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HOUSTON DAILY fOST: TUESDAY JJOE.NING. FEBRUARY .0, lC3i II tcAe Ifs Adtirrils It il 1. of th RlxtMnVb Tinned State Infantry, power bouse, however. Is a total wreck j. I to Sf.

Lcsis ATHLETES AND PUGILISTS CURED BV SWAMP-ROOT i these Fiunous Pugilists" and Athletes Tell of their Cure by Swamp-Root, the Great Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy, and Say that it Added to their Great Strength. Gfrgt Braking, tht CUbrt4 SaM Vtaftr thiNatlonml Ltmgn. WrtfM Wht Ht Thinks ttaMJrJUot. Hotel Umpire. New York City.

Oct 19, 1903. 1 Dr. Kilmer Binghamton, N. Y. Gentlemen After finiihing the coaching of the Columbia Cmjfe Wtrld JtffrU ScUrn at vTtvain jfJteet fVondtrfml Rtmtdfr Hotel DeUvta, New York City.

Noy. 16, 1903. Vi. Kilmer Binthamton, N. Y.

Qentlemen: Your grea(t rem edy, Swimp-Root, wai recom mended to me by Lou Houseman, Sporting Lditor of the Chicago Inter-Ocein. I use it in my training to mm f. Crbrtt, tht Fprmtr Cfiumpion. Tgflg HoV Hi Wa4 Cmr4 bp SVamp-Roet, Brooklyn, Ni Nov. 1.

Dr. Kilmer A Bingham ton, N. T. Gentlemen About two year ago thlg extremely robust body ef mine (bowed, sires that omething waa wrong with It. Mr usual vigor gave plao to a feeling ef lassitude.

I was annoyed by free went headaches, oeeaaional spells of dtsslnsea, and Instead ot my usual good appetite coull hardly fore myself to at BMal. Two physician whom I consulted said 1 bad malaria, but their prescription did me no good. A third one whom I consulted tola re jny kldnay were out of order and advised to tab Swamp-Root I got bait a dosen bottle and could feel the benefit before I bad finished th first one. By the time I bad Ultra Ms bottles I felt I was cured. My appetite bad coma back, the headache had disappeared, and I felt aa fit a tb day I mat Sullivan at New Orleans.

As a pleasant and speedy remedy and a ur strength builder it give me pleasure to recommend Swamp-Root to all my tnends. very truiy. Wltn: Ex -Sheriff Msaterson. rv--r r. I I I A It wlU pnljr I raatttr i very few days' when wilt be read for buslne In our new store, Cop: now and take advantafe o.

prices offered jro during our removal sale. K. H. CAWTHON CO. Empty bi tb that tl la necessary for ru to bother tout your Vbbv Just ttQ to Four work.

Wo vlQ tend tor tt regularly. It will laundered prop. erly. We will de liver promptly. Our Dying and Classing work are ootnplet.

Glv tt a TRT. never dlsap- Model' Laundry. 1011 Prairie Ave Our neh Bakery Ii finished, aadw capacity oi 20.000 lotva per day. fck day and nlht, and till orders lot next train Jf jf Jt SCHOSSER'S STEAM BAKERY 509 Dallu Avenut. Pbonit Si.

Til eye ot borsea and cattle, equaUj with the eye of man, ar cured by which was favorably known In thl region far back aa IMS. Ton may place great ooofldenca la tbi reraady. aii eve arrvnvtnua sunt nu, ais arrfcvnvee, i Scott's A POSITIVE CURE lorlalsaaatlMerOatarrb of th Biaddtr ad Pi tease Ilssera. Ms ar a pay. Oares Ileal sad PWssa Itatly lb worst tc wasortset sad Olss.

a statue st tew loes tttaa- lu. Steeistety ssmjest. Bold by draggW Prtet tl.Asr by taail, peel seat. II UD, I tOKM Wilt. TNI liTAl-MPr It, esLLsrcsTAtMa.

oK, eWM he KsMkVes, tot Mesa Heassbsn, Tasats. Don't Scold IS IrAfsPllli' I I i College Base Ball Team, last spring, I was not in good condition lor the opening of the National League. I started using Swamp-Root, and it put me in fine- condition very quick. I tun satisfied Swamp-Root is a wonderful remedy, and does everything that you claim for it. Yours truly, New York National Lcaue Club, Strength in garrison at rort nieeum, uavio aland, to proceed to Baltlmor on a ape- train reaving jersey Jity at I a.

m. "he commands at Plattsburg and Madi- son barrack. Nw, York, oniwlstlng, re spectively, of bttar ui or the nun ana Ninth Infantry, a. now aa their way to Baltimore. TEN-DAY.

