Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 8, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 27. SUITS AND DRESSES. Grand 2 . ) Display. 'We shall open, THIS DAY, fill . lines of Silk Suits, $60 and upward. Linen Suits, $7 and upward, Grass Linen Suits, $4 and up. . Swiss and Lawn Suits, from $5 ond up. Sleoveless Jickets very cheap. And Polonaises In endless variety, and at very LOW PRICES. ' MANDEL BROTHERS, . State and Harrison-sts,, Twenty-second-st, and Michigan-av, SUMMER SILKS. ~CARSOT, PIRIE & (0. Malison and Peorie-ts, WILL: OPEN FOR SALT THIS MORN- ING b lot ot P Fancy. Summer Silks, Assorted aolors and atylos; the most elegant goods imported tha sesson ; hoavy, rich, and bright quality, -and_ ronlly .worth $1.76 per’ yard, at tho uniform prioa of I} il: Thené aro, X;ayond quoation, the choapest’ goods aver offerod, and there being but-one: ongo of them, partios wishing to avail them-; solves of thisbargain must do so immediately. colora and evening shados, rogular quality, at $3.00 per yard. Bpecial Bargains in Blaok Bilks, Fivo onsos Btripo Gronadinos from 15 to, 30 ots. per yard, all half price. . 3 Cheapest Black Grenadines in the oity. $3.60, | I PATS T0 TRADE O THE WEST SIDE, i i’ Vo, WE SHALL OPEN ON MONDAY, JUNE 8, | A large and choice assortment 0.1" Misses’ and Childrens’ Linen and Pique SUFTS AND DRESSES . - $1.00 AND UPWARD, Ana call special attention to our. New Departmoent for Boys’ Wear, which has been organized with special reference to manufactur~ ing “to order,” and which wo con« fidently commend to our patrons., il Leiter & Co " Btato and Washington-sts. ~ REAL ESTATE, 40 Acres FOR SALEL Weoffer m tract of 40 Acres on North-ar., near Hum- boldt Park. It is intersccted by tho Milwaukeo & St. Psul Ratlway on ita wost sido, and the Obioago & Paciflo Railway on its orth alde, which places it within twonty tminates rido of the Court-House, Tta nearnoss to the Park, now boing rapldly and hand. |° somely improved, and boiug 80 agcossiblo from the busl Doss contres of tho clty by first-olsss stoam rallwass, and s0 noar tho horso-oars and paved ronds, makes 1t & vory in- witing ploco of proporty, 7 " Any ono socking s deslrable investmont, promising early salos and largo profits by subdividing, will do woll o talo this lot. ¥ : OGDEN, SHELDON & CO., Room 3 Ogden Building, Southwost cornor Lako and Olark-ste. For Sale ts it b , if taken by Tuesday noxt, elther or Boit RS ot otk apriots, Toriti e of tha soutionst ‘cornor of ‘Thirty speond.st, and, Oalumot-av., and G0xI25 feot on tho northoast corner of Thirty-thind:at, and Calu~ }VIM-IV., ?(, 675 each, Torms, 1, l‘;fi"ull\:ub A «‘H?lnlx: time. Sy * 144 and 148 Dearboes-st. BARGAINS IN ACRES. Betwoen Sixty-soventhist, and South Chiosgo, nosr the 1tno of tho Baltimoro & Ohlo Railroad, i OHAQI & ABELE, 184 Deatborn.st. LAWN MOWERS, LAWN HIOWERS EXCELSIOR ILavwn Mower | AND EXCELSIOR LAWN SPRINKLER, ALL KINDS OF LAWN MOWERS REPATRED, W. H. BANKS & CO., BOLE AGENTS FOR THE MANUFAOTURERS, ‘Wholesals and Rotall Dealors fn> . AGRIOULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, SEEDS, B4 a2 50 Houia Caualab, coraer Washington (adjols- ALSO FOR BALE Y Eap HOVEY & CO., 141 State-st. THE FAVORITE LAWN MOWER. aale, wholosale and rotal), b; fowing Machine Uompaoy, " 7 t1 No. 1532 State~st. AN O, 1532 State-~st. A LAKE NAVIGATION, GOODRICE'S STEAMERS. For Racine, Milwaukeo, Bheboygan, Blanlto. Manufsotured sn w05, stc, dally (Sundays oxoopted), Y TP~ Baturday's hoat don't I For Grand Haven, Maskegon, of - days szcopted),. For Bt Josoph, Tucsday, Tharsday, aud Batur- day vasavans For Maiston sud Ludiagion, Tucsdsy sad §20flce and Docks, foot M MISCELLANEOUS, Notice to Tax-Payers. o wasqumentsfo tho Tovn of Lake artnow baing 3 o uite'of lats whioh ‘are | awhals fols oan have za‘fn‘:. subidividod wnd aveasod sop: by foavin ioctitions at (ho Town-Tialh Sl oot Bown o L o e GEOR TUIRHEAD, Lake, Juno 0, 1674, ~_Avsoaor "Tawn Tako, DR. J. B. WALKER, OOULIST AND ATURIST, ., southesst corner Randolpl, 1 T e et ent of disoaser of Chs Hira sud Xar an exolusive speclalty, Artitiolal Kyes, &o, ‘Madison gu——Peoria-sts. DRESS GOODS. DRESS GOODS ‘We shall continue the sale of POPULAR DRESS G00DS In rear part of our Btore for another week, and meanwhile will offer SPECIAL BARGAINS Throughont our entire Dress Goods .Department, previous to our Semi- Annual Inventory, and invite exams- ination of our many desirable styles, which have beon MARKED DOWN /TO VERY LOW PRICES. Fild, Leiter & Cp, STATE & WASHINGTON*STS. A lot of Hoavy Liyons Col’d Silks, in light |. CHICAGO, MONDAY. JUNE 8, 1874, WASHINGTON. The Republican Household Gone into Mourning, President Grant’s Currency Mem- orandum an Qceasion for Griof, The Whole Blame Attributed to Jones---Jones, of Nevada. Back-Talk from Logan and His Coadjutors. Reasons for the Resignation of the h Indian Commission, ‘Summer Programme of the Great Men at the Capital. TROUBLE IN THE PARTY. Special Dispatch t6 The Chicano Tridune, THE EFFECT BY ORANT'S. VIEWS ON FINANCE. “full of rumors to-day as to s now docision, of o naturo corresponding with the President's views -arrived st by the Conforence Commitieo on the Ourrency.bill, but they prove to have been based on {limsy foundations, The Committes havo not ngreed upon any measures that will bo likely to moet with the Presidont's approval, and thoy Bay that thoro I8 no, prospect that they will be ablo to unite on