Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 7, 1874, Page 4

4 i - N\ THi CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1874. THE FREE LIBRARY. Annual Report of the Direc- tors to the Common Council, N 13 How They Have Discharged the Trust Reposed in Them. Growth of the Library—The Num- ber of Visitors, Negotiations for the Old Post.Office--- The Present Location. The Financial Requirements of the Library---An Appeal for Its Own Funds. It Cannot Subsist on the Amount Pro- posed to Be Allowed. No Disagreements in the Board. was firat opened to the public on the 1t day of My, 1874. Since the opening, the readingrvom has been attended, as will e obscrved by the statistics, by some 134,000 viritors, The number of persons slready reg- istéred an borrowers of books within ono month has Teached 2,673 persons, and the number of voltes - sued 7,67, +AK LIDRARUY, Before taking tho very important step of opening the Library to the public, the Board were constrained to Fecure the first essential preliminary—tho employmont of an experienced and compotent librarian, Deing wit out sufficient cxperience themsclves, and thers being 0 city experience In regard to the mausgement of a public Library. the Doard were ecessarily com- Pelied 10 seek information in citics where the practical Working of such institutions couid atford tho neccs- sary data of arriving ot correct conclusions, aud we secured the services of 3r, William F. Poole, who had long been engaged in the orgsnizstion of librarics, and who came to us well recommended. FISANCIAL CONDITIO The Library law requires from this Bo3rd an account of the varions sums of money reoived from the library fand, and from other sources, und Low such moneys kiave been expended, and for what purposes. In view of the proposed very unexpected and greatly reduced estimata of the City Comptroler of tho amount to be raised, being less thau one-half of that of 1872, aud greatly below what the act anthorizes, i question of finance has como to_the Board this yeir us the most vital of all others, It may really bo #aid to involve not only the question of further prog- ress, but of existence itsif, Té comprebend it fuliy requiresa brief summary of tho principal figures on the account, but the details ure fally given, und will be verified in accompanying reports aud documents, s well as by tho books in tho City Comptroller's ottive. STATENENT OF TESOUNCES. Let s first beg your uttention 1o the total mount of our availzble resources derived from the library tax, raised or levicd for the years 1572 und 1873, tho’latter Dot yet collected. The tax list of 1872 mado, $ 50,899 “Che tax list of 1873 tigures. 49,931 The Board of Directors of the Public Library met yesterdsy aftornoon. President Hoyno oc- cupicd the chair, sud submitted the following ANNUAL REPOE o the Mayor and Common Council ar’ Chicago : Gt s “Tho Board of Directors of the Chi- cago Public Library respect{ully beg leave tolay beforo your hozorable body the SECOND ANNUAL BEPOLT, In accordance with the provisions of the Free- Library bill, this Teport i required to show— 1. Tito condition of this trust on the 1st day of June of the year wheu it is made. 9. Tlie various sums of money received from the Library fund, and from other sources, zud how such monoya are expended, and for what pilrposes. 3, Tho number of books and periodicals on hand, the nmmnber added by purchase, gift, or otherwise during the year, und the number lost or missing. 4. The number of Tisitors stiending, tho number of books louned out, and the general churacter and kind of such books, with auch otlier statistics, information, sud suggestions as they may deem of general interest. CONDITION OF THE TRUST. And first, in regard to the gencral conditions of the trust, the Board beg leavo to say: That this Board, by unanimous vote expressed an especial and urgent Te- queet, in theform of zn invitation to your honorable Lody on the 18th ult., that you would visit tho lbrary and’ reading-room t such time as vou might think proper. This invitation, it was boped, would securo Dot ouly an ofticial recognition, but 3 personal exam- Inztion for the respective members of your honoruble body, soas to_obsurve the efiiciency of the arrange- . ments now mado to sccure all the advzntages of this great trust to tho generul public. This request was made, not more withi a view o the exercise of the su- porvition Teposced in you by law, than the voting of such zn amount of money (not exceeding_ tho limit to which taxation for this special object ix Testricted) as is abeolutely necessaryto the support, if mot the progress, of this youngest—the least costly, but cer- tainly not the least beneficent or promising—amonug tha several other departments of your Municipal Gov- ernment, We may be allowed tossy that there is to be found tlie mos: gratiying evidences of tke success which Lag 30 far crowned the efforts to eatablish this Library in the fuct that since the Library proper has been opened to the public, oy the 1st day of May lust, in counection with the readi¥g-room:, the number of vivitors has Increased, and the number of borrowers bLas reached, within one month, 2,573 persons, while tho aggregate oumber of visitors in the reading-room during eleven nionths of the first year has been 119,447 persous. THEN AND NOW. The Common Council wiil remember that wken the Iast—being the first—innusl report was made, this department was still occupying the temporary in the 7 over guastors xeaigued to 1t by the i the present City-Hall, when first established by the city ordinsnce under’ the Library bill. We then had on tho shelvea of tho Tank some 5,874 volumes of books, Of these, 8,580 volumes had been received £rom the English, German, and other donators abroad, ‘while 2,500 volumes been piaced had upon the shelves by our own citizens. 1t will now Le found that the number of books alone bas risen to an aggrogute of 20,000 volumes,—perfodi- zals snd newspapers, $47,—while the number ordered wbroad of foreign publications will incresse this num- ber of books to an aggregato of 30,000 volumes, not Including the British Patent Office Eeports, belng some 2,800 volumes more, One year since, when ourfirst annualreport was smede, this Board Bad not opened tho Lidrary. The reading-room had been formally opened Jan. 1, 1873, in the presonce of tne Common Council and the Mayor, and a large number of citizens, The number of visitors had reached tue largo daily_averape of 531 ‘Tho visitors were ouly furnished reading matter from the large number, some 250, of Europesn and Ameri- can mugazines and newspayers. We hud under pay st that time, 5 Secretary and four assistants ab an ‘sg- gregato annual cost of some $3,000, wkile tle list of msgazine und nowspsper issues were fornished ot an snunal cost of somo §2,400. The prograss of the work, s then stated by this Board, left upon their handé e substantial objects of 11is trast. tho orgauization &nd opening of 4 great lbrary to tho general public, to bLe yet sccomplished. " This Board them rendored” sn account of the largo English aud German contributions which had come wnd were coming forward as s muk of sympathy, s memorial of the kind fecling which had been embodied by all classes of all countries in w0 many forms and tokens of good will towards Chica~ g0 after the grest fire of 1871; and among all such tokens there was not one which boreamore grate- ful significance to tho public heart or mind than did this effort towards the foundation of & great free li- brary such as tho one which the City of Chicago has Qo established. It will certainly romain one of the most enduringof all memorinls of that * universal sympathy that no less distinguished the mankind of this century than the calamity itself distinguished the city which became