Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1873, Page 2

2 GRAIN WAREHOUSING. [fiontinuatinn ,61’ Registrm' Cla- ry’s Interosting State- - . ment, He Deolares that Rogistration Is of No Use to Provent Frauds, but Moy Lieadto Their - Doteotion, All the Informalion of the Registrar’s Offico Is Obtainod from the Dooks Kept by the Warohouso- mon, ‘All the Elevators Deliver Grain ‘Without the Receipts. ‘Cancellation of Receipts Frequently in Long Arrear of the Shipments, * ~ The Low Is Dofective, and Mr., Clary Points Out in What Particulars, The following is a continuation of the testi- mony of Mr. Stephon Clary, Registrar of Grain, given bofore the Board of 'Crade Invesligating Committeo. Tho firat parc of Bir. Olary's evi- Reuce was printed in yestordny's Tninune, MR, OLARY'S EVIDENCE CONTINUED. The Chalrmau—iave you any renson o suppose that any grain Las ever beon shipped out by dollusion with the Inapectors? b Mr, Glary—T am porfectly cortain in my own' mind $hat no such thing Lias ever been done, 2r, 0. 8, Hougli—~When wo unlonded, canal-bosts ¥ot0'fho’ vossel—tioro I8 2o Taw providing for a thiog of that kind—how it In to ba_sottled, whetlior you give recaipts or buy the grain, Wo had an understanding wilh Mr. Clary what was best (o do and {0 do the beat gn t;num; that wo were gbliged to unload tho canal~ onta, : Mr. Clary—Everything s been reported, I Juow that they bad, I am frank to say, n good many of the zecolpta; but'I did not kuow whother they bad them oll; 1 did take that chance ; I would not tako it nguin § ut it 16 all straight ; tho Commissioner knaw all about it; somebady fn my oflice wrota o the Commissionera that thero wag an irregalarity going on thore, und ono of tho Commissioners, Mr, Pearson, csmo up here, Tis was somo time ugo, Thin was when this oce curred ; and I oxplined to hii just exactly bow tho thing hod been dono, and told him that T raw_the Houghe' dilemma s {liat T concluded that it was aafo to help them out of it little, and that if ho did not have alltho recoipts ho would gol them, snd I know ho would, and consequently thought il would all come out otraight, as it did, ~ And hie said to me that:the #nfo way would be, i ail euch caspy, to havo them bring over the roceipts canceled ot once,” T saw it, and I mowt nssuredly would do it ko snothier time, Ar. Pricstly—As I undorstand, Mr. Clary, from your testintouy, that your accounts with 3fr, Hough are all sctlled and satisfuctory 7 T Ar. Ciny—Evorsliing straight, o, They have fando all thiolr zoports, And I may bay for the Hougln, right iere, that there i 1o eloyator in town that bave boen stralgiter Tt steaight slon i ll thelr reporty {hian they have, This litle *finsco, which T cannat Bolp torny that way, §a the only {hing that ever occur- red in roference to tho matter, A, Pricatly and Mr, Warren (addressing - thnee gentlomen), I saw A, Wright this morning and ftated substadiislly thia ta bim, Thatdf this fnvestiantion Jero was {0 takp tho Hcope of an inquiry into tho way oll this thing was- Tonto tn g ofico 4ud in tho Tushector's oflce, aud all that sort of thing, that I besitnted somewhat in going Julo it, and for this reason: That it would very nat- wrally ‘occur to ahnost snybody (hot the thing wre foosely managed inmy oflice in cancoling thesa ro- celpty and incidentally regletering them. Newspa- pera misko a greab fuss about registering Teceipta s they failed (o mention that they wero rat cancelod aud then vegiotered (which i the fact), aud thus offpe~ tunlly dertroyed from being of any use to the public; hecuitse while thore aron few of thosp canceled ro- ceipts Dy me. you_know, in circulation, yet, s I un. dovetand it, cveryhudy §s yory chary of” them, snd nokady would protably bid for any such kind of {(hing, 1o any extent, if thoy had been dlsposcd fo put them uypou tho market, Now, then, in my ofico—I think it would bo praper for ma to msko somo little explaun- tion—tlat In my offico & grent many people bave Reked mo whether wo always comparo tho car numbers on tho recelpts with the Inkpoctor's Teports before we reglstercd tho receipts, It had been tho habit of my predecesnor 0 do 80 ; but when ¢ho State_assumed the Fegistrafon and fuspection of grain, and T went into 1hs oftice, 7, of conrse, carriod on’ that syslum for somethiug 1ike & year ; and I saw that what wp formed Hiese Inepactora’ £eports were, after all, & gaod deal pf s farc ; that wo hal to depend on {ho’ eleyator en for tho Jnformation, sny. way s that, for instance, at w0mo of tho clovators, tho Inagectors copy the car- lcket, e got our'reports jp the morning of what wuw puit nto the warolouse the day bofore, The In- spector of grain goea sround and _inspects the cara on b track, ad ho nails on fo the car & Hcket, which, wben tud ear 18 unloaded goes up fo the welghing fuan, aud is indorsed by Bim, s T underatand {1, witl Iho welglit, and then goos down-staira iuto tho office ot iho clevator ; tho Inapoctors copy from these car-tick= tle tha number of the car and the welght of it, znd the slaractec and description of the grain that goes in, Ko, then, thero 18 o Jurge amount of grain paesce bradi bidre it doi't ol that is Inspectsd ; evury- Ihiug is inspocted that psses thronglh here, ain't it, sulatantiolly, unless {hore aro apecific directions to ihe contrary § buty subistautislly, everything 1 fn- Bpected ; but thore 18 a great deal of tho time, yoy un- derstand— s ‘The Clinlrman—Do you mean through mn—gr-ln that paeses through the eity (st was not unloaded ¥ Mir. Clary—~Wall thoy doiyl, ko, you see, For fn- sance, at o Tark Stailon tote may be a ot of grata, —iwo or throo hundred cars,—and they don' know whether it {6 going through or not, Mo inspects it and uts his tckot on It.- Down at Buckinghumy's they do T dirrerenty, Thioy wowt let xn Tawpocior tony those tckets, but ‘thoy just give whut they call ‘a roturns ook of cars thut hiavo Leen-unloaded, and the weighta und charactor, and dascrintion of the grain, In those 1 know vary well that, if they were disposed to commit fraud at tlo clovator {n the matter of taking in gratn, thoy could plip off Hfteon or twenty of theso car-tickets that the graiu Lad gone through, and raprosont that the graiu had gono up stairs and ‘it had come down, Bnd they could send in receipts forit, And I kuow tho Buckinghams,—tho wiay they do it,—thoy formerl; Iet them copy fho car-tickets, but thoy wou't do now, hoy funt send us up o Litfle memoranditin-pook that' such and such cavs have gono into stord, the nnmber of the'car, and welght und desorintion of fho grain, When we ' get “thaf, wo capy it on a plece of puper, which wo Isy upon this desk, and chieck off aur mewmorandums of tho receipts from 'that, - Well, I saw, 83 Yuay, that t was o good dual of furto to ctp 1y Jmen walting, as we had to every day, a congidorable Hemo wixtil Wo examined theso and chocked them uw, and often!imes tliore would be a car number on_tha Focelpt thit would not be on our roturn, apd if the rula waa worll: anything it wos fo send thnt recoipt back until we could got un oxplanation, A great many.par- ies would come into the ofiicos fow minutes befare 3 ‘o'clock, nnd had got to deliver the grain in_ the after- ‘Boon o thoy lind got to bs “ at erious inconyenicnce,” ‘And, aa I say, I thought jt was perfectly safo to reglse tor that receiit when 1t was geut in and examine it afterwards, whiclt we did within an lour or two, and |- Bien entercd {hese upon our hooks, If wo found any miiatakos wo went to thio elevator ofilco Lierg in town or wosont up there, .11 thero wes a car numbcr lackin wosent np thero, aud found thst the Inspoctar. i madon mistake, Aud Tmny iy herw foo, that it u 3 retty gificull punttor, ometimos {hees, Tnspoctors avo ot to copy 404 car du o morning, in'a very, fow minutes, Thoy did not have but Nttle time'to dp 1t wnd thoy are just as iikely to make mistakes,' They are not accountants, anyway, aud € (liey wero Ahey would make mistukes, - I Lave & few decidod fu- stuces which 1 looked ojt, if this thing camo up Liere, with a viow of reading'to’the Commitie; Bt £: di Bot bring them with mo,” Wall, to put all theae hings together—thien ngain the canal-boats, We get our Feturtia £rom the cunal-boats pp fhiere overy dayat 11 o'clock, aud it ia ofteutlmes ikie case thala men will have & boat-load coma in ihis morning, pud by 9 o'clock 1t fa out, and ho Caplaln comes'down Liere with bfs ticket from the elevator fo_ {ho consignee, and hio consiguea Lero pays bim opft, and tukes the Ecket and oes to tho olovator oftico Hero and gels the Tecelpt, and Lo comes right to my oftice to hinvs 5t rpg- Iatered. Very likely lio has agroed to soll that corp on thut day, and I kay o Lim, “8ir, our ruio ts that”'we caunof reglaler ' fhat untl got . retwsn from' tho cloyator, and @0 don't get that wntil fo-morrow at 11 ' p'clocks, You have either got to sond up ther and get & corfifc €ato from (he Inapector or we tannob” do 1LY Wll, T mado up my nifd that when wo did aend up tlicre we got tho swine information that we hud from. the ¥ecolpt ; and 1€ we could ascertuin tho wcxp day whotlier 1t Bad gono fn, 1t was just'nw safo ns it wae