Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 27. FINANCIAL. WATCHES, CHAINS, &o. LOUNTY SAVINGS B Corner Clark and Madison-sts, Interest on Deposits at 6 Per Cent. ‘¥aaey can be drawn at any time between 10 and 8, DIRECTCRS: . B. OGDEX, REDMOND PRINDIVILLE, 5. 5. BOUTON, GEO. TAYLOR, i1, D. 0 BENJ'N V. PAGE, ). OGDE: 2 B, WADSWORTH, F. O. TAYLOR. AL D. OGDLN, President. F. C. TAYLOR, Yice President, C. H. MULLIKEN, Cashier. . TRAFTS ON ALL EUROPEAN CTTTES. DIREE: i | l% ‘vnm}*')'g ingi: ’a‘l"’)—-gf; Slaie of Tinos. Fxclusively a 105 CLARE-ST,, Mothoist Church Black. Sux per cent compoun interest on deposita. Passbooks gro. “Aloney also {nvested for othors on Bond and Mort~ : no chargeto COVILLE, President. . Krsry REED, Cachier. P R Barine \he ricent panic, this Bank has paid all on demand, without notice. $15,000.00 (ion Hie & Leather Co. Stock FOR SALE, AT LOW PRICE AND EASY TERMS. Apply to C. B, FIELD & 00., 10 Portland Block. DIGY We will make it to tho (ntorest of parties baving claims of 2oy dsecriptdon, to consult our fuctlities for tbeir ad- . We hizve regulacly retained attorness in every iwwn 1a tho country. Charge nothing unless we colleat, 2ad no attornes’s foes in suits. FRASIER'S Mercantils Colleotion Agenay, 146 East Madison-3t. = MONEY TO LOAN 9 Satistactory Coliaterzls. WRESN & BREWSTER, Baokers and Note Brokers, 8 Washingon-st. GENERAL NOTICES, CIT X WHPTROLLERS OFFICH CHICAGO, Jaxn. 1, 1874. ATTENTION! TAX-BUYERS! Ancst Profitable Investment fs offered in the Tax Certificates held by tho city for the salo for elty st 167, which Iwill sell at speolsl and most favor- iblenstss in amounts of from Ono Thousand to One ‘Exndre¢ Thousand Dollars. Buers and holders of theso eertifcatis vill b entitled at onca to the amount of the wlo1nd 83 per cent adsance, being for the first six maths from date of sale: 50 per cent from 6 to 13 mosths; 75 per cent from 121018 months; and 100 percent trvm 18 to 2 months. B Tatll further notico, delinquent taxpayers may abtain rach of thefr certificates of tho abovs cliss as may remain unsold, vpon pasment of the amount ot sale and thiree pex cen: preminm. S. 8. HAYES, City Comptroller, Room 3 City Hall. The Chicago Relief and Aid Society Esve been receiving, dariag the last few weeks, an aver- Ageai fram <ic hundred to seven bundred lotters datly, Ea2y of them repstitions cod reany of them withont 2 nsma or roeldenos of tae wiriters, aud in many ‘Cases riters cannot be found, though'-carcfal visitation is Cadeat o nddross given, fnvoleing @ largo smount of 7k aa our pat, 20d to very hitlo purpos e Direcion are thorefors ccpeliod o a4 g rmlatiy * Buized, Trat horealter no letiar of spplication will ro- e aticntion alees NAME A2d ADDOE e — R — 3 can be saistactortls and \d 1bs satisfectorily and prompt] roc) ang e, 1 worths, 06 mare Pend certainly o beved, and resolves , farther, thet no application: be Seriiasdccent s (he regheat of tho bemen for whom 1 ogli, expressed A sriling ovor B1s OF her own fomimre o PO RS General Superintendent. ‘the Leading Mercantile Houses and Manu- Chicago, Jan. 17, 1874, We have changed the name of our firm from HIBBARD & SPENCER to HIBBARD, SPEN- CER & CO. F. F. SPENCER. J. C. FRISBIE, A. C. BARTLETT, A.'D. LAMB, TAX NOTICE. SAPT. JORN MURPHY, Tax Collector North Cht- B, it oo follecting, Taxcs for 187, and arrears of i 2 McCormick's Bullding, Taz:payers would o G lag easly pasmeat, and seo thels propearty HYDRANT FAUGCET-STRAINER. HYDRANT - FAUCET-STRAINER. CH, 25 CENTS. eovelence s tanaht. and most persans sroaware of oo \hrough the whoia year, but moro 80 in wintor, ater containg animal matter {n the form of fishes, ;fl:& o decd ad live, whizh we consume nanotloed ":nm Tpon us, as, for {ustanco, Tapewarm, &e. £ £ f £ : 13 2 : 5 i £ i el comes ont with the water, is detrimen- can 88 Who e children skould ot be without this reg lrainer, 4ud shonld havo it afiixed to their hy- a:,‘.v“”‘ An examination of its contents after iy wse would satisfy anybody. g gy 020t Alwags examino or strain the watar bofors Lox ooflo0 or toa; thereforo, protect yousslt s . EYDRANT FAUCET-STRAINER. hould be addressed to HYDRANT FAUQRT-STRAINER, ¥ 403 North Wells-st. ~ACENTS WANTED. WANTED, $10,000. Aty ien s e with this sum, who is willing to in- ot In 8 business yielding large proits, Hs aigted on & strictly cash basis, and cops- teiy pOCI0E enlarged to any extent, can ob- ciipsTther informetion by calling st our - 'WILSON, PEIRCE -y 2 el 2 (Room @), 162 Clark-st. i ; { ™¥Iate end Window Glase Morchants and Fisted Manufacturers.” ° & — man chly versed I trade) an s Cavelen: Al dbess 1 S Teibins ofice: | WALTHAM WATCHES | ELGIN WATCHES, - SWISS WATCHES, GOLD CHAINS, The largest stock in the West and the LOWEST PRICES. N, MATSON & €0 State & Monroe-sts. SEVENTY-FIVE first premlums award| lod for BEST PIANOS. zofio‘?g have been manafactured and aro} iriety of o "Pians 80 Orgas Waremoorms of ¢ W. W. KIMBALL, STATE AND ADAMS-STS, aasortment of new Pianos and Or-| INSURANCE. WILLIAMSBURGH CITY FIRE INSURANCE CO, OF BROOELYN, N. ¥. STATEMENT JAN. 1, 1874, Oash’ Capital.... oo -$260,000,00 Qash Surplus, after deduocting all Unpaid. Liosses --.. 