Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 28, 1874, Page 2

ARSON. = Sudden Outbreak of Incondi- orism, _ Tho Plot h; Blow -ln; tho- Building-on " Clark Stréets } = Interview with. B_tnad_en---}]fe Is Utterly Ignorant. Dogeription of His Promises planatory Disgrams Arrest of Anderson, the Portland Avehpe Incendiary. ‘1 'he Insurance Men Recelve the Ultimatum- of the Na- ° tional Board. It Ts Submitted to tho Council by the Mayor. A Motion Mado fo Repenl tho New Fire- Limits Ordingnce. Gen, Sheridan on tho Fire-Marshal’ Question. Tast Thuraday Tz Tatoye called attentlon to tha singular provalence of fires_ ocourTiug un- der suspicious ciroumstances, and auggostod that thoy muat bo the work of incendiaries. It also stated oxclusivoly that Assistaat-Buporin- tendent Hickey was paylog speocisl attention to $ho subject, sud was closoly followiug soveral por- gons who wore suapsoted of arson, The suspl- cions thon expressed have beon fully confirmed by tho ocourrence of two firea due to.incéndin rios, and tho arrest; of the perpotratora, Itis now to bo hoped that tho prompt and sovere punishmont which will follow will deter; others fromn_attemptiog to go into this businoss, Tuo Clark stroot case may bo 8ot down ag due to tho prratico of over-insuring, which in this in- - stanco docs not seom to have beon doo with disreputablo companios, Seyeral insuranco mon admittod that it was & prelty oloar caso, bat they fell back on the declaration that it was impossi~ blo for n company to keep track of tha stocks it |' insures, and that ip 50 large n city 2a this.a man, |- could sell all his goods at auction, or cark thiem off, without it coming to the “kuowlodge of the agont who did tno ivsuring. So long as.tho churaotor of tho insured- wre good, thers was -no roason for perpotmal scrutiny, An tngurance man who, has kiiown Staadeu for twonty yeurs says his charnclor, iwan slways good, and that the etatowenta . concorning Lis incendiary proclivitios are uutrio,” Ha assorts Liis stock wwas worth all iv was_iusired for. whon iusured 3 that tho, companios nsuring lim did; ot solioit Lig busiuoss, sod regarded’nm as a. | goud risk. N THE FIRST REGULARLY-OROAN % at whotosalo iucendiazism, " this soasoi, was dia- covered at No, 191 Lake ot, by Officor Watery, on the tight ot Jul Soveral Lutter tubn, fitled . with® keroscue oil, and about thirty-five onndd” of guupowder, i were Judiciousty Yucud Leneath the floors of the con- corn, and o trmn_ wog_ regularly laid, eo that an explasion of terrible consequonces was designed. Tortunatoly, as in tho Staaden caso, tho discov- ory wus wudo in tune to drovont & catustrophs, ulihough scant timo was loit to savo the prom- ives, The Firo-Patrol, under Capt. Bullwinkle, wero on the ground witl areditable promptocss, and - discovered tho *gun- owder plot” in a moment, On tho fol- fowing dsy, Abrabam aud Issso Robinson woro arrosted on charge of having concocted the erime, bind o hearing beforo Justice Boyden and were held to awail tho action of ‘the Grand Jury. —_— NIOCHOLAS STAADEN. ‘Thin i8 tho wretch whoeo well-laid plans wonld have euveloped tho North Divislon in flames on Sunday night but for an accldont and the vigl- tanco of the two Borgeants, Gerbing: mnd Iathnway, of the Chicagd Avenue Po- lico Btation. With . such a pgale of wind a8 prevailed Sunday morning, and such n villninously detailed acheme for the destruc- tiou of the building occupied by tlie incendiary, it {s Littio short of marvelous that tho fire was ex- tinguished without loss of lifo among the police- wen and flremon, and a vast loss of proporty.on tho North Side. The clements favorod the ma- licious avarico of tus incendiary ; the vigilanco and promptitudo of the city's oflicers provented & cnlnstrophe. What an indiviaual planned, diseipline nud comnfio frustratod; the scoundrol’ who contemplated tho decd is in custody awalt- fug trial; tha oflicers devorve tha utmost praise. &u the rear part of the Lasoment is & stable whero Stawdon kept two horees, which were re- moved Sunday afterncon. Everything in tho building. with the nbovo sxcoption, -remained untouckhed, the beds on the wsocond foor not linving bech mado, and £ho génoral appearauce nt tho rooma indicating that the effects had not beuu disturbed. o ‘ THE ALATM eame from Box 736 ut 1258 yestorday mornlng, au roported in tho last {ssue, aud First Assist- avt live-Marshal Bweonio snd a stoamer hap- pened to bo passing on the roturn from the fire on Elston avenus, But for this fuct the fire would beve guined such headwny as to have destroyed all vestigos of the disbolical plot. While tho fire was burning briekly on the nor'h sido of tho butlding, sud Lad not boen aa- tuety quenched on tha" oppositoe side, where the. powder lay, firomen, policemen, and roportors weio {u and out, Tho water poured ko fast from caok-stoved. The aamo utensila fll the apaso | arid realr; and that this peraon u:v fi:u\%uot v, morobyor, batweon the :two countors, Tho ocondiilon of | houtat which you went ‘ont; | | n?llrnl ‘oxaminnd b{) [ op:{‘!c:l il this 1 Inoe.r ulhnl.’yion wunl;l tob rotura unbil ‘g:;o‘ok this _ |\bind the ecuntor on the'south slde was & wtova | morsing: and was otherywleo, +in'your e Ot 5 fast. high, AUjacant. o it, | afaira.” {hia In your ofhiorleel fo o 1a 40P - aud conneotod with a caudloburnlng in thoe stove, was n barrol of resln, thoconnoction bofug form- ealn of raga Aaturalsd with benzino Anothiar train of rags uatiiratod with bonzine led from thy stove to & masy of 63 TOUNDH OF QUNPOWDER. ronting npon--the-traii.waa kog of 25 pounds, TOTALLY I0NORANT, Mr. Btandan—I do not knowruything abont it, T was out Taow, ™ Reporter—You say you Lad s liconso to,spll powder, ITow mueh wero yow silvived to’ keop on your. protises at.n tino 7 ab ol town altor 2 in all With & liolo borod [nto it aboutale *u inch from | Nr..Btandon—I . hought, it a¢ s wholesalo tho botton, the hole fltted with & fuso of papor | ‘hotido, - Thoy iad Brtedu koge'tlioro.’! T gdt/onid sslurated in. bepawo, Adjoining it was anothor lwq._ L K 2 kag o powder with & hold ‘in it, and aumo 1évke | Tioportar—Tow' muck powder db you keop,'| ‘powdor, sprond . on’the fop and 8 i‘nukngo of. six otndd” wrapped up,'In papor. Leading 'from his mndgnzing was Bnother irain of rags satu- rated with bonzino, londing in a line, 00 feotlong, to a window In the partition botweon tho bricl addition 'and the framo bullding. The rag train wau lost In a pilo of kindling-wood, and emorged from it .again’ to lead: into o bundlo of straw, through which it ran into n pilo of rosin’ halt- burtod lu stra. : i Followlug tho rags, tho oxaminor tracod thom thirough a window on the north side of ‘the par- tition, along tho north elde of tho storo, behind thio north countor. . The outining indondfary hnd removad two traps leading iuto tha brysmant, in order to supply a good draught, ' Anothor train Jod duwn one of these traps, while the origlusl lod ton second wtoyo, corréanonding with the first, Adjoiuiug this was snother bariel of rouin. ‘Tl caudio in tho stove on -tho nouth pida wan ovidently fntondad to lgnito tho rage at tho samo timo that the north-sido train took fire. It was only by an accidont that tho lattor candlo ignitod its train firet, L b Mo oxact position of: aftairs will cloarly shown by the following DIAGRAXM OF THE FIRE. ' lh{ WIE : 3 B - - Mr. 