The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-10-28
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Chicago.
Chicago contiI ues TO get more and more
firmlS placed upon her feet a. ain. lie banks
resumed business on the 18th and though they
resolved TO pay ell depositors the amounts TO
their credits, yet for the fist few days Alter
Opening the deposits in several banks exec eded
the amounts paid OUT, and none we're embar-
rsssd by any run" upol them The Chicago
Times made lis appearance on the 18th, and
was the last Of the leading journals 70 resume
| publication. The Times upon what it deems
a candid estimate makes The total loss by thu
| fire $3.50. 000, 900. The insurance companies
| that have renamed solvent after the immense
blow which they have received have been en-
gagged for the past week in paying up their
losses. many OF them MT requiring the policy
bolGers 10 90 through the usual formalities Of
adjusting, etc. = The ChicagoIcompanit have
been Obliged to wind no, most OF them bang
able from their sssers 10 pay only q small per
centage OF their losses.
All the large Wholesale business houses
have determined to resume business, and in
| 10 luhul uhNt ailCaNJ AOAS SO AZ AeAh
structures erected on Lake Park and other
places. The work OF rebuilding the city has
actual commenced, hundreds OF contracts ior
large buildings have been let ard the wak
upon them commenced. LaDorers and me-
chances find plenty Of employ ment at COED
wages, and to-day Oh cage presents about as
Z uch activity as il has ever done before. Tie
Illinois I naI1aN har 81
q ssi0n, hsve passed several relief bills for
Chicago sm1ug which was one to pay that
city the s. 600 COO exper ded By her on the
Illinois and Michigan canal, ard ole remit;irg
her State tax.
1he value OF the churches destroyed by the
fire is IS 600 0O0 Those burned in the South
DIVISION were the First ard Second Presbyte
rian, st, Paul. Trinity. SWedenoorgisr, 81.
Mays, FIRST Methodist ard Wabash Avenue
Methodist. On the North Side, The North
Presbs terian, Westminster Presbyterian,
Grace, Methodist, Moody's Mission st. Jamef.
Cathedral OF the holy Name, St Joseph, win
the Orphan Asylum and Convent Of the Im>
maculate Conception, st. ArrogaiDes. New
England, Unity, Fullerton Avenue Presbyte~
school houses were burned, valued in the
aggregate at S29s OJO All OF the 800 worship
pers Of the North Presbyterian Church we're
burned cut OF their dwellings, and are left
homeless. This was one Of the most flourish
NJ Presbyterian CHURCHES ID the city.
After the fire it became nsces ary for the
protection OF citizens and to prevent other
fires by incendiaries TO establish patrol guarcs
in the city at night, ard as a result OF this an
unfortunate tragedy occurred about midnight
o. Friday last, by which Ihos. W. Grosvenor,
city Prosecuting Attorney, met his almost
instantaneous death. Mr.. Grosvenor was
passing alotg the street, probably somewhat
under the inhueuce or liquor, when he was
challenged by a University patrol. q young
student, Theodore \. Treat. Mr.. Grosvenor
replied in offensive manner, and
WAS shot dead in his tracks. The
affair created great deal ofexcitemeRt. Treat
was arrested and is still In custody. He claims
to have acted in accordance with orders, and
is defended in his action by Col. Sherman OF
the First Regiment OF Chicago Volunteers in
which body he vas doing service at the time
o. committing the deed. An inquest was held
On Mr.. Grosvenor and a verdict ives rendered
that Treat killed him without sufficient cause,
but it also partially excu'pAtes him from blame
on the ground that be supposed he WIS act
ing under Instructions. Treat is detained
under arrest to await the action o. the Grand
Jury.
There is considerable feeling in Chicago in
regard to the conduct OF the Republic Insur
ance Company in resolving to pay rs cents
on the dollar and dsbard. TIE company
claimed h have $4,000, OOt0 capital, 81
90, 900 OF which was paid 10 cash, and the
rest in notes against the stockholders. They
propose to pay only the cash on hand, but
not to collect the notes. Policy holders are
refusing to receive the rs per cent, and the
company will probably suffer before the
courts unless they pay up. Relief continues
to pour in 10 the Chicago sufferers from all
quarters ard in all shapes. Immediately after
the fire the daily applications for relief num-
bered about 40 Co., Since that time the num-
Der has diminished from dsy TO day, until
now there are only about 25 600 daily apph-
cants for help. The Shelter Committee thus
far has received about 2 400 applicants for
lumber with which to put up small houses for
homeless families. and about 300 OF these
applicants have up to this time, been sup
pied with lumber contributed BY lumber
dealers and othei ;, which ia being put into
| houses. The amount contributed IN al,
throughout the world, will aggregate many
Millions IN money and materials.