Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1873, Page 8

8 | | ; THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATOURDAY, .DECEMBER 27, 1873 — e THE UNEMPLOYED. ! (Continucd yrom the First Page.) wid, and hundreds and thownnnds of sick nnd dls- ablad eople to tuko caro of, gaiug futo tho husincss smteryrises of tho ontey 1" £ oo o will recall that, Lam eutro Lo doea not Jaan to aidliero to it Alr, Hol don't mean 1o stliero to 1t, bocauss Tnover uttered nuy witch (hingy TULY Wil TRY TO MFET TIR WANT, Alr, Dexter—I understood hina to tako that position, Du thio other question the Alterinen have hil i3 % Can von meet thowant?? Tpay wo will try to do it to ibo extent of our funds, Thevo Directora have com- ‘urtablo bomes, Wo G not gob our llving by dolug ihiz business, Wo elalui to bo mon Of Koot Aubs stouce, und ore not politiclans; and what in God's ‘namo do you supposo Wwe uro lioro nbout? Aro we Lero o fmposo upon and rob ths poor? Aro sou golng fo urge tho poor to altack our houses nod hreaz our windows Leeauee wo have worked for 1herm gor tho past Aiftcon years? I thank God that wo Jiave Leen ablo to doit, Uot your commitlecn togother, tud 4f thieronro any nbuses wo will hnvo them out of the Way. Let s go o our lomes and get up i tho morne $ng, and, ks good and 4ue men, work- for tho inter- veir ond Lonor of our geeat city, [Applauae,) Ald, Moo (cising sud puttiug on bk hat)—\o Iuvo Yistened to the talk and 1onscusc os loug aa’ neceasary, Let us go howe, ' MR, MTAULIER, D, McAullff (tacing Mayor Colvin}—Mr, Moyor, we et Tabor, ‘hero fu 1o wpirlt of Comnuinium about icro i nob o particlo i my heart, at least, Tho Atlemen of {hio Teliof nud Al Assoclation senm to zve made u very falr slatement s regardy thsir abile 1ty to meot {ho necessitis of tho peopie, fo far us iy sug them food, clothing, col, ote, fu voncerned, Wo Tiope to carry {0 tho hungry inen of our brotlierhood from you nud the Aldermen somothing nbont furalsh- Jag work for them. Wo want Jabor wnost, - I€ \wa liave 1ubor there wiil by 1o nocosaity for comiug to thix focloly to draw upon its funds,” Cainot tho ruins of the Court-Louso ko removexd and wark furdshed us 2 "Lt} COUNT-IUSI: DIRIS, Moyor Qolvin—In my Judigment it cz1i bo_done, but {hare 1iro & good piunty who dunbt tho yropriety of re. sroving thy debrls, Their ronsons for 5o thinking v, (it tho streots on tho north, weat, and gottlh oi.lus of the Court-Ioues aro {o he ralsed, atd tho mu~ Sertul upon tho block will be nosded to Al them § that, 1f teion off now, It would bo nvcessary (o ring it, or euincthing olse, ack for tho purpose, It struck mo 3 o matler for tho Council-io comsider; I am confident that whetever wo emvi do, all aro willfngt todo, Tam yery much gratified that tho Rielicf and ‘Al Soclely fsubie to take varo of, to fued, {0 clothe, aid keep warm the wives and ebldren of the mon who crunot get work. . It wlxllos mo it ought tosatify overy ‘one lieze, und that tho Workingmea’s Gommitico, res furning (o their friends and teiting them of the prom- fec of tho Hociety fo do tho hest forthem, having penty of means, could not say anyibiug betier to e, OENTRAL CONVERSATION, A, McGrall stated that ho undersiood the West gidde Rolliug-31i8 woalid bo open in o shiort tme, i, Hawiwond acked Mr, Trucsdell if Tie did not {ecstijoto Gl eases which wwero called to his attention lelter, b Frucsdell replicd dhat a very largo number of applications camo through tho mnil, It innttered nob Wi they catno from, all wero {nvestigated, Mr, Jawmond suldl Jeltera wero delivered threo or four times o day, and bhere was lttlo necosalty for eoplo living at o distance to come Lo the oftice of tho Sodety, us applications by letter wero imumedlately altanded to. Alg, Spouiling oddreostng M. Trnsdell)—So far ¥4 yout know, have thero beon wny applications by Mr. Goffman, of his represontatives, for reliel from tho Saclety M. drusdell—Not-liat T kmow of by namo, 3L, HOVFAMAN VACKS WATEK, Mr, Hoffman—I presumo I can anawer that for my- ecit, T havo tuudy soveral applications or eent niy Tame, ond do not lmuow of & singlo casoewhers The pertles did motget relfof, Mr, Trusdell, T havo 0 dvubt, has doue his duly in every respect, Ian eatisied from whut 1 have heard this ovening, and am Fai of it, thut the Soclely 18 willing to have su invos- figation of itw affairy made, Clargesand rumors have een floatiug aronnd tho city among ull classes of the community—tho rich aud tie poor, ond_tho differout ‘patiouulitivi—that this fand s not'liero s {hat 3t has een misnsed 3 that it has been ulsapplied; and whon T cald 6o, I but uttered tho belief of n great many people. T caunot eay whether it i truo or not; 1 do Uol know that you Liuve the monoy—T know nothlng nbout it, and giva you credit for not tearlug an iuvesti- gation, COME AND INVESTIGA'TE, 3r, Dezter—Will you como down in {he morning, and o with Bir. King ‘ond wyself ond seo whers this suouey i, and go back end tell your people that you ‘o satieled on thut point? Allbougly you state L i ot your business to juvestigate the nffairs of tho e~ Toof and Afd Soclety, you wero_reported in Tas Tnis. iz o8 having said ihat_the Soclety did ot bave tho moncy, Wero you correctly reported. Mr. TofMmau—Yes, ix. Dexlor—Now, as o honest man, when we offer taohow you whero' overy dollar of it'ls, you will not deelino to come snd Lo Batiefied 7 and will you be ns franlt with your people, and go back snd tell them tho Tesult of your exumination? Sr, Hofinnu—Yes; I never told thoso peaple about the Relicf und Ald Boclely. I never made the ‘charge sgainst tho Soclety to theit, Tt was only ot tho ‘mecting of the Committces in tho rivate oilice of the City Clerk {hat the subject was tal 0d of, Imade no euch declurations before tho people. “Mr., Doxter—Wil not you sdrift thin? It's pretty eerious charge, Theso en are not accidents, excopt erhaps myeeif. “Lhey nro goma of o oldest e best Eunl\'u citizens in Chicago, Do not you think that eforo n man should mako that sork of a charge, ho ouglit to know somcthing was really wrong beford he. aid onything ? Owinjg to tho interforonco of Mr, Concl-shell Reyuolds, who Interrupted 3r. Hoffman, ih lat- ter's Yeply was not heard, AL, Moore—IU seemn 10 mo overything that can bo accompitehod hian beon accomplishied, aud £ mave we ndjourn, i, TN, The Trestdent—Teforo 1 put tho motion, I wish to eay oo word, Thie fand is i any cudaiy, uid if a1y gentloman bolioves that T have not got {ho moncy, Tvil] bo glud i€ _he will call at my ofllce, that I may 1ako b to the bunks that are suppored 0 havo the moncy, snd seo if it i3 there or not. ‘Chie money ean Lo taid down on this table in {kirty minutes, Wo havo pacsed through o vomarkablo crlsis during tho lust Fixty doys, but the Relief and Ald Socicty han notu dotiur tied up it hus 1ot o dollar that cannat bodraym 5 Elght check, Wo lave handled 44,500,000, and the wonehiers nre in tlis vault, What wo havo left is in thveo banks, and wo can chieck it out fn ten minutes, 'Fliat s the condition of the funds of tho Soclety, I et that thoso gontlemen who £ro hiero represeiiiing tho Counci!, ond those who represent the worklinge men's unlons will_roport to Mr. ‘Lrurdell any cases of suffering {lat conie uuder thelr notive, snd 1 assure thien, if persona aro nevdy, wo will pleds oumives {o refieve thelr wants % ‘Tl meeting ton ndjourneds, ADDDESS OF IR COMMITTER To the Workingmen of Chicago: Biorncn WorkEus: We izvo to ropor o ¢ znd Camimon Connell will, o Mondey evoning, tako Juto consideration tho_matior o giving employinent upon public works, Wo cxpeet that very favorabie sction will bo take, aud hopo for work for i areat number of {ho unemployed, Wo wero invited iy tiae Mayor nud Rellef and Ald Soelety to meet then £ tho ofiiro of tho Ltotlef wid Ald