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$160 PETT YKAR IN ADVANCE.
$2.80 AVTEU *X PI RATION Or 81* MONTHS.
OFKICK.—On the Cornor Market ami Boc
undHireeti|OVflrthA PoMtOrflce.
Niwiptfer Decisions.
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teotbetthe whale waonat, whether taken ln»ni
Ths cmrla h*ved«vi lo! thai refuting to ink* new*p«T»»trs
tin from the ytttt-ofAce, of removlot and leaving tben
prtiBnlWl* vM#!!'-* of Intentional fraud.
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TBEEOTTUMWA COURIER
Baiters.
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MV OOM THE TIDE
The tide of victory for Republican
ism has sot in gloriously, betokening
the grandest success for tho party fa
the battlo ot 1872.
Ketituoky reduces tbe Democratic
Majority.
California revolutionised her pott
tfca, turtis out a Democratic adminis
tration, and installs a Republican
I Ooveraor and State officers.
Maine nearly doubles her majority
A tho right side.
PfptMiyivMia ipwlu firrtly and
plainly /fcheis* sbWiiay bo found by
thedeoiail#4li^M^ of Uo thousand.
Ohio wH% Iter gallant Noj cs thtin
lere forth her sutttft by tweiity
thousand majority.
Iowa, steadfast and in&exihlo in
hor position for the came ot the
(Jnion, freedom and sound govern
ment, duplicates tho majorities of ail
the above named Republican States.
Thofto victories give a plodgo of
those to follow in the noxt twenty
days, all joining to determine twelve
months in advanoo whnt is to bo be
yond pcradyonturo, the result of the
national election noxt Autumn and so
insuring to tho oountry tho benefit ojdt
rulo of Gen. Grant's udministraiuia
lor another four years.
John Mahin, i the Journal, is
beaten in Muscatine county for r4ji
ohontutivo. This gives the dcmoc
Uiicy a representative in a county
L-vhere tho republican majority is
There is a tale to be yet
loided in regard to these republican
dofeatson tho legislative tiuketaiu so
many counties.
Gov. Palmer, of Illinois, has con
vened tho legislature for the purpose
of giving aid by legislation to Chica
go in her dire calamity. Tbe Gov
ernor speaks noble words iu his pro
clamation, calling upon the ljorisla
ture to act promptly and liberally to
ward)* iheir great metropolis.
Otrcaii Oiul
Jadge Sloan opened Court hero on
Taeaday. The first and second day
were consumed with probate busi
ness. Siaoe then the Court has had
on trial a jury case which wont to
the jury to-day. The Court adjourn
ed today until Tuesday of next
week.
The Republicans have lost, from
causes to be hereafter stated, the
Legislative ticket in Johnson and
Davis counties, and a representative
in the following counties: Monroe,
Polk, Des Moinos, lionry and Jeffer
son.
Polk County has given about 1200
majority for tho State ticket but
there is somo doubt, about tho oloc
"Vion of Kuntz, one of our candidates
for the Legislature, on aooount of
scratch.
Chicago will nut be fully ro-built
as it was before tho fire in ten years.
This calamity will add greatly to
the woalth of St. .Loni», if that city
is public spirited enough to improve
tho opportunity.
Tbe Democrat of this city is re
sponsible for the report that IS. Ryan,
who attempted to set his store on
fire, in this city, perhaps a year ago,
was bung in Chicago onTuosday last,
for setting buildings on fire in tbut
city. ____
/BEATEN.—Frank
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Established ifi. 1848.
Incidents of the Election
Here is our friend Sum. Pack wood
as lie looked when he thought he
was elected, on Wednesday:
Th is is liow he tookcd this inoni
in} when lie learned
majority against liim
4
Hat ton, editor
Mfc. Pleasant Journal, is beaten for
the Legislature by an independent
Republican named Hanson, which in
our opinion is the roost shabby thing
"High Henry" has over done.
The Legislature just elected is
Ohio, elects John Sherman's success
or, who will be either John Sher
man or Columbus Delano. If it
«u not for Sherman's look, we
woald say Delano would get it.
APPANOOSE CouNOTr.—Parker, Re
publican candidato for Sonator, and
Reynolds for Treasurer, are beaten
l»^ the democracy in Appanoose
ooanty by small majorities.
»OEN TREASURES.
In the "green room" in Dresden
wbero for centuries tlie Saxt*i prin
ces have gathered their gems uml
treanures until they have bee^nne
worth millions of dollars, may be
seen a silver egg, a present to one of
the Saxon queens, which, when you
touch a spring, opens iind reveals a
golden yolk. Within i.his iw hid a
chicken, whoso wings being prosscd
also flies open, disclosing u splendid
golden erowu studded with jewels.
.Nor is this all: another secret spring
being touched in tho center is found
a magnificent diamon'i ring. So it
is with every truth and promise of
God's word—a treasure within a
treasure. The more we oxamiuo it
the richer it becomes. But how
many neglect to touch the springs.
Mr. Greeley says he in approach)iu
tho doclinc of lifo. Jlo is not, how
evor, approaching tho doclinc of
offico. llo wants to bo Prosidont.
It is said that thoro nro but two
soap factories throughout the whole
of Spain. Any one who has traveled
through that pountry can easily bo
liove it.
rr:-C~ ML.
Aod 'friend CI
wh«n he heard the news from Center!
Onv sjiocial artist hui. procured, at
an immense excuse, a correct like
ness of the gentleman who "never re­
ceived any bonus on county deposits!"
and who lately again made a second
hand 's|erinient for tbe office of
Treasurer. The likeness is so strik
ing that it will be readily recognized.
