Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 11, 1876, Page 5

WHISKY., " attempt to Injure the Char- actor of Solicitor Wilson. Documents Offered fo the Whisky Men which They WLUI Not Buy. Sam Felker Denics the Rumors that Fe Is Working Agninst Bristow, Probabilities of the Whisky Cases Coming Up To- Day. The Grand Jury Devotes Hs Time to Unimportant Business. @#Ir. Boyd, of New York, Gets After Mr. Golsen. gordon B. Bingham, the Convicted Pa- toke Distiller, Dies of Chagrin. CHICAGO. SOLICITOR WILSON. FAILULE OF AN INTENDED ATTACK. It 1a pretty olear that tho Chicago Whisky Blog intend to tako overy means in their powor to evado tho punishment which thay deserve, and among thoso means may bo Buggested tho punishment of thoso mon whom they assuma to bo tho cause of thoir trouble, No mau has boon moro talked about as the Immodiste causo of ,$he troublo than Becrotary Dristow, at whoso dictation tho first attack on tho Rlog was made, ond ho has boen assalled on alt aldes in the hope that, by goting himount of hus place, the prosecution of the whisky thisves might in somo way bo slackened up. - All sorts of offorta havo been mnado to pet up & back firo upon the Becretary, and innumor- abla storios bave boen circulated, Intended to projudice him with the President, and, if pos- sible, to make auch n differouce of opinion be- tween thom 8a would lend to his romoval. A BAMPLE OF TIIRSE YAUNS was that publiahed in tho Ring organ of Chicago Christmas morning, which was takon baok with such rlarming rapldity in tho noxt aud each suo- eoeding fsauo for somo timo thorenfter. Tumors have boon nfloat that othor stories of the samo charactor were to bo produced by tho agenoy of a Chicago dotootive, but, as wiil besesn by an interviow in anather column, thoso stories have fallen to the ground, In connection witls thia effurt to biacken M. Dris- Sow's aharacter, ono has been poralstently pusucd to DEFAYE GxN, NLUFORD WILSO Sollcttor of the Yressury, Any quantity of storles 4 0 M, Wilson's counection with crooked matters eiber than with whisky bave been élrculnted, und aro brought wp from timo to timo to Lp quleted by unde- piable proof, and then brought up ausin, A short Hime ago » gentloman from Warhington, who Ras been at differont imes in the Government hervico 1o various capacities, cama to this city, Lringing with him nome papers which ha thought to make ucreliuns dine of by selling them to tho Chicago Whiscy Ling. These docuuients were of a nature tofmphgu the veruclty of Alr, Wileon if thoy were truc. 'Fhey wero anidavita in reiation to the teatimouy of Mr, Wilkou Defore the Jury in UL RAPE~IURGLARY CASE, the trial of which, in Waushington, vccupled part of Beptsmber and Octobor, 1574, ‘Lhe papera were un- derstood o ba threo in nuwber, und {u the farm of amdavits, solemuly coriifying that tho testimo given by ALr, Wilkon eu the occnsion ruferred to wi false, and it fu giviag it ho perjured himielf, “Thono papers wero Lrought by u muan named 3. . WALREI, whoss charoter and carcer ara worthy-of 5 moment's notice in cvunection with documeuty of that kind, Agont of the Pusta Oftice Department, and it is sarvice in Ficgod it Do ere that and with mputations of criminul over bis hasd, Ho wad also, at that ° sonduct hangiog member of tho Bscret Bervica under Elmer tme, & Washiburn, and §t 2 known that lie waa sppolated 10 hat llemu in direct oppoeition tho wiches » o Washburn and sguinst his remon- atrance. power which secured lim tho plece was thie indarsement of Simon Cameron, Benator from Penusylvanis, He romsined in_this 'poution only 8 short tlme, aud won discharged for making up falos coounts aud swearing to thoir trnth, Teet{mo- oy sufdent to subatantisto an indictment for perjus 18 now in tho hands of Lhe Becrot Scrvice oficials, an mag very likly bo waed uh o couvenent (o syulust alker, Another incident in Walker's lifn Iu that_he wan ar- reated and iudicted for robbery at Fort Wayne, Ind, |8 1a reaident of Honeadsle, Fa., which msy account for Cameron's interest in bim, ‘With this rocord it was 1ot o hiavo becn expoctod that the Chicago distillers would put suy very stroug lajth i Walker or n his papera, 8l in tha present Hate of affairs, they unquestionably EXAMINED AND PASSED UPON TUEM. ‘Thess documonts were submitted first to Mr. A, O, Hoaing, and were offered to him at what ho couniderud 1n exorbitant price considering tholr wortls, Mr, Hews g, with a degroo of curamon rense which miybs have Dbei ted from 8o old s businces man, duclined {o do with the papers, ani Walker then to » prominent sttorney who fs the canes of Chicsgo a mrrying on Lstillers, Tho lawycr looked the docuncnts over, nad g Toclined to bave anything o do with the ihen took them to the fluaucial backer of o ly paper £nd suggested 4o him that his paper mako tho docu- ments public, and thus Luipugn Mr, Wison's charsce tar and; indifectly, hia fitnesa for tho position ho olds, {usomuich s the Papers wera not taken ta tho proper »rgan of thio 1ting, thoy wora not purchased, and Mr, Waiker waa forced to depart (rom the city without having reslizod aayhiug for hit Uociients. ‘Whila this sttemipt showa i own character In its ro- Jation, yet it 1s proper to charscterizo as scoundrelly ihe conduct of Walker and his nsdstants who holpod hm to get ifl‘hl papers, and who abetted him in his sttempt to biacken Mr, Wilion's charaster, Yol it was R0 mare than was o have boen expectad from tho pro- vious eareer of tho ex-dotective, It % ot nown exsctly who the gariica wers who wers fostrumentnl in sending Walker hers with the papers, but it la supposed that they were parties who Liad & hand 1o tho safo-burglary wouspiracy, The geutloman connected with tho hows~ pipes above refsrred 1o wheu tho document wau shown him meerns to have telegraphod to Mr, Wils Walker ving him au ides of what was going on, aud the licitor prompily roplied by dirscting Col. Matthiows, Bapervisor of Tuterual Tieveaut, o tuke 1l pousiis meana FERLET OUT THE MEN, ' And, if possible, to bring tho charges Lefore the Grand Sury in order to baye them {nvestigated, But beforo 1his could be doze, Walker had loft the city, careying his precious documants with bim, 1n this connection it moy bo sald thet another and more extensivo sttack on the hoads of the Govomn- ment 18 being prepared {u a law offico {n this city, and ihat 1t will probably appear about tho tim that tws or ibree of tho distillers connccted with tho establish- ment last seized have been indloted, Tulé last ex- on of wrath fs intonded to strike even Ligher auy one proviously made. SAM FELKER. HE PLEADS NOT QUILTY, The statemont in o morning cotomporary yes- tesday that Sam M. Felker, of this city, had been to Washington ln the intorests of the Chi- cago whieky thieves, picking up information bere and thore against Bocretary Bristow, impli- eating bim in soma doubtful transactions, avd binting at a dissgrosment betweon the Recretary and President Grant, induced a TnInoNE reporter yosterday to ssk out the goutloman referred to. It was stated in the dispatch from Washington that Mr, Felker loft that city Saturdsy and would bo here yestorday morning, and thisap- pears to be the only past of tho dispatch upon which the soalof {ruth may be placed, The reporter found Mr. Felkor at his home, No. 25 Oaxley street, yostorday afternoon, aud, Mter acquainting lim with the object of hiy visit, obisined from him an emphatio denial of tho mizertions contained In the dlspatch, In sesponse to further inquirios, Ar, Felker ssids I'went to Washington purely ca business of wyown, aud I have & ln,'&\f:’:':"‘{{‘lox W!ffll:!!fl“, HESIXO, i ese mon here whatever in re. pird o (i ‘datiry Luainees o any liape, 3 u 3 e s