tn aycerinin it heforehund'; and Heucs ] pdopted tho rula pf, Teahiterlog tiews secolptu‘of cannbnals sud of Faliroad curs before pssmining the returus § sud thon ‘proyious to 3 or 4 o'cloek thoss wowld all bo' exampsd ‘ud cutered upon onr books X.u any mistakes were Found o sy diicrspuucles, tho (Lihg wan inquized nto eltier tiut aflomoon or the uiet ylay aud ol sivaigbtensd up, OF conte wo had 10 (akotla elovur for's nccount Aually, aud they Rlways wera stralght ned onit, A “iFlig Oljndrman—Iiow doyou mannga to_stynigliten a recelpt that waa hayroporly reglaored and Lud heou dellvered—ad goup §uto the geueral frado 7 Mr. Olury—Well, porties scttled the halances bo- tween them g but tliat pconrred very scidom, and I concluded thint, a4 W Woro ot fhoro for thu ppir- poso of protocting the clavatora s any mistuke of o Flerfcal nuturo that thoy might make, and that thoy could bo eoryected afterwardu—yot tho éiiculty of Zcougso ia that once ju o whils it ncnlgrud 1 thnt way, But immediately we would notify cifher tho pwner of i$hie roceipt or CLa cloyator inen, ad thoy alwuys got Sarothor and almost fuvarisbly Sxad 4 up, and {F thoy | &t net, thoy paid tho difforencos ono ‘way or thol ‘otlior, AWell, I suw enough of all thoso things that I | conciuded toadopt that coureo, I consuled with BrF, * Hammond, who was tho ouly Canissioner tliat we {pould” gob it bexo—of tho old Board—pnd Iald the T yhioto aubject Leforo him, and told Lim that X acteds unt on that principlo in (o matter, o fn;: ThsEhiohe iplo in . 5 and that T thought r, Pricatly—1Tna thier been an inatanco belng enncolod and Uhon ngaits ou tio Tavkery D . Clary—T novor hioard of oho, pardon | Gancoled by mo . O o Ol 1 begyour M, Prioatly—Yon, e lary—o, yea, ho Clin{rmau=—Well, follow out thin ubfent that Mz, Olary s 01 now, 'Yon say tint Mr. Iamniond i nwaro of tho way {hta thing was tlonod Mr, Qury—Yos, Al - Tho Clidrmnn-And approval? Py Mr, Claty—Yos, 6ir, - Tho Chatrman-Now, lina the present Doard beon working on this plan g ' .1, ¢ L 1= Mz, Clary—I was coming lo thot, When tho prosent Board wero appointed aud thoy‘camo up hero lnat wiutor, I explainad tho wholo thing fo thom, aud thio way TahUL Woll, they, gavo no partionlat asseu and thoy gave no dlssont and I concluded (1l might do an T thouglit was the best way and was safo, Aftor thn to subjoct camo p i conrvezmation botwoei Me, Plorson aud wysolf ropeatedly : and when ho was liero tho otlier. day, T asked_him alatinctly: *Now,? #nid T, % hind we bottor return to tho_old syatom and giv0 evorybody all this troublo, or Liad wo_bottor koop on with it Siist a8 woaro doing 7 Tho Cliafrman—Whiat do_you mean by the * old gyolent"~tho syslein 'as practicod by (Eo Board of tado Mr, Clary—I supposo #0 ; yes, 'slr—of checklng u beforoyou roglaterad tho rdcapth, . e Tho Oliatrman—I undetstand yoil; thon, that the Board of ‘Irado, under its registratios, would not iésu anything unlll verything. was comparod and cliocked Mr, Clary—Until Wioy woro compared, It was noces- sty ilint tiida new Doard should linve rules and regi Iationn for tho managomont of ‘my oflice, Thora inno statuto Inw, you know, upon tho aubject, 1t Ia o ruls and regulation, of. tho Commisstoners—this reglsirns ton of Taceipts’; there is uoatatute lnw upon the sut-. Joct at all, X hnd written out tho original rulcs of thg oller Board of Cornnisalonors; thoy woro aubstantinl _coples of tho old Board of Trado rogulations; and I also wroto out the now rogulations, which slnply yarled in somo unezsoutisl. particulnra; Lut I put 1t n thls case thatif tho Tegistrar wae satinled that theso zecelpta woroall tlght, or had gono futo 1o elavator, thint Lo might reglster them, with a viow to taka the responsibility if nuything camo up wrong, and not ate . tempt to throw 1t upon anybody olac'a shouldors, And 1 muny say that this fx tho firat timo that auything wrong Lins grown out of it, - It ins been an unfortunato fack s ‘wo Lrenuontly found ufatakes, but wo nover found any attempts at fraud—we found mistakes, but wo mever found axy attompt at fraud or anytlung of the king, “Who Ohairman—Supposs thero had Loen now—aupe ~pote, iristead of our slovatorn all belug managed by fo- apousible Arma—suppose thoro had been an aitompt to defraud, wasat {¢ possible, then, uidor yoursyatoin of regiatrafion, that thore might bxve buen sorlovs frauds perpatzatod on the pullie? Ar, Clary—My own oplulon is, no. My own opin- fon 14, if thoy atlempled fo conlimit fraud, it would ba s very ridiculous way to do it ; tint if thoy wanted to commit thie fraud—tht is to say, If thoy wauted fo Tinvo a recolpt {ssuod whors the proporty did not go 1nto storo, they would gathior up fcss tickets frons the cars and palm thom off on the Inapoctor there as if thoy had grain in store, and then incidentally upon my oflice. 1t wottld ba a very ullly way for them 1o attompt 1o ssile roceipta for tho” car-numbors 3 tho car-numbor now haa to be on every recoipt. It would Do & vory allly attempt at fraud for thom to lssuo thons whetl they disagreed with the Toport of the elovator, which we would haye, at any rato, this next morning, “Thye,Ohairman—Exdctly ; but ypu kuow tlat ware- liouse reccipts hore are given ono’day and’ paid the next, Qould not an elovator concern who ia _dlsposed to fraud, could not thoy set those rocaipts afldat on the dny previous gnd fall £16 next day 7 - What remody i8 thera there? Alr, Clary—Well,. Just the sama remedy that thers srould ba §n the cado I stated—no romedy at all, It thoy wore golng to commit'a fraud, £a I say, thoy would not Ao 1t fu that way,' ¢ Thoe Ohinirman—\Woll, porliaps not, .. Me, Olary—I¢ - Buckiughaiy wanted to commit & fraud-becatise wo would kuow it frpun the reyorts il vo would got fram the aloyators, an they would know thoy would be dotectod 10 that Way, Now, tho Buckinglisws can comnit bl xorts of fratds on us in thio way they mako thalr roports.. Supyose they wero 10 1asra recelpts for fty car-loads that absolutely did ot go futa atore, - Why, thoy would, of courss, put them down ou thls book that they rotirned to us, 8a bulug goie 1nto alore,~'and thetr rocolpts would corre~ spond with that, Human ingenuity caunot invent any “plan that will sfop men from comuitting frauds ; but human ingonuity Lias becn very successtul in détecte ing frauds, And that I undorsiand tho province of my oftice to ho, It 15 ot &0 much to provent frad— niot 80 much G preyent a8 to dotcet, Wo did uot do- tect the Hough inatter a8 quick into thicty-six hours 28 w ought 10 if tho Inkpuctor up there kiad altonded to is dnty, But ho-sayn now, as [ understand, that Iio did not got {ho measago untll’ Saturdsy aftoruoon ; but tho note was up thete Friday morulng, e Cligrman—Well, 1t i 5 Very uutural inquiry in Flew ot all ttu—ot wiat prastical use tho veylstza- fon 7 ; 2r. Clary—To datoct fraud, Thp Chisfrman—Nol {o prevent ? 24T, Clary—No, sir; 3t cannot provent, g Mr. Prioftly—lfow 'did_you arrauge, Mr, Clary, in regard to theep recolpts bellig tivice uned 7 R, Glory—Wiiloh 7 ‘Mr, Pricstly—You say thero huva been secelpts which haye been twico used, A Mr. Olary—You moan reciopts canceled in my ofice. 1 dell You, Mr, Prioatly, the original panacea for all ths 1t ‘was “dono under Lin {aclt “fo doit, troubls of shipping olir: graiu without cancoled Te- coipla, and that is ull thore a of it, was, (hat if the ro- cefpta'could be presented i my office for_cancollation it'would end the trouble, Thon everybody would know thiat their pecoipts wero cancelod when anything was shipped out. I kuew (hat tho practical workiug of it Would do no such thing, and that the only way wo could over tell anything aliout 16 was Just exactly in tho way we did ; thiat when wo ship aut Anythizg, we know §t,—they must return to us,—and hat I just gaotly what tholaw prescribea, oy onght to lt us tako thoso rocoipts and chock thom off with this re- turn. They do that, but tho Iaw dosu not roquira it. T know thut thig would be effectual,—that s, if tho; Sonld shoy us those cancoled recalpls, I also fold the olevator men that {f they would 10an us these re- celptaand let us pheck them up, we could (ell them sometbing abiout 39 ¢ hut tho way they had been doluy was to keop these recoipty, aud the deyil couldn't tell anytling shout it, ‘the Chalren—~De you sco the reccipls now, By, Clury 7 G M., Clary—Yes, sir; see fliem canceled, v, R, M, Hough (handiug papers to tlio Ohafrman] Thire'are the receipts for catgaes thal Luve been canceled, sud ‘yoit can scs how it 1 done, Alr, Priestly—=Woll, now, sa I understand Mr. Tan- pey 853, ho Lid ubipped s buat for somoreceliy st Tiad beon gancoled, but tho cancelistion yus 50 fudis- tinct thut he could not notice it. : Mr. T, M, Hough—Lot s toll you about that, Mr, Pricstly. Supposo s man should bring juto me—you Fhould to-day—that bundle of receipte, Some of tiiem sro canceled wnd some are not; bub supposo all ‘Jind been cancelod, - I givo yon an 'ordor on the houso Tor p fow cargoes of corn; you send your vessols up thero, und you don't take out cli that those roceipta eall for, and konip past”of {hat isleft back there, but . still thoy havo got tha canceliation