The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 9, 1904, Page 5

FRA THE SAN NCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1904. RUSSIAN ARMY MOBILIZATION IN MANCHURIA IS NEARING COMPLETION MUCH INTEREST OCCASIONED BY THEIR WEDDING - Sally Sharp. se upon the heels of the ement of her engagement clamation of Miss Bessie in London yesterday of Sweden, by the The wed- age n Canterbury. d nth of June—the month importunities of lov- s make shrift of plans, so a was quietly obtained made one. - Details of ng affair are lacking, save known fact of Mr. Steen's nation to win his bride. people met under the sap- gkies of the Orient, Mr. Steen ligiously following in the Miss Center—when not actu- je her—through ker tour of the and vigilantly pleading his the most propitious eir- and perseverance won urn to pay their re- ie's father, Alexander Pacific Mail Steamship to permit a host of girl- to offer congratulations to —and a host of Steen what a lucky Carrigan, U. S. A, are ng the center of the stage ged couple—but not r the engagement fever has and a few other “ter- g ones are on the very newest er a charming girl, much 1 Mrs. James Sperry, & er hand to a fine | B ndid fellow. T Horse Show of the Doctor’s Daughters is growing like a Tulare overnight. It is turnip—it'’s growing one of the most popular affairs by the Daughters—and a broad statement, for guilty of aught but kewise paying ones. the last box in the Riding was disposed of, with Mrs. the purchaser. stinctly a “‘smart d will have a $§ounda- nthropic worth r been Ay Francis J. Carolan and Mrs. An- McCreery will dispel the gray of Lent on Thursday night, by ng a Mi-careme bal masque at the ngame clubhouse. The hostesses epended upon for perfect ar- nd a radiant good time, spice of originality Special cars will leave and Market streets at 8:30 o’clock nefit of guests that are lucky nough to be bidden. £. J Manuel Masten will be P e on the second and third Fri- days Apri > 8. Agnes S. Murphy, member of incil of the Society of Women sts, London, will be the guest f Sketch Club on Fridav, when she 1 sp f.q)\ on the development of Ne land, which colony she 2 \ On St. Patrick’s eve s Murphy will be the guest of the ind Club at a lunch and round hen she wil bute remi- » land—Ireland. —_———— PERSONAL. s an attorne; of W nd, is California. r,* a prominent , one of the leading i= registered at the well-known cap- at the Occi- Van Norden and War- f New York are at Robert Weinstock, prom- s of Sacramento, arrived terday. the the the noted cartoon- East yesterday Palace. the of Union ' Pacific a ed here yesterday from me ped over only long enough to mer his car to be trans- t line, and then de- ifornia. AL Californians in New York. NEW YORK, March 8.—The fol- have arrived at cisco—A. Landsberger, at B. Warner, at the Humphrey, at the —T. 8. Young, at the St. fiss E. Bosbyshell, at J. H. Adams, at the Professor Stephens to Lecture. The eleventh lecture in the univer- extension course on the French volution now being held by the Me- nics’ Institute will be delivered at e Mechanics’ Pavilion Art Gallery night. The subject of the ‘Mertin of Douai, the Ther- The lecture will-be deliv- Professor H. Morse Stephens. rrow v Feel Gbod all day on Grape-Nuts The Perfect Food Get the little book “The Road to Well- wville” in each pkg. s to have taken | ned that the young people the newly ay:flnlnl?d | | | Cavalry Will Try to Locate | From the elaborate preparations made heard of since. Walls was dropped | from the army list as a deserter on February 28. | his home, 112 Devisadera street, yes- PROBLEM WORK FOR TROOPERS and Oppose the Entry of Supposed Enemy to Post ARMY MULES ARE SICK Major Bigelow, commander of the Third Squadron, Ninth Cavalry, is still keeping up the vigorous drilling that has characterized his work since he took charge of his command at the Presidio. For to-day he has outlined what is termed problem fleld exercise, | it should not only be a fine and ex- haustive drill for the troopers, but at the same time it should be a plctur- esque sight for the onlooker. It practi- cally consists of an attack from the enemy from the outside of the post, and the attempt of those in charge of the post to hold the situation. Blank cartridges will be fired galore and the exercise is intended to smack in every way of actual warfare. Troop I, Ninth Cavalry, under com- mand of Captain Charles Young, will be the attacking party, and will ad- vance upon the McDowell-avenue en- trance, adjacent to the golf club house. Troops K, L and M, under command of Major Bigelow, will reconnoiter the grounds of the Presidio over different portions, with the idea of trying to locate the spot at which the enemy is liable to attack the post. The exer- cises will begin at 8:30 a. m. The transport Thomas sailed on Mon- day afternoon from Honolulu for this port. Besides the Eleventh Infantry