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—<—<—$<—$ RANCE. The Ministry Defeated in, the Assembly. al io M. Magne’s Financial Plan Rejected. A SCENE OF TUMULT. Parts, July 15, 1874. Debate on M. Magne’s tax proposals was con- ‘tinued in the Assembly to-day. The Minister, re- ferring to whe vote on the salt tax, accused the ‘republican Deputies of “subordinating-the fnan- Ctal interests of the country to political considera- “tons.” 4 SCENE OF TUMULT. This was followed by a scene of tumult and dts ‘order, which compelled President Buffet to tem- | ‘porarily suspend the sitting. THE CABINET MEASURE REJECTED. Subsequently the Minister’s proposition to in- crease certain taxes was rejected by @ vote of 836 ‘to 266 This result involves the defeat of M. Magne’s entire financial plans. ‘MAO MAHON’S POWER AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT. M. Veutavon, reporter of the Committee of ‘Thirty, read a report on the various constitutional | Propositions referred to the committee. It states That the committee recognize the irrevocability of President MacMahon’s powers, but declare the Septennate merely a truce to parties for seven wears. WHAT THE COMMITTEE PROPOSES. The committee decides to set aside M. Perier's Dilland substitute their own, which consists of six clauses. The first maintains the title of Prest- dent of the Republic. The second establishes Ministerial responsibility. The third confers the Yegisiative power upon two Chambera, the ap- pointment of members of the Upper House or enate to be the subject of a fature bill. | The fourtn provides that the President alone is authorized to dissolve the lower house or Chamber of Deputi The Afth prescribes that a Congress of both Chambers shall provide for the ~continuance of the government in case Marshal ‘MacMahon dies, resigns or reaches the end of his term of oMce. The sixth says no modification of | the constitutional laws is to be allowed unless ‘Girst proposed to the President. The Assembly appointed Monday next for the debate on the report, THE PARTY LEADERS DISAPPOINTED. All the Parliamentary parties are disappointed. “The Lef considers that the committee's bill aims | ats dictatorsnip without putting an end to party | ‘agitation. The legitimists and imperialists are also against it, and its rejection is considered certain, Government Care for Intending Emi- | grants. Panis, July 15, 1874. An official note is published to-day, warning | a@griculturists and others against emigrating with- | out making inguiry of the administration in refer- ence thereto. It ts stated in the note that this course ts taken because a number of emigrants have made appll- ~eation to the government for assistance to enable them to return to France, particularly from Phila- Gelphia, where the promises held out by the emi- gration agent have not beer realized. SPAIN. Bilbao Sorely Pressed by the Carlists—A C net Cr. sis Impending. SANTANDER, July 15, 1874 ‘The commandant of Bilbao has asked for rein- forcements, which were sent hence to-day, The blockade of Bilbao by land is compiete and stringently maintained by the Carlists. A Cabinet Crisis at Hand in Madrid. MADRID, July 15, 1874. the Ministry is reported impending. ja and Camacho, Minister of Finance, ‘will probably retire. The former is said to be ill. Spanish Report from Bilbao—The Chicf Command in the North. Maprip, July 16, 1874. General Moriones reports that Bilbao is in no im- ~Mmediate danger. In case General Zabala resigns General Moriones will probably be appointed his succeasor in the command of the Army of the North. ENGLAND. Lonpon, July 15, 1874, In the House of Commons to-day the Public Wor- ship Regulations bill passed its second reading | ‘without a division. SCOTLAND. Lonpon, July 15, 1874. Aserious break occurred in a canal near Glas- gow to-day. The waters overfowed the neighbor- hood, causing damage to property to the amount Of $500,000, OCEAN TELEGRAPHY. peau wy lene es! Vt Lonpox, July 15, 1874. The Atlantic cable laid in 1966 was successfully repaired yesterday afternoon, and {3 now in per: fect working order. A New Cable Landed om American Sofl— Completing the Work of Communica- | cation—Citizen Rejoicings. PorTsMouTH, N. H., July 16, 1874. ‘The shore end of the telegraph cable was suc- cessfully landed from the steamer Ambassador, at Bye Beach, at three o'clock this morning. Tne crew and electricians were assisted by many of the townsmen and a number of lady and gentlemen visitors in manning the drag-rope to hau! the cable ashore, IX COMMUNICATION, At six o'clock the splice was completed, and <eommunication estamished with the steamer, lying just three quarters of a mile off shore. PREPARING FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE WORK. ‘The managers of the cable, the oficers of the @teamer, with Mr. Siemans, Colonel Eastman, ex- Governor Smytb, Colonel Phineas Adams, Mayor Miller, Of Portsmouth, and other gentiemen preakfasted at Governor Straw’s cottage. The Ambassador will commence laying the cable from Rye Beach to the shoals about noon and prob- ‘ably complete the work so as to sail east to-night with the Faraday. THE WEATHER ‘was fine, the sea smooth, and everything favored the complete success attained. SALUTES. A salute of 100 guns was fired from two cannon on the beach, and rockets and other fireworks were displayed during the landing. Guns and rocketa were also fired from the steamer. A num- der of lady and gentietats reporters have gone on the steamer Al jador to witness the comple- tion of the laying of the cabie. OBITUARY, Mrs, Walworth, of Saratoga. A telegram from Saratoga, N. Y., ander date of the 16th inst., reports as follows:—‘“Mrs. Chan- cellor Watworth died at her residence here this morning, after a long