Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1874, Page 1

! 1 ! i " VOLUME 27. SILE;A_S- &Ko, SIT.KS. MANDEL BROS, E.avoe just roceived from AUCTION some GREAT BARGAINS in BLACK SILKS. SPLENDID BLACKmBEIgKS, 80¢, 1, $1.15, $1.25, and $1,.60. R ON BATIN.-FINISH GROS GRAIN SILKS, $1.75, $3, $2.25, worth $3.50 and §3. SUPERIOR CASHMERE LYONS SILK, $2.60 and §2.75, cheap at $3.00. 500 PCS. DRESS GOODS, in good styles and newest colors, 25 cts., 80c, 36c¢, 46¢, and 500, tho cheap- est goods in tho market. Twenty thousand yards Best Black Alpacas, 250, 300, 32¢, 37¢, 40¢, and 50c. 50 PCS. 6-4 BLACK CASHMERE, $1 and §1.25, cheap at §1.76 and §2., State and Horrisonsts, Twenty-second-st. and _Mlcmgan-av. ‘WATCHES. A T e CORNELL WA OF OHIOAGO, MANUFACTURERS OF . STEM & KEY-WINDING WATCHES, Threo grades of which havo thelr uncquallod Stom-Wind- ing and Hond-Seotting Atiachmont. g at B30, 850, ard 8100 oxoh, with tho Co's guaranteo af 116 B B ot e Foomont i enlrrs i oments made oncibio dealors o' .‘.fii‘fi.'{"l.é‘"{smfu. "FHE ¢0. DO NOT SELL T0 JOBBEL: connpLr, prestdont. G, WILLTAMS, V. Pres't ind Mauager. Addross CORNELL WATOIX CO., Grand Cronsing, cor. Bovonty.six h.at. and Groonwood-av., Chicago, TII. Exclusively o 105 CLARE-ST,, Mellodst Chorch Blck, 1z por cent campound intarost on dopol Passbooks Ireo. Monoy aleo invested for othors on and Mort- e In sinll sums lll 10 lilflr cznf lm‘erc:(-l;"an chargoe to ] s ol title. ibeIm, ‘u'm;“" ';fifi?’géamw, ‘Prosidont. ' KELSEY ItrED, Oaehior, O Bt he poaqmt bacio, this Dak bas patd alt toposita on domand, without notico. WRENN & BREWSTER, BANEBERS, 06 Washington-st. Particular attontion given (o fice tounts of country bankcrass Intereet allowed on dally balances. PRINTERS.STATIONERS, &o. A, W. Faber’s and Eagle LEAD PENCILS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. .UU'LVER, PAGE, HOYNE & CO,, 118 & 120 MONROE-ST, SHOW CARDS By A, STEMPEI, 183 East Madison-st. FIRM CHANGES, DISSOLUTION. The copartnarship horotoforo oxinting undor the nsmo POTIEIL & HOVT, e lioon this dty disspiscd by mite a1 conseut of tho undoraigned partion. Al accounts fuo thia lato firm aro payabloto Lewell M. Iloyt, who is smpoirorad to colloot and raceipt for the saun. GEO. 8. PORTER Ohicago, Maroh 19, 1874, LOW] LL M, ROY'T, COPARTNERSHIP. d have this day formed & aepartnership e e e YOS 1 ST e For carraing a1 Wiiameof Mo Furulaitng Goods, La dhceciuos ¥ al 3 & [son. 2 i i i of Porior & Hogt, ot No. E1 fant Madiso *ohioago, Baroh 19, 1674, DISSOLUTION. Tho partnorehin horatoforo existing warlor the firm mamo of Kaufnan, Rosenberg & Gn., is this day dissalvod Ly mutnal consont, . Ghintios an and 3r, dlor- fs Rosenborg wiil continuo tho business under the flrm ngmo of Kuulman & Hosunberg, and assumo ail abihtics sod colloct all outainnding. sccounts: Mr. lonry Kaul- from tho flrmi, UHAS. KAUFMAN, ub, 19, 1474, MORKIN ROSENBERG. TOILETINE. L. ATTF IS Who valuo beauty which Is natural, which comos of & oft, lnnnlmrenl skin; who are not eager to shiow the world that they aro fahlonablo by copyiig Mea. Rn-nnde St e e Kol e S 7 it stamp fo ilo box, DK LA HAETAI’ 'Am“ b i MnAiepest, FOR SALE. Coal $3.75 2 Ton Delivered, A wmall lot of good, froshaninod Hlinols Lump at this frisey, Alloterkiniaof fusl at market rates. O I DY L1 & 00, 73 Washington-at. " Yard wost ond of Ensi e Onicao, Twon y.firs s MISCELLANEOUS, | BARLOW'S INDIGO BLUE, Originnl and (hmxe%-llml for llluullllg{nflmlh. fi;fi:‘mi’:.f P e iy o B L 7 + and oyory Lousokcaner by aud usa t. o o e WALTUSR G, Propristor. PHONOGRAPHY, WANTED—A situntion as copyist, or smanusnsis, by & lady bl ta veife, phunograpiloaity 1 wards ot min A . oog-haod. . AD B A b S B Gy si-beed | APelr SOCIETY MEETINGS. Masonic, A Bpecial O e . B, Warron Lod, o, b, A, 1, ‘.'.'.‘.“'i“/"s’."n&“‘.""l‘u'n"mwl?uu'}‘ this" Baturdars Syclock, o Cricuial, tall, 121 LaRallos, o0, §T CAROLINE'S COURT HOTEL, ‘Washington and Elizaboth-sta, “: fow c)::l'ul:‘xooml maybobad ab reasonable rates by - and thus control the businoss. COLOTHING. Boys & Chiden' CLOTHING! A New and Elogant Assortment. LATHST 8STYLES OF Boys’ and Children’s Dress and Sehool S, CHILDREN'S UNDERWAISTS IN GREAT VARIETY, WILDE, BLUETT & CO., NORTIHWEST CO!INER State & Madison-sts. CLOAKS. . CLOAK DEPARTMENT FIELD, LEITER & CO. State & Washington-sts,, ‘Will open this morning, March 21, a compiete assortment in all the de- sirable colors of the New and Fashionable KAN GARN JACKET, The moet stylish and elegant gar- ment yet introduced for Spring and early Suinmer wear. Ladies should examine at their earliost convenience. STATE AND WASHINGTON-STS, CARRIAGES. "5 DAEWATER & (0, OF BROOME-ST., INBW YORK, CARRIAGE BUILDERS, Havo removed tho Manufaoturing Branoh of their businuss to their Now Factory, BROADWAY- AND FORTY-SEVENTH-SE, Pho largest and most complete eatablishment ofits kind in tho country; their down-town warerooms remaining as bofore, nt Fifth-av. @nd Fourteenth-st ‘With Iargely increased facilitios to