Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 17, 1874, Page 2

[ CRIME. More Interesting Developments in the Safe-Burglary Trial, Wow Witnesses Were Cnjoled, Bribed, and Threateneds An Important Capturo of Counterfeit Platos in Now York, The Myslery of Maggie McMahan in Southern 1llinois. Particulars of the Express Rob- bery at cinclunati. Tho Washington Safceiurglorys THN WILES OF THE NING-MEN, Special Mapateh Lo The Chicago L'ribute. Wassisaroy, D. G, Nov. 16—t the opening )t tho Criminal Court to-day, Judgs 1lumphreys wdorod tho Clerk of tho Police Court and Col. Vhitely to nppoat on Wednesesy nost to show wuso why thoy shonld not bs punishied for con- swpt in having procured tho arrest of Iaycs br porjury. It is stated cbat on tho first day of Inges’ testimony o wanrant for hLis arrost for jerjury was taken out, and o wna notified of the mot in order to frightea him Into keoping back o ary of tha truth, or toinduce Liuito leavo tows. [fi5ca alvo ausorta that ho was ADPROACHED UY TIESECBET-SERVICE MEN bofors ho had testified, who told Lim that if hio aould go to New York md stop at a certain ho- cel, Lo would find there n purse containing o Eousand doliars, and :uat, if e would then w0 4 Gatnda ho would racetvo n similar sunt. Tho ala wocret-servico gang were untiring in thoir offorts during tho progress of ‘tho trinl £ broal down tho festimony for tho proto- cition, Iwo young men wero brought oro £1ym Now York to curroborste cestain of Hnyoes' nratonents, and thoy were appronchied, 1t iy chsged, by Whitely's men, who tried to sell fhois counterfoit mouoy, in order that thoy yight bo arrested and driven from town, nud hoir testumony rendered valuless; Zirruth . eas nlso ) REPFEATEDLY TRINEATENCD by dangors of tho most serjous naturo, but 18 o wos_posted 1 tho ways of his enomies, ho mau- aged £0 oludo them, 1nyes eays that ho lins not Deen permiitted to tell all that Lo kuows, and thar it is his purpose, if he is tried for porjury, 1o havo il the facts como out. Tho additionnl facts that Lo Jns Lo reveal will bring in partics whu hayo herotofors heen only suspected of con- nection with tho conspiracy, 1o is now iu New York working up his cage. Harringlon hay given notico that ho will fol- low Assistant Attorney-Gencral Lill in an argu- ment in Lis own defonse. 140 e Assocuated Press.d Wasiuxatox, Nov. 16.—Tho trinl of the al- Ieged safe-burglary conepirators was resumed at noon, Judge Humphreys gaid : * Gentlomen of tho Tury: L bave an inquiry to make of you tlis morning, 1lave any of yoli AGaN & newapaper, or leard anything nbout” what hus trauspired in relatinn to this_case since tho court adjourned last Friday, either i regard to counsel, witness- es, or_Judge " Allthe jurors answered in tho nogativo. g ‘i’uo Tudgo~*Alr, Bailifl, you will now take tho jury out into n comfortablo room, until you are sent for to bring them in, Koep togethor, gon- $lemen.” Tnrning to the Clerk, the Judgo said: ¢ Mr, Middleton, has anything tranepired invelation to =|ln|s=fiuu sinco the court adjourned last 1ri- ay ? Olerk—'* Yes, sir; Mr. Hayes was brought out of jnil and reléased on buil. I was gont’ for ta inko the recognizanee, which was cutered iuto by Mr. Alexauder, in the sum of 24,000.” 'The Judge—** What was ho in juil for?” Tbgv' Clerk—" I understood it wns for per- Jury, Tho Judge—* Iave youany record of it bo fore the court 2" ‘Tho Cierk—*'No, Eiri ouly n pencil memo- tandum, which I made." Barshal Phillips—* 1T was in jail, your ITon- +r, and wos brought out on tha 'order of Judge Sartier.” Judge—* What was he in jail for 2" o Marshal—* T can find out st tho jail.” Judge—*Go to tho jail nnd get the commit- noot, and bring it hera at once. Wo will take o secess tor ten minutes, until tho information wrives.” At tho oxpiration ‘of tho recess tho commit- nont was brought inta court by the Cletk. It rag sigued by L. I, Dawson, Clerk of the Po- lco Court, and charged Iayes with committing rerjury in the case uow ot issue, After it was cad, tho Judgo directed tho Clerk o isstoa mritand subpana ducis locum to the Clerk of hat court, togethor with tho person ewearing it tho writ, ad summon tliem to apponr before his court on Wedneedny nest, at 2 o'elock, with he records of that court, and also to ghow why tiey should uot Lo procceded agaiust for cou- mpt of this court. Judge—**Gentlemen, do you want to arguo his cago now " Counsol consznted, and the Fudga directed the ury to bo called in. % Afr. Davidgo desired to submit prayora for in- tructions w relation to some potuts of the law. he Judge declined to hear them gt this point in ha case, but 68id that he would do 80 at & proper imo. Mr. Davidgo resorved tho 1ight to enter n_exception. S Mr. 11} then opened the cage o the jury for o prosccution. mportant Capture of Counterfeit Plates by the Seeret Service Surents Special Disnatch to The Chicaao Trivunc, New Yok, Nov, 16.—Tho United Stato's Se- 16t Bervico Dureau in thie city has recently been ogaged iu some excellont capturcs. 'Tho Wash- igton snfe-burglary business has given countor- nters confidenco, and soldom has counuterfeit onoy beon g0 plentiful in the West and Sonth, ‘ore the operators have boen protty quiot.. Tho autations used aro gencrally o oxcollent thut nv oxcept first-class expérts ean delact win. Among these aro countortei res on the ‘I'radors’ National Buuk ! Chicago, which gcem to tho averago eye to v s good a8 tho originul. Thoro are also coun- rfeits on tho Third National Bauk of Chicago, ‘almost equal plenty. 'Lho similarity of all stional Bank notea of tho sumnoe donomination ‘. o great beneflt to tho counterfciter, as ono ta may serve for impressions of the noles of wious bonks. The socret sorvico men beliovo, rinstauce, that tho two counterfeits nbove- entiouod wero mado from the samo plate, tho ard * Traders’ " boing erasod and **'Uhird sub- ituted. Thero aro go well done Lt probably a sjority willnos be detected till they are returned, gged and worn, to the Troasury al Washing- n. Mr. Benson, of the Beeret Servico Divin- o, stated to-duy thut they had succeeded, with- tho last three weoks in discovering over §44,- 0 in_counterfeits, montly on Chicago bunls, «l chieflyin netes of tho donominntion of &5, d in obtaining and destroying tho plates, nind, somo jnstauces, arresting the counterfoitors, ics0 arrests were usually -iept secret for tho «rposo of obtaining confosulons from the pris- ers which may iplicato othors, My, Bonson sn importauc wituess 1 the trial at Auburn, morrow, of Tom Dallard, eaptur- i st Bufalo s month ago, sud the st skiliful counterfoiter 1 “tho country, d left for that city this ovening. 