Maryland Legislature Relieve I Baltimor Buaineaa Affairs. (Associated Pre Report) Stat House, Armapli, fabiuary a Th reneral sasembly mat at th state nous tonight to conldr puna for tb relief ot Or condition ta Baltimore, nenator Gill ot Baltlmor Introduced authorising tb governor to.dachu. a hellday of tea day In tb stricken district so a to aid property owner and other losers by ths fir to get ylr buW nes affairs In as good snap aa poaslbl. Th bill, which wa passed at one and aimed by th governor, also authorise him to extend the suspension of business beyond ten day If necessary. A bill to make a relief appropriation, wnicn was to have been presented In the hoae.

was laid ever until th condition and amount needed can be ascertained. The lailatur adjourned and th legislator left at 1 o'clock on a special train tot Baltimore, MAY AFFECT TEXAS, Insurance Companies May Ad vance Their Rates. (Houston -Post Special.) Austin. Texas, February $. According to xpreeions heard her today th people of Teas may expect another Inereaa In Insurance rate on account ef tb de-tructlv fire In Baltimore.

Twe year, when Patterson, wa destroyed by fir th insurance rate In th State were increased, presumably to keln bay ths big loa No doubt but what this fast brought out th expres. tons heard ner tooar concerning in Baltlmor bias. The bisi less will hit many ef the In surance companies a severe blow, and It remains to be seen whether or not the State eempanht will loin th old liner In th Increase should th Inereaa be rdcred. U. S.

Troops Not Needed. (Associated Prsss Report.) Washington. Feb navy t-Th Am elated Pre tonight received th follow, tout dlapateb from General Corbln, com manding the United State troop srdared to Baltlmor to assist In preserving order tber: "Calvert Station. Baltimore. Manager Associated Press.

Washington: Fire under complete control and troops not needed. Have ordered them to remain, at their statlona "VOrntn. staler unnerai. ARKANSAS TORNADO EIGHT PERSONS ARE RE- PORTED DEAD. A Number of Residences Scatter ed Over a Wide Section of Country "Were Destroyed.

Llttl Reek. February $. A pe- cial to th Arkansas Gazette from Mam moth Springs, aay: News ha been received here of a tornado which crashed through tb outhrn part ot Fulton county Saturday night. At Union, thirty mile southwest ot her, three per sons were Rev. Soden, a Baptist minister, and th oldest daughter of John Clinton were billed.

Tb ether wa a child, nam not known. It la re port ea that flv persons war killed tour mile st of Union, name unknown. At Union th dwelling Ot Samuel W. Coch ran, together with bin barn; th noun ot William Gilstrap, and a number ot small. ar residence, also th storehouses ot S.

W. Cochran, and 8. W. Cochran, with content, two churchea, th Ma- bnlo hall and Came blacksmith shop were swept away. Th only building left In tb llttl town waa Dr.

Barn' atora. and It was blown from Its foundation. Th path of tb tornado wa about tw yera win. THE TOiTHER (Associated Free Report.) Washington, February 1 East Texas Rain Tuesday. Wednesday fair; colder In West Arkansas Rain or mow Tuesday and probably Wednesday.

West Texas and New Mexico Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday. Oklahoma and Indian Territory-Cloudy Tuesday; probably mow or rain. Wednesday fair. Louisiana Cloudy Tuesday; rain in North Wednesday. Freeh east to southeast wind.

Observation taken by United State weather bureau at I p. m. 75th meridian Rsln- Stat of fall weather. .00 Pt. cldy .00 Clear .00 Clear .00 Cloudy .00 Clear .00 Clear .00 Clear .00 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy .00 Clear .0 Clear' ,00 Pt.

cldy .00 Cloudy .00 Clear .00 Clear .04 Snowl'g .00 Pt. cldy .00 Clear .00 Clear .00. Clear .00 Clear time: Temperature. Max. Mln.

Stations Abilene Amarlllo 40 $0 $8 10 64 62 12 4 2 4 40 42 1H IS HI Atlanta Corpus Chrlstl Davenport Dodge city El Paso Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City Memphis Montgomery Nashville New Orleans North Piatt Oklahoma Omaha Palestine San Antonio St. Loul fit Paul Vlcksburg 00 14 ...7 a ..1..60 44 70 .....1 44 70 80 SOUTHERN STATES NEWS. LAKE CHARLES, an employe nf th Industrial Lumber company, while trying to bosrd moving freight train, slipped under the wheel snd lost his left Garfield' home 1 In Waterloo, Iowa. LAKE CHARLES. I -A negro, who lives In the woods near Bancroft, assault, ed Mrs.

