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,ro • »'• W:'- asssŝ sm " THE PLAINDF.ALER " J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. men, representing the wwWng forces j Dan Hawkins, Bonert Haynes, Warner McHENUY. ILLINOIS at lMEOJfACENTEEY. Tocii FOR CREDENCE. Suspicion that the Forest Fires with At- Imdint Loiw of Life slid Property Were Caused by Timber Thlevee--Mel- ou poisoned, Four Dead. of some fifty different sweat shops. This swells the total number actually on strike now, according to leaders' estimates, to 7,000 men. The strik­ ers now seem to be better organized even. Twelve hundred neta members have been enrolled in their union since Saturday. The strike affects 4,000 women and young girls also, who earn a scanty living in many of the Riving- ton and Suffolk street sweat shops. These heartily favor the movement. The United Garment Workers mot in the evening. It was learned that something like 400 shops had closed at the end of the day, and the men de­ clare that if their demands are not ac­ ceded to all hands in every branch of the trade in New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City will go out on a sympa­ thetic strike. , Did Timber Thieves Do It? IE are intimations that th«f Min- Sta State Senatorial Committee, which has for months been investi­ gating the frauds against the State in the cutting of pine from s hool lands will be able to show as­ tonishing evidence not only that the "timber pirates" have appropriated millions if dollars' worth of lumber belonging to the Stite, but that ia try­ ing to <.o»er up their stealings they have started fires which have resulted in the terrible loss of life and property in Pine, Kanabec. Carlton, and other counties in the pind belt. The charge is that the lumbermen have tired the lands which they have improperly cleared to render measurement of stumpage impossible and thereby shut off any suits which the commission might attempt to bring against them. In one of the chief hotels in St. Cloud a scout, emplo\*ed by the commission to ferret out cases of lumber thieving, declared he had secured sworn evi­ dence that millions of feet of lumber had been stolen and that as soon as it had been cut the lumbermen had in­ structed their employes to burn the WESTERN. r THREE Inches of rain fell between 9 o'clock and midnight in Chicago Mon­ day night--an inch an hour--the great­ est precipitation, period of duration considered, ever put on record in the Chicago weather' office. There have been longer storms and storms that did far more damage, but this visita­ tion was the most energetic seen in twenty-five years in the city. IK spite of the showers of Monday the forest fires in Northern Wisconsin burned Tuesday with renewed fury, destroying wholly or in part a number of towns. Bruce* was wiped out, and Port Wing and Sanborn report­ ed burning. Washburn, Cdanah and Spencer were threatered, and the flames were on'y checked -by determ­ ined bands of fire fighters. Many farm buildings and logging camps were swept away, and some lines of railr roads abandoned their trains on ac­ count of the dense smoke. Kerrick, a small town in Minnesota, was also sur­ rounded by fires and the women and children we; e sent to West Superior for safety. ground over and "to make a good, cleg^ i Six wiped out and more than ° 1 ! dead is the record made by the lob TOJ RUOT for Hop*. REPORTS fi om the hop yards in the Willamette valley are of a very dis- e urag ng nature. With low prices for hops, the ravages of the louse and the rfcins. an 1 consequent black mold, the raisers have a very sorry time of it. The imins that ha\e fallen since Sun- dav. it is claimed. ha\ e done great darrage to the ri| e and ripening crops. "Where er the vines are infestei by the parasites mold immediately sets in after being thoroughly saturated with water. Tnis has teen the case, it is feared, with a great many yards. A prominent P rtland, Ore., hop dealer received a dispatch from Woodburn, in Midland County, which says: "Near­ ly half of the hop yards in this section £ave been at and med on account of the lice and mold." A merchant from Gervais, ia, the same region, says a groat many of the yards around that part of the country would not be pick- i-j%owing to lice and mold. V ; " j A Horrible Trag«*(lv. A SENSATIONAL tragedy occurred near Dykesville, La., a small town just across the Arkansas State lini Thurs­ day. Clinton Thompson, a farmer, had a fine melon crop which ha9 been a feast to the boys in the neighbor­ hood. The raids of tne boys be­ came so fivquent that the o:d man decided jto put a stop to the depredations. He put poison in some of the finest melons, and awaited the result. Thursday mora­ ine his son Felix, George Bridges, a neighbor's son, and a man named Jacob Muir, were found dead in the patch. The neighbor whose son amorig the victims was the first to dis­ cover the dead bodies, and called Thompson out to show him the corpses. When Bridges learned that Thompson had poisoned the melons and caused the death of hisson.be drew his re- •oher and shot him deal in hi? tracks. The murderer escaped. 