on here. Now you havo eitlier to bring that receipt btk to us snd got o new one for it, or tuke it and ues [t again, * e, Priostly—Don't you think that Is 3 yory irzogular way 7 s . Mr, R, ¥, Hougli—Well, I say that has happened. Tho Chaifman—Now, yon take this reccipt and it regiatered Concelod s s thiere any obstacle to ls~ »uing a now receipt and haylng ftre-registored in placa ofthat? . . . Alr. Clasy—No, eir, no obstacle, » Tho Ohalrman—Tilicrels 10 obstacts to that's i, Claps—No, 6ir, - ' z . The Qhiafrman—~Except the lubo . Hr. Olary—8omo of :hem do #o ; Some of {hom de- cliné'to doit, ‘Thcse recelpts are Jjust as good for the dolivery of grain ufter thoy wars ‘canceled in my of- fice o thoy wore béfora, and: they conid not atop, in Uio liuery of Bushicas, to muake auplicates { and the clovator men undorstand very woll that thiw cancella~ tlon by me {s-of o -earthly sccount’ what over fip {he : figuriog” on - my book ;' and when the: bill was “pending in “tho . Legialaturo last winter 1 wroto to some partios that it would smouit to Dotbiugat all, bt thatit was mere surplussgo, Bat, as I 8oy, some parties ‘liors. fiought it was o panacen “for® cwr{thlnx,u it could “only o passcl—that! it would seltlo thio question, Dut ft worked just exactly 28 T vxpected,’ Now, mnan will go down 40 Armour & Dole's Zlerutor {his afterncon at § w'elock, aid be Los of soceipts for 30,000 busbels.of grain, and thoy take e Tocelpt aud Uiey give hits at ordr.. o thon, o oonld not check up that shipment, don’t you sce, Lecatao Wo Liaye’ not gob them canceled, What you want with me—jihint you want witl tho Reglatrar's ofice—{s, you want to know abont there thinge, You |. waut to know whon curgocs ‘are shipped out that re- colpls for an_oquivalent amownt hoya been canceled. Whion you know ity you liave gotaj Lhu gistof th wholothing tn connedtion with thik usiness ¢ bocaiso; 1€ the elovator mien can bo made o do lhat promytly: thero 8 no dangar of ro-ssuing fraudulent re aud Jiaylng thewn” put ngon tlio market, And yol o only way fEenn bo dons {u in the way tuatl supgested, They can-palm off.’oa" (ha Inupector up thore Afteen or twenty cars that Layo boen sbipnod through, sud thoy can have him put it §ufp the recapts, 30r, Warren—Why are those cars inspicte I, Olary—Well, ‘In tho firat.plave, you take Tark Blation ; tlicre would bo 160 cara porhaps ; (e Iuspect- ordowt know, whero they axogoing, oF sustlinig about it ; Lfa dufies e to Inapect evorsthing, And want to say here, genlfoaen, just this: That when I wrolpa nolo to'Mr, Culvel Fesfordcy in. relation to Daving o)) theso things gono Sfnto, I was dosirous of making &n_explanotion, and to rdprecoptativo men; ou ean readily perceiye tlint I ean bave o objuct une op hiedven in dolug it the way I+ did exoept th &orya the puuJfo, "I T thought s otiiee way was the most satitactory, shy, most assurdly Taliould do f¢ ¢ 11 T get the opdnion of ropresontative men of the Board oF TEado that it wa buy anfar that all of {ieso partion: 4nag come tomy oflice kinving 4o ho sent back to thio clovatura for_corraction by & triyial wijetoke, and all ‘thiat mort of thing, why, T smiperfectly willing to sdopt | it: but T consfder ghat undor the rules—I forgotlg )#ing {ho rules overare~but I consier under thg Tiles if & reccipt comes £0 s and wo Lve no report of one car nuwaberin it, T would ey tu Lim : 4 This ds tho rule, and You tjist g0 back and have (Lis thiug ex- lulned 3 %o bave 1ot f"' It roported tous” Iam Yxfi'{uclly willingto do 1t 1 can stand thoro and seud ack & muny anen in a day as any other man, without | auy sort of compunctions, I Lave no mutiyps under | Jesyen only to sorva Lo pubile uad a3 T aey, 1 ¥ get fio opipion of represcntative men that it 1a' the safor ayte ‘13, wat 1o botter way, I ain preparal to adopt ut once, . Tue Cliatrman—DIA you not heve the oplnion of the Bourd of Trade practicallyt 0 - Mr, Clary—Novor, ho Chairuan--by the former rules tiat were $n Yoo, tint that wai Cia bittor way 7 B, Clary—The case ia not anafagous at all, Then 1t waa. 2 ‘now thiug and tucry wes no cencollation § they did not mako Ky, Tonprie—tlio elorator, men aid nothivg at all, dida’s know auything nbout it 1t wan Quojdodly & rafo way 1o do It thou, bul wloce then we iayo gol ko inauy clicoks and balgnces, T run it a yuar in'that way and nevor discove omblance of tha sypoasaice of fraud, aud concluded tat, uftor all, if Wo ketit up to the olovators wo got no further infor- matlon thou we bnd, Now, then, another panacos hoa ‘beon on tho part of @ distinguisbied opponent for my Place ot o thorm was o chock wp with o trackebooks ho Inapector good nround and has a track-book on witloh ha rocords ovory ear that Iio inapoct, ; Woll, af courac, It you ntiompt to commit frand wodont Jnnow from that track-book wiiathier thoso. {wenly cara that thoy have mont Esat wonl in store or not, That track-hook don't indicate what went into #tore, bocnuse it only shows what ho Juspected, Do you got the fdea 7 NMr, Warron—There nro no means of teating whether 4t in nclunlly ecnt futo the warchoude or not affer in- speetfon 7 © - - A - Ay, Olary—Tho only wayto fest it I to appoiut yone own mim 3 hava the Ktate to appaiut s man, 3 Mr, 0, 8, llullfh—Ml (heso cars nvo Inupectod, all anr cars that go Kaat ; that s the fuet, ) My, Oliry—Tho only way, and sfe way thné wa contla ret, 18 to bvo tho Stald appotut Tuspictors. and Welgliers, and all that ort of fling, and o tho bukle neas thormsulyes, I thoy thihik it conld be done nny safer, Tho Clinirman—T¢ tio Btato goos to the trouble and oxponso now.of cploying Iuspeotors and Tegistrar to 800 to 168 bualnoss —7 Mr, Olary—~Ib comea out of the grain; tho Slato don't pay it, » ‘The Chaltman—Yes, but this oxponso in inonrred to Jook aftor this; ought'st not to bo tho duty of the Iu- Bpootor or somebody eléo to ses whint grain does o ok, and roport it go that wo mny know; you mene toned that thicrs ia & chance for thils fraud on nccount of thin grain gaiug Faat; now, iau't it A very cany mate tor Lo detorminn what gralu goes East, and what 18 e loded boray g r, 0. 8, Tough—Tho Tospoctor might roport it o infrman—Tan't 1t jusk 1a cusy o dotertiine whint goes Enat an it ia fo doforminc;whnt goea into tha liouse’; Lmt wouldn't it bo the duty of the Inspeotur or tho Registrar and betwoon them, snaing tis gone eral busincas horo for the benet of the publia ; wouldn’t {t be tholr duty to_fnstitule some meana by which thfs thing could be correoted 7 BT R, M. Hough—I will fell you why there is a clieck, I think, 8o as {o provont the posalbility of fraud, It n slmply thia: W got the billa of inding and chargo ngaiust the different cars from tho ronds in the mornlug, Thoy band us over tho charges thal they hold for frefght ngainst overy car that goes §n our houge. Juat ao with Alurry Nolson, Wa bring them down and attach that to that rocelpt for thy car if you pleano ; tear off the top and tnko {he receipt for tho frofght and mako the man a check; thon ho bas got Lis Tocoipt, and the clieck goos {0 $hs account, of {uo road, The rond makes the roport right through thon evory day, Now, If thero aro Afty cars golng buto our Lioudo to-morrow'morniug, our young man will go up to the rallrond offic and got the “frolght bills, ‘fhera is n duplicats to thom; you comeinand you say, “Tave you got any cars?” Says ho, 4 Yos, Alr, Wright, you huva gob four-—your frelght s o much 5 wo_recelpt for your froight and you give ns your check ; foar off thie duplicate and that ngl g0 back to thorosd; yougot your car and pay your froight. Now you'oan #s8uo one of thoao roceipte, unless tuoy como out thomuolyes and Lavo & coalifion with somo. body to get it, The Cliafrman—Unless the clovatars choos to ssuo thoragelves ; if the olovator mon lud no aceomplicen outnide thit could duliver warchousa recoipts, of conrso— 3z, I M, Hough—That Is theonly shieck thore ison o Br. Olary—Thiy thing might be done—thore might boa man detafled thore to watch every car-that went 1n and make out his own memorandum of it, The Olairman—Tan't it somobody's duty, under the pretont law, tosee that {hla. busiuess 14 doae sccu- Tatol —They claim {hoy do, The Chalrman—Doosn't the lnw have anything to do with 467 Tew't it the duty of the depavtmont hora thon to Took afior this thing and seo 1f there is any dofoct n it 7 Mr. Clary—There may be & varlety of opinions in rogard to what is duty, T Qbairman—Yes, sf course; that {a underatood, r, Olary—The Blate sssumos that they aro do- Ing it an well a5 human ingonulty can {nyont auy way The Ghafrman—You came hera with facls in regord to what you aro dolug, thls question ow with a view of enligh our- golvos aud the publio ps to the mannor in which it is done, to delornilno whotlier it is dono as it ought to bo one, & S Mr, Clary—That fa just oxnclly what I want to Xnow myself, because, if It I8 not, T amjust as ready a3 nny man ‘in the community to adopt another conrse, e The Ohalrman—This aubjoct s new (o ma, tho con— slderation of §¢; 1 do not know how it Ja to'the othor genllemen, E Mr, Warren—It {3 new {ome momewhat; it has o bearing upon this vary question {hat Afr, Hough wishea to