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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-01
XLVIITH CONGRESS.
Further Consideration Of the Sherman
Three Per Cent. BilI-The Vest
Amendment Rejected.
Bill to Bridge the Mississippi at Memphis
introduced by Senator Harris
House Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, January 3l.-Senate-Tht
Committee on Printing was discharged from
consideration OF the petition for the publ
cation of the proceedings of Congress in suf
fcient quantities to allow a copy to every
family in the United States.
Senator Wisdom, from the Committee or
Foreign Relations, reported a resolution re-
questing the President to transmit all CORE
spondence between the United States and the
diplomatic agents accredited to the republics
of Mexico and Gsutamela since January l.
1881, and any other inform alton in his posses
sion touching the relations of the United
States with each and both of said countries
or their relation with each other. Adopted
The following bills were introduced:
By Senator Harris: For bridge acros. the
Mississippi river at Memphis.
By Senator Morgan: Granting the right
lands in said State in aid of the Chicago
Airline Railroad Company.
At /: rs o'clock the Senate resumed con-
sideration of the Sherman three per cent
bill. The Senate at 2:15 o'clock, after dis
custom in which Hawley and Ingalls, were
the principal participants, rejected the Vest
amendment Ayes, %; nays, 81.
The Senate then took up Senator Piumb's
amendment, and it was agreed to. Ayes, SO
nays, 90. 1t is as follows:
That the secretary of the treasury shall use all
OF the funds now in the treasury for the redemp-
900. In the redemption of bonds of the United
States, such redemption is to be made in not less
Than three instalments. and said sum OF 500 000,
diminished except in the redemption of United
States notes.
After an executive session the Senate ad-
journed.
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side of the building, for the flames were all
about the stairs on the Nassau street side,
and 1t was impossible to escape in that way.
/ am certain / was the last nam down the
stairs, for / turned about as i reached the
doorway and looked up the stairs. The
whole interior of the building was appa-
reutly IN flames. The two men / left in the
office were named Steel and Brown, and /
have not seen either of them or heard from
them since / escaped from the building, and
l am almost certain they persisted, for had
to hold my breath as / ran through the
flames. As ! came out of the door Of nv
Office and ran along the hallway, heard
screams and cries of terror on the upper
floor, and fully believe that ten or dozen
women and girls were caught on the fourth
floor and were unable to escape. / never saw
fire spread 30 quickly. There were proba-
bly, four or FIVE hundred people in the
Building"
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THE MORMONs WARNED.
A salt Lake Paper on the Coming
Crisis.
Salt Lake Tribune.

Salt Lake
We hope the leading men among the Nor
mons will be given the wisdom to read Alright
the present signs of the times, and to adjust
their affairs to the inevitable 1t is plain
enough that the only power which is to be
particularly dreaded-the peoples rousing
itself now i'll an ominous manner. That is q
power which Church gold cannot corrupt;
that is a power which Congress dare not
ignore; that is power which, once awakened,
cannot be resisted. 1t may not be felt In
Utah this year or next but that is beginning
to move, and that when fully awakened it
cannot be resisted, is as plain as the daylight.
The leaders of the Mormon Church are
shrewd men; they know when a martyrs
cloak (even if borrowed) is to be worn, when
bluff will succeed if boldly played, and
when the only thing to do is to surrender
what is wrong. We submit to them the
thought whether it is not about time for the
commencement of surrender. They are
living in a republic; they are claiming all
the rights and protection accorded to the
best citizens, and yet they are disobeying the
laws and claiming the right not only to de-
ride the lave, but to teach the people that
the government of the republic is illegal and
the only perfect government on earth is one
which holds as nothing this republic. This
has been going on actively and defantly for
thirty years in Utah. 1t may continue for
little longer, but 1t is plain that the end
must be either surrender or removal And
SO long as this surrender is postponed SO long
the clouds grow heavier and heavier in the
sky of Utah. There are forty thousand
children in this Territory under eight
years of age. To blight their fu-
ture, to put their future in jeopardy would
be simply the work of madmen. And yet
that is what is being done every day so long
as these leaders persist in their defiance Of
he laws. 1t is idle to fly into a passion and |
o shrek persecution, for there is no persecu,'
ion and no desire for persecution. The |
american people are the most generous race |
lnder the sun. They respect the personal
opinions of men mere than any other race. |
Bat they have jealous reverence for the |
'allot, deathless love for their republic |
nd pride in their flag which is stronger
han life. All these things have been steadily |
ishonored in this Territory, and by and by
1ill come day when the people will no |
onger stand it. They would be mean and
piritless people if they would not vindicate
heir country and its laws
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The Damage to the .rim@s.,

The fire burned through into the Times
building, but did not damage the editorial
rooms. The. composing-room was flooded
with water and two large holes were made in
the ceiling by the firemen. Some of the
Offices south of the Times editorial rooms, on
the floors above and below, were damaged by
smoke and water. The walls of the post
Office were SO hot that the offices on the Park
row side were closed and the heavy iron
shutters fastened. Among the persons re-
ported missing, and who are supposed to
have lost their lives, are A. J. Todd, a patent
lawyer, and his clerk, james H. Hunter.
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oeeupan.. of the BuirdinS..

