Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 September 1883 — Page 1

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WHEN INDICATIONS. SATC RDAY. Fair weather, slight changes in temperature. THE WEATHER! Is not conducting itself in a reasonable and seasonable manner. Yesterday it was as warm as an orthodox July day, and to-day will probably not be any cooler. This, of course, can continue but a short time, and then will come cooler weather, with indications for heavier clothing and underwear. We have a full stock to meet the latter indications at the WHEN

LABOR AND EDUCATION. Several Persons Air Their Views Before the Senate Sab-Committee. New York, Sept. 14. —The Senate subcommittee on labor and education to-day received communications from a number of persons giving their views on the labor questions. Among these were Edward Adkinson, Krauskopf, the dramatic author; William Lawrence, president of the Association of American Economists, of Washington; the editor of the Journal of Commerce, and J. A. Scbmitch, of the Volks Zeltung. J. A. Emerson, colored, once a resident of Arkansas, now living here, advocated the adoption of a system of postal savings banks in this country similar to those in London. They would be beneficial to the country and a boon to the colored people of the South by affording means of laying up their small earnings. The greatest evil, he said, which threatened colored labor in the South was the store system. What the South needed was education, and ali the troubles arising from race distinction would be overcome. There was no difficulty in supporting schools in the South, as the people were Willing to contribute liberally. Colonel Richard L. Hinton, of Washington, journalist, said that what this country needed was a revolution in the law of equity with regard to corporations and the distribution of wealth. This was to be accomplished by gradual legislation, as the present system was built up by this means. Florence Elizabeth Cole, principal of the school of industrial art for women in this city, spoke of the employment she taught as being admirably adapted to women and very remunerative. Designing was required in the manufacture of carpets, wall paper, gas fixtures, wood engraving, silver work, etc., but the designers in this country, the witness said, were Frenchmen. There were large industrial schools in Paris, where the most thorough instruction could be obtained free. The Knights of Labor, Chicago, Sept. 14.—The Chicago delegates to the convention of Knights of Labor, lately closed in Cincinnati, have returned, and one of them said this evening there were 136 delegates present at the first roll call, and the number increased subsequently to 170. There were representatives from a large number of States, including Texas and Arkansas, though, of course, a large proportion were from the East and West. The gathering was entirely harmonious. One or two socialistic resolutions were introduced, but were easily put aside. There were several telegraph operators in the convention, and two of them were elected officers. There were no signs of their withdrawing. The convention let the telegraph question severely alone, as the only way to harmony. The telegraphers were misled in going on a strike, and they supposed the Knights of Labor would stand back of them with SIOO,OOO to $200,000. The Knights of Labor, he said, always oppose strikes, unless forced into them. The new officers elected are as follows: Grand master workman, T. V. Powderly, Scranton, Pa.; worthy foreman, Prof. Coffin, of Illinois; grand secretary, Fred. Turner, of Philadelphia; secretary insurance board, A. L. McGraw, of Pennsylvania; grand treasurer, Richard Griffith, of Illinois. Executive board, Mr. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Egan, of New Jersey; Mr. Foster, of Massachusetts; Mr. Bane, of Michigan. Co-opera-tive board, Mr. Bayer, of Kentucky; Mr. Bumont, of New York; Mr. Sharpe, of Missouri; Mr. Vaile, of Canada; Mr. Holeeomb, of New Jersey; Mr. Turner, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Murray, of Ohio. Mysterious Death of a Man ami Wife. Ashland, Pa. Sept. 13, —William Runyan, a farmer, and his wife were found dead in bed at tlieir residence in Millville, Columbia county, with their throats cut from ear to ear. They had apparently been dead about a week. Some of the neighbors believe that Runyan killed his wife and then himself. Others are of opinion the couple were murdered by a party of tramps. A knife was found in the bed. There was no signs of a struggle having taken place. The couple had lived happily together. Runyan was 25 years of age and his wife 20. Senator Sharon’s Recent Arrest. Chicago, Sept. 14.—Senator Sharon, of Nevada, is In the city. In relation to his arrest in San Francisco, just as he was about starting East, at the instance of a woman who claimed lie owed her money, he said it was purely a case of blackmail, instigated by an ex-Australian convict, who scribbled for a low publication in San Francisco, out of revenge because iie caused this woman to be ejected from the Palace Hotel. He avers he never borrowed money from her, and says he will fight the case through to the end, Case of Leprosy at San Francisco. San Francisco, Sept. 14.—A case of leprosy was brought here by the last steamer from Honolulu. The subject is named Marie Nicholas. She is a native of the islands, but is of French descent. The quarantine officers refui and her permission to land. A writ of babea corpus was'issued, and the case will jonie up iu the Superior Court to-morrow.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1883—WITH EXTRA SHEET.

