Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 22, 1872, Page 1

- VOLUME 286. CHICAGO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1872. e Chicago Daily Teibune, NUMBER 95. FIRE EXTINGUISHER. TO T PUBLIC. Cur ntten_fion baving been called to the factthat the agent of the Gardner Extinguisher has been and now is circulating the following misrepresentation, to-wit: That the BABCOCK CO. are about to con- solidate with the so-called Gardner concern, also that we have with- draym all suits against them and their customers for this is to notify all concerned that the said MEXT OF OUR PATENT! statements are AT S, 'RINGE- UTTERLY FALSE, ‘And were known to be so by the party makin, maude to effect sales of 2 machine 1n violation o: them, and were only our rights. We have been and now are suing not only the Gardner concern as a company, but 21so their agents and purchasers, and hereby CAUTICN ALL PARTIES From buying or using Fire Extingmls;hers, or Engines of any kind, in al which Water impregnated with Tl guishing element, except those manufaci others duly licensed by us, on pain of imme onic Acid Gas is used as an extin- pe&) by this Company, or ate PROSECUTION FOR INFRINGEMENT. JOHN V. FARWELL, ANSOKN STAGER, B. F. JACO: MATTHEW LAFLIN, VAN H. HIGGINS, BS, H. M. THOMPSON, Directors Northwestern Fire Extinguisher Company. COUNSEL---Keller & Blake, Hon. David A. Burr, Hon. INSURANCE. TTARD. Horth Brifish and Mercantils INSURANCE COMPANY, OF LONDON AXD EDINBURGH, Oifice, 50 William-st., New York. This Company having passed through the Chicago and Bosion conflagrations Wigh hessy lossss, which bacs been - 2adwill be met promptly, withont materially Teducing the large Firo reserve of the Company, which is stil over £2,5%,uk, feels callod upon 1o takea firm etand for the ety'of the public and itself. Tnc recent disasters prove ihe necessity of Large Re- serves acd immense Resources to meet cies: tosceurs those, adequate rates of Dy obtained, and large collectivo lisbilitics must bo assumed. with caution. Our s;stam of lishilities in all thelarge citiesin the Uni- ted Stutes, which has proved so successful both in the Chicago and Boston conflagrations, s such that no one coniagration can occur to seriously jfmpair Sources of this Company, and 5o one which Cnicago and Boston combined, will absorb the Fire Re- sérve and Surplas, 10is on this basis that the public of entire security, and nothing shal {pderiatofrom f. Such a lodge makes the Policizs of this Gompans worth any reasonable rate, . We cen no Jonger tamper with inadequte rates of prem- {ams, which hato proved tho deswraction of somaay Fire insurers are fally persuads - tion, we shall be happs to transact business with them on the terms proposed, and we invite the active co-operation * of all reliable compinies. . B. CHITTENDEN. 3 SHEPPARD GAND Shoppard Gandy & Co. THEO. ROOSEVEL -Of Roosevelt & Son. EZR. - GAPITAL, - - - - - - - 10,000,000 ‘IRE PESERVE, Boston deducted, - 2,500,000 LIFE ASSETS. - - - - - 11,000,000 $23,500,000 8. M. MOORE & CO, Agents, 213 East Mafison-st, Chicago, I, TO RENT. OFFICES IN THE T Bnilding Are nearly finished. Several are vet untaken. - Fire-proof, with vaults. English tile floorsthrough- out. No offices in the city equal these in every first-class respect. Plans of the Tribune Building can Dbe seen at the ofiice of W. C. DOW, Room No. 1, Nevada Block, FOR SALE. WAREHOUSE FOR SALE. The large grain warehouse known 8s the Armour House, situated on the Ilinois and Michigan Canal, at Seneca, 72 miles from Chicago, and the best grain point onthe Canal. For terms apply to A. CAMPBELL, TaSalle; J. A. ARMOUR, at Burke’s Europesn Hotel, Chicago; or H.S. GILBERT, Seneca. ENVELOPES, At Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co's, 118 2nd 120 Monroe-st., Chicago. Sleighs. Sleighs. Goto HATHAWAY'S, 600 State-st., for finest Portland Sleighs. FLOUR. Choice brands white winter and spring flour, for sale by LYON & KING, Commission Merohants, 183 South Water-st. BUSINESS CARDS. GEORGE CAMMACK. ‘WAYLAND TRASK. CAMMACK & TRASK, Members of New York Stock Exchangs, 14 Wall-st., New York. Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Government Se- cnrities, bought and s0ld on_customary mar- gins at lowest rate of commission. Interest allowed on deposits. WELLINGTON BROS. & C0. ‘Were uninjured by the fire, and are doing business a3 usual at 68 Chauncy-st., corner of Bedford, Boston. TOYS AND FANCY GOODS. Schweitzer & Beer, IMPORTERS OF Toys aad Fancy Goods, Bohe- mian Glassware, China and Lava Goods, Baskets, Ac- ¢ cordions, &c., &e. 154 ST ATE-ST. Near Monroe. Edmund Burke, West & Bond, Charles Hitchcock. CLOTHING. STATE-ST. 523 333 &2 223 & : 3 ° 2 g "ONILLAN °f 'V 0 i PITISBURGE. _youm:™ gy : YOOTHE,” MEN, YOUTHS, " . ROCHESTER. xdvea . MEN, YOUTHS, g MEN, YOUTHS, <] Z MEN, YOUTHS, =1 E YOUTHS, & NEN, YOUTHS, g MEN, _YOUTHS, a =z MEN, YOUTHS, 14 2 CHILDREN, BOYS, =1 " c N, BOYS, =) i CHILDREN, BOYS, < CHILDREN, BOYS, -8 BOYS. E] BOYS, BOYS, CHILDRE B350 CHILDREN, BQYS, CHILDREN, BOYS. LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF FINE CLOTHING! EVER OFFERED IN THIS MAREET, FOR ALL AGES AND ALL SIZES. EXTRA LARGE MEN FITTED. A. J. NUTTING, THE ONLY NEW YORK C. O. D. FINE CLOTHING HOUSE IN THE WEST. ADDITIONS TO OUR STOCK RECEIVED DAILY FROM OUR NEW YORK BROADWAY HOUSE. 320 and 322 STATE-ST. BRANCH, 48 WEST MADISON-ST. MISCELLANEOUS. THE LADIES OF Christ Church 'WILL GIVE AN OYSTER SUPPER THIS (FRIAY) EVENING. A substantial meal served from 6 to 10 o’clock. BEWARE! Don’t fool away your money on the spuri- ous. The genuine HOW I FOUND DRE. LIVINGSTONE, written by Stanley him- gelf, is published only by Scribner, Arm- strong & Co., N. Y., and Hadley Brothers & Xane, 138 State-st.,, Chicago. Agents ‘wanted. STEAM HEATING By Mason's Improved Vertical Tube Rodiator. Oma- ‘mental or plain colls. BAM'L POPE & CO. 81 North Jefferson- FURNITURE. RUDOLPH & THOMALEN 153 WEST WASHINGTON-ST. FINE AND MEDIUM FURNITURE. Small expenses, small profits, low prices.