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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1908)
EVENTS J)F THE DAY Newsy Items (iiitliereil (rum All 1'arls of tlio World. PREPARED I'UH THE BUSY READER Liu Important but Not Lets Inter- ailing Happening from Poind Outildo tlio OlAta. Thomii A. Kdlson I nt pnwnl tour ItiK tl' I'nelhV count. Forest llritt urn burning In C'nunda Just ucro tin' linn from Malim. A gil.atory olltcti building rusting $:I0,()0,U0(I lit to litt irnrt.il In ChlrnK. Tim American lintllisMm Mnlni- mid Alabama Imvit Irft Port Said fur Kit plea. Tim forest tiro near Im Angidca con tinue to ilo lii'iivy damagi-. Otm town linn been wImsI out. Four troom of cavalry, together with mmiiI of that vicinity, nrn fighting fori'it IU' in'iir Sturgi, 8. I). A hurricane, w.fjit Turku Island, llrltUli Wit Indie, ditroylng tho capltnl and killing ninny iMmpltt. Oltlclnl statement alwiw tlmt tlm 'lmlirn altuntluu In St. iVlrrsburg mihI IhruuglKHil KumIii a inurh wnri Tim number of titiomployi-d In Ion lmi wo atrlklngly Illustrated when 3,000 limn surrounded n bMipltnl which had ndvrrtln-d for n orlrr nt (4.60 n week nml. ininl. A K'mrnl iiivratigntiou of tlm Full limn company, it achwIuU of rnt nml It nlh-grd discrimination, Ik to l inniln by the Intnutnto Commcreo coin iuImIihi nt Chicago. Tlm Pacific fieri Ima loft Honolulu for Samoa. Tlm battleship lift bo arrives! nt Albany, Weil Auatrnlln. HumIb wna nlmot unltnl In tlm eel vbrnllun of Tolstoi' HOth birthday. Cnnt ilrltnln ha Juat launches! n battleship larger than tlio DnndnaughL Ornmny will reject tlm riotrt on Mo rocco and rt'lnllona with Franco nn trained, II. II. Miller, Anmrlcnn consul gene ml nt Yokohama, la on lila way liomr for n vncntlon. A furrt flri la raging In tlm valley wral of a Angoln and M'Vrral amnll town nro threatened. In n ault agnlntt tlio Standard Oil In Now York th couiinny hna liwn order l to produeo lctlr contnlnlnK 'vl slrnco of bribery. Thn extra ealon of tlm Iowa legis lature hna adjournal to wnt November at, wlmn nntmther elfurt will bo made to elect u United Stat' senator. , Governor Hnnloy, of Indiana, rharg d tlio IwlinnniNill kIhmiJ lionnl H6 for mMriHwInjc a graduating clniw Inat Juno. Tlio fncl hna Juat becotno public throUKh tlm auditing of tlm hill. A Los Angeles preacher 7(1 years old lua just married a woman of SI. Kama City neuron fear a race war. anl are arming fur the conflict nliotilil it come. A rumor of an attempt t" shoot President Rosrelt it fullllil to he Vllliout fiiiiiiilalioii. MethiuliMt of lllinul arc JniuliiR in the fiuht aKaiiiH the reelection o( Cannon to coiiKrfts. A New York man hat committed miicnle hecaute the aiiti-hctting law lric away his ImtmeM. Several oil tank at I.enilville, Colo . made a tpectncular hlae, be aide caiuiuK contidtrahlc lots to properly. Port Hllcy, Kan., troops arc onion a practice march of 130 inllci. When truiiK out in marchiiiK, the column wat almost five miles louu. A woman 70 ycart ohl was trampled tinder a horse' hoofs in Chicago, Reckless driving Is given as the rea son, ami the driver hat liccu arrested. A crank who wanted to see the president hat been sent to an aty itiiu. He claimed to have located all the bad men in lloiton, and wanted Roosevelt to let hill) have 10,000 troops to capture them. (.'mint Tolstoi nppoaca n public eoliv lirntlon of lilt hlrtlidny. A CMonuo limn hna ronlUod n million dnlhira out of hind tnkon for n bad ilobt. Ilnwlildo, Nov., has lifRiin tho tntk of rvhulldliiKi and hna mi aiiiplu food "upply. Jnitnm'so aoal ponchora enpturod by Itiimlu coniphiiu of tho trcntmiHit ro celvod. I.uto reports sny tho Knitllsh hop crop is not so hudly dumiiKcd ixa first Toported. Thoro Ima boon nn Addition of throt to tho Imnkura' colony In tho San Fran olsco jall. AUK NO MOHIi PENSIONS. Ornnd Army Voles to Sospnrui Ap. pnnls to Confirms, Tideilo, (J, Sept, H Not for three V-nr will tlir (iraml Army of tlie KpmiIiIic k conirc fr further re icl mruiiires Jt appeared to he the loiiteuaiis of opinion of the leaders ilmi loo muili ImmiucriiiK for pennon lull and relief measures might soon uMlc uu iiiiiligiiiricd impression in the minds of congressmen and reflect diurcdit on the civil war veterans at the time in their live when they tsould need Ihe mutt aitiitaucc nt the (Minis of the nation they helped to save. Another way will he sought by the veterans lo get before congress those hits of legislation which they feel