The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-18
SCENES IN CHICAGO.

The Tribune and the Journal ar,
printing editions equal TO about two
thirds their usual number on schackley
little hand-presses, in Canal street
The Tribune, Governor Bross, Horace
White and Mr.. Medll are heavy loser
by the fire, while Mr.. Wilson, of tn,
Journal, has lost positively nothing, ex
cept some paper he stored in the Tri
b,me building because it was fre-proof
The Fidelity Safe Deposit Compan!
restored him $4,000 in fresh, cris;
greeubacks, unscathcd by the flames
The Republican is in full swing again.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING.
The lamentable tragedy at the His
torical Society building is the darkes
episode. The people in the vicinity o.
this editice, confident of It's strength
gathered their most valued possession:
and crowded their cellars in assurance
OF perfect safety. Among them were
citizens Of note, the venerable Colonel
Stone aud wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Able and
two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter,
DR.. Lear and family, with several
others not so well knowa. While the
frightened group were moving trunk
The librarian caught sight OF flame
and, shouting to the rest, rushed from
the fatal place. The others, at least
twenty in number, were not seen to
emerge, and there is no doubt that ,hey
persisted, as the building was soon tot.
tering in utter wreck The original
copy of the Lincoln Emancipation Pro
clamation persisted among the most
cherished memorials of this society.
THE CEMETERY.
The scene at the Catholic cemetery
was terrible. The marbles over the
graves cracked and baked, and fell in
glowing embers on the hot turf
Flames shot up from the resting places
OF the dead, and the living iugjtives,
screaming with horror, made, for a
moment, the ghastliest spectacle tina:
ever fell upon living eyes. The recciv-
ing vault. solidly built and shrouded in
foliage, fell under the terrific flame, an |
the dead burst from their cofins as the
fire tore through the walls of the
frightful charnel house. This holy
ground looks most ghastly, not even
Cold Harbor exceeding it in awful sug-
gestiveness. Above the graves charred
stones stand grim sentineis OF the
dead, no more memorials OF anything
but disaster. Every Inscription has dis
appeared, and even the dead are robbed
by the flames.
REBUILDING THE CITY.
As early as Wednesday morning,
when the fear of further danger had
ceased, the work OF reconstruction be-
gan. On the smoking ruins OF their
great edifces these uncoRquerable
people set the signs of revived industry.
The needs of so vast q body, homeless
as they are, make q great market, and
the thriving trade OF old times com
mences at every uncovered corner where
a temporary roof can be raised. In
spred by the opportunity, the thriving
Shylocks came out Wednesday, re-
solved to turn the misfortunes OF the
city to golden account. Bread went up
TO fabulous rates.
ALL SORTS OF PROVISIONS,
though BY no means scarce, were PIT
up TO extravagant prices; the remaining
hotels doubled their former rates, and
general dismay fell upon the helpless
community but General Sheridan fell
upon the vampires with general order,
and routed them with real live words.
TO the baker he proclaimed cheap
bread; to the hotel men, living rates
or he would run the machine himself.
This restored the natural state things,
and the city under the new impulse fell
into a more healthy attitude. Present,
" the newspapers-the Journal first,
the Tribune and Republican following
came to life again, and glimpse OF
what the country was doing for Chicago
reached the suffering people. The
splendid record of beneticence aroused
a new hope, and the people give evi'
dence in nnmistakable ways that they
are neither crushed nor disheartened.
THE DEAD.
About the dead it is impossible to
speak with certainty. One hundred bod
les have been brought into the morgue.
The total may reach one hundred and
seventy-fve or two hundred, but there
is no evidence to warrant any higher
estimate. The stories OF incendlarlsm
and vandalism are greatly exaggerated.
The whole CITY has been wild since
Monday on the rumored arrival Of
New York and St. Louis roughs, at
tracted hither by the chance for pillage
but no Gotham roughs or others from
abroad, have been spotted here. The
people are absurdly suspicious just
now. While in this humor strangers
are cautioned against penetrating, the
burnt districts at night. Patrols KEEP
Jealous guard over all the remaining
houses. Gas and water have dlsap
peared from the southwestern portion o.
the town, and water wholly from the
west. The hotels and public places are
all lighted BY candles, as kerosene l;
Vigorously prohibited by the author
tiles. Kerosene is believed the cause
of the mischief, and in the future tha'
article will not be staple in the market
The Tribune Of Friday morning also
gives a detailed account Of many tata
incidents.
1t says: while Madison street ives
Of Dearborn, and the west side OF Dear
horn were all ablaze, the spectators saw
the lurid light appear in the rear WIN
dow of Speeds block. Presently a man
who had apparently taken time to dress
himself leisurely, appeared on the eS
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