His herculean efforts on the Tariff'
juestion has made liiin a little tliin,
lint he'll recuperate his health now
that he has leisure!
Our'friend Bedwell, after making
two trials at Swiggett, has concluded
that agricultural implement pa) is
better than politics.
Our lVicu.d,f0'iu Lucai
ried home in Mate!
New Departure
BOG!
For.tho present condition of the
Democratic party see Proverbs xxvi
obap., V-ll.
So ondeth this
Fifty thousumi dollars worth of
animals, uot belonging to tho city,
ur" now in tho .New York Central
Park at the risk nt tho owners. So
many animals have been offered the
Department of Parks for free board
during tho winter that tho offer ol
one lai go monagorio owner has boen
refused.
M. Thiers drags out an existence
OUR salary of S12l»,no0 per annum,
with 132,500 for "contingencies."
The Times says Gen. Grant gets
his friends tight. Well, he doesn't
let his enemies escape. That's tho
way he got Loe.
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This is onr friend P^er looking
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for Iiis majority in Center and Green
Townships
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Kr«im t.lic Ht. Pnul Pfimoer, o^totirr SI
THE ORBAT PRAIRIE FIRE!
180 Miles tfllMH OiMtUHteWta-
On Thursday aftornoon or Friday
morning last, tho prairie to tho south
'«f Breckinridge, tho terminus of the
main lino of tho St. P.
P.
road, on
iho Rod river, took tiro, and fanned
%y a high ,wind whiih prevailed at
iho time spread with fenrful rapidity.
From a small beginning, sonriowhore
near tho wostorn boundary of the
Htato, tho fire spread until it reached
tho "Big Woods," one hundred and
fifty milos from tho point ol starting.
In striking the woods it was not
stayed in its course, but the flamos
seizod upon the dry undorbrush, and
1 from thonco C* the talt trees of the
forest, it e*tendod its lino for a *is
tanco c? f^een mile« in tho heavy
timber, until it retched Smith lako.
When onco fairly nndor headway in
tho timber, the scene is described as
grand beyond the power of pen or
pencil to picture. Roaring, crack
ling, with a sound that oould be heard
for miles, the flames toro their way
leaving behind them a blackened,
smoking, desolato wasto to mark
thoir onward march. Everything in
their course was destroyed. The
grain and haystacks, the cornfields,
fences, and, in somo instances we
have heard ol, the rude homes and
scanty household goods of the set
tlors, all fell a prey to the insatiate
monster. Tho terror-stricken people
fied, leaving all thoir worldly posses
sions behind, thanklal to escape with
thoir lives.
On Saturday morning tho flamos
began to approach the line of the St.
Paul and Pacific road at difforent
points. But few supposed tho danger
so serious or so imminent and delayed
too long the means by which they
could have warded off at lea^t a por
tion of the damage. Such was the
case with man in charge of Do Graff
fc Co.'s warehouse at th6 terminus
of the iron on the St. Paul and Pacif
ic road, some twenty milos this side
of IJreckinridge. They supposod
tboro was no danger, as the buildings
wore situated on the opposite side of
tho track, and the flames would have
so make a loap of somo forty feet to
reach them. They did not calculate
upon tho force ot the coming whirl
wind of%fire, and tho buildings, to
gether with ail their contents, tell an
easy prey to tho flames.
Loaping tho road (and at different
points setting fire to the ties), the
flames sped onward with tho floet
riOfS of tho wind.
All day on Sunday the fire raged
with unabated fury, and yeHtorday,
when tho passenger train from Mor
ris came over tho road there wan
a lino of firo on each side ot the road
—that in tho "Big Woods," between
Darwin and Smith Lake, being on
[M'ciully grand and terrific. The fire
had crossed the road and was still
sweeping. That iu tho wood would
probably extend to Crow River,
whero itseourso would he stayed, but
that n tho prairie will swoop far
northward unless a providential rain
puts a stop to its ravages.
Tho wido scope of oountry over
which tho firo has extended, and the
exeitomont incident thereto, prevents
us from giving anything liko an esti
mate of the damage done.
Henry Gager, of St. Cloud, well
known to this city, was returning
from Fort Aborerombio with five
fine horses. The flames ovortook
him, and, seeing his only safoty lay
in facing them, ho headed his horses
for tho wall of fire, dashed through,
burning his overcoat lrom his back,
and injuring his horses to such an
extont that thoy are almost worth
less. Fortunately, Mr. Gager es
caped with only a few burns. He is
an old hand
011
the prairies, and, hold­
ing his breath, swallowed
110
flaines.
A niilo or two behind Mr. Guger
was a man driving a flock ol somo
011'j hundred and titty sheep. Neither
rutin nor sheep had boen heard from
at last accounts. The man mav
have escaped, but the sheep undoubt
edly had tbeir mutton cooked."
It is impossible to estimate the
li!»s caused by this wide spread con
flagration. At last accounts the firo
ivas still racing north of the line of
the road, and whero it will ba atop
ped cannot be told.
(From Iho 81. Paul Press of Oct, 5tk.)
ear-
All day the heavy veil of smoko
from the burning prairies and timbor
in the western portion of tho State
hung over the city, and if further
evidence were required to prove the
existence of a wide spread and de
vastating conflagration, it oould be
found iu tho thickly falling cinders
wfieh were born by the winds lroiu
tbe distant woods and prairies. At
several points throughout tho city
lito MJUu ai o bJa.cker.cij j»y thei-e
silent messengers from tho scene of
tho great firo or great calamity,
livery group of men assembled upon
tho streets discussed its duration and
damage, or hoped for the rain which
ilono seems capable of impeding its
irurch or stopping its damages.
TUB DAMAIiE.
