The evening world. Newspaper, February 8, 1904, Page 2

~y are followed by the crashing of falling walls as buildings in the fire zone to the ground. Above it all is the shrill whistling of the fire- “engines and the hoarse shouting of the men who have fought steadily for hours in the face of the most fearful odds that modern firemen were ever is to combat. | DBSOLATE WASTE OF RUINS. ‘From theLombard street bridge looking westward the scene is one to the very-soul. A field of modern buildings but two days ago, it is ‘a desolate waste of smoulderitg ruins, Progress through the section fraught with the greatest danger, and yet hundreds who can elude the of. fhe guards are attempting it. They are the tenants of the many buildings destroyed, and in the ruins they hope to find some of the property which has probably long since been reduced to ashes, ith the firemen fighting desperately in a hundred places and dynamite wae still eating into the very soul of the business section, the end can {iterpunately be seen, There was a conference of the leaders of the fighting | foree,shortly before neon, at which the situation was thoroughly gone over. | Afterward Deputy Marshal Manning announced for publication that the * pre was under contro! and that every effort would now be bent to GL At entirely. The real decision at this conference was to spare no property the de- struction of which would in any way minimize the danger of the flames further than they have. That !s why the booming of the dynamite , fe now fo frequently heard; this 1s why fine properties which have so far the flames are now crumbling to the ground. heroic measures, but the situation has called for them, and in & imbil Way during the night is what saved Baltimore trom * Smet eomplete deatiuction. ¥ORK'S FIREMEN GET BUSY. Present condition of affairs is due not alone to the firemen of Bal sc Mat to their brethren of Washington, Philadelphia, ington, and other places nearer by. The ten companies from “New Yorh| Sirsiat 33 o'clock, the men full of enthusiasm over the work aber . With a full appreciation of ‘the fact thet these new allies wa:a) ‘kitty! fremen in the world, those in charge hufled them {nto the gections at once. The afrival of the New York men will.mean Philadelphia men, who are well nigh exhausted, cap go home York's response to Baltfinore’s appeal for help wae prompt and 1 here. Mayor McClellan’s answer whfgh was received here to- ‘day was as follows: » Nine fire-engines and one hook. and ladder company aphipped to you this morning in charge of battalion chief. ‘“& The City of New, York extends heartfelt sympathy and ps itself at your service. 1 will be ‘grateful if you will call on me for any assistance »/that New Youk can lend. GEORGE B, M’CLELLAN, Mayor. She Acting on the suggestion that nurses, physicians or police may be needed urgently in Baltimore, Mayor McClellan later stnt thé following tele- gram to Mayor McLane: Hon. Robert M. McLane, Mayor, Baltimore, Md.: The Department of Health of the city of New York tenders fo you such physicians and nurses as it commands, and the De- partment of Police will furnish, at once, a corps of police detec- * tives, if they can be of service to you. Kindly advise me if you car, suggest any measures of relief that we can render. GEORGE B. M'CLELLAN, Mayor. The fears that were felt here for the Union Station are somewhat less noy. At times the flames raged dangerously close to the big depot, but the tratnmen kept at their posts and gent trajp after train out on schedule time, ‘The Baltimore and Ohio's two stations here are also safe now, although it looked bad for them at one time. Any summary of the situation as it now stands is necessarily inadequate, ‘bnt in a general way it can be said that acres of buildings have been wiped out, that the wholesale dry goods, produce, lumber, shipping and railroad and financial centres have been wiped out. So far but one life has been lost. The charred remains of a man were found in the ruins of the Equitable Building. The report that Fireman Jacob liginfritz, of York, Pa., was killed {s incorrect. He was only slightly ms ' i ft % aly of the disaster. How many buildings will go before the flames are entirely subdued it im Impossible to tell. Even a fire under control like this one must be ex- pected to do thousands of dollars more damage before its check is complete. The Monumental Theatre, on