Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 16, 1877, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIEUNE: TRIDAY, NOVEMB R 16, 1877. o top joists, as ¥ told you early this morning. | before the down-town hyirants are all t- [ that since the roof repalired a auantity of TOREIGN. patcien Brun, Grandperret, and Greflulhe, mem- ously employed In carting ont goods. The sal- vage in the cellar it would be hard at this time to estimate, since that portion suffered more scverely than it was at first anticipated it wonld. A«vwns ptated in yesterday's fssue, it was flled 01l witN 8 westiom Jine of cased goodds, which dilnot eome under tio ectusl head of retail stock. The cupols contre had berped and pet- tied down upon the basement, and aided much In the destruction of tha vast stock stored beneath, The water seemed not to have been the worst-cuemy, but the slowly and surely The In. terior of the basement was completely gutted of its contents, and there was only- left the eatice flames had to be supprosesd goods under the sidewalk and abont twenty feet wide of cases all around the square of the building surface. Those which stood In the maln building were in from tiwo to four feet of water, and it {8 thought that under the elde- walk the goods were but littls damaged. THE MAIS PLOOR contained the most valuable stock, and herewas prolably as little salvage as in any portion of the bullling. The laces and valuable shawls, which were near the State street front, were pretty well carried out, and probably to " the cxient of $2,000 or &K X0 wers paved of this kind of gods. The silk gomds wers the most valuahle, nmd very littie was saved. What were taken out yesterday were ro wet as to beq alniost unrecog- nizable, and the ends of most. the pleces wero ecorched. The linen and flannel gooda might be eaved to the extent of perhaps 13 or 20 per cent, ‘The ments’ furnishing and otter departments on the first floor were nlso most completely drench- ed, and the satvaze cannot, in the estimation of cxperienced adjusters, average over 10 per cent. The eilic-thread and fancy show-cases were saved by the tire-patrol covering them, and they were taken out yesterday morning intact. The linen fomds presented the best appearance, though nearly every piece was thoroughly saturated with water. The goods, ns fazt as they were carried out, were taken in Field, Leiter & Co.'s watzens to the new Tavior Block, and there de- posited so as to somowhat dry, THE SECOND FLOOR cantained the fur, fadies’ sults, woolen goodls, tniants’ outfita, monrning goods, and cloak der partments. The furs were pretty nearly alt fased, o8 well ns the more valuable shawls,” The woolen gonds were so well covered that there fs adamage of protinbly less than 10 per cent to the stock, which (s prolably worth about 35 000 The mournine govls come next in salvaze atil the loss on these will not be over %5 to i3, per cent. The vloak depariment suifered about” ) per cent or more. THE TAIRD FLOOR coutained the carpets, of which there was a re- warkably fine and large stock. The carpets stand on end In stock, and hence they were damoged badly throughout. It Is equally as bad to stain the edaes as it s to stain the ten- tres, os the edges nre sewn together, hence tha damaze to this class of gouds will be very larce, ond will prohably exceed € per vent, and some experienced fnsuranecemen say it #ill not, in any vase, be less, 5 "he: fourth floor was used as a manufacturiog department for lace handkerchiefs, collarcttes, culls, ete,, and for upholstery work. I1 also contalned duPllmm pleces of carpets, oil-cloths, ecwing-machines, ete,, for sewing carpets to- gether, and a measuring room, Tho uE T ng room, next to the roof, was the dressmal and cloak factory, Tlese two floors are pretty well cleaned ont, thoueh there will be 8 largo ealvage fn oil-cloths. Tho total savine through- ont the bullding will no’ e to excecd 23 per cent, ience the total loss of stock alone will not fall much stiort nf $300,000, wirich s cover- ed by Insurance. The firm will probably lose more by actual loss of business for the time be- Ix:L' ':lmn Ly the actual destruction of thelr stock. MATT BENNER. STORY AND LE3SONS OF THE PIRE. - Among those who were wounded at the fire, and whose names were not mentloned yester- day, was Fire-Marsliat Beoner. He, however, was ot injured by anything falling on him, but s left foot was caught in the ¢ and his oukle sprained badly. " But that did not deter hiin from remainin at the scene until there was no necessity for staylug longer. The interview had with him at 1" o’clock in the morning as to the cause of the fre's spreading, it wiil be re. membered, was cut short, 80 n TRIBUXE report cr continued 1t about noon, Mr. Beuner was ut homo {n bued, though he sald his ankle was all right, and howouldbo out ina dayor two, Thris is the fourth time the same onkle has been sprajued. ‘“TUERE ARE ALL BORTS OF RUMORS regarding the conflazration—about tho Insuf- ficlency of water, the lack of ladders, the difficuity experienced tn getting into Lho bulld- Ing, ete,and I wisn,” sald the reporter, * to get from vou a statement of what you know about everything connected with It, so far as your knowledge goes.? * Well,” reptied the Marshal, “ when I ot there we were delayod in trying to find out Wwhere the fire was. We were told that it was in Burley & Tyrrell's. There was some smoke in the street, but we couldn’t tell where it came from." “Did you go into Burley & Tyrrell's store a0d look around " * Yes, I went up to the thind floor, and one of the men went to the floor above, I conlun't find any fire, and be cgme down aod re- ported that thero “was none up there, Two compaules wore at that time Jeading up hoso and followlur with their pipes, and three or fuur men came slong with Batcocks, T ordered them down, ns there Was no fire, We then weut Into the next bulid- lug, and saw that cverything there was sate, and I told the inen to go down. ’ 1 KUPPOSED THE ALAKM WAS PALSE. I was afruid the engines would commicnce work- {ue, nnd 1 didn't want to wet the goods when there was no fire, so § told the pipemen to hurry down Lefore the water came, While they wery Tushine down ! bappenced to catch my fieel in the hose, nod came near going down headlong, My left ankle was sprained, but the hurt didn't amount to much. Wheu I reached the street, and was about piviog an order to take up the huse, supposiug Jthicre was no fire, I happened o luuk towards Washington street, and saw two or three people running around the corner, 1 thought souicthing was up, so 1 started, and before [ got to the comer’ somebody salt the, Dre wasln Fleld & Lelter's, The doors on State streer were closed, Thore was only one uf {hicse ou the Washington strect frout open, I wunt fn, and hurrled the chemical men, aud got their leud fu. Just theu Asslstant Swenfs came tome and eald, *You bad better order the steamers In icroas soun s possible, as the whole rool Is on tirc.' 1went to the rotunds and, lookingz up, could see the fire coming tnrouYh the lath and piaster on the top foor. Then I burried out to get Lhe steamers futo the building, 1 found wwen wers CUTTING OPEN TH B DOORS ON STATE STRRET; they lad to chop through the corrugated (ron. Thiv di layed them some, but finally No. 17 got i from that side, and 1_directed the plpemen 10 220 L0 tho ¢! Ivumr. Large piccos of burning ment. 2 u while. when tn, and then them up-stairs as fast 1 could. Sweunle, who been alone, came to me in & few mo- ucits uiter this, aud says, * The whole thing is afire, and vou bad better call for morc asslst- ance.’ 1 toid bim to send in the secoud and tuird combinatiou. Now, right here, I want to uay ono thing, 1t was stated in tho papers that aeencral alarn was sounded. The Times says all 1:|u vozives were on the ground; that was not true.!’ +*Toere was no necessity for abandontng out- slde pruperty eatisely i ** 1 wouldn't du siich a thioe. I always make 1t a pulut not to put all the cuglues st work on :lr\uh lll’r,c. There were only seveutveu out Jast bt “LID YOU SEX ANY WATCUMEN ABOUND THE STORR " o 4 Not for some time, When [ went Into the bulluing 1 saw a man who evidently belonged there. He bad bevn usiug the hose, und bad Worked with it loug enough to let the water e dowu on the trat Hoor aud wet suie of . | made up my wind from this that, 83 buon as the alari was given, fustead of re- mainiug at the bux und telliog us where tha tre Was. they rau back and attewpted to pat 1 out thewselves, That was oue of the serious draw- backs we had to coutend with, becauss we wers deluved fully teo winutes by it. If some one bad stald st the box snd cried out *Field & Lefter's® ;u wzu.l:ll l):m Kotteu to work much sovner, and prubyl Ve accow pll 3 crubly more thun \vuy\li\l." Bllsticd consld “Could you et at tue fire when you found out where it wast the plasteriog on the another auother, and “Whea I got up-staire north bulf bad uearly all fallen o, sud we could see the blaze.” " BXTWEEN TUB ROOX AND TUE CEILING]" “Yes, 1sent up men to rabe the Tool,—two truck cempaules sud the Bkivner wew,~but ticy couidn’t do uny good, as the wind abifted suddenly sud Llew the swoke right in their 13,v5) wud they couldu’s stand f.” 5 o ll.ilu;l!du't You get attbe tre from under- eath 1 **We couldn's ou sccount of the floor on the When the bullding was nrlginall‘ put up it wan proposed to ornament it with a Mansanl raof, and they went to work and lafd a fluor on the top joists. The reault wns that when it caught fire {n the roof before, in 1873, we couldn't raise the floor from the bottom, and had to let it burn out. When the building was reconstriet- cd I protestei ngainst the putting in of that floor beneath the roof the same asit was before, I showed them thedaneer of it, but noattention was pald to_what 1 sald, and this time we had the same thing to contend agninst, Assistant Shay came to me and asked for long hooks to i Hosald e had e Dat we coulid never liave gotten holes through with hooke. 1 told him that the floor could not be raised or shoved up.'" ] * Hosw thick was that flooring " " couldn't “F I supposc sbout an jnch," * If there had been aimply Isth and plaster, could you-have cunquered the firod" 1 don’t know. Thers wonldn’t have been #0 much to burn, If there had been only lath and plaster there I don't know that we could have prevented the bullding from burning; but mny Impression Is that we conld have done bot- ter if we had had o show at the lire before it ran all over the place. The ceiling un that top floor is very high,—from twelve to fourtecn fect,—~and working with houks there would have been very awkward,! ‘WHERE WRIE YOU WHEN THE TANK PRLLI" “On the second flvor, I want to tell ron ahout that tank. It was an iron one 418 or 4x 10 feet, and full of water, which: uiade It vory heavy. Its weight alone would have carried it to the firat floor. 1t was probabiy supported by wouden uprights, and when the fire burned them down it eame.”? Id it 2o through the four floors1” ‘It was right over the stalrway, and when it fell it carried them away, and that was how it went through the floors. " Were yon near encugh to hear the cries that others hesnd (" “When the crash came I heanl ono man oan, and I went over and tried to Jift up the hoards which covered him, but the moro I lifted the more it secmned to hurt him, I was alone, and bad 10 lease him. I went down stalrs and sent up three men to get him out, and L got n stream o play on the tauk to prevent thoso be- neath from burning. Two or three wers said to be ander it. Those who were on the stairs were carricd down by the tank. There were four or five of them, The man 1 tried to get out wos rescued, 80 1 was told, nod the rest of them must have golten out, as only U'Hourke was missing when I left tho fire st 6 o'clock this morning.!” ** Over the stalrway is a singular place to put atanki" *Yes, a tank of that description onght never to be put in such a place. 101t bad been In the northwest coroer it might have gone through the floors, but no one would have been Injured by lt. But it was right over the atairs, whero the men were polng up and coming down. ‘There was another tank i1 the bullding, (b the auith end, a little cast of the centre, and it olso waa directly over the stairwav. Thut didn't fall throngh, for the reason, 1 suppose, that nearly oll the water hod been drawn vut of it. 'Ihe supports had been burned, and it fell over on fts side.” “ The tank which fell carried the fire {nto tho Lasement, didn't 161" 1t did to the first floor. T am not positive that the tank went into the bhasement, but [ know the firat floor sagged under the welcht, A man who belonged tothe bullding came to mo and satd: *Go and look at the clevator on the south side.’ 1o thought it would fall and car- vy fire Into the basement, but though it was pretty heavy it didn't come down,” TUE DASEMENT, “When the fire got into the basement by the aidof tho tank it spread in that part of the structuref* “It nul been in the basement before that, burning thubers having fallen down the north clevatar, Wo hadu't Ieen In the building five minutes hetore tho brands wers coming down from above and falling futo the basement, but I put water on them immedlately, and Kept o stream there for some time,—u lzht stream, ors dering away a powerful one,—one which coulldl reach the top of the bullding froin the tirst floor throngh the opening fu the centre.” * Waen the fire ot fnto the basement the sccond time did you atterpt to put it out—or couldn't you get at ft{* ¥ No effort was nude to put n stream (nto the bascuicut to sava goods, but, as 1 told you, wo throw water un the debrls around the tank to prevent the men uuderncuth from belng burned” * Were vou finally driven out of the bullding by tho fire?'? ** It was just like thia: - When the tank came down, cdrrying the four or five men with. it, that had a tendency to frizhten the rest, and the men who were on the thind, fourth, and fifth flours ighting tho fire got somowhat scur- ed, and one of them tohl—I" don't know who it was—an assistant thit the bullding wasn’t safo and they ought to be ondered out.” And some of the assistants thought the building would come down, as a portion of it had; 80 the plpemen were ordered l»{ them on " 1o the o first flour. had dirccted the asshtants to be sure and kcep the men on the top floors—to open all the windows so as to let the smoke out, and mve them fresh alr. 1 was surprised when I found they wera coming down, [ went up to the fourth tioor, and had ot No. 177 men and one or two uther companies up there, when A PORTION OF THE KOOP FELI, IN— tho northeast part nearwhere tho tank had been, It made quite a racket, und carried down with it a reat deal uf fire, and flited the bullding full of amoke. The men couldn't see what they were doing, and 1t lookod very deugerous. T told Assistant Shay to have the men fall back, and met them down lower, We fought the tra on the next story five or ten minutes, and then I ordercd nearly sll the men out luto the strect. Eome were kept an the Urat floor all the time, doing all the exvcutlon possible,” “*Attention was maloly directed, then, to the outsldel” “‘Yes. That was all we could ao, and pre- vent the fire from covering the eutire base. ment." “/COULD YOU REACH IT PROM THE OCTSIDE]" “There was one atalrway that led futo it, T tried three or four times to gret down, but weo were driven back by the smoke." * 5o one got into the basement 1" *No, but \we guarded