Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1876, Page 5

wE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1876—-TEN PAGES. WALKER'S FRIEND. The Stone Contract Awarded to William McNeill, Who Is Simply the Agent for Walker. His Bid is $540,000---Opinions Concerning His Com= petency. Fanning Unceremoniously Snuffed Out by Mr., McCaflrey, A Brief Roview of the Operations of the Ring Membora, What Was Thought of McNelll Eight Months Ago. TNE COMMITTEE. M'NEZILL'S BID ADOPTED, The conference of clty aud county officiale with regard to the sclection of stone for the new Court-Tlouse was continued yesterday af- ternoon at the County Board room. Among those present were Comimissioners Lonergan ( Chalrtnan), McCaffrey, Johnson, Bchmidt, Car- rolt, Cleary, Iulden, Mulloy, Couly, Busse, and Guenther; Ald. Van Osdel, Smith, and Bal- fard. There was ulso a large attendanco of stono men. E After the minutes of the lust meetiog ha been read and approved, Mr. Guenther wished to know if tho members of the Council Building; Comnittce bad auy- thing to say on the subject. Mr, Van Qsdel sald the Committes ald not know what position they occupied fn thy con- fercneo—whether they had the right to particl- pum in the voting or were slmply to take part 'n the dlscuselon, 1t was for the Commisafun- ara to declde this point before the) Aldermen ything. snld oy kward pause followed this query. A whispered consultatiou took place between Jeveral of the Commissioners, and ultimately Mr. Johnson arose and eald he supposcd the Aldermen were not it g position to teie part iy the letting of the contract, He dld not under- ytand that the Councll had authorized its Com- Jittee to aet on_ tho stons question, and of sourse it would be {licgal for the Aldermen preavut to vote. The mecting was simply o Zonference between the Jolnt Committee of the County Board aud the Building Committee of the Conncll foran_exchange ot views In regard Jo the best stone to b svlected for the new Court-House. 1le moved to take up the lowest bids in thefr order; and sce what couclusion shey vould arrive at. The motion wus agreed to, and the lowest diddery MR, . PANNING, £525,000, waa requested to step forward to an- swer questions respecting his responsibllity, ete. N McCuflrey—Y would like to ask Mr. Fan- g {f e lins any other eccurity than what he offered the Committes o fow duys uwo! Mr. Fanolng—No, sir; I bave not looked for any further security. g’lr. Jolmsan—Have you any other quarry be- des the Excelsort Mr. Funning—1 can get stone from Cashe's on same terns, ood any ambunt from Me- Genness. He winn not, however, glve me fien on his quarry. 1 suppose thetl can also get stone frum Walker, ir the contract s award- il me, beeause Walker pever refuses to take tnoney Irom uny one. Mr. McCaflrey—I sbouldl- lke to ask tho gen- tleman a question. At tho last meetiog of the Committee dldn’t you deny— Mr. Fauning (warmiy)—Now, Mr. McCaffrey, T came here to talk about the contraet, and {am nut going to angwer uny outside guestious. Alr. M -Cnl!re{ (cuergetivally)—As fur 08 I nm roncerned, 1will make _you suswer those ques- ons betore the Grand Jury, Mr. Funning—"Then I shall be happy to do so when you get me befora the Grand Jiry. Mr."McCaffrey—All right, siv: 1propose to take you there.” The reporter who was present #H] swear thnt you said that. Mr, l-‘nnnlugT—\Vl:ll. you bring me before the flmml‘ Jury. That §s the place to eettle this uestion. 9 Mr. McCaftrey (waving Mr. Fannlng aslde)— Who's the next lawest bidder, Mr. Clerk( "The Clerk repied WILLIAM M'NEILL & 8ON, MeNeill was then requested to como_to the front, und no further attentlon was paid to pour Fannbng, The Chislriggn (to Mr. MeNeli)=The Com- mittee deslres to know what stone, from what auarrjes, and what security you can furnish [n cage the contract [s awarded fo you. Mr. McNelll—In tho first lflw;e I will give wnplo_and sufficlont sceurlly, In the next glwc 1 can got the stone from Mr., Walker—the est Lemont'stone, 1 havo not spoken to that ,untleumu, hut he is In the room, und 1 have no oubt he will satlsfy the Committee un that wore. Mr, Carroll=I woull Itke to know it Mr. Walker will give n licn ou Lis quarry to the tounty. The'Chalrman—Ilave you any other quarries view! Mr, McNelll—No, sir; I think that is suffi- sent. Mr, McCaffrey—Do you know that Mr.Walker KIH sceurc thie county, providing the coutruct 18 warded yout Mr. MeNelll—I have not asled him, but he is bere aud can answer for hiwsclf, ‘The Chalrman—Are you prepared to submit 2 list of your bondsment Mr, McNelil—Yes, sir, They are: Josepht E‘hcr\vl?' }E‘ll'-fl‘-'k Ozlt'!ll‘ly Frsluxk esola, 'rfmpl’e- i, O lomus empleton, and Robert Clatk, Thosa aro ull T thiik of ow: o e o e r. McCafrey—1 shou e to hear from M;I \Vu‘l:(clrkuu zl;lu qneulhln‘n. r. Wulker—1 ain quite willing that Mr. MeNedll shul] bave all l.ln‘u stony Luxfi. he wnl:lll‘:s tw bufld the Court-House, and I am lkewlso prepared to give o trust len onmy quarry in rder to sccure the county. Mr, Quenther—For the'whole butldingd Mr, Walker—Yes, sir, Mr. Curroll—Are you willing to give a mart- goge on the quusry to the county i {r. Walker—Yes, sir, The contract specifies that the stone for the whole bullding shall come out of the sume quurey. Mr. Guenther—Hus Mr, McNelll made any re- ductions on account of Luilding the columus and pilasters of granitet The Clerk stated that a reduction of 28,400 was wade on that gecount. Ar. Guenther—Then will this gentleman do the custing und thu setting of TIIB COLUMNS AND FILASTRRS, or daes the vounty have to undertake thatl The Chalrinun—We hiuve o propusition from o gentlemun to furalsh the columns and pllusters polished for 139,000, 1f, however, it Is declded v hoye them unpolished, o reduction of $10,000 will be mude, which would muke the cost of that work §94,000. Mr, Guenther—I should ke to have that watter deelded before we award the stune cou- t . uct, Mr. McCaffrey—It seems to in¢ that If o con- Iractor cume fn and offered to do the hullding for nuthing thero would atill be ub*eullonu talsed, McNelll has offered totake the con- tract for $540,000, which fa $300,000 lesa th the estlnate of the architect, and yet of aremade. 