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

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[g-story framno bulldings. me bulldings, Sl Total frame oullillng Tota brick buildlizs rotal framz bnilldiiss, il frAIDS ot sione and hrlek.., “Fotal stone and fro i 1 ot 20 et ¢ 5 fect frumo bullding: 143 100 feot frame bidlding 323 feet frame bulltnss i 10 fect frame bullufni B 19 Fl 4 3 o 3 8 107 £t wone nd fren DICES 4 T 200 £1 atone and frou bl 7 4 125 {t stono nnd tron Dd'gs. i 150 ¢ stone and fron Diilis. -t 135 1L wtone and {ron blid' ool f 200 ft stane and iron B 7 222 1t stono and fron DI 4 27 no puid tron 1 1 74 {0 atone nu fron bld" 1 L300 ft cemiont bullding. ., i TFIRES. AT PITTSBURG, PA. Prrsnung, Ta, Aug. T.—At an carly hour this morning, Wightman & Negley's blucking works, located on Negley's Run, in the Nine- teenth Ward, wero destroyed Dby fire, Tho loss s $18,000; the fneuraunce i §8,000. Tho :Hu 18 nuppumi 10 be the .work of un incen- ary, —_— AT WYANDOTTE, MICH. Spectal Dispalch 1o The Tribune. Detnotr, Mich,, Aug. 7.—The saw-mill of James 'l Hurst was burned ot Wyandotte this morning, Loas varlously estimated at $8,000 to $12,0007 no fusuranee. NEAR DEXTER, MICII, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. AXN Anruon, Mich, Aug, 7.—A Louss and its contents, 3 milcs north of Dexter, belunging to Willlam Prestly, was burncd lanst night; partly lusured. Nobody was at home, AT GLENWOOD, TA. Bpectal Dispatch to The Tribune, Dopuque, la, Aug. B.—A blacksmith and wagon shop bulonging to Myer & Wallace, at Glenwood, near Nashua, was destroyed by fire gxxnenor&!u,y uight. Loss, £3,000; fusured for 4600, — 1IN CIIICAGO. The alarm from Box 745 at 10:25 yesterday wmorning wus caused by the burning out of o cliney In the residence of Mrs, Heffron, No. 18 Lurrabee strect, Damage nominal. AT ATIIENS, N, Y. ITupsox, N. Y., Aug. 7.~Fourteen laden cars of un oil traln ot the Athens depot wero burned ust eveulug. ——— VANDERBILT., "The Old Man's Condition Yesteruny. Spectul Dispatch to The Tridune, New Yonx, Aug. 7.—The attendnuts report that Conunodore Vanderbllt has passed a very essy day and evening, Although ke pare took of little refreshmont, and slept - tle, hu hus been comfortable, apd did not appear to be any weaker than on the previous day, Ile recelvedseveral mein- bers of his family, and chatted pleasantly with hls phiysivians, Mo does not appear to be un- enasy over Lis conditton, and the ticmuess of lis wmind coutinues to sustalh-him. Friends aro constantly calling and inguirlog for bim, and ;Inflc Is an uhmost Ineczsunt Huging of the door- el A dispateh from Albany states that u mort Bage tor 312,000,000, ), (), to bear 7 per vent Inter 03 at (b per cent, given by the N ric Central & Hudzon River Rall- 10ad Compuny to Cornellis Vanderbilt, Jr., nnd Willtunt ll L Vinderbilt, has Just been recorded {1 thie Connty Clerk’s oilive” tn- Albany, ‘This miortiage I8 Believed to bu convected With ar- rangeménts mado by Connnodore Vanderbilt far'the dispositlon of his ratlroad property ufter s death, T — SUICIDF, Bpecial Dirpaich te I%e Tribune. Davesvowr, Iu., Aug. 7.—G. P, Paddock, of this ¢ity, n resident of Davenvort for twenty-six e, and a well-known citizen, conmitted sul- ¢lde by Jumplng from u pler of the Miastssippl bridge lnst night. It ls believed drinking and bud company were the cause of the act. He was 40 yeara old, and Jeaves awile und threo chils en, Spectul Dlwateh to The Tribune. INDINAvOLIY, Aug, T.— Euis morning Jolin Mathews, o furmier BivIng weat of here, com- nftted suleldd by shooting bimsell throngh the hewd with o rifle. No cause da knuwn for the uel, a3 he was fn good cireumstanees opd hls relatious pleasant. e —— Havastopol, !evueh:’]m] has been dn o rulned end dismane Ued condition sine close of the Crimean war, It does n mtufn miore than 9,000 Inbabltants, who ure scarcely alle to exist upon the renmn; of the ones ourlshing comuscree 0 thu port, ‘The life of the commtnity shuws ;!(g!u of reviving of late, some wilitary "vessels having been constructed om its newstipy, Forts Constantine und Catherins are still stunding, ‘Qndly battered with cuunon balls, Forts Nichiolas und Alexander and the quurantine uro 'f nptetely dilapliated, some hundredsof dwell baviiiz been bullt with the stones which uiie fured thelr rampurts, Tho principal ;lr.ubllc buildings of the ety arv oll destroyed. ] hhe recanstruction of the fortitleatlons ts nluuni_' ‘@ possibilitles of the situction should compli- cations with England cosue, A MOMENT’S MADNLSS. Murdex: of I4r. Hanford, of the North Side High School. The Deed Committed by Mr. Sul« livan, of the Board of Public Works. Reading of o Paper in the Coune clle--Clinrges Agalnst Mrs, Sultivan. Unavalling Efforts to Secure the Suppression of the State- ments. Meleo Between the Two Men, in which the Wifo Takes Part, Sullivan Clalms onford Struck Her, and Then He Shot Iim, Btatement of tho Homicide and of o Wit- ness of the Deed, THE PROVOCATION. MR, HAKFORD'S COMMUNICATION, About 8 o'clock yesterday evening n repott began to cirenlate to the effect that Mr. Alex- ander Sullivan, the Secretary of the Board of Publie Works, had killed Mr. Hanford, Princi- pal of the North Division High-8clioo). 1t was not long before the rumor was verifled, and the canee aud details of tho deed mude known, The Council, ot its mecting yesterday after- noun, took up the report of the Committee on Schiools, recommending that the Counctl do not confirni the nominations of Messrs. Richberg, Olinger, Oleson, Wilee, and Bluthardt, as members of the DBoard of Education. The reading of tho report of the Committee on Bclicols, giving reasons why these gentlemen should not ho conflrmed, was subscquently fol- lowed by that of o couple of communications, one writien, ns wns subsequently learncd, by Mr. Franels Hanford, Principal of the North Division High-School, and the other by a person whose name was known to Mr, Hanford, but was not there stated, Tho one kuowa to be written by Mr. Hanford contained the follow- ing ; HEPERUNCES TO MRS, MARGARET BUCHANAN SULLIVAN, the wife of Mr. Alexauder Sullivan, Secretury of the Board of Public Works: Tho rule-and-ruin party of_the old Conncil had its representative Riog in the Boord of Education, The leaders of this Ring are Richberg, English, and uagiun Attorney for the Board), the first two of whom have been renominated by Colvin to perpetuato the rulo of the Ring. That' thiz Ring I‘m plotted and le1llh(¢d to cripple the schodls, and to usc the position to further private and scc- tarian ioterests, §8 o matter of Listory ; the pasttwo or three yeara have been full of apprehension In the minds of all the beat men and women connect- ed with the schools, TUE INSTIOATOI AND ENGINERR-IN-CHIEF of all deviltry conueccted with the Ieg'lulul.lflu of the Lloard Is Mra, Sullivan, wife of the Sccrotary of the liosrd of Publlc Works,* Uer {nfucnez with Colvin was proven