421,966.82 Oash Assets over Liabilities:...$671,856.82 Before renewing any Policies of Insurance Merchantsand Property-Owners will consult their interests by obtaining ourrates. Desir- able risks written on as favorabls terms ss the nature of the risk will permit, without reference to the arbitrary rates of Boards or Cliques. . DAN, M. BOWMAR, Agent, L 171 LA SALLE-ST. BUSINESS REVIEW. CHICAGO TRIBUNE'S REVIEW FOR 1873. A Business Guide and Reference Book to facturing Interests of Chicago. E. COLBERT, Editor. COontains matter of interest to all business men. Possessing a permanent value as an Advertising Medium. Copies sent FREE to all responsible merchants and manufactur- ers throughout the Northwest. USINESS J¥EN in all branches whn desire mngs d " avail reach the country ves at once of to ahe themsel: f st purpose. Bpecial space, wiih - PRINTERS.STATIONERS, &o. Warrington, Esterbrook, and Gillotts | THIS MONTH AT WHOLESALE. STEEL PENS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. CULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & CO,, 4 118 & 120 MONROE-ST. BLANK BOOKS! flATXONmY aad PRINTING farnished promptly aad 5 at fai prices, by J. M. W . 104 AND 106 MADISON-ST. SUMERS will find 1t profitablo to got ‘our prices bt hee: LR & mlgi\& 5‘ i1 Stat ers, Printers, and Bl e ot vans, 168 Clariat: BUSINESS CARDS. "DE LA BANTA, or and ed, and will CONMISSIONER OF DEEDS, 0Office 169 LaSalle-st., Room B, First Floor, 0N W. KING, the only Commissioner in Chicago SIMEON oo bail Terriories, RAVIDg & GEPATATE o et Biata and Territory. Also, 0. 8, Gommis- sloner, Attorney, Nota: Pablic, and Pas: icer, DISSOLUTION NOTICES. DISSOLUTION. PIERCE& SILVEY, CHICAGO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1874-—SIXTEEN PAGES. LADIES’ GOODS. DTG 57 ! For Six Days TEEH LOW BANKRUPT PRICES 77 STATE-ST., - TRANSPORTATION. Recommendations Made. by the Convention in Wash- ington, Legislation Desired for the Reg- ulation of Inland Com- merce, 'filey Cau: for Laws to Prévémt Unjust Discriminations, Necessity. for the Enlargement of the Erie and llinois & Michigan Canals. ‘WILL BE MADE JUST ONE-HALF! e, ON E -H AL}_“ I The ‘Dend-Hend- System’ Condemned. BATLROADS, - For six dByS to close out enti ‘WASHINGTOX, Jan, 17.~In the Cheep-Transportation stock. Convention, this morning, the majority report of the Committes on Rallroads was adopted. It declares that relief must come from leglslstion, by which our system of railroads ean bo ‘regulated and improved, nd by competition, which will completely carry out One Pricei=rmisazam: ONLY HALF OF THAT, of the Association shall endeavor to obéatn the passage of certaln laws in thelr respoctive Btates, including a “law prohibiting l!.\‘ Taliway com- jus! nies , from and (= R T T - Aare not oomped.gg palnu,“ln& a.r::'ol oginmfig :l.lmnu- Will buy elegant Lices, Bm- | 13 wmpaa i Soetd cunants broideries, White Goods, Ho- Ssbiam, with tho dcus QTG AN Co¥ e Belong: siery, Underwear, Corsets, IMil- | it clls for logisation, making 1t a penal offenso for linery, Flowers, Ifeg.thers, HAir | vy tonss, ot waibiiog. siloey o > & < % from granting . other than -employes, and Goods, Jewelry, Fans, IN- lands dien in sy FANTS' WEAR, TLadies’ and | stcis vy e Refional Goverssmen, the manace of Children’s Alpaca, and Linen | faie e oo dasactes ta shonls be woon o Suits, Ribbons, Takile Damasks, | 2 flww“fi;%‘?%mg ';’:‘i% Napkins, Towels:, LLAMA | teriehito piscs cars und locomotives thercon, and ta LACE SHAWLS, YANKRS |G iSlomet s S ankiud. gf:o psrilcl:]esen d(éss ;B‘Z;;%Y Jostah Quitisy was. elocted Pmlxim;, with'a Vice- GOODS and JEWWELRY are about ONE-QUAIRTER of ordi-- President from each Stat ind B. H, Ferguson, Sec- rnury.m ‘The g‘m wo‘:’ vr;l‘l ‘be held Inml:&ond, Committee. nary Retail Prices. 2 COA'L. HARD COAL! MITTED, - ‘We have reduced the price of WILKES BARRE COA $8.00 Per Ton, gates from 5t. Louls. DELIVERED. B LHedstrom& G, REMARES . Senstor Windom addressed .the Convention, and 20 thah the Gommitap of S Senate, of whici b i o Chairman, had been emplo; ering mu 1nformation. * Ho coutd not BoY speskss. 1o Toport would be, buthehad no doubt thatit would Do satisfs Do expressed tho opinion that it 71 Washington-st. - PRILADELPEIA, Pa., Jan. 17.—A meeting of the action relative to tho fix- On Monday morning I will soll Lackawanna Coal for gg | Dr was lield to-day, fo take & per ton delivercd, snd $7.60 por ton in yard. No order | 108 by lawof the salaries of the Judges thronghout the ill bo booked anless accompaated by the mone. Dlos- | Stats. Tho following prosmble and resolutions wero ‘burgh, Lobigh, and all othor Coals at lowest prices. Of- | offcred and sdopted : ; , and ready to preacnt o tho Senats about Feh, 1. fices—250 East Madisonst., 1% South Markotest., 300 It is provided by the eighteenth section 'PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, - Resolutions were ad that the Convention ask of ‘WexRzas, Lambor-t., adjoinlng Cighteonth-st. Bridgo, and North { of Article 5 0f thej new Constitution that, the Judees o 8oV Comgress, a3 mesas of aording relef to the coza- try, the enlargement of tho Erie snd Iake