| —_— MANSARD ROOFS. Fire-Proof Mansard - Roofs ! TUNION FOUNDRY WORKS, K. S. BOUTON, President, Corner of Fifteenth and. Dearborn-sts,, Chicago, Are_prepared to fumish STRICTLY FIRE-PROOF xogx‘-”sfl.nhmszmuw. Accurate estimates given on apollcation, HOTELS. ANDERSON'S EUROPEAN HOTEL. 143 and 145 East Madison-st., Botwoon Clark and LaSallo-stss This House fs now in full running order. ~Accommoda- tions for 176 guests. First-class in all Tespocts. Restaurant open from 6. m. till 9p. m. FINANCIAL, Loans Negotiated Onrealcstate, in the city or suburbs, st current rates. G. 8. HUBBARD, Jr., 168 Exst Washington-st. REMOVALS. REMOWVAT. LA FFICE---Nos. ‘39 and 30 Oriental i Blook, 122 LaSalle-st. ARTHUR W. WINDETT. WASHINGTON. Report . of the Supervising In- spector of ‘Steamboats. Interesting Statistics of Acci- dents During the Past Year. Richardson Mentioned as Boutwell’s Temporary Successor. John W. Fornéy Sued for Libel by a Departmpnt Clerk, STEAMBOAT INSPECTOR'S REPORT. ‘WasmIxarox, Nov. 21.—The annual report of the Hon, Joseph Nimmo, Jr., the Supervising Inepector General of Steamboats, has been finished and sent to the printer. Itis dated Nov. 19, 1872. The report shows that the num- ‘ber of casnalties by fire, explosion, and wreck, during the yoar 1871, was 65, against the aver- 8ge number during the three preceding years of 94; value of property destroyed by casusalties in 1871, $365,661; average value of property destroyed during the three preceding years, $4,439,622 ; number of lives lost by casnalties in 1871, 863 ; average nunber of lives lost by cas- ualties during the three preceding yosrs, 377 ; number of steamers inspected in 1871, 8,297 ; average number of steamers inspected during the three precoding years, 3,170; number of li- censes issued to pilots and engimeers in 1871, 11,758 ; average number of licenses to pilots 253 enginears during the throo Preceding yeare, The foregoing statement shows the average number of casualties during the year 1871 was 81 per cent less than the average for the three preceding years; also the BVOrage loss of property was 19 per cent less, and the average loss of life 4 per cent loss. At the same time it appears that during the year 1871 the number of steamers inspected was 4 per cent groater, and the num- ‘ber of licenses issned to pilots and engineers was 18 per cent groater than the average for the three preceeding years. The total loss of life on steam vessels from all causes during the year 1871 was 863, while the aversge loss of life during the six precedin years was 843 casualties. Since the las meeting of the Board, soveral serious casualties have occurred. On the 11th of April last, the boilers of the steamer Oceanus ex~ ploded at a point on the Mississippi River, about twenty miles above Cairo, .. The boat subse~ quently burnt to the water's edge and sunk. Forty-one lives were lost. On the 10th of August, the steamer Bristol, of o Narragansett Steamship Company, collided ‘with & brig in Newport harbor. o nature of the dsmago done to the steamer was_not known until it wag discovered she was sinking. For- tunately, she was run ashore in time to prevent any loss of life. Such a casualty to one of the largest and most costly steamers in the United States, by which the lives of . six bundred persons were endangered, taken in connection with the fact that the Bristol had but a few weeks before collided with another steamer, the latter having been sunk, pointa to the nocossity for greater care and efficiency in the mmsf:;nsnt of such vessels. The Local Board of Tnspectors at New London will try the Master and the pilot in charge of the wheel ot the timo of the casualty, in order to ascertsin whether their licenses shall or shall not bo sus- pended or revoked. o On the 15th of Augnst, the steamer Bienille, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, was burned st sea. Forty-one lives are believed to have been lost. The safety of life aod proper- ty on board of this ship were dependent on the efficiency and reliability of one steam pump. The report suggests the E‘opriety of requiring additional sureties in this respect, especially when, as in the case of the Bienville, a part of the cargo consists of kerosene oil, matches, and other dangerous articles. On Aug. 29th, the steamer Metis, of Provi- dence, collided with a schooner on Long Island Sound, and sunk in about an honr and & quarter afterward. The nature of the danger was mob discovered till within a fow minutes before she went down. By this casualty 23 lives are known to have been lost. The Investigating Board in this ease recommend the revocation of the licenses of the Master and First and Second Pilots, and suspension for six months of the license of the chief mate. These officers are now being tricd. The record shows that the Metis collided twice with other vessels in the Fear 1871. On the 18th of September, while the steamer Dean Richmond was on her passage from New York to Albany, a flue of one of her boilers burst. Owing to the thorough equipment of the boat and efficiency and excellent discipline of her officers and crew, the fire, caused by the flames driven from the furnace, wa speedily ex- tinguished, The fanlt in this case was the fail- ure of the manager of the Line to have the boil- ers inspectod, the steamer having been laid up for several months. On the 2d of Ociober the steamer Misssouri, of the Atlantic Mail Steam- ship Company, vwhile on her pas sago from New York to Havans, wes burmed at sea, and about eighty lives were lost. A Board Das been appointed to investigate the cironm- stances attonding this loss. - The casualties to the Metis and Bristol point to the necessity for & more strict attention to discipline_ on bocrd of stesm vessels. Equally apparent is the importance of having such drills 18 are Toquired by the rules of the gervice, for the purpose of instructing the crow in the use of ife-suving apparatus, and us to thoir conduct in cages of accident generally. The appliences placed on board stesmers for the purpose of saving the vessel and