Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 26, 1874, Page 2

: THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 187:1 RAILROAD NEWS. New Developments in the Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Suits The Ilolders of First-Mortgnge Bonds Claim a Show for Their Money. How Shippers Manago to Get Cheap Freight Rates, F Expodients of” General Freight Agents 10 Evado their Agroements, How Patent Rights Affect Transportation. Conventlon of - the American Railway Master Mechanics’ Association. Earnings of the Kankakee Line, GILMAN, OLINTON & SPRINGFIELD. Snecial Dispatch to the Chicago Fridune, Brooarryaroy, Til,, Maroh 25:—In tho McLenn County Circnit Court, on Weduesday, the caso of Josoph J. Kelly and othors against the Gil- man, Clinton & Springficld’ Railroad Company took a now doparture. It will bo remembered Jhnat a weok or #0 ago, Col. Tom. Scott and Hugh J. Jewott, Trusteoa for the first-mortgage bond:, Loldors of thie rond, applied to the Court to Lave o rond taken awany from tho Roceiver, and given to them. Now, new parties are coming forward In the cnge, nnd want o finger in the ple. Morton, Bliss, & Co,, the Now Yorlk bankors and brokers who nogotiated tho first morigege bonds, have filed & motion nsking that they and long list of English and Dutoh firat-mortgage bondholders be aliowed to become TATUIIES DEFENDANT IN THE OASP, and to filo crosu-bill in ordor that their rights niny be protected. Thoir crona-bill, which is & long statoment of about fifly oages of foolscap, recites fhe whole history of tho raiirond and of itscontract with the Morgan Improvoment Compauy, by whicl the rond was built. 1t then goeson to eny that in part payment for their work tho Tisilvond Company gave to the Morgan Improvement Company 52,000,000 of bonds, sccured by 3 first-mortgage on the road, in which Col, Tom Scott and Hugh J. Jowott nro uvamed a3 tho Trusteos of the holders of tho bonds; Bhortly after this {ssue of bonds the Morgan Improvement Com- pany offered thom for sale in Now York aud London, Thoro was & doubt abont the fack whether the martgago would cover tho rolling- Btook, or other porsonal property of tho road ; and there was doubt as to whether, under their constiugtion coutract, the Morgan [mprovement Company wore obliged to squip tho rond with engines, cars, tools, tc., ond, with theso doubts, the bonds wero found to bo unsalsble at ressonable prices for such scouritics. In order to obviate thoso dithoultics and muko tno bonds salable, the Mor- gan Improvament Company induced tho Railroad Company to mako and deliver to Scott and Jowott A BUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEED, dated *Jan. 25, 1873, by which it wns provided that the bonds should bo a lien on all real and porsonul property. Bofore the bonds were sold tho Morgan Improvoment Company entored into a written engagement by which they agreed to oquip tho road, Thon these bondboldors paid 2 conts on tho doliar in gold for the bonds. Tho Morgan Improvement Company had possea- slon of tho bonds till Jan. 5, 1872, The bond- hotders woro puid all thoir interest coupons as they fell duo, till the semi-annual coupon that ol duo March 1, 1874, The pay- monts preceding this one, ns these bond- holders have just asceriained, ~were not aid out of the surplus earnings of the ruilroad, Eut woro paid by the Company through the Mor- gan Improvement Compnny. ~The Morgan lwm- provement Compsny was by its written guaran- teo nbove mentioned, bound to pay the same. If tho Morgan Improvement Company have any chnim for tho samo it is _either, 2 giraple dobt sgaiust the railrond, or at least is junior and Bub- ject to tho lion of tho trust deeds given to Scott mud Jewott, the bondholders. Tho bill states that, in the firet place, o sot of bonds wero issned for the 2,000,000 and placed an enle, but, by renson o!t’tha doubt montioned rbove, beforg they could bo upld&twa of tho COUPONS, ANOUNTING TO $140,000, had fallon duo, wheroupon new bunds woro lith- ographied the enme as the fivat, with tho ex- caption that theso two. coupons wers loft off, the anderstanding being that the old bonds and cou- pons should be destroyod. DBut the bondholders 3ny the AMorgan Improvement Company did not Iostray theso two last cowpons, as it was ngroed :hey should, but on the contrary thoy now hold thoim, aud claim that they are secured by tho lien of tho first-mortgage ; that- tho Morgan ‘Improvement Company sold these new bouds with tho sssuranco that thay were the emntira mortgage debt of the Compnny. "Elio bondholders thon suy that SCOTT AND JEWETT aro, or ab least one of thom Is, & hoavy stock- holder in the Morgan Improvemont Company, ond, v the interests of that Compauny, 1o at- tempting, by violating tlo trust aud confidence roposed th them as ‘'rusteos, to injure and de- fraud the bondholders, whoso bonds are sccured I)?' the trust deods, to the extent of $420,000, 'Fhey say tho Railrord Compauy is hopolesaly imsolvcn{, and that not more than one-hulf of the 32,000,000 bonds can be realized under tho most favorable circumstanoes, Tho bondholdoers Turther state that tho Morgan Improvemont Compauy aud the Railroad Com- pany wete, in 1879, nogotinting and about eifect- ng o lense of the road and all its property to the Ponosylvanin Compavy, by tho torms of which o secondwmortgage was to bo exceuted by £hn Rmilroad Company to sceure a new iasue of $1,000,000 in bonds, celled construction -or oquipmont bonds, the payment of which, as woll ns tho poymont of the 2,000,000 firat-mortgngo bonds was to be guntauteed by the Yonusylvania Company. Tho procceds nriging out of the sale of this one million equip- ment bonds were to bopaid to the Morgan Im- provement Company for monoy claimed to bo rduo thom for advances mado on uccount of tho railrond for rolling stock, equipment, etc., and also for mouoy advanced to poy the above-mon- tioned four coupons on the firat-mortgage bouds, as woll ns tho fwo conpons out off from tho old honds that wero destroyed, and tho residue was to bo nged in fencing the road, fur-. nishing furthor canipmonts, ote. ~This leaso was alout to bo consnmated when st July the case of J. 7. Kelly aud others wus commenced against tho Diresiors, which rosulted fu an injuiction against tho making of tho lensa and tha placing of tho roud in the hands of Mr. Hinchley as Ito ceiver, The bondholders then go on to say that, ay “LIN; ROAD 18 INHOLYENT, all the soourity they have for their money is'the property of the rond, which is not sufii- cient to pay more than linlf of thoir debt, and, an tho interost-conpon duo on tho 1ut of Marelh Uiy your i ot ot poid, tho rond should bo ad- ministered for ‘their boueflt. 