woll-known fsot that hava been sod o mo for yoars. Whila in Wuumgt%{:pol callod lo seo the Becretary of {hie Troasury, but we bad 1no couversation concernivg whisky matters. Imay say that Ididn't sce a aingis ltician in Washington tospesk with hiin,—uot lV‘CB nator u‘um. 1 saw Eimer Waslibura there, and 1 understand be aad bis men are bere in conuection BII\‘:'HD counterfeitiug casva of Ben Boyd and Nelson n R—T! egation that yon went to Wushington snd Fropared ©f wmoral luferusl ¢! B aeuta Botics 10 frikes (ot oy e b0 go oif o, da L 1',—Eatirely 30, Inuever bad s word with Driat aboud these matiazy, L never offered :w :l':"lflll;rl‘; &: THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY JANUARY 11, IB7G whinky men here, snd T wouldnt help them 1f thoy wantd o to, Jt—Wonld you have any objections to atating tha natire of THE DUBINESD WUICH CALLED TOU TO WAKUING- TO8? Fu—Certunly not, 1 went thern tn see ex-Attorney- Getvarat Wilinine, who (8 rounse] for msof and (hrea or four otier gontlemen who are fnteroated in s land cane of somo magnitude, of which I liave bad the ruan- agomcnt, IL—Were any approachos ever mado to 5ou by the cy men horo? F.—They nover asked mo to do & thing for thein, and T novor recolved n slngle dollar from them, This whole Uhinyg I8 n fabrication from Leginming to and, and there 't a word of truth in it, not oun, [ have 10 pecuniary, political, or other interost in fMeving sud Hehiay atd"dontearo whother they aru convictud ot not. hi ~Tn thiore any Ialk In Washington In referrncato TROURLE BETWEEN URANT AND BIUSTOW ? Fat hesrd somo groeral talk to the eflost that Driatow wasloumlug up ss o pretty strong candidate for the Troaldency, bt 1 lieard nothing of kng troublo betwann Jite and Grant sbout whinky or auy other matters. Tu fact, 1 don't thinl tho whivky men have sanse enough to dot. They'tnn lot of desil thieves Suiyhiow, and they Lo right down and e slanghtored. Marcover, Grantand Dristow soem 1 ba very guod friendn, and T don't think thers could bn any trouble Detwyecn tiiem, Moro fhan that I dow't kmow, aud, tlicrefare, ean't a2y, You can express my seotiments a very fow words, sud thee arn these: 1 bavo no counection whatover with Jt-lim, Ueslng, of any of the whivky men, i any slape, form, or munnor, Moro than that the gentlanian'rouldn't say, sad tho Feporter put up his note-book and left, ———— AT THE CUSTOM.HOUSE, A CIOICE GATHERING, The Jong, narros, and uncomfortable corridora of the Custom-I{ouso were yesterday pretty well filled with tho choico spirits of tho Chicago whioky busineas, who sat around the halla and raoms in gorgoous profusion. What with G. @. Russell, 11 B. Miller, W. D. Cooper, Norman Hall, Elmer Washburn, Parker R. Mason, and Messrs. Eaton, Cuok, Brown, Beocher, Webster, Matthows, Drooks, Munm, Bpringer, Burke, Hoyne, Mattin, Bullivan, and 8o on, ali brauchos of tha industry in thin city wore prosout by dole- gato,and the business of moking aud consuming ail kindy wos thoroughly showa uo, Tha bueiness dono by Lhis crowd wan leisuroly in character, and cousisted mainly in eitting upan the railings aud conving over tho situa- tion. 'Llera didu't soom to be much consolation to thoso gentlemon who were yot in tho black- ness of doubt, and ths genoral idca was that thare was little or no lopo for tho future. The day beforo tho Lauging 1s not a particularly fes- tivo poriod for tho person who is to undergo that procoss, aad yeslerday waa bardly mors cheorful to somo of tho group named zbove, Of coursa tho predatory portion of the gaug wero indifferent ta nnytlung tut civars and nesws, and both woro notable for their abacnce. MESSEA. MILLER AND COOFER wero in pursuit of knowledge, nnd Sroposed to guido themeolyos in thewr future sction by the light of what tley could learn. It was Intended by theso gontlomon to boud out the Blackhawk Diatillery, provided they could abtain from the Toveuno ofticors sumo nasurance that tho placo wounld not bo again ssized for sotnething that had beforo beou dono, Without that ugsurance uoither would move in the matter, aud, ad the sssurance waad not obtaiucd, the bond was not offerad, Tho boud of tho Chicsgo Alcohol Worle, which Liad been acceptod and tilod,way yosterday the occasion of u litllo hitch. Capt. A, H. Brooks went out to tho works te bring down soma books, and rolicye the custodiang, whon tho officers of the cumpany camo out and brought Gen. Woustor's order to releass the proporty on certain conditivus, whicls woro ot coniplied with, und sccurdingly tha distillery was notgiven up. It iz, however, expocted that the Com- pauy will cater into possousion this moruing. I§ COUNCI. < A very antmated ancLlonpithy consultation was held youterday fn tho District Attorney's_ moat secrot office, ‘hcre wire cioseted Assistant Chief Hrooks aud tha couneel for tho (Jovernment preparing tor tho trials ta cowme on woons, Tho labar of golting matters in order fTor the cases {8 by no means » Ught one, snd, while therots an inimenes muns of testimony, i 1a'n ver diMcult job to get &t in shape for uso on tho atan ‘This maiter has latoly roceived conalderable attention, and the Govirntuent attornoya clalm to be abls to go into Court with ull their afTairs in cxcellent condition, TUR TRIALS, The date of ihin paper is the fatefui “Jan, 11," for which time the petit jury in tha United stales District Court wus eulled for tha trial of erumusl Ccauscs, 'This asasembly Las been called the * whisky Jury,” with no covert {nsinustion a to their habite, but with roferenca ouly to their busucsy, which was understood to be tho trial of the partien indicted by the Oclober Grand Jury, firnt, and thoso who muy Lo preacnted by the present Graud Jury, tccond, It Uoea not naw appear, Lowever, that the publlc dealro for sworn testimony againat whisky men will bo gratified to-day, Locauss it seerma from ali indicstions that sume othor criminal busiucss will be tuken care of ‘before the whisky men ero eallod on to pleal. It muat bo confessed, howaver, that: the exictatatus of the cunea is & difticult 1nattor to bo precisely ascertained, tnaswuch 28 the Govorumnent Law ofticery aru—or claim 1o bo—in a stato of thick darkuces onm tho mubject, Ono gentlemsn said yeuterdoy that he did not know whether tho whisky csces wauld bo taken up first or not; didn’t know whether the Gaugers would come “S Defore the diatiliers s dida't kuow what dixtiller woul e tried first; dido know whether any would bo tried tliln week or not,—and, (n_short, thin Tawyer wou in » Plichomenal atafe of fjmorance ‘s Lo thé whole mat- tes, the more romarkablo as belug manifesied ihouay beforo the trials, It could not Le claliued by the mowt ardent advocafe of Government secrocy that any hinrm could cania to tho adanistration of justire by allowing thia publio the information sought, and it g:urqullly 1o to say that tho geutleman asked didn't ow, Tt wassome time sgo agreed to take up dle_ caro of Jonathan Turuc, of Sagctown, Arst, but that Idea has b«m}a dropped, and Ar, Turner wi 0t in tho city ¥t terday, T \7ag cxpocted by the Gorernment oficors to tey soma of tho jall canes Lefore the whisky matters, and thnt arrangeient ia now in force, - Whether 1t will bo adbered to when the Jury comes in this worning can- 10t be told, 1t {s expocted that Judge lopkins, of Wisconsin, will bo present to-day, and that Lo wilt shortly com: ‘menco the trial of tho clvil casis ou the Diutrict Conrt calondar, It was expeeted that he would occupy Judge Blodgett's roum for that purposo, but it hias since beou srranged that he will it in the Clreuit Conrt-room when he t{t s & jury, This arrangemont will force the Gramd Jury up stairs into dho fourth story, where & room a bioen propared far