Baltimore street, is threatened, and there is very little chance of its being saved. Other large bulldings’are in a sim- arly precarious condition. They may be saved by luck, but only luck will help them now. z With hugdreds of industries homeless, offers of assistance are coming from everywhere. The Baltimore American announces that it has made arrangement for publication in Washington until it can get a place of its own in this city. To-morrow morning's issue will come out as usual. ihe Baltimore Sun was issued in Washington to-day. Gov. Warfleld after a cgnference with Mayor McLane to-day declareu @ legal holiday, The necessary legislation will be introduced in Annapolia to-night to suspend business for a week or ten days, making that period practically a legal holiday. DEVISING PLANS TO HELP THE CITY. Mayor McLane summoned both branches of the City Council to meet in special session to-day to see if something cannot be done immediately for the city’s relief, Unfortunately the contingent fund at this time con- © tains less than $50,000, which is as but a drop in the bucket compared with what will be needed. : There is no way for the city to raise funds, unless the charter is vio- lated or amended by the General Assembly, Probably the latter will be ap- pealed to. The city’s sinking funds are top-heavy, but it may be dangerous to touch them, even to satisfy the most pressing needs. The American, Herald and News offices were the first to go. The Sun Was the last. It published its paper in Washington this morning and printed four pages, practically all of which was devoted to the fite. Men ‘who had watched the spread of the fire during the earlier part of yesterday thinking their own places of business safe stood around during the after- noon and night and watched their offices and stores being destroyed. Ve-) hicles of all description blocked the streets during the night and morning.; They were loaded with goods taken from the stores when it became known “! the buildings were doomed. The Continental Trust Company, which was not beHeved to be in the | track of the fire, announced its vaults would remain open all day to receive | money and valuables from the burned district, but it was in flames a few | hours after the announcement was made. Early in the afternoon $20,000 In cash was takeu from the vaults and the Federal Savings Bank. For three hours the fire raged around this building, but it was not de- stroyed. During all this time the bank building was hidden from view by the smoke and every one thought it had been destroyed, Thousands of men and women will be out of work until the burned district is rebuilt. Eighteen female patients, six babies and eight nurses were taken from the Maryland Maternity amd Lying-In Hospital only a few, moments before it was ablaze. They were taken to the City Hospital, anda! the few hours later had to be again moved. INSURANCE COMPANIES HARD HIT. . Every local insurance company has been hard hit by the fire afd many will be unable to settle obligations. The falling walls made a sound like the firing of infantry all night, and the high wind blewdown many, ~ Buildings that had been weakened by the tire. All the streets in the burned district are a tangied network of telegraph, -telephone, trolley and electric light wires. es ‘and twelve feet high, Practically every bank here was burned out, and as result thore ir no money in the city. The banks are making calls on New (York, Philadelphia and Washington for money until they can get at their and mortar. ON, Feb..8.—Mayor Collins to-day sent the following telegram to McLane. of Baltimore: F injured. Many firemen and citizens have been injured, but all in all the|tive Bmrich (Ill.), appropriating $1,000,000 for the relief of sufferers from casualties amount to nothing when compared with the financial magnitude|the Baltimore fire. of Baltimore: has befallen Baltimore. Bricks and stone are piled ten} THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1904. \SECTION OF BURNED DISTRICT SHOWING WHAT WAS ONCE A BUSY BUSINESS REGION, BUT | I sympathize with Baltimore in its woeful affiiction and proffer their ald and services in any way needed. PATRICK A. COLLINS, Mayor." CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—Mayor Harrison to-day telegraphed to the Mayor of Baltimore an offer of two companies of firemen to ald in fighting the fire. The firemen were directed to hold themselves in readiness to depart instantly. MILLION DOLLARS TO AID BALTIMORE SUFFERERS. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—A bill was introduced to-day by Representa-! President Roosevelt has sert the following despatch to Mayor McLane, “I share the horror of our people at the appalling catastrophe whic If there is anything the Federal Government can do pray call on me.” place. ' It gutted the old and new buildings glong that thoroughfare, and on HOW THE FIRE SWEPT ON ITS RUINOUS WAY. BALTIMORE, Feb. 8.—Starting in the wholesale section, the fire burned out every wholesale house of note in the city, swept along through the Bal- tinfore and Fayette street retail sections, destroyed all the prominent office buildings, levelled banks and brokerage offices as well as the Ohamber ot! Commerce and Stock Exchange in the financial section, then sped on through the wholesale and export trade sections centring about Hxchange At Jones's Falls it invaded the lumber district. the wharves, which housed hundreds of firms doing business all over the It swept away the bridges over Jones's Falls and burned into the, world, great freight terminals of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Rail- ‘roads on President street. = Millions of feet of lumber went up in smoke and the destruction of all power-houses and electrical plants followed, stopping the street cars and U. S. TROOPS IN BALTIMORE: GEN. CORBIN TO COMMAND. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—At the urgent request of Senator Gorman and upon his pledge and that of the Governor of Maryland that the Legislature of Maryland would to-night pass a resolution calling upon the National Government for military assistance, Lieut.-Gen. Chaffee, commanding the General Staff, sent telegraphic orders this afternoon to Major-Gen. Corbin, commanding the Department of the Past at New York, to proceed fortn- with to Baltimorc end take military command of the situation there. Nearly 1,000 soldiers also have been ordered to serve under him. They are, two battalions of the Fifth Infantry at Plattsburg barracks, New York; one battalion of the Sixteenth Infantry at Fort Slocum, N. Y.; one battalion, Ninth Infantry, Madison Barracks, N. Y,; one company of Coast Artillery, Fort Howard, Md., and one company Coast Artillery, Fort Dupont, Del. These troops are under rush orders and in all probability will report to Gen. Corbin before nightfall. It is expressly stated at the War Depart- ment that the national troops are to serve as @ police force under tho direction of Mayor and local authorities. At 2,20 o'clock the first of the soldiers boarded a train here at the Penn~ sylvania Railroad station, only an hour after the order had come. The force was under command of Maj. Burr, and the engineers, 100 gtrong,| were drawn from the Washington barracks. They carried with them 1,600 pounds of guncotton with fuses and elec- trical denotators. At Baltimore they will meet another store of ammuni- tion comprising 5,000 pounds of gnucotton from the advance supply at Dover, Del. The engineers go equipped with tents and ten days’ rations. ARMY OF POLICE GUARDS CITY FROM LOOTERS BALTIMORE, Feb. 8.—Every effort is being made to avoid vandalism. The entire force of 864 policemen in the city is on duty, and the atrictest, instructions have been issued to reinforce the orders given to the military peeknia drawn around the fire area. The whole of the burned areg is under most stringent martial law. The troops ordered out by the Governor and @ host of naval brigade men are on duty and reinforced by all the pro: tective resources the city cam muster are doing valiant work. Large numbers of police and detectives are here from other cities. Two detachments of police are here from Philadelphia, One detail, commanded by Capt. McCoates, mustering 160 men, reached here during the night, and & second contingent, commanded by Cap. Taylor, arrived this forenoon, The second detail comprised three men from engh of the thirty-four police districts of Philadelphia. From Washington, on the prompt action of Major Sylvester, Chief of Po- lice, a number of detectives chime in during the day. Men from the latter jetty toured the burning sections in citizens’ clothes. With the Philadelphia ‘vaults, many of which are covered by tons of twisted iron beams, |PO!lce to assist im handling the greatly