1fo holds'u mber of platos captured from Hallard, umong scls is ono only purtly finished, which was to ¥o beon an_improssion of tho $5 hill of the wk of Dritjsh North Amoriea in Mantreal, i which Ballard boasted ho could havo bank- ptea all Canada, DMr. Bonson bolloves Inllard ovig, 28 ho says ho daey, the wecret by which naterfeiting can bo forover proventod, It will remombered that Bullard offered the Qovorns mt, for his unconditional liborty, to rovenl socrat, & Phe Mystory ok dlaggic Meflahnne From the St. Louts Kenuoticon, Nov. 16, Sarney MeMahan, a swall farunr noar tho nlot of Burkesvillo, Monroa County, Il is & now attracting to himself o largo sharo of ontion, As yot thero is no positive ovidenco it o liag dono nnything to draw to himsol! so ich Intorest. Bat there are womo mystori- » thinga touching his domestle relations and sont actions, which ueed to bo wolved, if Bare 7 MeMahau would cseapo from his presout snvinble notorioty. s privato rolutions liavo beeoms mattors of THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1874, Public concorn, and thero te 6 domaud to know mora about tho 1ife ho hog lod and the deods ho i3 accused of porpotrating. Darnay Mcdahan iy oithor nn unfortiiatoman ar o dovil incarnate, Considorablo interost hns been talion by tho pooplo of Monroo County in tho fato of Darney's wife, 1o has Leen masrled twico. By tho first wife ho has four surviving childron—a martied daughtor, a grown-up daugh- tor of about 18 yonrs, aud two sons, about 16and 17 yonrs, vespectively, Some years ago tho mother of theso children died, and subsoquontly MeMuban married a woman nameid Maggio Mor- shall. The hfo they led togother wns not pleasnnt, ‘Che children and tho stopnathier dis- agreod 3 tho hunband aud the wito woro fro- quently engaged in brofls and fights, Tho mutual ropulsion uf tho ill-asotted pair grow strouger ny tho years rollod on, }rom iil-natured accusations and seoldinga Lho husband aud wife becamo suni- clently antagoninticto fight. More thnn onco tho woman loft tha littlo-farm hiouse to Barney and bis childien and camo to this city. Dut ho followed hor and conxed tho old qulmF bacl again, and #0 Maggio wont to the homo that lad proved so distasteinl to her. ‘'ho old animosities had not boen dostroyed, I was not loug LIl the quar- rela and broils wero ronowed, At longth, on the Oth of last August, Barnoy MeMabnw's cluldron went abroad to spoud the night sonto miles nwni' lenving thoir father and ktépmother alono at iho littlo farmehouso, Thoy returned noxt morning nod found only thelr father at homo. 1o tald them that their stop- mothor had gone awny—probably to the city, and did not ssy whon sho would roturn, Days, weoks, and months passed, but no one ks since beheld tho Faco of Mazgio MoMahan, Tho unoighbors talked sbout 1t in o quict woy, and wondered what had bocomo of her. Thoro was s mystory about it somo way, but 1o ouo folt n sufiiciont tntorest in the affairs of cither Bnrnoy or his wito to make closo scruting to loarn hor uto, About the timo of tho dlsappearance of Mra, McMaban, the noighbora noticed that a brush- licap or pite of woou was uct on fira ot short distanco from tho farm-house occupied by Me- Mahau, It was obgorved that this fire was main- tainod for weoks, dnfl and night, "L'ho nelghbor- ing farmors talled about it at tho time, but no steps waoro talken to investigate the singuiar proceeding. MeMaban was _asked why ho main- tained the fire so long, and ho eaid ho was burn- ing some ehickens which had died of chotora. Nothing whs dove at_that time, or indecd for monthi aftor. The field where the brush-fire bind glared through tiio darkness of night, wag plowed up and sowed fn whaat. About tholOth of tho presout month a privato dotoctivo of this city bolng in Burkesville heard tho strange story of Mn{:[zlo MeMuban’s disap- pearanco, aud, sith tho iuwtinct of tho profes- sion, ho wont to work on tho *ense.” Tho ro- sult of this investigation lead toa complnint being flled by Protine, the dotective. An examl- noation of iho loculity whero the brosh-henp was burued was mado ; somo_bonas, and o few haic- pu'u; aud Luttona wero fouud, at laast do it wag eaid, i _Theso dlscoveries were exaggorated and mag- nifled, Tho story wont abrond that Barnoy Me- Maban had murdered his wifo and cromatod hor remains, For n fow days thoro was quitew Dreoze of oxcitemout amoug tho people of Alon- roo, McMalan was committed to prison, aud somo pooplo thought hio ought to bo hanged or burned, drawn sud quartered, indeed tormented out of tho world, with alf tho tortures ingenuity could suggost, But fortunately {he nnmbor of such hasty executionors and vengoful blood-lnntors was smully, 'Tho law was allowed to take its course, Aday for cxamining into tho oharges brought wos appointed. "Che Court-House ut Waterloo was erowded, Tho relics which wero to testify agninet DleMahan wero displaved: the wite nesges wero sworn and examined. Tho evidenco aggaingt him thon and thero adduced was mengro in tho oxireme. Still, a8 thero was Bome mys- tery in_councction with o disappearanco’of Mra. McdMaban, it was deomed proper $o_hold him to answer tho chargo before tho Cirxcuit Court, and bail was fixed at 91,000, A boud was made, and Barney McMakan was relensed and roturned to his littlo farm-house, whoto ho was ot Inst necounts quietly attending to his atfairs. 1o eaid tho fragmonts of bones found were thoto of chickens, aud the prosccution failed to show (hnt they were not, Morcover, s neighbor woman testificd ot tho oxaminution that Maggio MoMaban had told ifer that sho intended to go awuy and hide hersolf whero Barnoy conld nover find ber again, and & great mavy poople in thub ~vieinity believe that is just what sho lae doue, ‘I'hero aro_some circumstances in connection with tho uifair which soem to justily this view which the peaplo about Burkesvitlo take con- cerning the disappenrauce of Mra, Mc)Mahan, Sho has o sistor rosiding in_this city who ocen- pies a rented apartmont at No. 2 North Seventh Btreot. Mrs. Brown, or Mrs. Stewnrt, ng hor landlord calls bor, hns resiifed at that placo for somo months. A fow weeks ago she attonded tho Inir at Watorloo, but it seems took no intorest in_the fato of her gistor, Mrs, McMahan, o8 it is improbabla that she wovld bo eo near her placo of residenco and nat learu something about the disappearance. When tho Waterloo crema- tion story was published, roporters of tho differ~ ent papers, including one from this journal, called to gee Mrs, Catherine Brown, or Stowart, o8 the numo may bo, Sho professed to have nn){ henrd the horriblo ils u dny or two ago. And now comes the sirangest partof all. After the publicution of the ecusntional roport in the onantiounl portion of the city press, Mrs, Brown beeame suddenly impresscd with the duty, or seized by thio desira,Jto change lier place of Tesi- denca ond bid adten to tho city, Yestorday, it ia understood, she old her furniture and fixtures, sad will leave in n yery short timo, Thoro are only circumstances, it is truo, but they point to a solition of the wo-called ** Monroo mystery™ und horribly seneatioval story of murder and eremation. "The xpress«IZobbery nt Cincinnatie From the Cincinnati Commercial, New, 16, Doth the Amorican and United States Express oftices havo frobts on both Fourth nnd Race streots, The Commercial oflico is on tho north- enst corner of theso atrects. Tho United States Express office runs sround it, and tho Amer- Jean oflice around tho United States still. The Taco streot fronts of theso officos are used for tho reoeiving and shipping of goods. Or- divarily the pedestrion will flud the sidewalk covered with packagos, and half a dozen wag- ons standing backed up thero, delivoriug npd taling boxes, packages, enfcs, otc. Of n Sundey this s not so noticcable, although con- pidorable business is done jn the morning avd ovening of that day, Of courso, thero are not so mauy persons in the oflice—wo speak now of tho Amerlican—on Snnday. Yesterday ufternoon, when tho robbory of whith wo aro to speak ocenrred, thero wore very fow in tho ofiice, Betwreen tho bours of 2 and 3, whon the “irick” was taken, thero