them, THE TEXTIMONY TO BE ADDUCED agatnat tho nereons indicted in October for dealing tn the crooked differs from thot agaiust the later oflend- cra in being mostly documontary in chiatacter, The seizuren of May, August, snd Octobor were (excspt the Cochrano distillery and Hutchina rectifying bouse) Lased on compsrison of stampa and returus which ahowed duplicating and Indinribber stump business, This will of course delvact from the genersl intercat in thio trists, and there will hardly bo much dealre to hear {ho extracte from hooks, ntubs, aud_reparts com- pared snd prescated (o the jury, The real terest fu tho csses will oomio up whon tho witnesses, formerly in tho buslucss thenicolves, coma on the stand, Whrn Golson tella what e kiows abaut crooked buziness fn Qicago thu genuine exe atement will begine “Anathior feature of the teinl which will detract from thicir interest s the fuct that many of the accuned par- tics, and vapeclally thosn aigainst whom the ovidonco fu wery strong, will come into court and plead guilty fu 1ho hope of boiag letrently dealt with, That somo of {hem wili bo s treated futo o expectod, gl i THE GRAND JURY. TARING IT EASY. If tbe Grand Jury iad not adjourned over Baturdey considerabla work miglit have beou ac- complislicd, not only on that day, but yestorday 28 well. Tt is bocoming ovident that tho amount of inveatigation required to reach the bottom of tho whisky frauda in this city will be much groat- er than was at firat anticipatod. The namber of meu who nre candidates for tho witnesa stand increasen daily, and each day new rovolations of crookodness are devaloped by tho newspapors, until it scoms 88 if thera was abuolutely no end totho eubject. Nevortheloss, ia the faco of these ovor-growing revalations, tho Grand Jury proceeda im ita labors with a leisure that is moro unoxpeocted than commendablo, Baturday tho various members of tho jury dis- porsed to their respective homes iu tho rural Qlatricts, where thoy unanimously remafned until Mondsy morniug, spending the lutervening doy, no doubt, in godly conversation, and in lstening to tho discounses of theirlocal paators. 'he senult of this vacation wad that whon tho tour for roconvening in tbe Graod Jury room arrived not more than balf a dozen mombers wore in otteudance. Mosars. Dexter and Buike at iu thelr appearanco, but, discouraged at Lie lack of iuteross shown in the pro« ceodings by tho tardy jurors, rotired to tLie tnner apartmont of tue Districi-Atiorney' oftice, where thioy spant & large portion of the mornlug fn Sransachiag otlier busiue With tbu morning trains several otber jurors ar. rived 10 tho city, and, after partaking of &’ Lesrty re- past, repaired to the Customn-Howse, At abuut 1L ock enough were foend to be presont 1a con- stitute a quorum, whoreupon Blr, Lozter waa sum- moned, ani businesd sgeln proceodud, 1t was thought beat $0'devole thodsy to tha cousiderstion of 1auor offensca sgainst the law, thers being & humber of Casos of couuterfeliing oud pasaiug countorfeit woney which demanded the attentlon of tha' Jury, Tl first caso which tloy investiyated was that of & oung iokn kuown by the Daies af Edward Claucy, ohn Larkin, and J, £, flhn:{‘, though the tizet is wuj= od 10 be hix real naiuo, Thsevidence was Lo the ef- Foct that Glancy buuglt at one tmio $4 8t Warren, Jo Davius County,sad at (ko Agures 60 88 t0 mako thews Tead $4d. i was made out aud sent Lo Dr, Plarce, of Bu » furtber x:!:n 1t wasalloved that Clancy Lought a woney-oxdes Sur §2 a8 the Ualuua Posl-Oilice, and then altored the aum 1o resd $34, This order wan alto mado, Dagalls to Pisrca. The wituesses In 4hit czsn wero Arthur Tanning, Tostmuster st War Marbar, Azent fTayes, of tho Post-Offies Department, “Thin cass consumed tho rematuder of tio forenoon anil tha Jury ins At of enthusisam adjourned until 20clock, At Lst honr the caso of Mariin Slatemsn et oljed, This mai, who has_made on onenvisble Teputation an a * crook,” was srrested om th 12th o November for lug » counterfcit 15 iUl on the Na. tional Btk 0f e, i thin Stste, T s aaid to liavo parstd fots or {weivs of thers spurious nolos, Tho ovidence agalnat him was canvincing, ‘Ater thia caso was diaposnd of, that of & canple of nien fataed Hivers and Loo wes cailed ap. This waa n Dol counterfeiting caie, nd | ey | been heretofors published in Tue Tatsuxe, Rive tho ehicf | parier fu the gany, passod greatcr portion of Lis tine lat swmmier 1n mannfac- firiug th hasa colun of the above-mentioned drnaini Tation, Edward J, Lee, the working man of tha cou- corn, was Topt occupled at s lively rate In gotting rid of thin nickeln, 'Thixfio did in vatluun waya, BIE favor- ito mothol being o vido up and down, thdatrect-cae 3 Walter e and Special tnes, He woulil enscoticu blneelf comfortably st tho frout end of a es¥, and, when the psmengers pasaed up thelr fate, lio’ would exclinnge tha good G-cent plecos for those of hia own, depossting the latter 1n o box. Aftor heating the evidenco tn this core, the Grand Jary adjourncd for tuo day, Contrary to ezpactation, they falled 7 return suy {ndictmenta, In reas. sombling to-dny they will meet in the room on tue floor above, over the United Htates District Court, ik icides GOLSEN, MR TOYD 18 AFTER NDI The Chicago roprosentative of tho Now York Herald, iu » latter printed in that paper Satur- day, gave crodonco to a rumor that Golaon had implicated some Now York parties iu his dirclos aures beforo tho Grand Jury hore. Tho Zerald ol Sunday contains tho following fn connection with the subject ; o lutter u yeaterday's Herald from Chiesgo giving an account of tie latest teatimony addiiced befors the Graud Jury was tho subject of very general commont amon thoso intareatod i tho Wholésala liguor trads in New York and_rooklyn, 1f, au thoro utated, ruve- 1118 officers havo been sent on to {nveatigate implicated firmn here, the authoritios {n Now York profess to Xnow uothing of the fact. Whether, sa atated Ly the Gororument informer, Golsen, in Ohicago, thers ate Srmn n New York and Lirookiyn that havo profited by tho Wentern flliclt._whisky traffic or not, caunot be do- tormined until after snveatigation by thia Kevenue De- partment, Aeanwhilo Mr. 1oyd, one of the partners Gf the irin of F. O, Boyd & Co., takes an jutaresting statement in defenno of hin fira, nd_ cliarg with (mproper motises in accusing themi, iment in cantained in the foliowing intorview Toporter—3ir. Jioyd, you have daubtiea IHebaid the cliatges of the Govarnment lnformer, Gol- nen, In Chicago, that you bad purchased illicit whisky through Lim? 3z, Boyd~—These accusations sre ubterly falss, Tieporter—Will you atata how you happen to bo thas aocred? 