Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 1

DAVENPOR nn DEMOCRA FORTY SEVENTH YKAU.l DAVENPORT, IOWA, FRIDAY EVENH, JULY 2i, EKillT PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS. nn CONGRESSMEN'S DARING FEAT, LAID ON OFFICERS. that they had occupied their hillside home for many years. DROUTH IS BROKEN WORST FIRE IN CITY'S HISTORY! BOOKS OF SEVENTH NATIONAL SAID TO BE CROOKED.

Stockholders Bring Suit Plans Made Eight Blocks or More Swept of Homes and Business Houses. Not a Shingle Left in the Great Weycrhauser Denkinann Lumber Yards. More Than Two Hundred People Lose Every Thing. Above One Million The Looses May Go Dolh Many Prostrations Heat and Greater Loss Saved by land and The Work of Distributing Relief erously Underway. The following day they returned and dug out and killed 40 more, making nearly 300 rattlers disposed of in the two days.

They dug into another of the caves which was tilled with the bones of ead snakes, which Is believed to have been a place wheer the dead were dragged. KICKED OUT OF RUSSIA. George Kennan, the Author, Forced to Leave There by the Police. St. Petersburg, July 20.

A high iiissian police otticer called upon eorge Kennan, the American author and lecturer, at his hotel Thursday veiling, and Informed him he must ave the country by 10 Friday even ing. Kennan will not be allowed to ave his room In the interim, but was courteously treated. The notice served upon Kennan characterized hltn as untrustworthy politically. ET 11EINDEER HERD1 WILL BE SENT AS EXPERIMENT TO ALASKA. Lieutenant Bertholf Secures Five Hun dred in the Center of Siberia After a Perilous Trip Belief That the Ani mals Will Thrive In Alaska.

Washington, July 2i. News wain received at the bureau of education today of the. entire success of Lieu tenant llortholf's expedition after reindeer in northeastern Siberia. The In formation rame in a long cable mess age lrom fadlvostoi where he ar- Ived a few days ago after a perilous trip of nearly 1,000 miles by reindeer and dog learns over the snows of sub arctic Siberia, lie Informed the bu reau that he had purchased DUO deer at in rubles each, with a prospect of 100 more. The deer are now await Ing shipment, and Lieutenant Itertholl says that he will charter a steamer immediately and transport the animals to Port Clarence, Alaska, where he expects to irrlve the latter part of August, lit says that It is entirely feasible to ob tain reindeer In the interior of Siberia far superior to the deer that have hitherto been obtained on the coast and transported to the various rein deer stations on the American side of the Bering Sea.

He asks the author ity of Hie interior department to con tract for 1,000 deer to be delivered In the summer of 11102. fhe Interior department Is greatly pleased with the result of Lieutenant Hertliolf's expedition, and it Is prob aide that he will make another trip to Siberia next year. Tho traveling nee essary to obtain the reindeer was ex ceedingly difficult, and Lieutenant Per inoii, wno is an otllcer In the revenue cutter service, was selected because of his experience In arctic traveling, oh- tallied In the winter of 1 KfJ7-S. when he was a member of the famous Jarvis expedition to relieve the lee bound whalers at Point Harrow in tho Arctic ocean. At that time he made a sledii- nip oi neuiiy nun nines in midwinter and drove a herd of reindeer before him.

SCANT COURTESY FOR CHUN. Envoy Going to Apologize to Kaiser Finds No Escort at Hong Kong, Hongkong. July 2fi. Prince Chun brother of Emperor Kwang Su, who Is the head of a special mission bound for Berlin to make atonement for the murder of Haron von Kettelor, arrive here yesterday morning. Prince Chun arrived in a launch at the Hongkong pier half an hour before he was expected, and.

consenuentlv there was no guard of honor present He waited on the launch for some min tites, and then landed with bis sulk I hey bad to force a passage to the government bouse through crowds of coolies. There was no police escor until the party was leaving after its call on Governor Sir II. II. make. The people of Hongkong strongly criticise the bungling of Hie police.

Prince Chun and his party lal sailed on the Gorman warship Ilayern Young People's Christian Union, Chicago, July 26. Owing to the fai the annual election would be held am would take some time, today's session of the Young People's Haptlst Union convention began at The featnr of the day was the address of Rev. Campbell Morgan of London. Other addresses were made by Prof. ('.