and 400 Philippine scouts she brings a large number of casuals. OFFICERS COMING HOME. Prominent among the officers are Colonel Henry Wygant, Twenty-sec- ond ¢ Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel Henry P. McCain; Major Frank de L Carrington, First Infantry; Major Leonard A. Lovering, inspector gener- al's department, Manila; Major George H. G. Gale, Inspector general's de- partment, Manila, and Major John Els- ton Baxter, quartermaster’s depart- ment. The Thomas will be due here late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. The 230 mules which arrived from Missouri two weeks ago and have been quartered on the Presidio flats do not take kindly to their environment; at least, they haven't taken kindly to the | climate they have come into. Sev. of them have died, several are sick, and they seem to mearly all present a sort of mopish appearance. The strong breezes that float in through the Golden Gate are apparently too strong for their constitutions. They are destined for service in Manila and will be sent there as soon as the transport Dix is ready to receive them. The fine new gymnasium at the Pre- stdio 1s now practically completed and will be thrown open for the use of en- listed men of the post next Monday. Lieutenant Beauford R. Camp will have charge of the management of this useful addition to the post. With Cap- | tain Louis R. Burgess he is busily en- | gaged in drawing up the rules and| regulations which will govern the| running of that institution. The build- ing and apparatus has cost Uncle Sam somewhere in the vicinity of $50,000. MAPS OF SEAT OF WAR. | The ..avy Department yesterday | supplied the different officers of the di- vision and department at headquarters in the Phelan building with large and comprehensive maps of Korea, China and Japan, and also of Panama and environments. These now adern the walls of the different offices and were consulted with much interest by the officers yesterday. John H. MitcheN, Troop L, was ap- pointed yesterday as squadron sergeant major of the Third Squadron, Ninth Cavalry. Mitchell was educated at public schools at New Haven and passed a free competitive scholarship for admittance into the Connecticut Literary Institution at Sheffield. He was elected to fill the place of Henry F. Walls, who disappeared from the post on February 18 and has never been Five hundred marines are due to ar- rive from Washington, D. at 4a. m. on Thursday. Special tugs will convey them to the transport dock and they will board the transport Buford, which is now scheduled to sail sharp at noon the same day. Major W. E. Birkhimer, general staff, assistant to the chief of staff, Pacific Division, arrived in town yestetday from Washington, D. C.,, and at once paid his rrspecls to General MacAr- thur. Mrs. Birkhimer will follow later. Major Fra McNutt, who has been sta- tioned at Benicia Barracks, paid his farewell call on General MacArthur yesterday, as he leaves for his new post at Waterton Arsenal, Mass., within the next few days. Colonel Henry C. Ward, Fifteenth Infantry, stationed at Ord Barracks, registered at headquarters yesterday. —_——— George W. Dixon Dies. George W. Dixon, formerly a resi- dent of Grass Valley, but for quite a number of years a resident of this city, where he was engaged in the tobacco trade and real estate business, died at terday after an illness of several months. Mr. Dixon was quite promi- nent in fraternal societies, being at one time a leader in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, but subsequently he was a prominent figure in the Royal Arcanum, being secretary of Argonaut Council and also alternate |representxlhe to the governing body | 1 of that order. He was for a number of years the recording secretary of Sar- gent Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a native of Rochester, N. Y., and 63 years of age, He leaves a widow and two sons. —_————— Japanese Arrested for Forgery. Keze Tapaze, a Japanese, was ar- rested last night on a charge of forg- ing small checks on local banks. Ta- paze is an old offender, having already served time in San Quentin. FEATURES OF THE DAY’'S WAR NEWS From the Japanese capital comes a report that there has been a naval battle in the sea of Japan and that the Russian Vladivostok squadron has been captured or destroyed. any source, but news of a sea fight has been expected ever since Japanese warships cut off the retreat of the Russian squadron to the harbor of Vladivostok. British experts believe that the main Japanese army will disembark on the eastern coast of Liao- tung Peninsula, between Port Arthur and the Yalu River. a disadvantage, compelling them to resist a flank attack while facing the Japanese army advancing It has been clalmed by the Russians that, because of physical disadvantages, it would be impossible to land a large army on the ecastern shore of the