Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 7, 1894, Page 8

T e NEW MEN GOING TO WORK Fouth Omaha Packers Putting in New Foroes as Rapidly as Possible. NOTHING TO BE ARBITRATED THEY SAY Promise to 1o Ruoning as Usaal by the ¥nd of the Week— Strikers Express Themselves as Confident of Victory ~All Was Quiet Yesterday. It looks now very much as though the strikers bad lost thelr point at South Omaba and that the packers had won, The men were notified by the packers that they would be given until 7 o'clock yesterday morning to go back to their old places. At that hour only a few men at each house showed up for duty. These were given their old places at the same pay they were getting when they went out. Some new men were put to work, but as the kers had sald they would not fill the old places until after that hour, many men were turned away who were anxious to go to work. The places will now be filled in a burry, the pack- ers claiming that they have enough applica- tions from workmen to fill all departments by Wednesday, There have been rumors set afloat that the executive committee of the strikers has placed boycotts in various pla The com- mittee was asked It this true and the members denfed it in most emphatic terms. “We have not placed a single boycott on any person,” sald one of the committee nd we do not intend to do so. That is not a portion of our work. If any boycotting has been done it has been done by indi- vidual members of the union, but not by the executive committee.” Mr. Schwartz was sent out by the committee yester- day to notify all merchants and saloon men that no order had been issued by the ex- ecutivo committee to boycott any person. Some of the men who are out and who have 1t in particularly for the Cudahy company, stood over on the hill Saturday and ordered all the men and women not to buy their meat at Cudahy's, but to go to the Omalia house. Belleving that a boycott had been placed on the Cudahy retail market, many of the men and women passed by and bought at the Omaha. It Is such conduct as this that the executive committee wishes the people to know that they are not responsible for. Some of the strikers even went so far as to order the saloon keepers not to sell any beer to the men who were at work, and in several in- stances the instructions were carried out. It was given out by the press committee yesterduy that a message had been re- celved from St. Louls stating that all the workmen in the packing houses there had gone out. This same report has been used every day for nearly a week. A round-up of all the packing houses by a Bee reporter yesterday showed that the packers were not at all worried over the sit- uation. NOTHING TO ARBITRATE. At Swift's, Manager Foster sald that a number of his old men had returned to work. Whem, asked it a proposition to arbitrate had been submitted to him he said that it had not. “We have nothing to Ditrate, anyhow,” said the gentleman. “My men tell me they are satisfied with their pay. The scale the men submitted to me was even lower than I was paying some of my best men, and I don't care to cut wages. If some of my men are better work- men and I see fit to pay them more wages than others, I propose to do so. We are getting all the men we want. As long as we do not commence killing cattle until noon 1 shall hold the old places open until that time, in_order to give the old men a chance 0. come back. My coopers are not on a strike, as. I considey it.” They asked for a half day oft at noon Saturday and it was granted. This morning they. asked If they could remain out until Wednesday, and that was also granted. 1 don't want a single man to tell me after this business is all settled up that T did not treat him fairly. Of course we could not have given employment to all of our men if they had come back this morn- ing, for, we haven't got the work for them to do. This strike has scattered the stock and the receipts are so light that it will only take a few men in each house to.run the business until matters are again settled down to a solld basis. We will kill both cat- tle and hogs today. Manager Noyes of the Hammond company gaid he felt very much pleased at the present outlook. He said he was better fixed for men than he had been at any time since the trouble began. He has 100 applications on file of men who are anxious to go to work and said that by Wednesday he would have all the men at work he could handle. No formal request had been recelved by Mr. Noyes to arbitrate, he said, although he had read the proposition in The Bee. “There is no possibility of arbitration,” said_he, *‘so far as our company is concerned. We have nothing to arbitrate. Our