Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1874 — Page 4
.THE INDIANA i: STATE SENTINEL. TUESDAY, IMAllCH 24, 1874.
TUESDAY, MARCH 34.
.Inst as the country had taken a long
i.reath over the announcement of the com- - pletfrm-of Bancroft' history, comes tbe intelligMKO thai Bry and Gay are about beginaics a history of the United State, covering precisely the same period detailed .. by Bancroft. It is enough to give one a lit- . eraryueto think of Uryant cbaineüV-o the gangplank of statistics covering the periods : of the oation's birth, growth and infancy, v When-, -.aipleted , it is "book tbich couscieialous Americans will probably buy, bt-oo one will ever read. Mr. Kryant's age,ls net one at which a uiau would b apt to .. approach nuch a herculean task wisli-pmt. ' Mr.Sidnay Howard Gay. i a jouBimlt of the first, rank, and whatever he t:e in band will be well dene. There are verkc, hoevr-bUr. wouM be read with iu:ore satifrti.w: than a popular history -a: i the Uni ted Siates. The Cliwego newspapers have a ncwT.ic tim to. ""anker view." The victiii m . wo-man-young woman in ofiiri! ttrt'.on, .. and of mre?, hedged in by romatx e. Siiie . has jup been appointed to tbe .pension agencv in rbat city an fnce bringing tbe:ncum.itJa J"rart ad " 1" oKt4v-j .gcabbei ac all ova rased, tbe ty -enjoys the nov 1 y. TTbe young lady ia tbe duh,.ter. ,of 'ate General Kr, who . filled the . place of faiicn r .ant f H -e:ne year, and in Scmj .. office?. the .iWwfjhter learned tbe b-.;-iiws i Xrcm the " teflittnlng. serving as deputy ater
t he left it, and until be went on to annton just I foi her death. She is rol very .triumphal : -crrer the Tictory, the newpf . pers aay, t fcaiA-.ns to introduce some vr-y marked in rovenents so soon as she jretd .fairiytow rk. Tbe office ia Just tbe ame) .as.tLatbela 'byGen. W. II. Terrell, ia this
t-ltv.
thywererald'ct of funds oollected elsewhere, $72546, or an average of 1W each. Colngon to olasstfy.there are seventeen other porta presided over by 13-i Unttod States dig-nitaTi-ss, w ho maaage to collect f 21.10 eacb, at aeost of $05,890, thus drawing a pension of -over-722 eak for services met named in their instructions. In eight pcrfs fifty-eight officers collected Cl&i, and received for the service, fö5.763. jlnfour porta a he' amount of IC2,443 was collected at a oost o.' $13o,413. Summing the five groups Ut. earned, and it elves 615 able feodied pensioners, all, no
doubt, good enrbatone politicians, who manage tc crape up&r thegovernarnt f 1S3,8!!, but draw out ia aalaries $ 13417 i, thus costing tke. people-&' 1,4.72 to auprort a set
of . barnacles ..who would nik it they
bad to. work for a living instead -of spong
Inst off .from soxueoodv else. . ifi7elve men
lnATlrglnla are Kept under pay as revenue
collectors, who never collect, a dollar. In
Florida, two custom bouses support soven-
teeq.persons for the aunual serrce of collectiog.äfty twodoUara. - Why -ort abolish these drains upon tke public tees'iry ? Why
not re-luce the force of idle pensior ere? The answer is, not that they are serviceable to
the troverument. but thev are necessar y to
the "great party," to carry elections. That is the service for which they are paid.
DEVASTATION. THE CITY IN PERIL!
A WHIRLWIND OP FLAME.
;Xiveaof 1 "ancoln have been so abuoant and intolera Sfle-akise his death, and even .be- . lore it, that ttie.ar.ouncement of a new attempt would ',iuaiei ordinary circumstances,' be received iith.a very languid interest. The tact, bo weiV--1 of U le histories of his life, not evis given satisfaction, is a promiao . that . :an-ttempt by competent tiianda .'ould -vte coined by the nation. It is safatopi wdletthat ColonelJobn Kay and John. J üoLcy, who were awiociatad,
with thQ.presid , ecttycae as a law student, and
botbacretar Wf-can, If they make t h attempt , present i UiC8lrhy wfaich would do
the - snbjjct . m4tc justice, tolonei JIit vu ,in .l.itttaolE Jt Ilenrdon's law
ofice ,in Spri ield, Illinois, and 1-
urw&rda . anoon Dtaaiad Mr. Lincoln to
Washlngtoa as 1 m private secretary. Mr.
Nicolay wao in . a i lunular position and the
. two men aac prob fcV ly.elter fitted to make
a abstracVof tb tfiitiexi character of the i hk.a .acv that could be
laamed. 'JJoaj are aneoof cultivation, Col
;IIay baingiCre-en iitontly a man of letters,
niuhnv a.11 thin r i fitted to retouch the
impl9grandeurof tincoln'slife.