route, ilirgement nd extension of the Tiluos & ichiges ] to Afississip) iver, at Bock Ialan ther ‘with the completion of fila work on the Iilinois River; ‘improvement of the Al River and the Ten: Great Western Cansl; the extension of the Chesapcake & Ohio Canal from Cumberland,‘ Md., to' some point on the Obio River, and the 1 of the water line through Virginia. . STANDING COMMITTEES Were appointed, and to .them the plans for, and re- ‘ports on, cheap transportation were raferred, with in- structions to presant the results of their consideration. of the several papers to Senator Windoa's Transpor- tation Committee, = The Convention then adjourned sine dle. * LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. The Bar of Philadelphia Demand an Increase of Judges’ Salaricse-An At- . torney Disbarred. “ ‘Pior noar Lighthouse. ROBERT LAW. _ | of tho Supreme Court and the Jud Courts of Common Pless, snd other Judges required to 'bo learned . in the lsw, FINE CLOTHS, &c. JOBBERS & TAILORS ATTENTION! £20,000.00 ‘WORTH OF FINE CLOTH Herghant Talloring Goods TO BE SOLD shall st stated . times receiva for their service an adequate compensation, which shall be fix- od by law and paid by the Stae. ‘They shall roceive Do other compensation, fees, or perquisites of office for their services trom sy source, nor hold any other office of profit under the United Siates, this Btate, or of Staf ized, That, in the opinion of the membera of the mrarr'flndgzpm.m salaries of the Judjges of the several courts of the county, a8 now pald by the Cam- monwealth, and of the Justices of tho Supreme Court, are inadequsats snd insuficient. o * * Resolt That we earnestly recommend that the salaries of Judges whonrs to be elected, 23 well as those now hol commission and who ‘are to consti- tute the Judges of the new courts, sud the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court, be- at sums ‘which shall more nearly approach to an adequate com— pensation for the service rendered. " Resoled, That & committee of fifteen be appointed by the Chairman to take such measures a3 mzy be nec- easary to bring the subject to the attention of the Leg- " talature and to further the objects of this meeting. ORWIG PUNIERED, I shall sell my entire stock of Cloths, by the Piece or Pattern, REGARDLESS OF COST. Those m the trade now have an opportunity seldom offersd. A.E.STOREY, TO RENT. For @ent! SPACIOUS AND ELEGANT OFFICES IN THE Soectal Dirpateh o The Chicago Tribune. SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Jan.17.—The Msacoupin County contempt case which will b called pp on Monday Dext, is exciting some interest here. -The Iocal papers of Carlinville lhh'fi(iduuly thst the Bupervisors of AMacoupin County gg to jail and stay there rather than obey the Couzt in the order to levy tho 1 tax, which was t the last term of the Court. The curious are anxious v leern what Judge Drum- mond will do. - 5 ' Interesting Suits sm Indiffna.gyye... The 4 Journal 10 ANSWEr a Churgo Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. LANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 1T.—For $Wo years past, s pretended _corporation called - the United Stafes Accldent Live Stock 06 Company has n o this o clty, . lasuing policies and “doing & general 0o business. Bome timeago an action in quo warranto was begun by the State, on the relation of J. J. Cofer, *ginized s corporation tolsw; that there is 1o lawsuthorizing such a carporation : that thedefend- N ants have been and ihe ded fran- AMERICAN EXPRESS BULDING, | Siiis S S pmehcins s e R, AC o ;;mn corporation, Tho tril ¥as conctuded to-day, snda 3 o » verdict for platntifr, e WM. H. SAMPSON & CO., A fiom in the. Datly Journg this morniog, stated 144 LaSalle at., Otis Diock. | that the wife of Bhipperd hod commenced an wfian':&r diwr‘e?h 31!5!’0 noon Shipperd had ' sult against the Journal Gompany, clatming BEST CORNER &iic: : QITY, FOR RENT, o RELIGIOUS. Cor. Dearborn and South Water-sts. C. H. BECKWITH & SOXS. REMOVAL. ‘Another Episcopal Minister Joins the Cummins Movement. o Y. J. E. PENFIELD. Tho soparmorsiny &~ 151 dy HRLiPRd b 0.0 WIEELING, W. Va., Jan, 17.—The Eev. M. namo of 5. Taylor & Co., s this day A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AN y z 3 I.mme} signs in liquidation and assumes sl of the 8t Matthew's Charch of B e e e | I RIRA OV AT e | 5, i el oged ) Chicago, Jan. 8, 1874 . D. DUNCAN. R 5 Dishop Johason’ R glm.:ue, ¥ aball contiaue to do busiaess updos (el BT S MRS. DR_ G'ROSS lettes of withdfuwal rom the & Church, sent $eot i stock the argest assorizment o e, ot o ey Aol mn“fi-rmg-’ e in e ey, s Al 8 fol lag of o Qs Has removed to the Sherman House. i, fo Davs i for 5 SeReee T St b T DISSOLUTION. OCULIST AND AURIST. tis Smpartact matler, - otyod by T | A A A A A AN A Detmappe it el i THE EYE AND EAR. | - THE WEATHER. toxl coneent. 3. B X D A RO ION, | o G B WALEPE, 181 ficaih Clarkst., Chlcago, af. | _ WASHINGTOX, D. C., Jxn. 17.