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VOLUME LXXVL-NO. 9«.
BOTH SIDES WAIT.
Chinese and Japanese
Quiescent.
(ONE FLEET IS SHUT UP,
While the Other Cruises About
Pe-Chi-Li.
KOREANS TURN ON THE JAPS.
Carrying; on a Guerrilla Warfare in
AH Parts of the Unhappy
Country.
London, Sept. a— A dispatch to the
Times from Chee Foo says the Japanese
fleet is assembling in Dautilus harbor in
Southern Korea. The entrance is guarded
by torpedoes. The Chinese fleet is mov
ipg: between the gulf ports. The hostile
armies in the vicinity of Ping Yang are
quiescent.
A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai
to-day says the Japanese Marquis, Saig
none, landed at Chemulpo, Korea, August
28, and congratulated the King of Korea
upon having attained bis independence.
Tlie dispatch adds that the Japanese bold
at present the provinces of Seoul and
Hwaogo and the country around (be
treaty ports. The remainder of the coun
try is said to be in possession of armed
bands of Koreans.
It is slated that the feeling agaiust the
tTspantse in Korea is Increasing and the
natives are commencing to wage a guerrilla
warfare against them.
Shakguai, Sept. 3.— Five war steamers
will convey troops to Formosa. The work
of extending the Chinese fortified works
:on the coast is being hurriedly pushed.
Skirmishes between Chinese and Japanese
troops are occurring at several points In
Korea. In every case victory is claimed
by each side.
Tientsin*, Sept. 3.— An imperial edict
has been issued, rewarding General Yeh
and. 700 Chinese officers for the victory
over the Japanese at Ping Yang August
IT.BGeneral Yeh reports the Japanese lost
: 5000 men in the engagement at Ping Yang
dining the day when the Chinese were in
pursuit of the enemy, while the casualties
:'of the Chinese were 6mall.
PYTHIANS MAY SPLIT.
: Trouble About Saloon-Keepers and
;■) V : ■"• the German Lodges.
: --=. .Washington, Sept. 3.— a split In the
; Knights of Pythias is said by members of
the Supreme Lodge to be a possible and
.perhaps probable outcome of the meeting
■ ■po 1 *- in progress here. Already the com
: mXUojs designated to consider the question
;.;.»* tJie membership of liquor dealers has
: 'decided to report against the future admis
>.?."!.f ibis class, and now it is understood
•that the committee in charge of the matter
/. known as the "Garman question" — that Is,
; the quest on of permitting lodges to per
• Toim: the ritual in that language— decided
. to niake an ironclad [report for the use of
. : sthe : English language only. It is said by
: Supreme Chancellor Blackwell to be the
Intention of Pythians to make their order
; a Patriotic one and to bend all its inHu
;'/JBnc<BS to the support of the institutions of
. Government. The opponents of the
i German lodges say that the perpetuation j
:;.p.f:a;. foreign language in the United States
Will not tend to the support cf the institu
tions of this Government, and think that
: foreign members in the United .States
should be Americanized. The German
..JoUge-s hare been open in the avowal ot
: their determination to secede and conduct
Ijieir branch of the order on their own re
sponsibility in case the contest went
: hgainst them.
•:•;■ Jt is understood that a committee report
.trilL be made against the recognition of the
Pythian Sisters as an order.
. The morning session of the Supreme
Lodge to-day was devoted to the consid
eration of the proposed new constitution.
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SPAIN IS NOT SATISFIED.
Movement to Secure a New Commer
cial Treaty With America.
'-: ■ Madkii), Sept. 3. -The Gazette pub
lished to-day a decree canceling the re
ciprocity treaty between the United States
.and. Cuba, the cancellation to take effect
the moment ihe United States applies the
nfew customs tariff. Instructions have
. been sent to the Spanish colonies that car
foes cleared from the United States before
the Dew tariff went into effect are to pay
the eld rate of duty. Negotiation* are
now progressing for new commercial
treaty between the United States and the
- fctianish colonies.
; . Washington*. Sept. 3.— At the State
Department it was stated that nothing had
been undertaken by the department rela
tive to further treaty negotiations. It is
possible the Spanish Government may
hare, indicated to the United States Minis
ter at Madrid that it was desirous to enter
into new treaty relations since the new
tariff abrogated the treat made under
the Mr-Kioiey law, but it is said no initia
tive steps have been taken by this Govern
ment.
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SINGLE-TAKERS CONSULT.
Henry George Does Not Favor Go
./ ing Into Politics This Year.