by her getting Baley dismisied und her Lnsband u{lpnhlw In Lis stead. The howtility of this Ring to Mr, Plckard, tho unremittiug effostn of Colvin to linve Doty supcrsedo Mr. Lewis as Aw- slstant Superintendent, tho constant consultations botween the above Mrs, 8. and Doty and the Riag, the frequent appearauce of “cdito- slnls from the pen of Mes, 8. in the daily papers, the conatant ignoring of Mr, Pickard, the antrageons leglslation emanating from thls Ltiug, throngh o Committee appolnted by Richberg and composed of tho worst material in"the Board, tho secrul cousulintions of this Committer, to which Mr. Pickard waw not admitted; whils Mr. Doty we; ihe (nsulting and supercilious treatment of teachers by this Rting, tho abrolute warthlessncss of Doty's ecryices, the utter contempt with which he (Doiy) 1s regarded by nine-tenths of tho teachers, are all matters of fuct which cannot be dlsputed. That Tiichberg, Englleh, und Goggin Lnve worked to- getlier in all these Lhings is without qaestion, and that thoy have in all thelr importaot movements been In conatant consultation with safd Mra, Sulli- van, and guided by her advice and dictation, haa been wpnawdl{ confesscd by Goggin to & fellow- Catholic, who has reported the facts (J, Mahoney, l‘rlnc(rn‘ of the Washlngton Sc)m’)?‘ The excliv- ston of the Bible s an example of thiskind of work. T, J, BLUTHARDT at one timo planned to elect n male Superin. tendent of German, but wis warned to desist by 3trs, Bullivan, and he deaisted, Mr. lianford bo- came o candidato for tho l'llnul{mhhlp of tho North Divislon ITligh-School, but Bluthardt, in bls alle- glznce to the Ring, vated for their nominee, who was an Irish Cathollc, bat was shamed Into chang. Ing his vote by the protest of tho decent embers, TIE OTHER COMMUNICATION, ' whose suthor s unknown, contalued lowing references: On AMr. Iunford's resignation In June, 1873, Mr, Dr. Lewls was elected Assistant Suporintond- ent for the balance of the echool year, and had the ]’lludfied support of a majority of tho Bourd for re- electlon, A plot to oust Mr, Picknrd was lafd, and for_that purpose an available man to be used was looked for, and Duanc Doty was eclected, The schaol ayatem could not ba broken down so long s Mr, Pickard remained, The strong outside vie- ment In the plat was 3Mrs. Margaret Sulllvan and Mayor Colvin, Mrs. 8, und Doty, belng a mutual adutlration soclety, Colvin was warked upon, and he In turn used all bls influence to bring In Doty, with tho avowed intention of ousting Mr, Plckard. Doty was selected. That he understood the are TauZemunt Iy us siirs os that tho sun shines, . . . M. B. Sulllvan, late of the %'imes, has more Inflnence than uny une uiember of the Bonrd. Rich- berg, Engifsh, Goggin (the attorney of the Board), and M. I, Sullivan have hod meetiigs in the south llnrl of the cil{ to dotermine the” policy of tho Sonrd, [The last three aro Catholica, and the matter cuie out through a Catholic teacher not in sympathy with Tiic bunf.] 1t can bo readlly un- derstood why Cathiolics should bu hostlls to oue public schoule, The only reason for Richhers's working with thewm is his desire to secure vullucul the fol- Influonce, s courso hua been different, to be surw, ince the new Councll was olecied, Lo being afrafd of them. TUE NEADING OF TIESE COMMUNICATIONS caused conslderable — excltement, somewht heightencd by tho fact that Mr. Sulllvan, the hushand of the ludy g0 frequently rcfcm:xi to, wus bimself present, and althoujzh, o8 {t was understood, hio hud_ expected something of the kind, i was plain, jud 'Ingi: from the expression of Dis features, that lie had no fdea that any -ul:;h mentlon would have been mude of his wife. Immndlntclg' uPnn the adjournment of tho Councll, Mr. Bulllvan went home, told his wifo rhat had oeeurred, and, with her snd o younger Urother, went Inacarrlago to seo Mr, Hanford, who lived half amdle from them, There lie nsked Mr. Hunford to sfgn u rotraction of the charges hie had mado sgzalist Mrs. Sullivan. e refuscd, and Bulllvan Knocked him down, Y A inules they oceurred fu the course of which, it ig altoged, Hanford struck Mrs, 8. 'The lus- band then drew a revolver and fired at Hanford, Intllcthiz o wound from which the Jatter died bl thirty minutes, Soon alter the shocking occurrence a large crowd assembled round tue reshiencs of the s veased, and did ot disperse until near mid- ulght, ' Mra, Tlunford faluted away when sho suw hierhusband fall, . Busli and Mr. Dunham, |.mlJ nalghbors, rushed up to the murderod man iu 1o !ell‘ and carried him up the steps and lufd iin In the front parlor, 1le suffered greatly from the wouud and expired about l.hlrt’y min- utes after the afeay. 'Chio shricks of Mrs, 1fane furd, when she renilzed that her husband was ;13 ltuag:‘v,'\‘fifi g:u,l::{u&:lutll(umu to. Fricuds rushed 1 vhi ey o L thy\ 53{3;11:53 demented lud,{r. VUit il ta vontort RIBUNE reporter was at thie house ab o'elock, but found it diffleult to galn mlmlllg::gtg owlng to the assembled crowd, the more awdar clous members of which presscd their way fnto tho purlor where the dead man lay, © The doors bl to bo shut by force, but these who had gotten fnslas remutned for a cons slderable thae, Tooking at the corpse, and sti- pidly starlng at the griof-stricken fumily, 1t was an utter Imposstbility to get unythingltke a contected acconnt of the wmurder from uny of the ozcupunts of the room, Mry, Hanford wag the fll‘l,lylnlcllulu:‘l; uf btl;‘u {funlly who had wit- nessed the siwoting, but shie, poor woman, Yoo ughtated to talk wt . "V by ——— AT THE STATION, MM, BULLIVAN'S STATEMENT, A Tripuxg reporter visited tho police-station about 0 o'clock for thu purpose of aecing Mr., Sullivan and obtaluing his version of the shoot- ng. o was found fu Cell No, 1, sitting down, with a handkgrehiel in bis band, and hpd evi- dently been drylug. Whilp realizivg fully tho degrudation consequent upon the occupancy of a felon's cell, ho had no fdeas that My, Hanford was dead, A promise had been exacted from the reporter Ly BScergt. Hathaway not to mention the fact, sluce Mr, Bullivan posscsses n nervous tewperament, and the informatlon would unty have bund a tendency to increas niental suifering, When the reporter apnroach- ed the ting awnd rald, This f9 o very sad thing, Alee,” heveplied: It 15, Is thee any Bopes of hls vecoveryd 14 BT ABY The reporter had knovn Mr, e, winl, laving zreat r pliaced oo very unple, t puzition } Ineulvies, wnd, Adslling Lo acdd 1o Dy g Justitled, under the circumstances, in cating and eyading u divect suswer by nnaw which was misleading In fts wording, Having falth in the reporter, Mr, Sullivan scemed 7o eved by what hio sald, ond, when asked to gi au aecount of the aflfray, made the following statement: SOTIT PACTS ARE AISMPLY THESE: T went fo the Council Chamber by o mere az- dident, 1dld not intend to go there. I vl no interest in the debate about the Board of filu- ention. T started from the