1 donut think that Mr, B able to go to work aud du the work, but thero Is 6uch o vey of *steal” that 1 wn willlng to vote for bim if Mr, Walker will give us ulien ot the quarry, 'The matter of the coluinus and vllasters has nothing to do with the contractor lufl;lyln thu stove. ¢ Chalrmun—The matter stands in this way: MeNeill puts i a bid of 850,000, but in cast we use prapite for the columuy aud pllus- ters hie §s wilitug to make & reduction of 33, 400, which wlill inake his bid $511,000. Add to that 840,000 for 5mull! columns und pllusters auil it makes $GL0L00. Ar, McCaffrey—Thut {s not tn additlon to his . Thls Buard Jouks after that matter, and it 18 for us to say whether it shall be dune or not. That doea not cut any figure at this time. To Lring the matter squarely and fairly befors the Comnittec, 1 movethat the contract be awarded o Williwm McNelll & Bon, at $540,000, provid- lug they glvu the uecessary security, MU, WOLY, In rather an excited tone, here drew attentionto the apecitications, which provided that the con- tractor should glve suificent evidence that o laa capabie and” cumpetent mechuuit, lus exe- tuted work of & similar nuture, und is of suf- B-ieut fluanclal ubility to per{orm the contruct. Ir. Wolt was proveeding to Inquire whether Mr, MeNefl) fuliilted these conditions, wheu Mr McCuffrey luterrupted with: I hope the cwntrastors will not get luto uuy dlscussion, When Mr. MeNelll was getting tho contract for another fob [0 s cornty T l)lpnu!ml him, from the fact that I did not think lie could completo the work, 1have known him since he eune to this city, and I think he can furnish evidence that e in o practieal nicchanic and mgsterof his trade. Solongus he secures the conuty, it 1a all ight, 1fe can shuw lota of his workmanship {n this town, Mr, McNcill—1 never bosst of what I ean do. All that 1 ask §s to be tested. If [ maybo {wr‘ mitted to make so free, 1 mey suggest that AL, Ballard, who has sech mne in all features of Inasonry, Is Nere, and might Le asked with refer- ence to mynhlllt{. Thave built most of the churelies {n this ¢ity, and have cut the stonc. 1 will bo plad it Ald. Ballard will speak as to m,hcsm efie“?"b ing thus appealed to, sald: I . Ballard, bein h b am not hera' to v%nch for any man_ In his financiel or mechanteal capacity. Mr. McNelll has done work under my supervision, and hos done it satisfactority, but no amount to he com- pared with this great umlr.rtdllm{. It fs &nun— siblo that he §s compatent to do this work as ‘well a8 any other mechanic, I do not think that this 1s tho lowest bid. Mr. Ballard here gavo u npumber o jgures In proof ~ of this, but he -rnke In 80 low 2 toha that he could not be heard by the report- ors. What the people wanted, he remarked, was a goad substantial bullding, erected with a duo regard to economy. BOAN'S OPINION, Mr. Johnson—1 should ltke to ask Architect Fgan 0 question. Do you consider Mr. Me- !{n’lll o competent and skilled incchanicl Mr. Egan—In the general uceeptation of the term 1 do. I stated so Jast fall when he put in abid for the foundation of the Court-House, e {a s man very generally ncquainted with the details of bulldings. Mr. Johnson—Do you constder him competent. and skilled enough fo ereet. this bulldlu;i Mr, Egan—I am not prepared to suy what Mr. MeNetll's skill as a stone-cutter a3 Ihave never known him fu that capacity. On general prin- ciplen lic Is o competent meclianie, Ald, Smith—WIIl 1t he outof the way to make A SUGUESTION HERE? The Chalriman—No, sir, A, Smith—1f we are here as the representa- tives of the City of Chleago for anything, we are undoubtedly here under tho stpposition that the wholé bullding {s 1o be erected by the county. It strikes me—this is murulynnue- estlon—that the first thing you ought’ totake itu conslderation s, that you are wolng to let the contract for stone for the entire building. You ‘should not hose your aecurlt&]u on the Idea that this §s only o ,000 or §400,000 con- tract that is to he let; the stone to be furnlshed will probably amount to 81,000,000, Mr. (Juenther—That Is exactly the view I took yesterday, Mr, Siith—Ir such I8 the fact, it secms to me —although it may be (mpracticable st this lute day—that it woultl be much hetter to advertiso fur bids for the work over again for the whole bullding, speclfying the quarries and the amount of waterfal required for the ditfferent parts of the bullding, basements, pilnsters, cte. Then you could go to worl {utel ll(iuntl v, and A man could figure intelligently. belleve we could suve a qitarter of a milllon dollars by dolng that, Perbaps next Monday we will take actlon in the Councll on this matter, and no doubt a Committee witl be appointed to consult with you next week. If you tuke sction to-duy nnd Jet the contract, and'get sufticient sccurity for the county’s purt, you will have to go to work next weok, oud_usk for further sccurity for the city’s hall. You would theu stand ut the mercy of the vontractor, as far as the city's portion of the building s coucerned, und you will have to agree to his terms. If, however, you take this Into consideration now, and take double the amount of sceurity Irom. Mr. MeNely N it would be all right. Mr. McCaftrey—If the pentleman had watched the proceedings of the Cominittee right through frow the start, he would know that we ure not only looking after the county's but the city's art. The contrsctor when giving security or our portion of the bullding will also liwye to furnish security for the cty's portlon. The clty vught to have done sowething before Lhis tinie If they are desirous of takiug any steps towards thc erectlon of thelr part of the build- fug. We have delayed the matter for two weeka for tho purpuse of giving thern an oppor- tunity of duing something which would juatify us in’letting this contract. The Chuirman—I tuink the contivgency to wlich the Alderman baa referred hns Deen pro- vided for, Mr. McCaffeey—~Question on tho motlon, Mr, Chalrman. NO SHOW. Mr. Orleans (from the back part of the room) —I should like to be heard a woment. Mr. McCaffrey—I object; we huve heard envuzh from hin, ' oo Aud Mr. Orleans was squelched. My, Curroll—Is Mr. MeNeill's the lowest bid? The Chajrmun—No, sir. Mr. McCutfeey—Mr. Fuuping’s bid is 85,000 es8, Mr, Carroll—What _is Mr. Hurms' bid? e clufms that it Is nnl[v $550,00, The Clerk _exnmined thy bid, and reported that 1t was $755,000. The Clerk then called the roll on the motion. Mr, Guenther desired to explain his vote. It the city and_county were 1o build eulnl)y. the Council ourht to have some say fn the eclectton of stone. If the city had agreed to ndopt Hme- stone, he would vote for [t with the greatest pleasure, but otherwise he would vote * No.” COL, CLEARY wlso obtalned leave to cxé)mh\ his yote, which ho Qid siter the Yollowing fushion: Mr. Chalr- man, two months ago 1 wos the frest Comnmis- sloner to aunounce that I was In favor of Cook Ouunty Nmestone, There Is nivver & Commis- sloner”and I dow’t belave @ mun in this house hut what harrd it, I wus in faver of voting Covk County limestone to the lowest bidder, There Is where I shtruck all the thne. 1 have beun aceused here by the pries heve for the Inst two or thray wakes for casting me vote, and 1 say by this inornlng’s paper & connunication In ‘I'ie " Cuicaco TRIBUNE where §t uceuses me of befug n the ring, I have hared, Mr. Chalvinan, ot riugs, but 1 don't know nothing about uo riugs, and I defoy them. The mun who wrrote thut ~ commuuleation, sler, 18 o cownrd; I say, Mr, Chaivinan, he I8 o cow- arrd, ~ for the simple rulson that he darsen’t solgn his nume to tho artlce, T live hero fu the City of Chicago, and 1 have n reputation, und 1 defoy bim to cast any re- ficetons on me, And 1”don’t Dhlmne that cor- respondent