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GREAT FIRE AT NEW YORK CITY. Plan and Steamships of Nortb German Lloyd Line Were Destroyed. New York, Jone 30?Almost ten ?i ill too dollars worth of property was destroyed, many lives were lost, meoy persons were iojored end at town 1.600 lives were imperilled by a fire that etarted among cotton bales stored on Pier No 3, of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, la Hobokeo, N J , at t o'clock this afternoon In less than fifteen inin< ?tee the Same covered an area ? quarter of a mile long, extending outward from the actual s jo re line to Iks bolkbeade from six hundred to one thousand feet awsy and bad eaogbt fonr great ooesu lioere sod s doaeo or more srasll harbor crsft in Its grssp. Stories in regsrd to the loss of life era ooofliotiog, the number being va ioosJy sstimsted from fifty to two hosdred Up to midnight ten bodies -and boon recovered, bot they were ail so bornsd and blackened that identification was Impossible The hospitals in Now York, Hobokeo and Jersey City are orowded with the in jwrejd and man are being brought in Those wbsto ghsred along the shores of the Hudson river to witness else great oonflsgrstioa saw a specie ?is they oso nsver forget end one Shaft will always have n oonspiooooi panes in the history of Nsw York e*y. A FEARFUL 8PB0TACLE The river nnd bsy were enveloped Je) n pall of black smoke, through which sngry flames, bursting as from volosooes, on the Jorsey ehore and la tha water iteelf. lesped like red spears into tha sky. Ths surface of the water was covered with float lag aad biasing massss of frsight, thrown In hssts from the doomed vsaasls all unnoticed in the mad rsce to reecoe more precious life, torest - aaad or being sacrificed in the greet ships And through the pall of amoke a greater orimeon sun, enlsrged to tarioe its site by tha base, glsrsd like aa enormous sye sa it slowly rook in the west Snob wea tha tremendous spectsolc presented on the snrfaoe of the Hud river, no if it had been eome holiday ?agent It wea made tragio by the realisation that somewhere beoenth She turbid waters scores of bumso livea had been lost or were theo in their last deepersts struggle sguinst death This spectsole wea witnessed by thooeande end tboueaodc from both shores, sod by othsr thousands who crowded on every ferry host, every ?nristy cf crsft thst could be secured for ths purpose. The crowd upon the banks of the river was elmost as great ae that which wse formed to witness the triumphant return of Admiral Dewey. Man working in ths holds of the four stesmships were ehut in by walls of flames nnd it wss impossible to rsech them It probably never will be known how msny livee perish* ad io ths ships, ss the flamee would leave bnt lew if soy remnants of the human boiy. The greateet loae of life eppeare to have been oo the Basis. She enrried 450 people nnd wea to hsve eeiled for Boston this afternoon When the polioe host osptsiu went out with his rsscuing party, hs ssw bodies lying ell around the deck The etesmmship Bremen esrrisd a crew of 300 men, and th* Main 250 and if ae meny livee were lost ae on the Saale, the number of dead will be very great. STEAMSHIPS BURNED. Tee flamee stsrted eo suddenly and gained such hesdavay that the people on tie piera and oo the numerous vessels docked were onable to reach the etreet Tbere were greet gsngs of workmen or. tbs piers end these, together with s uumber of people who v er? st the docke on bueiness end v ailing the ships, scattered iu ell directions. As sll mesns of esit wsrs ent off by the flames they wore foroed to jump overboard and no donbt a greet number of people were drowoed At the docks for the Nortb German Lloyd were the Saale, a single screw pssseoger ship of 4,965 gross tons ; tbs Bremen, e twin screw psssenger end freight steamer of 10,526 tons, sod the Main, a twin screw freight and paasenger ship of 12,-DU gross tons They sll caught firo and were **?rued