Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1875, Page 9

o CHICAGO ° UNIVERSITY. Letter from Dr. L. D. Boone in Reply to Articles fn the * Ex- aminer and Chronicle.” Ho Defends” the Trustees for Their Action in Deposing Pres- ident NMoss; Peclzres that the ““Deril of " Jealousy 254 Discord ” is Raised by a Small Einority of the Beard.; And Pronounces a High Eulo- gium upon Chancellor Burroughs. Judge Doofittle’s Letter to the Board of Trustees in June, 1874, - 1o Which He Presented an Eminent Testimonial as to the High Character of Dr. Moss. DR. BURROUGHS. LYTTER FEO3 DE. L. D. BOONE. Croco, July 23, 1875.—Drax RROTHER Paso.rr: It is very painfal to a large number of pilemen, who have bitherto regarded you as §certlemsn of good sense. judgmeot, and dis- imination, to resd the several articles in the Frarier ard Chrouicte of the 22d inet., in whics you take the liberty to characterize their scio, in the vacation of the ofiice of President & we University, as * disgracefal ”; **bandly seing: above the dignitv of the angry squabble of 8 et of street-boys who bad trodden on each obe's toes, or cailed each other names” wRushing precipitstoly into & vindictive and io- ptingvote for displaciog sn able, wise, and giniul President”; “It was by a high- herced * mpplication of pariissn tyrsuny. sod 2gainst the remopstrauces of {he most members. that Dr. Moss war removed”™; “Tion saother vote, by way of Tounding out fbe vork cf retaliation, committed to Chaacellor Brrronzbe the entire administration of the Uni- qecei fot the tima bemmg,” with thie duty of re- portog plaas for its futare conduct”; “The sz of removing the President ia withonta shad- owof decent excuse. It is so gross an outrage oo equty and decency that it should be forth- with reconsicered and set aside a8 a malign blot 1m e recorcs of a seat of learning.™ Xow, my dsar brotber, lot me aci: you if you Koow who it is to whom you are applying such barea— ¥OT TO BAY UNOESTLEMANLY— eritets; and if it bas not alrealy occurred lo rpu that you ars masifesting & sharper ad mere indigoant feeling of partisan- siip tmn soy of the geotlemen you so violently assail have ever manifested? Thi:k of it, sir! Fiftecn gentlemen, whose sversge over 50 years, and aggrezate some 70 vears ; all of them active business men, |sw-ers, doctors, merchants, aod retired capiial- Jste ; several of whom have heen members of fbe 32ard of Trustces from the incepuion of the Tnisersity, and koow all ita bistors, and sit sic 1t the * devil of jealousy and discord " to kb you allude ; gentlemen, too, who, includ- ing Dr. Lurroughs, bave themselves (or their fatl.ers whom they succeed in the Board) given sor:e $120,000 to the institution, besides their r3:ous and laborious personal time and atten- tion: fhese are the gentieman whose acta you sesxl with sucH unmeasured virnlence. #pd now, my dear mr, allow me to in- guize what your sources’ of informnation we on which .you can justy euch torfident judgment snd condemuation as you visit mpon these unfortunste, gray- beided gentlemen? Or do you mot rather ju:np at your conclusicns, with rather immodest hesteand fary ? I undertake to say—and I know ! ereof I affirm—that you are Iaboring under an putre misspprehension of the facts; and I thmk you will admit that those of us who are bere, and members of the Board of Trastees, Lave far better facilifies for knowing them than yuu, or any ome eise, at the remote point from ¥hich yon wTite, can possibly have. And, zs we sre all cemocrats in this country, aund hotd to the doctrine that the greater num- bx, and not the lesser, ars to govern, we certainly thiok that the fifteen members of the Board who voted for the action which you so severeiy anathematize are rather NUEX DESERVIXG OF CREDIT AND COSFIDENCE fhun the eight who voted against it.* Then, too, 1 claim that those filteen, who have reid $120,000 to tho Unirersity. are certaioly a8 likely to' havé its true interests at heart as aye the eight, who bave only paid $5.000, or one- twenty-fourth part asmuch. And it would seem that they ought to equai in knowiedge and inter- =t a0y one individual sitosted as you are, with Aoe faclities for information which you possess. Butto toe MISTORY OF THE FACTS: Yousay. “ Dr. Moss was pressed by all the in- fencen the University conid command to re- kign 2 congepial and succossfal Professorship in Crozer Theological Seminary, and to accept the Chicago Presidency.” 1 say, No! nol so! A fecided majorizy of the Trustees wers in favor of the re-clecion of Dr. Burroughs to the Precidency, at the time when Dr. Moss was in- #nced to come here by & very few friends by vhom he was pressed ppon tho Board; and the majority, with great reluctance, eacrificed their references for Dr. Barroughs, and their con- Sictions of duty, in the bope of uniting the Baard, a0d with the most positive assurances of woperation and good faith in the com- * promire which was then effected. and in the further hope that the ‘‘devil of jeal- ousy and discord " would never more be allowed bonise its hydra head. Inall which I confees 1bnd no confidence, and 8o expreased myself at ths time; but I was willing to yield myown copvictions of nght and ‘policy to the fndgment of otbers, sod try it for the fake of Fetting ciesr of the * devil of jeslousy aud dis- &ord,"if it were a poesible toing. Dr. Moas, at that time, gave positivesssurance o bis co-operation in the organizatian then Sgreed npon, and said, **It takes two to make s jurel, and 1 shall mever be one of theut” ore Burronghs gave eimilar assurances in words, but cant assurrnce in the sulecrption of 000 of the ealury voted him by the Board, fo make % theaalary of I'r. Hcas, and declinirg to receive auy Baore of the ralary voted him, snd working the whole Y:'H-hmtncdving one cent for hix scrrices. And allx‘mlnm, rct every ome of bis friends, have carried piedze tn good faith up to_the present time; %4k neither Dr. Mess or £us friends Bave done, but, Imtracrwice, have volated it from the start. until it by i tbe ation which you characterize sa u:“‘“““’" “ vindicive,” ~ high-handed.” = par- ® trranny, " ete. You clatm to just{fy Dr. Moss in foot, outeroken oppesition ® i which be in- ulged towarde the com:yro: is in claimed, “ exciled ” Mr. Harns ‘motion” whic, withont notice, be did cfter 1 and others had left the meoting 1o sary wm. not that * the Chancellorslsip Sbuliabed,™ a3 you were informed u the Arst place, or 10 a3y just here, in Justice to Wr. Scam. t. in spesking of the Board, I do not mesn to him amorg the opponents of Dr. Burroughe. s, for all the lons years of the past, been his trap Pasvosiant triend ; sad, of one important branch of tervat {n the ' University (the Obeervatory), he the unificent fosnder, It is true he Voted Balg the rescluticn vacating the Predddency, but it troe that he voted for the resclution piacing the ion again for the tima being in charge of Dr. Additispo doutt equally true tuat e ve voted aguinet the original resolution of fn- Dr.B. Indeed, I think the sme remark to Judge Doolittle, for the resson that mvwmfi%mm‘,hdfl'w" x‘mmlufigmflmn{lhmfl— cotrect in these suggestions, there five, inetead of eight, who really fsvored vhhdmdmmm" ieatioa, m [} i I i -2 £ 8 5 E E 8 5 9 2 A E [4 | it g!fifi 1S THE CHICAGG TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 25. 