The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 7, 1872, Page 2

NG It Shines for ATL “SATURDAY Teun and Jerry, Miantrete—Twentyabied # Theatre-M rry Wives of Wuuctor, Mariuee Aquare Theatre Wallack's (or Av Wood's Museum 0» H! The Traffic in Chinamen in Cuba. “On Wednesday last one thousand Chi- namen were landed here, They were sold before arrival.’’ These are the words of a recent telegram from Havana, There are few people who are aware of the outrages on civilization and humanity confessed and foreshadowed In this despatch. ‘The majority of Chinese laborers shipped from China to Cuba are kidnapped, A vessel lies in the Canton river, and the coolies are caught at work on shore or on the river, forcibly taken on board, thrown into the hoid, and there compelled to sign A contract expressing their willingness to emigrate. We have ourselves conversed, on the plantation of an American citizen at Sagua, with a Chinaman who had been wealthy in his own country, and who was thus forcibly kidnapped while enjoying an afternoon sail in his yacht on the river. Bome, however, voluntarily bind them- selves to an apprenticeship of eight years’ vervice in Cuba, But all such are cruelly deceived. The monthly wages, four and an eighth dollars, in consideration of which those who voluntarily accept the condi- tion of exile, is in China a large sum of money to a laboring man; in Cuba it bare- ly suffices for their indispensable require- ments. When they arrive in Cuba the Chinamen fre almost invariably sold field hands for sugar plantations. There they are set to work alongside the negroes and under the supervision of Spanish overseers, the most ignorant and brutal set of men on the island. The physical endurance of a Chinaman, especially under a burning sun to which he is unaccustomed, is inferior to that of the negro to whom the tropical cli- mate is congenial; but the overseer looks only to the result, and the consequence is that the Chinaman who has hoed less ground or cut less cane than the negro is punished for his shortcoming without any inquiry into the cause, Although the contract, whether yolun- tarily or involuntarily signed by the China- man in his own country, is valid before the saw as far as concer: 126 powes' of the owner over the serf, the latter has no re+ dress at law aguinst his master. He isa pariah, outside the pale, has no rights, no “representation, no power of obtaining any remedy. But the coolies' cup of misery is yet farfrom full. Under the actual rule of Spain in} Cuba the Government recog- nizes the validity of the contract, and forces the Chinaman to involuntary servi- tude under it, All these contracts are made terminabble at eight years from their date, and in them it is expressly stip- ulated that at their termination the coolies shall enter into the enjoyment of absolute freedom, and shall be at liberty to devote themselves for their own benefit to what- ever industry they choose Here the Spanish Government steps in and is guilty, in the name of law, of the most atrocic violation of all law, hu- man and divine, It compels every China- man in Cuba who has served out the time of his contract to reinslave himself for an- other term of eight years, and so on with- out end, Failing such new indenture, the cooly is set to work in the publie chain gang! An African slave in Cuba may pos aibly, by extra labor and economy, work out his own liberation. A Chinaman never ean, for the Government will not allow him to become possessed of any property— even his accumulated wages. He is inev- itably a slave for life, There are no people on the face of the earth who entertain a warmer love of their native country than the Chinese, But from the moment they set foot om Cuban soil all hope of returning to China is banished. Moreover, as the Chinese emi- grants to Cuba are exclusively males, they find themselves placed between two races, to either of which they are objectionable, and all family ties and affections are con- sequently impossible, And even religious consolation is denied them, They are pro- hibited from worshipping according to their own creed; and the Government of his Most Catholic Majesty carries its idea of Christianity beyond the grave. A Chinaman cannot be buried cither in a public cemetery or in the negro grave- yard of an estate. Three hundred and fifty years ago the King of Spain inaugurated the African slave trade in Cuba. The pretext under which the infamous traffie was then al- lowed was that the Indian aborigines of Cuba would otherwise be exterminated, The civilized nations of the world have at length succeeded in almost completely suppressing this atrocious traffic. And shall Spain in 1872 be allowed to blot the fair name of America by the inguguration of a traffic in Chinamen not less heinous or less inhuman than that in Africans? pecan Rae A cach An Unsentimental Party. If, after the President's message, there were anything lacking to illustrate the utter absurdity of the suggestion made by the calor £ politicians who assumed the responsibility of running the anti-Ad- ministration party, that the Gree.ey electors should cast their votes for Grant, the course of the Administration Senators furnishes it. The proposition of these senti- mental young men seems to have been based upon the idea that the late Presiden- tial election was simply a contest between two men; that there were no principles at stake, no questions of government in- volved; but that it was a pure and simple personal struggle for office, And so, death baving come to the reinforcement of one candidate's name and fame, in the hushed moment of sorrow over the nation’s loss, While the lately warring factions stood together with bowed heads over the open grave, they could see nothing but the per- sonal and sentimental side of the great campaign; and because his opponents mae- ifested a decent and becoming regretover the victim of caricature and valumpy, they proposed to bury with him not enly the auimosity and bitterness that bad ‘been engendered—by alt meane let them be forgotten—but to yield everything else that was placed in Issue, ‘The recommendations of the President in his message, and the poritions takem by the Administration party in the Senate, strip the situation of sentiment and ret these things inclearer light. Itis manifest enough that the nation’s mourning at Houack Greevey's death was not over the candidate of the Cincinnati and Baltimore Conventions, the representative of the Cincinnati platform, the statesman for whom three millions of votes were cast. It was for the great journalist, the pa- triot, the philosopher, the large-hearted, honest man, It was upon this cofin that the gentlemen in Congress and out who were lately arrayed in hostility against Hona Gneerey cast the flow- ers of their rhetoric. They did not re- tract or qualify a single iota of their op- position to the principles he represented, Nor did Gen. Grayt, in attending the fune of the lamented statesman and participating in the mournful pageant, do anything more than wasdecently fitting and graceful, ainly nothing that should en- title him to the reversion of the dead man’s votes, or should induce three millions of voters to abandon their convictions, Honace GREELEY represented certain living ideas, They live on though he has departed, Perhaps his death may mollify the acerbity of his late opponents; let us hope so; but we