to the water's edg? The Keteer Wilhelm der Grosse, which had just come in, wan the only one of the four big vessels at the dock that escaped. THE FIKE MMOVU1D, Tis firs was first diteofarrd bv a watobmeo no tho pier at 4 o'clock. II ssw a email "rnak of flame SwOSt wOfj a halo of 0"'too on 1'ier No V, at wbisb wss doeked tbe steamer Beels He immediately eeni ion* slarm in s few oHoate? ibe flaues had ?r.tcnd? J to tbe abips and s >on o ?inoomtosicd to tbs pier on tbe north Huro nero dosktd the Kaiarr Wilhelm dsr Groaae aod tbs Main Tug* were immedt ately made fast to tno big Ksipor Wil hslm dsr Groses and sbe was gotten sot into saidstrsasi with safety, al tuoogh badly ssershsd st the bow*. Tno steamship Mam, however, w?n doomed, as the fUrncs bad already be oome so fioroa on the north eido of tho pior that oo tug oouid approaoh the vmi"I Thon, by a shift io iho wiod ih1 flaaaea wero Kent io tho direction i of Pier Nj I. which waa to tho south nd of IVr No. 2. To the ooith of Pier No. 1 was the dock of tko lUm barg-American line where the steam* ?hip Pbceaioia, a twin screw passenger steamer of 6,761 gross tons was doeked 1 Tbe flames got a good hold on the Ptceaioia and she was towed out into 1 midstream eblizs. The officials of tbe Hamborg Ameri oan line then deotded that the only 1 way to prevent a total destruction of ' their great pier wae to blow up tbe eide of tbe doek at which the Pbooiieia 1 lay ar.d this was done A number of 1 bargee docked at the pier also took 1 fire, jQt in the effort to sate tbe other ' property oo attention was paid to them 1 aod they were allowed to bum. j THE STEAMSHIP MAIN. The worse tale ?MI eome from the , steamship Main, whioh was unable to be towed from the pier. The vessel , had only arrived this morning and I some paeeeogere were still aboard, aod , when the cry of fire was raised a num , ber of them were eeeo to ruo to the , burning deoks. Most of them jumped overboard, aod, save for tbe few who , were paoked up by tbe tags, not one bee been heard from, although every hotel aod hoepitil in the city of Ho bokeo is erowded with tbe injured. Some of tbe paeseogere of the Maio I tried to escape to the pier, aod it wae , almost oertaio that they perished in tbe flat. <s. There wae a panio oo eaoh I of the ahipe. Maoy persons jumped i overboard, aod tbe water for some distance along tbe doeke wae lioed with people. Tbey were clinging to the piers, aod even to the rudders of the burning vessels. Some were pick? ed sjp; maoy were drowned. [ GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. There were hundreds of men ou eaeb of the destroyed ateemsbips and a i few women. Orowde of doek 1 -.borers aod alee employes of tht oompaoiea were oo all tbe piers Meo, women . aod ohildreo were oo the oaoal boats aod meo on tbe barges and ligbtere and when the fire made ite quick de* seent upon them eeeape wae eat off before they reeliied their awful post* tioo. Tbe people oo tbe piere jumped ioto the water to eave themselvee aod scores af msn huddled ander the piere, elingiog to the eapporte only to be eoffoeated by tbe flsmee or to drop baek ioto tbe water from oibaustion Peter Qaino, a justioe of the peace io Hobokeo, teile a story of baring eeeo at leaet thirty people perish. He eaid: "t was standing oo tbe eod of the Hamburg-American line piere and eaw about thirty or forty peoplo o.'owd under Pier No. 1 of tbe North German Lloyd. They were calling to some of tbe passing tog boata, but their appeals were in vain, and when the flames got near them they dived into tho water. There was no aeatstaoce at the time aod I believe that every one was drown? ed or perished to the flames. About 200 people wero rescued at the Hamborg-Ameriuan lino pier They were muoh overcame from ex haustioo, but aooo revived with sttmu* loots. When the fire broke oat such bead way waa gained by the time tbe Ho boken fire department arrived that tbey wero utterly helpless to oopo with the flames. New