New, York finds c. uwe" lor uneasiness in
.mT0r dirvlicns. L SÄ thavast volume 01
ber txade.be or erted if -streams which turn
aside to other aoints, raUacU if not dry
jlntrun the faurtain - ttD. At one
moiaent she be? ays a jala!y of Boston,
by .toasting tkat Ahe Vücan Ltrade, bereto-
fjre given to jjacbutt,ii2 coining to
VMirYftrk. ßunhaU-iiicUnaea not af
fect to whip the.dcvil roim tiie-etnmp, bat Uteti the fact la.jlalu )ieM, 4tt the provision, rade iavAttviaJ.x.g aJKAy.tt. Chicago, Cinciocati and alhthe; Jarge jsaabcard cities, north.and south- ;The faet admitted, the EulLeiic, next aetjkft the caua,aIireads the New.Yarkers a pKtty sooad l:ture on their. shart-eighted fr.lol that warev. orking creates Lflury than,,lv untaget. XLo Bulletin finds.ihat theweeiei.v chapeiave quietly .got .an ajrrangeuaQct lot m&klc their through shiptnnt ;X.3tn Chioig? to Xivetpool ..and oU3r . Euwnjan t forts .t a.savtSLJ of a .carter or a ce,t;t pe .pound for freight an the same road carry prodw9 to Newark-1 Also, I he ;kers lie tasal to shlipots ,a hooi their doney on the .avail -without .ton .or twelve days' delay. Tln there anvgsqpi? vet.tupkLaJUases poiattU outia thein?ptHtionvystem of .New .Yorr that subftot Uia' westcn pakM3 to disagwealile Um$t. T.W
Bulletin holds the produce x chants Vc ponsiLla for .alLihese aac-aoces wbiek atlend the trade jciib that cite and takes it to task ford-eCorm. It is qnes:ou able if een; this bolxLadflioalt 'on h Aoi-ouie too late jLnimala never irrget a bad trick oor-o learned. .Coalao.tiie new, mat hods of buteti, the de novations upon old extablisbeJ; ToutLoes jkte .finaL' .Jievolufens never gOj Inek. And it willprt be many years before ; tb Uteriar.aities qf jVnierica wjj trade with
EuTOf-e, indiferent to Zdanhattaa and Peter
grujTToaant.
AN 1IKN Füll TI1K GOOD DEM ON. '
Tcibutes like this to true goodness, f roin
the -News York Sun,K;vive despoodipgi wpe
in human nature: ,
.The Courier-Journal Jkikes up Caao&.KI ng
ley's propowAl to add an. America u to tka co ilee-
tlon of.buried greatnexs in W'estiuinst? Ab bey.
ami noraiAies Murmt.hLaisiaau, on.u .Tro uiki
tlial bevis Uaodsofne, aylnv, "Deacoo lUcI uuxl
Hmlth is Uta short." . This is frivolous, .a ad ua-
wortiiy tha leader of sonchwetern jonir all snu Not that .we dispute tJie kooI looks ctf ti 1 rait H tin iaü. i In tli .fulliwca and iorr. of his
noble . physical , propoxtlocs, he U one
cl the ;rlnest specimens of a ..Jiun of latterH. Hot prxonal beauty cancfrol b a quallrlcnttoa for . burial .in WeMtinieote;- kbbey, fine one dead m.n U uo tn-stlou ivr than another: aud when they, are reUpKid to fishes by the new prccescf cremattoKJLre alkU.ue rwuRiadf ro( a,liMitaU will tefbo cit lheame,.hoth in heitchi ai:ü apparaaoet-as t be alkaline remainder of -Ueccon Jtlchird fec il h; and in that ulthuate nvaK4 atonm, om will be junta tall aud Justs alMBrts the oCbr. ai Ml straight leH.cnd bandy.4 ir will Staadt n a fiar. -All the personal Jtif-sniAcence wbioL tbe ur'er-Jotirnal now glorlVc. will tbaLaie ilHappeared in mere niubte. and Rax, 10-. w a about, aud yiHdlnKt i I Ji , a new aaitroi w geous means of sport to Ihooe gay- creatures of Ue element (That la the coJora of thea-alnbow live. And Py f the pllghtetlouds." i.aU thatwht- oannot baablcwn away.id nvhlch will notuisrely live la memory mrnvkindlv'daal tblps, but will betri.u5l iu vir i-
tendln influence, is true roodneHs; and In tfcia unequalled gifMiaaooD HicharV-mlth ourJii ?s all competitors, and leaves Ilalatead nowhertv-'i the comparison. For this rvation we appeal to tUe Courlep-Jouxs il . to .revise, its judgroeoUic i UioJibsiird test of KhortneH,-8jid to al vocaMt.or Uie vacant urn ln,iYetmlnnter ..bbey tbe uuilr
good candidate we have pnt up. A, e appeal tic, above all. to MuraAJIaUtead üarself to deeilar Uiii invldioua coü f lluaeot from S oulsvllle, arnl tojoLa wUh all hiiown manana.wusheartiii ,paylng honor to his illustrious. neighbor. bis frind4f old. hin aaaoclate in JUAor'ithinsH. esrwu
clally in aelfcting iihen In be appointed by Pra4 dent Uraat Ove jeai- Jgo, In aivtd, to laeon
hichard Hmlth of C.ncinnatl, for the reatarvL
ilsU?.! morally.beaatiful, thauüei a traJj; j fll it gVubered torce every second, reuting
