Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 24, 1874, Page 2

\ < i CHICAGO ' DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, ' JULY 24,1874, * o FIRE NEWS. Tho Mayor Waited On by o Commit- toe of Citizens ond In~ SUTANCO Mon. Wo Declares Mimself in Favor of Bonnor's “Removal and of tho Proposed Five-Patrol, But the Police Commissioners See No " Reason for Ousting Mait. Who the New Man Should Be--- Lippincott’s Report. Using the Tugs as Fire-Engines, THE MAYOR WANTS A NEW FIRE- MARSHAL. As was expected, tho action of tho National Board of Underwrlters tolographod yestorday to tho Prosidont of tho Chicago Doard catlod forth decided sotion on tho part of tho latter body. At 10 o'olock yestorday morning n TRInoNE ro- porter callod at tho ofiico of tho Clucago Board of Undorwriters to find out what tho nature of #his action would be, but eithor tho Amorican * instincts or lack of common sonsa and courtesy of tho two clorks in charge of the offico led thom to persist in denying that any moeting of undorwritors was to tako place durlug tho day: This proved of litilo avail, however, and it was soon discovered that at 11 o'clock o mooting of ‘underwriters and citizeny bogan at tho insaranco office of 8. M. Moore & Co., concorning tho mat- tor of the mossage of tho Nationa! to this Chicas g0 Board. Thore wore present at this mooting about fifty citizens, most of whom are intorost- od in tho insurauco business. Tho result of Ahis meoting was the appoiutment of A COMMITTEE TO CALL UPON INE MATOR and'make bim acquainted with their peouliar views on tho subjoct of rondering tho oity loss linbla to fires, This Committeo consistod of Messra, A, J, Smity, . H. Cose, 3. 3. Bloors, .. H. Davis, Goorge O. Ciarks, aud G. M. Lyou, tho Committeo . appointed from the Board of Uudorwriters to attond tho meoting, and Messra, Hibberd, of Hibbard & Bpanoer, O.” ML Ilondor- mon, Col. Hammniond, L, Rosenburg, IFred uttle, Alr, Socliergor, and 1. W. King, who was appointed Clinirman. Tho appojutmont of this Committoo elosod tho business of the proliminary mooting, when tho body walked down to the Mayor's ofice, whoro thoy woro soon acated, tho Alayor vacating lus soat and taking a ohair Lo- ‘hind tho table over which the Financo Committeo gouerally conduct thoir doliberations, 1t was past 12 boforo the meoting got foirly to work, whioh was initiated by - - MR, I, W. KING, who stated to the Mayor that the object of tho Committee in calling upon him was to Iay before him tho fact that not only weroe the citizous feol- ing norvous with regard to the presout state of affairs in the city, but that the Eastern insur anco companies had begun to sbare in the feel- ing of iusccurity. 'Choy had asked for the pro- viding by tho city of of 100 mon—a suggeation whic! i had just mot imlgmud.' It was tho wish of the Comumitteo that the Mayor call o special mooting of tho Common Council, in ordor to ask for an approprintion necosuary to got tho patrol atwork n{) tho earliost poseible momont. Ho bolioved that tho domands of the Chicago ‘Public, and of outsida capitalists who had investod mouey iu this city, and had identical interosts with its citizons, for furthor and fuller protoction from firo,should bo accodod to, Tho ides had gainod gronnd that tho clty wase at tho morcy of incendinries, and everything that might bo truthfully Aaid to the coutrary would not carry conviction to tho minds of those who bolieved in_this idea, Mr. King stated that tho city conld not do withont tho insurance agencies, aud, if the patrol would ro- tain them, it sbonld be provided. e Mayor asyured tho mooting that ho was nlivo to tho NECESSITY OF DECISIVE ACTION in the crisis. lncreased socurity was necossary not only for safoty at home, but for the improve- mont of our reputation in other cities: but at the wamo time ho held that tho insurance companies waro partly to blamo, au by ovor-fusuring thoy ad_promoted the ovil cause of the incendiary, of which clase of mon it was evident tho city possessed plenty. Ho was nat willing, how- evor, to be dictated to by the Committes, and making of threats would bo ill-advised on thoir purt. He hield that einco the Inst firo tho busi- nees portion of Chicngo was bettor protected than it had ovor been previously, One of thio Committee—Do you still ndhere to tho iden of widening Harrison'and Trylor stroots to u width of 260 feet, from tho lake to tho river? The Mayor—I do. TILE COMPANIES DO NOT WANT TO HAVE CONTROT, One of tho Committe~I will remind tho Mayor that wo do not al} como under tho category. of Deurance oumpanies who bave indulged in ovor- Insuranco, There nro bad insurance com, anies, well as bad everything elso in tho aud will be just as long 4 L 8pitit _of pambling lasts. Theso wild-cat companios arorun in the intorests of thoso who drew salaries from them, Wo would say that all he had benrd about the insur- auce companies taking charge of tho Fire De- Pacumont, or husing auy controlof It, was puroly aginative. The firo ingurance companies wiil not teel it their placa-to l‘.suumn-mlcfi a dopart- ment than wouald one of tho oxpress compauies, The fiio companies Liad boon doubtful of Chicrgo for somo timo paat, and the South Bide firo had added to this feolibg, Sinco this fire, some of thom had reccived instructions ordering tho szonts todo no further business until further ordors, This nction was not takon for fear that Chicago might burn ap, but becougo of * tho {nefMiciency :of the Firo Dopartment. The conolusion ba been arrived at beforo the recant flro by tho repro- sontatives of 50,]10! cont of the fire insuruuco capital emplosed In Chicago, Without the oo currenco of {lio Iato fire tho recent communica- tion would atill have boen sont ta Chicago, THE RIGIT OF [II% COMPANIES TO WITHDRAW for tuy roason thoy thought proper was un- doubted, It was now nocessary for tha city to show to tha world tint they were goiug to take o Dow dopartura, with, an extended”power iu th lice foreo and_an improved and onlarged Firo opartmout, Until this was secompllshod tho companies would be obliged to do but'a vory limited bustuosa, E Tho Mayor—I Iniow that many charges are mado aguinst the manner of manazement of the Police and Firo Departments, but 1 ussura you, gontlomen, that such changes as bLave baon suggeuted canuot bo mado. 'Thora was no power in eithor the Mayar or tho City Council by which the oue-man power, 80 much talkoed about, could bo uscd in tho fite or polico forcos. T think that it is necessnry to make & chango in the head of tho Firo Department by REMOVING TIE PRESENT MARSIAL, and substituting a botter mau. Iycould not ro- move MMr. Benuer when I came into powor, I had to givo him a chanco, Dr, ennor has mot with a great isfortune in gotting the appoint- ment. L think that ho is & wplendid soldior, b — that Lo is not n compatent (Goueral, Ono of tho Committea—The removal and ay pointmont must be made by the Polico Commis- sioners, Must it not ? The Mayor—Yes, DBut I think that such pres- wuro might bo brouglit to bear upou them by tira ecitizons, City Council, and insuranco compnnios, 10 force them to give way to tho selection of tho man of their cholvo. At tha kame time, If thoy zafuso to givo way, wo are perfoctly powerless, With regard to THE MUNDRED PATROLATEN aulad for, thoy can oasily e ralsed by each of tho wards providing a certain number, Ly thiy nicaus many moro than 100 can bo seoured, 'Fha other duy tho Twontloth Ward rafsod s forco of tweney-tvo patrolmon, and wo can oasily DIAUGREO o hmvo tho othor wards do the sawme thing. Judgo Davis took tho opportunity to say that tho work lay solely with thio cltizons,for the Un- dorwritars could not do {t, Fo understood that tho Bulmrlnmndont of Polico hns asked for oighty-tive mon to ba employed as fire patrolmon du timo of nocority, Tho Mayor—Ihut In true, Wo gave Lim ohly forty. Wa mado the reduction on tho scoro of oconomy, The city could shill add sixty wmoro, which would raiee the numbor to 100, Mr. 8. M, Mooro suked whothor tho Mayor would advise or supgcst to tho different wards tho nocessity