ESTABLISHING TITLES, Letter from H. C. l-nrncd, E,q. TU lhr Editor of Thr Ch .engo Tribune: -A' SI R: 1 have read Judge Scales’ letter in to- S? “Sy’gJ’RiBCSE. It seems to me that the underrates the importance of a decree declaring and alabluhing title. The mode proposed by him, of undertaking to re store our titles by secondary evidence, and rest them upon the chances of making up such evidence, would be wholly inadequate to meet our difficulties. It would ho almost impossible, iu such a condition of nliairs, to make a title abstract-which would be satis factory to Eastern capitalists: and, unless this result is attained, there is an end to our ability to loan money upon the property for the purpose of rebuilding, and the restora tion of our city is retarded for years. There is, of course, a certain amount of nsk of frauds, which is necessarily incident to any plan which may be adopted which will be sufficiently summary and effective to meet the absolute and imperative require ments of mir condition. Rnt it must In* home in mud. that the great proportion of the cases will bo bona,fide, and the owners will in such cases, be at once placed iu a safe ami secure position as tot he titles to their prop erty. e must not, in the legislation winch is to remedy a great and almost universal evil, be deterred from providing what is alone adequate to tho purpose, because there is a possibility of such remedy being in some instances abused, to the ‘lnjury of individual property holders. If ‘the chance of fraud, in some instances. lie ad mitted to he a possible evil, it is a much less evil than it would be to deprive the great mass of our property-owners of the power to have their titles re-established and made se cure by a decree of a Court of Chancerv, This is the only remedy which, in my opinion, is at all adequate to the case; ami anything which falls short of this will he found very unsatisfactory, ami will utterly fail to relieve us of the difficulty in which pnr titles are placed. And to allow onr Leg- Islature to adjourn without establishing such h remedy will, iu my judgment, be a policy most ruinous to onr interests. The suggestions in a recent Jeter of Mr. Le Moyne, with a view to the -simplicity, rapid ity, aud inoxpeusiveness of the proceedings, seem to me eminently judicious. Might not tho difficulties suggested by Judge Scales be iu the mum avoided, ami yet the essential point—the right to have a decree declaring and establishing titlv— preserved by providing that such decree should be conclu sive a» to all persons who wax named a* parties i» 1/if publication notice f In all cases in chanceir. decrees are conclusive against the parties thereto; and a publication notice is, under our present practice, a common mode of obtaining jurisdiction over the parties therein named. Hundreds of our titles rest upon decrees iu foreclosure suits, where the bar to the right to redeem has been secured by a decree based upon just such notices. Ify obtaining from the abstracts of Shortall *l-Hoard a summary of the chain of title it will be easy for any good lawyer to include in bis publication notice the names of all persons through whom tho title lists been derived. There is no good reason, that I can perceive, why. in such a suit, upon proof of title satis factory to the court, being made, a decree should not be entered declaring the title of the plaintiff as established by the evidence, mid that such decree should be eonclusive. and forever bar the rights and claims of all those who were made parties to the suit bv being named as such iu tho publication notice. Such a decree, accompanied l»v a copy of the a deceee of title as shown bv the abstracts of ShortaHA Hoard, ami indeed, without such copy, would be sullicient to enable the most careful attorney to-approvc the title- Iu four-fifths of the eases there would be no adverse appearance; and in this way by far the greater part of the titles to Chicago property would be at once effectually re-established upon even a safer and more satisfactory basis than they were before. For it must be borne in miml that Short all A: Mould’s abstracts would be evi dence only of the faeteshowu thereby. Any opinions noted by them as to the defects in acknowledgments, etc., would not he evi dence: and so tho whole of the Technical de fects of form, on which so many claims for dome and other objections to* titles have hitherto been based, would be swept awav. and wo should start fresh, with a clean rec ord, resting only upon tiic actual chain of title; ana, to this extent, the destruction of the records would work a great benefit. 