can not wait, The attention at the ( A K. dclrgates was called by Kite llmwtiictt Sherwood lo Hie status of the pending widows' pennon hill, in whlrli at present it is rcmurcd that applicants shall hac been married a number of years prior lo the present dale She asks tli.it the hill may be altered to allow the eligibility of those who marry up to the date of the passage of the bill and that the mailer may be placed in the hands of the pension agents The tame plan may he used with regard to the amendment to the service pension bill. At the wish of General I II Sher wood his dollar-a-day pension hill was nut brought up for consideration, and a resolution asking congress to u ex prisoners n( war IX a day pen sioti was laid over Alter the installation of the newly rlnted national oDicers, the (i A U delegates decided upon Salt Lake City as the next meeting place by a tole of 401 to n for Washington Alter Salt Lake City had been chosen dr the encampment, Viec-Comuian der in-Chief Scott notified the en campment that Atlanta would be in the field for 1110. REVEALS DYNAMITE PLOT. Dutcctlvo Glvm Sensational Testimony at Strlkn Hoarina;, Chester, I'a , Sept. 7 Testimony given by a detective, who from the start of the Chester trolley strike posed as a street peddler and said he had wormed his way into the confi dence of the union leaders, was to the clfect that he had received from their lips the confession of a conspiracy to dynamite and destroy street railway property. The testimony caused a sensation at the hearing of Patrick J Shea, vice-president and national or ganizer of the Amalgamated Associa tion of Street and Klcctric Railway I'mployes; William Slockhart, presi dent of the Chester division, and 13 strikers arraigned before Justice of the Peace Williamson, at Media, the county srat. The IS defendants were held under I3IHHI hail fr court The testimony of the detective made out the prima facie case against the accused men DISTRUSTS JAPAN'SJMOVES. China Sett Trouble? Brewing Over Chantao Doundary Dispute Pekin, Sept H Contrary to her greemcnt to maintain the status quo pending a settlement of the Chcutao boundary dispute with China, Japan has recently done a number of things in this territory which arouses the apprehension of the Pckiu govern mcut. She has occupied the residence buildings recently completed at Yeii chi Ting in the disputed district; she has brought into this town a joint civil and military commander and 1,0)0 gendarmes and she is proceed ing with the organization of the ex isting system for the government of the Corean population China has protested to Tokio and to the Jap anese diplomatic representative here, but with no result whatever- The ar rival of a battery of Japanese field guns near the border has renewed the fear of China that Japan proposes to precipitate some action. Four Hundred Panic Stricken. New York, Sept. 8 Four hundred young women milliners, employed on Ihe upper floor of a 12-story build ing nt tisa Hroadway, became panic stricken when a fire on the fifth floor filled the stairway so full of smoke that they were impassable. All the girl were taken from the building without serious injury nml the fire was extinguished with a loss of $ono, ouo, Screaming with fright, the girl first attempted to find nil exit by the Mairs, but they were stopped by the smoke nt Ihe seventh floor A num ber of them were slightly injured. Rain Rulnt English Hops. Maidstone, Kiir., Sept. . The ex. cessively wet weather, accompanied by a high wind, ha completely ruined a large pnrt ot tue icntisu nop crop. Thousands of hop-picker who came down from London are suffering .cutely, The huts wherein they arc quartered are flooded and in many c&ies they are without sufficient food. NEWS FROM THE NO POLITICS PERMITTED. QovBrninunt Issues Warning to Civil Service Ernployot, Washington, Hi-pL 12. A itolumu , warning hit boon laaucd by tho civil , Hitrvlco commlsalon to tho urmy of gov- .iTiimt'iil cmploym In thin city nnd tdanwlmro, iigiiluHl nldi-ntcpping tholr work for Undo Hum In ordur to In- dulgn in tho cnum of politic. It nooiu that In past cnmpalgnH It hnn been tho pructlco of many govern ment official nnd clerk to resign w thnt tlmy inny run for olllco In thuir homo coimnunllii'S, or othorwiso be coum actively ongngul In tolltlcnl work, to bo rolnntntcd after election !y, If Dm old Job atlll nppealn to thorn. Thl year thoro will bo no re instatement, nya thu commission. Tho order