Thompson last night, and the woman how hovers between life and death. Wenderson Ashworth was lodred in Jail hers this morning. DEATHS IN TEXAS. Brsunfels. Tex, February l-On of the oldest.

If not the oldest, -cltlsens of New Braunfel. Mr L. Forke, died her at hi home Thursl day night. At the time of hie death Mr Fork was years old, and had heeii In feeble health for more than a year He waa the proprietor of one of th oldest mercantile establishments In thla place, having opened a store here many years ago. The funersl will occur this afternoon from the family residence on cteguin atreet.

kos, 33o and It will require weeks to rebuild it. Tne theaters made no attempt to open tonlarht. It has not been determined whether engagements will be played later In the wwek, Ths Protestant church of tne Messiah, corner of uyett ana uar streets, was destroyed. The Church o. the Messiah was one of the most historio RUgtotre- structures In th city, wua bwirt la-re.

AfMlA fAptini and nltlakv fire fighting by four of the Baltimore fire companies saved the cltv from another serious fir thla afternoon. A burning brand fell on th reof of fh Main Ice company plant, -across Jones Falls, In Esst Baltl mor. -t ne tar roor on ine linw w-ture became quickly ignited and In a hort time th building was In ruins, so great Was the best from the lee com pany mar tne cnvnurai next door caught' fir and was also destroyed. In ths cellar was stored many thousands of ga'lons of gssolln need In the business. The firemen were war nT.imi.

nt the t.art line snd Wr back by th fums ef th chemical, but ahey fought gallantly and pre- ventea an sxpiopion. am a result ot th examination of tit new ucm house bulldlnr It Is almost certain that ths entire structure must be torn down and rebuilt, so great ta th Injury found to neve been done oy tne nre to tne gntnue anu The building Is now nearly up to the third floor snd ner(y worth of work has been don. Th building 1 about half complete). Under the saw tne ices win iau on nr. contractors, unless congress passes a relief measure.

It Is believed that every bank vault In the city le intact, although some of them are surrounded by debris, 0 that their xsct conditions can not be ascertained. The vaults have been found In good condition. In seversl of th bank Where examinations were made. PROPERTY ESTIMATES. List of Individual Losses of $ioo, i ooo and Over.

The following Include a partial Hit of thr individual losses of tlOO.ooo and over. The estimate eovr buildings and contents: John' B. Hurst, dry goods. Wtt Ham Koch, Importing company, HOO.WB; the Daniel Miller company, dry goods, tl.M,M0; Dixon Bartlctt' company, shoe. Joynsr, Wtls hat and cap.

1100.000; Spragin, 9uck a shoe, IUB.000; Cohn, Adlar Shoe company, a FlUnan. ladle' wrap per. Jacob R. Beligman, paper, lloa.oM; Nathan Rosa, ladle' leaks, tlotDO; Morton Samuel A boot and shoes, I10O.000; Straus Broa, torag. tlOO.OOO Bate Rubber company, Ouggenbelmer, Well lithographer and printer, M.

Friedman A Bona, clothing, and F. Sohlsuns, clothing, Schwarkopt Tpy oompany, J1D0.00O; National Exchange bank, tlS.OOO; S. Lew- A clothing, tlM.OOQ; John B. Hunt tt itorage. ILSO.OOO; Lawrence A Wa.u Ua company, tiecOW; S.

Ins berg A ciotning, fia.uue; wuiKJeman Brown, drug, tUt.OOO; R. M. Sutton A dry roods. 11.600,000; Cheaapesks Shoe company, 8. jr.

and A. F. Miller, clothing manufacturer, ILM.000; i. Hal A Son. coot ana shoes, uuu.uuu, Strauss dry exwds.

C. Mavar A patent medicines. tlSO.OnO; Straus Elsman, snirt BBanuracturers, nortn Bros, and Strauss. IIEO.OOO: McDonald A Fish- ar. wholesale paper, tVW.OUl; Wiley, Brus-ter A dry roods, snd E.

W. Daniel, oloth, Henry Oppenhelmer A eiotblng, and Van bant, Jacob hlrts, Louis Lausr A shirts, tlOO.OOO: Chamnlon Shoe Manufactuiinr company and Drirr. Curran A shoe, fiw.uou; Mendel ladies wrappers, UlS.OuO; Blsnkenberg, Gharmann A notion, Leo Keene A ladle cloaks, and Henry Preufelder A Co boot and shoes, Peter Rohe Son. names 26, 000, Jame Robert Manufacturing company, plumbers' supplies, tlOO.OOO; R. J.

