Harrisburg Telegraph from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Page 1

Weather Fair. LAST EDITION. VOL. XO. 10 HAIililSBUKG, SATURDAY EVEXIXG, MAY 4.

ESTABLISHED 1831. PROGRESSIVE CITIZENS PROMPTLY RESPOND TO THE TELEGRAPH'S CALL FOR FUNDS. DIREFUL RESULT OF JACKSONVILLE'S FIRE, 148 BLOCKS BEING SWEPT BY FLAMES. Many Mine Unions Agree to Join Movement. ALL IMRRISBURG.

(san I raw 9B jjjj Councilman Vance IVlcCormick Employed an Expert at His Expense and Contributes to the Special Fund Congress man Olmsted Writes a Letter Endorsing the Ftlovement Harrisburg People Are Ready for Better Things. Those doubting' citizens who think that the present boom for city improvements is going to dissolve like a. morning mi.st must revise their views. There is no longer any question about the universal interest of our people in this movement for better things for Harrisburg. Rich and poor are standing together shoulder to shoulder and will aid in every way Hie efforts of those who are doing what they can to bring about the important changes that are.

so much needed. The suggestion of Mr. J. V. W.

Reynders in last evening's "Telegraph" to raise a fund for the employment of an expert engineer to investigate and report on the best plans for the various improvements that have been considered was generally discussed last night, and to day. It is regarded as a practical move and while many of those who have sub scribed to the fund believe it to be the. duty of the city to make these expenditures yel they are willing for the good of Ila rrisburg' to make a public, contribution so that no time may be lost in getting under way. Before noon lo day nearly $:.000 bad been subscribed, to the fund and other money is in bight. "With a fund of say the services of an expert can be secured, and upon the basis of his report the people can vote intelligently when the question of a.

loan for public improvements is submitted to them at Ihe polls. It is fortunate in such a movement as this that all interests are ready to co operate in accomplishing what, is now looked upon as a start toward a greater Karri.sburg ()1 her cities have been spending money and they have reaped the fruits of their wise expenditures in largely increased industrial and manufacturing plants and commercial activity. P.usiness men of Harrisburg oug ht to understand that they are more interested in these proposed improvements 1han any other class of our citizens. All jealousies, if there are any, should be buried at such a time, and all our people should touch elbows in a grand forward "We haven't time in this stage of Ilarrisburg 's development to bother with the pessimists who stand with their hands in their pockets, spitting on the sidewalks and croaking about those who are doing everything possible to make of the city what it should be. It is gratifying to the "Telegra ph" that the suggestion.

made last Saturday lias had such sub stantial endorsement. Mr. Vance C. McCormick, a member of Common Council, a nl one of the progressive young men of the city, has been quietly a I work for some weeks on a plan for 1he improvement of the water front and the abatement of the nuisance of Paxton Creek. Mr.

McCormick has already expended two or three hundred dollars for ccrt advice, on how to eliminate (lie sew ag problem along Paxton reck and with City Fnginecr Cowden and Mr. T. T. Weirman, chief engineer of the Pennsylvania. Canal Company, has prepared for submission 1o Councils a report which will be Hie basis for an ordinance that is being drafted by City Solicitor Seitz at the request of Mr.

McCormick. Since iIk abandonment of the Pennsylvania Canal, si sewers which now empty into the canal will have their outlet in Paxton Creek and as a. result certain property holders threaten to bring suit i i I 1 DESPERATE CRi LEAP Joseph Leary and Howard Wilson, each aged years, convicted last week at Philadelphia on charges of. larceny and receiving stolen goods, and sentenced to the Huntingdon Reformatory, made a desperate attempt to escape while en route to Huntingdon this morning by jumping' from, the train while it was passing through the Pennsylvania Uailrond, yards, this city, at a speed of thirty live, miles an hour. Both were somewhat shaken up by Ihcii daring act, but disappeared very quickly in the direction of Sibletown, and one hour l.nter were captured by Sergeant Nelly and Detective Morrissey, who found them hiding in the cellar of the Baptist Church on Cameron st reet.

