Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1877, Page 1

eee a THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except nanday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS cormer 11th etreet, ® The Brening Star Newspaper Company, & H. KRAUFFMANN, Pres’ - THE EVENING STAK t servet Oy carrars te mtucribers at Ten Cents per week, or Forty- four Cents per month Copies at the counter, Two Cents each. Sy mail_postage prepatd— Bixty Cents a month; one year, 4 Tax WErKLy com Priday— #2 8 year, postage pri 87 AL mubsersphons @wartably i advemes. WASHINGTON, D. C.. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1877 cs. TWO CE * TH NOK MMITTEE of the BOARD Of MAN | oS CHANGE the Koma on eontin ESLAY EVENING, sept Bail, | m. An important 'm: evVERY FUNDA ¢ aT4 0°CL a. attendan desired. jot the Mall. Merssaicg’ win active THE ALEXANDRIA Falk iy arp € ont paying only the regnlar admission fee (25 oe Fo CoN eee + cepts) to ibe MARY WABHINGR ROUTE € iT RNON. win conveyed to the K BITL NEW sini diene “Saba = 1 Sovwr re ee ty eo Ee 5 Ae 18 F sate commediogs steamer "Ais! Sexand ia, iy J y end th STOR ieeow carrsing pas Wt HOUT ADDITIONAL CHARGE. ‘The Mary Washineton ad viewer leave Washingson at 10 | rt th acd @ p.m, and alexande, at 4 acd te pee not walk ap | > __ 0 in one and-e-half miles, | Soe! | [SA Can M GALT £00, desire to 4 R i354 ir thanks to the fire and p lice de PR ments for their very eficient services at the fire & ter plaee of Dasines ening. Owing w the «Metercy of the fire department oar bn Wil not be interfered with in aby - = Se renay to trausuct busin LADIES’ Goops. mp2 ip You Wa ELEGAN DKE: GOSPEL MEETING EVERY SUNVAY AP IEA: iN LINCOLN Hac, OON, AT HALF &. THREE O'CLOCK, peeps RFS, GLova jo 3 BE Banking touse, c as thet $ 3 5 DEEBLE, Secrecary nt ES, 3.3. HUNT, eS ATT D STAND, No st Draw dnc WH SLATER ESS WATER eal Spring j } | * | F nts per B BATHOEN WAT&& «awe or MILBUEBN’S PHABMAOY, | 1429 Pexn. avenue, near Willard’s, } j | | t ue sy dickue ix that it ripens of the system, purifies @care. SCHENCK’S SEA-WEED TONIC, For the Cure of Dy ia, Indic fe ‘The Tonic pre be-ithy action of the stome | ach, crestin epetite, forming chy le, and curing the ios obstinate cases of Ludigestion. LRY 5. 1914 weer Jj, t Shona KE, SCHENCK 'S MANDRAKE PILLS, bor she Cure of Liver Complaint, &. scuemof the liver without the least dis ger. as tney CITIZENS AND NILIFART BOD? AND | 9° {eee trom calomel: acd yet more elicacious in re- SHOR MARPR PIANOS AND ORGAN: DY £OR BUSINESS. PALACE ora) D. McFAREAN, Dex woONEw Y hie, us erroie sees iver and F aweiens. win g 4 @ ba wh wariery GLASSE ia Also on FOTACLES, OF ERA icHabEs s, MIC? ANDER, * 1, W’S GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, 1225 Pennsylvania avenue. ‘Avings, Photogravares(a new German Photographs, Pores sf five Co ac Frames in every styie tor Porcelsine aud Photer Vertraits The public are invited t examine ch, in which will be found all the late publi- sof foreign b ber let will rs WM KNABE & con ‘itana Ni H E as e or SAMUBL G@ YOUNG, NOTARY PUBLIC, tf Orr Stak 2 bs % tome by the World « Fa on. my invented tur patenind EYEGLASS, mauata:: © I° See t F ff4ELO ou P process © Po ntinat | Kel @ fine stock of cenwrne Leather Good+, comprising Frames, Port- Portemonnis, Coaes, &¢.) Frames for Mirrors, Portraits snd_ Land. od all styles of Frames, Spanteh, French, ican Mapica. with or withont velvet or Prices. Hooks, Screw ngiv picture ed, honw by Competent workmen, LOW gives bis spect. nitertion to & sid restoring Oti Paintings. 