—For ew England and Chicago, Jau. 15, 1874, TVERERETELD. tends excinsisaly totho weatment of discasss of the Eys | the Middle Atfantic Htstes dlesr or partly cloudy Tho business will bo carmied on Boreatter mnderthe | snd £ar, anabasa e stockol ¢ eather, sud souih il provail witn iaog firma namo of Saymour & Penfield, t, the old, staasy, 20 ARTIFICIATL - Btates, ‘oast o M Biver, loudy EsTanLserp A. D. 1861 weather and rising temperature, with easterly to southerly winds and probably 7ain on the coast. For the Ohio Valley, rising temperature and falling barameter, with eoutherly winds and fair weather dur ing the groater portion” of the dsy. For theLake Rogion and Northwast, the temperature will_probably rise and continue above freezing, snd partly cloudy "!e:;hu:lupr&'nnfiuceptm o northern portions of theae districts, where threatening weather and Light Tuin are probable, i STATE LEGISLATURES. Little Change in Affairs at the Texas State Capital, Correspondence Between Gov. Coke and Would-be Gov. Davis. The President Again Advises Da~ d vis to Abdicate. TEXAS. GALVESTON, Tex., Jan, 17.—The News special from Austip, Tex., Jan. 17, says : Gov. Davis atill holds out. No transfers of either State officers have been mada. His friends say ho will await tho resnlt of the Cabinet meoting in Washington to-day, Anprsts, This evening soveral of the ring-leaders of the mob who arrested the Mayor yesterday were arrested ona eivil process—four negroes and three whites, It caused aulte a stir in the basement of the Capitol, but nodem. onstrations wero made, Eversthing is otherwise quiet, Tho following correspondencs has taken place : COKE TO DAVIS, o the Bom. Edmond . Donse T A0 Tan- 16, 1674, B : Having been on yesterday, the 16th dsy of Jan- uary, duly and constitutionally declared elected Gova €nor of the Stats of Texas, and having fully qualifisd 28 such, I have to ask of you, respectfally, the delis~ ery ito my possession of the Executive office of the Btate, together with the papers, archives, and all prop- erty pertaining thereto, as well s the office of Secre- tary of Stateund its archives, papers and property. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, . Riciuno Coxz, Exzourivs OFrics, STz or T FFICE, STATE OF 3an. 37, T} Sm: Acknowledging the receipt of your communi- cation of yesterday, Ihave tosay inTeply thatT do not, ns you know, regard you as the Exocutive of this Btalo or entitled fo the possession of the Governor's offico or any offlcial records. Iam myself tho Gov~ eror of tho Stato till tho 33th of April next. So much on_this point, I will add, sir, fo my view, and I hope also to yours, ' it be- coms us ss citizens desirous of preserving the Peaoo of our own Blate, that we should, wittout delay, Concur in some plan for scttling the question a8 10 which is the legitimato State Government, and of put ting an end to tho present disturbed _condition of the State, As matters now stand, every day adds greatly to the injurious complication of our affairs. I, there. fors, now propose to you to subrnit the of the United States, or to_both. As the Execativo of tho United States is bound under the Constitution to sustain the legitimate Goy- ernment against domestio violence, this question is 8 proper one for him to decide. I pledge myeelf to abide the decision to be thus made, and will advise all good citizens to do the same. Ialso propose to foin with you in adopting the meana best calcnlated to se- cure a prompt decision of this question, greatly de- siring an carly settloment of theso troubles, - Trusting that you will meet this appaal with o similar spirit T Temain respectfully, 30X J, DAvIs, Governor, To the Hon, Richard Cooke. COEE TO DAVIR. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, AUSTIN, Jan. 17, 1874, Hon. E. J. Davis; 8m: Yours of this inst., m reply to mine of yester- day, has been received.” By,the will of the peopls of Texas, fairly and legally exproseed at tho polls,and by the rocogmition of thelr Roprosentatives, the Four teenth Legislature, now in sesion, it bas been decided that T am the constitutional _Governor of Texas, and as guch have beon duly installed ; and ‘holdlng fhis decinlon absolute, snd de clining under ‘any circumstances to consider your ‘proposition o refer tho matter to another authority, I Tespectfally renew tho request mede in my nots of yesterday. Txomamp CoxE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT. Capt, George Clark made s demand on J. P. New- comb for the State Dapariment, ete., and was answared. bt Newcomb would Sowply with whatover Davis ordered, and that ke held by his order. Till Dava surrendered the Execative gtico ho would rematn. . THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT INTERFERE. 2 -WasurvGroN, D, C., dun. 17.