Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 17, 1875, Page 3

a 4 + ontertain that RAILROAD NEWS. A Massachusetts Legisiniive Com- mitteo Considers the Bos- ton & Albany, (ho Ro:pnse of Representative Mosoly to tho Railroad OMciets. Cho Soheilule of Frelght Batos Adopted at the Rocent St, Louis Mooting. THE BOSTON & ALBANY, Seecial bienatch to The Chicago Tribune, Bosrox, Mass, March 16,—Ropresentativo Mosoly, of Boston, who bas boon conducting ihe Inveetigation boforo tho Railroad Committeo sf tho Legielaturo into the managoment of the Boston & Albany Raliroad, mado his roply to jho statomont of Vico-Prosldont Lincoln wo-day, In boginning, bo sald that ho ind tho gentlemen interested with him, mado thres demands of tho oflicera of tho Boston & Alvany Railroad: Firet, that thoy should giva guaranteo billa of lading on all goods and mer- shandizo; accond, that thoy should put Boston om os porfect equality with Now York in avery roapect. fo far a8 froighte tra concerned 5 third, that their local tates for gooda going Wostor coming Enst to iy part of tho State should pro-rato with tho through freight, allowing, of couree, a falr prico sxtrs, for the ceding and nnloading of euch freight, ‘hero was gront dif- srouca of opinion between the road and the complainants of tho magnitude pf tho evils, the means of cure, and tho aili- genco to be used in applying tho romedy. The Legialature could tako up tho problem and solva tt, by depriving the Company of thelr road, or by encouragiug compotition in somo way that the wisdoin of thetwo Houses may doviee, Such a sepert would of itself bo of sorvice to tho anf- tering trado of Eoston, though no action was taken upon Jt. Speaking of Mr. Lincoln's ace tnowledgmont that thero was a discriminn- on in favor cf Now York of G6 conte en 190 pounds, ho claimed that thie liscrimination wan two or throo times 48 creat, ov ing to tho pravatont practica of Now fork roada of cutting their rates, whiln tho Bos- fon & Albany Comuvany lived rigidly up to the ori, Froight to New York by the way of tho Yow York Central wav10 conts Jowor than to Bou- ion by the same line, with tho additional benefit o Now York of guaranteed weights—only thie, hat Boston vay 67 miles further from Chicago fiav Naw York was. Io cloimed that that was ro valid oxcuee, Other routes carried merchau- Jigo much longer diatanccs for the eacio prices hon tho Boston & Albany nske gomo- ames for lons. ‘Thero was tho Northern iuo—but why was it ueceesary to compare tho Boston & Albany with othor lines, wher a com- pation with {teelf would show how rates varied vithout regard to distanco? Exporters nero tavered by tunis road with spacial luw rate, Cho fact was not donicd, and the reason as- Sgned waa urgont policitations on tho part of dso Board of Trade, ‘THE NEXT POIXT Mr. Mosely considered was the road's strange geglect of weatwnrd-bound froicht, Merchants neferred this lino on account of its superior ronveuiones and dispatch, and yet other lines, ees favorably cireumstanced, were allowed to teize the Hon’s eharo of the busimosa by giving lower rates, Mr. Ifamilton had supplicd dim with an estimate carefully mado from ofl- del figures, showing that Inet yoar the road brought into tho State 144,778 car-londs of freight, and carricd away 20,161 tull cars loads, 80 thnt 124,(22 cars went back empty, an sverago of 100every working day. Tho situation ™ir. Mosely continued) was this: An ubau- lance of freight offering to the Boston & Albany Ruilrosd lines, o preference ‘or it ‘among = shippers, hundreds of mupty cara the better fora load avery duy ready ‘ogo Woat, and yet buta triding nmount taken vecauso rates wors eohigh. The Baltimore & Oulo Road had no such indifference. Mr, Unr- ‘ole was so desirous of tihng his ompty era oweetward-bound that ho sent his steamora hero for our froight and offered terms that our merchants wero plat] to accept. ‘ho Hate, he cleimed, bad a tight to demand an ex- nlanation of this’ contrary policy. Ono groat wervico =the Commissicn = oanld do tho wade of ovton and tho intereut wf tho Commonwealth wea to report Mat railroads carrying grain should bill a specif- quantity and gusrantee that quantity. - Tho tailroad oiiicials ADMITTED TOE EVILS of tho nresont xyatom, and the President plodgad bimeelf to labor with connecting roady ta socure the desired guarantca, He was not, how iver, disposed to tritat tho matter to tho Company, oven though their interests ayreod. with ours and they know tt, Speaking of whot action the Legistatura could jako in this matter of guarautocing weight, Mr. Mosely said: ‘Grain ia brought ere trom tho Weat over the Boston & Albany Railroad aunalty, 1f not univorsally, under contruois wiih freieht lines callod respectively tho * Red,’ tha ‘White,’ and tho ‘Biuo’ Line. ‘The Bouton & Mbany Company havo admitted that thoy aro titoreated in these lines aa part-owners, prorata weordivgto tho milange of the road. Such pwaoership ought to mako them Mable tg partners to make good contractn of tho linos, but our Supreme Court has decided that a elmilar arrangoment to that I epeak of Aves not create any Joint Hability on the part wf tho roads _intercated. Would = have fou recommend that tho aw io this teapect should bo changed, and that wery common eatricr of gralp shail bo Hablo to Acilvor the wholo quantity namod in the bill of nding less } or 3¢ of 1 por cent, nulegs thero is bweltton agrooment to tho contrary, elgned by tho shipper or his agents,” Mr. Mosely continued as follows: “ My etudy Mf tha avideuce leads me to tho: conclusion that + fou must roport that the Boston & fone Rnile toad Company aro not furnluhing faciilties for the transportation of merchgudiga and for tha = promotion of tho commorce of the Commouwealth uch ond ato. pnght to bave~—sich as elo must huvo if she is to hold her own against tho goale bua compatition of the day, The remedy I favor b talking Foriceuiad of tho road by tho Stato, Bhonld this Company, however, decline to roject, I osk you to ioport & Joint rosolutiou roquesting ‘tho Ktate Di- tectory of tho Borton & Albany Railroad lo sparo uo effort to mako tho rates of froight trom tho Woat to Boston as thoao to New York, ind to obtain better raton tothe Wout. Thoy Mould algo be requested to secure moro favor- Able terms of traneportation for the interior towns of tho Stato, andto sea to it shat cara are tot refused a tranafor to tho Union Froight Rail- toad and other connecting railrondu.”” THE PITTSBURG, CINCINNATI & ST, LOUIS, Pirsavona, Pa. March 10.