From gentlemon who arrived on
tho 5:15 train last ovoning, tho grati
fying information is obtained, that
while tho dttraago already inflicted
s very largo, it has uot been so
gonoral as has been supposed.
This unexpected immunity maybe
attributed to tho precautions of tho
settlors, in either plowing around
their premises or starting u wyistem
of "batik-fires" when information
rol'
tho approaching danger was first
received. Ihit in spite of overy pre
caution of effort, tho to'ul Ions will
lie a sad record, and HUB which falls
with crushing weight upon many
who have built homos upon the Iron
tiers, only to soe every!hint/ swept
away at a touch from tho leaping,
blasting flames.
A gentleman named Wm. Arm
strong living about four miles from
Forest City, was overtaken by the
firo before ho had made any prepara
tion for it, and everything he had in
tho world, house, furniture, horses,
cattle, stocks, and agricultural imple
ments and machinery, wars bwned
and dostroyod.
The carpets in the new Court
House in Now York, for which such
enormous sums wore paid, wore af
the cheapest and meanest quality
when new, and are now worn oat
and very shabby.
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From Tnpwlny Kventog» Journal.
•lOH^EENf HOWSBBDAORES OP
PROPERTY DEVASTATED.
ThmuMB* BiiMiip DM*
tr*y«4-
Ovw a D«a4
tram the Debris.
A Lake OHT Witfce«tJU*ht «r Water
TknaBuMTkmul Oitt
MU ia Searck *r
Somo idoa of tho feaiful ravages
during tbe Great Firo of Chicago
may be ontertaiood by comparing it
with tho other two greatest
of fiery visitations in tho
history of the world—those of Lon
don and Moscow. Tbe groat fire of
London covered 500 acres of ground,
rendered horueloss 200,000 inhabi
tants and 18,000 houses. Those of
Moscow burned over a space of 400
acres and destroyed 12,000 houses.
The great fire of Chicago laid waste
over 1,800 acres, upwards of 18,000
buildings and rendered about 86,000
persons homeless.
As to pecuniary loss no Are which
over occured in the WOrld has boen
attended with that suffered by
Chicago, as in no city was there such
an amount of valuable merchandise
or so may oxpensive buildings des
troyed. Most of our merohants had
received their winter stook ol goods,
none of which they were able to
save. The loss in merchandise alone
at this last groat conflagration will
be double that so tiered by London
and Moscow combined.
The groat calamity which has fal
len upon our city, as overwhelming
as it is, has not broken the spirit of
our citizens.
With heroic courage tho people at
present, not thinking of their own
losses, are cvorywhere setting to
work to relievo tho distresses of
othors. Tho groat hoart of Chicago
is not broken, nor bor spirit of ontor
priso crushed. She will arise from
hor ashes, with an enorgy which
will eclipse all hor former efforts, and
speedily regain her formor position.
WHAT IS LEFT.
Tho only buildings loft in fuot be
tween the river aud tho lako, and the
river and Madison street are Hatha
way's coal office, one of the Bucking
ham elevators, on the lako shore, and
tho Lind block, at tho cornor of Kan
do Iph and Market. Not a vestigo of
any woodon structure is left in sight,
and the walls of the majority of tho
buildings in the district doscribed
aro leveled with tho ground. In
somo instances, partitions walls havo
not altogether fallen, but rear thoir
|oinlod heads high above tho sur
rounding ruins.
From Madison to Washington
stree all buildings are leveled on both
sides of Market. Between Washing
Ion arid Randolph stroets, I lath way's
coal pile is still burning brightly.
All the business blocks north to tho
river, on tho east side ot Market are
destroyed. Among these wero tho
new buildings owned by the Garrett
Biblical Institute the walls of which
are nearly all down.
From tho bridgo to La Salle street.
Lake street was built up on both
sides with biisinoi,s blocks of brick
and stone, remarkable more lor their
eommodiousness and convenience
than beauty. All aro gone.
From the Tremont to the Groat
Union Depot is not far, but its wealth
of merchandise and stately edifices
wore known far and near throughout
tho West, but tho oyo dims and tho
pulso-goes slowly when the ruin of
this noblo mart meets the sight.
Tho scene on tbe south side of tho
city is loo appalling to ho dwelt
upon with other words than those
which will in the most adequate man
ner convoj' an idea of the reality
which sooms beyond the power of
tonguo. or pen to relate. Tbe stroets
that aro burnt over aro Madison,
Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van Bui en
Congress, and Michigan Avenue
where it was checked, the Michigan
Avenue hotel being saved. On Wa
bash it burned through to Harrison
street. The last house burned on
the east side of Wabash Avenue. On
tho west Hide, Dr. McOhesney's the
Wabash Avenue Methodist) Church
was burned at the northeast coruer
of Harris -n street and W abash Ave
nue- On State street, 356 was tbe
last number burned. This was the
south limit so far west as the track
of the Michigan Soutborn Railway,
fhe long freight bouso (in and out
fieight) were burned with all their
contents cars and everything as far
south ot Taylor, and west of the oast
track. Taj lor street, the north lim
it of a great lumber district was
not crossed, to the south- Thus, in
shoit, there is only ono building
within the limits abovo described
which is uot burned to ashes, and
this seems to havo escaped through a
miracle—it is numbered 91 to 9y Har
rison street, on tho corner of North
Avenue. The streets which run
north and south are Michigan Ave
nue, Wabash Avenue, State, Dear
born, Clark, LaSalle, Wells, Sher
man, Giiswold and Market streets.
This section of the city contained
the gloiy ot our architecture, undthe
pulutial residences ol somo of our
uiOHt wealthy citixens.