insure thoroughness and promptness, and with a determination to maintain the reputation of their productions, they invite a continuancoe of the publio favor which bes given them a constantly inoreasing business during their eighteen yerrs' ocoupancy of tho old Broome-« st. establishment. In addition to the larger vehicles in great variety, wo continue to make o spocialty of the . “Brewster Wagon,” Tho rocognized Standard for quality in all wolghts, for plensure driving or speeding. NOTELCE:. = In order to presorve our identity with the old locality, we shall continue to aign ns ot foot, that we may not be confounded with s joint stock company, trading in carriages, under a name very similar to our own. BREWSTER & CO. of BROONEST. BUSINESS CHANCES. IANTTOBA BREWERY C0Y, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, Rare Opportunity to Browers for Agquiring the Only Brewory . in this Now Province. 566 fully patd up shares—825 anch—(forming a portion of 1he Assots of tho Insolvent Estato of Jamos Austin & Co., Monixoal), aro now offored for sala by tander, Tho purchaser would hiold & majority of the antiro Stock by plcking up somo sixty mora Bbaros, easily obtaiuablo, Tt s in full working ordor, with oapaolty for 18,000 gnllons por wook, For full particulars address D, MOARTHUR, Ha Morchants' Bank, Winnipeg, or RIDDELL & KVA) Asslgnoes, Montreal. Fob. 10, Ladles wanting a good Catlico that will nelthor ‘wasls out nor fado out, will tind in tho . “RICHMOND PRINTS” Bomathiug to thele purpose, Ta tho Iargo varlety of thoso "OHOOOLATE STANDARD STYLES) {Copyrightod Tickot), "QUAEER STYLES" (Copreighted Tokot), AND "STANDARD GRAY BTYLES," * " (Copyrighiad Tiokut), Tepoclally rocommond thomsolvos for ohastoncss of do- sign aud durabllity of color, Whulssalo buyars through- uut tho country considor thom unequalod. _Ktxnmine tho tiokot to ho suro you got a RIOHMOND PRINT. EDUCATIONAL, Racine College. Spris d S Hosic e et and Sumr fomon of Ractze Golog will Tror admiraton abrly to th Rav. Jamos DeKaven, D, DSk Collede, Do e s Ardeobiarital Natiousl 53 oma Lo arohantst Dianks oF at Rttoholl & Hathewsy'e, No. 43 Olarkrp - The Ehituy CHICAGO, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1874--TWELVE PAGES. AMERICAN SILKS, Cheney Bros, AMERICAN SILKS, BLACK and COLORED GROS GRAINS.| < Special attention is invifed LIFE INSURANOE. to the large assortment of these | LIFE A OCIATION fabries now offered by all the Leading Dry Goods Stores in the Country. Silks of this manufacture are made in the most approved manner, and will not Crack or Change Color in Wearing. They are highly recommend- cd by all who have used them, for Cheapness, Beauty, and Durability. American Silks in Europe. An Amorican lady writes from Paria to Mosera, Chenoy Brothors, as followa ¢ !* Threo yoars ago, or thorenbonts, I rocoived a dross pattorn of black ‘Amorican sill’ from your wanufactory, with lottor in which you wishied me togivo it ¢ Linrd usago, and whon I got ahole in it to let you know. Holes have nothing to do with the {uditing of this lettor, but to toll you how the silk has bohaved. “1 woa oxcoedingly anxious that it shonld Drovo a succoss, bocauso it was Amerloan, aud it I bave ono ‘bump’ biggor than another, it is patriotism. Tho drossmakers untversally do- nounced Amorican silk as worthloss. After soveral skirmishes with my dressmaker, I. how- ever, ‘got my dresa made, and put it on. For the firat six months I didu’t know whother I liked it ornot. Liko all gros grains, it caught the dust. But at the ond ot six months I should not have known how to do without it. I wore it evory- whero and kept on wearing it. Until now it s ‘a travoled dross.' I crossed the sea withit; woro it tbroughont England ; it was my overy- doy dress and Sunday-go-to-moeting dross for six months in Paris; it protected mo from the blasts of tho Moditorrancan, snd went overy- whoro I did in Ttaly, from Naplos to Yenico; it sailed on the Adriatic, was my constant com- panion during s three months of advonturcs among the heatbens of Viouns, and now that | T've worn it back to Paris, and turned it wrong side out, hind side bofore aud upside down, it is still my best gown, and tho only friend I havo that I have ondowed with infallibility, Inshort, itis tho most romarkablo silk I ever saw, and because it nover wears out is why tho dress- makers don't praiec it. During theso threo yeara I havo bought but ono dress, for I thought Tought to have two drosses in onso snybody should lny illogal hands upon the Amorican fabric, and that was o Fronch silk of procisoly tho oame valuo in cost por yard. I have worn it but little, but alroady it has takon on a shining complexion, and threatons trosson at overy tuurn, Believo mo, Mosslours, your transatlantio woll wishing compatriot. LN AL Tor ealo to tho trade by CHENEY BROTHERS, 477 BROOME-ST. NEW YORK. MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, SHIRTS, Collars, CUEFE'S, WILSON BROS,, 67.