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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-24
A NATIONAL CHORUS.


Alice L. Mitchell, of Kansas City, No., has
addressed communication to Chairman Brit
ton asking him if he would like to have a
national chorus, composed of singers from
every state in the union, to sing two
grand choruses at the inaugural ceremonies.
She says: II led the exposition chorus here
with Gilmore's band, both band and
chorus being under my baton. Major War
ner can tell you of their great success
before an audience of 10000 people.
1 have done this work for ten years in all
parts of the Union. 1 think a national chorus
would create great sensation"
The chorus can be prepared, says the lady in a
week inWashington. She will charge nothing for
her services, but would expect the committee
to pay her travelling, hotel, and carriage ex-
penses. As references she gives Representa-
tive Warner, of Missouri, and Admiral David
Porter. The most unusual feature about the
communication was the presence of a stamp
for a reply.
INAUGURAL NOTES.
Col. Swords, the corresponding secretary Of
the inaugural committee, who has been absent
in New York for several days, returned last
night and was at his desk this morning.
A dispatch from Charleston, 8. c., SAYS ar
rangements are being made to send to WASH
ington on March 4 a picked company of the mi
litia OF that city under the command of Gen.
w. s. Lee, who commands the first brigade N.
G. s. c., and who is the only colored brigadier
in the United States.
The Sedalia, NO., Fiambeau club has notified
Chairman Britton that it accepts the terms Of
fered by the committee and will compete for
the fireworks prize. This is the first club to
accept; two more clubs will have to fall into
line or there viii be no competition.
The Union republican league of the 18th
ward Of Philadelphia have requested that q
place in line be assigned to 100 OF its members.
They viii be headed by band of twenty-five
pieces.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
SAVANNAH. GA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER %. 1889.

jobbers, lose about s25,OOO. Their insur-
ance is $4,000.
On the buildings where the fire ended the
insurance is $4,000. The value of the
building is s450,000
o. H Sampson 81 Co. and John B. Smith
have about $40, 900 insurance. j.. Winnie,
at No. 10 Central street, has an insurance
of SIS, 600.
TWO HUNDRED FIRMS BURNED OUT.
There are about 200 firms burned out,
and 100 agents of New York and western
firms have had their headquarters destroyed.
The seventy-nine insurance companies
known to be interested carry an aggregate
insurance of $780, 900 on the burned prop
erty. The total loss, according to the latest
conservative estimate, will reach 81, ,0O0, 900.
Two tiremen, Daniel Backley, who was
unmarried, and Frank P. Loker, who has a
wife and child, have been missing since
early this morning. They were last seen
In the Brown-Durrell building and their
bodies are believed to be in the ruins of that
structure. Several firemen who saw them
IN the building report an explosion of hot
air and their own narrow escape, and are OF
the opinion that the missing men we're over
come and unable to save themselves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29

At Rowe place the fire was partially
checked from going toward Essex street,
but quickly moved toward the opposite side
TO the immense Allen g. Larrabee building,
occupying q square between Bedford street,
Harrison avenue extension and Exeter
place, at which point their further progress
was checked.
SHOE AND LEATHER FIRMS BURNED OUT.
Following is a complete list of the shoe
and leather firms burned out; those not
otherwise designated carrying only sam
pies:
c. E. Aldrioh g. Co., of Pennington,
w. F. Barrett & Co., Of Randolph;
Alpheus Bates, of East Weymouth@ Nv. C.
Bren Shoe company, which carried a stock
of goods in store; Bunton & Co. 4; Copeland
~ Hartwell, of Brockson; John S.
Fogge & Co, of Brockton, South
Weymouth, Mass, Concord s. Farm
lngton, n. H. who carried a stock Of shoes
in store; Frank S. Gae OF Hsverhill; j. w,
Hart & Co. of Weymouth; L. P. Hawkins
q co. of Portland; Howard & Foster OF
Brockton. Weir, Son q Co.; j. n. Keith
q Co. OF Elmwood; S. Keith & Co, lob
bers; Lynn Boot and Slipper Company;
H. t. Marshall of Brockton; Adolph Meyer
~ Co., who carried stock in store; George
h. Nichols of Haverhill; J. A. Parker
& Co. of Marlboro; b. J. Patton of
Lynn; Perkins & Joyce Of Brocliton {;
Joshua H. Putnam of Beverly; Rogers &
Webber of Lynn; Royce & Gaff, who car
ried stock of rubber goods and slippers;
Stimson-Stephenson Shoe Manufacturing
Company; William K. Tenney, jobber;
L. w. Tyler, manufacturing agent; Walker
q Brown Of Wooster; Woonsocket Rubber
Company. which carried a stock of
rubber goods: Myron Woodbury. of
Beverly. boot and shee fndings;
Brockton Last Company; Herbert s.
Rapp Company; National Thread Com
pany; o. O. Patton & Co.; Brockton shoe
manufacturing tools; Blakely furnishing
machine; George H. Clark; Duprey &
Teaugas; Lofts shining machine; Shoe
Finding Machine Company; Wheeler IL
Cummings, and Woodward & Wright.
r. G. Solomon of Newark, n. j., car
ried large stock of leather in the shoe
and leather exchange, which was a total
loss. In the same building j. s. Barnett &
Bros, of Little Falls, N. Y, carried stock
of calf skins, which is also total losss.
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BURNED OVER TWO ACRES.
The Flames Raging for Six Hour
Among Fine Structures.

