Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1873, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DATLY TRIBUNE: TURSDAY, MAY 6, 1874 R R = ————————————— DIXON'S HORROR. Particulars of the Fearful Bridgo Disasters [Coutinued from the First Page.) ohildron, with childlike curlosity, would love orowdod on tho fatal bridgo. The following ia & list of tho killed, woundod, and miesing KILLED. Mra, D, M. Aloxander, Dixon. Mra, Potor Cornoy, Dizou. Misa Mollaslo Williolm, Nachuss, Miss Kato Btorling, Dixon, Mrs, Dr. Hoftman, Dixon. Miss Maggio O'Brfon, Dixon, Miss Nottio ILitt, Dixon. Mies Ida Vann, Dixon. Misa Ida Drew, Dixon. Miss Agnos Nixon, Dixon. Miss Dessio Rayno, Chicago. ‘ias Trono Daket, Dixon. Mrs. J. W. Latta, Dixon. Mra. Col. H, T. Noble, Dixon. Misa Olara Stackpole, Dixon. Miss Raan Btackyole, Dixon. Bfrs. Bonjamin Gillman, Dikon, Mrs. Carpontor, Dixon. Daughtorof J..P, Danna, Dizoa. Frank Ilamilton, Dixon. . Miss Emily Deming, Dixon, Blrs, William Cook, Nelson. Mra, Morriman, Dixon. My, Potorborgor and dnughtor, Dizon. Mra. 0. W. Kontner, Dixon. : Mre, ‘lhomas Wade, Dixon. Mrs. James Goblo, Bloomington.. Miss Mary Sullivan, Dixon. Mies Catlierino Foley, Dixon. Mrs. Elias Hopa. Mry. X, Wallaco, Dixon. Mra. Henry Sallman, Dixon. Georgo W. Kont, Dixon. Jay H. Mason, Dixon. TRobert Dyke, Dixon. Thomas Haley, Dixon, Abram Hope, Dixon. Whitmord, Sangoroush Soth TT. Whitmorae, dangorously. Charlos Murray, leg braken, collym'-bonn broken, and otherwise injured. Mrs, Murray, soriously infured. + Mres, Daulel Chonoy, fatally burt. Jamos Camp, Jr., acriously. J. B, Countryman, seriously. Ars, B, C. Doshion, William Craok. William Hart, Mras. Taylor. Mrs, W..Wilcox. Miss Morisn Thateher, Mra, Jolin Moore, Birs. W. Vaun, fatally injured. Misa Lizzie Mackoy. Daoughtor of B, F. Burr. Misu Eliza Cuddingtop. Mra, Edgorton, Dr. Hoffman, Miss Hazenplug., Jre, Lis Campboll, Miss Jonnic Camy. Mrs. Marsh, MIBRING, Miss Barah Carre, Dixon. T'wo children of Mra. Hondrix, Dizon. Throo childron of Mr. Rosonthal, Dixon. WHO THEY WERE, Mra, O. V. Kontnor is tho wifo of = grain- @ealor, and loaves a family of childron. Miss Ireno Bakor is 15 of ago, daughter of O. B, Baker, formorly,' Postmaster of tho town, Ho was onoof tuo fifteon Aldormen at tho timo tho Council decided upon building the Dridge on the Truesdoll model. Mra. Noblo was the wifo of Col. H.T. Noble, ot Dixon, and ons of the oldest rosidents. J. R. Magon was o boy 16 years of ago, s fino, promising Ind. Mrs, Dr, Hoffman was 45 yoars of ago, and was aleo an old gottlor. Sho 1éaves no family. Miss Ida Vann was 17 years old. Sho and her mmother woro standing togothor on tha bridge “when tho catastropho occurred. They foll to- gothor locked in each other's arma. Mrs. Vann Sas pulled out from tho debris still live, but unconscious, in which condition sho romained until morning. Ier danghtor had boen killod instantly. Whon sho awako to consciousnoss ler first question was, ** Is Ida drowned?” The watchors round bher bed said ** No.” Bl again relapscd into uncousciousness, and bas not ;nl.lield sinco, Tho hope of her racovery decroasos ourly. - : Mn{ @Gillmau was G0 yoars of age. Hor hua- bend sorved 1n the army, and camo homo obly to dio, loaving a largo famlly for bor to support. Ono of her sons is o graduate of West Point, ‘and is in the regular service. Tho rest of the family aro utterly unprovided for. + Mra. Potorberger was the wifo of a clothes- ‘@ealer in Dixon, and was an amiablo charactar. ‘Mise Katie Bterling was only 16 yoars of sgo, Bho boro an excollent roputation, worked in the factory, snd asmistod in supporting her mothor. Tho death of Misges Clara and Ross Btack- pole wasas sad as it conld woll be imugined. Clara was 18 years old, as intelligent as she was beautiful in face, figuro,and charactor. Bhoe was to havo left Dixon for Chicago, where she was to become a toacher aud carn_her own living. Evory preparation had been made for hot dopar- turo,” On Baturday her mother and hor httlo pister Rosa lad beon nhopfiing, purchasing things for Clara to take with hor. Sunday was to havo been hor last in Dixon. TRoss, who was 12 yonrs old, is described a8 boing the protticst little girl in the town, and gave promiso of being like her siater in charactor and inlclligonco. Adam Hopo was a German, an old man, and a rospoctablo citizen, Mr. G. W. Kont wos & ye==g man, clerk in a storo at Dixon. . % Mrs. Thomns Wado kept & saloon. Mrg. Willinm Cook lived at Nelson, four miles from Dixon, and hed come to witness the cero- mony of total immersion. - : Thomas Haloy wng a man of mature sgo, an Irishman by birth, and a plastorer by ocenpation. Mo is univeraally apoken of aa being & hard- working, industrious, and exqmiflmy man, * 3ra, Carpentor was_a widow lady, quite old, Bhe waa killed by the falling dobris, and did not touch the wator, having beon caught in the iron- gor}{’ul tho Truesdell man-trap and crushed to euth, 3 g Migs Emila Deming was & young lady 16 years of ago. : M%sa Nottio Hill wna a girl about the samo nfo and worked innfactory. She was oneof the most amiable and ladylike girls in tho town, and vas a goneral favorito, . Mrs. James Goble was the wife of an old_sot- tler, and was originally from Paw-Paw, in -Kane County. Sho had loft Dixon somo'yoars ago and lived in Bloomingion, but had just returned to Dixon with the intention of’ settling down thoroe for the romninder of herlife, She hada little girl with her, Hiss Bessio Rayne wag & Mg protty little girl of 16, dnushlur of Mra. B, L. ltayno, editress of tho Ladies' Magazine published in Chicago, and an accomplished coutributor to the daily pEum of that Bosgie was attending the High Bchool at Dixon. 5 AMisg Wilbelm wes o rosidont of Nachuas, n . willago about four miles from Dixon, Sho had como in to witness the coromony. - Mr. Charles Murray was formorly Mayor of Dixon, and was Agent of tho Chicago and North- western Railrond Company at this point. His svounds are very serious, In eddition to a brokon leE his collar-bono ig fractured and his body tor- xibly bruised. IIis wifo was also very serionsly burt, but sho is improving, * Robort Dyke was botween 60 and 60 years of #go, an old realdont, and a nian of considerablo “jnfluence in the community. ® i GOFFINS. The supply of coffins In Dixon was not ade- quato for such an unoxpocted domand, and telo- rams wore gont to Oliongo for a larger supply. Choy have arrived. The nxKerlence of some persons who partiol- pated in the catastrophe and apoak from expori= @nco, oanuot fail to be of intereat, MT, WILLIANS' EXPERIENOE, Mr. A, Willlams statod that ho was standing botween tho first and socond piors, 10- foot be- yond the firet ; thore were about 200 people and Bvo or six Lorges and buggies botwoen the firat Elor and tho abutmont, on tho flret span, which nd to boar noarly all tho welght. 