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ANOTHER BLAZE.

While the tircIncn were engaged iii u
hopeless struggle with the cotton fire.
another blaze broke ont ut the corner IF
Laurel and Third streets. a mile away.
Mrs. Valentine tried to start q fire with
coal oil. An explosion followed. and
the house was soon in flames. L. WAS
reported AT the time that two oh ldrcn
were killed by the explosion, hut invce.-
tigation fails to confirm the statement.
For half an hour the fire was a small
affair. but no engines arriving it fnallv
spread to the surrounding buildings
which were all wooden cottages and in
two hours the flames hal swept bare an
area of six blocks in extent reaching
from Magazine street to Constance
crossing. In all 1SJ houses were de
strnyed The loss will approximate
$500 900.
Although the cotton congresses were
sold to an English syndicate the formal
transfer had not yet taken place. and
consequently the loss will fall On the
old owners. The cotton and the build
inrs and machinery were fully insured,
mostly in foreign companies. Several
local companies are hard hit. however
and II i believed that two Of thcT1 viii
not be able to weather the storm. \
careful estimate of the total Insurance
on both fires fixes the amount at $780,
900
The loss by the second fire will reach
over 81 600 900. altinr q Grand total of
81 .O00. 900: generally well insured.
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sold His Coal interests.

Ex-ConCres>nan {. II. Morgan has
sold his extensive and valuable coal III
terests in Barton county - :. Il, Lane.
YOn, Of pitt~hrrr. kas
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fN tn" ist the house committee on
appropriations reported the urgency
deficiency bill. The amount carried by
the bill is, $g,a $50
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No One to EiarHe.

The boiler explosion At Cheltenham,
=. Louis suburb. which caused the
death of FIVE men. was found by the
coroner II ba accidental.
Fair play., 1892-04-09

SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE, the British
minister, had a personal conference
with President Harrison on the 5isi.
This was Il most unusual proceeding
and ncca2inncd much comment. After
wards Secretary Blaine called at the
White House. The visit is believed IT, he
connected with the Hchring sea matter
Fair play., 1892-04-09

FoRry foreigners suspected of being
engaged in anarchial plots were, on the
:;oth. ordered To quit France. The num-
her included t;crmans, Russians, Swiss.
Italians and other nationalitieS. They
were given twentyfour hours to get out
of the country, any of them found in
France after that time to be imprisoned
Fair play., 1892-04-09
Good Bonds.

Twenty $1,000 bonds of Hannibal
have been sold in New York for SO
los 20
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Tho inssca Grnty.

NEw ORLEANS. April "a late. esti-
mate places the total loss hy the two
fires at $500. .001 Of which about s:;.J01,-
OCO Is insured
Fair play., 1892-04-09

THE 'i2n-na-Gacl proposesto arm its
camps with rifles, for practice in clubs,
ia that skil!ful marksmen Will he ready
''hcn occasion offers To help free Ire
land
Fair play., 1892-04-09

The president, on the 3nth, nominated
rank l.. Combs. of California, as min
lister to Japan.
Fair play., 1892-04-09

EX-GOV. JoTN W. IiOYT. chairman of
The Russian famine relief committee of
the United States, is sending ont an ap-
peal addressed to the mayor and coun-
ell or other chief authorities of the in
corporatcd cities and villages OF the
whole country. 1t is a striking picture
of the suifcrings in the famine districts.
Fair play., 1892-04-09

THE greatest railway ~orlls in the
world. those of the London * Mort tn
western railroad at trewc. narrowly
ESCAPED destruction by fire on the 2ath.
Before the c"nflagration WAS subdued.
many buildings. with their machinery.
were consumed. The damage is e>ti-
mated at e50.G0o. the principal loss he
ing the machinery. \ large number of
pcopIe are out of work through the
c;iarHitV.
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J. Z. Wcthrrcll. of the Empire Tin:
Co.. of Joplin, will go to Europe tn in
vc-tigatc the zine mining industry. with
a view to opening, if possible Il market
abroad for surplus product OF speltrr.
The speitor market il the United St1t"s il
weak, owing partly to :hn depression III the
steel and iron trades, and prices expected to
drop sti.l lower The production of zinc Is
alS" increasing, and the depression i'll the Sielt"r
market oferJtaS to keep Gown the price Of ore.
The price has drrppnd s. yer ton
since November. lN'H. ana tn "a is lit:l2
likelihood that there vii! b. rise soon.
Several shipments cf zinc one have been
mad" to England. hrt tho drmTnl from that
sourcr has not been h2avy enough to b. Il stay
T. the market. Til" Am. r'an or.'s are
much richer than European ores, 50 much 50
in fact That the freight charges crr7 import
cd from the United STATE A. not heavy
TO Offset this advantage, hut it j. relatively
cheaper II import Am spnit'r, and that
Is what has hcca done. The Empire company
has made one big snc Of metal anI il may b.
that way will te found to establish STEADY
foreign demand that Will relieve the domestic
market and be Il stay to the mining industry.
Fair play., 1892-04-09