FURIOt FLAMES FEED OX FA7-FAtfHNO fB-RirS-IERCANTII.E KOW, SHEET'S HOTEL, AND THE MARTINDALB BLOCK THE PBirr THE VinsT TWO ItriNED AXb THE LAST DAMAGED BADLY THREE CÜSDBKD TITOU8AID DOLLARS SWEPT AWAY IN AN H3SCENBR AND INCIDEXTS-HT3K OIUQLMIXrAJCB AND LOSS. Indianapolis was staitlefi as it never bas been fore, last night fey c fire, which at one time threatened to -sweep thicugh entire squares. About seven o'clock it the evening, Mr. John It. Finnin, who was oonxngk5own Pennsyvania -street, newi Vajwis blact, saw tbe refectioa of thd Smes oa the buildings opposite, aad the a diseowedtbera, starting Iroaa'Vagen's nildiogin Ifce third story, a a out in tbe centre, lie ran with utiaost erI to Hu o-bei se No. 5., on Mwsach-u ets avenue and pave the alarta. UHthin tbe space of a light trlug's flash tbe fire bad Hprcad to the fourth -etory and Its l'ßtt could be seen for quares around. A strong westerly wind wam klowing at the lincev aad akowers of parks were spread ecwtOFly '-h33'ond Delaware r street faHing on hundreds of buildings beyond. JSardiy ten -minutes passed be ore tbe block vas a -mods or flauH. yGm every window and door Jonp;
tonpf-es cC Lame darted ou. lbencnt was tory; jler thcu that ot day. 'Tben followed
reat waves of flame, one orceins on another, a-ndifariouAry rushing into every part of the bwildiug, .nsbroudeit it till -was -nothing but -tike outlines of t tue budding couild be
ween. Above it. rolled -Äensev voluties Of
Mao!, i hiding all sigbt oi the ky, and
reacbkTur fttrKier and fuKberup asihe' frame
and -K-eod wer. k fed the ravenoH appetite of
toe m-Bstr, fire. Probably ten-aniutes
elapsed from. the first sie-ef irire-mntil tbe
alarm eil oinued (wbicavms not agenerai ono thocgh it was bvt a fewoaomls
bst(eio;,ö arrived and soon . after other cofu,panies followed. liefore this tbe light from tbe burning buildingc and Iheir re-MevJoti-intij sky arouood he w-boie Uy. Fron everyxjwirier, rushed wowds of people. lEhoae, preparing to atbAod'Churohtbose at auupper rust arising froaa ihe table, as thoutrh -seized with a common iiopulse, marie 4htir way towards Ute terrlUe'-sceue. Market street, .the Circle, Ohio between Merwiiaa and -.Delaware, were eaeb and all black with thaL ousands who crowded-and
jostled aed pushed in thereagernees.nd ex
4itemeat to get as near as ipoosible.
' J uouga cne OAiXO0F APPROACHI3JS tFie baroüng Udlding on rennsylvaci street w as great, li-WA.cct great enough 4ci prevent Wi me froui.rushlßg in where angeleor any i ne else fttiredi to tread. Soon fcbo Hame i Vtdrh had tbaenj .pcuring upward shot-out 1 "Xkm every .part to' tbe building ad s tbe b et bec&u)intesfi eveu at a great -distance T t1 excitemant increased every mownt.T4
ef it hly power eenid possible to cbeck tbq
-gottdiac.
Jn one ef the last speeches made by Senator umnr aTew days.bolore his death, he made use. of Wese words, vhlch may ie taken as -the-nationaL sent! meet: 1 'KDW.ilr.allow me toaav that- Inliave tlirf
eatne8ttleiMs in conr.eUon .wlth lr coming fore acl
raticn of U:ecraat day, aruly worthy. cf this re-
fiibite,AOd l.aracterj$uc, h that rec. blican in
illation fch&U thereby.!? .'n: stn-piidi. to aive the nationalharacter.wJUcn mustKTer If the
preaentacUetne Js puryu;,aQd. IhirC-'y, to save
tBCinauonafcwanury
If.tny man over gainaJ the right to coun
sel this nation cm a point involving its good
mantterceat er aignity, unaries :umner
wasitLe man, nd his dying words bLould be taLsn C3 a sac-rod hargety his fella legis
lators,
The CewYork Sun puts a somewhai worn
oat fedgment rattier tersely. A cotcmpo-
rary had lnainuAf J that tu. Sun was tnever
sr nappras wtvn it ronnd a weak Rait in
the anuor of theadministtion. To.hich
tbe Sun responds with neatness:
Tili ta kibutbi-tobappiiML altoaethe: too
cofumns mmuTce. v. take jvd pleasure Ja the
miKtortune:fnd'diiZMceof owe country. 9vhal
we rejoi-et -is when we can if. at in the a I a. In
Utratiou mit Citron it tuou anvlhinir wortlr of
cnmin?uliitiofr; i;ut alas: suoji ciKcoverie.re like auicettC ATiSits, few and far between.'
FOREIGN. ENGLAND. Rfcrt'BN OF THE VKTKIUKä.
London, March 2. Ten thousand poopk,
witnessed tbe (ending of tho lligblanders, at!
Portsmouth, to-iday. It, ia understood that"
the queen has ordered an iospeetiORin 113110
t'ark, on rrvu v. or an the troops 01 the ex-
Iedition wbtc-b isavre reacbedl borne.
WAIN.
REWARD FOR EITOITER BU RIKBL THC NEW OCEAN JRVLF.R. Madrid, March i8 TbeMrernmeB contemplates promotion of -General Burcel to tfo rank of field-iuarbaJ,-for eminent eervi w rendered in Ou-ba, The eommiscion eOon Jose Concha, who bas been appointed tuucceed Captain Oetal Javejar .is ,tndesLitood 10 embraee tle jjovecwnient of PC.o Kico as well as Cuba.