the clovators and the polnt where the tank went down. And on the outside | had two steeAms playing constantly Into the south elevator, Lcople whosaw waterzuing into a window on the Washington street front didn’t know that the lntention was to put out brands which wero talling down the elevator.” “Dhln't Jou put any water dircctly Into tho basemen i ** Yes, but we had grest difliculty to find an entrauce, It wus a Lard task to cut open those tron and class lights in the sidewalk and pext to the bunlding. ~ Wa had to take crowbars and picks, but finally got them opew, Ladders were put down, and inen descended, but were driven out by the smuke. Three dilferent timies 1 thought we had the fire down so that wa could get in from the south, east, and west sides, but all at once thero would come a vulume of smoke, end the cuuldn’t live there, Liut along about 6 o'cloc] we gol suck & hold that men with four or flve streams walked right along from the south and cast, and in a littls while others got In (rom the weat, and there wasw't tutich fire left na Quarter of an bour,” nb: l:nva You any gencral observations to make u .. _ ENGINES, HOSE, ETCI" * Well, we uced throa new engines, I spoke to the Mayor about it the other day, and also culled th attention of the Commitice on Fir and Water to the point, and told them the cons dition of thinge. Atout six weeksago 1ondered my Second Assistaut, Petriv, who Is superin- tendent of repalrs, to'examing every engine In the Department, and report their®eondftion to e 0 &8 to sea what repairs were required. I didnt bis in time o ombody 6 o my last quarteriy revort, but | showed it to the Cominittes and Inststed that they should get the three enginos, and they mqveed that It wus Important that thev should be procured., An appropriation or $12,00 bas been made for them, and § corrcsponded with = person re- garding them. I gut & letter from him, and spoke to the Mayor, as I sakl, a few days ago, and be said he was afraid, uuder present cir- cumstances, thuy could wot be urdered just uow. But he agreed to mect me In wy oftive in & day ortwo to 1ook over Petrie’s report, aud when be sces it I am surc ho will see the uecessity for ondering the steamers at onve,'t Thy eugincs now In use do not sevin to bave sufficient power to throw s streat up ta the top of a ivestory bullding. I notived some streaws that didu't go s Ligh us the third." ** We hiave (ive or alx that are equal in capacl- tl 10 1uy now manufactured, sud they are allio the down-town district, where the high build- Inge are. ‘The uthers, not so powerlful, arc sta- tioued outside, where the buildings are small. Tuo #rst-class eugines can t water on to the Foof of about every butlding lu the city from the street, ! ‘' WAS THERE FLRYTY OF wATER] “Yes, but one dificulty we bad to contend with was the Lydrauts. When two Brat-class envincs are put at a bydrant with 2i¢-fnch opcuings, they can't get water enough. Two Wero at the'hydrant on the northeast co of State and Wushlugton, and oue bad to le: ‘L zecommended sumic $imo ogo that four-iuch openings bo substituted.! “Why wasa't it doned” “It {s being doue now, but it will take time tended to,” *The mains are large enough!' “Yes, as a rule, Therels atill & small pipe on Franklin strect, and on Michlgan avenne raith of Randolph strect, but north we can et apretty mood supply. The district south of the Tacific Hotel was' badly off, but now there is o 12inch main on Jackson strect, and the plugs there have $-inch openings.” **How about hose 1! “ft worked very well; not many lengths burst. We have afill some leather hose In use, and three companies which enery it came to the fire on the 4-11, and they bugsted §n all elghit or nine lengths, * Of rubber, I don't believe over three or four bursted, At the other nre, in 187, we bursted elghty-threo sections.'” ““SOMR OF THE ENGINES NROKE DOWS, DID ey Nori!t “Yes: we wers ‘rathor unfortunate in that, Bix of them mave out befure 1 o'clock last night, amd were In the shops until noon.’”” 3 What was the cauge! " * There were varfous canses. One self-pro- eller slinped an cccentric. No. 5, which had ecn in the aervice 8 number of years and re. butlt at a cost of £1,100 or #1,200 rome . threa years ago, had heen leaking for svme time back, and she had to be Inld up on that aceount, ns she was tiseless, The others twere rotary ene gines, and had leaked more or less right along. It ia almort Impossible to keep them tight. If they are made 80, and they have one or two runs and work at a fire for” three-quarters of an hour, the next day I get a report that they arg leaking. I told you that an appropriation had heen mede for three new englues, They are to replaco two that were condemned over 'a year ago,~No. 17 and the Little Giant, which are nut worth repairing,—and, as the new onea linven't heen ordered, wo have only threo spare steam- ers, including the rebuiit J, B, Rice. I had to put lier Into service last night.’” LADDERS, “ Are the ladders fn use long enough ™ *No: we want onc that will reach the fourth or fifth floor," M Lonwer onex aro neceasary i “*Yes; we ought to have an extension ladder #0 88 to bo nble to reach the top of the highest Tullding,—one say 120 feet long, 1 have been figuring ever since [ have been Chiel of the De- partmont to get one, but haven’t bieen succens. ful, Hereis what [ said in my report to the Finance Committee last March: **To prevent disasters simlilar to that which oc- carred in §t, Lonls a short time ago [burning of the Sonthern llotell, [ will azain call your atfen- tion {0 the necemity of the enforcement of the or- dinance requiring the owners or occupants of high hulldinge to provide such premiscs with suitabic means of eacape in case of fira, The proprictors of rome of our Yotei+ and business blucks have conie plied In this reepect fo a certaln extent, but as yet tnere §s room for many improverents, “*In this connection, Iwill acain call youratten. tlon to the necesaity of sccurinz & means by which the ruof of our hizh bnlidings can bo reached, many of them being over 100 feet In heleht, whila our lougest ladder (the Skinner patent) fa but T2l our feet, and the lougest carrled on the trucks are but lofl(—fl\'fl feet: and theectore yon will readily see the fmpnrtance of thiy want. There are several patent apuliances that have proven to be ancceasinl Inventionw, and have demonstrated that the difficattios here complalaed af conld bo overcome by their use, As thore is no apvroprin- tlon for the above purpusc. 1 wonld respectfully suggest that one of these nappliances be obtaineld without delay, the same to be pald for from other appropriations, 1 believa that such terms can Lo made with the owner, REPAIRS, SOME ARCILITECTURAL ESTINATES, A reporter yesterday met Mr. W. L. B. Jen- ney, the architect, and had some conversatlon with hiin In regard to the burnt-out store, Mr. Jenney sald that he had not examined thobuild- Ingy but had taken a survey of 1t from the out- side, which satlsfied him that the upper story at 1cast would have to come down, while the back. fog of the Jower walls was almost entirely de- stroved. 