may not flatter ourselves with the belief that it will turn them for A moment from their purposes, ‘The fight for and against centralization and corrup- tion and misgovernment must go on. The President in his message very squarely ue. If that document has any distinguishing feature it is its recommend- ation of policies that are utterly at war with those represented in the candidacy of Hoaack Greevey. What is the meaning of the recommendation of the postal tele- graph, of continued and increased subsi- dies, of gigantic schemes of internal im- provement, of the expenditure of $5,000,000 a year for five years under the pretence of restoring the carrying trade, unless it is that all the weight of the Administration and the party is to be thrown into the scale in favor of paternal government and increased facilities for corruption? In so far as President Grant's message says any- thing at all,its positions are such as may well awaken the apprehensions of the honest men who made the Cincinnati movement what it was, There is enough in it to furnish cause for the initiation of just such a movement now, had it never been. And yet the young men who re- volved on the Cincinnati wheel and thought they were the wheel itself, went big with the idea that because Honack GREELEY was dead the three millions of citizens whose protest against Grantism was registered in their votes for him should be turned over bodily to the man and the measures they opposed, Nothing in the history of our politics was ever half so absurd as this. How it would have been appreciated by the gen- Uemen who have just received their new lease of power is “*hibited in the gross proceedings of the caucus which by a par- liamentary device prevented the offering ofa tribute of respect to the dead man's memory and afterward kicked off from the committees everybody who had voted for him. The fact is the Administration party is strong enough to do as it likes, and its in- stincts are to do it roughly, The gushing young gentlemen who proposed the other day ta get hack inte the party with a handful of electoral votes asa peace offer- ing would have only been kicked off the steps for thelr pain a: ES Late intelligence from Liverpool ts to the effect that the English demand for American coal, Which has already assumed considerable proportions, is likely to be permanent and to increase, Some of the dealers who have transferred their orders from Liverpool to the United States are shipping American coal to Egypt and the East Indies, as well as to places lying near- er to this country than to Great Britain. Coal is certain to assume shortly a most important position among our exports, as South America and the West Indiesare sure to draw heavily on our markete for their supplies of this fuel. President GRant's recommendation that the United States should take possession of the electric telegraph lines and operate them brings to mind the fact that the Government has al- ready bad some practical experience in the utilization of the electric fluid. In the Capitol 1s an electric apparstus used for lighting the gas burners in the dome and the ball of Repre- sentatives. This apparatus supplies no light, but merely ignites the gas issuing from the burners instantaneously, performing the office usually supplied in public buildings by a man armed with @ torch at the end of @ long pole. Mr. Jexckes of Rhode Island some time ago made a report on the practical operation of this apparatus which becomes of interest at this time. From this report it appears that the aver- age cost per night for igniting the gas whi lighted the dome and hall of Representatives in 1867 was $80.98; in 1868 was $138.41; and in 1871 was $156.40. By the same report it appears that in the year 1871 the cost of igniting the gas was precisely seven and two-tenths cents for each burner every time it was lighted; and that by experience and practice In the use of the ap- paratus the Government made such progress in economy that while in 1867 the hall and dome were lighted thirty-three times at a cost of two thousand six hundred and fifzy-two dollars, in the year 1871 it was able to light up the same pc tlons of the Capitol twenty-three times for three thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars, er one thousand and forty-four dollars more than it cost In 1867 to light them ten fewer times. This case affords an admirable Illustration of the eco- nomical methods our Government Is accustomed to use wherever there Is an occasion for the ex- penditure of the public money; and accom- plished mathematicians, from the information here supplied in regard to the expense of work- Ing the electric gas lighter, may perhaps be able to figure out approximatively what it would cost the Government per annum to operate all the electric telegraph lines in the country, not counting the new lines to be built for the benefit of favored contractors. — SS SE Weare happy to learn that in @ recent article about the Government suit against W. F. Wap & Co, of Boston, our remarks respecting Mr, Wei were unfounded, He has not been a member of the firm since 1868, and te therefore ip no way implicated in the matte: ——— ‘That well-known writer BARRY GRAY Is to be the editor of ® monthly publication te be called the Table, full of Information for housekeepers aud cooks, and of gossip for everybody, if JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN, ae Du Chaiilu sails in the Atiantic to-day. Rev. Dr. Pinny, formerly Governor of ip to lecture om Africa in Dr, Crosby's Church: tomorrow evenings ‘The Corualasto 4 i naveaprolntatate Charles Atanas ofthe Renn ot Joh They P ‘tim Gu¢ partner, to be their counsel, stew spockted ie ald x Hennsaew ‘= Depuy ihe following, policg changes were made yes- 6 ant Bom pred from Cy area: Mo er eR hat emt oid pein Biss & Teraeree tet phd kevin nomen ea eit iy ere, bolsted, the natn nl eee wis breaking tl SWEED'S TRIAL, ede LE IN PHILADELPHIA. EXTRAORDINARY REVELATION OF A TERRIBLE CRIME, se The Canse of the Great Coal Oil Fire tn ary, 1865—Confession of One of the oven Lives Lost and 120 Buildings Destroyed-One of the Licen- diaries Burned to Death—Hach Mara and Others Implicated—The Attempt to Ans sinnte MeGurk--Only One of the Scoun drels Left Alive, and he in State Prison. Correspondence of The Sun. Prrnaperputa, Dec, 6.