Assochution, and ion ot Relief, The savciation repro- uu dlspsscd to act liberally aud cous siderately fu il worlly cascn, We recommend you to Loep good order, and think caimly end wirely of tho pust, present, and fature, e resign nu your Commitics, thanking you for tho ‘onor you conferred upon us, XITI: DEMAUDA OF THI COMMUNIGTA, T'he following ure understood Lo bo the demands of somo of the leaders of tho working men, and o rough draft of o manifesto 1o be iszued by them : Tho RNalief and Ald Society muat cither turn over the retief fund tu tho city aud county authorities, or tho Mapaging Board of “the Relief and Ald Baciely n connsist of one-third Americans zud two-thirds Trish, Germans, and Seandinavinna, Thy publie felools, bridgos, and tho conduit on Fullerton avenuo fo ke undertuken by the Board of Tublic Works or by contractors jmmediately, Who would dare to enjoin tho city for dolugs its own work? Tegal Lielp for {hoso who ura in danger of losing thelr Lomesteads by lndesherls ond groedy luid- grabbers; the Mayor to dealiuato u luwyer o' devoto ar o o Liouss o duy for e purposo of legal advice, &e., 10 ths ownern of lota who owo fustallmenita they cannot 2t present pay, Legal oxpenso to bo paid out of cortmgent fund. 1t wonld list a month or two, tud might cost $500 or more, - ‘Chinmitieea should Lo appointed {0 vislt the differ- ect thops end manufactorles uow dlo, for tho purposo of arranging the opeulng of tho eamo 4t & rato of wages satisactory to tho borses and the workingmen, “Cise movement 1n gathering etrength, and niwy reach the Trish masses, that wero Dot even touched beforo thiccall of tho miss mneeting. “Iho lendera aro eatiiualasts, Whils the mass of tho fellawers nro not paupers, in fact thoy huve nover folt wctual starvation or even ' poverly, bat they aro afraid 6f loshug what they have got und of heing ielivered to tho tender mercien of a reliof aud afd Adelely, sihoso mauagers aro atrangors in fecling and understanding 1o them, They, deare u reorgantzation of tho wholo rellel biietuessof tho city sud_count and tho fulill= uwontof tho promises of tho last general election thnt public finprovements #hould bo yushed gl over tho clty, They cannot bo mado to reaiizo that tho elty au- ihorittes Gould bo slopped ox proveuta by.auybod izom eomnieneli and Naishing publio works withont sdvertising for bids frons contractors and letting them 10 thy lowest xeepounthlo Didders, gtk N OUTSIDE COMMENTS, TIE NEW YORK EVENING POST, «he public esnnot fnil to note the movementn of tho workinginen, v those who call themeelves such, i Chicagza and Clncinnati, In Clicago’ the rensonable- nexd of thelr complatut that Jabor fusearco 18 oftvet by the nnressonablences of thelr demand that tho city chall furnieh them worlk to do or lend 118 eredlt to sup- pert thole fowilics ; aud fn Clncinuati they take tho ridiulous position of striking for higher waged, {be City dovernnent having provided muny of them with wyoblc un tho elty Improvements ot $1,25 per day, which fhey conslder inadequate, "Lhat the ponio I used mucl more tlian tho nsual idlencss tud suffering swmong tho hhurlmh claesios hiere i3 na donbt, snd the eiorts af all who have the Jower should bu o alleviate this suffering by overy proper means, Dut the laboring men vhould hear in wind thut during tho st fow iun[u thelr wages hnve tncreased ot of all .proportlon to those of ofbor slagsen 3 whilo tho rervice of tho trained nnd odneatod ' Lield at very litllo higher valuo than §t was 'years. ayo, unihilled Niand-labor lios ndynueed anovmonsly in proportion, Thoy should ulso tear in miud that the Jzflmlu\ st regitlate the prico in Jabor a8 in overy other valuablo conmideration, wnd whoro fhiero has bieen nn oxtravagant wivance in wagos, thoro Tanet by a fall 3 secordanco with tho ltatted demand, "' Iaborors maks anotlier gravo mistake In ceking o Government, munieipal or Bate, 1o furnisl them with jobs, But for thie thoy ars not so murh to bleraiss they iave beon tanglit by tholr iaplovers tho manufaciuring, mining, and commereksl corporatione, whal the Goverument f8:a paternal ustitutlon, vihosa (unclivns are nuj eitaply 10 1Cg; teu e ulno to provids the means of spport and of ncquiring wealth, Tho laborers oro logieal i€ not_ressonable. in anserling that if tho Govornimont gives bountics to tho conl-minors, {lio salt manufaoturors, the cotton-mills, nnd the ratlrond compauics, it muy nlso givo some. thing to tho Inborors, Tho utter fmposaibilily of carrying thin mystom fo Hts concluslon Is parent “at ouco, and lard aa it is upon_tho nboror, it munt coars hora, Tiio urcst way fo roliof I8 to change tho aystom by which Congresn liava glven bountics until 1t Non brotight tha countrs to tho briuk of pauperimn, and tho best thing for {ho Inbor- ers to do s to combine agninet tho leginlation which s h‘\(nm\ml to make the rich richor and the poor noorer, Lwployment from s municipal government ia only de~ fonsiblo whore tho mifforing mong (o Door is Fo great nn to Juslify ollef from tho pubile {reasury, Tn Huch casos tho able-bodled should bo mado to worlk at fodr wagea rathier than bo fed in idlencas, . THL COLUMDUS JOUNNAL, The workmen who o procosslontzing in Cineinnatt for work from tho clly, highor wages, ad elght honra A day, have added to ilio pomp awd clrenmstance of tho ocenmon, each timo of marching, by employing braen bawdn, ' Thin leads th Kngurer to remarl: ¢ “1f tlio Inboriny men of the clty nro nctuatly in wwant, thoy sliould learn to disponso with Lrags bauda, Dlusio is a Juxary,” oy If wo firid any maro Auch paragraphn in fho Fn- quirer, wo shall bo obligad to puttho young mon down s blonted capitaliats, who liavo no_aymipathy il Tabor (with & capital L), Tho Knquirer should know that Rosna and tho other foreign Internatiousls with apronounceablo names, who hiavo been finportor ot greatoxponso for ho- Gxpreos urposo of atarviuig nd domanding brend, and higher wagea for men ot of employniont, and cight hotita a_day, and 6o fBrth, cannot bo cxpocted todo tho atarving bushices with proporcclat tinnccompbnied by firsteclass munle, A commion, ordinary American niechanio may be able to put p with o plafn’ gathering and a few specches, o wtmost o fifo and drum; but theso foreign gentlomon hinve como u great distance, in order Lo volunteer in this buslacsa, and we mnat see that the guard turns out, and they bo received with all the honora, 5 iy Demnnd of the Now York Workings men for Employment from tho City Spectal Dispateh to The Chicano Tribune, Nrw Youx, Dec. 20.—Coples of tho following document woro presonted to-dny to iho Mayor, Comptrolier, and heads of the Dopartmonts of Darks, Publio Works, and Dacks, by George Blair, Chnirman of tho Committeo of Snfety, ap- Ppointed at the Workingmon's mass meoting hold at Cooper Instituto Doc. 11, to look after the in- terests of tho laboring clasges of, tho city: New Yonrg, Dee, 26, 1873, Bin: Ininemamoof tho Commitlco wo demand work nnd pay for tho peoplo in _enforced idlencas in {hls eity, thelr idlencss aud cousequent poverty having Dbeen braughit about by the Government sanctioning, without our courent, speculation n_our circulatiug medium, Wo ulgo demand (hat work bo furnished dlrect from tha ity nuthorities, oll contracts helng en- tirely abrogated, ‘Wo request a speedy nnswer to our demands, Respeetfully, (8igned) T, A, Pataen, English Secretary, GEonox Buck, German Becrotary, The officinls to whom' tho document was nd- drossed snid thoy would take speedy mction in the mattor, . The Committes of Snfoty has appointed a Committeo of Organization to co-oporato with tho German ward organtzations, and arrango for fhass meotings in each ward, The object of theso meotings is to orpaniza the Iaboring classes for co-operntion with the Grango move- mont in the West. ASUALTIES. Eightcen Persons Drowned by the Sinking of an English River Steamer., Capt. Surmont, of the Ville Du Havre, Defends the Action of His Officers and Crew. A Day’s Record of Minor Casualties, ‘Thirty or Forty Persons Drowned by the Sinking of n Steamer, T.oxvox, Dec. 26,—At & o'clock this morning tha steamer Gipay Queon, bolonging to tho River Tyne Improvament Commissioners, struck tho wreck of o sunken lighter, and wont to the bot- tom in five minutes. Thore wore betweon fifty aud sixty workmeon onboard of the bont at the time of tho disaster, and twonty of them wero rosgued, but the remaindor, thirty or forty men, wero drowned. Loxpoy, Dec, 27—6 a-m,~Tho Intest reports reduce tho mumibor of lives lost by the stoam- bont disastor on tho Tyna {o eighteon. Sad Case of Browning in Coldwater (fizicha) Fatlces Special Dispateh to 2o Chicago Tribuns, Corpwarenr, Mich,, Dec. 26.