Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1876, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MAY 8, 1876. -] ing |ho£o nta that could not bo sccommodated st thio old honnllal to the east pavilion of the new hose yital. 100 thought that the naw Lujiding could he oc- uplod sl once, and tho only thing b saw in the way wan tho want of cooking and washing facilities, The phigalctann thought tho barement conid ba used, but 3 not he kmew that a bullding in tho yicinity could he Tiard for tho purpose, To find heard soraé objection urged moving on account of tho want of bedding, cie, Ilo was opposed to moving (the old bedding to the new ullding, but, in- annuch aA the building would ! & fow woeke, the fipcorsary now artlcles could ho_purs «chaeed at ouce, 1fs thouht to repair the dsmages to tho old building wonld cost sbout $3,00). an_oxpondi- ture that hin was not in 1avor of making, and suggeat- ed that tho meating vdjourn to fuapect the mew Luide iug with a ylew Lo oceupyiog tho samo, GENZRAL DISCURBION, NMr. Cloary concurred in part with what Mr. Burdick i, lte wasar -"3ua to occupy the now lospital, bt diil not rea how tvan possibla for a few days, TTe il not think the fopairs on the ald Lospital would cont nioar 88 michi a4 liad hean atated, Mr, Holdon wanted to hear (rom_soma member of the Modlical floard. They hail surveyod tho ground, and infght, perbaps, Le able to msko somo valuable to Lo furninlied in suggestious, Ur, llom, from the Medieal Board, ssid that tho Bosrd had'been consldermg tho situation, and had repared the following report: GenrLEAEN: Tn view of the dilapidated condition of & portion of the prescot County Hoapital buslding, thio Medleal Board of the Uospital would respectfully zocomimend the ramoval such of transportation, to ke Almshouss. Thera are number of medical snd murgical patisits who ca properly and safely bo geut to the Almahouso, ‘will reliova ths preent building so that tho ronsining palicnts can be cared for In the wooden wing sud in 0o two lawar wards of tho brick portion, The Medical Board would also recoramend (be {m- mediste preparation of ons of tho buildlugs of the mpew hospital, which Ia 80 ucar compiction that they ‘beliove it can bo oceupied n a very siort Lime, Mr, McCafirey movedl tho adopifor, of the report, hir, Lonergsn wanted 10 Xnow what would Lae the cont of repairing the daniages to tie cid buliding be- fare any acclon was taken on the ropnet, ana calied upon Supt, Balley and Contractor_ Soxtan ' to inspect the damages and veport the probable cost of nu&‘nl tho repairs and tho tima it wonld. tako, Alr, Carroll was in favor of cakiug the pationts to somo of {lo private charitablo hospitala, with which thia county had an_srrangemout under aiich circum. atances, Tho Bosrd tivn very 'hin TOOK A NECESY awaiting the report 53 to {he extent wnd cost of repair- ing tho damages. Afigr the elapso of & few minutes, Bupt. Hailey and Sir, Bextou roported thattho tin toof could be replaced, and the entiro dumages repaired insido of $2,000; with » composition roof the cost woull bo about ‘$1,600. Mr, Sexton sabd that ho could fix tho rear roof to-day, and put tho bullding in &8 good con. ditton s befors in four or five days, Mr. McCallrey restowed his motion to adopt thore- port of the Medics Doard, Ar, Lonergan objecte: sppedz tobe' s nocessity before, as there did nov r inoving tla patients st + Dr, Freer aaid if the ropsira could be'made as udily o8 hed beed atatod. he would not recommenid tho romoval of tho patien’ss, Tho Medleal Board had reported a4 it Lind on ti.o supposition that the roof was 10t {0 Le ropaired. ~If the roof was to bo ropaired thre Board derirod to Wil hraw its report. e, ilcCailroy then withdrow Lis motlon, when Mr. Séxton sald that "we would enter into au' ngree- mient With the Board ‘1o o tho work aa ho bad stated, and would mako bis roport as to tha cost of tho work a definito proposition , 1t was then suggi.sted that the proposition be re- duced to wriling, which Afr, Hountreo procesded o, Mr, Cleary did nost ke the ides of desecrating the Bablath day by eutering into a contract for tha work, and thoughtl there was no occasion for undus Laste, Atr. Louorgan iriterposed that the case was an emor- ncy. Bomo discusston followod as to whether it would ba boat Lo put on a compoaliton or tin roof, and whether the city would sccept clther of tho roofd when tho buildiig was glven up, Tha proposition of Soxton to do the Work on the 700 £or 2,00, or a composition roof for $1,500, eithor £obo comploted by tho 13th inst,, waa theh road and e r, Herting movod that tho proposition for s com- ponition raotbe acvepied, - Prros et Mr, McCaffrey offcred au an amendment that the tin Toof proponition bu adopted. Discuring the smendment, tho question aross as to whiciior tus city building ordinauee would sdmit of a camposition raof belug put ou, and fartber, whather tha roof wan not too atvep for tlat class of work. Bupt, Batloy rorliod that this was an omergency, &nd ho would allow a compoaltion roof. Mr. Clea building ordinanco? [Laughtes.) Bupt, Bailey—T bellove not. After on oxtendod dlicuesion the amendment pro- viding for putting on a tin r00f wus put rod carried, and fexton promived (0 bo on hand. this morning with & large forco of men snd commence the work, Tho Hoard then adjourncad, but did not leave the dilapidated Lullding until thoy hod partsken of & hosrty dinner kiudly provided at a noment's notice by tho Warden, PR — QUT ON THE LAKE. = TIHE DAMAGE TO TUE CALD. The telegraphio dispatch sent from the crib night boforo last seoms, in tho excitement of tho moment, to have been somewhat, thongh unintentionally, oxaggorated. Tho bell-towsr was dostroyed in n curlous manner. It was bullt in threo soctions. Tho topmost of them ‘was tho reating place of tho bell, and the fowest contained the clock-work that rung tho bell in cngo of fog. Doth of tuose scctions were swept away, but the middle ona was loft upon the *‘dock,” as it {s called. Tho roport that the roof had boon blown off waa io- corroct. A pyvamidal iron-framed skylight was blown from its fostening and a fow bricke and pleces of mortar were thrown down into thoe room, nearly atriking the occupants, Thoy wero badlv ecared but not injured. Mr, Knlstromm, who is tho man liviug o the crib, had his right hand and arm paralyzed by a strosk of alactricity that ran iu on the eablo, but, though paioful for tho time, o rocoverod in about on hour. Tho Toof was ot torn awsy as roportod, excopt & very littlo cansod by tho destruction of the bell- towor, Mr, Kalstromm ssw tho etorm coming, and his first thoughit was to eave, if possible, his boat, whieh is_to” bitn & most ossential pieco of furniture, Tho cralt is attached ‘to the erib by, dats, ghollar to theso used on ves- t wis' by the grestest physical ex- ertions ‘that he ‘kopt it from bl'::w’lmz Awsy. “TLo keoper says that Lo saw the bolt.tawer fall, Tho boll and ita attachments wero thrown fnto the Iake, So waa the clock-work, They Loth eank, but can ba re- covered, * Thers will bo 110 {nterruption {n tho wter- supily, s might bo fnferred, ncd it is considered luckty that tho mintter {8 not more serious, Immedi- Moly after therocelpt of the disyatch to Nr, Cregier, Which waa sent Just after tho storm, City-Engineor Clieabrough, thinking that thero might be need of as. sistance, procured with much difiicuity & tug and wiadoa trip to tho crib. 1fe found it 38 has boen Btuled, Tl damawo bis estimatey at ubout $300, unless thie boll aud Ut clock-work should bo destroyed, He lrl;':udllh f‘ll.