THE GREELY PARTY’S PERIL Some of the Reasons Assigned for the Failure of the Proteus. A Disposition to Cast the Bulk of Resfyonsibility Upon Lieutenant Garlington and General Hazes, Fears that the Greely Party May Perish for Want of Provisions. J&ipossibility of Relief Reaching the Explorers Before Next Sommer—Sketch of the Lieutenant and List of Ilis Men. CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. A Disposition to Lay the Blame on Llent. Garlingtou and Gen. Hazen. Washington, Sept. 14.—N0 additional reports have been received to-day, either at the State Department or Navy Department from the officers of the returned Greely relief expedition at St. John. It seems to be generally conceded by those who have given the roost attention to the subject that the complete and disastrous failure of the relief expedition was mainly due to theomission of Lieutenant Garlington to land his stores and house at Littleton island, or some other iceberg point north of Smith’s sound before attempting the hazardous navigation beyond. If he had done this the destruction of the Proteus would have been a comparatively trifling misfortune, and would not necessarily have imperiled the lives of either her crew or the party they went north to rescue. Garlington and his men could then, after the destruction of their ship, return to the secure base of supplies thus established, and could have carried out the remainder of their plan for the relief of the Lady Franklin bay party, by means of sledge expeditions up the coa6t of Grinnell Land. As it is now, there is no party at the mouth of Smith’s sound to co-operate with Lieutenant Greely, and no considerable supply of food there for him to retreat upon, and the fatal mistake, it is said, which Lieutenant Garlington made was in plunging into the extremely dangerous ice of Smith sound without having established at the mouth of that sound a depot of provisions and a house upon which he could fall back in case of disaster. There would seem, however, to he some justification for the course he pursued in an order issued to him by General Hazen on the 7th of June, just before liesailed from New York. These orders were in part as follows: “If it should become clearly apparent that the vessel cannot be pushed through, you will retreat from your advanced position and land your party and stores at or near Lifeboat eove.” These orders clearly imply directions not to land his house and stores until he should have run all the risks of Smith’s sound, and have found it impossible to get through. They virtually direct him to land his stores late in the season on his retreat, and not early in the season on his way up, as would seem to have been the more prudent course. The attention of the acting chief signal officer was called to-day by an Associated Press reporter to this part of Gen. Hazen’s original order to Lieut. Garlington, and he was asked whether the particular instruction in question had ever been revoked or modified. He reported that it had, by supplemental orders sent to Garlington just before the departure of the relief expedition from St. John’s last summer. SUPPLEMENTAL ORDERS. Those supplemental orders, which have never been made public, were as follows: “The naval tender is to join the Proteus at St. Johns, N. F., and to proceed with her to the neighborhood of Littleton island. The Proteus is to land her stores, except supplies, for the more northerly depots, at Littleton island on her way. If she succeeds in reaching Lady Franklin bay, she is to pick up the stores, except the house and depot, if possible, on her return. The naval tender will await the Proteus at the neighborhood of Littleton island, and on her return steam to the south in her comnany until she rtaches the southern limits of the ice pack, when the vessels may separate. Should the Proteus be crushed in the ice, her crew will retire on Littleton island and the tender will bring to St. Johns, N. F., the officers and crew of the Proteus, the rest of the party to remain at Littleton island until the Proteus returns, or her crew and expeditionary force succeed in reaching there. The tender may go to the south, leaving full particulars at Littleton island. Signals by flags, heliograph and guns should be preconceived and communication by this means should be maintained between the two vessels as long as possible after they are separated. Nothing in the northward movement must beallowed to retard tiie progress of the Proteus. It is of the utmost importance that she take advantage of every opportunity to get up to Lady Franklin bay.” From all information thus far received it would appear that Lieutenant Garlington either disregarded or found it impossible to obey these supplemental