| Show TO THE DESERET NEWS ln sw a WORCESTER mass 12 the P peo PI ples pies ils gys In insurance burance aurance company in this 08 city to y iga lost over halt a million dollars by tile tiie boston fire the directors have voted to call in their policies for cancellation and to discontinue business the first national insurance company lose which will be raised raided by assessments the bay insurance company will lose it is suspended for the present the merchants and farmers mutual will lose over but will continue bu business no other compan companies la lose heavily ST LOUIS mo 12 A fort gibson dispatch saya lewis downing the principal chief of the cherokee nation died at talle talie tallequah quah on saturday last cincinnati 0 12 the epizootic continues to aprea spread d nearly all the street car lines have stopped oxen are appear ingon on the streets NEW YORK 12 the bulletin says the wool market dealers there recently sold hoid heavily to boston merchants but the wool is still mostly held here or in transit thus escaping destruction only a small amount of boston paper on account of wool transactions is held here no fears entertained that other than an extension of time will be necessary on the maturity of the bills A partial suspension in the wool trade for a few weeks is expected till the in aurance balances are perfected new rew york houses are berlo berio seriously ugly amme affe affected eted the actual sufferers will be the public at large as all kinds of woolen goods it is expected will advance thirty to forty per cent NEW YORK 12 in the dry goods trade the bulletin also says there is much confusion and uncertainty owing to the absence of letters from boston but no great uneasiness Is manifested in the hide and leather trade there la Is an entire absence of panicky feeling in the boot and shoe shoo trade and no crisis is anticipated the sentiment is that all the boston dealers are in good standing and may only need an extension of time boot buyers who appeared here yesterday were given the usual credit BALTIMORE 12 A meeting of citizens today to dry day called by the mayor passed resolutions of sympathy with the boston sufferers and appointed a committee to ascertain in what manner aid can be most effectually rendered philadelphia 12 the centennial commission has issued an address to the people of the TJ B S asking for subscriptions script ions to the fund of ten millions required to make the centennial such a success as the patriotism and the pride of every american demands and appealing to the people in every section to see that each contributes its share to the expenses and rec receives elves ita its share of the bene benefits tits of the enterprise in which all are so BO deeply interested at a meeting of the citizens aid committee today to day wm gray chairman read with great emotion a dispatch from wirt dexter chairman of the relief association of chicago stating that that body had bad appropriated one hundred thousand dollars for the relief of boston and tendering its deepest sympathy in remembrance of favors to chicago in its calamity the reading was greeted with prolonged applause robert bobert laird collyer chicago telegraphed that the relief committee of that city were on the way to boston gov perham of maine was present and tendered the sympathy of his state with offers of aid from citizens numerous other cheering reports were made naylor co of liverpool sent in a check for through their boston house bouse jordan march co donated for the benefit of the firemen it Is understood that postmaster burt burl is endeavoring to make some arrangement ran raD gement with the trustees of the old church to allow it to be temporarily used as a post office until the new office in devonshire street is completed many large dry goods houses which were burned out have already opened in new quarters the work of opening pas passages sages bages through the streets odthe of the burnt district was nas prosecuted with vigor today to day at least one thousand laborers being engaged nearly all the fire engines have been withdrawn except those employed in cooling the ruins beneath which safes are burned which are being dugout dug out all over the region swept by the flames the safes of the home insurance co and the heirs of the simmons estate have been opened the contents are in good condition exploring parties are at work in various localities clearing away the ruins and searching for bodies of missing firemen members orthe of the hook and ladder co nofare no 4 are looking for the body of their assistant firemen who disappeared on sunday morning and a gang gaug of men are alao also at work among the ruins of weeks potters store in search of the bodies of men supposed to be there NEW york 12 the fire risks jn in boston of the foremans firemans Fi remans fund insurance company of san francisco have been erroneously reported at over a million dollars according to the massachusetts insurance report that oom com panya boston agents have returned of risk the agents hei e state that only of this amount was in boston the situation of mercantile affairs is i unchanged rain interferes somewhat with the shipment of goods gooda although many orders and buyers are here from boston for stocks the boston boats tonight to night are gram crammed med with