Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-03-15

dla, GOthOrne Hardy foreign secretary,
Marquis of Salisbury president OF the
council and Carnes, lord chancellor.
/ Lord Derby's success is doubtful. If he
| fails Lord Granville's cabinet will come
in and end with an appeal to the coun-
try.
/ CINCINNATI, March IA very de-
structive fire broke out in Parkersburg,
/ West Virginia, last evening, destroying
a block of stores ON Market street, the
principal business part of the city. The
! fire originated near J. w. Dents feed
store, and owing TO the lack of water it
soon became unmanageable. The fol-
| lowing are the losers: J. w. Nathans,
! jeweler; :. Kuckendal, dry goods; Miss
/ Payne, millinery; J. +. Berry, ware
/ house; J. a. Dent, feed store; Martin &
/ Gilbert, ,grocers; w. II. Warne * Co.,
/ furniture; r. A. Jones, druggist; J. P.
! Waite, graiu; Mrs. Collins, millinery ;
/ the Methodist Episcopal church and
parsonage. The two latter buildings
were insured for five thousand dollars,
which is about one-sixth of their value;
/ the other buildings were mostly insured
at high premiums, owing TO their in
/ fiammable character. The total loss
cannot be less than eighty thousand
dollars.
! WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, March
! IA fire at WellSburg, in this State,
+ last night, destroyed the furniture store
/ of J. J. Floyd, the saloon and dwelling
Of Conrad Futerer, and badly damaged
/ the courthouse and the residence of JO-
! seph Applegate. The origin of the fire
/ is unknown.
Nat. Richardson, leading lawyer of
/ this city, who was in attendance at the
court now being held at Wellsburg,
was found dead in the alley near Fu-
terer's saloon. An inquest will be held
on the body to-day.
CINCINNATI, March IA fire this
morning injured II. c. Stewart & Co. IS
furniture mandatory, on Race street,
to the extent of eight or ten thousand
dollars, which is fully covered by in
surance.
Iowa CITY, Iowa, March IA fire
started last night at half past ten in w.
C. Luce's merchant-tailOr establishment
and destroyed the building and stock.
Insurance ten thousand dollars. Nogoods
saved. Glenn d Pryce, hardware; Nj.
Bloom, clothing; L. f. Lyon, hats and
caps; Dllley, millinery stock, were all
damaged by the removal of goods; all
insured. The origin Of the fire is un-
known.
81. LOUIS, March 14.-Early yester-
! day morning fire was discovered in the
Office of the United States collector OF
internal revenue, at Kansas City, and al
the same time the Union German saw
ings bank, occupying the front part oi
the same building, was found To be on
fire. Both fires were speedily extin.
guished. In the collectors office the
books, papers, and from twenty-five to
fifty thousand dollars worth of stamps
were so badly damaged as to be value.
less. In the bank, the vault was found
open aud robbed, and the papers in tho
: vault burning. About seven Thousand
dollars were taken from the bank. The
vault lock was a combination, and haC
been unlocked, not broken open. 1t il
expected that there will be some start
: ling revelations in connection witt
( these fires.
NEW ORLEANS, March 1.-THE Brit
ish ship John Parker, hence Friday fO
. Liverpool with three thousand five hun
dred and thirteen bales of cotton, si1
2 thousand slaves, two thousand sacks o
? oil-eake, took fire this morning, and wa
= scuttled and sunk on the flats at tn,
I southwest pass.
CINCINNATI, March l4.-The Time
S (Nenia, Ohio) special says a fire a
Spring Valley, Ohio, last night, des
; tToyed Barrel & Wsllon's pOrkhouse
which contained about seven thousanC
/ pieces of bulksides and two hundre,
! tierces Of lard. No estimate of the los
e has yet been made, 1t was insured 70
[ thirty-five thousand dollars; twenty-tw,
5 thousand of which is in eastern com
panies.
senate Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, March l4.-The Vice
President, having returned, resumes
the chair, and presented a memoria
! asking that the papers in the case of tn
l Kansas senatorial election. be takel
j from the files. Referred to the commit
: tee on elections.
Senator Chandler offered o resolution
authorizing the committee on commerc
. to sit during the recess, investigating
! the subject of subsidy, as to the steam
: ship lines, what lines should be sub
l sidized; also into the propriety of grant
= ing bounties TO ship-builders. The com
: mittee have leave TO visit Philadelphia
: New York, Baltimore and Boston, witt
: power to send for persons and papers
i and employ stenOgraphers; and tina
the expenses thereof be paid out of tn
contingent fund Of the senate.
Senator Casserly hoped the resolution
J would lie over, and suggested that 1t b
), modified so as to include the Pacih
: coast, where there is the finest pine tim
' Der in the world.
e Resolution lies over.
Senator Anthony submitted s. Fesoiu
u ton, which lies over, reciSlng the reso
e luton reported at the late session for tn
s expulsion of ]. w. Patterson, and To
S Inability of the senate to consider tn
same for want of time; and also sayin
it IS questionable whether said resolution
e could be now considered, inasmuch .
+, Senator Patterson is no longer membe
d and, therefore, declaring that the failuI
9 OF the senate to act upon said resolutio
q is not to be interpreted as an approve
/ OF disapprOval of the same; that Pattel
# son have leave to make a written state
t, ment for publication in the cengression
!, / al records.
Is Senator Howe again opposed the re
! eeption Of petitions seeking Legislation
q but had no objections to receiving an
e filing them, as In 1861.
v Senator Anthony thought they nigh
l. take the most liberal construction, an
+ receive the petitions, though not {
: act upon them.
~ Senator Howe cited precedents I