Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 1, 1873, Page 8

FOREIGN. What tho Carlists Avo Dolng in k Unhappy Spain. Russia Denies the Reported Troubles in the Polish Provinces. Terrible Disaster in tho Havbor of Cadiz---Ninety Lives Lost, Rallway Bombshell in Canadian Politics. X SPAIN, an Special Dispatoh to Tha Chicago Tribune, New Yong, Fob. 28.—Europesn lotters givo the foltowing explanation of tho sudden abdica- tion of King Amndeus ¢ ‘When his youngost son was born st Madrid, & Yow weeks ago, the young Queen was in great distress of mind, and In very alarming physieal Ppain, and in hor agonyshe mado a yow sho would bog hor husbend on hor Inces to rosign ‘tho throno of Bpain and to hasten back to Italy. Hor husband was presont whon sho wede this vow, and he uttorod no remonstrance againat it, There ia no doubt that hohas beon growing moro and mors weary of Egmln for soveral months, and tho anguish of his young wifo strongthonod his dosire to got ¥id of his thankless task, He and bhis wifo had oover boen ablo to win over to their sido the proud nobles of Bpain., The King made a laat offort to do this “on the oocssion of tho chris- tenlnfi of tho mnow-born ohild. Mo nsked the Duchess Borrano to prosent tho Royal Infant at tho boptismal coromony. Sho rofusod "with scorn, and tho baby would have probably bad to suffer bolng « prosonted " by & lady of Yow rank, had not the widow of Marshal Prim, herself a Duokiens, consentod to leavo her monrn- ing rotiroment and perform the function. Thers waa a torrible econa in the flpnlnca that day, and 4t wasa thon that the King finally yielded to tho rayers and toars of his wife, and made to her 0 fmmi:o of abdication which ho fulfilied on the 11th, S BAYO! Teb, 28,—Infante Alphonso, brothoer of Don Carlos, has {ssued a prociamation in his behalf, calling on the soldiora of tho rogular amy to join tho Carlists, and offering oflicora adyanced rank. Advices from Pampoluna o the 87th, coming through Oarlist chaunols, Yoprosent that the Chiefs Ollo and Dbmglm{ bave offeoted o Junotion of thoir forcos bofore tho town, which is; Berlously throstonod. A panic rruvnga emong the citizons, and there s discord otwoen . the regular troops and “volunteors. A dotachment - of troops ‘deatinod for tho rolief of ansulunl, Lialted at Trun, refuscd to Srocuud, and finally desorted their golors. The Oarlists claim they ‘havo now & total force of 85,000 men in the fiold. PAms, Feb. 28.—Le Temps hns a dispatch from Dayonne stating that Don Carlos, after staying a fow daya in Spaln, recrossod tho fron- tier on the 24th Inst., and is now at some placa ‘mesr Bayonuo. * Funfl!u continue to fly from Spain in large numbers, .A vessel crowded with refugeos has arrived at Port Vendios. - TLoxpon, Fob. 28.—A dn);!fleh from Paris as- werts that a reconoilistion haa boen effected be- tween tho Duko of Montponsior and ox-Queen Isabelln. The Prince Alfonso is to marry the daughter of tho Duke, who will assume the Regency of Spain, rnuy, Feb. 28.—The report is current that the great powers of Europe have resolved to finnzpmm the recognition of tho Bpanish Repub~ uLl:r tho uuancl. il = . NDON, . .~~A collision is reported in the harbor of Cadiz, betwoen the ahips Tres Mariag and Oilsas, Tho partioulars of the disaster woro not recolved, but it {s stated that ninety porsona woere drowno?, R — Spectat Dloputen s he Shicago T . e icago Tridune, 'TORONTO, Dna’.flFeb. 28, 0 Qlobe of this publishes all the important corrsapond- @noe botween the Government and the two rival #allwny companies, tho Canada Pacific and Inter- ©Oceanio, which, in a political gnlnt of viow, will without doubt prove the most damaging charge Yot brought against the Dominlon Government, snd will In all probability lead to the Govorne ment defeat at an early poriod in the eession. ‘The corréspondence odcupios soven columns of the paper, Its publiolty was occasioned by the dealre of the Toronto members of the Exeoutiva *Committee of ths Interoceanio Company to Pplace Provinolal Direotors, many of whom resido at & distance from this city, in possession vof the correspondence which has taken place beiween tho Government and this cnmfilny. For t).\::gurpaao it was printed confidentially and forwarded, but the G lobe, by Bomo means, securod & copy, and now lets the ;cat out of tho bag. The exposure begins with & fall scoount of organization of the Inter- ocoanto Company. The firat govornment com- maunication is directed to the President of this Company, asking it to unite with the Paciflo or the Allan Company, to which the Maopherson ‘Company replies in' & long communieation, the important points of which are that it objeota to dooking to the United Btatea for aid in the worl, 88 the Oanadn Pacific must prove o rival, an that Bir Hugh 's plan implies an assoclation with the orthern ~ Pacifio g:)mpnny. The next paper containe o J;mpnnnlu of the Macpherson Company to build the road. Then follows tho defenso of tho Company, and the attack upon tho Mac- fhumcn Company, Tho Maopherson Company ollow with a roply, .in which they strongly de- ‘nounce the Allan’ dompnny a8 an American Com- any, snd make a strong and steadfast ob- ection to handing over fitty millions of nores of and to Amoricans, and to making the Canada Pacifio Railway a branch of tho Northern Pa- ciflo, or, using theirown words : “If this schemo is carried out, our great national entorpriso, in- of being the successful rival American Company competing for the Amatic trade, which is now inits infmt'f, and building up the Dominion aa no other undertaking will do, will almplly be the Camadian branch of the Northern Paciflo Rail- w.¥ entirely nnder ts control, and dictated to by £ relontlosaly.” It also transpires in the correspondence that the Allan Company decidod that, owing to the feeling existing in Canpda against the Canada Paciflo Railroad being ownoed by Amerioans, thoy (the Americans) would not in fature be known . in the msw Tho &mbllcuy iven to tho whole affair fallen like o thunderbolt upon the Government supporters. As mlli'ht bo imag- ined, the Macpherson party, failing in me’i- contract, aro laughing in thoir sleeves at the discomfiture of their opionantu. The ohief point mado by the Globeia that the Government decides in favor of the Amorican Company, with Allan at ita head, and against the Canada Com- pany, with waimmon abits head. | The Agricultural and Aris Association of On- tarlo have conoluded the annual business, and journed till June, the local Legialature yestorday,a bill passed to the third reading to regulate tho precedenco of the bar of Ontario, O1TAWA, Fob, 28.—Dissatisfaction in certaln quarters ig freely expressed here at the Govern- ment’s proposal to re-elect Mr, Cockburn to the Bpeakership of the Commons, He is likely, however, to be re-elocted. ‘The Do) on Parlisment opens on Wednas- day noxt, with prospecta not very bright for re- 3 B power. —— GREAT BRITAIN. Lonpoy, Fob, 28.