| Show TOE 14 E W I 1 a F far upil I 1 AA 11 auxt ra rechie ROCHIE ROCHESTER 23 atif there ere arp hig fires in the swamps and woods in genoa geh gen nesbee and wayne counties the wind hias baa bed be ben blaw int ing a perfect gale jance yesterday t throughout the state the smoke has baa obscured the sun CHICAGO 23 3 nhe the chamber of commerce has hab decided to rebuild a building luperio in every respect to the old one at a meeting got of the congregation g gre reg gation gatlon atlon aaion of the ath presbyterian ch church u eh yesterday day it was wash ascertained that over ergh eight hundred members lost their homes bomes in fact there thero was no worshiper who was not hot rendered ho himeles homeless meles they also jost their church and mission house the two wings of Us the court house have been examined and ascertained to 66 oe not mot seriously injured the work of reconstruction can be c corm corn om geneed at once obee the supervisors 1 bave ave ordered the roof to be put on immediately anatha and tha ltha work on the interi interior gr can progress during the winter 23 the crew of the steamer planter going ashore for water near mulatto bayou pear river were fired upon by unknown parties two were killed and ona one beverely severely wounded BALTIMORE the T episcopal convention ha has considered and passed amendments to the canon 13 title 1 reported and recommended by the committee on canons relating to the relief of dioceses and providing that a diocese with buta bishop or jn in which the them bishop in Is for the tisa time under by reason reison of bf judicial sn sentence or any part of a dio cesek whereby reason of extent or other physical impediment P the bishop cannot in pirson person duly exercise the functions function af pf his mee office may mabby by act of canon in such dioceses be placed under full episcopal charge and authority of the bishop of another diocese or missionary bisho bishop P this provision is especially intended for the relief of dioceses in the and territories in the far west ter ret TET YORK 24 the grand jury today considered the subject of indicting inducting indic ting mayar hall hali for malfeasance in iii office the witnesses examined were george jones odthe of the slew siew new york times ex exi i sheriff obrien edward baxter farni furni ture dealer and masterson abid and palmer of th 4 tenth national bank the bill against the mayar was dismissed but a bill of censure was nasr passed on him for I 1 negligence in the discharge of the duties of his office BALTIMORE 24 21 in the episcopal EpIS COpat convention today to day the co committee on prayer book reported back four memorials xi alson on the following subjects first from public presbyters presbytery presby asking a canon granting leave tonny to any clergyman to omit stay shy words or passages in the liturgy which he believes conscientiously to ba contrary to holy scriptures or to tain doctrine which he is presumed presume annat be proved thereby 1 second asking a consideration of the difficulties difficult les ies entertained by many conscientious men with regard to ailee tha jsn Jan language guage ia ja the baptismal service bervice and praying that the thel suggestions tlona tiona of nine bishops be adopted third requesting the convention 19 determine that wherever throughout the book of common prayer the word priest is used it is to be ung derston der stood ld as signifying presbytery fourth petitioning for the reinstatement of the canon repealed by thelast the last convention entitled of persons not ministers in this church officiating in any church the thereof reoUl the committee reported that they did not deem action on them now ex expedient p edlena the report was adopted harrisburg HARRIS harnis BUEG 24 the mountains above dauphin have been afire since friday last the operator at dauphin says the fire extends two miles from the river and the tho e entire breadth of peters mountain the surrounding country is shrouded in smoke DETROIT 24 the michigan state relief committee has issued the following appeal efrom JF from rom nom twelve to fifteen thousand people peppie at least in the state of michigan have lost their homes food cloth ing crops horses and cattle on the nighton night of the chicago nire fire 2000 people on the east shore of lake michigan and br or on the west shore of 0 lake huron were reduced to almost abse absolute destitution I 1 two or three weeks other small villages and settlements ments have been blotted plotted i put auf the rhe number of bf Ju individual dividu at farm lio iio bouses houses uses barns jand and houtler frontier dwellings which have hive been destroyed by the nil nii all allper vad ingmire ing fire cannot from want af Inform informs aw i tion e accurately 4 naw ow thebe these JO 18 firs I 1 ard d un n devastation n is dall dally daily increasing eks eis iiii phe the ilg intensity nten sity and dramatic magnificence of the