Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1873, Page 2

) THE CHICAGO DAILY I'RIBUNE: SUND, AUGUST 3, 1873. at lonat mediocro comprolionsion, bocomo in fact an ovont in the history of art In our country, it potty polities will pormlt. ‘o plans in Kontucky Block colncido in thia comtnon orror, thnt thoe departmonts and rooms aro crammod into tho glven spaco at the exponso of air and light, and that thero is involved ‘more or less difiiatlty to o strangor finding his way to tho ofticos, It is but fair to stnto that this is not a0 much the fault of tho architectr who hind pairiotism onough to vonture time aud money toward n contribution to tho ‘‘exhibition” in Kontucky Bloels, as it s that of tho Buildhll{ Committoo, who lwued a pamplilet calling posl- tivoly for tho necommodation of so many dopart- smonts, with o many nnd suck rooms aud vaults of romantie dimonsions, without in the lenst kunowing whothor or not it were possiblo to nc- complisl all thin withont relinquishing somo im- portunt considerations of comfort and convon- sene s It over wo got Lo the point of managemont of tho work, it whould bo romuwmborod that thiy 13 one of business, Wo want by all menns a strict contract with the architeet, whercin ho agroes to o solontiflo onginor and architeot, and s such undortakes Lo devine and proseribo, by drawing and writing, the technienl moans ro- quired for tho attalwment of corlain defined ends, &o.f&e. And, in ordor (o give to this con- tract o substautial valire, ho should bring for- ward tho numes of subatantinl baclers, fixed undor certaln ondy, #o that ho conld be hold rccountnblo for mistakes, blundors, [falling soofs, or crushed piora. If the man be not n seioutific engincor and architect, lio phould mnot hold out falso protenses. If ho wers butn shoomaker, country-carpeuter, or draughtemnan, his _frionds, too, ‘had bottor thinle twico Leforo becoming his bondsmen. Privato citizons nro justitlod to risk tho employ- monts of an architect at random, boeauso the ossible loss is thoir own, Lt officora acting u behalf of the peoplo aro, I beliovo, in duty bound, undor any circumatancos, to avatl thom- gelves of all powsiblo means for' shiclling their constituents from possiblo loss. 'Whe Court- Houso—nt lenst one that iy adequato to the dignity of this city and country—ecan only Lo built by an educated architoct. " The sorvicos of e man who has not at least & fair amount of au- similnted experienco and considerable compre- frension on his mind ean bo of no ponitive_use, and might ovon bo to some very positive dolri- mont, . BAUNANN. YESTERDAY'S TRANSFERS, Tho following instruments waro fited for roc- ord ou Saturday, Aug. 2: CITY PROTERTY Auguatn st, o of aud near Noblu st, n f, undivided % of Lot b, dated July M1 3 cousideration, $1,600, Undivided & of same lot, dated Jaly §1; conslder- stion, $1,600, Ohio ut, 78 1t wof Casa st, 1 £, 225100 £t, dnted Juno W3 connidoration, $4,370, Tarle nv, 0 of nuil noar Loavitt at, n £, undivided X 5 30x124 t, dntod July 23; conshiliralion, §,000, Lot dl, i'no i of Block 27, Sccsd, 1, 14, dnted May 27 ;" connlderation, $560, Tot 8 tn Block 3, of Millard & Docker'we 3¢ of n w 4 Bea 4, 39, 13, dnted April 16 ; consideration, $700. Lot 3, fu Bluck 4, of 6 35 1 e A7 Seo 6, 49, 14, duted couslderation, $1,100, Milwnukeo av, 8 ¢ of ‘and n 1, with huildings, dated July 24 ; conslderation, $4,060, Prairio av, nor'n o cor of Twenty-third sl, w'f, 5 (i to alley, dntod May 7; consldoration, $7,500, Wort Vi Biiren &t,/80 8-10 Lo of’ Paulina st 1 1, 20 3-10s117 ft, dated Dee, 20, 18725 consldoration, £10,000. Gamo a8 tho nbove, Wood st, 8 W £, 24x100 dated Ang. 2; conslderation, ¥Mour A, 241 {t & of North av, 0f, 25x126 ft, dated Aug, 2 conslderation, §550, Milwaukee ay, 100 f£ 1 w of Glrard at, s W f, 25x118 unel; consideration, $2,950, t, 99 1t nortly of Colwmbla st, o f, 66x287 £, dnted Jl!li' 1 ; conslderation, §2,500, Ashland ov, 125 It south of - Thirty-Bfth et o f, 60c 251 {t, with' buildings, Jdated July b6 :uuu!dcn‘luu, 73 ft north of Thirty-ninth at, o f, 25x Nuy'1 1 consideration, $L,050, 10 5t, 70 fact west of Léavitt uf, o f, 24x103 21, dated June 6§ consideration, §1,000, ‘atichiyan av, 60 ft north of Twenty-rocond sty w f, &0%101 -10 £t, duted July Y1 ; cousidorntiun, $30,500, Burnsddo af, 1 weorner of Thirty-oventh at, Lots 24 a2 25, dated Juno 13 ; coushleration, $3,000. Lits 2% and d Lots 1 to 14, in Block 3, o prt e 2 % 2, 49, 1, north 0f Ogden Med Jii 6, $8,:00, « 28 £y and Rigdon's n i Juno 17; conslieration, 0, Suil-Lo 40 and & 3¢ of 41 of @ %¢ Lotz 2 to 4, in Dlock ‘Shoflicli's Addition, dated May 133 conulderation, “Iito preminon No, 101 Wahpanreh v, dated Moy 1; consdderation, $0,0 Tt 19, in Blucl & of Waller's 1w i of n @ 3 See. 20, 49, 14, datod July 8 ; consideration, $500. Lot'16, tn Blocke 53, Hoe, 19, 39, 14, dated Aug. 1, 1872 ; considertion, 3600, Glicrry v, 8 of NOFth v, o f, undivided 6-6 of Rivor Folu 3 and $, dnteil May 20'; consideration, $33,513, oot 48, I Block 64, Sec, 19, 89, 14, dated'Aug. 23 cone sideration, $1,300, Tionore ', bt Madlison and Monroc sts, @ f, 22126 tt, dated July 16 ; consideration, §12,000, Lot 19, in Bollvin's Subdivision, f1i 8 3 Soc, 14,89, 19, duted Avy. 16, 1872 ; considerition, $500, KOUTI OF OITY LIMETS, Calumot v, but Forty-second wiid Forts-third ste, w f, Lota 5 10 36, and o £ 69 to 72, dated July 173 cons Wdération, $51,000. BUMMARY ¥OR THR WEEK, ‘T following s the tofal amount of city and subur- tan property transferred during tho week ending Sat- urdny, August 2: Cily property—Number of sales, 1485 conslderation, 374,85 Nurber of eles, 43 congidera city Hmits—Number of sales, 28; considerntion, $195,+ . Weel of city limits—Number of sales, 2: consid- atfon, $10,000. ~ Totul nates, 182, Total conuideration, 25, " CANADA. Poputar Indignation Towards tho clavernment on the Prcifte Bailway ‘angnteeBepariure of nn American Connul Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Moxrresy, Ang. 2.—"ho Mayor of the city, in , has eatled & public ceting on L Champ do Mars on ‘Muondny, to exprons fndignation wt the courko of the Govern- ik, A member for the Eastern Division in the Que- lice Legiziutinro has gono over to the Opposition, thongh formorly n Conservatjve. Hawinrox, Aug. 2.—The Hou., I, N. Blake, United States Cousul at this port for four years, was bauquoted lnst night nt the Royal ?luLel. The Mayur oeeupied the Chair, aud the chief citizens wers present. 1fe leaves ehortly for w new post in hig own conatry, and will ha suc- ceeded by Col. Myors, TovoNto, Aug. 2.—I¢ is understood hero that the anthoritios question the power of the Gov- cernmant to appoint Judyen to any other commis- wion than that of Judge, "The Government itgell tool that ground in the Manitobn caso, OrTAWA, Augz, Joln A. Macdonald is expected hack her n Quebee shortly, o is known te have beon ineapacitated from business for wame days by drink. ‘The Governor-Genaral will not bo hore at the provogatinn, Tho discussion will bo short. Tho Chiet” Juntices of the, different provinces aro spoken of as Royal Commissioners, WALL ST;R EET. Review of the Stock, Gold, and Money Markets. Speeial Digpatel to T'he Chicago Tribune, New York, Aug. 2—Tho stock market haa been (irm durinz the day for the ontire lint, with an advanes of 37134 por cont. aoLn was dull at 1153/@115)¢. Tho carying rato haa ranged from 2'to 4 per cont., MONEY slosed ensy b 134 per cent. Tho weekly stute- ment of tho exoeinted banks in uyfavorablo, and uetion in the 25 por ce t reservo ro- w of 8816,875. e banks now hold 5 in excosn of tho requirement, agaiukt 0 last-weel. POt A12,083, of which £1,300,019 104,169 goneral morelian- d "ho wpeelo shipment for the weok wis ST10,442, Kyt 0,45 for tho week wero § ook, and THE TUEASURY PROGRAMME, Warhington dispatchos roport thut Socrotary Ttichurduon Jeavos for Long Branch this ovening. Thero i no indication that thero will ho any mn- terinl changa in the Tronunry progrmme. Lon- den dirpatehen yoport consols end American se- curilion firm ab nu wdyanca of 35 por cont on the cloging pricen of yesterdny. Ahe Cropse Special Dispalch to The Chicago Tribune, Brroir, Wik., Jlll( 2,—1T'he splendid rains Inst night and the day Dofore have rendored very large corn_and poteto erop alnont certain, Bmall grain in now being harvosted, and most of It is upuwually good, Speeiul ispateh to The Chirago Tribune, Dixg L, Ang. 3. —1larvost s woll advanced throughant this ection. Farmors yeport whent somewhub lu{ured from bllght, and that tho yield will not be nbove the avorugo of dust your, Osls promiso well. Thore are prospeots” for a tra- mondous corn crop, with a favorable fall, e 28 The Fort Nnell Affaire Spectal Dispateh to the Chicago Trilune, 8. Paur, Aug, 2.