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GREAT FIRE AT KEW YORK CITY. Piers and Steamships cf North German Lloyd Line Were Destroyed. New York, Jone 30.-Almost ten million dollars worth of property was destroyed, many lives were lost, many persons were injured and at least 1.500 lives were imperilled by a fire that started among cotton bales stored on Pier No. 3, of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, in Hoboken, N. J , at 4 o'clock ibis afternoon in less than fifteen raio ntes the f?ame covered an area a quarter of a mile long, extending outward from the actual shore line lo the bulkheads from six hundred to one thousand feet away and bad caught four great ocean liners and a dozen or more small harbor craft in its grasp. Stories in regard to the loss of life are conflicting, tbe number being variously estimated from fifty to two hundred Up to midnight ten bodies -had been recovered, but they were arl so barned and blackened that identification was impossible The hospitals in New York, Hoboken and Jersey City are crowded with the in jored and men are being brought in by scores Those whato ghered along the shores of the Hudson river to witness the great conflagration saw a specta? cle they can never forget and one that will always have a conspicuous place in the history of New York city. A FEARFUL SPECTACLE. The river and bay were enveloped iu a pall of black smoke, through 'which angry flames, bursting as from volcanoes, on the Jersey shore and in the water itself, leaped like red spears into the sky. The surface of the water was covered with float? ing and blazing masses of freight, thrown in haste from the doomed vessels all unnoticed m the mad race to rescue more precious life, threat? ened or being sacrificed in the great ships. And through the pall of smoke a greater crimson sun, enlarged to thrice its size by the haze, glared like J an enormous eye as it slowly sunk in j the west Such was the tremendous spectacle presented on the surface of the Hud river, as if it had been some holiday psgent It was made tragic by the realization that somewhere beneath the turbid waters scores of human lives bad been lost or were then in their last desperate struggle against death. This spectacle was witnessed by thousands and thousands from both shore?, and by other thousands who crowded on every ferry boat, every variety of craft that could be secured for the purpose. The crowd upon i the banks of the river was almost as ! great as that which was formed to witness the triumphant return of Admiral Dewey. Men working in the hoids of the four steamships were shut in by walls of flames and it was impossible to reach them It probably never will be knowu how many lives perish? ed in the ships, as the flames would leave but few if any remnants of the human body. The greatest loss of life appears to hav6 been on the Saale. She carried 450 people and was to have sailed for Bostou this afternoon When the police boat ?captain went out with his rescuing party, he saw bodies lying ail around the deck The steammship Bremen carried a crew of 300 men. and the Main 250 and if as many lives were lost as on the Saale, the number cf dead will be very great. STEAMSHIPS BURNED. The flames started so suddenly and gained such headway that the people on the piers and on the numerous vessels docked were unable io reach the street. There were great gangs of workmen on the piers and these, together with a number of people ! who were at the docks on business ! and visiting the ships, scattered in ? all directions. As ali means of exit i were cut off by the fkmes they were j forced to jump overboard and no ! doubt a great number of people were j drowned At the docks for the North German j Lloyd were the ^aale, a single screw passenger ship of 4,965 gro?s tons ; the Bremen, a twin screw pas^en^er i and freight steamer of 10,526 tons,! and the Main, a twin screw freisrnt ? and passenger snip of 12,200 gross tons They ail caught fire and v:--:^ burned to the water's ed"e Thc Kaiser Wilhelm uer Grosse, v7r;:u;> bad just eon1/.- was tbe only ;>n<. : f the four big vessels hi the dock that escap-'vi. THE FIRE DISCOVERED. Tbs fire wa? fir?' discovered nv -i watchman cu the pier ?r 4 o'clock, ii saw z frmau --reas of Came shoot f-')-*: a halo of ccrtoo or.