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KILOGRAMS TO THE STAR

NEW YORK ILLUMINATED ALL MIGHT


NEw YORK. July 1.-THE fire which broke
out in wehawken last evening Was in the Erie
oil works. IL was caused BY q stroke OF light
ming, which struck one OF the tanks containing
5000 barrels Of oil, during a hesvy thunder
storm. The flames spread rapidly, and one
tank after another took fire until five. each con-
tanning 1900 barrels, and another containing
1000 were soon burning fsrcely. Several
smaller tanks, containing IN ali i25.OOO barrels.
also took fire about midnight, and n was thou CHIT
Others would follow. The insccessibility OF the
work and the fact that the ore has ragged stesdi-
~ since the commencement, makes 10 impossi-
bic 20 give mere definite particulars. The actual
loss could not be ascertained, as the DIRE Is Ike
~ TO burn all day, hut IL is estimated at
5000. These works are probably the largest
in the United States, sill oil coming over the
Erie road being stored there. The light from
the fire illuminated New York most ef the
night. One hundred and twenty-five men will
ago the same works were struck by lightning,
and one OF the tanks was ignited, but il was eT-
tinguished with but slight loss.
THE FIRE STILL BURNING.
NEW YORK, July IL. The hre which broke
out last evening In the oil depot OF the Erie
railroad company, at Weehswken, y. j., lie stIu
burning, with no hope OF extinguishing the
flames until il is burned out.
AN EXPLOSION.
At about 30 O'Clock this morning tank,
containing 100000 gallons of refined oil, eN-
pioded with terrific report. The cap was
blown over 400 feet IN the air, and tower after
tower OF flames allied the air TO upwards of 200
feet. The oil ran down upon the river, and soon
It was sblsze with burning oil All the oil tanks
Stops and one warehouse are burned, while IL 1.
not expe cteo the remaining warehouses can be
saved. Railroad tracks have been wrencned
from n1n theT sleepers ey the great heat, and all
destroyed or badly damaged. 1t appears that
the burning of the first tank last night heated
one near II to such an extent that gases gener.
ated blew the cap off. and in an Instant later
the tank was in q blaze.
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Our Provisional Government.
ACTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO DAY.
The District Commissioners visited the execr

ACTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO DAY.
The District Commissioners visited the execu.
tive office, at the corner of 18th street and the
avenue, about O'Clock this morning, for the
purpose Of examining the furniture and fixtures
there, and then proceeded to Columbian build
ing, on y street. Their Office in this building
Is the room previously occupied by the treasu-
Ter of the Board of Public Works, known as
No. g, and hereafter will be entered through the
chief clerks and Lieut.. Hoxie's rooms, instead
OF from the passage. The commissioners re-
manned at the building only a short time, and
shortly after 10 O'Clock proceeded to the Treas
ury department to perfect their arrangements
III regard to the financial affairs of the District
They are preparing blank forms for use, and
framing regulations in regard to the payment
employees, &C
THE AUDITING COMMISSION
pave taken the rooms foI merry occupied by the
engineers Office, and with a force OF clerks,
commenced their lahors to-day. Mr.. L. g
Church, formerly connected with the Con
9TeSsiOHdt Globe, is their chief clerk, and
hey arc overwhelmed with business to
day. The rush of claims and accounts into
his effice has already uecessitated the appoints
ment OF clerical force and to- day Mr. Christie pher
Edie, OF Georgetown, late clerk TO the commits
sion to essess damages incurred by public I'M
provements, was appointed accounting exam
liner in the Office; likewise Messrs j. o. Kern
and Samuel Walker, all OF whom are busy at
their desks to day. 1t is probable that more as
In the time prescribed by law.
1t does not seem to be definitely known
whether or not Mr.. j. r. Garrison will accept
the District Auditorship.
APPOINTMENTS.
Since our report OF yesterday the following
appointments have been made: Mr.. John
O'ConnOr has been appointed q clerk to Mr.
stanton, attorney for the commissioners; james
Doving messenger in the Office Of the COM
missioners.
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INTRREsTINe LIFB Insurance CAsR-Ir
the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday
in the case OF billiard vs.. The Mutual Bench
Life Insurance company, OF Newark, Judge
Bedle read the following majority opinion: Tae
action Was brought upon policy Of life insur.
ance, dated in 1919. The premiums were paid
up to December %, 1861. After that the pay
ments Of the premiums were intermitted during
the reoent civil war. The life Of the person IN
sured terminated during such intermission
The plaintiis and the person insured were resi-
dents Of the state Of Virginia. The pslicy con
tanned . clause that in case the ANIMAL pre-
miume should not be paid on or before the days
designated, the company should not be liable
to the payment OF the sum insured, and the
policy should be void. The majority OF the
court affirmed the Judgment Of the Supreme
Court, which held that q stipulation in a Hfe
insurance policy, that the insurance shall be
void IL the annual premium shall not be paid AZ
the time designated, does not apply to cohtin
gency occssioned By the act or God, or Of the
that the effect OF war between the govern
ments OF the assuref and assured, is 70 excuse
the Don-Payments Of such premiums on the
contract daye.
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LEAPING ONE HUNDRED AND THREE FEET
FOR TWENTY DoLLARs-About 3 O'Clock yes-
terday afternoon a boy named John Lessser, IS
or 10 years old, a worker in q machine shop on
Wes front street, jumped from the Cincinnati
and CoyIngton suspension bridge on q wager q
so, and the performance was carefully De-
pared for, skiffs having been provided ana
manned TO save the foolish youth from drown
ing. There were only few spectators, a. the
performance was private, but Leassler climbed
on one Of the rails, six feet above the fioor OF
the bridge, butsoned his coat and Jumped. He
struck he water with his feet, Disappeared for
few seconds, and came TO the surface All risnt-
veyed 20 the steamer Pat Rogers The distsnca
from the ran 20 the surface OF the water, per
pendicularly, is los feet. The wonder IL that
death did not ensue from the conclusion &c
shock 70 the system produced by the sudden
contact with the water from such q vast height,
Cincinnati Commercial, JnlvT.
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Cotton Exchange Organised I'm Nor
folk

