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8CR.MAN.
OKLAHOMA.
TERRITORIAL BREVITIES
The Pauls Valley electric light com-
pany have decided to give an all night
net-vice and havo ordered machinery
to enable them to carry out the pit*
posed plan.
A stock train ran between Don I son
and Muskogee—a distance of 157
miles—in five hours. This Is consid-
ered good time In this neck of tlio
woods.
The fruit growers and truckmens'
association of Mustang have shipped
the second carload of sweet potatoes
to Omaha this season.
Papers In * damage suit for 15.000
were filed in a suit of the Citizens'
State Bank of Custer City against F.
O. Fritz of that place. The bank al-
leges that the defendant circulated re-
ports regarding it that damaged it to
that amount.
The commercial club of 'Hobart are
wrestling with a new opera house and
hotel proposition.
Milton Farror, a 11-year-old boy, fell
Into a -well 17 feet deep, head foremosi
near Eufaula, and escaped without in-
Jury, having presence of mind enough
to grasp the bucket and be drawn up.
There was about three feet of water.
The Muskogee electric light plant
and also the gas franchise, has been
bought by a Chicaago firm and it Is
stated a gas plant will be constructed.
C. M. Bradley, the Muskogee Brad-
ley Real Estate Co. man, has been held
by the commissioner to the grand Jury
in the sum of $1,000. The charge is
that he secured the signatures to a
lease by l'alse pretenses.
The federal court which sets at Law-
ton this week will have six perjury
cases brought up among other matters.
The contract for the erection nf the
new Catholic 50,000 school building at
Hartshorne has been let as also the
contract for the J",000 convent at the
aame place.
5 The engine and machinery for the
electric light plant at Hartshorne
and Haileyville has been ordered. The
company will supply both towns with
light.
Tonkawa Is making preparations to
Incorporate. She thinks the neces-
sary 2,500 population can be easily
found within her borders.
TJjCiSt. Elms hotel at Tulsa burned
i"' -ound. The total loss was $2.-
about $500 insurance to cover
tin. All the furniture and fixtures
were saved. Many of the adjoining
buildings were threatened, but hard
work prevented the spread of the fire.
Since the new equipment for the
Oklahoma national guard is arriving
Interest in that organization Is increas-
ing and the hopes of being able to ap-
pear In style is causing the addition
of new recruits. The Oklahoma guards
have been behind the guards of other
states in this matter, but now they
can "dress up" with the best of them.
-ywhu!ian Territory farmers are at their
{Sowing, according to exchango re-
ports. They are getting ready for the
crop planting and thore is a large in-
crease in the acreage to be put into
cultivation over the territory.
The Purcell water company, with i
capital of $150,000, has been incor
porated. The stock is owned by Pur-
cell citizens who will at once construct
an up to date waterworks system.
Jack Gallagher, a prominent drug
gist of Durant, was found dying in
his bed recently by friends who had
been searching for him. He is sup-
posed to have suffered a stroke of ap-
oplexy.
The Baehe-Deuman Coal company
will at once begin operations upon
their valuable coal franchise, situated
between Jones Academy and Gower.
The plant will be one of the most com-
plete in the territory.
The business men of Coweta have
organized a commercial club and will
begin working to attract new business
to that town.
Gov. Ferguson granted a pardon to
Harry Pearson of Oklahoma City, who
was sentenced to two years and a
fn the territorial penitentiary at
Lansing for forgery Feb. 7, 1902.
Reports from Washington state that
the interior department Is considering
the idea of sewering the reservation so
that part of Sulphur withheld from
the townsite may be included.
The monthly statement of Terri-
torial Treasurer Rambo shows a bal-
ance of $833,911.22 for the month of
January—an increase for the month of
$1,391.58. This is the largest balance
ever shown In the territory.
The Oklahoma Salt company is con
utructlng a $100,000 plant at Fergu-
son. The plant will produce C50 bar-
rels a day and 100 men will be given
employment.
Civil service examinations for teach
era in the Indian service will be held
at Gutjhrle April 19th and 20th.
FIRST TO JAPS
War Between Russia
and Japan Now On
In Engagement Off Port
Arthur Two Russian
Ships Disabled
Two Russisn Olficcrs Wounded Nine
Mon Killed and forty-One
lire Wounded
ST. PETERSBURG: The following
official bulletin lias been Issued in the
form of a telegram from Viceroy
Alexleff's chief of staff, dated l*cb. 1'
"By order of the viceroy 1 beg to ri
port thai this day a Japanese squad-
ron, consisting of about fifteen battle-
ships and cruisers, approached Port
Arthur and opened tire. The enemy
was received with a cannonade from
the shore batteries and the ,guns ul
our squadron, which also participated
in the engagement.