I n follow: "Tho cominlimlon desire to Inform ench of tho department nnd iniUjMTid out oxecutlvo olllcer of it attitude toward employe In tho cluified ser vice; who resign to become candidates for olllco or to engage In nctlvu polit ical work nnd who afterward seek re instatement. "Inanmucli n tho insuancu of n cer tificate I dlscretlunnry with tho com mii(in, no certificate will bo Insued in nny caao whero tho party socking: rt instutement roalgnod with n viow of running for olllco or Indulging in Klit Icnl activity which would bo prohibited If ho hail remained In tho service, and afterward, having failed In hia candi dacy, or having Indulged In contem plated M)lltlcaI activity, seeks ruin- tntement. NAVAL CRITICS REBUFFED. Roosevelt Promptly Approval Plant for New Battlethlpt. Washington. Sept H President Roosevelt hat approved the plans of the proposed new battleships Florida and Utah, which wre authorized at the last session of congress. In the course of hit examination he sought the advice of Commander Sims and Lieutenant - Commander Albert I.. Key, who entertained what arc re garded as radical opinions respecting naval construction ami who frankly criticised tome of the features of the new ships. The prompt approval by the president o ftlie plans is taken to indicate that he was not deeply im pressed with the arguments of the critics. It is expected that advertisements for bids fr construction of the Utah will he published in a few days. That vessel is to be constructed at a pri vate shipyard, while the Florida is to he built at the Brooklyn navy-yard. Fewer Japs Coma, Washington, Sept. 11. According to ofllclnl figure mndo public by Secre tary of Commerce nml I.abor Straus today, tlm tide ot. Immigration from Japan ha boon checked until now it I hut one tlilrtl of wtwit li was n year ago. Jnpanwo immigration for tho lUcal your ll07 wai 30,000, Including tho Japanese who went to Honolulu. For tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1U08, immigration from Japan wan 18, 000, of which 9,u00 camo to the main land of the United State. Tho bureau of immigration ha estimated thnt 5, 718 Japanese left the United State for Japan and other countries, leaving tlu net increase for tho year but 3,800. Of that Increase but 1G kt cent are laborer. Parker It Not In Raca. Wnshlngton, Sept. 11. lleforo leav ing for New York today, Judge Alton II. Parker took cognlzanco of a roKrt that ho would bo willing to mako tho race for governor of the atute of New York at tho npproaching election, nnd said in o many wonl thnt ho wa not so Inclined. Judge Parker Raid: "I am not willing to run for governor of New York. I do not feel that tho sit uation and tho question sustained mo in nylnK more than it I my desire to never again hold public office. My friends, I felt, would understand that I mid precisely what I meant, and my answer was intended to inform thcra and no ono else." Rootevelt Orders Appeal, Oyster Hay, N. Y., Sept. 12. Whilo Attorney General Charles J. Honaparto was in conference with President Roosevelt, tho reort of tho decision rendered in Philadelphia today by tho United States Circuit court, that tho commodities clauso of tho Hepburn railroad net is unconstitutional was conveyed to tho president's homo by tho Associated Press. Tho president nnd Mr. Honaparto. after n discussion, camo to n conclusion that tho depart ment of Justice should take an appeal. Mr. Honaparto would sny nothing about what tho president had said in regard to tho decision. "Want Adi" Got Recruits. Washington, Bept. 0 "Want" ad- vortisenients hnvo been found helpful by tho navy department In Its recruit ing work, and hereafter most of tho money available for that purpose will ho spent In thnt class of advertising In profcrenco to tho display forms. NATIONAL CAPITAL I'OLYOAMISrS SHUT OUT. Secretary Slraut Approve Action on Mormon Immigrant!. Wnsliingtiin, Hepl. 0. Hccfctnry Htraiia yesterday approved tlm actlun of the local Immigration officials at Ilottoii In tho o eullfsl Mormon easn, wherein a number of lininigrnnts nero held up on tho allegntinn of entering thn country lo violation of law. Mr. Htraua said that the two cnies of ex clusion were on thn grounds, na to on. f admission of belief in polygamy, and a to tlio other, of physical and other reasons. A number of other eases hnvo been held up for further Investigation. Lively interest has been takim in tlieKO cases, on necount of tlio question of