Investigute, The Chairman—Wo want to know how it s possible for frauds to Le prevented here; € there Lave been frauds, o8 the press claim, we waut to know what the {raude are, and how thoy originate, and what the best moans are under thia state of things, Mr, Olary—Tlhe frauds alleged fu the newapapers are allin o nutehell ; thore never was one attemptod, aud Fou may rest saaurcd of thut, for I kuow it from my ooks, except this ono, and 3 don’t know whetber (o eall that a fraud or uot ; it wasa ridiculous flasco, But, indopondent of that, thero never has Leen an attemph at fraud, Now,my judgmont is, {at whon you put canal boat fond f grafn into anather man's wareliouse, you do it somewbat upon tho reputstion and integrity of that mau, not oxclusivaly upon the guards sud checks and Valances that the law hos thrown around it, do you 2 "Mr, Priestly—Tioth aro prelcusions, 3 ‘Che Chinirmnu—Wa do everything lere under the protection of law. “The law steps in and protects us in &\'crythlnw that we do, and in that as well a8 other tlings, ‘Chelnw Ja & kind of goneral guardian here, Br, Olary—Precisely 80, Well, the Iaw would ba to punish any fraud thit was detected of thi sort, he Chairman—The puuishuent alko incindes tho provention, The ldes of punishment s uot ouly to ‘punial, but to prevent, crime. Mr, Clars—Well, whilo upon tho subject, T want to suggest, too, that the chance—-that tho motive—~for a fraid oto #0'remoto that it is 1ot of any slgnificatico, Aud for thess reasons ¢ that ,if & man gots o recelpt on iweuty car-loads of grain tlat aro gouo In (hors, it 1s & mero temporary bUrrOwing of #o miich muney, ‘Thie Chinirman—Don’t you know that frauda are the oxception—that businesy is generally done correctly 7 N, Clary—Yes, sir, s Obiairmun—Noiy, a8 T understand it, the objoct of fuspection aud registration s to prevent frouds sa far as possible ; no only to detect theni, but, us far as poesible, to prevont thens, and to mnko these excep- tionsl casca finposslble, Now, If there 1 auy way by shicl we ean_arrivo at {his, wo want fo bring it out Liere in contection witl this fuatler. B Mr. Clurs—Now, 1 cun tell you just ozactly how you cau do it, ” You must got thie Warchouse Coinmission- ers to fnetitito o rule ko this: that s man shail bo delgiled at every elovator who shall kuow of n ponltive | certiuly, Fo1e way of other—and, If it fukes twenty | wien, know s—whal goea into the elevator. And tuat a1 ouly way youeun do It aud you esp do it that way casily, Mr. R.yM'. Hough~I would ask you, Mr, Olary, therg uge Tuspeotor 1 evary house, 18 there not M. Qlarg—Yes, sir, Mr. R, M, Hougli-Vpll, they can do that same duty, Mr, Olury—-No, air, ho einnot attepd todt; ho has got enough toattond'to, The cars may bo_sunpiug in and out, snd he can’t tell whnt oy are dolng, when- L s inspecting o car out. Around a big elevator, you Jmow very woll, when you ‘dump s hulf s dozon’ ears into n bin, you don't kiiow What becomes of it. Thoy ‘may Ve spouting tho same futo anothier vessol; you don’t know. Y Tho Chafrman—You don't know whothor, when thioy oré unloeding No. 8 wheat, that goos into & No, 3 bin, doyouz ' - ? " Mr, Clary—No, lr, ‘6 Chifemni—No Inspeetor gan know that, can = 07 Mr. Clary—No, alr ; be don't know anything-about at, ‘The Ohairman—You are obliged to depend mors or Tesx upon the honeaty of tha elevator men? AT, Olury—Ycs, sir, Nr, Warren—{ is coriain fo mo that there ought fo bo soms ayatem leylsed by which these gratn accounts of the clevators shiould” bélncp—theso receipts aud shipments, _ 2 v, Olsry~They do, sir. . Mr, Warren—That 1o the cbiof point? . BIr, Clary—Yes, air, 1can fell you every elovator in tou-—proctacly low toy stand, e Ohalrun—You tol it from elr represents- ony / r. Olary—Ven, sir; of course, D, Warren —Thelr ‘relurns—can you obeck thels re- turns as Leing corroct or not? Mr. Clary—No, sir, . The Chairman—Thion what {a the 1tae of a reglstra- flon" Whst practical usa does 1t subservo to the ub- o ¥, Olary—ON 1 I think a good deal, ihe Olinirmau—3Vell, what ? Mr, Olary—In the firat place, §f thers was no rogis- tration, in critical titnes somebody might go to fhe Dooks and wrllo recoipts for 150,000 buvhels of grain, and, ns old Btearus alloges they did at one time ou him with oats,—pass them on hin before tho ink wus dry:, Now they ean't do fhat, P * The Oliatrman—Iint I underatend tho repfatored ro- coipta Were—supposing thore was tc ba & corner hero .not give ma Giin day, & maa 1ulght want o got & good largs Latch of reccits registerod, - v : D, Olnry—Ob, fhe devill 1f wo do that, we have the cheok rlght befera us 0 (o tublo, and & anything exiruordinary was coming on—for fustance, if Hiramn Wheelor, orany othor mui—I aught not 1o linve’ men- toned Lifs name—bnt if un{ elevator man were to' at- tenpt anything of {hat ort, you kuow, it hua gob to done In & minule, and wo should 580 it wus some- thing extroordiuury, Mr, Warsen—ilays you sny ides how that would affact oy jusupapce if I wse holdivg a bLuudred thousand Lusbels of grain fu Br. Hough's liouse, und liro vras lglty towund of 1t Wbippeil out—it doul e proven 'that was shipped pul—and" ho was #olling theso recoipiu fn (o moantine ¥ g Olery=Tlou you gauld prov 16 by mo at any mo, - Mr, Warren—Haw would my jusuranco stand 2 Huye you ever thought of that point 7 How would my in- surance be collucted & Mr, Olars—If the gratn was shippod out ? not in thy arten—If (b oo 7 Mz, B, 3, 1ough—I underatand thia fo bp (ha caee : Thot theeo ‘frregularitics, which Lave hoeu practiced baro gonprally In the abiying out witlout Luviug tlio reaelph iri, hliyo deon dono with the understauding of thepartios fo buy thesp pecalpts fu g thut is, they bava takon (he iburty 10 do it i} you luve the lus surauce ju the houso of A, 1} & 0§ add {ligra Js 00,000 shipped out of the house ; in tho” ' mgantfmo he plar Yator burns up § th quedtion then comes bgtwoon tho itieuraiica company and you, as Lolding the Fouelyts, anud the man thaf ippod 1 without thess receipts ; that fb tho yoint; - 3¢, Warrey=/Fhat fs the point oxactly ; fho pofut i, It ny tnauranco would bp yuclews 7 My, Olary—Let, mo usk you, M. Warron, an alumoat aulogous cose, Bupposoyuil bad a siock of gyods, aud were dofug p ucrcantilo business, and EoWE thloves broke In ot night and stole $15,600 wortls of thouo ¢£00ds und ok tho butlding on 8ré, how would tling 4foct tho Inmurunce 7 { v, Warreu:=Jf you provedt, it would affect It in | lflgm Y. e il o I 6 Ubal courap, * 1 3, Glary~Yos, oir § the mon hays siglon put your, —Tlis la a pazalig) and analogous inatance, vmun—Ixcept leaviig oyt tho thloves, of | T #*ME. Warron—Wo avo a systom liere, Mr, Olury—The system livre Iu that you can’t tel) all that Liae gone out, 3 i| sition, Mr, Warren—You would bo the very man that wonld, bo to blame, by nllowing witch a {hing, > Mr, Clnry—\Yoll, how aro yau going to atop {17 " The Chalrman~That -is-iho point that wo want to udoratand—ywhother theas frregnlaritles can oxiat, AIc, Oty —Wall, they f0 4 and yai tior i ofhor et of inelligont mon' can stop any mion from commiliing o_frand, *You cannot atop frand, You eannot_siop f hio wanty to, from sohding ' {\mp«llor iy lug out o huwdred thoumnd Lislols of Wa canuat prevent thom feou doing thet, . it will guaranico Lty if wuy mers of tida thing cure, o pnbita sl atal oures Ll (ke the sesnonstuflity for thnt,, wlioughs bt Plerkon, whon 1o vas up Jicro, ot b did ot kuow whother' i wus ek or not—that our hooka were open to tho publie, - Thu Ohalrman—~That Is, 4 graiu is shipped out bu- fora the warchouno recelpls ara caneeted? Mr. Olary—If they dou't mnko all tho reports to me, 1 fosrotad overy othoe day)—Monday, Wodnawday, and Fridny,—and {f 1 don's got preity full .roporte— £ull roporty of whnt ing boen shiippod out—I liali mnke the matter public—tat i sll I can do—and go bofora tho Grand Jurg, ‘I cannot stop it, bub T can mnko it patilo and" X cait go boforo the Grand Jury and com: Dlatn, Tl Olnieman—You thtak, then, that we can ke {]l:’llll" 20 dangorous that thoy won't dare to perpotrate ot | : ! Mr, Olaty—Yos, alr, ¢ e, Pricatly—I think if Mr.. Clary domanda thaf, and ii bocomes o custon, that thoy will fall fnto it, fr, Glafy—T think théy nil oxprows themeelvon, T Xnow that” threo or four houres-have becn in the hnbit of accommodating John Dos and Richard Roo, Now, thore 1s & very reapectablo houto up-stairn hor whoin sny one would trust any reasonable smount. o mouey with, When Plerson was put up horo I had a Tolurn from Munger, Wheoler, & Co,, and they had been in tho habit of ialdlnq these returns bieause tliora woro balances due, and 1t turned out that thers was a bolance from this house up-stairs, Plerson know one of tho parties, snd ko sald it . was contrary to law, Navw, these men had recolpts of an equivalent amount {n other plsces ;. but some way or otlier, oither {brough negligouco o olliarwiso, thoy Ald Dot got aronnd, Tlio Ohairman—~—Yon stipposed thoy had 7 . e, Clary—Vell, thoy say they had ; and 1 woutd bollove it as quick aa If you liad told 1m0 you had; and I certaiuly would do that, sir, Mr. O, B, Tough—The question comes right down fooue thing: Whethor the trado will be accommo- datod, or. tig Iaw fulllled (o the lelter? That s ths question, ¥ The Chinfrminn—Yes ; wa want tonnderatand how far thek deviations Liaya gone through, * 31r. Clary—I wa# golug to tell you fhat thin house of Aunger, Wheeler & Go. liave. concluded to dono such thing’; that Georgo Armour & Co, would do no such thing, ) The Chafrman—Do no such thing a8 what 7 M. Glary—Aa Al up Veascli—ioy must bring tholr recolpt N i Tho Chalrman—DoT understand you, Mr. Olary, to cliarge that ail other clevators {n tho clty do that 7 Mr, Qlary~Do what 7 < T'lie Ohairman—Doliver grain without the warehouss regolpt bolng gancelod, ) 2 Clary—Ycs, sir. Tho Chnlrman—All‘of them ¢ 3ir, Olary—Yes, sir, e Th:l l;lnlnnln—Aml ‘make up thelr return subse- uontly . P\, Qlary—1 do not know adything about what they have done down thers, but thoy have shippod out grain; aud ot the propor time, which wag - probably the noxt day or the day after, thoy bad not made their roports tone; and I {nferred, of courss, that thoy huve not got the racolpt, biit don't know. : Ar, Warren—Yoh intimated o while ago, T think, that ‘thers wore receipts on tlie market hers that had Deen cancoled 2 e A, Olary—Cancalod by me but ot by tho lovatar mon; you know tho olovator mon'cancel their receipts et tioy eport fo. me ia the -matter, nd tnat i The Cliarman—Thore {s auotlier subjoct .leading outof that: thatis, are the clevator projrictors hers large shippera on their own occount? - B 4 Mr. Clury—No, air ; thoy aro not lsrge shippors, by any mcans, ; 4 i ‘bo Qliafrman—Do they ship or thefr owr account? Mr. Claty—I shiould say uot, although I have no positive menus of information, 3 ‘The Chalrman—Thoy did- thiese things stmply to sc~" commodate thoir customers 7 Mr, Clary—I should think #o; I ‘cannot say how . mnny, but there have bison #omo fow cargoes shipped out since last spring, posalbly » dozen, and moy be more, that I can't say of my own information ; I do not dmow auylhing abuat theso things, but it is my oplnion they did it to make room, : 3ir, Priestly—~Thot is s cage of nocessity, no doubt, Me. Olary—Dut thoy have roporlod after's while and got 1t all up strulght, ; 3r, O, 8, Hougn—T want to axk If the elevator firms hinye aright—if thero s auy law against it7 M, Clary—Agsiust what 2 Mr, O, 8, Hough—Buylng graln in their housss and shipping it out, s = r; Clary—Thers {s a law against shipping 1t out without eauceling tho receiyls, 3r. Warren—No ; doing business theraselves, Br, Qlary—Ob, no, 3 y ‘tho Clairman=—I want to ot at the ‘eustoma cover- ing the ground on which Munn & Seott did thefr busi. nean,. You know {liey shipped out large smounts of grain withiout any retirn of recaipls, Mr. Q. B, Hough—They wore large dealors, ‘1o Chairman—They. were large dealers and they o ouly shippod out grain for what thoy bought i n, Dut they shipped 1t out without any buylng in of re- celpta ;” tho question {¥, hus any of tlat veen prac- ticed 7 ir, not sinca thoy began thess re- ports ; Lefore tliey bugan thase roports, which, if Ire— nembier right, was a little over a year xgo; siuce they bogau these reports to me, and oxhibited thoso re- coipts to me eud Jet me eheck them,. thora han been no attempt ot fraud tust Icould detecl except what I bave referred to, ; ‘ I Chwirinan—You were warehouse Reglatrar ot tho timo Muun & Hcolt were making thelr shipments out 7 M. Olsry—Yes,alr X o Chalrman—Novw, s thero any new arrangement in your praclice which renders fhic public moro scciire than they were at the time Munn & Scott did that 7 Mr, Olary—Most assuredly, X Lisirman—Wo would Jike to know what it fs, linry—The law prescribes that thoy should make xeporls (o e af e recelyts which {hoy Lavo can- coled, coutalning's full description of ‘tho racoipt. Whon I came fnto the city first, after golting mny ap- };qlu(mout from Bpringtield, I met Muun in the strect, 38 T, * Munn, you soe I have got ths appointment of Regiuirar, and now 1 will Liave foput-you fellows througl,” *“Well,” says hie, “what are yon golug to do sbout (k7" ¢ Well,# gays I, “I am going to aake yoit conform to tho Iavva a8 well ‘aa I cau.? # Woll," Enyn he, I sh'n't pay any attention to tho law attall,” el b enys I, “sBun't you miake suy -reportsi” “No,” Subsequent to that meeting they finally con- cluded-that they would do thia: that they would glve mo tho pumber of tha receipts, but oy could not giva in anytling olso; (boy did not have tme, aud would uty descriplfon of if, ‘bt would ivo, mo .the Humbers, Loy o doubt st Aemour & Dolo and Flint & Tlionipson, and ‘perhaps somo more of {hem, - did ac fairly ; thot they gume me thie numbera of tho recolpts of what they shipped out ; but it would have taken 5 yery largo elorical foreo t uve eyphored. thut up, and thou we could not havo got it with anything Jike uccus racy to check up. In tho caso of Munn & Scott, you know our old friend Weiber, who was subjoct to fita of ‘whatever yon call #t; and he would go .off sometimes and ho would not bo back again for fhres weoks, and in the interval we would, have no roport, Nobody could tell us anything about ib; when bLe’ did come Dack ko would attenupt fo xaske up o roport, but If you cauld only liave scon 1t you would sny (haf 1t was “to- tally smposeible o a0 keop sy clisck pan hetn; and wo uid not try to ; but when thoy adopted the plan of cancoling fhie recelpts themselvoi in this manner und exbibil them 10 me In thesa reports, - wathon Diad an open and shut bulanco o tiom, 0 would Tnow whenover they Lad sbipped outauy thing, Whothe er thoy had cancelod zecolpis for suy . conaiderable wmount, [T0 BE CONTINUED.] THE CITY PRINTING. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribuney . v Sm : Your suggoestion in lnst woek's Tninoxe, it gorious, is commondable, *You advise tho abolition of “iho corporation mowapaper,” printed in English, and you: adduco substantial reanons for it, which our. incoming administra- | tion might woll heed. - But X object to° the sud- _ denncss of tho Innovation, fof tho English aoy- poration Newspapor isgno of tho **inatitutions 1 which the rude hand of Rteform rhould (loal ently “with, ‘Lot mo suggest n compromise't on woll state tho situation in eaying that tbo. ‘English pross desorvos nothing at'the hands ;of the incoming admiunisiration, DBut.the German prose doce. Lhe Staals-Zeitung is the Cormen corporation - newapapor, Colvin, . or Bond (or Medill), notwitustanding. The Unfon ia entis- 1160 in'the sucoeus of * the principle ! and the sont * of - tho .Iato Alr, . Salomon. But lot us “goge " the anlisfaclion of tho Freia Pressa. That journal wad indiferantly;succossful dir- ing the campaign in g self-imposed medintor- ship batweon the English and Gorman-s onklnfi population. Deyoud & bpisterous f* Hurral," and. n mngnauimous -aoknowlodgmept ot Ar. | Heglng's campaignisarvicos; tho IVvais Lrezse fs p. Joolker-on simply. Now Lcome to my polnt,assonio people esys A¢ (Jermay influence has bocomo a 1aotor in local polities, ng: an ientonto cordiale in very desirable among our "Amorigan and Ger~ s frjepds, why not bridge over the lutg J! un- mleasantnoui /! by making the Frels Piesso the' Inglish corporation nywapaper 7 The somawhat inditferent succoss In ity medintorship might. bo made a real succoss ‘:fl printing & Gopmay newss pa]rfir’wuh the English ‘addition of corporation oftioig] pows. . Iudecd, Ik wonld. glye fresh encouragement to the friends of Gerinan aducation jy our Board of Lducation, to know that, when thp youth Joaves sohool'and arrivos at hig mojority, ko bng the opportunity to puriuo hiv Germen sndios. {noidontally, whilo reading the corporation nows, a8 overy good citizen does, Bir, it saoms to mo " cayild iden, Tho " swet (orman accent " would be lisped In evory Amolcan famify whick foels on ablding intorost in inunieipul aespwas mont aud tnx-notices, and what Amotlcan citi- zoil do«iu x;:n L 1 : n short, jb wauld he a graceful acknowl- edgmont of .a Atubborn ipnt,g}u;w wetl known, that throe German dailios are oqual tg sgyon Engliuh (Including the Hofel .ltuporlar{; ‘Lhe attention -of the Common Council is Lumbly called to . this suggostion, and you may slrongthon il’by‘ uy additional arguments (it any there be) if Tum Pamune favors the propos Aot the Frelo Presse he the Lnglish uor‘mmiuu Bewepaper of the Colyin admiuis- | trabion | gt [} THE COURTS. The Ofika,,of Howell Against the Hart .+ - ford Ingurance Company ¥ on Trial, Decislon Relative fo tho Jurisdiction of the.-Distriet Court in . oo Admivalty, . 