3, Boyd—This man Golsen has mada the statement that hie had sn understanding with ¥, O, Buyd & Co., by which they agreod o buy s * érodked™ whidsy 2t 20 conts & mlion lots than market price, That s fulno. We nevor bought any whisky from him, 1o elates liero fn tho Jlerald tat he sent. us 850 barrels of Illieit bigbwines Isst spriuz, ‘That i faise, 1o #hlpried ts 10 biyhwinen whatover last spring, and wo Dad 1o transaction with him such & ho states st that {ime, and wo know of none of his * goods Laving beea puit on board of 4 traneport in the lartor” e mtates Fera tlat we have bouglit & yast desl of “crooked ” whisky, knowlug that it was * erooked," from other dealora'tn Bt, Louls, Chicago, and other ities, This i hot druo. . W bave had no transactions whatever in Bt Louls for tho past three years, Wa do not pur- cliass whisky st ull, our buslness bojug exclusively that of recoiving distilled spirita on comumismon, aud selling 1t for ucconnt of the ownora, It s aluo siated in th lelter In tha flerall that our firm and soveral otliers of noarly equal standing Bavo kept two cta of booke, one for the ruvenue oficers and ihe other for ther customers, Thia I8 not traa in our cane, na has orien_been proved through lhe Governmont offioery, who hiaye tnadu frequent oxaminations during the pasi year. Tho law renquircs that 8 transcript of the Goy- arnmont book required to bo kept by all wholeaalo Qealors, and in which_they ate obliged 4o maks ontries of flieir_dully recaipts and doliverics, shall Lo takuu once u monih by revenuo oflicors, Dy compurisun with the distiller’s books, any discrepancy would reade {ly Lo detecled, Tho ofiicers como wsually from tho 14t to th 10th of tha mouth, but thoy occaslonally ccme in at cthior Hues. It wonld bo ad fmpossibility 10 keepa wocand book of thfs sort without datection, ‘Raparter—Do you bellcve aty leading firms keop, aa statad, s doublo et of thess Looks? . d—No: becausa such an attompt would cor- tainly Lo detected. : Meportar—Can you explaln Golsen's reasons for mak- ing auch aesortions about ou? v, oyd—Golson was & member of the firm of Gol- sen & Eaatman in Chlcayo up ta last May, when Lio was saized for fraud on tho revenuc, Yo Lave Gone bisi- ness with the firm during tho past (wo yosre, wmalnly 1 wloobol, which wa Fecelved from thera’ on eonaigu- ment, and sold in (his market for their account, When o closed our butinesn with them fn_Juno, 1875, they owed us 5 balancs of $2,200, which they stated’ they trera unablo to poy in conscquence of the scizure of their property by the Government, Wo threatonad ta suo thom, and alo tried to get posscrsion of some Tiotea of theira Liold by & Chicago bank, but wera tn- abls to do 80, the bank roquiring sl tho property they heid to indenuify themselyss, Golgen learned of our application o thie Lunk from the Cashier, snd was Vety angry at wht he was ploased ta cobsider 3n attack upois his crodit, and safd ho vould have bis re- venge, ; ‘Naw for another resscn, During tho past ten_years my business hau bren with tho West largely, 1hisvo reccdvod from 1ilinols snd Oblo from 60,000 to 75,000 burrels of diatilied ts every year, Yor tho past {hreo years our brsiucss has been very much {nter~ fered with by fllieit whisky, - This was s well kuown 10 the §ilicit distillera ss to myeeif, sud they naturally wuspected that I Lad somothing to do with the etforta that were being made to bresk up ihe contraband trade, 1lere fu s lotter signed by tnis samo Wililam Uolsen, written in the spring of 1574 to s desler in this city (Howlng the writer tho lottor signcd Willisn Gol- Son), in which he directly charges me with baving re- ported him {0 tho Treaxary Department at Wanutog. fon a8 dealing in filicit spicita, in conrequency of whiiels, o adda, the Dopartinent liad ordared aa inves- tigation of his hooks, Golven waa in error. 1 did not roport bim § others did, and the consequenco waa that lis books were exawninsd and fonnd not corroot, as ks clained they would bo, but wholly fncorract, and the result of the invosti jon waa the selzure of Lis eatab. Ushinent ia the spring of 1815, Afier the selzure ho wrole another letter, which I have secz, 1o which ho atates that he bad posiiive information that I was tho caiian of this sclzuro, and that ho vas bound to hinve Dis rovengu Lofore ha diod. ence his statements about me and his eviaence boforo thy Graud Jury, ‘Wo hava telegraphiod to-day to the District-Atiornoy at Obicaro sakiug that s revenus otiicer be sent here to investigate Golsun's alleged tranaactions with ns, and ‘we aro ready 10 plice onr books and _clerka at his dis. posal, Buch an investigation will ahow tlat Golsen's usnortioun are utterly false,and that all pur tyansations ‘with his firm have been in striot sccord with the law, In conchuion, I may tell you that I enlirely sgrod with the generai ovinion expressed of bl in the Chi- cago paperv, They say ha i * & groat liar, & conanm- ‘mate rascal, and » pHant Lol of the Ring.” Tepotter—1In your optnloz, Mr, Boyd, bas any con- aldarablo quontlty of iliiclt whisky como on to New Lori and Tirookiza from (ha Wesh a8 ataod " s tter? 3ir. Boyd—T'vo no doubt s good deal of illelt whisky came on e, but (o auch 8 way ua o placo it bayonit the power of ibe Governmnent to selra i, for it bore atl the atampa and brands required by Lo law, Toporter—How could this hiave occurred? Mr. loyd—It could only have oocnrred by collusion with the Government officors at thu distillories out West, Tuin has bocn shown in the recent trials In 8t, Louis. ‘Tho brauds and slamp sre tis ouly orideuces we livo thut whiaky Lasgald tho tax. 1f the interviowod purty, tr, Boyd, really means to moke tha assertion that it 1a Lmposaible for & roctifier toReop Lwo ol af books, o 1 400 innocent for thls yporid.” 1t bas bacn dans slght slon by & nieago run, A ‘Tminume roporter called at Mr, Goleen's house Iast evouing to sak Lim as o the truth of thu stato- ‘menls above givon &8 10 bis businese tranasctions with the house of ¥,0, 13oyd & Co.; but the gentienian sought “uot In,” and & fomale’ who angwered tha ell anid (list bio s out of town, aud she did not know When he woald return. - 1f the Ring-orgau should biap- pen (o como scross that fact ite subscribers will ba t ed this morniug to s sstounding sceuunt of how (lolaen has abmoonded ; or, better siill, how hLe has ‘besn * murdered Ly the Whisky Hing” ‘fue truth of tho matier probably was that Uolwon waa in tho house whiom tho roportor callod, but that e didn% care to be aoen, s MISCELLANEOUS, RBLMEI WABLULUUN, Chlof of the Becret Horvico, srrived in theclty yeatorday,and will romain {n tho West for soveral woeks, making bis headquartors at Chicago. Mr. \Vashburp, although Lie mads the first mei1zurca in Chicago—those of Many last—does not appear to bo hors st this time In comnoe- tion with whisky matters, although ho may bave some_ testimony 1o otfer in relation o tho solz~ ures made by bis men, He wasat the Custoro-House yeatenday, but bis speclal attoution was directed to the connterfelting eases, which Lave assumod importaut proportions during {he last fuw months, uotably thoss of lien Boyd aud Nelson Drigge, USUBPING AUTHORITY. An fugenious, Lut 0ok very highly-principted, fndi- vidual, who secks devious Ways to sccumulats wealth, Daa been of late taking upon himedf the mantle of authority and going abomt in the city u the guive of & zevenua officer, Haturdey tha perton In quastion culed at Whs clgas maulsctory of rank 8tyz, No, 1189 Weutworih avenue, snd rejro- Wented that’ ho was s Rovenus Doputy, und that hi name was Walter ticott, Inthe capacity of the ofice he bad ssaumed be collected $4.25 from Btyx, sud piassd on fo mew elds. Tos nitie 1w calicon Jo s { %, snother cigar-maker, id the samu story, ng the name of Iartman, e ssemed I both c to ba well m\uu\ud with tha minutia of the oiic :“l‘l’.m‘d’ clalmed to kuow all tho Daputies vory o A COMPROMISE. TovusviLLe, Ky., Jan, 10.—Commlssioner Pratt has tccepted §1,000 from Murman & Lxner, whisky duslars Liors, {a cowpromiss fu the cass of (he Uslted Blates against said"rin for allegod viuation of the ravenus lawa saverul moutha sgo, and {ho stil . T Lannha byoy and 1A stills, sl that ware ELSEWIHERE, THE SPRINGFIELD CRAND JURY. NO WILAKY YESTERDAY. Svectat Dirpateh to The Chicago Tribuns, SpennoyigLy, 1., Jan, 10.