The prisoners were in charge of Court Ofliecr M. 0. of and the three left Philadelphia at 8.40 this reaching this city at 11.. The prisoners were handcuffed together and occupied a seat in front of the ollieer. After the 1rain had left the Union Station in order to clear the block for a train to follow made good speed.

Wilson asked the officer to accompany them to the closet and he so. He turned his back for a moment, when Leary slipped his handcuff and ilson made dive out of 1he window and. was followed by Leary, who held fast to the window before; he jumped. His partner bad fallen on cinder pile but was soon on his feet, and ca.lling to Lear.y the two started at a lively for damages against I lie citv. It thcr.e fore becomes necessary for Harris burg to take action without delay Mr.

Dcchant, of Heading, a noted civil engineer, was the expert employed by Mr. McCormick to investigate and report and his plan includes the mak ing of an open sewer in the channel of Paxton Creek', flushing it from point above the city from the city mains. Mr. McCormick has thus done the, city a great service, and is ready to submit to Councils a practical plan for beginning work. fn the same connection it may be stated that Professor Harris, the farnus landscape architect of Prince ton university, and Mr.

Meehan, of Meehan Sons, of Philadelphia, who laid out the grounds at Lochiel. the summer home of ex Senator Cameron, were both invited to prepare plans for the improvement of the river front and without each knowing anything about the other plans they agreed upon the essential features of Ihe, improvement sugg ested. Their idea is to extend the. sewers of the city. to a point in the river beyond a low wall which will prevent the sewage settling along the shore.

When the sewer question shall have been determined the landscape and other ornamental features will follow. Residents along v'ront street have already stated ihat they will bear their full share of the expense and more, but it must not be forgotten that such improvements as are contemplated arc beneficial to all parts of the city. Editor "Telegraph:" Mr. Reynders' suggestion of last. night is real progress towrad a clean and beautiful Harrisburg.

I will cheerfully add $50 to the fund for employing a landscape architect of known ability to make, suggestions, and call attention to the notable letter of Mr. Warren H. Manning of Host on, addressed to Mr. offer nearly two years ago and published in the "Telegraph." J. Horace McFarland.

Congressman M. K. Olmsted writes me jcjegrjjpn snaii no very glad to contribute a hundred dollars. There are no subjects more important to the people of this city at the present, time, indeed to the whole State, than forestry and sewerage, and they are more, closely allied than many may think whov have not personally observed the, wholesale destruction of our forests now taking place. One mill alone on the head waters of one of the branches of the Susquehanna saws' up Ihe timber from live thousand acres every year, and there are plenty of other mills at work.

A half dozen streams, with in my personal knowledge, that, had a good supply of water continuously a decade" ago now almost disappear for half the year. If this thing continues there will not be water enough in the Susquehanna, a. few years hence to carry o1T the sewage from 1 he cities along banks. Indeed, there was trouble last year. The condition of our sewerage system at.

the present time, is a constant menace, to the health of the cily and something should be done prompt ly to remedy it." Mr. graph to offer U. Fleming writes the. "Tele "It gives me great; pleasure a subscription of one linii drcd dolla to such a fund as is nee cssary to make preliminary surveys MINALS. TRAIN, chase for the canal, via' Herr street.

The train was stopped promptly and Officer Hong telephoned at once to the police station and Sergeant Nelly and Detective Morrissey were put on the ease and all patrolmen notified in other parts of the city. A number of people, who had witnessed the daring escape followed the prisoners, but the latter were rather fleet of foot, and soon disappeared. A close, watch was kept until the local of lieers arrived, when a search of all premises was decided upon. A few minutes later Detective. Morrissey found lads in the.

cellar of the. liaptist Church. Leary was Irying to open his handcuffs with a small nail. A revolver in the hands of the detective prevented any further attempt to escape, and 1hey were brought to the Mayor's office and later taken to jail, where they were retained until Fast, Line this afternoon, when the journey west was resumed. The.

prisoners took their capture good naturcdly and Ihey had planned the, escape, after 1he train left Philadelphia, and 1 hat. easy matter for Leary to cuffs. The jump from tin was the only thing to do, it an slip his window but Ihey did not realize that the. train was going so fast. Wilson is badly cut about the hands and bruised slightly on Ihe body.