—Wesloy Shor- man, aged 18 or 19 yoars, whilo skating, about nightfall yostorday on Coldwater Lulke, adjoiu- ing the city limits, broke_through the ice, and, aiter holding on to tho odge for noatly an lour, becamoj cxhausted, and sank under tho water and was drowned. Ilo broko in m\%y somo four or fivo rods from shoro, nnd during il this {ime five persons stood on tho sliore, £o frightened, or something elyo, that no assistance was given himn more thun to push towards him fow rails and picces of boards, none of which reached him, IIo wns o student in the Iligh Sehoo), and gave indications of great promise, His body was recovered this moruing. Onpt, Surmont, of the Ville du Ilavre, Iudignantiy Deniecs the Statement of Capt. IRobertson, of the Loch Enra. New Yong, Dee. 26.—The London Z'elegraph of tho 18th{ hne o lotter from Capt. Surmont, of the stenmer Ville du Lavre, douying in totos assertions agaiust bimself and his sail ors of cowardico and neglect of passengors’ safety on tho oceasion the of thoe disaster, and “making connter-charges ns follows : Capt. Ilobortson states, nccording to you, that the Ville du HMayre is alone rospousi- ble for tho disaster which befol her. When spenking in my roport of tho respactivo movo- monts of tho two vessels, I had gunrdad o re- gorve which overy man of honorablo foching will apprecinte ; but if, indecd, Capt, ltobertson dated to solvo wo peremptorily in Lis own favor this question go grave, and among ull uo ohseurg (donth binving snatched avinytho grentest pavt of {fhe witnesses, and especjully the principal, one, tho officorof tie watch, at thomoment ofjthe col- lision), T shall repent them withont fear of con- tradiction from nuy ono skilled in sucl mattors, that tho Captain of the Lech Eamn, sniling closn hauled, could by a single tur of tho wheel hove goue 16 windward aud so provonted tho eatasiropho; that Lo could havo done g0 up to the very minule of the collision, at tho Yery last inoment oyen, ud that he did not do so, I should say, abova all, ibat, aceording to tho toatimony of {he survivors of the Ville du Havre, the lights of the Loch Earn were, for fome reason or other, not visible from wy ship,—oithor becauee thoy wero not in their places, or beeauso, a frequently happons afcor 2 long mght, tho wickn of the ‘Jamps may bave been ailowed to burn down, fTurned to DHenth, Dezrrorr, Mich., Dec, 26,—On Tuesday oven- ing, Mra, Denois Wolverton, of Grand Blane, whilo busy preparing for the expoeted Christmng vikit of her children, nceldontly set her dress on fire and was burned to death, ~ Bho_was aged bY years, Christmny Casunltios at Buffulo. Burrano, K. Y., Dec. 26.—The second tloor of 5 house of ll-fanio, on Canal strcot, gave way last night, procipituting the inmates to tho base- mont. Jonnie Griffin “was killed, and soveral others werainjured, An alarm of fire, Inst night, caused a panio in Koller's 1ull, Gioueseo treat, und, in their husta to eoxcapo from the building, sovornl persons Jumped from the windows of tha tecoud story aud weroe seriously injured. s, PO Ohiincse Nethod of Iunising Monoy for Repairing Temploss Mr. W. Simpson, in & paper on * Chinose Architecturs," read bofore ono of the English wocieties, describon as follows the Chinose matliod of raieing money for the building or repairing of templos: *In the strests of Pokin I ona day found n men in n sort of wooden sgontry-hox ; Inrize nails had been driven into it, so that their points pro- inctuu through, 'I'his proventod tho mun from caning againgt tho sides, und the only rest ho had was from sitting ou u hourd within, 1le was a monk, and never scemed to sleep, for he had o string, with which ho night and duy sounded o Inrgn, sonorous boll oyery fow minutes, an o worb of ndverlisoment of hLis pu:p s, Lhis was, that tho beuovolont should cume forward with money; ench nnil 1opresonted o sum, When any one paid that sum his name was stuel up on a bit of paper, and the nail was pulled out, mak- ing it more comfortable for the hermit within. ALl tho nnils roprononted tho nocessnry amount for (ho ropuir of o tomple which was cloco bo- hind. ‘U'hisis a common proceading for raicing the wind for such purposes, I was told thns monk has Lo two yeurs shut un, and that ho would Hiely bo another yoar bofore ho got out 0 and coutradl, Uu\‘ of his cocoon of uudle,"” EX-TREASURER GAGE. Proceedings of the State’s At. ’ torney. The Cnso to Be Presented to the Grand Jury. Formal Demand of Treasurer 0*Hara for the Peficit, Arguments Which Will Be Used in Mr. Gage’s Dcefense, Under tho Amended Law He Is Not Guilty of Perjury. Rensons Why It Was Well tho lfonoy Was Xept in Banks, It linving boon undorstood yosterday thnt the prolimmnary steps were taking toward bringivg beforo the attontion of tho Grand Jury the de- faleation of Mr, David A, Gago, o roportorealled upon Hiate's Attorney Reed aud interviowed him on tho subjeet, as follows ¢ MR, REED'S ADVICE TO O'NARA. Reportor—I understind that Mr, O'Hars i nbout to make n demand pro forma upon Mr. Gugo for the doficit in the Treasury. Mr. Roed—I hayo direcied him to do so, Yes, elr, ho will mako that demand. Reporter—In what way'? Mr. Reed—I havo dirceled him to do it 1n writ- ing, to prosorvo tho ovidouce. 1o could do it verbally, if ho choso. Reporter—And if Mr. Gago fails to make good tho nionoy ? Mr, Recd—I shall bring tho matier under the notico of the Grund Jury. METHOD OF PROCLEDING, TRoporter—Liow will you proceed ? - Mr, eed—In two ways: undor tho statuto and under tho charter, Roporter—Which will be tho oasier mothod ? Mr. Itced—By tho statute, undoubtediy. Thab makes tho caso very simplo fudeod. ‘Iho falure of any oflicnl fo rotuwn to the nuthoritics the moneys intrusted to hiny renders Lim liablo to a Penitentinry sentenco of from oue to ten year: Hero is Gross’ Btatutes of 1871, puge 179, See. 2 1t any ofilcer or_person who now is or hereafter may bo suthorlzed” by Inw to collect, disburae, recdve, or mafely kevp nby imonoy OF moleys, Tevenuo or revemues, belouging to this Stite, to tho school ' fund of this Slate, to the scheol fund of mny county or towneh(p, to ouy county in this State, to any canal, turupike, or rufl~ roul fund of this State, or uny county tuereof, or to any fund for the fmprovement of uny public road, river, creck, or other water-course, borderlug on ok within thin $tute, or to any other find, now fit boing, or liereafter {obo establishied by law for publte pure poscs, sud who shall foil or refusoto pay over all moneys, warrants, bills, notes, and orders Wwhich any stels oflicer or person sholl recuivo for disbureement, a8 not dishursed, or sl collect, or ehall ro elve, or shull recelyo for safo keeping, bolonging to this State, or Lo any county of thinState, or 1o any sudls fuud ns nforesnil, When sitch oflicer ov person shail ho thereto required by Jaw, und demand duly mado Ly thio nuceessur or euccessors of Buck