goods extra steamers with freight will probably leave tomorrow to morrow in wall st the financial situation is brighter and the boston nire fire is already being lost bost sight bight of yet there is much anxiety as to the action of the treasury but it is stated and generally believed that the secretary will buy an additional amount of bonds tomorrow to if offered at and under par in gold money is close and an d an outflow of gold will commence to i morrow weakening the bank res reb resources burbas unless government ships in president dodge of the Cham oham chamber berot berof of received to mayor gaston gabaton of boston the following reply to a telegram expressing sympathy and asking what aid he bo could render thanks for your sympathy and kind offers of assistance the fire is now fully under control but few dwelling houses are burned A meeting of the relief committee will be held this am as soon as the extent of our calamity Is ia ascertained we will communicate with you and inform you of our needs needa signed WM GA GASTON STOiN mayor auyor 11 CHICAGO 12 the contributions in chicago for the relief of boston are already nearly a quarter of a million this includes loo OCO from the chicago relief belief society bocie ii and from flom cook co the horse disease is rapidly abating and the streets are resuming something like their usual appearance A boston special to the tribune says an estimate as accurate as could be made from the best informed sources under existing circumstances of the extent of the fire and the losses place the area of the burnt district at about sixty acres and the total losses including buildings and merchandise notto not to exceed one hundred million dollars another correspondent says the best judges j place the losses at eighty millions philadelphia 12 many horses are dying were here the epidemic Is ia spreading at scranton 4 W cincinnati 12 the horse disease is now spread over the entire city very few horses are seen on the streets ox teams are making their appearance BOSTON 12 at noon all the bar rooms were closed by order of the mayor the military guard forming a cordon around the burnt district has been increased no person Is ia allowed to pabs pass without a permit as follone fol lowe pass bearer within the lines by command of brigadier general J 8 burrell signed H MOORE MILWAUKEE 12 the horse disease is raging in full force the relief committee forward immediately to boston BOSTON 12 the following official statement with regard to boston banks was forwarded today to day to hon geo S Bo boutwell atwell secretary of the treasury washington seven banks were burned out by the fire all have recovered their cash assets and will immediately resume business I 1 have met the presidents of the leading banks today to day and all agree that the total loss lose will not exceed one half of their surplus of 12 millions of dollars an excellent feel ing prevails 1 jonn johs J KNOX comptroller of currency A preliminary meeting of insurance adjusters of leading american and english companies was held at the revere house this evening to organize by choice E J bassett of etna zetna fetna hartford was elected chairman H E bowers north britain secretary thirty six compan companies teis were represented no definite action was taken it was proposed to appoint committees to settle all the various risks A table relating to insurance gives the number of companies doing business in boston at 95 which includes 20 companies admitted since the publication of the report of the insurance commission the total amount of capital of the companies is A 0 com corm canles having small risks and last admitted will pay puy their polices in full fuli boston companies will pay from 20 to per cent dent or on an average of 60 0 per cent of the amount of their risks louisville 12 the horse disease is spreading rapidly among the horses many mules are attacked all is quiet tonight to night A strong military patrol guards all the approaches to the burnt district the city is still in darkness the gas not having been let on Th the weather eweather is thick and rain is falling the only bank that failed to settle at the clearing housego day was the freed mans the bonds gol goi gold dand daud and money of this bank were werd found in the safe all right but the notes were destroyed st which caused a temporary suspension the boston mutual insurance co will pay in full and the average payments will reach 50 per cent considerable casid sid erable raim rain fell last night and nd today to day the night passed quietly the theatres theartres the atres are closed it is feared six persons lost their lives ilves by the walls of weeks potters drug store on sunday bunday morning four of them being firemen the fact that incendiaries are about was manifested by an attempt last night to fire the stable of north foster on dudley street boston bigton highlands blabs were mhd the rear of the stable and hay bay stuffed between them and aud the ceiling and set fire to fortunately the fire wad was discovered before it made much headway and put out there was another incendiary fire nire in the rear of a dwelling no 27 conant street also but little damage was done in the evening several men and boys were discovered piling wood against a dwelling house on prince street and had kindled a