whin our County Architeet in con- nectfon with Mr, Van Osdel Las stated bere and decolded with him lu fuyor of sundstone, I know, Mr, Chairman, that Le has toid e time and agaju that he wus in favor of Lemont Hie- atone, Ho put it on the guuml thut I had niver asked I)lln officlally, Ofllciatly! T niver harrd of the word, Al I to o to Mr, Agan and aay to him, an employe of the county, win I to tell'him whin it §s iy duty to call upon hln for advofce—an employe of the county who I helpto pay by e mite'of tuxes—am ["to tell him that Lo sphaking as 8 County Comumils- sfunerd Ile told me he was In favor of llue- stone. Now I mn the representutive of the workingmuan and Juborers ol this countyy and I win workings for thim. ‘Theyurene constituents, and I defoy the worpld to say that Dlvver go hack on thim, I um in for home fndusthry, and I shall alwuys vote for Cook Cuunty stune to the lowest bidder, 1 vote Aye, "The motion was carrled by the following votes Yeas~Curroll, Cleary, Couly, MeCsilrey, John- ~(uenther, Lonergan—2. Mr, Sclmdt's nume was not ealled. On motlon o My, Couly, the meeting then adjourned, M'NEILL, WIAT 18 THOUGNT OF THE JOD. The result of the Committee’s work was the subject of u great deal of remuark on ull sides, especially wimong that class who had kept track of tho dellberations on the stone question, It hiad been wmanifest from the first thut there was a contract cxlsting between the * Ring " and Walker guarantecing to the latter the work under auy and sil circumstonces, The baste which had churacterized the Board in its desire tolet the contract for the superstructure in ud- vanee of any agreetuent befngs reached botween the city und vounty, and in advauce, ulso, of the X ialf of tho foundation belngcommenced, Joul susplclous, and atrengthened the gen- eral betlef, for with certaln wnetubers it wis Row or never, i view of the nearness of the end of some oftlcial lives, ‘Ths first evidence of the lasto was the adoption of limestove as the bullding inaterial, which was also an evidenceof the exlstence of a scheme since developed, 1ightly over tho Nstory f tho fobt 3k htly uver tho ilstory of the Jobber: mdfimfyu when the bids for the work hi' been opened and laid before the Comniittee to which they were referred, as appears from the proceedings of the Committee-wieetings. In ull of thesy meetings, Mr. Walker and his stono et with special conslderation, but certalnly not bucause s pid wus the lowest or most favor- gble, Really, the lowest limestons bld wos thut of the Uedfurd, Ind., purtics, it boing $516,000, sgeatuat, $09%,000 ‘for Walker, “with at lesst ecqual testhmoniuls as to tho quality of thelr stone. The ubjection to the edford stone, however, in the ubsence of suy other, wus that home stone should b used, to encoursge home ludustry, cte In suswer to this rcusouing tame the bid of Funoing for Lemont stone fur $335,000, sud this was unauswerable, His bondsmen were ample, und he offered to comply, wnd did con- ply, whth overy request a8 to surety, a3 did also nuinerous other bldders for the same stone who were dower bidders than Walker, Yet all waa unavalllng to drive the * Rine from W8 corcupt bargain with Walker, and two weeks ago the nward was made to him at hs bid, which, I carried out, would have cost the couhty not fesa than $500,000, The com- detion of the steal waa delentid n few dnya luu-r by the vxposures of Tie TriuNE and the nclivity of the stone men who hind been rold out so shamefully, all which brought aboutanin- ilmctlnn which was ready to be “sorved on the Board wlien it dared to Indorse the action of the Walker Committee, ‘This fulled the scheme of the “Ring,” and brought to its geasping mind the {mportance of the situation, and an {dea of wmt the publfe de- manded of them as public servants, without re- gard to what they demanded of Walker for their fuvoritism, It s not often that such characters are frightened, but this case was an exception, for tliey saw two thiugs plalnly,—that they conld not 8o caslly get over the bid of Fanning and others, and that they could not make the wward to Walker at_ hia” 0id of §095,000. The dllemma waa a serlous ono to them, but, backed by counsel, they felt ecqual to the einergency. Javing determined not to make the award to any ane ekeept for a moneyed con- slderatlon, and having alrealy gone so far with Walker as not to bo able to retrace thelr steps, they devised A TRIP TO TS which was the third one. Returning, they were satisfled, as they had been hefore, that to vote for Walker would be most_profitable, and they hit ufmn the scheme of urglug the worthlcssncss of all uther stone than Walker's, which worked well, and nt least disposed of Funning’s-bid, for prior to this they bad exacted of Walker the pledge that he would not sell Fanning, or any one clac, his stone at any price. Mr, “nnnlng was, it Wil be_necn, easify disposed of, but 1o tuke care of Walker was the thing needful, Iow could it be done, was the great question, Ite had Pra!cnu:d that his bid was honest and conscientious, and f the contract was awarded him he did not know but he whuld go to the Poor-llouse, all of which was listened to with the preatest complacency, on the theory that Walker alone lud the stone, and if he did not get the work no one else conld, Another meeting was held snid the award to Walker was reconsldered un attention directed to THE DD OF MR, ATKINSON, belleviug at the time that he would fall In with the crowd, and knowlng that if he would Walker would furnish him the stone. They were dlmp?ulnlcd in this, for Atkiuson would not Juin them, and the echeme was dropped. The "next movemeut was to uncarth tho UARRIES, bLId of W, McNelll & 8ou for $510,000, ond then cume the forced conler- ence with the dt{ authorities, In the conferencethe favaritism for Walker on thepart of the * Ring ™" had not abated, but,befng {muh- ed, he was forced to udd to his record for truth and veraclty by dropping in a minute from 87 to 65 cents per foot for stone, which in the entire Court-House wonld mnount to nearly $250,000. ‘The fall was great, and a very clesr denionstra- tlon, by his own cunfessfon, of the fact that in Iiis origginal bid there had Leen at least » quar- ter of u millon steal, With thisfall,too,canican attack on Architect Egan,which was very sleniil- cant under the clrcumstances, for what was luat. tothe “Ring" in the full was expected to he made up by getting an architect that would be- come u party to the systemn of plundering, and thisthey well knew Egrun wouldnot, ‘Fhie confer- ence eniled here, but was resumed yesterday, as given above, MR M'NEILL, it will be seen, came out victorlous, and very readily stepped {nto Walker's shocs. While Walker had refused to furnish the stone to Mr. Funning or any one else, MeNelll in- troduced him with an ale of Innoeence to say what e would do for him. e had never mentloned the matter to Walker. Really, he uctod us if Walker might have been 1,000 miles away, but he was