, 1879-02-22
Dletflct held 4 convention hore to-day. To
night II VAS addressed BY Miss ktmbalI, Of Chi
TN CTFICA1O.

ElltLS.
IN CHICAGO.
The a1arm from Boz 90 shortly aftcr II |
o'clock Inst uight Wns caused by fro being dis
covered in tic four.stork brick building trout
Ing on Calhoun place, In the rear OF 11s Cinrk
street and No. TOO Washington street. owned by |
OrinHton 11nt, Of Evanston. Tho flames woTa
first discovered by tho bartender OF Chaplin d |
uorc; who ran 10 tho American District Teln. |
graph o,1co on LaSallc street and gave the |
nlarn,. From there Il was sent to tho lusur- |
anro Patrol uild to tho Central Station.
Tho lrc originated In tho second storIs oc-
cup!cd Gy Miller, Wagner s. Umbdonstock as
rrtnttng~oflcc, md spread to tho third floor,
when tlle Flro Department arrived and arrested
its course. It was thought tint tho causo Nas
spontaneous combustion, az there were known to
bo some waste md oiled rags nbout this quarter.
Carl prctxnl's paper was published bY p(tkin q
Cruvcr, and Nj. uarris hnu hI6 Office upon tho
lirss aoor with thcsu gentlemen. Some kind
friend secured his books, nles. bitls, ctc., sid
took them Into Chaplin i Gore's, across the
wa5, where lc will douptlcss find them thIs
morning, n,ld he enabled to rcsunn business I'd
though nothing had happened.
III tic basement, the loss uu the blncks.ntthfa
shop ot James Aiulver aid tlfu forty-horse.pow-
or eugine MID machinery Of Pltkln II Cruyaf
was nominal, caused entirely by water, Tic
trst floor, occupied exclusively by Pitkin d
Cruver printors, was tlllcl With tlttee cylinder
nnd two ANAL presses, uapar-cuttcr, type. CUTS
The loss OF this 10 about $4,uJ0, on which iere
Is s12UD0 q tnsuranyc placed With Mccormick
Dros. u Flnlay. Loss pfncipally by water.
IHs s9 p1'i,nsdt , gsr e,s arsn s Ci Rs ths
turned kpisropal Church, tse publication VI
Which will be dcftrrcd aud iuscrfcrcd with. The
stock included 8oo fonts OF typo aud consider
part ri tns arrona i1oor was occunlea by John
| f1nnlun, binder, whose stock mud fixtures are
injured to some extpat BY water, understood to
hiHiar, Wagner & Umbaenstock occupied
tho rest Of tho. flour, In whose room
bindery. fTc third doer was
type, cuts, etc. vnIued Ut $15,000. In this stock
was s3,000 ot papor destroyed by. water.. Tho
second floor Is Gadly Injured by fire, md tho
up about SIT, 0,000: insured for s17,050in tie fol,
| lowing companies:
Royal Canadan... ........... ..-.........32 900
La calsso Gcncrao, ,Parls.." ............. 9o9
| Standard, New Jersey. ey..+.............. !, 400
htcrlden., Connertcnt. ......"- 000
spsth9Gtld. Mass...s .......... -..s.-...s uU1
!s4H4lo iarmah. .... ..."' ...'. 19g
Western. Toronto. 600
En,sigs'is En-, Rasas s"Ssss' %enss,;si. s;:
:. The building, owned ,oy Urr'ngton. 1.uut,
s5,o0o BY wuter; fully Insnred.
Ihs alarm IRON "a bos ' ~ at u s45 5esteny
Mill q David 0oodwlilo Of No. a5 Ohio street,
caused by sparks from chimney setting fire to
some savlngs. D4mnge 81, nominal !,
was caused By tho dlscovary Of fire in the E.
". Blatehford Lead and Oh Works, At the
cosncr Ut Cltntou and Fulton atreets. The
t1rc brole out In ne elFls' aewing-roo1n on The
eulldlng.swbieh 10 four stories in hight. 1t did
rau upwards rapfdiy, and did considerable 1am-
agc TO nachlnery mud about ealdron used ior
easily c1tInguslcd after tic arrival q the en-
gtnes: The loss will not exceed $1,000. Both
oqtlg ind stock iraI a'e aa heayy y J, insa5sd
afternoon was turned in bY Polco-Liclt. Martin
lIaycs, who saw smoke aud famcs Issuing from
under sidewalk At The northwest corner Of
monts before, Charles spenccr, IN GU
ploye Of the Alhnmbra saloon, was seen
to rush out upon tho sidewalk, dls, clothing
cnvc'opcd in tlatnc: soms passer.by had the pres
md threw It. ahout the young man, thereby
smothcrins tho Gasncs. A portly follow with
d9sa s eaps ns1t bnt It p,s was
The lie latter, WHO savs tie namo ' Of Fritz' H;,
and who Is employed In tho wine-house Of
Stern j. Rose, 1t was learned that Spencer had
aone down under tho sidewalk with a lamp In
| order to sec The whereabouts Of barrel Of gus.
pllne, from which ho wished to draw enough for
the nights use. It Is supposed that he placed
the light too close to the barFo!, for ho bud been
ihcre only q fGw moments when Fritz WIS
blown somo latanre away by an explosion
That corner 10 filled up With a mass OF onc-story
brick nnd fraao structnres atl small saye
'argc ono TINT fronts on Dearborn street, NTH
structures ure occupied us tho Eurela dtntng-
ruou., tic Little Matteson cating-house, Fra
ser's chop house. q secondhand book.
d1g s9e escls s~eEy ySsae aae sevsFs
by G. T. Swigart. The fire quickly enycopcd
tL[s sseucture, aud BY tho time the Fire Patrol
,, It was quickly cxttuguisl1ed, however, when
! once tho engines got to work, The damage to
the structural will not exceed $500; to thu
lurge orstestrlon said to be worth fully
$4,000, and which was totally destroyed. The
! most Of tic Insurance expired only d fen days
ago, and there remained only $3.50 upon the
the osches.ron. Tho case OF tic instrument ia
stored elsewhere, md is sao insured for S. 900,
but the cso y pcrlcct]y worthless now thu: y t!e
= geo .o ht nG tts 3ss"p''t' of e
| Young Spencer was taken 10 Beardsloy's liv.
r err. and was thcro attended by Ds. u. F. Rey.
/. nolds mud others. Ho was literally mass oi
crisp about tic Ices a!!d right ,sldo. The pooI
fellow bore up with remarkable fortituue
aru scarcely groan escaped Ills Hips
j. I1o was swatheu Ia llnsccl-ult a,lt
|, cotton bathing, and was then sent to tho Coun
i tY Hospital. He may possibly recover, as nj
vital part Is burned, anh he DID not swallow a,,,
/ OF tlu flame. Hu lived with his wife, who Is Ii
Il quito delicato condition, ut No. III Washing
!, ton street.
u AT COLUMBUS, IND.
Il INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. al.-The Opera
House Block 1T Columbus, Ind, was total
destroyed by lire last night. Loss estimated q
s75,Doo; partly covered by insurance. Anon
The sufferers arc Leo Joseph, dry goods: loal
$1,000; Insured for t4.5o0 In anA Queen NJ,
EntInnnl III Hartford niul lll1 tInlnc. nf Ne,