The New York Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1877, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. THE EASTERN WAR. Roumania About to Declare Her Independence. RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF RECENT FIGHTING. Great Fire in Constantinople—A French Affair of Honor, [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Loxpox, April 80, 1877. There is no exciting news from the seat of war this morning, and those who expected to hear of decisive battles within a fow days after the declaration of war have been doomed to disappoint- ment. The prinefpal item of intelligence is the pro- posed declaration of Ronmanian independence, ROUMANIA DECLARING HER INDEPENDKNCE, The Hxkatv’s Vienna correspondent telegraphs that Prince Charles is preparing a manifesto declaring Roumania independent of Turkey. This stop has been expected almost siuce the first entry of the Rus- in troops into tho principality. Roumania will be erected into a kingdom, and will be under the protec- tion of Russia, The Minister of Foreign Affairs has communicated to tho Chamber of Deputies a convention with Russia, dated April 16, 1877, in which the Prince of Roumania @ssures to the Rassiuns a free passage and the treat- ment due a friendly army, and the Czar binds himself to respect the rights of Koumania, The Muinis- Ser said the convontion wag to secure respect for Rou- ™ania’s position as an individual State in Mccordance with the treaty of Paris. It imposed neither a change in Roumapia’s international relations Ror the daty of lentting the co-oporation of her army, Roumania adhering to the policy of attacking no one, but defending her frontier ag far as possible. A eim!- lar convention had not been concluded with the Porte because it had transferred the seat of war to Rouma- Rian territory and had also persistently retused to rec- ognize Roumaniaor settle the questions which have been pending for years, According to an additional convention the Russians are allowed to use Roumanian foads, railways, rivers and telegraphs. The resources of the country are placed at their disposal for the sup- ply of thoarmy, The Roumanian authorities aro to assist in erecting cimps and forwarding baggage. Russian military trains and telegraphing are to have the precedence of ordinary traffic. Tho Russians are empowered to complete unfnivhed railroads, and the necessary ground for this purposo is ceded to them. The Chief of the Kuvsian Military Trafic Department is smpowered, subject to the approval of the Roumanian Minister of Works, to dismiss Roumantan railway officials. Tno Russians aro allowed to establish military stations and hospitals anywhere except in Bucharest, Roumania will, if required, provide material for the construction »f boats, ships and bridges. Articles intended {or the Russian army willbe admitted into Roumania auty Iree, The Roumanian avtberitics will assist im capturing Russian deserters. All the ex. penses incurred through tho passage of the Russians aro to be paid m cash within two months, An explanatory report annexed to the convention says Russia 1s obliged to intervene in Turkey because Mussolman fanaticism and the weakness of the Turk- ‘sh government allow no hope of reform, and as Rus- sin desired to respect the inviolability of Roumania, the present convention was concluded. The Chamber ratified the convention by a vote of 79 to 25. RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTING. An official dospatch to the Russian Minister of War describes operations in Asia Minor as follows:—“On the 27th inst. our infantry reached Kuruckdara and our cavalry Subotin and Chadzivali. The strong posi- tion of Muchaster was occupied on the 26th. The loss by the bombardment of Fort St. Nicholas wasone killed. On the 27th the Turkish monitors approached Pot!, but went away without doing any damage. Turkish accounts say a Russian column 1s Marching on Ardaban. The Russian army 1s very strong in cavalry, and is accompanied by a heavy siege train, NOTES FROM RUSSIA, St, Petersburg despatches say that the newspaper statements that Russia has concluded a new loan are \ecorrect. Russia is prepared with means to prosecute tho war throngbout the present year and pay the in- terost on her sinking fund debt, the Jong negotiations preceding the war having given ample time for prepara- Hon in theso respects, It is mow decided that the .Czarowitch shall return to St, Petersburg with the Czar. Reports from tho commander of the Bouthern army oxpress great eatisfaction with the operating and marching capabilities of the troops. Tne Golos (newspaper) has been suspended by the government for two months for attacking the adminis- tration, The Czar will leavo Kischeneff on Wednesday, arrive at Moscow on Friday and reach St, Petersburg on Sunday next. ITEMS PROM TURKEY, It 18 stated that the Porte hus doclined to recognize the arrangement by which Russian subjects in Turkey were placed under German pro- tection. The German roment has conse- quently protested, It is understood that tho Porte will exercise the right of search on vessols going to the Black Sea, Hobart Pacha, unable tocomo down the Danube on account of torpodoes, returns to Constantinople via Verna, to take command of the squadron off Crete. It is announced that the Sultan will go to Shumla on Thursday. Advices trom Ragusa say that numbers of troops Icit Trobinje, Stenitza and Scutari yesterday to attack tho Montenogrina, The Servian government is about to sell transport and artillory horses, It recently sold al the reserve supply of corn, ENGLISH PREPARATIONS, The authorities of tho Devonport Dockyard, in con- vequenco of instructions from the Admiralty, are facili- tating the completion of all vessels there. They have teported to the Admiralty that the Defenco, Rosistance and Biack Prince, of the Channel squadron, will be completed about the end of the week, The Agincourt and