Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1874, Page 1

The Chicage Daily Teibune, " VOLUME 27, DBRIDAL GIFTS, SILVER BRIDAL GIFTS. THE GORHAM COMPANY, The well-known Silversmiths, of No. 1- Bond-st.,, New York, have completed arrangements with the loading Jowelers in this city, whereby Silver of their manufac- ture, for WEDDING ond PRE- SENTATION GIFTS and for gen- oral Family use, can bo supplicd to all purchasers upon terms as favorable as from the Company in .New York. ¢ This trado-mark is stamped on every ple 6] of Storling Blivor of the Gorham Com- STERLING COHINA,CROCKERY, &o: BURLEY & TYRREL, Q74,276 & 278 WABASEL-AV. CORNER VAN BUREN.ST:y OFFER AT RETAITL, FRENCHand ENGLISH DEC- ORATED DINNER, TEA and BREAKFAST Sets; Fine WHITE EARTHEN and Chi- na; ENGRAVED, Cut and BUILDING FELT, &o. Plain GLASSWARE; " SIL- VER-PLATED GOODS; TEA TRAYS and TABLE CUT- Roofing, TBAT CARPET LINING | —===—— s vom e o NayOping Building Felt. Millinery, The Best Sheathing in Use. Send At onr Wholesalo and Retail Millinery Store, paoy manufacturo, snd {s & gusrantee of its purity and genuineness.” MILLINERY. for Circular and Samples. BARRETT, ARNOLD & KINBALL, S0 B R g5 ST sy 230 Monroe-st., Chicago. ; "N \ GENERAL NOTICE. i ' ) X . ESIDE 270 &272 Wabash-av. Thursdey and Fridey,'May 7 and 8. CITY DIRECTORY. On Monday, May 4, we commence the active canvass for Directory in- formation. To insure correctness, we would ask the public to give Can- vassers information promptly. Ad- vertisers are reminded that their gzvora must be handed in within ten 8ys. WILLIAMS, DONNELLEY & C0., Room 1, Liakeside Building. TO RENT. That Valnable Dock AT BRIDGEPORT, Formerly ocoupled by Grent Hastern Rail- road Compsny, being 900 feet front, With Bide Traok from Ohicngo & Alton REMOVALS, Rallroad, REMOVAL. ""O REIN'T AT ONLY H. H. HEIMERDINGER, DEALER IN Leather and Findings, (LATH 60 LARB-ST.,) $3,600 PER ANNUM, Apply to . BRAINARD, 168 Washington-st., Room 36, Or to WM. RIPLEY, 238 Bouth Water-st. LUMBER OR COAL DOCK TO RENT. 250 feet front on Twolith-at., runping back to the Empira Slip, with rail- Tond connections, near Twellth-at, bridgo. 163 Washington-st., Bassmont. MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS. .. SHIRTS, Collars, O‘UI:;FS,- WILSON BROS,, 67 & 69 WASHINGTON-BT., OHIOAGO, And Pike's Opora Houso, Fousth-st., Olnclunatl. ELEGANT IN DESIGN ; SUPERB workmansbios faultioss Snfit. HAR- gitis & OOLE, 171 South Olark-st. STOLEN. SO IN. On April 37, 1874, & small tin box contalning the follow- Ing notos s ' - - Amount, ,Flaa removed to bis now aad spaclous quartars, 40 State-st. “Where ha will bo glad to sso all his old frionds and custo- “REMOVAL. ‘Weo have removed our West Sido Bank to the corner of Washington and Halstod-sta., whero wo havo & botter pnd more convaniont offico for tho sccommodation of our West Bide businoss. PRESTON, KEAN & C0,, BANKERS, REMOVED To 102 WASHINGTON-ST. GEO. H. ROZET, Beal Estate and Mortgage Loans, All business pertaining to purchaso, sale and managoment of Roal Hstato, attended to. e St el s e A it FINANCIAL. J. D. HARVEY, Loans oo, Real Estate Soonrities, Commer- cial Peper, and Colatgrals, 05 W.ASEHINGTON-ST. Capltalists or Gonnty Banks wishing o lnvert amall or large sums, for lang ur shoct time, can bo supplied with Brateolass loans. McCORD, WARNER & CO, B A E IR S, AND DEALERS IN REALESTATE SECURITIES. Doate, | When due. | Fama o maer. . 0 Galo. Bir b Wog. Dav, L, Wood. Annfo Bowon. On demdnd Juno 8" . I', Gooka, 1., Wenduagol, T Yo E S aort, ", & W, Ohlondort, IL. Diokinson. b, 1 1, Dickis . 86 WASHINGTON-ST. B £ Romham. Loans nogotinvod on first-olass recurlty. 184 oy 20,178 N0, O. N'COND, JAH, B. WAINER. J08, T, M'CORD. 'W 000, ?\‘:;‘n‘bfi:fllfl‘i 6, 600,00/ Juno 15, 73l Js Gerhard Foreman, (Lale of Groenebaum & Foreman) Gontinoon Thosaiio businusd 83 haroiators, Teansiiotod ab o Gy P54 Bast Wahington-st, ROBERT WINTHROP & CO. BANKBERS AND BROKERS, Eu. 13 Wallst., Now York, executo orders for BTOOKS, X' 51 Sathorlaad, ina 2. ! by .1?. 0\(;\; st . Sirmlinii. i Munsog, All payabla ta the order of V. Dyer or indorso to b wd Morigapos, Teuat Bosdy Tax ecolpts, aus othor papors pertaining to re 3 ‘All porsons are cautioned nugalhlln{ any of the above describod notes, as Dt nt has boon stopped. A rowari s offored for o approbonslon aud canvition of ovos. ADOLY HEILE, ‘Attorney in fact for O, V, Dyor, 310 Wabash-av, VINEGAR. PRUSSING’S WHITE WINE VINEGAR. A mott auperb articlo, Warrantod pure, palatable, and to prosesvo plokl vo ploklos, Flrat promium awarded wharaver exhibltod. GRDS, AN GOLD, allow4 Tiscont iutorest on DI nd transaot a genoral Banking and Brokerage usinosd, & HOTELS. OCONOMOWOC, The beantiful summer rotreat; the protticst lakes in the world, and the flnoat drives in the country. - WWOODL.AND Tsnowopen for summer vislors. Tho most dolfghttal Tocatlon on the Jakex: shady groves, largo alry rvoms, and alean, comfortablo beds. A gpring of purs wator Doar tho house, bottor (han liethesda or Hilvom, Guesta roceived duriog May ot 87 por wook, June at §10 por weok, For tho soason apply to D, W. BMALL '3} R N 8, Obnorsanao, Wls. T B Ya Lt Biato-th Onichgo. BUSINESS CARDS. X DISSOLUTION NOTIOQES. AR AN A A AP NP DISSOLUTION. The copartaorship horotafore exating under tho firm nawe of QURTIS & BKINNER {s thia day dissolved by Yimitation. By mutual srrangemont, all tho business of tho late firm will bo sottled by HENRY OURTIS, who rotains the lata firm's bookkeogor, at the Old Hiand, % North Oaual-st,, and also at 40 West Ohioago-av. FURST&FLANDERS, ARCHITECTS, hington Block, southwest, " . ";’v::n‘nlg'fihwo:- jgout ]v;:n corner Fifth-av, and Wash. DESKS! GHEAP 8t 100 Merketst, near Madlson, JENRY OURTIS, Mayl, 184, BAMUEL O, SKINNER, DISSOLUTION, The copartnership of OREENEDAUM & VOREMAN Has this tay expired by lLimitation. RLIAS GREENEBAUM, GEMIARD YORXMAN, Recent importations of CHICAGO, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1874. WASHINGTON. The District Investigation— Further Examination of Kirtland, Tle Still Refuses to Tell the Trath -=-A Plausible Storys ’ The Withheld Evidence of Storrs and Chittenden, They Corroborate Each Other Fully by Telling Noth- ing at All . Report of the Ways and Means Com- mittee to Be Made To-Day. Tho Ropoal of tho Sanborn Coniract * Law Rocommended, Censura of ghé Treasury, Officials’ Manner of Doing Business. Congress Will Probably Adjourn by the 1st of July. THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION. Special Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune, TOE REV. MR, BROWN BHOUGHT TO LIGHT, WasaNGToN, D. O., May 8.—Tho Rov. Calviti Brow n, who figured ns Chittendon’s epiritual ad- visor aftor the death of Iuntington, and ron- derod Count Foeco such material sorvico in pro- curing the Do Golyer & McClolland contract, is again coming to tho surface. Kirtland on Satur- dny testi fied thit ho took the Rev. Calvin Brown into partnership in tho purchase of a pioce of roal ostato noar this city in 1872, The land bo- longed to W. W. Corcoran, but tho negotiation was carrfed on with thet gentloman’s agent. Kirtland mado a first lmymont of 810,000, tho money being n part of tho TROCEEDS OF THE ONITTENDEN NOTES. He tho n took a trip to Chicago to negotinte the gnlo of the remunindor of the notes with Ira Holmes, and, during his absonce, he now snys, Biown went to Corcoran’s ngent, and, upon making cortain representn- tions to that gentleman, induced him to give up the §10,000, with which ho mado off to Europo. Thia is tho story now told by Kirtland, but, Inasmuch as ' 18 REFUTATION FOR YEBACITY ia of a doubtful charactor, it is barely possiblo that tho Rov. Mr. Brown- is innocont of the charge, It i suggestod that Kirtland, knowing that it ia imposgible for the Committeo to com- munieato with Brown, invented this yarn in order to explain away a doubtful transaction with some other person mnearor home—probably in bhigh -ttnunn-mne ho roferred to in his intorview with orrs. . Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, THE CHAMPION WITNESS, P WasIINGTON, May 8.—The mendncity of the witnoss Kirtland i8 go romsrkablo that tho Dis- trict Investigation Committeo are fairly puzzlod to know what courso to pursue, Thore is w dis- osition on tho S;:z of some memborsof tho jommittes, to drop him in despair of over gotting any truth out of him, but it is probgblo that he will not bo.lot off s0 easlly after all. Tho courso thatho has pursued indi- catos, not_ouly that he has something to tell, but also that ho is held back by some excoed- ingly powerful influence, The membera of the Committes do not hesitato o declaro their con- viction that Kirtland has lied from beginning to end, In fact, his testimony abounds in the most GLARING CONTRADIOTIONS AND ANSURDITIES, and domonstrates plainly the .unscrupulous charactor of thoman. Ho forms tho principal topic of conversation in Washington, and is spo- ken of a8 tho moat remarkablo witness that has ov‘ur sppeared bofore a Congrossional Com- mittes, The hitherto withhold TESTIMONY OX EMERY BTONRS, who came hero as the proprietor of Geo, R. Chitteudon, has just boen made public by the Distriot Investigating Committee. Bomo of its uniquo f:aturesaro given horowith. Deing mon- tioned with reforence to Kirtland's visit to his room at tho Ebbitt Houso, Emery mado tho fol- lowing frank svowsl: Btorre—Wilcox brou%ht a gontleman tomy room aund introduced him to mo as & Mr. Hoyle, 1 desiro to be entiroly frank with the Committee, becauso I suppose that this is- s private sxam- ination, and nover told 'a word of untruth in my lifo to anybody., I suppose it wss Mr, Kirtland, I did did not wash to hold any communication with bim, nor to have vory niuch to ssy with him, Ho was there in my room, and this other gontle- man was there alto, Thoy both ordered their meals at my room, and thoy wero chargod to my room, and I suppose that I shall have {0 pay for them beforelloavo, as T ordinari- 1y pay bills, m&-f—bid you pot have a conversstlon with m * A~Yos, gir, Q.—What waslf about? AT cannot tell you what it was about. I think there wora a couplo of girlson the oppo- gito aido of the strect that he had been inspoot~ h{?g n: ‘Willard's thet ha oponed the conversation about, : Q.—Nothing about his visit horo in Washe ington? o .