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THE BALTIMORE FIRE.
Washington Steamers go to the Aid
Of Baltimore.

This morning, at ILL, Chief Engineer Spill
man, of Baltimore, telegraphed to Chief En-
gineer Cronin as follows =" Send every spare
engine and carriage here Immediately" Mr.
Cronin was not in his Office at the time, but the
dispatch was opened, and soon the news spread
that there was terrible confagr alton in Balti-
more.
The chief was sgnalled for at the different
engine houses, and at 1870 another dispatch OF
the same import as the above was received.
Some of the fire commissioners were hastily
consulted, and it was determined to send two
pieces of apparatus and carriages at once. Ac-
cOrdiDgly the chief proceeded TO the Baltimore
depot and turned in an alarm for box 81, to
which the department promptly answered, and
were selected and placed on a train OF fiat
cars, an engine fired up, and at 12.40-1S
minutes after the alarm was sounded-Con-
dUctor Beans gave the signal and they were
off. Chief Engineer Cronin went with the two
companies, leaving the department in charge
of Assistant Chief Drew.
The engines that were sent over 20 Baltimore
were No. 2 and No. 3-the Franklin" and
"Columbia"-with all their men.
No little excitement was created in Washing
ton by the news of the fire in Baltimore, and
The STAR office was beseged by anxious in
qurers, while maps were consulted as to the
position and route of the great conhagration.
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BALTIMORE BURNING.
A GREAT FIRE IN PROGRESS.
IT ORIGINATES ma PLANNING HILL.
RAPID SPREAD OF THE COsFLAGRArl0S.
Three Blocks Burned in the Heart
of the City.
A TELEGRAM FOR AID FROM WASHINGTON.
Two Steam Fire Engines Sent on from this City.

BALTIMORE, July 25.-A little after 10 O'Clock
to-day fire broke out in the planning mill OF
Joseph Thomas g. Co., on the south side OF
Clay street, between Liberty and Park streets,
and soon after a general alarm was sounded.
The fire soon extended 70 three adjoining
blocks, and an immense confagratien is now
raging. A stiff southwest breeze is blowing
and immense cinders are waited several blocks
off in the vicinity of the cathedral. The local
ity of the fire is in the immediate vicinity OF
the Presbyterian church, DR.. Smith, corner of
Liberty and Saratoga streets, where the Pies
byterian Assembly was held. The entire SOUTH
west corner of this block lie burned. The par
ticulars will be sent as soon as possible.
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working to Save the Cathedral.
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR
This AfternsoA's DiApatchess
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS.
View York Notes.

ARRESTED ON AN OLD JUDGMENT.
NEW YORK, July 25-A. Winter for Theodore
Leon obtained judgment against George Will
Hanson, minister to Central America, for s7GS
in the court at Shreveport, louisiana OF this
af this amount sl79-50 is alleged 20 be still un-
paid. Yesterday forenoona deputy sheriff on
an order of arrest issued by Judge Pratt in the
supreme court arrested Williamson, who had
removed TO this city to reside. He was held in
5000 bail Tor trial.
ONE HUNDRED SUITS AGAINST THE CITY.
The papers are now being prepared for one
hundred suits against the city for the delOsed
Washington market stand holders. A raiu will
also probably be made upon the stands and
booths around Fulton market. The aggregats
rent paid to the city by the stalls 50 far de-
stroyed was $4,000.
THE TOTAL IMPORTS
for the week amount to 80, sol, So, of which
s2;756,S were dry goods, and 50, $50 900 gene
raj merchandise.
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street. including the old Wyatt mansion, the
dwellings OF A. s. Abel, EsQ., Prof. n. II.
Smith and other well known citizens have
thus far escaped, though the ERE Is pressing
close in mont and In the rear on Mulberry
street. twas rumored that several children
we're killed by falling walls, but the report
lacks confirmation.
Considering that the FIRE department num-
bers only ten engines and the excessive drynes-
OF material, the IRE Is progressing slowly and 10
kept well under and scattered, 30 as not 10
create its own current and move with the re-
sistless destruction characteristic of the Chicago
and Boston fires. In many of the blocks on fire
there are houses standing untouched, which
check the progress Of the flames. Three OF four
members of the fire department have been
obliged to succumb to the excessive heat and
exertion. The FIRE engines telegraphed are on
the way from Washington. They will he OF
great assistance and are anXiously awaited.
The Washington Engines.
BALTIMORE, Nd, July 25th, O'clock
The steamers Columbia and Franklin arrived
here at 1:36, making the time in 80 minutes
G. s. koontz, superintendent the train in per-
son. The engines started Immediately for the
fire. The Baltimore fire department had horses
in readiness. and in less than five minutes after
their arrival they were off TO the fire. Engines
are being loaded up in Philadelphia aud will
come here at once. The fire is spreading. Two
fremen are reported killed. Three entire blocks
are destroyed.
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THE BALTIMORE FIRE.
Order OF the Secretary o + the Navy.
The following will explain itself
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

