Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1873, Page 1

* ~."THE MINNESOTA STORM--Additional Particalars. ' _PROSPECTUS OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Pibane, VOLUME '26. THE CEICAGO WEEELY TRIBUNE FAST-FREIGHT LINE, THE PAPER FOR THE MILLION, - A Great Popular Newspaper. Gheap, flfl Affrastive, TFifty-Six Columns. A Large Quarto Sheet. THE CONDENSED NEWS 0F THE WEEK. News, Politcs, Progress, Literatie, (0ssip, Humar, Reading for the Country Home. “Rural” Writes Only for The Tribune. READING FOR THE TRAVELLER ABROAD, HOME NEWS COL- LATED AND CONDENSED. Ho Pains or Expense Have Been Spared o Meke The Chicago Weekly Tribne the Best dud Every Way Most Acceptable .. Weekly in the United States. " Mot a Repository of 0ld Mat- ter, but Expressly Select- "ed angp]?repgred. A Full Review of the Events of the Week Rewritten from the Daily Editions. $end The Weekly Tribune to Your Friends at a Distance. 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THE FARM AND GARDEN—The Farmers' Couson- tion; A Kew Party; Using tho Old Parties; A Com- ‘bination of Farmers; The Grading of Cora in Chi- cago; Whatis No.1 Corn? What is No. 3 Corn? The Grading of Cheeso. AMRS. SAM JONES—Tho Old Lady Has Made a Convert. 0 Woman's Rights; They Have a Talk Abont Fixing Tp tho House-Grounds, the Hard Times, end How ‘to Caro Them, ar, Rather, to Enoblo Them to Send Their Gizls to School; Mrs. J. Attends the Farmers' Coavention at Bloomington. THE SEAPTAR YOKUL-Story. LIVER VERSUS LOVE-Poctsy. HUMOR. . 4 REMAREABLE DOG. . FOURTE PAGE. EDITORIAL—Governor Oglesby's Llection; A Soventy~ ' Million-Dollar Claim; International Colnags of Sii- yer; The Death of Bulwer; The Railroad Commis- sloners; Biela's Comet; The Earth's Interior; Para- ... grephs. : MISSOURI STATE HORTIOULTURAL BOCIETY— Annual Meousg. " JIOWA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY—Annual Mooting. - MICHIGAN STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY—An- ‘nual Meoting. A CHURCHE BURKED-The Most Destructive Fire in Chicago since Oot. 9, 1671 - FIFTEH PAGE. ~ @AMANA BAY-The Secret History of the S8an Domingo Negotistions; Telosraphic Nows About the Samana - Compans. s HOUSE COMMITTEES-List of Standing Committoes “: ' oftheTilinois House of Representatives. - THE FIELD AND STABLE—Holstein Oattls, or the Cattle of tho Alluvisl Districts of the Duchy of Hol- ADVERTISEMENTS. C SIXTE PAGE. . THE FARMERS Their Convention st Bloomingten, 1. ; Consideration Gf tho Raitroad'and Other Ques- SEVENTE PAGE. COXNTINUATION OF THE FARMERS' CONVEN- TION. THE APIARY-Studies for Bee-Keepers ‘During the *7"" Winter; Connaction of Entomology and Botany with ¥ Bee-Culture. ., WATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL - ., IMPLEMENT MANUFACTURERS. L EIGEHTHE PAGE. , MONETARY—Local Finances; Tho Usury Clausoof the . National Bank Act. . {COMMRROIAL—Chicago Produce Markets; Chicago Live Stock Market; Review for the Weck; Herki- -~ mer County Dairy Market: Markets by Telegraph. . AN ENGLISH LOUIS BONARD. - HOW AN ECCENTRIC VERMONTER WAS BURIED, ‘THE PRODUCT OF PRECIOUS METALS. FOTHERN ILLINOIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. FABRMERS' CONVENTION AT OTTAWA. SEE TERMS ON FOURTHP AGE. Throngh Bills of Lading from Europe AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO.’S American-European Express FAST FREIGHT LINE. IN BOND from the different ports of EUROPE to_tho UNITED STAT! and, %ANABAS. Goods fc ‘warded without delay Tn.Now Yors i z?{?‘fé%;h ‘ment or Custom's {nztion. N O FORWARDING AR NEW PORK. 2 rals eguoatecd mo- Tho autantion of [mporters 1 now arrangomonts Qiata dispatotof Morchandiso on THROUGH BILLS OF LADING. For fasther particalars apply to AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO., Frolght Deparuneat, 73 Broadway, New York. Or IN EUROPE to WHITE STAR LINE OF STEAMERS, THE NATIONAL STEAMSHIP CO. HE ANCHOR LINE OF STEAMSHI BTAVELEY & T THOMAS MEADO SMITH, SU! W. R. SUTTO; WILLTAM TA SMITH, SUND) 3 LHERBETTE, KANE LHERBETTE, KANE 1"‘&?"‘ Beptanieg. . Fati 81 Place di Commerce, JAMES R. McDONALD TN Co. 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The Groat Western Light Guard Band hes removed thelr offieo to 81 South Glark-st., opposite the Court Houss. F. Hofiman, Couductor; Johu nd, Leador + ‘Chailey, Prompter; A. Lehder, Prompter. > DISSOLUTION NOTICE. DISSOLUTION. Tho_partnership horotoforo existing betwean J. F. Kichols, N. T, Firch, and J. W. Hoconberg has boen dls- solved, ' Tho Real Estate and Losn Commission business will hereaftor bo conducted at 25 South Canal-st. (the same place as herotefore) by the undorsigned, under tho name and style of J..F. NICHOLS & €O, : J. F. NICHOLS, Dated Chicago, Jan. 23, 1873, N. T, FITCH. : MISCELLANEOTUS. INOTICHL ATl persons as lothing at Mrs. Murphy's Lonad Sonlly (d';:x'finfiz-:i ;a“&l "G wlgslflul thros dars 23 v0 samo Ive; om at sai Jace. W, 0, HORPHY, JOH CURLEY. SCALES, . TFAIRBANKS . STANDARD - SCALES OF ALL SIZES. FATRBANKS, MORSE &CO 6 WEST WASHINGTON-ST. . MEETINGS. |POSTPONED! In consequence of the storm, the Annual Communication of Oriental Lodge, No. 33, A. F. & A. M., will be POSTPONED until further notice. & ‘BE. POWELL, W. M. To the Members of the Societe Francaise d’ Inmmigration. On S , 26th fnst., at2p. m., cial meeting will baneliat No. 4 bonrescaty” Kil Frénch, residents aro respoctfally fnvited to attend, as businses of great fmpor- B mdor of the Presidonts B: GOURIEUX, i . E. BARTOLOLY, Sccretary. Masonic. Washington Ghapter, No. 13, R. A. M, Speclal Convo- cation u.of?md.