Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1876, Page 2

'fio: within about 10 -feet of tho goal Darnes _THE CHICAGO TRIBUN SATURDAY MAY G, 1B7—TWELVE TAGES. Dietlls, {t ‘0l bbtier {napeétor, Andy Haley, Tack ' Slovin, and Ald. Madden, of his cily, wero oo hand sud rosdy to take (avythlog, As tho tlemijolin_tipped tho Lots .inoreused il you boya atodd to win or loss verything. . .. * long sbout the sesenth Inuing thinga looked bluo, 'Fhiors was no chance ta_hedgo, for thero was nothiug to hedge with, Upon the laat half -} of the ninth inning the siockest -lot of Chiosgo- aen that over strnck Lhus town stood around an cmpty domijohin, flat broke. ¥ 06 Mackin.10gt #1,600, snd.has mado srrnge-. monts to start for Loino on foot to-morrow. g will take tha Alfon traok,'bocanse he inslsts that the rolling stook oh that road 18 tho best, aod 1t in shortar than the Central, Frank G, Darnoa has just received a dlspatch from Erby stating that he will not remit tho ' prico of a tioket, as walking is good enough for Aoy man who will go ta 8t Louls for & ball. .SPORTING NEWS. Tho St. Louis Nine Winé Its . Becond Game_of the -Beason, ‘Chicago’'s ‘Champion Team Being _ Promiment ‘Among the Spec- . tators, mnstch, Chatley Clayton I8 trying to, nsgiaulto & mort- fage on i cigar stand, but Villiama has hurt him o the market hore by statomonta that the atock has depreciated, snd is not worth tho price of n ticket. Waltor Williama tried -to borrow 80 from the Wator Commissioners on sn extsmporancons invention of n atroet-sprinkler, "But'the Bonrd atill remembors McKeover's achoms and they boupead Wiiliams, e trlod to apout his over- coat, but McChesnoy, who has bought out Abraliams’ pawn-shop, meDod an it and rofused iv'at any prico. In answor to Williams' telegraph Biit Then tho Ground, the Ball; the Umpire, Eto, Were Ot of Condition, ® Yo ‘Hartford Club Scores Anofhor Vietory Against the Mutuals, » ig l(‘}ll\lug’?,n dispatoh &u‘hnu:: m‘cvel‘v'ad G’I;:G shvil ? uo tg ' 1. Walter hag Fourth Day's Races at the Nashville a‘;:fl' one "‘;,:"m. hoa:,c:?r?ufi Clales T i y 0 0 s o Association Meeting. uporlrl!n: g':::ommna"]?u up the hlglsuing- sippl to the Illinota ‘and up tho canal to Ch c-g&), Ilo baagot hl»p?!c‘:‘p)alud‘ n;;lg:;;dccka‘ on, and a parlor organ (croc n tho cabin, and William B. Curtls in Roply to it be cn‘; "nnfl l“chugchdnar enough to fit ‘the Recent Card of the hecl, 8o ¢ the eursed lhlni will stoer,” ho " propoges to stenm through. dylces to-night O'Leary. Hhow 92 foot of water in the channol, and risiag, buit Williams won'y atart till thoro sro 23 feot 6 ‘| inchoes, 0. 11, Smith baa got an annual paes and ja now trying to induce thie road to indorre iy for moanls, If ho succesds he will bo homo in timo for s olean shirt. Bogardus Retains the Championship of the World Against an English 2 Adversary. Dan Doynton, an old member of the Clab, ox- RSl ot Lo gob =iomo on_half-faro, but Spalding mu etabbed his plan aud wishes somethung un- BASE BALL. pleasant if that Jonnk, to whom he asoribes the losa of tho @amo, can ride on tho ssma train with tho Club, . Cone, formerly a momber of tho Whils 8tock- 1ogs, but ‘ho now olovates bis striped stocklugs to tho Matteson 1fouso countor, has gono bofare a caucus of hotel proprietora hare to-vight, 1o Lis groat hopes {n & aubscription that has al- roady ronchod $4.85, Dispatcbos bhavo beon recoived hero from Adwmiral Bill saylng that ho fools It 18 not good to bo hiero, e admits to having bought poola on thio Whites to the whole of his sido-roll, but lio s ?ot o place to sloop. So thioga are blue in the rotanda of the Lin- g;al:w night, and'tho boys® aro in sorrow mad. 5 BT, T.0UIS WINS A GAXE, . Bpecial Disvateh to L'he Chieaoo Tribune. 87, Louts, May 6.—Tho fitst defent of the Chicago Olub of 1876, 83 woll as that of its pre- decensor of 1875, was captured iu §t. Louls, which city seoms fatoed té tip over soma pot tho- oryof the Gardon City in tho baso-ball way, ‘Whon tho rival cluba reached this city Thuraday each bad playod four games, and of thosa tho St. Louts Lad won ono snd the Chicagos four. Tho record, thorefore, justificd the betting, which wos abount 3 (o 1 ontho Whito Stock- ipgs. The Isttor Club wero, howover, #e- voroly crippled by the absence of BoVoy, who has been in Obicago sttending a aick ohild for nosrly a week. This loss not ‘ouly groatly woaltened tha batting strengil, but, by putting both Glenn and Addy in strange’ positions, dis- couragoed the wholo Ciub, and scemed to bronk up tho confidenco and ‘harmouy which were its foatnros when tho togr waa bogun. 'tho grounds wero thoroughly wet by Thursday's rain, and yestorday the honie-plate, pitcher’s position, and first bago wero JUBT DEFORE THE DATTLF, MOTHED." St. Louia Renrblican, May 3, The all absorbing topie of convarsation to-day will bo tho groat mateh-gama of base-bal! which comos off this afternvon at tho Oraod Avenud Pack botweon tho rivat and professionnl toams o1*Chicago and 8t. Lows, Tho amount of intor- st felt 1n this particulrr gamo probably oxceeds that ot m{ provious game over, played in tho city. 'T'ha intaroat is duo not only'to tho natural rivalry which exists between St.” Louis and Chi- cago, but to tho fact that Chicdgo hias this year mado the most strenuous offorts ever made Ly A city to sccurs tho cheraplonship to herself, Thohistory of tho manner in which she bought out tha flowver of tho Boston nine of last year, and atrengthened tho same by wbatover was ‘to bo Liad for high mouey, is famillar to all. Bt. Louia had an oxcellent nine Jast year, but by no meany achimpionsbipnino, ‘The uinaof thisyear 14 that of laat, strencthoned in two placos. No effort was made by the Drown managemeont to socurp o phonomoosl nioe, but meroly to strengthion the old nine whore n reason’s expa- rienco hnd developed most woaknosa. Whalover may have been the opinlon of individasals, i¢ ins teon tho opinion of tha conntry at largo that Chicago ought to win tho championship. The *record of hor engaged players sdomed to indlcato such & result, but such ls the fickloness of fno goddess of baso-ball that the same rosult was by no moans assured. Amodng tuoss clubs lodkes tons possibly possessing the ability to Lumble tho tall:priced Chicagoites kg heon that of Bt. Louis. In tha last two wocks the Ghicago Club has won four straight pames and lost none. ‘Playing sgainst the samo olibs, 8t. Lonis has ‘won ono gamo ond lost throe, ‘Thig wanld scem to indicate "that Chicago bas tho stronger toam, but does not prove it, g0 lurgoly ‘doss tha olemont of fortuno onl%- at times into baso- ball, 1t 18 not all fmpossiblo that Chicago should bat Dovlinpud IFisher with easo and yet bo un- uble to bit Dradley ; and not all imposaiblo that 8t. Louis should tind Spalding essfor” than either Tisher or Devlin. 