His partner received a. few slight ruts and was bruisi on Ihe If s. he escape ot holh Irnin death was miraculous, as tln mi; hi. have fallen, beneath the wheels or FR01 Own and engineering investigalions into the several pieces of public work for which our backward city stands in great need. "It, is bad enough 'to know that most values in real estate, and property generally in Harrisburg" have steadily declined for years and enterprises depending on local support are almost at a standstill, while all other cities are reaping the golden harvest of unprecedented prosperity; but when the health of those dearest to us is menaced by a detestable sewerage condition and we are compelled daily to breathe air also fouled by the offal of unclean and uncleanable streets, it would appear to the most careless that duty as well as common business shrewdness should prompt a sharp turn in these affairs.

"The relief is practical and at hand. The so called burden of taxes will not be such when the results of these improvements are operative. The. money for improvements being spent among our own people will create an immediate impetus to local merchants and business men, while the, increased valite of property will far exceed the. increase in taxes, which latter should with good city government decrea.so gradually in years to come.

"These are the effects actually existing in other cities where the experiment. if it may be so called has been made." A telegi am just received from Mr. David Fleming, who is temporarily out of the citv. states he will most gladly subscribe the sum of $100 toward the public improvement in vestigation pla n. Mr.

Fie mi ng has always been interested in these matters and endorses the. pract ica bilit of the plan as well as the nrp cicv of its needs. We regret that his ab sence 1rom the city prevents the porf unity of receiving eneral expression of his views on the subject, but his prompt subscription proves the warm interest he has in these matters. Editor of "Telcj rra am in city improvements "Telegraph" and subscribe $100 to sympathy with the ug gested by the would be clad to ward it it. tins is carried out.

Truly yours, Mrs. James Fleminc Mr. Manning's letter made sugges tions for the. improvement, of the citv which ill be published hereaft er. I Those who have contributed to the.

"Telegraph" fund for securing an xpert on the proposed improvements ire as iollows: Daily Telegraph, $100 100 20 100 J. V. W. Reynders, Miss Dock, H. F.

Martin, W. B. Hammond, George A. Gorgas, Vance McCormick, J. Horace McFarland, G.

M. McCauley, L. S. Hart, W. R.

Fleming, M. E. Olmsted, David Fleming, T. T. Weirman, Mrs.

James Fleming, James I. Chamberlin, 100 25 500 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 been si ruck by a passing train. Their escape and subsequent capture occasioned considerable excitement in the upper end of the city for a time. A NOTABLE DINNER. Arrhbnld' Reception to bo One of the Moil Klntiornt F.vcr Helil in ihe Cnpitnl City.

The committee in charge of the diner to Archb. ikl in honor of the organization of the new Federal Court will be one of the most elaborate ever given in this city. There will be covers for 122 laid in ihn. Hoard of Trade, Auditorium and the Steelton Hand will play. The decorations be of palms and flowers and the.

will hail will be half filled by plants. Hon. Lyman D. Gilbert will be toast master and with the guests of honor wll sit at, a semi circular table from which (here will radiate four smaller tables. Soliictor General liichards, of ihe United States; Senator Penrose, Congressman Council, Assistant Attorney (Jeenral M.

Peck, Governor Stone, Attorney Geenral Klkin, and several judges will be. guests. Kitchener i Koumlint; I'p I vory Miin in Statu. London, May 4. The war office has received the following report from Lord Kitchener, under date of Pretoria, May rid: "Ten P.oers have been killed, three: wounded, thirteen have surrendered and rounds of small arm a in nuinition, 100 wagons and horses have been captured since last report." AT II it Jt i ioic t.