ofticer or person in office, or by tiio oflicer or person to whom #ueh mous cyu, warrants, Lills, notes, or orders ought by law to o kit over, or his or'their 'atlorney or agent, duly i thorized in ‘writing, signed and ackuowiedgud, if such demandt bo practicable ; every such oflicer or perion sliall, on convietion thoreof, Lo punished by contiue- ment in the Lenltentinry for any term not lesk than ono year nor more than tent’ years, . Provided, that no per- you shull bu connnitted to tho Tenitentiury under thiy section umless the oney nob paid over shall amount 0 $10J, i fu appcar that suck fuiluro or refussl shull bo_occasloned by unayoidablo luss or accident, Every person convicted under the provisions of thia seetion shall forever thereafter ‘o juoligiblo and dfse quuliticd trom holding any ollice of honor or profit fu tiils Stite, Roporter—Then you will have no difficulty in obtaining o conviction upon this? M, Reed—Nono in the world, THL TUIRIY-DAY CLAUSE. Ieporter—Whnt is this provision about thirty days’ graco belng allowed Ly Jaw beforo auy ac- tion cun bo hud ugainst o defaulter ? Mr. Recd—1 buve been hunting for such a pro- vision all day. I may bo wrong, but neither Birch nor Lean find ove. However, 1 am going righe down to Judge Norton, nnd I thiuk he cau teil you. o to Judge Norton, Corporation Counsel,went BIr. Ttood and Lo reporlor, Mr. Recd—Tudge, what is this provision about thirty days’ notice before procceding nguinst : o Deve Gaga? Ji mlfi:o Norton—Thore is no such thing, Thore's nothiug to it at all, Ilere iy tho clauso which hes beon mistuken for it,—it rolutes to do- faultors holding ofiico. See. 26 of tho city charter, page 891, Yuley's Lovised Ordinances, ond ulso in Bee, 20 of tho act of Fob. 13, 1863 : Al cltizens of the Uedled States qualified to votent ot any clection hield under this act shiall bo qualitied to hold “nny ofiico croated by this net, except i cases where a different provision huubeen herein especlully niadu; but 1o persou shall Lo eligiblo to uny otllco or pince under this or nuy act in relution to said city who {8 now, or may Lereafter be, n defaulter to sakd city, or (o the State of 1llinols, or any county thereof ; snid'sny pevson shall bo consldered n defunlter whe Las refused or meplecled, or may heveafter refueo or neglect, for thirty days ufter demand made, o necount for sud pay over, to the party nu- thorized to receivetho same, uny public mouey which may havo como iuto his possession, Aud if any person holding sny such oftice or place shall hecomo o default- er whilst in ufiice, the otilco or pluce shull theroupon ‘become vacanl, You see thishas nothing to do with the caso, Ar. Reed—No, of course not. It is simplo enongh. Mr. Gugo was liublo when tho offense way commitled, : PLOCEEDISG UNDER THE OUARTER, Reporter—Why shall you proceed under tho chatter 3lr. Reed—Iu case the Court declares that the chartor ropeals auything in the State luw, as be- ing an instrument mado espeelally for the pur- poso of deating with such casas, TRoporter—Will you huve much moro diffienlty in_scouring a conviction under Lhio ehartor ? Mr, Reed—No, bir, beeauso we have abundant proof. 'Who only tiouble will be to show in what mauuer tho money wanting was expondad, ‘whoreas under tho statuto ell wo need to show in that it weo not returned to the cily. "There you have tho case In o nut-shell. O'JIABA'S FORMAL DEMAND, Obediont to the suggestion of tho State's At- torney, the City ‘Lrepsurer virtuully took {he flrsp netion in the legaul procecdingy nguinst tho ox-freasurer by making tho following formal domand upon him for the defielt : Crry TUEAGUREW'S OFEICE, Ciucauo, 26th Decentber, 1873, Darid 4, G 2 B: Apreeably 1o tho instructlons of the luw ad. viscrw of (ho city and ug your nucceesor as K'rensurer, T s requested {0 demand of you thy deficlt of mouty belonging to the Uity Tressury, umounting to five hundred nud seven thousand ecven hundred and throa dollurs nud Afty-clght cents (K507,700,5), T am, very respeetfully, Dax1it O'lARA, City Lreautiver, 3R, GAGE'S BTLI OF THY CAHL, Tho CGage dofalcstion, on nu investigation of tho techuicalities of tho lnw nnd usago presonts some fontures which nre put fownrd below by o Inwyor of prominenco who las giveu much at- tontion to the cago, aud who in fact represents Mr, Gago, 1t will be scon that ko usciibes no improper intontion to Mr. Gage, and views tho whole subjoct from a styictly technieal poiut of viow, Mr. Gngo sinds bimeelf in'a peenline po- wition by the actidn of the city nuthoritica rola- tivo to the statun of the fandy in the possession of the Lreasurer. It hins Deon hithorto consid- ered that the monoy dopositad by him in the Danks, was the proporty of the city nud thut it was put into thowo banks for tho doubl pir- poso of keeping it sceurely, uud obtaining the intorest, for he uso of {ho money, Which tho bauks would “willingly pay. Now that romo of the Dbunks ‘nudt other inatitutions to whom the maney was lout are un- ablo Lo ropay it on call, tho city jusists that those wors tho private funds of Mr, Gago which wora lont by him, and neka for the whola amount in canh which thono Institutions cunuot now puy. In this ntato of aifnirs, Alv, Gage offers to turn aver ull his propotty to the city to rolinburse the temporary Jozs of rondy money which tho city sumaing,” I Lo hud kaown that theuo funds on loun woro to be rogurded ng his own money, ho ouly hoing rspanwiblo for the production of tho amount duo to the ity whon callod upon for it, ho coutld huvo ukod Lho efty funds wmnch moro to Liis own protit thiun has ovor been the enso, PERIY In the mutter of o cviminal proscentlon for perjury, it is clalimod that the presont ‘Iroasuror I cyqually Jieble if Ay, Glago \was, and (hat Drs Ciago cannot bo reached i nll, My, Gugo has Loen in the habit of sutucribing*to the outh ns yenet [hed by tho nel of 1853, this form bolugr on }Im]llinlul blanks furnist:ol by tho city, The Inw of 1463 vequires tho Urcasurer to muko afli- davit that ho has not directly or judiractly used, loaned; iuvested, or convoried to his own uio any public funds, 'This law was amonded In March, 1869, by tho insortion of the word '*un~ lnwmlly" beforo the word “used” wher- over it oceurs in tho afiidavit, Dy tho invortion of this word, ~tho Legis- Inlufo, by nnpliention, gave tho Treasurer o cortam diserotion in using, lonning, lm‘cailug and converting the publie funds, providing such usoy loanlug, fventing, ote., wero not “unluw- ful. Pho afMdavit was nlso changed, and Mr, Gago hins boon making an afildavit that was not 1o ono required of hfin by luw, though bolioving that it was tho one_required, Conscquently o caunot bo Indicted for swenring to an irrolovant mntter, or for making an afildavil ne Lo his ofli clal dutios, such_ahidavit not being the ona ro- guirod by faw. If tho roverso of this propost- ‘Hon wora true, Mr, Gago, na well as the presont City Treasuror, who cloposita his monoy in bauk, would be technieally violators of thao law, and tho proposition to turn over tho funds at shiorh notico, they boing moatlf' in bouks, would Lo ouly o compounding of folouy. ANOTHEN TOINT, Another polnt doserves moro nattontion than hne been glvou to k. During tha panie, tha banks wora all vory short of funds. , Now,' if instond of having “this mouu{ in tho handgof tho banks, it had all been Jocked up in the city vanulis, C]nlcngo woutld not to-day Le eceupying the high position which sho does, nmong tha citios of l?m Union. Again, if tho funds had all been kept during late yenra in the Treasurer's oftico, tho great flro would have destroyed nbso« Jutely a much larger amount of mouoy than Mr, QGage's ehortage, and ulgo, {here would have been no way of recovering the monoy; while, ny mattors now sland, the city will not loso a