1t id felt of course, howover, that the gainoof to-day will 'virtually datormine tho compatative strongth of tho two nines, sud” iu eonsoyquonge tho yossibility of 8t, Louis wear- ing chismplouship colors. once tho absorblug | interest in tho gamo this afternoon. The Drowns sud Whites will both arrive this morn- ing at 8:10, by the Vundalia line, aftor baving riddon ' sll night, Neithor ciub will bo fa tho best pogsible condition to ]lalnr this afternoon, | but thoir disafrections will bo equal. ‘Lhe xrounds wilt probably bo mora crowded than aver bafors, and to'avoid s fam and rush poople shonld seoure sbats at the "ball hondquarteza on TFifth stroot bofors loaving tho city. Tool-gelling last night on tho gamo was not vory brisk. Several hundrod dollars were xold, the Chicagon haviug geuerally the call nt odds ot two to ono. Backors of the Browns soemed will- In{( to givo thess fignres, but bolleving botter ‘odds could bo had held off till thiymorniog, whon Clicago sports are expocted in. Iu regard to tho game to-day 8t, Louis docs not roally aud troly expoct victory, bt as 8t, TUTTY DCDS, though tho remaiuder of the infleld was in fair shape. Add to tho condition of the grounds a putty ball, and a Bt. Louis mau for umpire, aud you havo the arrsogemonts for the game. Tho Whitos hnving lost the toss, Barnos wont to bat, and, baforo ho conld straighton up, had two ‘slrikes called on him, neithor ball being where ho could poseibly liave kit it. After be had fouled out, Anson bit a hot ono to McCeary, and - paddlod through the mud to_first baso, where ho was loft. In the samo Inning Cath- bert lod off for tho Browns withs ball ‘which Yotera ‘flalded flnoly to first. “Olapp fol- Jowed with a ‘hit to Bpalding, and the lattor, -h-vmfi too mwch timo, throw high 0 Glonn, and the ball bounded ont of tho lut-' tor's l\nuds,&lvmg the.runner o lile, 'and, as the eveut proved, THEOWING AWAY THE GAME right there. McGeary followed with s bunter or short fair foul, which grve Clapp second.” Plke drove » ball to Glonn. which should have been an oiit, bt ityvas muffed, and Clapp same home, making the ouly run of tlns grme, On the'snme McGenry went to third, and, aftor Dattlu bad foulod out, Pike started for 'sccond to fev Me- Ueary In._ White throw it to Darocs, a3 the Browns ‘hopod he would, and McGeary lit out 'for the home-plate, Whon Lo rove'the sphere to Whito, and tho runner wau prottily ont. The remainder of the Chicage gamo, 84 for as regards batting, scarcely desecves reaordibg. It waa indoed A WHETCHED DINFLAY. . 1n tho third innlng White mads » eafe hit, and I tha fifth Peters took anothor. -Besidos thero eatned first bases, Anson pot & base on balls, Glenn one by forcing out Poters, and Biolasl oue ‘on mu orror by Delilman. Barnes, Hitoy, Epaldiug, snd Addy coulda’s say from their own koowledgo what tho first baso was mado of. Tho fielding of tho White Stockinge was un- liko thicir bistting, o very clever and' NEARLY 'ENFECT DISILAY sfter tho first inoing, In the fourth inniog, nftor Piko bad takon flest on an error, Daftin hit a'fly to Hines, and he mado s benutiful throwto first 'base, gotting the double play easily, Again, in the ecventh inning, Diong uade a clean hit, after two mon woro ont, and Bradloy followed with aunothor which Hielaski pandled slowly onoagh to et Blong | T.ouls beat everything that'played “ball last yoar to third. Wnen Hrndloy startod to | one or moro games, and os sho has still batter ptosl mecond, aod Blong wanfed to | nino this year, and nathlog any more difticult to 0 to the home-plate, White mada a throw which jooked 08 if bouna for Barnes, but TURNED U 1N ANSON'S ITANDS, to tho unploasant aurprise of Blong, who wus shortly rin out by Peters. Tho remaindor of the game was of tho moat proasio charactor, Dofore the third inoing was cloged the ball becamo dumpty, snd instoad of cesponding with a cliok when bhit, it simply gave o dull thud like a ciumk of mud, The hardest {mund.ing could not davo the sphers nnywhero o particular, and the Clicagos' Lird hitfors on- tiroly failed to mako any impression on ft, Fol- lowing ia defeat, uhio faols confidont of sequitting Lerself creditably. Chlcago hay won games recontly by seratchos, and Ht. Lonis has lost some by wcratohon, bt scratches can't 1ast forovar. Lot the boys deaw Inapiration from tho home crowd to-day, aud glve tho ** furriners " all thoy've got. Iloston tron hor tirst defeat horo in 1875 ; let Chicago tako her first tumble in tho samo placo in 1876, and ** wo may boe happy vot," Giobe-Democrat, Jay 4, . Merely becanso our Brown btockings showed thefr good nature and their real kindness by al- luwiog the Lonisvilles to presant thism 'with n'ne goosa-ogKs, there are peaple a6 unjust and 4o unreasonable as to mako cursory remarka about thom and to suggent tho propriety of roceiving thom'with a calithumplan band and escorting them home with'n proceseion of bill-board mon, headed by the purlanuv donkey-cart which pots forth the nocturual existence of Looney's Varie- ticn, But wo wonld romnrk that when two clubs play it almost always bappons that one of them §uln beaton, and tus St Lonis club is that one. nstead of saying barsh things about them, the lovers of baéo-ball shomld thank them for valuable rervicod' they have rendered to - tho manly game; they bave portind tho vexed questiou as to whether the Cincinati Club or the Toulsyilla Clob was the worst club in the Leagne, eod they have sot forth with = clearnesa never beforo {llustrated tho ovils of betting. In the conduct of a strictly roliglons paper, wo have froquently had occasion to warn young moy about thie pernicions and deplorabla offects of bcmngi& copeciaily of betting ona busg-ball match, Dut wo doubt whether a year's preaching would reach homo o thoroughly aud achloye Ho cownple » convorsion as tho ons short wook's experisnco of onr home clab in {ta first faur gamos. \Wo nro confident that o groat many young men, who wonld have bot widly and “Javishiy on tho gamo thia afiornoon, wiil now seo tuo wickednees of ‘such conduct, and wituess the gauis without degra kng itd bealthy excltomont with the foverlsh” paliution of yam- bling. 'To have acconplinhed this much is to liave dons i gheat desl for tho cause of morality, and wo can utier no’ better wlah for the rown Htocklugs than that baforo the ondof the suason they may take na m;{h » rank amang tho buso- ball clubs as amoug the tenchers of morality, IMALTFORDS VB, MUTDALS, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaco srioune TiE BCORE 1 N I L o i l TIRE AT Barnos, 1b.] 4] 0| A Soce = STT° S Pre lulem—ecs=s Chicagos, 41 i, Loats, b Husoa on called Lulls—Anson, b i Bt Rt ke knd thtrty mlautes - Umplro—, Slmmons. ¢ REMARKH, * The goneral rerson for the loss of the gpame has been givon above, that the White Btookiuga didn't bat woll or safely. One resson which bronght this about was the oxtraoralvary con- duct of Lue umpire in calliug strikes aftor a rulo eotirely his own. Buversl times ho called two strikes on snccessivo balla which tho balsmen could wot reach. This of paurse hada tendevcy to unperve itbem, aud they outfed away z‘nyunlnq HOONOr tban lose & chanco. Curlously enough the call- iog of two sirikes in rapil succoeslon was aliways when the best nod freout Chicago hittors wers at the plate. Apart from this faillng, Blmmous mado a good enough umpire. TN UNPLEABANT PANT OF THE CONTEST {s the fact that it was undonbtedly lost through the absouce of McVey, or, rathor, that, had that player bean fn the nine, the winuiwg ran would wmot bLave been mede whon New Yonk, May 5,—Ou the Union grounds to- it was, As pear ay oup could | day 1,600 persgna witnessed tho socond cbum- judge, the game would havo [sstod to sunset, }»on-hwgmn batween the 3lutual and Hart- after the Afth inning wan past, tho condition of | ford Clubs, Tho day wag vory windy. ‘The the ball aud ¢ho eharp play warrauting that supposition, A secoud gamo betwoon the samo clube will Lo playod to-morrow. Detiiug this evening waa brivk, and thorg was’'a litte moro confidonce felt in tho Mrowns. Nsies wero nbout two to one in the pools, the White ro- maining the favorites, BoW TUM c:ynuan CROWD WELE CLKANED OUT. Spectal Devatzh to Tha Chicano Tridie. Br, Louts, Alay 5.