oftiee fof the Board of Public Works] to o on an exeursion on the ke, 1 met Mr. Taley ond severs) others there [at Clark strect bridgel, wnd we found the bout was so crowded that we concluded we would mot go, and [ thought I would walk back to the Council Cham- ber, becaure there had been some talk of the introduction of an ordinance to abollsh the Boani of Publle Works, Just as I got {nto the rovin 1 met several people, who told me that an anonymous communication had just heen vead, In which my wife was cliaracterized in the vilest terms. "I went [nstanily to My, van Osdely who, I was told, had preseated |t, but he refused to give me the name. of the author. T told him that if he had presented a communieation assalllner w Iudy, sl re- fused to glve her husbund the name of the author, he wos not a mun—he wa: simply u deis, Ile sald, *Be caltm about ft; {tdon't nseall her?s that when Loaw the communiention 1 would ray so, aud at the proper time e would tell me the anthor, e finally told me that ft wus Mr, Hanford. T had never scen the man— knew nothing abont him except that I lind henrd thut he held the position of Assiatant Superin- teendent of Schools at oue time. ‘After the Council adjourned I went to the reporters’ desk amd ot from Mr. Adams, of the Lunvsy w page of the letter. I could not get the whol o lotter becauso the PEIeR were scattered around atmong the aifferent. reporters, The page I got had a paragraph gvhich stated that there wis a corrupt Bing in the Board of Educat(on, snd that Mrs. Sullivan, wife of Mr, Sulllvan, of the Bourd of Publie Works, was the CHIEF-ERGINEER QP ALL TR DEVILTRY ° of the corrupt Ring. It went on to say that through her intiuence with Colvin she controlled ot, and that through her fnfluence with Mr. Colvin, Balley, the former Scerctary of the Board, lad been removed and her husband appolnted Secretary of the Doard of Publle Works. The siatcinents were infa- mously false, and so utterly unculled for thut I determined to have it stopped. “I went home first and told my wife about it. She feit much grieved, and sald”we lad better try to I:eul) it out of the newspapers,—that she dId not think anybody cunnected with the ancru wonld allow thecomtnunication to be published, {t was so [nfamous. And we left home fn n car- rlage with the intentlon of going to the various newspaper-oftices nul request the suppressionof the matter, ot least until we could get a hear- ing.”? it this moment Mr. James McMullen, of the Lost, cutue up to the cell, sud ehook huuds with ;\}r. Hu!lllvam, who inquired: *How is he getting ongt Mr. MeMullan, who had not been caudloned about conceallug the death of Mr. Wunford, replied: " nilivan for a long ¢ fr hiu, was thess: “omn! 1p DIED LONG AGO," ‘The effect of tho remark upon Mr. Sullivan cannot be described. He started as i to avold a blow from some wenron and exclafmed: “0h1 my God, it 1s fearful; 1 hod no iden of i3 and'then, turning to the ml)urtur, he enfd: "(\'hydldn't vou tellme? Tho last messenger who was {n told inc lie was much better, wnd 1 folt o *much relieved, I'had no fden of i1, The words were_accompanied with sobs, und it seemed s i€ his heart would break, The reporter was dumbfounded at Mr, Mc- Mullen’s lnck of feellng, or rather heedlersness, and, when asked agaln, * Why he had deceives him{" replied: “ I couldn't tell you." After a lapse of a quarter of an hour, during which thne Mr. Sulllvan sobbed and eried nnd exclafined, “On! my Godl my God!" repeat- edly, he came to the grating ind resumed his ntatement, but not With the deliberstencss vihich had characterized the commencement. Lle was almost beside himsell with gricf, Ho sald: * We were on our way to the news- paper-oflic I supposed the nan had mude a mistake, that he would withdraw the chmges, and T thought by teking a note from hiin %o the oflices the publication could be sup- pressed. I went 10 see hin, supposing he would giva the note. My brother was with e, Ihad NO EXPECTATION OF TROUNLY. When near the hiouse, I saw three men, and enld to my wife, ‘ Perhaps e [s one of them.? 8ho diun’t Inow him, “Iwent. to the door No. 207 Oak street, ITe was standiag on the sidewalk, but I didw't know him, A lady came to the door, and pointed hiny out: I went down aml told him who I wus. I sald to hin that a very vitlainous attack had been mm!cur- on my wite in & connpunicativn to the Counedl, and Mr. Van Csdel had sald he was the author of it. Lehowed lIim n copy of the olfcnsive nragraph, stating that she Ttad influence with er. Colvin,—thut she was the chief engineer of tho deviltry in the Board, ete.; but he gave me no antisfuction. e rald at first 1F DB WAY TUIL AUTIIOR HE WAY RESPONSIDLE. Isald, *Van Osdolsnys you are the author, He sald, ‘Very well, if he suys £0, all right.’ T sald, “What resson have you for making such u statement! What would Fou think of me writing such things about your wifet' He replied that anything he sald wus trus—that any stateuent he ever mude he could prove. I'sadd, ‘You eannot posailly prove somc of those statements, bectitse my wife did not kuow Mr. Colvin until two years after T waa appointed on the Toard of Publle Works;" we were not even married when T gotny position,! 1 rald, * Wihat would you think of iy writing a thing of that kind against your wife, and then refusing to give Jou nny sntisfaction ]’ And fie suld, X wiltdve you the pmuf—lhu authority for 10y statement’™—L don't remem- ber the exiet hengm but thut wis thy sub- etance ot it—*at the roper time.? W1 gafd, * This §s the proper time, slr. This languauge, a8 you will adiit, is certaluly eapa- blouf the most infamons construction, ° It was glven to the puldie in the Council this after- noom, and It will be spreml before the eyes of the world to-morraw morntug, snd you tainly ought vither to maka reparation” ut once or produce wintever justification you can for making such charges,and he suld Lo would not. With that I ATRUCK 1M, “1 pald, “You aro wdog for nsealling any Iad; in that manuer," and Lstruck Lim, und Nie fell, I nelleve L sllpped witl him. Several people rushed upe Onu man, who turns ont to be Mr. MeMullen,—unot the une who wits here, 1 kuow Ithn, but his broth took lold of me, und otlices took hold of Hantord, “\When L was down I stencle him again, I be- Neve, We got (nto s tussle and T was pulled uway. Oueof the genticmen kept hold of wme, —McMullep, 1 have since Jearned, wus his nume, 1 didw't knew who he o was, 1o was talking with Hauford when I cune up, und I supposed ho was n friend of hia, per- haps arclative. 1le was holding me, and otliers rushed and held me. # My wife got vut of the earrlage, and sald, ¢ Alee, don’t ot Into a street quareel,! o Bunwthllu: Tile that, 1nd, as shio did 50, the mun got up from the sldew alk and BTUUCK MY WIPE, 8hie sald, ‘You area acoundrel for striking e, alr,’ or something lice (L5 I eannnt soy exuctly. 