peninsula, but the resourceful brown men * According to the London Times, Japan has available at present through Korea. may prove them to have been mistaken. This would about 170,000 men for the commencement of her land operations. There is an army of Japanese spies in Manchuria, and Tokio's strategists are kept fully informed of Russia’s military operations. The Russians are bending every effort toward the strengthening of their position on the Liaotung Peninsula and the defense of Port Arthur from a land attack. entrenchments has been thrown up to guard all approaches to the endangered city. Russia’s army mobilization has proceded. so satisfactorily that Commander in Chief Kuropatkin has decided to hasten his departure to the front. the Russians probably will act purely on the defensive. Bulgarian, Montenegrin and Servian volunteers will serve in the Russian army, the Czar having sanc- tioned their enlistment. According to a report from Tokio the Russians have succeeded. after all in floating Retvizan and the cruicer Askold and the salvage of the Cesarevitch is proceeding satisfactorily. coming from a Japanese source, indicates that the Port Arthur fleet has entirely recovered from dealt by Admiral Togo at the outbreak of the war. Japan, despite official denials made only recently, Wlll attempt to negotlnm a war loan in the United It is added in the dispatch making this announcement that the funds are not actually neded, but that it is deemed best to prepare for eventualities, Japan evidently believing that the war may last for States. years. | e Movement of Czar's Troops Prceeds Mo pected and General Kuropatkin WAl Hury to the Front Special Cablegram to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the ST. PETERSBURG, March 8.—Much | earlier than originally stated, General Kuropatkin will start on Sunday next for the seat of war. He will make his headquarters at Mukden, whereas Vice- roy Alexieff will reside at Harbin. The accelerated departure of General Kuropatkin denotes that the mobiliza- tion of Russian troeps has proceeded much more rapidly than was expected, and also that the Japanese intention to precipitate a conflict is fully realized. It is estimated that General Kuro- patkin can reach Mukden in about fif- teen days. Two German officers who are going | out as war correspondents applied to! General Kuropatkin to go with him. He | refused, saying that he could not at- tend to such matters now, but that he | would meet them at Mukden and there | a&ve a decision on their application. I mention this incident because it has been distorted into a refusal to allow | German attaches to go to the front. The Emperor has just assented to the formation of a volunteCr corps of | 1000 men, consisting of Bulgarians, | Montenegrins and Servians, to go to the front, but on condition that they must be thoroughly qualified in every respect for hard service and be sec- onded by their own armies. CYRIL NEARS THE FRONT. The Grand Duke Cyril telegraphs | that he has passed Lake Baikal. The Emperor has sanctioned Prince Napo- | leon, who is here and who is a son of Achilles Murat, going to the fighting lines. A number of experienced Vladivo- | stok pilots have been accepted as ad- miralty lieutenants aboard warships. The special Tibetan mission, which should have reached here a little while ago, has notified the Government that | it will postpone its visit to a more suit- | able time. The Glyn Mills Currie Company and London bankers have sent £250 to the | Red Cross. On all sides I hear favor- able comments on England’s newly ap- pointed Embassador, Sir Charles Harding. Altogether there is a wave of peace and good will in political re- lations with all nations except Japan. Although the Japanese squadron now off Vladivostok issuperior to the Russian squadron in numbers and guns, consist- ing of a battleship and four armored cruisers, two of which are believed to be the Idzuma and the Yakumo, and two unarmored cruisers, the four armored cruisers under Captain Reit- zenstein—the Rossiay, Gromoboi, Rurik and Bogatyr—are among the finest ves- seis in the Russian navy, constituting as sister ships a homogenous fighting unit, and exverts here are not certain that they could not take the measure of Rear Admiral Uriu’s ships. JAPAN i NAVAL PLANS. A naval service organ here argues lengthily that the present Japanese naval disposition presages a movement on a large scale in the sea of Japan. The paper accounts for all the Japa- nese ships, reckoning the battleships Fuji and Shikishima, the armored cruisers Iwate and Asama and the pro- tected cruiser Takachiho as being in- fured. There is no truth in the reports that the Japanese fleet bombarded Vladi- vostok all day yesterday. According to the latest information the fleet simply showed itself and sailed away without firing a gun. One reason ad- vanced here for the appearance