Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1873, Page 3

B T SHUCTIR RSP s AR e Ty [ e — e —————————— p———————— . e e e THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1873. ANOTHER MATINEE. The Poiice Board Hold a Strictly ConfidentiaY* Mesting, Baperintenderit Washburn Must be Humbled, by Klokke. Hr, Reno Mauled Over the Coals for Agree- ing with the Mayor. A First-Class Argument in Favor of Abolishing the Board. Fisttered by the brilliant success of their #fforts to bold a secret meeting on Wednesday siternoon, the Board of Police Commissioner’s sesterdsy undertook to havo what they termed 3 “confidentinl meeting.” from which reporters were slily locked out. - Two ropresentatives of » morming peper .were in the Commissioners ofice, and went into the Seceretary’s room for.a moment. In two seconds Loy found themselves hopelsas exiles from tl:e Eden of intrigus which they quitted iu good faith. There was apparently good reason for this action, for, no sooner were the reporters in position £ hear all that should transpire, {han Mr. Klokke's voic» was heard. His tzes were lond enough to bo overheard in the Pacific -Hotel, his voice was harsh sod passionate. He was upbrdiding Mr. Reno for his bad faith in supporting the Mayor and Seperintendent Wachburn in the meeting on tho povious day. The two Commissioners were vrngling at the top of their voices, and Mr. Sheridan's attempts as a peace-maker wero al- | most drowned in the din. VWhen the uproar sub-~ gided, and Mr. Reno oblained an opportunity to pake himeelf audible to the. reporters, he de- clared that he had had a confidential conversa- tion with Mr. Washburn. The Buperintendent went over the general plan of his system, and insisted that a fair trial ghounld bo given it. Ifit w25 & failure it might then bo rescinded, other- wise it ought to be carried into cffect. In the discuseion upon the subject he had merely acted upon this principle, and had given Mr. Wash- purn an opportunity. y Commissioner Bheridan said that -in doing {his he wes acknowledging the Buperintendent's suthority to give orders independent of tho suthority of the Board. The Board looked to Mr. Reno a8 its President to speak for them. If he spproved the orders of the Superintendent, wd gave the sanction of the Board tosuck a conrse, he was responsible for the dissensions ofthe Board, and the members of that body vught to sgree among themselyes on important measures. Commisefoner Klokke was eorry to seo the President of the Board allowing himself to be brow-beaten by a combination between the Mayor and the Buporintendent of Police. The Board ought to maintein'their authority against all parties who are seeking to opposo it. Commisgioner Sheridan said thero were par« ties in the city who were endeavoring to cause dissensions in the Board. There was such an effort being made, with the hope that the Board would be abolished during the present scession of the Legislature. e Commissioner Reno took up Tne TRIBUNE, aod pointed to & parsgraph in the report of thd secret cession of the previous day, and com- plained of it. ~ Commissioner Klokke did not care anything woout this. The press were busy in the effortto teing abont the abolishment of the Board, but be would take no notice of if. Commissioner Sheridsn did not think there was any danger of the Board being sbolizhed 8o Iong as they acted a8 an unit in the considers- tioa of imporiant meagures, The Board ought lsoto exercise their suthority, and not aliow the Superintendent to assume the powers of tho Board. If the Board exercised the powers con- ferred upon them by the charter, and paid more attention to the maragement of the police forcs, instead of the management of the Buperintend- «at, they would haveno fears of being abolished. The Board was created for s specific purpose. 1t they did what they-were created to do, that wasall that could be expected of them. ‘Commiseioner Klokke held the Buperintend- ‘ot responsible for the present demoralization fthe force. The pross wers also- partially re- wonsible for seizing-upon their little.differ- «oes and magnifying them beforo the public in Buch & way that the fiuu\i 'was held in contempt. The conversation continned in this strain_for ame time, when the Board agsin reverted to the Superintendent. 5 Commisaioner Klokke maintained thaf the Board had tolerated the assumption of the Su- ferdtendent hitherto out ot pure good nature. had been issuin; ¢very one, ‘and the ard had encoursged by tolerating his assumption. If. this passive ‘policy were continued, it would be miaugan for Weakness and cowardice. Commigsioner Reno fell back on his inexperi- ‘¥nce, a0d spoke in & low tone of voice. When beameinto the Board he understood. there were to be some changes in the.general polica systam of tho city. There was fo be_increasod ;fifl;ficgflig the forgé He had honrgu;ilt Ar. oot b mannfly-g axein a very lively way, agflmmi&sio;:rd Eheridln .:ndid Um: thé\zt guillo- ractice een Carri f‘mgnliznfiun of the force. kel s. eaes Commissioner Reno gaid he had not observed Gatit had produced any vory beneficial rasults. Eomething besides decapitation was needed. It bsdgo far resulted in tho removal of the best fen, and the substitution for them of the very ¥orstin the city. Tho proposition of Washe burn had boen to effect an entiro chango in the aTengements of the department. Commissioner Klokke (somewhat satirically), *Yes, and the first part of the programme con- tisted of abolishing the Lake Btrest Squad, and substituting for it & supernumerary List.” . Commissioner Reno said that this was a good measure, In case of sickness at auy of the tations, the place of & sick man might be filled by one of the supernumeraries. Commissioner Klokke had been up to seo Captaln French upon the subject, and the Captain had said that it wes compelling men ¥ho had by bard work earncd the priviloge of By duty to do tho work of apprentices. Fomuissioner Sheridan alladed to tho dis- tatisfaction that had arisen in the Police De- partment about Mr. Washburn's order. Commissioner Kiokke said Sergeant Bucklay s0d Bergeant Lull had told him that it the Su- Perintendant continued to issue such obnoxious ud impracticable orders, the men wonld certain- Iy mutiny, and the Sergesnts themselves would resign. * Thoy told this to Mr. Sheridan in con- Hdence, pdding & wish that it should go no fur- u‘k;mmimionu Sheridan said the point was, that ths Buperintendent continued to exerciso con- clusive control of the daspartment, the Board ¥ould be & mere nfinen:ityn o2l ths mnissioner Keno grimly - suppose tion 1o bo whether ts. Doard ot tho Super- tendent was running the Departmant. iseloner Klokke, with equal grimness, Temarked that th;‘pmv{glndu speskera e.é:imaa' the g day “would im; o Su-. P!n:ungegc ran thi Daputmex?t.y ssioner Bheridan thought that the mflond must be united. Ho understood that a was nowin Springfield locking to the aboli- of tho Board. = Commiseioner Klokke did mot suppose that #ch 8 bill conld bo passed. 