Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1873, Page 2

THE COURTS. - ot Is or Is Not North Evn.fiston?g ‘Village P 3 The 'Funny. Side of. the Present A _ Jury System. Bill for Injunction to Restrain tho Sale of Valunble .Hydo Park ‘Property. Bankruptcy Matters---The Oourts in Briof---New Suits, In tho Oriminal Court, John Calvor, yestorday, filed o potition for quo warranto against H. a. Fulton, Martin Blackburn, Norton A. Boomor, James Goudy, and George Yoz, to show by what warrant thoy oxorolso tho liborties; privilegos, ond franchisos as Bonrd of Truateos of tho vil- Ingo of North Lvanston. Complainant avers that ho owns tho northhalf of tho southeast quarter of the southwest quartor of fractional Beo. 12 in Township 41, North Rango 18, enst of 8p.m, in Cook County; that on tho 11th day of January, 1873, ho ond A. B. Morrill, 0. A, Oraln, and E. Garflold flod o petition with, and progented to, the Board of Truatecs of the vil~ 1age of Evanston to have tho torritory describod thoreln snnoxed to the villago of Evanston, - which was signed by moro than throe-fourths of 4he logal wntors, and hy mare than throo-fourths in value of the legal ownors of proporty described in tho potition, which lies con~ tiguous to tho village of Evanston; that on 27th of Janunry, 1873, tho Evanston Board of Trusteos annoxed tho eald torritory; and that the lands of complainant wore partof the sunexed property, and now form part of tho village of Evanston ; that aftor the filing of eald potition with tho Evanston Trus- taes, & cortaln otlior papor writing, purporting to bo a potition under Bection b of Articla 11 of an not entitled an act to provide for the incor- poration of cities and villagos, was presontoed to the Hon. M. . A, Wallaco, Oounty Judge, for his action thercon, and duly filed ; that tho only act of tho Judge on that occasion, as hereafter appoars, was tho signing of fivo notices, which woro posted in the noighborhood of tho placo; that, on tho 28th January, 1878, s pretended cloc- tlon waa held, and roturns mado thorcon to said Judge, who proceeded, notwithstanding com- plainant objected, then and thero, to opon and canvass euch roturns, olaim- ing -that such returns showed that thirty- eix porsons had voted for ‘village organization” undor tho general law, and 28 porsons had voted against ‘‘ organization un- der the genoral law, and sign fivo notices of special election of ton Trustees for the village of Evanston ; that on the 11th Maroh, 1873, o pro- tonded olootion took placo, at whicl 'Martin Blackburn, Norton A. Boomor, James Goudy, H,.C. Fulton, H, C. Parsons, sud Goorgo Fox claim to have been clected, who havo sinco mot and qualified a8 suoh, and clected H. O. Fulton Presidont of tho Board ; that at the time com- plainant’s petition was signod by somo of tho porsons whoso namen aro thereto attachod, the words *‘or otherwise! immodiately preceded the words ‘“along tho. boundary line of the vil- lngo of Evanstonaforesnid; that afterwards, and bofore others of tho signers_ theroto bad signed tho 8amo, tho wordes ‘“or otherwige” were ~scorod out with =8 black. lead poncil, and oblilorated; that “it was the petition so altored that was presonted to and signed by othors of tho signers theroto, and prosontad to and acted ufion by said Judge; and, it boing uncertain whether said words wore in or out of eaid potition, the same words were writton in ink, in the noticos aforesaid, and, be- fore being 188ued, wero overscored with a black lond poncil in tho same way; and that whothor the lands of petitioner are within or without Evanston is uncertain, by reason of the descrip- tion on eaid patition” o th boundarigs of suol villago property. -Complaindn subitits that satd potition doos not contain. s doflnite desoription ‘of the landa intended to be embraced. in such village, whero the boundary of Evanston was, or would , _no action could legall; be had, under eald other petition, until tho firs} matter was disposed of ; that no furthor action upon tho firat petition being had by sald Judge, except that of signing said notices, the time for holding sald election has not yet arrived, and tho pretended olection of the'28th of January, 1873, ‘waa and is a nullity. Complainaut charges that, by reason of tho nots alleged, there ia no such corporation ag tho “Villago of North Evans- ton” duly incorporated according to law, and that the personation named have unlawf: in- truded into and are now unlawfully exerclsing the franchises of & corporation, and the oflicos of President and Trustecs of such pretonded corporation; and that complainant's land is liable to bo, taxed unlawfully by sald protended corporation, against which outrage ho takes the liberty to protest, and to ask tho intorforence of tho Court, FUN AMONG TILE JURORS. Yosterday, aftornoon o recsleitrant Teuton, ‘whose eighten lyeum‘ sojourn in thia country has taught him but ittlo of the peonliar advaniages and d!udvlmb}gea of tho jury systom, wandorod eimlessly into Judgo Bootl's "court and took o soat, regarding with awe-born reverenco tho American style of administering justice, A jury was being ~impaveled, and eloven good ‘and trusty men had slready beon secured. Tho twelfth juror, howoyer, conld not bo procured, ond the advent of the Touton was hnilod with delight, A fow doftly-put_quentions soon showed that ho wns ‘o fit and proper person_to fill the vacancy, and tho Judge ordered him to be prostod into service, The bai- liff of the Court explained to tho mow-comer that & German suxiliary was wanted to fill up the Jury, but Mr, Schaler declined poromptorily to get. “ Moln vif vaits for mo at homo, and I voats pen juryl " he oried,and made for tho door. ‘The bailiff mado & countor-movomont, in whioh tho uniucky German was nosrly impaled on tho spilted quadrangulor that daily throatons with sudden eviscoration all partios attonding at this Court, and stayed his progress. A tussle ensuod, in which Bohaler camo off socond beat. During tho hant of the affray, Judge Booth's volco ro- soundod through the Court, ordering the bailiff to tako {ho unwilling juryman to jail, Taking o moro charitablo viow of the affalr, after- ward, His Honor bade Schaler it down, wl he dld, grompily. At the closing of coult, His Honor asked Schaler why ho committed con- tompt of court by disobeying his mandato and resiating tho oflicor. Tho Touton’s spoech was short, yot proguant with a domestic pnflmu. T not vish (o préak Jaws," ho eaid, “Lut von {ha man comes, tells mo to pe jury, I dinka I must stay up all nights, I dink of my vif and fnmi{]va, how they go to bolico stutions for me ; Low dey dink I {kh drowned or diunk, how doy Lont for mo in do bad blaces ; and 1 dink it fsh not goot,” The paternul hoart of the Judge was tauched, his ktorn faco softencd, s sercne smilo besmed ‘bengrolently from his lips, aud he let the fellow off, only telling him tobo on hand at 10 this morning. 5 An Israslitish furor then statod that ho would not bo ablo to attend tho noxt dny, e it was the firat day of the Jowlsh Eustor, His Honor hint- ed mildly that ho' hiad *““botter como,” and not sllow his sacred dutien as o Jowryman to inter- fore with Ll moro sacred dutios a8 a juryman. BALL OF HYDE PAK PLOPERTY ENIOINED, Barali A, Muneon Ynmlona, in tho Buperlor Court, for an injunction to rostain the nlo of cortain valuablo renl cstate belonging to hor in tho town of Uydae Park, viz.: Lots 15, 10, 17, and 18 in Oleavervillo in that town, which shi'pur- chased from Chnuncoy 1. Bowon and Horaco Harvey, " Plaintiff avors that sbout tho firat of May, 1871, sho, togotlior with her Lmeband Fuancls Munson, convoyed by deed of trust, sald property to Houry E. Becley, to securo payment to Jomocs Lddy of 14,000, In five yoars, at 10 per cent por annuni, for money loaned that on or ntlflrh:hul”m at( Juno, l?'m, sl Francls oxacuted his nine promissory notes, pay- 2uta 5o, the ordor of Aldon Y. Millaxd, and Jtd- sin J. Deckor, for £1,5600 each, payable in 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 months from dato ; that on the'sgtn July, 1872, complainant excoutod o Bco- ond deed of ‘snid promises to J, Lowis Leo, bear- ng oven datea with and to secure ssid notos ; that said deed wyas afterwnrds oxcouted by Fran- cla Munson, and delivercd to Millard & Dooker ; that the constdoration of the notes was morchan- dise #old to Munsonj that complainant wae ig- porant of tho torms and dotails of snlo; that sho ‘&xcouted the doed at her husband’s requost, not Enowing what it rolated to oxcept gm.mfi{ to certain ?ndabudnunn to Millard & Deoker ; that tho notes to them wera not madoat her requost; it compisinant's property should not be bound- en for any indebtodnosa of Franois to thom; that {lo dood of trust wae oxoouted after thio dobt THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNLE: FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1873 hind boon ingurred by Franoln ; that cofmplatnan hias foceivod no bbnyofi: from! tite mufl,‘fi,o:"?n'.