the occasion of calling it forth, THE OIPT-D00ES from abroad have, wo beliove, all now resched our shelves, with the exception of the 2,800 volumes of tho British Patent Office Reports and Specifications, which will now be coming forward 2s fost zs) the book- Vinders, Bell & Co., n London, with whom the Board contracied, can execute thelr contract of binding, It will be remembered that, in the fow mstances where the English Putent-Offics Commisxioners zauke such n donation, they required as & condition.the binding of these copies before loaving England, THE OLD TOST-OFIICE. The Board of Directors found very soon after cnter- ing upon the dischargs of this trust, that, fn order to malte the change from a reading-room and add the accommodations of a library, open to the whole_city population to borrow out and return books, there ‘must bo more ample room and convenient access than it was possible to provide or fina over the City Hall. The former Mayor, Mr. Medill, a:ded by your ready co-operation, together with that'of tbis Board and the Board of Education, 80ught an exciiango of proper— ‘ties, which would plice under the control of the city the former United States Post-Oftice building, enough of which was spared in the wails left standilig after the fire, to be finished up and occupied as tho perma~ Dent Public Library building. A detafled ncconnt of the several stepe tsken—tho lawenacted by Congress and the lsw of the Illinois General Assembly, together with the proceedings taken by » Commission ‘sppointcd in Lehalf of the General Government of the United States togetlier with tho clity to secure this result—was all sproad beforo you in our first annual report. But all these proceedings, with the hbor involved, resulted in a fuilure of accom plishment from causes over which this Board had no ‘control, and for which it i in no wiso responsible, This ore thing only seemed obvious axd inovitible 1o this Board, Under tho Lirary bill, o great trust was charged upon whomsoever might bo Directors of the Library. To discharge that trist faitufully required that the publicahonld bave tho use of ths books donated snd recelved, and as well the appiication of the funds oollected by the city for its usc, at the earliest possiblo moment, Delays of uncertain donations would not bs Jong patiently endured. And tho nsture of tho nego- tions with the Board of Education ot length took such & form as that any certain time to be specitied for even placing the building in o suflicient stato of 1e- pair with a view to any occupation was hopelessly abandoned. The Board of Education, while exproes- ing thelr desiro to nccompilsh what ssemed to ba public expoctation, yet had no woney, o Bosrd of fbrary Directors made an offer of $10,000 on account of rentin advance payment, to supply the want of money. At length the only solution of the dificulty Temaining was to be found either in denying the ues of the Library to the masses of the people, which the publio voice then demataed, of go forward at once to supply this demand, leaving all other questions open for future determination, TEE NEW ROOMS, And this was the policy adopied, The future site, 23 well as building both of principal as well as branch Lbraries, are open questiona; while the Commities of his Doard having the matter in charge are confinued - %0 negotiate with the Board of Education for resson- + wblaterms, as well as permanent ocoupation, of the Iste United Statos Post-Ofica Luildiug, cecording to all tha conditions implied by the exchange made Letween e City of Chicago and the General Government, In the meantime, and until the sondition of this trast admite of the use of {unds to erect commodions and proper buildings, the Board think they have been fortunats in finding ample spce, well lghted snd conveniently Jocoted, noar the great centres of strect- roilroad transit, at tiie southesst corner of Madicon Btreet and Wabirh avenue, For s rental of £5,000 per annum, and witha privilege after one year of thres ‘years more, they huve ccured the whole of the second &tory, 96 fect front on Wabash avenuo by 140 fest in epih on Madison sireet, in the Herrick Block. Be- sides thess aro included tho balf of the third and fourth stories of the same block. One-half of the second floor, lighted the whole length of Madison street, is 2ssigned and fitted up for visitors 1o _the Teadinig-room. The other half contains the shelvings nd nlcoves of the Public Library. 1t is equal to & convenient errangement upon shelves of upyards of 80 ;x::’mfis;b Aud the secistants snd _vlstors are vided by & lich* rail into two separats compari~ nents—on for gentlchen and the other for ladles, These Junm ‘were firat oecupled about the 10th &y bed March, Tks Hinaty dopsetment s £106,770 Tho gross sum for the two years of i3~ - therefore. R 106,770 But this sum is subject o certain de- ductions, viz : (1) The deficiency charged sgainst this " fund ou account of defaleation of D, A Gage, Iate Treasurer. L3 6,308 (2) The deficiency of non-coliéction on list of 5.907 (3) The prob: ey of taxcs of 775, kay. There being $30,000 2y 3 uncollected. In round numbens, +.819,115—§19,715 $35,055 The Finance Committoe make the total of our avail- able resources to this date—including the tax of 1878— € be yet collected, in round number o, 56,000 ; aguinst this ainount Lotal of supposed ayaliablo resources, the Board Lias drawn, according to tha Comptroller's utate- ment to April 1, 1573, ouly 25,254 The Board has arawn 1or the Year enciug May 31, 174, $3%.980, mak- ing tho sum toal of all expenditures to May 31, 1874, from the Treasury of our organization, the sum of 33,204, which includes the sum of $14,000 paid for Looke, furniture, and fixtures of new Tooms noarly £1,000, and newsfapers and periodicals, $2,199, leaving Tnbre than one-lalf of tho whole amount. ' Tho details of all the other items are given in the papers accom- panying the fuance report, Library Cotumittes report, report of the Committes on Buildings and Grounds, Dexides the Librarian's and Sccretary’s étatement, It will b seen therefore thut the total amount expended and drawn from the Library fund will leave only s balance of net available resourcesof $18,571, including $51,000 10 be yat collected on the tax-list of 1573, , LIABILITIES. Now against this net sum of supposed resources we bhuve Lo pay fhe running sanual ezpenses, which have mainly been assumed sinee it was decided to open the Library to the public on the st dsy of May, 1874, And first, without giving items, the aggregate of all necussary running annu:l expeuses, from Ay 1, 1874, sums up to sn aggregaze of $27,500, It will thus be found that n cighteen months the an- nual expenses of this scrvice at this rate, bringlug us to he month of Novewmber, 1875,—before any consid- erable money can bo realized on the tax of this year,— We will havo expended, in current expenses, with- out the addition of & volums to the Library, except tho amount now ordered, $41,730 out of thie'sum of $18,571, leaving us thesmill balance of some $7,311, Which would b barely suthicient to hold for contingen® cics, AXOTHER DIFFICCLTY, Bat thero is still a more serivus and embarrassing difficulty which, independent of all others involved, needs that there shull be more money, if tne Library 18 to be run while the tax of 1874 is being coilected. The Board, in view of the necessity which existed to satisfy the public demand, by epening the Library to their use, incurred two days' *‘items of expendi- turas ¥ not paid, but which ara a present liability upon the resources of the Library fund, and must ba soon nid. s ‘The amount of books ordered on the lists furnished. some four months sgo by the Librarisn to be pur- clissed, and now daily coming forward, to be pliced on our Library sheives, will cost, according to our ‘most relisble estimate, at leaxt $30,000. 