Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1894, Page 2

2 = THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1894—TEN PAGES. you do not doubt that the building is un- safe—dangerous to life and limb; that its walls are cracked and tottering, and that its foors are an alluring snare beneath the feet of more than two thousaud American citizens, whom you are sworn to protect with the wisdom of your legisiation. “You have been told that the building is unhealthy—rotten with old you need only go into the houses of those em- ployed there to find v in the num- ber of invalids, and additional proof will be found im the moztuary reports, which show an astourding fatality nm the government printing office, which was built many years ago, and at a time when the art of archi- tecture had not yet received its first growth in this ceuntry; nor is it likely that the builders expected it to serve this progres- sive nation to the present day. “Your delay is dangerous; it may prove fatal and become the regret of a lifetime. From a financial standpoint it is expensive, as has been pointed out by the public print- er, and as ev practical man who is fa- miliar with the office knows. The lack of room forces an enormous outlay for rent (carrying with it annually an elaborate ex- penditure for hauling back and forth to ware! and the ereetion of a building on the modern plan of printing offices. “There various reasons should for the government printing office, and that at an early day; but none so strong and forcible as the one which appeais to you, with out- stretched hands, as it were, for protection to life and health. government office. “EMPLOYES OF THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.” History of Labor Day. The other paper which was distributed from the floats was a brief history of Labor day. This short story concludes in the following words,which give credit where credit is due: “The initiative in the ontnarer Be gene thus term! e passage of the law originated. in Excelsior and labor, to take charge of the bill in the Senate, and Hon. Amos J. Cum- of New York kindly performed a like service in the House, and to those gentle- men and the Hon. L. E. McGann of Iill- nois, chairman of the House labor commit- principal credit is due that the first Union, seventy-five pene tee gy dency the of president dent; Theo. F. Sci Michael 5 secretary; John Secretary; Daniel C. Hartley, treasurer, and Or, sergeant-at-arms. trical Workers’ Union, marshaled ee M. ,. jed by Robert etzel, Henry Phillips. The wagon covered with flags was fitted up as a e electric plant. In the front was a table filled with telegraph and telephone in- struments, which were in charge of Master Edward Beaton. This was surmounted by a couple of cross-arms of a telegraph pole, with wires running down to the table. In the rear of the wagon was a large switch- beard, with Fred. McIntyre in charge. The pole and the board were connected by a placard, on which the words “Electrical workers” were outlined in insulated wire. On the sides of the float were all sorts of electrical implements, the whole present- ing a very pretty appearnce. Marshal Ber- ger had for a baton a short staff, tipped with incandescent globes, and each man in line bore a staff or cane with some sort of lamp or globe at the end. In a car- riage behind the marchers were Wm. Wat- zel, inspector; John Lloyd, trustee, and Chas. Rabbitt and Lewis Watzel of the officers of the Berger, president; H. vice president; George A. Malone, secretary; Robt. Metzel, financial secretary; Malcoim Beaton, treasurer, and John Hebbard, foreman. A smaller group of men came next, fifty members of the Tailors’ Assembly, 2370, K. of L. They bore biue badges, with yel- low chrysaathemums in their buttonholes, and were marskaled by James Joseph Hatz- field, with Charles Nohe and Henry Bauer as assistants. The officers of the assembl: are: Charles Nohe, master workman; 4 Bauer, recording secretary; Fred. Brandt, financial secretary; William Kettler, treas- urer. Plumbers’ Laborers’ Union. Half a hundred colored men, headed by @ large chap with a sword, followed, bear- ing the banner of the Plumbers’ Laborers’ Union, No. 1. There was lots of muscle here, good, strong arms that rip up the earth and lay bare the city’s arterial sys- tem. At the front of the line was a guide with a flag-decked pick, balance aa other guide at the rear of the line with may shovel, with a dollar bill pinned across the blade. The marshal was