Show LATEST TE TELEGRAMS cy 1 is I Y the Old State house in ill jon toun 4 N J visited with a fire A paris rumor that the russian minister do giers lias has resigned autograph hunters annoying Annoy inc general grant by western asad press to the I ferald 11 trenton fire y N J march 21 A large portion of the capitol building ding burned early this morning the flames were extinguished alter atter four hours fight the llo los will be enormous th thu chancery contain in annil all ti the ic re records cords odthe of the courts the st state at deeds etc waa was desired destroyed two were heard in the quartermaster generals onice on the tile firby floor at the northwest corner of the state house this mornine mornin sr the explosions were followed d by flames that shot through the windows in ten minutes the apartments were in ruing ruins the 1 he flames followed the steam stean pipes to the tile floor above and quickly set fire to the air offices tees of the clerk in in chancery from these the tion extended to the geological mn beum on the third floor in this were many valuable state relics relies but the most valuable had been sent to the new orleans exposition a month ago the battle lisas were rescued by the firemen at the risk ot of their lives the tle sword aw or J and caddie saddle of gen kearney were deb destroyed troyed the lire fire then moved back towards the dome and it looked as though the supreme court room he the chancery court room and the legislative charn chambers bers would id have to co go the books and documents were removed hastily from the offices 0 athe comptroller the state treasurer and the secretary of state tha the firo was finally checked ata at 7 although elin I 1 D es are baill playing on the ruins order thai that access 4 may way be had to the chancery vaults where axce exceedingly valuable papers re relating to of estates are kept the vaults are nut not burned but they are believed to be full of water which will cause caus e almost as much damage as tho fire the loss los s will not fall below 1000 00 the part destroyed dest roved is the facade of the ur original h ai state house built in 1705 only y the ther portion containing the quartermaster generals office offic and the tile chancery office is completely destroyed st other departments are mome somewhat what datri damaged aged by water the chancery and supreme courtrooms court rooms and senate and assembly chambers remain intact the entire building was worth there was a liberal insurance on the structure the exclusion of the quartermasters masters a room is thought to have been cause by confined gas which coffle way ignited senate Sanate doings washington march 21 21 mitchell offered a resolution providing fo for r the appointment of a special s commission t of five live bena senators tors to inquire and report not later man tha the second monday munday of next december as to the number of 0 trade dullard put in circulation in the tile united before their legal ter tep der quality was crepea repealed 1 ed how said coins tamo came into cincu circulation lation subsequently quent ly how inacy many aro are baill held in alle several states in this country at what rates they were ere taken how nuch much profit accrued in any way to tho the government by the coinage of the trado dollars and what has been the practice ut this and other dov ern ments us as to the receipt or refusal by them thein of their own coins beek and harris objected to its present consideration and it was gossip CHICAGO march 21 L 1 R callaway general Sla manager nager of the union pacific road says ho lie lias bas boen been official ly noti notified fled by the central pacific road that ilia t the latter will charge the union pacific local rates from ogden on oil all through lu business lusin siness the central pacific he lie claim lias has taken course to de feat if poss possible ble the recent reduction in the rates from chicago to the pacific coast ordered by the committee of the tile transcontinental association it lias has been officially announced liere here that the central pat Pacific i fie road lias has agreed to join the union pacific in withdrawing llie tile subsidy sul sidy of or per month from tho pacific mail company nim YORK march 21 general grant went to sleep between 1030 and 11 last night and rested ue uneasily mily lie ile slept at intervals until after midnight when lie got up and walked about his room ant and library when the general arase this morning he lie took some liquid food in his roo room m col fred grant elates states that the general receives recci ies about twenty applications a day for autographs and that it is a physical impossibility ability ibi lity fur for tile invalid to comply with these those requests bests while writing one autograph boes not require much exertion twenty woul I 1 be a days work for film and it might lo ie 10 well ell fo for alie public to know that such demand demands bo be met wet capital chat washington march aitch 21 General hatch telegraphed to the war department part artnie ment nt today to day that about WO ok la chonia Bo bommera Boo meM omera aio are cengr congregated elated I 1 a at t coffeeville Cone coff cille eeville kansas on oil alit t le beill ern bolder border ll line with the intention of f moving into the territory terii tory he lie has bas sent rent a torce to intercept them petitions were prevented to dent cleveland to day signed by the mayoros mayor of baltimore and other officials auala olf of that city who w ho claimed as democrats quo to have supported tho the democratic national unal ticket requesting the retention of eugene higgins in the tre emiry Department and denying denyl ni that lie had a bad personal record as hae has been claimed Rill dillway way march 21 gen graham has received a pipe lino huo apparatus necessary to furnish his aminy with a full water supply during the march to berber he lie starts on tuesday to make tho the permanent advance necessary to secure such occupation of the country as will permit te the construction st ruction ofa railroad from shakim to berber war whispers Los Doy march 21 24 the united service gazelle gazette baates that tho the british admiralty has completed every c cry preparation pa ration to send if necessary a powerful fleet to the baltic wl n TI a few days NEW march 21 stocks 8 have hav b been een active s ery very ro feverish and irregular howing tile greatest strength Bt st paul and pacific has been prominent for weakness the tile market closed active irregular and anti feverish fey erish the pacific mail directors adjourned after adopting a resolution authorizing the president to take aliv th necessary stepi to secure its share of business on and after slay next arabs march 21 the british forces were not d atu abed through the tile the troops infer from this that the arabs Arab sare are discouraged bythe by the results of yesterdays engagement steamer sunk LONDON march 21 today to day tho the british steamer was bunk sunk in tho tile british channel by the british steamer brooklyn city from new york bank statement YORK larch 21 the weekly bank statement shows show a reserve increase of the banks now hold 3 in excess of the 25 per c cent ent rule annexation lo 10 LONDON dox march 21 A wellington new N ew zealand dispatch states that the authorities have received an official cipy of the act edby the samson parliament for the annexation of samson islands to new now zeala zealand be do giers designed Be nea PARIS march 21 it is reported that do giers prime minister of cussia lias has reslo resigned ned |