THO MILLIONS IN ASHES. ——————— A —— FIRE DEVASTATES THE EAST SIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS, Hundreds of Houses Destroyed and Fifteen Hundred Homeless — Many Lumber Yards Carried Half a Mile, Factories and Two million dollars’ worth of property went up in flames a few afternoons ago, at Minneapolis, Minn. Mora than 200 houses were burned and at least 1500 persons were made homeless, A change of wind saved the greater part of the manufacturing and residence section of the East side The fire started in J, B. Clark & Co.'s box factory, on the south end of Nicollet Island, at the head of St, Anthony's Falls, Analarm, quickly followed by a second and third, was turned in, but by the time the department had arrived the flames, fanned by a furious south wind, had gained such headway that ail the firemen could do was to turn their at tention to adjoining property, Nearly all the structures in that vicinity ware of wood, dry as tinder, and madesplen- did fuel for the flames. Clask's box factory was doomed before even a stream of water was thrown upon it. Next to it, north, Len hart's wagon works and tha Cedar Lake ice houses were wiped out of existonee, Further north are Lintjes & Connell's boiler works, and here the heaviest | on the island took place his firm had a stock valued at over $50,000 and not sent of insurance, The ] ther irly well insured While this fire was at its hel in the alr, r hall Island OSers a separating the flames gained Company's lur piled some 10,000,000 fee he fire fairly walks and into that of E ing. By this ti ren had the wi 1d. preat the Marshall street that escaped the Most of the r bulidings, mills and saved their t fire oan Lt] FATAL HOTEL FIRE. Nhe Senate Hotel in Chicago Totally Destroyed. ives in a firs in the eago Four ledge Mera raja down smoxe tha KILLED IN STREET FIGHTS. Fatal Quarrel Between French and itallan Workmen in France. French and Italian workingmen fought in Algues-Mortes, department of Gard, France The fight began in the street at noon and was earried on for nearly two hours The police made repeated efforts to restrain the men, but were not strong enough to re store the peace, Ten men were killed and forty more wers wWoun led severely. Troops and police were to Algues-Mortes in the afternoon to restore order. After the fight the French working. snen, who had beaten the Italians, started a man hunt to exterminate the foreign works ingmen in the town. They attacked with knives and clubs every Italian that they onught, The [talians fled fron the town, and most ol those who had been in the flight took possession of farm buildings and barricaded the doors, cn — RUSSIA TAKES A Selzure of British and American Seals ers by a Man-of-War. The sealing schooner Viva came Into port at Victoria, British Colummia, and announced the seizure of thy Victoria sealers Alnoka and Missile and two American sealers by a Russian man-of-war for seuling within the gone protected around Copper Island. The papers of the Ainoks and Minnie wero confiscated and they wase ordered to ood to Yokohama for trial before the ish Consul or Admiralty Court. It appears likely that the Victoria sealers will run in and dis HAND. | rocolvers of the Persons Made | { thirty-five minutes toward taken from Nimes | THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. At New York City T. F. Oakes, Henry C. Payne and Henry (, Rouse were appointed Northern Pacific Railroad, This action was due to the remarkable fall- ing off in traMe and consequently in earn- ings, its troublesome floating debt of #11. {000,000 and the general financial stringency throughout the country. AT a meeting of twenty-five persons who { have been attending the Moody conference Burned—Sparks | in Northfield, Mass,, $35,000 was pledged in the erection of a £50,000 auditorium, Rrorrvers were appointed for the Gilbert Car Manufacturing Company and the Troy (N. Y.) Steel and Iron Company. Monk than a thousand hungry unemj loyed men engaged in a spontaneously arranged yarade in New York City without bands or PE and afterward hold a mass meeting, at which they demanded *“‘work, not char- ty." B1x Tousaxp unemployed Hebrews fillad the East Side streets in New York City with riot. Walhalla Hall was torn to pieces, The police had a hard day's work, Many arrests were made, Tue Oliver Iron and Steel ( burg, Penn, i int receiver has passe the first race Hur ionia I'ng yacht Vigilant the Astor Cups, off Nes The J | Was 800 , An CO | air The Pilgrim was « ble South and West, 53 by the Minneapolis fire, ace jetails, will reach $1.05 great disparity between | CLEYELASD AD tispleased with th writ rators x Ha] ¢ dee i vill be ext Foreign. Latest despatches from Italy show that the i idemie, while stationary at Na ples reading to the other const towns sholers ¢ i» sf CONNERY A have won the seat in the ritish Parliament recently vacated by Mr Grenfell, 8 Liberal, who resigned because he declined to support Mr. Gladstono's Home Rule poliey Tans deaths from cholera have in Berlin, Germany YEN onssureed Manriar law prevalls in Buenos Argentina Federal troops hava stagionad at all advantageous points suppressing uprisings. A risnine fleet was overhauled by a storm in the Baltic off Hapsal, Russia, Many boats foundered Seventeen fishermen were drowned, Ayres been Manriat law has been extended to all parte | The state of siega will bs | continued for sixty days and the National | of Argentina, Guard will be mobilized, CrorLesa ls reported to be spreading in | Austria, Docron Cramcor, physician, is dead, Turner were ton new oases of cholors In Naples, Italy, with six deaths, I — the eminent French Tur Chiness have been crowding into Yiadivistook in such great numbers that the Russians have become alarmed and have forbidden any entrance of Chinese coolies at that port until further orders, In the first threes months of this year no less than 10,260 coolles were given ri at Chefoo for Viadivostook, At such a rate the Russians at this Pacifie of Siberia would soon have been outnumbered, Tur cut In the white pine t ol the upper 3 Valley will pg tall considerably of last your, for | ' THE MINNEAPOLIS AFLOAT. Launch of the New Commerce«De« stroyer at Philadelphia. The commerce-destroyer Minneapolis was | lnunched in the presence of th yusands of | spectators at Cramps’s shipyard, Philadel- fow days ago. Miss Lizzie daughter of United States Washburn, of Minnesota, named hull as plunged waters, It was the | phia, Penn, a | Washburn | Senator the graceful into the Delaware's | fourth launch of a Government War vessel within a year, the others being the ruiser Columbia and the battleships Indisna and Massachusetts, Many well-known | men and women were presant, an {in honor yf their State there was a large party of | Minnesotans in attendance, Among | visitors from Washington were Vice. President Stevenson, Becretary Herbert, United States Senator Washburn, of Minne ota, and his wife and dau the bers of the Benate and Ho Naval Affairs, Benate Blackburn, Gibson bridge, and Representatives Cy senheimer, Meyer, McAleer, Boutel wand Wadsworth b Davis, of Minnes she mem SHOT DOWN BY TROOPS. Rioting In Bombay and Many Natives Killed, RIOT IN BOMBAY. of Hatred 1 $4 ontrol Fars Religious Military ¢ DROWNED IN TH Fhe Yacht in Which the Victims Were Salling Upset FLOODS IN HUNGARY. Deluged Scores of Lives Lost Villages and Towns and Floods have bean oausing Galicia and northern Hungary tries of Saros and Ungh, which border Galicia The Ungh houses on the south, have been devastated suburbs of Unghvar, the capital of were inundated In many on lowlands have been completely merged, dwelling houses have enllapsed and mah persons have been killed by falling bulldings or drawned in the floods Im mense damage has been done around Preomysl, an important town of Galicia, The town of Tarka in Galicia has been par tially destroyed, and twenty persons there have been drowned, The damage caused by the foods amounia to many millions of florins. In many dis triots the peasantry has boen beggared, Ihousands of small landowners have lost sheds, oattle and crops, At Vorosco a workshop was swept away and fourtsen employes ware drowned, Sixty rsons are sald to have been drowned at | Rymazow, Galicia ’ RRO aub EXCURSIONISTS DROWNED. An Accident In a Bay Formed by the River Shannon in Ireland. # An excursion party left Kilkee, in the southwestern part of County Clare, intending to oross the river Shannon, which in that vi. clnity is quite wide, forining what i= known me Carrigaholt Bay. When the party wera a considorable distances from the shore their boat capsized, and everybody on board was thrown into ths water, The aceldent was witnessed rom the shore, and several boats put off to the rescue, Other bosts in tho kay bors dow on the capsized boat, but before nny of the rescuing parties could get 10 the place where the overturned boat waslylog, seventeen of the exonrsionists had been drowned, Some who were sileging lo the kes of the , and several who had kept themselves afloat, wera rescued, TECHNICAL POINT IN FAVOR OF ENGLAND. | | The Tribunal of Arbitrators Fhelr Decision Point Won