- Pier No cr which was docked th" steamer Saa . He immediately sent io aa alarm le a ?cv? minutes tr.e fi::-ncs had extended to the ships and soon COLD m a ni cared to ; the pier on rho north. Here won: docked tbe Kaiser * \' 11 h e 1 m der Grosse aod the Ma:r>. Tug* v;ero immedi? ately made fast to the big Kaiser Wil? helm der Grosse and she was gotten j out into midstream with safety, al? though badly scorched at the bows. ? Trie stear<;t>hip Maia, cowerer, was doo'?:ii, as the flames Lai already esme so fiorec on tho north side of tbe pier that DO tu* could approach rho vessel. Theo, by a >h\h ta the wiod th3 flames were scot io the direction of Pier No 1. which was to ibo s .uth ead of Pi^r No. 2. To the not ? h ot Pier No. 1 was the dock of the Main bare-American line where the steam? ship Pfcceaicia, a twin s*crew passeoger steamer of 6,761 gross to:?6 was docked The flames got a good hold oo the ! Ptcesicia and she was towed out into midstream abkz3. The officials of the Hambu-g Ameri? can iiue thea decided that; the only way to prevent a total destructioo of their great pier was to blow up the side cf the dock at which the Phoenicia lay and this was done. A number of barges docked at the pier aiso took fire, but io the effort to save the other property no attention was paid to them and they were allowed to boro. THE STEAMSHIP MAIN. The worse tale will come from the steamship Main, which was unable to be towed from the pier. The vessel bad only arrived this moroiog and some passengers were 6 ti 11 aboard, aod when the cry of fire was raised a num? ber of them were seen to run to the barning decks. Most of them iampsd overboard, and, save for the few who were packed up by the tugs, not ooe has been heard from, although every hotel aod hospital in the city of flo boken is crowded with the injured. Some of the passengers of the Main tried to escape to the pier, and ic was almost certain that they perished in the flames. There was a panic on each of the ships. Maoy persons jumped overboard, and the water for some distance along the docks was Hoed with people. They were clio?iog to the p;.ers, and even to the rudders of the burniag vessels. Some were pick? ed up ; cnaa y were drowned. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. There were hundreds of men on each of the destroyed steamships aod a few women. Crowds of dook laborers and als? employee of the companies were on all the piers Meo, women and children were on the oanal boats and meo on th? barges and lighters and when the fire made its quick de? scent upon them escape was cut off before they realized their awful posi- j tion. Tho people on the piers jumped into the water to save themselves aod scores ef mso huddled under the piers, olingiog to the supports only to be suffocated by the flames or to drop back toto the water from exhaustion. Peter Qaian, a justice of the peace in Hoboken, tells a story of having seen at least thirty people perish. He said : "l was standing on the end of the Hamburg-American line piers and saw about thirty or forty peoplo ci'owd under Pier No. 1 of the North German Lloyd. They were calling to some of the passion tu? boats, but their appeals were in vain, and when the flames got near them they dived into the water. There was no assistance at the time aod I believe that every one was drown? ed or perished in the flaxes. About 200 peopie were rescued at t^e Hamburg-American ii r?e pier They were much overcome from cz hausnon, hut sooo revived with stimu? lants. When the fire broke our. such head? way was sained by the time the Ho? boken fire department arrived that they were utterly helpless to cope with the Sames. New York, Juiy 1 -The losses sustained in the fire at the North German Lloyd Steamship Company's docks in Hoboken yesterday are con servatively placed at nearly $10,000, 0U0 ; the loss of life, while merely guess work at even this late hour. will probably reach as high as 200 and there are over 300 men in the hospitals in this city, Hoboken and Jersey City Up to ll o'clock to? night 18 bodies, so badly charred and dismembered that identification will be made only by trinkets or pieces of clothing that were found about the bodies, had been recovered The only way the steamship