men tell me they have no grievance, so of course there Is nothing to arbitrat BUTCHERS FROM CHICAGO. Manager B. A. Cudahy manages to look through his plant occasionally by the aid of a crutch and when he made his rounds yes- terday morning he came back to his office well satisfied with the outlook. “A good many of the old men are back to work,” said Mr. Cudahy, “and our force will be gradually in- creased now until we get the number of men we want. We have had offers from men from all over the country to comé here and g0 to work and we will get what we want. 1 will have plenty of butchers here from Chicago in a day or two. No, there has been no committee here to talk about arbitration, but it there had been we have nothing to arbitrate. The butchers withdrew the clause in regard to holding out until all grievances were settled in other cities as long ago as Saturday. They simply submitted a scale of wages which they sald would have to be pald. We have said that the old men who went back would have to do so at the same pay they were getting when they walked out. That s all there is to it. New men will be added to the force until we get all we need.” it about the same way at the Omaha plant. A portion of the old men went back, perhaps thirty in all, and there were about 200 new men who applied for work. None of the strikers attempted to molest new or old men who went to work vesterday. Thomas Cormack, who for years was a member of the Omaha police force, will in the future have charge of the police business at the Cudahy plant. Al Keysor, also an e policeman from Omaha, will work with Cap- tain Cormack. They assumed their dutics yesterday. The strikers wish the people to distinctly undorstand that they are a peaccable, law abiding lot of men, and do not propose to do any Ischief whatever, The following was given out by the executive committe r the benefit of the public. we striking packing house employes wish to state that we did not strike because we wanted to, but because we were compelled to. We wish to state that the packers do not pay us by the day, but by the hour, and we were only working from three to eig hours per day, which is an average of 75 80 cents a day for the men who réceive $1 # and $1.75 a day, and a little over for the men fecelving wages for skilled labor. And fur- her, the G. H. Hammond company is fng. about 3315 cents less than the wages wanted, and Wwhat the other packing com- panles are paying SAY THEY WILL WIN. The strikers appeared to in a good Bumor last uight and at the headquarters of the executive committee It was given out that the prospects were good for victory fn The Dee last evening," sald one of th committeemen, “that the packers had not gecelved our proposition to arbitrate. W mailed a copy of the matter printed in The Bee to each of the packers here Sunday even- fng. 1 am positive that some of them celved the letter, for hero is an answer to one at least.” The gentleman then produced what he claimed was a copy of a letter from Manager Noyes of the Hammond company, which read In substance that his company Bad nothing to arbitrate The strik 1 0 that none of the old men have gone back to work, but that on the other hand several more of the men came out yesterday, because they would not work for $1.60 a day. The strikers appear to be RBeir assertions tham at first the bold In \e butchers | nel ) s AU D0,V TR TS BTG WS R 50 o w1 s -7 . v THE OMAHA DAILY BEES TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 180L are especially positive of winning and many of them declare openly that if they do not win the packers will regret it. There have as yet been no acts of violence committed outside of a few scraps. ‘New men are belng put to work as they are needed and the packers say by the end of the week they will be running a full force. The nog butchers held a meeting last night and agreed to stay out until the pack- ers pald them the scale submitted. Warrants were issued yesterday for the arrest of two of the men who are out on the strike. S, Felsh s accused by John Snyder at the Hammond plant of destroying property and Herman Thielke is accused of destroying property at the same plant by throwing u rock through a window. - AYDEN BROS, Some Stk and Notion Specials. 22-Inch, extra fine quality, solid color China silks, in cream, black and colors, reg- ular 40c goods, at 26 Black, brown and navy blue moire silk, 260 yard. A new line of fancy brocaded taffeta silks, worth $1.00, only Black armure silk, 24 inches wide, regular $1.60 goods, every yard guaranteed for wear and service, only $1.00 Black peau de sole, 24 inches, elegant silk for service, actually worth $1.50; this week, $1.00. 