Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1874, Page 2

2 .._———’—_-———————T“_——_——-—_, (RS i ; THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIDUNE: THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1874, e b " THE FIRE RECORD. _ Causo of the Conflagration in Book- soliors® Row~-Tho Insurances I‘neling .Among Underwriters---The TUltimatum of the National Board e Ay Are the Recent Fires Due to Incendiarism ? Blnias at the Dearborn Seminary and Elsewhere. PR e of the. Isancson Trial. Continuation A Word for the Firemen. YESTERDAY’S FIRES. THE CONFLAGRATION IN ; SELLERS ROW. A Tho roport of the firo in Dooksellors' Row, publishied in Tun TaInuNe of yoatorday mori- ing, contained noarly wll tho important facts in tho caso, but threw no light upon the origin, real or supposed, of the confiagration It is only neceseary to atato briefly that about suvriso & firo broko out fn tho building Nos. 131 and 133 Btato atrost, ocoupiod by Gilos Dros., deslors in gilvorwaro, otc., ond E. It Hollister, dealor in carpots, ete., and lnd attained such headway bofore the euglnes arrived that tho en- tire building wea destroyed, oxcopting tho front ~and rosr walls, and serlous Jrmngo to adjoining structuros was avoidod only by tho untiring efforts of tho firemen who, ‘horo at loast, could not complain of & Inck of -water. Owing to tho inflammable nature of muoh of the matorial stored up-atairs, tho fire burnod with great fury, and the large plates of glass on tho othor side of tho wide stroct wero badly cracked. The lato arrivsl of the enginos is dua to tho faot that alarma wero turned in from a couplo of toxea atsbout the same momont, aud tho oper- ator at hendquarters says ho wanted to find at which ono tho fire was, not wanting to send the engines to both, 1o building destroyed was & fino four-story brick, with a freostono frout, orectod In 1873 by Ay, Frank Bturges, at o cost of nearly $100,000. BICHADDS, STAW & WINSLOW. Shortly after the firemen arrived on the ground, two Jeng lends of hoso were taken up the stair- ways In Richards, Show & Winslow's etoro, and thonco to the roal, whore good service was ren- dered, The hose burst twice on top of the building, and o flood of wator spread over the roof, aud ran down on tho floors below, onusing & total damngo Lo dry gaods of about $40,000, a8 entimatad by Mr, W, iI. Fiteh, junior membor of the firm, ~ A lorgo_quantity of valuable silks were romoved immediutely aftoy tho arrival of tho firemen, and roplaoed in o fow bours aftor- wards. Tho fifth floor was usod as » packing room, .whera goods in balenand hoxos are stored. 'Tho fourth tloor contained woolens, tho third notlons, tho second white goods; and tho first dross goods. Domestio goods were kopt in the bose- ment. The Kire Vatrol, under tho immedinte suporvision of Capt. Dullwinklo, who reached tho fire in five minutes niter the alarm yag iven, did good eervioe, and eaved. thousands of dollars’ worth of proporty. The mon covered up the goods with tarpauling, and what damage resulied by the torrent .of wator which poured lonn tho stairwuys and through holes made for tho purposo, was done boforo the Datrol gob fwirly ot work. "L o question still yemaing,—a myatery which neither Alr, Hollister, Mr. Giles, Marshal DBeu- ner, nor the insurauco men of the aity cansolve. UL THEORY OF INCLNDIARIRX seermed at tirst the only probable solution, and waa eupported by o story put in cironlation early in tho morning that oue of Mr, D, B. Figk's watehmen had dizcovered o saturated flre-ball upon the roof of bis building just alter the iire, Thig, howeyer, upon investigation proved to bo of Jittle weight, and cagily explainable. Oficor Alugchor, of the Fire Marshal's forco, states that hio was upon tho roof adjacont to the burning building o long a8 tho flames lasted, rnd that porhaps @ seoro of what soemed like re-palls descended near him, They soemed ltke rounad Bolid balls of fire, and, what was worse, they would eattle right through the tar, felt, and gravel of tho roof, and oyen into the wood it not specdily oxtinguished, 1o stutes that b turncd o streain of woter upon soveral of thom. Bub- sequent investigation proved that theso cindors —for they were notlitug olse—wero but balls or + clots of aolll—ll{—wllcd charred carpoting, from tho insido of the burning building, earried up- ward by the flames and dropped upon the ad- Jacent roafs. 'Ihis would rcem to bo suflicient to put &t rest the fire-ball theory. A8 TO THE IEAL CAUSE _ of tho firo it would seem to bo oue of thoro mat- tors which **no fellal can flnd out,” " Tho lden of spontaneons combustion, advanced by some, and supported by the assumption that oil goods wero amongs the stock of Mr, Holhster, docs nob scein to Le & very tonable one, though, porhaps, more 8o thou any other. In_regard to i, Alr. Hollistor statos that ho should huve expeoted such n thing mach sooner in the building which was not burned than in the other. Bomo throe 'months ago, for the expresa purpose of concen- tmliu;‘, whatover dangerous olements thero might bo in oue building, ho romovedall bis man. ufncturing apparatus into No, 117, and lero, it anywhero hio would have oxpectod s fire’ to originato, Morcover, he statos that, as is the onstom in his establishment, o thorough tour of both buiidings was made before ulflslu;l:, on tho provious ovening, and there woro_not the faint- eit signs of anything wrong. It is suggestod by sotus thnt some of the saturated rags used iu polishing off’ furniture may have boon lett in an exporod pluce, and possibly have spontansously fgnited ; and this is aa near to & aornfiou of the natter as auy person Liad yot come. As for the engino, both"Mr, Hollistor and Mr, Gilen etuts that it waa proporlycooled down and ity firen extinguished before the building wns shut up for the night. AATUAL BENNER staton hig beliof that the presont conflagration will huve to bo roported in the list of those whoso eauso ig * unkuown,” o adds, however, that st almost overy firo thero occur inoidents whiels peem to suyggest innendiarism. Ie in stanced the late tire on Milwankea avenue, wnere, nftor, the flamos had boen mostly oxtin- ruixbied, u born took fire at somo distance to windward of the scene. DMaishal Bonuer bas no fuith in the fire-bull theory, 3 WIHAT 18 GENTAIN. Ono thing soems to bo certulnly catablishod, and that is that thofireoriginated upen some one of the uppor floors, burniug thonce dowuwards, This scems to bo established by tho testimony of Mepsry. I3, O, Chilton, Frauk’ Iimerson, sud E. A. Walkor, threo clorks of Giles l!rallmru. who alept regularly in tho atore. Mr, Chilion sintos that tho firat intimation ho had of the fire was the crash of tho glass falllng down the oleynior, in the roar of which ho aud iy brothor-cleghs slopt. Aroused at tho noiuo, thoy jumped from bod and yushed to the frout door, huving burely time lo rench it, aud that it o portion of their olothing, In passing thoy wnatehed o glimpse up the elevator, s oould seo that the whole uppor portion of the gmmmg wos s mess of flame and red-hot tim- s, BOOE- CAPT. DULLWINKLE, who renchad tho scene a moment or two after, entered the bnlding, passed the eleyator, and, finding himself sbut in by the flamen, was obliged to fiud egross throngh the yoar, which hio did by bumstivg @ window, The Captain malees Lo same roport with regard to the Il!)pdr flours being alrendy nenrly consumed, snd it s vory ovidont that tho five hnd boou burning for sevorsl bours, 1ndeed, the flamoy wero alrcady clieaming out the upper front windows snd aeross the streot, when the olerks atluded to, mada thefr hasty exit. Thoy also encountered another shower of glasa upon the sidowslk as they passod out. Mr, Chilton insisty that he was himuolf tho firtc to give tho alarm; thut when ha reached Lo etrost not & porson was in sight, und that whon ko ronched the noarost five-hox nojaluvm Lind yet boou given. THE FINE-WALLH, Thoro is ono forture of the cuso which scoma {0 gava considerublo eutiafaotion, It is the mun- yior in which tho fire-walls of tho two buildingy on oach #ido stood the test. Tho intorior af the burnt buildiog is complotoly guttod, Not o tim- tior nor thé fragment of one waa loft in ite placo. Evorything fs burnod almost to the con- uistoucy of ‘sunos, and yot the walls stluded- od 1o noom o lnve mualainad littlo or 1o damnge.’ fu tho firth story of tho Holliu- tor huilding on {he north thovo aro somo ‘slight cracks in tho wall, through one of which a faint phmpea of light may bo #eou, But the dawnge 19 not sufliclent to require any reconstiitction of the wall. In this wall also, upon tho second and fourth floors, ara iron doorways hetwoon the two bubldings. Tho doors are doublo, with o vacant gpace of about 2 fect botwoen, llow woll tlnny,qtoud tho flamop may Lo seon by any viultor. ~ They roveal roarcoly s trace of tho suin thsai raged upon tha athor sido, MU, PETED PAGE, tho awnor of huilding No. 117, wan proront, snd walchad carofully the offects of thio flumies upon tham, and l’o\mrm thiom one of tho beut pioces of work innll fobuilt Olicaga, An effort wus mado to opan them by some of tho firoman in order to play throngh thom upou the fated building, ~ Fortunately thoy did not succecd, as in a1l probability it would havo rasulted in tho destryetion of the other building. This, at least, is Mr, Ifollistoc’s oplnion. THY ALLEGKD EXPLOBION. Thore wes considorabla talk during tho early Enrt of tho day_of an oxploaion, supposed tv sva boon hoatd just aftor tho firo wis dis- covorod, This is bolioved to Lo a mistaka duo to tho excitement of tho ocosion. The vroba- bility s, na_tho Mcssrs, Glles ngreo, that this wra aimply tho falling in of ono floor upon snother. The collieion wonld naturally causo ncloud of cinders to nscond, and would roscmble, vory oosily, an explosion, Altogothor, it may bo safoly considorod that tho eauso of the prenont fire in invoived In mys- tery. -Both Mr. Hollistor, ‘Mr. Qilos, and Mar- shal Bonnor confoss themsolvos BM§ ored when thoy attampt {o_account for it. ? fivos can bronk out in buildings to well watched sud tnken caro of s thewo wore, it scoms as If all enare wero fraitless. ''ho threo olorks of the Giles Bros, slopt nighily at tho store, and kopt nightiy watcli, bir, Eollistor alsp had a night-watchman for his portion of tho buflding. L\‘or_vl.hlng, a8 Dboforo atated, had Lgon made porfecily safe on tho provious night, so far as carc could mako it 80, Thore Is just A POSSINLE EXFLANATION, on the supposition of incendiarism, in which, bowover, tho Meusrs, Giles pinco little faith. Thoy say ono of tho front doors waa Joft open for thrae or fonr minutes, aarly in the morning, whon ono of tho threo clerks was admitted by his compantons. An incondinry might by » bazo ““"{’,"{f{ ty havo entorod ab thaé time, but not probably. lr, 1, F, Dore atatad that ho camo by at alsto Tiour, saw tho door open, and called the'nttention of & policomnn to it. Tho bookkeopor of Mr. Giles waa at tho store from 7 to 9 o’clock at work, and tho clorka say it {8 posaiblo that in lotting in another clork thoy may hava left tho juner door open, though thoy think not. The outor wire door was closed, Mr, Dore eaid. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT i helioved to liave ncquitted itsolf admirably on this occasion, When tho alarm was first given, there was already no possibla chance of saving the bufldln[{, T'ho first and principal object was, of courso, to provent any oxtension of tho fire. With this object in viow, hose was carriod up to the roofs of Nos. 117 and 143, upon ench of which tho fire bad mado gome hoadway, ‘Tho cornices. of each’ wora alrondy on firo, and but fow moments moro woild have boen nesded for the {lames to havo goined o dangerous foothold. Au it was, howovor, two atreams of wator upon each roof woro soanablo to extinguish thoe fire and pat the two b\lildlnfifl out of daugor, ‘They aro loft, howavar, badly defaced, and an clogaut public clock upon No. 124 was destroyed. of ccumzol in tho burningof such an entablish- ment ag thatof the Mossrs. Giles, a large amount of molted and damaged jowelry snd silver- wara would aipk in the ruins. Workmon woro engagod all dy yestorday in searching nud dlfi- flng for tho damaged treasuro. By night Hol istor's enfe had been cxtracted, 48 also o trunk belon, aud w s to one af tho Giles' traveling agouts, contained somo $18,000 worth of goods in » damaged condition, The safos had sotdsoen oxamined at & late hour, In the vaults wvery littlo damngo bad been dong; and from this it was fuferred Lhat the contouts® of tho “unfes might have similarly oscaped. “ Yrom the fact that tha fire began above, it is hoped thut many of the articlos in the basomoent were no®so badly injured, end that they wora wot, with wator bofora tho flames roached shom. The artioles lofs with the Giles for repair may ossibly conte out of the ordoal uninjurod. The uner door of thetr vault was ajar, a8 was stated in the ovening papers, but this daor was nob made to lock—it simply shut with a catol, and may have been left opon, or mny havo spruvg open from the beat. Owing to tho early hour at which tho firo oc- curred, it was Witnessed by only a few, but amends were mado for this by tho constant crowds who wero staring ab tho yuins all duy yesterday. Se———— LOSSES AND INSURANCE, LOSSES. Tho total valye of the steck of Giles Rrothers & Co. was §250,000, including $20,000 of ixtyures, on which the isurauco is about $145,000. There were in the safes from §50,000 to $60,000 worlh of goods, aud in the vault about 915,000 worth, The safos buve nat yot Leon oponed, wud it iy im- possible to tell in what condition tho goods are. But they have already succeedod in opening their vaults, and find the aflver very badly colored by the heat. About 38 per cont of tho value of the goods in the vault ave dsmeged, Fifteen thou- sand dollars of the insuranoes are on goods in the safa ouly, namely: tho Franklin, \Wheoling, §5,000 ; Natloual, Hartford, ©5,000; aud Now Orlouns Firo Association, §5,000. I I, Hollinter &+ Co. “ostimato their loss ab aboub $100,000, which ia fully insured. The popors in tho vault of Iollstor & Co. were found budly scorched, but not onough fo rondor them illegible. The building theso two flemy occupiod is a totul loss of avout $H0,000. itk tho oxcoption of Mr. Fitch, all tho mom- bors of the flrm of Richards, Shaw & Winslow are absent at tho East. T'he stocks usually car- ried amounted in valuo to a million dollars, bub at present ouly sbout 450,000 worth of goods are in the storo. TIE DAMAGR totho buiiding will probably ronch §10,000, 23 near as can be estimatod at’ the preseny time. The galvanized iron ocorniges woro very orna- montal on this building, and_cost $3,000, Thoy wero nearly all dostroyed. The side, rear, aud frout walls znd tho floors aund collings woro damaged by fire apd_water. 'I'he oditico is o hnndsome five-story rod sandstouo, with elogant ornnmental fronts on Btato and Madison straots, and bolongs to the Boyea estate, of which Mr, Jumey Leounrd was unil recontly tho agout, O, W. Boyco now_manages tho affaivs of Lis lato father, I, M, Boyce. ‘The value of tho building is pleced at $200,000, snd is fully insured in numerous leading agoncios, Junsen, McClurg & Co.'s lovs is but nominal, 9500 boig doemed sufliciont to payall tho damsge, The plate-glass windows in the E. T\, Doro Dlock, on’ the opposito sido of the stroat, wore cracked by the hent, cansing o damage of about £3,000, and 4ho McCormick and Pardridgo Blacks suffored _In the snme way, tho danage on these two bulldings amounting to about $7,000, making tho totsl dumage on tho opposite sideof the wuat about £10,000. 