1o was wncamu&,- tho coremony, thio ministor leading out tho third caudidate, when thecrash took place, and almost eimultancously tho bridge oracked over syery span ; the socond npan, on which Lo was standing, suuk some ton foot ; thero was a con- fused slirfok rising sbove tho noiso of the broak- i {‘; bridgo, such n sound as man hoars in battlo whon he oannot tell whioh partioular nound pro- domiuates ; o largo number, nearly all of tho spootators, were sinnding on the sidewnlle ont- aldetho roadway, and whon tho bridga gave way tho high truss foll over, crushing somo and lnloului others; tho wator wau allve with fiumm olngs; some of thom flontod away down strasin beforo tlmy“:nvu up_thelr hold on 1ifo ; got soma planks and holped porsons who clung fo tho debris to gotnshora j 160 of the 200 on the bridge must havo boon precipiiated into tho water ; tho sight waa honrt-ronding, . FREDERICK BHAW, an intelligantfyoung mau, 18. yours of age, wag on the bridgo. Io ostimatod the number of porsons at wbout 200, aud belloved 176 wore precipitated into tho strenmy ho folt o nlnklu?‘ undor him, Insting about threo noconds, boforo o hoard tho orash ; ho jumped cloan off tho bridgo into the walor; simultanoous with tho erash was a horrl- blo ynfl, which bo_nover oxpoots to forgol;a wothan clnapiug n baby to hor bosom sHd off n plank and waa Jost ; ho swam out and saved the ¢bild; & minuto or {wo beforo tho erash hio honrd ouo boy ask another what he would do if tho bridge gavo way; liardly bad ihe words boen uttorad bofore o Liad to do nomun.\lufi ;llm Thad N doubts -of the nbility of tho dgo to bear tho lond, and they woro con- firmed somowhat when Tho bLenrd: = Mr. John D, Crabiroo say to Mr., Hchamblin, *Now como nshoro, and wo'll watch the thing, for I don't thiuk it is afo." Mr, Schamblin wont with Dbim, and thoy ronched torra firma a fow minuton Lofore tho accidont. About tho snmo time Mies Ella Mcllomy, moved by some for- tunato impulae, ordered” hor driver to talke tho :nn-lugu off tho bridgo, and ko drovo off just in 1mo, 4" MR, P T, DIRON #aid ho was precipitated from tho bridgointo the wator, whon some ono caught him Dby thoe foot, but, making n desporalo offort, Lo got looso and struck out for tho ehoro, which ho reached in aafoly, excopt o fow bruiges of no consoquenco. AR, Yo F. FINKLER * found hiimsolf in the same prodicantont, oxcopt that ho was caught in the iron, from which Lo fraed himsolf liy o berenloan offott, coming out ‘brusod but alive. INCIDENTS, A littlo glrl 3 yonrs of ago, n daughtor of Mr. Wadsworth, of> Bloomington, was with ler grandmother on the bridge, ITor graudmother wag Jost, but sho floated,off, sustained by hor clothing, and kopt paddling with hor littlo bands and foct until sho was rescued by somo boys. 1t was found nocessary to saw tholeg off ono of the femalo bodlcs Lo free it from the debris. Two womon went down to togother, tho fron homming them - in liko a vise. Their nocks and badiea woroe socuraly bound. “At a dopth of slx inchos bolow tho surface of tho wator, tho hands and fnces of poasons could be folt an thoy Iny embraced in the dobris. A golno was strotchod bolow the wrock; 0 that i# nny of tho bodios got loose and floated down, thoy might be caught. 1t was rumored hero to-day that bodies hed boon picked up at Rook Falls, some twolve milos from horo, Lut porsons from Storling heard nothing of it. Eustaco Shaw, o younE man of amphibious ability, who can swim_like an ottor, wai on tho bridge. 1o took to tho river, got ashore, and bravely salliod forth to rescuo the drowning, bringing sovoral toshoro. Hois o son of Mr. Bou, Bhaw, editor of tho Dixon Talti‘raph, His brothor was slso in the water, gBoth tho boys Liad narrow escapos. ‘The Tcltfiraph and Sun {ssued soveral oxtras, to m‘xua[y tho public eraving for the latest infor- mation. Tho telegeaph wires havo boon loaded all day with dispatchos from all parts of the country, inquiring after friends, . aptisms _have q«unmlly tokon placo at the gouth end of tho bridge, where the water is more ghallow, Tho location was changed some time sgo. Had tho accidont accurred at that sgot, it ig'not at all probable tho losa of life would have beon so large. Ono man gank twico and rose tho third time, when a vain effort was mado to grasp him. As Lo was going down lo was heard to exclaim # —— —— the Daptists,” With the cursoonr hig lips ho aink forever. ‘When tho bridgoe fell tho horaes behaved with wonderful equanimity, and were allowed to awim ashore, But one horso was drownod. Mr. Lily, tho Lutheran clergyman, and his wife just utop{md from the bridge aa it wont down. Their littls boy, who was a short dis- tanco behind thom, went ddwn_ with the crowd, but fell closo to tho rivor .havk., A young man nomod Ed Patrick, of whom honorable mention was made in the msynlchos in yosterday’s Tnis- vz, finding himsolf in_tho “wator uninjurod, seizod the boy and brought him in safoty to his arents. This is but one of 4he many livos saved rom tho wreck hf Mr Patrick. - flum[vl ‘Woodyait, o young man of romarkable sirength and daring, saved seven or eight por- sons unaided, and nesiated in the roscuo of many othera. A little boy named Tony Brantigan, ron of & hotel-keepor, was in_the thickest of tha crowd whon tho bridge foll. Ho reached tho water without injury from falling timbers or iron, while many around him were drowned an crushod, and succeeded in getting-cloar of tho wrock on a planl, Mr. R. J. Fowler, with his wifo and threo chil- dron, wero seated in & buggy when tho disnator ocourred. Thoy waro thrown from (ho volicle' into the rivor, Without suataining injury, and woro taken out by persons from tho bank, Every hat, cap, bonnet, ribbon, flower, or other articlo of dross or adornmont that wag picked us in the river, was taken to the bridgo house an loft for tho iuuronuon of frionds of missing per- sons. The little room 18 constantly crowded, and tho rolics whon identified ave carried away. Col. Noblo and his wifo, and a littls girl, wero talking togethor on tho bridgo whon it gave way, but in tho fall they becamo widely soparated. The Colonel, who was unhurt, managed to reach tho girl and save her, but his wifo was too far away for him to ronder any ngsistanco to her, and sho was drowned bofore Lis eyos. Ilis watch stoppod. at procisoly 1 minutes past 1, ‘which must havo been Wwithin a fow seconds of tho timo of the accident. THE MURDEROUS INSTIUMENT, The_bridge, which wes tho causo of this groat loss of life, was builtin 1868, at o cost of $83,000. Tho supor-structure, -which is now worthless, cost 840,000, Itis whatis kuown as tho Trues- dell double-truss, 'Thoro was considerable fecl- ing at the timo that style of archictecture was chosen, and not a fow citizons are willing to state that tho choico was influencod by con- svidorations that in Congress would_take tho name ond style of Credit Mobilier, It is also affirmed that the voto stood 5 to ‘8 in the Coun- cil, being n bare majority. Col. Domont opposed tho patent wholesalo drovuing machino, takin strong ground agoinst it, beeansa he bolioved i would be nofthor safo nor pormanont, but the Counell overruled Lis judgment and the judg- mont of other promiuont citizons. - It is strango tiat the daughtor of ono of the Aldermen by whom the article was forcod on tho city was ninong tho vietims, Tho bridgo was chosen, howovor, and it was built. The pooplo were rathor plossed with it at first, just as-a child i tickled with o new toy. It‘wng neat, light, and airy, very bocoming to the rivor—a sort 'of fashionablo, stylish bridgo, that looked very woll, but woro very badly. ~ It was finished and inaugurated” with "somo pomp and coromony. It was tested. How was it toated ? Ono of tho ox-Aldermon eaid they ot all the peoplo thoy could crowd upon it, and t did not sucownd to the pressuro, Bub sup- me it had succumbed, would not tho loss of ifo Liavo beon far moro serions than