‘fi truat dood'} thnt Franols has kinco bocome bank- rop, and tho snld of his proporty has boon ad- vort{aod ini a Ohlcago: paper, to stay which pro- ovodingu’complainnnt potitions for aninjunctlon, % 'A'$20,637 JUDOMESNT, . Judge Portor rendored decisions in a number of cnios yostordny, tho most important of which was Larzls v, Douglas.. AT -plaintilf, Busan W, Hnrris, brought sult in assumpsit ngainst Robort M. Dotiglng, Btophen Donglas, Adelo Willlnms, Tobert Willinms, hor Lusband, and Danlol P, Rhodos, as oxecoutrix of the 1nto Btophen A. Douglag, lnyln;i damngos ab £80,627.80. Com- El}ahmut avors that Htophon A. Douglns, on tho d of Jun\mr{, 1858, Axnvu Arnold Harris a pro- missory noto for s'l,ls 0, with intoront due at.ono yoor fram_date, who indorsod it aud assigned it to plaintiff ; that Btoplion A. Douglas on tho mf: of Juno, 1859, mndo notea for 81,5600 and 1,849, which passod through the mamo hands a8 tho provions note and bocamo hor property; ~ that Btophon A. Douglas died on tho 81 of June, 1801, and loft dofondant's hoira to_this proporty, aftor the paymont of all just debts ; that tho notes wore novor paid b{ Btophen A. Donfilna, and that de- fondnnts still rofuso to pay them. His Honor cecidod in favor of the plaintiff, awarding hor ‘her $20,027,80 damngos. THEDONDS OF DANKNUPTCY ABSIGNNEES, Tho gantlomen who aro trying to got up n son- sation on the thoory thaithe assignoos of tho various bankrupt_ insurance companios have fniled to give bonds, mayassure thomsclvon that tho allegation is slm(lmv? a8 tho baseless fabrio of ndroam. * Book 6," in Registor Hibbard's ofico, contains the namon of ench nsalgneo, tho amount of tho socuritios offered, and tho dato when approved, with any changes theroin that havo sinco taken place, Tho chances of gomng up o sonsation aro oxceodingly slim. The best songntions aro Atubborn facts. NEFUSING TO INDOMSE A NOTE AFTER DIICOUNT. Tho caso of Fronch ot al. v. Btophon M. Sta- Iflnu, tried by Judgo Porter, was rather intoreat- ng. Dofondant ia allogod to have purchased from plaintiffs a qunnglty of stoarino of tho waluo of 23,290, for which thoy paid with n prom- {nsory noto’ of ' Mosars. Risley Brothors. s thoy refused to indorse, though often requested todoso. At maturity the noto was not paid, and dofondanta deolinéd honoring 1t. 'Tha plain- t11fs Book for redross on the goneral issuo of statute of frauds, and Iny the dsmages at $5,000. Tha caso will bo earriod on to-day. DANKRUPTOY MATTERS, Tho potition of John I. Rasch, for sot-off against tho Home Insurauco ComPnny, Wa8 yes- torday decided, the Court dirocting’ the poti- tioner to pny tho Assignes of tho Company the differenco botween the notes (81,830) and insur- anco (8362.40), namoly, 8967.60, T'he salo of tho Fmpn:ty of Bugbeo & Carloton, namoly, tho furnfturo aud fittings of tho Galk Houso, 42 Bouth Water strect, roalized £1,770.63, atter tho Baymont of all oxponzos, and, tho sum of $1,639,85'1s now 1 bank to tho credit of tho cstato, Tho Court approved tho sale. Procecdings in tho matter of Wm. Cuthbort woro ordorod dismisaed, unloss objectiona aro filod fu ton days. - Bimoon Rosonfels patitionod for discharge, and tho usual order undor Boction 61 was mado, for hoaring and creditors mooting, beforo - Hibbard May 20. In Josoph Parker et al. the samo, ox- copt u8 to tho reforence which was to J. A. Crain, Froeport, Ill. - ‘The ordor of dismiseal, in the matter of Elison & Tostor, was yosterdny made absoluto. The Olerk was ordered to pay over to the Assignoo of tho cstate of L. Goldsmith the bal anco of moniospaid into court by the Provisional Assignoo, nomoly, 298187, In tho mattor of Willinm Batoman, on potition of tho nttnmooys, tho Assigneo was dirocted to oy tumm 9260 attornoys fees snd disburso- ments, On tho 7th Inat.,, Adolpho Moses, for tho pe- titioning croditor, Josoph Coons, of Philadelphis, filed o petition in bankruptoy against John A. Piorco & Co., claiming ns oroditora on one note of ©117.41, and two notos aggrogating $8069,97 ; and n]loglng tho taking of their prop- orty in Jogal process by Vergho lubling & Co., and Sontag & Handinger, Tho usual rule to show cause, and warrant of soizure wore or- derod. THE COURTS IN DRIEF, In Judge Rogers' court, the Troy, N. Y., firm of Bholdon, Gravea & Co. brought suit sgainst Mossrs, Banga Brothers, of this city, to rocover tho valuo of atovs of plaintifls, which woro de- atroyod in defendants’ storo by tho great firo. Defondants claimed that the articles in question thoy sold morely on commission for plaintiffs, and wero not liablo for, either by acoldent, by fire or otherwise ijnmm hoywaver, assorting that 8 ngaum stipulation exfated making dofondanta liablo for the results of such contingoncy. Tho jury found for the plaintift, with 8530 damagas. In tho case of Itonow v. Hollman the jury could not agroo, and were discharged. * Judge @ary, who has boan suffering from poor Llienlth for somie time ‘pue, gavo out yostorda: morning, and was obli fi“l to suspend {d- judi- cial duties for a short timo. Tho miserable ven- tilntion of the different State court rooms causes intenso discomfort to all parties doing business therein, His Honor persists in attonding to court, although his appearance denotes a man in the last stag of woariness, ‘Tho case of Fullam v. Larned, which has oc- cupled . tho ,attention of Judgs Dooth all the wook, conbluded yosterdsy evening, tho j bringing in s soaled verdict, which will' bs x:a thia morning. In tho case of Beall v. Lithgrow, in which tho Dlalntil sought roplovin of urniture soized by lofondant, o verdict wasrendered in favor of the formor, with §000 damages, ‘The éw,oon foo caso still croops along before Judgo 'Tree. Thoro is & painfully-evident ele- ‘ment of rival Ernctlcn in tho caso pormoating ita every stop, and it culminnted last evening, when His Honor asked one of the counsel low long hia addross to the jury would bo. Ho answered that ho had nevor yet been limited ns to timo, and thero i8 no doubt that, for somo days, per- chance weoks, a flood of forvid eloquence will pour forth at the foot of the judgment soat. Tho United Btatos of America wore the plain- tifts in an action in the United Btatea Circuit Court, yesterday, in which the dofendnuts, Wil- linm &. Murray, Robort H. Wataon, Ira Nelson, and Willinm Hosher were suod for $10,000, on a distillory bond ; aud in anothor action in which Louis H. Bullock, Bnor%: Bortram, H. W, Bul- lock, and Jamos W. Richardson wero suod for $16,000, also on o ditillery bond, In the United Statos Distriot Court tho Asslgn- eos of Muun, Norton & Beolt bring action against George R, Chittendon, on confersion of judgment, for &3,896.78, In tho Gircnit Court John T'. Morrill brings a suit in caso against Thomas F. Wall for $2,000. Tho Fronch Vault-Light Manufacturing Com- Buny Lring action in_roplevin |gn(nst§luhon urronghs and Georgo Hartmen for £3,000, Bamuol W. Walton, doing business in Cincln- nati undor tho namoof Bamuol W, Walton & Co., Dbrings suit in nesumpsit, in tho Cirouit Court, against Jamea P. Wells to rocover the amount of accopted notes for $140.25 and $250.85, of & promissory note of §261.24 for a now chan- dolier sold him. Louisa 8. Moservo was appointed administra~ trix of tho eatate of the Iate Curtis O, Meserve, undor a bond of 236,000, to bo approved. 1. Ihadd, Eliza J. Dolan, Agueas Kreichaton, and Anna Tutlingor were declared, aftor trial, to Lo insano, Poter R, Weatflold was appointed administra-~ tor of the ostatcof the lutu Alexsuder B.