2 that eioper Sheridan did not know about + The county members, sturdy, shrewd, and tearheaded farmers and lawyears, would re- Bwdtha Board with suspicion, and thebillmight easily be passed, tred more coming round to the subject of the B.m\'o-bmn- police’ regulation, Commissioner the suggested that the Board speak quietly to ,ml;npmnmam, and to request him to modi- mlbi:glau‘ Ho qutnvr L":ltn%nm .L::flhbum was m it. i J bobadacted without suthority, and of & different character.- i oner Sheridan said that this would dm"ftmlly admitting his power to do a8 he had §ms. Tho Board onght to impesch him for Mbedlenue_ol orders, or compel him to issue h a modified order as would give general The Charter and the rules of the ‘confess en give ion. ' worded by ‘orders_ independently of 3 of { On resching Chelses, :h course. The 'Board had the Superintendent ore. Commissioner Reno said the Board hada’ got' Mr. Washburn at all. vTheimoon!d not compel him to do agi'thlng of thokind. Theyhad bet- ter wait until the new regulations wore printed, and then seo what they could do. This cheerful confab lasted abont two hours, the firet half hour of which was consumed in the discussion of Mr. Reno's conduct in supporting Mr. Washburn, and in stating that he knew nothing of the order after he had discuseed it with the Buperintendent. Tho first threat was - Klokke, thus : “The Board has the power and authority to exact from the Su- perintendent a certain amount of obedience and respect, and if ho does not show it, ho will be hauled over the coals.” -. And thus this important branch of our munic- ipal cconomy frittered away a whole afternoon in discugeing the fearful assumptionof authority by tho Chiof of Police in endeavoringto put two- thirds of the polico force on duty during tho hours of the greatest prevalence of crime; thus they earned their high salaries in bewailing their inability to combat this dreadful autocrat: thus each rated the other for not being more dofiant of tho foe; thus ench was very brave inside doors inaccossible from without as re- gards ‘the contumacious Superintendent; and thus, a8 » Bosrd, they determined to unite and escapo being legialated out of office. Mcanwhilo are occurring round them and on their ac- count daily evidencos of thoir incapacity. We commend fo thom the following cheerful para- graph clipped from a New York exchange, which every citizen knows to bo only too true : Here are just a few of the diversions indulged in last year in Chicago. A jealous negro cutting his wife's ihroat, an Italian barkeeper killing two men in a blind nccess of rage because a third didn't pay for his drinks, o jealous husband mnnx.\i‘bailms coffes down his wile's throat, s rongh who listened while a policeman read a warrant for his arrest and then blewont tho policeman's b two policemen who winged & runaway prisoner at forty, yards, a drunke en boy who shot and killed a printer that went £0 800 if he had hurt himseif by his fall, a gang of row- dies who insulted an old msu’ daughter and_stabbed when he remonstrated, and a of 14, who, while in company with 5 mob of companions, from 10 £0 17 years of_age, enowballs a peaceable citizen going home; and_ when his companion resents the sssault Jdlls him with a knife, . No account of knifinge pistollings in brothels,shootings by burglars who found the house-keeper awake, robberica_ on publia sireots at noonday at the pistol's muzzle, and the like, A, L SIMONDS AND SON. How the Pair Were Dogged from Chicago to Pittsburgh---Simonds on s Muscle. Reception of the “Son” by Her Guardian--- Material for a “Fallen Angel’, Readers of Tre TamuNe will remember the manner in which that enterprising journal, the Pittsburgh Gazette, converted Detective Simonds, of this city, into'a gay deceiver, while convey- ing to her relatives in tho East the young per- son of the gentler sex who camo to this city in bifucatod nether garments. Simonds explains away the ingenious mendscity of the reporter, and makes him cut & rather credulous and milk- and-watery victim of a designing knave. Itap- pears that the girl while in Chicago sttracted ‘the attention of » young man in this town who had peered into the Superintendent’s room, and had learned from the DowWSpspers as to when and where sho was going. When “Simonds and .Son” embarked on tho train, they were followed by this person, who is described as a young inan about 80 years of age, and rather sbove the medium height. During their jonrney, this fellow stared continu- ally at the girl, and endeavored, in tho absenca of the officer, to cultivate an acquaintance. Bimonds caught him, and spoke rathor sharply tohim. When the party arrived ot Pittsburgh, Depot Hotel, and thither went this young man. Ho watched tke register so eagerly that Simonds, who had been annoyed by his behavior during the journey, more to puzzle him than for any other purpose, inscribed the words, ‘‘Bimonds and Son,” which gave the roporter the foundation for his silly romance. It may be mentioned that the follower had, during the journey, done his ‘best to attract publioc attention to tho pair, and bad whispered around to their fellow-travellers the samo silly story that was subsequently swal- lowed by the Gazelle roporter. The stranger waited around the hotel, and confided his silly narrativo to the clerk, who in his turn narrated it to the reporter. £ ‘When Bimonds was about to leave the hotel, Do gave the girl her satchel, and proceeded to tho ticket office. When he returned to the girl, he found the fellow talking to her. Ho again spoke to the man, and got on the train, Tho stranger again gobt on board, but Simonds was mad by this timoe. He vwent up to his unknown follower, and remarked that this business had one on abont long enough, and that if he fol- owed him s step. g\u'ther there would be a col- tision, resulting in the young man's inability to journey by rail for several months to come. * The party addreased took the hint, gob off the train, &nd was seen no more. The girl's married alstar lives ot Springfleld, and ber father lives with her. The girl her- gelf lives with ber -guardian in Cholsca. 8he has no mother, but .is under the care of her guardian, and is possessed of & comfortable oom%umncy in her own name. imonds left the girl at & hotel to change her clothing for more appro- priste garments, while he went to apprize her guardian of her return. It appeared that, pre- Vious to starting to Chicago, she had pawned her trunk and its contents for $45, and'the de- tective redeemod it for her with her own funds. Bimonds called upon_the guardian, narrated the story of his ward’s adventuros, and told him she was at the hotel waiting to be conducted to him. The guardian, however, was disposed to regard the sdventure with no levity or tolerance, and fiatly refused to receive his tard, stating that she had forfeited all claim to his care, and must now rely upon others, or herself, in case her relations were indisposed to overlodk her follies. Simonds repeated this rather bitter sentonce to the girl, who by this time was subdued in man- ner, and appoared to better advantage in the dross worn her’ gex, and a council of war was held. The poor, silly girl fold her whole story to the detectivo, asked his advice. Bhe” enid that ‘while liviog with Ler sister gho was persecuted by the atten- tions to“h a yoggb ‘mu: whom ! an oyo.to her property, but was unspoakab obnoxious to har.pfim:_r sister, her br!gfimr-inz law, and her father wero most anxious that the match shonld be arranged, and tormented her sbout it untll sho {ook refuge with ber dian, Ly whom she vas kept at school in Chalse: her fover promising to pay 8500 8s his share o tho expense of her oducation. SEAE - . Simondsresolved to take her to her rolatives at all hazards, and tho pair took the first train to Bpringfleld, and the girl. was left with her rela- tions. Her reception was not a very warm or enthusisstio - one, and tho detectivo fears that she ' will not be allowed to remain with her relativos. Her manner is not nch as to attract_much sympathy, and her tendenoy is exceedingly wild. Simunis believes that hitherto she has not done anything to for- feit her ~laim_ to xugnctnbxlity beyond the es- capade which resulted in her arrest, bat from the circumstance in which ' she is piaced, and from her naturally wild and reckless digposition and her general coarseness of mauner, ho fears she will not long doserve 80 favorablo a verdict to be rendered. The Saratoga Geyser Water. Buck & Rayner draw true Geyser water ot the * Spa.” = —_———— A Child of Twelve Years Attempts to| - Commit Snicide. Mr. 8. P. Wottring and wife, of Clyde, Ohio, afew yoars sgo_sdopted & small boy from tho Home for the Friendless. The child proved to be bright, emart and active.: “They loved him as their own, were kind and sffectionate, and grati- fied his every wish and desire. The child was taken sick with fever, and all the care that fond parents could give was given to him. He re- covered, but crippled for life, as the fever seitled in one of his limbs, and tho use of crutches wes resorted to. - This seemed too much for the sen- sitive natare of the now unhappy child.” Ho be- came languid and drooping, and he seemed to think that he was & burden upon his benefactors. A few days ago Mr. Wottring purchaced some poizon to poison rats, and after using some Inid therest by for future use.. The child watched him, and a8 soon as sn opportunity presented wentto the hiding place, took the ‘{oisun, and swallowed it. He was discovered and physicians sent for, who administered antidotes, and the boy is in a fair way to Tecover.. When asked why e did 80, replied that he felt himself. & burdox, anddid not want tolive. The child is only 12 years of age, ud exhibits a sensitivenocss beyond his Balloo Foroe were o sufliciont authority for such | yoars. THE LAW COURTS. Somnolent Effects of the Storm on the Halls of Justice. Fate ‘of the Young Lady Who Bathed the Features of Her Lover in - Boiling Lye: Datective Elliolt In Chancery in the .Rolo of Capitatist and Land Proprictor. Cits of Kankakee, American Express Company, and Remington Sewing Machine Com. pany Among the bistinguished Defendants, 1t is extraordinary Low the wind will sweep around corners. If the wind did not sweep around corners it would have driven all the snow yesterdsy due sonth, throagh LaSalle streot, and the lawyers would have found their way to-the Courts; this corner of Tur, TRIBUNE would have- filled to overflowing with the record of thoso astonishing frauds which scem to bo charged only that they may bo refuted ; and the head of the law roporter would have touched the downy pillow in placid satisfaction at & good day's work faitbfully done. But the obstinate wind would persist in blowing around the corners. It hesped deop banks of snow whorea moment beforo the bare foobwalk was scen; and shrieked through the stovepipes to the lawyers, both great and small; to go home, before the trains ceased to run ; to the clerks, to the Judges, to everybody, that home was the best place o be -in, and the streots the worst, If it wore pot, for tho enow that fiied the streots, And the wind which drifted the snow, the Iaw reportor might have revelled to the full in that surprising bill which, he s as- sured, has beon in preparation for some months past, and which s intended to buret like & thun- derbolt npon somebody’s head one of these days —fine days; not snowy days. Butthe waysof {ho lawyeraproved to be too hard, and the conrts wero deserted. Snuch of the Judgos as could hie them away befora noon did g0, and thare was a gencral foeling of drowsiness and disgust inside the halls of justice, and & tendency to look.out of the windows and gape sleepily at the spitoful, wind-drifted flakes, Dut thera were no now bills in chancery. To compensate, however, there occurred s couple of ixcidents in the Criminal Court thst proved the exception to the prevailing rule of dulness. When Judge Booth called oub “BRING TP, HELEX M'CARTEY,” there was & perceptible imovement amang tho fow citizens who had braved the storm and wadod lmee-deep to the ruins of the old Court ‘‘Simonds and Bon” registered at the Union’ House; and ascattered fow who had been loafing aronnd the passages outside shoulderod their wayin. Soon, ayoung lady of exceedingly pre- possessing appearanco walked up to the binch, followed by a determined-1ooking man, who af- terwards tiirnod out fo be o brother. The lady was dressed modestly but handsomely, and bore herself like & parson who would walk, ander all circumstances, discroetly through life, and hold her reputation clear of every etain. Yet sho stood thore to receive sentence for dashing s potful of boiling Iyo into ber lover's face ; one of those nctions to which impressionable females, whose youthfal passions have not yet come undor control, are incited by fasoinating |* epgravings of the illustrated papors of the dsy. The Judge's romarks oxpressed the nsture of the case better than the reporter can. He said that the prisoner was imploaded, with her sister, Mrs. Eeating, for throwing scalding lye over & man named Finnan, From the ovidence that had been ndduced it would seem that the attack was the result of a deliberate plan between the pisters. Whilst the man Pinnan was visiting the sisters, they invited him to comeinto the kitchen, whore the lye was already :being prepared ; and, when the man obeyed the invitation, and fet into the kitchen, the prisoner threw the lye over him. If there wero any other circumstances, they did not appesr in the. evi- Gonce. ‘This 'was an ontrage, and one much graver than the partios would scem to have con- sidored ; it was a Penitentiary offence. Persons were certainly being sent to the Ponitentiary for such: comparatively trivial matters s stoaling small amounts of ‘315, $20, 25, and such liko, The option of a fine of £200 was in. this instance allowed. Ho had at first thonght that nothing legs than imprisonment would meet the merita of the case, and he wzs sbout to fix the term of such imprisonment, when he learned- that 3Mrs. Koating had an infant of tonder years o care for, and, after consideration, he determined to fine her the amount provided by.lnwt. namely, . | $200. In deciding tho punishment of tho por- gon beforo-him, ho had - first intended to commut her, but had come to the conclusion that it would only be ri%ht to infliot the same punish- ment on both, and ho should, therefore, fino B ot instantly stepped_formard, with o brothar instantly stepped fo s xoll ‘of