Anders ton, boots 'and shoes, I10O.000; Jame Robertson Manufacturing company, slorsg. tlOO.OOO; Oehm's Acme hall, Consolidated company, 1100.000; Armstrong, Cater A notion and tnllllnt erv. 1600.000; Dowell, Helm A mlllln. ry, Florence W. McCarthy com.

nanr. notkina and tacea. HsO.OUO: Thal- helmer clothing, Fie nor liquors, wholesale, ana eiinermsn A Todnes. notions, 1 160.000; J. Goldsmith A Son.

clothing, snd Sugar A Shear, clothing, Michael Ambash A Sons, clothing. K5O.0OO; -Harburg HOO.OOO; Simon Neuberger A dry goods, Woodward, Baldwin A dry Goods, Bouldlng Bros, notions, 1160.000; Carter, Webster A whit good, tlW.OOO; Edward Jenkins A Sons, num. t.h. coacn ana narnese inaMi, wunu-son Boyd A Lythlcum Rubber company, boot snd shoes, M. I.

Rlum A cloth Ins. tlOO.OOO: Phllln F. Oehelman, ktcea and embroideries, and Philip Bros, company, dry good. H. Hscht A millinery, Aden umbrella manufacturers, and Fondln A Hay A Sons, cloths, $100 000; J.

G. Relf A clothing, Haas A Kemper, embroidery ana lac. TAFT SENT TROOPS. Gorman Asked for Federal Sol diers to Protect Ruins. (Associated Press Rsoort) Washington.

Februarr At th request ot Senator Gorman and upon hi pledge and that of th governor of Mary. land 'that th lerllatur of Maryland would tonight pau a resolution calling on th National government for military aa- alatance. Lieutenant General Chaffee, commanding the sen era! taff, sent or der to General Corbln. commanding th department of th Eaat at Naw Tork to proceed forthwith to Baltimore and take military command of the situation there. Nearly 1000 soldier bav been ordered to srv under him.

In view of the stringent provisions ot th poss comitatus law regulating ths use of troops In States, the following statement has been made as to ths conditions brought about by th action of the military authorities: "Early today Secretary Taft was called up on the long distance telephone by a committee of cltlsens of Baltimore, who asked that soms engineer officers, sxpert In the use of xoloBlve. be sent over from to assist and direct the local people in blowing un threatened buildings. The secretary acceded In sending the officer already named. Then It was repre- 'sented that enslneer were wanted to perform the actual work of blasting, so, promptly, the were ordered from the Washington DarracKS. as aireany statea.

Then Secretsrv Taft put himself In com munication with Senator Gorman and also with Governor Warfleld. who thought that the United States troops would be necessary to protect tne town rrom pillage and restrain disorder. Secretary ToYt referred to the comitatus law. whereupon Srnator Goran) and Governor Warfleld both toined In the aaaurann that the request from the legislature for the troop would surely ds rartnooming at the evening session of that body. Meanhwlle Secretary Taft had acted and nrdereit the troons to Baltimore through the general staff.

Tie did so because the troops and Oeneral Corbln; their commander, could not reach Baltimore until tonight after the lesislatur should have an opportunity to act. Then, besides, In entirely- competent for th commander, nf the military department to move his soldiers as he nleanrs within the limit of the department, so ion ss aoes not -ntuallF tnMOV Them ss a P0s comlta- in violation ot TROOPS FORBALTIMORE. Atlantic Division U. S. Regulars Sent from JMew York.

(Associated Press Report.) New Tork. Februsry It was an nounced tonight at the headquarters of th Atlantic division on Governor Island that 'Major General H. C. Corbln, commanding the would start for Baltimore from Jersey City on a pedal -train oa the Pennsylvania leaving at p. m.

and arriving at 11 p. m. General Corbln will take, charge of all ie Federal troon In Baltimore He la accdmpanied by hi staff, composed of rolonel Knlrht, chief of staff; Major Btarr, Captain Moss, aids camp, and Captsln Horton, assistant quartarmaater. Order bar bees las wed tb battalion Why Swamp-Root GI1011T a- LIHE Bftr. ni a firemen from Tork, Pa-i wh waa orwbed by talUm i wall in-the city hospital thtrty-fiv pr-J tun were treated during the progress of I th.

ftrv Ui) only on wae ompeiled to femala la th institution, and hs ni i tifrrlnf twm xoum. Tht nrJ hog-I pttal treated about a doaen flreraea Mil policeman. IB the early hour thl morning th army of fir fighter struggled agalaat ewwhelmta odd, and when" day broke th niM wan ragtag fiarcaly alone th 'wharve and focused about the trraat wr fatuM of th United Railway whloh furnlahed th pewar for all th tret railway of tb cKy. Tbno th rhymee at thtf way with nndlmln. iibad (ore southward, but wr Anally lMckd near th water1 edge at Weat Fall avenue, in th southwest section the (city.

