Show FIRE tracylee Tr aclee california is in asaei att fires the ton TRUCKEE cal nov 6 A most disastrous fire broke out here shortly after midnight the wind was blowing a and the flames ere soon beyond control tha fire was started in the rear of brewery by an incendiary the brewery and half a dozen other buildings were soon burning alie fire catching on the roofs and porches ot other houses a block distant the citizens fought the flames and a fire train arrived from summit but the were of no avail east main street was soon in ashes and all the frame buildings on front street burning nearly forty buildings buil dines including the entire business portion of alie town had been destroyed by 2 this morning and aba residence portion seemed doomed the disastrous anre which started early this morning in a woodpile in the rear of the st louis brewery on front street was undoubtedly incendiary A man was seen running from the spot and wag chased some distance the wood had been saturated with coal oil and a horse kept in the stable had been stolen sparks and burning fragments were carried throughout the entire business portion on front street all efforts were ineffectual till the wind suddenly shifted and drove the flames back from the business portion oi the town and allowed the citizens an opportunity to put out the fire which had started in other sections the losses aggregate with little insurance of ann arbor ANN ARBOR mich noy 7 special although the authorities of ha e not yet withdrawn their offered hpward of for evidence to convict the parties who committed depredations in the town on the of october no one yet has come forward and endeavored to get the money it is known that the depredations were committed bv acme of the students of the university of michigan when they were celebrating halloween but that is all the definite information the authorities possess before starting for attested to burn an old building near the campus this act would warrant their expulsion as they had been cautioned it ba the president who bad been inform i ed of their intention to destroy the old building it is surmised that tha offenders are known but that it is unwise to expel them as the authorities of would then have a clue to the i identity of the parties who violated the laws and dignity of their town A surgical curiosity FORT WAYNE Ind Nov 7 special A curious surgical casa is that presented by henry breen of this city he suffers from of the orbit and his is alie only case of the kind reported by vh sic ians he has received manyles many let taig inviting liim to appear before medical colleges RO they can examine and aandy of the orbit but as he f are that alie blood vessel back of the o abit may burst at any end his life he has preferred to remain under the care of burgeons att home breen was a brakeman en the wabash railroad and while on july 19 last in coupling cars at cecil 0 he wai caught between the steps of the caboose und tha end of a saw log which extended over a flat car and his skull wea frac turen auer a long and painful illness he rallied sufficiently to walk about bat it was fondd that the cords ot the left ee veta paralyzed and refused to perform their natural functions th billic ion grew worse and two weeks apo mr breen went o springfield where the illinois geona were holding their annual convention he was examined by surgeons who pro bounced hia of the ye i and the only one on record he was put under the influence of opiates and an iron collar was placed about his neck to which was attached a thumbscrew which was pressed ivr abo orbit to stop the rush of blood he was thus kept for forty eight hours but hia case wag pronounced incurable he ii now at hia home in this city breen is a man of strong muscular development and would appear to have more than the averala mans chances for longevity he is not disposed to be melancholy over his condition and lays that he may outlive the entire springfield convention ven tion at any rate he has the strange distinction of bein the only man alive who wears a dollar mada at a blacksmith shop doted another MIBS wife KANSAS CITY kov 7 special B A grever a well known cattle dealer was abot and fatally wounded yesterday afternoon by charles clifford new york traveling salesman at hotel andre greyer had paid considerable attention to mrs clifford and her husband suspected their relations were not entirely innocent this afternoon he save greyer enter her apartments and point up tried to get into the room the door waa locked and on trying it he heard a scuffle and then the key turn when ha rushed into the room mrs clifford explained that grever had made insulting in propositions to her clifford thereupon drew his revolver and shot graver four times greysr m his ante mortem statement said he went to the hotel to see mrs ball landlady to pay a board hill she was out and mrs clifford asked him into her bedroom saying she would get mrs ball alter had talked for a few minutes clifford lumped in and ordered him to throw up bis shands greyer started to walk out when clifford shot him he claims it waa a scheme |