ills. in. Bis hand, and, aa G0 as the formalities of the law wamegonn through, the young lady was given her freedom; having lain two nighta in the pestiferous jail. The girl's tale is yery different to that told to the Judge ; -ghe gays that the man was engaged to be mar- ried to her, and was brute enough to make in- decent proposals to her. 2 2 - The other incident in the Criminal Court was the finding of o verdict by the jury in the Brady trial. Patrick .Brady has boen undor trial for tho past fow days, charged with tear- “’5 up & note of $700 on which he was indebted to Winifred J. O'Neil. Tho evidence was very contradictory, and the lssue rested on tho comparative veracity of two witnesscs, tho ‘Prosecution cndeavoring to establish that Brady, while & debtor in the eaid noto, ematched it out of Mrs. O'Neil's bands, and deliberately tore it up, or otherwise mede away with it. The jury was instructed that the punishment was imprie- onment in the Penitontiary, and tho jury found a verdict of guilty, and fixed the term at eigh- toen months. : DETECTIVE ELLIOTT WAS A DEFENDANT to & suit on hearing before Judge Gary, in chan- cery, in tho Superior Court, bronght by Mr. Pragg, the woll-known lond sgent. From the ovidonce takenin the case, and the arguments, yesterdny, tho matter seemed to' have assum about as foggy o shape as possible. Tho plain- Siff claims, 2 tho reportor understands if, that ho saw o - capital opportunity to epeculato sue- cossfully-in South Chicago lnnds before the com- motion caused by the intended construction of the parks, and knowing tho detective was & mon= eyed, carefnl man, who was seeking a ce of addidg tohis pile, ho- invited him to put his savings into the venture, the profits to be divid- ed’ share and share alike, on the salo of the Iand atthe enhanced price. The Enrchua ‘was made, the location was ‘not favorably sffected by the Fuk scheme, and the venture, as a cash epecu- ation, failed. Finally the land was sold by other partics, of Elliott and Bragg, con!i\‘lorinE that ' Elliott had mo legal right to take the matter out of his han and lace the profits in the pockets of ofhers, Prosght this action to recover half the incrouse mx:;iu hy(l Elliott over and ebove the prico ho ha aid. T‘hsp dotective's story is s complete denial -of this. He says that Mr. Bragg simply actod as an agent for him, and that b failed to carry out the particular scheme which he had proposcd, the contract ended, and his obligation to tie up his property, awaiting future.developments of ngonts Mr. Bragg for an indefinito number of years ‘ceased. gflnllly, when the park scheme was determied on, and the laud, instesd of benefiting, actually decreased in value, snd Mr. Tragg {ailed to do anything with it, Elliott took tho maatter into his own control, and throngh the means of other agents d.iupowf of the property to advantage. If the Court dezides against the defendant, he Egll have to pay probably between $4,000 and £5,000. Judge Gary was shout to docide the matter, ‘when the counsel on both sides, desiring further time to consider mnexpected points that had come up during the argument, obtained s con- tinnance until to-day. - 5 = The remainder o{ the ijtoms gleaned in the Courts, yesterday, belong to the comprehensive class known a8 :_ MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. . _ The Grand Jury has completed its Isbors and boen discharged. beving accomplishied. the pur- pose for which it was cfilad, namely, the indict- ‘ment of Eate Jones, for the robberé:f $45 from ths1 gefi:;! of Mn,mf' Nelllaon; nm:fi dl:les Shaw and Jol owell, for ing confidence 0 o uas Batphen ta the seisat a0 of S45.- - The United States District Court was a picture of cold desertion. It yielded a solitary crumb; a decree in the matter of John T. Templa. bank- IR : A paragea) - with reference tb the Corpell Watch Campany. “have been rupt, on the application of Charles H. Walker sgainst tho Assignee of tho bankrupt's estats, and Iglehart and Btinson, praying foran in- junction restraining the parties assigning any interest in the half, or any (pu't of the west hinlf of the southwest quarter of Section 2, Township 39, 14, and quit claim of all the bankrupt's titlo in said lond, which was granted. An item, which is hardly worthy of being callod even a crumb, was 8 sult in sssumpeit, damages £5,000, ‘brought against the City of Kankakee by the ‘Canton Wrought Iron Bridge Company, for tho recovery ‘of the face value of warrants on the city treesury in favor of the Campmay, the pay- merit of which the Treasurer refused. In bankruptcy, therd was & single item, name- 1y, leave to the Assignee of tho estets of Nowlin ! McElwain, to sell Lot 14, in Block 1, Clstlc- eon's Subdivision of the east five acres of tho west half of tho south twenty-five acres of the west half of the northeast quarter of Scction 6, Township 39, 14, being in the City of Chicago. Two attachments were granted in the Circuit Court, namely, one to Jacob Armheimer againat John G. Grant, who. lives in rear of No. 170 South Desplainos strest, for o debt of $424.03 for go gupplied on tho assertion by Grant that he was owner of land worth #10,000 on Wells stréot, between Jackson and Quincy stroota; and the other .o James J. Mosier sgainst John McKinnon, in an sssumipeit suit for 3500. o ; L ‘William Horter bfinf’ a croditor’s bill in the Bn&oflm‘ Court against the daughters of Charles McDonnell, having obtained a judgment against him which no proporty has been found tosatiafy. . The daughters, Elizabeth and Barrict, are al- leged to bo living on the rents of 312 and 814 West !lnndolgh strect, and to possess other prop~ erty and stocks nominally in ‘their own namos, but which really belong to the father. ) Emery A. Gard yostordsy brought enits in debt and assumpsit, for 315,000 each, against Alex- ander L. Green; and suits in_assumpsit were brang}lt sgainst the American Express Company and tho Romington Sewing Machine Company. Three voluntary petitions for- ban mElteci were in hand, yesterdsy, intending to be to-day, one being that of & Chicago party. 2 The call is unchanged with Ja ige Porter, tho same case being on trisl. Judge Tree resumes the hearing of the Tucker case. Judge Rogers calls 45to 55, inclusive. ; ..., NEW SUITS, Tnc Ustrep Stites Crictrr Court—Simon Becker v. Frank B, Hawkins, Thomas R, Willard, énd V: E; Rasco; . sesumpeit, $1,200. Canton Yrought. Iron Pridge Company v. City of Kankakee; assumpsit, 27, Cmourr GounT—5,600.—Jacob Armheimer v. John Q, Grant; attachment for §950. 6,631—Jamed 3. Moaier v, John McKennan; sssumpeit, $500 and aftackment, 5,632—Peler M, Livingston v, Samuol L. Wilcox; case, §2,500. ; Tae Soremion Counr—i2,059—B, G, Hangv. P B Jetto and B, Philpot; petition for_miechanics’ lien on Lot 41 of sub-Block 3 of Carter H. Harrlson's sub- division of Blocks 1and 2 of Section 19, Townahip 39, 14, €2,00—Edward A. Vadl v. H. Liebenstein & Co. ‘sesnmpalt, $500. 42,061—AL, Bocker & Co, v. Hawkine, Millard & Co.; essumpsit, §600, 42,003—William Horter v. Charics, Eiizaboth, and Harriet McDonnell creditor’s bill, 43,003—Emery B. Gard v. Alexander L. Groer; debt, £15,000. '42,064—8ame . Bame; es- sumpslt, 515,000, 43,005—Theodoro Schintz v. Teter Weber; petitlon fo restoro judgment. 