'And tho contract prico with Ball'k Co., of London, for Linding British Patent-Otice Reports, will cost about 33,000, Total prosent Lsbilicy, $38,000. Thus this Board respectfully submit thit in view of the smount of running expenses to carry on the Li- brary, $47,500, to veccie $11.000 in one and oue-balf years, or by the fall of 1875, and the 333,000 present lisbilities, for binding abroad the Pateut-Oftice Re- ports, aud purchusing pearly 20,000 volumes new booké, wo have §79,00, which of the total $86,000 available resources will only leave us the tritlo of about §7,000. ‘But thio City Comptroller proposes to Taise $25,000, being less than half of what the law authorizes the Common Council to raise for tho purpose, w pay any expenses, and increaso the eticiency of the Library for 16745, ‘Wo respecifully represent that in view of the fact that our expenses are §27,200 annuzlly, and that there will probably be a deficiency in colloctions on the tax-list of 1874 of sowe 3,000, being only $20,000 uet 10 go with a probable balance of §7,000, there will still be $500 sbort of actual uxpsnses,and not a singlo volume or new work added to the Library, Now the Library Comrittee, i their report to thfs Doard, estimate that 8 sum of $25,000 annually shoald be set apart and Leld for tho purchuse of the current annusl publications, and to supply the increased de- munds of borrowers, which, in oue month sfter our opening, increased to the number of 2,573, and the books loaned out 1o 7,659 volumes ! - 4 BETHENCH) S ‘The Board make this showiug of the financial con- dition of tho trust they are muuaging irom no Gesire o appear in contlict with the poiicy of retrenchment that may be wisely and necessarily urged as 10 some branches of expenditurcs of our municipal govern- ment, but from asense of duty town tho trust they wwere appointed to guard. ltetrenchment, spplied 10 catting off abuses where they cxist, may be the most_satutary of correctives, restoring vigor snd health wisere discase 1s making surs progress against the life uf thesubject. Buat where, zs in infancy, no abuses of habit have crept in, and the wmount of sus- tenance is barely sufficient to develop progress and growth, the normal condition of infant life, rotrench= ment then of the means of support may eud in paral- ysis and death. This kind of refrenchment applied to the Library at the present period of its early existence,—indced, aay ‘ungenerous trestment inay, we fear, ba attended with 1iké results, which we greatly deprecate, The Board has not been guilty of extravagance nor overdrawn jte sccounts with the Comptroller, mor anticipated its gctuel means, Ou the contrary, this Board haa repeatedly complrined thas the Librars bill ‘wiich provides *that the tax collocted for the use of the Library ehall be kept sepurate and spart from other monéys of such city, and be ouly drawn upon by officers of the city when auibenticsted vouchers of the Library Fund cre furnished,” Las been violated by & former adiniuistretion, in sufiering this fund, srcred to the mukses of tho people, to become the viee tim of the defalcations, vverdrafts, und deficiencies of other municipal depstiwents, TuE LInEART. ‘The number of bools uow ou hand is 19,026 volumes, of which_there have been wdded during the past year 12,174 volumen. We hiad on hund before receiving the new books ordered to open the Library, 9,335 volumes, of which number 7,500 volumes were received by donation from Englind, Germany, aud other coun- tries, and somo 2,560 v0itnes from our own citizons, The British Patent-Otiice Reports will incresse tho number of donated volumes by some 2,800 more when received, but will not be available for cicculation and general resding. The total number of volumes ordered in anticipa- tion of the opening of the Library was aboat 27,000 volumes, neariy 10,000 volumes of whick have boon put on the shelves, These are nearly cll the American publications ordered by contract with Keen, Cooke & Co. of this city. Tho whola numier of volumes, when all the works now ordered are on our shelves, will { up nesrly or quiteto 37,000 volumes and mot yet ineluding the British Patent-Otfice Beports, 2,600° volumes, swelliug all to un aggregato of nearly 0,000 volumes, PEIIODICALS. 3 The number of periodicals now received and put on tho shelves from all countries § 327, and _of newspas pera 43, and these iuctude nesrly every leading news- ‘paper and periodical pubilished on the gloke, _These coat us an cxpenss of some £2,199 annually. In this item the Committee ou Finance' recommend a reduc- tion, and that the list of newspupers bo reducod in namber and cost. vsrrons. “The number of visitors io the reading-room up to April 81, being for eleven mon‘hs, wan 119,447, The av- eruge weekly number was 2,717, and ine daily visitors were 361 The number of Sunday visitors was 410. Tho particulars 1 10 the whole number of peri- odicals issued to readers will be found on reference to accompsnying Teports of Committess of Administra- tion and Library and reading-room, Tho number of vieitors to tho Library, and number of baoks irsued, £ad numbr of borrowers registered, can 0\:.\)":){) g(“.Yu lmzl ‘L\.\l 1st duy of May lust to the present of June, Lelug ouly for & puriod of Taonth aince tho Library wes opened © © e Tho report of the Secrotary o repor e Socrotary accumpanylng this T port #howa that Mnco the Opeiing of 1ho LiLEARY we havo registersd 2,574 borrowers—1,003 unles and 663 females. We have 1sued 7,630 books to rasdess, aud the circulation for the week eading 3ay 33, 1574, was 5,623 volumes—about one-ninth of the whole bumber of volumes on our shelves. The circulation of fiction and juvemles' literature is probably 10 per cent higher than it would bo if tha giher departaments of the LIbrery Wero 12 complets as ‘Books on science and art, and books of higher char- acter, are frequently cailed for, but, being absent from our shelves, borrowers take works of fiction instead. Your honorable body will obsorve, from the figures exiracied from the detatled reporta of thu reading- Toom und Library accompansiug this report, that in one month since 00 opening of the Librury to bor- rawers, the zumber alrexdy registered is3,573,1nd that at this Tate of fncrease 1t would b the cod of twelre monthis bscome an sgsregate of 3),376,—about 10,000 in oxoess of the numtcr of voumes now on tho Li- ] brary shelves. In Boston they have 60,000 borrowers, aguinst about 300, volumes, and in Cincinnatd 25,900 barrawers with 60,000 Tolamed, The Gocamaed Council will, in view,of such figures, surcly become patiefled that_an annual alowance aimply by way of increase of the number of books, corresponding o tho probable increase of borrowers, {s as much a nc- cessity as that of water according to the number of population depending on the city for a supply of that beverage. NO CONTROVERSY I TIIE DOARD, This Doard beg the Common Coungil to take notice that neither inside the present Board of Direciors, nor among them a4 fndividuats, bos there ever existod a0y controversy sbout the partlcular selection of books ! e A certain newspaper controversy, some weeks 220, arose entirely oat of a inisapprelicusion as to tite vio- Iation by tho Librarian of o ruleof the Board requir- ing that oll Libta of books to be purchased should Le first_submitted, aud the appropriation of money in all cases, bo voted upon by the Board. And in that casa the lists were ordered, and o number of other sitnilar works added to iucreaso the list, and the wholo muber will soon be on our shelves, It would scem as if tho public could not have for- gotten tho declarations mude at_tho opening of the Feading-roow, on the lst day of January, 1673, Per- haps a citation or two in this report may