Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1873, Page 4

185 CHICAGO TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TREME OF AUBSCRIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADVANCE), Pttt S0 Sty 9360 Laris ol nsearnt tho same rato, To provout delay and mistakos, bo auro and glvo Post On'coadidress in full, inoluding Stato and County. Remittances may bo mao oithor by draft, oxpross, Post Oftico order, or i registora lottore, at or risk. TERMA TO CITY AUNACRINENS, Daily, doliverad, Snnday exconton, 25 cente por wook. Lails, aeliverod, Bunday Included, & cants por wook. Addross TUE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cornor Madison aud Dearhorn-cts., Uhleago, 1l TO'DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. pAUVICKEILS THEATRE Madison strot, botwosn rn and State, . ingagome § . “hirlitmaniivos o, Pho Gkay Ladg.r SHer DR 1I00LEV!S TIEATRI 0ltllokolnfl LaSallo, i Hundol) 110 donova’ Uror troot, botweon AOQADEMY OF MUSIC—Halsted atroot, botween Mad- 1 A, Hoth ison” and Monroo, jothoru, **QOur Amorivan Causts ingogemont of L, GLODI: THEATRI-Desplalues stroot, hotieon Mad- fron and Washington, Kogagomont of Bliss Augustn Dargon, **Rising of the Moou," MYRRS' OPERA-HOUSE Monroo strool, botwoon Denrborn ang State, Arlington, Cotton, and’ Kemble's Minstrols, ** laipla Sirmon," " Mlusizoley and carioali= W OPERA-HOUSE-~No, 19 Weat Randalph AL o tor e Gonelt ot tio. Newatiogst Soma, . IALSTED STRELT O sted and Harrison strecin. 3E~Corner Hal- P HOU! Mackivoy's ** Hiternloon, " 16@20¢ rdvance, or nt $4.76@5.96. Tho cattle markot wns modoratoly actlva aid ateady, with solos ol §2.60@5.85. Bheep woro guict and lower, Tho Indinnapolis, Bloomington & Wontorn Ratlrond Company is tho noxt to bo summoned for invostigation. On tho 10th of January onsulng, n speelal town mooting will bo hiold at Dloomiugton, at which the ofticers of tho road will bo ealled wpon to pload to the following atrong Indictinenit: ‘1. That the cost of tho road por wilo is too high, 2, That tho second mort- gage was fraudulontly {ssued. 3. Thot tho Presidont and Directors have orgnized » coal mine Crodit Mobllior, similar to the Barclay conl mines in tho Gilman, Clinton & Springfietd Company's operations, 4, That the Dircctors have issued four or five milllons of stock to thiomsolves without consideration, &, That the carnings of the rond have been frn'udulonuy and {llegally applied. 6. That thoro is & conspiracy to got tho road out of State control entiroly, In addition to these ginvo pointa of investigation, tho people of Santa Aunn Township will hold o meeting, Jan, 6, to considor tho expedioncy of enjoining tho colleetion of the tax for paymonty of interest on the construction bonds Jssucd by that township. If only onoe or two of tho counts in this sirong indictment are established, the Courts will havo to stop in to tho dofenso of tho 'S MUSEUM OF ANATOMY—Clark .\-29:'. i Sladiacn wat Saar, stockholders, The Ghitags Tribune, Tuesdsy Morning, Decomber 30, 1873, Col, Baker, of the Illinois Stale Journal, hins received the appointmout of Consul to Buenos Ayroa. The Eng]l;h steamor Beoklow was wrecked near Gibraltar recontly, and twenty-two out of twonty-threo of those on board were lost. Stovens Point, Wis., was visited by s dis- astrous conflagration on Sunday wight, which was not checked until ninoteen business-houses were dostroyed, involving n lossof about £50,000. That persistent foo of property, akerosono lamp, was tho incendiary. A cheering gign of the gradual recovery of the vountry tfrom tho effects of the recent financial crisis is shown in the fact that mauy of the largest manufaotories in New England will re- sume operations this week, All the Fall River mills commenced work yesterday. t is intimated in the Waehington dispatches that Mr, Caleb Cushing's nominntion as Minister to 8pain will be confirmed immediately, and without the usual committeo referance, and that be will bo ready to leavd in about threo woeks. ‘With itie excoption of somo general suggestions touching the Virginius complication, Mr. Cushing will go to Mudnd uninstiueted. Tho ongineors’ strito still continues, Insome quarters, however, it is worlkaning, but there are rumors that on tho 1st of Januery, notwith- etanding the Wilson manifeato. it willbe general. ‘The acrion of tho Committces of the Drothor- Locd in this city, representing six of tho prinei- pal ronds contering here, refusing to submit to fho proposed reduction of wages on tho 1si, scems to confirm theso rumors. The outrageous reilrond depredations wtill continue, Yeuterday, ten locomotives wers dleabled in Indinuapolis; o Vincennes freight traln was thrown from the track; and the Little aliami Bailroad was obstructed in soveral places. The Pittsburgh, Cincinuati & Columbun Compeny has offered alarge reward for the discovery of the perpetrators of tho depredations on that rond, Tho list of Jay Cooke & Co.'s assets, as filed in the Bankrupt Conxt, consist mainly of Northe ern Pacific securitica. These sccwrities aro held in various ways, to {ho following amount : As collateral for notes of individuals, $ 201,000 Notes of N, ¥, Compeny, sccured b Louds, .. Open account of N, I, Gom.e Infereat uecount, N, P, Company. N. P, bonds aud stock on ledger.... Tolul, serereas It is very ovideut from ihis showing why tho bankiug firm of Ja; Cooke & Co. was tho flrst to yield to tho finaucial storm, The Northern Pa- cific bonds which aro noted abeve as collaterals for individual notes were probably sold to the holdors, whose notos wero taken in paymont. It is not likely, thorefore, that anything more will bo roalized from this portion of Northern Paclile sccurities than irom Northern Pacific notes, Dbonds, or atocks hold directly. 