New York World (Newspaper) - July 15, 1874, New York, New York TERRIBLE IN HEART OF THE THE P ENORMOUS LOSS OP PROPERTY THE THE FIRST BAPTIST AND SEVERAL HOTELS AND A THEATRE PRINCIPAL LINES OF THE TELEGRAPH COMPANY BURNED MANY BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS THE FIRE STILL July con flagration is raging in the heart of The firo broke out on Twelfth and at six oclock the flames had made al most a sweep up to the corner of Third avenue and Polk burning up the homes of thousands of At the above comer the Fire Department commenced the process of blowing up buildings with but the buildings experimented with were small and would only have the tiled of making quicker blaze of The is blowing very fresh from about soutli The five is now on tho verge of the fire line of our big fire at Harrison The west side of avenue is now in full which takes many a stately build ing in its course which offered a haven of refuge in the winter of 1 The fire is just immediately in the rear of the First Baptist and should that Structure go down the firo will have a clear sweep to the northward and and tho Exposition building will in all likelihood be the final prey of the aud as that is immediately on tho lake shore there will be nothing for the fire to feed provided we have the good fortune not to have a change of tho A dense black poll of smoke is hanging over tho expected course of the dropping its advance mes sengers of cinders ou tho roofs of tho build Although private citizens are doing their utmost to prevent the fire getting a hold upon their yet the effort is as futile as for a child to make the The roar of the advancing furnace has tho sound of oHr old and nothing short of its final plunge into Lake Michigan will Our streets within a mile of tho tion are crowded with teams of every tion loaded to their capacity with household although storekeepers who are so fortunate ns to secure a team are en to save their most valuable Whenever a vacant space north of tho fire can bo found it is at once filled with goods of all descriptions and women and children arc do ing all they can lo save their little all and bring it to some place of The lire from this on will burn up as much in five minutes as it previously done in considering tho value of dollars aud The heat is very and no doubt iu addition to tho pecuniary losses we will have to mourn the loss of as it is next to im possible for a fire of this magnitude and to bum through BO closely settled a district as this without calling for many a human As the Post office is directly in lino with the fire its em ployes will have all they can do to save the in tho und consequently there will be no mails from the city cven and there can by no possibility be one sent before tomorrow The principal lines of tho Western Union Telegraph running east through State have all been some forty but as the lines ou Canal struct are out all possible there will be no iuter 5 of telegraphic The firo has burnt over so far about half a ji mile iu length and some four blocks in and although the explosion of gunpowder is still heard every little while there is but little I hopes of staying the hre short of the limits given THE POSTOFFICE July fire started about four in some j small frame houses near Fourth avenue ami Polk It was at first blown IJ by a stiff but the wind soon shifted and by sunset blew a gale from tin south sending the fire towards the central part of the The Postoffice has been Tho Gardiner aud Matteson Tho firemen have no control over tho The excitement is THE FIEST BAPTIST CHURCH July As in a previous the firo swept into and over First Baptist Chunk on and what was this before sundown one of the most costly church edifices of our city is now at a smouldering heap of As it was very evident from the OUH of the strength of the past six that our Postoffice bulling was in all probability our made once to remove the mails to a lice of and the needed las were at once pressed into the Brio by and eight oclock tho last loal wagon loft the and the place been the depository of the United States ii centring here was destroyed fat ten minutes eight oclock tho caught fire and by eight it wii maun of A CHANGE IN THE The wind by eight oclock had Almost 1 assisted our Fire greatly iu becoming masters the situat At the corner the Postoffice was E at Wabash and Harrison stn tho very point where our previous gmit i our firemen seemed to ta spired with superhuman efforts to prevent fire spreading into the rebuilt distri was then a muss of As u very heavy and high brick building adjoined the Post office on the there is no doubt that the spread of the fire of Wabash avenue this point has been Among the buildings destroyed on tho diet side of was the church building formerly occupied by the congregation of Laird It seems somewhat singular that the tion should cheeked and the very building spared by he previous fire shouli now bo one of the last to sue cumb thin Tho mails wen nil removed to the substation on the come of and Eldrige court and Harrison street on the east side of some dozen handsome buildings wore de The whole of the west side of the avenue between these was levelled with the and looking wes the same dead level of ruins is presented a was KO vividly engraved on tho memories o our inhabitants in The losses by