Ail of the bridges from over the
river from Madison to Twelfth
streets uru burued. On the West
side the ravages were dire, sweeping
away the great manufactories and
mills, and the elevators of that sec
tion.
The appex of the field of dosolation
which is a liorisontal cone, is at tho
cornor of DeKoven i.nd .lellerson
streets, and from there tho burnt
tract sweeps north-east, widening
and widening for a distance of soul.)
live, miles, while the distance to the
lake is almost between Jefferson and
the river, east and west, and Van
liuren and Ihjkoven. The first
street north ot Twelfth, north and
•ouvh, and from any point, can bo
seen a doaon or more tall chimneys,
marking the sites of as many enor
mous manufacturing buildings.
Tho "scene" in the North Division
from tho time the flamos showed
their terrible presence there, beg
gars description approaching any
thing like what really occurred
Those who had lime, caused their
furniture and other effects to be
placed on tho sidewalk in front of
"the various buildings iu which they
resided, ready to bo carried off. Be
fore, however, vohioles of any kind
w«!'
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0TTtIH#A, WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19,1871
could bo proenrod, the flanics had
devoured the interposing structures
and in less timo than it takes to write
it bad seised upon the pi'.es of furni
ture and driven tho owners away to
seek security. This occurred in
thousands of instances. Many suc
ceeded in reaching what they cyisid
ered a safe distance from tho tire, but
in half an hour were forced to floo
again and again, many families
''moving" a halt doaou^times in face of
the fearful element, oaoh timo leav
ing behind thu portion of goods they
had saved, until finally they found
that they had lost all. Towards tho
lake, northward, northeastward,
westward, and towards tho north
west, flocked tho thousands of pallid
featured oitieons, in all conditions of
health and distress. It would take
too much time and space to describe
tbe heart rending spectacles which
were prosented and witnessed. All
means of communication with tho
South Division were cut off, which
faet tendered to raader'the general
horror, dismay and oonfusion tho
more general a* tbe flames steadily
pressed onward, and no one ,knew
whore to go or where the dreadful
conflagration would Midi
All of that portion of Ibe city ly
ing between the river, east ol Clark
street and west of the lake and as
fas north as Fttllerlou Avenue, is en
tirely destroyed exoept the residence
W. B. Ogden, corner oi Clark and
Oak streets, and near tho glass con
servatory, and aleo three or four
buildings west of Linooln Park.
These few land marks are all that re
main of that onc$ beautiful part of
the city even the "City of the dead"
—the old burying ground—was not
exempt from the ravages of the fire,
it being burned over, leaving the
tombstones looking sad.
The wind, when tho fire was rag
ing south of Lincoln Park, was so
strong as to blow down shade trees,
and at this point somo four blocks
were consumed in twenty minutes.
Even the vaults iu the burying
ground wero bu»ned.
Among the hundreds of buildings
on Lako street that iu themselves
would have mado an extensive con
flagration, not ovon tho walls of ono
is standing.
Tho northwest part of tbe north
side, being tbe outskirts of that part
of tbe city romains. This, however,
is so small a part as to furnish but
little house-room for sufferers.
The burned district covers about
five square miles. Tbe general
scono is one that cannot bo des
cribed—language fails—tho whole
district being covered with people
searching for what is loft, and for
what was buried in the earth to keep
it from the flames, as was done by
some
On the South 'Side tbe soutborn
limit was practically Harrison street.
From that it swept northward as
long as thoro was anything for it to
teed upon.
At this writing, only ono vault has
been oponod. that of tbe Commercial
National. Everything was found in
a perfect staio of preservation.
There was all sorts of wild rumors
afloat about tho total destruction of
this and that bank, including vaults
and safes Many safes may be seen
among the dobris of tho burnt dis
trict, apparently in a good slate of
preservation.
Tho Post office and Western Union
Telegraph Company are both located
in Burlington llall, corner Sixteenth
and State stroets. Nearly all the
mail matter, letters especially, they
succeoded in saving from tho debris
of the Custom House buildiug.
All tho records of deeds and mort
gages aro dostroyed. This includes
all the real estate not only in Chica
butin Cook county, with its nu
go,
meroufl suburban towns. There is
great hope that when the vaults are
openod at the abstract offices, the
record books, which are intended to
bo perfect copies of overy real estate
transfer in the county, are safe. As
to the value of real estate, it is now
entirely indeterminate, because it is
impossible to divine where the future
business center will be. Tho latter
will depend upon the location select
ed by the leading business houses
whioh are already in consultation.
There is not a law offioe nor a law
library left in Chicago, exc^it the
few small duplicate libraries in the
residences of the leading lawyers.
There is not a paper showing that
thore is a suit pending in any of tbe
six courts ot reccrd in Cook county,
including tho Federal Courts. There
is not an iudictmeut in existence in
the county against any one, not a
judgment, not a petition in bank
ruptcy in tho Federal Courts. Itveu
the duplicate files that tho lawyers
kept in their offices of important
citsos are till gone.
Five of our large elevators foil vic
vims to the flames in the great fire,
but there is a sufficient quantity of
grain in those left, standing to supply
all present demands.
At Union Street Station all is bus
tlo and activity,
Bonding
in
dead bodies
to No. 64 Milwaukee avenue, to an
undortaker who is employed by tho
city to take care of them. Not less
than ono hundred persons have boon
killed, and it is thought that tho
nuinbor of doad bodies
will
yet far
oxeoed this. Bight miles and a quar
ter from the court house, twenty
four hours alter the fite, such was
the lurid brightness, that a quarter
to nine" was road on the dial faco of
a watch
tho opon street, and not a
star shining in tho heavens.