orders with regard to landing, the house and stores on his way north, since the Proteus was crushed with all her stores on board, after she had passed the point where the stares should have been landed, and while she was engaged in extra researches concerning the navigation of SmitWs sound. In the absence of any definite information from Lieutenant Garlington as to the reasons for the adoption of the course he pursued, and which led to the total failure of the plans for Lieutenant Greely’s relief, the officers of the signal service have declined to express any opinion or make any statement for publication at present. The Secretary of War, the Assistant Secretary of the Navv and the acting chief of tiie signal office are in consultation over the situation of affairs, but have not yet devised any practical plan for relief of the Lady Franklin hay party. EXPERT OPINION, Views of Signal Service Oflicials anil Others as to the Safety of Greely. Washington, Sept. 14.—Officers of the Signal Service here freely admit that the present situation of affairs is a serious one, but do not regard it in any sense as hopeless, as in the first place they say Lieutenant Greely’s party had originally a supply of

provisions to last three years, or till the summer of 1884. This supply, they think, must have been very considerably augmented by fish and game procurable in the immediate vicinity of Lady Franklin Bay station, so if the party remains it will not be in danger of starvation before next summer. General Hazen’s orders to Lieutenant Garlington, it is true, stated that the food supply of Lieutenant Ureely's party would all be exhausted the present fall, but it is said at the Signal Service office that this was an extreme statement based upon the most unfavorable supjKisition as to the amount of consumption, waste, loss, etc., and did not allow for any cart or economy in the use of food, or for any increase of the available supply by means of hunting and fishing. It was a statement of the worst possible aspect of the case, intended to emphasize the necessity of relieving Lieutenant Greely’s party at once. It is positively asserted, therefore, by the acting signal officer, that, notwithstanding contrary statements in General Hazen’s order to Lieutenant Garlington, Lieutenant Greely has provisions enough at Lady Franklin bay station to last him till the summer of 1884, if he remains there till that time. If, however, as seems more probable to the authorities, he should have abandoned his station on the Ist of September, and retreated down the coast of Grinnell Land to the mouth of Smith’s sound, expecting to find there a relief party and a depot of stores, his situation may shortly become critical. How large a quantity of provisions he would find at Cape Saterno and Littleton island is not known, but it is feared the supplies left there last year, and the small quantity saved from the wreck of the Proteus, would not maintain Lieutenant Greely and his men at the mouth of Smith sound through the coming winter, even if the party had shelter and fuel. Some help might be obtained from the Esquimaux of the Greenland coast, could Lieutenant Greely find and open communication with them, but this is admitted to be uncertain. It has been suggested that another ship be sent from St. Johns to the month of Smith’s sound, and also that a sledge party he dispatched from Upernavik up the Greenland coast, but no course of future action has, as yet. been decided upon. War Department officers say they can form no plans until they receive fuller information from Lieutenant Garlington, who has been asked for suggestions. OPINIONS OF TRAVELERS. Persons who are not connected with the War or Navy Departments, but who have long been interested in arctic search, and are familiar with the history of exploration of Smith’s sound, express grave doubts as to the ability of Lieutenant Greely’s party to retreat down the coast ot Grinnell Land on sledges after the Ist of September. Autumn sledge travel along that coast was found by officers of the British expedition of 1875 to be practically impossible. On the Bth of September a sledge party from the steamer Alert, under Lieutenant Rawson, attempted to open communication with the steamer Discovery, which was then in winter quarters on the southside of Lady Franklin bay, near Lieutenant Greely’s present station. The party succeeded in getting only three miles from the ship, and then abandoned the attempt. On the 2d of October a second sledge party was sent down the coast for the same purpose, but it returned unsuccessful, at the end of ten days, being unable to get more than nine miles from the ship. The attempt was then abandoned for that season. A3 a conclusion from these