of the Japanese in northern waters is their probable desire to regain possession of the island of Saghalieny which was ceded to Russia by Japan. It is point- ed out that the whole of Northern Japan will be. threatened with famine if the food supply derived from the island of Saghalien fisheries is cut off. Nine-tenths of the exports go to Japan; in addition to which Japanese boats have been carrying on piratical fishing along the coast, which has exhausted the fish supply of the Amur estuary. The native tribes there are suffering from hunger and typhus. The Rus- sian Government will prepare a gun- boat flotilla on the Amur to provide protection to the fisheries as soon as the river is free from ice. ADMIRAL'S WIFE IRATE. The wife of Admiral Stark, the for- mer commander of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, has returned here from Port Arthur. and denies the report that the admiral and his officers were ashore attending a ball at the time the Japanese at- tacked the Russian squadron. Madame Stark declared her husband did not pass a night ashore after he took com- mand of the squadron. On February | ing raised to strengthen the navy. | kin. She issvery indignant |, He will start next Sunday. No verification has come from place the Russians on the Yalu at ! A network of Until his arrival in Manchuria the battleship This news, the blow Company. 8 all of the officers and the crews were on board at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and at 8 o'clock at night the admiral held a council of war on board the flagship instead of opening a ball in honor of his wife’'s birthday. This was followed by a sham attack at 11 o'clock that night, confirming in this respect the press account of the attack as cabled March 5. On the day of the bombardment a shell ex- ploded over the head of Madame Stark’s daughter, but did not injure her. About 40,000 tribesmen inhabiting | the Trans-Baikal territory have peti- | tioned the young Czarina to be allowed to continue their tribal relations and not be placed under the Russian ad- ministrative system, with the alterna- tive of permission to migrate to Mon- golia. The Czar telegraphed, dPCllnlngl to grant the tribesmen's request. Count Orloff Bashokoff has given another $100,000 toward the fund be- CZAR'S FAR BAST ARMY TO NUMBER AT LEAST 400,000 PARIS, March 9—The Matin this | morning publishes a dispatch from | Harbin, Manchuria, in which the cor- | respondent says the weather is still stormy at Port Arthur and the sea ex- tremely rough. It is rumored from Liaoyang, the correspondent contin- ues, that a small house near the rail- road station there is being prepared for the occupancy of General Kuropat- The railroad company has been obliged to advance three months’' pay to numerous employes, who otherwise | would not be able to feed their wives | and children. The price of foodstuffs has been increased extravagantly and, the population is begging that a scale | of prices be fixed officially. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Figaro has sent an interview with General Sakharoff, Minister of War, who, while refusing to give the number of men concentrated in the Far East, says the military authorities were well pleased. There was no lack of troops, he said, but the means of transporta- tion beyond Lake Baikal were inade- quate, and he was about to send 120 locomotives and 2000 cars beyond the lake in order to move the troops more rapidly. General Sakharoff declared that the number of troops to go to Manchuria had not yet been fixed; he would send what was necessary, and he admitted that the minimum would be 400,000. The question of supplying the army with provisions did not cause anxiety. General Sakharoff said he had no knowledge of any plan to withdraw the troops from Port Arthur, leaving the town to its own defenses. The cor- respondent of the Figaro, however, af- firms positively that this plan was elaborated in St. Petersburg, and adds that it was first revealed by a man whom nobody in Russia can disavow. MAKAROFF EAGER TO ATTACK TOGO™S JAPANESE FLEET PARIS, March 9.—The St. Peters- burg correspondent of the Matin says that Vice Admiral Makaroff has ar- ranged with Viceroy Alexieff, a plan of defensive operations. Vice Ad- miral Makaroff is declared to be anx- ious to make an aggressive move, in order to put an end to the blockading of Port Arthur. Telegraphing from St. Petersburg, a correspondent of the Echo de Paris says that, contrary to the statements cabled from Port Said, the Russian squadron under command of Admiral Wirenius will return to Libau, on the Baltic, in a few weeks, leaving only | one cruiser and several torpedo-boats in the Mediterranean. CWCPRIN R 3K SCANDINAVIANS | FEAR EFFECT OF RUSSIAN DEFEAT SRR SR, COPENHAGEN, March 5 Throughout Scandinavian countries, but more particularly in Sweden and Denmark, the war has