dollar by Mr. Qnge, whose property iu suflicfont to pay the city and ail his privato orod- itors, All oPl\Yr Gogre's hooks, papors, and cash on haud, wero burned in the great firo nud hnd £1,000,600 been in tho safe, that nmount would hinye beon almost all lont. M., Gago has but tollowed the courso of tho Toliof anil Aid Socioly, which Fecolvod soveral million doliars from varions sources, and whieh then dopoeited theso funds i the difforent banks. The United States lad an illegal de- posit_of 150,000 in tho Tirst Nutional Bank of Washington, yot thoro has been no demand for the eriminal prosceution of tho See~ retary of the 'Ireasury, thongh it is admitted Ilet this deposit was in technical violation of aw. In QGagqs commnnication to the Common Council in Decembor, 1869, - ho stated that ho should loan to banks aud othor inatitutions un- lews instructed to tho contrary, Whe TFinanco Committeo had tho matter reforred to. thom, but neglected (o make nny re;mrh or lo tako netion on this communication. ‘'ho question was as to the proprioty of loaning the public fundsy, and it mekes no differonco to whom theso funds woere lonned, The city, in m:::ulsuug Cmg,;a‘q inlerest, did not Jimit itsclf to the lutorcst dorived from b bonks, but took all that was offered. The checl-books used by Mr. Gago ns Troas- urer boloug to tho city, and hevo nlwni-s been oPnu to the iuspection of any aty ofiicial or citizen, Tho stubs show to whom' the monoys wero lonned. 1t is not claimod that Mr. Gage tried {o cover up his tracks, or to mnalo nny concealment of tho mannor in which theso lonna were made. If ho hed wished to defraud the «city, ho could havo drawn curroncy on his chocks and tonnod it, thus loav- ing no mnrks of the trausnctions. Iu this and nlficr respeets, the cnso of Mr, Gago diffory from that of defaulting Tronsurers who bLavo mado & clonn sten! for their own use, Ife lins mado Jonns which lie cannot immediately recall, and Lo is, consequently, sbout $500,000 short, but tho city will not loso anything, nor was it possible that it should, ~ WUAT OTHERS JIAVE DONE. By tho strict 1ules of the Luuks, particularly the National Currency act, bank ofiicinlsare for- Didden to loan monoey to individualy or flrms in greator amounts {hgn one-tonth of tho capital, vot tho recent failnres in Now York und elxe- whero have shown that in somo gases more thun one-halt the capital has Dbeen loancd, and it ig admitted that it is often’ nec- cesary {0 bolster up a enstomor’s crodit by increased nccommodations, Perhaps the bink fails and tho'dopositors loss honvily, yot, of the transaction appents on the bools upon in~ vestigation to have been mada in good faith and in tho ordinary eourae of business, it is not held that the bank ofticinin conld be indicted for mis~ approprinting tho city funds. MR GAGE'S I'ROPERTY, Mr. Gago decliyes to givo a dotailed atatement in writing of his proxmrt{ until ho Lnows whother the cily will accept the olfer made, Ile lins clnims ngnivst well Tnown business men, which, out of prudontial considerations, ho do- clines to mako publio, Laut Tioeday, howevor, “a detailed statemont was mado vorbully to the City Atfornoy, and yestérdny ovenlug o mootiug was held at tho Grand Pacific to discusy the form of r trust deed which Mr, Gago's attorney sub- mitted to the City Attoruey for rovision or upproval, No ~decision ~was reactied ut a late hour, when tho mootiug broke up. Mr, Goge hay given in the schedulo already published ~ the principal part of his assets, and hus mado o full statoment of them vorbaliv to the City Attornoy. Lho Stato siroet property, which hos boen spoken of oy ona of tho usyets not spocinlly mentioned by Mr. Gago, belongs to I, Parmotec & Co., and forms a part of the $100,000, which 1r. (lage's share in that {lem 18 cstimated to be worth, Mr. Cingo Lins his own private creditors, but his property is sufliciont to pay both the city and theeo creditors in fuil. 1lo does not propose to give the city nll Lis proporty, but to turn over cuough to make up the nmount of his deticit. BHOULD DAVID A, GAGE 11 PROSECUTED CRIMI- NALLY, To the Editar af The Chicauv 4'vibune ¢ Sin : T tho Inw mudo for (Lo protection of 8o~ cioty? If it in, aro its penaliics to bo disrogard- od as to ono and enforced as to auother? Why s the Inw onneced, nud why aro ils penaltios over enforced, if it bo ot of universal nppheation ? Tu one man boiter thau another iu thoe oye of the Inw? But it is eaid that Mr, Gage has boen an oxcollent citizen and charitable toward tho necdy. Can wo not divest ourselves of the focling thnt Govorn:mont hias nothiug to do with tho exeen- tion of Divino justice or the punishment of moral turpitude? The Government ouly interfores to lu-n:nct itself ; end overy one stands bofore the nw equal. B Friends may prench about tho rood intentions of nman; that be has no moral depravity in his lieart; it haus nothing todo with the ease, Whon apoor employo robs the mall of 5 in order to buy bread for his children, ho hna no moral de- pravity i his heatt; but it is considored n groat crimo’ nguinst socioty, and ha 18 punished with fen years i prison,—not ont of vindictivencs, but on account of tho groat interests of socioty in having tho mails duly protceted, Certnluly the interests of o gront city demand that tho custodiany of its moncy should be above tomptation, and, Lo protect thoso vant interests, tho pennlty of the Inw should bo enforeed, nwiit- v and without hiesitation, It may bo very un- pleasant for tho State’s Atlornoy to prosecuto vo clever a gentlomun ; but whut is his duty to so- cioty? Itisan vory unpleasunt duty forn Judgo to sentenco the murderer to bo hangod ; but does 110 avold tho duty? And what iy tho effcet of avoiding sneh un- pleasent duties 2 Was it not this lnzness to progeente clover men that finally made possible h\u enormous erimes of Lweed and his fuso- ciates ? 'The moment tho oflicers of thio Inw fecl n pity for criminals, or fool (riendly to them, at that moment society Legius to suffer aud to do- torlorate. Bupposo Mr, Gage goes frea ; what protection havo we as to Mr. O'Llara, or sy tuture custo- dian of the clty's milliona? Wifl it not bo un invitation to them to uge tho eity funds in the #ame wauy, boping to replnce them ? Is this not ugreat erimo ngainst socloty? What is to be- come of eociety vhen Lrustecs no longer regard tho uncredness of trust? A poor bookkeopor who embazzles €60 of his omployer'n mouoy, hoping and intendiug to roplace it, Just s v, Gago did, will bo sont to tho Penotentinry, nud the communily will sav, Right; but {he man who embezzlcs a thourand thmes S50 will bo ox- cused ns intonding no wrong, Noither did the bookkeepor, Is 1ot tho outcoma of wuch a courso patent to every porson 7 But people will excuse hiny'; and his attornoys gay, with many Fuupla that the Common Coun- el authorized him ro loan the monoy to tho Lanks ; and, in loaning it to tho Riveisido Tm- pravemeont Company, or any other yotten con- carn, ho only catried out tho spirlt of the in- structions of the Common Couneil, Notso, In the first place, tho Common Councll could not nuthorize him to violuto the law ;und, it it could, Tio conld not d"unothor aud_different wrong by virluo of uch suthority, Two wrongs catnot mako ono right, 1old tho City Council liable for their erimes, but do not exelse 3r, Gago bo- , 6auso ho comnitied two erimes (ayo, threo; por- Jury also). But samo peoplo will also nay that evorybody asnented to the loaning of the money {o the Lanks, Who has tho authoiity to wpeak for ev- erybody ? [Tus tho Clicego Evening Jowral, or any nowapapor ? Who ook the consis to arcortain tho fact # ‘Uho law suys M, Gago hay beon gaully of o Penitontiary offunse ; und tho luw war mado by tho poople,—the only expression the peopla over havo ou the subject, Aud, in obeylug the Inw, tho State's Attornoy will ebey the vouse of thepeople; for iu uo other way can lio know it, Any other prolongo is ram to soci :Lf‘. 