1,000 doz. fine embroidered and hem- stitched handkerchiefs, new goods, elegant colors, worth 10c to 18c; your cholee for be. Red ribbons, belts and ties at lowest prices, HAYDEN BROS. FR et RDON EXCURSION. August 11, 1804, 4 - bouts to Courtland beach. AW $15.00 to Denver and return via the Union Pacific Aug. 10 and 11. Account League of American Wheelmen meeting. See me, H. P. Deuel, C. system, 1302 Fa Coolest ride here Dollars 15 Dollars, To Denver and return. To Colorada Springs and return, To Pueblo and retur Via the Union Pacific. Tickets on sale Aug. 10 and 11. Account League of American Wheelmen meeting, For furtlier particular call on H. P. Denel, C. T. A., U. P. system, 1302 Farnam street, Omaha. w02 T I ¥ GORDON EXCURSION. August 11, 1894 - Fine sandy bottom at Courtland. At a meeting of the stat» transportation committee of tlie Knights of Pythias, at Lin- coln, July 16, the Union Pacilic and Frement, Elkhorn & Missourl Valley reilroads were se- lected as the officlal route from all points north of the Platte river to the Missouri river, thence the Chicago & Northwestern raflway to Chicago, for the olennial encamp- ment at Washington, D. C., In August. Thorough and careful arrangements are being perfected in regard to rates and special train accommodation, of which all sir knights will be advised later. Present indications are for a large and en- thustastic attendance from north and central Nebraska. WILL B. DALE, Chairman Transportation Committee. ——— Excursion Rates Enst. For full information concerning summmer excursions call at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ticket office, 1504 Farnam street, or address F. A. NASH, General Agent. — - CLAN GORDON EXCURSION. August 11, 1894, — Finest resort in the west—Courtland. e BOARD OF HEALTH. CLAN Number of Dairies Keported to Ile In Very Bad Condition The only notable feature of the meeting of the Board of Health yesterday afternoon was a report of the ubsanitary condition of a large number of the dairies of the city. The milk inspector reported that a number of the dairymen were using brewers' malt with which to feed their cattle, and that the general condition of their barns and wells was very bad. Some of them also had neglected to remove the manure, so that the entire premises were in a very unhealth- tul condition. This subject was discussed in connection with the report of the city physician, which showed a large number of deaths during July from diarrheal complaints. Among these were nearly fifty = children. The mayor thought that some of this mortality might be due to the unhealthful condition of the milk, and asked Inspector Bruner why he had not caused the ‘arrest of the persons who were feeding their cows with the malt. His excuse was that the or- dinance provided that the milkmen should not feed their animals the brewers' slops, and that the slop leaked out of the wagons, while it was being drawn frof the brewery, leaving only the malt. His theory was that it was slop when it was loaded on the wagons, but when unloaded it was malt and not covered by the ordinance. The subject was allowed to drop with the under- standing that the ordinanc: should be rigidly enforced. A resolution by Seavey provided that the health commissioner, the sewer inspector and the plumbing inspector should constl- tute an investigating committee to examine and report on the condition of all hospitals and hotels within the city limits, Kidney Tea cures Trial size, 25 cents ——— CLAN GORDON EXCURSION. August 11, 1804, iy Lions and leopards at Courtland, el SR OUT FOR FUN. Second Party Leaves for the Camp at West Point, This morniog a fine, men will start for the Y. M. C. A. camp at West Point under the leadership of Mr. Waltemeyer. The second party returned yesterday in high spirits, and with the very best accounts of rattling good times at the camp. Among other things t recorded the grand celcbration of the cook's birth- day, when Mr. Yard was given a ‘“time" that took thie rheumatism out of his bones and reminded him of the days when he was a “kid." On of th special features of the last party was the fun around the camp fire at ni as there were a number of g-0d singers in the party and the nearest bor s a halt mile away. Of course there was nothing bolsterous ahout the fun, but good, healthy, vigorous jollity was the order of ‘things. One feature of the birth- day party was three pecks of summer apples, which were purchased of a neigh- boring farmer for the large sum of 10 ceots. The purchase of summer apples by & camping party spcaks pretty well for the fellows—ususlly apples are had for a good deal less than even 10 cents a peck. Messrs. Soljper