Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-14

At meeting OF prominent citizens of Boston
yesterday, Mayor Castor sad they had met 10
relieve dis'resSes. 10 adopt measures - Re store
u more than its original beauty. aud cert ainly
20 more than it, original security. the burnt
portion ct the city. IL any had come for auy
other purpose they hsa mistaken the spirit 81
tie meeting. TAppsu>e' lie had received
Offers 81 >ymI athy and aid from all parts 81 the
country. He wOud be false % the city II H..
tailed thus publicly 10 acknowledge their graft
tude Tor such expressions Other III iresseS were
made and resolutions adopted in favor Of the
reconstruction OF the burnt district on a better
plan,
PROHIBITING MANsARD RooPs,
and also IN favor OF erecting Merchants Ex-
change In snme central locality, and favoriug
an extra session OF the Legislature 10 authorize
the issue Of building bon Is hy the CITY and for
an application to the general government for
the extension Of the new post office building
upon the burned-oyer lot adjoining. and for an
act OF congress allowing drawbacks on building
material.
HUMAN REMAINS POUND.
on searching the ruins on the site OF HiNon *
Co.'S store, liz Washington street, yesterday
morning, charred human remains were found.
Ii wes impossible. of course. TO identity the re-
mains, but il is known that two men persisted in
the fire at tia place.
tax MILITARY GUARD
will be continued until the buried vaults and
safes containing valusbles are mostly recovered
The city police, who worked hard during the
ire, are needed on their regular duties. All
har-rooms remain closed. The gas was lighted
IS usual last night.
LEATHER AND WOOL DESTROYED.
II IL estimated that nearly 30 900 sides of
leather were destroyed by the fire. Prices in
New York have advanced considerably. Tn
finished leather has advanced ten per cent, and
sole leather three TO six per cent, and further
advance rs anticipated in the course of month
Sheepskins are held at high prices. it is esti-
mated that S,00D,0o0 pounds of wool, including
manufactured woolens, were destroyed in the
fire. The price has advanced in New York ten
per cent, and is expected % go higher. The
suspension of K. A. Hawley * Co, bankers and
brokers, II announced. IL Is said that the firm
will shortly resume business.
INSURANCE LOSSES.
The New York Spectator has the following
INST OF suspended insurance companies, and the
amount each will probably pay: Massachusetts
COMPATIBILITY State, 50 per cent; Boston, %;
Boy,eston, %; CITY, ~: Elliott, IS; Exchange,
20; Faneuil Hall, 30; Firemen's, IS; Franklin
.; Howard, -; Lawrence. 50; Manufacturer,
-; Merchants, -; Mutual Benefit. IS; National
49, North American, 81; People :, IS; Prescott.
-; Shoe and Leather, >; Suffolk, fremont. p:
Washington, %. New York cOmpanies-Hum-
bOldt, -; International, IS; Market, -.
Providence ompanies-Equita5le, 81; Mer-
chants, s..
TIE Spectator also has the following an
nouncement from the companies forming the
Underwriters Agency directors of the
Hanover company to-day resolved to increase
the company's capital to S50).0l0. The Repub-
lie, Germania, and Nicaragua directors resolved
to at once make up any deficiency by an assess
ment. The losses OF these four companies will
be paid promptly in full.
Corrected statements make the loss os the
Black River company Sc5 ,000 instead of $50. 600:
the Continental 500 900. instead of sJaO OOn the
Hoffman 500, 000; the Market 500 900 instead
OF SC0,f o.; the Merchants SIG 800, instead of
so 600; the Relief $40, 600, instead of $50 OnD
The Union insurance company, OF Bangor Ne,
figures its losses by the Boston fire down to
$3.50 000. which Will be promptly paid.
=, 4 he Boston correspondent Of the New York
Herald says: The work OF
CLEARING OUT THE BUILDINGS
has already commenced, but there is a general
reluctance 70 build until il is Known where the
new street lines will be drawn. This is the only
feature that looks like a drawback TO the re-
sumption Of business in the old locality. The
local papeis are filled with advertisements of the
places where temporary offices have been Sc
cured. feature OF the papers day il
series of articles on mansard roofs. which French
innovation has received a sweeping condemna-
ton. They are arragned, and justly, in the
form in which they have existed here as a.risI
lumber yards, and they are from this prejudice
not likely in any shape to fnd favor here for
years TO come. When men gaze upon
THE GREAT GRANITE FLAKES
which started Of the facades OF their buildings
with cracking reports, and the general rum
before them, they think of their folly in SUI
mounting solid stone edidces with iDf5mmable
material 1t may be mentioned, also, that the
masses, when thgy view the few standing ruins
of granite house fronts, looking as though they
were remnants OF come old decayed pillars
which had faced tue storms of three thousand
years, after their one nights agony in the
flames, be gin TO lose their faith in Quincy gram
lite.
TIE SCENES ON TIE STREETS
were very lively. All Boston and Boston's
ut ighbOrs seemed To be on their principal tor
oughfares, and curiosity was the principal fea-
ture. The pretty girls in Boston marched in
couples along Washington street, josted BY the
crowd, but cheerful and Liquant all the time.
The influx of outside people continues one train
from Springfield bringing iorty-one cars. drawn
by three engines. Truly the jubilee OF fame
has as much attraction for the country folks a.
the jubilee of Gilmore, whose lonely mAusoleum
lies tar away from the fire
THE BURNED- OCT NEWSPAPERS
share, IL they do not lead, tue burned-out peo-
pie The Transcript published from the office OF
the daily Globe. Pat. Donahoe, of the Pilot, A.
secured temporary Off &c and started the next
number OF his paper and the Emigrant Bank
together The Saturday EUening Gdzette, the
Oldest weekly on the continent, Will also resume
The Wdcerley Magazine, with the same pluck,
will publish as usual its roll of tire-and-blood
stories, OF impossible love and outrage
daring.