2,178,565 47,261 41,110 appointed to succeed Gon, Sickles as Minister to Bpain, 18 credited with tho autho: article in & Washington papar, ni! pogitions tnken by Attorney-Generat \s the Virginius matter. After deciding thst the Virgivius had no right to carry the American flag, Mr. Williams took the ground that the flag, though unlawfully carried, still entitled the vessol to immunily from interferenco by Spain or any other foreign Powor, Tho urticlo which M, Cushing io said to have written holdy that this is tantamount to saving not that tho flag protects tho khip, but that the maek protecls the malefactor, To ineist upon it would bo to liconso piracy on the high seas, provided the pirates hoist tho Ameriean flag when hard pushed. Whether Mr, Cushing wroto thisarticle ornot, the position fekeu in it is perfectly sound, and, if it is tho sentimont of Mr. Cush- ing, it bocomes evident that ho ought to Lavo been appointed to Gen, Siokles’ place before now, Ho might have saved tho Americon poo- ple soveral millions of dollars, which lave beeu recklously thrown awey on the Navy, b I'no Chicago produce markots wero generally firmer youtorday, with o lavge uggrogate of trans- nctions, Mess pork was in active demand, and 40@450 per brl higher, closing at $14.90 eash, an $14.80 eeller Fobruary. Lard was in good request, and 16@20c per 100 Jua highor, closing at §6.40 cash, and 8.75@8.80 soller Felru- ary. leats woro guict and 3¢@3¢c bigher, at 5)4@063{o for shoulders, 6}{@70 for rhort ribs, 14@72¢c for short cloar, and 83$@8%0 for green bams. Dreused Loga were quist and easior, at £5.35@6.00 por 100 1bs, Highwines were more activa and steady ot 93¢ por gellon, Flour was quict and firm at £5.26@06.76 for good shipping spring extros. Whoat. was sctive, and }@lo higher, closlng at £1,16}4 cnsh, 8117 scller Janumry, and 812036 seller Fobruary, Corn was active, aud 13¢c higher, closing at 5} sellor January, and 662¢o sellor February, Oats woro in better demand, aud 3o Ligher, closing 4t 330 cash, and 0830 scllor January, 7o was quiet and ossler, at 77@7744c, Barloy was dull for No. 2, st §1.98, and stronger for No, 8, a¢ 81.13@1.18 for good, Live hoge wore activo at At the. regular meoting - of tho Common Couucil lngt evoning n reeolution was offored and laid over, calling for the appointment of & speeinl committeo to connider tho proposition to soll the Lake Front property to tho railvonds. An ordinance was submitted, and referred, granting the privilego of selling lignor on Sun- dnys with closed doors. A propositton to turn the old Post-Oftlce into a temporary Court-Ilouso was nlso veforred. Tho most important busi- ness of the ovening was the report of thoe Com- mitteo on Printing, designating the Tnler-Ocean as tho corporation newspaper, which was Inid ovor until Monday next, The Commitico met in the afternoon, and, upon nscortaining that tho Times refused to recedo from its demand of 756 conts per squars, rescinded its resolution paesed some days ago, and designated tho Juter-Ocean, whick had offered to do the worlk at 45 cents por square, as the city printer, As tho rate proposed by tho Times {s nemrly double the present rates, and as the Staats- Zeitung would have como iu for the same rate, haking an aggregato of $1.60 per aquaro, tho netion of tho Committee was well taken, andis in tho interesta of economy and retrenchment, however much it may oxcite tho indignation of tho Times or distress the Staals-Zeitung, ot tho proepect of losing tho extra consideration with~ out services rendered, which it would have had, hod the Zimes been designated ns was at first contemplated. If that calamity had oceurred, the workingmoun would have had just cause for their aesanlt upon the city authoritics. CHICAGO TRADE IN 1873, In Tue TripuSe yesterday appeared the an- nual exhibit of the grain and provision trado of this city for 1878, The oxhibit is marvelous oven to our own citizens, It must bo remem- Dbored that fhero was a partial failure of tho corn, oate, and barley erops, and that during the Inst two years human ingenuity hag been nt worl to divert freights frem Chicago, by earry~ ing them neross tho State and around the city, cither to ports on Lalko Erie, or directly to Now York and Philadelphis, We havo labored also under tho great disadvantage of o shortage of cars on the part of the various railroads to do tho transportation ssked of thom, Hud thero been a sufliciency in tho means of transportn- tion, tho volume of receipta would have beon much greater. The recoipts of flour and grain during 1878 havo reacked tho enormous aggre- gato of 2,500,000 fons, or, a8 our statisticlan puts it, *“an avorage of 4.05 tons every sleeping and waking minute in the year, including Sundays.” All this staft bag been roceived, warchoused, and shipped, with easo, safety, and without de- lay. Tho working machinery is made up of fifteen clovators, and severnl storchogses for flour. The rcceipts and shipments of bread- nluffs for three years comparoe as follows: RECEIPTS, 1873, 1672, (AU . 1,413 1 450 3 41,850,153 15,90 14,780,414 1,140,086 4,011,783 5231, 4,009,410 Flour, brls 1,087,514 Wheat, bu 13005440 Corn, bu. 86,716,030 Oats, b Ityo, b, . Barley, b Tolals .....0 00,005,503 64, 91,00,780 The totals giveninclude the equivalent of flour reduced to bushols of wheat, The value of the breadetufls recoived was about £65,660,600, Tho city consumption taken from store during tho year was about 4,400,000 bushels of nll kinds, and the stock on hand was: Flour, barrels, 95~ 000; wheat, bushels, 1,645,000; corn, bushels, 1,155,000; onts, bushels, 420,000; ryo, bushels, 72,000; barloy, bushels, 420,000, : ‘This exhibit of tho trade in breadstuffe: is without parallel in tho history of any city in tho United Statos. The grand totul of 96,781,000 bunhols of grain roceived in a single year is ono of tho marvels of the nge. Diuing tho calendar year ending Dec. 27, the total numbor of hoga packed was 1,966,000, cost~ ing £20,640,000, yiolding 229,000 tons of pro- duct, worth $28,500,000. The recoipts and ship- wienis of provisions for the threo yoars thus compare : RECLIPIS, 1873, 1872, Beet, brls. 7,008 14,512 Porsybals, 5,003 121,023 Gurerd meate, b, 63,290,708 48,350,016 SLTBNGE 10,011,507 Y08 T B010,608 Dreseed hogs,No, 218,620 Ylve hogd, N, 4,300,000 Cattle, bflu 765,01 681,076 Blicey, No 491,463 §10,211 Total value of vecolpts of above, in 1878, equals §08,460,000, SUIPMENTS, 1874, 1872, 19,911 203,064 209,737,184 83,010,735 Cattle, No, Siieop, No 136,004 ‘The following tables show tho raceipts and shipmouts of other articlos of produce for the sumo periods ¢ RECSIPTE, o 1673, 1871, 1872, Dutter, 1ts, 14,874,177 Vi L 5,2 44,7 FRTPTT ¢5,374 Lumber, Eringlos, Laty, @ Cotton, DAILY, TRIBU TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, Tea, Ita, ., 411,075,080 . "obcco, ih, ..., 17,810,204 i Bl“_!'l(ltN’Tl. Butter, e, Wool, ih Aides, ) Broom-co 1871, 11,080,807 24,351,024 224 14! i PRyt 171,001 5,001,751 Boede, 118 L.