—Scoratary Bolkunp's state- ment to Tue Trmune of the Fort SBnelling land trrosaction, is rogarded, by thoeo hore who have Inventigatod the affair, ay virtually conceding tho facts upon which the churges of fruud ave buseds FIRES. Ficld & Leiter's New Building Narrowly Escapes De- struetions A Large Portion of the Roof Totally Destroyed. . The Building Deluged with Water, and Considerably Damaged, The Total Loss Estimated at $75,000 ---Scenes and Incidents. Destruetive Conflagration Portland, Oregon. Twenty-threo Blocks Burned Over--- Loss Over $1,000,000, Fires Elsewhere, CHICAGO. QENETAL OBSERVATIONS. About 6 o'clock Saturday evening s rumor spread nbroad to oll quartors of the city that tho grent Singor Building, on the northesst corner of 8tato and Washington streots, was on fire. A gonersl alarm had boen sounded, and the enginen camo at full gallop from overy direction, followed by crowds of pooplo in horse-cars, omuibuges, privats convoyances, and on foot. ‘This Imposing structure has been watched by everybody with ndmiration, as it has slowly and mothodically rison from tho ruins of the Pottar Patmor Block, formerly occupiod by Field, Loitor & Co. Tho now building was about one- third larger than the former one, and wns nearly roady for occupancy by the same firm for the retail branch of their dry goods business. Sinco tho grent fire of October, 1871, no such oxcitemont hiny been crentod by a loenl confla- gration as was aroused whon the bells ealled the dopartment aud tho populace to tho fire in this new and handsome edifico. A veritablo shock went through the community from end to end, and, as tho nows gained in volume and magnitude a8 it travoled to tho suburbs, import- ing that tho wholo block was in ashes, a vory dospondent feoling accompaniod it. Tortunately, tho caso is not nearly #o bad as this. Tho city has boon eaved from so groat o eatastrapho by dint of enormous lubor on tho part of the Tiro Department, and at the expenso of the bursting of n great amount of hose. Tho expericnco of the groat fire f Septomber, 1870, which consumed the Drake-Frywell black, was almost repeated. A high building, o firo in the rool, no adequate means of reaching it! DBefore weo proceed with the narrative of tho disaster so narrowly escaped in this instance, let us recur to tho lesson taught In that greater conflngration, and inquire whother wo have loumed anything, and whether wo are capablo of learning any- thing, ubout protecting life and property against tive. 1t will be saon by what follows that the onoe ELEMENT OF IEIGUT was the obatacle against which tho Fire Depart- mout liad to contond in this fire, It was this elomont that led to the demngo of the building to tho extent of somo $76,000. Lt was this elo- ment thot put in joopardy not only the building itself, but all the adjoining build- ings and thoir conlents, If it bo as- sumed that height s & mocossily in alarge city whore ground is contly, and that fire-proof materials canuot bo used iu constret- ing roofs, cornices, and upper-tloora on account of their great exponso, then adequate menns must bo cmployed to counvey water to tho ex- posed surfaces. Whon the Druke-Farwell block was burned with its valuable contents, involving & loss of more than a million zud a half of dol- lars,—tho firo originating in a heap of rags close undorneath tho roof, and communicating to the wholo block by menns of the woodon cor- nico,—a writer in I'ng U'ribune modo tho follow- ing suggestions, which we now roproduco, nud cemphasizo as carnostly as possible : HOW TO DEAL WITIl FINES ON HIOI NUILDINGS. * wivat, mako statutory provision prohibiting the orection of any structure before full dotnils and plans for tho same havo been submitted for approval to the Board of Fire Commissioners or propor authority, compotont aud fuily empow=- ered to pasn upon tho design und wateriuls om- ployed. *“ Among other regulatious let it bo compul- sory to bave pipes of o 8izo of not less than two and ono-balf iuches (thab being ihe sizo of our ongine-hoso), built in nud earried to the roof of all walls of & certain height nt proper distances, wnch pipen to huve inloty nt_ tho bottom, accossi- blo from the sidownlk, with conplings to fit on- gine-hoxo, and arrangéd to conncet with hoso on the roof, or on cither floor inside_the building, and furnished with permauent ladders, making it practicable foraman to cllmb upon the out- o, and carry Loko on to the roof. “Ihiero is probably no fira-engine in tho city that has not ample power to force a good sirenm from a nozzlo at a height of 150 feot from tho ground in [rom 4 to 8 minutos after lighting tho Tuel in tho furnnce, whero tho wator it kopt con- stantly Lot ns it is hero. Whis, howovor, caunot bo dono through hoso nlono, as the great woiglt of & long eolumn of full Loso suspended causes ib to ‘“‘buckle™ and collapse over tho corvico.or window-gill whero it cuters the bullding. Many Of ‘tho mills In Now Englund aro wappijed with pipes having a faucot or outlet on ench loor in- sido tho building, operated on tho grouud out- ido, ‘Whis device, with water-tight floors and n lant watchmon, roduces the risk to @ mini- muw, and mokos a corresponding saving in in- surauco, “The condition horo proposed for buildors may scom arbitrary whou lirat ouforced, but ox- perionco hng ubundantly shown that thoy will not tako tho necessury precuntions for tho safoly of proporty and lifo nntil they are compelled by the strong arm of the luw.” Soveral lurge buildings eorected since the fire of October, 1871, are provided with tubes of this kind, Among theso may bo mentioned tho Tlalo-Fishor Block dircetly opposito tho ingor Duilding, southenst cornorof State and Washing- ton, and Lho wholesnlo store of J, V, Farwell & Co., on Monroo strect. ‘The oxponsn of thoso tubes is inconsidorablo, if thoy ave embraced in the originul plans of the builling. Now is the time for tho city authoritios to act in this matter, If thoy wait till thia particular firo is forgutten, of course nothing will bo done till some othor and aeverer warning comes, TITE FINKT ALARS, Tt waa abont hinlf-past 6 o'clock whon the firat alarm sounded, and ag the stenmers, hose-carts, and liook-nud-laddor fiucks liastoned to the spat, thonsund of people who wora loaving the business pact of tho city for thoir evening meal paused in thelr stops anid hurried to the pluce from wheneo the smoke waa pouring in a lurgo volume, The first announcomont that IMeld & Leiter's new building was in fames cronted an Immonso oxcitemont, 'The cornor upon which the Singer Compoany have built {s one which iy identified more or less intimntely with the oxperionce of overy man or womum in tho city, and it in probable thal a flre jn no other building, oxcopt, perhiaps, ono of our enormous lotels, conld linve eronted so much consternation. Bituatod on the piucipul ntroot in_the olly, and surrounded by morcantilo