The Flames Raging for Six Hours
Among Fine Structures.
Boston, Nov. %. 8 p. M-The first alarm
rung in to-day was Immediately followed
by the first general alarm in Boston since
1872.
To-day's confagration ragged for six hours,
burned over two acres of territory covered
by magnificent structures, and the loss is
now estimated at $40, 100000.
The fire was discovered by letter car
rier, who noticed flames bursting from the
top of the Brown building, ia which it
originated. He notified the nearest
police officer, who rung in the first
alarm. AS soon as Chief Webber
Of the protective department arrived, it
became apparent that long, hard fight was
before the department. Flames were soon
pouring from all the windows and the roof
of the Brown-Durrell building. At 6:45
o'clock they had spread to the shoe and
leather exchange building, another large
granite structure adjoining Brown,
Durrell g. Co., on Bedford street.
From both buildings flames swept
in great mass across Bedford
street to the opposite corner, thence across
Kingston street, and along Bedford to
Chauncey street, where the fire was stopped
in the store of Farley, Harvey & Co., the
upper stories of which were burned. Three
stores along Chauncey street toward Sum
mer were burned.
LEAPED INTO THE AMES BUILDING.
On the south side of Bedford street the
flames jumped across Kingston street, from
the hot blaze from Brown, DurrelI & Co. g
to a big sandstone building owned
by f. L. Ames, and occupied by
Tavlor Brothers, and this was consumed.
The great granite building known as the
Neyins block, at the corner of Chauncey
street. was the next victim for the flames,
and the entire block, clear round Rowe
place to Kingston street, was consumed.
Crossing Chauncey street the fire
soon had a good hold on all the
stores which are enclosed In Exeter
Mace a small street running from Harrison
avenue to Chauncey street. Here the fire.
men got control.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
The Students at Evanston Rescue the
Crew of O Wrecked Steamer.

The Students at Evanston Rescue the
Crew of Wrecked Steamer.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.--The students life
saving crew Of the Northwestern Univer-
sity Of Evanston have again covered them-
selves with glory. Last night, in furious
storm. the steamer Calumet, from Buffalo
for Duluth, went on the beach just opposite
the government barracks at Fort Sheridan.
The students manned q life-boat and started
through tue breakers for the wreck. The
little boat had hardly reached the inner
bar when a couple Of high rolling
waves dashed over its sides and
nearly filed it. By skillful maneuvering,
however, the boat was righted, and, in the
teeth OF the gale, the boat gradually neared
the wrecked vessel. and came up under her
lee Six men we're put into cork jackets
and taken aboard the life-boat, and, after
another hard struggle with the sea, were
landed on the beach. The boat was then
taken 600 yards up the beach for more
convenient launching. From this point a
second trip was made with much less diff
Guilty TO the stranded vessel, and SIX more of
the crew were brought, cold and oroughly
drenched, to roaring fires on the beach.
Capt. Greene, the commander of the
Calumet, was the last man to leave the
vessel The Calumet is owned by Buffalo
parties. She is a fine three-masted steamer,
256 feet in length, 81 feet in breadth. and Is
feet deep. Her cargo Of coal aggregates
1000 tons. The total loss will be 500, 900.
A LIGHTHOUSE SWEPT AWAY.
MARQUETTE, MICH, Nov. 2S.-The har-
Dor lighthouse, on the outer end of the
Noreak water, and also two of the three cribs
comprising the breakwater extension built
this summer, were swept away by heavy
seas this morning. The storm was the
seyerest known for years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
MARYLANDs OYSTER WAR.
Virginia Claims Jurisdiction Over Hog
Island Flats.