VMIliams or Granville, Rev. V. Woorks of Toronto. Open parliament the topic which was the "Young Poo pies movement in the light of years oi organized rnort, was par tlclpafed in by the delegates generally Fosburg Acquitted. Flttsficld, July At the opening of co, irt today in the Fosburg trial Judge Stevens instructed th jury to bring In a verdict, of not guilt and this was done, ending the trial i ne jmige maintained the government had not furnished proof Millicient hiiMHiu a vomici, i ne verdict was received with shouts of applause.

Awful Explosion at Batum, Russia, July A terrific explosion or petroleum today in the thickly populated quarter of llat-nm wrecked the whole center of the town. It, is impossible- at this time to estimate (be loss of life and property, but in both cases this will be very large. Icemen Win Their Strike. Columbus, July 2i. The strike of the union lee handlers for a 1 hour day and pay tor overtime' ended this morning In lavor of thes trikers.

Members Ride the White Horse Rapids in Alaska During Trip. Tacoma. July 2(1. A thrill- iiisr ride was taken down the White Horse rapids by half the members of the rivers and harbors congressional committee during their recent Alaskan it. The trip was made in a barge, manned by skillful pilots, with the American flag flying at.

the masthead. Scores have been drowned in shoot ing these rapids nnd half of the congressional party refused to make the trip. Half a dozen women In the party insisted in taking the hazard and tho party was finally made up of the more id venturous. tour ours, used as sweeps, Handled ny prospectors, guiu- the craft until the swirling waters arried it well within the entrance of the canon. The swift, waters took the craft In tow and it sped through the anon.

Those who did not make the trip watched from High ItlutT the perilous voyage until the barge shot safely out of the lower end of the canon and Into still water. HILL'S DAUGHTER TO WED. Engagement of Railway Magnates Child to George T. Slade. Scranton, July 20.

The engage ment is announced of George T. Slade of tills city, superintendent of the Wyoming division of the Erie railroad. tnd Miss Charlote Hill, daughter of James J. Hill of St. Foul, Minn.

Mr. Slade belongs to a New York family. He and Mr. Hill's son, J. N.

Hill, were graduated from Yale in the class of XI. THE NEWS IN BRIEF, Brooklyn bridge was opened to gen-ral rattle this morning. Captain James Flynn was fatally injured at Kokomo, by the explo sion of a soda water tank. Jed man Rieseo has been formally proclaimed president, of Chile. He was elected to this olllce on June 25.

Julia Merkle, 14 years old, was killed by lightning while assisting her father build a straw stack, near South Haven, Mich. John Ilallard, town marshal of French Lick, shot and fatally wounded his brother George. There was trouble of long standing between them. Fifty experienced teachers were graduated from i'lo State Normal school at Cedar Falls, last night. end 11.1 are enrolled for the summer school.

Fifty prominent Kansas City Repub licans have organied a "HHil Koosevelt bib." the club having for its object the securing the nomination of Roose velt for president. W. E. Moses of Denver has made aim to four islands near the mouth of the Manmee rher at Toledo, The islands are valued at. and are now claimed by the state.

The crops in Sweden are suffering as a result of the continued hot weather. Fires have devastated the forests of Jentland, western Gottland, and the Smalaiid and Upland districts. The state executive committee of South Carolina Thursday night adopt- a resolution ling Senator out of the Democratic party. The action was to'ally unexpected. Mr.

and Mrs. 1 toward Could have been visiting the Marquise of Ormonde it Kilkenny castle. They were ac companied by an wlilteet, who took the dimensions ami made plans of the castle, with a view to the1 construction of a similar mansion in tho I'nited States. According to a telegram from Rome the Matterhorn has claimed Its first victims for this year. Three English tourists, a man and two women, and one guide fell own a nreclnice on the Italian side.

The health board of Manila has of fered a bounty of a cent and a half for (very rat killed, with a view of reduc ing their number, The I'hilippine 'ommission has appropriated to pay the bounties. Mrs. Thomas ChMiigton of Chicago, has organized a party of women friends to go into northwestern Colorado to shoot mountain lions. She will be accompanied by Mrs. Joanne-tie Putnam of in.

who claims to have had Considerable cviieileiice Yale have been invited by four leading European universities to cooperate in an attempt to study the Stellar narnlhues. These ti.n-o never been accurately established owing to Hie fact that international m-ien. tifie co-operation has never been extensively tried before. Greece, recently notified the Turkish government that it. Intended to send a squadron to Turkish waters.