—Tho efforts to sottle the * strike in Houth Walos have failod. The Senate of the University of Dublin have voted to petition Parliament for a-rejoction of - the Eduoation bill. In the Houso of Commons, to-day, Julian Goldsmid gave notice that, on Monday noxt, he should ask the Governmeont whethor it was true that the aotual lossea of the United Statos wero $2,500,000 less than the award mnade at Genev: and whether the Amerlcan Government woul remit that amount., The reading of tho ques- tion was followed by cheers, ‘Tlio House went into Committas of Bupply, . Mnofde moved that a Holeot Committee be -;;Pomud to consider the relations of England with her colonies, particularly those affecting emigration. Ho supported his motion with a uEamh, in the courso of which Le complained that no steps had been takon to divert from the ;.”r:l‘tl:d Btates tha tido of Englieh and Irish emi- D, Donald Dalrymploseoonded the motlon, saying he hoped that Bome elfort would be mads to dow ue}p the {efiaumnu of Canada, scount Bury opposed the appointment of such Committea, F{‘ would be \ul:v‘:inn to diotate to the colonies how to mnm:f;n their own affairs, Nearly all the colonies had agouts Lore, whose \ THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH 1 73 obfect was 10 encourago emigration, The mo- tion was fnally nogatived without n division, T.onpoy, Iob. 28 hio Catholie lll:hopa of Iroland_have renolved ta opposo tho education Dill, and havo nont an nddrous to tho Irish mem- Dern in Parliamont urgi; withdrawal. giug thom to pross for itn g Pans, Tan, 25, Gon Ao b o dan, 23.~3now foll to & groat depth yootorday In tho noxth g . ) o bl«ul% % ho north of France. 'The rallays oud tho mails dolayod, Tho Manfelpality of Paria has Fotused 01,000 francn, Joft to tho elty by tho will of one Schuller, on condition. that tho ‘sum bo devoted to the building 6f n_Gorman hospital, and to other Flrrmmn for tho bonefit of tho Gorman poor of arlg. Tho boquest of 1,000 francs by the samo :cntlnt‘;:r, for a Trotestant Consistory, was ac- opted. BusAtLLEY, Teb, 28,—Tho Assombly to-day roautod tho debato on tho roport, of tio Com- tnittao of Thirky, M, Gambotts made a power- ful Bpooch against tho_bill rocommended’ y tho Committoo. Ho donied tho right of tho Assom- b(l{y to assumo conatitnent powors, and domand- od its disgolution, Mo concluded, as followa: *We Liavo always supported the prosont Execu- tivo, but this support now requires the snorifics of prinaiplos, and when yon ask us to mako such encrifics, wo say ‘No,'”” M. Gambotin was re- pnntudg choorod by the Left. The Duke DeBroglio roplied at gront length, o thought tho diroct solution of fl‘m ttostion waa a monarchy, Tho Ropublio only 1od to dig- cord, but tho Assembly should conflno itenlt to tho great national Intorest, which noeded ol its -attontion. He appealed to the Conservative majority to stand firm and united for the coun- try’s good, but at the samo time koep slivo the 8pirit of conoflintton. Prolonged chooring from the contro followed M. DoBroglio's spocch. Tho dobato was adjourncd until to-morrow, and tho eitting closed, A= ITALY, . Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, New ' Yonr, Fob., 28,—Victor Emanuel's Lealth is grncnrlouu, and bis death at any mo- mont would surpriso no ono who knows him. The Orown Princo, Humbort, is the victim of disonso, and his son, the 4-year old Princo of Naples, is in such a condition that his life can be R{:‘:Imulnd only by somothing liko & miraclo, 080 throo procarious_livos aro all that stand botweon Amndeo and tho Italian Orown, and oven should Viotor Emanuel and Humbort die be~ foro tho baby Princo of NIHIM explres, Amndoo would have s olalm to s Rogoncy, which would bo, in fact, & novnmanL{. It is “surmiged that thoso royal possibilitios In lialy hadsoma woight in dotermining Amadous to abdloate, Rome, Fob. 28.—The Pope to-dny roceived n doputatlon of cliizons of tho United Btato, Mr. Glover, of Now York, rend an address, The Popo ropliod with hearty thanks. Ho sald ho would alwa usmy for a country so partioularly blessed by God with fortility of soil and indus- trious inhabitants, and ho wonld ever ray for on incronse of its blossings. Ho hopod, gownvar, that material things would not become tho solo affoction of tho American peoplo, for oxcossivo love of riches corrupted tho heart, ——— RUSSIA. 87. PerERsnung, Fob, 28.—Tho Government donzes the roport of a soctalistio insurrection in Volliynin and Podolia, Preparations for tho Khivan campaign aro going on without interruption. Tho roport that the expedition bas been abandonod in consoquonco of tho submission of Khiva has no foundation, Count Von Brunnow, tho Russian Ambnssa- dor at Tondon, is not to bo recalled and replaced hy Count Schouvaloff, a8 has been roported. e AFRIGA. LiapoN, Feb, 28.—The inourraction in Y.oandn h;li‘lb“n suppressod, and the colony iu now tran- quil, NEW YORK. The Pholps, Dodge & Co. Compromiso ==XRoscnzwelg, tho Abortionist=-Fos= tor, the Oar<¥ook IMurdercr--Ans noxationists == Miscollancous Local Itoms, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, New Yong, Feb, 20.—It is again announced that tho compromise in the Phelps, Dodgo & Co. maiter haa at length been effected. The Becrotary of the Treasury finally sgreed that ho would rocoive s ohock for 262,873, boing tho smount of tho value of the articlos un- dervalued in the invoicos. Tho firm swished conditions to be annoxed to an agroemont conditions belng that the Govornmont should waive all claims whatever of any kind in relation to undervaluations, cto., on any goods imported by the firm up to date. This, howovor, tho Sec- rshrg of the Treasury positively refused to do, and the sottloment was thon offooted by the pay- ment to-day of a check for the amount stated. Another coridition that the firm wished annoxed to the ement wna that the Becretary should exnnang tho firm from any Fnilty knowledge of the undervaluations in question. “This, as noar- 1y a8 can bo ascertained, the Becrotary refused to nccede to Tho offlolal Inventory of Horace Greoloy's nal oatate hess = boen filed,and its numerous items fill along newspaper column. The total available nssets are 128,000, {ncluding six sharos of Tvibune stock, railroad bonds, promissory notos, and cogyrlgb!s, His interes| Mcofimhtnmvune«i ot $13,000, The assota of doubtful value are computed at $79,- 000, embracing ohlofly promisaos notos. Cornelius__ Vandorbilt “Jr., s down for £48,000 ; Weaton, the Tgnduutrlnn, for 8600, and 8am Binolair $2,000, 0 worthless asgeta foot #sm,mo. Among theso ars 217 shares .of tica Bullion Minin Comfln y 821,700 ; fitty shares Motropolitan : Produce ' Company, 5,000; one bond Knickerbookor Hotal Compnny, = 1,000; 100 shares Sumpkin Choster_Mining Company stock, §2,000; 500 shares Motropolitan' Manufacturfng & Mining Compnny, 860,000; 50 sharea Chemical, Gold, ang Silver-Oro Roducing Company, 85,000; 18 shares Manhatéan Quartz Mining Gompany, 81,300 ; 10 shares Emigrant Aid aud Homstead Company, 1,000; 104 bonds Motropolitan Miniug and l\hnnltchxrlng Oam&mn%:n 855,000 5 s 30 shares Land, Loan an t Company, 3,000 ; ono sharo of Wilmut Lake Trout, Gamo, and Deer Sporting Association, 500, It {8 belloved to be certain that Foster's sen- tence will be commuted to imprisonment for life, Pho preesure bm\ifll;t against Gov. Dix hos boon tromendous. ong thoso who have interoeded with him]aro Hon. Hamilton Fish, Thurlow Weed, Mrs. Gov, Dix, and hor son, Rov. I\Iur%nn bh, of Trlnfl:;. About twenty prominent lawyers, inoluding W. M, Evarts, have signed a dooumont addressod to Gov. Dix, stat- ing their bolief that Foater is ontitlod to Exacu- tivo clemency, The ten surviving jurymen who triod Fostor have potitioned for o commutation. Mra, Foster, wife of the condemned man, hos forwarded & very pathetic appeal. All rumors from Alban; to-nl%ht indioate that the car-hook murderer will not be hung, [T'o the Associated Presn) New Yong, Fob, 28.