"At mid-day the Japanese squadron
ceased its firing anil left, proceeding
south.
"Our losses in the Heel were two
oifleers wounded, nine men killed and
forty-one wounded The battleship
Poltava and the cruiser Novlk, each
had a hole knocked in her side below
the water line. The forts were slighl
ly damaged.
"MAJOR GENERAL FLI'G '
CIIEK TOO: The llrltlsh steamer
Columbia which arrived here from
I'ort Arthur bringing new . of the at-
tack of the Japanese fleet U|K1U I lie
Russian fleet reports that ihe Colum-
bia. had u narrow escape troiu being
sunk.
I lei passengers and crew were very
much excited in regard to Ihe danger-
ous position.
While going out of I lie roads al Port
Arthur l In' Russian cruiser Novik got
between the Columbia and the Japan-
ese tleet. Shells which passed over
the Novlk struck around the Columbia.
Her flag was cut into shreds and one
shell fell on deck. The faces of those
who were on deck were blackened
with powder smoke
A naval officer who was recently sit
Port Arthur says the Itussiaus were
not prepared for the attack on llieir
ships and had an insufficient amount
of steam up. A boat patroled the
Straits of Pn Cbi Li continuously but.
apparently the Japanese torpedo boats
were not noticed until after the first
torpedo was fired
The Russians fired but the Japanese
did not return the fire, but backed off.
An hour later the discharge of tor
pedoes was repeated after which the
torpedo boats withdrew some distune
At 10 o'clock Tuesda} nigh! I lie Jap-
anese fast cruisers came in view of
the whole Russian tleet, but I hey were
not engaged. The Russians returned
toward harbor alter half an hour The
Japanese, continuing, casne within
three miles. A battle then begun and.
the Russian (oris and fourteen ships
against sixteeu Japanese vessels A
few of the Japanese shells were eflee
live but us far as seen the Rus lan
shots fell short The Japanese fleet
was steaming towards Dalney when
seen last. The steamer Columbia left
just as Tuesday morning's contest be
gun. and was unable to learn the re
suit. I hough a distant witness li is
probable that the Japanese Heel was
conveying twenty-six troop ships from
Saseho to some port of Corea. Japan-
ese are reported to be in possession of
the southern portion of the peninsula.
PARIS: A greal wave of popular
sympathy for Russia was brought out
by the news of the engagement of
Port Arthur. The newspapers without
exception severely arraigned Japan
The Temps, semi-official, aid:
"Japan's brutality In making a night
attack before a declaration or war i-
her second offense against the rul< - of
international law."
The Journel des Delists deelui' la
pan's action was contrary to Ihe ac-
cepted rules ol' international law. giv
lug promise that Japan propo es to|
conduct the war without regard to
modern usages of warfare.
The Patrie gives sensational promi
nenee to its assertion thai Japan con
mltted ail act of International trea-
son. compares the attack oil tin Rus
sian fleet off Port Arthur with the
blowing upof the Maine, and asserts
ihal Europe will hold Japan responsi-
ble for this treason.
The Associated Pre- was Inforenii!
b> a high Russian official that now
flint Japan has begun war the Russian
government, following the manif. -to
which is expected to be issued in St.
Petersburg, expects that the various
■atea v\ill issue proclamations of
neutrality.
In Russian diplomatic circles, the
Miccess of Japan naturally aroused the
greatest regret. It was frankly ail
inittcd that Russia expected lo lie de-
feated upon the sea. but it was added
that she would certainly conquer on
land.
The authorities on International law
who were Interviewed on the subject
' xprossed the belief that Japan com-
mitted' a breach of international law.
Notwithstanding this bitterness,
however, universal recognition was
given to Japan's audacity, and it was
evident that Japan's naval prestige had
been materially increased.
The Russian war vessels at Vladivo-
stok are the armored cruisers Rurik,
Kossla, Gromboy and the Ilogatyr. a
screw corvett built In 18(1(1. Russia has
a thousand tons of coal at Port Arthur
but the coal must be taken out of the
battleships in lighters unttl th* battle-
ships disabled by the Japanese are
floated.