Virginia Claims Jurisdiction Over Hog
Island Flats.
RICHMOND, VA, Nov 29.-Gov. Lee was
to-day asked if he had taken any action in
the matter Of the sinking Of a Maryland
oyster schooner by steam tug of the Vir-
ginia oyster feet while dredging on Oyster
Flats. The governor said in his opinion
Gov. Jackson of Maryland had made mis-
take in his hasty action of issuing procla-
nation throwing open Hog Island Flats to
the Maryland dredgers when the state
of Virginia had not accepted the de-
cision of Referee Whiting, of the
United States engineer corps,
who decided in favor Of the position taken
by the state of Maryland. He said that the
decision Of the commission, composed Of
Messrs. Black and Beck, appointed by the
states of Maryland and Virginia, to define
the boundary line between the two states,
ran the line from headland TO headIand,
which placed Hog Island flats within tho
territory of Virginia, and this was accepted,
and the state Of Virginia leased the Hog
Island fats oyster beds to Lewis.
In the survey made by Engineer
Whiting be decided that the line followed
the inlet, and did not run from headland to
headland This placed the disputed hhts
within the territory Of Maryland. This
decision has not been accepted by Virginia,
and it is matter for the legislature TO set
tie. Gov. Lee telegrapned to Gov. Jack
son to-day to suspend action, that Virginia
claimed and had leased that land TO Lewis,
and Virginia would protect it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
Dom Pedro's Landing Place,

LISBON, Nov. est is doubtful whether
Dom Pedro will land here. The provisional
government instructed the Brazilian minis
ter here that if the deposed emperor desired
to proceed to another port, another steamer
should be chartered to convey him. as the
Alagoos returns 10 Rio Janeiro immediately.
A private cable dispatch from Rio Jaueiro
says that Dom Pedro was ill when no left
Brazil and that he was accompanied by his
physician, DR.. Mottomaria
A PALACE ENGAGED.
VIENNA. ENov. est is reported that
chateau Orth, near Gemunden, the property
Of Archduke John, has been taken for
Emperor Dom Pc for permanent
residence
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
CAUCUS .oE THE DEMOCRATS.
Carlisle Will Probably Nominate Mill
for the Speakership.

WASHINGTON, Nov. %. The House dem
ocrats propose to make ex-Speaker Carlisle
chairman Of the democratic caucus, and
chairman of the executive or managing
committee, which is to direct all the opera
tions Of the democratic side. This will give
Mr.. Carlisle the official leadership. Mr..
Carlisle has been detained in Kentucky by
an important lawsuit, and telegraphed to-
day that he could not be here before to-
morrow afternoon. A House demo-
crat, who is close friend OF
Mr.. Carlisle, said to-day that
he would not be surprised If Mr.. Carlisle,
who would otherwise be the unanimous
choice of the democrats for speaker, should,
at the caucus tomorrow night, propose
Chairman Roger Q. Mills for the compli-
mentary nomination for speaker, so that no
one might think him (Carlislel covstous Of
all the honors. If Mr.. Carlisle proposes
Mr.. Mills, the latter will probably be nom
mated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
BOUNDARIES OF THE BLAZE,
The Aggregate Insurance $2,6oo,OoO
Two Firemen Killed.

BOSTON, Nov. %, II P. M.-The burned
district begins at Columbia street on the
east, and extends two blocks westward
along Bedford street to Chauncey street on
the west. On the south side Of Bedford
street the fire consumed the entire block
bounded by Bedford, Kingston, Essex and
Columbia streets; westward OF tais the
entire block bounded by Bedford, Kingston
and Chauncey streets and Rowe place, and
westward of this the buildings on
Chauncey street from Bedford, to
Exeter place. 1t also badly damaged the
building on the southeast corner OF Bediord
and Columbia streets. Most OF Bedford
street is consumed, the buildings on both
the northeast and northwest corners OF
Bedford and Kingston streets, and the block
at the corner of Bedford and Chauncey
streets damaged
Crowell a. Co, dealers in small wares,
carried insurance of $4,000.
Walker. Stetson. Sawyer q Co.. hosiery
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STRUCK DOWN FROM ON HIGH.
A Man Who Cursed His Maker Comes
to Horrible End.

PoTTsrowN, Pa, Nov. 2S.-This forenoon
John Chana, hopeless paralytic, aged sS,
with a leather strap loosely fastened around
his neck. Some maintain that it was sui
eide. while others say that it is case Of foul
play, though suicide is the generally ac-
cepted theory. Until recently Cnana was a
related that one day he cursed his Creator
In most terrible manner, when he fell over
struck dumb and paralyzed from head to
foot. He remained in this condition until
bis death.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
A STREET RAILWAY QUEEN.
Mrs. Maurice 3. Flynn to Run the
Richmond Roads.