wero only two cmployes of tho Company on duty in that pert of tha ofilea fcauting ou Raca stract, and at tho vital moment only.crie, ‘That particularono, a porter nunod Charlos Moody, fn been in the cmploy of tho Company only siues July lnut. Ile s n compnrativoly *greon” young mwan—wo shonld jusdo so, ut leaste Whilo Mr. Alaody was #itting at his post, quite alone, and ratlher weary of fhe day, Lhure ou- terod Mr. Abe Mouroe, a lamo man, formerly n messongor of the Company. e Monroo was discharged o few mouthy einco for an irrogulur- ity in his nccounts, Now, we don't want to do AMr. Mouroo or his friends “"f injustico or harm, but wo are assured that ho Wus discharged, whother justly or with injustics, Locauso s money packago in s caro turned up nissing. Lt Monros bus been rogarded as un uufortunute wort of o fellow, who roally meant no harw, and Liew hoen nllowed to visit the olllco and nssociute with tho omployes thoro, 1t is suid, indeed, thab hio hny froquontly slopt thero since his connce- tion with it coused, It i stated uleo that he wis there yestorday waorning when the monoy packages were placed in tho eafos, owover all that may bo, his_coming into tho oflico nt any timo wus not # citcumstanco to excito enviosity or supicion, 1o enmo yestorday aftornoon ; Lo suw ho conguered. 1o toak chale by tho side of Moodv, in ,un_onsy poxt of n way, and ro- mrked shat ho'dl Tike o smoko. Moady couldi’ accommodate him, sud Monroo cloverly propased to gumble for tha cigars—~to * marle” Moody being alsposed to sccommoadato him, they marked; and Moody lost. Fhen Monroo, beings o lama man, and Z\lu(ul?' requiriug oxoreise, it wig conohided that dloody shunld go acrors the stroot for the oigars. But perhaps wo ara ahiead of our story i trifla, Night horo, pobnbly, shonld como in the Uleck horse and green waon, Thiy drove np on Race at abont this time. 1t was o vlekety old greon express wagom, dvawn by o spavinad, ringboned “old blsck” horse, 1t contnined two mon aml n trunk, It bueked up ond the two men ot out and ot down tho tail-honrd, Thou thoy taok out tho trupk, This runk was empty, but when the two men carrdod it futo tho oflica they Luggod ot it for e utall " ay 1006 were hanvily fraishted, "Ihiny Kot tho trunk dawn, and romarked thit thioy wanted 1t to (7o to tha * old horeo " corner, In oxpress parlaneo 't old oo ® meann unelalmed Troight that-haw stood around e lang thue, There wan a beuthor-in law Jn the ease, o fellow named Tronn, not much kiawn sround tiore, Montou's Lrothotsin-law, who i seld Lo liwyo recontly sory- ol a torm in tha Work-House, Moody knpw nothing about this follow, it {s presumed, 1o and iy compnnion having dumped tholr load, with the undarstanding that orders for its ehi) mant wonld bo loft at the ofics, thoy drove oif. Moody wont for tha olgars, nud b tha sliozt timo of his absenco Monroo eaptured the pmunder, 1o olected from tho lot of ordinary messon= gor#" safen thoro ono containing n largo amount of manoy, £40,000, wo understand on good au- thorlty, "I'his safo waa for the Chicngo meeaoh gor, aud_was Lo havo started for that city last night, Ity snpposed that ona of lily confedor- atos stopped in_ngain and helpod him put tha #afoin tho trunk, ‘Choro s no doubt it wea placed I tho trank during Moody's absonco aftor the cigars, Moody returned with the clgars, and ho and Monroo prococded to hnve &_nleo smoko. Whilo thoy wure smoking, up drove thoe little, old, binck horas, sud tho littlo, old, greon wagon agning and In_camo tho Bamo two men agnin, Ad thay walked up, thoy slated, quiatly, thab thoy lind minde & mistako; that it was to tho Adamg thoy had totalte that trunk, Ba thoy ’\hflmd un ‘the trunk and walked off with it. Tlny time it took somo honest tuggeing lo carry it—rathor moro than thoy had mado protonse of in tho first plnco. They walked out with it, quictly aud i1 gaod ordor, placad it in the wagon, and drove off. Monroo dirappearod also. I'he robbers drove up Itaco street in tho lght of 4 duil, cloudy afternoon, Whore they drove to i8 not known, It is bolieved that they drovo out into tho conntry, and at dark-—say half-past G—nclooted somo out-of-the-wny pinca whoro thoy could bronk opon tho snfo, and that thoy divided tho contonts and parted, tuking to tho ronds. Thoy may have cracked the uafs in pomo solected rondezvous in tho eity, But this is all more conjooturo, The fact of the robhory did not como to light untll ¢ o'elock p. m., when tho messonger whon was to {ako this safo to Chicago drova up with his wagon and looked for his gafe_nmong the dozon that wero lulo(l up there, 1o couldn's find it, Ilo tricd his Loy to woveral, and it wonll fit nono of them, But ho soon becamo couvinced {hnt his eate was gono, Decauso thore was nothing thero that resom- bled st Thiu snfo wan_now and freshiy painted, with Droad hands, Thero was no euch salo thore. ‘Lhon tho porter told tho story of Mon- roo, tho littlo old express wagon, and the littlo ol black horse, the trunk that wns to havo been Ioft nnd waen't left, and tho cigars, Aud, finally, hio confossed to having zeen & safo m tho trunk g the tritnk wont out, I'he hito and cry over this thing Iast night was not loud, but it was deop, Mr. Frank Olark, the agent, aithough sick enovglh to be iu bed, started out a8 soon a4 ho was_informed of it, to do all that n man could do, Ia called in Mr. Honder- son, of tho United States; JMr. Weir, of the Adams ; Col, Kiersted, Supcrintendont of Polico; and Dotgctives Hnzen, Mead, and White. T'ho two ofllcora last named wero immediately started to zot & trace of that old green wagon and black horee, if poesible. ko tolegraph lnes wero immediately sot to worls, thntall trains out from thoe city might bo scurchod. Col. Xicrated set tho city forees on the watch. AL about 11 o'clock Mead and White get on the track of tho liorsg and wagon. ‘fhey belonged to n mnn named Broswn (this oame hrothoer-itelav, it is supposed), in tho Ninoteenth Ward. They lind been scon by nlot of boys ab_tho cornor of Third and Elm Btieois, a8 thoy drove up Elm strect, comivg to- ward th coxpross oflice, aud the boys knd haoted at tho shabby old turn-out, But whero thoy bad gono aftor that nobody could tell—nt loast no- body that might bnve boen disposed to tell. 1t hnd passed awny quietly, with ‘ita magnificont freight, without aitiacting attention or suspi- cion, About balf-past 12 o'clock this morning thero enme proof thug the telegraph had workad well, 1t enmo in the shapo of a dispatch from Indlan- apolis, that Monroo bind been arrcsted thero shortly after 11 o'clock, on a train from this eity, But thero was no mouoy on his person, and Lo didn't seom to have any coofedorntes with him, 1ie waa dotninod thougl, and will there await orders from this city. The Investigation made Inst night does not throw a caleium Jight upon ons or two cireum- stauces in tlug mattor, Moody stated that he waw that thero was o eafo in the trunk when it walked off between two robbera, Lho safo way 1oo big for the trunk, and thoe lid of tho Iatter would nog shut close over it. o saw that; lind been induced to Teave the offivo; tho wlhole affair was somowhat irregulnz—and yet ho per- mitted tho truuk to go, with a safoin’if, without suspicion | At o quarter of 4 this mnmbf we lonrn that there is u track of the other thieves; that thoy are supposed to bo ou their way to Chicago, 1t in_stated now that that safo contained nearly 276,000, LATEHT, Srecfal Dispateh to The Chicmao Tribiine, Civcisnary, 0., Nov. 16.