of ucting Immodistely in the matter of ralsiug their quota of tho Batrol, twonty-five ondh, ~ . ? ‘Lho Alayor—I hall doso, TUl: OVER- INSURANCE QUESTION, Mr. B, 3, Moure would stato that the build- inga of Chioago ,Insurad wore' not undorwritten 10 hrac-fourghw of tholr valuo, whon the-valuo. of thair stooks iwad taken into connidoration, The diminution in value of an innurod stock was n thing that tho_conpanies could not possi- Dbly guard againat,- For inutanco, tho stock of-|- + W, King bad boon fusured in his com- Dniogfor Satho,0ud; bt tho penkor could not bo oxposted 10 know to-day whothor tho presont stoclk was of {hnt value, Tho in- AUranco mou nro uaing tho utmost caro tn indor- ting. ‘Thoy hud boon subinittod toa preat :]"orr'xl‘gfunmr talle and fault-tuding in tho nowa- papors, Tho Mayor—My judgmont_is that the botter class of buitdings Rre insurod in n amaller pro- portion than the poorer elass, It is tho swall framo buildings which aro ovor-iusured. | Mr. 8, M. Moore callod ntlontion to the ox- tromely dangorous naturo of that partof tho city Iylng botween Halatod stroot and Lhe rlvurl nnd Atated that ho did not bLeliove that on-all thowo buildinga thero wng mors that 8300,000 in- suranco in all. In this locality ln{ilho prosout liazard £o tho reat of tho city, nnd tho capital of jusuranco companios was nol Gnlngtu bo invost- od on tho busiugss partof Chicago while tho monace was pormittod to oxint. THE DANGER FROM TIIE WEST 81DR must bo put an ond to. Ono thing neoded was two or thraa large enginos lilko thosa which came fvom Milwaukoes, As o citizon ho wantod moro protection, and as an {nsuranco man ho conld not do moro business until tho suggesled im- provoments had boon carried ont. Ono of tho Committec—Mny tho Committeo oxpact that the bayor will appoint tho additlonal sixty spacial mog ua!;t Monduy ? [y ayor—Cortaluly. 'illx‘: (B}Ln’xmuum and iAnyor then roso to thoir foot, aua whilo I that position tho former noved n voto of thanka to tho laster for tho manner in which Lo Lad coningidad with thair viows, and promised tho improvements naked for. In convereation, subsoquoently, with noveral ‘menbors of the Committoo, the roporter loarned that on the wholo thoy wero WELL BATISFIED with the result of tholr couforenco with tho Mayor. Tbo fire-Insuranco compauies whoso agonts had been orderod to kuspoud furthor businoss in Chicago ‘until further notieo wore the Standnrd, of New York; tho anlrbo( Now Yorl; and tho Heottish Commercinl, of luiaw. Anothor mooting of the underwritora will be hetd thismorning, ut whicl thoconsidoration of farther noeoskary improvemants would be had. . Among thoso ate the plaving of iron shutters on all ox- posed buildings, the employment of private watchmon In thebusiners portion of tho city, and tho raising of insuranco oin all bulldings higher than threa stories, Many of tho gontlomon ox- pressed surpriss at tho unoxpoctod opinion of the Mayor with rogard to the Liro-Marshal, as thoy umi’ not dsun:ud achango in this rospaak worthy of consideration, e With & view of ascertalning how tho Bonrd of Police and other ofticiala - fult with regard to the muttor of removing tho prosont Fire-Marshal, Tg TRIBUNE rnimrter wont around tho City-Hall, snd intorrogated sevoral of them upon this point. Theo first oflicial spokon to was MR, MARK UERIDAX, Prosident of tho Polico Doard, wno Bt once Btated that Le considered that if any ono could ohow conclusively whero thho Marshai liad failed to’do his duty ho would be with bim iu at onco voling for Lit dismissal, At tho cama time, he waa not going to nid in saorificing suy man, efther to insuranco or auy other intorosts. Tho olnmor which aroso nntnrnll{) from tho rocont disaster called for o martyr, buc ho did not think that Bonner was tho Empnr sacrifico, Ho would sustain him until ho had been shown ovidonco that b kad dono wroug. COMAMIBSIONENS RLOKKE AND TENO, tho lattor with many n strango onth aud savoge objurgation, sustained their Prosidont's view of tho matter, TOR MATOR ptuck to the opinion ho had oxpreszed in tha Bonrd. With rogard to thio ralsing of tho patrols, ho thought that the Wards should hold mass- moetinga for tho purpogo. Theso mon, numbor- ing in the agaregato about 600, would provo of immonse uulity at ‘s fire, They would work, of couree, under tho dircetion, of tho Firo Do- partmont, would keop ordor, carry hoso, and mako thomsolves an indisponsably valuablo suziliary. A responsible gontloman, & morchant, 1ind recontly made a proposition to go to work, with several other cqually responsible merchauts, snd raigo s fire-patrol which would cost them about £60,000 or 370,000 n yoar. Thoy: would keop then roady for sorvico, and when tho city felt disposed to take \mm off their hands thoy could do so. “he Mayor had told the gontloman that bo did mob think they wero p nocessity. In his opivion outsido aseistanco had nover dono much good at & fire, Occasionally & volunteor was found willing to apply his muscle in tho direction asked of m‘ but a8 & gonoral rule tho offor of poor braius of s firo wae much moro common then of good musclo, and silly suggestions muro plontirut that tho more roquisits physical exertion. o considered that the insuranco mon wero more or loss excitod ot presont, but their ovor- solicltude would woar awny with timo. At.tho samo timo ho agroed with them that all that could bo dono shiould bo done for the city, Tho interests of insurance men and citizons goner- ally woro idontical, TOAND OF PUDLIC WORES, ‘The Commissionors of the Board of Pablio ‘Works wero unanimously in favor of Marehal Bonnor. Capt. Prindiville believed him to be o firat-class firoman, oud that so ho ought to bo, considering tho length of time Lo had boen in the businoss, o nd rocoutly roceived a lattor {rom ex-Commisgionor Wright, in which ho said that hio conuidered the Ohicago Fire Deparimont to ba in first-class condition, and that ho kuow Marshal Bonuor and his Assistant, Sweonis, to bo &4 good firemen as could anywhoero bo found. Thoe action of the underwriters and tlio nature of the suggestions thoy mnke nro being clokoly watebed in both official and non-official circles, and commonted upon freoly, As yot their action and sugrgostions Lave mat with favor, generally speaking. What they intond dolug at their moot- ing this morniug will bo looked forward to with intorost by all, — WHO SHALL HE BEP ‘While tho municipal authoritios aro seriously discussing the displacemont of Fire-Marahal Bonnor, would it not boe well for theth to think with equal earnostness about finding & compa- tent man to succoedhim ? ff ho fs to havo & successor, lot it Lo a man who ia bettor than ho is—not ono chosen MERELY YOI TIE SAKE OF CHANGE— chosen with the iutontion of trying till & good mon turng up. It is not olnimed of Benner that Lo is not o good firoman. From all accounts ho isw good firemnn, but not n compotent Ohief. Ho knows nothiug about onineoring, oud is un- accustomed ‘to the scientitic handiing of mon aud wachinory In cascs of amorgonoy- UNDEL OUR TEQULIAR CONDITIONS, wo need a man who oun meet an emorgenoy, and Jthoso oxparietion, ug well as oducation, will fle bim for tho oftice.: Would 1t not bo_well, thero- foro, for tho nuthoritios to make theso tha two esarntinl qualifications : Au_ongincer educk- tion, proforentinlly at West Point, aud an ex- tended oxporionco in the government of massen of mon, The first would bo of no uso without the second, and tho second valuoloss, as wo hava loarned, without the first. Let tho autkoritios, then, acol among tho civilians for o mou willing to nccept tho inoronsing rosponeibility, & gradu- ate of Wost Point and fortitlod by l!x[n'memus‘i oitbor in the war or somo oqually goo achool, in oxucting that condltion of dis- oipliuo ewsoutial in combating & firc, It is probable that thero are several mich won in the City of Chicago, und that, if (ho wero susured of proper troutmont, theso mlghg bo inducod to accept tho position, NO AUCTIONEEI BUINESS, But supposing thore aro nono such, the authoritios must not fall into tho common orror of apponling