The two battleships disabled are the
Poltava and the Czarevitch. The dis-
abled armored cruiser Bo.varin ami
grounded battleship blocked the <-u
trance to the harbor, preventing gun
boats from getting out and the battle-
ships and cruit-ers from going in and
getting coal. Resides this Japan lias
the lliinslan gunboats Variag and Ko-
retx caught at the Chemulpo. They
were bound for Vladlvogtock. The
Japanese tleet was under the com-
mand of Vice Admiral Togo and con-
sisted of four fast cruisers, the Chlto-
ese SMkfshima, Yashima and lwati,
which circled outside drawing the fire
of the Russians. They then jollied the
main fleet and all went in to attack the
armored cruisers. In the Japanese
fleet, which consisted of two divisions,
were the Mikasa, the flagship: the first
class battleships Asahl. FIJI, Inashinia.
Skiklshimn, Hatsuse and the dispatch
boat Tatsiima. The second division
of the Meet under command of Admiral
Kumitnura on the flagship Idzumo, con-
sisted of the armored cruisers Yaku-
ma. Asama and lwati. When seen by
the steamer Foo Chow Tuesday morn-
ing the fast cruisers were circling
in a radius of six miles. No torpedo
boats were seen and It is probable
that tlie.v left the vicinity after the
torpedo attack ol Monday night. The
Russian tleet outside of the harbor
consisted of the battleships Petropaw-
lawsk, flagship; Pereswet, sub-flag-
ship; Pobieda, Poltava, Czarwitch, Re
tonzau and Sebastopol. and the cruln
ser Novik. Boyarln, Bayaru, Diana. Pa-
laila. Askold and Angara. The dis-
abled battleships are inside Forts Hn-
an t hing Shan and Chi Kwan Slian.
The cruiser is outside but within
range of the forts.
BALTIMORE VISITED BY BAD FIRE
The Loss by Fire So Gigantic that it is Impossi-
ble at this Time to Determine
i
TOKIO: It is reported here thai the
Japanese lici t engaged and defeated
two Russian war ships, whose names
have not yet been learned, at Chemul-
po. II i said tile engagement begun
at II a. in and continued until :! p. m.
The smaller Russian vessel is report-
ed to have sunk and the larger one
was fired and hopelessly destroyed. A
part of the crew are reported to have
escaped to the shore and to have been
ca ptnred.
Tile Japanese ships are reported to
be slightly damaged. Official informa-
tion of the battle is unobtainable.
It was reported yesterday that the
Russian cruisers Koriet/. and Varyag
were lying at Chemulpo yesterday and
it is possible that they were the ves-
sels reported to have been engaged.
LONDON: III a dispatch from Tein
Tsin. dated Feb. !i. a Correspondent of
the Dally .Mail reported there that R v
sian cruisers Variag and Korietz haul-
ed down their flags without firing a
shot, and that 8,000 Japanese Immed-
iately lauded at Chemulpo and the
march to Seoul commenced.
II was reported from Pekin that the
Japanese had disembarked at Chemul-
po not withstanding the presence there
of two Russian warships, and another
dispatch from Chefoo. Japan, had the
Variag and lsoreli, caught at Chem-
ulpo
Japanese troops also landed at. all
Ihe chief point' of southern and west
ern Corea. A division of the Japanese
guards holds Fiisan and Chemulpo, and
altogether ihreo divisions of the Jap-
anese guards, each of 12,000 men, have
been mobilized.
II appears, the correspondent con-
tinue. that the Russian warships at
Vladivostock are icebound.
LONDON: Karl Percy, under sccre
lury for foreign affairs, announced in
the liousi of commons that Great Brit-
ain would send consuls to Mukden and
A titling, recent ly opened to the com-
merce of the world under the treaty
between Ihe United States and China.
SAN FRANCISCO: The United
States transport Sherman is scheduled
to sail for Manila on March 1 with
the 12th infantry anil 400 cavalry re-
cruits The transports Buford, Crook,
Meade und Warren are in port ready
for any emergency and the Logan is
due lien on Friday. Any of these ves-
sels could be sent to the far east if
necessary On this coast there are
now about :;.700 troops. At the Presi-
dio. I here an three regiments of in-
fantry. the 10th. Kith and 15th. part
of the latter being at Monterey
The liith infantry is ut Vancouver.
Part of the Hth cavalry is at Monterey,
part at the Presidio and the remainder
at Walla Walla The 1st. 5th and 24th
batteries nf field artillery is at the
Presidio the Nth and 26th batteries
at Vancouver.
