; is command of the troops. s
Tbe following troops, in addition to ?
. local companies, arrived durin? the 1
[ day and are on duty: Governor's
[ Guards, Tallahassee; Columbia Rifles, *
Lake City; Snwanee Rifles, Live Oak, 1
[ aud Gem City Guards, of Palatka. [
; The city is patrolUd and the entrances 1
, to burned districts guarded by senti- (
[ nels. Military headquarters has been
established and passes are necessary 1
> to enter tbe lines in any part of the }
city. ]
FOOD AND RAIMENT POUR IN. }
The hunger of 10,000 homeless peo- ,
1 pie was satisfied Sunday upon the ar- (
rival relief trains and boats bringing f
provisions from mghboring towns and ,
distant cities. A commissary was es- j
> tablished in the center of the city and <
> thousands were fed during the day. ,
? 1?1-J j J
> An order was promulgated, uuua y
martial law, requiring all merchants, ,
I whose stores were spared by the con- t
> flagration, to open their doors and sell j
to all who asked. (
i Five carloads of tents were received ,
- Sunday, the property of the state,
which are to be used by the homeless j
1 temporarily. These are in addition i
to those ordered sent by Secretary ,
Root. (
' The Times-Union and Citizen esti- ]
mates the total loss at $11,000,000. j
f These are based upon an itemized
statemont furnished by a volunteer J
* committee of citizens. ,
! MANY PERSONS MISSING. 1
I Rumors of loss of life are on every
^ hand, and the river has been closely
i watched. Many persons have coni
firmed the report of loss of life at the
[ Market street wharf. Numerous advertisements
appear in the local pa- '
pers asking for aid in searching for 1
1 persons who are missing. As many
have It ft the city for refuge, it is
* impossible to ascertain who have been
[ lost in the Market street pier tragedy. 1
. TO ISSUE BONDS.
' Chairman Poicher L'Engle, of the .
j board of county o^mmissioners of Du- 1
> val, said:
; "A bill will be introduce in the leg>
islature at once to bond Duval for perhaps
?200,000 to rebuild the court[
house and the county jail. The bill
) is being prepared. I understand that
o V?ill fnr thA issuance of $500,000 of
, city bonds w ill be at once introduced
) also. Of this $300,000 will be used to
take np the judgment debts of the city j
r aud the remainder to rebuild city
, buildings." ^ j
, The prisoners in the county jail,
l thirty-five in number, including many 1
, for serious offeuses, some capital, were |
marched to Riverside under heavy (
guard before the fire reached them.
, Later ou the prisoners were taken
by the sheriff to Green Cove Springs, j
. Fernaudina and St. Augustine.
LEGAL CONTEST BEGUN.
Mandamus Proceeding* Against Georgia's ]
( State Treasurer Under Vtay.
i The mandanrus proceedings against
i Treasurer Park, of Georgia, to enforce j
i the payment of the warrants for the ]
salaries of the state school teachers (
i were begun before Judge John S. ]
Candler in chambers at the state capi- *
> tol Thursday afternoon,
i Wednesday afternobn a demu/rer j
, aud answer to the original pe'/tion j
filed by Attorney General Terrell in ;
, behalf of Governor Candler was filed ,
aud the issue as to whether the treas- ,
urer can pay the teachers out of the [
public property fund of the state was (
definitely made by contending parties.
FRUIT GROWERS MEET.
Sorth Georgia Association In Annual fies? 3
i slon at Calhoun.
_ The Nortfr Georgia Fruit Growers'
association met iu Calhoun Thursday
in its fifth annual session, with Presi- ^
dent G. H. Miller, of Rome, presiding.
A feature of the meeting was the es- j
[ tablishing of a question box relative ,
to the best method of peach culture, j
The questions were answered and de- ^
bated by the membeis. <
I
"GI.\? .WILL SUPPLIES.
Carload of Alleged Spurious Liquors Is ^
Seized By Inspectors.
A solid car of whiskies, brandies,
iabels, dies and caps, said to be spuri
ous, were captured at Eastman, Ga., 1
Wednesday, by the dupnty United 1
States marshals and William H.
Strauss, expert representative of sev- (
eral exporting and importing liquor 1
tirms of New York, and R. B. Thomas, 1
special guager for the government. (
The car was consigned to an Atlanta
i iiriu aad was euid to contain mill supplies.
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iwift Justice Meted Oat to Cbest* |j
not and Jordao.
OURT RECORDS ARE BROKEN J
(elf-Confessed Express Car Looters
Get Seven Years In Pen and
Good Advice From Judge.
At Macon, Ga.f Wednesday, O. W.
Jhestnut and C. R. Jordan were senenced
to the penitentiary for seven ' ^
ears each for robbing Express Mes- ?
enger J. N. White on April 36th. . yfjj
Sentence was passed on jhem st
2.45 o'clock by Jndge Felton in. the
uperior conrt room.
