Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1876, Page 3

“HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. palls of water up in the files, and also under hf.uge,where the dressing-rooms were; I ¢hink there were two platforms in the gallery tairs, that made two rectangular beuds; there B "o sccess to them from “any other part of the house, except the dress-circle, and they could BOE have become crowded excep: By the occupants of the gallery; the beams By Hairs were_extra etiong, built. into the walls aud anchored; the girderswere 19x12, sod the beams some 4x12 and 3x12: they were of Georgis pine and white. pine; I hardly think the stairs could have been broken down by the ight of the people who crowded upon ihem pefore they were burned away; the other stair- waysand passages were equally strong; the hnflsflm +was not put up on an economieal plan; the bricks were the besh e Huberd weare the particular attention - was given to the gas- D o, make all the joints tight; all the Jights on the stage and {n the dressing-rooms, 2nd the_border lights, were protected by wire < if this fire ovcurred from a border- Aeedr the border-lizht or the border was fm- 1y bung; the borders ought uot to touch 4 the borderlights; they might Possibly b “brought together by = strong draught, but even then toe tin at the'back, the wire in front, and tbe cap on top ought to protect the border from e e D p sARsmAL READY'S OPINION. Messrs. Keady and Jackson went over to the soene of the fire to examitie the ruins. \When the former returned he gave an account of the visit: I went with Mr. Jackson to the ruins,” 3r. Keady. *‘ and made a careful examina- tion of the walls, stairg, ete., and found that the space in Flood’s allev was g0 marrow that & fire-escape could not have been placed there with anv degree of safety. Wealso ex- smined the cellar, to find if the water-hydrant mentioned by Mr. Jackson in his testimony was gtil) there, and found it as he described in the west_corner of the building. . Then we “went round to the Washington strect side and measured the stairs leading up to the gallery, and foued, by actual measurcment, that they were just six feet eight inches wide; those Eiirs Jed up to the sccond story, and tnere wefonnd a wide platform. There'is where the beap of human beings were tumbled from the gallery, and from which they fcll down into t when the stairs burved away; we found the twalve-inch artition wall still ‘standing, and in - tolerably good order; Mr. Jackson explained to me where the rear entrance from the parquet fed into Flood’s alley; there is mothing left of itnow but the sill of the door; we found o of wall standing on the corner of Johnson* gtreet and Flood's alley, which he considercd dsngerous, and s0id it should be taken down ince it was all cracked and liable. to rall.. Mr. Jackson cxpresced no- furthier opinion relative towhat he had already said, but reiterated his statement that a fire-cscape on Flood’s alle would have done no possible good, because'if it had been there, the windows being -very “high and the street very narrow, no peactical ac- commodation could have Leen afforded.” DION BOUCICAULT. - . JISTDEA AS TO THE TRUR REMEDY FOR THE- ATRE-FIRES. To the Editor of’ the New York: Herald: Pub- Yic fecling is so deeply moved by the terrible “tragedy at the Brooklyn Theatre that some legislative action will follow as an inevitable re- sult. -Before forming any conclusion as to the ‘means tending to obviate such calamities let us remember that fires occur in European theatres and places of public resort-with fatal conse- quences, yet no principles of constraction. no reguistionsiwposed. baveas yet proved effectual 85 preventives. Numerous aud wide entrances have. been provided, the buildings bave been isolated so as to be sccessible from all sides, * every precaution has been taken, but fires will bn::ti out, and life is sacrificed. Churches, schools, and Iyceums are in the sane category with theatres, and are liable o similar disaster. Idesire to point out that the true remedies arc mot to_be souzht only in the construc- tion of such buildings and in precautionary