42,066—Willism B, Ia Parle v. Adolph Scholb; same, = 42,067—Ro- public Life insurance Gompany 'v. Obarles D, Warren and Eugeno E, Otls; gesumpeif; $500. 42,008— Alstrap v. Rosberg} sppesl. 42,060—ame v, Samo 3,070—Tsaso P, Coates v. B. W. Dobeon ; e~ sumpatt ; $1,000, 42,071—C, W. Dean and J. F, Man- : Trundt v. American Expresa Compiny; assumpsit, $2,000. 42,033—3utual Life Insurance Compasy, of Chicago, v. Reinhold Janssen; ‘assumj €400, 43,073—Tuck's Chicago Brewery assumpsit, §1,500. - 4 42,075~ Jumea J. Dennett and Trm. Riley, for use Of Wam. i~ ley, v. Bemington Empire Sewing Machine Company § assumpsit, $500. 42,076—Jacob v. Nithlio Klien; di- vorce, - 42.077—G. C. Cook & Co. v. J. B, Ford snd — Ford ; assumpsit, $600, _42,078—Thoa, K. Holden v. V. L. "Drake, of Evanston ; assumpeit, $500. 42,079— Ssmov. G.T. Blunt and B. A, Whipple; nssumpsit, $500. 42,080—Enos Ayrea v. John Sourby ; assumpsit 300, 47081Leopold Rothschild, for use of Feist Fri_nd v, Patrick Cavauaugh and Jse. B, Bodle ; debt, NS ISR THE RAILROAD QUESTION. To the Editor of Ths Chicago Tribune: Bm: The eirife between the people &nd tho railroad interest of this Btate, growing outof the question of the discriminating tariff rates by the lattor, seems tobs increasing, and something should be done to reconcile and harmonize the difference botween them. The railroad interest, which has, within the past twenty years, de- Teloped tle agricultural redourcos of our Siste, and built cities avd populous_towns within ita limits, shonld be respected, and the partics who have invested their money to build up and sus- tain this vast property interest should be reason- sbly compensated for the risk they sssmumed when our broad mores were comparatively worthless for the want of transportation facili- ties for the distribution of building and fencing material and the moving of our products to market. While this is conceded by all who have taken any part in the discussion, I claim that, without the efforts, energy, pnd persever- ance of our poople in the various departments of labor to bring forth the enterprising results 50 apparent- thronghout this commonwealth, their investments would now be valuelees. Therefore, 1 fecl that we arc not ungrateful when we ask them to so arrange their toll-sheets 28 not to discriminate for or against any city, town, placo, or people, on their respective lines of railways. oir charters, whether special or otherwise, were obtained from the people under ‘the Eminent Domain law, and, therefore, wo have the right to insist upon fairand equitable tarifi-aheeta; and I fecl confident that the laws of our country will sustain us in this view of the case. ‘What we most need at thia time, to equalize rates, ia s goneral law, that can bo enforced, which shall forever dispose of the discrimination now complained of, which, as it appoars to me, may: be casily accomplished by our Legislature 'if {t will take into consideration the extent of tho trafo which'pagses to and from this State, to and through adjoining Statos. _ The consolidated rail thoroughfares now di- verging from Chicago, cover & tarritory bounded south by the Omo River, southwest and west by Kansas and Nebrasks, and northwest by Wis- consin and Minnesots,—passing over o vast conntry now but thinly settled, affording s limi- ted local business, which may be s good reason why eaid companics cannof, 88 thoy allege, adopt and apply o fixed rate por milo thronghout thair respective lines, and maintain tho integrity of their way and works, and pey the intorest on their bonded indebtedness, as such rates must be based upon the. obtainable rato on produce and merchundise botween Chicago and the States aboved .vamed. This may bo true; but it does not eatisfy me that the business of any station on tho same ling should be charged moro for the same class and quantity of freight from the same point of shipment than is charged to & more distant station on the same road. To prevent _this unfair discrimination, and to entablish equity betwoen the shipper and carrier, I would suggest that a law be passed authoriz- Ing and requiring the Railroad Company having i5o shortest line botwoer:_any two luces, whero cither of twa ormore railways msy be used by the public, to fix and publish the tariff of rates 1o and from all such places,. which rates should bo adopted by the Hailrond Companics in this Btate baving the longest line between such sta- tions or places; and that each and all of said parties should be bound by eaid tariff under s Bevero penalty - for charging or taking more or lces than said published rates, eitber irectly or indirectly. The same law ehould provide that no Railroad Company or Transport}:fian Company doing business in this State shall charge a higher toll rate for a less than for o greater distance on game lino. Thatis,. the shipper near the merket should not be charged moro on a bushel of wheat orcorn then the man tho ships the same from a otation farther from the same mar- ket. A FARMED. THE CORNELL WATCH FACTORY. . An Injurious Scandal Started by Discharged Workuen. A paragraph in the city column of THE TaID- e yesterday relating to the Cornell Watch Compsny, was the result of inexcussble care- Togeness in giving publication to - scandal start- GRAIN INSPECTIO The Matter Discussed by the Di- rectors of the Board ef Trade. A Variety of Opinions Exprossed, but no Action Taken, Another Meecting to be Held on Saturday. A meeting of the Committes on Miscellaneous Bubjects of the Directors of the Board of Trado was held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of discussing some points connected with the in~ spection of grain under the Stato law. The first point was as to tho separation of tho Railroad and Warehouse Commission, forming to Boards: Mr. Hovie seid it was a good ides, and to e- duce the galary from £,50C to $2,500. The in- spection fees would coverall expensés: The law applied only to Chicago, and the office should bo thero. Mr. Irwin moved that the Committes recom- mend that the law be thus changed. The Chiir said the meéting had been called rathdr to hear suggostions, and thea feport to the Directors. » Mr. Irwin said there were defects in the in- spection, and-gave instances leading to results which had ceused compleints in the East. The grades of barley had been gradually changed, so 28 to mako a difforence betwoen Soptember and January of 10 cents a bushel. The quality varied at tho different warehouses, as some of the in- spectors had been negligent, and the quality run down. If the presont systom went on, Chi- cago would loso 1ts barley trado, Afilwaukee barley was now ‘sovoral cents above Chi- cago birley; while, at tho boginning of the ecason, thero was oo difference. They kept up thoir grades thero, and would secure much of the trade. Some omo should have suthority.to oversee tho wholo matter. - Thore followed a discussion of the Milwaukee ‘mothod of grading wheat, after which came an< other on tho demand for high mixed ‘corn. Mr. ‘Wight was in favor of dropping the term *No. 1,” and calling it *“high mixed.” He felt there was noed of & chango in gradiog corn. Owing to the presont system, the yellow corn from Southern Ilinois conld not corae hore, while it gold well at tho East. He would mako the standard for high mixed three-quarters yellow. He strongly favored a chango in grades. Mr Brainard believed tho corn grades were made for an European market, and in view of the changed condition of things at tho East, required change. i Mr. Randolph did not think the division of the Commission would do much good unless the law was changed. Ho belioved it & mistako to have the Chiof Inspector appointed by the Governor, The Commission ehould be here, and appoint all its officers. It was pretty cerfain that a mers politician would get hold of the Inspectorelip, unless there was & ge. Grades should mot bo roguated by _ iron law. Local canses might badly influence Legis- Intures. A good Commission, properly restrict- od, could best fix the grades. He did mot be- lieve it politic to the grade of Nos. 1 and 2 corn. ey had had three good crops, but the next might be Dg‘ufl poor, and bo what was called low mixe ately, No.2 corn had sold about 38 well as No. 1, but that might not con- tnme. The grade of yellow corn was of no ac- count. If they could abolish yellow, and substi- tuto high mixed, of good quality, refaining Nos. 1 and 2, he belioved it would mswer. If all these things conld bo dono, ha be- lieved they lnd accomplished all that was necessary. e did not be- liove in i es to accord with ‘Tules in other cities. The law was too inflexible, too, in fixing the les of wheat, Bome power ‘was wanted, whon necessary, to kafi an old crop separate trom a new, and that should be given to the Commissioners. Mr. Davis did agree with Mr. Randolph, ex- ee&tru to the g}' les of corn. . Murry Nelson agreed entirely with Mr. Randolph: The law must be changed or the trade suffer. At prosent the lxw was s great ca- lamity. Tho trade here could not compete with Ohio and Wisconsin, whera the regulations wero flexible. S . Mr. Howe eaid he saw tho necessity for a flexible inspection &t the time of the wheat cor- ner last year. 3 Ar. Randolph said it was flexible, but on the wrong gide. _ Mr. Nelson said very few people realized the importance of the Grain Inspactor. F.u power was far fi:fi'm than that of any Governor. Alr. dolph said the Commissioners bad stated they know of no error iu inspection. That statoment was enough to convince him of their incompetency. He gave an instance of & great error in inspection. Mr. Wright suggested that the Committee rocommend that one ‘of the Railroad Com- missioners have an office hero, or that they meet here at least once a month. Thoe Committeo adjourned till half-past 8 on_ Saturdsy, ‘when a public meeting will bo held. PERSONAL. Hon. J. Van Valkenburgh was at the Briggs House yesterday. - * Resolutions of !ymgnthy were yesterdsy ex- tended by the Board of Trade to the relatives of Mr. Granyille Ktmball, whose tragic death was Tecorded in Thuraday's TRIBUNE. The following residenta of Riverside were at the Gurdugr yesterdsy: E; 'E. Clilds J. 0. Cochrane, 8. 8. Weigley, W. H. Woigloy, G. Chamlin, H. E. Lease, Carol Gaytis and wife, D. Blakley, L. W. Murray. The following were at Auerson’s Enropean Hotel yesterday: T. C. Carson, Towa City; N. C. Kirk, Daraboo, Wis; F. F. Dotbune, Yokohams, Japan; D. B, Young, Middletown, Ind;E. G. Bleight, Towa. - The following were at the Gardner yestorday: . H. Moore, Boston ; C. H. Buohtell, Brooklyn; Dr. A. O. Cogswall, Halifsx, N.8.; G. E. Dough* erty, Buffalo: J. Wharton, New Orleans ; Thoa. Batowell, Pittaburgh ; J. H. Weller, Now York. “The following wro at tho Tromont sesterday George A. Lawrance, New York; D. H. Ains- worth, Desoines; . Kirkpatriclr, Syracuso, N.Y.; J.Joslin, Vermont;_Isasc Frood, Phila: aclphia; W. H. Mooro, Boston; J. Ormsby, New York. Tho followin wore st the Briges sestordsy: Tsnae Coles, ewark, N. J.; C. H. Matbows, Conn.; O. D, Weldie, i’hfindnlEhh; . F. Peck, Des ioines; F. C. Hills, E. V. Derickson, Bioux City ; W. M. Taglor, Otiawa; 8. Fenger- gon Denver, Colorado; W.B. Davenport, St. Louis. * Beveral Times reporters who were yestorday overwhelmed by the snow storm, were brought to the oftice of that peper at o lato hourlast night by s dog of the 8t. Bernard breed, em- ployed for the purpose. It was touching to ob- gorve the weak, tender, helpless way in which the nnfortnnates reachod out for the whiskey flask attached to the dog's collar. ITl:e following were at the Sherman yesterday : 8.5 o, Sreraey Citys E. R. Cartor, Hatt- ford, Conn.; 5. 8. Burk, Msrguette, Mich D. Shipman, Quebec; James Hart, Cincinnal, F. R. Bostwick, New Bedford, 3ass.; A. L. Ber- ty, Fargo, D. T.:_A. B. Sidly, Lima, 0.5 B. C. Whiting, San Francisco; M. J. Newman, Pal- ed by o diecharged workman, brought in by s zoporter ot a late hour. Under any circum- stances we should regret the tone of the para- graph, for there chould be no such word a3 “fail " recognized in connection with our local manufacturing enterprises, In this caso the rumor is totelly gronndless. The affairs of the Company wero never in g better shape, and the capitalists azsociated in the enterprise aro nmgly repaid for their skill and nerve. We publish a letter from the Becretary of the Company, tho statements in which can be abundsntly ‘estab- liched from the .books of the Compsny. The Manager. has recently been cutting down the force and making changes with a view to econo- my and efficiency, and it ‘was solely from this sonrce that the scandalous rumor was eet afloat. o the Editor af The Chicago Tribure : Sm: A raph appesred in to-dsy's mu_-fln Y statement is a "*scandal” without fonndation in truth, undoubtedly coming from an_oporative feeling malio- fous in copsequence of being discharged. Within the last ninety days the prodnction of the Company’s factory bas been more thaz double, whilo the expenses diminished 33 per cent in the same tme. Ths proapects of the Company were never 5o §ood 38 iy re today. Bespoctluly yonre, i # £ 8. Cavxus, Becrotarys myro. At 12 o'clock yesterday the mortal remains of Mrs. Wilbur F- Storey_were removed from tho family residence on Michigan_svenue to the Episcopal Catbedral, corner of West Washington a5d Peoris strects, whero the solemnly beauti- ful burial service of the Efiiuo al Church was performed at 1 o'clock, Bie! o& Whitehouse offi- cisting. _Notwithstanding the terrible storm that ragsd at the time, & Jarge number of friends wers present. The interment took place at Rose Hill Cemetery. COLONEL FABENS. T the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Dear Smi The idea presented by your corres- pondent, “ St. Dominic,” relative to the identity of Colonel Fabens, appears to me o be an erro- neous one. The person whom he describes as Hartmont, alias Herzberg, seems to have been scarcely a8 shrewd a manss Fabens. I lmew the Iatter well, during the progress of the annex- ation scheme, and it may be of some interest to the public to know something aboat tha Chlef Engineer of the neéw high-pressure. Samana Bay Company. Fabens is s manof about 55 yenrs of sge, well- preserved, full-bodied, and of a rather Im%g:in.g presence, in spite of his low