1le could give no intelligent estlinate as to the coat of reoairing the bullding, it it wore declded to rebulld In the eame shape ns before. The fron columing and girders, being warped and twlisted out of nll shape, were worthless except for old irun, and wonld cost agood dvalto get out. Thut' was one creat trouble about a bublding Intewded to be fire-proofy when it Jid burn the work of clearine-up was veryi .y, I The reporter askel, * tlave you any THROIY AS TO TIE ORIAIN of tho fire1"” 1o which the anawer was: N0, I cannot civeany idea, Had thera been o flue fu the vicinity of where the blaxe was first discovered Istiould have blamed that, for flues are Ly far tho most frequens causes of flre. But it Is sakd that there wvas none, and the hyvpotiicsis that certaln old razs used in tleantnig tiic elevator had Ignited spontancously scems very reasonable. The theory of fncendinrism will not hold for a mument; no (ncendinry would start a fire In the roof, even If e could Ret at 1t “ What {s vour oplnfon of concrete floors as a micans of realsting the spread of flrol”? ST think thom tho very beat thing that can be used I the construction of ordlnary stores and dwellings, Every bit of wood used in the fiooring should be eirrounded with martar or concrete; no woodwork shuuld be aliowed any- where near the flues and heating apparatus, and If these rules were properly carried out fires would become less frequent’and less dlaastrous. In Parls there are no destructive fires, for cach bullding Is so constructed as to conflne the flame fo whero it originated. It is quite \kely that thoe concrete floor prove.t a drawback to the fremen, but the power of resistiug a flame fruim the outsile far cxceeds In valuo the trouble which it may jnive stiould the firo once reach the interor," MIL THOMAS TILLEY said that he had been over the bullding, ‘and had wade a cursory vxamiuation of it. Tho up- per part of the walls must come down, and there wasavery great deal of work to be done befora the building could be azain fitted foruse. Inhisopinlon (itmight almost be called & guess), from $225,000 to $250,000 would by re- qulred to put the bullding n shape. e had madu no estimate, but that was o rough jump atit. Mr. Tilley further believed that the building should have been dividea off Into, say, four compartments with a twenty-elght-inch brick wall between them. Tho communicating doors should have been of iron, closed at night, and the elevators, as a matter of course, inciosod withiu brick walls, By this means the danger from fire could be reduced to o minlmum, and when onu did occur it could be localized and stamped out In shiort onler. The tust of the brick walls would be little If anything fu ex- ceus of that of the forest of fron columns now twlsted out of shapo and bearing, and $30,000 would have renderad the bullding practically tire-proof. But it dida't matter much what vou constricted a bullding ol ; If_you put a millon dollars’ worth of Inflaminable goixls lustde it, and they caught fire, there must be o blaze, Estlmates of the damage done the building occupled by Field & Leiter was made yesterday bra ’m.mlnenl. architoct; also by o bullder, Tho former thought 100,000 would repair the structure, whilo the latter belicved that It would cost $150,000. Mr, Bolton, of the Binger Bewlng-Machine Company, for whom the cst- mates were juade, thaught both wers tou light, and did not expect to sce things inshape for less than $200,000, MISCELLANEOUS, A SUGGESTION, To the Editor of The Tribune, Ca10A00, Nov. 15,~1 was prescut at the burn- ing of Fleld, Leiter & Co.'s store last ovening, aud noticed (as many others did) that the only really effective streams were from the roofs of the nelghboriug buildlngs, showlng she para- nount ailvantage of being abls to throw the water Hwhore It would do the wmost good," Waoulid It hut be an ecunomical messure on the part of owuers of property I tho business see- tion of the city to come W some nflrc:mum by which the expense could be divided among all the owners in one block to carry up from the strect and inside of the stures an vight-lnch fron plpe (wrought and easlly serewed tugether) communleating with aud upening on the strect, and baving four to six openings to which the engrine hose could be attacheid This pips should extend up through theinslde of vie of the stores and to the distauce ol two ur three feet above the rool, and bave acap at tho top with the same puwmber of openings us thero are on the street, to which hose could be attached and car- rled to sny purt of the block. 1f desired lateral Pipes coull conue pentng into eack stury tu all the atorics of each sturo In the block, The expense of an eignt-lich wroughit-iron pllw ex- teading from sidewalk to roof, with the aix vpeuings Lelow, aud the slx_above would not L more than $150, or about 815 for cat l stor This would give an ,ample supply from clevated position, andlf uut uceessible by ro son of suoke or tune, they the opentigs on the edjolufng blocks across the alley or across the strect could be put dn requisition, The pipe ruunlng up on the outside ol the building us but up v some few fustauces b the vity ducs uot furnlsh water enough for u large fire, if theso suggestions are worth anythiug 1t would Ue well It they were rewembered and put futo practical operation. IsvEstiaaToRY, UALV-FRICE SEWING-MACIINES, Tur Tiisusels inforned by the Siuger Manu- facturing Compauy, 111 Stale street, that al- though Leavy lusers thomselves by tic buruing of their buillding last nigut, tooy will furoish sowlng-machiues at haif brice to thoso of Field, Leiter & Cos cosployes whose wachives were dustroted. P MR, JENKING, who {g employed iu the oftive of the house, suys Iic at- farred rope wns left Iving under it. iributes the orizin ta spontancous combuation, amd belleves that heat from the ploes of the #toves on the fitth floor ignited the tarred ropes and ultimately fired the rvol, and this caused the destruction. ALL QUIET. The scene about the ruina by moonlicht was nenceful enough, ‘Three or four pollcemen ween pacing n[- and down on Btate and Wash- ington streets gaarding the buikiing and rendering it impossible for any perron or per- fons a0 disposcd to break In and carry off any of the portable valuables, A man wis also cngaged in sweepme the pleces of lnass, sticks, and stonea from tho sldewnlks into the streets. During his labcrahe was foredbly reminded of the greneral inscawrdty of things overhead by n picee of a Lroken window pane fn an upper #ory emshiug to the pavement near him and shivering fteelf fnto a hundrod frog- menta, 3¢ congratulated himselt that the fall- Ing glass had not struck him on the head. Nothing was ione last night fn the wnr of re- maoving any of thecuods. Enough of that had been done luring the day to provide work for the clerks in the Exposition Bullding in the evening. The wotk of removing will be resum- ed this morning, and before to-morrow night it will probably have been completed, PIOTOGRAPILY, Copelin, tho plotograplier, hias taken a fine large-size picture of tho tmilding as It looked yesterday mornint. o also has photos of the ullding as it wasbefore the blare, aud of the ruins of the old lalding which went down in Novewmber, 1871, drner rines, AT WATERTOWY, Wis, Snecial Dispated o Tas Chicaza Tribune, Watantowy, Wis, Nov. 15.~The brick dwelling-houss of John Baumann, in the Fifth Warnd, was destrosed by fire at 2 o'clock this moming. Cause, o defectlve flue. Insured fn I,he Northwestern Mutual, of Milwaukee, for 1¥ NEW YORK, New Yonk., Nov. 15.~Newman & Capron's hnrdware manufactory, on Tiwonty-ninth street, was burned this mortifng. Losa, $100,000. CASUALTIES. FEARFUL MINE EXPLOSION, Svecial Dyewateh 10°The Chicaga Trivuns, ScraNToy, Pa., Nov. 15.