Among the occupants of the burned build
ings were the Scientific american, the Scottish
American Journal the Turf, Field and Farm.
and 1Aompson's Bank Note and Commercial
Reporter. The following advertising agents:
S. NJ. Pettengill & Co., John S. Phillips &
Co., Charles Meyer & Co, ]. Walter Thomp-
son, Nicola Monchesi, A. r. Thompson, Levi
A. Desbrow and Leander II. Race. The top
floors of the burned building were occupied
by various manufacturers and by weekly
newspapers, which employed women as COM
positors. "A woman and two men are said to
have been seen at a window on Nassau street
and then to disappear in the flames.
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peared in the window-sill, but while the
ladder was being put in position one
of the men dropped, in the hope OF
catching it, and missing his aim fell to the
street, his head striking the curbstone. He
was fatally injured. With the aid of desk
and a score of stslwart arms ladder was
placed under the feet of one man. He was a
young man, and nearer the flames the other,
but with a display of bravery that called
forth cheers from the hundreds who saw the
act, he stretched out his hand to the older
man and helped him to descend first. As the
older man reached the sidewalk his appear
ance was greeted with cheers. His name is
A. NJ. Stewart, editor and proprietor of the
Scottish american Journal Then the ladder
was shifted and the hero of the FIRE descended.
His name is Edward Moore, compositor on
the Scottish American Journal.
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Chattanooga Special 70 the Nashville American. %.
The most remarkable result OF the rains
which have prevailed almost continuously in
CURED yesterday. The tallest peak Of the
Buffalo mountains in East Tennessee, known
as White Rock Peak, on account of its pecu-
liar formation, being ledge Of white rock
which lowered several hundred feet, fell with
terrific crash, which was heard for miles,
and the whole surrounding country was
almost overwhelmed with terror. 1t appears
as If the whole end of the mountain has
fallen. 1t is said that when the crash first
occurred, people congregated and prayed TO
be delivered from the falling mountains.
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The following statement regarding the
origin of the fire is made by enc of the occu-
pants of the building: 81 was passing
down the Nassau street stairs OF No.
81 Park row, and when near the foot
the flames burst up through the new
elevator shaft from the basement. Nothing
had occurred indicating an explosion up to
that moment. The flames rushed up the
shaft like flash OF lightning, and almost as
quickly up the stsirways in terrible torrents
Of fire, with dense black smoke, which
almost instantly cut off all possibility of
egress. Passing back through the building,
calling the alarm, L came out on the PARK
row side. The engine-room adjoins the bot
tom of the elevator shaft, and the fire must
have begun there, and gained its impetus
before any alarm was given. / fear that the
rapidity with which the flames and smoke
filed the narrow stairways cut off escape for
many occupants of the upper stories"
CHARLES WHITE,
of the Pacific Newspaper Publishing Com
pany, had an office on the fourth floor of the
burned building. He said: "You can see /
have been pretty close to the flames, as my
hair, beard and eyebrows are singed, but /
only found that out after my escape from the
building. The fire was not altogether a sur
prise to me. In fact, an hour or two before
it broke out spoke 10 the workmen engaged
in the building, and told them that some
thing of the sort was going to happen. There
was something wrong with the heating APP
paratus, / fancy, although 1 can't say Just |
what it was. At all events, the walls about |
the closets were 50 hot that there was evil |
IDENTIFY danger of some kind. put nv hand |
upon them, and Immediately directed the |
workmen's attention to the fact that they |
we're getting hotter and hotter. we are GO |
ing to have fire here said ], but they |
treated the matter very lightly, merely say |
ing that il was all right; they could fx it.
When the flames did break out they ragged |
with extraordinary fury. They leaped from
he bottom to the top of the building ike
lash, and rolled upward in great sheets"
ANOTHER OCCUPANT
aid: 81 was in the office this morning when
smelled smoke. went out into the hall
way and saw a heavy volume of smoke COM
ng up the hoistway. / went back into the
,fice and said TO the two men who were in
he office, The building is on fire, and you
lad better get out just as quick as you can"
md grabbed my hat and overcoat and ran
,ut into the hall. The flames were then
ushing mp the elevator shaft and also up
be we'll hole in the center of the building.
ran down the stairway on the Park row
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Terrible Treafmeut of a DefenseIess