—~Tho totalloes of tho American Express Compauy by the robbery yesterdny is 46,500, Abe Monvoe, the lameman who got the express clork out oif tho way, was arrested at Indianapolis this norning, and 18 now Leld in Room 106, 8t, James Hotal, Ly tho detect= ives of ko Expross Company. About £300 wero on his person, and ho refuses to_tull. ~ Ueorge Black, one of tho chaps who canzZed off tho sato, was arrested in o bagnio in this city this morn- ing. 1lo was stupidly drunk, yet cizafty enough to tofuso to tell who his accomplice was that curiied off tho eafo. The officers hero buvo traco of him, and feol confident of his copturo. Ho {4 a pro- fegsional thief from St Louis, a tnil, thin man, with red beir aud_light mustache, known ag the “Tint,” and fawilinrly called “Red® by tho thioyes abont the city. Thoman did not leave tho city until this mornlng, when 4t is Aupposcd Lo got off on ono of the traing, bui whether with the entire swag or only his shixo of it is not ascertained. Dlack is the gon of a well-knonn Police-Court lewyer of Cinciunati, and has leen mixed up Lorotoforo with dishoucst transactions, one of which was the mysterious transfo; of o valuable diamond in a caxo boforo the Court of Common Pleay, whero o and his fatber wero ongeged. Tha paic were charged with comr'xicity by Atlor- ney Chnilen, n_prominest memb.er of the Lar, whom they afterwards aitacked oun tho street aud boat sovoroely. [/ the Associated Preas ) CrveryyaTi, 0., Nov. 16.—1ho aniount of logs to tho American Ixpress by yeelordoy's robbery i now put at 245,000, Last night- st miduight to tlus morning early the sum was. reported va- rlously from 6,000 to £8,000. Trobanly 60,000 i8 noarer tho true amount. Ono hundred thon sand dollars was put up for Chicag, and run_n two enfos instond of one, for graitter oourity. Tlho Chicago packago is snid to con tain 830,00, 000. Abo Monroe, the messongery who is Fup- posed to havo beon tho chief plofder, and who pluyed for cigars with the watchmian y esterday nad was lelt in tho allico alone while tly2 watchman wont out to buy eigere, arrived from .Indinvapohs to-day, and is uuder guard In o parivato room, Goorgo Bluck, one of tho men wLus carried tho tennli out, and tho son of . Inwser in this city, Las beon artested. The trunk cantuining tho cheat was carried right beforo the «ofiico watch- man and two of the Mstropolitan polico, who bappened to bein tho otlicont the time, Itis now stated on good anthorily tliat this samo” tuack wag attempted in that oflico vritliout tuce cess, Intelligenco has boen recoived horo to-night of tho arrest in or near Chicago of o third party suspeoted of? complicity in tho robbery, No cluo to tho eafe. or ity con- touts, or to tiio oxpress wagon and liorse, both af which were hired iu thia city, has Lieon found, 'Ikio aliulr excites much interest horc, Crime 1n Dos Molnes. Syeciul Dinpatels to The Ciicazo 1'v ibune, Duzs Moises, In., Nov. 10.—Tho Juatehot bas again done ity bloody worlk in Dos Moines, Lost ovauniug a mau named Nolson onterad the roni- donco of one Pat Dugan for the puracsoof col- locting rent. Both porties Lecamo .wugry, and ongaged in & scufllo. Mrs. Dugan scized a lintehot, nud struck Nolson sevoral tiraes on tho hond. _11i injurics nto corious, bue nist: regarded od likely to prova futul, Dugan aud wits aro now n Jail, T'ho City Mnrshol returned from Bt. Louis to- Dight with one Seott Garrott and wifd, charged with the murdor of Juck Ilunter, 1wo yeurs glnco, Tho avidance againat them 18, said to bo conclusivo. This {8 thu lnst of the faur seerot murders in this elty within two years ' hich have boen forroted out. Tho dotoctives Inave done their duly fuithfully, and the citizens rojolce at thielr suceess, Xighwny Robboery. Special Dispatch tn ke Chacago T'ribaine, QGarxenung, 11, Ock, 16,—A highway robbory was commitied here lnst oveniug, Darnoey Nyau, o grocer's clerk, was stoppod by two masked men who demandod Bis monoy or life. Ilo gave up his puvse, contulning £7 cash and & noto for £100, Tho allair hnu canted consider able ox- citoment, and & vigilaut seurch ia being 2 ando for 1o thivves, ereiiminary Examinution of A arder. ©ri. Spectat Disnatel to The Chicago Trlbw.a ¢, fir, Pavy, Miun,, Nov, 16,—1Ihe protlninary oxamination of Roap and wifo and (L .auden- sehluegor accupled the City Court to-d 1y, and lud not concluded st adjournment. 11 is ru- mored that Baup hog promised to (ako (10 wit- nots stand and moke & full confossion, Lick, ho hustmnd of the murderod womau, whio way alvo supposed killed ab the Limo, and .J_’-uwnh, | connod -athers by mistako, lis_son, woro the switnesses oxaminod. Thoy positively identifled prisonors, aud agrood in tha Atory of " tho assault boing Acerot and unpro- voled, Laudenschlnogor nnd his slstor, Mra. Tiann, remnined gulot during tho day, bt Ran and tho witnous Tilck wero botli groatiy excilod. Thoro wan o_largo crowd st and nround tho conrt-room, but no {hroats of lynching woro hoard ns Lioretofore, On ‘Crinl for Murdering Mler Busband, Special Dispateh to The Chicaao Tribune. Mavwoy, Wis, Nov, 10,—Tho trial of Ars, Ingersoll, of Sparta, for murdoring lier hushand, Daniel, which began Inet Luceday, and fu likely to continue tho most of this weel, oxeitos much intorant. Sho fu charged with poisoning him with stryehnine, and docrors and Inwyers hova been brivging out much ntercsting” fact and thoory na to tho symptonis of stryehnine-poisons iug nnd cerebro-spiunl and spinal moningltis, of whicl, ono theoty of tho dofenso ig, the do- died. Somo vory comprobontivo leading uostions wero mut to-dny by the prosooution to Dr. Beohe, of Chicago, who pavo' his opinion that domtls' wos causod by strychnine, Fight with n Desporados Spacial Dispatehs to Tha Chicago 7'ribune. Koxomo, Ind., Nov. 16.—Tho desperado John Ttny was captured last night by n poeso of men aftor n serlous oncountor, in which Ray waos seriously wounded by o Joad of buckshot fired frons 3 ohol-gun. Ono of the parly was slightly wonnded by o pistol-ball fired by ono of tho Ry fought desporatoly, firlng tox shots, and fighting with a maco aud Imifo until elubbed down, 'Tho gun with which lio was Bluot was broken to piecos over bls head. ho wan viko waa eoriously cut by Lim i Iylng in o eritioal conditlon, It is thought ho cannot recover. (Conntorfciter Sentonced, Svecwal Disyatels to T'he Clucano Tribune, Miwaoget, Wik, Nov. 16,—James Stovens, who croated n sonsntion Inst summer by pussing countorfuit noton at Oshkosh and Fond du Lao, was sontenced by tho United States Clrenic Court to five yonrs in tho Stato's Prison yes- terday. ctaarlie Xosy Onco Morce Nuxtivarox, W, Va., Nov, 16.