to the Chiofs of othor dopartmonta to tuko the place. Enongh of this sort of auc. tion Lusinouss Las been douo for tho clity, A Murshial of nuquonstionoed ability in fighting fires in brick citios would not Lo of oqual servico Whou brought faco to facewith noros of slisntios, Our nced 14 » special one, and demunds #pocial gonditlous. If wa havo not tho propor porson ere, Lo cun Lo found IN TIE REQUIAR ARY. There nre, as nuybody will undorstund, numbers of compotont ouginoors in tho Covorumont om- ploy who have added to tholr tochnical propara- }{uu at Wout Point the oxperiencos of tho War, There aro moro of thom than tha War Dopart- mont kuows what to do with ; thoy arouont unon surveys and oxplorations to Loup thow em- ployed 5 theservico 18 ko crowded that their Chunoes of promotion ure small. Yor thoso mou havo rondored effectivo gorvico, and aro ready fo do o ogain whon tho omorgouoy oceurs—mon whoso theorefical knoywl- odgo” has been supplementod by work in tho flold, and whose oxperionco in digoiplinin, aud controfling volunteoss during tho War woul euablo thom to hold undor porfoot ordor the firge men of the city—who caunot bo doalt with ng rogulur troops uro, bt who cortuinly noed a much striotor gavornmont than thoy nro nudor at prog- out. It is absolutely certain that, by MAKING TOE OFFIUK BUFFICIENTLY REMUNERATIVE, the city authorities could enlint the*porsonal sympathy of ono of thoso oflicors. Lo War Dapartnient could readily be provailed upou to dotail an_engincer to wich duty, or give him perpotual lesve of absonco, There is w proces dous for phia in tho anvolutment of uaval ol cors to tho' command of atonmbonts, and wo ap- prohond no abataclo from thin ?unrtnt. Tho po- sition In Ohlongo {a ono of such vast respousi- DLility that uo army oflloor could dacline It on the ground that it was bonoatls him, NECEASAIY ‘OITANGES: - = Of courae tho presont rules and rogulations of tho Fire Departiont would ba moditled, ‘The Ohfef rinst hove full control, unhnmpered by tho prosons inofiiolont Board of Commissionors. 1t would not bo necessary to requiro s prosonco when every barn and out-house in ihoe city mot its inevitablo fate, Mr, Benuer {8 capablo of sttonding to the ordinary business, We wanto man for great oceasions, such ag are sura to 00- our, and such as wo cantiot avold.© We waut o mon who can grapplo with o 'groat.- firo alono, and with ~ whom thero Wil no intorforonco in_ tho old; o man whoro position will bo boyond' political potti- fogging, and in whoso akill and oxporience his snbordinates and tha pooplo can fael agoure. Wo havo splondid materlal among our gallant firo- men; what we want is a londor, Buch a leador 4 wo havo ondenvored to describoe i tho only ono fit for the place, and the rogular army alono, wa aro ioolined to beliove, oan furnish him, The racent mooting at McCormick’s Hall. showed its anxioty for such n chango, ond tho olty suthori- tios will_do well to considor tho {I.rnpnalllnn. Evory additional dollar lost by firo 1s an argu- meut in ita favor, —_—— COOL, LIPPINCOTT. Tho followlug documont is & roport of the dolngs of Col. Lippincott and his comrades dur- ing tho firo of July 14, submltted to Afayor Colviu at tho request of the lattor. It fean ine tocosting contribution to tho history of our last great contlagration 1 : b the Hon, i, D, Coltin, Hayor af the City af Chicago: el Binr s ks Sous Faquaort s hud g s samert of tho doings of nrysolf and sich men wnder my com= mand s could bo “hustily gotten togothier o tho after- noon aud ovoning of tho lato great firo, July 14, Bodug prosont at tho flre aoon after 3t begn, and oliscrviug tio oxisliug stato of things, T tondored, the sorvices of mysolf and mon in any , capadity Fire-Mar- sbal Bonuer could use us; aud proceed. to gatliee what powdor toibiro tasme, aud procood to gather w P 'coula And” i tho dity, wud by To e X could again Teport ho would know liow to act, AL 5:00 o'clock p, m. 1 roported to him on the cornor of Foneth aveutto and Toll streot, nud was dirocted to blow down somo framo liouscs on’ tho west sldo of Third aventio, south of Polk streot; then on tho south aldo of Palk from tho.corner of Third avenuo o tho cornor of Tourtl nyomic, and Iio would endeavor to follow up any advantago that would asalst in making o stand at it polat, TME ORDR WA CARMED OUT by placing ono 25-pound keg of powder in the smaller slinntios, and wo 35-pound kegd in tho largor onos, Tut, on necount of tho inaufiicicat supply of water, 1 ‘waa informed they would not fight tho fire from tI polnt, and was directod to retire further north and uso my awn judgmont in conncotion.with the firemen in front of the firo, . o ‘At this stago of tho fire; X waa authorized by Firo- Commnlssioner RKiokko to scizo such teams ns woro noeded, and sond them to tho magazinea for powdar ; ugen which suttiorily 1 golzed o iosmo aud diepath d them for powder, with Instruotions to bring sil they could with safoty aud dispatah, and fn tho intervening I MADE A DETOUR 1o tront of the fire, for tho purposo of nhlflan tho ‘actualcondjtion of thingn, While doing 50 ono of Brink's J. Abbey & Oo,% and othors, which waa usod to biow down the threo bulldings which’ had Just taken firo on tho cast side of Wabash avenud south of Peck court, tho tutention boing to preveut the firo from crossing to tho north sido of Pock court, and coming further north on the cast sldo of Wabash avenuo, which ‘was accomplished at that . polnt, oxcopt tho burhing of Ar, - Hail's residence on tho nortlioast ‘cornor, which Wwauld havo been savod if the parties in charge of the 8amo had assisted instond of retarding our efforta winlo cndoavoring to remove the fancy wood-work from azound the Windows exposed, which ceused ita destroction, . v o At this point I waa informed that Aty kega of der hiadarrived at the Post-Ofiiea subjoct Lo 1y orders, Isent Capt, McLeid and thrco men oltain tho same, Lut, aftor a diligent inquliry ond search, failed to nd 1t At thin Juncturo ono of ‘my 1on arzived with aload of powder, which I ordored to tho cormer of Harrison sud Btale -sireots, cudeavoring st that lato fiflfluh\ to blow down the buildiug on the wouth side of lurrison strost, botween abash avenuo and Btata trecta; *but, by ‘the rofusal of tho assiste ange of the police, and unwillingnoss of the- fireman in chorge of tho two engiuea stationed on Harrison sitreet to remove {ho mawa, wa wero unablc to proceed further than to drag out of danger ove of tho two ene iuca referred to above iwhh:h lud by this time been vsortcd) while some policomen wero fighting firomon for tho possesalon of tho teain belonging o the Tirs Dopartment brought, thera, for o burjoso of saving tho two cngince, which T bollova wauld havo saye 1o one dastroyed if tho diliculty had not ocourred, . Wa withdrew from this poiut to tho corner of Fourth avenuo aud Harriaou streots, for tio purposo, if poa sibio, toeavo - -, 1 ° TIIR JONES 8CIIOOL-BUILDING, We commencod oporations by blowiug down s nume ber of frame-houses on Third nyonuo south of Hareh son stroet, and then in tho nlln{ -in rear of tho sclioal-liouso, Then, at tho roqucst of Ald, Campbell and Foley, wo biow down threo frame-houses south of tho bri dwelling on Yourth avenuo, opposito the chonl-hnnen, West 8ide of Fourtl prenuve’ As thaie juev- Bire, thio ouly stresm oF waier 1o this nolghborieed disappeared, and, tho school-bullding having caught firo from a Bpark on the roof, I sont threo men afior Duckets, who rotnrned fuiling to ind s single ono, Wa then abandoned the effort. wo mext commoncod oper- treot, Lotweon Van Buren and IHarelson, in Noa, 414 and 916, by placin 8 magaziuo under tho centro basement column of twenty kegs of 25 pounds ecack, tho intention Lelug to destroy tho two buildings, aud, with » vacant lotnorth of thom, would givo n spaco of about 75 fct for o gap tofight tho furthor progress of the firoou the north on that sido of tho street. From this point we were dircctod by Your Honor in parsou to cut n#nn through to the laks, (aking ad. vuntago of locatiou, vacaut fots, ete, Woprocoedvd by placiug in TIE ST, JAMES IOTEY, undorthe centrs arch and stalrway, moxt to the vaults, forty kews of powder of 95 °pounds cach fn the following ordor: Fifteon with tho hoads ‘kuocked in on the flaon sido by sido; ffteon wore, with the hesds turned down, " Upon them, 4ii tho same mannor, ten moro, attacliing two-minuto fuse o the bottorn keye, and would atata that our effort were rotatded and delayed for Ao luck hielp, After tho _explosion I found {ho south-ond ~wall partly down, centro rear wall gone, nud n gonctal wreck of tho wholo bullding, leaving the wall ou Stalo and Van Buren streots standing, oxcept about 40 feeb in front of tho powdur. 