o?r! cials have of approximating the loss of life is by comparing the list of those reported 6afe with the list of the employed on the steamships Late tonight Gustav Schwab, the general agent of the North German Lloyd Line, gave out a list showing what men on each vessel had been missing up to that hour On the J Saale 225 raen were employed and ouly 127 had been accounted for up to ll o'clock, leaving 128 men ac? tually employed as officers, sailors, stewards, engineers, coal passers, j oilers and trimmiers to be accounted j for. The Kn men had 204 rrK'n on ? board, but only 127 cf these have j been found The Main had 137 employed on her at the time and of j these only 7*1 have been reported safe. Son;(i vi the missing, it is be- j iieved. will be found safe io sail >r .:' j boarding houses. j '?*ettcr, S;t? t- ?tbc um and Eczema. ey--.?. 2i>o:s ?.cr box. For ale by I>r. A '. China. bee 30-o I5r. i 3t(I> "J* Condition Powder* rejus? v."r.:?t a horse needs when bad con dillon. Tonie, blood purifier :n>? vermifuge They are not f ?od b>Jt nedicine, and tne best t'> use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 25 cents per package. For sale by Dr A. J China. Dec 30--o I Baron Yow Ketteler lias Been Butchered. ! _ Attacked by Ch?nese Troops and Boxers. ! Little Hope is Entertained That ! Any Foreigners Are Alive in Pekin. I Washington, Juiy 1.-The morn tog papers generally aocept as conclu? sive the reports that; B*rou von Kette ier ba9 been killed sod express grave uncertainty as to whether any of the members of the legations at Pekin are c?afe. London, July 2.-Official dispatches by tho consular body at Shanghai, an express cable dated Shanghai, July 1, says confirm io the fulieft manner the eport of the butchery of Baron von Ketteler, the German minister, on June 18. The ambassador was riding on Legation street when he was attacked by Chinese troops and Boxers, dragged from his horse aod kiiled, His body was hacked to pieces with swords. The German iegaiion -md sis other buildings w?re burned and a number of servants of the legation were killed ?nd their bodies were thrown into the flames. Official confirmation of this ghastly business bas created the utmost con? sternation among the coosul generals of the powers who expressed fears that war Poutraoee will be declared agaiost the Pekin government. The oonsuls eotertain little hope that any foreigners are left alive io the capital There were 100 foreigners coonected with the legations, 50 in the custom house, English and American tourists and others to the number of 150 and nearly 500 legation guards. The British foreign offioe, the Daily Mail learns, has received news from the British consul et Chefoo that Ba? ron von Ketteler bas been killed but no other information. A dispatch to The Dispatch from Nankin, June 30. says: "French priests here have received reports from Pekin that the publie execution of foreigners bas been in progress 6?nce June 20. The news comes by runners from French priests at Pekin who state they administered the last rites to the condemned.7' Nankin cables dated Sunday, szy I that Viceroy Liu Yun Yih received a telegram from Gen. Yulu on Saturday ! stating that the German minister bad been murdered at Pekin. Yulu who escaped from Tien Tsin also wired : Position desperate implore your help. Foreign troops of eight nationalities entering Pekin to the number of 30, 000 or 40.000 I cannot hold out four days." Liu Yun Yih has received this from viceroy of Yuansbikai : "Foreign troops various at Tien Tsio. They will enter Pekin immediately." Outbreaks of Boxers are imminent at Canton Boxers from Ping Tu were marching on Suoday on Chefoo. The ! governor feared for the town and tcut \ to the warships for forces. A small riot occurred at Chefco on Siturday. Fifty-two refugees who have arrived from New Chwang aver that the Boxers have destroyed the railway north of Porth Arthur and that all the American and English residents are leaving. Gen Yaanshibkan, commanding the best foreign drilled troops in China, has notified the German governor of Kiao Chou that be will not permit the Ger mans's proposed expedition to Weinsieo to rescue Chalfont and the Misses Bow? den and Hawes, the American mission? aries in the bands of the Boxers. A correspondent