The dispensation 01 jnsuce in uub >.?
ase has been the quickest in the an*
ials of the Southern Express Com- T/S
At 10:30 o'clock Chestnut and Jordan
rere arraigned in the recorder's dourt \
inder sections 151 and 152 of the crimnal
code, which read as follows: "Section
151. Robbery is the wrongul,
fraudulent and violent taking of <?*
noney, goods or chattels from the per* Jjj
on of another by force or intimida*
ion, without the consent of the garner.
"Section 152. Robbery by open
orce or violence shall be punished by '
mprisonment and labor in the peniten;iaryfor
not less than four years nor
onger than twenty years."
In the laws of Georgia there is no !
inch offense known as train robbery,
io the defendants were charged with \"vd|
obbery by force.
Both Chestnut and Jordan pleaded Jig
guilty and Recorder Freeman comnitted
them to the superior court unler
bond of $1,000 each. The hear*
ng of tho case in the recorder's couifj^^H
lid not consume over ten minuter.
The matter was then carried ixnme* ^
liately before the grand jury, which - ^
ras in session, and the defendants .. . "
vere indicted in a very few minutes.
They said they were guilty and they
,vere arraigned before Judge Felton,
vho was engaged in hearing the civil
locket. Chestnut and Jordan were
irraigned, pleaded guilty and eaoh ;
tvas sentenced for seven years in the
penitentiary. ? Chestnut appeared '4'WR
leeply affected throughout the entire
proceedings, end frequently wiped"
tears from his eyes. Jordan was absolutely
indifferent and smiled when .
sentence was passed upon him. .Be*
[ore passing sentence Jndge Felton -?S
i9ked the men if they had anything to
Chestnut arose and, with much emo* '
kion, stated in effect that this was the
first time he had ever been arrested .<???
and was the first offense he had ever
committed. He said his life had been
honorable until the commission of the- '-'Jst
frain robbery. That he had served six - $5
years faithfully as a policeman and ser- . ..M
geant on the force at Jacksonville, Fla., - -'J,
commencing in 1891, and resigned of
his own accord to accept a better pay- .
ing position in the railroad service, being
an engineer by profession, and - Vj||
voluntarity left the railroad.
He only commenced drinking about
a year or so ago, and then on account
of domestic troubles. He declared
that if he had not been driink he ''^j|
would not have committed the express
robbery. Chestnut expressed great '
regret for having done the crime, and
Baid if he came out of the penitentiary - -ffia
alive he wonld never do another crlminal
act Chestnut said l^e is thirty
year8 and was been in North Carolina. ^18
He threw himself on the mercy of the
court and asked leniency. Chestnnt'a '
manner ^of making his statement arous- ^
ed considerable sympathy, for him
among the large number of spectators j*
in the courthouse.
In passing sentence Jndge Felton -fj
Baid that the term of pnnishment ?*
fixed by law for this offense was for ||
ot less than four years nor longer . ^
than twenty years. He said he would ??
give them seven years each, which is
less than half of the extreme limit of ..'Jg
the law. He took into consideration .
their plea of guilty. He declared
Beven years was really a long period
of time. He advised that when they ?*1
get out of the penitentiary they leave ;||
liquor alone it it made them commit
*? --" !?? Ana fn? irhiVh tltAT
5UU1I ItUiO CM tuo vuo iv* vt***vm
ire to suffer punishment.
ROBBERS BEGIN SENTENCE. -:M
Penitentiary Gaard Takes Chestnut and ,
Jordan to Convict Camps.
Saturday afternoon a penitentiary : Jj
guard left Macon, Ga., for Rich wood,
[laving in custody O. M. Chestnut and
C. B. Jordan, the two white men who
bave been sentenced to the penitentiary
for seven years each for robbing ||g
Express Messenger White. Rich wood ^
is in Dooly county, and state convicts
are worked there in the sawmill business.
Within seven days of the time
of the robbery the men were caught,
convicted, sentenced and inmates of ;;?i
the penitentiary. No quicker work of
a similar character has ever been
known in the court annals of the state*
BRITISHERS ARE WORRIER.
Morgan'? Deal In Ship Line Provokes
Widespread Discussion.
The Leyland line deal provokes
.musual discussion in the English
papers which reveals the existence of
not a little apprehension as to the
possibility of the United States domiaating
the Atlantic carrying trade. J
The general impression, however, is
that the transfer is connected with
the probable passage by the United :3m
3tates senate of a subsidy bill.
COTTON SEED IN DUUID. .'J
.
Fifty Thousand Acres In Memphis DisMsl
Will Have to Be Replanted.
It is conservatively estimated by
Memphis cotton dealers that
acres of cotton will have to be repla&V ^
ed in that district The first planting
on plantations on tne aeua aupiuww ...
ed by the levee is valueless on account
of the overflow, and on many farms la
the highlands seed maturity was pre- :
rinded by rain and cold. The area of
promising cotton from the first plantiug
is comparatively small. The necessity
for replanting is widespread. i &