1 made au offort to obtaln somo plcks and taols for ‘underminiug tho contro walls of the two bulldings an Veu Buten street, corner of alloy, boing tho only two on thonorth sldo ot the streot belween Btate and Wabask, which by their dostrnotion would loava s gap botween thoso two streols of sbout 150 foot, Fail~ ing to obtain any tools from ths stono-yards, snd tho ool and Ladder Company rofusing to lend ua tholr icks, we wero obliged to continuo a8 before, which X 810 by pincing under t1o ceniro wall botmeen: hoss o which only partly destroyed the building, but making A GENERAL WREOK of tho inside, Whilo making obecrvations ss to tho Teault of tho Jast axplosion, 1 diacovored on Van Buren atrect, west of Wabash avouue, ono of our Olty firo- engines dosortod ond left runiing, which I ordored movod with the hose, nnd taken north on Wabash ave- nuc—a matter of {uvéatigation for our Firo-Commis. slonors, perkaps. Our only efforta on Wabagh avouug at this point wera on tho east rido south of tho Lrown Atona butlding, nnd betwoen it and the Wabseh Aveuus Hutel, Which nowder ~of 25 pounds each, and specifully invite your porsonal attontlon (o tho renult, ua botweon this butlding and tho brown - stono thoro " was n vacant lot, aud by ils dostruction would Linve cuusod s large gap. With throo kegs of powdor left, and no opportunity offoring ueceasituting tho uso of the samo, I ordorod Gupt, BeLeod, of our campany, to rotura them fo tho Gontral Slation, and our offoris censad, belloving tho ' Firo Flond ¥ wna satluflod for thid occasfon, In conclusion, I ask, in Lelialf of mynolf aud tho men under my command, Wwho voluiitecrod {0 8ervo tho ity on that ul"{bl, and waro in conatant poril of their Lvos, that whilo uaing our beat oudeavors for tho Jubllo good and wolfaro, that thoy will oauo tholr un- just criticiams upon our actions, - I Lavo tho honor to Tomain, youra most obediently, Quioado, July 17, 1874, Cor, 0, IareINcoTT. e MISOELLANEOUS. PUTTING BTEAM PUMPS ON TUGS. Yesterdny morning a large dolegation of Jum- bormen, hoaded by Ald, Bpaulding and Ieuth, called upon the Board of Public Works for tho purpose of laying boforo that body thelr ideas upon & subjeot which thoy concolve possessas apeolal intorost and value,—the supplying of tho various steam-tugs on the river with ateam puwps and hoso, to bo used in the oxtingulsh- ing of fires ocourring nlong tho river and its branohes, ospecially In tho lumbor district, At the timo of the firo of 1871, Mr. Robert Law om- ploved a tug with such & pump to piny on his ooal-bgaps, and aeserton that this alono Lolpod him moio than all the steam fire-ongincs at worl ibero, This was known to Mesars, Spauld- ivg and Ileath, who bave had the matter undor considoration for soma time, and dlsoussed it with the lumbormen and the Vousol-Owners' As- soclation before laying it beforo tho Board of Publle Works, ‘I'he deputation wan warmly rocelved by Capt. Prindivillo and Mr, Wahi, both of whom wero dolighted with tho proposition. Tho former, an old tugman, saw no objections to the feasibility of tho schomo, and intends sending for tho agents of the varlous stoun pumps in uso, snd solooting from tho difforont pattorns tho one bou‘t sulted for this spooinl work, The plan s to do’ uwn{’ with the necessity of buying two or thros onmbrous and coutly niver fire-engluos by soleoting forty or fifty of tho largest olaxa of tugs aud_fitting thom up witly Blostispumps, Bud & hundred or two hundred fout of hows, ‘L'hion, in oaso of tha breaking oul, of a fira an tho river or sy slip, fn any houso or lumbor-yauda thovo will aliave bo withia immes 8xpross wugans arrived with kegs of powdor sout from Qiato call from ton to thirty of theso tugs. They | much diffioulty the firewnon carry tho hose to the oould ran whero the enginos could not; their.| wator supply would bo inexhaustiblo, and ono of tham would bo tmoro offeetivo than threo onpinos on land. Evon though a number wero engnged -| at-the momont in towing vessols, thoy conld go to work on the fira aftor golting out of thoir tows, whilo othor tugs not thus ocoupled could ropalr at once to tho scono of danger. :Theso tugn wonld bo under tho. control of the Firo Dopnrtmont, vo far e’ thid spucial work is concorned, and would bo summonad by an alarin specially intendod: for thom, differing from that uged to enll tho rogular onginos. T'ho noxt quostion Is as to cost—n vital matter at this moment, when the city finnncos_aro not quilo what model {lnances should bo, It ia outi- mated, Lowevor, that from 81,000 to £1,400 will cover tho expenso of pnttlng a pump on a'tug, and supplying tho nosded hoso, As for power, tho tug of courna hiaa that in abundance, Whoro tho pumpa will bo put fs not yot detormined, but Oapt. Prindivillawil decido,” Possibly they will bo placed iu front of the pilot-housos, the "hoso n o box senr thom, slueo it would bo too hot balow to keop it thero, Tho 50,000 or §60,000 nacded can, 1t {8 bolioved by tho Finance Com- mittee, bo scoured withont difiiculty. Tho tden i an admirablo ono, and should bo spoodily car- rled out.’ A TALK WITI M, \WANIL, A'roportor of Tue Trisune yostorday eallod upon Mr, Loufs Wali, who_han just roturned from s vislt to Gooperstown, N. Y, ° The follow- ing couvorsation ousuod regarding tho opinions haqd concerning our city by mon at the East, and nlso u{non somo matters rolativg to our pres- ‘ont situationt Roportor—\What did you find to Lo tho sontl- mont of men at tho Eaat concorning our ",‘,:I ? Mr. Wahl—Thero sooms to ba a very bad feol- fog aganet us, and I think that somo of tho newapapors caused a great donl of it, R.—In what mannor ? Mr, W.—Wéll, for instanco, tho article in the Times about a wook ago honded **Tonnov's Bluinder.” I had not scen it until X was told abont it by a gontloman ou tho cars. T then road'it, and my opinfon is that it was slmply in- tonded to throw sand ‘in tho eyos of tha peoplo. I do'not think that tho Mnyor, or Murnhat, or anybody olso was to blamo_ for tha fire, Its oanigo way tho ‘miserable rookories in that dis- ot. « 5 As to the, supply of wator, it was a8 large as Mr. Crogior’ could make it. ‘Tho Donrd cannot be blamed fornot having large water-mains, Tho presont onos wore Iafd years ago, and tho growth of * tho oity haa so kopt paco'with tho money in tho bands of tha Board, that no notico could” bo taken of ‘work done so long ago, and which waa-in perfect ordor, . R.—Do- you not think tho mnains on Stato stroet ought to-bo changed for larger ones?, r. W.—Cortainly Xdo. Tho Doard thougbt somowhat of chauging those about three mouths ago, but it was not done ou account of thore bo- “ing 8o much othor work:on hand, g gl.—l)n you think that thoe firo will in the cnd bo a beneflt to the ity ? < ! Mr. W.—TI'do. - Of courso it {a Lard that so many poor folks should loso thoir all, 'yot I bo- liove £Eni in tho ond all will be for their best ine orests. ‘I algo think that the action of insur- anco companios in insuring buildings for moro than their veluoe is highly reprehonsible, Thoy ‘may not do {t in overy case, but in the single in- ataijcos that bave occurred 1t Lias looked to mo liko'a promium on incondiarism, 3 R.—Then do I undorstand you to eay that you do not uphold the insurance companios ? Mr, W.