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DESTROYED BY FIRE. JACKSONVILLE A SMOK? ING RUIN. One Hundred and Thirty Blocks Swept-Loss $15, , 000,000-10,000 People Homeless. Jacksonville, Fla , May 4, lara -The most disastrous fire in the his tory of this city began yesterday shortly after noon in a small factory, from a defective wire, according to the best belief, 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 tbe city map, one liuadred and thirty blocks were burned, many of them in the heart of the .business and residence section The estimate of bouses to the block ia 10, hence 1,300 of them went up in smoke. Many of the finest public and private buildings were destroyed, *n duding bot?is, theatre, churches and - residences The casualties cannot be accurate 1y estimated tonight That there were several seems to be well anthea ticated. Among them was that of the fire chief, who sustained a bad fail * The mayor ordered all of the saloons closed, and has impressed help to clear the wreckage. The mayor at a late hour stated that he estimated the loss at $15, 4)00,000, and that 10,?00 to 15,000 people were homeless. Mr W W Cleveland, in whose premises the .fire originated, and woo was one of the heaviest losers, drop ped dead from excitement A sta! wart negro, fringing a trunk on hie ?ead frcm a burning building, went crazy from the horror of the situa tion He ran around in a circle with the trunk on bis head until he sank exhausted and died. Women ran through the street tearing their hair and clothes, and in several instances had almost denuded themselves when they were caught by friends and led ! to places of saiety. Horses bitched to trucks could not be cut loose quickly enough and many of them ran wild through the demoralized throng At night the military was ordered out to guard the household goods piled high in vacant lots. Thousands Homeless and Hun? gry-Prompt Measures Tak? en for Relief. Jacksonville, Fia , May 4 - Jack? sonville's great fire which began yesterday, bas barned itself out One hundred and forty eight blocks of a beautiful city have been laid waste The loss will not be known even approximately for a week, but it is believed it will amount to about $10,000.000 There are many rumor? afloat of loss of life, bot as every undertakei in the city was burned out, it is impossible to obtain an officiai re port. One story which is persistent ly reiterated is to the effect that a party of men and women driven to the docks by the fire were compelled to jump into the water and tba! several of them were drowned. Mrs Hogan, a negro woman, was burned in her house and her charred remains were buried by friends this afternoon The burned district is thirteen blocks wide and two miles long, and extends "from the St Johns river, where it barned tm docks to the water's edge, to Catherine etreet on the east, Orange on the north and Davis on the west-this immense area was swept as clear as a floor. The city is under martial law and ail of the available State militia ie on duty in the streets of Jacksonville Some order is being brought out of the confasion Jacksonville IP facii-g the emergency calmly and has organ ized for relief work Ten thousand people are homeless, ?od ?any of them left on afternoon aof: night trains for S: Augustine and otbei coast okies and nearby towns, white camerons river craft took mahy to little places on the St Johns river Suppij stations have been established in various parts of the oity and all day they bavr been thronged by ?he hungry Toe prompt action ot Secretary of Wat Bo t io tendering tbe a?e of tho bar rscif at Fort Barrancas,, near Sr Augustine, was received wah gratitude on every side The East G>ast traic leaving here at 5 o'clock thii afternoon earned over 2,000 oeopie to St Augu tioe who b'-pe to receive temporary fcbe?te- from the government. I ne relief food raised by tbeci'iz^n of Jacksonville at a meeting this afternoon amon?te to $15 000. This was aog meoted tonight by a telegram from the Armcu* Company ac Chicago inscruot io$ Mayo* Bowdeo to draw for $1,000 O her sob-eriptions are boiog received from many piaoes The oily of Jack? sonville has not vet made an official appeal for aid There seems to be some objection to this, hot ii is based mainly on tbe assertion by many leading oiti I3C8 that Jacksonville and Florida ess a et the emergency and care for its .wa. i The following telegram was reeeived fron) the governor : Tallahassee, Fia, May 4. MacWilliams, Adjutaot