halaces, the ocourronce was ono which might ann throatonad tho dostruction of & vast amount of 1’1(rnpnrly. Boforo the ongines woro talrly nt work, and “while the indicalion of firo was restricted, so far s the oya conlddetormino, maroly to tho volume of smokoe, thousnnds wero gathored around tho building. It was & nost unfortunatn hour for & large o, for the reckless mannor in which young mon aml boys ran o amd oub of tho building_materlally intorfered with' the firo- men in the Allsuhurfo of their duty, besidos giv~ ing more thau rull omploymont to the police in cloaring the nl:rcnt{ and leaving room for tho do- partmont to operato. JALY-A-DOZEN ENOINES woro nlrendy potring their ntronms Into the win- dows, when yonng men and boys, and In somo cnuos roprosontatives of tho othier sox, vontured into the lowor part of the bullding, Which was untouched by ‘tho firo. Thoy ran over tho mam floor, up-stairs, and on the . uppor floors, in o spidt of bravade wortlly only of tho wont thoughtloss and desporato, Tho firomon beeamo aunoyed, and whatgipronr might have restltod bub “for tho timaoly arrival of Bugib, Washburn, cannot bo estimated, 'The Chief of Tolico always acta promvlly. His_immedinto orders to Capt. Buckley, who arrived n fow mo- ments aftor tho Chiof with a squad of mon, woro {0 clonr tiin huflding. Mo oflicors oboyad with choorrul alnerity, and the hmijed oxit of hun- dreds of persony of less brafn than musclo tosti- fied to thoit enorgy. LOCATION OF TIIE, FINE, 8o for nscould bo scon from tho streot, tho flro wns conflued ontiroly to the roof and tho upper floor, but oxporionce had taught citizons of Chicago that n conilagration of enormous dimonsions could bo fannod into oxistonce by » moro blazing roof, aud thoy watehod in AN EVER-INORFASING THRONG ° the progress of tho contlagration, Tho polico restrained thom from pressing in upon the fire~ mon, but they could not pievent them from Mocking up Btato strect, oneo tho cars on Slato and Madigon stroots woro unable to rench thelr switchen aud turn-tables, and woro massed together to the numbor of mm-li" fifty nt this oud of tho track, It would havo hoon useloss to cloar tho atreot, for the supply hoso Iny scross the track in ovory dircction, and thus et off all communieation, ” By tho timo the Lend of the streot was fairly NLOCKADED WITI YENICLES, ono_brillinnt_conductor took tho lend by jan- ing his ear off tho track and turning it ou the wooden pavement, trusting to volunteor assist- auce Lo pinco it on tho down track, Thisex- podient aided in fiaulng gome of the vohicles started south, and presently those operations wore rondored usoless by the arrival of & gang of mon with n portablo swith, The const was kept protty woll cloarod, aud tho trafie rosumed so far na practicablo, ' As TIE RECOND ALAIS was sounded, and thousnnds more hegan to col- loct, the crowd was sproad over all_tho availnble spaco in the neighborhood. An unfinislied bulld- ing opposito the #ceno of the conflagration was tnkon possession of by the enger throng, until fonrs of a fresh calawmity bogan £o stir tho polico. The firmness of tho masoury of tho structuro conld not bo rolied on, nud the offorts of & squad of ofticers woro dirccted to keoping tho risivg walla clont of spectators. ‘Ahiey Woro only par- tinlly succossful, but it is not improbable that thoy provonted too grent a strain, and n conso- quent accidont. ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. The five originated at the top of the clovator hntchway, between the fifth floor and tho raof, in tho northeast cornor of tho huilding. Ilow tho woodwork ignited no ono_can dofinitely toll, but it is thought that n caroless roofer loft his little atove on the coiling joists, and that tho liva conls foll on tho lntli Loncath. The firat in- dication of fire was o small columu of smoko ia- suing from tho olovator hatchway. It was ob- sorved by several of the workmen, who gavo tho alarm to tho persons on tho fluors below, ono of whom ran to tho nonrest fira-alarm box. DBy tho timo tho diatrict steamors arrived, tho flames had appavotitly eaton their way & consid- orablo distanco from tho olevator, for smuko camo from boueath the cornicea on both Stato and Washington streets, NO FLAMES WERE OBSERVED, but, the emoke continning to grow donsor evory moment, it was ovidont that the wholo roof, if not the ontiro structure, was in danger .of de- atruction. Considorable timo olupsed before any water was available, and whon tho fllli:hl(m aid et into sorvico tho pressuro requircd to forco tlio wator to the top of Lho bullding was 8o gresb that longth after longth of loso burst, aud otliors had to bo substituted, For balf an hour aftor tho Ukt alarm was givon ONLY ONK STREANM was thrown upon the burning timbors. Even this was slmost nsoless, ag tho firc was out of sight. Tho fifth floor was full of sinoko, and dovso volumes flonted from the roof toward tho south, At & quartor past 6 o'clock, cight or ton sircams wora ot work and water was forced up to tho fifth floor, tha boso having beon hauled up to tho roof ontside, or dragged up the stairway. Tho firo was incroasing all tho Limo, and n jot of flamo now and then uppoerad beneath the cor- nice. Meantime, Acting-Marshal Bonner had loarnod of tho TECULIAR CONSTRUCTION OF TIE IOOF, and ordered lioles to bo cutinit, and to theso aporturas tho branch pipes wora applied, aud the ator scattorcd us much ns possiblo Tipemen who woro statiened on tho fifth flooor, tore down tho plastering of tho coiling with picke, and_flames jsaned from tho openings, and latge picce of burning tim- Yor dropped 'down. ‘'he roof and the coiling bonoath, oxcept the plastering and the sheots of tin, were composed of wood. I'lho lesseos hav- ing declined to bave & mansard roof, the flooring of what would lwve leon the wixth story was nllowed to remain in position, the sheots of tin above boing supported by bonrds, which were Tiold in position by uprights only n fow foet apart. Thoe top of the structure waa in fact A LUMBER YARD. 'The spaco between the ceiling and the roof varlod from six foot to o few inches, and thero boing_ 1o access to this * vachum,” it was oxcoedingly diflicult to get at the firo. Glopping holesin Lho roof and tearing down the plustering did not seem to suggost itsell_for gomo timo, but when this was done, tho Firo Marshal went to work systomatically to put out the conflagration. Commoncing at tho north ond of tho building, tho fire was driven foot by foot to the sonth, or Washington street frout. “Plio timbers burned very stubbornly, efpecially nomt the skylight, over tho rotundas, whora onl & few inchew intervened botween the ceiling ang tho roof. 