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BROOKLYN BLAZE.
Two Bonded Warehouses Sue
cumb to the DevOuring Ele-
/ ment - Loss Estimated at

Two Bonded Warehouses Sue
cumb to the Devouring Ele-
ment = Loss Estimated at
100000. sE
y Nrw YoRK. June l5.-A fire broke out
10 day on the top floor OF the warehouse
No. 4 Furmsn street, Brooklyn. one
dthe buildings knoxna a "Pierreponts
Stores"
The fire was first discovered among
some bags on pile Of damaged linseed.
The alarm was given, and efforts we're
made by the workmen 10 extin.
guish the flames. They got some
hose and played stream OF water on
the fire, but it soon got beyond their con-
troll and they were forced to escape to
the floors below. When the firemen ar
rived several large streams were poured
on the building but the fire burned per-
sistently owing TO the nature Of the goods
in storage, while the blaze was sweep
ing through the upper part OF the
building, the workmen discovered that
one of their number was missing, Pat
rick Morris He perished in
the flames. Thomas Regan, another
workmen, also remained too long no
the upper floors, for when he tried to
get back to the stairway he found that
avenue OF escape was cut of by
the fire. He then became 80
terrified, he sprang out OF the window,
falling heavily on the ground. He was
picked up unconscious and is believed 10
be fatally injured. Owing TO the high
wind the flames made rapid progress, and
communicated to warehouse No. 6,which
was stored with a miscellaneous stock
OF merchandise. The firemen had the
flames extinguished after two hours
work, when it was found the interior OF
the warehouses were nearly burned out.
The charred remains of Morris were found
H, was 25 years old, and resided in
Monroe street, New York. Henry (.
Pierrepont, Jr., in his efforts to exun.
guish the fire, was severely burned and
came near losing his life. The ware.
houses were owned bv Hen
ry E. Pierrepont & Co, No. 4, is
said TO have been worth 10000
and No. $4,000. They are insured
for 5000. In warehouse No. 4 there
were 1000 bales OF jute bdtts, $500 bags
of linseed, 400 barrels OF molasses,
1000 bales OF dates, and SEQ
bales OF wool. In No. 8 there was coco
nut oil, plumbage, molasses and sugar.
Some OF these goods were very valuable
and the loss is estimated at about $780,.
O00
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FRANCR

New Member Of the Chamber 70 b. A.
iowed-French Troops Leaving Tunts.
PARIS, June l6.-The Govern ment
will introduce bill In the Chamber -.
signing an additional deputy to each Of
the nine provincial arrondis sements and
seven TO the Partisan arrondissements
which now have over one hundred
thousand population.
One thousand troops left. Biserta Tor
0ran, en- route to France. Moro are sx'
pected to return home shortly. The
sick and wounded French soldiers nov
in the hospital In Tunis and Province
Constantine and Algeria, only numbei
4S6 out Of $4,000 men. A decree Of the
Govern uent OF Algeria forbidding toe
natives TO possess arms except by spec
iaI p,rmissi IN, 1t 10 thought, indicate
that the authorities fear disorders In
Oran, which II still continued. will O.
suDed greater. proportions.
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OHIO POLITICS.
RATIFIED REMNANTS or THE ROTTEN
RAG BABY ~
eIsT OF eaEeHsAcK eusH GALORE.
OHIO oREENBACKnRs