■•', New York, Sept. 3 — Single-taxer3 from
air over tlie State met at Cooper Union to
night to confer, with reference to whether
political action should betaken by them
-during the coming campaign. Conspicu
• ous among those present were Congress
man James J. Jlßgulre'of California, Rev.
:; Edward MeGlynn, James E. Beam the
" actor, . Benjamin Roblier and Charles F.
Adams, the political reformer of Brooklyn.
. The single-tax movement's well-known
.advocate, Henry George, was not present.
It is said Mr. George is opposed to any
political action By single taxerg this year
•and consequently did not approve of tbe
conference. Temporary Chairman E. S.
Piirdy said the confereuoe was not to com
mit itself in advance to any party, but to
consider whether or not political action
- during tbe coming campaign was advisa
ble. About half a dozen were, present,
and one of their number, Mrs. Rogers of
'. Brooklyn, was appointed on the committee
on permanent organization.
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: The Dutch in Lombok.
Batavia, Java. Sep\ 3.— Tbe Sassaks
ire advancing along the L gii bants of tbe j
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river. The force commamied by Captain
Linrtgren is surrounded by Balinez. The
Dutch warships are continuing the bom
bardment of Matarain, the capital of
Lombok. The Baliuez garrison of that
city has not ventured to attack the Dutch
force ashore.
NIGHT AND DAY.
Breckinridjre Talks to the Voters of
Ashland District.
Lexington. Kv., Sept. 3.— The primar
ies which will decide the result in the
Ashland district, will be held on Satur
day, September fr>. For the closing two
weeks Colonel Breckinridite has rallied,
and his supporters in his campaign an
nounce meetings day and night for every
remaining day all over the district Colo
nel Breckinridge is speakiug nignt and
day. He will speak here for the third
time in this cntest Wednesday night.
The Owens and Settle campaign commit-*
tees aUo announce lists of sneakers, among
them being prominent citizens.
GROWING WEAKER.
The Comte de Paris Waits Patiently
for the End.
London. Sept. 3.— Bulletins received
from Stowe House say the Comte de Paris
is growing weaker. The Prince Walde
mar of Denmark, Princess Marie of Or
leans, daughter of the Due de Chartres,
and the Prince de Joinville, second son of
the Comte d'Eu, one of the grandsons of
King Louis Philippe, arrived at Stowe
House yesterday evening.
The Comte is fully conscious and is
patiently awaiting the end.
FRANCE IN THE SOUDAN.
It May Be That There Was No Fight
at limbuctoo.
Pakis, Sept. 3. — Dispatches received
here from the officer in command of the
French forces at Timbuctoo, dated August
5, do not mention any disaster to the
French army in that locality, and it is
hoped tbe reported massacre of a portion
of the garrison at Timbuctoo by the Tau
regas is unfounded.
DEFIES THE ALLIES.
Tamasese Says They Cannot Af
fect Mis Position.
The Native Troubles in Samoa
Have by No Means Come
to an End.
Auckland, Sept. 3.— The following ad
vices have been received by steamer from
Samoa: After the recent fighting against
Attulum rebels a conference between tbe
rebel chiefs and Malietoa was held on
board the British warship Curacoa. The
result was an arrangement by which the
rebels agreed to surrender a certain num
ber of guns, to return to their homes and
refrain from disorder in the future.
In the fighting which took place between
the rebels and Malietoa six men were
killed and eight wounded. The rebel lo?s
Is unknown. It has been decided to attack
the Asnab rebels under Tamasese, who
has declared his defiance. of the foreigners,
whose warships, he says, are not able to
affect his position.
It is the general opinion of Europeans in
Samoa that the recent bombardment by
British and German warships of the rebel
stronenold will not have the effect in
tended, which was to put an end to native
troubles.
ELECTION IN ARKANSAS.
The Republicans Did Not Make
Much of a Fight.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 3.— The State
election held in this State to-day pro
gressed very quietly, no excitement of any
kind being reported. The campaign has
been one of the moat hotly contested in
the history of Arkansas politics. The
Populists and Democrats have full Stale
tickets, but the Republicans put forth only
a gubernatorial candidate. In some few
counties tbe Republicans and Populisti
fused, but in Tulaski County the Repub
licans generally voted with the Demo
crats.
The Democratic State ticket, headed by
Hon. James Clark, has been elected by
from l">00 to 2000 majority. Returns are
coming in slowly, and as yet no figures are
given.
BYERS IN AN ASYLUM.
His Wife Will Make a Fight for His
Property.
Philadelphia, Sept. 3.— Ebenezer
Byers, the Pittsburg millionaire iron Mer
chant, is in the insane asylum at Kirk-
Bridge, where he has been confined since
August 20. Bis wife will endeavor to
have him moved to Pittsburg for an in
quiry into his ?anity. Mrs. Byers will try
to prove that she has more claim to her
husband's vast possessions than his broth
ers have.