'Tho HOSE: WAS CONTINUALLY BURSTING, and tho steamors being obliged to * shut down' avery fow ates, the fire would scizo frosh material boforo the firomen wore able to prevent it. In consoquence of tho frequont dnlays tho entiro roof, including thoe major portion of tho prigmatic sky-light ovor the rolunda, waa destroyed, A recond and A TIHIRD ALARM woro considered nacossnry, nu tho indieationa pointed to thecomploto demolition of . tho strie- tars andthoendany ‘minFufn\u'rmmdlug ‘property. Noarly n undrod Jongthis of hose bureled in tio hours, end had not a supply of new hoso heon ent for, tho conflagration wonld have been mmch moro sorloug, At one time the wooden arms which held tho iren cornico to tho roof glhcru woro also & fow iron armm) burned brightly, the flames shooting out ton or fifteon foot. ‘Tho wupply of wator in- crensed aftor 6 o'clock, and o difticulty was oxperienced in YORCING WATER ON THE NOOF, Althongh at first rhowing that ho did not com- prohond tho situation, Marshul Benner subso- «uently did_excellont’ sorvice, and to him in Targely duo Lio eredit for contining tlie fireto tho roof, ~ Capt. Bulwinklo aud tho Firo Insurance Ptrol workod with their usual energy, and ren- dored valnablo assistauee to tho dopartient. COMMISSIONENS EAUNING TIEIR SALARIES, To Commissioners Wright and Sheridmn com- mendation is due for the relive part tnken by them in diroeting tho movemonts of the firemon ou the streot while tho Mavahuls weroin the thick- eat of the smoke ot the fop of the building, Thoir prosonco snimated the men, and incited thom to active and perseverivg work in tho faco of groat discouragemonts. Commissionor Wright was the first on the ground. Ho quickly dontod n rubber coat, and could nftorward be_ found whora_he ‘“could do the most good.” Ilo ren- dored invaluable assistance in changing tho hoso which was brought out by tho first alarmn, and was insteumontal in having more durablo hose put in sorvico ourly in tho eveuing. Comumnis- sioner Kheridan™ was at lomo when tho fie broke out, bnt tho kee- oud wlarm brought him down town, Tlo, too, was aotivo in Introducing uew hoso and cheering on the men Lo furthor oxortions, 'Tho coruies on the Stato stroot front of the building wan bluzing furionsly, and monncing othor prop- orly, when ho first sitived, It weomed impossi- Llo to extingnish it, for tho streams in tho interior of tha huilding woro entiroly taken up with tho fira in the centre of tho roof. Nr, Sherldun ascortnined from tho foroman of the Littlo Ginnt steamer thal, though the engine was lonking somowlat, ho thought hio could throw a stroam on the top of the building, and ho jmumedintely dircoted Liim to do the beat ho conld in that particular. It was a soneiblo or- dor, for aw long an the cornico conthwod to blazo tho crowd fell surs thut thera was o florce {iro within, Tho Chiunbs engineer stoumod up to u sato pressura, and soon thorenfter a powar- ful stream shot out of the nozzle to the topmout portion of the building, drenching tho corniun, und _completoly oxtinguishing the firo whioh enveloped jt. The crowd (eslitied te its appre- cintion by chooring lustily, Tho stronm wan then ehanged around to tho Washington stroob reont, wheio it did similar good porvice, It was ihe fivat exlibition of really high waler-throw- ing that had beon phown at's five in some time, TUE LETINATED LORS. Tho loeal agents of the Binger Manufacturing Company scom confidont that tho building can- not bo “reatored to ity original condition for a Jouy suw than $100,000, though why tho damago should amount to more than §76,000 is not quito clonr to Rovoral gontlemon of oxporionco in nd- {sting lowson, who wont thrangh tho b boforo the firomon loft it. ‘e ll]io!ll! are of the opinjon that the plastering, which cost bo~ twoon §20,000 and 25,000, has beon rondered ontiroly worthloss, and that the grentor portion of the wood-work has hoon warped to an oxtont that will necogsitate an outlny of soveral thou- sand dollars. An oxamination by daylight wiil probnbly show thom that they nvo mistnken in each particular, Tho coflings of all tho floors aro badiy damnged, of courso, but tho plustering of thie greater portion of tho walls is scarcely h“|"m¢ If tho floors havo been solidly Inld thoy cannot suffer much from wator, for it was promplly swept off by tho membors of the Firo Insurance Patrol as soon s the build- ing waa givon up to them, Tho woodworle sur~ rounding tho wall of tho slkylight on thodifferont floors i probably destroyeil, and will have to bo roplaced. T'ho skylight Itsolf cost £22,000, bub as it wan compasod mainly of iron, tho' damago to it could not have boon sorions. Tho grentor portion of the loss oceurs in tho roof, cornico, and olovators. The cost of the two former mny bo estimatod ot from £30,000 to 835,000, Thero wero throo elovators in tho building, valucd nt nbout 235,000, which woro o badly damaged that thoy will have to bo_roplnced. hera wan 1o insuranco on tho butlding, ns tho Binger Com- pany profors to earry ite own risks. TIE ONOWD, though small at firat, ,graduatly incrensed until aftor businoss hours, whon it swolled at onco to over 10,000, Gnazing upon tho grand edifics on- voloped in smoke nud fiames o feoling of regrob and gorrow soomed to porvadethe wholo multi- tude. Many ne donbt rocalled scenen of saduoss associated with the great firo of the fatal Oc- tober. All woro luf«ut on nocing what would coms of tho great building. Tho steps of tho Third National Bank, aud the lumbor piles ad- jnacnt to Busby's now bullding, wore heaped to iho top with mon. Washington, Stato, Madison, and Randolph streots, in the viginity of tho firo wore jammed. Fivo stroot-card on Blato stres wero caught on tho north side of tho hose-pipes which furnished first-class look-outs, One pas- songor who had paid his faro on ono of tho enrs wasg seon _oceupying hin geat at 9 o'clock. {0 Jind romained t{‘mm sinca 0, and said he had paid hig fare aud was bound to rido home. TIE PRESSURE ON THE IOHE-PIPES a8 80 groat that thoy burstod in many sections. This happencd throo Hinon in tho samo acction of pipe opposito Gossngo & Co.'s cstablishment, tho water flying, in & good inch stream, nearly to tho third "story, and _scattoring the crowd of mon_and womon uudflonlfl in all directions. One lady in o new brown silk dress was doluged at this point, and at once doparted for doar | home, thinking, no doubt, there suroly was no o', B lflncn liko it. Botwoon 7 and 8 o'clook tho sput- oring of all tho engines, the jom of tho streot- cars and busos, tho falling of the cornice, aud the full conviction of tho crowd that thut tho gront building would go down, rondored tho sceno 5 QUITE EXCITING. At this timo tho building wns watchod with great anxioty by thousands, somo of whom wero & half-dozen squaros away., One_ streot-car gcomed doterminod o Beo tho _thing out. A twmn-toblo wes extomporized and it was run upon the rails, but it ran off again, first on one sido and then on the other and thon fell down and kecled on tho main track in a dis- abled condition whore it wns abandoned to ita fnte. Passongors, howevor, would go into this car and tako their ecats, and wondor for awhile why it did not “ go."” 'ho crowd did not fail to cheer tha Little Giant ougine, which stood on the northwost cornor of Btale and Washington streots, and did its work, a4 some say, bettor than any engine on tho ground. It is romarkable that, in so largo » crowd, whora cars, bugos, and {iTo-Wagons Woro &0 numerous, that NO ACCIDENT of sorioua clinractor should have happened. By 10 o'clock the vast multitude had dinappoared. The grand building, though saved, looked scorchied and scarred. When tho_fire first broke out, & gontloman who was at Bixteonth and State streets immedi~ ntoly took a down-town car and offered the driyor S10 to hurry through. But it wans impos- sible, ho #aid, for thore wasa woman ready to flfl. aboard at evory corner from that point to adison street, 5 A NARROW ESCATE, The brown-stone frout building immediately north of the Singer building narrowly escapod losing its top story. At tho very commencoment of tho firo it seomod to have its full share, but tho north wind provailing at that timo drovo the hidden flames away from it and undor tho cor- nico of tho Singer building. Aftor tho hook-and- Indder men cut a fow holgs in dangorons spots in {ho roof and coruico, tho contonty of a chom- ienl engino were_applied, and tho fire benoath oxtinguished. Tho building is owned by a Mr. Speer, of Kcnosbs, und bus beon rented by Tiold, Loiter & Co., for a cortnin branch of their wholernlo trade. 