—Thorotunds of tho Lindstl csetits & kEad wight to-night, A number of Chicago geotlomen arrived hery yestarday niorus ing with their pockots futl of blue chocks, offer- lnr sny odas on the Chicago Olub In its mitoh with the 8t. Louls wne. Tho ruin yeatordsy 1ets your boya to thelr own rexources, but Low Olarka started up a little game, which begniled away the hours, and sddod to the utacky on haod. Early this morning the boys were on Lsnd. Takiug throe open barouthes, they drove *out Frankllu ¢o @rand avenuo sod up to tho ball-gronad, A 10-gallon demijohu Lad beeustow- | Tod Hox 85; Eckforda4, od awiy in the brick houeo on the coraer, and BAD WEATHEH AT COLUMBUS. bo lacy opouod their ek, Col. Jool, Huster | Coiuxuus, Ow Rsy H—Owiog o Abe bad Mutnals woro tho favoritos I the pools at odds of #50 to $70 and €50 to #3. Followiug In TUE NOORE T PAR o111 Zeroe—c P -omcrmreol e [ Niohola,§ b; alweceaczeo elo—cw, oo Umplro—bir, Ay Tlavan Gea Flrat baso on erro al, 15 18 4i0rd, & Huns carped—Mu Hartlord, 3. ‘Thne of gswo-Two hours and Ly winutes. AT MEMVHIS, Bimarrits, Tonu,, May 6,—Lase ball) 8t. Loyls weathér tha §lmu of haso ball whioh waa to bave totn plaged by the Louisville Clab mad Butks oges was postponed till n futdre day. ? ———— THE TURF DEXTER PARK will be publio propsrty for to-day, freo for ovory- body t¢ £0.and come with thelr trotters, and havo all the sport thoy can. Col. Mansur will throw tho gats open to all whodcaire Lo vieit tue -park and spoad. tloir horses or play the_part of peotator, Thoro ia likely to bo sovoral shatp oontests betwoén gontlemon's rondstérs, as woll a8 8 match race or two, and if the woathor fa pleasant the track i ‘certain to be in fine ordor, In addition to tho racing & pigoon mateh will be thot by Mosars, Ed Irice and Ed Thomas for thio Kennleott modal of auperiority. Nosdmis- Bion foe will bo clnrged, and overbody will be walcomo, THE SASNVILLE BACES. NasuviLLE, May 6,—Ou tho fourth day of tha Nashrille races {1 weatber was oloudy, tho ate tendanco light, and thse track In prime condition, The first- race, 3-mile haats, parss $400, did not 1itl, and conaoquontly was & walk-over for Woath. orby. Tho second raco, milo hioats, pures ‘9250, was betweon Fair Play and Comarge, who took the frst heat, and Fair Piny the noxt two. Vanaer- bilt broke down the first milo, nud went to the stable. Aftor the second hoat all wout to tho atables, under the rules. excopt Fair Playand Comargo, who made a dead lieat, A blsnkot would cover ‘the- pair througbout the mile, Twr viay won the noxt hoat by n hedd. Time, 1:45){; 1:453¢; 1:46. Bofoto the fitat heat Kiusmoro sold in the pools at $300 ; Van- derblit, 50 ; Newburn, §45; Falr Play, &40 Comargo, #80. Nofore the second heat, Fair Play, $200 ; Comatgo and Nowburn, 3100 oach ; Kinamore, $40, Dofors the last hoat, $20 to 230 on Falr Play. The third race, dash of & mile, was_won by Bello Tale, beating King Wililam and Bolle De- mona in the order named. Time, 1:1034, * Thero woro flvo'startors. All sold abont even in tho poals. ‘The fourth race, handicap, mile and an_eighth, wag won by Egypt, beating Damon, Oxmoto, Asforlito, and Saxon in the ordor named, Timo, 2:00%. In tho pools, Egvpt and Oxmore brought 8300 to $40 ToF tio folds ] ENQLIAT TACPA. Loxpoy, May 6.—Tto 1,000 'guiness, 1 milo | 17g-rdn,-—£100 each, balt forfoit, £200 to sec- ona, and £100 to third, 55 subscribers,—was run for at Newmarkot to-day, and won bv Cam- den; Alumotto socond, La Scine third,—all Freuch horson. THE LEXINGTON, KY., MEETING, _ Lexmyorox, Ky, May 5.—Every propatation fa boing made for n brilllant race mecting, New ‘| Btablos havo beon built for the accomwodation of the unusaally large numborof horaes that are in attondanca and oxpectod. A large numbor of strangors havo alceady ‘announced thair 1nten- tion to be present, Thn track is in' magniflcont order, and if tho weathor continues ‘good tbn npnn{ng world may look out for fast timo. TONF ASSOCTATION BOARD OF APPEALS. CreveLAnD, May 6.—~The Doard of Appeals of the National Turl Association adjonrnod to-day. The following ‘cases wero disposod of ¢ N, 0, Tilus, Lobsno, Ind,, application for remaval of siispénsion by the Earl Park Asiocintion and Syca- mors Driving Park Association, of Ilimols, ~Applica- ton denied. Henry 8. Rider, of Leroy, N. ¥, spplied for decision. and arder upon facts submitied ‘in the matter of ai alieged unlawful cotry of the s g, Houry f. Upon_investigation ft was shown thai the horse bad been entéred under n changs of uame in twa instances without complying with the ritle o that reepect, - For this offenso, 8 penalty of $1¢0 in oach casa waa imposed. misslon of ane-half of tho peuslty, and upon paymient of tha otlier hialf the praycr of petitioner slionld Lo allowed, Furtber, the party, Mr. J. Kaaslsko, by whom itio borse was e entered, was fued $100, and ordered anaponded until paid, Daniel B, 1libbard, Jackson, Mich. ; application for romoval of suspension of himeelf and b, m. Lady Davly, Deniod, C. T Andrews, Hilladalo, Mich, s claim for review of doetion of fudges of race st Datroit. Application grantod, and dirccted tiat premiwma’claimed be paid, W. IL Armstrong, of Deiroit ; ex parlo application for removal of expulalon of b, g. John Ktewart. Reine stated on payment of a fine of $100. F, N, Fancber, of Peoris, 1iL.; claim for compense tion sé_sisubatituted driver. at Quincy, Iil. Ordored tlat hie be paid $30 by tho Assoclation, . D, 11, Hngbos, of Cleveland; claim against the Tole- do Driting Park Association. "Application denled, a1, suzponalon ta remaia inforco tilitha money sall Lo . - 1 Mitchell, of Detrolt; application for removal of wuwpension of himaclf and b. g, Msrry Mitchell Ly the Bystic and Leacon Park Assoclations of Doston, etal. Ordered that the: Sccmmrn mako lnquiries as to tho slleged death of Alr, Bli{choll, and, if such bothe fucty o dlsmmiss tho cass, ———— PEDESTRIANISM. W, B, CURTIS TO DAN O'LEABT, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : COmcaco, May 5.—In a recent issue of Tnx Trimuxe a card appeated to which was attached ‘Daniol O'Lenry's name. It roflocted in s very unsalied-for manner upon the walking tourna- ment which is to begin on the 16th of this mooth, the managers of the tournament, and hls frionds who lLiad entered him for the long- distance walk. L O'Loary states that he know nothing of the proposed tournsment until ho saw n dispatch & few days prior to the date of hiscard. This i not the caso, as I had soveral conversations with him previous to his departuro for , Call- fornis, aod ho underatood porfectly well that if the Exposition Bumlding could bo obtained for the purposo a walling . tournamont would be hold, O'Loary also spoke to Afr, Osgood, the Buperiutendent of the Lxposition Building, with rogard to the possibihity of obtalning the build- ing. None elss beuides O'Leary was spokun to ou the project until eevoral weoks aftorwards, whon applieation waa made for the use of tho- Ixposition Building. The tinal .arrangements wero uot made uatil April 5, and that weck n ciroular waa propared setting forth the prizes and conditions, rules, eto., of tho tournament and champion modal. This circular was pub- Hlahed on April 10, apd the first two copics ad- drousod by me woro sont to O'Loary and hls agent. .Circalars weras also sent ta soveral prom- iuent athlotes; and to ail the daily papers in San Trancieco. In addition thereto tho (ujlnwimi diupatch, signed by two prominent citizens, tvol known ag being O'Leary’s bost frionda and most promiuent sapportors, was sent to 0'Leary, ad- dressed to tho building in which he was then walking : Great chsmplon towmsment in Chicago.Alay 15, Make 1o engavemonts that will Intorfere, Wo have entered you, Wil write particular, 'I'ne lottor reforred to in the tolegram was duly sont, but $o neither circulars, letlors, nor telpgram wau any reply rocelvad, 1t is evident, however, that ho wust have roccived some, it not all, of the communlications, otherwise {hoy would iave boan roturned. Beaides, wo find that tho tournamont was common talk in Ban Fran- oieco