- Will- iams, undor his indorsod bond of §100,000, to bo epproved. NEW SUITS, Tur USrrep 8rares Cmovit Count—United Blatea of Amorica v, William A. Murray, Robort 1L, Wateon, Ira Nelson, and William Hosher dobt, $10,000. Hame Y. Louia H, Bullock, George Bortram, II, W, Bullock, and James M, Richordson § debt, §15,000, "ite UNITED BTaTES DISTRIOT COURT—AsSigneos of Munn, Nortou & Bcott v, Georgo R, Chittondon ; cone fouaion of judgmant, $3,800.78, Tk OiNouIT CoUNT,~—0,528—Ohristine Schmidt v, James Montgomery; bill {0 forecloss mortgago, 6,620 —Mary Ann Baviey v, Michsol Hogan ; action of ojoct~ ment, $1,000, 6,650—Samucl W, Walton v, John P, Wallds assumpsit, $600, 0,631—William L, Church v, Dantel 'T, Elstons assumpsit, $600, O8—Appeal, 0,633—Jamea B, Floyd v, Oltvor B, Sansom _and James Lodloy ; nasumpilt, 600, 0,634—Jobn ¥, Btafford ot al, v, Deloa N, Chahpel; rostored bill. “6,535—Appesl, 6,530—Withheld for service, 0,637—L'rancells I, Hydo v, Willlam E, Hydo; divorco on the cound of adultery, 08u4—Appeal, ppoal. 6,640—Appodl, 6,641—-Appoal, ' 0,643—Tn- elbret Tolson_ v, Franols A, Couwell; agaumpsit, . 6,5840—A. McKechnlo of al, v, Georgo ¥, Smith and’ Wiliam B, Molviilo; essumpsit, $000. 0,54— Haino v, Oharles 11, Beckwith; same, $1,000. 6,645— Mocth A, Cushing et ol, v, Telford Burnham; ase sumpait, $1,000. 0,540-T—Appeals, 0,648—Olarissa ¥, 1, Moyer v. Horman Moyor und Emma Moyer; petl- tlon for partition of north half of Lot 14, Dlock 08, Behoo! Boction Addition. 0,560—Boyd sud Bufton v, Fugeno ¥, Hensbnaw § l]lulll-lml for mechanics’ llon, olin F. Morril v, Thomas 1, Wall; case, .0 000, 'I'itE Burenton CounT,—i%,005—Earnh A, Manson v, 2. Lewis Leo, Adam O, Millard, and. E, J. Deckor ; po- tition for infunction to restrala from neiling real oo tate, 43,906—Ola 3, Jacabkon v, Mortln Ctlver and Kund I, Porest ; Uill for injunction, 43,067—Martin Lind v, O, Raberly ; assumpsit, $400, 45, 008—Appeal, 48,969—Tolur , Loaltor el al, v: Bary darvin ; atianvit for garnishice summons, 43,070—Yrinch Vault Light Munufucturlng Gompaty b, Tobort Birroughs ‘s Grorgo Harlmani roplovit, 93,000, (3071~Jay & Hoscack v, Thomas O, Tamb; asutimypslt, $600, 45071 —Cyrun v, Magdalen Duler; divorco on ground of do- sertion, —_— Reoping o Country Fost«Offico. The froe and easy mannor in which somo rural Poul-Ofoes are keutlsilluatrated Ly a casostatod in the Bolfast (Moe.){dge. Tho Post-Offfco in tho town of Liborty haa boah kept, by pmxly( Mr.” Knowlton, n trador, belng Postmastar, whtlo tho dutles of tho offico woro lone by n' woman, ab her liouse, Froquont complaints having Leen, mado of tho looso mannor ini_whioh it was kophy! Mr, Carr, tho agont of Lo Pogt-Oftico -Dopnrt- mont, proceedod to make an investigation. -Btopping incognito in the villngn, ho visited" the Tont-Oflica and fonud no difiiculty inabstracting quite s numbor of lottors, Duriug tho samo ovoning, aftor nrrival of the mall, ho callod again and took nway tho mail bag, whioh wne earolosly loft oxposed. Tho noxt moming ho callod upon tho Pontmastor, who statod to him thot tho mall bag had boon stolon. Ifo thore- upon Informod him thnt Lo was the supposod thiof, aud ndvised him to rosigy, which ho did. A now Postmastor will bo appointod, MISSION WORK, Second Aununl Meoting of the Wome an’s Presbytorian Bonrd of Missions weintoresting IRoportse=Eloction of Officors, Tho socond annual mesting of tho Woman's Prosbytorian Board of Miasions of tho Northwont was hiold yeaterday in tho lecturo-room of ' the Tirat Prosbytorian Ohurch, cornor of Indinna avenuo and Twonty-firat stroct. The meoting ‘waa woll attonded, ovor 200 ladies boing prosont, among them dolegations from Codar Rapids, Towa; Dotroit, Mich.; Evanston, IlL; Valpa- raiso, Ind. ; Lako Forost; Wankogan, and sov- oral other places. The mootlug waa called to ordor by the Prosident of tho Board, Mra, R, W Pattorson, Mro. A. M, Gibbs acting 8 Secrotary. Aftor the singing of o hymn and the reading of Boripture, prayer was offerod by Mra. Mitch- oll, Tho Recording Beorotary road tho names of dologatos from auxilinry sociotios. Tho roport of tho yoar's work was prosonted by Mrs. Laflin, but, on motion, was reforred to o committoo_consiating of Mosdamos Hogo, Far- well, and Walkor, to roport in tho afternaon, Tho report of tho Treasurcr wae thon callod for, and road, It showed that 0,348 wero ro- colved during tho past yoar, while the exponses Liayo boen quito small. 'The roport from tho Board of Intarior was sub- ‘mittod by Mrs, Biatchford, and contnined plongant ‘words of greeting and encouragoment. The mfiorl from tho Baptist Hocioty was mado by Mre. Harris, and the roport from the Motho- dist Bocloty by Mra. Hitt. % Mosdnmea Bwasoy, Ely, Attlebury, and Bar- tholomew woro o] puln!u & Comunittoo to nomi~ nate ofiicors for tho cnsuing yoar. A genoral discussion sprang up as to where tlio noxt annunl mootings should bo hold, most of the lndios being in favor of going from place to Euo. tor tho accoptation of an invitation to ate tend tho aunual meeting of the Board at Do- troit, tho ladies ropaired to_an adjoining room, vhoto a sumpiuous Lunch s uproad oty b5 which full justico was douo by thioso prosout, Tho Board again assemblad at 2 o'clock p. m,, ond, after thoslnging of a hiymn, Mrs, Josoph Ha~ ven'gave an intorosting account of her expori- ences in tho missionary field of Turkey and jyria, A lottor from Mrs. Cathoun was read by, Mrs. Keop, giving a thrilling account of the miesion= nr{' work done among the Indians, Lo report of the Beeretary, which lind boon roferred to n committoo, was roported back and accoptod. » Tha roport contains some very intorosting itoms, It commences with the snnouncoment that death. had stricken one name from their roll during the nst yoar—Mrs, Frodorick Brown, of 8t. Daul, ion, In hor name some ono wad nsked to beo- come standard-boarer in hor stead, Reports had Dbeon received from most auxiliary saciotios, and all aro showing an unprecodented aotivity. Ama- Jority of thom had sont accoptablo boxes of Clothing to home missionarios, ‘The right valuo of thoso gifts could mover Lo given, and tho hope was oxprossod that every year would sco s ropotition of this work. The 'Tronsurer's rnslort was presentad, showing an increase of $3,000 over last yoar. Ninoty-ono_auxiliary sociotics, 81 migsion_elr- cles and bands, and 84 lifo mombers had boon recorded sinco their organization ; 13 missiona- rios, 7 Bible readors and teachers, 36 Imdpiln, and 1 mountain kehool had boon supported during tho past yoar. Tho roport then recapitulates the good work done by tho difforent missionaries laboring at foreign stations,. It furthor states that the miost valuablo work nwcm%l‘nrahud dur~ ing the Iast yoar was the purchase of Woodstocl, Tudia, as o sanitarium and school for children of missiqnaries, The Philadolphia Socioty had paid £10,000 for the property, and tho Northwostern Mission $2,000, and tho oxponsos would horanftor ba born jointly by both missions. Attor tho ronding of tho Secrotary's roport, the Reov. Dr. ‘Iaylor, of Evanston, dolivored n very spiritod addross, ani an autline of tho foroign mission work, and tho boueficial rosults alroady obtained, rnfnmn%onpumnll to tho work done ot tho Sandwich and Bocicty Islands, and 8poke in eloquent torms of the faith, liborality, and charity of womnn, who were always tho foromost in battling for tho good of mankind and for roligion. At the conclusion of Dr. Taylor's address, snother hymn was sung, after which the Com- mitteo on Nominations reported the following ofticors for the ensuing year, and they wore unanimously elected : President—Mrs, A. H. Hogo, Vice-Presidents—Mesdames Pattorson, Bwazoy, Far- ;{\’n‘t}, Dr, Ely, J, V. Farwell, E. D, Wells, and G, slier, Corrcl?wmflnp Secretaries—Meadames G, H, Taflin, Albert Xeop, E, D, Ely, Recording Secretary—Mrs, A. E. Kittredgo. Treasurcr—3irs, Josso Whitchead, JManagers—Mordomos Wm, H, Blalr, Arthur Mitch- ell, 0. i, McCormick, Dr. Brown, Judge Davis, 8, P, Farrington, Taylor, 6, 0. Drowning, E. 0, Walker, J, . Tilman, Lyon, Tyndall, W. D, Raymond, Glene ‘wood, Pearsou, J. Young, Williameon, §, B, Judd, and AL M, Gibbe, “Auditor—Rov, A, Swazey, At the conclusion of some further routino business, and tendering & vote of thanks tothe rotiring President, Mra. R. W. Dattorson, and to tho Rtov. Dr. Taylor for his eloquont address, the meoting adjouwrned sine dio, —_— THE NEW COURT-HOUSE. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune 3 Bin : Will you favor me by publishing in Tz ToinuNe the following briof romarks boaring upon tho construction of the proposed new Court-Houso : I will confinomy statoments to ono feature of the building,—tho central conrt, or apace in the contro of the building. Thia largo building, in all its courts and officos, will ordina- rily contain o very large number of people, and it [s highly nocossary that all of themost ap- proved hyqlonio and sanitary devices for the comfort and health of its inmatos shounld bo in- corporated into its construction. Carbonio acid gos is largoly goneratod by the human lungs; alvo, by the burning of coal-gus,—sach single gre-Jot consuming a8 much oxygon as five mon ; algo, by the burning of coal, wood, &o. ; aldo, by the decomposition of animal and vegotable mat- tor, and by various othor causes ; and thia gas is 80 much hoavier than ntmosphorio air_ that it must bo heated to 800 dogrees of Fahronheit be- fore it is of tha anmno dankity na the atmosplore ; ond, as it i8 gonorated, it flows through tho air to the lowest lovel. It will thus ba evident that o large portion of it, coming from various sources throughout tho whole building, will nocesearily flow into this central court. The vapors of porspiration, and othor noxious vapors, will likowise find thofr way into this great re- coiver, It will thus bo scon that this contral court will bo & vast rosorvoir of offensive and deloterious gases, with a continuous and nover- falling source of supply; and it would bo folly to resort to ravifying ventilation. Targo fires, with tall chimneys, would bo a foeblo and inof- faeotual moans of emptyiug this huge reservolr of miasma, In roforonco to this contral court boing used s o monns of lighting tho inner rooms of tha building: The fighb from this conrt, 100 foot daeop, will bo of quite a secondary character, un- dor the most favorable circumatances, in cloar woather; and, iu darls, cloudy weathor, it will bo searcoly any light at all; and pitiable will bo tho condition of thoso mon who aro doomed to bo constantly scoluded from the sun’s lght, in & dreary aud monotonous court, Modern investi- gation has domonstrated tho faot that even n short stroot of two-story houses, bullt up at one end, i8 o fruliful source of disense to thogo who livo in it, It will bo & groat and fatal mistako to hiave this important hufldlng put up on the plan of hnving & contral ccurf, “Yours, very rospoct- tally, Lauonen. Giticaao, April 0, 1873, SOLOMON NEUSCH. WiNangsren, 1Il, April 8, 1673, o the Rditor of The Chfcago Tiritune ¢ B: I havo noticod an itom in your papor, roported to you from Winchestor, that I had !allndbflnnd my liabilitios _excoded my assets 20,000, Whis T8 untrue. 1 have made arrango- mouta to continuo my business, and hayo paid all immedinto demauds, Hoping you will do mo the favor to correct tho falue {mprnuuiun, Ire- main, yours truly, BoLoatoy Nzusos, __RAILROADS AND RAILROAD IRON. | Hho Transportation Tax and Cost of 5 i tho ‘Tnriff. . DY EDWARD ATRINHON, Wo ropublish, from n spooch made by Faward | Alkinson, Enq., In Boaton, on tho 20th of April, 1800, tho folloing analyals of tho tax on rall- way transportation imposed by the tarift on fron ¢ It noods but littlo roflectlon to porceiva that tho very oxistonoo of Now En{(ll\nd laponds upon cheap transportation. Yenr Dy yonr tho source from which wo got our whent and our boof moved furthor “wogt. ° As Obio, Indiann, and Illinois avo. filled up and foncod in, tho crops chango and tho_ grazing-grounds disnppoar, Withh s moro dendo population in theso Bintos has como tho cstablishmont of manufactures; not, porhaps, of toxiilos and Ph" or bar iron—those omploy but fow hands ; but manufactures of tools, of furuituro, of harnoss, and all tho varlous nocds of & donso Eo{mlnuun, and with them the wagon and ear uildors, tho blacksmiths, and tho like, who out- number operatives in factorics and iron works Dby fiva to ono, and thus the crops_ which unod to Lo mado and sont to Now Eugland ara consumoed at homo, whilo we muat look to Nobraska and Towa for our whoat, and to Toxas and tho gront plaing of tho contral region wost of tho Mis- sourl ‘for boof as woll as for our wool and our hides, Thus choap railroods ba- como more and moro nccossary. In fact, cheap transportation is mothing bub frea tranapartation, {rce oxchango, or in othor words ¥REE TRADE. It is becauso we hnve froo ox- change, ovon to the oxtont which hes boen ac- complishod, that wo owe tho progress of tho oaplo of this Jand, Changoes in our fisoal pol- oy Liave rotarded our ?mgflms, ‘Dut still wo havo mado progross, and it s because of froo trado and tho frea oxohnngio now made possible by our railronds, thot mon like Bonator Wilson aro no longer compoelled to work fourtcon houra a day on a farm for &6 por month, a8 Lo says ho did wlion lio was a young man, But notwitatanding this necd of cheap rail- roadls, tho ineatiablo demanda of Pennsylvania contiuuo, and undor one pretoxt or anothor the tax upon railrond iron is continued, and railroads aro mndo coatly. When the question was ono of intornal taxetion thoso railmakers did not hesitate to Hmsunt tho’ proofs that tho internal taxos, of swhich thoy have sinco boon rolioved, amounted to over 16 per ton upon nvurfl ton of ralls mado. Yot witl that burdon upon thom the skillful and_ energotio prospored. Bince thoy woro rolioved of these intornal taxos tho prico of iron bas rigen, while tho cost has beon roduced by many oaf improvoments ; the Elershausen Pmcusn. gr instance.’ It1s now impossible for hom to object to the removal of the duty of 814 por ton npon_ railrosd - iron unless they can dis- rovo all their own ovidence to the offoct that” ho Internal taxes were more than tho duty. Teferenco may bo had upon this point to the evidonco givon by Hon, D, J. Moroll, membor of Congross for the Cambrin Iron ‘Vnrkn, an establishment of tho capacity of 50,000 tons of rails per annum, and consequently the recipiont of about ono-twonticth part of the bounty which wo Y‘ny, 8oy $700,000 por annum in gold. TThia’tax would not bo imposod or folorated for & moment wero it not for the domand of tho iron masters, truly called our maslers, to bo protooted; and if the argument upon which thoy baso their claim is woll grounded, this tax. of loss than 8,000,000 collocted by the Gov- cornmont, costs tho pooplo of the United States morethan one hundred millions a year. I find tho proof of thisin a documont which emauates Trom Ponnsylvanis. It rarcly happons that wo ot a ugeful lesson in political oconomy from Ponnsylvanin ; ro in acknowledglng the valuable information which wo have dorived from the report of tho American Iron and Biool Association Lor 1808. From this documont wo lonrn that there woro in the United Btates on tho 31st Decombor, 1868, 53,600 milos of railroad track, Inoluding second track and sidings ; of this {otal, 16,536 milos havo ‘boon built in tho ton yenrs onding Dec. 81, 9,448 miles in the last five yearaof tho docade, and 8,098 in tho last year. In this vast oxtonsion of our railroad system =andin the wealth cronted: thoreby, wo may find the main secrot of our powor aud of our ability to boar the burdenof a viclous eurroncy and of & costly and thoroughly Dad systom of “taxabion, with go littlo apparent injury, Inillustration of the ‘wealth dovelopod Dby railroads wo may cite a few facts which havo Intoly beon brought out by Mr. IL V., Poor in his recont work upon railronds, In 1851 tho grous oarnings of all tho railronds in tho United Statos woro only $39,000,000, In 1867 they wora over $400,000,000, rernnfing on incroaso per capita from $1.06 to §11.12, But the roceipts of 1867 wero in_ n Jourrency worth ouly about 70 cents on tho dollar; the truo incroaso was from 81.66 to about €8 ingold, or about five-fold, while tho welght of merchandiso tranaportod incroaged from 504 pmmdsémt capita in 133’1 10 4,166 pounds por eapita in 1867. Thue, notwithstanding bad managemont; heavy taxation, high cost, war prices and Wall sirett frregularitics, the cost of moving froight ia less proportionately by nearly ono-half, yot tho prosont cost can and ought to be reduced to half tho prosont rato, Dy for tho largor portion of this_incronso of merchandise moved is wealth absolutely croated by the construction of rail- Toads, artiolos which wouwld Liave no valuo could they not bo moved, and from this incroaso wo may deduce the full offoct of any cause which ‘rotards the rapid oxtension