not. Yes, he would ive Mr. MeNelll all the stone he wanted at his bid, und also a lien upon his r‘uurrvl Mr, Me- Nelll then gave the names of uls other suretics, and o twist of the wand of the immoculate M- Irey pushed the job through without a uestion, 'The way out of the trouble 0 reschied, and thie trouble was over, Walker had received what he had been Prum(»’cd,-—hml confessed, nlong with his friends, by the further full, that there had been 000 steal In the Job, und he was happy. He left the room entirely satlsfled. Iia victury, 83 far s it had gone, was com , and all that remalued to ennble hiin to gdhere to and carry ont his bargain with the * Ring," from a divis- lon etandpoint, if the Board ratify the action of the Cominittee, was the displacement of tho architect. "The making of the award to McNelll, to say nothing of the explanations above, s somewhut atrunge. IHa is 1ot the lowest bid, and, admit- tine that the nward is bona flde, for the sako of argument, it §s very injudicious. A more 1ERESPONSINLE AND INCOMPETENT MAN could not, it is alleged, be found In the list of bidders, flc fs the sume gentleman who had In the lowest bid for the Court-Housu foundution, hut it was rejected and thrown out because of his want of “responsibility. At the time . the gume qoen who chumploned bis cause yesterday fought him bitterly on these very l;;x-uuml.-, and in thetr discussions of the matter demonstrated tu the public patisfuction that it wus not afe to Tct lihin thnt job, which, compared with the one awarded him- yesterday, is as the acorn to ‘the ouk. I{ls record then, as beautifully shown by both McCalfrey nnia_Johnson, was that he was In the habit of “abandonlngz every job he under- took, after plzmm: il the money vut of it he could, and that in many iuatances he failed to puy either for his lubor or materlul. The contruct was uwurded Mr, Harms Hually, and he set_about the work. A few days after the award MeNelll sent a protest to the Board, which was read and discussed on the Nth of October. To do justice to his new-fledzed friends, the followiny s copled from the report of thy Bosrd proccedlogs published in these columos ut the time: TIEN AND NOW, The contract of Henry larms for the foundation of the now Court-llusg was then read, Commissloger Urawford wanted to know whether It was not better to further conslder the bid of Me. Nelll & Son boforo the contrct Was upprove Ccalled for the re-reading of the protest of g: h;ulv.nlllhd moved thut if MeNelll was present hio 0 heard. Iy protest was read, when Commissioner Me- Catlrey took the floor. ~ He wald fie belleved the bld of McNelll &, Son was the bid of Sherlif Agnew; that Agnew had come to him in advance of the bids belng recelved, and atated thot he would id in the of MeNelll & S 1le wus sotisied thut the bid waw Agnes for tho reanon thut he (Agnew) bad come to i in thoe interest of the bt when the matter of making the award was under discussion, and had madu (hreats thut unless MeNelll und Son got the award (1 Chlcago Times would ralse a howl, etc., tll“:!\ attsck those whe voted for larms Justus it andl. Comminsfoners Johnson'and Scumidt sald they knuw tlsat 3leNelll's bid wos the bid of Arnew, and they were opposed to him, knowtng his frret wponsibllity. Thoy did not regird Agnew favor- ably, aud fua no dlsposition to gpve bin the con- truct, unless WIbur K. Storey would pledgs his chects that the contract, if #0 awurded, wonld be falthtully fulfilled, So fur as the charge of cor- ruption “was concerned, they invited the fullest Iuvestigation by the Grund Jury. It will be seen from this that Mchflm{ i not have a very exalted oplnion of MceNelll ot that thne; but it must be tuken futo considera- ton that Agnew and the Board were flghting at the time on the guestion of dieting prisoners, Apnew’s dlet b had been cut down; but sines the sore has been bealed, und now i Aenew had un fnterest with McNellt, nothing would e, sald abont ft. Times have changed, . Another point fn conneetfon with the award to MeNelll Is the fact that the most objectionu- ble {mnlcu to MeCaffrey and Julinson on his boud for the Court-ITouse fotndations are on his bund now—Joseph Sherwhy, Robert Clark, und Frank Guzalo, Then “mf were called up aud ques- tioned, and satistled these sume men of thelr responsibility as bondsmen, but uow they are aecepted on 8 contract ten times ns large with- out n question being asked, which, to say the leust, louks u lttle strange to thore not inftiuted {uto the mysterles of the * Ring." CORRESPONDENCE, WALKEK'S SHADOW, To the Editor of The Tridune, Ciicaco, Aug. 18~=Belng somewhat terested In the Court-Iouss contract, I attended yesterday's scasion of the Committeo on Public Buildings, It was very clear to me from the commencement of the discusalon thut your truthful strlctures un the previous proceedings of the Commlttes favoring the grant of the contract to Edwin Watker, snd your words .of warning as to tho effect of auch action,.had had o most wholesome influsnce upon the brave Mce Caffrey and his usaoclate bandits, for Walker personally was dropped in the contest, But, to the surprise of anl except thouse who were in the “Ring " secrets, Wulker's ¥ olter ego,” fotch, or shadow (us ke muy bo called), Willlam Blee Nolll, was brought forward, und, after a farcical examination us to bia ability to do the work, give sccurity, et coters, & voto fn his favor was nduph:d. Of this action It muy be sald that MeNeill's proposal was In very fuct Walker's, the latter having us many us throo (it not u.\um; ectual bids bofore the Cammittes, It 18 fulr to ask, Who is Mr. MeNelll and what I8 Wis record! The specitications of the contract require that the executor of the work shall be, lirstly, a thoroughly practical man, who had ex- ceuted a work of works of ke magultuds and churacter; sccondly, thoroughly solvent and finuncially able to carry on the work; and, third- Iy, that kls reputation’among men of his craft | n- (stone) gt be of the highest onler. Nefit A1 any one of 1 Wolll ‘states 1 cutter, and hea never ex 1n work magnitude, Ald, Kerber states that M 15 not worth 10 cente on the dolfar, 1 that MeNeill s not a pr that Lis _inability, financial largge job fs o mutter of to thu bullding community: and, further, that his reputation among his craft 18 that of a trick: ater, and thews doclarations § defy Mr. MeNedll to painsay. He wos compelled to abandon the work on the First Methodiat Chareh for want of fumile, nndl also the Indlana Avenue Church,— the only two works of any smugnilude that he has had fn thl.'u‘llly. IL {8 o well-known fact that Bherlit Amnew ofilclally and privately i backs ingg MeNeill, und, when A;incw‘n, Walker's, and Perfolat’s relations are borne In mind, 1t 1s rewlily acen who I8 cngincering this latest scheming project. "I'he few honest officials present at the sesafon yesterday protested, protested strongly, but helr protesta were in vain, Commjssioners Jonergan and Guenther and Ald, Van Osdel, Ballurd, and Schmidt raised thelr volees iu con- demnation” of thia villuinous job. But the “llln{" had a desperate game in hand, and with the most consitmmate npudence, and In defiunce of publie cpinfon and thé press, com- ‘-lcmd to thelr own sutisfaction the first act in his tragl-comedy,—comedy in its Judlerous- ness, and tragedy in that the Penftentiuey walls witl Inclose some of the actora before another season shall have comne. I cunnot characterize the scene in the Com- mittee-room after the adjournment in any other term than scandolous. McCalfrey nttacked Architect Egan in thu most ihsultl "f"m""cr and demenncd bimsell as only a hnckuunnf would, 1lealso matde o descent upon Mr. Or- feans, bhut that gentleman quickly quicted the Board bully by charging him with dishonestly fnducing the outside quarrymen to spend large sums of money upoti-the Cotmnissiovers in their visits to the quurrics. 