& G) WABHINGTON-ST., CHICAGO, And Pike's Opora Houso, Yourth-st., Cluclunatl, As usual, we guaran- tee a perfect fit and very best of material in Shirts ordered from HOYT BROS,., Buccessora to Portor & Hoyt, 84 Madison-st., MoVicker's Thestro Bldg. SHIRTS! 7l ORDER THEM FROM EHARRIS & COBB, 171 SOUTH CLARICST. BUSINESS OARDS. M. J. LIGHT il POSITIVELY' onen his OIGAR SR Y BareBTh 507 This (Saturday) Morning, ‘When ho will bo plensed to aee his numerous frionds and the public in general. 178 STATE=ST. EAGLE WORKS MANF'G 0., Wil furnlsh Englnes, Botlors, Mining Machinory, nnd all kiuds of goods in tho machinory line, Soud for do- escriptive clrcular, ORico, 4% South Cannlat., Ghlengo. . W. GATHI osldont, R. M. OUTHET ‘Will gontinue the Real Hstato and House. Reating Agency at his old oflice, 181 Fast Madison-st.,, Room 7. WANTED. W AINTEID, A Traveling Lifo Insuranco Agent TorStaroof iinote, A fateselory wil bopatd, Bon ot o work for a0l CampRny: A irhan, with raferonses, GLNKICAL AGENOY LI TN hUANOL, Tribuns b, PARTNER ‘Will bo admitted, with $8,000 cash, to de. sirable firat-olans business, Partioulars are Toftwith A, H, TAYLOR, Advortlsing Agont, No. 4 Tribune Building, Wanted to Exchange ‘A Pow, oligibly locatod, In Grace Bpiscopal Ohurok, far uow Oarpots, Bald Pow fs uudor rontal and payes por cont on tho fnvestaent, - Address D, 1227 Wabsalieav, IARRIS! SHIRT, o AMERICA. The Most Successful Lifo Insn¥dnce Corporation of tho samo' agé. in the World! THE ONEY it O fxruing pollotes on the AD- VANGH DIVIDHNI bkt 25 hot-dont aduitionl In: suranco bolug guarantood from 1ts atart on ail Lifo and Xindowment Polloles, Low Rates for Life Insurance. 4.Ttto bost form of polioy ovor lasod for Dusinos Mon fn -YEAR TERM POLICY, O tha Lifo Assoolation, on which tho average promium OVER 40 PER 'CENT LESS Than the Preminas on ** Ordinary Lifo Policlos." TIE RATE FOR 81,000, At g0 25, s only..ur. AL g0 31 fs ony At oo 15, 1s only This gront redug onrs fs Tarnr b oy Dividenda® bt any Gompsny in tha Worlis and tho differunoo rutainod by ho holdors oF tha TonYbax Torm Policioa jo nearly doublo tho Snjount of Oxel Surrondat Valuos givn. fof *Ordinasy Lifa-Poll: clge® by at'of thebast il Comanios, ‘The Association has, duvlnT tho Iast eight months, is. pred aychyrgo amant. of nsuranco Mnor {hy ot form of ’(’IH?, to somo of the MOST PROMINLNT MERCHANTS AND BANKERS IN NEW. SORK GITY, and & portonal xnmiuntion of {ta morita 1n argos wpon any man who is williog to inour any outlay whatever for Lifo Insurauce, iboral ateangomients will bo mado with oflofont mnd ro- Hable mon to act as Bpecial Agonts In the Oity of Ohicago and to represant tho. Association in overy town in tho gorthorn Hail of tho Satoof Tillaois.” AdUross or Abply ‘sithor i C. B. KIRTLAND, Manager, or ‘W. I. MORING, Gen’l Agent. ——— e HATS! SPRIN G_§TYLE S 3.1, SHITH & €0, 161 STATE-ST. HATS! LARGEST STOCK, GREATEST VARIETY, and FINEST QUALITIES, BREWSTER’S, Cor, Ulark and Madison-sts. THE LARGEST AND BERT VARIETY CF NOBBY IIATS IN THE CITY. BISHOP & BARNES, COfts STAYE AND MONROE-STS. ‘ Gents’, Youths’, and ' Children’s Spring Stylos. Large Stock, Lp\vest Prices, at J, 8, BARNES & 00., 70 Madison-st. TO RENT. CHEAP RENTS, 'Those fine Brick Stores, with plate glass fronts, suitable for all kinds of business, on Van Buren-st,, be- tween Canal and Clinton, will be rented at $300 PER ANNDHM. APPLY TO MATTOCKS & MASON, B8 W.ABASE-AV. FOR REINT. TELE Geneva Mineral Springs House. Thts Houre ix fincly locatod in the beautiful town of Gonova, 1il., and fs just tha apat for a first-class countiy resort and family boarding-houso, Tho grounds aromays. piliceat, snd tho Minaral Spriugs oo pronouncod by Pror: Blauey, of Rush Medioal Cotlogg, ta bo the finest in the country, ‘There isalsos nice Irotting Park, and ather couvenlonces, whioh rondor it really auractivo. The Bouss la farsishat, sendy for osoupazey, Jue tan uller particulars apply to LD, 4 e 174 Latinlloaty T FPOR REINT. Tho throv-story beick buflding, with besement, 60x75 foor, Nos. 43, 55 3nd 37 North Oliiton-at, 'hose premisce Iinving JiEhe hul nocess o throw slde, with Inrge strays and containing A stoamn enkluo and shofting, o 1 Flug irnosas. | Flicy oad “A ood. Shmeten with Jiboral 'uposinl ohmetar with libaral pro- uiy o AT RYISON, 44 Potinnd 7D KIERIOOT & 00, 8 Hast Washing- 5 FOR RENT. The large Warohouso, 100x76 feof, ground floor, on southweat carner blonroo.at, aud Mlchigan-av,, sultible for fron, machinory, storuge. or atable: Also & fenvine an Miolilkan-av, front; 1 will fit up 10 suit for emsll fa: illes; nour by the Falmor Houso and busi Apply to 0, H. BEOKWITIL, 118 and 115 South Watorat. TO LEASE, Tor thres yoars, 160 aores of Innd about 77 milos from Uhicago, nene tooktlold, Latallo County, Ll Addross JOHN GALNAR, 241 Ning ow York City, . TO RENT. TTyro Olark.at. Btores, aud Ofticos on Lafiallo-at., wude® Paoltio Hotol, at VERY LOW prices.y ' X. L. UT1S, Tioom 1 Oils Bluck, DOCK TO RENT At Bridgopart, _So To Lot lurn, TROPICAL FR TROPICAL. Recelved by