—It is roported that the murder clurglo against Rosenzweig has beon abandoned. The question of admitting him to ‘bail will be argued next weol. Mrs. Putnam, wite of Avery D. Putnam, who was killed by Foster, now under soutoncoe of doath, has written o letter to Gov. Dix, asking the commutation of Fostor's sentonco. Attornoy-General Williama has directed U. 8, Dlltflcl—Aflom? Bliss to entor a nolle prosaqui inthe caso of James A. Polhamus and Eugeno J. Jackson, brokers, indicted for allegod com- plicity with! tho dofaulting Paymastor Hodgo, on the ground that the statutes of tho Btates rolative to embozzlement do not covor the offenscs of persons not United States officers, At a meeting of British Colonial Annoxation- iats, hold horo yosterday, it was annonnced in letters received from the principal citles of the country that the cause of aunexation way spreading rapidly among tho people, e e The Minnesota Whont-Orop. MivNeavorts, Minn,, TFob. 28.—Rolisble ad- vices from tho intorior, along the railway lines, show that tho quanfity of wheat back in farmors’ hands now is greater than it has evor been boeforo at this season. The ware. Louses and elovators on all the rallroads are tull of wheat, walting transportation, In many instances tho farmers lLave been obliged to haul their wheat back from the stations, ne buyers had no storage for it. Reports also tn: that large quantitios still romain unthrnuhm{ It is ostimated there is from 10,000,000 to 12,- 000,000 bushels surplus in Minnesota yat to 8o forward, —— Xallrond Nows, Special nspateh to The Chicago Tribune, Dupuque, m,f,‘," 28.—~Tho prnuflout of an early Tesumption of travel on tho roads sufforing from tho rocent snow-blockade looks moro promising than tho most nng\dnn anticlpated, The IIli- nols Oontral opened the main lino of their Tows Division fo Bioux ity this evening, and reaume runniog rogular trains at once. Thoy wiil prob- ably aucceed in opening the Minnesots branch by to-morrow night, by which time the Dubnque & Bouthwaeatorn aléo expect to be clenr to Cedar Rapids, Tho wann weather of to-day conlinu- mez:fiflngthu smount in question, one-of the’ nfted | ing, tho Milwaukeo & Bt. Paul oxpact to bo abile to run traing l.hrm\qh on tho main line by Mon- dny or 'runm'ly. Tho otlior roads are dolng all thay oan to offact an early rasumption of travol. Ip1anarorss, Ind,, 1'ob, 28,—Artiolos of as- soolntion of tho Orawfordsyiile, LaSallo & North- wostern Dailrond, deslgnod to run from tho firat- namod glncu through Plonsant Hill, Mont- omory Uounty, Nowton and itties, Fountain ‘onuty, oud o portion of Warren County, to Hoopston, IlL, woro fllod this afternoon with the Bacrotary of Stato, Tho dintauce to run is 0 milos, Capital stack, $800,000, BAN F'raNIgCO, Tob, 48,~Tho Tono parly of surveyors on tho Toxaas Pacifio Raflrod roachoed the Plmo villnges, Avizona, Fob. 19, where thoy connectod with the survey from tho enst. 8ALT LAXE, Fob, 28.—Unlon Pnoifio traina arg onlimo thia aftornoon. Tho road is reported nll clear the ontiro longth, The anow completely hides tho track of tho Utsh Northorn, Tho Utal Bouthorn is partinlly blogked, STATE LEGISLATURES. WISCONSIN. Manrsox, Foh, 28.—DBoth Housea hnd sessions Inat nIPhl. but did not accomplish much of gonoral importance, the Senato ocoupying much of the timo in_disoussing tho conatitutional smendmont ilmiting munlelpal indebtednots, and tho Assombly the blll for Capitol improve- monts, Threaof tho Committoo on Assessmont hiving roported in fovor of bill roponling most of tho Tax Exemption laws, two of tho Commite too roportod agalnst mmn!ln¥ tho lawe oxempt- ing churchos and oducational institutions, but in"favor of repealing all loonl and special ox- emptions, tnxing raflrond lands, making raflrond liconso & per contof thoir earnings, and other modifications of tho Aescssment Inw, and the bills on tho aubjeot wore mado the Bpocial ordor for Wednoaday next. The billa on the disposslof the land-grant wero mado the n{mc!nl ordor for Tusadny, in the order in which they were roported, and to con~ tinuo tho speoial order till disposed of. Bills wero Inllod to ropeal tho act creatin, Stato Board of Charitics and Roform ; to require all ownors of improved land to koop a fonce four and n ha!f foot high. Tho following woro tho most important pro- coedingu to-day : b THE BENATE, The joint resolution ratifying tho conmtitu- tional amoudment grolllhlflng countloes, towns, and villages from ucominfi indebtod for, any purposo to nn{ oxtont excoeding 5 per cont of :‘nl;:)a of taxable proporty, was not adopted—10 0 10. % Assembly bills woro concurred in suthorizing tho Bturgoon Bay Bhip Canal Gnmzmny to mort- gogo ita lands and property to afd its comple- tion ; & momorinl to Congross in faver of tho Ningara Falls 8hip Ganal and. uhonuerermalgortm tion by way of tho groat lakes from tho North- west to tho Atlantio Ocoesn. ‘Thore was o long dobate on tho bill incroasing tho railrond liconso fao to 6 por cent of yross enrnings, ‘and it was finally made tho spocial or- dor for Tucads; evenlneg. ~ The bill making the Becrotary of Stato, Stato ‘Trousurer, and Attornoy-General 8 Bonrd of As- sus!’:jnunt was mado the special ordor for Monday ovening. - "Tho roport of the Kilbourn City dam ohartor ‘waa dobated at longth without uction. ABSEMDLY. At tho opening n sharp debats ocourred on tho rosolution offored by Mr. Fulton, conauring 8. G. Parkhurat, ona of tlio Assenibly omployas, for having absonted himself from his dutles, a8 alleged, ot tho solicitation of Keyos amtl Emhh, with tho view of brlnglnF mfluonce and prossure on members on tho disposition of the land- Emnt, whioh ho admitted ho had offered in nsto ; that it was not at all in good taste or war- rantod by facts, and moved to indofinitely lpmat- gonc, though ofaiming the Ieglalative omployon ad no right to tnko o hand in such mattors. ark snd Barror insisted thot thoy had tho samo rights ss othor citi- zons, and Nr. Pattorson sharply oriticlsed A the offoring of tho resolution, whioh waa tabled. rosolution was adopted instructing tho Judlcinry Committeo to inquire into tha auailntionn. Itig alloged that the Waat Wisoonsin Railway Com- pany has mortgaged its lands, and since sold the samo to actual aottlors, who wero unaware of this morlgego, and still solla suoh lands, pro- senting the title to be uninoumbered, and the Bonato bill concurred in_appropriating $2,000 to tho State Agricultural Socioty. Bome thfi-by—nvn bills wore passed, among thom authorizing cities, villages, and town au- thoritios to securoattendance of habitual truanta snd abaontecs at Bohool ; to amend the law rogu- Iating the Incorporation of villages; to reatoro tho “right of suffrago to oitizens of ‘Wisconsln disfranchisod for dosertion ; to roquire & more stringont oath by Assossors; to amend the charter of tho Green Bay & Lako Popin Railway Compony; to provide for the ap- ortioning of echool money by the Btate Supor- ?ntondnnt; of the roctification of mistakos or omissions of Iaw; on district officers; relating to practico in aivil actions; and aftor somo de- bate, by a voto of 62 to 80, o bill was ordered to » third reading oppropriating 8820,60 for finishe ing the Btato Oapitol, procuring a water supply, and varians imévmvumenla and mlfmim. Four of the Committos on Priviloges and. Elec- tions reportad in favor of confirming Mr. Woiss in tho Lalwmkeo contested soat, and ono in fa~ vor of giving it to Mr, Bond, and the subject wag mads the spoecial order for Mondny evoning; sud the bill for the ropeal of the ‘Lomperance law was poatponed till Tuesday, gk INDIANA, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. HOUEE, IxprANAPowis, Ind,, Feb, 28.