1t makes my blood boll to realize the fact that there is such'a set of roscals in that Bourd clalining to be the representutives of the honext and educated people of this city und county. God bless you for your uvhle work in the interest of reform. The people are with you, and, take my word for it, you are sustained and will be sustalned {u uny measures you may ad- vueate or yourself institute for the preveution of this contemplated gigantle fraud, sud the subsequent and couscquent anuibilation of the Ring, LituoLoust. Does Willlaw hexe porticularat Vel funot a ptone dare itleal atone-cutter; WALKER'S NEXT PRIEXD, 0 the Kdltor of The Tribune, Citica6o, Aug. 18I observe lu your I8sue of yesterdny o letter slgned **'T. C. Diener," which seemns to be remarkable for nothing so much a8 the [ntemperance of its language and the betrayal of an utter want of eandor, us well 88 avery fmperfect knowledize of the subject upon which [t may be supposed to treat, Mr. Walker's scholurship, notwithstanding his skillful manipulation of legal documents, {8 not generally belicved to beof the bighest order; but It would huve been far better if he had bimself taken the matter In hond, rather than to hnve deputized so incompotent # hench- man, Bad us {t 5, however, the communlea- tion might possibly mislead, aud it is o this ground aloue that it Is worth any notlce. The fovitation to the stone-yards to look at fresh limestone, Is pure buncomhe, and does not even touch the question. It s of lme- stone when exposed o atmosphere effects and which thue s to develop, that my letter refers, and Mr. Diener's false quotations aud gross misrepresentutions bee spenk the very spirit of unfairness, In tho opinfon expressed in wy letter it s gratifying to find Ald. Van Osdel fully concur- ring, us well ns nlmost every sensiblé, well-ln- fornied, and uu&;rujudlccd man, It scems o pity that poor Mr. Diener, or Mr, Walker, or cithér or both, should be #o sadly l)uzzh:d oyer stich plaln words a8 ** disinteni- ton " and *vonpelution” Let me sugiest that there are plenty of under-ground tiook stores in Mudlson street where asecond-bund dictionary way be found, st moderate cost, which will furnish full deduitions of such ter rible words. * THE SOLCNMN FARCE. Tw the Bditor of The Tridune. Cnicaco, Aug. 18.~WIill you kindly permit spuce for « few rennrks from o hitherto mnute, but uot less intereated, observer of the farce of letting n contract to the lowest responsible bid- der, und the more gruve und seriuus perform- ance of robbing the people by legal process, which Is befuy admost dully emucted ut the bullding in which are situute’the Cuck County Jall und Crhinjual Courtt Tu the first place, I wn Inelined to think that he erudite and bnmaculite Committee of Nine should use thelr influence i cowpussing the dismiasal of Architect Egun for presuming to take fssue with the Ring wembers of “the County Commlssloners regurding opinions which they way cutertaln concerning county fluance, architecture, guulogz wd the art of bulldfniz, subjeets to which Cleary, McCalfrey, aud Conly have no donhit devoted a lifgtime of atudy and intellizent observation, ; Although Mr. Egan Is, fu the correet/aceepta- ton of that much wmisunderstood term, un architect, und has demonst his ability to erect, §f need be, u monumental structure, still e Is deserving of the severest condemnation for giving utterance to views about buildings and the materfals that ehould DLe used In thelr construction, when he knows such opinlons _ure contrary to those held by Messrs, Walker and Perfolut, aud are vpposeil to ring Interests, Espectally should he be deaf, dumby, blind, vacilluting, und dishoucst, while, in the words of Cleary, * the urtshitect is the sarvint of the Boord,” and not endeavor to frustrute, us hie has Leen atriving to do, the bold attempt ut u coloskal robbery of the people which some of his cmployers have for {sotme time been endeavoring to sccomplish _in the wward of & contract to Perfolat und Walker mure than a pructleal stone-cutter bid, n coneluslon, lot me give a word of adviec to Architect Egan us to his line of conduct durlug the coninuance of the stone-contruet controversy. When the Commissioners ques- ton you 18 to the responsibllity of the differ- competing contractors you rafse some ub- Jeetfon to them all, with the two sfugle excep- tions of Jue Atlinson or McNelll, the awarding of the contract 1o elther of whow will be victuully letting it to Walker, the boson friend of the indicted Commissiunérs, and Ring whipper-in Clem Perlolat, Under no consfderu- tlon wgafn ralse your volee fn fu stone, but, as Cleary puts it, * wnufacthor,” Walker's™ bid, Atk McNelll, and Walker's and Periolut's quarry, VITuuvivs, THE WEATHER, Wasminaroy, D. C,, Aug. 19—1 o, m.~For the Lake Reglon, ristg barometer, nearly sta- tionary temperature, northerly to westerly winds, and clear or elearing wenther, succeeding ruin ureas In the Lower Lake Reglon, LOCAL GUSERVATIONS. Cutaag, Aug. 18, . o, I 10001, Mazhmym thier: ut TRy nuftato .. Cleveland. SR 1N W pent A Marquetto . Milwauke Gmann. e ——aCi— PHILADELPHIA ITEMS, PiiLapeLpenia, s, Aug. 18.—To«dny the Bovelgn Grand Conslstory of Hlinols will visit the Masonle Temple, and this evening, in full unlform, assist lu the exemplitieation of the work, being welcomed by the Commander-fo- Chief, the Itlustrlous Brother Andrew Robins, dr. 'To-morrow the cuests will leave for home, ‘To-morrow the gates of the Centenulal grounds will be uponed, for the first time, on the reduced faro system, the general admission being 25 cents. OBITUARY, Racive, Wis., Aug. 18.—Sllas WrightDoolittle, the youngest son of ex-Senator Doollttle, died this afternoon ut his futher's residence here, of spinal menfogites, Funerul on Sunday next at p. . Spectal Dispaich (o The Tribune. mcm:,"\'vu., A Y Tobert & Kufi;x:l ons of our oldest uud best known citizens, dle last night, after a loug and palnful flouss. e —— . FAIRS, Bpecial Dispaich to The Tridune. DrcaTus, 111, Aug. 18.