staturo. is genial end entertaining, snd has the general appearanca of & wealthy banker. No one would ever suspect him of being the unscru- E‘flou adventurer that = his career as shown him to be, mor, on short acquaintance, wonld anyono believe Lim to bavo the daring and nerve that he has often shown in emergencies. - He hns s charming wife and thres children, and his home is only & short_distence from New York—on Btsten Island, 1 believe, His eldest Aon has beon Consular Agent of the United Btates at Samana Bay for some time. Fabens was United States Comsul at Gres- town many years ago, and was engaged in some outrage in assisting. or encouraging a filbuster- ing expedition, which necessitated his with- drawal in dirgrace. It g not at all likely that he was over 80 hardsup as Horzberg is represented to have been. . The latter individur] may possibly tnrn up as a certain Dr. Archambault, whosa name figures oxtonsively on the corner-stekes surrounding many of the most eligible Iots in and about Samans. T judlfio that_the aforceaid Samana Bay Company will find a large part of their most dosirable water-fronts by the claim ef this !1111::15 Dr. ” tto rior osa0ssion. e peculiar status gl roal estato titles in that - island 1may be steted as one which presents the nearest approdch to a chancery lawyer's ideal of hesven that can bo imagined. 3 ‘Novertheloss, the project, in its new develop- ment, for extending gha pinions of the Bird of Treadom over Santo Domingo, is reslly ono which promises great results if tho managers have the money, brains, and, above all, the nerze, to carry it through. While annexation to our republic Would be hazardous, inasmuch as it would involve us in many dsngerous complica- tions, s co-oporation with powers similar in claracter aud extent to thoss of the Royal East Tndia Company of Great Britain of otlier days could wield & greater influence with less of dan- er. - 5 The rosources of the islands were vaguely aod indefinitely sot forth in the Commirsioners’ re- port, but faw ever took the trouble to resd it, and no one that ¢id resd it believed more than half what was said, for the reason that they only said what was expected of them. Howe and Whito investigated, while Ben. Wade frankly ad- mitted that ia could write up the roport before starting as well as on his return. Each onemade out s rcport, and Wado then drégooned the two philanthropists into accepting his version. Tho savannas south of .tho Gulf of Eamana once produced milliops of dollars worth of ex- oris intho davs of tho French occupation. 'his was obtainéd under slave-labor, it i3 true, but tho samoresult can be accomplisked by other means, provided the Company ¢an procure free “clouded” colored emigration and can -protect itgelf. The system of docks, store-houses, and Yghterage which will be necessary to maken greaf free port in such closo_proximity to St. Thomas (ai- Teady posueninilu.\ these advantages), will in- volve the expenditure of many millionsof dollara beforo there will be any return. Whether Fabens, Spofford, Howe, and tho others engaged in the scheme can master the situstion, 16 one of the quostions for the future to decide, Your truly, N AVY. SOLDIERS' CLAIMS. Caznea, No Necessity of Paying an Ad- vance Fee to Attorneys. Tet the Ex-Blue Coats Keep their Money . and Bischarges in their Own Fossession, Bince the war ended incumerzble people have been making s living ont of discherged soldiers, principally in the way of claims agsinst the Gov- ernment. This brood of harpies was hatched a0on after tho rebellion, and has now become, in a measure, extinct. Any new logislation, how- ever, or the prospect of any new logislation, re- garding soldiers stimulates their greed of gain snd sets them going again. The business; in itaelt, i not esentially illogitimate, a8 certain ‘ncts of Congress provide how thoge who collect soldiers’ claima shall be reimbursed for their trouble and expenditure. No fee should ever be given in advance for anylegal servicoof this nature. Tho motter herein especislly re- ferred to is soldiers’ claims upon the public Iands. Every ono knows that, by the Homestead act, any man can gain logal title to s quarter section of Iand, or to 80 acres of reserved railroad land, by living thereon for five years. A clanse of the act provided that s person who had served in the army, and been regularly dis- charged, could doduct from the five years the length of any term of service not; exceeding threo years. A two years' residence upon tho 1and was actually nocezsary in order to malke the claim good. : Thero is now pending in Congress a bill giving 8 quarter section of nxdim.r{ public Iand, or 80 scros of reserved railrond land, 1o any soldier who had served during the war, and been honor- ably discharged. It has passed the Honse, but whether it will be cqually fortunate in the Senate is _exccedingly uncertain. All acts hitherto passed relating to the claims of soldiors havo provided for tho payment of the attorney, to whose bsnds the applicant might confide’ his affairs. The fee waa to be deducted from the claim, and sent directly to the attor- ney, while the balsnce was sent directly to the applicant, and not in caro of the Iawyer. Thero 15 no necessity for paying an sdvance foo; it does net in the slightest degros afiect the status of tho claim, or halp the applicent. i Certain claim sngents on Canal sireet, in this city, taking sdvantage of the pending actin re- ard to soldiers’ Jand bounty, have sdvertised oth in the nm:ifnparfi and by haod bills that disfigure the walls end bridges of the city, to forward the claims of soldiers to portions of the public domains. Itis reported that business has thriven with thom. Tho applicant, for the valuable intervon: tion of these gentlemen, pays them a fee of 810, and rosigns into- their Possesslon his disclszgo, which is to tlem & vory nsoful document, upon the bareat possibillty that the pending act may become a law. The feo if su:fl; thrown away, even if the bill should succeed in getting through the Senato, for it will provide for the ayment of all legal sorvices after they aro. ren- Sored. Porabns taterested would, tharefore, do troll to Keep their paper cagles in their own pock- ots, and their discharges in their own possession, anil such time a8 they have better nse for them. If tho bill should get through, thero will be enough legal gentlemen who will be glad to un- arinko the colloction of all claim, and the ea- tablishment of all soldiers' titles to the public lands, and wait to bo paid until the workis u:tnnhy done. S S SEMATORIAL CORRUPTION. Jovrer, T, Jan, 23,1873, To the Editor of The Chicago Trivune: Br: In the Caldwell investigation, now going on, Governor Corney and W. 8. Banks both teetify that Caldwell told them that his election had cost him 60,000 The case made against Caldwell seems to be a clear one, and & Little curiosity will naturally be manifested as to how the othor honest Senators (for the remainder are all honest, eave, perhaps, poor Brother Harlan, who, it has leaked out during the Credit four day intelligenca of his deatly roachied a relative of his in this city on the 10th, and ehe communicated it by leter