—4A terrifle explosion of fire-damp took place this morning [ the Jeemyn Colllery, within the city lmits, while the mine waa In operation, fatally Injuring a munber of men and boys, and producing o sceno of thomost Intense excitement. About 200 workmen were In the mine when the accldent oceurred, letle dreaming of danger untll they were enveloped In tho asful darkness which followed the flash and tho un- derground tempest by which they wore over- taken. The oxplosion occurred nearly 2,000 foct from the foot of the shaft, where a forco of workmen were building a cross-cut to reg- ulate the conrse of tho alr In a4 distant portion of the colllery. It 18 supposed that ono of their lamps was held too high, and came {n contact with tho ex. plosive ras which usually sceks the surface. ‘Then followed an appalling scenc. The thunder- Inz shock was felt througlout the mine, and made the massive breaker nbove the shaft shake like an aspen leal from base to tower, Men felt tho coal pillars which they clasped torn from thelr grasp and shattered into tragments. Mino props were swept from thelr places. Coal vars were overturned and demol- ished, and mules were carried seyeral cliambers distant, and their drivers buried in the debris of the chaos.” A miner niamed Malla, standing at the foot of the shaft, nearly 2 000 feet from the scene of the aceurrence, was funt bodily fato the dump, and tho coal car by which he stood upset over Iim. In some Instances loaded crs were swept twenty yards nway. As soon as tha storm had spent fts torce, those who had escaved un- hurt procecded to nssist thelr less fortunate comrades. At a short distance from the fenr- ful spot Antony Collins and_ Patrick Brennan were found burled beneath a heap of rocks and conl, and monning piteously. They were set free, and carricd “out tn o dying condition. Both are budly bumed aud Incerated about the head and body., 'Thoy cannot possibly re- cover, nlthough at last accounts they were still alive,- A driver boy named Luko Burns was found lying crushed “beneath a shat- fered conl-eor, Wwith one of lils lers almost torn_off. Ilis recovery fs doubtful, Will- lam Lunyon, of Green Ridge, was found with o leg broken, Max Phillips, of Ward street was !rl'.'m.mllr burned, the flesh almost dropping from his Lones, Ho is also Internally njured, and cannot 1 Mr. Metz {8 terribiv burned and mangled, and soveral others aro mora or less infurcd. Thy news of the accldent spread like * wildfire, and men, women, and children ran from all parts of the city "to tho mouth of tha shaft, cach peerlngz anxiously forward to sce the faces of tliose Lrought up from the dismal depth, and foarful lest some desr friend had met his fate, At lust accounts it was feared that three men were still in the mine, but the s was burning flereely where the aceldent ocenr- red, and " a tremendous explosiun was expected duriug the day, so that it was dangerous ts mo down tho shatt, The mules aro all tn the mine, and must have perished by this tin e. Immense volumes of fire-damp “ars gencrated fn_tho Jermgn Colllerv, and the rushing jets of gas escaping Trom all sldes will feed the fames now raging there until the entire place Is o secthing furnace, unlera the cxpensive provess of flooding should be resortod to, TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION. INDIANATOLIS, lud,, Nov, 15.—Tne cxplosion of the new gas company’s tank causcs a loss of $20,000, on which there is no fnsurance. They hiad Blled it with hydrogen gas for testiue It and The fmmediato cause of the ex- plosiun Is not ascertained. The shock was felt all over tho city, and for several miles outsido, ‘The Cowipany will be delayed & month or more. bl Lo, MISSING, Havieax, Nov. 15.—~Nuwfoundiand advicos slato that the schooucr Hose, of Carbonear, tnissing, bad filty persons on boanl, men, wom- en, and clhildren. About forty days have passed aluce sha luft the Labrador coass, ———— RELIGIOUS. Spectul Dispaich (o Tha Chicago Tridune, Mr, Vennox, Iil., Nov, 15.—Our County Sab- bath-school Convention met in the Methodist Church In this city to-day, The excrelses wero Interest!ng and Instructive, and much regret is cxpresscd that the bad weatler prevented o larger attendunce. Reports from the various Babbath-achools throughout the county fudi- cate encoura ging progress. The new ofticers elected for tho enwuing vear are Joel F, Wat- 6o, President; A, Clark Johnson, Secretary; aud Daniol Sturges, Treasurer. To the (Vestern Aseoctated Press, New Yonk, Nov. 15,—The Gieneral Misalon- ary Committeo of ths Methodiat Chureh today tuade uppropristions for various inissionary felds for 187, The appropriations will not aterially differ from amounts appropristed for 1577, and thu aggregate fs the same. The sum of $1,000 wu‘rlnccd at the disposal of the Board to mid any distressed lssiovary In Bul- garla. It was reported that at Jeast ong wmis- slonary had beew killed by tl urke, Special IAspaich ta The Chicage Tridune. Wuirgwatest, Wis., Nov. 15.~Dr, Ryder, of Chicaggo, preachied the closiog sermon of the Universalist State Coufercucs this evening. 1he Rev, Btraub, of Chicago, lod & mectiog of the Confercuce previously, Itevs, Fisher, of Monroe, aud Todd, of Columbus, preached ser- wons durlgg the altzruoon, Ond of $hiu yprac- tical results ol the Conlereuce is the formstion of n AMiutsters’ Association, Executive Com- wittee, Rogers, of Whllewater, Leavitt, of Fort Atkinson, aud Lawrcuce, of Jauesville, —— A BIG SUIT. New Youg, Nov. 15.—3Mrs. Eliza Miller, of this vity, who clalns the Joln Young estate, cousisting of 119,000 acres of land in Virglula, West Virgluia, aud Kentucky, also valuable propesty in Philadelphia and ~ Alexandria, Va., valued at w,l.m.dl},) Ly estimate of the lawyer, appesred betore the Cumolsstoncer of Deeds and slzued documeuts vreparatory to bringing suit in the Suprewe Court for the recovery uf theso lauds, sume of which are now occuplea by sev- eral largy coul and iron companics. —————— MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Bpecial Disvach (0 Tae Chicayo Tridume. Axx Auson, Mich., Nuv, 15.—~Argumaents on tho petition for a rehearing of the Univereity chaucery suit occupled the attentlon of the Court all day, with Messrs. Blshop, of Detroit, and Sawycr, of this m{ 18 favor thercof, and Mr. Poid dud Judge Bouglas, of Detruil, and A, Klune, of this city, azalint it Judgo Huw- tlugton took the matter vuder alvisement, sud yunledulul“zl proceediugs uutdl Le should wake bis declslon. Indecisive Fighting Again Re=~ ported at Kars and Erzeroum., Osman Pasha Refuses to Comply with & Demand to Surrender. Frequent Skirmishes Between the Servian Troops and tho Bashi-Bazouks. The Tutkish Exchequer Said to Ba in a Wofully Exhausted Condition. Passago of the Resolntlon by the French Deputles to Investigate the Elections. De Broglis and Gambetta Make the Great Bpoechen of the Day. The Former Plainly Intimates that the Government Will Guard Its Interests, TOE ARMIES. ERZEROUM, Loxnox, Nov. 15.—A tclegram from Erze! roum contains the following: The Russians re- captured Fort Azizie on Wednesday, but wery immediately expelled. The fvbabltants of Er- zeroum have participated in the recont fighting. The losa tus been conslderable. There is gen- eral enthusiasm, Russtan cavalry have appearcd on the north of Erzeroum. 8T, PETERSRURG, Nov, 15.—A specal dispateh from Grand Duke Michacl’s headquartera nt Veran-Kaleh Akbaba fill, seven miles south of Kars, says that both of the corps of Gena. Het- mann and Tergnkassoff ara besleging Erzeroum. The Ardahan corps fs on the Soghanli Moun- talns. | Russian adwministration is being Introduced in- to thio Vilayet of Erzcrouw, sul Gen, Shel- kovritopp basbeen appointed Military Governor, KAR3. CosstaxTINOPLE, Nov, 15,—The Russlans have been repulsed near Kars after prolouged fizhting. ‘There has been n heavy snow in Asia, A COUNCIL OF WAR under the Presidency of the Sultan decided to lareely reinforce Meliemet All. 3 Rumors of peace negotlations are denfed. SKODRLEPP. Loxpox, Nov. 15.