and Landeryou rode from the camp to Omaha on thelr bicycles, arriving in good shape and reporting excellent roads. Messrs. West, E. B. Henderson and Secretary Ober expect to run up on their wheels, leaving Omaha tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, and would be glad to have any others go with them on the trip. Mr. R. P. Fales, office secretary of the assoclation, starts for the camp this morning, and expects to take some of his friends with him. Other mem- bers of the association are planning to go up Fridiy and remain the rest of the time at the camp. all kidney All druggists, Oregon troubles. ly party of young e Refreshing, exhilirating, a bath at Court. land beach, L DIED. or less under this head, Aftr each additional line, ten cents. RD--Mrs, Bylvia A., wife of Cy 1. Benford, August 6. The fu al will b from thelr' place of residence, %03 Plerce August 7, brother to Hon. C. 3 from Denver, Colo., at al to Bt. Cecelia’s church Interment, Holy Sepulcher ceme centr DRAKE-N. §., daty, 15t inst. tice' later. ttle, d 62 yeurs. Wash,, Wednes Fuaneral n [NOT ENOUGH VOTES THERE Poard of Eduoation Votes on Reinstatement of High Echool Teachers, FIGHT TEMPORARILY GIVEN UP lon Palnters Ask that Contractor Ray- mond and Others Be FPat Under Bond — Contracts for Supplies Awarded—Other Basiness. There was a pleasant exchange of cour- tesies when the Board of Bducation found ftself with a working quorum last evening. President Powell was absent and 5o was the vice president. Noting this fact, Mr. Akin nominated Mr. Gibson for chairman pro tem. Mr. Gibson at once returned the compliment by nominating Mr. Akin. Honors were thus evened up, but Mr. Gibson was chosen and the board was ready for business. Chairman Duryca from the committee on High school, to which was referred the sev- eral petitions of citizens and students for the reinstatement of Miss L. C. McG Miss Stacia Crowley and Miss Ida M. Street, reported that by*a vote of 3 to 2 the com- mittee recommended that the petitions be placed on file. Messrs. Blgutter and Duryea presented a minority report favoring the granting of the petitions and providing that the board proceed at once to ballot for three teacliers for the High school. Mr. Knodel made the point of order that the motion to adopt the recommendation of the minority report was in direct conflict with rule 42, which provides that the quota of pupils to each teacher in the High school shall be thirly and that no additional all be assigned, Chairman Gibson sustained the point order and Mr. Elgutter appealed from decision of the chair. The board declined to sustain the decision of the chair by a vote of 6 ta 5. The chal man looked up Roberts' “Rules of Ordes before announcing the vote. After looking over the book and holding a whispered con- sultation with Mr. Knodel, the chairman pro tem walked back to the chair and stated that lie should claim the right to vote, and that he would vote to sustain himself. Mr. Duryea wanted to know by what right the chairman presumed to vote on a question of sustaining his own decision. “I'm not president of this board; merely acting as chairman, and as a of the board T have a right to vot Mr. Lowe =aid that he never heard of a man's voting on the question of his own innocence. Dr. Duryea characterized the chairman’s position as unparliamentary in the highest degree. He sald that if any rule of order gave a ohairman a right to vote on a ques- tion affccting one of his own decisions such a rule was barbarous. After further contention, in which the chalrman’s position was assailed with respec:- ful vigor, Mr. Gibson retreated from his posi- tion and declared that the chair had not been sustained, BALLOTS WITHOUT ELECTION. Mr. Elgutter's minority report was then adopted by a vote of 6 to 5 and the board proceeded to ballot for three additional teachers for the High school. The first ballot was somewhat discouraging to the friends of the three candidates. Mis Crowley received 6 votes; Miss McGee, 4; Miss Street, 4. There were four blank baliots. The chairman declared that no election had rosulted. There was some further contention, and then Mr. Elgutter moved an adjournment, which was duly seconded. Mr. Babeock raised the point of order that there was a motion before the house. v A motion to adjourn is always in order,” said the chair. “But, Mr. Chairman,” claimed Mr. Tukey, “the committee on claims has not yet re- ported.” “That's so.” dublously responded the chairman. ““We can't adjourn now. 1 guess Mr. Babeock's point of order was all right."” Mr. Burgess arose to a question of in- formation, but the chair informed him that a ballot was in progress. Mr. Babcock’s