—Not at all, excopt this, In thocourso, por- hapa, not of that convoreation—but I can hardly _lelY which—the goneral purport of what I gathe ©erod from him was that ho did not wish to bo oxamined, 8and I simply asked him, g0 far as this investigation was concerned, whothor anything he would say would be in con~ tradiction of anything that Mr, Chittonden hnd tostifiod. Then I'said to Mr. Hoyle, (because I callod him by that namo, and o Togistored bis npamo that why). Then 1f what you can testify to will not bo in contra- diction of Mr, Chittonden, it Chittondon hoa told tho truth in saying that ho received no por- tion of the $72,000 himwolf, I have no furthor uso of you, ‘—g)?id he say why lho did not want to bo ex- nu ~Ho did not. Iwant to say hore that I waa vory destrous of having but Jittle conversa-~ tion after "I discoverod that polut, Mr, Chittonden told mo from Clucago that Tlo_ had not _ro coived a dollar himself, I had- received a rotaining foa two days bofore I left for tho pur- poso of commencing » sult againet McOloland on this contract. .—In that conversation,did he giva {u\v. any intimation a6 to what be would testify to rola- tive to whore this monox‘hud Euno? 2 @ A.—Nothing except this; *Now, I hapa that this will not bo published, boosuso I want to bo vory frank.” Ho eaid it would be very ungener~ ous, ¥ Q.~Did ho say to whom? A.—No, sir; he sma that it would bo very In- fllrlnua if his testlmony was takon, Baid I,"* 8o ong a8 Mr. Ohittenden did not divide with yon.” 1t you will melt me to uso my exact lauguage, I told him I did not care & damn about tho injury. Q.—Do you luow whon he loft tho Ebbity House? A.~—I could tell you tho exact dny by rofor- on our way onae, but I could not tell you now. Q.~He had gone from there now? A.—Yas, You ocun undarstaud thet it hes _boon & littlo todious to. mo, I hnve - been oyorflowed -with Eut!ll. and ¢ s the firat tima I have over boon oforg 4 comtolties of invostigation, and I think it willbe tho last time, Men go through my NUMBER 254. room and take my koy, aund como iIn and order (‘llllxmm, and ordor uockhfla. aud chargo thom to 0 room. Q.—What maunor of mon aro thoy ? A~T think tho ususl manuer in this communi- ty. Xhavo looked upon most of thoso pooplo who have boon al my room as doad-beats, and havo trented them scoordingly, It I had been at homo, I wonld hiavo put thom out of my frout windo, but tho business hore haa boon of such 5 chnracter that X did not rof{nd 1t ng pato. Q.—Dld yon infor from Lirtland’s conyorsa- tlon that if ho testifiod, and ho should tell tho wholo truth in retgngd to this thing,—his wholo oonnoation with it,-~his toatimony would bo very damaging to mon occupying high positions, A.?In that a question that I have got to ane awor . * Q.—I do not goo any reagon why you'should not answor. ’ A—Yon Idid, - i Q.—That his tostimony would bo vory damag- inito anp)n In high positious, . A.—Yos, sir; to poople inhigh positlons, That is a8 near as 1 can siato it. I told im that "I did uvot "cata .to pursuo the subjoot. 1aimply wanted to know about ono’ [mlnh whother ho had aver dividod with Chit- euden ; and I'kopt tho line right .thore, snd I would not divergo from it at all. Q.—DId yon think 1t wopld bo & matter of any importance in tho. ault opainst MoOlolland whother ho had divided with Chittondon or not? A.—Very groatly,.pir ;; most dooldodly I did, think {6 so. EeA ol i 1 g G0 i -1 - ?.-Dld it novor oecuglto you' thit if ho wyure collod on tho atand. to téatity hoforo thls Com- mittoo, and testiflad that ko had novor divided, that that might be. of, somo advantago to Mr. Chittonden, § i A.—No, sir ; bocause X' looked at it proolssly in this way: Mr. MoClolland knew porfoctly woll of the giving® of thoso totes, and ho wavo them himacl, ' DoGolgor & MoClolland govo thoso notes. ‘Thoy wore eigned_ by them, sud- payable fo thelr own ordor. It wasfor u\emto;xmve that there had boon a division, and not for ud to prove that thero had not boon suy. I wos.roading AlcOlolland's tuutlmmq aud kuowing just Low falliblo portions of 1t wero, a8 has_ boen doveloped horo by record ovi- donce, I wanted to protest, but I wantod to know what the faol was €4 to the balance. In s professionsl sense, I had no caso, Q.—Havo you at nny time communicated to Mr. Mottingly or other porson in this oity what Hr. Kirtland would probably tostify to in_the ovent of his belng brought before the Com- mittoo ? . A~T think that T have perhaps-told Mr, Mat~ tingly that Mr, Kirtland’s - tostimony, while it woilld not inflict_tho elightest injury to Mr. Chittenden, would be injurious. . ‘Tho following is & portion of tho + . /TESTIMONY OF GEO. T OIITTENDEN, takon in socrot session on the snme ovening that Storrs wau privately examinod : v Tho Chairmaa—\When did yon last seo Xirt- land ? Obittondon—Last Thursday. Q.—What did you talk about ? A.—I talked about tho Invuatlglltlng Commit- too, that is of. the tostimony that I had glven in this caso; and I ssked lum it ho had road the tuuflmnng. . Q.—What did ho sny to that? A,—Ho said ho had. . . Q.—~Then what oceured 2. Btate the whole con- ‘veisation, 1 A,—I told bim that I had boen vory fall {n my tostimony, and seked him if ho had read my tes- timony in full, He replied that 1t was m.)nlu.‘kl or words to that effect,; snd he had read i thr:mgh very carefully, and found it to be cor- ook, . By Mr, Boss—Q.—Did Mr. Kirtland, at the timo of vour nogotintions 10t the contract, ad- viss you that he oxpected to use suy part of that $7fi,00g" through Bir. Moore? % .—No, sit. - " Q‘fi?u‘ you toll Mr, 8torrs, your counsel, that o di A.—No, sir, I believe not. . Q—What do you any ? A.