Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1874, Page 8

8 Lhlu Vil v uiaiul L AVARIU AV At L e THE WORKINGMEN. Continited from the Firat P ponts, In thia oity, workmon ocould not bo olubbod withont glving it baclk with intorost. Such things could not happon in this clty, bo- cango boro they wore united and kuew low to dofond thelr liberty with their life-blood evon, nocesspry, , Thoso . mon could march ‘l;n!y ‘m'ul‘ their dond bodles, Thia was callod o battlo of the workingmon, whilo - in Yoot Iv wns tho battlo of capital sgalnet tho workingman, - Whonovor n_rosctionnry party was stactod, thoy were called Communinta, Bnd thoroforo this nppellation waa alao given thom. Never boforo in the history of tho world did snch momentous quostions agitate the pub- 1o mind. No meitor whothor a country wero entlod s ropublio, s mounrchy, or auything olso, the money-hag was tho m{lnq power overy- whore, sud this atato of affairs It was thoir holy duty to change. AN ORGAN WANTFD, ‘What thoy most noeded Lo seoure success wag & pross which would advocato their causo and principlos ; o papor that would do thom justico and promulgato thir idens among the Grangers, Yo oud bo most paworful alli in this batila sgninat capitalists and monopohste, "Tho mooting thon adjourned. ———— MR. ALLEN ON THE SITUATION, About thirty poople met yestorday morning in tho hnil on the upper floor of tho building at tho southenst cornor of Monroo and Clark stroets, tolisten to a locturo on_* ‘Cho Need of Reform,” hyaphilosophor named H, & Allen, The old gen- tioman who callod tho gathering to order, and wiroduced tho speaker, said that the mnllorlty of thayo assemblod woro mombers of Primary Council No. 1, Stato’ of Illinols, “Univorsal Ascociation of Spiriuviste, and fhat the object of that body ‘was to maet Bundnve, liston to lecturos on quostions affccting tho woll being of socioty, and work in n gonoral way for the amalioration of tho condi- tion of tho human race. 3. Allen then came forward and road his locturo, which was nothing moro than a briof condeneation of the theorios 5ol afloat by tho Jeading spirits of communism, and a aerios of promisea that:at soma future tima he would oxplain tho mora Important of those theories at greater longth, o denounced in swoeping torms tho present mys- tam of sociely, wundor which & tow riviloged porsons possessod all tho.wealth and all_tho power, while the great majority—the working people and producors— lived lives of absoluto wrotchednosy. Thero novor conld be any happinoss in the world whilo euch sn unjust state of things existed. A revo- lution Liad been sot on foot, iowaver, avd in tho opinfon of the locturer it would not take' more than four years to overturn tho prosent falso system on which socloty was basod, and ostaN- lish it on & foundation of juatice and equalits, Tho monetary system of tho country was also obnoxious to tha lecturar, but Lo deforrod giving nis views on that question umtl an- othor occasion.. tlo = could mot meo how o change could be offectod until politieal corruption was overthrown for- ovor, and mon of honesty and integrity woro intrusted with the ‘guidancé of affairs of “State, Tho prospect of improyomont was rathor dis- heartoning to those who had not givon the social condition of tho country tha propor dogroe of thought, but the lecturer had tho ntmost confl- donce in the good results of tho revolution which Lio believed tho working mussos to bo en- aged in. Mr. Allen closed with a promiso to ccture at grenter length, and with & more defi- nite purposo in view, at av early day, and tho old gontleman who prosided over tho meeling invited discussion on tho lecture. Thore was no Tosponse, and the people went to their dinnors. FIRES. In Ada, O, Special Dispatch to The Clicago Tribune, Apa, 0., Jan, 18.—A firo broke ont lnst night In & vsesnt room of Londes & Boumen's storo, destroying two business buildings. The 8t. Clond Hotel was saved, although standing within four feot of tho buildinga that burned. Both woro woodou buildings, The losa is esti- mated s follows : Landes & Baumen, in build- ing, $1,000; B. Hicstand, on building, $2,500 3 I. B. Gils, hotel, losson'removing goods nud furniture, 1,000 ; W, K. Fyo, billiard-sa- loon, loss in removing goods, 8500, At one time the entire town was in dongor, ond, had it not been for the heavy snow on tho roofs of bouees and the stiliness of tho night, much dam~ ago would have been dono. In Cleveland ; Loss, $7,000. CLEVELAND, O., jan. 18.—A fire this morning on Ontario stroet domaged- the cracker manus factory of Anthiony & Co., nud tho organ factory of Jowett & Goodman to the amount of about $7,000 ; fully insured. The Grent Fire at Alton, 1ll, Fron the A ton Tele vaph, Jan, 14, The greatest catumity thet over visited this city, in tho shupo of & destructive contlagration, took place last night on third and_Piasn streots, consuming nino store-buildings, including Kirk- land Hall, togother with the groater purt of their contents. Tho fire originated about 1:80 o’clock this morning, in some unknown \ay, in the cellar of . DI, Boyle's boot and shoe store, * 1n which wera storod a largoe quantity of empty boxes, etc., and whon firat discoverad the cellar was & mass of fire, which speedily broke into the fink floor, and woon the whole building was onveloped in flomoe. The fire thon communicated fo the rear of iho store of Mr, Richard TFingg, in Kirkland full building, and also rou through on the joista, Almost before any ono imagined thab tho hall wos 1 danger it way filled with such a dense maes of smoke that it was imposaible for any ono {o remnin s moment in tho woat Lialf or tho upper atories of the building, without being suffocated, consequently the wholo of r. Flngg’s splendid stack of dry goods was da- stroyed. Tho cast half of the building was oc- cupied by Mr. L. Huaagen, grocor, who suc-| ceaded in_removing a portion of his stock. Ovor Mr. Huagen's store wag the law oftico of Hon. Lovi Davis; also the nflice of Dr. Charfes Duvis. 'Tho latter, sided by Mr. W. G, Plorco, rocured o ladder, and, climbing in at the win- ow, succeeded in romoving Mr, D.'s valuablo papora from tho_safo, but Mr. Davis' fine law library was loat. When the flames crept into tho third atory (the balf) and igufted the immenye amount of combustiblo matorial (chairs, sonts etc.,) theroln, they burst through tho roof and out of tho windows with tno suddonnoss of n flesh of lightning, and in o moment the "whole Duilding Was & pyramid of flame that flared up rodly against the sky and illuminated the whole city with its brilliant light, This was about 4 o'clack. The firo communicated to tho building o tho enst 5 Mr. Biggins' buildings wore on firo in a dozen places; ganga of men wero engaged romoving lus furniture and effects; and others were saving the goods in tho stores immodintely throutoned. 