}mlu ?‘n the supposition that they can ba ed, sud bus mindo arrangorments i 10 Ronrl, to-marro mormiag. T 8 diver (0 be- o further damngo than that rot rthor damngo than that rocorded in yest ! THIBUNE g boek 4060 10 14 SMPPING 1 Teg Siies aud on the lako by Katurday's gale, It secmn a if tho squall did not resck far ont in tha lake, ns_all the ves sels which lmvntlgmlenlny wers in good condition snd non of them ad been struck by an unusual gils, Thoy all report that the wind blow briskly all duy Baturday, and, except from the ratn-slorm, they exe l‘;erlc-ln‘c notronble. It 18 reporicd that when the rricnus struck tho lake numberlexs water-rpouts 7080 up frowm tho water, but thoy all disxppearad altor oitfug & short distanco ~ boyond tho rom whbich fact i {8 surmisel that alo dicd out on siriking tho Iake, and hopes are eu ertained that nono of the veascls outstde st the tuo of the hurricano wuffercd wny damage. A8 stated yosterday, noarly every vensol in the harbor suifered domie, but’ vonu of it “wau of a vorlous nature, Tho setlors were busy all day yesterdny puttiug everything In ship-shape again, The most surfous duthage on the Hver was doue 1o the uuw dock of the Unfon Stasme Loat Compuny, between Washingtcn snd Handalph streets, The new structure is slmost s complet wreck, ‘aud §¢ will coat Several thoustnd doliars to make Fopairs, THE BRIDAXS, Tortunately none of tho bridges were disturbed or damagod, Liueh street bridgo vas opon at tho time to det pass theschooner Honlgnmnr{. But for tho bravery aud prescice of mindof the bridge-tendor, Mr, Gare Fell O'ieran, 1 might havo been throwh in the Tiver, and probably some of (ho persons ou ft killed or drowned, When the galo struck, it began to swinj around, but (he bridge-tunder, knowing that If aljo: o awing it would turn round and round sud in ail wmm ity jump off fulo the river, hung ou to the er and wuccoeded In keoping the bridgo open, CAME ABHORE, Tho wifs and child of Mr, Ealstromm, the keop- er ot tho crib, Wero taken naliore last night 'by the tug Mary McLain, the place being cntircly unit to live in, the roof Laving beon almout entirely demotiahed, Afr, Kalatromu, though badly Lurt by Hghining, still ro. ioalos at bis post, aud is dolng liis dut, B ‘1 ity ng uty with bis usual ———— THE SOUTHWEST SIDE. HOW TUR RUINS LOOKED. The rulns in tho Southwestern portion of the city wore visited yesterday by crowds of aurious Persons, intont on seeivg tho works of the ds. Vastating toruado. From esrly moru to dewy ove littlo kuots of people came and went. There ‘Wwas much to seo, and it elioied from them ox- Preagions of astonisnment at the ruin wrought, sud of sympathy with the unforunates Wwho bad beos rendored houseloss and homeless, and, in oue case, childless, No Hunday-echool was held at Reaper Misalon yos- terday, sud the lstle childron who came up with their good books mnder thefr arms, sud thewr closn-washod facos, and good clothes on, were notified by m rude sign-board that they wero ex- Pectod to ropsir to the Gorman M, E, Cburch at tho cornor of Ninetoonth and Laflin streets, No ehange had takea placaln the condition of the ruins, Theralsy tha shaitered houes, ite L1oat aprawliog oud Over the groaud, and ihe d H ry—In there an emergency clause in the rear in & half-tumble-down condition, se if the work of the blast isd only been parily dons, and the wind had not time TO FINIRIT UP THE Jon, Theruln was & curious misture of Lroken timbers, claphosrds, lathe, chalrs, atoves, bod. ateadn, tables, hursted gan-jipes, ozantmated coffea-pats, fallon chimite Muthodist W Tymnibonk open at s Haliotafal - Hymnas. and a bLiack haleamwltch whick had doubtiow sorved lia owner many 8 Lmo whon ccaslon requited, A polica- man wen siationed ot the ralns witl structinns to ‘ward off visilora, hut bafore lio lind naf Liin post two minnte his legitimate occupdatlon waw {nereasnd by tho additionsl duty he was roquired to peefortn (n au. awerlng the thoukand and ene queations propwunded by the curingity-acekers, Nothing wsu douo toward cleaning up the wroek, and it rennlned thers all day, an unhappy evidenca of destruction. Tho propriotor will rmove tho dobrin towda ‘Tho lteaper Misslon was Lullt up and suatained by contribution, toachorn and pupdls feol the lora quito sevorely, and (he kindvess of paat frienda will 6o roliel upon L cauna the gaud work to bo renewed. Thio urgens noed will in {taolf bo an apposl 1o churita: bl porsonn in behalf of the mauy sctolara juateucted, manny of whota srenot in clrcunistauces to ropsif thelr Joases, CRONEN'A SIOUAE, The next object in tho melsncholy situatlon swhich & TninuNE roporter vialled was Cronen's houro on Jlug Island aveutie near Robey street, The fornada Lad nwooped down upon it from the weet and hurled it over towards tho noutheaat, flattening tho front of the hiouse ot upon the aidowaik, audl lodging ono_corner of it against & lamp-post, which tooked like » drunken man undocidod whothor to tumblo over ue keop (he line of perpendicularity, This 1 =post. and » aoli- {ary hyarant survived ihe attack, aud atood as sentries over the rulns, Tho roar of tho honse woa diaposod in overy concoivablo way, somo parta leaning loward Aha earth 80 an to form kcute sugles, and utherd stand- 1ing nearly erect, Bmashed furnituro of all descrip tions decorated tha curlous nlxturs of lath, pluster, and timber, and the most melancholyfobject about tho pramises was & goodly-sized {ron kettlo toripled over and cracked in several placea, AT PALTERSON'S HOUSE, on Blua Island avenue, uear Nineteeuth etrest, tho forve of the lornudo gathered itseif for a mast powerful attack, This bouse i tho last fn n row, and is wholly unprotocted onfts rigiit and fn tho resr, Tne winit 100k it in tho rear and tumblod it ovor, tho frout falling so that the socond story windows wero leftnearly ou a level with the street and tha rear por- tou remafning bigh io air, The wind also took about 80 feat of sidowalk to tho right of thohouso, A lsmp-post was fastoned to the sidewalk and to sha piba leating to it from thotreot, Tno wdowalk, tho jamp-post aud tho small street {38 DIpo wero carried acrosa tho atreet and ludged in & Yacaot lot, T LUMDECH DISTRICT, ‘The da.nago i the lumber region was considerable, Many plies wero blown down and the lumber scattered fuall possible dircctions for 20 ur 30 feot, aud aomo of it was oven blown iuto the river and floated off, Much of it twas wnapped du plecos nn though tho Loards had beon kluvn(rl:kl‘ ‘Clig mtuation of tho lumbor.yards, skirting as thoy do ol ond of tho street, mill prevent nuy confusion arlaing whoit the various' yard-owners attempt to sot- tioup, Each man's lumber semed to full ahont 8o far out into the ntrect, and thero wan a couvenient vacant space fu the middleof tho street whero the way waa comparativeiy clear, It f8 not probable that any diticultiss will arivo ju the adjusimuoet of clalms, st b THE INJURED. ALL DOING WRLL BAVE TWO, Tho persons injured in tho wreck of Satur day's tornado aro all progressing as well as could ba oxpected. Tho Corunor held an toquost yestorday on tho body of Froddy Runl:, who was killed by the falling of Roaper Misaion, aud ro- turned a vordict in accordauco with tho facts. Of the men injurod at the Michigan Southern depot, all oo In & fair way of Tocovery kave one, Fat- rick