—Most of the day waa spont {n difcussing and_nmending the In- suranco bill, which was finally recommitted to the Committoo on Insurance with matructions. Tho noxt businoss in ardor was the consider- tion of tho railroad bills, regulating the rates of froight and pnnan%o‘ Aftor o spirited debate, tho roport of the Committee on tho Judiclary returning Bonate bill 115, with smondments, was concurred in, and tho bill as amonded was considored, engronsod and read the thirdtimo, but beforo the bill could be rond the Houso edjournad, after refusing to consider the resolution for night discussion, BENATE, The Committeo on the Judiolary reported Lack the bill to provide for tho erection of a new hospital for tho insane, and to approprinte $500,000 thorofor, with o recommondation that it pass. The report was coneurred in. New bills wore introduced es follows: To pro- vide that County Commissionors, where a crip- plo is unable, when there is reasonable hope of cure, may pay the oxl)enaua of his board and lodgfug at o surgical fnntituto; to logalize short hand reports when filed as transcripts in cases of n‘rpaal; to provilo for tho' exocution of doeds to purchasers of achool and other property to those holding cortificates of purchase in case of death ; to provide for the appointment of a commissloner, to nct in con- kmctlan with o commissioner from the Btato of entucky, to’ sottle the boundary-line between Kontucky and Indians, near Evanaville ; to pro- vide that nny person of 14 years of sgo and upwards, who shall " be found on the flrst doy of tho week riding, hunting, fishing, gaming, working at common Iabor, or engaged in his usual avooa- tions, works of necessity or charity excopted, or any company or porsons shall bo found running a car or cars, shall bo fined in any sum not loss than $5 nor more than $100. The House concurrent resolution, for the ap- Polntiment o o committas whio shail propare » ill providing for n plan and ostimate of the cost to be submitted fo the next Gonoral Assombly for thelr approval or ro- jection, was conourred in. The consideration of the Fee and Salary bill was resumed, and, after occupying conaiderablo time, was mado special order for to-morrow nfternoon. Sovoral Dills of no general importance wers passod, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, FRIDAY'S PROCEEDINGS, TOUSE, Inpranaroris, Ind,, Fob. 28,—The bill to pro- vide for auothor Liospital for the insane north of tho parallel of Indianapolis, the grounds to con- tain not [loss than 80 or more fthan 160 nores, making an appropriation for ercoting the build: ing of $50,000 for 187, and $350,000 for 1674, wad ongrossod, “The bill to divideThe State into jndicial olr- cuits, and abolishing tho Courts of Common Dloas, after having boon amonded, was passod— yeas, 61; nays, 87, B Tlio bill appropristing $113,000 to pay tho Morgan raid "claimo, payablo In threo® anmual pnymngtn, without intorest, was ordered on- gronsod, T'he Goneral Appropriations bill was read and roferred back to the Committee of Ways and of & now Btate-houso, Teans. ‘I'ie Bonatebill appropriating $3,000 to dofra; the oxpenses of Eomm(aulm?u to the Vieuu{ Exponition, and the proper display of Indion pmdu&!m at snid Exposition, was unanimously passod, ‘Iho House conourront rosolutions for a jolnt commi tteo to prepare plans and ostimatos for a new Btate-houso, with the Senate amendment thereto, providing for a report to tho progent. session, was agreed to, ‘The roport of tho majority of the Committes on Publio Printing, with the bill accom; panylng 1t, placlug: tho matler of making contracts i tha sundry, handa of tho Governot, ‘Trensuror, Audltor, ahd Bocrotary of Btato, tho tontractor to supply all matorials for doing thoe work, waa passod—yons, naya, 3 = N "t Bill £ cliingo tho namo of tho Tawronco: ‘burg Insurance Gompany to tho Cltizons’ Inaur- anco Company, of I-,J;nnuleB, pagsod, HRNATE, A jolnt resolution was adopted authorizin tho Attorney Genoral, Bocrotary, and Auditor o Stato to buy a cortain lob for $10,500 for tho :Etunnion of tho Btato Iouso grounds was lopted. Apmxmbnr of Houso bills woro road n sccond :lmo, oand Bonato bills woro put on o third read- ug. o tollowing bills passed ! To authorizo the Appolutmont of rnnldnn[{ trustoos to sedure and manago truat funds hold in othor Btates, and be- longing to porsona residing in this stato; to au- thorizo tho organization of voluntary loan and Duilding nssocintions ; to mako oxecutors and administrators of tho entatos of decossod por- sons _to enforco partition of real ~os- tato boforo tho salo in cortain cnsos; to authorizo school trustoes of incorporated towna to soll school proporty in cortnin .cases; to amend tho act torogulate woha:nu and moasures ; to provide that in oaso of the salo of a plank, gravol, or maoadamized road, the purchasers may becomo Inoorporatod ; to provido that all murtgnq:s or othor instrumonts to alionato real ostalo, or any intorest thoroin, shall Do rocordod within forty-five days, nnd, In case of failuro to do go, shall bo frandulont and void na againgt any subsoquent purchase in good {oith and for valuable considoration ; to nnthor- izo tho paymont by tho County Commissionor of o county of 82 for cach fox-scalp; to fix the sal- ary of Judgos of tho Bupremo Court at 80,000 ]lmr annum oach, and to provent betting on elace ions of this or any other Btats, snd providing n onalty of the fine in doublo tho amount of the of, and disfranchisomont for flve yoars, Tho Sonato bill to Erovldn for ‘the latting of tho Btato printing to the lowoest bidder, making tho Governor, Secretary, nnd Auditor of tate, tho Cummlnkncru of 'PublioPrinting, nnd oreating the offico of Buperintendent of Publio " Printing, aftor o longtby discussion and pro- posod smondmonts TWas passed—yons, 80; nn:{n, 12, 'ho Bonato bill to distriot the Btate for ju- dlolnl purposcs, with tho Houso amondmont, ‘wad tokon up, and the amondments wors cone cuzred in, A joint resolution was offered, dircoting tho Attorney-General to discontinue tho quo war~ ranto sult :ignlnat tho Torro Haute & Indianap- olis Rallroad, and to. bflnF & suit In tho Marion Buporior Gourt for the alleged smount due from that rond to tho achool fand, Aftor awarm dis- oussion, it waa laid upon the tablo. —— o MICHIGAN, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Laxsrxa, Fob, 28.