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u1orrow night, to the Boston sufferers VIII forward
amount By express, Tuesday morning.
CARPENTER SHELDON,
Managers Star Lecture Course.

! managers Star Lecture course.
a BENEFIT CONCERT.
The Chicago Musical College, under the direc-
tion Of Mr.. F. Ziegfeld, will give q concert fol
the benefit Of our Boston friends, at an early
| day Ihe idea Is to give concert that will have
SOCIAL l as well as musical features. The ushere
Wall be young gentlemen prominent in society
circles, and the music will be given by the young
LADIES' and gentlemen of the college, A meeting
will be held this evening to arrange the Details
+ GRAND Ana1Y RELIEF.
RANSOM Fost, Department Of Illinois, G. A.
r., gent despatch to Major General A. r.
chusetts, G. A. r., rendering their sympathies
and assistance, as slight appreciation Of the
aid rendered them by the Department of Massa-
chusetts in the Chicago fire. They have called
= regular meeting for Wednesday night to take
definite action regarding the matter.
cALEDoS1ANs, ATTENTION.
special meeting of the Caledonian Club will
be held at the Scotch church, corner Of Adams
and sangamon streets, this [A1onday) evening,
November II. Object, to aid the Boston suffer-
ers; WM. FORREST Secretary.
The Rev. n. N. Parkhurst, pastor Of Grace
/ Methodist Church, telegraphed to J. P. Magee,
No. 3S Broomfeld street, Boston, inquiring
what could be done by the organization in aid Of
gregatlon, every member Of which was burned
out Is months ago. appointed the following Com
mittee to receive contributions Rev. III. II.
Parkhnrst, a. B. Scranton, ". D. Smith, Mrs.
J. 3. Hobbs, and Messrs Barnes and Cox.
STATEMENT OF INSURANCE. -.
We give below tabular statement Of the cash
cash capital and available assets Of all the insur-
ance companies having risks in Boston. The
facts are taken from this years report Of the
Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts. The
available assets for policy holders are reached
by deducting the total liabilities from the total
assets, as reported by the companies, and the
figures. show the condition on Jan l, 1872.
These available assets arc what the policy
holders may hope to reach in the settlement Of
their claims Qess the amount Of unearned
premiumB). There are ffty-eight mutual COM
panies in Massachusetts which are not
mentioned. Their total amount OF
risks is s4oo,s5a,15o, with available
assets Of only 53,000,221. As they conduct
meet losses, and as the bulk Of stockholders
will prove to be losers, their history will be very
similar to that OF many of the local inaurance
companies of Chicago at the time Of our fire.
They will not try to pay. OF the joint stock
companies Of Massachusetts. there is a total
assets OF $13, Ole, ,874. Of the insurance COM
paDies from other States having risks in Massa-
chusetts, there is a guarantee capital Of S31.-
841 $780, and available assets amounting to
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guarantee capital OF S10,303, ,235, and available
assets $40, 400, 1875.
OF course it is impossible to determine, with
anything like reasonable accuracy, what proper
tion of risk the companies enumerated below
had in Boston, or in the burned district Of the
city. It is certain, however, that every New
York company doing an agency business WAS
largely represented in Boston, and the list con-
tains companies from nearly all the large cities
in the Union. After the Chicago fire, there vas
a.general tendency among all insurance compa-
nies to take risks in Boston, because it WAS con-
eidered the safest city in America The total cash
capital Of all the companies doing business in
Massachusetts is $51, III, 800, and their assets
about Ss6, 000,00 including unearned premiums.
It is safe to say that at least 50 per cent OF this
capital will be used up in the payment Of 1osses
in the burnt district Of Boston. This would give
S25 GOO 600 insurance to Offset an estimated 1oes
OF 5000, ,000,0 600. 1t is not probable that Boston
will be able to collect any more than this amount
in the present condition OF the insurance COM
panies and to do this, will probably wipe out
many companies that have occupied the highest
places in public confidence.
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