1 The burned area to th aeon ol deeola-" Aon. Number! building that were th prld of Baltimore, coatly and gtate-' ly, and occupied for varlou business purposes, war rutted and only amouldertna- debrle of wall or remnant of wall re-1 mala to mark th pttea, Th Baltlmor American building, on of th finest, I now but smouldering debris. Aero i Couth street, whera stood th Baltimore Sua building, only tbJlUar that marked th front remain. Four block below there are wiped out. without a wan teft standing.

From Fayette street down Bolllday street aa tar a German tret there 1 bunding Ten ev in sneti at th com and flour exchange at the eor-t ner of German- a grim towr th ruin stand th wall of th flfteen-' story Continental Trut company bulld-t tag. The wall of th Baltimore and Ohio building ar also standing, but th Pnn-i tyhranla railway building, directly acroa Celnrt'stnst, rased. One of th walls remains on the one sUtely Equitable building, Only remnant of On wall ar lftt of what wa th Netlonal hotel. No building are left standing as tar a th sy can se down Baltlmor street from li pouiU FEDERAL BUILDINGS. CuttAwi House and U.

S. Store- -JwwM Were eoatly X'oitod States custom Jou jnl coiirfo of tpnstrucyqa I said to The marbl block ar badly damage th eomloes an the north id sre 4stroyd and th marol i cracked In a number of place. Th only other Federal building damaged was th United State (turehou, diagonally op podta. Westward along Pratt street only debris from which flam leap and. Ma Vwm Pratt street, west from Oay.

lor wnaraf block th oU In tb wreck the Waade) Oil Ignited jand i there wia. a succession of exploaliM. Pratt street for many squares Is almost Impassabl by reason of bugs pile of maaonry and water with which the fir i eomaanlas flooded that section, 'main sower nous of the street raUway wa' gutted early this morning. rh' large buildlncs of th Miller Fr-tlltser company, the Brasjener Oil com-. PHnj Roblneon.

dealer In seeds, and the Martin Wagner eonioany. cuuwr end 'seeker, opnosits'the Hp front th powe touae. were destroyed and ths ruins "burned throughout this seealng. eeeunanta ef the W-lated I Pratt tre were saloon keepers and. Dealers.

Ik second hand aooda AU the I building at Pus-ana wharf, nearby, war Stretching from her down tfast and Aet Falls avenus were a num-, bar of business bulldlnr. Among them were the lime Cement company' plant and th larg building of th McCormlck Drug, company. The Hoffman house and Manor hotel, near br. the T. J.

Myers' large flY-tory packing plant and the E. W. Boyer packing plant were destroyed. The Commercial bulldlnr. a slx-N story building at the corner of Lombard and -Oay treet.

ctretchlnr orer half a block, Is destroyed, but the vault are safe. -Th burned district Is within ths terrl-, tory bounded on the west by Liberty street, on th north by Lexington (treet, on the east by Jones Falls snd on the south by ths basin. Within this district were the big tructurea on Fayette, Oay, Iximhard. Charles. Elliott, Hollingworth snd Cheacslde treet.

Passing south slonn the basin, the (ol-! lowing large docks were destroyed: Mc-' Clurea, Patterson'a Smith'. Frederick', Long and Union. Small thoroughfares which do not extend as far north as Lexington street, and which were In the path of the flame, are Commerce, Fred- -erirk -and Mill etreet. The district thu swept oomprlaes seventy-five blocs. MAYOR'S STATEMENT.

Thanked Other Cities for Aid -They Have Offered. Mayor McLan today gavs th follow-. big to the Associated Pre: 1 visa you would say for me that th ur Is now under control. The people throughout the country have been very kind to In our terrible calamity, and Peculiar 1 To Itself Id what ft is and what it does bestv blood-parifyinjr, alterative and toniA tobstanees and 'effecting the, most radical and permanent cure of all humors and all relieving weak, tired, languid feelings, and building np the whole system true only of (Hood's Sarsaparilla Vo other mediofne acts like it; ho other medicine bat done so much real, 'substantial good, no Mother medioine has restored health 'and strength at so little cost. "I wa troubled with wreraja and earn ItoiwneMhtl said a sm da seyikta After taking twe settle ef Beod't SsnaparlUa I Mld I walk, sad when I had taken lgbt bottle I aeald see a well a fwr." Soars A.

