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Show U EH Bit A L. Dilugliiti liisiu-nnue Coi)i)niU lo Terms. Chicago, 21. The pros is bringing a strong pressure to boar on tho local insurance in-surance companies to 1'oreo them to koep faith with their customers. 11 any companies, liko tho liopublie, whose stockholders aro the wealthiest citizens in tho'west nro proposing to settle without with-out the collection of tho balances duo on notes by their stockholders. Tho Republic Re-public company publishes a card dc iondingjts actions and proposing to pny twcnty-livo per cent., but tho ellbrt to shield tho stockholders from other liabilities lia-bilities is likely co prove fruitless. Suits will bo brought against individual stockholders nnd thoy must pay or be put into bankruptcy. Payment of Iiitciesi. Washington, D, C, 24. Tho treasury department to-morrow will commence tho payment of tlio November interest with'out rebate. Pleading Utility. Now York, 24. Win, Thompson, in-dictod in-dictod for manslaughter for misplacing tho switch, nt the timo of tho recent dreadful accidout on iho Newark and Now York railroad, bns withdrawn the plea of "not guilty" and thrown himself him-self on the ruercy of the court, which in consoquoncc of his youth will likely be lenient. A largo party of workmen of various i trades, will lenvo hero fm- Chieago to- I morrow.' Protcstnm Kijiscojinl Ciiiivtiiiloii. Baltimore, 21. In tho Episcopal convention con-vention to-day, the committee on praym-book praym-book reported back four momorials'on tho following subjects: first, from public firosbytors asking a, canon granting oavo for any cltrgymun to oinit any words or passages in tho liturgy which hpbolievcs conscientiously lo be contrary to Holy Hcriptures, or to contain doctrine doc-trine which ho is presumed ennnot bo proved thereby; second, asking a consideration con-sideration of tho difficulties estimated by many conscientious men with regard to tho language in the bnptismal sorrice, nnd praying that tho suggestions of nino bishops be adopted; third, requesting tho convention to determine that wher-evor, wher-evor, throughout tho book of common prayer, the word "priest" is used, it is to bo understood aa eignifylng presbytery; presby-tery; fourth, petitioning for the reinstatement rein-statement of the canon repealed by tho last convention, entitled "Of persons not ministers in this church omeialing in nny church thereof." Tlio committeo reported that they did not deem any action on them now cxpodint. The report re-port was adopted. All Appeal to lliiiuanlly. ! JJotroit, 21. Tho Michigan Hlalu re lief committee has issued tho following appeal ; ".From twclvo to fifteen thousand people, at least, in tho Stato of Michigan, Michi-gan, have lost their homes, food, clothing, cloth-ing, crops, horses and cattle. On tlio night ot the Chicago llro, 2.U00 people on tho oast shore of lake Alichigan, and 5,000 or G,000 on tho west shor'o of lako Huron, wore reduced to almost absolute destitution. "Within two or Ihreo wcoks other sninll villages and settlements havo been blotted out. Tho number of individual farm houses, barns and frontier fron-tier dwellings, which havo bocn destroyed de-stroyed by iho all-pervading lire, cannot, can-not, from want of information, bo accurately ac-curately calculated in tho nggrogate. "Wo know thoso llros aro still burning. Tlio area of ruin and devastation is daily increasing. Tho -intensity and dramatic mugniliccnco of tho calamities calami-ties which havo overwhelmed other cities and villages, nro wanting here, but tho suffering exists. Along, hard, cold winter is approaching. Largo numbers of theso peoplo aro accossiblo only by water, and navigation will soon bo closed. Scarcely a month or six weeks remain in which lo foed, clotho and shelter thorn for the winter soason, which extends far into tho months of spring. (Thoy must be helped now or they will porlsh. They will need, too, in tho early epring, seed, nnd implomonts for tho harvest of next year. Iho grontor portion of them must commenco life entirely anew, without preparations, and