NORFOLK, Va, July 11.-Representatives
rom nearlv all the cotton dealing nrms OF Nor
folk and Portsmouth met last evening at the
oounting-roonls OF Baker, Neal & shepard and
known as the Norfolk and Portsmouth Cotton
Exchange. The bylaws and rules OF The Au-
gusta exchange were adopted, with some slight
modincations- The following officers were
elected to serve for the coming year: W. Gwath-
mey, president; Major W. j. Baker, vice presi-
dent; kader Biggs, treasurer; w. ID. REYNOLDS
j. X. Kicks, John James, y. w. Granny, Geo
w. Arp, board Of directors.
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MIsERABLB IMPosITIoN.-The Rostou
papers published touching story about poor
yet neatly dressed woman, appearing gressly
exhausted from travelling and hunger, who
applied Tor lodgings at a police station in that
city, Tuesday night, representing that she was
a MIS-. Canning, and only 9 few months ago was
the happy vile OF a kind husband, and the
al OF whom were swept away Ia the Mil RiVef
Hood before her eyes. CAT this point" adds
the reporter, " Mrs. Canning wept tears of
unfeigned sorrow, and caused several who VIII
messed her gplef TO be visibly affected"
seems almost too bad, says the Springfield
Union, 70 intrude upon this pathOs the inf0rma-
in the food az Hsydenvflle, and that the
womsn's story was false. Every case of suffer-
ing by the Mill River disaster has been cared
Tor; while some $4,000 In the relief fund still
remains unexpended. Any person who is tray-
cling around the country pretending 20 be a
Mill River sufferer may be Instantly dismissed
as fraud.
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~Mn. Mcfarland Richardson's marriage
with Chicagoan IL announced for September.
~Two other prominent Bonapartists are to
be prosecuted with Rouher in connection With
the conspirsciee recently developed In France
~The harvest In Virginia may be esid 70 be
ct an end, and the yield Of wheat, rye ana osts
has been over the average.
~"A man foater booked last night. IL st.
Louis for the dead body Of nanfound In the
river.
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ANOTHER Victory FOR GOLDSMITH MAID
In the free for all races yesterday in Indanapo
lie, best three In five. the first heat was closely
contested between Goldsmith Maid and Red
Cloud until the home-stretch, when both horses
held mp to save Judge Fullerton, who broke
badly and barely saved his distance. The Maid
wen the heat. Time: 2:26. The second heat as
very exciting between Red Cloud and the Maid,
both horses coming in under whip. The Maid
won by head, Fullerton barely saving his dis
lance. Time: 2:25x.
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INV YORK PRINTERS OUT OF WORK.
Several Of the largest printing establishments
IN New York, employing Union compositors.
nave recently discharged their employees and
put non society men in their place. Owing 10
the large number OF society men out OF WORK. a
delegation Of compos itors have visited several
OF the publishing firms and Informed them that
the work belonging to New York was at present
done In adjoining cities and towns, and thas the
prices paid In those places would be eagerly ac-
cepted by at least 400 compositors in New York
civ, "
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ASfaffe ChOIern

