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) ! Minister Porter Will Be Ordered Out of Italy Unless Mr. Blaine's ReplyIs Received Today. Mr. Blai.ie and the President Refuse to Talk, But There Is Evidently Something in the Rumor. No Information to Ro Gained In Wash, lngton. Kome, April 10. It ia reported that if the TJ. S. government does not answer the Marquis Imperiali's note by tomorrow, Mr. Porter, the American minister here, will be ordered to leave Italy and the whole Italian legation in Washington will be recalled and Italian interests left in charge of tho British minister. AT WASHINGTON. The President and Secretary IHalne Are Non-committal Washington-, P. C, April 10. It is known here that Secretary Blaino has prepared an Answer to the message of Premier Rudini. The. fact of tho preparation of Secretary Blaine's reply is not only well under?'oo l, but it is stated, moreover, that the secretary's letter was submitted to the pre-idont oud Lid cabinet and was found to be satisfactory. In view of these circumstances it is asserted with considerable confidence that the letter of Secretary Blaine has already been sent to Marquis Budini, though whether it wa3 communicated by mail or telegraph i3 not known. If the former methods were adopted, tho Italian premier, it is believed, was apprised of the fact. It is suggested, also, as very probable that intimations have been conveyed of the advisability of conducting diplomatic negotiations between tho two countries with less publicity. For these reasons it is thought to be almost impossible that the rumor in Romo can be correct. Xo information could be secured In official circles here tonight relative to the report from Rome that it would close all direct diplomatic intercourse with the "United States unless a reply were received tomorrow to the last meesage of Premier Rudini on the Jew Orleans Italian incident. The Rome dispatch was shown to both the president and Secretary Blaine tonight and each of them returned word that he had nothing to say on the subject. There wa3 a general disposition to discredit the report in unofficial circles, but this was based on opinion as to the probable course of events and no one who was seen bad any actual information on the subject. In this connection, however, some coincidents may be noted for what they are worth. Secretary Blaine had engaged to be present at the New York, Tribune's bicentennial celebration tonight, but was obliged to send his regrets on account of an unexpected press of business. Neither could the president leave Washington tonight for tho same reason. Secretary I'roctor is hastenius back to Washington as fast ns steam can bear him. Secretary Blaine's absolute refusal to talk on the subject is evidence of something behind the official scenes that the public does not know of. The Italian negotiations and all matters in connection therewith have been conducted with the utmost secrecy tho past few days, though it is well known that they have occupied the attention of the president's advisers more than once. What direction ailairs may take can only be surmised, but it need not be in the nature of a surprise if tho developments should prove somewhat sensational. Washington, April 13. But two facts could be added to-day to tho public stock of information respecting the diplomatic entanglement with Italy growing out of the New Orleans tragedy. One of these was that the state department has not received any intimation from the Italian government that their list note must be answered before a given date. Nor is such an intimation expected, for the department feels that it is acting properly and seasonably, and it would be a very unusual course for a nation engaged in diplomatic negotiations with another to question the motives upon which the correspondence proceeded. The second fact is that Secretary Elaine's answer to the Marquis Budini's last note has not yet been forwarded. It was probably the secretary's purpose to accompany this reply with an official statement touching the nationality of the New Orleans victims and other facts that were expected from the officials of the department of justice in New Orleans. These reports have not yet reached Washington. When they are received great care must be exercised in reducing tho facts contained in them to a form useful for diplomatic use, bo that unless the secretary is frepared to send his letter without theso acts it is not likely to go forward immediately. Secretary B'aine had a short talk with the president today, but as the hitter was very busy in arranging other imjortact matters before he leaves YVasbinxt-.n it is not proDable that even this subjec t, in which he ha shown particular interest, could be diacu ssed with any result. STILL IN DOUBT. Xvthtng- Definitely Known at Rout Regardtftfr JtUilim'a Intentions. Rome, Aprit 13. Up to today it has been impossible to learn anything further concerning the report that the Italian cabinet has decided to request U. S. Minister Forter to leave Rome in case no reply to Premier liudini's last note is received from Secretary Blaine by tomor

A SENSATIONAL RUMOR.

