Show WT THE demerel il V cli awra barf aw rf GENERAL MILWAUKEE 19 the county advocate ca contains retains a full fall account of the loss of life and property by the great fires nines up to sunday night eighty eight fires had been racing through the towns of brussels union gardner foresta Fores forestville Fore stville tv le clay banks bankSy nazlou pee sturgeon bay aind and bind sevastopol burning fences and jimb ti mb e r but leaving houses untouched at 9 of sunday a fiery tornado swept down from the southwest south west be ifie ihrig at the belgian settlement in 5 r rus pus sweeping through the towns of gard Oard gardner ner union apol the ule uie western part art arb of sevastopol dawn down to east easi shore gay bay and every building in its path was wag consumed at W shingle i mill nill everything was burned and a armost awful destruction of hur human riall life Jen tens iWed aed out of eighty dersons ier sons at the mill fifty nifty aty s even seven were burned to death th e few survivors tell a horrible tale of the th e scene seene after the fire forty five udies bo dies bics were found in a potato patell patch in ahe ahe the centre of the clearing there were ihan many disfigured in a terrible mariner manner tin iU some isome cases beyond recognition this great destruction was but the work of fifteen minutes and wa was the same as the tornado that burnad up and twelve hundred human beings A number of other losses of life are reported in other places twenty two in the tho town of brussels suffered the like ike fate there is scarcely a house or barn birn left sta standing riding tn in tho the fine line of thi this s ire nire are fire efforts for relief are not spared here or anywhere in the state and donations from abroad are coming along ranoug just in time to make comfortable those who have survived eions in money can be sent to alex mitchell di or harrison luddington Ludding toni tont mayor of milwaukee CHICAGO 20 the tribune this morning publishes an exact statement r ot of the number of buildings destroyed by the great fire with a careful esti mate of the number of people rendered homeless and the estimate of what is i left the total area of the city is stated tobe over 2300 2800 aeres acres including the annexed territory west oi 01 western avenue and the total number of buildings ings s before the tho fire about sixty thousand on the south side sido the fire aes destroyed nearly everything in the first and second wards and a blight slight portion west corner of the third its bou bon bouthern southern sou them line on michigan avenue was congress street on oark dark harr harrison and wells streets a point a little below polk the area of the burnt district on this side is acres there were destroyed buildings include 1600 goo stores twenty eight hotels T and I 1 six siz sixty ty manuwai manufacturing curing euring during establish ments menis and persons were turned their homes the greater number i df jhom lived west of state street where they were clasell closely packed the 1 residents in the first ward generally ddll dili if rill dived lived ved in hotels or furnished rooms ex ju capt where many poor families were congregated on the north side 1300 aeres neres acres heres were burnt over but of off the 2600 2500 0 ih that division leaving int intact can a smail small portion on 04 kernzie street near the river ana and beveral several houses north of division vision and west of orchard street in hi 41 1 holing ovel over six ht indred hundred stores 1 and manufacturing kents indents ments ts about 0 persons were de priced of homes and are sojourning sojo on oly west aide or have left the gity city oty ovy V out C out ont of a population of ony eniy about have ave houses bouses which they can claim as their own and there are ate no over houses left staiti standing oling for the district burned over embraced most of ot th e settled area of the north division i while the them amount of ground burned ja L over in the west vest division was not great ae ariot not nok exceeding acres and while 1 I ach aeh of that was occupied by lumber 1 yards etc The people who wha lived there A were very closely packed together and le between tween one and two thousand people must have dwelt there the value of 1 I the I 1 houses house s destroyed was comparatively light they being nearly all frame buildings it appears then that out of athe buildings in chicago only about have been destroyed and thab that ahat while persons have been ai driven from their homes over nave not been affected in that 0 o the whole immense area of the N MK tnt division with its miles of dwelli dwell itz houses its its stores and business blocks blocho Js is almost intact while on the south 0 o side remain the great massof mass of its dwell wing diug houses of the better betted class many rheb orles and fine business blocks which di have been erected on st and ar ocher o cher avenue and abo other lother points many of ailta its finest churches and arid the ble bl factories which abound in the sixth ward vard the west division however is is a complete city itself with shops and stores coal and lumber lumberyards yards churches and manufactories manu factories and miles of paved streets sevy bevy ered and lighted it has the only theartres theatres the atres in the city