the lives of the passengers are not automatic. In order that they may answer the purposes for which they were intended, thero must be & thorough prectics] knonledgo of their use, which can only. obtained by strict discipline and frequent drilling of officers and crew. Upon steamers car- Iying & large number of passengers, the officers and crew should be required to Wear some dis- tinctive badge or uniform. The law requires that boiler-plates should be tested for the pupose of ascertsining their tensile strength, toughness, homogeneons- ness, and ability to withstand the effects of repeated heating and cooling, in order that this requirement may be carried into ef- fect, it is_necessary that steamboat inspection service shall be supplied with s_sufficient num- ber of testing machines. When a uniform system of tests has been adopted, itis to be hoped that boiler plate will bo ratedin the markets of the country according to their as- certained qualities, rather than. on the repata- tion of various makes. The principal manufac- turers of the country have been called on to present plans of testing machines designed to meet certain requirements, which have been submitted. to ~them. en these plans have been received, specifications will be drawn, and steps taken to procure the ma~ chines.- In the case of explosions on steam vessels, the conditions attending such disasters are sel- dom knoyn to the person in charge of the boil- ers and engines, and even when known, there are frequently motives which lead o a suppres- sion of the real facts in the case. In acourse of scientific experiments, however, all conditions are known and properly estimated in arriving at the solution of the results developed. Durin the Iast session of Congress, a bi was introduced suthorizing such experi- ments as might be deemed useful and important to guard sgainst the bursting of steam boilers. I strongly recommend the passage of 2 bill of this cheracter, believing that valusbla information could_thus be obtaimed for the better security of life and dpropefly on stcam vessels, Experiments should be made on boil- ers of various forms andon vessels of the sea- board, the lakes, and of Western rivers. By fhe terms of Section, act of Feb. 28, 1871, passenger steamers are prohibited from carrying coal oil, crude or refined petroleum, either as freight’ or stores, with the single excoption that refined petroleum, _which will not ignite at & lower temperature than 110 degrees Fahrenheit, mey be cerried on such steamers where there is no other practicable mode of transporting it. The distilled producta of petrolenm appear in every form, from the eons to the golid state, and their range of in- bility is very great: Some of the oleagi- nous products, the least inflammablo of which are parafine oils, are believed to be quite as safe a8 8perm or whale oil. While eyery reasonable precantion ghould be observed for the pre- vention. of fires on steamers, our statute laws should nevertheless be in accordance with the laws of chemical science &nd the commercial necessities of the country. I, therefore, respect- Tally recommend that the law of Feb. 28, 1871, be 80 amended as to allow passenger steamers to carryas freight or stores such products as petro- leum, 2s, in the opinion of chemical experts, shall be perfectly safe, and under such regula~ lations 88 shall remove all danger from this cause. Ialso respectfully recommend that the provisions of Sec. 5 of the Act of Feb. 28, 1871, relating' to' the shipment of explosive or dangerous articles, be o amended as to authorize in any case of such shipment con- trary to law, the immediate seizure of the ar- ticles thus shipped or attempted to be shipped. The Steamboat Inspecticn service consistgof a Supervising Inspector General, ten Supervising Inspectors, thirty-six Imspectors of Hulls, thirty-six ~_ Inspectors of ilers, three Assistant_ Inspectors of Hulls, three As- sistant Inspectors of Boilers, and eight clorks to the Inspectors. It is the in- tention of 'the act of ¥ob. 28, 1871, that the service sball be self-sustain- ing, without being & source of revenue. That object has been fairly attained. The Inspector General concludes as follows : “ It is my sincere desire not only that all reasonable securities for protecting life and property may be adopted, but that all just grounds for complaint may bo removed. “No antagoniem can possibly _arise between the Steambost Inspection Service and the owners of steam vessels, unless it be caused by the in- discretion of inspectors, the unreasonable de- mands of steamboat owners, or the efforts of persons maliciously inclined.” [7o the Associated Press.] APPOINTED. ‘WasmrxaTon, Nov. 21.—S. B. Datcher, now Supervisor of Internal Revenue, has been ap- pointed Pansion Agent of the Widows' Agency at New York. INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS. - *° The Committes on Appropriation having per- fected the Indian Appropriation bill, proceeded to-day to the consideration of tho Legislative, Execntivs,mflJnd.icillA'gpmprhfionb' . There are 14 general appropriation bills toboreported to the House of Representatives, five of which will be ruaddlby the meeting of Congress. 