—Attorney-General Williama this afternoon sent the following telegram to Gov. Davis, of Texaa: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Wasiiioron, e 7 Asm that according to the Contitution of Texas you wers Governor untt] the 23t of April uext, and’ that the on. Richard Coke has been inaugurated, and will at. tempt to reize the Governor's office and buildings, and calling upon tho President for military assistance, han een. referred by him to me,-and I am instructed to say that, after consid tho fourth section of “Article’4 of the Constitution of Texas, providing that the Governor shall bold his office for tho term of four years from the date of his inutall- ment, under which you claim, and Sec. 3 of tho election declaration attached to said . Constitution, un- der which you were chosen, and which provides tuat State and other officers elected thereunder shall hold thelr respective oftices for the term of years prescribed by the Constitution, beginning from the day of , thelr ° clection, under which the ect claims office; and more than four years having expired since ‘your cleckion, he s of opinion that your Tight to the offico of Govornor at this timeis af least 5o doubtful that be does not feel warTanted in furnishing United States troops to ald you in holdiug furtler posscasion of it, and he therefare! declines to comply with your roqucat. Gro, H. Witiiaxs, Attorney-General. e EKANSAS. TorEKs, Ran., Jan. 17,—Three sessions of the Sen- ate were Lield to-day, aud most of the time was occu- pled in discussing the resolution condemning the Con- greasional salary-grab businese. The amendment de- Touncing President Grant for signing the Back- ‘was 1, and st 10 of Libel, =1 bill ly o'clock to-night defested by a voto of 21 to 6, The original resolution,.which condemns approves the ty, Was then sdopted by the same vote. This vote understood to b a teet 25 to the political standing of the Senate, f = IOWA. Special plepatch to Th Chicags Tribune, Des Maxes, a., Jan. 17.~The lock in the House of Representstives is unbroken, The 100th ballot swas taken just before noon, and the House then adjourned till Monday. s ‘There ate rumors to-night that a compromise wil be effected the beginning of next week. - RAILROAD NEWS: Muwaukee & St. Paal Rallrond. cial Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Mcdurcon, T Sans Thihe. Siiwaie kSt Paul Company wea represented in our city 1o-day by John C. Goult, Assistant General Manager; C.' H. Prior, Buperintendent ; C. B. Wakeman, Asairte At who were Iookinh. 05 e ebi3ping of. b ioga gent, who were looking the ehip) (2 e o +amount of produce which has mcmgm:d at the dif- ferent stations of sald road. A consultation was beld by thelngunflm:n ‘with some of our leading citizens in rd to the extension of the road from North McGregor {0 this city, The result of the conference 1s unknown. Taxes of Pennsylvania Railroads. Special Dispatch to The Chicaro Tribune. I, Jan. 17,—Tho State tax on gross re- Copta pala Iist year Sy ‘LE; ;hfladg?shlzas &lr%::déng Ih:kv:d £256,805.26. ‘el lvania Raltroad Company 1iq §185.727.90. R );“"; "“‘;‘“;g & Facific Dividend. EW Y0 an. 17,—It hay the Atlantic & Pacific T Gouren. wported thit on its 'g:lnmhso dividend of <ho Missoust. & eacifia stock, the announcement 1s made that tho disvieed 1 ot due tll the 20th fnstant ; by the terma of the tary the Atlantic & Pacifio have ninsty days that dage in which to pay before forfeiture can be % The Cairo & Fuiton Road. Lrrrir Bock, Ark, Jom. 17.—The first through train of the Cafro & Fulton Raiirosd for Texakam went down to-day. At that place connection was mada th tiio Texakana division of the Texas & Pacific, ell-ral consection with Tezas, Thomas ATl 2sident, and B, G, Marquand, Vice-Presidet, Chief- Ecgineer Morler, and other railroad Qignitarios went down on the train, Affairs of the Atlantic, Mississippl & Ohio Railrond. Nrw Yonx, Jan. 17.—1t a meeting of the bondhold- ers of the Atlantic, Misularippi & Ohio Ruilroad yes- terday it was decided to reject Lhe y.ro) 00 recents ly made by the Company, asking the Lc!ders of tho coupons dus on Jan. 1, 1874, to fand such coupcns into the Company's notes, pasable on or before Jon. 1. 1879, with interest st 8 per ccht, psyable semi-annually, A commities was appointed to confar with the bond- Bolders elscwhere. : Fhe Lake Shore Koad Passes Its Divia . dend. W YoRx, Jan. 17.—At 3 meeting of the Directors of the Lake Shore Boad fic-day, it was desmed inex- pedient to pay the usual February dividend, = GovEnzon: Your telegram of yesterdsy, staiing. THE LABOR:QUESTION. No Improvement in Affairs in the Penn~ sylvania Coal Regions, A General Strike Considered Inevitable. Strike of Rolling;Mill Operatives at Newport, Ky. THE SCHUYLEILL COAL REGION. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicogo Tribuns. 4 GENERAL sTRIRE, WILxespaxne, Pa, Jan, 17.—The miners in the Schuylkill reglon decided st a meeting to-day not to go into the mines until their demand far the basis of 1873 is acceded. The strike in Schuylkill Gaunty has thus Deen inaugurated. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. PorsvILLE, Pa., Jan. 17.