Mormuuiaui, but Mr. Hiram aalJ that tlm derision In nil of them wna wholly regardless of tho question of Mormon religion j that thu question of polygamy was ono specifically provided for by lave, nnd thnt hit action in tho matter followed thu plain provisions of tho statute Henntnr Hmoot hnd a eonferenen with the secretary an tlm subject, aad Sea- ator Sutherland and Governor Cutlsr, of Utah, have telegraphed to tho de- pnrtment, oipressing their views nnl dvoiro for tho treatment of tha Immi grants without regard to tho religion Involved. TEST NEW WOODS. Qovernment May Introduca New Zea land Forest Trees, Waihington. Sept 10. Far-off New Zealand is the latest country to which forest experts have turned in seeking substitutes for the valuable American woods used by the furniture, cooper age, implement and similar wood using industries. Manufacturers in this country have been facing a constantly decreasing supply of available hardwood timber for a number of years, and the time is already at hand when efforts must be made to look to tue preservation ol the American species most in demand, and to scour foreign lands for trees which may prove valuable as substi tutes. Seven different New Zealand hard wood trees have just been put through a scries of tests by the United States forest service in co-operation with the university of California in the timber testing laboratory at Hcrkelcy. The trees showed up remarkably well in comparison with white oak, which is one of the strongest woods in the United States, developing under test when in an air dry condition a crush ing strength of 8300 pounds per square men, and a bending strength of 13,100 pounds per square inch. Swinburne May Look for Aeon. Washington, Sept. 8. Instructions have been sent from the navy depart ment to Admiral Charles Swinburne, in command of the Pacific fleet at Honolulu, to keep a lookout for the llnttsh steamer Aeon, which hat not been heard from for wcekt. On board the vessel are the family of ClMiiUm Mower R. Patrick. U. S. N . and Mrs. William K. Riddle, wife of Lieutenant Riddle, also of the navy. The Aeon left San Francisco July C for Samoa, where she is long over due. Since the Pacific squadron on its departure from Hawaii will pro ceed to Samoa, it is thought that the distressed ship may possibly be sighted. Nothing Doing for Kathleen. Washington, Sept. 8 Miss Kath leen M Roosevelt Crouin, the woman who called at the white house last week and demanded admission on the ground that she was a long-lost daughter of the president, bat been sent to St. Hlizabeth's asylum She protested against being sent to the in stitution, declaring that "her father,' President Roosevelt, would have the court officials punished. The woman appeared at the white house and told a policeman that she wanted Mr. Roosevelt to vacate her room at once. She said she was 37 years old and came from San Francisco. She ad miiteil havinir been tried for insanity in California Another Successful Flight. Washington. Sept. 10. At Fort Meyer yesterday Orville Wright made the two greatest aeroplane flights ever made in public in this country, remaining in the air for more than eleven minutes on his first flight and for nearly eight minutes on his second (light There was apparently no rea son why the flights could not have been of longer duration, as the aviator landed the last time because of the approaching darkness. Throughout both flights Mr. Wright apparently had the machine under perfect con trol, rising at times to 00 feet and making sharp tums Double Park Guard, Washington, Sopt. 0. Provision Is being mndo nt tho war dopnrtnient to increase tho garrison at Yollowstone National park. It is proposed to double tho forco. Tho rccont holdup by a lone highwayman of soven tourist coaches with 120 passongors calls attention to tho noeessltv ot a more thorough super- I vision of tho park precincts. RAWHIDE IS BURNED. Nevada Mining Town Almost Wiped Out by Conflagration. Rawhide. Ncv.. Sept. 7 A fire that started Friday in Dr. Garner's office, a veritable firetrap, spread with light niiiK-like rapidity and, despite the vig orout efforts of the fire department and 50') miner volunteers, eight blocks, comprising all the business section of the town, were a mass of flames The fire-fighters soon discov ered their efforts were of no avail against the fire, so they began dyna miting adjacent buildings. Over a ton and a half of dynamite was used. At 11 o'clock the total