row. Officials are reticent and journalists sre un:'.ble to 6ecure definite confirmation or denial. At tVe American legation nothing can be leprned. Minister Porter has heard nothing except what he has gained from the papera. In well informed circles tho prevailin; opinion, as nearly as one can gather, is that the premier will not proceed to extremities at this juncture. It is argued that whatever beneficial ef'cct such a display of vigor miirht have toward increasing the popularity of the present cabinet must be only temporary, inasmuch as it would leave the New "Orleans incident farther from settlement than ever, while the American government would doubtless be so irritated by the Italian policy as to make any settlement impossible. While the prevailing opinion thus is that Marquis Ji Budini will not take the rash step reported to be in contemplation, the report wid continue to show pome vitality. Word comes from Paris that the Journal Dchats this morning; prints a dispatch from its Rome correspondent, reasoning that the Italian jrovernment had really threatened to pivo the U. S. minister his passports unles3 Secretary Blaine replied by tomorrow. But it is believed here that the correspondent of tho Pcbcttx was simply repeating the report in circulation here Saturday, and had no further authority therefor.

What Will Italy Io? New York, April 13. A Washington special to tho Commercial Advertiur says: "The situation has not improved as regards the relations between the United States and Italy, and whether it occurs now or later on, the recall of Mr. Porter and a complete rupture of diplomatic relations is likely. Failing to get satisfaction Italy wiii have to make some demonstration of displeasure. What she has already done might be a sufficient demonstration if made after we failed to comply with her demands, but her minister having been recalled before tho offense, she must seek some other expression of displeasure after the offense to make complete the diplomatic rupture. This i.s tho least 6he can do, having already done so much, and it is the rnost the can afford to do in the face of the complication of European affairs and the poverty of her treasury." The Huron Sails. New York, April 10. Baron Fava, tho recalled Ita'ian minister, left the Victoria hotel tonicht for the French liner Gnscogne and will leave theeo fchores for home tomorrow morning. THE PRESIDENT'S JUNKET BEGUN. Baby McRi I Left Uehirwl While Graattpa ilucilrs For n Ilrnununatluu. UrREAT OF THE SENTINEL. ) 1418 New Yokk-ave., V., Washington. D. C, April 13. J No. Harrison opens his boom for re-nomlna-tion to-night. At 12 :10 he commences his swing around the circle of nine thousand miles. John Paupermaker, tho postmaster general, is the only one of the cabinet that goes alon for a tail to tho presidential kite. Harrison's dislike of newspaper men is so great that at first he positively refused to permit any on his train. But at the last moment he changed his mind, stipulating that no special correspondent should be permitted aboard. Hence but three newsJaper men wero invited, Messrs. Alired . Clarke, of the Associated Press; Richard V. Oulahan, of the United Press, and Oscar P. Austin, of the Press News association. These gentlemen will furnish the world with all of the detail? of the trip that will find their way into print. They will travel as guests of the president. The presidentinl partv, which will start to-niifht for the South, will consist of the President and Mr. Harrison ; Mrs. McKeo, Mrs. Dimmick. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harrison, Postmaster General Wanamaker, Marshal Kansdcll, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Boyd, Mr. E. F. Tihhett, the president's stenographer, and Messrs. Clarke, Oulahan and Austin, the newspaper men. Mr. llalford will be unable to accompany tiie party on account of the etate of his wife's hea'th. It was intended to take Baby McKee along, but in the few requests received from citizens alone the proposed route special mention of the baby was made and this made Harrison mad and he resolved to obtain all the boom there was in the grandson business for himself. So the kid is left at home. Great preparations have been mado to pet out crowds a the principal poinU All the federal officials wero written to weeks ago, and they will be depended on to get out brass bands and crowds. Said a Blaine republican to-night: "Harrison may work the officials and pet out crowds and may get renominated, but I believe that the majority of the people wil: not be pleased to see the great office bo di'igently sought after by so small a man." Huston has finally resigned and Harrison has appointed as his successor another Indiana 10 per cent, banker.or, mora properly, broker. Harrison regrets "that personal ailairs compel" Huston to res gn. Huston's successor, Mr. Nebeker, was at the white house during the morning and afterward he and his private secretary went over to the treasury department and were shown by Mr. Huston over the office of the treasurer. The vastness of the responsibility attached to the position staggered the new man somewhat, but he has nevertheless decided to undertake the job. His commission will undoubtedly be signed to-day. He is a short, stout man, with a round, somewhat florid face, marked by a black mustache. He is about forty. The Presidential Party. The presidential party as now arranged is as follows: President and Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Dimmick, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harrison, PostmasterGeneral Wanamaker, Marshal Ransdell, Mr. and Mm. George IV. Boyd, Mr. L F. 'i ibbott, the president's stenographer, and the representatives of the press. Private Secretary llalford will remain in Washington on account or the illness of his wife. SENSATION IN ENGLAND. Ansthcr Eogllih Arltiuorst in Trouble for Immoral Practices. London, April 13. A sensation has been cansed in social circles throughout Kngland by tho fact that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Capt. Edmund Hope Verney, member of parliament for North Buckinghamshire. Capt. Verify is charged with procuring a girl far immoral purposes. The offense was committed last autumn, Capt. Verney giving the name of Wilson. Last week, Truth of this city discovered that Wilson was really Capt. Verney. Capt. Verney is a leading county magnate, a magistrate and a member of the London common council. Itis feared that Capt. Verney, hearing of the application for the warrant lias escaped from England and is now ia hiding on the continent.

