Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-31


Stevens, of the New York Herald, pas
senger on the steamship City of San
Antonio, from Key West, jumped over
board during the voyage and wa
drowned.
Converting Implements Of War int
Epblems Of Pence.
BALTIMORE, December 30. - Fivt
French guns, present from the empe
rOr of Germany to st. Mathews Ger
man Lutheran congregation, of Balti
more, have arrived, and viii be cas-
into a bell.
More Railroad Competitions.
MARSHALL, TEXAS, December So
The Texas Pacific railroad was com,
pleted to Texarkana, the proposed june
ton with the Cairo and Fulton road
yesterday, and regular trains will com
mence running at once.
On Trial for Murder.
EVANSVILLE, IND, December %
Evidence discovered at NarrOw's sta.
ton, on the EliZabethtOwn and Paducab
railroad, show that Nathan Marx, oil
this city, was murdered there. A man
named Sullivan, trader there, is on
trial at Smithland, for the murder.
A Conductor ana Engineer CuIPabIe.
BEDFORD, Me, December 30.-Fhe
coroner's jury on the recent Eastern
railroad collision has given q verdict
charging that the accident was owing to
the incOmpetency and negligence OF
Wing, the dispatcher; gross error in the
Judgment of White, the Keunebunb
operator, and culpable recklessness oil
Petite, conductor, and Morrison, engi.
neeT of the down train.
Destroyed by Fire.
DETROIT, December 30.-A fire this
morning destroyed the store of Earring
ton, Campbell x Co, wholesale dealers
in tea, coffee and spices, 73 and IS JEFF
fersOn avenue. The estimated loss OIL
the stock is between fifty and sixty
thousand dollars, twenty thousand dol.
lars OF which is covered by insurance.
The building is owned by Julius Robin
son, and is badly damaged.
MiIWRukee's Progress.
MINIATURES, December S0.-The an
nual statistiQs Of the city of Milwaukee
show q considerable increase in her
population, which is estimated at one
hundred and four thousand. The i'm
prOvements in the way of buildings foot
np three and ashalf million dollar. Ar
ticles Of manufacture, twenty-seYen
million dollars. Losses by fire, three
hundred Thousand dollars. Deaths, two
thousand. Arrests, eighteen thousand.
Kerosene Lamp DsVIImeBt.
MILWAUKEE, December 3O.-The fire
at StevenspOrt last Sunday night was
caused by the explosion of a kerosene
lamp in the saloon Of NJ. McGhCe. II
burned all the wooden buildings on
Main street from the public square on
the northeast corner OF Main and
Second street TO McCullOch's new stone
block, corner of Main aud Third streets,
and on Second street north, to the Man
sion house. Loss, four thousand dollars.
a 100000 Fire.
NEW YORK, December 30.-Early this
morning a fire broke out in tive-story
building, No. 90 Greene street, and be-
fore the flames were eXtinguished DAM
age was done to the amount OF nearly
two hundred thousand dollars. SorneT
4 Bro, dealer in caps and furs, lose one
hundred thousand dollars; Thomas J
Cook & Co., and r. J. Wood, commits
sion houses, ten thousand dollars each,
and Sylvester, Brush 4 Co, dealers in
furs, fifty thousand dollars. The build
ing was damaged TO the amount Of ten
thousand dollars.
Jordan. hRrsh a. 10.
NEW YORK, December S0.-A dis
patch from Boston says that a couple of
years ago three leading importing
houses in New York, discovered that
Jordan, Marsh q Co were selling GER
tain classes of goods at eighteen per
cent. lower than they could be pur-
chased iu Europe and imported into
this country. This fact was reported to
the prOper officers and a close watch
was kept upon their operations. AT
about the time the firm was suspected
il took into us employ young mau
named r. :. Jackson, who was In
installed as the custOmhOuse
clerk, aud all the books Of the foreign
importation department were placed
under his control. Jackson admits, ac-
eording to the dispatch, that during the
two years he has been employed by th 2
firm, he has, al the same time, drawn
a handsome sal&Ty IA secret-seryice
officer OF the tr asCTy department. In
seven cases. Jackson as-@gts, there is in
sVisItf 1t lhe guilt of the
firm, and the lines IN posed, ON convic-
ton, will be not less than fifteen hun
dred Thousand dollars, and il is possible
this amount may be increased in cOnse-
quence OF developments from the inves-
now in progress.
LandfBg Of the YirgInius Survivors.
NEW YORK, December 30.-AfteI
landing at the yard last evening the sur
Yiving members Of the passengers and
crew Of the steamer Nirginius, they
marched in an irregular line to the Ful-
ton ferry, taking boat there to New
York, and thence proceeding to q Cuban
restaurant in Pine street, y here they
were Hospitality entertained. they we're
clad Ia the navy uniform Of the United
.5eates. and marched briskly through
the streets, showing 10 signs of their re-
cent sufferings. When transferred TO
the tugbOat from the steamer J6niats,
which carried them to this port lrom
Santiago, they gave rOusing cheers for
their several benefactoTs, leading of
with three for the com Haander of the
British steamer NiObe, to whoLn they
feel indebted for the preservation Of
their lives.
The released NirginiUs prisoners to-
day passed a vote Of thanks 10 Com
mander Braine and other officers ci
the Junists. Engineer Knight, Of the
said that the original sen
Uence at Santiago was that the entire
crew should be hung at tie yard arm,
but tie captain OF the Isabella Catollca
did not WISH such spectacle made Of
his vessel, aud obtained 2 change Of the
sentence to death by shooting, ERd the
Of seventeen Of the e4eV
10 the chaingaug. Knight, two Of the
and one Of the others
were accordingly sentenced 10 the
3hain-gang for lie, sDd the other thir-
cen, all OF whom were boys, l. eight
and fonr years at hard labor on t8e
yang. 4 life-sentence of this kind was
REGARDED as worse than death.
The report that large number of
nSn are 10 be discharged from the
1avy-yatd on Wednesday next is said
70 be UnfOunded.
Items from the Cubas Capital.
HAVANA. December 30.-The BGEie
government reil..ASed General BarrieI of
be command Of the eastern department
because in the proclamation he tss9ed
asst week he attacked the existing adj
OF Spain. de has been Or
Tered to appear at Madrid to answer the
preferred against him in Eeia-
ion TO this matter.
Captain General Jovellar insists that
he gova-nment shall accept bis sesigna
ion unless ne % Srentsd in full the ex-
powers enjoyed by his