0 Power’ of Judges to Examine Debtors Before- Adjudging- Them - . Bankrupts. ‘ , ] w i The Republio Insuranco Company As- signee Déclared Legally Eleeted and-His Acts Yalid, Some Horé_ !l;ux-Fightem -Bankrfifituy Matters---The Couxts iil Brief. Tha notorions case of M. A. Howell, Jr, agninst the Hartford Firo Insurance Company, wlich “waa met for trial yesterday, was at Inst begun, aftor many adjournmonts, The action {8 on a polioy of insuranco for 5,600 on's build- ing at Marnoillos, which was burnt in Octobor, 1860, the dofendants rosisting the olaim on the ground that Hoiwoll set tho insurod promisos on fire to obtain tho insuranco, - > & ‘Trithe opening argument, Mr. Storrs, for the plaiutifr, statod that Martin Howell first started & manufactory, for the manufacture of wall- papor, in Now -Brunswiok, Now Jorsey. This wan aftorward put under the managomont of, or bought by, tho plaintiff, who moved the wholo éstablishmont to Marsoillos, and immediately in- sured it for 00,000 in various comprnies, Whilo Howoll'was -sbsent in Now’ Jordey, and without his knowlodge, as counsel clalms, the building was entiroly destroyed, ' Howell had groat difi- culty in making out bis proofs of loss, tiis trouble, being aggravated by the conduct of tho - defendant ‘or’its agonts. Bome timo after the fire, tho plainti was indicted for arson at Ottawn, but honorably ‘sequitted. Mr. Storrs stated tbat the depositions of two witnosses,—Smith and Ziogler,—which go to prove tliat Howell hired them to firo the manufactory, woro admitted, but the Court warned.-the jury that thoy wero of disroputable charactor, which would be amply proved on the trial. Ho also Joutlined tho charactor of tho evidenco, that 1t would b bitter and porhaps porsonal, involving tho charactor-of tho plaintiff or of tho dofend- snt, Plainciff would also prove that tho valuo® of tho proporty was largoly in excoss of -the in-' suranco; - % e . 4 " Tho dofondants claimod that the property was vory old ; was brought out hero and set up, but not sot running, no friction or fire near them ;' shut up and put in charge of Zioglor as watch-; man, while Howell went off,” Aftor' the fire he swore out & warrant for the arvest of Ziogler on the chargo of arson. MMr. Dexter slso nrgucd that it was vory strangn that Howell would put such villains, a8 ho onlls them, in charge of his manufactdry. 'Mr. Doxtor also stated -that ho would ehow that Howell had o conversa- tion with ono Bmith, in which ho -hinted thatho was in & bad way and wanted to got out of it, and thought it was right to burn Lis man- ufaclory.. Tho tortuous conduct of the plaintift was.offerod to provo guilt, and guilty knowledgo of tha circumstances of the firo. Counsel for plaintiff firat- offored thae poliey of insurance and n deod of the property to llowell, ‘The proofs of loss wore admittod to have boen pmnnrly made out and served on the Company, ‘Tho firat witness called was Smith O, Boebe, who tentiBed 83 to the. character and valuo of cult, approving tho rulg of Fudge Btory, Judgo Drummond, in Lho caso of Goorge Btool against tho . Lako ' Navigation Company, in 1859, aftor full argument and eareful study, gave big sanction to Uhis practico, n practico’ that hnd pravailed In his court prior to that timo and Ainco, In thin distiicl It must bo conslderod na res Judieato until the Bupromo Court shall paen apols the suostion. The demurrer to tha plen Ihierefora suntumad mnd Janve given to nnswar, Me Rober' Bao seprosonted U lbelant, and J. iL Mavicutc appeared for (he respondent. TOWEL OF'A JUDT: T0 EXAMINE DENTORS. ¢ Tudgo Drummond decidod -yosterday tha caso’ of Rindskopf, Beuba & Gompany ngainst Balkoy & Gorson, Tho formor had filed's potition’in bnnlmllj;lny against Balloy & Goraon, nid n donlal filed 3 but, bofore adjudication, an ordor for tho oxamination of tha debtors was made undor Soc. 20 of tho Bankrupt act. Tho!dobtors applied to Judge Blodgott to have this order vncnmg,on tho' ground that such « an- order could not bo mnde bofore adjudication, bub it was ovorruled. A roviow waa token to Jndfic Drummond, argned Tugaday, and yosterday tho Judgo delivored his doolsfon, fully sustaining Judge' Blodgett, and holding 1t WaB dluumtlonur{{ with the Judgo to malko such order if ho saw fit, DECISION IN TIIE REPUBLIC INSURANOE OAGE. Judge Drummond elso decided the petliion on roview, of Loltor and othors, for a wholesale roviow of the proceedings of 3Mr, Payeon, tho Assigneo of {he Ropublic Fire Insurance Com- pony, and to declaro them all void, becanse tho attornoys who ontored the coufession for the Company bad not beon authorized by a vote of » majority of tho stockholders so to do. The decision of Judge Blodgott was affirmed; hold- ing that such an anthority was not nocespary, and, a8 & consequonce, tho acta of tho Assignoe wora valid; and bis elootion legal, DAMAUES AGAINST A RAILNOAD GOMPANY. A colored man by tho name of Jobn,II. Mayo, aknight of tho whitowash brush, oceupled the attontion of Judge Rogers and a jury yesterday in rohearsing tho story of his wrongs at the Lands, or, rathor, ongines, of the Chicago & Northwestern Railwey Company. Mayo ‘statos that, on tho 15th day of June, 1872, ho was walk- ing on Hoyne street and crossing. tho Coinpany's track whon a Ennalug ongino almost knocked bim into ** smithoreoiis,” “When Lo came to his gonses, two .or throe: days ho . ¢ found himnelt . badly and, pondoring . over. the come to .the conclusion road company ought, to pay for his lost brush. aftorward, bruisod, ciroumatance, that the rail- RAILROAD NEWS, Tho Chicago Associntion of Gone cral Fagsenger and Lickot - Agents, Importart Regulntions Adopted Cen. corniny Ticke's aud Bagzage, | No Mor'o Commissioins to BoPaid to Scalpe ers, and No Tickels to Bo Sold __ Except- at Regular " OMces. Tho Gonoral Tickot and Passongor Agents o} thin olty formod an sesoolation about tho Iat of Qctober lagt. Tho fact wos announced at the time in Tie Triune, but thelr prococdinga wora conducted with stch soerecy that but little of thoir businoss conld be made publio, although the poople of the city were vory anxlous to know for what purposo. those agonts had jolnod to- gothor, Through accldont we have como into possession of o roport of all their ‘proccodings up to this timo, from which it will bo acen that soveral important rosolutions, which went inte effect on Nov. 1, woro adopted by thom : ‘WEDNEADAY, Oct, 8,1873,—The General Passengor snd Ticket Agonth of the rafiroad lines radinilog from Ohicago, having mot at the Pacific Liotel for thy Durposo of organizing an_Assoclation looking toward 8 fealing of Linrmony and cconomy in condyoling the pansenger trafiio ; after somo preliminary (alk the Ase soclation was formed by the eloction of T, It, Myer:s Prostdont, W, A, Thrall, Vice-Prosident, and Bamde Towoll, Bécrclary, A commitice, conalsting of W. T, Johuson, H, 0, Wentworth, and Szmuel Towell, were appointed to draft a" comitution aud by-Iivs for ho Assocthe on. : © Adjourned tomeot on Tuesdny eventug, the 141 fnat., BT, F, W, & O, oflies, nt 7 o'clotk b o G, 14, 1673, —Preaent s Messrn. Myors, Wonts and pail sud Ius battered head, and hence brought suit for;210,000, The evidenco teuded to prove that ho” wag permanently injured for lito, his eyosight- and memory being seriously impaired. § ] . AN ANTE-FIRE OASE. o gy Judgo Willinms has boon eugaged the past four or fiva days in trying the case of Martin E. Hernandez against 1. V. Haughwont & Co, for abreach of trust and fraud, Complainant, a resident of Cuba, states that, in May, 1864, ho owned about 834 acres in the 8. of Saa, 11, 80, 18, which was worth $60,000, Not being able to tako caro of it himsolf, ho intrustod- it to the dofondants to pay the taxes on, . :and_ ,gcnoullr‘ keep” for . him, ‘Thoy, however, aa ho nlloges, on the 31at of May, 1804, 'commoncad a auit by attachment againah him as nou-rosidont, claiming_about $4,000 due for gne-works sold to him, and & little lator ob- talnod judgment. A spacial exccution on this Yromny was igsued, the Jand eold, -and E, .V, Hauglwont deolarod the purchaser, for. the amotut of the debt and costs. ‘T'wo years later o Bherifl's doed was mado to him., "A gecond sale of the prouiiscs was mado on the samo‘judg-~ meont, tho frst one having beon nscortain- ed to bo vold, and E. V. Haughwont again becamo the purchasor, In 1808 Ilnughwont protonded to convey this "property to John B. Drake, who claims somoe interast, and was made o defendant. Com- plainant alloges that the proceedinge were all Traudulant and void, and asked & reconveyance. The answer of Jolri'B. Drake donics all alle- gatious of fraud, and askerts that lie bought the Sheriff's corlifiecate from E. V., Haughwout for $38,000, without any notico of irregularities, and Lias since recervod & deed both from tho Sfierift and from Haughwout. Tho suit was com- moncod in Soptambor, 1871, the papors destroyed the noxt month in’the firo, and rostorod in April, 1872, The case wns concluded and takon undor advigsment by Judge Williams, THE TAX-FIGHTER'S AGAIN. J. Ti. Dunham has flled in the Qircnit Court an appeal bond, nsking an appesl from the County Court, in the judgment rondered against cortaln property of bis, assossod for tho fivst In- atallmont of tho eo-called ‘South Park tax, amonnting to 82,805.85. Jool O, Walker has ap- ealed from n. jm‘lgmun'. against him for city spce- ol nysossments for 1872, Tho band was in tho the manufactory. He stated it was 190 feat {]ong, of atoue, and worth from $18,000 to $20,~ 00, & BIr, Kraff toatified as to the value of tho prop- orty, and a8 o tho facts of ity being destroyed by Tire, and the counaol then rosted, having mado a prima facie caso. - Counscl for thoe defendant before oponing tho cnee, mado au objection to putting in evidenco tho smlluy