Dino . , are. SOLE [AGENTS 01' L. DOUGLAS -SHOES $5.00 and $5.50. .4 v“ C 1' ‘. \ ' .14 HINGTON “To. , .000 its _. . toast be confined to this district. ‘wls st that point are several feet wide. . in danger. however. of ilaming , , 'boiug thrown across the street. .yflfih oboe” the whole south east- ‘Mlon of this city probably will -' l! to the city's lines. as the wind . gatrongly from the west. ’ ms of buildings. covering terri- “ use than half a mile in length. ‘ gm three to six blocks in width. mfidestroyed tin Baltimore's great . which started yesterday morning. he fire is still burning and the streets it“! burned and burning district pre . to scene at once thrilling. pathetic ' harrowing. This district is fully mobiles square and it is two miles $.91” utter ruin and lesolation. _d scores of which were pala- "rfmdern and socalled ilreproil' 1' ”yesterday are today so many I pilesof grimy and blackened pd smouldering' and smoking 'lgstly mockery of their vanish- r. t. . at of Cluster Unknown. 010.0110 candell today the. extent of .o‘dilslter, which now has reached s for in excess of the Chica- eno‘o 1071. hitherto the greatest fire _ the nltad States. No end can be . . at the present writing. and to es- timh'a the. total loss‘is-she merest The devastated portion of the city is closely patrolled by the police of .this our. assisted by policemen from Phila- dolphin and Washington. state militia- melt and from comppnles of regulars from .Fort McHenry and no one is al~ lowbd (to enter the prohibited lines ex- , slept by special permission. Outside this line tens of thousands of eager and 01131000 people are congregated and in alkdifoctions there are moving multi- tudes of men and women. looking out» loudly on or vainly seeking for more and. definite information about the great conilagratlon. Receives .- Great Blow. Everywhere there is in evmence a feeling of awe and terror over what _ilas.happened and of solemn apprehen» . ‘aloa «what may follow. The commbn remark of citizens is that Baltimore has received a blow from which it, can- . notlrocover for years. Mayor Mclane is among those who are optimistic and i today-while expressing his sorrow and ‘ 'ilorror. over. the calamity which has be. fallen this city expressed the hopeful Conviction that this city will quickly ' ti like a phoenix from its ashes. . norm Section Destroyed. 9, wholesale dry goods. p‘roducc. , shipping. railroad and ilnanclal t , tllhave been destroyed. Not- .iiihstapding heroic efforts on the part 0! @s local fire department. reinforced y, lmost numberless firemen from Wathlngton. Philadelphia. Wilmington. ems. Del.. Newark. N. J.. Harris- bark and New York city, the fire is raging as furiously as it wasan hour If!!! it started in the cellar of the 01m Hurst Company at Liberty and German streets. "-‘Sta‘rting lube wholesale section. shire burned out every wholesale case of note in .the city. swept along r ugh the Baltimore and Fayette tretall sections. destroyed all the inset office buildings, levelled s W brokerage 0 cos as well as - Climber of Comm rce and Stock 5% ri' bit'grough the w olesale and ex- tra sections a ut exchange . it dually bropght up at the re it. invaded . he lumber dis- Thta morning the fire was burning “ along. Pratt street from Light ’0 point not yet determined. It fl ted the old and new buildings 1 thoroughfare. and on the »wl1ich housed hundreds of “business all over the world. may.» away the bridges over title and burned into the great and Ohio 1. street . ".0000 Up In Smoke. 01 feet of lumber have gone Railroads. on i ' with the harnesses. which “embed it since it -. _vaat manufactu citrate-s1 “domains. = in the nnancl 1 section. then ~ -- ‘hertnlnals of the Pennsylvania more 4 already. and the are. started. 