500 Old Woman Held for Murder. MRS. MARY ELLSWORTH, f>0 years old, has been lodged in jail at .Jajkson, Mo., for the muider of Henry Stiff, a blacksmith at Oriole and a neighbor of Mrs. Ell-worth. Bad feeling existed on account of certain charges against Stiff and counter charges against a grown daughter of Mrs. Ellsworth. ,. Mrs. E lsworth, her son, Pre-sly, and j |0°.e the daughter drova to the home of ' Stiff. Stiff was called out and without a word Mrs. E lsworth b;gan firing on him at close ranee. Stiff ran, pursued by the woman and th i son. who also discharged the contents of his musket into Stiff's back. Pressiy Ellsworth has not been caught. forest fires in Minnesota in twenty-four hours Saturday and Sunday. Ia Hinck­ ley, Sandstone, Pokegama, Sandstone Junction, Skunk Lake and Mission Creek there are 355 known dead. In addition, several hundred are missing, while from 150 to 200 people are scat­ tered on farms throughout the district burned over. The destruction was complete in most of the towns named, but some of the forest land escaped. The loss, however, will be in the millions and the loss of life will not be definitely known for several days, if ever. The relief trams carried sup- {>lies sent cut. from St. Paul, Minneapo-is, Duluth and other Minnesota towns and the sufferers were being hand­ somely cared for at Pine City and other points. MAYOR HOPKINS, of Chicago, issued a proclamation Wednesday ealling for relief for the forest fire sufferers. The Governor of Minnesota Wednesd ly morning received two handsome contri­ butions to the relief fund. One was from President J. Hill, of the Great Northern, and the other was from Sir Donald Smith, of Montreal, one of the principal stockholders in the Canadian Pacific. They contributed $5,001 each. T. C. Field telegraphed from New York City during the afternoon that he had raised $1,3G0 among the merchant* there. Minneapolis has raised $12,000 and is rapidly increasing the amount. Every town in the State has sent small amounts. Besides his sub-cription of $5,000 cash to the relief fund President J. J. Hill, of the Great Northern, has given 5,CO) acres of good agricultural lands for the Hinckljgy survivors, was j. These lands are valued at $8 per acre, or $4(',0X> iirthe aggregate, and will be given to these people lor homes. W. C. MOLONEY, who, under the title of Moloney & Co., has been con­ ducting an alleged commission business in South Water street, Chicago, was arrest2d on warrants charging him with defrauding farmers ot wool sent Wil iams, Ed Hall, John Hayes and Graham White and they were arrested near Kerrville by Deputy Sheriff Rich­ ardson. Later in the day Richardson started with his prisoners in a wagon for Millington, where they were to have a proiimina y examination before a magistrate. Tha six negroes were chained together. About midnight when the party wa?nearing Millington it was stopped by a mob of fifty men armed with shotguns, who killed all the prisoners and then, remounting their horses which were tied near by, rode away in the darkness. The lynch­ ers vv«re not masked, but the officer being new to that part of the^ country recognized none of them. POLITICALT P SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, to out in a letter announcing himself a Popu­ list.' ARKANSAS Democrats claim the election of their State ticket by 30,000 majority. ALEXANDER FULTON, of Dover, has been nominated for Congress by Dela- ware Populists. I MEMBERS of the ̂ Democratic Con­ gressional campaigncb&mittee have settled their troubles. IN a speech at As bury Parte Con­ gressman Springer warmly defended Congress from attacks by the newspa­ pers. JOHN M. DEVINE, Secretary of the Bimetallic League, has been nominat­ ed for Congress bv Nebraska Popu­ lists. THE Iowa Populist State convention was held at D^s Moines- Tuesday and a full State ticket nominat.d. The at­ tendance was large, fully 700 delegates being present. R IN GENERAL. IN a quarrel over boundary lines be tween San Miguel Achiutla and Tepos- colma. Mexico, twenty-five persons were killed. IT is claimed that Great Britain en­ deavored to draw the United States into an entangling alliance over the war in Corea. „ THE fishing schooner Rigel, of Glou­ cester, Mass., Captain George W. Dixon, has just arrived in North Sid­ ney, N. B.. with the passengers and crew of the steamship Miranda, which le.t New York July 7, carrying Dr. Cook's party for Arctio exploration. After making repairs at fct. John's, consequent upon uamage received by collision wi h an iceberg ott Belle Isle July 17, the Miranda made a second attempt to reach Green­ land, sailing on July 27. Heavy fogs and ice impeded their' progress, and she made harbor at Sukker Toppan, Greenland, Aug. 7. She started for Holstenberg Aug. 9 and struck a sunk­ en rock outside the harbor. Tne Mi­ randa was not considered fit to return to St. John's with her passengers. A relief party set out from Sukker Top- pan to Holirtenf erg, 140 miles distant, with five Esquimaux in an open sail­ boat, for assistance. The schooner Rigel was met by chance, and Capt. Dixon generously responded to the ap­ peal of the explorers and returned to Sukker Toppan with the Miranda's party. Capt. tarre'l of the Miranda ar ranged with C apt. Dixon that his company should nav $4,000 for carry­ ing the passengers home, and the pas­ sengers and food were transferred to the Rigel. an l the Miranda then start­ ed for Labrador with the Rigel in tow. Aug. 21, about mid­ night, while about 100 miles out. the Miranda sent, up signals of distress. Enormous oo an swells fron^ a distant storm caused her water tank to bu st and the vessel began to fill. Capt. Farrell was obliged to abandon his ship. The crew and officers were transferred at daylight, Aug. 23, to the Rigel and the Miranda was left to her to him for sale. Thp complainants are i fate. Ninety-' ne persons were crowded Resented Any Interference. AT Nacogdoches, Texas, Henry Watson refeent'y