VANDERBILTS TO BE RECONCILED
There Will Probably Be at Least a
Formal Truce.
Paris, Sept. 3.— Mrs. Yanderbllt is at
Schwalbach with her three children.
There has practically been no communica
tion between Mr. Vanderbllt and his wife
for some weeks past, but it is reported
that renewed efforts are being made by
Cornelius and others to bring about at
least a formal reconciliation. It is now
considered probable that this will be
effected.
SPREAD OF CHOLERA.
It Has Reached Frankfort and Is
Coming Westward.
Washington, Sept. 3 —General Mason
at Frankfort on the Main has telegraphed
tbe State Department that cholera exists
at Berheim, near Marburg.
Amsterdam, Sept. 3 —One deatb from
cholera and one fresh case of that disease
are reported here. At Maestrlcht three
fresh cases and twn deaths are announced.
Tried to Kill Hippolyte.
Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 3.— Tbe
steamer Alvena, from Unyti, reports that
rioting has taken place In tbe streets of
Port-au-Prince and several persons have
been shot. Another attempt has been
made on tbe life of President Hippolyte.
Government Loses.
Copenhagen. Sept. 3,— So far as known
of the result of the indirect, election to
the LandtthiDg tbe Government loses six
seats.
SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1894.
RAISED THE RATE.
This City's Assessment
Increased
JUST FIFTEEN PER CENT.
Kings County Lowered and the
Others Passed.
JABEZ SWAN GETS VERY AN(JRY.
He Accuses the Other Equalizers of
Forming a Nice Little Com
bination.
Sacramento, Sept 3.— The State Board
of Equal zatiou went into executive ses
sion this morning to consider the relative
assessments of the several counties of the
State.
At a late hour this afternoon it was de
cided to raise San Francisco 15 per cent,
which will add S48 : 7"j0,000 to the assess
ment roll of that city.
Kings County, which the board consid
ered assessed too high, w-as reduced 5 per
cent, which will make its, roll 5350,000 less
than the amount returned by its Assessor.
The balance of the counties have not been
altered id their assessments.
During the open session Aiameda, Al
pine and Amador counties were passed.
When Butte County was called Swan
moved to raise the assessment ]"> per cent
aud his motion was seconded by Hebbron,
but the votes of Colgan, Jienmer and
Morehouse defeated it.
Motions were made to raise the assess
ment 10 per cent. s percent, and finally 2%
per cent, but all were defeated by the same
vote.
Calaveras County was passed and then
Swan moved to raise the assessment 10 per
cent. This being defeated he demanded
an increase of 5 per cent, but again Colgan,
Beamer and Morehouse voted in the nega
tive.
Swan'i motion to raise Glenn County 10
per cerft, and afterward 5 per cent, was de
feated by the same vote. On the motion
to reduce Kings County 5 per cent Colean,
Beamer and Morehouse voted no. More
house moved to rase Los Angeles 5 per
ceDt, but Colgan, Hebbron and Benmer
voted no. The same vote defeated Heb
bron's and Swan's motions to raise Sacra
mento 12>4 per cent, Xapa 10 per cent. San
Joaquin 20 per cent.
Jabez S. Swan, the representative from
San Francisco, was boiling over with in
dignation when inte.rvi«wed this evening,
at the Golden Eagle Hotel, by The Call
correspondent He gave the following
version of the Dart taken by members of
the board: "I consider this one of tlie
grossest outrages ever perpetrated on the
city aud county of San Francisco. They
had no hesitation in cinching counties out
aide of their respective districts, but in no
case would they tread on each other's
corn*. I said to Colgan that no raise
could be bad in any of the counties which
these two members represented, lor I be
lieved that Colean would vote for no raise
in San Francisco, because he had not done
so heretofore, and I believed he had no
reason for changing his mind. He gave
me no reason to think that lie had changed.
"The solid two could vote for a raise in
Hebbron's district and they though. I
would vote aye. and when San Francisco
came up they expected Uebbmn to vote
with them for the raise. 1 wanted to
break the combination and so told iieb
bron. He replied that it was an unfair
proceeding and that that programme could
not win, so 1 suggested that tney take up
the counties alphabetically and pass upon
them separately, and we would skip L>s
Angeles and ban Francisco temporarily,
so as to get an expression from the com
bination on the outside districts first I
thus wanted to place them on record and
show Hebbron how they would act The
programme was carried out to the letter,
and all motions to raise counties in the
district of Beamer and Morehouse were
defeated in every instance.