anytbing that will bo accoptablo to bim, - Thoy seem to foel it unroasona- ble to hope for an undorstanding,—tlat it s sltogother out of the = question. They will meet again to-morrow morning to ro~ -sume their apparently usoloss discussion of the subjoot. The excitomont on this subjeot hasnob *boen at all nllayed by time nor the heat. THE DITTER FRELINOS that were aroused by the veto measure have re- vived with more than their original intonsity, The talk {3 not so loud and gnsoous, but tho swoaring is muoh moroe elaborate, and i douno in & business-like manuer that ovinces careful prop- aration in private prior to tho publio perform- anco. Ropublioans who bave the porpotuation of their party at beart, take a very gloomy viow of the future, They have not bebaved for some ‘wooks with nnsosmly bilarity, born of an over- sanguino faith in their prospeots, but, sinco the Jounes lottor has boon printed, thelr spirits have sunk to aveory 16w mark, Thoy wouldhke tohave bormonious aotion with the President, but foar that the Johnsoniau rupture ia postpened for but little time. Thoy would like to have, tho party as o unip against him, as tho sccond best thing, ; } DUT HE A8 DEEN THE PARTY &0 long that they would despair of accomplishing this; Thore are quite & number of .the leading Tepublican politicians from different sections of .tho country hore for tho purpose of conferring “with the -prominent members of the partyin Congress. Thoy are badly frightoned, and the roports thoy mako of the stato of _fooliug in the oountry only sooma to heighten the general feel~ minl alarm, Ropublican esuous will bo held in tho House to-morrow night to elect a new Coungressional .Committeo and to disonss the ourrency muddle. ;| Ao offort will be mado to pass a resolution do- BRIDAL GIFTS. olaring that the financial quostion 18 NOT A PARTY QUESTION, 80 as to loave evory man to sland on his own thoory, but it is thought that it will fail, BRIDAL GIFTS. THE GORHAM COMPANY, The well-known Silversmiths, of No. 1 Bond-st., New York, have completed arrangements with the leading Jewelers in -this eity, .whereby Silver of their manufac~ ‘ture, for WEDDING and PRE- SENTATION GIFTS and for gen- eral Family use, can’' be supplied to all purchasers upon terms as favorable as from the Company in New York. ¥ - This trade-mark s stampod on wvery pleos ) of Bterling Silver of the Gorbam Com- pany manufacture, and is & guarantoa BTERLING of its purity and gonuinenexs, PIANOS AND ORGANS, . 200 PIANOS & ORGANS To Rent or for Buls on fin most favorable terms, W, W, KIMBALL, Curer e nd Adams s, CHICAGO. FINANOIAL. CITIZENS BANK OF CHICAGD, 153 Madison Street. Bank of Discount nnd Deposit. Invest- mient Securltles a Bpeclalty, School, Bridge, aud Water Bonds Longlt. E. ¥. NEXSEN, Cashler, H. B. JENKS, Prostdont. ROBERT WINTHROP & CO. BANKHRS AND BROKHRS, 18,3 ellat Now Xork oxconte ardor for STOOK IGNDA, AND GOLD, per ogut fnterest ou_ DI KORIS, and traumaot n gonoral Haibing ‘s Hrokemmge Suthoss. MEN’S FURNISHING GOODS. A PR NG00 ... . Blegunt in Depsign, opoth in Wordaft ulthon "HRRRIB & GO o st BRAC Sonator Logan, though very much disgusted with the President’s memorandum, is not so domonstrative in his wrath 88 he was whou tho _yoto message, demolishing Morrimon's inflation bill, was promulgated, The awful hot weathor of tho last week or ten dsys has produced a soothing effect upon the nerves of the dark- complexioned Illinols statesman, and rendersd him quito doolle. When he read in tho Baturday morning papors tho correspandence batwoen tho President and Senator Jones, he did not put on bis war-paint and go out upon the strect and proclaim his detormination O FIGNT THE ADMINIETRATION, tooth end nafl. Hodid not dash down to tho 3bbitt and denounce Comptrollor Krox, before a crowd of gaping loafers, of the crimo of fur- nishing the. President with false information about the Nat{onal Bauk circulation. Ho didnot swenr and swagger about a8 ho did upon that memorable day when the President took tho starch out of the Western and Bonthern infla- tioniats, but ho eneered and frowned, and was sarcastio, and thought the President might have found a more needy porson than. Sona- tor Jones through "whom to have put forth his mavifosto. The seven millionaira Lid alroady roached the top noteh of fame and fortune, fliuPlWluul.\mnn by hirth, tho Nevada Bonator’s political ambition could carry him no hlfihur. ow, said Mr. Logan, if Gen. Grant had only got Butro, of tuunel fame and labby lnhmf to have asked for tho. momorandum, he would have dono'tho latter mdividual a great service, and gob 118 FECULTAR THOUGHTS ON ¥INANGE bofore the country all the same. Ho hoped Butro would not ha averlaoked the noxt time the Prosideut dosired to bully the Congress of tho United Btates. o Another Western Sanator sald ho supposed, ‘Thereafter, 1t would be neceasary for Benavors to consult Jones, beforo voting for or sgainst any moasure brought beforo that body, "He also re.