—A special from Bogot says that Gon, Skobelefl, on capturing the positions on QGreen 1M, near Brestovar, lmmcdiately threw up a redoubt, which gavo rise to a beliet ot headquarters that one of tho Turkish re- doubts had been captured. MENEMET ALY {s moving with the forces at Sophia to a position at Chalkoretz, ton miles west of Sophia, where the road frown tho Lom Polanka {nterscets the road to Nieh. Here ho will be ablo to watch Servia, and, it needed, co-operate with tho force at Orchanle. RUSSIAN INPLUENCH IN MONTENEGRO, CxrTiNig, Nov. 15,—0f the 800,000 roubles sent to Montenegro for the relief of the in- labitants, the Russfon agents have applied over 800,000 in buying politleut lnfluence, MONTENEQRIN SUCCESSEA The Montencgrins have taken Fort Loustas, They bombarded Antivar} all yesterday. Toey havo caotured all tho Turklsh provisions and depots, TURKISI PINANCES. +Loxpoy, Nov. 15,~A correspondent writes: **The Turklish exchequeroccaslonally comes ton standstill, and it is wonderful how it ever moves on agalu. Recently an nffer of arms was refect- ¢d becauro $20,000 could not be ralsed to com- plete the payment,” CHEVKRT'S BUCCESSOR. CoNSTANTINOPLR, Nov, 16,—Chokir Pasta has arrived at Orchanle to take commond in placo of Chevket Pasha, romored. WILL NOT BUBRENDER. Loxpoy, Nov. 15,—A special dated Pored!n, ‘Tueaday, says the Russians yesterday summone ed Osman Pasha to surrender, Osman refused. GREECH APPROACHED. A npeclal from Athens states that the Princo of Moatenegro has fuvited Greece to vo-operate {n tho tuvasion ot Albama. RUS3IAN FORCE AT ERZEROUM, A Viennacorrcspondent estimates the Russian force befors Erzeroum at 25,000 mon, which s insutticient to invest the place. Mukbtar Pasha is now confident of his ability to hold out until reinforcenents arrive, Batoum also scems as salo as ever. . ON THE SERVIAN PRONTIER, A Belgrade correspondent reports that skir- mishes are occurring continuaily between the Berviau froutler guurds aud Bashi-Bazouks. The Turks are eroctiug lutreachments at Bagova, on the Timok, FRANCE. DEDATE IN THE CHLAMBER OF DEPUTIRS. Pants, Nov, 18.—The Duke de Brogliv, Presl- dent of the Council and Miulster of Justice, opened to-day's debate in the Chamber of Depu- tieson Albert Grevy's motion for the appolat- meut of a committes toinquire futo election abuses. De Hroglie vplainly inttmsted that Presldent MacMahon would not take o Minlstry {frotn the Left, nor would the Government sub- mit to the proposcd electoral inquiry. e sald when the present Government had fulfilled its task. of answerlng the attacks of the Left the Marshal would sco what was [ncumbent upon bim. If ho could be assured that a Minlstry containing M, Blanc and Renault (ex- treme rudical and conscrvative Reoublicans re- spectively) would sgree upon a programine, the path of parliamentary procedure would be open, 1t not, it would bo necessary to scek somu other solution, De Droglie declared that the Government were ready o accept even penal responaibility for thelr acts, and meet the proposed impeach- ment, but warned the new Cummittee of Pubilic Balety that pelther the present Cabinet nor its successors, if they had any regard for the public peace, would countensuce the proposed onc-sided {uquiry. Ie sccused the Left of futimidation snd freud during tne eluctlous, aud especially accused them of spreading tho mssertion that & Conservative victory meant war. e provoked a protest from Qamnbetta by Insiouating that he vauscd the fnscrtion of this calunny {u German and oflier foreign papers. The Duke de Hroglie warued those who in vesterday's dobate ?puml to appeal o lnsur- rection that it would bo suppressed, and that cveu J¢ successful its success might bu tran- Do Broglio was loudly applauded by the o was applaug 4 y Yy atubetta characterized the Duke de Broglie's speech a8 ablo, but pertidious. He said it form- ed the beat argumcnt for lm!ul.rv. as it showed stuvboroness aud resistance to the will of the couutry, ‘The insiuustion that the Leit culned o wmajority by mlircpresentation was & lic. The Government guuity of malversation bad guined forty seats by fruuds snd robbery, flc deofed thet the fnquiry wus (legal. ile professed o d sire to uohold the authority of both Chaw- bers, He was not an antazouist of AMarsbal MacMahon. The pruscut Miulsters wers lusur- peuts uialost the law, 1lc tinally declared that it would be & scrivus watier Lo place the Seoats above universal sullragze. 1 the Senate arro- gated the right of decreeiog a second dissolu- tlun, it would be a veritable reactivuary convea- tlow, Alter much violent the vote was takeu, Grevy's mot adopted,—30 agulust 203, . (e Chawbers dectded to sppolut wembers of thie Cowittee of loguicy to-wurtow. Numer- ous wlarwtuy reports are curreot fo Paris, but generadly they gain littlo credence. LIFE-0ENATORS XLKUTED. VEusaliiss, Nov. 1A—4 Chuvand wnoumy o was Latoure. bers of the Right, were toay elected 10 Life- Senaturships, MISCELLANEOUS. LANOR TROUNLES. Lowpox, Nov. 15.—At a meeting of cotton masters In Blackburn ycsterday, over seventy firme were represented. They acreed to recotn- miend that North and Northeast Lancashire as- tociations make a roduction of 3 per cent on wnges. At DPreston, the employcrs passed sinnlar resolutlons. Some accounts sny the operatives will probably resist the reduetion. Loxnoy, Nov, 13.—~The Blackburn spinners, weavers, and card-room hands will resist the proposed reduction of 3 ver cent In wwages. A general strike fu Lancashire fs regarded cer- tain, GLADSTONE WINS. In the polling for the Lord TRectorship of Ginsgzow University, W. E. Gladatone received 1,133 votes, and Sir Staffort Northeote, Chan- cellor of the Exchicquer, 600, o CATHOLICISM. Epivnure, Nov, 15.—A correspondent says the chilel of the new Roman hierarchy of Scots Tand will be stylea Archbishop of St Andrews, amd reside at Edinburg, There will also be Bishovs of Glaszow, Lismore, Aberdeen, Whit- horn, and Dunkeld, At the Consistory, to be held In December, the following will bo created Cordinals: Papal Nuncios nt Vienna and Parls, and Archibishops of Venice and I'alernio. 3 TIHE HASQUE PROVINCES. Maorin, Nov. 1. royal decree subjects the Basqus Provi to tlic snme dircct taxes a8 the rest of Spain, RAILROADS. THE CANUCKS EXCITED. The Natiway World bias published an articlo on the Canadian trunk lincs, suggesting to Con- press the importance of proceedings being taken to prevent the campetition of these lues with Amierfean railways, This hasstivred the Canucks to an extraordinary degree of excitement. The Montreal Gazetle comments on the article as fol- lows: ‘The augpertion that sach action may be taken Is certainly rather startlinz. 1t 1s trie that the last paragraph, which s addressed to tho controllers of Uanaalan raliwaye, Indicates that the nbject is ratlics Lo forea thowm to submit to the dictation of Amerlean eailway managers than from any liopo of legisintion by Cingrese. Dut that it showld bo ossihlu for i newanaper reprerenting railway in- Percul- to publish such an article, may well lead tho peaple of Canada to realize how little they have 1o hope for from American consideration.” 1t fs quite true that the produce carnied over Canadian rallwayn s lurely of American growth, but It {s equally true that tho solection of the route must bu dictated by the interests of the shipper, and overy avenua of transport which s closed must bo an additlona! dinadsuntage to the producers. 