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.[AST EXCITING DAY SIN'CE
GRANT *WAKD’3 FAILURE.
■ MBlItar Bald and » Humor of
■ Uoald'* Death-Manhattan Kle-
„ted Drops Forty l’olnts
-The Becovery, Etc.
MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 2«, 1887.--TWELVE PAGES.
VOL. LX 11, is 011 3. 5
Tool, June 21.—The Stock Ex-
this roorting became extremely
2 md excited, with heavy deolints.
eirktl opentd with a feeling ot coDtl-
in many stocks which Buttered so
itTMterday, and largo scpporllcg
wire given all over the room. In a
onenU. however, there was a veiy
GallicK apparent, and a report w»,
1 tint there had been a falling out be-
“ U Gould, Hassell 8*ge and Cyras
.1 At the same time Berdan of-
I iome heavy blocks of Manhattan
tfbicb were taken by Wright* Co.
V ihort period the s6les by Berdan
1 - Yooo shares, and Wiieht's
) 11,000 shares. Those
wen made at about 166,
j seon as Wright A Co's
Litre filled the price broke to 149J,
at that point Wenzesheimer * Co., had
elder, and they offered the stock
19 per cent, without making a sale.
,. lid nut ncoor until the price reached
ltd! of 3GJ per cent, from the opening
i Tne tuom was covered with brok-
itte decline brought oat selling or*
idl dieses of seoarities. Western
itirh held firm a long time, begin
about 11 o'clock, and in a quarter
.trdropped 8 per cunt. The tail in
lacks was correspondingly great
«uit (icitemunt ™ in tbe loan
; iters many inquiries were made
■ or call, bnt parlies who havo been
_,ct in loaning money refused to
■j imonnt, no matter bow email.
■ iicilenient reached its greatest
ihortly before noon, end a veritable
na developed, No attention was
./brokers to fractions in the sales
tjtbom, and the flao'.nations were
libit tales were sometimes from & to
cent, apart Stocks bought near the
I itre thrown over when tho break
d, tad this selling completely de-
J .peculation. Tho marking down
it and the delivery of ordere
Ibe clerks and messengers ns
tbe brokers, and tbe street
tbl ictne of moro excitement
bu been witnessed eince the May
U 1135, The greatest declines so far
Mere: Manhattan, 401 to 116; Mis-
Picille 11 per cent to 93 j; cotton seed
wot. to 39; Richmond Terminal, 7}
; .New England 6 to 45J, and Lake
ud Western S to 63). Tho room
/liepanic was filled with rnmora of
ids, and telegrams from all points
iid each other in rapid succession,
| ailing orders and inquiries about
nporta which were by tbl« Urns oir-
daUevertbecountry. Tholncreased
interest laved tbe room from a money
iby its demud for stocks for delivery,
1V. White and somo other large opt -
eotired tho market and began
Ireely. They soon Rath-
> large following, and buying
tbe market almost rapidly as it bad
Stock* took h ng jumps back to
former prices. Manhattan recovered
~«nb of its loss, and other stocks
• I recover.d about half tbs doclino
ft No failares are annonneed os a
! the break.
Oonld was in hiB ofllo, at 195 Broad-
* 1145 p. m., and is perfectly well.
*«, George Gould, was seen by on
dd Press tepirter, and asked about
ton of bis father's death. He Baid
(•dawere malic! me falaehoods, oiron-
taaffsettbeatockmarket. Th redoes
to bars been any good reason for
', ud it was solely dne to a bear
■Kitad by fslae rumors of Gould's
'ud tbe embarrassment of prominent
I'M.-A reporter of the associated
I’m jut Men Ur Gonld in bis office.
|«t.d famished him with tho follow-
'hr, »Uch he had jast sent to John
THE COLLEGE AT AUBURN BURNED.
The Great Building and Ite Valuable Col
lections Deatroyed.
Montgomery, Ana., Jnno 24.—A special
to the Advertiser from Anbnrn reports tho
burning of tho State Agrionltnral snd
Mechanical College with tho chemical
laboratory and apparatus. The buildiug
originally oost over sixty thousand dollars.
Tho insurance was thirty thousand dollars.
A new building will be eroded at once.
Montoomebt, Ala., June 21.—The burn
ing of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Anbnrn to-day was a great ca
lamity. The institute was established under
a grant by Congress of lands tojfonnd snob
colleges In the several States, ‘its annual
income from this source is $20,000, and
$10,000 from tho State. The buildings wero
given to tho State by tho Methodist church,
and originally coBt $85,000. Tho splendid
chemical laboratory, with a museum of his
tory, geological and botanical oabincts, and
apparatus of all sorts had been gathered
through many years, and wero exceedingly
valuable, man) of the cabinet specimens
being very rare. The total valne of tho ap
paratus, cabinets and oontents destroyed
was over ono hundred thousand dollars,
she building with its improvements was also
valued at one handrtd thousand dollars.