\ Potataer, bit, Bult, bris, s Thghorw atid highe witien, bl v oe 80,432 Lead, fba, 10,842,517 177,68 P « 28,77 « 6,200,003 . . The total value of tho receipts for 1878 is $70,650,000, . Tho valuos of the recelpls in theso sovoral branches of trado show o respectable footing, and may bo summarizod thus s Broadstitfla ..vueueoss Live stack and ‘provision Tumber, butter, wool, eto. A3 for chicesc, sy, poultry, 65,560,000 < o 10,420,000 240,000, In provious iesuos of Tur Trinuse we have givon tho tables showing tho aggregate product of mannfactured goods, as woll as the aggregates of the gonoral wholosalo trado of the city, not included in tho graim, provision, or manufactur- Ing tables, Tho grand rosuit of all thyo itoms, taking thom by olasses, may be thue stated : Sales of morchandiso, Yo tack recolved Breadstnfls reccived, Tamber, Inth, shingle Tiutter, Wool, conl, oo, Othor produco received, Wholetulo, otlior than ahov Manufactures not nclud wiolernlo . Girand total for 1873, 9,000,000 Tor 187 o 40,£00,000 Fov 18] -+ 402,600,000 The figures for 1872 wore for the twelve months following the fire, -'Lho great increnso in the yonr 1878 over that of 1872 was mainly duo to tho increased recoipts in brendstuffs and live-stock, und in manufac- tures. Tho number of hogs packed in the calen- dar year 1873 wa, in round numbers, 2,000,000, against 1,200,000 the provious year. Considering tho ponio and the goneral dis- turbanco of trado acewrring in what Is ordinarily the busiest scaon in this city, the exhibit of Chicago compares favorably with that of past yoars, and shows thnt tho progress and growth of hor trado suffors no sbatement, and that the conildonco in her stability, so genetnl throughout the country, has not been misplaced, That thero may be individual failures hiero as elsowhero is to be expected, but that tho city has received, oris hkely to recowve, any check, is sufliciently dispraved by tho exhibit of 1878, THE RATLROADS AND THE ENGINEERS, It will scarcaly fuil to strilte the pullio that tho railroads ere justifying the chaoracter the farmors are disposed to give them, by reducmg the wages of tho locomotive onginesrs 10 per cent on account of the hord times, and raising tho rates of through freight from 20 to 80 per cont at tho sumo time, Thoe embargo of ice on tho Erio Canal, and the enforced abaudonment of lnke navigation for tho winter, are no sooner announced than the trunk railroads form the regular annusl combivation for an increaso of rates. Thatis tosay, compatition Laving boen temporarily suspended, they form the natural alliance of monopolists, and demand s averago of 25 per cent incrense for their services. This action is not unoxpected, but it becomes more conspicuous thon usual this year in view of tho fact that the railrosds are exercising their powor both ways,—over their patrons and over their omployes. If the railroads are to iucreaso their carnings 25 per cont during the winter, it would scem thac they could afford to pay their employes tho wages which they have received while ratos were 256 per cent lowor. Tho in formation concerning the engincors’ striko, which was published yesterday, with the oxcep- tion of tho reported outrsges mear Cincinnati and Loganaport, csn searcely havo failed to at~ tract public sympathy toward them in their present relations toward their omployers. In the firat placo, the Brothorhood of Locorotive Eugineers is about the only trades-union which consistently discountenances strikes, With this chack on their nction, it i not likely that the cugineers would have resisted tho reduction of their wages without good cause, Asido from this, an investigation mto their pny shows that, without counting the peculiar rigk, responsibility, aud exposure of locomotive engineers, thoy still do not receive the nvorage wages of skilled workmon, The amount of their pay is mado to depend upon the number of hours thoy work, so that it is neces- sary thet nman shall make eight days of twelvo hours each In a weelk in ordor to carn o fair com- pensation oven at the presontratos, Tho average pay of alocomotiveongineer runs from 390 to £110 & month, very ravoly exceeding the latter figure, and more frequently falling under the former. It would require that the railronds should be in & very straitened condition to warrant n re- duction on such pay a8 this. Tho locomotive engineor, who {a at best ovorworked and uuderpald, is held respomsible for thousands of . humau lives in the courso of tho yesr, nnd tho railronds canmot, in justico to tho traveling publie, drive off cxpo- rionced men to talo up with loss compotent and efiiciont mon at reduced wages. Tho troublo soems to be confined to the roads operated by the Pennsylvania Company, which is presumably o party to the New York combination for in- creasing the rates of froight. It cannot afford, at this juncture of affairs, to be unrcasonuble in 1ts treatment of the ongineers in its employ, ————— SALARY-GRAB AND CONTINGENT FUNDS, ‘The first subject for tho considoration of Con- gress aftor tho holiday recoss should be the re- duction of national expenditures. It may be aceopted as a foregono couclusion that Seeretary Richardson's proposition for increased taxation will reccive no favor from any qunrtor, and it ig probable that the Becrotary himself will ba forced to withdraw his rocommendation as an egregious ervor. Tho firat reduction in expenditures should be in answer to the public demand for a rotun to the old pay of Cougress before tho salary- grab,—o demand that s by no menns satisfied by the Wurlbut bill passed in the House. The poy of Sonators, Roprosentativos, and Delegaten aliould be made 5,000, and not £6,000., But this is o small matter compared to the othor omisgions of the Hurlbut bill. The salary of tho Presidont should likewise he ro- duced to what {t was bofore the grab; but, if thé loyalty of the Republicans