relieve some ‘minde, more sensitivo than well iuformed, 1n this con~ nestion: 4 Thie Library i to socure'a free access toall works of the humun iatellect, in all flelds of thought, Thero can be no exclusion of seclusion. _Free to every read- er, it will also bo £reo to their books, Neithor uation- ality, party, or creed can tako offenso, becauo the Fhelves ars ready to recoive tho books of all crovds anil schools that mnay be eent here, or which tho meana of tke Board will enablo thom to purchase, Except 26 to works of a positively vicious character, no works #bould be exciuded from o library intended for the wse o1 all clasees, and mointained by s tax upon the property of the poople. Every church, creed, philos- opliy, profession, or school may, and 1o doubt in time will, have its own best representatives on our shelves ; and'any disciplo of cach faith aud profession msy seek ita owu most eloquent expounders, It is hoped by tho Board that tho timo may come when on the shelves of the Chicago Public Library every scholar mny find whatever work hss over been published uffording useful instruction or harmless amusement.” N CONCLTSION, this Board beg that yuur honorable body will consider the necesuity, which they urge, of an increase of the amount which is proposcd, s#the tax tobe levied for the support of the Library, out of the’ tax of tlo year 1874, to tho sum of $50,600, Tt will bo foun that $25,000 is sn_inadequate sum even for psyment of the annual exponses whicli the Board has incarred and the opening of tho Library liaa made necessary. Wo havo estimated that thosur of $25,000 {8 only @ reasonable provision, merely to meot tho increasing demsnds of the puople for books und now issucs if we would keep up any measura of increase in proportion to tho dewmand of the public, The great importance_of the Library to the moral, 1ferary, and scientific progress of our ‘city ia already being developed. The compurativery small amount of tho msximum pereentige which it {1 allowad— onefifth only of » mill annually—is, even at its Dighest, tlo cheapest price ever paid for such & pub-~ lic Loot as this Library Compariug it with zny other_city improvemont for whiich our people =ro taxed, how iufinitoly groater s it in point of advan ! and, os 3 mere moral sgency, how far does it exceed all othera! Lord Mucaulay says that the vicinits of o good libra- Ty i iteelf produces perceptible improvement upon a1l who have access to its shelves, Who that onters such a place, thot docs mot leavo it with improved truins of feeling or thought 7 What man is there who doos not carrs from s good collection of books some moral aid ageinst some temptation to follow in the lower courses of vice that in all large cities led men down the depths of erime and infsmy? The ends of all government are tho protection of lifa and property. Onewsyto this end is making men wiser, better, and happier. Tho other way is that of punishment. Macaulay ssks tho question: If the Imagistrate should bLave the right to hang s man, and yeuncgloct tho means of provonting the crimé and averting the punishment 2 1tis in cstimating the value of freo librariesin largo clties that the peoplo of England and other countries have come to estimate their value as great moral and intellectual agencies. The civilization of the age demands them, und, 35 an educational institu~ tion, the frea library is more eflicscious, as_a means of diminiahing the number of crimes and criminals, than oll the best-disciplined and besi-paid police agent cies of this State. Tho report was reforred toa committes con- sisting of the President, and Mesars, Raster and Onahsn for revision, snd & few uuimportant emendations. ~RESIDENTS. A special committea to whom was referred the application of a non-resident, for the privileges of the Library, reported adversely, but after somo_discussion it was decided to lot persons who live in the subarban towns in Cook County take out books if they aro indorsed by guaravtor who lives in the city. ‘The Board then adjourned. SPRINGFIELD. Suit to Test the Right of the Present Bonrd of Trustces of the Fackson. ville Blind Asylum to Hold Oifice. Suacial Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune. SprrxoFizLD, Iil., Juve 6.—It is said that Alr. Grimshaw, one of the old Board of Trustces of the Blind Asylum at Jacksonville, recontly re- moved by Gov. Beveridge, is going to sue onta writ of quo warranto to try the right of the now Board to hold their office. The gound of his complaints scoms to be that Grimshaw, Hawley, and Stacoy, tho members of the old Board, wero apponted in May, 1871, to hold their oftice for two vears or until thoir Buccessors wero ap- poinfed snd qualified. It is claimed that the Governor cannot fill vacancies unless they occur durmg tho recess of the Goneral Assembly. If, therefore, there was a vacancy at all in these oftices, it occurred in Mug, 1673, and, as the Governor did not appoiot them when the Legislature was in session last winter, he cannot now appoint, being without the constitutional power.” There is a good deal of feeling about the sppointments. THE UNIVERSALISTS, Okio Staic Convention. Creverasp, O., Juno 6.—In the Universalist Convention’s third day's session, &fter & prayer- meeting conducted by the Rev. H. L. Canfield, of Norwalk, the morning business session oponed, Vice-President Mrs, D. C. Tomlinson presiding. Dusiness of & routine character and not of generel importance was traneacted. Tho Rey. J. F. Rice, of Olmstead, delivered tho occssionsl sermon, which was an able sad earpest effort. At tho aftornoon session the Committeo on Fellowship and Ordination reported a list of munisters in followship with the Convention. The Special Committee on Temperance re- ported o series of resolutions approving tho omen’s temperance movement, and rejoicing at 1ts success. A special committeo employment of o State Superintondent, to be alao & State Miesionery. The Trustees of the Buchtel College made their annugl report. easures had been taken in liquidation of the debt of $24,000 during the year. The Committes on Nominations reported as follows : Secretary, W. H. Slade, Columbus; Treasurer, T. Edmundson, Springfield: occasion- al preacher for 1875, the Rev. J. D. H. Corwin, of Loveland ; place of adjournment, Columbus. Reeolutions were offered in regard to the sup- port of agod and infirm ministers, recommending putronage of the Ald Association to that end. Active discussion occurred on 2 proposition re- lating to a trausfer of the Btato funds to tho Gen- oral Couvention Treasury. .The funds wero finally dirceted to bo paid into tho National ;}‘re;anry, to tho credit of Ohio, in the Murray und. In the evening religious services were hold and a sermon deliverad by the Rev. A. B. Woodbury, of Granville. An appeal for funds of the General Conven- tion was made, and 3500 realized. Adjourned till Sunday morning. CASUALTIES. & Child Burned to Death. NEw Yok, June 6.—A fire broke out early this morning in tho two-story residence No. 29 Littlo street, Brooklyn, occupied by Thomas McEntyro, Lis wife, and tive chiidren. McEntyre lowored his wife, and, as ho thought, el of his children, when ho leaped from tho building himself, and then learned that ono of bis children was bo- hind, but too late to effect its rescue. When the tiro was extinguished, tbo child was fonnd in ‘bed burned to & crisp. reported favoring the Fatal Boiler Explosion. SymAcTsF, N. ¥., June 6.—Tho oxplosion of & boilor this marning in the Ashton Salt Mills, at Geddes, killed two men and wounded ¢wo others. Fell Down 2 Well. Lrxcory, Neb., Juse 6.