All is a total loss, excopt a little chemical
apparatus and the contents of tbe treas
urer’s and president's oflioes. The fire
broke not about 4 a. m. In the State chem
ical laboratory, wbloh bod been used the
day before. Tho first assistant in this de
partment sleeps In the building, and at 12
o’clock last night made an examination and
found all right everywhere. No
doubt is rntertained that ' the
fire was caused by rats gnawiDg
matches. The insnranca is $30,000, in tho
following companies: JEtno, of Hartford,
S5.000: Royal, of Liverpool and London,
$2,S00; Home,of New York. $5,000; Georgia
Home, of Colnmbns, $2,500; Capital Oity.jof
Montgomery, $2,500; Merchants’ and Trad
ers', of Now Orleans, $2,500; Hartford,
$2,500; North British Mercantile, $7,600.
Tho bnildiDg will bo replaced at enee. The
Mecbanio laboratory in a separate building
was uninjured.
THE CIVIL SERVICE FRAUD. I GKEAT fire£tlouisville. | GERMANY AND FRANCE;
CONSTERNATION AMONG THE DE
PARTMENT EMPLOYES.
| Several Thousand Hog-heads of Tobacco
and Four Warehouses Destroyed.
Louisville, Jane 25.—The most deatruc-
I tive fire that has occurred here in years
broke on'in the tobac 'o quarter at ltd.
\ o'clock this morning. Tho ontiro square
THE STRAINED RELATIONS BE
TWEEN THESE OLD ENEMIES.
Old and Competent Clerks in Danger of “ °, 1ULK sue em.ru square T he Residence of Gormans lu Franco Only
Losing Their Places for Want of | b l™ C “.“‘‘““^s^'“u Made Possible by the Frankfort
Treaty—Freuch Agitators In
Alsace-Lorraine.
Knowledge Not Necessary
to Their Duties.
Tenth streets was the sceno of tho fire, and
two acres of bnildings with their contents
were lOBt. Tho loss is estimated at fully
half a million and tbe insurance cinn't be
Washington, Jnno 25.—The Star to-night obtained for weeks yet. The papers of va-
saje: Nothing authoritative can be learned I r ’ ons “ rms »ro in safes in the debris,
about the recent examinations for promo-
| ,. rri -,. uuu These will havo to be recover^ and tho
tion in the quartermaster general’s^office. I ^ vo „ U* 0Man d hogshoads of tobacco checked
tinder the new civil service roles, bnt there IJ 1 !* before Accurate figures are known h “
The
box from which tbo alarm waa turned in
was defective, and as a resalt tbe flames
were almost beyond control when the en-
Ih-j lir*> a as incendiary, it
is a well-founded report afloat, which re
ceives credence in department circles, that
out of thirty-eight clerks bnt ten passed the .
examinations successfully. It is said that 8 m * 8 «rivtd,
correot answers to many of the questions I * 8 if
afcked wonld in no way show the efficiency
of the clerks, and that the very questions
which wonld be easy enough for a yonng
u.4!i nr won.nil frt sh fr.*m school wen* tbo , .
greatest stumbling blocks to tbe oldest ° on,d baT “ B Vl'j od ' The flames spread with
It broke oat in tbo middle ot tbe block at
tbo rear eud of tbe Market street end of the
Boone warehouse There were no lights or
fire of any kind from wbioh th<> rt .mos
efficiency, became they had given their at
tention for many years to official duties
and not to school dnties. It Is said that
one man employed In the disbursing clerk’s
'ffice made no attempt to answer the math*
fearfnl rapidity. Tho limner tobacco
warehouse and Sawyer, Wallace A Co. ware
house, both fronting on Main street, wero
quickly enveloped in flames. Threo ware
houses mentioned occupy nearly a wholo
mI:■ ,tr,-,, i >,il were closely puked with
ematioal questions asked, and yet he wns | hogsheads oHobaeoo.^bawyer^ \\ oUaoe^ A
always regarded as a competent clerk and *
kept his accounts correctly. It is claimed
that a majority of the competitors were so
Co.’s, house it a branch of a big New York
firm. Tbe firemon coaid do very little.
The heat was interne and the inflammable
flamed by a realization of the danger 0 f materisl was entirely too far beyond eon-
failure to.t they could not do justice to I tr0 >- All that oonld be done was to save
soisoent reetdenoes and business bloeks.
No lives were lost, though several narrow
esoapes were had. Sawyer, Wallace A Co. 's
were so'overoome'with few “and nervouV-1 warehouse, 69 Main street, was owned by
themselves. Ladies in particular were at a
disadvantage. Thou who had families de
pendent upon their earnings for support
A TRAGEDY OF THE MINES.
ness at the danger of bdng]tbrown out of Glover. It was a solidly built brick
employment th.t they were mode slok, and b ““" n «u“ 1““““® *tra<>taro, and valued
in one or two instances fainted and had to I at *20,UU0. It was partially insured. In
be carried home. Tho clerks begin to feel £• warehouse were 2 «0 hogshoads of to-
that there is no donbt that the promotion I baooo, worth .R om *120,000 to $12o,000.