PARIS New . ,,f thi first Japanese
attack with the torpedo boats on the
Russian fleet off Port Arthur created
consternation here The official ol' the
foreign office said:
"It i* profoundly to be regretted that
such decisive -te| have he n taken,
as it terminates the efforts the powers
might have made to avert actual war-
fare."
HONOLULU Numerous cables
were received by Japanese residents
in Honolulu from their government,
advising them thai the reserves had
been called out und instructing thetn
to come home at once.
It is believed that there are a large
number of reserves among the sixty
thousand Japanese in Hawaii and that
the war will possibly deprive them of
laborers. The present transportation
facilities to Japan will be inadequate
to carry the large number of Japanese
that will go from here.
75 BLOCKS OF BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED
2,500 Buildings are Totally Destroyed Entailing a Loss of Nearly
$200,000,000—Not a Single Life is Reported Lost—
Fully 25,000 People are Thrown Out of Work
BALTIMORE: Fire which broke outi examination as possible express the , OTHER GREAT FIRES \
a few minutes before 11 o'clock Sun- belief that the contents are safe. |
day morning in the wholesale dry. Oil the correctness or falsity of this Chicago's Great Fire Shows a Loss of
goods house of John E. Hurst & Co.. belief depends many millions of dol-
proved to be one of the worst fires lars.
which ever occurred in the United; Not a single life has been lost and
States, if it is not in fact the greatest not a human being has been even don-
as far as financial loss In concerned, gerously injured. The hospital lists,, f 7 miMlons in the nast sev
The Chicago fire of 1871 being the only j consist of minor burns, with the ex-! ',U° n i
n.i.i..i. I I ,. II. ,IU' >°ars aie.
$190.000,000—Many Run Into Millions
Some of the other destructive fires
In the larger cities of the United
States, attended by losses that ran up
enty-
one which is greater. iception of Jacob llginfritz, a fireman
The fire raged for twenty-four hours. | from York, Pa. He has a fractured
before it could be controlled, and then leg. and is badly burned.
dynamite was resorted to in blowing
up buildings in the path of the tire to
check its progress. By this means
aud with assistance from the Wash
ington. Wilmington, Philadelphia, New
York und other fire companies the
flames were stopped.
The district burned is fully two
miles square—comprising all the
wholesale houses of any note in the
city.
Scores of what were palatial, mod-
ern and so-called fire-proof buildings
are today so many piles ot' debris. The
devastated portion is closely patrolled
by the police of this city and from
Philadelphia and Washington and the
state militia men, ana several com-
panies of regulars from Fort McHenry
and no one is allowed to enter the pro-
hibited lines except by special permis-
sion. Outside this line thousands of
eager and anxious people are congre-
gated.
The common remark is that Balti-
more has received a blow from which
it cannot recover for years. Mayor
McLane, however, expresses the hope-
ful conviction that the city will quick-
ly rise like a Phoenix from its ashes.
.Many are rendered destitute, and
the city officials are already discussing
relief measures. It is estimated that
20,000 persons will be thrown out of
employment.
Not a single life has been lost, and
no one was seriously injured
, ^following the rapid destruction of
the palatial commercial builidngs in
the wholesale district, the cyclone of
roaring flames, burst into Baltimore
street, licking within a few minutes
the seven story Mullins hotel like
some monster and rapidly rolling with
irresistable force both east and west,
cutting down wholesale and retail
houses, manufactories shops, Jewelry
stores; furniture depots and restaur-
ants. At Charles street the remorse-
less tide swept on down Baltimore
street, but also turned Into Charles
street, where it quickly engulfed the
eleven story Union Trust building. Oc-
cupants of the Daily Herald building
at Fayette and St. Paul street and of
the Record building opposite were
compelled to vacate by the flames, as
were the occupants of the Calvert and
Equitable structures, two of the most
massive office buildings in Baltimore.
Down Baltimore street a parallel wave
of roaring, crackling flames sv.-ept,
consuming everything in its course,
speedily reaching the Evening News
building from which the employes had
to hastily flee, though not until valu-
able records had been removed. Short-
ly thereafter the Continental Trust
company's fourteen-story building took
fire. A block below the American
Newspaper building was enveloped in
clouds of sparks and burning splinters
that the employes were ordered out.
So at this hour it is certain that the
Herald and American will not get out
issues tomorrow. Meanwhile the Sun
has been arranging to print its tomor-
row's issue in its job office, which Is
situated at a distant point from the
path of the fire.