as early aa April 13, for on that dato a cor- yoe:roudunt wrote tothe Now York Sportsmnan, and, commentiag on O'Leary’s lato walk, said : 1 belfovo it is Lis futontion to take purt in the Keunstmn touruumont, at Chicsgo, cufllmanulng (ay 16." In O'Leary's card, sithough ho dis. claima any knowledgoof the tournament ontaide of tha press dispstch, he quotes from one of the ralos guverniug the champion modal, and says that the winner of the modal will in sl proba. bility héar from bum, & it {8 * open to challsuge at any time," No reply tiaving boen recelved it was desmed expedient to sond anotbor tologram, and April 23 tho following meseage was forwarded, signed &4 bofore ¢ Maya atiterad your name sa contestant, commencing May 18, Dehere, Anawer, "T'o this dispatoh no auuwar was rotumed, and the first communlcation sean from O'Leary, by tho gentlomen who entered him or the msnn- Kors of the tonrnamont, way his publishod card. I his entry was unsuthorized it could be can- celled withoat calling the tournsment an **ad- vouture " or writing as ke did of hiu two friends who teok the respongibility of entoriug him. The impression uunflm to by couvoyed that his nanie was used by the mauagory aa ah adverbisa- mout i4 &u orroucous ous, as the onttes will be much larger without him, and conssqaently the interest much groater, for tho general public vrofer ta wee a cigse and interesting contest be- tweon balt a dozen Iustead of .Lalf that numbor. It Is iy opinlon that Danlel O'Leary never wrote nor over signad the card to which his name {8 astached, but thst it 1s exthor the work of kome agout of his or » forgery. =% a far ay tho touruswent fs concerned, thers I8 no question ai’ to fts takiug place, suMcions entries buvibg alroady been received by wo to Jusuro {ts succoss. Ths urrival of Oddy, Mo- Intosh, Forreater, and othor shqrt-dlstenco walkers, at this early dato shows that the tour- uawont will bring together moro pedestrians than_ever asgembled befors alany aue place. Mr. ), Btaoton, ths champlou bicyclist of the world, will bs oa Land to retonlah ‘us with his perforinateos on his bicycle with » drivinge wheo) b fogt in dizmotor. Wa. B, Ovutia, With regard to the telegromms, copips of which appear above, I would stato tisas I seot thom to O'Leary, aftér consuitation with the fwo eegtip. wen relernod to, aadat their requests 1 am plso ‘The Board ordered tha re- . asmirod by tho mabagors of the Wostera Union Telégrapl: Company that they wero dalv deliy- ctod. 3 Taouas Foret, ——— B THE TRIGGER. BOGANDUS HOLDS IS OWN. Ixpianarors, 3ay 6, —Tho shooting-match to-day between A, I Bogardns, of _Ilinots, . @, Price, ot London, 1ingland, for the cham- jionshiip of the world and b English’ badge, 100 birds. , resilted as follows: Fifty, by the English rules, from flva traps, 80 ‘Togardum 41, Price 86, Fiftoen rise, Bogardus 24, Prico 31 ty singlo birds, 21 vards, 'Dofudua 10, Price 15, Tatal, Bogardus 834 Price 72, S e AMUSEMENTS, THE VON, BULOW CONCERT. . Tho second of the sories of: Von Bulow con- corts was givon Iast ovening, and wae woll at- téndad covsidering the, counter-attractions alde- swhare, which wara of a more fopular sort tbha Beathoron programme fa apt to be, althongh 1t rony be in the hinuds of ona of the groatest of planiata and a littlo conaciontions and earnest ‘minger, Thoss who wore prasent, howayor, ‘had a foast of muslo which will last’ them a lobg timo and heard imusto which they may never hoar ngain, 20- thas tha concort was mors thian tsually intorosting, both as o matter of plessaro and of study. Boethovon nighta dro not vArlation in Chicago, Thoodoro Thomas hiy- ing acoustomed us to them, but a night of Beothoven piado maaic la—eapocially whon that musio s 80 rarely hoard shat It in almost a novelty. The Sonata op. 31, No. 2, in D minor, is more Wonorad in tho parlor than in tho cdn- cart-room; Cons ntly it was's luxury to heat it futorpratod, 88 it were, for tho first time. Tho Sonata op. 26, in A flat, i moro famlliar, Itisa sonats of variations, the noblest aud most iju- prosaivo opo of which is the AMarcia furiebre, which hns mado it so popuisr, and which otwes {te exlatonca to the fact tliat Beothoven, lm‘vlufi heard Paor's funeral march in his ** Achilles, wont lions determinod to outdo it, and succosd- ed 8o’ far that Paor's march was long ifiu obsolote, and Doothoven's has been the staple of evory funcral march writlon sinco, with the excoption of Chopld's, which indgicates & now depoarturo | in dirgos. Von Dulow's delivery of its massiva otiorda aud his ‘exprossion of its majostic ao- lomnity and tnuttorable ‘pathos, which Bée- thoven dignifled with tho same titlo ns the march in the sdagio of-the Erolca (Marcia funcbre sulla morle dun Era), woa al most & ‘rovelation, and was given with gonuine orchos- tral offect as to brosdih, maksivonoss, and power. Thé Sonata op, 101, which was written in Boatuovon's third stylo, =s Ozerny olassifios his more important compositions, ar fn_tho last poriod of hia lifo, after his complota deafndss, is now boro, and wea thoreforoc & very grate- fal porformanco, both from its” moyel- ty ‘ond from lts masterly inter- protation. The second number, a<ouble-ohe, exhibited Beothoven in hls lightor moods,—¢he Fantaslo op. 77, foll of jogousness aod bright- ness; and the Rondo Capriccioeo, marked on tho programmo op, 129, although the most rellable eatalogues noty place it mmong his earliost in- stoad of Iatoat works, 6¢ tho propriety of which there is cartainly ovidonce in tho naturo of tha composition itself, apart trom any other conaid- orations. Boothovon did not ‘ofton appond mottoes to his works, but on the sutograph of this Nondo {s_tho motto, *Rago ovor tho loat prosclien cnding in & caprico,” a frivolous fronk ho .would bardly have indulged at that era of his lite which wonld 'ho Indicated by tho opus number given on tho programine, The a6t selection was tho Fiftcon Varidtlons, ‘with fugoo and andanto fioale, on n thome from tho Ieroio Symphiony, which also appoars fo ono ot tho sonatas and in the Promotheus Dallot, sliowiog that when Baetloven hit upon a happy thomo 1o was disposed to make good use of it. It is n maasive work, which will always bo ‘the dospair of ordinary players, and yet, tinder Yon Bulow's supplo fingors sud iron wrists, it meemod n work of ocsso. Tho snperh iano upon which - ho played added - to ts offect, and all his quslitios — bis splandidiy-disciptined powor, his evounoes of finish, hia perfeoct techniquo, his Ano oxpréssion, hig comploto comprehonsion of the meaning of the score, and his polished and artistic interpro- tation—wore braught to bear npon this intricate web of musical embroldery around tho Evoica thems. The vocal seloclions, sang by Miss Oronyn vory ncceptably, wlthough tho accom- animouts wero not ay porfoct as they should Fmva boen, were tho Temitence Song, tho **La Vita Folico,” nhd the two Mozartish numbore L Partonza™ aud “L'Amanto imprazionte,’ “Tho programmo for thiu aftarnoan, which closos tho scason, wail be from Chopin oxolusively, and a8 follows: 1. ‘Ililrd Grana Honato, In B minoz. Op, 68, (@) Voriations on s Bomsnce of Herold.” Op, 1. 2.4(0) Two Nocturnes, Ob, 48, 8o, 2, and Op, 14, No.2 ") icherzo In C sharp migor, O, 09, ,.Urand Concert—Allegrd in A major, Op. 44 (a) Two Mazurkas, fxom Op, 60, () Impromptu. Op, 29. 