1 think she aleo uaid, 1 merely wanted to moko ponee,! or somethivg of that kind, His steiking my wife 8o enruged me that I drew iny revolver, but Thad no intentlon of Killing tiie man, ‘The thought fashed {nto my tmiud to breale his arn so tuat ho could not use it ngain—so that ks could uot write another such artlvlo or striko a lady who merely eaino out of tha currlage to keep mo out of dlilieulty, They pulled o round and th crowd rushcd i, and’1 don't knuw whether he fell or not, 1 he- | Tieved [ i strike him in the arm. T atmed at s arau, but I was pulied, and be was pulledtoo, THD FISTOL WENT QRY) and the dircction fn which we were hoth pulled effected the result. 1 had no Idea that 1 had struck him elscwhiere thaw in the arm, My, Me. Mullen sold that ho was struck In the body us we were comfag ulong, and aguln fw the stutlon. 1 told_this ptleman it could not he sv, be- cause T had alined at his arm. “*"The aasertion thut we huve had anything to do with tho Bourd of Educatlon Is false. The anly thing that I have had to do with i 18 thia: auford was Asslstant Buperintendent ot one thue; I'don't kiow auytbing about his qualitl- cutlous, but the Board determived to vemove Lilm, auid appolnted Lewis as his successor, but for ‘somu reason or other ft spreares they were not satiafled with Lewls and wasted to el somme man from abroad who bhad more repu- atlon, I was asked 1P 1 RENEW MR DOTT, who had been In Detrolt, and § sald yes, I kucw himn very well—that my wife kuew bim very well, because sho had taught {u schools wheru be was Buperlntendent for scveral years, 1 wus then asked 12 I would wrlte to Delrolt and got THT CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: TUTLSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1876. tettern from prominent people connected with edneational matters, telling how he stood. Firat I atated to thie person who pequiested ine to do ft—it was Magor Colifa—that T did not think Doty world come, beease 1 had underatosd that he smein fnto the boole hurhiess S eninl, Tnder tand e can cone 1F we pay etomizh eadury, 1 wrate to severud fricnds, Artfen cotne: terk with iinlnent fops, | af his qu pears that same oune ments piso which we st elocted Auslstunt: Supeeintendent. I not ouly ol not electione iy but §oadyised Mr, Doty stronzly not tocome to Chleago, I told him i hé had anv prospects there, (L would be el hetter to remalng that the Board of Edu- anizedd every yeur, and o new regime lown salaries, und he might be surry s e | 0 the Jet L, bt it ap- ne other Atate- tory, atid he was the charge that Iinterfered with Tloard mattere, or did anything tointerfere with Mr. Hanford, 13 UNTRUR, #0n the contrary, I wldvised Mr, Doty not to eome. T euppuse thi< ot to Mr. Hanford jna distorted slnpe. and it huy been gald that T did something fo get Mr, Doty elected, | wn we wife did not interfere in the watter, ‘Foe languege (n that conununication was sftply tilamoue. Then the man's refusal Lo glve me any ru‘mmlluu, in wlidition to strik- Ingmy wife! "1 hed ne ideaof the result, I werely deslred to punish him.™ Thig was wil Mr. Sulllvan had to say, but the reporter asked him if he was In the ILABIT OF CAURYING A REVOLYER. He sald * No,"—that he, however, did some- times, and that, having changed his trousers in the moruing, his revolver was In the pocket of those lie put ou, ‘The cell in which Mr. Sullivan f3 locked up s In the basement of the statiow. The fuor fs asphalt, hard s o rock, aud the only furniture 15 & rough bench on one skde, which ferves s o bed, Last night must have Leey a terribly un- comfortable one for lim, but his friends will doubitiess make his situation as agreeable as the regulations of the place will perinlt, THE OTHER SIDE, v DAVID 8, MMULLEN. Learning that Mr. David 8, McMullen, young- er brother of the gentlemen who Lave recently nesumed the control of the Post, had been o witness to the tragedy and held Sullivan while the officer came up, the reporter eslled on him ot his residence, No. 328 LaSalle street. Iiis gtory, given almost Jn his own words, was as follows: My Lrother and myself were walking down Qak street, about 7 o'clock, with the intention of calliug upon Mrs. Sulllvan, who desfred tu see us I regard to writiug for the Post. Mr. Ilanford was standing at the bottom of his steps rmoking u clgar, onc of his sons was sprinkling the sidewalk, and Mrs, Hanford was eitling on the steps. We stopped to talk to the deceased, and ny brothier, who had been at the Councll-meeting, sald to him: Y YOU'VE QOT YOURSELY INTO TROUBLE." Ile sald “Why1'" My brother replied, * Van Osdel gave out that you were the author of that communieation.” I may meotion that we had Xnown of the existence of the document for some time. Before Mr. Hanford made any re- sponke a carrlage drove up contalning Mr, Bullivan, his wife, und brother. It stopped in frout of the door. My brother sakdl to deceased “ 1 guess somebody wants to sce you,' and told him it wns® Sullivan. My brother then rauntered down the street, und” he has since told me that he thought there was golng to be somne disturbance, but he had no fdéa that there would be shooting, I licard some one call “Mr. McMullen.” Ilooked toward the carriage il saw o man get out. This was Sullivan, but 1 had never seen bim before, and did not know hins then, Mr. Sullivan asked for Mr, Hunford. Deceased's wife sald: *That is him standing on the sidewalk,” They turned towurd each other, and I notived that Sullivan had a pleee of puper in his hand, which I nnderstand was a transeript of the part of the paper having reference to Mra, Bullivan, He opened this paper und began to read something to Mr, IHanford. I stepped up to the carringe, and Mrs, Bulllyan sud: @ tneant your brother when I called.”” I asked if the gentieman was her husband, and she eald he was, 1 safd: * WIIAT DOL3 TIIS MEANT! She replicd, terribly excitedly: Ol hels a dog; he has outraged and insulted me.” usked her what she meant, nud she respoud- ed: *You have no idea of the thing,” 4 What has your husband come here for?t? 1 then Inquired. She veplied, *“ITe has come here to et sat- “Iefaction, He will be lucky if be gets oil with & whole hide.” & ‘Do you mean," I sald, somewhat alarmed, ".