Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 18 May 1894 — Page 7

TIG Ell VAIitKY.

"Win, Morris is still buying timber. Corn planting is a thing- of the past. Ed Pogue has purchased a new buggy.

Ode Weliver is working for Gip Wilson. Frank Shuey was in Whitesville Sunday.

Harvest will soon be here. Hands cheap. The Mace rooster was in Whitesville .Sunday.

Henry Morris was seen driving south Sunday. •The Wilson I?ros. sold their hogs Thursday.

MelvintFaust has purchased a new cultivator. Frank Shuey'will run the saw mill this season.

How do j*on like the way the Wilson bill passed. Harry Freeman is working near Darlington.

G. Gray and wife Sundayed at T. R. Lockridge's. Ode Weliver says he lias enough work for four men.

Vin Stout, of Wesley, was in our midst Sunday. S. 10. Finch and family were in Sliannondal Sunday.

Rev. Fox will preach at Union llill the coming year. C. (.'. McClure is running a hack from Mace to Frankfort.

Sherman Trout made a flying trip to I ndianapolis Saturday. The young blacksmith at Mace talks of getting a 8150 bicycle.

Ilev. H. A. Tucker, of Crawfordsville, preached at Mace Sunday. John I'erry is improving his farm by clearing some new ground.

Several from here attended the baptizing at Otterbein Sunday. Clip Wilson and lady attended the baptizing at Ladoga Sunday.

The S. of. V. will attend the encampment at Pittsburg. Pa., this fall. Bruce Morris made a trip to Thorntown Saturday and back Sunday.

Wm. J. Rhoads and family Sundayed at ]!ill Vanniee's in 1 ioone county. We wonder if the long lost bridle of Frank Cornell lias ever been found.

There will be a baptizing at Walnut Chapel Sunday conducted by Rev. Gott.

Our justice of the peace received a small sum of money the first of the week.

Fred Caster has hired to Thomas Lockridge for two months at s:.'0 per month.

We are somewhat interested as to who will teach our school the coming winter.

Sherman Vanseoyoc is learning the broom trade in Crawfordsville this summer.

A young man from Indianapolis talks of putting up a harness shop at Mace soon.

Willie Mish boasts of his shade trees in his corn field, how nice they are to plow under.

Wool growers how do you like the Democratic price for your wool, 7, S and '.) cents?

We suggest that there be a threshing meeting held in the valley soon. Who will thresh our wheat?

Homer Weally Ward, the champion bicyclist, will challenge Henry Dice, the cigar man for a race in the near future.

Pert Remley thinks it is rather a slim chance for him to be deputy treasurer this time for everything is going Republican.

Frank Armstrong says his mill is for sale, but what this means we cannot tell. The saw mill has been here for the last twelve years and Mace is the place for it. therefore whoever may buy it we ask them to leave it at that place to benefit our farmers.

About thirty guests met at the home of Theodore Johnson last Tuesday night for the purpose of surprising his wife, and she was surprised, too, it being her 2"itli birthday. After a long chat the party was lead to an adjoining room where a large table was spead with everything good to eat. All present had a nice time and left wondering who will be the next to be surprised.

The Ladies' Aid Sewing Society met at John Perry's last Thursday and passed the day sewing for Mrs. Perry. The following ladies were present: Mesdames Remley, Wm. Dice. Pogue, Sarah Finch. Iierrv, Ike Peterson.John Linn, Geo. Mears. Margaret Martin. .1. M. Walkup. Misses Alice Finch. ICate Sperrv, Bertha Wilson. The members were each awarded 20 cents, which will go to the missionaries.

The Abe Lincoln Post of Mace will hold Decoration Day exercises on the lioth of May. Rev. Plunkett. member of Co. E, 72d Ind., will be the orator of the day. There will be declamations by four of the Sunday school children and also excellent music by a select choir, with the Post musical exercises. Henry Howard Post, of New Ross, are invited, also the S. of V. of Mace, K. of P., Pythian Sisters and Sunday school children have an invitation to march from the K. of P. hall to the Christian church, headed by a drum corps. Committees have been appointed to decorate all of the graves in our territory, and also every man, woman and child are invited to to be with us. Bring flowers and flags to decorate the brave men's graves who died that our country might be saved. Let each and everyone present make the day as pleasant as possible.