b. a4' NAVY DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, July .. 1873. s
Rear A3'lirdl L. NJ. GOtdsborougb, CoamaniIRt
of Macy Yard, Washington, d. c.:
SIR: IN consequence of the great fre ragin
in Bait more, portion of the steam hre-en-
To provide against any unnecessary danger
here during the absence of the city force. You
are directed to permit the steam engine long
ing to the navy yard to be stationed at the
house Of No. 3 engine on Capitol Hill. The men
in charge OF the engine specially may be detail
ed to accompany it, and in case of fire at the
yard, it will be summoned at once by telegraph.
The assistant chief engineer of the IRE depart
ment. Col W. o. Drew. will carry this letter to
you, and YOU will be pleased to render him every
GEORGE RoBKsoN,
-.-..- -.. , Secretary of the Navy.
Washington Police In Readiness 10 90
to the Fire.
At 1:10o'ciock p. m. dispatch came to Mai.
Richards as follows: %
"Ehe superintendent OF the B..S o. railroad
ssN they want more help in Baltimore, and
tl.-t he will send train over In five minutes "
Major Richards at once sent a dispatch to
each OF the police stations to send all the men
they could spare 70 the b. s. o. Depot. Ati:25
O'clock men reported At the depot from che
tn precinct, (Lieut Kelly's.) At 1870 O'Clock
Lieut.. Austin WE on the ground with 10 men
and othsrs we're coming In. At this juncture a
Immediate cause for haste, but to hold the men
ia readiness for further orders. Lieut Gessfor,i
arrived ct the depot In IS minutes after receiv-
ing the dispatch with men. Sergeant Fam
ter, OF the 9Th precinct, arrived In a few min
utee after with ten men. Sergeant Redwav re-
ported in thirty minutes at the depot with 5
mounted men from the county. Quite 50 uad-
ron Of men had arrived and were waitins fur.
Their orders at the depot At o'cloce.
About half past O'Clock Major Richards re-
turned TO headquarters and telegraphed to
Marshai Gray, Of Baltimore, rendering him the
services Of . portion Of the Washington police
force. A short time after he received the Toll
lowing reply:
"Nsny thanks. There is no necessity At pres-
ent for the assistance you 30 kindly Offer.
j. T. GRAY, Marshal"
The LEGALITY Of the Fire In Dalsamors,
The nre raging in Baltimore ID I'm the very
heart Of the city. Clay street extends from
Howard to Liberty, and des between Lexington
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If the New York Sun should construe the ex-
pressions Of the press in favor Of the late de-
cisOn Of Judge Blatchford, in the libel case Of
Shepherd vs. Dana, into approval Of its course
and admiration for its editor, it will make
great mistake. That paper had made charges
against Messrs. Henry D. Cook, Alexander
Shepherd, and their associate officers Of the
District Of Columbia government, which were
70 waDtonly without provocation or foundation
that even Mr.. Dana attempted to shirk responsi-
bility by saying he would not have admitted
them into his columns If he had been in the city.
Suit was brought against him on a charge Of
libel, and application made for the trial to be
held in Washington. This application was
denied by Judge Blatchford, for reasons which
we have already published in his own language
The logic Of this decision was what has been
approved by the journalists of the country, but
that approval in no manner acquitted the Sun.
Had the Sun been on trial 1t would have been
convicted by the same popular tribunal on its
general character for indiscriminate, causeless,
shameless defamation. Last winter that paper
charged Secretary Robson with the gravest
crimes in the administration of the Navy de-
partment. A special committee in the House
of Representatives patiently invc :; gated the
whole case, and SO well satisfied did the
Sans own political friends become of the utter
groundlessness of the charges, that they Joined
voluntarily In the complete vindication of the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Catholics and Public schools.

