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Show NIGHT REPORT. GENERAL. Tils HltiiAtiun In ChlcMgo. (Jhicapo, 11. No disturbances oc-i oc-i eurred during last night. There aro a number of deaths in consequence of the oporure, friglit and fatigue endured. The committee in charge, in tlio namo of the city, impressed oninibuseB, carriages and wagons of every kind, and set thorn to work carrying provisions and water to tho destitute, and brir.ging them into the churches and school houses on tho south and west ."ides, whoro they have been sheltered nnu made comfortable, and last night it was believed that very liltlo suffering existed. ex-isted. With tho assistance of Gen. Sheridan, and Col. I'orsyth various companies havo boen organized and set to vfork carrying out tho details of arrangements made quickly and etl'ecU--tivoly. Inimenso quantities of provisions pro-visions have arrived, many car loads being cooked ready for distribution, and tho committee httvo telegraphed Lo several places to stop sending in moro al present. Twenty car loads of provisions and ton thousand dollars came from Cincinnati, accompanied by seventeen of her citizens. St. Louis sent in twenty car loads of provisions. Tho first supply of provisions pro-visions received came from ALilwaukoo. Alton, SpriiiRtield, Lafayette, Burlington, Burling-ton, Kncino, Aladion, Konosha, Kipon, Urbann, Sycumore, Alleghany city. Jacksonville, Uavcnport, Omaha and Plymouth sent in ono car of provisions each. Llkheart and Port "Wayne sent three cars each, Cleveland fiix cars, and Ushkosh and Logansport two cars. Tim Chicago, Burlington and Quincy It. K., brought eight cur loads from -Neponset. Tho vnrious cities throughout the country havo almost all telegraphed oilers of money and supplies of every kind. Now orkhus iii'idu tenders of large amounts of money, and many private citizens gave ten thousand dollars dol-lars each. All tlio railroads leading out of Chicago aro carrying free of charge over their roads such of tho homeless ns havo friends in oilier places. This kindness on their part is being largely taken advantage of, and many are leaving leav-ing tho cily. Our own citizens are doing do-ing all lb tit is possible for men lu do towards feeding tho hungry; and our women aro nursing tho sick and clothing cloth-ing tho needy and doing what they can do to relievo tho distressed. Many private houses aro accommodating all they can shelter. Governor Palmer sent a special nios-scnger nios-scnger with live thousand dollars yesterday, yes-terday, and camo hero himself this morning to assist in allbrdiug relief, lie has called a special session of tho legislature to convene at Springlicld on tho 13th inst. Many governors of Strtcs havo boen heard from and tender assistanco in bohalf of their respectivo States. Al St. Louis $20O,lX)0 was subscribed; sub-scribed; Cincinnati pledges S'250,000; .New York will probably assist us with half a million. Ab tho city is without water, by reason of tho destruction of the water works, the greatest care is being exerci.-ed to prevent tire from breaking out under the present defenceless condition of tho city, which might inliict untold additional addi-tional misdry on us; and, in consequence, conse-quence, largo numbers of special police are being sworn in, to watch and patrol the streets and guard all places which might bo in danger of incendiary attack. at-tack. Tho common council yesterday passed nn ordinance regulating tho pi ice of bread at eight cents per loaf. Several attempts wore made last night at burning property, but in every instance in-stance the perpetrators were summarily dealt with ana their fate, with that of their brother liends previously caught, it is hoped will slop tlio infernal attempts. at-tempts. Tho mayor has placed the coniplelo police authority of tho city in tho hands of lieutenant gencrni Sheridan Sheri-dan with unlimited powers. Jj'ive hundred hun-dred U. S. troops arrived here this morning from the east, which added to tho force on hand makes fully ono thousand regulars, which completely reassures the peoplo that pence- and order will reign. The chamber of commerce com-merce will rebuild thoir new ediflcoon tho same ground that the burned huild-! huild-! ing occupied. The loss by the rnilrond I companies is comparatively small, only two dopots wore burned. Tho Union I depot foot of Lake street and the depot ' on Lasalle street. All the roads are running their regular trains into the i city. Tho authorities havo established! a morgue on Chicago avenuo fur the reception re-ception of the dead bodies. Up 'to this hour about sixty havo been deposited. The body of Dr. Max Meyers was found burned to death near his oflicc, on Clark street; also tho remains of J. Ullman, j the banker. The board of public works ! havo saved their books, papers, pla'is, ! &.c. Several hundred cai loads of pro-: pro-: visions reached hero hist, night and this morning accompanied by