io Shanghai learns from official source that the Chinese are laying torpedoes between Shanghai and the Kiang Nan arsenal. Agents of the Boxers are busy io Shanghai provoking hatred cf foreign ers. Nothing has been heard from the coiumn which relieved Admiral Sey? mour five days ago and then proceeded towards Pekin : but as it takes at least j two days to communicate between Tien Tsio and Chefoo, there is nothing exfraordinary in this Troops are going forward from Teku and Tien j Tsio daily, though some reports from Tafcu allege that it will be three weeks before a large force can be sent to Pekin. A dispatch to The Daiiy Mail from Tong Ku, without date, via Cbefoo Friday, says : "It is improper any ; longer to conceal the harm done to the i oause of the allies by the barbarities ; and the piliage of tho Russians ou the I day of the bombardment. They want- j only snot natives and looted everything, : iociuiin;; the European house in Taku Th': nativos for miles around VTere looted, nrij labor is scarcer n JAPANESE MEAN BUSINESS; ! Loud >u, July - -A ci; The Daily Mai! ?rona Tokio, dated July I, , says : "M'i?j'ii- Yaraataga. in ?ho j cours/ of ati interview regarding tho Japanese csp-.2 i'i m to China, .--.vid :: hers o! the legations. Me < spit.-.- a fear- !".-?t tho powers would r/ecocae disunited while formulating their j ?1 jtt: ands. **y?8ccuDt A'ki. til" foreign uiisii ter, declared emphatically thar thc expulsion nf the ministers constituted a ca';us b'.Mli and that it was impossible t.? negotiate V7ith a government ri:ar. wa- ; noo-ezi^tanr. lt is not unlikely, be I said, that the present rtsiog will tqual the Tai Ping rebellion." Shanghai, July I -The British consul at Cherfoo telegraphs that Baron von Ketteler, German minister at Pekin, was murdered by native troops JunelS Three legations it is not stated which, were still un destroyed J une 23 The American consul here states that Yung Lu telegraphed Juno 26 that the other ministers were safe that morning, that the situation was desperate, and he doubted whether the ministers couid hold out 24 hours longer, as he and the empress couid no longer give protection. The Situation in China Re? ported to be "Desperate." London, June 3, 3 30 a. m.-The allies are not advancing for the re lief of Pekin. This announcement to the house of commons by Wm St John Brodrick under secretary of state for foreign affairs was received with exclamations of astonishment and dismay. Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett inquired if any information had been received from the legations at Pekin or as to the composition and command of the relieving force and its present posi? tion. Mr Brodrick read the dispatches received today and said the total allied force available is now about 13,000, as troops have been rapidly arriving, adding: "We do not know what arrangements have been made locally regarding the command of the expedition, but it baa not yet been thought possible to attempt a further advance. The consuls have been in communication with the viceroys m the Yang Tse region and they are quite aware that support will be given them by her majecty's government in preserving order. It ?3 obviously impo?sible that the rep? resentatives of the powers at Pekin should be consulted, as no commun? ications are passing with them." "The situation is desperate. Has? ten. " These words from the mes sage of von Bergen, a member of the German legation at Pekin, counter? signed by Sir Robert Hart, inspector general of customs, and dated nine days ago, are the theme of all private comment. They are prepar? ing for news of a frightful tragedy. Nine days ago the ammunition of the littie garrison defending the for eigners was running low and theil food was necessarily exhausted, while around them was a horde of Kan Su braves having at their service Krupp guns and repeating rifles Pekin was in the hands of revolu? tionists. While nothing but sinister uews comes from northern China, southern China is seemingly breaking away from the empire Ali the provinces south of the Yellow river, whose viceroys and governors maintain friendly relations with the powers through the consuls, have been ic formally constituted into a confeder? acy, with Nankin as tue capital According to an