Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1875, Page 4

8 3 STATE LEGISLATURES. Election of Minor Oficers in e Ii- nois Senate, Somo Reflections Regarding the In- dependents and Their - Victory. Voorhiees Withdraws from the Senatorial “'Coniest in Indiana. . Senatoria! Prospects in the Min- nesota Legislature. ILLINOIS. THE INDEPENDENTS AND THE BOURBOXS.. Spectal Dupateh o The Chicaaa Lribune. SrarxcriEL, Jan, 8.—The Independents have made the most of their situstion. They dic- 1£:ed the orgavization of both Houses. They ¢an cleim with aa much trath as commonly ob- taizsin party politics that they have secured the organization in both. “In fact they have captured the Housc. The Democrats have cap- tored the Senate. At lastitis but the *fair divide ™ that was insisted upon by the Bour- bons. Baut ihe Democrats only sccnred their sherc on that divide by foreing the Bourbons to tuie back-scats. On the back .zosts, too, the indications are, the Bourbons will be kept deoring the peesion. Of nocessity the Joadership must be sssigned to the enlightened Democracy. Thers has as yet been no fusion. Ti:o Independents have thus far carried out the {fzir divide fairly, and have succeeded in 80 doing +1‘h tho least zppearsnce of anysuch thing. ‘Thronghout, however, thoy have maintained in- #act their organization, ~All their nominations @arve boen mada in B¢ czucas. The aliot- snent in the divide been dictated by them. F'rom the outset thoy have demsnded the ntmost Atteivablo. They bave bad the discretion, ms the gesult’ proves, to demsnd no more. Thoy slill maintain their crglninfim:a #nd have secarcd in the House absolutely, au: &n the Seuate with what certainty is possible, igheir shara of he fair aivide in the Committees. Yo enforco it in the Upoer Ilouss, the appoint- anent of the House comimitices was donbilees “yesterday deferred, and both Honses adjowrned until to-day that this check might not be loat. The Iudopendents seem to bave rcalized the atrength oi their position a8 a sep- =rate .organizstion, bolding the balance of power, and, unlees &l that has been asccmplished was brought about by an ulwoet incredible succestion of happy accidents, a0t yet understood, they are discrect cnough to in their vantage ground to the ead of the , and witl pot fuee. e WHAT WILL T AMOUNT 70? T is within their power fo carry out reforms which they promised before tho election. - They Lave told whet peeded reforr. Now, if by be egnal to the occasion, and if they be not cheats, they can effect reform. They can zotrench. Thoy can reduce tazation. If they undertake ot 100 mach, they can accomplish ecough in the way of practical business legisla- ton o warrent tioir coming Lers. There is » vzt deal more which, if they leave untouched, il entatlo them to tha respoct 1f pot the graii- {nde of ihepeoploof the State, If the Demo-. crais_will not aid them in _this, Ilspublicans who wiil. Aud, bitter as are zas Independenis toward the Republicans, recording to their most cmpbatic declarations ot less bittor aro these name Indepondents to- +ord the Bourbone. Shoumid the Democrats Zourbouize agsin, the sitnation as regards ihe iudependents will be unchanged.e Thers is uoiliiny; to hinder Indopendent co-operation with Tepublicany, in efecting retrenchment and re- sorm. TGl thoy have tried it the Independents cannot sot up the pretensothat * its no use try- ing.” ~ Whey have tried . co-operation with 1i6 Domrbops, whom they bold in euch esiimaticn that they eiccted a Democrat to the Presidsncy of the Senate, but rejected tke best man in the Democratic Senstorial ranks, simply bacause he was the Democratic nominee. Farther, the Independents con embark in the child's play of building 8 new party. They can Iritier awsy their opportunily by windy discas- sion of national politics. They can make them- eclres contemptible by neglecting the business thoy wera sent hers to transact, for buncombe at- tacks on the Republican party. 223 the ropresentatives of th is gathering here, @ ropresentatives of the gxg i tions, and the Independents ean, 100, away their votes, and render them- gelver infamons. v - In s private conversation to-day Gen. sin&lo- <on exactly hit the situstion. Ie eaid, * If they waut to make stump speeches they can doit oatsido the Legislative balls. Thero are enough men at Washington to do the stamp epeaking. Thase men here can economizs and reducs taxa- tion. That's their business. 1f they don't do 1¢, this will ba the end of them.” XISr WEEE'S WORK will" wdicate what may be expected of them. JPerbans the indications will come mnch earlier. Tom Mereitt i3 mow hitterer than ever agaiust tho eealaweg following 88 he character- ized tho 1ndependents in csucus when he said ihe Democrats ddn't want them.. And now ho means mischief. He proposes to force the Independents to go back intothe blican r20ks and siay there, in which undemlr let | 1t be hoped he will succesd. The meansby Thich be purposes doing this is the introduction cf resolutions demanding the impeachment of President Grant bscauss of the latest Lonisiana- outrage busizess. Waen Merritt-does that, it rmay be Fet down &8 Guife cortain that the ses- icn will ba davoted to buncombe. Every one of tho Bourbers will havo to mhntwtb hnlignh!& 8tato's rights speech ; cvery one e en! cued Democrets wil have to go over tothe _ZEourhons who sgain will rule the party, and, be- Toro ha goesover tothem; eschof theenlightened il have to rehearse the ssme Bourbon speech torezeia Lis pianding in the T Bour- Len perty. ‘'he Republicans, it may be aasamed, wwouid do their share of tilking too, and $he ro- Disier of the cession would be devoted o talk. Tle enlightoned Democracy perceive ir peril, azd ara frying to bury Diemitt in tbe politicai areve they told him he was digging for himself Whes Lo opposed Heines for Speaker. : o THE SITUATION, 3 . it #ill bo asen, is growing mighly interesting, wnd porsivly after Monday nobody will no longer, ouble Limselr as to what the Indefandnnh will’ i i o stroke, may: o ali that bes been accomplished by the In- cader.ts with 5o mach painstaking effort, and Harzold and Glassford and the other Inde- ndeats of Ropublican proclivities where they ielosg permanently inside the Republican pasty. : THE FIEST BILL. To Morritt beionge the honor of having intro- -diced tho st bill of {hio searion in the House. 1z wes one of Merriti's bills, too, though it didn't W o for the imyezchmsnt of Presideut Grant. It pertrized to & mors imporiant maiter—ihe seeuripg of patronege for Merritl's own home o-gan. This by providing that &ll lepal adver- ticermants shail ba pablished itf eame 1zwapaper n. e county-seat. iIn Alerritl's county there crs fivo papers publisued, in three dif- forent towns. [ - these, . but one is published at . the coanty-seat, the isalem Advocale, and that is Memitlt’'s ovn Derg- ceratic organ. ~Toue bill was read the first time, and crdered to & second rexding, whieh will cutt . 5 roference to commiltee. An effart to order 1t 1oferred 0 the proper commitiae, when ape poiuted, was defenled, probably becayse the en- hgutened - Democrals apd the Iudependsuis Sougld bost to moilify Merrit, in view of his turcatened demolition of the on, . 