-é‘;’m-.m. B oglock. " Work o the iy order of tig 3. K. Ii ST, Degros. By orfor of ti 3L, K. 11 P, A AL Degroe. B o e SINCLAIR, Sscrotary. Masonic. t Lodgn, No. 85, A. F. & A. M. Specinl Coia ms:{:.\,l.?‘:;:‘: mlsE-‘rldn:;e?\'m;n ; for ik ',’,“"e;‘,:;" B .V thre Ly i ardar W. 5 tiag brothren cor T BEIRIN, Vhcmia CHICAGO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1874, THE GREAT STORM. Its Depressing Effect Upon Every Occupation and (lass. Nearly All the Railways Rendered “Inopera- tive. Passenger Trains Block- aded in All Di- rections. Street-Cars Impeded by Con- stantly-Gathering f Snow Drifts. A Part of the First Congrega-. tional Church Blown Down, The Storm Thj‘ér’xghout the’ North- west--HugeDrifts Every- " where, A Complete Embargo on Rail- road Travel. _, CHICAGO: TYestordis's storm is destined to occupy & con- spicuous placa in the annalsof meteorology. The oldest inhabitant can hardly finda fellow to it. The tomperatiré was comparativoly mild, bub tho wind took thé snow everywhere. No place was secare from it. It penetrated the most care- fully constructed window-casings, and sifted into street cars and omnibuses in such abundance | that the shivoring traveller scarcely knaw whethe er or not he was upder cover. The floors of all public conveyances were of trodden snow, most ungrateful to the feet “of the occupants, and the seats wera in many cases as white as o ficece. Unhappy was tho passenger who sat near a broken window—and there are mot s fow in the omaibuses of tho West Side—his hair turned gray as speedi- Iy a3 that' of the Prisoner of Chillon, which ¢ turned whito in a single night.” The West Side stages ran with regularity all ey, and did & thriving business in the absence of sucoossful competition. The Wost Sido Street Railroad Company did thoir duty nobly, but it was hard striving with the elemonts. On Medison street a force of several hundrod men was kept busy all day, shovelling and sweeping from morning until night, only to eco their work obliterated almost as fast as it was done. A detail of men waa incessantly employed on every block, and almost on overy rod of track, from Slate street to Western avenuo. Tho cars ran with four horses, and the snow-plows were continually in motion, but the tripa wero infrequont, and got further and further between as the day waned. They wero always filled, for, although there were few people upon thé streets, every onme rode who could_raise a nickel, rather than face the blibding storm even for the length of & square. That which was done on Madison street was also done on Randolph strcet, and, to a less extent, upon the less important West Side lines. On the South Side, the troublo in keeping the tracks clear was even greater. The Indiana avenue cars made fow trips, after dinner, and those on Cottage Grove avenue were in much trouble. There did not seem to bo the eame diligence in kecping the track clear as was used on Madison street. As the night closed in the fow cars run- ning were filled even to the steps with anxious wayfayers, eager to reach their distant homes, and the accommodations being limited, thou- sands hed to walk who were unaccustomed to such hardship. Doubling the horses seemed to make very litle difference with the rate of pro- gress. Tho snow packed closely about the rail 88 it fell, and it was difficalt to keep the caron tho track. THE NORTH SIDE CARS: The North Side Street Railway Company en- deavored to accommodate ite numerous’ patrons 28 much as possible under _the circumstances, and was successfal to a great extent. Immedi- ately after the storm set in the full force of snow-plows was placed upon the tracks, and kopt steadily at work until Iato in the evening- With ‘their aid the rails were Lept tol” erably freo from obstructions, and a little more than half of the wusual: number of cars made trips with four horses. Regular time could not bo made, 18 a matter of courso, and the ehivering, snow-covered crowds who patiently waited for tho appearance-of a car, did not expect that it would, knowing full well that Vol Turner was using every possiblo exor- tion to keep the lino running in somo sort of shape. One more car on Chicago and Clybourn avpnues, which appearsto pay better than any of the : other North Side routes since the double track was comploted, would have been hailed with‘considerable applause. It should bo under- stood, however, that no grumbling was indulged in, because it conldn’t be had. When the snow ceises to fall, it is safe to ssy that the North Division line will bo in as good, if not better, condition than either of tho others, and will got into usual running order sooner. - THE STEAM RATLWATS. Yesterday the authority of mailwsy officials was entiroly sct at naught. Tho usual ease with _which they manage their various lines was turned into trouble, and before night-fall most of them had surrendered their roads to Boreas and his associates. In the morning mo great difficulty was apprehended, but subsequent events provod that tho strength of the-encmy was not fally appreciated. It was not sntici- pated that tho embargo on ralroads would ex- tend beyond freight trains, and at T&E TRIBUNE reporter's suggestion that perhaps passenger trains would be included. RBailvay: Su- perintendents ~ were prompt to an- wer, that if their _passemger travel +aa stopped, it would only be after 3 contest in which all their availabloe power would be nzed. Buch a contest came, and all the forces which railroad companies could summon were: but toys in the hands of the raging storm. If farmers could but harness the winds, and garner the snow-flakes, and secure. from them the pawer they manifested yesterday and lnst night, they would eolve with ense the problem which is vex- ng their sun-burnt heads in msss conventions. Thomas Scott, Eeq., would be no longer King, and the Board of Railroad Commiasioners woald not long perplex the Gubsrnatorial head. But the dofeat of the railrosd companies yes- terday was anythiug but satisfactory to the peo- ple. Thoirsympathles had been trausferred, by the power of an aching desire to get home, to the riironds. Hut the sympathics of tho pudple were of little avail, and lastevening half the res- idents of the suburban towns were quartered in the cheerless apartments of the varions hotels of the city. The following was the condition of the various lines duriug yesterday and last night TRE NORTHWESTERY, An inquiry at the Train Despaicher's office of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway elicited only the unimportant statement that the passen- ger tralns wero eomowhat behind timo, and many of the freight trains withdrawn. But a subsequont inquiry at the office of & Jeading ho- tel .devolopod .tho. fact that the Green Bay Express, due in the morning at :30, did not arrive until noon. The Pacific Express, duo at 3:45 in the Aftardoon, did riot irrive nutil 8o'clock in the evening. The General Super- intendent reported snow over the whole line, with the same violent winds which prevailed here. The Western Division #uifered more than thoNorth Division. Tho Pacific Express was started out yesterdsy evening, but there was little promise of - ita getting through. At noon yesterday a despatch - was received, stating that the river line of the Milwaukee & 8t, Peul Rail- road was open and clear of snow. Up to & late hour last night nothing further l\uf been re~ CIICAGO AND ST. ceived. 8 intendent MoMulil: L?m'z. Chi nperintendent Mo n, o 8 cage & Bt. Louis Road, reported that the storm exli‘: o ed over his lino to St. Lotis and Jeferson City. The traing weré fouch behind yéstorday morn= ing, T chief dolay was in L vicinlty of tlo ol hfl(?)xtnn race-course, ueéar this city, whers £wo frelght tiaine wero snow-bound, at an early hour yesterdsy fmorning. , éngine and ca- boose, gent out to reliove them; were two hours in reaching Bridgéport frpm the Madison sireat depot. No traing were allowed to depart last night, and tho trains due at 8 o’clock did not get in till midnight. The PITTSBURGH, FORT WATNE & CIICAGO ROAD did not suffer much, its_lino running through a wooded country. The Fast Line Express, duo at 8 o'clock 8. m., was_five hours behind fiiae. No traing departed on this train last night. . TUE MICHIGAY SOUTHERN. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southorn Road was in tho condition of thoso above named. At 8 o'clock yestordsy afternoon Buperintondent Desmond eaid that he would run s train ont last night if ho had to sttach zll his Iccomotives to it. But o train doparted, which may be taken 08 proof that (huPuwer of the road was inferior t6 the strength of the storm. _ THE BOCK ISLAND. Mr. Riddls, of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifio rond, said that dospatehes from the West reported that the storm was severer beyond the Mlsnlfis:lpm than on this side. His trains wero much delsyed, snd last evening wero in ex- treme digorder. Tho_froight traina were gen- erally taken off. The Night Expresswas startod last evening at the usualhour. THE ROADS MOST ODSTRUCTED, wero_the Chicago, Bnrlin{fitnn & Quincy, the Michigan Cen and the Illinois Central Theso lines run trains over tho eame tracks parallel with the lake, and while much advan- tage gonerally ' rosults from the com- Dination, the difficulties experienced yeu- terday were chiefly duo to this cause. ~ Yester- day morning the C., B. & Q. trains wore not s0- riously delayed, buf by 4 o'clock n despatch was received from W. B. Strong, Assistant Superin- tendent, ordering tho withdrawal of all traina oxcopt one. This ono, too, was finally with- drawn. The Aurora accommodation was Btarted from tho Central depot at 2 p. I, and was two hours in reaching Polk street. Thero it stalled, and conld not be hauled out by two engines. It was finally decided to draw it back to the depo ‘which decision was easior made than carried ont, for it took five engines to pall tho train and its two_ oxhausted cngines back to the ‘depot. The chief difficulty on the line was between Chicago and Rivergide. Tho Pa- cific oxpross was snow-bound as Rochelle, and the Quincy exirnu betwoen Riverside and Dow- ner's Grove. Efforts were heing mado last ov- ‘ening to reach the trains, and it was hoped that thoy would be rescued by this morning. THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL was found in = fearful mess when tho reporter visited tho offices yosterdsy eveming. All the incoming trains wers anow-bound,. with no pros- pect of liberating' them. The Superintendent was out in the switch-yard, endeavoring to res- cue _the trains from their difficalties. The 12:50 Hyde Park train was snow-bound at the foot of Van Buron strect, and had not been rescued np to & late hour last evening. It was fi- nally decided to send