'Not more than half of the official estimates have been sub- mitted to the Committee, and this delay oper- ates against the Committec's progress. LIBEL SUIT. Colonel W. Penn, clerk for Allen Rutherford, Third Auditor, has entered suit in the Circuit Court of this District, sgainst John W. Fornay, laying his damages at $10,000, for libel. THE MESSAGE. President Grant devotes several hours of the morning to the preparation of his message, and receives guests a limited time in the afternoon. The message will not be printed in advance of its transmission to Congress, but as heretofors ‘manuscript copies will be farnished to the rep- resentatives of the press at the Executive Man- sion, about the time the President’s Secretary shall have reached the Capitol with the official document. COURTESIES TO BRAZIL. ) Rear Admiral Taylor, commanding the United Btates naval forces at theSouth Atlantic station, Rio Janeiro, Brazil, in a report dated_Oct. 35, Bays that, on Oct. 15, by request of the Brazilian authorities, the flagehip Lancaster was dressed with masthesd flags, and st noon & salute of twenty-one guns was fired, in honor of the bap- tis) day of the Brazilian Emperor. ATOIY MATTERS. Lieutenant Fred. Grant has been ordered to join his regiment. B Mrjor Latimore ; Captains Lee, Davis, and Clous ; Lieutenants Boehm, Hadson, Thompson, Warrington, Miller, McKinney, and’ Beifer haye been commended in army orders for gallantry in the Indian fight last September. Alao Surgeon Rufus Choate, for his care of the wonnded under fire, Nine enlisted men have been awarded ‘medals for gallantry on tho same occasion. THE INDIAN REPORT ' will embrace a comprehensive revipw of the entire history of the relations of ¢he Indisns to the Government, with existing sfatutes. NOBTHERY PACIFIC. A The Northern Pacific Railroad Commission- ers will make a report upon the opening of Con- gress. . THE CUBRENCY. 7 New Yorg, Nov. 21.—The Comptroller of the Currency, it is said, will recommend a repeal of the law requiring circulation to be withdrawn to the asmount of 935,000,000 in_States having ex- cess of its redistribution, and i States having a deficiency, also, he will recommend the con- tiduance of the present system of reserves, without alteration. THE TREASGRERSHIP. It is believed, according to a Washington spe- cial, that Assistant Secrotary Richardson will succeed Boutwell in the Treasury Department, but remain only long enough in the office to en- able the President to choose & permanent Secre~ tary. GREGOR! PERI. The Final Order Commuting the Sen= of Peri to Imprisonment for Life. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tridune. Sermvarmecp, L1, Nov. 1. —The final order of commautation of the sentence of Gregori Peri was issned from the State Department this af- ternoon, a8 follows : SraTE OF ILLINOTS, EXEOUTIVE DIPABTMENT. To the Sheriff of Cook County: WarREAS, Gregori Peri was convicted b the April torm, A. D, 1872, of the Criminal Court of Cook Coun~ ty, of tho erimo of murder, 3nd was sentenced therefor £0'be hung by the neck until dead; and, whereas, the Tocord 56 proceedings of. the) Criminal Court: il i T o were brou, lore e ju) o whera the %udgment was affirmed, and the , sentence of déath ordercd to bo executed, on the 6th of December, A. D., 1672, and whereas it’ appears to me from the record and proceedingsof the Supreme Court, that the said judgment and sentence of the 6aid Criminal Court was arirmed sgainst the opinion of three of tho Justices thereof, who then and there declared that for errors of Isw manifest,in the rec- ord, the said judgment of the Criminal Court ought to be reversed, and wheress a proper regard for humen life on the ‘part of the Executive asuthority of the BSlate makes it the duty of the Governor to preventthe execution of theentence of desth in a case doubted-nnd opposed by threo of the Justices of the Supreme Court, now, there- fore know e that T, John AL, Palmer, Governor 'of the State of Tllinois, by virtue of tho authority in me vest- ed by the Constitution of thisBiate, do by thess presents commute the sentence of death adjudged against the said Gregori Peri to imprisonment in the Penitentiary of this State, for and during the term of his potural life, and yom, are hereby. commanded to deliver the .same Gregori Peri to the Warden of the State Penitentiary, who is hereby directed to receive the'said Gregori Perd, in order that the s2id commautation of punishment to im= risonment for and during the. term of his natural e mmay be carried out, B In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand snd csuse the greatseal of the Btate tobeafixed, - . ~ Done at the City of Springfield this twentieth day of November, of the year of Our Lord, 1872, and of tho Independence of tho United Btates the ninety- seventh, 5 (Signed) JomN M. Payzm, By, the Govemor: Epwazp Ruxsm, Secretary of — The New York State Canals. BurrAro, N. Y., Nov. 21.—The Joint Commit~ tee of citizens and the Board of Trade as ap- pointed on Monday, reported the following res- olutions on 'Change -this morning, which were unanimously adopted as their can: i First—To complete the Erie and Oswego Canals ac- | cording to the original policy of the amendment tothe Constitution of 1854, and carry out the laws enacted for that purpose by removing bench-walls and all.othér obstructions 60 as to mako the canals full soventy feet wide and seven feet deep from Buffalo and Oswego to Albany, and complete the ddublo locks, s per con- tract, west of Syracuse, ‘Sedond—To improve the Erle Canal from its mouth st the Buffalo Biver to Lower Black Rock, 60 03 to give suficient depth and flow of water at all times for a1l canal purposes, K : Third—To ask the Legislatire to pags the Funding il recommended by the Chamber of Commerco of New York, in order to put the fands in a proper shape 10 improve the canal and make it & freo canal, or 58 nearly 50 88 possible, . L A Eentucky Vendetta. ‘NasaviLre, Nov. 21.—Information hasreached hore of a desperate vendetts in Obion Connty, o fow days ago, in which two men lost thefr lives. Two brothers named Macumber, runuing a mill, had an employe named- Saunders. The Macum- bers had & wordy eltercation with Suunders,” which resulted in one of .them Ehoofini Saun- ders in the side. Ssunders returned the fire, Lilling one instantly, and inflicting & wound on the other of whick be died. THE FIRE DEMON. Three-Fourths of Galva, IIL, Destroyed---Loss, ) $400,000. . Fires at Ofher Places. Gavva,; I, Nov. 21.