the loss on Bunday? As an additional tost, tho bridge wau cleared, and a horso, famous in these purts for bhia trotting ability, was run ncross it as hard as ho could go. It did not surronder to that, and was fondly supposed to - La #ocuro for all timo, There did not saom to bo any onohorago o olther abutmont ; snd the ends ot the bridgo ouly oxtonded five feot over the rlnl(orm of tho abutments, . It was top-hoavy. Tho heavy trusties wore too much for tho rather light foundation, . This is abundantly proved by the way in which thoe trusses loan over, and tho onse with which thoy gave way to.a pressuro that would not have budged an ordinary and ugly wooden bridge of the alden school, The bridge had tivo spans, each about 120 foet in width, making a total longth of about 600 feet. Tho floor was 20 foet above low wator mark, Tho roadway was 20 foot wide, oxclusive of s (ont‘gnth on oach aide, Each span formed a section, but thoy wero o interwoven and do- pondent upon cach othor thatan naccidont to ouo involved tho safety of all, So it proved. When the north uFm oll the others snapped on tho piora like plpa-stomn, snd tho south ond withdrew ~ lte hold on tho abutmont. This will bo soon in the dirgrams, Whon the crash took place ahorso aud bugg: wero in the second seotion, It sagged at beLK ends and imprisoned the anlmal, Food was oar- riod to him in his novel atablo, Tho firat soc- tion, on which the cyowd had congregated, ca- reenod to tho west, the sacond to tho west, tho third to tho enst, tho fourth to tho cast, aud tho fifth, or wouth soction, to tho wost, Tho' fron_ rallings woro nil jogged and torn, and the planking from end to end displaced, 1t i8 now proposed to roplace tho superstructura with timbor, on which somo relianco may ho laced, T'hat thena bridgos nro porilous to lifo A tho opinion of tho Lost engincors, Tho fol- lowing, rolative to tho dinbolical I'rucsdell plin, shows in what ostimation it {8 Leld by those compotent to judge s . . LATER, Spectal Diapalch to T'he Chicugo T'ribune, UNDER THE WREOK, Drxon, Iil,, Moy 6,—The derrick which wau orocted last night was not strong enough to raiso tho wrock, and honco tho worls of roscuing thoso who are supposod to bo beneath the bridge had to be abandoned, Mr. Ouyler, Buperiutondont ot tho Iowa Division of tho Northwoslorn Rail- road, orderod the wrocking apparatus of the di- vinlon to bo sont on from Fulton, It includes wovaral powerful dorricks and piecen of machin- £ry, which will bo ample (o raluo the fallon spun clour of tho wator, and pormit tho xiver to ho draggod. Tho train carrying it ln oxpectod horo to-night, Tho workmon engnged woro under Lha suporintondenes of John 0. Sacobn, of the Illiuois Contral, and ho failod of necomplishing his ob- oot onfy on aceount of the Inck of adoquato ap- paratus. Itis probabla that there aro soveral olhora from tho country who lhave not beon found. % DEATIL OF ANOTHER VIOTIM. Mra, Aloxandor, one of the porsous roj woundod, diod thls morning ahout 8 o'cloc was accaslonnlly conyclons, Ller husband was talklng to Lior at tho time tho bridgo Envu WRY, lioatanding on tho abutment a fow foot off, Il wan looking acrons £l bridge, and, fenring an accidont, was abont to Loll her to como soros to i, whon the crash wag oard, and sho foll with tho structuro, ODIRS FOUND, Tho body of & man named Doylo, voulding ot Woosoong, about six wilos from liero, was found ihis aftornoon under the wreek of the bridgo. Ho was brufvod and out about tho mouth, but had ovidontly boon drowned. The body of Mies Nottio Ii)l, of Dixon, was found this morning. When the bridgo gavo way slio falled to jump into the water, but olung to tho trostles, and, thoso (iivlng way, #he foll, the iron falling on her, and_enrylng hor into {he wator, Bhe was grappled for, and tho iron had to bo out from about her body. Mra. B. Hope's body was nlso found this af- tornoon, under tho biidge, 'u the samo place. Bho was also crushed by iron-worl,, Mra. Hopo was tho wifoof o b. chor msldlufi Tlioro. Her husband-lind loft hor the provious day at North Dixou, and did nat suspect that sho “was among tho crowd on the bridge, Whon Lo honrd of tho acoldont he at onco wont in sonrch of her. 1!1[) 1;“ beon over siuco in a pitisblo atate of riof, B The body of Robort Dyke, tho brothor of Mr, Dyko, grocor, corner of Halsted and Monrod ttraots, Ohicago, was found ihis afternoon, 1Io was also ono of tho unfortunates who olung dos- poratoly. to tho iron work, and was killod by tho woight falling on him. Tho body was found by rappling, and it s not known- whothor lig wa 0ld down by the iron or whethor he had buen stunnod by tho blow from tho works, Mr. Dyko. of Chicago, arrived in tho train to-day. Who docensod loaves a wife, Of tho two missing childron of Mrs, Hon- dricks, ono was recovered this aftornoon, also from under the bridge, Mra. Carpontor, given among thoso killed, is 8eid to hiave boon killed by boing pushed off tno abutmont by tho terrified crowd. Khe did not fall into tho water, but struck on hor head on tho works, MHor skull was frightfully crushed and battorod. 8he was a widow, of this city, aud loaves o son and daughtor, both of an ago to support thomsolvos. ATILL MIBRING, The only bodios kuown to_be missing at last nccounts wore thoso of Miss Mnckey, Biius Nixon, ono_of Mrs, Hondricks' childron, Frank Hamilton, Mra. 0. W. Kontnor aud -Aflio Po- torsberger, son of Mrs, Potorsborger. Although those aro all that aro pesitively known to bo mis- sing, aud thoro aro sovoral atrangors of whom 10 account liag been recoived, o To the list of doad given aboveare to be ndded Blra. Hondricks and two childron, of Dixon. CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED, Soth H. Whitmoroe, dangorously, not oxpected to live ; Obarles Murroy, log cub snd otlier so- voro iujurics; Mra. Murroy, also slightly hurt ; Mra, Daniel Cheney, it {8 foared fatally; Jumos Camp, Jr., sevarely; Mrs, Danlel €honoy, improving; Miss Ella Campbell, of Doment, govoroly ; Jounie Camp, who is bettor; Addison QGornsey, slightly; Mr, Cook, badly, but not dmgum\la!fi Mra., W. M. Vann, not expected to live; Mrs, March, badly, but is recovering ; DMisa Nancy Whitmore, of Rochester, N. Y., severaly { Miss Jennia Murphy, soverely; Mra, Patrick Dnfle&, arm broken ; “Patrick Dailey, Jr., shoul- dor dislocated and badly bruisod ;" John Duily, sealp-wound ; Kitty Dailoy, slightly ; Mr. Jour dan, nllg].