—The Illinvis Central District Fair will be opened Aug. 29 and bold unt/l Sept. 1. It promises to bo second only to tho Btato Falr, GRAND TRIUMPH. Achievements of Many Leading Ohicago Manufacturing and Wholesala Houses, A Condensed List of & Few of the More Promineat Firms. The leading manufacturers snd wholesale men of Chicagu have long felt the great necessity of a condensed business-directory, for the purpose of giving reliable references to customers out- side of the vity. For the purpuse of supvlylng this want, n TRIDUNE reporter visited u large number of Chicago leading houses in order that 1t may place before its readers throughout the great Northwest a correct list of addresses and businces of the different houscs, the im- portance of which to the business-men of the city and to buycrs throughout the country cunnot be overestimated. Country dealers will certanly consult thelr own Interest as well as conventerice by cutting out and preserving the directory for future reference. 10N AND HOILEIR MANUPACTURERS. Vulean Iron Works Company, & to #2 North Clinton street; engines, dredge, plledrivers, Architectural Iron Works—Castings and wrought {rou work for_bullding bridges, gus, and wuter-works, Nos. 70 to 80 Erle atreet. Brown & Van Arsdale, nunufafacturers of scamless thimble skeins, Glmatend & Dinsmore tire shrinkers,tire benders, bolster plates, Tuyere frons, silyer pullsh_ead frons, Bremerman's hub borer, Oftice and foundry 28 Kingsbury strect, Marfoe Engine Works—Robert Tarrant, mune ufucturer of warine and stationary englne, Philadelphla J)mpullur wheels, general machine ¥, 55, 57, and 59 Michigan str Carpenter, Wilson & Bacorn, dealers fn bofler plute tubes, ungle awd T from, tank and heavy sheet frop, wrought iron beame, and phanix columns, No. 59 Suuth Canal street, George W, Hanuly, builder ot fire_apparats withall the lutest lmprovements, 7 and Michigan street. WIIOLESALL GROCERS. Bprazue, Warner & Griswold, importers of teas und groveries; also, jobbers aud factors of tobacew, czars, und smoking articles, 53 and 55 Michigan sventie, + M. Hoyt & Co., Importers of teas and wholesale grovers, 1, .xl. 5, 7. und O Michlzan avenue, 1 aud 3 Front street, and 1, 3, 5, 7,and 9 River street, Propricturs of Grocers® Criterion. Reid, Murdoch & Fischer, wholesale grocers and ten fusporters, 15 and 17 Randolph street. Gruy Brothers, grocers, 3 and 5 Lake street. Ingraham, Corbin & Slny tea fmporters und wholesale grocers, 87 und 89 inum{:xm avenue. Kuseel Brothers, 185 und 137 8. Water stre J. W. Doune & Co., luporters of grocerics and merchandise, 41 ad 43 \Wabash avenue, W. J, Quan & Co,, wholesale grocers, 60 Hiver ey, Endicott & Co., finporters and whole- sule grovers, 48 und 50 South Water street. Tlarmon, Merrium & Co., Wholesale grocers, coryier of Walash avenue sud South Water, MeNeil & Higgins, wholesale grocers aud job- bers in tobaceo, Nus. 11 and 13 Lake strect. DIY GOODS. Carson, Pirle, Seott & Co., wholesale dry gouds, Madisen and Frauklin streots. Richards, Shaw, Fitdh & Winslow, wholesale drg goods, corner State aud Madison streets, tettaver Brothers & Co., wholesule dry goods, Madison and Franklln strects, Montgowery Wurd & Co., joblers of dry goods and greneral merchandlse, 227 Wabash av, Andersen, Olsen’ & Co,, fmpurters of dress goods, removed to 164 East Madison street. CLOTHING, Ilenry W. King & Co., munufacturers and Jobibers of cluthing and furnishing goods, cor- nier of Mudison and Frunklin streets, Rindskopf, Barbe Cu., munufacturers of mew's, youths’, aud boys' clothing, 199 and 201 Madison strect. ‘Tuttle, Thompson & Wetmore, manufactur- ers and jobbers, 211 and 213 Mudison strect. Leopold, Kuli & Cu., manufacturers of cloth- ing, 214 and 216 Madlson street. Lolin, W & Co., manufacturers of clothing snd_jobbers of forefin und domestic woolens, 5t 58, G, and G2 Wabash nvenue. I, A, Rohn & Broa, munufucturers of clottine and jobbers fu woolens, 10, 12 and 14 Lalke strect, Mayer, Monhelmer & Co., manufacturers and hhers of Youths', buye', and children’sclothing, and T Wabush wvenue, Loufs & Cu., manufacturers of clothing oud jobbers in \\‘nufum-. 111 Wabash avenue. E. Rothsehild & Brothers, mauufactarers of clothing and jobbers in wooleus, 272 East Mudie 5ol stréet. BCALES, Fairbanks' standurd scales, Fairbanks, Morse & Cu., 111 und 113 Luke street. The fmproved Howe scales, the only scale with protceted bearings. A M. Gilbert & Co., 05, 07, 09, and 101 Lake st HARDWARE AND TLERY. Wiltiam Bluir & Co., lmporters and whole- sule dealers fu_handware, cutlery, nalls, and tinners’ stuck, 172, 194, und 176 Luke street. Miller Brothers & Keep, jubhers of hardware and cutlery, agents for Americun Flle Come puany, 19 Lako strect. PUMPS, WROUUNT-INON PIPE, ETC, Crane Brothers Mf'g Co., smunufucturers of wrought-iron pipe, steam pumps, steain and gos fittings, stemn warming and’ ventilating ap- puratus, steam frefeht and passenger elevators, General ofllees No. 10 North Jefferson street, H. W, Austin Cu,, wholesule dealers in putnps, tiimble skehis, sud-irons, church and school bells, gus plpes, stuple bardware, ete. 102 und 194 Lake streot, corner of Fifth sveuue. PARMING IMPLEMENTS, Furst & Bradley Manufucturing Co., manu- facturers of plows, hoy-rukes, wnd cultivators, and uther agricultural {mplements, 57 to 63 Nurth Deaplulnes street. 1NON, STEEL, AND HEAVY IARDWARE. 8. D. Rimbuck, heavy hardware, Iron, stee, nalla, wazon and carrfare inaterials, 89, 52, wnd 8¢ Mlehzan uvenue, Rhotes & Bradley, fron merchants and manu- facturers of plg-lron, rails, sheet, and galynnized fron, boller plate, flucs, rivets, ete, 40 and 42 Dearborn street, Milwaukee Iron Co., manufacturers of mer- chant bar fron, fron rals, splices,bolts, plg fron, ctey 80 Dearborn strect, W. C. Barker & Cu., iron, steel, nafls, beavy hardware, wizou und carrlsge materdal, 167 unid 164 Luke street, WOOLENS. Biddle & Bnyd, lnporters und jobbers of waolens and tallon’ trimulugs, 33 und 40 Mad- 1sun strect. Heldweyer & Stieglitz, woolens und tailors trimmingy, 34 and 88 Madbson street, LATS, CAPY AND FURS. Kelth Brothers, manufacturers und jobbers of men's furnishing gools, hats, caps, and willi- nery, 240, £48, 230 ind 252 Mudison gtreet. lud'dy, llurrq W Carter, wholesale hats, caps, furs, gloves, 23 aud 241 Madlou street, Sweet, Dempster & Ca, huts, caps, furs, wtraw oods, buek gloves, mittens, wte., 410 and 218 Monros street, near Franklin, Willlums, Miller, Olmstead & Co., wholesale hate, caps and furs, 204 and 200 Mudlson strect, Chins, A, Lowis & Co. jobliers of hats, caps, furs, und buck goods, Monroe und qukf[n Bts. Glubel, Florshelr & Co., fobbers of Duts, caps, furs, struw goods, 102 und 103 Wabush ay. BOOTS AND BUOES. M. D. Wells & Cu., mmanufacturers of and wholesale dealers in bools and shocs, Mudlson uud Market streets, Cushing, Rirk & McLean, manufucturers and Jubliers hoots und shoes, 180 Wubash avenue. ¢, H, Fargo& Co., munufucturers and jobbers of bootsund shues, Madison street,corner Market. MILLINERY. (lugre Brothera & Co., lnporters and