—The good city of Brotherly Love yas for some time past heen much excited by the statements of Hugh Mara, M. Tweed Because of Wheetor H. Pecke Interference with the Grand Jury ~Lueld Argument by David Dudley Field. The argument on the motion to quash one of the indictments against Mr. Tweed was concluded yesterday. As usual, Mr. Tremain and Mr, Peckham represented the prosecution, while the same array of eminent counsel which have heretofore appeared for Mr. Tweed wero present in his behalf, including David Dudley Field, W. ©. Bartlett, John Graham, ex-dudge Fullerton, John E, Burrill, Willard Bartlett, and Elihu Root, MT. FIELD'S ARGUMENT. Mr. Field began his argument in reply, and after a compliment to Mr. Graham, his associate, | the would-be murderer of United States Ievo- as the head of the criminal bar, and to the logic | nue Detective Brooks, and Alderman William and force of his argument, he proceeded to re- | McMullen of the Fourth Ward, a well-known inforce his argument that audit” could not be d to mean an inquiry into the original a counts, but at most the comparison of youch- ers with bills, He instanced the many auditing boards of private corporations which sat merely to examino and approve bills paid. It was not necessary for him to speak further as to the matters intrinsle to. the indictinent, aud ‘h, the matters extrin- ent, The law provided that no man shouldjbe tried for crime except on the indictment of aGrand Jury, And that a Grand not a mob of 3 men, but a part oft sitting in secret, and appre er of the Court alone h cases where improprict he Grand Jury had been indictments on motions to quash. THE FACTS ESTABLISHED without dispute were that twenty counts of this indictment were found without any eviden political leader, and previous to the shooting a warm patron of Mara, and one of the alleged principal backers of that villain tn the conspir- acy to kill Brooks, In his confessions Mara not only tells how he, with Dougherty and Mo- Laughlin, both now dead, laid the plot to mur- der Brooks, but also startles the community by the divulging of the real facts and authors of feveral mysterious crimes of the first magnl- tude, Including one murder committed In Chest nut street. He omits, however, one dark and terrible deed in which he himself was the main and of which, at the present time, but few Philadelphians have more than a suspicion, and that is the true origin of the great coal oll conflagration of 1865 at Ninth street and Washing- ton avenue, by which seven persons met a ter- rible death inthe flames. It ts true that Mara th the a eld fatal to those relating to the claims of Keyser, Boller, | oi “9 7 Ingersoll, Davison, Miller, and Smith. “What a | Wartesupon the Fourth Ward gang and the pregnant fact was that! What a commentary ey ane orate ee veuesvouw evumweciere wie on the fairness and honesty, the profes- sonal: honor of those who procured this Indict- ment! Mr. Justice Ingraham Interrupted Mr. Field, saying that It was not necessary to make any Personal remarks on this argument. Mr. Field sald he did not propose to impute bad motives to these gentlemen, but they had the right to call things by their legal names. It was admitted by the absence of denial that twenty of these counts were unsustained by . Tt was admitted that on Mr. Peck- ‘® withdrawal a fiction of a name, John Brown, was put in. Mr, Justice Ingraham—Was any name neces- and responsibility for this fire, but he tells it so vaguely that hut few have believed it as more than athirst for revenge secking vent In this man- ner, Unfortunately for humanity, Mara tells the truth, but not the whole truth, and we now propose to give a full and accurate history of that dark crime. THE TERRIBLE NIGHT IN FEBRUARY. The night of Feb. 8, 1865, was as wild and fear- ful in its nature as Is seldom witnessed tn this climate. It had snowed and sleeted incessantly all day, and at nightfall rain descended in tor- rents, while the temperature moderated to such an extent as to cause @ general thaw. This, with the rain, converted the six inches of snow on the ground into a seething and surging slush, Nearly every sewer inlet was choked through the preceding neglect of the city authorities, and in the lower sections of the city the streots were impassable, while in many instances the water ran into the cellars of the dwellings. Travel by foot or horse was almost impossible, and nearly every street railway car line was obliged to cease running. It was on such a night as this that four miscreants started ~ | for what they, it ts possible, did not intend to be as great a calamity as ensued. At the southwest corner of Ninth street and sary? ie. Field—No; but it, was introduced for tho ‘oncealment, It was admitted that am was under the most bitter preju- against the accused, and had published matter designed to prove the accused the worst man in the world. He imputed no evil motive, but even If with t of motiy man had such prejudices, he was unfit. to be a judge or juror. or to be the adviser of jue © OF juror. iad this been done by the Disti Attorney himself, he would have cailed on the Court to create @ precedent that that office was not At to advise the Grand Jur: AN INTERRUPTION. Mr. Field read at some length Mr. Peckham's aMdavit, when ‘as‘Interrupted by the Grand Jury coming | The prisoners who were indicted were then raigned, and all plead not guilty. They were r manded, and after this interruption Mr. Field resumed his pwige of Mr. Peckham's aM@davit of what occurred while he was pres of Seba occurred wil us present before | Washington avenue was lot of ground en- rand Jury. That was what happened. reread to the loth of October, when the Grand Jury | *losed with a paling fence and partly covered by Tinutes #howed that on, the complaint of | Fows of wooden sheds, The law forbidding the Mheeler H. Peckham true bills had been found. | storage of coal oll In quantities within the hat closed the Oret act. ‘he r. Pee! am sald he heard that defendant's counsel objected | DU!lt-up portions of the city was not then in to it, He did hear it in open court, and he | existence, and, indeed, was the result of the fire heard Judge Brady's remarks that the action | that followed, Over 400 barrels of coal oll we was highly improper and should be investiguted. Then Ke says that he advited the District Attor. | stored under the sheds, arranged in tlers two ney to advise the Grand Jury to take action dle | deep. Shortly after midnight Hugh Mara, oro, and the minutes of the Grand Jury of the | James Dougherty, James McGurk, and MeMen- showed they heeded that advice, rescinded thetr action, but thelr new minutes are a literal | in Fleetwood approached this lot. transcript of the former minutes, except that OBJECT OF THE INCENDIARTES. only five of the seven witnesses previously ex- ‘The incendiaries had plotted to set fire to this amined wore before therm. - coal oll. They knew it would create a great con we. Hi sigiemortend erga ey OOM: .g | fingration. ‘The olf was stored near dwellings Fe eee oe eer cena of the | inhabited by persons in comfortable situation Grand Jury room on the sth proper? ‘The y F or situations were ta preserve. she coun in life, They would be startled from aleep at midnight, and, terror-stricken by the fire, they would rush from their houses in aright, leaving thelr property at the mercy of these thieves, clase of counsel, Our statutes gave authority to Grand Jury were to preserve the counsel of U people and thelr fellows, How was that t preserved If {the Court would permit. the e1 ployment of counsel to practise before the rand Jury. It would be introducing a new Clase of counsel. Our statutes Fave authorit7 te | who would enter thelr houses under pretence of them, and a case in Pennsylvania so often cited | being members of the Moyamensing Hose Com as to be trite condemned In the strongest terms | pany, which Is one of the most notorious organ- the introduction of volunteer advice to the | izations of the old Volunteer Fire Department, Grand Jury. tut ar Peckham appeared Dot | phe desperadoes had well matured their plan, plaint heeler H. Veckham th minutes | and had also another and favorite tn tive—the Tead, third he forced himself on the hope of inciting a riot between their own and a eee ee eee ae cl? | rival fire company, with which a deadly warfare to examine witnesses, but they « «I to his presen Athen ascent was only | had existed for years The four scoundrels procured by the pressure