‘l'r;x% Lit bus cowne heve for o peraonal encouus er 8hesald, “I don't know, but I hope Alec wan't kurt him." dJust at this pofut Mrs, anford ecreamed. I twimed from the carrlage, unid saw that Sullivan had knocked Mr. Manford down and was standiug over him in s threatening posture, with bis hand upon - his thvoat. | T sprang formard and clasped Sullivan round the neck with iny arm und pulled him vight away, Hanford got up, and T still retained lold of Bullivan. My stteation wus tulen from the murdered mai for au {n- etant, and when 1 in louked towards him Young Sulllvan, Mrs, Sullivan, and he appeared engaged in ATRIANGULAR PIGIT— they scemed all clinched to eachh other, Han- ford broke loose and ‘started toward Sulllyan, As he did so, the latter made an effort to meet him, but I tightened my grip and held him back, Iis right hund wis loose, however, and before I wus nware of his intent he drew o re- volver from his rear pocket aud shot Hunford In the bowels a little above the grofn, He dropped to the ground, erylng 'L K0T, DAVES 1'M DYING,! Mr, Bush camo running up, and supported the wounded man. Another nelghber, Mr. Dun- ham, also ran to his assistance, und the bwo car- rled the dymye man fnto the onse, I ranup to Dim just us thae shot was tired, but lookine round T saw Bulllvan shoving hin wile Iuto the carrlage, where Wla brother already was, and thinkineg he wae about to make off, I'ran forward and selzed and told him be st not go. 1o made no re- ply, but continued pushing hia wile into the emrloge, telling her to go hame. She was screatndng ut the tine, nnd was yery much ex- cited, An oflier then came running up and took Sullivav by the arm. e hunded out the pistol suylng, * | SURRENDENR 1 SHOT JIM.» T then sald, *AcMullen [s iy nuno; don't you Enow med" e e, **No, 1 don't; it's & wonder [ didu'tshoot you, as llhon{.'llt youwere a friend of hlz, wnd were defemiiig hin.? I accompunied the viticer to the station with his prironer. On our wu( thither he was ver! much excited, and asked {f I thourht Honfor was fatally wounded. I told hitn 1 thought he was, and he rejolneds 1 am sorrys 1dld not mean to kill him} but 2 BTRUCK MY wipe," e kept refterating this all the way to the station, und huplug that Hanford was not killed, Deceased, | umlerstand, dled thirty minutes after the affray, Dr, Juln Bartlett and Dr, Toham were carly in attendance, but his case wis recognlzed ut oneo ns hopele Ho loayes ayife sud thiree sous, the cldest about 15, He hins been! Principal of the North Division High Behoal for ubout a year, ond was formerly Assist- ant Superintendent of Behools. e was an old resldent of Chicogo, aud was o juember of Graco Methodist Church, 1o bore un unlm- peachable charucter, ond was universally re- BpLCt kuow somethiug uhout T DOCUMENT WHICH CAUSED TIlS TIOUBLE, and can state that deceased thought Mrs. Bule Ilvan worked to get Mr. Doty s jiluce, in order that his successor might malke the Catholle fu- terest paramount In the schools, The whole thivg, from Sullivan’s driving up to the shoating of My, Hauford, did not occup! miore than five minutes. It wos over in_much less time than [t takes me to tell you. In my opinfon, if there ever was a murder, this was » cold-blooded and deliberats one, "Fhe pollceman who arrested Sullivan was Ed E, Ifuckett, His beat was on Osk strect. Ho was atiout 100 feet awny when he hieard the shot, What he saw of tho aflulr bears out Mr, McMul- len's version of it ' g MRS, SULLIVAN, THE CHARGES DENIED, About 10 o'clock a Tmisuns repbrier ealled upon Mrs, Bullivan, the wile of the prisoner, and the lady upon whomn Mr, Hanford's statement reflected, 8he was fourd surrounded by her friends, who bad come in nuwmbers to soften lier grest grief, which %eemed ale most . to buve crushed out her lfe 8he was surprisingly sclf-controlled, though she was weak, and suffering the worst of meutal fears uud torments, She Lad been anwell for about a week, and her med- fcul attondunt strictly forbade her to converso at leugth upon the patuful subject, 8he, how- every mado the following statements wl never asked Mayor Colvin, nor any publio ofMicial, nor auy private otliclal, to sppolut nor asslst to uppolut my husbaud to auy position whatever, At the “time iy husband was ap- pofated Seeretury of the Board of Public Worke [ was 11l und sulfering from the results of an ac- cident, I never met Mayor Colvin till sbout out year and o Lalf after be had wuado the ap- 1 pointment, and never communicated with him At any time in tny life, elther divectly or in- direcily, upon the subject of the appolntment; aml [ never conversed with Mm o but once. ‘That was on the oceasion of the inauzuration nf the Seeund Reglinent Armors, one year and o nall after my and by en nppolated. That conversation lasted only for abou mituter, and related exeltisividy o th the andiea! nt that piit ol it was only by the exerdse of t powers of self-Control that the alilicted Lady was able to make hier statement. Her wtteiding shysician hiad expressed himacl as opposed o her aaying anything at length, and when the pe- orter drew Mrs. Sullivan's attention to the act that ghe had been charged with having ex- erted her influence upon certain metnbers of the Board of Education to sccure the adoption of same policy, rhic said: “Of those five gentlemen (Bluthardt, Rich- Derg, Wilee, ‘but one, and —"" unable to con- AT THIE ITOUSE, IN THE PARLORS rssembled an awe-strivken inultitude, Very few woris were spoken, Dut fn Lthe haliway groups asscmbled, and on the steps of the stafrvase sat ladics with thelr faces buried In their bands, The )lghts were turned down, and the house was In the shadows. People stared inte cach other’s farcs with cyes stouy with horror. Men clasped their hands togetlier, and women wrung thelrs and sohbed convulsively. In one corner, near the window, sat the widow. A blulsh pallor had settted on her face, and & cold, hard look had crept into her eyes. A pillow hal been brought to support her head, and jee-water was dashed upon her forhead, as she turned s deathly hue and appenred falnting. Nearer the door, nud writhing In their grief, wera the three sons, Fred, Charley, and Edward, aged 15, 12, and 8, ‘They had oll just come from the room where the dead man Iny, When he was taken in and lald on the bed a number congregated around, while close beslde hin knelt his wife and sone, Hclding bis hands, they could not realize that he was dging, and, a8 thelr cyes. devoured his face, they begged him to speak to them. Ile hiad no external bemorrhage. There was noth- ing to show that he bad been rhot except the white cloud thut stole over his face, wet now with the death-damp and now with the loving tears that fell in torrents upon #t. Tenderly they wiped away the bload trickling from the wound the cruel blow had made upon lis face, Hanglng over him, his wifc smoothed back the hair “from his forehcad, where thu dews were gathering thicker now, Slowly his cyes closed, and the gasps became shorter. Then vame the long, agonizing, choking sob of wmourniug, the dead man's knell. OUTSIDE some 500 Peuple had gathered, and the wall that brouzht the news of dissolution sent a lmdder through them, It wus a fulet ncighborlinod, inhablted by quict people. 