measures against fire, but chiefly in some means to control the rush of the audience when seized with panic, and meanwhile to de- lay the progress of the flames. It may scem a sirange theory, but if some barriers had inter- at the Brooklyn Theatre to restrain the outward rush of the public, by subdividing the mass 50 that one part could not press upon another, and thus 1scilitating a steady flow of the crowd toward the outlets, I betieve few lives, if any, would have been lost. This in- yoives a principle diametrically opposed to the “plans generally advoeated, that large wide doors and corridors are the only means of salvation in such cases, I contend tiley are practically use- less.. When we desire to stem and control the ‘push or an excited multitude endeavoring 1o enter 2 thestre, we erect. barriers to oblige .discipline. Why should not similar means rove effectnal in controlling the exit? It may said that a crowd attempting to enter a thea- tre i5 easily restrained. This is an error. I ‘have known limbs broken, flesh torn from the _ bones, and on more than one occasion lives lost in the frenzied struggle to obtain'a front seat with 12 cents. You allude to the catastrophe at the Church of Bantiago. This case may serve asan illus- tration, Here wus a spacious 'hall, having a Jlarge gateway as fts simple entrance from an open_portico. During a festival, when the church was crowded, the ornaments around the “altar caught fire, 2 panic ensued and the congre- gation rushed to_the door. Widcas a church .door is proverbislly, the crowd became jammed init, some women fainted and then the human plug became a fixture. This impediment block- ed up the entrance and the multitude within perished in sight of the open sky, without, seen over the writhing mass. During this terrible spectacle a vaquero who was seated on horse- ‘ack in the squarce among the spectators rode up the steps of the portico and flung his lariat over -the besp of prostrate bodies into the church, hoping the noose of his Iasso might find some one o its loop. The attempt succeeded; for, as he rode down again, he drew sfter bim bodily over the obstacle a woman whom he had thus fished out of the sea of fire. The width of the doorway and the directness of the egress in this case are shown by the ease with which such a feat was performed. In the face of such experience is it not plain that some- thing more than wide doors and corridors is L y? That fires will break out in places of publi¢ resort is inevitable; that crowds will become panic-stricken is inevitable. Let us deal, then, with the ipevitable. Let us devise some means to delay the rapid progress of the ¢lement and restrain the frenzied push of the «owd. There is no place of public resort in the world that cannot be vacated by & crowded au- dfence {n ten minutes, and {t s quite possible to - check any fire during that time. Ihave no de- sire to intrude personally in the question at this morient and in this manner, and do so only becsuse the expericnce of thirty years in the- atrical practice may give some little weight to ‘these obzervations. Yours, faithfully, Drox Boucroaver. SHERIDAN SHOOE. 'HE ASSERTS THAT THE THEATRE WAS WELL SUP- PLIED WITH WATER, BUCKETS, AND HOSE. New York Tymes, Dec. 8. In reference to the statement made in yester- day’s papers concerning the inadequate supply of water in the Brooklyn Theatre, & Times re- porter called on Mr. Sheridan Shook at the Unlon Square Theatre. Mr. Shook made the following statement: “Iwas pained and sur- prised to see that some of the officers of the eatre, while no doubt laboring under mental .exviterent, patural to sucha terrible ordeal, overlovked or forgot for a moment the ap- Eknnces of the thgatre, and the safeguards at and to prevent accidents or casualiies by fire, 1 have no doubt that the the theatre did all the moment to prevent the spread of the fire; but they certainly forgot, what in a cocler moment they could not fail to see, that there was a plentiful supply of water and smple means for its use. ere were buckets and ‘water in the flies. There was also on thestage a fire-plug, with hose and nozzles, sufliclent to send a stream of water into any part ofthe mr&e. There is no doubs whatever that the fire ‘broke out so suddenly and swept so rapidly that it was impossible to arrest it, Several ck cxtinguishers were likewise in the theatre. When learned of this statement to-day Wwos naturally anxious to ascertain how tar this material was in order, and I find frum the most careful inquiry that everything was in its usual place and in good repair.” e ————— FINANCIAL. . Special Dispatch to The Tribune. ) Jovier, 11, Dec. 9.