. It is,tfugb ta mak an , hones: man des
pairef ."ypublicao government, or rather its
administration., to cQniampUto iJc abases. -The Chic tg Trfbane ptitthe ofliee (holding
abnaAintba ILtht Alf a jteusKju ivt'.ein, a
very approwiiiie faacelt. -.The war veterans form but a i wt oflke army of peasioiMcs ba the pabli fu.tdi , ilr . DaviJs in hU Wüt on . . JkArMvm tf - mf.iA. lh svateun'of 'collArÜnir
,. revenue, ud ,tyva tLa, fJswes;',' Take cAt; eight of the le vling : porta 1 at which the toUl revenue coll eUd reachaa $l?o,2Qii2, for which amount i'bo aalarieatake 4.82 per cent., and there are Wt 123 ports, at all 0 which the aggregate, eeetpU are but f;,lt3, 793, and theeoet ot eol.Mg Uiä sum last year was J1.664 87J,or vei Y t to 2 per cent of the whole sum. Bat si'ttlng alitUecloser, and there are found to be thirty -two ports ' In the United gutes where l.ra i not a dolj Jar of revenue collected. ...Yet tbßse porta are manned with i pensioners to tha itumber of 132 persona kepmnder pay Tor do!ntT na ervice whataver. The annual cost ot the, "useless . : dependente is oyer f 73,000. , In fourteen other . porta named there axe ninety officers who together collected ? 1,190, or a little over twenty-two dollars apiece, for wbich service 1
FRANCE. I A"7früVHTT10N PEVATEB TKE CfTjREi.OI
( SANTA CRUX KiCCEO OUT.
iPajw;, March 23. Ia tbe aaeeuably to-day
a proUofc was presented aAinj. the. .dls-
sötutitfa .of, the, chamber. . ( Tbe protett is sigued M. Gambetta Ledoii,- Rollin,
uusxteuie iacour, 1 eyret ana uarodit.
iUxoN.NX. March 20 Freneb authorities conducted 4-he cure ofisauta Cruz to th
frontier. ,t J
TtfßrsN-v' rfrALrAN OFXEBKATE a xtw
OUT. ,
25th
Uannlversary of the accession of (- Victor
Kuiänuel to thelaxone of Sardinia, the poo pie of the couatry ra observing It aa a holi
flay.' .1, !
The pope haa iutksated that : .Ixchblsbop ManniDc and other ascabisho will be cre
ated cardinals at the next consistory.
" The king to-day reoelvad some three thou-
aud persons from all parts of tbe kingdom,
woo mme to congratulate mm on ine iitn aurdversarv of bis accession. Signor Vis-
eonU Vendita, tha minister olioreigh affairs,
presented to his majesty an address from the American and English re-idnts. " ' -
aaiother
The slow on the buildiopt aronnd and from otbrn- buildings which bad by , this tim 9 cauehton fire wn hardly less than
at first. The block in tbe briet space of half an bour was changed tfrcni an ornament and
thi-az of beauty to an irregular mass of
bro ken walls, with its mrnlce (that baa been bent and curled and twisted as though made of i tbe slightest nl weakest wire) swept away; its handsome facade ruined ar id only tbe walls lett to show what it once h; id been. Vsjen's bloek was begun last sumn ter, and had not cold weather intervened, w ould doubtless have been in a much comj -leter state. It had . frontage of 1(13 feet, vas four stories trigh, with an ornamental iron front. Its deptbv7a 120 feet. On the 3rst floor there were nine store rooms ; the uppers Dein: designed for offices, sleeping apartments, Tbe estimated cost when finished was f PK),000. The following are the owners. Mr.- J. II. Vajen, who occu?ied what was known as "Vajen's exchange lock," and bad a frontage of 178 feet on Pensylvania street. 'Iiis logs is estimated at f 70,000 on wbiefe euere was no insurance. William Mausur owned the middle of the block, having a frontage of 3D feet. Iiis loss is estimated at $23,000, on which there was no insurance. Mr. John C. Wright owned tbe north pairt of tbe block (a frontage ot 40 feet three inches.) His loss be estimated last night to be 815,000, on which he had an insuiaoeeof $5,000. All the three owners stated to a rentinel representative that it was their intention to rebuild as soon as possible. They did not seem downcast by their heavy losses, bal with usual American pluck under adverse were cheery and bright äs ever. They doubtless will before long carry out their plan as expressed last night, "Mercantile rownwill be even handsomer tbau it had until last night's disaster given token of being.
GLEANINGS FHÖäi THE FIELD.
THECUOWn IN THE 6TRKBTS THE WORK OF
T1IK ENGINES THE laPPKARANCK OP THE BUILDINGS OUESSEH AÄD CRITICISMS THE
WORK OF THE I'tTTKE.
l or fully a bait hoar after the lurid col
umns began to lighten the sky, the crowds,
rushing circleward wwe-. led to suppose that
the Journal building was - in flames. From
Meridian street this was confirmed, the long,
low building in tbe rewas completely hid
den by the brilliant Ibxfct-bevond. Presently,
however, figures rushicg hither and thither
excitedly, could fee -seen outlined against tbe burning background and the
real point of destruction became distinct. Fora time, however, he! Journal building seemed doomed. Tbe heat;- as far over as the Sentinel building, was intense ; tbe sparks absolutely reddniog tbe pavemeut
as they whirled backward- over the pit of
fire. Viewed from the rearjhat is the Cir
cle and tbe Sentinel building, the spectacle
was threateningly grand. -Mountains flau-ie seemed to spout from the top
the tall front of tbo I -Journal, which stood like an impenetrable -curtain before
the fi re. An engine standing at the corner
drowned the murmur f voices and tbe
rushing of teet as the crowd -passed forward.
eager to see and fearing to be--overwhelmed
by the fire or water. Iforses coming to the
Circle. on Meridian, struck lunaxpectedly by the .-glare Irom the idle bevond
iw.or.id plunge ana rear, and hnal'v
lead - by-lriendly hands, tvoiild disappear
irom tue scene, tiui who au - tue startlim;
destruction ana dimensions, mere was com
paratively good order, with 'tittle of the boisterousness which frequently anarks fires of-such proportion. The idwalks were
tilled witha wondering but byuo means un
ruly crowd, and there were no arrests
for vviolence or stealing. (One su
per-fcrviceaoie policeman toojc .11 upon
himseif to arrest and convey to the station
bouse, twa young gentlemen -who were on
their way to their room, which was in the
vicinity ef the hre. In the cornuslon ot the moment bis zeal overcame his .discretion.