'The etiffening form inslde had leen known n ifc_as a quiet man; had been respected as such. So they could not realize that he had gone out Into a violent death, surrounded by the smoke and stench of guupowder; hurled away by the worat passiona of a fellow-man. One Uy one those who had known him in life passed in at the door and through the pariors to the room where he luy. They had put him on a bed, and removed lils boots. Nothing clse had been taken off, and he wore the same dark-brown cout, white Vest, and dark pants he had worn when he stood sprink- ling his_gruss when be was knocked down, shot and ~ killed, Blowly his iriends filed into the rooni. The s burned brightly there. The llfht fell upon n fine, manly, intelligent fuce, framed In a4 mass of long, wavy halr und long, dark whiskers. On the upper a heavy mustache. The face a refined one,— a calm, plocid face, indleative of wonderful self- control. ‘The forchead was higk, am, though not massive, nor evew strong, wis prophetic ot astrong, rugred understanding. The chin be- trayed force of character, butt there was nothing of dogzedness nor a tyraunical epirit in it 1lis righturm was_extended along his side, The Ieit arm had been bemded, aud the land Lty upou and covered the wound. lle wis notn tall wan, only ubout 5 foet & as helay. He welghed perhiaps 125 pounds, and his age was 40 years, Finally they tora his family from his bedside and led them away. There’was no clfort to comfort them. Alen and women alike were lior- ip he wore rified I:L?'nnd any expression of sympathy. The great geief that had been hurled” down o sud- denly involved all THE JALF-CRAZED WIDOW sank upon the sofn, und all consclousness of her losa died away. The boys looked at each other ar if hoping sume denlal of what they had seen might come. At the head of the dead man's bed sat his brother, P. C. Hunford, end at the foot, a little group of friends etood looking on, terrified. From the next room the monns of the mournera stole In through the half-opened door, _An old man, who had_kuown the dend sman all his life, threw his hands above his hend n o wild gesture of deapalr, but no sound catue frow his trembling lips, Until midnlzht the friends, and nelghbors, and sympathizers came and went, The taste- fully-furnished parlors were filled with weeping groups till long after 12 o'clock, As the nimht wore an efforts were maile to remove the stricken family away from the golng awd coming friends, but they clung to tie vieinity of the 1ifeless form, und refuscd Lo be comforted. Mesars. James, George, and David 8. McMul- len, cld and yalued fricnds of the family, Look charge of the liouse, asslsted by Mrs, Nowell, Mrs. Whipple, Mr, Ed A. Blgelow, My, and Mrs, Bush, Mr. Scranton, Gen. Chetlain, Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Moore, Mr.” and Mrs, Burllng, Mr, and Mrs, Brudley, Mr, Hosmer, Mr, Muss, Mr, and Mra, Rourke, Mr, and Mra, Elmendorf, Mr, Gould, Mr. Georgze Wheeler, and others. Noth- fng was disturhed where tho dead man lay, but the crowd were kept back to allow free entrunee and exit for avy friend who might come. THE HOUSE 18 a two-story and basement brick, with a large buy window in the front, Around .t {3 agar- den, woll kept and frn%'mnt with flow sl Is every evldence of taste and cul crfect niodel of o home, 'The boys are hundsome young fellows, and the he- widow {8 otie of 1ho kindest md gentlest of wainen, Suchi o disaster on such o home {8 almost unbearable, The dispeneation of death carrles a long train of woe bebind ft, n when it comes gently; but when it comnes with such swift and terrible tread §t seems to seal up even the pruyers for consolation, gnd to flood the lives of those who must bear the sullering with darkness thut can never be dispelled, THE ACTORS. FRANCIS ILANYORD, Remembering that the murdered man was for nlong tiwe sssoclated with M J. L. Plckur, Buperintendent of Schools, u reporter culled on the latter at his residence on Park avenue lust evening, Mr, Plckard was deeply moved on hearlng the particulars of the tragedy, and re- peated his expressions of sorrow over und over again. On belng questioned, Mr. Plekard sald that Mr. Hauford was born fu Luckport; but he was not sure where ho was cducated. 1lu belleved that he was mnot a college gradu- ate. Ue bhad Dbeen o teacher for many years, ond camo from Evans- ton tu Chileago. Iie was assoclated with Plekard in ofllcs work as Asslstant SBuperintendent fora year before the Great Fire, but for the follow- Ing year the oftice work was doue by Mr, Pick- ard alone, and Mr, Hunford had charge of the Lincoln 8chool, Agajn ho was selected for As- sistant Buperintendent, and bield that oflico up to about u year ago, when Mr, Doty was put in hle place. 'fl‘w reportor asked: ¢ Was Mr. Hanford's vo- tirement from tho oflice thy result of lils own will, or wus ho turned outd ¥ 'L supposc,” answered Mr. Pickard, *that he know that it hed been determined to bave another man I the place, and 80 he ruslfilmd, and was afterward elected principal of the North Division High Bchool,” TILB ALLRUATIONS, Tho reporter called Mr. Pickard's attention to tho allegations, or some of thow, made In ths documnent written by Mr. Luuford, und ushed Bim if they were trues The ansivers were not glven very rapldly or freely, but to mnost of the assertiops b was ane swered that they were folse, Espeelully was this the caso with tho statement mude by Mr, Hanford that sume of the Committees of the Board wero in the habit of mecting und ule lowing Mr. Doty to bu present while Blv, Rich- wond was excluded. When a question about Alrs, Sullivan’s con- nection with und fufluence over the Bourd was asked, Mr, Plckard did uot seem to hear or to avswer, Lo was, Lowever, relieyed from its consldera- tion by the arrival of a Mr. Dow, u nclghbor and friend of the Hanfords, who came fn a bug- gy with au uriz‘cut request from Mrs, Hunford that ho (Afr, Pickard) would at unco come Lo eec ber. ‘l'o this request Mr, Pickard scceded, and went away to the North Bide. M. ALRXANDEL BULLIVAN the principal in this uffalr, Las lived In Chteugo slucy wbout 1571, For somw tunu provicus he Olson, and Olfuger) 1 know but, had been n business in Detroit, but, being burned ont,gave up lisresidence there andeame to_this city. During a part of 1872 and 1873 he wak employed as s reporter on the Zimee. Notloug’ afler the suctess of the People’s party, fn 167, he was electod Secretary of the Board'of Public Works In the place of Mr. Bafley, who badl lield that positfon. It was wnderstond at the time that it position was mainty seeurced for him through the Influence of Mr. Prindiville. the President of the Board. e bus hiekl the ntiice since that time and has dis- charzed fis datles aceeptably. He was engaged to Miss Buchanan, who afterwards becane his during his residence In Detrolt, e sglie then llved, bLut was mof marricd to her untit some little _time after he Q{:m‘:;cd his positlon under the Board of Public urke, 1t was not the lenst surprising part of yester- lay’s tragedy that Mr. Sullivan, whose femper 1taa alwass been considered so cquable, and who hos alwags had perfect control aver limself, should have riven aiway to his passton fn so dls- 8strous A manner, For this, nmong other rea- sons, the report of the shooting was at first greeted with utter dishelief, CRIMI. BRUCE YOUNGER, Bpectal Dispalch to The Tridune, 8. Lovis, Aug. To—A Sedalia Ajeclal sags Bruce Younger, arreated