CASE IN LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 1l.-Patrick Foley
died yesterday OF what the attendant physicians
say was Asiatic cholera, after a sickness o.
eight hours. He died in the same house in
which the epidemic Of 1851 broke ont.
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a Tornado I'm 9tssourt

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July IA terrible storm
passed over Holt county last evening. Hun
dreds OF fruit trees were uprooted; houses were
unroofed, and whole fields of corn prostrsted
Citizens declare that they have not Witnessed
50 heavy a rain fall in twenty yesn
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Fall OF a Warehouse

boston, July ll.-Early last evening the
Nations dock and warehouse compAny's build
Ing, on Lewis wharf, East Boston, fell in from
the roof to the basement. The damage Is est
mated at S15, 600. The building contained
S70,0 600 worth Of bonded goods.
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fEE CHOLERA CASE IN BRooKLYN.-A case
OF Asiatic cholera was reported in BROOKLYN
yesterday. The patient is Mrs. M ary Ann Har-
Tison, aged siIty-three years, residing at No. 100
orange street. She occupies the front room on
the nIst moor. Tie case was reported to the
board OF health, but the sanitary authorities
Gened any knowledge OF the fact when cues
toned. The woman was taken violently in
WIN cramps IN the stomach about midnight of
Wednesday. DIR. johnson, of Henry street, was
called TO attend the woman, and treated her for
choieIa. She had rice water discharges and all
the peculiar and marked symptoms OF that
dread disease. DR.. Jewett, of Hicks street
wss also called in, and the patient suffered the
relapse attendant upon cholera. The doctors
managed TO get the disease under control, how
ever, and the woman was last evening improving
slowly. A large quantity of soaked re-crack.
ers, which had been saturated by bilge water in
ship, was on storage in q room adjoining Mrs
Harrison's apartment, and to the effiuvia emit
TED is chargeable the cause Of her ulness-N
y. Herald, 10th.
telegram in yesterdays STAR.
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Tom Bowling I.amed

LONG BRANCH, n. j., July I1.-Mr. McGrath.
the owner Of Tom Bowling, SAYS he broke down
yesterday morning, having ruptured one OF the
tendons OF his left fore leg.
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The SRAsHoRK BEING TAKEx uP.-rhs
Boeton Advertiser says: IL is gratifying % OBJ
serve that the advantages Of our coast are an
nuslIy becoming better knswn and appreciated
1T home. There Is hardly an inlet or q head :
land from Narraesnsett Bay 20 Cape Ann, suit .
able for settlement, that has not been taheu
possession Of for that purpose; and the fortu-
discovering mat thek property Is TOO vafuabls
to be lightly parted with. The best Of IL, hcv-
ever, IL IN the market, and n fast passing fnto
private hands for permanent summer resi-
dencee. In few yesrs the entire habitabks
coast viii be % held and occupied. The er win
OF inland and other cities, md the crowd and
tfnue 20 drive an incresainr multitude ~ the
shore every season, - the most Accessible means
OF rest and recreation within their reach
ga lot Of expelled coiored Masous IN Law
renee, KAN, have started \ new lodee
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The BERcHER-TILToN SoANDAL.-Two le.
ters or Beecher will be published in Che newt
number of the Christian Union. One of them
dated June 9th, solicts an investigation in,0
the charges made against him, and is address ID
TO the following members of Plymouth church !:
Henry Nj. Cleveland, John winslow and A. T.
White. The second letter, dated July 9th, il
addressed to the clerk Of Plymouth church.
With it is enclosed q copy of q previous letter
and the clerk of the church is asked to give all
possible aid to the investigating committee.
The Tribune says Rev. Harry Ward Beecher
has demanded an investigation by Plymouth
church OF the inuendos against his persona
character by Theodore Tilton. The request
was promptly made on June 27th, the day of
the publication OF Mr.. Tilton's letter, and a
special committee was appointed to conduct
the inquiry. 1t has been in progress since the
9th of July, and will probably be concluded in
q few days. The inquiry has been conducted in
private. Mr.. Tilton was summoned as a Wit
ness. Mr.. Beecher has not yet yet testified and
it is said on authority Of Mr.. Sherman will not
appear.
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The PRESIDENT will leave Long Branch on
Monday or Tuesday for Sarstoga, where he has
engaged rooms. He will remain several DAYS
and be present at the regatta
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A Boy SHOT By HIS FArHER.-In Cincinnati
Israel Elias shot and mortally wounded his
Guilty, and the boy attempted to run away,
when his father seized nushet and shot him
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TIE ORAKsEMKH's PROGRAMME for the 12sh
battle OF the Boyne 10 to be commemorated hut
In quieter fashion than heretofore There
will be procession Of the various societies. hut
they viii walk as private citizens, without ban
ners or music. The religious element Is also to
be more prominent than usual. Rev. Mr.. Tyng
will preach them q sermon appropriate to the
occasion; after which, all hands ad journ TO a
picnic at Dudley's Grove.
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Mr.. BLACKFAN, superintendent of foreign
mails at the Post Office department, returned
last night from a two weeks absence in Boston
and New York.
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Foreign Notes.

