Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 16, 1877, Page 1

e Chicage Daily Teibune, R { e P Iy e - — 7 = VOLUME XXXIL CIIICAGO, FRIDAY- NOVEMBER 16, 1877, PRICE FI ;7 CENTS. = T ITATS AND FURS. #nd sent home by a judicious and sccretive | orders and then obeying them themselver. They | ciency. At the fire in Martine's West Side Hall | Ing that. Ou: s X o THE FIRE. boy, “Sear to e e matassally he | ook damm wpan. the Doficeman aa the poticcman | 1o was badly hurk. This Was MGt two gears | Unean temporers veen o prantfeed e |t sould ‘:",‘é"g’a‘.'.“ s in life, wera the distorted corpses of dainty [ looks down on the crowd, for your burnt build- | ago. His side and back were crnshed by t! 10 order Just as BOUN 85 paesthia T will ko | the raso of InswS.23-50 the stack was 1.5 per Diturcated garments that in thefr day had | Ing ia after ali a reflex of life, with the spectn- | Ialling roof, and he never recovered from the | to-morrow whether our friends are to fnd us | cent, but n cofd FURS! HATS! 7. S. BARNES, Founder and Manager of the late firm of BISHIOP & BARNES, and 7.8, BARNES & CO., invites the attention of his former customers and the public to a largo and cle-~ ant stock of HIATS and FURS, at 132 Dearborn-st., one door north of Madison, We have just com- pleted, to unequaled fitting pnt- ferns, 5 XX Seal Cloaks at $100 each; 26 XXX Seal Cloaks at 1253 26 XXXX Seal Clonks at 150, all trom choice London. dyed skins, cmnprlslnF the best and Inrgest stock of theso goods ever shown in this city. We teugthen and fit over Sacks to the revalling style at very reasonnble Hgm‘cs. Our _stock of Men's, Youths’, and Children's Hats s entirely now, and cum})rlses many noveltica not to be found else- where. Just received a line of Boys’ genuine Glengarry CAPS, alzo Boys® and DMisses' HATS, ex. act duplicates of X’arisian Styles, Remember our new location, 132 DEARBORNST G AL NOTICES. R e S N [0 FOR, KANSAS We have contral of all the rallway lsnds in Trego County. Ransas, some M, 0N actes, and are offering £oest Tidicementa (0 netil setHiers (G the way of £ood: rich tarming-tands. Chieap snd on esay terms, cheap transporiation, chesl 1} res, etc, At 1he fu. o corinty-xeat of this coiinty, on tho ‘kanras Facing Tiatiway, there lins Ju it out, and will be bulle jader oiir direction; ouo of the Anest townn In Kausss. ach alternate kectlon tn_taln county Lelonga to the Gorernment, 101 aCres of which can be taken frce of cost by any dischiarged soidier. Any soldler linving claima'will do well 10, catl and #ée us, as we can locate their landa by power of attorney, We sholl leave liera on Tuewdny morning, Nav 20, with a Iarge excursion irty for "“"“"3' ltound-trip tickets to Ellts, Kux, and return, €20, Persons desiring to %o will and in iheiF Danies to 2 WARREN, KEENEY & CO.. 100 Thearborriest, ES.—Owing to removal to California T am_cloaing out my slock of Watchos and Jeweiry ag less than one. half the uanal prices at re- tall, JOHN §. ASHLE- MAN, 130 State-st, TO RENT, FOR RENT. DESIRABLE OFFICES IN THE IRIBUNE BUILDING TO RBEINT. Apply to WM. C, DOW, Room 8 Tribune Building, —— FIILT CIIANGES, PRI o L TR ANSSOLUTION. Th! grm ot fhelpa, Dodae & Palmer s this dlr dise }gvrfl BCCoN.) lnt 1 Icles of copartnership by 8 eatl of Nat Th Orm name wii b © Sautinucd and business d nder that BATE by Lraklng M. PhoID and George The Inferest o Nathsalel B, Puimer, deceased, witl Erkine Al Phelna and Gearge thorized to collect tho debts lm‘lr ©f theold Arm of Plelps, llodge, & Paluer. KRSKINE M (it Executor of Nathaniel 1. COPARTNERSIHIP ¥nkine M. Phelps and Oeorge E. P, Dodge bw fortied & copartneralip, Aud, wiil coits " gt Suder {ba'Arm natis Apd wiye of Pheipe. 1odes & EDUCATIONAL. Allen Academy and Polytechnic Institute, Nos. 144 and 146 29d-st., nest Michigan-av, ‘The moat elegantly and t] oghl I it cloesy ed omonhy gasoned tehoo It Lepariments. ~ Able: Facully, ~Good Loardiog Places, Anlnltgnmllme uplls to entes —_—_— nl)lt. DABILVA AND MRS, LATE . Frencn, and Uer. 13, B, Mrs. Ugden Hotuau's) Knglla mto Hosrafic and Day-sohool for youn tadice and childrew, witli calisthienion, No. 17 W, Bith-at,, N. Yoo Tuopens Sept. 24 Application miay bemiade by letter of Bcrouuiy oinpetin Teachers Locsaras by Bron ot Watertioure Hawiius and (., LabErion ! o OARDINGTSCHOOL FOR HOYS. FOR iress 1 HAND. Geaoea Laker Wio ™t FUILIN, The npl' establishment ‘ars sn Kxclusve by, lr&ul dlaplay (anada makin, Bpe G eat and It Bacyure) Fur Manufag. & tirine Co.. o prstovs, UFIDG G0, fpassstiued diichaons. BEAX & B MEISCHANT TAl S UOHER. LORING, Quits !5 J.B.HALL& (0., |Tallors, 330 Dearbara st e SHINRLTS, SHIRTS made to order from. Vani- sutta and heavy Linen: ¢ for $4.00, ml{/uuhed- G For %8.00, finished, G for L, 00, ready for use, LDREDGE & CO,,y &5 Wushington-st: EINANUIAL, COUNTY ORDERS Aud City Youchers Bought By RUS 6] 1M AN, LA A ey o Couiag NPECIAL NOTICE, UOW TO TELL WAT! L ki ays comes with s Boitle, and fa Ll Bew YO R L S ATE ot stetmsed Al ;.‘..,, srenttetters. "1 :(m up W the Hgbt, aod It “"“"\&l[lnollh! BOUNS WO 1o ot buy it g S8R et ey k Tetrers oy be ey pale But by duktug clowely saliat Wa light you canoel fal to ses ~... GBATES AND DIANT] ] ‘ N $iain, " Gold wad Nickel trimiged, aad SLATE MANIELS, PLOBABLO & LUMNEY %u¥ NrAT LY, P, Dodgo are au- tp tho bustness® Field & Leiter's Little Blaze Put Out at Last. Dismal and Dreary Appearance of Things Inside-the Building, { Crowds of Sympathetic Wo- men Who Lined the Streets. Recovery of the Body of O'Rourke, the Other Dead Fireman. The Condition of the Wounded--- Shall Their Services be Recognized ¥ Plang for the Future—The Firm Will Doubtless Go Into the Exposition Building, Revised and Gorrected List of insurance --- Something About Salvage. Marshal Benner’s Story of the Fire ==-An Unfortunato Delay at the Beginning, The Falling of That Tank--Trouble with the Roof--Defective Apparatus, Estimates as to the. Cost of Repairs --- Concrete Floors, Ete, OuUT. TUT LAST OF TUE STRUAGLE. At 3 o'clock yesterday morning the five In the upper part of the Field & Leiter bullding was well under control, but about the same tima there was danger of the basement, where much valuc was located. The firemen had according- ly tobegin on that part of the building as againat a fresh fire, Another hout's work set- tled the wholo matter, however, aml every epark was quenchied, so that thero remained only to rcmove the debris and 1o getat the truth of the rumors that there were somno men buried {n the ruins. 