—The Houso passod to-doy tho Bonato bill granting the Univorsity an au- nual incomo of ono-twentioth of ono ‘mill on ‘wyory dollar of taxablo valucs in the State, but smonded the bill so that the rovenuo uhall at no timo_ beforo 1881 oxceod 850,000 also passed tho bill under which logging companics - shell oharge by board mensure, inatend of according to tho number of logs, heprnaonhfive Garve- link, from Allegan, introduced a concurrent reso- lution, asking the Michigan OCongressmon to opposo the postal moasure compelling wookly papers to propay postage, Tho House Commit~ tac on Elections roportoed adversely to any pros- ont chango oxtendin tho franchise to womon, Tho Committeo on "Education mado an claborato report against abolishing tho County- Snperintondoncy of Bchools. Tho Oommitieo on Btato Affalrs’ roported sdversoly fi r:!:‘ldn;; the proteotion of the gamo laws from The Benato, in Committee of the Wholo, spent moat of the aftornoon disoussing the joint reso- Iution for approprinting the swamp-land moneys for cloaring tho mouth of tho Shinwaasoo River of tho obatructions, which have cause tho rivor to overflow tho ndjacont Statoand hmlng lands, Tho Senate Committco on Railroads submitted two lnns;. ablo, and olaborato roports in the na- turo of legal opinions, holding that thoro fs no contraot batwoen tho Btate and rallroads, and othor land-grant companios, by which the said oonapnniuu can claim tho oxomption of their lands from taxation, for any poriod not yot clapsed. % — ARKANSAS, Lrrrre Room, Ark., Fob. 28.—The Election Qommittoo of the Houso, to-day, reported in tho contestod onses from thie Twoltth Distriot in favor of tho sitting members, all Democrats, on tho ground that they had no ‘notico of & contest. Tho report was adopted. A, bill paased the Houso to create tho County of Boxtor. ‘A momorial to the Post-Offico Departmont passed, asking tho. establishment of tri-weekly ‘mail sorvic botweon Camden and Bhrevoport. —_— SPRINGFIELD. - Doclsion in the Macoupin County Court-klouso Bond Cnsc-=Certificates of Organization Filed, i Spectal Diapateh to Tha Chicago Tridune, BeniNarreLy, Ill., Fob. 28.—Tho Newark Sav- ings Institution v. the Board of Supervisors of Mnconpin County, John' M. and John Mayo. Palmer for tho plaintiffs, and Rinaker and Ed- wards for tho dofondants, In the above ontj. tled cause, which has been in progress for two daye, and which waa to deoide whether tho Coun- ty of Macoupin was lisblo for the ponds fssued to build tho court-house ineaid county, tho Oourt instructed tho jury this morning that tho srlnulpu question in the caso relates to the avi- loucs of indebtedness issuod prior to the Oth of March, 1860, ngpeus in evi- dence that the county had been for two or thres &em ongaimi in butMding a court-houte, and that theso obligations were is- eued in referonco to that object,” Doubts arising 88 to tho velidity of these issues, tho Legisla- turo, by tho act of the 9th of March, 1809, g:rc- vided ?‘that all bonds or athor evidoncos of in- dobtedness insued in good faith by tho County Court of Macoupin County, to raise money or discharge contracts in roferonce to the building of a court-house for sald county, are hereby le- galized.” This act validatos obligations is- suod by tho County Court in good faith for the urpose of rafsing mnnag or discharging con- ots in roference to the construction of the court-houss, however invalid they mn have _beon before its Ppassago. ¥Vare tho obligations in quostion ‘within tho terms of this act? In othor words, wore they lsaued in good faith? This is a quos- tion for fhe jury to determine from the ovidence bofore lhnm.m?r the obligationa were issued by the authority of the County Court, cither given at tha time of tho 1ssue, orratified afterward for the purpose of discharging eontracts which had been made for the construction of the court- houso, or of raising money for the samo object, and issuod to parties who took them in goo faith without wrongful intont, then they were issued within_the meanlng of tho act in good faith, If the obligations discharged contracts for constructing the court- house, or . ralsed money for the eamo ob{m, then, in theabsonce of any wrongful act orintenton the part of thoso receiving them, thoy were renderod valid by the law. In decid- ing'this question, tho jury would look to the fnots a5 thoy existed at “tho time the obligations woro fasued, and not to what took placs aftor- wards ; not to the ultimate cost of the ocourt- houno or the quostion whether the entorpriso was wiso or unwise, Partios who received these obligations in discharge of contracts, or paid money for them, ought not to be affeoted by any wrongful acts of tho officers of tho county done subsequently to their issue. = The remaining obligations all bear date aftor March 0, 1869, T'ho not of that'dato provides that eaid County Court is hereby suthorizod to borrow money and issuo bonds therefor, boaring not oxcesding 10 per cent, Irlnnlpnl and intorest payablo at such time and placa as may bo indi- cated in said bonds, to raise whatover sum ma; be neceseary to completo said court-house an improvemonts connected thorewith. If this Au&nruy was pursued In the lssuo of these obligations, then tho same aro binding on the county, The bond was tho evidonce upon which it was dotermined that it waa issued regularly, The jurd found & verdict for tho plaintiff, and ageesacd damages nt §165,000, The Prussing Vinegar Company, of Chiengo, oapital $300,000 ; the Lumber Compressing an: Boasoning Company, of Chicago, capital $350,- 000 ; nlso'the Dupage Bilyor 1 oflnlgfi CGompany, capital 300,000 ; also the' German Aining Com- any, of Bollovillo, capltal stook £8,000, and of o Jayal Georgo Miring Gooypany. of Obicago, capital stook $600,000, racoivod cortificates of in- corporation from tho Soorotary of State upon tho report of the Commiskioners, ‘Telegraphlc Brovitics. The Kentuoky Domocratio Stato Centrsl Com- mitteo publish a oall for o Btate Convention, May 1, ?o nomiuate o candidate for Btate Trons uroer. The act of Govornor Hendricks in sign- ing the Temperance bill iu recelved at lort Wayno with goneral oxpressions of satlsfaction by both classes, tomporanco and anti-temper- ance partice, A couple of Ackley, Yowa, morchants, James A, Cooper and Honry B, oflin, or, havo been arrosted and lodged” in jail in Dubuque on a - and National Govornment. .differenco * in chargo of attomptingta swindle tholr oreditora out of goods to tho value of 210,000, At Tloyd, Towa, John Roedforn, while on- gagod in olfing tho ‘machinery of & flout mll] nlippod and foH gotting ono of his logs 2lmosl torn off, nnd otharwieo so sovorely injured as to rondor rocovery impossiblo. Tho Fort Wayne Dar hold an adjournod meot- ing yoatordny, to tako furthor notion in rogard to tho doathiof Robork Drackenrldge. Resolu- tidnn commomorating tho memory of docbasod and offoring condolonco to tho borenved family wora adopteds It was deoldod to wedr tho usual thirty-day badgo of mourning, and attond tho funeral iu a body. Tho Giroat Eastorn Lins now on board 2,607 milos of cable, aud tho tulcf;rnph floot, with the ndditional coblo, which is to bo Iald for the Auglo-Amorican "and the French Oable Commis- alon, on boord, will nail the last week in Ma; Y and 1t ja expoolod tha tho eablo will bo in worke lnq ordor bofore tho 1stof July. The onble will bo Iaid to Halifax and thoneo to Now York. Oharlos Bongand waa murdored on Thursday night, noar Martinoz, Oontraconts Count; , Cal., by Indians, Joso Solo, an Indian, had beon arrosted in attompting fo stonl horaos. Ho was bound and placed in o room. Watching his op- portunity, ho slipped tho ropo off his han 8, seized an ax, and split Bongand's hond open. ‘The murdoror is in jail. A trunk bolonging to Edward Lovwis, o ‘ mule boss™ in the LaSalla coal mine, in La8allo, waa rifled of $995 yostordsy, and ciroumstancos cloarly indicato thint William Madison, nu Eng- lishman, who had worked in tho mine since 1aat Monday, in the capacity of a timberer, is thothiof. "Hois missing, and known to have bought a ticket to Ohlc:sn by the Ohicago, Rock Island & Pacifio Railroad yosterday, Ho is n tall mon with sandy hair, side” whiskers, moustache, and & dimplo in his chin, LOUISIANA. Effect of the Action of the Upited States Senate on the People of Now Orleans, New Onvzans, Fob, 28.