jobhers of u‘l‘hlhwry and_straw gouds, ladies’ furnish- g, notiohs, und fancy goods, Wabush uvenue uudd Madison street, Walsh & Hutchinson, importers, manuface turers, wud Jobbers of wiinery ‘and straw ouds, notfons, und Jadles’ furnishing gouds, fuo und 162 Wabash svenue, corner of Monros, Daly, Henrotly & Co., Wholesulo ‘millinery sud fower wanufucturers, 14 Wabash avenue, Tuylor, Thumus & Co., jobbers uf uullluery, straw, aud funcy goodd, 110 Wabush ayenie. . A, Hewes, manufucturer und dealer in forelgn and domestle struw guads, fowers, luces, pattern buts, (rames, cte., also goods re- tintshied for the ‘trade, 150 and 155 Wubash avenue. JEWELRY. Qlles, Bro. & Co., munutucturing jewelers, 2060 sl 208 Wabush avenue, 1. W, Van Cutt & Co., wholesalo jewelers, No, 224 Statu street, corner of Qulney.. Benjawuin Allon & Co., whlesalo dealers fu watchus, jowelry, 157 and 139 State street. €. D. Peacuck, jewelry, 83 State strect, cor- ner Washington, opposite Field, Lelter & Co, Estell &deukiba, wholesalo jewelers, watchics, ete. Bole Westeru uizents tor Aikin, Lutbert & Co.'s gold pens, 111 Eust Mudison street. Bonnonscheln & Treulich, importers and job- bers of watches und jewelry, 176 Mudison street, Wlu-h-wsnillux and correct thae-keeping u specialty, 109 and 171 Btute strect, FAINTS AND OILY, C. T. Raynolds & Cu., patut, color, aud var- nish munufacturers, dealers i pulnters’ u decorators’ matorlals, No. 3t Luke street, Heath & Mllligun, @unufacturers of white lead, zlne, and colors, 170 Rundolph strect. W, Warren & Covy wsnufucturers and deal- in white lead, paints, olls, glasa, will remove 10255 Take strevt o 1o & I, G, Hanford & Co., heaviest jobberaln stand. ard olls, white lead, paints, und naval stores, &1 and 53, Waterstrees, und 1, 3, and b Wabash'av. STONEA, FLRNACES, AND RANGRS, Fuller, Warren & Co., monufacturers of stoves, ranges, and furnoces, 08 Lako strect; works at Troy, N. Y, Rathtone, Bard & Co., Albany, N, Y., mann- facturers of stoves and hollow-Ware; B3 and 40 Lakestreet, Chicago; 23 Monroe avenue, Detroit, Union Btove Worka of New York City, 171 and 1% Lake strect. Charles B, Clark, Manager. Verry & Co., manufacturers of stoves, ranges, and furnaces, Albany, N.Y.; 15 and 17 Lake strect Chicago. John B, Hughes, Manager. Cribhen & Bexton, Western Agenta Rochuster Co-operative l-‘num‘?' Company and Detrolt Stove Worka, 75 end 77 Loke atreet, The Littleflend Stove Manufacturing Company, works at Albany, N. Y. A. M, Bearls, Weatern Mauager, 150 Lake street. COFFEE AND SPICE MILLS, 8prague, Warner & Uriswold, proprietors of the Grocers’ Mills, 162 Michizan avenue, inanu- facturers of the Crown Imperial aud Amerlcan Haking Powders. W. F. McLaughlin, wholesale coffees and spices, manufacturer of the *Cuttage " baking powider, 82 and 84 South Water strect. Phecnix Mills, Knowles, Cloyes & Co., jobhers and wholesale ‘dealers I teas, coffcen, spices, sirups, und fancy grocerles, 29 and 31 River st. TEAB, N, 8herwood & Co,, fmporters, 39 Wabash av. John M. Wright & Co., fmporters and jobbers of teas, 48 and 50 South Water atreet. . M. Quinn & Co., jubbiers In teas, New York, and 8 and 10 Dearborn street, Chicago, GUNPOWDER. J. J. Whitehouse, sgent for DuPont's gun- powder, 7 8tate street, corner of S8outh Water, TOBACCO. Best, Russell & Cu., successors to John C. Partridze & Co., whilesale tobacconists, 67 Lake and 41 Btate strects, BLAKE LOOKS AND STATIONERT. Cameron, Amberg & Co,, johbing stationers, blank-book manufacturers, and steam printers, 84 Lake strect. RUBRER. Iallock, Holmes & Co., manufacturers and Aealers {n all kinds of rubber goods, rubber and leathier belting, hose, ete., 114"'&.:--101;.1; street, G1.ABY. James IL Rice, importerof pollshed, rough, and crystal plate English, Frencli, and Ameriean win- dow glass, and French plate mirrors, 50 Adawsst. ULASS AND BOTTLES. E. E, 8age, window glass, bottles, and corks, denifjohns, Jugs, and flasks. Manufacturers of ornuinental glass, 174 and 130 Rundolph street. CONFECTIONBRY. Brooks & Neemcs, mapufacturing confec- tioners, 82‘ and 84 Michigan avenue. Co,, manufacturers and jobbers nd 214 Lake street. 3 age of confectiouery, SADDLERY. Ortmayer, Lewis & Co., manufacturers of and wholesale dealers (n - suddles, horse-collars, turf goods, cte., 16 and 18 State street, FIUITS, PANCY GHOCERIES, AND PICKLES, Robert Stafford, successor to W, Archdeacon, dealer in chioice ennned {ruits, preserves, sauces, sirups, removed to § and 10 Dearborn strect. SLWING-SILK, TWIST, LTC. , Belding Brothers & Co., manufacturers of machine-twist, sewing-silk, ete.,, No. 103 Mad- fson gtrect, Manufactory, Rockville, Coun. .1, Foster & Co., manufacturcrs’ ngents and fmporters, No. 0 Washington strect, - Silk mills, Canton, Mass, CHOCKERY, CILINA, AND GLASSWARE, Abram French & Co., Importers of ching, luss, and earthenware, Jamps, and kerosene ixtures, Nos. 101 and 103 Wabush avenue, F. & E. Jaeger, mporters of crockers, china, glass, and lamp goods, No. T3 Wabash avenue, S, B.sParkhurst, wporters and dealers {n gluss nud crockeryware, Nos. 83 and 35 Wabash v, TWINES, CORDAGES, BIC. G, F. Foster, Son & Cu., twines, netting, cordngze, and steel, and manufucturer of campalgn goits, Niss, bunners, and rufzul[;, £ Market st. Uilliers, Tubbard & Co,, dealers In cordage, twines, catton duck, stecl, flags, and banners of every deseriptlon, 202 to 208 South Water street. BROOM-CORY, Z, B. Taylor, desler In broom-corn, broom materlal machinery, 122 LaSalle street. W Hubbard, brovin-corn, Lruvin manu- fagturers' supplics, 125 and 127 Kfvzie strect, . E. Dunton, commlgslon merchant i broom- corn, 121 and 123 East Kinzie-st. AD. I'urci'.wmmlssluu dealer in broom-corn, browm materlal, 113 Kinzie strect, cor. of Wells, W. L, Roseboum & Co., broom-corn, hrootn munnfacturers' supplles, 216 Kinzle strect. J. P Gross & Co., broom-corns, brovtn_manu- facturers’ supplics, and manufucturers of broom machiuery and buling presacs, 218 and 215 Kinzle, COAL. Kelley, Morley & Co. whippers and dealers in lump, Lebigh, Blosshure, wnd anthracite coal, No. 97 Wasibngton, Shipping ducks, Fuirhaven and Buffalo, N. Y., also Chicago. Watson Coaland Mining Company, Gartaberrio coal, No, 79 South Clark. Yardand dock Water street, North Pler, Nos. 192 East Twelfth, ¢, H. Dyer & Co., No. 78 Washington. Deck fout of Twenty-first sireet, on Grove street. Waldron, Niblock & Co., dealers fu coal, miners and .ahlm?eru of Indlaua bluck-voul, Gen- eral oftlce, No, 102 Washington street, Yards foot of South Water street, near Central Elevator, I1IDES, WOOL, AND TALLOW. I, C. Thliughast & Co., dealers in hides, sheep-pelts, und tallow, No. 141 Kinzie street. ‘Cillinghust, Allen & Co., wool, grass-secds, ete. Oflice aud warehouse Noa. 141 and 14l Kinzie street, coruer of North Ladalie. J. L, Chupman & Co., dealers fa hides, pelts, and tallow, No, 193 Kinzie street. Miller & Klely, comimnlsstou merchants for the urchase and sale of Lides, skins, aud tallow, No. 218 Kinzie street. U, Elkkan & Co., commission merchants and dealers in hider, Delte, furs, wool, tallow, ete., 193 and 200 Enst Kinzie strect. C. H. Cowun & Cuvy commlssion merchants for the sule of hides und wool, No, 207 Kinzle st. Sawyer & Follsusbiee, dealers in hides and skins, 205 Kinzie strect, corner of Dearborn. LEATHER, 8. Baur & Co., dealers in leather, shoe find- tngr, aud fitted Appers, No. 101 Loke street. . H. Smlth & Co., brokers in hides and wool, and desldrs dn all kinds and descriptions of leather, No. 184 East Kluzle street. 