4 000D OPENING, The only otber buainess worlhy of mcniion iransacied n the Honss this morning was tha ipiraduction by Stiskuey (Opp.), of Cook, of & resolution regmiing ihe Be of Bisto to furrish members with copies of the revited sistutes, Siickney, conceiving & most praise- waorthy desire to pussess himsclf of infermation, tnd in ibe purenit of inowledge, a3 it were, offered the reealution. -As Le explained, he thougit yembera ought 10 advies thariselves of st is now the law, before shey gndortook to ke more lewe. . oty oz (Lep.). of Gook, perhaps thought tho sisait of knowledge was quite right, d a3 an amendment thut sach mewer §2 percepy (Lbe logal rate) for this booke. hio resolniion for the time ba- iy Lnid on fhe table, with the 6" Hoare edjovrned. - B IN THE SEXATE - . to-day, the Clerk and minor oficiels numinated iy the Domoerats and ludcpondents were . elect- That doae, reatizing the imporiance of hey- a1 at 1k Clerk’s desk who.was thorough- i ith the daties of the position, of Eankakes, tie Republican istaut, was, by Cen- nated foriird Acsistani— Z--;L'l, Digmccerat, ue: there are’ [ . Europa, -had sold his es! 8 naw office crezted by the rosolution nominating him,—axd clected unanimonsly. . H: G Bolland, of Cook, Heprblican caucus’ nomioeo for Asristant. Enrolling Clesk, .this morning discovered that he was an Independent, got ' himself traneferred to the Indepondent tickot for-Becond Asgistant Enrolling . Clerk, which office was creatod for him, and was elected. Since this development of political talent on his part, let it be writ of Bolland that his coursé i onward and-upward. The Governor's messago was then received, after the reading of- which the Senate adjonrned uotil Monday. - MINNESOTA. T2 BENATORIAL CONTEST. Special Dispcielito The Chicage Trioune. 87. PAuL, Jan. 9.—At an informsl * cancus last night twenty-threo Ropubliczn members of the Legislaturo were pregent, of whom 19 will vote for Ramsey. A comparisonof estimates showsd 83 votes.are pledged to Ramsey, 27 for Davis, 15 for Washburn, and 10 for Austin. This foots up ‘8 more than the Reform vote in joint convention, and indicates that nnmber pledged to the two candidates. Leading Democrats think mazters will be harmonizoed in the Repub- lican caucus by the selection of some man not yet prominently urged for the Senatorship, and outeide of the friends of the four candidates above pmmed. That belief is gaining among the Bopublicans, bat, if the above figures approximate correctness, Ramsey 18 likely £0 be nominated, from being the second choico of the Washburn men, At aoy rate, no doubt need bo folt thata reliable Republican will bo elected. The only question 13, whether the Senator shall be of the passing or coming gener- ation of party leaders. Among thoze present at the caucns was one Democrat, who said he conld not vote for Bamsey, but was, for personal rea- sons, aiding his nomination by all the influence he conld use. An attempt was meade in caucus to have mem- ‘bers eign a pledge to vote for Ramsey, but after five signatures had been obtained, 80 many ob- jected to committing themselves in that way, the plan was abandoned, : . Ahfm‘lnll caucus will be held next Wednesday night. - = —_— KANSAS, BUSINESS TO DE TRANBACTED. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Torxks, Kan., Jan. 9.—The members of the Legislatare are baginnipg to arrive, and political matiers are assuming shape. The only spoils to be contended for are those connected with the office of State Printer. Tho present incumbent, G. W. Martin, is s candidate for re-eloction, basivg _his claims upon tho fact that he has done good work and eaved money to the Brate by economy in the rendering of his bills. He will be opposed by & combination of Republi- can ‘newspaper cditors, who propose to run W. H. Smsllwood, ex-Secretary of Btate, and in' the event of his election to divide the profits of the office pro rata. The principal topicof converestion and discns- sion among the politiciana is the question of or- Eanifing & Kepublican Legistive cancus. This a8 never boen done herstofors in Kaveas, bub the general feeling this year smong Republicans seams to be in favor of ii. . The matter of greatest importance to comse before'the Legislature ia that of the destitation existing in the frontier counties. The number of destitulo is variously estimated at from 5,000 to 30,000, and a strong effort -will be made to get a direct sppropristica sufficiently largo to feed and: elatio Ul the suffering, and furnish forage for etock snd seed for spring pisuting. The Governor's message will be lsrgely devotod to this topic, showing where the destitation exists, and recom- mending prompt action by the Legislature. x —— e INDIANA. ~CORHEES WITHZDRAWS RO TEE CONTEST, : Isnaxarorss, Jai. 9.—It e slated that AIr. Voorhees has withdrawn from the Senatorinl contest tnresorvedly, intonding to takeno pars in any conteet that may ensue. 'This leaves tho race between Holman and EacDonald. . THE LACES OF A RUSSiAN COUNTESS. Rich Family Ilciriooms Valued at *§75,000~They are Stolen on the Hud- son River Eallway-—Sait Agaast the Company, and the Second Trial of cho Casce Irom the New York Times, Jan, 7. ‘ The Russian Countees Olga De Maluts Fraloff visited this' countryin 1869 for the benofit of her healtn, under the advice of bLer physiciana.- 8hs is, the wife- 'of Count Traloft, who' bolds s high position io the Russisn army. She had in her posscssion rare Iaces, valued’ by ber as heirlocms, and mostly made, a8 she claimed, on her ancestral cstates. She considered them worth zbont £150,000, al- though their intrinsic or eettiog valne wis prob- ably not more- than half of that amount ; but- she * was born in them, married 1o them,” and they had been worn by her ancestors and herseif on o many memorablo occasions that they seomed to ber like an inseparable portion of ber patrimony. These laces bad been wora by their “owner at assembdlages of rank and besuty in the -principel cities of Europe, for the Gountess was a grest traveler, and the laces in Parie, which she visited on ten different occasions, wero well known as one of the finest and raresi coltections Gf old speci- mens ever worn in that cspital of fashion. On Nov. 4, 1869, while the Countess was journeying to Niagara Falls by the New York Central & Hud- son River Railroad, the tranks containing the lnees were broken into ehortly after the train left Albeny, and the contents were stolen. Fyery effort by tho dotectives and the offer of large rewards failed to effect the resavery of the prized laces, The losa almost killed the Gountess, and she has mnever' since fully recov- ered from the blow. She endesvored to obtain payment from the Reilrosd Company for her property; but the Cownpany would not admit that the theft was on account of negligence on the art of their employes. Bhe brought euit in the F}nitcd States Circuit Court to recover $75.000, the claimed intrinsic valus of the laces, The ‘case was tried in - April, 1872, and resulted in’ & discgreement of the jury as to the amoust to_be awarded plaintiff, eight of the jurors being in favor -of awarding $75,000, two 25,000, and the othertwo 81,000. The 1nces consist of the finest ** 01d Regency Point,™ #0ld Epglish Point,” “ Point de Alencon,” * Flemish,” and other rars qualities. The case camelon