Meet In Convention at columbus-rh
Candidates and the Platform.
CoLUMBUs, June l5.-The Greenback
Labor party Convention assembled here
to-day, one hundred and fifty delegates
being present Chss. A. Lloyd, Of Hu'
ron, was chosen temporary chairman,
and On taking the chair made shori
speech, declaring that he still main
tained tho same pripciPles rsssrding ths
money question which had been ths
handspring OF the Greenback Labol
party since its organisation, and had
faith in the ultimate triumph Of the par
ty ideas. After appointing the usual
committees, the convention took re.
cess.
Afternoon Session.
CoLUMBUs, O., June l5.-At the af.
ternoon session OF the State Greenback
Labor Convention, the Committee on
Credentials reported twenty-five dis
tricts partially represented. AS. Piatt.
OF Logan county, was chosen perma.
nent chairman, and Joseph Watson, Of
Knox county, secretary.
Lengthy Platform Adopted.
1t declares that the right to make and
issue money is the sovereign power to
be maintained bv the people for the
common benefit; that all the money,
whether metallic or paper, should be 10.
sued and controlled by the Government,
AID when 90 issued, should be full Of
legal tender for all debts; that the Uni-
ted States bonds should be paid as rap.
idly as possible; that the legal tender
currency should be substituted Tor
notes Of the National. banks; that
the National banking system should be
abolished, and the unlimited coinage OF
gold and silver established by law; equal
protection is demanded for labor and
capital; all subsidies are oppt se !; tele-
graph and transportation companies,
rates should be regulated by legislation |;
all property should bear its proportion
of taxation, and q graduated income tax
should be provided for.
The platform also denounces all at
tempts TO restrict suffrage; opposes an
increase in the standing army and
militia; condemns the practice OF
issuing free railroad passes to pub.
lie officials; condemns the selling
OF convict labor, the reorganization oi
public institutions for political purposes,
and favors the submission by the Legis
lature to a vote Of the people OF an
amendment to the Constitution for the
prohibition of the manufacture, sale OF
use OF intoxicating drinks as beverage.
Nominations.
The following nominations were then
made:
For Governor-JohnS Seitz, of Seneca
Lieutenant Governor-C. jenkins, .o
Mahonine.
Supreme Judge-Joseph Watson, o.
Knox.
Attorney General-E. M. Tuttle, o.
Lake.
Treasurer-W. F. Gloyd, OF Mont
gomery.
Member OF the Board OF Public Works
H. L. Morrison, Ashtabula.
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THE NEWS
OF the Day I'm Pithy Paragraphs

OF the Day I'm fithy F~1~s
Forty Akron school teachers have ue'
manded an increase Of $50 per year.
GARRISON, a noted bigamlst; ie9 an" hse
prisoners ont OF the jail AZ o" ''
Mich.
y pro,rsss IN committee on the Land
Rill WAS greater yesterday than Al an!
previous sitting
John Middleton and wife Tell out OF .
boat Al Rogers Mills, Ga, yes'eru-'
and were drowned.
E;ob,v brskemen Of the Iron Noun
tain rosd employed at Little Rock have
struck for $50 per month
nj Another death Oceaned IRON the ex-
plosion Of tho donkey engine ON '"o
~, amship ify "a Rome. ,
A Copenhagen dispatch says severs, =.
tlousand WOrSmen ale on s'riAo IA
stockholm and riots are feared.
The expenaitures on the Brookiyn IN
bridge thus Ear amOuns 10 sIovOo'oOv, ~ ~.
The bridge will be completed "i'nin QUO
year. NJ
alhsrt Felix VOCAL, on trial IN New
yott for the attempted abduction OF
Rosa strasburger, has teen iounu
guilty. ~, A.
Pha railway from Sioux CITY 10
Yankton, viii be opened TINS wees,
after rrst since the great hood ih 'ne
spring.
The ipry in the case Of John HAYES,
an t,i.i E5r the murder vi his vile, ~
N,rs,,a returned a verdict oi muruer
in the second degree.
Ac,;.e preparations are being made
and a large amount OF money snoscrioe1
for the i,emen's tournament ~ Fihu-
Law, Ouio, July ~ and ~.
A Berlin dispatch says Princes VIZ
belmina - in an interesting oonuiton-
m itsI ould be q boy there will be three
living heirs 10 the German throne.
Keene had not the same sense oil
propriety shown by Lorillard, who gave
his horse, Iroquois, dIstincuveiy
American name. Foxhall Is rather too
English.
lsborer who Was recently injured
ON the Canada Pacific railway, ana Is
nov hin m the hospital at winnipeg.
ronlesses that he 10 the lost Sir hoger
TichbOrne.
AT the close Of the inquiry into the
V,r,or,l disaster, At LOndon, Ontario,
CAPTAIN Rankin and Manager Parish
were arrested, on complaint OF POST
master Jones, Who lost daughter by the
calamity.
The boy evangelist, Rev. Thomas
Harrison, after eleven weeks OF earnest
Iaber al Indianapolis, is credited with
? 9uO conversions. Sixteen churches In
that city are now open for revival work,
and the use Of the theatres Tor Sunday
services has been rendered.
The AgsRcs RESs contradicts the
neu spaper report relative TO the even
tual occupation of Bulgaria by Russia
and Austria. and says that these, like
the other powers, have nothing so much
al heart As a settlement OF the Bulgarian
crisis by conciliatOry compromise.
A Berlin dispatch says: There is talk
Of Won Gessler, President OF the Reieh-
stay, succeeding Won Puttkaminer as
Minister Oi Ecclesiastical Affairs, the
latter becoming Chief Of the Home Or
fee. This would probably Indicate
renewed change OF front towards the
Church Of Rome in the direction OF the
FAX leg station.
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RAILWAY ENTERPRISE.
Asking the Right Of Way for q
Double Track from Catlctts-
burg to Newport, Ky.