Shannon, iron-clads, | and Hydra and Cyclops, double-turret ships, can be | made ready to go into commission in twenty-four hours, Nearly a dozen gunboats aro also preparing for commission, and all can be ready for sea within | ®@ fortnight. Orders have been received at Woolwich for work of varipus kinds, which will restore to the arsenal its normal activity. Many workmen who were recently discharged will probably bo engaged again this week. Tho British Mediterranean squadron, consisting of the iron-clads Alexandra, Monarch, Swiftsure, Dovastation and Hotspur, left Malta tor Coriuon Saturday. The British military attaché of the Logation at Constanuinople is going to. Kars. Colone! W. Lennox will join the Tarkish Army of tho Danube as British milttary attaché, WHO MAY JOIN IN THR STRUGGLE. The Persian Minister at Constantinople has officially assured the Grand Vizier that Persia has entered tuto ‘no ongagement with Russia against Turkey. Greece only delays declaring war until the Russians cross the Danube, Austria has clearly intimated at both, st. Petorsburg and boa the point beyond which ex. tension of the war would interiere with her Interests, THK CLOSING OF THK DAXUDE, The announcement that the navigation of the Dan- abe has been closed caused considerable excitement in the Baltss ralesrooms on Saturday. Cargoes of grain to arrive were quoted at a further advance of a shilling per quarter. VIRK EN CONSTANTINOPLE, An extensive conflagration occurred Saturday in the Phaner quarter of Constantinople. Six nunared houses Wore destroyed, The fire originated accident. ally about two o'clock Saturday afternoon, and raged anul nine in tho evening, The Nookolic district was NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1877—TRIPLE entirely destroyed. A mosque, built all of stone, was ruined by the fames, Two women were killed. A FRENCH AFFAIR OF HONOR SETTLED, ‘The Parts correspondent of the Hxnaup telegraphs that the projected duel between the Marquis ae Talley- rand and M. Rogat, of the Pays, has been given up. It will De remembered that Talieyrand bas lately ap- Bounced nis adhesion to republicanism and written some severe things of the Bonapartists, for which Paul de Cassagnae sharply criticised him in his journal, Le Pays. Cassagnac has since beon sent to prison for similar strictures on the government, so his representative on the Pays, M. Rogat, bad also the honor of representing him in the affair of honor. The seconds have dually decided that the article in the Pays did not exceed tne bounds of logitimate politicul criticfam, and there the matter ends, Minister Martel has ordered magistrates to report to hi ll pewspapers which attack foreign governments, RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NEUTRALS. PROBABLE ISSUE OF A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT—WBRAT CONSTITUTES A BLOCK- ADE—POSITION OF AMERICAN COMMERCE. Wasuinctox, April 29, 1877. The war between Russia and Turkey will not neces- sarily call for the issuance of a neutrality proclamation on the part of the United States, although it is quite Probable that ono may be issued upon receipt of offi- cial information of the blockade of ports by one or other of the belligerent Powers. Ot course, however, all provisivps of laws and treaties enjoiuing neutrality im such contesta are and will continue to be in force, regardless of the issuance of such prociamations, which are designed merely for the guidance of our own citizens and to protect Aimerican shipping against the consequences of possible ignorant infractions of the obligations of neutrals, ‘THE BLOCKADE QUESTION, It is proper to state in this connection that our gov- ernment long ago asserted the principle that a block- ade to be respected must be efficiontly enforced by tho Power declaring it. The correctuess of thts position is recognized by all the great Powers, and itis also conceded that due notice must be given in every case, 80a8 to enable neutral vessels to avoid danger of capture. Hence there need be no apprehension that by reasen of the existing war American commerce will be molested, either in the vicinity of our own ports or on the high seas, Only such vessels can be intericred with as may attempt to run a blockade after due notice of such biockade shall bave been given to them, ana rendered eflicieat by she prosence 01 naval vessels of tho block- fading Power. The rights of American vessels in the waters of beiligerents will furthermore be guarded by the recently strengthened United States squadrons, to Buch an extent as may be required, having due rogara alike to the protection of our marine intorests and tho obligations of the United States as a neutral, PREVIOUS PROCLAMATIONS. Very few neutrality proclamations have ever been issued by this government except as warnings against apprebended invasions of Canada and Cuba trom our own territory. President Washingion in 1793 issued a rece enjoming neutrality as to the war of ngland and other Powers against France, but no neutral proclamation in regard to any war between foreign natious was issuod trom tbat iime until the ear 1870, when President Grant issued his proc- jamation ' of warning against any violation of neutrality in the war between France and Germany. ‘That document embodied an elaborate statement of the various acts forbidden by the Neutrality law, together with the recital of the general provisions of iuterna- tional law and of our treaties with these Powers appli- cable to the subject. A few months later in the same year he issued another proclamation declaring that certain uses of the waters of the United States by armed vessels of either belligerent were nutricndly and offensive and must be discontinued. No procia- mation was jued by our government during the Crimean war. MATERIAL FOR SHIP BUILDING, THE POWERS OF EUROPE IN THE MARKETS OF THE UNITED STATES. Wasutxatoy, April 29, 1877. The existing troubles