\tlg; an_old lady, name not known, badly bruised about the head ; Mr. 8. Thatoher, sovero acalp-wound ; Mrs, B, 0. Dechamp, lott log Ladly bruised ; Mr. Briscott, elightly ; Mrs. Naglo, slight sealp-wound ; anothor man slight- 1y, namo unknown. THE INQUEST called this morning at 9 o'clock, Coronor L. A, Wilcox oponed the proceodings in tho wusual ®forinal man- nor. Tho first witness called was Judgo John Crabtreo, of the Prabato Court. He testi- fled a8 to hia knowledgo of tho number of bod- ios taken out from undor tho bridge. Ho stated that the coromony of baptism was being per- formed, and two had boen baptizod, and o third was about to be led into tho water, when ho saw tho bridgo break away accompnuiod with o sork ofcrack asif o J)intol bad boen discharged. The ‘bridge appenred to ewing over instantly after tho oraok wis hanrd, a though ovorbalanced by tho welght of the people. Thera were abont 150 t0 176 womon, porhaps a dozon children, probably four mou and fonr buggies on the span thaf gavo way, at the time of tho accidont. r. Bohuylor askod witnoss what ho thought wag tho causo of tho calamity. The witnoss unid ho thought tho principlo upon which the bridgo was copstructed was wronF; that it hod no strongth, and that consequently it gave way undor the unusunl prossure. Tho testimony of Clark S. Drown, mnchinist, was to tho effect that Lio had o talk with My Truosdell when ho was horo, while the bridge was building, when ho told him that the “principle_upon which the bridgo was built was wrong. Ho asked Trucsdell how, if tho bridge mottled down any, it eould bo raised up, Truosdell snid there was noway toraise it up,but that it would not sottle. DBrown slao testi- flod that tho bridgo was built of bad materia), oor iron boing nead, aud Lhat if -he had himsol? oon building & bridge, and did not care whether 1t broko or not, ke might have used such o poor quality’ of jron; but if Lo Lad any do- siro “to build a safo and substantinl structure hio would nover have thought of using such material, At the snme time bo 8aid that, supposing the material had beon good, it was ontiroly too light. Tho capping on the top of tho trostle-work (ho hore guave the tochmical torma) wae altogotlior insuflicient. In the con- tract fn writing with_Trucsdell, the Iattor guar~ putood that any single span would enrry 180 tons, wherens tho probable woight of the poople on tho spau that gavo way wonldnot oxccod ton tons. Lho bridge had scttled, and way still sot- tling, and he belioved it would have fallen of its own weight in time, Judge Wood tostified to the eamo ns to tlie bridgo, stating that it waa not such abridge as tho people expected to get for tho money the; paid. Neither was it such a bridge as ‘Truesdoil “g{flmll tomako, Honlso thought tho bridge had gottlod. Honry K, Strong, the bridgo-tender, testified thint he lind tendod tho bridge four years, Mr. Behuloy asked bim whether hia thought the bridge had softled any, Witness roplied that ho mougfi"\t not. Ho was desired torefresh his memory, and asked whethor lio had ‘obsorved particalarly. Ho enid in roply that ho had obgorved, and camo to tho conclugion that it had not sottled. Bridge-buildors lind told him, howevor, thatif 1ho cap sottled-sny the bridge- must give. ‘lo could uot toll whore it broke or how it broke. ‘The object of the examination of this lnst wit= nnslil(mm ‘Ppriucipally to show that {ko bridge had sunk, % Jason Ayres testified that hio had observed tho bridga shake aud swing percoptibly to and fro with the wolght of n wagon pnnulniovfll‘ it. He agreed with athor witnegses that the bridgo was frail and unsafo, Bevoral other witnessos wero oxamined, but no facts elicited, other answers and questions belng almont idontical, The testimony wns nearly unanimous that the bridge would fall of its own weight in timo, Tho inquost then adjourned until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, Capt, Gilman, of 8alt Lake City, whose moth- or was killed by tho accident, left thero for Dixon, IlL, to-night, was The THE DEATH TRAP, INTERVIEWS WITU ENINENT ENGINEERS, A Tninuse reporter yeaterday visited soveral prominent ongincers of this city in order to ob- tain from them au opinion us to tho value of tho Truesdell bridge. Among nll the ' gentlemen visited, only one fuiled to condomn it In tha most unqualified manner, Tho single oxcoption was Mr, J. K, Thompson, Commissionor of tho Doard of Public Works, and his condomnation, though mildor than that of othors, wau sufficiont to convinco ovon the least intolligont by sheor logio that Mr. Truesdell had sucoonded in folut- ing upon ignorant or unsernpulous authoritios & misdrablo apology for a bridgo, K, TUEBDELL, in bringing out his now system, oxplained it vory olaborately to Mr, Thompson, dwelt upon tho subject of otrains, tonsile and compressive, with moro fluenoy than soundness, and succood- odl In presonting n falr sclontific dofonso of his mothod of forming n truss, This did not exactly moub Mr. Thompuon's view of the subject, and ho declined to indorso tho system. "Lho groat point made by Mr, Wuesdall was that overy strut and diagonnl was ¢lamped, and not held with a nut, which alone, in Mr, Thompaon's apinion, according to Mr, Tucadoll's drawing, was onough to provent its adoption. A UAKING ORITIOISN, 1t was from nnotlier sowrco, one of {ho yory firat onginocors fn tho country, and ono whose works in thia city havo avoled tho ndmiration of the world, that the raporter obtained the most thorough and rnking criticlsm, ITo said that while tho bridgo was built prottily and to the oyo wan light and chinyming, It wan practieally |“Another Hridgoe Aceide uneloss, Whero n truss was constructed by on- gincars, it was composed of two chords, tho low- or ono construoted of wrought Iron to bear tho tonsilo atraln upon ik, the uppor one of cast iron. Thoso two chiords were held:logolhior by varl- ous systoms, somo by n sorlos of dlngonal membors, and othors, llko the Iowo truss, by perpendicular and dingonal braces, with tochinienl names which it is unnocossnry to give. Tho ontiro sirength of tho bridge lies in tho strongth of these to chords or horlzontal burs, which aro thoreforo constructod of groat strongth, as may o soon n anyof the Weut Bido vinducts, or that over North Water strcet, By tho introduction of the varlous membors of tho Ilowo truss, tho weight is taken off, the bridgo and in n groat mensure thrown on to the plors, Mr. Truegdoll, howevar, ingrder toclhieapon tho bridge, haa mado tho top aud bottom chords vory much lighter, and bas, to supply, ashe supposos, tho remaindor of tho strongth,.run two, and somotimos throo, chords inside the top and bdttom ones, whora thoy nre of no enrthly gorvico, In this way ho hns made' @ pretty bridgo, with less strongih than any other in proportion, a8 his top and bottom chords aro loss subatantial than thoso ol other bridgos, the middlo chords bomg praotioslly useloss, Tho bridge, therefore, while cheap and plossing to tho oyo, is dangorous. 'Tho-same amount of iron in it, properly disposed of,” would make Uig" bridgo as strong as any other, but a large proportion of it being placed where it is useless to givo reml pirength, is wasted, and might just a8 woll Dbo throyn into tho river at once. It might.bottor ovon bo 8o relog ntad to oblivion, bocauso it adds its own dond weight to tho bridgo, and gives no strongth in yoturn. Though & gontloman of unusual mildnoss of monner and oxprossion, tho engincor doclared Mr. Trucsdell to be no ongineor at all, Hig mothod of construction showod an ignorance of tho fundamontal principles of mechanics, and had always beon regardod s worthless by thoss whono opinion was regarded ag valuablo, The roporter inquired whethor it was mon- tionod by any authority on tho subjeot of bridge- building, Fis informant pulled ‘down soveral ‘bulky volumos from tho library, one'of them by an oxcollent Fronch authority, who had mado the tour of tho United Btates, and ublished_tho result of his invostiga- ions, Whilo overy othor known mothod of bridge-building” used on this continent was dokcribed and illustrated with cuts, 3Mr. Traosdoll's bridge was not to bo found, Author aftor nuthor was consuited, untl the wholo book-case was oxbnusted, but no Mforonco was mado to tho fanoy man-trap discovered by Mr. T'rucadoll. The roporter wondered how the bridge had evor