no trains out last ovenirg, with the exception of ono to Hyde Park. This, Mr. Mitchell said, he would send under protest, and only because ho wished . to satisfy the de- ‘mands of a thousand people who wero waiting at tho depot. THE EANEAEEE EXPRESS coming in about four hours behind time, at Twenty-second street, ran into the rear end of & sleeping-car of a Michigan Central train, caus- ing quito a wreck. The back trucks of the car wero knocked out, and the rear end of the bed much injured. Tho smoke-stack of the engine of the Kankakee train wes stove in, and the cow-catcher somowhat injured. The clearing away of the wreck added very much to the difi- culties of keeping the track open. - THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL trains wero not much dolayed until they nearod Chicago. The train which left here for Detroit osterdsy morning arrived there but two houra ato. Yestorday evoning the trains were all abandoned, except the 9 p. m. Kalamazoo train. At 6 o'clock 3r. Bargent had decided that this It will thus be seen that the railroads wero overcomo yesterdsy to an extent not knoym for many yoars. At tho hour of going to press the storm’ continues with the same Intensity with ‘which it- prevailed during yesterday. . DESTRUCTION OF WALLS. A portion of the walls of the First Congrega- tional Church, corner Ann and Washington strocta, were blown down at 10 o'clock yesterds; morning, over a ton of stono falling on an ad- jacent frame dwelling, partially demolishing the structure, and conveying to tho inmates tho impression that an earthquake was in progress. Tins house, No. 45 Bouth Ann_street, ¥as occu- pied by three families. Mrs, 8. D. Brown, the owner, an infirm lady, lived on the first floor; Mr. Isaac English and wifo, Mr. Chaffee sn wifo, and & young man named Anderson, reating the rooms in the second story. _All these persons were at home when, the walis fell, but wero not two minutes afterward. Anderson and a frient who were asleep in a front room, were awakonc by the falling of lath and plaster on_the bed, and scampored out minus their clothing. The other inmates were up and dressed, snd lost no time in making their exit, not stopping to res- cue any portable articles. No ‘one was injured, although all were badly frightencd, and Teslly more unnerved than the Iccilé.nnt warranted, the room adjoining Andorson's, situsted in the northeast cornar of the building, alone being rendercd untensntable. The roof and ceiling over this room wore demoliel and the floor- ing torn to pieces by the falling stones and bricks. Beveral large “rocks forced _their way to_ the lor beneath, reducing chairs, tables, and looking-glasses to_splinters, and forcing out the window-sashes. The shock experienced was not unlike that which accom- panies an_earthquake, the house trembling for soveral minutes, and the concugeion being ap- parent to persons.s block distant from the gceno. -¥riends in the neighborhood kindly cared for Mra. Brown and tha others, they con- sidering ‘it too ‘dangerous to return to_ thoir Mr. Goolspoed, who rosides In Washington streot, immediafely west of the charch, became slarmed, and, fearing the west wall wonld tumble on his dwelling, moved his family to a safe place. The walls which fell were tho east and sonth walls of the esst transept, facing Ann street ; aboat fifty fect of the former and twenty feet of tho laiter st thobase, the Ann street " wall . being sixty feot high. It was thought at. the time of tho firo that the east wall would_fall; but asit did not immediatély come down it was considered se- cure. Workmen commenced removing tha debris from tho inside of the church yesterday morn- ing, but ceased work a fow moments bofore the sccident, being unable to continue on account of the storm. This was fortunate; had the men been engaged when the wall fell, ‘several must have perizhed. The loss to the, Insurange com- panies will be increased by the mishap, the sal- vage bhaving been materially rednc 3 Brown was not able to tell how much ber honse .| must go out. waa damaged. The front of the dwelling is in & mlwmefi condition, and tho yeather-boarding o the north eide wrenched and broks. Fall 8300 Will havo fo . be. exponded o mako the front rooms habitable. About $100 worth of farniture was destroyed. The south and east walls of the caat transept do not appoar to have been securely fastened together, tho stones in the nmuiniufnporfioxm lfi;mg end to end At tha junction Instezd of [apping onme another. They wero without doubt weakened by the heat at the timo of tho fire, 2nd néeded but the aidof a highwind to complete the “buckling.” Tho other walls may be ina eimi- lar conéition, and, to avert a calamity, should be examined and removed, or propped up if too weak to withatand tho storms of winler. j TS Jreous s LINES of the city had decidedly the beet of the impeded street cars, yesterday. Théy did Tict have to meet the Lieaty expenso of keeping their routes of travel free from obstruction, and were not required to run with any degree of regularity. They wouldn't do it if they were. The chief aim of an omnibus driver is to bo a8 irregular as pos- sibla in everything that concerns him personally and the vekicle nnder his ebarge, His principal objects in life are soven in number, to-wit o b6 profane, to bo obsceno, to keep back change, to collect faro twico, to disappoint passengers, torun into Gppcziticn 'buses, and to stand in {front of