at tho begin ning of winter their isolation from the avenue of comuierco and tho means of communication make3 tho problem of relief all tho moro difficult and all iho moro urgent. The people of SLichigan have nobly responded to tho appeals which this misery lias mado to thoir sympathy and generosity, but thoy aro soverely crippled indirectly in tho r business by tho Chicago lire, and directly di-rectly by the assistance Uiey guvo to tho su'l'erors from that calamity beforo tboy be mado upon thorn at homo. iUny of them, loo, havo lost their resources by I tho llros which havo occurred in this j Stale. In their name, and in behalf of the victims nlreadj' knowu,and of many ; whoBi wo fear arc yet unknown, wc ask 1 prompt and efficient, aid from our i bonevnlont follow citizens everywhere. Alonoy and suppplics may be sent direct , to the llichiguii relief cominittco nt Detroit or Grand liapids." Mnj'or Ifall't) Case Ilel'oi-v n Cintml Jury. New Vork, 21. Tho grand jury to-i to-i day considered the subject of indicting ! mayor Unit for nmlfeasnnco in office. Tho witnesses examined wero George Joncp, of tho Now York Times, e'x-I e'x-I sheriff O'Dricn, Edward Bnxtcr, furniture furni-ture dealer, and Alasterson and Palmer , of tho tenth national bank. Tho bill against the mayor was dismissed, but a bill of censure was passed on him for negligeiico in tho discharge of the duties du-ties of his office. Tho hamar in-uiatice company suspended sus-pended to-day. Cnblitet Heeling. Washington, D. C., 21. Tho cabinet session to-day was brief. The subject of tho recapture of the schooner ifor.itt wns not mentioned. There was a conversation con-versation in relation to tho Uormt. Our government sustains tho courso of minister min-ister JJasselt, iu his complaint to the J llaytiau government, of tlio broach of neutral righto by tho Spaniards iu this case; and has instructed the secretary of state to inform tho Spanish minister of its views on the subject, Trade of Cine iuuai 1. Cincinnati, 21. The anaual report of the chamber of commerce, just published, publish-ed, shows tho total value of tho receipts of this port for the past year to be f 80,00,1x0. Among the exports furni-turo furni-turo amount to So.'xtnVi, and pork , and lard to 10,iXO,000. Colored Convention. I Columbia. S. C, 21. In the colored convention here to-day a resolution was offered favoring tlio reuomination of President Grant, but a substitute declar-iiig declar-iiig it impolitic to anticipate tlio action of tho Republican party was ndoptM. Sllll Burning. Ponghkcepie, N. Y.. 24. The forests l on tho mountains in UI;it county aro I still burning. ! Supposed Dronnlnf of Prof. Hodge. ' ISoston, 24. It is feared Prof. Jamea T. Hodge, of Plymouth, .Mass., was lost 1 j .in the sn-arner i'oburn. He wkb on his : ' wfiv home from lake Superior, where ho , I had been engaged in geological explorations. explor-ations. Petition A gainst Polygamy. j Washington, 24. A petition was j received at th Executive Mansion lo-' lo-' day, fifty feet long, signed by tho ! women of I'lah, protesting ngainst j polygamy and urging effect! vo nuos-ures nuos-ures to suppress its practice in that Ter- . ritory. I The census report is completed aud in i press. I More Firm, Harri-bury, Ph., 21. The mountains j above Dauphin havo been atiro since ! Friday lasi. The operator Bt Dauphin ays the fire extends two miles from iVe river nnd tho ontiro breadth of Peter's mountain. Tho surrounding country is shrouded in sinoko. A.libniy llcttten Again. New York, 24. Tho challenge race between tho HaitndexR and Livonia to-dav, to-dav, for a purse of llfty guineas, was wo'n by Iho Dauntltis by eleven minutes, min-utes, ihreo seconds, or six minutes, thrco seconds corroded time. Tammany's .Nominee, Xew York, 21. Tlio Tammany county convention this evening mndo tho following fol-lowing nominations: justice of the supreme su-preme court, Thos. A. Ledwith; juslico of tho courl of common pleas, Chas. P. Dnly; registry, Edward J. Shandley; judges Jones and Spencer, tho present incumbent, wore nominated for judges of tho supreme court. |