augmented force came Lieuts. Mil-j ang Stratton’s Business College, a cigar store and’J, 8. McDonald's jewelry burn, Callahan, Campbell and McGowen, 1a Goure ed Oure for Piles. ] (ching, Blind, Bleeding ‘or. Protrudin Piles Cour druggist will “refund money. Cures Colds in Aust AZO Th Naat ea fails © cure you in ¢ vo} LAXATIVE BROMO QUININ! the Ii days, S0c. senuine, call for the full n 25 conte. "e destroying the city’s light. At midnight the wind, which had been blowing from the southwest, with a tendency to switch to the westward, began to come in a gale from 4 At this hour the flames had reached Market Space andj were headed directly for the tenement districts across the Falls, where frightened foreigners were working like demons to save their household the northwest. : effects. Temporarily the change in the wind saved them, for the flames were driven toward the water front, and all buildings from Baltimore street down to Pratt street soon were a roaring mass of fire. From then on Pratt street became the centre of the fire, which burn ‘1 block after block of business structures on that thoroughfare from Charles streot eastward to the Falls. FIRE TOOK A CIRCULAR COURSE, Roughly speaking, the fire in its course described a half circle on its northern and western edges, curving from Lombard and Liberty streets to Fayette and St. Paul streets, and then sweeping around toward Market Space and Lombard street. The whole effect of this course of the fire was to de- scribe an immense question mark. Among the out-of-town Fire Departments which responded to the call for help were two companies from Wilmington, Del. They arrived on a special train at midnight and were placed on Pratt street. Toward morn- ing they were found on Bolden’s wharf, trying to extinguish the flames consuming the wooden structure occupied as a wharf by the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway. While they were fighting the flames at ‘the extreme end of the wharf their retreat was cut off by the explosion of the Standard Oil Company's warehouse at the corner of Pratt street. When the men eaw their predicament a panic ensued, and they yelled for assistance. Several tugs came to theif rescue and they were taken off, abandoning their engine. Fifteen minutes later a change in the direction of the wind opened a passageway long enough to enable the nremen to rush in amd secure their engine, which was considerably damaged. A few minutes later the entire wharf was a mass of flames, Among the principal butidings which were razed to the ground in this neighborhood were the Standard Ui! Company, the Patapeco Oil Company, the United States Fruit Company, the Baltimore Fruit Company, J. J. Underhill, W. C. Robinson, Baugh * Son, and N, Frank & Sona, At the corner. of Lexington and Charles streets O'Neill's big retail dry goods store, while damaged, stil! stants, but Schlesinger’s shoe store, which adjoined O'Neill's, ts entirely destroyed, as is Hall, Headlington & Co.’s place, next to Schlesinger’s, om the northeast corner of Lafayette and Charles. J. W. Putts & Oo. is a mass of ruins, while J, J. Jenkins & Co., on| Ys Fayette, just in the rear of the Putts Building, was aleo burned. The large new factory recently erected on Fayette street, next door to J. J. Jenkinr ~, Co., by Gans Brothers, was providentially spared, the heroic work 1. night by Manager Towles and his staff materially elding in preventing tho’ building from catching. The large factories on West Fayette, Oppenheim, Oberndorf & Co, and Wise Bros., were not touched, and their employees were on hand ac usual, though little work was’ done. The Gas Appliance Company, the Goodyear Rubber Company, Bryant WHICH IS NOW A PILE OF BLACKENED RUINS—CROWD WATCHES THE SCENE OF ; DESOLATION. |SOME OF THE GREATEST FIRES IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, Time. Place. Damage. SIRI © Loss, Savannah, Ga. ....... 463 buildings destroyed ...... .... $3,000,000 New York ... 530 buildings destroyed ... +++ 15,000,000 .Charlestown, Mass. 1,158 buildings destroyed . +++ 6,000,000 | an 300 acres destroyed . +++ 3,000,000 100 buildings destroyed:. 4,000,000 15 buildings destroyed . 3,000,000 «Philadelphia 400 buildings destroyed . 5,000,000 »St. Louis... eee 3,000,000 San Francisco.. 250 buildings destroyed « 10,000,000 Portland, Me. ++» 1,743 buildings destroyed . 10,000,000 Chicago, Ml. . 17,430 buildings destroyed . 