the globe and the various german halls and hotels which with changed names are accommodating the rush of people now visiting the city the buildings de strayed in this division by the fire were of little value and almost enough will be put up this season to replace them there are to be precise about sixty church churches eg sixteen hundred stores six hundred manufacturing establishments and workshops and twenty thousand nive fite hundred dwelling houses still standing in theowest the west division so there isas is as yet yeb no reason for excessive despondency the north and south bide aide rolling mills are still furnishing employment to hundreds of workmen this same discovery was wag also made on the south side that much as had been lost much remained the widening of state street has hag stimulated improvements down on that thoroughfare while the eastern part of archer avenue and thirty second street had been greatly improved the railroads which came in there were enabled to carry on their business and the remaining elevators have been able to manage the grain delivered to them the loss in school building has also been light only one having been consumed and thirty churches and over thirteen thousand buildings in all yot yet remain there thore the street railroads are unburned and ten distilleries i and breweries are still in full fall operation jt it was wag on the north side that the loss was waa the greatest for there it was the most thorough but the water works are there the bewers sewers are there the filed streets are there the churches ulo uio ruined but they are still holy points the first to be rebuilt and around which buildings will rapidly spring up two schools remain the gas works are left and are ready to supply the north and south bides sides while much muen of the lumber and coal lying near the basin hag haa gone through unharmed the bridges on the north are not materially injured and while none remain on the river ilver yet there is the la salie balle treet street tunnel CHICAGO A terrible anair abair occurred here last night about midnight while coi 01 T W grosvenor a well known balzen and for several years past prosecuting attorney at the police court was proceeding home in the south part of the city one of the home guards guard 9 on patrol in that division hailed him an and d re required the countersign the colonel made some contemptuous reply when the guard fired inflicting a wound froin which the colonel expired at nive five this morning col grosvenor served with distinction in the late fate war and received a wound which permanently disabled his night right arm the thid presence of armed arres irresponsible guards in the city is generally regarded as a nuisance for which there is justification it is now i a well established fact that no cases of or violence of supposed have occurred during the dreadful period of the cites destruction SAN BAN FRANCISCO 21 A gang of or incera incendiaries diaries attempted to 6 fire the block bounded by ard 3rd and ath market and stevenson streets last night eviden evidently aly with the view of creating Z a widespread conflagration fires were set bet in five different localities but buit in each instance discovered in time to extinguish them the nire fire police polled have arrested several persons on oil suspicion and are now working up ahe fhe he case the i locality ia ls thickly built up with tulla hu ladle ings ingo of bf a very inflammable character sandwith and with a good breeze half of the southern part of the city might have been burned washington 22 president grant has returned to this city the rev wm alpine bartlett of chicago iu ill an address last latt evening expressed the belief that although the loss would be bb between two and three hi indred hundred millions chicago might be made to look aa as formerly for fifty millions men like geo smith had pleda ed their millions for immediate diste diate guar antee that chicago would be tely rebuilt there therb were were hom homi less fessand and foodless food less lesa people to be takei care of until may which would cost ht h least five millions and require all the ile immense sums that would be given the S heralds aralds special writing from columbia S C on the says information has been received here from york and adjoining counties of spar ta and Chester Cheater stating that there was great excitement there owing to the summary proceedings of the united 1 states barahal marshal and troops forty four citizens had been arrested and crammed j in a jail jall which was already fula full of negroes several hundred citizens had hat deserted their homes in consequence of 0 wholesale arrests and had sought refuge in the woods until opportunity presented itself to seek safety in a more distant locality A reign ot terror exists in that entire section of the state slate and depredations are being committed on other citizens who have fled by the andi other persons A fight is said to have taken place on broad river between a 51 band of ku xu klux and united states troops and the conflict was waa so severe that reinforcements had been called for A herald berald special dispatch dated washington 21 says advises advices have been received here from south carolina state that at spartansburg Spart ansburg on wednesday evening last a band of