100g dlav the harbor lines . to: in detail the die of Feb: - __.wiil '0 downin the hit: as one of itstgreatzost ill billion last as It. m pitch '1“ a“ of theindivrdual losses incident to tho 9 great. coalsgrauon which is still SOUTH NORWALK. CON . rived earlier having been exhausted by their all-night struggle against such terrific odds. All electrical power has been destroyed and no street cars are running. Wind Changed M Midnight. About midnight. the wind. which had been blowing strongly from the south- west. with a tendency to switch to the westward began to come in a gale from the northwest. At this hour the names ‘had reached Market Space and were headed directly for the tenement dis- trlcts. across the falls. where fright- ened foreignens were working like de- mons to save their household effects. '“Temporarily the change in the wind saved them. for the names were driven toward the water front and all buildings from Baltimore street to Pratt street soon were a roaring mass of fire. From then on Pratt street he- came the center of the fire. whlc burn- ed block after block of business struct- ures on that thoroughfare from Charles street eastward to the falls. Roughly speaking. the fire in its course descrled a half-circle on its northern and west edges. curving from Lombard and Liberty streets to Fayet- te and St. Paul streets and then swep‘ lng around toward Market Space and Lombard streets. The whole effect of this course of the tire was to describe an immense question mark. One Fireman Kliied. Jacob llgnfritz. of the Laurie tire company. of York. P0,. was killed ear- ly today at Baltimore and Frederick streets. He came to Baltimore last night with his company and was at work at the coutheast corner of Fred erick and Baltimore streets. when the wall of the building fell. ilgeni‘ritl was caught under the wall and was dead when found. He was 45 years old and said to be married. Had to Abandon Engine. While two companies from Wilming- ton. Del., were on Bolden's Wharf their retreat was cut off by the explosion of the Standard Oil Company warehouse at the corner of Pratt street. The men yelled for assistance and several tugs come to the rescue. They were ta. ken off. but abandoned their engine. Fitleen minutes later a change in the direction of the wind opened a passage way long enough to enable the firemen lo rushlin and secure their engine. A few minutes later. the entire wharf was a mass of flames. Among the prin- cipal buildings which were razed to the ground In this neighborhood were the Standard Oil Company. the Palm- co Oil Company. the United States Fruit Company. the Baltimore Fruit Company. J. J. Underhill. w. C. Robin- son. Buugh a Son and N. Frank & Sons. Even with the assistance of out-of- town fire ilghters. there appears to be no more prospect of stopping the fire until it has burned itself out. It is steadily eating itself to the water's edge and this is likely to be Baltimore’s only salvation. Due to onntanewe Combustion. The origin of the tire is said to have been from spontaneous combustion, but no tangible evidence to this sheet has thus far been secured. The area of the tire district extends from Liberty street on the west. to Jones Falls on the chat. 0 distance of about three-quarters of a mile and from Fayette to Pratt streets. north and south, 0 distance of four city blocks. included in thls‘tcrritory were a number of ilnancial establishments of National reputation including the buildings of Alexander Brown 6: Sons. the Continental Trust Company. the Union Trust Company. the Atlantic Trust Company. the offices of the Balti- more &.Ohio. Pennsylvania Railroad Companynhe Maryland. Southern and Chespeake Railroad Company. several steamship companies and a number of leading batters. haberdashers. etc. The main oilices of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies were de- serted long before midnight and the buildings which were occupied were practically destroyed. Many Buildings Dynamited. ' Stiveral tons of dynamite were used during the day and night to blow up buildings in an effort to check the spread of the flames. but even this was unavalling, and the streng wind which blew the flying embers hither and thither soon ignited other buildings. Newspapers Burned Out. All of the buildings of the Baltimore newspapers including