1I0W SUE LOOKED. INSIDE THE BUILDING. Bpreadiog a comparatively dry plece of Brus- sels carpet un a cotnparatively wet chatr before o comparatively unbarmed tablo on the com- paratively comfortable second floor, a TRINUNE reporter betook him to tho contemplation of tho wreek. From the stalned celling great globules of water dripped fudustriously, while from the floor damp afllictlons arose. Through the broken windows plew chill draughts, strik- ing bim {n the neek, reminding bim *of thoso tales whicl by the winter fire old gossips tell™ of yarb teas sud rum sweats which re-cstablish health and lift the doctor from besido the un- dertaker, Around him lay {n hideous confusion the details of cold, moist, disagrecable disaster, Grime, dirt, water, and dilaplaation tumbled dver cach otler fn grin cnjoyment of & boliday. Heterogeneous masses of reiail rufn arose on cvery hand, singed, scorched, burned, wet. In fact, the casuat observer, igno- rant of the cssential concomitants of a confla- gration, would have doubting stood In serene mystification wondering whethor there had been & firo or a flood, 'There was none of the brill fant painting of a fire, and on the other band the water bnd become so mixed with ashes as to loso its {dentity, and the result was a mins gllug of decidedly obnoxious odor, and without & single featura to recommend it to the artistic eye. The whole business had LOAT AVERY ELEMENT OF THE PICTURESQUE. ‘There waa & broken, “busted” aspect, so to speak, a sort 9f interconvertible represcutation that might b e fegacy of water or five s the Intcrest or fancy of the spectator might dictate. ‘The walls and ceilings wore decorated and {fres- coed with a tHousand fantastic tirures in smoke, photographs, perhaps, +f tho different moods Ia which tho flames {ndulged during tho night. ‘Wreathied and twined around the columns wore tralling vines of dusky smoke, starting from s puddic st the bottom, and burylng themselves inthe soft plaster at the top. Around the stanchions and nlong the ralls of tho Lalustrade that runs sround the rotunda o3 each floor were dark, charred spots, as thourh the gentle- man whom modern jourvalism popularly recog- nizes as the “Fire-Fleud" had caught hold thers to climb ur, aud bad carclessly loft the impress of bis not scrupulously clear finger: What were lefy of the sbattered window-panc were murky and dull, secmned to take no inter- st {n thelr business, aud sulkily retuscd to af- ford outslders any view of Lhc monunicnts to departed glories within, In front of thie splin- tered counters, behind which erstwhile gay and skillfully cembed clerks had stood, were long rows of stools. Avenng the world through, there {a probably not within its contiues an s gregation of mare inhosyltable obi'ecu than the atools pur\'e{ed h{l the fushlonable dry-couds store. Whether they fostioctively finbibe the emotions of the clerks they confront, or wheth- er it {s cousidured fll-bred to take nointercat In people who do their own trading, tue stool of the period has estabiishied fts reputation for insou. ciance and the genersl air of discownfort It ex- alcs. But ss even Dumbey bent before the flood of misfortuues, so after all the stool shows that st the bottom it is human, and thoss that in the suuny days of good luck stwod rigldly at their posts of duty before the groau Ing counters of the wreckud store wera bent in sorrow yesterday, sund did squeak and gibber i thelr engulsh s tho implous band of tho vlsitor soueht to turn them from thefe troubles. ~Over agalust thein wero funeral liues of doubtful counterfeits of lovely women, Characteriiticully arranged In goosa Ble, they looked down uver thelr pbenomvual mammary donlu'rmeut upon the degraded stools auil seemed to breathe gentle **Serve you rights.” Iu fact, the lay Ggures seemed to bo the oul thinge about ~the establishment that ha streugth to brace up and have any style sabout them, and this may be largely attribuied to the fuct that onc had Iu sowe way got tipped over. Her stutcly sisters gazed upon her nma pitiless eyes, deriving f:w“ condolation from the fact that, her buck t'luf Licr legs queer, shio wus dootaed to le there, 8 sort of providential contrast to their fortultous perpendicularily. Alas! for theranity of Christisn charilty. They seemed to furget that once sbe was groen us thio beautlul grass, and thet the mud and swoke that sisirched the ewerald of her garb wers uone of her seekiug, TUB BECOND FLOOH had, in the palmy momeuts of its early lovell- nesd, been devoted to giadding the femaloheart through the gay fustrumentulitics of dry 2oods and notions. But a combivation of vircum- ateuces in no way dircctly referable to them had transformed them to & muda of wet goods and mush, Here sud theron wire stuck out, sug- geatlye, to the ruminating wind, of thoscarticles whicharerelatedto wowan as the tail totkekite, sud which sre sonly inqulred for fu whispers, honsted lasting acyuaintanceship with_ruflles ana no indefinite cognizance of tucks, Trueto thetr living inatincts agan, and covering them as with a charitable mantle, were rolis of rich sllke, once *'stiff enoughto stand alone,” but now limp and helpless as a ease of ealico, Dun-colored legzends of India shawls, ond others maide of the halr of the camel, hung from the pillars. Ucifeate fabrics t, like Dlennerhes-et’s wifc, were heretofore pro even agalnst the winda of summer, lke that amlable ladv bad strayed from thcir ties to wonder by great pools of water, Velvets that in times goue by had wun fond glances frum bright vyes were thrown hither and thither, thelr soft faces marred snd disfigured. Laces, 100, hand made and otherwise, rure and beauti- ful laces that the peasants of far Eustern Tands had tortured their haods upon, scorched ami blackened, were tussed ahout regardiess of the exvenso they had entailed. A LIKE PATR had fallen with heavy hand npon the thousand and one things that mmr!m to teach womun the only medium fhrougl which happiness can be pursued with Inevitably satistactory resuita, It I8 