married a Miss Sum­ mers, but his treatment of his wife was so brutal her family remonstrated. I^tags on which were addressed to "Mo- Ho w •»-- joney & .Co., No. 80 South Water C. M. Haxton and Roburt Duff, otEarl ham, Iowa, who are losers to the ex­ tent of 1.1^0 and 760 pounds of wcol re­ spectively, but it is thought by At­ torney L. H. Craig, who has had the case in charge, that further returns will show that fa-mars all over- the countiy^ have leen vieiimized. Mo- in April sent a circular to farmers all over the country asking for consignments ct wool and claiming to be able to get from 18 to 19 cents a pounds tor it. As this was considerably over tha market price, Mr. Haxton answered, address­ ing his letter to No. 114 South Water street, the address on Moloney & Co. "s letterheads. This b. ought a prompt reply, urging him to send in his wool at once, and offering him a commission on any other business he could get in the neighborhood. Moloney Co. also sent Haxton ten wool sack-, the into the Rigel's cabin and hold. THE clubs of the National and West­ ern Leagues stand as follows in the championship race: NATIONAL LEAGU*. P*RT w. Baltimore .75 New York. .75 Boston 73 Pbll'd lp'ia66 ]ii oofeltn. .61 Cleveland. .67 Per L. cent. W. L. cent. 16 .676 Plttsbnrg..M SB .483 40 Ml Chlcaaro so 40 .646 Cincinnati 47 47 .684:St. Louie..46 61 67 64 74 80 .442 .412 .404 .351 .292 He sent word to his father-in-law that he was going to kill him. Two sons remained at the house to protect the old gentleman, while Jesse and Joe Summers went to Watson's and began reason ng with him, but he drew his knife, disemboweled Jesse and began hacking him to pieces. Joe Summers put six bullet* in Watson but not be­ fore he had been fatally stabbed in the region of the heart. Watson is dead and there is no hope for the Summers fc.'ys. ° ~BREVITIES7 street." Moloney had no office at either No. 114 or 80 South Water street. SOUTHERN. ROBERT IIENSEL and Michael Bar­ rett, Chicago burglars, have been held for trial in Pittsburg. THE first clearance for the season of Galveston Texasi cotton was made. The loss was 0,100 bales. FCPENCE HOLDER, of Danton, Texas, Who was indicted twenty-three years for murder, has given himself up. THE investigation into the lynching of 6ix negrres near Millington, Term., ' Is being pushed with vigor. The ;Grand Jury have returned five indict­ ments and more will follow. WESLEY WARNER was hanged in Mount Hdly, N. J. He murdered Liz­ zie Peak, with whom he had been liv- in?. AT Jersey City Pornhard Altenber- Kc*r was hanged for the murder of Katie Rupp, whom he had promised to marry. THE first clearance of cotton for this 1 r ~ason h.as been made to a foreign port. The Sierra Line Steamer Meria •f - cleared at Galveston, Tex..Wednesday, I 1 *°L L»-erp°ol with (Uou bales of q y fcotton, valued at $^27,248. EASTERN. -- GEORJIE W. STORMONT Linas, 25 and 20 years epectively, have reached and Thos. of age re- New York trom Cleveland on a penniless journey ^ , Around the world. * J BAT SHEA, who was convicted of § murdering Robert Rossjat Troy, N. Y., ^_jfluring last spring's elections, and who was to have been electrocuted, has re- ' - {ipeived a stay pending an appeal. This 4 tnay give him a year of life. (.T THE ranks of the striking New York . garment workers were increased Tues- ^ .„®orning by the addition of 500 CHANEY MATTHEWS, a negress 110 years of age, died at LUt'e Rock. She was the oldest resident of Arkansas, as far as is known. HENRY GUM, a lad, was left in charge 1 of his 3-yea.-old cousin at Hncastle, |Ky.. when he became tired of his | charge and killed the child with a club. BY reason of salt sprinkled on the rails a t. olley car jumped the tracks on a steep grade at Asheville, N. C., and a number of summer visitors were injured, none fatally. J-. L. BAY was arrested at Memphis, Tenn., and taken to Little Rock, Ark., to answer four indictments charging him with grand, larceny and embezzle­ ment of $100,000 in script from the State treasury. EX-TAX COLLECTOR R. A. TOMP­ KINS. of Franklin County. Ala., who left the county under a charge of be- short $2,00.) in his accounts, has been captured and returned to answer ta fourteen indictments. ~ Gov. TURNER intends to make it warm for the members of the mob who lynched the six alleged negro incen­ diaries at Millington, Tenn. "The Millington lynchers must be brought to justice." he said, in an angry voice, "ami I will begin a thorough investiga­ tion at once. 1 will assist the Memphis ; authorities in every way possible by i offering large rewards, and employing detectives to run down the beasts who committed the crime against civiii/a- i tion. Such outrages as the Millington | affair are a disgrace to any ( ommunity, ; and an example must 1 e made of the | tavagei who composed the mob." | Six prisoners in charge of Detective W. S. Richardson were shot to death j by a mob near Millington, Tenn. The men were in a wagon at the time, handcuffed. Ail were negroes and had been arrested several hours before by R'chardfcon on a charge of barn burn­ ing. For a year or more the j.eople of that part of the country have been kept in a continual excitement by acts of Incendiarism, Barns and dwellings have been burned ana recently the buildings on the Millingtcn Fair ground xere destroyed. Suspicion pointed to 61 .645;Wii»hlBfit'n40 S3 .BIS; Louisville .89 WESTEBN LEAQUE. Per! Per W. L. cent. W. L. cent. Siotts City.65 48 .6( 6 Or'd R'pldsSS IS .477 Kansas C'y.64 46 .8H2;lndi'n'p'lls(SO >1 .459 Mlnne'plis61 48 .860 Detroit 