examinations will afford ample opportunity AU of tho tobacoo was destroyed. I ho
for the discharge of all employes whoso ser- ! took was wtU i ? 8 " r * d ; r . Tho Boom ware
vices aro to be dispensed with at the end of bouse was owned by Thomas H. Glover,
tho fiscal year in accordance with law. In- a ? d 7a ' n ,?J ataboat , U 00nttt 1 i 1 ned ,
deed, itis said that the Civil Kervice Com- ab .°, n ‘ 1 -°°° hogsheads of tobacoo, all of
missioi will soon be called upon to desig- 7,n C ^w[ U .°° D .\ U n™^n. W8 ,? i7° r i^ * r0I j
uate scholarly bnt inexperienced persons I **2o,000 to $12o,000; partially InBnred
to All tbe places of tried and efficient clerks ° n botb bnildings and tobacoo. The
. * ....... .I Kannnr vnrnnnnan Wfifl ntnut
Five of the. Imprisoned Mon In Virginia tu uu tuo uibuoo ui meu uuuuuucut vaciAt ■ _ . .
City Mlne» Found Dead- who ate somewhat rusty in arithmetic and ? ftn ? T er „ 522“®?^
_ » .sr.i * 1 M- ParrUh & uo., valued at about
Yiboinu Nev., Jane 25—la addition to g^grapny. » -- *
the six men imprisoned by fire in the Best maxiko the examinitions more severe.
and Beloher mine, five men are sbnt eff
from escape in the CUO-foot level and fonr
men in the 400-foot level ot the Gould and
Carry mine, making in all fifteen miners
imprisoned. Little hope Is entertainod of
Having the men on the 400-foot level. En
gines sro busily ongagod in pnmping air to
the levels where tbe miners are imprisoned.
Thousands ot persons snrronnd the mines
and the most inienso excitement prevails.
No effort is being made to pat ont the fire,
os it is impossible to nsoertain where it is.
Laieu.—A rescuing party has finally
managed to reach the C<X)-foot level, bnt
thoy found the five minersdead. They hid
evidently been asphyxiated whilo endeavor-
1 g to escape. The miners have not yet
been able to do anything toward tbe rescue
of the men imprisoned in tbe Best and
Belchor mine. The names of tho dead
men are John Tronnce, J. Morgan, R. C.
Brnee, W. O. Carpenter and Andrew Bean.
Morgan was married only a few weeks ago
and it is feared that bis widow will lose her
reason In oonseqaenoe of his death.
Vieginia Cm, Nev., Juno 25.—Unavail
ing efforts wore repeatedly made to-day to
reseno the six miners entombed in tbe
imrning Gonld and Carry mine lu which
fivo miners lost their lives last night. The
firo won extinguished about noon to-day,
at d a cage waa sent down, bnt was driven
back after it bad reached the 1,000 foot
ievol. Relays of miners are tunneling
through from tbe Consolidated Virginia
mine, and they expect to reach the imrris-
onid miners by noon to-morrow. The
damage to the mine from the fire is very-
slight. It it known that the Imprisoned
men were alive a'2 o'clock this morning,
which fact has occasioned gre t energy on
tho part of the relief parties, who are mak
ing superhuman efforts, in the hope that
the entombed men may still be alive when
the tnnnel is completed.
$7,000 and belonged to the undivided
Tne secretaries of looal ivfl servies ^ UponUimd about GOOIhogsheads of
boards at several of the large cities, called l ° b »°“' Y “> n ' d etfomtlOOOOtoMfi.m
here to confer with the Civil Service Com-1 *? thought that the legations that will
mission, with a view to establishing a uni- bo brought about by the firo will bo some-
form system of examination throughout the thing .astounding. ^Lorillnrd A Co., and
country and to exchange views upon quca-1 ii?m. 0t «. b wafi 6 n^hlrf
tons affecting the civil service eystc-m, oon-1 borkand wc , 89 ° tber8 >
eluded their services this afternoon. One I bought a lorge lot of ^baoco In thlsmsi-
of tho most Important questions discussed k , et , 5 r A a , y ’
was that of amending the present ml os |
i to provide toi the examina.
tion and marking of paperB
applicants for positions anywhere in
tho customs or postal service by tbe pres
ent boor 1 r.f examination loostod in Wash
ington, enlarged by a permanent detail
of ono or more efficient officers from several
of tbo more important local offices in tbo
country. It is claimed that by this system
ot examination of papers uniformity in
marking and greater promptness wonld be
secured, and that ii would relieve the sys
tem of all suspicion even of favoritism, hs
applicants wonld be known hero only by
number, the n.me in noinatanco beingper-
milted to accompany tbo papers. It is also. ... ..
said that in view of their other duties I gr«to'ate the country that the fl.gs are to
basing their claim upon some technicality.
TIIE CAPTURED FLAGB.