Washington, I). May A. Forecast for Cistern Pennss Ivania Fair lo night and Sunday; fresh north wclci ij winds, diminishing of WILL CAMP IN CAPITOL PARK Schuylkill County Men Will Down the Lykens Valley. Come Shamokin, May 4. Secretary George Hartlein, of District Xo.

0, Mine, Workers of America, issued notice yesterday to the various locals to be prepared to march to Harrisburg on a given date next week unless the anonracite labor' bills, now held up, become laws. The o.meials say that out of 35,000 men between here and Ashland all those able stand the tramp of about sixty miles will join in the threatened march. It is proposed that. Pottsville and this place shall be the rallying points. The men from the Ilazleton fields, will congregate in Pottsville and march with the West Schuylkill miners through Tower City, Williamstown and Likens and rendezvous at Milersburg to which place the Shamokin Ashland region men will march through the Treverton Hernden valleys, after which the two columns will join forces and proceed to Harrisburg President John Fahey originally intended that any army of 10.000 men would camp near the capital of the Staire, but from reports received at headquarters of the district it is expected that fully 25,006 toilers will join in 'the movement.

The officials plan that each marcher shall provide himself with sufficient rations to last at elast a week. President Fahey, who arrived here yesterday to aid in perfecting arrangements says the demonstration cannot fail to impress the legislators that the mine workers will not be satisfied if the bills do not become laws. MlncH in Earnest. Shamokin. May 4.

Secretary Hartlein, of District No. 0, of the' United Mine Workers, received word this morning that the Mahanoy City local of 1,100 men was ready to march by next Monday to Harrisburg Work of mobilizing the men from the districts will begin on the above, date. Hartlein has received replies from the majority of locals in his district to the effect that the majority of the miners will join in the movement. The ollicers of the district went to Pottsvjlle this morning to meet the officials of Districts Nos. 1 and 7, to complete, the plans for the march on the State capital.

A rrniiiiar the Maroli. Pottsville, May 4. National Organizer Dougherty, Secretary Hartlein of the Ninth district and President. Duffy or the district, held a conference, here to day and have arranged for the march of mine workers to Harrisburg for the purpose of urging the, passage of bills recommended by the United Mine. Workers of America.

It is proposed to rendezvous the miners from Hazelton, MeAdoo, Panther ('reek Valley and Schuylkill county at Pottsville. on Tuesday. They will take six days' rations each and will inarch to Millersburg where they will lie joined by those from Northumberland and Columbia counties. At least ten thousand men will leave when the orders to march are given. They will camp in Capitol Park.

BIG STORAGE HOUSES. i her ill he Ituilt Moon nnil Jlnrris lurK 1'rnnorlullon Ailt nngen Mill ho 15cl'r co ii izpil. There will be two, probably three, storage warehouses erected' in his city within a short time, as not, less than three sets of capitalists are locking up the matter and securing estimates on railroad frontage. Plans for two mammoth structures arc being" considered. The re Is ford company, which has a large plant at North and Seventh streets will submit, a.

proposition to increase its capital stock by $7.1.000 to its shareholders, using" the money for the building of a storage house. Division of tiie Keronuc HilrJol. Owing to the abandonment of two divisions of the Ninth Internal Revenue district, a. redisf riet ing of the district was necessary. Nat Adams, deputy collector, whose division was composed of the entire county of Dauphin for the Inst two years, will, now have Perry county, that part of Dauphin county between.

Berry's Mountain and Ilighspire, the western end of York county and the eastern end of CuniberJa nd county. 11. K. Uadabaugh, deputy collector, will have added to his division that part of Dauphin county east, of Ilighspire. C.

F. 10spe.nscha.de, another deputy collector, will have added to his division that portion, of Dauphin, county north of llerrv's Mountain. Will (o Colorntln. The Pev. Wesley Hill.

D. and Colonel F. Asbury Awl leave early Monday morning for Denver, where they will be joined by Mrs. Hill and children on their return from California. Mrs.