47 61 .435 Toledo (4 60 .n3iMllwaukee.ua <18 .368 R. G. DUN & Co.'s Waekly Review of Trade says: .uo which came with exhaqpted stock* and tbe pressure of delayed fall de- man (Is, and was increased by tbe removal of uncertainty about tbe tariff, has con­ tinued with heavy entries of foreign poods since the bill became a law. Tbe gain is not yet what was expected, and business, If sood in comparison with' last year, la r.till pool- in comparison with years pre­ ceding. Presumably tbe^ro has not been time to feel the full effects of the change, and a gradual gain will be more healthy and encouraging than a spasmodic rise, hut the expansion of commercial loans haa suddenly ceased, price* of manufactured products show weakness rather than strength, and there has been a reaction in tbe stock market, prices of railway stocks •averaging 32 cents and of trust stock 2.11 a share lower th:<n A WBPU niro. MARKET REPOF.TS. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime $3 60 HOGS--Shipping Grades 4 OT SHEEP--Fair to Choice; :;.. .-^. --9 i<0 63 66 29 WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. a A OAT8--No. 2 RYE--No. a U u iTE b-- C hoicc Creamery Koas--Fresh POTATOES, New, per brl 1ND1ANAPOLI& CATTLE--Shipping HOGS--choice L>luht SHEEP--common to Prime WHEAT--No. •/Red CORN- NO. 2 White OATS--No. 2 White til. LOUIS. CATTLE .... Hous WHEAT--No. 2 Red. CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 • . . It YE-No. 2 CINCINNATI. CATTLE HOOK : SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 Mixed OATS^NO. 2 Mixed RYE--No. 2 DETROIT. CATTLE HOGS SHEEP WHEAT-NO. 1 White..! ! CORN--No. A Yellow OAIS--NO. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 Yellow OAIS--No. 2 White RYE--No. 2 BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. l White No. 2 Red CORN--No. A Yellow OATS--No. 2 White MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring COK»: -No. vl OATS--No. 2 White.... BARLEY--No. 2., RYE--No. 1 7. i'ORK--Mens.. NKW YORK. CUTTLB I HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western BUTTE B<Y-Creamery Eoos--tftate 47'^rai 23 15 2 (0 2 00 4 00 2 00 49 65 32 3 00 3 00 10 u yo 62 2 60 4 00 2 IVI 61 re u0 46 2 50 4 00 2 00 60 67 & 32^ia) PERISH IN FLAMES. tfundreds Lose Their Forest Fires. in Uneteen Towns in Three States Wiped Out» , Vletlms Drop In the Streets, t»r Flee to the Woods Only to Die t>r Saffoettios or Flame--Trains Ran Over Burning Ties, Trembling Trestles, snd Warping Rails-- Not s Vestige of Hinckley Remains --Hand ot Charity Quickly at Work, trot Hindered by jBreken Conanannlentions. & 6 00 & 0 60 <ft » 7S « r4 & 67 30 48)6 <3> 24. @ IS (U( 3 00 01 • 00 6 26 a fO «« & 33 8 60 (<5 6 25 & 51 <3* 66 <4 31 & 63 <a 4 73 & # 2. * 00 l<8 61 )s & 67 : 1 48 @ 4 60 (ft 6 00 & 3 (0 «u 67 A change of cthe wind to the west may mean the destruction of the town. Rib ' Lake. Taylor County, WK, has been , added to the Hat of towns probably destroyed. It3 520 inhabitants are be­ lieved to be h( males and fears are I been toothpicks. Firebrands " were entertained that many have lost their noon the fire jumped into the little town with the suddenness of a thun­ derbolt. With big leaps the flames came like a whirlwind with such force that trees several inches in thickness were twisted in twain as if they had RAIN BADLY NEEDED. m & so 57 KC 58 32 ® 32 >4 47 & 48 60 @ 60 66 & 66 hi 61 {,1 34 ® . M 83^0 54*6 56 m 67 ;i'2 & 33 54 <& 56 49 tea 50 14 00 <314 to 3 00 & 6 CO 3 75 @ • 50 2 00 & S 75 6!> & eo 65 <3 65*6 84 35 'J» «* M 17 4 M The forest: fires ia Minnesota and Wisconsin are something terrible. A wida district has baen swept by fire that came almost as suddenly as a cyclone, a dozen or -more' cities and town 3 have been destroyed, hundreds of lives have been lost and thousands of people have been made homeless. The details of the calamity are simply appalling and the story o? disaster told in the dispatches is almost with­ out precedent in the record of thrill­ ing and horrible incidents. In addi­ tion to the loss of life and the destruc­ tion of homes and establishments repre­ senting business activity, wide stretches of valuable timber have been destroyed and the losses will be counted by millions. The story of the struggle, flight and death or narrow escapa of thousands of people in the fire-swept district in Minnesota and Wisconsin makes a lurid and^thrilling narrative* The fury of a forest fire in a dry sea­ son is not to be stayed by man's in­ genuity. In the old prairie fires meas­ ures could ba taken to turn the tide of destruction, but before the fierce blazes of the forests man stands as help.es? as were the victims of the Johnstown flood. Railway t ains are overtake^ whole towns swept out of existence, isolated homes by the score or hun­ dred burned, leaving no trace of those who occupied them, ang a wide extent of country blackened to a desert. This is the story in brief of the fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The fire kingr had everything his own way and his legions were trium­ phant. Hinckley. Partridge, Kerrick, Sandstone, Mansfield, Dedham on the Great Northern Barronett, Shell Lako on the Omaha and Poplar on the Northern Pacific lines, were destroyed Saturday night and Sunday, with the exception of Shell Lake, where only sixty houses are burned. It is not pos­ sible to give anything like accurate details, but the loss of life and property has been terrible: The fires Sriginaied in the forests, the wind was lowing a gale Sunday night, and the smoldering fires sprang suddenly into