of the District Avi | had lounged around the vicinity of E adil paltaaind Laapysehs and = Fitewalter streets, the locat ic, " Tut if these were illecul, was the action of the | the Moyamensing Hose Company, sev~ 15th any better? hours that evening, occasionally leay- reconsider their action of the 10th—t At one breath they decide to | eral ane} ing the hose house for nelghboring bar- flud I. We Pes Min thain alias ingame oe | rooms, At midnight they started on thelr can well be tmagined, they endeavor to got rldfof a vice previously comuitted. ‘They call in five of the seven witnesses. They ask then," is what you swore to the other day true?” “Yes, | imspeoted, but not a traveller was to be seen, A true DiIL” Why tn the case of a petit jury, if ole de f salt the case of petit and even the policemen were driven to shelter improper testimony bas been admitted ee u not cure it that the court directa thom to disre- | fom the raging storm, feeling sure that the gard It, But the District Attorney himself could | roundsman would negivet his duty on such a errand. The coal oil depot was thoroughly re- connottered, and the vicinity for several squares Hot name a substitute. The statutes provided | night. They entered an alley leading to the that when he could not act the court should | depot, and fheing provided with cotton, tow, hame his substitute, ‘The statutes provide also | pitch ofl, and ther combustibles, with plenty there shall be but three Assistant District Attor- | of matches, Mara, the chief ruflian, volunteered neye; and again another act authorizes him, at Dougherty stood at the end the trial, to employ, with the consent of the hoof County Judge, assistant counsel. And that con- sent must be Sled with the County Clerk. Nor had Mr. Peckham taken the oath of office which Assistant District Attorneys took, So every sanction was stripped from Mr. Peckham’s post- tion, He repeated they did not mean to luply Any wrong motives to Mr. Peckham, but ley could not fai] to impute to him wrong acte, A CONCLUDING APPEAL. Mr. Field, to closing, said: We ask you, sir. ip evaclusion to do what son os tad that Te great, to Being Uaek this old Iesticution ite ancient purity and vigor. It te older than the di covery of this continent. Its older then all the civili- zatiow which We Ace around us, and the maguifeent fabrics of veciaty that have grown up from it; its roat ‘Was in the mhidie ages | >you of lewal were: ory. 1 has been by statute and by constita. Hon; gnd never anywhere in the histor of tlie Anglo Saxou' race have’ they ald a law, Dut they bave provided Wat although there © no onger any monarchs to cow them oF trample them tm the dint, yet there are cumumuniti ea political parties, Which are as dangerous Crowns, and agalnat these they eu ‘and they have provided in Coustitution and statute that oo person Shall be brought to trial for ab infaiwous erie but upon the presentment of a Grand Jury, We ask you now on tis solemn oceaslon, Where so much ls suld~—so much OUt of doors, so Much Within~ Wwe sek you to lay down to start the flames, of the alley to give warning of any one, while the other two, M Wood, stationed theinselves respectively at Washingtou avenue and Bilsworth street, THR MIDNIGHT FLAME. Tt was the work of but # moment for Mara to elimb the jn a concealed corner inoneof the sheds. The barrels were groasy and leaky, and under ope of the leakiest Mara started hia bonire. He saw that it was fully under way, with no prospect of extinguishment, the ol} catching, and then made a hasty retreat and joined bis companions. ba § waited about ton ininutes, when a Aicker of Nght was seen against the fronts of the houses opposite. They ran to the spot as If greatly excited, and gave ap alarm. Policeman Murray,who Was a few squares of, and several citiz who were returning home from the coterie carnival at the Academy of Music, also saw the flames at the same mo- Mhent, and Joined the unsuspected incendiaries. By this tine the fre was spreading rapidly, liek- ing up the oll and gaining fresh vigor from the saturated shedding and planking. ‘To sound an alarin was the first action, and two or three po- Tceinen from sirrounding beats, who had ar, ion the ground, ran to an elarm x Elehth street ‘and Washington avenue. This fo BN NNR we, eels Jou re,ley down | box waa out of order, and could not be worked. Rewafter, and bring’ beck thefew to i Te was necessary t0 Muarter of a mile to thon, No Jus can de it eo well reach another box. Travelling was slow on that ‘and most eaperienced of our ‘sidewalks and stro: ight, with ankle deep pe a ge {n'slush. Meantime the flames gained fearful ph Ment’ Stun; from whose shitia the agrowe of detroe: | headway, A BIVER OF FIRE. The citizens licemen who beg rive on the xround saw at opce that the: be great danger to those living near the burning oll, and efforts were at once made to awaken them. Bitner all slept with extraordinary sound- ess, OF attributed the noises to the storm, for Rowne's task of great diMoulty to arouse’ the sleepers. Doors were hammered, stones and jeces of ice thrown against windows, and at Fase alt but two families were awakened. The Fire Department began to arrive, but found great trouble in procuring water, asthe hydravts were y frozen. The fire had awopt through the whole depot, and barrel after barrel oh burst and the accummulated oil Snally ran out and flooded Ninth street, The street was filled with water, and the oll floated on tt and burned The slope of the street la to blazing oil began, to flow tl way, catending ¢ to the walls of the houses on Hoth sides of the a Tt was @ roaring torrent of fire, jetting to tops Of the house and travelling as fast asa man could walk. team engine was located at Ellsworth stree 4 into the faces of those who shot them ; aod Who, when you retire from this beach period too near for our wishes—will retire with Conuctousness of having done iw your day, and ust wad bootable crowned With (he commendation ©: wen. THE OTHER IXDICTMENTS POSTPONED, The Court took the papers, each side handing ta Peckham then called up the other indict- ™ felony, asking if Mr. Bield was ready to plead to that, Mr. Burrill answered that the: to quash that on the same groun ground: Mr, Field thought it was imposing on the Court, as the settlement of the questions already argued would greatly shorten the proceeding, After considerable discussion, in which Mr. Peckham and Mr. Tremain earnestly pressed for an Immediate d. ussion of all the law matters on all the indictments, and Messrs. Bartlett, Burrill, and Field insisted on the matter going gyer, If was finally adjourned to Monday week, Mr, Justice Ingraham tntimating he would de- cide this motion during the interv should move and op other d was with difloulty saved from destru baci tye ape ol 6 horses being seorched b; flames. Inte AMUSEMENTS, minutes Ofty houses were ing, and the oil ent arnun's Cireus and Menagerie. ‘The class of entertainment afforded by the combination of circus and menagerie which Mr. Barnum has inaugurated at the well-known iron building In Fourteenth street, though sim- plo in character, {one which furuishes a great deal of enjoyment to large numbers of people~ and very sensible people too, Great improvements have beon effected in the structure, The auditorium of the old iron tent has been divided into two circles, of which the lower is occupted by “orchestra ohairy’ and other reserved seats, aud the uvper one devoted to the general public. By this simple contrivance Mr, Barnum has doubled the capacity of his building without the addition of a foot of supers ficial area. The space beneath the seuts of the auditortuin has been , celled, and painted, Js now ocoupted by the cages of wild beasts, swept two squares n Ninth street as far as ‘ederal street, branching iusto Ellsworth and oF two smaller streets, ‘TRE SCENE WAS TERRIDLR. Tn half an hour after Mara had tired the barrel one hundred and twenty buildings, including two mills, were in flames, Hundreds of house- Jess men, women, and children, some well, some ill, were wading knee deep in melted snow and ico in their night clothing, frantically rush- ing for places of safety, mapy of them badly burned by the flames. The flromon were doin all in their power, Many citizens appeared, ar houses near the scene of disaster Were readily opened to the distressed fugitives. The rush of the flames was appalling A strong wind was blowing, and carried the fire far over the roofs of houses, wh me nened ower ne if pate of wax, any persone only escaped by rom rear. windows to sheds. The fa icane Rank ch inbled the stones of the street and warped the railroad racks ‘and lamp posts, fre plugs, and other iron worl @ fore. ‘The museum part of the show Is paltry, and if {t comprises 100,000 curiosities, the count must have been made up by Mncluding each button on the clothes of the wax figures and each hatr en 6 wbicl p the CE Ae jo paruoulary FRIGHTFUL DEATHS, spectaeng of the guy or volar beor nave been | fine lett Rony Ng Aeon hs ew ds of sisting of his wife, two sisters, and achild. All efforts to awaken these people were in vain, and it was thought no one was in thelr house; bu few minutes after the burning oll broke fom the yard agonizing shrieks were heard, The the head of the “heaufifal Cireassian.” bystanders looked toward the door, | ay otrous performances are good. ‘Taking the ox- | (Ror sa ' hibition asa whole, itis # very satinfuctory abd wy several poopie, The outelde of t musing s€eir, and will undoubtedly be a pevu- | ROUswaa enveloped In fames, both front a rear, ad it was evident that the Wares must ie, for their only ese: was through the burn~ il. A man darted from the door, followed male; but Botts 6 tl at once and were seen Ore. of nlary succes —_—e— Matinee at Nible’s, The first matinés of “Leo amd Letos” Will be wiven at Niblo's Garden this afterneon, it oF ve heoresom ae or, at Ninth and ‘streets fhe bur ran inton which uunately Wi SBE. and danger to row of fine buildings juss w Ninth twas averted, A GENERAL ALARM OF FIRE, heen sounded. tled for the safety of b those burning, an eded in saving over Hity In adamaged condition, By daybreak tho fire was under control; but how different the scene from that afow hours previously. Then there stood rows of good, comfo three- story brick buildings, many of them used on the first floor by their residents as stores; now all was desolation, Tottering remnants of walla, smoking beama, and pilos of bricks many feet high wore to be seen on all sides. ‘The fre had swept from Washington treet clear to Federal, Nine-tenths of the bufldings were in ruin, and f those that remained there were but the wats. The fire bad also destroyed a number of build ings on Fllsworth and Federal streets, and seve raf arnall tide avenue Thus had the flendish deeds of the incendta. rvs destroyed in buildings, goods, household &c., property to the yalue of THRER QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS, sacrificed half a dozen lives, and rendered home- loss 500 persons, many losing thelr all. The greatest excitement prevailed throughout the city the next morning, when the news was spread. ‘The sufferers had been accommodated in charitable institutions In the lower part of the city, and immense contributions of clothing and provisions were made for them, Search was made aa soon as possible for the bodies of the viotims, and they were found, with thore of two other persona, who bad resided in an adjoining house, During the fire the incendiaries had been busl« ly engaged in plundering, all taking their share, leetwood had obtained entrance to the Ware dwelling with one of his colleacues, who made his exit by the rear door somewhat hastily, leay= ing Floctwood in possession of a box of silver ware, which he found on the lower floor, and which he intended to carry off as plunder under the pretence of saving it.” ‘The one who escapec who is supposed to have been Dougherty, did not know that there were any persons in the house, and it is not likely that Fleetwood did, as thoy had broken into the dwelling from the rear, At this juncture the oll broke from the depot, and Fleetwood, in common with the Ware famic ly. found hig retrent out oft, While making the lesperate effort to escape with Mrs, Ware, they fell in the stream of burning ot!” almost in each other's arms, and the bystanders at once concluded that Fleetwoo met his death in a noble and sell rificing effort to save the lives of others. The remains of bis body and that of Mrs. Ware were found in the street, his corpse being only re by & partly melted key that lay beside It. The supposed nobjé deed was retchoed from one end of the city to another. Atl ases were lost In admi- ration of the dead fireman. Poems were writ- ten on his death, and his funeral was attend by, large bodies of citizens, the ceremon! being performed with great pomp and polematty. An association was organized and adopted bis name. His portrait, upon a large and splendid banner, was often carried in procession by the Moyamensing Hose Company, and bis memory eulogized in the most flattering manner by the press generally. But how great the terror of the THREE SURVIVING RASCALS, Morrow, McGurk, and Dougherty, ‘There can be no doubt that they never had an idea that the fire would assume the character tt did, or enuse the destruction of human life, and thelr first impulse was to bind themselves by solemn declaration to stand by one another and keep the fatal secret. But little suspicion of incen- diarism, however, prevailed, and it was only hinted ‘at as possible, The fire was generally attributed to spontaneous combustion, and the itation culminated ina universal demand for a law forbidding the storage of coal oll within the city limits, which was speedily passed. Time rolled’ on, and the coal-oil fire passed from the public mind, or was only mentioned as & deplorable visitation of Divine Providence. The consotences of the three incendiaries, how= mote them often, although they indulged in new deeds of villany, A year or 80 went by and McGurk could no’ with Dougherty and Mara In regard tovall thet villainous pit Mara and Dougherty, belng older tn crime, to drag McGu tit they seemed to have on hi 4 rotallated by y to divulge all he knew of the origin of the oll fire to the authorities, telling them that bi could do it with perfect safety to himself, a8 be Would be State's evidence and receive’ free pardon. A WRAK CONSPIRATOR IN DANGER. At first they were frightened, and attempted to cajole him; but he was on bis guard and re- peated his threats. At last the two determined hat, as there waa no safety for them from @ man’ of his disposition, the only resort left was to make away with him. Mara met him on the street, and told him that somehow or other the’ news had leaked