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A " FLAki u FIRE I he City of Jacksonville Almost lib% Iterated OUR 130 CITY BLOCKS BURNED Seven Fine Hotels, Many Residences and Host of the Business Houses Destroyed. Vulee, Kia.. Special.?Fifteen million . dollars won.h of property went up a j smoke and lO.OoQ people were made ? homelCc* as the result of a fire in Jacksonville Friday. The entire business section of the city is in ashes, numerous lives have tnv.ii Inst, and tho en J is not yd, as tiie fite is still burning furiously, defying th^ a/saults of water, dynamite and the supreme efforts of the entire population, aid^d oy Lai fire departments cf numerous sisU-r ulies. Such is the sad s,ory of <iestrv. clon caused by the displacement o. a bit of innocent looking wiie, which accidcntaliy g >t into the shredding machine of the American Fibre Company, at the corner of Davis and Union stress. The fire sailed between tho lu-urs of 12 ami 1 o'clock p. vr... aitd owing to this fact, the loss of life wiil b? coinoaratively small. The oiiy building went, the fire cle 1? 4U? pa:tifjeni uujiui i?. uiu ai uiui;, tuc county court house, the clerk's office, with the county records, the Criminal CVirt house, the city jail and the gra<i' .1 schools and the Catholic chur.h and orphanage. Sr. John's Episcopal church ami tiie convent. The entire city of magnificent buildings a'l burned up in les. than four hours. The fc.no was one that gchbars d.-s?:iptiun. At 8:30 the fire was checked at the intersection cf Laura and Lav streets, w s ? the Commercial Itani:, which wont u-p in tlarucs, was located, the Western Union Telegraph office bein a just across the street and not damaged. .Among the prominent hotels burned were the <St. Jmaes, the United State;, the placode and the Windsor. It is impossible at this hour to ascertain the losses, but it is said by insurance agents that it will be between $S.t?00.0 0 and $9.i?C0,000. Six lives are reported lost in the conflagration. The Mayor has called a meeting of the city council for tomorrow to con-ider ways and means for relieving the sufferers. Mr. W. VV. Cleveland, in whose premises the fire originated and who was one of the heaviest losers, dropped dead from excitement. A stalwait negro bringing a trunk on his head from a burning bulding went crazy from the horror of the situation. He ran around in a circle with the trunk on his head until he sank exhausted and diet!. Women ran through the streets tearing their hair and clothes, rand in several instances had almost denundod themselves when they were caught by friends and led to places ol safety. Horses hitched to trunks could not cut loose quickly er.ough and many of them ran wild through the demoralized throng. At night the military was ordered out to guard tho h-or.sohold goods piled high in vacant Jot.?. The fire begun Friday shortly aftei norm in a fnrtnrv from a Hp.f . ?(*. tive wire according to the best belief It burned for nearly ten hours. In that time a property darr>r^ estimated from JIO.OCO.OCO to $15.0CKt.0C0 was effected. According to the city map. T30 blocks were burned, many of them in the heart of the business and residence section. The estimate of houses tc V.ock is ten, therefore 1 300 of thero "vent up in smoke. Many of the finest public and private, were burned. The casualties were several, among them w-as-that of the Are chief, who sustained a bad fall. The mayor ordered all of the saloons closed, and has impressed help to clear the wreckage. SHOE INDUSTRY BOOMING. The Famous Factory at Brocton, Hass., to Be Enlarged. Boston, Special.?The boom in New England industries continues and reports front the factory centres tell one tale of universal business activity. .No line seems to be in a more pre. perous state than is the shoe industry From Brockton come especially en couraging reports. w. L. Douglas is going to increase the capacity of his factory to 6,000 pairs of shoos per day. The addition will he made in the form of a wing running out from the front of the factory loO feet deep, for feet wide end four stories high. . j^This will add 10,000 square feet of v' ^^hacc for manufacturing purposes. About ? 