WHAT THE NEW YORK TINES SAYS.
New YORK, July 25-The Tunes publishes
an article this morning to show that the CathO-
lie clergy are just now making extraordinary
efforts TO establish sectsrisn schools, and notes
II as part OF plan to destroy the present pub
lie school system. The chief support Of the
public schools is the payment Of ten dollars pr
capita on the whole number Of children taught,
and IL is thought that by the establishment OF
Catholic schools and attracting Catholic child
rem, the public schools in some districts will he
closed for want Of scholars and the per caBi,a
alloWauce.
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AN EPISODE OF THE LORD GORDoN CASE
A special to the Chicago Tribune from Fort
Garry, dated July "a, says in the court room
to-day, while point Of law was being argaed
on the question of bail, Mr.. Royal, counsel for
defence, pressed Attorney General Clarke too
close, and the latter made a disgraceful exhibit
ton of his discontinue by turning suddenly
fIom his desk and throwing in Royals face
the remark, "You are a dirty puppy" The
Attorney General was made to retract the in
suit imme diately after.
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The Boundaries Of the Burnt District.

private dispatch from Baltimore, timed
go p. m, states that the fire is under control.
dispatch was received by Major Richards
from Chief Clarvoe, dated Baltimore, BIS q.
m, stating that the tire under control, aud
the Washington hremen were doing we'll.
The following gives the extent OF the ground
over which the IRE spread:
BALTIMORE, $40 p. m.-The fire began On
Park street, ran from there 70 Mulberry street,
destroying the south side of Mulberry 70 near
Howard. IL jumped over TO the northeast cor
ner of Mulberry and Park and ran half way 10
Cathedral street; also, both sides of Lexingtou
street, from Park 70 Liberty, aud a portion of
Liberty street on the south side up 70 Smith.
church, on the corner, which was destroyed. IL
also passed up Lexington street on the north
side nearly TO Howard. Dr. McCrOn's church
was destroyed.
working TO Save the Cathedral.
By Associdtsd Press.l
BALTIMORE, July 25, $50 p. m.-The work OF
moving is still going forward, and the streets
are impossible. On Mulberry street, the build
ing OF the Maryland Academy Of Art has been
burned. DIR. Dalrymple's school, sd Looming, il
on fire. Three handsome residences on the
north side OF Mulberry street, between Cathe-
dral street and Park, took ere, but were saved,
with considerable damage. force Of forty
men are passing water 20 the dome OF the
Cathedral, which Is covered with blankets.
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Wall street To-day.