and -instead ot attending to the tire.
be .luarcuea the asiomsuea young
men on -to tue aurance, wnrai, tney
aiun i enaure, nowever. ween aiartiu
dales block-was seen in names, it -was the
.general fear that the corner opposite the postoflice, on. Pennsylvania, mut -surely go, and fears rv-ere entertained for exerything
an tbO'Yicinity down as far as Jiildwin's
RAKINGS FROM THE RUINS. AFTER THE CONFLICT COUNTING THE COSTVARIOUS AND SUNDRY PARAGRAPHS. The account of the Sunday night tire was so full and complete in the Sentinel yesterday, that little cf interest is left for this morning. Investigations continued yesterday show that the estimates of losses, as first given, are about as nearly correct as it will be possible to make them until exact computations can be made. It may be well to recapitulate the losses more in detail than It was convenient to do Sunday night. Harry H. Sheets, Sheets' block f
J. 11. ajen. r.xcnange oIock... William Mansur, Kxchanire bloc ... John C Wridht, Exchange block F. li. Martiudale, MaMindale'a frock... A. A. Scott, pirwprlp , McLIinÄ- Sons, tea's, coffee's, etc . J. Ft. Smith, dyeing establishment . V C Dennia'crediiorK, drug......
K.eyserx Mmm, eas nxtnrt s
Wm. D. Frootman, oysters .. . Maurice & Spahr. boot and ahor s W. Lw Wood, sunlight flaid, etc Casteel, cigars. ...
'. r . Meyer, pictures J. H. Martludale. urnitiire, books, etc H.H. Walker, office i"urnlture.... Dr. Itancrof, omce furniiurt I'r. (ixx1, oflice furniture- ..... Jiles Smith, ollice ftimlinrw r, John W. lilake. olHc furniture G. W. New, bedroom furniture ... F. It Drake, bed -room furniture..... Mn. Abbott, millinery. . K. Vlckern, tedllnir, etc. J a im 8 Smith, bedding, etc. ... Dr. Furt-e l. dentist Koutier Hi 11, lumler Unreportot loMAe , aay ........ A"0t ftl lttMImttMIHWMtMt ' INSURANCE. John C. Wright. Hartford com nan v
K. H. MarUudale, Home, North ürillsii, National and Connecticut. A. A. Scott, Am er: run ltepubiic... t C. uennia, Hartford oompany........ Keycerk Hmlto, Ixjudon AHuraDce. . McCune A fcons, Amazon, CinciunatiMaurice & Spahr. Im r-erial, Iiondon. W. L. Wood, Kninklin, Indianapolis...... C. K. tfeyer
J.Ü. Marti ndale . Dr. Purcell-
1S.1M l-tdlU 1,"0 5,M) 5 JO 10
. 1.INHI . . ,( :i0 inn) 'M 81) 1X) :H) lo) )JU
...$ 5,000
1,W)
a-gone, and that at the best they are sooner or later deUched. A Taried business experience, including several years of railroad superintendence, has taught me that good, sound, common sense Is a winning card as well in railway management aa in other branches of business, and the people of Illinois have chosen to entrust the practical control of their railway interest to a board of three commissioners who possess a very fair share of that commendable quality. In assuming that all the intelligence necessary in tbe mansjrenxent of railways is embodied in the present list of officers, they would apparently wish to convey the idea that a few years of experience usually in a single department iu a railway office creates a class of men of a higher NCALE OF IXTELUOENXE than ordiuary mortals. It is perhaps true that the commissioners do not know the special wants and special circumstances of the re pective companies, and lor this the railway officials themselves are responsible. They have studiously ignored the board in pursuance of their policy to test the matter in the courts. Although they nave had free access to the commissioners, and although they very well know that those gentlemen have been prompted through all their action, by the desire to dispense even-handed justice to the companies, as well as to the people, they have persistently arrayed themseU es in opposition. Thev have engaaed in a contest which may possibly be prolonged through a series of years, but which can nave only one endin?. Abuses of tbe privileges granted to the corporations have become so rlagraut and unbearable that the people have arisen in their might to correct the eril. They maybe thwarted for a time, since they have sought the remedy through the peaceful medium of the ballot-box, but public opinion which of late is prompt to assert itself, will, in the nature of thines. finally win.
Wtx) The sense of the people asks no unjust con1! sslona from the railway companies. Their
500 nwm 18 fully recognized; a justcompensI.ijuo tionfor every service performed, for every
. ,. aoiiaror money legitimately invested, will Total insurance o,, be cheerfully granted, b they do not It was understood that the Sheets block expect that their kindness will be imposed was insured by Bissel 1 & Co. to the amount upon, and it their demands for simple jusof $ö0,000;but Judge Martindale, their agent, tice are tobe met with insult and with says it is not so. consequently the damage threats, they hold in their ballots the power done to the building is a total loss, and Har- to enforce their demands. It mav ry Sheets the sole loser. Mr. Casteel, the be worthy a thought whether it would no"t
cigar man, anu .Mrs. Abbott are In reality
tbe heaviest loser, since they lose all they
possessed in the world. A policv of ilr. Casteel bad expired some two weeks before
the nre.which, as be intended soon to remove,
had not been renewed.
ne a very eood stroke ot nolicv for
the companies to change their tactics somewhat. They insist that thsy only want exact justice, and this is all that the people
have ever demanded. May not this be best
obtained by friendly discussions, lookine to
a mutual understanding. ' I speak advisedly when I assert that the board ot commissioners of Illinois would, on behalf of the people,
mee any oincers representing tne railway
PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE.