to another ro- Iative, Govenor Converze, of Vermont, then s Woodstock in that State, on the same dsy. The letter reached him on tha 13th, on which day his wifo, who was standing by his side, after reading the Jetter, suddenly fell’dead on the floor, no previous _intimation of deceased having boen given. The Governor's miece, Miss Luna E. Edson, who had lived for many years in his Tiouso, was absent at tna time, being on a visit ab ‘Burlington, Vermont. A telegraphicdispatchwas sent to thelady whom sle was visiting, so thas the news might be broken to her gently, but, althongh this was done ia_the kindest manner, the young Iady was €0 overcome by the shock ther'she Becamo anablo to swallow anything or to sleep. Shq could not start for Woodstock that evening, &8 the last train had departed ; but but next morning tho lady escorted Miss Edson, 7ail, to Woodstoek, the latter taking a violent illon therosd. Miss Edson, on herarrival ab her uncle's, waa just able to kiss the lifeless features of her aunt and retire to bed, whers she lay gradaally sink§:£, until the 27th of December, when ghe di Her mother, who was sister to Mra.Convarse, and had long lived with her, worn out with watching and grief, therenpon took to her bed, and died on the 1s¢ of January. o A And thus Governor Converss, who s uni- vereally beloved and rospected, has boen be- reaved of his entire family. He bas no children. ————— Remarkable Lonzevity. From ths Washington Star, The pareats_and_grandparents of General 3L D. Leggett, United States Commissioner of Patents, aro romarkable instanccs of human longevity. Al of the grandparents of General TLeggett diod over 90 yoars of age. Hia father nmf ‘mother are living, and their united sges amount to over 170 years, the former being over 90 and the latter moro than 80 years of age. Notwithstanding the great sgo of the former, o ‘enjoys good health, and attends to bueiness az thoroughly and intelligently as he did £fty years sge. He is at pressnt executor of three estates, aad. on_scoonat of his intogrity and businesd ability, is frequently requested to act in that ca- peity by his neighbors in Ohio, 1o mounts a orse 88 briskly 28 a young man of 20, and rides for hours without apparent fatigue. The only important particular in which he exhibits the effect of oge is his memory, which is somewhat impaired. His consort possesses all her facul- ties nnimpaired by age, her memory reaching back threc-quarters of a century, end embracing esery political episode within that period. Both bid fair to live for many years to come. 7—A baby lately bor in Alumeds, Cal, has the misfortan of being nawmed by its foolish paronts ‘Lanra D. Fair. NEW STORYX. Edmaund Yates’ Story, ABad Lot 'Will be commenced 12 No. 276 of tho New YorkFireside Companion, Out Next Monday; Jan. 27. 8 TERMS~One Copy, One Year. Two Caples, One Year. Address 5 5 GEORGE MUNRO, Hew York Fireside Companice, 84 Beeokman-st., New York. AMUSEMENTS. STAR LECTURE COURSE. COURSE: TICKET Now for sale at tho Star Lecture Courso dopots for ‘West and Sonth Sides for tho - BEST LECTURE GOURSE Ever organized in tho West. Bost Soxtet mflb‘vfieflrflu William Theodore Thomas® Orchestra, Weadoll th 8ide), Robart Collyes S Sl (e Phil 3 Rev. E. B Ohapin, com s SHELDON, Menagors. ATKEN'S THEATRE, ATNIEE.. Lest thresnights of the suceessfal Atmee Parfstan Opera Biua TO-NIGHT, Benefit of Mlle. ADIEE, I.A PERICEOLE. ADMEE aa... ... Poricholo | JUTEAU st.....-lanlle P at 3 o'clock: ATt IR AT ERANDR DOCHESSE, 1 Night it timo in Chlcag the at succast oSaiarday Night, st ety CAeRAP SRS ‘Staay Night- TS BRIGANDS. McVIOKER'S THEATEE. MAX MARBTZEEK’S ITALIAN OPERA PAULINE LUCCA. Ciara Izoulse xellogs. Commencing Monday, Feb. 3, 1873, Full particalars in Sunday papers. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE. dag, Jan, 21, 187, Fourteonth Performanca and lash i a8t Bariicy Campbells great Sociaty Drams, A D The grostest **hit" in many years. All ths fasorites fa tha cast. Mobilier investigation, reeeived £10,000 from Durant to assist in his election) will vote in the Caldwell cags. For instance, how will the honest and feithful Senator from New York (Conkling) vota? He has been re-elected for another torm. Bix years sgohe dofested Judge Davis just one vote in the Republican cancus, and Judge Davis said at tho time that it cost Conkfi'n'sle ,000 to secure that nomination. And bow will the honestand fathful Senator from Minnesota (Windom) vots? At ths time of his olection, it was charged, and _effectually prosen; that nearly 3100,000 waa used i his be- alf. The man behind the throme,” in his cage, was the “Northern Pacific Construction Company " (a branch of the Credit Mobilier). ‘Bhall investigation go on, or will it be for’ the best intereats of those concerned (the Senstors) to whitewash the Caldwell matter, and thus put a stop to further inquiry ? g If it be thus stopped, then indeed will the people begin to feol the c}m&e 50 often nowadays made, that Corruption is the rule, and bonesty the excoption. H. Singular Mortality in a Family. - The Rev.Dr. Amasa Couverse, editor of" the Louisville (Er.) and Richmond (Va.) Ohristian Gbserter, and formarly of Philsdalphia, dlod at Louigville on tho §th f Dgcembar Lash atiera genulns sacces: 0 excslieat plt lote with pat sAncxe & ATt at fho thmos. rder carriages at tarday—] e o . m. Saturday—Last ** Fato" Heatinoo. NIXON'S—MACALLISTER. ONE WEEK, commencing MONDAY EVESING, JAX. 2. Appearanco of the popular PROF. J. 31 MAC- 'ALLISTER, the great Wizsrd, in his marveilous EAST- ERN DELUSIONS. Ererything Kow, Sturange, and Btartling. One hundred clegant and costly prozenis givon away every ercning, regardless of cost. Biatinecs TWedneaday and Saturday. £¥~Ono hundred reundsol Mized Candlcs for the children at the Matinees. Eatire change of porformance nightly. General admission ozl 25 cents; reservod portlon of the house, L ceats. Doozs ‘open at 7 o'clock; curtaln rises at 8 o'clock. 0. AMORY BRUCK, Ageat. | MoVTGKEfi_J.EEATRE. . " Tho eminent author and actor, DION BOUCICAULT, ‘Wil appear this evening as s#Shaun the Post,” and “Xerry,” Tn his own dramas of ARRAH NA POGUE snd KERBY. GLOBE THEATRE, Monday evealnz, Jen. X, every night and Wedaceday BOBBY NEWCOMB ns PUNCH In his originsl drams in 3 acta entitlod A LIFES LESSON? “The besatifnl and sccomplishod Iyrio artists the FREE- a y pi MAN SISTERS. “R. AL ‘?‘Km“‘"fl.'?l'c.;:}'hu;?‘: P a1, and Master Eddis, M [ e e Dow. MYERS OPERA HOUSE, Moaros-at., betwesn Dearborn and Biate-sta. Avfington, Coftn & Kembles Minsirels Mackin and Wilson in New afid Bparkling Specialties, Firat woek of tho new and original Barlesaus, with new ‘scenery and propartioe, ootitied. ARRAHNO BROGUE, or The Gal o tho Lips. Ben Cotton aa Old Mr. Schimmerkorn. Wm. Arliag:, ' 28 Granay Peschbloom. _Billy Rice as No Brozuo. atince. Every avening and Saturday ACADEMY OF MUSIC. TO-INIGHT! TO-NIGET! PAREWELL BENEFIT 1, PAREWELL BEREFTT THE *“ONLY” MURPHY. HELP! KEW SONGS HELP? NEW SKETCH: HELP!| WACHTEL'S HIGH Last JOS. MURPHY Matineo Saturday. ATKEN'S THEATRE-ATMEE, GRAND FAREWELL PERFORMANCE SGNDAY KIGHT, Jan. %, at 8 c'clock, LBES BRIGANDS, AIMEHM, JUTEALL and tha satie Comesar.