'They rocito the fugt that Scott and Jowott bave filedn potition In this caso asking that the road bo taken out of fhe Recoiver's hsads sud turned over to them s tho reprosontatives of’ tho bondholders in conum“mucu of the non-payment of tho inter- «est, which the Trustoos nlloge uat Lo have boon prid on the lust eix coupons, amounting to £120,000 in gold. Now, suythe bondbolders, Seott and Jowott well know that all theso coupons, oxcopt those averduo March 1, have boen fully puid e far s i tho bondholders a0 con- cornod, _nnd that thoy wore In faot paid by tho-Railrond Compauy throngh the Morgnn Tmprovoment Company und other partics who advanuced tho money, Tlioroforo, none of thesa coupons are & firut fion on tho-road, o:uopt thy one due Marcl 1, . THE DTONDHOLDENS BTATE that, ns Boolt (s a lurge steokholder In tho Mor- san Improvement Company, he and Jawett aro Tying to get possonsion of the rand with 1 the incoms of 'the road for the bone- 1it of the Morgan Tinprovement Compeuy, by tent to violate their trust, and to miu‘\promintn, This would-be_taking $430,000 away from tho bondhnlders and giving it to Scott nnd’.!owutt,or rathor the Morgan Improvement Company, whioh have in ‘thelr posscssionnll of theso: conpons, This would be contrary tu equity and {;uod consclonco, and an injury to tho rights of ho bondholders, especlally whon it 1a romom- berod that in this very application of Heott and Jowott thoy state thnt tho rond (8 entirely - adequatoe to oy tho prinoipn! and futerest of tho bondbolders' dabt. TIE BONDHOLDERS AGK that tho Court, on a finnl henring of the cnso, alisll dooroo thal tho- intorost. coupons tha fall due prior to March are nob a lion on mortgeged cstate, or at loast thoy aro & lion subsoquent aund nubject to tho lion of ko coupou falling dug March 1, and to the prinel- pal of 2,000,000, and tho intorest yot to becomo due; also that they nre ontitied to o foreoloauro of their moregago and tho snlo of suftictent proporty to pay tho $70,000 interest due Maroh 1; that the purohasor at-sucl salo, in caso tho proporty is not redeemed within tho timo allowed by law, take tho Fmpuuy purs chased cloar of all lions and’ fioumbrances of Seott snd Jowett, the Morgan Improvement Compauy, or anybody olso; and that tho lion of the boudholders bo docreed to Lo prior and su- porlor to any othor debt ; - also that tho second mortgago—ike $1,000,000—bo cancolod, and that Boott whall surrender the bonds for onncollation ; nlyo that Scott and Jewatt be onjoiued from taking posscssion of tho rond, Rud from recoiv- ing aty of ita funds to puy off any of the ntor- ot coupons that fall due prior to March1 tnis yoar. "['his makes the FIGHT BETWEEN THE DONDIIOLDERS AND THEIR TRUSTEES, and tho question as to who shall have tho firab fobblo on 420,000 in gold will doubtloss bring on n bittor strugglo. The Court has nob yob grantou leave for this bill to be filed, but will probably do 8o to-morrow, when all tho attor- noys in the caso will bo present, Williams, Burr & Capen reprosonted the bond- holders; Gov. Palmar represents what is sup- pored to ho the Company proper, that s, the | old Board of Diroctora; A, H. Orendorfl and Gapon & Lwing roprosont Scott aud Jowott, and ll.l Orawford, of Chiongo, roprosents tho o coiver, froo ~and gt CUTTING FREIGHT RATES, Buch has Intely boon snid and written abont tho Goneral Ticlet Agents of our ronds, who, by varlous devices, ara trying to got nhead of thoir rivals, tho Goneral Ticket Agentaol com- poting lines, and how country Ticket Agenta grow rich by recoiving high commissions for tho sale of tickets, and how scalping is countonanced ond upheld. No vommissions aro paid by tho Gonoral Froight Agonts, moither do there oxist | any froight scalping ofiicos, and, toan outside observer, it would socm a8 if overything was lovoly in tho froight departments of the various ronds, and the sovera) Goneral Froight Agents wera full of brotliorly love and -good faith to- | wards onch other, and thst no dark clouds ovor obseured their social or ofticial intercourse, But ono who doos not take observations on the surface, but makes deep and thoroughresearchos, will soon begpme convinced that inattors are ns badin tho Goneral Treight as theyarein the Gonersl Ticket Dopartments. JHOW IT 18 DONF. Tho General Freight Agents of the verious ronds meet together every few weaks or monthy nnd nrrange kciredules, or froight-turifly, for nll tho lines, which rates havo to be strietly aduered toon the pennlty of proscription, and appar- ently they are fulthfully kept; but itis a well- known fact that when n shipper goes to a Gen- eral Tuoight Agent and nsks for the rates of & certain class of goods to a oertain placo, he is handed o printed tatifl contnining the genoral carrent ratos. ¢ But,” snys the.slupper, * I am not willing-to pay tho regilarrates, Iam ship- ping large eargoes, and I shoutd be allowed a ro- vate.” Of course tho shippor receives thorebato ho asks, but tho contractis filled up with tho full amount, nod none but the cautiacting par- tios would ever know that o rebate had been gronted. A SPEOIAT, INSTANCE, A certnin large stock-drover, a fow deys ago, went to the Genoral Freight Agent of one of onr ‘leading ronds mud ssked for a rebate. Tho TFreighe Agent in question, who is one of the best known and most veliuble in the business, re- fused to grant o robato from the regular rates, ag it would violate tho ngreement with the other agonts. 'The shipper assuved him that he could Feb & robate of 80 por cont from the Gonornl Freight'Agent-of a rival lino ; and, although ho hnd shipped with this road for years, economy oompelled him to give his trude to tho othor. This_nunouncement stag- gered the honeat Goneral Ireight Agent, and ho told the shipper if ho could get the statoment in writing that the othor rond was willing to grant suca a rebate he would do tho same, In Joss thao nn how's time the gentlomau was back with a written atatoment that hio could sbip at n discount of 80 por cent over the rival rond, and theu tho honest Goneral Freighit Agent granted tho same rebate, RUNNERS. Y But not in this way alone do they got avound their agreements, but many of thom aluo employ sealpers, or, as they style them, teavelivg ngonts. It i the duty of theso mon totravel from placo to placo and solicit trado, and offor such oxtra reduccions from schodulo rates as will induce shippors to ship over their reapective.lincs, OVERLOADING. Another trick to solicit trade and to got around the regular tariff is tho followiog : ‘A car-load of froight is usually taken_nt 20,000 pounds, but, it tho shipper s a favorito one, lo is allowed to load from 5,000 to 10,000 more pounds oxn oach car, for which smount mothing whatever is charged, Mr, James Smith, the General Froight Agont of the Chicogo & Alton Rnilroad, the othér day showed o TrinoNE roported a numbor of bills of lading fiom the Burlington Railroad, whore carsof 20,000 pounds were londed with 30,000 to 82,000 pounds, still tho chargos wero ouly for 20,000. TIE SONTHWERTERN CIMGULAT, “To stop this pructico on the Chicago & North- wostern - Raiload, Genoral Droight-Agont ‘Wheolor has issued the following cireular : Oucaco, March 20, 1874, To all Agents on Chicago & Northicestarn Rullizay, Winong St Peter Railroud, and to luher-dealers: ‘Notice 13 horeby given that no car-load shipment of tutaber (hard or #oft), Inth aud shingles, staves and hending, cuopersge, stave-bulls, wagon-stock, tun- Dark, feice-posty, tologeaph, hop and_ houp-poles, or othor car-load freighit of this nuture will be rated loss. than 20,000 pounds, . Txcesa of 20,000 and not exceeding 22,000 pounds will be chnrged & proportfonate rate, Excets of 23,000 and not exceeding 34,000 youuds will bo charged o proportionate rate, and ‘in_addition thereto, un excess ot poualty of 10 couts por 100 pounds Sor tho welglit above 22,000 pounds, No car shonld be loaded or allowed, under any clr- cumstances, to leavo the loading or forwardivg sintion witis more than 24,000 pounds. . G, WHEELER, Genoral Freelght Agent, Approyed : M, lluanrrr, General Superiutendent, Owing to tho faithlessucss of tho General Freight Agents of many rords who violate every agreoment made, & genoral distrust exists arong thom at presont, and this is the main cause thnt 8o many freight lines aro fighting eneh