"First 1 would move a 15 per cent raise;
it would be defea|ed. Then I moved
successively for a 19, a 5 and a 2% per cent
raise, and these motions were defeated all
along the line on every county north of
San Francisco. Even in the case of San
Joaquin, which is in Morehouse's district,
the solid two would not stand a 12% per
cent raise.
"Then came the case of San Francisco,
when Beamer moved to raise it 15 percent.
This was carried, Hebbron voting with
the soiid two and Colgan and myself
against it When the board reconvened 1
saw immediately that something was the
matter with Colgan. He moved uneasily
in bis chair and mnde a motion to adjourn
until 10 o'clock on Tuesday. As this mo
tion would indorse the whole action of the
board in the forenoon I voted aeainst the
adjournment, which had been seconded t>y
Beamer. Colgan withdrew his motion by
permission of Beamer. I then moved
there be no raise in San Francisco, but got
no second. Colgan then made a motion
that the action of the board in ralsiug San
Francisco at tbe morning session be con
sidered final.
"Shortly after this Colgan went into his
office and I entered and accused him of
nnfair dealing, saying to him: 'Somethings
have been at work here, and if you think
this is going to help your election you
make a great mistake. I have been
wounded in the house ot my friends, and
I never shall forget the injury done to my
constituents, and I shall do everything in
my power to oppose your election. You
have tried to do politics once too often.'
"Colgan replied that I could go to .
There were ladies of whose presence we
were not aware at the time and the con
versation ended."
HUM AND LADD.
An Interesting Story of Their Bond
Transactions.
Portland. Or, Sept. 3.-An Interest
ing story is brought to light in connection
with the appointment of YV. D. Tyler as
receiver of the Columbia River and Wash
ington 11-iilroad Company, better known
as the "Hunt System." a few days since.
It was intimated at the time that tbe ruatl
ter had been kept from tbe public for sev
eral days at the request of counsel, and it
now appears there was a reason for tbe
secret.
[ It seems that in 1891, when G. \V. Hum
was trying to sell tbe road, he had a large
block of the bond", almost a controlling
interest, hypothecated with T,add aid Til
ton of this ci y. Hunt finally sold the
bonds to C. B. Wricbt of Philadelphia.
Mr. Ladd, instead of foreclosing on the
pledged bo-tdp, as he mipnt have done,
cave Wright time to pay for them and
take them up himself, which he finally
did. Ladd was al^o the absolute owner of
an additional J.'00.000 worth of the bonds
of the road, and gave Writrht the use oi
these bonds also and otherwise aided him
in his foreclosure proceedings to acquire
the property. In return Wrieht agreed to
act as trustee for Ladd's Interest as his
own. A part of the agreement was that
Mr. Wright should eive to Ladd an equiv
alent for the S'.'OO.OOO of bonds canceled
by the foreclosure in new bonds of the re
organized company. This Wright has
done, but instead of taking care of Ladd's
interests as his own, he is said to have
used his position as a major
ity bondholder to release the
Farmers' Loan aud Trust Company
from its position as trustee under the
mortgage and has appointed as trustee
Mr. Ralston, an attorney of Philadelphia.
Ralston brings suit in this city for a fore
closure of the new mortgage and wants to
have Mr. Tyler appointed receiver. The
ostensible purpose, it Is said, is to pay off
the Ladd bonds by foreclosure, made
through Mr. Wright's own attorney and
his own railroad employes.
The representatives of Ladd and Tilton
say it is not a fair execution of Wright's
trust, but looks to them like an attempt to
freeze them out of $-00,000 of bonds by a
foreclosure. They will take immediate
action to prevent the execution, of the
scheme. .--<_^
CAMINETTI DECLINES.
Under No Circumstances Will He
Run for Congress.
Does Not Care to Waste Time and
Money In What Appears a
Hopeless Struggle.
Sacramento. Sept. 3.— Hon. A. Cami
netti, wtiu was recently nominated in San
Francisco for Congressman from the Sec
ond D strict, has notified ex-Senator A. F.
Jones of Butte County, chairman of the
district convention, that he wonld not
take the nomination under any circum
stances.
The chairman will call tho convention
together soon, this ; line in *tbe Assembly
citamoer in Sacramento. The probable
nominee of the convention will be Marion
Devries of San Joaquin County.
'"Presuming news to be true Mr. Cam
inetti is simply taking a wise measure to
escape defeat This is a Republican year
|In his district. Mr. Caminettl bat not
made a brilliant success at Washington.