the. oli'loe of The Associated Press. were destroyed by midnight. Several of the publishers aranged immediately to have their edi- tions printed" on the presses of the Washington papers. These editions containing full and accurate accounts of the ilro arrived here early this morn- ing-‘and were delivered to their regu- laronstomers. At’ this hour the fire has attacked the wharves. piers and docks of the harbor and seems to be spread 31': to the southeastern section of the _ Lint «individual Linnea. "’l‘hefollowiag includes a partial list ' weeping, the city. . The estimates here liven-y not be exactly accurate in hydra. instaneo..bst they are approxi- mately correct... The utimatea cover buildings. and the contents: dons Ii. [rant-dry good are.» 37M> Km 2810.000, , ’. “m1 . ihpdrtlugoompan . .‘ “L :1 Saracen). Goldbergaas r. Burger apoarpsay. cloth- .. A 1* “The . Inner Company. thy “mu am am nuns ca seam . ‘ eflmnartistt‘. Company. obese. R. Soiligntan. paper. and en. Iadles' cloaks and shoes. and Strauss Brothers, stor- age. 8100.000. I. 781.500.0011. ' ‘ r L Fitsmaa. ladlas' wra rs: Jacob athan Ros- 8100.000. s 1 Company. boots l Morton. Seattle Baltimore Rubber Company. 8135.- 000. tluggenhelmer. Weill a Company. litliogrsphers and printers. 8125.000. M. Friedham 0 Sons. clothing. and F. S. Chleunes. clothes. 8150.000; . Schwaraklpf Toi Company. 8100.000. A. Federleicht ons. clothes, 875.- 000. Whitaker‘s saloon. 815.000. A. J. Stewart a Sons, hardware. 825,- 000. ' ' O'Connell It Barman. saloon, 825.000. National Exchange bank. building. 875.000; contents, 850.000. S. Lowman 1 Compnuy. clothing, 8125.000. John hi. Hurst & Company, :r‘n'ugo. 8150.000. . Findlay. Roberts a Company. harn— wsre. 875.000. Lawrence l1. Gould Shoe Company, and Batcs' Hat Company. 8125.000. 8. Ginsberg & Company. clothing. 8125.000. \Vlnkelmunn & ill-own Ilrug Com- pany. 8125.000. R. M. Sutton at 81.500000. Chesapeake Shoe Company. 8100.000. S. F, & A. F. Miller, clothing manu- facturers, 8150.000. S. Hall Sons, boots and shoes, 8100.- 000. Strauss Brothers, dry goods. 8250.- 000. ' A. (‘. Meyer 8: Company. patent med~ lcines. 8150.000. Matthews llroihcrs. paper box man- ufacturers, 875.000. Strauss. idiscuun 5'; Company. shirt manufacturers, 8150.000. North Brothers l: Strauss, have been moving to a new building. formerly oc- cupied by Heywood ilrothcrs-Wske- ilfltl (mummy. northeast corner Pratt and Green strcctr. building. 875.000: stuck may be about 875.000. Standard Suspender Company and Daniel A. Boom- & t‘ompany. liquors. 800.000. Bradley. Kirkman. Reese Company. paper. 875.000. George A. Eltcl, ueckwcar. manufac- turers. Charles l.. l.invillc and Buck. illnvlllc. and J. J. Murphy. sewing silks. 875.000. Mt'DOdlBlil & Fisher, wholesale pnpcr. 8100.000. inley. lirustcr & Company. dry goods. and F. W. and E. Dumman. cloth. 8125.000. litnry Uppenhcimcr & Company. clothing. and Van Sant. Jacobs and Company. shirts. 8175.000. Joseph R. Stonebreaker & Company. liquors, 875.000. Lewis Lauer & Company. 8100.000. Champion Shoo Manufacturing (loin- pany and lllggs, (‘urrin & Company. shoes, 8100.000. Mcudcls llrothers. ludics' wruppcrs. 8125.000. Blahkcnberg. (Ithrluauu £1 (.‘ompuuy. notions. 8125.000. Leo Keene & Company. ladlcs' cloaks and Henry Pretafeldcr & Company. boots and shoes. 8125.000. Peter Robe & Sons. harness manufac- turers. 8125.000. James Robertson Manufacturing Company, plumbers‘ supplies. 8100.000. R, J. Anders & Company. boots and slices. and James Robertson Manufac- turing Company. storage. 8100.000. Rasch d: (iaynor. window shades. 875.000. ‘ . Fussel. Ballgh-Balke & Company. wall paper. 805.000. Adis Brothers. umbrella n1anufac~ turers, and Ferdinand Hahn & Sons. cloth. 875.000. ‘ Adis Brothers and A. lioff. clothing. 875.000. Douglas. llcury & Company. hosiery and underwear. 875.000. l.. Grelf & Brothers. clothing. 8150.- 000.. lilacs It Kemper, embroidery and lac- es. 8125.000. BALTOME. Feb. 8. 6:30 a. m.