Iletolutions Adopted by Veterans of the
Army of the Foi
New Yonx, June 25.—An erroneous state
ment was telegraphed on Wednesday from
Saratoga, as to the disposition made by tho
Army of tbo Potomao of the resolutions in
troduced t>y various members touching the
battle flogs. It waa asserted that all these
rcsolatioim were laid npon the table,
correct statement wonld have been that &11
were laid npon tbe table oxoept those offer
ed by Corporal Tanner. Theso were passed
without one dissenting vote. They oon-
the timo at tbe disposal of the present ex
amination board for the pnrposo of passing
and marking examination papers is entirely
inadequate. Mr. Mason, secretary of the
Now York cnetom house board, Mr. Post,
of tbe New York poat-ofllce board, and Ur.
Donovan, of tho Chleago custom home
remain in tbe keeping of the national au
thorities, and prononnee them holy relios
which Bhonld not be bnrnod nor given
away, but preserved, that they may remind
future generations of tbe awfnl sacrifice of
tho civil war, and inspire them with devo-
board, were appointed a committee to pre
sent in writing the views of the secretaries
upon this subjeet. The secretaries unanl-
mouily favored raising the minimum as
the standard of eligibility to office from <5
Tbe following are the resolutions intro
duced by Corporal Tanner:
“Resolved, That the Society of the Army
of the Potomao congratulates the country
at large that in obedicnoe to a sentiment
e.
irac
j.M
up 0 ?]
ceo'
PP*J'
'•bulletin yon are putting ont that
'took is in lonnB is a msli-
. tdaebood. Not ono share of
I Mbastton is in loans or has had
I 1 ®*, ,»u the back; nor do
JJ_*«ilg|lar in tbe world. Yon should
Jeentrodiot Yonrt truly,
,. “Jat Gould.' 1
«****••*» further, that the story
Cyrus W. Field had quart, lied
<; last be and Mr. Field were as
»s ever. The mmor that
I, .* ,f ouMs is also baseless.
i* 1-10 to l fer diem,
: _ .“8* >» quoted as haeieg said
n™!®* esMcrtrom ibis time on.
Minus to ndv .noo slightly, not-
nig. heavy rate for money.
* ho 6to ® k board seems
rjfidiy.
puzzled to soeonnt for the
t a. i* HI'* 1 decline could oconr
PsEPl!* 8 Ibe bail
I «KliV. f < I ^ ‘“derbllt and Pniiodel-
luaJk a 1 * ' ak »n up stocks which
VeJ.,, . “ d rt| i-*til the holders
[ail rr.i y n * eevBfidnn them. Cy rus
(•OWiIi a/®®!** •'dd. nad t.ktn np
fcoiua a “ b8tlaa 8tock - ««‘ d end
J , , 'tiuir. df0, k Ul# d^nectnees of tho
fc, Uoo, "fi“. a d8.‘ge dU ‘ R " tmen *
■Miggbj*** 24 -Bi-cretery Fair-
«t 1J0 o’clock that
with As.i*tant Press-
tba.^"^ ,,k 10 k *' , P bio1 io -
'••neSlim.. 0 lt eff airs to Wall
Uuttt., y , Jibing Seri,as ahonld
B’baoa r ?? . b ® bed heard nothiog
I s * •uu^j! ll ^ n ' f unaaaim •<. He said
t. « IbU hour did not
Wre »n, u ,Utanoe from
• 'Umaled very plainly
f*Mhoiix»ih 10 • ttm ta-mioentbe
file P'vpayment of the in
rb'.OCKj 0 I, '■ •hick wonld rdeaai
‘‘wSi el*o .aid that if ‘
b* wonld offer
» Ikr.?’ *“bo»t rebate, the $19.
t - ceuL bonds uj*tanng
<b * n that ®f »
■W***»i|7;Ul-afford to iBire.
IS «* a l,‘. b, C oo-
lig>».>ia£*»fieMdruii
-t,k. l tt*a*rly a. It
*-*i*StjCallstm! worn All
FIGHTING ON THE BORDER.
A Bloody Battle Between KmUEflers ami
River Guards.
Galveston, Juno 26.—A dlipateh from
Eagle Pass to tha News says: Intelligence
was reotlved here at a late hour last night
that a sanguinary conflict was In progress
between the river guard and smucglors at a
point fifteen miles below Piedraa Negros, in
iltzioo. Tbo coufliot Is still in progress.
A scouting party of river guards and policm
men, numbering twenty-five, surprised
a band of about twenty smugglers
well armed, with a cavalcade of twenty
pack mules. Tho smugglers at once showed
fight end at the flr.t volley two guards fell
dead and fonr had their bones killed un
der them. The guards then fell bock and
dispatched a cornier to ^I'l^ras ^N5groa for
rciututee&ieuU. la the meant-me - - “
smugglers fell back toward the Rio
Grande, with the evident purpoac of cross
ing the river to the American side, from
which they were distant about eight
miles. The smugglers in their
retreat kept np a desultory ikirmiih with
the reinforced guards, who era pressing
them in the re%r. When it became appirent
that the design of the contrabandlite was to
seek ref age ou American soil toe Mexican
authorities notified CollectorTbrokold, who
sent a posse of mounted Inspectors from
this city to intercept them A brisk fight
is expected. A Mexican guard arnved in
Piedrae Negrai late ihU evening from the
scene of addon and reparta the fight .till »
progress end one or more of the gnerds eke
killed. Tho loos of the smokers Is not
known.