—A fow wooks ngo & man, woman, sid a boy traveliug on foot thirough tho country stopped over night with a family namod McCarmas, noar Barboursville, W. Vn. Tho moxt morning thoy left boforo dny without taking tho boy, McCarmay wanting to give him to tho family of F. W. Poyton. This Doy auawers tho desorlption of Charlio Browstor Ttoss, abducted from Philndelphin in July lost, 15 hoar hias beou cut closo, but {8 of the right color. His eyes aro hnzel. Ife has a poculiar look, which {8 not exactly cross-oyed; shados his oyes with his mm. when looking up; i8 8 foot 1 or 2 inchies in height, about 4 years old; hnd part of an unbleached Panama hat on. His body is perfoctly formed, and skin vory [air, excopt & foar of & burn on tho right arm, ‘which might have been done Lo clfaco vaccination matks. Lyehvows vory light, snd eyclashos long for ono 80 young, Spenks somo “worda plain aud othors not. ‘T'o nquestion, * What pony did mamma drivo 2" hio answerod * Polly." "Ilo paid Georgo Sloopeo, or o person with somo auch namo, lived next door. Uis slstor is named Jouuns, and his brother's name is Walter. lle #aid bis brother was put out of tho carriage aud ho taken off. Many wha bave compared the boy with the photograph of Itoss sny tho_foatures of both correspond. Poyton says ho will give tho boy up for £5,000. ‘he Wahi Murder, Near Plttsburg. Pirrsuuna, Nov. 16.—Tho Coroner's jury in tho cneo of Gotthold Wahl, the Gormnn farmer assnesinated by highwaymen on Wednesdny ovening last, to-day returncd n vordict, finding Willinm Murray guilty of murder, uud Fred Myors accessory to tho crima. Aflcr the conclu- ‘;wn" o’r xfl.m inquest the prisoners wero remanded or trint, Iu=Elux Outrnges in Kentucky. Oixcinxart, Nov. 16.—4'he Znquirer's spacial from Loxingtan, Ky., says the Ku-Klux on Sun- day night, 10 miles from that place, nonr Athens, ehot and wounded & negro slightly, and shot and prokably mortally wounded Dr. Steve Easton, end thal Judge Hunt to-day inatrueted the Grand Jury to bring the offonders Lo tyial or sign a pa- pEI; declaring the rumors of their participation untruo, ., "ThoRccreunt Priests Pmmapzrrans, Nov. 10.—Lather Gordemann hed a preliminary oxamiuation at tho Polico Court to-day, and was _held in £10,000 bail to awalt trinl for embezzlement, DBail was prompt- ly supplied, and howas liberatod. Soveral promi- nent mombors of the Young Men's Chuistian As- sociation were prosunt to furnish bail, Rody of o Murdered Man Fouud in o Ciuterne Evaxsvinie, Ind.,, Nov. 16.—Tho body of Seales, murdered nosr Booneville on Friday last, whilst relurning from o collecting trip in Ptko County, was found yestorday in a cistorn nenr Hart's coal mino, about threc-quarters of a wilo from Booueville. Found Guilly of imbezziement. Prrrsvung, Nov. 16.—In the United States Cirenit Court to-day, D.D. Williams, charged with embezzling the funds of the T'irst National Bauk of Conneautville, Pa., was found guilty on the flrat count, and remanded for sontonce. —_— iR At Muskegon, Mich. Sneciat Dinuateh to The Cliicago Tribune, MuskEcoy, Mich., Nov. 16.—Hackley & Mor- gordon’s largo steam sawmill, in tho Fourth Ward, this city, was entirely doatroyed by firs on Sntarday night. Loss, 40,0005 insurunco, £35,000. —_—— TRE NORTHWESTERN STATES, Neows Rtems Telegraphed to The Chi- cago Eribunce ILLINOIS, Jacob Bruckor, farmor living noar Lake Forl, wns crushed to death yestorday by a saw-log fulling on him whilo ho was endoavoring to un- load it from o wagon. —Tho little girl Annie Quinlan, daughter of Matthow Quinlan, of TaSalle, who sot her night clothes on ilre, ont Sunday morning, by u candlo which hor mother, going ta enrly mass, had left standing on the floor, was so0 badly burncd that sho died yestorday aftcrnoon, INDIANA. Tho (rand Encampruent . and Grand Lodge of 0dd-Follows of the Stato mect at Indianapolis to-day. Oa Wedneaday ovemng the nowly- entarged und rebuitt Grand Todge Ll will ho dedicated, Schuyler Colfax making the principal adidress. bo Ifon. David 8. Gooding, of Ifancock County, has snuounced himself o candidato for United Stalos Senator. —Mr, \V, l. Churchman, Superintendent of the Blind Institute, flled his anutal report with the Governor yestordav. T'ho institution fsin goad copdition, with 100 pupile, The oxtimute for eurr&xt expensdes for tho coming two years is 65,000, and the some amonnt for contomplated addltions and necessary ropalrs. —About noon yesterday Bimon Richtor, o mar- rled switchman on tho Peru Radlrond, foll from Tis traln whilo passing over the Indinnapolis & Bt, Louis_bridge, striking bis hond against the crons-timbors und inilloting fatal and most terri~ blo injurics to tho skull, tho bones being driven n upon tho brain MISNEBOTA. The North Wisconsin Hullway, from. Hudson to Lake Superior, wus comploted Saturday 40 milos put from Iudson, twenty-threo mtles being Dbuilt this year. —The flux erop of 8toarns County this sonson {u cslimated at £84,000, Uwenty-four carlonds of {lnx wore shipped from Alexsndrin, Donglas County. —u’la roported that the Routhorn Blinnesota shopu nre to bo moved from Wolls to Tokah. —The cheoso factory at Lunsing, AMower County, was demolinhod by the storm on the 7th fute; iso the honso of Charle MeCabo, nenr Janchvillo, Wascen Cotnty. —Tho farmers in Fillmoro County aro feeding whoat inatend of corn, the latter having tho higheut markeb valuo. —Au ivon Lridga ls bolng builk neross Canuon Tiver at Cannon Falls, whero threo uusiceess- Tul attempts hinva boen made to build & woodoen bridgo to withstand the spring flondy, —A now stenm tlonring il with four run of stono hng beon stavted al Owatopsa, o Kt Yol Dty in clasaifying tho monbarg-oleet of the Legisaturo wecording to Dolitical afillutions, ficnres w Kopublican inae ority of 910 the Senate and 8 i the Houne, This gives it tho Indopendontn but one (o thy Tapublions ; ulso Lo Senntord elected on rogu- Tar Oppoatiion tivkots, [ AL Delphios, yostorday, Johu Pothnsl was erushed to dentl whilo ongagod in cutiing down o treo. POCR LABORING-MEN. Somo of Them Are Not Especiaily Poor in Spivifs They'! Tako Bread with Work, if They Oan; Without It, if They Must, Tho Disturhances in Madison and St Cleir Countics Bxaggeraled, Full Statement of the Miners’ Grievances by One of Them. A Deflant Letter Addressed to Mayor Stolcely, of Philas delphin. Tho Strike of the Miners in St. Clair County, Utinois. Special Dispatel to The Chicano Tribune, Derunvinne, Y, Nov. 10.—The condition of aftuirs I this, thocontroof tho miuing district of §t. Clair and Madison Countles, s NOT HO ALARMING a8 thoroporta concorning the riotous proceedings of {ho mivers who ara unow on o stiiko indicated. In fact, it is mlo to say that tho published roports lave Leen osaggoerated. Thoro i just onough of truth in them to savo tho authors from tho con- domuation in tho futuro stato resorved, to uso o mild torm, for tho falsifier. That thero is a striko among tho miuers u this (tho First) dis- trict of the Minors' Unfon of Illinols, thoro is no doubt, but that FATIER PERSONS OB PROFERTY aro now unsafo, rosulting from tho etrike, in tho scaso that lives ara threatened or property monacad with destruction, no ono conversant with tho facts bolioves or asserts. It is truo that ono coal mino eithor caught or was sot on fire, and somo littlo property wag destroyed. Tho proprictor of the mino beliovos that somo of iho strikers mweb it on firo, Tho roprosentutive mon of tho Union, —2Mr. Kingham, tho President of tho Stato Aso- ciation, aud Mr. Morgan, the President of this district—empliatically deny the charge. Tho {asuo thus mado is in so much doubt that it will tako a judicial investigation, which will soon bo lind, to dotermine tho right. Tho strike Legun aboul ten days ago and UAD ITS ORIAIN in the fact that Mr. Roinecke, tho proprictor of » mine noar this city, last Juno ontored into n contract with thirty or forty non.Uunlon men to work for Iifm ono year at tho rato of § conts per Dushel. Somo fow other propriotors hiad so- cured equally favorable terms, including among tho number of