WT r. Bismarck Returns to His Old Battle Ground. A Triumphant Majority Assured to Him. The Chancellor'3 Action Causing Wide Comment. Report of Abolition of the Pork Embargo Premature. Russia Still Concentrating Troops on the Dorder. Befj.ix, April 11. Copyricht. The electoral contest at Gestemunde, where Prince Bismarc k's candidacy for tho reichstag is opposed by candidates belonging to the socialist and progressist parties, has assumed the proportions of a great political event. The entire interest of the country centers in tho reeult of next Wednesday, on which day the polling will take placo. Prince Bismarck has definitely accepted the enndidature on the assurance that he will receive a triumphant majority. Tho result was doubtful, while a coalition between the Guelphs, catholics and progressists parties appeared probable. Before Dr. Windthorst, the clerical leader, died, he advied 6uch n combination ns the best chance to defeat his old foe, but the catholics now refuse to support tho progressist candidate. The peasant vole will bo given solidly to Prince Bismarck as the champion of cgricultural interests, besides his being the greatest living Gemma. A combination between the socialists and progressists might check the return of the prince on the first vote, but ns the day of the election nears the prospect of such a coalition lessens. Accepting Prince Bismarck's reappearance in the reichstag as certain, everybody asks what his line cf action will be when there. He himself states that he will only sit in the house if political events require his intervention. Count Herbert Bismarck, who has been staying in Berlin since Tuesday, has told some of his friends that events seemed likely to hasten his father's presence in the reichstag. The pessimist views of the foreign situation published by tho Bismarckian press generally conclude with the suggestion that the prince's continued absence from politics is bad for tho country. There is no doubt that the renewal of the European crisis is the motive of Prince Bismarck's resuming a leading role. Prof. Delbruek, an eminent free conservative, in an article in the Prcus Hictc Jahrbucher predicts misfortune to the prince or the government. Either the ex-chancellor, he says, will overturn tho government to renlize power or he will bo crushed and end hid life in gloom and shame. The Hamburger Xachrlchten denies that it is the intention of the prince to offer any vehement opposition to the emperor's foreign iolicy, but proceeding to give authoritativeviews on the situation, the ya:hriclitfn discloses that the prince's ideas are directly opposed to the policy of the government In discussing the question as to whether Prince Bismarck will trv to form a great party, the Ucjenvurt publishes a letter of tho prince to George Winter of Marburg, in which ho says: "Though I desire to see formed a great homogeneous parliamentary majority, I fear it is a vain wish. It will be as difficult to realize it in tho future as in the past." These expressions clearly denote some. intention to attempt to c onstruct a potent parliamentary group. The Hamburg socialists threaten to make a riotous demonstration in Gestemunde on the day of tho voting. They will send contingents for tho purpose of making a lively time. Tho Ber in central committee has voted o,500 marks to aid the local socialist committee. Tho local authorities have been warned by the wovemnieut to preserve the peace. Tho pcaeable tenor of Emperor Francis Joseph's ep cch opening the reichsrath added firm nes to the bourse here today. Nobody expected imperial frankness on the secret game now being played, statesmen themselves not knowing what the next move will be. Exact details concerning the Russian movements on the rroutier prove that tho increase of troops along the Galician frontier amounts to twelve battalions. The JW, commenting upon tho government's inspired peace statements, compares them with the rough assurances of a doctor watching a patient in a tick room and desirous of stopping inquiries by saying, "All is going well." Tho l'otiti?che Corrrtpondence of Vienna announces that the St. Petersburg government will acquire all tho southern Rusai.m railways so as to form a direct line from the Black sea to tho Baltic. The plan is of great strategic importance. The report of the abolition of the restrictions against American pork is entirely premature. The truth of the matter is the government will not withdraw restrictions until the new measures under the law of March 3 are put into efficient operation. Probably live swine will be admitted first, following the precedent nf live cattle. Concerning pork it is certainly irregular that the most extreme methods of proof be demanded in regard to tho condition of the American product while nothing is done to test the state of the home-raised hog. The Schleiawig pig, which is largely slaughtered in Hamburg, deserves