York, July 1 ?Tbe losses sustained io tbe fire at the North Germnu Lloyd Steamship Company's docks io Hoboken yesterday are ooo servatively placrd at nearly $10,000, 000 ; the loss of life, while merely guess work at even this late hour, will probably reaob as high as 200 and tbere are over 300 men in tbe hospitals in this city, Hoboken and Jereey City Up to 11 o'clock to? night 18 bodies, eo badly charred and dismembered that identification will be made only by trinkets or , pieoee of clothing that were found about the bodies, bad been recovered The only way tbe steamship offi oials have of approximating the loss of life is by comparing tho list of those reported eafc with the list of the employed w| tu? eteamsbipe Lete tonight Gustav Schwab, the general agent ot the North German Lloyd Line, gave out a list showing what men on each veesel had been missing up to that hour On the Saale 225 men w*ro employed and only 127 had been accounted for up to II o'clock, leaving 128 men ac? tually employed ae officers, sailors, stewards, engineers, coal passers, oilere and trimmiera to be accounted for. The Bremen had 204 men on board, but only 127 of these have been found The Main had 1*57 employed on tier at tho time and of llattt only 7t> have been reported aafe. Some of the m inning, u is bo lieved. will bu found safe in aailora1 boardini; fowCww. *? >? ^*asa? Tett?-r, Null Ith? um Hint Ku iiih. Xae lata sea Iteblag and smertlag laeldaal t* thr?o ili-c?'e.?. Is insltintly all lyod b) B| plj Mil Cos Nibsi lata'i Bya sad Bkta Olntaiaat. .*>'.? riy verv bud "me-" Ii? ? 1 jr r f? a net !_>? ct.ro! by It Ills esjeallf eflsV'leei fur iteblag piles and ? retevite r?ir?<iy fat sate alpplea, snapped blind?, ?*l.ilbl?in<*. lro?t biiei rtnd cironls BOM eyes. Mots ess boa. sTee sale i?j Dr< a j. Chili?. l>ec IS?a Dr. 4 urijf'r. I'ontlltlon B*ow<1?ira ra jurft what a hontu ii??d* when in imd c>n ditlon. Tonic, Iii >o I pfefiBSf und voruiifuge Thar are not f >ud but Medicine, and trie beat t i u?o tu tut a horte in prime condition. Prio? Mots p?r package. For by l)r A, J I Ohiaa. Dae 80?o Baron Von Ketteier Has Been Butchered. Attacked by Chinese Troops and Boxers. Little Hope is Entertained That Any Foreigners Are Allva 1n Fekin. Washington, July 1.?The morn? ing papers generally aooept as conclu? sive tbe reports that Barou son Kette ler has been killed and express grave onoertainty as to whether any of tbe members of tbe legations at Pekin are safe. London, July 2.?Official dispatches by (ho ooosatar body at S hanghai, sn express cable dated Shanghai, July 1, says confirm in the fallest manner tbe eport of tbe butobery of Baron von Ketteler, the German minister, oo June 18. Tbe ambassador was riding on Legation street when he was attacked by Chinese troops and Boxers, dragged from bis horse and killed, His body was haoked to piooes .with swords. Tbe German legation nod six other buildings w?re burnod end a number of servants of the legation were killed and thsir bodies wero tbrowo into the flamee. Offioisl confirmation of this ghastly business has created tbe utmost coo stsroatioo among tbe consul generals of tbs powers who expressed fears tbat war 1'outraoee will be deolared against the Pekin government. The consuls eotertain little hope tbat any foreigners are left alive in tbe oapital There were 100 foreigners oonneoted with tbe legations, 50 in the oustom boose, English and Ameriosn tourists and others to the number of 150 and oearly 500 legation guards. Ths British foreign office, tbe Daily Mail learns, has reoeived news from the British oooaul at Cbefoo tbat Ba? ron von Ketteler has beeo killed but 00 other information. A dispatch to The Dispstob from Nankin, June 30, says: "French priests here bare reoeived reports from Pekin tbat tbe public exeoution of foreigoers has beeo in progress since June 20. Tbe news comes by runners from Frsnoh priests at Pekin who state tbey administered tbe last rites to tbe condemned." Ntnkio oables datsd Sunday, say tbat Viosroy Liu Yon Yib reoeived a telegram from Gen. Yalu on Saturday stating that the German minister bad been murdered at Pekin. Ynlu wbo esoaped from Tien Tsin also wired: Position desperate implore your help. Foreigo troops of eight nationalities entering Pekin to the number of 30. 