106,000,000. Boston, Mass 776 buildings destroyed . 75,000,000 Pittsburg . _—— =. — “Ottawactiale, ‘Canada . 463 buildings destroyed . 12,000,000 | Hoboken, N. J....... Water front and shipping destroyed. 5,350,000 | Jacksonville, Fla, City almost destroyed. . 11,000,000 | Waterbury, Conn City almost destroyed... 3,000,000 Paterson, N. J. 400 buildings destroyed . 7,000,000 Waterbury, Conn. ear . 2,000,000 Atlantic City..... SHARED POISON IK Hoboken Man Tried for Murder, on Theory that He Was in a Suicide Pact with Unfortu- nate Victim. On the theory that he was in a suicide pact and cauged’ the death of Paub Bock, of Hoboken, George Berger wat placed on trial in Jersey City to-day charged with murder, The was called in the Court of Oyer and ‘Termin- er before Judge John I. Blair, Pros- ecutor Speer conducted the case for the State and the defense was represented by Alexander Simpson and James A, Nammik, Gustave Schumann, who owns a@ saloon at No, 123 First street, Hoboken, testified that Bock was employed by him, and added that on the night of July 23 last both Bock and Beyer were in his "place. They had several drinks together’ and then Bock went out but returned in a few minutes and said to Beyer: “I can't get five cents’ worth, costs fifteen certs. He went out again and soon returned with a package which he gave to Beyer, together with ten cents change. Beyer opened the package and then called for glasses. He used the blade of a knife and put some of the stuff from the package into the glasses and they both rank the contents. Schumann wes giso naked to join in the drink ut re- ‘After they had sat talking for a while | It Beyer asked nted any more and the fatter said he did. Beyer gave him more of the stuff, A ort time after Beyer sald he had an sgagement with a friend at Coney Is: and and asked Back to go with. him, but the Jatter declined and Beyer left. Bock was soon taken very sick, and a doctor’ who wag summoned declared the man had taken rat poison, The sick man was removed to a hospital where he died. Willlam F, Borman, of Brooklyn. tes- tifled that he was employed in Wititam H. Brunner’s drug store, in Hoboken, He sald he was on duty DRINKING BOUT : ¢ | ALMON store, all on the Charles street block between Baltimore and Fayette streets, | t Bn atore cents’ are utterly destroyed, as ts every building on the north side of Baltimore He ta. | Bock:t street from Liberty to Charles and diagonally across to Lexington street} packages only. and Charles, returned short! a y when Bock came in and asked poison, worth of rat hat he could not sell five as it came in b-cent ‘The man went out end ly and asked for a cent package, giving him a quarter i 1,500,000 pay for it. man that the stuff was dead! and to be careful how he used it. After Bock's death Beyer was traced to New York, where he was arrested He sald he cautioned the ly poison the next day. He was brought back to Hoboken and was charged with the murder of Bock, He has since been in It Is sald the defense will try to provo that Beyer did not know that the pack- age contained poison, while Bock was fully aware its ‘contents, having been cautioned about bought it an how he used it. It Was shown at the trial to-day that the stomach of Bock when examined after his death contained about forty grains of ar: CANDY SPECIAL FOR MONDAY. AS Contively, mew).1b.i100 CHOCOLATE GRENOBLI WALNUTS. ..... eeeeee 0 eIbe1 50 SPECIAL FOR TUESDAY. COCOANUT CREAM KISSES. .1b..100 CHOCOLATE BUTTER CREAMS (entirely new)...1b. 150 A full assortment of favors and novelties ‘for St, Valentine's Day. 54 BARCLAYS COR. waar ara 29.CORT Amusements, ~~ $9, NICHOLAS RINK ICE: SKAT I NG G CHAMPIONSHIP HOCKHY Hockey C Y, vs. Bmanese Fe UE! T 8.25, iEiateeiont Goce Hebwerea! "seats, B0c. DIED. CLEMENTS,—On Saturday, Feb. 6, 1904, MARGARETTE CLEMENTS, beloved daughter of William and Caroline Clem- ents, and alster of the late Willlam J, and George A. Clements. Funeral from No, 233 EB. 84th at, on Wednesday. . ‘M'HUGH,—On Saturday, Feb. 6, 1904, JOHN MHUGH, beloved husband of | Dells Byura, a native of County Roscommon, Ireland, Funeral on Tuesday, Feb. 9, trom his late residence, No, 19 7th at, Island City, thence to 8t Mary’ Chureh, where a roqulem msm. will be celebrated at 10 A. e Laundry “Wanits—Male. Fe HOY living with wee Rare, peferement OH kly, Lion Laundry, 176 9th aye. —————_ SUNDAY WORLD WA WORK MONDAY 4 “*