1t {s well, however, fur vur American fricnds to under- stand that such 4 policy as that which they aagges is one which may be adopted on both aliter, ~ Wo presemo that if Congress were to adoot lelalation Inylme a1 embargo upon prodace paesing from ono purt of the United States to anather, partly over Canadinn raflways, thut r:{ would have to be met with reprisals from thls elde of the line, We are at this moment apending ahout $.0,000, - 000 in the eniatzement of tho Canadian canats. That enlargumaont witl be of the groatest advantage 10 shippersof American produco. %0 much was this recognized as truc, “that In the Washington Treaty the Dritish Guvernment undertook o urge on’the Canwlian Govermnent the granting of use of these canais to American rhippsr upon equal terms with Canadian shippors, Thut bus sl witys been tiie policy of the Caundiun Government, ond no legialalion fise taken piaca apon tho sut- Ject. Hut although it hua huan the palicy, there is 110 treaty or_oblluntlon compelling them to con- tinue It Nothing in_the Washington Troaty, nor, In fact, In any uther treaty existing betiween Great Dritaln and the Unitad States, revents the Canadlan Government from doclaring at Amerlean veesels passing through the Welland Cunal shall bo charged excoptionally high tolls or b excluded altagethior from the use of tho canal, Wedare say that Amcrican trunk rallway lnes wonld not nenuu-lf nbject to such a pollcy ou the nrt of Canada. Hat the people of the Western —4A States, who are viowing with tho greatest interont the enlarzement of these cannls, would regard aueh o conrse on the part of the Canadlan Government as the most wurlous blow strick at thelr interests, “Chere fu no doubt, however, that sucn o blow would he struck if Congress was foollsh enough to act upon the sugzestion of Lhe Radiay World, Althoogn the fact has nothing to do with the general azgument, it fs nevertholess unforiunately not true that the 'material uaed on Canadian roade **is of Canadian production and manufacture.'* We sincerely wish it was true, 1lut, as a matter of fact, o large majority of the locomotives ami a conelderable portion of tho passenger rolllne.stack on Canadinn rollways are ol American production and wanufsctute, " ‘The Urand Trunk ang Great Western Itallwrya, and even the Intercolon-al, ale though a Governmaent rallway, aro excoilunt cun- tomers for the rallway alops of the Unitud blates, This is a fact which whows how littlu the Kalluay IVDrh;knnwl of the subjoct on which It treats, THT} CIIICAGO & ALTON. ‘The Directors of the Chicago & Alton Rall- road hold their regular quurterly meeting at tho oflice of the Company, Nos, 3 and 4 West Vun Buren street, Tuesday. Tho principal topie un- der discussion was tho oxtension of the road from Mexico, Mo, to Kansas Clty. President Blackstone submitted several statoments show- fng tho necessity of coustructiug this line, and the benefits the Alton ia to derive (rom the un- dertaking, One of thcse was an exhibit of tha povulation and the amount of crocs ratsed fn five counties through which the 8t. Louls, Kan- gas City & Northern runs, ns compared with the population and amonnt of crops ralsed In the fivo counties through which the new cxtension of thu Chicaro & Altonstorun, and which have now noratl ymcllulu.'l‘lmuh‘bltlnurulluwn: 8t. Louls, Kansus City & Northern: Population, 07,0002 corn, 10,520,011 wheat, 862,783; oats, AN ryes 10,1415 tobacco, 15,738,708 wool,: 11,4747 cattle, 83,231: sheep, 63,713; hogs, 127,47, Chicazo & Alton: Population, 120,3333 corn, 14,002,8143 wheat, 1,317,401 oats, Bi1,o60} rye, 637.037 tobaceo, 0,58.830;" wool, 20 cattle, BHLUD3; shecp, 63,4053 hogs, 181,048, Anuther statement of President Blackstone showa that the corn crop this fcnr I8 s0 much larger than that of last year that tho business of the road must necessarily Improve as soon as this crop comes forward, " It shows that the corn crop In six countfes through which the Alton runs was, lu 1570, 12,480,073 bushels, white Iu 1477 0t ls | 43,509,470 busliels, or an Iucreaso of 31,084,703, over one- fourth of the entire Increaso lu_tho State. The increare In the nincteen corresponding countles 1n the Btate through which the’ Alton ruus is 890,000,L0), or abuut 44 par cent. ——— THE LEVEE RATLROAD, Apectal Disyateh to The thicaga Tridune, Quixcr, M., Nov. 13.—The scheme for bufld- inga leveeand rallroad from Warsaw to this clty Is so far advanced tuat Its success seema as- sured, Tue contract ULetween Commis- sloners for the land-owners and the oflicers of _ the ?ulm'y. ‘ayson & Southeastern Railrcad, the latter to build the leveo and rallroad, bas alrcady been slizned for that part of the work from Wursaw to the Ham- cock County line, fu Aduus Cuunl_\i; Commis- sioners have been selected, sud all the necessary pap rs have been tukeu. The rotirond oficlals ur (suluu to-duy to siga the contruct for the rewainder of thelive, s TIHE VERMONT WAR. Nswrout, Vt., Nov. 15—An Injuoction has been grantcd by Judge loyce restraining the Passumpsic Rallroad from interfering with the Southeastern Hatlroad In any way, Superin. tesdent Fuliom, of the Pessuwpsic, was arrested fast evening and put under $10,000 boods in clvil suit fur treapase ou the Soutlicsstern Rail- road Cowmpany's property. ITEMS, Mr. A. H. Hanson, who has been {n the em- ploy of the 1llinols Central Rallroad Company about ten years, aud who during the last few ycars has ably fllod the respovsible position ot rivate secretary of the General Superintend- Em, bing been sppointed Asaistant Genersl Pas- seuger Ageut of this road, in place of Mr, France Chaudler, promoted to the position of Geaeral Ticket und Passenger Agent of the Chic Bt Louls & New Urleans Kallroad, No better choice could bave beea made, us My, Hansou ls In every way quatided to |u!rl'unn the responsi- big dutica ol his uew position. The truuk-live mwanagere are in sesslon in New York just now to rearrqpio the live-stock 0] from this city East, Herctofore the Grand ?:unk Rullroad las not becu lucluded lu toe pool, aud-conacquently it refused to abide by the ratesestablished by the pool, which annoyed and jujured the busivess of suime of the roads considerably, In order to stop the competition on the Grand Trunk it is proposed to give the llne ashare of the buslness bereafter. Cou- slderable pressure has lately been orought to bear upou the manugers of the trunk liies to abollsh the “‘evencrs® who are uow pocketing most of tho prolits ariuing Irom the bulugss, thers s a probabllity that tlus watter will also receive somie atteution. R. L. Cruwford, Uencral Easteru Freight Ageotof ths New York Central; C. 8. Nortou, Agent of the Biue Line; H. ¥, Hawley, Ageut of tho Caliloruis Fust Frelght Lius at Ne York; J. Whitwore, Mauager of the luterna. tioval Live, und several otber geuticwen, areiv- td Luie vealerday wosuing fuis Doeuver, whicre “stage, and her arguerlts therefors disp) they went on a vleasure trip after ¢ of Freight Aceots and fast fesiory) e A% neers in this city a week or two ngo. They ll fur the Enst by the Michigan Contral 1oicT el s ast even. Mr. Johin 8. George has been mercial Agent of tiie Chicazn & Nore, oM Tthw gy, Rallroad for the City of Milwaukee. e oM of Commercial Agent I3 n new one, nmllh:h‘:-n‘m pointment of Mr. Georze to the position 107 roniotion which he has esrned by ten yenps aithial service. Mr. W. d: Husle poe g ol volnted to the position of Passenger and g Agent o place of Mr. Ueore, il AMUSEMENTS, * FAUST? AND * LOUENGRIY.» The unusual demands upon the Apace u{'Tn. ‘TripuNe Wedneslay night made It imnossinle to print any notlee. of tho verformancy o ‘*Faust," and yot it should not pasy Withont attentlon. The vpera 18 50 famiitar that typ ape pearance al any new artists lsalwars of Intereat and In this ease none of those {n the cast hmi ever appeared here before. The firat tole of importance In the opora, if not the firgt 1 the represcotation, ls that of Gretehy, which was taken by Miss Iuman, gpe Is a young singer, somewhat puwum[ug 1o apnearance, with a girlish, pretty voice, and at tines, as in the Bijon Song, disolayeq some Lritliancy and facility of exccution, althongy her hghoat notes aro uncertain, and somg of them were barely iouched. In action, litt)y can bo said, as she 3 apparently new to the 454 no maturity of puwer nor any Intensity of Parsion, 1Lwas by no means unpleasant, however, by a8 