tliness, surrounded by her relatives and friends,” This venerable lady was the grandmother of the unfortunate parrieide, Frank H, Walworth, who shot and killed his father, Mansfield Tracy Walworth, in the Sturte- vant House, in this city, on the 8d of June, 1873, At the time of her marriage she was the widow of Colonel Hardin, of Kenvucky, and mother to Mans- fleld T, Waiworth’s wife. Colonel Hardin was Killed in the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, and his widow, who moved in the most aristocratic circles of society, married Mr, Walworth, the cele- bration of the nuptials constituting the great event of the day tn the world of American fashion- able society, The later years of her life were clouded by the advent of the great domestic grief which came from the terrible calamity to which fa have referred. NEW YORK HERALD, | BISMARCE. The Chancellor’s Wound Pain Cooling Down. The Assassin Prepared and { Determined. alert THE LATEST BULLETIN. NOT FAVORABLE, Kussrvany, July 15, ist. Prince Bismarck suffers some from the wound inflicted on his wrist. There is some intamma- tion, which, however, ts subsiding under the ap- plication of ice. THE ASSASSIN PREPARED FOR HI3 WORK. 1t has been ascertained that Kullmann was in Berlin for a fortnight at Whitsuntide for the pur- pose Of assassinating Prince Bismarok. | The Prince’s Condition Not So Favor able—The Prissner’s Account of Him- sels. Lonpon, July 16—5:30 A. M. ‘The Standard says:—‘“‘Later accounts from Kis- singen represent that Bismarck’s condition is not 60 favorable as was at first reported. He has feverish symptoms and slept little on Tuesday night.’ WHAT THE ASSASSIN SAYS. Bismarck has had another interview with Kull- mano, The latter now asserts he planned the shooting himself, that he was instigated to the deed by nobody and had no accomplices. He de- clares that he is a good Catholic. MEXICO. American Patriotism and Good Will. A VOLCANO IN MOTION. [SPECIAL DESPATCH FROM MBXIOO CITY TO THE HERALD.) Matamoros, July 15, 1874. The following special telegram nas been ad- | Gressed to tle HERaLD from Mexico city under date of the 10th inst. :— AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. ‘The Fourth of July anniversary was celebrated by the Americans resident in the Mexican capital. President Lerdo, the members of hia Cabinet and other officials of state were invited to attend a grand banquet. THE LAWYERS AFTER THE MUBDERERS OP THB WITCHES, The authorities are prosecuting the murderers of the witches in Sinaloa. VOLCANIC BRUPTION. The volcano at Colima ts in eruption. CUBA. Specie Payments for Redemption from Slavery. Havana, July 15, 1874. Captain General Concha has ordered that here- after all payments made by slaves according to law to purchase their freedom are to be made in gold or its equivalent in paper. Fifty dollars ts the smallest amount with which a slave can begin the operation of self-manumission by cash. THE COLLEGE RACES. Princeton Wins the Freshman Contest in 18 Minutes and 10 Seconds—Wilcox, of Yale, Wins the Single Scull Race in 14 Minutes and 12 1-2 Seconds. Saratoga, July 15, 1874. Brown, Yale and Princeton Freshman crews started at Sh. 29m. 20s, this afternoon. Yale at once fell behind on 803, strokes a minute, Brown doing 87 and Princeton 83. Half a mile out Yale drew level and a mile later was slightly ahead of Princeton and considerably in advance of Brown. Halt a mile from the finish they were in the game relative positions, Yale steering very wildly, and, as she drew near home, suddenly slackening, as if tired. Finishing, Prince- ton put ona magnificent spurt and drew ahead, winning by halfa length in the good time of 18m. 10s., and leaving Brown four seconds behind. The Judges’ boat was awkwardly placed on the finish line near the flag, at one end of that Une; and Princeton passing between the toat and flag, Yale wanted her ruled out. She should have gone the other side of the judges’ boat. Later in the even- ing the decision was given as above. Wilcox, of Yale, beat Levens, of Harvard, one length and a half in the single scull race, and Philitps, of Cor- nell, was distanced, Time of Wilcox, lam. 123s. Betting in the City on the University Race. Up to ten o'clock last night there were sold at Johnson's, Broadway and Twenty-eightn street, | 142 Paris mutuel pools on the University race, divided in the following manner, which show that Harvard ia the favorite, Yale second choice, Wes- leyan third, Columbia fourth, and so on :—Harvard, $47; Yale, $36; Wesieyan, $25; Columbia, $14; Dartmouth $7; Trinity, $4; Cornell, $3; Princeton, $3; Willams, $3. DISMISSAL OF FRENCH SEA CAPTAINS. 0 Private news received in this city yesterday from Paris states that the Compagnie Générale Trana- atiantique has dismissed from {ts service Cap- tain Lemarie, the late commander of the French mail steamer Europe, plying between this port and France, which vessel was abandoned at sea some months ago, and its passengers brought on to this port by the National Steamship Company's vessel Greece. The reason for which Lemarie is dismissed is for not remaining by his vessel to the last moment, and ing on board the Greece while there existed a probability of saving her. The French company remove the Captain in ques- tion with great regret, having # high personal esteem jor him and cannot forget the abie services he has rendered in navigating their vesseis. The chief engineer of the veesel in question, M. Leroux, is also dismissed the company’s employ, on the same complaint, namely, error of judgment, THR CAPTAIN OF THR AMBRIQUE DISMISSED. Captain Roussan, of the Amérique, which vessel he abandoned off the French coast, and which was jequently towed into Plymouth by the English teamers Barry and