43 & Valia Drilliinte - Op. 2. Lm Borcouse, Ope 6T, () Polonaivo, O, 63, THE CENTENNIAL CONCERT. The ficet grand. Contonplal celebration in Americs, under the. susplees of tho First Rogi- moent 1, 8. G., was inangurated in the Exposl tion Bullding last evening. It was o.marvelous succoss, sad olegantly corrfed out, Gilmore'a Daud, with Miss Thursby, Mme, Paponheim, Levy, and Arbackle, all bave friends and'ate & groat attraotion ; but the nrrangementa mado by the First Ropiment and tho plans, which were carried ont in every detall, assured auo- cons from tha start, The large building was arranged under the supervision of Quartormaator Uillesple, who planned the docoratlons, which were romarkable for thejr noatnos and taste. On ontering tho hall from the Adams stroot front, tho .place ooked » bowor of plants, havging-bdskety, and nider the gallcries was hung draped btint- d basketd containipg .vines and planis. Amcrioau flags, mammotl {u sizo, wero sbaped in graceful folds, and formed o sort of canopy. Immediately in front of tho main entrauco, agelnst tho gallery, woro srranged & number of silk flogs. At each aido hung those bearing the coat-of-arms of this State, Lotiveen thom tho flogs of Englaud, Frunce, aud Gormauy, aod in tha centre were the .Btars and Btripes. Machinery Hall waa diyided off by a partition af mammoth flagy, The entrances woro festooned with bunting. Bstween thom was formed & tont of tho uamo material, over which. way placed a picturo of Yashington, and within was & stagk of sris, The Machinery Hall ftéolf was occu- tod by thoregunontal arms and accoutremonts. 'he front of the pallertes waw hiddou. by s mans of rod white, and- blus bont. ing, Minfaturo ilags wero overywhero, ' io- terdporsed with flags bearing the Liberty Beli[and. the namos of the Htatos of this'Unton. laurel in hor hand, waa consplcuous in many places, To tho south of tha founlaln tho stago for Gilmore's Usnd had been fixed, cornvred at each and and in the centre with vasos of plants, It was also amply and tostely decorated with flags aud eovergroons, Iu kho centre, fuciog north, was placed a raleod dals for Lho golyists and elogors of the eveniug, On tho northodst sido of the atuge stood a concert-grand plano. In. the ceutre. overboad was an cagle, .from which wore pendaat rod, white, and blue rib- bons, Vlags there wore in profusion, and arrauged iu n roout pleasing manuer, .'Tak- ing tho decorations in all, thby woro olaborate, sod wetistio throughott, From each ohauddlier hang a tull of miuature flags, ‘Tho cupola waa not forgotton, for from ita controwlso tlodted wmall flags aud bunting. \ 2 At 7 o'clock tho commons to tho south of the butiding commenced to roar ; and carriages to arrive from which emarged falr occupants and thieir escorts at tho door. Hoon after s stream of humanity commenced to tow' Into the Loild- iug, People came from every diraction, and kept pouring, pouriug io, till after9 o'clock. The number which attonded the coucert was not'losa than 12,000, ‘The 5!""‘" wore orowded Io every part, and crowded to replotion. Around the music-stand the sodienos gathered .1n'im- mevsu forco, I'rom 6 to 8 o'clogk the .granl fountain bad beeu kept playing, . but ils mukic ooased when the opesing straivs from Gilmqre's Boud pegan to Hoat upon tho air. The audibuce was a credit to tho city. It was large, intellfs went, attentive, Anasppreciativo. Applauso was liberally bostowed, aud all sppearad to.cpjoy themselves, Qilmora had giveu six.nnmbersy wheu tho long roll calted tho Finct Regimegt to quatters. ‘The bove respondod ~ prompt- Jy, au soltiors should. Tho ond of the 'hall nosth of the fountain was reaorvex! for tho deesa~ parado, a fosture of the aveniug., Aboul .10 o'clock the drunt corps came out hoaded by Maj, Novan, who balzuced bls baton on tha tip of Lls Dittle fingor or threw it 40 foot.in the air, catch- ing it right side up with care, at will, or whirling it st shes like an Irishman's shillelagh, - Boon aftor tha rogimeut .- itsell inarched ont and took its placo at tho northeast ond of tho all, The andlenco Bome- what cronded tho boys, but fell back quiotly whon roquested to do 8o, Tho evolutions of tho regiment siowed careful driliyg, ‘L'he ¢ charge bayanocw " was ot well oxocuted, bat a.tei wad givon for tbis, that the. hoys did not mm *| done. by tho | roginient aa.if by otis mam, 14 atodll Iko n modument by itnelf for noarly -and cloar, which is used witli: the'grestest facii~ “cdlt * Btaceato Polka ™ of Muldor, whith aboutida 3 e Band, . 8, Cornet Bolo—"* Lovlathan Polks,”,ceaeseresas 07y ‘took fls gun und dog =nd wont In the samp The Goddess of Liborty, with & wroath of: “¢tho atrdam. . tho ardor -of Coli Davis. '[hs, coming o0& “rlght carry™ fromt' a * munport” was Also nnfly. but the othor marienvoy in thd manual of arms wero pérfoct. RAILWAY NEWS, ta the gorrespondence In yesterdag's and .day's Tninoxe, fights also aby of ugrnhlmllu‘:; nhd pools, and Intonda to keop up a hoaithy com pouition in the imtorest of Now \lmk. Commodora Vauderbiit han boen Interviewsi by a New York Jrerald roporter in rogard to b presont ratiroad war, and he gavo tha following account of the conditionn which sxist, ang ,which are tho cause of tho faiture Lo come to a3 agrogmidnt’s 5 All o havo askedl, oF ank _nbw, I that tire arrango raten whiclt sligll b3 carmmdn to Toth ::‘:’:E Mnes, " Ail thaas meon, you sco, have thelr own viawy of tho way to get at tho thing required. And I 'may say that I hiave my own way of gettiug at the pointy wihiich are vital in the cano, Hors ars the Daltimore & Ohfo and this Pennsylyanta Qentral'and onr own lincn, e have nlready insdo & concesaion on account of their short Nialtlmore & Olio and Philadolphis line; and now, when the Grand ‘Crunk, ot the other s comen $n end sskn un to mako o concesMlon (o (ks 110, which 1% 150 mites longer thad ours, I eak, and | {hink tha buslners public will ask, Where is the Justioy init? Rather than bo atrickon on Loth_siden of our liio wa pay to thoin: naul Laay to them, 1€ yan_ deciie sean’t el | Tho ** ordor arns " wa . 5 " e The tWar Between the Trunlk F Lines to the Eadt and’ the Grand 'Trunic and recorvdd metitod applahad,- Taken' in. all, tha regiment acquittad itsolf most craditably, and roflected honor upon its members. In this connectlon tha drum corps _ebould. no. bo for- gotton, for it s certainly woll drillod and uadot |S?od_‘d!|qx line, X r tb glve somo iden of the cost of tho ofitarprise, it should bo atated that in‘advertining alone ond neatly 1,000 in- docprating Bnild(ng. Edgar Bandors loanod the 150 hang- Iog basl bt usdd,” > "Tho music for auch an oceasion was unuaually fino, 'Tho vory sntibutitatnont that it would bo under thp direction of Mr. Gilmore, whoso namb {8 & Bynomym for colebration mnalo—was an nd- surance that it woitld, bo, so, Tho acoustica of the bnilding'aro sioh thab thie*mitislo wha not al- ways hoard to tho bost.advantage, 'Tho pro- gramme tas not altdgotlior & popular one, but ombrasod somo numbors that would give eclat to Termination of Hostilitios Betweon the + Ohioago-and.8t, -Louis-Roads for Missourt River Busihosa, Probable Redunetion in Passenger-Fares, ‘ from tho Enst to tho West. v ... THE. GRAND TRUNK. THR FIGUT WITI THE VANDERDILTS, o the Bditor of The Chicago Iridunar ) Dernorr, May 4.—Tho New York Contrai Rail- many n olassieal one, Wo remarked an ) You neo, tho'clihatid differeitces Between " a former occasion that tho baud ag- road Compaty, or it might porliaps bé mors | and ours -:':nflm". 1u that rnuafid. at least, thicle pfll;'ad to l}m &mll -lulvng;nunm Il:lu:u:-: proper to asy tho Mossrd. Vandotbilt, jealous of ;m-l!ll:l‘:n T ":};"&.‘.