a stroet cat. Tho oftener Le succoeds in accomplishing all those feats in one trip the happier Le is. Il is mnch more disagrec- able, and comsoquently ~much bappier, on stormy and unpleasant days like yesterday, shen more than the usual nam- ber of peopla want to bo friondly with him. A reporter of Tue TRIDUNE (who was porfectly sober, the Times, to-morrow, to the cont nmwlmstaqdlng) Glung to a corner lamp-post, {ofltcnhy, and hailed four Sodth Bide omnibuses n succossion. He failed to make ths desired impression on the collection of old coats and comforterain the driver's seat. A faint and mufiled invitation to visit an exccedingly tropi- cal Tocality was heard from ong collcction as it rushed madly by to got ahead of n sluggieh streot- car, and use the track which had beon partialiy cleared by the diligent gnow-plow: It is more than likely that similar invitations had been ex- tended by tho othier three, but they wore mot heird: Every omnibus ecen yesterday was in ho! it of overything but = passengers. anybody ot a ride, ho was compelled to jump for it. everal Eenple who had cmulatéd Merk Twain's frog with remarkable success wers compelled to tumblo off tho rear step, owing to & privata itn< derstanding between the door-step and. the driv- er's loft heel. 'The managers of the car lines on Stato and Madison streots had overy reason to fcol like strewing the highways with the remains of omnibus dtivers, yestorday. No sooner would 2 snow-plow pass by them-than au omuibus or two would dash after it, and cffectually cover up tho track again with & cloud of euvow. Street cars, on the contrary, were headed off wher- ever 2n opportunity presented itself, and every posaiblo obstruction placed in their path. Amid such pleasnutries as these, the omployes of the omuibus lines passed tho 'miserablo day, which, 60 far 05 can be ascertained, was not productive of ahy general enjoyment. AT THE THEATRES the effects of the storm was visiblo to an extent 'most disastrous to the managerial interests, No nttraction was suficiontly strong to_induco poo- plo to leave their homes ; not even the rare ex- collenco of Kerry,” nor the fascinating peught- iness of * Gonevieve de B:abant,” nor the inter- esting development of * Fate,” nor the ordina- rily oxtremo helpfalness of “ Help,” nor the bundle of minstralsy festures at Myers' Opera House. A beggarly account of empty benches was the unvarying state of things, and in somo casos the audicnces wero 8o small s to bLardly pay for hoating and lighting tho heuse. THE PUBLIC SCOOLS were very thinly attended, especially such as were situated at a distance from the streot-cars, At noon, notice was geuerally given to such scholars as went home to their dinners that they were not expected to returs, and they wers also ad7ised not to attend on the following mornin in case the storm should continne to rage unf that time. It was a merciful privilege aud & {adicionsast to parmit all those ‘who desizad. to oavo for their homes at noon, as by night the roads had become almost impassablo for chil- dren. THE STORES 2o wore almost_entirely deserted during the dey, and it is probablo *bat the trado throughout tho city was the lightcet that has been known for many years. Occasionally a snow-bedraggled femalo would mako her appeararce, bent upon procaring - some _article indispensably neccs- sary, but such visits wero almost as rare s the terrestrial perogrinations of angels are reportcd to be, and the clerka had amplo time tostraighten uptho stock. and get things in order for & ro- newal of activity. ELSEWHERE, - Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribunes BLOOMINGTON. BrooyIxaToN, Ill., Jan. 23.—The m¥st eevero and continued snow-storm known for yos<s in Contral Iliinois is in progress bero siaco early lnst evunin‘{,;. The snowhas fallen throughout the entire 1fi A strong wind has blown from the north, piling up immonse drifts in sheltored places. The streats of this city are doscrted, and drifts of two and three feet in depth block- ado the sidewalks. All the roads loeding into this eity are more or less obstructed. On tho Indianapolis, Bloomington & Westorn Railroad all trains haveboen side-tracked, exceptiwo pas- senger trains, which are endeavoriug to make etations a_fow miles {rom this city. If the storm continues thronghout the night, it is not probablo that by morning any traix will be mov- ing. The street railroad to Normal is bloclked, the culs being rilled nearly levol. Special D:spatch to The Chicago Tribune. MADISON. Mapisoy, Jan. 23.—A violent gale from the north Lias beon blowing all day, but the mercury i not very low. Trains from thesouth and east are delayed. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. FORT WAYNE. Fonr Warxz, Ind., Jan. 23.—Tho moet severo drifting snow-storm of tho season Las provailed Liere since last night, and still continues. Trains on all the roads are delayed, and travel is almost atoppedil many passengers preferring to stop over rather then wait delays along the routes. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. JACKSONVILLE. JACKSONVILLE, 111, Jan. 23.—A enow-storm of almost unprocedontod fury snd duration bag Deen raging here for twonty-six hours pest, and still continucs. Tho snow is accompanied with high winds, and drifts fearfally. e trains on tho railroads ruoning info city are snow- bound. The snow lies to the depth of from ff- tegn to cighteen inches on iho ground, and in many places has drifted to many foet in depth. Special Despateh to The Clicago Tribune. SPRINGFIELD. SrriverrELD, Jan. 23.