Hill is much improved in health. PLANNING A GREAT WELCOME. Inline IMiillppiii" SolUior Will be Itoccl vi Willi ISIazo of Rrd I'ire nl Millie, The. plans were completed for rt rousing welcome to the young soldiers of the Twenty eighth regiment, when the3' reach the city ucxt Wednesday or Thursday at a meeting of the. committee held last evening at the hall of Post All residents were requested 'to illuminate on the night the recepl ion, ol which due notice.

"Telegra ph." I leae for I'itts will be given in Ihe Tin eoinm i 1 1 ce wi I burg to welcome the row. oldicrs to mor on A He Soldiers are Now on Guard and the Fire is Being Allowed to Die Out Amid the Ruins Seven Lives Known to Have Been Lost, People Falling Dead in the Excitement. Firemen Worked Amid Great Danger. Jacksonville, May 4." A de vasted tfity, ruins everywhere, greeted the smoke enshrouded1 sun to day. The tire which broke out at noon yesterday and was aided in its work by a southwest gale, spent its force by 9 o'clock last night.

The damage is enormous. One hundred and forty eight blocks were swept by the flames and as far as known seven persons lost their lives. A report was in circulation this morning that a party of twenty persons driven to the docks along the St. John's river, were forced into the water, all attempts at rescue by boats being futile. The river is being searched.

All the local companies of the State militia, have been on duty since mul nurnt ana on oruer ot uovernor nings, the military companies from four cities are speeding to Jacksonville by special trains. Many extra policemen have been sworn in and every able bodied man not doing duty in some capacity in the fire swept district, ha sheen pressed into the service. The negroes are in groups in different parts of the, city and the fear of an attempt at lawnesses by them, although not openly expressed by the whites, is the reason for the large, military force ordered here. The, fire companies from Savannah, Fernandinii, Oca la and other, cities worked the entire night on the tiro, but a soaking" rain will be necessary to effectually 'quench the. flames.

The hisses by the lire will not be known for a week. The path the flames was thirteen blocks wide and nearly wo miles long Practically all old Jacksonville was destroyed, nothing having been left but a few suburbs and Kiverside, the most fashionable part of the city. It is believed the fire is the larg est on record in proportion to the size ot the. city. A feature of the conflagration was the loss by many families of libraries, pianos and household oods after they had been moved to a supposed place oi aiety.

The street car service has been at a complete standstill since yesterday afternoon. All night the city was in darkness. The, electric light circuits were, interrupted and the gas plant destroyed. A conservative estimate places thq number of homeless people in the city at 10,000. Most of these spent the night in the parks, on the docks ami on barges, while some slept beside the few belonging they had been able to save, from the general wreck.

The board of trade and other commercial bodies held meetings at 10.30 this At tiiere Avill be a meeting to take action looking to he. alleviation of the sniveling It is expected an appeal to the people, of the United States calling for aid will be issued during the day. Leading business men and insurance agents estimate the total loss of property at from teu to iifteen million dollars. The SI. Hotel, which was destroyed, has been closed since.

April 19th. The, loss on this building is Among the buildings destroyed are: The Hmery Auditorium, Hoard of Trade, St. James Hotel, Windsor Hotel, the Seminole Club, the Daily Metropolis, the City Hall and market, the Gardiner building, the largest office building in the city; the Hubbard building. Mayor P.owden said to the Associated Press representative this morning: "Say to the world, please, that the loss to Jacksonville is greater than ever beofre, inflicted by fire upon a. city of the SouCh, but her best wealth survives in her I estimate, our loss in property at fifteen million dollars.

"There is not a hint at lawlessness; our people of every race and condition have shown the most helpful spirit to each other, and I cannot find words of commendation strong enough to express my admiration of the work done. "The progress of the. lire was so rapid and the heart, so tierce, that it, was only the helpfulness and obedience shown that prevented a terrible, loss of life. I have no doubt that the relief meeting called by the municipal authorities and lioari. of Trade, will be.

largely attended and steps will be taken to deal with the situation in the most effective way." Jacksonville, May 4. W. W. Cleveland, on whose premises the fire orig Siore llolihccl 8u. store of Shoebower.

at The Manada Hill. his county, whs robbed Thursday night by some unknown parties. This is the seventh time that robbprs have gained an entrance in bis store. The thieves secured eighty dolars worth of shoes in one haul some time ago. They failed to secure very much on Thursday, as the dogs made it too warm for them.