Bans-' gosr. Wither. M. Heed'a raapartlla promlaaw ta aura anal kaape tft pronils), QUicttEST 0, Sarc Whole Nl'thl I ban not find words to xprcss sp-pwciatloo. Wa bar bad offers etas-lstancj from nearly every Urge city In th Eastland eeveral offers from "the West Of course thr ha as yet been no relief system adopted, aa we do not know lust how stand, but by tossur-rw wa shall knew what reUef measures It will be necessary to adopt.

"It la ahsolntiry lmposlbe td even pproxlraat th lea. It will be several day feefor anything Ilk an accurals estimate can. bad." Th board ot commissioners also refuse to rUmt the loss. A prominent member eld: "It is Impossible now to (Iva an appro mats estimate of ths kna I would sar front up. It Is sst to aay the loss exceeds Both brmnche of the council held a meeting tonight and adopted resolution asking Governor Wrflld of Maryland to declare a tesjrday koUdsy.

This mat-tar wag brottgkt the atMatlon of th mayor early In Che day by a delegation treat the chamber of cooHneroa. Shortly after noon th board of manager of th chamber of commerce1 met and after a discussion It wag unanimously agreed that oaring to tb chaotic condition of business wsa neoaaaary to expect tb coventor to declare a legal ton-day holiday and also to ask for aa extension ot thirty days on all legal papers. A commission was appointed to wait on tb governor and ask bis oe-operctloa In having tb matter oarrlad to a sueceu-ful termination. While conferences -between th myur and- tb beads of hi departments were being held In the city ball and Governor Warnaid wa receiving delegation at ula offlo la the Fidelity building, a corps it ngineere was busy In dynamiting ths tow. ring and dangerous walls of the Low building, less than two blocks distant.

Early this afternoon Governor Wsrfleld telegraphed to fteoretary of War 'raft, asking that a corps of dynamite expert be sent over to superintend the demollon of th walls of ths Low snd Herald buiM-lngs- Late thla afternoon Major Edward Burr, Captain C. E. Glllett, Lieutenant B. Hllsbury snd Lieutenant fe Dent of the engineer corps. Second battalion, snd a company of engineers arrived from Washington, They brought several hdn dred pounds of gun cotton and dynamite.

After firing tores charges, work was suspended owing to tb darkaes. POWER PLANT BURNED. Street Railway ttied Up Permission for Steam Use Given. Th destruction, of th power plant' of the United Railway companies, which furnished slsctric power to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad In their tunnel, caused eeriou Inconvenience to the latter company within th city limit. Mayor Mo-Lane, however, granted the company th privilege of ilng steam motlv power until other arrangements can-be mad.

Scores of telegram were received by Mayor McLao proffering assistance. Tbey came from mayors of crtlee, railwsy and other corporations and from, prom- Inent clttaens all over th country. Lai thla evening Mayor McLaoe visited the lower section of th burned district with tb idea of familiarising himself with tht. conditions existing there and also endeavoring to learn Wnat relief measures will be necessary. Tb Fsystt Street Episcopal church, on of th oldest buildings in the city, bas nothing' but 'outside walls left.

On Oay street, between Lombard and Water evreeta, two wholesale liquor establishments, the Jarrett-Wllllams company and the Wilson Distillery company, are reduced -to ashes, while a (rout wall la ail tiat ts left, rtt than flva-Btdrv- wholesale liquor plant ef Kuhn Bon, Th Kum- mins aa steiviii uisimerj'. a iivv-eiwy bulldlnr: the wholesale liquor establish ment or Brodoeca to. ana otner similar establishments were destroyed. The wholesale candy manufactory of th.i Leuer Je Suter oomunr. at Lombard and Frederick streets, embracing each -f them a tour-story tructure, -went nexu The Inflammable character ot the con tents of tbese buildings will give ten Iden of the fierceness of the blase.

Spirits ff. ths wood and the heat was terrible. Building sprang Into living flam and brick, ston and mortar crumbled like chalk. There were hundred of other buildings destroyed. Including many of cooalderabi commercial importance.