—Murry's counter- foit case occupied the attentlon of the Grand Jury sxclouively to-dsy. Iis offense s using countorfeit mamoy a8 a dotective, and ho wiil bo indicted thorefor. TODEYAX, & Bt Louls rectifying distiller, don't want to cone to Sprioglisfl and toll the Grand Jury what bo koows, #o ari attachment was to-dsy iasaed for him, and bo will bo compsilad to tell who profted by his crooked Tunuing (ke Labanon Distil lery, e 1o eredited with boing tho man who divided the spotls, sud who knows oractly how much ifunn, Steplanl, Kuho, and the rest of tho officials, small and great, gol, end whetber ¢ shars of tho plunder, asd, it sut:ject to Indictment In thin district for bis oj.frations, and it w1l be bealtuy for Lim to break tae Londs whbich, it fa thought, the’ 8L, Iouis Ring Vound him with to prevent his aquealing, Ther 1o ather tiew developments to-day. ikl iint kg INDIANAPOLIS. M'onIFT. Swecial Dispateh to The Chicago Triduns, Ixpraxarots, Inl,, Jan. 10,—Tue trial of Al- frod M. McGriff, an ex-Gauger, for complicity in the revenuo franda perpotrated by the Binghsm Brothers, wns beguu in the United States Court to-dav, Judge Gresham prosiding. Tlere waa nothing dono furthor than impaneliog s jury and hoaring tho statements of connsel for the pronecution snd defenso. The defendant l¢ aa old realdent of Yennuille, bighly respocted. and for five orsix sears City Cletk o mas appolitod o day in 1879, auarorvod ta Say, 1335, Hiuce then he benn nfanager of Millar irothors! dry-goocs enacllal mout, —— BINGHAM. HIS APPEAL TO Ti¥ LAST TRIBCNAL. Evaxsvirrre, Iod, Jan, 10.—Gordon Byroa Biogham, of tho Bingham Drothers, who wero #0 hoavily smplicated in. tho operationa of the Whiskey Iing In thia city, dled at his residence at DPatoka this afterucon at G o'clock. Iia death wan caused by apoploxy, supsrinduced by sxtrome norvous deprossion. lie lingerod, ancouscions, from 4 o'clook a. m, till his desth. Ho was to liave appeared at Indianapolia to- morrow aa a witness for the prosecution, aud he acemod ¢o fear that it would causo his immedi~ ate sentonco. [e was avidently {naane the day praceding his death. . " ——— MILWAUKEE, MOLLLER. Spactat Dianalch to The Chicage Tribune, Mirwavker, Jan, 10.—The Grand Jury did not it to-day, but will resuma to-morrow. It is not true, ns stated in the Zincs to-day, that tho es- caped ex-Gaugor, Moollor, had entored into ne- gotiationa with Prosecutiug-Attorney McKinnoy torsturn. Mr. McKinuoy haa uegotintad with 5o fugitivo from justico {o return, 1t was generlly undorstood by Moolleds (ricuds that, if MciCiuney would nab prosecute, Moelier would come hsck. A groat deal of ovidenca Ia resdy for the Grand Jary, SPEAKER HAINES, Journey of the Parlimmentarinn to springficlt in KParsuit of n Guber- natorinl Ignis Fatuus. Speetat Inapateh to The Chicago Tribunas, BrmNarseL, 1, Jan. 10.—The Governor's and the Becretary of State's offices wore to-day moved to tho now Capitol. Hpeaker Iisines, of Lako, arrived hore to sssume tho Gubornator- 1al chair this morning, and wont over to the uew Btate-Houso, but tho Govornor's oftice was locked for the moument, and, after bLosleging tho samo uwhils, he' learoed from _the colored porter, who _ was busy dusting tho office, that Gov. Glenn was o tho State sod within call, The Bpeakor in vory much wconsed at Tux TBIBUNE corre- apondent for not duspatching thut Gleon's ab- senco from tho State was only & two-hours' visit to ft. Louis, aod ihus enving ® tnp from Chicago, Speakor ITaines’ vitit 1w tho oceaston of much comument hiero, bat it is not belioved that bo will 1ssuo o proclama- tion coaveming an oxtra geeston of his Legisla- ture. INDIAN ATFYAILRS, MINNESOTA, Special Dispateh to The Chicaso Tridune, gr. Pavr, Jion., Jan. 10.—Runncrs from Standing Rock Agoncy have gono to a hoatilo camp of Bioux on Yellowstone to notify Bitting DBull that, unless bimuolf and bravea soon come into tho Agoncy, o military forco will tako tho field against thom. Eight Pombins Chippe-~ was, nccompanied by Brothor Gonzaguo of tho Catholic Miesion at Whito arth, loft hero last avoming for Washington, to negotiato tho sslc of that patt of Pembina resorvation whioh is in Dakota. UGouzaguo oxpocts to be joined at Washington by o delegation of other Chippewns bringiog compiaints against Agent Staino of iu- equality in dietributing auunitios at Winto Earth. il 15 nleo suthorized to negotiste for tho mlo of tho Milo Lac and Jissisaippi River Roscrvations, and the removal of the bande occupying them $o White Earth. The compinints against Agoot Staine appear to have arizinated in quarrels resulting from Cathollca sstablishing & mission ot Whito Barth, which reservation was sssigned to ths Eplacopalisns, 1In tho general division of tho Indisos among the dimaront churchos, Gouzaguo claima, however, that Iipiscopal and pagan Indians unite with the Catholica in naking Staine's removal, ——r THE WEATHER. Wasmxarox, D, C., Jan, 11—1fa, m.—For the Now Eugland and 3iddlo Statos and BSouth At- lantic Biates, olear or fair woather and lawor temperatire than on Jonday, with brisk nosth- erly to westerly winds and risiog baromoter. For ‘lennosses and tha Obio Valloy, Upper- Laker? egion, Upper Mississippt and Lowor i souri v:fieyw. contiuusd cold and cloar or [air woathor, southorly to westerly windu, high but folling baromotor, and siowly risiug tamnporature Quring the day. Spectny Disvateh 1o The Chicage Tridune. Drxo¥, IlL.,, Jun. 10.—The weatior has turned cotd nad Rock River is covered with solid ice, tho fourth time tius wintor, Specias Divateh In The Chicaao Tribune, NasuviLte, Teon., Jan, 10,.—Albeavy storm pra- vailod in Wilson County last nizht, unrooling barns and outhouses, and biowlog down trecs and fonces. LOCAL OTSERVATIONN, Uuoado, Jen, 10. GENHUAL OLSKBYATIUNS, Citrzago, Jan, 10, Rain) Waeailier, Statlon, [Uar, [Thr Wind 50,3 16 V., gentle.. 1 0| 8’8, B hmk.l..... 9)W., gentla,. .| (e Marqusite., Omaha.....[30.3; Pombina...|30.16 18[8. W, |— 318, E., bes e BAD FOR SALOON-KEEPERS. wefal Disate to Tha CAscugo Triduns, INDIANL oL, Jati, 10.—TLe Supreme Court lald that, undar the law of 1874, 8 person beat, fujured, otcn, by & druuken mau, hes's dgnt of octlon snd can Socaver "againit the persous who sold the Mguor 40 the perscn whio committed thy tujury, ——— Now=York Stato Tax Burdens. Rirdoklyn Unton, The Comptroller's report to the Leglalatiro shows that tha peopla of the Htato of New Yark Lave borne a taxation for all purposes—ftate, county, city, town, and school taxes—in the ag- rogate, for ten vears past, of 2503,214,629.24. fi‘be total for 1875 was 350,926,470.63, The tol for 1806 wax $40,568,214.69. ‘Ibe correspouds total for tho yoar 1300 was ¥18,958,024.60, the ten years roceived of the people’s tmoney €182 14 In t past tho Hiato Treasury hes 57,048.44. Phio Btate's tinancos have iu that time boen ko mauaged that & State debt of $51,535,081 in 1865 is now reduced to #14,747,802. But municipal finauces bave in tho sxme timo boen 80 mansgod tuat local dobty, which in 1866 barely exceoded 275,000,000, bave now come to cxcoed $2 0, ‘Tho revenues of tho Unlted Btates In the year 1875, from customs avd iuteinal sevenue, wore $155,815,639.39, fiold. and Qlltm.?fl&.ld. cur- Toncy, or, the gold boiug converted iuto ourrency st so aversge of 114 for gold, nu sggrekate of 2292,496,512.68, currenoy, The proportion of this taz ultimately borno by the paople of the Hiate of Now York, fairly catimsied as one- eighth of the whoto, would be 237,312,004, In tho sama year (1875) tho Biato tax was §14.205,- 680 ; and the wunicipal and athee local taxes the Siate sggrogated 342,716,630, The total burden of isxes—Fedol Biate, snd looal— boroe by the peopla of thie Btate of New york in 1475 was therefore not less than $94,338,43L or wore than §20 pas ead of qur population. STATE AFFAIRS. Inauguration of the New Stato Government at Colum- bus, O, Inaugural Message of Gov. Hayesee- Muanicipal Dobt and Taxation. Latest Phase of the Senatorial Contest - in Towa, An Exciting Fight for the Speakership of the Wisconsln Assembly. OHI0. ©OF. WAYEA' INAUGURAT. Cortxnus, O., Jaa, 10.