formidable life, ana leaped with almost inciedible activity upon the unsuspect­ ing towns in their path. The » worst suffering is reported from Hinckley, Minn., and vicinity. The estimate of the lo s of life there and in the sur­ rounding towns is being increased by every report. It is said that strewn along on one street of Hinckley the bodies of twenty-nine victims were found, while in another spot the charred and unrecognizable remains of 108 citizens were counted. A low estimate of the fatalities in that town alone is now placed at 300 persons. Scores of others were discovered severely injured, while the list of missing was in the hundreds. It is believed th4t at least 100 victims are on the farms and clear­ ings throughout the burnt district. The loss of life in and about Hinck­ ley, Sandstone, Pokegama, Skunk Lake and Mission Creek will not be known for weeks, if ever. The survivors were taken to Pine City, where physicians cared for the injured, while relief trains from Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul carried in tents, clothing, food and everything necessary to cover the wants of the suffering survivors. Very few persons are left in Hinckley. Score of Tovrm Wiped Out. Nineteen towns are known to have been wiped out, and the property los3 reaches $12,000,0 0. Following is the list of towns destroyed: Bashaw, Burnett County, Wis. Barronett. Barron County, Wis. Benoit, Wis. Cartwrlght. Chippewa Connty, Wis. Ewen. Mich. Fifleld, Pine County, Wis. Granite Lake, Barron County, Wis. Grantsburg, Burnett Countv. Wis. (ilidden, Ashland County, Wis. Hinckley, Pine Couiitv, Sllnn. Mission Creek, Pine County. Minn. Marengo. Anhland County, Wis. ' • Mllaea. Pine County, Minn. MtiRCoda, Grant County, Wis. Shell Lake, Washburn County, Wis. South Range. Douglas County. Wis. Sldnaw. Houghton County. Mich. Sandstone, Minn. Trout Creek. Mich. Many other towns were reported in danger late Sunday night. Cadott, near Chippewa Falls, Wis., was sur­ rounded by flames, and the people of Chippewa Falls went to the rescue with steamers. Good news came that the town of Washburn, Wis., across j the bay from Ashland, had anally been j saved. But other reports are that the j flames elsewhere are increasing their fury, and are now advancing into the vast forests ea-t of Ashland and to­ wards the cities in the iron belt, lead­ ing to Marquette. The losses at Hinckley and Barronett were each over $l,uiV\0G0, while the losses at the other towns reported destroyed range from $100,00") to • 5 K\000, according to latest advices. The loss in Washburn ^as estimated at $.'50 i,0'X). Ai<1 for the Homeless. The extent of the suffering can hardly be described, but the hand of charity was quickly at work, the cities of the three States sending aid to the sufferers. But railroads have been in­ jured by the fires, and in many cases traffic has been entirely suspended, thus preventing the starting out of relief expeditions. There seems no hope for a cessation of the prog­ ress of the flames save an end of the great drought. No such hope is held out, for, while much-needed rain is promised for other points, "dry and fair" is the prediction for the burning districts by the Weather Bureau. Up to last reports the estimates of the lives lost in tne fires at different points in the two States are as given in the following list, and it is feared the list is far below the actual destruction of human life: hurled into the air and carried eighty rods only to fall and start new confla­ grations. The fire-fighters gave up the battle and turned their attention to } ersonal safety. An Eastern Minnesota train had just come in, and the people flocked to it for safety. Box-cars were eoupied on, and in an instant almost were filled and cov­ ered all over with men. women, and children. The train barely pulled out in time and succeeded in reaching Duluth. About the same time an ac­ commodation train on the Hinckley and St Cloud branch of the road left the latter point. Its route lay direct­ ly across the path of the fire, and in a short time the train was in a desperate situation. Smoke almost blinded the •engineer. The ties were burning and rails warping. Burning trees were ly­ ing across the track and were being dashed a-«ide i y the engine. Suddenly the tracks gave way and the train toppled over. Fortunately no one was injured, and all on toar|d hurried for­ ward to Pokegama station, which wa* Only a short distance ahead. The condition of the people who did not get away from Hinckley on the train for Duluth was pitiable. Wagon3 and bugaies were hurriedly filled with women q.nd children, horses were swiftly hdrnessed and in the vehicles 200 people tied the town, with the fire literally at their heels. Over a hill they flew to a swamp, hoping that might prove their salvation. As tne crowd reached the edge of the morass they were overtaken b / the flames and all was over. With a last desperate effort the burning human beings rushed into the lower portion of the swamp, but the fire pur.