LOUIsvILLE, Juns l6.-7A specislto the
CO,gisr,JO,undiirom Msyssilesays: g n
John Echels. representing O. 7. Hun
tington, is here to formally ask the
right Of way through Msysville for a
double track railway from CAtlettsburg
10 Newport. He says the work is to
begin at both ends of the line in the
next two or three weeks and that by the
middle OF next month AL the laoorers at
work on the Lexington and Big Sandy
road will have been transferred. to thus
road, the suit in the District Conr' In
Coyington having been decided In iayJr
Of the original owners ot the ASysvllle
and Big Sandy franchise, who held out
to Huntington. II Is now In his hands
free OF incumbrance.
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HuoI.AIn


H Win strlks O - S7th.
LouDox, June lk-Ths tsseUFaph op-
orators employed By Ne eovsrunsst !
have decided b csass wefking oveR
time on the 9Th Inst, q Q preliminary
step to obtain . rsduc1ioa u hoafe q
service. The Leeds opseatogs approved
the action OF the London commitfee, Dad
resolved upon given date 10 diseoa'
tinue oil over time working.
Ths Liquor TssAs.
LONDON, June 1.-THE House Of
Commons last night pasDsd, By q voto
l9o TO l5S, IAWson's resolution that e =
desirable to give legislative eject 10 Q
former resolution which aflrmed the
justice OF the local communities bdns
intrusted with power TO protect them
selves from the operations Of the whisky
traffic. Gladstone voted with the mi.
nority. Forster, Bright 0oechen and
Dr.. Playfair voted with the majority.
Rs-enaeting the Pstsns Lava
LONDON, June 5.-In the House oi
I -Ooooons today, ths fsesidsat g ~
Board Of Trade. In spsaking In behalf ol
the government expressed hisapproval
OF the principles of the bill introduced
by Anderson, the advanced Liberal
member for Glasgow, for amending the
patent lass 10 the sense of large 10.
duction in fees and an extension Of
the time OF the patents In imitation Of
the American system. He said the GOV
ernment would b glad 10 legialate on
Al h. u
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SECOND SESSION.
or the Railway Master Mechan-
ics at Providence.

PaovrpEScr, June 15.-The American
Railroad Master Mechanics Asoeistion
opened the second days session witb .
largely increased atttndancc. James n.
Boone, OF Fort Wayne, reported Tor the
committee o, the best means OF p-oduc-
ing CON bustion Il bituminous coal in
locomotives. TIE report says that no
general rule can be gwen. Two things
are OF vital inpostance for eco
nomical coal burning. q 'srse fire.
box with plenty Of beating furnace,
and q 2, and intellissnce in the fireman.
w. woodcock, for the committee on
the best form Of constrIf ton Of locouo.
tivee, reported that for The express and
passenger service. tie American eght.
wheel form Is the best made. The -
port was made Q special order tof 70
morrow. The report OF II. w. 6prague
Of Pittsburgh, Tor the committee on shol
tools and machinery, vas received and
the committee continued.
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Whif.aker'sOese.

WAsHrNoroE, June 15.-Whittaker's
itisnds ere detsFmined not 10 let his
osse rest with the adverse finding OF
the military court. They claim
that the evidence taken does not
justify sverdict Of guilty, and then pro-
pose 70 make the argument to this effect
before the Judge Advocate General.
Then If the Judge Advocate General
approves the finding Of the court
Whittaker's friends intend TO 60 before
the President and ask him to disapprovs
oft They make no point on the color
question and will not. In spite of their
efforts, II 10 more than probable the
finding OF the court win be approved.
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n =5Vf57V5 N1l " VA THURsDAY ORNING, JUNE 1e 1881