uscless, in fact L wonld be neartless, to further tear up the already suffeniug female mind Ly golng morg particilarly fnto detailn, ‘The wild” whoup of the Fire-Flend (the resson for using this Lerin has been liereinbefore described) has already plerced the shell-tinted ears of every wotnan in Chicago, for be it known to ail o whum thesy presenta inuy come, aud atl concerned therem, that Field & Letter's retall slore was the portal to paradise in the ryes of those whuin we love i praportion to their Aap-jackial -Mllt{. From his comparattvely exalted perch on the comparatively dry picce of Brussels carpet on the comparatively wel chair before the compar- atively. unharmed table on the comparutively comfurtable aecond fluor, the reporter could see not ouly around him, hut, by a Judicious though complicated armngement of “his neck could also sce up and down, THE PLOOK ANOVE MM had been devoted to artistic designs fn uphol- stery and superior wrticles of carpetings, The rolls of earpet stood around looking as those Jolly, vomfortuble, portly old gentlemen do while contemplatiug & base-ball game In & pour ing rain. Their colors had seemed to run, too, and thiey had tue general appearance of having the nosebleed. Scattered among them were rolls of uilcloths, stitl and rudd{. not dissimilar n appearance to a number ol respectable Scoteh gentiemen engared in the fnvizorating game of curling, But the raln of the hose-pipes had fallen upon them all,—tallen alike upon the curlers nud the buse-ball players, the just sod the unjust. UP ANOTHER PLOOR, sod the wretchedness of the curpet and uphol- stery work-room was manifest. It looked like s maznficentiy-furnished frog-poml. 31t was ot volil exactly, but might be tnore correctly deaeribed Ly the plirase much In vogzue smong discriminating lezal zentlemen,—volduble: that 18, 1t looked s if a_moditied kick from o con- verted mule would relegate the whole outlit to the primal condition of the world, amd land it without form upon unsympathetie space. The e can scarcely be likened to anytbing we are accustonied to In the avernges of ‘ordinary life. There was something about it suzgestive of a China shop bapkrupted by the adininistrative talent of nu mexperienced bull, ‘Then, too, it vesembled clowely an Inler-Ocean war wap, pre- serving, the while, Its (dentity with those lofty fdeas which Dante na prineipil and Dore as ac- cessory afford the fnquiring sinner of the pecul- faritics of hell. Broken, banged, and splintered pleces of elegant furniture. wningled in grlevous discord with_efezoutly-patterncd carpeis, torn, ripped, and disorganized generally, PURTHEK U, on the too floor, Wwus the dress-making estab- lishment, It was gutted, ruined, water-soaked, burned, and, §u brief, inverted, turned up-sides down, ' There is but little clse'to be_sald of it, eavu a possible mention of the sufferingand sor- row that will l“l’hl(( complete Irom out the ash- 8 that have taken the places of a small army of sowiuierirls, These people are not mentloned In the statements of fnsurance, nor us the finan. clal world wags would thelr losscs prove of ab- sorbing interest to the peoples of the carth. But one can scarcely, say for decenvy’s sake, turn coldly away from Lhe mourntul reflection that tearful eves will look sadly upon those rulns for many " day to come, and cheerless homes witl {n some” inserutable way connvct themscives with the great sinoke-stutued plle, from which toey drew what slender installments of comfort they had. It way not be considered by the Podsnsps of our local suclety, the aristo- eratic chicese, to nention the possibilities that arony will accrue to anv save those who are cul off from the scquircments of the goods uffered in barter at this temple of fashion; but a large newspaper izoes to ol classes, and it mav be that the hunery girls and those depeadent upon them will find “some little conifort in & syin- pathetic recollection of what they have lost, and an bonest and hearty wish that the desolation threatened them may bo averted. Ordinanl the reeds sown by a fiugo fire bear a v.'urrclpund! ineily large cropof pawn-tivkets. This fuct in mor- ul azzriculture Is respectfully commended to the attention of those who are Inaposition to alfort employment, sud llkewlse to tiiat universal relative, the people’s Uncle, POURING DOWN TIHOVGI THX NAGGED RENT in the roof, the dull light fell upon a ghustly scene. It wnsn't o pleasant day at the best, and the raw alr and strazgling rain-dropa mn- gled with the smoke and mist that arose to weet them. Half bidden o the vapors tnat ascended, tho brokien, jazwed ends of beams and joists stuck out, and took [autastic shapes in e shadows that bune Hke culprits from them, On the staircases the sodden carpets bent under the welght of fect In walery remonstrances against the Invasion. A miclily masa of con- fused and torn wood-work hung 1rom one sido of thie tear {n the roof, ond rested on the foor Uelow, Pillars, twisted and curved by the heat, yeared themselves from the debriv, as if disdain- e the defeat that had fallen un weaker mate- rial, Long sectiuns of slender pipe writhed liko serpents through the wreck,and plunged ot lust headlong into some hole, 88 {0 secking refugo from the fire, Great walls of flooring, up- heaved and standing on cud, made partitions where none had been before. Feartul chasing yawned on overy side, and plies of wretched fron-work, ripped and toru from ite fastenings, lay on cvur{ hund, waroed aud _bent into bun- dreds of pleturesgue shapes, Bales of goods, brown somctiines and sometimes black with the stnoke that had enveloped them, were Inextri- cably mixed up with the tortured fron-work and the wrenched wood. Looking up trom the first floor to the torn roof, the scene reminded one of the ORICINAL WOODEN NODXL OF NIAGARA, Fromw the girders to the fourth Hoor there lsa clear fall of yanued and nashied wood and bent mictal, aud from each fluor o that betow, down 1o the first, there aro cataracts of debris, making a succession of cascudes over which the water urs afunaily, On the north side of the build- g a well extends fromn the rout to the ground, sud tatterey ruplds of aisjointed material bang dubluusly over the edges.” Lighted up by this well were the labors of a dozen firemen, who