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(limited), London. - 2 o POR SALE BY DEALERS, GROCERS AND pe i Pp apn aaah nl pels DkCGGIsTS ‘augii-mwfow dy | = ote nee be eal 2 : = Wha uigut,” gouvaagerraut ragared, | (,OLD'S HEATING APPARATUS, Istant atteadance a! oitfor da Ls = os fawtaat yw ben police t lograrhie commence. fcgin-e at tho tor to tarned fo at hoose. be regis erat at oles, can he eam: of men. No warchmsn can eo dety witha Be’ g feportel meat morning. We are the Meunfacturers of COLDS WARM-AIR FURNACES, and Unquestionably ‘st im Use. i Equel To Nog j te Red by bbors be oan summon aseistauce af SF Coil ond see the thing iteelf, and take a de- by tureing tm potice cal!, or if his ar sig 99's por pe let. Ba AT suspence!. s measeuger te sent to @/ HAN CELIZBS aod GAS-GIXTURES up "Es sctim T. Lb HUMB, Presttenr. ALE WHO VALUE THEIR SIGHT To huow tbe best oe Dollar g ds. Sea F cor. 2 street, ops- ye DEW DAViS’ SEWING MACHINE. . Gonts not» ted by of. Inepeetion ourtae old Dare wiil do well to SMITH, BINGE & Co. S26 1018 Pernsyleania aventior M. BISNER « cos a, hUrce STOMACH BITTRRS, (Boonekamp of Me 1 suffered for years wit! Dradeche, ¢ reestion of the blood tite, Lwas so weak and attend & my bos | story would be swept by fire. { Th on the G-street front, tearing down an awa- EXTRA! A GREAT FIRE. THE PATENT OFFICE IN FLAMES, Destruction in the Upper Story. THE BUILDING A WRECK, Aid from Baltimore and Alexandria. ORIGIN OF THE CONFLAGRATION. ANOTHER GREAT FIRE BROKE OUT This morning shortly after 11 o'clock a fire took place in what is known as the “Green House under the roof of the Patent Of fice building and direetiy over the portico of the west or vith street front. Instead of tarn- ing in an alarm atonee, (as should have been done) an atttempt was made by the em ployes there to subdue th , bat the fire rapidly gained on them, hold of the roof timbers. Not until 11:35 o'clock was ab alarm turned in, and then by Sergeant Armoid, of the po force, who saw the “mi ym the outside, and turned in box 1. corver Lith and G streets. Tis quickly wgbt ont the fire department, and Ch ef hyineer Cronin, seeing danger of “Lr uchior the pubit ee urned i eral alarm, aud aphed Alexandria and Baltimore for assisttnc “1 our fire engines arrived the tire had uly made great beadway and bates Pumber of rooms On the third floor. engines got to work at but the ames continued to gain headway until THE WHOLE WESTER? WAS ABLAZE. Meanwhile the terror stricken employes of the department, when notified of their dan- ger, had left the baliding, many of them de- parting 80 hastily as to leave hats, bonne shawls and other wearing apparel behin Alarge crowd, numbering probably persons, gatnered on G, F and 9th streets to watch the progress of the flames, which at noon seemed to be making headway, not- withstanding the efforts of the fire depart- ment. Lines of hose were run through the windows at different peints, and firemen could be seen on the top of the building reeting the operations below. About fit Minutes past 12 o'clock the ROOF OF THE WESTERN WING FELL IN, and soon afterwaris the fire was discovered rapidly making its way along the G street Wing, towards 7th street. Tne cases contaln- ing the models of the Patent Office could at thik time be seen enveloped in fire, while clouds of burning papers, tbe records o! the Land and Patent Office, could be seen float Ing upwards. At Unis time the walls of the west front still stood, bat large cracks began toshow themselves between the blocks of marble, and it was feared that notwithst and. ing their great thickaess they might fall. THE FIREMEN AND POLICE The building covers two blocks, between 7th and sth and G and F streets. Oa the ar- rival of our fire department the engines took position at the coi $b and Fy yuh and G, ava on ihe G rout, the Hook anc jer truck vib Street frout: and Were stretched lo Keep (he crowds out elie Way of the firemen as also oat of dan ger. as there Was some apprehension of ti marble walls cracking from thet Under the direction of Chief Engineer Cronin a d Assistant Chief Drew the