- marked that he had froquently conversed with Benator Jones oo the subject 0f the finances of the conntry, and had heard that gentleman ex- press himselt {roely and unreservedly. He was struck with'the similarity of the language used during the convorsation and cortain gentences in tho Prosidont’s memorandum. Of course, it wad quite possiblo. that Jones had drawn {nis {napiration from the Presidont, with whom ho is on intimato terms, and it might bo, ho sur- miged quite the reverso. Benator Bhorman has little to say, and seoms disposed to regard tho matter as.a vory soriouy ono. CONGNESS AND THE FRENIDENT'S TOLICY, The opinion_among Ropublican membors. of tho House of l\ugmaantnuves 80 far a8, it can bo gnthnmd, is, with vory few exceptions adverao o the polloy rocommended .by tho President in his rocently published memorandum. —_———— THE INDIAN COMMISSIONERS, Spectal Dispatoh to The Chteago Tribune, WY THEY BESIGNED, i ‘WasimNGTON, D, 0., Juno 7.—The resignation of the eminontly rospectablo membors of tlio Bosrd of Indinn Commiesioners, ycstorday, will not seriously - affeot the operations of the Indian Bureau, or the hoad Obiof, Delauo, as tho ocourrence appears to be a victory for Delano. It seems that for more than two yeara thore Lins boen & differenco of opinfon botween tho Com- migslonors aud the Interlor Dopartmont on the question of the control or motion on vouchors for all Indian contraots. George H, Btuart, of Philadelphia, Robert Gampboll, John V, Farwell, and ‘Willlsm E, Dodge, compriged the Excoutive ' * Committeo in the Board, with authorlty to examlue and upon all accounts of the Indisn Buroan, Tho Departmeunt always objeoted to the Board's ao- tion upon tho ncoounts, and July 1, 1872, discon- tinued the practice of gonding tho vouchery to them, on the ground that the Act of May 2V, 1873, reliovod thort from that oblgation, Tho noxg movo was on Congross at ity next session, ‘when the 1oard, in th discugelon of the then ‘Indian Appropristion DBill, intimatod that the ‘| ack upon them, and’ transmit, them to the .|-not of 1872 did not reloaso thom from tho per- ‘WasmNaroN, D. 0., Juno 7.—Theair line boon: 1 NUMBER 289, Board had not beon relleved from auditing tho aocounts. NO DEFINITE ACTION! dotormining tho matter was laken, howover, and tho Chalrmav, Mr. Branot, In January, 1878, addrossed a lottor to tho Becrotary of the Interior, summarizing the grounds taken by tho Board, and quoting precedents, as woll as tho bo= liof of ex-Bocretnry James M. Harlan, and said: 1t lisn beon tho deafgm of tho Toard to comply with | 1ie requiromonts of tho Iaw in sll-respeots, and to avold sny misunderstanding of ila intont, and I nm suro you will oppreciate the ombartans- ment wo feol at scoming to ocoupy o falso ponition 1o {hin rospocty sud my dosira for furlhor counsel {0 resorvo any doubis s to what required of us hfi the law, To this énd I respoctfully ask that you wilf submit tho caso to {ho Aesistant Attorney-Genoral for an_opinion g 1o the dutios in- cumbont upon the Doard in rogard to tho invostiga- tion of tho accounta and tho supervision of the oxpen- ditures of thie Indlan Deparimont,and I will feol t{rc«lly obliged if you will sccuro his carly attention to ha subjocts 2 THE BEQUEST COMPLIED WITH. Tho Boorotary referred the lottor, as requested, to Aseistaut Attornoy-General Bmith, who gave claborato opinlon, racite mfl tho ack of Afidl, 1869, which estabe lighed tho Board, of the sithsequont I%F(alnfiun which continuéd their imwem, and spocifiod that thoy would recoive all vouchors and accounts for goods or supplies, or for transportation, an Bocrotary for his aotlon, and docided that the formanco of that duty. This declsion was’ annoylng to the Indian Office, which carriod tho fight to tho Booratery's offloe, and procurcd nn ordor overruling tho de- monds of tho Doard. The action of the Bocrotary _ devolops. & curious Btate of ufairs. ~ Last year .o groat outory was made about' awards for contracts, and it was declared that tho contracta would fall mto tho bauds of tho very sot of mon whose namos mfiwn upon tho record of rojectod fraudulout 8, : . THE AGTION OF TIIE BOARD, From March 1, 1873, to Januury last, the Board spproved Dbills amountng to &8,260,000 aud disapprovod £420,900.00, Of this Intter amouut, the Board's aotlon was aj proved in but threo vouohers, amounting to 85,607, while their action on thirty-nine vouchers, smounting to $431,212,06, was se¢ asido by tho Becrotary in most casos, and in othora the mattor was quiotly pigeon-holed at the Interior Dopart~ mont, aud'tho Board caunot tell whothor these billa hiavo beon paid or not. Tn_ tho lst somo well-known names appear. Gen. Granville M. | Dm]sa had bills disapproved for §88,962.80, for frauds of various kinda at the Whotatone Indian Agenoy; :Av H, Wilder, bag. $29,205.85 die-. approved for illegal and oxorbitant oone. traots and fraudulent voucners; D. J. Mc-- Caun - los §28,416.80 . disapproved for . fraudulont oyercharges for . transportation in distance and prico; and P. H. Kolloy, an old contraotor, had SDD.H"I.BG disapproved for fraud- ulent substitution of corn ot agenoics, instend ot flour, a8 contracted for. In overy ono.of: or notious wore. BET ASIOE BY THE SECRETARY of the Intorior. This naturally mado tho mom- bors of the Board dissatisfled, as thoy wore ron- dorod poworless to provout fraud; but tho last reature wa the introduction-in tho now appro- priation bill of a-clause requiring all vouch- ers to bo examinod in this_city, sud not to bo romoved. This would requiro tho constant presence of tho Exooutive Committeo, or n part thoroof, and a8 tho mombers Borve. without pay, th:fl feel itto boan intentional and, deliberato schome to impair their -useful- ness. Theroforo their resignations were in nidflx;. and were tendored as telographed last' -night. - jecrotary Dolano has mado up his mind that' tho porsons to be sclected in place of the gou- i tlomen who resignoed, shall bo &u&kura and o is - now in Philadolphis 'looking up available men for the appointment. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago T'ribune, INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE BOAGD, New Yong, Juue 7.—The Hou. William E. Dodge, one of the Indisn Commissionors, was iutorviowod to-day on the resignation of six of ua colloagues. Ho enid that tho Commission, a8 originally formed, included ten mombors. They wereall andumnn of bhigh sooial dpoam:m. and it was undorstood that they should roceivo no compensation, At different times since the organization of tho Commisslon in 1869, four mombors, finding that thoy could not give tho mattor ail tho attoution it desorvod, withdrow, sud their places wero filled with othors. ‘Theso now moembers have, in . soveral instancos, boon dologated by tho Dopartmont of ilo Ictorior ou special service to tho Indisns, and the Departmont bas paid them @ fixed sum per day, 80 that whilo thoy did not eoolve alaries, they woro ronlly paid omployes, Tho lotter of Commission originally ‘appointed. - Moreover, ' the Commissionora iad thio power of anditing all bitls of oxpeuses for Indiau alfaira. While the law roquirod thnt all billa showld bo auditod by thom, | with the Becratary of tbo Interior, and aftor the | Commissioners had examined a bifl carofully, and deoided _ngainst its payment, it froquently happoued that, in tho opinion of tho Seoretaly of the Interior, tho bill should be paid. The .publie held the Commissioners responsiblo for he payment of the bills, but they had no power in tho mattor boyoud what haa been stated. ‘Under those ciroumatances the six Qommission- ors thought it to resign, Gen, Grant was right at hoart in his policy pass |- toward tho Indiaus, and, under propor manage- ment, 1t would bo ultimately successful. Their resignations had beon under considoration for some’ time, but tho formel lottor had been seat only & week sgo. = ¢ . —— THE SUMMER EXODUS, Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. WIERE TUE OABINER WILL SPEND THE SUMMED, ‘Wasuivaron, D. 0., June 7.—Tho oxodus of peoplo from Washington toepond the summer st theso cases Bpocified, tho record states that their. | rosignation s signed by the six mombora of the ! * yet the ultimato power to pay them was left | Y with, Gen, Bristow, tho now Seorctary of the Trbasury, and, it ho will scoopt, tho place will, doubtless, be given to lum, Mr. Thomas O, Cox, a formor olork in the Btato Dopartment, and Iatterly the Seerotary of tho American and British Joint Olaims Com- missfon, ia nlsa montioned as the probable chofco for Asslatant Seorotsry in the ovont of tho deolination of Col. Wharton, and it in ne- nrortod, somewhat prematuroely, it s thought that tho mattor has already beon soltled, and the offico tondered to and accopted by Mr, Cox. TIE TARIFF REVISION. An attompt will be mado to take up tho Tarift billin tho Bonato on Thursday. The olause tax- ing atock-snles, ete., was to bo advooated to- maorrow boforo tho Finance Committoo by Rop- resentativo Btarkwoathior, who originated the proposition, and Commissioner of Intornal Rov- onue Douglasa, who hoartily approves it. THE CIVIL RIGNTS DILL DEAD, : Itis concoded, on il bands, that tho Olvil Rights bill fs doad, . Grant will cortainly veto it if passed, his purpose helng it 18 msmerted, to mako himeolf popular with the Bouthorn poople In view of his third-term aspirations, but it can- not pass the Houso, It {8 undorstood that Dlaine hos sotively opposed ite pnssage, bocause, it s atd, ho docs not wish to give Grantn cliance to veto it. i FOREIGN. | Don COarlos -Authorizes the Elec- tion of a Council. “ Banquet to Rochefort in’ England. BPAIN. BaYoNNE, June 7.—Don Oarlos has lssued decroa anthorizing the provincos mow ocon- pled by his forces to olect . members of the Counci} which {8 to porsonally attend him in Bpain, The Oarlist troops are concentrating ab ! Tudela to savo Eatettn. Gon. Concha is march- ing to attack thom, | Mapnip, June 7.—It 1a ramored that tho Car- Yists hnve boen routed at Gangos, with » loss of ! 160 killed and wounded. . | Bonor Urga-Armigo has accepted the appoint- .mont of Bpanish Ambassador to Frauce. il Mapnin, Juno 7.—The Gazella publishes a ciroutar addressed by the Minister of Forelgn Affairs todiplomatio roprosontatives of Bpain. It promises the re-establishmont of peacoin ! Bpata and Ouba, and, whon the presont excop- tional oondition of affairs is torminated, tho complete establishmont of representativo insti- ‘futious will become the guarantoe of morsl ordor, i ' —————— GREAT BRITAIN. Lonpox, Juno 7,—The Communists’ of this olty will tender a banquot to Rochofort on his arrival in England, ) ———— FRANCE,, . Loxpox, June 8,—The Standard's Paris cor- roepondent anys that the manifesto of the Left Contre, calling for a declaration of the Republio or o digsolution of the Assombly, bas caused the rontost sonsation since tho overthrow ofs Pros- dont Thiors, Itis gonorally thought that its .effect . will bo to haston the day of dissolution, andnot improve the prospect of $ho establish- mont of aregular Governmont.. Tho Conserva- tives are dismoyed, gy : MARINE INSURANCE. Formation of an International Board of Luke Underwriters, 3 Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicago Triduna, 1 Burravo, N. Y., June 7,—O0n the 8d and 4th {nst., the Executive Committee of tho National