—A Commercial treeial, from Stoubonville, O., says the annual nooting of tho stockholders of tho Pittaburg, Clocinnati & 8t. Louis Railway was held thoro jo-day, Tuo aunual roport shows tha net catn- inga of tho main lino—Pittsburg to Columbus— Wo bo $891,297, A preamble and rosolution wero + auanimously adopted declaring the incomo of = Sho road ingufliclont to pay tho Intorest on the second mortgaga bonds and ihe priuctpal, ¢5,- 0000, "due “Aprt 1, "1873, aud “that tomo bonda to the amount of £10,. ¥0,000, wecured by mortgage, and ronning Bity yosrs from April 2, bo issued for the pure povo of retiring the second mortgage bonda and socrued interest, and also to tnereasa tho facilis fies of tho Company for transacting bnsinces, dhe Directcrs elected for tha ensuing term wera: Thomas A, Beott, Goorro B, Hogers, Josteh Bae “tou, Wistar dforria, Strickland Kneaus, H, I.. loueton, Thomas L. Jewett, McCullough, Willam Bhaw, Rovert Sherrard, Jr. D, 3. Gray, George W. Adams, Alfred Gaither. Fhe rd organized = by _—e'eoting fhomss A. Seott, Provident; W. H. Bares, etary, | Tho election of Vico-Lrosllenta nas starred! Will the adoption of the jroposod now 4 Teactution was adopted anproving the action we the Directors to coulraencivg Troseediien to pompal the Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Cons stract wath ern theese yerformance of the cou- eet with tho Pittuburg, Ciuclanatl & St. Louls at may sud direoting the latter Comruny to ro- tain all the net ca-nings of the road in their bands, subject to the order of the Courts. —— CUTTING RATES, Nothiog new in regard to tho railroad war has happenod during tho Inst few days, Tho passenger rated from Chicago to the East atill femaio tho same a8 proviously toported. Thero is, howover, w probability that Schange will take placo in a day or two, a8 the Mauagers of all : the Pennsylvania Company's lines wore in private itatlon yesterday at Pittsbarg, aft {t, tho Generul Maaager, ad ony 4 ea, the Geveral PessengorAgent of tho Pitteburg «& Port no Railroad, aro oxpeoted ‘0 toxday. were Tdianapotia é St. Louia Railroad and the Beo-T.ino have reduced tholrrates from St. Louis. to Now York to $15, This will undonbtedly com;al ali the other lines leading to the East ta makoa similar reduction, Tho fight mnat nec- easnrily apread to all tho lines, and n goueral re- duction cannot bo atayed off many dara longer. Adiapatch wan received hero yesterday statlug that tho Now York trunk Ines, have reduced their tariff to Chicago as follows t FROM NEW YORK TO cutcAgo, The rates on flour from 8t. Pant and 3tinno- apolis to Chicago havo have been redaced from GU centr a barrel to 60 cenio. ‘Tho New York Tribune saya: ‘Tho " sealnere ” appear to be making & good profit ont of tho reduction of the fares on the Penneylrauts route from the Weal to Uslttmore, Ly the Saratoga agreement tho thrre trunk Hnes cannot sell tickets nt redirel prices to New York, and the Pennsylvania ond ban ceased to roll tisketa via Pilindsipula and changed the reduction fo through tickote from cr to Ualtimore, Dut ot Harrlahurg the pranonger from tke Weat con oblain a ticket 10 New York for $3.40, eaving 0 conta and eercral hours in time by not folug around, Uy way cf Ualtimore, trom which Place to Now York tho faro in $6,"0, ‘The “renip~ eraareon hand at Harrishurg in great numbers to purchagy the unvsed portion cf the throngh ticket, En‘itling the holder to conveyance from Harrisburg to Hallimore, and as the pasrenger con realize about $3 for thie portion of is ticket, ho pays only §3 from Cin clnuatl, $3 from Chicago, or $7 from Bt, Loulz, making tho entira ront from St, Louls to Naw York only $1°,60 fustond of $27, whlch ts tho price of a through ticket by. the trank ince, As thin is virtually" cutting under tho New York ‘Coutratand Erle Ronda by over 60 rer cent, tt is n matter of anrprize to maug New York mer- ebanta ard slippars that those twa rouda do not pro- test aguiust the action of the Puansylvanta Road, MEETING OF FREIGHT AGENTS. Ata mosting of tho General Freight Agents of the Chicago & Alton Railroad, tho Vandalia Lino, tho Toledo, Wabash & Weatern Railroad, tho Indianapolie, Bloomington & Weatorn Rail- rosd, tho Totodo, Peoria & Wareaw Raslroad, tho Chicago, Rock Island & Paeitic Railroad, tho Indisnapolia & St. Loutn Raflrond, tho Peoria, Pelsin & Jacksonvillo Railroad, tho Itlmois Mid- fand Rallroad, tho Ohio & Mississippi Ralirond, tho Springiloll & Southeastern Railroad, the Gil- man, Clinton & Spriogfeld Railroad, and tho Al_nols Centra} Railroad, held in St. Louis a few days ayo, the following arbitraiy rates per bun- dred founds wore acroed upon to be charged on all {reights coring from pointe east of Ciuclu- natt, Columbus, or Cleveland, and that no con- tracts be protected that do not allow lines rates an follows : 8 | Sade From Chicago and State Line to| = EI mere B 2 ws ct} 1] 19 | 19 | 17 ws | 49 | co 10| 8 myitjais ne TE ‘This tori will take offoct April 1, and 15 sub- ject to trunk-line clavsification, Tho tariff from Indlanapolia to (ho samo pointe 1s 6 centa highor per hundred pounds thau fram Chicago, ‘THE WISCONSIN LAW. Srectal Dispaten to The Chicago Tribune. MapreoS, Wis., Blarch 18.—Gov. Tarlor, aftor consultation with Attornoy-General Sloan, who returned to tho Capital last night, las decided that the dificulties Involved iu tho conflicting’ Jepisiation affectiug tho rallronda of Clasa O under tho Potter Inw can bo obviated by con- sidering tho tutont of tho Legislsturo, which was to favor such ronds, and by discountonancing thoir prosecution for falinro to adopt the rates of Class & roads undor tho Pottor iaw, with this wintor’s increaso, an tho strict construction of the Jaws passed would require, ERIE PASSENGER RATES, Speciat Dispatch to The Chicaco Trtbune. New Yous, March 16.—Tho General Pasaongor Agent of tho Erfo Railway Company says thero {s no foundation for tho statement that his agents are offering tickets nt leas than tho tariff rates. * _ FINANCIAL. kg BANKRUPT RAILROADS, Speciat Lisvateh to The Chteaae Tribune. Kronvx, Is, March 16.—George IL. Franch, Recolvor of the Davonport & St. Paul Rall road, mado application before Judge Love. to-day for an order on tho Chicago & Northwestorn Rail- rol to pay over to anid Recelvor fanda in their bands to tho amount of 20,000, alleged to be due, and which havo been garnishead by Judgment creditora of the Railroad Company in the Bcott County Dis- trict Court, Tho application was denied, tho Court ruling that the Stato Court now hav con- trol of tho matter, and that application must be mado thore. Application was also mado to on- Join tho valo of certain property to the Company which hag boon levied upon, Tho temporary Ine function boretofore feauod was continued, aud ta decision postponed, in order to give the partics an nent forther ovldonce ax to the title of the property lovied upon—an application al- leged to have come from a majority of tho bondholders of the Dubuque and St, Pant Ratlroad, for the removal of Br. Fronch, as Recaiver, ig on filo in thecourt. Mr. French in- timated to-day that ho baa an olephant on tis hands, and [s willing to reeigu the Recelvereiy if thoro ts any reasonable demand for such action. This, with other motions, will ba argued to-moirow, opportunity to pre- B. F. ALLEN, Special Diswateh ta The Chicago Yribuna, Keokuk, In., March 10.