—A man named Jordan met with ao lmost fatal accident vesterday at Beonett, noar hera. He had boen cloaning out & well. Whilo being drawn up in & basket, the rope broks, lotting him fall 40 feet. His skull wea fraotured. S THE BLCOMINGTON STRIKE. The strikers on tho Chicago & Alton Railroad held a mecting ut Bloomingion yesterday after- noon, sud tesolved by an overwhelming majority to accept the comproinise offered by tho Com- pany.namely $45 3 month. Thoso who will not 20 to work at this figuro are to bo expolled from the orgenization. The special policomen who have beon guarding the froight-trains’ wers taken off yesierday sternoon and Superintend- ent McMullin, who has boon at Bloomington since tho conrmencement of the tronble for toe urpose of eflncunfil peaceable sottlement with ha men, returned ovoiing. SPORTING NEWS. Second Game of the Reds and - Whites. The Former Win, 9 to 2. Programme of Races at Dexter Park, Races at Freeport, Il.---The American Jockey Club Meeting. The Winner of the Derby. BASE BALL. SECOND GAME OF THE WHITE AND RED STOCK- NGS. The second contest in the race for the championship between the White Stockings and the Rods, of Baston, was played yestorday after- noon on the Twenty-third street grounds in the presence of a fine audience, between 6,000 and 7,000 people being prosent, Thodsy was o trifle too cool, porbaps, for such au oxcessive- Iy sedentary occupation as sitting -down in the open air, bnt the stmosphere was just right for the base-players. Con- trary to general expectation, no delay was experionced in the selection of an umpire. It was thought the Boston men would endeavor to have a good deal of their own way in tho mat- ter, but they quickly agreed on a man when pames were presented to them. Their choice was Mr. Tom Foley, an experionced ball-player of this city, and his rulngs throughout were correct and impartial, and gave tho utmost satis- faction to both sides. The home nine wers badly besten, the ecore being 9 to 2 against them, and it is gratifying for once to know that they have nono but themsclyes to blsme for the defest. Their escape from mine suo- ccssivo whitewashes was uncomfortably narrow, and would never have boon accomplish- ed but for some fatal fielding errors by a few of thorr oppouents in the two last innings of the game. The contest, a3 a whole, was & romark- sbly fine one. It developed immense batting strength on the part of the Red Stockings, and to their skill in this direction onlycan the vic- tory bo attributed. Their display in the fleld was no better than that shown by the Whites, except in one position, viz., third bage, Schafer covered it for them in magnificent style, and Moyorlo didn't come anywhers near covering it for his nine, four of the eight orrors creditod to the Whites being tho result of his general awkwardoess. He was also deficient at the bat. Force played short field without an orror, and lends tho batting score on his side. Peters, at second, was very efectivo up to the last inning, whon ho fumbled ball and allowed & run to bo ecored. Devlin's scoreis not marred by any mistakes i the tield, but he wasnot up to his average ot tho bat. That Zettlein was not at his best is plainly told by the batting score of the Bostons, who found no difficulty what- over in hitting him for sixtoen base hits and twonty-two total bases. A wild pitch was su- other evidence of his uncertzin condition, Ma- lone never canght bettor than ho did yesterday. The outfield would have a splendid record to point to but for an instance of slow handling on the part of Hines, and an excusable muff of » low fly by Glenn. On tho other hand, many brilliant catches were made, Hines taking the lend in that particular. The batting of the nine was wofully weak, Force being the only man who could mako a decent showing. His bits, unfor- tunately, camo in at wrong times, and he waa left on bases three times. George Wright and Leonard committed the majority of the errors on the Boston side, but they piayed & fino gamo for all that. Harry Wrnigit allowed a ball to pass him in the field, and O'Rourke muffod & fiv. All the others fiexd- ed woll throughout. Spalding's pitching was re- markably strong, while his batcing wae simply terrific, a8 was also that of mauy of the others. A briof synopeis_of the game is all that is necessary. The White Btockings lost the toss, 88 usual, ond wero ment fo bat. In the first inping Force and Meyerle made safe hits, but were left on their bases. The Bostons scored an carned run on a #afe hit by Spalding and a tremendous drive by McVey over the left fielder’s Liead for two buses. In the sec- ond inning Peters and Hines it safely, onlv to Do loft by the thres succeeding stiikers. The Reds woro blanked, Hall bemng the only one to veach first, which he did in & legitimate way. In the third inning the Whites were blanked again, though Meyerle got & baso on & muff by George Wright, and cvlin one on a safe hit. Georgo Wright opened for the Bostons with a long hit to centre field for two basas, but he Lept on to third when he saw how slowly Hives waa fielding the ball, Safe hits by White and Spalding brought bim home, aud added another earned run to the ooe alicady made. Meyerle did all_he could to let in another. making two bad plays in tho ibning, Tho Whites, in the fourth inning, were put out as they stepped to the plate, and the Ileds fared no better as to runs, though they got two men on bases by safe hits. The fifth inning was distinguished by an error on the part of George Wright, who gave Cuthbert o buse on s high throw. Forco made a safo _hit, but others failed to imitate him, and no runs wers made, The Reds, in their half of tio inning, made throe runs and earned one of them on two two-base hits by Mc- Yoy and Spalding. The other two were given Away by Glenn, Zettlein, and Moyorle, the latter mak- ing threo distinet fielding errors. The sixth in- ning came, and_with it another blank for the Whites, three of whom went ont in rapid suc- cession. Tho Bostons then made and earned three runs - on safe-itsa by Spaldiug, MoVoy, Leonard (¢wo-base), ond O'Rourke. This " was done after two men had been Put out, and was a very creditable performance. 'ho side was neatly rotired by Peters, assisted by Malone. In tho seventh inning, Zottlein struck the audience with sstonishment by mak- ing a safe hit for the first time in the memory of tho oldest inhabitant. Force made another, and, ss Mzlono reached his base through an error_of Loonard's, tho bases were fall, and tho Whites had @ fair chance to got in a run or two, ouly one man being oat. Fortune decreed otherwize, however, and the audience boge to contemplate a completo rout for their favorites. The Reds never saw first baso in the seventh or eighth innings. In the latter the home club scored its first run on two base hits and a bad muff by O'Rourke, and were given another in the last inning by an error of Leonard's. Georgo and Harry Wright both com- mitted an error in the ninth, but they did not count ngainst them. The Bostons wound the gamoup by getting one run on & two-baso hit by eonard and a fumblo by Poters, Following is THE §CORE ¢ P W roaE 1 BEDS. 153 1300 10 0,0 2042 o1 o1 00 30 M4l 7 Inrings - 9 Whita Stockiags. o Red Stockinuer, i3 B, 9 Tede, & Baseson errore~Whites, 2. T astiing e W T1ld pitches—Zettle 1t 1}:;11:5 b,lm..z«}u&-fe‘?' iddes called—Zattlris Dalls called- Irin, o Strikes called Fiyes cauoht—Whites : Cathbort, 8 Force, 3; Téde: Hal Malone, 2; Petors, Gl , N i ctiaters §: 0. Weight 1 M oied! Tl mived-OMouke 1. Aro1c s L Aleg 3 G 2 6, Wrighi. T; Teoacd, x—;f % Aot Rl Tine o7 gasie—Ono Boar forty- D o oty 70 minates. TO-MOREOW AFTERNOON the Reds and Whites will play the cthird of their series, immediately after which will loave for the East. AUTUALS V8. JARTFORDS. . Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, New Yorx, June 6.