out that he (McGurk) was the man who started the coal- oil fire, and that as no suspicion attached to them he had better leave the city at once. AS MeGurk had been with them so long and was such a good fellow they were, determined to help him, Mara at last alarmed McGurk, who promised to leave Philadelphia at once, until the excitement, if any there was, had blown over, Mara then proposed that MeGurk should meet him and Dougherty on the next night on a | lot running from Fitzwater to Catharine and venth to Bighth streets, well known to Ipbians as“ Sweeny’s lot,” and the scene | rFal ‘nuurders and numerous bloody @ frays, robberies, €% in days gone by. It is now covered with buildings, At that tine Mare Promised that they would give McGurk a su due hin from proceeds of certain thefts, and also tell him how to act after he had fled, | MeGurk promised to be punctual in attend. } ance, and Mara left him and went in search of Dougherty, whom he soon found, and detailed to him the xrrangement with MoGurk. He then roposed that be would seize McGurk and stile his tries while Dougherty stabbed him. Doughe erty dissented most empuatically from the lat- ter portion of the plan, but upon Mara’s repre- senting the danger to both if MeGurk was not killed, he consented. ‘The appointed night was dark, there being no moon. At I o'clock Mara and’ Dougherty met MeGurk In the centre of the lot, near the fences of a row of small buildings. A rambling con- versation ensued, but the would-be murderers found that thelr taak was not easy, for McGurk: suspicious, and on his guard. Heing we! bullt, he was a match for either of bis intended assailants, neither of Whom wasa powerful man. THE DEATH STRUGOLF. At last Mara became tired of waiting, and with a" Now come on” to Dougherty, made a grasp for Metiurk’s throat. Dougherty's hewrt failed ) him, He did not aid his companion as promptly as Was Intended, and with a well-directed blow MeGurk laid Mara out on the ground, and then struck for Dougherty. Mara quickly'arose, and with Dougherty, whose blood was now up, Tusli- ed at McGurk.’ ‘The latter fought them Abd inflicted severe punishment upon thei ; threateni but Mara or 1 rty, which he did not know, drew a knife, ut him badly several times about the arms and body. ‘The unequal contest | could not last long without his receiving a serious wound, and at last he got afearful cut the abdomen, from which truded. Even with this terrible wound he still sank iusensible from toss e the assailants had ine flicted séveral other wounds. ‘They then, think- ing him dead, fed. Their secret was known to none but themselves, and they appeared at their old haunts as usual. MoGurk, however, was not dead, He lay on the ground for some time, and was at last found by some persons crossing the lot. They con- veyed him to the Pennsylvania Hi ital at | Bighth and Pine streets, four squares off, where acorps of experienced obs examined his wounds, and found that although very danger- ous they were not necessarily fatal. Later, how- ever, fever sct in, and there was but little hope oAedhurk, wh inger had bee rat feGurle, when, younger hy en an operator im the olty’ police telegraph offices: and thera ac~ quired an acquaintance with the late Dr, Black- burn, for many yours and until the time of his recent death, Fire Marshal of the city. McGurk hind always boon ‘a wild youth, noticed this, and attracted by certain good ualities of the lad endeavored to reform hima, eGurk would listen, but he was apparent! naturally inclined to evil habits, and coutinued to associate with a gang oung scoundrels: Who were the hangers-on of the Moyamensing Hose Company, M’GURK'S REVENGE. From the interest taken in hi burn, MeGurk had always ente respect for him, While ill he hi Favengs agains believing he was abu Blackburt ne communication to Blackburn, from causes of the coal-oil the opinion that ita havi Dr. Blackburn by Dr. Black= ned feelings of been nursing ia late comrades, at t to die he sent for Dr, t he had an important ke to him. Now Dr. Investigation into the en strongly of ut re, in was incendii FV little real evidence of the fa prudently said but Tittle about it, aud theny ont vity officials, He had had his éye ou MeGu ra long tine, and of course on Mara and Doughert “He had suspected them of setting fire to several buildin confession of Mara proves porrect. Dr, Blackburn knew that a short before the oil fire MeGurk had served aut a of two years" imp: . Jersey for arson, He believed clue to the fro would be had, and hastened at ance to the hospital, MeGurk appeared to be very glad to see him. McGurk at once explained his Condition, and gave a succlnot narrative of the plot to burn the oll depot, relating all the fucts mainly as we have given them, following It up with the quarrel, the enticing of himself to the lot. and the subsequent stabbing, He stated iu the inost positive manner that Mara bad ap- viled the match, described the combustible used, the water acyr, #04 how the four enter houses during the Are to steal and that Fleet~ wood met his death, noe (Lhe woble mayiner aps posed, but while ing. Dr. Blackburn was tly surprised at the statement concernin, jeetwood, but had long surmised the rest o: the story, and gave full credence to it. A day or fo after this conference McGurle passed the crisis and rapidly recovered. AN ATTEMPT TO BRING THEM TO JUSTICE. Dr. Blackburn communicated his intelll- ence 10 one oF two city of ola eed consulted with them as to what should done. ‘They went on $s, track 0} Bare and Dougherty, apd found them totally untuspiclous, After a » and the recent at this suspicion well, is entrails pro | | Jong daliboration + w; as thought that the pro- F piap would be t arrest the two and indict jem for m: yt In causing the death of the ‘are family; but the yhjection then arose that the only evidence in POsesaion of the Common= ‘wealth would be that of «cGurk. Ho would be unsupported, and could \y attacked by the de- fonce on the ground of bella griminal himself, an assoctate of those men In¥ys and many other great crimes, acting really rom motives of Fovengo; and last, that the Ihw._of the Stato, While admitting the testimony 5a convict, vot requires It to be strongly corrd.orated. ‘This corroborative testimony Was not hand, al- though Dr. Blackburn believed he chud'in tne procure it, The contemplated arrest was therefie post- pened. MoGurk was now gotting well-ind Dr, Blackburn told him that he should be anasted: but aa he appeared repentant and would ts the communtty a great service by testifying adinet lara and Dougherty, no stepa would be taken against him if he would promise to com ward when want M'GURK'S FLIGHT TO NEW YORK, MeGurk was advised by Dr. Blackburn to leave the city, as there would be no safety for hin, evar to which Mara and Dougher= ty bolonged would take the eafjost opportunity to kill him, MoGurk, to evade them, decd to take French leave, and one evelang scaled the Spruce street wall of the Pennsylyalia Hos- fou pital, and, going to his home, packed up what Rrticlos ho wanted and lett tor Now York. Prioe toh cape, however, and in one of his inter- . Blackburn, the latter took down his states in writing, swore him as to its truth, and MeGurk then signed it. McGurk did not remain in New York. He went to the puntry, renal but a little time at any one place, 2 to Dr. Blackburn several times. The latter worked diligently to