—The inaugurstion of R. B, Hayes as Governor occurred to-day in the State Capitol, fu the presouce of & vaet crowd of mpectators from all parts of Ohlo. Military com- pauies wero present from Cleveland, Springfold, and Columbus, and brass banda from a number of points. The strect-procession was a very at. tractive one. At 2 p. m., the Governor and Lisutanant-Governor, sccompauied by the Gov- emor and Licutenant-Governor oloct, accom- pauied br lagislotive committees, appeared in the rotunda of tho Htete-Houss, whero both branchiea of the General Aawambly, Btate oflicers, and citizens, had ssserabled, ~ Aftor prayer, Gov, Allen, witiout auy formal speech, present- ed Gen, Hayen to the sudieuce, who thou took tho oath aud delivered his INAUGUIAL ADDRESS, of which the following is a very full abatract: The Governor called tho stiention of the Goneral Assombiy to the large increase of local taxation and indebteduoss. found rosinly in citles sod large towns. 1o remarked that this I8 cortainty grest evil. Ifow to govern cules well, cousistoutly with the principies aud wethods of popular governmont, lu cve of tho mast im- ortant and difficuls probloms of our tuae, 'rofligate cxpenditures e the fruitful canse of muulicipal iniagoveromunt. If meaus can found which will keop munlcipal expenses from largely excecding puablic nocensitiey, te adoption will o far toward socuring honesty and eticien- cv in city afairs. In cition lurge debts sud bad govornments go togatber. The Governor called attention to tho state- ment,” the salient pomnts in which are that fu four years the rata of municipal tazation bse in- creased almost 25 percent, ‘Thototal amount of municipal taxes hns mcroascd over 37 per cout, and municipal indebtodneas has increased about 190 per cont, of more than #13.500,000. in view of thesa flgures, the Governor declares that Lo does not think that experience justitics the ex- poctation that an adequate remieds for theeo ovila is found in tho lawa s they exist, Ile thinks that on tho subjoct of local indchiedners the General Assombly should apply tho pin. ciples of tha State Coustitution on tho subject of Btate ndébtedness. On this eubject heo Asya 1t s not enough to require in every graud of special authority to incur debt 28 a coudition precedent that the people interosted alisli ap- prove It, by their votca. Itis well known how casy auch oloctions are carried under thein- fucuce of local excitemont and local tivalries, If tho rulo of tho Btate Constitution, which fur- bids all debts except in specified omeryencics, is doomed tao strinzent to be applied to local affairs, the Legislature sbould st least oc- company tho suthority to cootract o dobt with an imperative requiremont that a tax suflicient to pay oif the tndobtedness iu briel ehall be im- medintely lovied, and thua compel every citizen who votestpioeressodebtato vota atthe same Lin.o for an immodiata iucrease of taxes sutlicient to discharge thenr, The wisdom of the policy long emnce adopted by piacing b judicious limitation on the power of munjcipal authorities to levy taxes, has been windicated by experiovce. It must, bowever, ultimately tail'to sccotaplizh ita ooject, if incroase of municipat indobteduess I allowed to go on, To authorize & town to con- tract a debt wharo the exponditures already re- quito s taxation up to the limit sllawed by law, {s, In its nocossary effect, tantamount to #o 6p- posl of tho limitation. Au important part of our constitutional pro- vistons which have boen 0 nuccessful 1 Stute finsuces in the section which requirca tho crea- tion of a gipking fund and snnual payment of n constantly incressing Bum on the puncipal of the Btato debt. Let a requirzment aualogous 1o this be onacted in regard to existing lucal in- debtedness. Let a judicions limiration of tiso rate of taxation which tha local authorities may lovy be strictly adbored to, and allow no forther Indebtedneas to be contracted, ex- cept in conformity with theswo priuciples, and wo.may, I belleve, confldently expect that within & few years tie burdens of debt now resting ou tho citieas and wwns of tho Stato will disappoar, and that ather wholesome and mtch ueeded reforms in the whole sdministration of our municipsl government will of neceseity fol- low the adoption of srhat may ba called tho cash system in Jocal affairs. Tho Goveroor rocommends proper caro and support of Lho Siate penal and beneve- lens 1ostitutions, the croation of s State Board of Chorities, and an investigation to dotormino whother thote aro not some Biato oflices that can without detriment be abolished. Ho aleo reccommonds concurrence in what Gos. Allen suggested relative to the Centennial aid and o short Beasion of the Ganers! Assembly. Members of the Cencral Assembly then pro- ceeded to the Bonato Chamber, whiers tho oath of ofice was administered to Liout.-Gov.-olect Young. After tha cercmonies, Gov. Haves Liold o publis roception in tha Executive Chsamber, wlnch wap largely attended. — WISCONSIN, NIP AND TUCK. &peciat Dieyateh 1o Pue Chicage Trilune, AlapisoN, Wiw., Jan. 10.—A considorablenum- bor of metnbers of ths Logislatare arnved here this aftersoon and evening, and canvassing i8 actlvoly golng op, without ss yet doveloping much new in addition to Baturdsy's lester, Tho Assembly gitustion is mado intarcating by the fact that one momber on s side is sick, sod that it 1 donbtfut if thoy ean bo hore—II. H. Hoyt, of Richland, a Repoblican, huving hoart diseate, and Frod Robinson, of Keaosha, Lavinyg eryeip- olas. Both are determsaud to Le here, if posal- blo. Curtls, of Jofferson, & Wepublican, has beon very ili of erysipoias, but ls here, thogh bis physiclan savs Dha ought not to be. Carbis, an Independent, of Ozankeo, fs liere and bas caat in his lot with tho Repubtle- ans, which gives thom fifty in tho full House, Fiok, an Indepondout, of Milwaukuo, in etill playing o Jone band, but is contidoutly oxpected 10 act with the Republicans, to whom ho owen his eloction. The Democrats wre Lopotul, sud several of thoss diswntorostod patriots awoll the ranke of placo-sockers, For Chbiel Clerk of tho Benate A. J. Turnor of tho Portage Register appeans to be he favorite, and Dennott's friends aro talking of & comprowiso, Thero is consid erablo opposition to ‘T I Reid fur Sergoant-u Arms, aud talk of sx-Scnator Scatt. If bo should ut in &0 APpPearauco to-morrow morniug and go u, ho might not unhkely win, E. . Garduer, of Slonroo, will probably be Postizsstor of tho denata, THR REPUBLICANE CONFIDENT. Spectad Dispateh lo The Chicuoo I'ribdune. Aanrsoy, Wis., Jan. 10.—1. p. m—Later devolopments this eveniug leave uo doubt that tho Republicana will orgauize the Assembly snd make it slmost cortaln that Futleld will be no; nated Speakor with hardly any opposition. The Democrats aro likoly to unite o William Charl- ton, of this city, Strong will ba_renomivated Clerk. For Bergoant-at-Arms, Brackeit, of Grant, who bold the place lagt winter, Miles Durnham, of Dodge, aud Osgood, of Hock, are leaaing candidates, with the chauces in favor of Burpham. —_—— MISSISSIPPL DILLY AND BXSOLUTIONS, Meuruts, Tenn,, Jan., 10.—Tho Appeal's Jack- son, Alise,, special says the Houwo apent the day in discusaing & rosolution expunging from the yocord reeolution tndorsing Phil Bhoridan, passed ADEI lhe.’hn wession, which was finally adopted by to 7, The Senate passed a bill practically abolishing the ollice of Cummiasioner of Linlgration, byout- ting dowo the sslary from €3.000 to 8100, snd withholding all appropriations. Alsa, ' bills abolishing the ofics of Couoty Attorueye, re- pealiug tho act kuown aa the Ustiin Gun Militia bill, probibitivg veymeut to oticial priotor for publishing daliy procesdings, and suspending all public work {a bis hands. — 1OWA. TUMPOUABY OBOANIZATION, Spuctal Dupatch o The Chicaso Tridurie, Des Moryes, Is., Jan, 10.