boon adopted. Tho ongineer roplied that it wns mansgod in various ways. The man-trap- fur hiad been ablo to dispogo of it in little coun- towns like Elgin and’ Dixon, tho solectmen whereof supposed they know overything, Thero its ohoapnoss, and the plausibility of ite invon- tor, gonorally succoeded in getting it ndoptoed. If any outsidor, like the speaker, over venturod a suggestion o to fts want of strength, tho noloctmen's d'lfiflty was much offended, and they avo tho meddling outsidor to understand that he now nothing whatover of engingering. Then the bridge would bo bullt ; thon it would col- lapse, and hundreds of homas be ronderod doso- late. Ho inetancod the Truocsdell bridgo at El- gin, which has alroady twice given way,—onco with a drove of oxon, and onco during s boat~ raco. The mfiomr canllod the sttontion of the engi- | noor to the old viaduct on Wolls streot ovor the Chicago & Northwestorn Railroad Cowmpany's track on North Water stroot. The enginoer aaid that was s dcm%romnn bridgo ‘before it was braced up. It was of tho Truesdell pattorn, and vibrated o badly that the city took stops to have it sooured, It was nearly new, but was, novertheless, risky for uso. Ho had congratulatod himself ' that his hands wore clear of thnt matter, 'The reporter thought it rathor strange that, in 8 city where, if anywhore, intelligonco and expe- rlonco would guide tho suthoritios in the choico of mothods of constructing bridges, such & sys- tom should hovo -boen solected. ~Tho onginaor said it was not o etrango. Mo bhad opposed mumbors of things which had boen adopted in n{‘Iln of tho romonscrances of sound ongingors. But the pooplo would never listen to Buch remonstrancos. Thoy insisted on h“ins their own way, and accused thoso who oppose thom of advocating privato iutorosts and job- bory. Itwas only by such torrible warnings ns tho'tragedy nt_Dixon_ that thoy would Lo con- vineed, aud thousands of Innocent livos wore sucrificod to tho self-will and 1znorance of local authoritios.and othors. ANOTIIER OPINION. Tho roporter botook him to another engincer of experioncs and ability on the West Bido, and, without lotting him know the opinion of ‘tho fiouzlumnu ho had just intorviowed, asked him is opinion of tho 'Trucedoll bridge, The engineer voplied: ‘‘ It is no bridge at aoll. 1Iis | mothod of construction ig utterly at fault, The bridgo it ot worth {liut, "—snapping his ingore. “ Then why in tho namo of common humanity do you ougingory stand by and ullow_such traps to bo orected to kill mon, women, and children ¥ rotorted tho reporter. *“ What ean wo do ? ", answored the enginoor. 4 Anythifig wo said agdinst it would bo tEribut- od to sinister motives, and wo should be liko Cagsandra, shrioking pmyheamu of woe, and finding nobody beliove ua, *““ What is tho groat.dofoct of the Trucadel bridge ?” asked the reportor, Tho engiucer sat down and drow a sketch of tho Trucudoll bridgo, just as tho othior ongincor hiad dono, nnd pointod out its wenkness, con- cluding with tho statomont that it ought to have borno tho weight of twice the number of people without giving_way, oven supposing -that they wero all massod togother ‘at any one point. Ho said that the Elgin' bridge had given way undor less strain, and, having beon rebuilt on the same principle, would again_ cavo in, and the horrotu of the Dixon tragedy would be re-enacted in tho Tox River. Tho reportor said this was vory likely, from all ho had heard, and inquired whethor thoro was auother spocimen of Lhis man-trap noar tha city. The ongincoer- eaid - thero wad ono 'in Union Park, nud bo daily anticipated tho collapso | thereof, and tho wounding and killing of a num- ber of our citizens in that rosort, It was moroly o wattor of time, Ho had beou on that bridgo whon vehiclos wore: passing over it, and the vi- bration was shocking, "I'ho enginoor nddod that he remembered one ather, such bridgo, aud that waa tho Wolls streot” viaduct, Aftor onco ,oxamining that structure Do deoidod not to venture across it, proferring to take anothor routo to jeopardizing his life. conununication had appearod in onoof the pa- pors, calling upon the cityto tear it down, and o motica od boon taken of it Aftor it had boen braced up it was strong enough. INTERVIEW WITI MMl HERMAN. That thore should be no partiality in tho opinions thus vigorously expressed, & reporter iutfrviawed Ar. Ilerman, on engincor of somo note. Mr, Horman sald the bridge wea construoted on a wrong principle. The iron was sprend over too much ground, and the bracing wua vory do- factive, 'Lhioro wore fivo chords in the Trueadell bridgo, the middlo onos boing perfoctly useloss, simply suporfluons, while tho other inside -ones wero not much bottor, Thero never wag a Truesdell brldgo&iut up yat but it angged bofaro a year had passed, - The™ Elgin affair * broke™ Truosdell, aud ha loft town. I'ho samo opinionwas expressed by every enginoor, tho unanimous yerdict Leing that tho Btato ought to cause tho immedinto doatruction of every oxlstlng bridgo of this pattern. There aro throo such bridgos iu the Stato now, ono at Genove, ouo nt Elgin, and one at Olintonvillo. WIO WAS TRUESDELL ? Loverett W, Frucadall was s notivo of Mnssa- ohusotts, of speculative rathor than closely in- voutivo cnst of mind. Ilo was oue of tho early Californjan _sdvonturers, and brought back to Yunkoo-land o comfortablo pile from which ho oatablished a striking-looking cottage-ornce on i Dillsido, in view from tho south ear-windows of travelors on the Boston & Albany Railroad, nt Warren, about midway between Bpringfield and _ Worcostor, Mass,, whoro ho ouill- vated "o taslo for’ fino - stool, and nursed o pot Iden, born in the mining glons, where it had sbruck him that aniron bridge might bo bullt of short light ploces, onsy of trank- portation ‘to tho almost {nacagsaible localition whoro bridges xulfiht bo noodod, ‘Tho Truosdell bridge iu of this dosoription, ond Liag no heavy portions, - Alr, Truondell, - who doceased somo years ago, hiad the means to push - hig nvontion, and was only thwarted in the prosonce of mon o solonce, who again and again doclaroG it dangor- ous and usclows, Livery railrond company X Jootad it on sight. ‘The’invontor rosido engzo for o tims, nt tho cornor of Indiana avenug and Sixtoonth streot, but subssquently roturnod to Warren, where he died, It is unfortunato whon onergyaud ontorprive get wodded to o fulso To- | inChi- | [ Winter, theory, ospeelally with the meana to eaptivate tho Judgmont of othor men to tho losa of lifa so froquont and disnstvous as the T'rucadoll bridgo, only sulteblo for u war measure to bo used inan onemy’s country, «~Threo Nion IKilled and EBight nded, Two Fatnlly. 81, Toums, May 6.—A lorrible necldent oc- ourred yostorday nftornoon at Lho brhlr{o hoing oroclod over Tamine Rllver, on the Northensatern oxtonsion of the Missourl, Knnens & Toxas Itail- way, fourteon milos from Sedalin, Tho falso work erocled for frcilitating tho constrice tion of tho bridge eunk in the quicl-sands upon which it vonted, carrying with it tho bridgo timboers and twolve workmen, precipita- ting all into the river bolow. Willlain MeAvoy, Potor Connors, and Harry Lynch syoro Ikillad outriglht, and eight others wounded, two of whom nro not expeoled to recover, Lynch was o marriod man, and camo from_Hart, Michigan, Tho bodies woto takon to Bodlin Jnst night, whoro an inquest was held, The vordlet was that Lho fusecuro foundation of the falso work was tho causo of denth. METEOROLOGICAL. Signnl Servico Burenu Ieports and Frognostications. Oitioado, May 6—10:18 p, m, The following roporta hiavo been received fromthe ‘places mentioned below ¢ Station, Weath ) 1y ight. antio, sals, 6715, freeh, A1NVE,, frosh, 6218, E,) gentlo, 6418, K., fronb, 61N, I, fresh, 57]8. W, freshy, TROBABILITIES. WasniNaToN, April 6.