Fires At Chicago

Chicago, Jan. 2b. - A new record has been estanlished in the flre department headquarters at the city hall. Covering twenty-four hours there were nearly 100 alarms. Fire started in the carpenter shop owned by L. Furst in the basement of 244 Randolph street shortly before 6 o'clock Tuesday morning, ftnd, rapidly spreading to the adjoining building, destroyed about $55,000 worth of property and stock. The large gratn elevator oí the W. H. Purcell Malting uompany, at One Hundred and Twentythird street and the Belt Line tra?ks, was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. Loss. $200.000.