The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-11
TnH wEEKLY HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER n. 1879.

mental 21.2, and OREGON 4 Neyada,
d a sharp rally induced purchasers OF
other shares for both accounts Llpka.
wanna rallied ~ tiB is; Delaware n Hnd.
son TO 100 4. Jersey 10 w - and Reading
to 20 5.S The market lett OF very strong
and No compared with last nights. closihg
prices are is io1 IL per cent. higher for
The. general llst,, and ! IA to 4 per cent
higher for Wizards. Coslers were 3.8 TO
i.8 lower. The selling Of Union Pacific
was due to the rumor that the Coalers'
earnings for the past month
shoaed decrease of 100000,
and the reports that Gould and Sage
would enter the New Orleans Pacific d.
rectory. Memphis and Charleston rose /.
The meeting Of the coal company, repre-
sentatives to-day said no reduction
tor. The Northern Pacific company has
made application to list 1915 900 OF general
mortgages and the Reading to list "a 300,
QUO oil deferred income bonds. The Lacka-
wanna company in its application, states
that it will earn from so to 60 per cent.
on its share of capital this year.
The directors of the Northern Pacific
railway company will meet tomorrow,
when some action will probably be taken
relative to the proposed new issue oil
| bonds. Transaction, OF stock on the eX'
change were heavier than for some time
being total OF 1000 shares.
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Magnificent Buildings Destroyed by Fire
PlTTsBURG, Oct. 3-The magnificent
buildings of the Pittsburg Exposition socie
| ty, on the north bank of the Allegheny
river, have been totally destroyed. I'm
mense structures, with their almost endless
variety of exhibits, which were yesterday
visited by thousands OF people, and since
the opening, September 9Th, by hundreds
of thousands, are now mass of ruins
When the fire department arrived on the
grounds the flames were beyond control
| Nothing was saved and the firaSnen turned
their attention to saving the adja'
cent porperty, many residences on
south avenue being in flames. BY hard
work, however, they succeeded in saving
all these. Reported alarms soon aroused
almost the entire population OF the two
cities, and it is estimated not less than
rs 600 to 100000 people witnessed the con-
hagration. The reflection of the flames
| Illuminated the country for miles around.
The origin of the fire still remains nncer.
tain. 1t ia known, however, that it started
in the boiler house, and may have been
caused from sparks under the
boiier or BY h.n the eont,a aHciaen' Tho o,
s had psea Of bnlgnOg IL ths
house. The loss will probably reach ST.
100000.
Secretary Patterson places the value
of the buildings destroyed at $780,
600, insurance being $4,000. Elk.
|.hibitors will sustain a loss oil
about $500 900. An lrreparable loss, how.
ever, was occasioned by the destruction Of
the relic department. The cash value o.
articles contained therein did not exceed
ten thousand dollars, but many csnnot be
placed.
The first locomotive ever run in the
United States was destroyed.
The great western band lose full set oil
splendid instruments. In the safe was
SO 600 cash, and Levels gold cornet..
Among the remarks concerning the
origin of the fire is that it was caused by
an explosion of bcnzine in the boiler room
The story is that Professor Warner, the
palloonist, and his assistant, Edward VIII
liams, were oiling balloon in the boiler
room, when the explosion occurred, from
careless handling of the benzine, which
was being used as dryer. 1t is
known that a druggist named
Neiley. sold Warner three gallons OF ben
zine: and if the rumor should prove true II
would raise an interesting question on the
payment of insurance. Another theory is
incendiarism. Considerable bad feeling has
existed against the Exposition society by
parties who lived in the boat-house near
the exposition building, which the society
had removed, much against the will of the
occupants.
THE PITTsBURG EXHIBITION.
The attendance at the exposition yes
terday was the largest of any previous day
in its history. The admission, day and
evening, were 81 900 and the crowd last
night was so great that the building was
packed to its utmost capacity. Had the
copflagration occurred last night at nine
o'clock, considering the rapidity with
which the flames spread, the loss of life
would have been appalling, as it would
have been almost impossible for even par
of the crowd to escape. The buildings were
erected in 1875; the main building was