STERLING, ILL, January S1.-The village
OF Rockfalls is in somewhat of an uproar be-
cause of a man and woman, named Seymour,
having beaten, starved and otherwise
hretallv misused a seven-year old daughter
of Mrs. Bolton, whose husband is in an in
sane asylum. The little girl was working
for the Seymours, but has been taken away
and is now under physicians care. Twenty
or thirty people last night visited Seymour
for The purpose of lypching him, but he
escaped with his wife, and the citizens
search failed to discover them. The method
of cruelty employed on the innocent child
are too diabolical for mention.
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Ohio Mefhodists.

CINCINNATI, January 3O-At the regular
weekly meeting Of the Methodist ministers
to-day no business was presented, the whole
time being occupied in receiving the reports
OF revival meetings in the various churches.
In St. PauPs church, where special revival
services have been in progress for two weeks,
The others swelled the aggregate number to
over four hundred. Reports of unusual in
terest and excitement came from the country
churches, notably those at Morrow and Cam
den, Ohio.
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" Kinder Close,

You may talk about your mean men,"
said one rustic TO another on the ferryboat
the other day, but we've got a woman over
there in Almeda who takes pie"
kinder closets she?"
Close? Why, last month her husband
died-fourth husband, mind-and Pm
blamed if she didn't take the door-plate off
the front door, had his age added, and then
nailed it on to his coffin. Said she guessed
likely she'd be wanting a new name on the
door soon anyway"
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Rapist Hanged ana Burned

CINCINNATI, January 31.-News has Just
been received from Logansport, Indiana,
that on Saturday night tramp named Viii,
liam Steele called on Mrs. Buell., living
twelve miles from Logansport, for supper.
Finding the woman alone he outraged her
person and fed. Neighbors Immediately
pursued and caught him, and without delay
hung him. Then they piled brush about
him and burned the body past recognition
The sheriff yesterday took possession of the
body and turned it over to the coroner.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-01

A man who gained the roof and escaped
by way of the Times building shouted to his
rescuers that other human beings were per-
ishing there. Three men appeared in the
fourth story window, imploring aid with out
stretched arms. No aid was possible from
black in Park row, named Charles Wright,
climbed large telegraph pole in front of the
Euening Nail office, and cut the wires, en-
abling the men to slide down them and escape.
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An Old Woman,s Advice.

Aunt Rachel, writing to the Cincinnati
Enquirer, says: when you feel unwell and think
you must take medicine, for goodness sake get
the best If YOU need a remedy that will make
you regular in your ha Bits give you good natural
appetite, make your skin clear and smooth. and
remove all spots and bLsmihses that indicate ILL.,
sion, fretfulness, peevishness. waksfulness and
other disordsrs use BroMn,s Iron Biftarsn
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-01

CHICAGO, January 3l.-Mike Mcdonald
to-day received dispatch from New Orleans
that the ground for the Sullivan-Ryan prize
fight had been selected on the Mobile rail-
road, between New Orleans and Mobile, the
fight to take place February 9Th, between
the hours of and 10 am.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-01
A Nice Bird,

CHICAGO, January SIC. CalIaghan, an
ex-policeman, who has been running a pri-
vate night watch and detective bureau in
this city for some time, is alleged to have
committed number of burglaries in order
to further his own business. He is also &C.
cused of matchmaking and other Yillainies,
for which he will be brought to account.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-01
After The specuIators.

CHICAGO, January 31.-The grand jury
this morning Investigated the methods of
business on Change, with the view of ascer-
tanning whether they were indictable as be-
ing akin to gambling. Some prominent
porters, experts and participants in corners"
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once of Public Admin

Once OF Public AdministrAtor-sheIby County
Courthouse.
TUE undersigned having been appointed admin
L istrator of the estate Of Thomas G. Davis de-
ceased, notice is hereby given 10 all persons IN
indebted 10 said estate to come forward and SAT-
tie: and to those 70 whom aid estate Is indebted
70 file ths4r claims with ne, duly probated within
the time prescribed b. Law, OF the ssns VIII Be
tue JOHN LoAeUK, Public Adnb,
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WISosA, MINI, January 31.-Robert and
John Carroll brutality murdered, with q
pitchfork, Titus Hoyt, respectable farmer,
with whom their father was in dispute. The
three CAROLS, who are bad set, have been
arrested.
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Second Dispatch.