A srECIAL meeting of the stockhold.
crS of the Standard Oil Co. was held at
the company'' office in New York. on
the :;lat, for the purpose of increasing
the capital Stock from $1,000, 600 to 81
OOo. 900. The increase was ordered made
The additional capital is to he used for
buying independent plants and to pay
for some recent purchases of small con
Germs.
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CUARIEs ID. nIAKF;, cx-chicf-i justice
of the court of claims. was found dead
in his bed mt his residence in Washing
ton On the list His death WAS entirely
unexpected. as the night previous he
attended prayer-mrctin~a the Western
Presbyterian church. and took part a.
usual. Returning home. he spent an
hour or two with his family. and retired
in apparently good health. Judge
Drake was II wears old.
Fair play., 1892-04-09

PREMIER LoUBET held Il conference.
on The Goth. with the chief of the Paris.
ian detective force. and it was rcsolvcG
that the police should not be limited in
the stringcncv of their treatment of
suspected dynamitcrs, but that all per,
sons arrested on reasonable suspicion
should be treated with the utmost rigor
allowed by the law
Fair play., 1892-04-09

THE Prussian landtag has passed the
Guelph fund bill by which the duke Of
Cumberland. heir To the throne of Ham
over. receives large share of the So
called Guelph fund, being the proceeds
"f the scqucstratcd property of the late
king Of Hanover; the duke in return it
j. understood. virtually surrcudering to
crown.
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MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Tie -staf@ University.


The general board 81 university c'lra-
TORS met nj Columbia and transacted
,,,.,,. ;l..,.,II, ;,,,,,,.,,nt,t I,.-i,,,..
IN n'!tt passed i. ft>".'4-. .'-' :'.AFtH- mo
people Il columbia. through ti' T.',"r author
itie>. that Il i ~ rra-E t"f ihe aanie guar
aIit'rinE tie erection "t W"t'r-""FtS and the
payment "t thc N-o.''' recently Subscribed
Another resolution Va adopted Irov.':irc that
tn" construction "a '4' IH.a hJill ,.,; l'' post
i"noa. ''l:i tAt The minor ot i.i&,tHen' lui-t-
in:~ ie'f''t d M. Ire 'nl..NhS7 IN materials
10 j." first ~ElfiI q are iA,'.i'' aFt-. 'h'In.'t
building, physics aa | eng! ncer2"- hu1lIln-,
law bulk; NJ. boilers anu toli'f E'uNe- IhrS'
hui!dI@gs ar" : b. con tfU''f7 "t frH-rT''t Hr
slow burning material IT i ~ genera! i'm
preston al the board th.it "I'a til main
building !" erected i Shoiii not cost less t;i'n
s22"fF4. Ihr commute WIZ A'.'n N II h2Ai7
hS Soon As possible al! "t tl' l4i';'-. >i'''i'l-
Fair play., 1892-04-09

William Clark committed suicide in
st. Louis owing to continued ill-healtil.
Fair play., 1892-04-09
MILLIONS IN ASHES.