In Southwestern Mis- sourl several days azo for compliclty in the Missourf Pacifie tralv rabbery, was released yesterday on a writ of habeas corpus, and started home last nizhit via Fort Scott. He will slop in 8t. Glair Coutaty to visit his brother at Ap- pletou and his mother near Chalk Level. Younger compluined severely of {li-treatment before reaching here, saying that he was wmenacled and fed on bread nnd water, refused the means to communleate Ids situation to his fricude, and cxposed to gaping crowd to establieh his identlty. Ie leaves lere with a Litter fecling sgalnst the rallroad and express cospanies. A suft for heavy damnges for false mprisonment Is not Improtmble, Bruce Younger rccelved his education at Georgetown, In vhis county, and has three times been arrested on falee charges, because o ha'f- cousin to the notorious Younger brothers. Kerry and Younger had ouly $26 on thelr per- sons when arrested, 3 Bruce Younger is half-uncle to Cole, Jim, nmil Bob Youuger, who are known, por excclience, as ‘‘the Younger boys.” The father of the Intter was Henry Washington Younger, who was killed and robbed of his woney while on his way home from Independence by the Kunsas Jav-Hawkers. e was a Union man, was worth £100,000, and had been a Judze of the Jackron County Court, and also n Representative in the Legislature from Harrjzonville, Cuse County. 1115 sons went into the Confederate service, A hulf-brother of Bruce Younger is Thomas Jeffersou Younger, at present one of the Coun- ty Judges of St. Clalr Cotnty. ‘The father of Bruce dicd warth 250,000, to he divided between elzht children. Bruce's por- tlon amounted to about §7,000, which he spent long ago. The Haon, Waldo P. Johnson was the executor of the crtate, and Judge McLean was Drice's guardian, . Jolmson scut Bruce to Notre ame College, In Indiana. A letter was ro- cefved from him saving that he was delighted with echoul, but, after about two weeks' stay there, he escaped frum college restrzint, ancl Mr. Jobnson heard of his urrival in Sedalis. That was the fiulsh-up of his education. Mr. Johnson sald lie weat well-dressed, and u alate- ment that he was poorly-dressed wus cvidence to him that he di not share in the tralo-robblug, because, if le bad $100 n his pocket, the first thing he would do would be to iu good style and buy u wateh. Ife dis- believed the charjre arafost” hin, but thought Truce would rather like the notoriety growhiy wut of his urrest, Another gentleman who has knowu the Youngers Intimately, having lived fn their sev- tion to within o very short. tinie for years, is of the opinfon that nothing would be made out agaiust Briee, He I8 good at honsting, but Tucks courage in real danger, belng different fu this respect from the Younger boys mer' who would have nothing to do with him {u & diftienit enterprise, Briee drinks, and robbers, like busiucss men, rarely trust one who gets drunk. IOMICIDE. Special Dispaich to The Tribune, Gatrsouno, 1N, A, 6.—On Saturday after- noon lust a tragedy took place in Abingdon, 0 mlice west of this place, which resulted in the death of a man named Peter Johnsen, The fucts, as far as can be learned et thiswriting, are 03 fullows: 1t appears that & young man named Johmn Myer had been Incarcerated fn the cala- booee for soine offense, and had, by means of a chisel, taken the door off of the hinges and escaped, ‘The Marshal, learning of the fact, followed him to the house of his mother and at- tempted to arrest him. The mother and others in the house informed him that he must not enter the house, and, Iu order to be sure that he waa right, he left two men to guard the ouse, while he vislted a lawser or maghitrate to see §f ne had legul uuthority to enter and take his man, While he wis gone, the fnmates came out, and among them was a Swede named Peler Johnsen, who bourded there. He became fn. yolved In an excited conversation with Richand B, feather, a Deputy Marshal, and, some gay, he struck Heather, while others deny this, But, at any rate, Heather drew his revolver and shot Johsen through the breust, The man lingered uptil 11 o'clock Sun- day night, when he died, Heather gave hime seff up to the authorities, and §s now awaiting the verdiet of the Coroner’s jury, GRAND RATPIDS, Spectul Disputch to The Tritune. GRAND Rarins, Mich., Aug, 7.~Ilermann Delsco, & Gerwan, shot Charles D, Rose, & dyer fn this ety this noon, sml wounded him so serfously that his physiclans to-night do not hink Rose can Vive, The ball cutered Rose's back on the right side, perhaps three to four inches below the ecapula, 1t passed fn snd then downward and the zurgeons cannot find ft. There seems to have boen no vesson for the shooting, though ft may be sl that o usrerts that Nose ad robbed hlm and deecived him in business, There had, however, been ne quurrel this morning, and 4 long con- versation between the two was entlrely umnle- able, Defseo s in *nll, and many who have seen b and heard hiin talk, both Lefore and slnce the tragedy, asecrt that he §s insune, BURGLARS, Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune, Mamson, Wis,, Aug. 7.—Beveral burglaries were committed bere Jast cvening, and some louses entered, among them that of the Tlon. Jumes Cumpbell, whose daughter's wateh was stulen. 1t was very valuable. ‘The resfilence of Mr. E. R. Curtls wis also entered, but the bur- gl met such o warm receptlon o the shape of a pistol-shot that he left for other parts, There were three or fuur other places entered in the ‘hfed Ward, but not much captured, In the First Ward, Suuday afternoom, i vilusble goll watch was stolen from the resldenco of Juines E. Mosely, "The two men arrested ten days azo ot supition of being inplicated in the robbery of Mr. Jones' clothlug-store, tast November, were dischurged on the motion of District-At- torney Junes this mopning, there not belng suf- tieieut evidence to hold thém. . DIBUQUE I'TEMS, Spectal Dispatch (o The Tridune. Dunoque, Iu., Auy.7.—A lot of trutps stole o hund-car at Lyle Statlon, on the Milwaukee & 8t. Paul Railroad, SBaturday nlght, and ran off with It.. They are supposed fo haverun it on the }!llnou Ceutral Road, but have wot been heurd rom. % A stranger from Freeport, on his wayto Yankton, was this evening confldenced out of $200 by u man with who ho Liut auqualnted on the teatn, The Jutter claled that he wanted currencey to pay charges on goods, b the same thne shvwlng hisvictm a large lot of bogus gold coln, After getting the toney the contldence wan walked off. The atl repenting of lete ting his moncy go so easfly, run atter the bor- rower, and chised him through eoveral strects, followed by u large crowd, iutoa botel, whero e wanaged 10 escope. KILLS LIS SON, CincinNATH 0., Aug. 7.—At Oxley, a small place distant 8 few mnlles from this city, yester- day, Burrell Dudley, o colored mun, shot and killed bis son, aged 15 years, while tho latter waa protecting his mother from the ubuse of hls futher. Aunother son, Joseph, awed 17 years, futerferluz, wus braten over the head with a gun fn Lis father's bands, and left for deud. C APARTNER MURDERED, Special Dispatch to The Tridune. 