—I do not. Tako for instance my fac- tory in n:mfiupnfl, ‘on which they chargo ‘me 6 per cont, and will ouly insure it for one-fourth of its known value. {have a firo dopartment of my own continually on tiio promises, and I in- |- tend next yoor to lot tho insurauco drop aud make efforts to scoure absoluto Emmtlun {rom firo. I cundo it for loss than what I now pay a8 premium to the insuranco companies, - R.—\What arrangomonts haveyou in case of 0? : Mr, W.—About two weoks before tho prosent Firg Marshal was appointed, o pnid o visit to my place and uugfienwd varions plans. As a consequeuco, wo have purchased a large -oxtine guisher, o stoam-pump, with a six-inch suction and a four-inch discharge, 600 feot of Lose, aud many smnllor oxtinguishers. With thoso ar- angomonts, I think we can oxtinguish any fire that may ocour on the promises, bullalogs Bfiecn Xkegs of powder of 25 pounds cach, | wo placed Uity Léga of | ‘woull T0- Mr, Wahl, on being informed of tho action of the M?or during tho Uuderwriters' visit, ex- presscd surpriso inregard_to - whot tho Mayor #aid concoruing tho I not give any opinion of his own, but did say that from what ko ay of tho firomon on tio night of tho firo ho was vory much impressed with their herola conduct, 5 Tho lamber districts in the southwest part of the elty be thiuks vory - dangerous, and hopes tint somothing will ba dono to proteat tho olty against danger from thia quarter. ossus Vi BAVES, Digging for valuablea in tho ruina of the burned block on Btato atrect wont on ateadlly yeaterdsy, and both of tno safos bolonging to tho Messrs, Gilos Bros. wero osu‘lcn!e& from boneath the rubblsh, Thoy prosonted u vory soedy appearenco, Tha first was taken out at an oarly hour iu the moruiug, and conveyed to No. 266 Wabash avonue, tho store which the Gilesos had just vacated, whora its oonteuts wore over- haulod. They consisted of watch-casos, move- ments, and articles of jowolry, all more or loss damaged. Thers was also a largo amount of TRoman goods, dismouds, nocklaces, lockets, and gold crossos. ' Tho damage to them'all is groat, and {s ostimatod at from G0 to 76 por cent. Curiously euough tho injury does uot como espeolally from tho heat, but rathor from tho stoam and water which ontored tho safes. T'ha smallor safe was found at a lato hour this atiernaon, taken to tho sama placo, but hna not ot beon oxaminod. Iis contonts were muoch css' valuablo than thoso of tho othor. Tho roperty in tho two together is estimated by Mr. Ylllea to bnvo boon worth about 860,000, It might bo added that as tho secoud mafe has laid slouger timo in tho wator, ité contents will probably hove fared worso, . Tho silyor-waro was not atored eithor in tho snfes or tho vanlts, and_lies somewhoro boneath tho ruins, fn what' condition may bo imngined. No traces of 1t have yot beon fouud, A watoh ig, of course, kept at night over tho ruing. The watches of tho Gilos Brothors’ castomers Wwora in th safe first oxtricated, and aro, as a mattor of courao, in bad condition, - Mr. diloa statos that o will hnve thom in good order in & fow days. Thodnmaged movemonts have beon placed in bonzino, tho halr-springs will bo ohanged, and tho picces put in ruuning order, for dolivory at No. 206 Wabaah syenuo, whers tho Giloses will maintain anofiico for tho presont, Sovoral baskots of ruined trinkets, brouzos, ORGOR, 610, wero recoverad from tho wrook yes- torday, but among thom all nothing of valuo, ——— CORRESPONDENOCH. TUE FIRE-LIMITH, Zo the Editor of The Clicago L'ribune : B : Will you allow me & few remarks rozar d- ing the bnaty resolutions adopted for the exten- sion of tho fire-limita ? Every citizon will ac- kuowlodgo tho nocossity of proventive moasuros sgainst tho damagos by firo ; it is alsp accepted that.brick housos, as suuh, givo a bottor uholtor against firo than fromo bulldings, provided al- waya that such brick bulldings aro constructed firo-proof. DBut -there i8 tho groat difiiculty ; thera aro only fow excoplious from the gonerat plan or mothod of building houscs, where tho bollow partition walls and cailing play the roles of ohimnoys with powerful draft sproading the flamos onco started in any part of tho houso, wlion the tar raols give ivyitation to all sparks to como and starb thoe destructivo flre. Tho immi- Firo Marsbal. He would nent; dangor of & burning houso is far moro prossing in & Lrick louso, tho walla of which fall on tho inmates or other porsons in its neigh- borhood.t § Framo buildings nover fall boforo they burn out, and are, thereforo, loss dnugor- ous. Why will tho Common Coutloil banish and destroy all woodon bwildings, and not take moas- ures to gocure tho brick buildings against immi- noutdaugor ¢ 1t iu wise to offer nioro seourity Drevious to destruction on gonerat principlos, It s necessary that tho iutorest of thoso ofti- 2ob8 Wwho aro not capitalists should bo tuken in consideration, Many havo investod their dollars in tho coustriotion ‘of good and solid framo bulldings within tho fira-limits; thoy had por- mits to do #o, and now thoy are ordored to do- stroy thoso homos on & fow duy's notice, Is it Just to mako such an onormous domand on our citizons? ‘I'ioy aro ontitlod to ample timo and opportunity to reniove, au tho Oonatltution pro- vouts tho taking ur deutroying of proporty withe out the judgment of a Qott, Othor consldera- tions outsido of theso abound for roconvidoring the passngo of tho now tho ordinance. T'hioro aro thousands of good framo buldinga on lonsed ground, having two or three yoars yob to remain; shall oll those bulldings be™ dooried to o hurued dowa for Lho sako of {he paltry fn- suranco on them, or will tho oity relmburse tho losd threatoned by tho ordinance lyruvonzlng tha romoving of framo bulldings? I'ho fire-limits, g thoy aro at prosont, give amplo room for e provemont with hk‘lnl(-lm&)fl; 1ot tho other small portions be naocd for tho loss fortunato of oitl- zouw, an lot tho Insurauce companics Tuvido thelr own regulations for thomsolyea, Y R Ou10auo, July 23, 1874, " IMPROVEMENT AN AISOLUTE NEGESHITY, T0 the Kditor of L'he Chicayo Tribune: Bs It Is pusprlsiog to obworvo with Low top of high ‘bulldings with the viow of 'putting - out flro in an adjoining ono, and tho gront riak theroby caused, uot only of gotting the hoso brokon nnd unflt for uso, but also tho ‘dan~ gor to tho livea of tho willing and attontive fire- mon, ospeclnlly whon tho wholo procoeding could bo porformad with porfect odso and anfoty to tho hoso as well s to the mon.” Ab tho fire on ;Btnto atroct, Wodnesday morning, we ob- sorved how o numbor of firemon tried to got thrae hoso on tho top ot the building north of tho one buruod, and had the groatest dificully imnginablo, bocauso the cornjces had no whisels in whioch tho Loso could bo mado to run casy. Thlg, of courao, conld not bo expooted § but why do not tho Firo Department procure o portablo iron windlaes, plnce tho same ou the top of any dosirable building thoy wish to briug the hoso upon, wind up the hose or any numbor of thom cauily, and got rondy 8oonor to put water on tho firo g from & point whoro 1t would do tho beat sorvico, and_savo a groat Amount’of Iabor and roporty ? It Is indeod surprising theso little Pmugs havo not boen thonght of befors, or it so! nat boon cariod out to tho full oxtont necossity dictates., Itrust this littlo remark will cause a propor attontion to tho matlor, and a large num- bor of portablo windlasses bo proourod without dalny, * Gust, Fnep, Benouortz. CuI1oAco, July 23, 1874, TOW TO GET AN EFFICIENT FORCE. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Sin: Allow ma to suggeat tho following mode to make an ofiicient Polico and Firo Depactmont : Lot tho Board of Tolico bo composod of the Ohiof and his Captains, cltizens to mako com- plainta to the Chiof. “Tho Board of Firo Commissioners to be com- poscd of the Firo Marahal aud his Assistants. Whon bolding meotings, havo their buggles in frons roady to siart ab the first tap.of tho gong. Tho Mayor to appoint tho Ohiefs and thoir As- sistants, and last, to hold the Mayor responaiblo for eflicient oflicors in our Palico and Fire Do~ partmonts, 1t {gnorant Pollco and Fire Commissionors aro to order enginos fio{«; and thero at'n firo, what gaolle s yu s Ax Orp VoLunTEER, ©Ontoaao, July 23, 1874, TIE PIME PATROL, To the Editor of The Chicago T'ribuns: o B1n § 1Will you favor me with apace for the fol. lowing suggostions on tho proposed Firo Patrol: Tho goographical position of the elty boing divided fnto threo distinct districts, I proposo that six practical aud efliclont men bo appointed to hnve chargo of the apparatus, and such a numbor of subordinates ns ‘may ho deolded upon, Thoso six mento hold a first and socondary po- eition of command—say Captain ;and Liouten- ant—vith full powors to enforos thoi ordors. | Thon, with o small cablo - chain -apds 4 3 full block's length, a small powder 01" WL soonzed, and liooks for attachent' to the rapes and chain, and tho largo number of pooplo at & fire, thoy could oithor torr-the building down or sovor tho hawser and chain, Theso suggostions are offored ‘in the best 8pirit of & good citizon. Yours, : Geonan . Omioaao, July 23, 1674, ' IOW TO DEFORY TIE FIRE DRPABTALENT. To tha Kdifor of The Chicago Tribune: B1a: I'am lod to resumo my romarks on the above question with tho Lopo that a portion of them may maot with tho favorable rosponso that somo of those in your Saturday's issue mict; also. that by agitating this question we may hope to got it on a satisfactory basia. y Xwould warn tho citizona agalnst thinking that by spending a fow millions of dollars jg witl necesenrily follow that we are doing tho most Judicious thing in the mattor, and I here protest against ‘any ‘oxtra appropristion during tho prescnt management. Wo must bo eatis- fied “that wo havo somo one with braing who will. suporintend tho aepending of ~ this money, 88 wo do,not waut engines: that will throw wator only to tho third floor of our new Duildings, which Wwo aro liable to with tho pros- ent Commissionors, and thoy fail to nsk for menns to nn{:ply tho moro -presiing want—that of utilizing half of tho presont onos by giving- the fliromon firc-cacape laddera wheroon thoy can bo on a lovel with the third floor, and thus throw tho stroam on the top, if necossary. i Costly boulevards will not provent the sproa ot firos in o gale of wind, as we have soon picces of finming wood carried threo times (at loaat) tho propotiod width of the boulovards, and with our iflsmmablo roofs it caunot provent them taking fire oxcopt by water, Ttosorvoira will not pay for the outlay unless they can bo built above the lovel of tho oity ; Iarger water-maina moy bo of considerable sors vioo as at prosont, but with moro powertul on- gines aud the frnsnnb onca mado. to do their best this expenditure may also bo saved. I rogrot to throw cold wator ou tho idon of os- tablishing voluntaer organizatious to aid tho Do- partmont, buc.L think it would csuse jealousy, and tond to_woakeon'the efforts of tho paid Do~ partment, I would sug§osb howaver, if this forco ia_organizad, that it should bo equipped fully with ougines, hoso, cto., and not bo given tho most important work, that of pulling down buildings, 88 ono of your correspondents pro- poses, This duty should fall on the regular E:flmoni, sud thoy should be trained so a8 to 0 how to do it. _To sum up, lot us havo First—Tho Fire Dopartment out of tho con- trol of tho present Board of incapablos. Sccond—A. rospousible Chief, with sbsolute control. . 2'hird—Tho men thoroughly drilled, roorgan- izod, nnd mnde officiont, : Fourth—Threo or four floating cngines, and one or two heavy band engines. TFifth—Plonty of fire-escapes, a8 in Tiondon, stationod at o not greator distance than four blooks in tho business portion of tho city, to pro- tect tho inkabitants, and afford nocessary ad to the woak engines of tho forco, 7 Sixlh—Firo-proof party-walls, iron shuttors, good roofs, and no fire-traps, Wo sball thon nood no oxpensive boulovards, rogervoirs, sappor -and miuer force, suxiliary volunteor dopartments, sud o expenditure of a fow million aollars to guard against what conld not occur under propor management—another Wrvren, Cu1cAao, July 23, 1874, itrlosson to provo that Mr. Waiker waa sano, 0 eamo morning Isham, Glvin, and Lhe rost. cams to tho hiouso § Tsham ufinku to witnoss, and anid that ho supposed Lo (Utfs) know ho had como for tho purposs of having Mr. Wallor sign & codioll to his will, ‘s his matriage™lind* rovoked it ; witness said Mra, Morton had told him something sbout it ; Islam thon went up- winirs, and . poon . camo back Aaying. to witnons, ““Your father fs vory woak, but his mind i clear.” Tsham aslod witnoss'if ho did not think 80, to which Lo roplied that bio had not consulted adoctor ; witnoas was not in the room when tho codicil was signed; ho was told to got IIill a8 o witnees, but could ‘not find him; five differont persoun asked witnosa that day what bo thought of Lis fathor's stato of mind; enw bis fathoer a fow . minutes afior tho signing; his HEB woro palo, i eyes wore oclosod, and ho was vory wosk. - Witnoss smd that tho worl had bean too muok for him, and gave him somoe gin audsugar, 88 » alimulant, Mr, Wnlker lnd & Labit, during hie Inst days, of staring vacantly after any exortion; his bands wero cald, and ho could not grasp things rendily; ho showed this as far back nalnst Novomber, w'huu ho could Lardly udo the “mon" in playing chookers, . Ho had dlmault{ln writing for sevoral monthn; boforo Octobor, 1873, ho wroto n fluo hand, never know hua father to slgn & paper withoul yoto, Thero (s at the Oongreusional pportionmonts, i!!.;-]luony. ?‘ddm nllz not ? ot Teocl tur instanco tho Torro Iauto Dintriot, Itoxtends from Vormilion County nortle wost to Liawronce County southonkt, a distanco of 150 miles, and usually ono county wido, Tho ITolman Distriot axtonds froni tha Ohlo Hiver to Unlon City, along tho Ohlo, a lino ona county in widtis ond 160 milos long, T say it wo. onn ores & mnjority of the mombers of Congross it in a8 muich as wo onu hope for, Wo must carry the Stata by 10,000 if wa controlp majority of tho membors of Congross, —_— THE BOOKSELLERS, Olosing Busincss Transncted In the Oonvontion nt Put-In Rny, Pur-Ix Bay, 0., July 28.—The Conventlon was called to ordor by Prealdent Randolph, who ro. quoatod Mr. Howard Chinllon to read sovoral lot- tors from gantlomen unablo to bo prosent, The Comumitteo of Thirty not being ablo to roport on cortaln rofolutions reforrod yosterday, s lottes from ‘*NMrs, Partington® olicited froquon| Iaughtor. Lottors from prominent London pub. lishiors on tho condition of tho trade in England loaat thiat odds against usin ronding {t, ‘Y‘xlor to May 163 his_fathor was vory | Were read, enfooblod tho two daya bofore tho siguing of tho | On motion of Mr, Sholdon it was now de%ided coaiath, that all tho lettora rocoivad bo font to t4ip Pub. At this point (ho witness described the exeou- ton of tho morigage notes and bonds to tho Connootiout Muiual Company, in which his. fathor's handwriting showe nlgl:xuo( woakness ; Spocimens of writing woro el own, with the blottera ugod, ote, < THE MEDICINES, Tha witnons also deseribod tho olass of modl- clnes taken by his fathor, including quininc, lly's powders, valorian, and other stuff, lighers' Weekly for publication in that, journ 1. Tho ronding of a lottor from tho l’rgsl:lytn:tnn Board of Publication promptoed }r, Randolph to romark that bo hoped the Board of Publioation would como into tho union, for ho wns satisfled :}i:bu lt‘hum Wa3 nothing like Galvinism to out’ o, The Harpors, who wera not ropresonted in the Oonvantion, sont a lottor of a friondly v.m‘:’o, ulfl:— ing with tho uufilgmunn that tho dulognlos oboy Trom tho 15th of March, and through Apil and. | t10 goldon prihaiplo, *Ploasuro b busi- Moy, M. Walkor waa givan tno. {ablenrgsofais | DEU-0 milch OF o fommn cud ot D n and sugar overy hour, Nov, 25, kfr, | Iaticr as pousibla, of Walkor was brought Lomo gasplng by three po- licomon ; Lo sald noxt day ““l: hg luymbkul E{:In :hl;olo, aad got out, but could not walk, and lay o, Tho witnéss then gavo soveral instances of .. TS FATUER'S FOROETFULNES of late yoars, -Mrs, Morton was_tho person who suggested thot ho . should go to Californin; sho rofused ta go unless ho took €5,000; ho' wantod to