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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22
FIRE IN MONTREAL.

MONTREAL, August 81, 1877.
About two O'Clock this morning fire broke out ia
the upper story Of James McDousali Co.'s large
grain elevator adjoining their -four mills on the canal
bank, Wellington Bridge. The whole Fire Brigade
was summoned after some delay, and when It
arrived tho fro had made considerable pro.
gross. ln short time tho elevator and
the whole OF the two upper floors OF tho store.
house facing the river given to the q ,mc the
IRE having very strong hold ofdhe cas,e,n sic OF
tho quadrangle which forms portion OF &c mli' Ia
this part largo quantity Of wheat stored &c ,s
burned from the top Of tho elevator down 20 ths
lower FATS About half past three tho wall lcweou
NcDougaPs elevator and Peck, Benny So - factory
foil in. Owing 10 the substantial stone walls around
Peck, Benny L. Co. IS foundry II escaped with little
more damage than part Of Il wall alhng. The Arc,
Notwithstanding all the Efforts OF the nremen spread
rapidly, and tho ncighborhood bonn covered with
mills and TACT cries the flames caught tho extensive
Mills.
McDougalps premises were insured In the Stadacona
for S. 600 the Queen for SO 900, the Natlonul for
S. OOO the Citizens for So 0O0 the Royal OF England
$1,000 the Lancashire for 600. the Lordon Assur.
g. 600; the Royal Canadian. $4,000 $4,000 of which
Is rc,nsurcd in the North British and Mercantile and
81 900 IN tho Liverpool and London aud Globe Beck
Benny Co. arc insured In the Royal Canadian and
tho Liverpool and London and Globe for 81 600 each
McDougall's loss on the elevator aud storehousc in
GLIDING the stock OF wheat, will not exceed $50, 900
Ira Gould Sons loss thcir Touring mill is light
tho damage being confined to the root; 81 600 will
amply. cover Il Peck, Benny & Co.'s damage will
probably not exceed $4,000
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

Strange to say, the most important news
from the seat Of war is the absence of news
from Osman Pacha at Plevna Considerable
uneasiness prevails at Constantinople re-
garding his position. 1t is feared that his
communications may be entirely cut with
Sofia and Widdin and that himself and his
army are ''bottled up" Should the fears of
for warm work on the banks Of the Vid be-
fore long, for Osman's great army cannot
afford to wait ut Plevna until the last bis
cult is distributed. We also learn that the
Russian staff recommends the commander
in-chief to assume q vigorous offensive, and
not TO yield position already occupied.
We hope that this advice is well con-
sidered, because the Russian army, strong
as it is, cannot afford to waste its strength
on operations that have no other object
shutting up Of Osman Pacha in Plevna
would not justify the weakening Of any
part of the Russian line facing westward in
order to reinforce the Army of the Jantra and
LON. The safest policy that the Russians
could now adopt would be TO assume such q
defensive attitude as would enable them to
take an offensive one the moment the op-
portunity presented itself This chance of
striking telling blow will be afforded by
some blunder of the Turks, who above
all things must fight, MS such are
the orders from Constantinople. If the
conditions had been reversed at Plevna and
little would now be left Of the defeated
attacking army, for vigorous pursuit
would have followed the repulse. Could
the Russians but win such battle their
position, even south of the Balkans, wou Id
be re-established.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22
An Inven tors Tragedy.

An inventor who tries his fire escape on
himself and ventures his own life on the
wire that he wishes to sell to others is at
least honest in his conviction that his APP
paratus is as good as he pretends ; and this
thorough honesty of the man who persisted
at the Aston House yesterday, his daring
faith in his machine and the terrible ira
gedy that his exhibition became, make this
strange incident of day in the city more
intensely dramatic and thrilling than all
that is imagined in the romances. Evil
IDENTIFY the failure TO put cushion under
the wire where it fretted on the sharp edge
of the stone window sill was an oversight
and from his actions just before he fell it is
probable that the way the wire was acting
had caught the inventors eye; but it was
IN oversight that it was then too late to
remedy, and the life staked on the efficiency
of the contrivance was forfeited. 1t is q
pity this city is not well enough governed
to prevent the perpetration of horrors like
this in the street at midday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