Alahor, whoso Nfe 1s hunging by a slagle thread, o was terribly mangled and brujsed all over, and had soveral of his limba badly Lroken. The giris fnjured at Page's cuudy-factory aro aleo doiug fatrly, Katlo Woods, who was suld to bo fujured more thon tho otliers, {8 roported as Letug iu o very low condition, and sufloring intense pain, Bo far an board, no further serlons nccidents 0o~ currad beyoud those already mentionad, ———— MINOR MENTION, BOMEWHAT EXAGOERATED. By mistako the house of Mr. I*, . Adams, on Huron stroot noar Rusl, was confounded with tho houso of Mr. Hemy W. King, which ia closs adjoiniog. Tho injury was much exaggerated. The facts aro that Mr. Kiog's bounso was not injored in tho least, and that & heavy chimmnoy on 2Mr. Adams' housa was blown ou the roof, which was cracked so that the rain loaked through and wet the carpot and aome furniture, Tho damage swill causo no sunll axpense, aa roofs are not easlly ropaired, but the de- struction othorwize was not. great, “Thio damage to tho stock of machinery in tho Os. borne warchoune, 68 South Morgan street, was con. fined to sbout a dozeu mowers aud reapers which wero storod in tho samplo-room, through which s portion of the west wall foll. The goods in the other ‘partion of tho bullding wera unharinod, —_—— HYDE PARK. * A CHURCH-BTEFRPLE SUATTERED. Among the sorious accldonts resulting from tho tornado of Baturday afternoon was tho oyver- throw of tho stoeplo of the Iiyde Park Prosby- torian Church, on tho corner of Washington av- enyo sud Fifty-third strocl. This stecple has often boon seen to sway in heavy gales, but not moro B0 than many othors which bave beld out without injury through ctbis storm. The storm camo with such iotoosity that tho steople was forcod further out of line than ovar bofore at tHo firat blaw, and bofore it could racover thero way o second ovon stronger blost, which earriod 1t quite ovor. It broke off with a ragged, tear- lug fracture, and foll to tho southward and osst- ward, juat clearing the roof on tho oast eids, and boyond tho damnge to tho tower the church ogcapod with sronll {ojury. Fortunately thero ‘wan 110 buflding adjolning tho church upon which the tower could fall, and no ous suffers except tha Socioly. Qwing to tho breaking of tho telograph communlcas tlon between liyde Park and Clllnuo' the train dis. patcher and Buporintendent of thy IlHuols Central Ralroad made their headquarters st Hyde Park, whoto communication wau opots ali down the line southward, Counsidurabie damage waa doue to trees in the village and aleo in the park, but, takon as a whole, the yillsge encaped very fortunately, At the North Eod and West Ead many signs, shutters, and sidewalks in expossd Dlaces woro scaltered about_promisonusly, and he numbor of sllk hats, ¢te,, which wers distributed about tho strcets cannot Lo estlmnted, Several youny men Tiving eaat of theupot whera tho storm tirst struck wera 80 fortunats es to socure uew *tilos " in the latost IKPIDK "l{lh’ and unlesa tho vwners sppear to clalm them within a week they will bo coutlucated for the uso of the findors, — THROWN OFF THE TRACK. BUCH WAB TUE PATE OF A VFASSENGENR-TRAIN ON TUE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILIEOAD. Thoro seems to have boen no limit to (ho power of tho storm of Baturday evening, and tho oxtont of ita range seems to have boon no lesa romarkable. Thoro Lavo boen fow instauces on record whoro so much damago haa boen dona in B0 brief a wpaco of time. In addition to the sories of accidents publishod yestordsy, thero are continual reports of farthor dumago of moro or leas consoquence from various points. Ouo of tho wmost sorlons oceurred near Mattoon, 1L, on the Ittinols Contral Railroad, whoro o wholo train of fiva cara was blown from the track, completely wrocking §t, and injuring nearly overy pAssenger inoro or less, Tho regular Bt, Louls and New Orleans axpress tralu 1eft bers at 840 o'clock Haturday moralng aa uuual, and ran to Neogs, Gumberiand County, sbout 180 miles south of Chicayo, wikout accidont or notice- ablo fncident, After passing Nooga about 6:15 tha storm, which had been gatbiering in hicavy mass eecnlals Ulack tionde, shddenty © et HWOOPED DOWN UYON THE TRAIN, W. K. Ackermun, General Auditor of the Tlitnols Central Hoad, waa on boatd with his wifa on » trip to New Orleans, sna ho states thst the irst warning o bad_of danger was caused by scelug the Anioko-atack of tho locomotive go whirling off (o loward, * juat 1ike amau's hat," as ho oxprosssd it, The boxt fne stant tho whole traln was Lfted on ono side, and, though moving a% (ho apecd of 4 miléa per bour, tha cars ran some distanco on tha left- fiaud trucka, o right-baud trucke belng lited fnta the air, ‘Cheu, with o turrible shock, the cars webt wver tathe vaitward, falling clear of tno track, and stopplug siaiowt juwtanly on striking tho yroutd. The wholo damage was done ko instantausously that no‘one hiad time to prepare for thy orash, uor could it possis bly have boeu uvolded, On scratubling from tho cars the passengors found that nearly avery ono ot thelr number had bess badly bruised, Lut the ouly ones who sutfered much woro the follawlug-natnod ; \Willem N, Ackermtn, nighe Collst-bone and left villlsm .+ Ackerman, nght collar-) A shoulder-blada broken, | - ot Mrs, Ackerman, lefs arm and side brulsed, snd ear . Tha Ion, Pater Doyle, Hecrotary of Btate for Wi~ conulg, s6vers gaab Gver loft uyo, s0d Interusl injuries lllxpu.all at first Lo Lo sorious. brakewsn namod Waruor, nose brokes, spine i« fured, ana ekull fractured { probably damyerously 1 J, L, Minor, Mattoon, Ill., left shoulder dislocatod, —— — slocpiugecar poster (colored), vne eye crustied sad put out, 2 Jolo Lawlor, Prairie du Chbien; 3r, and Mrs, H,W. Waldorf, Monroe, Mich,; H. 11, Heinsas, Cilcago} MMra, M. ¥, Longworthy, Farips, TIL; two' Blsterd of Churity of » Bt. Louis couven! d Mre, B, P, Ives were seriously brulaud, bug were abla to go on to thelr mnf““" destinstions, ud Mrs, Ackormuan were brought back to thelr home i Kenwood yosterday noon, and thiy are now dolng av well aa cau be expeciod, Tha Hou, Peter Doyla raturned to this city, sud also the brakemau, porter, and one or two others. ‘Ihe rematnder of the Passengers went ou to thelr do instions, TOE WULEOK. Tha cArs foll on the east s1da of the traok and lay on Aheiz sides parfuctly cloar of ib] the en, 8 Vouss was varlly disp mu?: "L Eot tricks remainod on the tracks, Tho cars wore Aome. whiat wrocked, but on the whols they suffered very 1ittle, most of the trucks ramaining on; the track was mmI{ injured at all, showing how ofosn had been the NeL which took the cars off, Mz, Josopls Tucker, Genoral Ruperintendent of the Toad, ntatos that hie has nover known 0f & case o ro- markable in many respecta aa this, swl other old raile road men agree with liim. JAlmost {nvariably, 1n cases of darafimont, uot only’ the cara but tho track 18 badly fnjired, and the tricka of tho caraaro broken up, Tho wind munst have earrled the ars oif o one hicavy gust no far ax 4o throw thetn un thelr wides at ongce, clearing the track entircly, On tecelpt of the nnows, lato Hatnrday night, Mr, Tucker deapatehod & texin with aurgents from Ci paiis, and soon afiorsard nout & wracking t Centn ; the delay on tha rosd wan therefore only a faw bours, and tha regular trains yeatcrdsy wero ablo 10 run by tha wrock on tim. 1t no rarely hiappens that an secident nconra nn this road that the ofrcumatalico In this instance onty serves to call attantion tothe fact that it conld not hwve been avoldad Iy atiy powlile exorciso of cura ue akil: bk to good hick and well-built cars ahould be attritute:d the uaraps of tho bassongyers from a greater uuwber of nezloun casusllic, —_— THE LAW OF STORM MOVEMENT. THE PEARFUL BTORX which swept over a portion of thiscity late on Haturdsy afternoon very nesrly followed tho track of that raging during tho night of our Great Firo {n 1871, It camo from tho southwest, though ail the wind did not by auy moans blow from that quartor, tho middlo of ita course ap- pearing to be nosrly on o line from the interscc- tion of Twolfth stroot with tho river to tho erib, which is sbout two milea oast from the poiot whero the tino of Division atreot moets tho lake ehoro. The adveut was but dimly pradicted by the Woather Burean at Washington. Tho proba- bllities forthis region woio givenas ' falling snd low baromoter, north to enst winds, increasing to brisk, and possibly high ; slightly warmer, cloudy ‘weathor, aud rain.'’ It may seom strange that whilo tho meteorolo- glst can prodict slight changes of barometric pressuro and of temperatare, which undoubtedly can bo done, tho moro decinive movements of tho atwoaphere, resulting o ZXHIBITIONS OF TORNADO YIOLENCE, can often bo only hintod at—seldom confidently foretold, Dut this difticulty reyts rathor with the application of tho science than with the scionco itaclf. Tho gentlo slopo of barometric pres- sura gezerally extends over & wide area ; whillo the more rapid alope, whicl brings storms, fn' often loas oxtenniva; and 3in greatest intensity may bo located 80 far from both of two widely-sundered ntations that the abecrvers at both theso places only noto a small porcentago of the maximum dlaturbauce, Thu path of tho tornade is usuaily a narrow one,.—snmetimos only a fawscoro yarda in bregyith, The direction of tho outlying wind, a hundred miles away, will {udicate the direction of the starm-centro, but tasy tell littlo of ita power, 'The rate ot which the lino of baromettla pres- suro bends downward towards tlo area of loweat ba- rometer (the atorm centre) can only be found by com- pariug simultansous observations mado at two or more points ucarly in line with that central aiea. Ieuce the faliuro to prodict a storm at a given locality is rather duo to thio too great distanco apurt of the ob- scrving atatlons than tn any fault in tho philosophy ‘upon whick atorm pradictions are based. THE LAWH OF STORMS are now moderately woll undorsicod—at lesst in re- gard to theic modo of operation, 1f wa dipa bucket. ul of water from the Inke, tho surrounding water Hows into the * hole,” and thus a gencral level ia re. stored, In like manner, if tho preasure of the atmos- phero upon any point {a Jossened, by any ona or mors of evoral causos, tun surroundinig dlr tetls fo move towards that placo ta restore the oquilibrium, Dut thix movement ia modified by tho motlon of the earth ou hier uxis, nd & referenco 1a_the following diagram will shouw in what way thin {8 offesiad in tho Northern Heminplera, Houth of the equator the wotion is ro. vorsod 3 Let the polut C'represent the centre of the ares of least pressure, Tho relation of the oarth carries that point eastward with a velocity which, at Chicago, {s wearly 340 yirds per mecond, A volume of air at X, 70 miles northward, is Leing carriod cutward’ with o velocity of 6 yards per moc- ond loss, aud at S, 70 miles “southwsrd, tho motion of the aurfaco {8 carrying the air forward Wwithi a velocity of G mllea por socond Ersater than at C. Wuen thieso two volumoes at N snd § movo to- wards C, to flll the partial vacuum, they tend also to move eastward at the orlginal rate. “The consequenco in that tho northern alr drags behind,—fulls to tho west,—and tho southern alr moves eastward more Tapldly than the air at the storm-contre, Both tnassce of afr, thoreforo, ulow o the right, in the direction of thio arrows, fustead of aue aouth dnd due north, Ina similur way it may bo shown that afr moving from £ and W, and fo fact frota evaey othor polnt urouud C, blowa to the right of tho storm-centro invtaud of di- rectly towards it, 'These ajr-ourrents thus blow around the area of least pressuro, that moves forward in tho general direction of oastward—which fact 1u alto consequanco of tho earth's rotatlon, This con- stitutes . THE CYCLONE, onco thonght to be peculiar to tho Iatitudes niear the Loundarica of the trapics, but uow known to be a dis- Hinctive feature of every movemeat Which we call & " orm, This explains the reason why the wind Llows fn dif- ferent dirciiona at two places noar each other, aud alas why it chanyes its direction at tho same plicy. A yef- eranco to our disgram will stiow that fu front of the storm contre tho wind {s blowing from ko south; st tho rear of the storm centro it blows from the north; whilo north of tha storas centra the local wind i fram tho east, in a directlon opposite to that in which the storm I8 traveling 28 a wholo, Aud for this reason nelghboring tyees or chimneys may bLe blown down in diferent directions by tho kamo liojo Baturday aftornoon. Tho storm’contre pasilng to”tlio loft of two chimneys, ono was blown to the northward by the forward part of tho storm cirelo, aud, & fow momonts afierwards, tho other was toppled aver to the east by tho hinder part of thosanie cyclone, ‘There was no uecd of TWO S8EPARATE STORMS, a8 intimated by somo. It waa only ouo of the numerona cascs {n which two appareutly different effects aro pro- duced by tha operation of one and the s3me causa, We may ndd that tho truly clrculsr storim s very aeldom ot with, Tho shape of tho cyclone fa geul- erally that of a sotnewhat xrrei:uhr ovalj but that fact 18 due to differencen iu the elevalion and teinyeraturo of the surface over which the cy:lone ismoving, These do mot affect tho general law that, as viewod from tbo ceutral aroa of fowest baromster in the Northern Hemisphere, the wind slwaya biows round in tho opposito direction to that {n which tho handsof A watch move whon Iylug wilh its face upward, In tho Southern Hemisphore tho motion {3 reversod. — MISCELLANEOUS, IN AND AROUND CARNONDALY, ILL. Special Diapatch Lo The Uhicage drioune, CannoNpaLY, I, May 7.—A terrific wind and rain-storm passed ovor this city betweon 9 aud 10 o'clock last night, dolng considerable, but no sorious, damage. Clouda bogan to gather in the southwest abaut 8, and soon rafu begau ta fall. At half-past 9tho wind was ragiug in all its might, The wind abated about ', and it con- .tiuued to rain all night., Tho walls ot the re- contly-burned psegouger dopot wore Llown down, demolishing the telegraph wiros for somo dlstance, Tho Southern Illinois Insane Asylum at Anna #a8 suffored to the extont of $32,000 by tho root bolug toru off, J,G.Campbell's Auo brick residence hera rocolved allght {njury ta the roof, Tha tin roof on Cliap- man’s block building ls badly torn olf, Tho uew building )fll:l_s' :;:‘Il:;ld z c%.‘ Tan was blows down, "fi"",‘;“" dm.g{:ll Culmneyy, outhous, snd fonces Nooga » whiols “‘:'“}:f "‘?, b:u:ennrhtnln woa blown from ichviow brick warohous u Talegraphicommunieation wiasomsewast Topeted et ay, Ll Dwian, 1il.. Msy 7.