Show BY sv TELE piti pitr niTi rT axtt ATIT zyx AMERICAN NEW copic 3 E remington edns broadway manufacturers of rifles ammunition etc at alion on N Y became financially embarrassed Ir ras rae ased sed and have submitted their affairs lff iff airs to their creditors jt V MINNEA minneapolis rOLIS rolls 3 the total loss is now estimated at which hach may be increased later i for the dead has progressed allday aliday as fast as the fire could be j and the ruins cooled LUP up to 11 this morning the black and unrecognizable remains of seven of the unfortunate victims of the phe be washburn mill had bad been recovered these were carefully covered and carried to the machine hon hop of the milwaukee and st paul pam i band and deposited on the floor at the southern end of the building while a crowd of anxious relatives were waiting alting tw to identify the lost the appearance of the bodies or what remained in the shape of charred bones or little heaps of black ashes v which aich emitted a sickening odor will twill never he forgotten by any of ahe uhe spectators but one body bore bora amy resemblance to the human torm aud and even this was horlib horribly ly distorted with the head arms and legs burned to crisp or removed and nud aud nd the trunk runk pat partially lally eaten ealen away by the terrific heat this is beliey bellev eed fed eato to be that of john bo boyer y er the ii maller smaller fragments of no bodies dies were in close proximity to the barger trunk above described seven were deposited all together one of which wasi was brought in an elevator bucket search was industriously continued all through the afternoon iddon washington 3 the attorney general decides that the postmaster cannot withhold from the mails malls letters suspected to contain advertisements of lotteries for the reason that under there the re statutes except in la the case of letters on which the postage has not been prepaid there is no power conferred on the postmaster to withhold letters from mails it che the he postmaster general is satisfied b y the evidence that any person is conducting any fraudulent lottery through the mails he be may instruct the atha tha postmaster at any office at which registered letters arrive directed to any such person to re the letters to lo the post postoffice office at which they were mailed SPARTA wis 3 mckenzie Mc wenzle Kenzle taylors large floering flouring flou ring mill two unites north of here was burned 1 2 9 loss insurance ance sance loo 0 0 cause friction of ahe dhe machinery machiner y ELLSWORTH maine 3 the ss teamer cambria cimbria still remains at southwest harbor the object of curious inte interest rest indications point to a considerable stay here no person not in the bervice service of the abe ship has been allowed on board today the ofa off officers leers manifest some little annoyance at the press re ports which they regularly receive the steamers manifest contains nothing but ship stores NEW YORK 4 the heralds washington special saye says the british legation here ia is fully apprised of the intended dispatch of three additional russian bussian steamships with officers and sailors which sailed recently from revel kevel before these vessels got out out dut of the baltic their errand and were known one of them la Is intended for service in the north atlantic and will put anat in at acme elome flome northern united states port while tho the other two will proceed co asp Aap aspinwall inwall where the men will be embarked dis and transport transported eil to Pa panana ilana riana whence they will be taken sn in steamers already sent to meet them to san ban francisco for orders their clearance for aspinwall is a matter of record in their custom house pap papers ers erb the english government has taken the precaution to keep itself thoroughly informed of every hostile move that can be made in this country and a swarm of british agents are constantly at work gathering information and transmitting it to the british legation sir edward thornton is said to have a list of every russian agent and of every representative of irish element who is working in the russian or irish interest A fenian attack or feint on canada is said to ibe foa on the cards if russia and england go to war A fenian commander is now near buffalo where the attack will be made at prospect park brooklyn per fer al alto aito the mexican began at four eblock ec loek lock this morning attempted to ride miles in 15 hours H he e made the firlit miles in four faur hours and twenty minutes he changes forsea every mile the fastest mile was made in 2 minutes 13 seconds miles were covered in 7 hours 20 minutes A horse having stepped on s foot he stopped to bathe it t minneapolis 4 laer inquiry confirms the first theory that tile the cause of the explosion was the ignition of inflammable mill dust floating in the air and the conse generation and expansion of flammable inflammable gasses reports of eyewitnesses aa as to the power and suddenness of the explosion are almost incredible an instant after the first flash and explosion all the buildings were wrapped in flames showing tho air all around to be full of inflammable gas A P lunn first supposed to be lost gives the following account of his experience he was wash looking directly at the washburn mill milt at the time