firemea weat to work wiih @ will, the police, under Licute { Austin, ass.a2ing in keeping the sur ¢ ear and in other Ways aiding the firem The ladders we used in some instanc i Ling some ot the employes outof ihe build AID FROM ALEXANDRIA AND BALTIMORE. About 12:30 o'clock the truck company from Alexandria arrived, and in about uf teen minutes afterwards No. 2 engine of Bal timore came up, being drawn from the ra:l rowd depot by ibe horses of our deparimen She took the plug at the coruer of Tin and G streets. THE “MODEL ROOM” DESTROYED. The upper part of the buildiag—the loft under the roof—was mostly filled with inm- mense piles of papers and documents from the bureaus in the lower part of the building, wiile the upper story proper, wader the lofi, contained probably the finest collection of models ic the world, which 1t is impossible to replace, as many of the: date back to th= early days of the Patent Office. There was also on this floor large numbers of maps, &c. These all being in wooden cases, the fire spread rapidly from one to the o'her. ‘The floors of tee building are on brick arches wad consequently the lower part of the building Was not reached by the fire, but the water played sad havoc with ths books aud papers below. 1249 P.M. At this time the fire 1s sweeping fiercely along the G street front towards 7th street, and it looks as {f the whole of the upper The fire on th th Sueet Wing iS now under coutrol, aud oa the southwest corner is nearly extingaished. occupants of houses on 9th strect hut taken the preeaution to have wet blankets suspended trom the roofs, and at this time there seems no danger of them tikiag fice. ‘The heat on G street, b is very in- tense and tt looks as thouzh Wright’s balli- Jog, Corner of stb and G, will have to go. J is thought the progress of the fre will be Stayed when it has barned out the upper sto- Ty, a8 the floor below is supported by heavy arches. The roof of the building was oi trou with @ copper sheathiag. 2:50 P.M, The fire is now out on the west front, but is burning rapidly, and has reached 7th street. The engines are playing on the Thompson and Wright buildings on G street, which will probably be saved. Some of the employes of the office are engaged picking up records which blew out of the windows. The walls thus tarstand firm. The firemen are work- ing like Troja and the police have drawn a cordon along G street to keep back the large crowd. “Thank God!" exclaimed a man in the crow d, **This will give work to the poor!” A TINDER BOX UNDER THE ROOF. Last Thursday, Inspector of Buildings Thomas M. Plowman was cailed upon by Acting Superintendent Mills, of that build- ing, to examine the upper portion of ths 9th street wing with reference to ita capacity to Support about one hundred tons of tile pa- pers. He found that @ large quantity of shelving to store files on bad beea put in | Over the topmost ceiling arches next to the zeof, or beiween these points, which had never been occupted for auy purpose. These ebelves were loaded dows with papers aud combustible materials, but as he was called Upon to pass Judgment, Only aso its capa city [0 support the weight of these papers, hi did not exile ua to this point. P Pes he SAVING THE PAPERS, No one in the Interior aepartment ssemed to feel solicitous as to the records aud papers contained in any of (he roomson the west frept, excep! the model room; bat when tue G street wing fella prey to whe fre, efforts were a! once made to save the waluable rec. ods. The papers of the Indian office were removed 1p barge quantities to the vicinity of ith ard G streets. Some enthusiastic and indiscreet workers threw portions of the Land office records out of to« windows, and they were mainly ried to Wrigot'’s build. ig. It was noticeable, however, tuat hoot. iy ms tn some Instances made way with