The porte has declined on political grounds to authorize, the visit of the fleet. Negotiations are proceeding between the Creek legation hue and the Turkish minister of foreign affairs with a view to arranging the difficulty. With all the eflorts to get into the various bureaus of the government, it is a fact that for the and positions offered boVu.itory assistants at the National ttmuoi ol Standards, the examination lor v.hbh was to have taken place on July not a single Hp. appeared. The civil service commission Is unable to account for "us.

This examination opened up two positions with (xcellent salaries to young Kdetitbts, the hick or interest cannot be for. Vwi'iil Heat and Dry Spell Ends in the West. Welcome Rains Prevailed Beyond the Missouri River Today. 'orlions oi Kansas Report a a Heavy Downpour Crops Will be Greatly Benefited by the Storm. Much Cooler Weather Is AIbo Its- ported.

Kansas City, July 26. Heavy rains were reported this morning at Springfield, and Pittsburg, and in Sedgwick county, Kan. At Springfield half an inch fell. At Pittsburg, where the fall continued for two hours, great good will result to pastures. Other points In the Southwest reporting rain since yesterday morning were Muskogee, Antlers, Ardmore, I.

Guthrie, O. Silas county, central Kansas, and Graham county, southern Kansas, ittle Rock, Abilene, and Santa Fe, N. M. The temperature in this city at 10 this morning was cooler than at the same time yesterday. Drouth in Missouri Broken.

Springfield, Mo July 20. A heavy rain fell here early this miming, and the streets and roads are muddy. Tho heated term In the southwestern corner of Missouri was broken yesterday by high winds. It Is tslill cloudy and more rains are expected. STRIKERS ARE HOPEFUL.

Shaffer Confident He Can Control Af- fairs at Wellsville, Pittsburg, July 25. President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association Is In a more hopeful mood today than lor some time. He declared he was perfectly satisfied with his personal In spect Inn at Wellsville, and apprehended no dlfllciilty In keeping the men in lino at that place. During the afternoon Organizer Flynn of the American Federation of Labor held a lengthy conversation with President Shaffer, ami set at rest all tho stories to the effect that the federation was not in sympathy with the Amalgamated association by saying that tho entire organization was ready and wait ing to assist the Amalgamated associa tion both financially and morally when ever assistance was asked. No change has taken place at Wellsville, and no new men Imported, nnd the mills are at work.

Developments at that point are being watched closely by both sides, Information from McKecsport today leads to the heller that the big mill of the National Tube company in that city will shortly hn Involved in the strike. This Is pay day at the works. Two prominent, members of the new Amalgamated lodge, organized there last Saturday, received notice that their services were no longer required. Thia will undoubtedly bring on a conflict, for its Is a blow at every privilege the Amalgamated association is striving for. It was asserted in this city today that all arrangements had been completed for unionizing the Riverside iplnnt of the National Tube company at Hen wood, near Wheeling Pittsburg, July 25 The peace mission of M.

M. Garland, who went to New York on behalf of the conservative element in the Amalgamated association has failed. Garland was unable to secure from the steel manufacturers any terms on which a settlement, could be reai bed. They will not recede an inch from the attitude they have taken, holding that the workers' leaders precipitated the fight and that peace negotiations nre off. At the same time a more powerful influence is being sought to carry the olive branch to J.

P. Morgan. Joseph Rishop, secretary of the state board of arbitration, is working as mediator it Is learned from high authority, and he plans, it is understood, to reach the combine people through Senator llan-na. Long Title for Edward. London, July 20.

In the house of lords today, Lord Salisbury, the premier, introduced a bill authorizing King Edward to assume by proclamation within six months of the adoption of the bill, such title as ho may think fitly recognizes his dominion beyond the seas. The premier added this title would probably be: Edward VI by the Grace of God of the I'nited Kingdom af Great Rrttain and Ire land of the British Dominions beyond the sea. King, defender of Faith and Emperor of India." Brazilian After Dirigible Prize. Paris, July 2.1. Keen Interest Is still taken in the balloon of the Hrazilian aeronaut, M.

Santos Duinont. Each day be visits tho grounds of the Aero (dub, Hie Pare I). Aci oblation, at. St. Cloud, where tlie balloon Is kept tilied In readiness to seize the first opportunity to renew the attempt to win the Duetsehe prize, the sum of he ing offered for a dirigible balloon.

The motor Is working producing a higher at the last trial. I rain have thus far ouali test. satisfactorily and rate of speed than iiit the wind and prevented a thor- steadily eastward through this, as soon as it had crossed the logway of the mill, on its south side, but though this would have made a big lire of itself, it was a sideshow compared with the main conflagration, on the north side of River street, between Davis street and Case street and Tremont avenue. This tract of four or five acres of f.O-foot piles of tinder-dry lumber became a veritable volcano of tlame almost in an instant. Men Were Helpless.