BALTIMORE: The flames which for
more than twenty-four hours had
swept resistlessly through the heart
of the city were checked. An army
of firemen from many cities, working
unwearledly, and nided by a muddy
little stream, finally conquered.
Worn by a night and day of terror,
the great crowds that watched the
ruin of their city, turns homeward,
and at midnight the streets were de-
serted, save for the police and military
who guarded the burned area.
To the south, a red glow rises and
falls, marking 140 acres of devasta-
tion—seventy-five squares of property
that represented values to the extent
of from $75,000,000 to $125,000,000. Not
even a close approximation can be
December 10, 1834—Fire in one of
the river front districts of New York
destroyed block after block of real
deuces and business bouses, with a
total loss of $18,000,000. Six hundred
houses, stores and factories were in-
cluded in the flame-swept area.
There has been little or no excite-
ment, and there has been no hysteria.
There has been no disorder, and there
has been no looting or attempt at loot-
ing. Baltimore is as orderly as a vil-
lage. and only the boom of dynamite Just one year later to a day New
as it brings dangerous walls to the ^ or't was again visited by a great tire
ground, disturbs the quiet. ; a,1,l *^3 buildings went up in flames.
So far there has been no call for aid. causing a loss of $20,000,000.
Proffers of assistance have come front Oil July 4. 1800. while the holiday
many quarters, from sister cities, from festivities were at their height, fire
corporations, and from private citi- broke out in the business center of
zens, but Baltimore cannot say whetli- Portland, one of the seacoast cities of
er or not it will be needed or accepted. Maine, and before it had burnt itself
That will be decided later. out fifteen hundred buildings, nearly
There is talk of a scarcity of food, the entire town, had been destroyed
but at most, this can be but temporary, with a loss of $15,000,000.
Twenty-four hours should suffice to November 9-11. 1872, the great fire
bring provisions in limitless quantities, in Boston burned out an area of eighty
acres. Eighty million dollars was tho
Special Legislative Session 'property loss. One million of this was
STATE HOI'SE. ANNAPOLIS: The [money destroyed, banks and brokers'
general assembly met at the state, offices. The fire had its start at the
house to consider plans for the relief j corner of Summer and Kingston street
V
of the fire conditions in Baltimore
Senator Gill of Baltimore introduced
i 1)111 introducing Governor Warfleld
to declare ten consecutive legal holi-
days in the stricken city so as to aid
property owners and other losers by
the fire to get their business affairs In
us good shape as possible. The bill,
which was passed at once and signed
by the governor, also authorizes him
to extend the suspension of business
beyond ten days if necessary. A bill
to make a relief appropriation which
was to have been presented in the
house by Wells of Prince George's
county, was laid over until the condi-
and included in its territory some ot .
the richest of the wholesale district.
Tho greatest fire any city of tho
United States has experienced was
the famous Chicago fire. It began on
the night, of October 8, 1871. in a barn
in one of the suburbs of the city and
raged for two days.
The area burned over was 2,121
acres or three aud a half square miles
of the very heart of tho city, 17,430
buildings being destroyed. They con-
stituted one-third of tho number in the
city aud one-halt' the value or $190,-
000,000. In tho same year forest fires
in Wisconsin and Mirhigan caused
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I I VI
tions can be ascertained, the legis $20,000,000 damage, much of it in the
iature adjourned and tho legislators j larger cities.
left here at 10 o'clock on a special
train for Baltimore.
A Graphic Description
WASHINGTON: The chief of staff
of the Baltimore Sun, who came over
with the force from that paper, who
reached Washington, said that the
fury of the fire was beyond descrip-
tion.
"You can not imagine it: you can
not imagine it," he kept repeating.
The scenes of gigantic destruction
he had witnessed seemed to have im
pressed themselves upon his memory; Kie'quesUon'of whether'this is an oil
to the obliteration of every other idea.|
"I have seen big fires in New York
and Chicago when block after block'
PROVED A GUSHER
The Oil Well at Muskogee Proves to be
One of the B.*st Yet Struck
MUSKOGEE: The Sunday edition el
the Phoenix has this to say regarding j
the recent strike of oil made in thi-^
city:
"Saturday night just at six o'clock
the oil well on the English property,
owned by the Muskogee Gas and Oil
Company, came in as a gusher, and
; tlekl was settled well and emphatically.
