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tho Fowers will take the Porte's objections into ac- count and seck some other solution o! the dMeulty than the protocol, As a precautionary measure four emall iron-clads leave on Thursday for the Danube. Russlan steamers in port have received orders from Odessa not to take passengers or cargo for the Mediterraneun, but to remain at Constan- tinople tor further orders, Colonel Lennox, milt- tary attaché of the British embassy, left yesterday for Rustchuk, Tho Turkish circular was delivered to the Russian government at St. Petersburg yesteraay morning. The Agence Russe describes it as categori- cully refusing the demands @f the Powers and putting au cd to all further discugg.on, A telegram {rom Cet- tpje says the Princo of Montenegro will reject any proposal for a prolongation of the armistice. The Journal de St. Petersburg states that there is no further hope that Turkey will accede to the demands of Europe, The Golos declares that the present astute of things is such as to leave scarcely any hope ofa pacific solution, Russian occupation of the Christian provinces of Turkey would be a logical consequence of the refusal oi the Porte to carry out the demands of the protocol. Such occupation would exclude ali idea of the ambi- tious designs attributed to Russia, who by intervening fo bebaif of tho Christiaus would solely pursue bumauitarian ends. ' RUSSIA TO ACT AT ONCE, A circular note from Princo Gortschakoff |s expected Setting forth the necessity Russia is under of proceed- tng ugainst Turkey. Russia intends, it is asserted, to form this month a northern army in Poland, whither re- serves from the military districts of St, Petersburg and Moscow will bo directed, Orders to this effect are ox- pected next week. A telegram irom Bucharest reports that tho Russian troops are making a ‘orward movement on tho Roumanian frontier, The rond from Jassy to Bucharest is in good tondition, In this great crisis the Porte 16 fickering with Montenegro, A telegram trom Con- Mantinoplo states that the Turkish Senate did not re- rerse the decision of the Deputies respecting Montene- sro, At tho last moment the Senate received an order Bot to discuss the question. Tho armistice expires at midnight it not prolonged, It is probablo, however, that both sides will remain on the defensive, NOPE GROWING WEAK, The latest telegrams trom Paris up to tureo o’clock this morutng show that matters ure grow. Ing worse momontarily, Russia now intimates tbat «it «fs now” «useless = for «Turkey = to vend an envoy to St, Petersburg, The Austrian gov- eroment has lost all bope that peace will be muintained, From an official source I learn that the Turks are determined to relieve Nicsics in a few days, which will be a signal of the outbreak of hostilities, There has been great excitement in Vienna aliday. Everybody approbends that if war breaks put Austria will sooner or later be involved im the struggle. The latest advices report that a {urther pro- longation of the armistice with Montenegro for ten days bas been arranged. THEY HAVE CALLED WOLF 700 OFTEN. The Turkish circular was communicated to Lord Derby yesterday. ‘It doos not follow because the Porto declines to obey a peremptory suinmons that all hope of peace is lost,’? says the Post this morning. “The suggestion has been made by one of the great Btates whose interests are most nearly touched by the threatened conflict that the siguitarios of the protocol shobid note that both Russie and Turkey havo de- elarod their readiness to disarm. It is ubsurd ‘that the peace of Europe should be endangered for the ake of somo vague point of honor. Wo have heard a “good deal of suifering something for the cause of international arbitration. Here, if ever, there ls a case for the Powers to interpose thei¢ authority and counsel botween two ungry opponents.” be Berlin correspondent of the Times tries to talk hope- tally, and does 1t in tho fol!owing tashion :— ‘The alarming aspect of the gituation is apparent, not real, Both parties are anxiovs for peace, but the Rus- sians wish to derive some beaofit from demobilization by representing that the Porte is acting undor pres- sure, and the Turks desire to avoid even a eemblanco ofsubmission. Thus the Russians threaten war and the Turks flavor their concession of disarmament with an admixture of indepondent language. AN INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCK, YOU KNOW. When an excuse is needed to help out a theory Vhore is very little difficulty usually in finding one, Tho Times’ Vienna correspondent, 700 miles from the Bultan’s coflee room, thug familiarly discourses of tho Bultan’s and Porte’s designs:-— The nature of and the starslinaly, plain speaking in tho Turkish circular aro caused by the Porto’s desire to conciliate public opinion in Turkey which las been demanding the recall of Midhat Pacha, it being desired to bring home the conviction that the present men are as capable of upholding tho