their men somo who belonged to tho Union, Somo of the proprietors who had not boen so fortunate in scuring contracts, and who woro paying 4 cents per busbel for miolng, and who, it is alleged, wero somowhat cnvious of their more fortunato nolghbors, bogan to (hroaten o reduction of wages to 8 cents, and gavoas o roason for their action that Relnecko and others woro getting their mining done for that price, and they could afford to pay no miore, for shiould thoy doso they could notcompoto with thom in tho market, This PRECIPITATED THE BTRIKE, and out of 1,800 mon who were engaged in min- ing in this county ton days ago, uot moro than 100 avo so engaged to-day, and theso ara all non- Union men, or what the Union men call *‘black- logs,” o term signifying that they work under price. The plau adopted h{ tho strikers was to visit ench mino and cause tho mivers to como out. ‘Thoy bxperionced no difionity in cousing men bolongiuy to tha Uvion to desist from work, Lut wera not ko fortunato with the non-Union forces. In gomo instances they used violent nieasurcs, pounding with elubs and otherwiso maltroating those who rofused to submit to their terms. DBy this moeans they WON OVER BY INTIMIDATION all excopt 100, 88 beforo statod. Abont this timo the fist ivatallmont of arms was re- colved from tho Stato, mnd o_ milita company was at once organized. But for this it wns oxpected that atill moro violent monsures wonld have boen resorted to to compel oil mon to cense worlk., If this was tho purposo it did mob roveal iteolf, as tho brecch-londers had an ugly appearanco, and vis- itation to the mines was ut onco discontinued, Phocondition of things now arethat the mines aro uarded nt night by armed sentinels. In iho §ny!imn the militin_ aro subject to Lo enlled to~ gethor by tho ringing of tho bells in tho city slould any demonstration be mado on the mines. Pho proprictors assert their abilicy and purpose to suon WORK THEIR MINES to their fullest capacity with men not bolonging to tho Union, unloss the Union men will agroo to worl for 8 conts n bushel. On the part of tho miners, thoy disclaim guy purpose to in- torforo with persous or property, ond to- duy thoy mro- perfeclly quict, but detormined not to submit to a roduction of wages. Thoy nold a mags-meeting to-morrow nt & point about half-way between hero and §t. Louis, and bave invited tho propriotors of all tho minca to mect with thom, and, if possiblo, arrange for an ond to tho strilie. Al thomivers iu the diatrict ara expected to bo presout. My conclusions ero, thet THE STRIKE WILL NOT END for tho presont, but thatan attempt will bo mado, in caso tha proprictors rofuso to give the prico’ they want, tu wmeko the strike more gen eral, ond_ it is nobt lmpossible that it will oxtend all over the Sinte, is oharg- ed and admitted that av least 150 and possibly 800 miners sro hore from Okio and Pouusylvanio who bayo just arvived, and lo them in no smnll degrea is duo tho continuation of tho strike. 1t 1 tho purposo of the State's Aftornoy to proseoule tho iudict- ment of Morgan and other leading spiits under the criminal codo, snd prosceuto them to tho oxtent of the luw. At the lust term of tho court, in October, Morgan and twolvo otlors wero flned $10 cach for & purticipation iu tho strilo of lust Fobruarv. Judgo Suydoer, whon ho pronounced tho judgtmont of tho Court, ADMONISUED THEM that if again brought boforo him undor similar circumatances ho wonld visit tho ostromo pen- alty of tho law upon thow, which would bo a fine of 8500 cach and gix months' imprisonment in tho Counnty Juil, Thoy sland o good show to gou what the Judge prowised. The Weavers of Philadclphia §t1ll on a Strilce—Iomarkable and Signifs fennt Lettor to the Mayors Svectal Digpatel to The Chicago Trioune, PuLADELPHIA, Nov. 10,—Tho carpot, blanket, and shuwl weavers of tho northwestorn scction of tho city aro still on o striks, and from presont apponsancos others will follow their example, ho following remarkublo end signiicant 1otter was recolved by Muyor Stokely this morn- ing. 1 givo iv verbatim : PuiLavereni, Nov. 14, 1874, Wiltiam Soklen ¢ Dran B s T wrlto these fow lines Lo you {o inform you that, whereas work laso scars aud %o do not get raper yay for unr labor, nud au It da aguinst law o g, besldes wo are not of tha begiiug class, wo aro de- termined o avo something 10 cat, nnd, us tho Government hos_ nob dono suytiing 'to help the worklpg class Teople, Leskdes —the Todlroat compnnios avo (o " leadiig pusties of {10 pante, they rnld ho tho firat ones to suiler, At o meaing of {10 men that ure ot of omplo; Tield Went Dlifladolphia, near the Grods-Koys” Tavern, ou ' ity It was thercfore Tereolved, Shat, us the capltulvd Js oppressing {ho workang thass of people, tud ¢ Mriviug them of o Hyalibood, that we will form intogxngs nud by forea tako out flour and other provislons thit 8 needed to sustain o and stronstls, ‘Ttesitved, "That wo will estroy no _progiorty or da no Doully fujury 1o auy ae, univss wo nro compolied to, Reeanived, Tt wo will open rafirond dupotn anid storo-honves, nud X they uro too havy guurded wo will ga futo mavkot-howses mud ptores, Tiewloed, That wo will wait (il the 2541 of Foveme De, 1874, o at to give ratlronds, and ehopy, aud_ fac torfes w clnnco to mke a start, ‘aud Af 0L va will go abiend at ol bazards, 4y Lo rend neopy of thesn resolutionn to the Philudelphia, niid urg Wim to- commnniesto fo th headn of rudlrodes wnd busiios en fo g e to teuke Kart Lo givo the poor u ehimco for tlielr Hvinig, aned also to vrg Fndiords to lower tha ronty, “Lhero were several hundred mion at tho meethig, el (hoy huso awoin to 4 onoa wother ot (o ik of Blood sud thetr Mves, Thiv i i grer end the Jact motieo (bt I wil give you, Whens yesolutions fu slgied by nearly 700 men and by fho committy that wwus appolnicd ta draw them up, Yours, CoMMITTY, Strikco of the Dockmen in New Yorlie NEW Your, Nov, 16.—1Tho strilo of tho 'Long- shoramen begun to-dny, 'Tho men aro gatheraid in groups long tho docks of the East and North Rivers, but aro not tnterfering with the Inborors who havo taken thoir placon. The entirs polica forco of tho city is on duty 4 nlso of Brooklyn and Jersoy City, whero the 'Longshoromen sro likewiso on f strike, This ovening the striliors hoeamo rfotnus, snd attacked the ngont of tho Iacifio Mnil Bloam« ship Company with stones, injuring him quito soriously, A body of Italinis proceeding to work woro disperacd by riolers with stones, bludgoons, cte. Tho polico finally drove tho Blrikors nway. INDIANA. Annual Report of tho Auditor of State. Receipts and Expendifures--~Valua- tion of Real and Per- sonal Propertys Estimates for 1875 and '76---Local Taxation...State Debt, Wabash & Erie Canal---Banks---In- surance Companies---Railroads, Special Dispatch to The Clucago Tribune, Ixpianaronts, Nov. 16,—1Tho Ilon. Jamen A. Wildman, Anditor ot Stato, tho most responsible and importaut officer in tho State Administra- tlon, noxt to the Governor himself, submitted his roport for tho yoar onding Oct. 31, 1874, to the Governor to-day. Tho recoipls for tho year, including » balance from last year of $185,175.47, have atnounted to €8,072,105.06. ‘The exponditures have bLeen £2,827,001.28, of which £1,489,173.06 were for common achiool prrposes, leaving thie expenses proper of tho State $1,338,817.62, Inthe item of receipty is ono of £300 from liquor licentes. In the days