motion to the effect that the board proceed to vote on the election of Miss Crowley was then carried, and the tellers collected the ballots. _Before the tellers could count the votes Mr. Burgess declared that he had not voted. “Well, take another ballot,” remarked the ohairman, and the tellers deposited the bal- lots in the waste basket and took up ancther collection. This ballot resulted in six votes against Miss Crowley and five for. Another motion o adjourn was lost and by vote the board dropped the balloting and resumed the regular order. The most notable feature of the routine reports was found in the final communica- tion of Building Inspector Macleod. The report referred to the- fact that thousands of dollars' worth of supplies and material is stored away in the basemeuts and attics of the several school buildifgs. The material has been stored away so long that nobody knows what there is of {t. Consequently the board frequently purchases material that it has on hand, if it only knew It. During his term of officc Superintendent Macleod claims that he resurrected 3,500 desks, 100 teachers' desks and twelve clocks. The Holbrook & Kane company submitted a proposition to ventilate the Dedge school for $1,700, giving each pupil 2,000 cubic feet of fresh air every hou The patrons of Forest school asked the board to do something for them. They lack school room, ground room and educational facilities. Their children who belong to the higher grades are compelled to walk a mile and a half to the Bancroft and Cas- tellar schools. The committee on buildings and supplies reported that arrangements had already been made for additional room, while Superintendent Fitzpatrick stated that it the Forest school district had a suffcient number of eighth grade pupils the board would have to establish such a grade. At present the superintendent beldleved that it would be cheaper for the board to gathe the eighth grade pupils in carriages latter plan was being followed in many New England clties. UNION PAINTERS' PETITION. A number of union painters petitioned the board to require I3 Raymond, John Sell- man and Charles Bradlcy, who had been awarded contracts for painting, papering and Kalsomining, to give bonds for the faithful performance of the contracts. Mr. Tukey explained that the men who had obtained the contracts were extremely low bidders, but that the board would lose nothing if the contracts were not filled.™ The petition, on motion of Mr. Tukey, was placed cn file. County Superintendent Hall notified the board that the amount due the school dis trict of Omah from the state apportion- ment for July was $21,387.31, The bond of Secretary Gillan was approved. On report of the kindergarten commitgee, a kindergarten was established at Come- nius sohool for the ensuing year. Mr. Akin, from the committee on teachers and examination, moved the adoption of a resolution to the effect that inasmuch as there will be but thirty-elght weeks of school for the next year, the schools be opencd on September 10, instead of the first Monday in that month. He esplained that the committee made the recommendation be- cayse the first week of September would he badly cut up by Labor day and the state fair. The resolution provoked some little discussion of an unfriendly character, and it was quietly burled. The contract for printing the annual re port of the board and for furnishing all other printed matter except rules and regulations and course of study was awarded to the Klopp & Bartlett company. The Pokrok- Zapadu Printing company secured the rules and regulations, the Reed Printing company got the course of study, while the Rees company secured the contract for the litho- graphing. Thomas C. Platts. bid $6.50 per cord for two-foot wood and $7 per cord for one foot length He got the contract for both, The Omaha Coal, Coke and Lime company will furnish kindling for the en- suing year at the rate $6.40 per cord, The ¢ racts for stationery for the en- sulng year were divided among the Omaha News company, A. H. Andrews & Co., B, E. Bruce & Co. Megeath Statlonery com- pany, Klopp & Bartlett and Omaha Printing company sulng year of the I'm nember ntract for hard was awarded coal for n. the en- Mount, who agreed ta'furnish the best Pennsyl- vania anthracitesfor §7.76 per ton. The committee sen supplies recommended that the contrackdor screened lump coal be let to the Nebrasie Ruel company at $2.95 per ton, and the Amarican Fuel company be authorized to faenish Bevier nut at $2.74 per ton, Mr. Burgoss, one of the five members of the committes on supplies, declined to sign the above recommendation. He stated that he favored Wakmt block at $3.44 