1 perceive in the course above nug f ested which would viujutc any principle of aw, or amount to a serious departure from oor existing and established forms of proce dure under existing laws. The Legislature would merely adapt these remedies to the present emergencies, by making the proceed ings more summary, and the metliods of securing the desired result less expensive aud troublesome, so as to bring them within Jim easy reach of parties whose property would not bear any costly inode of proce dure/ In case of an adverse appearance, the case as to such defendant would, of course, be come a litigated ease, and would proceed ac cording to the established rules in such coses. Actual fraud vitiates any decree so that, in such cases, there must be a remedy for the party defrauded. This mode of procedure, in connection j ■with appropriate legislation to make the contents of tlie books Ar Hoard competent evidence to prove the contents of l the deeds whose substantial contents are therein preserved before the Commissioners for The purpose of establishing title, and a short statute of limitations would, it seems to me, place the matter in as satisfactory a shape as could be desired. To meet special cases, when; the names of the parties through whom the title is derived could not be given in the publication notice, there might be a publication notice author ized against unknown parties; but the notice In such cases might be required to Im* published more extensively, and for a longer period: and the decree in this class of cases On which the liability of fraud and injury Mould ho the greatest) might not be allowed to become conclusive in favor of the plaintiffs title mi* ill after a period of time sufficiently long to make the risk of any injury to result from /mch decree so small as to remove every se rious objection. Even if the time required were equal to that lixed upon in the short statute of limitations, it would be still la-i --ter to allow the decree; for every one famil iar with titles knows that a title resting merely on a statute of limitations is not sat isfactory or marketable. Jn ease of subdivisions and plats, in the re* establishment of which large numbers of Eartics would be interested, a remedy should o given by a general notice to all parties ill interest, without naming them, to come iu and show cause why the plat of such subdivision should be re-established and ordered of record: and. under a simple sum mary proceeding of this sort, the plat might be proved and recorded, ami any person having or claiming title to any lot ju such subdivision permitted to use the plat wlu-u so recorded, in the same manner, and with the same effect, as he could have used tie; record of such plat which hasten destroyed. This, with a further provision enabling par ties claiming title by mesne conveyances in any addition 1« prove the title of their Smutore bv the production of any previous ecvoe establishiugsuch title in those grant ors would save much delav ami expense, and avoid the necessity of more than one aroofastothe title previously established l>y decree, and through which their own title was derived. There an; in existence, m the record of our Supreme Court and elsewhere, many cases i n which the court records show the entire chain of title to the property in litigation in such suit. Then* should be an opjMjrlunlty offered to produce these certified copies shown ou the record before a Commissioner, mid when sufficient evidence of their au thenticity being founded, to be duly eertilied be him, and ordered to Ih* placed on record in the Registry of Deeds, ami a proviso that. Tvluui so entered, they should have the same face ami effect as evidence that the original j record of said deed would have had. The importance of this matter of the re-cs tablishmeui of our titles on a secure ami sat isfactory basis, which will command the ap proval of capitalists and insure confidence in oar securities and iu the safety of prop erty. can hardly bo over estimated. The amount of money which must be laiseu by friur property-owners for the purpose of re erecting the structures which have been destroyed, will be very large. Chicago cannot be rebuilt unless money van l>e raised Upon bond and mortgage; so that this matter is one of the most vital character. I doubt whether its importance is sufficient \y appreciated hy our citizens; but it will be, the moment they undertake cither to raise money upon their property in the market, or to make a sale of it. The lirsl step in all hucli transactions is to submit au abstract, uud have nn opinion ou the title; and how is any abstract to be presented, or any opiuiuu of title given, upon anv such cvldeneeof title as now «*xist. It will be simply impossible; and tbe marketable value of our property w ill be dc.- *troved for the want of any satisfactory mode of showing that wu have a good title to it. Owner* of property who arc exporting to rebuild, and who are relying upon obtaining loans upon the security of their property to enable them to do so, and all who desire to *ell their property must see to it that the next session of our Legislature nows not ex pire without the passage of such legislation ns shall meet tbe ease. _ I think U would be very desirable that our leading property-owners should call a meet ing and appoint k roruniittee to go to Spring field and look after this very important matter, and make It thcU special business to see that the needful legislation is perfected and passed. Thrre is nothing which has «*on>e l»ofore the Legislature, or which *rijl Jiereafter be presented to il for the relief of Chicago, which, iu my judgment, is more important to onr interests, or the neglect of which will be more Iniurioiis to onr grow (h and prosperity in the future. Your obedient servant, E. C. LAHNKJ». CfItCAOO. Xov. s. flow Tweed Beat Bmib—A rested and Disfranrlkiscd. Jo the Editor of the \etr York Sun Sm; I. have WTii in the oveuinß paper* that no ticket* of mine could he hadiu Wv «iral of the wards. That