—Thero is agood deal of oxcitoment in tho olty to-day on account of ' tho action of the United” Biates” Bonate on the- Louisiana question. Tho disappointment amon; citizons was genoral. Hun, and expootant sookors of places woro violent {n denunclation, but tho bettor class anu expression only to ilnumy(ombndln s of the futuro, predicting further demoralization of soclety an sorious injury to tho commorcial intereats, Tho friends of tho Kollogg Govornmont aro gratified over this ‘mmul viotory, but many had hoped for something moro doolded. Tho offorts of somo members of both Logislatures to offcot such o compromisgo as shall form o now Legisla- ture of the bost men, refu]n]fl elected, aro atill continued, but apparontly with less prospect of Buccess than a fow days ago. What to do and natisfy tho colored men is roally a problom most diffioult to solve, Tho Kcllugfi; 08 woll as tho Fuslonist Logielature undoubtedly desiro and lmxo for & compromiso. moeting advertised to bo hold in support of McEnery to-night, in Lafayotto Square, was a success, About 8,000 assemblod, and thaugh h{ demonstrative, unanimously approved the sentimonts condomning the Kellogg Governmont Tho spoakers sald 1t was the intontfon to force = deolsion, and if the National Governmont nided tho Kellogg ad- minlstration, the people of Loulsiana wo\fi not resist with arms, but submit like men bound hand and foot. Tho most intomporato apesch of tho ovening was mado by Gen. omfo Bheridan, woll known in tho North as a Ropublican stump apeaker, and in Loulsians a8 the o t-bagger who made a fortune out of the ofiico of Tax-Col- lector, to which office ho was_appointod by War- ‘moth, being thrown out of office by the fortunes of politics; Ho appears as champion of the uo{;lo of the Blate. Ho counsoled rosiatance o the Kollogg Govornment to tho bitter end, ond said, while tho Btate of Louisiana could nof fiFhfi tho wholo North, thoy could, if the Nation- al Governmont would not sond any more troops Lero, soon gobble up tho Kederal regimont which koops up tho Kollogg usurpation, Tesolutions were adopted giving oxprossion t0 tho popular sontlmont, o followa: Aftor ro- citing in the proamblo the action of tho Senste Committeo in which it ia declared that the re- port of that Committeo established thoso faots 1 First—That tho MoEnery Government is tho do jure Govornmout of tho-State, cond—That the McEnery Government could and can at. its option displace in ton days any and all antagonistio organizations, exoopt the Governmont of the United Statos. Third—That tho spurious organization known aa the Kellogg Government oxlats golely by tha forco of Foderal authority, thm\:fih the courts. and military, without which it could not stand. Fourth—That this cronting, munnfi and maintaining power thus exercisod by the United Btatos Government in behalf of this usurping Governmont Is_grossly illogal and unwarrants- blo; therefors bo it g Atesolved, By the people of Loulelana in mass meet- ing sssombled, that tho conclusion nrrived nt from thoso facts admitled by {he Bonate Commitice is pro- Dosterous, illogical, and an insult to the confidence placed by the peopls in the good faith and. political in- tegrity of that Committee,and wo dissont from tho con- clusfona thot Loulslana has not o govarnmant republl- can in form, as & violent and dangerous {nvaston of the his of State integrity, Iua:lmuehd in the whole cafalogue of Federal ustirpation, under tha deadly influence of which, a8 o procedent, the crushing hand of national domination would bo ablo at will to blot out and destroy the States of the Uulon, Second—That we denounce the minority report of Mr, Mnbrznnng:nl plwull.ltt puly-mlulfnldiz and unfairness, unbeco a_slatesman, an graca omnions Under tho faots amitied ; Aad PUribor, At #ic dooiaion of the matorty of the Suhremns Ootrs of thia Slate, on which Ar. Morton bazod. this report, we regard 88 a shameful prostitulion of that high ition whoso partisanship was forcshndowed and ologrophed by Collector Casey, and whose unseomly zoul for party triumnh lod them beyond the record to tho oxpression of o ' .ore obifer dictum, without the force or effect of Iav/over the questions presented be- fore that Committeo, Dhird—That the people of thia Btate, Republican and Domocratic, recoy th fow exceptions, through- out every parish, the MeEnery Governmont oa do jiire 28 wall a do fuelo, snd plodgo thelr unwavering oy port and undividedd wisglance,snd notwithstanding he also atatementa and empty bossta of & fow political {agcants, designod to decolvo our colored, voters and tho Natidnal Executivo, it Is notorious that the only ao- qulesconce in, or submiselon to, the Kellogg usurpation haa been duo oxclusively and entiroly to tho coercion of tha United Btates Govornment, Fourth—That while wo bow to tho will of the Gen- ernl Governmont, wa claim & a freo poople, having & government republican in form, the right fo conduct our Btato Government freo from the dictation of Fod- grl favor; but 4 it bo the dotormination of Ganiocs to 8ot asldo the officers of tho Governmoent we balleve tohave boen logally eloctod, thon wo solomnly protest againat tho perpotration of the Kollogg usurpation Which o kuiow to Bavo. boca. Concormes 1 frand v {nfamy, and oslabllshod by perjury and. miarepresen- on, Fifth—In tho name of the people of this Common- ‘wealth, o long disgraced by polltical advonturers and dishonest legislation and oppression, wo ek elther the ‘withdrawal of that Foderal protection by which alons the spurious and fllegal usurpation of Kellogg {s aus- tained, to the end that our legal Govornment may ns- gort nssort ita supremacy, or cle that our Hate bo placed under martial law, pending & new recon- siruction by the Federal Government, UTAH. The Mormon Qiicstions-Discovery of Xron Orce 8ALr Laxg, Fob, 28.—Frelinghuysen's bill still monopolizes publio interest, and among atl classes great anxiety oxists as to its treatment in the Honse, Leading Mormons claim that thoy aro satisfiod for two romsons: ¥irst, the emendments are & triumph over tho Gon- tilo ring. Bocond, if passed, it will bring to .o final tost all questions of the Mormon hurch and overnmont, The New Endowment says if this Efll bocomes n law Utah will witness o reign of ordor and rocognition of Inw which will bo tho cortaln preourdor of nners of peacs and busi- noss revival, which will make the desert blossom, and no dren ded violonco nor disorder will enaue, Brighom Young's urfinn reports tho prophet in excollent hcnfil\ and spirita. Homatito iron ore is found in great abun- danco within convenient reach of tho railroad. ‘Ihe blockade at Littlo Cottonwood was broken yestordsy, and tho canon is alive with tonms despite tho constaut danger and frightful slides. _— Burned to Doath. LoumsviLLg, Feb, 28.