—For the GQulf Blates, Tonnossoc, and the South Atlnntlo Blates, fall- ing baromotor, southeastorly and easterly winds, Tighor tomporaturoe, cloudy” wonther, aud rain. For tho Northwyost and Upper Liakes, snd thenco to the Missouri and Lowor Olio Vallys, dimin- fshing prossuro, southorly aud northoastar winds, Incronsing oloudinoss, and oconsional rain, * For the Lowor Lakos, and thonce to tho Ohio Valloy, northeastorly winds, inoronsing prossuro, and pactly dloudy’ und codlor weathor. 'or tho Middle Btates, highor bavomoter, lower tomperature, partly cloudy weather, and south- wosterly winds, veoring to northeasterly, Yor Now England and Oanads, northweat to north- oast winda and generally cloar woath er till Tuos- duy ovning, Falr, Proposed XRepudiation of Railrond Bonds. Yonrviire, Kondall Co., I, May 5.—Tho londing oxcitemont at Prnuunb in this vicinity ro- Iatos to the payment of the bonds voted in bohalf of the Fox Iiver Valloy Railroad by tho peoplo of Kondnll Couuty, and scvoral towns in tho county, the amount votod boing o8 follows: Kondall County, 850,000; Town of Kendall, 826,000 ; Fox, 816,000 _Oswego, 250,000—mnk= ing $140,000 in all. Owing to tho rond being leased to tho Chicago, Burliugton & Quinoy Com- peny, without the consent of tho stockholders, gue eoplo propors to ropudiato tho bonds. Tha National Banks at Springfield hold a numbor of thoso bonds, and want thoir pay. To that ond thoy sont & Doputy Unitod States Marshal to tlus town a fow days siuce to serve papors upon our Board of Suporvisors, who are required to appenr in Chicago this wook and make auswor to tho demand of tho holders of thoso bonds, $13,~ 000 of which it is clzimed was Hue last July. The Bupervisors proposa to contest tho matter on tho ound of tho non-paseage of tho law by which e county was authorizod to vote this lonn. = - Judicial Nominations Spectal Dispateh to ‘The Chicago Tribune, . Jommer, Ill., May 6.—A Dologate Convention ot farmors of the Sovonth Judicial Circuit met in this lty to-day to conuidor the proprioty of nominating o candidato for Judgo. Sixty-two dolegatos woro prosent, and, upon o full discus- sion of tho question, it was agrood to proceod with the nomination of a candidate. JIudges AcRoborts and Harris and Capt. C. A. IIill were ut in nomination, On tho firgt ballot Me- oborts rocoived 80 vobes; Iill, 20; Harig, 8. Tho mocond ballot rosultod: 'Mcltoberts, 82; Hill, 80, whon tho former was declarod nom- inatod, which was subsoquontly mado unanimous- A committeo thon waited on Mr. McRoborts, whe. ho appeared bofore the Convention and returnen his thanks. Judgo Harris rofuses -to _sbide by tho decision of the Convontion, aud will remain & candidato. Tho namo of Ifill was only mon- tioned in_conncetion with tho Judgeship on Saturday Inst. Ho will'no longer bo a candidato. MARKETS BY. TELEGRAPH. New York New Yoni, May 6,—The monotary situntion to-day was oasy, with a good supply of loans at 7 gold down to 5 per cent, with 6@7 as the goneral rate. Indien tiona ara that 7 per cent will now bo the maximum rato for call loans securad by wood collstoral, Tho outatandlng legal-tendors aro $357,160,000, an Inercaso or $180,000, Tho customs receipta’ for lnst weok woro 4,500,000, The Intornal rovouus receipts fo-day woro $1,000,000, and tho Dopartiuent estimato for May is $12,000,000, Nany leading Wall atreet men havo gono to Clove 1and to stlond the annual mncetiug of tho Luko Shoro Company on Wednesday, It is knowa that an arrange- ment lins beon fbdo far taklog up the protested nota of Presldont Stockwell to the Pavitic Mail Company, Thio prime drawera of sterling” oxcliavge, Delmont, Brown, Clows, and others, advauced tho rutos to-day 1010837 for 60 days and 1035 for sight, Gold was firmer, and_advauced from 1163 to 117, with moat of tho buslucss at 1107:@117, tho closing figuren, Loans 3@7 per cont, Cluariugs, $15,000,000, Treasury disburaoments, $461,000, Total payments of ay interest to date, $5,100,000, Governments wero quiot aud firm, Btate bonds were dull, though' Tonuossees ruled Financinl News. stronger. Tho plock markot with fow oxceptions was flrm throughout tho duy, Tho chiof interost contored fn a fow sliares, of which tho most promineut and wenkest was Pacific Mail, The courso of tlin stock Was in- fluenced by nltornnte favorablo' and_unfavorablo re- porfe fn regard ' lto tho payment of the Howo Sowing-Muchina noto, of ‘tho probablo final uettioment of which tho Alrcet was uninformod at tho closo, Tho indications uro that {fd stock has cut Toogs from thio et of the markot, bolug_governed Dy speell influences ; and the epceulation therolu, un- 4il tho annual election, nearly due, is likely to bs fe- vorlsh, Tho contost, thoroforo, it is gonorally balioved, will ocesslon apid advanco,’ Tho chlef fuctuationd of the day were aa follows, the greot strength of West~ orn Union belng a featurc : Pacific Mail, 53, 54, 6237, 6412, 5173, 33, 60)g, 617 ; Wostorn Unlon, 8027, 874, 63, 87, With largc doaliuga about the cloze at tho Iat- Obifeao, Columbus & Indiaun Coutral, 34k, ‘Unfot Pacile, 80X, 313, 305, BLi7, 8147 § 433, 4334, 4930 ; Bt vaul, 673 58, 61 Now Conteal, 1003, 10137, 100} 3 Erls, U5 Tako Bhoro, 024, ohi, D2, 02; bash, 09, 097, fli),‘g Panams, 111@Q1127 Nock Inland, 1083, 108%¢, 1085, Tlio \vimla‘ ‘markel closod em, Sterling, 108%, . A ... COVmr noxoa, onpons 120X | Coupoum, 61, 5908 of 163, 6% int, 1116 | Goubons, ‘06, Coupons, 6}, ox Int..116 | Now 5a Coupous, '3, ox fut. :117% | 10-10s. Coupony, 68 (now) . 117% | Qurreicy O ATATK BONDA. : Virglnias, old, c......43 North Carolluas, old. 35 Norlh Carolinss, now.10 Missoutl Tonucssces, old, Tounosaces, now. Virginlss, now, Adama Expre Wally Fargo, .. American Expra United Statoes E: Union Pacifio siocks. 813 Union Pacific bouds, Bk Central Pacific bonda, 103 Dol, Lack, & Wostern, 101 1017 | B, 1, & Erlo 3 Northwostern Rock Island, . N, J. Central Bt, Paul,,. Forolgn Markots, Yayrneoor, Moy i—11 o, m.—Fiour, 274 00, Whoat— 124904 npring, 118@12s 315 whito, 11w 8 @ o clob, 125, Corn, 278 34, Tork, 08 0d, Tard, 40s'la, LiveR£ooL, May 6—1:30 p, m.—Droadstufls qulet ardy 40s, " Fork, G, it wuchougd. o and stoady, Pants, May 0. —tontob, 64 frines 35 contlmes Liveuroat, Msy b.