~The Executive Board of the Miners met in this city to-day, and offictlly in- formed the operstors of thelr rejection of the $2.25 ‘basis proposition in the following letter : P Pa., Jen. 17, Mr, George W. Cole, Chairman, etc.: ¥ Sm: We have thia day agreed to abandon our dev mand for circular prices, and o accept tho same basis for 1874 a8 wo received for 1872, prices to be ascer- tained in the usual way, which we hopo will be accopt- ¢d, 8 wa have no desire {0 enter into & fight with you, Yours respectfully (Signed), Jomx SrEY, QUALIFTED A 4 qu onETMENT. During the session it was resolved that members of tho Association ehould be permitted to work for opera- tors who will sign an agreement to continue paging the 1873 prices during 1874, As thero aro quite 8 number of individual owners of smaller collieries who are will- ing to do this, the effcct of the resolutions will prob- ably be to induce the Company to refuse them cars, or raise tae tolls 50 high that they cannot ship st & profit. The Company announces, in s circular dated Thursday, that it will farnish its customers with coal from othier reglons, and carry it for less tolls than in ordinary times the carry their own coals, ‘PLACKLEGS. Another resclution was adopted by the miners’ meet- ing pronouncing ail “ blacklegs” who consent to work in any colliery for leas than tho £2.95 prices, excepting only such as may ba engaged in second outlet-work or dolug other work under the veutilation law, This brings us face to face with what will probably be s long and costly stoppago. A dozen miners told mo to-day that their people can and will hold oat until midsummer, and the Company ia equally resoived not to succumb. Thers are rumors of troubles in other parts of these cosl-felds, but no reliable evidence of the existence of any troubls of e, mszgnitud THE ANTIIAGITE BOARD OF TRADE, of individual operntives, also held s meeting hero yesterdsy, and decided, after Toceiving the state- gxent :.1 the e, ot muely have e further profl;:;:; jons to make, because they can do nothing wif Mr, Gowen's ald. 4 . [To he drsociated Press.] Pa., Jan. 17.—~The Execative Committeo of the Miners’ and Laborers’ Benevolent Association. unanimously rejected the Gowen propesiion, and adopted a resolution allowing men to work in any col the owner was willing to pay the $2.50 transmitted go _the taking action, de ‘proposition 10 make, T Pprospects of along and extended strika, 6 org o 22X STASOIDS DIETIIGT e operators have not sgreed o pay the 1873 basis, only those collieries ahipping Westward and via Lehigh routes. Other operators making shipments over the Philadelphis & Beading Ballrcad have joined the iatter Gompany, and inslst on a reduction. A GENERAL STSIENSION. The Datiy Standard suys : There is no longer any doubt of the fact that there is general suspension of operstions in _this reglon, and, unless the phia & ~Reading Coal. and Irom Company ~ recedes from ths firm stand it Tratracicd dnd aoels. - Buspension has wow fatsly bt Trotracted dnd costly. Suspension has now faisly Fun. When. of How it will 3d [0 OB ean pretics, “The men are well arganized, have a full treasury, and aroresolved not to yield an inch of what they consider thelr righta, -'Tho Company, on the other hand, is de- termined not to make a single concesxion, and Gowen has begun a policy which looks 23 though bs would protract the gt indedaltely, To supply the - ‘roads nnd the local trade of Philsdclphia; he has begun shipments of coal from the Lehigh reglon,ores braach- 28 of his road connecting with that ‘Tegion, at lower rates than he ordinarily charges to transport 1t over the main roads from Port Carbon fo Philadelphia. Among the smaller operators-thero is a general feoling in favor of paying the baslsof 1873, b il THE WYOMING COAL REGIONS. Svecial Dispateh to The Chleago Tridune. GLITING READY 7OR A STRIEX. WinrEasinze, Ps., Jan. 17.—The miners in the Wyoming coal region havenot yet decided mpon .a strike, althongh there in every probability that before 2 month a general suspension will ensus. Ata con< ference of tho miners held .some days ago, It was re- s0l7ed to ask for an incresse of 10 per cent upon the wages of 1873, and a delegation was appointed to wait- upon the leading combinations and operators working the region (o secure it, They were informed that no such idea would bo entertaired, and this result was communicated back, No action has 56t boen taken. To-duy ttio operators dotermined not only to refuse the increased proposition, but to make s reduction of 10per cent, The miners will assemble in this city on Wednesday next to take the question into considera— tion. The leading men in thisregion are united in the, opinian that tlis reduction will 3 PRECIPITATE A GESERAL STRIKE thronghout the entire Northarn coal ficlds, which are t and mst valusble in. the State. Your corres— pondent interiiewed scveral of the hesvy operators in tho region to-day, but they all stated that no trouble wis spprehendéd from the men, are g matters cool enough, though men well scquainted with the workings of the coal trade declare that they ure playing o deep game. Thers is no ques— tion but that determination to force- this reduction upon the men is the sequel of the secrot cen of coal operators heldin New York a couple of weeks 2g0 o form a combination and unite in HAULING UP THE PRICES OF COAL - to speculativo This 18 to bo done by making & general reduction on wages throughout all the region of the State, which the miners will not submit to for & ‘moment. To-day, & large meeting of the mizers of the Wyom- ing Coal District was held in this city. The question of a strike, however, was not discussed, It was re- solved to’ adopt tho Copstitution of the National Miners’ Union, Thus it can bo seen that the men are quietly organizing for an opprossive movement by ca- rolling under the one banner, e Wyoming ooal region s coptrolled and operated FOUR LAEGE CORPORATION: called the Pennsylvania Coal Comrany, hesdquarters at Vitsburgh ; the Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Com- pany the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company.. areall ;\'ew ?im flgmm%n& ggxu in u;.