, 1874-04-28

mona and tho general buBlnoHs Of tho rnooting
Waa about to begin, when objection WINS mailo
to hnyinR reporter preHent, mid In ncoortlhnoo
With tho roquost Of tho meeting ho Withdrew.
Pursuant to call, n moeting Of tho officers aud
friends Of tho different military companies OF
tho city VIVA hold iaat ovoning at tho lcai-
quarters Of tho Lippincott Battery, Nos. LOG and
107 Lake Btroot, to take into consideration the
hoHt ind most appropriate method Of showing
their consideration and regard for tho memory
After tho matter was thoroughly discussed In MI
Its boarings, It was motionod md agrocd TINT n
meeting DO hold noxr Monday oyotling, May 4,
ut tue Tron0nt Houae, to mako and oomploto
celebrating tint lay. All tho ofllcors md NOM
bora Of The different 1nilitnry ORGANIZATIONS and
other societies Of tho city, together With friends
who arc with thom in heart aud hand, nro H.
vitod to bo prosont.
The losses md insurance involved In tho
Globo Theatre firo aro rs follows; Thoatro build
$1,000; Nail City, $1,000; Lanoaator, $1,000;
MiiWaa1ies saeeo G!eSS Tossi @ s5sss' see"e1y,,
fittings, etc., belonging to Frank Lawlor, so, 900;
no in5arapco: Milo Fontanoblesu, trnpozee and
anoo. l.. sollwuchow, saloon IN tho basement,
$1,000; insured for $500 III tho Commercial,
st. Louis. and $1,000 III tho Union. Now York.
3snng N0 60 nsspSgss @ 1S nsGpp 9sspsa II Ms bg
Miss S1ay Brown, $500 insured for s4,5o0.
Tho fire iB attributed to incendiariam, aud Mr..
". H. Hamilton, Treasurer Of tho Theatre, liaa
boon arrested upon suspicion, and hold in i0, 600
ho throatonod to burn tic structure, but Ills
friends say that he was not In tho vicinity Of tho
Theatre for Bomo tno before tho fire brolto out,
and that fo WAS In bod with Charlie Grouse,
tickot-sellor,, whom the alarm sounded. Alr.
sohwuohow is also suspected, but nothing has
boon loarned to faston tho crinae upon eithor Of
them.
Tho Christian Union oostrao Of lectures, from
which large number Of people derived ploasuro
md profit during tho wlntor months, was brought
to close last evening BY tho How Robert Coll
yer, who road his admirable akotcll Of tho life,
an audience Of about 500. When he Ind tinlahod,
Mr.. William Il. Pago, membor Of tho Board Of
Directors OF the Union, addressed tho audience
on tho necessities Of tho organization. Ho said
futuro. would be OF incalculablo sorvico in
eleyating the moral tone OF tho community BY
taking fricndleBs young mon from tho street md
Union numbered LOIS membors. md reqntrol
an annual expenditure OF 911, 900 for its proper
management. or this amount not moro than
one-third was furnished by mombers, md tho
Board of Directors, which is composed OF buai-
noss mon whose time is valuable, was kept COIL
stantly ut work In tho effort to mako both ontls
meet. Consequently, tho public llad to bo up
pealed to for individual oxortlon during tho
summer, so TINT with tho advent Of winter
the Union would DO on d solf-sussaining bnsiB
was followed by AIr. O. Q. Donnoy, another moln-
bor of tho Board Of Directors who strongly
urged h!B hoarerB to tako creator interest in tho
Uuion than heretofore, aud to strive to bring
termB to tho entertaining aud instructive lectures
on literature, science, and art, which had boon
delivered by eminent men during tho winter,
and said the managers Of tho Union would need
public support and practical encouragement to
onable them to give n similar courso next sea-
son. Tho meeting thon dispersed.
Tho Central Committee of tho Womnn's Tom
porauce Organization Of Chicago aro glad to re-
port considerable progress during the paBt woels
IN tile cauao Of temperance In our city. Pledges
have been in circulation, many homes of drunk
arla havc been visited. and much interest has
hean awakened. In tho work for tho future,
some two or three points arc worthy Of being no.
ticod, mud tlioy hope they may DO cnrofully con-
aidored. All, or nearly all, tho pledges thus far
printed haro boon put into circulation, md still
quests hayo boom sent II for pledges iu German
aud other languages. Tho Committee hope very
soon to be able to supply all who desire to work
with pledges in the Gernlan and other tongues.
They have now como to whore ltscoms necessary,
III this groat work, to have aome central point
q placo for prayer, and whoro those who autfer
directly and Indirectly from iutcmporanco can
coma and 10 ho1ped to bottor lite. 10 this
end tho Committee havo arranged for daily
prayer r-moetings to DO hold in tho leoturc-roon
Of Clark Stroot Church, commencing at p. NJ,
md continuing until 4 o'clock Thoy will 10
open meetings.. 80 TINT all. both mon ndwomon,
may feel FREQ to como. Tho Committee appeal
to all earnest workers in this cauBe to sustain
these meetings. ,Chrlstian women, especially,
should romombor this place OF prayer. and make
8troug efforts to be there aa often us possble
The Committee wnnt to 500 tho place crowded
daily, aud it will DO if earnest, faith
They want to know what means this holding
buck and apparent Indifference on tho part Of so
many who ought to be tho very first to spring to
tho work? s'Tho aelds aro white FOR tile har-
yost, but tho laborers are few.' They ask, for
tho Masters sake, to make great seifdenials, If
need be, and como up to the field Of battle. No
meetings in tho separate Divisions hnve boon
arranged for this week. excepting ono on satur.
day at 8 p, m., IN the First Congregational
Church, West Division.