of rail- ronds. Buch s cause wo have in the hoavy dutios upon railrond iron, now imposed at the rate of 0 contn per hundred pounds, or $14 por ton of 2,000 pounds, Tho roport of the Iron and Bteel Associstion furnishes mauy data by which we can estimato tho injury inflicted by this duty. Tho Association rates tho railé required por milo at_90 tons, giving 4,725,000 tons of rnila now laid. Upon this quantity they cstimato tho annual wonr at 634 por cont, s much lower rate than most nuthoritics assumo, but oven at this rato wo hall roquira in 1869 for ropairs only, 825,000 tona of iron rails, It Is estimated that in the year 1809 over 4,000 miles of now railrond will bo built, but a8 reads are now laid with heavior rails, and in many cases Bessemor stoel is ub- stituted for common iron, tho allowauco of 90 tons por mile, or 360,000 tons, is entirely in- sufiicient, Thore should be addod for sidings and oxtra woight, and for the extrn oxponse of steol rails, ordored ;both for now track and for Topairs, not logs thon 90,000 tons, making our minimum requiremont for the yoar 1869 oqual to 850,000 tons of common rails, Our domestic supply of rails is ontirely insufficient; we im- pnzfisi during the last ten yoars_ 1,000,000 tons out of a little over 4,000,000 used. Tho domand is imperative, aud the uso of iron incroasos in a greator ratio that the incronso of population, cost what it may. Last year wo used nearly 1,000,000 tons of rail,of which we import- od 200,000, ' Undor guch circumsiauces the prico of the total supply, both domestic and foroign, 1y of course rogulated by the coat of tho import- ed rails, plua the dutyof £14 per ton, Upon the 850,000 tons, tho minimum roquired in 1869, woshall thoroforo pay un oxootm of prico of 814 por ton, or a little more than $11,000,000 gold, of Which tum, at (ho proportion of ono ton forolgn ta tlreo domostio, the Govornment will got 83,750,000, and the iron mastors $7,260,000. This suin would build about 450 miles of raliroad up- on our Wastorn prairics at tho rate of $24,000 in gold per milo. The rato of rotardation consoquent upon the duty is thorofore 11 por cont upon the estimated amount of our construction of track in 1889, viz: upon 4,000 milos. This tax must bo paid by tho sections of country which will hnvo tho rallroads pormitted to bo built, whilo wo shall loso the roductions of tho sections whoso wonlth would gu croatod if tho iron mastors did not doprivo us of 460 miles which might bo had without roquir- ing tho outlay of auy more m:{)ltnl, it the amount of capitnl now absorbed in duties and bountios to tho iron mastors wara applied to their con- struction. But wo must carry our analysls still further. Tho power of & raliroad to dovelop woalth can only bo compared to tho powor of steam inde- voloping forco, Tho ayerago numbor of tons carried upon cach mile of railroad is 2,000. This is tho present avorage on tho Chicago & North- wostern, & now road, aud the averago valuo $160 er ton as proved conclusively by Ioury V. Poor, o may, thoroforo, affirm that if the duty of ©14 por ton woro abated and tho price thus re- duced, 450 milos of the Northern Paociflo Railrond, for ingtance, might ba built, upon which an sunual traflio of 900,000 tons would ensuo, of morchandise worth $160 per ton, oqual to $136,~ 000,000, all of which upon this route would bo woalth absolutely created or mado more valuable by the construction of tho railroad. 1t happens that the offect of dutics npon rail- yoad iron can thus bo demonstrated and reducod toa formuls ; the injurious_offcot of all dutios upon iron, steol, nomflr and other motals is as grent, but the formula cannot so casily bo pro- sonted and provod. Dutios upon motals and cosl nre to all intonts and purposes taxes upon powor ;. thoy aro ob- staclos to tho pubstitution of natural forces, and of machinery for human labor, ‘Thoy aretiaxes upon tho pracess, not the rosults of industry, Therofore thefr injurious offect is ten, ays twonty fold tho nomiual amount collocted or the apparent burden upon the poople, If the owner of o great cotton faotory woro to divert a portion of the wator from tho Lioad of his fall and dimin- 18k his wator-power in ordor to irrigato & moadow upon which a fow fat cattlo might bo fed, thero- by retarding the speod of hismill and atopping h{n machinery, he would be a fit osudidate for su wo thorofore takoethe more pleas-. Insano asylum ;“yob our loglslators obatruct the applioation of poyer greator then that of any watep-powor by lnlnmuelnq nrtificlnl obstruotionn to Pr wont tho peoplo of tho United 8tatos from oblaining thoir ful nuyp]y of iron, stool, and coal, horder that the iron mustors of Ponnuyl- vanln may food thoir tat catilo, nud fatton upon tha plundor of which Hm{ havoe dospoiled tho community. With natural reaourcos o great ns to onpblo thom_to Emy oxtravagaut wages to the laborors, and yoi mako iron” at s los cont than England or any other country In the world, thoso mon yot ory baby, call thomael vos infan manufacturors, and lnslst that wo shall sncrifico millions of woslth to moot their nolfish demanda. The inposition of taxes upon railrond iron can- not bo gumudod uPou nuy plon of tho necesaity of rovonue, ‘Tho incroaso in the cousumption of tos, coffeo, sugnr, aud whisky, tho incroase of Incomes and of tho use of atampa causod by tho nddition of $135,000,000 to tho aunual product of tho country, which would ensuo from the con- struction of 460 miles of raflroad of which we aro now doprived by the auty on rails, would far more than componaato for tho loss of rovenuo which would follow from the nbntoment of such duty npon tho rails thomselvos. Wo have to loarn tho losson of incronsing our rovenuo by abating opprossivo taxes; and, to compel sucl sbatoment, wo must show what thoso taxos cont. 1f tho country cannot be induced to domand tho abatoment of dutios upon railrond iron by the simple stntomont of tho cost of this tax in dollar, lot thom consldor tho tax in this form: Undor the protext of collecoting ravenue, tho Govornmont in the yoar 1869, will tax the poople of tho Unitod Btates 112 miles of railrond for ity own use and 838 miles for tho ol uso and bono- fit of tho iron mastora of Ponusylvania, From such tax tho Governmont will recolve §2,750,000, but the poople may have to suffer tho loss of 136,000,000 1f tho objoct for which tho protec- tion is domandod shall be gainod. But tho cost of tho tax upon iron is still groater. It is esti- mated that for overy pound of iron used in rails, the construction of ‘s railroad crentos n deman for. throo ;lnmndu for chairs, spikes, bridges, buildings, locomotives, and ocars sud im- provemonts incident to its construction, and whon wo ostimato the cost of the duty upon this additional guantity and cast it up in the form of milos of railroad of which wo are deprived, wo almost bogin to beliovo that the building of the whole lino of the Northiern Pacific Road is pre- vonted or rolarded by this misohiovons tax. Only consider, gentlemen, how imporativo this domand for railroads {a, In spito of an avorago cost of over $200,000 per milo, England snd Waics had in 1800 unv inilo of rallroad. tn overy 8¢ square miles of surfaco, while wo had in thio 1 y #ottlod Northern Statos only ono milo to tywenty-five squaro milos (oxcluding Konsna and Drngozi?, nnd in tho South only ono to ninety- two. England and Walos probably have now ono milo of railrond to evory flve sBquare miles of surface, and aro atill constructing moro. If we could discount the woalth which our ronds would creato wo might not caro for the obatruction of tho tariff, but actual nxisfing cnpital is the only fand from whioh tho Wagos o those who are omployed to build railronds can ba }mm. and capital is only the saving of past labor; t acoumulates slowly; wo consume in_ocach oar noarly all wo produco ; the whole wealth of ilm Unitod Btatos in improvements on land or farme, in railroade, buildings and works of overy kind does not exceed in ynlue flve times our annual product, Wo nccumulate exporienco, not matorial woalth, and in cconomic scionce we hayo yot to begin to rccumulate expoerlence. I have snid that we havomads steop gmdua upon. ovnr{ oxisting railrond. I moan by this thiat our false revonuc system onhancer tho cost of ropaire and of running our roads, and wo stand at o cost far boyond what is