Thoro is not a bank in all Chicago
unless it bo scyne litt, e houses re
mote from what was the eentro of
business. Tho actual lotvi ot tho
bankers cannot be computed even
approximately, in any one case. Ono
thing wo aro authorise)' to stato pos
itivoly Tho banks will resume re
gular business in a f'W days. It
should be added that the Union Stock
Yards National Bank is tho ouly
National Hank now in working order
in Cook county.
WATKIl.
Tbe scarcity of walor illfcthe city
is ono of tho moM 1eploratfo and
alarming features of the situation, as
in tho ovent of other fiios, occurring
in any part of tho city distant from
the river or lako, the tnost deplorable
results would bo inevitable. For do
mestic purposes persons must seek
for some time to conie yet, their wa
''f^^-ssrst
.ft jir:.
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trt4*
4»#!T
wells. It is most fortunato now that
in the days of Chicago's prosperity
HO many artosian wells wore nunk,
which will now bo of inestimable
value in supplying tho demands ot
the community.
Third National Bank vault was
found all straight. Everything is
taken out of the American Express
Comfiany's safe in perfect condition.
Tho Trador's National Bank vault
has boen found to bo perfectly un
harmed. The Merchants Saving,
Low and Trust Company's vault is
apparently all right, yet there are
some fears as to the safety of tho
contents. We are assured, however,
that their depositors will not lose
anything.
The Mechanics' Savings Bank on
Twenty-second street started prompt
ly this morning paying its deposits.
It is utterly impossible to form
anything like a just idea of the mag
nitude of the great fire. As a heip
in so doiug we may say that a gentle
man. who has. taken contracts for
preparing grounds for building pur
poses,says that tho debris ol the burnt
district could not be removed for loss
than a million dollars, even though
carted no farther than the lake.
The loss of the city cannot be es
timated with anything like accuracy.
It will reach several hundred mil
lions. The general impression is
that the insurance is worthless,owing
to the magnitude ot the losses. But
some ageuis of first-class companies
assure us that their policies will be
paid in full. In other cases it is said
that considerable discount will have
to bo made. It is inevitable that
hundreds of insoranoe companies
must go down.
Over twenty thousand people are
on the prairio north and west of tbo
city. Measures are now being taken
to havo them brought into the city
and cared for.
Notwithstanding all tho terrible
devastation which occurred, Chioago
business men are not agoing to say
"die," and many of them who had
places ot business on tho most promi
nent thoroughfures havo sut up
signs in front of the ruins, inform
ing passers that they have located
themselves in an office for tho present
which is genorally situated in tbe
West Division, as that is the only
available portion of the city.
One thing particularly strikos tho
passongers through all the streets—
tho absence of everything of a com
bustiblo matter. Brick, stone, and
iron abound, and make up whatever
is left of tho most magnificoni and
costly structures. Dirt in tho ordi
nary sense of tho torm, has vanished
all is caltn, but "h, bow desolato.
Another tiling is tho uuiformity of
the destruction. The marble palaco
and cheaper briok and mortar blocks
lie in common disorder. Tbore is no
distinction except in tho preseuce ot
iron pillars and marble door and
window ornaments.
All these attending circumstancos
of what in history will bo banded
down to futuro generations as tho
"Great Firo of Chicago," will re
main vividly in the momory of all
who were presont in Chicago on tho
7th, 8th aud 0th ot October, A, D.,
1871.
tor supply from tbo lake and artesian suffering little ones without any shel­
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From tbe Kvonins Journul of \V«Hlue«iU»y.
An approximate estimate of tbe
total losses is about 8200,000,000.
The aroa buruod over is over 2,000
acres. The number of buildings
burned is not below 20.000. The
number of lives lost is believed to be
at least 200. There are about lt)0,
000 persons iu need of relief.
Groat hardships aro boiug endured
from want of water, and thousands
who—when a liberal supply was pro
curable before tho great tire—were
in tho habit oi' wastiug what has be
come a precious fluid, would now
pay liberally for ovon a fractional
portion of that which they threw
away, The utmost economy has to
be exorcised in tbe use ot tho indis
pensable fluid, and, as^a cousetjuonce,
persons who aro most scrupulously
clean in their habits are compelled
to iforego their former luxurious uso
of water ami soap, while all ciean lin
en on baud has to be jealously
watched and brought into requisition
under tbo most ecoaomical regula
tions. Tbo artesian wells, Union
Park ar.d the Lako Front are crowd
ed with men, women and children
conveying vessels of iron, tin, wood
and oartbenwaie of almost every
imaginable shape and size, in which
to procure a supply oi water. Thous
ands of carts, wagons, wheelbarrows,
and other vehicles aro also employed
in the same capacity, while the
authorities havo chartered almost
overy street sprinkling machine in
the city to procure water and distrib
ute it free of cost in necessary but not
extavagant quantities, to those who
ueod it. In somo sections of the city
thero exist private wells, which tor
some years havo not been used, and
many of these now on being opened
are found to bo foul and useless. Oue
man on West Twelfth street who
owns u well, which happens to con
tain a lair quality of water, refused
to allow any one, except a tow of his
relations who live in tho city, to
draw from it, and so determined is
ho in bis partiality, which under
somo circumstances might be com
paratively justifiable, but under ex
istin circumstances, to say the least,
is brutish, that an eye witness de
clares the lollow mountod guard over
the well with a cocked uud loaded
revolver and drove off all applicants
except tbo favored ones alluded to,
irrespective of age or «cx. Indeed,
this is not tho only caso of tho kind
reported, while thoro tiro men going
round with barrels of water on wag
ons.
and selling the fluid at ton cents
a pint, a pailful, and so on. The ar
rangements aro being made by which
water will be pur from the lake
by stationary engi. .nto tho mains
so that basements and first floors will
havo a supply
Last night was looked forward to
as ono of terriblo suffering among
tho thousands who quartered out up
on tlio prairie, in tho streets, in the
alloys and by ways, and a- tho even
ing drew tho air became chilly
and the atmosphere was heavy with
cold blightning dew which was al
most as bitter as frost. Tho on tiro
West Division was crowded full of
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Besides the threatening of death
from cold and wet there was a more
terrific dread which thrillod the
tTio strongest heart to the core, and
that was that the band of despora
doos which were known to infest
that quarter with the purpose of
burning the city, would succeed in
getting a fire started in somo of the
churches which would result in the
total destruction of what little re
mains ot Chicago, and cast into pau
perdom three hundred thousand
souls.