between Kussia and Turkey and the unsettled condition of othcr European powers growing out of these hostilities have already created a demand upon this country for timber suitable for ship building, and the agents of several foreign powers are here tor the purpose of purchasing such timber. Two cargoes were recently shipped to France, and it is said that more has beea purchased for Great Britain, Bat little live oak timber is in the market, the govern- ment having nearly all of this timber stored at the vari ous navy yards amounting in the aggregate to about 1,200,000 cubic feet, though much of it 1s decaying for want of suitable places iniwhich ,to preserve it. PRESERVATION OF TIMBER, The usual method of preserving this timber is by submerging it in wet ducks, and we e not a suffi- cient number of such docks to contain it; therefore the timber has to remain in the open air, and in many instances not even a shed covers it Vast quantities of other timber, such as white vak, walnut, pine, &c., also lay exposed to the weather at several navy yards, und much of it ts already unfit for use on account of being so expo! Live oak timber, which 18 most used in ship byilding, 1s cut in the winter, but oes pot become seasmued fora your or two. It was tho policy of the late Secretary of the Navy to purchase nearly all such timber as fast as cut, and therelore a small quan- tity ouly is now to be found in the market, FOUND DEAD. A WEALTHY FARMER'S MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEAR- ANCE EXPLAINED. (bY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Harrissvura, Po., April 29, 1877. The Mody ot Levi Hocker, a wealthy farmer ot this counfy, who disappeared last wintor, was found yes- verday In a creek about six miles from his former resi- dence, Tho mind of Hocker had been greatly agi- tated by the prospective marringe of a fo- male relative to anu individual whom he dis- liked, and a mild type of insanity followed, One night while his wile was asieep he arogo irom bis bed, and no traces of him could be found until his corpse was discovered yesterday, The body of an unknown man was found to-day near the place where Mr. Hocker’s body was found, AN ASHTABULA VICTIM. THE BODY OF P. P, BLISS, OF CHIGAGO, RE- COVERED—CARRIED FIFTY MILES FROZEN TO A CAKE OF ICE. Cievenaxp, Ohio, April 29, 1877, On Friday last a party of sportsmen gunning along the lake shore af Eucid village. ten miles east of here, found the dead body of a man on tho beach, Tne body was considerably burned on the back, one Jeg was broken and tho other had a largo flesh wound; the head was perfect, and covered with black hair and the jace with full black whiskers. There was no clothing or the body, excepting a pair of boots The persons present had no idea whose body tt might be, and as it had already commenced decomposing they dug a grave neur by ana buried it. After the burial a description of tho body was given at the ratiroud station and it was at onee recognized as that of P. P. Bliss, of Chicago, who was lost on Friday night, December 29, at Ashtabula, tn the great railroad accident, The theory is that the body was frozen to a cake of ice and carried up tho lake to the point whero it was found. Euclid is fiity miles west of Ashtabula. Tho boay will, in all probability, be taken up to-morrow and a farther investigation made. BROYHERHOOD OF ENGINEERS, THE STRIKE ON THE KEADING ROAD AND 1TS CAUSE DY THE GRAND CHIEF ENGINEER. Paitapevenia, April 29, 1877. In an interview to-night Grand Chief Kagiveor Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, denied that he ever made # statement of his abilny to stop every road in the country by a wave of bis baud. , Ata pudlic meeting in (his city to-morrow night ho Proposes to give # history of the growth of the Lroth- erhood and ‘the cause of tho strike on the Reading Katiroad. He stated bis willingness to reter the diffi- culties to a board of arbitration, Mr. Arthur ciaimed that the Reading Company was now employing im- proper men on 14s road, STABBED BY A PLAYMATE, Nasunua, N. A, April 29, 1877, James F, Whitney, six years of oge, during a quar- rel with his playinate, Lewis Shattuck, was stabbed by the jatier threo times. Que cut 1s two und one-lall inches deep, and 18 quite serions, A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Vinivapecrnta, April 29, 1877. This afternoon, Annic Guy, colored. who resided at No, 404 Pleasant avenue, was found dead in her house, with a pistol shot wound jn her left breast, Jeph Freeman gave himselt ap to the police, and stated that he hat a diffiewlty with Anu with whom he lived, and bad struck her over the he with a rolling pin, Annie and next door, qaarr ight, and the jatter ‘air is wnysterious, as death and pot a blow on the head. JOCKEY CLUB, was caused by a pistol » LOUISVILLE Lovisvinen, Ky., April 20, 187 The Loassville Jockey Club has extended the time of closing the entries tothe $1,000 purse, in which Ten Broeek and Aristides havo already bean entered, until Wednesday, May % ‘The entrance foo is ten per cont and the race ts open to all weights and ages, to bs run on Thursday, May 24, Entrics matiod on Wednesday are gvod, 2210 Lupe, who live | e CORONER’ SOUTH CAROLINA. FINAL SURRENDER OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE OFFICIALS—THE CONTEST IN THE SUPREME COURT ABANDONED — CHAMBERLAIN'S DE- PARTURE FROM THE STATE, (BY TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD.) Corumpia, April 29, 1877. It {s announced to-night upon {he best authority that the republican contestants for tho several offices of Secretary of the Treasury, Secre- tary of State, Comptroller General, Attorocy Ger Adjutant and Inspector General and Superintendent of Education, afier frequent con- ferences and maturo deliberation, have finally determined to withdraw all claims to the offices speci- fied, and that this formal surrender of the same will be publicly