val- uable books. NARROW ESCAPES. James Norris, of No. 5 engine company, came near being killed. He was on a laider was seized by Assistant Chief Drew and thrown out of danger. SECRETARY SCHURZ, Assistant Secretary Bell, and other promi- nent officials were inside and outside during the fire directing the movements of the fire- men. THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. The fire is now (at 1:15 p.m.) purning In the northeast upper corner of the building, but 1s wholly under control, and will not hevatiee ped extend further. As it is it has rned out the upper story on two sides—the vith streets wings THE Loss. It is of course utterly impossible to even Approximate the loss to the goverament. Thousands of valuable public docaments have been destroyed, and the most of the model room of the Patent Office destroyed. The model room contained abont 304.000 models, and was the only ingptution of the kind in tho world. The walls still stand firm, and there is no danger of their falling. The lots to the building can be repaired by Congressional appropriation’; lose which eann calculated, ch tasevere one. The motel room was &@ vast storehouse of {lustrations of the in- ventive genius of the American people— ntist, philosopher, and artizan. fire will curtail a good deal of Litigation for inventors, and gives a blow to inventive genius from which it will recover. THE WRIGHT BUILT require years to The Wr building stre ame very ar x The e several times, and had for the vigilance of Col. D. C Cox, Pension Agent the Ie who occupies rooms on i #8 he discovered th siuiné of smoke forcin, Neel! roof, Col. Cox coucluded that the fire ery desiructive on | imene depostt up Prof business men on nd Gs auso sent thelr books away, fegring struction by fire. TH# SCENES ON THE STREET. At half-past 12 o'clock the fire was at its height in the Patent off The scene was one of awful grrodeur. The cold, classic outline of the building was w&emed up with & background of seething flame, enrling, hissing, darting first here and there, taxing no fixed course, but, devouring everything Within its reach. Fron each of the heavy windows on the std and G-strest fronts there were sheets of flame, curling upwards until lost In volumes of smoke, swept away by the wind, Thousands were upon the street, rushing here and there. Polieemea were frantic in their efforts to stay the surging throng of humanity encompassing the build- ing, ard, detpite their efforts to keep the crowd back, many people en¢roached with- in the ropes, much to their own discomfort, and to the anuoyauce of the hard-working firemen. Toward one o'clock the outlook for a com- munication of the flames along 7th street Was quite ominous. Taking time by the ferelock, and anticipating the worst, some of the clothing merchants began moving their stock toward H streel, where there was com- paralive safety. THE WATER SUPPLY. Appreciating the gravity of the situation, Col. Timothy Lubey, water registrar, in order to give the fire departraent an abun- dant supply of water, caused the stops of the s-inch main on New Jersey and Massachu- fetts avenues to be closed, and opened the 0 inch stop on Capitol Hill'so ag to give the vartment the whule force of the large main Tred to. ae During the fire most of the restaurants in the vielnity of Lhe couflagration were closed. A few remained open, however, and did a rushing business. 