for retrial yesterday inthe United Btatea Circuit Court before Judge Wallace, Moasrs. J. W. Gerard and Jobn M. Bowers appesring for the plaintiff, and Messra. Elliot F. Shepard and Frank N. Bhepard for the Railroad Company. "The plaintiff i8 now absent traveling in Africs, ‘but her depasition, consisting "of tho evidonco given by her on the previous trial, will be read. Evidones similar to tbat given on the former trisl, proving the plaintiff’s rank, and corroliors~ tive of hor tostimony respecting herself, will be given by Beron' Charles R. Ostensacken and Waldemar De PEodieco, tho Rassian Miuister at ‘Weshington. Tho retrial will probably last several days. ¥ 4 4 —— Garden Patche: Frowm the Boston Bul . One of Bozton's best known morclants, noted " for Lis shrewdness and penetration, had a test case presented s ehort timo eince, and came off victorious. As itis-an illustration of this mill- jocaire’s penetration in”great busincas affairs, we give thestory here: _-1¢ appears that tho merchant wanted snother gerdener upon his country. estate, near Doston, apd an individusl preeented himeelf for lhat oftice.. + Underatand the business?” “Yea ; boer in it for yeara.” . Whom bad be lived with'last? The applicant mentjonod a_gentlemen the merchant was well acqueinted with, stated that he left for po'fault, Dot that ks former employer was going to e, and had o further use for him. . Yhat wages do yon expeet i” Pighteen doliara o month.” i This wss estonishingly Jow for such s promis- 1ng-looking, sober ma, and the shrewd busincse- man rubbed hia chin thoughtfolly and reflected that it was a bargeia Iof, but “wasa’f there something wrong about it 2" His babitual busi- nees caution even in this comparatively tritling nefimnuun did not forsske him. 3 4 Call to-morrow at this time, apd J will have acen Mr. -—, your former employer, end give you 2n snawer.” . Tha gardencr {urned £nd bezon to wal away; 2s he did 8o, ho displayad two pstches on the ‘sest of his pantaloons bencuth the line of | bis roundabout jacket, “‘Hallo! hers! come back here,” celied the’] merchant, *yon noedn't spply fo-morrow ; Isee I ghan'’t want you.™ . p The sstenished applicant stammered ont some- thing aboot his: knowledge of gardening and good character, but wee cut short by this practi- cel observer. 5 4 Don’t went you, sir; the patches on your breeches sre on the wrong side; a gardener’s breeches ought tg be pn:::‘hed at the -knzes, not for me."” on tho seat. You wou'l “J can't sy 28 his went to heaven,” rewmarked & Yort Scoit citizen of a deccased towreman, “but L:e raid o bill of cleven ywars' standicg oaly (he day bafero ho died, and you caw juige for yourgelf.” Jhiday might euffored severely. -| above zero to 25 .below. .| blowing and reached beforo daylight a velocity:| . Des Momves, In., Jan. 9.—A severo magnetic owly - " THE COLD TERM, Where and . How: ‘Hard The Polar: Wave- Collided, The Meréuqr); Down Among the Twenties North and South of Us. k Railway Trains in Towa Snowed : and Frozen Up. ' CHICAGO. Tt seems unkind and uncalled for to inform the residents of Chicago that for over twenty-four hours they have been- suffering from-a cold un- equaled for severity minca 1864, and which has not been approximated even .since December of 1872, when the mercury sunk lazily downto 18or | 20 degrecs below zero. To tell people whose ears have been frozem, . feot numbed, and fingers stiffened, thatit has been. cold, is too much like sympathizing with a man who has received & black eye and is ashamed to tell how be received it. 8till, in this case, the truth must ‘be told, unplossant es itis. ‘The thermomoter with noplessaat pervarsity would not rito. A8 o'clock 1t was 22 degrees below, gradually risiog until -it, was - 18 minus at noon. At § p. m. it- was 10, at 6 p. m. 9, and af 8 it went back to 10, doubtless sinking s little lower as the night wore on. Luckily the wind which blow so furionsiy Friday night ‘moderated during the day, and the sun shone w;&l; a :inldy light giving s shadow of a phautom of heat. Every man who was ont upon the street -bore the impress of the weether upon his face. The wind i8 a rapid painter, bt his tints are general- 1y an unpleasant red, and a g&yinh blue, which sre not sweset to look apon. any ope had any sympathy to bestow it was certainiy due to the car and "bus drivers, whose sufferings must haye surpassed thoes of any who were necesaitated to work outdoors. P The effect of the weather was perceptible in other v{:gu than upon the pedestrisns. The only crowd at the theatres was st _the Acadomy ‘matinee, where the people who had hought réserv- ed seats rushed to get their money - back, -Miss Morris not phyinlf. There was little business in the storss. Meetings went by dofanlt, even the leaders of the People's ‘party praferring to stay at home rather than continne their re- searches in quest of & new name. Althougb there wero a number of alarma of fire, none of them wore serious,—happily so, for, witlt the high wind, the firemen “would "have found great diffioulty in dosling with a blaze after it had once acquired headway. The fire- men and horses were on the alest all day, how- ever, and prevented any serious damage. B THE RAILROADS. g The railtoads are suffering very severaly from {tie'untisnal cold wenther prevailing at presant. As far as could bo learned, no accidenta have occurred on any of the ronds. Unnsual 'vigi- Jance hes, however, to be exercised, as the sails ajo liable to break from tho intense cold. Were it mot for the fact that most of the lines leeding from and to this city aro woll baliested, and provided with the best of stet] rails, pumerous acetdonts would be unavoidable in such’ weathar, Itis hoped that, with proper cate and precaution, sorions accidents can bo ‘entirely escapod this time. Ths freight-traine bave all stopped run- ning, to give the entira track to tho passenger- {rains. The" livestock .en route duriug A number of hogs wers killed by -climbing- on top of each other, suffocating those beneath, The cattlo also guffered badly, but none died on the way, and all are unloaded atthe Btock-Yarde, aud are ‘now sheltered. Considerabls .Gamago was done to goods liable to freeze up, and many of the fluids were one mass of ice on arniving here. ‘Many of the brakemen and other trains men had their toes, ears, or fingers frozen. Tho passenger-trains wers in s perfect state of de- moralization, coming and going regardiess of time-tables. | The telograph had to be brought inlo requisition constantly to sscertain thewr whereabouts. .~ ILLINOIS. Special Dispatch to T'he Chicago Tribune. Carmo, I, Jan. 9,—This has been the coldest day felt in this.bity for moro than ten yoars. Dusiness has besn almost entirely suspondsd. At 4 o'clock {his morning the thermometer was 11 degrees below gero, having fallen 40 degrees during the night. Grent: fears are cntertained that the entire fruit crop, and many of the frut trees, are killed, The weathor has modorated somewhat this evening, - Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Orrawa, Ii., Jan, 9.—A man by ths name of Edward Brady was frozen {o denth’ last night. 