announced to-morrow. As the question of ‘the titie to these oflices 1s still pending in the Supreme Court, it 18 considered advisable that the surrender take the form, not of a resignation, but of a consent order or judgmeat, which will probably be taken in the Supreme Court immediately upon its convoning on Tuesday next, May 1, AN IMPORTANT Z¥FECT. The immediate eflect of this course will be to leave each side to mect its own expenses or costs incurred in the progress of the suit, a point the republicans earnestly desire to mako tn view of their present im- Pecunious circumstances and of the extreme probability of an adverse decision, which would loave them the whole burden to bear. It is scarcely necessary to add the democratic contestants are very willing to com- promise upon this basis. A less direct but a more im~ portant cousequenco ot a withdrawal in court instead of by resignation lieg in the effect of such proceeding in excluding the possibility of any questions here- alter arising as to the validity of the official acts ofthe democratic iacumbents pertormed during the progress of the suit, CAUSE OF THE ACTION. The reasons which have influenced the republicans to this course ure not fur to seek, not farther, indeed, than the Supreme Court itself. The fact of tho oxcite- ment and violent opposition on the part of the repab- lreans to the anticipated election of Associate Jus- tice Willard to tho Chief Justicesnip, together with the causes of such opposition, have been already eapiained to the readers of tho HERALD. Judge Willard contributed pertaps more lurgely than apy other man in South Carolina to Governor Hamp- ton’s success, ‘I'his gave him a claim upon democratic support, which {s further strengthened by the tact that the suit involving the positions of tbe above named officers is stlli pending im the court over which ho now presides, The present action on tho part of the republican claimanis can then be readily under- stood as an effort on their part to remove this rather important elemont of his success, and to this consid- eration alone is tho withdrawal of the republican con- testauts to be attributed, EXIT CHAMBERLAIN, Ex-Governor Chainberluin’s tatnily will leave Co- lumbia to-night, Their immediate destination 1s said to be Washington, at which point they will be re- joined by Mr, Chamberlain himself in a day or two, or ¥o soon 4s he can settle his business matters in this city. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. It ts Understood bo will not return. Wan Drrantanst, Orrick ov Tuy CilkF SIGNAL OrriceR, WasninGtox, April 30—2 A, M, Indications, For New England, northeast to southeast winds, cloudy and rainy weather, with slight change in tem- peraturo and genorally rising barometer. + For the Middle Atlantic States, rising barometer, winds shifting to northwest and southwest, with rain areas, followed by clearing weather and nearly sta- | tlonary temporature. For the South Atlantic States, rising barometer, nearly stationary temperature, south to west winds and partly cloudy or clearing weather, preceded by Fain area near the coast, For tho Gull States rising barometer, northeriy winds, clear or partly cloudy weather and slight change of temperature, followed in the west Gulf by falling barometer and warmer southeast winds, For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley rising barometer, northwest to southwest winds, clear or partly cloudy weather witb slight change of temperature, probably Tising at the western stations, For the upper Miesissippi and lower Missour! val- leys rising, followed by falling barometer aud rising temperature, northerly, shifting to east and south winds, and cloar or partly cloudy weather, For the lake region, slowly rising barometer, winds shifting to the north and west, partly éloudy or cloudy weather, with areas of light rain or snow and falling temperatarc, probably followed at the western sta- tions by warmer easterly winds and clearing weather. The Lower Mississippi River will continue to rise slowly between Cairo and Vicksburg. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changes in tho temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the correspondiog dato of last yoar, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Heratp Builuing:— 1876. 1877. ot 53 50, soe 52% Average temperature for corr last year we O26 A MORMON DEFENCE OF ATTORNEY HOWARD. [From the Salt Lake Herald.] The New York Heap, in an editorial heretofore quoted in this paper, hinted at official speculative mo, tives in connection with Leo’s coniession, published under the inspiration of District Auorney Howar we hayo not been able to adopt this theory, as it seoms too preposterous to imagine that this dis- tinguished oilicor of the law would cither speculate in the dying coniession of Lee, or use his oficial position and authority to obtain from the lips of the prisoner a statement or confession by holding out to him nopes of w reprieve ora pardon which were never intended to be realized. Such a course would be tuo monsirous to conceive, and certainly cannot be atiributed to Mr. Howard, whom Leo, tn his last words to the writer, spoke of as having been like a father to him throughout his trial and jong imprisonment. It was rogorted, however, by some of Lee’s attendants, on the morning of hia execution he expressed the be- Het that a pardon or reprieve would reach b:m belore the fatal hour arrived, und persons why had predicted that Loo would totally breuk down, overwhelmed by the surrounding terrible scenes of bis lust moments and the preparations for his taking off, when they ob- served his cool demeanor and uravery, fell back upon the theory that the great culprit maiutained his firm. hess and Courage only by virtue of a strong hope that the closing scene of the drama would be in keeping with the poetical tentiment which — dictated his removal to the Mountain Meadows, and that im approved dime novel style a dusty courier ona broken down unima! would appear Just as ile order to fire was to be given with a pardou ‘or reprieve irom tho Executive, if such a hope had buoyed up the mind of the prisoner he made no men- tion of it either to tho reperiers who interviewed him or in his last speech at bis coffin; neither did tis manner evince the possession of an idea of this kind. He spoke und acted like a man who saw oniy im- mediate death before bi, and if be harbored any other thought it was studiously concealed from those presen. 