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i'm direct with fire-appaTatus or with otnerVe
hicles,. In responding to the alarm az oeloch
Marshal Kinney on his way down town Fan
into a horse and buggy belonging to s9mo on
one whose name was not ascertalnen. lne l
shaft Of the MarshaFs cart penetrated the
horses breast, injuring it so badly that lthaar
to be shot
from the Government bonded ,ft warehouse; h,;cis =
low and flat two-st0Ty and basement nrlck
structure to the south OF the warehouse dc7
stroyed, were made as earIy as l3:3o, and
teams belonging to T. T. Stewart 70; % nae; any
large gang Of workmen were ready to turn
in at . words notice. Aid, Dixon, VINO
Supervised this work, several times asked
Bu1lwinkle to consent to the rSm9tal +Sa od
goods but Bu!lwnkle wS noa nriy DIX u to inc inc
cfude the bonded house, and he kept putting
the Alderman Of. The latter kept on ques-
onRg + fhe fire s, M1s Se not a soHaE 10
II lie 'nln morning, R,'u Wien S the tire had
been bee GOT gotten ten completely under control,
reporter accompanies % PM eabo',ee e The nnv
Of Safs Imported % salts wheh rested directly upon
the osg II b. the afef The oss apon te ss
however, will not be great, as as
only the lower bags IN the pile
we're wet. The charred woodwork showed
how closely the fire had come to working Its
way into this building, and had it once OBJ
tanned headway the destruction OF the whole
floors few cases of dry goods were slightly
dampened by water from the ROOT, but the
goods within the cases will doubtless be
found nntnjured. :. =,
intents and purposes, but colnbustibles III
various corners of the ruins kept the tiremen
busy, and the signal for out, which Is given
prior to the Department retiring, was not
sounded until 3:06 o'clock.
THIS UTTER WASTE OF TIMOTHY SEED, !,
is one Of the peculiarly deplorable things in
connection with the fire. Not long ago timo-
thy was selling at S235 q bushcl But there
% 4S cents short busns} tnf 5stftr sa t than vsps ns
former figure. It was, only yesterday that
Wallace & Kingman sold l,200 bags at S2.15
per bushel, and check for some $3.50 was
lying in the safe when the fire broke out last
night, The, safe and the check are pfoba,
will doubtless be decidedly off color, if not
off everything else On haxseed there has
also been late advance Of Is cents bushel,;
an advance whose prospective benefits are
utterly lost. =
LAST JULY.
It will be remembered that the Empire
Warehouse has not escaped disaster hereto
fore. On the Sd Of July last along
watchman at the building heard two
loud >claps Of thunder, and shortly
afterwards the sound was varied by that of
cracking timbers in the north end Of the
warehouse. Investigation showed that the
floors having given way and buried
mass Of goods beneath them,
while an ugly hole in the roof opened the in
side of the building up to the rain aud the
realed the fact that the architecture of the
building was decidedly defective, and several
thousands of dollars had to be laid out in
putting it in fair shape again.
CHAPLIN GORE.
Following is the insurance on Chaplin =
Cores stock Of between 500 and GOO barrels
Of whisky:
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INDICTED FOR BIGAvv

oVees11* 0t'P7te7t 70 1Ee Lntcd96 ,1T1buHk
GALESA. ILL.,, Feb. 1.-THE Grand Jurr =.
this county has returned an indIctmenMt ~
against George Woodland, the bigamist VII
has been confined in the Jail in this city r Fl,
some time past. Testimony was adinrsa
showing that the accused has two wives H.
ing In this section,-one at jamestown, WIs :
and the other in Rice Township, this countr
likely to be confronted by third Wife whs y
lives at Grand Rapids, Mich The accnsed ~ !.
about 10 years of age and anything but n,e'
possessing in appearance. He endeayoragStss, gs, f.
gain his freedom the other day BY resorfins
TO the insanity dodge, the true inwardpess13
which was discovered by the physicians h.
whom he was ordered to be examined.