—K. J. Hammond, one of the oldest and most prominent dry goods mer- ‘chants of this city, doing business at the corner of Jefferson and Ottawa streets, failed yester day and made au assizument. 'The.amount of Lis Lisbilities is not known. The faure occa- Elons gre.}l surprise inc)l.msi;:s.-z#;’m'l‘:! here. al Dis; 10 e une. - Emsmv’ffm. m‘.’f" Dec. 9.—~On their own peti tion, Thomas Dupleaux, furniture dealer, Soringfield, and Benry W. Hutchinson, Bunker facoupin County, were to-day adjudged bankrupts Ly the Register in Bankraptcy- Thelr creditors to-dsy filed a petition against John Morris and Morgan H. Morris, of Ivesdale, . Champaign Couuty. T ————— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. - Loxpoy, Dec. 9.—Steamship Illinofs,- from Philadelphis, has arrived out. NEw Yoms, Dec. 9.—Arrived—Steamehip Britaunic, from Liverpool. ¢ employes of they could at occupation. FOREIGN. Russia Ir_lvites~Austria to Occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gladstone's Views on the Pending East- ern Complications, Another Turkish Circular Foreshadoyr- ing Provincial Reforms, Lerdo, the Fugitive Mexican President, Oaptured by, the Revolutionists, THE EAST. GLADSTONE'S VIEWS, LoxDox, Dec. 9.—Gladstone, in his speech at the Natfonul Confereuc, charged Lord Bencons- field with being personally responsible for the Government’s position. . The Ottoman . su- premacy should be abolished * throughout the in- surgent provinces. Foreign intervention he re- garded as indispensable. | He eulogized the Czar and the Russion people, although he admitted that the bureaucracy and military party ought to be regarded witn suspiclon. England, in ac- cordance with her duty and traditions. ought to loyelly participate in the liberation of the East. . - RUSSIA’S SCHEME. i The Zimes' correspondent,_telegraphs that the assurances that Russia does not intend to effect any territorial changes, have quite lately been ‘repeated in Vienna in the most positive manner. Russfa Will not cousider herself av war With Turkey, unless the latter forcibly opposes her THE PROVINCES. . There are grounds to believe that Russis re- cently renewed her invitation to Austria to oc- cupy Bosnia and Herzegovina. ‘Various Bulgarian sceret societies have met at .Buchiarest and drawn up ‘a list of demands, ‘Wwhich' is said to be moderate, addressed to the Conference. 3 - i A& HINT. « An sllusfon in the recent speech of Bismarck to those whose acts might menace Russia is regarded in Rome as addressed directly to Ttaly. : THE CONFERENCE. . CONSTANTINOPLE, Dee. 9.—Gen. Ignatieff, the Russian Ambassador, visited the Marquis of . Salisbury yesterday and had a long conference. This British Ambassador will ‘give' a dinner to, -the Marquis and tke.Diplomatic Corps on the 14th, 5 ) ViENNA, Dee. 9.—Advices from Constantino- Ple state that a fresh war-tax of 15 piasters has been levied upon males between the ages of 5 and 60 years. Beriiy, Dec. 9.—Gen. Iguatieff has proposed that' the Marquis of Salisbury be the President at the conference of the Powers. The’ Turkish representatives are reported to have objected, on the ground that diplomatic usage assignsthe Presidency to one of them. A BOUMANIA WILL PHOTEST. Loxpox, Dec. 9.—The Pall Mall Gazette's Ber- 1lin correspondcnt gays it is announced that in the event of the Russians passing through Rou- ‘mania the Roumanian army will neither join nor oppose them, but will retire into a portion of the Principality not touched by Russia. The Roumanian Government Will at the same time record a formal protest against such breach of neutrality. = ¢ At the annual fete of St. George celebrated yesterday at St. Petersburg, the Czar, as usual, proposed the health of the Emperor William, who is the oldest Knight of the Order, in com- plimentary and friendly terms. He also ex- pressed hopes of a peaceable settlement of the Eastern question. A TURKISH CIRCULAR. P CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 9.