1o grand totul, ns near as can he ascortained, depons nF congidarably on the smount of snlvuge in the Gifes Brothers' establislinont, is SI76,000. ho_heaviost loss comos on tho Gilosos, botks olllster snd Dodgo gotting off vory casily. "The lusuranoa it as follows ¢ ; GiLes pROTHERS & 00, Armenta, Pltteburg. 5,000 ‘Adriatio, New ork ., 2,600 ‘Awmeoricss Gentral, &E; Lada, 2500 Blaok Riyer.., 2500 Hangor, Mufiic Trowers' & Multsto! B 2500 2500 0 e 4,600 ixcliungo, New York, 4,500 Frankling Wheallug, 5000 remenly Fund, fan Franclico; 2,600 ragut, Now York.,.... 3,600 Fireniewh Fund, Now York. ., wvanae 2,600 Furmers', York, Pa. £500 Girerd, Puflsdglpb 44600 Homo, New York, Stockbol, .. 5,000 arvard, Now York, 600 Home, dolumbus, 51000 inmburg & Bremon, ... 8,000 Lawmnr, New York 2500 Torritlird, N 3500 Lancushil 1000 2,500 Mochanicl o 51000 Hanbattan, Now York 0600 Merfilen, Connactiout, 2500 ‘National, Hariford, » B,000 Northweatern National, Alichigan: 5,000 New Orloaus Fire Assurauce,.,. 5,000 014 Dosiiufou, Ichmoud, Vi U000 Orlent, Ingtford, 5,000 Poopla's, Nowarka,,. 41500 Rhiode Talund, Provi 00 Hun, Now Yo 4,600 Trnders’, Ohica 4000 Willismsburg City, Brooklyn. ,000 Westorn, TOFOLO sen vesesar: 4,000 Totalaysanres Fo ¥, HOLLIVTEN & €0, Zitus, Harord. .. ‘Adrlitio, Naw York, Awurlcsn Fire, Phil . Amorlean Central, £t Louls...rs Commervial, Hatlford Oounoetiout, oouienn Exeliango, Now Yorik, Tiremen's Fund, B Taneufl Hatl, Boaton. . Firemen's Iind, Now York ¥ira Asnoclation, Phfladuiphia Qlems’ Falls, N, 'Y, Toffman, N, X2y verees awburg ond Heenien . Irving, N, Yoo Tmperfal, Luntion Taverpool, Losdon 300 £,800 2,600 0 Lamar, N, Y. Marcaniile, OF Morlien, Gonu.,.. Northvest, MUNMKS, 1\ Noptuno, . ¥. Natlounl, N, ¥... Thonis, hroollyn Yonu, Phriadelphi Queuh's, London. Rhodo Ialnnd, I' Gun, Clovelshd R Byiringfold, Mass. Btar, N, Y. Hufogunrd, N Btanard, N, ¥ Teadenuon's Wosteliestar, }lumlc, Nluw YOrkscoeversee London Insurance 0ot Manufaoturees', Poatoness, North Amm’lunil Thitadelphila..ssee Undarwriters’, Now Yorkyyees 000 Roynl, Tiverpool.ceesess 0,000 Heotttl Commeraial, Glargow, 6,000 Totw 70,000 HICHANDS, 81 NBL.OW. The Inaurance on tho atock of Richnrds, Shaw & Winalow amounts ta $860,000. n I'ho following companios have risks in sums of §5,000 onch: Franklin of Iudinnn, Bangor, Atlantio of Naw- York, Millvilte, Wostchostery Proscott, Bhos & Lonhmr, Buftalo CGorman, Qominoreial, Atlss, Btar, St. Nicholas, Thamos, Nurragansoth, Bt. Josoph, Clay Fita and Matluo, Citizaus’, Boatmon's, Westorn, Firo and Maring of Dittsburg, Whoeling, ZAitnn, Jofforson, Home, Mutunl, snd Citizons' of B, Louis, Lafayotte, 1udson, Amoricau of Dhiladelphin, Ponnpvivania Fire Association of Philadeiphin, Btandard, Lamar, Firomen's ‘Fund, Citidons' of Nowark, Firomen's of Dayton, Ioward, Plant- ore!, Qermnn, Iiromon's Mutual of Nowarl, Amerioan, Loncasbiro of Manchestor (Eng.). Jloltmnn of New York, Iarrrgnt of Now York, Willinmsburg City, Commorcinl Union, Fairfleld, Provinalal of Toronto, Citizens' of Vittsbwrg, .Canton, Peoplo’s of Momphis, Amorioan of Cin- olnunti, Poople's of Pittaburg, and Iremen’s of Cineinnati. “on-thousand-dollar poliofes are placed in tho tollowing compauios : Rhodo Island Insurance Asuocistlon, Liverpool, Loudon & Globe, Im- orinl, American Oontral, Now Orloans Mutual nsuranco Association, Quoen's, Scottish Com- niercial, Home, and Manufacturers’. — BICKOFTR.. ~ ° ©7t4s tho Inst straw that brchks the camol's bnek,” wan the reply of one of the moat. prom- inent insurancejngants in this olty,whon asked by & Tripuse reporter what effect yestorday morn- ing's fire would have upon the lnsurance com- panios, To say thet all the inswrance mon fu ihia city, without excoption, folt oxccedivgly blue, and that a large number of them wore por- fectly demoralized, fa not putting tho case tao strony, ‘Lhoy nssort that thoy wilt NO LONOER SUBINIT to any half-way mensures by tho city suthori- tlos, but will demsnd immediato action upon thoso polnts statod in yesterday's TRINDNE 08 being desired by tho Nutional Board. Mr. O. W, Darrott, who yoturned yestordsy from Now York, statea that tho feeling of EASTERY CAPITALISTS AND INSURANCE. COMPANIES wasa decidedly against Chicago, and that tlus last firo will undoubtodly induco mnny cumpnnion to withdraw from this oity altogethor, They liko Chicago aud its poople woll enough in tho Ent, Lia enys, bub they are docidedly disgnsted with the managoment of tho ffire Dopartment. Had a firo liko that of last wook or yestorday morn- ing ocourred at 8b. Lonis or Cincinnati unob & word wauld havo been uaid about it, Dut Chi- engo, which hoa already cast thom so much ou account of fires, finds no merey attheir hands, Thero wore plenty of rumors nrevalling yos- torday afiernoon that a large nuinber of meur- ance compauies had elroady wishdrawn from the city, but, on inquiry, it was found that thuy fac ONLY FOUR COMPASIEY hind definitoly decided to withdraw. and these aro tho Lonllard, of New York ; the Commerce, of Albnny 3 the Allomania, of Ulovoland ; and the Yonlers, of Youlers, N, Y., but it is strongly in- timated thut the Scottish Gommoreial, of Ulns- gow, sud the Imporial, of Loudon, will also withdraw. > I'yo insuranco men in (hin oity and elsowhors «rmly holievo that wany of theko numerous fires woro oaused by the) torch of inccndiaties, and opposrancas cortainly justify thoir sus- picions, One inpurnuce agont vesterday said that Chicago would bo much safor without d’n- purance than with it. But still they claim that the withdrawal of theinsurance companics would bo a terrible calumity to the uity, as housos liko those af Field, Leitor & Ca., Farwoll & Co., anil cmemuconld not do business here without being inaured. When tho nows of yeatordsy morming's firo rouched the membars of the _ NATIONAL LOARD ‘O UNDERWRITEDS at Now Yori, who wera in session at tho timo, 2s stated in yetordsy's Tulnune, to consider tho fire of the 1ith, nnd to take mensuras to provent gimilar ocourrences, thoy wora' struck with con- stornation, asking themsolves where :this thing was to atop, Thoy forwarded the follawing tolo- gram immediatoly uém,n the receipt of-.tho news to the Board of Undorwriters of this oity s the Chicana Roard of Ur Pl “.vfly “‘1'51""1’?:" il s Chicaga Tioar nderuwriters Salla-at, : D e oo ihenoaiats extsbilalient of o Bpo- cinl Firo Patrol, of ot leas 100 men, by the city, No committeo will come, but Natlonal Board Companies il forward their demands, to be complied with within a fixed tiwe, or compunica will retire, TLENAY A, OAKLY, D, A. lteALd, E. A, WALTOYN, (Committeo of Natlonal Expcutive Commitipe Board of Underwritera of tho United States, 2N, GEONOE O, OLANKE, Dresident of tho Chicago Bourd of Underwriters, immediatoly upon the recoipt of tho above tele- gram, called together the Excoutive Committes, and after a short gonsnliation tho following gon- tlemon wore appointed a gommitteo to waik upon tho Mayor and presont to bim tho demand of tho Natlonal Doard : R, J, Bmith, 8, M, Maove, Mr. Lyon, Mr. Case, and Mr, Davyie, “Pho Committeo intended to walf upon the Mayor during tho afterncon, but bofore they could got the number togather it was too lato to moot the Mayor at his oftige. 