'Che damago done to it was vory slight, but would have boon much greator hired it not boen that » subatantial dounble brick wall, rising severnl foot above tho roof, inter- voued botweon it and tho Singor building. ALMOST A GATASTROPIE, Considersblo excitoment was caused by the rocklossness of tho drivor of a stylish conveyanco on Washington stroot neas Dearborn. An ongino was working at the intorsoetion of those streots with o heavy steam prossure, and o correspond- ing draught. Tho fountain of glowing ombors from thy chimnoy aud the roar of the boiler and machinery were admirably calculated to scare s Thorso untrained to their proximn{. The Mur- shal's wagon, or some othor vohiclodashed by tho ongine, and the driver of tho carringo roferred to endeavored to imitato him. 'Tho ‘strect was thronged with peoplo, aud ns tho rockless driver approached the engine, his liorsos trombling and shylug violontly, s mingled cry of dismay and imliiulilou oidod in agitating tho poor Dbeasuts. catastrophe was_happily averted by two rongh-looking mon goizing tho horses by tho heud and turning tho carriage, enlivening the ocension with utterances moro foreiblo than polite, but much condomnatory of tho drivor, THE DUILDING. It is littlo more_than a year ngo that tho firat doscription of tho Singor Building was givon to the public’ from the dosigns of the architect, Mr. Jonnison, who obtained the award ngainst n yory closo competition by nenrly a dozon architeets in tho city. Fow moreantilo butld- ings have boen comstructed In this city with #o much caro or doliberation ag tho grent edidco on Washington stroet. Months of Inbor woro devoted by tho very hoest narchiteots in thocily to the preparation of draw- inga, and a corresponding interval olapsed beforo the Compauy decided to necopt thoso of Mr.Jen- nison, Lio reccived tho award in the firat weok in May, and work was immedintely commencad. ‘Fho frontage on State stroet is 160 feot, and on Washington stract 140 fect. The orlginal dosign contomplated a building five stories high of stone, with s mansard roof containiug iwo etories. Tho nggrogato height would havo been 184 foot, Upon this design Mr. Jennison \n‘o- cocded with the coustruction of the building, and had made considerable headway Dbefore tlio lonse of the building was obtained by Mogsrs, Tiold & Loitor. ‘ho building was reidy for tho roof beforo tho great dry goods firm reflected upon tho hazardous nature of Mansard roofs in goneral, Itis undoratood that tho insuranco companics, alwaya fonrful of thoso dungorous but alluring coveringw, had entored n strong Jrotest agaust tho conetruation of this crowning Ponnty of tho Singor Linliding. Honeo, ot the oloventh hour, tho architeet recelved instrue- tiona to proparo to abandon_the insidious orna- mont, and substitute for iv & loss dangorous roof. 'Uhe architect, in his turn, pronontod his protest, that the building ad been constructed for o Mansard roof, and, robbed of this foaturo, would bo naked and unsightly. Of courso, such considerations wers worth nothing iu a practical point of view, and the arohitect l:ruceudm\ o design & plain, flat roof. 'This was built double. ‘I'he_under-roof was_constructod of wood im- bodded in plastor and covered, two and one-hnf feot abova with & sacond wooden roof, protected oxtornnily with & sheath of galvanizod.iron, and intornnlly by nothing afell, the theory Loing ihat tho plastoring would protect tho lower roof from the ingido, and that further pracautions would bo useless, Fhis thoory recoived u heavy blow in tho fire of Tnst uvenhvfi. Tho hoavy ruin of Triday had leaked through both coverings, and men wero at work ropairing tho damage to tho iron by solderivg. o thoir carelossness is attributed by muny tho breaking out of the flamos, Hud the woodworlk beon dry, the bluze would not have boon so successfully combated Dy the departuont o8 1t forbunatoly was, Whoth- o undor #uch oirumstances u flat-rqof protoot- o with shoots of iron is loss procarious than o Mansarg, such as the firo-ordinanoe demands, {1 aw opon question. - fho building 18, oven without the Manenrd, very high, Who hasomont 1s § foot cloar, tho firut_ Atory 18 Feot high, tho wocond 17 foot, the third 16 Teet, the fourth 16 feet, aud the fifth 16 font, muking o total to tho cornico of 91 foot, to which nonvly threo foot may be added for tho roof, Tt auimmonso stoumprosuure was nooded to carry o sivenm up to this hiolght can barondily undorstood, The intornul construstion of tho buildlug s massive, the columns fn all tho stories Yolng of iron, supportiug collosmal fron givdors, upon which tho floors roated. No pretonso wos made of ita bolng flro-{xmar hulldlng. The amount of timbor omploysd in its conntrnction Wi nocosssrily onormous. Fortunatoly, tho flamos woro rostriotod to the roof alone, and, though that Is [rrapnvably damnged and tho plastering ruinod by wator, tho building still atands, stained porhaps by snturntion, apponrancos ap kound ad ovor, Tnd. tho fire aproad, it would have mndo short work of tho strneturo, 'Clhioro. woro somo glant massos of siatunry nlrondy holsted into Jtlm:n, but thoto have not sufforod s far a8 heard from. THE LATEST, At Tinlf-pasit 10 o'clock thora was not n_spark of firo Lo bo scop in tho building. Tho firemon Tind dono thoir worlk, sud the greator portion of them had gono home, Thoko thnt remainad wero busily ongaged in collecting thelr boto ud voollng it~ Thero were still mauy spectators on tha piffowallis, nn tho polico with dificully pro- vented thom from appronching too near tho building. Insido tho building about fifty mon wors busy with brooms swooping tho wator from tho floors, with Capt. Bon Bullwinklo at their hoad, Tho water poured in torrouts from floor to floor, and rushed down tho wtairways with o gound Hke o mountain gorge. Targe openings wero mado in tho first floor to ndmit tho wator to the bagomont, out of which it will bo lifted by engincs. With charactoristio ontorpriso, the propriotors woro in consulta- tioy, at 10 o'clock last night, with mannfactur- org of Jm]vnnizml fron cornicos, and it was roported that thoy hnd lot the contract for a now cornico. At midnjght most of the wator hnd Leon swopt from the upper atorlos, and the noble cdifice won derorted save by tho watehmon. el ks ELSEWHERE. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT VOITLAND, O, 8AN I'rancisco, Cal., A“fl' 2.—A. mogt destrio- tivo fire in Portland, Or., broko out at 4 o'alock thia morning. Twolvo Blocks aro now in flamos, and tho firo i 138rumllng. Tho Firo Dopattmonts of Vancouver, Oreggon City, and Salom arc on tho way thero. Tho water supply is_ fniling. Tho firo commeneed in the roar of tho NMotropo-~ litan Iotol. Nonrly nll tho city bounded by Ynmnkim streot, North Secoud street, Wost Co lumbin streot, and South Rivor street, isin flanios. 8N Fuaxoisco, Aug. 2—Noon Dispateh,—The Portland fire is fully undor coutrol. Tionty~ threo blocks are a total ruin, 'Tho fira originated in tho furniture-store of Hurgren & Schindler, whore no firo nor Jight wes used. Doubtloss it way incondiarism., The 8t. Charles otel, tho Inrgoet huilding in the city, and wo stores, wera tho only buildings eaved “on Front street. Tho BL. Oharlos Hotol was damaged $10,000. Whalk- er's sash and door factory was destroyed ; loss, $80,000. Tho Oregou ~Iron Works wora on_firo flvo times. Oug house stands on First stroot in o space of cight blocks. Tho cnat sido of Becond strect hay gono for ning squares, Ono fireman had his Iog broken and soveral wora injured. During tho firo & sccond etartod in a houso on the corner of Third and Taylor stroets, but was oxtinguished. ‘Tho in- cendinry was caught, Theo Salom Dopartmont arrived, making the oxtraordinory run of b1 1ilos in 69 minutes, including stoppages. The stenmer bringing the Vancouver Dopartment tando 18 in 76 minutes. Tho loss oxcoeds ONE MILLION, Tho Portland fire cornmenced nat 4:30 n. m., and in _twenty minutes spread through tho Dlock. Before steam was applied tho Motropoli- tan Hotol waa burued to tho ground. Tho wind rising, sproad the fire in ol directions, Whon tho Snlom Dopartmout nrrived soven blocks woro consumed. Theystoppod the fathor north- ward progross of tho fire, When all the avail~ nblo assistatico arrived thoro wore only seven enginos to subdue the fire, which wag half o milo in longth aud & quartor in width, Tt was fast suppressed in ono diroction, but broko out in nnotker. Tho new fires aro supposed to e tho work of incondiaries, Tho firo ceased for want of material. Among tho losses are two ongino- houges, 2 sash factorics, 8 foundries, 4 mills, 5 Tiotols, 100 stores, aud 250 dwellings. Ono hun- dred and fifty families sro homeloss, and on- campod in tho publio parks. Tho estimated losy i 1,600,000 ; insurance, $200,000. ‘hio foroign companios lost honvily. Tho Tmperial lost $80,000; London & Livorpool, £40,000. Every- thing is confusion. Tho police and Natiouul Guards aro on duty in the burnt dintrict, l;mln:ro wete two slarms this nftornoon ; louses slight. HAN Franoisco, Aug. 2.