for America—Its Con. tention That the Seals Have Proper Protection Sustained, The Bering Bea Tri rendered its docision, after a deli! Render in Parls -A reat inal xtending nearly over five seision was adve the United States on every point adoption of regulations as to of the United States and United States gain have siriy Co ——. THE LABOR WORLD. Penn wk Tus ndition of the mir described as deplora? Dy ing t Nasstvitee (Tonn men to Join In New Zraraxp's labor department pub lishes a paper which is distributyd gratis At Mase, , police ara to drive from mills men looking for work. Anoaster } City W sven (Col.) church women held 5 mest y ald unemployed women unions want not slobrating Labor Day HOD Lowell needed the Curxgse to the pumbero! in the Northwest 10 ¢lear land Chioaco seamen, fearing a out to $1.50 | a day, declare that $2 a day is their mini mum wages Lowkrt, (Masa) butobers, bakers and grocers say they will give credit as long as they ean hold out, New Your harness makers send fonr men to funerals of members, provide a earriage and pay them 93 a day. A xew Connecticut law insists on proper Hght in factories, the elimination of dust and provides for healthy ventilation, Wise 80 many men are out of work, the familiar compistat comes from the North weit that the farmers sannot get, at good wages, all the hands they need to harvest their crops, A onxar many owners of small mines in Ohio are ho longer able to pay their men bi- woekly, but the latter continue to work, be. Ing willing to walt for their wages until ad vances are mado on the coal, Marx papers relate that when Reoretary of the Navy Harbort was at Bath on his re. cont visit he sent & v for Foreman Wili- 40.000 are heavily timbered needed LATER NEWE. rs Wa Exua Goroma Alexander Bergman Pittstmire is de, New York ( rf and 1} urnng, Mr giving Charies | pont of (ye , Fifth District of Mich pie was then resy omcluding his r sinage of silver, M sw and Naodg their views tot the re Ars Cros vend press n i Sem Day After adopting a resolution eal ag on tl retary of the Treasury for in. formation respecting silver par hases, 1he i the Wilson bill was resumed, Mr Other apoorhes Hen lolwte McCall spoaking tor the Will wore made by Mesars, Coombs, Bryan, derson and Moses Grn Day. ~The debate on the Wilson Re. pea! bill was « ontinued, speeches being made by Messrs, Daniele, Cooper and Goldsier At the conclusion of Mr, Goldeier's remarks Mr. Wendook, of Michigan, announced the death of his colleague, J. Logan Chipman, and the formal resolutions were agreed 10, The Speaker appointed the following com mittee to take netion in tha premises Messrs, Wendook, Whiting, MeMitlan, Chor man. Carath, Caution, Powers, Haugen and Aftkin, The House then, as a tribute of re spect to the memory of the deceased, wl Jourawd, 107s Day. ~The general debate on the Wil pon Lepoal Mil was continued, Messrs, Rib. Joy. Haines, Everett and Simpson speaking, Botore Mr, Simpson had concluded his re marks the House took a recess until 8 o'elovk, the evening wosslon to be devoted to the de. bate on the Nilver bill, There wera about twenty-five members prosent witen the House met at & o'clook, after the recess, Mr, Mor wan and Mr, Taivert advocated the free coin. age of silver, and then the House adjourned. PROMINENT PEOPLE. AND Mus, Grapsroxz have Deen mars wr fifty-four years 4d an autograph letier extending Fur Pope has recely om Prosident Cle gratulations veland juhiles MrLvise. United States at the Congress ie OG, W chosen t »' ¥ “ tirisidn Wi prensa nginsering, In Chicag f Italy hax a society y teach Fue Que for the refor THE MARKETS. de Prices of Country Qu New York. ed in PEAS *9 West ore hn Fowis-&t, and West Ducks Fair t Eastern, ¥ 1 Rpring, L. 1..¥ 0 tan ¥ EE Wastern Nn Squats Dark White, ¥ dou Potatoes State, ¥ Jersey ¥ i . L. L. in balk, ¥ bi Cabbage, 1. 1. #10 Onfons. Orange Co Maryland, ¥ bbl State, ¥ bhi Poss, LoL, ¥ ag Onesinbess, Ta LL. © 100 String beens, LoL, ¥ bag Sauash, marrow, ¥ bhi Tomatoes, near by, ¥ crate ARALX, BO, Flour City Mill Extra. .... Patents... cad ae Wheat, No. 2 Red Rye Rom, eT Lh Barley. Two rowed State orn —ngraded White, .. ., OnatsNo, 3 White... Mixed Wostort . .....oovnee Hay Good to Cholos. ov... StrawLong Bye... coon wn Lard Clty BIonm coven LIVE STOCK, Beoves, Clty dressed. . ... 61 Mileh Cows, com, to good. ...20 00 Calves, City dressed ...ov00.. 8 Ce: B.ssesssnsans am ah ATT Tee Tg od SRT RAEN Dressed LE EE LL bs aa ne ' ¥ bhi w» gas aeees a. 80 | 18g3E $3882) | a oe Aaa 3 a $58. [223 - a
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