per ton for the reason that a ton of the Walnut block would furnish more heat than a ton and a halt of Whitehreast at $2.95. Mr. Babcock swanted a sclentific test the relative merits of the several coa He thought that the Sheridan coal at $3.95 would be the ohempest. Dr. Duryea stated that he had tested the Sheridan coal and belleved that it was as nearly perfect as any coal could be. Mr. Gibson belleved that a test should be made before the contract was awarded. Mr. Lowe moved that the contract, as far as it related to lump coal, be held until & test could be made. The motion was lost by a tle vote and the recommendation of the supply committee was adopted. i Fishing and bathing, Courtland beach. stz dahens CAN'T FIND M’PHERSON. a and Then Dropped Out of sight. Todd McPherson, a merchant from Water- Ico, has mysteriously disappeared In Omaha and his friends have employed detectives to endeavor to locate him or his body, for they are of the firm belief that he met with foul play and has been murdered and robbed. On last Wednesday Mr. MePherson came to Omaha with a load of poultry, which he disposed of at a good price. Then he purchased a load of merchandise with a small portion of the proceeds of the sale of ickens and sent the load home by a neighbor named William Green. This 1s the last seen of McPherson by his family and, 80 far as can be learned, by any one else. At the time he left his neighbor he said that he would remain in town until a later hour and return on a train. He was known to then have a considerable sum of money on his person, and it is thought by his friends that he has been robbed and probably murdered, His wife is so badly worried about the disappearance of her husband that she is confined to her bed and it is feared that lier mind will become affected. McPherson is a well-to-do resident of Waterloo and is a steady-going man, not liable to become mixed up in any trouble. . He has nothing to trouble him or cause him to leave home, and his domestic relations were of the most pleasant _character. J. R. Watts, a friend of the McPhersons, came to Omala yesterday to assist in the search for the missing men, and the best detective talent in the city has been en- geged to look up the man's whereabouts. Bad ert Bolden. Albert Bolden, a negro, was arraigned in the police court yesterday as a sus- pleious character. He was arrested by Detectives Hayes and Hudson Saturday af- ternoon while carrying a bundle containing nine revolvers and several watches. Bolden claims that he bought the goods from a sec- ond hand dealer to be used in running a cane rack game at the fairs and races in southern Kansas this fall. Judge Berka will decide the ‘case this morning. Bolden has quite a reputation here. Last fall he was living with a couple of mulattoes in tho frame house on Howard street west of Thirteenth, where the inmates were run- ning a badger game. The police says Bolden would steer strangers and white men into the place and -while they were enjoying the smiles of the women some one wWho would be concealed under the bed would rob the victim. A well known young man was robbed of @ diamond pin in’this house last fall and he eomplained to the police. The pin was found on Bolden and recovered after which the-complainant refused to pros- ccute the case, as he had: got his property again and did 'wot wish to-became mixed up in a disgraceful seandal. Judge Berka fined the women $50 and costs each and on their promising to leave the city and never return the fine was suspended. Bolden then went to St. Paul with one of the women and he claims that he married her. They came back to Omaha about a month ago, but this Is the first time they have been soen by the police. Bolden claims that he is now driving an express wagon and is trying to lead an honest life. 1in Trouble Again. Walter Reynolds was fined $1 and costs yesterday ~ for creating a disturbance in the Metropolitan hotel Saturday night This is the young man who has had so much trouble with his wife and her par- ents. He was arrested saveral days ago at the Instance of his mother-in-law, charging him with compelling her daughter to go to the Arcade hotel and remain over night with him. The coupe had been married, but for the last two years had not lived together, because it was alleged that Reynolds was a bigamist. He succeeded in proving that this was a groundless charge and after his release from jail effected a reconciliation with his wife and they went to the Metro- politanhotel to live. Their board bill became due Saturday night and was presented by Landlord Gay. Then Reynolds declared that he had been insulted and would not pay the bill until he got ready