—All farming oparations aro at and-stf, For iho last twanty-four hours tho raln 4 fallen {n torteuts, and this morning (Sunday) everyilug ln overlowiug with, wator, Mo Luve not secn 80 much water ou thie land at any formes period thita weasou, The farmera bad progreused fiucly with their plowing durlog the past week, and It fu aafe to say that about one-third of the laud was fu condition 10 plaut, This storm canuot but result i makiug the scauon stlll later, sud the Drospucts for plauting & largo bresdih fu' corn this year oxtremely doubtiul, 1t will take thireo daya at laast for the water t0 Tuu oF sud ilo ground dry up 80 that wo sLall bo abls to resuins worl MENDOTA, ILL. " eelal Dispateh ta The CAicugo Trilune. Mawpons; i May Terlha cold atus of Thureday and Fridsy last were followed by a remarkably severo toroado fu thbis section of thecountry wil yesterday afiornooy and thil Iate last night. NG sarious damags {8 announced yut fran tho rursl districts, but farming operations will Lo se1tously retarded, CAIRO, ILL. e Svecial Dlwaten (o The Chie une, ‘—~Thw storin Lt wght’ did not e datnage fu Cairo, but the reports from above cause couslderubl oxcitaiont lu th city, MEMPLIB, TRNN. Yori 'l Sight, darig T urin| 1ncbes of zala fell, terrifo reln whish 2 1-0 WASHINGTON. Ex-Governor Wise Braying About His Begrudging florace Greeley a Natural Deaib, Proctor Knott and Jere Black to Finish the Impeachment Argument To-Day, Belknap Not to Be Tried Criminally for Six Months Yet. The Resignation of Speaker Kerr Probably Forthcoming on Ac- count of Bad Health. Dom Pedro Sight-Sceing at the Top of the Dome of the Capitol. EX.COV. WISE, I TALKS TOO FLUENTLY WITI HIS MOUTI. Syecial Diavateh to The Chicaga Tribune, Wasurvaroy, . C., May 7.—Gov, Wise, in his recent argumont beforo the Election Commitiee on bohalf ot Platt, contostiug Goode's seat, modo oo important statemonts. It will bo romemibored that Gov. Wise signed Jobn Drown's doath warrant, Upon this subject Gov. Wiso said: ** Thero was no timo botwoen John Drowa's sentoncoand exccution that, if Ins friends could have broughbt ro tue hiving Greeley, I would uot have exchavged Joun Brown for him, and that, Andrew Jactwou-like, [ would have ta- ken tho respousmbility of causing hiin to be hung in John Brown's place, It would have hean o doslrable vieatious oifcring of instigator for tho victim of ths bighest crime.' regard to the Grecley movement of 1872 ho anys o wholo moviment wan worxa than & minerablo failure, 1t wan grosn Llunder which drove Virginia o cant licr vote for Grant, I could not, aud did not, vots for gither candidato; but, if the thitmb-screw had forturedias o vote at wl, T woald hav votad for Ges. rant," tho In — IMPEACHMENT. THE ARGUMENTS, Speetat Dupaten to Lhe Chicaan Tridune. Wasusdroy, D. C,, May 7.~The srguments of Ropresoutatives Jonks aod Iloar tn tho Court of Impeachment on Haturday sftornoou have at. tractod considernble atiention, and Lave ro- doemed tho meungers oo the part of thy Houso fram tho charge of inefliciency Lrought againat them. Tho peroration of 3Mr. 1oar's romarks was espocially cloguent nud impressive, although ho reflectod with great soverty upon the corruption of tho past fow years, On to-mor- row P1octor Kuott will mako his argument, re- viewing Mr. Carpenter's speach, which — was punted tcdiy for the first Ume. Judgs B as conuscl for tho reapondent, will thou nsko t cloving srgument, whick, it {0 expected, will bo sblo und juteresting, oud will occupy two houra, ‘The Ben- ate will then 1etizo tor censultution, svdit{s not im- protiable that they may reach a vote on the question of tueir jurfadiction to-morrow, 1t I generally belloved, though by no means certain, that they will disniiss the caii6 48 oo over which they have no Jurisaiction. o the duociated Pre. | Wasnizatox, D, C,, May 7.—The urguments on tha question o Jurixdictlon 1 the Delknap impeackiment trlal will Le Lrought to a eloso to-morrow, It I8 not yrobavle that o dectston will Lo wade until aftor the return of Congress {from Philadeiphia. The Senate will meet at 11 0 clock_to-morrow, und fhe ontlre day will bo consunad by Knott and Jullge Black, —_— DOM PEDRO. HIS BUNDAY SIGUT-BELING, Sveetal Diapateh ta The Chieano Trivane. Wasuinotos, D. C,, May 7.—Dom Pedro was a8 lively Lioro to-duy 28 8 cricket, Lord's Day that it was, ho took his early mornlug lesson in Bancrit from tho learned pundit that travels with bim, breakfastod, aud drovo all about thecity with his smte and the rotund Spanish Minister, with tho thermometer at 2 in the slade. Ile ju- vaded the Capitol, ‘T'ho plous poople who con- trol it keep the doors closed on Sunday, Dum Pedro, however, in literal und fnspiring Euglinh, told the cape taits of the guard that an Emyperor kuocked st thu door, and thut thne wak mouey, Beryeaut-at-Arnis Fronch 100k i atmyle, mpulsive, preesing Masjusty {n charge, and showed bim the Capitol froin turret to foundas tion-stons, Dom Vedro wearched the crspt and cliubod £o the upper gullery of tis dome in ile great heat, Tho learned pundit watted, wearied and swel teriug, st the buse, Lo-worrow (hero will boa tate vinit to the Fresldent oud tho Cabluet, s glimypso ot tho lmpeachment, and Tucsday Hid Majesty lcaves for the Ceutennial opening, . —_— CONKLING. 118 CONNLCTION WITIL A PATEST CASE. Specwai Iispaleh ta I'he Chicago Tribune. Wasuivaroy, D, C., Mav 7.—Aunother of tha chiof attorneyn in tho Palontias caso, in which Henator Conkling’s name Las boen used, pub- lsted to-day the following etatoment : . « Concermug the complaint allejed to avo boen made, sud tho case, #o far as may bo thought to aifect Honator Conkling, Lo 13, of coure, sbund- antly ablo to tako caro of himself, But I be- lieve it brings nothiug agaiust hiny furtber than & suggestion of what i devmed Ly the com- plaiugut tho fmpropriety of a Bouator's congant- g to be retained 1u causes to bo dosided by o ‘buresu of ofticers whuse utlicisl Beads ore commonly supposed to be frequently put on; uud liable aleo to Lo put off, by jowesful Senstorial iufiuence, It takes, perhups, 8 vury strong, solf+ nd” consclentions mind to Le {m: and judicial under such circumstancy and 1y llent Fecifon somo mterosting tuctdonts weil calzulated to aliow tho oIS Of VIKOruus Henstors’ n- terested presenco fu_tho Latent Otlice, T Liave s very whrewd cllent from Now York, who, without my wug- gustion, deemed 16 for lLila Interest to futruct me tw nucertsin tho rost of, Senstor Coukliug's sppearance betore the Commisrioers of Fateula (o arguy ot ap- posl, Wi m the day before yeatordsy, L tuid tlo Benator plainly that niy clfeut, who fs a good Demo- crat, wanted bim Locuitno b bolioved b o biuve & power of argument to movoe the Commissiouer 10 a Vigorous tnguiry 1to ifs case, Str. Coukling prompt. v, after bis buior, 1 tliuk, decliued to bo retstued for & special pumpose, und wonhd conmider nothing but a goneral rotainer for the whole term of the pateni el ety NOTES AND NEWS, BUEAKZR KLU, Bpeewal Disvaten to 4'he Chicaus Tribune. Wasuisatos, D, €., May 7.