—Three daughters of Jas, Drishop,near Obarleston, Trigg County, went to a flold where their brothier was burning brush, During tho brothor's abgence the dress of one of tho 515l cught fire, and boforo tho brother was alarned by her shrioks hor olothing had all burned off excopt o small strip around her neck and tho girl was horribly crisped from hesd to foot. Blio dled beforo a physician could be brought to her, e (R 57 IS A Mining OCave New Yong, Fobi, 28.—A Scranton, Pa., dlspateh says that yesterday morning_the anvln‘i-lu of & portion of tho surface over the Mount Pleassnt coal mine will causo a tomporary stoppage of the work in tho mine, The crovices endangered soveral housos In tho noighborhood of tho oave- in, and caused a sensation, The Modocs. BAN FnAnoisco, Fob, 28,—Advicos from Yroka any that “Hookor Jim, " + curle{‘-l[nldod Jack,” and “Bhack NastyJim" camo to Fairchild's camp yeutorday on @ friondly visit, bv vermission, ‘gl clothing and jewelry, Onpt. Jack wantod to consult with tho Lalake Iné’llnn for tho roturn of sixty horses taken from tho Modoos.sinco tho first fight, Thoy ogroed to roturn thom, saying that thoy took thom for tho Modocs, Gon, Canby told the Rflyho dosirod poaco, but wag _rondy for war. 6 Ponco Commissioners doclinod to hold a conforonco at tho placa dosignated by Oapt. Jack, It ia thohght a council will be lold to- morrow, although it {s by no means cortain, prlichst ok e, FIRES, Destruction of Proporty at Varlous Placoss Tokron, tob, 28.—The vemains of Lizzie Hanks and another girl, supponed to be Ann McDanough, wore taken from _tho ruins of the Hanover stroot fire, to-dny. Tho body of Miss Babb hna not yob beon™ recoverod, Firomon, working an substitutes, and whose names are unknown, aro atill missing. Bo far, throa fire- mon and thren girla aro known to bo dead, Two injured firomon aro in a preoarious condition. The othiors aro doing woll, New Yong, Fob, 28.—A gasolino oxplosion, yostordsy, at Bryn Mawo, noar Philadolphs, ro- 8ultad in tho complote deatruation by firo of the ;nz:;dnncu of R. A, Tilghman. Tho loss is [ Lours, Fob, 28.—~Two emall firon hore, yosterday, destroyod sbout $10,000 worth of propoerty, Loussviure, Feb, 28.—Tho dwelling-house of ‘Wm, Kempor, noar Owenton, Owon County, with most of tho contents, was dostroyed by firo on Monday night. Loss, about $03,000," No in- surance, New Yonx, Fob, 20.—A fire this ovoning com- ;flatcly destroyed tho buildors' hardware manu- lactory of Nowmsa & Cnpron, No. 157 West T'wonty-ninth stroot. Loss, $50,000, pieet o & e FIRE-MARSHAL WILLIAMS INJURED, As Fire-Marshal Williams was driving along Adams atroot, yostordsy ovening, about 6 o'clock, his horse became unmanageablo *when near the cornerof Markot streot, and upon ap- proaching tho bridge the Marsbal'a wagon collid~ ed with a hoavy froight truck, throwing out and ' dislocating his right shoulder, besidos bruising him about the hoad. The wagon was broken ntosplintors, and- tho horse, having froed itsclf from tho ehafts, wont earoering down Adams atroot at o foarful rate of spood, It wassubsequently caught, Tho Mar~ shal was removod to his house, No. 169 West Adams stroot, whero he roceived medical atton- tion, At an early hour this morning he wns doing well, aithough suffering sovoro pain, it ety e e, TURKEY-STEALERS GOBBLED. Charlos Graham and John MoNulta wont on a foul ‘misslon 1ast night, abont 10 o'clock, to a store on South Water etroot, from which thoy took a number of turkeys. The nojse tho stolen rop«r? made attracted tho attention of Dotoc- ivos ¥lynn and Miller, who went In pursuit of thom, capturing both tho thieves and the prop- erty. Tho former were taken to the Union Btreot Station, nnd - the Iatter (bo it eaid to tho credit of tho detcotives, both” of whom have families) wero roturned to thoir coops: ————— _THE CITY IN BRIEF.. The Board of Managers of the Enflx% Woman's Homo will hold thoir monthly meeting this morn-~ ing a& 10 o'clook, Justico Ban; "‘535"“""" morning, held Will- iam Coloman [n §! bail for stealing & watoh from J. 8. Durand 5 The postponed locture on * Lovo and its Evil Genius,” by Miss Lillio Flotchor, will bo deliv- ered thls evening at the University Pluos Bap- tiat Ohurch, 2 Richard Adams and J. B. Heniry woro arraignod at tho Wost Bide Police Court yesterday morn- Ing, for breaking into No. 44 \\Z)nt Lake strect. They wore held for trial under £600 bail each. Tho continued ill-health . of Commissioner Carter, of tho Board of Publio Works, prevonts tho holding of mactings of that Board. ® Yostors day a number of bills and ordors woro taken to his houso for his signaturo. Abont 2 o'clock yesterday morning the resi- denoe of F. Dickiuson, No. 185 Sonth Morgan stroot, was invaded b imqilm and 8875 worth holonging in part to a [r. Burgess, who rosides in tho samo house, car- riod away. Xt is reported that an ex-dram-major of the United States Arm{ will enter the lists to com- ote for the champlonship of tho}United Statas, 2 Shio matoh 1o oomo oI a¢ 1o Acsdemy of Musio, st sn early date. It is believed that ho will carry off the prize. A fire ocourred about hnlf-sut 9 o'olock yes- terdsy morning at Nos. 82 and 84 South Pauling niroot, ownod by B. F. Babbitt. It origiatod in & defoctive flus in No, 82. The prompt arrival of the fire dopartmont provented a sorious conflagration. Loss on buildings $150, insured in the Ztna for £3,600. The Board of Police and Fire Commissioners met a8 usual yesterdsy sfternoon, but did nothing beyond auditing several bills and eon- sidering the appliontion of Patrolman Smith for componsation during an abgonce of one month, his plea being sickness. No deoision was ar- rived at. ' A young man, who gave his name as J, Mun- roe Oox, from Alexandria, Madison Uountx, Indlans, was swindlod out'of $14.70 by a confle denco operator, at tho Michigan Southorn Depot, yostorday aftornoon. Tho manner in_which i was done i familiar to everybody, and need not therefore be told. Tho ewindler was captured, and gave tho namo of Robert Cunding. But he had slspnued of tho monfi. The paor boy, Cox, with more candor than prlde, scknowledged that he waa an ‘! infernal fool.” He sald he was go- ing to ¢ Nobraskey," and that he hadn’t enough | money left to buy a throo-cont stamp. His ex- porience and condition are slike savero, but ho rogrets nelther, bolloving that it is botter to bo without s #rod" than remain eusceptible to the wily ways of confidenco oparatora. Another burglary was committed yestordsy ‘morning, at an_ear) f hour, at the residence of N. F. Ravlin, No, 461 Weat Hurrison street. Tho thleves enfered tho house through s back window, by prying off tho fast- ening with 'a ! jimmy.” This admitted them to the dining-room, whero was & side-board containing about $150 worth of sil- verwaro. This they quickly stowed awsyina bag, From the dinlng-room they passed into the fronthall, and,taking two overcoats from tho raok, opened the front door and went out. Tho fact of the robbery was made known to Mra. Ravlin ;nn a8 the thieves were departing, by tho emell of amoke, It was disooyered that the ras- calls had, purfnuel or accidéntally, set fire to some linen in the china-closot, This was quick- Iyputont. The onlyoluo to tho robbersissa krfio knife which one of them dropped in the all, e = [Murdorer Acquitted. Courorr, Brures, In, Fob. 28.