to leave. He said that he would continue to stay at the hotel in spite of the demands of the proprietor for him to vacate the room. They had a scuffle over the baggage and Reynolds was locked up. His wite packed up her things and went home, saying that she would have nothing more to do with him. But since his arrest Reynolds has received notes from his wife and it is «thought that they will go ta liv- ing together again. A Cure « Diarrhoea. I had been troubled with chronic dlar- rhoea for over a year when I recelved a small botle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoen Remedy, which 1 used and it gave me great relief. I then procured a 50-cent bottle and took about two-thirds of it, and was cured. I have taken some twice since when I had a loosness come on and it stopped it at once. I hope it will help others as it helped me. I feel very thankful to Mr. Stearns, the druggist, for telling me of this remedy and shall be glad to have this letter published. 8, C. Weeks, Melrose, Mass. For sale by druggists, L Popular musie at Courtland beach, e CLAN GORDON EXCURSION, August 11, 1894, —— They Want the Job, The body of Will Wakeley had not been brought across the river Thursday morning before would-be statesmen had begun to file their applications with the mayor for th vacant city clerkship. Two applications were in before noon and since then others have followed until the mayor has a fairly good- sized stack of applications on hand. One of the first to shy his castor was Captain A, H. Scharff of the Thurston Rifles, who is anxious to try his hand at a political office. Ex- Councilman Sol Prince is another applicant. In the meantime the democratic contingent in the council is quietly fixing things so as to save any of these gentlemen the trouble of golng into office and John Evans Is per- forming the duties of the office just as though he intended to keep right on until the end of the term, Ho Came to On e Kidney Tea cures neryous head- 5 cents. All drugglsts, e Ride on the steamer at Courtland. Oregon aches. Trial size, [ PRAIRIE FIRE PALE BEFORE IT | Terrifyivg Fury of Devouring Flames in a Pine Forest, REVIEW OF A WISCONSIN TRAGEDY HBelt of Timber Seve Flercely T Detense Phillips and It Floal Destruction. ty Miles Wide Hurning of Only those who have passed through terrible ordeal can understand the fury of a forest fire in the northern Wisconsin and Michigan pineries—a fire which de tates whole ties and lays citi in ashes, often causing great loss of life, as was the case at Phillips, Wis., recently, when twelve persons met an awful death while end or ing to flee before the flames. The only thing that can compare with a forest fire is the prairie fire, of which so much used to be heard when the west was first being settled, and, though the prairie grass will burn much more rapidly, it do not furnish such solid food for the flames do the majestic pines of the forest, Not in twenty years, Herald, has there been such Wisconsin as this of the state to the other there is a cry for rain, and everywhere Is the complaint of burned and ruined crops, The high tempera- tures have been general and the whole state fs as dry as a tinder box. Little wonder, then, that awful fires rage through the northern and that when have passed it is found that even the roots of trees are burned and that the very e is baked to a depth of a couple of most destructive fires this year in a belt about seventy miles w ing clear across the state, boundary being about fifty e Superior. Here fires have ing for nearly two months and - stroyed thousands of acres of pinc. Inhabit- ants of the little lumber towns which dot that region have been busy for weeks cut- ting the timber around their villages and burning the brush. The fire thus finds itself compelled to go to either side of the town for its fuel and the little homes are saved. But should the wind become a gale even this labor does not save the town, for the wind carries the flames across the cleared space and attacks the frame houses. Then the families have to fly for their lives and are fortunate if they escap ORIGIN SELDOM K} The origin of a forest fire is seldom dis- covered. The match carelessly thrown into a heap of leaves by a passing woodsman, the smoldering fire left by a camper or sparks thrown by a locomotive as it rushes through the forest may be the cause of mil- lions of dollars of damage and may cost many lives. First little tongues of flame dart in and out, stealthily following the roots of trees along and even under the ground, then springing up and licking a bush or small tree. Then the spirit of de- struction becomes bolder and a tall pine is wrapped in folds of