MOKKIS* SWITCH.

Our melons are all planted and coming up nicely. Dogwood blossoms aive in bloom and the fisli must suffer.

No sickness in this 'neighborhood. Everybody is at work. Five of the Pencoyd Iron men are boarding with Brook Thomas.

Corn is all planted, wheat never looked better and rye all in head. Henry Ledgester. of Elwood, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Thomas Slianklin.

We have no candidate in this part of the county. No one here wants an oflice.

Mrs. Katie Thomas is visiting her father-in-law, Brook Thomas, 'this week.

The false work is all in and the new Pencoyd steel bridge will span Sugar Creek soon.

Our road supervisor is putting in a new bridge across Crazy Creekj near the Boraker crossing of the Hi"- Four R. R.

The steam shovel has left us and gone to Urbana for repairs. It will be back as soon as the bridge is finished.

This Switch is the most active place in the country at present. A very large force of men are at work. All trains stop here, day or night.

Democrats as well as Republicans read Tiik Joli:\at,here in these woods. Their eyes are not so blurred but they can tell a good thing when they see one.

O. P. Demorett bought a very line lot of cranberries two years ago from an Eastern fruit agent. The writer inspected the bushes yesterday and found them in full bloom with beautiful snowballs.

We have two young men living near here who recently came from Kentucky, whose names are Angel. A young lady north of here boasts that she is the only girl in the county who can entertain an Angel.

The V. P. C. I J. of Mt. Zion will have charge of the Children's Day exercises, which will be held at Mt. Zion Sunday, June 3, commemorating the birth of Wm. Otterbein, the founder of the United brethren church. Services will hold all day. A basket will be held in the woods. The committee on dinner will strive to make everybody happy on that day. All are invited to attend the services.

A Democrat, tried and true, told the writer the following story the other day: "Our country's fate looms darkly above us without a silver star above the horizon on which the faithful Democrat can hang a scintillation of hope, but with ominous features of fast coming doom, gloomy and raj'less as the eyes of a tree toad perched upon the topmost boughs of a barren poplar tree enveloped in an impenetrable fog."

NUM HKIi TIIIKTKEN.

Shall we have the regular Fourth of 1 celebration Mrs. Fulwider lias a four-legged chicken. Score one more for the •'famous old house."

We express our thanks for the commendatory words of the Waynetown corespondent of May 4.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Meliarry recently celebrated their golden wedding at their home in the cit of Lafayette.

Center Christian church has a society of Christian Endeavor. Milton Razor, president: .Jacob 'Fulwider is superintendent of their Sunday school.

The religious interest that prevailed throughout the community during the winter still manifests itself in church, Sunday school, prayer meeting and Christian Endeavor work.

We hope all the Sunday schools in Coal Creek will be represented at the county Sunday school convention at Crawfordsville. Monday. May 21. President Ross is very anxious that every Sunday school in the county shall be represented. A most interesting meeting is promised and will no doubt result in much good.

The funeral of Grandmother Palin conducted by l'astor Trotter, at Pleasant Hill Christian church, last Saturday, was largely attended. Mrs. Palin had long been a devoted Christian woman, which is the highest tribute that can be paid to her memory. She was one of the oldest members of Pleasant Hill Christian church.

As to the question of the Wingate scribe as to "who will be our next trustee," we will, with due deference to the gentlemen whose names are already proposed as candidates, suggest the name of Dr. Olin. The doctor is'a good man, is well known and would make an etlicient officer, and would probably get a larger vote for the office of trustee than any other man in the township.

We give Buffalo-Ridge scribe credit due for the full explanation of his "exact location and origin of the name." We were quite satisfied as to location, but why the scribe should discard the old name Bristle Ridge and substitute Buffalo was a mystery. Bristle Ridge is one of the historic places of the county, and no doubt the origin of the name is well known. A good many years ago when Elder Carney preached the dedicatory sermon of Center church which i» located on "this beautiful ridge" he said that the bristle bearing animals had become domesticated and that element was a thing of the past: and that he would then and there christen the beautiful ridge "Honest Ridge'' as the most appropriate name.