in Congresn will not permit them to do this, then lot them, at lenst, go to work at tho reduction of the Proaidont's * Contingont Fund,” which Mr, Darwes eatimatos to be 870,000 a year, and which i gonerally conceded to bo as muoh rs €50,000, thus making the President's actual pay nearly half & million for o torm of four yoars, Let tho other more romoto perquisites of tho Executive, not fucluded in thoe regular Contingent Fund, be subjectad to au inapaction, aud, when fouud uu. Thecensary or oxceasivo, lot thom ho wiped out or out down, For instanco, ono of the Proaldont's milltary seorotaries some monthn ngo accoptoed & position In privato lifo, and it was supposed thnt ho had rotired from public ofilco. Now the statomont {8 mndo that his resignation hina nover boon necepted. It s the duly of Congress to oucertain whother ho las drawn his pay 4 an army oficor and military socrotary. Another instanco: Mr, Fred Grant, n son of the DPresidont, holds tho rank of Lioutonant in thoarmy. IHolsn roecont gradu- ato of tho Military Reliool, und has never dono any real sorvico in the army. Yot ho was glven tho rank and pay of Lioutonant-Colonol on the protonse that (on, Sheridan wanted him on his etafr. Yonng Grant having beon ro- oallod to Washington on reerniting servico, bo is pormitted to hold the rank and pay of Liou- tonant-Colonel. Letthe work of reduction begin at thotop by cuttiug off tho useloss and oxtravie gont perquisites of the President’s porsonal and officiol families, If tho Prosidont is Lonceforth to recoive £50,000 & yoar, instend of £25,000, 1t 18 propor for Congress to inquire whether ho caunob dispenso with n large portion of tha 870,000 n yenr sppropristod for hils * contin- gent " exponscs, After tho *contingent” nllowances of tha Txecutive shall hnve boen enrefully rovised, lot Congross repenl tho {nereaso of pny and nllow- ances votod to the varlous. Congressional and Dopnrtmontal employes in tho salary-grab law, It hos boon estimuted thab this smounts to 132,000,000 year, which could bo saved to the peopla if Congress will comply with the reason- able demaud that all salarios shall bo put back to what thoy wore beforo the adoption of tho grab-law, After this, it will bo in order to ro- viso the Coutingent Funds, so ealled, of tho Dopnrtments, which aro moneys to bo used at the discretion of tho Oblofs aftor all the regular oxpongoes have boon specially provided for, In going over the last bill of appropriations, wo {lud that the Lronsuzy Dopartmont has more of theso discrotionary funds thau any other, in- cluding its various . buresus, the mints, nssny oftices, ote. It wasontof the Contimgent Fund of tho Tronsury Departmont that 100,000 was takon to pay Bacz for solling San Domingo, which thnt fllustrious fugitive has probubly laid up for the rainy day which has now come, The following ia tho list of totals of the verious Contingent Funda:’ War Depurimont, ... Navy Deparunent Tuterior Dopurtmant. . Lori-Otlico Departmetit Depurtient of Justice,.. Total, . Hera are nearly £1,000,000 o year intrunted to the heads of Departments, to bo used protly much ot their own ploasure. Aside from this, there are Contingent Funds not actually provided for in the Appropriation bill, which accumulato out of tho excessivo ostimates of the various Depnrtmonts, Thus the Second Comptroller of the Treasury is allowed 98 clocks aud mes- gongers, and $198,000 u yoar is the sum appro- oriated for their compensation. If the Second Comptroller finds he can get along with 90 clerks instoad of 09, Le may save, porhaps, 138,000, which, instead of going Dback into the Trensury, is usually treatod as a ¢ Contingent” fund for bhis burean, The letest way of using Contingent Funds has boen in the purchase of hursos and carrlages for Cabinet oflcoras aud Chiefs of Burenus, After culting down the Presidont’s allowances and the conlingent funds of all kinds, and. re- ducing thelr own ‘salaries, Congress may go to worls {ntelligently to reduce the regular appro- priations, THE PENITENTIARY BATH. The testimony before tho Coroner's Jury at thé State Ponitentiary in tho eold-bath ecaso, which resulted in the death of the convict Wil- linms on tho 12th inst., is now sufilciontly com- plote to eatablieh tho fact that & most cruel out- rage Las been perpetrated, in violation of the prison regulations, Tho facts of the case, dtated briefly, nre, that the man Williams was roported by the guard, on the 10tk inet., for not doing o veasomable day's work, Tho prisonor complaived of being sick aud unabie to worl;, and said that his hands burt him. Io was taken to tho sick-hall for examination, and wns ordered by Dr. Magon to retwrn to duty. As he continued negligent sbont Lis work, he was ordered by the Physicinn to bo provided with the cold bath, The punishment was administored on tho 12th, He was plunged under cold wator twice by somo of the ofileinls, and, after that, twico by Deputy-Warden Hall, ashe had reeisted the punishmont. When ho wag taken out thoe fourih time, tho attendants noticed that hLis appesrance was changed, and they went for the Physiclan, but he died in five minutes, ‘The post morfem oxmmination shows conclu- sively that tho bath, either directly or indirectly, caused his denth; consequently, there can bo but two thoories in thu case,—either that the conviet died of strangulation by drowning, or from a rupturo of the benrt, In former cases, whore this punishment Las been administered it hns ‘been the practice of the Physician to be in at- tendanco, and, after an Immeision of tho convict, to allow him to recover from its offects by the usual methoda of restoring ciron- Iation. In this case he was not allowed this privilege, although he was plunged into cold wator an unusunl number of times, and the physician was not in attendance as he ought to liave hoon. Buch & punishment might have beon dangerous oven to a henlthy mnp, but, in this case, tho proof from the Thysiclan’s tostimony is clonr that tho convict wns an unheslthy man; that is henrt was coverad with an unusunl quantity ot fat; that ‘this’ condition of the heart unfitted him for hard Inbor and would oventually lead to death ; that any violont shock would havetonded toproduce