Hunt! ii sr rrte rer. Search was made, to day by the en fire local police force for the murderer of Smith, aged 25, of Lebanon, who had his brains knocked out yesterday by a colored Irani. man answering the description of the latter applied at the Mayor's Office, for the right to carry a revolver. was refused and left. inafed that wrought siich disaster here yesterday, and who was one, of the, heaviest losers, dropped dead from excitement during the progress of the flames.

A stalwart negro, bringing a trunk on his head fifm a burning building went crazy from the horror of the situation. He ran around in a circle with the trunk on his head until he sank exhausted and liorl Wnm ti 1 1 1 llirnnnrh t.tif ctretft. tearing their hair and clothes and in instances had almost denuded themselves when they were caught by friends and led to places of safety. Horses attached to trucks could not be cut loose quickly enough and many of them ran wild through the demor alized throng At nig ht the military was ordered out to guard the house hold oods piled high in the streets. Jacksonville, May 4.

At 1 A. M. a cordon composed of militiamen, deputy sheriffs and policemen was thrown around JJie entire fire swept district. The fire was still burning fiercely in many sections of the ruins, but the exhausted firemen, giving up the fig ht for the time being sought rest, leaving the tire to burn itself out. The heat from the tire is in tense and the temperature is 90.

The most important retails business portion of the, city and the buildings the entire length of Beaver street from Davis to the creek and over Liberty street have been burned. This covers fourteen blocks. For the same distance Ashley and Church streets have bolh been' completely blotted out. '1 the fire reached Bridge street eastward course it enveloped in flames three blocks, Duval, Monroe and the north side of Adams, burning up the north side of Adams, destroying that entire section of the city and riuining fourteen blocks to the Duval street bridge. St.

Luke's Hospital was saved. Local military companies were called out to keep back the crowds and the firemen began to blow up the houses a block from the fire and thus prevent it from spreading. A perfect gale sprang up and millions of sparks and flying burning shingles spread over five or six blocks, setting the roofs of the houses on fire in advance of the main tire. Soon Senator Taliaferro's residence, the adjoining houses on that block were ablaze arid in spite of all efforts to save the Yindsor and the St. James hotels, both hostelries were quickly enveloped in flames.

For about an hour the guests in the Windsor had been busily packing their tritnks and the vans went away loaded with trunks and grips, some unfortunately to the United States hotel, but many to Iviverside. Dr. Laell's house, Windsor, caught fire, Methodist parsonage, ments Trinitv M. E. opposite the and then the In a few mo Church was a mass of flames.

The Opera House block followed and the Hichards and Livinirston boarding houses. A des perate but unsuccessful effort was made to save the Baldwin Mansion, which was recently purchased by the Elks for Paint shops, with barrels of oil, were plentiful in this district, and caught fire in rapid succession, causing the flames to rise hundreds of feet high. Buildings across the street were soon ablaze. Ten minutes later the Hubbard building collapsed like an egg shell. Dynamite and the powder had exploded.

Here there was much danger for the firemen. Cartridges exploded and bullets began to fly and efforts to check the, lire at this point were abandoned. The new Durehott building and the Oardiner block were soon a mass of flames. Down the street the fire spread and the entire section of Bay street, from Market to Main street, and extending five blocks back, was wiped out. The nthe city building went, the fire department building, the armory, the county court house, the.

clerk's oflice of the county records, the criminal court, house, the city jail and the high and grammai schools and Catholic Church and orphanage, Mclntyre Methodist Church, St. John's Episcopal Church and the convent. Dr. 11. TI.