a c lose microscopic examination but docs not get it. The importation of American cattle grows apace. Americsn dealers seem only now to be waking up to the fact that the restrictions raised against the early imports came from one or two firms, while tho others slumbered. Tho trade is certain and if it develops in the same ratio every month it will soon assume enormous proportions. The official Hamburg figures show that the importations were in January, 144 head; February, 451; March, 811. The first arrivals at Bremen this week amounted to a total of 450 head. Hitherto Hamburg has held the trade. "Das Flcisch wird billiger" is now the theme, the papers hailing the advent of the American cattle with satisfaction. The reichstag has resumed the discussion of labor reform. The socialists Frohxae and Bobel haTO

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renewed their accusations that the emperor's projects favor master at the expense of the men. The Rachranieigcrt&YS that the emperor hoped that the house would seriously back his project so as to enable the reforms to come into force this year. He is chagrined to find that the delays of procedure are so great that there will be no chance to apply the law beforo January next The Reichtanxeigcr is sanguine in predicting even that date. The commission of the reichstag on postal telegraph reform is examining the accusations made by a group of journalists against the telegraph officials acting "proprio motu." It is hardly credible bit it is truo that sub-officials some t-mes refuse to accept dispatches inimical to the government and suppress phrases cr mutilate expressions which they deem are hostile to the authorities. The director of telegraphs admits the existence of a private circular, issued reeeniiy, revoking the former regulations anl authorizing einployes to exercise their judgment in refusing telegrams and to cut out displeasing phrases. Tho Berlin press has sutlered lees than tho provincial pres.?, but the former has joined in a vigorous opposition to the censorship. The commission has censured tho director and the lattcr's orders have either been withdrawn or so modified as to leave the press freedom. Empress Frederick has ngrccd to open the international art exhibition. Despite the Paris incident, several leading French artists will send studies to the exhibition. The emperor wid go to Alsace-Iorraine at the end of the month, lie will make a tour of the fortresc. The prefecture of Metz is preparing to give him a reception. A DARK PROPHECY.

France Must Fil.t (inrmiinr but Ilinkmptoy Is InTttab:e. Faris, April 13. Apropos of the future increase of the effectivo force of the French army anil of tho minister of war's demand on the budget committee of the rhamber of deputu s for further appropriations, Senator Barthelmy St. Hilaire, exminister of foreign affairs, said to the Associated Press correspondent: "It becomes more and moro evident that Franco is on the high road to bankruptcy. We often hear it S9id that France is one of tho richest countries in Europe. This is quite true, ho, too, we would call a man rich w ho had an income of a mil ion franco a year ; but suppose he spent each year 1,500,030 francs, what would his wealth amount to under such circumstances? And yet this is lust w hat France is doing and has been doing for a very long time. The upshot of the whole thing must be that we shall have to repudiate our debt as we did in the first revolution and start afresh. I greatly admire the magnificent manner iu which the United States has gone on paying oflf ics tremendous debt contracted during tho gigantic evil war. We ought to imitate in a modest way the American example. But several circumstances oppose this. In the firt place, the wastefulness of our great departments of government is somethin? frightful. While it cannot be said that there is any outright eteadng of the public fund, the extravagance is tremendous, and no government dares incur tho anger of the politicians in cleaning out this .Egean 6table. "Th -n, again, our military system is so expensive and keeps on growing more so every day that it seems an almost hopeless task to try to stop thissuicidal policy. We capnot reduce our army, for there standothat Alsnce-I.orraina difficulty still undecided. What an unpardonable sta it was for Germany to take those provinces. Wo would willingly have paid many moremillions of francs could we have preserved our territory intact. But France will never abandon Alsaco-Ixrraine w ithout a struggle, which, when it comes, will be a deadly one. France must win or bj effaced from the m;ip of Europe like Poland. She will fight to the last nan, for she will gee that her very existence as a nation depends on victory. And, iffihe comes out the victor in what an exhausted stat she will probably be left. Then the ordinary financial situation, rendered still moro oppressive by the