—By a great conflagra- tion at this place last mnight, three-guarters of the business portion of the town is in "ashes. The fire was discovered issuing from the roof of 8. P. Johnson's tailor shop, which rapidly com- municated to the billiard zaloon of David VWright and Brownlee & Stoddard’s dry goods stors, on the south. It was arrested in that direction by the large fire- proof building of J. M. Finch & Son. On the north it commnicated to the Post Office; the grocery store of L. P. Jarvis, and the millinery store of Miss 8. M. Wells. From thence it ex- tended to Beck's brick block, valued at $40,000; . from thence, on the east, to ‘Ayres’ & Todds grocery ‘store; Thomas Moore’s shoe store ; H. A. Dean’s news office; Hunt’s meat-market; W. N. Jones’ music store ; Anderson & Engstrand's ‘boot and shoe store; Mrs. J. C. Payne's toy and fancy store; McCorkle Brothers’ saloon; Craw- ford’s meat-market, and Armstrong’s tobacco and cigar store, in which direction it was ar- rested. From Beck's Block, on the north, it extended to the carriage-shop of Williams & Phillhower; Mrs. E. M. Ash & Co.’s millinery store, and M. H. Negus’ shoe-shop. The total loas is supposed to be from $300,000 to $500,000, and the insarance 3175,000. BosroN, Nov. 2l.—Rand & Avery are not yet exactly able to determine their loss, but, ac- cording to estimates, it will be from $150,000 to $175,000. Inthe matter of insurance they are unfortunate, not having replaced their policies since the great fire. The total .amount of insurance is $185,000 ; in foreign offices, $23,000 ; Boston offices, $78, 000; other offices, $34,000. The Congregational Publishing Society is fully insured in local and foreign offices, It loses $25,000. Henry Hoyt, publisher of Sunday school books, $20,000 ; in- sored. Thomas Strshan & Son, $15,000; unin- sured. Bolomon & Samuals, clothing, $13,000; uninsured. J. P. Lovell & Bons, bardware, $10,000 ; partial insurance. MrwavkeE, Nov. 21.—A fire at Geneseo, Wis.. yesterday, burned Prentiss’ packing-house. Loss, £8,000. i’mmmm Pa., Nov. 21.—Brenzel & For- tenbaugh’s colliery at Big Mine Run, near Ash- land, Psa., was burned.yesterdsy. Loss not stated, but covered by-insarance. PrrrspuncH, Pa., Nov. 21.—The extensive saw- mill of Ceptain 'Joseph Walton, of - this city, situated in the borough of Elizabeth, was burned on Saturdsy morning. Loss, $20,000; insur- ance,” $5,000. . New Yonx, Nov. 21.—The sugar in the re- mains of the warehouse of Woodruff & Robinson, Brooklyn, was damaged $75,000 to $100,000 by firo to-day, occasioned by falling walls.. DrsMorves, Nov. 21.—The residence of Marion Robusts, three miles south of Indianola, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Loss $4,000 ; light insurance. ‘LexrNeroy, Ky., Nov. 21.—A fire broke out in Dow & Bros'. planing mills, at 9 oclock to- night, which is likely to prove most disastrous. The fire has already.extended to three blocks, and_over 25 houses have been burned. -Will send later report. ‘BLooMTNGTON, 1L, Nov. 21.—The losses by the fire here on tho 18th inat. are about 312,000, and ot $150,000 as first reported. - The total ingur- ance is $16,700. % b NEW YORK. Mysierious Disappcarances—The Cons cert Saloons—Alleged Frauds on the Erie Rallway—Two Firemen Killed ,—Arxrival of Freedmen—The Japanese Fleet—The O’Neill Murder—The . Ari= zona—The Stokes Case Again Post= poned—Patent Steam Car—Attempted Murder—Counterfeit Coupons. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. New Yomx, Nov.2l.—Two strange cases of mysterious disappearances in this city are ex- citing the public and puzzling the police, At half-past 2 o'clock on Thuredsy morning, the 14th inst., Mr. Georgo H. Povy, & merchant of Louisville, Ky., disappeared at the street door of the Brandreth House, corner of Canal street and Brosdway, and he has not since been seen or beard of. Mr. Pevyis kmow to have had on his person at the time about £5,000, which he had drawn the day before from the Nassau Na- tional Bank, of Brooklyn. In the bosém of his shirt were two magnificent pearls, valued at 9300. He carried in his waistcoat pocket an old-fashioned gold watch, with a white dial, that his grandfather had given him. This watch, which was of Liverpool mako, was fas- tened to a heavy old-fashioned chaip, also a relic. - The money Mr. Povy drew from the bank was given to him in a one-thousand-dollar bill, four five-hundred-dollar bills, four one-hundred- dollsr bills, and six fifty-dollar bills. It i3 very probable Mr. Pevy had a good deal more money then this .about him.- .. The missing. man was always known to be very quiet and steady. His brother says ~he never saw him drink in his life, and he donbts very much if any one else ever did. He has ml- msbe“ happy in his domestic relations. . He recently retired from the insurance business, and came here to embark in some other commer- cial E;l:suit. He is reperted to be worth £60,000, and his wife is also wealthy. It is believed by the police that a woman was. ghced on the track of 1fr, Pevy, who followed him from place to lace, and saw him draw the 35,000 from the Brook- yn Bank. Justice Pevy, of Louisville, a brother of the missing man, Who came to this city to join in the search, says that he has carefully ex- amined his brother’s affairs, and found every- thing in first-class order. e, with the missing man’s wife, believes that Mr. Pevy has been ‘murdered for the money which he was known to have carried about him. The police have ar- Tested ‘one or two suspicions men, who have ‘been seen hanging around the Brandreth House. The search for Mr. Van Doran, of Brooklyn, continues. The case creates the greatest sensa- tion thronghout Long Island, where the family of the missing man is well known, and in many localities people are making gearch in the surmounding woods. The relatives and friends have visited every locality where it was known duck-shooting was indulged in, including Canarsie, Ruffle Bar, Oyster Bar, Little Neck, and Fire Tsland. At tho first-named place, it was learnied that o man had been fished out of the water a fow days since, with a bullet-hole in the centre of his forehead, but_the remains did not answer the description of Van Doran. No doubt exists in the mirds of the people but that the stranger was robbed and murdered,fsnd then thrown into the water. Van Doran is believed to have met the same fate. The war upon the concert saloons continues, and-many dens are_closed. The