-—'rue wind changed from west to northwest shortly after 5 o'clock this morning. and sent the domes to the water front. the wholesale lumber district. Mil- lions of gallons of water has had no ef- fect. on thellames during the night. and st daybreak the fire seems to be growing in its prodigiousncss. Flames have extended to the water front at Light street. and threatens all of the southeastern section of the city. Sev- eral fire. engines from nearby cities have just arrived and are at work in the tire district. The local firemen are tired out but are sticking nobly to their work. 9:30 a. m.-—The lire continues to spread eastward and southward. but. is not burning as fiercely as at daylight. and there is hope that it will spend it. self within a few hours. The lumber district near uuonnell's wharf. has been practically consumed. and there is little material left for the flames to feed on in that direction. The Manu- mental theatre. on Baltimore street‘ls threatened. and will probably fall a victim to the conilagration. All elec- tric power has been destroyed. and no street cars are running. WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. 7 a. al.—The Baltimore Herald. which is published this morning. on the press of the Washington Post. estimates the loss at from 875.000.000 to 8100000000. and says the insurance will be heavy. 0th- er’ estimates also tend to increase the logs beyond 850.000.1100. The Baltimore News will issue this afternoon from the Washington Post presses. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 8.—-Polico Captain McCoach. who went to Balti- more. In charged! a detail of police— Compnuy. dry goods, shirts. Safety Smyth that the on was practi- cally under control at I a. to. MoOoach says t '3 . , 135.“ ' " Ochoa. Adler hoe mossy ,8_ the . H .v .. . ‘ wit. moron. 001.. M. 8.——l.n re- ment. telegraphed to Director of Public a“ second-it L lane‘s, spouse to a request to Assistant Chief Porter. of the Wilmington Fire Depart- ment. who is in Baltimore. the Friend- ship and Fame engines. with thirty men each were sent to‘that city. this morning. leaving here at 8:30 o'clock. Aid From New York City. NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—Mayor McClel- lan sent the followipg telegram to Rob. ert McLane. mayor of Baltimore: "Nine fire engines and one book and ladder company shipped to you this morning in charge of battalion chief. “The City of New York cxtcnds heartfelt sympathy and puts itself at your service. ‘ “i'shall be grateful if you will call on me for any dsslstance New York can lend. ‘ (Signed) “GEORGE B. M’Cl.Ei.l.AN. "Mayor.“ A detachment of 35 men from Fort Henry was at once sent to the city and the men thrown around the post office building and the sub-treasury and cus- tom house. adjoining the federal court building. The militia was called out at 0:30 o'clock. At that time it was impossible for the police to hold the crowds in check and guard ..ie ruins. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—-—Thc Balti- more American has made arrange- ments for publication in this city until its Baltimore plant can be restored. NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—-The Clearing House Association has not been asked to take formal notice of the Baltimore fire. nor is it likely to do so. Baltl~ more banks with local connections will be given courtesy and accomodaticns. Charges against Baltimore institutions will not be pressed for payment. Hartford Companies Loss. HARTFORD. Feb. 8.——Whlle it is not possible to determine at present the loses to Hartford insurance companies by the Baltimore fire. it is estimated that the aggregate will not fall short of 81.000.000. At the omces of the leading companies. here today, it was stated that no definite reports from the Baltimore agencies had been re- ceived. and it was only known that. tre- mendous values had been swept away by the tire. Company oiilcials were busy with maps of the city endeavor- lng to calculate from the news reports of the fire some of the losses sustain- ed. but very little information was giv- cn out. William ll. Clark, president of