DARIN GDEEDS. The Firemen Continually Risked Their Lives to Stay Fire. While there were no casualties to speak of, the great army of fir fighter per formed many daring feats In their des perate attempt to stay th flaroea Many time they were driven but of close and hot place Juit aa walla cam toppling down. The last larg building to fall a prey to tb flames nearly caught five men. They were on the roof and direct Ing their effort to other structures when a warning tiout wa seat lip that the In terior of th building on which they were landing wa a mas of flame.

They found their way to a tin gutter, whera one by one, they hung on, stretched their arm and grasped a telegraph pole whloh was planted close to the structure. They slid down and had not reached Ihe ground when ths root fell In with a roar. This was only one instance. Ail th out of town corps, because of the utter exhaustion of ths local men, were given a tree nana auring tne morning ana early sftLTnootl. More than a score of mmna.

nies were here from New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington. Washington and small towns within a radius of fifty miles of Baltimore. Their duty wa to check th flames in their onward march. This wsa rather a difficult tssk. as both sides ot Jones' Falls sre lined with lumber ysrds ana old Dunaings, wnjen proven to oe no better than tinder boxes.

At every street -the-stream Is spanned by a small bridge, snd on each bridge two, and sometimes three, engine ware standing taking water from the -creek. Stationed at various points In the lumber ysrds were other steamers also tsklng v.h, rpnm th stream. In fhla ths traveling Are fig liters stood side by side and (trove to check the flames. Tin blew Tork firemen, who were the last to arrive owing to the long distsnce they traveled, were th lat to stand the brunt of the flames, and when the fire began to burn Itself out In the coal yard of ihj American Ice company, several of their steamers were backed up against bulkheads of ths Patapsco river. One of the soectacular eights Qf the district I the lofty Iceoerg.

a hundred feet high, left standing after the destruction of the wooden walls of sq tee house 'of the American Ice com party, long after the wall bad been consumed the firemen continued to play several streams on tbe hers-, the sawdust In whsh the Ice was packed sending out dangerous spark, until th fir bad been entirely ojuencnea. Close to this 1 the extensive lirmhr yards of Wilson A a solid block of Into th burned ares, which, atrangejy nough; was eared by the firemen. The trolley car system of the city was resumed Uu XU main UUQ- kidney trouble is permitted to continue, suits art sare to follow. Almost every one, from personal experience, knows that the effects of any kind of severe physical strain are felt, first, of all, in the small of the1 back in other words, in those Vital Organs, the Kidneys. This is as true in the case of the very powerful man as it is with one of less strength, and it is especially true whenever the kidneys are weak.

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tbe nerves with Dr. Miles' Nirvlne. eep batter, est better, work better, tee better, ndie better. Bold oa suartste. 'Jook oo n'rv for postal.

Dr. Mile Meal- cal Eikhart In! were carried to th bottom over the learn and Braxo Valley to ana ef the big plantation. Three of the planter In the Brssos bottom will uss convict labor this year, 100 men being used on trefwooa ft Watt plantation. Flatonla, Texaa, February i. George Adams, a brakeman on the San Antonio and Aransas Paaa railroad, fell from a freight train which waa running about twenty-five mllea an hour two mile north, of thl place today and received quite severe Injuries which may prov fatal.

When he fell he was attempting to pas around a water tank on a flat car, and on nf rh upright Iron rod pulled loose from the tank. He waa ear. rled to th hospital. New Postmasters. Postmasters appointed: Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County.

Charle W. Ashworth, Vic A. 1. Hubbard, resigned. Bchkade, Le County.

Herman Har burger, vice J. A. Bchkade, removed. Travis Peak, Travis County. Emma Hensel, vice Herman L.

Hensel, dead. Adamsvllle, Lampasas County, Richard M. Woods, vice Calvin Workman, resigned. A Guaranteed Curt for Piles Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pr.itn.dlas: Piles. Tour druggist will refund monsy if PAZO ointmunt i sat to sure voia In to day.

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Ttrlm.Tss..Fsk.s,MN Dr. Hsthsway, aa Astoai. Tea. Ties, atrt I will tey thst roor remedies bar stroorren res ne Wz 3 MRS. DAVIS TRIBUTE.

She Knew Cordon from His Young; Manhood. (Aasoclatsd Pros Report.) New Tork, February I. The World ha raoeived a valuable oommunieatlon from th widow of Jeffereon Davla. paying th tribute of a Southern woman and ot a friend to th lat General John B. Gordon of Georgia, who death Mrs.

Davl meat deeply lament. One point wlU highly both hr oonUmporarles. Southern and Northern, and th future historian. Mr. Davl proves thst a discussion in which men and newspaper all evr th country took part lately wa bad only on a typographical error in Qneral Gordon' book, "Rminlcnc of th Civil War." Th oommunieatlon I ta part aa follow: "Th death of one of the South' best ma and great general, John B.