'Blnndon—I-can't toll yon ‘how muchi I . gob & kog whon Twnbdt, =~ o 00 0ot Ttoportor—You had hore two koj -Mr. Btasdon—Yos; I fllled up ono keg, 'and that mads two kegs, ' % el oo llupunor,—-AudELhut As ALl e 2T Mr, Standon—Yoy, that, waig all, >0 v ¢ J s © OANNOT UNDERSTARD. G Y 7 1. TNeportor—And “boir ‘camo ‘thut' phokage in papnr?. G S S LT Ir. Staadon—I do not understand you: ‘| - Reportor—Whoroe did that'package b2, powder come from ? A A AR . Mr, Standon—TI had a keg fn’ the ‘atore, and I- fitlod it up, : v Iy Toporter—Haw came tho holes in the keg?™ ! Mr, Stardon—1 do not understand you. '~ Ttoporter—Of courso not. -~ What was the Iatent hour ot which you wero in tho'store ? , ‘and wont to Lincoln Park, and thoré T'met; the Captain, 'Then I wont and got some peer, and took & drink, “Thon I met Mr. Thomas Bhirloy -and talked with lhim sbout 'collecting -about %10,000 dne me, and asked bim to'collect it apd Iiad a'glnes of wino. Thon I drove “ont to Lako Viow; and met Mr. Tolz, tho “jaileri - Then X wont to Bunnyeido, and had something to ditnk, - Whon "I was- thero I thought"X would drive out_to Roschill, whore' my wifa is buried, and seo her, but Mr, —— gaid 16'was too Into, ‘80" stayed al Bunnyside and had some H:nr.v The storm camo,up, and I drank: snd ank, . B ¥ TRoporter—What made you drink s muoh? Mr. Standon—I waa a little norvous, ' TS PROFERTY. aro sald tobe 8 man of prop- bo: more i1 TRoporter—You orty. . . P Mr. Standon—Ob, nonsenso; [ do not ,own anything,—not now, I did onco, but now——-* Reporter—You aro'sald to ba worth $15,000. Mr. Staadens—A fow montha ago I would not have sold for 560,000, but real estato is so dull’ ‘X don’t thivk I conld got half that, = < 'i- “Roporter—You own nine -housos, you eny. ~ Mr. Stasdon—All burned. LT o ‘ Reportor—You own the roal eatate, B ool * Mr, Staaden—What can I got for that?’ Noxt- td'pothing. Business ié very bad., Whon T want tobuy, . rasl estate is'very high; ‘whon I' soll it ia vory low. b, > e - TNOURANGE,, . *|*"Raportot-—You’hnd’ your stock, worth a good dea), ' and your muchi wis your fusranca? Mr. Btazdon—I do not know. “Reportor—On your stock? 3 Mr. Btasdon—Oh, that was 97,00 Reporter—In what company-? o S M. Stasdon—In the Hamburg, of Bromep.. Roporter—And on'your farnitaro 7 - e Mr. Stasden—Twa’ thousand ddlints; ko the Undervwriters', Mr, Lloyd's agenoy. e * Reportor—~And you area muchiabus; which was inguranco.,; H 2 a x‘:’efaun?j . "Mr, Stasdén-=T don't kiow: g hili!{l out it. “{ ¥ - The inancance actually wad 816,800, in the fol- lowing good companics: Htoa, 86,000 ‘o’ building, §500 on ixtures; und_$800 on_woaring. np‘mrul of his daiightor.y Lyeonming,’ $2,500 on building 37 Hlmbuflz, of. “Bromou, $3,500 -on’ atock, and: th nderwritor's, Ningars, and Rochoster Gormi 1,600 orchy on stock, i | a2 23 Rl X ml{n’m‘- e z -have oxamined tho promises and report tho valug of the building, stock,.furnituro, and :porsbnal’ propariy'to - be' loss thin 86,00 *satd to ba separatoly insqred, dumagads- o ¢l Gy a0 ¢t TR NUTLDING i i ‘was' one of 'thoro:.orected Jinco :i1871: in "tho fire-lmits, " and was destinod t0-removal any ~way. - It i8 very:littlo hurt l‘.l\zllho Aire, and 'bug for its illegal construotion could bo ropairad un- der the o R Jide# b3 -+ “-THE MOTIVE. ! linaneo. It is diflcult to imugind-whnt .conld lLave in- ducod Htaadon to :do-what :ho' did., ‘Uhiv}loss would have . bdenby. an exploston; fiot by fira, and boe would niot havo racovered. lnfflxlun from | the insurance. companies, - his -policies |boing witinted any Iway ‘by tho':fact of..his kooping: -|-powder "on his. premises. without their'pormis- slon, - Ho must havo known that:his .sot «would -luve ‘resulted:- in. . the ::losa.. of:. soores of lives, --and ‘tho'" destructiontof munoh ‘Fxop-‘ erty; and vet, ‘according:to: all:.probabilition,, ho deliberatoly prapsred- this cinforngl dovico,” Al who Lave known- him; with fow:exceptions,’ aro astonished,-and !ddolaro.-itda contrary: to e | tenor of hid whole lifo; thongh Ald. Peter; Mahr, who states that he has known Btaaden for more than a dozen- yoars, -whon ' intorrogated by a ‘IninoyE: roportor --yesterdny ralative to the incendinry sttempt -mude. :.by - that indi- vidunl, - Btated - that Btaaden, sinco bofors tho, fire hag borno very uhenvinblo ‘character, and that his neighbora have long looked .upon, him as being a’ dangerous man.. { Nobody. that knows" his past history, the Alderman '8id,'bas muen, if any, doubt about tuo man's guilt. * His Iace has boen g0 often on firo that the namo|of tanden bocame o synonyia for ioonflagration ‘on, the North Side, “Mr. Mabr, porsonally, appenrod to consider that -Staadén ought to be sumniarily" dealt with. R | -/The. pianp_18 is id mo Yiay iy Al SHELVES RMAN.A €O, CLARK STREET a, Btove contaiulug o candicstick with burning eans Qly‘snd koroseno arouud it, b, Rz gllod with soelu, mado opon, rgor and one'ainaller kegdof powder with holva bored thirough, ~On tho tap of fid¥mallor kog & paper with about haif a pound of pawdar, Powder strewn on the flcor and kerosono poured about, dd, Rags sowed togethior and saturated with kero- a A ¢. Opening in floor whero the fire broke ihrough from Leneat, Cofling ovorhead tosn off, /. Anotlior énchs holo, o atford draught. . Floor-scuttle, left open. . Hardware wrapped in straw, saturated with Xero- scue, . £ Open box partty flled with rosta, ¥, Doublb pilo of kindling, sbout half a cord, 1. Two bundlea of straw, . Open box parily Slled with reain, The resin, countor, and fixtures on the north side blazod first; the train fallod to act with suficlont dinpatch, mud - was- saturated. with water by the flremen bofore communioating with tho other side. — THE ANDERSON OASE. | Thoro sdows to bo o manls, among & certai class for the cormmitting of arson, as shotn by Iator nttempt to fire o building, which, howovar, only paitially succeedod: Tho ‘alarm was givon &t 7:45 o'clock yestordny mornltig,” from Box 76, and it was occnsioned by fire in"the iwo-story frame bulldiug No. 217, Portlanid avento, id the gouthonstorn Baction of the city. Tho ' flamea were oxtinguished beforo -any : considerabls damago ‘resulted; “and in ao"-dolng' it was discoverod -that ;. & candlg ‘8 'foob iw: longth had Dbeen . placed. amidst | a” pile of paper and kindlings, on thoground, imme-" diatoly beneath, and -u ‘foot and & half from, the flaor. ' A Bpuce about T foob by'10 was burned in tha flnor bofore tho' flre wna. discovered.! :The very evidont tntention was to.use' tho candle.:as THE FIRE DURNED TINOUGT the coiling of the front of tho stors, howavoer, and burnocd from there to tha roof. In going ‘up-stairs tho reportor nscended by a stairway in tho rear of tho building, Ilo crossed ‘on the Toof, covered with tin, aud entored e ey TUE UIPER BTORY, bullt on tho front of the stors. Tho first apart~ mont containod _ little or no furniture. On the south sldo was s closel, flod with feminine attiro—s very young womau's drossos, - atraw-hat, and other things. Bergt. Clnrblnt; !mmlml ont an irregular hole cut in the wall at the south ond of tho closet, snd com- munlcating with the clapboards of 'the houso, This had boen thoronghly snturated with benzine. or korosene, and the liquld, in'pouring it down, had permouted the clapboards aud appeared on tho oxterior of the butlding. 2 © A BIMILAN NOLE s had been cut on tho north sido of the parlor, and Lind beon renddred inflammablo with Lorosone, | & slow mateh, The firat floor was ocoupipd by.: 1/ The front parlor contained nothing but a piano, OHCAR ANDERSOY, |, | & iTho roof Lud boen burned through, and was | an omplogo at Cornell, whoso wite and children woro ubsout in tho country, ~Another fuwmily occupiod the upper” or sccond' floor, . Anderson left the houso for his work st °4:30 o'clock in the morniig, lonying tho -key with the peopla. upe ,tnirs .