Bonrd of Lako. Underwritors hod o conforence in Toronto with tho,K Marino Underwriters of Canads, and doclded to Tocommend the formd- tion of an Intornational Board, on the samo foundation ns the existing Natiopal ono, Tho rocommendation, with an amendment, constitu- tion, and by-laws, was submitted to the National Board, sssomblod at Niagara Falls, and by thom unanimously adopted, thus ;obanging it into an International one. e fol- lowing six Qanadian companies wore admitted to ‘momborehip: British Assuranco, Western Assu~ _rance, Anchor Marine Iasurance, Royal Conndinn Insurance, Dritish and ‘Toroign urance, and ;tho'Canadiay Inland Eloyds: i’ .._Tho Exeocutive Committee ia ag follows: E.D, Holdon, Milwaukee; E. A. Eustaphive, Buffalo; W. Lovering, Bufl T. B. Bmith, Buffalo; F. ‘B. Dodge, oledo ; J. O. Clark, Détroit; T, L. Parker, Ohlunfiu; W. Leconry, . New ork A, "W, ' Hayomsn, New . Yotk E. P. Dorr, Buflalo; G. A. Tisdalé, Oleveland; B. Holdan, Toronto; ¥, A, Ball, Toronto; ‘Alaxs ‘ludloir Murzay, Montreal, snd O. G. Fortior, Moi- ra: 5 Tho question of rates and the interforenco in tho snmo by “companies not members of tho Toard was disoussod, and a ‘resolusion adopted ta tho effeot that, if thiey perslutea in reducing rates, the Excoutivo Commiites should, on the 11th inst., lowor tho ratos one-balf, and reduco thom gtill furthor if that was not effeclive. CROPS IN. IOWA. J Correipondence of The Chicaao Trribune, - . MusoaTINE, Ia., June 5, —Owing to the dry,: | hot wenther for tho last ton days, the crops.have sufferod considerably for the want of rain. From' -t cold, backward spring, the woathor booame ex- | tremoly hot, and the thermomator ranged above 90 dogrogs’ for aoveral days, whioh ia rather un-: ueual in May. The young oats are fired; tho, wheat and tho moadows show the effects of tho watering places and seastdé and country resorta ' will bo proportionstely as large this sonson as on the soveral procoding ones. Noarly all of tho prominent Govornment officials and most of our! well-to:do oitizons aro making preparations to, sond their familics to summer resorts, 4 The President will go to Long Branch in the! course of s fow days after Congress adjourns, ' Beoratary Fish and family will epond the great- er part of the summor at their country :seat on “the Hudson River. Y ' - Tho new Beorotary of the Treasury will devote, most of his time to businoss in’ Wasbington, but' | bomay occasionally take a run down to the Branch to confer with His Excollonoy. Attornoy-Goneral Willisms and - Boorotary Belknap will, thomsolves, . probably remain somewhat closer at tholr posta of duty this sum-' mer than duriog the summers of '72and ‘73, but Mra, Willisms will go away for the purposo. of recuperating her health, wl{mh hss been vory! poor ever sined the v LEJEOTION OF MER HUSBAND'S NOMINATION for Chief-Justice, and Mrs, Bolknap will make & visit to her relatives in Kentuoky. Beoret: Delano will spond somo time at.his, home in Ohio, and also expoots to go Into Last~ ern valos to while nway n fow woehs, Postmastor-Goneral' Orosyrell will maka his anstomary somi-mouthly, cr,mwkl{;; visits to Lis’ . home at Elkton, Md., esch lrlg taking up two or three daya," § | B, Bastiold, tho French Mintstor, bag lonsod: tho Qushing ostate at Newport, and will ocoupy it during the onsuing summer, - Count Corti, the 1talian Ministor, will ocoupy d he the Daker cottago at Nownort. 3 RN, BIERMAR LEFT YO §7 to-night on & brief visit, during pected that he will make arrangewencs for tho romaval to tho city of his famlly, as woll a8 the Headquarters of the army, (7o ths Assoclated Press,} ‘WasunaroN, May 7.—Soon after the'adjourn- mont of Congroes, the Presidont will visit his family rolatives on tho Kanawahs, in Wost Vir- ginis, thon rotwrnto Wasnington, and will re- sumo bis summer rosidence st Loug Branoh shaat July 4. ~ ———— NOTES AND NEWS. . Bpectal Dispateh to Cha Chicago Lridune, BAWYER'S BUCOESSOB, 5 WasmiNarox, Juno 7,~The nomination of » ‘uuc‘cnsnut to Assistant Seorotary of, tho Treasury Bawyor, will bosent to tho Sounte in a fow days, -probably to-morrow.. - Col, Whatton, at presont the Uvited Statos Distriet Attornoy for Xen- (tucky, i4, 88 was previously stated in those dls- ‘patehos, tho gontloman who is moat llkely to rocelve the appointmont, He is an intimate friond: of, and hea been assoolated in -businesy !extremo heat, 80 unseasonablo ; whilo the ryo will fecl it worse. The corn looks good cand -atands even. .There havo boan seagonablo show- - erg ll round ua; and yosterday wo had tho bost and hoaviest rain of the season, and, ns it hay alnod & good. part of the wmight, «things look, ‘brightor this morning; but Ism afraid the fruit ‘has sufferod soveroly. owing to the ground being |. 80 dry. - Tho °‘lem:l bas-not been thoroughly wet and soaked.for ovor two yoars, and the two dry soasons in succession: was hard on fruit- traos, as it gave thom .no chanco to recuporato aftor tho sovero wintora. : OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. i Livenroor, Juno 7,—The mmsm&nmnm‘ from New York, and lllinois, from Philadelphis, arrived out. | NEw Yong, Juno 7.—Arrived, Algorln and Galto from Liverpool, and sicamor Odor, from romen. : i . 1 : «THE. WEATHER. i WasmNaroN, D, 0,, June 7.