awakened grave fears for the position of the northern people. The Far East is regarded as a safety valve for Russian energies, and as lonx as tha Bussians were fully re-Hapldly Than Was b New York Herald Publishing occupied in forging their way toward the Pacific the Scandinavians felt they might escape from the tender atten- tions of the Russian bear. It is not too much to expect that if the Jap- anese be victorious and Russia foiled in an attempt®to reach the Pacific she may turn to the Atlantic and seek to annex a portion of the Swedish and Norwegian seaboard. A greater danger, however, lies in the possibility of war not being con- fined to the present combatants. If it extend to Europe the neutrality of the Scandinavian countries may be endangered. There is growing up a strong party opinion favorable to a Scandinavian combinatton to jointly guarantee neutrality. i A AUSTRIAN PREMIER HOLDS PESSIMISTIC VIEW ()F FUTURE| VIENNA, March H—The Reichsrath reassembled to-day after a recess of three months' duration. The address of Dr. von Koerber, the Austrian Pre- mier, was extremely pessimistic. Here- tofore his speech opening the session has been cheerful and hopeful, but to- day he spoke as though he had lost all | hope and declared that the situation verily presented a picture of a parlia- mentary graveyard. The opinion of the Premier seemed to be generally shared. Among other things the Premier said that Austria-Hungary regretted deeply the Russo-Japanese war and would ob- serve the strictest neutrality during the conflict. Referring to the Balkans, he hoped that after the proposed re- forms had been carried out there would be no further agitation there. The present session is tolerably cer- tain to prove as barren of results as preceding sessions, the Czechs being determined to continue their obstruc- tion, which the Government seems powerless to overcome. S Bt BERLIN EXPLAINS CZAR'S PROTEST TO PEKING COURT BERLIN, March 9.—The Tageblatt this morning publishes a statement regarding the motives of Russia in protesting against the concentration of Chinese troops on the Manchurian frontier and intimates that it originat- ed with the Russian embassy in Ber- lin. The communication says that the assumption that Russia was influenced by political motives, such as cherish- ing designs on Chinese territory, in making this protest, is erroneous. Her motives were purely military. The presence of Chinese troops on the Manchurian border might result in unpleasant occurrences. The St. Pet- ersburg Government is fully convinced that China honestly intends to main- tain a strict neutrality, but this con- c¢entration of troops would endanger such neutrdtity. The Peking Govern- ment is itself not sure of its troops. RUSSIANS FLOAT WARSHIPS HIT BY TOGO'S TORPEDOES to The Call and Special Cable New York Herald. Copyrgiht, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. TOKIO, March 8.—According to Port Arthur reports the Russian war- ships Retvizan and Askold have been refloated and salvage work is proceed- ing on the Cesarewitch. BB P T \ Accident on French Cruiser. ALGIERS, March 8.—The French cruiser Dassas burst a tube in her boiler as she was starting for the Far East to-day, in company with four tor- pedo-boat destroyers. Four men were severely scalded and the cruiser was obliged to return to port. o Leave Gas Jet Open. ‘William John turned on the gas in his room at 541 Sixth street yesterday morning and then commenced to search for a match. He scon became over- come by the escaping fumes, but revived after being removed to the hospital. Oswald Hasselacher was also a victim of carbon morioxide poisoning. He left the gas partly turned on in his room, 108 Eighth before retiring. ‘He recovered consciousness soon after he reached the hospital and returned to his roam. ¢ FEARLESS CHILD FOILS BURGLARS Little Girl Left at Home Alone Uses 'Phone When She Hears Man in Basement R POLICE OVERLOOK THIEF The bravery of a little thirteen-year- old girl prevented the burglarizing of the home of Jacob Meyer at 1115 Turk street Monday night. .The neighbor- hood for a time was in a state of great excitement. Thg - police were sum- moned, but failed to find the burglars. The Meyer family went to a party and left the little girl at home. The child sat in the front room with the gas out and looked into the street. She noticed two men watching the house from the opposite side of the street, but thought nothing of it. A few min- utes later she went to a corner gro- cery to purchase some candy. When she returned she noticed that the men were gone. On entering the house she heard the burglars at work in the base- | ment. She did not scream, but quietly | telephoned to Mrs. Meyer, telling her | there were burglars in the house. Mrs. Meyer and her sons, Julius and | Herman, immediately rushed home. | The police were telephoned for. Julius Meyer