Two Great Fires in New Orleans swept
Ava, Property Valued ut Three and .
Half Millions Of Dollars iuriudiuc >iNty-
Five thousand Bales of Cotton, -Four
t"mpr">>"> aud Large Number al
Eu,inc>s and Oihcr buildings, Covering:
in All Eleven I.iock,-N Third Alarm
NEw nHI F>NS. April New Orleans
WAS visited Yesterday by tw" II the
iirrct~t fires in the rity'S history.
Eleven blocks of buildings were de-
etrnycd, Involving loss of S%.dt 0.1oH.
Both fires wcrr the result of careless
Ness. and would have been trivial but
for the extreme dryur>S which was .hc
result of 4 long drought. Il high wind
and the inadcquatv If the fire depart
mcnt. The latter was rcurEanizcd i'll
January from the volunteer Ia the paid
department system. and the number of
tirrrucn was reduced about ninc-truthS.
The first tire started about 10 O'Clock
in pile Of cotton in front of the fire
proof compress NJ the corner of Robin
and Front streets. Sonr one threw Il
lighted cigarette in the pile, which in Il
few moments was burning iitrcrly.
The flames quickly ate their way into
the compress huiliing where I2.5on
bales IF cotton were stored. The mir
was soon filled with masses of burning
cotton. which communicated the flames
u the adjacent structures. The Ship
pcr> cotton press. wher,. 10000 bales "f
cotton Were stored. was the next ~ 20.
and the Orleans compress, with 5000
bales. followed.
While the ircmcn were combating
the flames iii the Orleans compress tho
walls suddenly gave way. and Capt.
DHprcr, Lieut. shaw and riprua Enr-
,lcaux were buried in the rliins. All
were seriously and possibly fatally in
jurcd.
The Independent cotton yards wcr',
next cn-ulfvd and the fire covered an
area oi five squares The baldwin a%ri-
cultural works and the Louisiana rice
mills. four squares distant. were i;snltcd
lay masses of burning cotton which filled
the air hut after Il hard fight both
buildings were saved without serious
loss
\ panic prevailed in the vicinity of
the fire. W hich was close To he res ,tcncc
district, and people living many blocks
distant began fleeing for their lives,
leaving their belongings except what
they could gather mp in their haste.
There were also destroyed i'll tie cot
ton district several minor huiiiinrS.
The New Orleans vinegar factory was
completely destroyed, involving n loss,
on In. stock of Sln.00o. \ frame bar
room. 30 Front street. was RACED. Vt
i2l South Front street, Il two-story
brick building was entirely destroyed
No. :33 Front street Il twn-story brick
residence was damaged cunSide ably
rs was - and - Front street, build
ings of the same character.
a thrcc-stnry brick harroom. 20 'Thalil
street, was damaged considerably.
The cotton loss is estimated at about
ca. 900 bales. This would mean Il oSs of
about =, 235 900 in cotton alone. II Is
claimed by some that the fire WIS the
work of lahorrrs VINO wished to avcn.rc
the purchasing of the presses fy the
trust. The iireproof press Is "HItcd by
the trust in the name of EcnroSc Bros,
managers: the New Orleans is also i'll
the trust in the name OF Adam Torch,
manager. The Shippers press is owned
by Boyd e IlcrriclS, who are not n the
trust.
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Nelp my canvass. and Am Afraid would nust MS
feelings II should introduce H. tLanshterl
80 the amendment has rested until TINS VINE, shu
now Offer 10 my friend from Illinois ns something
on which We might compromise upon this quesuon''
We call attention to this remarkable
speech Of the Republican Senator from New
Hampshire because It gives expression In
delightfully."- humorous way to sound. con-
sentative. and patriotic notions: because 1t
Is go essentially Democratic In Its bearing
that tho party OF constitutional govern
ment owes for the first time debt OF graf
itude to Mr.. CHANDLER: and because 1t
comes as an effective rebuke from All I'M
expected source to those Democrats who
either are advocating this proposed meas
ure OF Capitalization or arc blind or indif-
ferent to its certain consequences.
Never was cheap humbug OF cheap poll
tics more beautifully exposed than In this
Instance by the Hon. WILLIAM L. CHAND-
LER Of New Hampshire. whose disinterest-
edr1ess In the matter is above question.
He. ut least. comes from State where
q rock-ribbed Republican plurality OF %
on the popular vote enables him to con-
slider the proposed change without q touch
OF personal solicitude.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: 1t is quito
unique in our party politics to describe one
as logical candidate" Wo have had candi-
dates who have been desired and urged by a
State Convention. and candidates not desired
and urged. OF the lust description is Cleve.
land in New York.
Logic is the science Of tho form Of thought,
or Of formal thought. 1t requires q beginning.
o postulate. n principle. an hypothesis. a con-
lecture. or theory. as q starting point OF the
syllogism or demonstration.
Ono OF the Indiana Democratic resolutions,
intended as contrivance to slde-track Glove
land In favor Of Gray. takes as an hypothesis
that Cleveland's tariff message is to be the onlv
issue presented next November by Democrats
as an opposition party. and afllrms that on It
Cleveland would DO u candidate proper In the
sense OF scientific thought.
In tho first place. the hypothesis Is q suppo-
sition not proved. or provabe. What was done
and said by the Indiana Convention shows
that the Billion Dollar Congress is to be the
Issue. and not Cleveland's Administration, II
the canvass. next summer and autumn, could
turn on Cleveland's tariff message. then no
might DO called logical and losing candi-
date. But 1t won't!
The speech Of Chairman Turpio said as
much. and tho last resolution described Cleye-
land as possibly IN ineIpedient candidate
New ioaK. April 20. ",
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THEY GOT IN ny THE MANHOLE.
Two Young burglars Caught In the Cellar
OF Irene Hoy'a House.