Exprean, to-duys In guod order, 220 Bushel-Baskets Groen Poas, 28 do. Caulifiower, 8 Brls, Now Boots, 80 Doz. Now Celery (3 foet long.) 7 ods, with Troplical Fruite, veavived rogulatly. ondn o sty TRt oot FISCHER, ARNOLD & FISCHER, i D8 & 100 Bouth Water-st. ~ WASHINGTON. House Action on District of Columbia, Bills, A Special .Tu.x Authorized "~ to Pay the School- Teache: Testimony Taken by the District Investigating Commiitee. The Accused Acknowledge the Existence of Certain Important Docu- “ments, Report of the Sub.Committeo to Inves- tigate the First National *. Bank. Its Officers Condemned for Gross Der- eliotion of Dutg. Features of a Bill to Settle the Osage ' Ceded Land Case. Passage of the Army and Fortifioation Appropriation Bills in the Senate. National Banks Called upon for n State- rment of Thelr, Coudition, DISTRIOT OF COLUMBIA. Special Dispateh'to The Chicago Tribine, DISTRICT DAY IN THE LOUSE, ‘Wasmyaron, D, 0., March 20.—As this was District day, the, Houso, nftor spending tho morning honr principally in discussing the- Georgia contested olection caso, wont 1nto Com- mittoo of the Whole on tho District nffairs, A strong offort was mado to paas the bill author- izing the construciion at’ tho oxponse of tho United Btatea of ap iron aud masonry bridge, to tako tho placo of what 18 now known ag ' 'THE ANACOSTIA DRIDOE ncross tho' enstorn branch of the Potomne. Tho lowest estimato of the bridgd stated on the floor 4 waa $200,000. Tho frionds of tho bridge scomed to bo havingit all their own way'till Gon: Coburn, of Indians, took the floor, and in a fow well-timod, pithy romarks shoived the absurdity of tho idea that the. Govornment is uodor obligations t6 bulld bridges for the solo use nud bouefit of tho citizens of the Dis- triot. In tho courso of his specch, the General 100k occnsion to refer to Mullott, saying that if o (Coburn) wero Supersising Architect of the Treasury, with a nation's wealth to back him, ho, too, wonld dovote himrelf to erecting costly monuments all over the land to keep his name and fame alivo to future generations, Holman followed in a short spocch, concluding with & motion to Jull the bill by striking out the onacting olause ; sud, very much to the Burprise of those who boliove that the United States “Trogsury ought to furmsh tho money to make all the improvements noeded by tho Diatriot, the motion provailed by n voto of 102 to 40, THY. BOHOOL-TEAGHERS, Tho hill appropriativg $47,000 -to pay the district school-teachers, the smount to be taken out ‘of any appropriation that may hereafter be made in behnlf of the Distriot was taken up aud after cousidorable digression was passod. It woa Telt that the feelings of common human- ity demandod that somethiog should be done for thio relief of theso sufferers, especially when it 'was on the underatanding that the District would oventually pay the monoy, - . THE DIBTRICT INVRSTIGATING COMMITTER Ent in flva bours’ hard work to-day. Tho hours etweon 10 and 12 o'clock wore devoted to hoar- ing tho answer of the District Governmentto the fivst charge of tho memorialists, They admitted somo portions of the chargo, aod denied others. Thoy admit- tho-letting_of contracts in con- eidorablo numbsers to Jobn. O. Evans, Lowis Clophane, and Louis Filbort, but at tho samo timo show that ono of those contracts at least wns lot at the earnost solicitation of W. W. C. coran and w0 or three othiors of tho momo- rinlists. Thoy admit also the issue of s private ciroulur to_ bidders arranging for a consultation, but cinini thoy sont it to all the rospousible bid- ders, and further doclaro the consultation was Tield' for tho purpose of establishing a uniform tzcalo of prices forthework contomplated. They admit that thoy awarded Johu O, Evavs con- tracts amounting to over 1,000,000, aud the payment to him of nearly that sum. . TUE MOST IMPORTANT ADMISSIONS, howover, made by tho District Governmont woro that tho Huntington momoranda and the Rilbourne lettors publishod some time gince, in which the memorialists claim to show that Jay Couke & Co. did advance the Kilbourne and TLatta ring mousgors $25,000, were in existenco. “The othor specifications iu tho first ohargo thoy deny, or explain away to thelr own satisfaction at lozst, In couclusion they say ¢ Tirrors of judgment in tho prosccution of the large improvementa ih which thoy bave boon engaged may buve occurred; but thuse, it fs submitted, if they should to any oxtent bo found to oxist, wh respocts (ho ‘charactor of the improvomonts or as respocts tho dutarprotation of law, should be stirlbuted to error of judgment, aud not to corruption of purposo or impurity of intenfion, The aftornoon session of tho Committeo was consumed in the EXAMINATION .OF W. D, PARISON, an asphalt pavomont contractor. In was nscor- tsined that ho bad forfeitod totho extent of about $10,0000n a 29,000 contract, but it wasnot shown that Le had been n collugion with the Bonrd of Public Works, "By his own admission, tho Board, after awarding