NEW YORK, July 25.-Money Is lending az
per cent Foreign Exchange is weak with
business, at 100 to 100 / for bankers long ster-
ling, and 1907 for sight. Henry Clews s. Co.
years since, owe them only about 1eO, 600 dol
lars against sufficient collatsras. Gold declined
from 1l58 at opening, to ll5k and the latter
recovered to 1l5x. The rates paid for currency
are to l per cent, and fat. Government
bonds are firm. Southern state securities ara
quiet and steady. The stock market has been
strong and higher, the principal strength being
shown BY Vanderbilt shares.
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THE CHOLERA ABATING.-No deaths from
cholera we're reported yesterday In Cincinnati.
The cholera seems to have entirely disappeared
from the interior of Kentucky. In towns re-
Gently afflicted no deaths are reported in any of
them for six days. A patient in the Louisville
hospital died of cholera yesterday. There were
seven deaths from cholera at Mount Vernon,
Ind, Yesterday.
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THREE MEN KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION
By the explosion of a steam boiler in q driving
threshing machine, two days ago, Archer Dow
ming was instantly killed and Millard Anderson
and George w. Ward injured so that they lived
but five or six hours. -Four or five other persons
were hurt. The explosion occurred four miles
west of RushbOut, Ind.
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PRONIDkNcE, X. l., July Z5.-A IRE IN Paw
tucket this morning destroyed a building ON
Mills street, occupied by Fiheld & Co., stoves.
furniture and house furnishing goods; loss abOrt
sos GEO. insured in eastern companies. The IRE
also destroyed the machine shop OF l.. p. Bos-
worth; loss 80 500; insured. The billiard saloon
OF Bowen & Robbins was damaged 70 the ex-
tent Of 81 800. The roof Of the Al-ay block was
burned OF, causing q loss 20 the building of
g, 500 and 10 the occupants y water OF ~ 900.
Ali the losses are Generosity covered by in
suralce.
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CRUELTY OF THE MEXICAN BANDITS
Among the passengers on the California yes
terday was alttle girl, aged about twelve years.
She had been captured by the savage troops Of
the bandit chief Lozada Of Topic, and the
fiends (who had detained her as a hostage)
becoming impatient at the non-payment OF her
ransom, burned her face In the most dreadful
manner. She said that they had held her do wn
and heaPed the glowing Goals from their camp
tire upon her face.-Sdn Diego (Cdl.) Union 1lM
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THE U. 8. PRACTICE SHIP CONSTELLATION,
with the midshipmen aboard, reached Newport,
X. l., on the 10th inst. All were reported well.
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INSPECTION DUTY.-1st Lieut.. Henry Jack
son, It'll cavalry, acting signal officer, has been
ordered, in addition to his present duties under
instructions from the depot qusrtermsster in
ton OF the buildings to be erected at Fort
Nhipple, Virginia.
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In the face has Ct last 6een found cat. Ono
Captain Garland mduleed in that luxury
recently ct Opelouns, La, md paid 500 and
wss IN prison q hours fuf hi1 striking contempt
Of the Chief Justice OF LouisianA.
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AFENALB CAfrAIH.-Houston (Texas) Tele-
graph:-"Going aboard one Of the Sabine
scbOoners yesterday we found the captain of the
Elwell, loaded with lumber, to be handsome
woman. We have had good deal TO do with
both sailing and steam crafts, but must be per-
mitted to say the commander Of the Elwell 10
the prettiest ship captain We ever saw"
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A COMPETITIVE ExAMINArIoN to I'LL sixteen
vacancies of class two in the Pension Office,
open only to clerks of class one in the me
office, will be held in Wright's building, corner
of Sth and streets, tomorrow.
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ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN RHIvA.-A dis
patch to st. Petersburg from Khiva says the
decree issued by the Kahn. ON the oath ult.,
minions provides that all persons held in bond.
age shall be made citizens or returned to their
native countries. =.
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AG.0o0.o60 FaiIure,

flop Boston ssys he failure Of 4. J. KimSsii,
Of Atlanta, Ga, the great hotel and railroad
speculafor in the south, creates much remark
in this section, be being an eastern man and q
former operator here HIS liabilities are said TO
reach e5 '0eo 600, and his list Of creditors in
Aenry Clews q Co., about 81 900, 600, and others
TO large amounte. /,
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FIRE. EUrSDe To-Saav.

TIRE WRATHER AND THk CROPS IN KNeLAND.
loYDoN July 25.-The weather throughout
England 70 fAir and favorable 70 the crops. In
London the unusual heat continues, the ther-
mcmeter standing ct IS deg.
THE TRoUBtRs n SPAIN.
MADRID, July 25.-The Cortee has passed q
hill suppreesinG the admiralty. President Sal
eneron has issued proclamation calling $4,000
men Of the reserves Into active service against
the infurrectioniste in the country.
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jams MCDONALD has been nominated as
the den ocratic candidate for mayor OF San
Franci<< o. -.....s
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AueusTus ALsxnr vas nominated yesterday
conservative convention.
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SoRoRICIDl AND SUICIDE. - Frederick
Schultz, living two miles from Pleasant Hill,
Nebraska, cut OF the head Of his sister, Mrs.
Duckrose, with an axe, and then went into O
field short distance from the house and cut
his own throat. No calse can be assigned for
the deed. ~.
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THE FLAGSHIP WORCESTER and the United
States steamer Wyoming, of the North Atlantic
squadron, are at Norfolk navy yard to receive
some repairs. The Shawmut remains in Hamp-
ton Roads. The practice steamer Fortune,
with the Cadet Engineers on board, has arrived
from PHILADELPHIA in New York,
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL RKvENUH-The receipts nom
source to-day were x31n.a059A
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One DR.. Peters, we believe of New York, has
been investigating the cause of cholera in the
south, and thus speaks of the disease in the
region Of Murfreesboro', Tennessee:
ga long, severe winter, changing suddenly to
very warm summer, had produced such
rapid growth of vegetation that all the grasses
and vegetables were very watery and unwhole-
some. The filth accumulated during the winter
was suddenly exposed to a very hot sun and
bred peculiar indigenous malaria. That the
the lower portions of the town. which received
sewage and drainage from above; that the
disease crept along the creeks and water courses,
wherever drainage, mists, and malaria most
prevailed, and affected principally, or almost
exclusively, the blacks and low class whites who
lived in such places. These localzng infiu-
ences were 10 great and manifest that importa-
ton was not thought of or looked for, especially
as almost all the better and higher parts Of
Murfreesboro' and the more cleanly and COM
Portable inhabitants almost entirely escaped"
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BARor woLvEaros, Of England, died yester-
day u orning.
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THE EUROPEAN BALLOON TRIP.-General
Myers to-day decided not to detail any employe
of the signal service to accompany Prof. Wise
in mis- European balloon voyage. Over twenty
volunteer applications had been received.
This action on his part is taken on account of
the extreme peril Incident to such a trim.
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GRAND SELECT EXCURSION