145 P.M. The fire at this writing has extendel tothe center of the 7Uh street front, and is now satd to be under control. The wind has varied @ little to the southwest, which is tn favor of i n. Up tgthts time it has beea nat them lo such au extent that all they could do was lochase the flames as the) nade their deylous cirenit round the entire but'ding. prevent the crowd from encroaching to such an extent as to impede the operations of the firemen, ropes were stretehed across sith tat all poipts of approach to tuc sutldirg. At lil o'clock @ battalion of United Stater marines were stationed in front of the city pos! office entrance to make free logress and egress thereto, which had beea obstracted. THE DAMAGE BY THR ¥IRE will be almost wholly confined to the model room and lig archives. All the papers per- laining to the other bureaus of the depart- ment remain intact. THE CALL ON BALTIMORE FOR HE. When it became apparent that our fire de- partment was insuficient to cope with the devouring element, Secretary Schurz teie- porns to the mayor of Baltimore for help water, Assistant Secretary Beil requesied the District Comunissiouers to send to Balti- more for aid, and Commissioner Bryan at once sent a dispatch to the tire department of that elty to send over all the firemen aud ap- paratus ihey could spare. FAST TIM The first fire apparatus from Baltimore ar. rived here soon acter 1 o'clock, having made the run from Baltimore, it is said, in the un- precedented time of 32 minutes. On ihe Sth and F street wiugs of the baild- ng the fire bas been completely extio ished. Other Baltimore engines lefi that city at 208, but hae not reached the tire at 2 Tee Hydrauiine steamer from Alexandria came upon the boat, aud got in service at about 1 o'clock, her ho-e being carried to the top ot the sou:h end of the east front, fhe goverment navy yard steamer, in charge of Lieut. Robrer, U8. Navy, worked by Dan Johnson at the plug he north west corner of the Post Office building, readered valuable service. THE MARINES. Shortly after 1 o’clock a detachment of U. S. marines, 54 men, in command of Capt. Nokes, arrived on the ground, and another detachment of about 40 men, under Capt. Coliter, came shortly after, and were placed al various points in and about the building, to guard the government property. A SEARCHING INVESTIGATION TO BE OR- DERED. There is a good deal of speculation as to how the fire should have gained such head- way In & building presumably fireproof, and supposed to be under the zealous vigil of eccres Of watchmen and attendants in the mcdel room. It does seem strange, and there can seemingly be no excuse for the charge of criminal carelessness with some one. Secretary Schurz will make @ most searching investigation. The Origin of the Fire. A great many reports as to the origin of the fire were circulated. The one that was Most generally credited at first was that the fire started in the green house by the rays of the sun coming through the glass roof,which made a focus and ignited some cotton, wiich Was placed around @ valuable plant. The Técu house was in the very top of the build. bg, in the southwest cormer, extending 75 fect from F street up 9th street. The model room for rejected models of ali kinds came 1ext to the green house and extended aloug the building under the roof. These modeis hed become dry with age, and when the fire nee reached them it spread very rapidly. Avoiber th . more generally accepted afverwards, was t@ flue for keating the treen house commanicated the fire. This icew was dispelled, homever, wnen it be- came known that no fire had been started tere this season yet. The most, = @ explanation is given by Mr. T. F. Wilson, who was employed at the time in that vicloity in storing old files iu what bad originally been a graph gallery,and Mr. John T. Sil » wa was in charge of the green house. Mr. Wil- son was the first to seethe s noke In the green house, and gave the alarm of fire, but the dense smoke and Intense heat one from evtering. ‘At Wilson's alarm Sib. ley bastened to immediately Wise ey eee Doards to keep’ A ie bat itis the | This | before it gained any headway was generally very easy. His first impulse upon heariag the alarm was to look for the origin at Unat 2d