‘Z‘:?fi"fmfimh,?m’°fl"“' orformance of nntioual airg, of which thel g tho' B 01 o e Aoy DO O B s oechuAlent iy, | oo populsriiy and success of .tho Grand Trunk | put thelr money mto thelr couctrns, Iint {hey Oomvany, mado an attack upon their business a few weola ogo, and evidently had 1Ald thelr plans for driving tiis Company ot of tho flold of compotition for tho throngh'trafie, ‘Iho Ah0Bg wad dono i the nsunl way, An intorost wholly under tho control of tho Mesars. Van- dorbilt was’idatruoted to cut (he rates atd tako cortdin trafa from tho Grand Trusk, Tho rosponso to this was what was to.bo expected, and those gontlemon found tho &0y to ue, ju realily now,. We want you to M Jour clinpges for freight so that wo, thoughi ot 50 well jocated, may wllll isvo what shate of tho businoss we want and really need. I think that proposition is plaiy and Wil lie csaily utiderstood by the businiess public, ¢ Now, here Ia & large traffic_botween tho Weatern section of the country and tho Esstern. Dat thoro ars also more lines of transportation. for tho .traflie, in. cludiug (e way ings, than can bo matntairied ahccess- Tully at faic pricos. In fact, thetoaro more loes thay are needed, and more capital investod in tho tranapar. tation Lieluces (Lan can be 1nndo Lo pay a falr roturne tbat i, at falr charges for tho work performed. Thy bera wero thosa which had slways made tho beat improsston in this city, and embraced Weber's «Jubol Overturs; Ovoriure to * Willinm Tell}" soloctlons from * Loliengrin,” Koutsky's evors pular Cfprl_co 8 _uemliuo. *Tho Awakqning of ho Lion,” whioli alwdyh britfge down tho house, Brazillan hymn played in bénor, probably, of tho Emporor of ali the Hrazila who wers nob a8 had been oxpectad ; hoswlos soveral minor so- loctions Introducihg all the rbtioonl hymns, Tha principsl foaturo par excellences waa tho R ‘business won't sustain the oullay for it nccommeon): ?»".E%'u':fi’ffm O e o \Wnante] | Wholo of thoir valuablo five-hog traflic divortod | tious” Tieaco soms of thoss n‘l;r’flflls lines aa 1 g B apiore-tioupas; aud who (a tho only | ffom the' Lake Bhoro and New York Coniral | {hem, f they cam's get mors than iy sliare san's e rima donna of any note now in Americs, For or Orst. numbor . sbo solotted. Boothovod's greatest vocal composition,—the sconn and aria “AbL Perfido.” This numbor, whick Beethoven composod for tho ranowned Madamo Duschok, rontes to tho Michigan COontral and Grand Trupk: They thon dosired to opon nogolia- tonk with tho'officors of the tatter Company, who showeéd po roluttance to moot and consiter mattora. in the mutnal interest of all the. companfoa dolng a through business. After submittitig ‘cortatn propoditlons, which were unaccoptable to ‘tho Giand Trunk abd ite sllios, tho anwmo parties —wero “ngain directod, and that whilst nogotlations wors randlng. to again out tha rales on tho throuch ) £act 1s, thore aro too many fellown fn_competition for this business, and they want us {0 8o arrange aur bus intss aa'thidt they may live, I think we havo: done al ‘wo can for thom in that particular way. Now,in ofda that we may liva on krupor chiargos, wo cannot muky conceasions whieh ahall offset our natural advantages s it Juet that woshould 7 Ta it just to maka theao do mands on tho Central Road 7 14 it just that the Cen tral Road shonld make such concesslons t6 thess ot roads? I say it is no —_—— ANOTHER PEACE DECLARED. MIS80URT RIVEL NATES, Tho war botwoen the Chlchgo snd 8t. Loak roads on businea to Missouri River poinis lina a Isst been termioatod, and o troaty of poace hay boen made whicl it Ie bolleved will lnst for some time, Tho mooting at which tho Gonoral Fralghi Agonte of tho roads of the bolligorent cities smokod tholr calumet avd shook hands cross olghty yoars} and_ can ouly be sang by a‘sinyer who had soul .5 wall: aa. voido, . Madamo Iap- pooheim 18 fully adequato to render it In tho manner required, -8uo.possessod & very fihs soprano voice, poworful and penetrative, swdot *l{ve-stack tratlic and to divers tho businoss from .the Grand Trunk, The socond offort did not stidcecd any moro than {ho first, but it had tho offoct of practically vutting an ond to the nogo- tistiona which wére going on’in regard to tho llve-stock bnsiness, After much talk, and the nct being choraotorizad by noarly every intorest: roprosented at the mostings, whioh took place in Now.York,ion the sabjact as it degorved to be charactorized, a sort of truce was ostablishod, ity.. Bhosings wlmfiont intansity and warmth, and ‘vory ovenly. 8 doplétea -tho surprido, contompt, aud angor expressed in the subject fn oxcollont dramatic style. Her success was fa- surod from tho.. first. - For oncore sho sung tha *Star-Spangled Baun Trungine the atop from thoe * Ah Porfido® to'tho * Star-Spatigled Bannor.” 1n hor sdcond numbor, Arditil's “ L'octasia” waltz, sho gaptivated tho masses who do not understand Baothovon, v .| the bloody chasm was hold & day or two sgo in Madame Pappoubinn is ono of tho bost artidts | FUIEh wes, Lowover, of only vors.. short ; (bt bien beot tare for & long timo, and w ogly | durktion. Fruirthdr attomiotd wero to Bo mado to | St. Loufs, The procoadings wore vary stormy, tho 8t Louls gramblers trylog to gain soma points, but nary a poiut would tho Chicace nfiunln.gnmt. "+ Unconditions} surrendor ” was tho watchword of tho Chicagonus, or elso war until 8t. Louis is complatoly brought to bay and hor brriness transferrod to Chicago, Whon the St. Lonis ngonts saw that tlfe Chicago mon wora “woll mfimlled with that ataple articlocalled back- 1oy concluded that discretion wag the botter part of valor aud accepted tho terms pro. posed by the Chicago agonts, Tlie now taritt adopted i8 ne follows : From Ohicago to Atchi- gon, Losvonworth, Bt, Joseph, and Kaneaa City, firnf class, 85 conts por 100 poonds; sbcond clats, 70 conts; third class, 45 conts; fourth olass, 30 conts ; special class, 26 conta; salt, 65 contn ; claws A; 875 por car: claes B, €60 per car; olass O, 84 por ton; Jumber, 862.50 per car, i Tho differonce in favor of Bt. Louis is as fol. ows ¢ . . ) Tirat cinss, 20 conts, per 100 noundsd ; socond clase, 20 conts; third alase, 10 conta; fourth olass, b conta ; spcclal olags, b conl losg A, 825 por car ; clnsa 1B, 320 por car ; of G, 81 per ton. Hait, 30 conts porbarrel. . Tho rates from Atchison, Bt. Jonovh, Ransay City, and Lesvenworth to Chicaka wiil bo as (ol gome to,an undorstanding,,but very shortly after tho'dato of tho meetiugs t0 which I havo roforred the Now York Central Company fnsnod *{natzuttions privatoly to all its” agonta ta'cnt tho rates on all the traffio cafriod by tho Grand ‘Trunk, stid by ovory moans in thoir powor to “traiiefor ths boslnoss of that line tothd Lake Bhoro and New York Contral, Thia was dono about tho Gth of April, and in a very fow,doys afterwards tho pooling arrangement’ which had -ekisted betwoon tho Lnstern linea ronning out of Chicago ywas broken -up, vot, however, before :§20,000 had been extracted from the troasury of tho Michigan Contral Company.by tho Iake Company by moans which would bave regret not bolug able to hoar her in some hall whoko the.adbustics’ate’. Listtor: than'in the Hx+ position Building, and whera she_could render somao of-the solections in which shio hos baon o succossful . in_othor citics, Miss Emma 0. Thursby ploased more, than over befors, ahd: earried off & well-deserved entore. In tha'diffl-* with tho: most diflicult . staccato patsagos ahd. trilla, plio sapg with that fluency, of .styls .and, swootneas and rich quality of touo whick only tho artist can sccomplish, Her clear and distinot anunointion’ was vory uu]b{nble.