is true, for some who bad chance ot the Kcforui boxes romhiued with the Tammany gcutlcmeu. and I was no where. I was assured that it Mr. Miller ran be should have to gel separate boxes; vot his tickets were “bunched" with the fioform tickets, and mine excluded. The Couuaittefi 01 were to attend VOLUME 25. to my tickets. I know they did their best, hut it was with clifflcnlty I could get tickets. hen I saw the trick that the keepers of the •heform boxes were plaj'ing upon me, I sent, at 12 o clock, to Mr. Davenport for tickets, and got some. In the boxeskept by German- Aniericans my tickets wereattemied to. They acted honestly, but I can’t say to much for some of the Irish-Americaus. I went to vote myself, and was 1 umed away from the polls, X went a second time with a witness, and, after being sworn, the intelli gent officials put me under arrest. 1 was taken to the station, but tho Police Magis trate said that my action was quite legal; that he would not be a party to any such persecution of voters, and told me-1 was at liberty. When I got back to the polls again they were closed, and thus was 1 prevented from voting. My papers were in your office, and ns I had not them in my possession 1 was cheated out of my vote. 1 thank tho Germans; I thank the Ameri cans but some of the Tammany Irish hooted at me ami my friends wherever we went; pelted rotten apples at mo and them: assaulted small numbers of men who had charge of my tickets, and acted every way worthy of their employers. i don’t like to see foul play when I go into a tight fairly, and I think it was not fair for Jhe "Reformers” to exclude me from their boxes and mn Mr. Miller. Yours very truly, O'Doxovan* Ross.v. John David O'Brien is witness to all I state. Oim PETTICOAT POLITICIANS, Dwpfraic Attempt or Determined Fe male* to Drop a Vote—XlcoMlcww Conduct of Tammany (Innpcclor*—Vic. and Ten ale Will Invoke the Law and .flake Berne Howl. From the New York Xleralil, Nov 8. A now elKich is upon the unsophisticated citizen of New York, Yesterday thirty-two uuterritied, indomitable females attempted to vote, but were refused the privilege by migaUaut Tammany Democrats. Leading this formidable election innovation was the intellectual 3lra. Victoria (J. Woodbnll. sup ported by the piquant Miss Tcuuic C. Claliin. who advanced on the universal sullrage ques tion with the solidity of a Grecian phalanx and the tread of a Roman legion. The line of battle was formed at the headquarters of i women's rights, in Thirty-eighth street, i where a solemn vow was registered.' and eaeli determined unsheathed i her parasol and swore to vote in spile of Deni- 1 erratic denunciations and Republican sneers. I The elegant drawing-room «t Mrs. Woodhull I at half-past-’yesterday afternoon presented i an animated appearance. A dozen intcllec- I tual ladies had there congregated, and. to I he I accompaniment of rustling silks, hashed words of wisdom from fluent lips. Nervous I hut lily-white hands impatiently turned the leaves of ponderous volumes, and in a flush of conscious pride the irresistible Tannic read the following Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments; “All persons born or natural ized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States aud of the State wherein thev reside. Ao.State shall make or enforce anv law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities ot citizens of the United States. The right of citizens of the United States to vole shall not be denied or abridged by the United .States,or by any State, «m account of race. 1 color, or previous condition of servitude.” The assembly thus satisfied themselves that the law was ou their side, and emitideut in their right, sullied forth and swept down ou the astonished inspectors, who were imme diately overwhelmed by a Hood of legal lore aud argument that would have convinced any but an uuterritied Democrat. The com pany on leaving the mansion threw out a skirmish line, but the Held otUcers—Mrs. Woodhull, Miss Claliin, and Mrs. K. L. Dan iels—deployed on No. Sixth avenue, the polling place of the Twenty-third District of the Twenty first Ward. Accompanying them as camp-followers were several gentle men who have earned a wide notoriety by the interest taken in Ahe woman's rights movement. Behind the ballot box sat three vigilant inspectors, aud when the beautiful would-be voters burst ou their astonished gaze beards were stroked aud coat collars set m order. The usual preliminaries ou the weather and other inconsequential subjects were entirely omitted, and Mrs. Wood hull, in the softest accents of wo manly determination, stated that Mhohadcometheretoexerei.se her privilege as a citizen of the United States to vote. The Republican inspector held out his hand to take the bundle of reform tickets handed bv the fair voter, but his Democratic eoa/hre* objected, and told licrplnmjdy that Tamma ny Hall had given them orders not to receive the votes of women. Indignation then sparkled from bright eyes, and the fair lady demanded if it wji*» a crime to bo a woman. She had registered, and was. therefore, amenable to the law prohibiting illegal voting, but. as nobody had ai rested her, slu was not guilty of u misdemeanor, and, there fore, claimed the right to deposit her vote. The inspectors, however, were inexorable, ami her persuasive eloquence fell ou miap preahitive ears. A crowd, however, soon col lected. and the little polling place was jammed by a couple of hundred quidnuncs who came to seo how the “new thing was going to work.” One sympathetic gentle man from Murray Hill lent the sisterhood much moral support by his advocacy of 1 woman's right to vote, i “I have a wife and family.” he said, “and I if I should be suddenly taken away my prop-; ertv would be swept off by corrupt ollleiuls. and they would have no power to stem the tide of political dishonesty.’