the Actua Fire Insurance Company. said it was difficult to give even a rough on- tlmatc but hc believed the loss would not be likely to fall below 8250.000 for ssch of the lending Hartford compan- cs. Vicef’resident Mitchell, of the Phoe- nix. declined to give any estimate of losses. M. 1.. Hewcs. superintendent of ages- clan of thc Scottish'linlon and Nation. al. said he considered that all of the leading tire insurance companies would find their losses aggregating from 8100.000 to 8500.000 for each company. His own company, he added. would lose 850.000 in the wholesale district of Baltimore. . Secretary James Wypcr, of the Orient Firc insurance Company. said that company's loss in the wholesale district would be 875.000. JAPANESE CUT: OREAN CABLE. To Prevent News of the Operations of Japanese From Reaching Russians. PARIS. Fcll. 8,—Tlie French Foreign office was advised this afternoon. that the Japanese have out the ca 10 con- necting Japan with Korea. '1‘ 0 object of this action is believed to be to pro. ventnewa of the operations of the Japanese reaching the Russians. which was possible nontmatter how closely censored the dcspatchcs sent. might be. Following the breaking off of relations betwcn Russia and Japan. the cutting of the cable ls regarded ere as signi- ilcant. of the purpose of e Japanese to begin hostilities. it is learned that among the troops sent by Russia to the vicinity of the \‘alu River are 15.000 cossssks. whose purpose it is to destroy the communi- cations of any Japanese army landing along the coasts or trying to strike the Port Arthur Railroad. The French military experts consider this a‘ good tactical movement, that the Japanese have only a small cavalry force. insuf. iicient to cope with that of the Rus- alana. ST. MARY'S LADIES' AID SOCIETY. Annual Meeting Held Yesterday Anar- noon. When Officers Wore Elected. The annual meeting of the Ladies’ Aid Society of St. Mary‘s Church was held yesterday afternoon. The follow. ing oillcers were elected: President—Miss Lillian Powell. Secretary—Miss Anna Shoohan. Treasurer-Miss Kate Cavanaugh. The reports were very interesting. During the past year many poor people have been clothed and much good done. CHILD'O'PECULIAR lLLNESB. Albert Megargee. of East Norwalk was seriously ill yesterday from an inetstlnal infection said to be caused by drinking water Bis condition was so serious yesterday that a consulta- tion of Drs. Wolfe pod Clarke was called They fortunately discovered the cause of the trouble and administ~ ered such aid that today. the child is very .much better and it is believed that. its life haa’been saved . NATIONALGUARD CHANGES. HARTFORD, Feb . s.——Among the promotions in the Connecticut Nation- al Guard announced at the adiutant- rai‘s ends today were. those in lips!" K. of Bridgeport: First neuteaant His .1. Herman. to be «emu: Quartermaster Sergeant Stas- m TRAM Vice-President~—Miaa Sarah Connor. , &H YATT . Tailor li/Igde SUifs- I Special Prices. just two weeks now before our Annual Stock Taking. In that time we propose to reduce our stock of Tailor-Made Suits and have made special prices on them all for that purpose. Not a Suit in stock has escaped the general mark down. We have made one special lot which includes Walking Suits and Dress Suits in Black. Blue. Brown and Gray. Suits that have been selling from $12.50 to $16.00. in this lot we have made one low price of $7.50. This price would not cover the 1 cost of the material alone. . CL 0}! K S We will continue our Sale of Cloaks for Ladies. Misses and Children: $10.00 Garments for $ 7.50. $12.00 Garments for $ 8.50. $15.00 Garments for $10.00. $18.00 Garments for $12.50. $25.00 Garments for $18.00. Housefurnishing Department Specialsin our Housefurnishing Department for the week includes: Coal Hods. any size . .. 19 cts. 8 .pkgs. Washing Powder .. 25 cts. Large Covered Roasters . . . 59 cts. 3 rolls Toilet Paper ........ 10 cts. Small Covered Roasters .. . 19 cts. 9 cakes Laundry Soap ..... 25 cts. Tooth Picks. per box 2 cts. 5 gal. Oil Cans ........... 