The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-14
TRLEGRAPHIC NEWS.

GALvELToN, June Sat 80 o'clock
this morning fire broke out in the
kitchen of the New York restaurant on
Market street, near Twenty-second
street, and spreading north and east
was not extinguished until it had de-
stroyed nearly all the buildings be-
tween Market street and the bsy..an
Twenty-frst and Twenty-second. AT
ter consuming number of shops and
retail stores on Market street, the fire
crossed the alley and attacked the
Grand Southern Hotel, Murphy s&
Brockelman's hardware establishment
and several frame buildings on the
south side of Mechanic street. Cross
ing Mechanic street, the old Washing
ton Hotel, Odd Fellows Hall, Selig-
sons bank, First National Bank, Marx
6 Kempner, wholesale grocery house !;
Jacobs s. Beckhardt, wholesale cloth
ing; T. c. Thompson & Co., whole
sale drugs; j. 8. Brown g. Co., whole
sale hardware; Rsnlett s. Co.. George
Schneider s. Co., wholesale grocers ;
all the south side of the Strand, were
destroyed; crossing the Strand, L. &
H. Blum, wholesale dry goods; A. G.
Crawford 6 Sons, crockery; G. Seelig-
son & Co., grocers; Friburg, Klien &
Co., liquor dealers and grocers; the
Cotton Exchange and other buildings
were destroyed. The total number of
buildings destroyed were twenty six.
The losses are variously estimated at
from 1000, 900 to $3, 600, 900. 1t is
impossible to get details, owing to the
excitement and confusion. 1t is said
that the leading houses are fully COW
cred by insurance, of which only
800, 900 is in home companies. East
ern and Northern companies lose heav-
lily. Details of losses and insurance
will be forwarded as soon as they can
be obtained. L. & 81. Blum's loss on
stock is $500, 600 and on building
$3.50, 900; insurance about $3.50, 600.
Marx s. Kempner's loss on stock is
$l07, 900 and on building $22, 900 ;
fully insured.
GALVESTON, June S.-A list of bust
ness losses and insurance by this morn
Ing's fire, carefully prepared by the
commercial agency of r. G. Dun &
Co., including stocks and buildings at
their present value, aggregates losses
to the amount of 81, 525, 600; Insurance.
81, 299,00 The losses not included
in this list will not, is is thought, ex-
coed $50, 900. The Galveston COM
panies losses aggregate 1927, 900, dis
tributed as follows: Merchants, $751;
600; Texas, $35, 900; Union Fire and
Marine, &33, 900; Home, $12, 900; Gal
weston, $4,000. 1t is impossible to
give a detailed list of the losses of
foreign companies, as the offices of
several agencies were destroyed, and
their books have not yet been taken
from the vaults. The following are all
that can be obtained tonight:
Queen of Liverpool, $S5, 900; Pho
NIX, $500; Royal Insurance Com
pany, SEQ, 500; Royal Canadian, $24, -
600; Amazon, $40, 600; Mobile Under
writer's. $l2, 500; Imperial and North.
ern, $40, 600; Commercial Union, Sl5, =
600; Lancashire, 5000; Manhattan,
$4,000; st. Joseph of Missouri, $4,000 !;
Franklin of st. Louis, $12, 600 (;
Equitable Of Nashville. $40, 900; British.
American, $l7, 500; Fire Association,
$OOOVs SOuLucIClhls SOOVOt AAiAANhAC
OF New Jersey, 5000; East Texas,
$500; Citizens, 5000; Planters and
Merchants, $500; Western, $500
williamsburg City, 5000; Yves, Ches-
ter, $1,000; United States, $1,000.
WASHINGTON, June s.-The trial OF
Franks. deputy United States Marshal
for North Carolina. attracts great at
teution. Attorney General Devens Is
represented Is being determined to
raise the standard of the service By
getting nd Of persons Of questionable
integrity. A prominent detective says
when the whole thing 10 brought to
light and the notifications Of this ring
Of fraud and its workings are exposed
the details will be startling. Equally
BIZ frauds, the detective says, exist in
other Southern districts. Marshal
Douglas is here to testify in the Franks
case. Il 10 estimated that one-third OF
the expenditures Of the department
have been for political and anothe'
third tor personal purposes.
WAsHISaTox, June u.-Senator d.
mont, Of The Lsuisians cslored com