1RON UBDSTEAD, Chilcago Tron Bedsteud Manufacturing Com- pany. Oftlee, 40 North Weils strect. CHICAGO DI WORKS. Chicago Dic und Muchine Works, 89 and 01 West Luke street, cortier of Jeflerson. CASUALTIES. A REMARKABLE AFFAIR, dpectul Dispatch to The Tridune. Dasvinug, 11, Aug. 18.—Edward Shuliz, o youn tmun ubout 18 years old, a clerk fn Willls hat store, at thls place, hus frequently of late Iwen pgolng home at night Intoxicuted. 1lis mother, an old ludy of 64 years, turcutened to use 8 whip on him if he did not mend bis ways, Thursday morning near 1o'clock the youngwan returned howe, again {ntoxieated, and hls wother proveeded to use the whip, In the seuflle which ensued, the mother aud son both fell out of the window, 4 distance of 13 feet, to the ground, and the wother recelved injuries from which she died this morping, The Cor- orer's Jury, which wus eummoned, retursed a verdlel i aeeordancee with the ahove fucts, und the son wus uequitted of uuy wiiiul purpuse of killlug his mother. A FATAL LEAY. Special Dispatch The Tribune. Lavayzrrs, Ind, Aug, 13,—This morning a young wan uamed Ewerlek, of Atticw, Ind., riding on a frelght traln on the Toledu, Wabash «& Weaters Rallrood, wished to get off at Will- tawaport, The train not stopplug there, ho Jmueped froin tho truin while uuder full head- way, uud recelved Iojuries from whidh he dicd fn 4 few hours. BTAGE ACCIDENT,. PiILADELIHIA, Aug. 18.—~Miss Annle Kemp- Bowler, who, while enacting the part of Stuluctu aut the National Theutre, fell from @ suspended ear to the stage Wedneaday night, hes sustalned fur more serlous injurles than were ut vt ro- purted. Iler collur-bune was fractured, us well us thy shoulder-blude. s GORED 10 DEATIL. 8pectal Dispatch to Tha Tridune. Fraxgront, 1., Aug 18.—~This morning Mr. Johu Elsuer met with an untimely death, While crossing o ficld a ferocivus bull gored it 50 that life was extinct when be was found. Mr, Elsner wus un old wan, and o respected clti- zen, huving lived bere sbout tweuty-four yeurs. ——— BURIED ALIVE. Couxcin BLures, Ju., Aug 18.~Two little Loys named Johu Berweln and Harry Fubis, aged 12 and Y years reapectively, wero burled slivetn this city to<lay by the sudden glving way of au cubankimcut ‘near which they were plnrlng. The bodles were recovered, but not until lire wad extin. COLLISION. Special Dispatch to The Triduse. DanvigLg, Lk, Aug. 18.—A collision occur- red on the Toledo, Wubash & Western Rullruad ut Tilton, o this county, thls wmorning, whereby en engine and caboors wern rather badly des molished, and all tralna delayed several hours No persuns werelnjured. ——— OFTF TIE TRACK. EvansviLte, Ind., Aug. 18.—A mall train was thruwn from tho track on the Evanaville & Crawfordsvilla Rallroad last night, above Fort Branch, George W, She: the engineer, was killed, and the fireman, MErnon Fitzsimons, had a leg broken, No passengers Injured. DROWNED, Loxa Braxch, Aug. 18.—A small boat cap- #ized near hiere, Jast ovening, containiog four colored people, and all were drowned. 8HAnoN, Masa.,, Ang. 18,—Albert E. Smith, the adjuster of the Charter Oak Life Insuranco Company, was drowned yesterday, ———— % THE SILK INTEREST. . Naw Yorg, Aug. 18.~Tho advanced price in raw silk has caused a riss In the forelgn hinport- 8ilk Assoclation was announced, with Witllam Bkinner, of Massichusctis, President, and Franklin Allen, of the Natfonal Soclety, Socre- tary. Something like forty establlshnients are represented, or seven-elhths of the trade. A simliar movement {s spoken of among manu (ac- five, appointed thréad, P e e BUSINESS NOTICES. Ladlon, If you foel tanguld or exhnnated, Tith no Inclraddon o oxarchic, ure thut valuably on! oland's Aromatic Bilier Wine of . De- pot, 63 Clark street. Trom. 8 e Bnroott's Coconlne Allays Irritation, ro. moven dandenfl, and inslgorates the action of ¢ Capilinrica in tho Migheat degrenc - *etion of tho “VEGETINE,” £ayaa Tloston pliyalctan, **hasno equal sn & blood pr- rifier, iearing of its iany wondertul chr or GUlier remedies had (aiicd T vIRten (he LAbaFatory am gonvineed mysclf of (ta ganulne mart. it propard :ra!.‘!:’l‘;tvllku;‘rrllolla.z;llzlnwcmlll. el of which iehty ctive, and unded In au ¢ 440 Produti satOBIMOE FERT e VEGETINE . 1s the great Blood Purifier. VEGETINE Wil cure the worst casg of Sicrofula, VEGETINE 1s recommended by phystelans and apothecartes, VEGETINE Has effected some marvellouacures fn cases of Cancen VEGETINE . Cures thie most fnflexible case of Canker. VEGETINE Mecta with wonderful success fo Mercurial dlseases. VEGETINE Wil eradieate Sait Itheum from the system. VEGETINE Cures the most {aveterate cases of Eryaipelas, VEGETINE Removes Pimplea and Humors from the face. VEGETINE Cures Canstipatiun and regulates the bawels, VEGETINE I 8 valnable remedy for Headache. VEGETINE W1l cure Dyspepala. VEGETINE Teestores the entire ryitens to u healthy conditiun, VEGETINE Cures Palas fy the Side. 3 VEGETINE Removes the cause of Dizztucss. VEGETINE Relleves Faintucss at the Stomach, VEGETINE Cures Pafns 1o the Back, VEGETINE Edectusity eures Kidney Complaint. VEGETINE s effective in 1ts curo of Female Weakucas, VEGETINE 1 tha great remedy for Qeacral Debulity. VEGETINE acknowledged by all classes of people Lo be tha best T AT vellgie iood Puriter 1a tbo Worlll Y_eggfiniis suld by all Drggists. " POLITICAL. GREENBAGKS! GRAND NATIONAL GREENBACK RatificationNeeting, EXPOSITION BUILDING, WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 18706, GEN. SAMUEL F. CARY, Candidate for Vico Prosident, end othor DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS, ‘Will address tho meoting. Arrangoments have been mado with tho railroads to reduco rates to one farc and one-fifth, GRAND TORCHLIGNT PROCESSION IN THE EVENING, And speaking at the hotols. Come on foot, come in wagons, ocome by rail, and mako this thu groatost gathoring of the agel 'TILUSSES, WD IR The United 5tates Government udopted the Common euse Truse 88 the beat {u uso. Cutntrics in Europs Buw sclect {tus the beal fu (e wotll, The Chicage. ik Klastls Blockligh Desoi ol sic. H"AT! Bulted 1o uli ight Opticlay, B Mudisou-at. (Fribuse Bullding, PERILE 5 ACLEY ul:ylixluytc‘liun at m\u.fi:s% ed artlcle, Yesterday the organization of o new turers of the highest grades,to sccure s harmony of nctlon In unf' equal degree. A committee of by the new Assoclatlon, will re- ort in & fow days, with reference mors particn- arly to the sewing-ailk and machine-twhas