Spray in an uninjured condl- tion, has likewise been dismissed the company’s employment, also several of the engineers and officers. ‘The first oMcer, Garay, who was known as @ gallant fellow, perished while helping to save life, Great sympathy ts expressed at Havre with the misfortunes of these officers, but it is considered as an index that the company intends to keep up the high standing so long occupied by the officers of the French line, and vhat no bre: of good sea- maneship will be tolerated, Captain Lemarie, of the Kurope, is about forty- four years of age, Was formerly in the French navy, and entered the company’s service about fourteen years ago, He has a large family, and is reported to be in atraitened circumstances. He was for- merly in the St. Laurent, of the New York line. Uaptaia Roussan, of the Amérique, is about forty years olé is and 9 tall, handsome fellow, wo, M he bad not once left the Transatlantic Com- pany’s service of his own volition for several years, would have been the commodore of the fleet. He, like Lemarie, is an old naval officer. He 18 @ great favorite among the mercantile com- munity of Brest and Havre. The Amérique, thor- oughly overhauled, Will return to this port within a few weeks. The Transatiantio Company have receutly | ey to the National line their claim for transporting to New York the rescued passengers taken olf the French steamer Kurope. ONTARIO SURVEYING EXPEDITION. TORONTO, Canada, July 15, 1874. The United States gunboat Chase left here to- day on a surveying expedition along the shores of Lake Ontario CHICAG A Calm Review of the Second Conflagration. Wonderful Escape of the Chief’ Business Blocks. ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. Why the Flames (btained the Mastery. Sixty Acres of Property Sacrificed. LOSSES AND INSURANCE. The Marble Palaces on Wabash Avenue Attacked. Additional Fires Reported Last Evening. CuHr0aGo, July 16, 1874. About two o'clock on Weanesday morning, just after the closing of my yesterday’s despatch, the firemen commenced to get such control of the Games as to give assurance of their victory. It is not easy to find language to convey the intense anxtety which nad strung the heart of the people of this city during the evening. As indicated in my first special the probabilities were strongly in favor of a cataclysm of destruction similar to the former one. All the surroundings and circumstances were favorable trong south- weat wind, a continued dronght of a month ana an meficient Fire Department, with general oficial incompetency among the chiefs of depart- ments—but the Almighty chose to be merciful, and it seems as much the work of Providence as of human agency that the most beantiful and important section of the city is not again tm ashes. Of course it is easy to indulge in wholesale denunciations at such a time as this, but the facts seem to bear out what I have said. It is comparatively easy to bear official corruption and mismanagement when there is no startling emergency; but there come times when People have to pay for the luxury of giving over their government into the hands of incapables such as now disgrace tnis city and the voters that placed them in office. THE WORST SUFFERERS, The suffering caused by the expulsion from house and home ts very great, though most of tt falls on the dangerous classes, The number will not fail far short of 6,000, as the region devastated, particularly in the earlier part of the con- flagration, was densely populated, answering to the swarming beebives in some parts of East New York. While many of these unfortunates are worthy and respectable people, perhaps the large portion of them are Cyprians, Bohemians, Poles, negroes and the very worst of our irish population, from whom are drawn recruita for the ranks of thieves and burglars. The region where the fire started, between Twellth and Taylor streets, is a local- | {ty similar to what the Five Points were in former Gays. It was curious to notice the per- fect indifference of most of these people; though they lost their “little all,” they seemed to have a kind of devil-may-care satisfaction in the thought | that the city would take care of them, after some fashion, no matter how things went. The memory of old relief days, when organized attempts at pub- lic robbery on the part of suppliants for aia Were so often success/ful, in spite of every precau- tion, acted as an emoilient to all their troubles, On the other hand the more respectable spectators and sufferers by the unchained element, seemed to be terribly impressed by the gravity of the sitaa- tion, as they could give an intelligent ontiook at threatened results, which would even break down the elasticity of a Chicagoan. I vhink | ob- | served a general expression of woe and despond- ency on the more intelligent faces, even surpassing the demonstrations of feeling in 1871. Then people ‘wére stunned and could not appreciate the disaster at the outset; now experience has taught them its stern lesson, and they could measure the present by the past, with a fatal and ominous accuracy, | MORE ATTEMPTS AT RELIEF, Steps have already been taken by the Relief and Ald Society to relieve the wants of the unfor- | tunates who were dispossessed. Of the old fire fund there is now on hand about $400,000. Many attempts have been made on the part of officiat Togues to get this sum out of the hands of the society, and all sorts of ingenious and plausi- ble schemes devised to hoodwink the managing committee of the society. Some of the swindling plots emanated, I am ashamed to say, from the Common Council, The possession .of such a re- spectable sum of ready money will enable an im- mediate provision to be made for the sufferers by the fire who are not able to