waiter girls are afraid to resume business, and customers are fearful of raids. The Superintendent of Police says he will continue the descents until all in- decent and unlicensed concert saloons are rooted ont. This will destroy all except a few which have theatrical and liquor licenses. The Can- terbury has diac] ed its fifty waiter-girls, and will hrenter be a theatrical saloon. i} * The Widow Wade sied ex-Mayor Kalbfleisch, of Brooklyn, for $100,000 damages, for breach of promise. The defendant, in his answer, avers that ““the prornise was expressly upon condition and in the eyent, that, dpon inquiry, it should prove that the plaintiff was, and had bemih‘;; fair fame and repute.” The widow accepted limited; proposal; .and tho. venerable Mayor states that, his investigation was_wholly unfa- vorable, The case will soon be tried. [7o the Associated Press.] The Times, upon_the suthority of Watson, President of the Erie Roilway, says that H. F, Sweetser, ‘Manager of ‘the Atlantic' & Great ‘Western Railroad, has -resigned, and paid over 875,000 to General McClollan, President of ‘that company, who had detected him in connivance with residents along the line of the road appro- Evl:flfing& portion of the Com&n:yg':fl xéecax&r:la.r L o o frionds of Sweetser deny . Becretary of the Great Western Road is at Mead- ville, making s full investigation. - Pwo firemen were killed and one was wounded 3 = JHEEP—Good yesterdny by the falling of the walls of the grain | for fair to extra. S:orahouse, in Brooklyn, which was burned {wo y8 880, e steamship San Salvador, from™ Ga., with freedmen for Liberia, - zao\jg evening. Thx; Sbonctad, qumhtéring 25 e vance guard o emigrants. Stokés, in his next frial, will bo defends Ig g‘e\v counsel, his former counsel having re- el The Capron, the second vessel of the Japanese fleet building in these waters, will make her trial trip in & fow days. i he Coroner's investigation into the shooting of Anthony F. O'Neill by James C. King, on Monday, was held to-day.” The Court room was crowded. MMrs. O'Neill wes the chief witness to testify to the shooting. A verdict of *wilful 27hog Jo £1099300G - murder” was returned against Kini' who, "in answer to interrogatories, said that he was 83 years old, was born in Morristown, N. J., and i8 n attorney and counsellor. By the advice of counsel he declined to say whether or not he was Ity. . The Pacific Mail Company announce the re- ceipt of a despatch from San Diego, Cal., stating that-the steamship Constitution passed there yesterdsy with the Arizons in tow, and they may be expected at San Francisco on Saturday. he case of Edward 8. Stokes, which was get down for the first Monday in December, has been postponed, by consent of counsel, till the second Monday in the same month. ‘The widow of A. D. Putnam, who was killed by Foster with a car-hook, has brought suit against the Seventh Avenue Railroad Company to recover $5,000 for the loss of her husband, her counsel contending that the Company was bound to protect him from injury while on their cars. Delegations from the City Counciland the Com- mon Council of Brooklyn Witnessed the trial of the new patent steam car to-day, on the Blecck- er Street Railroad, which appeared to work well. The attempted assassination, on Tuesday, of Patrick Mathews by Thomas Seavers, on Twelfth street, is said to have been kept from the news- papers by politicalinfluence. 8 News charges the brother of the assailant, a police officer, with endeavoring to. compound a felony. Sea- vers was arresteg. The authorities have failed to discover the counterfeiter of the Union Pacific income bonds. One hundred and eighty coupons, purporting to be of $1,000 bonds, have been paid, and if the Dbonds to which they purport to correspond are also engnvafl, tho counterfeit will be atleast $180,000. WALL STREET. Review of the Money, Bond, Stock, Gold, and Produce Markets, Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yong, Nov. 21.—The stock market was strong to-day, and advanced. Business was active, with considerable excitement in the fa- vorite speculative shares. Northwestern was decidely the chief feature, opening at 95, and, after declining to 90, jumped up to 100. Bor- rowers paid 3 for'its use early in the day, but “flat” loans were made in the afternoon. For some time, it is reported, extensive o3 of Northwestern hsva: been made by Horace F. Clark and Jay Gould. 'The object has been to obtain the control of the Chicago & Northwest- ern Railroad,” and by that means supply & missing link in the great railroad chain under the . control of Vanderbilt, runnin from the Atlantic to the :Pacific. Horace F. Clark ig- the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, and of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, and Commodore- Vanderbilt of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroads, The Chicago & Northwestern is the link wanted . from.Chicsgo to Omaha. Daniel Drew is largely short of Chicago and Northwestern stock, and it becoming known to the Vanderbilt yarty, there was an attempt made to give him a ‘‘squeeze.” The movement-was entirely unexpected. - E JThe Post says: ‘The cornering p% Northwestern includesboth those who were and bears in the stock two weeks 8go, & compro- mise’ having been effected. e ,principal sufferers the _ corner are reported to ba the venerable ex-Erie Director, and another well-known wealthy speculator, noted for al- ways being on the ‘bear’side.