Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-21

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NASHVILLE, May 1.-THE fire this
morning was the most destructive
that has occurred in Nashville tor
many years. Commencing in the oil
and paint establishment of Warren
Brothers, corner Of Warren and
Church streets, it spread rapidly
north, east and west, until thirty -four
buildings we're consumed. The new
marble front Noel block, on Church
street, Of eight three-story buildings,
including the beautiful new Office of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, with all it's valuable equip
ments, is in ruins. The fire in this
direction, west, struck across an al
ley, destroying two old buildings oc-
cupied as restaurants and club rooms,
and with great difficulty the Maxwell
House and the intervening block were
saved.
On the opposite side Of the same
street the wholesale liquor houses of
Ryan & Ryan and Pierce, Hopkins &
Lawrence, adjoining the American
Office, were destroyed, together with
small intervening buildings. The
roofand cornice of the American bull
ding were partially burned, but the
main damage to this building and its
contents was from water on the ma
chinery, paper and newspaper files.
Sweeping east along Church street,
the fire destroyed Dickens's whole
sale liquor house and the warehouse
Of Cherry, O'Connor & Co., and sew
eral smaller buildings. Moving north
along College street, the furniture
houses of Phillips & Schneider and
AtweIl & Sneed, and mattress and
china store, the adjoining buildings
on the west side of College street,
occupied as storage-room by Week
ly & Farren, and several smaller bull
dings we're destroyed. The estima-
ted loss is near 100000. The insu-
rance does not exceed $200,O00.'
WASHINGTON, May 1s-The follow
ing nominations 0: ENJOYS extraor-
binary and ministers plenipotentia-
ries were sent to the Senate to-day
Thos. A. Osborn, of Kansas. to Brazil,
vice billiard recalled; Judson Kilpa-
trick, of New Jersey, to Chill, vice
Osborn transferred; Stephen A. Hurl-
bert, of Illinois, to Peru, vice Chris
tiancy, recalled; Lewis Wallace, of
Indiana, minister resident to Turkey;
George H. Nanny, ofTennessee, min
lister resident to Columbia, vice Rich
man, recalled; Jeremiah Rush, of Wis
cousin, charge dafaires to Paraguay
and Urugua, vice Caldwell, recalled;
Horace N. Taylor, of Wisconsin, con-
sui at Marseilles, vice Gould, recalled.
ST.. PETERSBURG, May 18-Gen.
Ignatief, successor of Gen. Melikoff,
has addressed a circular dated to-day
to the governors ofthe provinces, ex-
planning the principles of the imperial
manifesto, and announcing the views
of the government on the internal
condition of the country.
1t refers to the dark sides of the
present state of society, irreligious
education of youth, inactivity of the
authorities, indifference of many hol-
ders of public Offices to the general
welfare and their ayariciOus manage.
ment Of public property; herein, /,
says, is to be found an explanation Of
the painful act that the great reforms
introduced by the last government
did not yield the full benefit the de-
ceased emperor had a right to expect
None but an autocrat, strong in the
attachment and unbounded love of a
great people. can ever, with enlight-
ened cooperation of the best sons Of
the fatherland, successfully remove
the great evil from which Russia is
suffering.
The first task to be achieved is ex-
tirpation of the spirit of rebellion,
which society must counterfeit Of it's
own initiative. Persecution Of Jews