-uedits victims and not a soul was left to tell the tale. On Sunday morning 130 corpses were counted on a space of but four or five acres. About 100 remained near Hinckley and took refuge in a gravel- pit, saving their lives. Wild Time on a Train. One of the most thrilling stories that come from the Hinckley conflagration lives. Fires are reported on the line of the Northwestern between Common­ wealth and Menominee. The rain must be heavy and widely extended to extinguish thoroughly the fire over the territory still reported to be burn­ ing. The rain cloud that deluged St Paul barely touched with its edge the Pine County district, and with the increased velocity of the wind there is great danger that the scenes of horror will be repeated. At Ircnwood, Mich., the citizens ex­ ploded dynamite at the top of a moun­ tain in the. hope of bringing rain. Railroad bridges and viaducts in that nart of Michigan are reported de­ stroyed, and stories of greart loss of life and destruction of property come from Waters meet, Hurley and the whole Gogebic region. The awfulness of the desolation which strikes upon the eye of the ob­ server as he reaches the camp which was cnce the town of Hinckley is still more strongly impressed on his vision as he travels northward. The smoke ha< lifted, revealing a landscape bare and black, the few standing trees be­ ing charred to a height of forty feet, while the ground is of that peculiar lint of brown sand mixed with gun­ powder, for the grass has been burned' even to Ihe roots. And here and there, in the bl ak and dreary stretches of country in what is now a great, lone land, is seen the body of a desr, whose fleet feet had not been able to outrun the flame•?, or of a human being who had been absolutely powerless against the grim destroyer. The loss throughout the burned dis­ tricts will probably far excead the es­ timate* already made. Standing tim­ ber ruined by the fires has not been taken into consideration and scores of littla towns, mill bites, and lumber­ men's camps are yet to be heard from. Various larger places fought fire all day Monday, and still other towns in the path of the flames seamed doomed to destruction. The losses of the Wis- l /PE RJ Ofp L ST z'i • • ICARV.ET | O N E » R I C E 3 TAY LAR net* MAP OF THE BURIED DISTRICT! Heavy D.>ts fchow the Towns Destroyed. is that of the fate of a train which left Duluth for Hinckley at 2 o'clock Satur­ day afternoon. Shortly after leaving Duluth the smo^e along the railroad track becama sothick it was impos­ sible to see 100 yards ahead. The darkness increased and the lamps in the coaches were lit Soon it was as black as fnidnight and the train was filled with the suffocating smoke until the passengers were gasping for breath. The roar of the flames could b8 heard off to the tight of the train and the encouragement the trainmen offered the passengers fell on heedless ears. Child i en began crying and shrieking as they clung in terror to their mothers who fell on their knees in the aisles praying for deliverance. The people on the train had no knowledge of the destruction of Hinck- lev which was then in progi ess. Citizens fleeing from the stricken town flagged the train and over 150 crazed and half burned men and women boarded the cars and begged th3 train­ men to pull back to Duluth. With the speed of the wind the fire was coming from Hinckley, which was only a mile and a half away. Engineer Root of the ill-fated train put on all staam and sent his train spinning back toward Duluth. It was too late. The fire was swifter than steam. The roar became louder and louder. In a moment the red glare burst on the view of- the frantic pas­ sengers. The train was flying under a full head of steam, but the fire was pursuing like lightning. Soon the flam as were dancing at the side of the windows. The glass began to crack e. The heat came in from under the seat's, through the windows and ventilators/ Men went crazy. One after another they jumped through the windows into the roaring flames and were swallowed up. The women recovered their presence of mind an<J soothed the terrified little oneB. The train was on fire frdm the tender to the last coach and as it reached Skunk Lake the order was given to abandon the cars and flee to a swamp near by. The passengers ran to the swamp and fell half fainting in its muddy-waters, whero, after the fire passed, relief parties found them blinded and burned and little more than ha.f alive., Hinckley. Minn 300 Sandstone, Mini; 46 Sandstone, Junction 25 PokegaTna, Mlnu 25 Skunk Lake. Minn 29 Shell Lake. Minn 1 Miscellaneous points 40 Total 466 81CKKNINGRKPOKT8 FROMHINCKLEV of material service. The inhabitants Destruction Wrought by Flames--Train Overtaken and Destroyed. Of the many reports received the most terrible and sickening comes from Hinckley, Minn. Saturday after- DEATH IN ITS WAKE. Awful Scene* as tne Smoke Llfti from Bnrnert Town* In the North. The partial lifting of the veil of smoke Monday from the desolated lumber districts gave the surviving in­ habitants' the first full knowledge of the awful horrors of the fire. From the rescuing parties that are following heroically in the black wake of the flames cume reports of the finding of score* of bodi&s, the great majority of them burned beyond the chance of identification. On the clearings have been found the bodies of father? and brothers who met death while striv­ ing to stay the progress of the flames towards the homes whieh sheltered wives and sisters. The story is one of horror, lightened as all such stories are by acts of heroism. Physicians at Duluth who have been to the sc?ne of the fire in Pine County lo attend to the injured sav if the deaths in othor sec­ tions are in anything like proportion to those in the section which they vis­ ited the list of the lost will be in­ creased to more than 1,000. The country between Ontonagon and Channing, Mich., which is full of lum­ ber camps and contains the towns of Rockland, Pori and Greenland, has boen cut off from outside communica­ tion, and it is feared aim :st the