* He wanted to sre woman boldly enter the arena and bring the refining influence of her sex to bear on the political world. W'lpit may appear ab surd to-day may assume a serious aspect to morrow: ami the party espousing this wo man question will be the dominant one in the hereafter. Mrs. W-odhnll then delivered a longpeoratioii on the science of govern ment, aud Miss Tenitie U. Claliin predicted that Republicanism would be the guiding star of progress, ns if had espoused woman's rights aud was willing to allow the fair sex all the privileges accorded to man. The inspector wanted to know if she had come with a mainhitnu* compelling him to receive her vote, and receiving a negative reply regretted that he was acting under in structions and could not receive it under any consideration. The ladies then withdrew anil retired to the mansion iiiTbirfy-eighthstreet. where It w;»s determined to commence a suit against the inspectors for illegally preventing legitimate voters from exercising the rights of suffrage. Judge Reyniert and Mr. William M. Kvarls are to bo engaged as counsel, and this is to be made a famous test question. The ladies arc confident that the right grant ed in Wyoming Territory, aud recently in Michigan, will he accorded in Ibis State. A great deal of enthusiasm and excitement are agitating the minds of these petticoat politi cians, and the fair candidate fur flu* Presi dency is indefatigablu in keeping the next live Issue before the public eye. NEW BEDFORD’S CALAMITY. The br (hr Disaster to the Arctic Wimlins Fleet* From the New Bddfonl (Mas#.) Standard. New Bedford is suddenly called on i« take her part in tbe general disaster* of this un precedented season of calamity hy the loss or abandonment of thirty-two (ihiity-thrce, in cluding hark Oriole, before reported lost' out of the deft of forty-one -whalers in the Arc tic Ocean, our own port losing twenty-one vessels, comprising one-eighth, and among them the best portion of onr entire whaling licet, the news of which fell like a thunder stroke upon onr merchants and citizens last evening. This is the severest blow which has ever fallen upon our leading business. Though many valuable lives and costly ves sels ln»eo previously been lost in this'peril ousoccupation, yet never’.before has there been such a wholesale destruction. Our best vessels and a very Jariv amount of capital hate been swept away in a single season, and it will take onr city many years to recover from the effects of this fearful disaster. None of those win* venture on the seas are exposed to greater perils than that adventurous class of whalers who seek their prey within the limit* of the Arctic Sea. Every season has witnessed the loss of more or less vessels, and only bust year the ships which remained late came near being entirely lost. This year the ice came down from the North so early and in sneJi masses that the whole lies'l was envel oped ami driven ashore*. It is a sincere mat ter of congratulation that, so far a* reported, no lives have been jo?t. Tina loss will fall heavily upon our community, and its real ex tent will not be apparent from tbo mere list nf agents. a* the ownership of the vessels lost is largely distrib uted among those of moderate means. Thouahlmany owners are insured, yet as onr olhves are* mutual ones, thev will have to bear their proportion «*t ih* falling upon them. lint serious as this’dlsh.-ter is. it will not bp a one. One compensat ing rrteit will vtCltVs o{ the stock of oil' and bQxut and the vessel* Onr merchant* will display their usual energy, find enterprise, and we hope will move actively towards retrieving the loss they have met with. There are over thirty vessels lying at our wharves, which can de fitted ont in lime for another season, if they are rapidly made ready. The perils of Arctic fishery have ice;? so great that it ha* already Wnme a matte? ot Kpie'-ijs con sideration whether if was prudent to Insure vessel* entering ISphrinps Straits, and we presume this calamity will lead to some ac tion ojj i his subject. Tin* «u«t» 5t the North saved by the stx vessels which have graved at Honolulu only foot* up the meagre amount of 2,4sT* barrels whnJe ami J4O barrel* sperm oil. The sfoek in first bauds lu the country on the Ist in stant was only i 14,000 barrehs.held by compar atively few houses, and afthoneh the wnce will go up it will not help out Urni large |>«dy of owners in the ships. The slock of whale bop" pounds, in but few bands. 