goon ©1,000, 20 tho nr. After the roading of the Jottor, tho Pr suggoated that tho local doalors aecufa%figflff sortiov@of the resolutions adoptoed yosterday in, ;llxlub mcfl nowapapoera for the iuformation of tho. “Tho Qommitteo on Pormanent Orga providod for by th Committos ot BEmLZ Hio% reported, through Mr, Dakoer, of Now York, a contitution aud by-laws, whioh, with slight amondmonts, wore adopted, Tho Constitution rangontont was broken up; his fathor borrawed | Bemoa o organization * Tiio Aworionn Bes 200 of witnoss. | Zhls bt of tho ovidonconp. | Trad Assoolution,"thio objects of whick meil ponred fully in Mr. Buokingham's statoment.] | bo the promotion of tho intoraats of " th Lhipr During tho summor of 1870 witnoss worked for | trado “In tho United Statos, and the impraves 3 por wook on Twonty-socond stroots gavo hig m’mt of its mothoda of dolug businoss, fathor about all tho monoy that he mado, On The Presidont, under a resolution of yostore Nov. 91, 1872, was oxpollod trom Racino Goiloge, | 95 appointod tho following gontlomon the wor: but oxplainod tho wholo thiug to his fathor, whd | mAtont Committon to provids. for au oo pronounced himeolf eatiefiod; -Mr, Watkor was | t40 nunual trade-salog or fair: W. IL. Apploton, subjoot o en cruption on his 'loxa, and botwaon | Charlos A. Sholdon, A. O, Barnca, 3. B it his shoulders aftor drinking ; did not havo (¢ ar- | g0t William Lioo, &5, ‘0. MoQlury, and Marein for April, 1874, and tho dockof eaid Lo would not | Tavlor. havo 1t agaln. Dr. C. G. Smith wag| , ‘ho Committea always _their . family physicion, up_to 1873, | followlng oMcara for tho onsuing yesr: A, D, . fhon Dt Hollater s colled i by Mra. Mor! | Raodolphy Pronidont; J. O. Aston, Mertin fay: ton; witnoss fold tho latior, in roply to a quos- | 197, aud H, IT. Wont,' Vico-Prostionts ; Sumow b, tion'put in tho_wintor of 1878, that cho outaty n‘nrkor, Oormn{londlng Becrotary; John H. Fan dooply In dobt,—owed about §500,000, ho | Thiomas, Rocording Sogrotary. thought. - | pa-oxamined by Mr, on Organization reported the An Arbitration Comittes of five was ape pointed. A ek W Au Executiva Committeo of ten was appointod. ARNPTOMY OF ENTERDLESRNT _ .| A Commitieo on Assomblics, of five, nud & of Mr, Walker’s.:mind, and rocapitulated tho ray- | Finance Committeo of fivewors appoiuted, thug ¢ral ciroumstances of forgotfulnces, oto,, chron- | pormancntly organizing tha Amovican Booke {olod iz his muin ovidonco, Mr, Swett took caro- | LTudo Assaciation, ful notes of il this, and was jronically fuony | . A rosolution-instructing the Executivo Com- withi tho witness as to the diagnosis of Mr, Walk- | Dittee to sectira tho, signatuves of tho trado to or's digease, - Tha witness, huwovor, remained | tho constitution was adoptod. {mporturbable, aud’ gave back an 'ocensional [ - Tho following rosolution, Introdneed by Mr. ** Rowland for an Oliver,” Among othior thinga | Brown, {waa adopted aftor some discussion ; 4 which.went to confirm joung Walkar's opinion Regolved, That wo mutually pledge ourselves to the of his father's imbocility, was _an opinion whish | Taintonanco of tho discounts and recomnsendations oy ho expressed rolative to 3r, Buckingham being g&f’g‘:‘mnlgr_u“nl g;nft: '1'55‘ adopted by this Associae diehongst—~a man who had sorvod him faithfully 4 i o RS : and-with sbillty for '» number of yonta." Also, | This resolution elicited considerablo discna~ ho said that he was not going to ba swindled by | 0B, At Darnca, of Now York, suggested that r, Hilly or anybody olso; alao, his non-recog- | B0m0 of tho members owad s paramount foalty nition of the \v{inunn. and mistaking him for tho | O the Publishors' Board of Trado, which might Lired man, ~Boveral othor incidonts, many of ;';:&‘:flf;;’“ compliauco with tho torme of tho $hem trivial,"woro related, ‘snd Mr. Swelt ro- h A resolution commonding tho Publisher' markod that Lo was examining tho,witness as Weekly was adoptod. 8 isher's ‘‘an export,” which produced Iaughtor, Tho 4 i 3 A rogolution of thanks to Mr. Aston for his ef- S i P Drotty ~cadl, bat: A | o O s to mooting gave Mr, orosg-cxamination wns - intorrupted by the B ‘ = arnes au opportunity to mak ot _litt) Court, who enid that'iho tax-casos were t6 come Spacsk an fl&" advnutyngnu nhl:h “h‘; m“gm‘; v o mecday, and ho wes afrald, judging. by tho | JEROR o tho advant mootiog, 14 o, o itnestos tho_srguments ‘thit wery | WG 208Ul oo this seetlop, roportors for to come, otc., that the Walk o would » ' el uat easion n;“,fggm 'the Jaoe | tho pross; and o resolution complimontary to the yoi8 would bo able to give s definite 1des in- tho morning a4 to tho langth of timo they expocted Tho “witnoss a8 thon ' Bwettasto the * Put-in-Bay Houso, woro adopted. A rosoluition of thanks to tho Proident for i gt i Bervices g a presiding. officor, brought out Mr. Randolplh, who exprossed his gratification ovor Tho Court thon roso, tho ragults of tho Couvontion, Fho hoarty spirt 3 1 A POLITICS of union which had provailed, and tho cordia} aud- friondly spirit which had beon maintained througlout by the mon of the Bouth and the North. Tho offort was an oxcoedingly bappy ono, and waa roceived with immenso applauso, At 6 o'clock tho Convontion adjourned, sube Joct to tho call of tho Committeo on Asgemblics, The Convontion was harmonious throughout, and reulted far moro satistactorily than its pro~ moters had anticipated, Interview with thé Chrirman of the ! Domocraue State Contral Commite L tees i i - Tho Hon. Josoph McDonald, of Tndinns, fa'in’ tho city attonding to a case pending bafore Judge Drummond, While here, ho ia stopping at; tho, Palmor House, whero-ho will probably C —_— remain for & day or two, A ropoiter subjocted MISSISSIPPI, him to an interviow Iast evening upon tho sub- L — X Joot of = A Ecy to the Wécent Troublos as TNDIANA BTATE POLITICS, Vicksburg, Mr. McDoriald'is Chairman of tho Indisna Btato Democratio Contral Committes, and, thore- foro, thoroughly conversant with political mat- tors’ and things. Tho roporter rushed to tho interview without giving his'own blography, 8s is usually dono, and tho resalt was ss follows: % « THE RESULT. ; 2 Roporter—How ia tho State going noxt fall ? Ar. McDonald—Well, gir, my judgment is that wo shall earry our Btate tickot by a bandsomo majority; but that it will bo & woll contosted eloction. The two parties in Indians aro por- baps a8.well organizod as in any Statoin the Une ion, They havo sufforod lesa in thoir organiza- tion by tho lust fow yoara of political ups nad downs than perhaps any othor Stelo. Tho Ro- ublioan paxty is as compact in its orgnnization’ 0-ay in that Stato as it has boon for years. " R.—What do you think of the Logialaturo ? -y M Ml —Well, I think that tho comploxion of the Indiana Btate Legislaturo is moro diffieult to dotormino - now. than. the rosult of tho Stato tickot. Thero aro soveral causes for this, In tho first place, the Republican party, in their ap= ortionment of tho Stato.for Bonatorial aud oprosentative -purposes, secured all ‘tho ad- vantoges that it was possible for them to do in the distriots formed. ~Gov, Bakor denounced tho ‘Viorsruna, Miss,, July 28.~The city is quiet, The following tolegrams oxplain thomselves : To_Lteuti-Gov, Davir: S (s Tundorstond you gavo g8 & rosson for roquesting TUnited Statea.