othor, and that ratés are continually cut. —_— IMPORTANT PATENT CASE. THE TANNER OAR-BIAKE. If thonprisings of the people shell result in a roform of the Patent law nabuses, they will ad- vanco far toward atieining thoiravowed mission, Trausportation fa doar lnrgely bocauso it costs so much to do,the businoss, Proportionntely as oxponscs are lessened, tho chnrges for the ser- vico can bo lowered. Exorbitant pricos for arti- clew of utility aro domanded morely to cover the royalties of inventors and their assignees. ' A startiing ilustration of this fact 18 furnished In tho claim of tho paitics interested in tho doublo acting car-brake. By rocent deoroe, thoy-ava allowod $155 per car por year forsoven yoars, ‘Plis affects every - transportation company, fn- olnding stact-onrs, and, If sustained by tho Suprowo Court, will yield the olaimants over £60,000,000, 'This claim Houry Launcr—after whom the brake is named—bonght, twonty-one years ago, for £100. Tho patont oxpired last July, aud Tnunordoos not olnim to bo the iu- tor, vu"l"h: mattor dorlves now interest -from the offorts now making to induce Congross to ex- tond the patont. -guments. pro aud con hove boen mn(fu Lofore the Seuntonnd House Com- mittacd on Patonts, Arguments- for tho -reopening of-tho caso de- oldad on tho$465 Lnsls wero mado Jsb woelt be- fora Judge Drummond, who tools the matter un- der-ndvisemont, Ilie opponents of {he oxtonsion undortake to provo that -tho olaimant's title i invalld, , The }\m npplioation o the atont Oflico was mada in.Juno, 1447, - by.La, I Thompsou, of Churlos town, Muss., and:A. O, Batobelder, of Lowell, Mass, Lhis dovico. was triod on the Fitchburg and Lowall Roads, fullod, aud, indood, was pever succonstully applied to any railroud-oar. Hix monthy aftorwards the luventors -askod theDe- pattmont to graut:a stuy of pronuodmlgu. cqmpliance wish this roquast, - the application uking the incomo in 1 all of tho six coupony they allvgo to by uupaid, B paving-off pro rata. shimbored (n the Patent Ofiico neutly: three yours, when the papors wore withdeawn, Lloven montha nftorward they woro returnod without altoratton, when tho Dopnttiont sout thom bacl to the applleants for '‘ontire insulicioncy. Monntimo Yattom-\mlunl for threo saparate onr- brakes wera ganted, two of Btevons and tho Ilodge—camae fute very onornl uso, Jor tho snlo “of tho othor rako—0, 13 ‘Lurnet’s—Ilonry Tannor was appointed agont in 1851, Noxt yoar ho becamo solo ownor. ITo then np‘flicd $o tho Departmont for o reissuo of Turnor's lottors-patont, with & claim broad euough to covor tho subsequont in- voutions of 1odgo nid Stovons ; whoratpon an . oxaminor in tho Patont-Ofilco suggoated to Yan- nor that, by scouring Batchioldor & 'Ihompson's claim, bls application could bo_nssoclated with tholr abandonod one of Juue 26, 1847, which would enablo liim to anta-dato all othor kindrod fnvontlons, llnvl&guccflmpllnuml this by tho oxpendituro of 8100, Tanner depusitod his mod- iols, fn 1852, and racelved lotiors-patunt upon s application made five years boforo. n July, 1864, Tanner sold out to Thomas Baylos, of Chioago. Aa the Assigneo of Honry Tauner, Bayles asks Congross to extend tha pa- tout for o torm of movan yenrs, Now, & rival clnimant uspunrn—’l!nw:_v by namo—tho Aesignoe of Batcholdor & Thompaon, Tho courte and tho companics have yob boen unable to determine which is tho genuine roprerontative,—if oither. Should thoy settlo with Bayles, paying him 8456 per oar for the lnet Bov on yoars, Mowry would institnto n 'similar claim, Alrendy tho railronds aro “bolioved'to have slld moro than $260,000, of which the allegod inventors have rocoivod about §60,000 above all expenses, Tho extonsian Is nou;;hl on the assumption that it will enable the -partios to oujoin the rallroads from using tho device poud- iutz ita final adjudleation in the Supremo Court. 'he desired oxtoneion would ontail a hoavy tax upon transportation compauien, and through them, upon tho peoplo, at & time wheg ohosn transportation s lmrnrntivoly domanded by the country; and tho millions of dollars, if decided ta be legally collectablo; would enure to the bon- oflt of spocuintors, not to the men who dovised tho improvements. ‘The patout law restriota the relssus of o pa- tent to tho use of the inventor, tho objeat h.,l’m, to remunerato thio inventor when unavoldsblo ciroumatancos have prevented his recoiving a foir consideration. It cannot be reissued for the bonefit of an asaignee of tho inveuntor, Upon this principle it would scom cloar that tho do- sired oxteusion, being for tho bonoflt of assign- ees, should not be granted, MISOELLANEOUS, THE RANKAKEE LINE, which {8 composoed of the Indianapols, Cincin- nati & Lafayetto aud che Cinclunati, Lafayetto & Ohioago Hailronds, has, by the extonsion of tho rond to Kaukkeo, bocome ono of tho best and ‘most dircct routos batweon this city and Olnoin- natl, tho distanco botweon Quicago and Kankakeo being mado over the Illinois Central Railroad, "Thoso intorested .iu this lino will find the fol- lowing official fignred of tho gross enrnings of the Indianapolls, Cincinnati & Lafayotte Rall- road for the last six years of great intorest: 1 $1,970,055,00 1839, « 1,487403.77 1870 .. + 1,609,770.70 187L.... 14,03 1872 1873 This showa a stendy gain of nbout 634 per cont perannum, which in fivo years should anable the Company to pay & dividond, Thorocoipts of yan- unry, 1873, and Jauuary, 1874, compare ng fol- lows : < 1873, 1874, SO0 $144,048,03 C10005¢ %1,658,00 The American Railroad Jowrnal, in speaking of 'this road, gays it fe n trunk lino, and tho business has ovory prospect of increasing for many yoars to como. In the rosults of tho lnst six years, a8 above given, it mustno romembored it-hes boen i the'hands of Roccivors nearly hialf tho timo, aud operated under many disadvan~ tages. Itis now ono of the best linos from, Cin- cinnati to Chicago. ‘The recent arrangemants with the Cinciunati, Lafayotto & Oliicago Rail- rord will enlargo its business, and its conneoting lines to tho Weat and Northwost aro much mora axteusivo than in 1863; THE NORTIERN PACIFIC IATLROAD ‘has beon comploted, equipped, .and put in sue- cesaful oporation from Duluth, the extremo westorly eud of Lake Suporior, to Bismarck, on the Aissouri River, n distance nf 453 miles, and from Kalamn, on tho.Columbin River, to l'acoma, on Puget Sound, s distauco of 105%¢ miles. At Knloma communication is extended up the Columbin River a distance of 400 wmiles by monus of the Orvgon Bloam Navigation Company, thus aflfording dircot menns of communieation and travsporiation betwoen the Tarritories of Idaho and Washington and tho Btate of Oregon with tho mavigablo waters of the Pacific, = With great care, and after close- investigation, oxamination, and surveys, Tacomn has been selected as tho Facifio terminus of tho Northern Pacifio Railrond. It is finely situated .on Commencomout Bay, an oxcollent barbor in Puget Sound, sud already has assumed tho appearance of & growing city. 'TH) AUSTIN & PACIIIO SHORT LINE COMPANY was receutly organized at Austin, Toxas, undor o charter from the Brate. -The road is to extond from Austin northwest to .a counection with the Texas & Pacifle Railroad, and -will have a énu(tl-grmt of sixteen scotions per mile from the tato. THE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION. ‘Tho sixth aununl convention of the American Railway Mastor-Mcchanics’ Association will meet ot Kingsbury Music Hall, in thigcity, on the 12th, 18th, and 14th of May. At tho last convontion, held at Boston, on the 1ith, 12th, and 13ih of Juno, 1873, tho.following Bubjects wore deoulod upou for discussion during "the coming con- vention: 1. Logomotive boller construction. 