ENtra. Place. He tourd the boards turued to a coal, the copper roof in a white heat and t running down the roof. The copper ro is lined on the inside with wood. Whatwas | — | hot enough to heat the copper to such ade- | ~ gree was énough to ignite we dry wort Beath. Almost directly deneath tnis spot } Wa~ adry fine partition, catting off the ott | model room. This conl not fail to eate be THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION. THEIL and after that the course of the fire w ery rapid, both through the green honse and ti old model room. It was reported, ho« that no fires had been lighted \ not even having started his firs ers. But upn inquiry it was nnd that b tween Y and 10 o'clock this moruing a fi ey ATEXT OFFICE DISAST OR THE OTHER G STREET FIRE wood had been lit in one or more of the SOPTOSED LOSS OF LIFi. rooms on the basement floor of th Wing: the heated air from wh cend the very chimney above spoken 0 E Sir. Lipbey kopposes that a spark fro! . e Fire chimney ignited the board wh press Avother explau w | some tinners bad t er of tee Fas ‘ . that corner, and i Tae | Some unkuown manner urted | #8 2 J | from it we : Description of the Patent Occ The Patent Ome t “t 2 extending from 7th t mee from F to G str fot pile, situated on Us the old plan of as r rf Mauso 1 VASSiVE pr 43 feet from ¢ borth to a the portitico, 4 t athe surmounted b T i F covers 24 & THE MOF s This intere < 1 \ j and foreign inv e laws of the United j a ing to Keim’s exc pwa Of 155.000 models of 1656, and div Ls ‘ and nearly 9 IHuseam occupies asa halls on the four si r . . | Second floor, Each case contain SR cord. | otte 6 The west hall, over which the fire origsn- | 77% toft ated, ix 271 feet long and 64 feet wide. It | cendiar. contained models of bridges, prashe- aut | THE URIGINA 4 F brooms, butehery, carpentry, 1 | ES DENCE wagour, excavat es, €. 1 and the ha resa,which © hydraull vurnals and bear: | . | ings, masonry ai powers, pa renew A, anil w prestes, roofing, stone, lime and cament, | ¥o* ext Alex | threshing and tobacen. last year t The north ball is 266 feet long and 5) feat | WAS abor wide. It contained = cases of jonand | ers was bottling, baths and closets, bee hi , bolts, | the up | | nuts and rivets, brakes and s, cast water. The wa dairy, files, garden and orchard grind portions of the and un toabundly and polishing, hardware manufacture, var | did great dare | Towa, arvesiers, horse shoes, meta! larg sox Aven metal working (7 classes) mills, nails ¥ . ldice aaa Sette cores, plows, pneumatics, | —Thenumber of models of patents destroye pumps, railways, (4 classes) Saws, seaters | WAS NOt SO large Rs al first supposed. Many and planters, sheet metal, stabling, tubing | of them were removed f the 9c aad G end wire, water distribution, water wheels w amd s Wire-working, wood-screws, Wool-w orking sont a (4 classes). builders’ hardware, carting, cloth cor erinoline and corsets, diy | _The east hall ts 271 feet long anos feet | wide. It contained 130 cases, containing 5 — | models of apparel, beds, book-b ding, FEARS OF L LIF. | Ts and Kiins, eta cational, belting and hate, fine arts, fire | Grit Ss, fishing, furniture, games ' and | Oro). 00. » Bovernors, Jewelry, kitchen uten- | Pf he bal Ss, Knitting and netting, lamps and gas t ing, laundry, locks and latenes, music, | (°Cr. be kr inance, paper mak paper man se ture, photography, priitine, one had em sefes, sewing machines, ships caue slik Spinning. stationary’ steam (3 stoves and furcaces, toilet, umbrellas At hail past 3 o'clock t over A TEMPORARY ROOF FOR TIE Ts feet long and @ feet OFFICE we ite & number of « elicsof historic vatue and interest, among nent Caring the them the printing press of Fran at 5 aca ae at tees Which he worked in London in 1725; also . abe some of Washington's relics, including a set | COV T he