increase 1 expenditures of the supremo struggle, will weigh down upon tho bleedinjj nation and bankruptcy will be inevitable." A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. five Toang Men rmiTnl In the Klrr at St Lou:. Ft. Locis, April 13. About noon today five boys of a party of twelve crossing the river in a fckiff from tho foot of Spruce-st. to the Pittsburg dyke on the Illinois side were drowned in the eddy, which was very strong at that place at that time. The boys were rowing across the river, which Is very much agitated just now by the high wind. The waves were rocking the skiff from side to side, when suddenly their skiff struck the dangerous eddy and began to whirl around and around. Several people on the ferryboat Russell Hinckley saw the dangerous position in which the boys wero and called out for them to bo careful. The warning had scarcely been uttered when the skiff was seen to turn and keel up at one end by the horrified witnesses, leaving the occupants struggling in the water. The youths w ho could swim struck out for the Illinois shore and three of them wero rescued by the crew on the landing ferry boat. The scene was a most exciting one, and the floundering, struggling and drowning youths presented a heart-rending picture to the beholders. Every eff ort was made to savo the almost exhausted boys, but before assistance could bo effectually rendered five of them had sunk to rise no more. The passengers of the ferry, who heard and saw the occurrence, declare they can never forget a 6ight so terrible. One of the most peculiar and at the same time touching ocenes of the calamity was the drowning of John Bourg and his faithful dog, the two disappearing together with the man's arms tightly clasped around the dog's neck. The animal, seemingly the first to realize the danzer. had 1 aped into the water and had started for shore, but remembering its master, turned about and sought him out among the drowning boys. Bourg threw his arms about the dog's neck and both disappeared below the water. Following is a list of the drowned: JOHN BOURG, Jr., azed twenty. JOHN McMAltON, K1 twsaty. ADAM HRUST. tied sixteen. JACK O'CONNOR, a.ed twentr-fonr. K.OUER.T GUION, sged twsnty.two. None of the bodies have yet been recovered. Two Livos Hasrlfleed. Omaiu, Neb., April 13. Capt Carter, one of the firemen injured at the Paxton hotel fire last night, died this morning, and Fipeman Mulvihill is not expected to lite. The others are recovering.

FREAKS IN A PANIC.

Chicago Visited by Another Disastrous Fire. Tho Flames Again Originate in a Stable. Almost a Repetition of the Scenes of 1871. Many Lives Saved by a Heroic Policeman. Wild Scenes Among Museum Froaka mill Animals. Chicago, April 12. Chicago this evening suffered one of the most destructive ronllatrrations that has occurred hero since the fire of 1871. The loss is fully $l,000.0t0. It was at almost the geographical center of the city that the flames started, and like the terrible disaster twenty years ago, be?an in a stable. In this case the stable was the property of the well-known furniture manufacturer and political, John M. Smyth, Bnd was located in the rear of Ids big house furnishing establishment on W. Madison-st. near lla's:ead-.at. The flames speedily communicated to the furniture establishment und a moment later to Kohl fe Middleton's museum. A general alarm to the fire department was noon followed by cpecial calls for extra engines as the liro was seen to be gaining rmnd with extraordinary rapidity. In less than five minutes smoke was pouring from every window in the museum and was enveloping tho huge sixstory building occupied by Smyth, when, in a inarvclously short interval, both structures had turned into a mass of flame. Great fiery tongues darted across the street and lodged in the upper stories of the buildings on the north side of Madison-st. A moment lator the firemen along the thoroughfare found themselves working between two towering walls of fire, l or a time it looked as though the conflagration would pet beyond control and that, as in 1S71, it would sweep toward tho lake directly across the business district of the city. As if to add to the consternation, the wind had suddenly arisen and was blowing a stiff ga!e from the west. Probably 20,000 people gathered in tho neighboring streets and helplessly watched the progress of the possible impending calamity. At this critical juncture the thorough discipline of the firemen became magnificently apparent. Tho men, obeying orders, stood steadily in the street where the ilames scorched them from either side, and after a fierce battle at length brought the fire in a measure under control. The Immense blaze, however, continued to rage with intense fury in the buildings already partly destroyed. The museum was nothing but a heap of ruins and the walls of the Smyth building w ere falling one after another. Fortunately thoy