11 wo de- wiro New Yoik aorvuption and morals durlng tho velgn of T'weed, and Tarnard, and Cerdozo, nud 3eCun, lob us omit this bigh duty m vindicat- ingg tho law when i¢ Las been opouly violated, P, CRIME. Judgment Agninst tho Bonds- men of Genet and Other Ring Thieves. ing near Dodson, Ohio, Robbery and Murder at chhllln, Kansas, Miscellaneous Criminal ltems. Judgment Entored Against the Bonds= men of Genet and Gther NMissing King Pollticians-eSionet Still ot Earue Spectal Dispateh to The Chieago Tribine, Nrw Your, Dec. 26.—~Judgmonts wore fllod ngainst{hobondemon of tho Ring fugitives, Monry W. Tield, Michnel Norton, Thomas Coman, Joha J. Walsh, Georgo 8, diller, and Jéhn D. Wolch, Jr., their bail having been declared forfeited on Doc. 24, by Judgo Dantols, Welchio's bondsman is Jncob Loon, the mfimmc of his bail being &5,000, Georgo W, Davids and John B. Miller aro MiNer's bondsmeu in the sumn of $10,000. & Thoro ata soven indiotments for conspiracy and ouo for bribery againgt Walsh. The bail on the former indictments {4 $1,000 on each, and on tho latter 95,000, Detor 4. iTiekoy Is hisi bond- man on tho conspirncy Indictments, and David 0'Brien o the bribery indictniont., Comun's bondsman iy Morgan Jones, iu tho amount of 5,000, QGonet was indicted for forgery, and also for grand Inrcony. Polico Commissioncr Olivor Charlicle s his bondsman*in the sum of $10,000 on the former indictmoit, and Oharles Dovlin on tho latter fu the sum of 95,000, ‘Lha indictonts ngainst Norton are the same a8 thoso ngainst Walsh, and tho amount of bail tho samo. Chatles Rogrers is liis hondsinan on three, nud Charles H. Fassin on four conspiravy indictments. . g That & bondsman's roafmnnflfl]ity coases with the beginning of the trial of tho oifonder scoms to bo the common impression, but careful pe- Tusal of tho condition of rocognizauce shows that it is incorrect. s GENET has not yet hoen captured. Aany rumors are curront concerning him—somo that ho has beon ycen in ono part of the country, aud somo in another; but no confideneo is placed in thom. Nrw Yonrx, Dee. 26.—A dispatch from Mont- renl roports tuat Heury Ctonot was thore to-dny. Particulars of the Muvder and Lynche= ing Affair Near Dodsot, O Special Dispateh to The Chicuao Tribune, Doprox, 0., Dec. 26.—~The particulars of the Btowa fratrioide, and fhe subsequent hangiug of Hanry Stowo, are, ns near as I can learn, 43 fol- lows: The village of Rga cousisty of o porta- blo snw-mill aud threo houses occupicd by the omployes of the mill. It is situ- ated on tho farm of John Riga, from whom it recaived it name. It is about 18 miles northwost from this place. The shooting-mnatch was o friendly cfinir, audgotten up by Johu and Honry Stowe, who invitad their noighbors to parbicipato, 'After drinking frooly of wlhisky, the company, consisting of tho ' two Stowes, Georgo und Joseph Geito, Robort Wolfe, aud thres brothers named oy- nolds, ropaired to a clearing near tho mill, to parsicipato it tho mateh. John Stowo insisted on loatiig tho rifle for each competitor, and Honry contended that each man should chargo he gun for bhimsell, Ienry, however, ac- ceded to the demand of Jolw, until it camo his turn to shoot, when he demanded thar tha vitlo bo given bim to load, IHigh werds followed, in tho courss of which Ienry chargod John with dishonesty iu not putting any ball in the gun when last loading it for Wolfe. Jolm _called Honry o Jiar, upon which Henry shot Joha dead with a rovolyer, Ionry was immediately seized by Wolfo and tho three Royuolds, drugged to tho mill, from which a rogo was procured, aud hung to a limb, Tho company now ropaired to the ollico, as they called oifb of the threc houscs, avd tools u drink, and upon returning found their victim doad. Socming to roalize for tho flést tima whiat had transpired, those who partigipated fled, oud, up to tho presont, have not been captured. Tho parents of the broth- ars Btowe, who live . in Penusylvana, wore notified nt once of tho troublo, and arrived this afteracon, took charge of tho reming of thoir sons, who, it sccms, wero their only childrcu. Ofilcors ars in pursuit of tho rartics concerned in the hanging. Murder and Robbery in Wichita, Kan. Special Dispateh to The Chicaae Trivune, Torera, Knu,, Dee, 26.—From o privale lobter roceived by McClure & Co., of this city, to-day, it is learned that on Wednosduy vight Jast s nmrder und robbery was committed in Wichita, Knu.,which eaused much excitement there. Two nniumm, named MeNutt aud Winoer, occupied & widing together. eNutt was' murdered, and tho building was et ou fire, Winnor _ escaped. . McNutb lmd sano 5500 in his possession, and suspicion ut onco tell upon Winner'ny the perpelrator of tho decd. Tho building was onlucly destroyed, and Me- Nutt’s boues woro found in the nshes tho nesb morning. Winner hss boeu_arrested, and i threatened with lynching. Winner is o very promising young man, about 2L years of age, and respected by ull who know him, and his frionds beliove him innocent of tho charge made against Lim. G KEurd Fighting and Shooting in Fort Wayne, Ind. Spectal Dispateh to T'he Clicugo Tribune, Tonr Waysy, Jud., Dee, “6,—A desporato fight Loolk placo lnst night botweon n patty of roughs, which in all probabiiity will result fatally to ono of the participants, Chavles Young, Irn ‘thompson, and Bd Nichols, having n grudge againgt B awd Johu Downey, proceeded to sottlo tho muatter jn their usunl stylo, Young Iocked Td Downoy down, Nichols thon staboed him m the buck, nad Thompson kieked him in tho lhead sevornd timos. ‘I'he wholo away, leaving Downey foc dead, Shertly injurles nro’ uot consilored fntal. aftorwurds tho mamo party mot Johi Downoy, brothor of {ho former victim, who hud in the meantimo heard of the usago his brothoer had recoivod at thefe hands. 1ie drow a revolvor and fitad at ‘hompson, tho bull takiug offcot 1 his nvm close to tho shoul- dor, Tho bell caunob bo extracted. ‘Tho doc- tors fonr that Thompson canuot live, 1t deing their opinion that orysiyolas will sebin, ' Al pare ties concerned in the nffair, with the excoption of tho wounded men, wora arrostod sud Judged iu Juil to await the redult of the injurics inflicted, Etobbery and Probable Murder Near Efma, Ind, Spectal Disnateh to Ihe Chicao Tribune, * Ty, Ind., Dee, 26— farmer named Dishop, residivg about b miles nouthwest of hero, wont "o hin stable Wednesduy night, aud, upon entor- g tha door, was sfruck over tho houd with some blunt instrument, inflicting u frightful wound, Ho was then 1obbed of u coneiderable s of monoy, Mr, Bishop's condition was not discovored until tho next morning: What with tho wound_end oxposure bub slight Lopes are entortained for his recovery, Thore is uo cluo to tho perpoteator of tho erime, Eilled by Ells Brothor-in«Law, wecial Diapaleli to Phe Chicugo Tribune, Davesront, I co, 26, —In this city lust evoning, ubout b o'clock, & man named Jore- miah Brodorick was shot and instantly killed by his brothor-in~law; i ' Brien, Cornelius 1D, O'Brion, whila lmost crazy with drink, wont to tho houko of tho decoasod, and the two got into nfight, Thoy wore parted, but whila O'Siien witth bolng tuken out of the room, he drew n yo- volver, nnd shot Brodorlok, tho bullot passing through his breaat, nd resulting in hig instans doutli, O'Brion wny n }mlicn ollcor, and gon- orally u quiot, nm{rocmh o man, Ilo gave Lime wolf itp to the anthoritios, and isnow in jaily ‘Erain on the Missonvl & Pacific latle vond L (L by o Mob, Spestal 1ispateh to The Chicano Tribune, Kansay Criy, Mo, Deo, —LLo train comivg from ludependoneo this ring on thoe Jlisnou ri & Pucitlo Ruad was attueked by a mob, who whuttered the windows and {ujnre’l two or threo panuongers by throwing a shower of stouus at tho tiatn, Your shols wore tived in relurn by tho couduetor, with what effoet if not kuown. Orgnuised Thae c{;y m Konsay Clty, it Special Dspateh to Ule Chicuno Tribune, i "A\'l 4 Ciey, Mo, Dee, 26.