NEW York, January S1.-The fire re-
ported breaking out in the Times Office
originated in the building formerly occupied
by the New York World, 10 the same block
with the Times building, but separated from
it by intervening buildings. Strenuous efforts
are making to save the Times building. The
FIRE is spreading rapidly, and it is feared it
cannot be controlled abort of the corner,
where the Times Office is located. There is
an unconhrmed rumor of the loss of several
lives. Ambulances are on the spot. There
is a slight snow falling, but the air is dry
and crisp, with light breeze from the north.
which increases the difficulty of controlling
the fire. The block in which the fire is burn
ing is an irregular shaped gore, the building
formerly occupied by the World on it.
southeast corner, and the Times building &C.
cupying the entire northern angle of the
gore. The Tribune Office is diagonally across
Nassau street from the Tines building, and
the Sun office is on the upper corner of the
same block with the Tribune The fire has
been burning fercely for an hour, taking
hold in the top of the buildings, and sending
up long masses OF hames.
THE OBSERVER" BURNED.
S. Irenus Prime sends the following note:
To the Associated Press:
The New York Obserrer has been burned out, and
this weeks issue will be delayed.
line OoSeTrer once was al NO. 81 Park
row, in the old World building. There was
large number of offices, stores and adver-
Using agencies in that and the adjoining
houses. In one of these offices there were q
number of women employed, and it is relia-
bly, asserted that ono woman fell or leaped
from the roof over PettingilPs advertising
Office and was killed. There are rumors of
other women being burned in the Offices, but
these cannot be verified. The pecuniary loss
will be very heavy, both on the buildings
and stock in the stores, including wholesale
supplies of rubber, machinery, etc. At IL
O'Clock the southern end of the gore is a
m ass of ruins, but it is now thought that the
Times Office will be saved, though the danger
is not entirely over.
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GOT Mad and Killed HerssIr

DISCO, ILL, February Sunday night
Mrs. d. w. Miller, becoming involved in
difficulty with her husband, seized an ak
and attempted to kill him. Failing in this,
she retired to another room, saturated her
clothing with kerosene and set fire to her
dress. She was burned to death.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-01

Mrs. Lucy E. Mccormick, of Coyington,
Kentucky, writes: MY constitution COM
pletely shattered by rheumatism / suffered in
tensely; stimulants only gave me temporary relief
tried Browns Iron Bitters. 1t has cured me COM
pletely, and believe permanently. After using
two bottles. felt better and stronger than ever
did in all nv life before
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THE FIRE FIEND
At New York-Over a Million Dollars
g. Worth OF Property Swept
Away and
Number Of Lives L0st-Narrow Escape
of the " Times THE "Obser.
YER" Burned.

NEW York, January 31.-The New York
Times building is burning. The flames are
raging fercely, and no doubt the building
will be a total loes
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THE OBSERVER" BURNED.
The Times BaiIdinr Saved.

The Times building is saved, but consider
erably damaged. The losses are confined to
the Beckman street and Park row corner of
the block. Only one life is lost, that of the
woman already referred to.
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IMPROPER medicines only aggravate hu-
man diseases. Don't experiment with your health
Iron Bitters. II will strengthen you and assist ma
ture In removing every symptom of distress
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Murdered win a P,rchfork.

DELICIOUS medicine is DIR. Leslie's Qui-
nine Wine. Can be taken BY children and
others, where quinine cannot
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-01

k Memphis, at s. Mansfield & Co.'S drug
store, can be found that great English
malsrial remedy, DR.. Leslie's Quinine Wins.
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A Fallen Mountafn.

EXTREMELY palatable, and a sure cure for
all malarial diseases, is DR.. Leslie's Quinine
Wina
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1871 Przes, hInOuntIuB tIIU4U
Responsible corresponding agents wanted at all
points, to whom q liberal compensation will be
paid.
For further information. write clearly. giving
terad Tette1 or Nome 0r,iey Nv ps1 sddrssssad
only to VI. A. DAUPHES, New Orleans, La,
or ID. PRANK MOORE, I27 LasRlle street,
Chicago, His. formerly 2I2 Broadway. New
Yo city, or 70 No. West Court street, Memphis,
N-B.@0ruers addressed to New Orleans VIII re-
ceive prompt attention.
The particular attention Of the Pubie Is called 10 the
fact that the entire number Of the Tickets for each
Monthly DTuHfng Is Sold and consequently al the
Prizes In each Draining sold and drncn and paid
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MINOR MATTERS.

There was slight furry of snow this
morning.
In the United States Court George Bark
ley, convicted of passing counterfeit money,
was sent to Joliet penitentiary for one year.
The case of Jack Hall, charged with
breaking into and robbing the mail is
pending.