The National tribune., 1883-03-08


Military Academy 31S,6J1 30
Fortifications $4,000 90
Consular and 1896 755 90
Navy. 10 S9l 43i Is
Army "a 6SI $50 90
Post-oce ............ a. A4S9 $50 90
Indian 1862 655 9l
Legislative 20 AGA 900 %
Sundry ....... % 906 l47 AZ
District of 1857 %
Deficiency 2Si3ISI ~
405640 %
Miscellaneous bills involving appro-
prlatlonS OF 1o0UuO w
The aggregate of the appropriations for last
year, including S1S,73s,S75 for the river and
harbor bill, was 1926, sos, ,639 and for the pre-
ceding year, including $11,4iI 300 for river and
harbor bill, was $219, ,367. .9S3.38 An analysis
Of the figures for the past three years shows
| that the appropriations for the current eX-
! penseS of the Government, irrespective of the
amounts for pensions aggregate less than either
of the two preceding years. The regular PEN
sion bills for the fiscal years 1882, 1888 and
1SSiaggregate S252 $40 900; the bill just passed
being 500, 0,575,000 IN excess of the bill passed
two years ago, and $13, 900 less than the
bill of last year.
Mr.. James Gilfillan, treasurergof the United
| States, has rendered his resignation to the
President, through the Secretary of the Treas
ury, to take effect April Ist blr. Giltillan has
| accepted the position of treasurer and manager
| of the Mutual Trust Company of New York,
at higher salary.
B. F. Pritchard, of this city, has been placed
| upon the postal-fraud list. The inspectors
report shows that he advertised himself as a
| pension and patent attorney, when in fact he
! has been disbarred from practice before all of
| the Executive Departments.
Mr.. J. F. Edmonds, who has been nominated
| to be a Commissioner of the District of Column
bia, vice Major T. p. Morgan, came here from
| Iowa several years since. He is a lawyer by
/ profession, and has heretofore taken little part
! in the affairs of the District.
Senator Fair of Nevada, gave notable dim
/ ner party on Monday night to thirty-one Sena-
/ tors, four of the retiring Senators, and the
! justices of the Supreme Court.
| The Government has disapproved of the ac-
/ tion of United States Minister Partridge in
signing memorandum proposing mediation
! between Peru and Chilli.
! Secretary Folgcr has given instructions that
! the word "cents" be added to the new five
! cent piece, i'll order to meet the requirements
/ of law.
1t is estimated that the decrease of the pub
/ lie debt for the month Of February is about
! s., 100000
| The President has approved the invalid pen
sion appropriation BILL
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
At two T. m on the Sd inst. watchmen at
| the Dunlap elevator, Albany, New York dis
covered fire in the sixth story. By the time it
was extinguished there the flames had broken
out fiercely on the fourth floor and several men
/ were caught on the sixth floor. Garry Benson,
| a watchman, and Louis j. Miller, clerk Of the
! fire department, rushed down stairs through
/ the flames and were badly burned. Firemen
| Samuel E. Atkins and John W. Mayors and
/ Gilligan, a labOrer, were forced to come down
the irOn hosting chain outside the building, a
! Of av1, I,,,, l,,,l fn,t
! forty feet from the ground the chain was COW
! cred with ice and the men slid to the ground
! with great velocity, more or less severely in
jured. A strong north wind was blowing and
the whole department was called out. The
fire spread rapidly through the mill and the
| elevator, enyeloping the whole structure.
About o'clock the upper walls fell outward a
part falling through Bridge q Dayis's provision
store adjoining, on Broadway, and burying sew
eral persons under the ruins. Firemen Vim.
Carlin, Michael Sheehan, and Michael McEwen,
employee Of Bridge & Davis, were killed and
number Of others wounded. The entire mill
and elevator were destroyed, causing a loss of
| about S2l5,000 mostly covered by insurance.
The increased rise of the Mississippi at the
different points and the swelling of the many
and numerous streams cause the belief that
another disastrous overflow is inevitable. From
Helena to Memphis there is no land to be seen,
the water covering the earth for miles back into
the country. From st. Francis River up into
the sunk lands, which comprise a large portion
of country, all is under water except the Indian
mounds and one or two high ridges. The suffer
ing is described as terrible. Eight persons are
supposed to have been drowned in one locality
i'll the sunk lands. Three men are reported
drowned offthe Black Fish Bayou Bridge, on the
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad. The streets
of New Madrid are submerged to depth offrom
! two to four feet, and there is water in almost
every house. The whole country back Of that
place. as far as Cairo the Missouri side, and
| from Hickman, south for over fifty miles, is in
undated. Corn, live stock and fences have been
destroyed, but no great amount of suffering
among the people is reported. Tuesdays
dispatch says that the Mississippi River is rising
at Helena, Ark, at the rate of half an inch per
hour. The levee is still unbroken. The Helena
branch of the Iron Mountain Railroad is sub
merged. At Arkansas City the river is still
rising. break in the PastOria levee, Chicot
county, Ark, is reported.
The grand jury in the Newhall House disas-
ter in Milwaukee brought in final report on
the 2Sth ult. They found that the Newhall
House was constructed in as substantial a man
ner as such buildings usually are that there
WAS scarcely hotel in the country as easy of
egreSS as the NeWhall; that the owners had
done all that was reasonable for protection from
and escape In case of accident; that landlord
Antisdel was extremely solicitous for the wei
fare and safety of guests; that however, he did
not employ sufficient men or means to alarm
guests, but they say in extenuation that he
adopted the same precautions used in other
| hotels Of like size; that he was at fault in not
| instructing his help what to do in case of fire,
and not giving sufficient attention to the bar
room after knowing the habits Of the tenant;
that Of all the help of the hotel, Linehan, the
engineer, alone made proper eXertiOn to save
life They ccnsure the coroner for the manner
in which the mOrgue is kept, and find the laws
regulating modes of cgress from buildings
defective
A fire broke out at / o'clock on the afternoon
of the Sd inst, in the sx-story building Of the
New York Popular Publishing Company, at
No. IS Rose street, New York. The building
directly adjoins the Brooklyn bridge and ter
rife wind swept across it, causing the flames to
spread with incredible rapidity. On the two
upper floors over thirty girls were employed by
Dick & Stctchcr, publishers Of songs etc. When
the smoke filled the building the girls became
panic-Striclcn and rushed i'll every direction
Some ran to tiIe roof and climbed down to the
roofs Of buildings in the rear, while others
climbed down the iire-cscapes into the yard
Many tainted and had TO be carried out. Three
are thought to have perished liz the flames. A
change of wind saved the building from total
destruction. Entire loss about $4,000.
Early on the morning OF the Sd inst bur
glars opened the safe of J. C. I[ahott, jewcler
and matchmaker, Springfield, Illinois, and stole
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