1 apposition of a specuiation on the part of the officials in Lee's statements or contessions has grown out of the serapulous care with which he was secluded from the representatives of the press and others whom it waa fitting that he should bave seen, unless there wore some public reasons \o the contrary, such as real danger of luis es- | cape, & suicide, or an aitempted rescue, Why should District Attorney Howard have been so auxious to have M18 version ot Leo's stutemont go trough the | press to the exciusion of all others? 1s pow a common question, This question has excited the inverest of the public, and tm cunnection with the remarkavie pains by Marshal Neison to exclude all reporters irom e's pr © until an hour of two betore the execu. Lion has givea rise to the unfortunate suspicions indi- cated aveve, | WAS If FRENCH? The body of an unknown man, apparently about thirty-five years of age, was found floating in the water the foot of East Twenty-first street and removed to the Morgue, Tho deceased was about five feet eight inenes jo height and had a smooth face, bald head and black hair, He was attired ina dark suit, and had ou calf skin boots and a biae flannel undershirt, The body has been iu the water for some time. In the pocket ot the deceased was found a card on which was written HL. Frencn, No. 212 Broadway. PICKPOCKE' Mrs, Botty Heyne, of N at 245 avenuo A, while walk- ing through the Bowery yosterday afternoon, felt a haud in her poeke Caroy, a boy of sixt 8. and turning quickly saw Patrick fleeing with ber pocketbook, con- Officer Schunat, of the Tenth prectnet, ey, and Juuge Wandeli, atthe Kssex Mar vourt, heid bim in $1,000 bath wuning & enptored ket Police CASES. An onknown woman’s dead body was tound at No, 41 Maxter street yeeterd: She bad brown bair, and a red dress trimined with velvet, Joseph Baumann, two months old, was found dead in his mother’s bed at seven o'clock yesterday morn- 1g. enry Vandenbrand and Ann Carroll died Saturday evon'ng without medical attendance, THE FIRE FIEND AGAIN. Appalling Disaster in the City of Montréal. OIL CABINET NOVELTY WORKS BURNED. Firemen and Civilians Buried Be- neath the Falling Walls. TEN CHARRED BODIES REMOVED. List of the Killed and Wounded— Details of Injuries. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] MontReat, April 29, 1877. This morning one of the most disastrous tires that ever took place in Montreal broko out in a building situated on St. Urbain street and occupied by the Oil Cabinet Novelty Company. ‘The building was one of five stories, built of wood, with no extra amount of supports to fit it for tho business carried on tn it, and, moreover, though this morning condemned in the Strongest terms by tho Inspector of Buildings, was al- lowed tobe put up and oceupied by men and machinery without a word on his part to the contrary, It nad tn tho reara thin veneer of one brick, while in front it was somowhat stronger, but in no way sufficiently well supported, as the sad story 1 havo to relate de- monstrates, DISCOVERY OF TH FIRE Atfive minutes past five o’clock tho fire was dis- covered, and the alarm that was given, by whom It ‘8 not known, quickly brought the whole of the ae- partment to the scene of the conflagration, Tho flames wero ut first confinea to the upper story of the build- ing, and their headway for a time prevonted by tho copious flow of water from the thirteen nozzlos directed upon them, but quickly, as if fed with the ou, they bugst forth in great volumes trom the windows, Tho fire men, with the untiring zoal for which they are know, were working in evory portion of the build. ing, as woll as outside, The fire scemed to descend to the lower stogy ‘with extraordinary rapidity, which the men could not withstand, ana which caused many expressions of horror, Shortly the six men in the lower stores wero called from thoir posts, and no sooner had they de- scended trom the windows than the flames belched forth spitefully as if to overtake them, FIREMEN TRRRIBLY BURNED, Heroic In their efforts to get the upper hand of the devouring clement, tho men raised the Skinner ladder, and three of them ascended with the hose, The water they poured on the lower stor! emed for the mo- ment to have obtained the mastery, but suddenly the wind changed and the flames enveloped the whole street. When it changed again the brave firemen who had ascended were found at the foot of the ladder, not dead, but terribly burned. No. 1 station placed one detachment of {ts men in the undertaker’s lane and another at the Craig street side, Other companies of ine brigade had parties on St, Urbain strect, in the alleyways on Vitré street and in St. Charles Barromé street, Chief Patton was actively engaged in St Urbain streot, whtic Sub-Chie! McCulloch and Sub- Chiof Hand were in tho rear, Tho excitement, after the accident to the men on tho ladder, became intense, THR INTENSE HEAT, The heat on St.. Urbain was so terrible that the shingle roofs, door and window frames ignited, but were prevented getting ablaze by the firemen, who had their wits about them and laid themselves out to protect the lumber yard, which has its entrance on Craig street. It was closely watchod and may bo said miraculously escaped as well as Charbouneau’s saw mills, which adjoin tho binzing pile, and had anen trance on St Charles Barromé strect, About