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Old Men In New York

Many of the most responsible places In firms
and corporations are held by men OF 70 OF there
abouts, and they evince no disposition to retire, re-
New York is noted for vigorous Old men: In ~ no 40
Europe, can 50 many hale, active men Of o5 and
Upward be M found. ~ ID walking in Broadway, Wall
or Broad streets, in Fifth avenue, Or any Or re
Be strncR hy the eraT or white hairs and wTnkled
faces @ Coupled T VIII erect, &c elastic FORMS and sup
pleness aud rapidlty OF movement There ap-
pear to be numberless ancient hcaos on eo. ~
vailed that rlral regions and rural pursuits r.
vored longevity, but If it were 80 once WHICH -
very dubious, It Is not so nov.
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Carbolfc Acid NJ \ ProphyiaeA0
Scarlet-Fever-
indianapolis Journal

Indianapolis JotT7tdl ~ ..-,,ar3s
Mr. C. E. Wright, OF this city, mas oeeIt oetentsn Of
scarlet-feyer. and is favornbly impsessea. ps. vi" IL
its efficacy. It seems to abort the a!ssah ho,,se-
numerous cases persons in an lnlectea .sacarcd
Infection, while ali who failed TO take It wetS for-
tackled. In the family Of Mr. G. L. Dls'neil III Tho
man OF the Journal composing 1oom, rho a. "a.
fused to take tt, is now down with the otsaeT serT
The subject IS ono worthy the study ytS q S'; ,hs
physician, and il The theory IS .n2tsnt es5a1te ever
made. IN medicine Tho Doctor puts 1re ~ H.
Of acid In half pint of water, and gives N
spoonful four OF tive times daSs
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AS TO THE ORIGIN OF The FIRE,
it is q mystery. There was an engine and
latter had been .'banked'' about O'Clock.
There were only two stoves in the building
one in Wallace g. Kngman's office, and the
other in that of the Empire Company,
both Of which were remote from
seen. 4 theory that the fire started near the
engine and went up the eleyator-shaft, was
laughed at BY those familiar with the ware
house. they saying that there was nothing
indammable near the boiler, and that the
otovater.ahoft .poc thirty foot owau from II
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MINOR EVENTS.

LIE A1a1kA FAOA 1OA
at 6:o4 last evening, was turned in by Owen
Coughlin, one of the Pinkerton preventive
watch, who discovered smoke issuing from
the windows at the top of four-story and
basement doub1e-front brick building. Nos.
267 and 269 Wabash avenue, the prem
fses OF Bamberger, Bloom & Co., deal
ers In fine furniture. The Fire Depart
ment. responded promptly, but ow-
ing to the inaccessible location Of
the fire, and to the combustibility of the ma
terial on the top floor, the fire spread rapid
ly and soon worked its way out, at the win
roof. For the space of half an hour the top
of the building gfowed like a furnace, and
clouds Of cinders were sent flying before the
wind. A second alarm was turned. in by
basSgh} s1eass sysns s. The at ss a5oa 5oa e
the apparatus that could be handled
to any use. The fire in the front burned
most furiously, and to quench it the Skinner
ladder was put III position directly in front
fered, as they have done repeatedly Of recent
date, but nevertheless 1t was possible to
throw a good stream OF water from the lad
der into the top. windows, and in a few mo-
mn that portion o1 e e Was ant 1nder anG
the meantime Marshal Swenie directed all
his energies to
THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING,
the only accessible side in fact The adjoin-
ing building on the north is some six feet
lower: thus making it an easy matter for the
burning building. In this way four streams
were directed from the roof of No. 265
Wabash avenue, through these holes,
and directly into the mass Of, flame.
When this was accomplished the fire
had but little chance to spread. 4 few
well-directed streams from the rear soon
bIackened the mass, and the firemen rushed
to extinguish the burning embers.