—8peaker Kerr's phyeiclana havo expreased tho opinlon that o ought, In justico to msolf, to throw off en- tiroly tho labors of oflicial life for thoe rest of this wosslon, and bils frionds aro lookiug for his resignntion at sn early day, TUE WEVENUES, The Chronicle to-day saya oue of tho effects of broaking up tho whisky-rings of tho country hiad beon a large increase in Intornal Reveonuo rocoipts. Lor the wmonth of Apnl the ncresso Lius been over x3,600,600 aa compared with the saiu8 1uonth lust year, which can be atsribulod ta no other catiso thau th falthfulnes and vigilince whick now mark thu collcctions of this revenue, WOMAN-BUFFRAGE, A delegation of woume, white aud bisck, sppeared Lelure the Distrive Comuilssion yesterday, sdvocating a AW creatiuit womun-sulTrage In thid District, A member of the Commision vkl tue delegation whether thoy wonld submit the queation to the wolnen of thie District. ‘Fhe wonian Chnteman of tue dele- Ration sahl tUat they would 1ot, us they would uot st At trust the woinen, becausa they are under the douttuiation of thelr malo relatives, BELKNAM'S CHIMINAL TRIAL, The criminal tria] of Geo. Belknap in thoe courta Dera will probiably bo postponed until fall on necount of the pressura of court Lusinusv, BENATON MOKTON'S MEALTH 1a now quite yood, Ile bas Lad au uitack of influsne 23, froni which bo hiss recovered, JUDOE CATE iz gona (o Wisconsin 1o attempt to start & whisky fn- vestigation at_slilwaukee. 'Thy Wisconsin delegation stoubt whisthior he can {uyeatigaty that Ling bettor than Uristow haz, W'REE ‘The Prealdent will not pardon McKoe, The latter is plieoualy iutercoding Liore for wercy, and fs w crusied snd broken mau, MU, TUKTY, OF IOWA, AND TUEK CRAZY BIQGENS AFNALL 3 1o donouncivg the stupldity of the Commit Expenditure of the Interior Depaitmout for num‘;'m‘i: iug crazy Biggens before thein, injustice wea doue Slr, ‘fults, of duws, who was the ouly Hupublican momber Tuf present ut that examiuation, sud kuew nothiug of the terribly revelations that Liggous was ubout to make uutil We Demoeratio nebibery told lim with Lated Lreatl, after tho windows bad beon Liinded and the key-bolo duly corked. TLo Cownaittes would bave boen wiestitug wita Biggens Lo tuis iy had uot Tutts Bt fu wiib, * How tho usvil did the Presddunt got futo 30ur Foom at midniglt nd bubody Kuow it, when the Uoors were all locked 10 This ylarced tle bubbie, sweph sway the dearest bopa of the Democracy of Wealching the Presidsnt,” wud lat Diggens ssplain that the larrible crimes committed by the Presidant weze only spiritnally, (10 5. Avmciated Pyers, | THESGIREME COURT, Wasnmator, D.C., kay 1.~The Syprome Court will to-morrow decida the Gratiger cases, KILVRE, Tha arcount of silver in the Treanury Deprtment at the timo of the samage of thin & erts Hesumption sot, whiich, sccording 4o the recent directions of tho Becras tary of the Treasury, will be nseid 1n otdinary Govern- ment digbursements, fs ALout §2,500,000 SPORTING NEWS. THE TURF. GOLDEN AATE LOING A GUOD DEAL OF ORK, BAR Praxctco, May T—At the Iy Dise trict track yesterdsy Golden Gate won tho bandie eap daah of a nile snd s quarter in 2124y eatlng. Lmins Skaze, Lady Amanida, sud Bradie o ataken Yasta, were: on by Galden Uste 0z anrd Ieating Doublo Cross, The Rweepstakes, two mile dash, waw won by L Amanda, beiting Guidea Gulo 'ty 3:43.5, The track waa s littiu beary. THE LOUISVILLE 394 3 viLi, Ky, My 7.— orillard’s New talie, comprisieg Varole, Tiorees, Durango, Tuinplica, and Benzing, ina arrived et tha grounds of the Loutavifle Jo-key Club in guol coudition, The Indicatious aro that” mors peoyle will mitnces the Derby than wera ever Leforo sesmblcd o & race courss {n Amcrics, —_———— BASE-BALL. A GAXE AT MEMPUIS, Meyemts, Tenn,, May 7.—Ball=Bt, Louis Red Bocks, 14; Mempliis, 7. Y CLL NEV/ CHICAGO THEATRE. There wan & gala tlme at tho New Chicago Theatre teveuing, the occasion Leing ibe furowell Lenefil of Miza Mary Wolff, tho talented leading lady of Mr. Worstern German aramatle compauy. The hunse was filled to overflowing, and & 1a fair to pre. wume that all present wers werm fricnds and admirers of tho falr bemefictary, for they shawered on hier & perfoct avalanche of floral tributes, Ono of the gifts wus B beautiful birdwsge covered wwith cuatiy flowera and contajuing & melodiotts war- e Lier, The play presented wan Bardows well-known Frou-Frou," whicl wasa adwirably performed in every reapect, The Leucficlary was soveral times called Lefore the curtain, KATE DOUGLAS' CONCERT, The musical ovents of this week will be pro- luded with tho concert this eveniug at McCor- mick's Hall, complimentary to Miss Kato Doug- lag, the now arpirant for Iyric hovore. Tho pro- grammo is an admirable one, and Ler asuistsuce will comprise some of the beat of our musiciann, Botb as o matter of personal enjoyment, and of encotragement Lo & young sud promising einger, the wnusleat puvlic and 1uo yublic generally ought to take such an intorest in this concert as 1o Al the hall to over flowlng, CRIME. ARRESTED IN CANADA. Haxtrtow, Ont., May 7.—Ueorgo E, Schoolley, 8 ‘money-clork of the Adsma Exprean Company at Nash- ville, Tont., who absconded with 10,0 belonging to the Company, wan arrested hiers yeaterday. Tho pris- oner confesacd sud promked 16 retunud the money, e consented to return without awaiting extradition. . THE FIGHTING MINERS, CLEVELAND, O,, May T.—Everything Is quiet ot Mas- silon to-dsy. Last night stout 8 o'clock aix or eight shots woro fired nt pickets stationed at the Warming- ton mine, 'The pickets relurned the fire and started in pursuit, but the attaciang party made ita eacape. MOLLIE MAGUIRE, POTTAvILLE, May 7.~Ten prominent members of the Mollle Maguire Asaociation were arrosted to- dayand lodged in Jail, charged with coneplring to ‘murder, CAPITAL. Bax Fraxcisco, Msy 7.—A gentleman arrived in this city yesterday moruiug from the Southern coun- try, brivging with him the hosd of Chavez, a bandit, for which the Governor has offcred 8 reward'of 5,000, A WFSTERN RODBERY. 8ax FRAN0IsCo, M2y 7.~The United States Paymas. or robbed on bis way to Fort Gaaton proves to have been ol Brodboad, FIRES. AT YORK. PA, Yonx, Ta,, May 7.—A supposed incendiary fire this evening, destrored Farquhar's large brick machine shiops and seriously damaged & warehouso adfoluing the St. Charlea Hotel, and n number of brick and framo bulldings, Ono hundred sud sixty workiog peoplo were thrawn out of employient, ‘The total 104418 $110,000; Susurasice, 4,0.0. THE WILLIAMSPORT CONFLAGRATION, WiLLiAstsroRT, Pa,, May 7.—The fire last night burned all the lumber-piles on sbout 20 acres of ground, comprising 18,009,000 feot of lumbor, Loss, $270,000; {usurance, IN CHICAGO. - The alarm from Box 16 at 613 o'clock Iast_ ovening was caused by & Bire in a closet on tho second fioor of thio Ztmes bullding, caused by spontadeous combus- tion, of'n 10t of Fubbisl,aud romBaute of ol edi- wi o CASUALTIES, THE GREAT POWDER FXPLOSION. Nrw Yons, May 7.—Over 40,000 peopls visited the scong of tho explosion in Jermey City toulsy, Tho absonce of dangerous njury to snv person is some- thing wonderful, when tho riddled reaidences in the nelubborbood are scen. Tho windows of all the Loters in the netghborhood wero shattered. In sove eral fustances bricka plerced woodon structures, tear- ing down cellings, Lreaking window rashes, and de- molishiug doorpoats, Doors wero blown off their Dinges, trees uprooted, and s wholo m: frout 'of tho powder mmagazmno chi out by Ahe forco of tho oxplosion, strect lamps aud Jights o houses ns far as the New York ferrica wero fnstanily put out, and bus for theclear moonlight the wholo of Jeruey City and 1fo- boken would havabees euveloped in complets dark- ness, A number of houscs wero 80 shattered that they will bavo to ba rebuilt, In shis city snd Birook- Iyw the report was o Joud that everytody stipposed tlo explosion g occurrod fn the lmmediato victaity, Thue police falled 1o traco anything that leads tosugi ioua thie ntrikers woro the perpetrators of the deed, lio. opiniou is becoming general that spontaneous combuatfon was the cunse. No correct estimate of tuoloss baa been made, but the first reports wars Iikoly szaggeratod, DROVINED, Special Dissaich to The Chicazo Tridune, Drraorr, Alch,, May T.