six o’clock the wind assisted the flames moro terribly than before, raising clouds of red hot splintors from the tearful wreck and depositing them on the roof o the adjacent dwollings on Vitrée, ‘TENEMENTS VACATED, Tho occupants of the wretchodly built tenements becam ined and shifted their goods in remarkably short time, Charbonneau and the owner of the lam- ber wero thought of by the citizens as well as by the firemen, who guarded the promises as though they wero their own. The heat from the works set fire to the rool of tho saloon kept by tho well known cricketer Tom Kidley and the dwellings adjacent, jbut a con- tinuous flow of water soon pat that out. I heard some prominent citizens remark that it was wondertul how any man could enduro such heat as the poor firemen who were fighting the fiery flend on St, Urbain street had to do, and I can fully indorse their bewilderment for 200 yards away the very men who made tho re- | mark had been compelled to shield their faces with their hats, The fire in the upper flat did not appear to abate in intensity even when the very basement had become a blaze, and the roof, which fell in by small sections, without lessening the glare, increased the fuel that fed the flames below. VIREMEN IN PERIL. After the whole of the roof {ell the upper pertion of the two gable walls bulged literally outward, and as the volume of flames within their confines increased as the several floor: | it Was apparent to all the on- lookers that the walls were suro to fall and that nothing could save the buildings aajacent—.common wooden shanties—or the devoted firemen who were in the locality. Chiet Patton, who had sent bis men into the andortaker’s alley, was awake to this fact, and rushod into tho alleyway to call bis men out. Reddy, Nolan avd Holtby, of No. 1, were on the roof of Beauchamp’s store, playing onthe houses in Vitréo street. BORIRD AND CREMATED, ‘The Chief had barely got tho words out of his mouth calling them away when the rear portion of the wall feiland buried them, the Chiof himself receiving inju- rics from which {t ts doubtful whether ne wili ever recover, The cry instantly went up that the men were buried, Jack Beckingham, of No. 9, as fearless and undaunted a fireman as ever drow tho breath of life, rushed into the alley with two others to evdeavor to rescue the buried men, Holtby by this timo had wriggied out of the ruins, but the other two, buried almost up to their necks, were powerless, but con- scious, and wore literally cremated alive, Beck and his mato being uttorly poworless. Chief Pation’s gon res- cued his father with the assistance of Mr. Charles Garth, and Beek went out for help, wnich he shorty obtained, among them his devoted pranchman, Perry, Even with the additional aid the two buried alive firemen could not be extricated, and Keck went out for more assistance. Ho had no sooner got out of the alley of death than the other portion of the wall foll, burying nacrbers In the raing, No one save those present can Imagine the agonizing excitement that to!lowed, not only among the firemen bat the civilians also. COUNTING UP THR wIKsING, - Who wore among the ruins none could toll, and a gen- oral rollcall was indulged in with firemen and civil. jana, Mercier, the bailiff, was running around wondering where his brother-tn-law, Mr. Bewu- champ, of St. Lawrence, Main street, was, When the wall fell the last ho saw of him was at the mouth of the alicy of death. Others who bad seen George Lynch, the foreman of the water works, enter tho andertaker’s building by the window, questioned where he was, Firemen rushed franucally about looking for comrades, Poor Bockingham sat and wept like a child, because, as ho said, he thought when took the men into the alley they weald not come out alive, THY CHARRED nopies, The Chiof and Holtby had been sont homo and @ sort of resurrection movement commenced amid tho scorching pilo of dévria, It was found that the failing wall had razea to the groand the rear portion of the undertaker’s store, and there amid tho rain lay the bodies, It was asickening sight to look upon, for within afoot of the surface was found a heap of bodies—some lifeless, others in the throes of doath, some tew others just conscious and that is about all REMOVING THE DREAD AND WOUNDED. SHEET. excitement of the occasion, could be expected, to an ambulance in charge of Chie! MeCrobie and taken to hospital. The dead wore placed in the coflins, which wore Close at band, THR DEATH List, The following is the list of kilie T. Higgins, drivor of the Skinnor trom station No, 1. Richard Scholes, trom station No, 2 He leaves a wife and three children to mourn bis loss. Michael Darry, from station No. 3, a widower; leaves @ little child, William Perry, of station No. 9, single; leaves an aged mother of whoin he was the sole support. Goorge Lynch, for many years foreman of the water works department, 1t was his duty to attend all fires, and by tho firemen he was regarded as ove of them- selves, for he was always ready to give help when needed. He leaves a wife and four children. Joseph Parker, machinist, twenty years of age, sin- gle. Mr. Beauchamp, jeweller, St. Lawrence, Main street, married, two children. His friends owned the tour shanties in the alley of death that were demolished, and it 1s supposed by them that he went in to assist the tenants to get away with their gooas. Antoine Saunders, aged twonty-six, stonecuttor, re- siding ip German strect, married; supposed to have rushed into the alley after the rear portion of tho north gable fell in. John Hamell, aged twenty-eight, laborer, residing on St, Constant stroot, The last two mentioned bodies lay at the Central station fora long time before recognized. They were fearfully mutiiated, The remains of a third civinan hes at the Geveral Hospital, and are so terribly crushed ag to be unrecognizable, They are those of a young man about twenty yours of