2, Tho o{mm(lou and manogement of locomotive bollors, inoluding the purification of water, 3. Tho comparative valuo of authracite ooal, bitu. afillmul coul, aud wood for gencrating stesm inlocomo- vos, 4, The construction, operation, and cost of mafn- taining continuous brakes, 6. Tho relative cost Dl.oxnmllug ronds of gauges of 8 feal 6 tnchos, or lose, il thaso of tho ondluury & Toek nch gauge, )g. Tun%m‘fitrucllnn and operation of solid-cnd con- necting rods for locomotives, 7, Resistanco of {irainy qu straight -snd curved tracky, and on wide and narrow gnuge roads, and of & and g-whoelod trucks, and with loug and short-wheol use, 8, Tho officlency of chieok or Rafoty chains on engine, tender, anil car-truck in lessouing ‘the danger from runuing off the track, t“Q.k’l.‘lm machiuery for removing snaw from the ack, 10, "Tho machinery and appliances for supplying fuel and water to locomotives, 11, Tho machinery und appliances for romoving wrecks and erecting bridgos, LAFAYETTE, MUNCLE & DLOOMINGION, » LAvAYETTE, Iud., March 25,—At o meeting of the Dourd of Directors of the Lafayette, Muncie & DBloomington Railroad, tho resignation of Prasidont 0. W. Pierca was accepted, and Judgo Greono, of Tipton, olectod in his sfead, Cliof~ Eugineer Talbot has nlso resigned, His succes- sor 18 not yot appointed, + "OHABLESTON AND CHIOAGO, . OmanuraTox, 8, O, March 26,—The Spartan« burg & Ashvillo Railroad Company, one of tha Tinlks in the projocted diract conncelion botwoen Charleston and Chicage, organized to-dsy by tha election of O, C.Memminger, President, with & strong Board of Directors, — NATURALIZATION, Crnastpatax, 1IL, March 23, 1674, To the Editor of The Chicago I'ribune: Sm: Would you be kind enough to stato, through tho columns of your valuable paper, whether.a foroigner, 21-years old, having, taken out his firat papers, ia eutitled to a voto at a chartor election ? A Hravem, {Answrn.—No persou can voto at any election in this Btate who {a not n eitizen of the United Btates, unless o resided in the State prior to 1848, It requires full naturalization to muke un alion & citizen of the'United Statos,—En.] —_— Roported Gold Discoverios on the Xole lowstone, From tho St, Paul (Amn.) Press, 3 Binco tho summar of 1873, and at rognlar in- torvaly, discoveries of gold iu paying quantities have been reported from. the tributaries of the Yellowstono River in Montann. 'f'ho latest ox- viting naws from tho undeveloped auriferous de- posits-af tho Torritory is contained in & latior addroxsed to the Dismarck Zvibune by n resldent of Bozoman, Montans, _Acoording 10 this com- mubication, .the now Lldorado is the ‘l'ongue River Valloy, troout_midway botween Bozoman and Bismaroj. In Fobruory a large expedition was organized at Dozemua, composed of over 100.men armed with -noedlo {mnu aud threo pieces of arcillory, with plonty. of grapo and hell, Othor expeditions aro forming whiol will increnso the number of minory aud explorers noar ‘Langue River to 200, The erigiual discov- eror.says that l1o sauk shufts iu two gulehos and an ouo bar, sud fiom oloven buckets of dirt got 86,60 of conrse gold, 'Lha expedition mentionod warriey provivions suflicions for pach man six months, Loy go deturmined to muko g pormng nent stand, and. hold .the ountry, if possihle, Mauy businoss men, uve preparing;to transtor thoir busiuoss Lo tho mines in varly wpriug, - which—the. SPRINQFIELD, Proceedings of the Illinois Legislature Yestorday. Starne’s Resolution Concorning the Rovenno Law Fails of Adoption. Fenturos of the Revised Bill *in; Relntion to Hushand and + court-houses and Wife. Report of the Senate Speclal Committee on Capital Punishment, Opposition in the Houge to the Gus Company’s Blacks mailing Bill. The Bill Forbidding the Licesning of Prostitution Likely to Pass, 'THE REVENUE LAW, Svectal Disnatch to The Chicagn Lribune, . STARNE'S RESOLUTION. Sraryoriey, I, Moich 26,.—The following reaolution, prosented by-Mr. Btarne, had boen sont to the Judiclery Committeo, and camo back with a recommondation that it do not pass: Resolved by the Senate, tha House of Repressntatives concurring herein, Tist thare shall bo submitied -to tho.votars of this Slato, at the noxt general aloction, proposition o amoud Bec. 1, Art, 9, of the Gonstitution of this 'aie, entitled ¢ Revenue," a8 followa: "ho Gonoral Asvambiy shall liave iower to tax ped- diors, suctioneors, Lrokors, hawkors, merchanta, com- nussfon merchants, showmen, jigglers, funkeepe: liquor-dealers, toll-bridges, fories, hisurance, tele graphand oxpress intercsts or .business, vendors of patonts, peraans ou their incomes, and poreous or cor- poratioha owaing ar usiug {ranchises sud privilogos, in such manuor as it aball, from Umo to time, diract by _general lnw, imiform sa fo. the cluga.upon whish §t oporates, And tho Gonersl Ase gembly shull also have power to yrovide such further Tavenue aa may be needful, by lovying o ‘tax by value ablon, eo tnat cvory poruon aud orporation sl poy atax iu&rupnrfiun tho valuo of his, licr, or ita prop- erty, such valu to bo ascertained by some person or JTE0NS to o clocted or appointed in such mannct as 1o Genoral Assombly shall diract, and not othbrwise, Mr, Starne afterward amended by adding : That the General Assombly sholl Lave tho further yowar to lovy an oxclso tax on whisky and distilied #picits manufactured in this Stato, In spenking of tho resolution Btarno rofarred to tho discriminations always, and slmost uua- voidably practiced in levying on personal prop- erty, The suwing-machines and molodions of the poor pay their full value, and more too, while the pisnos of tho rich aro not given in 4t all. The same difienlty, he said, attached to roal catate, lots in one county averaging com- poratively a small amount, while they were yalued bighor in localities whare they waro man- ifostly lowor, Aud no romedy came through THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, which was but a gathoring of men, caol intenton rotting low taxation for his own district. An exciso tax on whisky would yield 21,000,000, and ns this was practiced in other Siates, it might be profitably adopted in this. Mr. Whiting thought that all the reform needed could be obtnfued withont changing the Constitution, oven in rolation to taxing apirits; whenever tho poople saw proper to do 8o. "I'he amendinent was adoptod—ayes, 24; nays, 6. ‘I'he voto on the adoption of tho resolution was then takon—resulting, yoos, 28; nays, 17— as follows : Palmer, Dalawin Cusey, Brooks, Donaliue, Btrno, Turko, Glonn, Staelo, Casoy, Gundlach, Uplow, | Gaatc, Lamplon, Waro, Grews, luchelifo, Warrén, Oummings, Murphy, Yugor—23, Cunningusm, Nicholkon, Xaxh, Archer, Lee, “sBhopard, Dow, M.Grath, Strong, Greon, t Tatienon, Walte, Toury, TRoyualds, Wiatidg, Tacolis, Sunford, Williamgon—17, Eehoo, Sholdon, Two-thirds being necessary for adoption,, the resolution was lost. a8 REVISION OF THE STATUTES. UUSPAND AND WIFE. Spectal sputch to The Chicago Tribune, Berivorien, Iil,, March 25.