—The Alloa Bankrupt- oyeasocameup in tho United States District Court to-day, and, by the consent of all parties, was continued, subject to the call of either, upon giving five dayu’ notica to tho opposite party that the game will bo taken up, subject, hi T, to the convenlonce of the Cout, It is atated that the objectionable feature of tho potition is tho clause claiming that tho mortgage in fayor of Allou, Storhena & Co,, by which Allen con. voyed all hia real catato, was given when ho was inuolvont, and that tho paid conveyance was made out of the ordinary course of business, with tho intent to give s preference to the sald Allen, Stephens & Co, over his other creditors, and to delav thereby tho oporation of tho Baukrapt act. Allen's at- tornosa intimate that if this clanse charging Lim sith fraud were etricken ont the potition in bankruptoy would not be contosted, POLITICAL, ‘THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION, Conconp, N, H., Mazoh 16,~The full vote of the State is now in, and foots up ss followas wort Governor—Choney, 89,225; overts, 99,103 5 ‘hive, 754. Total vote, 70,202, Cheney over Roberta, 123, Soca ef For Congrossman—First District—Woitehouse, Rep. 13,169 Jones, Dem,, 14,004; scattering, $20, Jones’ plurality, 385. Becond Diatriet—Etke, Rep., 12,936; Rell, Dom., 19,038; scattering, 202. Bell's plurality, 147. Third Diatriet—Blalr, Rop., 12,388; Kent, Fon, 12,381 ; scattering, 11 Blais's plurality, Whon the afternoon passopger-traia on the Paris & Danvillo Ruilroad peached Christman Station, i iterday, it was barrded by a Ganatable: on ie depron g gltachaa for debt, (er som8 8 delve: Toturnabla on the dus las? was, aveeptely THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, MARCIL 17, 1875, THE POISONING. Malinski Makes 1 Somewhat Dif- ferent Statement, No Hopo of tho Life of the Eldcst Child, The Condition in Which Sho Was Found. Post-Mortom Examination, The scene of the terrible poisoning caro of jest Sunday night was revisited yesterday morn- jug by a Tornune reportar, in the hopo that the diecovery of new facia in connection with the myatery might load to {ts golution. Tho roport- er wont diroct to the houso, No. 27 Cleaver atreet, which ha lad no neccasity to identify by namber or othor deazription. asthe number of people standing around it in esger onticipation of tho Intcet intelligence from inside, whoro lay the dead nnd saffering, at once dofined it aa tho homo of the unfortunate Malinski famity, After a brief parloy with the officer left in charge of tho promixes, tho reporter gained admission to the hotse, and tho officer closed the door forcibly in tho faco of the disuppvinted clamorers for ad- mission, almost all of thom women, who, with curious faces and excited gosturos, reiterated rapidly the queettons: ‘Aro thero any moro dead yet?" “Will little Jouepha Hye?” The Mirst thing which caught the oyo of tho roporter as he entorod the little kitchen off the matu por- tion of tho abauty wos THE IIDEOUS GROUP OF THE POISONED, which vow wasthroo in numbor,—tho L-montha" baby, Victoria, having died nt Go'clock fn tho morning. As ianaualin cases of veath by poison- ing, tho bodies and faces of tho deceased showed wit horrid distinctness the tortures which thay must havo en lured in the Inst syon- izing hours of tholr lives, Tho body of tho womon, which wag ptretched upon a sofa, was with tho axcontion of tho feot, which were gomo, what distoriid, and tho atxlomon, which was swollen to vory largo size, mreh Jess cramp- ed than that of the children, who lay beside her, but her faco, wilh its starting oyer, tight-drawa and livid wkin, and parchad and swollen lipa, told its terrible talo of agony, Tho {neea of tho children were loss paintul of ex- pression, but thelr cramped loge, twisted feot, and clutehing hands showed how much thoy had sitffered befora death camo to their reliof, Tiastoning from tho horriblo aight, the reporter went to the front room of tho house, where lay LITTLE JOSEPIIA, tho eldost of tho children, vill alive, but with the hand of death aprarently upon her, Thore was no doctor in attendanco upon the child, no woman to eso hor sufferiugs, Ono or two doctora had been called, but, after pronouncing her cago to te hopeless, thoy had left her to die, the equalld appoatauca of the house boing too good svideaca of the fact that tho pecuntaty roturn for thoir medical attend- Anco would prove very slight fndosd. Tho only Person who seomed to taxe any interest in tho ebild was a druggist named Paul A. Foster, who bronght from his storo in tho vicinity aud ap- plied such alloviations as hia knowlodge of med- joino taugbt him could be used safaly and with auccess. Tho fourth clild, little Lizzie, was found by tho roporter lying 12 9 comfortable bed inthe bonse of Mr. Stermann, jnst actoss tho road, J'rom all appearances tho littlo girl, who is only 6 yoars old, will potiover it, aud, if abo docs, her recovery will be duo to tho good at- tendance eho is reccivi.g, and which her eldor slater lacks. a Atthe hougo of tho Mallnakt was painfully apparent the necossity of 4 SUrERvisory soMErODY with authority to enforco orders, Tho room - Whore the little girl Josopha lay was frequantl: crowded with {dlo cnriosity-hunters, whoso lon conretestion and vile tobacco-smoko helped to make stil! moro painful the dificult breathing of tho girl, Most of thom soro neighbors of the Malinskis, and tho lack of foehag which they diaplayed in » Lonao full of aufforing and with the terrible hand of death upon it, seemed to offor tho only oxplauation for the callous 06- havicr of Maliueki sinco the droadful occur- renee, thet tho people of the poculiar national- ity with which this part of tho town fa settled do not posgeee, in commou with the rest of hn- manity, those fofter inatincty which clovate man above enimals, A caroful search, which Tne Tnrinoxe re potter mado of tho promuos, failed to dle- cover auy packet or ipltat which seomed to have — recently en purchasod = at n drigelata, and’ it became Bpparont that unleen the enilen Mallnaki might be induced to talk.or tho nighbors might have snmo news to tell, there was no prospect of elucidating any facts worthy of notico until medical sclonce had beon brought to bear upon tho cago. The house itself contained nothing to pro- vide a otew for tho discovery of a ronson for tho poisoning. From the condition of thoeholyes iutho kitcheu, it was evidontthat, though quite poor, the Blalinskia had enough to keep the wolf from the door for come days, whichis sustained by the fact that Mrs, Malineki waa known to havo in hor possession a email amount of money. In conversation with the neighbors, the reportor Jearnod that Malinakl and bts family were devout and good Catholles, and lad been on Sunday to church, as usual, and that the father of the family Wasa momber in good standing of the Stantulaus Kotsks Benovolent Socloty in con- nection with the church. Thoy were always known as 4 MAPPY AND LOVING FAMILY, Mra, Mativekt having the character of Lotog bet- ter brought up and educated than her hual and 5 but, (bough frotful and despondent at timed on socount of thiols goverte, bho ig reported to havo boon,s fond and devoted wife and motor. The platy of tho family was oloarly aliown by the pict- ures which adorned the rougn walls of tbe frout room or thelr home, Promincnt smong them was a large oograving of tho Craolfixion, tho remainder being email priuts of different well-known ealute, in various acta of dovotion, In connection with thera may be told'a strango incident, which occurred during thoday. Amoug the many who contioually kept clamoring for admission to the house was « man who wiged so hard that Lo bad business Insido that the ofllcer Qnally opened the door and admitted him. On entering, tho mau announced limeolf as A sUURMAKER, and, without more ado, selected a pleco of straw from a bundle on the fioor and proceedod. to taka the measure of the dead woman's foot. ‘Tnis seemed a Atrange proceeding, and the roporter aought for information among thos present, who informed chim shat dt was roligious point with the Poles that no corpus should be buried without anew Pair of shoes upon the foot. Leaving tho house of death, the reporter went to the Rolling Mills Station, where he found tho man MALINERT huddled up in the corner of the cell, and looking more like « beast thou « mau. It ig not on ac- count of any evil or forbidding look that ho hus to be thus characterized, but becange in his face and form thoro seoria ta ba hardly any avidonca of jntollectuality, Knowing ag he douw that his wifo und two of hia children bavo suffered death in one of its mcut horrible share, and that bia two surviving children are onduring indescriba- bio agony, yet ha shows not the slfgltest emo- tion whon tho terrible affair {a altuded bo, and the only exptanation of bia condact which ts compatible with the bolief in bia innocence which the neighors oxpross, iv that ho ia still stunned with the euddennees of the calamity, and cannot \ot roalize fully ita nature. With the Susintance of a Polish iuterpreter the reporter converged with him ay follows: Reporter—How tong have you boonin this country, Malinaki ? Nalluski~Bix yoars, ‘eporter--I suppose you understand the full extont of tho misfortune which bag arrived to your home? Heallnaal Fee, Ido, baay? eporter—Do you suapact anybo: Malinaki—No, 701 Supe! anybody Reporter—Do you think your wife did it, par- hapa on acoount of your poverty ? 