committee desire to learn whether there
had been bribery in this case they will
allow the question. ii they do not care
to known they will overrule It.. -
The committee retired for consultsr
ton. Returning they said that they hsd
Dec dsd to Overrule the Objection
te the question, though they thought Il
an improper one, but owing y the lati.
tude taken they would adpitit
The witness answered that he never
heard any conversation on the SUBJECT
OF the use OF money in this matter.
Smith-Was there any talk in Wood
in's or Barber's room about using money
to influence Bradley
Bangs again objseted, and read steeti-
mony taken in Which The witness de-
MED any such conversation.
Mr.. Smith said II the committees %
understood that the witness fully denied
il, that was all he asked.
The chairman said the comnitte 90
understood IL.
The witness then explained his con-
nectien with the sale OF the old Dutch
church property. s .rE c6lnEi
Smith-What was there s.
About the Nov York Postofioe Bilip
witness-Iu 1861 or 1852, the persons
owning the old Dutch Church In New
York were willing to sell their site to
the general government for 100000,
and the general government was willing
TO pay that for it. Ii was necessary TO
get the consent OF the State. Other
parties wanted the postoffice elsewhere.
Littlejohn came here and wanted me to
aid him in getting the hill through.
made the bill read that the consent OF
the State is given to the sale oil any
property for that purpose anywhere IN
New York. Then there was an agree
ment and the bill passed. Ts
Iwss Paid s5.5oo for Ny Services
That was all there was in that matter.
Witness here desired TO say that in all
his service about legislation he was
never approached with money or OF
fered money to any member oil the Leg
islature. Z
Bangs-Do you remember the indict-
ment OF Littlejohn twenty years ago?
Witness-Yes.
Bangs-Remembe distinctly the facts
OF that casef ~.
Witness-Yes, sir. ~
Bangs-And yet you cannot remem'
ber what occurred in the barber shop q
few days agof
Witness have told you about it.
Bangs-No, you have not; l have
asked time and again and you TAIL 10
remember.
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Oflicial Reports Concerning Che
Oueboc CoofiagratiOn.

QUEBEC, June Is 1t is officially stat
ed that 642 houses were destroyed in the
recent fire, making homeless l,2ll fsmi-
lies, consisting OF 6.02S individuals, two
thirds Of whom lost all and we're with
ont insurance. The relief committee
adopted the resolution passed at the
meeting of Protestant gentlemen, that
10 per cent OF the subscriptions le-
ceived by the relief committee te
paid to the Protestant COM
mittee for the relief OF Protestant
victims TIE people seemed to be seiz-
cd with panic and rushed wildly IN the
street at each alarm Of fire. A large
amount Of missing property has been re-
covered by the detectives.
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THE OHIO SAw-BONES.
DIR. j. f. Reed, OF this City, De-
nvers an Address Before the
2oeiefy.

CoLuABUs, June l5-Atthe morning
session OF the State Medica. Association,
thirty-three new members were admit
ted. The proposition to amend the
constitution in several parts was post
poned for one year. DIR. J. +. Reed. Of
the West Virginia State Board OF Health,
was introduced, and delivered an ad-
dress, showing the importance OF having
an effective Board oil Health in each
State, with plans fer systematic CO oper-
alton. He also held that the present
rates for examining applicants for life
iusurance were much too small.
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i. O. q. T. Grand omcsrs.

EsIr, Pa, June l5.-The tirand Lodge
of tiood Templsrs elected the follow
ing officers: q. w. T., Rev. G. @. Hart,
OF wsymart. Wayne county; u. W.
Counsellor, g. r. McCcea, Renovs,
Clifton county; G. W. v. l., 8. l.
Sterne, Chester, Chester county. G. w.
Sv, Miss Abbie A. Kinkle, Phihdel'
phis; @. W. T., J. P. Conrad, Philsdsi-
phia.
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LEMONS LIZARD
Causes His Death.

DErRorr, MICH. June l5.-The man
named Lemon some time ago reported
in the dispatches as the unfortunate
possessor OF lizard in his stomach,
whose movements could be distinctly
felt, died this morning. A post-mortem
examination showed that the man had
been afflicted with ibrous tumor OF
the duodenum.
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Beyond a question, the volume Of

Beyond q question, the volume Of
business continues unprecedented Tor
the season, bdt this 10 to some extent
because q portion OF the ordinary trafhc
OF winter and spring was pushed along
by the exceptional severity oil the
weather into the present month. Inc
large returns TO the railroads should be
interpreted in the light OF this Tact that
some OF them are only in part recover
ing in June their losses through sus.
pen,i ion OF business in winter. Another
fact, which should not be overlooked,
is, we have now reached point af
which the prices OF many articles are
higher than they were last year at a cor,
responding date. The long continued
drain In 1850 eliminated in June, and
he It, corn, rye. oa.s. pork and lard
sell at higher prices than year ago..
Cotton Lower at III .08c now, against
l2c In June 1850. and petroleum certi'
ficates nov bring only sslc against s4c
q year ago
Iron-Sells at about the same prices
as in June 1880, and sugar higher, while
coffee is lower. The range OF prices u
they affect great commercial move
ments, il on the whole q little higher
than in June 1850, and this Accounts foI
some increase In the exchanges though
the Insignificant increase 40 compared
with the great expansion OF which the
returns bear witness. in quantities n
well as in values, that the volume o
business IL now greater than ever before
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ITALY.
The runis,su Question.