fire when the police arrived and arrested several of the ruffians two of the ringleaders ring leaders escaped but they are well known to the police BOSTON IS 13 all the theatres theartres the atres tender benefits to aid the fire sufferers the police stations are ard filled with property recovered from thieves bix six teen thousand dollars worth has been restored to the owners and add thirty thousand worth rdo more re is awaiting claimants the gas was turned on today oday to o day relieving the city from the tho darkness of the past two nights PATTERSON N X J 13 the silk weavers of tilt boris of the phoenix i mill in this city the la largest establishment of the kind in the united states quit work today to day the proprietors aro insisting ting ona on onn a twenty per meen mien cent in wages the strikers striker s nu number er two hundred men and fifty apprentices BOSTON the relief committee made the following report this thia morning 4 it having been suggested that the secretary odthe of the treasury might issue an additional amount of bf currency in view of our dur calamity resolved feso reso ived tved that this committee earnestly remon remonstrate strat against such issue as aa unwise unnecessary and prejudicial to the whole country ew NEW YORE york 13 at te a secret meeting of the board or fire underwriters yesterday a resolution was adopted making the rates of insurance conform to those of 1870 which are understood to be an advance on the present rates of from ten to fifteen per pen cent the subject of maneard roofs was referred to a special com corm it Is expect edwill declare uninsurable all building and dwellings that thab have havo mansard roofs constructed of other than fireproof fire proof material insurance men are becoming more cheerful they believe the losses by the boston fire will fall below the estimates of monday which they say were placed high enough to cover all risks in the burned district the salvage it is thought will be considerable gen Bh otter of the new york nire fire department concludes from inspect inspection lon lob of the burnt district that the fire was so large in consequence of the delay of the firemen in reaching the scene the narrowness of the streets which made it impossible to work efficiently and the great heat which in the open spaces spacer prevented the firemen from approaching pro aching the burning buildings he agrees the chief engineer of the boston department that the destruction of buildings by gunpowder tends rather to spread the fire than otherwise people peopled in this city are tire assured that there is no likelihood of a similar calamity befalling them because ot of the abundance of w ter and the superior organization of the fire department two new reservoirs are building to contain nine hundred feet of water in addition to the present available supply su p I 1 A species of dropsy has attack ti ed a number of diseased horses NEW yoeu yobu 13 the S spectator peo pec has the following list of suspended insurance companies and the amount each will probably pay massachusetts Compani esthe bay state fifty per cent boston sixty boylston fifty six city forty elliott Elliot fc seventy five nive exchange forty faneuil hall nifty fifty Fir emans emana thirty five franklin twenty five howard twenty five lawrence fifty manufacturers ninety five merchants seventy five mutual benefit thirty five national seventy five north america fifty people 55 prescott fifty shoe and leather seven ty five suffolk fifty tremont washington ninety five new york companies Humbold humboldt fc forty international seventy five market fifty providence companies corm comm pan iee leb equitable sixty merchants sixty five CHICAGO 13 A boston special says there is no want in the city to speak of up to last night monday two families only had applied for shelter and it seems probable that the great reserve capital of the city and the thrift and foxe foresight bight sight of its people besides the comprehensiveness of the regular charities will meet all demands the news from abroad has strengthened the confidence odthe of the people who already feel secure in their home in corporations and there is a reactionary feeling against the wild schemes of legislative relief the beraldi herald comes out strong this afternoon sunday against any expansion of the currency or any sort of monetary relief and any issue of city bonds to aid in rebuilding and also thinks the common should not have been granted to business people for temporary buildings but that they should have been put up on the back of the bay lands it points to the fact that the he whole loss is only equal to one years increase of wealth which amounted at last lash assessment to above seventy millions lionson twelve months an expansion of 0 currency ur rency it shows would increase the price of merchandise dise dibe and cost of rebuilding providence PROVI DENCES R I 1 13 the equitable insurance company of this city has stopped taking risks its ito losses in the boston burnt district amount to and its total assets are the mercantile insurance company to determine its course in the future the total assets of the company are i its itai total risks in the burnt district of boston are A A boston special says that the first national pays in full the boylston and washington |