take care of themselves. Tne amount I have spoken of was proffered to Boston after her great fire, but it was refused. Private charity is no less active than the recognized agencies of beneficence. The guests of the different hotels, even while the fire was raging, sent large quanti- ties of cooked provisions to the needy swarms of half naked and hungry people that choked the sidewalks, There is no probability of there being anys material suffering, as the warm weather t# at hand, and there are ample means at hand to provide for the wants of the people. The necessities which compelled such fearful privation as a consequence of the other conflagration are all absent, and thus one of the saddest of all the associations of such a misfortune is absent, The churches, station houses and other large public buildings are being very generally utilized to give sheiter, though the extreme beauty and serenity of the weather renders even this hardly necessary. WAS THE FIRE PROPERLY FOUGHT? Had the fire been stopped after it destroyed the locality where it began it would have been a mat- ter of public congratulation. The section ts known to the police as “Cheyenne,” with minor titles, such ag “Hackle,” “Burniana,” ‘Fiddlers’ Green” and “Hell’s Half Acre.” As stated in the despatch of yesterday, the commencement of the fire was in the rag shop of a Polish Hebrew pedier, and by many supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The fact of the commencement hav- ing occurred in such & place sumictently accounts for everything, without any recourse to a malign hypothesis, Of the management of the Fire De- partment there seems to be but one opinion among sensible men, that it was utterly inefficient, There was mach woakness and bad judgment itn tho delay that ensued before any large number of ‘engines were on the ground. The fire had been in progress nearly an hour, and shown itself en- tirely beyond the control of the firemen, three- quarters of an acre being @ mass of seething ruins before the general alarm was turned in, which summoned ail the engines of the city to the spot. When the full complement of engines proved insuMicient there was nothing done to obtain help from neighboring cities, and it was not till offers of assistance came from Racine, Milwaukee and Joliet that anytning was done to secure foreign assistance, When the ad- ditional engines and hose arrived they proved to be of indispensable valua, ag the fre hea THU: | westward, destroying all the business houses in RSDAY, JULY 16, 1874. reached an intensity which the force at hand | Seemed utterly unable to cope with. Chicago | owes @ large debt of gratitude to the timely fore- thought Of the mayors of the above towns. as it So successfully suggested what the stupidity of her own oMiciais had left unprovided for. It ts not im- probable that this foreign help turned the tide of battle which had been fiercely gaining on | the energetic but wl directed efforts of the Fire Department. From the very first there was the same combination of obstinacy, narrow-mindedness and lack of self-possession which 1s wont to distinguish the Chicago Fire Department tn an emergency. {HE METHOP OF ATTACKING THE FIRE. The mode of attacking the fire yas te markable for its adherence to the old haokneyed cast-ron rules, and for its lack of quick invention and common sense. The assault was made altogether from the rear of the conflagration. In not a single instance was an attempt made to fight trom the front. If half the engines had been stationed ahead of the track of the flames, even though the direct impression made had been slight, the deluge of water poured on the yet untouched buildings would have im- peded the advance of the fiery enemy most materially. Fire Marshal Benver is an un- educated, phlegmatic Teuton, the creature of the poiltical necessity which compelied Mayor Colvin %. make an appointment of such responsibility accosiing to the will of the demagogues who ruled the parr” Which elected him. The assistant mar- shals are <!80 men notoriously lacking in intelii- gence, cooined»,and fertility of resource. These are not feckless cnarges, but partial statements of a state of municipal affairs which makes all good citizens groan with indignation. It isa well known fact that never has Chicago been cursed with such a plethora of bold and tri- Umphant vice as now. Drinking places, bagnios and gambling hells been freed from all restrictions @nd their proprietors do pot even attempt to mask their business under thevell of decency. I should not allude to such a fact fn the present con- ection were it not that the gross inefficiency of the Fire Department is an essential part of the general system which strikes through and through all municipal matters with a fatal ary rot, NEGLECT OF BLOWING UP BUILDINGS, Mayor Colvin and the Fire Commissioners, at least two of whom should have learned something from their experience tn the former great confa- gration, refused to take the responsibility of biow- ing up buildings to impede the progress of the flames, though the necessity of this expedient was Patent and pressing. There ig no more clearly established mght than the destruction of | buildings in such an emergency. That it was not done is one out of many exhibitions of oMvial in- capacity. It is not uncommon to meet intelligent and sober-minded business men who say, witha bitter sigh, “What is the use of a Fire Depart- ment? what ts the use of any attempt at gov- ernment when we see such things as these ?”’ One lesson which this fire has taught is the tm- portance of building one or more lofty fireproof walls in every block. The existence of such @ wall | on the extreme northeast limit of the fire furnished the barrier by which the | firemen were remforced and enabled to achieve their ultimate success, A num- ber of fireproof buildings, so called, had fallen before the flames; but this one honest walt saficed for its purpose. Suoh a wail, located in the district which was first swept by the fire, would have saved millions of dollars’ worth of Property. It remains to be seen whether the les- son will be of any more service than the many so. ineffectually taught on a former occasion, TOPOGRAPHICAL REVOLUTIONS PROPOSED. There 1s already much speculation as to the consequences of the fire in determining changes in the business topography of the city. In ‘Tl, when the old land marks were so completely wiped out and the currents of business were Jeft to assume new channels, @ serious attempt was made to transform Wabash avenue into a | Kind of Broadway. The property rose in value | enormously on the erection of a great number of new, costly blocks, and tne rents asked were something preposterous. As @ consequence the Project defeated itself, and business men were driven away from the avenue sought to be made the great leading thoroughfare. Several promi- nent and wealthy capitalists and merchants, tn view of the reopening of this agitation, informed me to-day that the attempt woulda be now re- sumed more cautiously and resolutely. It this 1s successful, Ww will be an important revolution in the condition of Chicago business. Most such attempts to force commerce into arbitrary channels are futile. The direct effect of the fre on the interests of Chicago busi- ness will be but slight, as so large @ proportion of the region ravaged was residence property—not very eligible at that. AN OUTLINE OP THE BURNED DISTRICT. For the interest of those readers of the H&RALD somewhat famifar with the topography of Chicago 1 will give the following exact outlines of the burned district :—The fire from Its starting point on Clark street, near Twelfth, spread soutnward and the block between Fourth avenue and Clark street, nearly to Twelfth and east to Ulark street. On the latter It burned a block and a half nearly to the corner of Polk street. Thence it cut diagonally across to Fourth avenue, and north along Fourth avenue to Harrison street, east; on both sides of | Harrison to State, near on the east side of state to three doors north of Van Buren, along the south side of Van Buren to Wabash avenue, down the west side of Wabash avenue to the cor- ner of the alley between Van Buren and Jackson, along the south side of Michigan avenue, skipping | the Acatemy of Design, on the southwest corner, on the east and south sides, along Michigan ave- nue from Van Buren to above Congress, west to the alley running north and south between Michi- gan and Wabash avenues, south to Eldridge court and southwest to the place of veginning, near the corner of Clark and Harrison streeta. BUSINESS LOSSES. The most prominent among the business losses are the St. James Hotel: William Bademann, druggist; the Remington Empire Sewing Machine Company; E. Remington & Sons, gun and pistol manafacturers; P. Smith & Co.. carriage manutacturers; Rupsinessen Bros., shoes; C. C. Charles, lamps and reflectors; A. Slodo, carriages: A. Wheeler, hardware; G. M. sale stables; the Prussing Vinegar orks; Schwarere & Huber, stoves, tc.; B. E. Givaudan & Tusted, rings, &c.; P. M. Platt, cloth- ing; P. H. Mayes, L. OC. Chase & Co., saddies and harness; A. Schrefertein & bro., furniture manu- Pray ok M. W. & F. Taster, iurnaces, ranges, iC. 5 Frost & Oo., wholesale liquors; John D. Mc- Lean & Co,, stoves and ranges; H. & M. Neuverger, furniture; Van Bramer & Flood, hardware, stoves, : & Beck, billiards; Peters, Muench & Co., ‘emit Mandel Bros., dry goods; the Bay House; Horace Backminster’s restaurant; P. L. Almina, artists’ materials; B.A. Murphy, cigars, &c.; Freeman & Strickland, poultry an Cal John M. Lowry & Co., meal; Joel Bigelow, ekin Tea Company; W. L. Cole, blacksmith; ‘Henry Deihl, boots and shoes; E. D. Moseby, grocer; Sin- clair Brothers, hardware and Mrs. liner; KE. J. Malcolm & Co, and tinwal Weber & Luckhardt, dr ats ; Pp. B. Bolter & Co., grocers; C. A. Jammich, tailor; ©. B. Lohman, photographer; H. ©, in & Schmidt, watches, &c.; J, Wingrave, Jr., 0o., fixtures; the Adelphi The ; Pennoyer, Saw & , carriage manufacturers; William 0. Spencer & Oo., cutlery, &c.; Cowperthwaite & Co., publishers; Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., Publish 8. Griggs & Oo., publishers; the Post ey, dlaskell & Kearney, painters; Miss A. T. Fr umbrellas, &¢. ; . Fossell, photo- raphei Our Fireside ; western ir Friend; _ North umberman; New Covenant; Chicago Terra Cotta Company; Davis Sewing Machine ants Mrs. Slanghter, millinery; Patrick O’Nel qaors 5 Chicago Fine art Institute; M. Root, artist; Schureman & Hand Mantel Company; J. L. Schure- man; 8. B. Vowell; Leonard W. Volk; William Volk, sculptor, &¢.; James Morris Arnold, Daniel L, Bigelow, artist ; A. T. Brooks, arti Laurite Halat, artist; Arthur Pickering, artist; J. R. Robertson, Ggure and por- trait artist; Fine Arts Institute Acadeiny; Thomas Decorn; Leonard Braun, drugs; Anthony, livery stabie; A. J. Hopkins, veterinary surgeon; Bailey & Tyrrell, china and giass ware; Broomer | & Jenks, furnaces; Star Galvanized iron Cornice Company's ‘orks; Louis Jaeger & Brothers, win and ‘ liquors; Bangs id stoves: W. Smith & Co., |. P. Iglehard & Oo., real es- tate; State Street Savings Bank; Charles Egen- hardt, surgical tnstrements; H. Brinkworth, pork packer; L. Kulhener, stocking and sock manufac- turer; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacifio freight depot; Goss & Phillips Manufacturing Company; Hanchutt & Carter, livery stable; aera & Lar- gen, painters; Hart & Goodall, carpenters and