Dean, a prominent physician, has reported t.o the police the loss of his two children, Helen and Francis. He believes Helen will be found, but that Francis was burned to death in his office, wh'ere they sought safety. Dr. Dean fainted in the street after an all night search, and in falling was seriously injured. W.

H. Barrett, president of the i MINISTERS TO T'ekin, May A majority of the foreign ministers will leave Bckin next week for the western hills, to spend the summer, taking with them military guards for their protection, their intention being to come to Pekin for the purpose of holding nice ngs ana unending in necessary business. issiona ry Mission, says Owen, of the London all the reports receiv First National Hank, of Jacksonville, also fainted duxing the fire. He fell into some smouldering ruins and was severely burned before rescuers arrived. To day the telegraph offices were jammed with people endeavoring to gret their messages on the wires and, to reach telegrams awaiting them.

Money is pouring in from all Florida cities by wire and express. The Times Union and Citizen has headed the fund, which is growing rapidly. It is admitted generally that the situ ation is a serious one, and that help will be needed, from the outside. The terrific strain, added to tha warm weather, is telling on many of those who were active in rescue work. A number of cases of prostration were reported up to noon.

Fire Chief llaney is somewhat better. He was brought down town' during the day in care of two or three firemen to view the ruins. Secretary of War Koot. to day tendered the use of the barracks at Fort Barancas (St. "Augustine) for the refugees.

The Mayor of St. Augustine also ottered to take care of 1.000 rerugees. Before the tire reacHed the county ail Sheriff Trice asseanbled all his prisoners, thirty live in number, and summoning all his oepiities ami guards, marched the men to Kiver 1 side. Here they were kept under guard all night and this morning were removed to (llencoe and Si. Augustine.

A bill will be introduced in the Legislature immediately to bond Duvall county for $500,000 to rebuild the court house. Savannah, May 4. J. A. Ferris, conductor of a Southern Railway train from Jacksonville, reaching Savannah early to day, worked for three hours to help stay the flames that swept over the Florida city and saw much of the suffering and desolation wroucht bv their devouring fury.

"Practically section of the said, "and of only four or Thousands of She 'entire residence to. is in rains," he, the business section' five blocks remain, people are homed esa and in want and manv of them are: leaving the "During the time the tire was raging the entire population of Jacksonville was abroad. of them wera engaged in fighting flames or in striving to remove to a place of safety; their own belongings. Every agott and cart that could bo found wa4 pressed into service, und these, heavily laden with all sorts of furniture! and personal property of every de scription, were passing in a long linel across the river. The houses and barns were like tinder boxes.

scarcity of water that early became apparent, increased the. difficulties ot the firemen. "I worked for three hours in thai district doing all I could to) save the burning property until I was tired out. My duty compelled me ta leave the city. At that, time the fire seemed to have, about burnel itself out and was under partial control.

The section of the Savannah fire department had then just arrived. That misery that has been wrought passes description." Aew York's Aid. New York, May 4. The Merchants Association of this city has telegraphed to Governor Bloxham and the Mayor of Jacksonville expressing sympathy with the people of Jacksonville in their distress, and asking for a statement of immediate necessities. The association will form ar committee to receive subscriptions for the relief of the destitute.

There arc relations of several Har risburgers residing in Jacksonville, among them Mrs. E. B. McXicmy, a sister of Messrs. C.

A. and F. Burns, who resided on East Duval street in the ill fated town. Mr. Robert Ellis, a cousin of Dr.

Hugh Hamilton ami Mr. Na.idain Hamilton, alsa resided in Jacksonvil e. Y. M. C.

A. BUILDING FUND. $55,650. GO WITH ed by his mission from the provinces show the country to be in a deplorable state. Discontent and intense hatred of foreigners prevail and worse conditions than existed before the siege are threatened.

The departure of the troops, he predicts, will lie signalized by a massacre, of the native Christians. "Those unable to recognize the facts and reporting otherwise to their goierninents." sas Mr. Owen, "are as wilfully blind, as GUARDS..