Horace Wiggins, assisted by D. R. Reed. The president of this union is L. W. Quisenbury, and the other officers are: Richard Williams, finan- ry; Wilson Morton, and C. D. Ward, recording secretary. The men were dressed in civilian clothes, with = ext was a group of men belon; Excelsior Assembly, 2672, which Cpe Excelsior are Joseph W. workrran; W. L. Dewart, secretary; Schweinhaut, finarcial secretary, a ee son P. Thomas, treasurer. The National Drum ‘3’ Assem- i bout men in line, all neatly uniformed in “the cloth of their calling—blue jean overalls and blouses, with broad white ribbons bear- ing the startling word “Eccentric” in bold black letters on their neat caps. The mar- shal, P. H. Adams, differed from his fellows by wearing a suit of brown jeans. The line was led by a stout negro carrying a tri- angular transparency, topped by a great blue ball. The sign bore the name of the association, and on one side was this in- scription: “Government ownership of rail. roads and telegraphs.” The officers of th assembly are E. J. Rea, master workma: ©. C. Roller, worthy foreman; J.T. Dough. erty. recording secretary; W. J. Lehman, financial secretary and treasurer, and G. S. Hulme, inspector. The Jour: eymen Tailors’ Union, No. 188, made a fine showing with two large floats Tepresenting the two systems of work in this trade. On the first all was prosperity. It represented the modern shop under union tule, and, to judge from the appearance of the three men working at cutting boards and sewing tables, the rule works admir- ably. The wagon bore on the sides inserip- tlons significant of the state of the men within, mentioning such matters as “Better Hours,” ‘Higher Wages,” “Good Health,” ete. The “union shop” of this float was in charge of M. Eskin, with Albert Gibson and Frank Odor as assistants. The other float represented the “sweating system,” and presented a scene of poverty that contrast- ed strongly with the other picture. In the front a woman covered with a tattered shawl crouched over a small stove, while two halt-starved children nestled at her feet Behind her three men were working with flerce energy, while a stern taskmas- ter stood over them with glowering brows and folded arms. It was a very realistic setting. There were 125 men in line, with J. B. Burns’ tiny biack mascot marching in front, proud in his “tiger dress and brass buttons. The marshal was MH. Kinsin- ger, and his assistants were F. J. Solan and M. Silverman. The officers of the union are M. H. Kinsinger, president; A. Robinowich, vice president; F. J. Solan, recording sacre- tary; F. Carlson, financial secretary, and K. Berg, treasurer. The Plate Printers’ Display. But the pli printers were the heroes of the third division. They carried money about so carelessly that they had rather the air of Vanderbilts than workers. Their uniform was neat and striking, consisting of white beaver hats and long yellow dus- ters. On the breast of each man was pinned @ new dollar bill, and, as there were two hundred and fifty nen in line, there was quite a litle weaith actually in the street, not to speak of the potentialities for money making present in a large float, which oc- cupted the left of the line. This consisted Huck, while H. Landgraf was the printer, with Miss Amanda Reed as assistant. ‘I'ney had plates for printing fifty and hundred- dollar bills, and kept their little press going throughout the parade, though they were mot very lavish about distributing their product. The men marched in good order, bearing their bamboo canes with little flags on the ends in a most jaunty manner. They were marshaled by Ed. Moore, with George Babbington and Walter Atkinson,” as- The Cigarmakers’ Union, which came next in line, made a good parade, with about eighty men. At each corner of the column was a small trans- were his assistants. The officers of. the are: Andrew Cook, president; John Easter, vice president; Wm. C. Herfurth, financial secretary; Fred. Dahler, recording secretary, and John Wingate, treasurer. The Carri: ers’ Assembly, which followed, is small, but loyal to the cause of Yeatman, ns — torrespondi: secretary; ubach, recording pod , and E. T. Pywell, ‘The United Bakers. A section of the Mount Pleasant Drum Corps gave martial music for those men of peace, the bakers, who formed the left of the third division. There are two organi- zations, the Bakers’ Assembly and the Bakers’ Union, but they marehed as the “United Bakers,” under the marshalship of Herman Kamm, who was aided