The first signs of demoralization were seen in the spao between the mill and the river, mentioned above. The firemen were in there, the private hose lines of the sawmill and the flour mill were pumping their hardest, and the men at those lines were holding their ground in the lace of the danger of being wholly shut, in, but the time came when they had to fly. and when they went they had to the hose nnd run for their lives. A switch engine ran down the Rock Island yard track to the switches of the sawmill and the Riverside mill, and tried to pull tin; six or eight cars that were standing there, but it was too hot to make couplings to the Innermost of them, and at least two of these cars had to be left. When the nieji ran out of here finally they had to leave their lines of hose.

They had no time to shut off the water. The fire soon ate through the hose, and the streams were open as as the (lumps ran. The big ironclad dryshed, used for the selected siding, and standing on the northwest corner of River street and Tremont avenue, took fire, and the lumber company's olllce, immediately across River street from the mill. Ry this time the liames were flaring along the elvated lumber runway on the south side of River street, across the wooden truss bridge that spanned River street, and thence along the several runways that intersected the main yard, from end to end, and the scene was aproai king its culmination. The firemen were simply out.

of it. The hydrant; at the corner by the office was hemmed in by flames on nil sides, and the hose leading to it had to be abandoned, nnd the water left' running. The lines were burned, and the two streams of the hydrant, went spouting into the air, wasting valuable pressure. Later Frank Ridke, driver of Hose 5, went into that furnace at the imminent peril of his lite and shut that hydrant, off. It was only one of the many brave things that marked the hopeless fighl.

A Scene of Panic. With the almost simultaneous flashing Into Maine of the whole main yard, through which the flame ran as quickly as a horse could gallop past It. came a scene of panic and moralization siuh as this peaceful town has seldom witnessed. Immediately northwest of the yard, on the opposite side of Tremont avenue, whic has hitherto been of only half width but which will now be made wider, stood frame dwellings, occupied by mill hands and other laborers. They were right against the fire, and as surely gone as the lumber piles.

The best they could do was to grab something and run. It was very little that was saved. lint, these residents of the fire district were not the only ones in the panic. Hundreds of people, living a little farther away, in the next block up the hill, or on tho northern side of lumber yard, or on Sixth or Case street west of Tremont avenue, bad massed themselves along the avenues near the yard to see the sight. There were teams there whose drivers were watching the advance of the tire; men and women and children, women with babies in carriages, people with bicycles, and all the elements of a fire assembly on a summer day.

were packed in there, even all the way aown i remont avenue narrow space, watching the fearrul scene. When the tire flung itself acre's the breadth of River street and began its wild race for the larthest limits of the lumber yard this mass of hu manity suddenly awoke to the fact that, the situation was one of peril, not only to themselves where they stood, but to their nearby homes, and then ensued a scene that was fearsome? and pitiful. There was a wild stampede. J. tie narrow street was deep in dust, and the air was so full of it, with the frantic rush of me people to escape, that it was practically impossible to see.

Teams and light, wagons were urged through tle screaming crowd. Women lost their children from their grasp and shrieked, and children who were lost, screamed with terror. whose homes were in tho path of the besom of destruction, yelled hoarsely. The flight swept up the bill in utter confusion, with people as heedless as the horses that plunged among them, and with terror and distress hurryin every movement, the air thick with dust, and cries, nnd over all the tremendous noiiow roar of the inoun tain of red flame, close behind am: coming with the wings of the wind and the darkness of a cloud of smoke as black as tar shutting out the alter noon sunshine till the si cue was al most dark, A few moments later am the flames held the place where those pi ople stood, and tiom which they took this headlong liight, in such ter ror. The MiddetiiiCi-8 of the outburst of fire was simply appallinr.

An Awful Scene. r.y mis time mo t.ec!a (- was on that win tremendous. From the ti ti of the main yard the flames climb ed lull drawing to got her at the base into an Eiffel towe ol the draught of air from ail direction)! was very great, but th wind held from the southwest, an strong. me upiirauglit ol tie- iiif was so strong that it i-oaicd high ovr everything around it. Probably nothing about, the lumberyard was fired by the direct lapping of (lie flames, as might, have been ii case with a wind (Continued on Sixth Page.) for Reorganizing the Institution Directors Adopt a Scheme to Pay Dollar for Dollar.