thrle and says the entire roof of the tha building shot upward like a rocket enveloped in smoke and flames the immense walls seemed to rise from their very foundations especially on the north side aide the building quivered between heaven and earth and then fell outward with a deafening crash and the ruins were instantly enveloped in flames he did not observe any further explosion but the diamond and humboldt mill and minneapolis Pla pia lnig ining mill crumbled and fell to the ground instantly and as he be believes from the shock and concussion of tho the explosion in the wa aburn mill and at the very instant of the explosion as it appeared to him the mill com companas comp anys ele elo elevator vator below the Washburn was ped in flames all the books of the mill are burled buried in the ruins but some gome rna rua may y be found intact the proprietors all say eay they will rebuild at once in time for the new crop TOPEKA 4 A pueblo specia says contracts Contract 4 have been let by on topeka and santa banta fee railroad forthe for the earth work tu tun un elling nelling and track laying of the first hundred milen miles the provisions of the contracts are that the road be completed to olif Clif clifton tolu told new mexico by february the awards let aggregate cincinnati 4 capt J leeg leed chiet of the san ban franeisco francisco detective 1 force is here and pronounces doe the forger arrested lere her bome some time since identical with Chas Grundy with whom the san francisco authorities ties had so much trouble in the same line of 0 work as that for which he id Is captured here he says the mans mana s real name is carlo levcovitch bev Sev covitch and that he Is one of a noted family of forgers his three brothers being bellg as expert in this work as he is he is Js fully identified tidied as the man mau who committed a murder in england years ag ago 0 and who escaped from constantinople to russia rusala and thence to this country his bail was tod today to d day ay fixed at lees leeb says he be thinks that markes who operated with doe was waa also with him in california doe it will be remembered relieved the first national bank of chicago of a considerable sum on forged paper E N Y 4 A person in full bussian uniform passed through here on the arie erle train this morning he has a through ticket from new york for san francisco NEW YORK 4 peralto completed miles at 7 p m when the fifteen hours had expired but continued riding until he had made the appointed miles at doing the last mile in 0 41 41 the rain of the afternoon made the track heavy or the feat w would ouid doubtless have been accomplished OMAHA 4 nightly rob robberies berles for three weeks past and the prese arese presence aee ace in the city of an unusual number of tramps necessitated action of the citizens A committee of safety otherwise vigilance committee was organized and acting under a well devised plan searched the city thoroughly commencing at 10 the search will be continued continued until morning it ia Is not known what disposal dip osal will be ma made mase ade of those captured legal measures will be adhered to until they fall fail when desperate remedies will be applied the committee will continue to act nightly until the tramp nuisance is abated mine MIHE APOLIS 4 interest on the scene of the great mill di disaster Raster of thursday centres bentres mainly in the search in III the ruina ruing for additional remains and in more accurate estimates of tho money loss and prospects for rebuilding working parties are industriously engaged upon the ther ruins but their operation are necessarily confined to the cuter side of the wreck on account of the heat and smoke still remaining in im Us its vortex another force of men was employed yesterday in saving the masses of wheat which had bad on only jy been partially injured by the fires and lies in great heaps at the westerly Weater Jy end of the building two safes have been taken from the ashes of pettit Ko robinson binson fc co both of which are intact the number of lead dead is now swelled to eighteen the bodies of eight of the eighteen have havo been recognized ten more are buried in the ruin ruino every resemblance to humanity has been obliterated by the heat that left only charred and blackened trunks in some ca cases eases ea and in others only a few handfuls of blackened nones donea which crumbled at the touch of the be number were identified last night speculation continues as to the origin of the explosion another is that the building becala became p supe supercharged with ble gle electricity etri eity elty throw off from shafts and not neutralized by conductors rs hence the other charge which caused parsed the des de truo tiun diun and communicate j the fire As to the mills n ha doubt bained that all will be rebuilt at once general washburn who Is will put up amill a mill on the ruins of the washburn and which it is believed will be the largest in the world containing 50 runs of stone CHICAGO 4 at 5 I 1 thi h ly eveni evening Dg the south bouth chicago woolen mills wills situated in hyde park ana employing hands bands caught fire from abol abot a hot spindle in the picking room in a time were totally destt desti destroyed oyed the mills cost the owner L W sinclair but were valued at about insurance ns urance not attainable