—The danger to Port- land is post. Two companios of rogulirs, de- tailod from Fort Vancouver, guard the proporty. Besides tho losses roportod, about S500,000 wus Jost in removing goods. Many persons cousider- ed rich yesterday nro now poor. The fire wag first discovered by tho Captainof & river steam- or. Tho alarm was promptly sounded, but the material boing dry burned like tindor, and many articlos wore burued during removal. During the burniug of Walkor's {ncl:m—y{ tha pw})rintm' offored 1,000 for n stroamof water for tou minutos, Tho buildings slong the 1aver front woro pulled down, and thoe goods carried across tho rivor. ‘Che second firo started six blocks from the way original conflagration. An incendiary caught b{ tho polico aud taken to Jail. Samuol Lowenstein & Co., furniture, was killed. John- son, fireman, foll from & Inddor avd was lLurt. Ho will recover. but to all | Lowenstein, of the firm of Emil Edward Brockensto, tho City tornoon, inflicting a sovero wound, Tho par- tion cama to this oity from 8t. Louls a fow days sinco, and socurod rooms at a hotol.. Yontorday tho wifo sccrotly loft town and startod for Bt. Louis, but was arrosted by n tologram and brought brok to this oty to-day, Whilo going homo togothor in tho atreot-car this afternoon, the woman suddonly drow a plstol, plnced it directly agalnst hor hushand's porson and firod. Tho other pssongors intorforod, and sho was disnrmed, The huwbaud nsworts tho wife in aubjoct to fits of cinotlonal Inannity, and went hioe” bail nftor boing shot. Whe ball .xanged around the hip, and has not yot leen_ found. ia name {s J. A, West. 1lo formorly lived in this city, THE GRANGERS. MoWitt Connty Farmers. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, OrixtoN, L., July 3.—Tho Farmors® Asso~ ciation of Do Witt County held a Convontion at Clinton to-day, for tho purpose of forming o Tarmtors’ Party and nominating county oflicers, M, 8. M. Thorp, Prosident of the Gounty Asso- ciatlon, waa elocted Tomporary Chairman, and 0. Jones, of Waynesville, Tempornry Secrotary. A Committoo of thirteon wore thon chosen upon crodontinls and pormanont organization, who roportod n fall delegation from ovory town in tho county, and 8. M. Thorp, as Permanent Ohair- man, aud Charles Hurd, as Pormanont Socratary, Tho Conyention thon proceeded to nominato county ofiicers, which rosultad in the following ghoico: Cotnty Clork, J. 8. B, Willis; County Troasuror, Willlam Gambroll; County Judgo, Robert Waiker; County Suporintendont of Echoolu, William North. ‘I'ne Committeo on Resolutions submitted tho following : Resolved, By this nominating convention of the farmers of DoWILL County, thot wo approve nud reaf- firm tho decluration of priuciples unanimously ndopt- ed by tho Jate Farmors' Convention of this county, held'Juno 10, 1874, Second—That we linil with pleasure nnd heartfelt satiafaction tho oarousing of tho rural pulation to n propor comprobonsion _ of ot~ juat rights, .nnd for the great unanimity of nctiou atil earncstness of purposo thnt chinractorizo tho farmors’ and Iuborors' movement €hroughout this country nnd Btato; that wo should lisyo 8 mor siringont tailroad law ora (bin 1 vury gvident, aud wo beliovo had onr Leglalaturo dono ifs gty aud obeyed tho ‘Constitution, it would have beon ctior, Wo_thorefors, recommend that our battorlcs, that Tinvo beon playiug ugon tho raliroads 8o laug bo now turned upon tho Legislaturo in caruest, thoy having it 1n their power to mak tho raflronds do us Justico in tho pitit an woll aa tho lotter of tho law, 'htrd—That it now becomea our imperative duty to use tho powor e have for our own and the publio good, and o longor sufer ourvlve to bo haudled by othors for our opprossion, a8 wo Liuvo ben aud alwaya ehull U If wo hold purty higler than country and aur materlal {ntersts, Zurth=tuntin urging our eafms o recomnftion a3 a Dower thal_can no fongae bo held in_subjoction to thio dictates of any purty or rel of mon, we dlsclaim ony autagonlam to any uecful industry 'or legitimata businoss, Wo would injuza no ono, bit by the ndop~ Lon of eafo and wholesvmo measures, seck fo beneflt tha whole people, Fifth—Wo daro maintnin our rights, snd aro dotor. mined that nothing shall turn e asido save o full complianco with our just demands, ‘Sizth—That wo tako our stand o tho principies of equal rights and oxact Justico for nll, oxclusive privi- loges to none, tnd aro dotormined 10 elect men to of- fico beeauso of thoir filncss, their honesty, and integ- rity. Wo invito thohearty co-operation of all claswes in tho election of tho entlre ticket thin day piaced in nomination, Seventh—Tunt tho publio may oxpect that ull our county officluls sbiatl b held to a trict accountabllity by repoated warninge, The Committee reccommonded that anitablo arrangomonts bo madoat a suitable time to audit accounts and oxpensos gt tho county, and o complote report bo mado of tha amo to tho public through _the organization or its Com- mitteos. I'he Committoo furthor recommended that the noxt'quarterly Convenlion of this county bo attended by every farmer in tho county. 1t niso announced that 8, AL Bwmith, the fathor of tho movement, and othor loaders of _tuis gon- eral rovolution have beon invited to addross tho people upon that occasion. And it was further Resolted, that wo will support men for offico who o in nympathy with tho rofo:ms in thio futcreat of labor, and” wa belfova that tho practice of of influencing votea by the s of money and_whisky oxistat lo_an slsrming extent, and ehould bo denounced a untawtul aud agninat tlio feformrought by thia Assoclaticn, and wo oxpeet from tha candidatos nomsnated horo to-day s strict complianco with this rosolution, The procoedings of this Convention wore marked with o spirit of harmony and good feol- ing, and in tho highest dogrea roflected eredit upon the farmers of DoWitt County, The ticket nominnted Lere to-day gives univorsal satisfnc- ton. It is composed of mon of both partios, and carries strongth enough with it to defoat nny u{nponiflan that may arize. DBut littlo, lLow- over, 18 axpocted. Henry County (fa.) Grangors Nomis nate o County Ticket. ‘Pronsuror, was dangorously hurt. Losses: Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Hurgron & Schindler, 280,000; Motropolitan s Hotel, 90,0005 G. A.. Vouglan, $100,000; | DT PLEASST, Ta, Aug. 2.—The uow party Smitll Brog, 50,0005 'Dr. Trooliud,” ea0u0 folks held their County Convention in this city Ohampion ont = Inctory, $11,000; Russ | to-dsy, and pominated o full tickot, as follows: Houso, $16,000; Welch & Morgan, . | Seuator, O. F. sPunrmun; Roprosontatives, 8. Campbell, J. B. Springor, ©5,000; Emil | I Nugor aud J. . Daviddon ; Troasuror, John Lowenstein & Co. ;AL 'Scllers, | Hanremuu; Audtor, J. D, Diclioy; Shoriff, J. T. ©. 