- At que time 1t looked asif the building vas
Issued n ain IN roames H T from % t6e Windows and he ire
was plainly to be seen in the rear basement.
Investigation showed, however, that the fire
was simply about the eleyator-shaft, and by
turning mi! goedly stream down It,, It, all danger
II ts direction vas aXefea Inc nIe vas
clusiycly. There was !. little blaze of few
minutes duration on the third floor, but it
was quickly put out
MR. BAsBERGER
was the first of the firm to put in an appear
ance, but he betrayed q woful ignorance Of
pa9neF s ST. Boo ssn wo a once Ssached tbs as
Store about 9 o'clock. The top floor
the 'finishing-room, the, upholsterers'
apartments, and general working apartments.
iority' Of whom are located on this floor
They all quit work, however. at $50 O'Clock,
and at the time the fire originated no one
was in the building. Mr.. Bloom was in low
spIs spn a aea Sd a mee r not sg gys '
But doubtless, when he comes to look over
nearly 50 great, and that $4,000, and Ger
tainly $1,000 insurance sS 1 at The h9;,, outside
I9 c.,ra mac fhnrouuhIv dropcha1 'W1-ifh
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1pee5dE D3p0teh 70 17e Ch9cdoo Irdbtnak
1oS1A, Micn., Feb. 14.-The Coroners IN.
quest over the cause Of William Hendefson's
death, as reported in yesterdays dispatch.
closed this forenoon, after two days ses-
sion. Their verdict is that William Heuder.
son came to his death BY strychnine I'd.
ministered by the hand of Ellen G. Bemis.
The verdict caused intense excitement In the
rested Mrs. Bemis at noon, and lodged her IN
jail. Her dislike for Henderson, her so1..in.
law, is the supposed cause Of this murder.
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SELLING CANCELLED STAMpa
gptttni D{tpatch 10 Tht Chienoo 7.5h.n.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 14.-W. ". Evan,
Postmaster at York, Clark County, va
brought in by Deputy United States Man
shal to-day, under an indictment charging
him with selling Cancelled stamps and 1naF.
ing an unlawful disposition Of stamped en-.
yelopes. He entered a plea OF guilty, and
mag was Ssntf9csa to 5 fh9 Exan5 EG91nS Il! jail e
self entirely up to drinking lately, and ha;
been selling stamps for whisky Whenever a ha
got short Of money. His Imprisonment viii
doubtless cause a vacancy in the otice oi
Postmaster at York.
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20 down there. The speaker replied that it
would be as safe for Northern as for Southern
Republicans, whereat there was some laugh
ter. The meeting then adjourned unit! next
held regularly each week until the Chicago
Convention meets,
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GALVESTON, Tex, Feb. IA Neus spec
cial from Denison says: For the past two
years trains on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Road have been fired at just altar darknear
Codda, Indian Territory. Cab windows hays
been smashed, cabooses perforated, and en-
sha1 caught a white man named Meyers ID
the act Of firing on the train, and 50 desper.
ate1y did Meyers resist arrest thai. .sAYers
shot, him fourteen times before be sue
cumbel. -
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CRIMINAL NEWS.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Sptcfdt Dispatch to 1he Chicago Tribune.