'They will thoro- fora wait upon him tlus morning ond Iy befors him tha request of the Nationa! Board. - If tho Mayor refusos ta comply with their requost, thoy will unmedintely give notioe that np murg risky will bo takon in this city by uny of the vompa- nies bolonging to tho Board, INOENDIARISM, The rapld occurronce of fires within the Inst fow days has begun to excite a focllug of popular alaym such as hiag not oxisted ju this oity sinco tho few days immedintoly following tho iire of 1871, Thisis partly duo fo the arrost of Isanc< son on tho charge of starting tho firo on. tho 14th, and partly to tho broaking out of fives in unoccupied houses, whora other modes of so- counting for the matter utterly fuil, Thin outburst of incondiarism, i¢ 15 bo such, may bo duo elther ton desiro on the purt of thiaves to pocuro an oEpunuuny for plunder, or to that manis for destruction which has ofton wanifested itself fu mouy other citios, Which- eyer may bo the causo, it is equally dangorous, cspecially nt thiy oritical moment, whon ovoriy~ thiug is dry, and whon tho fire-angines aro amr‘lyl 1 ncod of ropuirs, made nooessary by the ha worls to which thoy linve boen subjested during the last ten doys, Capt, Hickey waa interrogated by o TRinuse roportor lnst night relative to this sabject, Tho Captain thought that in gomo caeos, which, for obvions ronsons, ho rofralned from g nmmnfi incondisrism had boon at worl ; but ho thoug] t that the long dry ugmll and cdrelossnosy wero more ut tho” boftom ot tho .inlschiof. Everything, ho safd, way 1y fd @ cbin, and it for ignition at wny moment. It only needed & carolossly thrown mateli or tho atump of a clgar to wot wholo localitios in flames, TFor matters of that kind thore was no romody, oxcopt in an appeal to tha citizons at Jargo to bo less rash in handling combustlble or iguitiug mattor. As regavded tho allegod in- condiarlos, nothing wonld bs loft undone to bring the orbninula’to justice. ———— ' MINOR FIRES. H TIE DEABBONN BEMINANY, A firo ovourrod fu tho Doarborn Sominary, at tho cornor af Wabush avonuonnd Twanty-sevond strect, at § o'clook lngt oyonivg, and for a timo thero wa4 a prospeot 0f o largo contlagration, Blio fiawes wora first disoovored in an ontbuild- ing, and soon communloated to a large framo atructurandjolningtho throe-story brick Duilding, and ocoupiod fu tho torm-soason as & gchool- room. ‘Thetontlro bullding, aud tho roar portion . tion, thoro ware no pupily in the bullding. Cho .| of No. 171 Twenty-sccond stroct, was ‘800n on< veloped tn flamou. It wes aomo timo befora n ntronm conld bo brought to hear, and wion i wad, tho contents of tho bullding wero congids orably damaged by walor and ntnolke. Dr. Nutehingon Qrover ocouplad tha prowmieat, and i8 Priucipnl of the Sominary. 1t being vnen- frick atriceutd is’ 60 foot nquare, and hod on- trancon ab No. 102)¢ ‘Iwonty-necond ntroot and 935 Wabnshe avenno, ‘Lha surrownd- ing proporty consists of numerous’ small framo shells ‘used by storckespers, and i just ,euch o nolghborhood whoreln a large fira might Lo engoudered, Dr, Grovar's logs on Luilding nid offcats amonatad to aboub 3,600 Jto owned tho trame school-bouse, ywhiich was 40 by 3%, and valuod nt $1,600, 1lo Lo insuranco of §0,000, equally divided in he Buftalo, Gorman, sud Detroit Cowpanles, Tho brick lmll«.unl; bolongs Lo O, O, Follanaboo, aud s valead af €25,000 or £30,000. It was damnged {0 tho oxtane of 8500, Tully sasurod. ‘Tho ranr of No. 171 T'wonty-rocond streot was burnod to tho exteut of about $250. It con- tmnod somo olothing belongiug to Jucob Braxa, tho ownor of tio building, " IIis total loss atounts to about $500. No insuranco, Adumis & Sctilossminu occupled tho store in front, Nou. 170 and 173, and had their stock of clothing Slighitly damaged by sracke, The fire hing boou variously attributed to oare- tosanoss nud iucondiprism,. Tho polioo, undoer Horgt, Bavrolt, ate inguiring .into tho mattor. Tho usual immouse crowd collected, and a largo number of tho spoctutors at the base ball park loft tho gamato attond the fire, Ilad thore boon n sufficient hoad of wator tho fire might have Loen extingninhed ¥ a atromn from tho yarden lioze boforo it had gained ns groat headwny as it tind whon tho flremon arrived, Assintant Mar- shal Shay was early on tho spot, and provouted tho sproad of tho blazo by his offorts. ADAMH BTHEST, . A firo ocenrred last nipht in the three-atory briok butlding, No. 178 Wout Adawe atraot, just enst of Malstod. Tho ilva broke out in a room in tha rear of tho floor, acuu\vlml by Patriok Ua- hill, » boawder, and ono of Litn ''ninuse press- men. He wnsabsont at tho tiwo, anda do- feotlvo Inmp had boon lott burning in lhis room _and oxpladed, sActting flra to tho placo, nnd cunsings o livoly biazo for i tuna. Jlox 834 gava tho alurm at Dif o'elock, and tho firoman suswored promptly and oxtin- guished tho flames, Lho tiro hurnad out throo sloeping npartmants, and dosiroyod the offecty of Itobert Sincston, Jumes Shiannon, and Mr. Onlull, The lattor's lves wns 34003 that of tho others §260, Tho adjolning buildlng on tho West Sido {8 & threc-story trame, and wes slightly acorehod. Mg, Mary Ann Cushon og- eupied No, 175 ad & boarding-houso, and sho suf- fored dnmugo to tho amount of $800 by firo_and removal of effects, Sho ling no Insaranco, Mrs. Walsh owna tha buildivg 3 it will roquire §600 Lo ropair tho damnge. 0 insurance. A Inrge arowd of peoplo_assombled, nnd great oxojte- suont provaited for o timo,so fonrful is overy ono of o sproad of fira, NLUE ISTAND AVENUH. " At 8 o'clook lust oyening & slight firo wan canged at No. 68§ Blue Islaud avenus by the explosion of o korosouo lamp in tho tnllurml\nl: of 1, Nathan, The’ flames were oxtingulshod beforo any rerious damago was dong, “Mr. Nuthan's hands wore burnod in nattemuting to quench tho fire, U'wonly-five dollers will covor tho damage. UNION BTREET. The alsem from Box 878 ot 6:46 vesterday morning wis caused by the burmng outof & chimuey at No, 530 South Union streot. et TUESDAY’S IIRE. THR ISAACSON TRIAL, The caso of Nnthan Isanceon, and his wifo Tachol Isancson, arrestod ou thocharge of arson, came up yostordsy afternoon heforo Justico Doy- den on o continuance. The woman's connection with the cnge was that of a witness, tho Court proforring to hold herin baoil nsn witness in- slend of o prisoner. The case for the city was eonducted by Mr. Camoron and Mr. Frost, and for tha prisoper by Mr. Schaffuer and A. O. Btory. © BWEARING A WITNESS. The namo of Allon Phillips way eolled, Tho counsol for the defanso insinted on awearing tho witness as a Jow, with all tho paraphernalia and coremony of the Jewish rubrie, . » 'Clhio witnees Insisted that, In his opinfon, the religlous osth was not more biuding thmn that which Lie hiad alrendy taken, . Mr. Story inginting, Mr. J, L. Btono prodnced nrobo etriped altornately with white and durk- bluo, cortain leathor atraps, a ram's horn, and corfain 2-inch cubes, and tho Ten Command- ments. 2 Justice Boydon decided to forego apy fusthor coreuiony, cousidering it suporiluous. ALLEN PHILLIPS, Tho witness lived at No, 218 Fourth avenno ; know the defendant, Tsaacson; Luow nothing ahout tho origin of the.flro, Lnst Saturday ho came rofiud to court, whon a man from the do« fondant camo to him, Couusel objectod to this tostimony, ns not oa- tablishing tho sgoucy of this poraon, plr, Uameren wished to prove that tho witnoss hiad beon Approached, and offored s bribe, ag ovi- dence of defendaut’s guilt, but the defopso wonld not have it. T'he Qourt permitted tho nsking of » quostion which rcsulted in tho Iollowing an- Bwors : Witnoss had naver been offerod monoy or property for apy specific purpose, and kuow nothing ‘of tho caso; kuow nothing about the firo 3 know nothing auy way. ; ‘18BAEL UROSSNAY, peddler, of Libarfy street, formerly of No., 374 Fourta avenue, whs the noxt witnegs, e pro- ferred tho ordinary form of onth. JKuew tho defondant, Isascson; defondant told Liim on tha Buuday beforo the firo that ho wanted to_got rid of his property ; thatic did not pay him to retain ik, but ho know nothing about Isaucson prepariug to leavo ; sald he n\ifi not think it wonld pay bim to whitewash tho louses, and_wished ho could got rid of thom, Wilnoss Lad lived in tho bouso; hud noleaso; had boen in the bouso from four to five months; tho prisoner rofused to whitewash tha housa ; thora wora somo of his fanily present,—his wife and children ; had been thoro talking with him about & minute when he made that ronatk ; tho words used werg such as when trauslated into Efn‘;fiish would signify tbut Lo wished to got rid of thom. . DARNARD DILTOWBIT roealled and sworn : Lived on Fourth avenus ‘bofore the fire ; knew tho dofendant, uud lved swithin threc or four housos of him ; lived there mora than n yoar ; &1l ho know about the mattor why thst ho was driving slowly through the alloy— Tlore counsol objected to a ropotitidn of the testimony, and the Court, for tho benefit of tho wwoncoution, wong over it, substantially s pub. liuhml in Pue Pususe, Tho wilness wus al- lowed to retiro. 