experiments, Captain Nares recorded that autumn sledging along Grinnell’s Land was practically impossible. The two ships of the expedition lay only ten miles apart on the same coast from the 26th of August, 1875, to the 20th of March, 1876, nearly seven months, without any possible intercommunication. This fact alone, it is said, shows that Lieutenant Greely, with twenty-five men, with some of them possibly in ill health, could hardly make an autumn siedge journey of 300 miles along the coast of Grinnell Land to Littleton island. If, therefore, he waited at his station until September 1 for the arrival of the supply steamer, he is probably there still, and will remain there until next spring. It is thought, however, by those who express these opinions, that Lieutenant Greely, foreseeing the impracticability of making his escape on sledges in the fall, and desiring to obey his peremptory orders to start down the coast not later than Sept. 1, would perhaps abandon his station as early in September as open water should allow, and attempt to reach Littleton island in boats. Escape in this way might be effected under average conditions of ice and weather, because small boats could be dragged across intervening barriers of ice between lanes or pools of open water where a ship would be stopped, If Lieutenant Greely and his men left Lady Franklin bay in boats late in July or early in August they might perhaps reach the mouth of Smith’s sound by the 15th or 20th of August. Upon finding the records, at Littleton island, of the loss of the Proteus, they would have before them two possible courses of action. First, if the season was not too far advanced, they might provision their boats from the caches at Smith’s sound and make a desperate attempt to reach the Danish settlements of northern Greenland; second, if it was too late for such an attempt, they might try to find and distribute themselves among the Eskimo, who live along the Greenland coast, between Littleton island and Cape Y'ork. These Eskimos number but one or two hundred in all. and are generally short of provisions, but they might he able to carry a few of Lieutenant Greely’s party through the winter. At any rate this would be the party's only hope. Nothing, it is thought, can 1% done to rescue the unfortunate men this fall. Their lives are now in tlieir own hands, and their future depends almost entirely upon their skill in sustaining themselves. The next information in regard to them is likely to come from tiie Eskimos of the Greenland coast, between the mouth of Smith’s sound and (.'ape York. Secretary Lincoln said to-night that the question of how best to g’et relief to tiie Greeley party had been discussed at the department to-day. He, however, had little hope that anything could be done this year. He" thought it would be useless to send a party this fall, with a certainty of tlieir having to winter several hundred miles from Greely’s station without means of traveling the intervening distance, when, by waiting till next summer, a party could be sent that would make just as good progress. He .said, however, if it were shown that relief could be sent the Greely party, no expense or pains would be spared to relieve them. Acting Signal Officer Cascar said to-night that nothing had been heard from Lieutenant Garlington in response to inquiries made yesterday by the officers. To-night further dispatches were sent asking categorically as to the possibilities with regard to getting a vessel at St. Johns and lilting her out, provisioning her for a year, and sending her to Upernavik, or as much further north as practicable, so as to reach Littleton island at the earliest moment. Nothing has been heard as vet. Lieutenant Danenhower, formerly of the Jeannette, and Mr. Tyson, formerly of the

Polaris, expressed their willingness to take part in another arctic expedition for the relief of Lieutenant Greely. ORIGIN OF THE EXPEDITION. The Sending Out of tiie Greely Party, and the Plans for Its Relief. Washington Special. The Greely arctic expedition was sent out by the United States government in 1881, under the plan arranged by the International Geographical Congress held at Hamburg in 1879. It was placed under charge of Lieutenant A. W. Greely, U. S. A., and went out June 14 of the above year. The colony located at Discovery harbor, Lady Franklin bay, latitude north 81° 44’, longitude west 64° 30'. This is nearly as high a latitude as man ever wintered in. The Proteus left Greely and his party there, and bis two assistants, Lieutenants F. F. Kislingbury and J. B. Lockwood, both of the army, five subordinate officers of the signal corps and fifteen selected enlisted men. Congress in 1882 appropriated $33,000 for the supply and relief