—The Mutuale defsated the Hartfords hers to-day by a score of 510 2. game Dotk The gamo was aboat the dallost ever played in this mti: It was witnessed by abous l,uoz T~ sons. The Alutunls outplayed the Hartf: at flwpom.. Beiting bafore ihe gams wis 50 t0 40 that the Mutuala wouldwin in two inninge, Following are tae fnge— 123460678°%9 “5;‘:’1‘:]’:1‘3 02120004 0-5 Hauitfords ; 1000 0-2 Time of game—Two hours forty minutes, e THE TURF. DEXTER PARK INAUGURAL MEETING. Mr. George B. Mansur has just issued tho following attrective programme for an insugural meetiog at Dexter Park from tho st to the 4th of July inclusive. The premuims foot up $6,500, and aro divided 10to a froe-for-all, trotting parso (Goldsmith Msid barred), sud eight running purses : FINT DAT. Premium No, 1, $3,000, trotting—Free to all horses except Goldsmith Juid, Milo heats. three in five. $1,800 to first horse, $£00 to second horse, and $400 to third borse, To bLe trotted under the rules of the Na- tional Trotting Association. To close Tuesday, June 23. BECOND DAT. Preminm No. 3, $150, rauning—Juvenile stakes, for 2-year olds, Half mile dash, $25 each. $10 forfelt, ‘with $150 added. Sccond horse to receive two-thirds of stake money. Nominations, accompanied by for- feit mouey, to be made June 15 ‘Premiuin No. 3, $450, running—ile heats, for all ;8&’3. $300 to first, $100 to second, and 350 to third orse. Premium No, 4, $300, running—Mile dash, for all ;gu. 100 pounds up. $200 to £rst, and $100 to second orse. THIRD DAT. Prem{um No, 5, $500, running—>ile heate—threo in :;c. $300 to first, $125 to second, and 375 to third rée, “"Preminm No. 6, $550, running—Two milgs and re- peat. $350 to first; S175 to second ; and $35 to third horse, YOURTE DAT. Premium No. 7, $50, running—Selling race, ome and & quarter miles. ~Hourscs entered, to Le sold for $1,000, allowed 5 pounds; for $750, 7 pounds: for 500, 10 pounds ; for $300, 14 pounds. Premium No. 8, $700, running—Throo miles and re- peat. $450 to first ; $150 to socond ; and $10 to third. Promium No. 9, $i00, running—Hurdlo race, twice around inside track (abous 300 yards less than two miles), over eight hurdles. Weight 28 pounds, =dded to welght for age. $§230 £0 firat ; $100 to second § and $50 to third. CONDITIONY, ETO, Contests for the abovo running premiums will be overned by the rules of the Blood torse Association Nushville, Tenn.), unless otherwise specided. Entries for the satae will close the dxy previous to the race, at 12 o'clock. For all above premiums, four must eater and threo start, v Each entry (excopt in stekes) must ba accompanied by 10 per cent of the whole premium. 'All ortries must bo addrassod to No. 81 Dearborn street, Chicago, TIL DEATH OF A DRIVER. Thomas P. Roach, woll known in the West and South as & skillful driver and a turfman of Iargzo govers! experience, died a short time since, at St. Louis, of consumption. Ho had been ail- ing for » long timo, and had but recently arrived in that city with his stable of horses. He was42 years old, unmarried, aud hed but fow relutives in this country. THE FREEPORT RACES. Special Duspateh to The Chicago Tribune, Fregvorr, Jil., June 6.—The meotiug of the Driving Cark Association of this city closed this afternoon with two trotting matches. The fore- poon was clondy and threatepiug, A hew shower occurred at about 1 o'clock. The track wasin fair condition at half-past 2, when the horses appoared for the first race, which was for purue of 31,400, 8800 to first, $300 to second, 2200 to third, und 3100 to fourth. Free for all. The horses started wero Lodine, Dan, Pilot Temple, and AmyB. Tho great fight, how- over, was between Dodine and Pilot Temple, ot Chicugo against St. Louis. Bodino was tho winner in three straight, but hotly-contested. heats. In cach heat the little stallion lapped tho bay, and bravely beld this position until the last nsif-quarter was reached, when Bodine would gradusally gain at every stride, beating lus adversary abont throe lengths, Last night and this morning Pilot Templo sold favorite in the poal, the St. Louis sports and backers buying Pilot Temple, aud the Chicagoans and friends taking the field at a song. Largo amounts of money changed hands.—Chicago flash, Bt. Lonis tleeced. smnuRT, H. C. Goodrich's b. b, Bodine. Sam Colburn's ¢b. h. Dan... J. G. Lindells b, 5. Pilot Temple, . C. W. Phillips’ b, m. Amy B. Tiine—2313 ; Second race, for a purse of $300, for horses with ndrecord below 2:55 owned in this and ad- joining counties; 8175 to first, $75 to second, and $50 to thurd, * In tho third Leat Dixie pulled and, in con- a front shoe, cutting his foot badly, sequence, was withdrawn. SUMMARY, J. B, Miller's s, ma, Littie Nell. D, Young's bl. g. Lena Boy. P.G. Sage's Lr. m. Fantion ¥F. J. Middleditch’s Ul g. Dizle. Time—2503 ; X5 AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB RACES. New Yorg, June 6.—The spring maeting of tho American Jockey Club opened to-day. The rains of the morning kept many from attending, and made the track heavy. Tbero was a reason- able crowd present, howevar, The first race was for & purse of €500, three quarters of a mile. ‘There were eloven ontries, and ali started, Sanford's Kadi being the favorits in the pools, with Lorillard's Fras Lance socond choice. At the start, Littell's Wizard got off about s longth in advauce, and, improving the advantage to the closs of the race, won by two lengths,—Frae Lance second, and Kadi third. Time, 1:21. The second raco was the Fordham handicap sweepstakes of £50, with 500 added, the second horse to receive 3200 out of the stakes, one mile. The following horses started: P. Lorillard’s bay horee, Sanford’s filly, L. L. Lonllard’s Cariboo, McKee & Co.'s Minnie zzac, Cox's Boaster, McDaniel's bay filly, Do:¥%ue's Art- ist, Chamberlin's Survivor, Sanford’s Mato, and Littell's Felloweraft. In the pools Mate was first choice. At the start Artist took tue lead, 2nd mamntained it until rising tho hilt noar the home stretch, when Survivor wont ahead. Tutering the home scretch Artist_stroggled to Tegain his position, but failed, and was beaten Dby » head, Mato, the favorite, third. Time, 3:17. The third race was tho great feature of the day's sport. It was run for the Withers stakos for S-vear-olds, 3100 each, half forfeit, With $1,000 sdded; second horse to get $200; distance one mile. Of the thirty eniries, tho following started: P. Lorillard's Persusder and Vanitress, Puryesr's Grimstead, Jonea' Sanga- mona, Brady ‘& Son’s Dan O'Hara, Belmont's_ Beatrice, Withers’ Maccarcon, Chamber- lin's The Hoaxer, McDaniels' Josie's B, Joseph Donohue’s Dublin, Gaffnev's Culpepper, Cotcrell's Harry Felter, E. B. Lewis & Co.'s Vaz- delite, and Littell's Reform, DBeatrice sold in pools for 8675, Grimstead 3660, Dublin 3240. tlore than fifteen falso starts were made before the horses got off, and in one of the efforts to got away Culpepperand Dublin game in colli- sion with such violence s to unhdrse both jock- evs, aud injuring Dublin’s 8o severely as to mako another necessary. Finally a good start was effected. Reform rushed to the front, and kept the 1lead for two-thirds of the race, closely . followed by Vanlt- ress. Coming into what is called tbe Lome stretch, Dublin answered the call of his jockey, Dbounded past Vaultress and Raform in turn, an ran in winuer by about two lengths, amid the grontest excitoment. Vandelito securad the sac- ond place and Reform third. Besatrice and Grimatead, the favorites, wose not placed. Time, 1:50. The fourth and last raco was for the West- choster cup, sweepstakes of 350 each, with $1,500 added, eecond horse to receivo 8300 out of the stakes; distance, two .miles and o quarter. Tho following homes ran: Lavrence and G. Lonllard’s Shylock, P. Loril- lard's Village Blacksmith, McDaviel's Abd el Kader, Donohua's_Lizzie Lucas, Chamberlin's Burvivor, and G. H. Rice's Wanderer. At the send-off Abd el Kader took the lead, tho others woll up. The