—Colton dull ; middliug upland 0d3 " Orlenus, 0)¢d, - Hales, 10,000' Lalea; Amoricam 6,000 apeculntion nud oxport, 2,000, 21115(; winter wheat, 124 21, Flour, 978 61, Oors, n 3, Tork, 003, Lard, 403, Clcoso, 726, Cunborland middics, 983 04, Bliort ribw, ¥, | LoNvox, May 5—6 p, m,—Oousols 035; ; 6-20a of 08, [0 -\:o’gf 0T, 93737 10-404, BOX; Mow Os, B9} ! i rlo, "The rate of discount for threo months fn the open markot {8 818 below {ho bavk rato, 'l'lu: Continontal bauke huve raisod tho rato of dis. count, Now York LivesStock Market. Nry Yonx, Muy 6,~Deeviy—Recepty yostorday apd to-dng, 44 cara, or K500 hiond. Total for tho weok, 0,580 hiond, agaiust 0,470 lant weelr, Thn touo and gon- oral foaturen of thy markot mora favorablo to thie soll ing Intorent than on oftlicr of tho Iast thiroo market dagn, but tho supply was too heavy for any matorial advatico in pricea, ‘hero san wido rango of quality, and a osrrespondingly wido rango of pricea, Exclud ng o fow faney stecra that retailed to the shop butehe orn at T @Iik5e, tho ontaide quotation §s 1ic, and the oxtromo raugo ’ 0@ldc, showing o doclino for the woek of X to e, Balen inclwdo: 23 cws Texann ‘nt bH@GY owt, 103@l0%e; 10 cara o, G@OX owt, 104 @110 3 Jears_common o, B3¢ ewt, Dicos 2 cars vory poor o, At B)o; 10 carn Tiilnole'stoers; 63¢ ewt, 11305 13 cars do, 7 owt, 1K@ 113e; T eara do, 7% ewl, 1iic; 0 cara oxta du, Bl owty 19@ 1330 ; 1 éaa do, Bi owl, 12}@18)Gc; B cars o, 83 ewt; 13103 14 cars folr {0 prinio do, 114@132{c; G cara v, Tewt, 113{0 3 6 carn mudium do, 0% cwi, 111¢e; * 10 cara fafr to good do, 7 cwi, 13 @12¢; Gcarn do, 7owh, 1L4@1203 0 cara Mishour] steers, G owt, 11Y@130: 4 cara Tudlaus, Tig awt 11)¢e; ! cara doarno Koutticky catile, 7 cwt, 10)5c, o 4 cars Mirnowi cattle, 61f cwt, 11@11 50, BiErr—Necelpta, 5,400 head, muking 11,600 for the ook, ogalust 16,660 st week, inco Eridoy last thhord sk heon o Murked ehango for (ho boltor in tho demand for mutton, sud tho frade in sheop to-day was fairly nctivo nt an advanco at thio closo of Io. Blicarad alioop Tanged from Gi6e to 63¢o by the car-lond, and ono Iot of falr unshiorn sficop, av U3 1Ly, atT3ze, Ammoug tho nalus wwerw 4 cars cliphad Ohio shop ot 8)¢c: 3 enrs o 03403 2 cara do 6(0; 1 car do 03{; 1 car do 8503 L car do 6@fgc; and 1 car do 6o, ‘The syring Inmba offered wora very common to falr, and sold at 10@10¢, while prime aro worth 180, Hoos—Arrivals yesterday and to-day, 103 cars, or 13,655 lipgn, maling 41,920 for the wesk, againat 44,800 Tust week. 'No aales on livo weight, Drussod axd fn domand ut 73{@80, Now York Dry Goods flarket, Nrw Yonx, May 6,—~Tho fino weathor hins imparted a better tono to il wmarket, nnd somo of the jubbera woro falrly busy to-day with buyers from tite West s noar-Dy ditelols. Ootfon goutls woro unchunged in prico, aid aro in fadr demand, Wido sheotinga aro more active at tho docline, and colored coltons quite brisk and closaly sold up, * Glazed cambrics movo tree- Iy at tho currant pric, and somo colors nro searce. Tadded ground striped printa are selling well, and nro well mold up, but *polka spota® aro qulet, ' Woolens romnin inactlvo and sbawls aro dull. Forolgn dress gouds aro mora actlve, but olhor fabrics aro quict, Philndeiphin Live Stock Markot. PiAELYitA, Moy 6—OnrTrE—Dull and lower; les 8,200 oxtra’ Pennoyivanin and Wastorn stocrs al L50@H.00; falr o good, $0.60@7.00; common, £5.00 0, BHEEP—Falr demand; eales 6,000, ot 63(@0Mo for clipped, nnd 73@8/0 for wooled, Log~Firuily lehd; sules 4,000, at $9.00G8.75 for corn-fed, * Pittshurgh Ol farket, Prrrsnunon, Moy 6,—Crudo petrolown quiet, but firm ; $2.50@2.65 per brl at Parker's Landing ; agual to 04/@0770 per gallon licre, Rtofined quict nnid nomiual ; 10%@1%c; Philadelphis dolivery, 19X@200, Dolli miazkots opeued osey. Tho Produce Markets, NEW YORK, New Yonw, Mey b.—Corron—In limited domend, and lower ; middling uplands, 1830, BReAbsTURVA—Flour quict nnd hoavy s recelpts, 12,000 brla ; superfino Western and Btate, $5.05¢ 6.25 comunon to good oxtra, $6.60(37.40; d to cholco, $7.45@8.26; whito wheat oxtra, 8,60310.50; Ohio, ox- iras, $6.00@10.50; Bt. Louls, $7.60@12.50, Ryo flour ‘more activo, $4.10@0,00 Corn moal leady, Wheat— Spring quict; witor firm rocolpts, 14,000 bu; No, 3 Ohicago epring, $1.62; Binnesols spring, '$1.0i@ 1,04 cholco No, 2 Milwaukeo, in store, $1.64, Ryo firnt; 'Wostern, 97c. Darloy heavy: Weslern, 87ic, Malt Qull, Corn quictand uichanged ; recolpte, 21,000 by, Oats lowor, with fair business ; 'Tocolpts, 44000 buj no‘\vclknlxml Western, 40@01c; w‘lfln Westery, 60@ 6205 Dla H 47@50c. OLoven SEED—Tn falr domand ; Wostorn, BY@8Xec, Timothy quiet, $.60, Eaas—Qulof, Haxr—Dull and heavy, Y Hors—8lesdy. - OnockRxzs—Coffee firm; Rio, 17@104c. Bugar sirong and higher, with good demaud; fair to good rallulug, 73@se.’ Molawses quist; Now Orloans, 67@ 80c, Kico quiet: TX@8Xc, PrrroLrus—~Crude, 10%c; refinod, 200, TunpeNTINE—Lower ; 60c, STo0K OF GRAIN ih 8t0ro Lioro May 3¢ Wheat, bu Corn, bu. Osta, bur, Ryo, bt Baloy, Malt, Du. Tess, bu TROVIS maus, $18,00G18.60, prime Deof quiet and steady, Out aneats dull ; sbouldors, 7c, Middica quiet ; short cloar, 100 city 10ng_clenr, 10c3 Westorn long’ clear, 93cc, Lu!l;t'l steady ; Weatctu stoam, 91{c; Kotto, Usie T ower ; Westeru, 20@ilc. ot ; '12G18)gc, lor ab W@, BUFFAL DUFrALO, May 5,—Mark gonerally quiet, Corn— Bales 5,000 bu at 63@bdc, in store, Oats nominally .| unchianged, AILWAURER, MinwAurgx, Muy 6—DueApsTurra—Flour quict and unchanged, Wiicat dull, nominal ; No, 1, $LU3% ; No.2, §1.27, Oals frm; No, %, 8¢, Corn firm} No. % 4lsg. Byostoady s No.'s, G Barley fiem] 0, 3, Bic, Futours—To Bufialo, 12c; Lo Owego, 10c. Reorrrrs—TFlour, 6,000 Dris ; wheat, 35,000 bu, ButiraeNTs—Flotir, 12,000 brls : what, 113,000 bu, NEW 'ORLEANS, , May 5,—Bnzansturrs—Flour dully singlo X, §6,75; low tradc, $6.60 ; good {roblo X, $7.40 @1.60: fomily, $0,35@10.95, 'Corn in good supply and domanid§ mized, " sic; white, G1Q%c, Oata qulct e NEW_ORLEA; 00G26,00; choico, $29.00, meas held at 18,75, Dey ¢,03¢c, Bicon dull ¢ 87, ve, 10%4c, 10250, Iintas firi ; cholce, HX@IB)c, ~Lard rg{& ; torce, koitle, 9o 3 rotined, 9io; keg, 10 e Gnoornres—Sugar dull; inferlor, 64@o; Jow g‘:{:’" Molasses—No movement, Oolee, 174 Whissr—90@03c, CorToN—~Quict ; salea of 5,000 bales, mostly on Bat. urday, after tho closo; good ordingty, 164@15%c; low middlings, 165%@16%;c; middlings, 18G18%c mlddling Orluans, 18/{@183(C, Rocoipls, 4,618 bal no exports slock, 16,380 ifed, OL| ToLeno, May 6.—BUEADSTUFFA—Tlour quict and unchovged, Whost o shade bigher; - No. 1 whito Michigan, ‘$1.90; smber_Michignn, $1.72% spot or Muy ; $147 reller' June; No, 3 smbor Hlinols, $1.80% No, 1 red, $1,79, 'Corn a aliado bigher; high' mixed 45%@146c wpot; 47c seller Juno; low mnixed, 45MG 45707 yollow, 47c; white, 50%c no grade, 16 46)50, Onta dull and a shade lower; No. 9, 390 epot § 406@41¢ nollor June, HEOEUFTA—lour, 650 brla ; wheat, 10,000 bu ; corn, 60,000 bu, BuipMENTs—Flour, 2,000 brls; whest, 8,000 buj corn, 91,000 bu, OINCINNATIL CINOIKNATI, Msy G.—BREADSTOFFS=—Flour firm ot $7.60@7.85, Wheat firm ot $1,70, Corn steady at :]:u‘ Tyo firm at 836, Oats quict ot 42@48c, Barloy rin. Linszep Ore—Iligher at 98c@SL00, ¥rovisions—Pork quivt and nominally unchanged, Lard firm, with light oferings keitlo, 9yc, Bulk mests steady; ehoulders, To; clear nib, 070 clear, D3¢, for city cut, and genorally held highor, Bacon firmer ; shoulders, 8o; cloar rib, 97gc; clear, 1w:ze, i Wiiske—Bteady at 80c. DETROIT, Drrnott, May 6,~LnensTurrs—Flour quict nod onchanged, ~ Wheat dull aud a siado lowor ; extra, $2.00; No. 1, §1.88; amber, $1.74, Corn steady at 43¢ Oata d9¢, DALTIMORE, DivTivony, May 5.—Duzapsrorrs—Flour quictsnd unchanged, Wheat quict; Western red, $1.50@1.90; smbor, $1.03@3,00, Corn—Alixed Western nomiuval ; 640, Ot dull; mixod, 400 ; white, 60@51c. Ryo firm 90¢@3#1.00. ] E -| ehado better ProvisioNs—Quiel and Iun:hlngm!. Burten—Weatorn dull and woak, Wugy—Firm ; 903/ GoLe. OLEVELAND, i OrevzrAND, Moy 6.—LnEapstures—Wheat quiet and dull; No,1red, $1.763 No, 9, $L05. Corn lower; high mixed, 610} Jow mixed, 49c. Outs firm ; d5c, PETHOLEUM—Firm and unichnngod, . 