With all this sad feature before
them the committee went to work
with n9rvesofiron and indomitable
enorgy. Every foot of ground was
patrolled by a strong guard, aud
many very important arrests made.
Tho night was dark and cold aod
droary, in this ruined city, destitute
of light and water, and fire, the lat
ter element only appearing when it
was inaccessible, in great mountain
ous piles of coal and grain, the lurid
flames, which seemoa to touch the
brassy dome of heaven with'their
long taper fingers. All was gloom
wretchedness, and yet with a stern
fortitude tbe night was passed, and
relief furnished to all the needy
wherever found.
The loss of the elevators is as lol
lows:
North side elevators, 750,000 buBh
e!s Central elovator, 500,000 bush
els and the National elovator, 300,
000 bushels. All grains are included
iu the statement.
As an indication of the wide ex
tent of our losses, it may be stated
that three brothers (Herricks) lost
everything, although they oaoh lived
in a different division of the city.
The records of deeds were burned
up in tho Court House, bat tho in
dexes wero savod, and tho abstract
firms, Shortall k Hoard, and Chase
Bros., havo saved their abstract
books complete.
The greatest interest evorywhero
prevails with referenco to tho condi
tion ot the hanks, vaults and safos of
tho city. Quito a number of banks,
and other safes, havo boen already
opened, and after a caroful examina
tion it seoms that overy dollar of
this will bo saved. Threo of the
National Bank vaults wero opened
yesterday, and everything fftund
intact. Tho most important point,
however, is the "bilib receivable."
A caroful analysis of this item gives
a more cheerful aspect to affairs than
might bo expected. Of the aggregate
loans, nearly two-thirds were made
to lumber, grain and provision deal
ers. The provision aud lumber deal
ers havo lost comparatively little
and as for tho grain dealers tho en
tire loss of grain will not excood$2,
000,000.
This loss would fall mainly on
about six leading "grain banks."
Tho greatest loss in the bills receiv
able" of tho banks will bo on regular
mercantile paper. If this mercantile
paper is worth oven twenty cents on
the dollar, there is reason to hope
that tho banks wiil ultimately find
tbut their "bills receivable" are worth
on an average, 60 cents on the dol
lar, and, perhaps, considerable more
It will take time to mako this avail
able.. but we believe that somo of the
bauks will ultimately pay the whole
ot their deposits. They must, of
couf^B, have some money to begin
business on, and lor this reasou will
not bo ablo to pay anything very
soon.
At a meetiug of the railroad com
panies and prominent capitalists,
last nigbt, a proposition was made
to let tbo railroad companies build
tbeir depots between Van Huron
street and the river, and keop tho
North side for lumber.
Nothing definite has been deoided
upon, however. This would change
the business of tbo city to the south
and west for the future.
Thanks to t'e blessed charity of
tho good peopled tho United States,
we shall not suffer from huug?r or
nakedness in tbis trying time. Hun
dreds ot train loads of provisions are
coming forward to us with all speed
from every quarter, from Maine to
Omaha. Every city and town in the
West and Northwest, large or small
is sending messages and offers ot
help to us in the shape ol nai's and
other building hardware, cooked pro
visions, of every kind, clothing,
blankets, and money. Some ha*e
already urrivod—more are o'lmug.
Three fourths ot our inhabited area
still saved.
Tbe water supply will be speedily
renewed. Steam tiro engines I nan a
dozen neighboring cities havo ulieudy
arrived, and more are ou their «jy
It seoms impossible that any further
progress should be made by the
flames, or that auy new fire suould
break out that would not bo ins:i ntly
extingisbed.
Already contracts have been made
for rebuilding some of tbe •mined
blocks, and the clearing away iho
derbris will liogin today, if the ••at
is so far subdue)I that the irjvd
material can be handled. Tho
money and securities in all tbe banks
are safe.
Tho railroads are working with all
their energies to bring us out 1 our
allliction. Tho threo hundred mil
lions of capital invented in 'huso
roads is bound to soe us through.
They have been built with sj-ctial
referenco to a great commercial
mart at this place, and thoy '-annot
fnil to sustain us. CHICAGO Ml'ST
K1SE AGAIN.
We do not underrate the calamity
that has befallen us. Thoworbi has
probably never seen tho liico it.
But the force of nature, no less can
the lon e of reason, require thai the
exchange ol a grcut, region should
bo conducted here. Ten, twenty
years may be required to recount nu
our fair city, but tbe capital to i'uild
it tiro proof will bo forthcoming.
The loss wo have suffered must be
born© but the place, the time and
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ily clothed. All that could bo seen
must be taken cAro of in soino #ay.
Tbo residents of tho West Division
turned out in full force as a sanitary
ami relief committoo to take in every
ono that the bouso would bold, and
thousands wero in this way provided
with a covering other than the cold
canopy of heaven, which in its bras
sy redness, burnished fiercely bright
by tbo continuous glare of flames or
days and nights, seemed to woar a
threatening scowl that portended
death to more than ono poor soul.