of Lieutenant Greely and his party. The supply expedition was promptly sent, but the vessel, the Neptune, was prevented by the ice from communicating with the party, and returned after depositing a large quantity of stores in a manner which had been agreed upon with Lieutenant Greely in anticipation of such a failure. At ( its last session, Congress made another appropriation for the relief of the expedition, andtheYantic was sent north to go out with the Proteus. ConsideMble effort was made to prevent this year’s wpedition from miscarrying, ominous opiniorp having been heard that if this year's relief expedition failed there could be little doubt that Greely and his whole party would rarish miserably. Gen. Hazen went in person to St. Johns, and saw the Proteus started" off June 30 last, and her consort, the Yantie, Lieutenant E. A. Garlington, Seventh Cavalry, United States army, was putin command of the expedition, accompanied by a surgeon and ten picked men. Captain Richard Pike was the’master of the Proteus. Before leaving New York May 26. Lieutenant Garlington stated bis plans iu the following words: "We will leave St, Johns as near the 15th as possible for Godbaven, Greenland. At this point we propose to take in supplies as well as all kinds of fur clothing necessary for such a trip as ours. From Godhaven we will bear away for Discovery Harbor, in Lady Franklin Bay, in the steam-sailer Proteus, chartered by the United States government for this work, where Sir George Nares’s steamer Discovery wintered in 1875. At Discovery Harbor we expect to find Lieutenant Greely, Kingsbury and Lockwood, with twenty-two men who left in 1881. Should we not succeed in reaching this harbor we will land at Littleton Island, on the east side of Smith’s Sound, and considerable distance south of Lady Franklin Bay, and endeavor to open communication with Lieutenant Greely by sledges. If we do not succeed in finding the party, we will all return to Littleton Island and winter there, and return to the United States in the following spring.” THE ISOLATED EXPLORERS. Fears that the Men May Perish for Want of Provisions. Washington Special. Secretary Lincoln to-night telegraphed to St. Johns to ascertain whether one of the sailing vessels there would be willing to go to the relief of Lieut. Greely. It is feared that his expedition may perish for want of food, as it was dependent on the supplies which the Proteus was to bring. Lieutenant Greely, in case the vessel did not reach him earlier, had been ordered to be Sept. lat the point on the main land near which the Proteus is supposed to have been crushed. At midnight the signal-service officers had received no later information, and preferred that the subject should not be agitated, as they did not wish to have the friends of the members of the Greely expedition alarmed. Lieutenant Greely lias heretofore been a very lucky man. When he graduated from West Point as a second lieutenant he was assigned to Caster’s command, the Fifth Cavalry. He was granted a year’s leave of absence and went abroad. When he returned he found himself, owing to the number of officers who perished in the Custer massacre, a first lieutenant way up on the list, a point he would not otherwise have reached for years to come. He was adjutant of his regiment when he took charge of the expedition. The object of the Greely expedition was to carry out the plan conceived by Captain Howgate, tiie defaulting signal officer, of establishing a depot for supplies at Lady Franklin Bay, and to move northward, establishing smaller depots of supplies to fall back upon. It is two years since the Greely party was left at Lady Franklin Bay. An officer of the navy said to-night: “This settles the whole question of Arctic expeditions, in my opinion. The loss of the Jeannette, the burning of the Rogers that was sen* to find her, and the loss of the Proteus piles it up too high, even if the fate of previous expeditions was not fresh in the mind of the public. Os course an effort will be made to relieve Greeley and his party. But that will be the last expedition for many years for which money will come from the treasury of the United States.” Commodore Walker said this evening: “No vessel in the navy, no vessel in the world can reach Greely before next summer. He' and his party are in a very had fix.” There was some sharp criticism upon those who had charge of tiie expedition for sending tiie Yantic, a sloop of war, to accompany the Proteus, hut it is evident that if the Secretary of tiie Navv had not done this the whole crew of the Proteus would have been lost. The Proteus was a steam sailing vessel, and was said by Signal Office officials to be the best vessel for Arctic work on the whole coast.