worked swiftly but in sileuce, A curious crowd gathered aroundaud looked on dumbly, Btealily snd almost breathlessly the workmen plicd pick, shovel, ax, and s, regardless of person discumforts, for 8 man lies under the ruing, and the rubbercosted gnomes are digging for him, The crowd look on with pale laces and frighteu. yella of fear and agony a firciisn weut down the nlght before futo that *fire-vroof, gilt-cdred hel)," and guother man 'ulued him in the grim borrors of his grave. Slowly the timbers, and rods, and pipe are dragged forth, and the moro senslive draw furthor from ths sccne us they feel that the busy bands are drawing nearer to the bands thut will work no more, The rain and drip come down softly un the smoking pile, snd still the busy hauds work on in the diswal avarch for the atitfencd forius beneath, But there aro other genttemen of a more pro- saie turn of mind wuo discover, from compari- sou sud unalysis, thut, all other things being equal, oue bale of even damaged goods excels 10,000 dead wen, and they bend thelr lofty en- ergica and talented legs tu the THANSYORTATION of such articlcs sy they can liit to places of greater security. Theso genticrneu appear to tuke wreat dellght In zetting wet and dirty, each indignontly reseutiug the suggestion thal a fellow-laborer 3 wetter or dirtier than bt self. But so it 18 the world over, und mansees to tiduk that be is ot even serviug Mamwon squarcly unless he bears certain, at the scif-sate moment, paradoxical relation Lo un anowmsious coudition of water aud dirt, As toey pluoge sround, secxioy thuso things of this earth susr- rounded by the deepest puddies, and evolving the mast wanifest contemot for ‘gu. aud aiter their fualtion they ure happy sud Raeiu to look upon a tire as playluy the dual pdlt vl destroy- iog m’nunymd syolviug individual invortance. Dashingabout fu that reckicss mauner thataceins 1ucvitably to Le & past of auvlforw, the Bremen ¢o yeowan soryice fu shoutug uninteiligible tors for a fonndation, the policeman for a first story, and the flreman for all the rest, even to the ‘hole in the roof. But, slas! the dogma of infallibitity cannot be appied to the fireman any tnore than to & “fire-proof ' bullding, fora score or more have been fojured In puttering around on the broken floors, Then there is sl anothier class, whose constituents stand around with their hands {n thelr porkets and comment on the business ns though tiey were stockhold- era In the fire anil water, and found It neceasary tontay arounsd and protect thelr intcrests. It may be that this class Is of great and growing ublity in ita specifle duty of getting In the way, but even this is 8 good deal of & concession o their worth, CLIMBING DCWN from his comparatively .lr{ plece of Rruseels carpet on the comparatlvely wet chair, betore the mm‘mallvrlv unharmed table on the cum- paratively cotnfortable second floor, the report- er wandered sround to the front of the tmildine to ook at i, There is nothing about it sue. westive of any very remarkable effort on the purt of 8 fire, e whole work was confiued o the inside, except the burning off of the upper story and roof, ‘The walls' are discolored, and the whole thing looks dirmal, but when the ex- citement clears away it will be found that aflter ;II':M butlding will' ouly waut & wig and a new rl = THE STREETS. TEMININE SORROW, The destruction of Bt. Peter’s at Rome, or the burning of the Milsa marvel, or the ruin of Balem's haughty fawe, could lhardly have aroused an apparently deeper interest than dia the demolition of this palatial dry-goods estab. lishment. It is questionable whether the death of the Pope and the burning up of the Vatican could have excited such s keen locul Interest. ‘This was the place of worship of thousands of our female TeMuw-citizens, It was the only shrine at which they pald thelr devotfons, The great dry-gomls palace of the Greal West was Inruing. What bales of silks, what laces, what carpets, what Cashinere shawls, what gloves, and parasols, and jewels, and rings, and things, were lost th the world forever! It was mot quite so sad an event as the eclf-destruction of one cstimable man, but It was infinitely more interesting. And acenrdingly the streets wera crammed oll day vesterday “with people who scemned to have no other object in life than to view the Droken windows wnd obtaln a plimpse of the debrie below,—the charred re- mning of that which might have yielded ever so much pride and_glory to many & hanl-up soul, Btrunirely enough, there were very few inquirics made among these curiosity-seckers as to what became of the poor wounded firemen, or as to low muny were killed In the effart to save the pile from destruction, The vublic intercst was malnly centered In silks, carpets, and lace, and how much was saved. and—huppiest thouetit of all—wan there o likelilood of tiiere belng an AUCTION-SALE OF T DAMAGED GOODS. It was stated on excellent authority that a crowd of well-dressed ladies—presumably be- lomnng to the upper ranks of suclety—were on he ground as early as 4 v'clock In the morning, an hour earher than the thne when merry mitk- malds click the latch, and were watchiog. with due eugerncss, the salvatfon of the goods, From 4 o’clock till a late hour last evening there was no diminution of the public attend- nuve upon the interesting extiibition, although it muat be sald there was rerz Hgtle to wituess Deyond the bulini out of sll kinds of dry auds, and the transporting of the same to conyenlent places for temporary storage. It was not o very sppalling sight. The build- fng presented simply the ondluary aspect of a biock which hud been gutted by Gre, and noth- ing more. A number of men were engaged atl dsy lJung in siding goods down to the wiizons by means of extemporised * skids ' or slides, and this was resily all there was to be secn. Bundles of valuable gouds of varlous kinds came thundering dows thess nearly per- pendicular ganuways, apd wete cunveyed to their temporary places of dgposit. The varpets were taken to the Expositivg Bullding, and the lighter woods were stored In the uuoccunied building of the Kohn Brothers, on Wabash ave- nue. It was Impossible to form even an wpproxi- mate estimate of the value of the goods res- cued from the ruins, The