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tho men are hero, to. comtnonce at
the bottom and build up again not
at tho bottom neither, for we havo
credit in cvory land, and tho experi
eneo of ono upbuilding of Chicago to
help us.
Let us all cheer up, savo what is
yet left, and wo shall como out all
right. Tho Christian world is com
ing to our relief. Tho worst is al
ready ovor. In a few days more all
the danger will be past, and wo can
resume tho battlo of life with Chris
tian faith and Western grit. Let us
all cheer up I
DEATH TO INCENDIARIES.
Circulars are posted in various por
tions of the city, of which the follow
ing is a copy:
OFFICE OP PINKKETON'S POLIOS.
Orders are hereby given to tho
captains, lieutenants, sergeants, and
men of Piukerton's proventivo police
that tbey are in chargo ot tho burn
ing district, in tho South Division.
Any person stealiog, or seekiug to
steal any of the property in my
charge, or attempting to breuk open
the safes, as tbe men cannot make
arrests at the present time, they
shall kill the persons by my orders.
No morcy shall be shown thom, but
death shall be their fate.
AU.EN PINKBRTON.
The following reports havo been
gathered with reference to incondi
aries killed
A boy attempted to help on the
conflagration by igniting a clothes
line saturated will* kerosene and
throwing it into a building on Thirty
second street. Ho received his de
serts at the hands of tbe firemen,
who saw tbe act, and now sleeps in
the valley."
A man, namo unknown, was shot
by a negro at tho corner of State and
Thirty-second streets. His offense
was that ho set fire to a buildiug to
obtain better opportunities for pil
lago.
Bridget Hickey was arrested for
setting tire to a barn in the rear of a
house on Burnsido street. By some
mistaken idoa of clemency, sho was
not hanged.
Two men, who wore caught try
ing to set fire to tbe Jesuit Church,
on the West Sido, were disposed of
without ceremony and the lookers
on wero pleased to say, Served 'em
right."
About noon yesterday, a barn on
tbe cornor of Burnsido and Twentieth
streets was observed to bo on firo.
Knowing that it must have been tho
work of an incendiary, the neighbors
united to extinguish it, filling their
coats and hats ana everything they
could got luld of with sand. Tho
fire was extinguished in good time,
and a man found in thero captured.
It is stated that ho was shot. Wheth
er tho report is or is not correct is
not known.
At about 11 o'clock yesterday fore
noon, a man also residing on Fourth
avenue caught a man in tho base
ment of his house, number unknown,
armed with hay and matches. Ho
gave the alarm, and the incendiary
was caught and stoned and nattered
to denth. Ho lies on the avenue yet,
near Fourteenth street.
From Commissioner T. B. Brown
the following incident was learned.
On his authority it is correct without
doubt: At about 1 o'clock yester
day afternoon a colored man, name
unknown, observed a white man
sneaking round his house, ou Fourth
avenue. He fired the barn in tho
rear of the house, and was instantly
shut dead.
Among tbespecial policemen sworn
in on tbe South Sido yesterday was
a uegro named Dick" Costello.
who was assigned to a boat on Wa
bash avenue, near Hubbard Cuurt.
About 4 o'clock iu tho afternoon, a
white man. whoso name is unknown,
was looking upon the ruins, wbeu
Costello warned him off. He an
swered that be was only a spectator
and was doing no harm, when the
negro raised a piece of lead pipe,
with which be was armed, and
smushed in the man's rikuil, killing
him on the spot. Tho crowd follow
ed the negro and would have bang
ed him, but for tbo intervention of a
couple of policemen who rescued
him and locked him up in the Cot
tago Grove Station.
About three o'clock yesterday af
ternoon residents on the South Side
were alarmed by the cry of tire,
which increased when they saw
smoke ascending from Mr. Scbafl'er's
store, cornor State and Thilty-first
streets. It was evidently tho work
of an incendiary, and owing to tho
devilish ingenuity used y the
«coundrel who did tbe work, much
difficulty was found in extinguishing
the tire. Commissioner Sheridan
liappent near the place, and assisted
to put out the blaze. A meeting of
ovor ioO citizenn was held immedi
ately, and Mr. Sheridan empowered
tbe Chairman to swear in all he
thought tit as special policemen.
There was indiguation enough to
havo put a summary end to the dev
il, had ho been caught, and a deter
mination to treat all such as dogs
unworthy of lifo.
Another man was shot last even
ing by tbo police, who detected him
in the act ot attempting to fire the
Jesuit Church on Twelfth street.
An excited crowd gathered around
tbo West Division Police Station,
about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
intent upon making an application
of lynch law to a man who was al
leged to have tried to set fire to a
House on Michigan avonue. Throe
or four ropes wore flourished vigor
ously in tho crowd and sovoral
speeches
wero mado by parties, urg
ing them to rescue tho incendiary
from tho bands of the police, lint tho
letter wero iirm, and at tho last ac
counts tho man was still a prisoner,
in tho coll.
A part of the bouso in which Ste
phen A. Douglass taught school, at
Winchester, Scott Co., HI., is still
standing, and is now used as a black
smith shop.
Tho first pair of India rubber shoos
ever soon in tho United Statos was
in 1820. Tbey wero gilt,and poiutod
like tho slippors of a Chinoso Man
darin.
A boy in Nashua, Now Hampshire
who three years ago swallowed
tin whistle, died recently, afler pro
senting ell thOsymptomsofoonBump
"tion.
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ORDFCRS
SOLICITED
Maniitoc and Brauol* Burned
Added to the Citioa Dostroyed by fin
Over 480 House* and Mill and twj
£choonom Oonwimed Lo«» B»tia»tI
at One Million Three Hundrod Tkotfr
and Dollar*.