RICHMOND, VA, Nov. 2S.-Gibson Putzell
and G.. E. Fisher, representing Mrs. Maurice
B. Flynn In the electric and horse car suit
in this city, arrived here to-day and an
nounced that the litigation bet @een Mrs.
Flynn and the other parties interested in
the road has been satisfactorily com
promised. This concludes an ugly
Legal dispute. The entire management
and ownership of both roads has
been left to Mrs. Flynn and her associates.
Under this arrangement an electric motor
company will equip the electric line with
new and improved motors, and will send
here an expert electrician to supervise the
work. Mrs. Flynn's counsel announce that
Jay Gould has nothing to do with the city
railroads and that he has no interest in
them Whatever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
The Great Fire Seventeen Years Ae

The greatest fire with which Boston was
ever afflicted, occurred in what is known as
the central district, on Nov. and 10, 1872.
Sixty-five acres were burned over, and the
fire continued to rage for twenty-four hours.
1t destroyed T76 buildings. Of which 700
were brick OF stone, and 81 wood. The
valuation Of the buildings was about
SIS, 600 900, and the value of the personal
property destroyed was about $60,000,0 00o
Fourteen persons lost their lives, Of whom
seven were firemen. The fretof yesterday,
although large, is not 70 be compared with
that Of 1872 :,
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Bristors Dockmen Strike.

LONDON, Nov. 2S.-The Bristol dockmen
have struck. owing TO the merchants having
given notice that they would lock out the
timber runners If they refused to work with
foreign crews.
Seven thousand five hundred dockmen
and lightermen are out. Tne trade of the
port is paralyZed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
Football In Virginia.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Nov. %. The
University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins
university football teams played here to-
day. The score was: University OF Virs
ginia 68, Johns Hopkins O. The Lehigh
university team will play here on Saturday
against the Virginia team.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
MAHoHE's PARTY LEVY.

Harrison Still Delays Taking Steps to
Uphold the Majesty OF the Law.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.--Ten days have
passed since the civil service commission
laid before the President the evidence show
ing that Mahone's Old Dominion Repub-
ican League had violated the law against
political assessments, but the President has
not yet ordered the Attorney General TO
prosecute the accused. Malone, who has
taken a handsome house on Connections
avenue and will spend the winter here ad-
vising the administration in It's distribution
of Virginia patronage. while his family
shines in official society, thinks that the
President will not issue the order.
STRONG INFLUENCE
He certainly will not if Malone can pre-
vent it, with Chairman Quay and Assistant
Postmaster General Clarkson Of the repubiis
can national committee to aid him. Mean
while some of the humber members Of the
Old Dominion League, fearful lest Malone
may not be able to stop the prosecution, are
preparing, it is said, to save themselves by
turning states evidence against their ac-
complies in crime, the chief OF whom is
Mahone's close friend and lieutenant, w. G.
Elam. II the president, influenced by Ma
hone, Quay and Clarkson, does not order a
prosecution Of Mahone's law-breaking
friends, the papers in the case, including the
convincing report of the CIVIL service COM
mission, will be called for by the democrats
in congress.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
SLAVE TRADE SUPPRESSION.
Emin Pasha Still Hopeful or Doing
Effective Work.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 2s.-The British pleni-
potentiaries to-day submitted to the inter
national anti-slavery conference proposals
for the Suppressions of the slave trade on
the sea. The matter was referred TO a COM
mittee.
EMIN'S HIGH HOPES.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 2S.-Emin Pasha has
sent to the Belgian Anti-Slavery Society a
communication, in which he thanks the
society for its sympathy and expresses
regret for the loss OF the equatorial
provinces. He says that notwithstanding
his unfortunate experience no still hopes to
be able to do effective work against the
slave trade.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
An Insult to His Emperor.

BERLIN, Nov. 2S.-The editor of the
Pottsdamer Zeitung is being tried for stat
ing that the emperor recently rode In a
second -clnss cab
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
Gladatone's Belief

LONDON, Nov. 2S. Mr. Gladstone, in an
article in the Nineteenth Century, on cleo
tion statistics, says he believes that II an
election were held now. the country would
return home rule majority in parliament
of 100
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
WORKING Women at Night.

PARIS. Nov. 2S.-The Senate to-day, by a
vote of 1913 to 10, rejected an amendment
which was supported by Premier Tiraud
and the chamber. TO prohibit the employ
ment Of working women in factories at
y,{0bt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
Fourteen Killed by an Explosion.