builders; H. Willets, carriages, &c. HOTELS BURNED. Atlantic, southwest corner Van Buren and Sher- man streets; Berg House, State and Harrison streets; Michigan Avenue House, corner of Con. gress and Wabash avenue; St. James, corner of State and Van Buren streets, me 5 Dash avenue ; Wabasn avenue; Kehelath Anshe Woaraie, Jewish Synagogue and the Olivet Baptist Charca (colored). The Jones School! builaing, corner of Harrison street and Eldridge court, was also destroyed. PRIVATE RESIDENCES. Among the residences burned were those of Horace White, gditor of the Tribune: J. iol, 3. &. FoI Oity Clerk; E. G Feck court ond Tauted. avenue. is last was very elegantly ished, Mr, White saved bis library, ‘The. colored people are jatly aMicted in the loss of the Olivet church and many of their dwell- ings on Clark street and in thas vicinity. THE L083E8 BY STREKTS. The Times makes the iollowing estimate of iosses, which are found to be very nearly correct :— The area burned over covers fifteen squares. fe and half blocks be apd there and Ip whois, tne buvned Grea 1s about halfa nile tong and a Mttle evs in width, and embraced tumbledoyy shanties gnd palatial avenue real- dences, @ losses bY streetg are as follows ;— On Clark street... $30,000 State street... Wabash avenue,. Michigan avenue. ‘Taylor street. Polk street... Barrison stfeet Congress street Van Buren stree The court between Wabash avenue and State street, ter eseesceneee +++ $4,025,000 BR OF BUILDINGS DESTROY KD. | The business validings burned on the east side of State street numbers. On the west side. Clar! On the nortn side of Polk street. On the south side, On the south side...... tesereees On the south side of Tweiftu street. On the north side........ TORE Sass le re Se al A PARTIAL LIST OF INSURANCES. The Evening Post and Matt iurnisies the follow- | ing partial list of insurances :— ne Continental, Lrewers and Malsters’, Ex- -ebange, Merchants’ and Peopics’ i risks to the amount of $178,225, on which the loss will not exceed fifty per cont; the Clay, o1 New- rt, Ky., lose $6,000; the Orient, (of Hart:ord) neashire and Counecticut companies lose ve- tween som and $50,000; Franklin, of Boston, $5,400; the Ailemama, of Pittaburg Marine ani hia of Millville, N. J., and the Trade, of Camden, N. J., lose $13,000; the Phoenix, of Brooklyn; New Hampshire, of Manchester and Misaissippi alley. cane ae Cmiged The aman, aud , of Chicago, 18 one ot heaviest losers, their pose, in the burned district aggre- gating $100, The Michigan State lose $15,000: the Queen, of Liverpvol, and Commerce, of Al- bany, $60,000; Mechanics and Traders’, of New York, $5, ‘3 ‘mion, of Philadelphia, and Narra- ‘ansett, of Providence, $2,000; Underwriters’, of lew York ; Niagara, of New York, and Fireman’s, of Dayton, Ohio, between $40,000 and $50,000: companies had Girard, of Philadelphia, $1,500; Farmem’, of heen $12,000, Mr. George F. Farmer's Agency lose $10, on Aiken's Theatre. The Pennsyiva- nia, American Fire Association fand Reading com- panies lose $50,000; the St. Paut Company, $15,000; the Fire, of Cleveland, $10,000; Astna, of Hartfora, }50,000; Home, of Columbus, dhio; Manulacturers’, ire and Marine, of Boston ; Hoffman, of New York, and London Assurance Corporation, $60,000; Wil- lansburg City, People’s and Ben Franklin compa- nies, $10,500; Commercial Union, of London; Adria- Uc, of New York ; Shoe and Leatler and Prescott, of Boston, and Fireman’s Fund, of New York, $150,000; Phoenix, of Hartiord, $20,000; Imperial, of London ; American Central, of St. Louis; standard, of New York ; St. Joseph, of St. Joseph, Mo.; Scotch Com- mercial, of Glasgow; Lamar, of New York, ana Manufacturers’, of New York, $85,000; the Com- merce, of St. Louis, and German, of Freeport, M., $15,000; the Citizens’, Franklin and St. Louis; 150,000; the National, People’s and Safeguard, of ‘ntladelphia, and the Home, of Galveston, Texas, | 80,000; KE. F. Jewell’s Agency, $23,000; S, M. loore & Co.'s Agency, $135,000; Lycoming and | Perrin, $50,000 ; Traders’, of Chicago, $60,000. Tais st aggregates about $1,400,000, and indicates a total ‘loss to the insurance companies of from | $2,000,000 to $2,500,000, LOSS TO THE POST OFFICE. —-—__—— WASHINGTON, July 15, 1874. Mr. George 8. Bangs, General Superintendent o¢ the Railway Postal Service, goes to Onicago to- night to look after the interests of the Post. Omce Department in connection with the burning of the Post OfMice in that city last night. The govern- ment loses between $39,000 and $40,000 by the | destruction of the office. TWO OTHER FIRES LAST NIGHT. Cuicaqo, July 15—8 P. M. Another fire broke out, about hall-past four | o’clook P, M., in the northwestern part of the city, in the vicinity of the junction of Milwaukee and Chicago avenues. Fifteen or twenty buildings, comprising stores, saloons, planing and carpenter shops, were burned tm % short time, the fames being fanned by a brisk northwest breeze and fed by very infammable material. The Fire Depart- ment were promptly on the ground, and by most vigorous efforts succeeded tn checking the prog- Tess of the fire before it did further damage than already stated. Considerable excitement. pre- vailed for @ time, and a repetition of the scenes of last night was feared, The fire originated in Dugan's smokehouse, in the rear of his packing establishment. Nearly an | entire block was burned, but the buildings. were | mostly ofan inferior sort. One planing mill was destroyed with some valuable machinery and Patterns. The loss is estimated at $60,000, During the progress of this fre two attempts at incendiartsm in the s1 Deighborhood were dis- covered and frustrated. In one case kerosene was used, Another alarm was sounded from the corner of Wabash avenue and Madison street about six o'clock P, M., but the fire there was soon subdued. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT IOWA FALLS, IOWA. Curcaco, July 15, 1874. A fire last night at lowa Falls, lowa, destroyed forty-five buildings and involved @ loss of $150,000, ‘The insurance is small. TWO FIGHTING EDITORS. El Cronista vs. La Independencia— Canada the Chosen Battle Ground— | Judge Murray Declares the «Fight | or.” Sefior Don Juan Bellido de Luna, editor of a Cuban patriotic organ, published at No. 40 Broad- way, and styled La Independencia, was yesterday arrested by Officer Bloodgood, of the Jefferson Mar- ket Court squad, and formally held by Justice Murray in $1,000 bail to keep the peace for six months, The occasion of this indignity being offered to Sefior De Luna was the inditing of a hostile note addressed to Sefior Don José Fer- rer de Conto, editor of a newspaper published in this city devoted to Spanish interests and known as Si Cronista, containing a challenge to mortal combat, which he had accepted. On the Fourth at July tt seems Sefior De Couto allowed himself to be rhetorical pyrotechnics, betore which the in- | effectual fires of Bl Cronista of the preceding 4th paled. Sefor De Couto was made the subject of a scathing rebuke, and the Uastilian vocabalai of invective exhausted by the indignan' OQuban in replying to the Spanish seure ir. Sword or pistol was now the only alternative, and, burn ing with rage, he addressed De Luna a brief note of defiance and employed a trusty frend to deliver th Luna courteously acknowledged the receipt of the cartel, and formally signified his acceptance. Friends of both parties at once proceeded to arral the details, and the eminion | of nada was fixed upon for the battle ground. Profound secrecy was ebserved, but, a4 will sometimes happen in these cases, & pease ioving frtend of both parties, a “truly good man,” became rer of the secret, and deter- mined to acquaint the proper authorities with the facts. An affidavit was sworn to yesserday before Justice Murray, at Jefferson Market Polico Court, by Mr. Henry A. Riley, of No. 21 Park row, who vestified that he was {nformed by several per- song that a meeting was arranged between the two parties mentioned, whioh meeting was to take place in the early part of next week, and he prayed that the power of the Court might be teed tO ‘stay any further action on the part of the would-be velligerents. Justicg durray tmmediately issued his warrant for the arrest of ail the parties implicated. Officer Blogfgood was charged with its execution, but afterdiligent search succeeded CHURCHES DESTROYED. | \ Rahelath Boa skoigm ayyagogue, No, 302 Wa- only in arresting Sefor De Luna. About hali-past | baree im sue @ltergson dudwe Murray called UD First Baptist church, Nos. 429 to 489 | | Nichols, Jonn W. Kerb and Joseph H. Pierce. | before they could be stoppea, ‘Trusses bei | ELASTIO TR the case for examination and Counsellor McCiellan appeared jor the delence. The complainant, Mr. H. A. Riley, however, was upabie to swear that Mr. De Luua had accepted the challenge alleged to have been sent hum, or that he was really the person to whom it | directed and intended. De Laua, bowever, | knowledged his identity tn this respect, and was | accordingly required by sedge Murray to furnisa | bonds in $1,000 to Keep the peace. Vincente | Mestre, of No, 144 East Fourteenth street, gave | sue requisite security. THE INDIANA DEMOCRACY. The State Convention at Indianapolis— Synopsis of the Resolutions Adopted— Nomination of State Officers. InpiANaPOLI8, Jaly 16, 1874. The Democratic State Convention assembled at the Academy of Musio at ten o’clock this morning. The meeting was called to order by Mr. J. L. McDonald, Chairman ot the State Central Com tatttee. Every county in the State reported full delegations present. OFFICERS CHOSEN. Governor T, A. flendricks was chosen Presidens, and the principal secretaries were—Josepn D. One Vice President, and one additional Secretary tor each Congressional district were appomted; also @ commitiee on Resolutions, Finance and a State Central Committee. Alte® the address of the President, the Committee om Resolutions reported ® platiorm and resolutions, THE RESOLUTIO?S | arraign the republican party for corruption ang generat ineficiency, and declare in javor of & | Strict construction of the constitution and a for revenue, They favor the redemption of the five-twenty bonds hi greenbacks, the répeal of the National banking law and the substitution of greenbacks;areturn to specie payments a8 soem as the business interests of the country will per mit. They oppose the Baxter Temperance bilk and favor a license law; Javor retrenchment, re- form and economy in the management of the State and federal government denounce the practice of office using the eee money a4 their ow! oppose land grabs and the logan of the public to railroads, favor the abolition of the offies of County Superintendent of Public Schools, and the equalization of bounties to soldiers. ‘After the adoption of the resolutions the Com vention proceeded to nominate State oflicers. The following THE TICKET NOMINATED :— Secretary of State, J. E. Nef, of Rando! county; Auditor of the State, E. Henderson, Morgan county; Treasurer of State, B. U. Shaw, Marion county; Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion, J. H. smart, Allen county; Attorney Gea- eral, C. A. Buskirk. of Gibson county; Judge of the Supreme Court, Horace P. Biddle, of Case county. Messrs. Henderson and Biddle are also nominated on the sarmers’ ticket. TROUBLED ARKANSAS, Sheriff of Faulkner County Arrested for Contempt ef Court—His Fears of As- sassination. v Litrie Rock, Jaly 15, 1874. Ben Turner, Sheriff of Fauikner county, was are rested here