'L'io battle betweon the devouring olement and tho firemen now bacome inteusely oxciting; the roofs of the adjuining buildings wore covered with tho fire-fightors; and the firemen were loveling their streams of water wherever most -good could - bo effectod. About & o'clock a horrible catastropho taok place ; tho lofty onst wall of Kirkland Hall fell with & tremoundous crush upon the ntoros bo- ueath, broaking through tho roofs, loveliug their walls, and ‘filling thom with fire ; flve stores were thus set on fire almost instantane ocously, Bub-tho eaddest part of .tho disaster was that a portion of tho fulling wall crashed into Walter's music-storo, wlhere & number of won wore carrslug out goods, Thoy wors knocked down and half buried in the debris, A crowd rushed to.their rescue, and carried four unfortuvate men from the ruins, One, & Ger- man boy, Albert Grober, 10 yoars old, way found to bo tatally. injured. H@ was carried in the oficc of 'the scrow _factory opposite, whore Drs. Garvin and Smith attended bim, Ie wns terribly brulsed and a splinter had run through his body, Iy wounds will prove fatal. The othors” injured wero ‘Thomas Montgomery, — Curly, and an- othier mou, name unknown, ‘They were ronov- 2d to Berts’ drug-store, whera Dr, Davis dregs. ed thelr wounds, which are painful but not sori- oug. By holf-past 6 o'clock the stores of Tu, Ploit- fer, boot and shoe donler ; T, Braudoweide, to- bocconist ; V. Walter, music doalor; SHuoss & jungleblut, and A. J, Glen (thoso last threo i s bullding), nnlz’u‘ confeotionery storo nud tauraut, 'J'uprm-’lmrr '8 canfectionory utore, ail~ ning, and Beliron's tobacao factory, all ownod tho Waplow - estate, wore all bumitig fiorcoly ; 1 tho ellorts of firomon und cltizens were cae -uztod on proventing the further wproud of ames, und by daylight the conflagrution way iev control, LOSHES (ESTIMATED), Q Mew, B3, K, Hurt, total, 20,0005 Thomes Big. dtws, dumaged, §1,0005 dtichurd Flogg, totul, 121,0005 L, Haagen, stock bnlf saved, 8,000 5 3. 'Botz, total, €3,000; Mrs., ‘Topshurr, total, ¥600; Waples catate, totul, 28,0003 A. T.. Chou- Strs, Bradlord, total 2600 ; eau, total, 57,000 1. W. Joasting, damugod, $1,000; V. Walter, A, 2 Glon, d , 165 Plolilor, lamaged, 1,000 Suoss & Jungeblut, demaged, B76; B, otal, $7,0005 Honry Sion, tolal, 8600; J. Y. tInynor, total, &1,8(0; O, Davis and Dr. Davls, wotal,* 82,0001 C. Bohrous,, total, $3,800; F, ! Drandowelde, total, 82,000 A. Noorman, dam- nged, 8200, "I'hin {a & comploto list of the losses, with the oxcontion of that of Mr. Boyle, which wo could not obtaln, ag ho wont to 8t. Loufs this morning, Thoro ro Yikewise, probbly, Aome minor losses, which me not ostimnted above. Tho total losy will not fall far short of $100,000. Tho tolal amount of instanco fs botween 66,000 and 866,000, Thoro_acems ' to bo littlo donbt but that tho firo was Invondiary, and the supposition causes intonse oxcitement. Bhould tho p:;xutrnmr bo discoverod hanging would bo too good far him. Among thoe lossos by the grent fira fow aro moro_porious than that sustnined by tho Eon, Levi Davis, in tho destruction of his large and valuablo Inw library. Itwas tho acowmulation of o profossional careor extending over forty yoars, and the loss cannot be compulod by inonoy, for the ronson that n groat part of tha booka cannot bo replaced. A part of tho libraty conslsted of tho Massachusotis Ropoits, 103 volumes, tho_best roports in the sountry, and tho Iilinols Roporin, complots, conslsting of ovor 50 volumes. * Neither ono of theso could bo roplacod for less than $1,000, Itls doubtful whothor any Individual lnwyor in the BStato hins nm?ru valunble library than was that of Ar. Davis, THE LABOR REBELLION. No Ilope of Averting a General Striko in the Coal Region. Neither Side Disposed to Make Cone cessions. Special Dispatch to The Cnicagn Tribune, ‘WiLxEspaRRE, Pa., Jan, 18.—Tho prospect of an impending rupturo botweon the miners and oporalors in the Wyoming region regarding the 10 per cont reduction from thoe wages of 1878, grows moro rorfous, a8 intelligenco of tho deter- mination of the coal combination becomes known, Your correspondent has INTERVIEWED REPRESENTATIVES OF DOTH BIDES, and tho subjoined facts have beon obtained, which shiow about the truo condition of affairs up to iho present timo : The President of the recontly-formed com- Dbination iu New Yorlk, gives his views of tho question, deolaring that ihe advance of 10 per cont nskod by the munors will not be agreed to under nny circumstancos what- ever, Ho assorted “that coal could mnot Lo produced ata profit at the present ratos it commands fn° the market, and that there fs no domand for conl ot tho prosent time, owing to tho general prostration of manufactucing indus- try and the mild winter, If the minors will not accopt o reduction when mining operatious are resumed, which will not be before two months ¢ least, thoy may remain idlo as long as thoy chooge. This dotormination will bo adbered to by all the corporations comprising the so-called combiuation. THE MINERS WHO HAVE DEEN INTERVIEWED, in thoir homes and in tho mines, declare that, altbough they regrot eincerely the de- cision of the conl producers, they will not sgree to any compromise looking to s reduction, Although they may not_strike agninst the torms thoy have proffored, yet they are unitod in o ro- solve toresent anyaction on the partof the oporn- ators which will cut down weges. Tho organi- zation of n Nationsl Minors' Unlon, now being offected, will nssiat the colliors of the entire re~ fon in their detorminntion to stand out, BStart- g dovelopments, that will affect the entiro coal intorest of ihe country, may be looked for within tho prosent wook, Nover before in the history of coal-mining has thore Loen such uni- verual attention attacued -to the crisls in Ponn- sylyania. Monufacturing in Pittsburgh. Prrrsnunat, Pa., Jan, 18,—The strike among window glass' blowers agalusta reduction of wages has been going on for somo timo. It iy now supposed to bo atan end, and tho manu- facturers will resumo in o short time, Tho rolling mills and furnaces in this vicinity aro now i full operation, running full turns dsy snd night. GALESBURG. The Noew Knox County Jail-Centrnl military Tract Medical Association— K'hre Inter=State Colleginte Contests Correapondence of The Chicago Tribune," Gavessons, 1), Jan, 16.—Tho Knox County Board of Supervisors, at their seesion hore last "I'iosday, awarded the contract of buildiug the now County Jail to Alr. J. R. Stevous, of this city, for $81,000. Tho work wiil o commonced immediately, and tho jail is oxpeated to s ready for occupation by Oct. 1 of the present yosr. Tho Contral M ili!n.r,y Tract Medical Association met in this city last Tuesday, Jan, 18, The As- socintion appointed twenty-ono delogates to tho Illinois State Madical Society meeting, to bo hold in Clicago on-May 10, 1871s and tweive dole- ntes to the Amorican Mecdieal Association meot- ing, to bo held at Detroit, Mich., on June 2, of thia your, ‘Tho Socioty adjourned to meet in Kowanes, L, on Jul‘)' 14, The proparations for the nfiprnnnhing Inter- State Collegiato contest, to be huld at the Opera- House, iu this city, on Tridsy ovouing, Fob, 27, arg all completod, . The Illinois State Universi- ty, and the Chicago University, of Illinows; tho Towa State Univorsity, snd lfown Collogo, of Towa ; and the Wisconsin State Univorsicy, nnd Boloie Collego, of Wisconsin, mre to bo ropresonted by ono orator oach., Two prizes aro to bo miven ® for excellence of oratory,—ono of $100 andthe other of §50. Tho Opera-House, which has o seating capacity ©of 21,800, will undoubtedly have occupants tor adl ity seats. OBITUARY. John M. Jones, of Wayne 'Fownship, Ind. Special Dispateh to The Chicaao Tribine, INpiaxaroLts, Ind,, Jan, 18,~Jolin B. Jones, an old and wealthy citizon of Wayne Township, living G milos from tho city, was thrown out of his buggy whilo going home last evening, and almost fi,’ugnnuy Tilled. He was o prominent member of the Masonic fratormty and of the 0dd Fellows' organization, aud was hurrying so 28 to nttend e meating of the former. Ha leaves o family amply provided for, the Masons’ having the digposition of hia property, in accordauce with a request mude before s death, Dr. Solzman, of Milwaukee, Suecial Dispateh te The Chicaao P'ribune, MiuwAuker, Wik, Jau. 18.