compared with the great personations we. hara had In times past, was swlly wanting, My Adams was an excellent Fuust, and magy the representation of the character thoroughly interesting and harmonions. It ts Emnowibig not Lo admire the spirit with which he gave pig part, and the gool judement and refinement. of taste with which he nvests it in all {83 phiases, In tha first et he was intenss and forcible, ani sang glorfously, and fn the third act, which iy tho cllmax of s role, ho' reallzed tho poetie beauty of the part, and doveloped f wieh rral artistie fintsh, All this goes to make amends Tor some falac tones and sotne falactio, Capecially in the * Salve dimorn,"” which marred the elose of s principal cavatina, Betfter chauge thy tiote If 1t 1s Leyond tho volce than to distort i, Mr, Adolphe's Mephisio was Euud In take up, and was acted with conslderable dlablerle, uy it was sung Ina hard, coarse manner, shockf z. lyout of tuneat tlmes, and with an equai shiocking disregard to the tnusle s it s write ten, Miss Grimminger's Stebe! waa uot remark. able, sud Mr. Blum's Valentine was exceljent, Last evenlng, thesccond Waaner opera of the scason, ** Loliengrin,” was given toa very larys house_ with a cast Including Pn;rmulmm s Elsa, Mlss Gelmmlinger as Ortrud, Fritsch oy I.ohm.r-m, Blum as Hrederic, and ' Wiegand ag the Avng.” Tho opera was mounted as well ¢ it conld be upon so small 8 staze perhaps, byy tho offect, in one fnstance, the provession in the sccond aet Just prior to the oxit of £ua and Johengrin, fetl Larely short of the ludfcrogs, The ~“gencral representation was not oy satisfactory as might have been desired, The real exccllence was limited to Mme, P penhieim and Mr. Fritsch, and after these art. | fa1s tho bottom of total dopravity was reached by slow and casy descents. Mma. Pappen. heim's Elsa was oxccedingly interesting, [t {oll far short offAlban}, who introduced the role here, In the poctic and evon cthereal treatment of the character and the cxquisite grace and beauty with which she fuvested i, wns rather an effort characterized by strength, by robustness of action, and by grand and majestic breadth of style, Voealfy, sho was vers expressive, and her wone derlul ‘endurance kept her fresh to the close, In the stupcndous quintette that marks (bo climax of the first act she was very Intenee, and in the baleony solo and subscquent ducs with Ortrude she sang with moro than her cus- tomary rentinent and delfeacy. — Relerring zadn fotho tirst represcntationof * Lohengrin,® gi'r. Fritseh would suffer In compurlson with Carpl, but he {a to be credited with singing his part with great care anid earncstness, and with excellent taste, Whila he reached no astonishing helzhts and made no surprising et fects, still his conscientious and Intelligent ef fort wasthoroughly commendable. In the mors stormy parts of is rolo he waa scarcely equal to the emergency, but in the subdued and eeotl wental parts be sang with admirable effect. From this polnt on theratslittie to prase. slr Blum's Fraderic wasonly falr. Miss Grimminger had little dramatic tdes of Ortrude nud was vo- cally fucapabie. Mr. Wiegand sauz badly out of tune nnd was ulways false whera It hert the most, The orchestra'mado bad work and the chorus was sbowmioable, every member of It, male and female, scemivg to tuke a fiendish de- light in getting as far as possible from the right key. 'l!nlo evening, *Robert the Devil” will be given, with Mine, Pappenheim, Mr. Adams, Miss Humnan, and Me. Fritsch, In the priuclpal roles. M'VICKER'S THEATRE. Anthe weck wears on tho benefit of the Pollcemon's Henevolent Assoclation grows to .morc solid proportions, Last evening the liouse was well tilled, and the performaces, in- cluding a scriocomlc deama and an old fashioned farce, passed off to the satisfaction of all, The flrst ploce was ** All that Glitters 13 Not (i01d," which was_very smoothly rendercd by the company. Mr. ‘Wheelock represent NStephen Ilum, and _rendered ample justice to the emotional and tmanly tralts of “chanicter eought to be depleted. Mr. Pearsoun's Jasper Plum was o welldlrawn pors v.ru{l. of tho bluff, kind-heartel old rentleman, and Mra, Stoneall made an excel- f'enl Lady Leatherbridge, There wero a fow weak polots in thocast, but as a wholothe pleco was cleverly rendered. “Doots at the hwnn " gucceeded, and kopt tho audience fn good hunior for the balance of tho evenlog, The same biil this evening. i TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. + Naw OnLzans, Nuv, 16,—Gen, W. L. McMil- lan, Penslon Aqnz for the consolldated district, jucluding most of tho Bouthern States, com- menced to-day paylog the amounts due for the Inst quarter, tho paymeat of pensfons In this district haviug been suspended since Sept. 4, oo account of 1sabel’s troubles. Gen. McMUlan np?r(ll ’:ufl!clcnt funds ou hand 1o pay off ths entire list, NasuvirLe, Tenn., Nov. 18.—Coy, Porter i in receipt_of strong letters from Posunaster uom-mr Koy and Senator Isham U, Harrls favor- ing the acveptance by tho Stute of the proposl: tion of the lPuudlmh ers® Assoclation to fund the Btate debt ut 00 cents on the dollar, JacksoNviLLE, Fla., Nov, 15.—A fow sporadls cascs of yellow fever have appearcd fo the out skirta of Jacksonville, —— Raubit Browding lo Italy. Mr. Colnaghi, tho Britlah Consul at Florence, in bis report on the Industries of Turin, slates that tho Lreeding of rabblus was entirely neg- lected ln Italy until 1873, when it was takon up by Massrs. Custamagma, furriers of that rulv- Thinking that a supply of thess animals woul not only be useful to their trade, but that rab- bits would form an fmportant urticly of I for the poorer classes of the pupulation, a breed- I"F establishment was erccted i a few montls with 600 cages for that number of dock, with 3 large number of compartments for the young. ‘Tho prejudices of the public have been combat- ed by publications aud by facts. A shop for the sale of rabbits was opened, and v lulllf lfinnllu ‘l".’.lm head wero lku:c::z l:lu:l!u 'ml el cssrs, Costamagua not only ta rabbits were to l:'::x coaked, bu{ added exnm]\l\; 10 procept. They distrivuted In vur(nulli'“‘”‘ llu?y upwards of 1,00 anlmals of the lx-‘ breeds, and bavo also placed at_tho disposal ol rsons of small means 3,500 rubbiv "'"'“"’,’:h" Kf.n 1,000 anfinal with thelr cages, etc. 0 debt thus fucurred h{ le receivers ia redecuis- ble by a small annual quota of the praducts ——————— An Ununtursl Mothers Lonilon Puper, The boa constrictor st the Anuariuro, -h‘fl recently gave birth to fitty youug buds, ‘n developed, s remarkable aversiou to its ow' brood, and, {nsteud of watching and cariug hlu“ thom '«s becowcs proper lowalo snake, bad trausferred its motherly-atfectionsto an urdnmlr?j und common-place land-turilo occupying L sauio aboue, It will tendexly arrange u.ml’I: t:u 8 to tret tho turtle upon thtim, and passivi £ Lody over will bold the littls criminal iu nulflfi‘ brace, as §f afraid _of losivz it, sud then fa 4 quletly to sleep. Toall these mmluuuul:ud:_ estectn the turtie appears Lo lusuml witl e light. It can be seco alwoat aay day Jylog u i tho boa constrictor ln the most couten! o manver possible, while the youus bu‘: :n_ allowed to waudor wicresvever tbe Ill"‘ i heceded o the alightest by thelr crued 8o natural parout. e ———— Tustantanevus l-lzhll- Cisisde BSome Frenchmeu have reccotly pate contrivauce for obtalniug Instantaneous lk"h'-n‘;!‘ werely depressing @ button. The muumx i cuables an clectrle current to pass “'““f"w‘“, platiuum wire, beatiug it to reducss; tbe e lu,-lug surroutded by an atmosplicrs nluf_‘;h“ with’ benzine quickly Locomne white but. T lights u swall Luop, which burus beuzolies k:u‘ ives & very Urigbt Jishts Tho wholc appard is coinpact und portable.