3lalineki—-No, she did nor. Thero waa plenty to eatin the Louse, and besides, eho had a dollar and rome cents in cash jo her posuexsian, porter—Zt iy suspocted that the doed was done with phosphorous, Had you any matches in the house ? Matinoki—Yes, and thoy are all thers now. Ieporter—-What do you thik caused tho dood, whoaver commilted It? Malinski—I don't know anything, I felt air atruck by lightuiog when J learnod of tho thing, Reporter—What did you eat Sunday? aiinssi—Sunday my wife went and bought some meat frum the butcher, Jancza 898 Noble street, Bhd broiled it Bun tere noon, and cooked potatoes, aud made some oof. fee. Tate the pork and potatoes, but did nob drink the coffe: Xeporter—Why didn't you drink the coffee ? ‘| Malluski—Bec: I did not recl hike it, Reporter—It was in the afternooa that you ate this. Whon dia the family noxt eat? Malinaki-My wifo waraed up the remains for supper. We wont to bi “ut Lo'elock. A snort time after ne went to bed tho childron Le- pantocryand to kick. They could not sleep woll, I got np and lit 8 fire and mado anmo tea, ‘The children continual to makea noimn; the baby oa] psclatiy, Aly wife then took tho baby inte ped mith hor. I then went to sleep, and sroge tp the morning about 8 o'clock and found my wife and baby lying doad. I found the child 3 years old rick, [did not say ansthing about ft because J was xo stunned I did not know what to lo. Heporter—Where was your wife lying when you d.scovered her dead ?. Mallunki—Sho waa in bed with me, Her foot wero banping from tho bed and touching a bucket which ale bad placed at iis sido to vomit in, ‘This was all that contd bo cot out of the man, And it will be seon thatit differn in seroial ra- apects with tho statement which the man made Monday ovoning. [Hesaid nothing abvont the sickness of bla wife dating the night, and tha admission that he hed not drank of the coffee wag new, Lut tt is uselors to ponder upon the ute toiances of tha man before he appears bofora tho Coroner this morning, A POBI-MORTEM EXAMINATION of tha remains of tho mother, tho child Con- stance, ond tho baby Victoria was mado voster- day by County-Phraician Heorotin, acnisted by Dra. Brown aud Simon, ond roaulted in the dis- covery at evoryatepof polvoniue, Thestomachs of all’threo wore removed ani placed in separate bottles for analytical teat, which, with a similar toat upon the coffoo and milk, which have Leen removed to the Rolling-3iill Station, will ba the riocipal evidence before the Coroner, nnices Vialingta becomes mora loqincioun or ‘tho req oarary of little Josopha snablee uct to become « witness. MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION, The Second Meeting at Martine's Hall, atesolutions Adoptcd. An adjourned moeting of the ono bold tast Saturday night to protest againet the presage of the Municipal Incorporation bill was held last night at Martino's Hall, on South Ada street. At the former meeting twenty-tto were present, exclaaive of roportera ; at tho meeting Inet night thero were thirty. On tho firet cecaxion, tha slim attendance was attributed to tho lack of ufficlont notice to the pub- lie, Last night tho promoters of tho movemout were of opinion that the storm kept at least 1,000 people away. After waiting uutil nearly balf-past 8, Col. A. N. Waterman called the meeting to order, and announced that the Chair was rondy to attend to business. Ald. Campboll then offerod the tolloxing SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS: Rorolved, That we empbatically condemn the bill entitled * A Lill for an act to provide fur rcorganiza- Hon of citien,” now pending in the General Arseintly, and remonetrate axsust ita passage for tho fullowiug anong oter resona? First—That in etyect it fa.a meamro of apectal and local regisl.tion, to nullify that provision of the Cun. stitution which guarantocs to the Inbabltante cf this city the right of muunieipal government upon the anre reudor of thotr present charter, under a general law for the government of cities, and which if convesod {nto execution, woutd divest us of this common right of citizens of this commonwealth, Second—That if conveyed into effect, and sutso- quently net asido by the Supreme Court, os lio mean= ing of the Constitution wonld requira,yit would Invoie this. city fn eerious Suaneial dinvouist contusion, end roreiblo baukruvtes. ‘Thtrd—That if maintained in effect, {t would return Chicsgo to the ofd aystern of speciai’ ring-legialation, which so long cursed tho clty, under the Constitution of 1818, when every General Arsembly wag beset by the ugeuts of a Chicago city ring, asking the enactment of new special mansurea to promote some new scheme of It fua most dangerous and adroitly- seviaed aebome to put Chicago inte the power of 5 Toe ring; being in ita most cesential fcaturea an ahincst exact counterpart of the Tweed charter, under which tho ring formed by Whilam M. Tw ced. pluue dered the City of New Souk of $.0,100,00), #ifi—That, io effect, ike the Tweed chatter, it coinmite the entire @overnment of Chicago into the hauds ofa ring of veven perscns a) priuted by the Mayor, and responrlulo sulely to that official, who te Tesponsibie to no Ge of suforlty waatever, thus concentrating overy fiunciion of public authority ina poet oMclal creatures of one irrcs, ousible furg- ion ry, Stxrth—That committing to this ring the ante and the entire power over the award of all public works and contracts of every kind whatever, it opens tho ‘way to plunder more colosval {pn magnitude then oron. that which wea perpetrated by the inventor of this bill, tho Tweet Ring of New York, Scventh—That tho projevted schemo of a two-cham- ber Council, of no tesa then eeventy-fire membere, 1 & project of folly and absurdity tou gross fur descrip. Hon. Evohth—Thiot, #0 far from contatolng a singlo fea turo of improvemout on the general law for cities, we regard ft ass messure in no respect Letter than our fan charter, while in many respocts we denounce tab yerhiaps the worst scheme of a city charter aver devised for an honest community, Rreowved, That a copy of theaa resolutions be trans- rollted by the Provident and Secret iry of thia me to each member from Cook Gounty in both Houses the General Assembly, Tho resolutions fell rather flat, and there was no remark until tho Obalrman aorked If they wero ready for the question. The Hon. Willard Wood- ard then asid that be did not quite agros with tho stricturca of the resolutions a8 zcspects the constitutionallty of the law. If that was special legislation, then a groat deal of the legielation done st Springfield, aome of which had received his own voto, Was epocial legislation, ALD, CAMPEELL thought that it could not bo doubted that {t was in violation of tho apirit of the Constitution to havo two goneral laws on the samo subject. 