—Danfel Falvey hod been misalvg for & month, e was found foating in thu rivar to-day, He bad about $1,000 when Last seen, and thiis was found safely fu his pocket, showing his death t0 bave been accidental, FouT LARAMIE, Wy., May T.—Jolin McGregor, First Horgeant of Company K, Necond Cavalry, was accl- Gersutly drowniei watle'out with two hiea Lyl 10 Bnd deserters to-day, 1o was crosaiug Laramie Biver, lils horse becatne frizhtened ar ugly, ¥ud, when nears Iy across, all rontrol over Lim was lost. e turned Dack {uto the river,got futa deep water, sud was swept under by o strong current, McGregor as an excol- Jout man, snd with Capt, Egun i bis chargy Iately mi rough Crazy llorso's village, s leavus awife and two cufldren, Hu was 8 mumber of the Capitol Lodge of Masous, Oigaba, RUN OVER AND KILLED. Byecial Dispateh to The Chiraga Tribune, BrooxinatoN, Iii, May 7.—Thomas Crawford, s Dursory-luborer st Normal, was crusbed to stoms Jast night un the track of tho Qlicago & Alton, within the carporation of Normal, by s night tratn, Iis mangled romaius wera found o thu track this morning, He Toaves a wifo aud two childron destitute, It 18 sup- puscd that bo was futuxicated, XMila Appinuse. Mre. Biddous once describod with no amall huwor to Cempbell tho scouo of her probatian ou the Edinburg boards. The gravo atteution of tha Scotchmon, and thoir cauuy resorvation of praiwse till they wero sura it was doservod, she sawd, Liad well-nigh worn out her paticoce, Bhe Lid boen usod to speak to animated clay, but sbe now felt a8 if sho had bvon sposking ta sone, Buccessive flashios of her eloquonce that bad always boon sure to electrify the Bouth foll iu valuon thoso Northern thnts, At lusp sho said that she bad worked up her powers to tho utmost emphiatio possiblo utterauce of ono pau- nage, haviug proviously vowed in Lior Leart that it this could not touch tho Bcoteh sho would never again cross tho ‘'L'weed. Whon it was finisbod, sbio pausad, and looked at the sudieuce, ‘The deep stleuce wus broken ouly by s uluglo voice exclamming, * That's uo bad I" e The IRight Sort of Collectorss Tirginia (Nevs) Knterprise, Two Comstockers, members of a cortaln church in this city, wore appoisted a commisios to colloct subscriptions vo & cortaln amouns. Ono of tho men boing ofiiclally noitied of lus appomtment huntud up his partyer and told hYlu whiat thoy were expected to do. 'y lawc montioned half of tho committes utoad ughast, S'What are we todo sbout the msttur?"” waid he. **Well, I'll tell you whut 1 shall do—I shail just go juto the bank hoere uud draw s chock for iy buit of tho Bum wWo aro sxpucted Lo raise," * (oad,” said the other, Lis countenancy show- og wigue of reliof. v Good? L fover thought of tbat. Ishalldo the sswe.” ‘Ihe pair went futo the bsnk nud drew their chiecks for tus amount they were expocted 10 salse snd the trouble was all ove z FOREIGN. Great Religious Riot in the City of Salonicn, Europcan Turkey. Friends of a Christian Girl Strive to Prevent Her Affiliation with Mohammedans, The French nnd German Consuls Slain by the Maddened Turks, Prompt Measures for Inexorabls Vengeance Taken by Germany and France, The Latest Batch of Revolutions, Riots, and Earthquakes from Mexico, TURKEY. A ROUBING OLD COMPLICATION, Loxpox, May 7.—A serious riot took place inRa- lonica, European Turkes, Baturday, between Chrise tians and Aobammedans, The trouble srose from tha fact that a Christian girl wished to bLecome & Moham- medan, Sha way forcibly taken frowm ber Turkian Iriendaby Grocks. During the riot the Fretchand German Consuls wero assasslusted by Mohsmmedans. Furtuer disturbances are apprehonded. At last sc- counts the sutlioritics bad taken 1o measures Lo pro- tect life and property, aud no arrests had boen made, FUBTHER BTATEMENTS, CoxyTaNTINOPLE, May Ti—It 13 Slated fiero to-dey thiat the tody of Christians who nttemped to take the would-be convert from the Turkish quarter of Balonsca acted st the instigation of tho American Consul. Fightlng Letween Chriatians and Turks en- eued, The Freneh aud German Consula went to the moque and were killed by the exasperated Moham- modan populace, notwithstanding the efforts of the Governor to protect them, A FRIOATE left Constantinople to-lsy for Salonica with Echerif Tacha, who has just beon sppoiuted Governor of Halonlca, & Turkish Cominisslouer, the Becond Drago- man of the French Embavsy, aud the German Consul lonstantinopte ou_ board, puniehment of the guilty has bLeen ordered Wit a publicity befitting the gravty of the crime. FLENCIE ACTION, A French man-of-war left Cunstantinople imme- diately on_recelpt of the news to protect tho lives and sutercata of Drench citizen PaRis, May g, Alediterranesn Squadron has receivod orders Lo pro- ceod %0 Baloniea, —_— MeXIico. MUNITIONS OF WAR. Crrr o Mexico, April 30.—Fifty-fivo Lundred stand of improved arme, and $1,000,600 worth of smmuoition from the United States arrived at the capital from Vera Cruz, CONGRESB, by & Yote of 135 ¢o 36, voted to adjourn until one month sfter the mest Presidential insuguration, It has wrauted the President _extraordinary powers for tho couduet of war and tlo raising of money. TUE REVOLUTIONIATS at Minatitlau hove captured two vessels loaded with amiunition—a Lieary 1oss 10 the Government, BEISAIC, Amevera shock of earthquaks oceurzed in Gaudals- Jars, Apnl12, A DBELIGIOUS RiOT has taken place in Qurctaro, Tha ey, Maxwell Phil- ligs, of Prosbyleriau Missions, was badly woundsd, P GREAT BRITAIN. THL MARKETS FOR GLOCERIES. Towpox, May 7.—The Timcs eaye ¢ * 'The Mincing Lane tuarkets contiuue to suiler from the dopreseivn of trade, and the generd feeling of caution nuw oxist- jug, therelore spoculation fs extinct, with prices Iower than for some years, Bugar does not quite maintaiu Last weck's luirovement, Ordivars qualities of coltee ara still very depreswed, andhave further declined, in several casca to the extent of 2 shillings per hundred weight, I0wWaA. John Pope Iodnetts Misston—Lile. Ensurance—Cost of Crimc—Ninto fte- lizioun Jectings—Elome for Imbecile Childresn. Spectul Correanondence of The Cnteaaa Trioune, Des Moixes, I, May 6.—There are rumors that Jotn Pope Hodnett s moving in sohd phaiaux upon lows, by order of tlio Democratio pacty, S 381N 14 to stir up the poople, sugender strife, sow the ecads of dissension, and raise a row generally. 