him a contract, out him down sbout 20 conts a superfloinl yard below tho prico originally agraed apon. At tho ro- duced price, hie notfed about 31 a i’“‘l profit, It was attompled to bo shown by this witness that John O, Evaus had profibed greatly on the Penn- sylvauia avonuo contraot, ho being sllowed tho w80 frea of cost of the old cobblo-stone pave- mont, Mr, Parison atatod that, when the cost of removing tho cobblo-atonoand tho bronking thore- of was taken into -considoration, thare was littlo margin left for profit over tho cast of stono pros parad at the quarry for -fillng purposes, 1lo testificd that a contractor under the Board, named Howett, had carrled nway o quantity of olil cobble-stono from Ninth streot, and used it for building a fonndation for his house. - ABERIOUS DISOREPANCY. ‘Whilo examinlng Contract No. 40, Judge Wii- 8on discoverad that the Board of Public Works reported the- paymont of $48,300 ‘to John 0. Evans for work donae on Ponusylvania avenuo, nod the youchor on tho back of the samo cons track luknowleflgnu the receipt in full for tho work of only $36,903, loaviug a discropanoy of ovor $7,000. Couwsel for tho Dintrict promised to oxplain the error to-morrow morning, Another nesslon of the Committes will bo held to-morrow to hoar the ovidonco of Monsiy, Liattn, Kilbourno, and Zuges, Huntington hus beon excused from toutlfyl (40 the Associated Preas,] - DISTRICT AFPAIR: Wasmnaron, March 20,—At & moeting of the Distriot of Columbin Inuvestigating Comumitten to-day, the District awhorition fied o written anuwer to the chargos of the memorinliate, dony- ing oach and overy allogation of fraud, conspira. oy, or confedoration with John 0. Livans and otlior partios named by tho momorialiats, Tho snswer admits that largo contracts iwere given :‘o uimm' artles, but aweeplngly and specifleally lenles " ovidenco, posits. Thoy hiad what ¢ ¢ thoro waa auy collusion between .~ them and tho Bonrd of Publio Works or othor Distrlot authoritios, Tho oxistonco of the Kil- bourno memorandum and Huntington lotter is also admittod, but it ia denled that thoy sustamn tho momorialints' charges In any partiodlar, Tho Journal of the Board of Public” Works was pro- ducod, and tho Committoo ordorod a tranecript of thnt portion rolating to tho maoting at which tho bids \Varr‘u ononed for pavemonts to bo put in ocosd, —_—— s THE COOKES' WASHINGTON BANK, Snecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, TUY, INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, WasiNaron, D. O, March 20,—3Mossra, Mor- riam, of Now York, Tarwell, of Illinols, and Durham, of Kontuoky, tho Sub-Committeo of the Houso Banking and Currency Committes to in- vostigata tho Firs: National (Ionry D. Cooke's) Bank of this clty, submitted their roport to the {full Committooto-dny, Thoy find that tho oflicors of tho bank hinve boon guilty of tho . OPEATEST IRREGULARITIES, that thero is 1o law to punish them, and thoy rocommond legislation that will covor such casos. fu the futuro. Tho roport showa that, as o Unitod Statos_dopository, tho bank mado vory large profits. It wan also; ~ agonoy throngh which banks throughout thi untry oxchangod mutilatod for now enrroney Z ¢ the timo of tho failuro of tho bauk thor€ Vas 260,000 of this mutilatod ourrenoy in, . hand. . The regular books of tho ban§S rtained no entrioa golng ta show the conditioms | this class of do- colled o mutllatod +and distinot from hanle; tho accounts currenoy dopartment, sep: al tho othor business of or which wora Lept, it ms, only in potty momorandum-books inn: logs way, 8o that it was oxtremoly difficult to'~. rtatn how muck of this currency was on hand at nny ouo time, *Asa rosult ot this, tho Committeo report thnt somes £46,000 of mutilatod currenoy, deposited with tho bauk oan not bo nccountod for, They say: ¢ An examiuation of all tho accounts, with o vlew to accounting in some plausibla way for this doflcioncy, met with no succces, Wo aroat n loss to account for it, but presont tho fact and attompt no oxplanation.” As to ANOTIER TOINT, the Sub-Committeo say ¢ TIE LARQE INDEBTEDNESS TO TIIE GOVERNMENT over and above the amount of ecurity. dopos- ited hins boen oxamiued. The manner in whish thie occurred is ns follows: As a desiguated dopository tho First National Bank tesued its cortificato in favor of the Treasury of the Unitod States for fractional curoucy, t0 bo forwarded to difforont banks in the country desirin it, and which mndo their orders oug them in tho wnatural courso of . busi- ness, Bach cortificaten' wore not large, and the balance in bank would be kept down to the pmq‘ur amount by tranefer orders, as soon as tho woekily roporta or transfor roports of tho bnnlis receivod at the Uronsury Department_could ba examined on tho 27th'of August, 1873. ‘"Lhe TDalanco Lo the crodit of tho Troasurer on the books of - tho bLank roported to Bim wore $183,108. During the following week cortificales wero issned . by tho bank snd. onshod by tho ‘Trensurer mmountivg to 