éupi..’fli«;kuy wad iuformod of thomattor, and’ Bergt. Fitgpiatricli, of tho” Twenty-socond considerably charred. ‘Tho apartmonta them- selves wero but little injured. 'Tho f#amos hnd' ovidently followed a train of rags, and Leon carried up to the roof in this way. G """ TIE JHFORY OF TIE POLICE, as the'condition of the buildings warrants, is tho ceiling as'to render it-diflicult to get about tho store, aud it was not nutil tho wauor stopped flowing that Sergt. Huthaway . AN TO ISVLSTIGATE. He first ohzorvod the balf-burned barrol of rerin on the norch sido, where the fire did the most dumago, and oxpressed the opinion that an inceudisry had been at work, 1o searched Twither, when the water had drained off the floor, and divcovered tho plot, it being then about 3 o'clock in the morning. Standon was not about the ktore st the time of tho fire, mor could Le bo found by. the Tue TrinUNE reporter, who mado numerous {nguiries for im, CLOBLLY ADIOINING 3 tho building of Stasden outha north isaraw of threo sud four story brick struotures, used nn ntoros and dwolliuga. A vacanc lot inter- veney on the south side bolween the burued building aud a brck block. GHIEP DETECTIVE DIXON gave tho matter bis porsunci utlontlon early yoaterday morning, and Sergt. Hathuway found Bundon ot 10 o'clock, avd arrested Lim. Ita kavo bail in the sum of 4,000, and at 4 o'clook in the alternoon wus rearrested ou complaint of Capt, Gund und Sorgts. Nathway aud_ Gorbing, who #woro out & warrant charging him with ut- tempted murder, in placing gunpowder on his premises -and firlug i whie complaiuawts athers woie in tho burning buildivg, ‘The prisouer_wasslodged in a ol in the Chleago Avenuo Station, Dixon hay mado s completo dlagram of tho plice aud the plot, and it will be of great valuo wu tho tral of the prisonur. ‘ ©THIA 18 TILE BIXTIL TINE that Kinsden's preuticos have heon fired, and ho L abtuined such a bad roputntion in the mnt- {2 of incendinriem thut lo wnu callod Ix( L neighibors tho Notth Sido Firo-Marshul, \Whon tho dive wos undor way, romarkd were made in the sruwd whichugsoniblod that the prisuner bad kod lito to his plice to obtain the henvyine bursice, which tunny seomod to know he hud, ON EXAMINING THE DUILDING it was found that tho' vceupane and owner, Mr. Stawden had laid e plans with tho groatest ‘Ch building iteelf in & one-stary frawe ro, 46 feot frontago, with u depth of 85 On the front portion s built a second siory of wood, Bome J0° feot deep. In tho rear a brick addition, uno story high, has baen mudo, Itho tnterjor of the sholl thus medo is partitioned fiom the 'bmok building only by .» frame wall, On either sl of ~ tho ‘building, ns soon by the nccompunyitg out, tun the oountors, Wout Of theiu 18 » plle of € strnotu; Bticet Station.immodintely started In pursuit of. Andorson, and fonnd him at Cornell, took him in oustody aud looked hiwm up in tho above-meu~ tioned atation. On searching’.tho promiges, clothing was found which males it almost certain that Auderson is ilie porson’ who attompted to Durn the house, A pair of canvas elippors, ‘ cove ored with mud and limo ; a pair'of pantaloons with lime ou the kuecs, und an old hat, told too Dluinly that the Woaror had . < thia ;: Tho plot was lsid Bunday morning, ‘The candles wore lighted in the two stoves about 2 o'clock Buniluy afternoon, Standen thou weat ont ‘driving, apd did nobt return until o'clook, by which timo tho building would have been reduced to a cinder put for the timely ine terforance of tho firomen and polico ofticars, A roporter yeatorday afternoon VISITED AR, N, BTAADEX in hia coll in the Chicago Avouuo Station. Tha riconor (s & man B3 years of ago, about 5 foot | CHAWLED UNDKD THE HOUSK, - P hen i heighe " and S waintis wbout, | 1aid thio plot,. and lighted tho caudlo, wliloh o 200 pounds, He bag.gry balr, Is well- | knew would not burn down'until e wad o long Growed, mud bas & highly _rospeotablo, [ distauce off. In crawllng under the building ke woilod his clotlics. T v Anderson {8 {nsnred, but the family above him ianot, Tho prisoner will probably bs ‘eXumined this morning, B B . not Lo say venorablo, appearanco. Ho profossos Lo speaic very littlo English; but mado himself intolligiblo, “oxcopt whon itportant questions wore asked, whon ho adopted a mixiurs of Gor- man and English oxtromely exasperating to every right-nuinded and inquiring interviower., The gonvurantion was abous na follows : Teportor—Ilave you auything to say, Al Staaden? Mr. Standen—I don’t know anything about the malter, L was notiu the eiby whon the fira oes currod. Iwont out at 2 o'clock aud returnod thiy morning. 7 Reportor—DId you tako your family with you? Mr, Standon—I have no family. My duughver is In Michigan, and I sent my son aftor her,, THE POWDER. Poporter—ITow do yon acoount for thé powdor in your utoro ? r. Blaadon— have a liconso to sell powdar, and wheon I koop it 1u the stora thoy cliarge e with murder, Roporter—Very mad, no doubt, anything bosides hurdwura ? —_— O, ¥. W, BEEL, An ntatad Sunday, Watohmad Smith, of Turnor .| Hall, discovorod fira in:0, F.'W. Bell's tailor shop, No, 248 Houth Olark stroet, nt 12 oclock Saturday night. Within ho foind a kerosene Jamp burning, and near by & ‘pil of old gar~ monts snturated with liorosono, a half-galon can nearly empty standing by, Tho flames wore smothered and Beh! was arreated on puspicion of incandiarlam, - Ilo says the lamp oxploded, while those who outorod aflirm. that it was!burning nuturally, and ¢ghat tho flro was in tho olothing, DBehl was brought before Justico ' Boyden yostorday morning, snd bold to bailin tho Bum of §1,000 for furthor examinption to-day. ——— Do you soll INSURANOE. Ir, Btanden—I soll 1 F‘owdur, aud sliot, and a#;;:fit;;do h:{fl:f ’m‘,}"f Tho situation st tho Insurance offices romains ow they communce on ma lika s robbor, about tho same s Haturday. ‘ While tho lucon- Roportor—You aro aconnod of boing ani fncons | diary fire on the North Bide yostorduy uiorning +|.port upon tho Ol Mr. Standen—At 2 o'olock I took my hdrses’|’ .| pubio xlpuialy awall fmu action of ‘the Oommon Jouncll, lnd,lml' he. evont of non-complianca ith tholr domands; they will nnduublalll{ with- . mr fromt the'olty, as will he soon by the fol- lb'w‘ lll:z rocord of tho proosedings of thio mooting ' of the 4 NATIONAL TOARD OF UNDERWRITERS, hold In rogard to Oblvngo firo mattora in Now - York City on the 2ist aud 24th insts. s e - ALa meoting of the Provistonal \ommitteo of Ll Board; hold an tha 21st.Inst, 8 roport Laving been ‘prosonted upon the condition of the Ohicago Firo Dos partment, tio followhig reolutions wore adopled ¢ {Jirsoived, That aspocial comimities of threo Lo af poliited ta prapato fn form tho renuiramenta to presentod to tho suthorltios of Ohleago n s pre= Toquislte for the continusnce of businoss toro by tho ‘oompanies of - tlie 'National Doard of Fire Under- writers, Hesolved, That s fult meeting of the Exeoutive Com- mittes bo convenod at thess rooms, on the 24th inst,, {0 recolve and sct upon tla report af tho sald Spacial andinch Committeo; 0'tho sbove, the Exocentive Commitice mot Purst on the date named, whon the followlng report of {he Bpocial Committoa was submitted for consldoration aud sotion 3 A : 11.: TEPONT OF TIIR BPEOIAL COMMITTEE, + - Tha Bpocial Committeaappointod to considor tho ro~ o0 Fire Department, afior caro~ ul examiiiation of tho snme; present for tho_action of tho Exeoutive Cominitteo tho followlng proamble and resolutions, as oxproasivo of their sonne of what 1a ro uired for' the protection of mombora of tie Na~ stonal, Board . in the presont omorgouvy, Thoy nouid siinply add that mone of tho requircmenta in #aid reolutlons aro diloront from tuues 3u actusd | forco fu New York and othor fargo cilies of tho Union, *0n'belialf of the Commiiteo. ; JiENRY A, OANLEY, ‘Netw York, July 24, 1674, Jyitanesn, 1t sppcars trom a roport presentad 10 th Hatlonal Board of Fire Underwritors through its Ex- coullyo Commiltso , that the condition of Lhe Firo' Dopartment ‘of tho Oty of Obieago, s’ to “ofiicloncy “and._rellability, "fs such us to .