—I beliovo not. b Q.—Did you not glve your counsel, Storrs, to understand bofore you oame to this oity,or since you came, or while you were- on. the way, that Col. Kirtland was to pay some portion of theso moneys for the proceeds of the notes to Col. Moora? . A.—No, sir, I did not, becanse Idid not knowit. Q.—Dui you not underatand that it waa to bo dono in_that way; that the. contract was {0 be procured througl Col. Moore ? A.—No, sir, Idid not kuow what he did with a dollar of this money. £ .\ +\Q.~Did you not bellava’ that it was to be ob- tatned through Cal. Moore ? A—I could not believe that, . . Q.—I donot ssk you whatlier you could or could not. Did you in fact bolleve or under- stand that the contract was to be obtained through Col, Moore's influence? . A.—No, sir, I did not koow apything about it. Q.—Answor thé question. Did you undor- stand or beliove, upon information or suspicion, notupon your kuowledge, but I ask you for your suspicion or bellef, that the contract was to bo obtained by Mr., Kirtland turough Mr. Moore ? A~ know nothing about it, sir. Q.—~Well gir, you- onawer the question. Did yonu believe or suspeot, or understand it? Was that & part of your suspiclon and belief ? A—I know nothing about it it, alr, af all, Q.—Well sir, you have eaid 0. Now answer the othor quostion ? g A—My improasion was that Col. Kirtland had somo influonce, but I did not know where it was or anything about it. & Q.—Did you undorstand or suspoct thnt " influ- once Was tg bo :xnmlsud through Col. Moore? 1o 3 By Mr. Thurman—Q.—You had no such sus- piclon ? A.~T had no such suspiclon. s By Mr. Bass—No such information? ‘A:—No such information. Q.~—Did you nat adviae your counsel that that was your suspicion and nuderstauding? A—1I did not so adviso him that I remembor, prmd i aandly THE SANBORN CONTRAOT, Special Dispalch to The Chicago Tribune, TUE REPONT OF THE COMMITTEE. ‘WasmxatoN, D. 0., May 8,—Tho report of tho Ways aud Menans Committee on the Sanborn investigation will be submitied to the House to- morrow, It will not, however, be discnssed for soveral days, Bonjamin Butler hos fiually con- cluded to go into the mattor extensively, and, for this purpose, has obtained . tho, ovidence, which he ia carofully studying.: It was thonght, from intimations from him, that he was molined to tonolyit gingorly, but ho has changed his mind, and will make a vigorous fight for * - 118 TILIRVING OREW OF WETAINERS, The . dobato s looked for with ‘a ‘groat doal of intorost, As has beon stated, the Committee's report, so far. as it concorns the Treasury Departmont officlals, is very vigorous, and expresses their condomnation of their acts in unmistakeablo torms, * (To the Associated Press.) , Wasnzyaton, May 8.—1hs Committco on Ways and Means will to-morrow mako their report on whut are callod the Sanboru cases. 8o far as can bo verbally ascertained, they rooito - the law and givo 2 narrative of tho transactions under it as dorlved from tho tesfimony. Tho Xelsoycon- tract baing the fivat that wos'made, {8 given at length, 08 b spocimon of all the contracts, that with Banborn 1cluded, tho phrageology of them ol boing similar, DOUTWEL('S RESPONSIDILITY IN THE MATTER. They discuss tho order given by Becrotary Boutwoll, addressed to Assossors and Colleotors of Internal Revonue, directing thom' to'asslst the savoral contractors in such way as thoy may aek, In tho examination of thoir books, Tho Commiltes condemn the order on the ground that, fustead of the intornal ravenuo ofticors aualating Sanborn and tho others, tho latter should have ausiutod tho offtcera. TUE OTHER TREAWULY OFFICIALS, The Committee find some fault with tho un- antisfactory character of the evidence of the ofil- cora of the Troasury Dopartment, somo of them huving ondeavored to ovado -the responsibility connected with the 8mpnrutlou and making of the contracts, Tho Committeo do not find that any of these oficers wero, in what they did, fu- fluonced by any corrupt or personal motive. - Tho Dill to ropeal the lawa nnder which the Sanborn contracts havo bean authorized will be submitted with the report to-morrow. It simply proyides for tho roponl, with a olauss denylug Banboru any "m“d{. n tho Court of ‘Olaima-for any damagos that he may sustain by reason of tho repeal. REPEAL OF THE LAW. ‘They are now -considering & bill to revesl the provieions of the Inw nndor which the Ban- born and other like contracts were mado. 'Lho. Committee aro anxioua to havo tieso conirsots anaulled, but Lave not ioh agraed upon the bost manner of doing so, Bhould the contracts be : 1 annulled, the contractors would, undor tho pros- ont Inw, bo ontitled to go to the Court of Clalms for rollef; and thoroforo it s & queation whether thoy should bo .oxcluded from this remody 8nd provided with onoin au apposl to Congroas. Tha bill, howover, has not acquired dofluito shiape, oxcopt so far as tho roponl of tho acontraot provision 18 concorned, —e NOTES AND NEWS. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicaan Tribune, THE ADIOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. ¢+ WasninaToN, May 8,—Tho Waya, and Moans Committes will probably roport resolution to tho House to-morrow, fixing tho date for tho ad- journmont of tho sossion at Junol1s. If it should pass, tho Bennte will doubtloss amond it by Botting tho 1at of Juiy aa tho proper time, A protty genoral conviotion {s that tho session can o oasily ended by the 1t of July, and that it oughttobe, - 1 * © ! ! THE FINANOES, Meny. of tho most intelligont and, activo frlends of tho proposed freo banking law have grown rathor dospondunt, of late, and expross a fonr that no finanotal lopisiation of auy sort will bo had.this sossion. This goes far to confirm tho inflationists in their Jubilant asscrtions that, sinco thoy cannot got what they desiro, thoy will bo ablo to prevent any biils of a financinl naturo from passing, - It is intimatod that an effort will bo- made to-mortaw in.the Touwe ko rueh's vur- ronoy bill: through under a euapeusion of tho rulos, but it is oxcecdingly doubtful if the at- templ will be made. FiE GEOLOGICAY, SURVEYH. - WasmnaToN, May 8.—Thoe Benato Committeo on Millitary Affairs’ havo taken sdverso action on tho bill1n ald of geological and other sur- voys in-the sovoral States, “TNE APPROVMIATION DILL. The House struck ont tho_appropriation in tho Legislative, Judicial and- Exogutive Appro- Bmuon bill for tho Statipnery snd Printing ivision of the.Troasury Deparimont, but the Benato will rowstate "it, ss this division hes ohargo of all: edverising, printing, aud blank-booka for tho Department as woll as for all its Buroaus throughout tho country, inolud- ing tho Intornal Rovenue oficos and Custom- Housos. I TREASURY GOLD BALES, Tho sales of gold for tho month of May will o a8 follows: On the first and third Thuradays, 21,500,000 ;each dug' and on tho second and fourth Thuradays, 1,000,000 oach day, moking 5,000,000 in o, : ' CASUALTIES, Anothor Donth by Carclessness with Firenrms, 4 Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, ' Cnmnuicorne, V., May3,—Tho oldest son of Androw Heltman, living oo’ Franklin stroet, slopt with & rovolver undor his pillow, and lott home forgotting it. A littlo son, sged 7, found it, snd aftor fooling with it for somo time, with »a faint iden of its use, contrived to send n.bullst through the brain of a Mttlo sister, aged 6. Torrible Xioilor Explosion at Showans . gunlky Ni Ye—Scven Porsons Killed and Three Eatally Infured. Orry or KivasioN, N. Y., May 3.—~Thero was s torriblo calamity at the Village of Bhowangunk, on the Wallkill Valloy Railrond, thirty miloa from this city, last ovoming, As tho day bands em- ployed {n Condit's largo paper mill were leaving tho shop, juss boforo 6 o'alook, tho largo rotary boiler exploded, noarly demoliehing-the building and burying 1n the ruing many of the laborere. Tho following wero taken out dend: Petor Os- trander, Mary McLaughblin, "Elizs _Conklin, Parick’ Tuor, W. B. Hill, Mictsol Flannigan and Robert Owens. Tho following wore fatally wounded: John Smasiloy, Goorge Robinson and Josoph Jausen. Thoso Lilled wore horribly msugled, 08 the force of the explosion was tor- rifio. The boiler, woighing fivo tous, was thrown 600 foet. Thore i8 intensa excitoment in the village, and the crowd threatoned to lynch Tranter, tho su- perintendent of the mill, who, it ia claimed, was guilty of criminal nu‘zugenca in using a rotten, condomoed boiler, 'The mill was rocontly eracted st o cost of $100,000. : Killed in o Gold Mino, B8AX Fraxcieco, Moy 8.—Cornolius AfeCarthy and Richard Pierco, miners in the Yollow Jacket Lend, Virginia City, was killod yestorday in the mine by a falling giraffe, Several otlier men were badly hurt. THE CROPS, Rcports from the Western States Rels ative to the Condition of the Crops. INDIaNATOLIS, Ind., May 8.—Tho following is asynopsis of the loading information furnished by the National Crop Reporter: The unusual backwardness of the eeason has dalayed very much all kinds of spring work, and nt tho dato of the last full reports, prepared Avril 16, thero had boon practically no seeding at all in the State _of. Minncaota, and but little plu\vlnf in Wisconsin, At the dale montione about’ 40 per cont of tho estimatod arcaof whoat had beon sown, aud bue little more than one-fuurth of tho aats, The avorago aren sown in wheat in the States of Illinols, lowa, Missourl, and Wisconsin, was 87 per cent of the estimated probablo total, 63 per cent of the onts, and of potatoes 80 por cont. ‘Tho prospeots of the fruit crop to date aro of tho most encouraging oharactor, and the ro- %)rtod dsmago by frost, excopting in portions of alaware nn% Maryland, is inconeiderablo. -The condition of the ronds gouth of tho forty- fitth parallel was uniformly bad, owing to the rovn?ennu of "wot weather, whilo north of that ine tho ground was genorally frozon and the roads in fine condition. Pricos of the leading articles tho first half of April in_the Btatos of Illinois, Iudiana, Town, Inneas, Minnosotn, Missouri, Ohio, and Wiscons sin show a slight advance for corn, oats, and hay, and a decline on swino aud potatoes, wheal romaining unchangod. LTHE SOUTHERN FLOODS, The Wator Slowly Subsiding—Farther Reports of Destitution nnd sSuffers inge - : . Mexrms, Tonn, May 8,—Soveral stoamers from below arrived to-day, but bring littlo ad- ditional information oconcerning the overflow. The pilot of the City of Vicksburg roported the country back ‘of Australia inundated, probably from the Hushpuckann crevasso. Dr. ‘Libbets’ plantation, just below Lako Yrovidence, aud Wostern's and ‘Tuckor's - plantations, just_ above, aro - overflowed; also baclk of Dinok's Loke thero I8 much sufforing and destitution not heretofore reported. Through- out- the inundated_rogion tho stock {8 huddiod together on tho tops of the loveos, on narrow strips of laud, and those not starving are boing Ialled by buffalo gnats. - Pllot "John Kilgonr yoports tho water falling along the coast bolow Natohoz, but it should be borne in mind that the suffering of the people will not end with tue deolne of the wator, ag very many of them hayve lost overything, and are without food. : THE ARKANSAS TROUBLE., The Situntion from the Xrooks Side. 81, Louss, May 8,—Iho Lemocrat's Little Rock spocinl says that tho addross of tho leading Itoform Demooraty, whiol takes strong grounds in favor of Brooks, is rogarded as an important movement, aud is heving & serious offast npon Baxtor's cause, Betweon 200 nud 800 * “vito men, from Fort Smith, arrived Saturday (o reinforco Brooks, whose dofensive force now numbers throo full rogiments and sevoral othors subjoct to immodiato orders, il TO TR S TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, Ason of L, Winegardner, propriotor of the Unlon Ioueoin Bldnnf' 0., was 8liot in tho hond night boforo Iast, ma xln%s Narrow osaape from death, Thero is somothing mystorlous * con- neotod with the afair, and the boy rofuses to tell how it ocourred. St S SUICIDE, LoumviLLe, Ky, May 8, —~Anthony R. Walsh, manager of tho L. O. & L. ticket-office, in this olty, throw himasolf -out of the fitth-story win- dow of tho Galt House this morning, while Iaboring undor temporary aberration of the mind, striking on the pavement below and nmhlnwh wkull in & frighttul mmnaer, Ho died {natantly, ¥ FOREIGN. Queen Viotoria to Visit Ireland, Conflicting Reporis as to tho Relief of Bilbao. .. BPAIN. Yoxoox, May 8.—Advices recolved at the Spanish Embassy horo confirm the report of tho ontry of .the gavornment troops into Bilbao, but tho Iatost tolegrams reccived in London from Oarlist sourccs stato that Berrano entered Por- tugalite Friday afternoon and immodiately marchod for Bilbao, Tho Carlists woro concon- tratod . botwoon - Portugalite Jond Bilbao, and a desporato battle - bogan ot 5 o'clock Saturdsy morning, thoe result of which had not yet been roported, In themeantime, the Carlist alego batteries rodoublod their firo on Bilbno, .dlapatoh from Bayonne says that the Uarlists dony the truth of the Madrid roport that tho Ropublican troops have ontered Bilbao, and claims that tho Oarlist army still ocouples for~ midable’ positions at Barracalds, Larroza, ar Castrannons, whoro -thoy are disputing the gus vanco ¢t Marslial Borrano:” g ‘ LoNpoN, May 4.—A speolal dispatch fo & Buntander to the Times snys: A doputai..: of " volunteors from Bilbso visito Emnn‘ux:l d? hfix Concha, le‘ll‘: }md e opora n tho ronr of the insurge b3 ond Intormod_him " that tho Caulisto ; 1 rotired. ~Concha immodiatoly commus £ - tod tho intollivence to Marshal Sorrano v d tho lattor replled by telegraph fnm“n o Concha the honor of frat entering Bilbao. 1 A dooroo has boon ishued in Madrid eallii’ a lovy of all persons liablo to military dut; 10 yoars, r L BREL= L) GREAT BRITAIN. Toxpox, MAY 3.—The Observerannoundos that 8ir Robort Peol will rosign the position of Lib- eral ““ Whip " on account of ill-health. New Yoxrg, May 8.—The London Zelegraph of April 21 says that the Cobden Club passed rosolutions rocording with profound rogreé tho doath of Charles Sumuer, long a friend and cor- rospondent of Mr, Uubl}en, and an honorary membor of the Olub. * LONDON, Nn{‘ 4,—Tho Queon will probably visit Irelond with the Duke and Duchess of Ed- inpurgh, ‘Tho steamor with & section of tho Central Amorican _cable, to 'bo laid from Para to Dom- atra, sailod from Ginvesend yeatordny. e i GERMANY. Benrry, May 3.—The Emperor of Russia and tho Grand Dukos Alexis aud Constantino have arrived in tlus olty, on thelr way to England, —tren RELIGIOUS. e Momorial Sexvices at Bixon, 1. 77 Special Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune, Dixox, Il, May 8.—Momorial gorvices were hold at tho Mothodist Ohurohto-day, it being tho anniversary of tho great bridgo disaster, where nearly 50 lives wero sacrificed. The Rev. John Willinmson'delivered tho addross, . 1t will be romenibered that tho bridge was of iron, Truesdoll's patont, five apans, 680 - foot in length, and crossed the Rock River at this city. There was & Isrge class for the coro- mony of baptism, according to tho_usnges of the Baptlst. denomination on Bundoy, one year ago to-day, tho Roy. J. H. Pratt oflicinting. The bridge was Lnod with poople, snd as tho third candidato was coming out of the water, thoro was o crash and tho bridge was gone with its procious hundreds of human lives. ~All wore rescued in a drowning condition with the excep- tion of botweon forty and fifty persons. Elder Pra.t has resigned his ohargo owing to ill health since this dreadful disastor. * g Church Dedications. IN MADISON, WIS, Speeral Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune. i MapisoN, Wis,, le 83.