Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-14
Murder of a Banker.
Great Fires in Northern
Wisconsin.
Dreadful DesiructisR es Life
and Property.



CHICAGO, Oct. l3.-The statement tels-
1raphed Thursday, that al the pictures in
he opera house gallery were destroyed, is
apply incorrect
To give list OF all the cities towns and
sIliAges IN Ihe country which, without wait
ng tor requests, have forwarded bountiful
,upplIes Of provisions, blankets and cloth.
Og to the sufferers, it would be necessary
% furnish complete gazetteer Of the United
states. .-.-.
Among the sums donated, not ALREADY Y
mentioned, are the following. Boston,
dsss., $l00,OO0; Kansas City, Mo, $40,
700; Pittsburg, Pa, citizens, $50 600; Pitts
'Grg oily council, $l0O, 900; Hamilton, Ont
$4,000; Paterson, n. j., 81 900, frs; install
aent from Buffalo. N. Y, 100000; Indi-
.uapolis, InG., $4,000; Cincinnati, $780,.
600; Lssvsnworh, KAP., $lP, 900; Quincy
al, $4,000; MoDtreal Board of Trade, s ! {, :
IOe; Portland, Me-, $4,000; Baltimore
4merican's subscFiption list, $l0 600; San
Francisco stock exchange, $4,000 god;
dams Express Co, Sl0, 900; Lawrence.
Gas, SIC, 100; D. L. MorgAn& Co, London,
eng, IS, 900; city ofRochester and Monroe
onniy, N. Y, $4,000; San FranciSco sub
cription list, $25, 600, which they intend TO
make 100000; Toronto, Ont $4,000
g,ld; W. E. Dodge, London, Ing, $40,
800; ST Joseph, Mo-, subscriptions of citi-
ems, $40, 900, Oily AppropriAtes $l3 600
ouuty sppropriates $4,000; Syracuse, n
I =. $25 900; New Orleans subscriptiou,
icomplstel, $4,000.
SO far none of the bank vaults have beer
iound at eli injured. Those of the Unior
l \ auonAl which were at frst reported
1 ,lown up, are in perfect condition, so far a
he contents are concerned. The safes 0
ne Fidelity SAFE Deposit Company and T
8 Bryan Il Co., we're found, when opened
o have no heat 10 them, and every dollar
II the millions on deposit there 10 safe
Jharlss Wilson took out over $4,000 il
resb, clean green backs. The company hs
established an office on the ruins, and In
iIIes all to bring their money and other val
.ablss there and deposit them free of charg
intil they get better accommodations. Tn
savings banks Of the city announce tha
ney will at once pay in full all depOsitor
~hose balances do not exceed twenty dol
Ars, bus not to depositors whose balance
re more than that sum. The limit simpl
q cases of the latter class of depositors
,slely for the purpose of preventing ru
~ those who do not stop to CONSIDER th
smorAlizing effect of such an event III
gents of the Etna insurance Company or
1ow adjusting snd paying their losses
shich they say will no, exceed two and
slf to three millions Of dollars,
| A noticeable fact, and one OF imnen'
| nporiAnce in the rebuilding Of the clty,
ns perfeo. condition In which the fire hs
eff the Nicholson pavement. The danae
80 lrihnR as not to be worthy Of mention
diles Of pavement on the North Side al
..most unscorched and perfectly free
debris, and even in the South Division
Rhere both aides OF the streets were line
with lofty brick aud stone buildings. the
Is scarcely polut where q carriage ms
not be driven through the streets, exec
: where buildings we're blown up in the q
! isavor to stop the progress Of the flame
fhe ruins haze almost invariably fsil'
upon their own sites. Wbese pAvemen
i. ~ere burned at all, the FIRE oAiy chsrr'
, .hem on the outside, and it is 8 questit
shsther ths process will not improve theI
A rumor prevails. and by some is belle
= ID. that Henry j. Ullman, the banker, "
! nArdered instead of having been sufocst
., oy the FIRE. His body was found near
il banking house which be had evidently j.
,ef, with his money and valuables IN
arms
II. BosroS, Oct. l3.-- The Chicago su
70 'crption up to noon amounts to S2o0,O'
!. Nav YoRK, Oct. II. The subscrpii
er Of she Chamber of Commerce yesterday v
Ii probably be about S75 0sO.
OF LONDON, England, Oc,. l4.-The co
y, mon council yesterday unanimously agrs
Ma' - to forward 900 guineas Immediately to
lls Mayor OF Chicago. Appropriate resolutit
nd ofsympatby we're passed.
y ST. LouIs, Oct. l4.-Mail adyices fr
". various points in Wisconsin, published
70 yesterday mornings papers, show that
lis horrible calamity has bsfallen the lumb
'od ing towns on Green Bay Peshtipo
lage mills and the Sugar Bush settlem
TO- were entirely swept away on Sunday nj
and Monday morning. From one TO th
IN. hundred lives lost and bodies badly burn
ish Whole families perished, and scores
pa, living around dead waiting for the horri
living to bury them, Al Menekanne,
'io, buildings were burned; at small set
sr' .rs ment called Bircn's Greek every house
mr.. burned, and ten or twelve lives we're
sE Peshtigo was totally destroyed, snd hu
reds burned or drowned in trying to csc
- the flames. MANY we're badly burned at
'si- the head and face while in the water.
ware drowned. Others. women and Oh
-, d,ad from srooaure Some who Ii