age, smooth faced, round, full cheeks, har very closely cut, with clothing of dark texture, but covered with mud, The pockots of his clothing contained nothing but a play bill of several weeks ago, A man named Parker is missing and itis belleved ho is under the débris in the death alley, At the present time a gang of Corporation laborers, under Mr, La- bolle, are overturning the bricks. TUK INJURED. Chiet Patton was attended at his residence by bis physician, Dr. Schmidt, Ho suffers {rom severe soalp wounds and a large gash on tho right temple, a severe abrasion of the right knee and another on the left arm. He 1s also very much bruised and burned, J. Nolan, guardian, No. 1 station, logs badly trac- tured, one broken, and brulsed about the head, John Livingstone, foreman of Skinner, one leg badly smashed; since amputated. Ben Harrison, Skinner, ladder, back broken; still living, Charles Reddy, Skinner, head bruised, William Fergusson, leg broken and bead bruised, Charles Buies, Skinnor, badly hurt. Altred Holtby, No. 1 station, burnt badly about tho hands and face, Israel Bishop, No. 5, leg broken and badiy burned, Edward Stollery, ono leg broken and badly burned about the head. ides the above many civilians were badly injured and carriod away to their homes by their frienda, The firemen wero all taken to tho hospital except those that were killed, the bodies of tho latter being taken to their homes. The wounded men were attended at tho hospital by Drs. Clive, Reddy, Fen- wick and Ross, of tho resident staffs. Drs, Fence and Webber wero also present. PROGRESS OF THE DESTRUCTION. Thosonth gable wall subsequently fell and demolished half of Siade’s turniture store, the part saved being that in which he lived, All the surrounding proporty was protected, but the pile kept on burning with terrific fury within what was le!t between the gable walls, Fear of the fire extonding abated somewhat about seven o'clock, but the sorrow at tho fatal consequences will novor abate, ORIGIN OF THE FIRE, Tho watchman of the building, who was reported among the missing, turned up after the fro was sub- ducd, Ho stated that the fire started in the cngine room, but that statement is incorrect. There is not the least doubt that the firo originatod in the upper story. How ia the mystery. The excitement over tho calamity is intense, tho scene of tho conflagration bolng crowded with civil. ta nd the several fro stations and the Gencral Hos- pital crowded with friends of the injured, CONTENTS OF TIE BUILDINGS, The works wore stocked with all kinds of domestic utensils, including reirigerators and children’s toys, Nothing whatever was saved, and tho :nsurance of tho company 18 very small, what thero ts being in the Commercial Union. Last December a-risk--upon the building was cancelled by the Citizens’ Insurance Com. pany. Werault, the undertaker, whose loss ia really of all he had, ts not insured. Most of tno people living in the surrounding premises, whoso loss is only from water, aro insured. Tho same builaing was severely damagod by firea year ago, when used as a laundry, but was since ro- built for the Oil Cabinet Novelty Company. CONDITION GF THE INJURED, ‘Tho injured firemen are doing a8 well as could be ex- pected under the circumstances. Ferguson is in a very precarious stato, Ho is severely bruised about the head as well as burned, Hopes are entertained that he will survive. He has been thirty-five years in the service, Nolan, guardian, No, 1 station, is much bruised about the chest and limbs. Ata late hour he was conscious and easy. Livingston’s injuries are very severe. Tho amputa- tion will go far to make {t aqueation whether he will recover. Of the othors no serious apprehensions are enter- tained, INJURIES TO FIRKMEN, About ten additional firemen are in thoir own homes suffering soveroly from bruises, burns and other injuries. Tho whole brigade 1s crippled of eleven men at No, 1 station—eight were disabled, Ali tho other statious have suffered in proportion. Chiet Patton is in a very precarious condition, but at fa Jate hour it was thought that his injuries will not ro- sult fatally, A meeting of the guardians of the various stations has just been held. It was decigod to hold tho funerals on Tuesday. FIRE IN CANAJOHARIE, HALF OF THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE TOWN DESTROYED. Aupany, N. Y., April 20, 1877, At ono o’clock this morning a fire broke out im tho stables of the Nellis House, in Canajobarie, which aestroyed balf of the business portion of tho vil- lage, At tho timo the fire broke out a fresh ecastwind was blowing and the westward pro. gross of the flames was not stayed until the malt bouse of M. L, Smith was burned. Then the fire took an easterly course and extended as far as E, C, Masher’s house, ? PROPERTY DESTROYED. Tho property Costroyed consisted of EB, C. Taylor's houso and barns, on the north side of the canal; M. I Smitn’s malt house, Kdwards’ storchouse and coal yard, Arsociation Hall, the rown-stafford block, the Neils House and stables, C. F. Stafford’s block, resi- dence and barn. Nothing was burned on the sonth sido of Main street, The buildings on tho north side of C. 7, Stafford’s block, cast of Association Hall, were saved. No lives were lost. The total loss can bo estimated at $200,000, The burned district covers about eight acres of ground, FLOURING MILL BURNED, Warentows, N. Y., April 20, 1877. Tho flouring mill of William B, Farnesa, at Ogdens- burg, N. Y., was totally destroyed by fire this morn- ing. Tho loss 1s $12,000 and tho insurance $8,000. The origin of the fre 1s unknown, THE WHISKEY CASES, CONVICTED MEMBERS OF THE RING ARRESTED AND REQUIRED TO PAY THEIR FINES, St. Lovrs, April 29, 1877, John D. Terling, G. Bensberg, Lows Touvcher, J. Ly Bornecke, W. H. Wadsworth, R. W. Ulriei, W, I. Jove ett and two oF three other persone, mombers of the Whiskey Ring here who wore sentenced to pay a fine