‘ gregate a ca] ,000, giving employment £5%50:000 mon.” They atola the Dewly-formed combi- nation, which is now controlling the coal trads of the country, Wark in the 18 now suspended, hxllz This suspension reparations for the &3de; Thers will be o theso facta tnto consideration, is bound to go up. general striks in the State is fhreatened. - on. 17— miners was held in Weiss Hall this afternoon to delib- erats upon the state of sffairs at present existing, to effcct an orgal and unite with the Na- H . Bpecches o r ufléa of the National A sociatic an: others, explainmg Gbject and designs of st 0, 204 etting forth its advantages in ths present staie of affairs to thoroughly prepare for whatever might come. An ad- dress presented at the meeting in Ohio s month 8go wis read and met with heatty approval. It was then voted to JOIN THE NATIONAL ASSOCTATION, and » constitution was at once adopted ané officers nominated. were EPSULT OF THE CONFRREXNCE. The Committeo appointed to wait upon Charies Par- rish, bearing » demsnd for aa sdvance of 10 per cent in wagee, made a report 2fter reading the paper hich wia handed him saking for an increase of T34 for 174, he roplied, * You cannot have whit ages. 1bave been are cntitled {0, &g’ 1 cannot m.?,v:,’.;'.‘t ‘when I o 20 7 ons 2 et 1 e to have the answer ‘writing, but this Parrish declined to do. 8o Dothing was doxe with the repart 18 the answer s member stated that theydawers not om s striko; that the Company f0r which they had Do working had fstopped all but fwo oz threa and they were now iter xoeping toem e as ‘National Association, Workangmen, would vistt this and that the Prosident was aut ; during their stay, that Lhe migers migh! s rern fhom o the present condition of THE MINERS OF LUZZENET B3y the stoppage of 80 many coal-warks is no ‘NUMBER 148, theirs, and there is really no such thing as s “strike.” TIE FABGO COMPANT Dave suspended work, and miners nre their 1dls- time to efTect n thorotigh orginization, and have askedr. for an sdvance of 10 per cent when again set at work, but @id not stop because the advance was refused. THE MEN UNITED. 3 Representative men of their number say there (s, great unity thronghout this regon, and should the. threat of Parrish {0 reduce wages ba carried out, they’ will not resume work for many weeks. They claimy that the Companies can well afford to pay more while they are gelting present prices, and that they do notr want to oppose capital, but only to receivo a just aad~ equitable compensation for thelr lsbors. ittt IRON-WORKERS' STRIKE. L Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. - BOSS BOLLERS AND XEATERS OF NEWPORT, XT. CINCTNNATI, Jan. 17,—The boss rollers and heaters’ in 8witt’s rolling-miTl, of Newport, Ey., which works_ about 800 operatives, receded from the Plttaburgh', scalo of pricea for manufactured iron, and the mill iy idle. About 600 of the operatives have families, and &, great deal of destitution and snffering are entalied by the action of the bosses, The rebellion of the bossas embraces all the mills'in’ the Ohio Valley, as well as: mills in Missourd, Tennessce, and Illinois. As Newa ‘port lies acroes the Ohio from this city. communics~ tion is ‘easy with the Cincinnai mills, and thef Tebols show 8 solid front, All the manufscturers ssk’ is for Isbor to co-operate with them to produce iron at 8 cost which ahall enable them to put it in the market to compete with Pittsburgh prices. THY DOSSES WILL NOT ACCEDE, and s general stoppage of work is the result,. The manufactarers deciied wpon their notion from tha | fact that, whilo iron haa fallen in price, there haa never ! any decrease in wages here. Eachof tho bosscs net $0 per day afler puying their helpers, and thef sliding scalo would reduce this net about 30 per cent, still leaving a handzome margin of clear gain. Theraare twenty-elght of theso men engaged in the | Tesistance at Bwift's Aill, which has been chosen a8 &' battle-ground, as the proprictors are_determined to « Tun it With men who will comé i on the liding scale, butit is almost as much as their livss sre worth todo " it Those who accept are denounced a8 b DLick smEEP, and are mobbed whils going and coming to iha. mill. They are walted on ot night come'y mittecs, and threstened with violemca.', The mill is guarded by special delslls of police, and in soms cases the industrious aperativast: have to be accompanied by police to and from their:; homes. Tho operatives are as effectually under tko control of the bosses a8 the alaves on & cotton planta- - ton, and think they ae marty#s to a principla becansa’ 2 they suffer rather than go back on their bosses. Many, of their familics are slceping on straw In aheds, sad' " ‘would starve to death but for the sustenance received at the soup-houses in XN clty. The bosses aro. swear fo stick it out as g a5 manufacturers, but it is not a question of prids or ob= stinacy with ths latter, but a mern question of auility. to produce manafactured iron ot a rate sufliciently low to allow a paying margin. As there are twenty lirge’ © mills, xnd 7,000 operatives and their families inyolved in the rebellion, it becomes o very serious question ta the fron manufacturing inlerest of the whole West. e MISCELLANEOUS, f New Yomx, Jan. 17.