by Chas. H. Emrhine and Wm. Wassum. There were about two hurdred and fifty men tn line altogether, all but fifty of them marching on foot, uniformed by taking off their coats and carrying them on their arms, so as to show their gleaming white shirts. They wore the conventional ‘The officers of the Bakers’ Union are Richard McCarthy, pres- ident; Wm. Wassum, vice president; Geo. Wr Satie scty, Sal con ae Veber, ny on nich, treasurer. The Fourth Division. The fourth division, which was the last Assistsnt Marshal John Fallon, who rode in the leading carrisge of the t@rnout of the Ladies’ Progressive Assembly, K. of L. The ladies, to the number of half a hun- dred, formed a bright spot in the parade. Sixteen carriages were required to trans- port them, and each was gorgeously dec- crated with flags-and plumes. The mem- bers wore neat badges of vari-colored rib- bons, and, as a rule, carried large bouquets of flowers. The officers of the assembly are Kate Sage, master workman; M. Edmon- son, worthy foreman, and E. H. Clagett, secre’ Following the Ladies’ Progressive Assem- bly were ten carriages bearing the veteran bricklayers who were too advanced in years to march with their fellow members. The veterans also wore light-colored felt hats. Members of the Carpenters’ Union formed a goedly portion of the fourth division, and behind them was the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association. About forty members turned out, each wearing dark attire and a large blue badge. Four large American flags were attached to each vehicle. In the leading carriages were the officers of the association: Daniel Dougerty, president; P. O'Donnell, vice president; J. C. O'Day, doorkeeper; John George, con- ductor; C. Robinson, past president; John F. Ellis, chaplain; J. Watts, corre- sponding secretary; George Damascus, financial secretary, and James O'Donnell, treasurer. Gundlach, the costumer, exhibited a rich- ly clothed and highly realistic troupe of Japanese, who paraded just to the rear of the marine engineers. The end of the line consisted of a number of decorated wagons belonging to local business firms. —_>__—_. EX-SECRETARY KIRKWOOD DEAD. He Was lowa’s War Governor and in Garffeld’s Cabinet. Samuel Kirkwood, the war governor of Iowa and Secretary of the Interior {i ident Garfield’s cabinet, died Saturday at Iowa City, at the age of eighty-one years. Samuel Jordan Kirkwood was born tn Harford county, Md., December 20, 1813. His echooling ended when he was fourteen years old. In 1836 he went to Ohio, studied law, ard was admitted to the bar in 1845. He was made prosecuting attorney of Rich- mord county, and in 1850 was a member of the Ohio constitutional convention. In 1855 he went to Iowa to engage in ing, and the next year was elected to the state sen- ate. In 1859 he was elected governor of Iowa, and was re-elected in 1861. He placed in the field fifty regiments of infantry and cavalry, and throughout the war never had to order a draft, as Iowa's quota of volun- teers was always filled. President Lincoln offered him th of United States min- ister to Denm: but he declined ft. In 1866 he was elected to the United States Senate. In 1875 he was for the third time elected governor of Iowa, and tn 1876 was re-elected to the Senate, when he resigned to enter the cabinet of President Garfield as Secretary of the Interior. After he left office, in 1882, he lived a retired life. —————-cee. Personal Mention. Mr. D. B. Wainwright of this city is stopping at The Thorndike, Boston. Mr. Moxley of 2127 I street northwest has returned to Washington from White Sulphur Spring. Chairman Proctor of the civil service commission left tcday to spend his vacation in Massachusetts. Director Walcott of the United States geological survey has returned from New York. eo Congressman W. J. Bryan of Nebraska has accepted the position of editor-in-chief of the Omaha World-Herald. Capt. Edward B. Clapp of the Arlington Wheelmen has gone to Hartford, Conn., to accept a position tn the office of the Thorn Typesetting Company. ——Hw A Murder at Maribore. The dead body of Lloyd Vermilion was found in the road near Upper Mariboro’ yesterday with evidences about it of foul piay. A coroner’s jury was summoned and the men with whom Vermilion had left town for home the previous evening were examined. The jury examined several wit- nesses, including the men themselves, and held Asa H. Tucker, Benjamin Lawson and Jchn E. Lawson for the death of Vermilion, LATE NEWS BY WIRE Chinese Imperial Edict on Recent Victories. GENERAL YEH AND TROOPS COMMENDED Feeling Regarding Japanese in Corea. THEIR REPORTED LOSSES “TIEN TSIN, China, September 3.