K ku u klux consisting of a chief secretary and members surrendered to U S marshal johnson with their arms and disguises up to friday forenoon seventy arrests had been made in the vicinity of that town alone spartansburg Spart ansburg is known to be betho tho the headquarters for that congressional district arrests have been made in other counties but the number is not known A number of well known citizens are missing including lyle member of the legislature who is reported to be the chief of the ku klux for that district among those who have disappeared are two or three clergymen known for their strong rebel proclivities the officers of the laware law are proceeding steadily with their work and before the arrests are all made they will it injia js affirmed he the existence of a deep and wide conspiracy against the state laws and all rhosus who sustain them noat moat of the ka ra klux refugees are known to have gone to georgia advises advices from columbia S 0 state that no dafin definite ite tte intelligence had bad been received concerning the conflict between the ku klux and the troops at broad river alver though it was believed the latter were victorious the women and children thus far are the heaviest sufferers from martial law whole families are fleeing from spartansburg Spart ansburg union and york counties count lee iee nineteen citizens were lodged in j jail jall all ail at yorkville private soldiers have been imprisoned for advising the citizens to fly to avoid arrest A special to the times from scranton penn states that the rev bev develin in attempting to deliver an anti anter catholic lecture inthe in the public street streel on saturday night was compelled to retire attacks being made upon him by the crowd yesterday afternoon he attempted to speak again when he referred to the catholics Cat holica as being thieves murderers and cut throats the box on which he stood was kicked from under him and he fell t to 0 the pavement and was seriously hurt he withdrew under police protection MILWAUKEE 22 A meeting of the relief committee was heid held last evening to meet governor fairchild and colonel 0 D robinson Bo binson of green bay col robinson Bo binson stated that the fire extend extended ej on the peninsula over a tram tract of fifty miles long by twelve wide on the west side of the bay it was confined to peshtigo Peah and vicinity and the sugar settlement the people of the peninsula are all gathered at menomonee Meni monee on the gast east shore the greatest summering suffering ring is from ten miles north of green bay to little rittie sturgeon bay governor fairchild said he telegraphed to thu the secretary of war asking him to isell issue a one hundred wagons and harness and one thousand uniforms for the destitute people and had received a favorable reply general sheridan had told him that when our people had done all they could he would issue ration rations sand and would keep supplies on hand all the fall to td draw from george W alien allen said fifty thousand and dollars would ber be raised alsed here twenty five nive thousand in new york and probably over a hundred thousand would be on hand for the relief of th the e suffering immense supplies of mens clothing have come forward the great need now was for heavy clothing for women and childrens clothing and underclothing under clothing ilynn mals wals mass telegraphed on saturday to mayor Ladd caddington ington to draw for 1500 st louis new york and other cities have done likewise CHICA CHICAGO Goi the funeral of col grosvenor took place today to day with masonic rites the attendance was very large the heb aeo deceased eased having hosts of friends the coroners jury were in session several hours today to day and examined a number of witnesses including the officers of the so called comp company a ilyf 1179 to wilch which young treat the gae gue oue one wh who 0 abbt col ool grosvenor Gro avenor belonged it appears from the testimony thab that aut sut authority authony hoty as given by sheridan to form a regiment of guards for the protection of the city enlisting men for the term of twenty days that general frank sherman of this city was colonel of that regiment and that they were instructed to order their men when on guard to halt all passers after midnight and unless they could give satisfactory reasons for being out to arreather arr arrest eAthem arthem and take them to the police station that in case they refused to halt when commanded the guard ghouls shoot them the captain of the company to which they belonged testified that be told his hib men iea that if obliged to shoot they should aim at the lower leweir limbs as he did not i want them to kill bill anybody the perpetrator pe of the bloody deed evince evinces sno no compunctions forit he says bays he took deliberate aim at his victim that he was obeying obey ing orders and thought only of doing his duty the coroner ordered general sherman tobe to be brought before the jury tomorrow to morrow to which time the inquest was adjourned the feelings of indignation and horror among the citizens at this causeless and in excusable shooting down of a peaceable and quiet citizen within a few yards of his own door is 19 not universal but is growing stronger there theme were some slight errors in the account of the murder |