dignity of the Empire as Midhat Pacha, The Birapgo Circumstance is that now having given this Batiafaction Lo public feeling the intention, if not at the Porte, at uny rato at tho palace, is to try ‘to find a mode for coming to w direct understanding with Russia, which has been the favorite idea there, and to place for that purpose & man at the head of affairs who would inspire confidence both at home and fn Russia, My informant names Ahmed Veiik asthe man who has been singled out, lis honesty and his aversion to foreign interierence would serve as a guarantee at home, and there a notion thi @ would be a persona grata tor Russia. Bat i Ve is the man looked upon as most fit to bring about-a direct understanding with Russia this would indicatesa strangely radical change in him. If such a schemo 1s under consideration it may be rather jaken as counter working against the agitation for the fecail of Midbat than as @ means of coming to terms with Russia, "4 DARING OUTRAGE RVEN IN ITALY, While Mr, Walter, proprietor of tho London Times, ‘was passing through the Puerio del Popolo, in Rome, on tho 4th inst., he was attacked by three men armed with stilettoes and robbed, but not hurt. The outrage bas ercated quite a sensation, About one hundred per- pons have been arrosted on suspicion, CLOSE FIGURING. In the House of Commons yesterday afternoon Sir Btafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, pre- sented the budget. Hosaid there was an actual sur- plus last year of £443,000, The estimates for the cur- rent year were:—Expenditures, $78,704,000; revenue, £79,020,000, No addition to or remission of taxation Js proposed, Str Stafford Northcote said, in conciu- sion, the country ouznt to be satisfied with the state of its finances, because everything was in good order and taxation was not excessively burdensome. Resources existed which, if necessary, could ve called upon; but, fortunately, it Was unnecessary at the present moment ‘to turn to thom. A FIRE ON THE HosPHORoUS, A fire at Stamboul on Tuesday night destroyed be- tween 300 and 600 houses. It originated in the Greek quarter, at about eleven o’elock at night, and Tapidiy mounted the hill, It was only extinguished on reaching the Turkish quarter atthe summit, No pub- Ne buildings were destroyed. Several firemen wero Injured, but no loss uf life has yet been ascertained. A despatch trom Naples announces that the wholo band of internationalists operating in the district of | Belino have been captured. DEATIC OY A YOUNG AMERICAN. A young American student commitiod suicide in Paris last night, os lam informed by the Hxraup’s Paris correspondent, The rash act was done ina ft of mental alienation, brought on by overstudy. Itisa very sad case, and, as tho young man’s friends have been tolographed, | avoid mentioning names, THY KEBULT OF A LOW IN DENMARK, Tho King of Denmark has issued an ordinance, coun- tersigned by tho Ministers, enforcing the temporary exorcise of tho Uadget and the collection of taxes ve. | Cause tho chambers failed to agree. THAT MORMON C GILMAN NOW DECLARED 10 BE A KNAVE UN- WORTHY OF BELIKP--DID HE Shi HI6 ‘WIFE? ONFESSION, San Francteco, Apri} 12, 1877. A Euroka, Nev, press doxpatch says:—To-morrow the history of Ed. Gilman, on this coast, will be pab- lished, He bas lately obtained constderable notoriety in councetion with the contession of J. D. J s9 dolivered to District Attorney Howard, on tho Hold of exccution, (Gilman lived at Austria, Nevada, from 1863 to 1867, when he went to tho Sweet Water mines, At Austria ho was regarded by every- body as @ worthless fellow, deserving of no Consideration whatover, He pretended to bes prose pector, but was never known to do a day’y work, Alter going to Swootwater he got to be Deputy Sherif at Greon River, He also married the widow of » man | killed in a riot at the same place Revurning to Salt Lake he purchased a small house And livod apparently happily with his wie tor a time, Finally, however, he got tired of her and sold both bis house und wile (7) to John formerly 4 White Pine satoon keeper, ior $300, ‘I'he transier was absvinie and made ta good fait, Hall taking posvorsion of botp. His late expioitw in the Leo matter were robably prompted and pald for by the M t declared to bo unworthy of belies, Sere NEW YORK HERALD, FRI PRINCE BISMARCK. eee The Great German Statesman in Working Gear. BUSY DAYS AND NIGHTLY VIGILS. The Sleeplessness that Kept All Europe Awake, ni CHATS BEFORE THE EASEL. Interesting Glimpses of the Chancellor's Home Life and Family, AN AMERICAN ARTIST'S PICTURE. [3% csBLE TO THE HERBALD.] Panis, April 12, 1877. Ina recent despatch I mentioned that the vete- ran American artist G. P. A. Healy had returned from Berlin after painting @ portrait of Prince Bismarck for Prince Charles of Roumania, Since then I haye had somne opportunities to talk with Mr. Healy on the subject of his visit and its Mattering results. Those wno are acquainted with Mr. Healy will be at no loss to account