Express cable from Shanghai, dated July 2, the southern viceroys wholly disavow Prince Tuan's government They have practically constituted an inde? pendent state, extending from Hong flo to the British and French frontiers Little else to illuminate the profound obscurity of the situa? tion reaches cable points The Chinese wires lo Chefoo ap? pear to be interrupted YUNG LU'S MESSAGE A special dispatch from Shanghai containing another version of Yung Lu's message is that it is an appeal to the Tao Tai Shong to seud help. Yung Lu is further said to have de clared that he and the dowager era press bad been seeking to protect the Europeans and legations, but that Prince Tuan usurped the imperial power June 20, since when the soldiers have refused to obey Yung Lu The letter is also said to have stated that Tuan personally ordered the attack on the foreigners at Pekin --mA9 - ? - -u-? -- Women and Truats. "Take the Sfandard Oil Dompaoy, for instance. The prouts of this con? cern for the currenc year are estimated at ?92,000.000 Would not Mr. Roofcefellcr smile if your soo set out to establish a bucdoe^s that would enatch tho power to fis prices out of 32r Rockefeller's hands? Precisely there i* where the trusts have toothers by the heartstrings, lt is not eo bad abuu? pr ices - wc- may rtrupgle acd meet this -bu: trusts impose upon oar sons a f'j'crc- of serfdom.. Thc individual ehtornnse ti".''.; H impossible e:;Ger a reign ox trur-'f is a resort to tee economic eocditi?os ? f ihr* barbarian; Th - alternative is sc rf jem-a clerkship; i ; v u will, ti managerial cori ti cn at a bat?dseme saisry in ?be trust- occsrv, ;;.:U:.s hui ? is thc mirboo of the ?hit employs lum. lie U a ere-/ut( of '.\? . trust, v.*Jth no hope, no future 'is which he may be marier o? himself. This ir r; w-Clan's ouse for hating a enere? et every <orr. Her boy arte veers aro defrauded of t h ? . > r AM rion blr . h ri y hi - ! : berty and i'd ? p v ;. dec c. while trusts operate to create a r v.! ?csceu* ot money str.ss i rule the **c tn toc t) ]>? s p .. W oman's enmity :i".)iusr i r u !- ? s nor (>n economic o grounds lt rtind* on thc American prinoipic of liberty an - equal rights, and thc strength ot it ie the force of a mother's pride io her ton.''-Harpers Bazar. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Jaiy 2-Republican gal? ij no new thing, but a striking exhibition of it is ?he attempt of some ! republicans to blow about tne ?80,000, 000 Treasury surpius for t'oe ?scai year that ended Saturday. If it had not been for the $100,000,000 pro? duced by the war taxes, which the Ilepubiican Congress refused to reduce, there would have been a $20,000,000 deficit instead of a surplus, and even with the war taxes unrepcaied, there will be no surplus next year, if the re I publican Congress keeps up its ezira ! vagant appropriations at the next ses jeion. There is more for the republi? cans to be ashamed of than io blow about in that surplus. That Chinese puzzle hasn?c grown any easier to solve duriog tho past week. The Chinese Minister's news that the foreign ministers were safe in Pekin, bas been confirmed, but with the confirmation came the allegation that they were there because tbey re? fused to get out witbin 24 hours, although ordered to do so. It is not stated who ordered them to get out, but it is clear that the public is desired to infer that ibat it was the Chinese government The news that the Imperial Chioess troops attacked the marines, under Admirai Seymour, who lost heaviiy io killed and wounded, in his unsuccessful attempt to got to Pekin, seems also to be intended to stir up public sentiment io tbis country against the government of China. Io tbe absence of Mr. McKinley, who bas gone to Canton to enjoy his gold trim? med bath-tub, and other things, for an indefinite period, members ci* the administration, Secretaries Hay, Root aod Long, especially, are posing aa being very considerate toward the Chinese government, because shey do oot accept these things as war. They are doing so much taifciog that tbey have aroused the suspicion that they I are doiog it for effect and probably to detract attention from the real designs of the administration iu C?ina. The superstitions are inclined to regard the knocking of a hole ia the