without also putting in evidence the n‘;;pl ication for msurance, which by tho torms of thio policy was to ba made part thereof, but tho - objcotion was overruled, the application boing in the possession of the defondaunt; the Court stating that ho would not control the plaintiff as to liow much evidenca should be produced Lo support © his claim, schedules of the property were put’ in evidence, ‘and thosa of “jusurauce in the various companies, Tho rfidavit of Maurice D, Smith, or ** Jookey " Bmith, was partly read, which consumed the aftornoon, “Smith in lis afidavit states that sftor ho bocame requninted with Howel, hie ro- celved a noto from, and in answer to it took o ridein his buggy. Howell askod if he wanted to make soms monoy, and Smith manifested no objection. Howell "then tatked about fires, nud askod'doponont if he wanted to take tho job of burning his-factory. Smith said yes, nud tho thing was arranged whon_thoy got to Ottawn. Howell had said 8 man had a right to burn bis roporty, that Lo bad two partios in with le whom he must ‘' seo whole,” and Le know no other steps Lo could take to: geb out of it, but he must finish the thiny flrat, and sot it going, He promired £1,000 for burning it, to Do poid. when he got bis insuranco. Plaiutift told Bmith, as ho n.Flcgos, that ho was to fire tha building, pour some koroseno on the_floors, pull tho plug out of the varnish cnsk, and’ strew.the shavings'around, and then escape through thoe window ou the first floor. Ho was to start tho noxt day after the conversation for the Tast, Tho reading of the cross-oxamination was beo- un, but not concluded, so tho statements of r, Bmith must be takon with all due allowanco 1l the other side has boon hourd, Attached to the cross-oxamination of Bmith is a photograph copy of an nflidavit mado by him' beforo s Jus- tico of the Peaco of LaSalle County, in which ho directly contradicts the testimony read yoater- day, ptating that Howell nover Liad. any convor- sation witls him sbout: burning the manufactory, Pho defengo will eontinue to ijntroduce eyi- denoe for a day or two, the deposition of Zieglor being next in prdor, to prove the fraudulent bunfing of the insured premises which would if truo vitiato the polioy, The plaiutiff will thon .roply with evidenco to show that tho \mnox:scn Bmith and Ziegler ave unworthy of crodit, The trial will occupy sbout n weel, ng, the summing up of the mies of cvidenco will roquire nearly two dags.’ United Btaten Atfornoy Glover nnd R,A, Htorra appear for the m(luhn‘, apd Wirk ‘Dexter aud Bidney Smith for the defendauts, DECIBION AB TO ADMINALTY JURIFPIOTION, | Judge Blodgett delivered o dsvjsion ralative to tho jurisdiction alr tl).n: Distriot Court fu Admirals ty which will be of Intcrest. - 54 Al.m'\'lltl two wooka ago, Thomne Fcott, the li- .holunt, filed his libe} "in Admirplty sgainst the Proyingial Insurauco Company —of Toronto, Oannindn, The libol nrticles n{lon a contract of jnsurance made by the libelant with the re- pondent at the port- of Chioago on the Tth of lfiwnmbnr, 1874, upon the hull of thoe schooner Wolland, . During tho lifo of (he policy th¢ yes- gol, it is allogod, was lost, " - i e llbol stntos dnfer alia that {he defendant i85 not & rosjdent of the" United Btates, nor s S citizen thoreof, woy i8 jt within the tepritory of the Unitod Btates or of this Distrigt, hut way at the time of making the contract aud slso ut the timo of filing the likel, o corporation existing by virgye of {hu Taws of the Province of Ontario n ‘ the ** British - possessions of - North Amorion; that tho dofondpnt hus nesets within this distrlot, and prays that thioy may bo attached 30 compol an nuswor, The visual process fusued, and tho dofendant appoared for tho Kola purpose of pleading to {ho jurisdiotion of the Court, The quention I ralscil under the 11th section of \$ho Judicinry Act or 1809, })rnvlnu “that no Qivil suit pl nf] bo brought Lefore either of said Conjrts fgeingt any pitizon of tho United Btaten, by 8n arlgrliil Process, fn gny other distrio! than (hat whoroo ho i & fpbabitant, pr in swhich lio shall be found ab the time' of'sprylug tho writ,”” (1 Brightly Digeat p. 137.) "Tho Judgo said tho quostion wag 1ot without difioulty or without doubt. At an early day Judge Rtory (1 Btery Rop.) declded upon the authority of tlio caso of ‘Maurp ngainst Almicda (10th \Vhantune, that the provision' did not spply to tho Admirally sido of the Court. Afterwurds Judge [oMnpu, of the = United States Diatrict Court, for tho Dlstriot of Oulifor- in 1862 took a difforont viow of {his pootion, and Told that it was oporative uEuu tho Admiralty, 1lo bas sinco boon followed by Judge Shipman, of Conueoticut, and Bhorman, of' Ohlo, whilo tha roverso s old by -Benodies and Blachford, 'l of New York, sud Judge Drummond, of this eire lights, * enol sum of £6,000. Martin Andrews filod a ond 1n the sumn of 817,000, on au sppeal against tho first inatallment of the Sontk Park tax, William I, Bradloy, for himself and as oxecator with Eliphalot W. Blatchford, of tho cstate of ‘W. L. Nowberry, also npranlod from the judg- ment on tho Bouth Park tax, the bond being in tho sum of £6,000, Aud Obndiah Jackson brought up the rear with a $18,000 bond in a like action, - A BUIT AGAINST A JUSTICE, John Cullen and Joln !Jugg Lled a formidable looking bill in tho Clrouit Conrt, with six ox- bibits, agaivat Justico Boyden, Constablo Kaehln, and Poter Foss, cum;fiilf Boydon with illegatly taking indgmont, and Koohin with wrongfully withholding an execution and not. jssuing it un- til the twenty daya allowed for an nplmn.liud ox- pirod. Complainants alloge - that tliey wore at Boyden's oflice on the return day of & ‘summony iasited egainst thom nc Foss' instance, and waited two hours, but no one appeared, and then they doparted. Afterwards the Juatico fraudu- lently. entered judgment against thom. ,The whole contost isubout the small sum.of. 867,40, An iujunclion was igsued against .thio collection of {he judgment, undor a bond of $7: \ ¢ _°* UNITED GTATES COURTS: - - Jamos Long, Ausignoe of the Equitable In- surance Company, commonced an action against J. 8. Burues for §6,000. , ¢ X Jobn Taylor and Thomas B, Wilson brought o action for debt agninst Charles W, \Vee!im; claiming $1,605,95 dobl and $500 dnmages, . - . Catlin, Brundrect & Co, brought_ swit againgt Behwoinfurth Brothers & Co. for 81,000, ! 3. 8. Payson, Ansigace of the Ropublio Insur- ance Compnnk obtrined judgment by default against J. B, Kallogg for-'$1,561,60, againet J, W. Tamploton for $1,250, and R.: Iodgman for DANRIOPTOY ITENE, Joln Engolthidler filed a petition agoinstTohn Wacha, ou two notes and an open account, ag- fru ating 8325, ' and charging bim with frauda- lontly absenting Limaolf “and allowiug execution to bo lavied on hia proporty. -A rule 'to show eansio Ly Nov. 22 was issued. Sy Dywight T, Canicron filed a potition agninst A.' C. & 0. F, Badger, on a certified cheok - or ace copted draft for $10,000, made Sopt. 16, 1873, on which they have susponded payment. A rule to show causo in five days was issued,” * - COUNTY COURT, . . ] In the matler of tho estate of ‘Henry Thillips; the claim of "A. L. Crocker ‘wna' allowed" fon 8142,60;, of J. & T. Berry for §31.50% rof Emily Phillips, tho administratrix, for$2,208.83; and of II. Bschenborg for §258.75, Tho claim of M, IL.- Hernstein was allowed apuinat the ostato of G, A, .Vonschlieben for 81060, - roe vy - p : Mary Allen was appointeil guardian of Maggis and Daniol Ronan undor a bond of $2,000, - : Iriederick Blume was appointed guardian of {:rndurick Blunio on o 'bond of $12,000. Also of Villitp. Blume et al.; on-a sinular bond, ‘worth, Morse, Garponter, Thrall, Charlion, Ji Hitehéock, Gallup, nnd Powoll, i Selnge, By Mr, Wontworth—That 1o’ Union ticket-ocan by eatublished in this city, Adopled unanimously, l]! Mr, Wentworth—That from nand sfter Nov. 1, 1814, the paymont of commisslona on salg of tickets ia thia city, in any way, shapo, or mannor, cither directly orindirectly, by paying monoy, suits of clothies, aril cles of clotiifug, or salarios (otjier than to tho forsons in chinrgo of our noveral establislied offices) to any per- 80D Or porgons, whomsoever, sball bo faithfally and truly abollshod, aud to this end we pladge our honor a8 Individuala or as oflicers of our reapective coms panlos. We furthier pledge ournclyes to withdraw all tHokets from any place or places, whero thoy are now on sale in other than our regularly-established offices, and where a corlain specified mnlary in pald to tho pere son In charge of tls office. Adopied, by eacl poreon prasent ssylug aye as bis name was cilled, - By Mr, Mycra—That instructions be issued to each oflice of our Tewpective lines in this city, that from and after Nov, 1, 1873, the agent shall ot be allowed fo l.mly'1 I, or oxcliange any tickels not furnished him from the General Ticket Oftics of hia rond, Adopted, - Tho Secrolory waa lnstructed to give each road & copy of pracocdings up to date, Adjaurned to meot nt G,, R, I, & P, General Tickot Ofiice, Oct, 15, 10 'clock 8, m., to_arrunge - Ohicago Bhost of Rates, * 007, 16, 1873.