for the exceptional compliment Prince Charles paid him. To those who have not that advantage it may be as well to say that even in this city, where eclecticism in art is pushed to its highest point, the portraits of Mr. Healy are as much esteemed as those of the best Continental painters. When our compatriot received through the German Legation the intimation that Prince Bismarck would be ready to commence his sittings for the picture on the 5th of March, he was busily occupied finishing his por- trait of M. Gambetta for the Paris Salon. Unfortu- nately the illness of the popular tribune delayed the work, and it seemed as if the artist would be placed in the embarrassing alternative of either leaving his portrait uncompleted’ or of failing to keep lis appointment in Berlin. He was relieved from this dilemma by the good nature of M. Gam- betta, who, although still suffering, lent himself willingly to the effort to expedite the sittings, AT BISMAROK’S OFFICIAL HOME, It was finished in time to permit the artist to keep his appointment with the Prince. On reach- ing Berlin he proceeded at once to the Foreign Oice, Prince Bismarck’s oficial residence, and there learned that it would be some hours before he could obtain an interview, as the Russian Am- bassador had just arrived from Constantinople, and the Prince would be occupied with him until five in the afternoon. A STATESMAN'S DAILY ROUND. This led bim to ask some particulars as to the Chancellor's daily habits, 80 as that he might be enabled to adapt his sittings to them. He was in- formed that the Prince was in the habjt of working all night, and that he rarely retired to bed before six in the morning. He generally slept until noon, when he took a cup of tea, dressed and occupied himself with his despatches until two, when he re- ceived his Cabinet Ministers and Ambassadors, At haif-past three he drove to the Parliament House, where he occasionally took part in the debates, Between five and six he frequently went to see the Emperor, after which he dined. MEETING THE CHANCELLOR, At five o'clock Mr. Healy was sent for by the Prince. He describes the Chancellor as asplendidly proportioned man, about six teet three in height and with grave but courteous manners. He told him that he had ordered two rooms to be set apart for his work in that wing of the Foreign omice where his mother had died and where he himself had passed much of his time when a young man, the Minister of the day having been an intimate friend of his. He asked the artist how many sittings he thought he would require, and on being toid six (of two hours each) he expressed himself alarmed at the idea of losing 60 much vainable time, A SITTING AND A CHAT. Alter sitting a while, however, he became inter- ested in the work, and as soon as he saw the head painted in he said:—- “This ia really remarkable; it 1s quite different from the German, French and English schools, Who was your master? Where did you study?” “I studied firstin the United States,” said Mr. Healy, ‘and then in Europe, Inever had any par- tleular master.” “I can understand that,” replied the Prince. “You evidently strive to render the individual char- acter of each sitter. You have more to do with Dature than with schools,”” The Princess saw the picture after the second sitting, and trom that time they both took great interest in the work. The Prince went to the ar- Ust’s room as often as possible, and sometimes the sittings were very short. The time he gave most unwillingly was for the hands. He said he never saw an artist so particular about an exact likeness of the details of the person of the sitter. “Our painters depict handsome hands,” he added, “and that is all; but Mr. Healy, I think, rou are right."" AN OPINION OF THTERS, At one of the sittings the Prince asked Mr. Healy if he had everexhibited at the Paris Salon? The arti#: replied in the aMrmative, but added that the works he bad exhibited there were principally por- | tratts. “Whose portraits?’ inquired the Prince, with in- terest. “Oh, a good many, of persons not known to Your Highness," replied the artist, “and some that are— such as the Pope and M. Thiers.” “1 always liked M. Thiers," observed the Prince. | “He has ali the politeness of the old school, which 1am sorry to say is fast passing away, and I must admit that [ found him an excelient Frenchman | in everything relating to the interests of his country.” A GOOD BIsOF : Another day, contrary to lis usual habit, he en- tered the artist’s studio in a purple dressing gown and cap, and observing that Mr. Healy was rather struck by this transformation, for he is rarely or never seen out of uniform, he said to him with a am * “I soe that you admire my costume. Would I not have made a good bishop?’ Alter the reception atthe palace on the Empo- rors birthday he went straight to the studio with- out changing hia uniform, which, tor full dress, wes entirely white. 