5 JACOT MOSES swarn: Lived on Fourth avenuo; lived near de- tendant’s 5 on tho nlight of tho fire had just como liotho, and sy tho fire coming from lanucion's staplo,—Vlue firo ; that was whore it started ; the first fire owme from the cornor near tho back- hougn; tho second iire came from tho etable ; thore woro two flres in this cato; tho first firg was nab twvo waeeks boforo the second ; tho second firo bogan in Isnzeson's stablo; botoro ho moved in Tsaneson asked him whora o was goiug to move; ho told him, and Ivaacson advised iim not todo soj ho moved to Ispucson's brothor-n- Tnw's houso hind kuown bim iu Nochaster five onre RHO0. + L'raa.v"-:xamfned——\\’ns oxamined Euhu'dn{‘; gavo tho snmo testimony Baturday; sworo 10 tho Gommoncament of tho socond fro; yas at Bhus- or'y grocery ab tho thue, about 4 o'clock was or- dinarily poddling sll dny: had no rogular time for coming home ; could toll what his usual how was for coming homo ; was paylug his groeory- Bill whon tho firo oeenrrad ; won, out to tho firo, aud gaw it coming from the atublo; tha fire could 10t qome from any othor dircction’; his ohildron wera playiug in the ulloy; novor had any trouble with = Isancson in Hochostery the" troublo wag between Isancson and anothor family; the fivst thing ho gaw was biuo flre cnmlufi from the doox ; tho stablo waa & ouc-stary buildlug ; eaw na firo wnywhote elso ; it wad about & o'olock ; und & horso to poddle with, bu it wad fu tho sta- blo adjolning Isnncson's, less than 10 foob dis- tant ; wont into tho houso aftor ho eaw tho fire, Locatao ho had no chancs to go through the al- loy 3 had two ehildron fn the alloy and two on Tourth avenuo § found tho childron about 7 or 8 o'olouk § was nilttln oxcitod L tho timo § saw » five in o privy with somo straw n it not oy hig premnisos ; thore wau an armful of stray I u‘m privyy this wus nbout 8 o'clook, The privy was on &unncuou'fl promises, in tho Bume ynmly whoro tho stablo wus ; Baw both flraus liad w0t sworn that ho did not oo the wecoud fira; tho second fire was bluo firo lke kerasono ; i nob small Korosouog suw o bluo flamo, but dld not go out of tho alley becaisu of the smole, Hose aoLphMyL, 10 yonrs of ago, was oxatningd a4 to hor knowl- odgo of tho ualure of wn oath, sud @worn, - 4 Tnow . Mr. Isnncaon; 'wan st n groowry & fow doys boforo: tho firo and: nnw Afrs, Ifascson s, #ho eatd “*hor hoad wonld not bo on hor ghoul- tlorn unloss tQo wholo of. Fourth avouus wont duwnj" know Mra, Isancaon abonb two yours; Mva, Isaacion waa spenking to ovory one” whon sho made this romark ; witness was Just coming out of tho grocorys;. sho spoke. protty loud; thoro worp & good mnur pooplo thore ; kuow ono o two paopla thoro : diduot kuow tholr names ; it not 800 uny of thom present; the grocory wan noxt door toIaancson's; 1t wasnear 4 o'clock’ eho hiad just commencod - talking -whon witness enmo ouly witnoms used to gothirough Inangson's rooms-to vinlba frlond ;* witnosy' - mother hoard what sho eald; “unloss her head would not bo on hor shouldors the whalo of Fourth avenuo would go down," theso were tho words, * Counwol for the dofonso wanted ths Gorman of it, and Mr. Camoron bbjected, 'The Court al- Jowod Lior to give the .words, but nobody nnder- utlfc;d tho mixture of Ifebrow, QeruiAu, and En- glish, Witnons continnod: Mra, Tanacson stood quite noor hor When tho throdt was mnda; sho was tnlking to folks in tho stroct; nelthor witiess nor hor mother aukked what sho meant; bad tatked the mattor avor with her mother | her mothor re- )\(lmhu_l the words to her, apd aim romembored oul, ? : . OWFIOZN YOUNUHON JIALL | * gworn: Testifiod that he orreated tho partion; ankod tho womsn why sho et firo to tho build- ings ; sho raplied that sho wantod to wold sho ot fire to them with o candle; nothing was said about matches, * Oross-examined—Arrested hor botween 2 pnd 8, tho day aftor tha flro; lnd no warrant; sho wae polntod out to him; "did not arrost hor hus- band; camo down to buo Central Atation with lior; _£ho waa at tho St. Jomes, on Clarlk stroct, noar Poll, when ho arrcsted hori sho was walks ing with him when sho mado confession ; did not tall bior to bo earoful what sho said ; told hor sho was arrostad for araon’s witness asked hor fn English why sho fired the building ; waa cortain witiiosa undarstood Englishy told hor she was narcested for arson bofore sho snid anything; al- Iuded to tho placo sho lived in; did not say whora it was; could not got much out of her; carried Thior baby, with her, - any would 1ot leb witness carry it for hor; sho sald she was burnod out, but would say 1o moro. " 1, €. COCKS, ropresonting tho Allomanin Insuranco Company of Pittyburg, sworn : lad a copy of the policy which Tsagcson bod, A Mr. Btory sald o copy was not evidonco ; had rocolved no notico to producs tho policy. Witness continied 1 Nover saw tho dofond- ant_bofore; he had an insursnco of $1,100 on iy house, . Mr, Story ineistod that no parol contract of insurance conld bo mado, and no jusursuce could Lo proved without the deoumont, Mr, Frost roplied that the suit wns not on the policy, and that such evidence was admissiblo, Witnoss : Tho dofondant hed instrance in that Company, - + o FIRE-WARDEN JOXN 3CAULEY, sworn: Know Isangrons talkaed to him about his insnranco; dofendant told’ Liim ho wag in- sured to tho nmount of §2,400 fu companics ho ' did not know. Mr, Comerqn said ¢hat two witnosses woro ab- gont, Mig. Natlinn and Joo Lowis. Mra. Nathan was very sick, aud. ould nob como. L'ho prosc- cation ondad. A witness came up nnd snld ho was afraid of ‘boing killod. 4 - 3. L. 8TONB wps summoned for the dofense, Biworn: Was Lurtod out, was 10 a chaese and butter fagtory in tha country, and was burnt onb July 4 ; knew TIsancson by sight for a year or two ; kuow whero Inancson lived ; bolh witness' Liorsos ivoro in Dbis stablo; it was south of the oil-factory; kaew Barnard Diltowskl, who anw matohes In Mrs., Tsancson's handa 3 eaw im when the blook from T'wolfth to Taylor was burned ; ho waa orying, and complained that his children wero burned whils Lo was getting npotatoes for bis oows ; this was botween b and 6 o'clock ; said Lo had gone to find his ohildren ll- this placo was burned ; witness was .at No, 878 Clark streos when tho fire oceurred, two blooks from Isano- son's; found tho fire in tho yard south of tho oil-faotory ; s far ag he could judgo tho fire was in the snmio barn with his horsos the stable daor was lockod on tho insido ; could not toll the houso Tsagcsou lived in; the flre wasin tho yards ; ey flamo in tho stables closo by ; the fico was in tho yard, not the atables eaw Dillowski two hours later in & saloon under the old St. Jumes Hotel ; did not seo cither Isancson or hin wifo thero at the timo of tho fire, Cross-examined—Know Mr. Iearcaon by eight ; tho fumily were strangers to him ; did not kuow whather thoy wero at tho fire; was nat a lawyo had not boon gatting testimony for tho dofons was gitting by the counsol, but did not prompt Conrt or conneel 3 hrought tho Jewish clothing 