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. “to muks.it purely , withont salary or ser- vice," aa you were infcrmed subsequently ; bus * that the Chancellor be nvited to resign,” IX FLAT, UNEQUIVOCAL TERME, - The other two motions were offered as amendments to Mr, tiarns’ motion,—the last one being offered by Mr, Greenebaum,—ind this was the question upon which the informal vote was taken, and for which Dr. Hoss veted a8 ona of the eight. Merit reems to be mads out of the fact that, in that informal vote, there were eight to fia against thelmo- tion. If o, why did Dot the eight make o formal instead of an informal vote? I say, becauss tizey knew they dare not commit such sn outrage: therefore, they adjourned until the mext Tuesday, directing the Secretary to notify all the Board of the meeting, and ulso of the special businees which tuey were called to act upon. And the reeolution wss copled and sent to all the members of the Dowrd; snd thus the eight who mave their injormal veles for the rrsotution succeeded in procuring the attendance of “1he almost unprecedented numier of twenty- seven Trusieee.” It s a msignificant fact, which ougit o ‘have bud some ron your nge, judzment, and expression: T ailioust tho bt Wicrgedca fn getting the sie tendance of ~the slmost unprecedsnted number of twenty-seven Trustees,” they fai'ed oot even one mare vote_for their resointion than they bad five dars Lefore, and when thero was present less than one-half of the ™ unpreoedentod number of tweaty-seven. . Thiafact also SHOWS THE FOLLY of designating the action'of the Board aa hasty snd inconriderate.” The eight wero wisely determived that the action ebsuld not be basty or incansiderats = nence they adjourned from the $thto the 13th, &nd notified all the Bozrd 10 be present: end, thet they might have plents of timo to consider their action weli, they oruered thal the resolution be sent to each mem- ber, with notice that that resolution was to be tho special subjact upon which thex were required to act. And, ®hiea the treniy-seven met, the Charrnun ( #ef) amnouneed the resulotion to bo the special busi- ess before the Board, and asked the Secretary to reed it, which he id; when Col, Bust (a member of the «lme church with Dr. Mose)—the President of the Awerican Bridge Company, one of our largest sud .07t importznt manufactcrics, an old member of the Board, and & meniber of the Ezecutive Commitiee, a constant attendant upon the meetings, aud a large subscriber to the tunds of the University—offered {hs preamble and resolutionas a substitute, which wero passed by two taone, after four hours’ debate, It would eem, therefore, thut,after euch an expression of so large'a 1najority of the Board, the footion which has coutinued to disturb iia sction wouid bave quietly yieided their oprasition, and reaseured the Boird of Their willingness to be governed by the majority, and co-opersten good faith with it. But when, jmme- Giaely upon tiie snnouncement of the vote, Dr. Smith and Mr. Barris_gave notics of their reslgoation as ‘members of the Board, our hopes of such demdgratic submission were dissijated, snd we were lef: 10 hope for pease oy in the prospect of the withdrawal of the opposition from our body, which, Lowever unidesin- abls, wan # DETTER THAN ETEBNAL OPPOSITION. exceedingly, strange almost nothing obout _the in oar Tioard, and particularly how limited but active the opposing faction had siweys been (aever at any time excording Sve), should 6o peraisi- ently barp upon the *quarrel” and *fi3ht"and “ controverey,” a8 tbey have termed it, in the Boaurd of Trusteea of {he Univermty. Has anyman ever Beard of Dr, Burrotigis golng iato the newspapers, or Tefors the pablic in any way, 10 dufend himaelf againat the continuoce sttucks of his determined sdversary 20d accuscr, or for the purpos: of attacking him, or any aneclse? Isay emphaticelly that no man ‘can #0 cherzo; snd 6til, Lecause f this eternal opposi- Hon, be Fut bad to suiTer. and be charged with being 2 fattionict ; =nd four-ifths of the Board bave been a rrinous cousse of pulicy, because they. charged w: Bave not sucenmbed to THIS: ONE-MAX OPPOSITION, and suffered the institution to be damaged, as they believed, beyoud mezzure, by the sepsration from it of tue man wio orrinuted it 1d to whom we wore 1debte for ali the 1mportant success prospenty 10 which 3t had attaiued, spenty T appeal to o, sir, and_through you to the publie, whether, if ons man, or five, ehould, year_after year, annoy sou by making you an un defendant in court. tpon chargs® withont merit, and which the Courd year after vear pronounced o be without merit, i would justify the proen or the public in pronosncing you o be a_litigions man, or the Court 8 fac- tionist,” and in demanding your expulsion from good and orderly society, and that the Cojrt shonid be imy or addressed out of office, Tecause it felt it to be fta duty to defend and protect vou from such persistent and unmerited persocntion7 And yet guch a state of things would Tiot be one whit different from the unrcesonzble course of which I complain in recsrd to Dr. Burronghs and the Lioard of Trustuer, which has xo fally, and almort unanimously, sustainel him. What other course, T ssk you, could the Board have taken than the one they @id ake in the recent action of which you &0 fusiously compisin? A premweditated attempt was made 10 Sgncre and violate a sacred compromire, entered into, 2% befbre stated, by & majority of the Board.stibs, Pacrifice of their convictions of right aud tho best in- Lerests of the inssitution ; and it was baldly snnounced ot .tiat compromso was a failure, and that ~a reoranization must be Dad, and for that purpose comebody’s head ' moust Ve bronglit on a chwrger snd sacrifoed 10 this Yol tion of swth and prowize. Would you bave the Board quietly submit to the OUTRAGR OF SACRIFICING THE MNAN who had their confdenre; the.min who brd aTigh nated the institution ; who had procared the b jnest of The valuable tract of Jond mpon which it is sitnuted ; Who had procured the first enbe-rintions. to the 2mount of mearly £100,000, towards its establishmen: “ho had procured its charter; who had been Trewident and Principal fz-m ' ita commencement ; who hsd proved his wonderful adaptability for the position Ly o sucessfully govorning the' insti- tation that, for some _ mixieen vears, he bad mevor hsd cerasion to bring s matfer of controversy or discipline before the Board, nor od any coee of appeel from his decisions ever bern brought befors the Board by the Faculty or sny student: the man who had brought the institution ap from pothing ta a position of cminence never attainad Ly any Institation (not under the fostering care of the State) in the same number of years, withan sitend- ance of stndents numbering about 30), with a corps of Slumnf numbering rome 135, and of 'a_character for schotarship and otherswise thas I venture viil compare favorahly with say oter ineifution in any coant who had given more labor 0l more money to Yerprite than any other Presidentof whom I bave any Enowledge: and who Lad just concluded a year's servi- cea withoul a cent of moneyed compensation, the resnlt Of which bad boen. tlat he had sucreeded to wittiin sbout £25,00 of securing subecriptions and nledzes sufficient to free the institution from its funded in- Qebtedness, and had just consummated bevand a rea- sonsble doubt the pecnring of a permanent endowment of & Professorship by the father of one of the most nohle young men who Lad ever graduated in the insti- fation, and who had dicd witlin a few months after his graduation ; an@—but not to enumerato further. mank other Talied services : 150y agala, wonld yoa have the Board eacrifice such a man and _euch a0 officer for one who had never rendered sny services excopt thoso ordinsrily rendered by snch an _officer. and whn had Jeeeived thenefor he very liberal compenation of £5,000; one who.if the proserityof the institution during the year is t» indicato lis peculiar ezcellence and fitness for the oTize, wouid VERY POOELY JUSTIFY THE EXTEAVAGANT LAUDA- TIOXS which have been heaped upcn him by s few friends in their puffs throngh the press, for the purpose of ufs many public _sontiment and sy.a- patiy for this emergenry (in proof -~ of s, T would sy our number of rtudents bas' fallen off beiween 2) and 30 per,cent, 2nd onur income from tnition has been reduced about £2,000, while our exyenses have been quite largely in- Creased ; ome who bas not only by himself, and at least ome or two of Lis professod friends, violated in 3 Tarxed degree hin professions of Adelify to the sacred compromise withont which he neser could hava been elactd to the Presidency, but has manifestad a stravgs fuconsistency in adn:ittiag to members of the Board that he has been opposed to Dr. Durroughs for siz Years, while making theeo professions of determinsd