As far as ascertained by a Sentinel repre
sentative, but one person in the city (able to
get there) was absent from the 'fire of Sun-1 interest.
0f I day night. This was a lady, whose husband, I on half-way ground.
of in his excitement, ran away from the house! To those who read some of the leading
leaving her to follow if she choose; which Illinois papers, it would appear quite evi-
she didn't. In a general way, one may say dent that the nresent law w a nrfect tto.
RATCH " eA.BXJlNALi TO BR TUKNED Ot ' ?Romk',' rfixtli 'i.X To-day 'beiug " the
' NO USE TRYING. ;
A TAMB LOT OF DEMOCRATS.
iß
pRoyiDJEncB, R. I., March 23. The demo
cratic state Convention met to-day, and resolved to make no nominations for state offices. It appointed a state committee and adjourned.
a t Mrrenc c aur inaci.annea ine nta.Mrit U fea nul intensity .t The scene at thispeint-was ai tlv snblifuo. 'Tbfa-t rohes and orneineritai ro ot, the ornfcea.-,a id every inch of the .ac ate scooH ..out t In splendor. Tbe &stj cm ies of jwctaVu-s did not watch the
ff an ins in -aUence. " Tha.'s gottig to.
mm .tii a atrAAt " 'PhiH
eunV- save ILotus gang's. In
ttini ite that av ill .be on fire."
Aiod Jbe wbsue square will barn." The
Jj-jn 1J oflioe w!l aufiar yet." Lucky the: wind W changetL -'Wiy don't they ,put wie re water n the-otier buildings" aaid'
oik. "Isook. out dor 3i3 hose reel" cried
oUjrs a-? it wtösladalo rapidly, scatter nc tbe'jro'wd likebrrbfor9 the wind. Tcwsei
aodotiior cries Aud shouts and running to! ao&fro of half .distraite J people maia a
pejtfoct pandeMuouum. On fences, in bou69s, on bouse ; tops .clung and' clusleraC Ilten and bo?3, women and children. About bi) Candour after the fire wa&irl3Tnntler J't the roof and under walUitteg 0 to treaible then to totter and
tt i i."itoe .names sirenginening me pur
(MIUI1K. 1 wuwu -vitiMKia.uifT ouuuK lut-j f ju- unants tn ivo
T era 3 1 1, avw a vwvw wva uv,. a u a y a. ax7VJ m . a f . a. 1 a
v.u,rÄi Mh uu.i.. UP a aoinK. in me journal ouuaine
" '.r. waw .S J u5 h tooll ithe severest test 'there an-xiety and Indecision. WhShS
iHliiHI 1Mb Ul WH'' 4WUI1I.U tUICk I . - . 1, .
smokeüght utg it uuti! it.wasns a cloud and 3 ' "UwT a7.M 1-.
Pillar f fi.. tn Wbfo stseat the danger! 8 . 1 o-, "
BUUCHIUBH ..uuiuwa, I -,1,. , t K T..
wind wkich Tiered Uitüe the north k'," ,k Z. C.L"?. L4
was yet vlolen land irom this ooint. it looked der!
Tn-RKAir-'ED- to swür .TOTiCUiLDiNos tai that the Journal would be -ewal-
from Pei:sylTania ämiuo Xo. Delaware I In tbe flaming volcano. The managers street. Tbc first: .dwelIics.house-l.ack of the were o" too. Men stood ready in the I nrMc roAin. -to p1a.it awhv the wall anl tfrrir
"new hotel war -Dr. E,grta. -Soelng that w,h..nn,miu nna nt mnohinan. mfu
if the directou o f ihe wiur. wasaat changed I maks.np the press, and the printers ctood
soon hisple 1 oust also ,go, .praparations equipped Jn light marching order, ready to for d kmuä V-iu.dred bJmt belDine haad? were rady. The passage crackei with the ntirmitorial teat nnt
flrom the doos bei inAÜcint to remove J upon gbf.m .and sprays falling ttiwim
11 the portable 1 rwperty uttiHiy -enougb, froiu tie nioea. evanorated instantlv iotn
De front windews wece frce -outratil in a punH f teain. The lockers on gave up tave
very short uire t nt rouu .were wiosuy buildtttc .but bv.a miraclri It was saved.
Utripped of eveythi exeepx vne pjer ou The criucisms on the management of tbe
me wan. in irocs 01 uwu).w usu, tire Wtffl free nd frequent. One irentl
lay pieces of l-oktu- gii,roKeK; ;and man rei&ared,.aa parlkularlv bad failure
stoneware, iub jitu niaai 0 uo m tne nlay became annarant. will ran
roams on the tetKtn.wrio we mpty. , in over to tbe druggist's and get a syringe, the next house (ilut o f -Mr. Alow w .tddy), I theu we bAll ijavo a chfttice." A group
iB6am8 acenea re ''w. iui 'mmc, i or . genueoiien coKsisting er one or two
valuables, DucKetefuu w every rtwiceuaoie members o tbe council stood in the vicinitv
household article jere U'ingtfc.outad ofLane'8a tbe bavec spread, and detecting
carrMaio neignu?jJK i a stream w&ieb lor the n rat time reached
reach-t the flame r pa rkes. Tite Aire ftar- above the sauond -etory, they hastened to
a - a a . i.. iiaiiiti rvi a . ...
ng :tegun tieiure examine tne aource.eoa ioundtt tobe tbe
cnurcu Bervices, -ery - n vii water work nine tne en eines neccini?
et, mi. molt uoiaiwa. . m v. away ieeoiy as. ie lower storiec. me ver
m .k.. 1 ..II It- f
all Indianapolis was there. Yesterday, from
sunrise to sunset, the ruins and their im
mediate vicinity were visited by crowds ol
people who wished to see how the place
looked bydaylight. rolice guarded Martin
dales block until all the goods in
tbo stores were taken away. The
debris bad been removed sufficiently
to allow the passage of street cars.