a rupturo of the heart, Dr, Curtls anys: “The jmwodisto couse of the alloged rupture of the henrt might have boen any ox- citoment or shock of tho systom,” Dr. Casey says: **A violent shook to such & man as Williams would bo likely {o produce sorious ro- aults—rupturo of tho heart for insiance.” , Dr. Bacon saya: ** A violont shook to n porson with such n heart would produce an undus accumula- tion of blood, A cold bath producesa flow of blood to the heart, and this, & rupturefrom over- distention momotimes.” Now, whother 'the theory of strangulation bo trie or not, and whother tho rupture in the hoart was produced by physle ©cal cansos, preoipitated by the bath, or by the Lnifo of Dr, Mason, tho testimony shows that the punishmont prodiced death aud was due to ourclossnoss and ignorance combined, Dre Casey says in his testizony; * A physician could have told the condition of the henrt by oxnmina. tion beforo death, It would he groes neglect in & phydlolan to oxder w violond shock fvithous & knowledgo of tho condition of his patlent.” Dr. Curtin nays: * Tho decenaed’s hiealth conld havo been nscortninod by modical oxaminntion heforo his death,” and yot Dr. Moson hind oxam- ined him aftor ho was roported by tho Wardon, and found nothing tho mattor with lim, and, attor sleopiug oloven hourn upon tho stono floor of his “golitary" coll, tho diroased man wos plunged into cold wator four timos nt 7 o'clock in tho morning, Tho canse for such ignorance or carolosancss ns this 18 partly accounted Tor in tho teatimony of Dr. Bacon, tho ex-Physician of tho Penitentinry, who ARYD ¢ Wan alwnys prosont when o batl wan glvou, Teft thio prinon July 16, Dr. Magon was appolnted Thyale elanin June, Gon. Bano wanted mo to stay at the prifon uftor Masan came, to give bim (Mason) tima to post himself in practice, for o hind heen practicing dontiatry for Lwelvo years. Bano wanted mo to atay threo montha, If Thad given mu order (o batho o convict, T sliould hnvo regurded it eriminal negligenco tobave hean absont wheu {ho bath was given, o theso facts it romaina to bo ndded that at tho timo the Doctor applied to the Comtnig- afoners for permission to adminiater tho bath, nnd recolved their vorbal authority, there was an order against bathing for punishment on the records of the Board, which was recognized ns o rulo of the prison, View thoso facts iu whatover light wo may, tho least that can be said is, that it was o oruel outrage, resulting in desth, and inflicted - iguorantly, carelossly, nnd nogli- gontly, and againsb tho rulos of tho prison. Tho caso s, thereforo, nufciontly grave to warrnnt an examination of the -queatlon whother somo one is not guilty of homicide, Tho testimony of Dr. Ben 0. Millor is quite positive that the hesrt wns not ruptured ot all, but was out epen by a knifo after death, It iu also admitted that tho pris- oner's ead was hiold under wator “fivo or mix scconds " at tho thmo of tho third bath, Why was his head put under water at all? Was it put under again during tho fourth plauge? Was tho prisoner drowned? These arc matters to De inveatigatod as much na the fatty degonera- tion of tho Leart, which, by the way, scoms to be reduced to o minimum by the testimony of all tho pliysicians, rr———— THE STRAW-BAIL ABUSE, Renders of Tue TRIBUNE may have noticed a controversy in these columns over the Thomp- son burglary case. Tho facts soom to bo these: Tho residence of Mr. R. C. Givens, on Prairie avenue, was entored que night early in Novem- bor by a burglar. His wifo wns terrified into a it of sickness, his proporty was jeopardized, his ownlifo threatened, The burgler was caught coming out of the window, and arrested by Of- ficor Burgor, of tho police force. The officor brought the burglar to Mr. Givens boforo taking him to tho station-house, that the latter might be able to identify him. o then spent flve days in having tho burglar indicted by tho Grand Jury. After the indictmont, the burglar was admitted to bail, two mon becoming Lis suroties to tho amount of $2,000. Tho officor who mado the arrest was thon approached, zs ho swenrs, with the suggostion that it would be to his advantage not to apponr against thé burglaz., Mr, Givins also states that he received intima- tions that ho would be reimbursed for his timo and trouble if ho would not prosecute. Mr, Givins naturally folt outraged. Ifis house Lad been invaded, and his lite, his proporty, and Lis family put in jeopardy. Ho de- tormined to sparono personsl offort to secure Justico in the caso. When the day of trinlcame, ho was present to prosecuto, but the burglar hed fled. Tho bond has not yet beon paid, and Mr. Givins thinks it novor will be. Baflled in the offort to securo justico in tho usual way, ho hag made known bhis griovance in a nowapaper com- munication, with the hope that an exposuro wilt contributo somothing to the reform of a system which, whorever the fault may be, too frequently permits thioves and burglars to escape. The Thompson burglary ease is not altogether excoptional. There are many others like it. Now, whoro is tho remedy? 1Men cannot, undor our Inws, bo donied the right of bail for other than capital offenses, no matter how cloar the proof may be agaiust thom. In the Thompson enso, tho burglar was apprehanded iu the act of gatting out of the window, and the proof was apperently indisputable, 8till, he was entitled to bail whilo awaiting his trial. Tho fixing of bail, however, is largoly at the dizeration of the Court, and tho amount should be in part deter- mined by the Lnown characterof the ovidence against tho accusad., Slould not the clonr na- ture of the evidence against Thompson have induced the Judge to oxact s larger bond than §2,000? Tho character of the sureties in eriminel courts is mainly under the control of the State's-Attornoy. A largo numboer of for- feitures and repeated failuro to colleot from the sureties furnish prima facie evideuco that all tho care and eircumspection which the people havoe o right to demand aro not exercised in this partioular. While overy man accused of other than capital erimo is entitled to bail, ho is not entitled to it unloss ho can furnish suretics that aro absolutely gond for tho smount fixed