{roops kent Lero, that your order for tha militia to return their guus to tho Stata had not been obieyed. If you will wilhdraw your requeat for troops, sud acud mo an order to disarm all tue militts Lerd sud roturn tho guns to tho Stato, I can sud will exo~ cuto the order within twenty-foiir hours withont gs. siutanco from tho Blato ar Uniiod States, and without bloodsheds (Siguod) - ViLLa Fuexoi, , . Colonol Fourth Regimont, Jackson, Miis, o Witliam Fyench, Colonel: I declino ta treat with yon as to the manner of oxo. eutlug ordors from tho oflice of tho Commander-in- Olief of tho Btate Militla, That an order has boen set at deflunco you admit; but it remaina for mefo oxo- cuts it. Tho uppeal for troopa ta bo sent to Vicksburg s been, fory ppon 1o by utter disregard and do- flanco of tha law of tho city and State by your citizens, (8lgued) ATt Davs, Lioutenant-Governor, ote, The whites olalm that tho only dofiance of ordors has beon by nogroes, who positivoly ro- fused to surronder the Btato arms until aftor the elaction, Tho whitos, whon tho orler was tse 8uod,andatall times sinco, have stood reudy Lo ve- turn thoirs, No offort whatover hus boon made by the Governor to oxecuto tho lnws, aud no dofi- -anco- of anything has occurred oxcopt do- calamity, ANGLO-AMERIOAN. —— THE WALKER WILYL, QOontinuation of the Testimony of the Son of the Doceasod. Judge Wallace wrostled with the Walker will- caso in the County Court yesterday., As some cases of lunacy had to bo disposed of in the morning, the welght of the evidence was put in at tho aftdrnoon sewsion, 2 T'ho oxamination of OTIA WALRER was continued s His fathor did not kmow witnens "on May 16; called him “ Willlam,” avd _told him to go and get the earriago; he was thon lying ill inbed; he was propped up with pillows, nnd unablo to raiso himsolf without assistance, Do- twoon tho Blh and 16th of May bis father told witnoss that they would not Jet Buckingham seo bim; they told Lim that witnoss was aaloop, when he was not. Mr, Hill came to soo Mr. ‘Walkior on tho oveniug of May 12; Mr, Walkor failed to anawor 11ill, although the latter spoke twico; thou Hill wont out, and, after ho had gone, Alr. Walkor oponed his eyos, and asked whero ho was ; Hill had got into his buggy, but, ot Mr. Walker's request, witnoss called him brok. Ou that samo evening, Mr, Walker told wituesa to send for Mr. Bmall, and that ho would take him down in his carrlage; Mrs, Morton, Lowaver, told witness not to do it, as Mr, Walkor did not know what Lo was abont. i On tho 18th his fathor asked witnoss about tho lonw, but Mra. Morton would not allow him to toll anything about it; sho explainod that he would not underatand it. Ilo took quinino all wintor, Mus, Borton told witncss about hor, marringo with bis father, May 11, and sho hopod Lo would nat thiuk hard of hor on that acoount. Aftor that ho wout iuto his fathor's room; Mr, Walker nsked if witnoss knew what hiad talon pince; witness enid that Mys. Morton had told Lim all about It; thon sho wont on to toll him about tho convatsation, but did not glve it cor- reotly, and witnoss said #o at tho timo; his futhor auked wituoss if lo could troat tho woman a8 Mra, Wallor; wituess answorod that ho had not ‘boon cousulled about tho mattor and did nob kuow whother it would have mado any difforonca any way ; alo, that witness supposed it dld not make much dif> foreuca what ho thought nbout tho wutter, Then Lis father roYenmLI the question, and wituoss auswerod, * I dou't kuow,— 'TI18 A PRETTY WARD THING for me to forgot my own mothor,” Mrs. Morton told wituess that ko nosdu't mako a fuss ovor by uot to try the junocont dodgo ou bior, 8y shie had finnco ono company of nogroes to tho order of the negro Qovernor. Former soldiors of tho Unitod States who sorved with Grant, and aro now citizons horo, oxpross nssured fuith in Grant’s justuoss, and scout the iden that he will aot without investigation, At & citlzons' ratification meoting last night, a roport that Grant had paitially countermanded the order of Bolknap excited fho wildost outhu- sinom, and chicois were given for tho soldior Trosidont. THE CITY OF BOSTON. \Districting. bill as .an_ infamous outrago on tho-| Constilution ; -gtill he signed it. Then - - - - THE GRANGE ELEMENT in our Btato will iuflueuce, more or loss, the solootion of® mombers of 'tho Logislature, It will bavo more influonco on . mombors of tho " Loglslaturo, o groat -deal, than on the genoral tickot of thaBtato, Asa Btato organization it docs not amount to anything in Indiana. The; undortook “to kold a Biate Couvoution m Juno, and tho failure was o eigual that thoy bave not sinco thon undortaken to l.rour up any show of crganization. Thoy have catled ancthor con- vention tobo held somo timo in August,—1 forgot tho dny,—to 8ca if they can restoro thoir Btato organization. By that timo the contost batweon tho two partios will have becomo so markod and cloar that tho convontion will not mako o vary groat disturbanco, AN ANTI-NEPUBLICAN MATORITY. « R.—Do you suppose tho Kepublican party can got o majority in the Logislacura ? Mr, M.—My, opinion ig that tho majority in the Loglalaturo Wil bo againat tho Ropublican Burty. I think' it quito doubtful whothor tho omooratlo party Las o majority, I.—Ilow, then, do you axpaot the result you suggoested? . . ir, AL—Thoro will bo o Granger elemont in the Legislature sufliciont to hold tho balanco of powor, and tho probabilitios aro that thoy will sympathizo rathor with tho Domocrats than tho Tiopublicans. . - Xeolica of the Lost Stenmer Koported to Blave Washed Ashore on the Coast of Elorida. T New Yonx, July'23.—The son of 8. M. Par- sons, of No. 67 Wall stroot, rosiding at Miami, Dade Connty, Fla., on tho castorn coast, writes to bis fathor undor date of July 5 that a “hench-comber,” Goorge Davia bly’unmu. found o battle on_tho bonoh, about miles from Minmi, near New River, aud gavo it to him, In this bottle was a papor plainly boaring marks of time, nnd writton upon it.in juk wora thesa worda: BrrAMSNIP CITY OF BOSTON, Ta ali whom this message iy como: That I, tho undorsignod, o passengor on this ship, writo tho following statomout: On Sunday night's oYy BLOrID AT080, 18:0+-Increaning, :20—All hopes logt, 20'clock—Going dowm TRADING OFF, R.—Will Morton trade off Congressmen to gnin logislativo soata? Mr., M.—Io will bo vory anxious, of courso, to keop from having a Domooratlo colleaguo In the Scuato from Indiana, aud will use whatovor in- fluence Lo may posacss to that end, Dut Ido ot think ho will endeavor to trade off mombors’ of Congress for mombors of tho Logwlaturo, ur- late conventlon was & vory romarkablo ouo ~ vory successful convontion, both in point of nunbers, in genoral make-up, and in ths tickot wo havo goleoted, Our nlatform, of courso, wus moro or losa local in its charactor, ‘Tho clodtion 1s outiroly n local olection in our Stato, TUE CONORESSIONAL DISTRIOTS, R.—Tlow will tho various Congrossional Dis- triots Tho dlstrioting Jory Oaswery, London, En. At tho ssmo timo that Davis, tho Uensh- searcher, found tha bottlo, a buard was fownl . 3 short'distanco away with somo penciliug on i% that way rathor indistinet, and 1t woa with difiie oulty road, _On it waa mado ont, howover, these words: % Wo hnva now takon to the bouts ng our last resort,” Thoro was somothing furthor that was _illogiblo, Tho bosrd was Leadod # Uity of Boaton," This atoamor sallod from this port Jun. 25, 15"10. and has not boen dofiuliely besrd from siuco, _— CONSECRATED GROUND, cclsion of the English 11 Regarding the sRighiae norin o Comotory, MoytugaL, July En.—Inmmfiencn had boou ro- ceivad that tho colobrated Guibord ense has been docided boforo the Privy Counoll in Eugland In fuvor of tho widow of ‘tho doceascd. 'T'he casa aroso from tho rofusal of a Ontholio Bishop to allow Guibord to ba buried in consecrated ground bocausa lio was & momber of the Ingti- tuto Oamndion,” an interdictod socioty, * Tho plea was that Gulbord, owning a lot in o Cathollo camotory, bnd a civil right to Lo buried in it. Tho caso had beon taken through thoe courta boro, and finally to Rngland, whoro'the dooision on tho appeal biaa juut boeu reudored, 0? Mr, fi[.—h ia difoult to say, of the State was :lulta a8 unfair as their ap- portionment of Moprosentatives, The distriots are mapped out without any speclal reforonco to contiguity of territory, and sololy for tho pur- Po#o of soeuriug just tho members of tho lta- publioan party, But I think wo ought to_oarry tha Yirsy, - Socond, hird, Fourth, and Fort Wayno Distriots. 1 don't romowbor thio numbor of (holagt, Tho Holman, Bevontl, aud La- {fay etto Districts are doubtful, 1, —Ilow mauy districts are there? Mr. M.—Wo 'hava thirtoon in Indiana. If uuder tho prosont bill we can oarty our tickot, it would indicate a majority against tho liopihe Lioan party of nok losg than 10,000 ou a* populuy