000 or 40,000 I oaonot bold out four days." 1 Liu Yun Yib has received this from viceroy of Yuansbikai: "Foreign troops various at Tieo Tsin. Tbey will ooter Pekin immediately." Outbreaks of Boxers are imminent at Cantoo Boxers from Ping Tu were msrohing ou Snuday on Cbefoo. The governor feared for tbe town and tent to the warships for forces. A small riot ooourrcd at Cbefoo ol Siturday. Fifty-two refugees who have arrived from New Cbwang aver that tbe Boxers have destroyed the railway north of Porth Arthur and that all the Ameriesn and English residents are leaving. Gen Yosnsbibkan, oommandiog the best foreign drilled troops in China, has notified the German governor of Kiao Cbou that be will not permit tbe Ger mans's proposed expedition to Weibsieo to rescue Cbalfont and the Misses Bow den snd Hawes, the Ameriosn mission? aries in tbe bands of tbe Boxers. A correspondent in Sbsogbai learns from official sooroe tbat the Chinese are laying torpedoes between Shanghai and tbe Kiing Nsn arsenal. Agents of the Boiors are busy in Shanghai provoking hatred of foreign ers. Nothing has been heard from tbe column which relieved Admiral Sey? mour five days ago and then prooeoded towards Pekin ; but as it takes at least two days to oommuuioste betweou Tien Tain and Chefoo, there is nothing extraordinary in this Troops are going forward from Taku and Tien Tsin daily, though some reports from Taku allege tbat it will be three weeks before a large foroe can be sent to Pekin. A dispatch to Tbe Daily Mail from Tong Kq, without date, via Cbefoo Friday, says : "It is improper any loogor to oouoeal tho harm dooo to the oauie of tbe allies by tho barbarities and tho pillage of tbe Russians ou the day of the bombardment. Thoy want ? only snot natives and looted SVerytbing, inolulio<* tbe European house in Taku Tho natives for ml lei around were looted, ani labor Is scarcer " JAPANESE MEAN BUSINESS. Lood >u, July 2 -?A dispetoh to Ths Doily Mail from Tokio, dated July 1, lays i "Marquis Ysmataga, in ths sonrse of ?M interview regarding tho Japanese expedition ,(? China, und it was solely for ins resoos at ihe mem< bor? ol ths legations, Hs express d fear? thai the powers would bcoomo disooitsd while formulating their dsm i'? is. "Visaeoni Aoki, ths foreign minis* tor, dcolarul emphatically that the eipulsion of tho minister* constituted a casus bolli and that it wan impossible to oegotiato with a government that wan non-eiistaut It is not uohkely, ho said, that the present rising will equal the Tai Ping rebellion." Shanghai, July 1 ?The Britith consul at Cberfoo telegraph! that Baron von Ketteler, German minister at Pekin, was murdered by native troopB June 18 Three legations? it is not stated which, were still un destroyed J une 23 The American consul here states tbat Yu;jg Lu telegraphed June 26 tbat the other ministers were safe that morning, tbat tbe situation was desperate, and he doubted whether tbe ministers couid hold out 24 hours longer, as he and tbe empress couid nu longer give protection. The Situation in China Re? ported to be "Desperate." London, June 3, 3 30 a m.?Tbe allies are not advancing for tbe 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 astonis. .at and dismay. Sir Ellie Ashmead BartieU inquired if any information had been received from tbe legations at Pekin or as to the composition sod command of the relieving force and its present posi? tion. Mr Brodrick read the dispatches received today and eaid the total allied force available is now about 13,000, sb troops have been rapidly arriving, adding: "We do not know what arrangements have been made locally regarding the command of