Gordon, brought grief to every Southern household and to none more than to my family and to m. 1 had known and admired Oeneral Gordon from his promising young nTnhood. and I regret hla death a an "hl: "Splendid courage, gellaht achievement and unfaltering constancy to our cause and people the world has borne admiring testimony. But 1 hv. seen no special notloe of General Gordon sympathetic temperament and af-fWtionate regard for his friend, whloh were Tamong hi most attractive at-tribute.

Mk fon h)i death ln nresa all over th country rang with son! extract from hi spirited 'Reminiscence of the Civil These extract wire generally Interpreted to contain -vere Vrlcture upon Mr. Davl. Our only living child and I were deeply wounded, and ah wrote to General Gordon asking him If the newspapers had put the true interpretation upon th sentence quoted. -Ho anwred her thus: Atlanta. December 14.

180J. My Dear Mr. Hav: 1 do not wonder that your mother and vourrelf bav been shocked by th lmpreton made upon you by th newsDaoer articles to which you refer. In the tew moment I bav between train-! am passing through th city th hortt and only way I can make any orooer answer to your letter is to ask your daughter to make a copy of on I hav lust panned to our friend, Judge Reaamn. Hoping that thl will af least save me till I can And time from my exacting dutle on lecture tour to write fully from further tntundrtandlng by your mother and yourself, for both of whom, a well as for vour Illustrious father.

1 hav ever entertained the warmest friendship nd admiration. I am, with deeply Mined heart most sincerely John B. Gordon. "Th letter to Judge Reagan which typographical error a to date In aubse-euent editions of my General Gordon wrote, and he added that there were the most complete cordiality and fullest confidences between President Davis and oeneral iee ss to all military movement and condition. "TJnfortunatelv Oeneral Gordon did not live to make th correction In the next edition of hla book, which vu even then going to press.

But amid the agonising pains which ore ceded hla dissolution he remembered that he had unwittingly wounded the friends who trusted In and loved him. In his last hours he chsrged his daughter, who had been his able assistant in the preparation of hi book, and understood th case, to tee that th correction was made. Jefferson Davis." SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS. Dallas, Texas, February Th Baptist Missionary Workers' conference Is to beta session In Dallas for four day during the current week, commencing tonight-Fort Worth, Texas, February g. Th twenty-eighth annual convention of the Cattle Raisers' association of Texas will be held here March 8 and 9 and there are assurance of a large attendance.

Ban Angelo, Texas, February I. Charle A. Payne, the retired member of the firm of Payne ft Jone, noted Hereford breeder, Is dead, at the age of M. Th remains will be sent to Nashville, tomorrow. Waco, Texa.

February 8. Dr. VS. V. Kollars, presld mt of Texas Christian university, will his lecture tour In tfiis city February 18, the funds received from the lecture to go to erection of a bey' dormitory at th university.

Georgetown, Texa. January th district court today, in Lucas ft King vs. International and Great Northern Railroad et si, cattle damages, judgment waa rendered for W30 for defendant against the San Antonio and Aransas Paa company. Glldden, Texas. February 8.

Jim Williams, a negro boy, night dishwasher for Crescent News and Hotel company, while attempting to ride on a moving freight car was run over about 18 o'clock Sunday night and died from the injuries at a. m. Marbls Fall, Tsxsa, February 8. Th county commissioners court of Burnet county met today, rescinded their order for a coUnty prohibition election February It end In lieu thereof ordered said election for March Th Issu I considered very doubtful. San Antonio, Texas, February t.

Dr. B. A. KnapD. who baa charge, ef demonstration farm work In Texas, met with the farmers of Bexar county at th Business Men' club thl afternoon and advised with them on th subject of raising cotton, I Hesrn.

Texas. February 8. A sou ad DB. HATHA WAT. tssskral that I toont your advsrtltemeiit.

Bsrert I ooatmeseed roar trestneat 1 wtt very wuk aa sentoss. kst I well. roan truly, sV I ear with tt. sen. nanutes ef a Bests vent neblllty.

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CONtVLTATIO MM' Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, VaAlaVnvPla Arrtoe) TMy Atwayi i tUaemW tfce FuB I axanv) tynomo Quia CmaCorUaOPy.Ctga,?f tienerai UQrqon reieriea is espiaiiis ins, typosWsUc MXK Jutf PastoAw ma osDYlclaV was in th ally ytrdajt and.