His people were very anxious to secure an
appropriation for tbe Y» na dam, which be
not on y did not get for them, bat they
thiufc he did not try very hard. Then, in
his anxiety to win in the election he went
about promising everything that every
body wanted. When he succeeded he was
bankrupt id the matter of favors and as a
result there is a crop of disappointments
in his district that would dishearten any
man who had to lo>k them in the face."
This is the reason for Mr. Caminetti's ac
tion, given by a man perfectly familiar
with the politic* of the district.
Mr. Cavagnaro, Caminetti's law partner,
said last night that telegrams had been re
ceived from Caminetti several times
recently, always saying that he was not a
candidate. "Still," he said, "when be ar
rives here lie may change his mind and
decide to run. ills wife arrived in San
Francisco only to-day. Mr. Caminetti will
start in a few days."
James Budd, the Democratic nominee
fur Governor, was considerably surprised,
but said that it was not certain that Cami
netti would run even if nominated.
Grove L. Johnson, the Republican nomi
nee in the Second District, who would
have been Caminetti's opponent, said be
was sorry to hear it, as be bad anticipated
some pleasure in campaigning with him,
as they were old friends.
Dan Burns had only to say that ac under
stood that Caminetti was going to establish
himself in San Francisco to practice law,
and supposed he did not choose to waste
timp and money In a hopeless struggle at
up-country politics, for It would be cer
tainly hopeless tnis year on Caminetti's
cud ol it.
BURNED HALF A BLOCK.
Fire Does Great Damage at Angels
Camp.
Anoklp Camp, Sept. 3.— A fire started
in the Stockton House last night, burning
it to the ground and half a block in the
business portion of town. The loss is
£40.000. insurance 816,500.
The Stockton lodging-house, Marshall's
salooo. Golden Eagle Hotel and bakery,
Swain's jewelry-store and photograph gal
lery, Jack's hardware-store, Ratz' barber
shop, Mrs. Crooks' lodeing-bouse, Brun
ner's cicar-store, Sol King's saloon. Otto
Fletcher's and William Smith's lodging
house were also destroyed. The houses
partly damaged were the Angels Hotel,
Odd Fellows' Hall and G. B. Allen's gen
eral merchandise store.
The hre is thought to have been the
work of an incendiary. J. B. hwain and
a watchman, who first discovered the fire,
distinctly smelled Kerosene, and no other
reason can be eivfin for the fire spreading
as fast as it did. It is claimed a man and a
woman were caught by ana perished in the
flames.
ATTACKED THE ENGLISH.
Trouble With the Natives on the
Coast of the Sahara.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Sept. 3.—
Advices received here from Cape Jaby,
opposite the island of Fuerteventara on
the Sahara roast, say that a band of
Kabyles attacked an English brig while
the latter was landing a caigo at the Eng
lish factory at Cape Juby. The cargo of
the brig was plundered by the Kabyles.
wbo wounded several of the English em
ployes of the factory. The latter took
refuge on the brig.
Pleasure- Seekers Drowned.
London, Sept. 3.— Twenty-seven pleas
r.re-9eekera from Burnley were over
turned in Mercian Bay by the capsizing of
a bout. Ouly seven were saved.
Professor Veitch Dead.
Edinburgh, Sept. 3.— Professor John
Veiich, professor of logic at Glasgow Uni
rersity, died to-day, aged 55.
IN THE ASHES
Lie Hundreds of the
Dead.
AFTER THE BIG FIRE.
Appalling Loss of Human
Life.
SLIGHT SHOWERS OF RAIN.
Which Did Not Altogether
Quench the Flames.
STILL THE WORST IS OVER.
It Remains to Feed the Famishing,
Shelter the Homeless and
Bury the Dead.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 3— Liter de
tails simply confirm the reports received
yesterday as to the magnitude of the
Hinckley disaster. The most conserva
tive estimates of deaths in the six towns
of Pine County is 302, and from that figure
go up to 1000. Although the exact num
ber of dead will never be known, enough
is known to make this one of the most ap
palling disasters in American history.
More have perished, but never so many in
such a terrible manner. As to the pror
eity loss, all thoughts have been of death,
and few could be made to talk about their
business losses. It is probable that the
loss in and around Hinckley will exceed
$2,000,000, although no careful estimates
have yet been made, nor can they be made
where all papers and records have gone up
in the same flames tbat so quickly de
voured the bouses, the vegetation and
almost the land in a large section of Pine
County. Rains to-day cleared the air
somewhat from smoke, but were not
heavy enough to entirely quench the fires,
which would break out on the slightest
provocation if they had aught to feed on.