MANISTKE, Oct. 11.
The fire which broke out in th§
pineries northeast of here last weilt
was almost subdued, when a beafy
gale sprang up from tho southward*
driving tho flames and cindors to*
ward Gifford Ruddock's mills.
This tho firo company chocked but
Sunday evening a firo broko out near
Canfield's mill, which is situated at
th9 mouth of the river, and so intense
was the lioat that men could not gptk
within a thousand yards of it. In
less than half an hour the mill, to
gether with about twenty dwelling
houses and boardiug houses wero
tally consumod. A hill intervene
between this and tho town, the fif*
oould run no further, and people
wore already congratulating theoft-v
solves upon tho narrow oscape of
Manistee, when a bright light w»S
notiood northwest from the scene,
and, repairing to the spot, we found
a number of dwellings wrapped jB,
flames, and a regular equinoctial
blowing—thus making it beyond hi
man control to stay the conflagr*»
tion. Tho damage at present is ii«
estimable, but tbo largest partof twr
town, which i8 ou the South Side, is
destroyed, while so far, twenty-sevBh
buildings are totally goue on
North Side.
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The loss, as near as we 'oan learlf,
amounts to one million three hul*^
drod thousand dollars, with
Several serious accidents occurred^""
and some lives have boen lost, bffc-.
there is such tumult and ezoitemefk, j.,,.
that no ono can give a fair answer fap
a question.
Gauti BAY, Oct. 11.*
On Sunday night about 9 o'clocl
fire broke out in the south part
tbo Belgian settlement at Bruseefi£
Door county, destroying 180 house*
and leaving nothing of the largo and
flourishing settlement but five housofc
Ninepersons^aro missing thoy al®
supposed to have perished. ThJtf
morning two hundrod people break*
lasted on four loaves of bread.
Tho moBt pitiablo stato of tbinfp"
oxists all through the district visitd^
by the tiro, and hunger antl Btarvj.
tion are staring tho wretched iuha|k»
itants in i.ho face.
Williamson's mill,at Sturgeon Bajpf'
is reported burned, and fifty livt** v*?
were lost. u
ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13—6 p. M.
The following proclamation hMb,^
just been furnished tho Associated
Press:
The Mayor of Chicago is happy''
to be able to announce that the j?
remains quiet and poaceablo. Then*
is no lawlessness, incendiarism, Qr
riotous conduct- Order reigns s»«
promo, and life and property aro 4i
secure as before the burning of tip#'
city. The city government iaall Of
its departments is now iu full anq^,
complete operation. None of tlfd
poor inhabitants are without sbelMr
of some kind. Food is constant^ ^,*4
arriving from all quarters, but a
winter is before us and wo shall neeST
nil tho aid that sympathizing humai»:'
ity can rentier us. Such an exhibition KJ
of sympathy aud generous aid as haa
boon called forth by our groat calam
ity has never been equaled in th8
history of tbe world. ij i
It has cheered and encouraged 0h
citizens. Business has largely beqp^
resumed. Houses mostly of a tefll-"
porary character are springing up id**
all parts of 2000 acres of ruins, ilanj
prominent buildings are being eree*
led, the energy ot our citizens art
eeing every where displayed. In thfe
name of our citizens, 1 tender thanl^..
uud boartful thauks to all who hatNl
so nobly and generously sympathis
ed with and aided us our great
distress. K. B. MASON, Mayor.
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about one-fifth insurance.
Tho swing bridgo is entirely
stroyad the schooner Seneca Chief
is burned to tho water's edge. Eve*|jr*
building on the North Sido (excepts
ing the Fourth Ward School House,
tho residence of George Thorp ai)d,
the Catholic Church) is completely'
consumed.
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The Tribune's commercial avtidle
says there is but little doing in the
produce circles, but our commission
merchants and grain dealers aro
hard
ut work preparing to opon otit
as soon as
the pecuniary arrange
ments will permit, which will be inn
day
or two, probably by the first of
next week. Mauy ot them aro buajy
helping to distribute food and cloth
ing to the destitute, tbe remainder
are fitting up offices iu the vicinity ©f
the temporary Board of Trade rooms,
at Nos. 51 and 58, ('anal street*,
where the Board of Trade will do
business until the Chamber of Cot£»,.,
nierce can
be
rebuilt. Some graiu ia
lbt'r
charters were
ported to-day. It is expected thftl
grain will bo moved out muoh more
rapidly towards Monday, as the
bauks will be able to mako advanoM
by that time. So far none of the
bank
vaults have been found at NI
injured.
A noticeable fact, and one of im
meuso importance, in tho rebuilding
of tho city, is tho almost perfect con
ditio!! iu which tho firo has left tho
Nicholson pavement, tho damage is
so triftiug as not to bo worthy
mention. Miles of pavement on tho
North sido aroaimostunaoorchod and
perfectly free of dobris, and oven ill
tho trouth eivisioii,whereiKtli sidenof
the streets were lined with lofty brick
and stone buildings, there is scarcely
a point where a carriage may not be
riven tbv"iii,"h the street-,, indeed,
except where buildings were blown up
in endoavortostop the progress of the
flames, tho ruins have almost entire
ly fallen upon their own sites At
point* whero the puvemonts wore not
burned and tho tiro only charred H,
it is a question whether tho proems
will not ad 1 to their durability. Evi
dence is accumulating that the lots
of lifo is more than was estimated,
and that groat numbors of person*
aro still searching for tho missing
members of families.
Tho Supervisors of this county
met to day and unanimously pasted
a resokitteit to rebuild
house,
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