‘catnd alarm to the members of this Bosrd who sro nnfilmdh the business of underwriting in that clty an wml:' fully proved the necessity for groater aud mnoro im- modlate protoctions, safcguards, end gusrsntoca to the property of that city; and WaEnAS, Tt 18 avidont tiat without thers qar- ,antees \the business of firo fnsurance cau no longor Do prosccuted in said city without snin endanyorin, the capilal of the companios Insuring tiereln, e thereby ontailing upon bothi stookholders and thy oat lows: thorefore, be it < Resolved, Thak the Nationsl Board of Fire Under- Srritors, with s viow to o protection of its mombers - from noedless andl ovormhiolming disaster, do_leroby earneslly rocommond all companiea, mormbera of (ho Board, to_dlacontinte " tho busincss'of firo inauranco in tho'Clty of Chicago on and after the 1st day of Oo- {ober proxino, unloda tho following protoctions sud reforms Lo ak onco Institutad in said city ¢ Jrat—Tho _establishi of - permanent fire- cooxtonalve with the "limits of tho vesting fn sultablo portons tha - Inwa relating to tho oroction of Woodon bulldings, sd tho oxclaslon from tho busiiicas districts of tha. oity of such manufscture ing pna other establishmonts o8 ondangor not only this ‘proparty in such distriots, but tho safoty of tho entiro * Second—The ensctmont of s stringeat bullding law for the government of--tho clty, and ita thorough en- forcemnont by a compatont buzsat, 3 {n othor citles, hich Isw shall {ncluda reqniremonts thnk wil ware= outcat or atorss. hall e pravidod with propor izcn hutlers. or, doors fo "all front, rear, or sido ponings fhat parapet or -firo walls ' of such hofght (asy, 5 fect) shail bo ecrestod botween tho Luydiogs *sa _will “provont . tho rapid mpread ‘of fira; the prohibition of -ail Mansard - roofs or iatorioa 'and_cupolss) from bulldings, unloss thoy be, constructed Whally of fire-proof matorial ; and s rog-! .ulation limiting tlio hotght of bulldings to four sto- rics, or 00 foot, unless the samo bo construoted wholly of:tlro-proof ‘matorial. . 4 Third—T1ib complote reorganization of tho Firo Do~ partmont of ho city, under the direction ot ‘a Board Jof-‘Qomimiistioners, or a “competont head specially ghiarged.yithifts catos tho orudleation of political ine fuptico:or favoritien from tho Depsrtment ; the intro- -ductionof & therough and officlent military* disciyline amoug fta manbers ; tho augmontation aifd_improve- | mont of its firepparatus j the organization within “tlie Deptirtment of & corps 'af gappors and minora, to {rained In the uso of oxplonives caloulated to arrest the fntroduction: of floating en=, the river and lake fronts, " Fourth—Tho- immodiate increaso of tho aizo and ‘nymber of the water-mains and pipos, sa well as firo- hydrants, especinlly in lacalitics whero proporty {s oxe 0 by spoclal, hazarda and zows of woodon bulld~ P /n—ho eotablishuent of & Fire Marshals Du- rénu, dhargad with: luvestigation 1nto the origin of all sBiron; and with powor to Accuze tho punlabmont of ine cendiarien, St *Stzfh—Tho posaage of .a law which skl soouro the gradual removal of the Inmber-yarda and special haz= Erin, which now threaten the ofty upon tho southwest " and northwast, to isolated localities, 1s well as thio ro- Tmoval of tho- ooden bullaings sud unlawful atruct. Rotions af tho busigess Obiairmnn, at The recont dlsastrous conflagratlons havo ures now ondsngering valuabla pozt of tha city, e i : On motion, tha roport was sdopted unanimonsly, and tho Proaidont of tha Board was diracted to forward a . capy;to tho Mayor of tlie clty of Ohicagos ond coplos wiroslgo_dirocted o bo furnished to nll National: Board mémbors; -/ S 3 * 7! IHE 0IJOAGD MOARD OF UNDERWRITERS held's gecrat meeting yestorday aftorooon’ at 8 o'clack; at their” rooms, No. 127 LaSalle streot. The donjands of the National Board woro: dis- cussed, but’no action taken thorson., It was, howovor, resolved that after the 1st of August Eor conit additionn! shiall bo charged on all briok juildings having - no iron .shuttors on the *windows “and rear ‘and side oponings. Aunother meoting for tho connideration of tho National: DBoard demauds will bo bold at 4 o'clock this sfternoon. g & IN THE COUNOIL. & The Common Council met last evoning, Proai= ‘dont Dixon in the chair. % g TUE CIRCULAL OF THE BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS. ‘A communicatlon - was recolved from.-Xiis Honor the Mayor, as follows : g~ %, -4 -, GeNTEEMEN: Iu accordance with the request of the National Board of Underwriters of ilio City of Now York, I would reapectfully submit to your lonorablo ‘body a preamble and resolutious, with the raport of a specisl commitice, sdopted July 34 by tho Exccutive *Jomymittes of the National Board ' of Underwiiters ab New York, & copy of which.I buve rocofvod from'tho* :’lrel\smgun{.l_nfl ‘Board, sod which s Lhorowithi eu= osed, ‘Xt o7 Tho rosoluttons contatn some vhluable sngrostions, whioh I recommend to your carcful consideration, X do not doubt tho dieposition of the Common Council to adopt snelk meastizes a8 may bo required 10 project tho city totho groatoat possible oxtont agaiuat fire, .~ Lwould lto recommund your honorable body to ex— amino tho conduct and practices of the different fire insuranco companies aud thefr ngents in roforenco to *thia chatnetor and oxtont of riske tuken by thom fu this ity sud nqutde if the risk of firo has not been groat- 1y liicrensed by such conduct and practices, particular- 1y by the want: of. discrimination amoug dlfferent olaseca of risks, aud by Insuring fn excean of the fuir, Ingurable value of. propexty, . theroby creatiug o mo- tive for thie crituinal doalruction of *proporty, or, at " loast, for carelessness in protecting it from fire, If {ho Insurance compunies wore to refuso inaurance upon ‘bulldings aiid proporty of & hazardous doseription, sud upo #uy property to un amount excecding one:lul or two-thirds of its.real yulue ju cash, the nuthorities | wauld oblain &'poworful , assiatance In. enforcing tho iro opdiunces.and, Jossening tho, chances of loss by firo, .