WAl.LACK,

Newton Strader has a new buggy. Joe Wirt is building a tile factory for T. J. Allen.

C'has. Wirt will enter school at Covington next week. Lola Myers visited friends and relatives here last week.

Jackson township was well represented at the Yeedersburg horse show last Saturday.

The Wallace base ball team played a successful game with the Kingman club last week.

Prof. W. A. Furr, president of the Covington normal college, visited the Wallace normal Monday.

Rey. Booher, of Anderson, preached at Immanuel's church Saturday evening, Sunday morning and evening.

T. J. Allen has the largest and most elaborate park for his pet sheep to be found in the whole neighborhood.

Wallace will have a photograph gallery after the second week in June. It will be here for a month or more.

The Wallace choir of sixty members will give their closing concert at Wallace chapel Saturday night, the lOtli.

Children's day has been arranged for June 10 at Plianuel Lutheran church. Itis yet uncertain whether the entertainment will be in dai' or evening.

The Jackson township alumni association met at Wallace chapel Sunday and arranged for a strawberry banquet on Friday evening before commencement.

D. W. Sanders lias a new buggy top. Next time don't drive a scary horse so fast and Prof. Fertich will not have to mend his forehead with a four-inch court plaster.

The Wallace Normal Institute closed Friday, the 18th. The closing entertainment will be 'reported later. Albert Lowe. Jas. Wilkinson, Lee Philpot, C. R. Thomas and Guy Spinning will at once enter the Covington normal.

HlXdATK.

Why not enforce the squirrel law? Iieef steak still at the same old price. Grandma Ochiltree is on the sick list.

Joe Galey has built an addition to his house. John Wingate has returned from Wisconsin.

The north cemetery fence is almost completed. Walter l'.rown has returned from Sullivan. Ind.

Everybody will attend the convention to-morrow. Kev. Joel Thomas, of Salina, O., is here this week.

Mrs. Oves is visiting her son Charlie, at Frankfort this week. But few from here attended the Veedersburg colt show.

Supervisors Bagby and Bcedle are busy working the roads. Cal Berry and family, of Waynetown, were in our vicinity Sunday.

Wm. Kerr shipped a car load of hogs to Eastern markets Thursday. Ye scribe took dinner with Democratic friends at Mellot Sunday.

George P. Rudolph lectured to a crowded house here Sunday evening. Bazil T. Merrill, of Waynetown. was here Tuesday shaking hands with his friends.

John I!roe experienced a runaway a few days ago with his team to acorn planter.

Aunt Sarah McCluer, of Clark's Hill, is here visiting her daughter, Airs. F. O. Phillips.

J. A. Long. Joe Galey and wife attended the lecture at Waynetown last Tuesday night. ./

Cadwallader ,v-. Bienz have bought four townships for the sale of the Page woven wire fence.

M. B. Evans, of Watseka, 111., is here shaking hands with friends. Morris is Marshal of Watseka.

Messrs. C'has. Hart. L. Sheets. Ora Evans and Marion I low man saw Eight Bells at Crawfordsville Tuesday night.

There was a wash out on the Clover Leaf one mile east of here, caused by the heavy rain ''Tuesday night, delaying the midnight passenger trains six hours.

A picnic party from here Saturday to Doves'mill was composed of Ike Ilenrv and Charlie Renner and Misses -Minnie Cadwallader. Telia Clark, Bcrta Buuton. Roxy Snyder and Maud Doss.

A birthday dinner was given Airs. Mollie Phillips, Thursday, it being her 40th anniversary. About thirty invited guests were preset. All the"dainties of life were served in a most artistic manner.

MK.MOK1AL TinnrXK.'

