The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-04-14


GERS of the southern army have been
summoned before the Grad Council
of War IN st. Petersburg 10 be beard
respecting preparations for marching
A q parter of imillionrof men will cross
the Pruth next week. The army has
already advanced to Buthas, but not
passed the frontier.
In Charleston. Sontt Carolina,
the heaviest gale and rain storm
known since 1854 has prevailed
during the past % hours. Consider
able damage has been done TO wharves,
bni the damage to shipping is slight
The tide is very high aud much OF the,
lower ortion of the city IS submerged
Railroad trains are all stopped in con
sequ nee of damage to the tracks Ac
counts from the interior give gloomy
reports of the planting prospects. The
cold is excessive. Rains in the last two
weeks have delayed the work of the
planters. and it is fepred to days storm
will iuflct serious injury.
4 New Orleans special says the COM
mission, at o 'clock last evening, had
received no answer to their cipher dis
patch asking additional instructions.
The Returning Board basis of re-or
ganiziug the Legislature has been
aba doned and the commission is in
doubt whether to adopt the Democratic
more will be required to conclude lis
labors Among ihe members of the
commission Hawley and Harlan are
extreme Republicans, McVeigh and
Lawrence are Liberals aud Brown is a
Democrat. Not more than two of
them have as yet eoncurred on any one
proposition, aud the most that is hoped
for from their report Is that it will be
four to one with the Democrat III the
minority.
The remains taken from the ruins of
the Southern Hotel, St. Louis, sup
posed to be those of child. proved to
be those of dog. The bodies of II
man and woman, found to day. were
identified AS those OF Ii j. Clark aud
wife, OF North Adams, Mass. The
lady was identified By the dress she
wore and the gentleman by his watch
}. E Russell, chief engineer of the
hotel. has made statement which
threws some light ON the origin Of the
fire. He says he left the engine room
about l1:30, leaving an assistant in
charge, and went to his room on the
filth floor near the baggage elevator.
About five minutes past one o'clock he
was aroused by the shrieks of women.
He hurried out andl found the hall fnll
of smoke, which came from the freight
elevator, but saw DO FIRE. He started
for the south part of the house to de
scend by the servants stairway and
was obliged to claSl on his hands and
knees to avoid sutfocation, the smoke
was 50 dense. There were number
of women on the fifth floor crying pit
eously for help. whom he told to fol-
low him to the lower floor. Some did
so, bat the majority were too distracted
to heed his advice. Finally, he reached
the dining-room floor aud descended
to the basement, where he found the
smoke exceedingly dense. The pumps
connected with the engine had been in
operation aud some of the employees
had been throwing water on the fire,
which at that time was raging furiously
in the store room. A nozzle had been
blown off before he reached the base
ment and another one put on. He set
the pumps to work again and threw
all the water he could on the flames,
but with no perceptible effect.