~ . ; T'would révommend the ndoption of snch mennurea a5 may ba required, and authorized by the City Chir- tor, to romady thia ovll, I( 3t be found to exist, as I apyrehend. wilk. prova’ £0 bo tho cass, - The Cammion + Council will rocelvo. my hearty concurrence In; thelr ondeavors, by judiclous legllution, to guard agajust tho reeurrenco of fire, and the most earueat _eflorts of , ke Executive. nn&m‘lment will bo given toimprove'the oificlency of the Fire Departmunt, and to euforca the ordiusnces adopted by your hanotablo body; - In cobmiderstion of tho fact that X, as Magor of the city, have o power to_increase tha polico foree, and in viow of oxisting and . possibla future cmurgotcles, 1 would respectiully recommond_your honorable hody ta autharize the Comptraller to grovide salary foe L sdditional, policenon for aurvice in tho clty, bitwoon® _Aug, 1 and Hept, 1 next, ond for sixty policowien from tho fatter dato to April 1, 1875, p The communication was ordered published, GUARDS AGAINST INFLAMMAULE MATGWIALS, 5 Ald, Bchaffner offered an ordor, which was, paused, direoting tho Board of Police to proceed at-onco to fnstituto ina}flry a4 to porsons who are now - violating the ordinauces by the storage of gunpowder, gun-cotton, naphtha, coal-vils, and othor - oxira combustible and inflammable nrti- olos within the nlt{ limits, and to.causo tho strict enforcoment ‘of the tluos and forfoitures pro- vided by law. & 1 ANOTIER FIRE ORDINANCE, Ald, Sehaffuor” Introduced an ordinance amonding*tho Fire Ordinauco by axtendmg the fire-Himits to tho oity-limits; providing that no woodon’ buildiug shall ba rawoed or eilarged without & pormit; and that no -waodon building. shall bo removed from within the limits bounded by the Inke shore, U'wonty-second stroot, Ash- 1end avenue, and Division stroet; unless such building shall bo on leagod ground, In which cuso it muy bo removed outside theso limita, Ald, SchafToer hopod the rules would be pendad ao a8 to talo action at onco. . On domand of Ald, Btou, the ordinance was roferrod to the Commitiee on Firo and Watar, ‘" A DANGERQUA DINTILLERY, - Ald, Fitzgorald offored o resolution doolaring daugorons o digtillery looated near tha intorsoo- tion of Fonrth avenie and Twolfth stroot, and Reforred to tho Oome 8ug calling for tts romoval, mittea o Firo and Wutor. COST O WIDENING TWELITII STREET, dlary by profossion. Have you . ‘;\?““';L’I"'?lm? : l)' overbiined down r. Btanden—I own nine houso routorl thaut 0 othor. paoulo, - Whon ‘They org burnod pooplo como to mo and suy I did it. . THE LAKT LOK8, ngportnxhwhcn &id you Jast lose & honso by Lins gomerwhat ngitated thom, they think tle fire at the oil-wurohouse rather s benofit than othor- wisio; showing tho wrong of tolerating, such os- tablishments within tho city linits, 'The Com- mitton appuinted last Friday bold no meotings, 8 predioted in Bunday's Tuiguse, the fusurance mou not bolloving the olizeus on. thoso commit- tees tobe fn onrnest. Thus fur eloven com- poulos avo gald, to have tomporarily withdrawn from doiug business in lhis city, "Thé Lorril- lard of + Now -Yurk bug permancntly with- drawn, and- bng lvon ordera | to bave all fta'- pollaled ™ In!: thia= . elty annulldd, This* Natioual *Doaid -dofuphuies’ kre | ro Alr, Btaadon—1In tho great fira three yanrs ngoy thon I wus burned out, I know nothing sbout this mottor. I wentoutnt 2 o'clock and cmao back this morniug av half-past 8, § Roporter—Then you moan to say that in your abienoe somo malicions aud flandish person ane torad your store, aud,withont hoplug in any way to gsin by It, Inid certaln well-oiled rags, and conuected them with gunpowaer, kindUug-woud, Ald, Hildroth offered & rosolution calling for an entimate of the cost of widening ta 260 feat T'wolfth atroot from Indiana avenus to Ashlund avonuo, It woa reforrod to the jomt Committoo :m Btreota and Alleys, South aud Wost Divia- oy, UNDOING A GOOD WOMK, Ald, Stont introduoed an oxdinance roponling tho ordinanco passed July 20, 1874, and reviving tha old ordwauca, 1t was roforrod to tho Com= uftioe ou Iiro and Wator. ——— THE NEW FIRE MARSHAL. A'Tnmons reportor oalled yosterday after- noou upon Gen. Shoridon with a view of . elloit- Jug from that eoldior his viows upon havivgin -au - gunlogy which' “wonld f tha Ohlosago™ oros, { man in tho posscealon Of goodly‘smodut gt‘ Liralns, and of the capholty of commandiug, |, On reporting ¢ loadquartors’ tho irepofter wam- shown Into & room with ~ourtainod.ywindows, i which aro to bo weon movoral portrafts and o Tiatdsoto bust of the plucky conquaror of Win- chonter, Aftor & short npaco of $ime K| o the natural inguletude which proludos the ar- rival of tho awguyt, Gon. Sheridan_appeared, bonming and gracious. | Aftor a short and Irrels ovant convorsatlof tho roportor ssked Clon, Shor- idan whothor-ho: had read the artlolo.in T TmnuNE, in which the suggestion had boon onst forth of FIW“ tho Firo Jopartmont under; thd control of & military man. “The Gonoral atatod that ho always rond Tire Tatnune, sad tint tho artiolo in'quostion' had attractod his sttontions At tho samo time he did not wish to glve s direct answor to tho question of the -reporter asking him it Lo indorsed its spirit. Ho atatod that he bnd intorcets outside-of the city which wore: groator thau ayy ho had insido, and that' the stntln;; of.an oxprostod opinion on the aubjoct might irfotriovably mix him up with city affairs, » thing whick he had always lrledij to avoid, At -tho -samo - timo bho thopght that It was essontial for the oity to have at tho hond of its Fire Deparimont a man aceustombd to and capablo of commanding, Thoro must bo ‘but uno mau at n fire capable’ of- lasuing. gonoral orders, and ho should .bo a man whom overy, o{)hur membor.of ;tho'forco whould bo ready to oboy. R In answor to a quoation of Tur TrInUNA To- porter, Gen, Bheridan stated that ho considored Gon, dhulor. of Now. Yotk, who, it ho romom- bered right, had_organized the TFiro Dopariment’ of that city, na tho fitteat mon to (ake command of the Ohieago firo force, o conaidorod that ho would make a first-clinsa commnndim{ firoman, At tho sama timo, the city would have to rometi bor that tho Borvicos of such mon yers not to'h had without a certifionto . of - just romunoration. Gou, Bbalor had boon in the army, nlthouxih(lio was not now ono of, its uuniber, :In tho présont army there woro, without n doubt, many other ofticers whoso ‘natural--abilities would it thom’) for the position of commandor of tho Chicago Firs Dopnttment, aud-who; could e fudiced, with sultablo offors, to mccopt the situationif: proflered, i ¢ o B e INSURANOE-AND FIRES. T the Editor of T'he Chicago T'rbune gl Sy Ofitho many brilllant ‘eduaya"with which tho Olifengo Témes hins favored ua alnco our last- groat flro, probably “thio “articlos on fusurance fn’| tho Bunday issuo-of-that papor aro fully up to the averago. Boforo the editor has _time, to‘re~ tract his statomonts, and acknowledge ‘that lie was mistaken, g, 1 am told, ho somotimes dods; ploago allow me to say o fow words that occ!:nr-to- me on tho'sama eubject, ‘bocause it atrikes mo that there may. bo suother side, to the question, X inva lsténed to midby ablo argumoittd op the “subjoct from thote whonover had-any proporty to burn up, but I have nover bad it so oloarly and convincingly brought bofore my mind: that- we sbould bouiado bottor off without insurapce -companios at all; as whon I- road - thoso- prticlos - thig morning, Tlioy alotid " Wofa worthi tholprics of tho pgpor: - - Tho *substanco was, that, in tho first place, the companies oncourage incendinr- {sm by overinsuranco of proparty ; and, sccond- ly, without' thom . wo'. shior e, i Now, the firat objection sosms to me superils cial, and porbaps I can most easily mako the Tunes see - that' sach- is: tho caso Dy bo. just in its line.: Beosuso thoro ara somo sonsational nows- papers that mako it.