1f that was permissible, then, under the guiso of general legislation, we could goon and havo a special act for every town and city {n the Btate. MR. WOODARD pointed out that our school-aystem was under eneral law, but provision was made for cities of ifferant size, tothought it would be found necessary to have anch discriminative legisla- tlon, Ho did not beilove that this city could be Roverned bot according to methods that would do for small towns, and he did not wish to go on record aguinet tho constitutionality of maasurcg making each discriminations, Ald, Compbell madea fow remarks in reply, bringing forward uo now argument, aud there Was another pause. The Chairman jut tho quostion on the rorolutions, a couple of yoicos teaponded in the aftirmative, there was no noga- live vote, and they were declared to bo adoptod. Thero was another pause, aud, nO ono raying or aolng anything, the Chairman enggested that & motion to adjourn might be in order, Mr, Woodard spoko axainet the bill, roltorating his arguments of laat Saturday nigh and laying down as a romiedy for the political iil of tha city the maxim: Elect none but good men to office, He could ‘sea no resson under Heavon why the gambling-saloona were not closed, confisence-mon dilven away, and things managed properly everywhere, except that the officials do not do their ‘duty, It was the fault of the men and not of the charter, MR. E, ¥, RUNYAN was then called apon, aud made » pungont speech, having for ite refrain the samo masun, ‘Elect none but good met to ottice." He thought a great desl of our troubles camo from thia weeseant prating about nationality. Tho colo question should be, Waa he an American citizon, and waa he fit ror the office? Aa re- garded the increas of the Common Council pro- paved by the pending bill, he wixhod thore wore ouly twooty In the Council, and that they could not meet more than once a month. He anything in (ods world to keop tho politicians away from loglalative work, He waa tired of these — combinations of bummer to rob the people, The best thiig CULLEN. Tho Petition on Which Us Was Pardoned, Mr, Higginson Donies, ‘The following ie the petition on tho atrength of which Philip Cullen was pardoned by Gov. Boveridgo : The undcratgned, cltizena of Chicago, dovire reapect- fally to ropresrut to yor that on the 7th dey of Janus ary last pest Philip Cullen, a rerldent of anid cits, wae convicted of the crime nf unlawful conyersion of prop- erty, and aontenced to nerve a torm of twa year in the Mtate Fenltentiary at Jollet, They further atate that they do not Lelleve that the nald Cullen ever intended to defraud the owne: id property, anil he now tle- claren that, irumodiately on in release from prisu whether upon ozpiration of hin full term or pardo: ho will devato his life to the making god ta the owner tho property converted, They further ptate that the ast Cnillen bar, during Win life in this city, borne an honorable ond riputabls acter, an han enjoyed the esteem of elt wtio knew him. Wis who inin very feet lo heslth, three children, are in very destitute circu having no mena of supjort Lut the charity of paulle, Under all these circumstan: upon your Fxeelleney the yeu tf extending 1 Philip) Cullen sour Exectitive cictueucy, coufldentl auring you that bin fotuea couditet will bu nuck ive you no reasou to ragret your action bu hie bel 5, Stetirath, TAF, Bitiev, HD, Colvin, Jolin J, O'Donchue, Arthur Diton, Chariea 8, Curran, cen, the wo oarnertly urge Solin F Eranels P, Dewees, i. FE, Atchard Wheeler, John’ F, M-Gratt, Jolin Cerni ©, Hetringion, Joseph K, C. Forrest, Jamnce O'bster. fobermen d, Fit abugh, F, A, Moran, Charlee P. McKay, My B. Batley, Charles D nuthy, Gourgo Von Hollen, Petar Hund, Meuse) Evans Daniel Branly, Tuomas Joyce, J Jamra E, Murray, city odi- tor Western Catholic, ‘Thoma Peter © B.S. Miggiue, Saniee Manan, Calerga Pie ct, arn, er, 3B, Quirk, AGO, Tel, 21, 1 a —This cerlifies that T wan called tw send Mr, Puldp Cullen duriuy tie conden. mant in Cook County Juli, and founu him leving inany cymptonis of the early etagten of pulmouary cone sumption, In common Janauage tho phase of fis at- tuck would be described as chronic mre throat of #o long wianding aa to have prow downward and in. volved and deranged tho tronciifal tubes, or (Lo pas- agen leading to the lunga, 1 do not conaider tilta, by any meane, & healthy man, and have grave fears that further confinement would seriously impalr bia strenith, and render therchy his preseut danger more theestening and bie Gual trovery moze uncerteln, Very truly, 1..ap Donor, M. sy Residence, 62 We.t Twelltis ectect, Brent's Orrice, March 5—The Hon. John L, Hererulae, Governor of Ht naw: Bie: T would respoct futiy rep resent to Your I:xcelloncy that, iu my opinion, there are rome good reasona for ike exercise of Exoc: Uifve cleraency in the ease of Mulliy Cullen, now in fall inthis county under a sentence of two years in the Penitentiary for the amLozelement of funds from his late employer, Mr. J.J, McGrath, 1 anderstaud tuat De, Dodge, a prominent phytictan of thia city, 14 of the opinion that, ju the prisoner's present slate of health, hin confinement 12 the Penitentiary sould le oquitatent to his deith, and. this view of caze tn partly sustcined Ly the County Puysiclan, Dr, Henratin, Cullen, if reema, ia Inouraty consumptive, bealdes be hes a young wifo anil eoveral young children who are unable to «lo ans thing for themselves, ond who will be left ent! titute in the event cf the sentence of tho Court bein fully carried out, Having no desire ty tnake excuscr. for the offense of which Cullen was convicted, I would articwlarly direct sour Exceilenes's attention to hie Tea health and hie helpless farciizeond mrge tat thee reattatty, Faixots Aokzw, Tn addition to there who signed tho petition, the following gentlemen called and mado a per- sonal appeal: 8. M. Cullom, O, L. stant, Q. B. Farwoll Milos IKahoo, Tb aa Halpin, William Le given favorable cousiteration, Honan, J. Me Ricaby, William Skolly, A. L. Morrison, George P, Marsh. AR. NIGOINEON DENIES, To the Editor of Tie Chicago Tribune : Cmicago, March 16.—In Tur Trinvuxe for Tnesdey, March 16, appears an account of tho sult of Joho J, MoGrath against Dudley T. Hic gineon, and an abotract of Mr. MeCrath's aM- dsvit upon which ho based bis application for a caping. Aa those statoments, if loft unanswered, tay injuro mo, I doslro to reply throngh your columns to theso extraordinary aud utterly un- founded charges. It ia stated that Iwas engaged fa stock-specn- Intiong in connection with Cullen, the man whom McGrath alleges to have ombezzled money from him. This statemont is entirely and utterly faleo. E did bueinoss for Mr. Cullon tho same aa for any other customer who applicd to mein my buuie ness as a stock-broker, charging him the usual commiesion, and having not the slightest iuter- eat of any sort whatever in his speculations. I bad uot the least rengow to sunpoct bita of crim- inality. Iam charged with bavinz inducod Cul- len to ongage in ptock-s:eoulations, whero- ae the fact is tuat ho haa spoculated in stocks through every promicent brolor m town who hae been in tho atock-bueiness for the last five years, and among others be has had dealings with a firm in whose office I way before onearing in an [.denendont bustuers, and itwae in the course of his dealfugs with them that I first met him, Itiealleged in the aftidavit that the money embozaled by Cullen wag lost in stock-epecula- tion by mo. This is utterly fa'so, I hadio con. nection whatever with Cullen's epeculations, ex- copt to roceiva his ordera and purchase or sell for lim stock accordiug to his direction, as busi- nes is alwaya transacted botween brokers and tholroustomers. I koew nothing whatovor abort Cullen's financial condition, but supposed he tha men at Springfield could do would be to pass 4 law that the Legislature should only moat oncoluten yeas, ‘The source of troubloin our politica was tho weakuees of the poopla at olec- tion times. They werotaken in by the rings. 