1 be Commetcial Mutual Marine Insurance Com- Ipany, of this city, states its losses to W in gross (i. c., the face of the policies.) Tim other offices decline to give any figures in detail at present. Wo learn that the gross amount of losses of tho Union Mutual Marine Insurance Company is about $5(15,000, and of the Ocean Mutual Insurance Company about *173,000. The Union will be able to pay all its losses and have SIOO,OOO surplus remaining by calling in scrip, anil the Commercial has surplus sufficient to meet its losses. The, Ocean will be obliged to make an assessment on its stock notes. LAND TITLES. an Tour Us. AU persons owning HEAT, ESTATE in Cook Cotmty should at once prepare to PROVE THEIR TITLES. After an act is passed providing for this, it will take years FOE OUR COURTS TO COM PLETE THE BUSINESS. Therefore if you wish to save expense and delay, hand in yonr abstracts, deeds, &a, at once, as the business will be taken np in regular order. First come first Charges low. min f. mm, REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY, No. 393 Wabash-av., IN BASEMENT. SAFES! MAGNEALE& URBAN’S. J. M. TERWILLIGER, Agent, 27 South Canal-st., and 51 West Lake-st., Chicago, XU. 'Hirst* Safi.-s have proved thenueves tmo Salaman ders, Call at our office and see the certificates of merit from many of the best firms la the city. "We have a largo lot of safes on hand, and more to ar rive inrtnwmtely. If you consider your own interests, you will call and see ns before purchasing any other kind of Safe thou those of the above make. SAFES. MARVIN CO., No. 17 South Canal at.. Arerfrelrlnffa full line ;of their celebrated Alam and Dry 1 U*l»r Fire-Proof f-uf-a. Burglar Safus, Plate bales, vault Door*. V.xpre** I‘nxea, ac.. Ac. Tho BEaT j*.\FKs ever offered to the people of Chicago. 1 all and ai-c them )>cfore yoo bay. No. IT S*ulh Canal at... Chicago. N». Broadway, New York, No. 72 U heatnut at., Philadelphia. No. 93 Main at., Buffalo, No. UM Bank at.. Cleveland. BLANK BOOKS. CIMBMEW. JIAMTAtTCHBBS’ STATIOXEHS, Nos. 11, 13 15 Desplaines-st., Can note tupply promptly a full tttior/mruf of Mutrrual Rerranr Boekt for Distillers, Rectifiers, Brewers, Tobacco Dealers, Tobacco ManuTrs. EDUCATIONAL. Bryant Stratton’s CHICAGO BUSINESS COLLEGE This popular Institution, after a suspension of a few days, hj* reason of the great tire. Is now in full opera tion. corner Tweuty-seoond-aL and Indlana-ar., with Its tuU corps of teacher*, nad ample accommodatlona. Now students are cutortng tlallv. An abundauco of «n*nd boanllng idacos at former price*. Tin* $75 schoiarslilp. for entire course, tlrao unlim ited, will be sold during November and December for JM. Most of tlio railroads entering Cliicago have depots on Twenty-socond-Ht.. not far from U»* collect*. Hoarding places furnlfthtil at the college nfflcA For further tnfomiatloa call upon oradilreas BRY ANT STRATTON, corner Twenty-aecond-at. and Indiana-av. Dykrenfurth College Is in full fore**, with Ita entire corps of professors, at AURORA TURNER HALL, corner Milwaukeo-av. and Second-*!, Prices considerably rctluccd. Admis Mou to Boys’ School, High School, or Indies' Semi nary, s2sper lialf year; Business College, complete course cf five months. Evening College, S2O per half year. The superiority of this institution has been acknowledged during the last fourteen years. LEGAL NOTICES. CIRCUIT COURT OP COOK COUNTV. IX CIIAXCERY.-Tho Peopled tbo suite of lUlaolt vs. Tbo Chicago Firemen's Insurance Company, of Chicago, Illinois. Xotice is hereby given that, by an ntcrlocutory do' iw entered by the Circuit Court of Cook County, state of Illinois, in the above entitled cause, the an ilt rxlgned was appointed Receiver of a all and singulai the property and assets of the Chicago Firemen's In surance Company, of Chicago. All persona Indebted to said Insurance Company are rcnilml to render an arconut of ail debut and sums of money owing by them to said comjany, and to pay the same on or before the sth day of December, A- D. isTT, at 10 o'clock a. m.. at the office of said Receiver, Room 2, Xo. ISI West MadUon-sU. cor. lloMed- All persons having in their possession or under theli control any property or effect* belonging to said Com pany are required to deliver the tame to said Receiver at his said office, on or before the day above named. All creditor* of Mid Company, Including policy-bold era who hare sustained lom, who hare not heretofore furnished the necessary preliminary proof* thereof to said Company, arc required to present their demand* at hts saw office on or before the day above named. Dated Chicago, Nor, 10.15/1. O. H. HORTON, Deceiver. Tloyr.c. «fe noyne. Solicitors. ar MJcMpaoav. ahzxinert. MILLINERY. HOPSON CO., SOO MICHIG-AN-AV. DISSOLUTION NOTICES. DISSOLUTION. To all whom it may concern: otice 15 hereby gives Uiat the partnership heretofore existing between S. L. h and E. J. Heron, the undersigned, la the comnuvjyn business. nnder the hrm name of Under wood A Heron. U Uus Uay dissolved by mutual eoa seht. and the undersigned will la no way rasnonsl. ble for any future traiisactiuns made in said linn natal. Chicago, Xov. 10.1*71. n J. BE RON. DISSOLUTION'. TJjc hervipf, ro existing under the Arm nnmoot 1 jumjl. Want* Comings. i 3 till* nk. xceptthat wo allow Interest on all balances (of five per cent.) We buy and sell Bonds, Stock*. Gold, Bos lues* pa. pen*, and collect buslnres notes and drafU UiroUghoui the I’ultod Stales. Rivlug prompt returns. n«T-»*«»amed ba-in-'M at No. 23 Michigan ar., an*. pr-p.MC-d to met>t all demands In tall. Deposits ■ud our regular banking boiiuess transacted as viCU*. Acceants of merchants and country banker* wilt r the accommodation of our *v— ills friends and customers wo hare opened tbiasr offi!