BERLIN, Nov. 28-An explosion took
place in colliery at Bachum to-day by
which fourteen persons were killed and four
injured
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
A peteotive pisminsed.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 2s-Gautier, chief of
detectives, has been dismissed for employ
ing agents provocateurs during the mining
strikes.
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REPLBTE WITH EXCITEMENT.
Two Engines and Other Fire Appa.
ratus Destroyed.

Two Engines and Other Fire Appa.
ratus Destroyed.
Boston, Nov. %, 4:30 P. M.-The scenes
about the fire were replete with excitement
and activity. The police were prompt ir
roping off the streets and keeping back the
crowds, leaving ample room for the fire.
men. On every corner engines puffed,
rumbled and emitted torrents of black
smoke, while hose lines by the score lay a
twisted, tangled web up aud down the
streets for blocks on all sides. The terri
tory bounded by Kingston, Bedford and
Chauncey streets was the principal theateI
of destruction. Here the conflagration
leveled everything. Within an hour after
the first alarm sounded the whole structure
of Brown, Durrell & Co. s building collapsed
with a tremendous crash. Flames were
darting from the doors and windows, and
the interior Of the block was a glowing fur
mace. The dry goods and other combustible
materials with which the stores were packed
burned to white heat. The granite crum-
bled and the iron girders melted away like
ice. The streams from the engines were
dissipated in vapor before they touched the
fire.
FIRE APPARATUS DESTROYED.
Suddenly a cry arose: "The walls are
fallingi Back! Back!" The crowd surged
back for their very lives, startled by the
shout. Firemen dropped their nozzles and
ran to save their apparatus. Great gaps
opened in the walls, and bricks from
the cornices dropped into the street with an
oininous clatUer. Three engines and an
aerial ladder and water tower were IN i'm
mediate danger, and their crews buckled to
the task of getting them out of harms way
Every moment was one of peril. Masses
of tangled electric wires blocked the wheels
of the machines and obstructed the way.
The firemen desperately attempted to effect
a clearance, but it was slow work, and it was
by superhuman efforts that one engine was
alone saved. The lofty walls of the blazing
buildings were toUtering, and the men were
compelled to fee. There was a confused
and deafening roar, and dense
cloud of smoke and dust mounted
heavenward. When il cleared away
the luxurious palace of trade had
vanished, only fantastic heap of bricks,
shattered stone, twisted iron beams and
broken columns marking the site. Two
engines. which had been stationed at
Chauncy and Bedford streets, stood upright
amid the wreck, but ruined beyond repairs.
The boiler of No. % had burst, as mon
strous stone fell directly upon 1T, fattenlng
it out like a mass of tin. The machinery
was broken and bent, and the wheels and
wood work were burned entirely away. 1t
was a melancholy spectacle. The ladder
truck was charred and shattered into a
thousand fragments, and the water tower
was smashed into an lndlstingusnaple
wreck.
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A Drnnaru Eatnhliahmant nurnad-

LONDON, Nov 2S.-White's drapery es-
tablishmont at Aldershot was burned to-
day. The loss is Gl00, 900.
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MesnIldot's Election Quashed.

PARIS, Nov. 2S.-The Chamber of
Deputies has quashed the election Of M.
Mesnildot, a monarchist.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
Advance in Roll Iron,

BREsLAU. Nov. 2S.-Roll iron has ad-
vanced to 200 marks and sheet iron TO 250
marks.
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ROUTE OF THE FLAMES.

-aonster Buildings Crumbling Like
Wooden Shells.
BOSTON, Nov. 2S, 4P. M.-From the very
s.al1 there was little hope of the fire being
soppeo before it had consumed several
buildings, and the iremen, WHO hadrecentlY
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MAY RUIN SOME COMPANIES.

This fire, coming as it does on top of the
great blaze at Lynn, is crushing blow to
many of the smaller companies, and it is
not at all unlikely that it will cause the
suspension of not few Of them.
Brown, Durren g. Co. carried goods in
stock to the value of upward Of 100000,
and the stock will be total loss. In-
surance on this TO the amount OF nearly
500, 900 was distributed.
Jordan, Marsh g. Co.'s shirt factory in
the CIaflin & Larrabee building, was in-
sured for $4,000.
The Woonsocket Rubber Company's stock
was insured for Sl50,000.
s. B. Taylor, an importer. had no insur-
ance. His loss is $4,000.
Taylor Bros, hats and caps, were insured
for $1,000. Their loss is 100000.