flame. The pride of the forest comes crashing to the earth. The enemy hisses and darts about it. Then, as it by magic, a whole forest of pine is sur- rounded and invaded by a grand mass of fire and all the world seems to be in flames. Phillips, the county seat of Price county, hidden as it was in the depths of a Wiscon: sin forest, was one of the prettiest towns in the state. It was also one of the most solid and prosperous on_the line of the Wilconsin Central railway. Phillips was about cighty miles south of Ashland and contained nearly 3,000 inhabitants. For weeks there had been fires in the forests to the west of the town. During the day the sun was partly obscured by the clouds of smoke, the pungency of which caused every- body to go about with red and smart. ing eyes. At night in the west there was & blood-red light. Night by night it grew broader and broader untii its re. flection fairly gleamed on the roofs of the villag Still, people felt comparatively safe. For six miles south of the town there was a cedar swamp quite well inundated It was thought that any fire could be tem- porarily controlled there and made to pass around the town. By the morning of I day, July 27, the fire had crept up to the swamp. The people had been mistaken in their ideas of the protection to be afforded by the swamp. The marshy turf had been converted by the rays of the sun Into peat. Gases werc generated in the low lands of the swamp and great balls of fire rolled in advance of the main body of flame. The entire male population of Phil- lips was in the swamp making a heroic fight to save their homes. The roar of the firc was awful, and the wind carricd great sheets of flame over the tree tops a hundred feet ahead of the big mass of fire. It was soon seen that efforts to check the progress of the fire here were futile. DESTRUCTION OF A TOWN. The men retreated to the village to make one more stand against the encmy. The town had a_good system of water works, but when the firz once entered the cily the pumping station was one of the fir places licked up. All hope was then lost. Those people who had teams hurriedly gath- ered a few things together and fled down the road. The little switch engine snatched a score of freight cars from the logging yards, Fully 1,000 excited men, women and children scrambled into them, carrying only the clothes they had on their backs. The en- gine drew them twelve miles down the line to a place of safety. Other families had fled to the cemetery and the county fair buildings across the river. All escaped except ty persons. One of these was a woman who lingered to save a few keep- sakes. Her charred bores were found next day in- front of the ashy site of her former home. The others were members of three families who became crazed and fled directly in the path of the fire in- stead of away from it. They were soon crowded to the shore of the little lake and sought refuge in a floating boathouse. They thought that the wind would carry the raft across the lake. Though the wind carried sheets of flame high above their heads there was an under current of air which created sufficient draft to draw the house back to- ward tie blazing sawmill. Then t had to take to three small boats, The s logs which filled the lake caught fire and in their efforts to splash water on themselves the occupants capsized the overloaded craft. All were drowned but one woman—a Mrs. Cliss, who was found clinging to an up- turned boat on the opposite side of the lake. She was unconscious and clinging to her neck was the dead body of her babe. The woman has partly recovered from the shock and_may liv Al that remained of Phillips when the fnhabitants returned next day was a group of about twenty houses. By a freak of the fire these had been spared, though all else for miles around was an ashy waste. Relief headquarters were opened in the town hall, which .was one of the buildings saved. Governor Peck headed a rellef train which carried provisions and tents to Phillips the next morning. Business men who had thousands of dollars within the crumbled walls of the village bank were wan- dering about without coats to their backs and were glad to accept a sandwich at relief headquarters. But by nightfall the people were comparatively comfortable. — The property loss at Philllps is conservatively estimated at $750,000, and the total loss from forest fires in northern Wisconsin this year will reach $1,500,000. con as Chicago a drouth in From one end says the season. woods, they extend- norihern south of burs have mil s b OWN. Highest ot all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. 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