—Safret Pasha, Min- ister of Foreign Affairs, has addressed acircular- dispatch to the representatives of the Porte abroad, declaring that the Porte is mnot responsible for the deplorable condition of some of .her provinces. Enerzetic measures were only taken after all conciliatory means bad been exhausted. The Porteis now on the point of introducing reforms which would satisfy all her subjects of whatever race or re- ligion. Safret Pashain conclusion points out that Turkey’s attitude of moderation was the surest guarantee for the introduction of re- forms, and therefore Russisn armaments and Russian occupation are unjustified, FRANCE. NATIONAL REVENUES. VersatLLEs, Dec. 9.—Leon Say, the Minister of Finance, says1t ‘i3 impossible to reduce'the taxes, as the revenue of the present year showed only an increase of 1 percent over the previous year, instead of the normal 8 per cent. The ex- ports were stationary, owing to the depression of trade abroad. i * THE MINISTERIAL HITCH. The Presidents of the various groups of the Left, in conference, proposed a programme which neither President MacMahon nor the Min- isters appear as yet able to accept. B The Republique Francaiss expresses a hepe that the President will make the initiatory ad- vance towards a majority of the Chamber of Depaties, and points out the dilemma which ex- ists, namely: Either the Cabinet adopts the programme of the Chambers, or enters upon the struggle with the majority, which must lead to dissolution. “Such o step,” the Republique Francaise adds, **is not.regarded with appre- bension by the majority, because it knows that the country will be on its side.” Paris, Dec. 9.—Tt is stated that the present Cabinet will be maintained.in its entirety, ex- cepting that Jules Simon will replace Demarcere 25 Minister of the Interior. It i3 said that President MacMahon has approved this- com- Dbination. # 3 MEXICO. LERDO AND HIS CABINET CAPTURED. MATAMORAS, Dec. 9.—News fs just recelved from the interior of Mexico that President Lerdo and Cabinet have been captured by tbe Revolutionists near the City of Nuacan. Gen. Escobado, Secretary of War, was shot, with sev- eral others. The Government of Lerdo is un- doubtedly overthrown. . Monterey and Saltillo have declared in favor “of Iglesias and surrendered without fighting. The whole northern frontier of Mexico, except Matamoras, Is in possession of the supporters of Iglesias. His friends in the city are now out “with music and torches celebrating the success. invitation of Gen. Revultas yesterday, to th?::cn;’nnts of Matamoras, developed into -3 scheme to plunder them of $40,000 under pre~ Sextof atax of 3 per cent. on merchandise and property, levied by himself, ugninst which impasition the whole ‘community is protesting "na illegal and tyrannical. GREAT BRITAIN. PRECATUTIONS SUGGESTED DY THE BROOKLYN FR! Guisaow, Dec. 9.—The County Justices, owing to tac appalling catastrophe in Brooklyn, have agreed that steps should be taken to pro- vide ample means of exit from theatres, and tion against fire, and appointed a corm- %’x‘fifii aot Jusgtailr:es mde'nrchitzc‘zs to inspect the different theatres and report to & future meet- ing. ‘ e PARLIAMENT BROROGUED. The Queen iesued a, proclamation to-dsy p! roguing Parlisment. until Feb. { S 0 - CANADIAN ITEMS. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Toroxto, Dec. 9.—The Court of Queen’s Beench assembled at 10 o’clock to-day, and the Honp. Mr. Brown at once resumed his argument ‘on the rule nisi granted against him. He pro- ceeded to the sccond point, that there was no contempt in the article. He claimed that his -remarks were justifiable; that his only redress for what he termed a gross attack on his char- acter, end ‘that of the “Hon. Mr. Simopson, made by Judge Wilkinson, was through the pub- lic press, cxcepting impeachment, which was au estremer measure, which he would never be a party to,—an action for slandér mnot Iying against a Judge, Mr. Brown spoke three and a ‘half hours. . * Christopher Robinson, Q. C., who appeared for Mr. Wilkinson, wound up in an hour and a half. The Court deferred jud; o e judgment till the Spectal Dispatch to The Tribus 5 AMoxnTREAL, Dec. 8.