Of the fires across in Wisconsin less is
known here ud to midnight, but there has
been no loss of life reported and it is hoped
that it is over. Notwithstanding to-day's
shower, however, the ground is dry and
parched, and all vegetation is so dry that
it would ignite easily and bnrn with hor
rible rapidity.
A Pine City special to the Pio
neer Press says: Words cannot tell
the story of death and destruction
that is revealed to the traveler on the
St. Paul and Duluih relief train from Mis
sion Creek to two miles above the little
town of .Miller or Sandstone Junction.
The awfulness of the desolation which
strikes upon the eye of the observer as he
reaches the camp which was once the town
of Hinckley is still more strongly im
pressed upon the mind as he j timers
northward. This morning the smoke had
lifted, revealing a landscape bare and
black, the few standing trees beiugcliarred
to a height of forty feet, while the ground
was of the peculiar tint of brown sand
mixed with gunpowder, for the grass baa
been burned even to tiie roots. Here and
there in the bleak and dreary stretches of
country, in what is now a great lune land,
was seen the body of a deer whose fleet
feet had not been able to outrun the
flames, or a human being who had been
absolutely powerless against the grim de
stroyer.
A Pioneer Press man accompanied
Judge Nethaway of Stillwater aud the
members of a relief party which started
on a handcar loaded with provisions to
relieve the people of Sandstone, who were
reported in great distress. Two miles
above Hinckley they found lying by the
trunk of a tree the body of a man wh'cn
was evidently that of a lumberman. The
party proceeded as far as Skunk Lake,
where the Duluth limited train was burned.
Here they found Engineer Williams in
charge of a gang of men rebuilding the
burned bridges. From them It was
learned that the people living at Sandstone
had been taken to Duluth by special trains
on Sunday night and their pressing neces
sities relieved, so tie help from Pine City
was not needed- The party therefore re
solved itself into one of search for bodies
of victims of the disaster.
The house of John Robinson was near
Skank Lake in the edge, of the woods and
the family sought refuge in the cellar.
There was no escape from the fir* and the
party found the bodies of John Robinson
and his wife and Mary, their eldest
daughter, and two small children. All
the clothing was burned from the bodies,
but the victims had evidently been suffo
cated before the flames reached them.
The bands of the eldest daughter were up
lifted, with palms together. In an attitude
of prayer.
Within 600 yards of the spot where En
gineer lioot stopped bis train was a long
trench running from the little bedy of
water, which proved a place of safety for
the passengers on the limited, to a swamp
on the lake. Following along this trench
the party came upon the partially clothed
body of a man, who in personal appear
ance corresponded to the description of
General Passenger and Freight Agent
Rowley of the Duluth and Winnipeg Rail
way. An examination of the dead mau's
shirt showed the name of Rowley, and it
is supposed he was a passenger on the
limited, and in taking to the ditch ex
pected to reach the lake.
Other bodies fonnd by the party were
those of a man aud woman who had evi
dently fled from from a farm-house near
by, and the bodies of two men, who are
supposed to have been passengers on the
burned train.
The latest verified reports of the num
ber of dead do not materially alter a
former estimate. In fact, tbat estimate is
proving remarkably exact, considering the
confusion of the first day. One element
tbat renders close figurine very difficult is
the fact tbat bodies seen in the woods and
along the track are not infrequently re
ported to two points and sent out from
each as among its dead. Then, too, the
tendency of the occasion, bad as it is, is
toward exaggeration. However, eliminat
ing those doubtful elements as far as pos
sible from its approximation, the Pioneer-
Press is convinced, tbat the total is m
nearly exact as possible. Tbe number of
dead at Hinckley is placed at 200. Tbe
Pioneer-Press correspondent has actually
counted 194 of tnese, and the margin al
lowed is about all that is necessary. Tbe
figures are as follows:
Hinckley 200.
Sandstone 62.
Miller 12.
Between Skunk Lake and Miller 12.
Pekogama 28.
In lumber camps and scattering (esti
mated) 50.
Total, 364.
The following is tbe list of tbe known
dead at Hinckley, partially identified, as
far as kuown at a late hour to-night:
Mr. and Mrs. Abbey and two children.
Mrs. Dan Donuhne and three children.
John Westlund and child.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rodgers and three
children.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Curry and boy.
— Sherman.
Paul Leske.
Mrs. Mclver and four children.
T i i mi as Dunn.
Mrs. Blancbard and two children.
Mrs. Martin Mclotosh and four children.
Alexander Hanson and mother.
Mrs. Catharine Grissinger.
Cullie Grissingpr, aged 6.
Mabel Grissinger, aged 3.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ginder and two
boys.
Winifred Ginder, aged 6.
C. G. Anderson.
Mrs. Hans Paulson and four children.