2 «Iam more at home in that,’ he said, pointing to the portrait in which he 1# painted in undress uniform, “and still more at home here," he added, with a smile, as he took a chair in front of the pic- ture. “I can tell you, that 1am heartily glad to sit down atter standing so long at that ceremonious reception.’ POLYGLOT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. The Prince seldom gives dinner parties, and, owing to the state of his health, rarely dines out. Mr. Healy, however, was honored with an invita- tion to dine with the family and a few guests. He Was seated between the Prince and Princess ut table and wis greatly interested by the Chancel- lor’s conversation, which consisted principally of anecdotes of his early life. 1% should be stated that Prince Bismarck and his family speak English and French fluently and, indeed, idiomatically. This contributed, of course, very much to the com- Jort and ease of our artist, whose stock of German 1 of the most limited kind. THE PRINCE'S FAMILY. Mr. Healy describes the Princess as a tall, grace- ful woman of about filty, with splendid eyes and features combining strength with delicacy. Her manners ure most gracious and sympathetic, Her daughter isa fine young woman, with dark eyes and hair and avery clear, pure complexion. Her face ia a most interesting one and indicates great sweetness of character. The son is about twenty- four and has a strong resemblance to his father, He is in the army and js said to be ayoung man of high attainments. What is most to be admired in tnis family is the great modesty and amiability of its members and their apparent unconsciousness of the value of their exceptional position, A COBBLER'S FORTUNE. On the 2d of March the portrait was shown to several oficials and friends of the family, and ap- peared to give gencral satisiaction. ‘The Baron de Holstein, an amiable young oficer attached to the Prince’s household, who had shown Mr. Healy the greatest attention since his arriyal in Berlin, was extravagant in his praise of it, and pronounced 1% “an immense success.” The Prince, smiling at his enthusiasm, inquired of the artist if he could make a copy of the work which would be as good as the original? Mr. Healy replied in the negative, uniess with the atd of renewed sittings, and then the copy could itseit be called an original. Prince Bismarck inquired the price of acopy made under such cir- cumstances. When the sum was named he ob- served, with a smile:— “That 1s a cobbler’s fortune, but my wife says she would prefer it to any Jewel—no matter how valua- ble—that I could present her on her birthday, so it must be done.” It was then arranged that the artist should meet the Prince at Kissingen in June, when the sittings necessary for a second portrait are to be given. A VALUABLE AUTOGRAPH. As the artist was about to leave the Princess said to him :— “Mr. Healy, you had better stay and dine with us in your travelling dress, and you can drive directly trom here to the station.”” Mr. Healy thanked her in warm terms for the kindness which she and the Prince had shown him, but regretted that he could not profit by her kind invitation, a8 he had promised to dine at the house of the American Minister, Mr. Bancroft Davis. On taking leave of the Prince the artist said :— “Prince, [ should like to have your sutography but I am told I must not ask such a favor.” “Oh,” said the Prince, laughing, ‘I will make an exception in your case. I will write my name ona photograph and send it to you before you teave your Minister's.” As the artist was leaving the room he reminded him again of their appointment at Kissingen, and added kindly :— “hope I shall meet you again in good health.” The above facts were gleancd from the artist in conversation. He was exceedingly reserved in his account of his visit, and was rather startled when [asked his permission to publish such de- tatlsas he had given me. After a moment's re- fection, however, he sald :— “Ihave been talking to you only asa friend, and had no {dea that you wanted.to make use of what I have been saying to you. Ihave, however, men- tioned nothing that could be considered a violation of the hospitality and kindness I have received. You can, therefore, use your own discretion as to the use you may choose to make of our conversa- tion.” THE PORTRAIT. T have said nothing as yet of the Prince’s portrait. It is three-quarter and life size, and impresses one at once by its air of truthfulness, The idea which it gives of the sitter is that of unusual mental and physical strength, the pose of the figure being, as tt were, defensive, or, in other words, os if he was re- pelling some obnoxious argument. The attitude is a very happy one, as it serves to bring ont all the strong points of his remarkable tndividuality. The Prince 1s painted in tue close-fitting, blue military frock which he rarely quits and which nas become traditional. The head is admirably moulded, and was painted in at once, The artist wisely refrained from retouching {t. As willbe seen from what I havo stated above, the