Death, that dreaded messenger, has again invaded a home and enlisted with the angel band, one dear old mother, grandmother and great grandmother. an esteemed friend and neighbor whose name was Mrs. lietsy Palin. Mrs. Palin was born in Stoke county. North Carolina. January 4-' 1S07. died May Ii, 1.V.I4. -Mrs. Betsy Palin Bond moved from North Carolina when but seven years of age. to Wayne county, this Mate, and from there to this county, remaining in this county until two years ago, when she went to live with her daughter, Mrs. Julia A. Henry, at Potomac, 111., where she died. She was the relict of Exum Palin, who died in 1S7S. He was one of the first converts of the Republican party in kS5 and was noted far and wide as an abolitionist. Mrs. Palin left live Hying children. 31 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. She was a good Christian woman, being reared in the Quaker birthright, afterwards joining the Christian church. It is true her friends and relatives mourn her loss but not without the hope of meeting her again.

By the heights and depths of mercy, l»y the length and breudth of Jove. By the fullness of redemption,

In that etulless life above.

LINDEN',

A. S. Foley attended the Normal at Wingate on last Wednesday. Ira and Alva Allen have gone to Colorado to work and gain health.

Miss Eva McCallum was sewing for Punt Orpha Montgomery this week. The farmers were rejoicing on last Wednesday morning over the rain that did so much good.

Our tile works are now running and turning out nice lot of tile.. A new man is at the head of it.

Mrs. Dave Miller got a bug in her ear and it pretty nearly set her wild. The bug was finally extracted and the sufferer relieved.

Quite a good many Odd Fellows went from here to Indianapolis Tuesday and Wednesday to attend the meeting of the grand lodge.

Brick making has commenced in earnest by W. I!. Montgomery. The capacity of his mill is 12.000 a day and he is running a half force.

Evan Shelby went on the road for the Buckeye folks last Monday at Ss per day and expenses. SIS per week is good enough for a common man.

Most of the Clover Leaf trains carry meat cars going east and some days the passenger east bound has several meat cars ahead of the passenger cars,

Wm. Dunkle bought the brick for his two story brick building of \V. 15. -Monday morning. The basement will be uses as a bake oven for Croy it llolliday.

The heavy rain on last Tuesday night caused a washout west of here on the Clover Leaf and the Odd Felliad to go another route to Indianapolis last Tuesday night. Fare SI.10 for tne round trip from here.

J. M. Hose is laying up for repairs having been in the passenger wreck this side of Hammond. Train 5. engine 10S was running at about forty-live miles an hour and ran into an open switch, turning the engine over on its side and smashing the mail, express and three other cars. It will be severa days before Jake will be able 'for dut again.

IMSOft RA.M.MK FOJt DKCOHATION DAW A. M. Newkirk will be marshal and will form the procession after the ad­

dresses are made. The old soldiers, first: the F. A. A. M., second the I. O. O. F., third: the Sunday schools, fourth the citizens, fifth: the sons of soldiers on the rear on the march from the church to the cemetery. Decorating committee—P. W. Ronk, Aaron Layton and Mrs. Jane Newkirk for the church or hall either. At the cemetery the soldiers will each place a llag at the head of dead comrade. Other graves will be decorated by loving hands.

N li\V llAVKN.

Airs. A. Elmore's is very sick. Silas Pickering's little child is quite sick.

Ed 1'iundy is driving the cab at this place. Ilallie Elkin is woik'.ng at Oliver Peck's.

Miss Dora Odell is giving- Ed Hundy music lessons. 10. 10. Pickering was out shearingsheep last week.

Joe Shaver will plow his corn with a Daisy cultivator. Airs. Jim Thompson's mother is quite ill at this writing-.

J. C. If rands says he will not raise any more roosters. J. C. Fraiufis says lie can sheer sheep as good as anyone.

Alike Cox has made a new mash, aceoeding to the latest. IOwel Engle has his corn plowed over the second time.

I.Iallie Sutton went to J. I. Williams' nine times last week. Henry Brollinger was in our city last week on business. swr--

Grant McDowell sold his wool this week for 15c per pound. David Crowder plowed David Fullenwider's corn this week.*

Shaver Bros, erected a new hitching post for Sherman Trout. Peter Phelps has completed Abe Caster's slat and wire fence.

H. S. Johnson attended meeting at Flat Creek Sunday evening. Lara Smith has a line driving horse. It's a mule. ''Look out girls."

Solomon Bond addresses the people at Flat Creek Sunday evening. *:3Ewel Engle. our road supervisor, has commenced working the roads.