by the Court. It s the busincss of the Stato's-Attornoy to sscortain whothor these nuretics are good or not, and, if he doos his duty honestly and ofllclontly, worthless bail-bouds should not bo 8o very numerous, Mistakes of jndgment will happen, of courso; but they should be the rare exception, in order that thoy may bo credited to mistuken judgmont alono. Provisiona for tho speedier trial of crim- inal endes; inorensing the amount of Lail accord- ing to tho conclusiveness of tho evidenco of- fored; n grenter amount of diligence in prose- cutlug forfoited bonds, and moro clrcumspeotion with regard to the responsibility of the suretios, are essontial to break down the iniquities of the straw-bail aystom which have beon suffered too long in this community, ———— A your ago the Ifou. Jobu I% Farnsworth, of this Stato, who opposed the Salary-Grab law, drew tho back-pay und divided it betwoon tho savoral counties of his distr ‘he people of those countios peromptorily rofused to rocoive the money on thoe ground that it wuk stolen prop- orty, and one of the conuties actually forwarded {ts portion {o the Treasury of the United Htates, ‘I'bls same district composed of the Countlos of Boone, Winunebago, DoKulb, Kane, and Aolfonry, {8 now ropresented by Qou. Blephou A, Hurl- bat, who, instead of voting tor the repeal of the act of robhiery, himaelt proposed that the salary of the motmbers of Congross should be {ncrossed from what it wag o year ago to the sum of 86,000 o yonr aud trvoling oxpensos, It b was, robbery @ yoar ugo to recelve §7,600, inatord of §5,000 and wileage, I it Jeus than robbory now to take &0,000 ond personal expougos 7 Doed the robbory conslst m the smonnt takon, orin the porson who takes fvy Tarnsworth ‘opposed and votod againkt the in- cronse fn any form; ho refused to fuke the money when forwarded him; snd the poople agreod that it was unclean beosuse dlshonest, Hurlbut deliberatoly proposes. to pay himeslt £0,000—ovor £5,000 of which ho had already drawn—ond his tinvellng oxponses, Porhapn the peoplo of that district wora nat in enrneat in do- nouneing tho incronso of pay; perhaps Stophen Tnow thoy did not want that law reponled; and perhaps thoro {8 o mornl ditroronce botwoon tak- ing $1,000 oxtra pay and taking 92,600, THE CONFIDENCE THILVES, Tho statemont s mndo by thoso in & position to know, that not loss than 200 profossionn!-gam- blors, braco-donlors,” * bunko-atoorers,’ pan- ol-house keepors, and confidonca-oporat re, of varions descriptions, bavo come tg Obieago sinco tho late munieipnl cloction, Two onusos nre nsaigned for this influx of dangorous POrsong ; (1) 'That the rosult of tho iato olection hns beon constried a8 a guaranteo of o groator lcenso in the future for this class of peoplo; nnd (2) raids that have heen mado upon thom of Inte in Now York, Louiaville, and othor cities, with tho purpose of driving them off. ho City Gov- ommont of OChlcago can oxorciso mno cone trol over tho latter causo direotly, but it can indlractly, by kpecdily and offectivoly romoving tho first, and theroby mnking Chicago s more uncomfortablo abiding-placo for tho gamblors and thioves than auy othor cosmopolitan elty in tho country. That this policy has not yol beon adopted is ovidont from the fact, amply attestod, that now gambling-roome Lavo hoen oponed in difteront ports of tho city ; that kono games bavo beon started ; nnd that the bunko-men liavo become bolder and moro numerous than ovar. During the past woek, o rural gontleman, of unnustakably rustle appesranco, was ne- costed throo times in onoday by confldence operntora, but had fortunntely beon forowarned, The incidont is mentioned to indicalo how numorous aud alert -tho thieves are, but & vory small proportion of whoso oporations are ever brought before the Police Courts, Tho only way by which the present rioton and growing carcer of the confldonco thioves can bo ohecked {a the earncst .co-oporation of the Police Department, the Prosecuting-Attornoys, tho Juaticos, and tho Criminal Court. It may evon bo necessary for tho Legislaturo to pro- vido ndditional facilities for approbending and convicting theso men. Asit la now, tho confi- donco-operators usuelly oscapo punishment by foilure to prosccute. When spprehended and brought bofore the Polica Justice, they take an appeal from his sentence. Somo one promptly furnishes bail, and, before the dayof thoir trinl in the Orimiual Court, their viclims, who nro usually nonerosidents, have either received their money back on condition they will not appear aguinst tho accused, or, liaving roturned to their homes, refuse to incur the exponse of returning to the city to prosecute, Under the progent systom, therefore, it ia poxt to impossible to seenro tho Siual conviclion and punishment of the confidence thioves, Tho Allen pancl-houss gang wero only sentenced throngn tho personal efforts of tho man they Lad robbed, who happened to bo possossed at onco of the meens and tho disposition to follow them up. The groat majority of such cascs, hovwever, are diecontinued for want of evidenca when tho Justice’s sentence involves anything more than n fine, Tho flrst thing to do is for Justico Boyden, who has succeoded Banyon in the judicial guardianebip of the confidence- men, to clean out the filth and mire which his predocesgor loft behind; to eut off the system ot straw-bail, which has been too freely recog- nized heretofore, and to moto out the full mens- uro of thelaw to tho confidence-mon, The next thing to do is for tho Polico Department to give the Police Justicos thoir active co-operation in the work of convicting tho culprits. They should not content themselves with moro arrests upon charges, Dlut exerciso greater zonl in colleoting evidenco against thom, and in berring thoir eacape after they have been admitted to bail, It may further e necossary to demand of the Legielature ono orall of the following auxiliaries to justice : 1. A provision that the Criminal Court shall give precodonce to any esge which, in the opin- ion of tho Prosocuting Attorney, domands an im- modiate hoaring, thet tho ends of justice may not be thwarted by losing essential ovidenco that may naot bo forthcoming if postponed. 