seized a revolver and stood at an upstairs back window, waiting for the burglars to appear. Mrs. Meyer began screaming and a police whistle was blown. These noises | brought Charles Henley, a musician, to the house. He went bravely in search of the burglar in the cellar, though un- armed. He found no one. The police arrived soon, and a search | sponse to this the of the place by them failed to reveal the burglars. Five minutes ‘after the police had gone Henley was standing in front of | the house when one of the much- sought burglars rushed from the base- ment of the place, and, almost knock- ing the startled Henley over, rushed down Laguna street. His pal was seen | to emerge from Jefférson Park and | join him. The two were pursued by | Henley, but escaped. The brave action of the little girl was highly commended. The Jfailure of the | police to find the hiding man is a mys- tery. ! ————— | Perkins Reports Fortification Bills. | WASHINGTON, March 8.—Senator Perkins to-day reported the fortifica- tion bill, with a net increase of $50,000 | over the bill as passed by the House | and making the total of the bill as re- | ported to the Senate $7,637,192. The | principal increases are: For purchase | of submarine torpedo-boat for use of | schonl and submarine defenses, $250,- | 000; for ammunition for machine and automatic guns, $100,000; for am- munition for sea coast cannon, $150,- 000; for construction of sea coast bat- teries in the insular possessions, $200,- ! 000; the appropriation in the House of | $200,000 for sites and defenses of !h-l Hawaiian Islands is eliminated. \ e Claime Ward Owes Him Money, . | The suit of Joseph W. Phillips! against his former ward, Charles Wal- ter Phillips, for $1130 he claimed to | have advanced him for clothing and maintenance, was on trial in Judge | Graham's court yesterday. A motion | for a monsuit was made by Attorney | Theodore Roche for the defendant. ! The motion was taken under advise- | ment by the court. | Washington RIOTERS USE TORCH AND GON Five Companies of the State Militia in Ohio Are Hur- ried to City of Springfield RACE WAR IS IMMINENT ————— SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 8— Five companies of the Ohio National Guard are on their way on a special train by order of Governor Herrick in response to a request of the city and county officials. During the afternocon threats were heard that the levee, the negro sec- tion, would be burned. It is said the negroes are determined to avenge the lynching of Dixon. Fearful of the con- sequence of the mutterings about the city, a conference was held in the Mayor’'s office to-night by the Mayor, the Sheriff. two members of the Board of Public Safety, the County Prosecu- tor and others. As a result of this deliberation a tel- gram was sent to Governor Herrick asking for six companies of militia and requesting that the local companies be stationed in their armories. In re- Mayor received a telegram to the effect that the request would be complied with at once and asking that the Governor be kept fully advised on the situation. The saloons were ordered closed. At 11:20 the threat of the mob, fre- quently made through the day and evening, was finally made good and a volume of flame was seen .o shoot up | from the rear of a place occupled by “Les” Thomas, a saloon-keeper. Pre- ceding the firing of the bullding, the | mob at a distance of 100 feet, shot at the front of the building for half an | hour. but it Is not known whether any | of the occupants had remained In the building and if they did whether any fatalities resulted from the shooting. The fire spread both ways from Thom- as’ nlace. It is thought the mob will not toler- ate any effort of the Fire Department to put out the fire in the levee dis- trict, buduwill offer no resistance in the jattempts to confine the fire to the build‘ngs along Washington street, known as the levee. These buildings jare old frame structures, ranging from one to three stories in height. They are for the most part saloons, dwell- ings and small rooming-houses. There |are a few branch offices maintained by downtown firms in the vicinity. To | the north of the levee, or Washington street, running parallel with it, is East High street, the most beautiful as weil as the most fashionable thoroughfare in the city. There is little or no dan- ger, however, of the fire spreading to this thoroughfare. At midnight the entire block on street, from Gallagher west to Spring, is on fire, with no hope of saving any of the buildings. The troops from Cincinnati, Miamis- burg and Dayton will be here on a special train within fifteen minutes. They are urgently needed, as it is en- tirely probable that the negroes will make good their threats to fire the | business district of the city and dyna- mite the jail and other county build- ings. 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