—Both Houuea met st 9p. m, and, after temporary organization, adjonrned to to-morrow morning. RYPUDLICAN SENATORIAL CAUCUE. The Repablican Bonstors held m cauncus to nomluste ofticers and selectod for Becrotary J. A F, Hull, of Davis« Firot Assistant-Becretary, A. McCargar, of Worth acond Assislant oo~ retary, I, B. Bainl, of }Muscalina; Enrolling Clerk, Aha pit l‘I‘Idu l}llolli‘n,!?f g!uchlnu; Ea- grossing Clor s Hattio Rayl niner. The wound in {n the al o A HOURE REPURLICAK CA fair wan the_reault of & dinwggl-nogmtn;:e:‘n The Republicans of tho 1louso this evening | game of cards played somo time proviots. :\afifl{m}g Joln\-n‘_llhour Io; t}ly}ulm'rl °nkm?32fl ’}Ipmrf- made hin eseape, but parties ara In hot batlot ; Jamna W. Logan, of Hlack liaw of 5 bt e Vo Brsbarg Ftt Aesistugy | Pireults. HHo canaok loug slude iem, THE BULLLON YIELD, Clerk ; J. J. Flinn, of Datlan, Secund Aesistant Glark; M=, Laura A. Terry, 'of Story. Enrolllng Statement of Wells, Pargo & Co. Expross.' Clerk : Minas Lucy D. . of Mutcatine, Ln- grossing Clork, These nomiontions will be rati- Ban Franeisca Buletin, Dee, 31, 1t ia unfortunata that tho moasures for aacer~ tied to-morrow. THE BEXATORIAL CONTGAT waxen Biot, Kirkwoud's friends claim his nomi- faining tho amount of gold and silver produced in tho United Btaies are not more perfoct. Thetn 18 & Mining Dureau, and an officor dotailed hy tho natton oo tho fivst ballot, with 79 votes. Ilelk onp's frionds take a1l bots on Kirkwood at signt, Government to superintond the gatherfug of #tatistics, It is notorlons, however, that tha curred Inn naloon in which Gacrgs Xeppert, » butcher, stabbed and b Is thonght fatally injured Chatloa Winegarn Ld. youog ceals Itis claimed that the nomination of Gesr for Speaker is a gain for Marlen. Delknap stock veut up paveral votoa to-day, Lutno candidato Lisa n majority yot. el figuren aro in some cascs approximate guasees, KANSAS, rathinr fhan sccura ‘ SR il ol o o accurats returns, Evidenco of this npnrent fu tha compilations from different dunrces. 1'rof, Raymond and Dirsctor Linder- man, both Governmont oflicors, diffor matonatly in tho dotalls of thoir statenents of bullico pro- duction for 1574, whila the compilation of Jobn J. Valentine, Buparintendent of the Builion De- pariment of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Exzpres shiows still furtbor variaticss. The last-nsme: geutleman han mado up an snnaal etstemeut of tho bullion handled by the express company for & nuwbar of yems, which i3 gonerally regarded a8 approximately correct, sbongh of course thers are preat daogers of duplications of relurns from tho various sub-sgants. The grosas smouut roported for the yeur compares as follows with Drevioun yesrs: Bullion product for 18 Bulllon product for i Bullion product for 183 ‘Tha increaeo is probably corroct, aud will be sull largor noxt year, Following s tue report of Ar, Velentine, which reachied, 1.4 at too late s Lour for pmtlication yenurday : Wa inclos you berewlth 8 copy of our anunal states ment of precious wetals produced fu the States aad Tarrritoriea west of tho Missourt Hiver, ncluding Dritish_Columbla aud the wust coaat of Mexico, duze Iug 1535, wliieh rliawa at nggregate of 380,584,037, i an excesa of $4,083,982 Gver 1874, the groatcat pre viuas sunual yield u tho history of the couat, Nes yats, Colorado, Metico, Orrgon, British Calimbls, Sontana, aud Atizons increased) while Californin, Idsho, Utali, aad Washitigtou decréaded. Tho fucreusa is ctual, cxcept fur Mesico, Oregon, sud Arizons, Sueeial Iizmteh to The Chicaqo Trisune. Torcka. Kn,, Jan, 10.—The contest for Bneaker of the House 18 growing very heated. No party caucuses will be held, and the racs 18 free to sll, , with balf a dozen or more candidates. Attempta are being made to concentratn oastern members on Hankell, of Lewrence, and the swestern mem- bors un Lakridge, of Emporin. Cook, of Wan- dotte, haa considerabie strength, ana his friends aro wanguine of eaccess. All the candidates are in trutning for Cuugress noxt summer, and this fact makes tho fght a very vigorous ooe, Thes Legslature mocts at noon ta-morrow, and the Governor's meeeage witl ba sent in Wednerday, ‘Ihe most [mportant matter likely too ba leglu- Inted t1ipon thi wintar ars appotiioument, the Haord law, and railroad transportation. oSt iy INDIANA. THE BOUTHERN HTATE VRIZON. Spertal Dirate to The Chicuso Tribune, INDUNAYOLLY, Jan, 1)—Guv, Hendricks received & Qfepate to.day from A. J, Howard, Warden of the Bouthern Prison, staflng that the Southwestera Car Company, of Jeersonville, had falled, sud Le had atopped the oxccution of tha contract by which 400 convicts were employed AL &) centa & day for each man, The Company awes tho State about £57.0X) on the cote {ract, which hus been in force for a number of yoars, e where o g arent rather iy reel aa ompared wit £ yests, a eglst product keingt accounted for T”}S;I.\NR' S and_reported herein, ithierto omilited. Tha decressn in California was i thio main occazloned by » atinted supply of seater for placer und hyaraulic mining, Tha increate in_Colorado and Nevady in notable, alen tus fact that Nevadu jielde mors than haf of tue whols product of the country, Professor K, W. Haymond crediu New Mezico (indiied fuour statement) and ued withi $47,09, whic 1a 8 lbcral al- . e Liave been Unable 1o obiain any dats ustifien Rhowiug 8 favorable, Uresent proapurts indicate an sggregute Msid of £40,000,000 for 1875, of which Nevada will dusiitless produce 50,000,000, Statment af the aimaunt uf yeewous welals vroduced in the States and erriorier weat of the Mwsours Jiseer Barr Loke, Utah, Jao, 10, islatuco met at Helous, Mont., Jaa. 3. Theprio- cipsl queetion of interest belore them iy giving bonds for railroads. Meprosentatives of tho Nortnern Pacific and Utah Norihiern Rosds are there urging tho claime of their roapective ronds, TTAIL Tha Utsh Legislature it in the City-Hall at Salt Lalko to-dav ani notitiad the (iovernor of its orgavization, Ilis measuge will o delivered to tlem to-merraw, cRriMt. EIGHT PROSPECTIVE EXECUTIONS. Syl Daznatch to The Chicago Tribune, 8r. Louts, Mo., Jan. 10.~The centennial year in Miesouri will doubtlesa go dawn in bistory as tho groat Langing year. Lizlt doomed calprits are LOw patientiy awaiting the bougman's rope, with a number of counties to hoar from. Will- fam Yoster will, on next Friday, st Warrens- burg. Mo, pay the nenalty fur the ntrozious murder of kis wife, By an sflirming decision of tha Br- reme Conrt, rendered to-lay, the threa Italinn,; Cattalamo, Domanin, and Lombardo, who aszassinated in ¢ald blood their compauion, o208 . ssai Ixg £ N0RIOE DS janl PivD (g 1388041100 23610 LROlAL pUT i Q0D ono Pulermio, on tho lith of March lact fu tbis city, vwill Lo lauged om tho dih i protimo. llenry Ieako will bo execulud e R, for wife-murder at Troy, Mo. Jau. 28, Oune Waters was to have accomjanied him to the Styzian shoro trow tie same scsold, but tho Bupreme Court granted lum s new trial, and ho 15 to have another show for his Lfe. Old man Morgan, who stabbed and killed his wife on the public streats over 8 year aco, aud who lias been under vonviction for murder in tho tirst degree for several mouths, bias not yet been wontenced. 