TI1B LOUISVILLE DRILL.
The Montgomery Compentra Take Two
the Three I’rlaea.
Louisville, June 24.-The Inter-FUte
drill at the lair ground* drew l*W»<
between fonr tnd flve Uioiuand P“P ,# f®*;
terdny. It Is thonght to bo a very close
race betw. en the Monigomety Greyo and
the Louisville Light InUniry for the fint
prize of *2,000, eith the Montgomery True
^'louuvulle, June K-tameU.. crowd,
were present at the M*mu«i>i. c ®'‘ b ”‘!?“^
Oeotnl Park ‘=> d ; y '. Ji® ' Ti° fl,kt ori/ -
SfartgxttlSgS
! *750. by th . M jutgom.ry True Blmw. TU
' b - 18 0( LdVKeSir!
ptny ru»kmg Jf, me eet-juu
81 per cent.
to irexccpt to euc B U plac4s i. reqalm.p^Ul v«t}y dominant throughout the hand the
technical quoliflcationi. They also favored battle banners wrestsd by the valor of our
the diacontinnance of the lorty-flve-year , fj!°“ Vl 6 .
limitation as to tbe oge of olerka in general, ®f a gallant foe, are to remain, os the law’of
ncept in special cases, and also to raise the th® land pro vidos.forevermore^nnder the
Mrrierh fromhix'teen to°twonty a ona^ Ttmse Cy^ho^rmnatitate^nuthoritto^of tSonation!
ri^”t lsTaU a« aharTdYtf by the^CivU "‘'Resolved, That while in th. days when
.. w . n _ i ill * _ I WO IPIlt htpn 1
Havlce^CommijBsion.who willsoon place «'^pt step to the martial mn.le of the
tho matter before the President for his ap-1 u ad ? D > * beI ? eeenoa of camp and field and
provol^H
BLOODSHED THREATENED.
all the dread accompanimenta of deadly
strife entered so largely into onr daily
life, these banners floated at the head
ot rebel eolnmna, they aro nevertheleaa
Citizens will llealat the Payment of Bomla hol y re n ca 0 j onr comn ion people. Bravo
for Which They Got no Benefit. m6n j/fl pj keep them ailo.it, brave men
Louuvilu, Jnno 24.—United (Rates died to bring them down. They shall not
Marshal Gross retnrned from Taylor be bnrnod, they shall not be lightly given
oonnty, Ky., where he went to take the sway by those who in no senso can enter
initiatory step* to colleot taxes for the pay- into the feeling of either those who by tbe
mentof tbe county railroad bonds of the exercise of heroism unexcelled were en-
Cumberland and Ohio railway, in accord- abled to lay them aa trophies at the feet ot
anco with a judgement istned by Judge Abraham Lincoln, or those who only enr-
Howell Jackson at a recent term of the | tendered them after a heroic defense, which
but enhanced tbe glory of their capture,
for Northern meu [and tjouthern,
Union men all to-day,
mand for those flags such care
Will insure tncir prescrv.tion. mis m or
United States Court. He reports the citi
zens of that county lu a very bad temper | for
and determined not to piy Ibe taxes.
The threat was made that the mandate
ot the ecnrt oonia not be executed unless
at the cost of many lives. Manholl Gro6a I d«.r that generations yet to come may see
is determined to execute the judgment aid them, not in hnmilietion,bnt to the end^thst
collect tbe taxes. He returned to the city each contemplation may produce reflection
this evening to consult with the United npon the awfal sacrifice through which we
States diatriot attorney, leaving a deputy have preached onr high plane of national
on the gronnd. There is great excitement existence and cause a firm resolve that
at Campbellaville, the county seat of Tay- through all their lives these generations
Copyrighted 18S7 by New York Associated Frebs
Beiilin, Jane 25.—Tho prisoners Keooh-
lin and Bleck, who were recently oonvioted
of treason in belong! og to the French Patri
otic League, were to-dny transferred from
Leipsio to Magdeburg fortress, and their as
sociates, Sebittermsn and Trap, to Grstz,
where they will remain nntll tbelr periods
of detention expiro. Tbo government has
heard nothing of the alleged application of
France for tbeir releasoor commutation of
their sentence,^tnd no approach at negotia
tions concerning them has been made In
any form. If the French government bad
taken such an imwi-u ht.-p a
t&nces, Bismarck wonld oertainly have
guored tbo application. The opinion
thronghout Germany is that tbe prisoners
have been itniently treated, and may yet
have their sentences modified, bnt their
only chance of obtaining a commutation is
in tho eeesntion of the Patriotio Leagno
ngitation, and in their making a direct ap
peal for mercy to the Emperor. The tone
of the Frenoh press in demanding the re-
leaso of Kooohlin, on the unmnd that he
is a Frenoh ottizen and officer, and was
aotborized by the German government to
reside in Alsace-Lorraine, together with
threats of retaliation on German anbjeots
in France, tonds to tho increase of sever-
ities against French malcontents in Ai-acc
Lorraine-. The position of the
Germans in France has booome
under sooial persecution barely
tolerabio. They would bo bunted ont of
tbo country altogether bnt for tbe protec
tion gnara'-teed them under tbe Frankfort
treaty, which debars tbe French govern
ment from placing n prohibitive impost
upon Germans resident in France. Mess
nres for the repression of tho French els
meat in Alsace-Lorraine have boon forced
npon tho Berlin government, which, how-
evor, has never gone to the length of pre
venting French citizens from tr dioa with
Frenoh residents in Reichsland. French
manufacturers and traders, so long as they
are not associated with politiosl conspira
tors, nro treated there on the same fooling
with Germans. In Franoe German traders
are now being stamped ont. Tho latest
antl-Germun projection, of whioh tho Ber
lin officials lias been advised, is a pro
posal before the Chamber of Deputies mak-
Dg foreigners resident in France, who may
he membors of an association hostile to
Frenoh interest-*, liablo to fine and to im
f irisonment and cxpnUioo. The proposal
h capable of snch elastic intorpraU>tior« as
to oover all Germans sojourning m France.