About 10 o'clock yesterday morning four
young boys stroled along East Forty nrh
street until they came to Mary Ireno IIoys
house at the corner OF Lexington avenue.
They stopped at tho side OF tho house. spread
q meal bag on the walk near n coal hole and
began to turn handsprings ON tho bag A
man who WIS walking up tho street saw two
of the boys disappear rs though thcv had
dropped through tho walk. They had. for
when the man got up TO tho place wlerc they
had been playing he saw that tho cover of tho
manholc had been taken OF. lic coared III,
lice at the Grand Ccntr station.
Officers Smith. Boyle, md Harlon soon ar.
rived. but were Mt loss how tu got NJ tho
boys inside. Miss Hoyt Ind gone To- Europe
ana the house was unoccupiod. Tho officers
are rs big Us the average on tho Broadway
squad. and for any Of them To- have attempted
TO squeeze througl h tho mnnhol" would havs
been nix In to self destruction. So they stood
and waited whiIo the hole seemed to grow
smal! er and smaller Colin Campbell. who
has done plumbing for Miss IIoyt. offered to
get into the cellar and capture tho two boys
inside. IN tho cellar he found some load pipe
arrnnGed for removal. Campbell dragged one
to the policemen.
The other boy had hid. but nttor n while he
put his head out OF tho manhoie to SEQ II the
coast WAS cl"ar. l!e was soon chased out OF the
cellar and was captured by Officer Boyle. At
the station the boys Gnye their names NJ Benz.
James McGovern. They were taken to tho
iorkril!c Police Court and remandcd until to-
day to give the agent for the property Il chance
to appear und make n complaint
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no sfort to- secure the Congressional nomination.
There had been return b the ideal conditions Of the
early years Of the republic. when the once had sought
the man and not tho man the Once. In fact Jrksrs
display Of patriotic ssor1ce. A. depicted by himself
was most beautiful to contemplate He would never be
round among the seiEseekng.
Doubtless the Hon. Mr.. siwrsoS In the DAYS when
he was being jeered by his opponents a. the sockess
soeaArrs told his constituents verJ much the zane
sweet story OF his devotion to principle and his dro
gard Of his interests They will therefore be some
what surprised to learn from the stha this
uhseasa CrNciSSArrs has far forgotten the noble
sentiments o: his speeches that he 10 Only bending
all his best energies TO the securing Of a rcnomns,!on
bat that be Is also greatly troubled because there IL
disposition shown In his district overlook nj. d..
tinguished ability aud TO seek another Moss For
man who has planted himself nrmly on the platform
OF seeking no honora the Hon. Mr. JERRY SIMPSON ia
displaying strange disposition Why should he worry
about his reelection IL he cafes only for the public
and the cause he serves"
The explanation Is perfectly simple. Mr..
SIMPSON regards himself as tho logical can-
didate. He has consecrated himself to
Currency Reform. He worries about re-
nomination because he fears lest an uncon-
secrated candidate should get ahead of him.
Doubtless. too. JERRY has misgvlngs lest
tho people Of his district should be prepar-
ing for lifelong rcmorso by preparing to
drop him with hard and heavy drop.
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few days ago the memory Of PEsTA-
IoZzr. the Swiss educational reformer. was
especially honored Mt a meeting held In this
city. and on Thursday last the birthday OF
FEoEBEL, the German founder Of the kinder
garten system. WAS celebrated ut a public
meeting in Chickering Hall. The labors OF these
two worthy schoolmasters are truly deserving
OF very high praise. They have been advan-
tageous to generations OF children. and have
influenced the methods OF schooling in all the
countries of the civilized world. The Pestn-
lozzian system is full OF suggestions that are
OF the highest value to educators everywhere
and many Of its features are visible in sew
eral OF the important institutions Of New York
The FBoEBEL Kindergarten system also Is rich
in suggestiveness. and has been more widely
applied In the United States than in any other
country. Honor. then. to the progressive ped
agogues. to JOIN HENRY PEsrAIozzI l74a-
1927 and to FREDERICK FRoEBEL Il 7S2-1s52l
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RETURN OF THE ALLIiyC,
Her Experience In the Fever stren.,
OF Brazil