—PROUABILITIES —TFor the Uppor Lako Rogion' and the North- weut, Incroas| ngloloudlnnsa and logal rains ; in- oreasing eastorly or southerly winds ; rising temperature and falling barometer, - LOUAL ODSENVATIONS. . : Direstion and|’ OinoAgo, June 7, 1874, % \forea of watnd, i - Hour of ob- f Weather, sérvation, | .03 74 88 W, fresn .., Fair, 1180, m', 20,07: 78 | 65 |Wis freah 1.0 Fair, . m,; 130,08, 80 | 64 8,'V7,, froshi ! Fuir, 3 r m+;[20.70] 80 | 08 |N, W, fresh..[Ful 0100 P, 29, '"\l 4 | 84 18, 11 10:18 , .. "40.77! 85 “Mazimum thermomeler, 83, Minhuum thormoncter, 84 alufel 10 Lwenty-four hours, .17, GENEBAL OBBERVATIONS, i Ourcano, June B—1a, m, Shation, i, Weather. |, . Treck'ridgo [20.64 103 Light raln, Galra, 19,65 al Chicago, Choyenns Gloveland Oinolunat Denves Dotrolf 70) ; ' 1iif20.02] - BY[8.) frosh.... Toroumn otmotl aals: T tredh ‘Mibwaukos,,[20,85 00 8, 1., gentl Marquetts ?ml\fl“ 20,05 Pombina A Ym!:‘k\ml 129,43/ Talodo.esesloress THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. Damage Done by Recent Storms East and West, The Village of Tampico, Iil, " Wreoked by a Tornado, Many Persons Drowned in Oneide Lake, N. Y. A Span of the Bridge at Troy, N, Y., . Destroyeds The Effects of Saturday Night's Storm in Chicago. ! . The Storm in Chicagos Tho storm Baturday night was tho most vio- lont, and, in some reapects, tho most romarkable, that has visited this olty for some years, as ro- gords tho honvy rainfall, the display of light~ ning, snd thoe slmost total sbsonce of wind. Tho storm, which came from the west, moved very slowly. It.bogan ralning about 7 o'clock ‘s far gouth ae Fortioth strect, and rained in torronts for nearly two bours. Duriog that time, though the sky was clouded and tho shoot-light~ ving instant, no rairr fell in the central portion of tho city. It did not begin thera until 11 Solock, and rained with great violeuco untiln littlo aftor 12, whion it stopped ontiroly, and the sir beeame oxcessively olose, . ‘The storm rocommenced, howaver, with still grenter violonce about 1:30 o’clock, the raln, minglod with hail, falliog without intorruption for hal? an hour, when it (;lmdunlly engod, and tho sky boon cloarad off. This_sccond dolugo was obiefly romarkablo for the thundorand lightoing which occompanled it,. tho ' city ap- urontly'lying in tho very coutro of tho path of .tho storm, " R ¢ e . Tt soniowhat romarkablo that so little damago ‘was dono. A fow traes were struck by lightuing in , tho 'western part © of tho. - city, but tho ' only sorlous nccldont was " tho ignitlng of & two-story framo building at No. 1";7"1l Went Harrison streot. The premises woro ‘owned by Frank Natchin, and occupied in part by a Mr. Soavy a8 a-residonco, and by the meat- atore of Seanton & Ford, noither of: whom sus- tained any loss. Tho building «as damaged to tho oxtont of §400, which is dovored by inour- anco, 3 e * BPECTROHCOPIQ ODEERVATIONS. ° Prof. Maro' Delafontaine, of cur olty, om- , braced tho unusual opportunity to make closo and froquent obsorvations of the lightnin flash throughi the spootroscope. Mo, obtaing somo results which differ conslderably ‘from tho conclusions arrived at' by European obsorvers, whnngm\( of the spectrn of the differont ltinds _of lightning na being identical. Ho found that tho Bheot-lightning - in -every instance gavea spootrum’ fu which the red, orange, "and:yellow portions of the band wero sbuent, whilo the green, blup, fodine, and violot wero porfaot, tho greon being apparently tinted with a bluish cast which was probably due to the absenco of the ruddy rays, On.tho contrary, the forked light— ning gave tho completo (discontinuous) spoc~ ,trum, and on one occasion showed distinotly tho ' double lino 't middie of the yollow, whicki is ‘a sure sign of the prosenco of sodium, In the last- +named case, the Lightning -was within 20 degrees «of the horizon,” snd tuo sodium line was un- doubtedly given by thoe salt in the lower strata .of oloud vapor. The bands in tho spectra wero very regular fu breadth, and' fine, showing that ‘unusual and unequal pressure wero alike absent. “Tho flashes bemg only momentary, there was 116 -opportunity to measure tho. positions of the .lines, or to diesoct out those duo simply to at- mospheric wbsorption, Terrible Tornado at Tampico, I11. . Taserco, Whitestde Co., IlL., June 7.—A tor- ‘riblo tornado passod over thia villaga Tast night, | -making a comploto wreck of: it, yot, wordorful | to: say, . no lives wore lost, though & humbor> of péisin Were' “injured, “'several’| seriously, Twenty-ono dwollings were totally dostroyed, = and every house ..in -town .more or loss damaged. The elevator of Glags~ _horu & Bryant, containing about 12,000 bushels of grain, and that of Boach, containing about | 600 buibiols, woto totally domolishoed, and tlo .dopot of tho Cbicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- road badty damaged. . THE OABUALTIES. : Tho most serious casuslties nre Mrs, 'J. G. .Gates, log broken in two places; Maria Barnes, nw, broken snd dangorously iujured on tho :hond, so that It is doubtful whather she recovers; another Mrs, Gates, seriously bruised ; Mrs. Poarsoll, badly injured; Mrs, " Gatos,, shoulder, ‘{ of othors wero inEurnd, but none unrlmul¥. The broken; Grauville Cannon, badly hurt sbout tho, hoad ; J. G, Gates; bruisod soverely, A numbor _peoplo aannot yet estimato the amount of dam age, bug they are hunting up and gathoring to gothor what little the storm bns lefs, .