1,000 more per week will bt Bp paid out to shoemakers, which will go :.o increase the prosperity of the community at large. When the factory starts up the first of July it will be on an output in 500 dozen pairs of shoes per day, and the weekly payroll, exclusive of office help, superintendent, foremen, etc., will be $22,000 per week to those ac tually engaged in making shoes. The salesmen on the road are selling twenty-five per cent, more goods thae. last season, and to take care of this increased business the erection of th^ addition is made necessary, "lhe inc. eased sale is the direct result of extensive advertising, the expenditure for which is now larger than at any other period, and is to b? wHU further Increased. A'LAUIIN IMTERVlEWtD O.-i tj?c Appointment of Gen. Hnmp- ( ton to the Columbia i'ostoffice. li-r.iv t:>ville, Sp> ial.?Various re- \ iron* having been printed to the effect j that General Wade Hampton had b en 1 tendered the office of p:>. tmaster at j Columbia by S?nator Me.Laurin or a i friend of his, with the understanding that he should thro? his inliuence in favor of McLauriu's re election, and the general having been quoted as saying thai be could not be bought, Souaior McLaurin was caled upon wi h a view to securing his vr/.ion of the J matter. The Senator said that he did i not offer the office to General Hamp- [ tniFanu merely promised to use his in- I llucnce toward having him appoint*" 1 [ it he derired it. at the request of a close personal friend of the general's. "The place, so far as I am aware." said Senator McL.au/in ' ha; not been tendered General Hampton. I do not profess t>> be able to control this appointment. I was approached by a devoted friend of his. who is not mm h more than an acquaintance of mine, and asked if I would endorse General Hamp >11 f :r postmaster at Columbia, a . he thought it would be appreelat I by him at this time. I unhesitatingly replied I would when a vacancy oecurj red. if the general de lred the place I I was asurcd by his friend that he ' thought it would be aceptmile. i urged I the retention and re-apointmejvt <>' C.'-Mral Hampton as railroad ionniisiona*. and had both wri ten and pers.- nal a -knowledgenicn.s of his appreciation of the efforts which kept him in ofiieo a long time after his te.m expired. "Xcbody experts to DUV < rBtiu: a I I Hampton, and the headlines in The Oh.:;listen News and Courier a m a; j insuliii)*-' to him as they are unjust .0 me. I mentioned this matter to a ' f:iend c,f mine in Columbia and it nut with his hearty approbation and he 1 v hintec. id to ascertain vvh 'ther tlm ' ? nm.-l d?-sired the Poider-t to 'eniier h:.ii :he petition or not. Everybody , ; c nue -if ] with it was influenced by a : : d iicate and true retard for ije-nealj I Uampon and to dra.ri the matter in'o the papers for political purposes is in , thor keeping with the bushwhack- { ins tactics employed by those who obje. t to fair argument cn public ques , t'.or. *. I ant not and I refuse to be ! drazed into the papers by every j , canard starrd by my political enemies, j J 1 Wli WU UiC [/Vw?|/r , pr.peis. and make my poiit! on on all qucsions thoroughly understood at j Gnunvile on the 22il. instant. This j particular incid< nt is closed so far as I am conce; led. but I am confident that the friend of Gen oval Rxmptan who firs: approached me will corrobo- j rate what 1 say. as I believe ne wag ' avting in the utmost good faith.t'iough entirely without the knowledge of ttie 1 general." .The Columbia Mend of whom Sma- j tor M~Laurin spoke, as volunteering to ! ascertain whether General Hamptvn would accept the office was doubtless j led it or Geo. R. Koe=ter, though the j S tutor called no names. The latter had the following signed editorial in his paper, The Columbia Record, Sa-turday: j "Ln view of General Wade Hamp- ' ton's Interview in this morning's State, | a brief statement fr:cn myself seems ' ! niM-ps'irv. As is generally known, I , am a close personal and political , friend of S nit or McLaurin, and hnvo Ik-oh ever since he first came to Columbia as a member of the Legislature In IKl", It lias been falsely said I j wanted the Columbia pas;mastership as a reward for my friendship for the : j Senator. Some of my friends tried to ' set me to apply for the office,but I de? j j clincd to do so, though they said It ! ' would be eacv for me to obtain It. I toJd them I would not even aocept thi ! Shanghai consulship. as it was my in ; tention to remain In edited a.! harness, i Discussing this matter with Senator J Mc.Laurln, he asked me whom I would recommend for the Columbia post- j mastership, and led me to believe that I my recommefidaitoin would have great i weight with him. I could not recom- ( memt a man unless he was fit for tl.e office and willing to accept It. I knew General Hampton was well qualified to j discharge the duties of postmaster of ' Columbia, but I did not know whet he." I lie would accept the place or not. I From what was said at the time a heme was given Gene.al Hampton. ! ! supposed such a salary a.