1Te, in company with one Edwin Burke, started from Oitawa for home, 8 distance of 7 miles, with a team. It is supposed Brady - becoming chilled through fell from" the wagon and perished, the ‘team' taking 'Burke home.” He was taken from the wagon with his hands, feet, and face badly frozen and un- conscious. Drady was found by the Prairie Centrs mail carrier in tho road this'morning, and brought to the city. Brady was siogle and about 19 years old. . * . Special Di to The Clidcago Tribune. Sremverierp, IIL, Jan. 9.—The thormometer stood at 24 degrees below zero here this morn- | ing, remained at 10 below at.noon, and at$p. m. at 4 below, and falling. Trains on nearlyall the roads are four or five honrs behind, with en- genes frozen up, it is reported. - Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. DEecTTUR, I1L, Jan. 9.—The Polar wave struck Decatur at 4 o'clock yesterday.. The mercnry 1an dowo from S0 degrees above -zero to 22 be- low in twelve honrs, the coldest weathor wohave had for two years. . Special Dispateh to The Chioago Tribune. Dwaiaur, Ill., Jan. 9.—A severe storm of wind sccompanied by spow and intenso cald has pmvflled duriog tho last twenty-fonr houra. zero, ! Special Dispateh to The Chicdao Tribune. . LaSanre, I, Jan.- 9.—The thermgweter stood at 28 degrees below. zeyo here this morn- ing, and the ‘weather wad extremely cold daring the'day, Tho ico harvesters wero obligad to suspend. work. Frozon ears, fiogers, cheeks, . and noses havo boen pumerons. * Specral Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, JACKSONYILLE, Ili.; Jan. 9.—The mercury was 24 below lzst night.” There was' a_little snoyw, . but it drifted badly, The trains are nearly all behind. ikl © o 1OWA. Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, - X Stovx Crry, Ta., Jan. 9.—Yesterday was the coldest haro for many, years. . About 2 o'clock a. m., the temperature chauged. suddenly from 14, ‘The wind' commanced - of 60 miles 22 hour. The air was foll of fine snow, which drifted and blockaded ‘tho railroads, and prostrated the telegraph-lines. . The storm extended west Lo Fort Sauily, where tho ther- mometer showed 83 Lelow; at Fort Randsll, 30 below; at Yankion Agency, 28 bolow; at Yankton City, .34 below. The suffer- ing among the” homestead settlers sud in the grasshopper districts cannot be otherwise than very great, This morning at 11 o’clock the wenther chenged again to8 helow, and romnins at that point at the present time, 7 o'cleck. with a clear skyeand no wind: No loss of life bas yot been reported. - By a mosl fortunate circum- stance thia storm commenced at euch &n hour when most pem were in doors, and not in mid- day, like o ‘similar storm two years ago yes- terday, when = great' many wers caught ont and unabie to reach shelter, and the loss of life was 50 fearful. Speeial Dispateh to The Chicago Ty Dune. storm raged over this .Stato yesterday and to- day. The mercury reil ffom 14 above zero to 2214 below in fonr hours. * All business suspend- ed. Trains arebadly demoralized.: The traid for Tort Dodge which left hore yesterdsy a¢ 4 p. m., g0t only to Gowns, czd. froze ap. No freight trains aro moving. ‘The: euger train dumth on the Keotnk Hosd broke sireil at Mitchellvills, and foyr cosches wera thrown off. . No. person injured. The mercury at 5 a. m. to-day Tecoré- ed 29 balow zero; at 6 p. m., 6 l:elq!;. Specaal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune. . McGReaos, Is., Jan. 9.—Passenger trein. No. 2on the Milyaukce & St. Paul from St. Paal, due bero Jast nizht, arrived hero: thia evening. . Tho train for St. Peal on this roz=d did not start this morning, All traing this eyenini arabohind time. To-morrow morning (Sunday. the regular pascenger train will start from hers for St. Panl. - There will probably be no further ‘delay unless another storm comes. & s MICHIGAN. .| Bpectal Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune. . . Graxp Haven, Mich., Deo. 9.—The most sovers and coldest storm experienced for many years commenced Fridey ovening, and has con- tinued with blustering, varying violenco ever gince, The blinding enow which accompanied Breck’ridge) 3 Toledo, ..., The merciry at sunrise was 13 degrees below | = *| months has made traveling most dangerous on account of drifis, etc. - Thocoldest temperature ever bo- ‘| fore ‘kmown under similar circumstances was +that reported by tho mignal weather station this ‘moaning—8 below. pecial Dispalch to The Chicago Tribune. PErossEy, Mich., Jan. 9,—At 5 o'clock yester- alfinfbemoan the weather commenced growmg cold, rapidly anowing hard and blowing a terrific gale off the Bay. . This has been the coldost day. 1n this section for many years. The thermonte- ter has ranged from 20 to 22 degroes below zero. MINNESOTA. Syerial Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, ! Br. PAvr, Minn,, Jan. 9.—Yesterdsy's wind- storm ended soon after sunset, and the tempera-' ture has risen. The lowest range here last night was 29 deg. below; at 6 to-night 12 below. No irains wore interrupted to-day except the express from Chicago on the Milwaukee & St. Paul, dua this afternoon, which was obstructed in Wiscon- sin. No cases of freczing aro soported. Proba- Dbly from'the storm coming st night none have occurred like ths storms of Jan, 7, 1874, this was preceded by » warning of an electric storm noted at the telegraph offices, Little snow fell north-- ward or northwestward, where the cold and wind were most gevers. INDIANA. Special Dimaick to The Chicago Tridune. Forr Wazxz, Ind.; Jan. 9.—Last night about 10 o'clock a sudden change in the weather took place. It had been extremely mild, when the meroury began falling rapidly, and a severe and cutting west wind started.. Before daylight the thermomaeter indicated 2¢ degrees below zero. To-day it bas ranged between 14 and 20 degrecs below, and at this hour, 8 p. m., the weather is becoming colder. Evansvrig, Ind., Jan. 9.—A anow-storm pre- vailed last night. It is cloar to-day, and the coldest in tho last cleven yoars, The. mercury was B deareas below zoro atGa. m., 2 degrees above at noon, and at zero at 6 p. m. % WISCONSIN. Speoial Dispatch to Thie Chicago Tribune, Mapisox, Wis., Jan. &.—Tho last twenty-foor hours have been the most eeverclycold here for years. Starting at 22 above zero yesterdaynoon, the mercury ran down till this morning the ther- mometer indicated 26 to 32 below zero. Tho warmest to-dny was 10 below zero, ahd at 8 o'clocle this evening tho mercury stands 15 be- low zero. ‘Tho wind hus been blowing all the time, snd there is much_freezing of vegetables and apples in cellars. No serious suffering is reporied. ' NEBRASKA: Ommy, ‘Neb., Jan. 9.—The extrome cold weather here and west beyond Cheyenue contin- nes. The thermometer bere last night reached 21 balow ; Cheyenne, 38 below. To-day there is a slight moderation, but it is' extremely cold yet. A1l trains due hero to-day were late. Tbe Union Pacifio train was twelve houra late. A _school girl was go badly frozen yesterday that ehe died to-day. 4 © oo, Spectal Dimpated to 1'he Ciicagn Tribune. . MaxsrTELD, O., Jan. 9.—To-day has been the coldest of the season, the thermometer ranging from 10 to 16 below " zoro bhere, and at varions laces the lowest points reached were es fol- lows: Valparaisp, ,. 26 below; Plymouth, Ind, 25; Fort Wayne, 15; VanWers, 0., 23; Buoeyrus, 0., 14; Crestlino, 13. At Wooslor, Massillon, Canton, and Alliance, O., it ranged fiom 4 to', a!l befow zero. KENTUCKY. :Loursviure, Jan. 9.