The protracted quarrel between the West
Company has been terminated by an arrange
ment which is for the obvious advantage OF
the stockholders of both. Though nomi-
naily retaining their separate organizations
and corporate names they are brought
under one management, and are hereafter to
work in concert and not in rivalry. BY a mu-
tual exchange of stock at stipulated reduc-
into the same hands, and it is arranged
that seven-eighths of the joint earnings shall
60 to the Western Union and the other
eighth to the Atlantic and Pacific. This
settlement will be followed by q considera-
BILE curtailment of expenses and moderate
towns where there are two telegraphic Of
fees there will hereafter be but one, which
will be attended with considerable saving
Of expense in rent and operators. The con-
solidated property is more valuable than
the two separate properties by reduction
OF running expenses and an expected in
crease OF income, and is, therefore, good
tniuB ioI uOtH pdTtIeS W ZIG coupuct.
But the public will not be gamer. Com
petition being removed the rates will be
Whatever the interests Of the consolidated
companies may lead them to charge. 1t is
their true interest to be moderate, since
very high rates would prevent people from
telegraphing except in matters of urgency,
and would lead. to the organization Of
another rival company. The public has as
little reason as the owners of the lines to
desire the establishment Of new companies,
so long as messages are transmitted at mod
crate rates. Competition is of no advantage
unless it is permanent, because a company
which is organized in order to be bought off
only increases the capital stock of the COM
bination and makes telegraphing more eX-
pensive by the necessity of reimbursing the
losses entailed by the transient rivalry If
the Western Union were wise it would not
raise its rates and thereby dissatisty the
public and tempt new rival into the field.
1t will have perfectly secure hold of its
monopoly so long as the public is satisfied
with its charges. In guarding against fu-
ture competition an ounce of prevention
will save pound of cure.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

Some time since, when few thousand sol
diers were sent from England to some re-
mote point in Her Majesty's dominions, the
Ministerial ''semi-oficial" press insisted
that it knew a great deal more about the
destination of this force than was given out
by any OF the recognized organs Of the gov
ernment. The mysterious reticence OF the
official world rather encouraged the people
in putting faith in that declaration, and SO
it came to be believed that the troops were
not going to Malta or India or any other
place Where they might justly and properly
have gone; but that they were going to
Gallipoli to hold Mt least one point of Turk
ish territory for England, SO that even if
Turkey went down civilization might not
utterly perish in that part of the world.
But the troops were not going to Gallipoli,
and for very good reason. Turkey
does not want them there and will
not have them. ''The Porte will not
make any exception in favor of any foreign
Power in regard to the passage OF the
Dardanelles." 1t will not permit English
troops to enter any more than it would per-
nit Russian troops, unless the English
troops come as the acknowledged allies and
upholders Of Turkish barbarity, and if they
come in that character it wants them on the
Danube and not on the Sea of Marmora.
This is plain, and all the world can under
stand it. Turkey does not mean that Eng
lish force shall subserve an English purpose
on Turkish territory unless that purpose is
incidental to some important Turkish pur-
pose. 1t would be interesting to know
whether the force referred to was really in
tended for Gallipoli, and whether the Turk
ish declaration quoted was brought out by
demand for their admission. Did the Porte
brutally snub it's British friends?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22
Senator BIaine's Compliments to the
President.