Genera!. Yoar call for Gainesville, Orlando and Stark oompaoies approved. Have appointed L'Eogle. Broward and Rog? ers special relief commute, placicg ?20,000 at their disposal W. S. Jennings, Governor. Galveston, Tex, May 4 -Over a thousand dollars was raised here this afternoon for the relief of the sufferers at Jacksonville, and more will follow Committees are at work collecting for the fand and it is growing faet, both rich and poor contributing A Statement From Jacksonville To the People of United States Showing Former Reports Have Not Been Exagger? ated. Jacksonville, May 6 -The follow log official statement was issued at 10 30 o'clock tonight : . "To the people of the United State : "The relief committee having re ceived many inquiries concerning the situation here, desires to make the following general statement : "The city of Jacksonville on Fri day, May 3 was visited by one of the most horrible and appalling cala mities fthat has ever happened in any community of modern times About noon of the day a ure was discovered in a small palmetto fibre factory in tQ9 extreme western portion of the city A high wind was then blow ing lo the eastward, carrying the flame over the heads of the firemen The fire spread with such raoidity that our citizens had great difficulty in leaving their homes and places of business In many casea they barely escaped with their lives, and we regret to say that a number were j burned to death or drowned in their I efforts to escape from the flames. I The number at this time we have been unable to ascertain although five bodies have been taken from the ruins, and from ten thousand to fifteen thousand people are homeless "The burnt area extends east and west about two miles and north and south varyi?g from one half to three quarters of a mile. In this area was situated the oldest and most populous portion of the city, embracing ail 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 basiness section was also consumed The property tose aggregates from $12,000 000 to $15,- j 000,000 (Signed) The Jacksonville Relief Associa tion C E Garner, President Edwin G Weed, Bishop of Florida. JET Bowden, Mayor Telfair Stockton, Special Com mittee All contributions of money should be sent to A M. Ives, treasurer and ali supplies should be sent to Jacksonville Relief Association U. S. Troops Leave Pekin. Pekin, May 5.-The fJuited States cavalry and artillery left Pekin this morning to march to Ton Ko 1m posing farewell ceremonies attended their departurev vSir Alfred Gaselee aud the other British generals, with their staffs, were present and the British commander sent a detachment of Baluchis, who escorted the Ameri? cans outside the city wall Gen Chaffee publicly thanked the cavalary and artillery fer their servi? ces in the international relief expedi tion and for their behavior since, which has beeu he said, a credit to themselves and their nation The infantry 8nd headquartars' staff will l^ave by rail as soon as the transports arrive at Taku Washington. May 4-S-cretary R :ot has awr.u ord ?TS to the qi-?r:er m ister gensraf? department for execu? tion of the ac: of congress rfqu?rir>g t^f rcbunai io Ar;!;,g:ion N*;iooal cemetery to the Confederate dvad now ?aere, numbering 126. and with tbeai the remaios of the 128 Confederates burwda' the N-^iuoal Soldiers' home nere Protests have been received ^y the secretary from the woman ol' Vir? ginia, who wish the re c. a: rs taken saatb, but tbs order remains unchang? ed It is stated at the war department that tria action ukpn by Secretary Root in respect to the reburial of the Confed? ?rate dead at Arlington cemetery is io striot conformity with the r? quiremen's of a speotai act of coogrees, which made an appropriation o* ?2,500 for marking the new grave* with bead, atones. Beaufort, May 4-The Coosaw Pof*8phate Mtrrng company bas yin sold t> the V rginia Carolina Chemical company 30,000 tons of pho-pb*te rock, and in consequence will resume ao ive operations io the near future Tats rescmptioo of work will mean employment to a number of forcer employes of the big oonoern who have been idle for a number of months. TRADE DOES NOT FOLLOW FLAG. Experience in Cuba Shows That Political Control Does Not Give Commercial Su? premacy. WaebgtoD, May 5 -It is perfectly evident that something mast ne done to save the Coban market for the Uoi ted States While the reoeofc statistics -bowing that Europe was getting the Cuban trade away from us have been sbowo to have been exaggerated by