race, which was well-contested, +was won by Shylock by a length,—Wanderar sec- ond, Lizzie Lucas third. In the pools Wanderer sold for 8300, Abd el Kader $130, and the win- gor for only $50. Time, 4:13, * THE WINNED OF THE DERBY. The following history of George Frederick, the winner of the recent Derby, is talen from the Now York World: Goorgo Frederick mado his debut last year at the York August meeting, and was unplaced to Sir Willlum Wallace, the winner of the North of England Biennial Stakes,” Apology, the recont winner of the 1,000 guiness, was second, with Mr. Cartwright's colt tailed of u long way, when he was described as s *¢ great fine colt, very backward, and that his performance must not be regarded as’ any proof of hisreal merits.” Three woeks after_he agetn met Apology for the Mu- nicipal Stukes at Doncaster, defeating her by o length and s helf {n s dosh of 6 furlongs and 143 yards, Sull be was not by sny means wound np, and ou the follow- ing day waa & bad' third in o 6-furlong sweapstakes, won by Farnsfield by » head from Rostrevor, At the Newmarket first Octoler mecting ho won the Boscawen Stakes, 5 furiongs 130 yards, very easily from Trip- away and Juvenis, 10 both of whom ho was given welght, At the same mesting ho won the Triennial Produce Stakes over the same course {rom n very moderata fild of nine. After theso exploita ha ron only twice. He failed toget & place for the Middle Park Plite, won by Newry, with Spectator second, Marsworthi and Couronne de Fer running a dead heat for third place. He was also unplaced for the Cri- terion Stakes, won by Alss Toto, with Aquilo second and Fair Agues third. This ended his 3-year—old ca reer, during which it cznnot b #ald that he showed very brilifsnt form ; but that he was susceptible to much tmprovenient is clearly the case, as was s full brother, Albert Victor, who did no better 8 ® -year- old, Asa3-yeur-old George Froderick first appeared at tho Nowinarket Craven meeting, wWhers, aithough Siuch fancied for. tne ‘Sicteenth Wowarker Elenniel Stakes over the Bowloy mils, he again ran behind Mies ‘Toto and Bevarbaration, bu in frond of ssven othars, At the s3me meeting he, however, was left to walk over for :Llw lweep?l(fl;'fl, ‘whick had five subscrib- ers, and, singular as it msy seem, the eveat iminediately proceeding was s walk over for Atlantic, the subsequent winoer of ihe 2,000 guineas. From = his performance at Newmarket the Sportsman said: * George Frederick 15 o different style of animal altogetlier, and, although fanits can be found in bis formation which may Inpair hix chance of abiolutely winning the Derby, he pos- kesses that first and all-mportant desideratum of 3 thorough rare-horse,namely, perfect soundness infwind and Huib. The brotberd to Albert Victer bas plenty of size, bono, and length, and se he bas now over five weeks in whicn to completa his preparation I do not Xknow where to 1-ok for horse to defeat him for the Derby.” After the death of Tom Olliver Mr. Cart— right's stable was taken in chargo by Thomas Leader, 2 tratner of raro patience and ability, Georgo Fred- erick hus many valuablo engagements, tho first of Which Iy tho St, James’ Palace Stakes, ot Ascot. Hols also in the Twenty-firat Triennial Stakes ot the same meoting, His next engsgement is in _the Goodwood Derby ;. from thence to York, where ho {s in the Bigh- teenth North of England Bienn:al and the Great York- shiro Stakes. In September he is in the Doncaster St. Leger, the Doncaster Stakes, and the Don Stakes, after ‘Whick he will probably turn up in some of tho grest fall bandicaps at Newinarket. DERDY WINNERS OF THE PAST. Annexed will be found o tabulated list of the winners of the Derby since its inanguration in 1780, Ivwill be found useful for referenc Tear| Ouwner. Winner. Mr. O'Kelly. ergesnt .. Lord Claromont. | Atmwell. . . Eagor, Lord Grosvonor. [Jona Bull...... " Fortitade, {Sir ¥. Poole. ....| Wi |PotSos. Lard ‘Grosvenor. Justico. F.Standish..[S) Fidyot. Sir Potor. Sir Potur. ir C. Bunbury.. D of Geafion iSir 3 Sholiog. . | : ;g}% fg}r.cl.adhmkn“ gctllvhllk . Bunanry. . Sm . Tord Stowell...: Blucher . S Floction. iScym. or Whal. Greilio, {Paantom. ‘Phantom. | Whaleborie. artisan. ndrev. Little John, Emilius. Whalebons, ultan, ‘f‘i’”};f,i;"" elocipod. Talatto. Cul. Peal, i 3r. Gratwicko. Mr. G H. Platoff Touchstae. B. Sliddleton, Voltairo, Orlando. 1. Birdcateher. Melbaurre. Lovd 3 Lort Eglinto Lord Zstland....| Voltigour Sir J. Hawley... Teddl 315 Bowes. 3. Bowes e $op Wiid D. L3I Popud. a YR S SMr. We 1 Ansoa Bilo Thormanby “IKottledrum Rataplan. Kiugston. Swostmeat., Stockwoll, ie 3. Johnaton Tord Fatmouth: Kingerafs . +Baron Rot'sch'd Favonina .. 0" " Savillo,. Cremorno The Belligerent Colored People Take & Sober Second Thought. Mexenis, Tenn., June 6.—Thomas Bwan, President of the Pall-Bearors, publishes a card ihis afternoon, denyng that the members of that Society had threatonad to sack tho city because of his arrest, or that the negroes drili- ing on Thureday night wers members of that Society. He eags it is true that there may be a few spirits who are indiscreet in their language, and who may have threatenad, as published, but such sentiment is not the feeling of the large majority of the colored citizens of the city, and furcher that on Monday night there will be o large meoting of the colored people, at which 2 full expression of feelin be made. As stated in theso dispatches [ast night, thors was an ugly feeling developng itself, but to-day the indications are that it 18 dying out. THE WEATHER. ‘Wasarystox, D. C., June 6.—For the Lake rogions, local Tains, northeastorly to varisble winds, stationary or rising temperature and fall- ing. barometer in the Upper Lake region. For the Northwost, partly cloady weather and light rain, variable winds, stationary or rwing tem- persture north of the Musouri, and falling barometer. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. Cnicaco, June 6, 1874, Direction and| FOREIGN. A Crisis Approaching in thy French Assembly, The Lieft-Centre Demand a Definitiv Republic or Dissolution of That Body, - Serious Mutiny Reported Among g Spanish National Troops, & - FRANCE. am1s, June 6.—The Left Cantro hes adopy platform which calls for a proclamaj 'on?:‘ definitivo Republic or dissolation of the e’ _bly. Oue hundred and ten Deputies havs gimy in their adhesion to this prozramme, Thers iy no longer any hope of an allian sl Left and Rigyht Centres. fance betnee ty —_— SPAIN, BAvosyE, June 6.—It is reported thaty ous mutiny hag broken out amongst several 1y, talions of the Spavish Republican troops n Provinco of Guipuzcoa. L —— MEXICO., Havaxa, June 6.—Advices from the Mexico to May 31 state that a pronuaci against the Government is being congidered avitable in one Of tho Btates. . Thres st leaders in the movemont, had been impri Lernss' rovolutionary’ band had been g persed, and his horses, arms, and ammunigey captured. Bands of Indians have burned a o o ranches near the frontier sottlements of Cohuy, uila. The peoplo are terror-stricken. Tho ruins of a large city, probably Tol a good state of proservation, have been ered near Fenosique, in Tobasco, —— CUBA. . Havaxa, June 6.—Capt.-Gen. Conchs by issued a decreo intended to arrest the riso of gold, which is considered to be solely to the recent law compelling importers to ry % er cent of the daties in zold. &%u Treaszy oo longer receiving the equivalent of this % cout in paper, as was done at first, Cozchs o ders tho Spanish Baak to sell gold 90 accoustof e,y the Island Treasury at less premiom thi thot quoted on ~ the Exchaoge or by brokers. ~ Concha fixes the amount gf premium for which Government gold i to b s0ld daily, tho rate for the current day bens posted at the entrance of the bank every mom. ing at 8, wo that merchants can make theircsl culations before businees bours. * . AUSTRIA. Vrexxa, June 6.