and t nominal imprisonment a year ago, but who never paid their fines, were arrested yesterday on capias pro fine. Torling paid his fine of $1,000 and was release T Bensberg, bernecko and Wadsworth were tak fore Judge of the United States Circuit Court, and admitte o ball in the sam of $1,500 to appear belore the Court May 3, when the cases will be heard. These arrosts were made tfader the direction of trict Attorney Bliss, in pursuance ot a recent order of tho Secretary of the Treasury that measures must be The wounded were as tenderly carried as, under the | taken to collect all unpaid dines im whiskey cases, ———- rt ROBBED AND SHOT. TERRIBLE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE BETWEEN & SWEDISH SAILOR AND A LAND SHABK. Carl Hensen, a Swedish sailor of tho steamship Acapuleo, was shot ip abdomen by Robert Green at No, 174 Eldridge strcet at a quarter-past eleven o'clock Inst night while struggling for the possession ot $25 and a revolver which Green had murderously discharged at bis victim, The story is ope of dramatic interest, and in its horrible details shows to what villany cupidity and avarice will urge a mao, On Saturday afternoon the steamer Acapulco, of the Havana line, was lying at her pier, No. 42 North River, and the saliors and deck bands were busily engeged ia discharging and working at her, As they passed from the ship to the shore aman, who was loitering on tho wharf, accosted each, aski him if he had any contraband goods to dispose of The question was always put and replied to in undertones, and most of the responses wore in the nogative, Thero was one man, however, who nodded in the affire mative, That was Carl Henseo, a Swede, and he was invited by the lounger to go up the docks and take adrink. At the bar the conversation was changed from smugeling to some more legitimate and less dangerous topic, But the men before they parted agreed to rendezvous for tho trans. action of business yesterday at No, 174 Eldridge street, where the urbane trader in contraband goods, Robert Green, resided. Accordingly Hensen put in an appeur- ance at Green's house tn the alternoon and was cordially welcomed. He bad no goods with him and so informed bis host, who dia not seem at all put out by the tn~ formation, but, on the contrary, was quite hose pitably inclined and spread a goodly table and introduced tho cheering grog to the Swede’s notice, Copious Kibations folio adding zest to the conversation that the pair ongag in, The afternoon thus passed pleasantly and rT found the twain on excellent terms with themselves aud cach other until the greg, or something more potent in it, at last overcame the Swede and to nod. Ina few moments he slept upon the lounge. A RUDE AWAKENING, Hew jong he slept Carl Hensen could not say, But in the story he told tot ergeant in charge of the Tenth precinct lust night be was firm in the assertion that he had been - dru; first impulse wus to feel for hi He had $25 in bis pocket before he w This be missed when he awoke. He wai fellow, however, and said nothing about it for awhile, Green’ was out of the room at that time, too, Carl hearing him returning, feigaed sleep in the bope of catching him whom he suspected of being the tniet trying to steal some tore of his property. Green, scrutinized the teaturos of the sailor and find- ing bim, as be thought, still slumbering, very leis- urely began to unhook his watch chain and reliove bim of the timepiece likewise, This was what Hensen was watching for, and, springing to hi t, he seized Green by the throat and demanded the immediate sur- render of luis stolen property. “Let me go, you —— or I'll kill you,’? nhoarsely exclaimed the baif-strangled Green, vainly endeavor- oring to loosen the grip ol the powerful sailor. “Give me mein money and mein vatch,”’ was Carl's rejoinder, and then the people in the house heard the men struggling backward and forward in the room for a minute or two. They were the ing when a sharp report broke upon their e followed by a groan. Then there was apother struggle, and the people stopped, feartul of encountering a stray buliet from the pistol they had heard a moment or so before, Crockery was smashed dn the room, and pow the two desperate men fought for the possession of the piatol. THK PINAL STRUGGLE The Swede bad managed to geta drm holdon the woapon with bis leit haod and with bis right be dealt the would be assassin several heavy blows on the head and faco, cutting him severely. dreen strove with all his might to regain porsession of the revolver, and by & great eilort he succeeded, al the same time cutting Hansen’s hand, He again attempted to discharge the pistol, but being un- able to get it to a full cock he flung it on the floor and ran down stairs, followed by the wounded man. Oa the street the sailor was found bleeding from a wound in the abdomen and was taken to the Eldridge street station house. GREEN'S CAPTURE. Officer Grafner while on post on Rivington strees noticed Groen running, and thinking that all was not right arrested bim, and just as Hensen bad been helped up the steps of tha station house bis assailant was lod by the officer befure the desk to give an ox- planation. It was unnecessary, for the Swede at once recognized him and said, “That's the man who shot me.’ The two men were led into the back room to await tho arrival of a surgeon, who was telegraphed for, While they were together in the back room Groen said to Hensen, ‘If 1 batn’t been so drunk I'd ol killed you outright, but 1’ll be the cause of your death yet.” The physician on examining Hensen’s wound, which was in the abdomen, pronounced it fatal, and ordered his immediate removal to Bellevue Hospital, Green was locked upon a temporary charge ot felonious assault and a definite one of robbery. HOTEL ARRIVALS, Senator Thomas Coleman, of Troy; Daniel Hf. St, Jobn, of Newburg, and A. J. 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