Those who were around the ruins yeeter
day were evidently forcibly impressed with
the id a that iron fronts are not of much ac
count in a fire. The massive castinirs were
bent and indented and tbe iron girders
twisted by the beat. Uld-fasbioned. thor
ousrhly burnt, brick seems to be about the
only thing that fire bas comparatively little
effect upon, in the Martindaie block
Messrs. McKlllop A Co., commercial
reporters, met with exceedingly good
fortune. All meir papers, reports,
records and books, were saved uninjured.
ana tne Dimness win do continued witnout interruption. Judge E. B. Marti ndale, and
J. li. Martindale, as well as several of those
bavins rooms in tbe Martindale block, have
taken up quarters in the Hubbard block on
South Meridian street. With the immense amount of loose material that now lies in
the burnt section, it will be some time be
fose pedestrians can
comfort or safety.
of . water were kept ' pouring in 1 m 1 -W . a
tne cellar 01 vne ajen diock, oy o. o
block. These establishments valaables were nd 0.6 reels, the fire navmg broken out
looked after, with solicitude, every swoon of again there during the forenoon. Tbe "Tal
. . . . . . . . . 1 L .1 1 ... ' . r 1. . . ,. 1. ...
uuil uiocK noor, wmcii nau ueen iaia wua
much care and nicety for a teselated floor when completed, is badly broken bn the
northern half, and tbe cellar is nearly filled
with the ruined walls which fell into it
Sunday night. The Sheets blcck, though
badly enUed" and broken, bas many ot
its inner walls yet sood and strong.
THE FUTURE
promises to make the burnt section even
better than before. Mr, Routier, the con
tractor, is in favor of brick for future buiid
ings, as iron fronts, though handsomer, are.
as nas been proven, rather not quite tbe
thing. The work ot rebuilding Mercantile
row will begin as soon as tbe rubbish can be
cleared away. Judge Martindale is undecid
ed yet as to what 'will be done. It
is ' bis desire tn pull down . the
.whole building ( Martindale block ) and
erect a building similar in desigu to the one
.planned on Market street. Tbe space from
Market street to the alley next to Sheet's -block will be filled In and no small buildings will any longer hide their diminished beads on the side of the street. If the- in sucance companies will agree to to the plan a above uieutioned,the fire will be the cause 1 making that part of the city much handOiuer than it would otherwise have been, aod iu a much shorter space of time. t . V THE RAILROAD PROBLEM.
ft
fwnwd possible aivd iro
tian Chapel would be one of the budkllmr
o suffer. ' Considerable f tb enure tfirni-i tore was therefore reoao.vd, il.he small! anj .being tabixi out and plawri in a houae jwroas tbo way. In the residences of Mrs. Pr. fcurln and Urs. Andrew WAlla- thbotwehoki good and goda wre also takn öut. PeortV) were all" 1 employed . jn
takln awsf he ' wagot heels And l bodies of wagons, - drc .Tom the! StudebakfcT wgon establiabxtkent, on Dela-
ware street, and being roUod aa'ay to plaoee
wuere mare was io? umuiw. mi mw
struction. Ovftr the market the sparks
in hower, and many of tbe paters-by were forced to ttrra back and wa: another eoua re awav. Vur some . tiuif fitter the
broskincr out of the dre. it was thowj-zbt that
the Jniimal hnildln'? must share the- fate of
rm
of the Vajen block. Streams of water
were poured upon it continually, and
every eftort made to prevent tne angine
foothold being obtained by the five. Aa the
names reached tne aoutnern part 01 me
block the walls ot the Journal oliiotf : .
OREW INTENSELY HOT. The', water ftoni the hose no sooner etruk
the walla tan It was cou verted into steam.
Inside, the i nmates could feel the scorching
heat, and were apprehensive for a time t hat they would have to vacate the premises.
Had the wind changed, to northeast or east, tbe iateof th building qap be easily Imagined. By eicht o'clock: tha: fire had done
its worst in Vajen 'a block, and though the
names were yet fierce tney naa aiminisnea
greatly for want of anything to leed upon,
tatet irom u&at - source .- was . . prompt
and empnate . tuet the . machines ,ftt their maikaera were very .inefficient. - Others wuo had watched drom the fVrt declared that tbe breatns threwn Into .Vtyen's building were not strong ecough to nui'te the slightest palpable sign cf eliect.
A .tose stream throw 11 from the jear of
Jjanxs restraurantaAid Morrison's hectse did mqrc service in Saving tbe rear ot tbe Journal kuilding and Mayinjr the back. ward spread of the fire than ail tbe efforts uT tbe
fire department, t '. - Tbe. destruction of tlMS be ii. dings is a 9rious blow to the prospeet of that portlocof tavclty. Great calculations bad been male by j-etail juerchantg,njHo the rapid growtbof traaVe, soavon as tbe tnagnmceni new bloct
wr - iuliy compieteo. ine ' mss to Ml
; - i A W0RÖ OF COUNSEL.
REPOBK PTHB ILLINOIS RAILROAD OFFICERS
KOT O FAIR AS THBI SBEM SO OOVERN MKXT BAII.RO A OH ANTED. ' 7b tAe Editor of the 'Sentinel'.