of tho old Liconso law tho rovenuo from this source smounted to over £100,000. The cutting off of this amount is ona of tho wiso resulta of tho gront Daxtor bill, which did the Democracy such valiaus sorvicw last Qetolhier. T'io exponses of tho benevolont institutiona— Hospital for ths Insano, Asylums for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb, and the Soldiers’ Or- phavs’ Home—nmount to $340,207.91 ; of the reformatory institutions—two Penltentiaries, tho Woman's Reformatory, and tho Houso of Refugo —nmount to §193,445,62 ; of tho educational ju- stitutione—Stato University at Bloomington, Nor- mal School at Terro Ifaute, and the Agricaltural Collego at Lafayctto—amount to $81,710.60. Tho State Prison North is self-sustaining, and hins o balance in its favor in tho Stuto Tronsary of £2,812.45. Tho State DTrison South fell be- bind £14,600, TUL VALUATION OP THE REAL AND IEREONAL PROPERTY OF THE $TATE bolonging to the Stats and United Siates, may Lo estimated al from 8,000,000 to $10,000,000. BANK, 5 An interenting chaptor in the ono on Savings Banks. Tho systam fnauguratod fn this Btate uuder !?\o lnw of 1), and it has boon stendily but slowly growing, wntil now it may be desmed success, Ono great drawbnck {s faund 1 tha numborless Inducemonts in tho way of cheap liomes, small farma, landa oud lots, offorod to porsons of small moans, nrtisnns, mechanles, and others. Bankn aro located in+ Indianapolis (2), Lufavolto (2), Fort Wayno, Laporto, Evause villo, South Bond, nndTarre laute. Tle averr ayo por cont prid to dopositorn is 8, ‘although fivo of tha Janks hnve paid 10 por’ cont over ainco thelr organization, Tho Lnnl; at Tort Wayno 1 cloking up it business, aud will sure rendor ita chartor on tho 1st of Janunty noxt. Al tho othera oro prosperiug finoly, The emallost doposit {8 in tho Lnporta Iiank, 12 cents, and tho highest in ono of the Lafavotle hanks, $0,526,70, mado by a crippled girl, Annie I, Ellaworth. Niua banks of dieconnt and doposit hiave haon orgavized undor the law of 1873, Thoro nre atill twelvo of tho old I'reo Banks whoao clronlne tion has not boen antirely redeemod; but jnase wuch a8 none of theso notes havo been prosente ed within tho paat two yonrs, the Auditor recom. mouds the closing up of tho Free Bauking Do partinent, and tho saving of the oxpenso incie dont theroto, FORTGN 1NSURANCE, 2 Tho Insuranco Buronu is one of tho largest do- parimonts in tho oftico of tho Auditor. Theraara EBovanty-sovon Firo and fifty-one Life Insuranca Companios, erganized 1n other States and conn- tries, doing busiuees in Indinua, Those ropork oy follows 3 Grass Tocolpts Lossea palid. .. "Pux agsessed and pai Groes reccipts, Lossca pald..,. Tax assessed and paid, RATLTIOAD 8YMTI: Tho devolapment of tho railroad lnterest of the Btate is shown in {ho following figures : In 1845 there wero 80 miles ; in 1850, 228 wmiles 3 in 1855, 21,406 wmilos 3 in 1860, 2,163 miles ; {n 1870, 3,177 milea ; and In 1874,'4,104 roflon, The valuo ot railrond pmqurly this year fa £89,740,~ 042, 'Tho longest rallroad n tho State is tho Pan-Tinodle, which has 416 65-100 miles within tho Binte, In 1872 tho totnl valuation of rail- rond property smonnted to only ©12,000,000, Tho increaso this year is accounted for by the operations of the now asscssmont Iaw, and the Anditor enys thore has been no effort on tha ]mrt of tho Iailrond Companies to avoid or do- ay tho payment of tho Incronred tax. ‘This wil] bo interesting and {mportaut to the Grangers, Tu concluding his repott, the Aunditor renows his snigestion, mado last year, for the organizas tion of A TUNTAU OF STATISTICE, with saflicient power to ecoura such atatisticnl and other information ag shall be of use in di- recting tho attention of emigrants and capitale ists to tho advantuzes and facilition of the State of Indisna. ‘Tho report is tho most elaborata and intoretting one over ssued from the offigs of tho Audilor, and is o fitting cloo to an ofli- cinl earcer that has been of unusual credit ta gir‘ ‘Wildmun, aod of the groatost value to iha uto. TEMPERANCE. The Approaching Woman’s ntional Convention at Cleveland, 0. CreveLanp, 0., Nov, 16.—The Woman's Na- tional Tomperance Convention, which is to con- veno in this city Wednesday and Thursday of thia woek, will havo representatives from quito a largo number of Statos. It will moet for organi- zntion at 10 o'clock on Wednesday foronoon, At 3 tho address of weleome by Mrs. D. McCabe, tho Prosident of the Leaguo of Ohio, will bo given, reeponded_to by Mrs, Mary O, Johneon, at sovoral periods s us follows: lgfi 1 Detweon 1870 and 1874 thoro is an Increaso of over £223,000,000, duo nlmost entizely to tho operation of tho law passed by tho Inst Logis- laturo for the nssessment of property at ite cash value, Herotofors the rule has been to return Em erty for taxation ab from onc-half to three- itths its real valuo, ‘Ihe ostimates for the oxpenses of {] for the year 1875 aro given nt £1,874, cluding the paymont of 920,000 o porary loan ; for the year 1876, $1,580,120.99, ineluding 510,000 of this temporary loan. This temporary ioan was a loan made ncvessary by the action of tho Domocratis TLogislaturo of 1870-"1, reducing the Stato lovy to b conts on tho $100,—a rate ridiculously incapa- blo of producing rovonuo to defray tho ordinary oxpenses of the Governmont,but good enough for a campeign ory, « A lonn of $910,000 was ro- quircd, npon which thero {a_Intorost t tho rato of 3¢ por cont. When tho Republicaus had tho State, their motto was, ** Pay as you go;" bub, whon'the Domooracy came lato power, they ac- cnmulated dobts at o high rato of interest for their succossors to liquidato, while they took ad- vantago of & demagogical plca of low toxos. Tho estimated valuation of property in thoState is $065,000,000, and thero aro 2i15,000 polts, There's monoy onough in tha Troasmy to run tho ordinery expenses of the State until March 1, 1875. Tho receipts for 1875, oxcluding 20 per cont delinquency, will amount to 81,875,000, arising from a lovy of 15 cents, and 50 cents poll tas. The rovonuo for 1876-'7 will dopend entire- ly upon tho rate fixed by the next Legisiture, With roferenco to THE NEW ASSESEMENT LAY, ilio antlior spenks at some lengih. Its gonoral principlo is sound, sud its maw results eatislac- tory. But it needs amendment in soveral ime portant respects, The nssessment of real prop- erty every two years is too often; tho Logislu- ture will do well to rezurn to the five-year rule. The work of the Stato Board of Rqualization un- der tho jaw has heon dono as well as mny bo; ‘bub thero ehiould bo some better plan worked out to arrive at the yaluo of tho iutangible some- thing in corporatious enlled capital atock,—that is, tio value of tho capital stock over aud above iho amount of tangible proverly used in tho busmess of the Company. Thoro is nlso no ar- Tungoment in the law for obtaining the valuo of shuro of the capital stock of corporatious organ- izod in otho States or countios, which valucs’ on- joy Lho protection of the Ktato Governments, and shonld bo compelied to contribute to its support. LOCAL TANATION, Tho Auditor devotes an eluborate chaplorin his report to the subject of local taxation, showing tho immense burdons tho people are carrying in the shape of couuty and municipal debts,” Local taxes, as a rulo, aro vory high; and, 1f somo check is not pinced upon thoe desires or fancy