the inclusion of gold and silver exports, pveo the revised form looks sufficiently bad for us Tons, during the first eight months of 1899 we shipped to Coba cotton goods to the value of $990,310. During the corresponding period of 1900 this total fell to ?279 865. The d.ffc-rence was supplied by British manufacturers, although Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina were manofactnriog the very goods tbat are the most popular ia the Cuban market The same is trae of shoes, Spain get? ing ail the trade Ooe extensive dealer tried to ioduce American footwear ico Coba, bat his castomers preferred the Spanish last even though it was coupled with inferior leather and poor work? manship, and daring the last six months of 1900 Spaio famished ?620, 096 worth < f shoes and the United States $169,768. A reasonable explanation of the ex? tensive parchase of co'tons and shoes io this country immediately after (he close of the war aod trie subst-aueot faliiog off may be found io the former conditioo8 ?nd the practices whicb pre vailed io Coba daring the Spanish regime, when Spani-h goods were ad mitted for a fee or a bribe, while other goods had to pay the full duties A natural conclusion on the part o' the merchants who bad thriven ander the old practices was that ander the oew regime American goods and net Spanish would be given tbe beoefic of a dishonest administraron of the custom houses Wheo they discovered by the xoerieoce of several months that ai> goods were entered at the 6ame rate .iud were require to pay the same duty rhe experimenters abandoned the United States goods, for which the locai buyers w?re not prepared and resumed tbeir o?d and preferred relations in Europe, irrespective of the Repab?oao policy of '.trade follows the fl ig." . * If there bad b^en no other warning of the Kaiser's intention to try a fall with the United States es soon as and if oirconWauoes seemed to give promise ef success, the mysterious operations wbioh the Germao fl;et has lommenc.-d in the Carribbean would br ample lt has just beeo fficially reported t at tbe German cruiser V?neta had just competed surveys of the island o argari'a These surveys are supple meo al of others which German vessels b<v.-* made among tb? West Indies ; io fact, it is feoowo bv naval officers to be ?be custom cf ?he German naval depart? ment to send irs traioiog ships to the Caribbean ostensibly for a practice cro'.se, bat really to familiarize the ffi'.er? wi h navigation there and to make surveys Ni apprehension is expressed that G-rmary will take possession of Mar garita Inland jost now Tbat. it is ?.id, would be considered bv rheUoited S' --tes a violatioc of the Monroe doo* rino, ao'i Geraoaoy is not prepared at hi- time to take such a step. But she is iik.-ly to establish a colony there which will be u-eful in time of trouble If Margarita Island should be available for use as a base of operations. German* w uid control Venezuela and the Carib? bean mouth of the Nicaragua Canal, as Mtri-nrita is closer to the isthmus than thp Uoited States Vice Conbul Murphy, by the way, has ju-r ciiicd attention to the fact that not less than five large German steamship cotspaDi'R are engaged in trade wirb S .-.ut h America and especially with j Brazil, and that ?D the S'?arhero por tioos of thp continent there already are nver 240,000 German coiooists, the Germar s bav?og completely driven cu-' the E glieh \n tbe central a^d southern p- evinces. St Matthews, May 4 - Mr H. F loabinett, who lives about two mil' frum here, met with a most serious acei dent at Farcum'.n min, last Tuesday. '?here be bad gone to fi-h It appears Mr loabinett had chobod a tree to snoot ?ho trout io tbe shallow water where they were beddiog and in band? ing a gu?, a Springfield nfl?, to him ;?t was discharged, ?ne ball fir*' striking Dim below the knee and ranging from the leg above the knee agaio eotertd -he body just below the oollar bone and oame out through the shoulder Laurens, May 5 -La'e yesterday afternoon five miles west of the city, near A H Martin's, a party of four negroes of Sullivao township, who had beeo io the city sod oaded up with ch ap wbiskvy, got into a shooting ?orap auu na a result Ford Sullivan, one of toe party, was snot dead from cue wagon in ?