all fell into the ruins aud no person was injured. Across tho street also the walls soon succumbed to the furious onslaught. Here the upper story of the three-story building on the northwest corner of Madison and Union-sts. caught fire. Quickly following the flames lodged around the windows of the fifth story of tho Haymarket theater building, and were noon stretching along tin ler the mansard roof. Just west of the Haymarket building was Iho five-jtory building occupied by the People's clothing company. Here alo the windows were on lire. Despite all efforts the buildings between Union-st. and tho Haymarket block shared tho fate of thoe across tho street and wero wiped out completely. In the Haymarket tho lire was confined to the upper story, but tho whole building was filled with smoke and water. West of the Haymarket theatre the damage was comparatively small. Tho first int imation that reached the inmates of Kohl & Middleton's museum of the close proximity of the lire was when some one opened a window on the third floor, through which a volume of smoke poured, filling the entiro floor. A wild panic followed among the 400 persons in tho building, most of whom, however, were on the first floor watching a variety performance. Those on the fust floor were first apprised of their danger by the stampede of the upper floors, and as they arose to their feet and fled precipitately toward the front door, the fire appeared at the rear windows, increasing the terror of the crowd. Tho emergency brought out a hero in the person of Policeman Patrick Sbeehy. Forcing his way through the frightened people who were madly retarding each other in the jam at the exit, he stationed himself at the head of the stairs and drawing his revolver declared his intention to kill tho first person who refused to obey his orders. By coolness and determination ho succeeded in quieting tho pattic, and with one exception everybody reached the street in safety. The exception was C. H. Messenger, a young mau, who, before Officer Shechy reached the stair landing, made a rush for the front of tho building and, throwing open tho window, jumped out into the street. He fell with awful force on the stone pavement and was unconscious when picked up. Several persons following him stopped, horrorstricken, long enough to bo corraled by Officer Sheehy and his revolver. An old lady who was in this crowd fell when near the bottom of the stairs and broke her arm. She was picked up by friends and taken away in a carriage. As soon as Officer Sheehy had caused an abatement of the panic among the people he went up to the third floor, where some scores of monkeys are caged. The poor brntes were chAttering and screaming with terror at the flames on all sides. Sheehy hurriedly seized the iron bars and forcing tho partitions, opened an aparture wide enouga to admit of the escape of the little animals, whose fright was almost human. The creatures when liberated wildly scampered alout the room for a moment and tnen with innate perversenesa and to r the intense chagrin of Sheehy, who was

risking his life every moment, rue'eed cpstairs in a herd and were burned to death bv wholesale. The policeman was iorced to grope his wav down through a blinding smoke and reached the street dazed and nearly unconscious. The excitement among tho freaks who were on exhibtion on the third floor was pitiful to behold. They were practically unable to help themselves, owing to their abnormal development or lack of development, aud could only with difficulty 1 restrained fiom throwing themselves from the windows. Clrtience Dale, the bigheaded bov; Zola Lnvrnzo, the Albino; Mme. Carver, the fat woman, who we.gbs 900 pounds, and her son. who is a wee mite of a boy, and exhibited at a midget, were on the platforms. Mme. Orver hobbled down from the platform, and faring the midget, dragged herself tothere.r window and was about to throw th child out, when she was restrained by Manager Relmont, who, with difficulty, escorted them down the stairway. A. 1. Lafayette, the lather of the big-headed boy, who was co top-heavy that lie could not navigate alone, rushed to the asditnce of Ids son, and while leading him out iound the Albino almost blind, by reason of her weak eyes, groping about in the srfloke. With the big-hoaded boy under Iim arm lie seized the Albiii ) find drilled, rather than led, her to the stairway ami i etched the Btreet. It took forty fire engine? and nearly 300 firemen to bring the lire under snbjertion. Several times it si-emod as if the men would be compelled to abandon their engines bo intense was the heat, but cheered on by indefatigable superiors, they managed' to withstand the heat by turning the hose upon themselves. Tho nerve displayed by the firemen was heightened by the fact that all the time they knew at least a hundred barrel of oil were stored in the basement of the Smyth esub ishment likely at anytime