—Tho bill rovising the law in relation to husbaud and wife, which hos passed both Houses and will undoubtedly Lecome law, providos that & married woman may in all cases sue and bo sued, without joining her busband with her, to tho eamo extent na if she wore unmarried ; an attachment or judgment may bo inforced agoingt Lor as if shio were a sin- glo woman ; if sued ywith hor buebaud she may Cofoud for her own right ; if ho neglocts to do- fend sho may defeud for bim also, aud vico.versa. In short, sho may enjoy all .tho luxurios of a Iawauit on her own hook without the consont or jinterferenco of the party who used.to bo styled “lord and master.” That phraso has lost its signiticance. When a married woman takes In into hor head to injure anyone, tho husbaud will not bo responsible unless hoe is a party to the in- jury; tho husband shall not bo liable for the DEBTS OF THE WIFE, so'whon he.gels bill for a “love of o dross," s * guck of & bonnet,"” or a *‘perfectly aplendid " laudaulet, he can turn it over to his * better bolf " and lot her come down with tho stamps. This pravision is intonded to check extrava- i:nucc on the part of ladics by compolling Lem.to share the Lardships of “payiug bills, Contracts and lioblities incurred by the wifo may be enforced againat her the samo as if sho wera unmarried, but she cannot euter into.part~ nership busincss with any othor person withoub the lusband's consent, unloss he be idiotio or insnne, or i in the Penitentiary, or has aban- doned her, when she can do a3 she ploases. The wifo may receive, use, and possess hor own earn- ings, aud euo for the same (reo from the intor- faronco of the husband or his croditors, Ono cancot sug or recover compensation for sorvicos pecformod for the othor. Sho ean obtain, handle, manage, goll, snd conyoy property iudeppudent of him, b they slinll not couvey proporty to cach other withaut & .conveyanco in writing to borecorded in the snme manver a8 chattel mortgagos, This is to provent them from mukh‘fi convovances to de- fraud othor parltios outside tho family, Bha mny bo sued for property unlawfaily obtained before maryisge. 1f oneanbandons tho other and Jeavos the Biate for a yoar, or is imprisouved in the Penitentiary, the Cowrt mny authorize the balf remawing to manago, control, and sell the roperty of the baso dosorter for the manton- ance of thoe family, and contracts made for that })urpouu shall bo binding ou hoth, One may cou- for power of attornoy on the other in the samo mwnnor a8 other persons, TUE EXPENSES OF THE FAMILY and the education of the childron shall be oharge- ahle upon the property of both or of either, and in relation theroto thoy may be sued jnil\tfy or soparately, Noither can remove the other or thoir children from their homoestend without tha consent of tho othior, unless thie owner of the pra]fi)rly shail providu avother homesatend for tho Tumily, If l!n abandone her, sho shall have.the custody of minor ochildron, nuloss, for some good reason, tho courts othorwlse ditact. Vhon ono,is insnud for a year, the othermay execute a conveysuce or morigago of real estute for such Inssne per- son, and thoreby ralinquish his.ar hor right of curtesy, dower, or homestead in.guoch zeal estate. Theso aro tho.main points of the bill which abolishes the *tyraul man "and placos woman on & porfoet oquality with him whon he marrion hor, : PUBLIBHING THE BTATUTEH, Tho Benato bill providing for tho publication of tho rovisod.statutes was ordered to a third roading in the ouse, after-Quinu moved to in- sort cortain aots of Congrows relating to lauds grantod to the Stato for canals and railronds, and acts rolating to tho authontication of the siatutes, and tho transfer of eascs trom the Stato to tho Yodoral courts, ‘Thoro are to bo printed 15,000 volumes.of tho size and Runm: of Gross' Siatutos, nos to cost over $1,00 a volumo to thoStateg 0,000 to bo distributed to Btate ofli- cers aud. (!Inuusy Clorks, the remalnder to soll at ?2 por volume, Nona of the acl contsined in e volyme shpll bo printad in tho sossion lnwa, Mz, Hprd is. to reooive §1,250 ns oditor. ‘Lho printing and papor are not to cost more fhon b 1.6 contu por 100 pages.of tho edition, aud tha binding not more Lan 70 ocents & volumo, The bitl will pass. An aittempt to ‘reduce Mr. Tiuwd's pay fram £6,100 to §6,000 for the pagt two yoars” work, wns dofostod [n: tho Housa.' Tho” revislon In-his, and not -puy comu|btee’s, :x'r:ll‘ good or bid, he should be paid for his s 'ix\m 1";‘"“8‘““ D0 iove ouso Hovision Commities yory clovorl shitlod tho roapousiLlity of oxamiyghg iip Nop- pontiug bill on a sub-committeo of the Judiclary, Whoato down at the job. Itis tho most important part of -tio rovision. b . BEORETARY OF.BTATE. . - , Tho:bill ravising tlmn\w in Aq,\utlnn to'Hocre- tary.of State passod, tho provisions saking:tho Joutnalg of the Ifouso aud Souato prima facio ovidonce haviug beon strickon out. NELATING TO COUNTIES, The Bonate spent nn hour ovor. tho House bill ravising tho Jsw relating ‘to ponntios, and re. Jooted ropositions roquiring the bullding™ of other connty bulldings fo be submitted to -the people. ‘The next fight camo up on the socuion which provides for the clection of & ,Board of " County Commis- sioners for Cook County. This radicalty changes tho -presenmt method, and lionco it was objactionable to the ontire delogation ox- copt Williamson, §teolo dpfgnded’ tho rovision bill, and thought that some pooplo-tived -in ,this Stalo onutside of, Caok County, It ru nob right to nilow the olty to swamp.tho -riral olemont in Cook County. ' Kehige, Dow, Waito, McGrath, and Reyuolils all protostod ngainet the bill, Tho yote to strike ont resulted: ayes 5—Dow, Caeoy, Kehoo, Roynolds, Waite; -noes. 29, The bill 18 ponding, TR BTATE LIQUOB LAW, Tho Sonale bill rovising the Stato Liquor law was on socoud raading in the Housoe sshon Quinn moved to strilie out the landlord Habllity clauso, which was lost, 31 yoas, 84 nays; and Father Dntbow Carpentor wag as happy as a clam when tho tidois ju, Tho bill ,obauges the prosont Inw only by.allowing County Bonrds' to grant liconsos in townships or precinots on potition of o mnjority of the logal voters. ——— CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. TRPORT OF THE BPECIAL COMMITTEE. Speciat Dispatoh 8o The Chiongo Tribune, Hrpivaripio, I, March 25.~Tho . 8pegin Commitiod on Capital Punislimont.in'the Senate have propsted n roport-of- some -longih. They 8oy capital punishmont s raroly enforced 5 that 1tis certalnly not the eoverity of punishmoent that dotors orimo, and that certaln lifo-imprison- mont would be muoh more eoffectivo than spasmodio banging. Michigan, Rhodo Island, Wisconsin, .and Towa aro olted “:to prove that tho numbor of murders has de- creased eince hanging was abollshed., The roport concludos by rocommending tho substi- tution of lifo-impiisonmont for hanging,, This 4anjar ity report is sigoed by Mr, Yagoron bolialf ol four mombers of tho Committon, Mr. Casey will submit A MINONITY ZEPORT, as follows: v % ¢ ‘Thio underelgued, a member of tho Spectal Commit- teo appoluted to consider as to the feusibility of tho abolishment of capital punishment in tho Siate, ve- epectfully submils. this, his sninority report, -Tho mojority of Liis Committeo favor tho' abolishment of capillnl punishiment. T cannot agroo'with them. Tho v, 00 3 W 1, T Ehini ust anq wiso, Ii 1o infloxis Dlen its characters tho gganitytobo inleled Iy loft tothe jury; ftirenfoto do g0, Tho jury hiesr and kuow “ull ' the facts and clrcumstances provon, Imprisoumnt for lifo {3 7m0 adoquato punishmont in casa of aggravated murdor, I think I uny eay {hat, since the enuctment of the preaent lnw, no instanca can bo found whero capiial punislimont his been fmproporly inflioted, sud I donot ballove that such & cave will ever ogour, . Punishmont must be commensurate with the orime committed, Lhe eafoty and welfaro of the people dopends upon tho pronipt, impaxtin), and_faituful execution of tho law, {bolielf cupltal - punisbunent, aud 1 submit fhot o mony porsous imprisoument - ‘for 'life lms mo terrors, and that the and lawabiding cilizons of {he ° Siote will boat thio merey of the viclous, wicked, and do- praved. Wo kuow that public sculiment o’ disgraco will not prevent tho dommission of crimo ; and, if correct in tlat, the next method .of prescrving tho peaco snd quiot'and tho lives of tho' peoplo Is to tench ull persons to feol aud know that a torrible punishiment follows u the footstopsof arimo, Tor theso and ofher rensons, T subnit respectfully that capltal punishiment should nof be abolisied in this State. 