—An im- perial edict has been issued rewarding Gen. Yeh and 700 Chinese officers for their vic- tory over the Japanese at Ping Yang on August 17. Gen. Yeh reports that the Jap- anese lost 5,000 men in the engagement at Ping Yang, and during the Jays when the Chinese were in pursuit of the enemy, while the casualties of the Chinese were small. LONDON, September 3.—A 4tspatch to the Times from Shanghai today says that the Japanese Marquis Saigonj2 landed at Chemulpo, Corea, on A ist 23, and con- gratulated the King of Corea upon having attained his independence. The dispatch adds that the Japanese hold at present the provinces of Seoul, Hwang Ho and the country around the treaty ports. The remainder of the country is = to be in possession of armed bands of ‘oreans. It is stated that the feeling againat the Japanese is increasing, and that the na- tives are commencing to wage guerrilla warfare against them. —— : MANASSAS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, Dedication Exercises Teday Attended by a Large Crowd. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. MANASSAS, Va., September 3.—The dedi- cation of the newly established Manassas Indrstrial School for Colored Youth took Place today with appropriate ceremonies. Ther was a large crowd in attendance, in- cluding many visitors from Washington and the southern states. An interesting program was gone through with, in which @ number of peuple took part. Preliminary to the dedication exercises was the raising of the flag, which was presented to the school by Miss Jane E. Thompson of Fau- quier. The standard was raised by Miss Jennie Dean, who was the first person to propose the establishment of the new school. The institution will open October 2, and {ts objects are many and meritorious. A sound English common school education will be given to each pupil, and the young men and women will be prepared for useful and intelligent citizenship by being taught trades as well as the manner to follow them with profit. The girls will be taught ¢ress making, mending and plain sewing, mi + cooking, housekeeping, laundry work, poultry raising, wood work and type- setting; while the boys will be instructed in carpentering, blacksmithing, wheelwright- ing, stone masonry, brick masonry, brick making, printing, book binding, gardening, fruft raising and stock raising. Hach stu- dent must be between the age of twelve and twenty years, and will be charged $8 a month for tuition, room and board, $4 of which will be payable in money, and $4 in work, thus enabling pupils to pay one-half of thetr expense by Tuition without room and board will be charged for at the rate 06:2. month, half payable in casi John R. Clifford ts the principal, and the board of directors for the first year is com- posed of Rush R. Shippen, ent; Hen: P. Montgomery, vice president; Henry Baker, treasurer; James H. Bradford, re- cording secretary; Emma V. Montgomery, corresponding secretary; Jennie 8. George C. Rounds, Marshall D, Williams, Emily Howland, Minnie C. Henry H. Warring, Robert L. Ruffin, §. Doolittle, William A. Creditt, Winfield S Montgomery, D. G. Henderson, Rufus P. ner, Orra C. Langhorne, Jane HB. Thompson and James H. Merriwether, ———> --— PRESENTED BY GEN. CARNAHAN. ‘The Evening Star 5: ceived by The stand of colors which The Evening Star presented to the U. R., K. P., to be awarded to the regiment conspicuous for excellence in the great parade last Tuesday, was formally presented Saturday after- noon to the winners, the first regiment of West Virginia, Capt. 8. A. Posten, com- manding. The presentation was maie by Major General Carnahan in front of headquarters tent at the camp at 5 o'clock. The an- nouncement had been made at noon that this regiment had won The. Star trophy, and the result was that when it was form- ally presented Col. Poyten was on hand, with his staff and with the Parkersburg Division, the crack drill team of West Virginia, drawn up in front of the tent, un- der Capt. 3. B. Baker. Capt. Baker had been awarded the hand- some jewel as the best drill captain at the encampment, his division had won the second prize in the drill contest, $1,200, so that when to all this glory for one regiment the Star's flag was also added, the men from West Virginia felt that their cup was about full. In presenting the flag to