Taith, and_while you, sir, and a_few others, are Hatming for Eim pe:nliar merit for his # franknoss » fn opposing *boldiy ™ hia plighted adberence {0 the raid compromise, snd actuslly epeaking sgumst and Yoting for the removal of the man of whom be £3id in Zheir blood &nd brauns into the 'institution ; T one ought to touch it without roverence for thoss Who bave gone before.” How candid this remark ‘was may be nferred from the fact that,-in less then {hree months thereafter, ho actually made open op- position to the sppointment of the man who had put is “ blood and braina 7 intn the institution, upon the “ Crmmittee on Gronnds,” for the making of walks () and growing of shrubzery! Now, T sk ag; WHAT OTHER DECISION onld the Board mabe when this question was forced upon them, snd when they were admonabed that, st Zay day, with a mere quorum of eleven members, this Siolence of decapitrting their oldaad tried friend might be perpe‘rated, in the face of pledges and com- Dromises never 80 solemn 7 T sur. sir, the Board of Trustees would convict, themeeives of total unfitness to have the government of any Institution for tne education of young men, if they ehould fail, in sucha caseas this, to put their most emphatic expresvion of reprabation upon such Tiolstion of racred compact and good faith. It is our Imperative duty to _let our young men snd the world now that we will not tolerate such volafions of sacred sgreement and compromise; and I nowesy thatl Quite fail to Imow _the' men who compose the Board of of the Uni- ersity of Chicagn, 1f they do mot, from {his time forwerd, sbow to the world that they sre the governors of that ipstitution : and that, rexiizing the B aniess of (heir trust, they will not bé driven ngain from thelr convictions of duty by enemies in any ‘waine, or by mistaken fnends vho veluntecr, without {he mbcensary means of information, to condemn their coarse in the discharge of their dutles, even though {ber b the Baptist ministers of Philadelphia, who, if they were a8 good buripese-men ss they ate preschers, ould never have perjetrated their recent folls. To conelusion, let me, in ope word, say in resly to 7 the local conmunications which bave appeared and area from day to day in the papers. of our own city, and_which you probably will have had ers {his brought to your notice, that one trumpet, blovn by one month, can play many tunes and in many dif- ferent keys ; and one man may, TXDER THE MASK OF INTMOTENESS, dance before the public in many characters, multiply- ing himself so rapidiy s to make superstitious chil- @ren believe that there is a0 army of giants abroad in the land. But thore who piere through the protesn musk of Anonsmotsness will discover henesth all the on'y, One pen, writing many an uninformed patlic beiieve tnat there ave many dissffected oner; a4 four or five membera in » Board of forty-three bave kept up 3 constant sgitstion for years, this perzistent mincrity shall be, and is, alone held respoaritle for any Criticism which ¥6u and the press may visit upan the long-suffering majority for keeping alive * this devil of jealonsy and discord.” So dont be deceived oy the socalled bydra-hesd monster, whoss multitudinous hiss hes %0 thorouglly frightanad Y0 &2d is DOW &ying to scare ‘the will, ff you search closely, develop but & singls body, which unites all thees many anonymous heads upon one trunk, Truly youre, L. D, BooXE. o THE “EXAMINER AND CHRONICLE.” ‘WHAT IT BAYS ABOUT THE Dmucnm’ or DB. MO8S. v The following aze portions of the comments of the Ezaminer and Chronicle (to which Dr., Boone alludes) npon the removal of Lr. Mosa: Our readers who have memories Jmow how imprac- ticable, i the circumatances, we duemed the barmo- alous working of the double-headed srrangement, by which the University was made to bave both & Presi- dent and & Chancellor. But we never imagined the possibility of such ineonsidersts and absurd retalis- tion as f brought tolight in this letter. _The official action Ly which Dr. Moss ws displaced from tbe Presidency Lardl rises above the dignity of the angry squabible of a set of sireet boys who had trodden od each others toes, or called each other names, . . . Suttho devil of jealousy and discord has een {n the University councils slmost {ram the start. Partisanship has been malumbering, and now, in the very first year of our grand Centeunial Educational Movement. comes this dripping blankel about _the whole enterprise, . when Dr. joss went to_Clicago, funeral " oignt be advisable for Lhe burying of all the old personal animosities, But no such fuzeral was held, aud the *old sores” are spitting out 'their poison g with . mabgnity seemingly more than ever, . . . Think of . Dr. Moss was pressed, byall the tnfln- eaces the Univervity conid_command, o resigu s con- genial and successful Profesrorship in Crozer Theo- {ogical Seminary and to eccept the Chicago Presiden- oy, He had been In bis new porition s singlet year, Jerforming, 38 the Trustees well knew, every duty of Lresident und Professor with marked fidelity and abil- ity, and giving the sure prémise of becoming widely recoy s on of the oo’ nccompiished and suc- cossful University educators aud sdmiaistrators in fhe land. Had not such & man claims, for his own sake, and for tho University’s sako, upon the mast respectful regard and rupport of lis Trastecs ? If e, s the real Leud of the College, Lind come to the conclusion, after o year's ecrutiuy, that the Lest_good of the institution called for radica chunges in what was said o bo tke “ Chancollorship,” wan it not his imperative duty to 3y 50 lo bia confl- dential advisers,—the Bosrd of Trustees?* And was ot the Baard bonnd by every consideration of Adelity 10 their trust, and rospect for their President, deliber- ately and candidly to weigh Lis_statements, aud to carry tliem out, if it was made o appear o in- tgrosts of the University called for it ? But wast do_they do? For honestly expressing, in « meeling of their own, Lis views of the ill-working *Chanceilorship,” thoy made tho sentence of oficial death ruddenly to fall on_the outspeaking President, Could the Trustecs have dreamed themselves tne Siar Chmmber Conrt of Straford and Laud? We remember that fof years befors Dr. Mons was elected President, Dr. Burroughs wasall the whils tell- ing how resdy he would be to resign when the man thould come to Al his place. The man came, and all. that pertained to scholarly cul ture, weight of personal charscter, and manly sdminietrative ability, he more than doubly filled it. But there were uncxpressed reservations in Dr. Bur Toughs “ready " mind. Not only must an effuto “ Cuancellorship™ be provided for it must be Deid in 6o bigh Fepute that & President who questioned its dignity and worth must be summarily driven. out of oftice, Trustoes aro'said to think the * Chancel- lorehip a thing to be kept and cherished for the rake of the man occupying it, sud for what ho did in Zfounding ™ the Univermiy. Give him all the Lonor that s his due for whatever good work be has done. Bt it s scarcely lets than & crime to make incom- ‘petency tho central foros of such a University as that of Chicago, on the ground of services rendered in gi ingeit being, e DR. MOSS. LETTER YROXM JUDGE DOOLITTLE TO THE TRUS- TZES OF CUICAGO UNIVEREITY, READ AT TEEIR MEETING OF JUNE 30, 1874 From the Chicago 2'ribune, July 2, 1874, Cmcaco, June 80, 1874.—7o the Board of Trustees of the Unicersity of Chicago—Gex- sLmEN: When, last sear, Dr. Burroughs, worn down by the exhaustiog double duty and labor borne by him for so many years, of President of the University as an educational institution, and by its pecaniary responsibilities, tendered his resignation, it seemed to me, as a member of the Board, to be A DUTY TO THE UNIVERSITY AND HIM to sccept his resignation of the Presidency. At the eame time, from bis intimate knowl- edge of its financial affairs from tho beginning, from his relations to the Universiiy as a cred- itor, and from the fact that receutiy, by & mort- goge of his homostead, ho had raised mouey to forward an enlerprise which has morally as- sured the University of 50,000, it was deemed » part of wisdom, duty, and gratitude, to retan bim in the service of the University, especially in the matter of endowmont and finance; and the Doard, at the time of its acceptance of his rosignation of the Presidency. proposed to ob- tain the nocessary legislation to 3 CREATE THE OFFICE OF CHANCELLOR DE FACTO, and to appoint him to that position. That leg- islation was obiained. The Iaw takes eflect to- morrow. : For myself, although, from personal consider- ations, the question is beset by some embarrass- ments, the opinion then formedand acted upon ja the wisest and safest. 