clerks of the estab- lishment, who could perbaps be able to form the best eatimate, were unable to tell. Al they could n-z waa, that the grester portion of the stock of black silks wassaved, and most of theluco goods, which composed the most cxpensive part of the stock, A great many thinge fu the second and thind stories were less dannge than might have been expected. A very con- aliderable stock of carpet goods was saved from mwrcck, as well as 2 large amount of cotton Zowds, > TIHIE FALLEN BRAVE, HOW TOE WOUNDED ARE FARING, In all tho excitement of the great fire and the financial Juss which it entalls the poor:firemen who were injured and those who Jost their lives In the discharge of their duty should wsot be lost sight of or bo forgotten, The stocks destroyed can be replaced, but the lives that have gone out canuot by restored. The wives who are left widows, and the children that are orphaned, cannot recall their natural protector. Thelr gricls are great, but thelr sorrows cau In part be healed or assunged 1f our citizens do their part. The firemen, from Chlef to private, did thelr duty well. They worked nobly and brave- 1y tosave property and life, and, while somnc may say ‘“they are paid for it, and should bave doue 60, for it was thelr duty,” a just apprecla- tion is not altogether nucalled for, No Depart- ment in this country or in Europe is under bet- ter control, or better disclplined, than our own Fire Department, and this fact should not be furgotten. lad there been = sufticlen- ey of long ladders to pget upou surrounding bulldings a great deal more prop- erty might bave been saved and the dre con- trotled {na shorter space of time, This fact should not be lost sight of by the Council, as s few thousand dollars spent fu ladder-trucks may bo the mcans st soiue future time of say- {ug & great deal of valuable property. There were only, 80 far as known, TWO TERSONS KILLED, and they were fircmen. 1t was rumored yester- day that there were othier persons {n the debris, but they could not be found. The search for John O'Rourke’s body was continued from early yestarday morning until 1:15 in_the atternoon, when It was recovered. O'Rourke was ® wmember of Engine No, 6. He and about a doxen others were buried under the debris of the water-tank which fell from the roof. It stood fn the northeast cornerof the llumllns and near ftwas astaiewar. At the tmeof Gho foll of this portion,about a duzen menwere carried down with it, and It was & marvel that any escaped alive. ()'Rourke fell from the fourth foor, snd ho was completely buried 1n a seething, steam- Inz mass of fire and smoldering debris. The water in the tavk created a suffocating sud burning steam, around which it was impossibla for any one to exist long. Charles A, Dudley and Juhin O'Rourke were killed upon the sama suot, and allthossinjured received their wounds there. TUE BODY OF O'HOURKR was discovercd & few fect from the wall. The face and head were burned black and beyond recognition. His limbs were doubled up, and bis nml were thrown over his 2'.lflu:‘t'. an Eene ADPEUranCY Seei o denote that he dicd n Rreat agouny, h-vhu{ been slowly scalded and burned to death, Tho awtul torturs he must have eudured in this roaring, crackling fugnace of fauie, DO one cay estimate. Heo was & brave tireman, Capt. Cunty, of the engive coulpany to which he belooged, says that he was o mian of poble trults of churucter, who uever shirked or taltercd, apd who we+ brave to rashuess. He was never out of reach when needed, and he was exceedingly trustworthy. ‘The deceased bad been {n the service of the Fire Departuseut over four years, be having beca sp- pointed fa July, 1573, “He wes & married man, wedxlmg-eun,u native of Ireland, aud leaves o wife two children fn auyiblog but prusper- ous circumatances, residing at the corver of Muxwell and Jefferson stregts. He atso has au aged futher und niother, to whowm Le is sad to bave been a great ald and comfort, and Lis sud- den taking-off proves u very bard blow to them. CUAKLES A, DUDLET, the otber man killed, was ot @ wember of the Departmert, but was an o4 aud experienced tiremaun, who had volunteered bis services. He Lud served us » fireman in this city over four and & ball years. Durlug that time he was re- wurkable for his cvoluess, braverv, aud effl- -no doubt be taken East for interment. cffects, and about a year ago was compelied to resign on that account. With what lttle means he: possesscd ho went to California to recuperate, §f poseible, and roturncd here only a fow wecks ngo. Dudley was 8 single man, sober and in his” habits, and well connected fn the East. Mr, E. I Bavage, the Chief of Police of Boston, yestenday scnt a dispatch to Chicf Tlickey requesting the latter to take charge of the body of deceased and his effccts, C. M, Browu, presumatly a relstive, makes the re- quest through Chief Savage, * Mr. liickey replied that the body was on fce, and he wantedd to know what disposition it was desired to have made of it. The remaing _;lm e Coroner was duly notitied, and he will make an iovestigation, TAR WOUNDED. Francls Flanagan, one of the Injured, a mem- bher of Engine 6, was in better condition yesters day. He fiad been ucarly eight years in the De- tmeunt, and no one bears a Yetter reputation reman than he. Fa ls a married man, and has a wilc and several children. His injurics are serfous but not dangerous. ugenc Sweeny was able to be about vester day. He (s »member of Engive 18, Hels also a firet-class man, who has Leen seveuleen montbs In the Department. He 1s elngle and 8 years of age, It will be some time befors he will be again able for active duty. Juhn Fletcher aod Hobert C. Payne are col- ored men, and members of Company 21, Buth have been in the sersice over fourteen monihis. They sre competent snd brave. cher was sumewhat betier yesterday, He s a single man, and was badly cut about the head. Payne is a marricd ntan, and very serfously Injured. Licut. Chereuberi, of Company b, Is a Oer- man by birth, e’ resides at No. 606 Jef- ferson strect. He hasa wife and two children, He s 27 vears old, and bas been In the service over three years. Ils had three ribs broken, and he fwhurt fn the abdomnen. 