1o comen bellowing thio burden of a huge frand which Las been uucarthed by the boomerang Smelling Committecs at Washington. Grant men bave been selling their influcuce to rob lomestead-settlors, corrupt the Courts, and defeat juetice, for the bouefic of a monstor corporation, e has dis- covered that, by this monny, the Des Moinea River Transporiation Compsvy have Leen contirmed in the title to an area of land {n Tows 45 miles wide by 150 wmiles long (whew hat on this land zre 12,000 heads of families (whow sgainl); that thio Company bas offered to thess sttlers abuut 500,000 for their fnprovenients, but thoy refused to accept, or ta vacate, Now Julin Topo proposcs to go up cud down the length and_breadih of that strip uf Jand 25 miles wide and 150 jong, and tell the settlers that oy ara the victiins of a gigantlc fruud: and thot thefr only ralvation 16 in the Democratio Reforn Cone grens, which has power to set wnde wnd xnuul tho do- cisions of the Courts, which have been led uatray 1y the deluelons of promiuent Repuulicans with fut feed i their pockots, And he believex the attle: save thuir lomes, will “voto the Demo: Tuly is ono of tho fatles dovised to distapt the lta. publican party, and this fa what Joln Popy Hodnott Le went to lowa 1o liring sbout. Unfortunately, in the ardor of Lis zeal he bius MADE WRECK OF IS JUDGNENT, There in Do question s ta the unfortunsto poaition of those settlera; Lut, fintead of there Leing 12,00 heads of familivs, thers are probab.y not 1.200, Ine etead of the territory belug 45 by 150 wlles, the Land- Grant law rays 1t consiats of *au equat molety of Tanda fu sltcruate sections desiguuted by odd num- bers, vxtending 6 ollea on eitlier alde of (s D Stuliies River. This mubraces nbout 272,00 acr ‘The biatory of all the Htigalion shows that'this Co iy, $natead of tendering paynient for improvementa )y seitlers, bavo unifor:uly cousidered thom 3n trapais- erv, and so treatwd thed, never recogulziag 1uany. wise thero ¥ight to occupy the Jand, except to pur- chse, If their wan & sbadow of jrousuflity that John Poye Uodnett honewtly Lielieved what be alleges, or could relleve tho settiess frum thetr burdens, the Topntlican purty of Towa conld well afford 10 Joso slk the Detnocratfe vot.s be will wakoy but theao wettlers Lo so many times hsd the word of promiso 10 the ©ar broken t3 tho hopo, and 80 ofien have besn made fhio victitus of rapacious cormorants, that ho will hava 10 prescut sometiing more tangible’ than the boome wrang dnvestiytions by Lis coadjutors i Cougreas, LIFE-INSUIANCE 1X I0WA, fortheauiug report of tlo fitate Auditor, for 187475, now i1 preas, will show tho following statiatics of lifo'fnvurance {n thiv Btate, Tulrty-four nou-btate Companiv aro authorized o do business, and two 14 8,307 $12,276,513.00 334,980 s 1n 1818 were Toau thian’ 40 'pez ceut uf the premiumy pud in 1814, 233 per ceate CONT OF CIIME, ‘The crimina} statiutics of lowa for 1874-'6 sre not specially gratifylug to tho honeat tax.payers, Yor 1874 the report show Convietiots, ..., . 1,3% Tines impoeed. +$104,825,52 Tines collpcted . 83,808,10 . 207,314,67 Net lous UKt For 1875 the record show; Gonvictions Tines i Yiues collucted More thian 53 per cel viatatiun of tho Liquorlaw, or 1, 415 0f all othier crinica, Tle recard of convictions fs ma criterion o erimo {n this State, Buch ate the defects sud siobl- of tho crimins) statutos that the wouder s thera convictions atoll, Had the law-makers iu- cuded to legislate specially o provent the punishment af criminaly, they coull uot have succvedod batter than (lioy hiave, Of ihe four or five murders in this clty, but oue parson Was couvicted, and, 1o preveut Lts ' posuiblo escape, o was hung to & lamp-post by Vigilautes, whiile his two or ihreo confederates gob cluur witliout coming to trial, ———— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. Bpaectal Diapateh to The Caleago Tribuns, Pronia, Iil., May 7.—The Hon, George H, Kottelle, 8 prominent momber of tho Peorla Bar, and known all ovar o Btate ae a risjug young sttarney, left for Chi- cago this evoning, whsry ho 18 10 entar on tie practioe of law lu connection with W, W, O'Brien. 'The Feoria Bar met yesterday sud psssed s soricsof rosolutions Qx:lojuufl’:al Mr, {hlu-lh'l profesaional aud other abile fties. IupravaroLls, May T.~The funezal of Andrew Oar. ht,.nuul 1 slection riot vietima, took place ta-day wnd wan attonded by & very large number of pervons. e D A: Roch ‘wis Ap+ folnted s delogsté to reprégent e Chinees quasticn ah aablngton, vico Eugone Cusserly resignsd, INDIAN TERRITORY. United Stetes Agent for the Five Olve lized ‘Fribes—The * indian JSour- o Spectal Correanondence of The Chicags Tyidune, Musrooxe, Crock Nation, Ind. Ter., May 8,— Col. E. R. Roberts, Agent of the' Creeks priorto the consolidation, and, evor since tha organizas tion of the Union Agency, Chist Clerk theroof, haa Juat rocoived information from an entiraly- trustworthy source in Washington—and which by the way, haa beon carzobornted in lotters to gentiemon residing horo from rosponstble parties at the National Capital—that the Reov. 8. W, Maraton, D. D., of 8¢, Louis, Saperintondent of tho Missouri Btato Missions of the Baptist Churcl, whoes nomination by the Presidens for the position of nited Htates Indian Ageat for the livo civ. .0l tribos hns boen pending in the Henate for wvoe two months paat, is at lengta confirmed, Agrnelbl{ to the actlon of s confarsnca of lending epirits of tho soversl civilized nations, which took placo hiero on the 16tk ult., tho stock- holders of the Indian International Printing Company held & meeting at this place on tho Ist iust, Qoly & few promiuent mon wero prosent, but quite & number of others wera rcpm!anma by proxy. The proceediugs wera vory harmo- nious, aad resulted in the nalection of Muskogos 24 tho point for the pormanent ostablishmont of the pager., Tho fact hm.;f beon rovealed that & newapaper callod the Indian Herall i boing published in tho Osago couutry, n change in oamo from that previously agreed upon wat found nucessary, ~ Thoroupon ox-Clnef Rost moved that ‘the name of Journal b substitnted for thas of Jerald, which motion _wss adopted. The mnamo of tht Hon. William I Kosa, ox-Chief of th¢ Clicrokees, was then presented for editor, and lho was unauimously clected. The printing preea (which is eutiraly now) and materiul, which wore bought for cash, havo been re- ceived; nod, as an offics han baon seoured, ft in expectod that the imitial pumber of the JIndian Jaurnal, which is lookod forward to with con- siderable intercst, will mako its sppearance within two weeks., ‘The impression pravaila that the Journal, under the munsgoment of dr. Iiosa,—WbLo is & man of high ability, and thor- oughly converrant with whatever toplo ha treats upou,—will Lo 8o ably and fitly conducted, and tho personal nad political rights of tho Indiane witlin the Five Nauous so strongly supported with convinciug areuments, 88 to challenye the attention of tho press aud the poople of the country. C.8 PORT HURON. Spectal Dispatch 1o The Chicaao Teibunz., Posr Ilunoy, Mich., Mey T.—Dowx—Prop W, B Cowle; sehirs John O'Noll, O, C, Barnes, 1, W, Bcone. Ur—Propa Scotis, Wenoma, Denton, Annlt L. Craly, Omegatclle, Emma Thompeon and barges, Turuer and barges, Prindisille aud Larges, Baltna and barges; fchra Joslo Bock, Denmark, Buitic, Hippo- griile, Tosco, Three Bells, Carrington, Anofe’ Mulvey, Vatertown,” Gavaller, Bwecpstakes, Outarlo, Mazv zanifla, Vhasen—Calm and dza. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yong, May T.—Arrived—The stesmers Donaty from Bremon, sad City of Ricumand, from Liverpool Barmsstons, Ald, May f.—Arrived—The steamshiy Nurnbers, from Brem -Artived—The steamer Wyo- New vout, ey 7 minyt, frewm Liverpool. Fanzurs Fowz, May 7.—Tho steamship Sardiniss arzived, "BUSIRESS NOTICES. o ¥lousckeepers.—Fhe nttention of heads of famdlica ia ‘tnvited 10 the supenor quality of Hurnect's Flavoring Lxtracts, They o highly enn- ceatzutnl, have all the freshness and dellcecy of the fruils from wiiict tiey are preparcd, aud are loas ex- nennive, B e, Counglzn and Coldu.~Thoso ywho are anifering from corghm, cojds, hourseness, 8000 throat, etc,, shouid try ** Erown's Brouchial Troches.' MILLINERY, HIELTHERY DEPARTIENT. 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