‘ Her ontare wa# the ' Maid o Dundeo.” Mr, Lovy played® sl his own polks, ¢ Young Amorics,” with vatla-. dihcradit to the tactics' of the 4 Arttul o W fl%‘l’:o nl‘:u!l ‘h‘;?:z g::fifé,' ":,'fl fi‘zffig“ézif Dodg Tho Mesars. _anxxdorbglt now ook to d1var of Vouico The brillincy of plsying and; | PReeusda ""h" "“‘U.a“‘.fa'dg“w. York that thoir hin rematkablo execution were the' principal | SIUTES Liks bioes) iz ] dosire "‘i protect fonttiron of his porformance, whils tho iotopsity tho-nleresis of that city. Irofer to tha lottors of foeling and warmth of oxprossion which Mr. published bulow. Having failed to coorca tho Arbuoklo threw Into bLis playing of De Boriavy Grand Trunk Company inke aush arrangamonts | o " L. a1 - sisth Alr Varlo and “Tho Old Folks at ifomd | croet conrae of tho officors’ of that Compony was oqually artietio, Tinving 3 @ been indorsed by the whole of the other . “The programmo for thig efternoon will bo 88 | ryijyny intoronta’ catrying through trafllo, it is follows : plain the Now York Contral.Company desires to e i, Bhift tho tnsue, but it is unfortunato that in tho | 10ws : Coru and onts, 25 conts por 100 poants; % /Qsertare 2 Night I ihamin mamo order which 1 rofer to as baviag boon fs- | whoat, 2734 conts por 100 pounds. * 2. Bazophone Bolo—* Norma ... susd abont the 5th' of April, instructions woro Trom the samo points to 8t, Lonls : Corn and B, E. A, Lofebvro. 5 givon that * tho sgrecmont as regards New ontsi 1754 conta por 100 pounds ; wieat, 20 coute por 100 pouuds. To Enst 8t. Lounis : Corn and oats, 19 conta; wheat, 22 conts, L'o Quinoy and Haonibal tho stmo ratos o4 to Bt Loula will bo ctiargoed, To Tolado tho rate will bo 85 conts per 10¢ pounds on ol kinds of gmlu. Cattle and hogs will bo §062.60 por ear from Misrouri River points to Chicago; 845 per cat to St. Lonis ; and 850 por car to Enat 8t, Lonis, York, Philadelphla, and_Baltimoro rates must romaln in full forco according to tho compnct of the 2d of March, 1870, This coinpact hnd for its objoct tho forcing of tho Western lines {nto mukmg puch rates as the Eastern Jinea sliould diotato for trafiia to the places montionod, and it went #o far 08 to pro« ‘vido that, if sny of tha Western companiod #honld make Jowor rates than those which wéro | dictatod by tho' Eastorn lines, tho traflic Ehold ' ba charged (asy from tho’ Niagara frontior, or 2. Shadow Sogg—Dinofah ... Mim Emma C. Th 4, Cornct Solo—* Attlla ™. Mr. M, Ar 5. Grand Arin—* Frolschuta " i * Mo, Enigonjo Papponiicito, 0. Ozand selection from * Mariha ™..... .....Flolow . PART I, 7. Overtaro—" Rienzi ", .. I i ore's 8. Polonalse from ! Mignon '". {38 Emma O, 0, Grand Cornet Bolg—*'Favorito ", v, 3, Loy, other, point I\\vll)nr"uh “l““l do‘l«lvn;ud to n.\ixl E?”f May 10, 10, Grand Concert Waltz— Arditti V. ... ern companies) the local rates from such point. S e iadams }‘I‘n;unlolgpwnhclm. . I sincorely hopo, now that all the arrangomonta MISCELLANEOUS, o M 11, Fantasia Humorislic—* Lot Is Dead ", smongat ihe Eastorn companies have also beon EXTRAONDINARY TIME. Giimore's Ban broken up, an alliance may bo formed botwaou The dosirs f¢ i t] [ 12, Grand Mateho Milital h 0 for rapid transportation not only ke © Glimorars and, 2 g:]’mm.‘fi‘igg“"“g‘;’,:““;lfi“d ;;’c"o Gl"]:;‘g Tl"':“”‘: for passongors but for freight la woll oxemplified The ovening programmo will bo aa fallows ¢ _nos}t‘i’ou to Lold ou u}’ an indopendent | it tho following fact, On tho16th and 16th of 1. OFETHURO—" TobespIores ¥ o svssen aassessis Loty | COUTHE,. fran from oll entangling siiiadces, April the Merchants’ Dispatch Transportation and st liberty to do’ thelr' buslucss permanontly at fair rates, whioh 18 all the commorcial com- munity desiro. Shippers from OChicazo are not likely to dosert’ the Grand Trunk lino in this _crisig, They have much to thank the Company for in tho paet, and its prosont couras ouly proves that thoto who control it will not be dic- tatod to as to thoir busiuess by adverse intor- osty, and hinvo an'avorsion to alliancos which are not unfrequontly Inimical to tho public jo- terost. : Glimore's Band, 3, Cornot Solo—Tth Alr Vagie.. Mr, M, Arbs Compauy slipped 25,000 bushels of groin via T.ako 8hore and Now York Contral Railroads, This was delivered on the 20t of April to the Stato of Ponnsylvania (one of tho Btate Steam- ship Company’s liuo running from New York to Glasgow), which sailod on tho 21at of Aprlland atrived in Glasgow on tho 2d of May, thus mak- ing the oxtraordinnry and uhprecedented timo of sixteen days from Chicago to Qlasgow for tha wholo lot of about 750 tons. S PERSONAL. Mr. Poralval Lowell hns_boon appointed Gen erat Tickot Afiunt of the Durlington & Missourl Ruver Railroad in Nebraaks. PHOPOSED REDUCTION, New Yonr, May 6,—The Grand Trank Rall rond proposo roducing largoly its rates oz 2y ma O, 4, Grand Belection—** Lo Propbeto . Glimore's Band, o 8, Great Aria from * Traviala . ceocesn vsvearssVerdl Mudamo FEugenfo Pappenhelm, 0, ITmmortolla WaltZ..ovvssinei oerenanesaneas s Weber Gilmore's Band, . . FADT 11, 1. Overture—* Taunhauser,” Giimore' «Meyorbeor o sssenanss s WaRTEE _TRE LETTERA roforred to by tho correspondent aro two in nnitbér, Tho first, addrosscd by Mossrs: Scott, Jovett, and King to Commodaro Vauderbitt, urg- Ing ths formation of another combination id- oluding the Grand Trunik, wes published in yos- £0, Tthodo's Variation: r Volco.. 58 Emma O, Thuroby, 10, Grand Solo—Reminiacenson of» Mozart.... Gilmore’s Band, Ar. J. Lavy, 18, {0} 11, Btar Bp‘;’:fim«:’:“:}"i'i i&b’d{fiém. gui!uh“u lmml pnsu‘clugots Il:m'x:gon yumlu arnd s agenie torday's Tninuxe. Tho roply i8 aa followa : otroit, in o fow days, Enst-bound rates for 12, Grand Ccnlenniam‘x;z:‘r'flg‘ Niw Yonk CENTRAL RALLWAY, New Yonk, April2g, | froisht aro down to from 16 to 20 conts to-day, 18, Graid Centennial March. 167, —GraTurses s Yourlelter of the Sith, adircascd | compared with 45 couts of ton days ago. Bi1 Qiltmore’ 10 0, Vanderuilt, prostdent, and Willlam If, Vander- | hundred cor-loads of froight, averaging 20 cents, dent, bas boen received, and duly con- | Rrrived to-day over one road, and 200 ear-loadt tult, Vico-Presi i wera dispatchiod weatward. . MILWAUREE. Spectal Dispateh to T'he Chicago Tribune, MiLwAvkeg, May G.—Forty-five car-toads of froight liave loft hero for tho East, on whioh §§ per car freight more than paid in Chicago wan charged, thus royorsing the rocent order of things. , KATE DOUGLAS' CONCERT. In the ptosont whirt of musical evonta tho mueical publio ekould not forgot the complimon- tary concert’to bo given to Miss Kato Douglak on Monday evening st McCormick’s Hall, upon whioh occaslon thia young and promising homo sloger will nake her dobut, asslsted by excellent nome talont. A fine programme haa’ beon pro- pared, pod the musical people slionld givo our oesible future prima donna & most hLoarty pa- tonage npon this occasion. v CASUALTIES, SHOT HIS FATHER FOR A PANTHER, Dinpateh lo Gulvealon Neve, Gonzares, Tex., May L—Lnast ovenlng & young man nanod Marcoo, living on Bandy Fork, 4 niflen from Harwood, shot nis fathor, kLilling hijm instasitly, I¢abéma Mr, Marcoo wont fo tha 100da Lo Jopk at poma horiies, nnd his rou Bud dored, This Company has rrangements with all the com-. pebittve roads far Yegtelound buslugas, which wo un- orstand to bo ratisfactoty to sll parties interestad. So Jong a good faith 8 malntalned theso arrangswants witl'enablo 1A sl to eccivo & falr compenaation for franagortation, and worro nat ouly wlling but ausious that oy shall'continue in force, ©On March 3, 1§16, waontercd into anagreement with the Biltimorn & O{o and thip rosds you ropresont in rogard to the Fasw-bound trufic, and hoped and belloved thiat wa hd Ly 1t Batlafactorily eettiod o difforencen of the Westorn roads, and equitably dis tributed fho busineas of the conntry aver tho great routes to the seaboard, It svad in ihin spirit, aud to accompllsh thesa reuills, that tho sgreement was ous torod into, It is well kuown, howovor, that it hu not licen carriod ont, aid oue of the- contractiug pattina Qid not fasue the notlces Lo 1t agenta requiring them ta comply with 1t provisions-until about & manth tor 1t was signed. ‘Thts Company proteatod through