1is Injurics are very serfous, though it s hoved that they will uot result fataliy. Jerome Batley, of Engine 18, was dolog quite well yesterduy. Capt. Thomas J. Canty, of Engine No. 6, has an Ides that there are some others, uot firemcen, buried in the debris, Ho says that, when the tank fell, there were neveral youny felluws on the fourth floor who came down witliit, There were some dozen persuns burled in the rulus, and how any escuj with their lives scemed o mystery to him, omas i1, Pennphrey, a plpe- man of No. 6, only saved himirelf by making a terrfble leap. Flunagan and Cherenberg only escaped by mere gzood luck, That any who were burfed there escubed with their lives is a mira- cle, o3 some of thewounded were held jn the funeral pyre alinost a quarter of an hour befors they coulid be rescued. THE HELIZP FUND. Tt would not be atall out of the way for those who are interested in the property saved that a sileht recognition should be made of the eer- vices o nobly rendered by our fireinen, and a fund rulsed o aid the wounded and tne familics of the dead. The following letter recelved at this office yesterday sounds the key-note: Ta the Fditor 6f The Tribune, Cisicano, Nov, 15.—1 think this would he n good opportunily to do something for the fAremen. | wend $10, which, {f you would set the balf in mo- tion, would give them something to slieviate theie paint. It would be & little betierthan to ray, **It's 8 pity: those bravo fellows!” WABABIt AVEXTR, The 10 which it inclosed was handed to Mar- shal Benner, to be used for the purpose fntend- v, Those desiring to further contribute toelr mite can do so by either sending the same to this ofllce or to Chief Fire-Marabal Benver, st the Clty-liall, where the ainounts will be duly acknowledized. It {s fitting that the services of our brave firemen stoutd b fully recogmzed. ‘They need no fneentives to ao their duty, but it s a comfort to them to feci that, in casc Lthey are fnjured or killed, thelr services will not be rm&wnun, and thelr familics not allowed to suller. | THE FUTURE. ‘TPORMING PLANY. As & part of the work of looking sfter the wreck yesterday, it became the duty of vue of Tux TRIBUNE stafl to keep abreast with what- ever plana Messrs. Field, Lelter & Co, might Lave as to the futvre.. In order to dothis, it was, of course, necessary to sec Mr, Fleld, tho fountalu-bead of Information, Themostnatural place to look for him, of course, was at the gutted bullding, and thither the reporter went. Nowhere was Mr. Ficld visible, and s0 he amused himself by watching operations and making inquiries here aund there as oceasion arosc. It wasa busy scene. The huge trucks of the firm were driviug up, and backing up to the sidewalk and Into tho alley on Washlvgton street, while the blusy male clerks were rusbing into the bullding, coming forth with tbelr armlonds of varfous kinds of goods, and (tumbling them into the wagons, where the drivers arranged thetn in proper shape to ride well. I the allev opening fnto Washingion sirect the employea in the carpet department were a8 busy as bees getting the carpets out of the third story aud Joading them intu the wagons, A sl arravgement on the fuclined plaue stylo extended trom the ground to the third story, and as thu carpets came down tha plane they bumped acainst a rude bosrd (loorlng covered with sawdust for the purpose of breaking the fall sud preventing the bales and loose carpets trom getting mud- divd. As cach package was sbout to sturt trom the third story window oo its downward trip. a wan at that opening rulsed his volce and utiered some melancholy cry, the obvlous meaning of which was that those below wers to stand from under. The reporter learncd on inquiry that the cam pets were beivg taken tothe Exposition Bullding,while the dry goods went 1o the first Uoor of the Taylor Huliding, corner of Washington street and Wa- bush avenue. Acting onthesupposition that Mr. Fleld would pmbnu be at one of these pla }.lm reporter renewed Lis walk, and at last foun o AT THE EXPOSITION BUILDING, The trucks were coming in, unloading thelr valuable conteuts, and departing after fresh loads, Mr. Field stood watching 1t all with an airpf {ntense juterest miigled with something of & melancholy fecling as bie coutemplated the savages of Ore aud water. “ How does the wurk of recuperation go oni"* asked the reporier. wBlowly: mt o8 (ast as §t would if theyd only let me alone.” *Who{" querted the resorter, “Ah, everyboxl{, you reporters ncluded. I know you want the news, and all that, but don’t you think vouw'ne making too much of a scnsation out of the tirel What is the presa coming to, auyway! Isupposo you'll keep this upa vouple ol months, a8 you have the savinge- bauk business.” ‘Fue reporter tried (o persuade Mr, Fleld that people were always mentally hungry for good news, such as the particulars of a first- class fire, and that It wasn't exactly s matter of chiojce with the reporters to buzz sround for facts, but a solemn duty, " Ab, I know you're sll right. It {sn't your fault, of course.” But 1 somctimes think the papers carey these matters too far, But let that £o. What'van I do for youi 4 1u the Brst place, 1 wunt to know about TOUK PLANS POH TUK FUTURE.” “wAN I cau say now, with any certalnty, is that wo will bo running again fosids of a week. You see this stock biere, 'There are other goods st the Tavior Butdiug, 1 doo’t know wuich of the two wo will decide to start agaiu In, but [ sball know to-tuorrow, Iliope. It'sa questivn between these two places.” “\Vhat will the wowen employes do in tho meautimel" “atay at home and rest. When we start again we'll have cuouzh for thew to do. As for the meu and boys, they'll work right along ay you sex them working to-day.” “Can you nuw give auything more definite 2a tothe total loast" Y “No, I ran’t tell you what It will be, even spproximately, 1 don’t kunow bow much we are going to ‘savo out of. the wreck, but the salvage won't be us much s [ told you it would be last night, becauss a large pat of the fiw‘l o the basemnent kv iujured by water. lt'sa dliticult matier ws yet to tell just how much we bave suffered, snd L cau't give soy relisble statement for some days yet." + The loss witl certaluly be moro than hslf a million, wou's 1" b, yes; constderably more.” . A’n‘d you cun’t tell spproximately how much more : “No; it would 'be