Col. Posten, Gen. Carnahan tock occasion to refer to The Star in most flattering terms for what it had done to make the encamp- ment a success. He spoke of The Star as always in the front rank of those who do good deeds as well as say kind words. In turning over the handsome flag and gui- dons to Col. Posten the gereral told him to remember always to be true to his oath, true to his order and its principles, but above all to be true to the Stars and Stripes. At the conclusion of the exercises the line was formed, with Brig. Gen. Mather at the head, followed by a band, and they marched to the headquarters of Hastings Division, the division that won the first prize in the drill, and tendered the Michigan boys a serenade. Then the line marched to The Evening Star office, and the band was again called upon to do its best work to show the friendly spirit entertained by the regiment toward The Star and its staff. They also serenaded the National Capital Press Club, where the officers: of the regi- ment had been entertained at luncheon earlier In the day. Before leaving Wash- ington Col. Posten ordered a handsome weapen case, in which to-store the colors, where they would be safe from all harm. —_—_—_— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Repair of Elevators. The Commissioners have amended their order of June 26, 1891, regulating the con- struction, repair and operation of elevators by making it unlawful to use in any bulid- ing in course of construction hoists or ele- vators for hoisting building material, etc., unless the well hole or opening shall be closed with temporary guard rails of board placed six inches apart to a height of five feet, with a gate or door swinging outward. The New Assistant. Isaac T Jobe, who was appointed to suc- ceed Mr. McKenzie as assistant superin- tendent of street and alley cleaning, was formerly a resident of Johnson City, Tenn., and Is understood to have been recommend- ed to the Commissioners for appointment by Senator Harris of that state, Vice Pres- ident Stevenson, and Representatives Houk, Tate, Marshall, Richardson and others. Mr. Jobe 1s a democrat, and for four years was a member of the democratic executive com- mittee of Tennessee. —>_—_ Judge McComas Can Vote Now. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 3.— Judge McComas of the. District of Co- lumbia, who had been stricken from the registry list of voters at the last election, was restored today by order of Judge Stake. Col, Buchanan Schley appeared for Judge McComas —_—_——. Japanese Legation Secretary. Mr. Taunejiro Miayoka, secretary of the Japanese legation, who was charge d’af- faires during the recent interim caused by the change In the ministry, has been trans- ferred to duty at Vienna. He will be suc- ceeded by Mr. Amano. The retiring secre- tary is very popular in this city, PERRAPS, 4,000. DEAD (Cintinued:: From First Page.) » to points on northern division of the P Omaha road 9 been down since last night, and informatign of the situation up north is lacking,, Thg last train from the rorth on the Omaha railroad reached here at 5 o'clock Satu afternoon, and no trains have gone out or in since, except a wrecking train, sent from Eau Clair early this morning. ud men say the whole region to Cartwi it, to Bashaw and Hau- gen has been on fire since Saturday after- noon. Bridges are burned and wires down, and no one knows when trains will run. Many people here sre alarmed for the safety of their are blockaded at northern points. . The Omaha train arriving here at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, which came through Bashaw, took twelve men, women and children from the burned village to Rice Lake, the conductor backing the train ee ee ee See through without stopping. The Northwestern Lumber Company has reports of fresh breaking out of firee along the Hau Claire river, One of the companies said that they already had 50,000,000 feet of pine burned on the Hau Claire, and did not believe that there would be a green tree left when rain comes. One of the Eau Claire owners of the Barronette Lumber Compa- ny’s plant says the loss there is $250,000. A special from Cadotte says the village is surrounded by fire. Fire Under Control at Milaca. MILACA, Minn., Sept. 3.