-thelr,:businoss. to, gogelp whatevor Acandal they. honr without xogard to its truthfulnoys; and that binckon' pure ' chiarag- tors and blaat-useful lives, simply to mako thoir issuos gpioy and sought after, -and tlion, whon" tho evil is doue, como o with the uaual apo1é< gies and rogrots, are_wo to. conclude , thnt_all -newapapera are ogually. despleabls and shiowld be’ slolishod, and ars Wo thoraforo to bo deprivad’of *tho bright sunshine and'the hijhly ‘moral and. religious Iufluonco:that comes: from: such 'luml-" naries.as tho Junday Times? - 1t can ;oaslly seo _that i wonld not bo right o ond i on acconnt of thio sin of othora. . Now, thoro aro likewlso two'clases’ of, I suranco companjés and sgerts. - Ono class trics t0-do-what isiin accordance. with' the best rules- ‘of, underwnting, nover knowingly oyorinsuros, -avoids.all doubtiul risks ,aud . persons, and con« ducta the business ° lo pringiple’ of 'making it profitablo by incirring as fdw losies &8 possi- ble, -+ Another claeu is eriminally caroloss, takios, ‘anything.and ovuryl.mn{;tunl offors,.nnd tq nny. anoun fllldul‘ulil; th: c:fil \nCes. '}x(_ tho lu,pk i good, all well ; if not, the companies' qulotly re-. tiro fnto’_bankruptoy, ’hd " tho creditors mourn Decausn the nssots are not to ‘be'found,- Lvery well-informed businoss man - ornidraw.tho line for himsolf . botweon tho .two classos. Should the busluess bo abolishod bocansge. b ia Abugod - No 'mora than in tho cao of nowspapera, ... ‘Would the absence of insurance provent firos? THistory does not state whethier-Mrs, O'Loary kad - her barn insurad of. pot.,., Probably .not i“but, ‘aven 1f sho had, the oowy that shattered tlielamp .waa uudonbtedly unaware of the fact, and would have kicked just as viciously. 'Bo that {ho nou- oxidtonco’ of * insurance ' companios would nob hinvo paved ths lamp, the ‘barn, or -tho: lzi'-y of Cbicago; This simply’ goes to prove.that coive will.be careloss, sud accidents w pan, prob- ably till the npé of. tha world, o, of surance. A e = 1¢ ‘the'millonium™ {s-’coming whién - ihsurauce companies withdraw; then Chicago js.nearor the millentum than sy city in tho world, for itis vory| cortain that, uuless tho radicnl roforms thoy sk for are congeded vory soon, they will'withdraw in suficiently large numbers to: malko-it oxdeod- .ngly unplessant’for our business men.; Wo, would advigo tho Times to do what-it'edn ta jer suade them to remain for - short' timo nt lowt,C| for, untilour wooden districts ‘burn: down, and the city bocomes fire-piroof, which- will'nob hap- | pon for soveral yonrs, there'is‘a bare Bauslbflity that wo will continue to -haye' fires, both amail and great. * ) :PERDIX, OmICAG v uly 26, 18 aring. astponed |Until Soptember.: T, gMgo " Tho testimony’ in -the Walker will-case wan Further He continuod yoatarday, n} tho- Qounty Oourtraom | | .bofore Judye Walldca,” /- 5 . LW F, COOLDATGI Mr: 8mall 1.-/1io was Prosident of oxnmil;ud by ‘Walker, o8 antil his {itnesa. I regarded him'as & very. su- .porfor buaitiess maw, h'man ol grpat tonacity and will,."Ho was also very honorable, For tho last two' or:three yoars: Lo was not the game man, Ho saw hiin in Fabruary lagt, aftes: his illnosa ;- Lio was 80 wonk and omndintod that witness was astonigtied, and ‘satually fonred ho ‘Would not be ablo to lonvo the banlk alive,., Ho saw hinj agaln soveral . thoos, and judged as & bugtuess man ho bad acted yuito différontly aver sinco, tho'firs of |, 1871, e seomed to lose stability of purpose, oud algo Lis mumasy. He wished to raso some £200,000 to rebuild hia proporty, butjwas eo wayward,aud unstablothat witnoss rofused tolonn tho monoy, 1o was satisfied that it would have been vory difioult to ges along with bim porson- ally, Witness ttributod tho chnuge to inoreasod dissipntion., .My, Walker. was alwaye & drinkor, but not so_as.to bo inonpacitated for Lusinoss until tho Inst fow yoary. -Evon at his bost lie goomed Lo have, failed yery muoh, whether.druuk or gobor. - Iis memory soomed {o fail. ~ He soomod (o Linve forgotton some socurities. held by.mituons, smounting,to $30,000. or $40,000 in waluo. . Nor did they appoar in the sohedulo of his will. Onco he had forgotien the placo of, rosidenco of witnoss, ‘though ho had often boon thoro and had froquently brought prosents thoro, or sont thow, Witnoss obaervad Mr., Walker's coudition moro espooially duving the last spring, Ho ounsidored bimn vory foble, both. physioally and montaily, A s, & Docuased frequently spoko about his children and big deat wite, Ile soomod vory fond of. thow, especially of his oldest sou, , He brought witness, ou four occasions his' sons’ orafious snd compo- sitlons at collego in Nacino. ~About a year ago ho appliod for n_placo for Lis oldost son 1n tho Union National Bank, ' Fivaliy it weas granted. Mr, Wulker sald lus son's hablty were vory cor~ reot. Ile talked at fougth about his son, said he intendod Lo havo him support hunself whilo his tathor livod—that after docoased **wont out" he woutd bnve enough. Witness Invited the son to his house, by request of his fathor, who said his son hind no wocioty, . Wit~ roxs had convorsed with deceasad about overy picce of proporty he bLad, and advised him to soll the *'old atablo lot,” ou the cornorof Wa~ bash avonuo ond xlnudulsh street, for whioh Lo bad boon offored 600,000, Decensod rofuscd to goll, saylog Lo was keoping It for Lis sons, . This way before the CGreat Fira, Ilo noticed no change in the foaling of docensed toward his aon until inst sprivg, 1t seemad to, ba feeling of ndifforonce ruther than Auz'u.\lng elue, . }Ho no- lood 1t In tis way s At Hhal. fuuo the sou.Ouls nover : have auny | CTHE WALKER WILL: - s D) witnoss for a loan of $000, itners spoko 4o . decoamed- -about| it, and hoticed that he did nat; sponk of ' hid‘ son in‘préciaely tho mamo tono/ss had haon hik ous- tomthat wae all. Docoarcd brought his will to “witneau in March last, to be donosited in.the bank. Witnoss was surprised, hocanso s had supposod that his will hind boen Jying in the bank lor-yonrs, - Docensod. handed thio_ invantory to witnosn to cxumino, Witness was too busy b that thne, Deceusod roquired that tho doen- ment be shown to no oua unti} e death, 1iis maimner” &t the' tinio was “vacant, abstracted, stolid, stupid. - 1o was lp‘pnrunlly much bdtter -off; physicaily and mentaily, than on previous visits, ~ In Maorch last he drew a large number of _chocka_on the bank, Ifo told witness ho had coneludod & loan from - tho ~CUonnactiout ‘Mutunl for $60,000, and would have the monoy {. tho noxt wook, ¥o was going to_ doposit {tha ‘nioney in tho bank, nnd topay all biadebts, and then go to California, On tho strongth of this monoy ho wauted to draw chocks on the banke, | Witnoss had misgivings, and “at flrat rofusod, _bat finally-partially granted iL.- . Boma exo.und of tho cliooks wore paid, aud then payment was stoppod., Bhortly aftor Lo henrd that tho old man was in & vory bad condition, Tho will way talton from the bank afterwards, and was given to Monars, Isham and IHill by witnoss. It way rotwnod ‘on. tho samo day to wiltnoss, Mossrs, Hill aud Isham said no cuango hiad boon mado, HODENT HERVEX examined by-Mr, Bmall§ 1 know AIr. Walkor for twonty years. -I-had soon-him but once sluce the firo, and was shockod at his woal physical ap. poarance, .. Doconsed 'did not rocognizo witnoss, _who was surprised ot it. Thin wag in April last, o waa vory woal and emaciated, 116 wanted to find Judge reo’s court-rovm ; found 1t #ab still'nwhilo, and Wwout ont. ! 