New York, July 2k With the fed eral grand jury in session probing Its affairs, with a Cleveland bank filing a complaint charging its officers with collecting drafts after being notified to return them nnd with falsely stating the condition of the bank, nnd with a stockholder suing them, the directors of the defunct Seventh National bank met and agreed upon a plan of reorganization. The bill of complaint was tiled for the Coal and Iron National Hank of Cleveland, against the bank and Forrest Raynor, receiver. It is alleged the plaintiff on June 5 mailed to the defendant drafts for the sum of $35.2112. Instructions were sent to collect these drafts. On the evening uf the same day reports were published to the effect that the Seventh National bank was shaky, and that F.

Heath, vice president, sent a telegram to the plaintiff reading as follows: "Do not believe newspaper stories con cerning us. Our statement Is the only true one-to believe," and that Oeorge V. Adams, cashier, telegraphed as fol lows: "Referring to published ru mors, we are meeting all obligations as usual." It is alleged these telegrams were false and were sent with the intent to deceive the plaintiff; talit at the time they were received the plaint itf could have taken steps to prevent the acceptance or payment of the drafts. The court Is asked to direct that tin defendants pay over to the Coal nnd iron bank the amount of these drafts with interest. William D.

Stokes, who Is a stockholder of the Seventh, has taken out summonses in the supreme court against the directors of the bnnk. President Thomas and Receiver Raynor The complaint (barged the directors with making reports to the stoekhohl ers to the effect that the capital of the bunk was unimparied when, as a mat ter of fact, It was already insolvent It further charges that the directors "utterly failed and neglected to per form their official duties; that they "suffered and permitted the accounts of said batik to be kept In an Inaeour ite manlier, which failed to show the true character of Its affairs," and with having employed incompetent persons as officers of the bank, "all of which was well known to the directors." The plaintiff demands judgment for the total amount of bis loss as a stock bolder of the bank, and the costs of the suit. After several hours' discussion the directors yesterday afternoon adopted a complete plan lor the hanK reor ganization at. a largely Increased cup it a I izat ton. This means, of course that depositors will be paid In full and the Institution placed upon a sound basis, A large amount of new stock (o which $2,000,000 par value Is to be Is sued) has already been taken, and present stockholders are given oppor tunlty to subscribe for new shares at $lo0.

The plan is the result of sev oral weeks' meditation, and indicates that the demands of Controller Dawes with reference to the collateral pledged for the Gould-Thomas loans negotiated just before the bank's fail ure, are to be compiled with In full. The cash proceds of the assessment upon existing stock and that received iroin new stoci; win more than pay outstanding obligations. Stoekhol -rs will have to pay the 100 per cent assessment ordered by the controller The capital stock will be Increased iroin jiue.iioo to A new board of directors will be selected, the present board, along with the olllcers of the bank, to dace their resignations in the hands of the bank's counsel. A provisional committee of ptihserib ers was appointed to put the plan In operation. If.

is distinctly an antl Heath committee, ami Its control of af fairs means the end of the Heath-Kim ball-Major regime. SEEK HANNA'S AID, Ohio Senator's Services Sought by the Steel Strikers. Rays of Sun Destroy Store. hionx it July I he tierce rays of the sun, beating through the plate glass show windows on the south, nidi of John F. Phelau's dry goods store caused an fire In this city yes terday afternoon.

The light and high ly inflammable contents of the show window burst into flames. The glass broke and In a few moments the story building was a roaring furiiae John F. I'helan and two clerks jumpec from a second story window. Mr 1'iieian and aiiss nose Dement wen injured, the later seriously. All tin employes bandy escaped with their lives, most of them having their fair singed.

KILL HUNDREDS OF SNAKES. Two Ranchmen in South Dakota Clean Out a Den of Rattlers. Fierre, S. July 26. The settler along White River, near Interior, hav been troubled with and it was often noticed that they wer numerous about a certain bluff on th rive r.

A lew days ago It. P. bitfield a rancher in that vicinity, accoin panied by one of bis men, Investigated ami found the bluff honeycombed with small caves full of snakes. The ranch ers dug out and killed on the firs day. Some of the reptiles were monsters of their kind, measuring several in length, and their rattles showed lars.

from the Intense Overwork. Help from Moline. Rock Is- is Now Gen- order to fish. A responsible person testifies that there were at, least two persons there fishing a very short time before the flames broke out. The disappearance and silence of the actual witnesses to the start, if there were any, makes it impossible to fix the origin exactly, but everj thing points to the carelessness of the fishermen on the pile of dry rattlings, How the Blaze Grew.

