The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

packing house at o'clock this eve,
ing destroyed four stone buildings,
by 100 feet large, with their stock
The st. Charles hotel adjoining, ais
burned with several small residence
Loss, $4,000. Three adjoining block
were occupied by lumber yards, an
there was great fear of an immens
disaster, but the fire was brought un
der control. A stiff gale from tn
north endangered large portion o
the city, though it is thought now t.
Oe safe.
! BLOODY ARRAY.
| RICHMOND, VA, February 27.-II
an affray at Winston, Estill county
yesterday, Preston White was kiliet
and Harry Witt and his son, Gilman
mortally wounded. White and com
panion named Prichell were both
drunk and created a disturbance
l Young Witt attempting to quell the
fuss was attacked and shot by White
fW1tt, senior, came to his sons assist
ance and was shot by Prichell. Dur
ing the scuffle between young Witt
and White, Prichell attempted to
shoot Witt, but shot White through
the head, killing him instantly. Prlch-
ell was arrested.
REDUCING WAGES.
READING, Pa, February 27.-No-
tees We're posted in nine of the hat
factories. employing eight hundred
hands, announcing reduction of
wages IL per cent. The reasons given
are competition nd the exorbitant
duty on wool. The Weimer machine
works at Lebanon are employing sew
eral hundred hands at reduced wages
from 8 to 1216 per cent.
AN ARKANSAS ASSIGNMENT.
LITTLE Rock, February 27.-Davis
q Ketscher, hardware merchants.
have assigned, Liabilities, $1,000;
nominal assets. $4,000. Indebtedness
mostly to local creditors.
HELENA REPUDIATES.
LITTLE Rock, February 27.-The
debt of Helena, Ark. $280,OOO has
been compromised at 80 cents on the
dollar. eight-tenths of the creditors
agreeing.
TO BURY HIM AT HOME.
COLUMBUS, o., February 27.-The
legislature made provisions for bring
ing the remains of the distinguished
correspondent, j. A. McGhan, from
Constantinopleto Ohio for burial.
A COLORADO MOB.
DEADWOoD, February 27.-Rarry
Tuttle, wounded in the Stoneville
fight, was taken from the hospital at
Spearfish last night by masked men
and hanged.
INDIANA DEMOCRATS.
INDIANAPOLIS, February 27.-The
democratic state central committee |
held meeting to-day and fixed June
10Th as the date of the state conven-
tion. Ex-senator Mcdonald rendered |
his resignation as chairman but the |
committee declined to accept it and |
he will continue to act as chairman |
at least.
HoNORING THE DEAD.
Mr.. De Struve, Russian minister,
called to see Secretary Frelinghuysen !
to-day and read him the following tel |
egram from the minister of foreign |
affairs, in Russia
To the Russian Minister, Washington
The emperor inStructs you to eX-
press to the president and government |
Of the United States the sincere re
yret which the death of Mr.. Hunt
causes his majesty. / have no need to
add that the government and Russian
society was much. affected by this
loss.
(Signed GIERs.
Mr.. De Struve having expressed a
desire to communicate in person this
telegram to the president, Secretary
Frelinghuysen accompanied him to
The executive mansion where Presi-
lent Arthur, after hearing the mes
sage OF the emperor, replied in sub
itance, that the tidings of the death
)f Mr. Hunt were received with great
sorrow, and he felt the deepest SYM
pathy with Mrs. Hunt and the afflct-
I'd family that the kind feeling of
the message of the emperor was very
grateful to him, and would be appre-
ciated by the people of the United
States. The secretary Of the navy is
sued a eneral order that as respect to
The memory of the deceased, who was
secretary of the navy from the 9Th of
March, 1881, to the 18th of April,
1882, the navy department be draped
IN mourning. /
LOngstreet's Lay. I
WASHINGTON, February 27.-Gen-
eral Longstreet, United States mar
shall, of Georgia, testified before the
springer committee. He denied that
le was de!aulter to the governments
and said that on the contrary proper
footing of his accounts would show
the government indebted to him ST.
200. He said the report that he was
in default grew out of the fact that he
was charged with $4,000 which he
never received. This sum has been
all along, and is now, in the United
States treasury. He said further, that
The circulation of the report, that he
was defaulter was in pursuance of a
regular conspiracy against him partic-
ipated in by Bryant. Bollen and 9TH
prs. The scheme was to get him out
Of Office. and get Bryant in. In the
event of success, Bollen was to be
Bryant's deputy. General Longstreet
asserted his ability to grove this con-
,piracy against his good name and Off
cial integrity,