MRS. CARLOS.
BAYoENR, July 1.-THE wife OF Don Carlos
has arrived here.
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A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT occurred at the Gre
morne Garden, London, Friday. A gymnast
ascenood with a balloon, intending To fy from
The balloon ascended to q considerable height.
and the rope was cut, but the flying machine
JARED 10 work, and the performer descended
instantly killed. The body was horribly dis,
figured. 49,
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INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from this
sodrce to-day were s3Sl 916 CO.
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THR FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Farmer city,
Illinois, was to-day authorized to commence
business with a capital of 5000
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LIEUT.. MUSE, of the United States marine
corps, leaves here Monday on a months leave
of absence, which he win spend on the Eastern
Shore of MARYLAND.
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SUICIDES are in the main too common and
too like TO be interesting. One in Elma, near
Buffalo, was exceptional. Ii was death scene
glimpse of domestic romance John w.
STANDARD was farmer and country storekeepsr
who had wealth and good social connection.
he was 80 years old and his wife only o. They
had two little children, and it was supposed
that they were contented and happy. The story
OF the suicide was Thus told by the wife who m iv
not recover of her own part: "Soon after break
fast my usbend loaded his pistol and took his
razor from the shelf and threatened to kill him.
self. said You had better DO il right here in
you are going 10, and will kill myself too, be-
cause can't live without you.' This was on
account OF some words we had, but we male
up. a little while afterward he said he was
going away, and would never see him again,
said If he did he would find me dead when he
came back. He pulled pistol from his pocket
and said be would kill himself / tried to wrest
1t from him, but he was stronger than WAS i
put my hand over the muzzls Of the pistol so he
couldn't hit himself. The pistol went off aud
shot me through the head and face. / then
salo, on, John, you have killed mel 1 am
going to dien He came toward me- seeming
very sorry for what he had done, and put Ms
hand up TO the wound on my Rce. He then
took razor and drew 1t across his throat.n At
this point the woman exclaimed, "And OH God
how the blood spurted!" and swooned com
pletely away. After a few moments delay She
reRained consciousness and continued her state
me mt. "He staggered and fell to the north cor
ner or the room. 1 called out to him to come To
me. he staggered across the floor and kissei
me two or three times He tried TO sneak but
couldn't 1 asked him If he loved me and b.
couldn't answer, but Indicated that he did. He
then lay down on the TO- beside me ana died.
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DISASTER TO A YACHTING PARTY AT AT
LANTIc ClTY-Fise Persons Dropnsd.-At At
lantc City about half past three O'Clock yester.
day afternoon, while the yacht A. B. Thomp-
SON, Captain Frank Steeiman, was returning
opposite this city, heavy sea struck and Gao.
sized her, and the following named persons, Of
Philadelpbia, were drowned: Daniel Offiey
Sharpless, Esther FL. Sharpless, his wife, Caro-
line SharpIess, Master Alfred II. Shapless, and
Anna W. Roberts, daughter of Z. Roberts,
proprietor of the Chalfoute House, Of Atlantic
City. The body Of Miss Sharpless was recov.
cred by the crew of a surf boat. The remainder
Of those on board, Mre. BEETLE, Captain Frank
Steelman, and KIT Clarke, Of ForepauRh's ms
nagerie, were rescued and are doing well. The
The yacht drifted on Brigantine shoals, and IL
supposed to have been dashed to pieces
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IHR NATHAN MURDBR.--HUmon Nathan
yesterday Identified the bloody shirt found in
the Nathan mansion while being torn down as
that worn by his father when murdered. when
the family Nft the house they did not wish to
take any relics OF the murder with them, and
this shirt was wrapped up and thrown under the
safe. 1t now appears that IL was found in the
house six weeks ago by one Of the workmen.
who threw II into the stable, where il was again
found on Tuesday last The police have given
eray
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APPoINTED.-The President has appointed
Macmillan F. BaDzsna to be superintendent of
the mint OF the United States at New Orleans,
Louisiana. His commission was forwarded 70 =
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A WHITE GIRL ELoPKs WITH CoLoRRp
SRNAToR.-A handsome young white girl at
Port Gibson, Miss, recently married her
fathers quondam dining-room servant, Q dark
mulatto. The latter IL at present member Of
the Legislature. The BRIDES relatives are in
great grief. II IL somewhat remarkable that the
grooms colored friends are quite Indignant ct
his courfe, ar d enub him numerically.
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The Comet.
AN IESTANC