"The oil in tho well lias been gaining
constantly. I ntll yesterday morning
I
would fall before the sweep of the: .. ,
flames, but nothing approached in ter-j 'V e °.<" .? . *'c'r("J'
rible fury the catastrophe that fell on ^hf that ,h'S 7* he aml
I the owners were debating the next
Baltimore. The flames swept, down
the streets with tho onward rush anu
fury of a tidal wave.
"Great billows of fire 200 feet in
height would fill the space between
the buildings and sweeping from side
to side would blot out of existence a
skyscrapper as though it were a box
of matches.
"The United Trust building and the
Atlantic Trust building shared this
fate. One moment they stood in the
stately beauty of stone and marble, a
moment later and they were not. The
llames would dash against their sides,
step towards taking care of the oil.
"Late in the afternoon tho well be-
came restive. There wnro r.ome nu-
usual signs. The escaping gas was
more noticeable, and around the cas-
ing the oil and gas became oozy.' Tho
drillers r.t the well being expert oil
men, were not entirely unprepared for
what happened, and when the well
commenced to gush tlicy v-cro ready
for it and had everything in fulrJy
good shape.
"The oil commenced to run ovor the
top of the casing, slowly at first, but
V V-' %
-re-
heating in the massive walls, leap | gradually faster until It finally started
from windows and roofs—anfd then
would come the collapse. Tho Union
Trust building, one of the handsomest
In tho country, seemed to my ruind to
vanish almost as I looked.
'The city was a mass of whirling
a column of oi! In the ir. This m-e
ten or fifteen feet in less than a min-
ute when, with n rush and a hiss that
could be hoard i long r ay, the oil shot
high above the top of tho derrick, aud
then was witnessed n spectacle never
burning, blinding embers. In the Sun}before seen in this district—a monti-
olfice. where we were at work over| nient of oil that indicated the future
our desks, the copy paper would burn
as we wrote. In tho streets the em-
bers fell in sheets and rose and fell
again as the swift wind carried them
along. Everywhere were drawn and
anguished i'aec s and the marks of des-
olation."
The Burned District
BALTIMORE: The burned district
is within tho boundary west by Lib-
erty street, on north by Lexington
street, on tho east by Jones Falls and
made of the loss. No guess can bejon the south by the basin. Within
made of the Insurance. !thls district were the big structures, on
An expert, tho city building inspec-
greatness of this city and the develop"
mont of the country, like a land mark
on a hilltop, n yellow stream of oil
shooting Into the air until its i'orco
was spent, and then falling la a spray
that transformed tho Held around the
well into a lake of oil.
"The oil continued to flow for sev-
eral minutes and then subsided i ctd
the confines nf the well. Immediately
some of the drillers dropped a sounder
into the well and it went to th'o bottom.
Tho well was dry, the discharge hav-
ing completely emptied it. in three
minutes he dropped the sounder again
t^ir
tor, estimates the loss In buildings
alono at $150,000,000. Oil the other
hand, it is said that Insurance esti-
mates do not place the total loss nt a
greater figure. So far there has been
no systematic attempt to fix the values
that were repreesnted in the district,
in that which is a devastated waste.
Bank Vaults In Debris
One factor that will figure largely
In the final estimtaes consists of the
surplus in the banks and trust com-
panies whose homes were destroyed.
Their vaults and safes are in the
ruins covered with tons of debris. Ex-
perts who have given them us close
Fayette, (lay, Lombard, Charles, Ual-jaml there were 000 feet of oil in ths
derson, Elliott. Holllngr,worth andIt Is Impossible ;o estimate tho
Chesapeaque streets. Passing smith- dow of oil, but it is supposed that the
west along tho basin following large well is a producer of not loss than 400
docks were destroyed: Mc.Clurc's, Tat, barrels per day. and possibly much
trrson's, Smith's, Frederick's, Lang more
ami Union. Small thoroughfares wiiicti
extord as far north as Lexingtun street | ., , , „
and which i* the path «r lho|"i<n lhnt R wouW *e fve,
flames are Commerce, Fredericks and, 1 ,()H! v.ould cpout
Mill streets. The district thus swept: ^ata, but they missed t ielr calculs-
by the fire comprised "5 blocks ami i f°:' within y.u hour the oi! cora-
'AHer t!:e first discharge tho oil
nearly 2,500 buildings.
Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent of
railway employes In the United King-
t'om get more than $14.00 a week.
menced to rlr-o again, aid tho action
of tho well that brought Muskogoo/
into the list ot oil-producing towns
was repeated, and tho oil rof« a see
j oad time to the top of the derrick."
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