Special Dispatch to 1ne Chicago 1ttbuns.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb. 14-Between q and
10 o'clock last night man and woman en-
tered the City Hotel, No. 90 West Fayette
street. The hotel is, in fact, simply saloon
with q few bedrooms, and can hardly bs
graced with the name Of hotel. It bears not
the best reputation, and is known to the
police and the class who frequent it as a
bed-house, The man stepped to the
barroom and stated that he desired room
for himseH.and wife. He paid the proprie-
tor, Charles Coppins, 81, and was shown to a
room. An hour later he came downstairs
and procured some port wine, which he took
to the room. The couple did not come down
to breakfast yesterday morning, nor to
dinner, and it was thought they had
departed. The chambermaid had other
work to do and did not
commence to make the beds and arrange the
rooms until the middle of the afternoon. At
O'Clock she tried the door Of Boom No. s.,
but found it locked. She looked through the
keyho1e and perceived the key In the lock,
and in the inside. She informed Mr. Cop
pins, who at once became impressed thatsome-
thing had taken place. He obtained knife,
and. accompanied by others, went back to
the room. With the knife the key was turned
sufficiently to push it out Another key was
inserted and the lock sprung. On opening
the door fearful sight was presented to the
spectators: at the foot Of the bed, on the
floor, partially on her left side, lay the
woman. In her left hand she held small
hand-glass and in her right revolver.
From a hole In her right temp le stream
Of clotted blood extended across her head
to the floor. The carpet was saturated and
her hair was matted with gore. The woman
was partially disrobcd.: She had removed
her shoes and dress, but had not taken off
her underclothing.. The man was lying on
his left side at the front Of the bed, with the
fhsets Hs Iasa Pulled wps up around ea bis Snt neck
from which the Blood had d stained and coz coz
ored the pillow, sheet, and the ticking under
meath a bright red. lie had on nothing ak
sition of the bodies told the terrible tale. The
woman had shot the man and then deIiber-
ately killed herself. The parties proved to
be julius G.. Mantz, a well-known mu-
and lis cousin, Amelia Mantz. RI: The latte; Sass;
good looks. Tie two have maintained an m
illicit relationship for the, past four years,
one child having been born out Of the
tp taph2 Nary an'G s GIRL 'baf ba lad lad g5sHssa pq 81
the ceremony FROM time to time. It It
is supposed that they quarreled after
der while her lover was asleep, afterwards
committing suicide. On his person were
found large number of letters written to
him by circusperformer with whom he
appears to have been In love. The
mystery about the shooting, owing to the fact
that no one heard the Shot fred. wien
found the bodies were rigid. and had been
dead probably ton or twelve hours, Up
wards Of 1000 persons viewed the remains
at the Morgue tonight
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According to Le Pslerin, an UlIanouaae
periodical enjoying lnrge circulation IN otsavs
dox French circles, and laying claim TO der1so "s
its information upon religious subtecR sna nusn
altogether exclusive sources, Plus X. upoa r..
entering Paradise shortly after his demise; NJ;
there received with Somewhat exccpdma
honors- We sub1on in 1iteral translaumon. m .t;n ta9
account Of his reception printed In the ts4anr tnr
and purporting to be the faithful reProducuao,rp W.
of a Communication " received from the hlgns:ss
authority: ''Wuen Pho Mono entered pafaasSs
he at once obtained crown frum the mana IT, ~
the. immaculate Virgin, US q reward 1or rtne tne
crown which he had bestowed upon hef au, an,hs Ia
his sotourn upon earth St Joseph. ~9on II
had made patron and protector Of the Church
shook him heartily by the hand and snan1icah a1.ich
him: Then ST. Peter gave out the key u .J Muth Ihe
the hymu Of welcome WAS to be sung, aua 9.ies ~
celestial choir chanted IT, while Francis oe oa ri7
and Alphonso Liguori: whom ID had laoaately loz,anTly
proclaimed teachers Of the Church, alternAsEg
recited in laudatory terms the deeds and aca!d snd
ments Of his Pontihcate. Flfty-two SAINTS ,Sar Sa
twenty-si1 Of the blessed. MI OF whom oHe III
present position to Plus TX, greeted Mn Wa
harmonious choruses."
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SAMMY.

SANINII.
Columbus {O} Democrat {De"s) Feb. IL
Knowing that Representative Clough, who
happens to be in the city, had just returned
from the East, Democrat interviewer cor
nered that gentleman yesterday and drew
out some meaty results:
$50 you are just back from the East, Mr.
Clongh?'