entire section has been burned ov3t\ Itains fell in the Ashland, Wis., district and checked the flames there, but in other places, notably near Hinckley, where the greatest loss of life occurrcd, the downfall was not heavy enough to be consin Central, the Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha, and St. Paul & Duluth, and other railroads traversing the pineries will be large, as roadbeds are injured, stations and bridges burned, arid rolling stock damaged be­ yond repair. OBAT08 nr "OOO'S ACBB." Score* of the Victims Burled Without Being Identified. In the center of a burned and devas­ tated 025 square miles stands a green spot untouched by flames. Its grass waves gently in the hot winds ttiat are sweeping across the stricken land; its simple, whitewashed fence can bo seen for miles. It is God's acre, "Birch- wood." the cemetery in which the peo­ ple of Hinckley lsid away their dead. By some freak of the wind, as the thoughtless say, the wave of fire swept around and spared it. And there the survivors buried their dead. They knew not whose bodies they were placing beneath the sod, but lor each charred corpse, for each dismembered body there was a word of prayer. That was all. There was no time for ex­ tended services. The flames had played cruel tricks with their victims and the blazing sun, which shone fiercely through a haze of smoke, ren­ dered expedition neoessarv. For those to whom the lire had been more merciful in not utterly wiping out all resemblance to human beings, and who were identified by relatives or friends, a separate resting-place was provided. There was no time to dig down six feet--six inches of soil was enough to cover the pine boxes from view and all the wolves were driven from the country or met the same fate as man. For those whose identity was utterly destroyed a last resting-place was provided in four long trenches. Only one minister was present, the Rev. P. Knudson- of the Presbyterian Church. Fnom dawn until dark he was busy. As fast as a coffin wa4 low­ ered he was notified, and. casting a handful of earth on the casket, in a few simple words he spoke of the hope that is in the lire to come, and prayed the Almighty that a calamity such a? the present might never again be in­ flicted on the earth. * */: Ml Flowing Betarded Owlnf to NEed Condition of the Soil. Reports aB to the condition o< crops- § throughout the country and the gen- Vi eral influence of weather on growth, % cultivation, and harvest were made by the directors of the different State- weather services of the United States Weather Bureau. Tne reports re- , ceivel by telegraph at Chicago are as- follows: Illinois---1 emperature above normal, sunshine normal; rainfall below and badly r disturbed. Where raiu fell the previous- week corn and pasture i much improved. PlowloR being pushed in central and. southern, but retarded in northern por-- tion. Some seeding already done. ' Indiana--No rain. Corn maturing slow­ ly; clover hulling continues to show a. good yield; plowing retarded, ground too- dry and hurd; stocK is being fed and water' scarce. Wisconsin--Tbe driest week of the sea-- •on. Late reports indicate general rains- In northern portion, retarding forest fires,, and the smoke has cleared. Corn ripening fast. Too dry for fall plowing. Potato prospect Improved slightly. Minnesota--Warm and dry. In east cen­ tral portion crops in many places haven been destroyei by forest urea torn har­ vesting begun, yield light Kot affecting ' potatoes in southwest sectlona Thrashing in progress. Tall plowing retarded by. drought. Rain needed. Iowa--Extreme drought conditions miti­ gated by showers. Corn near safety line from damage by frost Cuiting for fodder Is general in nearly all parts of the States South Dakota--Exces-dve temperature With cool nights. No precipitation and hlghSi winds, injurious to all crop* in eastemill- sectlon. 'J hrashing progressing, yield show­ ing lighter than expected. Everything Buffering for want of rain. North Dakota--Thrashing going on as- rapidly as possible Corn maturing fast and will be a good crop, but only a small, amount was planted. Kansas--Good ra1n9from Barber to Don­ iphan counties, with heavy rains from Barber to Sedgwick \ountles. benefiting: orchards and pastures; elsewhere stock water diminishing, orchards and pastures failing. Nebraska--Very little change in the crop conditions. Pastures very short, and little plowing done. Showers general tbe last days of the week. y Oklahoma--Driest week of the season. Cotton picking progressing rapidly; yield very good. Pastures drying up. Boll worms slightly damaging cotton in southwest por­ tion. Plowing retarded. Ohio--Except local rains in southern portion, the conditions are practically un­ changed since last week. Corn is about ready to cut, but a great deal has been al­ ready cut for fodder. Tobacco has Im­ proved and 1b being cut and housed; early planting yields well. Missouri--Good showers in some locali­ ties, but week generally clear and dry. Corn-cutting becoming general, about two- thirds of average crop for States Fall plowing progressing slowly; pastures dry, water scarce. Michigan--Temperature and sunshine normal, rainfall below; there has been no le^ up on drought during past weetf, and lai*ge percentage of corn now past redemp­ tion. Ldte potatoes and pastures can yet be helped. LABOR'S OWN DAY. ' of Hermansville, Mich., were battling with the fire Monday night and the reports made it appear that the town was doomed. Spooner, W is., lies just to the east of a great