—Met according to adjournment, and arronged tho Blieot of Rates for all lines redlating from Chlufifl. 4 achijouriod o' meot at P,y ¥, W. & 0. offes, Oct, 3, * Oor. 28, 1873.—Aet according {o adjournment, Pros ent: Mesurs, Myers, Morse, Wum?r"nrm, Smith, 8k John, Hitchoock, Powell, Gallup, Garpeiter, Thacull, Oleland, Manafield, Stentiott, Danela, and Chandler, Minules of meetfng Oct, 14 read und approved. It was moved and adopted that the Cowmmlttes on Constitution and By-Laws bo discharged, nud that ths Assoclation Prncend to draft and adopt a constitution &t this meeting, Mr, Carpenter submitted a draft of the eame, which was adopted as follows chfl]::'Céé.A’Tm} ‘?lmcllné lon I:mll dlm kuown as the saciation of General and Assl Puzsenger and Ticket Agents, et Genzat 0. 2 The objacts of this Association are: First— The fntorchange of fleas concerning the management of our xeveral departments, 80 far as relates to com- petitive busincse, Bccond—To arrauga rates, provide for maintaining of same, and promote the observauce of good faith, Third—To ndopt measnros or the ecor nowifen! conduct of thie passenyor truflicof our respoct ivo lincs, Bro, 3, First—The officer of the Associatlon shall conaist of & President, Vice-Prealdent and Secrelary, {0 be chiosen annially ot tho regulur monthly meeling in January of cacli year, Second—The dutles of the ofticors ehall be auch s usinlly pertan to thelr several stations in imilar organizations, - B20. 4. Firat—Tho regular meetings of the Asaocla- tion shail be held on the third Tucadsy of each month, at auch time and placo us_tho Assoclation ehall from time to time appoint, Second—The Presidont moy call apecial meetings ot Lis pleasure, B HEO, 6, First—T'he representatives of tho passengor department of the several lines radiating from Obica- 0, may Lscome wembers of flio Association by sign: ing this Countitution, Becond—Tho nocossary ox~ peuscs of the Assaciation should bo divided rateably among tho goveral constituent lines, on the adopted by the Geuoral Ticket and Yaskenger* Ageuts’ Association of 1ho Unitad States, ¢ ‘5Ea, 6. The procoedings of the Awoclation shall be conducted fn aceordnuce with tlio rules ad - ed by tho General Ticket nud Pusnenger Agent: clation, ko far as tho same are appiicable fhsroto, 8o, 7, This Conatitution oy be rovised ot any roguint mgoting, when threo-fourthn of the con. -#tituent lines aro represontod, nud. sgreo therelo Ly two-thirds vate, - By Mr, Morao—That no Passenger Agent, solicitor, ~or ranuer n the cmploy of tho rallway liues repres ented in this Ascoclstion shall be allowed to purclinse, gell, exchnnge, or deal in any raflway or steamulip tickols ; any violation of this rule shall bo considrad ~sufliclont cause for dichargs, By Mr, Wantworth—Resofved, ‘Chat the members of {hiw Avsociation consult or adviso with their General - Managers ns to thu discontinuance of the advertlse- Meuts now published in the Chicago dally papars, snd . in the Chicago Atailway Jteview aud Iiailroad Guselés, and Lo prepared o vobs upon the quostion at the uext mootiug, Adopted. By Mr, Stonnolt—Resolred, That from and after - Nov. 1, 1873, nlo bngmg, st that belonging to pud- . seugers holding througly' tickets, shall Lo {ransported Jree from the depot of one road {o that of wuother; . that na rond sball psy directly or indirectly for thi transfer of Laggage to their dopot, lo iufience the salo of tickela over tholr lines 1o tho owners of {ke baggoge, and that no_tickots, chiecks, or ordors, fo1 1monoy eliall bo furnfahied passenger agents o ruuriers, | with which thoy can pay for tho trausfer of baggago, and_any tickots now in” tho. hands of . agonts sliail bs withdrawn, Adoptod, By Alr, Carnentor—Jtesolved; That this Assaclatina request tlio General Mfanagers'of our respectivo lines to auiond tha regulntion, adopted. by thom, Luking ef- fogt fu Alny laat, allowing commicrelnl travelors extra Laggage, by discontinuiug, onaud after Jan, 1 next, grauting perinits for oxtfa baggege to ouy partles whosoever, Adopted,. Tha following ollices are to bo consfdered as salaried oficas, until-unch tmo na all ut the ono Arat nesmed for each Company can be closed, aud tha businets of cach - lime brought 'down to ~oo afllca . for _each rospactlyo Campany : tichigan Central, 67 Clark and 76 Canul ; Lake Sito & Michigan Sonthiorn, 60 Olark ond Caual and A sou; P, £, W. & C.,and P, 0. & 8t, L, 05 Clark, -€48c Holel, and Ganal and adison ; Kinkakee Lino, 131 Raudolph pud 96 LaSalle : Illluols Conwral, 131 - Randolph ; O, R, 1, &P, Pucifio Hoteland 7 Clark } ., B, & Q, &) Oiark and Facific Molol’; Clieay weatern, LuSallo and Réndalph and*75 Oan 6t 1, 03 Glerk nud Caoul and Madison ; Ohlicsgo Allon, 123 Raudolph snd Canal and Mudison § O., D, & V., 164 Wishinglon, s g No ollier oflices than those named sbove can bo eatablishied Witliout violating tho agroemont relating & ofticea and withdrawal of tickets, Acdoptett Morse, Wenlworih, Smith, at, Joh, Hitels ell, Gailup, Onrponter, ‘Thrall, Glcjan Stennett,nid Olandler—vatiug rye,. - - - Tt was moved, and adopted, thut wo much of the pro- cecdings o relalos to agents ‘or cmyloyes dealing in . HUPERIOR COURT IN NRIEF, =3 Miller, Watson.& Co, conimenced an action in sesumpsit agalnst’ tho Notlonal Life Insurance Company for 312,000, . -0 i - Edward 1% Pulsifer, Ohnrles A: Pulsifor, and William H. Rogera brought sult against Jahn MoNo)ig, John -Garrity, sud Patriok L, Garrity, in an aotion ‘of dobt, claiming &2,000 damagon, - *i " CINGUIT COURT IN BRIEP, Edwin Lee rown filed a petition against tho executor of tha Ewing estate for a mechanio'y len on the Ewing Block, at the north oud of Olav)e sbrect bridge, olniming $1,869.60 due for furnishing Hyatt's patout vault aud -sidowalk Intho ‘case of Arms’ againat Wing, a verdint s given for the pluintiff tor §2,015.84, . An the oaso of Uhisholin against the Chlcaga & Nortliwestorn Railroad Company, au sotion.of damoges for ojectment from o traln; the “jlry g&vo 1,000 for'the pluintie, - sl TS oK *TUE CALL, o A Judgo Blodgott will be engaged for a week in honting the cuso of Howoll ugainat the Hartford Inturaneo Company,” - et * Judgo Drummoud will not hear any moro cases at prosent, until he gan disposoof some of the cagon under advisoment and cleared his room of # faw gcorp of the hiotorogencous Ynhm(u which now make navigation pround it diflioult, Judge Nogors will call Nos, 1,878 to 1,800, pxcept 1,081, 1,380, 1,306, 1,899, - Judgo Troo’s eall will Be 1,473, 1,040, aud 038, Judge Hoogh wil] enll 108 fo 180, i Judgo Zoue has’ vowmenved the coll of hiln ante-fivo calendar, and _attorneys are notifled to bo_on hand, to save defanlts, Judge Murphy will be Lere on Baturday to glyn Lills of oxcoption, ——— . T It not about time that & good mpuy gen- tlemon bogan tothink geriqusly of flflh’f t)\; \‘v’mk angd doing somothiug ? . For we can't all be mor- chants, and bankers, and brokers, and dealers in Hrtula \mb prlm‘m‘l], \vilh lh‘n filgnn(\lrvn of the mn-uliu- et mombor of tie Assoc venty-iv Bo Turniulied cach Fonds s 1P venti-Avacoples . By Mr, Myera—Dtesolced, That a cammitteo of threo, “consiating of 11, O, Wentwortl, William A; Thrull, an AV, H, Oarpenter, bo eppoiuted - to’ nyestiggate apd roport upon the salo of tivketa gt redyced rates to & purly of sixtcen Dormons, from ‘Omahi to Now York, Adodled,, . Jisit . This Commiltce 13 4o, 08 Hexh mealng, Adjourned mgnc!ot S Um:n‘;(u o etk Pactf oftice, third Tucady {n Noveitior, at A o'clock p. m, . THE BAILWAY ASSOLTATION OF AMENIOA, consliting of tho General Annagers aud Presls -dcotg of all the railways in the United Statad aud Canadng;* will moet at the Grand Pacific Hotel I this cit y'on Wednesdny Nov, 19, for the pur- posio of gonwidering the advisability of abalishe :g the -payingof.commissions to Local “Licket on ta, ~ T'he Exocutive Committes of the Association will moot the dny previous at Pmilor No, 8, Grand Pacific Hotel, for tho purpose of arrang- ing for the qonernl meoting, - A 1t is paid that vearly every Westorn railrond lino_hos I‘F"ml tho agreenient to ‘abolish tha paying of thi aud, thore is every ‘of this dommission, probability that by the first of next mouth the Vo @ thing of thq commisaion nulyanco will pasty o HEme Wl WIAT THE SOALTENS ARX DOING, All the railrouds bave made rotvonchments in their oxpensos, have rodused thewr hunrs of lubor, sut down thé wages of poor alerks, traluz mon, and pther employes, who racolye but small monthly’ tipends,” and atill tjokel sealpers and agoutd ‘arg pllowed o make from §5,000 to £10,000 & yoar ench, whioh mongy Is diractly taken oithor from the pookets of %n travelng pubtio or tho' troasurlos of the railroad compne nlos, If the companios must retronch, thon it i only proper that thoy should bogin with tho senlpers nnd pgonts, end not with. tho olorks, Soalpers and agents ara gotting greatly alarued about this mattor, and thoy have cullod a meot- ronl a<tate,- hore'd a good deal of square worl to e dono about n country, and some one's got ta do itl—John Paul, ing, to be Lold hora somo time during this month, to take such action as will prevent the consummation of this muok-nosded roform, re.