bottom of the battleship Oregon by a rock on the coast cf China, as a bad omen. Senator Bacon pleased his many Washington friends and admirers when he arrived and denied the story sent out from Macon a few days ago, alleg? ing that he bad been dangerously poisoned by eating toad stools under the impression that they were mush? rooms. He says the st%ry had not the slightest exoase for existing, as he bas bad co illness of any kind for years, uole9s being laid up by an accident last winter can be called such. According to an ofibial report of Gen. Davis, a large number of Porto Ricans will not do any work as long as they can draw free ratioos from the government. Gen. Davis bas been In some of our departments, than carry a surplus into next we can replace them for less mo Cleaning on 1 In Clothing we have about 25 Cra? Worth $3 to ?3.5 This is actually less than the g above price shoi 100 pairs Boy's 1 sizes 4 to ! 25 DUCK VESTS-P: ble-breasted goods worth $1.51 they go We have still some Flannel Coats and if you lind your size we wil Men's Loir Reynolds make ?3 grad Bay State make 8- gr* Ladies' Oxfords Godman brand-t Ladies* Shirt Waists Cuffs-formerly sold 40c grade, 1 DC. We hare a fev7 vcrv deHrablo patten Silk W: Formerly sold at?30, 75, S5c and ?i - b'.'c and Too These rtrus What is left ci our S we will se! Lt is needless to add that pe of these prices will be expects i oidcred to nive notice to t!:e Porte Ilisa?ig that tue issue o? ?rec ratioc? will be discontinued Ju'y 15:b. Senator Danie!, of Virginia, who bis gone to Ka usas City to attend the ccn ; ventioo said, just before leaving Wash : iogton : "[ ari) not, Lave not been, and i wtll not be a candidate for i he vies S presidency, and I do not desire that my ! came be mentioned tu thac connection. ! I have never authorized or made any ! oilier statement.Seoaior Daniel de j diced to say who he favored tor tbe seoond piace on the ticket. He is ac ! enthusiastic Bryan man and h^s been ! right along. That there bas been ao extravagance ; as well as stealing io the Cuban Posta'. ! Service was practically acknowledged ; by Fourth Assistant Postoaster Gene ! rai Bristow, woo has just returned from j Ct.ba, when he said that he had made I reductions in postai salaries while there j that aggregated ?100,000 a year, and j he clinched that acknowledgment when be added: "No clerks have resigned j since the reduotion, because of being i iii paid, and I am satisfied that they are j now paid all the work is worth. If anv ! of them should resign, there wouid be j no difficulty ic fiiliog their places at the same salaries " Boss Hanna's man Dick has no fear of losing the German vote Oh no! tc prove it, he bas bad himself interview? ed to the extent of half a oolumn cf hoary chestnuts. The German voter is no fool. He can't be caught by such chaff as Dick scatters around. He knows he has good foundation for his opposition to imperialism. Anvone sending a sketch and description mar quickly ascertain our opinion free whether ar. invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patenta sent tree Oldest aeencv for securing patents. Pasents taken throivn Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir culation oiVny scientific journal. Terms. $3 a year : four flfcnths, $L Sold by all newsdealers MUNN & Go.36,BTdm>- New York Branch Office. Q& F Su Washington. D. C. I have on hand a lot of Home-made Vinegar of very j fine quality. The flavor is del? icate, while the strength h equal to any to be had. Will be sold at my residence for 40 cents per gallon. TC. **. ?STEEft? we are overstocked, and rather season, when the indications are ney, we have determined to put a Ont Pri?e ;hem. ?i Suits <0: we offer them at $1,95 oods are worth to buy, and at .lld not last long. Washable Pants 15-35c to 50c values at 25c per pair. lain and fancy, single and dou 3 to 82-as long as they last at 95c. <rood values left in Coats and Vests 1 guarantee to save you money. Cut Shoes. e: as long as they last $2.40. ide, $1.60, 5-black and tan. he $150 grade $1,10. - With laundered Collars and to 50c, NOW 25c. The 25c ELiS CS L&? i? -while they last thc j go at .'>$, 50. t h seen to be appreciated. .ilk and Wcol Chaliies [ at ?3 cents, rsons wishing to take advantage :l io brine; the CASH.