GItEELY ANI HIS MEN. Biography of the Lieutenant and Elat of the Meu iu Ilia Party. Boston Special. A dispatch to the Journal from Newbury - port says that the intelligence relating to Lieuienant Greely’s arctic expedition creates the most intense feeling there, that being his native place. His mother is at present. at Jackson, N. H. His brother, John Greely, gives the following particulars: The Lieutenant was born in Newburyport, March 27, 1844, and entered the Nineteenth Massachusetts regiment in August, 18G1. He served throughout the entire war hi the Infantry, cavalry and artillery service, being engaged in twenty battles, and wounded at White Oak swamp, Antietam, and Fredricksburg, He was in New Orleans under Gen-

eral Newman, and at the close of the war he was appointed a cadet from Louisiana by General Grant, and entered the Sixth United States cavalry, serving on the Southern frontier, and afterward was attached to the signal service, and built the telegraph lines, 15.000 miles in extent, through the State of Texas. In 1881 he was appointed to take charge of the signal-service expedition. His last visit to Newburyport was made May 30, 1881, and the last intelligence from him was dated Aug. 18, 1881, latitude 81 degrees 44 minutes north, longitude 04 degrees 55 minutes west, written in good health and spirits. He had killed enough musk-oxen to last his men for three months. His brother thinks he will make his way during the season to some of the caches which have been provisioned for his relief. While he is in a condition to reach supplies, the failure of the relief expedition of 1882 to reach Lieutenant Greely was a great disappointment. It was made a special request that the Proteus, Captain Pike, who took the party up in 1881, should be sent this year, and the disaster to the Proteus is regarded as very serious for the welfare of the brave men they were hoping to relieve. Lieutenant Greely married, in San Diego, Cal., Miss Henrietta Nesmith, and she is now on her way to Washington with her two daughters to receive intelligence from the expedition sent by this government for the relief of her husband. NAMES OF THE GREELY PARTY. The following is a list of the names of the Greely party: First Lieutenant A. W. Greely, Fifth cavalry, acting signal officer and assistant. Second Lieutenant Frederick F. Kislingbury, Eleventh Infantry, acting signal officer. Second Lieutenant James B. Lockwood, Twenty-third infantry, acting signal oifioer. Dr. Octave Pavy, surgeon and scientist. SergeantJEMwatt Israel, signal corns, U, 8. A. Sergeant’Winfield S, Jewett, signal corps, U. 8. A. • ’T' * Sergeant George .W. Rice, signal tay-pe, U. 8. A. David C. Ralston, signal corps, U. 8. Sergeant Hampden S. Gardiner, signal corps, U. 8, A. Bergeant William H. Cross, general service, U. 8. A. Sergeant David L. Braiuuird, company L, Second cavalry. Sergeant David Linn, Company C, Second Cavalry. Corporal Nicholas Salor, Company H, Second Cavalry. Corporal Joseph Elison, Company E, Tenth Infantry. Private Charles B. Henry, Company E, Fifth Cavalry. Private Maurice Connell, Company B, Third Cavalry. Private Jacob Bender, Company F, Ninth Infantry. Private Franois Long, Company F, Ninth Infantry. Private William Whisler, Company F, Ninth Infantry. Private Henry Bierderbick, Company G, Seventeenth Infantry. Private Julius Fredericks, Company L, Second Cavalry. Private William A, Ellis, Company C, Second Cavalry. BUSINESS AFFAIRS. Generally Satisfactory Condition of Trade Throughout the Country. New Y'ork, Sept. 14.—R. G. Dunn & Cos., of the mercantile agency, report that the events of the week do not mar the generally satisfactory prospects for the business of the country. The weather, though somewhat unseasonable, is favorable to the progress of the fall trade, especially in the dry-goods business, which was very active during the week, with a large movement of merchandise. The transactions outside New York, as indicated by the bank exchanges, show a considerable increase, with a light decrease in the city, owing, probably, to exceptional causes. Rumors as to damage to the corn crop had the effect of stimulating speculation in that staple, and advancing the price. The same remark applies to cotton, which is activd and higher. The same improvement is noted in the iron trade, with firmer prices. There is a better feeling in oil, prices being well supported and business active. The grocery trade is satisfactory. Business at the Stock Exchange has been large, with a general improvement in the prices of securities, and money is plenty aud at low rates. Altogether the situation is more satisfactory than last week, and the prospect for the coming months appears excellent. Business failures, while somewhat 1 numerous, are, with few exceptions, unimportant, the number reported during the week being 173 throughout the United States and Canada.