—To-day has been the coldest weather known in this vicinity since 1864, Tho thermometer ranged durng the day from 8612 degrees bolow zero, and is nmow wing colder. Yesterday was clear and pleasant, ut it commenced growing cold about midnight. any caees of extreme suffering are roported, but no deaths as yet. = ARKANSAS. Lrrrre Roog, Ark,, Jan. 9.—To-day has beon the coldest of the season. The river was par- tially frozen ovor this morning. OFFIGIAL REPORTS AND PREDICTIONS. ‘WasmvaToN, D. C., Jan. 9.—In Tennessoe, the Ohio Valley, and tho Upper-Lake region, fall- ing barometer, slowly rising temperature, winds shifting to south and east and generally clear weather. - For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valley and the Bouthwest, rising tempersture, falling’ baromoter, east to south winds and in- creasing cloudiness. ? LOCAX OBSERVATIONS. CRicago, Ja. 9, 1875, Zar | Thr| . 6:53 3. 10.130.65 —15) 1183, m.|30.60'—6 %00 p: m.{S0.57 —6 ,3:53 p. m, {30,665/ —1 9:00 p. m.[30.62—1 | 68 10:38 p. m.{30.60] 1| 71 |8 3 Maximum thermometer, 1 ; minimum, GENLEAL OBSERVATIONS. c 4 Cricago, Jan. 9—10:18 p. m, | Thr| Wind. 1|N.E,, frosh 130.72|— 3|N. W., fresh, 16N, W., bri 1[3.W., trean.. W., freahs.... S, W., fresh.| Time. | 42 o 's. Rain] Weatlar. Station. _ .Chloral Against Sen-Sicliness. 4 L, B.” writes to the London Times: ‘* There" is nothing very new in the treatment of “mea- | sickness parsuod by Dr. Giraldes. | I have my- self’ recommended chloral for this purpose for upward of - three years, and atout eighteen ago’ had tho opportunity of proving _its value ju the crse of a celebrated vocalist, who suffcred o seversly fiom mal d¢ mer that whenevor sho crossed .either channel she was unable to sing for 2 weck afterward. By my adyice 'this lady took the ichloral on starting from Holyhead to Kingstown cn a Saturday morning, did not experience tho ‘least symptom of discomfort, though tho sea was yory rongh, and was eblo to sing the part of Aarguerite, in * Faust,” on the following Mon- ay ovening. Sko bas since repcatedly used the yme moans, with a8 complote success. My particular object in writing to youis to impress certain precautions on such of your lay renders as may, on perussl of the experienco of Dr. Giraldes, be induced to try this valuablo remedy for a most distressing ovil. . *First, no person should take more then twen- ty grains of chloral, or it equivalent of two tea- spoonsful of the syrup of chioral in one dose, withont tlm- advico of =& physician. Becondly, “the action of the dmdg will' be much expedited by diluting the doso large- I, sag. with half & tumbler of water. - Thirdly, ihe remedy should bo taken before the vessel is in motion, but not until cvery arrangement has been mads which will insure the patient againet being disturbed or ronzed during the pnssage. Fourthly, the patient should lie down,'and, weather permitting, remsin on ‘deck. Fifthly, althougb chloral takon in the doss indicsted will generally induce slcep. the patient may paes into a ‘eemi-conscious dreamy stpie, quue as favorable for the 'purpose under con- gideration, The drug is, however, cumalative m its action, and must not, ‘therefore, on & short passage, be repeated. More than two years ago 1 ventured to prevent a lady going to Ostend com taking a fourth repetition of what 1 acertained to be 20-grain doses of chloral, which she had been. told by & friend must bo continued at short intervals until shs slopt. On | prrival at onr destination she wa3 taken off the vessel in 3. perfectly uncooscious state. in long voyages, howover, @s to Amorica, I have advised, with success, two doses of twenty . grains, taken &b intervals of eighbty or ten hours, and afterward five-grain doaes twice dsily till the (}lfibnl becomes accus- tomed to the motion of the vessel. Perzonsal- | ways have aud always will use remedies without medical advice, and zccidents will coatinue to oecasionally result from, such practices. Itis the recollection of the meny such misadventures which have already sttendod the use of chloral taken unadvisedly for the reliof of pain, that in- duces me to think these precantions for its uso THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1873.—SIXT'EEN‘P\AGES. : GERMANIA.- Their Apiual Ball at HeCormick?s ) Hall, The Cold Weather Interfores Serious-. ly with the Attendance. - . Those Present and Their Toilets. The German Maenncrchor gave its annual ball at McCormick’s - Hall last evening. The prepa- rations made for the occasion wero on & very ex- tensive scalo, and, as usual with this Socidty, no pains were spared .to ' make this- bail as brilliant asany of its predecessors. The Committes of Arrangements had been busy like beavers dur- ing the last two or three weoks, and the favors for the cotillon (German) “were expressly im- ported from Paris at a cost of over $20. | It might have been supposed that the. cruelly cold weather which has provailed for: the lact | fow days would have annihilated all ideas cf Terpsichorean delights which the members of tho Bociety might have anticipated, but the success- fal event showed that even old Borens cannot prevail against a fondness for- dancing and its concomitant delights. At tho same time it must bo acimowledged that the painfully low figars which the] thermometer had chosen to record bad a noticeablo offect in reducing tho numbers of thedancers’ at the ball. Itis safe to say, however, that the intersgely cold weather exerted ita influenco only upon those who felt that the lacked those charms of person or toilet whi cafry weight at an occasion of this kind, Ar- rangements hod been made for about 250 per- gons, hut not over 100 sat down to supper, AMONG TRE PROMINENT GENTLEMEN PEESENT were Meaurs. A. . Hesing, Gen. Hermann Lieb, Louia Huck, John M. Rountree,’ Washington Hesing, Dr.T. J. Bluthardt,” Joseph Roelle, August Bock, Philip Barthotomae, C. L. Leicht, snd H. Kenkel. 5 . The 1adies were dressed oxqusitely; the dreszes, being still more brilliant (han those worn on vious cceasions of the ssme naturo. Noticeable among them was i M. JOSEPH PERXING, of Bbanghai, China, who is on & visit to hor sis- ter, Birs. Gen. Leib, wore a black lace dress, em- broidered in gold,—known as_tambour—cut low in peck, with ekirt en train. Mrs. Perking' orna- ments wore of Roman gold, of a unique pattern; haer bair was dressed in curis, and over her shoul- ders sho woro s _richly-embroidered white cloth operacleak. She was much admired. NS, DARTHOLOMA ) was dressed in a blne silk, trimmed with point lace and natural flowers, neck cut low, and short sleeves; hairdressed in high puffs, crimped, and powdered with dizmond dust. wore a dress the samein every particular s her friend, Blra. Bartholomae. MRS, LOUIS HWUCK appeared to great advantage in a lavender crape, with white eilk illuston overdress, puffed and -gathered, and trimmed with - wood violets; . cot low "in- the mneck, and short "eleaves; her hair' was - dressed in Grecian styls wreathod “in "violets and roses ; her ornaments were dinmonds. .. Mies -Mary Kinkel, sietor of Mra. Huck, was_dressed in the mame stylo, and was surrounded by maoy ad- Toirers. MRS, WASHIRGTON HESING was dressed in a beautiful white and purple striped silk, trimmed with black lace, and.cut with lopg train. Miss Carrie Spingeman, of Kew York, a very handsoms brunette, appeared in lemon-colored silk. e doughter of H. B. Miller, was very preftyinn rose-colored silly with loug train cut bigh in the neck, and - sleeves close ; heir in high puffs crimped. = MES. P. L. REED, ‘. also o dauglter of Rir. Mitler, looked exquisite in z levender gilk of two shades, cut high'in the neck, slaeves close and puffed. .