1¢ the peoplo would vote for noue but good men, irroapectivo of patty or nationality, the City Government would be sound and right. A motion way thon made that s Committee of Fifteen be appointed by the Chairman to lay the reaolutions before the General Avsombly, and to call upon the Governor, The motion was adopted, and tha nomiuations of the Chair are to bahoreafter announced. Tho meeting thon adjourned, ain eee at THE BISHOPS, Sptstat Diavateh to Tha Chicaoo Tribune, Boston, Mass., March 10.—Tho Standing Com- tnitteo of tho Dioceso of Massachusotta Lave signed the canonical testimonials conuentiog to the consecration of the Hey. vr. Jaggar, and have doclined to give thoir consent to the couse. cration of the Ney. Dr. De Koven. Cincinnati, O., March 7.—Tho Standing Com- muitteo of the Diocese of Southeru Obto voted unanimously against the consecration of Ir. Le Koveo as Biahop of Iinola. Twenty-three Dioceses have voted In favor of Dr. Jaggar as Bishop of Southern Ohio. This, being @ wejority of the Standing Committees, is wudiclent to confirm his election, A STRIKE ENDED. Faut Riven, Bass, March 16,~The mill-oper- atives' atrike ts atanend, and the mills will be reopened oo Thursday, ‘ must havo considerable resources, for the reason that ovor since I had known anything about him Iwas aware that he had been engaged in large ‘tranuactions in stocks. My dealings with Lim bave always been carried on tn outire conformity with the ‘usual manner of doing business in atooks, and the only monetary result of his trang- actiona, so far og 1 am concorned, is tho lous of ® considerable sum of monoy, occasioned by his tallure to fulfill bie contracts, Dupter T. Hroatxsox, pena Bike LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, AGAIN J CAN'T KEE IT. To the Euitur of The Chicago Tribune: Cutcago, March 16.—Tho Civil-Righta act secma to be kicking up a bit of # row in our midat, and many predict another revolution or rebellion as the result. Certain American citi- zens of African deacent have appiled at some prominent restaurants for refreshmeuts and have been refused, and in consequence thoy havo causod the arrost of the said restaurant- oure upon the charge of violating the provisions of the Civil-Rights act, Now what I cannot seo is thia: Why it sbould ruin ® restaurant or saloon-keopor'a business to eervo 2 colored person any more than that of a cer, Grocer, & dry-goode merchant, or any other doa'er in merchandise, A few weeks ago a colored man was tho gnest of thacity, Mayor Colvin called him the King of tho Ganathal Islands, Hie Royal bair was kinky 1 his Noval lips wore thick ; andif be had happened to fave been born in Goorgia, instead of tho Ci bal lalands, ho would have basn calicd a" nigger,” and been ref admiltance into a firut-clacs hotel, In somo old book which I have soeu, Iremember reading abont certain porgoos who strained at gnaty and swallowed camels, and it seems to ma that the raco is not extinct. ‘There is no daubt but the colored persons who caused all this muss did what they did just for the pnr- Powe of making & teat-cave, Now suppose Mr, Burke or Charley Whyland had served thom, All this trouble would have been avoided. Tho colored people do not want to intrude themeolves when they ara unwelcome ad & rule, and tho more {ntolligant and botter class of them will, I feol sure, discountonatice any offensive obtra- givencan on the part of thelr brethren, Within tho pant wook s prominent colored citizon threw open his houge to celebrate au important anni- vorsary in bia life, and I noticed among tho names of those who called upon him and par- took of bis hospitality were a nember of high officlals. Ido vot imagine that any of thovo dis. tinguished white citizens felt that thay had low- ered their woclal status by thus showing thoir re~ spect for Jobu Jones, nordo L think that, ff theso gentlemen, or any of them, should happen to'be faking dinner at Burke's or the 8t. Elmo, and Jchn Jones should come io and coat himself at 9 table near them, they would ralgo any objection to bis presence, It may bo sald that this ts au exceptional'cava, but if the objection raised in the cazes which havo cansed all this trouble wore valid, they would certainly bo equally solo the cago have supposed. Civil rights, or equality before the law, does not imply social equality; that {a something that neverlas boon, aud nover can be, controlled by law. It iu alaw untoltuclf, and will regulate ‘ftwolf tu spite of oll tho laws that can be enacted, Auto whether the Civil-Rights act iv a wise law or olbarwisg.. T express no opinion | but I cannot see that there je anything weiy langer- ous in it, and I beliove that those sousitive pere fona who are so much exercined about ita prop. able cffects will find that they have been mara cared thau burt. Venton, THE PROTECTION 117 INATRANCE COMPANY, Tothe Iisitor of The Chicago Tribune: Cutcsao, Match 16.—In ® communication {a thls morning's Tunune, Me. L. P. Hilliard, the President of this Company, nays in substanco “ that if Mr. Bhufelat wero as well known to tho Dablic as ho isto me, his statomonta would re- quiro no repty.”" The only answer I have to make to this, In, that I hove not and never had any personal Acquaintance with Mr. Hilltard, I have no recollection of ever having exchanged a word with him on any subjoct whatever, go that tho implied impeachment of my veracity contained in this ststomont may pags for what it is worth, in my charges againet this Taito Insurance Company and {ts avetern of doing business T stato facts only, which arn subject to veri. fleation. If they aro not true tho rome- dv is a plain ono, tho conse shich F fally undorstand aud dy not antehe ‘Mr. Hilliard haa, 1 believe, becn Prenident of this corporation from thn time of its organization to the uresont dey. Whether bo 18 kept there for tha purpose of giving to the Company whatovor character for respectability hla name may lend toledo not know : but ene of two things ia certain to be true: either tho Prosidant does not know any thing about the business of tho cor. poration, ore stein its executive chair and wince at ite frands, Kame to or threo yeara ago when tho Protec- Hon had about 5,600 polics-holdors, who hind in- awed in the Company in vood faith, it insned to ons of itn poneral axenta in another State, 6,090 policies of £5,020 of ene! 26,000,000, —signed gud vealed fy bla These potieies wera dintributed atl over the Btato among cortain email cluba of — nereona tho styled themnelves “Trust Ansociations.” ‘Theso ‘Trust Associations then