•* at No. 10 Canal at., jost north of lUndotpb. ICRLBUT EDSAIL. Wholesale Druggists, "We now have our usual com plete stock of Drugs, Druggists’ Glassware, Paints, Oils, Dye Stufis, Patent Medicines, Soap makers’ Stock, etc., and can now fill all orders in our line at the lowest possible prices. NOTICE. Fending the completion of ita repairs, the First National Bank SAMUEL JT. NICKERSON, Prts't. 1.. 1. GAGE, buUtr. Savings Bank. THE mcrcial accounts. CVSUNIAiV HAKWI.V BANKERS, DRUGGISTS. 619 State-st. CLOTHING. HENRY W. KING CO., ARE NOW LOCATED AT 34 3(i S. Canal-st., Where they are prepared to show a fall lino of CLOTHING, -Ajs-T) Furnishing: Goods. Orders solicited and promptly filled. STOVES. THE EMPIRE GAS BUBiVER Stoves and Furnaces, Toffethrr m fnlf fine Cook Bt*rn. are tald near, hefmrr tkr re, at LEATESTTOBTH’S, 218 Wert lakwt INSURANCE. "Tie Hnt i lie Hell!" THE HOME Insurance Company, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. Cash Capital, $500,600.00 Assets, Nov. 1, 1871, 995,179.12 Liabilities, including Chi cago Losses, 353,179.12 Waa the first Company to notify Policy h.ciders in Chicago that it would pay clfli'ma In fuIL The losses of the Company hy the Chi cago fire are being adjusted and paid as rapidly as possible. Business solicited at fair rates. Adjust ing Office for Chicago, 17 £ldridge*conrt. Agents of the Company visiting the city are requested to JACOB PEETREY, Genl Agent. GEO. C. CLARKE CO., LOCAL AGENTS, lO Eldrldge*conrt. -3ETNA INSURANCE CO., Of Hartford, Conn. Organized A. D, 1819. tossci Paid In Flfty-hro Tears, Over »29,- 000,000 —Exc of Late Chi cago Loner. CASH CAPITAL, $3,000,001 With an Ample Be-lnsnranee Food to be kept Intact alter Faying Chicago Lessee. ASSETS OYER $4,500,000! This veil-known and reliable Company, which has stood Che tests of over half a cen tury, will continue Issuing SEW POLICIES and relieving old ones at current rates. GOODWIN PASCO, Agents, Office,sßsWabash-aTo 43Sooth Canal-st* Adjusting Office: 750 Waba«b-ar.. where over $500,000 losse* Ur the late fire have already been paid. Underwriters’ Agency, OF NEW YORK. Cash Itself, ifler paying Chicago Loiici, $2,500,000. We are paying losses In fan as fast as ad- Dsled, by Sight Drafts on Sew York. ADJUSTING OFFICE, 60 South Canal-st., SECOND FLOOR. FIRE INSURANCE Risks written on Dwellings and other prop* erty, at the Local Qffiees> 62 South Canal-st., Sri floor, and 475 IWi&asA-av. a. SUM i SMI, AGENTS, YONKERS NEW YORK Insurance Company. AU persons who have not presented their einima and proofs of loss Khould do so at once, and all policies out otandlng should be presented for cancellation, and prop ertw Ituored In solvent Companies. 1h» Company has been obliged to retire from the field, and has gone into the hands of a Receiver. No compromise has bevo proposed, and ail its asset* will be faithfully applied to a settlement of the Com pany's obligations. Claimant* con facilitate matters by handing lu tiu-lr claims at onro to A. WILLIAMS, AC*nt* lot Chlearrv. American Exchange and Commerce Fire In* soraote Companies, of ffev Torfc. All persons having’ Policies on which they hart claim* for lo*s will pre.sont their proofs Immediately: and all having Poucloa la the Companies on which there has been no loss will bring them in for tlon. J. K. SIUIIPHY. Adjuster, Nov. 10, ifiTL 77 West MadisoMt.. Boom 1 Adjiutinp om« Republic Insurance Company, Chicago, SOS Wabwh-ar. All person* having claims against this Company are requested to make regular proof of loan, and file them at once. ArTangpraeMts have lx«ca mad© to adjust their claims with all possible dispatch la Che order in which hey are tiled. NORTH ANIERICAN'FIRE INS. CQ. Parties holding claims for loss or damages by the late are. under policies of this company; will please Eneaent their ptoofa of logs at the office ofGeO. C. larke, Esq., hr the 2Wh next. WYLUS BLACKESTONE, Receiver. HOTELS. St. James Hotel, LOCATED Corner Clark and Polk-sts. Containing 150 Rooms, The largest and Best Famished Hotel in the West H. 1. LOBHC, Lais Baileisn Boom, SfILUS HOWE, Late St.'laimci Bath, wm he pleased to see their old friends. Ask for •Bosses for the NEW ST. JAMES. RIVERSIDE HOTEL. Accommodations for tbs fan sad wfsier at very mod erate prices. Inquire at Birerstd Hotel, oi at theo*. Ace of the Bireciide Imj roremenl Oompsny, 7f>« Wa BASHrAV. SEWtNQ MACHINES! GROVER IJAKEH mm machise wi, 06 WEST RANDOLPH-ST n (Comer of Jefftanon.) Better prepared for bostoesa than ever before. Salle ers by ue fire libenlly dealt wuh. BUSINESS CARDS, M ARKLEY, AILING CO. niESUIUH. 