area was a mass of ashes and tmoldering embers. Among the first buildings to go was Collins' hardware store, which con tained two tons of dynamite, which exploded with terrific force, hurling burning planks and boards a great distance and setting fire lo numerous buildings simultaneously. This ca tastrophe led the firemen to fight the flames with dynamite, which prompt action saved the outlying portions of ihe town. A strong wind was blow ing, which twept the flames south ward across Rawhide avenue and east across Nevada street. The buildings destroyed will alone result in a financial lost of 1750 000. with no insurance The contents of the buildings are a complete loss and will swell the total to considerable more Many people were slightly in. jurcd by flying debris, but none are reported seriously hurt. Many acts of heroism were enacted and were it not for the cool-headed ones among the fire-fighters several fatalities would have resulted. Fren zied men, whose fortunes were going up in flame, rushed madly forward in their attempts to save their belong ings, and would have perished had not restraining hands detained them. LAND GRANT SUIT BEGUN. Government Seeks Return of Tract Given to Railroad. Portland. Sept. 7 Suit by the United States to cancel the Oregon & California land grants has been filed in the United States court for the district of Oregon. The government asks for the forfeiture of all lands in cluded in the two grants to the de fendant railroad company, valued at $40,000,000. If this relief is denied, plaintiff requests the appointment of a receiver to take charge of all unsold lands, included in the grants, and tht disposition of the same under the re ceivership in tracts not exceeding 100 acres to each purchaser and for a consideration not exceeding $2.30 an acre If this petition is rejected, the plaintiff asks for a mandatory injunc tion requiring the defendant corpora tion to sell all of the unsold lands re maining in the grants in quantities of not more than 160 acres each and at a price not exceeding $2.30 an acre. It is also asked by the government that the defendant company be re strained from asserting any further claim to the land, making any further sales of the property or trespassing thereon. An accounting also is asked from the railroad company to the government for all money realized by the defendant company from its sales of the lands. FIGHT WITH JAPANESE. Men From British Cruiser Stand Oh Brown Men. Shanghai, Sent. 7. Outnumbered ten to one. bluejackets from a British cruiser in this port put up a desperate battle with Japanese non-commissioned men and a motley Japanese mob, until the police broke up the fight by the free use of revolvers, fir ing repeatedly into the mob. Many Japanese civilians were wounded, but were carried away by their com panions. The fight started over the arrest of a Japanese officer for a particularly atrocious assault upon a low-class Furopean woman, which was resented by the English jackies. A well-organized riot came simultaneously with the publication of a letter from the Japanese consul-general to the mu nicipal council, which was of a highly recriminatory and incendiary charac ter, and defended the ruffianism of Ids own people and the failure of his court to assist in maintaining order. The fri-lini between the British and the Japanese is intense, and further outbreaks arc feared. Sails From Melbourne. M.IKnnrni. .-nf 7 PlinCtUallv at 6 o'clock Saturday evening the Con necticut, flagship of Rear-Admiral Snprrv. rnmmauder-in-chief of the American Atlantic fleet, weighed an chor and pointed tier prow nown wic bay. With clock-like precision 14 others of the white-hulled craft fol lowed in her wake and began the cruise to Albany, West Australia, The New Jersey remained in the har bor to convey the American mail, which is expected shortly, to the fleet. As the vessels passed down the bay many salutes were tircuj Japanese Town Burns. Tokio, Sept. 7, Fifteen thousand people are homeless as the result of a fire which almost entirely destroyed the city of Niigatat 18 miles north west of here, it is estimated rnai 5,000 buildings were destroyed. The town has a nonulation of 40.000. The government has been asked for aid and tents are being supplied. Food depots will be opened at once. So far as is known no lives were lost. ARMY BROADENS OUT Aeroplane Fleet Is Planned as Addition to War Equipment ASK CONGRESS FOR THE MONEY General Atltxt