8, Silyas, Love's 1lotol, Hneloy & Stilime, 920,000 each ; Walker’s Mill, Reose, and Stato, £20,000 oach 3 W. Moffat, $25.000 ; Sem Sykes, 8t. Charlos Hotel, McGinn & Hall, W. B. Lako, Towers & Burchard, Dr, Davonport, 210,000 each, and about twonty more firms $16,000 each. Thodso gro not all, The gross insurauce is 300,000, = A ntablo was fired in the afternoon. Loss, £1,000. T'wo men wero arrested for setting firo tos house this evening ou Third strect. The un- destroyed churches aro convorted into dwelling lonses, < “I'he Common Council is issuing food tickets to tho dostitute. ‘hero aro offors of aid to the sufforers from other citios. AT YPSITANTL Speetal Dispateh to e Chivago Tribune, Yresinary, Mich., Aug. 2.—An incendiary at- tompt was made onrly this morning to burn the Btato Normul Behool by ketting firo to an adja- cent woodon building “used for s gymunsinm, I'hin was destrayad, and tho Normnl School dum- aged from intense hoat, The loss on both build- ings is 1,400, covered by iusuranco. Sovernl of the Normal Professors liavo beon anfgngml ina tomporance' revival, and_suspicion points to the iquor-denlors, A roward of 500 for the detec~ tion and conviction of the incondinrics Lias boon ofterod. Grent oxcitomont provails. IN THE VIENNA EXPOSITION BUILDING. “ViENNA, Aug, 2.—A firo in tho Bxponition building this morning burned tho Alsnco- Lorraino peasant dwolling. THE INDIANS. Complnints of the Friendly Indians in the Vicinity of Bismarcic. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Lribune. Br. Paur, Minn,, Aug, 2—A Bismarck dis- pateh of last ovening says that, in o conference with Muj. Smith at Fort Abraham Lincoln, you- torday morning, tho Obiofs of Irondly Indiaus complained that thoir people huve boon robbed by Agents and Commissioners, and nve slarviug, Moy want food and armu, and u_wottlemont for Inuds belonging to them in Dakota, and protoc- tion from tho Hioux. Thoy will not take Bmith's wordl, saying that the whito man's {yromisoxi havo boou' falio, nud want n treaty in black and whito, Thoy oxpoeied to go Lo Washington, but will relura to Bortholds. g e, 'The Bepder Gravesyards Kansas Crry, Mo, Ang, 2—A 1% spocial from the neighborhood of the Bendor visyurd syn that, whilo no new graves have been dis- covored, indieations woro found thut the gronnd in tho corn-fleld, south of where the liouse stood, had boon' disturbed to a considorabla dopth, and, a8 it was spproschiug light, it was concludod to suspond operations for tho present, and gend notices at an early hour to tho noigh- borlng farmers to bo on bund with thoir plows, scenpors, and spadog, and commonce o rogular orgunized senrch for any bodics that may bo Duried thero, It i the opinion of our porty that tho search will not be in vain. —e Nobraska Rt Oxara, Aug. 2—Tho roturn of the Covern- meut Bueveyors from Northorn nud Northwos| orn Nebraskn reports the diecovery of immense tracts of pine lands, in & country supposed hore- tofaro to ho barren. "I'here was a heavy rain-storm Inst night nlony the mountain division of tho Union Paciflo Roa Ouo bad wasli-out reportad. L'ho train duo L dny from tho West i fiftcon honra -late, - No gorious dolay will ocour, pnssongers, eto., boing transforrod ab tho break without troublo, Y i g More Dopredations onthe Bio Grando. Nuw Onveaxs, Aug, 2—A spoolsl to the News from Sun Antonio gives an nccount of moro Tndiau outragoes along tho frontior, at Faro Olly, Torgs Bridge, and Brady’s Creok, Phere iamuch oxcitomont, and tho poople are abandoning tholr lomes and crops. ———— Fried to Kil Hor Hnsbu LousviLLe, Aug, Mrs, Wost shot Hor Lasband iu & Atroot-car in this city latq thin af- —A Drummond; Supervisor, J. B. Woodworth ; County Suporintendent, 'Anna Dackor. Tho Convontion was largoly attonded, overy tewn- ship being reprosonted. Tho rosolutions de- clare in_favor of indepondonco of the Judicin- ry; condomn Gondgrcun for allowing to go un- punished the frauds and corruptions that wero nrought to light; also the incrense of salaries ; againet monopolies and clas logleln- tion ; in favor of fixing mnximum rates of rail- road’ tariff by law ; disnpproving, the National banking systom and favoring a greeuback or legal-tendor circulation. LaSnlle County Anti-Monopoly Astuo= ciutions Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Avnona, 1, Ang. 2—Tho Anti-Monop- oly Aswocintion met in the City Hall this ' morning. Owing to the farmor membors Loing busy harvesting, it waa deeided to postpono & bnsiuess. Numorous oxcusos wero roceived from country brothron, and alko soveral impor- taut papors from othor associntions, muking sug- gentions with & viow to porfoct harmonious and united efforts in the fall, when wo oxpect to carry the outer wall of Jorusalom., Tho meot- ing was adjournod until Satirda; THE_CHOLERA. The Progress of the Breaded Disense. §r. Lovrs, Aug. 2.—Tho doaths of the weok onding this evening, reportod by the Bomd of Ticalth, nra 211, & decronso from las wools of 90. Sovonteon nro reported from cholora, sud 29 from cholora morhus., INDIANAPOLIY, Aug. 2.—0no now case of chol- eorn is roported to-day. There wero three deaths yostorduy, CinclSNATI, Aug. 2.—Four deaths from chalors, ono from cholern morbus, and threo from cholers infantum, nvo roported as having ocenrred at Dayton, Ohio, nnd that vieinity, within the past week, iy Madl) Evanseille, Ind, (July 31), Dispntch-to the Louisville Courier-Journal, The rolling-mill near Evansville stopped to- dny until Monday, on acconnt of eholera among tho employes, T'wo of the mon died yestorday, and two others are soriously ill. I'rom the Cincinnati Comvmercial, July 31, It hos beon intelligently rumored in tho clity for two or throo days pust that nenrly all tho colored pationts in tho colored branch of Loug- viow Lunatic Asylum liave died of cholera, Wo lve no information g to the number of unfor- tunates in tho branoh asylum. From the Cineinnati Commerctal, Aug. 3, The cholera ia raging in Miami City, noar Day- ton, with oxeeoding virulonce, nlihough tho daily papers nor tho tolegvaph dispatches sy nothing sbont it ‘Phus fur ton deaths bave oc- awred within the past forty-oight liours,—four of which wero out of oue family of five, A laborer named Staloy was taken nmldculi‘ in vosterday niorning, and wont homo, In lous than four hours ho was a corpso. BEN BUTLER. Tho Tssex Statesman to Defend the Sulary Grah. New Yonw, Aug. 2.—A Boston dispatch snyn Gon, Butler will publish in a fow day nu olabor- ate, lugnl, and Listoricnl dofonse of tho Con- groksionul © back pay,” und that tho dooumont aboundsa in fashes of surcasm and wit. —_———— Elostilo ¥ndluns in Wyoming, OstAsA, Aug, 2.~A lottor from Camp Brown, situntod about forty milos from Unmg Btam- baugh, \V{mulug, says o bund of hostile Indiaus apponred In the viciuity of ald Camp Brown, on the 20th of July, and atiacked the housen and killed two women, Thoy attempted, Lut i not commit, othor depradutions boforo & body of armod men got in pursuit, —_——————— Rired o¥ Lifo, Correapondence of T'he Chicago Tribune, Wasninatoy, Aug, 2,—A dovornment elerk omployed in the ost-Ofice Departmont, and )ml!ing from Now Lngland, committed suloide to-day by shoo{ing L wselt through the hoad, Ho bad boen sick for some days, and 1t ia supe poeed was insano, ! Drrroir, Aug. 2.—A¢ ‘Throo Rivers, yoaterdey, Tdward Tishor, son of tho proprietor of tho Throo Rivers Iouso, took two ouncos of laud< suum, His recovery is doubtful. Yentordny the wife of B. T, B, Oshorne, of Kalnmazoo, took landanum with auicidal intont, and died in the evonluf:. It 1% roportod that the intomporanco of her husband waa the causo of thio net. - WASHINGTON. OUR DELATIONB WITIL MEXICO. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, WasuiNaToN, D. C., Aug. 2.