this evening by the Deputy Sherif aided by a squad of the State House militta. He ts charged with contempt of the County Court, in re- fasing to obey its mandate to appear and settle with the county. He was taken to the Metropol tan Hotel, the guard following amid mach excite- ment among the guests and bystanders, Ap appli- cation fora writ of habeas corpas made to Chas- celior Warwick was granted, returnable tomer row morning. WHAT THE SHERIFF SAYS. Turner says he fears assassination if be returne to Faulkner; that the treasurer of that county hag been notified through a banker here that tae money due 16 subject to his order, amd that this ts @ scheme to get him back there for sinister pur- poses. DEMOORATIO NOMINATIONS: PHILADELPHIA, Jaty 15, 1996 The Democratic Convention to-day nominated Furman Sheppard for District Attorney, Joseph L. Robinson for City Commissioner and William R. Chandler for City Comptroller. JAIL BROKES. Six Prisoners Escape from Jefferson Mare ket Police Prison. At one o'clock this morning the beepers: a8 Jefferson Market police prison were aroused by @ noise in the jail building, and ea going to inquire the cause of it they found @ number of prisoners were getting sway over the outer wall, An alarm was quickly given an@ @ chase made after those who were going, but six of the principal prisoners in the place bad got ous ‘ord was st once sent to the Ninth precinct station house and Cap- tain Washbourne despatched a platoon of men to the prison: The breach was made into the room of one of the ten prisoners, through that the others ee ous on the wall and into the stree' The following are the names of those who succeeded in getting ea bal ae 4 Ce ev ved rae oe, who {a supposed to e ler; Heary Aveita, John Mecue and Daniel Jones. When the roll of prisoners was called after the exit was closed these men were found missing. FIRE I8 WATER STREET, A fire broke out last night in No. 108 Water street that caused # damage of $2,000. The build- ing was occupied by George M. Gardner asa cop per basin factory. He sustained a damage of $1,000,. fhe fire éxtended to the stable !n the rear, No. 710, occupied by John A. Miersdish, who suf fered con of $1,000, Une of his horses was burned to death. A,—Best Baths and Least Cost at the LEXINGTON AVENUE BATHS, corner Twonty-fiftm atroet, during July, Gentlemen before noon and Indies after ‘noon, may obtain. Turkish and Roman Bathe at one-third leas than usual rates. Send for circular, Antedilavian Fingerpad md H fag ep 88, 683 Broadwa me metal trnas mai ito bankruptcy; others steal the pame ers have, gone “Elastic Truss. A.—Rupture and Physical Ocformities succosafully treated by Dr. MARSH, at No, 2 Vesey street (Astor House). ce oft A.—Herald Branch Office, Brocklya, corner Fulton avenue and Boerum street. Open trom A.M, (0.9 BM On Sunday from 3 to9 P. M. Batchelor’s Hair Dye its Splendid. N is. Established 37 years. Sold and proj Mipita'at BarcauLows Wig Factory, 16 Dowd se i Hatr Dye Does Its Work . It imparts most nagural id everywhere DANCING GATS bes A: G 0., No. 3 Union square. Cristadoro uickly, harmlessly, splendid! ades and is easily applied. Don’t Go to Sarato; supply of BOOTS, SHORS and patronize MILLER & Dyspepticse—All Going to Summer Re- sorts should preriee themselves with DR Lb cate SPECIFIC FOR DYSPEPSIA. A cure. Port tae Broadway. holesale Agent—CRITTENTON, No. 7 Sixth avenue. Hay Fever Prevented, Checked and cured By Dr. LIGHTHILL, 212 Fitth avenue, New York. ‘Tho treatment of Catarrh, rangements a specialty. Deatess and Nervous De Health Restored ithout Mesticine) by DU BARRY'S RBEVALENTA ARABIC FOO! to the stomach, nerves, lungs and liver, curi we pala (ime digestion), constipation, diarrhaa, acidity, paypitation, sleeplessness, debility, 'wastin cough, asthioa, fevers c 80 far carried away by patriotic fervor and zeal im | consumption, low rita 7 .< izes, whic guts Gpleaele Wate oh kad eather on profes snd coe HENRY, CURRAN & CO., Now Band 9 College}iace. duct of Sefior De Luna, of La Independencia. The ome gel : cory he os io Bh latter gentleman was stigmatized in a leading | Boston will re Sd at 87 Und on sat sruicle as 8 coward, a poltroon and s chariatan, | Yeekonser. Fermanenuy,jocuted. at agi Aus Sefior De Luna, naturally chafed by the language | gistants. Uorns extracted, 25 cents. of the Spaniard, availed himself of the columns of any us al heaply done al Dicdberative Im repelling the onstanget, On the | PRiRTiKG RSTASTINAMENT. No 718 Broadway,” Kate oth of July La I was ablaze. with | mates furmished with pleasure. Seeaety ay Bee ts, Knee japparters, ensory Ban- 4 Crushes, et MJ RSt'S Tras Nod Vesey street. Lady in attende.nce. Caps, Anklets, Abdomii sdnges, Shoulder Brace: Otlice, SkctPutesoae cally ee your bate ie re ¢ all (mparitiey ona pase of trom ot compelling them to work only part of a hroagyqanea and theretore the only part where ¢ ire feturities can work off with facility. 7 racine at ‘Boe. per cake or one box (three cak rm ne box, three cakes), 7c. Address . KN- ‘ON, New York. Agents wanted. Pra Ta! cage rag © Avy Prag Ramariage hn 7 No, cot, New York are the parties to deal with. Hi aire NEW PUBLICATIONS. Gi MAxwoop.-omrit EDITION. A. TRRATISE, ON Laws Governing Lite, Rxplanatory of the with Tastruotions 10F the sao Causes ani Symptor Treatment of Weakn how its, Despon- enay, Nervous Exhaustion, Muscular Debility aad Premature Decline in Manhog’. PRIOR W& CENTS. Address tre author, Dr. &. Dy; # CURTIS, No. B Kaw Bixteenth street, New York. NEY, BOOK, O8 stoe | Money ig Lost and Made K SPEOULATIONS.—“HOW in Wail sereet,” compiled we To be had by Lapsiey & Basloy, ft ay. WRENTANO'S $3 Unibn sqaara or at news stands Fitth Avenne, Gilsey, Windage. Grand Coutrai Hotola Prive 0 gens