—~Tho beautiful new Oapital Congregational Church, designed by a Chicago architect, was dedicaied to-day, and services in. some other churches boing sus- ended, the building was thronged with nearl; ,500 people, and interesting exorciges tool F‘l:w. An_able sermon was preached by the v, J. 8. Bingham, of Dubuque, in the morn- ing, This ovening briof addresses were mado by the Rav. J. B, Doo, Northern Wisconsin Agevt of the Amorican Home Missionary Soci- ety, the Rev, J, F. Bmith, missionary toMaraovan Turkoey, President Bascom, of the State Unl- voraity, and AMr. Bingham. The church furni- ture and orfian oot apout £50,000, on whioh neorly 819,000 romained unpaid and uvpledged. An oarnost and_successful offort to raiso this sum wes made this morning, stimulated by ap- penls of the Rev. 0. H. Richards, the pastor of the church, the Rev. 8, H. Hays, of tho Presby- torian, and Richardeon, of the Metbodist churches, who took part in the services, till over 820,000 were paid or pledged, wholly clearing the aebt. IN QOLUMNUS, 0. Covvymus, 0.—8t, Jobn's Protestant Evangeli- oal Church was dedicated to-dny, with 180 mem- bers, heads of families, The Churchis an off- ehoot from the regular Lutheran Church aud waa orgauized by membors of tho old Church who were membors of sccret societies. Convocatlion of RRoman Cas.c . Jishops in Cincinnati, - OmvomwwaTi, O, May 8.— Archbishop ~Me- Closky, of New York; Builey, of Baltimoro; 00d, of Philadolphin ishop MoCiuskoy, of Towsville ; 0'Connor, of Philadelphia, and 'the Tev. James O'Reilly and the Rev. A. J, Bc- Donough, of Philndelphin, bave arrived tu at- :fllild thu]cnnwr,ltinn of Roman Catholio Bishops 8 weolt, CRIME., Parricido by an Insanoc Mau. PonTLAND, Mo., May 8,—James Davis, an in- siue man, 30 voara old, murdored his fathor Sat- urday, in Stetson, this'State, by cutting his hoad nearly off with an ax, I ‘was takon into cug- tody, snd whon asked why bo did it, replied : # Washington ordorad me to'do it." He was roleased from a lunatic asylum a short timo sinco, baving been pronounced cured. An Ofticer Murders a Snilore Bavtmront Md., May 8,—At the Fells Point, last nighe, Folippo Auntola, mato of an Italisn barlk, killed a sailor named Ohristino Polo, Fratricide in Vormont. Buninaroy, Vi, May 8,—In a quarroel to-day, George Buchanan stabbied hia brathor William in soven placos, causing death In a fow minutes, A {amily foud was tho origin of tho diftoulty. RAILROAD NEWS. Tho Situation in Mijwaulkee=Sale of : u Newspapor Interest Special Dispateh to I'he Chicago Tribune, MLwauxkes, Wis., May 3,—Lherois nothing now to report sespoctiug the Tailroads. Ouly ono additional cago of o pasgenger tendaring tho -10gal faro bas como to light, which wasiat Wau- pun, but- being remonatrated with, ho ‘mm‘mn raten, The opinfon of 'Mr. Mitchell epltomizes that of all the railronds,. Of tho.Governor's proclsmation ho says s + ** Tho Govornor has hiy own jdeas of his duty, and s doing bis. bost to a lug tho i oarry thom out ; we havo ours and aro same,” 3 + Georgs H. Paul has gono out of the, acoept the Railroad Coinwiesionorshiy gold his interost—n little over o $16,000, to Col. I, A, Calkins, who by editorialcontdu 3 OBITUARY. . Rtobert Morris. . Purtapereuia, May 8.—Robert Morris, for a number of yeas oditor of the old Peunsylvania ZEnquirer, died to-night, aged 6. e FIGHT WITH A BEAR, Correspondence of The Ciloano Tribune, Lansing, Mich, May 1—A party of young gontlemen' loft thls oity a month ago for & trap- ping season ¥ common Coonty. A lottor received from them rolates & lively incidont, = Tho boye, nat bolng woll veraed in wooderaft, did not succeed in en- tioing tho goutle beasts from their laus, and oon- sequontly the provisions gaveout, Aforlornhope o2 four dtarted for & lumber-oAmp for supplies, v taking two dogs with thom, but no funs. Al at onco they woro starcled by the velping of tho doga and, whon they eamo up, thoy saw one of tho dogs in tha arms of a boar, which was walk- ing ot on its hind feot. They out some limbsa of troon and_attackod Brufn poth front and rear, when bo dropped the dog and climbed s pina treo-at & distanco of 00 foet, Harry Lans olimbod 80 foot up, and shot six balls from & ravolver into tho boar, and hio droppod doad, and now tho camp rojoices in plenty of meat. —_——— TEMPERANCE. Mecting at Lake Station, Ind. Correspondence af Tha Chicage Tribune. . Cnzarenron, Porter Co., Ind., May 2.—Aboub thirty Crusndors lofé Chostorton last evening for Lako Btation, by special request, for tho pur- poko of organlzing a tomporance soclety -there. Thoy wore warmly recelved by » numbor of gnod, law-abiding eltizons of the place, and everythin seomed to indicato a pleasant timo in geueral. The ringing of the schoollouse-bell was a slgnal to the Crusnders that the hour for .husiness como, nnd .the littlo band marched on to the Beceno of action, Thoy proceoded to business at ouco by olecting John T, Taylor, & prominent morchant of Chesterton, President, and Attornoy . D, Crumpacker, Socrotary of the mooting. Tho meoting was oponed with prayor ‘by P, Bavers,. whicl waa followed by a tomperanco - soug {¥om . tho “Chestovton -- Uleo Olub, At thin juncturo of the meoting, it bo- cams ovident that there woro cortain partios in the houss who intonded to broak the maatin: up if possible, a8 they wero passing whisky bol tles ground, and making o considerablo noleo 5 and, at times, 1t appearod that they would suc~ cood In thoir flondisls work. A fow of tho ladics of tho placo lgft the houso in foar, but the Crit« sndors of Chosterton srood