Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-20

arms gave e100 each on the spnt. Tit
amount collected is TO be sent by caSll
to Mayor Hall tonight, that II may bt
used Immediately. Contributions
throughout England will be very large
] Midnight.--ln response TO the call o
the Americon Minister tor q meeting to
express sympathy and provide relief ioi
the people OF Chicago, over 400 Amer
can and English gentlemen assembled al
| the Ingraham Hotel tonight, and the
| psllo1s of the hotel were crowded TO eX.
| cess. Robert g. Schenck was chairman.
! Brief but stirring appeals were mace by
several speakers. Maps OF the uniori,i-
nate city, with the burnt quarter degg-
mated, had been hung on the walls, and
were exclaimed by gentlemen well ac-
quiinted with the ground. One speaker
drew parallel between the coIlsgTa-
ton at Chicago and the great fire IN Lon
don. The enthusiasm, which was eyi.
dent from the opening ot the meeting,
needed no stimulus. Everybody was
eager 10 contribute, and within short
time f10, 900 were subscribed viva voce.
Conspicuous among the subscribers were
several cCniedeIates, VINO requested that
their names should not appear. y few
merchants OF Chicago, whose Establish
ments were DESTROYED by the
tife, also offered their Contii0u-
tions amid the cheers OF the asscmblage.
Resolutions expressing the deepest sym-
pithy for the suffering, pleoRing further
aid, were adopted by accIumatiop. A
committee was appointed with j. S.
Morgan and Schebck at its head, top'o
cure additional subscriptions in London
and throughout the Kingdom. EXpres
sions OF sympathy were received by tele-
graph and by mail from all parts of the
country, aud read by the chairman.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE Times this
morning, states that the Lord Mayor re.
ceived El7 900 sterling, as the result OF
two days subscription for the. Chicago
relief funds-that lists have been opened
for contributions at birmingham, Bed
ford, Hanley and other other towns OF
the manufacturing districts. The Times
has leader reviewing The Chicago con-
hagration and the fires now raging north
west advising prompt action of the State
authorities in suppressing the attempted
Fenlan invasion OF Manitoba. 1t draws
the conclusion that Eogland andEnglish-
men are herein furnished with every in.
centive to alleviate calamihos in the
west. Nearly AL railways and steamer
lines have announced their readiness to
transport contributions.
VERSAILLES, Oct. 12.--E'cction re-
turns, though incomplete, indicate tho
return Of "a BOnspartists, 1914 Legiti.'
mistS, POI Radicals, 494 Moderates, and
s67 Liberal Conservative. Prince Jerome
Bonapsrte's election for Corsica i3 to be
contested.
BERLIN, Oct. l3 1t is reported thst
two conventions between France and
GERMANY weie signed to-day, and that
Ponyer Querticr will leave to-moroW lor
Paris.
LONDON, Oct. 1G.-The Merchants
Chamber of Commerce, az meeting,
held to consider the proposed abrogati0n
of the French commercial treaties, passed
q resolution expressing regret at hearing
that the French government ccntompla>
ted measure which would fet,er eN.
and other countries.
VIENNA, Oct. 19 "A dispatch from
o gram. the Canital of Crnstia. an-
nounces that the revolt In Aguein has
been suppressed. Three OF the leaders
were killed, and nearly all their follow
ers taken prisoners. A few escaped 10
the mountains. Insurrectionary mani
testoes we've placaIded in Ogrsm.
LONDON, Oct. 13.--The Newcastle
strike continues, and threatens serious
disturbance. Last night the service OF
the police was necessary TO quell an in.
cipient riot, in which several men were
seriously hurt. A numhtr OF the rioters
were arrested.
The health OF Queen Victoria is i'm
proving.
VERSAILLES, Oct. 13.-At a meeting
of the permanent commission yesterday,
Bieriere stateI that all difficulties to ine
ratification of the customs treaty with
Germany had been removed. lie also
brought up the subject of the trial of
Communists, and urged that those now
remaining in prison, be speedily brought
before the proper tribunals.
ROME, Oct. 13th.-lt IS asserted that
many congregations of the Roman Cath
oic order are about 20 leave this city and
go to England and America, where they
propose to found converts.