obtain the coveted corroborated testimony, but it waa a dificult task, Many facts, however, wero tained, but at this juncture a summary stop was put to all proceedings by the death of McGurk, whit {was caused by dissipation, is received on Bweeny © lot. oruy after the death of McGurk that THE BROOKS SHOOTING occurred, and the subsequent capture, con- viction, and ij nent of Mara and Dough- erty, Afterward the long illness and death of lackburn himself almost effaced the Mc- urk statement from the memories of the half 4 score of persons who ki The tes ¥ival of the notoriety o} y the shooting of MeMullin. bas produced whispers of his con- heotion with the coal-oll Arey although with many It is but surmise, All that we have stated, however, Is contained in sundry papers, all of Which are yet in exist- ence, although jealously guarded by thone who have'them. Of those who get fire to the oll de- pot there remains to-day but one alive, Dough- erty having been recently killed by a desperado, robably acting for some of the gang Involved in the Brooks affair, Mara is the only one who survives, and he has Just entered a fail to servo a seven years’ Imprisonment, from which, by reason of his eofeebled health, caused, by & Pulmonary complaint, he will in all probability never come out, except a corpse. le is ye buts young main; but jt js seldom in the annals of crime that we read of one who, by his ow confession, has lived such a life as'be has, and been connected with so many startling deeds that at times shock and horrify communities by thelr daring and utter deflance of all law. jal Life In- The Trustees of this Company having, after a critical examination of the thirty years’ experience of the Company, and on mature deliberation, unanimously resolved once more to reduce the rates of premium for Insurance, it {8 proper in thelr behalf that the existin, members should be informed of the causes which have led to this tmportant measure, and of the effect which it will bave upon their interests. The ratos of premium first used by this Com- pany were borrowed, of necessity, from English companies. In the year 1853, alterations and re- ductions were recommended by Mr. Charles Gill, the first Actuary of the Company, and adopted by the Trustees. In 1808, Mr, Sheppard Homans, then Actuary, proposed further cor- rections, many of them reductions, in the Table of Races, which, after investigation, were adopt- ed on his recommendation. In a recent statement to the public of the financial condition of the Company, on the let of October last, In which are given the results of some thirty years’ active business, it is stated that of all the Cash Premium Receipts nearly fifty per cent. of the same has been returned to the Policy-holders. Far the greater part of this large return consisted of payments om the part of the assured, over and above the actual cost of the assurance which the premiums were in- tended to secure. THRORY. To understand this, It Is premised that the business of the Companys founded upon what is called the American Table of Mortality, aud four per cent. interest for money. The table does not materially differ from others tn use, except in the assumption that of agiven number now Hving at the age, say 35, none will survive the age %, By the principle of Life Contingencies it is found that the true amount to be paid at the beginning of every year to assure a sum payable at death is variable, being smaller at the younger and greater at the older ages. This variable ranges from §7.70 at age 2, to $01.54 at age 5, to insure $1,000, on the supposition that the man- agement of monoy will be without expense, These variable amounts are called the annual cost of insurance. But aa all business opera- tionsare attended by exponses,acertain amount, usually @ percentage of these costs, is added, and the result is another series of variable amounts called Office Premiums. But to pay a constantly increasing premium every year would be attended by incoi venlences, and It has become the custom, in consequence, for the Company to charge and the assured to paya fixed sum every year, of which the value is such that its ultimate effect will be the same as tbat of the variable payment. It isa kind of average, being too large at the younger, and too small at the older ages, The practice of the Company has been to add forty per cent.of the net rate to cover ordinary ex- penses. Then taking the age 9% as an example, we may writ Net premium. Forty per cent Annual eftice premium. seereeeeees erty. ‘This sum is made of three distinct parts, namely: lst, The amount it must contribute to death claims, for the fret year, ealled the Cost af Jn suramce, discounted one Year... ; ad.The Keveree, or fund whiel must ‘be eid ‘by the ryt? to ovide against the defolency tn the net and uniform premium to pay its con tribution to desth clalie at tue highet ages... 10.92 (ihe aesuinption Is that this earns but four per cent interest.) ‘SM. Provision for yearly expenses, forty per cent. of ems I aud 2. . . Premium as before. ... . . sone woe This premium_is computed in advance from an assumed rate of interest and of mortality. It is, therefore, the theoretical premium, but must nevertheless be pald by the assured, The assumptions made in its construction call for the largest sum which was ever believed to be necessary. EXPERIENCE. In practice, however, the Mutual Life has found this premium much larger (han was ne- cessary, in every year of its existence. To de- termine what surplus acerued {n any given year, the premium was resolved into its component parts, as above described, and the overpayments separately computed, with the following results, namely : Ist.—Only about three-quarters of the sum, which the premium contributed to pay Death Claims, was needed, The remaining one-quar- ter was surpl 2d.—The interest has been from six to seven per cent. op the Resarve, instead of four per cent. as assumed, ‘This excess has contributed largely to surplus, ad.—The ratio of Expenses to Receipts dur- ing the whole existence of the Company has averaged only ten per cent.; and, during the r 1871, was less than eight per cent.; and the provis- fon of forty per cont. of the net premium for ex- penses has therefore been much In excess of what was required. The surplus from this source has been very great. ‘The result is that large dividends have been returned to Policy-holders from thelr overpay- ments. The majority of the members have left their Dividends with the Company to accumulate in the form of Keversionary Additions to their Polich ‘The Company has now heen in existence thirty years, In every ono of these thirty years It has issued a Polivy to a person aged 3 who is now living, and who has paid each year's premium in full, and has left hts dividends or overpayments to his credit in the form of Additions to his Polley. ‘The ratio of the present cash value of the ad- ditions now credited to each of the Policies, to the amount of money paid by each, will bv found opposite the years designated in the fos lowing table: Year of Ter Year of Per Year of 172 1862 0) 1859 vsvesssesc Mh lsat ue ois a) ee a in 0 4 9 BST 4 AS ag 188 + AT S54... 