~ e, 2(D8. A, C. MESTNG i ‘wore a very becoming tan-colored silk and white luce shawl. 2153 DORA BRUNING - o was much ndmwired in s bluo sili with whito lace overdress, out low in the neck, with ekirt en - MBS, WOLF, & charming littlo bluc-eyed lady, was the:centra of ‘a large circle of edmirers. She was dressed in white Swiss, cut high in the neck, with long sleeves, and '~ profusely trimmed in lace, oranze-blossoms; and- forget-me-nots, with bluo sash hanging from tho- ehoulders snd around tho waist. . Her.ornaments wera_orange- - blosgom jewelry; hair in crimps, and blonde tresaes dressed in pearls, ~ © . . % MBS, WILLIAM SETPP, 8 bride of three months, wore her wedding-dress, | white silk with puffed front, wreathed with" or-/| ange blossoms; neck cut low, and skirt with long train ; hair dressed in curls. Mre, Seipp's ornaments were diamonds. Miss Mary Seip looked charming in white tarletan, flounced, Iflg trimmed. with blue morningglories, - her- hair ctimped aad powdored with diamond powder. 2 ABS. JOHN B. GARTENIAN . wa dressed in buff tarletan, flounced, and orna- mepted with blne morningglorios, hair crimped, - and powdered with dismond powder. MISS THERESA JOHKSON, - + a fair and charming little blonde, looked queen! in & white tarlotan, looped up with pink roses -goraniums ; neck cut half decollette ; Pompadour waist with knife plaits,-trimmod with'Valenca lace; skirt with long frain; hair dressed high, with Jight blue tippod ostrich :Teather, and natural flowers. Miss Johnson’s ornaments were pearls. T .- MRS, GEN. LEIB ‘was charming asusnsl, and looked guperb ina iChinese satin, with black laco over-dress with’ ’| Jong train ;. neck and sleeves Mario Antoinette, | trimmed with Honiton lace, Sy B MRS. DR ALUTHARDT z ; wore a lavender silk cut. en train ; basque waist piped ‘with .large .cord, with an over-dresa of white tigsud. . Her ornaments wore of coral. AN UNEKOWN LADY ° * - ‘wore & costume that was the euvy of the gen! sex who sdmired i¢ during the Exposition where it was exhibited by Mr. Charles Gossage. Ii waa an’ ombroidered mull overdress- over. an ex- | quisite heavy blue silk ekirt flounced to ‘the waist, and out with an immense long train. :" ¥ime and space forbids a mora' lengthy notica of the many beautifnl toiletics as wirn by tho : Bloomington Cif ladies, suffice to say that they all appeared per- fectly enchanting, and the ball of last night of the Germania Maennerchor will long be remem- bered as one of the happy events of the season. CASUALTIES., . TRAIN WRECKED, 5 Srecial Digpateh to The Chicago Tribune, Brriverierp, 1L, Jan. 9.—Quite aserious wreck occurred on the Toledo, Wabash & Western Raii- rosd at Iiliopolis, 15 milos east’ of here, early this morning, by which two freight- trains were congiderably smashed-up, one ruining into the rear of the other. No lives were lost, ‘but tbis evening, as the wrecking-train was returning to Epringfiold, s ‘sbop-hand named Clarlea Sim-’ mons fell betwcen the cars, the wlheels passing over and killing bim instantly. He is said to be an unmarried man, : THROWN FROM THE TRACK. Waernvg; W. Va., Jan.9.—While an Eastern- bound train on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was on & bridge near Cambridge, O., this morn- ing, the sleeping-car was thrown off and badly shattered. The balance of the train wans nct injured. Some fdur or fivo passengers were in- jured, but none seriously. -'A broken fish-bolt caused tho accident. : RUN OVER AND KILLED. Caxmey, N. J., Jao, 9.—While one Wiegand, wife, and chuld were crossing the railroad track [in_Nsw York of $5,000 each, besidos quite a list of smaller sums, iu addition to the £10,000 - by | Stewart & Oo. A meeting called in Jacksonvilla to protest sgaiust the repeal of the Legal-tondor act aud retirement of greenbacks was s cowplete fail- ure, Not one person was present. The rural townships of McLean County are subscribing nobly to aid the Kansas destitnte, | but Bloomington has go far made no effort that has collected any material aid worth mentioning. 'Ald. Bockwell, Reed, and_ Trotter, of the Council, and constitutiog the Committee on General Improvements, who are ‘| in charge of the erection of water-works, will visit 8t. Louis, Decatur, Jacksonville, and prob- ably Chicago, the coming week, for the purpose of _viowing the pumping machivery used in each of these citics. Mayor Benjamin F. Funk, and one or wwo other city officials, will accom- pany them. CRIMINAL RECORD. How a Mail Robber at Quincy Was Neatly Caught in the Act. g Miscellaneous Sinfulness. NEATLY TRAFPED. UOW A PERSISTENT MATL NOBDER WAS CIRCUM- . VENTED. Hvecal Dispateh to The Chicage Trivune, . Qumscy, IL, Jan. 9.—As was telegraphed to you on tho 5th inst., a man named .Beeley was taken into custody hers on that day by a special mail sgent, on & charge of abstractiog monsy from registored lefter packages, Ho was re- leased the same day, and it was generally sup- posed that no evidence had been found in sup- port.of the charge =ade sgainst him. But-it bas ginco turned out taat ho was detected in the very mot by the speciai ager.t who took him under arrest. ! About six or eight months sgo Seeley was placed in cherge here of the meil-room atthe desnh, where tho transient mails.are deposited, and he was also charged with the daty of trans- ferring registered-letter packages. . For come time_past money has beex missed from regis- tered letters passing throagh this city, though not throngh tha Post-Ofico, and mailing clerks gr:llnha several routes leading into the city have SUSPECTED AND WAICHED. . . Notice of the matter was given to Postmester PigFufit, who had his suspicions dirccted toward Beeloy ; aud on Friday last a circumstance ocenr- red which confirmed his distrust. He according=- 1y telegraphed to Special Agent Kanan, at Deca- tur, to come to Quincy and work up the case. The rail-room at the depot is separated from the bsggage-room by & board partition. The desk by Beeley was located against this par- {ition, to which was fastoned a case of pigeon- holes, directly over the d and about o foot sbovait. Postmaster Piggott obtained permia- gion of the Depot Masterto CUT A BMALL APERTURE THROUGH THE PARTITION, close under the case of pigeon-holes, which ori- fice was not visible o a porson sitting at the desk, but through which bis oporations could easily be watched. Kanan arrived here on Sun- doy last, and_was introduced to Seeloy, both Piggott and Kanan, however, taking care to any movement caloulated to awaken Seeley’s guspicions. . The ground was eurveyed, and, with & view to misleading the suspected party... Eanan . took the Mondsy morning train as though he were going to Bpringfield, whereashe went no farther than Camp Point, where he remained during the