needful, Massachusotls is sponding.. £10,000,000 to forco the Hoosno Mountain, and thus save the 5 conts por ton which would be the oxtra cost of hauling freight over the mountain; yet, whilo wo havo boon doing this, tho General Govern- mont has constructed ton artificlal Hoosso %X(mmtulnn betwoon Boston aud the Misaissippi vor. The cost of freight botweon ua and tho Missis- sippi might bo reduced ton times 25 conta por ton did not, the 1nw intorpose and forbid roduction, o ropeal that law would Lo to romove ton Hoo- #no Mountaing which now bar our way. Tho cost of maintenance of track and oquip- ment, with tho expenso of running tho traina, is twico na gront, in qom, in this country ay it is in England, and tho Inrgo portion of this differ- enco arises from tho cxcossive cost of all tho materinls used in ropairs and maintenance of the ronds, and this excoesive cost is to bo attributed, like that of construction, to the taxca upon iron, stes), coppor, lumboer, and every othor ar- ticlo used. 5 It will bo alloged that thero ia n fallncy fn my rousoning, bocauto, if tho dutios were entirel; removed, the prico of rails would fall to the fuil oxtont of tho nmount of duty now impored ; but, ovon if we wero fully px-uy\ularud to admit thin al- logation, it is not one which the protectioniat enn mako. It hio calls for a tariff for protection, Lo asks it in ordor that Lo may maintain tho prico of tho commodity protectod. If ho cannot accomplish such maintonance or onhaucoment of rico ho fails to socuro his end. It is in ordor to Euop up the price that this infant of & hundrod yours old Bfifi) crioa for the force of law., His claim is that, if you will for o timo givo him a higher prico than tho foreign rail will cost, ho will prosontly give you s rail at loss cost, llxihiu wore truo, how long can we nfford to wait for choap rnils at o cost of £185,000,000 por annum? But it is not true, Havo you ever heard of o manufncturer of iron or steel who would admit that ho had ceased to bo an Infant and could live by tho uso of his own sirongth and skill ? ‘We, as freo-tradors, can admit and mnst admit that there is no fallacy in the argnmont which I have adopted, and that we should not at onco obtain a reduction in ‘tho prico of rails oqual to the full abatoment of the duties, Tho first effect would doubtless be & partial roduction in cost. If wo sbatod tho duty of $9° on pig iron per ton® at tho same time wo abated tho duty on rails of $14 por ton, wo might at first obta{n an abate- maent in the cost of rails equal to tho duty upon the pig iron, since it has been fully domonstrated that wo can produce pig iron at & less cost per ton, in gold, than any othor mation. Buttho moment we lind any abatemont in the prico of xails, eyon of 80 por ton, tho consumption and demand would ncreaso, and England cannot moet an increased demand to any great extent. Hor mining population is now worked to about its full power, and auy now domand upon it would result in an increase of wagos far groater in proportion than the incroasod domand. Hence would arige a natural protoction; tho true pro- toction that ansuos froim froo trade, that of rais- ing tho wages of our compotitors, not reducing our own, Onco accompliah this among tho Eng- 1lish miners, and then inform thom of tho supe- rlor conditions of life in our iron and conl mincs a3 comparod with the desolato;* Black Country ™ of England, and the migration to this country would begin which would forever ostablish our supromacy, i} Vo aro chargod with boing un-American, with subsorviency to Englaud, and, for lack of logic or facts, our opponouts atfompt to stop our ng\ma with misrepresentation and porsonal abuse. To-night wo throw down the gauntlet, and wo man of food, fuel and ahelter, eyen under duo rocess of law, ia a dospoilor and an onomy of Bla country. Wo afiirm that o tax can only bo a burdon, and cannot, in the naturp of the caso, bo a bonofit 5 ol thisrofore wo olaim thst tho dbfast almod af in the onsctment of tax laws, whother called tariffs or by any othor namo, shall bo tho colloc- tion of rovouno with the lenst intorforence pos- siblo in tho purauits of the people. Wa who aro horo to-night aro but tho skirmish line; our supports are i might and our roserves conatituto tho wholo rmnlflu of the United Btatas, oxcopt those who are willing to call in the forco of law to cnablo them to lovy taxes upon their follow-countrymon for private gain and not for tho public good. \\;:: have submitted long to o false system, with an ignorant patienco worthy of all dlspraiso, and wo now intond to impress upon tho poople tho necessity of slowly, but surely, ramoving from tho tarlit ovory proteotive duty, giving dug warning and paylng duo rogard to establishod intorests ; but adhoring steadily to this oud and objoct, for the romson that fho hoavy taxos, which must in any event ba imposed, naka it imperatlve that evaryo bstaolo to tho laxgout.pro- duotion shall bo removed. —_— GOODRICH. New Yonx, April 4, 1873, To tha Fditor of The Chicago Tribune: Bim: Justlco to tha dead, as to tho living, do- mands a few words In reply to a rocont articlo in your paper concorning tho ** Goodrioh tragody." You assort that, In any cnse, it ia ovident that Goodrich was aconfirimed, deliberate, and hoart~ loss libertino,” I aver that nover was a sontenco framed that convoyed a more erroncous linprou- slon than that, I happen to have known tho charaoter of this man for yoars, and thera Is not that man or woman living, who knew him, that can ordarecomo forward audsay aughidorogatory to Mr, Goodrich's character ur to tho last yonr of his life; and tho vory awhkward manner in which ho munagod his love-affair shows bis ignorance of tho waya of the world, and that ho way & porfoct novico in the art of a soducer, Could the volco of a beloyed and lovely wifo: be heard from tho portals of Honven, the echo aflirm thathe who doprives his follow-country- | ;:Imgc} nnlly b&! Ilo was n truo, gontle; loving, ind husband ! . S Tn tho buslncss walks of lifo, intogrity, fn- dustry, and uprightness wore conspiauous,, e waa conaclontlous, and with s strobg honge’ of moral obligation, correot in all Lia Lnbits, Pl'“n- ant and aftablo in fawlly relatfons, - snorificing Bolf to gratify othors, aud,.in overy rolution, was hul‘:\ up a4 an oxamplo to young mon worthy of Imitation. I, in an ovil hour, ha foll from his stendfantneas, and in one short yoar, fearful Tanot this onough? AN Orv Sunsouinen. —_———————— THE RAILROAD QUESTION. From the Mailroail Point of View. T'o the Bditor of The Chicago Tribune ;" Sin1 . Tho railrond compauiea ore not indiffor~ ont to tho movoment against thom. Thoy realizo its threatoning proportions, and are anticlpating the inevitablo collision. For a timo thoy oxpect to suffor, but not- alono, They have clonely watched tho progross of ovonts ; havo scon how, by forvid declamation,.an *irropresaible cone flict " has boon precipitatod; and aro not dis- posod to vainly attempt Lo stom the popular cur- ront. They aro nssured a siringent law will bo pnssed ab Springfield, and aro putting forth no offorta to avert tho blow, Thoy propouo to sub- mit to it, and lot tho recoll knock into tho heads of tho egitators tho wisdom they will not othor- wiio lantn, c Tho time for calm reasoning haas gone by Denuncistlon i3 now the order, The branded ‘* monopolics " are condomned without a hear.. ing. With the oxcoption of the mild statoments of Mossrs, Nowell and Iarris, the corporations Lavo maintained comploto silonce. It was im- possiblo to still tho clamor, and thoy proferred to awalt the fsoue. Had they beon otherwise disposed, it would have availod them nothing. The “ poople " would not bave listonod to thom. Borhapa thoy will before tho year has run out. ‘Tho railrond-managors boliovo tho best way to bo rid of 'a bad Ini 18 to oboy. it tg the lottor. If & Inw is passod prohibiting” discrimination, and enforelng n uniform rato por milo, their presont intontion is to obsorve it strictly. And, if aix months' experience docs not teach evory busi- noss-man in tho Stato the suprome folly of auch legislation, and impol him to domand its immo- 91!!0 ropoal, then tho oxports who have medo 11080 mAttors praviluel lifa-gtudies will bo will- ing to yiold tho managoment of tue rnads to tho farmors and ambitious spoutors who are now so anxious to * rogulate” thom, Auy