2. In liou of this, there should bo o Municipal Court, whoso decisions are tinal (as they aro not in tho Justices® Courts), excopt as to the right of appoal to the Supreme Court of the State. Such o Court, In constent sesslon, could furnish immedinte henrings to all these cases. 8. In tho absence of either of theso provisions, it should be the practice to bind over witnesees, in all cages of appeal from the decision of the Justice, for appearance at the trial in the Crim- insl Court. To rellave this practico of the hard- ship it wonld now infhet in cortain cases, a Houeo of Detention should be estublished for the separate maintenance of witnesses held over for appearance st trial. Such an institution was recommended, in fact, by tho Stato Board of Oharities in their last annunl report, on account of the injustico of remanding wit- nexsos to o common jail, whore they are thrown amonyg thioves, murderers, and other criminals awaiting trial, 1t is nocessary that one or all three of thexe provisions should be mado, in order to jusure propor punisbment in what sre called quasi criminal casos that come under the jurisdiotion of the Justicer, In the menutime, the Lolico Justices, Commilssioners, Captains, and Dotoe- tivos, the Prosccuting Attorneys aud tho Crimi- nal Courts must wuuite their energies if they would suve Obicugo from socinl postilence, NOTES AND OPINION. The Han YFranciueo .ita (Administration), which onght to kuow what 16 18 tulkiug about, dectares Newton Bootl: * n politiest onemy,” und Turther churacterizes hiv as ** an nvowed enemy of the Republican party, working oponly, not for its purilieation, bui for Its overthrow.” The Alta turther prodicts that Booth will fiud himsell uw alion in the Senatu, between the two old po- Hitieal parties which uow have, and which, it nuys, munt continue to huve, ¢ axclusivo posses. slon of tho Nativual counclls The dife de- nouncos tho wiuth of the Administration upon uixtoen mon who were snecountad Ropublicuns, but who voted ror Booth'; and it udds, e ssuo remurks apply Lo those Domoorats who vated forBooth,” Do the vouductors of the Albauy Frening Jouraal, the Indiunanolis Journal, the Jllinoia State Jonwrnal, und other Adminiatrution Journals we might uame, ever read the San Fran- cleoo Mlta? ~T'wo good ioxts from theleading Administras tion orgun of the Pacltic cunst: Iio two ukl nud (ona] parties will survive the teaftors wha betvayed the In tos Tegialatnre of 1878<%, wnd convinee (hei et peroianont {lumllv\diy 19 notto o bl by i hotrayalof politheal pidetple,—A i, Dec, o, 20, e politichius st Washiugton way posstbly combing 1ot obutucies S the way of oilo [Hooth] whom 1y fegard u8 8 comman enotny s » dungerons ity Dee, i1, Vhits the Bun Francisco dita fs thus speals- iug of the common vaugo of * the two old na« tlonal partios," tho” Boston Post predonts anothi- or viaw of it, as llustrated now st Washington, viz, s i An for the Detuocrite, ihoy ave Wwepi away by thé +How like tho lion and the lamb'did these polif ey power of tho provalant morcenary influcnce, They. have no foottng dn tho fousc, Thio. neblon of thoir uk tneant nurrendor to the {fl\lmlnmrl of {tho Treannry, Ho il wau {nlerpreied hy the Demoeratio pvess, wind ro ey will bo finally fudged und conefimed - aulivion, o o o Their Tate, Nin et of the majorl- ty of tho Repubilewnw, will ‘bo n waraing for mauy yeary —lIhe Quincy Iferald (William A, Richardson, ox-M. C.) says: Wo linow that rome of them {Demoerata in Cone gress] aro n avery wicked plun {0 10l the Treasury or anytling else, just us souch ue oty lepublican ment. Lok of Congraity aud miglht eng, Sust an bad an o e publican, —Forbearanco hina censed Lo bo n virtue, and tho motto of campaign banners noxt summor will be, “Down with Halary-Grabhers, cnemies No down togethor, rud connivo and cons trivo Lo Tob the poople.—iason Cily (it,) Inde- pendent. —Loth Domoceats and Ropublicans are oqually guilty, nccording 1o thoir reepestive numbors,’ and should atl ho ropudiated by thoir constitue cats, nud forever debarred from holding ofileo in tho future.—/lavana (1) Olarion, —Wo will tako pleantiro in writing tho obituae 7 notices of Democratic Congressmen who, with *“ Chiristinn statesmoen,” have died with the “ golary-stoul,” nud will bo burial noxt fall,— Jonesboro (IIL? Gazelle, —Tho peoplo are thoroughly tired of the monay-grabbing, echoming proclivition charnc. t;rinl e uf mauy Represontutives,—Galena (1il,) aze | pnofl!n are indignant at the wholesels robbary by their publio servants, and at tho our- llest opportunity will paes sentonco upon the oulpritd, . . . Au aroused people ara_on tho Hf.lr-palh.-MoLcau County (Iil.) " Anti-Monopo- --It is nmistako to nssers that the gonersl indignazion of the country ot the law incronsis the pay of Congrosamen i maiuly at tho b selury-grab part of it.—Lilclyield (2UL) Monitor. —Tho molory-grabbers and their dofondors procoad on tho supposition that the poople cars nothing except for monoy, aud thut, a8 thero is 1o money to he recovered by tho pursuit of the grabbors, that pursuit will conse. Thoy mabu tho same mistakio ns have othor noliticiaus, , "I'he peoplo proposa to pursuo the grabbors wi voted for the Lill, all thoss who tooi tho i; croased pay, nud all who fail o work and va: for the ropoal of tho law, ‘o peoplo aro re Lot about this thing.-~Illinois State Register, —If thoey imngine that the peoplo uro lookil on a8 unconcorned spoctators, and would neco: with equal indifferenco an increade of tho pub: dobt, inerensed Laxntion, or reduced expen! tu1os, they have very much misanprobonded the popular tompor.—Illinois Stafe Journal. ~—If tho wave of vicoand cormpticn whih Reoms about to overwhelm the country is toio arrested, it must be done by the peopls rising iu their might and mnjent{ and boldly but with tho monopolies which havo yanquisi Congresses and Legislatures heretofore,—le- ville (1U.) Advocale, —The Saluvy nct of last session will and mst beo repenled. "1t not by the present Congre an outraged conatituency will seud Repreuc: tives totho next sossion of Congress that vl heed the voico of the poople, and expunge from tha statute-books that infamous monsure,—2, ee- port (1il.) Bulletin. —1Lhe country is in no mood to he trifled wich on this subject.