—Dr. Solzman, roctor of tho Seminary of Bt. Franels, iu this city, died at 11 o'clock Inst nij ‘The XWeve Samuel Fishor, of College i, 0. Crverynarr, Jon, 18.—~The Rov. Bamuel Tigher, of Colloge Iiill, wont out to his stuble this moruing aud found his forse down and fastened, He went, as is supposad, to a neigh- bor for holp, and fell dond an the wa; found by his dsughtor. He succoedod Dr, Beechor as pastor of the Sccond Prosbyterian Church of this aity, and was also koveral years President of Hamifton Collegn, New York, THE ST. LOUIS BRIDGE. Br. Louws, Jun, 18—~The Doard of United Btutos Lngineois, who met horo some months ago to determino whothor the St. Louis bridge will, whon finished, obstruct navigation, has boen in sesslon hero agnin to further consider tito practicubiliby aid cost of a draw, or canal around tho eénstorn abntmont. 'The proceedings of the Loard wor'e serictly private, ‘ fladi st il iy AN INDIAN RAID. 8r. Louws, Jaui. 18.—Cant, Wykolf, U. 8, A, has arrived hers from Fort Concho, Toxas, o roports that Mowday last, whilo st Fort Griffin, ho fearned tho Cotnanucho Indinns had just raids od n pettioment in that vicinity aud drove ofr flfty horses. Troops had gone fn pursull, Wy- koff also roports that Iudinus wero about Fort fii!l‘muiudrvuuou, and it was belloved they were ou & ruid, ST Sy OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, BAN FizaN cigco, Jan, 17.—The steamer Costn Ttica, thosoughly ropaired, sailed for Pansms at noon to-dsy. It takes u greater poition of the enrga of tlre stosmer Chins. ‘T'ho Coluxado, due lnst Luesday, has not yet argived, New Yonx', Jon., 18,—Arrived, stoamships Elysia and Bia to of Virginla, from Glosgow, New Yonk, J.an. 18,—Arrivad, steamship Maco- doufn, fram Glu bgow. s TRIL'HINA SPIRALIS, Aveotal s to T'he Chicayo Tyibune, Br. Lnumfli’fff}; wn, 18,—T'he oconrrenco of a fow cosos of trichju v epiralis i this cfty, all among the Gormans | wra, has attruoted cousld- "‘"};‘“ fi“““"““fl.‘;lnd uvlhg foxn alarm, Thoy Wora &' drusa catin§ bologna sauesgos or uncooked pork, L A L FOREIGN. . More Modrid Newspapors Suppressod by the Spnuish_Govemment. Thirty-ihree Workmon Killed by the Fall of a Railroad Viaduct, German Insolence - Causes French Heart-Burnings. SPAIN. Mapnip, Jan, 18.~Gan, Dominiquoz has boon | appoiuted to the commaud of the contral army oporating against the Onrlists, . ‘Tho railway viaduct at Poquoils fell yosterday, and thirty-throo workmen wore killed, i ‘The publication of throe mors newspapers in thia (city_ hins been suspended by the Govern- mont. lron-clad Numnnola tns sailed from Mers Ei Kobier for Cartagena, convoyed- by tho Vittoria aud Carmon, ———— GERMANY, LoNDoN, Jan, 18.—Tho threatening articls In the Nor(h German Gazclte Inst weok, on the polioy of Franco with rogard to the Papal ques- tlons, oxcitos uueasincss nnd indiguation in Tomo nnd. Paris. Z'Opinion Nationale aays: *‘Notwithstanding their recont succoss, tho Prus- sians are 6till ignorant of that noblenges which rofraing from insulting tho conquered,” —_— CRIME, Shooting in Indianapolis. Snectal Dispateh to The Chicaga Tribune, InpIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan, 18.—8am Hugoly and Jamos Evans, colored, J;ok. into n dispute about o girl whilo at a golored danog, last night, the ro- sult of which was that thoy shot at cach other. Hugely was wounded in the chest, but not dan- gerously, Evaos was arrosted this morning. The Jowelry Robbory fu Clucinnati. Cr¥eInNaTi, O, Jan. 18.—A man answering tho dosoriptionof tho Tobber who taok diamonds from Duchmo Inst night, Las been arrosted, and awaits 1ontifloation, AMeged Murder. (CINOINNATI, Jan. 18,—A soldier from the New- port barracks, named Frauk Bonio, was found dond {his morning ot tho Station Saloon, noar the s\lB%nnnion bndfin, Georgo Gramp, a butch- er, has been arrested, chm-fied with the murder. The case is mystertons, and Lho facts have not boen brought out by the investigatiou, Murder in Baltimore, DBALTIORE, Jan, 18.—Edward Berry aud Charles - Jones, both colored, fought to-night overa gamo of cards. Jonos stabbod Borry three timos, killing him almost inatantly, Jonos aseaped. New Yorlkk Concert=Saloons. New Yong, Jeu. 18.—The concort-saloons wore all.in full blast to-night, notwithstanding the ordor of the authoritios that they bo closed. No arreats were made, A Kuansas. Logisiuator Arrosted for Perjury, E teeeilow Two Conntics Were Organized. . : Topeka (Jan. 13) Dispatch to the Kanaas City Times, Somo oxcitoment was croated this aven- ing by tho orrcst of amember of the Logielntare, Dr. Rodgors, of Noss County, on & chargo of gnr]ury. oto. All sorts of rumors wore nfloat, and 1 ordar to,got the poiuts of tho case your correspondent spent two hours or moro among thoe records of the State-House, the result being the nnearthing of things not looked for. The main chargo ngainst Rodgors is an at- tempt to negotinte 160,000 of fraudulont bonds, purportiug to hava boon issiad by Small- wood City, Noss County, for tho purpose of build. ing & school-house, Theso bonds, which were sritton in duo form, on blanis bonds furnishod by tho Btate, wore ollered by Rodgers at tio Topoka Bavivgs Bauk yestordsy for negotistion, Tho Cashier declined eptoring -into the trado, aud Rodgors departed, nftor first lenving ono of the Dbouds for examination. To-day he called again, and stated that woll-known gentlomon of this city lind_ consented to take the bonds Enst for uegotintion, A fow hours subsgquently Rodgers wus arrested, at tho instigation of State Tross- uror Hays, and is now in custody. So much for dotalla of tho arrest ; now for rocords of tho Seorotary of State's offico. ‘Upon oxamination it appears thot on the 6tk of . Octobor last, John Moronoy made ap- plication nccordlng to law “for his ap- pointmentas Census Takor, prellminnry to organ- ization of Noes County. Lo this document, ns well a8 one purporting to embraco signatures of forty frooholdors rosiding in tho cotnty, datod Qct. 13, Moroney took onth, DoWilt C. Wolls, Notary Public of Lllis Connty, uw(lfllug'him and aflirming that be peraonully know eaid Moronoy. ‘I'he latter recoived authority from the Governor, us required by law, to take tho coneas; aod, to cut a loug stery short, thaso-called consus takon was duly forwarded loro on the 28d of October, in just ton duys’ timo. A proclamation was made_ organiziug the County of Ness nnd ap- Eolncing John Rodgers, O. H, Porry, asud 'homns” Myers Bpecial County — Commis- sionors, ~ The whole thing wns a fraud upon its face, and o man with half an oye could seo that the su-callod bona fido nlfinamms of forty-one freeholders were writton by not more than two mon,—probably by but ono man. Moroney woars to hovo takon the consus of 044 Jorsans, | when it i8 & nolorious fact that, all told, there aro hardly 100 pooplo in the whole county, An- ofher amazing thingabout tho business is tho remarkably short tima in which the scheme was accomplished, ton days beinyg sufficiont forn task that requires Government consus-takers wooks to nccoraplish, Auother equally astonishing things is uacveloped in the Harper County organization rccords, —tho forty- cight " mignaturcs to the application boing mont miserable attompts at forgery. In the Harper organization, which was effocted in twenty odd duyn, the papers purported to show a population of 706, When it is exceedingly doubtful if the tenth of -that number can ‘be scared up within the county lines. Mr. Rodgers, of Ness, was unanimously “elected by 263 votos; and Horner, of Harper, by 235, G.