this lire in the destruction and removal o goods and furniture is in all probability great as the actual loss on buildings de up to eight fo it lakes but a moderate sized fire to Chicago people to clear out their goods am About every store along avenue and Stale as far north as Monroe was removing its goods or the 111031 valuable part thereof to places of am in this apparent the fin were not slow in following the same instinct of by the removal of every thing portable from cellar to Tho struct ion entailed by this speedy and exodus will never figure among tho sustained by the insurance It is very should the fire be when it now Considering the area burnt thi losses to the insurance companies are very although hundreds and hundreds o families lost their all aud have been houseless and As the good suf fcr with the bud on many so in this instance the bad have suf with the good and probably thai of the city would not have been purified of ils slums BO effectually am thoroughly in the next fifty years to como a it has this evening in the space of three hours Chicago has not only had another big con flagration bul a great as and will in Ihe end be the belter for fight with tho fire is now on State street and between Van Burcu aud Harrison The flames seem to be slowly giving way to tho per sistout efforts of the and it is hoped will bo stayed before The James Hotel is the last building that has commenced to burn but us thu Fire Depart ment can concentrate their efforts on that par indicated tho spread ol the fire will be more readily NEW YORK JULY THE FLAMES BEYOND July Contrary to the hopeful expectations expressed at eight oclock the fire from that time has gained upon the Fire and in spite of all efforts by our whole Firo Department tho firo at ton oclock had progressed north ward and taken in the block on tho cast side of State which consisted of low wooden and on Wabash north from Harrison one block and a taking both uides of the street and working over along on Michigan avenue towards the Expo sition The firo is at present between Van and Jackson streets in its northern limit and burning with great At present the fire is apparently beyond control of our Firo Department engines are on the way from and Amboy to the und nnd if does not increase or change there is great hope that the fire may be crowded into the as intimated iu the de spatches sent at thu notable buildings which have been destroyed are the Gardner Jamess the Continental and the Adelphi Tho fire is within two blocks of tho Palmer and tho con is very among tho The roof of that hotel is being protected by men with water appliances of their aud every effort will bo made by tho proprietors to save tho THE FLAMES STILL July southern bounds of Iho fire are now 475 Wabash just south of Eldridgo 578 State near Harmon and 253 Third between Peck court and Twelfth On tho corner of Peck court and Wabash avenue is tho only tho flames mvo any The fire originated in point manufacturing corner Twelfth and Clark Some workmen were mixing and au explosion which ignited the building On the north the fire has broken out corner of avenue and Congress Michi Avenue Hotel is on It is probable tho Imposition Art Gallery be Ou Stale the fire has Jackson is within one block of the Palmer On the Matteson s m Imminent One of HID has fallen through a oof and been killed by thu f is on but with a fair prospect of the flames being Gardner before mentioned as should have been the Michigan avenue which is situated on the corner of Congress The Gardner House is safe us are also some large stores ou the east side of Wabash south of Van The building occupied by the Marble Com comer of Michigan avenue and Van the upper stories of which are occupied by the Art is Although buildings to the north and south of it have succumbed to thu flames Van street seems tn be about the northerly line of the Some buildings were destroyed north of There being only tho hike to tho cast of the hottest with the standing rather towards has done a large share towards making our losses lighter than would otherwise have been the The fire appears now principally con fined to the Michigan avenue and when that is finally burned there will be little else but rains to in ark the course of today is pr AID FROM July train with two engines and the Fire Department left for Chicago at eleven oclock last THE THE FIRE UNDER OP THIEVES IN lire is now completely under und it seems impossible that there be much further damage Three men have been killed street by the falling of Three Chicago steamers were the firo driving the men from their Much hose was destroyed by the A strong patrol ol police is protecting the property in the vicinity of the knocking the thieves right and The fire of which the particulars are given has its limits apparently in the south division of Its first under the influence of the north which was blowing when it was towards the southern boundary of tho city but as the wind veered round hi the oppo site direction the flames were driven towards that portion of the town where are situated ninny of tho most valuable public and thus threaten ing the district lying between Harrison street and tho main channel of the Chicago iu the south which was so utterly ob by the great fire of October The in this case presented the same pe as that