2 Tuonss B, CAsTY, e COOK COUNTY AFFAIRS, Speciul Dsvatch to The Chicago Tribune, GERRYMANDERING CHIOAGQ. Brrixorizsp, I, March 25,—McLaughlin mado a final stragrlo to paas his Fiftoonth Ward Alder- mon bill, and it went under for the third and last time, aAs. McGratl's-bill nuthorizing cities to conatruct and moiutnin gas-works, was roported from the House Municipa! Committes with an smendment by Rountres providing that gas-works should not bo constructed, purchased, or loasnd, without consent of two-thirds of the Council. Kann offered an smondment requiring .throe- fourths of the Council, which was accepted, and Oleson denonneed the bill as & schomo to saddle the Wost Side Gas Company with its watered stool ou tho people. Xopkioa pronounced the bill infquitous. Cullorton dofonded it, claiming it wau nocassary to protect people from monopo- lies. Hopking wanted to submit tho qnestion to the people. ‘After an hour's turbulence, the matter had to be dropped for waut of & quorum, LIOENBING PROSTITUTION, Tho Senpto bill prohibiting the liconslog of houses of prostittion was orderod to & third reading in the Houso. Tho Govornorsentto tho House tho potition of 17,000 Indics of Chioago in favor of the bill. This petition was brought from Chicago by Mrs. C. H, Oago, Mrs, M. Smith, and Mra, . Warnor, Tho bill will poss to-morrow. —_—— . BTATE INSTITUTIONS. Special Dispatch > The Chicago Tribune, THE, ELOIN INSANE ABYLUS. 8rniNarisLp, 1L, March 25.—Mann’s appro- priation for tho Elgin Insane Asylum was do- fonted for tho third time, and the Indofatigable Mann I3 ready to go honio, SOLDIERS ORPITANS' HOME, ‘The bill to pay the debis of the Soldlers’ Or- phnng’ Home, nccumulated under the Snydor mismagemont somo yesrs ago, passed both houses, ; 5 Tho Houso pagsed the Senate bill appropriat- Ing money to buy beds and bodclothes for the Asylum nt Normal. LANOR AT THE REFORM RONOOL. ‘The House passed the Sousta bill providing for Ieasiug labor at the Beform School, aud revising iho law in relation £6 conveyauces. BLIND ASYLUM APPROPRIATION. 2 The bill autborizing the expenditure of theun expanded balance of the Blind Asylum appropri= ation passed both houses, 3 s R MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, Speccal Dispatch to The Chicana Tribune. WILL OIROUIT CODET. ] -8rmiNarIELD, I, March 25.—The House bill to change tho thno of holding court fn the Wil County District passed tho Sonate, Linving been called up out of its ordor by Mr, Erooks, DESTIETRY. The bill regnlating tho practico of dentistry was Lilled in tho Sgnato, TUE REGISTRY LAW, Aftor some -partisan slrmiehing, the House orderad to third roading tho Sonata bill limiting regiatration to gonoral eloctions every two yours, DISLOYAL. A resolution passed both Houses directs the Auditor to pay'to Mrs. Bishop, wife of the Rep- roseutativo from Ldgur, tho monoy duo him, he having desorted hor and tho Liogialaturo. He Lins not Leow soou this session. Z BILLS BIGNED, Tho Governor has algued the following bills ; Tlo ravise the law fu relation to minos; to roviso the law in relation to . Township Insnrance Com- pames; to roviso thio low in relatlon to attach- ments of bonts, vesscls aud rafts; to enable library associntions Lo eoll aud convey roal ostatc aud porsonal property ; to amend the law in rogard to change of veoue; roventing conviots from working outside the Donitentiory; paying - wilitia-men for service during the Chicago five ;. giving fish the right of way over tho dams 3 appropriatrg $17,000 to ene largo the Iteform BScliool; revising the laws in relation to clorkw of cowrls, to injunctions to the rato of intorest to lious, TIE GRAD LAW, ‘Thore is n rumor owrroub this morning that tho Suprome Court Ly doclared thy grab-law of 1809 unoconstitutional, and thore ia great con- sternation among. tho grabelaw oouuty mem- l:luzs in consequence, Tho rumornesds confirma- on, P ILLINDIS & MICHIGAN CANAL. TLLINOIE & MIORIGAN CANAL, AUPt's OFFICE, Loowrour,. 1, March 3, 1674, To the Edftor of The Chicayo Yridune; Himx: The [inols & Miochigan- Oanal will bo oponed for navigatlon from Bridgoport to L. Balle Monday, March 80, . Bonts allowed to diay 4 foot 8 inahes, Bfiordqr of tho Buard of Canal Qomaieslonors, Bospoattully, 3 win War, 'Luonias, 1(hu{\lnau bey or WAL, LLNE, e - 660,000 piccas, or hame, to cure, 'SOUR MEATS, The Case of McVeagh va. Thorne. | Summery of the- Evidonoa -on-Both Condition of This ParticulaF ‘Lot of ‘Hams. Deploralite ‘Tho Inppector Thinks Jo Moy Have Mado a Few Mls(nkun. ——r— Vordict for the Plaintiff, Tho caso of -3ToVengh against Thorne, which Las alroady beon montioned in the legal column, was concluded yestardsy, and .a vardiot yen- dored far. the plalnti for hp - fuil amount, claimed—$2,703, Tho sotion was brought by McVeagh & Co. against Thorne & Co,, to recover damages foraelling tho plaintilfs about 21,000 ponuds of bams, warranted to.bo equal to any brond ‘on- the Ohicngo market, but which wore ascertained, aftor rosclling thom, to bo tainted. A large amount .of testimany was introducad, and iucidontally much of, interest, as showing the manuer of ouring meata bers, and in some dogree:tho oauso.or canacs of *sour meats,” On thia lattor subject Tug Tatounz has bad oocs-~ sion to.speak repaatedly lately. ek £ tho em o Mo Voupd o enltod.t af.tho flrm.of McVeagh .&.Co., tostlied. that ho, Liad bought tho hm?u 1256 Gonts s pound from Aloxaudor Thiorne, who was & curer of hames,—, that {5, who bought thom.and pickied aud cured thom, the tofm * cura not awbracing smoltiug. Thio-hame wero roprosented to be a8 good & ham a8 wae made in Onfeago, The- hams “were sent to Balt Lake Gity, but s lottor wan received in about two or thrae weslks atating that THEY WERE BAD, o thon wont to see Thorne, and that person statad that the.hams were sold enlffoct 1o tho Bomd of 'Lrnda inspection, and that jot Lim ont. liorne gayo him a - ocertilicate of the - car-load sbipped. Haymond stated that he imme- diately went to B Lake City to _meo abont the . hams, ‘'when Lo honrd they wero bad. He eaw thom in a ware- housp not Ut for anything. A number of .them were gut open and tho .ment.was found to bo black ineide. ~Thoy wero immediataly sbipped back .bere -after an-jnoffectunl atiempt to soll thom thore, -and were ‘here disposed of aftera long time for & nominal sum, Witnesg bad seon hams inspected with & stool, and had inspotted somo of -this lot in that way. When they wora oxamined in* Balt Lake City thero were none of thom gaod, E ‘ GEONGE D, WHEATON, i a ealcaman for tho .plaintiil, tostifiad oa 4o $he charactor of the hams wheu they roached Salt Loke City. He found them -in s bad condition, Many of thom had black upoty around tho bono, ;\ui& élinchurgud a thick offonsive.matter