builling, work w w of china and candelebra, presented to him | besun io morrow by officers of the Society of Cin o The Other Fire on G Stree late to Maitha Wash!igton from Gen. La <<. % = ayeite 181; the rm of Wa m2 . worn when he resigned his commission in | Very * 1753; a tea board presented him, aud th, ca ray s sword, secretary, cane, compass and s of the re neat had + ing tent. Among other relies in the the 5 =e case is lhe coat worn by Jackson at tie bat s - Ue of New Orleans; Baron De Kalb’s war ed are destroye: Sn sadCle; & Sword presented to Commotore e Was boring fler Bidd'e by the Viccroy of Peru, sabres from | I¢ js said that the stables e Ali Fasba, Bey of Egypt, to the offic set on fire by a’ the U.S. ship Conecrd in 1552 acne tes Peez, associate of Simon Bolivar, ari a | POS arks for | cimetar. The case (No. 3) next on the west | te yoer The steht contained the original of the Declaration of | gnu is three stories: Independence, Wathington’s commission a8 | twoin tie rear, At 240 0 commander in chief, dated at Philadelphia, | ro. Gr ine buildi “ge was June 1, 1775; treasure chest, furniture, part seemed unea able. TI ta of aret, teuteand Lent poles, camp chesis, andirons, curtains worked by Martha Wash- | FM: Clapin. on Use wes! side. ty a ington, aud two chairs. Iu ta same case | Petecy'® hONs Bre te tae eee are two guns of antique patiern, presented to | Werks a f & Osborne's. 0: President Jefferson by the Emperor of Mo- | Wel. ; e.the wind sed fit rocco, & model patented by Abraham [.in- coln in IM7 for au improved method of lift- ing vesseis over shoals; also, a pair of gloves which belonged to President Liucolu. Ia ub's ball there were fifty-seven cases con taining models of artificial limbs, beer wine, bleaching aud dyeing, boots shoes, caoutchoue, chemical miscellaneous, clasps and buckles, clay, coftin, cutlery, dental, dratting, electricity, fuel gas, guu- pores: harness, horology, hose and belting, ce, leather, manures, measur: ments, Oils, fats and glue. optics, p ing, preserving food, signals, sills, sugar, surgery, tanning, trtuks. ‘This hall was oiginally intended for an exhibition of home nufactures. The Destruction of the Patent Ga@ice | im 1836 On December 15, 1836, the building then oe- cupied by the Pateat Ofice was completely contumed by fire, and among the losses were the modeis recumulated during @ half cen- tury, and numbering upwards of 4.000. Tats being in that d PRECAUTL ‘SON SEVENTH STREET. The cecupants of stores and dell 7th street and in Bates’ alley w: i | thetr_ ec and effect fear of ds was © troy a nui a few smail , paint, plat- destr J. G. Matlock, and was ren ho we Ul the hors ana was an irreperable calamity. After tne fire Neto a - rege el the business of the bureau was transacted tu | Sonne of ine carriages, Loss <20WD the City Hall, now the Inistrict Court house, and remained there until it was removed lo its present edifice. Another Fire. Al a quarter past two o'clock smoke was seen issuing from Gheen & Osborne’s livery stable, G, between 7th and Sth streets. It evidently caught in the hay loft in the rear from a spark from the Patent Office. Taey tried to extinguish the flames by throwin water on them, but the hay naturally igni! fo rapidly that in a few momsnts the whole building was on fire. The smoke poured out of the windows in froat, and it once became evident that the fire would prove @ serious one. Some of the firemen turned their at- tention to the new fire, but it gained very rapidly. All the horses, carriages and har. ness were removed. The buliding is a new and handsome brick structure, and was built in 176. A part of this buildiug was occupied by the galvanized cornics works of DB. W. Stockstill. So quick did the flames spread that in less than 15 mtnutes the whol building was @ mass of flames, and some men who