Henry Hanson.
Emily Anderson,
Nels Kobertson, wife and two children.
Mary Robinson.
Otto Rowley of Duluth.
Israel Seburmski of Chicago.
£. Rkketson of Minneapolis.
David Kane of Ruck Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. John Beit.
George Best, aged 25.
Fred Best, aged 23.
Will Best, aged 21.
Bertha Best, aged 17.
Victor Best, aged 8.
Mrs. Anthony Weigel.
Minnie Weigel, aged 3.
Miss Annie Truttman of Diamood Bluff,
Wis., aged 28.
Dr. Kelcy of New Brighton.
M. K. Lamberson.
William Xesbitt.
Mr. and Mrs. John Burke and two chil
dren.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds and twochildren.
Jim Bean.
Hans Mattison.
Sandy Henderson of Pine City.
John Henderson of Pine City.
Thomas Jones. »
Charles Hanson.
Dennis Riley.
John Anderson, wife and two children.
Pet*r Robertson.
Louis Nelsou.
Emma Dnlan.
Belle O'Brien.
Annie Wallace.
Mrs. Costg and three children.
William Pinnor.
Patrick Murphy.
Henry Hoffman and wife of Sandstone,
Mrs. John McXaroara and one child.
William Scharamel.
Yardmaster Dave Williams of Duluth
has proved himself a hero. He is the man
who grasped the situation, acted on his
knowledge and promptly relieved the
people of Sandstone. He received a mes
saga from Miller last uight which said:
There are 150 people at Sandstone without
food or shelter. For God's sake, get them out
of there.
Within an incredible short time an
engine in charge of Yardmaater Williams
was on the way to Sandstone. The entire
road after the burned district was reached
was patrolled and the engine kept up a
continual whistling so that any persons
who might be near would come at once to
tbe track.
When the train arrived at Sandstone
Junction, or Miller, as it is generally
called, it was met by nearly the entire
iiopnlation of Sandstone and Miller. The
depot platform at Miller had been burned,
and there was not a bouse left standing
anywhere in view. About 170 people were
taken on board, »nd a messnge was sent to
Sandstone, which informed the people of
the arrival of the relief. Very few re
mained, and they were those with loved
ones lying dead. No one was burned
seriously who was not fatally injured.
There was no attempt to care foi the
dead, who were scattered through the
streets of the town. Everything inflam
mable at Sandstone was destroyed, and to
day's investigation brought the number of
the dead at that place up to sixty-two,
with twenty-one people missing. Mr!
Webster, the father of Mayor Lt-e Web
ster of this town, was among the dead,
and this afternoon Mr. Webster went to
Sandstone to bury his father and mother.
The scene at Saodttone as described by
Mr. Webster was heart-rending.* The
streets of the town were only lines of sand
between heaps of ashes. Within these
lines lay forty bodies scattered at random,
and twenty-two more were found after
ward in the outskirts of the town and
along the hollows and marshes toward the
river bank. The bodies were lying ex
posed to the sun and rain alike and were
rapidly decomposing. They were identi
fied as far as possible and will be burled
to-morrow. The Duluth people are look
ing after the care and the relief of the
people on the line north of Riockley.
They are doing their work well and will
see that no one of the living is allowed to
suffer for food or clothing.
One of the marvelous circumstances of
the disaster is the escape of so many cattle
and horses. Many were absolutely un
scathed, though no one can tell how they
escaped the ordeal of fire. Others were
pitifully burned and steps,are already be
ing taken to put them out of their misery.
A squad of militiamen went out and killed
an ox this afternoon. The animals were
withcut food until late this afternoon,
when the relief train brought up some
hßy. The cows were in great suffering,
not having been milked for two days.
To-morrow morning the carcasses of the
dead animals, which are becoming very
offensive, will be put out of the way by
burial or burning.
In tbe afternoon following tbe raia a
strong breeze swept up from tbe south.
and the flames, which has been quenched
to smoldering ashes by the showers, were
again fanned to a blaze and hundreds of
columns of smoke began to ascend from
the woods. The fire will not be out for
many days unless there are heavy rains,
but there is no danger, as the underbrush
is burned out clean and there Is no possi
bility of any spread. The intensity and
insatiability of the fire can be seen from
the fact that corduroy fills, where the logs
were buried under several feet of earth,
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way through uuder the entire wid.u of the
road.
No one of the citizens of Pine City who
volunteered aid in the work of relief did
more than F. G. Weber. He took entire
charge at the cemetery and kept at the
hideous work until all thai could be done
had been accomplished. Not until night
fall was his labors over, and during that
time he had a succession of relays of men
under h\gt, for many sickened and had to
give up. The work progressed slower
thau need have been the case had Mr.