Sir: I notice in the financial columns of
the Sentinel i'ihia morning, some extracts
from the annual reports 'of two of tbe lead
ing railway ' corporations oi Illinois. , "The
editorial comment, while not . directly endorsing the positions advanced," is so word'
ed as to leave the impression' that the dis
cussion of the transportation question in that state has been eondncted as' an ncdlg nified ; squabble, ' and that the level'
sue of inconsistencies, and at the beginning, of the present legislative session its friend
were almost alarmed at the prospect of its
repeal, but when it came to a vote it was sustained without amendment by an overwhelming majority. My communication
bas already exceeded tbe limit I had in
tended, but there is one question of momentous importance now before congress, to which, with your permission, I may briefly refer. I can hardly beiieve it possible that.
our congress is so corrupt as to serious
ly entertain and pass such a law as is proposed under the plea of regulating commerce between the states.
It has surprised me beyond measure to see
the grangers encouraging such action through tne undiscussed recommendation
of the grand master. Such playing into the hands of the monopolists is as incomprehensible as it is not presumable that an of-
ncer in such high position is Ignorant of the
consequences Involved. If congress legis
lates for the through lines which control by their connections all of the local state lines, what is left for the states to act upon? Really and in fact, nothine at all.
State legislation cannot interfere with na-
pass with either I onai legislation wnicn outranks u, and in
Two streams I au questions 01 issue ana sucn would cer
tainly arise with distinct systems in tbe
same state the national commission would overshadow tbe state body. Has past expe
rience been sumcientiy gratifying to justify
us in entrusting to a commission of nine persons tbe managment 01 a railway system in which three thousand millions of dollars
ia involved? One half of this immense sum Is now practically controlled by less than a dozen private individuals who
have never shown any hesitation
about employing all the money necessary to compass their ends. A million a piece to each of the commissioners would be a trivial
affair. We may secure a first nine who can
not be bribed (?) but with such inducements
there would soon be means found to make
up that committee "to suit." With such a
committee appointed oy Congress tbe peo
ple would nave occasion to curse their luck
for years to come, while the scheming managers would snap the? r fingers in high glee.
uoi sucn a diu pass congress, and within
five years the senators aud representatives
in that body will be retorting to the de
mands of an outraged people as we
have before heard to our dis-
enst, "we followed your instructions,
you, the erangers are responsible for our ac
tion." This subject of transportation has
been more thoroughly discussed in Illinois
than elsewhere, through the medium of the
open meetings under tbe auspicts ot the täte farmers' association, and it Is worthy ot note that at the Decatur convention but -
one voice was heard out of over three hundred representative men present in favor of
congressional interference. The action of tbe convention was emphatically against it.
CHARLES W. GREENE.
Indianapolis, March 18, 1874.
heads'' are all . in the Ha vine ' :.i civen the )
railway , subject 1
.offices, some
Sheet's is ptrtlcuiarly trying. Ue!had brf attention, and baring some personal know!
heiCTUmnea-ieavorabronghtfclspUcetoJheLj gftbe Workings of the, much abused
and tuen wem at work
preparing for tenants' when by this calami-
tous boura work, tbe fruits of years have been swept away, - tie means however to go squarely to work again, relieve the burden on the nroneri tv which will entitle hin to
the $50,000 inau.ace taken in the name of
Bissel A Co., and carry out the original purpose. So far as cou '4 bfl ascertained,all the gentlemen involved in the disaster are resolute- in continuing i the j building without delay.' It-almoati pays- to have a big tire, to see the pluctv stuff such men
are made of. These are the men who ; build cities, and they should be knjwn and rec
ognlzed ' Indianapolis can IHa.torU to. lose so much real wealth as perished last night, but it is the fortune of lire, and we must buckle to it and repair our waste places.
Law, a statement in relation thereto , may have some interest to yonr readers, especially as it ia quite probable that a similar law will be under consideration at the next setston of the Indiana legislature, I will
not intrude upon yonr space to notice In detail tne several assumptions of the officers referred to; There is quite as much of as
surance as of dignity in their statement of
the case.' As they propose to submit to the arbitration of tbe courts. It is quite becoming, and quite natnral that they snould keep aetiffopper lip. They have learned
that aa the world judges, assurance 1 better than sense, but it may be politic to remember that the world moves, that though there may be more shams, they must be concocted with more ingenuity than in tbe years
At a late temperance meeting . in Xew
York, Mr. J. N. Stearns related the following anecdote of Horace Greeley: 'Three years ago," be said in a loud voice, f,a Doctor of Divinity ( Dr. (Janse) said at a temperance mass meeting that be believed that the Lord Jesus Christ made and drank intoxicating liquors. ' Horace Greeley applause, that staunch friend of total abetiuenoe, walked forward in bis white coat,and folding b.s hands sleepily before him said in that thin, piping voice you all remember, You can't make me telieve my Lord ever made and drank .intoxicating ftine.' Nor me either,' shouted a methodist minister In
tbe-pulpit, and continued Mr. Stearas, the house re-echoed with applause." t
A bill has been introduced in. the Xew
York legislature tor the creation ot a board
of railroad commissioners, to be Invested
with a general supervision over all the rail
roads in the state.. - The powers given to the
commission are mainly to procure and furnish to the legislature accurate information relative to the management of the railroads
of the state and the grievances to which the
people are subjected, which existing laws fail to supply. . The commissioners are to be three in number, appointed by the governor with tbe advice and. consent öf tho senate, and are to hold office for two, three and four years each, as may be determined by lot. Their salaries aro f 10,000 eacb. j Prot JRicbard . Proctor is said to be a devout Romaa Catholic, and to have no sympathies with what is generally known as
spiritualism.