family are more than satis- fied with it, than which there can be no better proof of the striking character of the likeness, ELOPEMENT, A PRINCETON STUDENT AND A TRENTON ures ATTEMPT MATRIMONY UNDER DISCOURAGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND FATT. (B¥ TELEGRaPaA TO TUE HERALD,1 Trustox, N. J., April 12, 1877. There is grout excitement here to-day over the eiope- ment of @ Princeton Cotlogo student named James Reed, whose parents reside at Philadelphia, with a young lady named Ida Everitt, of this city, which ov- curred last night, young man having received one weck’s vacation, packed his trunk and sont it home, On pretence of going there himself he camo to this city, mevthe young lady, and arranged that they should at once be married, The residences of three clergy mon wore visited, but neither was found athome, The twain thon procceded to Princeton in a and on arriving there took quarters at the 's room. ‘The girl's tatheron missing her procured a warrant and an oficer was despatched to oxo- He found them at the piacs mentioned aud brought them to this city this torenoon. hey were locked up in the City Jaif until five o'clock, when, Mr. Kvoritt declining to prosecute, they were uiscburged. The youth's father took him hone and the girl will probably be sent to the State Reform School, She is sixtecn and the stadont ts avout uineveen, THE OHIO CHILD SSEALER. v Obio, April 12, 1877, The polico have discovered that Booker, tho ab- ductor, and the boy Wiliic Havens spent Sunday night at tho home of Booker’s mother in this city and that they left carly on Monday morning. Booker’s nother etated that Booker stole a child somo years ago in Virginia, and thay sho fears be will kill this boy if closely pursued, THES) LOUIS. CATASTROPHE, A Search for Bodies Amid the Smoking Ruins. QNLY THE REMAINS OF A CHILD FOUND. ee Large Numbers of Female Ser- vants Missing. TERRIBLE DEVELOPMENTS FEARED. a Origin of the Fire Involved in | Obscurity. ie INQUIRIES ANSWERED. PUP Di ah thee ANXIOUS [BY TELEGHAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Br. Lov, April 12, 1877, The great fre at the Southern hus been the absorb- ing theme of conversation to-day and almost as much excitement prevailed as on yesterday, showing tbat the community has not yet begun to recover trom the shock of the horror, Thousands have visited the scene of the conflagration, and to-day, at one o'clock, the work of removing the débris in search of bodies began, though, owing to the immense mass of rubbish and its heated condition, the labor is necossarily slow and little progress has been, made, A CHILD'S BODY FOUND. ‘Thus far only one body has been taken out—that of a hit hild, with hands and fect and head burned off. The remains, in fact, were a mere charred, stupeless mass, bearing little resemblance to a human body, and would not have been recognized as such had not the heart and liver, still ntact, been exposed when the Jomp was shovelled to one side by the workmen. The remains were jound under nine feet of brick and mor- tar, and fragments of a quilt wore adhering to them, showing that the child was in bed when tho floors tell tn, Of course recognition is Impossible, It 1s tgarea that owiog to tho intensity of the heat and its long continuance the cremation of tho bodies lost was so compiote that many of them have been ro- solved entirely to ushes, THE WORK AMID THK RUINS, One hundred men have been at work to-day divided into tbree equads—one digging a treuch through the Tuius to facilitate work to-morrow, one removing the débris trom around the hotel safes and office, and anotbor searching for bodies. At the foot of the stair- ways, where many are supposed to have perished, another party bus devoted itsell to a search for H, 8. Clark, wife and daughter, at a spot immediately under where their room was located. Tue bricks and cinders are still emoking hot and streams of water are kept constantly playing where the work Is being prose- cuted, THE 1088 OF LIFT, i The loss of I1fe ta still ihe subject of painful specula- tion, there being much diversity of opinion as tu the number, and the circumstances making an accurate estimate difficult at this time. The hotel register for ‘Yuesday is missing, 60 1t 18 impossible to know who and how many fresh arrivals there were at the hotel the night of the fire, and, therefor, impossible to fad how many guests are missing. THY EMPLOYES OF THE HOTEL. ‘Thore were 200 employés in the hotel. One hundred and forty are certainly caved and havo reported. The remaining sixty bave not been heard from, but a num- bor of thein did not sleep at the hotel, but what par- toular number cannot be ascertained, as the hotei managers do not know which and how many of them slopt at other placos, So itis not possibie yet to tell bow many cmployés have perished. reason to fear tha: tho greater portion of the missing ones are buried in the ruins, Hon, T. J. Crittenden, who was reported missing, ia safe, having left