59 cts. Large Chimneys .......... 3 cts. No. 8 Wash Boilers ....... 95 cts. Hall Lamps .............. 59 cts. Mops. complete ........... 19 cts. TRISTRAM 8: HYATT, Norwalk,Conn. NO. 2 and 5 GAZETTE BUILDING. CAPT. BRITTO’S RESIGNATION. Finances of the Norwalk Fire Police Said to be all Right. in an item published in Saturday's paper, referring to the resignation of Captain J. W, iirltto. of the Norwalk Fire Police, and the election of John D. Milne to succeed him. The Sentinel had no intention whatever of reflecting on Captain Britto's good name Mr. Britto is acknowledged by every- one who knows him to be a man of the highest integrity and has a reputation for honor that. may well be cnvicd. Much of the work of getting adver- tisements for a program for thc rcccut ball given by the company. was donc by him and cvcry cent that hc col‘ lected was turned over to the company, He did not even have the company stand the expenses that naturally ac- crued. but, instead paid them out of his own pocket. and in addition he lost much time. Captain Britto has becn connected with the Fire Police for the past four- teen years and it is to be deeply regret- ted that he has retired to the non- active list of’the company. He has been captain three times and in addition has been first and second sergeant. When he first took hold of the company. which is the oldest in the state. there was very little money in the treasury. but under his able mali- agoment it began to prosper Since he took charge a new pool table. piano and card tables have been purchased. the latter costing 818 each. Mr. Britto was the first captain to give excursions. balls and other forms of entertainments. all of which have proved successful. The company gave him a vote of thanks at Friday night‘s special meet- ing. for his work in connection with the last concert and ball Ile squared himself to the company's e...lre satis- faction TheJmpression that he desir- ed remunerptlon for his services was entirely incorrect. another member of the companywho had done some. work. being the person who desired pay MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION. At the recent meeting of the Master Buildera‘ Association. the following of- ficers were elected for the year 1004: President. H. W. Mather; vicepresl- dent. Prank McKeon: secretary. F. 8. Gregory; treasurer. E. K. Lockwood; financial secretary. M. J. Riordan. iii?“ West Washington St Hmuuuu. Our Great RUMMAGE SALE comes to an end to- mOrrow at 6 p. m. Stop in and inves- Iigate. bargains colors in, everu department. OVERCOATS—~ ior $4—Cost $23. OVERCOATS— " for $5—Cosl $10. OVERCOATS— for $6—Cosl $12. OVERCOATS— ' for $7-—-Cost $15); Blankets and Quilts for Half Value. ..____..__‘._.._... The praise service at the South Nor- walk Methodist Church. yesterday, was a very pl li8 one. A special musl- cal program a rendered. which in- cluded a solo by Miss Elisabeth Rich- ardson. She sang in a highly artistic manner. “They Will Be Done.“ . . / J .. “Moo" ls another good salvo-oniensebeufssgfs mined-neat! is twenty of -swrrcs adorns sabre o. “Fifty miles a. hour." yelled the lay 1. 1110100.)» be lrst lieutenant: First Sergeant 'Gsorge L Smith..to be _.___. TI-il PLAINTIFF. been rendered from JUMINT t i gaff slowed m. said '0! It. disarm roman. W M" m ‘ - ' . do w Daily News. ,; ”mechanic: .24.... .112" W ° ~ wild chauffeur. “Are youbravc‘!" "Yes. 1 am just full of grit." replied the pretty girl as she swallowed anoth- Tbe Wilson's Point switch engine. which was removed last week. has in been restored to duty. and Con- W there‘was'too much work for two ' Second Tourist—Pharaoh heard him . 1 . ‘ ' '5 ,3». 9" "I! (.11.: Volgtllém“ to perform I First Tourist—No. but heunderstood " ‘ ‘ . L ‘ . tati yourGermanr—JW; - -'.-Th are of the agi ng . crate: " 0 am who weighs his "Yes..he tooled e, . piotely. "lie m'z'mmmm. thadsuch ar g . withhln. "If seam" gals theoj'llo. “hol "Which , at my '31:]: 3" 53%. _. . " 3 ’ lit‘a moan." . lads-r.
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