Yes, from New York and Washington"
swell, what's the news from political
standpoint? Did you see Uncle Sammy?'
'sYes, saw Mr.. T1den.''
"IIoW Is it's he candidate p
told me that he was candidate for renomi-
nation, and not only that, but he expected to
be renominated.'
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always been occupied by furniture nrms. pr,,I ~
forty-i feet front and is 100 feet deep, p p,,;,d


Northwestern National. ~'oo'
In addition to this, there was $2ooo 1nsnl-
ance on the rent placed in the L0naon n AZ :e
surance. The loss will not exceed oasooo' L.
it is that. =,
The building has IN interesting Iecollec.
ton for the firemen, as its site was u tne t spott
where the Department fought out the great
fire of July, 1874.
AS TO THE ORIGIN
of the fire there is, of course nothing - accu, ecu,
rately known. Coughlin says 1T staftcd
about midway between front and rear, anu
he is probably right, as it was mere tne up
hoIstercrs worked. Near BY were packages
of benzine, which were heard to explode as
the fire progressed. The probable orlgln
was care1eSness Of the workmen IN leaVnlg
fire in their stove, or in leaving oned rags
about -
At $3.50, while the fire was in progress.
George C., Masis,. bookkeepeF M for ,;l.ss ChaTles
BrachvogeI, third door north Of the burning
building, broke his right leg. JUST ABOVE Lne
knee by falling off a ladder Leading 1rom m me
top floor to tue roof. He was engaged at tne
time in carrying pals Of water to the roo1 OF
the building.
THE ALARM FROM BOX 50
at 4:40 yesterday afternoon was caused by
Portland Block, at the southeast corner OF
Washington and Dearborn streets: cause,
explosion Of a quantity OF gas damage,
nominal.
C1NC1NNA11 Feb. 14.-The feed store and
stable of Fred Rooms, East Walnut Hill, was
burned tonight, and four horses perished in
the flames. The dwelling-house OF Henry
Meyers was damaged. Loss estimated at
S3,500; fully insured.
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IOlal. --..-....- ..t~S,5U
The building is not extensively damaged.
the walls being left intact It is owned by
THE REV. ". H. RYDER
The building was built shortly after the fire
Of 1871. It was originally built for Gilbert
Sampson d Co., at cost Of $4,000, and has
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FIRE WALL
H.. t,,,o buildings as mentioned
between 1ne ..s W. - ,,retac+inn tn the Bonded.
ELSEWHERE. nas tx - 1nt into The base
warehonse, 9t,t ptt w ti,rnueS @ an iron door in
ment OF lae iatt+t e., VIZ cnnnecfion between
the basement,-14ts ~ onts hs.t h1,rStinr + men
The st5nctu1e1h,asn ~ esnad nHas i some barrels
me names af.a An mao and weTe making rapid
near me uuoi +,a nnu .re,a discovered hy Can't
RrogfesS Mhen %1fs tIa VIZ F;sa-insursnce Patrol.
BniiNlllte1E, H. u M,-rbai ~ swen;e had some fire.
ana ~ uGe en4 Maa e,114 access tn # heinr EASY
men In W. uase', M a,le., ,,orchu,ar m the south
as tnSIs @ y ,g a. IA rrals ~.e1a dc1nged with
slae. Inc p4lnis III i1o dnnre ciosed and barri
led' nated' a1.u a-,d A10 - n1ose watch kept on
tha ciare But for the " timely
snne1ct,fn1 of the blaze, the whole
warehouse would have been destroyed and
another S4oo, 900 added to the loss; In It are are
stored So55,0 900 worth OF dry goods3 s2og,44p
belonging to Field D. Letter, S.5,Go 70 ). ~ y.