as firm a8 & rock at soa, and would occasionally broak forth in swoot strains of music, which would calm the passions of thoso who had Loon onraged by too much stimulant, John F, Taylor, B. D. Crampacker, r. W. H. Gray, D. P, Ingraham, and Mr. Blako were called for ss sponkers, and re- sponded in cloquent and logical torms, which refleotod much credit upon them, and could hardly fail to carry conviction to the most gkep- tical mind that intemperance wis wrong and should not bo tolorated. The Crusadors evinood. a willingness to remmmn till morning, i pocossary to nccomplish. their work. Tho pledge was then circulatod, and was cheortully signed by ‘s goodly number, ‘A regolution was passod, that the procoedings of this meoting be forwarded to the county papers, Orown Point Register, and Chicago pnpers, for publication. I'ho Crusaders aro to roturn to Liske Station noxt Tuosday, for tho purposo of completing thoir worl. 1t will ‘be remombored that Obee torton hias closed up every dram-shop, and bor il;rmenl! sro.now o8 white as tho. drivon snow. L honor to brave, pure Chesterton. ik s el NEW YORIK. Fhe Democratic Candidate for Gove ernor—Ganquet at Dolmonico’s. « New Yonx, May 8.—The Times belloves that Bamuel J, Tilden will be the Demooratic candis date for Governor next fall, and snys he will cor tainly be strongly supported by Tammany atb the comiog Btato Conventlon. - BIVAL TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Negotiations aro snid to be still pending be« twoou the Westorn Union Telegraph Company and the Union Pacific Company for the purchasa of o largo quantity of Atlantlg & Pacific Telo- graph stocl, SUIT O RECOVER DAMAGES. It {8 reported that Edward Large, convicted af appropriating Umitod Btates mail-bags to his own usoe, but whoso eontonce was ot aside by the do- cision of _the Upited Stases Supreme Court, lns institutod })recne!llugs to recover $25,000 dam- ages from Judgo Bonodict. A’ NOTABLE DANQUET. . - A vorv pleasant but_quite informal entorfain~ ment was _givon st Dolmonico's Saturday by Cyrug W. Ficld, at which the following-namo; gentlemon wero preseut: Sonator Schurz, ox- ov. Balomon, Georgo Brown, oditor To- ronto Globe; Horace Whito, of ‘T Ciroaao ‘TrinyNe; Henry M. Watterson, of the Louisvillo Courier-Journal ; Murav Holatend, of the Cincin- nati Commercial ; Bamuel Bowles, of tho Spring= flold Republican ; Albert G, Browno, the now editor of the Now York Zvening Post ; Whitolaw Reid and John Hay, of the New York Tribune 3 Gon. E. 8, ‘Sanford, Moriis K. Jesup, R. B. Miaturn, and sovoral other prominent bankers aad finnucial men, COLUMBUS. The Agricultural College of Ohiow Eicction of Officers and Profcssorss Coruanus, 0., Moy 8.—At o moeting of the Agrionltural Coilogo Trustoss, yesterday, Ralph Leoto, of Ironton, was choson Chairman: Joseph Bullivant, . of Columbus, and Henry 8. Avbott, of Olumbus, Treasurer. Alber H, “Tuttlo, of bluvohmd, formorly con= vected with tho Ponnsylvania Agricultural Col- logo, and with Harvard University, was appoint. ed Professor of Zoology, Messrs. Leoto snd Noole wore appointed ~ a special committoo on the Virginia Military Roservation and suthority was é;lvun them to compromiss . with unanthorized settlors on those lands, 80 a8 to avoid litigation if possible. e A rosofution was adopted providing that, from this date, all studonts at the Colloge wha shall Beorotary ; { m’mflor for incidental exnonses. on the lnkos and streams in tos-'{ lave freo tuition, will bo roquired to pay 95 per There are now 1y students at the College. CAPITAL AND LABOR. Mho Pittsburgh Kailrond Men?s Strilkos Prrrssunain, May 8.—Day befara yesterday afternoou about 200 men employed in tho Alle- gheny Valley Railrond Shops in tlua city struck on account of three months' wagos being duo thom, ‘Fhoy wero notified by the Company that thoy would recolve ono, and probsbly two, months' pay on Mouday or Tuesdny, but sbout 100 coneluded to stop work for the present. Thg Company is no way disabled, and it is ascortained to-night thet a majority of the men will resume work to-morrow. ‘The third montl's poy is nof proporly duo until tho 15tk of this montki. FIRES. At Nevvton, NMuss. . Bostox, Mav 8.—Tho ice-houses bolonging tho Chestout Hill Company at Nowton wore do- stroyed by fre Sntmdniz vight, togother with 4,000 tous of ico; loss $40,000. At McLeansboro, 111, 8T, Louis, May 3.—A fire in MoLoansboro, TN, Thuradsy last destroyed property valued ni $28,000 ; no insurance, —— . THE WEATHER. Wasniyaron, May 8,—Probabilities—For tha Upper Lakes, northensterly winds, bnckhsfi to uorthwestorly winds, aud rain in Southorn Michs igan and Wisconsin, Cautlonary signnls continue at Marquotte, Tacaunba, Milwankeo, Ohicaco, Grand Haven, Alpona, Dotrolt, Toledo, Cloveland, snd ara ordorod &t Erio ond Buffalo, + # LOCAL OBSERVATION. Cittoaao, Moy 3, 1874, Direction and force of wind.| Weather. i ++* fipppuny 60 1E,, froshs.....[Falr, 0,01 43 1100 [N, E., froeh,, |Lt, rain. 20,00 00 [N, i, froun’. |Lt. ratn; 43 reah. (Oloudy, 30.00] 43 s, .| Cloudy, 0:00 p. 10:18 p. m, Tazhmim thermouictor, 40, Minimum thermomoter, 41, Station, | Bar.| Thr| Al o1 ol 40 09IN, 41| N, frosh... N2, fresh, |Onll Falr, hrentent, Fatr, Qlotiily, iondy. Qloudy, LaUrost Loavonw'th,| Milwaukee, Kt 30.10! 43N, [s0.11; : ¥l froeh; . AT, B, brls!