* that of j' postmaster of Columbia would be pe [ culiarly acceptable, to him as placing) him in a position of independence. I'm* t Itc.iv Vio tvnc nlrl anil cherished I bitterness toward all who were in any way respon Ible for his letlrement f; j:n the United States Senate, and I did not intend to have my friend tender an office to General Hampton and have at rejected. So I told Sena or McLaurin r would make my recora mendation later. "I then talked the matter over with three Columbians and I asked one cf them to ascertain if General Hampton would accept appointment as postmas ter of Columbia and to make it perfectly plain that absolutely no conditions would be aittached to the appointment. but that If -he accerpfced It 'he would not be trammeled in any way and would be considered absolutely free to support or opipose whom he pleased. It was an honorable offer, couched in courteous terms. It was meant as a recognition of Hampton's worth and past service which, bowI ever, did not entitle him to election to | a representative office, if his vierws were f ~ " I , a* variance with those of rh:* po- jpl3 I whom ii,> ui'd have in represent. The 1 gentleman saw ( -ni>r. 1 Hamp'on and j ! the reply was as < V.;: fe via as th" of- ! | fe . b-ung that. General Hxtnptrn would i n-rt a eept the nppoinvnent. There j had been no suggest] .n of 'buying' ! General Hampton. in the oft r and 1 there was no s-orn in its rejro:i;,n. S) i his words as reported in today's Stat=; ' are a surprise .to fay the l ast o' j thera. Neither McLaurin no- McKin- j lev offered an offiea to General Hampton. "in conclusion. I desire to state that the information of my offer was not given the public by me. I told McLaurin of what I had done and he said if would have given him pleasure to have used his influence in liehalf of General Hampton to secure him an office without pledge or condition. I said nothing about the matter 1r\ am-lmrlir flho nrift am at. a loss I to understand how it became publip." The "various reports" referred to | above as being sent out from Colum- : bia were along the line of the following, whic h is found in The Washing- ' ton Post, dated Columbia. May 3: "Senator McLaurin's boldest stroko j oc the political lines was made when he tendered to General Wade iiamp- i ton the Columbia postmastership. It seems that. Senator M? Laurin has the South Carolina Federal oliices at his disposal, and he is causing consternation in the ranks of the old-line Republicans, as well as causing concern to many Democrat/. It was ascertained that a c lose friend of Mc- J Laurin bad called on General Hamp- ! ton and asked him to accept the of- 1 flee, which is soon to be made a firstc lass one. The genera, was requested not (o mention the matter, and it was only when assured this afternoon that the fact ot the tender having been made was known that he said w/e* ui god for a statement: 'I would not accept anything in the world from that source.' Then, after a pause, the 1 * * ? 1 ? JJ-.l ??! !? nKnolo I tHM general aunt-1. mm cmjjuu.no. , 1 he people of South Carolina should ' know bv this time that I cannot be j bought." ' General Hampton is understood io j haw no unkindly feelings for the , I'r .-ident, who he believes would have retaineil him in offire on the j mi!road commission if he could have j "'ted his own wishes, but McI.aurin seconded the nomination of | i.ior the general's seat in the Senate after having declared he would r.o- follow the reformers to the exi: v.itv of unseating Hampton. The general remembers that with some j hP'oniess. and McLaurin now occopies his scat in the Senate." LABOR WORLD. Strike disturbances have occurred at Aznnleollar, in the province of Seville, Spain. There are Hid vessels and over 2000 men engaged in the sponge fisheries in Florida. The machinists' demand for a nine- \ hour day, at Watertown, N. Y., has I been refused. All the employes of the omnibus and Rtreet car lines in Barcelona, Spain, went on strike. Tug liremen and linemen at Cleveland, Ohio, who have been on strike, have returned to work. Substitute mail carriers are to displace boys in the handling of special- < delivery letters in Boston. ( Girls who struck for more wages at 1 West's knitting mill, at Ashley. Pean., 1 have been granted their demands. 