to create a terrific explosion. Just before the west wall of the Hmyth building Ml a venturesome lad chinbed up to the third llor of the building adjoining, and stood watch-ng the Ilames from his lofty position. When the wail toppled over with a loud crash at.d the smoke cleared aay he was not teen where he had been standing, und i: is feared that he went down with the debris ftnd was lost in tho fire, where the heat was too intense for the firemen to make any search for the body, ami it will be at least two days before tho ruins are sufficiently cooled to attempt the searrh. The ioss, aggregating over thrs-c-.Tiia.r-ters of a million dollars, is distributed s follows: John M. Smyth, furniture stock and building, $500,000; Kohl Middleton, curiosities, fixtures and building, iS.",(H 0; JJee'ly Bros., boots and shees. iJO.000; Adelbert Kaempfcr, jewelry, $li.U00; Alfred Peatz. wall paper, ft'.o.OO') ; Baer Bros., hats, $10,000 Irruian, cigars and tobacco, S'Jo.OOO; Hannah it Hogg, liquors, $20,000; Royal tailoring company, S6.OO0; Haymurket theater, S7,(K0; board of education property in the r-ar of the Sm5-th block. S-3,OU0; miscellaneous losses, $5,000. The insurance will bo very light, John M. Smyth carrying only abut $125,000, while Kohl t Mi-ldleton and M. Irrman carried no insurance whatever, having allowed their policies to expire without renewal, as they had intended moving within a fortuigbt. The fire in the Haymarket theater was discovered just 20 minutes before the closo of the1 last act. The Binoke was barely percept; bio when the manager stepped out on the stage and endeavored to persuade the audience to file out iu order. At this moment some one in tho audience shouted "fire," and a panic seemed imminent. The excitement was partially subdued by prompt work on the part of the ushers and the tuoster was cleared in fairly good order. Barry oc Fay's company had just begun a week's engagement. Their scenery and et'ects were removed without damage. While the fire was at its worst a sidewalk at tho corner of Uiiion-s. and Meridian court collapsed, and precipitated forty people into an excavation. 3Iiss Bessie Higgins was probably fatally injured by the fall. Bernard Sloth had a leg broken. When the lire broke out. Dr. J. Z. Bergeron was attending Mrs. Sarah Mac-hs in a flat in one of the buildings subsequently burned. When the fire got loo dns Dr. Bergeron seized the suffering wo ran, and, wrapping her in blankets, de.-cend.'d three flights of stairs with his burden and carried her to a refuge near by. In less than fifteen minutes a line girl baby was bir:i amid tho crash of falling walls and the hoarse shouts of the firemen. Both mother and child aro doing well. Dr. Bergeron lost a valuable pet of instrument and his overcoat and hat in the fire, but tonight was happy in having savepatient's life. Francis Gamble, who was struck by flying debris during the fire, but was Hot supposed to be dangerously hurt, died at the county hospital shortly before midnight The episcopal cathedral on Washington boulevard became ignited from flying sparks during the progress of the fire, but tho blaze which had attacked the roof was extinguished before gaining headway. One of the most exciting incidents of the fire was a panic which tciiie i the boarders of the Haymarket hotel. Vhen the flames leaped across the street setting fire to tho front entrance, about forty of the occupants of the hotel, including tho servant girls and other employes, made a simultaneous effort to depart by the back stairway. Ttie latter is a narrow winding affair and became blocked, resulting in tho mb being retty badly bruised and frightened beore effecting a release. Charles Messenfrer. a traveling salesman, was asleep in lis room aud was suffocating, with the left sic e of his face badly burned, w hen ho was found and carried out. Gettmann, the proprietor of the bote', said that fuliy sixty guests had lost all their belongings. He estimates his loss at $3,000.

A FIREMAN KILLED. The Paxton Ueute at Omaha Destroyed Bj Flrr. Omaha, ISeb.. April 12. A fire in the raiton hotel tonight. One. fireman was killed and three injured. At 11 p. m. tne fire was still burning. The men wero caught under a falling wall. The names of the victims are : Capt. Cauteb, ribs crushed and hurt internally. Martin MfLvinii.L, pipoman, legs broken, skull crushed and back injured; will die. Teter MoGcire, legs broken" and eut about the hea l. Thomas Downs, eut about the head and badly bruised ea the body. When thaflames were subdued the damage had reached $2,000. A panic prevailed among the guests for a while but all got out without perious accident or lo?i. Mulvihill, the fireman who was fatally injured, had just been married. A singular latality lies in the fact that thirteen years ago iour members of the same hose company were killed almost on the same spot when tho Grand Central hotel was burned.

