The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-26
CHICAGO.
Sinkfng OF n Steam Tug-Five Men
I.Ost-SeVeral Men Die from Ex-
haustion-A Serious Charge-Re.
ceipts of the Chicago Relief Fund
Treasurer. &c.

haustiOn-A Serious Charge-Rc.
ceipts Of the Chicago Relief Fund
Treasurer, &c.
CHICAGO, October 26.-The schooner
r. P. Messner, Of this port, on the 9th
inst, during the prevalence of a fierce
gale, struck rock on Crane Island,
Lake Michigan, and soon filled. The
crew were taken off by q fishing vessel
and carried to Mackinaw. Prepara-
tions were then made to get the scooner
off. The pumps were rigged, and after
a few days effort the vessel was got off,
While the tug Leviathan was towing
her ashore she filled with water and
capsized, and five out Of the nine on
board perished before relief came. Itis
charged that the tug cut loose from the
schooner. when it became evident that
she must sink, and left, making no
effort to save them. The crew of the
schooner also suffered terribly until five
died from exhaustion.
George NJ. Pullman, Treasurer re-
ports the following as the receipts for
the relief of the Chicago poor: Cash
received IN direct remttances, five hun
dred and nine thousand two hundred
and seventy-six dollars Total amount
for which drafts have been drawn, aud
to he forwarded for collection, etc,
eight hundred and uinety-six thousand
seven hundred and nine dollars. Ag-
gregate receipts, one million four hun
dred and eighty-six thousand nine hun
dred and eighty.six dollars. Oi this
sum thirty-tour thousand four hundred
and ninety dollars have been distributed,
the balance remaining on hand. The
committee estimate that they will
require one million nine hundred and
seventy-fve thousand dollars for the
next thirty days.
The General Situation.
The receipts of contribution are now
decreasing, and there is some danger
that, Notwithstanding the wonderful
generosity of the country, there will
be suffering during the coming winter.
Twenty-seven car loads of supplies
arrived yesterday, and clothing for
thirty days is at hand and on the way.
The banks are getting along smoothly.
Some ofthe Eastern and European IN
surance companies are paying up their
losses promptly, and these funds come
into good play to those OF our merchants
who were laying in new. stocks OF goods
and to those capitalists who are prepar-
ing to rebuild.
The grain, lumber, and live stock
market are brisk.
The affairs Of the Relief and Aid
Committees are well managed and there
is no suffering, and not likely to be for
want of enough to eat or drink.
The work OF clearing away the ruins
and rebuilding is still being rapidly
pushed. p. Palmer says by the lst OF
January he intends to be getting S4o'ooo
in rent from tenants of the first hoor OF
his State Hotel, near Monroe street
He will work full force during the
winter on the structure, and when he
cant Law mortar will lay cement Il
June and July he expects to have the
fourth floor of the building completed.
Mayor Mason having notified Gen
Sheridan that he sees no further need o,
retaining the service of regular and
volunteer troops, the General has direct
ed the disbanding OF the latter ana
ordered the regulars to proceed to their
respective stations, namely: Leayen-
worth, Somerville, Louisville, Fort
Hays and Omaha.
The Republican and Democratic com,
mittees met this morning and completed
the nominations for the city and county
ticket on the basis agreed to. Inc
nominees are mostly firstclasS men ana
their election is certain.
The public soup house sustained by
the Cincinnati Library and attended 10
bv Cincinnati hands for over week has
been in successful operation on the West
Side, where about fifteen hundred
people, men, women and children are
now being iel daily. Cincinnati has
done nobly for Chicago in various ways
during the present painful emergency,
but the soup house is the best OF all her
generous acts.
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