—A terrific snow-storm hes boen _raging her all doy, and_still con- tinues. The snow is drifting badly, and the traina which left this city are all anow-bound, and will not likely get through to-night. The train on the Chicago & Alton 18 reported snoyw- tound st Gardnor. A large number of the members ot the Legislature, who intended leav- ing for their homes this morning, are etill here, with no prospects of their geiting away for a day or two. i "Special Despatzh to The Chicago Tribune. CHEBANSE, ILL. CHEBAXNSE, IlL., Jan. 23.—One of the most ter- 1ific snow-storms known in this region for many oars is now in progress. The drifts aro all the way from two to fivo feet deop. The trains are all'many hours behind, and none are expected here to-night. . Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. PEO) Prom, IlL, Jan. 23.—1¢ has been enowing steadily bere since 10 o'clock last night. All railroad trains coming in are delsyed, and none will probably leave tho city for a dayorso. No such storm has been known here for years. Peonia, 1., Jan. 23.—Tho snow has been fall- ing continaously eince an carly hour this morn- ing, witha drivm$ northeast wind. The snow js drified badly. 'Che night and freight irains ‘have boen taken off all the roads leading out of {his city, oxcept the Chicago & Rock -Island. The efternoon trein on the Peoria & Rock Island Railroad, which left this city, was compelled to Teturn this evening. Special h to The Chicago Tribune, "AWA. OTTAWA. Otrawa, I, Jan, 23,—A heavy snow-storm has been in progress all day,—the heaviest of the winter. e snow i8 drifting badly, CINGINNATL CrxcINsATL, 0., Jan. 23.—This morning threo inches of anow fell. 1t commenced raining this afternoon, aad continued at intervals during the evening. The 8now is disappsearing rapidly. TOLEDO. Torepo, Jan. 23.—Ike most violent smow storm of the scason set in from the northeast early this morning, and at dark continued uns- batéd. The enow was badly drifted. MTLWAUKEE. Mrwaukes, Jan. 23.—The storm is still rag- ing hiere and west to the MiAsiesipi River, but does not exiend into Minncsota yet. ' No trains will leave here for the West tonight, and tho troins on the road are conalderably delayed. Mruwaokez, Jan, 23.—A terrible snow and wind storm commenced here about 4 o'clock , M., with tho prospect of continuing all night. eports from St. Paul and Minneapolis indicate avother cold soap, but no enow. At Winona a stormi la hnewing. Tho weathor is cold. At McGregor it I8 clondy, snowing, and blowing. ST. Lot13, Sr. Lovms, Jan. 23.—Tho. snow-storm_which +bogan here last night still continues, grd is the severest of the season. About six inches of 8now are on the ground. A high wind prevails, sndif the snow weré dry it would drift badly. Mercury 38. The otorm has prevailed heavily in tho western portion'Gf £ud State and in Kansaa. Railroad traias have boen much {htarrupted. DUBCQUE. Dunuque. Iows, Jan 23.—The storm was very slight through Northern and Esstern. Iows. Along the Towa Division of the Illinois Central tho snow drifted considersbly, and the trains wero badly dolayed. 5 Traing on tho Dixon Aif Line, Illinois Central, Chicago & Iowa, Chicago, Burlinlfilon & Quincy, wera abandoned on account of the hesvy drifts. The storz: is reported very eevere throughont Illinois, where tna énow has already fallento a deptl of & foot on tho level, and i drifting bad- I5. No Eastern trains were permitted to leave Lere to-night, and none have arrived on account of the heavy drifta Ecst. Tho wenther here to- night is clearing np and the wind abating. COLUMEUS, O. Coruxnurs, Jan. 23.—Between five and eix inches of snow fell here to-day. NEW YORE. New Yong, Jan. 23.—A heavy snow storm ac- companied by & high. wind, commenced here about 4 p. m., and continued until midnight. GRAND BAPIDS, MICHIGAS, GmasD Rapips, Mich.,—Jan, 20.—Another terriblo storm o northeaster, set in on {hia city. 2nd in Weatern Michigan last night and ia now increasing in violerce and amount of snow fall. Traing on all the roads leading into the city are several hours late or abandoned. On the Chicago & Jlichigan Lake Shore road, the treina are all cancelled for to-night and to-mor- row. The tiail due hero on the Grand River Valley, this afternoon, is at Hastings, and will have to stay. No train north on the Grand Rap- ids & Indiana to-night. The Detroit & Milwau- keo and the Lrke Shore & Michigan Southern are quito as badly off. There probably will be no trains to-morrow in or out of the city, and per- haps oven on Saturday. The drifts on tho tracks in tho city are already five or six feot doop, and tho damp enow 18 drifting” terribly. Tho blockade threatons to bo worse than any preceding one this winter. THECBOMETRICAL. Cn10460, Jan. 23.