Weber's working force been adequate. As
it was sixty-five unidentified dead were in
terred in the trenches, fifty-six identified
were put in boxes and thirteen were
buried by their friends, making a total of
134 bodies handled at the cemetery. Mr.
Weber says he has reports of fifty-one
bodies all ready for burial to-morrow, and
this number will grow every hour. The
bodies found after to-morrow must be
buried where found, as tney will be too
badly decomposed for removal.
The first act of the officials of the St.
Paul and Duluth Railroad Company was
to care for the unfortunate people along
its line, who had lost everything they
owned; tbe second was to restore the
operation of through service between St.
Paul and Duluth. The first task well
under way and its completion placed in
the hands of a competent committee, the
coinpauy at once set to work upon the
herculean task of opening its line between
Mission Creek and Miller. A. L. Brown,
master of transportation, has been busy
since the fire in handling the relief trains
from St. Paul and between Pine City and
Hinckley. He now began a systematic
attempt to straighten out the crooked rails,
build bridges and repair culverts and re
place the burned ties, of which there
were literally thousands. With the work
train and an efficient crew Mr. Brown
rebuilt the burned bridge over the Grind
stone River at Hinckiey.
la the meantime Yardmaster Williams
of tbe Duluth yards had a worktrain
pushing its way down toward the center
of the difficulty, which was at the RDot
where Engineer Root stopped the Duluth
limited on Saturday. By noon the crew
of Yardmaster Williams, the man who re
lieved the sufferers at Sandstone, had
pushed down to this ooint and had the
track in working order to the bridge,
which was burned. Tho force was a large
one and in a couple of hours tbe bridge
was built and the big engine of the limited,
which had been left on the tract, was
pushed down to Hinckley. The tender of
the limited engine was tipped off the track,
as it was wrecked beyond repair.
At 5:25 o'clock the two work trains met,
and at 6 o'clock to-night the line was open
from St. Paul to Duluth, tbe regular
Duiuth train passing Hinckley about 7
o'clock, somewhat behind time, but run
nine through without mishap.
During the afternoon at Pine City the
arrangements for systematic aid were
taken in hand by H. M. Hait of the Board
of Charities. Oq the afternoon traiu ar
rived the committee appointed by the
citizens of Minneapolis. A report sub
mitted to these Eentlemen for their ap
proval contains an estimate of the popula
tion of. the burned towus as follows:
Hinckley. 1000: Sandstone, 300; Mission
Creek. 100; Pokegama, 113; Partridge, 100.
From this number about 400 are to be
deducted as dead, and a further de
duction of tnose able to help themselves
leaves about 800 to be relieved in various
ways. Contributions of transportation,
money, clothing and household utensils
and lumber are wanted. The latter are of
all grades, from rough lumber to sash
and doors. A general contributiou will
he recommended in all the churches next
Sunday. There will be no particular
effort to force a large subscription,
but the generosity nf the people
will be allowed to show itself in natural
channels. The following physicians ac
companied the Minneanolis party: Drs.
Higbep, Fitzgerald, Moore, McDonald,
Leepert, Norton of Minneapolis, aud
Perkins of Excelsior. Their services were
in great demand, and the hospital patients
received tbe best of care. It is tbe inten
tion to start out searching parties in all di
rections to find the scattered dead, and
physicians will accompany them. The
committee proper will leave for Minne
apolis on the early morning train, and a
citizens' meeting will be called at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, to which they will re
port.
A local committee got together to-night
and selected a finance committee. Fred A.
Hodge, Auditor of Pine County, was made
treasurer.
A particularly strenuous effort was made
to-day to identify a number of corpses of
men who were known to carry life insur
ance. Some of the missing men were
kuown to carry considerable, and when
one was identified a number of ac
quaintances were called noon to assure
themselves of his identity, so tLe^possibil
ity of a contest in the payment of the in
surance might be avoided. J. G. Don
nelly said to-day that in all his experience
as an undertaker he had never seen such
sights as were presented at Hinckley.
There is a strong suspicion that among
those who have been in Uinckley ostensi
bly for relief purposes there have been a
lawless few who have played tbe part of
ghouls and vandals. Many of the bodies
had money and valuables ou them and in
several cases they were robbed. A detail
of twenty regular troops from Fort Snelling
under command of Captain Hale and
Lieutenant McCoy, accompanied by an
army surgaon, has arrived from St. Paul.
The local physicians were nearly ex
hausted with their long service and the
army surgeon rendered valuable assist
ance. There are about 400 refugees In
Pine City, and as many more are expected
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