tonight to night but is placed at 80 BOSTON 4 wool wooi is fn an fair de mand but prices remain abw and without improvement holders are still anxious to close lutold bid stocks but low prices cause jess pressure to sell sales of or ohio and pennsylvania fleeces the past week include lbs ibs at 38 0 40 ni mostly si choice fine wool at 38 and this is all that can be obtained fon foe th best beat lots of in large lots in nii michigan higan fleeces sales were made of fao OUO ibs lbs at 37 but mostly of good average iota lota at 33 35 35 0 36 con cou bia sla bloe eloe erable raVo wa ways oong lanz labs vu oregon wool sales embracing pounds at 23 0 30 for eastern and valley the best texas WOO wooi wool cannot be quoted at over 25 26 combing and delaine vrola are art dull at 37 5 45 bsales of california wool were moderate comprising only for the week at 20 6 30 for tor spring and IG 16 0 19 for fall in pulled wools there was a fair busi busl business nes neB iba at 29 45 prin principally ap ily lly at 33 0 40 bome some small lots of choice maino maine and eastern sold at 42 45 total sales salk of domestic for the week washington 5 secretary schurz has written a very interesting letter to representative page in re response to the requests and suggestions qu 9 gest ions contained in pages recent letter to him and in the memorial of california state officers and other cit citizens izene to which his attention ta on was thereby formally directed the secretary say sas sayel sayes cf jl have given the subject of the the depredations upon public lands of the united states careful attention the statements contained in your letter and the memorial memerial addressed to io the california and evada congressional delegations are not new and one similar to those presented to me from all sections of the country where there are public lands covered with valuable umber timber not open to purchase so and entry the fact that extensive depredations were being committed upon these public lands made it necessary in my judgment to introduce a change in we toe system heretofore followed for the suppression of such illegal practices these were two duties plainly presenting themselves to this thia department first to enforce the laws aa as they stand and second to protect the timber upon we the public lands against such indiscriminate crimi destruction as would in its consequences materially imperil the prosperity of the country and well being of the people the latter consideration applies with espe cial force to the mountainous states and territories of the Union where the timber grows principally upon the mountain ald aid aldes aides es and w here where forests if once swept swe p t 0 off 11 will vall never renew themselves I 1 deem it unnecessary to go igo in into to any elaborate statement of the consequence which must inevitably follow sueh each reckless waste and destruction other countries where a similar arrillar course has been followed afford most terrible warnings I 1 readily admit that thata a strict construction and execution of the laws as they stand with regard to public timber may entail certain hardships to the inhabitants of certain states and territories ri where the timberlands timber lands in most part are u and where timber cannot be from government by purchase or in any other legal way buch buth hardships do not however relieve the executive branch of the government of its ita plain duty to see that the tile laws are enforced if tr the laws arb not such as they should be it does not follow that they hould should remain a dead letter but that it is the business not of the executive but of the legislative power to adopt t them h em t to t the tho h a circumstances arcu stances and wants of the people by proper legislative action a C tio U to eave leave the laws executed unexecuted would be a plain dire lection of duty on or tho the th part of the executive if congress shall abill pus pass a law authorizing a settlement for pat pa t depredations and at the sam fame tim lim lime time provide a way of regu jegu regulating lating inting the isaie aale of timber upon the I 1 lands I 1 I 1 shall most J cheerfully execute that law jaw an and d see that the provisions are fully carried out aly V jeb jes as to t the he manner in which abe the sale of ot timber from the publio lands can be permanently regular ed and aud at be ibe same bame lime tho ule uno liau liao aur burts ip of the United States may be ed in clent elent quantity wuie were fully set forth in my annual report and a bill in therewith has been introduced in the senate if if this bill becomes law it will pre vent the indiscriminate destruction I 1 of forests by permitting private parties to purchase public timber in sufficient quantities legitimate purposes es of bus business ines lues as well as dom domestic estie estle use laying bare large tri tracts acl aci sand and tabs thus prevent the disastrous consequences which under the present practice will nice bice barlly befall the mountainous blates spates and territories pr 0 this thid country if the efforts made by thid this department during the la ii lait it t year to execute the laws for jor or the suppression of timber depredations shall result in the enactment of such a law they will have 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