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Rapine and Pillage in tho Doomed City. All Manner of Outrages Perpetrated. Hundreds Driven Destitute From Their Homes. Tho Suffering in Southern Cliili Is Appalling. Late Particulars from the Scene of the ltevolutlon. Paxama, April 4. The Arlcz Tacora eaid oa Feb. -3: "The steamer which arrived yesterday wag tho Mount Tabor, and brought 100 refugees from Iquiue, the majority of whom at once proceeded by train to Tacna.'' A correspondent writes from Iquique: "What ia occurring in this unfortunate port is something unheard of, and it leads one to believe that no civilized beings now live here. Passengers state that the vagabonds thero are robbing, plundering, murdering, violating women, and committing all classe s of atrocities, while incendiaries are also engaged ia their nefarious and villainous occupation of destruction and pillage." On March 0, the Lima Diario pcil : "The government of Chili has determined to establish an army i'0,0: h) strong at Tarapaca, and in it the corps will be massed which aronow scattered and w hkh consist of 300 men at Antofogasta, o,03D at Atacama, and 3,000 at Coquimbo. The determination to mass this army was reached subsequent to the fall of Iquique." The distress along the south coast due to the revolution is appallirg, as will be observed from the different reports. The following, which is translated from the Opinion Xacional of Lima of March 13, well perves as an example: "The steamship Porn, which arrived yesterday from the south, brought 400 refugees of different nationalities. They are women and children and old men, and, as they have no place to lodge, they have been allowed to remain on tho wharves of tho Muelle Darsena company." A reporter who visited the French steamer Perou on her arrival at Callao furnishes the following news: "The bombardment of Iquique by the revolutionary squadron on Feb. 19, led to the destruction by fire of seven of the principal blocks on the Alto do Melle sido, uut the custom house escaped. A German bank, it is reported, has refused to hand over the funds in it possession to the government. The Peruvian consul at Iquique, Senor La Torre, paid $12 each as passage money from-Iquique for ISO men, women and children. The Perou landed in all 400 refugees in Callao, the greater number of whom escaped from Iquique with only the clothes they had oa wheu the bombardment commenced. Gen. Urrutia, who commands in Iquique, has been selling flour at 22 cents per pound. CoL llstan islao del Carnpo commands all the gov ernment forco in Tarapadx The revolutionary squadron, it is said, has already 15,000 tons of coal at its disposaL The Lima Commcrcio said, on March 16: "The rebel forces which fought around Pozoalmonte and near Iquique numbered 4,000 men, while tho government troops reached barely three thousand. The dead in the different actions numbered TOO, and included many high officials. The rebels finally won, and captured ia all thirty-six caunon and Clathng guns. It is, how'ever, wortn. remembering, that although the cablo offices are under the control ot tho rebels, tho news which ia received by cablo is not ia favor of tho revolution.' All the Chinese in Arica since Feb. 23 have been under tho protection of the British vice counsul. The Lima Ccnnmercio on March 8 published the following cable message from Iquique, which had been received by tha Knghsb. minister: "The triumph of the rebels on the 7th was decisive and Balmaceda's troops were knocked to pieces. After losing all their cannon, rifles and ammunition, only a few soldiers escaped. The people, who are without work, are suffering fearfully and hundreds of them have abandoned tho nitrate works. Only carrying bottles of water, and accompanied by their families, they have wearily trudged across the desert down to Iquique on the coast. The scene is of a nature which hardly finds an equal in the history of war and revolt, and is due to the nature of the country and the class of work there carried on. Many have died on the way to Iquique, and their bones will mark for many a day the roads to the now abandoned nitrate producing factories. Senor Guidermo Matta, the Chilian minister in the Argentine Bepublic, and Senor Guillermo l'uelmo Tupper have been declared traitors by President Balmaceda, who has also issued a similar edict with reference to Senor Antuez, the minister in France, owing to his havins placed government funds at the disposal of tho rebels. SIMPLY A FAKE. No Attempt lit Ileea Matte to Steal P. T. liarnum's llemalna, Bridgeport, Conn., April 13. The rumors sent out fronrhere to tho efiect that an attempt has been made to steal the remains of the late P. T. Barnum is simply a fake. Ever eince the burial there have been special policemen on guard at the grave and every precaution has been taken azainst even the stealing of a flower from the tomb. The vault in which tho great showman is buried is covered with a heavy stone weighing several tons, which would be impossible to remove except with a heavy derriefc. The tomb is beiug watched and no chance will be given to desecrate the grave of the deceased for some time to come. The w ill of the old showman has been admitted to probate and there will be no contest over it. Mrs. Barnum and the other heirs have all pigned a waiver and the document will tako tho usual course without opposition. Dr. L de ver Warner and Charles K. Brothwc 11 have been named by the probate court as appraisers. These men had been named in this connection by the deceased previous to hia death.