-B. Phillips (who by the “‘-’? docs not figuro in the census) being accorded twenty-ono in order that the totul Yoto might exceed the 250 required by law. A 810,000 ‘Thicf Captured After Nine Years® ineffectual Search. Fron the Quincy:\IuL.) Evening Call, Jan, 16, ‘Wo wore Inst night informed by Conductor Hall, of the M. V. & W, Iailroad, that there came down on his train from Canton, three men who were in tho custody of an oflicor, and wore belng taken to Carlinvlile, I Wo were unable £0 loarn the namon of the partios, but an old man and bik two sons composed tho ' trio, and the rongon given for their arrest i stated ag fol- lows ¢ The old man was the ownor of half & section of land noar Centon, aud for somo reason a dis- })\IID urose betweon tho two Loys and iheir state of wther in regard to tho property, Wwhen the wons OLolrayed & nino-years' . so- erat which will, In sl “probabiliy, Lo tho cause of mending thoir father to spond tho rest of his days in the Peuitentlary. Bomo person rosiding in Canton heard thesosony 8y, or in fome manner found out thas {he old man had stolou 10,000 from parties in Carline villo, whoroupon a letter of inquiry was written to Carliuyillo, and In roapouse ta it thero wasro- ceived & reply which sintod that nine yeara ago thero way o thofl commutted thoro to the amount stutod, and thut over since thut time the losor of tho money had beon in actlve search for the thief. ‘This man had taken the 310,000 and invested it In land, and wus enjoying the full benefit of iy stolen riches whon thiero came a suddon but nut unoxposted unmufi for liim, Ho wasarrested, and passed throngh the city laat night on route tor Carlinville, —— PERSONAL, 8AN I'naxciaco, Jan, 17.—Sonator Hagoratarty for Washington next weol e — A Ntory of 'Tw vicocks In Hon Anna Lrewster's lome Correspondeuce with the Phla- delplina bulletin, A droll bit of gosnip this ; au it in.woll kuown and univereally lnughod shout, it can bo told withont Indiscretion or impropriety, During last summor, two peacocks, belonging to Duo tlo Gallese, who lives nt V'alnzzo Altomps, tlow ovor tha roof of & noluhlmrmi,' palaco—Palazzo Primoll, ‘Thoy romnived on the roof of Paluzso Primoll for somo weeks, thon roturned to their liomo in tho courts of Palazzo Altemps, This sutumn, whon the roof of Pulazzoe DPri- moll was oxamined aud ropairod, ds ls tho oustom, tho urchitect of tho Count montloned m hbils roport of exponsos the replacing .of tiles; which had beon injured bytho Oalloso peacocks, Whore ]3' Primoli wruto n pollto note to the Dno di Gal- Iego, recounting the ln‘jury caused tn his roof by tho peacocks, and fnciosjug.a bill for 81 francs (86,2 Tho Duke sont the’ amount instantly. ho noxt day, howaver, Duo di Gnlloso wrote Count Primoli alao ‘s !mmo noto, in which he recalled to the Count's momory tliat in the wintor of tho inundation his hotsos, haviog beon drivon out.of the: Primoli stablos by iho wator, which had -rendered thom unfu- habitable, hiad hoon rocelved hospitably, stabled and fed in tho Palazzo Altomps stablos during' tho poriod of the inundatlon} that tho conclic mon had ostimated tho exponses for that ‘occa- sion at 82-franos ($0,40), and a DIl for that amount wns inclosed, Of courso .Count Pri- moll paid the bill directly. . Thus’ tho whole business affair was sottled, leaving Gount Pif- molions franc out of pocket by hia deal. Evory ons sayst “Ah! how like Duo di Golicse!" For Galloso is & fino, snreastic, olovor Fronoh- m&\n. and the vory man to arrango, such an affair, In all suclh mattors whioh require tact and Dreoding, socloty is apt to say, **Ah, blood will toll,” moaning that the porson ' of tho highest ‘birth will always do tho xlgl.ll'. thing; but jn this affalr botwoon tho Count do Primoli and Duo di Galloso it bas just hoen tho roverse, Primoll ronks Galloso in birth -if not in brooding. In- doed, Gallose 18 essentially a child of tha peoplo, although a-Dukoe; and Primolt is of an aristo- cratio Jioman famuly. RAILRO. WS, AcomENT, - ! An accfdent occurred on tho Mickigan Contral Ttailrond noar: Niles, Inst Baturday morning. ,One froight train wns following,auothor, the formor came to & suddon stop, and the ongineor of the lattor, according to his own atatemont, being asloop, did not percoivo that the proceding troin hod stopped. A collislon was the result. Tho conductor's way-car and two .ompty freight cars wore smashod and burned up, catehing fire from tho stove in the former, which was upsot. ‘[ho ongine on tho Isst iraln was slightly dam- aged, but uobody was hurt. Theengincer, whoso curclessnoss causcd tho mishan, will have no moro ohaunces to slesp on {4 engine, having beon promply discharged. by ¢ie Goneral Man- ager of the Roml. TUE UNIOX PACIFIC., During tho yoar 1813 the Union Pacifie Rail- roud Company cevried Eastward 2,100 cars of grain of varions sorts, most of which was ship- ped to Chicago, and whick came from stations in Nobraska cast of Grand Island, This shows that the Great American Desert is not as unpro- ductive as is genorally supposed. THE ILLINOIS GENTRAL, During Decomber the Land Departmont of tho Tllinois Central Railrond sold_1,601.99 ncros construction Innds for $12,108.985 202.96 acren or lands for £2,690.92; and town lots for $30, a totol of 1.704.95 acres for $14,883.91. The cash colleotions for tho month were £30,390.18, The earnings of the Traffic Departmont for Docember wete: In Towa, 02 axlien. $101,27:1,00 In Nitnois, 07 miles, 201,110.00 07,12035 20 ‘Total December, 1873, Total actual earnings Decer Der, 1872, ... $502,057.46 . $100,005.76 Thip shows a doorenso of 194 per cent in tho Tllinois earnings, an incrense of Y11 per cent in the Towa unmiulgn, ond a deoreass of 113§ per ceut in the {otal carnings. . TUE ENIE. The report of tho Erie Railway Company to the New York Stato Engiveer aud Surveyor, for tho year euding Sopt. 80, 1878 (not horetoforo published), prosonts tho following figures: Amount pald In of capltnl sl0ck..veervres $30.550,010 Amount of funded and ioating dobi $40,131,240 Total $111,630,092 cost of road. . 450 310 a7 a7 10,373 022,158 Tons of freight carried. ., 6,312,703 Cont of maintaining rosd (cea catal 717,338 Exponses of repairs of muchinery, 2,062,350 Exponscs of operating road. 1,860,049 Earsings from passcugers £0,651,654 Earnings from freight .. $15,016,807 Total sirnings.. ... 20,012,000 Payments otlier {lida foi L0 64,735 Burplus for tho year.. 303,81 RAILROAD FACILITIES FOR: MADISOY, WIS, Spectal Iavaleh Lo The Chicaao Lirioune, Mirwaugee, Wis.,, Jan, 18.—~The Milwaukes & 8t. Paul Railroad will to-morrow commence running o train to Madison, starting at 10:30 a, m,, and & roturn train Ionv(ng Madison at 2:15 p.m. Uptothis time thore bea boon no out train nutil aftornoon, and the morning papers Ioft at the sawmo timo a8 the afternoon. ‘Tho Sentinel s been editorially attacking tho Com- puny, and public opinion” has been somewhat excited on tho subject. DETEOIT & XEL BIVER BATLROAD, Special Dispateh to The (*hicago Tribune, CorpxpiA Crry, Ind., Jan. 18.