- The general ‘ghort ’ interest in the stock is also xepmjted 0. - hffl\ar Northwestern, Erie was the leading feature, and advanced to 553§. Pacific Mail was active and irregulsr; selling at' 891 @88@89. Take Bhore advanced from 883 to 8355, Union Pacific from 8435 $035 ; Ohios from 455 to 4574 ; Panama from 138 to 14034, and New York Central from 933¢ to 99. MONEY. The money market was easy during the morn- innfi’ st 7 per cent currency to 7 per cent gold on call, but worked little closer in the nfternoon, ‘when loans were made at 1-32 diem. The London news is favorable. Money there is easy. Nearly all the gold sold by the Treasury to-day will have to be prid for in legal tenders, National Bank notes being scarce. Tha pay- ments for this gold are made direct into the Treasury, 8o that the money market gains noth- ing by Treasury operations this weel; on tha contrary. it loses about $200,000 in legal tenders. Commercial paper is unchanged. Foreign exchange is firm. GorL. . Gold was alternately weak and firm ; fluctuated between 113 and 1135, Government bonds closed strong. L PRODUCE. Flour was_firmer, and fairly active for low grades; medium dull and irregular; No. 2 and superfine in active demand at higher prices. .In wheat, there was_some excitement at the open~ ing, in viewof the favorable news from Liver- pool. There was less firmness in freights, and the cold weather on the canal induced holders to advance their tprifles 2@3c perbu. The market closed better for common !prmi, and, etmnij for good. Winter is held higher, - but quiet.. Pork was quiet and somewhat nominal; sales of 50 brls mess at $15.40, for futuredelivery ; 500 brls, crop of 1871-72, at $13.00. Cut meats steady s, sales of 25 boves pickled bellies st 63¢c; 10 Dboxes clear bellies at 9c 3 500 smoked shoulders, light cut, at Tc; 500 smoked hams, light cat, ab 14340, and 500 brls pickled bellies at 83¢c. Bacon Tather weak; some business was done in long clear, on the Bpot, at 8c. Lard moderately active and steady. e — 'The Horse Disenses Special_Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, Mapisox, Wis., Nov. 21.—The epizootic has deyeloped itself in several stahles to-day, but only in a mild form. Meyerrs, Nov. 21.—The horse malady is steadily increasing. The_ westher being-damp and cool, favors the spread of the disease. Bus- iness is unaffected as yet, but should it become general, its effect on cotton and trade generally 18 seriously apprehended. Specat Ecqwkh to The Chicago Tribunc, Sr. Pauz, Minn., Nov. 21.—We had & dam| day to-day, and the epizootic commenced spread- ing_ rapidly. The street cars have stopped again. = As yet there is no diminution in the horses on the street, but another dey like this will have & serious effect. Crverywat, Nov. 21.—The epizootic is mod- erating in the city. Sick horses are coming out on the streets. Nasaviure, Nov. 21.—The horse disease here has been of mild type, and spresds slowly. The disease yields to proper treatment, and its abate- ‘ment is expected soon. L. l h to The Chicago Tribune, PRINCETOX, Nov. 21.—The horse disease has appeared here. There are twenty-five horses sick at Cox & Buswell's livery stables. The horses elsewhere are more or less affacted. The mail is drawn from the Post Office to the depot in a hand-cart. Very fow teams are seen on the streets, and business is mnmfied. ‘Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, - Soure BeND, Ind., Nov. 21.—The epizootic | still prevails among many hundreds of horses in this vicinity, and wood commands now nearly double prices. Btove dealers are not provided with coal stoves to gmyiply the demand, and the public schools are likely to be stopped for want of fuel, owing to wood contracts not being filled and the inability to readily supply them with cozl bumemG Nov. a1 UGUSTA, Ga.) Nov. 21.—The horae-malad; prevalent here 1o & mild form. e Steamboat Disasters. GREEN Bay, Nov. 20.—The steamer North- west, Captain Hart, in coming through the ico st the mouth of the river, her sige cut through last night. Steam fire engine No, 2i8 E;:?:g.hu afloat while her cargo is being dis- e =D Sil e . - Baltimore Cattle Market. BALTTMORE, Nov, 2L active snd closed dull, Very best on sale to-day, 6@TKC; tbat xe_ner:!.llxvi rated first quality, 43/@6c ; medium or gnod ML JoUey Bacsioiaasl, Salen S a3 ces, o 581 5 araden sestos sy wanteds $4@0c Racelpts, 1,793, ___SNOWED UP. twey00 1) ) WP, _stails of the Block- ade on the Winona & St. Peter Railroad. . No Alarm Felt Over the Situation by the Railway Officials.in Winona. The Weather Moderating. Special Despatch to The Cleeago Tribune. Wrvoxa, Minn., Nov. 21.—The special des- patch sent from St. Paul to the Associated Press concerning the snow blockade on the Winona & St. Peter Railroad, saying that fears were énter- tained that the track layers would die of starva- tion, is very much exaggerated. The Winona Republican of to-night says: ©Our reparter called on Assistant Superintendent Jenkins this afternoon to ascertain further particulars i re- gard to the character of the country nesr the ‘blockade, and to see if any fears were en‘ertain- ed here of the men suffering for food.- Mr. Jenkins Iaughed when told of the sensational despatch which had been sent to the Associated Press. He says there is no danger whatever of the men starving. The tracklayers working for Colonel DeGraff, are within 35 miles of Mar- shall. Even if they are at the extreme end of the track, they have a Lundred *tio teams,” and can drive over the prairio now 18 easily as they can in the summer time. is 80 miles west of New Ulm. At Marshall they have easy accegs to Redwood Falls, and the Minnesota Val- ley, which is rich with fine farms. Only sixmiles sonth of Marshall is the old settlement of Lynn, which has been settled ten or twelve years. Near byis aheavy body of timber. AMany farmers have been in thera six years, and have plenty ot hay, grain and stock. The gource of the difficulty is chiefly in the fact that the railroad company have not yet got their snow-fences up at the western end, and, of course, the light snow drifting over the praie at once filled up the cuts. Lt Colonel DeGrafl’s anxiety to get provisions to his men is not 80 much from the fear that they will starve forfood, but that, unless supplied with. theif usual style and 3mfiey of provisions, they will quit work, and leave him in the lurch on his contract. There isagood deal of stock through the country, and the men cannot starve. The fall of snow in the Western end has not been very heavy, and wonld not prevent the men from getting out easily into the settlements. 