from the nsido, THOMAS O, BARTER, ongaged in ham-curivg aud gonoral Rrovlaluu busizness, was.noxt.oxamined, .aud testified to tho condition of the hams wheu they wore :sent to him atter being returned from Utah, The rst thing ho noticed wss tho .skippers aud. thelr egga on_ tho couvass nmf covered the md. Ho tried some, and found thom-in n.wretched condition. Oa openiug tho bagy many were found to bo brulsod, and noarly ali woro.wrapped in two sheets of papor, when &me was enough. A number slso were ** atags,” that is, made from old:boars that had. boon fat- teied, snd the skinwas nquatter of an inch tinck. Bomo, too, were hand-salted. The hull, wor the killing of tho hog, " The presout fashion of Killing was to:take tho bog: by the bind log with & clutch and hoist it bfl stopm on & bar, and tie mament the hog gat there it waa very apt, espe- cially whou it folt thio knifo, to make & jirt that dislocated tho bone- of tne Lam, brealting the tissues and arteries, and allowing ‘the blood to bo diffused ~ throngh tho meat, ‘Lhe -bruise :generally developed itself on the skin in a short time by a red mark, and might eacapo.notice whon the bam was greon, but grow worse tho Jonger the ham was kopt. But the truoinjury to tho ham was found arouud the bone, about au inch-and & half from it.. A black spot camo first, and _when that decomposed it tursed inta. & kind of matter. The witness thought that -the -hams in quostion wero nevar avon a-second-class ham, Defoctiva hams were more easily- disoovered-aftor they wero smoked smoking, | The slun’ than boforo, na: the ealy and’ heat in bmu;flll tho defects to tho surfaco. wag tho best thing t0.show-the quality of a hiam, . | GHARLES N. DUPEE Diad goon tlio thoy woro not a firat-clase lot ; had scon a largo number of sour onos thrown’out. They wore sont to.his emoke-house by fhorno & Co. to, be: smoked. John Thorne stated to him that'he had bought the hams at 5 cents & pound, and would male $10,000 from. thom. T'hey wora a kind of misoured'ham, and many of them ' were dry-snlted, and bad not been pickled at all. Thoy wore not first-class: hnms. - Anything that was not morchantable, 'that anything that was taintod, sour, or .oruised, or, '“stog” hams wore not finit-class, Rejected hams wore sold at about hr.ll‘{ p{u:fi Bometimos, as now, they could not bo gold at all. WHY THEY S0UR, | Q.—Wbat is tho oocasion of hams souring ? Alr. Dupce—Thore aro.z good many ocoasions, you ‘might aay, for it, but still, whon you como right .down to the point, for instance, hama that are .not as well taken care . of, thal ia-one great thing, but atill you may take caro of hams and {Mhnvethomnnnr,‘but not as much. But if aNo,- ham I proporly ‘cured it will keep indofinitely, My bams would keop forever, ¢ 0. ¥. DUPEE was also examined, Mo was overscer in his futhor's ostablishmont, and- found the Iot of hams sent to them by Thorue in a bad condition, but gave no important gensral nformation. 0, T, PALMES, 5 : & foreman, was next calléd, aud gave some testi~ mony corroborating thatof the two Dupes's, After soma furthor.tostimony from Mr, Bartus tho plaintilfe restod, aad____ + ¢ . - .. E THE DEFENSE . opeued their case by calling one of the defond- antw, Alexandor Thorne, who testified thut be was & packer and ourer of ‘hame, and ‘had : been ougaged in that busiuess for thirtoan yoars. His: proctics wia-to buy hams of the *packers and thon pickle them, Tn picklipg _thom, the homs woro m})nuknd in tlotces, and the pickle’ when mixod was run . info . thewm - by-hose. Tho hamg wore lefl in the pickle from sixty to ninevy: dayn. The hama ‘wero -sorted at' the Jmaking-hnuuo into two lots, - No, 1 and No. 2. Bometimes the Inspoector got in a brulsed or “atag*® ham, a8 the firm (Thorne & Co.) were doing business very rapldly, especially during ho wintor. The lams that wore bruised o t'stag” boms' wero laid “oue side, and when packed ‘were marked ¢ Hugh J. Brady,” their flotitious brand, or second braud. In the wintor of 1872-3 the defondauts’ firm purchased sud out of the whale lot about 3,600 placcawont into tho aecond brund, These lnst, baing bruwed or ‘‘stag” Linme, were nent to Dapee'ato be smoked, while tho No..1 brand wera sold oured only. ‘Thadit- | feranco in price between tho firstquality and tho about _a flctitious brand was from &,cput (0 o cent and o half, Witnoss, whon o met Raymond, stated that he waa *abons tp_ smoke 100,000 pounds of his sccoud quality hame. Ho ssw Raymond wook after, aud xofused to - warrant the ~‘hams, ‘but offered to sell themn subject to the "Board of Trado' fu- spaction, and Buymond ngreed Lo take a ear-lond on thoss torms, for 123¢ conts a Y"“"‘d‘ Thorng denied that he represented that the hame wero first-class, or that tlioy were m}\wl-tfl “any ofler brand in tho market, Iu relation to FIE CEWTITICATI OF INAPECTION, i allaged that Raymond received it, saving it Yoitoved bim (‘Thorno) from all inbility, Thiong also deniod the statement that the hangiug of the Log up by $ho log tended to hurt the moat or Dburet tho arterles, A part of the Lamns smoled by the defondant's orders wero of & vory inforior quulity, Thoy wera marked with a flciitious: Lvand nlwlr:{u, and shipped Kaat to Now Yoik or Thiladelpbla, . & DANIEL GANO, the Inspector who, Lhorne says, was solsoted to make the inspootion of the hams, was nexy pub on the stand, und testifter] that ha was an in- spoctor of provisions, He tuspocted spmo hama for Thorue & Oo, {n Moy lagt, found some bud and rejeatad thew, the remainder wore ocrtitied to bo good, Ho thought thut he might possibly have 1ndo o foy mistakes, aud he gitd put iu’ some brulsed bams, Tt would not be A‘mmslb]o to dis- tingnigh slwnya, nor could it bp didcavered if tho bonewsa wronchod. - He undomteod from Ar. Thorno that hio waa called to ‘ngpeot’ a lot: of socond-blaks hamp, ' . (5 4 ‘Pho above yere the principal witnosses, Soy- o B t tho timo I . ‘\A‘:mnn o timo in .|.noon, and the argnme morn wora introduced to ehow tho pries of question, or to corroborato 0;ntntomonts of otliorn, Hovoral were nlso in- Apoduced to show that thore wore two brauds of linms made by some partios hoero, VERDICT FOR PLAINTIPE, Tho evidonco wau considorad Monday aftor- 0nLs. accupind.ane .day, and nt 3 o'clook Tuocaday the cnsg was given £ tho Jury, who, after 1et{rhig, faidrned o ‘fittoon minutes with a verdiol” for tho plaintimy for . %2,703, bolug tho whole smount nxkad, - - st - MIGHIGAN URIVERSITY, -, Mecting (‘)f' the Boaxd of Regents-- Business Transaoted, o linma that had beon brulued at tho timo of | bams ‘in question, aud;tl;u\igbt‘ Commencements’ of Aho' Medlcal gind. Law Deparfwentss. . Eight ‘Lady "Doctors Given Degreeses One of Them»F_i t in the Class. Snectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune TIE REGENTS' MERTING: ANN Annor, Mich, March 25.