—The Detroit Eol Riyor & Zlllinois Nailroad, it is said, aro about "to leass tho: branch of the Pittsburgh, Cincinuati & St, Louis Railroad formerly known ay the Toledo, Logansport & Burlington, run- ning from Logansport to tho Btate line, distance 64 milos. Should the Company effcct the lease, it would at once place it in tbe front rank of trank liues, by connecting it - at the State lino with the oledo, Peoria & Warsaw, running al- most directly west from Toledo to Burlington and Keokuk, Iowa. ‘The Toledo, Wabash & Western Rord has horetofore controlled freight on tho Toledo, Pooria & Wabash by moana of this branch; and should the lease bo cousum- mated, of which there is every probability, it will cut off one of the groat feedors of thut road, e A Kioroine. From the New Orleans Times, As an evidenco that the qualities of norve and downriglit pluck are not confined exclusivaly to the heroic men of creation, there is horowith of- fered the narration of a circumstance wherein a young girl bore horself bravoly under such try- ing circumstances as wonld have soveroly tested the most dogged determination ever shown by the average gonus homo, On Bunday last this youug lady was at chureh, when, duriog the de- livery of the sermon, shosuddonly became awnaro that somothing of a crawling naturo was making an oxpoditions journey up her log. Startlod, ay may well be beiiaved, sho was for the nonce bo- reft of powor of action, and thore forthwith chnsed ench othor through hor mind oxtremely lively and foarful approhousions muehln%annk.us. rats, and n host of disgusting creatures, bue with a determined offort sho recovered her preaence of mind, and by tho timo the **thing” had got & short distance above hor kneo, she olutched 1t through hor dress with » vise-like grip, and hold ou like grim death, Siuco tho first rovelation of the distressing circumstance eho hiad not uttored & souud, nor indeed givon any outward sign of tho mental torture which ehemust have suffered but sat rigid aud compored, firmly grasping thal * horrible thing,” which #he knew was somo living creaturo, when, upon being clutohed, it gave forth a squenling sound. For full threc- Quartors of an hour the brayo girl sat thore, as composed a8 aver, still retuniing her hold to the closg of the eervico, when sho doparted homo- wards, mover relaxing hor grip until resching home, when, giving hursied oxplanations to hor mother, she fulnted dond away. . A qulck examination by Ja mero revoaled tho prosonce of » rat, dead 8 a door nail, as the causo of the unhnppy adventure, which for live- 1y intorest, and the rovesling of & remarkablo spirit fu £110 mind of & young girl, is not ofton matched in this Iatter day. e 4 iy Criminal Law in Jll‘[lnll. 1'vous the Pall Mull Guzette, A whort time ago & man belongiug to the Jap- anese town of Omi was convicted of stealing, and Bontenced to bo hanged. | Throo days after the exccution of tho sentonce his relatives came with o cofiin and applied for his bml{\, but as they wero putting him in the coffin the man chrao to ith again, The rolativas then attemptod to carry him away, but thu{“\wrn stopped by tho olice, who agaiy brought him bofore tho magis- fmu, Attor much_discussion it was decidod {hat as the sentenco had beon oxecuted the man could mot sguin bo punished for the sumo of- foneo, and ho was sot freo_accordingly, no .one Doing hard-hearted unuuih to poiut out the fact that the Judge's doom had most nlnnrl{ not beon carriod out, Again, sn obediont son living wilh his_aged paronts had a disngreeablo wifo, who made tho old couplo very uncomfortable. The gou, in ordor to rostoro the harmony of the Tiousohold, poisoned his wife, This ‘act, though dictated by fillul piety, could untl bo ontirely overlooked by tha suthoritics, The man wag " therofore triad for tho murdor, and sontonced to bo imprisoued for teu yoars, but, on consid- cration of the circumstances, tho Court “decided that thesa should be spent in hie fathor's house, on condition that hio wora chaius all the thno, shlfarons victor Enunanuols 1t now appoars by the Afmanack de Gotha ot 1874,that iu 1872 King Emmanuel was by & amor- anatio marringe united to Rosing, Countoss of firatlori," A Paris paper rocently statod that a £ tho King and Countoss had married a lad; :7‘;;‘uk. ‘:nd mxh(m bad .been born an mrn\nt’.’ To this granidebild the Kipg aent valuable glfts, THE NEW YORK CANALS. Faots 'nnli Figures trom thoe Roport of tho Stato Comptrollor. The Question of Retaining the Trade of the Northwest. Uannbfiuluge‘mnw and Low Tolls + TRecommendad. The annunl report of tho Stato Comptrolier of . Now York glvos tho incomo from the Erlo Canal for the yoar cnding Sopt. 30, 1878, as ©2,710,601, and tho disbursements 81,717,163, —nn oxcoss of incomo over 'disbursoments ‘of §093,410, Tho {ncomo from all the Now York Btate canals (in- cluding tho Erlo) wan £3,021,617, and the dis- huraomonts 88,167,651,—nn oxeoss of dlsburso- monts over incoms of $176,024, Of ‘tho dia- bursomonts, however, $1,828,5685 wne for oxtra- ordinary ropairs and now work;—8$007,175 of this boing on tho Xirlo Canal. Aftar alluding to tho fmportanco of the Blate's canal syatom, the pro- fosed gnlo of tho lateral oannls, eto., tho Comp-~ troller mays: o Tho following table exhibita the comparative delivorios of flour and grain. at Inko ports, in~ clnding Chicago, Milwaukeo, Toledo, Datroit, Cloyoland, 8t. Louis, and Duluth; at New York, inclnding thosé by rail and ‘wator'; 'nt tidowater by tho Erio and Champlain--Canala 3 and at weaboard ports, including Now Yorlk, Boston, Portland, Montroal,» Philadeiphis, Bnis timoro, and Now Orloans, for the undor-mon- tionad porieds. In tho calculntion flour is reckoued as equal to five bushols of whent for oach barrel : . [sandourd pories uahele, € &, Ca~ [nata, bu, Total 6 years. (013, 401, 096|460, 167, 82269, 260, 117|285, 801, (R R P obiH et 67,800,837 43,614,95¢ [139,000, 928 88,182, 197{ 63,905, 705] 162,377, %23 *Jan, 1 to Doo, 6. "Lho nggregato dolivories of flour and grain at Montreal for the four vonrs from 1857 to 1800 in- clusive, woro 20,784, 607 bushols, gninst 05,727,~ 541 bushols for the four years from 1870 to 1873 inclusive, indicating & gain, comparing the two purl'cds, of 44,992,939 bushols, equal to 217 par cont. "Tho aggrogated- doliverios of flonr and gruln at Pluladelphia for the four yonrs, from 1865 to 1868 inclusivo, were 89,695,830 bushels, against 78,054,000 bushels for the four years from 1860 to 1872 inclusivo,. indicating an increase, com- parivg the two Sm‘ode, of 88,858,272 bushols, which equals 108 por cent. Tho gain in 1873 hina boen in an augmented ratio, exceeding that of any provious ;'onr. Tha receipts of flour and grain a¢ Erle, Pa., by loke during tho navigation season of 1873 wors cqual -to 5,105,467 busheis, ngainat 2,083,861 bushels in 1871, The dolivorios of flour and grain at Baltimore, Portland, snd Boston have been very cousidera- bly naugmented, but the gaiu_lLas'not beon so marked a6 nt Philadolphin and Montreal, The roceipts at New York City by all-rail youtes for tho last four yoara havo heon oqual in flour and grain to 145,283,400 bushels, against 189,596,270 bushely by the Hudson Rivor nnd vousols coustwise; and in the year 1873 o Dee, 18, havo boen 42,038,174 bushola by rail agninst 44,020,469 bushiels by wator. lio ratio of tho deliverics of flour and grain at tido-water by tho Erio and Champlain cavals, a3 compared with those at lake ports, was: In 1868, 42.82 per cent; in 1863, 39,58 por cent ; in 1870, 28.03 por cont; in 1871, 83,17 per cont ; in 1872, 8L.67 por cout ; in 1873, to Doc. 0, 26.87 por cent; in flggrcfnbo of last yoar, 31,49 per cent ; in "average of last Bix years, 81.49 por cont; in svorage of tho first throo of tho last six years, 88.17 per cent; In the ayorsge of - tho Jastihros Of tho'lnst BIX ¥enrs, 3U.z5 per cont. % The ratio of thoe tlour and graln delivorios at tide-wator by tho Erie and Champlain canals, ns compared with thoso at sonboard ports, was: In 1668, 48.13 por cent; in 1869, 22.89 per cont ; in 1870, 26,68 por cont ; in 1871, 34.83 por cont ; in 1872, 82.85 per cent; in 1873, 'to Deo. 6, 80,11 por cont’; in aggregate” for Inat uix yonrs, 82.05 por cent; in aversge for tho last six yoars, 82,65 por cont; in averago of the firat threo of tho last six onrs, 22,78 per cent; in average of the last lroo of tho laut six yoors, 92,59 e cont. The Canadian eanals are, within throo years, to bo oularged. Thoir agaregato length is only 605 miles, Tho Welland, 28 miles long, can now pass vesecls of about 400 tons' mensure- ment, cartying 600 tons cargo, This canal and the several short 8t. Lawrence canals are to bo 50 onlarged ns ko pass vessels of 1,200 tons mons- urome:t, carrying 1,600 tons cargo. With the prosoutfacilitics by that route, upwards of 18,000,000 bushels - of ceroal products were re- ceived at Montrenl in 1873, mostly from Western lako porte. When tho Frupnuud improvomouts shall-bave beon mado, this dtate, to hold the trado of the West, must bapropured to meet s competition botween Lake Aichigan ports and Montresl, of rates of freight not ex- coodiug §8.50 per ton, which is about 10 cents per bushel for wheat. ‘Tho averugo rate of froight from Chicago to Now York via tho Iakes, New York canals and Hudson TRiver has been, including Blale tolls and car- riors' profits, and exclusivo of Buffalo and Oa- wego shipping aud transfor charges, for tho lust seven years, sbout 87 per ton. The average rate from Buflalo to Now York via eanal sud river, has beon for the same poriod £4.92 on wheat, and 84.67 on corn per ton of 2,000 pounds, including Btata tolls and carriors’ prof- its, Tho ayorage ato from Oltcago via Oswogo is about tho snino a8 via Buffalo. With tho progent canal capacily, tolls, and fa- cilities it cannot be dono for & very much dimin~ ished rate, With all largo class vessels on tho Inkes of 1,800 ta 2,000 tous carrying capacit; ench, the lako rato (including carriors’ profits from Obicago to Buflnlo cannot be much, if any, legs than $1.60 per ton of 2,000 pounds, which is equal to 43¢ conts per bushel for wheat and 4 2-10 conts por bushel for corn. This rate ($L60 por ton on the lakes) with present ennul facitities and nvor- ago canal charges for last sevon yenrs, will give an avorago Tate of £6.42 on whoat, and'§6.17 an coru per ton of 2,000 pounds from Chicago to New York, against 8,60 per tou of 2,000 pounds from Chicago to Montreal by that im- proved routo, canal-tols includod. Tho opinion 1 enteriained by somo that the prosent Erio Canal, with its Iooks doubled and tho beuch- walls removed, with full soven feot of water, and stcam a8 a motor for moving boats, can successfully compote with the S5t. Lawrenco boats, By othors, thoss improvements, with the additional one of tho use of the tumble-gale placed za asto clongate, somawhat, the chumbors of tho present locks, giving room for longer ‘bonts and some additional carrying capacity, aro oxpocted Lo giva tho necessary power to most succossfully tho expecied competition. ‘I'ho interests iuvolved in the question of ihe rotontion of the trado of tho -Northwestern States through this State are of too great mag- nitude to be jeopardized by any hulf-way or doubtful measuros of improvemont, They innst nocessarily be ugeh ag will diminien the cost of transportation, so that they can and will success- rully meet tho compotition from auy and all other routos. ‘The first enlargement diminished tho cost of transportation, ns given in Stato En- gineer Taylor's roport on the re-enlurgentent of the Lrie and Oswogo Canaly, trunsmitted to the Logislaturo in 1863, ono-balf ; wnd bis estimaton in same roport sinte that a re-oulurgoment adapting them for the navigntion of boats of twenty-twro to twonty-three feot boam .and G0 iong cnrrying capacity, through looks twenty-six feet wide, in elght fect wator, will fwthor dimivish the ;;msent CoBb ono-half, 1t is bolioved thal this fimprovemont, with steam 8 n motor, giving ten toelevon days' time for tho passago from Chicago and Milwau- keo to New York, will sepura and hold the trade of tho Westorn and Northwestern Btates in per- otuity, Somo other misthod of improvement 0 gocuro tho desired ond, the securing and hold- iug of tho trado, may bo dovised by the superior whidom of tho Logielaturo, Tho facts givon in relation to tho movemont ot grain from thie Wost to Moutreal, Ogdensburgh, over the Coulral Rmlroud to tho Now England States; from Erie to Philadelplin and Now York, indicato tho wis~ dom of (lio Legislaturo in adhiriug to tho poliey of low tolls. The reduotion hus only Imr(iully avrested the dlvorsion of Western trade from tho cnurly, without seewing tho proportionate in- croaso of (f. 1In the lust I.«E(!uhmm au umendmont wag proposed to tho Constitution of the State rela- lim to funding tho canul und goneral fund debls charged on the canals,- That amondmont, hav~ ing qxnou agroed to by & majority of membors eleotad to tho two Houses, 1 roforrod to the procent Logislaturo, ‘'he object of tho proposcd amendmont bolngz to reduce the tolls, and consoquontly the oouf of transportation on the canals to the 'lowest ponaiblo Yatos, it thereforo commonds itsolf io tho norions and. favorablo conslderation of tho Legislaturo. Thore iy no doubt i the Stato re- taing tho trndo which haa horotofore songht and now sookin tmm‘mrlnllou ovor the canals, tho cost of traneportntion must bo mado as choap ot _cheaper than thut of any compbting routo; and, if tho odoption of the Yronnnml amondment will toud to offect that result, it is nE[IIlrcnt that tho true &mllui und intorest of tho Btate will ba promoted by it adoption. Loenl, Mmo. Christine Nilsson Rouzoaud was sera- naded’ at the Grand Pacifie Hotel, on Saturday ovoning, by tho Irejn Scandinsvian and Binging Boctoty. It hus hoon declded not to hold = Mardi- Grag celobration in Chicago this_yoar, but a committee of prominont citlzous s beon ap- r‘nintnd to arrango for u grand carnival to be cld in 1874, 1t is_proposed by the carponters and jolnors, bricklagers, stone-cittiars, palutors, ofe., of Chi- ‘engo, to form n co-operative bullding nssocin- tlon, At n mooting of thewo artisans on Satur- dny evoning, it was deofded to limit the co-opera- ;[]vn membership to tho carponters and joiners lone. A largoly-attonded meoting of Seotion No, b of tho Workingmen's Aseocistion of Illinols was held on Baturday evening at the cornor of North svenue. and Church strect. Various specchos wore made, and the Association formally in- dnrsed and ratifiod the platform and plan of or- ranization, which wore publmbed oxolusively in Tull in st Monday’s TRIDUNE. Tho motion forn new trinl {n the MolMahon divorco cnse, which resulted in a verdiet for Mre, Mcdalion, was argned before JTudge Mooro on Baturdny. = Counsol for Putrick MoMalon road an afidavit to the effect thnt ho could pro- dutco witnesses to awonr to various damaging allegntions not proven against 3lrs, McMnlion in tho first trinl, The argument was postponed ono week to allow tima to procurs aflldavits. At o meoting of