11s phseical hoalth hus been” extromely critical, sod the officers of the Iaw bave beon merciful nuspending tho tragic fate that awaits hiw, ho; ing that nature would interposs and cheat the baugwan of bis foo. THC BLAIR ABDUCTION, Speelal Drovatch tr The Chicara Tridune. SerixarieLp, Jan, 10,—Klke following leiter wos received as tho Executivo Onice to-day in rolation to tho abduction of Joho iL. Illair from Lincoln, Neb,, by Detectivo sull, of Chicag DEPANTMENT 05 STATI, WASHINGTON, Jan, 0, 1670, w10 His Exeellen g, Jokin wive, Govsrnor, ‘ete, —Sm: 1 bave tue houor to srknowledge thie receipt of your letter uf the 223 ult, fu Tegard to the ulleged sbduction of ono Jobn i, Bialr, agalnat wwhom ao fu. dictmeut for perjury I now pauding fn tie State ot ] £q nojng s pU 93 ™y | 2eo'cen'erd BUSINESS NOTICES, ‘Testimonine from wellaktown los esl dewivte fn due family grocéries, who, for a long e, bare rold Burneit's staudard flavoring extracts © “ We buve sold Burnett's slavariuge for yea sell themn exclusive, The vers Leat In the country.*—Stan~ nL--an them for years, always good."—Cadss, jarx & Co. 1 bavn wid Burcett's cooking cstracts upward of Ave years.* Alwaya found them, st:ndard end reli= atrick thlleapse, ‘ ve have rold tuem for loug timna, Always 8nd | { 1 acued fiTvis thu Leat_nud eheapest § Iretand & Co. Tilinoi aud for whorw daiivers tothe Justico of thy | State » requltdiion wan raado by you on tho Guveruer of Nebrusks, by & perversion of which, it is wileged hat Le wak foreibly cundicted {0 England, and, {n reply 1o fnform you that Uen, Scheutk, the Milfuter of the Upited Slates at London, had boen Justructsd (o Suveitigate the case, aud, should it appear tLat the requisition referred to made’ by you was fu fuct sad mercly Lo obtain puesestlon of the hor- non of Wlair, aud he was clearly abducted . involuntari- Iy, 10 briuz the case {0 thw nolice of the British Gov- éroment, with the requoat that be Lo tmediately lib- crated and rvstored to this countrs. and proper dwis La taten both to tndomuify him and puntsl. ihe vio- Iators uf his personal righis, | uave tba houor to be, 11, your abedient 1AwsLTON Fioht, n piire aud rellube. i Tive years’ conlunt Fule far muperir to nll others,"— 1. * Have suld Burneit's extracts dluce sl § supertor flavors § standard in quality aud quantity.—Bushnet de * Haviog s olil them for thio past eight years, enn rece ol':u'n'flul tLer a4 being the best in the market,"—£L H. Stuldard, + Give tho beat of satlsfaction tn our trade, Can rece ?!Ill{llv ud ua betuy the Lnewt in tho warket,"—Seba & il Recomniendatory not -ee might be much extended, Uut it {4 needless, va Lut une theme is the burdes of them all, Durneit’s staudard favoriug extracis are ured by the leadiug holols and_coutectiuners through- out tho United States and the British Proviuces, They ara used and highly recommended by the Graud Pacifa Hotel, Tremont House, Shermun (louse, Falmer House, nnd other Brei-class liotein in Chicazo, and-are 2011 by fArst-class grucers and drugkists overywhere. Chicago wholeaste dealers : . Franklin MaoVeaxh & Co., &, I', Sladilin & Co,, Wel A Plerce, Yan Siebaack, Btevenson & Reld, lor, Hurituy & Tolman & Kiug Cor) Burubam & Sou, sud othars, A DAVENPORT ROW, spemal tuspateh to The Chicnao Tridune. Davesront, Iz, Jau, 10,—A most disgraceful and shameful midnigus row occurred in this city last night., The Turners wers holding s ball, when a lot of rowdies attempted to come lu, but were provented, 'The rougha theu stormed tho hall. A sbower of stonce followed. A pumber of rovolvor-shots wero tived and the night made hidoous by yolls. Quito s nminber of persony wero senously injured. Warrants have beon | whe: l-uclh -h‘mullfl- n;n‘y rl-mhm:n fatal xmbhn?ln:ry ica, | complaite, Thrir mafely w secured Ly ustug igaued for the arrest of soms ton ot the rowdicd, e i Tra Ty Cordial, which specaily purie A MURDEREN'S CONFESSION. fiew all frtauatory blood. JoLier, Jan. 10,—Henry Jacobs, who Iawen- | = B toncad to be hianmed nweok from next Friduy, for the murder of his wife, han mado a confea- siou, which will appear o the Jolist Sun of to- dny. Ile confoeses to tho murder, but says that ho found a man occupying her apartments with ber. Tho mau escaped, Lut Jacobs asasulted s wife in such a way that she died tho next doy, when lLe coucesled nnd buried her body, ac- cording to thu evidonco sdduced et tho.ral His story is conaistont, and creates considerable Hensdatiou. COMPROMISING WITH THE VIGILANTFS. CixcINNATL, Jau. 10,—The Enquirer's Huat- ington, W. Va., spocial eaya Shenff Morgan, of Charloston, bas returned to that city with the parties who murdored the coal miner Loa ro- contly, The Vigilantea have promised that they wilt not moloat the prisoncrsif they aro promptiy placod cn trial. Tho autborition feve pronusod that aspecial Grand Jury shall be impsnoled rerfect Glenlth!~Dverybody should valuo thefr health mure than mouey. It §s crimifual suicido 10 negluct coughs, colds, aid Horo throats, TOBACCO., USE VANITY FAIR. It i sisvod from best Ve, ot tho tungus aore. ural leaf, for Mcarsehaum Ulgareftos. Doos not Sewplo on receipt of 20 conta, Highicad ! W, B KINBALL & €O, o Woi BBt nonm--ner.‘:\o. 14 Trom a Gontleman of 8t. Paul, Minn, A turtunste accldeut threw (o wy way sums Vanity Fair, . 'can only say thot {t is the hieat tubaccy that aves Yy it 1ha’ words of tho wrat fis Liaae o piia ol 1 +* 1ankay fino think (1o & pilosophes and aot ks & Samaritan aily udd my teud maony & 1ts azcolivace to that of thousands of other smokess. | DOES NOT MAKHE 'HE TONGUE SORE. SMOEE VANITY Fant—It is 8 wondertal sola a the best prool that it works na iojuey, Is the | fealing you awake with puxt morning, conoious ibal 10 {uvostigate tho murder. therg e o reatonabila task you coui et partoria. g JOLN ¢ PARTRIDGE & CO. A SWINDLER ARRESTED. 1OWh S NETRY LN ILL &pectal Disvateh W The Chicaoo Lridumne. Arusivenie e SpuisarirLy, Jan. 10,—Claronco A, Buark, In- dictod at the Juna term of the Uuited States Court, for sending swiudling letters aud clreu- lars through the mailé st Belleville, 1., was brought hers this morming by Duput, [arahsl Yrottymsn, He wsa captured at Loulsisus, Mo, and he will ba triod at this terui, 'SEWING MAOCHINES. “A DECIDED ADVANCE” Judges Report, Amer, Tus, Fulr, INTEY 2 ‘WILLCOX & GIBDB AUTOMATIC BILENT BEWING MACHINE, Awarded the grand *Gald Medsl of Prof the A‘mrrluu hf\‘uhuu-, Nov. 1475, snd the “ Legacy Madal,? of the Frankiin Inatitute, Oct., 1875 PINNFY. gax Foaxcico, Jan, 10.—Information from private sources in thls clty is tuat Georgo W. Pluucy, the dofaulting Naval Paymaater's Clerk, logt horo on the ebip Baron Blsntyre for Liver- 0ol The ship bhas arrivod out, and reports ?hnz ho was lu‘:ld.bd. with bLis tressure, ay Yer- n3wLuco. SENTENCED FOR FORDEHV.’ ¢ , Tenn., Jan, 10.—J A, Cnastalne, e B, Horvar & ekardaon, | wh OO SEVING ML IR NG was to<lsy sentonced to the Pemtentiary for | QISNS10N,” OR ANY OTHER OF J18 throe years for foruing the firm name. ‘The in- | GFARAQTEKISTIO FEATURES, ) dietments for embezzlvment woro quashed. It §s said the jury will siga u potition to the Qov- arnor for his pardon. Call snd examine or sead for proapectuss 200 and 202 Wabash-av, e e OLOTHING, FIRE! FIRE! FIREI CLOTELING Slightly Damagod by Water.. 100,00 worth of Cjotling, slightly damsged by whe 1o a4 Al late e e Adios, Bloxart & 00,, New York, to bo wold at uppralecsX valty, which 18 € per PERJURY. Spacwal thapatch to £he Chicagn Tyidune, 8rmixarieLy, 11, Jan, 10.—Marrill Potter, of Drady, waa held to bal this evonlog for subor- ustion of perjury, inducing Lucy Larkiva to Bwoar a child on ona Williama to olear himself.f] STABBING AFFRAY AT CENTRALIA, ILL, Speesat Diapateh to the Chicago Tribune. Cryraar, Iil, Jan, 10,—As s climaz to the many minor free ights aud Like disgraceful pro- | cent below Brpt cost, ceodings that have disturbed the pesce of our At 168 South Clark-st., Chicaga. 1ty within the last fow months, san sffair oo~ This slock wugt poaltively be closed 3 dagme |