Thomas and AliltonCox have gone to Missouri to look after their farm. Bruce Morris passed through this place Saturday enroute to Thorntown.

C. C. llhoades was seen in Flat Creek Sunday evening parading the streets. Bill Dixon says he will vaccinate all tramps that come through this vicin ity.

Bill Calbert and Anglia Lafollette were seen in our midst Sunday evening.

Rev. Stephens will preach at K'ingsley's Chapel next Sunday at I! o'clock p. m.

Tad Elmore was in the push Sunday evening. He was hunting his best girl.

Supervisor Engle saw that some, cattle were taken oil' the road la,t week.

The Shannondale log haulers are hauling logs from this vicinity to their town.

Roy Trout is our guitar player. He plays Pete ISarnhart's favorite—Annie llooney.

Miss Myrtle Robins is giving Stella Cox music lessons. She is a good instructer.

Chicken cholera is raging in this vicinity, A. Al. Stewart being the first attacked.

Rev. Black will preach at Shannondale next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7 p. m.

Alex Bales has quite an attraction in this vicinity as Ella is .staying at J. 11. Stewart's.

George Johnson was out prospecting last Sunday evening and stopped at Jesse Moore's.

Samuel Peek was in our midst Sunday evening looking after the interests of his grandson.

Prayer meeting at Kingsley's chapel every Thursday and at Flat Creek every Saturday night.

Fred Caster has become as the prodigal. leaving home and taking up his abode at Wm. Khoade's.

J. A. Tharp's family was taken quite ill Sunday evening from eating ice cream, the milk not being good.

Albert Sutton has bought an interest in Wm. Snyder's butcher shop at Darlington and will summer there.

Ed IJundav is still on the hunt of his wig that he lost last winter. A 825 reward will be given to the finder.

Clint Arnold and Joe Shaver took a music lesson last Friday night. Alisses Stella Cox and Flora Morris were the teachers. .1. A. Tharp. the Shannondale butcher, passes through this place twice a week. He is a good butcher and has a good trade.

Grant McDowel will plow his corn with a wheat drill this summer. He hasn't collected that quart from Dave McAllister yet.

Virgil Fra ncis and Dora Me Daniel passed through here Sunday on the hunt of 'Squire Van nice. They did not know the "Squire, had moved.

S. A. Trout, on his way to Airs. Shaver's last Sunday evening,says that the road was so crooked that he actually met himself coming back home.

R. H. Virts will address the people at Flat Creek Saturday evening. Subject will be: '"What it takes to constitute a true soldier in the Christian warfare."

lion's Tills!.

We offer One Hundred Dollars lleVvard for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.

F. J. CHENEY it CO., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm.

West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan it Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.

Hall Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free.

BOSTON SUFFERS

A Vast Area Is Swopt by a Fu••S"1 rioua Firo.

STARTS IN TIIK BASEBALL GROUNDS.

Soon Beyond Control It Dostro.vs Hundreds of ItulldlnKK In the Vicinity Thousand* llomelesH Several

Hurt—Loss, 8500,000.

LICKED UP BY FLAMES.

Boston, May 10.—A cigaretto butt thrown into a pile of waste paper under tho "bleachers," or twenty-five-cent seats, in the Boston baseball grounds Tuesday afternoon started a fire which destroyed more than 140 buildings occupying about sixteen acres of land in tho crowded tenement house section of tho south end. The money loss is $500,000, and in all other respects tho conflagration is the most terrible that Boston has seen since fifty acres were burned over in 1872, for more than 000 families are homeless, and they are the kind of families who seldom indulge in tho luxury of fire insurance, -j l'orsons Who Wore Hurt.

Tho injured are: Michael Wolch, .jumped 80 feot from a roof and was internally Injured John Kowley, ovorcomo by smoke, will die William H. Ahem, jumpod from ft roof, iinlclu broken William (Jatoealn. apoplexy Lieut. Sawyer, engine company No. 23. utruolc liy fulling wall, may die John T. Kane, Internally Injured Amy Lapp, badly buruedi Jumoa T. Fitzgerald, fireman, badly cut.

Ioss oT l.lfe IfourotL

A peculiar odor pervades tho burned district, and it is feared there has been loss of life, but up to midnight no bodies had been recovered.