At the start, like all other fires, this one could have been handled, but it would have been necessary to pet the water there at the very start. There was a strong wind, south, with a westerly drift. The fire was rather on the leeward than the windward side of the pile of kindling, or the work of destruction would have been shortened inimeasureably. As it, was, for a quarter of an hour the fire ate against the wind. There is no doubt that tho firemen did the best they could to get at it, but the most valuable of all time at a tire was not productive of results, ami the flames and heat continually gatherer! force.

lietween the tire and tho Riverside fluuring mill was a small mountain of sawdust. It was fairly harmless as a conductor of the fire, but running along the river's edge, to the south of it, nnd approaching (dose to the tire, was a string of dry material; lumber in stacks, dry sheds for the shingle stock, leading by the very track the wind would have chosen to the rear of the Weycrhauser Denkinann sawmill, and the immense yard of dry lumber It had produced, stacked on both sides of East River street, between Treinont avenue anil the river. To an onlooker it seemed as though, at the outset, the flames made their way slowly In order to give a chance to the men who were lighting them, and then as though they grew angry at the failure to beat them out. and started on a course of vengeance on the whole community. It was but a few minutes till the tire had got into that train of combustibles that, led to the mill.

The firemen were in the thick of it, enveloped in clouds of pitchy smoke, and doing their best, but, though the fire was still far from the mill, it was as plain as day that the whole tract, and posibly alt of East Davenport, was as good as gone. "It's got away from them," was the exclamation from a thousand helpless onlookers, "And it's all going." Wnen the Race Eegan. As soon as the fire entered the line of co mm 1 1 nieai ion that led to the mill it had the wind with it instead of again it. and there it was that the utter futility of trying to tight it. became apparent.

From this time on there was nothing; to bo thought of but snatching away from the liames such things as could be moved. The fire had grown into an awful thing, as uncontrollable as the elements of the heavens, and not, to be fouuht bv any means at the command of man, With the sweep of the wind the flames jumped across the open spi.ee in the rear of the mill and fastened on it. This open space was fiO feet or so vide. was occupied by the railroad track and a plunked driveway for the tennis of the lumber The mill, all openwork and dry, flashed like a house of paper. a few seconds it was geiin; all iiiuhikk.

won nun in a maze tlio most hopeful of the spectators gave tip 'he last hope. Directly connected with the mill, on Uts eastern side, ami run in" eastward from it along the south side of Hiver street, between that street nnd the I railroad, was long strip of land covered wit 11 idles lumber. emending eastward as far us the foot of Oneida The lire worked. Ry a narrow margin Davenport escaped the fate of being visited by (he largest fire in her history in the midst of the, hottest weather she ever caw. That she owes many lives to tills fortunate circumstance there is no doubt.

Tho conflagration that visited her Thursday alternoon was the most extensive, and the greatest in property damage, that she ever knew. It extinguished one of her leading industries, burned half a hundred homes, and carried the loss figures close to million doiiars. Tho firemen of Hock Island and Moline joined in the fight, and to them direct. the salvation of another large establishment, and scores, if not hundreds of oilier homes, is due. If Davenport, Hock Island and Moline people were in need of another proof that they are a community bound by common ties they have it in the fact that the No.

'1 company of Moline, Willi 1.01)0 feet of hose and Ave men, made the race across Koek Island Arsenal in 2n minutes, and landed just in time to shut off the lire in its advance on a section of the residence district that would have doubled the loss. Thanks are too feeble pay for such service. The Start of the Flames. There are none who can say that (hey positively know how the fire started. It is very likely that there are some who do know, but, they are pot tolling.

The initial point was on the edge of the rattlings on which the Rock Island Fuel company tarried a large stock of dry kindling wood, on the south side of East Hiver street, hot wen the foot of Fourth street and the Riverside mill, and nearer the latter. At i.i'i workmen returning from the arsenal saw a small smoke rising from the point of that retaining wall, right above the water, with the kindling wood immediately back of it, "Watching it they saw it break into flame. the time they could reach this side of the river on their wheels there was a big fire there. A woman, whose name could not bo learned, said that she knew of the presence of a number of fishermen, men and hoys, at that place, and of the fact that they had started a tire there, presumably by aeeident in the process of smoking, that they had tried to put it out without giving an alarm, find that they had found it too much for them, nnd had fled. It is known that men nnd boys have been reporting to that particular point ever since it was built in.