Mr.. Blaines Geographic invitation TO
President Hayes to visit the capital of Maine
and accept the Inequalities of his own house
is as matchless in it's way as was Mr..
Stewards offer to Lord Palmerston OF a
friendly passage through the territory of
Maine for the British troops sent to Canada
at the time of the Mason and Slidell diff
Guilty. All the world was amused, and Mr..
Seward himself laughed in his sleeve at
the magnanimous audacity of his offer,
which, however, Lord Palmerston did
not accept. But the British government
had no more reason TO fear that Mr. Seward
was preparing an ambush for its army than
the President has to suspect that Mr.. Blaine
intended an ambush for the civil service re-
form Cabinet. We do not suppose that
either invitation was made with an cxpecta-
ton that it would be accepted. Mr.. Blaine
knew well enough that the Presidents ar
rangements for his journey were fixed, and
he was only anxious to advertise the fact
that he does not intend to push his opposi-
ton to extremities. After this grace
iul act of courtesy he is rs certain to
surrender as Mr.. Seward was to give up
Mason and Slidell after his singular offer
to let the British troops pass through our
territory. 1t is a good-humored stroke of
courteous audacity, intended to smooth the
way to more friendly relations. Mr.. Blaine
is keen, quick observer of the drift of
public sentiment, and the Presidents tri-
umphal journey has convinced him of his
invincible popularity. So he adroitly pre-
pares to make up by neat and surprising
courtesy, which excites pleasant laugh
Blaine is no Achilles to 60 away and sulk
in his tent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22
Swim ming the English Channel

For second time the ''strip of silver sea"
that parts England from France has been
passed by swimmer, with no other aid
than his own strength and buoyancy This
ia n great achievemen in nm athletic sense,
and beyond it's mere athletic aspects it i'm
plies a wonderful vital power, for we have
no doubt that the greatest obstacle to it's
successful performance is not the fatigue,
but the refrigerating influence of the sea
operating for so many hours. The men who
can endure that and have also the requisite
skill as swimmers for such a performance
are not numerous. Captain Wobb's success
in swimming the Channel brought him a
rich reward from the admiration of his
countrymen, and that fact can scarcely re-
main out of sight in considering the mo-
tives of the present swimmer. In fact,
unless q man can get upward of twenty
thousand dollars, rs Webb did, for swim
ming over, he had better 60 by the steam
boat But if people get in the habit of
swimming the Channel--which is about
twenty-eight miles wide-we shall perhaps
get rid of that great bore, the reference to
Leander and Lord Byron and the Helles-
pont when swimmers are discussed, though
we shall still have those horrid South Sea
Islanders who swim around outgoing ships
for the FIRST or second day of the voyage,
like so many sharks.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

these evil influences are still at work that
the campaign OF the present year is thus
far rather worse than better than the abor-
tive ones of former years. and that success
can never come without thorough change
of system. II this opinion should be borne
out by events General Salamanca will be
able to compel attention to his views and
may have an important voice in determin-
ing the future conduct of the war. But If,
predicted by the Ministry should be real
lied this fall General Salamanca will sink
out Of sight as a carper, however just his
opinion may be of the past conduct OF the
war.
But even in his view Spain has no reason
to despair OF Cuba. If the failure to sub
due the insurrection is justly attributable
to corruption, imbecility and mismanage-
ment Spain has only to reform her methods
in order to insure success. The sentiments
expressed in this debate on both sides make
it clear enough that she will not aban-
don the contest. Until the situation
greatly changes she has no reason to
fear outside Intervention. No foreign
government will think Of recognizing
the insurgents SO long as Spain holds oil
the chief cities, all the ports ind all the
Notifications OF the island. Her cruisers in
the Cuban waters will prevent tilibusters
from rendering important aid to the rebels,
and her domestic tranquility Mt home
enables her to concentrate her whole mill
tary resources upon the rebellion. We ac-
cordingly anticipate no early change in the
Cuban situation unless the fall campaign
shall verify the sanguine predictions of the
Spanish Ministry.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22
ART NOTES.