The first alarm was given at 4:17 from box 2115, followed by a second in ten minutes, a third in two more minutes, a fourth on the heels of the third and then a general.

Firemen Auk for Help.

This called out more than 200 pieces of apparatus, but they wero as useless as ten would have been, and then the surrounding cities were asked for help. Cambridge, Chelsea, Maiden, Hyde Park, Quincy and several other places responded nobly and promptly, and still the fire raged and spread and the whole south end was doomed to all appearances. The ball grounds were surrounded by a hollow fence which was filled with timber as dry as match wood.

Start of tho ISlnzo.

The third inning of the game had been half finished and Baltimore was just going to tho bat when tho lire was discovered. Immediately there was a scattering of the 3,500 spectators, and while a lew men ripped up seats and tried to stamp out tho ilames, the rest made a rush for the gad.es. A few buckets of water would at this stage have quenched the lire and prevented the disaster which followed, but there was no water within reach. The Haines leaped fiercely up the scantlings and through the rows of seats, which were dry as tinder, owing to the absence! of rain for a couple of weeks, and fanned by astrong southeast wind, they consumed fence and bleachers and presently the grand stand was lired and burned in a furious manner. Almost adjoining the baseball grounds was a populous section devoted to tenements and homes of the poorer class and many small stores of a similar character.

Its Progress.

After burning all the buildings oil Berlin street between Walpole and the end of Columbus avenue, three blocks, the fire swept west to the grand stand of the baseball grounds, leveled that to the ground, went south to a large apartment hotel on Walpole street and east toward Tremont street. The latter was occupied by brick and wooden buildings, a magnificent public schoolhouse standing on the corner of Walpole and Tremont streets. The brick buildings were as little able to withstand the fierce flames as the wooden buildings had proved to be, and soon sank to the ground.

Hotel* Are ISnriioil.

East of Tremont street and parallel with it is Cabot street. The llamas went on toward this, sweeping down every building before it, and then spread toward the south along Tremont street, licking up a number of magnificent new apartment hotels. The district burned out extends from Burke street on the north to Sarsfield street on the south, tho New York, New Haven it Hartford tracus on the west to Warwick street on the east. All the buildings on the following entire btrects are in ashes:

Tlio ££urned District.

Burke, Coventry, Walpole. Sarsfield, all parallel Berlin street, four blocks on each side of Tremont street, three blocks on each side of Cabot street, three blocks on the west side of Warwick street and two blocks on tho north side of Newburn street. Besides the Hotel Walpole two apartment houses on Sterling street were burned, three on Western street, two on Hammond park, two on Windsor street and all of those on Yendlay place.

This district was one of the most thickly populated in the city and most of the families are in very poor circumstances. At the best estimate there are 3,500 persons without homes and their household effects are in ashes.

Tho new house of laddor 12 and hose 7 on Tremont street was destroyed. Alderman Bryant's residence on Walpole street and his store on Tremont street were also destroyed. Among other business places leveled were: J. J. McMamara, wines and liquors, Cabot street Daniel Bernhard ft Co., Tremont street, liquors Sterling provision store, Sterling stroct Gray's photographing establishment, Tremont street Martin Regan, undertaker, Tremont street Gilmoro's block of oilices, Tremont street 8. C. MeEtrick, provisions, Tremont street Councilman Connors lost his house on Tremont street and many of his effects.

Tlio Lassen.

The financial loss is hard to estimate, but will reach probably §500,000. Thii

small amount is accounted for by tho fact that dozens of tho wooden tenements were of little value. Tho baseball grand stand was valued at 175,000 the insurance is #40,000. The Walpole sohoolhouso was valued at 880,000 insured. The Hotel Walpole and most of the brick apartment houses burned were insured and were worth from $8,000 to 820,000 each.

Sorrowful Seen©*.

Fully 200 of the homeless are camped outon Hammond park, guarding such property as they had saved, while othera are scattered in various directions, many of them having saved nothing but what they could carry in their arms.

The scene in and around tho burning district was a heartrending one. Men, women and children wero rushing in all directions, carrying bundles of clothing, bedding and other household! goocis. Tho women, as they beheld their property reduced to ashes, broke into piteous cries, and on every corner could be seen groups of homeless families standing over their remaining goods.