—The Board of Togonty of tho Univorsity of AMlichigan has been in soselon for the pnst two diys. Tho ‘resigan. tiop of Dr. Snger, tondorod on account -of -faile lug hoalth, hins boen acceped, and “Prof. Dun. sfor appolnied to Sl tho vacangy: s ‘ho' Rogoents lavo degided to .onlaggo -the ZLinboratory bulldings, andto introduce sains othor improvomenta in the Medical Departmont. A vory dotormiued effort was..mado..to raiso the presont standard of admigslon to tho Behool of Medicino,—withiout succoss; however; orther then to order - s moro rigid onforcement of fuo oxisting “requirements, which have been nc(ilucw( until -they - are, by :the confesslon of ithe- medical professors them- *wolvas, o dead lottor, and evon s farce. and . bug- 0ar. ‘The cash admission to the Uuivorsity has boen ‘chauged, and is now, for studonts comiog from othor States, 815 ; from Michigan, $20. . Horo« toforo it Lins been 10 and 325 respoclively, . The diecussion on tiis question -showoed that s decidod disinelination oxistod amotig” tho Re- gents to maia any distiuction. betwoon studeats coming from this and other Btates. i MEDICAL DEPANTMENT COMSTENOEMENT. \The twonty-fonrth apnual commencomont of 'the Modical Dopartmont was held 'to-day. Tho ©oxoroisos oro hold in the new Univorsity Hall, ,und it I8 estimated ' that -2,000 .porsons .wore presont, T'his is the firgt ‘class graduated. sinco the hall was complsted, and tho meribers_scom +highly pleasod . that * such ‘ju'the case,. A new doparturo was mado to—day, the members hnving thrao aliort ddrosses, 1stoad of onoconfined ox- i clusiyely to- & subject:connoctod with thoir pro- fession. Tho speakers worg chosen ono from each of the ko-called loarned profos- sions,—Honry - I*. “Thomas, AL 1, -of -Allo- gon, Mioh., ropresontinvg ' tho 'modical ;. the 1lop, James V. Campboll, of Dotroit, the law ; and the Rev. Gaorgo D. Gillespio, of the ministry. . Tho two latter lalked tion which thoir ealliny Raov, Mr. Gillespio made a strong appoal for the building of & now hospitel, -and his- striotures upon tho small and inconvenient one now here werp well recoiyed. T'ho gradustivg closs. num-. bors sixty-five, of whom eight are ladics. Ssvon porsons wore rofused degrees’ owing to !ack of proficioncy. Ono thing is worthy of notico : tho best stus ‘dont in tho modical class of Jast year wan o lady, «nnd tho.samo is true this yoear. 3iiss Mary Loo, -of . North Grauby, Conn,, 18’ sknowlodged o ba first by both profezsors and students, and enti- tled to raulk first in thoclasn, g M{mm wad [unished by Bishop's Band, of Do~ roit. . - A k . THTE LAY DEPARTAMENT, ‘Tho fiftecnth \annunl connmencemont “of the Depactment of - Lnw was hold this aliernoon tn of the rola~ \o'clock.. Tho address was givon by vhe Hon, B. F. Gravos, of the ‘Bupreme’ Court. The lnw- olasa numbars 126, of - whom two aro ladies, wha ‘aro woll spoken of. R A Man Murdored d Stop=Som. From the Ediwards County (Til) Journal, Maréhat, One of the most doliborate aud Hondish at tempts at- cold-blooded -murder that wo :bave ever known jn a civilized commumty, was mado upon o citizen named William 0. Muddiug, liviog iu tho novthern part of this county, Jast Sundny morning. 'Tho partios who did tho treacherous doed wero his'own wifo aud hor sou—a step-ton of Madding. It appears that this is Maddine's third wifo,and that thoy bave cach had children by former mar- ringes ; ~that theso children, sewia of whom aro grown, did not got along well together, znd, asa siatural result, the paronts sharad tha conton- 1tions of-their Tespeotive chidven; consequontly o gonoral family foud arose, Alout a'year ngo Madding and “his - wifo parted, ho nyrosing to lonva; the farm and homostand to her'and the childrén on- cortain: ponditions, while ho mado i his home at one of bis relativos, A parlof theso conditions wers,' thal, 'so long ug the wife should ikoap tho farm ju raod condition, she should hava -control of. it, aud was to tako caro, of the chil- idron, ' In the-event of - thesoduties belug neg- lectod, ‘the'farm add -'house were * to rovort - to Madding. Loy lived apart onthese conditions for everal montlis, In tho meanwhile the quare irels and coutentions 'still -goirtlnued, Several suits bofors tho Magistrate wore insticuted. .'Threats of porsonal violouce wore made ou tho patt 'of My, Madding and her son, Christophor ,lunt, & youth about 18 years of ‘sge, ‘towards *Medding, uutil he had tliem 'bound overto keop tho ponco, Not'content “to risk his’ safety “eh- “tirely to-thin to this bond of'peace, it seems ho -purobased o rovolyer for the purnosc of dofond-+ ting himsolf in case af an attack by his wifs and hor-son, 'Plile" helligorent action of Madding's -|.gave them sufliciont cause, as they thought, to nve him -also bound over to keep tho penco, which was accovdingly done. “But tho war still continued. . A short ‘{imo-ago, Hnfldlng claimed ‘that his wife hadmot fulfilled -her -obligations in rogard to the contraoct by which ‘she was to - romnin -in solo possension of the farm ; ‘therofore her claim was gorrciml, and ho propared to move baclk. He- gave hor permision to beeupy one of tho houses ontho place, and, abont'two woelts ago, 1’ movod into the-ofher houso and lived by him= #olf, - Madding still rotained posscssion of his. rovolver, nutwithitanding the persistout offorts ‘of his wife to get him to give it up. IIo assorted rthat bo had no intention of ‘using it savein self- dofonse, apd- told “her ‘nob to bo uncasy, He seomod to havo some n]mrehmmion of trenchery, ‘as ho atondfastly porslsted’ in carrying it with 'him ot all timos,'and. sleoping with ‘it undor his illow at” night. “Linst Saturddy 'he and-his wifo ‘had somb cunvorsation iu regnrd to'theso mat- Itors, and-elie again ‘attompted, but falled, to in- duce hiim to give up his revolvor, On Bunday morning, while Aladding was got= «ting his broak{ust, Lis wife sent un invitauon to Li to come itito hior house aud havo s soclsble ‘talk. o ropliod that he would as soou as ho 'hind eaten his breakfast and got tho house-ar. iraugedl. “Before 'he; hed flufdhiod thdso mattora, the wife Bent agaln ‘roquosting “him ‘to como'in ,and bring'hispipo and Lave o smoke, He then "lot} Lin work and. wout. “Ho-stepped into her idoor, and, it ' supposed, sat down on & cliair near, and with his -back toward the door. No soonor had ho dorie Bo thon young Munt, who was' concenled behind the door ‘With & Tnrgoe Ihickory oclub, stopped out ‘and struck Madding 2 heavy blow ‘on the-hond;felling him to the itloor, and, to-niake;tho'work sure, ko struck him onco or twleo afier he had.fallon, ‘Lho woman ‘nud beor son thou picked. bim, up, aa thoy sup- posnd dead snd started with Lim to l.hg orohard, & short distance from the house. Whilo thin horiiblo trauspotion 'Wak going on, tho younger childron wore dreadfully frightoiied, aud ran soronming out of the houie, One of thom tarted for tho mnenrest ‘melghvor, James Ibbotson, who lives about 8 quartor: of o mile off, ane thare poported thio cizcuuistangos, br. Ibhote o apd Jessa * Madding,iason'of Willinm Mad. ding, who was working tor 8Ir. Tbbotson, rau ‘ng ‘fast na possiole to tho sooue of horror, -Amiving at thio houso, they found that Madding'tind baen loft fu the orchasd, and that tho wife was ro- turning from hiin with an nx in her hand ; haye ing found, it ix supposad, that the 1ifo of ihoir victim was not quite extinot shie was taking tho .ux to completa tho work beguu. by her son, but on seoing thoso men approach had' ohapged her mind, Yoang Hupt mountod a'tiorde, whioh was alvoudy suddlod in the stable, sad flod. ‘Iho mon dlscovered sowna sigug of life iu_Maddiug and iturnod thoir stteution to hi§ roljef. o was tukon to s neighboriig houso nud modieal nid summoned :- Lk Al lust ascounts ho was seill une conscious, It 18 hardly posiiblo that ho 'will re- cover. % p The womniv' yas areastod and’ rorogniged to tho. Civemit Court-inj » buud of 3300, | Hant was sill ab Jovgo at last roports, thungh stops hitya ‘heoy talon for hiy arrusl, and it is not probably, ‘that ho will loug eludo tho vigilance: of g e he LT s v this city, " had to-medicine. - The ‘University. 'Hall; the excrclacs’ commencing at 3 B e CRO U S G S S |