3Ly judgment atill adheres to that. B - "To carry 1t forward, T have spent considerable time, to the prejudice of my professional Lusiness, and con- sentod, {yr the time- being, to allow my uame to be used a3 President oro tem, until the Board cotid elect one from amoug e eminens wen of our conntry to take the place of President. 'Buch & man has been found, in my judgment, in DE. LEMUEL 083 To make myrelf ceriain that there was no mistake in themay, T sought aud obtained from Dr. . B. An- derson, of Rochester, a ciear statement of his charac- ter, from which I make the following extracts : “ RocagsTen UNIERSTTY, June 8, 1874 —Mx D2z Freexp: You sk me sbout my former pupil, the Rev. Dr, Moss, His character is symmetrical and firm, and it bas been well tried in the school of zdver- aity. His capacity a5 a thinker on all philvsophical and historical questions is of & very high order. His Jearning is brod and exact, He is an able and clear writer and epeaker. He bias courage, weight, and force enough to exercise moral control over wayward young men. I donat think him o vivacious, maguetic man. To speck in the Language of your ‘profession, Dr. Woas would do better on the Bench thun at the Bar. He Would do better in arguing case before & Court than before a common jury. 1 know mo man of his age who con carry more votes in a deliberstive body, here the question i8_one of importance, and besel with compiivations, {han ho. He is oool and even- tempere, and could control sna command the respect of & Factulcy or Board of Trustecs. He knows tae World and business better than most clergymen or teschers, “If he would coms to Chicsgo, you would havo a learned. able, and good man,—oue Who would command respect in any society or situation.” With this a0d other testimonials, % CAXSOT BE MISTAKEN IN HIM, But Dr. Moss is hers. He is of the proper age; full of vigor and force; of large mental stature, e has in him the growing elements to mike a great Presi- dent, in my opinion, "As to the ides, which some may fear, that he ‘is of Dr. Everta’ selection, let me assare you, gentlemen, there 19 not the slightest foundation 10 if, to my per- sonal knowledge, Besides, I fecl nasured from his casi of mind, and the strong independence and calmness of his character, thatheis a man who I8 not to be influenced Ly the persoual views of other men, but by his own strong convictions of duty, and by them alone. T cannot hesitate, with all respect t0 the opinions of others, to urge his election to the Presidency sa & matter of GREAT MOMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY. As to the Chancellorship, tho Committes has ed by-law to define ifs term, its duties, and its powers, A5 to the persone] question in fling thet office, 1 still belleve that the svpointment of Dr. Burrougha #hould be made, all things considered. 4 As to myself, gentlemen, becauze my name has been ized up with it, you understand thit, from necessity. duty, aud choice, I cannot abandon my profession. Nor ¢an I consent totake any position in relation to ine University which will nccesarily draw me out of it, Lam willing to lend advice, and, 33 a member of s Board, to perform some scivice: Iam willing to #1d Dr. Barronghs, ot any and ail ottier parties, 5o far 28 1 can consistently do 80, Bespectfully yours, 3. R. DooLrrrur, Science Outdone. . Mark Tiain in the Auguat Atlantic, Therefore: the Mississippi between Cairo snd New Orleans -was 1,215 miles long 176 years 8go. It was 1,180 after the cut-off of 1722. It was 1,040 after the American Eend cut-off (some sixteen or seventeen years ago). It haa lost 67 miles since. Consequently its length is only 978 ‘miles at present, . Now, if I wantad to be one of thoso ponder- ous cientific peopla. and *lot on" to prove what Liad occured in_the remote past by bt Had 05 curred ins given time in the Tecent past, or what will occur in the far future by what has occurred in late years, whatan opportunity i8 bere! Geology never had such a chance, nor euch exact data to e from! Nor * develop- ment of species, either! Glacial epochs are great things, but they are vague—vague. Plesse obeerve: _In thespace of 17 years the Lower Mi sippi has shortened itself 242 miles. That is an average of atrifle over one inile and a third per year. Therefore, any csim person, who is not blind or idiotic, canseethat inthe old Oolitic Silurian period, just million years ago next November. the Lower Mississippt Ruver was upward of 1,300,000 miles Jong, and stuck out over the Guif of Mexico like & fishing-rod. And by the eame token any person can see that 742 vears (rom now the Lower Missiesippi will be only 3 mile and three-quarters loog, and Cairo and New Orleans w.1l have joined their streets together, and be plodding” comfortably slon, under asingle Alayorand s mntual Board of Aldermen. ‘There 18 something fassinating sbout ecience. One gets such wholesale returns ol‘ ga‘;;‘mmmul such a trifing investment [ HOW SHALL WE SPELL A Plea for Beform in English QOrthography. « Thoss People Spell Best Who Do Not Enow How fo Spell.” Inangural Address of Dr. J. Hammond Trumbuoil, President of the Amer- jcan Philological As- & sociation. Now York Post, July 14, Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull delivered his insn- sddress July13 s the new President of the American Philological Association, ‘which began its annual session at that timein Newport, B.L Unlike manyof the papera read before this body of learned gentlemen, Dr. Trumbull's sddress is both philologic and popular. After some valuable remarks about the Indian Isn- guages of this courtry, of wuich 0 ous knows o much a8 Dr. Tramball, he continogd to apeak a8 follows: [ THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. ) 1 am detaining you too long among the bar- bariane. In the devious mazes of American lin- ermistica it is sasy, o loas one's way and to forget the time. Iwill\come nearer home, ‘to say something about 8 1auguage in which we have all of us more direct and selfish interest thaa in the Algonkin; s langusge which vre stilt love to eall Eughish, in spite of the predictions of Noah Webater that ** & future separation of the Ameri- ean tongue from tho English would be necossary and unavoidablo;” ltoguage which we take pride in belioving must one day become univer- gal, but which ia obscare and burdened bya fashion of spelling 80 * foul, strange, and un- patural,”.that (as mY predecessor confessed) «it is po use to try to characterize it with fitting epithets.” 