committcos, 1 and all lours Of suffering from starva-I starva-I tion have disappeared. Clothing and blankets aro needed. Tho amount of grain destroyed in the elevators is estimated esti-mated at two and a half million of bushels, while fuur and a half million of bushels stand in tho four largo c!e j valors belonging lo Munn A; Scott. Tho i immenso Illinois Central olovator, and ' tho old Iowa elevator, aro saved. Tho i contents of the vaults and safes of tho j rarious express companies aro reported i in tho safest condition. ! It is believed the foreign and San Francisco insuranoo companies will pay their lossesi sorno eastern companies 1 havo given notico of their intention to ' I 1,fl; , Iho threo immense oummnir enerincs of tho water works aro badly injured, but Ino boilers aro uninjured, and tho I superintendent expects to have tho beet cugine working in a week, The number Of people rendered homeless home-less is put at lltl,0O0, 85,000, or all but 5000 of-tho entire population, on the north side, a),0u0 on tho south und 5,000 on tho west side. The Feeling lu Muglaud. Loitaon. 11. Tho chief topic in "all circles is the Chicago calamity. At the clubs, exchanges, news rooms, in tho parlors of hotels,and in fact everywhere where men wcro, the appaling disaster was talked of, and tho brief accounts I transmitted through tho cables woro f discussed. At lirst tho telegrams wore 1 regarded a3 greatly exaggerated, but i eituh suocoeding dispatch coulirmcd tho others and increased tho extent of tho j losses Private advices began to bo received, aid a feeling of deep sympathy sym-pathy was aroused. Subscriptions wcro soondogun for tho relief ol tho sutl'er-i sutl'er-i era. Hon. Hugh McCulloiigh, J, s. ; Morgan & Co., and other American . brokers, woro among tho ilrst movers. Contributions aro already flowing in, I and a large sum will bo telegraphed to , the order of the proper parties in America Ame-rica in a few days 1 At Liverpool a company has been organised, who havo already matjo tyr-t tyr-t vangenieiiU to dispatch food and clothing cloth-ing for Chicago. Tho funds for this : purpose are being paid in. ilini-Ui 'Schcnck has invited all 1 ; Americmis jn uiid near London lo moot 1 j al Langham hotol to-morrow, for the ; purposo of organising relief flummiUcoa, . i'lie United Stales consul general re quests Iho aid ol consular ofheers, ascol-I ascol-I lectors, in forwarding contributions, j Tlio Tiaien deplores that tho dispatches ! are magnified. Tho writer declares his faith in tho energy of Americans and tho resources of ' Chicngo; and wishes that iU suffering inhabitants may recover re-cover from the disaster. Other journals jour-nals make the same topic prominent. Sovoral recall the munilicenco of Americans Amer-icans to lhe peoplo ot Lancashire, and dcolaro that LngliBhraen inusl not only repay thai kinmioss, bul uiu to restore tho eily which is burned, and which is regarded as a monument of Amoriuan enterprise. A .Hlaur Immortalized. ' Indianapolis, Lnd., 10. W. C line. . lUli, the wuullbiosl man ol Indianapolis, j worth al least olio million, opuuod his ' huarl and subscribed the sum of ono 1 dollar, and that in cash, for the sufferers by the great fire- in Chicago. Aid Front Government. ' "Washington, Dt C, 11. Tho secretary secre-tary ol" war has directed supplies of tents unU blankets to ho forwarded to Chi- ; cago loaccouimodato 100,000 people. Trouble. In the Creek Nation. ; Littlo Rock, 10. Serious trouble is i apprehended in the Creek nation, growing grow-ing out of tho efforts of certain revolu-; revolu-; tioni&U to set aside tho regular government. govern-ment. Bloody tims are looked for. The Rciuiljllcaue Carey Peitunyl-Tnla, Peitunyl-Tnla, Philadelphia, 11. Tho Republican havo carried Philadelphia by a major- ity for tho inaynr of 7.'; and tho i State by at least 1O.0CU. They gain two members of tho legislature in Philadel- phia, four in Luzerne; and two State senator., giving (hem a majority in both houses. Tho majority for tho State convention is overwhelming. , Cnnimr ucert ltdmllriliig. I Buffalo, 11. An order is received hero from tho merchants of Chicago, fur 2.W,UO0 bricks to commence rebuilding. rebuild-ing. New York, 11. The Chicago lira has so absorbed public attention hero that but little heod is given to anything else. Kvon tho elections occurring yesterday awakened no excitement, and last night there was scarcely any concern paid to tlio returns from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-vania. Kvery class is generously responding re-sponding to tho call for help. Tho chamber of commerce fund last night was $30,000. Formidable Band of Outlaws. SL Louis. 11. Governor Brown has callen out, by proclamation, the militia of Dunklin and Stoddard counties, south-western Missouri, to suppress I a hand of borse-thievcs robbers and murderers, numbering sir companies of fifty men each, mainly fugitives from justice from Illinois, Arkansas and Kentucky. |