Mr.. John Addington Symonds' volume "Renas-
sance in Italy" is very highly spoken of by the Lon.
don critics.
1t is said that Germany has succeeded In buying
their art treasures from the D'Arcmbcrg family. This
gallery contains some fine examples Of the old Dutch
masters, among them william Van der vclde, Wouvec-
mans, Jan Stem, Rembrandt, Nicholas Mans Van der
Nicer, OF Delft; De Hooshe aud Paul Potter. The gal
lery Is well known to visitors 10 Brussels
n. Brunei Debainos IS about 10 mako series Of
echings OF Old L,nion aud whatever there Is pctur-
csque in the now city.
The products oil the national anufaclorcs OF Sevres,
Beauvais and the Gobclins will be shown together Ia
a largo hall at the French Exhibition OF 1873.
n. Dalon Is at work a terra Gotta statuettc com.
mission from NJ Iondcs.
Mr. Whistler the American artist who has made such
favorable impression abroad has just finished full
length portrait OF Mrs Jopng
NJ Ch. Clement has nearly completed a biograph ical
and critical study his friend Glcyrc, the late artist
The Amsterdam exhibition OF paintings ia pro.
nounccd success.
Dore has lately been engaged In illustrating Ariosto.
Miss Clara Montalba, who has returned to Venice
for the winter, is engaged to make series OF water
color drawings, which are to he reproduced for tho
Illustrated London Necs
Tho coming Rubcns centenary is exciting two towns,
which claim his birth.
Toby Rosenhal is expected homo In San Francisco
IN October with his last Picture "A Boarding School
Alarmed"
San Francisco papers complain OF tho art depart
ment OF tho Mechanics Institute Fair. They say sha
few local artists contribute and those not any great
cxtcnt
man locked up in the Allegheny County md } jail
for horse stealing has amused himself by drawing on
tho walls Of his cell colorcd crayon and his sketches
are very much admired by tho local press
Lancaster, Pa, is rejoicing In loan exhibition.
Mrs. Kellogg, mother Of the prima donna, has
turned her vocation to account and brought down from
New Hartford several beautifully decorated vases be-
sides adding number OF sketches to her portfolio.
A San Francisco photographer has got his art down
to so fine point that he photograph horse going
at the rate Of mile IN 2:27.
There will be some five hundred pictures, In oil and
water colors the Chicago exhibition, which arc
clusively the artists and not loaned from private
galleries.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

The WEATHER.--'rhc pressure has risen on
the Atlantic coast in advance Of dcprcs-
sion now central in the Upper Mississippi
Valley. The pressure is low in the
Gulf, where rains have fallen along the coast.
E,.st OF the Aleghanies the winds are
oortheastcrly, and west OF the Mississippi
lre northwcsterly and variable in the central
districts The temperature has fallen decidedly
the Northwest. 1t has risen in the
Mississippi and Ohio valleys is stationary
in the Sonth and on the Atlantic coast.
The winds attending the depression in the
West are very brisk. hut elsewhere they arc
moderate. The weather in New York to-day
will be fair or partly cloudy and warm followed
hy increasing cloudincss-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22
RIO GRANDE.

CAPTURE OF RUD0LPHo EspoNsADA, ONE OF
THE ESCAPED PRIsoNERs--THE OTHERS HID
ING, PLACE KNOWN. s+ss..
W Y,ESroTELEGRAPH TO TIE HERALD
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, August 81, 1877.
sc0sac brrhis in receipt of despatch from General
Besavidps which says that Rudolpho Esponsada, one
of the released Rio Grande City jail prisoners has been
captured and tho other, Secundo Garcia Will soon be-
as his hiding place lie known 1t Is thought that both
escaped prisoners Mexican citizens in which event
the United States authorities cannot demand their
exrsditon. Tho tone of the Texas pross is bitterly
hostile and the Governor has conferred on Hon j. H.
McIeary, Of this city, tho authority raise rcgi.
mont should the Mexlcans show a hostile disposition
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

Few PERSONS will blame the Central and
Hudson River Railroad companies for discharas
ing those who few weeks ago were ready to
destroy its property. The best thing the unfor-
tunatc men who have been dismissed can do il
to accept the situation and not make their cond-
ton, as they foolshly threaten, worse by run
uinp the risk of the State Prison.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT AT BJEIA gives
picturesque account of life at the Cars head
quarters and some insight into Bulgarian man
and customs The Bulgarians and Walla
CHAINS appear to be sad lot. The women are
not only embarrassing, but positively ugly, and
the least said about the men the better.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

The Custom HOUSE WEIGHERs have been
weighed at Washington and found very deficient
indeed. They know next to nothing about the
business they are paid for, but arc thoroughly
up in political weights and measures.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