3 % tUun L ALEXANDER ASTRY : orosa-sxamined by Mr. Bwett: Boforo Ohristmna X drove duconsod down-town to Brink's oxprera -oflico j .could not flud Brinlk ; drovethones to his now bulldiig on Randolph stroot s thonce.to noar tho bridgs, deconisod pointing with i sticl, . but aaying’ notbing { thon turnod up Laallato- ward hiomoe, to Monroo, then towards Wabadh, thon’ down Btate; thon“decoasod says, -1 madea mistako;". and pointed with'his' Atiok to turn around ; then drove him down ns far ‘s Twenty- soyonth siroot, whon docoaned told him again, ' T have ro;gahnn gomothing,” -and ¢hoy-hed to drive to town again, to Ilonore Block.. Détonsed took two drinke. Similar cases of forgotfultioss +]; ocourred at othor timos, Tho Court thon sdjournod il 2 o'olbok) st which_ time Ashby's cross-oxamination: wag ro-, sumed.. He thought decoased hardly know what -ho was.about,.or what hio was saying oo goveral oceastons, . Mre. Morton once sald to witness : 4 1IL fight your battles with Walkor, if you do as T wish. : I 'can do o grent donl with him."- Onco witness told Mrs. Morton ho counld not got slong -very well with tho cook. Bho replied that xho would seo Mr. Walker, and have some changes ‘made. Onco 8o and Mr. Walker dissgreed ag to where a grapo vine, should bo planted. . Bhe said she was going’ to have her own way about: it, and had it. Bho tried to geb :witnoss dischargod, and mccomplished it. Bhe' told " witooss she. “should, havo' the door loaked as carly s 9 o'clock, and. it gonerally was w0 locked. :Sho nlways spoke of it when witness caino in Iator. Ie find benrd hor toll Mr; Walkor ho® could not bave =0 much: ‘Mquior to drink. , Bho sald, “*T'll deal, out your iliquor. for .you." would give ordars contrary to Me. Walker's, and sho Fonornu;w bad her own way. Mr. Walker would'say, **those womon must have their way.” Ho had spolton to Mrs, Morton and also to othora' about Alr, Walkor's meutal woaknesa, No per- *Bon engsgod upon tho other side of this caso hind ovor spokon to witness about it before it bogad. chdtrecl-by .Afr. Small—Mrs. Morton,’after Mr. Walker's death, had seat for him,-and saked whethor ho. thought she had misused tho 0y8, . W. F. COOLBAUGI cross-oxatnined” by Mr. Bwett: Decasod camo 1o the bauk intoxicated vory froquontly.. Somo-~ {imos bo wassobor; ocould not eny thatiho was mentally-weak, excopt as arising.from ‘fhyuiunl woakness, Ho appearcd to bo sobor and Bonsi- 1blo whon he procured his .son's - ontry_into the ‘bank, and aleo in March last, whon ho n{‘mko of -tho §00,000 loan, Witness tlmnght. at that time that, whon sobor, Lo know what he was about. ‘Whon in health, ha was ono of. the most unyiold- fng mon witness ever knotw, Io regarded him 28 p man-of_oxtraordinary business talent; al- waya rogarded him ss porfectly sano.when sober, “save only by his fallure of momory.’ During the last fow wooks of his lifo .witnoss fouud him. vory tedioud and troublesomo, - SONN CAMPDELYL o oxamined by Mr; M. W. Fullor, Ho know'do- censed for twonly yonra. Ho was a .yory able oan, * His memory soémed fo fail within the ‘In8t two yoars. ~ He forgot {ransnctiona hnd with witnees. - On ona ocoasion, when witnoss went 10 soe docensed, Mrs. Morton refused to atlow it, and threatoned to'knock witness down with her -cruteh if he movad toward Mr. Walker's room. Ho:heard his voics at the timo, and knew ho was up and about. Thig waa last eprivg, P .Cross-examined by Afr. Bitet!—Io saw Mr, ‘Walker in the garden Inst fall. Tho objact was to got somo money. -~ Io nevor had a fair settlo- ment with biin eince he did businoss “with bim. Ho was a doaler in coal and wood. ways said ho had no monoy. p THOMAS WLENATAN 5 examinod by Mr, Fullor: Was foreman of ‘the ‘brick-yard owned by Mr. Walker for five or six yoara, and.worked for him proviously. Ils no- ticed that his memory failed badly in the lost car or two. Ho grew wosk in "body afior his urt in Novombor, 1872, and soomed to fail men- tally: : His talk was not cohorent. -Onco ho gave ordors for brick when there wers noue in tlie yard.” Xe" knew “Mrs, Morton for somo four ionrs.,_Ongu‘ sho had told witnoss that Mr. uckhighan was joined with the 'boys againat lier, and sho wantod to soo him to -be - did -not -liko_-hor. £0 onrry & noto to Buckingham to arranga for & ‘n moeting. ‘Deconsod becamo so bad that wit- nega -fuiled - to -tall- busincss -with him. Ile avoidod Eécoiving ordors from Qecdudced, lattorly, ‘baonune Lo thought his ordors were very foollst, Calvin - T, Wheeler was appointed adminis- trator to collect of tho estato, in bonas jof 8100,000. - - A Vi 6 - - The caso was .1 COUNTY ASSESSMENTS, ' ‘Additional Returns Weccived by the B Stute nditor, B3 [ Spectal Disputeh to Vhe Clicago Trivune, then Ldjaumcd,avor to Seplt. él. ;On Bovornl ‘occaslons “Bho-| “ | 226,000 Deconsod al~ now - why Sho wantod witness Sromiarizy, . 1ll, July 27.—Tho following' counties hayo roported asscasments of produgts: | sitico,my lagt roport s ey THE DOUGLAS ESTATE, Judge Wiillams Declares It Belongs 1o tho Heirs, Tho Sale by the Excoutor Ts Ordered St Asidos i Mrs. Gen. Williamg® Bill Dlsm|sm‘:il. Judgo Willlama randored & declelon yostorday aftornoon whiok ives the heirs of the Iato Btoplien A, Douglas about $260,000, orita oquive alont in roal estato, Tho.casa wan that of Adolo Willinma, formerly Mrs. Dougins, ngatnat . 8. Dobbius, Rictard Grogg, Daniol I. Rhodés, R. M, Douglas, 8. A, Douglas, and Roboert Willlams, ; *. MR8, DOUGLAS BTATED that whon hor husband died ko left s large asmount of land in Calumot, Soutli Chlcago, and ‘tho southern part of tho city; that D, P. Rhodes, tho eoxocutor, fited o potition in the County Conrt dsking that all this Innd bo sold for tho payment of tho dobts of tho decensed Renator. In 1804 the property was sold for abont $25,000 moro tuan tho - inoumbrancos, amonnting to &500,000, and purchesed by Thomes B, Dobbins; that Rhodos, the oxcoutor, wes intoreated in thio salo, and thorefore 1t-was vold. . Moroover, it waa claimed that the petition showed tho land was worlh.at least £1€0,000, and thereforo a snlo of .the wholo to sntisty debts of about §5,000 (™ that bad then boon proved) was clently ‘tllogal; that sll sales of mora than enough to pay tha debts ‘wore ultra vires and void. The bill thorafore asked that tho exocutor's malo be bot agide on the abovo reasonms, and aldo boe caugo matorial facts iad minco that timo boon discovored. A aross bill was fllod by Robert Af, lr.}nd Btophon 'A. Douglas, agking for similar ro« JUDGE WILLIANS : remnrkod, in delivoring this opinion, that there woro no distinet. avermonts of tho valuo of tha roporty in the potition to_sell; that tho pati- tlonor "ought not to bLe projudiced by his ovorments - where it showed that the valug could uot . posalbly Do deflnitoly -ascortalned. Tho actual dobts far oxcoeded tho. ‘valuo of tho property,” and it was the duty of tho exacutor, who know of their existonos,'to mfi them all, if nssots camd Lo bis hands, as though thoy bad boon proven, Many ot tho creditors did not prove their claims nganst Douglas' eafate becauus thoy supposed iho estato could not. pay thom, and they would haye thelr trouble for nothing. ‘Tha Court ore dored o szlo of tho,wholo proporty, and oven -thon.tho debts were:not all pad,.nnd some are oxisting to-day. ~ The allogations of * : R - TUE INTEREST OF BUODES i tha proparty was the claim (priucipally relied on. If such was o fact, that Rhodos wos intor- oafed, sud Dolibina’ aud Grogg know of it, then -|'tho salo wonld, of nocassily bo ot nsida. It ap- poared, ovidently, that Rhodes, who way cousin of Dounglas, and who promised to oo after tha widow and hoirs, had made numerous and re~ pented attempta to oxtrioate tho estato from om- barrassmont.. Thore were at that tima many morigages on the cslato, eomo of which ~ had on foreclosed, and’ eyen tho equity of redemption was about to expiro, Rhodes applied to reveral