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Show A BLAZE IN OMAHA. Manj Jlarrrloa Escapes, Bo One JIaa Boasted in tbe flames. SAO DESTITUTION REPORTED TROM OKLAHOMA. How Italian Immigrants are Fleeced Upon Their Arrl-al In Xew York. GREAT DAU AGE BYA HURRICANE IN TEX A3. Kx-Presid.-Dt Cleveland Admitted to Practice Ilerorc the So. preme Court. Bj Telcrnrh to the Nn .) ATI OJIAUA lll.iri-. Ktaelllnrr Seene ot rlre. Loa ni One Lire. Omaha, May 1. AboutlO-30 this morning the big fire alarm of the day was sounded. At that hour the pedestrians on Howard Strett, between be-tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth, were startled tnr the appearance of a poor little Dane who dulled In and cut of the door cf Drage's tailor shoji, 1579 Howard Street, distractedly wring-Ing wring-Ing bis hands and in broken English telling thecrowd that "Drage's shop Is burning." He meant more than that, but in his terror and with his broken speech ho failed to make anyone understand. The crowd had gathered itwlf together, Liking out lato the street the stock ot goods toward which the flames were making their way. On the second floor Is the dressmaking establish-ment establish-ment of Jane Wallace, whosethlrty. fle girls and women were at work, while tho third Is devoted to roomer?, the basement being occupied by a steam laundry where forty employes were actively engaged at their labor. la-bor. In an instant THE NARROW STAIRWAY, Uie only means of egress firm the upper stories, was choked with flames and smoke, while the snapping snap-ping and cracking of the glass and wood of tho tailor shop mlnfflcd with the roar of the flames. Half a dozen roomers in their night clothes came dash-Ing dash-Ing down the stairs, blinded and dizzy. Then the door was siiut for fear of the draft. A white-faced man dashed uptolhedcorandflung lto-en. He was grasped by the crowd and the door closed in liu fact, "bland back, JiU. stind back," he yelled. "My u.re I up there; my w lf.i i up their. ' n.i u the crowd fjr the llr,t tiuw lvokrd up and at every wlmlju In ilu-building ilu-building siw the hlan htii facet f from two to half n i.czeii sir1-, and then the firu depart up-ut u rKi-. The crowd brio a' eucuunurd the inmates by rheery .words that all was well. On the arrival of the fire dciirtincnt ladders were run un at once and the work of RESCUING THE CURLS Urgan. One of the patrol drivers carried down the ladder six women who were perfectly powerless. One white haired old tidy had stood tatlemly at a second story window just above the tailor (hop without uttering a sound and herexamp'e itemed to insjire the others with courage, Theflrewnseitiii;,ui;hed after the hose arrived and thtli ( '!i it t Gallegan, having heard that some one was in the tailor shop at the time of the breaking out cf the flames, l-gan un examination. Under tho charred stairway was what looked like a bundle of rags but which on closer examination revealed n.shrlvcied elbow. The rags wero rtntoved and revealed the contorted body of the proprietor, N.H.Dragc, burned almost to a crisp. Tht!oss h(varIouslyltstimated,but is largely covered by insurance. Jlcratd. Indian Onlbrnk Kapeetetl. Chicago, May 1. Au Inter-Ocean Inter-Ocean special frohi Fort Custer, Montana: A squaw man and others are circulating among the Chey-ennes Chey-ennes at Tongue ItlverAgency, urging urg-ing them to go on the war-path and wipe out their fancied wrongs in 'k)d Ttli Indians have with-.liswn with-.liswn their children" from school ani refuse lo send them back. 1 hey have al-o ahnndoued farm work And the settlers are fearful that their dissatisfaction dis-satisfaction will develop into an outbreak. |