8118,760, ruuning tho balanco on Aug. 30 to §251,858. In -the mean- timo, no transfor orders woro paid, Duriug the following wook cortiticates wero issued to tho swount of 405,204, The transfer orders were 202,382—paid to the amount of $145,000— Ibmg'lu%xn bolance of 3147,882. From tho 8th to the17th of Soptomberinclusivo, cortificatos wore jstad to the amount of 3185,400, and on the 19th ‘of Septomber, $382,782 transfor orders woro paid for, 45,000 of the certificales issued, During the Jast waok $125,000 wero pald for fractiounl cur- roney to bo i:sued to Jay Cooke & Co., at Philn- delphia. At tho timo that this largosum was fors warded on tho strongth of the cortilicato of the Firat Natioual Bank, that Bank was alrendy indabted to tho Troasuier of tho?United Btates for & sum Inrger thau the amountof TUE BECURITIER ON DEFOSIT with the Treasuror. Tho proper way would seem to bave beon to require tho Bank to furnish cur- ronoy in licu of its cortificates, " Wo find that the mannor through which Jay Coolo & Co. wara pormitted to thas obtsin from tho Govornment what might be called o tompo- rory lonn of & large amonnt of monoy on the simplo_indorsomont on_casl certificates of the First Nationnl Bank at Washinglon was due to the lnxl& in " former Troséury rogulations, of whioh thoy took advautsgo in an ' e tompt to bolstor up thoir failing fortunos. Immediatoly aftor the failuro of “tho bauk, tho prosout Secretary of tho Tronsury prom}:tl t00K oifcolivo stops and mensnyroy through whicl to obtain full and amplo guarantao by which THE GOVEUNMENT WiLL BE SEQURED FROM LOSS n the “premi We hinve examined into.the natwio..and Natacter 't tha: guarantee and sccurity obtaiuod by Lim, atd feel confident that any doflcioncy that may arigo in the paywent, of this debt out of thé ssscts of the Elll’lk will bo fully mado and. colleoted from another, source. Crovit should bo givon to the Hecretary of the ‘Treasury for the prompt and effeotive manner in ‘which ho has thus protectod the intorests of the Govornment. Propor rogulntiona have -bgon mado by him'to provent.s recurrenco of & liko condition of afairs, and to further protect the intorests of the Governmont in ita denlings with banks desigoated.as dopositorics. The roport procoods to show that tho ollicers of the bank PAID NO ATTENTION AT ALL TO TUE LAW providing that not moro than one-touth of tho capital of the bank should Lo put outin the way of loans at any one time. 'To this fact, the Committeo say, is the fallure directly attributa- ble, ‘Thoy say, slgo, that the protense on the park of the .officers of the bank that the nrge advancos made to Jay Cooke & Co. woro deposits and not loans was pnolpuumr ous, - Thus, says the roport, was tho whole eapi- tal of the bauk—its eutiro surplus and_part of its doponite—usod by one firm composed of tho principal stockholdors of iho bank itself. Too HGvero torinu cannot be used in condomuation of such an abuso of public and pnvate funde in- trusted to a National Bank for specitioand logiti- mato uses. B —_———— PUBLIC LANDS. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, NEW DISTIICT IN DAKOTA, . Wasmizaton, D, C. March 20.—The Houso Publio Lands Commutteo agreed to-day to roport a bill creating a now land district in Dakots, with headquartors ab Bismarclk. This is for tho bonofit of the innumerablo caravansof emigrants who are, under the fostoring csro of tho North- orn Pacific Railroad, pouring into the fortile wheat-bolt in such immense numbers, TIE OBAGK CEDED LANDS CASE. The Committee also agreod, in ordor to solve the Osago lands diffioulty, to raport & bitl drawn by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; providiyg for the sale of the Kauens Indiau lands in Kane a8 to actual eettlors, and for tho disposition of the proceods arlsing from the esle, The provise ious of tho bill aro as fotlows : Each boua fide scttler horetoforo roported as such by {hio Commissionera appointed to makoe sald apprabee mont, und the refacted claimants _ns boun o kettlers who wero recounnonded a8 such by Androw O, Will lume, acting under dustructions (0 Saperinicndont loag from tho Tudlan Oftico, dated Oct, 24, 1873, shall bo permited to niske paymcat of (he sppraisod valia of thalr lauds to the local Land Ofiice at Topeka, Kun,, uuder much rules s tho Commissioner of tho Goneral Laud Oifico muy adopt, in four oqual ouuunl fustallments,—tho first fustallment paynbla on tho 1at of April, 1874, and tho reminiug instaliments pigublo anmually from thut time, and drawing totercat at 8 por cent por anuum until paid; but dack sattior, o making hix first phyment, mitst enter into hond of conditfon that ho will commit 1o wasta by tho dostruca tlon of timber or otbierwive an klil lund, until the List payment is made, aud give bis uotos, with udoquute dugurity, “for tho duforrad psymonts’ an (Lo terd aforeendd, - "DIAVORITION OF UNCLAINED LANDS, Al thio rematindor of tho trust vl and of (ho un- dispased portion of th dimiulhed rosceyg il bostt- Jostto entry