which distinguished the for mer it will be remem first blowing from the west and carry ing the flames across the south branch of the Chicago it suddenly shifted and blew steadily crossed the main channel of the river into the north where it had full sway until avenue was in the northern section of the Tho point the to have been south and east of tho locality at which began the firo of aud between tho south branch and the Tho despatches show remembering the terrible calamity ol nearly three years tho people of Chicago were terribly alarmed at the fearful progress made last night by tho and though on a smaller the scenes of and confusion incident to that great disaster were repented in the From tho tenor of the Iho space over last night may be roughly stated to about of tho area of thu burnt district of But the comparison for tho proportion of loss in values isfar The buildings destroyed by ibis fire seem to have been some of them not of the best On the other the conflagration three years ago laid iu ashes tho of Chicago and all its sources of grout business and news paper as well an hundreds of Many splendid residences on Wabash avenue which escaped the flumes in 1871 appear to have been destroyed bv this and at Iho moment of writ ing the information comes that the lames skirting the lake shore have reached to within i block of tho it section which may be described as the tho valuable lart of tho city destroyed in tho groat According lo the despatches tho Uro has ox at least ten long blocks in length and bur or five shorter ones in Tho arou of the firo of 1871 was nearly three and onethird square and buildings were LARGE FIRE IN PROPERTY DESTROYED TO THE AMOUNT OF July ivo Cro occurred at Oshkosh this t originated on Main near the and proceeded north ward on Main street for half a die and westward to tho Some east of Main street wore also The buildings destroyed are mostly with some and The loss is at i Ji it that n mission will ho Kent celebration f iT and to bear token of our BMp tlie United Should thin lie duty of such will bi In 1RICE FOUR THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRINCE PRIEST ARREST ED AS ACCESSORY TO THE CHANCELLOR CONGRATULATED ON HIS IN TROUBLE DEMONSTRATION IN July Prince Bismarck ap the public gardens last evening und WHS received with the utmost The musical accompanied bv a great crowd of subsequently him at Ins In response to the demands ol the concourse the Chancellor appeared ami made a After expressing his for the demonstration he said the attempt on Ins life was not aimed at his but tho cause he In condition he pro posed cheers for the German and the allied German Tho giving repeated cheers for There is to be a thanks giving service in the Protestant Church today for tlm providential escape of tho It is reported that Kullmann has confessed that he intended to assassinate the and that he has used expressions indicating that others are implicated in his A priest named has been at under the belief that he was ac to the He came from The King of and the Italian government have telegraphed their lations to Prince Bismarck his escape from Tho Prince In his speech at the Public Gardens last referring to the peril in which his life had been Why should I not bo ready to die for tho unity anil freedom of the Fatherland like so many of my fellowcitizens during the late war CONSIDERED A MURE July The rimes special from says who attempted Bismarcks la considered a mere He confesses lie was acting iu concert with this for with belongs to village of in the Austrian He checked hordes by stepping iu front at critical Immediately ou hearing of the affair the of Bavaria to BIH in bin The Benin press declare the attempted assas proves the necessity of PREPARATIONS FOR THE FRESHMAN RACK THE turn SPECIAL July M we All praise to the local prophet that his arc so happily even if the blue came into the sky after much One good achievement of the hard weather worth noticing the water was so rough yes that its not inconsiderable disturbance is lightly Very likely the races wont be but they lie The fresh man nice tomorrow Vale to the Prince ton to the nnd Brown Yale barebacked with blue dis played in white shirts mid and Princeton either its or shirt Prince ton of the three crews is in the best and Yale Yale tin strongest Brown is and prince ton Whether bets will go tho midst I cannot but Yale is the guess the Yale boys think they will win tho tho Brown I hope to win tho and a Princeton man told me ho didnt see why either Brown or Yalo should win the Brown and Yale I saw out this but not at tho same Brown malting short trips up to quar ters and some of the more observers were sure she was the Harvard Crew The stroke was ous than lovely to though it was pretty The boat moves a by n um a OPINIONS OF Till July Some of the Paris jour affect to consider the attempt on Bis marcks life a concocted by the German FRENCH July The Assembly today re a which was supported by of to increase tho salt Tho majority against the Govern ment was Rouher attempted to speak during the but was hooted down by the Further investigations into tho doings of the propaganda have resulted in com promising Tho Imperialists are beginning to feel uneasy an tho investigation Tho Minister of has not yet commenced legal proceedings against the implicated expecting