Valuable Book Plates Lost

Providence, R. I., Feb. 20.- The Daniels building on Custom House street, in which are located the grocery of Daniels, Cornell & Co., and J. A. & R. A. Reid's printing establishment, burned Sunday night. Very little of the contents was saved. Pawtucket and Johnston were called upon for aid. Besides their valuable plant Messrs. Reid lose the plates of their publications: "Picturesque Washington," S. S. Cox's book, "Three Decades of Federal Legislation ;" "The Life of Burnside," "Portland and Vicinity," and illustrations of several of their books. They had about 3,000 bound books on hand, including 600 of Congressman Cox's. One fireman was suffocated. The total estimated loss is $248,000; insurance, $205,000.