5 OUBR METHODS OF SPELLING, < * There are signs of increasing interest in the smbject of speliing-reform and of a disposition to give suggestions 88 to the best mode of effect~ ing such s refdfm a fair Lesring. ‘The popular mind seems awake, a3 never befere, to apprecia- tion of the dificulties, eccontricities and ab- shrdities'of the present standard-English cacog- raphy. The remacks of Prof. March on this topic, in bis address to our Aesociation 1ast sum- mer, have bean extensively copied and rppareot- Iy meet very gene:al approval. Prof. W. D. Whitney, in discussing the question, * How shall we gpell 2 has given his inflnencein favorof re- form, spd thoroughly exposed the weaknesa of the stereotyped objections that are urged sgeinstit. A serios of well-copsidered and sug- gestive papers by Dr. E. Cobbam Brewer, on “Spolling Leform,” have appeared in the English Notes and Queries. In replying to these, Mr. W. W. Siest, while he dissents from Dr. Brewer's views, and maiotaios that, since “*our spolling 18 merely conventional.” * we may just as well acquickce irt the storeotyped forms, with all their vagaries,” et makes the signifi- cant admiseion ghat ** those who can read the signs of the times will discern that the problem is presenting 1tself for solution, and wil ero long push itself to the front.” “Imuch sus- pect.” ho ndds, **tbat something will have to be done in the w:y of an admissible concurrent system of spelling.” Intbis country the pews- VAper pross 18 TAURIO itcelf on the sido of Te- form. ~ +*Why,” asks one journal, “perpotaate & uyatem of orthography tliat it takes not less than five years .of sadlive lifo to sc- quire, when, with & _regular system once establivhed, those five years mignt be devoted to studies of some positive value 7™ Logisiators ars begioning to lpok at the sabject Tiom the economic point of View, &s related to popular education. Bad spelling, we are told, coste the couutry mot less than £15,000,000 a vears Half the lime and movey annually spent inthe United States in teacling 7,000,000 chil- dren to read and spell might bo saved by intro- ducing a consistent phonetic artaography. *Tio oost of printing the sileut stters of tbs Boglish language.” a8 Prof. March observes,” is to be ‘counted by millions for each generation.” Sach facts axe not witiont interest for tax-parers. A biil 18 now before the Connecticut Legislature to piavidE for & commiselon to cousider and report on the expediency of adoptiDg a reformed or- {bography in printing the laws and journsls snd in books uaed in tiie public schools of the State. THE SPELLING MATCHES. “Bpelling matches,” wluch, last winter, be- came epidernic, have had ao influence for re- form. In thewe contests the anomalies and whimsicalities of the current _orthiography wers Dbronght mors clearly to popular appreiension. Judges. divioes, leamed Professors. authots, ana editors, aud grea: numbers of well-educated ladies sudfkentlemen, took part in theee * or- thograplic tournaments,” *and as one afteran- other misacd some not very uncommon word and was compelled to retire from tBo lists, they became disposed_to admit, with Mr. A. J. Ellis, that “to spell English is the most diflicalt of humsn attaiuments,” and, with Dr. Frauklin, that “those people spell best wbo do pot kmow how to spel.” Men are sslng whether there 18 not. after all, a8 much abgur- dity in_representing half-a-dozen different and dissimilar sonnds by ooe and the ssme combina- tion of letters,—the termiustion ough. for fn- stance,—s8 in the wildest eccentricitiea of phonotypy. Already thers is, 8ays s reviewer of Prof. Whitney's paper on spelling reform, *a very good,degree of general euligiteament on this subject. There is abundant hestility to the old spelling among the active class of our School Superintendents and teachers, especmlly where there are German children in tne schools.” & NO EEMEDY OUTSIDE OF THE PRINTING-OFFICES. Such indicatious of ‘awakened popular interest are oncouraging. There hes beeu, in this country at least, not much _difference of opinton among. scholars on the main yuestion, 18a reform of the present spelliug desirable? The argument has been nearly all on one side, Andif schotara have heritated publicly to advocate reform, it has been because of their conviction that. 6o loag ns the Yody of the English-readg public re- mained - indifferent, if not adyprse, there was no hope of success. Experience has shown tbat every rroposed change, howover well considered sod seemingly unexceptionable, was laughed down and contemptuously rejected by the orthograpbical purists as *‘part of a movement to reduce our spelling to uniform rule as op- posed to usage, aad to help forward tbe oblit- eration of all trace of the derivation aad history of words.” It is not the philologiat who will be most benefited by a reformed orthograohy ; and 80 Mr. Skeat's view of the subject is that which the great msjonty of English and Amencan scholara have been content to take: *‘In mere attempts at mending the spellings of some classes of words, 1 can,” he says, *‘ses nothing but the eloments of failurs, because, what one person proposes ao- other will disapprove of, and the net result wiil certainly be that nothing will be done by com- bined individual effort outside of ihe printing- offices. It has been, in fact, tried by several hands, notably by Hare, and we arestill where wa were : and this being 80, I sympathize 0 a great depree with those who say, wiy not leave the whole matter aloue?” But to this guestion, Mr. Skeat, not unobeervant of the signs of the times, himself supplies the answer : ** The pace of tho present day is tremendous, and Wwo are coming to this, tbat there will beghousands whose inter- est it is to leard 1o read, buts who caunot fairly spare the time to master that pecaliar system of graphy which is useless phonetically, but may, ’t.:ivptl:z;'e#ymomng, ba rightly termed *orthog- 'WHAT CERTAIN ETTMOLOGISTS BAY. The propriety of even this cuncession to tho etymologisis may be questioned. It is only by extravagant euphemism that the prosent fashion of spelling can be termed ** orshography;” snd Do one knows this 80 weil a8 the real ctymologist. The objection to every suggested reform, that it wonld iojure the ianguage by obscuring ety- mology.” ¥as answered by.characteristic good sense by Dr. Franklin, aud has been aoswered ‘since Lis time by fnany scholars of higher authority in linguistic Bcience. Thus, Prof. gfl",fl“fl;{"‘ :u.en: our common spelling i rustworthy guide to etymology ; “ that the wants ,of the philologist ’:Tqm’:a a different system.” - With a multitude of signs for the same spund, and & mul- wgude of sounds for the =ame sign"— be =mid, in another connection—*it poorly fulfills the original and proper office of orthogra- pby; nor does it better falfill the important of- fice, which some wonid assert for it, of # guide to etymology.” DProf. Max Mauller might be trusted, one would think, to look out for the in- terests of etymology; spesking of the objec- tiona made to phonetic reform, he says: * Ope rgument which might be supposed to weigh ‘with the student of language, viz., the obscura- tion of the etymological structare of words, I caonot consider very formidable. . . . If our spelling followed thie pronunciation of words, it would in reality be of greater help to the criti- cal stadent of hnfig:.ge than the present uncer- tain and unscientifio mode of writing; ™ and he has oxpressed a hope “that a beginning will be .made before )on?.u\ reforming—not, indeed, everything, but at lestt somothing, in the unhis- torical, unaystematic, unintelligible, unteachable, m’lr¥m:nanu unamendable wpelling [be is ‘al not to sy *ortho b} now current {2 England.” y graphy '] 2y, “ MITORIG TNTEREST " . But it is not merely the derivation of words, bat their * bistoric interest,” we are told, which would be lost by spellingreform. Thus, the re of :‘B?flpke" is historical—thongh from Chau-~ oer l‘ume 1o Milton's neage required er; 80, cre in ‘“‘acre™ has an *‘hietoric interest,” though etymology favors ** aker,” which was the earliew spelliog. and continued in use, concurrent with the madern form, to the middle of the last cen- tury. Jobnson wrots the verb “'to coddla” with .a single d, and “ codle thereby became historic. Neither Sheridan nor Walker ventured to change it. * False and ebsurd as this spelling in,” £a1d Walker, in & note to the word, * the veneration I bave for Dr. Jobnson's au- thority forbids mo to alter in this dictious ary, thongh I shall never follow it in practice.” And so0 *‘codle " came down to Richardson and even, as concurrent spelling; to Webster in tho lust edition, * Historic interest,” again, protects the final e of * granite,” ‘' missile,” *‘hostile.” ** gome, and ionumerable otber words in which it bas no phonetic vaiue. ‘Two hundred years ago zealons conservators of **The King's English * insisted on the retention of this mute “historic” ¢ st the end of ‘‘bless,” ‘‘smass,” « distress,” etc., and they were aa indigoant &t the omission of u in the last syllable of *‘an- thour ” and * editour” as was Archbishop Hare at *such abominations a8 honor or favor.” THE APFEARANCE OF '*EDITOR.” The author of & tract entitled * Friendly Ad- vice to the Correctour of the Engiish Prease Oxfora, concerning the Eoghsh Orthographie, published in Loodon in 1682, complaina—in tones not unfamiliar to modern ears—of un- thorized changes of spelling iu & Bible then tely printed at Oxford ; * Tne very first word, and that of the Preface *—he says to the offend- ing * Correctour "—* gives us & notable io- stance of your extraordinary faculty of revisiog words never heard of before in our language, where yon say, * The Edior to tha reader. . . 