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Show Chicago . Fcds an Earthqiialke airri Five plates SEVERAL SMALL FIRES STARTED A Mill TIP! PPHOftJRQ PUT OUT OF USE Disturbance Extends fo Beloit, Wis., Peoria, Rockford, Joliet, Galena,' Moline, Springfield, -III., Janesville, Wis., Davenport, Dubuque, la., and Muskegon and Kalamazoo, Mich Panic in Some of the Schools. two shocks, the first shock being the I more violent. oooooooooooooooo o o O GENERAL ALARM OF O O FIRE IN CHICAGO O o o O Chicago, May 26. 3 p. m. A O O general alarm of fire has been O O turned In from the Schwarz- O O schitd &. Sulzberger Packing O O plant at the stock yards. The O O plant occupies an Immense O O building covering two blocks. O O The fire broke out in the lard O O plant, a nine-story structure of O O brick. Every available fire en- O O glne was called to the 6cene by O O repeated call. O O Fire hundred men and girls O O were working In the building O O when the flames burst out, but O O all are said to have escaped, O O O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BULLETINS. oooooooooooooooo o o O Chicago. May 26. A distinct O O earthquake shock was "felt O O throughout the northern part O , O of Illinois at 8:40 o'clock to- O O day. The motion was from O O north to south and lasted one- O O half minute. O O O O Aurora, .Ills., May 26. At O O S:40 o'clock this morning io- O O lent earthquake shocks, last-" O O ing ten seconds, were felt here. O O Buildings were shaken and O O fires followed. O O O O Milwaukee, May 2C. An O' O earthquake lasting about fijf- O O teen seconds, was felt here at O O S: 10 this morning. No damage O O is reported. . O O . O O BcJoiL iWs.. May 26. The O O entire Rock River Valley ex- O O perlenced an earthquake shock O O this morning at 8:30. All the O O college buildings rocked vlo- O O lently and houses throughout O O the city were shaken. Dishes O O rattled and people on tho O O street experienced difficulty in O O remaining ou their feet. O O O ooooooooooooooooo Chicago, May 25 A light earthquake earth-quake fhock, lasting only a few- seconds, sec-onds, was felt in the states of Indiana, In-diana, Illinois, Wisconsin. Michigan, Iowa and contiguous territory' beginning begin-ning at 8:41:30 o'clock this morning. Early reports covered a territory from Springfield, Ills,, through Davenport, Daven-port, Iowa, and Janesville, Wis., north to Muskegon, Mich. Reports of the vibrations, but recording no material damage, were received from the following fol-lowing cities. Belolt. Wis.; Peoria, Kcwauee, Rockford, Joliet, Dixon. Streator, Galena, Ga-lena, Freeport, Bloomington, Moline. Elgin, Aurora, Springfield, Ills., and from Janesville, Wis, Daenport and Dubuque, Iowa, and Muskegon and Kalamazoo.. Mich. t Throughout the territory affected, the only damage reported w-as of a minor nature Several small fires were started "by the overturning of stoves and many chimneys were . razed. Aurora, Ills., is said to have suffered particularly in this respect. In this city, the shock was generally gener-ally felt, but, in the great majority of cases, was attributed to the ordinary j causes, such as the passage of street cars, elevated trains, blasting in dls-tant dls-tant quarries or the passage of stnic- I tural Iron on big trucks through tho j streets. It was not until newspapers made tljeir appearance with the story that 'the public learned that it had passed through a natural phenomenon. phenome-non. Damage in Chicago, as elsewhere, w as confined to the breaking . of dishes, ornaments shakpn from mantel man-tel pieces or tables. In the outskirts of the city several small fires were started but were oasllV extinguished. Duiing the period of tho vibration It was almost impossible to get correct telephone connections on account of the swaying of the wires, damp from last night's rain, against each other. ; At Beloit.- Wis., all tho college buildings rocked violently and many persons experienced difficulty in remaining re-maining on their feet. At Joliet chairs and other light objects ob-jects were overturned and at Dixon gas fires were shaken ou!.. At South Haven and Benton Harbor. Mich . windows win-dows rattled violently and much china wap broken. At Dubiiquo, Io-.va, tho vibration ppemed to have the effect of two shocks. Davenport, Iowa, also frit |