Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-10-12
The Chicago Fire.
THE FEELING THROUGHOUT THE CoUN'
TRY.-EXcITEMENr IN NEW YORK.


last evening, to raise funds in aid of the
sufferers of the Chicago fire.
At Boston the fire in Chicago caused
profound sensation among all classes. 1t
was the all engrossinR subject on change
and in business circles, and depressed
business of all kinds.
The greatest excitement prevailed in
PHILADELPHIA regarding the Chicago fire.
The streets were crowded with people in
front of the newspaper offices to read the
latest dispatches. Sympathy for the suf-
ferers is universal.
At a preachers meeting held at Cincin.
natl, on Monday morning, resolutions of
sympathy for the Chicago sufferers were
adopted declaring that they would call on
the congregations to cooperate with the
authorities in affording immediate relief.
At meeting of both Boards of the
Common Council, it was unanimously re-
solved to appropriate one hundred thous-
and dollars for the relief of Chicago, des-
pite their legal inability to make such APP
preparation, but pledging themselves in
dividually, until legislation to make it
legal can be had.
Mayor Carroll, of Syracuse, had called
a meeting of the citizens to be held last
evening. to raise funds for the sufferers
by the Chicago fire.
The excitement 10 New York in regard
to the Chicago fire has been intense. The
great destruction of the Western Railway
property has caused a panic in the stock
market and the decline was great. For
tunes were lost in a moment. The scene
in the Stock Exchange was ore of the
widest ever witnessed there, Demoniac
wells, such as were heard in the room on
Black Friday, announced the struggles of
desperate men to save little from their
wrecked fortunes. The scene was pain
fully interesting and exciting. Many a.
broker who saw his fortune slipping from
his grasp was temporarily mad. Gestures
OF despair and faces pale with fear greet
cd one on every side. Among the pro-
vision merchants there was the. greatest
excitement and uncertainty. The rumor
that six grain elevators, with 100000
bushels of wheat, had been destroyed, in
duced many merchants who bad large
stocks to refuse to sell, and wheat ad-
vanced three to five cents. Other mer
chants, however, do not believe there was
so much grain in Chicago when the fire
broke out. 1t was also reported that nine
thousand barrels of lard had been des-
troyed.
A meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce was held yesterday noon to afford
an opportunity to merchants to aid the
afflicted city. The Erie Railroad has of.
fered to convey to Chicago, on fast
through trains, all contributions from the
city of New York in aid of the sufferers,
Iu all the insurance companies the ut.
most anxiety prevails. 1t is impossible
to tell as yet the number or extent OF
risks in New York tffices. While many
companies will lose heavily, perhaps none
of them will be so severely injured as to
suspend. The results here is timidity
among those who have money to lend,
based upon expectations that the insur-
ance companies will be compelled to call
in all their avail able assets and realize on
securities that are readily converted into
cash. Almost every prominent insurance
company in the United States has an
agency in Chicago, and il the fire had oc.
CURED three years ago the loss to Eastern
companies would have been much greater
than it is now. During the last two
years the rates in Chicago have broken
down, and the business of insurance has
been greatly demoralized. The mercau-
tile interests of New York city will suffer
severely, and in the excitement which
prevailed this afternoon there were fly.
ivg Iumors of the suspension of several
frms. Large amounts of money will be
sent from here to pay assurances. Mon
day afternoon there were rumors of the
prospective suspension of Eastern iusur-
snce companies. The heavy decline on
Stock Exchange, it is believed, will cause
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of stocks, and, it was thought, unless the |
market rallied up before 2 o'clock yester-
day, or the time when deliveries are made
that failures would be numerous.
The Mayor of New York issued the fol-
lowing proclamation Monday afternoon
MAYORS OFFICE, Afternoon.
A disaster has befsllen the great city of
Chicago, which not only has destroyed
the best part of its dwellings,, paraly zed
it's industry and business, but threatens
the gravest consequences to the commerce
and prosperity of our country. 1t has al
so reduced thousands Of people to house
lessness and privatious. A dispatch from
the Mayor of Chicago comes in these
words: "Can you send us some aid for
the hundred thousand homeless people ?"
have responded that New York will do
all it can to alleviate this disaster, and
1 now call upon the people TO make such
organization az may be speediest and
most effective for the purpose of sending
money, clothing and food. l would rec
ommend the immediate formation of a
general relief committee, who will take
charge of all contributions, in order that
no time may be lost in carrying relief to
those of our fellow citizens who have fall
len under this dispepsation of Providence.
suggest that the Chamber of Commerce.
Produce Exchange, Board of Brokers,
United Presidents of banks, and all reli-
gious ard charitable associations immedi-
ately call meeting of their respective
members, and from them select an indie
pendent committee who shall solicit sub.
scriptions OF money, food and clothing.
within their appropriate spheres of action.
In the meantime l am authorized
to state that contributions of food and
clothing sent to the depots of the Erie
railroad, Hudson River and Central rail-
roads, under spontaneous offers of jay
Gould and w. III. Var derbilt in even {
small quantities from individuals, or ,
business sources, will be at once for ward
ed through to Chicago free of expense. I
cannot too strongly urge upon our citi-
zeps immediate attention to this subject !
(Signed) A. Oakley HALL, Mayor. {
The Brooklyn Board of Aldermen held ]
a meeting, Monday, and adopted the fol- l
lowing resolution:
Resolued, That we express our deepest !,
sympathy with the authorities and in !
habitants of our sister city Chicago. in q
this the hour of her great suffering, and 9
that committe of five members of the |;
Board be appointed to act with his Honor :,
The Mayor, in calling public meeting
without delay, to enable the citizens to q
give prompt and practical expressions to E
Tho avmpafhv vhioh o11 -. s.H,-a,