1f you had pleased to suffer it to smeil of the English tongue o far as to bave nritten Edilour, s small glimpse had been given to a good guesser to kuow your meaung; but writ- g Edilor, none unlearned above the English Tongue can teli whether the word ba Hebrew, Arabick, or Ethiopick, for it comes 38 near fhem ax English. I dare say,” he adds (though here he was not quite mght), +never au Eughabman in London ever epoke or wrots such s word, thongh you once promised such » form of the Engish Tongue as was spoken in London and Oxford™ (p. 3). More- over, the Oxford correctour is told, *it was 1most ueual to leave the voweleatthe endof a word, as quiescent. . . . Nowadays, with Jesae judgment than boldnesse, that must be re- tooved. . . . Kust, all our substantives end- ing in double ss, never wantiog e aiter them, ‘muast now stand without, because, forsooth, pro- nunciation is socure without it.” Blessednesse, widkednasse, guesse, nnd blesse, “musc want e shich they had formerly, and upon much bet- ter reason than it 1s denied them now.” **An- other absurdity” comes m for censure; the *tsking away Eome consonants too— as for example, writing ciabolic, {opic, stomac, public, instesd of the imown words diabolick, ‘etc.,.or 8 sometimen they were written [nistorio orthograpby. & ia clear, was not y;;b thoroaghly establu in 1632}, diaboligue, publigus, ete., g:u ne?‘a:dsnt from (lmoxd with & ¢ terminating om.” JOHNEON'S BERTORATIONS.. This Isst-mentioned * wretcled attempt to de- stroy the historic_interest of our Jangusge "'—as Dean Alfred might have termed it—fonnd no favor with Eoglich parists. Every *topick™ became unimportant, *rhetorick " less poreus- give, * musick " ns distasteful a8 * phygick " b’ the.loss of 8 & ; ond how could any * pudlique ™ wdtithit to be redaced to a simple” terminal ¢? Johnson condemued the omussion, and restored the ** historic ” spelling, to maintain its place in English lexicography, even to this generation. 'SELP-INTEREST OPPOSED TO ANY CHANGE. No change for the hetier has been or will bo effected, no sivgle step taken towards a reformed orthography, without encountering ridicule and determined upposition. . . . Every proposed niteration of the current spelling offenda not the prejudices metoly, but, in sowe ort, the self-in- terest of all who have learned to read and write {he Evgheh langusge. Reform implies some- thing to be learned aod sowething to be un- Jearned, and the mau who has been striving more ot less wuccessfully throogh half a lifetime to ‘master the dificnlties of an historic orthography isnacurally indisposed to begin new leasons. The victor in & spelling matclr can hardly be expected to show much zeal far the conmstruction of a “royal Toad™ to the pre-eminence he has, through much tribulation, sttained. To the toric student of language reform promises no personal beuefit, while to advocate it may result in some personal inconvenience, **The learned,”" said Dr. Johuton, * areafraid to declare their opinion early, leac they should pat their reputa- tion in hazard; the ignorant always imagine tuomeelves giving soma proof uf delicacy when they refuse lo be pleased.” Propose to drop & siogle silent vowel'or to get rid of an_intrusive consopant, and the man who cannos write & half dozep hines witbout departare from Webster's or Worcester's standard thrills with disgust and ab- horrence in every orthographic Derve. Pripters and publishers are, natarally, on the side of con- servatism. Compositors and proof-readers, who are now our best spellers, do not care to be at the trouble of acquiring'a new orthography. Mr. Skest believes—perhaps he is mnght Zibat * pothing will be dome by combined effort outside of the print- ing offices.” There is then so much the more encouragement 1n the fact that 8o many iafluen- tial jonrnals are manifesting interest in the sub- ject. It evidently bas got inside of the printing offices. “WHEN DOCTOES DISAGREE.” No individusl reformer 18 likely to hit upon & scheme which, i oll its details, will meet ac- ceptance with the public, —or even with the ma- majority of tbose who ase in favor of reform. What seema an improvement to ooe, will by an- other be regsrdeds#s an undesirable innovation, Z possibly, a8 a new doformity. Few men sre Trithout & pet orthographical prejndice or two, and the more unreasonable these aro the more obatinately they areheld fast. (I frankly cou- fess my own weakness in this, matter. There are few, luxuries,] would 'mot, for tue ood of my fellow-creatures, resign Fesn reluctantly than that of epelling *‘ceg- tre” and *theatre” ia Jobnsouian fash- ijon). Julius Hare went o large way in reform, but could not briog himself to regard ** honor ™ withont 2 u as other than a vulgar ** abomina- tion.” The most thatis to be boped st present is some approximation to agreement in & list of words—or in the designation of classes of words—foz which an amended epelling may be adopted, concurrently with that which is vow in usa. A list of words, *“in reference to which prosent ussge in the United States or in England Sanctions more than one way of rpelling.” is prefired to Webster's and Worcester's dictiona- Hes. A similar list, prepared under judicious limiitations, exhibiting side by side the present and the reformed spelliog—and an agreement of prominent schclars, in Eogland and America, that the nse of either form shall be recognized a8 allowable speiling—would go very far towards insuring the success of reform. The Largest Fine Ever Pald by a Thief ior Petat Larceny. San Francisco Call. Charles Pfoiffer, who was arrested on last Thursday for baving committed numerous lar- cenies, and who on Jast Monday was allowed to plead guilty to Fix charges of etit larceny, ap- peared for sentonce in the Police Court yester- By morning. On eachand evers charge he wag sentenced to pav a fine of £200 or suffer 100 days' imprisonment, esch term to follow tho previous one. Tne seniences amount io the Eggregato Lo §1,200 or twenty montbs’ imprison- Mot in the county jail. After the sentences had been passed, the prisoner expressed & de- termination to go to jail, as he concluded that {he penalty was too svers, but he subseguently rocalled his determination, and, sending for detective Rogers, who had arrested him, an- nounced his 1ntantion to go to the Gorman Sav- ings Bank, on California sireet, and from there drawa sum of money eufficient to meet tne niary portion of th:dpenmy. He was taken Pt by the officer named, drew the amount of the fine, and paid the same to Mr. Martin, Clerk of the Court, who at once paid it over to the City Tressurer. This is the lsrgest fine ever paid by a thief for petit larceny. —_——————— A Big Find. Boulder (CoL) News. Mr. Meyring, while looking for ‘the extension of the Salina, and ‘other lodes that croes the ridge between Gold Run and Four-Mile, came upon one near the Hoosier road that bids fair to rival anythiog that has been found io_tbe dis- trict, if not_in the county. The new discovery Bas been christened Melvina. The -crevice ia nearly 2 feet wide, containiug & beaatiful show- ing of quartz.- an?-mg free gold principally, with s showiog of sylvanite. The discoverer did pot realize the valoe of the find until Heory Neikirk hsppened that way, whea he as once procared sa interest, aod is rapidly pusbiog the development. Assays Of Whai was sup) o e almost worthless rock, gave $6,000 per ton in gola. At the depth of only 13 fest they have Alresdy saved twonty-ssven sacks of first-class ore, which are sway up in the thousandé. SECRET SOCIETIES Grand Parade of Knights of Pythias in Minnesota. Now Officers of the Masons' Bensvolent Saciety of Ilinois., Public Installation to Be' Held by Ashlar Lodge. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, GRAND PABADE IN MINNESOTA. The Knights of Pythias of Mingesota held their first susual parade in that State on the 20th inst., st Minneapolis: Scarcely four years ago, Minneapolis Lodge No. 1, the firet organization of the kind ever formed in the State, was organ- ized, and hence it was considered fitting that the firat annnal parade of the Order should be held in that city. There were s number of 174 lodges, who were entertained at1 p. m. With & dinner given by the lodges of Minneapolis. Everything was besatifully served, and, withont wasting time in speech-making, the compsny devoted their attention to the tempting eatables. At half past 2 the procession was formed in the following order : Grand Marshal and Assistant Grand Marshal, , tha following notables @ran of ! o] n of the Grand rand Chancelior—Dr. B, G. Morry, of Stillwater, Vice-Grand Chancellor—i. B, Curry, of St. ac. Grand Preleto—Rudoiph Lehmicke, of Stiliwater, Grand Master of Exchequer—Dr. A. B, Dunham, of Anoka. Grand Eeeper of Rscords and Seals—Robert Angst, of Minneapolis, bet Grand Master of Arms—Adolph Freidricks, of SHll- water, Grand Inner Guard—William Chrisstensen, Min- neapolia. ‘Grand Quter Guard—M. V. Bean, of Anoks, Minneapolis Enighta. Blillwater Enighta, ‘Anoks Enights, Bt. Panl and Ls Sucur Enights, Visiting Enights. - The procession paseed throngh the principal streets, halting in front of the Nicollet House. At this point Grand Chancetlor Morry held dress parade and review. Nearly all the mem- bera sppeared in the pew and. tasty uniform, which oo this occasion was worn for the firat fime, and the effect was grand and_imposing. All gave evidence of thoroughydisciplinary drill, especially Okoda Lodgé No. 9, of St. Paul, com- manded by D. J. Tallaot. Schiller Lodge No. 11, of St, Paul, the youugest in the Stafe, under command of c.s_z. ‘Webber, alwo acquitied itself ;;n & manner itable to ita oficers and mem- ers. Hobah Lodge, of Le Sueur. was represented in thie procesion by C. C., Heory Conroy; P. C. F. A Borer ; M. E., Levi Herz ; snd K. of K. 8, J. E. Truax. The following officers assumed the several do- ties assigred them for the day as followa: A. A Ames, Grand Marshal: D. H. Hersy, Assist- ant Grand Marsbal ; and C. A. Clawson as Adju- tant for dress parade ; snd B. G. Merry, Grand Chancellor. THE ORDER I¥ GEOROIA. The Grand Lodge of Georgis met at Athens in that State on the 20th ins:,, Grand Chancellor Thomas Hardeman, Jr., presiding. There wasa inrge attendance from the subordinais lodges, and the reports showed the order to be in a flour- 1shing condition in that State. LODGE ELECTION. The folluwing officers of Prince Edward No. 42 were_inatalled on Tuesdsy evening by P. Charies Haus- Wolf ; Schaefer ; 3L atA., N.Schoeider; L G, Brand; O. G., F. Appel. . FICSIC. The members of Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 6 aro hard at work making arrsugements for the enjoyment of their friends st toeir second an- nnal picnic on the 4th of August at Turner Park. ——— Sy Lz MASONIC. 3 TLLINOIS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. The Masons' Benevolent Socisty of Illinois heid s meeting at Princeton, IlL, on the 20th inst., st which the following officers wers elected : D. C. Crégier, President ; J. A Haw- ley, ot Dixon, Vice-President; George h: 8 Sampson, Secresary ; E. F. Forster, Treasurer ; H. 3L Trimble, Attoraey; sud Dr. Thomas, Medical Examiner. * COMING CONVENTION. The Oriental Consistory of Iilinois will h3ld & General Convention of co-ordinate bodies in this city on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of October, during the meating of the Grand Lodge here. INSTALLATION. Ashlar Lodge, No. 303, will hold & public in- stallation of oficers, next Tueeday evening, at their hall, in American Express Building. The following are the officers elsct : F. w. Frank S. Alfén, Worshiptul Master ; * W, H. Thomp- son, Senlor Warden ; George M. Darling, Junior War- den’; E. C. Cole, Tréasurer; C. H. Crane, Se e, Secratary the Rov. Heary G. Perry, 3. A., Chaplain ; IL. L. Clare, Senior Deacon; D. A. Btiit, Junior Descon; K. D. Kaufman, Senior Steward 'H. Price, Junior Stew— ard: Jobn P. Ferns, Tyler. The programme itas follows : 1. Overture for Organ. .G. 0, Knopfel 2. Opening Ode.. Quaker City Quartetts 3. Invocation. . . G, Perry, Chaplain . .Quaker GRY wuevensns..Renponses by Quaker City Quartette 6. @, *Say Forever Thou Art Mine,” e b, “8 ‘Angel, Drexm of Me,"f °* “ Alr! C. T. Barnes. - J. Adums Allen, M, D. ..Rev, IL G. Perry Tune, Old Hundred MASONIC PICNICS. Apollo Lodge No. 643 will hold its sunnsl bas- ket picnic on next Tuesday. July 27, at Tracey- Avenue Grove, on_the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. The traios wll Jeave the depot on Van Buren strect at 5:40 s m. and 12:20 p. The grand annwal picnic of Kilwinning Lodze No. 311 will be held at Turner Park, on Toesday nest, July 27. Every arrangement ‘has been made to make the affair a pleasant one. and those who participate will have a pleasant tinfe. Traios leave the Chicago & Pacific Railroad, cor- ner Chicago avenne and Larabea sireet, at 7a. m. — ODD FELLOWSHIP. OFFICERS INSTALLED. At 3 meeting of the Garden City Lodge, No. 359, on Wednesday evening, the follomng officers for the epsuing term were installed: N. G. Henry Grebe ; V. G.. Joseph Heimbrodt; B. 5., Willism Enoll ; T., August Heller. After the jnatallation, the Jodge sat down to & collation, and had a good time. LOST. Mrs. Lydis M. Graves, of Union, Hardin Counrg. Towa, left her home on the evening of July 13 under circumstances that lead her hus- band and frjends to believe her insane, and in- formation of her whereabouts is earnes:ly de- sired by her husbaud, H. D. Graves, or address J. W. Lawraoce, Recording .Secretary In- duos Lodge No. 225, in_ that town. This Iady was aboat 25 years oid, 5featdor 5 inches in height, weighed 140 or 145 pounds: hair red and very long ; cyes hazel ; upper teeth il false ; wore plain silver ring on _third finger of left band, and gold pin in_imitation of hand. She was dressed in a blue merino dress full lined, whits polonaise trimmed with narrow black braid ; sleeveless jacket of black alpsca: striped ghaw!’; white lace bat, beavily trimmed with flowersand blue ribbon. She toak with her a ‘medium-sized®runk and Jarre black satchel. FUSERAL. Mr. James Conp, who had been the atereotyper of Tre TRISUNE ever ainca the first use of that mode in the publishing of the paper, died yes- terdsy at 12:30 p. m. at hig residence, No. Jefferson street. He was a member Jf Fort Dearborn Lodge No. 114, and will be buried to- ‘morrow with due honors. BUILDING MATERIAL. DEN CORNICE, O i iare: chexp, A takea NSO, 631 Mich- For SALE—%0_FEET sultable for Bratclas buidiapt: away imymediately. Appiy toJ. TO: i OB, SALECHEAR A Boia ] stone coping. sills, ca ior moving houss waatod. ADD! Fifth-av. 5 7 P, VARIETY OF SEW NAILS, OB SALE_A LARGE TARIFTY OF TARGE LOT OF ARTL ‘s0d_tiles: aad b o J. MCGRATH, & of new ones.. Ap- WANTED—PROPOSALS PR WA RO HA vl::)maL oo teranum foctof cmmon bacd picagn fapec 25 inches, from e et (e fvorea on a5, 0 Chica o n Chicago. . Ad: 3 taet Jong e eare MORRLS SELLERS, No. 6 SEhba Block. 0 AUILDERS—A LARGE LOT OF ARTIFICIAL oo alla, tiles, etc., for sala chssp. Apoly oy TR ATE, b fihar, D XTANTED_FROM 1,080 TO 3,000 FEET SBECOND- WV A s e o dreascd ourds; ehoup for caah. Address 14 Ln.loa_ it JVASTEC_NEW OR OLD BRICE: WILL FAY TX Toal estate. A. P. DO ashing- Tomwiy, Houma 1 sad B FORMATION WANTED OF JOHN APPLERY, R e S ‘ot 1L, when last heard from he was In Mlinois. * Any 1a fomrim ey mee e R T et PLEBY, Care of Tribune otbée, Chicepor 1+ - AT ZRSONAL-BLONDE AND _BRUNETTF— E ash cars ‘on 23 of 15th on_Thursday mn'm"{‘v.