87. Louis, Aug, 7.—A dastardly murder of a miner by o compunion was committed nesr Furt Larsmle flve days ugo. The partiewlars ore gathered from u letter wrltten by Clarles Nore ton, vue of the party. ‘I'wo of the truin— Jubn Chaso wud \Jmum Bruuson, weee fessional gamblers—were the parties csted, Brunson belng the Qk:tlm. 'n';‘uh: latter wi on guard, and, while walkiog trp and down before the tont, with a blanket thrown over his shoulder, Chase shot bim dead, mistak- ing htm, he saga, for an Indlan, Brunson had been Induced by Chase, before starting, to take all his money with him, amounting to several thounand daollurs, which was the incentive to the erime, SHOT IN SELF-DEFENSE. Meyris, Tenn, Aug, 7.—Saturday night while the steamer Illinofs was lying st Niblet's Juuding, & negro deck-passenger became involved in a quarrel with Phincas Starr, the mate, and shiot at him twice, Starr roturned the fire and killed him tnstantly, Btarr sent word to tho ShierifY that he would surrender hl stand tria oa the buat regirned. e o0 — A MURDEROUS DESPERADO. New Youk, Aug. 7.—Paoll Proplauo having interpoted lnst evening to protect some women from the insults of John Lazarie, the Iatter futally atabled Propfano. Lazarie then dasticd through a crowd that bad been attracted by the eries, and cut and slashed a number of people hefore he was kuocked down by an ufikeer and arrested, ——— DESPERATE BURGLARS, Loxa Braxci, Aug. 7.—Two oflicers ar- rested three burglars yesterday nornitg, On the way to the station-house the burglars drew revolvers and fired upon the officers, who re- tured the fire. The result was that one officer was mortally wounded, the other had twa bul- lcts turough his hot, and the hurglars utap«‘-.l:L T, RAILROADS. MISSOURT RIVER RATES, There {5 no class of freight-business which Rives rice to so much quarreling and dispute as that to Missourl River polnta and beyond, Either the Chieago roads quarrel among themsclves, or the 8t. Louls roads quare vel with the Chicazo roade, Something s wrong all the time, nand, In spite of numberless mecthigs und n multitude of pledges, no agreement for the mamtenance of rates from Chicazo and $t. Louls to Missourl River poltits has been kept more than n week atd thme. The Jast ugreement was adopted after the St. Louls and Chieago roads had been at war a long thno and were nearly exhansted, and It waa bilieved that this covenaut #ould stick for some thne, But ufter the lanse of one weel: rumors. wers aflont that the rates were heing “cut," and, though they were always denfed by the accused pustics, still there cuuld be no dotibt. that they were well-founded. Matters have aguln hecone. complicated, and something has to e done to prevent another war, An effort to ecitle mat~ ters will be made Thureday, when o mecting of all the Chicagro and 8t. Louls roads leading to Missouri River polnts will be held at the Grand Pacitle Hotel in'this clty. ITEMS, Themanagerof the Grand Trunk Raflroad stries that the recent increase [u rates to Boaton from Detroit was only a local matter. Rates from Chivago sud other Western points to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, cte., have not been In- creased, and besides the privilere of stopping over nt Montreal on limited tickets has been conceded, 'l'lu?‘ further wish to have {t under- stood by the public that Ihu{ are ln nu way weakening, and that they will keep up the tight for low rutcs to Boston to the bitter end, o St TAXY Special Disputch to The Tribune. Paxton, IIL, Aug. “The Cowaty Col lector of Ford County has levied on and advertised for sale efzht box-cars of tho Chicago & Padueah Ratlwsy Company at Gibson City for the delinquent taxes for the year 1874, " This §3 one of the cases in which the order enfoiniue the collection of taxes has been receutly dissolved, e e — FINANCIAL. MINNEAPOLIS, 81. Pavt, Minu, Aug. 7.=It s announced from Minncapolis thut Gibson & Tyler have failed, und mudo du sssigument for the benefit of thelr ereditors. The firm are manufacturers of the cclebrated North Star blsukets, and have been regarded as one of the strongest and fore- most concerns of Minneapolls. The closing of their mills will thirow 200 or 300 persons out of employment. The amonnt of Habilities wud i mot stated. Great depression fn the for woolen gfoods ls thy cause of tho failure. PHILADELPIITA, PmLapzLrina, Pa, Aug. 7.—Five of the seyen flrma of brokers who were driven to sus- peud by the Hestonville collapse were to-day refustated by the Board of Brokers, thoy haviug settled all clulms srafust then, i sasany TROY, N, Y. Trov, N. Y., Aug. 7.-=The drysgoods flrm of S, Quackenbuab & Co. has suspended, Thelr Hisbilities und ussets ure not state ————— THE WEATHER, Wasuixaroy, D. C., Aug;. 7.—For the Upper Misstssippl, Lower Missourl Valley, and Upper Lake Heglon, falling barometer, southwest to southeast winds, increasing in force, and generally warm slear or yartly cloudy weather, with a storm-centre advancing euste wurd over Dukota toward Lake Superlor, TOCAL OBAENVATIONS, Crniarac, An Wind, 7, r dlu,y L1060, Aug. Now ,’Am:. 7.—Ilot weather baa ro- turned—Y3 in the ehude, oy, N.Y., Aug. 7.~Thermometer—08 In the sbade. ———— LATE LOCAL ITEMS. At about 8:0 last evening, a little boy named Fred Miller, 13 vears old, and residing with his parents on Bungamon strect, sccldentally felt off a Milwuaukee avenue car, upon which ho was rhling, oud wos run over, sustainlng = coms pound fracture of tho right arm above the wrlst. Loutsc Brishols, a soiled dove who sttempted to commit suledde severul weeks ngo by uldngi an overdosv of morphine, und was only saved’ by a ten-hours' wulk given her by tho Eulluu of the West ~ Mudison Btreot tatlon, F:su:rda pluyed the wime dodge aguin, - White walklug “ulong South Clurk strect, after 0 o'clock, she was prostrated by thueffects of morphine taken at a drug-store on North Clark strect. 8he was carrled fnto Buck & Ruayner's drujr-store, and tlually sent to her lodging-place, u houss of {lt-fume on Fourth avenue, kept by Lizzio Moss. This nakes the £fth effort mads by tho unfurtunate glrl te end her existeny BUSINESS NOTICES. Droadbent, the Magnetlc Healew, by f hunds, without wedicine, cuses par- gla, twmors, rhoumntism, (feusle Palwer llouse, PurlorY, Ade ——— e Burnctt's Fiavorlug Extracts oro used and indursed by the best hotels, cunfectioners, grocens, and {Le trat [inilles tu thu country. OLUTION NOTICES. DISSOLUTION. Tho underalgned havo thls day, by iautual eone , sent, dissolved, A, F, Dorcmus assuming ul] debtg agalust the frw, and receiving all Lilld due ther drm, A, P, DONEMUS, J. R. LUMBERT, ° DISSOLUTION. Tho finn of Cullitx, Nuez & Co. 14 this day diselved, Mr. Bolomen Cltldaretlring, ALl scoounts agains the Brip wili bo acttled by Chlids & Baer,