1 So many negroes have left for the West Virginia coal mines that farm , labor is scarce about Greensboro, N. ' C. The Ohio Rolling Mill Company, at Fimllay, Ohio, has granted an increase of ten per cent, in wages to 400 employes. Ten thousand additional lunula will be needed in June to harvest the crops in Southwestern Kansas and j Olrlsi liAinn Reports from T'pper Silesia show ' that fifty per cent, of the persons who 1 have been out of work are now one < ployed and prices are Improving all around. The letter carriers of Philadelphia i are not to lie permitted to wear shirt waists this summer, but their uniform suits will lie made of inueh lighter material than has been customary in hot weather heretofore. Manchester, N. II., is to have what ' it is claimed will bo the largest sin- . gle mill building ever erected. It is nearly completed, and is 770 feet long, with two wings of 3.10 feet, all of an average width of 100 feet, and live glories in height, Including basement. The Problem of City Travel. -i : r..".' load? to the belief that every great city will have always a v>tre of "centres" to which the great j tiib: of city travel will ebb and How. The city railroader, in all probability, , will have this problem to meet in 11)10 and 1D20 no less than in 1901 and in greater degree. Unless double-decked streets or aerial navigation come to his relief, the problem of carrying the people will continue to give the liveliest exercise to his intellectuals.?Western Electrician. Landlord System In the Soath. Aid is being sought in the north in furtherance of a plan to assist the negroes in many plates in the black belt of the south to become land owners, thug freeing them from the bondage of the landlord system, under which too often, the tenant does not receive a just sJiare of the product resulting from bin efforts. ^ I Mil L ROBERTS' I CJ&&M m fiOODS SIDE. I l I %Vo.mtintia off-rinir inducements to close ' out our Sumter Goods. W? can mention only a few of the many Roods red needt Lu-liej,' 8c Coder vests for 5c. 10c Ties and Bows for Sc. 25c i ics and Bows t r 15c. Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 8., embroidered, i in a I'o.t, :<>r 19c;25c goods. 15c Men's Black initial Siik Handkerchiefs ' f-.r 10c. Men's tnrRc WLite FlRured, Drawn Stitch, Jap.met Handkerchief for 15c; worth 25o. Six l.&rR? Wnite Fine H. 8. H mdkerchlefs | for 60c. in fancy b- x; cheap at 75c. Three iarRe White Fine H. b. Fl&ndker- j cnieN, in fancy b>x, for 40c- worth 5>o. Black-bordered Liuen Handkerchiefs for 12c; ( heap at 15c. Good Mnnruiug Handkerchiefs for 4c. Handkerchiefs for lc. Handkerchiefs for 2 l-2c. Handkerchiefs for Sc. 39-inch Madras for 7 l-2c; worth ICo. 36-ln h Madras for 6 l-2c| worth 8c. LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR LESS THAN COST. Shirt Waists for much leas than it cost to ' make them. BiG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. ' 40cp;que Skirts for 25o. I 98c Crash Skirts for 81c. J All Summer Goods are being sold at r*> | duced prices. NEW GOODS, ! One case Lontrcloth 5c; no starch. Fine Black Henrietta at 50c. TINSEL DRAPERY SILK A LINE, BALL FRINGE. Black Duck u( S an J 10c. K17KMTUKK DKPAKTMKNT. 10 piece Walnut Suits $75 to $100. 10 piece Solid Oak ouilo $13, $^2, $25, $30, $35. $40, $50. $;5. Oak llali Bucks, French Plate Glaas, $7, $8.:0, $3.50. Wardrobes $8 to $25. Bed Lounges $9 to $15. Bedsteads $2.25 to $10. Iron Beds. Iron Cribs. Parlor Suits $38 to $50. Baby Carriages $6.50, $7, $7.50. Hour Oilcloth 30c. Matting 10; 12, 14. 15, 18. 20, 23, 25, 27 and B0 \ 10-plece Chamber Sets $2.19 to $9. Wiudow Shades 11. 15,80, 35, 40o to B1.2& Stoves $6.50. $7.50, $10 to $11 Trunks $2.50 to $6.50. Ill I I* rvuuui Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. Itartificially digests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and reconstructing tlx- .xlumsted digestive organs. It is the latest discovered digest- I ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. 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