tbe expedition, but it has not yet been thought possible to attemp; a further advance The consols have been in communication with the viceroys in the Yang Tse region aud tbey are quite aware that support will be given them by her majecty's government in preserving order. It is obviously impossible tbst tbe rep? resentatives of tbe powers at Pekin should be consulted, as no commuo icstions are passing with them." "The situation is desperate. Hus? ten " These words from the mes saga of von Bergen, a member of the German legation at Pekin, counter? signed by Sir Robert Hart, inspector general of customs, and rented nine days ago, are the theme of all private comment. They are prepar? ing for news of a frightful tragedy. Nine days ago tbe ammunition of tbe little garrison defending the for signers wss running low and theij food was necessarily exhausted, while around them was a horde of Rao So bravea having at their service Krupp guns snd repeating rifles Pekin was in tbe hands of revolu tionists. While nothing but sinister news eomes from northern China, southern China is seemingly breaking away from the empire All the provinces south of the Yellow river, whose viceroys and governors maintain friendly relations with tbe powers through the consuls, have been in formally constituted into a confeder acy, with Nankin as tbe capital According to an Express cable from Shanghai, dated July 2, the southern viceroys wholly disavow Prince Tuan's government They iav3 practically constituted an inde? pendent state, extending from liong Ho to the British and French frontiers Little else to illuminate the profound obscurity of the situa? tion reaches cable points Tbe Chinese wires to Cbefoo ap? pear to be interrupted YUNG LU'S MESSAGE A special dispatch from Shanghai containing another version of Yung Lu's message is tbat it is an appeal to tbe Tao Tai Sbong to send help. Yung Lu is further said to have de clared that he and the dowager em 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 Tbe letter is also said to have stated tbat Tuau personally ordered tbe attack on tbe foreigners at Pekin ? *?>??o?ew*?? Women and Trusts. "Take the Standard Oil Company, for iostance. The profits of this oon oern for tbe current year are estimated at $92,000.000 Would not Mr. Rookefcller smile if your son set out to establish a business tbat would snatch the power to fix prioes out of Mr Rockefeller's bands? Preoisely there is where tbe trusts have itothero by the heartatriogs. It is not to bad about ptices?as may struggle and meet this ?bu: trusts impose upon out sons a fu'urc of serfdom. The individual SUterprtSB that h loposaibls under a reij?n of trj?tn is a resort to tho ceooomio oonditiooa ?f tin barbarian. The alternative ieaorfdoni?aoiorkship, it you will, a managerial position at a handsome salary in the trust** onoorn perhaps, lor I to is tho minion ol the sugar king, ibo ooal baroo?ihe tri'st lhat otnpluye him. Ho i-? a oroituro of th ? mint, with no hope, no future in whtob bo may bo master of himsoif. i This i- a sj imao's oause tor ii::ti;;? I trusts, for fearing monopolistic ten I denote!* of every tort. I!or bny and ! yours uro defrauded of their Amertean i birthright?'liberty aud independence? while tiubtH oj cruto to oreate s royal I (lesoenl ol money kiogs to iu!o the "ooinmoo'1 perpie Woman's enmity against truFts is not on eoooomit grout.ds It itind* on tho American principle of liberty and equal rights, and tho strength ol it is the foroe of a mother's pride in her ton."?Harpers Basar. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, July 2?Republican gall is do now thing, but a striking exhibition of it is the attempt of somo republicans to blow about tne $80,000,? 