for his home at nine P, M. on the night of tho fire. KATE CLAXTON’S L083, Miss Kate Claxton visited the scene of the conflagra- tion this morning to point out the exact location of her room, Her loss reaches about $2,000, inciuding money, jewelry and wardrobe, A magniticent costume received from New York a fow hours provioas to the firo was included in the general wreck, Ainong the Manusoripts recovered this morning was that of her play of ‘Conscience’ and several contracts for en- gagements with different managers, The latter, she says, are tolerably well preserved, only the edges being scorched and wot, SEARCHING FOR TREASURE, J, H. Morrill, the New York commercial man, ro- ported to have lost $17,000 in jewelry, &c,, set some men to work near the main entrance this morning, and succeeded tn taking out about $600 worth of Jowelry. He had threo barrels of ashes containing treasure taken out and shipped by express to his firm in New York to bo smelted. AN EDITOR MUSING. W. J. L, Holladay, edttor of tne Holly Springs (Mies,) Reporter, 8 among the missing. Hoe arrived in the city two days before the fire, registering at the South- ern, and was lust seen the evening before the fire, and it 18 supposed his body 1s buried in the ruins, A STRAY siOT. Charles Keeler, of Cincinnati, was occupying a room on Fifth street, in a building opposite the hotek About twoo’clock he was aroused by a cry of fire. As he raised the window to look out one of the inmates of a room in the sixth story of the hotel fired a pistol, it ts supposed, to give an alarm, The bail struck Keeler on the right hip, but as it had spent {ta force tt rollea harmlessly to the floor, and it was picked up by him sull bot A CURIOS INCIDENT, A singular circumstance occurred to-day. Milton Nobles, un actor now under engagement at De Bar's Opera House, was a guest at the hotel, He lost every. thing, Including bis trunk and contents, among other things, wag a lotter or contract relating to anengagoment at a Philadelphia theatre, aud which was of value to the gentleman, Judge of his sur- prise when A. Waldaner, the leader of the orchestra at the Opera House, to-day banded him the identical let- ter, enough remained to indicate its contents in full, The letter had been picked up by Waldaner in tho yard ia the rear of his residhnce, No, 109 Amelia street, over ono mile and a half from tho scene of the fire, where it had been carried by the wind, Miss Lettie Allen, the actross, lost the manuscript of her now play, ontitled “Wares,” in which sho was to have made her debut in New York during the present season. James Simmons, of Akolona, Miss, reports that he and John Randall, a salesman of Aberdeen, Miss., were Logether until ten o'clock on tho night of the fire, They were both guests at the Southern, and at that hour Randall retired to bed, bidding bis companion | good might. Randall has not since been heard of, and Simmons {8 certain he was burned. OnIGIN oF THE PR, ‘Tne origin of the firo 1s still wrapped in{mpenotrable mystery, though tt Feems to be agreed on all sides that it started In or near the storeroom. In answer to criticism upon the eMcieacy of his do. partment, Fire Chit Sexton complains that the firo was uliowed too much headway before an alarm was given; that six engines were at tho scene within fonr minutes of the alarm At that time the fames had spread to almost every story, and the smoke had so filed tho corridors and stairways as to almost make it impossiblo to traverse them, THE EMPLOVES ON DUTY. A rumor was current to-dwy that only one man ex- cepting the night clork wus kept on duty tn the hotel at night, the proprietors tailing to provide the necessary force to give wn alarm in engo oldanger, To this tho proprictors published an omphaiic denial, stating there were those men always on duty in tho cellar, v2, the enginéer, fireman and assis: t seven persons on the main floor—the might clerk, two porters, two bell boys and two bootblacks, the latter passing through ali parts of the house col. lecting the boots and shoes of guests, and two watch. mon specially employed to patrol the halis on the upper floors and guard against any violation of rules govern: ing the hotel, . INQUINIEG ANSWERED, Many torasrams have beea received by Chiof of Thero 18 atrong | In atrunk, | The decument was slightly singed by fire, but | DAY, APRIL 13, 1877—TRIPLE SHEET. Polles McDonough to-day from various parties through- Out the country inquiring for friends, Ox¢ from Brooklyn, N. Y., signed J. 1. Gilbert, making Joquiries regarding Harry Gilbert, Aus saved, One trom Rosanna Handy, New York, inqu' Lucy Handy. Answ ‘ed, One from A, Feitz, New York, inquiring for Charles Keifn:eht, Answer, probably burned, One from Jerome B. Varmenter, of Troy (N. ¥.) Press, \uquiring if H. J. Clark, wife and daughter wero | killed, Answer, cannot bo found and bave not re- | ported. One from San Francisco imquiring for H. Paolett | Answer, missing. | One trom Newburg, N. Y., inquiring for R. C. Horton, was answered: | 1 do not think he register cannot be found. 