the Common Council Com- mitteo on Judiciary, Leld on Snturday, in was agreed to roport recommonding the confirmation of Louis Wahl s Commissioner of tho Board of TPublio Works. Tho resolntion of Ald, Eckhardt, 1o favor of aholishing the vavious Park Boards, was laid ovor. Tho' Committeo on Firo and Water agroed to report favombly upon the roso- tution of Ald. Cullerton, providing for the salo of cortnin unoccupled. tracte of land owned by tho city. Tho property of Ohrigt Church (Enircopal), or which Bishop Clienoy hns boou tho Rector for sovoral ydars, 1a to be sold at public sale, to tha Dighest” biddor, for cash, on Thursday of this woolk, tosatisfy a trust deod oxcouted to tho ‘Tronsurer of the Prosbytorina Theologicnl Semi- mary of tho Northwost, as seourity for the pay- mont of 3 mortgaga of £25,000, “with accrued intoreat nmounting to about 81,260, In caso of salo, the Roformed Church will find itsolf with- out au ediflce 1n Chicago in which to rally its adhorents. On Bnturday ovening, in the Mothodist Church Block, Prof. Sulder, ¢f St. Tonis, do- livored a lecture hefore the' Philosophical So- cloty, s subject boing The Tlmug{’\t of tho American State System.” At tha conclusion of the locturo the Society held business meating, at which it was docidod that, by resson of the difffculty with tho Board of Trustees of the First Mothodist Chnrch, the Socioty should obtain ‘mooting-rooms iu which thoy would feel at lib- orty to discuss snch subjeots, and in' such man« ner. ag they might seo fit. The Faculty of tho Obicago Umniversity as at osont constituted, is as follows: Hon. J. R, olittle, Prosident pro tom.; Joseph Haven, Professor of metaphysica pro tom. ; Jamos R. Doise, Greek langusgo and lternturo: William Mattliows, history and Eni;lleh Litornture ; Heonry Booth, constitutional law; A.J. Howe, matbemnlica; J, W, Stenrns, Latin laugunge and litorabury C. Freoman, Associate Pro- feseor of ancient languages nud Principal of the Pyoparatory Department; Nathan Sheppard, rhetoric and public spesking: Truman H. Baoftord, astronomy; C. Gilbort Wheeler, chem- istry; C. E. Mueller, Gorman; Ransom Doxtor, anatomy and goology; Goorge IV Root, music; M. H. Holmes, dinwing. Instruction is also given in tho Fronch, Spuniss, aud Italian fan. guages by membors of “tha Faaculky, nnd lecturen %n th\}) smldm eff t:;o cinua 31-«: duuvnr;d by rop. Donslow, of tho Law Dopartment, an Brofs. Diuxton sattutie, waa Sheppseq. ot nd The National Capdtal, * Tho_logal-touder reserve has been reduced Irom $44,000,000 to 17,000,000, Tho Court of Inquiry into the sinking of the Virginius, hua found that ** it was unavoldavble under tho circumstances.” ] A majority of tho Ways and Means Committes is oppoecd to Mr. Dawes' bill providing for & now 1onu of 320,000,000, at u low rate of interest. The Scnate was not in session. The Houso met in Committco of tho Whalo for speech- maling aod goneral debnto, Mr, Harris, of Georgia, gave Lis viows on Civil Rights. Messrs, Kellop, Townseud, aud Burchard delivered specches on finauco and thie curroncy. The Bxecutive Council of the National Board of Trado, lately in session in Baltitnore, is in Washington. 'Ilo object of the visit is to meot the Houso and Senate Comuwitloca charged with tho considoration of financial matters, and_urga upon thom the modification of tho laws relating to National Banks and to Bankruptey. Speculation still abounds regarding the Presi- dout's third choico for the Chiof-Justiceship. A new candidute hns appeared in_the person of Judge IHordley, of Cincinnati. Judge Dillon’s claims uro also urged by testimonials as to his fituess ror the place from St, Louis and Davon- | port, nnd other places within the bounds of his Judiciat Circuit. Tha convention of voteraus of tha Mexican war las adopted a memoriai'to Congross asking that pensions bo granted to all tho soldiers of that war, or their surviving wives and_children, The Convention visited the DIrosident in a body. Appropriate civilities wero interchanged. At s subscquont session of thoe Convention Con- grens was asked to romove the disabilitios of Maxiean-War voterans who served in the Con- faderato army. ‘Tho ohonp 'Transportation Convention on Buturday morning adopted the mujority report. of tho Committeo on Railroads,” which twas rinted in e Tninuxe the sama day. - Josiah uincy wos elected Prosidont, with o Vice-Presi- dont from each State, and It H. Yorguson, Bocrotary. onator Windom addrossed tho Convention. He vontured tho assuranco that the roport of the Sonnte Com- | mitteo on Transportation, of which he is Chair- mnw, would bo satisfactory. Rosolutions were ndopted in favor of the general improvement of wator-routos ; ond espeoial mention wag mado | of thoe Erio Caunl and lake routo, the Tlinvis and Michigan Canal, tho Illinois River, tho Mis- gigsippi River, tho Atlantic & Great Western Conal, tho Chesnpenko & Ohio Oanal, ‘and tho wator-line throngh Virginia, Tho Couvention adjourncd sine die. State Legislntures, The Houso of Ropreasutative of tho Towa Legislaturo took the 100th ballot for Speaker jnst bofore noon on Snturday, and thon ad- Jjourned until Mondny, In tho Senato of the Kansas Legislature, Sat- urday, much time was takon np In considoring o resolution coudomning tho salory-grab Inw. An amendment censuring Presidout Grunt for sign- ing tho bill was dofonted by » vote of 21 to 6, A Dill continuing tha bill to iucrense the power of the Muyor of C icago was passed to - third reading in"the 1llinois Sovate. A committoo was appointod to investigate tho affuls of, tho Deaf and Damb Asylum t Jaoksonvillo : and the con- frmation ns Trustees of that institution of sov- oral gentlomen, whose names have previously bean reported, was reconsidored, Tho rejection of Drof, Turner by tho Senate bas cauwed con- slderablo indiguation on the part of the farmer- membors of the Legislature, who see nothing objectionable in his contomptuous allusion to legislatora and Judsges, No important chunge hou talion place in the situntion of affuirs in Toxus. On Iriday Coke, thoe new Democratic Governor, demanded of Da~ viy, the Ropuablicen incumbont, possossion of the Btate oflicer.. In reply ox-Gov. Davis pro- Ynnud to submit tho whole matter {o the nuthor- tios in Washington, aud to abide by their do- oision, ‘Lhis wus met by a peremptory refusal, On Snturday # telogram was sont from Wash- ington by the Attornoy-General to Gov, Dayis, intorming bim that tho Presidont doos nat fool wurzanted in furnishiug United States’ troops to akl him in holding possossion of the State of- fces, Whis decision was orrived ab aftor congulting the Constitulion of Toxns, and especinlly in consideration of the fact. that Qav. Davis hut alrendy been in office for four yours, which is the teim prescribed by the Con- stitution. In Genernt. The Diroctors of tho Lake Share Railroad havo declded not to pay the ususl Februury divigeml, Duehmo & Co,, Jowelers, of Cinclunati, wero robbed of 87,000 worth of dlamonds on Satur duy evonug, The Rev, Mr, Latone, of tho B, Matthows Eplseopal Ohuroh of Whooling, Va., hsa joln tito Toformad Eplsoopnl Grch.. Tt suton yot undoolded whather to follow Lim or remain n ita presont rolationa, The boss-rollcrs and heatora in Bwirt'a rolling- miila at Nowport, Ky., bave struck, ‘This i ratd to bo tho fncaption af n general strike embracing all the mills in the Ohio Valloy, na woll as mills in Missourl, Tennessoo, aud lliinols, Tho Bar of Philadelnhin have passed resolu- tions demanding that tho ealarios of Judgos, undor tho new Constitution, bo made more nonrly adequato to tholr duties and rosponsi- bilitios than they have heretoforo hoen. Itla m{;nrtod in Minueapolis, Minn., that the Indians at Vormillion Luke nro d(yl\\g of alarva- tion, Thoy have oaten two childron and one man.’ The soarcity of gamo and failure of the rico orop I8 tho cause of their dostitution. Two mon wera arrosted In New Yorlk, Sature day, for attompting to soll Tronsury-warrants- ta tho amount of 10,000, which wero recognized ny part of o paokage of warrants which was Intely stolon from thie Internal-Revanue Dopartmont in * Waaniugton. The Chicf of Polico in Oincinnati Lins beon * doposel. Tho renson aseigned for his disgrace ! is that ho had some busincss transnctions with gamblors Boveral yoars ago. TRocont.1aids on gambling-liouses aro bolloved to furnioh tha roal grounds for his removal, 2 > The Doard of Trustoes of the Vanderbilt University hog been i session in Memphis for threo days, It has ordored throo departmontsof the Univorsity to be oponed on tho 18th of Jan- uary, 1876, Light Profesrors were chosen, The Bonrd will moet again at Nashville in April. T'ho roport of tho Registor in Bankruptey, in tho caso of Jay Cooka & Co., will bo mad to dnv. It is semi-ofiicially annonnced that Mr, Edwin 3. Lowis hus beon choson Trusteo, and John Layton, Ieano Norrls, Charles P. Holfon- stein, R. B, Bhoemaker, and Jamos Brown as the , Committes of Croditors, Inthe French Assembly Saturday, when the bill providing for the npémlmumut of Mnyors of Citles was undor consideration, an amondmont was offored to tho offect that Mayors should ba ' chogan from tho munitifal councils, It was ro< Jooled by 6 votes, Tho Loft Contro sgain offor« d tho same amondmout, and it was rejocted by o majority of 14, x 5 A special dispatch from Grand TRapids roports prent oxcltomont in Whito Bigoon, Mioh; onted v tho rumored drowning of a_skating party of * twenty-oight poreons, in's pond near Biwre Onls, Mich.” One of tho company broke through the ico, o rescuc was nttompted, and_ell porished | together. Nothing boyoud the Grond Rapids ?(apnwh hns yot gecuymcolve'l from any qsu\- or. A docroo hns been published by the King of Italy, forbidding the umfloqunL of Ifalinn children in vagrant cccupations, Pereonsin this - country having such children in charge, are re- quired to roport thomeslvas and their wards to tho Italian Government, and to sond back, at tholr own exponsg, the childron in tholr keoplug. In cago rofusal is made, the_oxtradition u? tie wlnv::—ownum will be demnnded of our Govern- . ment, _The minors in tho Sehuylkill coal roglon mek in PottsvilloSuturday and ofticinlly informed tha . operatora of thoir rojoction of “the proposed - basis of settlement. " Thoy domaud the same prices for 1874 ay thoy roccivod dnrin% 1878. In’ tho Wyoming coal rogion thero aro indlcations of similar action on the part of tho miners. Work is now suspended, 25,000 men boing idle. Resolutions wero adopted at a meot~ ing on Baturday to tho offect that tho miners would not, whon desired, resume workat the proposed reduction of 10 per cent. LOCAL 1TENS. The members of the Irish Literary Associae tlon Lield o meeting yesterday aftornoon ot the Inw oftico of F. C. Moliugh, corner of La Salla and Monroo stroets. It wae unasimously ro- solved that the Socioty should hold their aunual bunquot and bal{ Bt. Patrick’s night. A com~ mittee was appointed to soours a suitablo place for the colebration, and the meoting adjourned to resssemblo in the same placo next Sunday afternoon at § o'clock. J At about & quartor past 6 yestordny morning, an alarm of firo way soundod from Box 672, fu wag caused by tho dlflcovnr{v‘nl fire in the large charconl factory of Joseph Loater, corner of Fullorton and Llston avenues, The building was a frame structure used in the manufactura of hone dust and chniconl, and was totally con- sumed, THO_¢nurs lues' was 330,000, pattiully covered by $11,000 insurance in home compae nies. Adelbert Bungo hired a hack last ovening to fake himself and trunk from the corner of Clark and I'wolfth streots to the 1llinois Contral depot. Ho got into the hack aud found a mu~ tatto thore but snfd nothing, and off thoy drove. After goiug somo distauce, Bungo's companion scizod him, and, throwing bim upon the bottom of tho lhack, robbed him of #8,000 in money hoe had in his inside pocket. ‘Tho “hack was then slopped, and Buogo thrown out aud his trunk sent afier him, and tho thief in the hack drove off ata rapid rate. Bungo found Limself on the corner of Sangamon streot and Chicago uv 0. Ho reported tha cage o tho nenrest stativu, but ot a late hour Inst night no arrosts had becn mude. About 12 o'clock Saturdey night, & Gorman named Henry Seigert cominitted suicide by talk- ing laudanum at Lis residenco, 66 Cannlport nvonuo, He wos 88 years of age, aud had bean, until a year sinco, o resident of Now Yorl, whors , e carried on business, but he lost most of his property by a firo, and came to Chicugo. Soon after his wifo diod, and from that timo-Soigerh soomed tolose all beart, and becamo very do- spondent. On Saturday night bo reiircd as usual, but, as ho did not go down to breakfnst, some of tho family wont to his_room, and found him Iylug in bed dead, and 2 bottla part full of Jaudanum on a tabls near him. Yo leaves o girl 5 vears of uge, who was takon to her uncle's at No. 731 South Jefferson streot. Coronor Stophens impanelled & jury who returned a verdict of death from sn over~ doso of laudanum. DEATHS, MORRIS—Jan, 18, Kichard Y., inlant son of A. U, Morrls, Funcral from the 3 g gt mr:v&\“’alt'lhfvunlly residenco, 61 Lakoav,, atl GILDE A un, 18, 16, William Giidon, aged ) sears, LFunoral Tuceday, dan, 20, froin tho ro3duaoo of J. G. McCanley, No, 452 Sauth Talsted-st. ADAMS—At Lawroncoville, [ll., Jan 16, Mra, S Al ragitorof S 1 Db o Sy NHITTLESEY-..Felday ovening, Jan. 16, Oorles . Whittlosey. nged b0 yours, o Gt n 05 10, L, ot Rtest Conproga, tomal Ohwrel, cutaor Ann snd Wost Washiugton stz earis pnpors pl py; AUCTION SALES, By WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., AUQOTIONEERS, INO. 108 MADISON-ST., (Botween Doarborn aud Glatk.) £ The most central locat 2 GITIMATE aniey of all Kiade oF Rhorehanie b orol e EGULAR SAl DUGGIES, PHAEI'EUNS‘ & UUTTERS,HARNESS,M., On WEDNESDAY, ut 19 o'olock, at 168 Madison-st. DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Tungp RO OTE: SIOES, &0, on DAY, ut 1 welacks at our salesrooms, 1 HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE . AND GENERAL MERCITANDISE, On SATURDAY, at 0)§ o'olock, at 103 Madison.st, = By G. P. GORE & CO. 63 and 70 Wabash-av, REGULAR TUESDAY’S SALE OF DRY GOODS, JAN. 2, AT 10 O'OLOCK. Dress Goods, Notlons, Hats aud Oaps, Furs, Whilk Platt andt Figured Window Shados, AWhita Vool Fltsitots nad o obforters. An fnsoleo af Cutlory, Suws, Llardwato, Hjaware, &o. Caepots, Oil Clotbs, Sfatilngs, Fo. GO T, aoRr: & €O, b and 1|_l Wabash.zv, ‘We shall offor nt Auction on Wodnesday, n. 21,810 a. my, aline of BOOTS AND SHOES. STURSDAY MORNING, dan: 20, at 0% o' BIAITR AL of o o poaami St 0% 'clock, SPE- 'O ELIN L o0 U7 R 3 i Household Goods. Alsnona Billiard Tabla,o :E.‘i} o arga ot of Guraral Hiorensadive. Tomatvons Hioo o 'a) ‘"G“IIE{J'M.!“:?H By TAYLOR & HATtRISON, . Commoncing This Morning, at 10 0'Olook, A Large Retail Sale Of Linous, Mandkerchiefs, Napkins, Towels, da. TAYLOR & HANRISON, Auet 204 s 140 aat Sd som. G v,