ils Vico Prenfdont sgainat this infistico and bad faith, An slmost total fona of business followed, and wa wure inally compoll- od to ve -notica of withdrawal from b arcement ~which hiad boen faithfully kopt by us, and constautly violated by others. Tuix agtion does not necessaylly affect any other ar- -rédigements which aro and have boe in force between the patien; and wo should greatly deploro any action of ‘thq othicr companica which would brig upon the Firond Intorests controverajos prejudiciul to thefr atogkholder, . Our withdrawal from the sgresmont of Murct 4 stuirly, replaomn tie Wotlor roads on Lsate bonnd busjnesy In (hio satae_position we are on Weate bound, .ond_wo refuse {0 exsct fiom (hom .any longer'compliauce with our dictation, Wo cannot for a woneny mdmit that this sotfon on our part endan- ors_tho, pallrosd infoveuts of the country; and if, roui a epirlt of vindicilvenosd for whiut wo liave donb, e compelitors oy tha transporlation Lusinos o ihi country 1ufd dlaofdec by %, gebeeal rudiiction of Faten, tho reaponstlility mut réat entirely with them, Tl speclal case of the (rund Truik, referrod o in Féu eommunicalion, it only oe,snd by no meay & most importaut, banch of this subjeet ;_and i chaob 1s o follow oniF tocliaation ta llow a differotice Jof 10 per cent of !ha‘ Fast-bound business., ay suge ‘gested by your Ictter, the canse would secm hanlly sufictent to justify srich a result, Very truly yoors, + W, K, Yawpgnbier, Vico-Preaident, SOUTHENN FREIGNTS, 8§r, Lous, Mo,, May 5,~+A ' number of froight agouty, roprosohting Souihern roads, who have boan in sesajon haro for throo daya, agroed, Inst evening, to ro-adopt tho rates from Bt. Louis, Tudianupolis, Chigago, aud Cincinnati ta points in Georgia, Alabams, Sonth Carolina, and othor Btates, kuown s tho *'Gireen Lina Points,” which wero in offoct in Decombor Inst, Therd aro aleo roprosontatives hore of several Eaatern and Northora ronds, for the purpose of fixing summor rates, but they brava reachod no conclus alon as yot. . JOWA ITEMS, Speriat Dispateh to L'he Chicago Tribune, . Towa Ciry, In; May B.—Information reaches here that work haa already commonced on the Tows Bonthwestarn, now called tho Chicaxo, Clinton & Westorn Railroad, repairing the roa bed, grading, oto, Tho track is aiready lait 20 milos this -sido of Clinton, anu moat of tho gradiug 18 dono to thid city, It ta tho doter- miuntion of tho Compony to have tho cars rune ning hero by early July. ¢ Yus anunal.mesting ot tho Keokulk, Towa City & Minuosota Itatlroad Company will bobold Jund 7, at Washington, Ia., inotead of next week as telegraphod L Talnune the othor day. Tha Ht. Louls, Keokuk & Northwestorn Raile road Company want tho rond-bed from Keokul to this city on which lo continng the northwesv orn portion of their lino, and {3 is expeatad th arrangomouts will bo made st tho Washiugid mecting to this offsct. THE WIBCONSIN INVESTIGATION. Speetat Dlapaleh to L8 Caicago ridunie. diroction Lunting, On stoing something move. thropgh the thick brush, and sapposing it to be » pantlier, no firo and firod, but way recaliod by Lin father's volco. Retaraing to thi apot, ho foupd to his horrgr ho hiad khot his father, who as1d, **My gon, you have killed mo!™ and im- madlately oxpired. DROWNED, Spéetal Dispatah o' The Chicago Triduns, Broowrtaror, I, May 5.—Yestordsy. in a amall’stream . noar Ioyworth, MoT.ean Cdunty, was found tho doad body of William Youog,, one of tho oldest. renidenta. and moat-respectod citizons of Randolph Township, It is eappgacd ho fall fn tho water while attemptiog to crozh Creysiaxn, O., May 5,—8imon Mandoibaum, s rosident of Detroit, who toolt passaga from thal éity on the Clevaland and Dotroit steamar Northwost Thursday evening, was mlrinx when the steamer arrived Lero. Bupposed to have buon lost ovorbosrd, A FATAL FALL. ° Bpectad Diephtch ta The Chioago Triduna. WinoMA, Minn,, May 6.—Mra. Dosksr| mothor of W. I1, Dacker, of Fountaln Oity, on old lady 765 years of age, waa found wenaeloss.on the gt oy BASTERN PASSENGER RATES. WILL THENE BE A DECLINE? Tho roads loading from this city to tho Fast have as yét ‘mude no reductions in passoigor ratos, tul ds thio Grand Triink and Vermont fen- teal bava Blrcady, a8 anoounced In yestorday's “Turstng, made & large rédinction in thio rates vostigating Committos was occupled to-day will tho ncoounts of the Buperintondont of Publif Property, Superiutondent Moredith, of Wasl burn'a Administration and, bis mocounts, occw picd.mont of the day, and avorything was fount corroot. Buperintendent Knig}n.al‘&\ylol’l Ad 8 E 5 v minisiration, was under investigation when thy sidawalk this morning. . It 15 wupposed shec| from ~Boston o tho West, the other d oither fumpod or fell tsom the porch. Bhodiéd | rostn witl ~undonbtediy havo fo follow vomrlfe':‘:?o';‘xfg:rze"gd“;{fu;e'.lmm‘ = 8¢ 10 o'olock. , : pdit; ‘though they may do it roluctantly. e e il g _THE'BROKEN CABLES. . New Your, May 6,—Tbe latest London dfe- patéhes rocolvod by tho Weatarn Associated Prodl Agoncy Loro nre ditod 10o'clock in the évenlbg ' df May 4, Thé Haportutondens of tho D lzoct Cable Company announcea that therd will be uo incredso of Tatos in consequenco of the break in the Apglo-Amorican cablos, but sug- gonta that all mossugea bo mado &4 brief as pos- uible, that evurybody may ba sccommoditod, ‘The Weatern Unlon Company taliss bnsinvds up to 6 o'clogk p..m. to-day for the Anglo-Amogioan cable, and will make connection by eteamer be-. tween Ht. Plerro and Placontia, ‘Phey hvpe by 0-mOLrow to Lavo & throukh cabla, ________ e sl . SLANDER TO BE PAID FOR. Bax Francisco, May G.—The slandor caie of e fov, R ¥, Pavsboll ve, I’ 44, Humqaz was, Ar will'be'eeon by a letter published elsewhero, the Orand Trunk s detormined 0 continuo its fight agalust combinations, ard lu its offorts ox- ‘pocts to bo_sdpported: by tho pooplo af tho “WWost, who are indebtéd to It for the broaking of the pool and the keopiug dowt ot ratos. 1t is anuonnced that the Orand Trunk will ju s fow dava mako a, similar reduction in passenger rates to tho Fastas it has mado to the Weat, It 1 underatood that tlita movo will ba followed by a teduction by tha other Noes from the East to the Weat, aud the rate will probably be 12 or %15 irgm New York to Clicago, But it s doubtful that any of tho New York tennk linos will also make a reduotion “ehstwird, as soch action wonld serlously lmpair tbeir profits from tho Centevnial business, and the Graud ‘Irunk bas no ootlet to New York or Phbitadelphla, and hence cannot compete on that buslness. _Jlut, even If the (iraud Trupk was lcss de- OCEAN STEAWSHIP NEWS. Fantnen Point, May G5,—SBieamship Poly nesian, from Liverpool, arrived. Movitie, May 5.—Stesmer Olympis, from Nov Yorlr, has arrived, Loxpox, May 5:—The stsamer Goothe, bofon reported dleabled by loss of her propoller, 87 rived at Plymouths, Tho steamor will probabiy bo ublo to procood to New York in two & tureo days, SUICIDE. Special Diapateh &+ Tha Chlcado Tviduna. Denugue, Ia, May 5.—Day botro yoaterds; Elton Ford, ons of ‘tho oldeat and woplthicd cltizens of Lynn County, took poison sud die in two Lours, Whon askéd by the physicia what hig L takou ho would 1ot awu the fack but uaid he bad takon ouly tho provideace & dedidod In sho Third District Courk: yoaterd4y by | términed in {ts oppasition towards th i {ng th h," his lad » verdict/of 80,000 :ageinyt Bumnor, The de- | ton,. thoza (s !grdlyn propabllity C‘h“l&wl!: t“' 23;161:. i :in:l l:\é‘ld m‘lxnxou' l:(;nn‘ tumblat toadams ju 1o Now Xork. A .+ - { rool cout Ba eflocted, 88 Vaudexbllt, MQE sud qpodn Weco found Ld the Hara Afior be disd The now rates will go fnto effect Wednesday, antson, Wis, May 6.—The Logistative In