, 1877-06-22


year aftcrwaT1, but nevertheless now lind them
steaoy md rapid incrca.c ot this kind Of c.
n,antt which, makes Us rery Jealous about our
whether ia Or not \ VIII prove sufficient for our
Mr.: Henry ". King, President Of the Relief
Eaa. E A sssss was also Ht s@e rcn t Nj
Mr. McCagg's. lfo expressed 1lrnself warmly
In kyntathy with the 81. John sufferers, and
said tdat atc fcit certain that the feeling Of
So widely spread ia Chicago tl;ut sulscrptfon.
great ehuugh 10 bc worthy of our position and
means would at once be raisel. lie was not Ger.
tain about tic powers possessed by the Trustees
Of our Relief Fund, hit there was no doubt but
that they would to everything WHICH they could
properly In the premises. Perhaps tic Mayor
might 6c considered tho proper officer to in
auR'sratc q movement Of general charaeteri but,
however that might bc, thu Relief anu Aid So
cctys officers, either Ii their eorporato capacity
or as citizens, would be certain t., Join with out
citizens generally Ia some comprehensive scheme
to Afford assistance to tho generous and stricken
In slcx Of tho past, but to Ill humanity In
general.
From the above gentlemen the reporter asccr.
tainci That tho Trustees nf the lsclef Fnnd
exclusive q s75, ,ooS dao to the@ irom ths s Sity
Of Chicago, and inclusive ot 90, 600 recently re-
cc!ved FROM tl,c Committee Of tho French Iiltcf
Fund LII New foFk, which had been held there
by the Committee until short time ago.
ON 'cnANGE.
Just before tho adjournment Of the Doard OF
Trade yesterday. the announcement of the fro
in 81. John was made, and tho President ap-
S e es e sssGps 'GMssmsn Msm henaaso
Robert Warren, Asa Dow, Henry e, Itanncy,
and 'lsracl r. Ramscy. OF these. afr. Richard
son has had special experience n the business,
Chicago fire, and having hal charge Of tho col
lcct(utl Of moneys which TINT city contributed
for, Chicago. The 4Comn.ittee's COLLECTIONS up
t. o'elofk o' ,nn nmHuntsd to ssso prorositoa
That ting Board appropriate outright $1,000 for
the relief of TIC sufrsrcrs, but no action was
taken upon II.
THE MAsoSs.
Tho Masons OF Chicago were mot slow to act
On behalf Ut the bnrncI-out brethren oF 81.
John. Last cyening an impron,ptu mcotnc vas
press building, at which there wcrc rcprcsenta-
,ivfi + fFo% Tt.entytTo @ , ledEss ID M Hr john QSe!
Duvall, Of Dlancy Lodge, ou'cia.ctl ~ scribe.
The Chair explained tho object OF the meeting,
and stated ttc imperative necessity for sreedy
Sst,9n n,do lootng toTsr' sle aIcvation q the
character Wcrc made By several gentlemen, aftcr
which It !sna resolved to telegraph to The tirand
Master OF New brnnawick, inqn!ring Into tho
any g. " hs sa Of Geaso
Oriental Hall, to 1eylse Ways and mcans. a
full attendance, particularly Ut officers Of Ma
sonic bodies, Is requested. The following cotn-
ssss sss spp5itsoe 5ss + %.fs
Stevens. u. D. q. H.; D.J, Ayory, j, b, q. Nj;
T. T. Gurncy,. .Th!rty.th!rd Degree; D. g. Crc-
EleF' T. 9. H. The following telegram was sent
last evening:
cufc4ao. Jaue ai.-7o ns Grand Masf<r of
New Brnnsrlet; This Masop,c craft Of Chicago
s{mpAthlke with az elt!zeas who are sufferers by
f @ ssa ina sfsss xss t. ss sssSa &
Jou1 o'NElI, d. b. q. II.
Not one Of tho Of the Canada
insurance companies doing business In this city
was 4t oil torn up in his mind ut tho news from
g. John. Tho general expression was TINT
iho ato Ind not stuck thcEn badly, and tllat they
wcro Glad thinE1 wcre no worEc.
Nr. W. +. l9otlo, who represents the Western
Assurance Company, Of Toronto, Clcefully
showed \ TRIBUNE reporter who called to SEQ
bin, = telegram he had Just received from Bon
which ran thus:
Western emit sufIcr scs!ouslJ. having only becn
writing there since December list.
Mr. hollo sall, Furthermore, TINT tho 1Yeat-
ablo % stand good deal sny. way. Thcru was
nothing to fear. however, even II It were
smaller conpaty tban y really Is, for tho reuson
that @ 20 company, writing On q ,place oil only
tSkAsSH hHAHttAAtH 4o& HfV NlVAk4st W.T. jklJ!lX
TO bc hurt very much. As al illustration,
be cited the casa OF several larye companies
which E,i Ind only commenced TO do busncsA IL
Chicago abon. year befo!c .ha nre, and wi.oae
antl wealthy companies would not ftrl TIM loss
at all, but # would perhaps bear down rather
heavily on aotnn ot Tho Vc.iliEEs, at Nh.,la
there xese teS among the thirty or lorty
companies which Car,s!a bpsats. SnTuc uf tlv
bEtttsh cctnpa:leb would alsU come III for heavy
losses, uplat}Y tilr RoJat, tic Liverpool. Lon
lsn y G!vhd, e.t{ Others, tut thefc wcre able TO
s M ;sa ;fs,? .xsS III & H. fs Haya Gaasao atss
c1pe...:ag adr,ccs Hasu ,ha reporter saw him.
Il; + !s!t uo foxern. hsxeycf, on The subject.
iE:anssict, lhtIr }'fomiums !n that Province for
Il Year au1ona&lnag to only $0,0oo. Even II
= losses we're heayy,--wlileh hc dl not be.
~ ! TO be thc r:sct--tho Royal Canadian had
Z, -: upon. Tho lest men Ii Montreal and
ict raising sloooeoo any mo,ens. % should / siSs bc
S iees osss war ssS st tSat " .! f @ a
up. and It was not probable tlicy would want
iosses, II they touched It 1t al.
Some Some Of tl's companies, however, ,nust
much worse oft than those which hui large sui
scribcl capitals. The former could not Itirkeup
theis eapita!. It they wcrc stuck, thoy were
s astusk aud ; that waa ths end Of It. Thy 1ther:,
tai and come ont III right. Mr. Nayhttn nso
believed that tho nritssl, companies woul,t,
;uilsr tho most,-tEe Huyal, thu liverpool,
London l. = Globe esVceistly,3ara even some Of
tho phEnix, tho Hartford, md oihers, woul1
VT. L. D. Hammond, VI thu Brltish-Amertca
s:esa a e. Gan%eg motsg taa a tisssx st s
lussca would 10 lc51 than &:elltfl liz WIS g}au