—Thermomotro culi[_fllh morning 15 _below zero at Drockinridge, Minn.; 8rhove at Duluth; zero at St. Paul; & below t Quebee and Kingston, Canada ; 4 above . at Burlington, Vt.; Z3 «bove at Boaton; S0 at New Yorkj Washiogton, 29; Charlotte, 54; Koy West, 72; Now Orleans, 47; Memphis, 59; Chicago, 53; Omala, 11; Choyenne, 17 ;. Corinno, Utah, 25 ; Saii Fraucieco, 52. Snowing at Choyonne, Omoha, Davenport, Keokuk, St. Louis, Cairo, Cincinnati, Chicago, Alpena, Toledo, Buffalo, Oswego, aud Fortraes Mouroo. Raining, at Kuoxvillo, Tenn., Louis- ville, Chesleston, and Key West. PROBABILITIES, War DepapTEXT, OrFice or THE Cmzr SreSAL OrFIcER, DIvisION OF TELEGRAMS AND Reponts FOR TOE BEXEFTT OF Co: Wasg- “IxaTox, falling’ _barometers, - very brisk northeasterly to: sontheasterly winda, 2 mnow. ~For the Miadio Btates, falling bar- ometer, fresh to brisk and very brisk easterly and southeasterly winds, and_snow, except for the gouthern portion, rain ; the wind gradually veering to southerly and westerly, with changing weather over southern (and western portions. For the Southern States, rising barometer, fall- ing temperature, northerly to westerly winds, and clear and clearing weather.” From the Ohio Valley to alke Erie, upper laiies, and Northwest, rising barometer. low and falling temperature, fresh to brisk and bigh winds, diminishing in force and backing to northorly and westerly, and clear and clearing weather, accompanied by areas of light anow over Lake Erio aud the upper lake region. Tho storm is_central over_ Indianm, and will move northesstesly over Lake Erie into Capada. Cautionary signals continue at Norfolk, Balti- mare, Capo May, snd New. Yark, and sre ordered for New London, Boston, and Portland. WALL STREET. Reoview of tlic Moncy, Gold, Stock, and Produce DMarlkets. ® Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune.) NEw YomE, Jan. 23.—Money easy st 5@7. Commercial paper is selling down to 7@9 for prime. Discount line at bank large, snd in- creasing daily. Tho reduction of the Bankof England rato to 4 per cent,and tho fact that rates in open market are lower still, point to an easy English market for some timeto come. This reduction {s of courso favorablo for negotiation under the Syndicato mancgoment of the new TUnited States 5per conts, for the exclusive control of which soveral bankers are mow competing. It is also favorablo for tho negoti- |* etion in Europe of American railway losus, all of ~which -will have & desirable influence on our European exchange, and indirectly on tho gold premium here. Tele- s from Washington stato that tho Senate Financo Committeo reported adversely on the bill to replace National Bank notes with legal-tenders ; also on the bill prnviflins for the ‘payment of a portion of the customs duties in greenbacks. STOCES. 1In the stock market speculation was strongly in the direction of higher prices. The chief fea- tures wero Rock Island, Erie, Ohios, Lake 3hore, and Pacific Mail. There was considerable buoy- ancy in Ohios. The troubles of the Atlantic Mail Steamship Company have led to a raid ‘upon the stock, which was hammored down t0 6 this morning, against 12 yesterdsy. It is re- ported that Fho" Pacific Mail and Hamans Bay Companies intend to profit by the misfortanes of tho Atlantic Mail. Five hundred sharcs of the Mariposn Mining Company sold for 50 cents per Bhare; par valuo $100. Not many years ago this stock was one of tho leading ~‘‘fancics.” Boston, Hartford & Erie becsme unusually strong to-day, on points to buy which were freo- Iy circulated. - GOLD opened weak, and declined to 1133(, but becamo firm, and advanced to 113%. Parties credited with belonging to the gold cliqus bid for nearly four millions of Government coin. The award was one million. The ugnfinls of the gold cliquo aro reported to be Daniel Drew, Rufus Hetch, and the Bank of Montreal. Cash coin gcarce. . - " GOYERMENTS etrong this afternoon, in sympathy with gold. BREADSTCFFE. Flour closes less active and irregular. Demand for fature modorate. Most grades of winter sold higher, but the market is_quiet ct the improve- ment. Arrivals very ited. -The demand for fature good. Wheat oponod stronger, but with fow ghippers. Arrivals and offerings light and stoc!;d‘nduced. The marke! closes dull and un- Bettl PROVISIONS. Pork firm abt £13.87)4 bid; 214.00 aaked for new mess, spot or futura ; sales 500 brls, includ- ing old mees, at 213.50. Cnt meats firm, with fair business doing. Sales: 100 boxes dry salted shoulders on spot &t 5Xc, and 2,000 pickled hams, 15 1bs, at 10c. Bacon in 0od demand for short clear, which were scarce. E2lcs of 300 boxos at bc, spot and January. Lard firm, 8 5-16¢ for Western on spot; 2,250 tcs for March reported at 8J¢c. THE COAL COMBINATION. New Yors, Jau. 23.—1t is now said the Read- ing Railroad coal combination is controlled b) ‘English capitalista largely interested in coal anc iron mines in England, and schemiug to advance the prico of these articles so hign that they would be imported in large quantities, and a great profit be reaped. e g The Kansas Senatorship. i 8r. Louts, Jan. 23.—Topeks (Kan.) despatches sny that the opposition to Senator Pomeroy has not yet concentrated on any canéidate. FPome- my'r:od friends still insist that he will be re- electod. NUMBER 158. THE LAST HORRCR. An English Emigrant Vessel Run Down by an Unknown Steamship. The Disaster Takes Place at Dead ‘of Night---Panie Among the Doomed, Over Three Hundred Persons Perish in the Waves-~ " Only 97 Saved. The British Governnicut Orders an Investigations TLoxpoX, Jan. 23.—The reportof a terrible marine disaster, last night, in the English Chan- nel, his just been received. The London emi- grant ehip Northflcet, which eailed from here several days ago for Australia, with 412 passcn- gers, exclusive of her crow, collided, at mid- night, two milea off Dunge Ness, with an un- known foreign steamship, and was cut to the water's edge. Only 85 persons are known to have been eaved. It is believed that every other porson who was on board hes found a watery grave. No attention was paid by the steamship to the emigrant vessel after thoe collision, sud she proceoded on her course, leaving tho suffer- ers to their fate. 5 [Dunge Ness is & headland on the coast of Eent, England, about 25 miles sonthwest of Dover.