1t.i8 certaia that.tne officers of the Winona & Bt. Poter Railroad, via this city, do not feel any alarm over the blockade, aud are confident that a few days more will see the the road clear, if the weather is favorable. 1 Sgewl atch to The Chicago Tribune, 8z, AUL,D&]Kinn., Nov. 21.—Advices from along the route of the Winona & St. Peter Rail- roadindicate that the weather i3 modorating. The te!egm h is again working to Sleepy’ Eye, A second relief trein, Iaden with gmviuions; an drawn_by two locomotives, has been sent out from New Ulm. Beforo the flst train went out With its four I6comotives, five engines and bwg construction trains were smowed in west of Sleepy Eye.. None of- them have yet succeeded - in getting ont. E S Teport is current that Colonel De Grad, the chief contractor, took a team at the Big Cotton~ wood,-and, in ‘company ‘with s frind, worked thm;fdh 10, where the first relief train became imbedded. ‘It is alio said that, as’there isa stout-team to every four ar five men, the be~ - sieged may follow the direction of the streams or the line of road until they meet the relief trains. In any event, 80 Soon a3'a Way of escapa is opened, the liberated: men will donbtless make a rush for.civilizéd limits, and thus render it impossible for the company to finish the road within the time specified by Congress., They will ~thus be compelled fo ask Congress for -an extension of time, and, having put forth every possible endeavor fo compleia the line, and, being able to show that they would have sncceeded had not this unprecedented storm suspended all work, there ought not to be any op&maition made to the request. . It waa the intention of the Company to erect honges for the men and lay in stocks of provisions, iny order to complete the work by namh 1, 1878 ; but it is now extremely donbiful whether any - ‘workmen'can be induced, even by the mffi"; offer of extra wages, good lodgings, and plenty 10 eat, to risk the possibility of an_experienca like that suddenly forced .upon the men'now snowed in west of the Big Cottonwood River:: - FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. 5 Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. - .3 ‘WINONA, Min., Nov. 21.—No intelligence has - ‘been received at this point of Superintendent - Stewart and his relief train since last Tueaday.. At that time they were at Cottonwood with four engfimal two enow plows, and 150 men, with fael and rations for thirty days. Cottonwood is forty-two miles beyond New Ulm.. Telegraphic commaunication extends onli to Sleepy.Eye Lake, fifteen miles beyond New When last heard from they were puahing through six to ten feet of snow trying to reach the sevon engines and: construction trains that were blockeded at difier- ent points, from ten to fifty miles. along the ‘western end of the Winons & St. Peter Railroad. A sensational despatch has been sent from St. Paul to the Associated Press, that gloomy news may beanticipated from Minnesota ; that Colonel DeGrafl’s working force of eight hundred men were gnowed in, and communication for pro- visions was cut off, &¢., &c. There is not the least danger that any of the party will suffer for - food or fuel. The track-layers working for Colonel DeGraff are within forty miles of Mar- shell. Evenif they were at tha farthest end of the track, they have a hundred teams and' can ' essily drive over the prairie, as the snow hae fallen but about elx inches deep, At Marshall they have easy access to Redwood Falls and the Minnesota valley, a country set- tled for the past five years, and where there ig & heavy body .of timber. Colonel DeGraffs anxiety is to procure provisions without inter- ruption to work;, that he may complete his con- tract in the ted time. The fall of snow has not baem very heavy, but high winds have prevailed and drifted over the track and into the cuts along the line of the road, the Company ot having the fences consiructed for its pro-- ection. . B LATER. : A despatch just read informs us that Superin- tendent Stuart arrived at Sleepy Eye Lake with his reserve train, at 9 o'clock this evening, and that the engines and construction trains beyond are now in ranning dondition,and the track com= paratively clear. From the St, Paul Press, Nov. 20. A gerions accident, but happily one which did not result in injury to imb or body took placa on the Winona & Bt. Peter Railroad Sunday, ‘The Press gave an account i«;:terdsy of tha severe enow storm on the line of that road which -had blockaded several trains, on the west end, and cut a large force of workmen off fronr supplies out in the region of Lake Kampaska, On Sunday a special train was started out of Winona with supplies to these storm besieged men, and anticipating difficulties from snow banks, the engine i with ‘@& mammoth ~ snow froight train _preceded this special, and, soon after leaving Clairmount Station, this lat- ter found itself brought up standing in an-im« mense Enow drift. A terrible storm was pre- vailing at the time, and snow was driven im blinding fury. Aware that the special was soon. due, the conductor, of_the freight sent a brakes- man back with a red light to warn them of dao- ger, but the snow was fiying so_thick, and. the low in front of his engine was g0 large that the iver of the special did not see the light, and dashed on into the rear of the freight. The caboose of the latter was shattered into a wrec) . 28 was the snow plow, and the engine was whir over into the ditch, badlydamaged. Very fartu- natelyno person was injured and dollars and cents cover the entire loss, s — ———— . Presbyterian Tercentenary.. PHILAD) Nov.. 21.—The Presbyterians : sre celebrating the : tercentenary of Presbyte- rianism at the Pennsylvania Square ! Churchy which is appropriately decorated. Clergymén and others met at the new building of the Pres- : - byterian Publishing House, and marched in pro- cansion to the Church. After appropriate opan- ing services, the memaorial address was delivered by Rev. 8.J. Wilson, D. D., LL.D. Historical papers were read at the afterncon sesgion.