~ The tornado etruck tha place at ton minutes .after 11 o’clock and was accompanied by rain, and sovere thunder and lightning, The storm -cnme from the West and lasted but & fow min- utes. EARLY STEPS FOR RELIEF, . . Ag goon ay information of thocalamity reached tho officers of the Chicago, Burlington & Quin; Railroad, they volunwora& & spocial tramn which . bag e‘nnt arrived, bringing Dra. Edwards and .Cook, from Mendota, to out sssistance. Thoy aro dolng all they can for us. . 8o far as known thero was little or no damage done in the sur- Tounding country. Xienvy Storm in tho State of Now Yoric. T'roy, N. Y., June 7.—A heavy storm of thun- -der, lightnlng, apd rain struck this placo this afternoon. During its continunnce one span of tho now iron bridge across the Hudson to Wost Troy was either blown down or struck by light~ ning, and, falling ‘into tho river, sunk four canal-boats lylng at tho dock under it. There were fifteon porsons in tho boats, all of whom . aro suppossd to have escaped.. Tho boats were loaded with iron-oro. The epaa of the bridge wau 240 feot long. Lous 840,000 Urica, N. Y., Juno 7.—It is reported here that twenty persons wore drowned while ‘salling and fishing on Onelds Lake to-day, and seven per- sous in : Onondaga Lake, Ono of tho most tor- riflo thunder-storms over known bias provailed in this vioinity this aftornoon and sveming, Byraousk, N. Y., June 7.—The storm on On- ondaga Lake yesterday was terrible. A party of six mon wore out In u rail-boot, snd,scoing the utorm coming, they attompted to go -ashore, but tho wind ‘struck them, and their -galls wera' torn into shreds, Thoy wore . soon after capsized when about n quarter of a milo 1rom shore, but successfullylanded, - This party 8oy they saw another boat oapeized contalning an 0ld man ond two youngladies. + A young man was alio drowned. A numbor of boats wore picked up empty on the west shore of the lako, ;:ud the é:robnhuhy is thet & numbor more hipve oon loat, = Xlenvy Rain-Storm in Fichgan, sipectal Dispatch to The Chicagn Tribune, @naNDp Raripg, Juno 7.—A torrifla rafn-storm visitod this part of the Htate last night, bogin. ning at about 11 o'slock aud lasting fully " fiva hours, 'The most sorious acoldent stteuding it a4 the Dotroiv & Milwaukee Rallrona 81 g(l‘e:‘;mm of Ionia, Aboul ton fest of tho road- bed was washod away, and tho night expross, at 5 o'cloplk this moruing, was turown iuto iho dltoh atthat poiut. Aun employe named Friedburgh bed his shoulder broken, sud tho enginear, fireman, and two [.immsuugnm wora slightly soratebod and brulsed. . Tho engine and tender were separated, one going -ench side of tho traok, A wrocking-train was sent out from liero, but waguuable to reach thesoone of the ac- oldent, as it%as found that 100 feat of the track 1iad boon swopt away one mile east of Saranao, and at noon ('m wator war still ruuning ra{)ldly through the out, ‘Flie wash at Saranac 18 to be ropmired with timbors at once, In this oity two of the largest sowors.oaved in, and overywhora wtroots are badly out up by tho.vast floods of wates that ran.through thom, . Fifty faet of tho Grand Rapidé & Indisne Railroad track two milea from thls city were washod away. Tho repairers bave hoen at work all day. Teaws ‘basged ovor this aftornoon, RAILROAD NEWS, Conviction undor the Wisconsin Itaik i rond Low, Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ATERTOWN, Wis,, Juno 6.—On the 0Oih, the “of a suit for violating what is known as tho +or Rallrond not waa commenced bofore 0. I, o '8 Justico of tho Poaco. Tho attornoys for U blaintilt woro Dist.-Atty, N. Bteinacke, of -'H—Is‘mun. and W. V. Seeloy, of this nltyfi !fir' 12" fefondant, D, Hall, of thia clty, ond = 3in of Columbus.’ It was & jury trinf, Tho 12 3 of thio cnso soom to Lo, that, on the 29th of A5, 0. W. Rold, n Chicago travolin agent, 43 fod to go from Watottown to Madison. ‘E, ‘tried to buy s ticket at tho station 8% 20 logol rato of 3 conts s miloj but tho raflroad-clork refusod to sell for loss thait tho Company's prico,—4 conts s milo, The travoler atoppod on to conch and orossed ovor to tho junction, tolling tho conductor, Honry Titzeorald, that ho was willing to pnylngn\ faro, | and claima the mouey was tendorad, 1o con= ductor told him he niust buy & tickot before he could go. It go happened that tho conch the travoler wos in did not go .any furthor, and B hod to get off. In seeking to got aoboard ome that did go to adi« Bon, hio was forbidden without firat shows ing Dbis ticket, and every offort ha mado to forco his -way in wna reslsted. Angry words and threats followod, and tho_result was, that the pnuunPur who wanted to rido acvording to tho Jaw was loft boliind, This boing tho first trial of tho kind thnt haa oceurrod hors, it oxcltod a lively intorest, Every yo‘nt waa sharply contosted by the attoraeys. I'ho trial bogan at 2 o'clook on Fridayaftornoon, snud closod at 6 o'dlock Baturday ovoning, the jury roturning & vordiot of ‘‘guilty.” Tho gontonco was o fino of 8200 and costs,—tho full extont of the law. Tho caso, of courso, was ap— oalod to the Circuit Court, which convenes noxt optember, ) ‘This §s the socond trial in tha State under the now Rallrond aot, Inthe firet, thal at Ripon, the Jury disagreed. . CASUALTIES. Two Children Killed by a Conl='Traims 8pecial Lispatch o The Chicago Trivune. ¥ Arnow,. 0., Juno 7.