parties to help him, ' but in vain. He ovon offered to pay a hnrt of tho Smith mortgage himself to save the equity to tho hoirs, but to no objoct. Every; one agreed that the proporty was worthless over and above the incumbrances on it. Tiunlly ho filed a potis tion to have the land sold,in ordor to pravent tha foroclosure of redemptton, undor tho Smith mortgago. Affor much time and trouble ho ju- dueéd Dobbina to becoma the purchasor at the salo, on tho condition that he (Rliodes) should uaranty him” againat loss and take an intoreut .in the salo; Rhodes reluctantly consonted, and the salo waa nccordingly mado, notiing about abovo~ “tho ™ incumbranced. Now Rhodes admitted - to Mrs. Douglas by a Ietter- that, in' November, 1805, Lo had sn intorest .in the property, but Lo cluimed he ace quired it subsoquent to the sale. But he ade mitted also that Dobbins would not go in unlesy he joinoed, and he must, thorefore, have had an fntoroat at tho time of tho sale. Morcover, the ‘bookkeoper of Dobbins, and the testimony of Pincknoy, Farwoll, ana othiers agroo in -showing that Rhiodos had an intoroat at or about the tima of tho oxacutor’s salo, 1t doos not matter what ‘Rhodes’ intentious woro. N - THE LAW I8 VERY OLEAT, snd will not allow an executor tu bo interested in such & case, evon though it be in good faiih. Tho duties and intorests of buyer aud sellor ars diamotrically opposed. Rhodes cartainly bud no intontiou of defrauding Mrs. Douglas™ or tho boirs, but ho' bad an *iutorost In the szlo, and tho resnlt in the n{u of tho law ia tho aamnt; the sale must bo declared inv alid, b way 2 : 5 MRS, WILLIAMS 5 “guilty of laches? Bho roceived a lotter from thodos in January, 1865, stating that e had ao intorost, .and anothor in 1867, Gen. Williums also wad well cognizant of the fact, and could certainly ‘bave bhad no object in deceiving his wife, or hiding tho fact from her. Iu fome casos it han beon held that a negloct to ack on rono's rights for mavoral yoars wos not a bar, hub thoy aro oxcoptional, "1Iad Dobbins had the mouey which ho {nveated in, this estete, aud put it in” othor property, he could have reals ized n largo -amonnt, Mrs. Douglag ay .by from 1865 .to 1870, when -| ‘tho pronerty was llrgel{ appreciating in valua | Aud Qid not see £ to entorco kior rights, and sha must thorefors bo deemed guilty of laches. -| The bill was agcordingly ordered to bo dia~ .misaed aa to hor for want of equity. . But tho jury held tha case was differont as to i - RODELT AND STEPUEN DODGLAS. . 1870, the ta -| .One-of - them. attained . his msjority in ‘othor in 1871, and one of their firet ncts was doclino - to- receivo. any-portion of the $25,000 roatized at the: exccutor's sale, ‘and to disclaim that- sale. - In 1870 thoy fiicd tholr crons-inll 1874, * 1gys; | -meking that tho salo ba sot asido, and. a8 Inchics Brown. D ¢ 1,6a3,280 | ould not ba atributed to an infaut, and thoy 1083 ¢ bad been - prompt in discluming when Chriat! 14,983,628 Qlark:, 4,805,571 | thoy becamo of sgo, tho male wug Clinto . B4TNGT . t0 - bo' beld fovalid a8 to thew. ‘Etiugham, 457,305 | Tha Judgs thoreforo hold that- the enlo wus ta Tamiitan. * LET010 | 4,0 not avido a8 to Robort and_Stophen ; that tha 3, I0ATL00 | 16id atill wusold in tho liauds of Rbiods, Dob- o018 -t LUMME | bing, and Gregg was 1o bo declared to 'be theirs, 50700 4012421 | aud that tho-caso waa to bo roforred to the 9,421,709 25,4 0,640,934 14,250,402 . 6,141,787 4,479 10495180 TULLETT. To the Editor of The Chucapo Tribune: o 8in'z, T 1803, Congress ropealed the law which authorized tho appointmont of Buporvising Arohitect Mullet, with all his clorks aud: othor. paraphornalia of his ofilco, Novortliolass, nb thio noxt sesalon, Mr, Boutwoll sont in estimates {for his galary, oto,, in total disrogard of tho tnw § ‘and Alallott ns uot only hold on evor;sinco, witliout any Iaw providing for ks appointmont, but bis own enlary has beon incroasod, ' and he has run the exponsss of Lis oflico—olerks, draughtsmon, potographory, ete,—up to nearly $50,000 per annum, s et aa B SO A Stronge Incident, The Dallas (Tox,) Commercial records this strange incident ; A most singnlar and melan- chioly affair ocourred a forv duys ngo, which looks auif the Almighty did take cogmzanco of our worldly effairs, aud moto out. ;]nnt.'puxyxg\xmunxt_ “for our misdonds’ tnktut; 1is namo) in vain, A man by tho o of Biblay was having un al- toroatiop with lis wife, Jennio Sibloy, or * Big Jonnie,' ag slio iy_culled at their homo, and at the quarrel waxed warm, ho took his Mnkor's ‘namo in vain, and ‘hoped CGod would paralyzo him.’ Bofore finisbing tho sontonco he wag struok dumb, und has not uttored & word sinoe, BigJonnto 14 a boer-jorkor at tho variovies. Sho. 18 & woman of fiue culture, n fine musiclan, sud of ' oxtraordinary - convorantional _attaiumont, 8ho was formarly the wifo of a_Aajor-Genoral in the United Sates Army, and through hor Iu~ fluence sho Inducad her iirat husband 0 join the Coufedoraoy, * :Through tho' wilos'of a Uonfed-, orato General #ho' foll, aud her huaband, who. loyed hor dovotodly, upon learning the fact, drank himself to deuth, She then took up with .hor paramayy pud lived with him titl his doalh, Wo bollove sho.was lawfully marxiod to Sibloy, . Alastor to.tako account of tho otits received frowm tLo lands already sold by the defendanta. st 6 SR CANADA NEWS. Protectionist Meeting—First Trinl ot the Bailot=lLiscelinneons, * Special Disviiteh to Ihe Chicado Iribine, Tonoxro, July’ 27.—It is genorally un- deratood that tho meeting of manufacturors to “b held in Hamilton noxt weel {8 not traly a ,rapregontativo mooting of manufaclurers, but “rathor of thoso who are stroug Protectionists and antl-Covernment . mien, A largo and rogpoctable . portion " of the lendlug manue facturors of the country are propared to necopt tho now reolprocity treaty as heing for tho bnat intorosts of tho country at largo. Tust Elgin wiil bo the fivat constituenvy totes tho officiency of tha ballot in elections. I'he Govarnor-Genoral, in his northorn trip, is avarywhoro bejng recoived with enthusinsm, 2 Suectat Dapatel to t'he Cloeayo Tyivuns, 8r, Joux, N, B,, July 27.~uwland, Prosidont | of the Dominien Board of PLrade. wiwo is ‘now hore, gave au addross beforo the Mechanics® Tnatituto, expounding tho views of tho Canada First porty, which met the approval of tha ait= dionce, a8 s rosolution was carriod to the eMeck that_the thanke of tlo moeoting bo toudored to .- Howland Tor'his able oxposition of tho views of the party, and {t was furthor resolved that in thio opinion of tho meotingz it was most desivable that the Maritimo Natlonal Club should bo en~ couraged in its eiforts to oultivate a natiouat sud patrlatto spirit throughout tho Damifnion, Spectal Disvatch ta The Chicag Lridune, Buanironn, Ont., July 27.—At a mooting of tho Town Gouueil this evenlug & rorolution was unannimonsly pussed, to Lo forwarded to the Dominion Government, mdmnmriltlm‘couutruc,. lion of the lluron and Ontario Bhip-Caual, sud recomutondinge . that 10,000,000 nored of land ba granted Lin nid theveof. Capiool showed the fonsibility of the project, and the mnumor of Tainiug (bo neowsenry oupital of §10,000,000, Tha prospocts in Canmis' ave vory favorablo Lo the nunnt'xuutiuu of the e ———— —Qen, Ttobort Nansom, one of the most Cle< _tingmshed diviolon commanders of ithe Conted- orato army, bas lefe his nativo Stat, Notth Cir- oliug, phrchascd. tho famed. Lrewy [nm in Chestorflold Coupty, Virgiuia, aud soutlod dowa ay o Visginis farmer,