The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-11-11

CHICAGO goes on steadily pieking uP, ard
SEEMS TO have forgotten It's calamities in :
political campaign 50 vigorous ana compli,
cattd that Mayor Mason advised entire sus
penslon OF business for election day. A tenn
Ptrance ticket had been put forward, and
there were msny declinations and supple.
mentsry nominations, and some shocking
cheating In the holden interest, but it all
ended in the Triumphant selection, BY 8 O0O
mtJ 'rity, OF the fire lroct" ticket, headed
BY Joseph Medill. Pretty strong evidence Of
corrupt use Of relief funds, by Alderman
Holden, the hummer candidate for the
MAYoIaity, had been nit upon ju i before the
election. Holden himself Lad had CHARGE az
large amounts OF the funds, until he Was dis
placed from his post OF treasurer OF the com.
mittee- But aid, in the shape OF heavy
foreign subscriptoIs 5. Still accumulates: ard
6S UOO people are being cared for daiIy, though
The n1moer Of h help!ess i being constant
ly dm Llshed b. the employment OF those
wto will ~ork. The Steiier Committee has
gts0ted 4 lIS aPpicsiIons for Temporary
cuses- bniiclaS goes on rapidly; the Cham
Der oi commerce bas 10 plans aireadv finished
mas contracted n CincinI att for stone
and the Board of tueiic Works hss about de-
eImIDed To Uuild up TIE wnule SQUARE when
they n erect the ccurl- house exp4c.iu0
thereby TO get an snnu3i income Of $3.50 OO1
in rents 'or stores ard lawyers tfices. TO be
lne'oded IN the ecIhce. The SPECTATORS are
thought TO De- securing eligible grounds with
views en- the government purse. whsn II shall
set ABOUT putting up the postC ff3ce custom
house, etc. Potter Pa is energetirslIv
pushing trenc cndous hultirg projects OF hi
owns and means TO Giye the dry goods palace
WHICH tskes The place Of FIELD, L liter K Co
o.c one, front of IRON instead OF marble In
taking dcsn the outside walls ol the Tr,bune
bui idIng, two lsborers have been kind hv
failing RON the 'ourth story. The iusurancs
companies are up 10 their necks in trouhie.
For the sSse OF experiment, u petition has
beea 6ied essiEg that The ',Nsubattan,I Of
New York be declared bankrupt in order 10
see wneI her foreign coupanles are suhiect 70
Tue state laws. hAies On grain stored in
warehouses have gone up 50 TuinonsIv b;oh
THAI there is great complaint. The At,orrev
Genera bas begun proceedings sgairst the
Chicago Fir men's, Ne rChaut's Chicago F,-e
Germaula, SAFE. Home, and Mutual SrcnrtY
Companies. Meanwhile en- agency N ~
well kLswn Hamburg ard Bremen Ere IN
sursnce Company OF q srmsny, Will he imme-
diateiS opened. tne most serioIs question
that tas aTsen hss been started IL Gov
Palmsr, and seems to have been occasi1ned
by tb- S. ooting OF Grcs7enor. tie Prose
cuiinss~Attoruey OF Cook county. who sas
KILLED one nignt by a patro man who bad
been detailed rom tGe volunteer force TIE
Governor claims mat III raising forces upan-
thoTizc6 ny the ) ate, ibe Mayor Of Chicago
LeuItnint General Sheridan. ard Others
have mBitted an unlawful usurpation an5
r,quets Tie Attorney General to place the
facts before the Grand jury n Cook county.
"in order tkat ali persons concerned In The
uliswfIl Killing a rhos. W. Grosveuor. NAV
be brUught 10 = speedy trial" He il sajd
to be preparing q message to the Legisla-
ture cl tue subject Ii is further srsted
that TIE Adj1tsnt General CT Iliuois went to
Chicago on the day after the fire with $50
picked men, ~h1 had been armed ana iustruc
ted hy Governor Palmer to enforce the
laws and preserve order. Ii IL alleged
that they all returned home under the
advice and direction Of the Mayor and the