Dry Goods Imports. New York, Sept. 14.—Imports of dry goods at this port for the week ended to-day. $2,473,972; amount marketed, $2,837,161; total imports since Jan. 1, $91,691,018, against $89,669,390 for the same time last year, and amount marketed, $99,457,813. against $98,1567833 for the corresponding period in 1882. THE FIRE RECORD. Burning of Two Large Brooklyn Factories, with Heavy Loss. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 14.—A fire this morning destroyed the Brooklyn Felt-hat Works of Wm. A. Bogiin & Cos. and the Novelty Straw-hat Factory, owned by Chas. E. Everett, of Brooklyn. The fire "broke out first last night and was extinguished, as was thought, with a loss of about $2,000 on the building and SB,OOO on the stock and machinery. The fire again broke out at 6 o’clock this morning and the structure was all in flames before the firemen arrived. The factory, together with two frame buildings in the rear belonging to the same company, was demolished. The loss on the building is estimatee at $20,000, on machinery $40,000 and on stock $35,000. The flames then extended to the Novelty Straw-hat Factory, adjoining, and pretty well gutted the place. Everett said his loss on the building would he about $17,000 and loss on stock and machinery from $25,000 to. $30,000. They employed about 200 hands. A lull force of bauds had been ordered to work on Monday. Everett does not think his insurance sufficient to cover the loss. Cooper-Shops Humeri. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 14.—Twenty thousand oil barrels, the cooper-shop ami adjacent sheds 01 the Standard Oil Company burned last night, six miles north of this city. Several cars of the St. Paul company and many of the Northwestern company, standing on the tracks, were also consumed. Loss about $40,000; no insurance. The fire is supposed to have been incendiary. The pipes leading to the big tanks were cut by tiie watchman, so the lire did not spread to them at all. A Village Destroyed by Fire. Atlanta, Sept. 14, —A special to the Constitution says Jacksonville, Ala., was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, $50,000. Movements of President Arthur. New York, Sept. 14.—President Arthur arrived to-night to attend the funeral of Hugh J. Hustings as pull-bearer. He will probably go to Newport on Monday.