“s oyclocks please saad address, R. K. INGLASS, Fore BRSONAL_THE GEa N 3 PrasosaL TEYTLENAN WITH CANS. Libertyvills Stat; o sight n.r.'dn\mwfs.cmdnu‘l afulih adne P PERSONAL_A _GENTLEMAN, DOWE PNt o e LIt exas, wims s for the acqasintance of'd Touac lady with soive meies WA ony 50 objactisy 1o coantsy 1347, ploase wrio. - Address F 35, Tribuoe adige. = ERSONAL_THE GENTLEMAN WHO OALLED Wednosday 1 " gdnosday aveatag (5.C.)will pissse eall again. HEL- PDERSONAL —ANY PARTY HOLD Yinotags o7 s rou to W. B CLARK, 508 ERSONAL—TO BANKERS_WILL TAE MESSEN. or who yesterday brought eupons te the offics af ibe United States Ausistaat Troasursr plesse call agaln o3 Mond: ERSONAL_MISS LIZZIE ALLEN HAS ARRIVID From Now ork, 3nd will be Eappy t haar froc ber, Triends, ™ Addrgus OB, Taibuns oiter. - Pz%su!'fi!&'rp 0. &—.SOL—L(‘ NOT REACH YOU o0 . by address you qare. Pleasa wr o ot oL, O Bow e Tl g ERSONAL-T. W% Wiy CALLED AT e wandys Fridsy afisroonn. pieass cail o possible, asd oblige A. FRIGND. " » ERSONAL_WILL MEET YOU ANY AFTZE- ‘noon this weak or next, st 40 REY. 2 ?Emaufiz._c ATAERINE OAMPBELL—_PLEASE ‘tend your sddress to & former emolyer. Addross (P 25, Tribans omce. 'Pznsux.u.-'wm LADY WITH ‘Madison-st. ca last evening send ead of sama acat? S @2, Teibuns odice. “CORA™ ON w gentom FINANCIAL. AT PRICIPAL SEEKING AN A 1 INVEST. X ment, $15,000 to 320,000, at 3 per ceat, can address 524, Tribane omce. NKRUPT _INSURANGE .CLATMS AND RE. Dublig cerificates purctased for cash ai highoss Tateaby J. N. WITHRELL, 116 Washimgionat., Hoom 4 barement. OMMERCIAL ] bought = 3 GRNE 6, LONG 4 BRI (COMMERGIAL FAPER, NOTES WITIl €OLLAT- erais, aad mortaagoe, bouns and sold. Borsemens and Tysitors solicited. "ISAAQ GREENEBAUM & CO., No. 110 Fifta-av. 10MMERCIAL PAPER AND MORTGAGE LOANS improved ‘negotisted; motey to loan 13 per coat oa clty broperiv.. PERRY & HUNT, 13 Lasallorst. ASD _MORTGAGE: PAPER S £G- o o~ HAVE MONEY TO LOAN AT FRO9TO10 PER LAZARUS SILV] ovat o morigages N Banker, Chamber of Commerco, Chicao. [0AS5 O DESIRABLE ORICAGY REAT, Estk1d o of yeare 46 s o and wiads by € 3L MOBNE FoUHainE 10 A T T Ealest, ADIFS T GAN IOAN T0U XY ANGUST 0% rcurittes. Transactions with Iady. Roam !ln'v Building, corner of J‘l:fllfld State-sta. & MOYELIN HaND TO 104X O COLTATRRAL hattel socurity. C. B. WILSOR, Boom Randolph-t o e ONEY TO LOAN—WE HAVE S0 5 lI At 9 per esnt; moDey ©m M!c‘ mm wL‘ EXNGLE, koom 6 l‘flmw“_I.ll Block. N[OSELTO LOAR ¥ ASY SO ATTHETRIVATE othcs of 1ho Dismond Purchasiug sad Loaa Co. Tiosms Howe Bullding, cornor State abd Jacksvn &, mul»w_h-n.‘ near Clark. Elub“lhud’l&‘. MUTEL N HANDTO LOAN FOR THREETOFIVE DML years " D. W. POTTER, Boom § Otls Blck. D. ONEY TO LOAN—ON DIAMONDS, WATCHES, ‘Singer machines, and other eollaterals. Frivate TLoan Ofioe, 1% Clark-st., Room % upatairs. \Idxny TO LOAN ON CHICAGO REAL ESTATE YL 8 por cont. Swmall sums as Jowsst Tases. E. O. COLE & CO., 144 Dearbarn-at. NEY TO_LOAN AT 9:PEE CENT PER AN- nam on Chicago real estate. M. D. HARDLN, ‘Boom #, % Clark-st. KY LOANED UPON REAL ESTATE OB AC- M "soptabie coliateral securitiss, 1a ruma to J7K. BOUGERS, Hoom 3, 11 LaSallest. MPONEY TO mu‘Em"suus TO uufi'icémv& Food real-estais socurity. Callon CHAX. LER 0., 20 Lasallost MOSFY IO TOASCIN STMB TO 6UIT, OF O ralestase. J. HENRY EDFF, 14 Reaper Block, % M Gammor S350 2as upws or aear Chicago. . ., TAY ONEY TO LOAN IN SUMS OF 8100 AND UP-’ .M ‘wards, mhngo{ short mon ru’I eatate or ook interal security. B. W. THOMAS, 13 LaSallost, ERSONS WISHING TO LOAN SUMS OF FROM &'m'&‘m::u e a.lhllxul;‘ ofice B. F, a TOAME 5 Clarkat., Room el X SHORTSECURED PAPER 1o loan oa coliaterals. C.J. ‘WANTED. MONRY . ADAVMS, 5 Deatborn. 'SA_x“mm CO MONEY LOAN OFFIOR, 734 State-st., noar Harrtson. Isab on all goods cf walue, sewing machious, ete. A and Al 615! Tfl]fimfixmmsmu PREPARED TO ADVANCR ‘money on all kiads of l'.lgh aod farol- tn&l':“.ml to luA:‘zflho id ‘vod‘.' fllflfl.mm‘ m ‘revalve: uaEies, and car- B B heeof value. Tadiest sd puntie Tear- ing spparel, diamonds, jewslry, gold and_silver waiches, elcd- blu emmnnlfll Ndu?: n::.\mmdrh vv:lhf:ulll aad barglar or ral Tear, B RT hbar: “ TOLOAN-8200FOR 3 YEARS AT 10 PER CENT H, Loom § Otls silver watchos for sale chosp. 8. POPPERS & CO. o0 pery. DANIEL N. BASH, Blogk . o™ '[O LOANMONEY OF, FURNITURE AND OTHER ¥ood callaterals. JAS. B. STORKY, 84 Lafialle-st., 70, LAN-TWO SUMS OF 80 EACH, AND TWO f 32 h. oo suburban real setate. by the JOHN Koo e i "WALLLS, Atiocaer, 8 5 T T A e od i Bropact. ‘et inierent.on 3 A WO G iy Dearborat VASTED- a0 Fox ONE JEAE OF URDOUST, ed secarity; will give 18 per cent parannum; ne commission. W 64, Tribaze offico. “YANTEH[’,“ ON AN IMPROVED FAHM OF € acrea o Champaiga Cosar, Ol for e years, 418 percrat foterest, Addrsee Q 16, Tribune afis. \VANTED. 30 FOR ONE YEAR, BEST G EE ity 2iven.. Anyono having thatamount, wnt- {ng to Toan 1t whl do wall to sddress Q %, Tribuse offca. w ANTED—DBY A GOOD PARTY ON IMPROVED Droperty on oo of tho best stroets on tne West Side: 0.000, ior 3 years. Address A.P. DOWX Washisgton-st., Rooma 13 and 19, "Vx ARE PREPARKD TO MAKE LOANS WITH- ‘out delay, in amounts as wanted. on pfld&fldl proved or naimproted properd. - . OSBORN & im SON, 124 LaSalle. TO BUILD A HOUSE AND \‘V ANTED-21, - Vruve proper:y_ la Englowood worth the amount. Address X 4 Tribnoe office. WANTED FOR SIXTY DAYS UPON SOME dlamonds. Liberal ntersst paid, bua Hot pawnb; rates. Addresa T 33, Tribune otfiod. W 31800 pro Cont intereat : g0 comuissivns : Privci] NTED FOR ONE YEAR ON IM- real ostato secarity: will pay 13 pex o ouly dealt with. Address R 6, Tribune ofice. G —SUMS OF ¢5.00 TO 8550 CASH TX 32 000 S el wrthre. 0. HILTOR OLIVER, Roons d 32, 97 Clark-st. &9 \() WANTED ON UNIMPROVED PROP. $2.500 ert the South Side for tws vears: will 527 18 e cont’ e mmiasiona. Addross ¥ s Tribune HA %o #1650, AND SMALLER BUMS TO $3.000. $£.3% clts properts. 2. G. EXADLZY. 1% Msdison-st., Room 19. 3 _WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO OFFER $5.0010) tmo ctivico pieces o paper, secarsd on lm- Prowsd city property. at & heaty discouat.” Aoply early to N AT § PER CENT, b YEARS, STURRS & WARMW, 94 Was u-et. $6.000 "2 aler soms aed pur soat; sicos reasonabl SF.L GENR, |4 Dearbora-st. SRM0 JEN TO LOAN ON ISSIDE IMPROVED 12000 s Vs s s e o2 W.BY. 3 SO0 N0 WA Ni § Y $20.000 SASERATS R L 1R dross PRINCIPAL, 'P I, Tribune office. $100,000 SoFo8e AT REFLSET UGG & LONG 2 BRO.SH ast Wasbtngton st INSTRUCTION. IN-SOUTH SIDE SI:;kEVI' l:xsnxg A TARAT caliarez 1 2 il ver : furq; u‘z ior card. Ar_!dlnl 2% ENBERG, A PUPIL OF L. RO uis 1s now propared to givs lessona pobe and 25 the miolin for iadies aod gentlemen. Terms rossua- o e N Bighest, raferncza To_sccommodata, ofen- {o¢ lassons can be had 194 South Clark-st. OR SALE_INTEREST_AND FURNITURE OF F Palmer’s Acadomy, 75 Mishiza: Prasens owaers are going away. V2. Tribuve o JASTRUCTK THE ENGLISH AND GREMAN ke by 30 wxparisacod teachar : best relerencesy e f el Ve STANDER. %6 North Clark st., wird ,ADiEs on GESTLEMEN WISHING TO LEARN bookkeelag from & nractical aud competant book- keeper can send their address 3ad I will call; am gotting up & ciass: lessons given at homs or At My rooma; terms reasonable. Address DE LISLE, Tribuas office. SOT STRINGS ON YOUR BOWS, BOOK (Lo, srithmerie, Eaglay, Gormad, snd Frenoh ixaght by & gea: -+ 18 years® expenisnce. dress W 68, Tribuns office. PROP. R. EDOUARD (PARIS). FRENCH MAS- ter aad violin teacher. 1647 Wabaah- geagoLs, FAMILIES, AND PUPILS FURNISHED ‘with the best teacher at the Teachers' Laagua lasti- tats, 43 Wabash-s7. VY ANTEDPUPILS BY A CLASS BE- toucher and practical g pher. Also instrac. tions given in Rabbizg coloring pbotographs, and in_ galleriea. B reaatrements Hocemaary for. clecs Chle RS REIOUCHER, 57 Newborry-av: W ASIED A LADY, TEACHEE OF RLOCUTION. Addroe Mrs. C. MAILE, Chicago P. 0. TV ANTED-MEMBEES FOR DHAMATI GLASS Ghar(hwfid.ldh!lflflmi also, tescher in alo- catfon. 242 AGENTS WANTED. A GENTS WANTED_SOLICITING AGENTS_AZE P LA ey 4 pon T 7 o} omepapee ue l? which o ?fll ‘be mads, &rw toed. Men who are ‘domesact snd energetic in nature caa be of excallent returma.