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THREE THOUSAND HOMELESS.
Awful Scenes In the Burning Wis
consin Town Late Morning
Dispatches,
Associated Press.
Milwaukee, July 28. Tho Sentinel's
dispatch from Phillips says that 39
buildings out of 79 stand amid smoke
and ashes on the site of what was
yestarday the flourishing city of Phil
Hps, the county seat of Price county,
and one of the wealthiest and most
prosperous of all the towns in the tim
ber region of Wisconsin. Three thous
and people are homeless, and except
those who have been offered shelter
In the neighborhood towns, whose peo-
pie themselves will pass a Bleepless
night in fear that the fires raging1 In
the forest on all sides will sweep away
their homes at any hour, will have no
covering for their worn-out bodies to
night. Worse than all, at least thirteen
people are known to have lost their
lives. The dead are:
James Lock, butcher, wife and five
children.
Frank Cllss, in charge of the dry
kilns of the J. R. Davis Lumber Com
pany, and his two-year-old child.
Mrs. David Bryden, wife of the fore
man of the Payette Shaw Tannery,
and two children. Mr. Bryden was also
supposed to have died, but returned
here tonight, having been away from
the city, only to hear his family had
perished.
Unknown man.
All the dead were drowned In Elk
Lake while trying to escape from the
fire, except the unknown man whose
body was found in the ruins of a
house. The property loss cannot at
this time be accurately estimated, but
It will reach at least $1,125,000. The
immense plant of the John R. Davis
Lumber Company Is a total ... log.
a,moutlflng to between $500,000 and $600,
000. On this property there was an in
surance equal to about four-fifths of Its
value. Many of the poorer peopJe car
ried ho Insurance on their homes, and
have lost everything. There were many
fine business blocks and private resi
dences, and everyone was burned to the
ground. The volunteer Are department,
consisting of 32 men and having three
thousand feet of hose, had been work
ing! two days in the swamp to the west
of the city to prevent the flames from
coming Into town. Driven by the in
creasing wind, the Are reached the
southwest limits' of the city about 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Across
miles of swamp where the water was
from six Inches to a foot in depth, it
could be heard roaring for fully an
hour, a sound that rendered the peo
ple panlo stricken. The firemen fought
it until It drove them back with, blis
tered' hands and faces, and then they
sought to stop its progress with dyn
amite explosions.' This they did accom
plish after the north end had been de
stroyed. The path of the fire took In
the city hall, courthouse, jail, and the
Wisconsin Central depot, and swept
everything to the lake. Thirteen imIs
oners were in the Jail, and three of
them made their escape. Driven fran
tic by the rushing gale of flames, the
families of James Loske, Frank Cllss
and David Bryden gathered hurriedly
in their arms all their possessions they
could, and made for a floating boat
house that was tied to the town bridge
After they had gone a short distance
the boat began to sink, and death by
fire staring them on one side and drown
ing on the other, the boats were resort
ed to, but in the gale they capsized
almost instantly.. All perished with the
exception of Mrs. Cllss, who was found
ollnglng to the boat.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS.
Phillips, Wis., July 28. Three thous
and people have been made homeless
by ,the forest fires. Not a building is
left standing In the town, and property
valued at from $1,500,000 and $2,000,000
has been swept away. People were
hastily conveyed by trains to the neigh
boring towns. Nothing but a few per
sonal effects were saved. There are
unconfirmed rumors of loss of life.
ANOTHER FOREST FIRE.
Oshkosh, Wis., July 28.-A conflagra
tion has Just broken out in the lumber
district. The fine residence portion of
the city Is threatened.
TWENTY DROWNED.
Milwaukee, July 28. Twenty persons
are reported drowned In the lake at
Phillips while endeavoring to escape
beln? burned to death by forest fires.
A public meeting has been called to
take action In reHevIng the unfortunate
citizens of Phillips. A liberal response
will be made. The same state of af-
fairs exists at Malodore, Sherry, and
other points west of here, but all suf
fered a great deal less than one year
ago from forest fires.
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE.
Ashland, Wis., July 28. At Mason, th
houses of the town proper, are still
standing, but the loss from fire will
reach $700,000.
. WANT TUB SOLDIERS.
A Request of the Northern Pacific Off!
clals Granted.
. Washington, July 28. In only one sec
tion of the country are the United
States troops engaged actively In keep
ing open the railroad traffic which was
interrupted by the strike. This is the
country along tho Northern Pacific
railroad. Today General Otis, at Van
couver barracks, telegraphed the war
department that the Northern Pacific
agents had requested him to furnish
troops to open that part of the line
lying in the Coeur d'Alene country,
The general consented to provide troops
from the force now at Warder, Idaho,
with the understanding that they are
to confine themselves to pushing for
ward the mall trains and preventing
obstructions to interstate commerce,
They will not be used to guard the
railroad generally,- save by request of
the judicial authorities.
. " DISOBEYED HIS ORDERS.
Freight Crashes into a Passenger on
the Northern Pacific.