Tho streets were blocked with people at the entrance to the ball grounds, and this fact hindered somewhat tho progress of tho crowds in making their escape. Many wero knocked down in the scramble. Nearly every family living within a radius of four blocks of the lire gathered their belongings ready for removal, and large truck wagons and furniture vans backed up to many of the houses and quickly loaded: and carried the goods away. Tremont street for eight or ten blocks was completely blocked with electric cars, fire engines and wagons of all kinds, and it was impossible to move either way. Groans and cries were heard above the din of tho whistles and the ringing of bolls. for Their Lives.

It was a nerve-shaking sight to see aged men and women jumping from the windows. One little baby was thrown to the street by its frantio mother, but happily was caught by a bystander. .Michael Walsh, in endeavoring to escape from liis home in the fire-invaded district, was compelled to jump from the roof of the structure. The distance to the ground was about 30 feet lie landed on his feet, but the force of the fall severely injured him internally, and he was picked up in a semi-conscious condition and taken to the city hospital.

Koliof for Sufl'ererH.

A special meeting of the board of aldermen was held Tuesday evening to make provision for the care of tho people made lionieless by the fire. Tho several armories were thrown open and several halls in Roxbury were hired to accommodate many more. Hesides this the people in the vicinity whose homes had been saved threw wide open their doors and all were cared for. To-day tho aldermen wilf meet again to consider what further aid can be given.

The hroes of tho occasion are the people of tho ltuggles street Haptist church. As soon as it was known that many people would be homeless tho members opened the church, filled it with comfortable beds, prepared food and sent people out to gather in tho homeless. One hundred of the members organized as a searching force and found anil returned more than fifty lost children.

The trustees of the Johnstown flood fund, at the request of tho board of aldermen, voted to apply the unexpended balance on hand, amounting to several thousand dollars to tlie relief of tho homeless and destitute. During the lire three fire engines were abandoned and ruined.

SEEKING INFORMATION. Senator Allen AhUh for mi Imjulry of Hroad Scope.

Washington, May 10.—At the opening of the session of the senate Senator Allen (pop., Neb.) introduced and asked for tho immediate consideration of a resolution calling upon the secretary of the treasury lor information as to the total number of persons engaged in protected industries the number of such persons whose wages are claimed to be alYceted by protection the number whose wages are not airectod: also the proportion of the population of ihe United States dependent upon the foreign market for the sale of their products also the number of persons engaged in protected industries who are native citizens the number naturalized and tho number who are aliens also the proportion of native or naturalized citizens who are being displaced by aliens. The resolution went over.

VOTE TO INCREASE PENSIONS.

Hoiiko Committee Kuvorx Veterans or tlio iUrxleiin itii'.l Indian Wii.ru. Washington, May 10.—The house committee on pensions voted to report to the house a bill increasing the rates of all pensioners of the Mexican war and Indian war from §8 to SI 2 a month. Representative Caminetti (Cal,) had introduced a bill to give this increase to Mexican war pensioners, and the committee decided to extend it to the Indian war survivors. But one member of tho committee opposed the measure, taking tho ground that it would open the door for a service pension to survivors of the civil war. itiiBobaii.

National league games on Tuesday: At Pittsburgh—Chicago, 0 Pittsburgh, '£. At Philadelphia—Philadelphia, 10} Now York, 4. At Brooklyn—Brooklyn, 10 Washington, 7. At ClevelandCleveland, 7 St. Louis, ('.

Western league: At Detroit— Detrbit, fi Grand Rapids, 2. Rain caused tho postponement of all other games.

Western association: At OmahaOmaha 18 Quincy, 2. At St. JosephJacksonville, 4 St. Joseph, 3. At Lincoln—Peoria, 5 Lincoln, 3. At Dea Moines—Rock Island, 5 Des Moines, 4.

A ISobCou Firm Assigns.

Boston, May 10.—The well-known furniture house of Kecler & Co., 81 Washington street, has made an assignmenu The firm owes approximately from $75,000 to $80,000, with nominal assets of $148,000.