FaTwell q Co., ana goods peionEng - .,,5 u,5
following hr1ns; Mnson @ l;Los,, hCs'e5 ~ r5,1nsT an
1ufmlsmng go1@1s' ~ q e1,d a;a,rs. 'Ehan;1,,
nay G;se O. ~, Ecnnre ",rse and d cieaIs. snzfer
q I4aT, Haro;s M" cieens. 1872 Fo1tnan Bros. cigars:
na!5 5's rfN, -.-;nhe n-5 n;ror n n
Lawrence q Matllil, "i4tS any I'eato' ". ~
Perrine, maple-Sugar; Henry shannon, wire
rope: Meyer Bros, caustic soda; Frederick
De Barre, mineral-water and champagne;
frank faI1sn. caus9G aGos so~ nnn 5;i5J III 11,o1
IeeI Eooos - - .,o f-om q nm t0
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{ BosroS, Feb. 14.-Stephen LongfeiloW'
nephew Of the poet, jumped his bail fo1 fot'
gerry, and sai.el for South America. ;, i.
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M1DDLEPoKr, O., Feb. 1.-THE alleged
robbery Of Kohler's jewelry store Of s4.la1 in
money, and six gold watches, created great
guised men lad overpowered him in the
Store and effected robbery. The excite.
ment took another turn last night caused BY
q negro finding the money and watches hld
In Kohler's back shed. The money and
watches belonged to another man.
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ARRESTED FOR EeIBEZZLEMESf.
Special Dtspateh to 1he Chicago 1rioans
MnwAuKEE, Feb. 14-Louis Conrad Wa
arrested late tonight on a charge Of en-
bezzlement, preferred by the wholesale
liquor firm Of E. B. Smith s Co. Conrad
was wanted by Chicago house two yeaIs
ago on a similar charge, but the case coaln
not be made to stick. He is an old hand as
such crooked practices.
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j. Il. HOWELL
loses 100 barrels Of flour and $50 barrels Of
beans, valued at So, 600, which are insured in
the Queen's Of London for s., 400.
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CINCINNATI, Feb. 14--Suit was broughtm
day in the United States Court against
Thomas Ambrose, late United States CLERK,
and his bondsmen, to recover 81, 40 CO..
lected by Ambrose and not turned o7er
the United States.
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Special Dtspatch to The Chicago Irtbane
Mr. CARROLL, Ill, Feb. IA Washburne
meeting was called here, but no club was
formed. There is strong preference for
Blaine.
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and preventing any interference with the
tlremen, who, unhampered, did excellent
work, and deserve great credit for saving
what they did
4 TRIBUNE reporter met
APPRAISER HAM,
who came to the fire in hack to look after
the Government interests. He was unable to
furnish any information of value, however.
When It was believed that the bonded ware
house would be burned, lle got wagon and
removed his library Of 500 volumes and all
biz private papers and those belonging to his
office
ABOUT O'CLOCK
It looked as though the Government ware
house was again in danger Of destruction,
but the three steamers in the rear of this
building that were drawing water from the
river kept. the flames at bay. The roof Of
e9s e4s ines hoss H SaVns sueee bee1 taken isx
upon it early in the light, and as
the wall separating the buildings was sub
stantia1 one Of two feet in thickness, not
much fear was felt At this time the EN-
fury, and the dozen or more streams being
thrown through the windows on the first and
second floors seemed to produce little or no
effect The contents Of the build:
'ps peculiarly os'G1a %amna6fs s nasa4 aad oi
as the fire was SO widespread and fierce
the pipemen were unable to do aught but
stand in the street and send streams from
there into the burning mass. Work was
kept up vigorously, however, and it soon b.
came evident that the fire was dying from
lack Of material upon which to feed. The
barrels Of liquors had all exploded or been
charred SO that they fell, in pieces, and
the only evidence Of the their presence was
the blue flames which curled around the
1afters Of the second tioorin fantastic shapes,
and gave the crowd on the opposit sidewalk
something to look at. Shortly after eo'cIock
the light from the flames suddenly died
nway, and the few people left in
fha Vicinity rapidly dispersed. It Ms