The HERALD special newspaper tram to Sara
toga, Sharon and Riehtieid Springs, Lake L't=erne
and Lake George and all intermediate points, cia
Hudson Riref Albany aud Schenectady, runs
rrery Sunday during the summer season: Ne'cs-
dealers must send in heir orders direct to the New
YORK HERALD.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was active; at the opening fairly strong,
but later in the day it developed good deal
OF weakness. Gold fell from 1O5 to 1O47s.
Government bonds were lower, States dull and
railroads weak. Money on call was per
cent closing ut pig per cent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

THE TINE MADE on the Saratoga course yes
terday was excellent and all the races were
well contested A good deal of credit is due to
the association for the attractive programme it
has furnished from day to day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

From our reports this morning the probabilities
ure that tie .ceatlter il NeU York today soiA be
fair or partly cloudy and acGsm, foilo,oed BY in
creasi,sg cloudiness.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

WHEN Two CITIZENS complain before JUS
tice about barking dogs it is his duty to order
them to be killed. Only when the Justice fails to
do 50 complaints to the HERALD are in order.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

NEW YORK will enjoy the distinction Of having
a colored cadet at West Point. Where is Boston,
with all her love for the man and brother!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPoETs, elsewhere printed,
Of the eight trust companies OF the city will fur
nish interesting and perhaps instructive
reading to their stockholders and depositors.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

The EXPERIMENT Of steam was successfully
tried on one of the city railroads in Brooklyn
yesterday. What has become of the Third Ave
nue. project
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

A LETTER FROM CAIRO throws some light on
the dark dominions of the khedive and the un
derlland work of the British government in that
part of the world
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

FAILURE to distinguish between the dec-
NAL and the centesimal scale has brought five
Thousand dollar suit for damages to uptown
druggist, and came very near bringing death to
his unfortunate victim.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

THERE Is SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
between the Brooklyn and Cincinnati detectives
in regard to Mackcy. The former think it was
murder and the latter suicide
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

The PRICE OF Coal has been put up by the
Pennsylvania Company. Now let it put up the
wages OF its starving miners
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

The ALDERMEN may succeed i'll bringing
Tweed before them, but can they make him tell
what lie knowsi Why not cali Mr.. Fairchild
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22

To THOSE who were not well up in medimva
history the Swaban games yesterday were rs i'll
comprehensive as Towards Indian campaign.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22
A CANADIAN PILGRIMAGE.

QUsDRc, August 81, 1871
twenty-five hundred people from St Hyacinthe and
tho surrounding parishes arrived hero this morning on
aplgrimagc to 81. Anuc dc Beaupie Bishop Moe cav
and nfty priests accompanied them
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22
wARLlKE PREPARATIONS IN CANADA.

QcEBEc August 81, 1877.
further supply OF war Stores including r fed -,
and shell OF the latest pattern, Is being dsctarteI
from transports and transferred to the citadel
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-22
Il RIPPLE SH e e Il .
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST e. 1877.

The HERALD rH be sent 10 any address, free Of
postage, Jos' One Dollar per month.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02
EANCY GOODS, &c,

FEENCHS, 40. 95 KING STREET.
The assortment embraces beautiful articles In
Russia and Vienna Leather, Pearl, Shell, Glass
and Papicr Macho Writing Desks from QUO 10
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laid Wood Odor Cases, Cut Glass, IN husSla
Leather Cases PortemonIaies, IN RUSSIA, q, oeal M
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Fine cold Pens, in Poarl Cases and colo
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QUOT Holders, very beautiful; Wostonholm
Knives Back kgammon and Chess. ana nous
and other beautiful Irticlea suitable TOT holiuay
presents.
In the BOOK DEPARTMENT. have very
choice collection Of Juvenile Books, American
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Apply, Prayer Books and Bibles OF ali s'zes ana
prices. ,..., r,,..
a great variety Of Games for the little iolks
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Now styles Papeterios OF tho finest faper anu
Envelopes, in beautiful boxosi Stereoscopes
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Ny assortment of choice goods at very ;o% I,
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