3 waus not promised money for his testimony 3 had nat raceived 100 ; did not kuow where Josoph Liowis was; Lawis wus not sent away by witness; did not receive any sum of monoy ; & gentlomau lind nskod him to interforp to save Mr, Issacson from being hning ; was a Jaw, but not & Samarl- tan, though lie was acting from digintorested motiyes. MOSES ADRAMS, sworn: Had known the prisoner for six yenrs; peddled with Isoacson on tho day of the firo; statted from bis houso early, and was with him from 8 till 10; at 10 o'clonk #tarted round solling blackborries, and came back to_ find Isancson’s houso in pslies; was with Isancgon all that day; did not return tp the houso all thek day; did not know whathior he saved anything; did not sce Mr. Isancson aftor the fite; lsnaceon owned tivo frama housos, two-story buildings; the houscs were reutod; was on. Sherman glreot, botwoen Tolk aud Taylor, when Lo hoard of thoe firo, Cross-exanined—Lived ot 337 Fourth avonno bofora tho fire; Isaacgon lived iglf o block from Iitm 3 novor workeyl for Isancson; worked with him that doy; whilo out sent one wagon home with a boy ; did not kuow that boy's namo ; had uvaen tho hoy baforo, JOUN F. MEGELSIN, watchmakor, of No. 161 Van Buren streot, knew Isancson; enw him.at 8 o'clool Wnosday after- noun wm‘.n previous witners, gelling borrjes, FREDERICK SIEG tostified to seeing him at about the samo hour. Christ, Volko told the samo story. Toaao Saunieln enw him botweon J and 40'clock. LOUIS LIMERICK * was warklng for Mr. Stono on tho dayof tho firq; went to Isnacson's s little after poon to got Mr. Stone's horto ; thoe atablo door was locked ; Btayod there all tho aftornoon till tho firp oo~ onrred ¢ Mre, Tsnacson did not go to ths stable ; tho door wae looked, and Isancson kad the ey ; the firo was in tho yard noar tho oil-factory; could not ge$ throngh to get tho horsos ; the born wae ot on five at thaj timo ; tuore was anothor woman with Mrs, Tsanceon ; saw Louls Tsnacsou thero Also ; wont to Clark streok whon tho fire occwirad § did not know what Mis, Isascson was doing ; she romnined on the stoop from noon till tho firo ooourred. Cross-cxamingd—IIad worked for Mr. Stone soyon moutha; Mr. Stone mado checss in tho Town of Otland; knew Philip Stern, o blagksmith iu that town ; was in tha city three weoks, driv- ing 3lr, Stono's team ; iad his tonn hore about & woek ; Stone's horso was in tho barn all this time aud was burnod ; the flvo was in the yard; a pilo of boards in the yard waa hurning, A"fdirect—Sn\v nothing clee burning in tho * AT, AARATL DROJTNARY, mworn: Was onoof Isaucson’s tonauts ; lived next door to him; sut sbont an hour and o hall with Mra, Inancson ; Alra, Isancson did not leave hor soat from that Lime until tho ory of flro wne givon; Mrs, Isaacsan was vory much alarmed ; in ono minuto uvorythlm&wuu in flamas ; it com= monced oll round ; saw Limorick waiting at the houso. Innncson was nok home ; did not oo him ocome back. ‘Thoer iore soveral horsos burnod in the stabloy the door was always kopb wide opon; Limerick could not get into tlo atablo boosuso if was 50 hot, . JACOD BOHILLADIBIIT knew Tsaacson ; saw him ten or fifteen minutes boforo tho five, on’ Bliorman streot, peddling bluckborrios. An eflort was mado to impeach the testimony of tho proseouting witneas, bit without suovoss, Tho dofonse having & unumbor of additional witnosson yot to be hoard, and tha_hour being lato, the caso was continued until Friday aftor- uoou at 3 o'clopk, e A WORD TOR OUR FIREMEN. T the Eiditor of the Chisayo Tribune: Sy 1t is doubtful If tho views of ontuldoers should have any partioular wolght in the wido dlgennston In progresy conterning tho Flve De- partmont of aur eity, Dut it is Lotk curlous and nfiomnuug to obgerve the singular drift of indi- vidupl criticism, and, in tho faco of wholesalo denunclution, it is woll, it possible, to do away with a fow of tho unronsonable projudices and thoughtlosy plundors to which tho oxcitemont of the tume ha given rigo. #Yours I8 a holiday Fire Dapartmont,” said a gontloman froin Dotralt. #Thoy are uplondid fellows ou n festive occasion, but ag againss tho flames N, G." 4 JInyo your opportunitles boen froquont and favorabla for observing our fivo-boys iu actlon?” Tinquired, ¥ Not frequont; but onco I8 onough, I saw thom running awsy from the flro and abandon- ing thalr angines Lo destruction,” ¥ You aye too faut, my good Michigandor " (or orhaps 1 colled him ‘Qander without tho obi-) ; “and you aro abgurdly unjust. Ad- mittioR that & minglo company an away, i8 it falr to blama tho whols dufnrtmonfi for tljis ono ¢ono of domotalization-? Dt listen to the causo of tho soveroly criticlsed stampoda, Those boys stond grandly to their work until the exploaion of an ofl-faciory covorod thomwolves i thelr mnchino with o hullleh shower of burning gronso, and thon what could thoy do bub haatily dosort No, no, elr. Ihavesoen our groat department probably a hundred times in- action, working Tnithtully, fearlossly, and with wonderful effoct, Bhould nat this fact provail as ngaltis n solitary orror, ovon Bflmflwhlr arror ~to~ huvo had some hinnd' in our It dissstor? Doliove mo, you Prnéndlncd critic, thero fa no finer body of mon n {hd world thau our Oi‘lm 0 fitoman.” .. *Aander—I gravt tholr belng **fino; 1618 my clnim that thoy are nolhing moro. Why, indi- vidual mombers I have noticad arc so gooil look- ing, and the gonorality of them are #o *fiuo, " a8 you put it, thab we canuor shako the suspi- cion af their having hoon eelocted on tha ground of ypersonal appearance only. 2 W. I.—Burely, good looks, especialiy as thay aro ovidenco of vigorous Lealth, aud manly slronpth, are not objectionable in & firoman, Other things bolug equel, would you rofect a may for auy place in-publio servico just becauso o happened to be handsomo ? * 'Gander—Porhaps I might, I hiave no falth in beauty in s mnn. 1t disposes him to vanity, presumption, aud kindred wenknessos, Thorg (Poluuug to a Blcnanul-tnnturud youth — it chanced to Lo MeDormott, of tho ' Long-Johin » Coriipany, who was rittivg ldl{ in'front of a pop- ular reptayrant. rondmf nreliglous tract), obrorve ono of your dandy firemon, Bmall foot and shiny boots, rlim hinuds with powerless fingors, greao on hls buir, and a certatn style about kim which bolongs to o firat-glass. bar-koeper rathor than to a rough-and-rendy fighter of tho flames, ‘W, L, —Hora iy C—, one of our votoran fire- men, and oue who knowva the whole department thoroughly, and alwnys watohes its oporationn :Iouolv. Lot us aul about this youug man's oCor . Mr, O.—~That yonng fellow ia ono of tho bost boys in the sorvice, o is skillful, brave and quick, and, so far as T havo seon, in all things aqual to tho oldest and tho strongost, A clovor youth aldo, a8 you might judgo from his uco, *Oandor—Inclined to happincss, I sce. Mr, O.—Not so, Ho cannot holp his good looks vory well; and who would have him? ~ As fo dress and nentuoss of appoarance, ho ia not strikingly aliond of olbiors, and It 18’ n roquiro~ mont, o8 part of the discipline of tho' depart~ mont, that cleanliness snd -respoctable attire bo xta‘(rlcdy obsorved, But there are no fopy nmong hom, W. E.—Far from 1t. Thoso who know bost about theso glorious fellows unite in hourtlost praige. *Sldllful,” * brave,” “Ticrole,” ** grand," aro among tho worda uscd to desgribo their dar- lugadoe{«‘lu. O‘f g >I P ] i 5 auder—O0, fudgo! Thoy aro probably yonr pl:smonal frionds, and'you fool bn‘:nifl toy baok them up. o o ; W. E.—You n{a miataken, Ido nob at this moment rocall cven o pinglo acquaintance among “tbo blue-slurt boys," and my interast 18 not & porsonal ono in nny gonso. I' dofond them in the 'name of justico, boliaving—nay, knowing—thom to have beon wronged. 