*b<ch all were traveling elmer by EJ ivory, wno had gutteo off ibe *ag>>u ana pieoipitaied toe shooting o> fidug ou tae remaintog three, or by Albert B*ies, who returned Ivory'* fire. THE C. O. D. MAN. He Finds This World a Very Pleas? ant Sphere, Indeed. {Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewia,] "Thanks for the dime," said the C O. D. man as he slipped it into his pocket and gave a new tuck at the ends of his hot weather necktie. "It's cash on de? livery, and leither of ns have got to carry it on our minds overnight. Best system in the world and *che only one for a man in this purfesh to practice. No checks, no notes, no promises. Spot cash transaction and everybody satis? fied. "As to getting along." he continued as he carefully lighted the stub of a ci? gar he had drawn from his pocket, "it's dead easy if you are an artist at the game. If not, you are simply a com? mon tramp instead of a d. g. (dilapi? dated gentleman). For instance, I go into a newspaper office in Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo or Detroit I loot seedy, but I've got cheek to offset it I make for the city editor's desk, and before he has time to turn me down I say: " Tve dropped in to give you a scoop. [ Used to work the blue pencil myself j and know what a two column beat is worth.' " 'G'way!' says he. " Tts two columns, with four scare ! heads on 'em.' ** 'Don't want no fakes.' " 'Four scare heads, and you may take my picture for a keystone. The scoop is worth a hundred to you, but I'm only asking five bones. Case of conscience with me, you know, but I want a $5 note in my pocket when I'm put behind the p. b. (prison bars). Come down.' "'What ye got?' '* 'Murder and robbery and the police ail at sea for a clew. If my conscience didn't force me to give myself up, I'd never be suspected.' " 'Say, cully, you ain't no bad man,' he says as he leans back and looks at rae. " 'Don't bank on it' says I as I looks at my hands to see if the blood stains is still there. Tm going to give myself up for the murder of the Robinson family in Iowa last June. Man and his i wife and four children murdered and j the house robbed. If I get a fiver, I tells my story; if I don't I'm a clam.' " 'And it's a scoop for us?' " 'All by your lonesome. Give you the facts right here and now, and then i you can send a man along to see me locked up.' "Five bones pass between us," said the C. 0. I), man in a musing way, THE CITY EDITOR. "and a lunch is ordered up for me. While I empties the growler and clears away the sandwiches I talk. I gives it to him straight and hot, and when I gets through you can smell the blood and see the corpses. A feller comes in and makes a sketch of me, two report? ers make copy of my story, and then I'm run off to a station in the suburbs where the other papers won't get on to it. I gives myself up for murder and robbery. 1 talk about conscience. I want to be hung and have it over with. Sergeant at the desk pats himself on the back and rushes me into a cell and then rushes a telegram off to Iowa. Paper comes out next morning with a redhot scoop-our usual enterprise our detective reporters-bloodthirsty criminal-the greatest capture of the age, etc. Makes you chill to read it, and the picture looks like Daniel in the lions' den. "Three days of notoriety, good fod? der, lots of visitons, a bouquet or two, and then the sergeant sends for me and says: " 'Git out o' this." " 'I can't. I'm a murderer.' " 'Git up and git!' "'For why V ** 'Because you're a fake.' 44 'But it's a case of con' 44 'I say git!' "And a policeman takes me to the door and gives me a lift with his boot, and I'm again at liberty to resume my wanderings. Paper has had a good thing, police haven't been hurt. I've rev? eled in luxury, and no harm has been done. See? Dead easy all around, and the five bones buys my winter outfit and helps me to maintain my chic. So long to you and don't stand still till the turnip tops git higher than your head." M. QUAD. An Eye to the Future. First Kidnaper-! mode a great haul today. Stole the little son of the ice? man. Second Kidnaper-Humph! Nothing great about that. You'll have to wait until next summer for the ransom. "I know, but 1 intend to arrange to take It out In trade."