furious deolalmor can mouth froely about confizeation and compulsion. Any hair- brained logislator can draw up & bill that would crush tho lifo out of tho _‘tvonlktor and eripplo tho sironger corporations. For which sorvicos, both would win admiration, perhaps distinotion. But tho man had not yet arisen who can judge uner- ringly botweon tho o[:Prnsuod and the opprossor, lng rellove tho abusc bg corrocting tho abuso. No railroad expert donios tho oxistenceof abuses. In asystem thet hasgrown so suddenly groat, it could hardly bo othorwiso. Just as ail- monta croep into the physical systom, thoy lave insinuated thomsolves “into tho railronds ; but no sane man thinka of curing a ain in the knoe by smputating tho limb, Yot rlm impotuous sgitatora of to-day would remedy. the griovances by confiacating the roads. Somo of tlio companies would bo considerably rolioved wore tho Governmont to buy them ouf. Buch n rosult ia not tho worat thab is threatoued. Discrimination is.tho chiof complaint. At first sight, it does seem: to bo an unblushing wrong. Look st it closor, and it grows logs so. Numerous efforts have beon mado to provent it. Tho spocifics failod becauso thui did not meat tho case. Tho dosidoratum i3 a pro-rata toriff,—i. e,, b uniform rate por milo for trons- portation. It has avory spoclous aspeot. ¥ such & lnw would be tho groesest kind of dis- crimination. It wonld utterly ignore tho firat principles of commorcial law snd practico, and allow no diatinction botween wholesalo and ro- tail transactions. At ona station, Lunlf a oar- load por day is loaded. . Twwo miles boyond, ten or twonty car-londs por’ day aro loaded. Shnil tho emallor station’s two milos shortor haul, moro ihan countorbalanco the larger busi- ness of tho “othor? It is simply a ques- tion of wholesale and rotaill If tho T,ogislaturo can prevont railroads discriminating in favor of tho wholesalo shipper, why not carry the principle into daily lifo, and compol the mer- chant to geil ns cheaply to tho Inboring man, who onn only buy a pound of sugar, a8 to the flour- isLing grocor, who can draw his check for s hoges- lmd§ Farmors are not the only class of suffor- ing humanity. 2 A f(nllronda are_gonorally Interostod in building’ up thoir terminal points, * Every road centering in Chicago woxEu for tho growth of this rotribution overtool him, city. A law enforcing uniform clargos or milo would put a veto on such ¥rinndl advonces. Tako tho caso of a barge- load of whoat coming down tho Missisaippi from Minnosota. At Dubuqué or Clinton,” the llinois Contral or Northweatorn could afford to carry it to Chicago at a rate baroly covoring the cost of h'anupor%lfion, in order to vpravom its transit down-atresm to Bt. Louis. Woro tho- through- rate to be graduated on the uniform tarift basis, tho cargo would bo lost to Chicago. The samo remark spplies to north and southwards. The Tilinois Central, hotweon Chicago and. Oairo, is crossed by sightrailronds having wostorn counec- tions. Were the Contral to berestrictod to tho uni- form rate, oach ono of thoso roads would drain tho compoting territory of every car-load of freight, becsuso thoy soon enter Indiana, boyond tho rench of tho Iaw that ‘would hampor the Illinois Central its ontire longth of 707 miles in Illinois. Disorimination in favor'of through businoss, though simple in oporation, arouscs intones hos- tility.- Pooplo who do, not undorstand it de- nounce it as morciless extortion. They cithor forget, or do not_know, that o full ‘train, made up at o _torminal station, and sont through to its dostiuation, is ‘worked nt consid- orably less cost than_Tocal businoss, picked up piecs-monl at way-stations. , This’ diffor- ence ia a largo itom, and ought to be taken into account by tho managora in adjusting thoir tar- iffs. ‘A train storting from the Mississippi, partly Ioaded, stopping to leave and take on cars at in- tormedinto stations, may oarn lova not, at Togu- lar locsl rates, than s train sent through laden with freight, carriod at a Iowor rate. In order to pecuro & share of tho business at compoting points, tho rates on through business must be aliko on all tho-linos, irrespeotive of thalr varying longths, No two routos being tho eamo in’ distauco, it follows that tho prices chargod must_be &t & differont rata por milo,— loss per mile on tho -longer, and more on tho shortor. The abolition of this practico wonld doprive the longer route of any sharo whatever in the camg‘ming businoss, From an: iutorior city having direct connection “with Mil- waukeo, Toledo, Oinclnnati, or 8t. Louis, under tho oparation of & pro rata law in Illinois, Chi- cagowould be utterly excluded.. .. Yot, by.so- qvfinnnlng in the ill-ndvisod maovoment, she {nau- arates n suicidal policy that would out -hor off flom tho trade of every oity baving compoting roads to other largo contres. - Anothor rosult, equally startling, has not boen taken into account: 'ho throatencd legislation would strike a death-blow ot the suburban towns. A uniform-rato-por-milo law will abolish all com- mutation-tiokets, It willnot allow the man who travels twice a day upon the road any advantago ovor the man who takes & ride only onco &, year, The "Bolons " who court opularity * by thoir _stronitous offort o ‘‘rogulate™ tho ronds .hava mot fore- soon tho constornation thin resnlt will croate. Call in the commutation-tickots, ocharge regular faro, and the thousands of suburban residents will st up o how! that will bo a natural echo to tho farmors’ ontery against ‘‘monopolios.”” Thonthe corpor~ ations can oconsistently aay that their warning wag oll unhesdod during the popular clamor, and can lot the pooplo bear the infliction their own folly has wrought. Every sottlod ministor in tho Btato now hasa half-fare tiaket; avor) “drummor" travelsona,000-milo tioket,and eacl ono of the residonts in our numerous suburba ridos to and from the city on commutation-tickets, which & uniform-rato law will oblige tho companies to call Tosidonts of tho gevoral towna . along ' |the Northwestern, doing business in the city, would then bo privileged to pay 4 conts por milo,—the rato the Board of Commissionora havo ostablish-. ed for that road, In pursuanco of law, while pat- rons of the Hyde Dark train would ride for 8 conts, and thus admirably illustrate tho working of o Iaw for tho-* regulation " of railways, draft- ed by farmers and Inwyors, : z I'io- immedinto rosult of this agitation has boon to dotor capital from Illinois. It Is nttorly impossiblo . now . to_ scouro: one - dollar of monoy In New York for & now rall- road” {n- this Btato,- Capital is notorlously consoryative, and shrinks from contact with rov- olutions, Whon appronchod, capitalists sny thoro aro plenty of inviting flelds for thoir sur- lug monoy in other Btates, aud thoy decline 0 placo it whoro violont agitation rondora ita in- vbstmont procarions. If we bhave already as many railroads as our yrosont development ro- quiros, . no immedlate, injury_to our prospority may rosult, If not, wo ‘muat do ‘wiil nu}:; for astonlshingly fow, it any, of the deolaimers lp\alnut “ monopolics " evor put a dollar into any railrond ‘in Illinols, Our far-résching sys- tem {8 the product of Eastern capital, from which none hiayo renped greater benofits than tho farmera, Z'cy aro noy indopendent; What would bo thoir plight wero it not for tho iudus« trioua artisane who throng our cities, mn our mauufactorics, and create the demand for Lho farmors' praducts ? Wo aro a dopendent, domo- cratio pooplo. No clase ean oxalt ftaolf aa tha lifo of tho country. Wo livo upon each othor ; and, woro this principlo moro gonerally resogs unized, thoro would bo fowor demagogion sud lo#s complaintngs, It may be wald Chlcn}:o should not flour- ieh - at “the oxponso of- tho Siale, Doog not bo Btato galn by hor aggrandizomont ? Bho coulrlb\xt’an ono-sixth.of the taxen paid inta tho Btate Tronsury. ' If Chicago becomos aralyzod, thi State will wiiffer corronpondinglys oprive hor of the advaniages sho commands, onforeo tariffs that will bankrapt - hor merohante within & yaur and drivo oll oapltal lat adjnesnt Btates, and the mon who rro now ogging on tha farmors will bo the firut toary * Enough,” Tho admitted ovil s in gf ving specinl ratos. Tho companios publish & tarl thal is, ignored. Hoavy shippers got tho advantago of spocial ratos. Tho prineiplo Is unjust. Alargo shippor can go to o small shippor, and give the lattor the l;:l&afl!