If tbe measure is supported by the govern
ment it will be sssnmed here to be directly
hostile to Germany, and will lead to an en
ergotic remonstrance as a breach of tbe
Frankfort treaty. Tbe Offioial Gazetto for
Relohsland, in contradictiog French fables
abont the huppresslon of foreign traders
and Frenoh mannfactnreia in Alaaoo-
Lorraine.defines clearly what tbo German
government alms to accomplish. It deolares
that tbe government’s desire is to foBter all
commercial activities, and to take only snch
measures as may bo necessary to maintain
pnblio peace and weaken influences tending
to retard the rennlon of Alsace-Lorraine
with Germany. This statement is in har
mony with what is happening iu Alsace
Lorraine. Tbe officials there strictly oh
servo tbe rnle of non-lnterferenoe, even
In the oase of notorious French
rualoontents, unless acta really in detianoe
of law are committed. French Bgents am
swarming In Reichsland, and have the ut
most lieanso to drive their trade, althongb
suspected of often abusing their facilities.
Tne social sensation of the week has been
the verdict ot the officers of the oonrt
honor in the caso of Major Ulnze, aocmed
of omitting to challenge to a duel his politi
cal opponent in the Reichstag election, who
during the election campaign aapened his
honor 'a an officer. Major Hinze was re
tired from the army on a pen
Hton and wears two orders
wan on the field of battle. He waa a Pro
gressist deputy in the late Reiobstag.
opposed tho S.ptonnale and favored the
short service system. He beoime intensely
unpopular among his former brother
officers, who denounced him during the
electoral straggle as nnfit to bear an army
title or wear orders. He prosecuted his
slanderer in a court of law and obtained a
sncceaslal verdict, whereupon the staff
officers of the Guards Oorps appointed a
court of honor, whose decree deprives
Hinze of the right to the title
of Major and to wear the uniform
of the urmy. The Emperor has confirmed
GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO.
lor conhty. Tte amount of taxes involved
is $18,000 in Ibis particnlar cose, though
tho total amount dne bondholders from
other countries amount to abont $26,000.
The road was never bnilt.
will stand solidly for tbe Union, peace and
fraternity.'’
A TERRIBLE TEXAS TRAGEDY.
An Insane Barkeeper Shoots ills Best
Friend Dead.
Forr Worn, Tex , June 23.—W. T.
Prepayment of July Interest.
,ane . d 26 —Secretary Fair-1 Qrigkby, proprietor of tho Unique Sample
child this afternoon telegraphed to all as- r0 om«. became suddenly insane lost night
aiatant treasurers directing the payment of Itom brooding over financial troubles. He
Ju<y interest checks end eotipoc. upon 6tood i can t ng 8 on Us safe befe.ro i crowd of
presentation. Many of tbe interest checks friendJi wUh , 45 calibre revolver,
[or registered bond, were mailed in advenes miklng elaborate preparations for knfeide
in anticipation of this action, so aa to fa- and keeping the crowd et bav with the
cdiUtetU payment. The effect will bo L ei0in th 8 “te n in“ to UU en"y Th7t £
f,0 T ^‘ h ®‘ a M, rc “^ r !t*°, f ? b0n preached. D. B. Kennedy, hi.beet friend,
* m® j? Ure8t came Into the saloon at the time, end rnn-
cbecks will be mailed to-day. bimiler ao D j cg towards Grigsby, said: “He shan't
iron has heretofore been taken by the de- t* flowed to kill Urns ■
pertinent when ths occasion demanded, bnt w jn rhye hj m
it sometimes bsj ptntd thst authority for
their payment before matnrity w** with
htld.