—Ep.] - Almost immediately after the collision s panio ‘broke out on the Northfleet. The passengers, who wero asleep, rushed from their berths to every portion of the ship where thoy thought they might be eafe, and . utterly refused to obey the orders of the Captain. That officer, as a last resort to enforc obedionce to his commands, was compelled to fire upon tho terror-stricken people. One of them was wounded. It is be- lieved that if tho passengers had obeyed the or- deérs of tho Captain more of them wonld have been saved. . - LATER. Additional particulars of tho terrible marine dieaster off Dunge Ness light-house, last might, have been received. The Northfleot waa lying at anchor at the time the collision occurred. The cargo consisted of railroad iron. Three bundred and twenty-one persons were drowned, including the Captain of tho ill-fated vessel. ‘The name of the’ steamer which ran into tha ship has not yet been ascertained, but she is ba- fieved to have been a Spanish vessel bound from Antwerp, zlthough some parties state that sho is.a Portugneso craft. Her name cannot be ob- tained nntil she reaches port. “The Board of Trade of this city has offered s roward of £100 for her discovory, LATEST. - Losnoy, Jan. 23.—Twelve other personshava been saved from the omigract ship Northfleet, making 97 known to have been saved. Lloyds have telegraphed their agents at all Bouthern ststions to stop, if possible, the stesmer which ran the Northflcot down. : Tho Government has ordered s preliminary inquiry into the disaster to the Northilet. Tho investigation begins to-morrow. Obituary. Azmasy, N.Y., Jan. 23.—The Hon. William Cassidy, of tho Argus, died at half-past 4 o'clock this morning. (e waa Socrotary of the Dem- ocratic Staté Committee. 8ax Fraxcisco, Jau. 23.—A private cablo telo- gram from Florence, Italy, snnouncea the death in that city, to-day, of Oscar C. Shafter, former- Iy Judge of the Suprome Court of Californie. NEw ORLEANS, Jan, 23.—Henry Raphael Devina died to-day, aged 86. Ho was a rosident of New Orleans for sixty-cight years and ono of tha old- ¢eat mombers of ‘the Bar. The Suprems Couat adjourned in respect of his memory. Six Peraons Drowned. Wassviire, Ind., Jan. 23.—Abont dark [ass night six men attempted to cross tho river o a 8kiff, coming spparently from Green River When opposite t city the skiff fell into the floating 1ice, and was overturned. They wero heard to shout for help, crying that they weie freezing 1o death, but none of the steamers or other craft at tho wharf could get out to them, aud their voices ceased after a fow minutes. ot el The Louisianna Returning Board. NEW Oniravs, Jan. 23.—The Stato Superior Conrt to-duy rendered & decision in the Retura- ing Board contest in favar of the Lynch-Hawking Board, Ludeling Tallioferro and Howell con- curring. Wylie and Kennard dirsented, eacl randngn an opinion. The opinion of the ma- Jority mfi disgenting opinions cover ninety pages ‘of foolscap. 1. Loum, Mo, Jeo. 23.—Owen Norten, a workman at the St. Louis Lard and Oil Works, whils oiling presses to-dsy, Was caught in tho machinery and his hesd cat off. g5 e il i Troops for the Modoc War. Vmorxza, N. T., Jan. 23.—Company K, First Cavalry, marched for Reno this momning, en route from Camp Halleck for tho Modoc swar. Telegraphic Brovities. The Rev. E. P. Hammond, the Rovivalist, will be in Bloomington on Batardsy to lsbor smong the sinners of that city. The reports of the rapid spread of small-pox in Bloomington aro totally nnfounded, there be- ing only six cases in the entiro city. 3 Early on Thursdsy morning the Scheible House, at Dayton, Ohio, was entered, and two large cases containing jewellers’ material stolen valued at §800. No clue was obtained of the thief, for whom a largo roward is offered. The Grand Army of tha Republic met yoster- day, in Dy and succeeded in orgenizing thelr Committees and paasing a few resolations. The meeting was alimly attended. The St. Louis Board of Trade, yesterday after- noon, psssed a resolation protesting againat the repesl, by Congress, of the Bankrupt law, snd earnestly uesting the Senators and Rep- - resentatives from Missouri to defeat tho prop- osition, if poesible. A disease provails in Detroit not unlike the epizootic of last fall. The symptoms are & co- pfous discharge of mucous from the eyes and nose, a_hacking cough, together with sudden rostration :. . disinclination to move. The isease is entirely new to our physicians, and haa thus far bafiled their skill. Professor Moses C. Tyler, of the Michigan Stato University, bas accopted the position of 1 editor of Henry Ward Rozcher's paper, istian Union, and resigned his profes- p. His resignation is to take effect about. the beginning of tha next term, when e will assume the duties of his editorial position. Mr. Bouthwick, whose bank-&t Dexter, Mich., suspended recently, involved the bank about £16,000, and his entire liabilities are Xegertcd to be sbout 8100,000. It1seaid that the bank will redsem all its losses, as ita creditors have im- plied faith in the integrity of Mesars. Phelps and Poiter, the aseignees, and the stockholders are willing to grant timo. v