i tho local Land Ofico at Zopelon Kan.y i tructs ot oxceeding 100 aorus, by wetual sottlnrs, uni: dor snch rules aid regitlations o8 fho Commisatond tho Genoral Land Ofico moy preacribo, The putties mak- sy ek ontiien hall bo required to Tak puynient of {hia appradnet valuo of tho Jand extered und. occuried i tho following manoor ;- One-fourth ut tho timo tho cntry {0 tawle, oud o remainder fu thres equal payments, drasving [ntorest ut 6 por cont, whicl iymanta must bo sucured by notes puyable 't thu Uiittod Stutes, and indorsad by & respousible porly. “Piag percon waking such entry shull also o roguire ta glva bond fo commit uo Wasto by destruction of ttbbur, or otiorwire, untit fiual payniont for tho fract lins bean. mudc, and tho Secretiey of tho Interlor shll cause patonts i feo to b featied fo all partios who shall Complote purclnson wnder L provisions of thia ncl, Sy person who fulle to muks paymERL o o Horfornt | wny “othor | conditions yequivad in nincty dmya affer . such payment. sl bocoms. duio, or perforimatco bo required, such peraon skl forfeit all rights undor the provisfons of tho law, and nil + 48eo Soventh Page,) o Dailp Teibune, NUMBER 210. THE TEMPERANCE WAR. Mrs; Do Geer’s Protest Against Mayor Cotvin’s Action, Organization of the Ohioagn Temper- " onoe Associntion, Colurabus, 0., Women 'Pray Fervently at the Doors of the Legislature. Another Fight Between the Police and ‘Whisky Mob in Cleveland, A Memorable Free-Lunch at Fort Scott, : Kansns. 4 CHIOAGO. ' ! 3 3 . MT§. DE GERW'S PROTEST. Mra. Do Goor, tho tomporando lecturor, yester« day sout thio following lottor to Mayor Colvin: Again T addroan you, to pload with you, for Ohrist's deal mvko, wnd sutloriig LADIY% sk or S0 o ibo Bunday Liccuso law paescd by ouir Olty Gonndily God, our Henveuly Father, gavo Hio poor mnn as well n thorich tho soventh day for physieal rest, peace, quict, and lovp 4n tho basom of hlw family, Aud for apiitual and religious enjoyniont—enjoining upon us t % keep it holy. " . Will you, for tiio Bako of‘gratifying tho vicous and mercetiary Anloou-licopors, whoso only-object in ‘aclls inglinuors is ta put mancy into their own coffors a tho exponso of thiofr nelghibors, commit sucl & crima beforo God, by broaking this commandment? Wil you fhrust snch o urong, and ohtrage upon ro- igloun and temperance Inw-abiding cltizons by Jotting i zum fleud ouse upon us again’ upon tho' Lord's ay L Tlived in Cbicago when tho sound of. music and ace compnniment of feot in the danco asconded togetler willi boisteroua laughter, drunken shouts, obscoue songr, nud Dlasphemous oatha from lagor-boor gar- dens iud saloons froin 2 p,m, Bundsys until 11 p, m., and T used to tremblo for tho safety of wy children o they went to Sunday-school, 1 hsvo lived bero sinca thoy wera closed, of_partlaliy a0, and I kuow thero 18 & gteat difforenco betweon cloaed sud opea saloons on undoy, Supposo ot ond tho whisky Aldormon wers elected by tho votes of the drunken” rabblo—tho vory Come ‘munint whom tho soler and. nduatrlous pogylo bud fo support this winter—yot is it not truo_ that you all | recolved your salaries from tho tazpayera? and wa are, o say the least, entitled to just consideration from you as our paid officiala, - A ‘Tho 17,000 women ' who potitioned Jou ond the City _ Counefl mot opon the saloons on” Bundny (v small snd vory reasonabla roquest) wera hotter cntilled to o hoaring snd to res dress now, a Chrlstian citizens, thon were tho men (thourands-of whom wero drunkbn loafors) to whom ¥Ou gavo bread und moncy nt our exponse, By thio unitad ec-oporation of tho tomperance organe 1zations of this ity, tho .saloons_woro closed Sundsya threo years ago, A'littlo lator Masor Mnson signeil m bill, paraed by iho City Councll - suppose, opening thom again-tlie sune”duy ; and a.fow months aftor that, through - Sundsy whicky-dauco, our cily vas destroyod by fire, In thac conflagration ¥ lost §1,200,— » hicayy loss for mysclf and_ fathorless éhildren but, when Mayor Alason after that promptly closed tha saloons on Sunday, I thanked God for tho Aro. And not, Mayor Colvin, just s siroas_you opon thiom, Just a0 guro retribution will follow. Last Mon- dny evening, when I took iy scat with othor ladics in the Councii Hall, and your door-keopor, too_drunk ta stand (afterwards led out by two policemon) came ig and eaid ho had ordora not to light tho gas until & oclock, and struck down tho stra of 3 woman who wae Tiglting it (whiom wo took to bo bis wifa), a8 .the Tode facod, besotted Aldermen, so different from Ald, HMoord and tho faw—alas |'too fow temperance men thero, came in with lighted cigurs and Althy pipes, try- ing t0 amoko un out bocanse they could not drive uf out ; and last of all, as' Hesing, ottering and. shaling, singgerod in, and thoso foul men welcome lim, and opened the gafe to give him & scat'of hionor in the funer cRamber, and ho and . thoy turned tolook at us with moro thon fiendish cone tempt, T felt snd knew that, even then, the unscen Land 0t God