Negroes KJrcted from the While Cnr,
Avoi’hta, Ga., June 25.—Two colored i
men, father and non, from !- -ton, took I
n<-nU in a (init-rU-* white c»r of the (»eor- j
railro-id fast tnun from Atlanta to An- j
k’ntitA. Tte condnctor rtqnfstfd tfcft-m to;
Uke S6AU :n tte or provided for oolor ‘ 1
pecpl
■bow « f force wmade to *j*-et them,
wfcen they took tbe state twfgntd them by t , t m , 4 , t ,
the conductor. { destination by r»il.
be allowed to kill himself, poor fellow. I
will nave him." Not heeding the command
to h-ilt, Kennedy prtated on and wm shot
through tha heart The manino taw what
he had done end sank to the floor
moaning: •*Iue gbllo a «. the g A low«,* I im
going to the gallows." lie n-
mnniAO.
An Mr 111 to m
New Oeleash, Jane 26.—Tne lhcaynne'a
N«tcti / hprcial *h\h Th- Siefti; * r Paris
C. Brown blew ont her c>linder and cr<$ck>
hi *- k • y refnaed to do, nntll a | ed her abi$fi jnat bflow here, r ec<teaiUti' g
her return to New Orleaa-i. .She land*®!
her pamengfrn and they proceeded to their
11 d* th* degradation of although there
au Q* ^ t c i aUie f n tho criminal code applying
fnnAllytn snldif-ra and rivillians. which
foirbids challenging to a duel under a pen
alty of six month*’ imprisonment. This
decision pots the stamp ot highest authori
ty on dueling as a laudable custom, pre
vailing over the law forbidding it.
The Emperor has completely recovered.
Yesterday he resumed bis custom of ap
pearing at a window to return tho greet
ings of the multitude that daily gathers in
front of the
Three Mm Killed.
Mexico. Mo., Jane 25—Three men were
walking along the Cbieago and Alton track,
which parallel* the Wabusb, and stepping
over the Utter to avoid a Chicago and Alton
tr*in they were struck from behind by a
Waba«h train which tb?y did not see ap
proaching, and two were killed. Tbe man
who is alive is badly hurt. He give his
name aa George Adam*, of Chicagj. He
said one of hU companlona wm named Hart
and the other he only knew by the name
of Jim Adams cannot llva.
Th© Yellow Fever at Key Writ*
Washington, June 25.—Instructions
have been given to Passed Assist tnt Sar-
geon Qiiteras, of the marine hospital serv
ice, who is now in K*y West,to m ke scien
tific inveHti^dtion of tbe nature of tbe dis-
«:«#*« prevailing in that city, especially with
reference to the spectroscopic condition of
H * r * v »ng j the blood. Itis txpected that the rtfagee
tUtion to beesta ; Imbed at Kgmont will ba
ready for nne next week. A Urge number
of tcuU will be transferred from New Or
leans to tbe iUtioo.
TheDentructlonof huIimneniie Packing: Ea-
tAbllshinent Chum** a LohmoT W1 /JRO.OOO.
Chicaoo, June 26.—Early this morning
one of tho employes of tbe Chicago Packing
And Provision Company discovered fire in
the tank room. In a few minutes one of
tho tauks e xploded scattering burning Urd
all over adj icent buildings and a dozen
separate Arts wore soon burning. Tho de
struction of tho immense establishment wan
nearly complete, though the firo watt under
control this evening, fourteen and a-half
hours after it started. The firo is still
mouldering. Loss, $1,250,000.
Tho Chicago Packing and Provision Com
pany's works occupy about six acres of
ground, but tho lire v/iih kept within the
district bounded by Fortioth street, Centre
avenue, Forty-second street and the rail-
roul tracks. This territory contained four
large buildings. The mAin buildiug was
three hundred by fonr hundred and seven-
tutj-tivc feet, in it a portion of the killing
as done, and tho hanging, ontting, pack
ing, curing and other work incidental to a
slaughtering establishment. Except tho onr-
iiii/ mom. in which wore l'.UKK'.UOu pounds
of'short ribs, these buildings are a total
lot8 The caring room, 1G0x4OO foot, and
fonr stories high, lost its roof, but tho stone
firn walls saved i'B contents, a portion of
them in a roasted condition. Ou tbo east
File of tbo main building was a warehouse,
120x100 f et, with four stories and base
ment. The two upper floors at the south
end wereused for killing purposes. Iu tho
warehouse were 17,000 turrets of mess pork
belonging to Armour & Co. Tbe building
and much of the pork were destroyed.
About 3,000 live hogs were in the building
when tho fire started, but the company’s
employes succeeded in getting most of
them out, but between six hundred and
Ri ven hundred hogs were burned alive In
the bnildiDg, Bick of the main building
wero the fertilizing factory, 100 feet (square,
and the engine houso, 50x65 feet. Roth
structure^ were burned completely.
'lhe fact that no wind was blowing when
the firo startod was probably the ouly cir
cumstance that saved the entire stock yards
from destruction. No porson seems to know
the origin of the fire. Several saw the blaze
simultanoonsly as it went through the roof
of the tank house. Tho lUmcn begun rap
idly to eat tbeir way directly across the
building. Though tbe fire department was
quickly at tho scene, the fire had gained a
volume that no amount of water could re
duce. Hugo sweeping circles of flames were
whirling npward with a roar that conld be
beard for blooks away. Twenty engines and
every reserve in tbe yards wore soon t>r« UKht
in play. All efforts of the firemen and
hundreds of stccky aids’ employ en wero
bent toward keeping tho conflagration con-
tinni to tbe works of the Chic ig) company.