—The_trinl of Ransom B. Drl{pu ‘tor tho” murder of Lewis A. King and E. J, Palmor,in April, 1669, resulted at Glenwood to-day in the entire scquittal of the prisoner. The case oxcited great interest and is Togarded as one of the moat important eyer tried in the Btate. firp st S S Defaultor Arresteds Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, O7Tawa, Feb. 28.—Goorge G. Wedgewood, the dofanlting Suporintendont of thin gouny, Los been arrosted, and tho Shoriff of LaSallo Count; has gone to Quincy, where the prisonor is held, and is expootod hero with the fugitive, e Aurorn Olty Polltics. Aurora, Iil., Feb, 28,—At the Republican City Convention, held in this city last evening, to nominate city officors for the coming municipal election, Dr, J. A, Oook was nominated for Mayor; A, O. Littlo for City Attorney, and H. H. Lvans for City Marshal, et bt v o SR Occan Steamship News. YLoxpow, Fob, 28,—Stenmships Ameries, Vie- toris, and Java have arrived, New Yonk, Fob, 28.—Arrived: Steamship Cal- itornis, from Gilasgow. —————— only Two Murdors, From the St, Louis Republican. Oharles A, Benson had Lilled his socond man on tho 14th of Fobruary at Logan City, noar Balt Lake, Ho was n young mou, and appar- ently boginning & {n‘au rona lito of murder. Evorything was brilliautly blood-red in his future, and ho probably looked forward to the happiness of being the horo of a dozon_ assassi- nations bofore ho died, Alas! for the delusions of hopo and the emptinoss of human ambition. Buch a glory as e fondly pictured wns not to #hino for him, His socond man was David W, Orackott, It was a clean job, and a clear case of murder, but tho suthorlifes of Logan City, not apprecisting true merlt of this stamp and rising famo of this tinge of brightuoss, woro harbarous onongh to arrest Benson aud look him up in their Court-houes. A large crowd of yanceablo citizons soon assembled, overpowered tho au- thorjtios without s fight, and took Beneon from the intorlor of tho Court-Houso, and hung him up on & sign-post in front of it. And standing round thoy watchod him thero until he gave nc sign of belonging any mora to this world. Thoy thon went qu! etf; to tholr homes and there wat o Ooroner's jury instond of n trial by Jury ic court in Bonson's cnso. A Miss Julin Morrtll, of Lognn, was engaged to be marrled to Bonson, nnd woon sho hoard of hor affianced's torrible doath aho foll doad from apoploxy, and sho and Benagn woro buried 1n tho same gravo, Bonson waa tho son of n formorly prominont Morzion, and it ho could only have got hls cago into court e would havo stood as good a chanca for a long life as any man in Utah Torrilory, Cov. Woods in Bald to'bo voxod at tho manner in whioh the tribunals of juatico have boon robbed of thelr Iawful prey by tho mob at Lognn, and will en. wénrwur to bring Judgoe Liynch into the Torritorial ourt, TOW—BROWN—Op tho 20/ e SO Fo Lo ot e by tho Rov, U. D. Ghliok, 7 A Brow of this'oity. ary A. Brown, both DEATHS. PRIRY_At Gran Oharch (Fplscopn, Toatorz, I Lanitle, Rz, fi-‘rf;,'fia'é'%r R R tanan Bk B S0 Rari e GO M Dy 5 hisala yoie, theson brothor of o Itov, iL. G, Porry, footor of AN-Salnts, £5*Blto, iode Teland, Now York, and Misstesippt papors ploasa copy. Wi tanton, b, 25 J¥iliam Stanton, son of Jamet rosideuco, 01 Cook streot, on Bun- vty 8 10 Caly ATUCTION SALES. BUITERS & 0O0.°S REGULAR BATURDAY’S SALEH OF Household Furniture, Window Glass, Goneral Merchendise, BAT M . £ SATURDAY, March 1, ot ) o'clook, at85and 6 SATLE OF Real Estate & Stocks, BY WN. A. BUITERS & CO., On MONDAY AFTERNOON, March3, at 2% o'clock, ot 88 and 67 South Oanal-st, Valuable Residence Lot On Twenty-saventh-st., woat of State, bolng Lot No. 7 in Adama' Subdivision, Torms, 8100 doposit at time of ealo; balanoo, 3§ cash, 3 1yoar. Titlo perfeot. Lots in Highland Park. 40 DESIRABLE RESIDENGE LOTS, Wost ‘of Rallrosd, at HIGHLAND PARK. All cash, Title porfeot. 8 DWELLINGS-IRVING PARK, (Commutation Faro7 conts), AND[50 FEET FRONT LOTS, On the prinolpal avenuos, Torms easy. - 15. LOTS, WACH 50 FENT FRONT, On the prindipal avenues. Torms eany. Norwood Park. ONE-HALF OP BLOOK 68, TERMS EASY. STOREY'S, MILWAUKEE-AV, SUBDIVISION, (Alliwaukeo-av. and Disorsey-st). 14 LOTS IN BLOCK 1. Titlo posfoct. Abstract, with each Lat. TWERNTY LOTS " In Baldwin Davts® Addition to TRVING: PAIRIES, Good proporty—torms casy. tirdng, o oS BUPIERS & 0., Auctlonoors. ON MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, At 144 South Peorla-st., MORTGAGEE'S BALE Household Furniture, By WAL A. BUTTERS & CO,. Auctionoers. Balo commencing 5t 10 o'alook. * On' Tuesday, March 4, At 55 & 57 South Canal-st., ‘A COLLECTION OF Fing (01l Paintings, BY WM, A, BUTTERS & 00, Balo commonolng at 2 o'alock. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, At %3, 97, 29 and 81 Wost Washington-at., Bupgies, Express Wagons & Hamess, By WM, A. BUTTERS & CO. Balo commencing at 10 o'olock. ON THURSDAY, MAROL 6, At 55 ond £7 Bouih Osnslst., Dry Goods, Clothing, Fars, & By WAL A, BUTTERS & 0O, Auctionoers. By G. P, GORE & CO,, 2, %, s0d 28 East Randolph-st. $10000 Worlh of FistClss Fumitire OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, . 60 Parlor Buits, 85 Marblo-Top Chambsr Bets, 160 Bedstends, Marble and Wood Top Centre Tables, 8ide and Corner Whatnots, Tiounges, Hxtension Tables, Bide Boards, Hat Trees, Mirrors, Oarpets, English and ‘Yellow Orookery, Pianos, an invofce of Fine Green and Black Teas, on BATURDAY, March 1, at 8 1-2 o’clook. SALE ON THREE FLOORS. &.P.GORE & Q0. GEO. P. GORE & CO., 23, 34 and 25 Randolph-st., ‘Will offer at Auction, on TUESDAY, March 4, An Invoice of Dress Goods, An Invoice of Hosiery, ; An Invoice of Crash, Algo, Notions, Table Qutlery, &o, BALE AT 83 A, M, CATALOGUE AUCTION SALE, On Wednesday, March 5, At 9:30 o'clock a, m., of Boots, Shoes & Slippers Retailors who desire to know how wide the ‘margin is betwoen OABH and OREDIT, should not fail to attend, GEO. P. GORE & C0., 22, 24 aud 2 Randolp By TAYLOR & HARRISON. REGULAR SATURDAY’S SALE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS, THIS NORNING, AT 03 OOLQOK, ing Machinos, In ordor; Flno Ohambe Bt et W aray Cpstinare, Now o Becadand Garpal e o, Matirortes, Ohroros I R vatiaty} .00 Clgare, and o ano 1o of assort vosder TAYLOR & HARRISON, Anctioneors, 1t and 3 Sonths Usnal.ats By T. 8. FITOH & CO. REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION, oin, 187 Doarborns p. . ' Paiioulars at aitontion giveu ta door a On the 26th [nat, wo shall affor sovoral balf-acromrove }ou'iuuaum oro Bulidivislon, ono large lot, in Wood- 15t tho okt I vl Gocnor Fotoniata. Ecmiaor b ’ T, B, FITOH & CO. IIAVENS & CO. AUOTION SALE, TII8 DAY, at 10 a, m., 75 Sout} Canslat,, cor, Madison, A PRIVATL LIDRARY, cora prising Theologloal, Classioal, Blograpbical, lifstorical, Pootical, and Flotitious Works. Also, Fusniture, Dosks, Stoves, &o, BRUSH, BON & CO.. Austionecrs,