Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-12
MORE ABBOTT THE CHICAGO CALAMITY.
NINETY DEAD BODIES RECOVERED.
The CITY Already Rising from It's Ashes


There is great competition among the live
business men OF Chicago to obtain rooms and
stores Tor the resumption OF business. The Cook
county National Bank, having saved all its
funds, resumed business yesterday. All of the
banks, 10 is stated, will be able 10 resume as the
contents OF the vaults have, without exception
been found uniniured. Measures have been
taken for the immediate rebuilding OF the Pa
cihc Hotel The two eight-Cylinder presses of
the Chicago Tribune are all right, and are ready
for use as soon steam can he applied. The
financial prospect is hourly Frightening. Tie
Republic Insurance Company expects to nav
every dollar of its risks. This gives assurance
that the home companies are in better conl-
ton than was at first anticipated.
THE LOSSES
are probably not so heavy as was at first repre-
sented. The total loss OF grain is now definitely
ascertalned TO be ,600,n00 bushels. Four ves-
sells loaded with grain left for the East yesterday
and Will continue, as there are fully 1900 900
bushels now in store. Water was let in the
south division yesterday afternoon, so all the
populated portions of the city are now supplied
A MEETING OF THE BANKERS
OF the city was held yesterday, at which Mr.
Cooibaugh, the chairman, stated that the insur-
ance companies would be able to pay fifty per
cent upon the total amount of Insurance losses.
He expressed his individual opinion that the
banks were solvent, and would pay every dollar
OF their indebtedness. The deposits amount to
twenty or thirty millions, and of that sum- per-
haps, in the aggregate, twenty-five, thirty live,
or forty per cent. is Immediately available. Inn
mediate resumption was thought impracticable
bat some plan should be adopted by which the
business of the city and country could be pro-
tected, and facilities extended TO business for the
resolutions to be submitted to the meeting. Sew
eral represen tatives of railroad lines being
present desired concert Of action, and a commit.
tee of four appointed to confer with the rail-
road rel resentatvcs.
DEATHS PROM EXPOSURE.
A great deal of suffering has occurred among
the people since Monday night, who were
obliged to camp ont on the prairie Quite a
number OF deaths have result ID from exposure.
The relief committee has impressed all kinds of
vehicles TO carry water and provisions to them,
and are bringing them into churches and school,
houses on the west and south sides.
RELIEF COMING.
Immense quantities OF provisions have arrived
anu mayor Mason telegraphs that money con-
tributi0ns will now be more acceptable than sun
Plies of food. A large soup house has been
erected and was ready to-day to issue 5000 gal
ions daily. Shantics are being built for tenn
porary occupation. Twenty car loads of pro-
visions and ten thousand blankets have come
from Cincinnati, and twenty car loads from st.
Louis. Large Quantities OF provisions have ar
rived from other cities. All the railroads lead
ing out of Chicago are carrying free of charge
such Of the homeless as have friends in other
places The Common Council has passed an
ordinance fixing the price of bread at eight cents
for loaf Of twelve ounces, and fixing a penalty
OF SO for every violation of this ordinance.
SUMMARY DEALING WITH sCoUNDRELs.
Inc police continue to capture thieves, burg
lars and incendiarics. They generally deal with
them in a summary manner, thus preventing
them from causing further trouble. Forty-one
persons were shot in making arrests night be-
fore last. The station house is filled with pris-
oners. The number OF bodies recovered from
the ruins now reaches ninety.
LOSSES OF INSURANCE COMPANIES.
The New England companies lose about
100000; the London and Liverpool companies
81 800 600, and New York, Chicago and other
companies about $50, 000, 900.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SUFFERERS.
Contributions lin addition to those from the
District of Columbia noticed elsewhere in our
raper) were raised and forwarded YESTERDAY as
follows Portland, Me-, S1l goo; Boston fire.
men, 81 500; citizens OF Lynn, Mass, So 600; Sa-
lem, Mass, $1,000; Pittsfeld, Mass, IS. 500;
PIinters' Union, Albany, N. Y, $3.50; by the
citizens, 600; Saratoga, 81 600; Philadelphia
Board Brokers, 80 900; New Orleans, $4,000;
New York Chamber of Commerce, $3.50, 900; Hat
and Cap Trade Of New York, $50 600; Jersey
City, $4,000; Robert Bonner, $4,000; North
British and Mercantile Insurance Company of
London and Edinburgh, 5000; Providence, r.
L., sl1 900; Grocers' Board of Trade, n. Y,
$4,000; Robinson, Chase & Co, n. V, s., OOO
wholesale Drug Trade, n. Y, 50 500; Knicker-
booker Life Insurance Company, 81 800; Bos-
ton, $3.50, coo; lie Christina Nilsson, 81 900;
Typographical Union, No. 6, n. ", 5000:
citizens of Philadelphia, 500 900; New Bruins,
WICK. n. j., $1,000; Camden, n. j., 81, 900; Ea-
ton, Pa, $4,000; Brooklyn, n. V. sl5 900; Utica,
2o,o0O; besides large number of other contri,
buttons from all points OF the country.