merc guess-work, and I dou't;wljl‘k;g to give statements based on such grou *Then you hope to ba AT IT AUALN IN A WEREI" “Yes. 1sce uothlug to prevent us frm do- ition of the owners having put In all mod, %. pliances for extingulshin fires, it was e to 1.3 per cent on retal stock and 1.5 ot y.ckage goods. The same rato Is now charged on the stock at Gossage's, Mi del's, and other faree dry-goods establishments. ‘The insurance men are nf the oplnion thit onr fire apparatus are Insuffictent for the unusually high bulldings with which the principal business streets are lined. The things most nceded aro a suflicient number of independent ladders such as Mre, Scott-Uila triedl to introduce here a few fi;" age, o that the hose ean be brought to r with full force on the upper floors. The citv should also purchase two powerful engines, which should never go. vutside of the central part of the city. AS REOARDS TNH ORIGIN of the fire, the opinions of the Insurance men sre much divided. They all scout the ldea that the fire was the result of incendiarlsm. 8omo thiok that it originated from a_defectiva chim- ney, but most of them are of the opinion that it waa caused by the spontancous combustion of ofled rags which were used {n oiline the wheels of the clevators, and that the fire must bave been In progress for some timo before it was discovered. ‘Thls latter theory secms to be aubstantiated by the fact that one of the females employed on the upper floor thoneht there was 2 burning smell in the bulld- Ing a day or two before the tirg, and she revort- cd the fact at the time to the foreman,; Bloan’s report states that the Insurance on the buitding 18 $£170,000, of which $35,000 Is with the following agencies tn tlds city: Straight and Lyman, $22,500; Bouthwick. $15,000; McCur~ mick, §23,000; Hopking, €5,000; Nortiwestern, of Milwaukee, $5,000; 8. J. Lewis, $12.500: Treadwiny & Co., $10.000. An Assoctated Pross dispatch zives the following Information in re~ gard to the insurance on the bullding: Vice.Prestdent McKensle. of the 8incer Mann- facturing Company, ates that the loas to their buliding by the fre In Chicago would not ex- ceed $106,000, ~ The gronod cost them $330,000, and the building was erected at a cost of §700, 000, "The liot of Insurance {a as follow: New Sorkand Boston. hereafter—until we rebuild—here in the Expo- sition Bullding or in the Taylor Block. Which- cver place we decide to take we lm['.e to ve o running order again within week." TIR TAYLOR RULLDING, 1t was rumored that Messes, Field, Lelter & Co.had rented the building at the corner of Washington street sud Wabash avenue Irotn Kolin Brothers, and that they m: to resume husiness at once in that establishment. A Trinuxs reporter called upon Mr, Kohn In the alternoon to ascertain the facts, Mr. Kohu, ane of the partners of the firm, auid that so far no proposition had been made fraomn Field, Leiter & Co. ’Hmr had sunply requested the use of thelr building for trmporary storage of their eoods, and the request had besn cheerfully granted. As to whather Fleld, Leiter & Co. could lease the ealil store, that, gald Mr, Kohin, was something had nothing to say abont, 4 It {8 our intention,” sald he, **to open that establishuicnt ourselves very soon, and we sce 10 reason to slter onr plans sinply because of thls fire? “Thnen there lave been no negotiations he- tween you and Fisld, leiter & Co. about the leasing of that store? *We have bern aporoached on the subject. T believe,” said 3ir. Kolin, “ but there been no propositinn made, and as: to whet any rmpmmun would he conslilered or not by our irm 1 cannot at al) calighten yuu, for 1 do pot know mysell."” EXPOSITION BUILDING. An old employe of Fleld & Leiter's, who was found working hard at arranging the guods in the Kohn Building, told a Trisuse reporter that [t was undoubtedly the {ntention of the firm to onen at onea in the Exposition Bullding, which rould be very readily adapted for the purpeses - of thelr winter trade. fle understoed] that 1o be the purpore of his emlayers, and sodld almost all the principal employes of the estublishment, **And its the heat thing they could pu!sihl{ do_under the circumstances, sald he, “forit wiil not only:| be something new, but there is no place jn the city better sulted for a trade llke ours for at Teust w while to come, I don't fnagine,’” he adried, “that they care very much about rent- ing tnis Kohn store.” EXPOSITION BUILDING. PIELD & LEITEIt WiLL DOURTLESS TAKE IT. A meetinz of the Board of Dircctors of the ITnter-State Industrial Exposition was held yes- terday alternoon in the Exposition Bullding. There were present Potter Pslmer, John B. Drake, John P. Reynolds, Edwin Lee Brown, Monroe Heath, George M. Pullman, George I, Lattin, Marshall Fleld, S8amuel Joknston, Charles Fargo, George C. Clarke, C. Furst, Jacob ‘Armerss Now Vork. Aflomnania. Flitaburg. Clttzena’, Pittsbung. Giranite, Bichmon L, Emporiuns, Sew York. Qloucester, Musachuicti. Roscnberg. C. F. Gunther, E. G, Asay, H. G. .“,"7" necticyl Pulling, Charles Gossage. T. P. Tullman, sud Piitsharg. I (. Klinck. The first subject which camo | Mstem. Plitahu Vefore the Board was, how tao dispose of the | Merchanta’ & Mechantes's £21,000 surplus on hand, that beimi the amount | Miehmoml Fire Auoclation the Exposition Company i« ahead atter paying | ntowa. Lhiimdeipi all the debts and expenses to date. Nothine, T'incinna ' Cincino: oyal Caasdian. Erench Insurance Corporatii Gerinan, Ereeport. 