of County Commissionars nad oty and town oflicers, tho prospect of universal bankrupicy may bave to bo faced. A luw limiting the smount of such taxation o urgontly suggested,—the Andilor saying that, whilo na ficnuml law of limitation can bo framed which will not work hardehip on somo occasions, etill ** No reasonnble limitation can do as much mischicf by restricting the woans of possiblo good as thoe absence of limi- mula_v‘n may do i opouing tho way to probublo ovil.! Tho forcign a0t of tho. Stato { ho forcign dobt of tho State apgrogates 91,172,756.12, This includes $910.0(ll‘lmol tha tomporary losn mudo nocassary by the Domocs Tucy in 1870, aud 041,000 of iho old Internal Improvoment bonds, ho domesto debt aggra- atos €3,004,783,22, all of which 18 roprosentod )y inconvortiblo school bonds, the intorest of ‘which goes to tho support of the echeols, nnd of conrss reduces tho school-lovy by just so much. It oosts tho 8talo nothing, thorefore, to earry its domestic debt. There have been redesmed during 1878 sovonty-soven old Improvement bonds, aggregating, with interost, £488,184.20 5 and durlug 1874, twenty of these Londs, aggre- gating $47,210,18. ‘Thero aro still univoty-fonr of mfieun bouds unaurrendered and swaiting pay~ ment. WADASI & IRIE OANAL, ‘I'ho presont Wabash & Erio Canal Bosrd con- gists of Mr, Charles Dutler, of Now Yorl, and Col. Thowus Dowllug, of Torvo [aulo, ropresont- mg thoe ecrip-holders, and tho 1lon, James B, Ilinton, representivg tho intoresta of tho Blato, A statement from Col, ''homas Dowling is incor- porated iu iho roport, giving the roceipts and ox- penditures of the cnnnrnlncu the counnencomont of the trust, Suly 1, 1874, Tho total revcipty from tolls, wator-rants, snles of landd. etcs, nmount to 89,789.05, and the dishursumonts ,—lonvingz n balanea of §42,0348L ut 18 not mude by yours, so thero cuan bo no telling how tho_canal*tiust mny bo work- ing. Mr. Dowling tolls mo, howavor, that tho Board doos not allow the oxponses to go nbove iho recoipte, but the eanul is not delng mmed. EXEMPLED PROPEREY, . Mr, Witdman insed n civeular to cach County Auditor, asking for n statoment of tho property axempt from taxation, 1t ista bo rogrotied thut but fortystwo connties have responded. s tho tiblo wonld ko of great inlerost, i view of the diroussion on tuxation of ehnveh proporly, I thoso forty-two countios tha amount of o3 owmpted propesty aggrensto §240,080 , of whi ELLO16,140 w govermental,- renindes Doirtgs roligions, bonovolout, aud ednzabionai - Kitulions, On thin basty, tho total amount m of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mass-meotings will bo Lold on Weduneaday and Thursday, LAKE MARINE NEWS, Speeial Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune, Enik, Po., Nov. 16.—Tho echoonor Mlsmi, ashoro at bead of Long Pojut, has gone to pleces, Ticr cargo of whoat is a total loss. “Threo Luffalo tugs succeeded fn pulling the barga Kotchm, ashore at Long Point, off abont 400" feot, but _the sea which was running very ligh atthe time obliged thomtolot go. Ono tug proceaded to Buffalo, and yestorday returned with timbors, cte. A fleot hias been fitted ont at Buffalo to go to the reseno of tho schooner Osboruo, ashore noar Port Colborno, f The propelier Lawrenco ran past this port thiy_morning, buf, tho weather hoiug too rough, turned back and apchored out pide tho light-honso pier. Tho crew showed a disposition fo mutiny, climing overwork and poor pay. Alter o great deal of talk the ringleader of the would-bo- mutineors was landed at the pler and told to dust, Socing this, tho crow acceded to tha Ca:- H{u’s terms, and tho vessey procceded np tho luko, Cleared for Clieago to-day, tho propellor Amn- zom, with 1,019 tong of coal ; schooner B. D, Dailoy, 987 tons of coal. e e et INDIGNANT TAX-PAYERS. Special Disnatch to The Chicaao Tribune, Donuque, In., Nev, 16.—A tax-payors’ meots ing was hold hicte to-night Lo protest egaint the high tuxation lovied for city purposes, and to take nctiou for bringing tho city under the Gen- eral Incorporation Iaw of tho “State, with the viow of laving more restraint put upon the City Council in 1is expenditurcs than is provided by tho oxisting chartor. JudroD. S, Wilson, of tho District Court, presided. Tha meoting was very much in carncst, ale hough sovernl of tho City Aldormon tried to thwart tho action of tho tax-poyers. A committee was appoluted to proparo & statemont for public information_ of the advantages of tho Generl Municlpal Incorpore- tion Inw ovor thieso of tho oxisting chartor. The poople ara thoroughly aroused oo tho matter of bigh taxation, and aro not likely to cease thek efforts for refoim in this respect till reform il oxperionced. . —_——— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yonw, Nov. 16.—Arrived—Stonmehip Wisconsin, from Liverpool, and Arragos, frou Dristol. Livenrpoot, Nov. 16.—Steamshins IHalvotia Algeria, Thuringia, and City of Drooldyn baw urrived out. Sk 5 ived—Stoamey ToRYLAKD, 2\£ e —Stonmship Qcoania Srape Now For, hag are [To1 w Yorl, has arrived, New Youws, Nov, 16.-—Arrived—Steamor Masa from Rotterdam, R e GREELEY'S l'llRAVE. b New Yonk, Nov. 16.—A plain marblo slab ha oo laced on Locust il in Grocnwood Cemo tary, to mark temporarily tho gravo of iz, Greo Jey.' 1t hears tho eimple inecription, - Hornoy Grecloy; born Fob. 3, 18115 diod Nov. 29, 1873 e — —— woman Preacher—Troublo iw Tll;?c ‘lh:\'. orympin Browne-\Willis: Churchs 3 # o Roy. Olympia Drown-Willis, pastor of th Univorealist Chureh, of Bridgoport, Conn., hat gol iuto tronblo with the ofllcers of her church. Desirous of assuming the reing_of governmon glto tramplod on whot tho officers conridere (i prerogatives, and finully eucceeded in dyiving sonio of thom from tho sociaty. She also civeutated roport that ono of tho Trustaca, J. 8. Staples, 8 prominont reat estato and insur- Tico agont, had eppropriatad tho funds of tbe gacioty to his own usa. "Tho mattor was mvestigatod, and the ox parla vopory by tho Commitico did not clear Hr. Staplos from the charges. Abhis request b matter was brought beforo tho Btato Goneral Cowmmittes_on Discipline. -Tho Committco Log Just conclnded its seesion ab the Sterling Houee, oxonernting Mr. Btaples, At tho conclusion of tho tril of Mr. Bln{lleu o proferted chorges agaiut tha Tiov. 3k, Willls, scousing Lor of uo- winlstorial conduat, or in other words, of slan- der. Tho affair was comprowised by an unequive acal rotraction on her part and & full Apology. ‘As tho cxamination was privatoly hald, the com- raunity have not yeb had un opportunity of pans- ing & vordict on tha inmoconco or guiltof tho purtics, Convorsztion with & Convict. Frow the Hefena f“"’"‘ Herald, Vieitor (after Luyiug nuked all tho other cone vietn voparding misdeods and punisliment in= Hictad)—Welt, Colling, w'hnl uro you tu far? ‘Collinu—Lerauso I oan's gob ottt V.—1 mean of what woro you convicted ? [¢) ing ivo. Y, Du'u'tut‘lm wardon over take your irons flf—No; he's afraid I' tako eold If hie does, Vi—Tlow long wera yuu sontouced for? Oi—Ninoty-nine dayis only, V. (vympathotieally)=—Al | ninoty-nine dayal Wiy, your rentenon will saon expire, sud you'll bo frop oigain, won't you? (I, —Wull, uok 1o very soon, olthor, Vo—\Why, how’s thav'?~ Ninoty dnys jsn's long) 0. (uhehtly eluaing loft optie)—Well, you sosy theo Stale not paying taxes, oxclusive of proporty Dosd,~they'to all Christinas daysl