—What foundation In bruth thero it for tho published assertions lo tho offect that the Administration is desirous of haviug a tilt at arme with Moxico, aud i taking ndvantago of opportunitios tonding in that direce tion which happen to oceur, is not quito evident, ©oxcopt such proof ag can bo found in tho oxprese slons of cortain Admiulatration journsls. Therd soom to bo o good ground for tho statemont alluded to, and it is bolloved by porsons high i officin] positions that the sentimonts contatned in tho articlos in thoso pnpers nro not inspired no nequicaced in by tho Prosident or tho mombors of his Cablnel. But it is cortainly not truo that tho roports of ontrages nlong tha Ttio Grando nro gonorally or ovor to a vnryangu oxtont oxaggornted or mada up, as nalloged, iq ereato gontimont in this country againat Maxico,' or unpleasant rolations botweon tho Governe ment of that country and the United States, o reports of raids by marading partics from Moxico aro roceived loro through private os woll a8 officinl sources, oach ng o ruls sube stantinlly confirming the other. Tha lntest from sn ofticial sourcois a letter received at tho'Irengs ury Depnrtmont to-day from the Collector of Customs at El Paso, Toxna, who informs tho Dopartmont that, on tho 3d of July, o parly cf Moxlcan citizons, woll known, with foreo’ aud arms, rocaptured & hord of 600 whoop roizod Ly him about threo wooke Eravlounly, and drova thom into Mexico. Tho horder wau at tho sama time soized and bound, and thus couvoyed inta Moxico. Thig occurrod ninoty milos lelow Il Paso, whora tho Collactor had the sheep grazing under the protection of tho Post Commander at Fort Quitman. The Collector forwards n trange lation of a lotter on this subjoct re- coived by him from tho Chief Civil ofticor at Bl Paso, Moxico, and asks what further duty devolves upon him fn rolation to this mat ?u{i The lotter montioued 8 givon in full, ng ollowa : . Ewn Paso, Moxico, July 16, Collector Calilicell, Franklin, Texaa; Sz 1 have inctdentally received nottco that on thy 15th $natant soveral Mexlcan oitizons crossed to tho lefe bonk of the river and drove to this sido o hord of sliecp that was selzed by virtuo of the offico you have tho hionor to hold, Burprised an T wus, it arous.d my (ndiga auntion at tho procedura of thoso ¢itizons, who withot b doubt nctod alono through jguqranco in n mnuner so unwarrantablo, Thavo alrendy takon tho ucpessary stops o correet this abuso, aud you can_rest nssured that Tam_animated with tho grentest dosiro fhat tha hinrmouy betweeu the two nations shistl rematn vodise turbed, and your laws and Sutitutions ho respected, (8lgned) 10N MARAING BAMANIAGO, Gifo Politico Del District Bruyon, This correspondence hias beon gout to the Suc rotary of Stato for consideration, THE GORDON OASE, Bonator Ramsa, recompanied by Gov. Auatin, of Minnesotn, was at tho Dapartmont of State to-dny for tho purposo of eulisting, if possible: tho aympathy-of the suthoritios thiora tn bebeld of tho Amorleans who were concornod in tho '~ loged Liduapping of Lord Gordon. It ig 1 t known whother thoy accomplished anytling. Tho Sonator avers that for the present fhe re~ sult of his vieit must bo kept secret. What lLo aske is that tho Departmont of Stifo shall uge its friondly offices with the Canadjun suthoritios in bobalf of tho partics now in jail. MORTON'S OPINION. Sonator Morlon, iu conyersation, statos that ho daos not boliova the Damocrats intend to abandon their organization for any now parly or now doparturo movement. ITe thinks that, without a1y immedinto prospect of sucooss, (Lcy will koop togothor, and avold anything like WLkt Lhie terma *their mistaka of lagt fall.” (2o the Asvoctated Press.) POATAL MATTERS. Wasmyaton, D. C., Aug. 2.—In July thera were issued from the stamp divisions of tha Third Assistant Postmastor-General's oftica 107,608,410 stamps from which roventie in de= rived, the value of which is £2,936,747,—a large incroaso over the business of any provious month, and accopted a8 the result of tho aboe lition of tho fraukiug privilege. JULY PAYMENTS. The payments_mado from the Tronsury by warrants during J\\I¥ Wore : On account of civil and miacellszaoun. 6,102,162 War Loy Nav, 3,000,168 Inicrior, , AT i 1,091,118 Iutorest advanced to the soveral road Companica, uv.s.s 1,928,76 Totalsearirnisnernnnen seesens 10, 7 Tho above doos mot includo tho payments mada on account of tho interest ar tha principal of tho public debt. A APPOINTED. Tlugo Potzold has been nulpolnhd Intornal Revonue Gauger for the Second District of Min- nesota, Johu H. Weber for Nobrasks, and A. Ilnywood for Dreota. RECOMIENDED FOR PARDON. Tho Attorney-General bas recommended tha pardos of R. O. Shotwell, of North Carcline, and William M. Fulton, of South Carolina, cons vioted and imprisaned lurx, IOWA. The Penitentinry Firces=An 01d Murs der IRevenledes=Arrest of thoe S pocted Murderer---Additionnl Census Returnse--An Englishman Drowned -Discovery of the Remains of o Murdered Man. Spectul Dispateh to The Chicago T'ribune, DesMoings, Aug. 2.—The Stato Census Board rolurned to-day from a trip to Fort Madiron to inquiro into the causo of tho firo at the State Penitontiary on Wednesday, aud to provide for Tobuilding tho shops destroyed. Estimatos woro mado and presented to the Board whilo thoro by parties who offer to rostore tho buildings de= stroyed for 84,300, tho Stato to furniah such material in the burned building as can bo used again. The convicts livo nlready commenced 10 cloar awny the rubbish, and rebuilding will commenco at once. Des Morxes, Iown, Aug. 2,—In January lnst, n young man named Charlos W. Winters left thia city, having in possession about 32,500, for Tex~ 13, in company with William Barly, an’old reni- dont of Madison County, and n friendof the fam- ily of Wintera. But ono lotter was received from Winters after his arrival, and his motlior bogan an inquiry after him, In March the body of n young man was found horribly murdered near Valley View, Toxas. His clothes wero received ~for identifica« tion, and the body wns buried. The clothes have beon idontified ns Wintors', and n detective, sont thoro, has suceoodod in implicating Lnrly na tho muidoror, the ovidence heing very posi- tivo, A tologram was received vosterdny that ho hiad been arrested and Iodged in Jail for trinl. Mr. Iarly is & momber of ono of the wenlthicat and most vespected farilies in Mad- ison County, with a repuintion for scrupulous honesty. The fv!barlfl of this cnnnt{ returned yestorduy from the hunt after the railroad roblors, llo says they have flod to Toxas aud Mexico, Tlio cousus roturns show the population of the Thwd Congrossional District to® ba 162,258, o gain of 26,413 sineo 1870. Tho Fifth has 143,360, & decronso of 1,004 sineo 1870, Bix countles aro wanting to confl)lntu tho Stato conuus, Mr, Willinm nt on Wednesdny kindled & fire with korosene. Tha Touso was gaved, but ier Labo, 10 mouths old, wus loat, Towa Crty, Town, Aug. 2.—An Englishman named Oharlos Iudtman, who bad becn only six woeks in thin country, was drowned hore Iaut night while bathing in tho Towa River. He was o nativo of Sheflleld, and s a brother liv- ing womowhero_in tho United Statos, whom he hind not yot vivited. Tu excuvating for o warchouse foundation in the city, this morning, thera was found burie o axt doop, tho. wioloton of & man who ia beon murdered by o blow on the tomplo, There is no monus of idontifying it, a8 but a fow shreds of clothing and ona boot-heol remained besida tho boues. Tusneronls Barrmvone, Aug, 2.—Tho funerals of Nichal~ son and Hollehan, hanged yeutorday, took place to-duy, Tho formor ocourred from his father's rosidonce aind the Intter undor the suapicos of the Prisonors’ Aid Sociot; Ao Y Shot While Brealang Jail Roonesten, N. Y., Aug, 2.—T'wo convicta in tho Mouroo Uounty Ponitentiary broke from tho yards to-day, Oua waa shot fatally. The othor oscaped. -— Printors? m“‘l“m i 1xaToN, Aug. 4.—Tho President of Ihe In‘tvn:lnlraltlmml ”1‘;]'5:g1'n1lmcnl Union, rosidont lero, had Feon informed of astriko of the Unioy prinlers in Oitawa, Canads, owds, at Lowis, Cass County,