—Christman eve, l hotw 1 1 aud 2 o'clocl, tho cigar ntote of Leds- Ler Brothors, ou tho coruor of Ninth aud Mulu Partionlars of the Murder and Lynoch~ rtroots, wns entored and vobbod of gooda Lo the amount of 400, Tho thioves effected an on- tinnco nt the bacl daor. Thero scoms to bo a woll organizod band of burglars hero, 'Lhoy hava committed othorRifelts in this city, Largo ro- wards nro offored for thelr eapturo. To-day n largo qunntity of old aron and_other articles bos lohiging to tho dlfferont ronds centoring horo wero found'nt a Junlk shon kopt by & man named Birawn, 6n thocoruor of Flfth and Grand nvonuo, Drown was nrrosted, The Lyum Murder rinl in Indiane anpolis, Speetal Digpateh to The Chicano Tribune, Ixptanaronts, Ind., Dec, 20,~Thoury in the trinl of Liouta Lynn for the murder of Ifiram Minncele hng returnod o verdict of murdor in tho second degreo. Hontonco Lins not yot beon pro- nounced, ‘he trinl Instod nonrly two weoks, and was warmly contested throughout., The doe fenso wad insanily, It is probablo tho case will huve Lo go to the Supreme Court. St. Louis Olerkk Absconds with Ilis o aployers? Moncey. 7. Louts, Dee, 26, —F, 8. Ruthorford, son of the late Ool. Rutherford, of Alton, 11, and who linn for the past twa or threo years hiad chiargo of tho flour dopartinent in the comumisslon houso of Craig, Aloxandor & Co., of this city, nbe seonded on Monday with somo 2500 of his om- ployers' money. Ho also purchased $1,500 worth of flour from Snyor, haw & Co., o short timo, converted it into cush, and stnried for San Frane cisco on Mondny ovoning, Yestordny ho was arrestod at’ Oheyenne, W. T\, and the ofiicora will bo sent for lum, o iu only 20 yoars ald, and has herotofore borne an irropronchablo oharaoter, and Las onjoyed tha fullost confidenca of bis employers and tho flonr morchonta on Chnnge, with'whom lie had daily Lransactions, Arvrest anwd Acquittal of Parties Charged with the Commssion of Murder Four Yenrs Ago. Loumvitre, Ky., Doc, 40,—About four years nz;u Joan Onan 4vas murdored in lonry County, Iontucky, and his body thrown into the Kone {ncky River. Onan was bolioved to bolong to n Ku-Klux organization, and 16 was supposod that hio way murdored by niombors of the gang to pro- vout him ux‘mulng tholr bloody deeds. Sovaral dnys sinco oliht citizens of Ioury County woro arrosted charged with tho murderof Onan, 'fho oxanining trial was hold at Eminenco to-day, n“fi‘ln npecinl to tho CourierJournal roports tlie ncdnittal of neensed on tho ground of lack of wsulficiont ovidoncs to conviet. The Scanlan Murder Cayo in 5t Louls, Br. Louis, Mo., Dee. 26.—1T'hin Coronor's Jury in tho Scanlon murder caso returned o verdict this evoning of murder in tho first dogreo against Michnol Scanlan, tho husbaud of the woman lilled. ho tostimony on which the verdict is lased “wns given by two childton 7 und 9 years old, who state that hoth father snd mother woro druuk ; that tho-father struck - the mother sov- eoral times with his flst, kicked her in tho sido nnd back, and thon sirick heron tho back of the nock with n piccoof board. Ecanlau deniod this testimony, and there is ‘no evidence Lo conviet him, a4 no ouo saw the murdor oxcept theso clildren. A California Towwn Robbed Dy Guers rillns, 8Ax Fraxcrsco, Dee, 26.—To-night, ot Kinges- ton, Freeno County, a party of twenty Mexicans and several whito men, ull srmed, ontered the place, scized thirty citizons, bound thom hand nad foot, and thon robbod the town, getting about $1,000 aud n largo quantity of jewolry, ‘I'bo robbers mado their oveepe,, bui the peoplo aro in ot pursuit, Burgiary at Springficld. 0. Crxcuxyarr, 0., Doe. 26.—Tho d!;{ goods atoro of Kennano & Brothor, Springfield, 0., was robbed last night of 2,000 worth of silks, vel- vets, and other fancy goods. No arrests, Mxysterions Disappearance of a Come . mereial Trav, Lvassviiie, Indi, Dee. 26.—Nathan Marx, o traveler for Lodis Knhn, wholesale grocoer, has dissppenred from Dreston, Ky, under circum- stancos that ereato the-bolief that ha bLas boon murdered. Attemptod Murder and Suicide. New Yons, Doc. 26,—Jamey Gallagher, of No. 30 Pensl streot, whilo drunk, lst night, a tomipted to Lill s wife by throwing hor down staivy, and Iumediatoly attervard fatally shot imsctf. *isted in a Drunien Strect Fight, 27 yeurs, W John Doliorty, A Murderer ¥langed at Peterboro, Ont. Pereenono, Ont., Doc. 20.—DBrenton, nling Cox, was hanged to-day for the muarder of Mra, Tayuo and the boy Daughty, iu the Township of Dummer, in November, 1372 1arrel at Dorchester, Ont, Doneus: Ont., Dee, —Diring n druuk- envow yestorday, hotweon colored and whito aen, ouo of tuo latter, named Bet!, wus illed. Soveral of the riotera wero arrosted. THE ILLINOIS PRISON, Investigation of the Aleged Caso of Malpricticces. i that the Ree cent Denth ol & Convict Way Due to Cuner than Natarai Causey. . Special Dispateh to The Clacago Lribune, Joraet, 111, Dee, 26.—Tho body of Willisms arrived at the uflice of tho Coroner about hall- past 7 o'elock, In tho presence of o jury of twelvo moen, nnd. Dra. Richards, Curtis, and Caxey, and a Tranuxe-representetivo, o post- mortem examination way beld, The head of the subject was found to Lo scalped, but tho scull-boue was undisturbed. The brain was tuken out, as o firet stop, and it was found con- coted. ‘Lho clothes boing romoved from tho reast, the breast-plale was found broken or cut throngh tho centre,—that iy, the cartilegos wore delachied from the sternum, instead of the riba, T'ho whole Lreast was borribly mangled, Inthe oi)inion of the physicians, tho livor uud _gall- bladder were in - healthy condition; lungs ‘healthy, with adhesions with the ploura on the loft »ido ; kidneys healthy ; iutestines healthy, The heart had been removed from the body: The doctors, upon examinivg the heart, exprossod tho opinion that tho allexed rupturo from which denth was taported fo havo ousued bore the marks of tho use of an instrument at cither end of tho gash, Tho ovidoaces wero very plain that tho aparture or rupturo was unnatural, Tho ex- aminaiion will bu coutinued to-morrow, com- moncing at 9 o'cloek, st tho prison, Commis- sioners Counisiug nnd Southworth bave re- quested Dr. son to resign, Thoso gontlomen will be prosont at the exnmination to-morrow, aud it is moro than probablo that Mason will bo rcuimvod if o Iuils to accept tho iuvitation to reaign. GRAIN REGISTRATION. T'o the Editor of The Chtcago T'ribuns : B : If evidence other than that furnishod by oxpedioucy, were necessary to prove’tho uttor practieal jnutility of the prerout system of koep- fug tho records of tho Nogistration oftice, it would be found in the porsonul oxplanation pub- lishod in ' Triouxs this morning, over tho signaturo of Mr, Tyndale, Acting Registrar, Tho public has, until thiv explanation, been permitted to think thut tho rocords of - tho Rogis- tration oftico showed, approximatoly at least, the ectual condition of nffairs in the respoctive warchouses, but tho statement that, i order to agcertain anything concerning the actual state af things in" the warehouses, It Is neeessnry to welgh the grain thereiu, dispels that idea, und demonstrates that theso records no moroe show the condition of afuirs, nctually or nlm:oxlmntoh', than tho wildest romauco cor- reetly ropresonts modern society, If it bo truo, an etalod, thet whonever any knowledgo con- cerning tho amount of geatn b store is dosired, it s necessary to woigh the grain, the inquil What is the vuine of the presout oxponsive