LONDON, Juns ia dispatch from
Rome says: In consequence Of the sp'
pointment OF Rsustan, French MlnistsI
ct Tunis % m sdinm Of communication
betwees the iunisian government and
the representative powers. the Italian
Ambassador at London has made fresh
oyertures to England for common &C.
ton In the Tunisian question, but these
like former overtures Jailed.
No Female suffrage.
RoxE, June l2.-The Chamber oi
Deputies rejected universal suiffage By
A vote o. 3l4 10 80. Female sufiragr
was rejected by . show OF hands Only.
Signor Fsbri, it's proposer, voting fos It..
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RAn.oAD Boups-phlriy sesivs s.t

RAn.oAD Bosns-hlriy sssivs md
irregular.
SfAfs BoHps-Dun.
Srocxs-Ths markst opensd irregular
and In early dsalings psiees dson0sd 4
10 81 psr cant, We0tssa Unioa. IAko
Erie and Wsstsrn, g. Louis and -
Fnncisco, Tsxns pDci6c, Kanms snd
Texas g. Panl, and hiooad Raeihc
leading In The decline. In the sxcsp-
ton, howsvsf, vses 4eaphb sad
Charlestou, which roes 81, Boston Air
Line preferred q and OrsUoa Nevada q
per esaI Toward nooa tks esssl1l u
recovered t0lt psr cant, bot duiae
the altnrnoou speculation becaoe dec'
dedly weak and Q further decline ol I b
II tsok p1acs, The lattes IN D. Pal,
while Lake Erlo and Wss1ssu dsoppod
I pse osaI from the opeaing pgiosl In
late 0les stoadies tone psUvulled and
the market closed q frset3oaa rsoov-
cry. -
The transactions sUfs0n1sd $4,000
sharsa distributsd q Iollovs: Oaaada
Southern $500, Central Psci6c 3U0o
O., o. al g. i,SO0, Delaware, LHcks-
wanna and Wssesrn s3.ooo, Dsaysr and
Rio Grands $500, Eris 3a,6oQ Hannibal
and g. Joseph 500 Ks.sas se6
Texas 10000 Laks 6hose 9syeo0 Louis-
yills and Nashville aeoQ Laks Ede
and Western 5000, MiehiGan Central
5000, Memphis and Charleston 10000
Missouri Pacific 10000, NorthveGleep
$500, New jersey Osatsal lo,000 New
York Central 0,7O0. Northern H>ci6c
5000, Ohio and his:i:aPpi 3,soo. o.;
tario and Western $500, Ohio Oeatsal
1000. Pacific Nall $500, Peoria, Deca-
tur and Evansville %.60o. Reading l. LOO.
81. Paul 1900, st. Paul and Omaha
$500, Texas Pacific l2,0oo. Union Pacinc
1000. wsbesh Pacific i4.ooo, wsslssn
Union q, 100, g. Lonls and 6an Fran.
cisco $500, Toledo, Dslphos and Bar.
lington 500.
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Electric Medical Association.

Sr. LOUIS, June 15.-The Eleventh
Annual Convention OF the National
Electric Medical Association met at the
ladies' ordinary in the Lindeli Hotel,
at about II A. NJ, and we're called to
order by the president, DIR. A. l.. CLARK,
Of Chicago. Mayor Ewing welcomed
the delegate TO the city in few pleas
ant words, to which DR.. Clark respond
ed in fitting terms, and then proceeded
to read his annual address.
The Committee on Credentials were
appointed. The report OF the secretary
and treasurer were read and accepted.
An address on surgery was read oy
DE-. Iounkin and smother ON listerism by
Dr Howe, Of Cincinnati, alter which a
recess was taken till evening. A
large number of delegates are here
irCm all parts OF the country and among
them seyer quite dit nguished physi-
cans u tue Electric School.
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Mo femals Suffrage.
The Striking HrsRefA

New YoRx, June l5.-Ths employipe
brewera were in session TO day. Re
ports received from oil brewers say that
the employers had now at work oil tbs
men they desired, and that the business
Ia progressing nov % well 40 before the
strike. A let or was rec i'ed from The
brewery firm OF Smith & Bro Who sided
with the strikers, announcing their desire
10 join the organisation. Agreed to.
TIE employers say the strike II now Q
thing OF the past.