placed the policies wher- ever they contd tind pertons to taka them, on condition that the party insured would aenign to the Asrocistion nine-tenthe of the amount of the polev in caro of death, the Asxuciation agrooiny to pay the premium and asseesmonta ¢ a0 that, at cane of lugs, &4,600 of the 63,000 wan payable to tuo Trust Asvoviation. Now it muide uo dif- ferenco what sort of liver wera taken, so long as tho party jusurod waa not likely to live a great winlo. And tho oonsequenco waa that, alortly alter tho pinc:ng of theea policies, the death-roll of the Company waa so prot ns to make ft a. serfgus problem whether or not it contd live through if. ‘The 5,000 houest no'icy-holdors were Abhesned and taxed on their policics to pay those fraudulent claims. Hundreda of thousands of elas were collected and psidzon these wager- policies, Ono peraon connected wiih the scheme ia sald to have made. Parratdd of £250,000 ont of it, and bonuted of the ingenuity of the devica ny which men could bo wwindled without the possi ty of dotecticn. Will Mr. Tilliacd please rica and ex- plain whother or not ho sired tho contract on behalf of the Protection Lifo Insurance Com- pany, by and under which these 5,006 policies ‘ero delivered to the General Agent of tho Com- tany in the State of Olio, and whether or not thoto binik rolicies bore bis namo astho chief executive officer of tha Compauy ? When Alr. Hitliard rhdlihavo defined hie poeition in this matter, T will Introduce to his natice some docu- Montary evid-neo ciosnating from bis office which will probably enlighten the subject. Gro. A. Sucrenpr, In, “LE? THEM REEP THEIR TANTS.” Vo the Editor uf 7Le Chicaso Tribune: ixor Pann. Marel 16,—Will you permit an- other “Tox-Payer” to indoree most cordially the sentiments containod in an article in your Fepor of Tnesday headed “Lot Them Koep Their Lands.” Your correspondent hits tho nal squarely on the hoad, The policy of extablieh- ing s park 8 miles south of tho Court-Houge bas toen doubted by al prudent citizens from the commencement, and now that thera is evidently & * put-up job” on the part of Proporty-owners: to ewindlo tho people out of three or four times tomo eay adozon times—what thoir Innds aro really worth, the noceasity of abandoning this distant park project becomes iraparative, Allow mo to correct “what is proba- bly the proof-reader’s mistako in the article referred to, At £7,500, the price Biard- ed by tho jury, the 210 acres which Judge Dunlavy and bia client are auzious to have cone demued would amount to €1,676,000, and not $150,080, as utatod in the article. It will be soon that thovo parties Lave ‘fixed things” go that thoy expect to reecive over $2,000,000 for 243 aeres of land, somo of it swampy aod utterly worthless, lying from 7 to & miles from tha conte of tis cut Tha thing {i Proposterous, viNeicous b youd measure, Tho tax. vaunat and ble not stand ite Beene ‘Tho proposition to get alaw passed allow! the Park Comtmiauloners to vacate this wouthers W park ig just and timely, and thoy should act upen it atonce, In that caro, the owners of thesis “swamp lands’ would very ran bo glad to diaporo of them for ¢100, certainly for $200, per wero, Tho latter figuro ix the moat thay are worth to the Commirelonets, or for any present or prospoctive purpose for eoveral yeara to come. ‘Iho proposition that the tures Boards of Park Commissioners shall complete a grand boulevard of 25 miles, connecting Lincoln with the Weat Sido and the South k, must be highty ap. proved by every citizon of taste and Judgment. Let avery other milo be ornamented f boulevard, would be tho world ke Droxol orsomething hke it, and the drive really splendid.” No city in would bnvo advthing to be compared with it. With — such BS grand pleasure avenue, the ornamenting of tlus southerly park two-thirds of the way down tothe Calumet might bo postponed for 600 Fears. Noone now living upon the earth will ever Bos any considerable use made of it if the Com nore should at once get the and, and dovoto all their money usd energy to ornament C8) it an tue highest style of the Jan ipe-gardeniog: art. In conctusion, therefore, Tsay moat earnecatly, Jet us have tho Grand bonlevard, and let thoae grasplug apecalators " kesp thelr land.” Axotuzn Tax-Parzn, THE POOR-NOUBE BCANDAL AOAIN, To the Kiitor of Thr Chicano Tridune: Cuicaoo, March 10,.—The report in Tat Tamm. UNE of last Sunday by the gentleman who has certalaly Isid the whole community under obli- gation to bim for his solf-denying work of ex. posing tho interior daily treatment of the in mates, is ovough to arouse immediate attontion toroform. Mousy enough is pald for docont and hnmano treatmont. But the “Bors Tunper" and tho so-called © Physician" appear to ba quite at Aberty io thelr cruel treatment and neglect of the wrotchod aufferera, There is no claas or denomi- nation among ne whodo not alaim to be human even to the brutes. In the uate then of all th ia noblo and worthy of a generous people, let docisive meaguros bo taken to kecure @ moro wane and docont treatmout of these poor suffe ing sud helpless 1,200 paupore, who aro being burried to their graves with savage barbarity. ASvascuruen, No, 2, To the Mdttor of The Chieaas Tribune ¢ Tivor Panx, March 16,—I heartily unbscribe to the proposition of *Tax-Payer" In thie morn- ing’s Tatnonx, and to which I believe nine-tenthe of tho tax-payers will respond Amon. : Tax-Payzn No, 2, $= eee TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, ‘The Unitarian Conferenco opens at Janesville, ‘Win, to-day, Patriok Kesgan died at Monroe, Alioh., last night, aged 103 years, ¢ ‘The Supreme Court of lows convened in Coun- cll Biufa youtordsy, » full Banch being repre- wontod, Tou thoneand hogs have died in tha vicinity of Council Blutfe in the paat two months of hog cholera, J. W. Chapman mission aa United of Iowa, Dr, DL. Crist, of Bloomington, Ill, ia not dead, as roported, but uo hope is entertalued of his recovery, Tho mteamer Oder, which sailed from South- ampton, Eng,, yeatorday, for Now York, took $03,000 in wpocio, ‘The Biiohigau Sinte Cider;Makers’ Association commenced four dayv' exhibition at Detroit yca- terday. Vinegar, folly-oldor, and apparatus came under considorstion. Over 100 were pres- ent from SMichigan sud other States, ‘Lhe suit in tho Orphan's Court, at Baltimoro, Institntod by Dr. Bchoopno, to got pouseusion of the estato of Mixa Stcinuecke, was commonced two yoaru ago, and, after this dolav, came up in Court Monday, ‘Tho whoto day,ay woll as yeutor- day, was consumed in introducing papare written by ee ba the object botng to prove ot baad wi Be o Case will not conclu 01 thau ten deya, apatsrday recelved his cam: tates Marvhel for the tate STORMY MARCH. Immense Damage Caused by tho Floods in Tennessee, Railroads at the West Again Badly Blockeded, TENNESSEZ, _, _Sbeetal Dispateh ta The Chreage Tribune, Nasuvinte, Tonn,, March 16,—A wator-spout at Tayetteville, on Sinday evening, cansed on immonso overftow of storia Crosk, srhich awopt awny rails, logs, farnituro, hogs, cattle, sheep, housos, of tho small viliago suddenly and com pletely, inandated Armstrong's house and hia blackamith shop, and the contents wero washed away, tho family barely ogcaping, Bell's steam. sawmill was lifted up and eartiod down tho stream, Cariga’s diatillory ia pone, together with many amatlor establishments, The dame ago in over £103,000, Tho water-apont con- tinued half an hour, nntil it fell