had only reached the second story in endeavoring to save property barely es- The stable was insure THREE O'CLOCK. The fire has not extended east beyond Bates’ alley. Stockstill’s galvanizet tron establishment is safe and so is Bates’ soap factory. THE BALTIMORE ENGINES, No. i and 2, with two tracks, were delayet some time at Camden Station, bat arrive! here in the nick of time for the second dre, the flames having just burstout as they turn- ed Into G street, and with Nos. 1, 2 and 6of ourdepartment, they soon had streams on the famines. Notwithstanding the adjotuin roperty was in greal danger they suceceled jn confining the fire to the builtiag. FEAVY LOSS AT GHEEN AND OSPORS's. Messrs. Gheen & Osborn saved their horses, ail being cut loose as soon as the fire was di covered, but up stairs, where there were & number of wagons, a lot of harness, &c. stored, there was but one wagon saved They are insured for about €1,000, whieh will pot cover the loss by aay means. There is but little doubt but this fire was the work caped with their lives. ofan incendiary, 98 the roof was of metal atest —The fire has extended to Chapin’s | and could not have cavgbt from @ spark, stables, next door. and in the yard a number of men hal been Stargis Pashing the Nez Perces. FIVE MORE SAVAGES KILLED AND SIX on the watch for sparks. The fre origiaated about the centre of the building. PROBABLE LOSS OF LIFE—TWO MEN MISs- HUNDRED HORSES RECOVERED. 1 ING. The following telegram was received at It Is feared there were three men smotherel the War Office tast night: in the fire at Gheen & Osborne's stables, as CutcaGo, Sept, Sd —Gen. E. D. Townsend, | ney nave not been seen wince they went in Le fon Ene following dispateh has been | 1. Sve somecarriages. ‘The fire has bummed Roy oni peta 98 | entirely through lo the alley in the center of Fort Ellis, dated sth inst: “Howard's cavairy under Sanford, Otis battery, and company of scouts under Fietcher joined Sturgis on lth.” Sturgis last report dated Musselshell is as follow: “We kept close 01 the heels of the euemy yesterday making thirty-eight miles, killlag five Indians and wounding many ter have been compelled 600 bead of horses.” the block. - James A. Ford, of No.3, of the second story front window, at that time Frank Thom; other fireman, and a OUR INDIAN ENEMIES, ee General Indian War Predicted. —— | ] | Troops Protecting Miners, THE EASTERN WAR, - - and none by the Turkish bull ering Lost Ground « T s ails re ort as redit ia « T y . i i and : ; o~ 5 Xx t satinfac 1 ha ack now Usal A GRrrar TNOIAN war rRe- ! cre All the Northera strives Joining Sie mua A le Mon ge tn eae N . © i 4 ie — AL. FORIAGY Nbwes, j of the tt. “% ou | : anconslitation and an a dministraiion. It protests St the crisis hot May prociains 2e nation at dissola- * aud free- { the p 5 . ociples are mimariz at the close of tue docn- “Sovereigoty of the uattonal repub- aw, Libe and peace.” ae sip BL : Watch, New York, 1 ballast, was Fair Isic, Monday night, daring save ——e RESUNPTION IN HE ©OAL RE- 1 GIoNs | Miners Working Uader Mltlitary Frote New s x Lixparch ’ re Bau dod ories, 42 line #) Kes bid to day. 21. BY eh . 34 —Coitoa eteady and Arm— m aud —. bastness fe- scricted by Orinness of Rurdere—Howard sirest and Weeterh sup SToa5. 20. Oxia, 5 OM, do. tararty, 6 ces 2, a 475, do. exten. 8.2636 78, do. Sal .0, Pasapaco fami'y,67e. Wheat, southern Gui aod castor, wost- ern irregular aud ¢.cited—southera red, good to priwe, Tete St, Go. amber, 1 aoat steamer, 1.58; 6). Bo 2 winter red, tember, "182;' Uctobur. 139, Co southern white eeeudy ; Scmritarvinne and Peukertvecks arplan + Priatene strong apd higher. Parks meats, lvoee—shonléers. Petroleum bigher—crade, $i; fefloed, 5 bil, Rone Coffee quiet sud et: aty—B: sal, yob- Bing, Ware.” W Flour, 5.500; rg 3. Shi, i if i i & S ff FE ! 3 eg