1g for 8 in the hotel, Tuesday's | STORY OF AN EYE-WITNESS OF THE FINE—A j SON LOST IN TRYING TO SAVE HIS MOTHER— BLACK HILLS MINERS AND THEIR YIVE HUN- DRED POUNDS OF GOLD. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Cuicaco, April 12, 18 Your correspondent met last evening a gentleman named Jeanings, who had just arrived from the scene of the catastrophe at St, Louis, Ho had been out with @ party ton wine supper, and was passing the hotel when the alarm was given, He rushed into the build. | ing and passed up to thé parlor floor by the west side entrance, He could see nv fire, but the sinell of some- | thing burning fillod the atr, He met two or three per- sons, Who asked What was the matter, where was the firo? A policeman camo up and asked him where he was going. He said he heard some ono cry | “Firel’? and camo to sce what it meant. He looked down the rotunda and could not distinguish anything for the smoke. He hurried back and ran up | stairs crying “Fire!” Ho went to the fourth floor and rapped at the doors as he passed down the halls, say ing “Get up! the house js on fro He then etarted to go to the upper story, but con- cluded not to, He thought he would not risk it, and sturted to go back, when the flanies sbot up the elo ; Vatoz, and fn an instant cut off all escape as it seome A man appeared at a door rabbing his oyes, He rushed into the rorm and looked out of the window, 4 SCENE OF CONFUSION. ‘The stroet was Ulied with people rushing to and fro, He saw no means of escape by the window and har- | ried back to the hall, though the smoke was so thick he could hardly breathe, He did not know what to do. | The hall was filled with acrowd of people—balf crazed men asking one another meaningless questions, women screaming and rusting back and forth nearly naked, Escape by the stairway was cut off, TRYING TO SAVE MIS MOTHER, A young man came out of a room near and shouted :— “For God’s sake! where’s my mother!’? A voice caine trom the nextruom, “Henry! Henry!” Tho man threw bimself aguinst the door and burat it | open, A mass of smoke wnd a scarcely audible groan was all that couid be seen or heard, The man stood a moment appailed, and then raising one arm adove his eyes, ho suid, “Here, mother! where are you?” and ho disappeared, He was heard to tall, but oothing could be seen. He never came out. BLACK MILLS MINERS. Two men followed him to w window which they raised and looked out Some men wero trying to | ratso a ladder, but it would not reach. Tho strangers | bore a heavy Valise between thon. One said;— i “Well, we mightas well have left this dust in the Hills, We're out of tuck.” Looking out they saw that atthe fourth window to the right a ladder had been raised and the firemen were assiaung the people to descend, Ail threo started in that direction, One of tho strangers said :-— “We must leave our dust, There are 600 pounds of as clear go das cver camo from tho gulch at Rocky Bar; but it’s gone.” ‘They hurried on, and tho sponker ana one of the men reached a room where wero huddled several per- sons about the window, all eager to escape, The other stranger, a powerlui mun, stopped at the door aud | said :— “Bill, why didn’t we drop that gold into the street? I’m going buck to do It,”? and disappoarcd, went down, but the ono who returned for the gold was seen po more. Mr. Jonuings reached the salety, and saw several during the awful followed Jeap from tho ee windows to bo crushud onthe pavement below. He went tothe Planters’, took breaksnst and left by the early train for Caicago. HORRIDLE FREAK OF AN INSANK MAY, the name of 8. H. Harrington, of N. Y., toid to-day of @ horrible thing which ” he says ‘ho witnessed at the burning of tho Souther Hotel. He ad a room ‘on the fourth floor, and when be came out the hall was filled with smoke, which seemed to be going up the dome in a great black coluinu. Two women stood aear the railing of the rotunda clinging to one another. He had emerged from his Toom but a moment when a man, dressed oniy in « pair of pants, came rushing down the hall to where they stood and said, ‘Why don’t you jump?” Atthe same time be zed ono of them, hurled her over the balustrade, and she disappeared witha shriek into the rotunda below. Tho man hur- riea on, evidently being insane. Mr. Harrington saw him no more, and was himsell rescued by a iaddor, KATH CLAXTON’S RUN, ’ H, 8. Belden, a prominent resident of Svanston, one of tho suburbs of Chicago, arrived home from xt, Louis to-day, and says he eccupied a room on the otth floor, next that of Kate Claxton’s. He says that the | newspaper reports to the effect that Miss Claxton was on one of the Jower floore ts untrue, hence the greater wonder of her escape. | Travellors trom Louis are registering at the hotels | from other places to escape the crowd of reporters and | others who are atthe houses anxious to see an eye witness of the catastrophe, EXCITEMENT AMONG