additional dis MAGNES RESIGNATION July Tho resignation of Hague after todays vote in the Assembly is considered THE AUSTRIAN POLICE July Tho special from Vienna explains the police circular describing a person sus of a design against tho lili of the Emperor Francis Joseph was a the author of which has been and here it was that all their energies w A mi1 ll broken at to bar its further program T to a building on tho corner was a lar to Hie men brick dwelling and by making a of this against the ever oncoming shoe the prospect of holding th und saving thereby July toil Wg the progress of the fire through past thu Michigan was quite promising the ini confined to very nour eight oclock tho northeast DuuM tlu Gilbert Jb occupied by our furniture on of July special despatch to the from Little says all tlm Iu city were under arms One wunt Into In the Governor Baxter nim tele graphed to the country for two companies movements arc made in view of tho aa of 1lut State Constitutional Convention to but there are no of oven a ened opposition to that The Constitutional Convention assembled to was it member of the Convention of JAPAN AND THE July following wag made public ax tuo rooms of the Centennial Com mission 11 26TU OF SEVENTH 1 May j Yomi I have tho Ininor to acknowledge of de dated 20th of and inform ing mo uu tlu 1th day of will Ini In tuu City of In tlm of an International Exhibi In connection with tlie celebration ul tlm place of muy of American and Ilia the President or t lie United by lilu Iu July 1 beg In to Buy tun In making known onion Its that an International Exhibition la to be opened in tlie United tuut those who desire to exhibit ORANGE DEMONSTRATION IN IRE July The 12th of July hav ing fallen on the usual demonstration by the Orangemen of Ireland iu honor of the duy did not take place until The celebrations generally consisted of and afterwards at which speeches were made denouncing home rule and There wore no disturb ances except in in the County of Ar where a collision occurred between the nnd a portion of tho during which several persons were badly THE July A force of republican troops are marching to tho relief of Puy ATTACK ON July The have opened attack on eightyfour miles southeast of this Tho garrison is making a vigorous Reinforcements have been forwarded hence by PROBABLE OF July Despatches Irom Spain report that General has removed his headquarters from to Gen eral is also retiring towards the River Sickness is prevalent among the national It is anticipated that active operations bo postponed three TUB IN The with the main body of tho have entered and threaten to stop navigation of the River will iroin ho anil for 1 bet leave to uld that n national fur will H hua been what ux unt of IH to bii from I will with your THE LATK July funeral of de Merode took place the Vatican today with tho most solemn and imposing cere monies of the Tho deceased prelate bequeathed to tho Pope all his properly for the support of fifteen charitable The tope has Father Howard I of all with Ur I BETTING ON THE ENGLISH July Newmarket magis trates have granted a numinous against as of the Jockey for permitting betting on tho Newmarket race It is rumored that tho Duke of Rieli mond will receive a similar summons after the Goodwood It is said theao proceedings are taken by a prominent racing man and bet ter to teat the law and force a parliamentary definition which will up iu ob CUHAN July bonks and most nf tho principal commercial houses have signed it lo receive Government of tlm live million issue decreed June and to give them the name tu bank good but it is mainly u Gower told is in and he thinks ho has the after two days ut jt that the shell will keep some sort a lino In Yales crew the new man at port is doing exceed ingly well for a green but he as yet has as indeed it hardly could have been ex ho should do fallen into the rhythm of the It takes timn for the average man to learn to whistle even Yankee Wheaton isnt so strong as the and looks a little fellow in the Ho hasnt even hail time to roast his shoulders and is white among the But ho isnt a pas senger by any Princeton keeps her self so to herself that oue rarely gels a chance to see her 011 the Her men are I know but concerning her practice 1 have no news of my own getting later than last From the gossip among tlie other crews and talks with those who have seen her at work I suspect she might do some boasting with good She is credited with good and as I naid has her material in better shape than is the case with either of this rival Before the freshman race the with three I dont know why afternoons should have been selected for all these unless for the amusement of the hotel people and tho gain of the renters of Tho Rowing Associa I will do its best to prevent but delay is sometimes inevitable dinner is at certain and rowing in the dark is a very pleasant tiling for everybody but the The college regatta is eminently and a spectacle at four in tlm afternoon is neither fish nor Therell be a of under any circumstances short of thunder and lightning and no There arc e to have college prayers and nearly as many has put i with their straw h And I met a man yesterday who was asking where the Dartmouth quarters wor Alumni are There are a do college and professors and least two college Wesleyans