—Tke Catholic Episcopats of Bohemia has determiced to resist the Eccleginse tical Jaws, and has begun its opposition by mak. ing appointments ta vacant livinga. thbeseos i) SWITZERLAND, GENEVA, June 6.—A fire here to-day destroysd twalve, honses and a large quantity of carpanizy, s 0 ITALY. Roxz, June 6.—The Italian Senate hus givey its approval to the tresty of commercs with Yau ico and o postal convention with Brazil —_———————— NEW YORE. The Astronomicul Party—Clty fme provements — Rochefort Departsd Mendelssohn in Trouble. New York, June 6.—The United Stalssstest- er Swatars, with the sciontists on bosnd, vho g3 out to 6bserve tha transit of Venus, sulssaly to-morrow morning. + BACING CASUALTIES. In the trot at Prospect Park yesterdsy, during the fog, Central Boy came ig collision with a horse and was severely cut. The collision thrss the driver of Walter S. from his seat. The harsa ran away, and, rushing against the fence, wes impaled on ona of the pickots, dying soon afta:- ward, Central Boy is belioved to be fatally in- jured. % B The law amthorizing the Fourth svenue im provement provides that one-half of the cosl shall bo paid by tho city, sud up to the lat of 1ast May tho city’s proportion of the expendi- tures bad benn promptly paid. Soms timei May, Vanderbilt sent to the Comptroller s bl for 313,928 as the city's proportion for thst month, sod 2sked for a warrsat for thal sun Mayor Havemeyer has refused to sign the wr- rant, holding that the Legislature hss no rigal to compol the city to pay for work which be fite private corporations only, such 23 Vand £~ bilt's railway enterprise. GONE_HOME. Rochefort, Paine. and Benedict (French Coz- munists) sailed for Earope to-day. A few Freack- men, known to be Communists, were at the dxck to see them off. BUSPICIOUS. Julian 8. Mendols:ohn, who claims o Loy gon of tho grest composer, has been ArTe on & charga of attempting to pass forged checid. Ho sars he got tho chocks in paymest {or gi28 .which he brought with him recently from THE OREGON ELECTION. PorrLAND, Ore.. June 6.—The offcial vote d this county gives the Independents the Distrct \force of wind.| eathers *raoputodny E., fresh.. Foggy. E., fresh.. Fair, 83 [E., gentle.... Fair. & (N'E., fresh.,(Fair, 87 |NE., fresh.][Fair. 88 |E., gentle. ... [Light rain, Maximum thermometer, 63 Afinimum thermometer, 35. GENERAL ODBSERVATIONS. Ciicaao, June T—1 3. m. “Station. Thr, _ Wind. _|fiatn, _Weather, Breck'ridge . Cloudy, 82S., fresh. !\ Ciear. O3 Fair. Chicago. |Light rata, Cincinnaii.. ~iClear. Cleveiand .. T i, Davenport . 16/ Tcavy rain. Denver, .iClear, Dotroft, Fair, Ft. Garry, Cloudy. Ft. Gibso Clear. Keokuk Light rain, LaCross: i Cloudy. Lo'vaworth: Light rain. Marquetta.. lL!ght rain, Allwaukee.,, 1.30|Ligut rain, Omaha i (15| Fair. Pembina . s1S., gentle. Cloudy. Toledo. ... TYED, fresh.... Clondy. Fankton | eafciim... Clear. Escansba .. 87/, \¥... gentlo| .16,Light ratn. ———— PACIFIC COAST. Captnre and Execution of n Robber— Cochise, the Arizonz Chief, Danger. ously il 8ax_Fravcisco, Cal, June 6.—A dispatch from Los Angelos, Cal., states that the Mexican, El Gordo, who & fow days since robbed and tried o muarder Mr. Turner and hus wife, near that city, was cuptured and wounded. He confessed hia goilt, and showed where the money was baried, when 2 party of armed men took him ‘ from the officers and hanged him to & troe. A dispatch from Prescott, Arizons, says that the Cliiet Cochise is very ill, and not expected torecover. He imagines that spirits of white ‘men whom he murdered are tearing his fleah. —_——— e CANADIAN ITEMS. Spactal Dispateh to The Chicavo Tribune. ToroNTo, Ont., June 6.—To-day the Manitoba police force left for the northweat. It consista of about 200 ofiicers and men, 270 horees, two rifle cannon, forty-two wagons, munitions of war, agricultural implements, seeds, and_stores of 'various kinas. They will reach Chicago Sundoy foremoon, whero they remain twenty- four hours. The United Canadian Associstion held its annual moeting yesterday. Col. Denison is Prosident. An annual picnic commemorating the anniversary of Brock leaving York for Do~ troit will be held (s Various religious denominations are holding aonual synods and conferences at the present time. An internntional convention of marine insur~ ance men ig in seasion here. The presont sys- tem of underwriting is unsatisfactory to repre- sentatives. SUICIDE. Nasuviirr, Teon., June 6.—Ned Dromgole, of Murfreesboro, x/ter hammering out a slug to load hix pistol, 14 veported to have deliberazaly shot bimeolf through the bowels. Hia wound 13 considered mortal.” The roason for the rash acb is not cartainly knowa. Judge, District-Attorney, ono Semstor, 193 Rapgenenulivu, County Clerk, Sheriff, sad{ro Commissioners. _Tno Republicans clect 03 Senator, three Reprosentatives, swo JsiGh Treasurer, and Asseasor. T THE NEW ATLANTIC CABLE Portsxoure. N. H., Juno 6.—The steintt Faraday, with the new Atlantic cable, is sachr: ed off the Isle of Shoals, waiting for bt weather. e ILLINOS & MICHIGAN DAMALM” Bamorront, June (—1%50 p.m.—AcaIVED—C: o Dele, Dtica, 6,200 b com; Norlh soor, ot:my 6,000 ba corn; Pallag, Chillicothe, corn Carter, LaSalle, 6,000 bu corn; Orion, Marseliles, o bu corn. Brroozront, DL, Jume 6—Crzaze>— Lockport, 493 ft lumber, 2.250 s mdse: Heury, 18,030 £t tumber! Grice Grirmolds, 52,148 ft lumbes, 70 m shing! 4 a lumber; Morrls, 25,816 ft lamber, 100,000 lath. . e VESSELS PASSED DETR(DT.W ~ Drrrotr, Mich., June 6.—Passip UP—-Px cific, Enrope, St. Paul, Jarvia, Lord, Sanilsc, Badget State, Tempost and barges ; schrs Mary, Door, Exile, C. H. Jolinson, Neelan, J. B. Bensod, Passcn Dows—Props St. Louls, Busss, I35 Foreat City and burgen, Abereorn nd taeze X S and barge, Egyptisn a0 9, tarios nehrs hcorn, Homer, Gardaer, Lass Johsd Graco Sherwood. Wrsp—Southwest, i SN, VESSELS PASSED PORT HUF:ON- Spectal Dis ek to The Chicage Tribune. e Poxr Honow, Hich, June fErening,—DOm =P Phil Sberidan, Japan, Graves, with ‘consort, Beotis ; bark Pensaukes; schr ‘Halsted. Charta OrProps Dadger State, Jarvs, Loxd ; schrs Quayle, C. H. Jonsaon, &. . Cooper, ‘Angus Bot Saperiar, Thomas Ferry, J. F. Card, Kato Darles- presiabai Al Ty Salmon In the Connecticui . The first salmon that has boon caoght I'flm’ Connecticut River for many years was ug"m & fow days ago about two miles below Har i Tt wan eighty inches in_length, and weighs! 203 snd o half pounds. Eighty yoars g0 SLC . abounded n_the Connecticut, but ey WU driven away by dams nnd saw-mills. TooIeH" pearance of this delicions fish in the river if 7 lisved to Do tho result of the measares ““M’bj the Fish Commissioners, who have ftocksd = upperwaters with simon fry, artificiatly Wfl 3 and_caused an apron to be builtat ol of the grest Holvoke dam, 50 that $D30 (0, other large specics of fish can work nl:n = over tha obstruction. It is hoped hst ortwo more Connecticat sslmon plontifal. P ——— An Unlucky Familye From o Paris Letter, e Recall the annals of Mons. St. ifaro Sinrd family. His sister had just been edi ber Toturned from the bridal altar, retired {0200 dressing-room_to chapge clothes; 8 Pistoll, was heard in the adjoiniog drossing-roum; & who hurned there found tho bridegroct floor, & corpse; he had committed suicide- wdow, two sisters of Mons. Bt. Marc beelve wife, ‘and his son, went ont bosting, ¥y months afterwards; tho boat was upset. e oxcogt the widow we md_lu Sas married; six weoks after the wod“" her husbaod fell from s window o.:id story, and was killed; some people uail mitied suicide. A fow years “““:w' o qos Mons, St. Mare Girardin’s soos g0t Bi, b 1 with & railway officer; to 0sCaps from Be l!aca ed into & river (it wss mwnmmouh. had swam » thonsaad tizies| ho weas v“‘“ to the bottom,