-Baltimore Amer? ican. A Baxy Week. "The Von Goldbaggs have entirely suspended all their usual social gaye tles." "Why Is that?" "The whole blessed family down to the scrub maid and stable boy are busy clipping coupons." ! THE GLASS OF FASHION,, I Geld tissue roses are a stylish touch of color in the all black hats. Writing with white ink on blue pa? per is said to be ono of the ultra fash? ionable fads in Paris. White silk blouses simply tucked are very much worn now with fancy stripes of ribbon lace and narrow velvet rib? bon or gold braid. Accordion plaited chiifon finds many uses this season, one of which is the entire lining of an evening cloak over another lining of silk. Chiffon, net and gauze with narrow bands of silk stitched in at intervals make very pretty vests. One row of embroidered polka dots down the cen? ter of the bands is an effective addi? tion. One of tho elegant trifles in fashion? able dress is a muff and boa to match made of white chiffon and finished with sable In all the edges. A bunch of violets is added to the muff, and the combination suggests summer as weil as winter. A low crowned sailor hat made cf taffeta silk or velvet and trimmed with a bunch of roses or pompons at one side is considered the chic headgear for young women to wear in the morning, while more dressy afternoon hats are of felt in pale colors trimmed with os? trich feathers and flowers. The raglan shirt waist seems to be one of the new varieties and is well recommended for athletic young wom? en, as it gives freedom of motion. The sleeve sets in from the collar band like a man's raglan coat, and there are small stitched in pockets at either side of the bust.-New York Sun. THE TROTTING RECORD. Grace Greenlander, 2:13%, is expect? ed to win some money on the European tracks. W. E. Drury of Montana has export? ed to England 50 cow ponies for the po? lo trade. Mascoline, 2:20%, by Online, 2:04. is considered one of the best 1901 2:10 prospects. Nearly one-third of the 1900 3-year old standard performers were bred in Kentucky. The Dude. 2:13%, driven by C. It. Jarvis, is showing up well on the New York speedway. The pacer Gipsey M, 2:13%, that once held the state record of Maine, is now owned by John Benson. James Brown, the American trainer, has 25 horses on the Vienna track, in? cluding Countess Eve, 2:09%. Much is expected from the weanling filly by Charley Herr, 2:07, out of Jes? sie P, dam of Annie Lee, 2:07%. One figure maker says that the get of McKinney won a total of $17,500 on the California tracks in the season of 1900. Eggnog Billy is the name of a 3-year-old owned In Philadelphia, and the report is that it can step as lively as its name. Dunkirk (N. Y.) horsemen have put down Beau Ideal, 2:24%, as a new cen? tury two-tenner. He is owned by Myer Einstein of that place. Uncle Davy Cahill states that he will campaign Charley Herr, 2:07, the com? ing season and that he stands ready to pit his horse against the best trotters in the country, not excepting The Ab? bot and Cresceus.-Horseman. STAGE GLINTS. Anna Held is to do "Papa's Wife" in London. The rumor that N. C. Goodwin is to play Shylock is revived. When Coquelin returns to Paris be intends producing "Quo Vadis.""^ The first time Julia Marlowe appear? ed on the stage waa as a chorus singer in "Pinafore." Sarah Bernhardt's son. Maurice, has written a drama which the actress may produce next season. Sothern has resumed the tour In "Hamlet" that was interrupted for so long by the injury to his foot Henry Miller is said to have met with everv promise of success in his trial of Madeleine Lucette Ryley's "Richard Savage." A one act play, called "Harmachis," made from Rider Haggard's lurid story of "Cleopatra." is to be acted by stu? dents in the near future. James J. Corbett, the pugilist, is said to have offered $5.000 for Harrison Wolfe's play, "Cashel Byron." before its recent disastrous trial performance in New York. Willard's Tom Pinch In the play be made from Dickens' "Martin Chuzzle wit." was seen for the first time in New York city recently. Brother Dickey's Saying's. Take it all roun', I don't know dat I ever been in a better woiT dan what dis is. De nex' wo ri' ain't fur off, but I ain't in no hurry ter go dar. Col' weather is a mighty good tim6 fer charity; but mos' iiiginrully her toes is froze, en she begins at home, en stays dar. It's a good idea ter look on de bright side-even ef de light comes nigh Windin you. Some folks got a bright prospect w'en dey looks t'ords de yuther wort'. De fact it, it's so bright it's biazinl -Atlanta Constitution. Tides In the Stars. Professor Campbell of the Lick ob? servatory reports that the star called Xi Geminorum, which has long been known as a variable. Is in reality dou? ble, but its two components are so close that no telescope ls able to sepa? rate them, and their existence is prov ed by the shifting lines In the spec trum. The variations in brightness, he thinks, can only be due to the attrac? tion between the two stars raising im? mense tides in their molten or vaporous globes, which through the effects of compression or otherwise displace the spectral lines. MCLAURIN MAKES A STATEMENT Regarding Tender of Postmas tership to Gen Hampton. Special to the State. Bennettsviile, May 5.