was writing judgment on tho- # Counoll walls,” Mayor Colvin, I love your gonl in Christ, T have prayed for you, snd wiil that God may give you to_set your respousiuliity to lim, aud your duty to thosa cruahed by futemporanco, My tears sro faillog_thick and fast while I write to Yo, for the imago of boautt ful loved faces como up before me, now ruined by tho licensed tafc in Chicogo: liquors drank, {oo, i Aldermon's houses, aud at respectable socal ' partion; and I pray God that your loved ones may nevor shed such tears, and yet,If Queen Esthor was not safe in the King’s'paluco more than all the Jews, nclther wil you or yours escapo. Will you not ‘do your- duty ta God and the penplo thon, independent of tho unjust Jaw mado by the Aldermen. _God holp you fo do 50 is tho alticero prayor of yours, respoctfully, Ouicaao, Mrch 19, M. E. Dz Gren, THE TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATION. . Tha :Committeo hppointed at tho. wWomen's prayer-meeting . Friday afterncon .to .nominate officers for .tho Contral, Asspciation hold » soa sion in tho Mothodist Church Hlock ‘yesterday mo ruing, and agreed to recommend . the follow~ ing: Piosident, Mru. Moses Bmith ; Vico-Prosie donty, Mrs. A’ J.' Jutkin and_Mrs. -Marsh; Cor- responding Socrotary, Mra, J. W. Dean, . Unly a fow of tho liftoon mausgers have boon selectod, and tho full numborwill nat bo choton until some time to-day, a8 tho Commitien desired all the churches to be represented, and were anxiona to securo active; mtolligent, sud capoble ladies for tho position. Another eession will be hold this morniug, whon the final arrangementa will be mado to obtain sponkers to address tha meot- ing this afternoon, and'ic is expected that the attendance will bo lnrge and tho orgunization be satisfactorily startod. s I, OHIO. AT coLunus. " Corusnus, O., March 20.—Tho orussders ob- morvad about the usual programme to-day, ex- copt that this afternoon 126 ladios formed in procession at tho First Prosbytorian Church snd marched to tho State-House, taking possession of tho rotunda. and for nearly an hour siuging and prnyinq,,. Bcores of members of the Gen- oral Assombly aud attaches of the State-Houso loft their places of busincss and, with many spectators,’ formed a circlo around the pray- ing Iadice. As tbo Indics knelt in prayer nlr but » fow -hats of tho spoctators wero 1amoved, and porfoct quiot was obsorved.. The poculior construction of the Stato-Houso makes echo and abundant noiso, and members who did not sco it to leave their soats were obliged ta linton, at lenst to the echo, of songs and prayer, .yntil the Sorgoants-nt-Arms of both Hoisgs wora ordered to close tho'doors. At tho close of tha meoting tho procession reformod and muarched bnok to the church by way of High street, sings ing a8 thoy walked. " Ono salovu-keepor Ia the North End to-duy sold out to a man who was prayed ont of Loudon. The crusadors say thoy propoto to try tho ollicacy of Columbus prayers on him, aud to keep it up till ho surrenders. AT CLEVELAND. : CreveLAND, O., March 20.—Notwithstanding: the rudo treatmout they recoivod yosterday, tha Indios came out to-day in still greator numbors than bofore, to reuow the crusado sgainst s~ loons. On the Enst Bide overything pnssed off quiotly, & number of saloons on Gardon strook being vimted, the Indies g overywhore kindly recoived, On the West Sido, ono band visited a number of saloons on Detroit stract, Thoy wera undor tho protoction of the police, and were not malestod, Anothor party of ladies assombled at: tho Lorraine Church,near the scone of yostorday's {ronble, to pray for the suceoss of movemont. largo crowd assombled in front of tho building, mul: a8 tho ladies woro leaving for thoir homen thoy wore Looted and joerod at by tho excited mab. Tho polico, assiated by a number of gen- tlemon prosent, oscorted the ladics to a placo of eafoty, A policomnn attempted to arrest ono of a crowd of roughs, and a fight was started, in whieh the polica wero abligod to uso their clubs, whicl thoy did with good offeot, making sovoral nrrosts, The streets wore erowded with oxcited Gormans, and 4 riot was at ono time imminent, but tho arrival of a reinforcoment from the polico heudquarters put mattors in better shapo. During' tho oxcitemont tho (lerman browers orgunized n procession, composcd of lngar-boor Wagona loaded with 'boor-kogs, on which sat o lergo number of men_driuking boor a thoy moved through tho stroots, Tho ladios Live snceeoded in obinining a considorable num= bor of signatures o tho citizems' plodge, and uransed goneral publio sympathy {u tiolr uolif, Hn\"mul this, littlo or nofhing hes beon accom- plished, ! ‘Tho Hou. Chavios A, Oy, Ml\{m’ of this olty, iruned o proclnmution this ovening, in which ho calls upon ull eitlzons to abutain from all -suoh ustemblages in tho streets of the oity ny wiil tond to dlaturh the poaco of the community, as such assomblles fre in diroot violation' of tho provisions of “tho ordinancos of the Sue Twel(th Fagen ™%