825 AND 327 STATE-ST. We are now opening a new and stock of AMERICAS, ENG LISH AND GERMAN HARDWARE, to which we would invite the attention of the trade. JVe keep as good goods and make as low prices as any house m Chicago. Orders solicited, partic ularly from our old friends. MARKLEV, ALLIN’G Si CO. BARNUM BROS., IMPORTERS Toys and Fancy Goods, Oor. Michlgua-av. and Van Baren-at,, Hare resumed business for the fourth time la this city. We are thankful that we still hare courage, and undoubted confidence In the upbuilding and success of Chicago. W» are ready for husinoss with quite a com plete stock, which wo propose to soli at old prices, and respectfully solicit tout orders and remittances. Millard Decker, Stationers, Printers, Lithographers, And Blank Book Manufacturers, Temporary Office and Store, (20 WEST WASHINCTON-ST., Manufactory and Works, CORNER WOOD AND TYLER-STS., :CMUC\IGO. PHOENIX Coffee and Spice Mills, MOM, (101ES k c§„ 14, 16, AND 18 RIVER-ST. Teas, Coffees, Spices, and Gro cers* Sundries. BUILDERS’ HARDWARE AND TOOLS. J. K. TYLER, 260 State-st., late 41 State. A foil stock ornuaeell A Erwin aifg. Co. LOCK and KNOB now open. AGENT LA BELLE NAILS. Northwestern Typo Foundry, MILWAUKEE. Thfa foundry baa now on hand fifteen ton* of English vnd German type- It consists of all alrea. from non pareil to pica. A half dozen dre.-aca for larire -Ir.-il papers San be (urutahed at one*-, with rnl<**, «tr to •natch. The Milwaukee Sentinel, NVwm, and Vindicator ere referred to as tampL-s of the typo mannfartnred at this foundry. Fur beauty of faco and finish, as well a* toughness of moUt, tho try** tua at thli foundry will compare favorably wlih the typo sold trany other foun dry In th* world. 1 havu also several first-class prea«es indiohbera for aalo. J. A. NOONAN BOTA flm-clasa electrotype foundry la attached to the typo foundry. October 22, 1871. TO DRUGGISTS ill DM, oru STOCK OF Dye Woods and Dye Stulfs hi now as largo as ever, nt no advance upon old prices. Logwood, Fustic, cochineal, 1U Carbonate, etc.; also a superb stock of Anilines. Our stock of Manufacturers' Supplies w rapidly recuperating, and wo shall bo able soon to supply our usual orders. ENOS RUOW.V dt CO., 58 South Canal-st. Harman Jacobie, ALBANY, N.Y., Propria lore of JACOBIF.'S PATENT BUICK ill CHINE. We are prepared to fill orders at once fbrthlv mi. :hlae. Tboae are Invited tocallutthe tftil rare Tribone Office and ’xanilnecnta of the machine: dao, theendor-ement* nt rhe leadluq brick makers of Albany and Troy. Tills machine is cnuitracted for iteam or water power; will make to.fr»- to 50,u» brick of anpenor Quality in ten honra, Otrculare and 101 l In formation given. Write BAUMAN A JACOBIE, Albany, N. T «F. It. HOBBS O' CO, Produce and Commission Merchants, ESTABLISHED 1557. Wo are prepared to make advances on consignments of sour and grain. Grain bought and sold on margtna Office 58 South Canal-st. J. M, Stine, Kramer Co., Announce to their friend* and tho traJo geucrally that they have temporarily located at M 9 STATE STREET, Near Harmon Court, where they will oyea la a tew J»ya, a finb and desirable ftock of Notion*. Uoaiery, (»nM fr'arntahlns Good*, etc, st popular prices. Orders iolieltwl and promptly at leiiiird to. BRICK AND STONE OX.D ASO HEW BOUGHT FOR CASH, BY LYiBAIt, BRIDGES CO., Dealer in sit kinds of Bunding Materials and Beady, mad* Bodies, corn-r Carrell nr.d S vncamon-sts, MAGILIi HAI>L, DEALERS IN SALT. Office and dock sooth we.*t ci>r. Market A Washington.its CLEVELAOTJ &PEBNCH, Landscape Architects, Civil Engineers, Surveyors, 301 WABASH-AV. SURVEYOR. SASIT. S. GREELEY, 364 Wabash-av., sonthwut corner of Harrison, iu kitchen. Will. BLAIR CO., Sos. 30 and 32 South Canal-st. Are receiving, at their NEW store, a full stock of Hardware. Tin rutty and Tinners' Stock. J. 3IASOJV PARKER, Negotiator of Chicago Mortgages and Real Estate, No. 3 Boston Post Building, Boston. Refers to Hon. Jaa. P. Joy. lion. llogh T. Dicker, Hon. Mark Skinner. Window Gloss. D. e. SCIIASCK A SDK* 8, ImrvTtcn of Plate and Window Gl «ee,‘47 Chaab tt., X»w York. C. Dahlgrcu’s NORTHWESTERN STEAM DTE WORKS, 130 West Randolph st. All kinds of ladies* and gents’ garments cleaned or dyed in the finest style at former prices. TILUNGHAST, ALLEN CO.. WOOL, GRASS SEEDS, &e.. Office and warwhmise opjHisite 308 MICHICAN-AV., CHICAGO. Liberal advance© on consignments. Boots and Shoes. J T, JEWETT, 1001 State it. I bare opened tar boiioeu at the shore number, wtiare v hate theiacllitire to meet the wants ol mv aril?** roo ,a ae tbog© who aar fever tue H. W. Rogers, Jr., Bro., PRODUCE. COMMISSION AND SEED MERCHANTS, m U'Mt R*ndnleh.*t. Dr. H, E. W, BQARDMAN, ■Residence and OOUf 799 TT'aieiik^ir. Office hours nntli IF3O a. m., Z3O to 3:30 p. m. West Side Office, ST4 West Madison.st-; office boars, IS to 1 p. tn. REOPENING. FRANK A CO. have reopened at 46 and 43 West Lake-st. a few doom west or Canol-Kt.. with a large stock of NOTIONS. FANCY AND WOOLLEN GOODS. Oar nazneroaa irienda &nd patrons will please call on ns. Clita. R. Slessloger* 'Successor to Broaaon' k Mesiloeer. mannfactom and wboleuls dealer in Tobacco, Snuff./and CigiS in# iSI and Ufl Summit-«L, Toledo, O. brdK* m NUMBER 97, BUSINESS CARDS. J.B. HOBBS &CO. r Commission Merchant#* (ESTABUSItED 1357.) Receiver! of Standard Brands of Spring and "Winter Wheat, Floors, CSKATN -AJSTJA PROVISIONS. •Mrearn m-Jr an Vomiifr-mrml,. Crain Bought and Sold on Margins. OFFICE, S3 SOUTH CAXAL-ST. ESTABLISHED IN 183T, RUMSBY, BED. CO., Commission Merchants, 43 W fit are prepared to advance as usual on Grain. Pmvißion* etc., to hold on margins in tills market or for ahlnm«f? Eaqt, ami will attend to all branches of tha with the same liberality and hewStoS" 28 and 30 Sixteenth-st. HMT BROTHERS. Wholesale Shirts, m fVnifTtf ef'?? ul^iinß Good*, bejr to announce to their resumed their business at Kra Tweuly.aocimd-fiL, corner In difliuav.. to SJ3 