000 Treasury surplus for tho fiscal year that ended Saturday. If it bad not been for the $100,000,000 pro duced by the war taxes, which tbe Republican Congress refused to reduce, there would have been a $20,000,000 deficit instead of a surplus, and even with the war taxes unrepcaled, there will be do surplus oext year, if the re? publican Congress keeps up its extra? vagant appropriations at the oext ses sioD. There is more for the republi? cans to be ashamed of than to blow about io that surplus. That Chinese puzzle ha&d't grown any easier to solve duriog tbo past week. Tbe Chinese Minister's news that the foreign ministers were safe io Pektn, has been confirmed, but with tbe confirmation came tbe allegation that they were there beoause tbey re? fused to get out within 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 that it was tbe Chinese government The news that tbe Imperial Chinese troops attacked tbe marines, under Admiral Ssymour, who I lost heavily in killed and wounded, in his unsuccessful attempt to got to Pekin, seems also to be intended to stir up publio sentiment in this country against tbe government of China. In tbe absence of Mr. McKinley, who has gone to Canton to enjoy bis gold trim? med bath-tub, aod other things, for sn indefinite period, members of tbe administration, Secretaries Hay, Root aod Long, especially, are posing ai beiog very eocsiderate toward the Chinese government, beoause they do not accept these things as war. They are doing so muoh talkiog that they have aroused tbe suspicion that they are doiog it for effect and probably to detraot attention from tbe real designs of tbe administration in China. The superstitions are inolined to regard the knocking of a hole in the bottom of tbe battleship Oregon by a rock oo tbe coast of China, as a bad omen. Senator Bacon pleased his many Washington friends and admirers when he arrived and denied tbe story 6eot out from Maoon a few days ago, alleg? ing that be bad been dangerously poisoned by eating toad stools under tbe impression that they were mush? rooms. He says the st%ry had not tbe slightest exouse for existing, as he has bad no illness of any kind for years, unless being laid up by an aooident last winter oao be oalied sooh. Aeoordiog to an cfthial report of Gen. Davis, a large number of Porto Ricaof will not do any work as long as they can draw free rations from the government. Gen. Davis has been oidcred tu cite notice to the Port Ulsans tbbt the issue of tree ratijL wiil be disoootiosed Ju'y 15 h. Senator Daniel, ot Virginia, who b&* gone to Kansas City to attend the eoi vcotion said, ju?t bet?re leaving Wash iogtoo : "I am uot, bavo not been, and will nol bo a candidate for ?bo vita presidency, aod I do voi desire that tuy name te uieniiooed m that connection. I have never authorized or made any oiber statementV Seoaior Daniei de? clined to say who he favored for the scoond plaoe on the ticket. He is as enthusiastic Bryan man and h is been right along That there has been an extravagance as well as stealing in the Cuban Postal Service was practically acknowledged by Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gene? ral Brielow, who has just returned from Cuba, when he said that he bad made reductions in postal salaries while there that aggregated (100,000 a year, and be olinobed that acknowledgment when be added: "No clerks have resigned since the reduotion, because of being ill paid, and I am satisfied that they are now paid all the work is worth. 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Men's Loir Cut Shoes. Reynolds make $3 grade, as long as they last $2.40. Bay State make ^ grade, $1.60, Ladies' Oxfords?black and tan. Grodman brand?the $1.50 grade $1,10. Ladies' Shirt WaistS?With laundered Collars and Cuffs- formerly sold 40c to 50c, NOW 2?C. The 25c tirade, 15c. We have a few very desirable patterns in Silk Waists left Formerly sold st.50, 75, 85( and $1?while they last they go at 38.60 UOo ;<nd 75o These most be seen to bo appreciated What is left of our Silk and Wool Challies we will sell at 23 cents. It. is needless to add that persons wishing to take advantage of these prices will he expected to bring the CASH. O'DONNELL & CO.