-Mach having, bspn said yesterday in the South Caro lina papers in reference to the connec tioo of Geo Wade Hampton's name with the pcefmastership of the Colom? bia poatcffice, your correspondent sought an interview with "Senator J L Mo Laurin and obtained the following statement : "The place, so far as I am aware, bas not: been tendered to Gen Hampton I do not profess to be able to control the appointment. I was approached by a devoted friend of his, who is not mach more than an acquaintance of mine, and asked if I would endorse Gen Hampton for postmaster at Colcm bia, as be thought it would be appre? ciated by him at this time. I u< hesi? tatingly replied that I would wben a vacaocy occurred, if the general desires to accept the place I was assured by this friend that be thought it would be acceptable. I urged the retention and reappointment of Geo Hampton as* railroad commissioner, and hau both written and personal acknowledgments of bis appreciation of the efforts wbich kept bim in office a long time after his* term expired. "Nobody expects to *buy? Gen Hampton and the headlines of tbe N<-ws ood Courier are as insulting to bim as uojust to me. I mentiened this mat er to a friend of mine in Columbia and it met with bis hearty approbation and he volunteered to ascertain whether the General desired the president to ter der b?m the positien or not Everybody connected with it was influenced by a delicate and true regard for Gen Hamp ton and to drag tbe matter ii o be papers for political purposes is in thorough keeping with tbe bcsbwb ck ins tactics employed by those who object to fair argument on public ques tiona "I ara not and I refuse to be dragged ioto tbe papers by every canard started by my political enemies. .1 will speak to the people not the papers and make my position on all questions thoroughly understood at Greenville on tbe 22d instant. This particular incident ts closed so far as I am concerned, ba? I am oocndent tbat the friend of Gen Hampton's who first approached me will corroborate what I say. a* I believe he was actiog io tbe utmost good faith though entirely without tbe knowledge of tbe general " J. P G FROM THE WIRES. Richmond, Va , May 6.-The buard of aldermen tonight voted tc* adopt the offer of Mr. Carnegie to contribute $100,000 to establish a public library here provided tbe city furnish a site and contribute $10, 000 per annum to its support The common council had already voted to accept the offer. Clinton, May 6.-Tbe two little boys, sons of Mr. Ida Tucker, an operative in the Clinton cotton mill, were drowned yesterday in Little river, seven miles from this place and two miles from Moontville Greenville, May 6 -The Daik Cor uer furnishes another criminal inci dent Walter Allen shot and killed Henry Trammel, Saturday night, at Strood'8 store, near Mary Dell Tbe killing was done with a shotgun and 51 shot entered Trammel's breast producing immediate death London, May 6 -Mr Chamber Iain, the colonial secretary, informed a questioner in the bouse of commons today that no gold bad been pro duced in the Transvaal since Janu ary 1, but 50 stamps started May 4 and a hundred started ?oday London, May 6 -"Newe has arriv ed here." says the Cape Town corres pondent of The Daily Express, "that Coi Dennison, with a patrol of scouts, has been captured Tbe location of the mishap is not known io Cape Town " Berlin, May 5 -"In view of tbe favorable development of events here," says the Pekiu correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger, "it is possible tbat Count von Waldersee wiil return berne about tbe middle of June." Kingston, Jamaica, May 5-Claude C. Mallet, the British consul at Panama, ai rived here today on the steamer Atrato, on his way to Eng .and. Mr Mallet was interviewed by the representative of The Asso? ciated Pres? on conditions in Colom? bia, and he said that tbe revolution there has degenerated into guerrilla warfare, ond that the strength of the rebels was not know One week perhaps 5,000 men are in the field, while the next week there will be but 1,000, as the rebels are in the habit of returning to their bornes in order to gather supplies, and the following week they are out in full force again.