'Gander—DBut supposo it wero ndmitted that yourdoubtful hoyoes are not aowards, inoflicients, and fops, what could you say in defonse of their shamotful want of hospitality 7 Think of thoso Bloomington boys— . . - W. E. (interrupting’ impationtly)—Ihero yon go aguin. Now hold. If it wpra trua that o Bin- glo company, or tha part of ono, bnd haon somo- what remlss in courtesy, nnder circumstances most peouliar, why should tho whelo, dopart- ment be denopnced and obarged with genoral blama? ‘Tho gtory, na read in the Bloomington view, is u libel, aud passcs bolfef, - Bolioving 1t such from tho first, I Laye dgng somo consider~ ablo *investigating " on my own- account, and find tha talo, a8 I oxpected, aeilly exaggeration of a trifling oversight on tho part of somo ono clse than rembors of tho *Long John™ Cam- pany. Theas good fellows oo Ineapablo of isny- ihing olaa then generosity, kinduces .of hoart, self-deninl, sbd friendly hospitallty, Thesim- ple faots, ns thoy como us from ono who Ponillvcly knows, aro thoso: Our generous Bloomington fnlundn, ‘who g0 pramptly and kindly osmo ta our roscue, wore assignod to the ‘ Long John” engine-hougo without any definito Lnowladge#of tho fact baving reachod tho tired toilers at tho firo; and avou whon tho *Long John boys, oxhrusted to the verge of dissolution,.at Inét reached thoir lodgings, thoy wera not in ‘conditian to undorstand, and did npt ronlly ranlizo, that thoy ware expectod to play tho part of hosts. If thoy notiocd tha presenco of vigitora at all, which is doubtful, all circum- stauces considerad, it was not in_tho light of gueats for ywhom they wore oxpocted to provide. Ihe timo wps not favorsble for iutroduc- tions or oxplanations, it wad Bcarcoly en hour for *hob-nobbing,” compliments, and discriminating courtosigs, even wmong intimates, and so tho weary Loraes, half-uncon- ecious of all elgo than gratitudo for the end of the battlo, and a lmfim(i for tho refreshmont of rcat, tumblod hurriedly futo thoir bunks, and in- steutly forgot tho world in sleop, If tho gal- lant eountry firomon wanted blankots on that fiory night of ninatios, they certainly dosired somothing Lt no other person in Chicago de- sirod ; but, wauting thom, they should have had them beyond queation, And undoubtedly they would have been furnished gladly had au idon of tho want ontored any one'smind, I venturo to declaro that there aro no moro gin cerely polite and hospitablo firomen in tho world than tho boys of the old *TLong John,” Evon the handsomo MoDormott, whoso good looks seom in your cyes to unflt him for netive gervico in the Tira Department, would gladly lay his shiny head on tlo floor, and give up Lad, blankots, and boots, if necossary, in the sacred causo of lospitality. But whon one ig actually unconsclous of having guosts, snd Ynows nothing of their wants, how shall tuo Dlame belaid? ho aifair of tlie Bloomington boys being neglocted nrose from an unforiunate wisapprehongion, and it was nothing more. Thoe 'Gandor gave & grunt of dissont, pro- nounced bis opponent projudicod and gullible, l‘lll!d, sullonly departing, toritinated tho conversa~ on, I rospectfully submit-if, by request, for the conlightonment ‘and possible couversion of other gandors or geese that have raised thair dis- cordaut voicos againsk the fire-boys of Clicago, Yours truly, WiLD-BDaERTON, Cinteado, July 22, 1874, ———— MISCELLANEOUS. 'WHAT TIHX ST, LOUIS CUIEF BAYS., Tho 8t. Louls @lobe hins boon intorviewing Mr. Boxton, the Chiof of the Fire Dopartment, on the subject of tho roported proposition to invite him to como to this eity, concorning which ho denied that any dircct ovortures had boon mndo him, 8till, ho might loave 8t. Louis if offered much woro than the $5,000 ho is now roceiving thero, : Rogarding the Ohicago Dopartment, the fol- lowing conversation aceurred & Rop.—What do you thiuk of the competency of tho Firo Dopartment of Ohicago, 28 & wholy 7 Chilef—Thoy bave got themselves into a fover of excitemont Juut now, whiol {s pevfoctly uacloss, Thoy liavo got plenty of material thero to work with, if it 8 Judiclously appiied, 2 Tep,—They have mado & call for twenty-fiyo more engines for the Depurtmon! Uhief—They uro not nocessary, I thoy judiolol amploy thoso they have on lutd now, thoy wil mod all tho roguiruneuts of tho Dopartment, Tiop-What doyou thinlof Obf Boinor ¢ Qllof—Marshal Venuer 1 8 compelent and fafthful ofticer, and the blamo of that contingratiun and that ‘enormous lons {8 ot atiributablo to him ot all, I une derstand thero bas boon # goud deal of politieal mue nonvering,with a viow of putting in Bullwiuklo, whose incompetoney, T thiuk, i porfectly apparont, Al this latto and ory agalust Benuor fs uncalled for and with- out any justitication, I think Uonuer s tho best flta engincor they havo in_Ghilongo, and T tink ho can eusily.oluar Lilmself of all tho imputations aud refluc- tious that haye heon thrown upon Lim by the Obicago papers, All tlis oxcitement {4 only temporary. THR CITIZENS' GOMMITTEE. Tho Citizens' Committes appointed to pload with the Oity Fathers ara entiraly satisfied with tho respouse mndo to thoir froquests, sud thoro will not, provably, have to bo another meoting of tholr numbor. But ono suggostion mado At tho popular meoting st MeCorinlolk's Hall has hoen pusded by as yebt, This was tho nprnlufi"fl comumittoo fram tho Common Councll to cou- Tor with an equal numbor of citizons, to bo np- pointed by tho ofiicern of tho citizons’ meating, to dikouss plana for the batter working of tho Liro Dopartment, As many of tho Council havo nlrendy oxprossed nwnlluq:msu 1o do thiy, this roquest also will probably 0 grantod. EFFEQT OF THE FIRE ORDINANCE. A Trinuxe roporter, eolling st the ofiice of Wright & "Lyrcoll, the well-known ronl estuto loan agonts, askod' Judgo Wright the quostiony Will the oxtension of tho firo-limits have a taudonoy to ptrougthon tho conlidonos of East- orn copitalinty in Chioago? Judga Wright—I am that = offcet, s showing them that wo shnll, oventuslly, have ~a woll-built clty. Mhors 18 now no luck of contldonco on thia part of capitalists . tho sonndness of lnmlu on Chicago roal cstato, Bluco the firo of last Tues- oy Tlnve racelyod four diforent sums from uston to place hore, Of course, tho bost seou- vity I roquirod, Lasterneapitsl {s conservative, Lub not distrustful, —_— ukfragos Netos says & momorial 000 woman of the United guro it will havo Woman The London Jlm‘!ly siguod by upward of 18, Ringdom, hos hoon presonted to Mr, Disraolls raying Ehnt ho il v, i support. Lo tho bill nl n}mum tho alectoral disabilities of womon, 'Iu.l dint {8 hoaded by Florence Nightingale, fol- lowod by Tarlot Martineau, Mary Carpontor, Tindy Anna Goro Luiigton Miss Francos Powor Cobbe, diss Thackeray, tign Anpa Bwnnwiok, aud many othor Indies” ominont for their intel— lootunl atlatuments and social position, Tha Tromier, {b bla roply, exprogacd himself s much Jonored by guch an offering, morinl bug boen sout to Mg.r ‘E'x‘ma‘c\m?o‘f"u" e ————— JAY COOKE & CO. "o Great.Ohicago Kiro fYos, sible for Thoir Fatlares 1o i Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Trivune, Pmaprremia, July 224—In conformity with an ordor mndo by Judge Cadwalndor, of tho United Btates District Court, Jay Codke & Co. to0-day presonted a slntomont of the oauges that led to the pusponsion of tho Arm, Tho stato- ment filed by the bankrupts in the offica of Josoph Mason, Roglator in Bankruptoy, defailed at gront Jongth tho various partuors of the firm, tholr financinl condition prior to Jan, 1, 1871, and their operations iu Northern Pacifio Rallroad ‘bonds dud other soaurities. .. TR FOLLOWING ADATRAOT olfihg Intter s somowhat lnlownllnir The firm, up td the formation of tho last part= nonhly; 10 '71, enjoved o most prosporous busi« neag. Thoir profita were immenss, and thoy bo- lioved that their _reputation nod crodit, with