he calAin calamities fries flies which have havo overwhelmed V belm 1 othar sties 1 and villages ar are arb wanting h app exists A long jorg hard cold winter AP pr d achin jar S numbers of these people are a re accessible only by water and navigation will viii soon I 1 be closed scarcely soar Scar celya CL month or six bix we weeks elfa elia which to teed feed clothe and shelter shintei them forthe for the winter season which extends fa ito the mon theof th sot pug idt spring the they be hl helped now or they will perish they will need too in n 1 ts 19 pring beed seed and implement 13 for fon the elf olf the greater portion of them mu sf commence commence life entirely du anew edw without preparation and at the beginning 0 o wante want WK r their isolation from the e avenues of commerce and he means of communication makes the problem of relief all the more moro difficult and nil all the more ur urgent gonin the people of michigan gan have nobly responded to the hp appeals peals which this misery has his made to their sympathy and generosity but they are lard severely verely crippled indirectly in their business by the chicago nire fire and directly by the assis asala tance they davd gavett wak the e sufferers naom that calamity be bedore before fora they them were aware of the demands th that atwould would be we made upon them at home many wany too have last their resources by thal the fires which have occurred in t er in their name andin audin and anSI in 14 behalf of the victims already known and of many whom we fear oear arenc unknown we ask prompt and emmic effic efficient ight aid ald from our benevolent fellow citizens everywhere money and lind supplies mog moi bo be sent bent aliw direct to the michigan relief committee at detroit or grand Rap balds lols 11 1 A spi shi special iclal from niagara r falls as says bays ys that the woods in Tammara Tam marack ok swamp seyen seven miles siu biu southeast bouth south th east of have been k burning since bince monday 1 A number ot of houses barns cr crops and stock have been destroyed it Is feared that the fire will spread to batavia farmers are fleeing with their thein stock and duli furn furniture 1 I 1 the til e A firo fire re altion is ia reported subdued bue another broke out north of that place the loss a t Albion ja fifty thousand dollars alee ten e n houses two flour pill 7 nills ls and f fifteen if n hundred cords of wood have been burned there tha thereal theresi r eal esl estate operations of tweed connolly 13 sweeney and hall as pu published b fr from om the official records show that connolly when sued ined in for debt t swore that he owed abd nothing but that since bince that time bebas has bas bought real estate and bonds to the amount of heob 0 6 91 meed tweed T bankrupt t in 1861 has bought 0 and bol sol sold bold dreal real estate maco since 1868 to the amount of ather regular transactions amount to sweeneys swee Bwee purchases amounted in three years to mayor halls to A special from washington states that information received there reports large fires in the woodil woods radiating in all directions from cumberland mountain the country is enveloped in smoke south bating and other mountain ran rau gesin that section are subject to frequent fires which often do immense damage the bituminous coal fields are threaten threatened hel bol 13 AVANNAH 25 Accounts from cliffton B 0 state that three men mon benmon mon rent kent and were wounded and captured by negroes on Montal lins plantation and are heid held prisoners Montal lins offense was an attempt to recover his lands from his negro tenants ls angeles ANGE ANGELE neg LEg 9 24 officer bilderain Bil deran attempted to arrest a chinaman for shooting 9 another last night and was resisted the officer called robert thompson to assist him the chinese commenced firing from both sides of th the estreet street thompson thomm thorn was shot through the breast and bilderain Bil deran through the shoulder but be he jumped on his bis horse and escaped A fi spanish boy was waa shot through the leg thompson is dead he was wag a quiet au and d inoffensive citizen the excitement la Is intense the citizens are arming the chinese quarters are ina lna in a state of siege elege already a hundred inen men are armed aenied with henry rifles and shot guns one chinaman has just been captured and hung b by the tho citizens firing at intervals and reg regular ulab ulak volleys are heard firing into china houses at ran random conf and and house tops two have ben nen killed the slie alie sheriff riff and cayll cirii authorities haye have given u up trying to fd T restrain estrain the iab the chinese me are well weli ell armed firmed and anol nore more blood blood will probably flow r jn in ashoo una Ung affray at abc elmont yesterday day mr through the fhe hand hind the parties es li have ave i been Arres tedi i ahw ov deen niia dee nii a ff i M U 1 mcra mora kpa kra we PA V |
