The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-10-21
CHICAGO.
A False Report Corrected.

SuICAuO1 OCtODet SU,-DlpulCuch 10
coiVed here from New York state that q
Tumor Is in circulttion there TO the efiGcl
that all the banks In Chicago have sus
pended. Nothing could be farther from
the truth. The banks are not only doing
business, as usual, but as before stated In
these dispatches are nearly OIL receiving
large amounts on deposit. Both private
and National institutions are paying de-
poSitors in full There has been no i'm
aginary banks nor any diminution oI
confidence exhibited in them from the
hour of their resumption Of business.
The fire.proof vault in the Tribune
building was opened yesterday, Tor the
first time since tho fire. It's contents,
even to linen coat and a box Of matches
were found intact.
The vast magnitude Of the work oi
clearing away the ruins and rebuilding
Chicago Is proving an important means
Of relief to the mechanics and labOrers,
who are now finding plenty OF employ
ment at good wages, Theaverage wages
Of laborors Is $l.76 per day; carpenters,
$500 10 $3.50; brick. layers, 50 90 to So. .25.
The members OF the Chicago Bricklayers
Union have demanded an increase Of
wages. Many members have struck, and
refused to work, Tho contractors have
refused to yield to tho strikers, as there
are large numbers Of bricklayers here
from other cities and towns willing and
anxious to work at the present wages.
Tho prices Of brick has risen from
90 so to $l9 and $l5 per thousand. The
supply seems abundant, and the prices
will go down. =
The statement which has been made
that all the prisoners in Jail under the
Court House, including five murdererS,
were allowed TO escape when the Court
House took fire, proves not to be true.
When II became evident that the Court
House must burn, fifty of the worst char.
acterS In the Jail were put In the hands Of
policemen for the purpose Of taking them
to the West Madison police station, Dur.
ing transportation all Of the scoundrels
but fourteen escaped. All the murdererS,
five In number, were here, and are now
in custody. -
The press ol the city gives the names Of
persons who intend 10 rebuild their bust.
ness blocks at once. The number Is too
large to enumente The aggregate value
Of the churches destroyed by the late fire
10 $3,O00,000. The churches burned
IN the South Division was the
First and Second Presbyterian, 81. Paul's,
Trinity, Bweedenborgian, 81. Mary's,
First Methodist and North Presbyterian,
Westminster Presbyterian, Grace Metho.
dist, Moody'S Mission, st. James Cathe-
dral or the Holynods St. Joseph's With.
ergham Asylum, Convent Of Immaculate
Conception, 81. Augustin, Now England
Unity, Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian,
and one or two others
The report In q morning paper that
the steamer Corona, belonging to the
Goodrich line, had been recently wrecked
and forty lives lost, Is not true. The Co.
roma Is now lying at the wharf IN this
port. ..,..f..
The canal lien bill, forthe relief Of the
Chicago sufferers, which has passed both
houses Of the Legislature, was to-day
signed by the Governor. fg. .s
The contributions for the relief Of Chi.
ca, from New York, amounts to $2,200,-
900, Of which $46O,OOO was in supplies,
and the balance was In money.
Gage Bros. 8 Rice, formerly Of the
Sherman House, have opened q new Sher.
man House at the corner Of Madison and
Clinton streets, on the West'Side. The
house Is large and new.
The Peoples Insurance Company, Of
Worcester, Massachusetts, paid $4,000
insurance to John B. Drake today, and
will pay every dollar Of their loss. .'..
The Tribune Company to-day ordered
their architect to commence rebuilding
The front will be taken down and rebuilt
with Milwaukee brick. Tie other walls
and nearly all the floor Is found too'be
perfectly firm and secure.
A dispatch was received from San
Francisco yesterday from William 81
Early and James 8. Stub, authorizing q
draft upon them for $500 for the relief Of
tho Chicago druggists. ls