Whilo one little squad of firemen were
standing In a freight car playing on the
tank room, tho tanks exploded, and n heavy
beam came crashing through the oar.
riinarihing Pip inau lUker'n ankle and
knocking E liott unconscious. Soon after
wards tbo waiU of tho houso tumbled to
tbo gronnd, dUclosi' g a great heap of mess
pork. P. D. Armour immediately set a
hundred men to work removing
tho meat. Charred humls of
it wero rolled out and carted
way. The little army tramped over hngA
piles of looi>e pork, and carried big chunks
of it out on tlio railr )ad tracks, whore it
was thrown i.i bcup* Two wheeled carts
and big four wheeled trucks were loaded
from th» ho hoH|.4 like garbage wagons from
tbe gutter. Mr. Armour watched tho mans
of pork and cinders being cleared away
whdo bis manager stood on an elevation of
mens pork and superintended the work.
The oarc tMK' ri of hogs roasted whole, the
charred bodies a shupeless mass of cinders,
were mingled with piles of briok,
blickomd bonus and incinerated
barrels, AHer tbe flames had
oounnmed m nt of the wood work of the
buildiug. 1 he firo made way into the
nr. iu inouiiitri ot burning meat. Smoko
thick with the fume* of r lasting |>ork rolled
over tbe stock pens and drove into tbe eyes
of the firemen. Falling walls fill'd the air
with particM'ri of bri.k dust, blinding and
suffocating the men. Thoy wero at time*
cwutpflled to leave tli- ir hose and plunge
thtir heads into buckeUlof water. Then they
sit in turns with handkerchiefs dipped in
water on th»ir swollen eyed ids, cr bathed
th*ir bliaUrcd checks with dirty water.
PerhripM tbo most exching kcene of tho
day Wits prettentod when tho men.who wero
attempting to drive through covered runa
ways the live hog* in tho upper stones were
forced by the llirces to deai«t. Below
were scores cf workmen r >iiing«m figwrels
f pork. Down on the crowd pelTineU
leaped dozens of affrightid animals from
windows or sprang through open
hatchways. Men who bad braved
tie firms fled from the falling hoga and
atadiiUnce watched for glimpnen of tho
squealing brutes that crazed with pain wero
m-itiug madly about in th<ir tail-prison of
of tire About 200 barrels of pork wero
saved before the bogs commerced jumping.
D (ring the afternoua the firemen
g*ve uer a'tcutiuu to saving the abort
ribs In th curing room, wnue a number
were imide tbo building one of the diviai
lls fell, severely injuring J. A. hr
jtt
Th -mas Murpbey, W.
Hite,
Nichols and Thomas Elliott. Mu
captain
valued bis 17,000 barrels of p rVt^$3bT) Q -
0O> IIjFai l that with ftud
*mrari'« w w u d corny out tven, but was
unable to give the amountH of insurance.
Tho plant of tho Chicago Packing and Pro-
viuiou Compaiy wa* valued at $300 0.4)
and tho atock at $i 00,000. A lx/ge portion
of the st< ck in store belonged to other par
ties and the lois will be sustain* d by them.
Abouthnlf of tbe Cbicigo Patckiug and
Provision Company’s 2.500 employee will,
b© thrown uut ot work. Fireuran Michael
Murphy died to night.
A Fire at Jack«unvll!e,
Jaccsokvii.i.k, Juno 25.—A fire broke ont
la-it ntg'it at 11 o’clock, totally destroying
tbe 1 go brick block at the corner of Bay
and C .y H.net*. occupied by Clark A Lof-
tn-'. furniture; Watson A Co., drug*, and
Stifle Brotht-ra, leather. Tbe lo** on the
bcildm > \ 1 ht< «-k in insurance
ibotiHOOJO. It to supposed thra* nun
who w«.re in the building trying to havo
vj.-h 11.y xalh era 1 bed ;n were
killed. Their names axe unknown. Hix
others were hurt from tho same oaune. non**
j fatally.
Rrath of a
| Fire Im New Orlran*.
| New Oar.xi.H», Jane 25—h uith 4 Jami-
; eon's cotton Kwaefj ami pickery, with its j Meltoi
erateats, togethst with sered sfijacent
I bmlJicg., burneti to-day. Lon. 110,000.
i«*nt Preacher.
I-OIIHIMIIH, vx, Julu 20 lt*3V. J. a.
D. li..ecKwcM, D. D , pMior of the Mono-
m* u* .1 tburili i ( iui* city, diet! ©any this
m >r/.ir after a britf iilrj(?«R f of per ionitia*
J)r. B!a< k «r»ll wm C-, years cf age, and was
ry | rum.iient min«-ter in the Sauthem
t Church. Ha was on the street
twoda>«ago, and his »udden demU© is a
great shock to the community.