territory of -burning forests. Sparks from the Flames, i , Gov. NelsoD, of Minnesota, has issued a proclamation appealing for aid. The woods are on fire on both sides of Russell City, Pa., and the fire ex­ tends over an area of twenty miles. Forest fires are within a mile of Kane, Pa., on all sides. The sun has not been seen at Dolge- vitle N. Y., for nearly a Week, so dense is the smoke overhead from fires, both north and south. Gov. Peck, of Wisconsin, issued an appeal for the relief of the burned out people of Barronett, Granite Lake and Ccmstock, where 100 families are suffering. He has gone to the scene with a car load of food and clothing. A village of lap people wjrking for a quarry company, located two miles east of Sandstone ha> not been heard from. It is feared all have perished. Forest fires ate racing all along the line of the Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburg railroad. The woods are on flie for miles. The American Express Company will forward iree of cha 'ge to points in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin contributions of money and clothing for the sufferers. St. 1 aul L< due of Flksv turne l over $.ou to the relief committee. Prayers ha»e been offered in the churches for rain. Immense fires p evail throughout the upper peninsula of Michigan and Northern Wisconsin. Homesteaders • are fleeing for their live-!. The citizens and membors of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce raised nearly $-1,000 in cash subscriptions for the relief of the fire sutlereES. A relief train from Duluth returned bearing survivors of the disaster at Sandstone. How It Was Observed This Tear In Many of the Large Cities. In the summer of 1882, Matthew Maguire, Secretary of the Central La­ bor Union, of Paterson, N. J.. intro­ duced a motion at one of the meetings of the union that the various bodies represented there should hold a jointi' demonstration and picnic instead of the separate assembly picnics that had heretofore been tha vogue, and sug­ gested that this combined labor outing occur on the first Monday in Septent- ber. The resolution met with favor, and the first Monday in September of each year was set aside as "Jabar ho i- day." The second demonst-at.ion--1883. --was a grand success. Thirty thou­ sand people were in line, but the cele­ bration up to this time was confined to New York Citv. In the following year the movement had extended to twenty prominent cities of the.United States, and 1885 saw the observance of Labor Day advance with still more rapid strides, until now it reaches all the new centers of industrial development in the South as well as the North, and every prominent city in the United States has its Labor Lay. This year the day was generally ob­ served. tn Chicago labor marched through the streets with its trousers* turned up, and with little rills of water running down the back of its neck. Over 7,100 union workmen splashed through the mud to celebrate Labor Day, undeterred by the heaviest down- f>our in over two months. In New York abor made an imposing demonstra­ tion. Not far trom 20,00 > men, rapre- senting all the tr.des unions, were ia line. The holiday was celebrated through­ out all New England. Business was generally suspended. In all the cities- a wealth of entertainment was offered, and all day the streets were alive with bands of music and processions. In. Boston over 15.000 were in line. A Toronto dispatch eays that for the first time in the history of the Dominion. Labor Day >fras celebrated by a general suspension of business in different, cities and town * throughout Canada. At Omaha TO.000 people participated in the celebration. Thirty thousand representative i of Nebraska labor- unions were in the procession. There were 2,."-00 m en in line in th» Labor Day parade at Milwaukee, and they marched through a drenching" rain-torm. The celebration of J,he day by the organized workingmen of In­ dianapolis did not attraqt s > much at­ tention as it had for several yeara past. ' CONDITION OF NATIONAL BANKS Encouraging Reports Brought Out by the Call of the Comptroller. A summary of the reports of the 3,770 national banks in the United States, uncer the recent call of tho- Comptroller of the Currency, shows on. July 18, 1894, aggregate* as follows: Loans and discoun s^ $1,^3',589,352^ gold coin in reserve, Sli5,051,fi77: gold treasury certificates, $l0,5t'0,490; silver dollars, $7,01(i,489: total specie in re­ serve, $250,070,652. Sur, lvs fund un­ divided profits, less ex ens?s and taxes paid, $84,.r)tj!V-94: dividends un;aidr #2,580.504; individual de o its, $1,077,- 801,2C0. Sparks from the Wire*. C0N3TABLE JOHN CRATSLEY WB» fatally shot by burglars at Warren, Ohio. THE British bark Glencairrt, which stranded near Portland, Ore., was towed of. m MINNEAPOLIS lumbermen met and discussed a proposal to advance prices- 50 cents a thousand. THREE armed men held up th as­ sistant postmaster at University Hace, Neb., and looted the office of its val- j uables. * /* j .TOHM M. DEVINE, Secretary of the- | Bimetallic League, has been nomina- [. ted for Congress by Nebraska Popu- ; list*. j CLAIMING that the'increase was ille- : gal, whisky men will refuse to nay the- I new tax and appeal to the fcupreme- Court. j INVESTIGATION shows that _ sugar I trust men attempted to bribe inspec- I tors sent to the New York custcnv | hoit-e. ° I POLICE investigation shows tha*> j Thomas Carroll, of Perth Amboy, iV. | J., caused'his three Mttle children to- live in. a dry goods box and bog for- i food.. /