1if, however, was done in this matter beyond the statement of the above gratifying condition of things by Sceretary Revnolds. ‘Another matter of more urgent Importance | Impoters & Traders, Se catne up, ani thie discussion of the surpius busi- | Yoy Yurk Lfij’,““ 'l“'"“,‘f‘ ness was_sceordinely postponed untll anotacr | Chyof New York. time. This was ™ the ~ matter ol rent- BTOCK AND FIXTURES. ing the building to Fleld, Leiter & ‘The revited und corrected flzures of the Insur- Co. ws o retall store until they | ance on the stock und Oxtures are as follows: could rebuild thelr ol place. No dircet propo- Retall Pickage Mz- sitlon, with terins, was made by the flem, hut sfock, atock, Mr. Ficla expressed a wish' that some arrange- ment might be made by which_he vould come in, take pussession, snd “fit up the bullding for temporary use. He was not ready to say just what he would be whling to pay. but xald he would think It over and make ur his mind he- fore this afternoon, when lie woulkl like to have it settled. Beveral of the Directora spuke of the desirabitlty of entering ' fnto some arranges ment with “the firm, and the menersl fdea was that to rent the building to thein at a rate which would cover what would otherwise come iu os recelpts for entertaln- First Natio r‘.hr(,fl‘fi'g:l'fl“‘;“lu: oy iaton. Comonweaith, Tkuion writery', nients, the skating-rink, ete., during the winter | Doston r and epring would be about the proper thin. | $riapiis. Hosgesics An equally general disposition was cvlived pot | Manufacturerey osion, to crowd the tirm by putting up the rent at too ;!:m::}lw*u“ne.gmm. steeps licure, as it was very evident that they Tiosta were Dot compelled to take the butlding while there 18 such an abundance of vacant store- roum within a rudius of aix or scven blocks. All that was desired, in other words, by thuse who spuke on the matser, was to rent the bullding on such terms as would about make up for the receipts from the various entertainments which would otherwise be given during the coming winter and spring. It was flnally decided to ap- int 8 committee nf three to coufer with Field, Leiter & Co., sec what arrangement could be arrived at, and report at another mecting to b held at 2 o'vlock this afternoon. The Commit- tee consists of Potter Palmer, L. G, hliock, sud Sawmuel Johuston. . irinn Niteh, Rom dring. Mite \Ewbricans 101000 8,100 Fire ilome Mutual M. & Trad INSURANCE. MEETING OF TIt® UNDERWRITERS. The reprerentatives of the various insuranco companies interested In the fire at Fleld & Leiter's dry-goads establishment held & meetlog at the rooms of the Local Bourd of Undec- writers, 127 LaSalle street, yesterdav mornlurr, ta take “oncerted actiou in regard to the adjust- ment of lusses and other matters relative Lo the fire. Ar, Jouathan Goodwin, Jr., was electcd Atlsniic; New York ¥ina. Vou York {13t New Yo Glinton, New Chairman, and Alfred Wright, Becretary, On motlon, & committec of five was appoluted, coti- sisting of Mesars. R. 8. Critchelt, W. H. Curi- ningham, & J. Swith, E. N, Teall, and C, W, Drew, to nominato 8 committee to have chargy of the adjustiment of the loss on retail stock. Afterconsultation,tbe Comtaittee nominated the following gentlemen, who were utanimously elected: C. H. Cuse, R. J. 8mith, M. O. Brown, James 8. Gadsden, snd Georze C. Clarke. Mr, George C. Clarke and R. 8, Critchell were ap- ork, Contlnental, New Y Ciiy, New {ork., sommercial, New Kxchange, Now Yor Firemen's Trust, N Flremana Funy rraguf, New OrrmaneAmeri Jiamiito. New rving, New Yol g, Riogs County, polnted s committee to act In regurd to the loss | Fenox, Sew 'To ou dxiures. atisenies N On motion, the following committes was ap- | joriiinnl New ¥ pointed to fuvestigate thecause or causes of tho origin of the tire: ~ Mcsirs, E. E. Ryun, C. W. Drew, sud E, N, Teall, The fullowing conmlittee was appolnted to take actlon in regurd to the adjustment of the loss on packuge steck: C. C. Dana, J. M. Brown, J. H, Beelye, Jr., Mr. Gadsden, and Fred 8. aes. It was resolved that the members of the vari- (':;u committees mako 1o charges for thelr ser- ices, ® A unanimous vote of thanks was cxpressed to ihe Fira Departwent, Fire Patrol, sud polica force for the efticient mauner in which they dis- tingulshed themaelves ot the fire. Aoingon ti ubsequent to thu meeting the varlous com- | floclinati, C! mittees oreanized aud commenced their work, | knteeprise, Cincinuat Firemen's, Cincinoati Sl Ve Gl and Valley, Cluc Wk, "Cinctinas ‘Washington F. “Tuey will hold daity sessions until all thelrtasks are completed, whet they will report to anotber rencnul meeting. The insurance off the bulld- [ug, which belougs to the Binger Manufacturing Cuotipauy, bas bee lancely placed in New York City, sud only a small amount belug sepresent- ed in this cty, Action i veference to tho loss on the structure was deferred until a represent- ative of the owners comes here, h’(’bo underwriters differ {n their eatlmates of the Geruan, Leans; Tennsylvaals, Piltst Western, Plitsuury. nierican, Philade TER UENTAOB OF LOSS. Some put the loas on retall stuck as low as 50 per eent of the total insuraure, while otbers go as huchas 70 por cent. The geueral opinlon seews 10 be that it will be 1 this nelghboravod of 00 per cent, 88 the fusurauce was {ull, and 4 large &nmuw of valuable wouds wus sayed, much of which {s in & fulr condition, The dam- szed stock is belog removed to the Exposition «Bullaing, where it {s bolng cleaued and dried. The sound go-uls are beiog taken to the uew Dore Bulidiug on _the wortheast coruer of Wabash aveuue and Wushington strect. The Insurancs el are unapimous in thelr oplufon that the tre will ratber help the fo- surance ioterests lere thau otherwise, The loss of uone of the companies was Licavy, as tho Iusurance bias been so well distnbuted, ‘Thero is uo dauger that this tire will bring about su increase Io Jusursnce ral It will probably stop thelr downward tendeney, sud o large in- crease In the insurance busivess 8 expected. Many Chleago merchauts bave gutien su securs during te lust few years that they bave carriul fnsuratice ou busdly wore than ball thelr stock. Fhis re bas saown tuem that, Iu spite of wodern appliances for extivguishing fres and 2 most elliciont Fire Departuient, their stock ts liable o be dustruyed if a tire gets the proper beadway and starts i the right pluce. These men, it 1s expected, whl uow come forward and insure thelr stock in full, Field & Lelter's setall establishment bas sl ways been cousidered Ly iusurance wen . A VIRST-CLASS NISK. - There was' no morsl tazard, the trm belog a nghly respectable vue. ‘The building was cou: sldercd w8 goud u bullding as su owulbus one cab e, though Fire-Marshal Béouer expressed the oplulon st the tlme of its construction thay ashir. . g iR Am ey Bl o Hartord Sledia. Bolisr, Auicrican Ceptral, 8, Lol £a8 UXLUTEScrivrans nsursnce 0a ref asurance 08 1 SALVAGE. . A BOUGIL BSTIMATE. Mz, Fleming bad charge of the employes of tho house, who were used all day yesterday as asalvage curvi. Men and boys were industi-