GRAND SELECT EXCURSION
VI OF
GEORGETOWN HIBEKNIAES To ST mi
GOES, POINT LOOKOUT AND
CHESAPEAKE BAY,
SATURDAY. AUGUST %, 1873
steamer LADY OF THE LAKE will leave High
street wharf al p IN sharp, and 9Th F~s~s ,
street wharf at 10 .. m, returning Cam
Monday ~ a. m. A brass and string ssz1xzzzxz2
sand has been engaged for the occasion Ire COM
llttee viii spare effort to make the occasion en-
sJyable to all their friends and patrons, Gentle
Iens tickets. SIS; lady's 81; children free aud
;elcome. Tickets positively limited; to be had ~
% nemhers of TIE committee, and at VIM Cary's
corner Nh street and Louisiana avenue. For state
rooms and tickets apply to 4. Z. Talbot, No 6s
High street.
VIEW D. F. ROBERTSON, Chairman.
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UNIFORM TINE THROUGHOUT TIE COUNTRY.
The application of the resources of the National
Observatory at Washington to the distribution
Of accurate standard and uniform public time
Union Telegraph Company. which promises to
FURNISH TO all the principal cities of the United
States, as frequently during the day as may be
required, the exact time as computed by the
Central Observatory,
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THE PROGRAMME for the open air concert of
the marine band, Prof. Fries, leader, at the
Presidents grounds to- morrow afternoon, is as
follows: 1. Deutcher Kaiser March, Lickof; 9.
Overture, GanteS; 3. PotpOurri from Somnam-
bula, Bellini; 1. Introductions and Waltzes.
autograph Strauss; 5. Selections from
Faust, Gounod; 6. Galop, Godfrey; {. Final,
national airs.
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Vouchers NOT TO BE ISSUED ON DUE BILLS
BY general order No. II, just issued from the
War department, "disbursing officers are not
allowed to issue vouchers, which act as due bills
az tinst the United States, for unpaid accounts.
The only exception under the foregoing, will be
the issuance of a certified statement of personal
serV ices a d of wages due, in the case of an en-
ployee discharged. and not paid at time OF dis
charge, for want of funds.'
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NAVAL ORpHRs.-Commodor e j. II. Strong
to command the South Atlantic station, per
steamer sd September next; Lieut.. Gem
marder james p. Rober tson to the receiving
ship Independence, Mare Island, California;
Lieut. Commander Thomas L. Swami to the
Naval Academy; Lieut.. Commander A. II.
Wright TO the Michigan; Lieut.. Geo. r. Durand
to the receiving ship Vrmont; Surgeon A. A.
Hochlins 70 the naval hospital, Annapolis, Md;
European station; aymaster Frank Clark to
the receiving ship Ohio. DetdcAedzCommander
A. r. Yates. Lieut.. Commanders O. 4. Clark,
Geo. p. Ryan and c. :. Train, from the Naval
Acade NV, and placed on waiting orders; Lieut.
Con handler DENNIS W. Mullan, from the re-
eeiving ship Independence, and ordered to
hold himself in readiness for sea-seryice;
Lieutenant Commander g. X. Haswell from
the Naval Academy and L Paiscea On s.lsI ag
fiom OIdnanc. duty at the nav, navy ys.a.
Medical Director M. Duvail from the Ma
val Hospital, at Annapolis, and placed en-
waiting orders; Paymasters W. w. woodruff
from the Shenandoah, and r. Fl. Ivan nom tho
Ohio, ordered to settle accounts; Pay Inspector
c. Schenck as feet paymAster Of the North
i Pacific station, and ordered to settle accounts.