Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-04
LATEST NEW
GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO.
LOSS k4un,OOO.

:. fire hroke ont in. South Water
street, last Monday morning. lay ing in
ruins a portion Of fine five story
block, and causing u loss Of from three
to four hundred thousand dollars. Ii /
was suppo-ed that the fire originated
in the chair mandatory OF I.
Hales. No. 43. The main floor Was
occupied ty Messr,. Dix. Sinclair 4
Harris. wholesale grocer>. &c.; they
lose 5000; insured $4,000.
James H. Hubbard & Co, glove and
furnishing goods, loss $4,000; insured
5000. u. I. Hale, tlO.OOO; no In
,urance. Tuttle, iilhbard d Co., No.
s.. wholesale !ealers in hardware
Loss about 5000: insured in nearly
!l22.0OO.
The fire in this district was finally
snbducd BY the ntiring cxertious OF
the tircmeu, but not until the adjoining
store OF Mcssrs. Norton n Co., whole
sale groccts was thoroughly drcnched
with water. Aicssrs. Turrill X Haven
removed most Of their stock and their
loss by damage is very slight.
The walls OF Messrs. Dix 4 COZ
store fell upon il crushing it to the
ground. and buryipg is>the ruins IA boy
son Of Mr. Joseph Ryan. II was near
" M hour before he was released. hnt
almost by miracle, he escaped unhuri
with the exception Of one of his arms
being injured
The store Of Messrs Jewett Il Root,
tho next in the block, was al-o totally
consumed. They lose all their stock.
which consisted OF stoves. Their loss il
$50, 900, insured for $25 900.
The mex; building was a brick store
occupied BY James O'Neil and Ostneim
& Co liquor dealers. Mr. O'Neil lnses
all his stock, valued 1T about X30,0h0.
No insurance. Mr.. Ostbe,m's loss was
trifi1g.
These Losses fall hesvil- upon the en-
,erprisipg who are The sufferers. hut the
energy and business standing OF those
honses will evince iaelf in their speedy
recovery from their misfortune. = Times.
Washington. Marcel, -
Nr. = ornt,. from oiumittee on .iu'
,hriarv, to whom was referred the res
olu;ion iu,trurtiu- them to inquire in
T. .' proper construction Of the on
90, >ional compensation act. reported
"a, their opinion II AL ra.cs where a
member !, elected after the first ,lay Of
TIE regular scssion-Eis compensation
docs not commence till at the time of
hi. election. Report agreed T..
Mr. Dodge presented D. cred.nti,l,
Of Nr. lioolit.ie.
Of Mr.. Bright,
IIo The House concurrcl in
the proposition oi The Senate tn sus-
pend the Joint rules which paescribc
tina, no Till which shall have PASSED
one house shall b. sen, IT, the other Tor
concurrence in either o! the last three
DAYS - the session. and that no bill or
resolution that shall have passed both
houses shall he presented 10 the nresi'
dent of the nited States for his appro'
baton on the last dav Of the session
Mr. Campbell Of Ohio reported from
Coln,nittce On WAYS and Means bill
t. deposit surplus revenue, reserying
two millions with States To be refund
ed when public exigencits required
Passed, 10 to -.
Wallingf"rd, Conn. March .,
\ collision Occurred here at noon 10
,lav om the Hartford and y. II. Il. T.
letwccn two freight trains. 1t slight
" damaged three engineers and few
ears, and catching brakeman betwee,
III. ears. tore Oft one of his legs and
injured the foo on the other.
New York. March ..
The ates, Havana letters say that i;
w>s again reported tina, naval den on
stration wonld be made against Mex
100. and that airigate mud four -tca.
rners would sa,l for Vera Cruz. The
Ecodc Faego OF san Domingo city. OF
Jan' 18th SAYS that the eovern,nen, ot
President Baxe was taking energetic
measures against eonspiracic> which i.
Is supposed to be maturing. Gen. San
taAnna had been conducted to the cal
ital under al escort Of 600 men aud
put in PRISON.
Lancaster. Pa March 2.
Mr.. Buchanan left here at O'Clock
this morning in a special train for Bal,
tilnors via Columbia. There was a
great turn out to see him of, amid the
ringing OF bells and firing OF cannon
The Lancaster Fencihles accompanied
him as an escort
New York, Marca ..
An attempt vas made last evening ia
blow up the store OF Macy ( jenkins, on
Fulton street. where quantity OF gun.
powder exploded, bursting out the from,
and rear doors and windows Of the the
lowor story. No one Vas injured.
A furious drifting snow storm has
prevailed here since Ii O'Clock last nigh,
and stili continues. The travel is seri.
ou.lv impeded.
The Washington oorPsspOn denos OF
tho N Y Herald Of March lot says: A
treaty 10 now pending in the Senate, re-
Gently negotiated by TR Spence, our
minister to Const ntinopls, and tho Pro
alan minister to The Porto. The treaty
10 amply Of = commeroial nature but in
this respect Il will not be acted on until
after the 4ih OF March.
1nE rrHsiirioNs ot iIlr ION,
frNi'nN.- Five year. ago boy na.
med Levi Phillips hing himself in his