HOTEL GUESTS IN CHI- CAGO—PROPRIETORS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FIRE ESCAPES. Cutcago, April 12, 1877, Intense excitement prevails in this city among the guosts of the large hotels in consequence of the ao- struction of tho Southern Hotel at St. Louis, aud the | loss of fo there, The bote! proprietors here are doing | all in their power to suppress the excitement by adding the latest means of fire escape to their build- ings, and by employing special fire patrols in order to guard against such accidents. One of the priuci hotel owners hero offers to expose any room in his hotel to ignited combustibles, tn order to test the abso- Juvo security of the house against fire, Tho test will take piace this week. FACTORY BURNED, Parkusos, N. J., April 12, 1877. At nine o’clock this morning @ fire broke out in the dye house of the Hamilton Mill, on Mill street, the oldost factory in the city, owned by Solomon Bach. | man, of New Yi and one of the principal manufac. tories of woollen shawls in the country, Tho burning chemtoals ran over the ground, communicating fire to | the main building, and in one hour the entire estab- Hehment was ip Pulas, | Swinburne’s juto mill narrowly escaped destruction. | Tne Dantortti Locomotive Works took fire, but the | flames were promptly extiuguisied, The Hamilton Mul w ber of hands were om: Bat little stock w: and stock is ne: d, all of whom escaped. | loss on the building ruaily insured, LARGE FIRE AT POMEKOY, OHIO, Cisoinsati, April 12, 1877, At Pomeroy, Ohio, at about ten o'clock last night, a fire broke out in the wareroom of D, Gryer & Son, | situated in the main business portion of the city, and | spread rapidly in every direction, and was not checked | until twenty-five business houses, offices and resi- | Gences wore destroyed, The First National Bank | bu:lding is tho only one remaining on the west side of Court street and tts third story was gutted by the | flames, The total damages, at a low estimate, will reach | $100,000, Vollowing are tho prinetpal losses:—A. W, Scebohm, residence, $4,000, insurance, $2,500; Nich oias Klein, furniture store aud stock, $4,400; D. Gryer & Son, dry goods store, $10,000, insurance $5,000; | Jones, Thomas & Genyemor, hardware, $18,000, in. | stirance $8,600; Honry Nout: Woon and dwelling, | | $4,500, Insurance $1,400; J, ©, Probst & Son, turus- ture store, $5,000, Insuranee $5,500; Jacud Elveriioid, dry goods, $5,000, Insurance $1,000; Charles Kichman, joweller, $2,600, insured; Huttll & Gissel, merchant tatiors, $4,600, Insurance $1,200, W. J. Pratt, hard. ware, stock and building, $1,500; Dr. D.C. Whaley, $2,000; 8. A. Moore, $2,000, Besides these there wore several buildings containing lawyers’ and Doctors! offices and residences burned. A large brick building oceupied by LD. eid, druggist, and the First National Bank, was damaged to tho extent of about $5,000 in | the Upper park Tho Masonic lodge whieh occupied | tho upper portion of this batiding loge about $4,000 worth of fixtures, | FIRE IN FOURTEENTH STREET, Ofticer Jorfes, of the Twegty-ninth Precinct, yester- day ovening saw smoke issuing trom the frst floor of the four story brown stone building, No. 11 Rast Four. foonth street, occupied by Herts & Sons, auc. | Uoneers, From thin floor the fire extended to the upper stories and soon the whole building seemed in a blaze, Several tire companies, however, were prompt in arriving, and be. fore long the conflagration was undor control. When the flames were extinguisned it wns found that Herts & Sons had sustained & loss of about $15,000, and the Janiior, Janes Delavan, a loss of $300, Tho damago done the batiding amounts to $10,000 The insurance ( could not be ascertained, | Will be treated the vory busy and a large num. | Se ee ee ee a eS eee 7 THE SUBMISSIVE SIOUX, BATIONS ORDERFD TO BE PROVIDED FOR THOSR BROUGHT IN BY SPOTTED TAIL. Wasmxoroy, Apri! 12, 1877. Orders have been issued by the ladian Bureau to pra vide rations for 1,500 hostile Lodians recently broug! in by Spotted Tail, These Indians come io on the same terms as other hostiles. Their arms and horees will be taken from them, but in other respects they me as the indians who have ro- mained at the agencies, It is the impression at the Indian Bureau that the withdrawal of so many persons from the forces of Sitting Bull will prevent bim from making any turthee BEressive Movements, PROTECTION FOR OKEGON. GENERAL HOWARD'S VIEWS OF THE SITUATION, Say Francisco, Cal, April 12, 1877. Apress deepaich from Portland, Oregon, “In view of the recent order withdrawing the United States troops from Sitka and Fort Wrangel, General Howard has telegraphed an earnest appeal tothe Divis- jon Commander at San Francisco, with a view of se- curing for Alaska waters something more efficient than au ordinary revenue cutter. He urgos the necessity of le most active and vigorous officers, and ef ditions to the armament of the vessel. 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