aba-dinv., corn it Uarmon court UavpaVsoopcnwUiH'mauent office for the accom modaUon of onr U e»>t ijlda patrons at 219 West Hon dolph st, corner of Hrcen st; alio freight receiving offict-H at our freight depots, foot of Twenty-seconds* (M. L. It It-), olid No, 80 Weat Waler-af., opposite Milwaukee Depot At Twenty-sccoml-st. Depot freight can be deUverwl going to point* »>n the Michi gan t entrui, Illluoh* Central, Chicago, Burlington Quincy, and connectlnc lines. At No. oo West Watcp at for point* on C. e had on application to Elmer Washburn, Wardrr* the Penitential?, to wheat nil bide an tube««Q*.i* who will eniwcr au S Inquiries oddreieod to him. The bids will be opened at o’clock p. a. on .'lst day of h'oveiaber, 1371, la the Presence of t*> bidden as map chw» to attend. JOUS EEID. Caspar butz, RICHARD EOWETT. OommUslonet* Jotiwp. ill.. Oct. jh. mi. City Fire Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn. Claimants holding policies of this Company will please call immediately at Boom No. 9, isi West iTad laon-st, Chicago, for adjustment. S. FRENCH, General Agent. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. mss. Pams. ram. etc. Old) SALAMANDER! tfV are lilting order* P£O.HP2>XF mud at cur rSFrf£ £OIT PRICIfS.* VAX SCHAACE. STEVEXBOX 2LEID. SOAHES. JR*' FA iSM KS yjLL SGAIaXSS, fJeSzsgßA* or All sites. 7 )SICZig3Sm Fairbanks, €reenleaf& Co, U SOUTH CANAL-SX. INSURANCE. ciiim HSURAACE COMP’Y OF NEW YORK. The following correspond ence explains itsein OFFICE OF COXTKtVTAI. iTOm ra*Tm A o. wt linO-vmvrr. yoexT"' 1 October 25. IS7I. j Hon. CEO. W. MILLER, Superintend ent Insurance Department, State of New York: Dear Sir: The failure of many Insur ance Companies by the Chicago fire, after assurances had been given that they were able to pay all demands, and to pursue their business, has justified an apprehension In the public mind, and, perhaps, in your own, which it Is importantshould be allayed. We, therefore, so far as this Company is concerned, request you, at your ear liest convenience, to Investigate Its affairs, and to ascertain Its position and ability to fulfil existing obligations, and all that may arise In the ordinary course of its business. Wo wish, also, to call your attention to our Increase of capital, already largely over-subscribed, and desire to know when we can close the subscrip tion books, and call In the money, un der your construction of the statute. Your prompt attention will be regard ed as a favor. Very respectfully, CEO. T. HOPE, President. Insurance Department, State of New York. ALBAST, Nor. s, 1371. At the request of the Continental In surance Company of the City of New York, I have taken the earliest oppor tunity, since the adjournment of the National Convention of Insurance Commissioners to Investigate the af fairs of the Company, and I find Its condition to be as follows: Its assets, amounting to $2,847,- 307.54, are judiciously and safely in vested. Its capital of five hundred thousand dollars is unimpaired, and it has a sur plus of net assets largely in excess of the amount required to reinsure its outstanding risks, after providing for all other liabilities, including Chicago losses. Its losses sustained at Chicago are In course of rapid adjustment, and leave the Company with abundant ability to afford indemnity to Its customers, and to respond promptly to all customary claims. The subscriptlonsto Its voluntary ad dition of five hundred thousand dollars to its capital are much greater than double the amount to which stock holders are entitled, and the subscrip tion books must yet remain open until the 20th Inst., at which time the sub scriptions may be made payable. (Signed) CEO. W. MILLER, Superintendent. LOCAL OFFICE, 393 WABASH-AV. Office of Western Department, 12 Eldridge court. Solid Fire Insurance. IMPERIAL Fire Insurance Co., OF LONDON. ASSETS OTEB $3,000,000 GOLD. Tills Is the only English Insurance Company represented in Chicago whose business is exclusively Eire Insurance. Property-owners will consult their best interests by protecting themselves with Policies in the IMPERIAL, DAVIS REQUA, AGENTS, Room 2, No. 43 South Ganal-st., 505 Michigan-av. PHENIX Insurance Company Of Brooklyn, N. 7, Cash Assets, Oct. 1, $1,858,755.45 Net assets, afterpay ment of Chicago losses 1,500,000.00 The Flicuix was the’ first Com pany to pay a loss after the great fire, and flic Adjusters of the Com pany arc now engaged in pay ing nil of Its losses as fast as ad justed. Policies Issued on all classes of hazards at fair rates. R. S. CRITCHEIX, Special Agwnt fop the Northwestern States. Office 30 West Dladison-st. Brandi Office, 38G TVabasb-av. SECURITY Insorance Coiepanj. adjustment office, 608 WABASH-AV. Parties haring claims against this Company will please present the same for adjustment to Sfeasrs. FERGUSON A GILBERT, at No. 608 Wahash'-ar. T. E. STILLMAN, for Receiver. REPUBLIC Insurance Company, Bipkeitprice pmid C»tSXM tor md/ntled rimim*. D. B.TBNNET. 454 ‘Wabaah-ar. Adjusting Office People’s Insurance Co., of San Francisco^CaL, IBS West Monroe-aL, Chicago. Parties holding polldee covering on property In the burnt -district, either In above company or tne Lamar, of Chicago, will please present them at abive office, furadlnstmentof dolma. A.R. gunnison. Adjuster for i’ccpla'a iso. ox, el Ban rnscwo, 4