3 1ms9 1b 1548, at he smallest amount returned for overpayments to be twenty-seven per cent. of the premium paid, and that even upon the Polley which has been but one year in force, by far the most expensive. Whereas, the ureatest Teduction In the proposed new scale of rates ia less than twenty-two per cent. ‘There can, therefore, be no doubt of the aafety of the proposed measure, or of the ability of the new Policies to take care of themselves, to pay their own way, and accumulate a surpha It will be apparent from an examination of the foregoing table that if the premiums upon those thirty Policies had been made twenty-two ber cent, leas than they were by diminishing the Persentage addition for expenses, the result would have beon that the Policy-holders would have retainea the difference In their own pocl eta. The Company would have been just as sound, for, 8 Wit he seen by the facts above stated, It would have Nerashe game proper serves on each Policy, but the divigcnte up overs payments would have been smaller, Without disturbing any old Policies, it Is now proposed to put in force a new Table of Rates for new Policy-holders. In these now Rates a change is made tn the percentage for ex- Penses other than death claims, reducing tt from forty per cent. to ten per cent, Upon Whole Life Policies the effect is to reduce the premiums twenty-one and four tenths per cent, Upon other classes of Policies the reduction is not so great. No change other than a reduction in the provision for working expenses {8 proposed or made, When the computations for dividend are made each premium will receive the pro cise surplus which {t earns, The. low preminm will receive a comparatively small dividend, because it will have earned less, The high premium will receive its surplus upon precisely the same basis as heretofore, and tts dividend, far from being diminished, will be enhanced by the introduction of newly-selected and younger lives. Should any of our old or present Policy-hold+ ers, having policies capable of being surrene derea, wish to take advantage of the new and lowered rates, in such case, (as they will make & vew contract with the Company,) they will, an surrendering their old Policies, receive from the Company thelr surrender value, in cash. Asa matter of information. it may be stated that on Policies five years old or less, the exchange thus effected will be of some slight gain to the hold~ er. Onolder Policies there would be no gain, The Company has made ample provision for the fulfilment of every one of its outstanding contracts. Even if it should cease to-day to insure any new members, its fand would be sufficient to pay every death claim, as presented, ‘and to return yearly to Policy-holders @ surplus, Ite assete would In the course of a few years begin to decrease, but the lagt dollar would be on hand to pay the last legitimate demand, ‘The surplus aceruing under such ciroum- stances, however, would necessarily be con- siderably lees than Uf ita new business were continued. New lives, in youth and health, ad- mitted to the Company, bring « reduction in the proportionate erage losses by di Prosent members have been benefited in t way. New members will shortly have the same advantage in thelr turn, and meantime will re~ ceive thelr insurance at fair and safo rates, while the Company is entirely mutual in ite operations, and both new and old members must mutually beneftt each other. It is no leas the interest than the duty of the ‘Trustees of the Company to take care that no plan or change shall now or at any time be adopted which would in the least interfere with the rights, the safety, or the advantages of the old Policy-holders, aa they and their friends are themselves included among the number. ‘The faith of the Policy-holders in the sounds ness of the Company and the conservative and careful management of its Trustees ought n¢ therefore, to be shaken by the attacks which are made upon it by interested and unscrupulous persons who are envtous of Its position and great acknowledged success, F. &, Wrxsron, President. W. H.C. Baxtierr, Actuary. pti ae ‘The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York The undersigned, as a trustee of the Mu« tual Life Insurance Company, has received a communication from Mr. Stephen English, 181 Broadway, reflecting severely upon the manages ment of that company and upon the personal character of Its President. ‘Thie lottor has been very widely circulated, and the friends of the company deem it entitled to respectful notice. Thave no personal acquaintance with Mr. Engs Nsh, and. can only infer the object of the letter from the bitter spirit which pervades it, ‘The personal reffections upon the President of the company are but repetitions of charged which have heen made in years past, and ara now gathered up tn form calculated to promote serious apprehension. They have all been lovg since made the oecaston of the fullest investi« gation by the trustees and by legislative com- mittee, and bave resulted im nothing sufficient to impair confidence In his character as a safo custodian of so high a trust. The trustees have again and agaim expressed thie oplaion of hw fidelity. ‘The present eminent position of the Mutua Life Company is, in thetr opinion, the most une answerable testimonial of his zeal, fidelity and eficiency as an officer. I can only reaffirm, ia the strongest terms, as an individual meubery what the trustees have unitedly done under their signatures, that the company Is In the bese possible condition for the security of 14 members; its funds are most judictously eared for and invested, and are sufficient to meet any possible liability; and that the administration is guarded by the trustees with the utmet scrutiny which the delicate nature of thelr (rut demands; and that the entire management it surrounded by all the checks and guarantec# whieh long and careful experience has suggested for the perfect safety of the insured. | With respect to the important change of pelt {ey recently adopted by the company, namely areduction of premiums upon new policies (2 be issued, I can only say that it was rev ine niended by the eminent actuary of the company after most deliberate investigation, received thé maturest review by the appropriate committees ‘and was adopted by the Board after full ditour sion of its nature and consequences. The fact that for many years the annual dividend returiv able to the insured amounted to a considerable proportion of the premium received, aud the the company had passed through every variely of experience with the same substantial resul'y Jed to the inquiry whether it was not safe to he company and just to the insured, and thereferé the soundest policy, to diminish the annual at payments, rather than to exaet more than wad absolutely required, for the sake of subse quently returning a portion of It to the payers It was clearly shown that this change coud be effected without prejudice to old potk)* holders, who would receive upon the annul adjustment of profite their pro-rata share f their contributions, and that the business of @ company would gradually lapse from the 4 rystem into the new, with equal Justice 04! concerned, It would be manifestly |pror? for me, an individual member, to diseurs 4 question which the Board has thus deliberat) adopted; but if it shall be found that tle coe pany have taken a step unwarranted by ei rience, they will as promptly retract !t- Go —o Mayor Hall received a letter. yes! the Sec the St, Nicholas Societ Fo owe 1d Fr weather strips for doors and windows (7 tok Bad. 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