—Kansas City Times, —No tinkoring, howover skillfal, will iop public clanor.— Yankton Dakotian, —The bill, n8_passed by tho House, s an in- sult to tho people.— Olark County ( Win) Py re. —If Congiress supposesa thet tho peopto *will necept such o compromise it 14 badly mistai.eu. It is o mean, disgraceful act, aud as dastardi - tho original pnsioge of the increaso law.—Ust -cla (fowa) Sentinel. “L'he majorily of Congress seem to have n inndequate conception of the popula: doe m or have made up their minds to igno o i, —Independence (Ioca) Bulketin, —*Clumor,” i3 it? Foolisn gabble, inzaue ravipg, tumiltuous cries, an uprogs, T ic? « «+ + Tho only remedy the poople Lave i+ w rige up aud doul with Congress as a body of wcu who refuse to obey tho public commaud,—6 ra:q Rapids (Mich.) Democral. —Unless there Is o speedy and sweepiny ra- form in the present Congross, it is useless (o e: pect & Republican majority in tho nest Con. gress.—Monlague (Mich.) Jumherman, —Lhe Forty-second Congress, fruitful in bic- ter memories, is followed by ono of little les: promise, and thud oarly in the session wo sce tho firat glimmer of o bittor reckoning which is to follow.—ZEzansville (Ind.) Journal. ~—Lho ’}mnple demanded a total repeal of the incrensed salary bill. Nothing loss will the cept; ospecially when their servants talic about conceding to their mastors. . . . Wo aro now on the anxious soat waiting to beliovo tho preseut reprosontatives of tho great Republican pariy are true to the wishes of those who placed them in power, but the nction of many on tho palary question defies faith.—La Grange (Ind.) &tand: ard. —The enemics of any repeal at all hope tc get tho Sonate and Houwse to disagree, so that tho House shell insist upon its particular foru of yepeal, ang the Senate on ity particular form; aud, between them, no repeal at all will pass, Thon Congress will adjourn, and the merabers of tho Houso will soy to the Fflnplo: You wec that we tried our best to repeul the salary-grab; but the Sennto defeated us. Aund tho Serators will say: Wo tried to repeal tho salary-grab; but the obstinacy of tho House defeated us.— Detroit Post. —It was resorved for the Hon, Benjamin But- lor to discovor that *‘members of Congre:s are the chosen of the nation, sud_botter as e class thon mew in ony othor profession " Then muy tho ?vnad Lord *bave pity npon this natim!— Carlyle (1lL.) Union lianner. A —The pooplo have bean imporative in then demuuds for reform ; thoy asked for » plain and distinet repenl of the odious fealures of tho sal- ary stoal ; !hi‘y Laye been treated with seorn aud contempt. The language of the Burlingtou Hawle-Fye, which wo "quoted Nov. 14, may bo quoted hero as the sentimont of tho pedple : “TTho duty of Ropublicans is plain; if they fail to dischinrgo it thoy should bo driven into rotives ment a8 foon as passible.” And wo may add, lot & now party bo formed by the people to take the reins of power.—Mt. Pleasant (1a.) Pross. —Thors was u well-detinad and decidert de- mund from the musses of tho people for the unconditional repeal of the increase salaxy bill, This thoy lookod for as ono of the first measures of the new Congress, Bul the expectant pablic haye thus far been disappointed.—Masshall (163 Republican, —Aro theso tho good times the workingmou wero promised_provided they ro-olected I'rosis dent Grant 2—Piltsburgh Post. —It 18 very easy to kit by a good fire, with u full stomach, and’ reason upen the laber ues- tion, nnd tell those peoplo thut wo must a'l be willing to bear o share of the wuffering ocen- niono&hy the pauie. . . . If we have Lreud d;:t,sl, Congress must anewer for it.—Toledo Blade, ~Congrosemon xre of the favored class, and all 15 onay and serene with thew. Thoy retuse to koo thut tho willions are suflering, that thov muy vujoy splondor; and thoy go on daily add- iuy to the lond of tho nation, Increasing sals- ries, and porpotrating uli kinda of jobs, {0 £uuke it harder on the pom‘ man, This stato of thinge must cens, or the uprising will o such &« to wipe out in o duy the erimes of & deeade.—ilur- Uinyton ( Wis.) Democral, ~Thore probubly nevor haa beeu u time in the hintory of the cauniry when tho peoplo wery watching the asts of Congressmnon with as close aserutiny ws at the presenc; und it will fury badly with any Congressmun who recklessly stuuds in the way of tho onsctinent ol measurey which are denended,—Detroit Free Press, ~When thut time comes thut Republi-un Lhioves and plunderers in Congross, or out of it, are exerapt from eriticls bocause editors 1.7 Lo b roud out of tho parly, it will bo u sorry day for the Ropublic.--Nashue (Jowa) Posl. —Tho Newlon Rooths of this calmicy are soite tored ull over it, and trom Maino to Woxns the cry goed forth from hundrods of thousands o1 men, who aro nol morely bolierw trom the Kee publican pa but who, like the California Sen- ator, “ plot the imwmedinte and tuul overthrow of the votwon dynunty thut now dingracos and op~ pressos Lhe nntlon.—Omala Hevald. ~Thoro {8 another rich mine for rotrenc. ment, senrcoly oppned ad yel, in the redundant pay-roils of the depmrtments. . . . Out with the drones to the Inst tan, snd let us ses IF the ordinary exponsoes of ruuning the Goveyg- mental muchina cannot bo brought within tha presont ability of the ‘Lyousury to puwy— Harlford o) Pont, Ve hope P'resident Graut will (scelng thay the Constitnlion prohibits the change of the Drewdont’s salavy durlug i term of oftlco) gover Limwolt with glory by vefusing to reccive Iiiw oxtrs %25,000 por yoar, and glving the proper Transury oftivinly dirvotions to unvnrg(t back futo tho 'Leeasuvy.—Danclile (1) Commercial, %Only Republican paper-in Danville,” e WISCONSIN ITEMS, . Sestal Dispisteh tu Phe Chitgpo Tridune, Mantsos, Wik, Dew, -A cotsidorable auur ber of tenchors wnd County Suparintendents uve nrrived, und movo aro oxpeotod to-marrow, to attend tho winter mooting of tho Stato Togchs ors’ Asgoointion and the cunvention of Couuty Buperintondonts, which opens to-night and roe m‘gut h;\:«miu‘l)nn \mltxu Dac, 80, d B, 0, Gossli ov, Washburn has romoved P, 0, Distriot-Attorney of Wood County, o n?;‘)m?f :fio«’\)uty and appointed George ({M‘dnl\'w