The steamship Alliance VI the unt.cd STAT.
and Brazil Mil Steamship Compnnys Ilr,'s"
rived In port yesterday from RIO La
Santos. and other Brazilian ports. Tina ,t,''t.
passengers and crew narrowly escDrc1 4, r".,
time with the Yellow fever. which L,. ST., I,'
been raging in Brazil. As 1t was, lI,v.,rI =
Appleton. freight clerk. dicd Of M, dice,
curing the voyage. ana was buried AT sua nj,
OF tho crew. who manifested symrtufu,,f,,>
disease. were rut of at two %, IN, In.
ports. and the utmost precautions ii, In. ,,.,n
OF fumigation and the like were taken +, ,,a
vent tho spread Of the disease MARY i Man,
han, an English woman. one Of the sil,ou,ns.
scngcrs. died on April OF rneumonta.
Shortly alter tho shin sailed. symrt ,,,s =,
yellow fever began t. mnnifos, tloms,l,as
among tho crow. and AZ Santos n sai!,rl,,,s
dunrtermastcr. who showed unnist4kalIs
signs OF the disease. were put ashore gp,t,
yer germs were AT work. however and Al lin.
hia It was found necessary to leay s.\ m pa "a
Of the crow. including an oil"r, A H.. , r.,,
steward. and four saloon walters Young AZ
I'll. was supposed to 10 convnksrru, VIM IA "a.
vessel sailed but after lcav ing Bahia h % grnv
rTnnid,,yy w1 Me, ana when about Tire oat
Apricton, was but ~ years oil. nnd wI- =, ~''a
Of Mrs I Laura v. Appleton Il ~ L.. iiS,,s
tnr OF old John Anderson the tohncr2,, .aIS ~.
died lowing q fortune OF $!,UOO.rO "'''
Nhen the Allnn:a reached port sho had N
cabin and ~ intermediate passrnsrIa w.
tcrday morning the Quarantine officers tior.
ouKhly fumignted the vessel and di.iurrr,ni
those rooms which had been orcuuiml LytLa
yellow fever patients. At noon they instoct"S
the shin from stCm to stern. and then Ailow.d
her to go to her brooklyn dock.
Can't. ID. L. Grinlths Of tho AllanGa saws thai
the fever IN Santos Is ahnting. There waps
very hoavy rnins there about II month I,vn
which tended to check the progress NJ the dis.
case. business. however, is almost NJ a stand.
still.
There were when left Santos said CAT.
%aitns to dsshnrSe thcr car TSsse' II r r"r
Is practically congcstei on account of The na.
through tho Custom House. Merciundi.',' 10
the value OF half million dollars or more !.
piled up in tho streets. In addition To- the ynl
low fever trade Is hnmpcrcl by the ina A"rllnts
wharf facilities and the inability OF tia
rnilrond from Santos to St Paulu Tn nny
rnilroud leading to tho interior. to t,auspot
tho goods ~ fast as they are received Though
the commerce Of the country has IN ,rcased
very rapidly within the past few ycnis, tia
wharf and, ruilrond facilities have not been
improved"
For three months the United States and
Brazil Mail Steamship Company has refused
to handle freight for Santos except auur. iii.
ana lard. which enter duty free. and may b.,
discharged upon floats. This is due 10 tia
congestnd condition Of the port
Among tho passengers on board the Alliance
were Paul !. Gerhardt. one Of tho members K
the. gencrul agency OF the steamship company.
and his daughter.
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City and Country in the Empire State

There arc now thirty-four cities In New
York These thirty-four cities. according to
tho State census OF 1892. contain 1922. 454 In
habitants. Tho State outside OF the cities
has a population OF only 2.5s2.70s.
This means thnt Of the total population OF
Now York 6O.92 pcr cent. Is urban and S0.6s
per cent. is rural.
In 1850 there we're thirteen cities In Now
York These thirteen cities contained
l.5io.so3 inhabitants. The total population
OF the State. according 10 the Federal
census Of that year, was 3.SS0.735. Tho
rural population was 2.33O.932
This means that in 1880. OF the total popu-
lation Of New York 1898 per cent. was ur-
ban. while GO.07 pcr cent. wns rural.
This remarkable change has occurred
during a period OF time covered by the
memory of men still young. In forty-two
years the relative proportions OF urban and
rural inhabitants have been reversed. The
percentage OF people dwelling in cities has
Increased from 1898 to 6O.32 Tho percent
ago OF people living outside OF tho cities
has fallen from GO.O to 396S.
To express the same great and significant
change in n different way. the rural popu-
lation OF New York has Increased only
5i.77G. or u little more than quarter OF a
million. during the forty-two years. Tho
urban population during the same period
has increased 2.377,G5l, or more than two
millions and quarter: and tho urban
population alone now exceeds the entire
population, both rural and urban. as 1t
was in 1850. In other words. tho urban
growth has been almost ton times tho rural
growth in tho Empire State since the
middle point OF the century.
Curious rs are tho numerical condolences
Of the great reversal to which we call atten-
tion they are much less important and i'm
pressive than the general indication Of
drift and tendency, involving important
questions Of nOlitical control