day, and from Which place be 4 " N SENT A DECOY PACKAGE to Quincy. e resurned on the eveming train, and, unobserved, took his station in the bag- gage-rocm, whencs he could reconnoiter the movements of Beeley through the aperiure in tho partition over his desk. At the usual hour for. doing his work, Seeley over- hauled the registered packages, and, while about it, appeared to oxhibit mo inclination to molest their contents. But after they were all arrang, he took up one of the packages, briefly examine: ié. lnghi/lit back. A“gt!a. moma:nt’u m ion, however, he again ftook up the p " and, laying it on his desk, FROCKEDED TO OPEN IT | by inserting and rolling & load-pencil under the | sealed edge of the envelope, which was not fast- | ened with sealing-wax. Having opened the package, he abstracted the money it contained, and resealed the envelope with mucilage, which he carried in & small vial in his vest pocket. The operation of opening and resealing tho paciage ‘was 80 successfully performed that upon casual ‘observation the envelopa did not ‘fresent the ap- i pearanca of having been tampered with. . The businees being completed, Eanan loft his gllcs of obeervation, and, coming around to the oor of Boeley’s yoom, demanded ission. This was at first refuséd, but upon & peremptory, reépetition of the demand Seeley opened the door, when Ksanan proceeded to his desk, and, pointing to the package that had been opened, i IXVITED SEELEY-TO PRODUOR THE MONEY he hud just taken from it. Finding himself fairly detected, Seeley made no attempt at de- ‘nial, but at once elivered up the money he had stolen, which -amounted to only £5. This was about 2 o’clock on the morning of the 5ih. He was immediately talen into eustody, but was re- lersed the same day upon a bond of $600 for his |p§eurnucs for trial. 4 jceley is_entirely withont means of his own, but he had lately paid several small -debts which he had been owing_for some time, and this fact, which Postmaster Piggott took puins to ascer- tain, tended to fasten suspicion wpon him. It appears that in the course_of his operations he :::ka been shrewd enough, in most “instances, td N o ;- " . ° ONLY A PART OF THE MONKY from the packages which he has opcned ; thus leading the perdon receiving tho packagze and the person sending it into a controvorsy, and di- verting suspicion from himself. > Beeley is betweon 50 and €0 years ofjage, and in very poor heslth. -His trml is expected to tsko place soon, though it is reported that a petition is in circalation asking for his re- Jerse on tho scoro of his age and infirmity. The | success of his operations here shows the impor- tanco of having registerediletter packages fast- . ened with sealing-wax. All such packages leav- ing the Quincy office arp thus secured, as is the case no doubt in all the Iarger offices; but it appears that registered packages sent fromman of the emaller- offices aro fastened only Wil mndlug}z:, and it is to inclosures of this sort that Soeley has applied humself, —_— . THE DAILY RECORD. A JEWELRY THIEF APPREHENDED, i OxamA, Nob:, Jen. 9.—A detective arrived from San Francisco last night having in charge Mr. Gearge Weyman, a, jeweler of New York, who, a few woeks ago, decamped therefrom with §18,000 worth of diamonds, most of which were recuvered. . H CATITAL SEFTENCE. WaeeLvG, W. Va., Jan. 9.—Tsylor Strander, the colored wife-murderer whose case has beon carried from court to court, aud sppealed, was to-day sentenced to be hung on the 26th of Marcii next. - Ben Fronklin and ilis Boy. Y From the Cincinnati Saturday Xight. . Aclittlo incident worth relaling happemed to Ben after he had o married man, and was living in & emall village down m Connecticnt. J. W. Dusenberry’s great circus and menagzerio Jjust arrived from Blogsenburg, and was going to givo a performance ju tho evoning, and Ben's oldest boy, was seized with an irresistible desiro to attend. So at the dinner-table he acked permission of his father to attend the circus in the eveming. ‘“*No, no! my son, you must not go to the show. Itis en unfit place for me, a8 I consider it; how much moro dangerous must it be for yon; I will not zllow a son of smine to attecd a cireus poformanco whege X my- self would blush to ho secn.» Go to bed, my boy, and your mother and I will go to prayer- meeting. To-morrow I will buy you a testament, for your obedience,” - & He went to bed, bat not to sleep. at Beverly, in a wagon, s train struck the vehicle, Lilling the wife, and child, and horse, and geri- Jously injuring Wiegand. ' TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. _ The Central Tllinois Poulfry Fair closed to- day. It “was tho finest ever beld. 'Theru were some 600 entries, “Ths Canada Atlantic Cable Company give no- tico that thoy will ask Parliament at the next session to amend their charter. Terry & Stahl, merchant tailors, of Bloomicg- ton, mede an seeignment yesterday to Dapiel in Bea-sickness worthy of & place in the Times,” | Fierson. It is thought they will not fall far be- ought to be a better way of putting the question of the fatare to the country, than: Shall the Kellogg fraud bo sus- tained1n Louigisns, or tho Nation handed over 1o the political relics of the Eouthern Confed- ersqy 2— Cincinnali Commierecial, 1t seems to us th Lind. B 3 A 4-year-old child of D. O. Hewitt, a farmer of Arrowsmith Township, McLean Couuty, fell into a tub of hot water on Wednesday and died on Thuraday. Centennial eagents sunonaca five subscriptions An hour afterward Den and his wife might bavo been dcen sasted on 8 top board under the brilliantly lighted circus tent. ’8 face glowed _with enjoyment, and his jaws worksd industrions- ly upon 2 big end of twisted dog-tail tobacco. Once ho bowed his head and allowed o half-pins of juice.to issue from hia mouth and descend be- twoen the seats. A smothered cry of pain camo up from below. Baid old Ben.: * Gracious, I do telieve X bave spitten in some one's face.” 8aid his wife: **Too bed! but, oh! just s0e that man bend tho crab |” and they both be- came engrossed in tho antica of tha clown. Next morning aé hreakfast this boy appeared with g swollen eye, Said his Zather, ** My son, what ailest thine optic?.” *iSome blamed fool spit in—that is—it ig darned sore. Idon't know what ails it,” said ths confuzed lad. Don aad his nife exchanged significant glancos and wisely held {heir peace, aud the promised testament wasu't alluded to afterward by either {ather or son. . SHERIDAN'S REME. (Continued from tha Tirss Page.) in which s spirit of moderation prednmimua' leading Benators ‘objecting to Virgini: taking tho initiative. It was the genamlu?pfinn thay Virginta ghould give expression through hep Logislatare in the form of & protest against tp, sction of the General Goverument in Tou and appeal to tho American people for Tedres, :ll:d ‘futoh to erp{aanlthve deep and lasting symps. 1y of the people of Virginia with the thgic sstarStataof Lonsinna, e Peobls, of e wholo matter was mado tho special ordey for Tnesdsy. TE ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY DESIZE TO EXPLA] Bppixarrerp, IlI, Jan., 9.—The mambcr? 