8T, LOUIS, 81, Louts, May 6~Barapsrurrs—Flour inactive, but tirm, Wheat quiel, only samplo lots eold ; No, 4 spring, $1.233¢ asked, $1,21 Lid; No. 2 red fall huld $1.89, with $1,80 bid, 'Corn steady for frack lots, higher for elevator lotg, 870 on track ; 38@38¢c clovator, Oals No, 2, 32 on track ; 323/@U3L elevator, ‘Barley steady : No, 9, 85@90c, Ryo stoutly, 68@700, Whitsiy—Firm ot 87c. rrovistons—Lork dull ab $18,25@18.50, Dulk menta nominal, Bacon quict, only jobbing st ordor trado, Lard nointual, ‘Hoas—Easlor at $4.05@5.15, OnrreE—Lowor ; luferior to primo, 2600, LOUISVILLE, LouIsvILLE, May 5,—Dreansrurss—Flour in good demand at unchanged Brlx:eu‘ PuovisioNa=—Quiet s Lield firm ; mesa pork, $18,50@ 10,00, Bacon—Suoulitors, Bi(o: cloar rib, 1045 @ 1010 ; cloar, 1040, all packed. Lulk Meata—L.0080 aliouldcra, T30} clear rib, D}y@0X0; clear, 0,@INo. Lard utichianged. Wikax—Stesdy st 870, N 10, Oswrao, May 6 urPs—Wheat qulct ; No, 1 Milwaulioo, $1,70. Corn qull ; Wasters, LUGG0Jgo, Darloy quiet at §1,08¢, PHILADE TRILADELTUIA, Auy 9, LRI, n:AbSTUFPS—Flour quiet and steudy ; supors, $1.75@550; extras, 5,150,715, Wheat In Tair dowaud ; ted, $1.03@2.00; No. 1 upiring, $1.M@1L76, 1iyo i good demand ut 950, Corn aclive: Yollow,0815@050; mixed, 635 @M g0, Oals unchangod Pitovis1oxa—Tirm ; woss ork, $19,35@10,50, ‘Witsuy—Tirm ; frou-bound Weataru, odc, ———i Vesscls Pnused Dotrolt. Spectul Dispateh to The Chicago Tribiaie, Deriory, Micl,, Muy 0.—IPassen Ur—Drops Ply- mouth, Indis, Potowse, Olsmberlain, Bufialo nud Daryo{ wchirs ‘Negautioe, ildon, Lacange, Wortl- tuglon, Webor, PaBsT) DowN—-Trops Graves, Joy .Gould, Annla Rrotroue, Young, Turner, 8t, Yaul, Atlantio] sohrs Young' Amorica, Y ¥ Winn—-Northenst, o O e linois Biver apd Cannl Nows, TASALLE, Til,, May 6,—No arrlvals or depurtures by tho river, “Cho’Oak Leaf loaded with moldings, and thw Tuabelta, Joadud with lumber, both bound for Ht, TLouly, aud tho North Awmeaica, lght, for Chitlicotho, i;m-hml out of the canal, and togetlicr with three other oats await towage down the viver, Nothing {-nl-m futo the canal, Tho river foll oue foot yesterduy morning and thls morning, lewwing, afxtoon fost and thirea inchen of water on the miteraill of Lock 18, CANAT, CoLLFOTOW'S Or¥iox, Onician, May Be AnnrvEp—Maplo Teaf, Bird Bridgo, 13,118 b recd: Androw Jackaon, Ottawa, 10,700 bii onta s R, 0, Gond= el Ottaws, 0,600 bu ontw’s Orion, Marsclllen, 7,000 bu onfny Lily, Morzle, 6,000 bu coril; Brilliant, $orrls, 5,200 bu con; Gracly Crlawold,’ Minooks, ‘6,800 bt corn; Pheonix, Lockport, 7,600 b oata ; "Elfzaheth, Tockport, 600 btls moa), 304 Lrls flour ; Tndusry, Mor- i, 4,600 b carn, 2,000'bn oatw, Grano—Onondaga, Jolch 51,920 t Jomber, 10,200 1atles Maglo Leaf, Jollet, 65,687 £t lumber, 81,800 Jath 3 and koveral boats Jigh SPECIAL NOTICES, Schenel’s Mandrake Pills, Thoso villsara compossd ozalusivaly ‘of vegatablo 1o grodiont, and although thoy antlroly auporsodo tie wio ot moreuty, o mot feavs nny] of Its injurious offaote. Thoy ot directly upon tha Itvor, and ar o valuablo roima- dy iy mil enven of, dorangomn) rovuliing from a disor- darad stalo or that nl’)‘:l“. {var flnnlplllnt Disordors, Indlgastion, Kick Tondaclio, Typhiold R e drako Pifts,_Foraaly by nil druggiats and donlors, OPENING, CARSON, PIRIE & GO, Tnvite the Public to the Opening Of their New Reteil Premises, Wadison & Penriats, T0-DAY aud TO-MORROW, INTERESTING PRICES! AND A Splendid New Stock of D_rx Goodg. HAILIE, HAEE &0, 'Will open to-day and- Wednesday a full line of American and Sprague Prints, at the Agents’ reduced price of 11 cents. All orders filled promptly. MADISON AND FRANKLIN-STS. —————————————————y STOCKHOLDE}ES‘ MEETINGS. STOCK-TIOLDERS' ANNUAL MEETING Lake Store & Michigen Soutbern Railway Co. OFFIOE 0¥ TaE LAKE SHonE & MIGIIOAY SouTnEs| RAILWAY CONPANY, OLEVELAND, 'O, March 27, ta7a, Tho annual meoting of tha Stooklioldors of this Com= pany, for thosicetlon of Divectors for Uho e © tho trancactioa of othor {mportant bu ba hold at the oftice of tho Dnmpnn)}: in tha eity of Oleveland, 0., on Wednesday, 7th Day of Moy next, botwaaa tlia lowea of 11 o'aldek n tho foranoon anit o'olack In 11io afteruoon of that day, Tho trausfer hoaks of tho Gompsny will ba closed at tho oloso of busltiass, on tha bih dny ot Apell noxt, and will Fo.0pen on tho moraing of tho Sih dar'of Mignots : GEORGE B, ELY, Socrotarg. OFFICE OF Chicags, Rock Istand & Pacific 'RAILROAD COMPANY. 25, 1873 April Tho annual meoting of tho Stackholdars ot th Chlorto, Rock Iuland & Pacitic Rajlroad Company, for tho clocion of Dirgotors, pursuant to law, and the transaction of such otior Burladss s gy como beforo Uiamy Wil o ok st of o Compau; i tho City ol 3 Wadnasday, tho ith day of y.'ums‘nnl}i 't 1} obclosia e F. H, TOWS, Beorotab ol ¥+ THACY, Prastdosit. Juliet & Chicago Reilroad Company. SHORETARY’S OFFICH. CHICAGO, Mny 9, 1873, Tho Stockholders of tha Jallet & Ohieago Rilrosd Compnny ara boreby notificd that tho annual moeting of said Company, for tho claotion of Dircctors and transnc- tion of othor businoas, will bo held at the oflico of the Chicago & Alton R. R. Co., on Wodnosday tho 14th fust., at 10 o'clock a. . W, M. LARRABEE, Soo. Stockholders’ Meeting. Nottoo Is horebs glvon that tho annual mouting of Stookiioldurs of OHCaE6. Sontit Tiranch Dock Semmnag. for.tho elaation of Dirvctors ot nid Gompnny, will bo Told 8t tho offico of sald Company, No. 631 Wabash-av,, in tha Lty of Oicago, &t 10 a. !, Wodugsday, duse D 3e . G ASON.A‘ Bocretary of Ohleago South Branois Dock Company. —— e e HOTEL, “TOGDEN HOUSE, A, TL, TODD, lato of Aberdoan Houso, Chlcago, 3, D. BNOW, lato of Ogden louso, Council’ Bluffs, Towa, Propriotora. 3 Gornor Franklig and Washington-sts., ‘This now and olegantly furnishod houso s locat: ithin ono and two I-lauh“ol Ilgurd of Trado, uurt-hnuga'rl'hcul of amusomont, and tho loading jobbing houses In the aity, and iu avory rispect a Luslnss man's liotol. ERMS, 2350 PER DAY, FLOU . BT, Loums, Marl. Wohave this day appalntad HIOKSON, No, 1270 South State-st., Bolo Agent G « bratod B orths Matih Fhipese for our colobratoh Biofih °f INSTRUGTION, FRENCH ARD GERMAMN., Ladics and Qontlomon wishing for leesons tn French end Qorman, pleaso addross a gontlomen of loog ox- perfonco asatonchor of both langusges In Switzosland and Franco, sub O. KARRER, N6.50 North Clark-st. Bust of roferences can ho glye SHIPPING TAGS. DENNISON'S PATENT SHIPPING TAGS. Osor 200 millions havo boon uacd within tho Justfd yaars, without omplaiut of loss ho tag bocoming dotaohed. All Kxpross Companies uso them, Sold by Vrintors and Statloners Evorywhore. MISCELLANEOUS, From Buffalo. Tho Wostern Transportation Company’s rived Al o'cloa I3 ng mnl first bouts through from Buifalo this sprini "BEDDING PLANTS. Vosbenas, 53 por 1004 other kinds, 80 and 38, Soud for Mst, Addrecs : EDGAR LANDERS, 260 Btntast, MEET, Attention, Sir Xnights! Avollo Gommandary, No. 1, K. 7. Btatad Congly this ovoning at Lall, 158 Tiyenty-socond-st,, a8 o'elool Businoss, \'muéu: i invlted, By Kafihig gourtoous onlor of tho ¥, o4l W, LOUKY, Hooorder. Masonic. Ashlar Tadgo, No. 808, A. F, and A. M. Regolar come mltentioi s CEiomtar ov.ntih Bay 2t tiolr hall, a Masoulutuuipl, corige Hultul i flaudolutis ut w » ‘I'ho lraty relinl vl for busluoss aud worl gy sontially Inrto