—A sad aceidont occurred Saturday ovening, at 6 o'clock, on the Browstexs Coal Railroad, s short distance south of Akron, ot a point_whore tho Oloveland, Mt. Vornon & Dolawaro Railroad and tho Atlautio and Great Western Railrond cross. About 16 feet above, sovoral ohildron lied congrogated to watch the train on the Oleveland, Mt. Vernon & Delawaro Tnilroad pass ovor tho bridgo, whon a conl-traln camo along, and, bofore tho - littlo onas could comprohond tho situntion, was upon them. Jnmes Higgins, about 4 yoars old, and Willid Corbott, aged 7, woro struck by the engine. Tho formor hnd bis "leg sovercd at tho thigh, Whicts resultod in denth, and Corbott's 80 torious that he cannot livo. fujurios ara Kceroseno Eatnlity. OinarsNaTl, O., June 7.—A sad coal ol acel- dent ocourred hore to-night, in which Mrh, Aunn Vondeberg was fatally burncd in the profonce of Lior father, mother, and husband, nll of whom wero badly burned tearing the burning clothes from hor body. Bho used coal-oil in Lindling a firo. Showas 17 years old, und was married ouly last Tusadey. B = ' — e FIRES, g At Caire, 111, : Catno, IiL,, June 7.—A block of five frame buildings on Commoercial avenuo, ownod by Mra. Nassnns, Mrs, Cahill, Josoph Lufkier, aud Fu M. Ward was totally destroysd by fire this noon.' ‘Lioss nbout $12,000, Dlre, Nassana wus ipsured for 81,500, and Lufkior for 81,000 in Now Yorls and 8t; Louis companios ; no insuranco reportod on tho others. W. 1. Bandusky, o river pilot, whilo at work on a firo-ongine at the fiva yester= day, was prostrated by sunstroke, and his-vondie tion is eritieal. At Cloveland, 0. CLEVELAND, ., Juno 7.—The coopor-shops off’ Clark & Payno, 4nd of Snydor & Son, on_Seraas ton sveuuo, ware dostroyed by firo this afte noon. Qlurk & Payno's loss is about 320,000 5 Bnydor & Sous, §6,000, and both aro partislly ine «sured, It isthought that the firo was caused by lightning strilang ono of tho buildinga. - RELIGIOUS. . The Ohio Univeraalist Copvention, CLEVELAND, O.; Juno 7.—In the Univorsalist Convontion to-day the morning session was 0o- oupled with religious exercisos and -an address by Mre. C, A. Boulo, of Now Yoik, in bohalf 6f the woman professorship in Buchtel Colloge.. At tho olose of the addross, an appeal was made for ‘funds for the College, $2,000 being needed to 'cnmglutn the amount tor two professoreling; £2,253 wero subsoribed. In tho atlernoon, tha Rev. 8, H. McCollester, of Buchtel Colloge, da« livored an eloquont gormon. The Convention clogod witheprayer, and thero waa a conference “mooting in the ovening. : . CRIMIE, Shooting Affray. . Prrranura, Pa., Juno 7.—During & fight inm houso of ill fame on Wateon street this moraing, & man named George Edger was shot throug) the bowels and faoe by a policeman named Poita and was injured €0 Soverely that ho will dio. Potts has boen arrested. 5 — HABEAS CORPUS CASE DECIDED. MrLwAuKeE, June 7.—The argumonts bsforo i the County Judge in tio haboas corpus caso of O'Conner, an inmate of the Soldiers’' Home, wha had' beon ‘arrestod on & warrant from tho Mu- nicipal Court for an offense committod on tha rounds of the Homo, were concludod dynstordny. &hu Judge stated that he would docide that tho risoner was lawfully in the custody of tha ghnrm, but withheld s formal decision to giva the counsel for tha Home an opportuaity to gotb » writ of certiorari from tho Bupreme Court. The case volves tha question whethor the Homo is under civil or military jurisdiction. It ia stated that in consequence of tho docision tha Commandant will recommmend that the Home af Milwaukee bo discontiuued. . — A WALL STREET SENSATION. New Yonrg, Juuo 0.—The Zribunc eays thay Wall atreot 18 about to have another scuration in a litigation betweon John Bteward, or Fifth ayenuo, and Commodore Vandorbilt, growing out of stock and other monotary oporations, wherein the former claims that tho Intter is indebted to Lim for aconsidorable sum. The tiouble is reported to have originated in the tamous Vsr - dorbilt-Erio litigation, when onormous nums arg snid to have boeu spont at Albauy, It i3 alju snid’that, in the lquidation growlng out of the adjustmont of th:so trausactiond, there wan o considorablo balauco which Stowexd élnfmoti, bug which Vanderbilt would not wllow. B —— Ilow Vusquez s Shackiled, The Californis autborities stand in wholesoma droad of Vasquoz, prisoncr ss he is, und giya bim credit for great wkill in making exoapns, The hand-ouffs dovissd by the -Bheriff of don- tersy County for use on him are thus doecribed : # Thoy cousist, firat, of & round iron bar abons an inch in diameter, and- two and .o half feot long- At tho upper ond of thiy bar s avtacked & small, atous ring, whioch passes through a hole driliod 1n another iron bar, fit~ toen fuches long and not quite as thick us the first. The second bar §s horizontal, running at right angles with tho first, Ay elthor ond of tho horizontal bar aro fastenad two small, Loavy rlnEt. and a wrist shiackle of fluo stool, Tha lock on thoso shackles is of a vory peoulisr oud intricato construotion, Whon tho prisouot’s wrists are confined in them it will e uttorly im- possible for him to get his hunds nour anough togother to do any mischiof, so that the possos- plon of a fllo or auny ather mechanica} tool would not ennblo him to froe himuolf, At tho lower oud of the perpondloular bar is another hoavy sing, to which 1 sttached on either pido o atont chain about five inohes long. Tendent to those ohaing ara dwo enklo ghackles of slinilar ooustruotipn to thoso for the wrist, The prisonor will thus be able to use hislogsin walking, but only to a vory limited oxtent. By no poeaibulity oan he gob lundy aud foob tov sethor,” g