nys- tom 7 which is n direet oy upon the produger, becomes pertinent, and, takon with the fuct that it haw proved n fallurein overy respect, o far us tho protection of tho publis Is concdined,— to which tho ex-Registear testifled in the recont examinntion,—sugyeats strongly the proprioty of ubolishing the systom, or producing therein suol radicul’changos as the prosont, Acting Registrar virtually confosses himuolf unablo Lo fnaugurato, This 18 an ago in which more thooroticsl knowl- adgo is practically of no value auywhoro,—cor- tainly nut in o business-mattor Hio this. Tha information furnished by tho Roglutration oflico “uliows what grades shoudd be in tho clovators, whilo tho rojiorts of the® warohousomen show the grmlun for which reeeipts are ontstand- fuze,"—the important faots concorning which {he Inlleis of recoiyts aro iho most {itorostad, e wups 1w va'us of tho warcliousd reports to the Jeg'st ar's rooard 1 virtually concodudiain thiy_statemcut, which i inconelstent with Tho further oune, thut *‘this ofico doos koep its 1 recorda {n such o way that thoy oxhiblt a com- plote ligt ofenll the outstanding racelpts,” unlosa 1t bo adnitted that the records ara kepl upon n peculinr systom of * double-ontry,” of which the ‘warchouso roports, in which tho publle has long ngo lonrned that no reliauco eau bo plnced, cone stituto tho bnsls. Again, it 1u anfd that tho order for slipmont ir tho bt of the Inspector's roturns to tho Regiu. trar of shipmonts made rathor than tho actia) inapection, In thio cnso cited, to Hlustrate “'the modus oporandi by whicl clovaters in this city nccamulato grain of o highor grade than thet cnlled for by their outatanding recoipte,” tha Inspector's rolurn, If mndo nccording to tha fnets, would bo 27,000 bushols No. 2 eorn, 2,000 bigh mixed, and 1,000 bushols No. 1; but, if mndo according to tho order, it would be, so,bun WNo, 2 corn. Tho Registrar, in cancoling réceipts, I8 prosumad to cnncol thoso corresponding in antount nud grado to the shipment made, which, in this caso, is o1l No, 2, whon in fact, 8,000 bushols of other grades linve boon shipped, and tha roceipts thorefore loft outatanding ; honco it follows that tho cancolation mado 18 no moro conducive ovidonco that the graln’ reprosented Dy tho enncoled rocaipt has boon sbipped than the rogintration of tho recolpt Iu if tho fact that tho grain it ropresonts in actually'in storo, Curcago, Deo. 20, 1873, L AdnicoLA, —_—— Coloring the Eye. ' Prof. Lovis is oredited with dovising n vory ingenious means of coloring opacitics In tho cor= ned of tho syo, 'T'he fustrument used is a bun- dlo of from threo to six vory fluc sowlng nogdlon insorted into a handlo. or coloring mttor, ordinary water pigraonts aro used, rubbod toa Fxmty consistonee and mixed with o little glycor- ne. Tor tha black of the pupll, India ink in employed, Tho surfaco of tho opaquo spol bo- 1{;;; wiped clear from moisture, tho patnt is ap- pliod thickly ovor it with n small poncil. The needlo-polnts aro mado to ponctrato ropoatedly and rapidly in yaryig dlroctions, unkil much of tho opaquo surfice ds pone ovor with tho plg- ment. ‘Lwo or'more ropitions of the procesus aro nocesunry in order to ronlize the completo effoot, The'oporation Is unid to giva the pationt no paiu ; and, a4 the coloring matier i regular- Iy tattooed mnto tho tlsauos, it caunot bo washed ont by teavs. IMARRIAGES, FISH_GAYLORD-_AG 1 2 tathor, Nos. 110 WALANL o, o Wenaas oot orte, Mr, §oldon Fish an Gaylord. No cards, TUNISON-JOHNSON~Dco, %5, by the Ko, T. T. Tush, at. ihe' rosidancs, af ho_bridds athor, Adole; Foungost dntiyhter of Maj, Jobn T ; il 4 Bnd Vilitam 1. Jonsnn o Morriae "o carder o7+ MoFADDEN—{10VT—In this city, Doc. t Goilence of tha beider afster, by fh, '}lev.“n'l!mlmfl.ll.:l‘:‘, it il ek o o af o S lio Tov. Deod, 33 1, J. Goodspeed, I M0, Int St. Jolin, N N Wi, b, b i Sl N B 3 Halifax and St, Joha papers ploase copy. lURl](’"Yx—lfl "‘"l‘ city rlm(‘,‘lulslmu Tva, nan Inowles, g ) rpt R s, Eplscopal Tenry Phillips DEATHS, GRAVIES—On tho nicit denea nf his ron, in Winn Fanoral sorvices ou Saturils; TRAXELL—On Thursday ovenlns Jowelot, "only daughicr of Boojai Fraxell. Tunoral from No, 42 Warren-av,, A, m, T tho Sith fust., at The rort Asher G N 5 o ity w10 me ™ tho 25th Inst., n 1% and Sunday, tho 28th,'as L o'clook s of apoplozy of th i lfkrsprgn:ury(oldu:: i i oston), - aged 28 3. Funoral frout tho house, 11 South Sbeldon.st., Sunday AL9p D, e £2. Biston rpors plssn cony. SSIETTER--At Fillorado, Cel., Dec, 8, s ardy Tossotior, formery OF bt chg, o orvattian Rists WRIGIIT—ho faneral cercinonies af . na. ward eI i\ et o Ll Gvarebe Raras D Tora-at., on Satucday, at 11 o'cluok n. s WALDO-At bis rostdence, No, 17 North Ma of conativition, Ansan Tiogt, \aldo, agad 41 s, months and Funeral 350t 125 . 1., Dy oaes to Roso L, Tt ety Do, i, Bes. Biizabotb . B0 yoars, ‘maceal liorafter. GASSEATE=Un Iridny morning, Dec. 2, of bronehial gacamania, Masthe, wifvof Nomiza T. Gastotto, agod 1 yote dubontisult S, i he Mnoial vl ko viuca from her lato residehee, Wo. 1083 Stichiyan-a., on Sundes, Des Sh A6 T oiolohk oy ":bmdu.r tho fawdly are {aviteil to atlond withous notico, _Norwich (Cyhn,) panors witl plaaso capy. ATCTION SALES. By WILLIS, LONG & CO., This, Saturday, Morning Dec. 27, at. 8 o'clock, ‘WIE SHALL OIFER AT AUCTION, At our Salesrooms, 195 and 137 Randoiph-st., Marble-Top Chamber Sets, Centre-Tables, Sofas, Lounees, Rep and Hair Cloth Parlor Sets, Desks, Book and Show Cases, Brussels and Wool Carpets, Stoves, Crockery, I’latc&wnre, &o WILI t & uctlonoe: WILLES L Auctfoncors and Mznufacturors' Agentr, 195 and 197 RANDOLPH-ST. W Reloms Walo TSy By TAYL THIS MORNING, ot Regular Anctlon Snle uesdny and Saturs Hors After Sale Ot & HARRISON. LARGE AUCTION ¢ a'cloct SEAToW Seoond-Hond: Frvnttire and Carpets, 204 nnd 205 Enst Madisou-st. ©Parlor and Ghamber Sots, Tables and Chiafrs, Bods ond Bedding, Crockors, Pleturcy, Cutleey and Plited Ware, arge Boarding House. “Alsu, 1 Inro stnsk el Furniture, poriectly new, eonsistlcg ot Fino Parlur wd Chimbes clegenl. Sida very rieh Joz Ol Paintiugs and Chromos, Ward. ol 3, Otico and Parlor g 31 Plaad Waro aud ) o, b3 elgicd 1 this eale, irehasa shonld wo {11l to afte TAYLOI £ TARRISON, Auctioncers, 3 fast Madison- TO.DAY, at 8 oolack, the REMAINING §0CK of GANARY AND OTHER BIRD I7ill ho closed AT AUCTION, BALE PER- EMPTORY, TAVIOR £ IIARRISON, A and par netfna L 41 Bouth Canalat. (SATURDAY, Deo, 27, 10 2. ., whl bo sold a gensral assortnent of EOUSEEOLD GOODS, Now and socond-band, Aleo, & tiuo Horsc, Buggy, Bar nass, and Koby. & TIRUSH, SON & CO,, Auctionnere, “it South Candlst, TETE SALE OF 0IL PATNTINGS At No. 108 East Madison-st., 15 TO BE CONTINUED This Morning at 10 1-2, Afternoon al 2 1-2, and Evening at 7:30. Thoro ara mlu.\'uamx{m,nn:uhl in tha collectlon, and our fnutruetnns aro to cluso tha balanca withuut lhnit o1 reservo. This {sa raro chancs to sccuro somo valuable Palutings at roully une-half thoir valuo. BRUSH, SOX & CO., Auctioncors. | By ELISON, POMEROY & CO. cmsxm}fiifi OFTEE Bankrupt Stock at 72 Randolph.st., Statlonory, Chramos, Nolsen's Birds, Bunday Sehool Rovwards, Pla trer, Newspaper illa, & Xo,, BATURDAY MOINING, Dec. £, ab 10 o'Glucks Als) gan fixturos and staro listbres, By urder of 1, ., Astigneo. C0., Au By WM. A. BUTTERS & €O, AUCTIONEERS, (BESTABLISELRD 1856.) Nos. 15 and 17 Randolph-st., Bules rend nnd IIXILII"‘A!":}“)'N ufter sulos REGULAR SATURDAY SATL: HOUSE FURNITURE, Oarpots, Cullers, Woodounwaro, (lgare, and Genoral Mer. chandito, on BATURDAY, Doc, 37, at 10 w'clock, at 16 and 1 Iandolpheat, WM, A, BUTTEERS & CO., Auctioneors. A e L 'HOUSEHOLD GOODS. NOTICE. Furniture, Carpots, Bodding, Connters, Alo Toves, k. d Showeares, aml second-land, al O Dtk ey, GASLY'S, 1 and G