—Threatened @anger to this town of complete destruction by savage forest fires which raged on Sat- urday snd Sunday is over and the fire com- pletely under control. While no lives are known to be lost here, the loss of property is very heavy. Many farmers are left with- th to cook a meal, feet of hard-wood logs and its upper dam on the Rum river. A special train, which reached here from St. Cloud shortly before 7 o'clock last evening, headed for Hinckley. It ts reported here that a flerce fire is rag- ing for miles east and the train may get no ferther than that. Only One Building Left. SPOONER, Wis., Sept. 3.—The destruction of Barronette was complete. One lone building fs left of a city of 700 inhabitants. One man was burned. The total loss is a quarter of a million. Shell Lake has 52 dwellings burned, with a total loss of $75,- 000. Three hundred and sixty people are homeless ad many are without a dollar of insurance. Deeds of heroism are plentiful. One widow dragged her typhoid sick son from the house into a potato patch and there protected him from the flames, while the rest of the inhabitants fled in terror. ~~ fires are now under control in this vi- cinity. AFTER THE DISASTER. Dull, Lothargic Grief Successds the Excttement. PINE CITY, Minn., September 3.—After the deluge, what a reaction has come at Hinckley! The excitement which has buoyed up so many of the survivors, even 1m the face of the, fagt that so many rela- tives and friends had,perished in the flery flood, has passed ‘awey, and dull, lethargic grief has taken Yts"place. The uninjured refugees at Pine Cit—and there are sev- eral hundred of them—are standing about the street corners ins little knots and dis- cussing the incidents of the catastrophe in awe-struck tones; je probable death of this one or this fs , and the news of the eseape of anothes, who was at first sup- posed to have perisiied, are all discussed the same benymbed alr, expressing neither sorrow nor despair in the one case or elation and joy, in, the other. Relief fog the Destitute. The arrangemewts Tor the relief of the destitute further ‘up ‘the line, where hun- dreds of men, women and children were not only homeless, put, absolutely without @ scrap of food or bédding or extra cloth- ing, were taken up where they were drop- ped at midnight. THe appointed commit- tees met and got their work well in hand. Before 7 o'clock in the morning the con- struction train, loaded with bridge material for the repair of the bridge across the Grindstone river at Hinckley, cama up from Rush City. A couple hundred loaves of bread and other light provisions were placed on board, in charge of Judge J. C. Nethaway of Stillwater, and presented to the relief committee. A party of labor- ers to dig graves and inter the bodies was collected and tho train proceeded into the burned country. At Hinckley the provisions were loaded on to a handear manned by Judge Nethaway and a volunteer crew, and a start was mad cross the shaky bridg Miller, ni miles further north, where there are re- ported a dozen or more dead, and three times as many hungry and homeless. From Miller they expect to work east to Sandstone, about five miles across the coun- try, on the Eastern Minnesota railroad, where tl.ere are betwéen forty-five and fifty dead and a couple of hundred living who were saved in Kettle river and in the great sandstone quarries. About 11 o'clock the bridge was suffictently repaired to admit the Passige of a train and an engine, freight car and caboose, with a plentiful supply of food, and a meager store of coffins, in charge of Undertaker O'Halleran of St. Paul, was sent north. Little Change at Hinckley. In Hinckley the vistble situation had not materially changed or improved over night. The thirty or forty caskets and boxes with their gruesome contents still lay alongside the track, v here iy were placed last night. No attempt hid been made to dress or embalm, and they were already growing very offensive. At the Cemetery, Out in the little cemetery, a mile east of town, was a scene which words are power- less to describe. At best the little spot would be as dreary as could well be imag- ined. It is on top of a rough sandy knoll, where nature is seen at her worst, and ab- solutely no attempt toward artificial embel- lishment has ever been made. There were only a few little sandy unsodded mounds before. Now, with the blackened, fire- Scarred stunrps aud fallen trunks of trees all about, it presented an appearance of desolation hard to describe. But in the center of the opening was the crownin; horror. In an indiscriminate heap lay ‘more than ninety corpses, men, women and little children, some burned to a crisp; others only browned by the heat, and none with a fragment of clothing larger than a man’s -hand to conceal their awful nakedness. Some were mere trunks, the extremities having been burned, off. RAINING AT) PINE CITY. eet Summing Up tie ‘Damage by Fire in That $4 Place. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., September 8.— From a staff correspondent of the Journal at Pine City, Mint.,*omes the following: A heavy rain haf abt in, and bids fair to contit.ue all day. -Né"further iculars as to the list of thesdead are obtainable t! morning. Public hurial of the unidentifi bodies will be hel Hinckley today. The total loss at Hinckféy and the tmmediate vicinity is roughi mated at $800,000. MICHIGAK, DEVASTATED. uw Settlers Fighting :Desperately to Save Their Homes. LUDINGTON, Mi¢i., September 8.—For- est fires are ragitig throughout the county. Acres of valuable timber and farm lands haye been destroyed. Settlers are en- deavoring to save their homes, and help is being sent from this city, The lake is con- tinually covered by a cloud of smoke, mak- ing navigation dangerous. MARQUETTE, Mich., September 8.—The western division of the Duluth South At- lantic road is crippled by loss of bridges by the forest fires. Several other roads have suffered serious Icss, All the lumber towns between Nestoria and the Wisconsin state line are safe so far, but many are fighting fire dangerously rear. At Ewen many people have loaded their effects on a train, which the South Shore officials are keeping ready to move out if necessary, and some small buildings in the outskirts have been burned. The smoke is stilt heavy here and the fog whistles are blowing. ISHPEMING, Mich. September 3.—A large amount of timber and farm crops has been consumed near Ishpeming. There are the south Lake Angeline yesterday. EWEN, Mich., Septem of men turned out Saturday night to the town burning. Four 4 r% houses were destroyed as well as Hulick’s RECO VERING THE BODIES, The Total Number of Corpses Thus Far 312. DULUTH, September 3.—The. Evening Herald has information that the total num- ber of corpses recovered from the forest fires so far is 312. SAVED TURTLE LAKE. The Entire Male Population Fought the Flames. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, August 3.—A Journal special from Turtle Lake, Wis., says. Turtle Lake was threatened all day today end yesterday. During the afternoon a bad fire approached the south side of the town, fanned by the brisk breeze which was blow- ing all day. The enttre male population turned out and succeeded in saving the town. At night the wind went and though the fires lit up the skies in all direc- tions, the town ir safe. from. towns the Omaha -ne between Turtle Take ond Spoons are very meager. STORIES OF SURVIVORS. How a Train Ram the Gauntlet of i : I i | Fi g i ig is Hf H PTE i : 5 if AH Figs {; 2 Ly a EL { if i Hy g a8 FF t i Hi ti h | HI : f i il al fl i i i z I i f F i 3 fr i tt i i i i f | | g Ys 5. Hell | E fl H E i f Ls i i! Ae i i z i gt if H & sHPe F i point i i iy s ln Al i ? H A ; i tried selves by — into the ri successful, but many were the smoke. Nine bodies were the same time this morning 4 HE bad | ber all records are burned, it is hard to definite information as to people erty. Hinckicy is a total loss. 2 § a PRESIDENT DUNLOP ARRESTED. He Wanted to Run Cars Through the Labor Procession. street through the parade. Lieut. Kelly directed the arrest of two gripmen, which was done, and then, it is said, President Geo, T. Dunlop, of the company jumped on one of the cars to run it through, when he, a was — a to the — ‘ourt, where he gave his personal bonds his appearance in court on Wednesday morning. It is said that Mr. Dunlop claimed that the company’s charter req the ie ning of cars uninterruptedly, and that he said he would sue the District whenever the cars were stopped. Those composing the procession many of the spectators were very nant at the course of the company, Se atte be would have been overtu —_—_—>_—_ FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. and and fara Admiral Walker’s Opinion of the New Hawaiian Republic. Rear Admiral Walker, who has just ar- rived here from Hawait, had a conference with Acting Secretary Ramsay at the Navy Department Saturday in regard to the naval operations in those islands during his recent visit there. A Star reporter met him in the department and endeavored to get him to talk about the state of affairs in the new republic. He declined most positively to say anything in regard to political ques- tions, but was not at all averse