tho copital thoy bad in tho bLusiness, authorizod thom to undortake oporations of groat magui= tude. In addition to their large negotintion of Government gccuritios, thoy iad coududted an extousive business in nogotlating ratlroad bonds, and In muklufi advanaos upon £ajlroad bionds and pnpor{ ns woll 28 tho ordinsry business of dis~ counting aud negotiation of othor seouritics; in oll auch cases thoy hnd boon ominently succosse {ful and made large profits, **On the 1at of January, 1871, somo of theso undortakings wero in progross, and wore con. tinuod by thio now firm, particularly _thoss with :{:3 lli:x&(t‘)‘n ug;m;’l::lrfl &nilfluluu&pm Railrond snd o Rallrond Ce & thougl, at that timo, ompasios, ok : THE TAPID SATE of tho Northorn Paclfic bonds hsd more than P~ plied the Company with funds for tha building of ats rond, and had left over 81,000,000 on deposis v..th Jay Cooko & Oo., and it was not anticipated that any advanco ‘would bo mado to, or required by, tho Northorn Pacifle Cnmnan{'. It wos not until about July 1, 1872, that any con- slderablo advances . wors mado to that Comn- pany. In Boptembor, 1871, the sales of bonda of tlm‘t thm?lmnyf'tamlr nhnnb&xal,fl(ll),flufl, with avery indication of tholr exceoding $2,000,000 Octobor, Lad not the S LR TANIO CONSEQUENT UPOX TilE: CITICAUO FIRE . destroyed all marlket for railroad bonds for the timo bolng, and nuhumfih tho sales during No- yombor werg quite considorable, and ip January, 1873, had ngain reached over' $1,000,000, yob agnin thoy wore almost stopped Dy the varions influences thon at work againat the rnil- ronds of tho country, culminating dure ing tho spring ond summeor af 1873, in about tho totsl dastruction of . tho . eredil of rilroad seccuritics, Wo had sold over $23,- 000,000 of thesg honds,.and wa believed, with a fair gondition of the monoy markek and tha res turn of n fair measure 'of confldonce, the ro- maining elx or seven millions of- these bonds could bo gold in o vory shord time, and thus our advances would have beon speedily canealed, as the Board of Diractors had closed tho loan at £30,00D,000, and were contemplatiug othor futura fingnelal arrangements. . OTHER ADVANCES, #TWa hiad also advanced §1,500,000 upon §0,= 750,000 of tho Orogon Steam Navigatlon Com= pany's atook, and ovor 81,504,000 ° on oflier sos carities of the Lake Buperior & Miseissippl Rall- road Compnny. 2 B “ OQur suspension was, theroforo, simply cane= ed by the rapid culminafion af-tho'panic, and by our want of proparation for tho'spnd by not utii- izing 8s collateral p guninn. at leaat, of tho real estata bonds and atocks lylug idle in our vaulis, on which a suftlolent amount shpuld hava beon borrawad to meat all qbligations until tho skica brightened ayd tho, bands cowld bo sold aguin psulliciont ta reliava us,” % —— THE HIGHEST GELEBRATION IN THE WORLD, In explapation of what follows, i} shonld bg statod that last yoar a gentloman in this oity presented o flag to tho miners on Mt. Lincoln, Col,, and the ono noxt to it for thoir dth of July colgbration. Ho has just received the fol owing nocount of thelr coremoniea on &he rae cent 4th, undor date of Dudloy, Tyly 6; . I Liavo tho plensuro to inform you that tho flag kindly prosented by you to tho minorsof Mts. Liucoln nud Bross waved from ilio pinuaocla of Mt Lincoln, ) 15,000 ¥BET ABOYE THE LEVEL OF THE SIA, July 4. Amongst those represented werc many of the influcntia} busjness mon of thig scotion of Colorado, of whom & portion can Le namad : * Ii. R. Woleott, SBuperiutendent af tha I, & . Bmolting Company of Colorado; J, I, Cass, of the Eincoln Manufacturing Company; am W. 8. Swith, of tho Mt Lincoln Smelling Works Company at Dudley. A wmore glorious day for a_mouuntain-trip could not hnvo boon vouchsafed, An early atart had baon arranged., The varicty of vohicles and modes of progreesion wera well adapted to the aconsion, although they wmight uot huave beon grestly enjoyed by ono un« acoustomed to the necopsary adjuucts of m mountain-trip. Amongst thom could be num- berad tho noblo hiorse and pationt juck, traval- ing side I.\E side, focling all caste wae lost in the glorious objoct {n which thoy woro engagod. The wip was vaatly enjoyed by all, capecially tha snowballing by tho way, whioh was doubly pleas- ant whon one thought of the aweltering humanis ty in othar lesy-favored localitics, Arriving at the pinnacle, and having been fomed by many o sturdy and honest minor on route, we found a layge goncourse of J’BOPIB aesembled. Lvorything being in readines: amidst cheors and songs, the glorious crblem osi our National Unfon wee fluug to the breoze. Amongst thoso stauding near wore many o STURDY BAILOR AND GOLDIER MINER, whoso quick-drawn broath and glistening oya spoke of _ battlos past in which their arms had boen raisod don fouso of that doar flag, cherished so lov ingly by all; fooling that a moro approprin‘e placo could not ba found thau upou this, tha highest posk of (he Amarican Contwout, for lucing tho * Star-Spanglod Banuor,” which "hag ifted iteol¢ high in its boauty, even whilo it hag been insulted and trailed in the dust,—coming from under the oloud brighter and puror for it baptism in blood. 4 gn soonor had the caremony of ralsing the flag boon accomplished -thau the oye wandered in awo and rapture over the graudour and besuty of tho eccua spread out baeforo it. Looking off a hundred wmiles to tho oast, nerosy the beautiful Sauth Park, decked in its smnmer verdure, Pike’a Pank roaxod 1ta lofly oross above the range of Wasatch Mountainy, to tho west, & oloud of smoke shut in, a8 with a veil, tho proa- poct ; to the north, peak after peak arrested tho eye, ’ho most prominent beivg Cray's sud Irwin's, Aftor n fow shard and npumarlnte spoeches aud throo hearty sheors for Gov. Bross, tha domor of the flag, aud the day we colebrate, upon invitation of that prince of good fellows, Capt. Plommor, tho veteran prospector sud original discaverer of silver in this sectiou, tho doscent was commenced fowards the Moosa mino, where u splendid collation had been pro- vided by the § FODETHOUGHT O¥ TIIX LADIES, Aftor tho mora substantial portion of tho feast biad boon consumed, o pleasaut hour was passed in appropristo tonsts sud respouscs. The votoran pioncer-prospector, Lywan Fay, was introduced as tho orator of tho day, who deliv- erod at elogant and classlo addross, abounding in happy thoughts aud allusiona, ‘Iho dny thon boing ko far spent, u hasty visit was mado into tho mino, whoro our eycs were dazzled with tha view of thounandsof dotlars of glittoring miyoral, which gave us but & dim idos of tha vast woulth lylng hidden in tho heart of AMta. Lincoln and Bross, waiting bub the coming of capital aud labor to dovelop this, the xlchoat primoval soction of Colorado, It was with many rogrets that this, as 8o knowledgod by all, one of tho ploasautost and happlest days, should so soon, apparontly, have como to sn ond, After many thunks to thoso who had g0 bountifully and gouerously provided for tho comfort und plousure of all, the mr:‘i slowly descanded, and arrived safely, witho accidont, at tho placo of starting. ¢ it pewies Mgl sl A Romarkable Vessels ‘e bark Advonture, ono of the two vessels comuwsandod by Capk, James Cook, at the time of hls sooond voyago ropnd the world, is stlil aflont und sniling between London, Kng., and Goorgotown, Domerara, Bhe ls moro thinn 100 yonrs old § history giving_as the dato of her dow porture from Plymoutl, Eog,, with the Ttosolus tlon, Cupt. Cook'a ilag-ship, tho 1ith of July, 1778, 0 1 wtaunoh and fuil built forward, and carrioa a good carge of uufinr which is ladon dis veetly sn coutact with hoe uflmu‘ ay ghe hos na oeiling. In beating up and down tho Domorars River sha uat uufroquontly aut-sails hor modora rivals, notwithatauding Lor inalogaut lives.