AN INSTANCE WHERE THE RARTH PASSED
THRoUTH THE TAIL OF A COMET, AND THH
RESULTS.
1t will interest many readers to see the fol
lowing account Of the earth's passage through
the tail OF the comet of 1891, taken from Branie
" Cox's Dictionary of Science. No one had a n
opportunity to observe the phenomena with
scientific accuracy:
About the time of the modal passage, (June
~, EVENING" it was remarked that the earth
was behind the comet only two degrees In lon
gitude, as seen from the sun, and the latter
boCy being the nearer to that luminary it fol-
lowed that the direction OF the tail was such a.
10 bring II either upon or very nearly to our
globe: Accordingly 1t was conjectured that
with due allowance for curvature, il was quite
possible that the earth might have been in
viewed IN the tail on the evening Of june 30
wren she arrived at the comets modal point @!
longitude. Observations subsequently, pub
Hshed, which enable us TO determine the tru-
direction of the tai with more certainty 40
pear 10 indicate that the main branch wa
IN advance OF the earth on that evening buf
that the secondary tail, or the diffused nebulas
ity which separated from the principal ray.wss
actually directed upon us, and was probably in
terDinglGd with our atmosphere. And IL il a
remarkable and significant fact that not only i'm
various parts OF England and Ireland but also
in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, and other cont
mental countries, very peculiar phosphores-
bic during the early hours OF the night in ones
non, which many persons supposed to be
caused by the auI ora borealis, uuusual as the
Phenomena is in the summer months, especially
IN the south Of Europe; at the same time Il was
remarked that the luminosity of the sky did n5t
resemble the usual effect Of the aurora, but Wa.
something quite exceptional. We incline to at
tribute the phenomenon to the presence OF
ccmetic matter IF matter IL can be termedl in
our atmosphere.
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The NEW DIVISION of the Treasury depart
ment engaged in redeem ing national bank note
circulation and exchang ing the same for leg.
tenders. receives more money daily than, with
the limited working room aud force, can be at
tended TO. With the present facilities il is i'm
possible 10 count and make prompt returns OF
the business. 1t is suggested, until these dif-
hculties are overcome, that those who have
large remittances to make might DELAY them
FOR few days, until the division receives All :
ditional force and room with which, and in
which, to transact the business. The amount
received to-day aggregates SCH 900.
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GIN. BAKER, commissioner of pensions, start
ed last night for Msnkota, Mimi, on a visit to
his family, and will be absent some time. Dr.
Joseph Jockey is acting commissioner in his alb
seDca.