to discuss- ing the climate and wonderful resources of the Islands. “Everything was quiet at Honolulu when I left there in August,” he said, “and there were no prospects of an outbreak, “The new republican government seems to be firmly established and thoroughly com- petent to take good care of itself unless there is interference from the outside. Pearl River harbor, where it is proposed to establish a United States coaling station, ts It is one of the finest harbors in bly they may let you see it.” How about annexation?” asked the re- porter. “Oh, I canot say anything on that sub- ject except that the sentiment the people for annexation to the United tes still appears to be very strong. By the way, Honolulu is a most charming place, and I had a most delightful experience there. When shall I take charge Naval Academy? Well, that ds alto- gether on clreurastances. I wi have remain in Wi or e time the purpose of conferring with the tary of State and the Secretary to Hawaii. g g may given will keep me here I do not probabilities ore = a = napolis much before the o! next term, early in October.” jiral Walker is he left Washington several months ago. He enjoyed his visit to Hawaii very much, and speaks in the highest terms of the people who have been chosen to administer its af- fairs. Mr. Walter C. Duff has been appointed business manager of the Washington News perce in place of Robert G. Greer, dece: Mr. Duff acted as assistant man- ager for twelve years, MR. STEPHENSON’S SUCCESSOR. Seme ef the Current Gossip About the Vacant Presidency. ‘There does not seem to be a very great Gestre on the part of any of the larger stockholders of the Metropolitan Railroad Company to assume the presidency of the road. It 1s pretty well established in the minds of those acquainted with the facts that Mr. Stephenson's illness was aug- merted, if not brought about, by the worry im which he was plunged over the affairs of the company regarding the change of sys- Peculiar Appearance. i i | bet E g ! é i i i if Fe fi : 5e g is i z 4 i | é ae fi if é | : | if tf { | i & ef t i hi A fe | s i § i f held on Thursday evening, September 27, National Commandery Hall, No. €23 Louisi- eng avenue, and requesting a full and Prompt attendance of members and past ncble commanders, who will be entitled to admission on that date. He also requests that subordinate commanderies or members | on tember 12, where the beneficial phases of the order will be discussed. It is expect- ed it several of the scpreme officers will be it and address these meetings, as under the Noble Com: WwW. dery second and third degrees on one lady The committee on the good of the érder, Wm. —_———-_—. COURT APPEALS, The September Term Will Begin With Tomorrow's Session, The District Court of Appeals will con- beard, and the tribunal will then adjourn for several weeks. Seventy-two cases are on the calender, among them being those wha United States vs. % ee States cx rei Thomas a Hill cemetery vs. the District of Kearney Columbia, and Luke J. vs. the District Commissioners. —__. Capt. Elliott's Som Drowned. Capt. McKay of the navy, in charge of the Port Royal, 8. C., dry dock, has inform- ed the Navy Department of a serious storm there on August 27. It was the anniversary of the great cyclone at Port Royal in 1898. brother of ex-1 lost in the water tative Elliott, were mainland the sea tween the older of boat, were drowned. Delegates to the Peace Congress. Among the American delegates to the In- relieved from duty at and ordered to duty at Wi racks, D. C., to relieve Fort D. A. Russell, ° A slight fire occurred about 11 o'clock last night at the residence of Jane 1216 1-2 24 smounted to al Te cently a clerk in census office, was sented Saturday with a ver case by his late associates in the office. FUNERAL OF MR. STEPHENSON. The Services This Afterncon at the Late Residence. Funeral services over the remains of the | i H 7 ] Ht | j i if ; i i f A 3 : i i I i if fi f re E 7 i é F , ! i i g i : i ft i tt i i ee i il ; i F E a 4 H I f i | BRS Pye Hi i F | i 7 t Eh if i it i i H iil | , | | : | fe | iH ! j : co ty iL 3 f ui | | R i é rf § | i | | i | : | : | it | E | | i : tt i | i ; | ; | | i i Ei , el i if | it a Mt * 5 8 of i l f | E i g ! til i : | i f : ts | i i | : 4 ’ arrive at her wharf in this city Leal o'clcek today, nearly five hours overdue. — DEATH FROM POISON. The Coroner’s Jury’s Verdict in Case of John E. Patterson. ily i j i SE eh friends. The Avenue Oable Car Gripman leaseé From Arrest.