&y! hhll’laplnlu!nl mtl? 1[1:11' att n&nuidnmllon," onablo the small shippor to save monoy. Sovoral of o railvonds Funniig seabamy from Chicago are now.arranging thoir froight woutward tariffs to couform them to the special rates, ¢ romoving frultful oourco of eompinint b waa thelr Intention, lind tho Bupromo ourt fully sustained them in their chartored rights mot in convontion and egreod upoy L '(finl;;: tinuance of tho rofitlous rates ot compoting gulnu, which ronder disorimination at looal stas ons o obnoxlous, Tho aggri impationtly domand sgrioved, howover, 8 Procruatean law; and, when sramulgnml, though it will decreaso the k railron carniugs matorially, tho corporations propora to oboy it momu{, bolioving that they o can atand it longer_than tho * poople,” and that thoso who clamorod_most f T louduat for its ropeal, i lg’wl.[‘l c’i.flz'{'é‘f’ a THE EUREKA TRAGEDY. Slanders VUpon the Wown and fts Citizonw, Eunzxa, IIL, Apri1 8, 1872, T the Tifitor of The Chicago Tribune: 3 8 : I wish to call tha attention of tho publio, through tho columns of your papor, to aroport made in tho Olleago Tintes; of April 5, in regard tothe tragody which .has so foarfully ngitated our community for some time past,—tho hornd dotnils of which, whon fully known, will be found to bo almoat without parallel in tho fistory of erimo. It {8 not' so much my objoct to give you tho dotails of this honrt-rending affair as ta call attention to somo things contained in the Times' report. ® % 80 far a5 tho facts relating to the mu dotailed in thisreport, aro cuguumna, 1 hi‘l‘;'i,":f Jittlo to eny, ng thoy aro, with fow oxcoptions, corroot ; thongh the writar, notwithstanding hia shrowdnoss and egotistical boosting, was not thn only peraon in possossion of thona facts ; for thoy, and much more besides, were known lon; beforo the sun wont_down on that gloomy an evar-to-be-romembored Sabbath day, —known by mon, howevor, who did nat fool it to bo their duty” to Isy tho ghastly spoctaclo, all its sickening details, bofore tha publid, that a morbid gluttony, liko that which characterizes tho Times, might bo satisfiod. « ¥ But, 8o far 08 hia low-flung allusions and libol ous statomonts about our town and citizens are concorned, theg are a8 acoundrelly and malizious a8 5 wicked and dopraved Loart could suggost. Thoy indicate a nature so brutish, 'a mind sc debased, s heart g0 false, an intollect so prosti- tuted, that ono is unwilling to rank him oven at an equal with tho murderess, who, in the lone hours of the night, unecen by human ays, un- hoord by mortal ear, takes tho life of her victin~ lnnvln); her mangled form to becomno a horri fonst for hogs. This unfortunate woman, he heart fired by jealousy, her arm norved byt dosperate purpose, commits a deed for whicl many & man, undor like circumstances, wonld br called & horo. But this writer -comes into ou midst at o timo when all are appalled an¢ terror-stricken by an awful crime, and ‘without cause or provocation, deliborately pro ceods to.injure our good: namo, calling u “heathous,” an ignorant, illitorato mass, “‘u unregenerate place,"—accompauying theso os pressiona with scurrious allusions and dirly ir nuendoes, X You would be led to suppose, from the statc mont of this roportor, that the Coroner rofusc him admission to the jury-room during the inve tigation of tho case, when itis known that L did not make hin appearance till the jury wer throngh with tho case and had rendercd the vordict ; and yot he saya holias bean on the tia of tho caso from tho earlicst momont in which was made kmown, working it up for tho bonef of thio public. But, aug%oso he was hore in time for the-i. jueat, and the Coronerrefused him admiesion * tl ? -room 3 what of that? * Was it not olea 1y s right to do s0? What was thero in porsonal appearance or oficial character of Holon of tho Times that he should have L froo accass to the jury-room? Porhaps, if had appearod beforo the Coronor with some the marks of a gontloman, and could bnve shioy that Lie was tho roprosontative of & F;)gor th mado somo pretonsions to respeciability, ‘might have boon admitted, and it is possible th he might be in_possession of a liftlo moro o donco than ho is now, notwithstandiog he kno* it all, That hie was oxcluded (if hore at tho tim owing to bia boorish, un ontlumn;}{v condu and Lis rolations to tho Chicago Times, soor evident from the fact that other roggrkom—o or two—wero presont during the entire investig tion. 3 Admitting the fact that he wng excluded frc the jury-room, was that & suflicient reason w ho should aseall, indiscriminatoly, the poople & laco; why he should vené his sploen & Entmi upon thoeo who wers in no way connact with the affair. i 5 Thoso who saw tho hogs, in tho_early twilig of that Sabbath morning, feasting upon t searcely-cold remaing of the murdered wom: must hove witnessed a sight fearfully repulai: but not moro ropulsive than is peon in tho tempt of the worse-than-cowardly ; nesaesin ezst reproach and disgrace upon s people w aro as much his superiors in intolligouce s morality asleis inforior in the attributes manhood to the swino that wore driven fr their horrid foast behind the echool-houso. ‘Wo hopo, Mr. Editor, to survive the attack this lying scoundrol of tho Times, Our “str: gling villago of 700 peopla " might bo_Induc to double that number to pay- their speots to him if ho should roturn. "In ourig: ranco, wo will continuo *o build up our solic endow our collogo. (which, by tho way, is¢ of tho bost in _this part of tho Btato), trair oung mon snd women, and .send ' thom fo nto the great battle of life; and it may be t1 in n few yoars from this time, some one will found, evon among our * honthen,” who will .accounted a * strong man,” and of whom it r bo said, “ Tho brothron have faith in him." 1 have but o word to say with rogard to sctors in thia molancholy drama: -Alvs. Wo man, charged with tho murder of Mrs. Iodg is surrounded with a chain of- evidence f1 which there i no escapo, There is not a shac of doubt with rogard to her guilt. Hor agitat at the timo the murdared woman was discover the condition of her porson when sho roturs homo after night; hor fonrs that sho would acousied of tha crime; hor failure to prove wheresbouts on tho night of the murdor; ar hundred othor things I might nawmoe,—all go fasten guilt upon the unfortunato woman, 18 natural in such casos, slio has the sympatl of & large proportion of tho communily. T. O, &orkmnn the lusbaud of who “mow lies in _jnil, camo to filwn, a8 preachior in chargo, two yonrs ago r joptembor. He was Loro one yoar, proviou this,—about four yoars ago. 'Thora wasm opposition to his raturn tho laat timo, as ho far from being a popular or successful proacl Ho waas reosived, howovor,—tho people being tormined to do the bost ihlng.they could nx the circumatances. Ho is n man of ordiv ability ; 8 well posted in the doctrines of ohurch ; Pouunnod a fair English educati can toll all ho knows, and & little mors ; is ro in_extorior, and rough in Lis intorcouruo v othora ; nover Iaughs, unlesy it is at somotl :ha u;{s or doos himself ; ia full of egotism, tho Times' roportor; in a word, ia just s mun as ought not to have boen sent to prenc tho * heathen.” It waa theso qualities, aud the “ hoathon,” that * doomod » him, ‘Iio- rospondenco betwoon him aud Mra. Hedges, of ‘which hias %own this torribla crime, wi' due timo bo published, and, judging from U1 lottora_which I'hnd an-‘opportunity of read .thoy aro not of that class which a morbid pn taufo gonorally desires,. - ] It is but nafural for Mr, Workman to spoal dofenso of his wife, and to assort his belio: hor innoconce, -But ‘doos “he really boliove | innocent? 1o may have so axprossed himuol the reportor of the Times; but I kuow ho told otliors, smong whouw i8 the writor of this ticle, that Lio had fenrs of his wifa'y guilt, —c decp-lnid plan to put an imaginery, rival ou the way. " Iudoed, fears of an imponding cr of gomo torrible - calamity, wero upon his n for days bofore the murdor was committod. ‘Tho Cirouit Court for the County of Woods will soon be in scesion, whon this case, in probability, will bo dieposed of. Till ther walt, tnmt‘n& that whatever myatory thor -urroundln& o ovent will bo unraveled, aud guilé placed whore it properly belonge, B, V s Kb with