have made the Alumni all shapes and sizes the very long tailed coat announcing the newly Over the a spell to rest UH Ho is marked usually by tho long tailed song he But now he does not he does not Merrily lie does not even roll along oer the dark blue wonder if those songs are out of or is it that Saratoga is too much in fashion I hear only Mulligan Guards and kindred abominations which the street bootblacks can Even DIs cum nibble lolly boo slow red would charm as the song ol Milking Time the it is not a belonging luter in the life of the The problem ol the race days will be Rolling to the lake and especially getting back from the Tho road is now for single and I guess a good many of sort will walk or mil go at All the hotel let at tho stipulated prices of the flowing you will find on inquiry are There are several left in the village and to bo had at sure with extras for every extra half The stages cant carry all the and I doubt if they wont be chartered as far as when you do got out to the lake there will be plenty of plenty of readymade police to keep plenty of und plenty of tune to wait for the The final details of preparation are in hand Tho grand stand is and if the water will just go down a little the piers will be in shape That the uneven shores of tho lake may not occasion wild the mainsail of the biggest of the boom and was carried up to the shore against the starting lino and set up in the line of the face to face with u similar display of canvas at the If the wind doesnt pull them down these targets will be up from that the crews may have a chance to try their rudders over the The university with one days more are in pretty good shape nnd firstrate Dartmouth and Williams split their rudders but have spare Dartmouth is amused to find herself credited with fortyeight strokes to the I guess she would pull it if her lazy sliding scuts would but liats THE INDIAN MURDERS COLFAX CHEYENNES AND ON THE REVIEW OF QUIS DIAN DIFFICULTIES IN AST j Pastor ON TUB 3DEYENNKS AND July The Indian Bu reau is in receipt of a letter from Enoch it the Central dated Law ence July transmitting u report Indian Agent of the md of which the following s an extract The Klowa dance is t in on account of i invS all the of of the line of New In sever white men were ana Superintendent Hoag says The return of from amis i H I the agents lo warn nil to j the in mar t he ami t wit nu tho f Till voi i j tlm and THK July The following despatch was received at headquarters of the army this morning by mail III The telegraph lino to la jn Gates cant get them up higher limn forty and forty suits him very Yale has bad two cases of but of con Cornell cumo to tho this pulling thirtyone and thirtytwo J a re ami a full report Tho first no vs nnin HH to tho or of The in of liu hero irom 1 1 ami a f the ally they lert for th of only live or sx during the famil I my former wont toward Fort ir six nei 1O15 of the country who brought their into Fort on tlie are to their Every U I nir to he minted the nil to think Micro are not I will him to bo wide and lul prompt and vigorous in action hours notice if i Assistant ATROCITIES IN July News San Sun Antonio with advices from Port to the 8th states that on the near Skelton a train ol forty wagons was attacked by Chov and Kiowas and together to tho tram o am also that cloven of three hundred war and who recently attacked a settlement at Adobe on the Canadian near Antelope were Killed and many wounded by about ho set hvo INDIAN WAKS OF THK WHAT IT HAS COST TO DEFEAT LITTLE WEATHERFORD LITTLE CROW BLACK JACK quarters on tho west and on the and Princeton escape in great aud doubtless know how to bo Hooker the of was taken off Uio put The hall game this afternoon was attended by a thousand Yalo was there in President who arrived iu thu was present during a part of the Harvard fought but was outplayed at every and by Yales tor rme The game resulted iu on utter as follows 0 2 0 04 0 The Glee Club sang in the but the ews ill tho Chicago firo kept the streets very or a Tho hotels are utterly over flowed with the blue colors espe appearing The will stay ere till anil attend lomor row evening Ihe Glee Club The Indian wars of this both colonial days and since tho formation of the American have been vastly out of nro portion in tho matter of their importance and of the treasure that has been expended in their There can be no certainty in judging oi the cost to tho early settlors of New and the Carolinas their conflicts with their Indian but probably for every Indian killed in these or as the may have been tho settlers were put to on expense of not on an than days no inconsiderable Our lat out Indian that with the Modocs waged at a cost of about for every killed in Scores of Indian wars on a greater or loss scale have marked the progress of the civiliza tion of this continent by the French and tho English and their Only Penn of all tho original States whose territory the Indians lived in largo has been spared tho This im munity was due to the friendly and honestly maintained policy of William and his Quaker who faithfully abided by their treaties with tho receiving in re tmn tlm confidence lusting friendship of tho Tlm war occurred Virginia ufier Iho of who hud been good frit ml of the with its re under in tha Virginia were permanently subdued