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THE WAR IN' THE EAST. All Eight-Hours* Engagement Be twee n the French and Atiiiamese. The French Capture Two Towua and Car ,*y the Fneiuy’s Works at the Point of the Itayouet. Additional Details of the Recent OutBreaks iu tbo City of Canton. The Proposals Submitted to the French by the Chinese—Gradual Suppression of the insurrection in Hayti. AT THE ANTIPODES. Reported Battle Near Hanoi Between the Frenclt and Black Flags. London, Sept. 14.—A dispatch from Hong Kong to-day states that a battle has taken place between the French forces and the Black Flags, lasting eight hours. The engagement took place between Hanoi and Sontay, near Red river. The Frencli forces are reported at_ having lost two officers and fifty men. The loss of the Black Flags is estimated at between 500 and 600 men. Hanoi is the town where We French have been holding their garrison since the previous engagement at Sontay, to await reinforcements. It is probable, from the tenor of the above dispatch, that the Black Flags, whose headquarters are at Badminh, to the northeast of Hanoi, det ermined to recapture Sontay from the French,who have kept gunboats there the last two weeks, and while en route from Badminh across the delta were met by the French en route from Hanoi to intercept them, the above battle being the result. The French accounts of the battle state that on Saturday, Sept. 1, the French force from Hanoi advanced within twelve miles of Sontay, where the enemy was found in the casements of forts upon which the fire of the Frencli had no effect. After three days hard fighting, the French troops, aided by a heavy fire from the fleet under Admiral Bouet, carried the enemy’s works at the point of tiie bayonet, capturing two towns and two Black Flag standards. The French loss was two officers and fourteen men killed, and three officers and forty men wounded. After the victory Admiral Bouet withdrew his fleet to Hanoi to await reinforcements, leaving 300 men to hold the captured towns. The French naval force at Tonquin under Admiral Bouet comprises the iron-clads Bayard, of four guns; the Atlante. of twelve guns; the Triorophant, of eight guns, tiie cruisers Trouville and Chateau Ilenaud. the transports Annamite and Mytiiio, each carrying two guns; the gunboats Lynx and Vipere, eacli carrying four guns, and the Fanfare, Leopard and Surprise, each carrying two guns. There are four sloops, carrying an aggregate of seven guns, and four dispatch boats, carrying an aggregate of twelve guns. Two torpedo launches are also attached to the fleet.

Particulars of the Canton K!ot. Loxdon, Sept. 14. —The Standard’s llong Kong dispatch gives additional details @f the rioting at Canton on Monday last. The riot began at 8 o'clock in the morning. As previously stated, the trouble was caused by a quarrel between some Chinese and a Portuguese watchman on the quay. During the latter part of riot some of the merchants armed themselves to defend their property; the party consisted of nine Germans and three Englishmen. They fired into the mob, killing five Chinese and wounding many more. The arrival of Chinese troops finally checked the mob. There are now two British, one French and five Chinese gunboats moored in the river abreast of the foreign settlement. The Chinese posted placards on the walls of the city, applauding the action of the populace, and calling upon them to Itili the Europeans at the next opportunity which presents itself. The different consuls at Canton admit that the situation is very serious and the future of the European colony gloomy in the extreme. There is almost open war between the natives and the foreign elements, and it will be necessary to have men-of-war in the harbor for a long time to come as a measure of protection. The houses burned by the mob include ten English, one American, two German and one French. The consuls forwarded to the Viceroy an identical note holding him answerable for the destruction of property, because he failed to promptly send troops when advised of the disorder. Three Chinamen who were caught in the act of plundering property, and the Portuguese who were the immediate cause of the outbreak are now in prison at the British consulate. The Proposals Submitted. Paris, Sept. It, —The Soir professes to give the following as the beads of the proposals by the Marquis Tseng, the Chinese embassador, to CUallemel-Laconr: That France shall cease sending reinforcements to Tonquin; that (.'tuna will recognize the treaty of Hue, but will retain the right of investiture of tlie Anuamese sovereigns; that the French protectorate shall be under Chinese control and under direction of the military mandarins, and that China shall be reimbursed for all expenses incurred in the repression of the Black Flags. The Kepublique Franeaise, in an article upon the Tonquin question, takes the ground that France cannot accept the proposed establishment of a neutral zone, but will be satisfied if Tonquin is withdrawn entirely from Chinese jurisdiction. It says that if England can guarantee tlie agreement of; China to these points the whole trouble wiii. be speedily ended. Negotiations Progressing Favorably. Paris, Sept, 14. —At the cabinet council to* day, Challemel-Lacour stated that the negotiations with the Chinese embassador were progressing favorably. The forwarding of reinforcements to Tonquin was indorsed. It was agreed that France, in negotiations with China, should adopt a conciliatory policy, The account in Figaro of an interview between Challemel-Lacour and Lord Lyons, the Britisli embassador, is untrue. Lord Lyons is still on furlough. England to Act as Mediator. Yu .na, Sent. 14.—The lamdon correspondent of the New Free Press says China