—The stesmship City of Pan- * ama, which’was to have sailed to-day for Aspinwall, was prevented, owing to the strike of the enginecrs, Erouble betng pprehiended, the pollcs bave chargs of > 0 vessol. : CASUALTIES. Reported Drowning of Twenty-Eight | Persons at Burr 0ak, : Mich, . Miscellaneous Items. Rumored Drowning of 'f Wenty-Eight . Persons Near Burr Oak, Mich. : i Special Dispatch (o The Chicago Tribune. A GRaxp Raroe, Mich., Jan. 17.—H. M. Becbe, msil - messenger on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern “Railrosd line to this city, reporis that be found great - excltement at White Pigeon, and other towns in tha¥ neighborhood, where accounts were recetved Lsst night " of the drowning of fifteen or eighteen young persoas while akating ona pond at Burr Ozks on the Lake Shoro & Michigan Southern main line, One of them ..., .. DBOKE THLOUGHTEEIGE, . ~ when others crowded around snd attempec. hiz rese cue, The ice gave wuy, letting in twenty-soven others, - all but about ten of whom were reported o have - drovned. This is all he knows about it. Strce writing the above, sdditional accounts, Fecetv- od from passengers by s Iater train, state that the pre= -ylous report does not givo the full extent of the calam, ity. Ttappears now that the whole number drown: waa twenty-eight, Nonames are yet reported. Train Wrecked on the North Wiscons ¥ sin Road. cial Dispatchto The Chicago Tribune. Bavass Orie, Mg Gate 1Ay aecidont and reck occurred to Train No. 3, on the North Missouri Rosd “this afternoon, near Dsrdenne, thirty-five miles west from Bt. Louts. Several persons were serfously ‘in- Jured. Mo particulars recelved to-night. ‘Went Down with All On Board. New Yons, Jan, 17.—Capt. Packard, of the Amerie can bark Mary M., Bird, at this port, reports a colhsion with an unknown ship ¥hich occurred on his late voy- age trom Marseilles to New York, Nov. 3, 36 degrees 3% minutes latitude north, 3 d 18 minutes longi- tude, st 5a.m, Ho hoveto and remained in the vi- cinity of the collision until daybreak, but saw nothing of thie ahip, and supposed sho went ‘down. witi all o The Missouri River Bridge Slighutly Damoged. an. 17.—An immense ice-flos struck ons of Oxams, J the piers'of ihe Missouri River bridge bero to-dsy, throwing it;out of place two inches. No serions dame 2go done, however, ‘The sifuation of the printra’ strike is unchanged. st sl i e CINCINNATL A Revolution in the Police Depart. ment —The Chief Deposcd for Ale leged Intimacy with Gamblerse Special Dirpaich 10 The Chlcago Tribezs, OmvanvsaTy, Jan. 17.—There was & revolution here to-duy in the head of the Police Department, caused by s rather singular circumstance. The retiring Citef, ‘Col. Klersted, who has been in office since April lsst, and has performed his duties faithtully and fearlessly, Bea x Pointment to effectaally it than any ‘predecessors, and g = the gamblers . who anclent receipt in which: ng Democrat, Mayor and the P 1o present 3 defanse, After the vole dej was taken, Col Kiersted met & reparter of Zne utrer, and also of the Signal Corpe, named G. 4. H. d sla) his fzce for-alleged 1osulting egiaricr. Gl B e ‘Eagene Daylor, s Democratic Captain of Polize of good reputatica. 5 4 THE GRANGERS, The Walworth County (Wis.) Councik orgnnized. clal Dispaich to The Chicago Tribuns. )In.vn?‘nz, a0, 16,—The Walworth County Coun= , el of Grangers had s meoting last week, of & prelim= inary character, at Delsvan. 1t was woll attended, and the business of organization was proceoded withins 3 Truste Martin, 7. P, James, B. T. fiz,"sxm. Every Grange in the caunty but ope was goprsemied. The tppolotment of s Couaty Ageat waa ‘with the Executive Committes, consisting of Preei- dent, Bocretary, and ouo Trustee. PERSONAL. efal Dirpat-h ta The Chicago Tribune. QuinoE, Tiry e e el ‘who has been wanderiu, the past four dayz, was picked op by the police to-day, and found to be fnsane sud entirely ont of monsy. Barney, Colizsior'of \ha Eors of New York under Line coln. It is thought he a8 West o business, spd insane was rolbed. Hs e by it meve, sod forwarded 1o Keokik, Mhers hiola exid to havo {riends. Aun Elizs Young; exHincieenh wifo of tho Mormon Prophol, locture at the Opers-Hoass to-night on Morm "snd Poly- @my. A large sudience was present. SUICIDE. s ?-‘alpfmld o The I:)\{nz: Tritune. Drs Mopza, Ia., Jan. 17.—A e, Biles, of 5 Meter, Dallas Couxty, commiited suicide tLis fore- | noon, -He had 't all the corn ha conld from the ! and, not being able to meet the payments, bo- came troubled, and, while sitting alons in bhis oftioey placea a revolver to his bead and killed himself e stantly, Van ‘break upgamblig in Cincin.. his it