Taeoma, July 28. The eostbound
Northern Pacific overland passenger
train ran into the east-bound freight
train at South Prairie at 1 o'clock this
miming. An unknown man stealing a
ride on the passenger engine was killed.
Fireman Clement, of the freight, was
Injured, and today hod his leg ampu
tated. Engineer Robinson, of the
freight lost the compressed air going
down grade, thereby losing control of
the train, which was finally stopped
with brakes, but before it could be sig
nalled the passenger crashed into it In
a heavy fog, preventing the headlights
being seen. Engineer Robinson, of the
freight, left his engine, and up to early
this evening had not been seen. Had
his train been stopped on the switch as!
ordered, It would have been safe.
DISHEARTENED FARMERS.
Denver, July 28. Travelers from the
'East report a widespread destruction of
crops In Kansas and Nebraska by the
hot winds. Corn will have to be shipped
into many counties In Nebraska to
enable the farmers to 'live until another
season. The highways are thronged
with disheartened settlers, who have
abandoned their homes and are moving
east. No similar scene has been wit
nessed since 1873.
DID CONSIDERABLE WORK.
Washington, July 28. The house held
a very short session today, but man
aged in the two and a quarter hours
that it was In session to transast a
great deal of business of public char
acter. The J lnt resolution was adopted
still further extending the appropriation
for 1894, until August 14, and as the
thermometer was In speaking distance
of the century mark, at 2:30 the house
adjourned.
THE APPEAL GRANTED.
Chicago, July 2S. The American Rail
way, Union leaders have been granted
an appeal by Judge Woods to the Unit
ed States court of appeals In chancery
proceedings In the United States cir
cuit court. The order leaves the Injunc
tion in force, and does not interfere
with the contempt proceedings and his
associates.
SMUGGLER CONVICTED.
Tacoma, July 2S. In the United States
court today, W. U. Horr was found
guIPy of smuggling opium and of facil
itating its transportation. He is sup
posed to be the leader of an organized
smuggling ring, which the customs offi
cers are working hard to break up.
WILL SEND THEM HOME.
Sacramento, July 28. Governor Mark
ham said this afternoon that he did
not think there was any further need
for the state troops In the field, and
that he had decided to order all of them
home Immediately.
TREASURY STATEMENT.
Washington, July 28. The cash bal
ance In the treasury at the close of
business today was $125,189,659, of which
$58,385,414 was' gold res?rve. In this
statement the $3,000,000 gold shipped to
day does not appear.
BRUTAL STRIKERS.
St. Paul, July 28. At midnight the
Milwaukee freight and transfer train
was wrecked near Mendo by strike sym
pathizers, who severely pounded the en
gineer and fireman.
PENSION REQUISITION.
Washington, July 28. Acting Secreta
ry of the Interior Slmms today Issued
a .requisition on the secretary of the
treasury for $12,525,000 to be used In
the quarterly payment of pensions.
Cleveland Will Accept the Con-
- ferees' Agreement.
TRIAL OF TRAIN WRECKERS.
Late War News From the Far
East .Yesterday's. Sporting
' Events. ..
Associated Press.
Washington, July 28. A member of
the house whoso relations with thS pres
ident are very close, Bald that while ho
could not speak with authority, he had
no doubt that an agreement between the
tariff bill conferees, even though It be
an acceptance, of the senate bill, with
some moderations, would be acquiesced
in by the president as the best thing ob
tainable. The president's letter to Wil
son, said this member, had pointed out
clearly what the choice of the president
had been, but it did not go to the ex
tent of committing the president irrev-
erably agalnBt the senate bill, if It was
obtainable from the conference. ' It was
significant tliat a Democrat of the houre
who expects to start tonight .on a
campaign tour, paired his speech, an-i
on a baslB of practically the senate
schedules on BUgar, Iron and coal. The
early ' session la conference was de
voted entirely to an exchange of views
on the situation with the senate, the
members doing a greater part of the
talking. They told the house members
that in the present feeling in the senate
It was out of the question for the senate
conferees to make any concessions on
the principal articles in dispute, and
that In their opinion th conference
would have to adopt practically, the
senate bill pr there would be no tariff
legislation.
Chairman Wilson vias surprised to
learn that a call for a caucus was In
circulation.. It was the general opinion
that the call was the culmination of the
sentiment that had beem growing for
some days in the rank and file of the
house to end tho tariff struggle with
out reference to what tha leaders of
the house conferees desired
have been sent to the Republican mem
bers that a full conference committee
will meet Monday at 11 o'clock. , ,
TRAIN WRECKERS ON TRIAL.
Damaging Evidence Produced by the
Prosecution. ' V'.'
Woodland, Cal., July 28. Durlnff the
examination of the American Railway
Union men accused of train wrecking
today, it was proved that the, prisoners
Worden and Hatch were leAdera'lp the
crowd of strikers that stolo the loco
motive and the Pullman coach in La-
throp and ran to Stockton, where 50
more strikers were taken on, and then
to Sacramento. M. J. Crosby, the South
ern Paclflo foremam at Stockton, tes
tified that he talked! with Worden at
Stockton, and that during the argument,
Worden said: "If the worst comes to
worst, we con fight; we can make bombs
of the very best material."
The manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. at Sacramento, who had
been ordered to produce copies of all
telegrams sent by tho American Rail
way Union leaders, was next called.
H'5 handed tho telegrams demanded to
the court. The dispatches were all from
Knox to various American Railway
Union men, and their general tenor was
to urge the men to stand firm. There
was only one that was dumaglng to
the defense. This rend
"McClintock, Truckee. State troops
here. You come with all tho guns and
volunteers. You come by train at once
without orders. H. A. Knox.
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
Yokohama, July 28. The Japanese
government has Issued the following
statement. "In consequence of the se
vere provocation, three ships of the
Japaneso squadron were compelled to
engage the Chinese fleet off Fontao, or
Round Island. They captured the Chin
ese warship Tsao Klan, and sank the
Chinese transport with soldlere on
beard. Unfortunately, ono of the larg
est Chinese lron-clads of the northern
fl:?et, Chen Yuen, escaped to China, and
tho Chinese torpedo cruiser, Huan Tae,
escaped to Fasan, Corea. The Japanese
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOiUf
warships engp'id escaped without in
iin-v."
Jlfc VESSELS SUNK.
Shanghai, July 28. In addition to
Hugh Hathleson & Co.'s steamer Kow
Shung, sunk by the Japanese cruiser,
all the Chinese troops on board being
drowned, the Chinese Trading Com
pany's steamer- Tooman, also being
used as a transport, has been sunk by
tha Japanese warships. All the steam
ers of the Chinese Trading Co.,. now.
here, and the Chinese merchant steam
ers are ordered to remain here until
orders from Tien Tsln.
No Formal Declaration of War Has
Been Made.
London, July 28. Andrew Carnegie,
In an Interview, is quoted as saying he
does not think the United States now
requires protection, which he claims Is
of little use for revenue purposes, as
manufactured Imports have fallen so
low.
The Chinese legation received a dis
patch from Tien Tsln saying the king
of Corea was captured by the Japanese
July 23. The Chinese minister informs
the Associated Press reporter that there
has been no formal declaration of war,
and it is hoped a peaceful settlement
can be arranged.
FITZSIMMON8 THE WINNER.
The Police Stop tho Daley-Lynch Mill
' at Buffalo.
. Buffalo, July 28. The much exploited
athletic and boxing tournament of r.iily
Madden took place at the driving park
today. It opened with baseball and
other outside sports, and closed with
boxing bouts In the exposition building.
The otar match was the bout between
Bob Fltzslmmons, c ham u Ion middle
weight, and Frank KeUer, heavy weight
from YpsilantI, Michigan. rti lasted two
brief rounds. In the first, Keller rushed
and Bwung heavily and landed once on
Fltzslmmons' phiz, and chased him. to
his corner as time was called. In the
second, FlUslmmons walked over to
Keller's corner, poked him once In the
Jaw, and all was over. It took a force
of surgeons to brink Keller to life. ,
The following battle, between Jim Da
ley, Corbett's old partner, and Tom
Lynch, the Irish giant, was stopued
Notlcesfby' the police In the first round because"
LyncM utterly refused to regard the
Queenshury rules. He got Daley down
on the floor and tried to bite a piece
out of him.
YESTERDAY'S BALL GAMES.
At Portland Multnomahs, 6; Seattle,
4.
AH Pittsburg Pittsburg, 8; Cleve
land, 0.
At St. Louis Louisville, 8; j?t. Louis,
4.
At Baltimore Boston, 8; Baltimore, 4.
At Cincinnati Cincinnati, 19; Chica
go, 13.
At Brooklyn Brooklyn, 9; Washing
ton, 6.
At Philadelphia New York, 11; Phil
adelphia, 10.
MORE RECORD-BREAKING.
Cleveland, July 28. The closing day
of the grand circuit meeting was pro
ductive of some more fast racing. In
the 2:10 cluss, pacing, purse $2000, Moon
stone won the fourth, fifth and sixth
heats and the race. On the Line won
first and second heats, and Reflector
took third. Time, 2:07 1-2; 2:07 1-4; 2:09
1-2; 2:11; 2:11 3-4.
In the 2:15 class, trotting, purse 2000,
Azote won the race In three straight
heats. Time, 2:11 1-2; 2:11; 2:10.
RECORD BREAKING WHEELMEN,
London, July 28. In the forty-eight-hour
bicycle race at the Horn Mill
grounds, finished today, Shortland, of
London, covered 400 miles and 900 yards;
Peterson, of Coventry, covered 430 miles
and Chnppln, of Chelsea, covered 428
miles. The world's record was thus
broken by two miles.
THE YANKEE- DOWNED.
Tenseance, July 28. The Britannia
won the race with the Vigilant today.
TERRIBLE DEATH RATE.
Hong Kong, July 28. The bluebook
Issued today by the governor of Hong
Kong reports that 120,000 people have
died from the plague In the Canton
district.
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