Certain That Lawmak ers Will Be Liberal Toward Proposed Scheme. Washington, Hcpt. 8. Should tho tests of the Wright brothers' acroplano prove successful, it la probable that within ono year the war department will have a fleet of aeroplanes as well a a fleet of dlrglble as an adjunet for military warfare. I)rigadir-Gen-eral Allen, chief of the signal corps, bcllcvM congress will be liberal In its appropriation If the tests are a sue eeas. A full report of both tho dirgiblo and aeroplane test will bo got ready for submission when tho $1,000,000 ap propriation for aeronautics comes up for discussion. It it now fullr realized by army officers that tbo United States is far behind other countries in ncronautie. While demonstrations have been mado abroad that air craft are an absolute necessity in future warfare, no steps have been taken here, and army ex perts are now anxious to make up for lost time by quickly assembling an aerial fleet. When, on September 27, 1007, it wa announced thnt tho war department would buy a direlhle balloon nnd an aeroplane, somo person believed tho plan would never materialize. Only sov. eral army officer who knew of tho future plan realized that an effort wa to bo mado to establish an aerial fleet for the United States government. It is said at Fort Myers that Secre tary of War Wright has approved tho request of Drigsdler-Gener.il Allen that Captain Thomas S. Ilaldwin, who sold dirgiblo No. 1 to the army, be hired to supervlso the transportation and ex hibition of the airship and the hydro gen plant, which Captain Baldwin also supplied to the government, to the mil itary exposition at St. Joseph, Mo., which begins on September 21. From St. Joseph the dirgiblo will be taken to the Aeronautical and Signal Corps school at Fort Leavenworth, la command of Major Russell, and on the completion of the modern balloon bouse at Fort Omaha, about the middle of next October, It will be taken there permanently. FIRE IN MINNESOTA. Several Small Towns Are Threatened With Destruction. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 8. The Mesaba range tonight Is threatened with a new outbreak of the firo which swept away Chisholtn Saturday and wiped out thou sands of acres of standing timber. After a day of quiet the flame, which died down Sunday, were fanned Into renewed fury again yesterday and nrn sweeping on toward Ilibblng, Buhl and Nnslnvauk from the south. Snowball, 100 Inhabitants, was des ttroyod yesterday afternoon by a fire that camo upon it suddenly. The peo pie had no opportunity to fight tho flames, and fled in terror. Snowball is about two miles from Nashwauk Brooklyn, a small suburb of Illbbing, is threatened by fire. Buhl and Nash wauk. which were threatened with de struction Saturday, are again in dan ger. Tbo citizen aro fighting tho flames desperately. Aurora is sur rounded by fires nnd the citizens aro fighting them. Mitchell, a small town about ono mila south of Hibbing, was threatened with destruction all day yesterday, and was saved only by the efforts of the In habitant and the employes ot the Du luth, Mesaba & Northern railroad, whoso roundhouse is situated there. Several hundred men aro still guarding tho place. Tho pino timber wbieh sur rounds Mitchell has bean almost nil contumed. Between Nnshwauk and nibbing, a region 22 miles long, the fircsta aro ono continuous front of flimoH. Front Ilibblng it is nn appalling sight, and big clouds of smoke have been pouring ever tho threatened city all day, hiding the sun. May Arbitrate Dispute. Trovldcnce, It. I., Sept. 8 Thero Is a possibility thnt arbitration may bo called upon to end tho troubles of thn local street railway and their em ployes, which threaten to precipitate a general strike on tho trollev lines it erated by tho New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad lu three states. Should such n strlko bo ordered, no less than 32,000 men would be involved. Tho whole troublo aroso over tho dis charge of 54 men employed by the local company. Tho company official de elaro that tho action was duo entirely to a breach of discipline Fertilizer Plant Burn. Chicago, Sept. 8 Tho wool housa and fertlllzor plant of Armour & Co., in the Union stockyards, woro dostroyed bv flro last night. The building wera fivo stories high, built of brick, and. , covering tbo entire block. The firo .was the first in tho stockyard in seven years, and attracted an immense crowd, 'of spectators. Loss, $500,000.