congealed futo lumpa ons large as nill-kogs, It knocked holes in rovfe of houses, aud manv at imal wore killed. Anothor wator-spout ocenrrest near Lynchburg, carrying away two diotillerica, animmense amount of rails, and mony out- houres, Hallstonen es larco as hen’s epi also killed poultry. ‘Tho bail cama so thick, that the murface of the stream was coverad with o mags of feo. Hundreds of cattte wore drawnnd. The Tenuoaseo Rivor nt Jolmaanville is higher than in 1867, Thottream In asceping over the iron bridge on the Noahvillo Northwestern Rail- road, Jobnsonvillo ia completely inundated. ‘The heavy ators on Sunday night did immonso damage. . HLutnots, Srectal Mvateh to The Chicago Tribune, Fueerors, Til, Murch 16—A violent sind and Fnow-storm, raudisiched to-day noon with sue shine, has beon raging for tho last trenty-fonr hours over the northroet portion of tho Btate, ‘This afternoon tho suow drifted moat furtonsly,. ‘Trains on the Northwestern and Western Union Ttoada have pushed throwzh, but not on time, ‘Tho Tiunofa Central is completely blocked up by heavy drifts tifteen miloy north of this city, Le- tween Lena and Warren. No traina through on this road cither way since Yesterday morning. Tho one from the south this afternoon left ite passonpers nt Lena and retirnod to this atatlou. Over 200 pausengers aro lving around loose in the neighbortioad of the blackado. Pronta, Ill, March 16.—Tho railrontsin Ute fection are nearly all in a torribls condi Tho bridge of Muckinaw. on tho Indianapol: Bloomington & Woatorn Railway, wadhed awit Yostorday, and Iavt night all the ‘trulon, oxcept the mail traina, were withdrawn, The Pears. Pokin & Incksonville, aud Toledo, Pelsin & aw Roads have both had sorious accidenta in the last forty-cight hours, while al! the other Toutes are moro or less bohind tims from broken pails ang the poor condition generally of tho rack, ‘Tho weathor changed rnddonty last night, and to-day it is oxtremely cold, with strong north winds aud occasional splashes of snow. Special Lisnatch to The Chicaaw Tripune, Tasatty, IIL, March 16.—A very ecld pale from the west bas been blowing since last evoning, and the Ilinois iver is rising moro wlowly. An extonsive rorge of ico fa prepsing agalnet (he piers of tho new bridre at Ship: Pingeport, which it is thought will withatand the strain ; but it jg feared that when tho fee movan again the Peru bridge will bo groatly imperiled. WISCONSIN. id Scerial Dispatch ta The Chicaca Tribune, Ta Crouse, Wis., March 10.—To-day thero hag been but little let-tp in the severo storm of Four terday, Neporta from along tho lino of the Southern Minnesota Railroad say the atorm con- tinnes to increases tn fury. At La Croaso the anow ceased falling at8p.m. No arrivals or departures of trainsto-day. All trains aro qua- Pponded on the Chicago & St.Paul Road, with the mail duo hore fast night in tho anow at fal} River. Tho paasonger train that loft here at 8 o'clock last night was caught at Dovlestoxn, Trains on the river division of the uamo roa oro Aiko suspended on the C., D.& M. Road, Trains havo been dclavod but little aa vet. The only train ieaving the city to-day was ong out on the Southora Mionesota Road. Tt pat to Fonntain, GO miles, and lind to retarn, being une able to got farther west. All tralus on that rosd. are suspended to-night. ‘Cho Central allroad of Slinnesats is blockaded with maavivo drifen, sud no attempts are belng made to-day to work & hole through, or to oxtricate trains on this rond, The woathor is growing coldor at this writing. ial Ienateh ta The Chicaco Tribune, Mavivon, Wis. Match 16,—Rail and wagon roads hereaboute are blotkaded by drifting snow, Which | foll yestorday afternoon aud last Hight, Tho Nortuwestorn Railroad had freight-traing blockaded a fow miles oach sido of this city yes- torday evoning, wiich are still etuck, and it hay attomptod no passenger trainy to-day, Traius on tha Pralrio dit Chion Division of tho Milventoo & St. Paul Road. duo hore “youenlay evening, utuck noar Edser- ton, and a snow-plow sont from here to help had not resched Stoughton, 17 miles. at last accounts. No trains bave arrived or loft hore on sitberthat or the Watertown Division of that road towlav, The wind has beon blowing a fierce ga'e all day. The snow ia still drifting, the thormometer showing 8 dogroes above zero this morning, 13 above at noon, and 9 above at G o'clock, with a downward tendency, and evory- thing froze up. A, lowA, Sasetal Diapateh ta The Chicaan Tridine, Sroux City, In., March 16.—Tho terzific wind and snowstorm which has prevailod ovor the Northwent since Sunday night bas at last apeut ite fury, and to-mght the sky is clear and the wind grodually going down, Tho cuts on the Tinols Central, &t. Paul, aad Chicago & Northwestorn Roada are in many places drifted full, and it will be somo days before tratna can bo got through. Tho Dakota Southern will have their road clear of enuw to-morrow. Morcury at zero, Snectal Disvatch ta The Chicano Tribune, WP lcGaxcon, Ia. March 16.—'ravol is again outlroly suspended by tho storm of last night. All trams on tho Chicago, Afitwan. keo & St, Paul Msilroad are blockaded cast snd west, and with but little prospects of ox- tricating thomeclves, ‘The tralu from the wost on this road, duo hero last night, 18 snowed up 2 tmilea weat of Lime Bpriugs, On the Chicago, Dubuque, and Minnosotu roads traius are block- aded, but with better prospects of gatting throurh, It is impossible to toll whon the rouds will ba clear again, Apeciat Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune, Donugus; Ta., March 16.—Our Motels blizzard has just toned down, but all accounts from the Wost reprosent that it was the miout violent of the woayon. ‘Tralus on the river ruilruada aro mating regular trips, but the lows Divie- jon of tho Mlinols Contral is blockaded tight from Dubuque to Sioux City, and no trains hisvo arrived or eparted for the past two dayu, ‘Tho train from Chicago duo here Monday sight ig swatnped betwoen Lena and Nora. At Wator- loo tha storm was tho most violent ever known, and ausumed the proportions of a burricaue. It ia reported that several houses wero unroofed, and other scrlous damagos were suatained. The adr was filled with snow, aud the rallfroad cute are drifted full, A wook at Joust must clapae before @ train can dig through to Sioux City, PENNSYLVANI Scuanton, Pa., Marck 10,~Tho magnificent bridge spanuing tho Busquelanua Nivor at Pitts. ton was sivopt away by a flood to-night, about ten minutes after @ passenger train, with ita living freight, had passed over. ‘Tho rivor is rising rapidly and bugo alabs of Ice are coming down with tho swift tide, thick and faut, Fears sro outortainod that tho two pagsonger bridges tower down the rlyer will bo torn away, SOUTH CAROLINA, Corumsus, B, O., March 10,—A fearful toraado paseud over the lower part of Richland yeater- dsy, A house was blown down, two Persopa killed, and soveral badly wounded, Troos wero tora up and twisted, OFFICIAL REPORTS. Wauurnatox, D. C,, March 17—1 8, m.~From the Northwest and Lakes to tho Gulf rising barometor, northwest winds, coldor, clearing, ‘and clear weathor, 400A, ODSERYATIONS. Uuicago, March 16, Time, | [har [Tar Hey Wind, (Ley Wither, rs eee are | |e 1s 828, W, trisk,,, 1] #38, W., bigh, Miva! my Ba a! 400 fea 39.89, 18) Ska Wr Blas,” Is HUB, Wy Ura 13 4a 8. W., brisk, a RGR x — 08. inate 129,53 a 10:18 p, m,.99,78 al a8, Maxinum thermometer, 20; mlnhonm, 4%