'nr the Demiocratic State Central Committes ary - much annoyed at the publication of an addres scnt o fow days age in the Associated Press dig. petches, purparting to come from this Commit. mittee, The Committeo did issua a call fof a indignation meoting, but in that call did not proe pose to inangurato a rsbollion, or cunsel resistance to the powers that Le. - Tha copysens to the press was not wha! was agroed apon or issued b ‘b;}y Cummid:.‘.ea. Hen, ‘The o remedy indorsed by Committes for .the Louisiana trouble iu’thu:: afforded by the brilot-box. 3 ‘enn., Jan. 9.—The Appeal’s ville special of this dato says {llennmlg.,%& prosented the following resolution in the Senate to-day : Resoived, That our Senstars aro hereby and Represcatatives requesiod, to 8UppOFt and tue] on such_guarantees 23 will immedistsly restore thy Stata of Loulsians to her rights Tndor the Constitn: tion a3 a soverelgn Stato of the Federal Union, . CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS. ’ ALABAMA. THX SUNMTER COUNTY OUTRAGES. LaviNasron, Als., Jan. 9.—Albright and Buck. aner, of the Alabama Investigating Committes, yesterday concluded & four days’ investigation 2t this place. Tha killing o Billings and Trey, and the whipping of the negro Doyle wars ‘proved, but there was no proof connecting those acts with political motives. In refutation of the charges of intimidation of Repablican voters av idenca was given that in the last election the Ra- publican vote in this (Sumter) county increased 83 par cent over Grant’s vote in 1872, e AT VICKSBURG. TESTIMONY TAKEN YESTERDAY. - Vickssurg, Miss., Jan. 9.—The grester pore tion of the session of the Congressional Com- mittee to-day was devoted to the examination of Iegal and documentary evidence in connection with the trombles between tho tix-payers and colored officials, Judge Cowan, City Attorney, being examined at great length. Ho smd Crosby bad no legal right to issue the call under which the colored men marched on the city, and the Judge of the Circanit Court had authority to ap- point & successor to Croshy when he resigned. __The entira records of the Boara of Supervisory in connection? with Crosby were examined al ‘made part of the record. : Judge Arthur, ex-City Judge, testifled that, in 1873, a colored Justico of the Peace brought suif, azamst & member of tho Young Men’s Cliristian’ Aseociation, under the Stata Civil Bxfhu bilf, for refusiog to admit him to hear Sexe Jecture. ' He decided agrinst the colored mea, and the colored people held a mass-meeting, denounced him, and passed resolutions asking him to resign. 8 Lucinda Henry, colored, tessified that, on ths night of the riot, & party of Whites came to har store, on Cherry stroet, after a gun, sbused anod. maltreated hor, threatened to burn her house, and took the gun. ; E. Cord Went, a British gubject, owning alargs plantation 8 miles out, and on the Yazoo Rivar, awore that on tho morning of the fignt, calored Constable Bell came to -his place and ordered all. the negroes to como to town armed, which they Tofosed, e Mr. Went oxpreesed in positive terms his dis. mu‘!a with both the State and Federal Govern- ments. ¢ ‘The Committee adjourned till Monday. ¥ A member gives it 2 hia opinion that the ins vestigation will continue till the latier parbol next woek. . - 4 e TRES. T i IN CHICAGO. %3 An alarm of fire from Box 726 aé 7:20 o'clofk; yesterday morning was caused by the explosion of = boiler connected with the kitchen farnace: ‘at No. 232 Ontario street. The premises were, occupied by Mrs. Weaver as a boarding-bousa, Two servant girls- wero slightly injm'as about their heads, and the wholo househoid were baaly scared. The engineer of the Batchelder Building at the southeast corner of Clark and Randolph streels, while trying to thaw out some frozen ateame pipes yesterday, accidentally set the woodwork of the office occupied by the Michigan Centraj Railway Companyon fire. An alarm was sonad ed from Box No. 12, but the fire was extinguishe ed before the arrival of the sicamers. The loss was trifling. A gtill alarm was given last ovening at halfe ast 8 o'clock for 8 fire in the premuses of J, oembeld, druggist, at No. 164 Scuth Jefferson.. Btraet. It was responded toby Hook & Ladde: Company No. 2. The loss,é was small The ' cause was an overheated grate. The explosion of .alamp at tha residence:of Mra. Wright, No. 41 Elm street, cansed tho alarm of fire from Box. No, 756 last evenmg at 6:33 o'clock. The loss was about $50. tullyin-- sured in the Globe of Chicago. i An alarm of fire from Box No. 975 st 5:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon was csused by the. burning out of a chimney at tho housa No. 74 South Jefferson street. No damage epsued. - AT QUINCY, ILL. Swecial Dispateh to The Chicdgo Tribune..” Quixcy, 11, Jan. 9,—About half-past10 o'clock _ to-day the Adams County Court-House in this city was discoverad to be on fire, and in & verf shart time the whole intarior of the building was entirely destroyed. The walls are loft standing, but sro much damaged by firoand waisr. Thefire broke out in the root, and by the timely. and ac+ tive exortions of the citizens nearly all_thepub- lic records were saved. Thoro was no insursnce o’ the building, which was completod in 1837, and for the purposes of a court-house was worth nothing. . It originally cost about $15,000. At the time the fire occurred the wind was Llow- ing s galo. Had if not besn for tho energy snd dizcipline of the firs’ department s mout dis~ astrous conflagration must hava ensued. - AT WANATAH, IND. Speeial Dispatch to The Cnicago Tribune - WaNATAR, Ind., Jen. 9.—This morning about 9 o'clock a fire broke out in the McCurdy House, owned by Robert Whitlock. At the timo the | wind was blowing vory hard, and it was ntterly impossihle to savo anything. The fire wmmn:fl- cated to. the depot and telegraph office adjoile - ing and also_destroyed is. The contents wera mostly eaved. Whitlock's Josa is §10,000. The Tailroad company’s fosa in $2,000. No insurance - ‘cfln either.. ''he fita waa cawsed by a delective. lus. ay AT WHITEHALL, MICH. . . o | Bpecta! Dispatch to The Chicago Tritune. . - Detzorr,Mich., Jan. 9.—The Post-Ofice and® Wheeler's drog store burmed this morniog 85, Whitehall, tho extremscold preventing the:, working of the engines. Loss; $9,000 or: 810,000; insuzed for.$2,500 on the stock of thedrug store.. The contents of tho Post-Offico wera sasved. AT KENT, O. Y : Bpecial Dispaleh t» The Chieaao Trivunse 3 KEyr, 0., Jan. 9.—The freight repair-ehops of the Atlantic & Groat Westorn Kailway were e~ tirely burned thia evening at 7 o'clock, togetber with seven freight-cars and abont twouty-fivoset - of carpenters’ tools. Loss about $10,0003 20 insurance. : g ‘AT BATHURST, N. B. : BATHTEST, A}}‘. B,. Jan. 9.—A gfiavmifl'“l; : Nagdoo, was burned last night, together i £0 of the childrem of the keeper, namod Board SUSPENDED. Svecict Disrateh to Tha Chicaoo Tribuns. CoLbwATER, Mich., Jan. 9.—S. W. Fiek, quits, & Iarga dealer in boots, shoes. hata sad caps, 1> day made an assig=ment to David Bance for the benefit of his creditors. Lisbilities are ove! £29,000, an@ essets abont 915,000, : * OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. . Nz Yoik, Jan. 9.—Arrived—Stoamsbip A geria, from Liverpool. Toxpoy, Jan. 0.—Steamship Lossing, from Now York, has arrived cat. e New Yons, Joo. 9.—Arrived—Steazstip G of Autwarp, from Liverpool