—D. Aubrin’fi. Jeweler, has absconded after ~dishonestly borrowing money from various friends. _Some very valua. Dble watches left with hins by Wilkes & (6. have n]glghbccn fi-nrriud off. ¢ trial of an important-suit, highly inter- esting to every emplover: and emfllgyeyu‘lmtge country, commenced to-day before dJudge Tor- rence. ~ Plaintiff, Norbert Valin, fs'a stone-cut- ter, and ‘sues in $10,000 Sfmeon Lebout and thirty-five other stone-cutters, because they, as 5 }nerr:ibcxslo{ g{m Stanic‘uue{s‘ Assm.-i:\t:un', re- used to fet him work for lowes Lo flxmiw T wges than Kerry, ‘atson & Co., manufacture Gray's Spruce Gum, to-dng gave notice o’lsn?)E pealin the case against the Sisters of Proyi- dence Nunuery. % FROZEN UP. Domestic and Outdoor Discom= forts Yesterday. Vessels till Oat on the Lake---How the 5 Railroads Were Interfered With, The most important arrival in this city during freezing, pitiless winter. Like 2 bold burglar, he took o look into all the windows in town, and then walked into the frout door. Unlike a burglar, he could not be frizhtened out by the appearanceof the head of the family armed with apoker. Hestayed. The weather is cold. If anybody has been so weak as to suppose heretofore that the weather was cold, that person s now undeceived. It has been warm.—warm as the balmy breath of the Southern zephyrs,—compared with the pres- ent state of the atmosphere. Zero is nowheré; it has risen so high above us as to be lost to sight. % When people rose up from their drowsy couches yesterday morning, they generally ex- claimed, * Whew! how coli!” and sank back into their comfortable resting-places. When they subsequently made a determined effort to making in a great hurry. Even into those resi- dences where the latest and most approved heating apparatus was used the cold had pene- trated. That was a terrifically biling blast that came marching down from the Frigid Zone all night, and it made itself felt by rich and poor. It crept through the nicely-adjusted blinds and thick'curtains of the aristocratic residences, and it scornfully walked through the crevices of the poverty-stricken hovels. The “appearance of the streets - yesterday morning. was _avything but inviting. The dlabolical wind, which bad gone away for a short time, had returned with tne force of seven other devils, and the pavements were swept and garnished. Pedestrians were few,, and, as they skipped along, they clapped their hands on their ears like children reproved by muscular school-ma’ams. The front windows of the shops were 8s hermetically sealed to the outside publfe, by reasom of the irost, as they ~had been shuttered aud barred, and bricked up, besides.” Now and then a street-car jogzed along,—about the only {amiliar object in the landscape,—the bells on the horses having a remarkably clear ring on the frosty air. The drivers, enveloped in great- coats, and wearing snowy beards, looked lke 50 many forerunners of 8t. Nicholas. DOMESTIC SORROWS. Extreme cold weather is vexatious to house- keepers, as it incommades them, not ouly in the way of personal discomfort, but it “hin- ders their ~ work seriously. The hydrant is sure to freeze; the potatocs freeze; the meat freezes; everything that bas any moisture freezed. - Any one of these calamities is enough to appall the people of tender scnsibilities, and coming, as thoy do, in o body, they crusb. The plumberisa poor re- source in the hour of affliction. He may mend ‘broken pipes, and cause the éflcn"-\m ‘waters_to flow again, but can he bind up the wounded spirit, and bring back the breath of life to the deceased Fomto! As willbe secnby refercnce to Manasse’s figures, the weather moderated towards noon, and then beran again to mount upward as even- ing approached: At8a. m. it was 15 degrees ‘below zero; 10 2. m., 12 below; 12 m., 8 below; 8p. m., 3 below; 8 p._m., 5 below. The bar- ometer at 8 2. m. was 80.23; at 1 p. m., 30.30. - THE RAILROADS. - The severe cold of yesterday and the day be- fore has badly interfered with the railrasds, and most of the passenger trains arriving lwre yes- terday were considerably behind time. The freight trains on nearly all the roads were with- drawn entirely Friday night, and yesterday they were running very irregularly. ~In such cold weather as that of yesterday and the day be- fore trains cannot run as fast as usual, as there is daunger from broken rails, and it also requires much diligence to keep the water in the tanks and pipes from freozing up. In some places in the Northwest and in Michigan rec snow, which_ has been on the ground for some time, dvitted badly, and added to the difficnlties under which the trains were laboring.. No accident caused by the cold has, so far, been re- ported. One man was killed on the Michigan Central daring the blizzard Friday night, about 10 o'clock, near Trumbull’s Station, six miles from Jackson. But this accident is hardly due to the coid, but must be ascribea to the victim’s own carclessness and recklessness. The man was walking on the. track, and was full of Tiquor, which he had imbibed to keep the cold oft. The Detroit passenger train, bound for this place, was coming along at & good rate; and the engineer did not sec the'man on the track until it was too late .to bring the train toa standstill in time to save him. The whistle was ‘blown and the bell runz,butno notice was taken, the man being apparently too drunk fo hear anything. e was struck by the cowcatcher and thrown off the track. As soon as the train could be brought to a_standstill he was looked after and found tobe dead. The Coroner’s 1n- quest was held at Trumbull yesterday, and the man identitied as one McCarty, who "had becen living at that vlace. The jury declared the Company to be free from il blame. This acci- dent and several other delays were the cause of the train being five hours behind time when it arrived here. s ON THE LAKE. Nothing has yet been heard of the vessels sup- osed to have been out during the gale of Fri- gny night. One small vessel which has been in the fishing business, the Mary A. Gregory, which was not known to be on her way here, arrived off this port Friday evening during the blow. Finding 1€ impossible to make harbor, she came to an anchor outside, and westhered that terrible night, The crew keptas warm as they could around the stove in the cabin, but they did not dare to go to sleep for fear of the. vessel capsizing, asit was tearfully iced up. and was getting worse every hour. The noses and cheeks of the crew were frost-bitten, butotherwise they show no traces of the terrible experience they - passed through. In the morning she was sight- cd by the tug O. B. Green, which brought her to tite dock near Rush street bridge, not being able to et further up the river, as thee ice g\vas too thick to bresk through. The Captain.of the Gregory states that he passed, Thursday evening, out on the Iake, three schooners—one three- and-after, and two fore-and-afters. He could not make out their names, but supposes them to be the schooners North Cape, Metropo- litan, and Refndeer. It was reported at o late ‘hour last evening that one or two schooners had come in sight, and the tug O. B. Green was sent ont to get them if possible. The tug Mc- - Clellan was Eusv all day breaking up the ice in the main branch of thé mver, but made slow progress. THE WAVE ELSEWHERE. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. CevAR RAPDS, Is., Dec. 9.—About 9§ o'clock yesterday morning & Polar wave of unusual severity struck this viclnityy which continued with unabuted fury during the day and night. Trains on the several railroads were thrown ont ;r&zs. This morning the thermometer {ndicated s below. d‘?g{EESD!clfll Dispatch to The Tridune. MexDOTA, L., Dec. Y.—~The most severely- felt storm we have experienced for two years -raged here last night. The thermometer went down to 20 below zero, with a fearful 1(?' gale “from: the west, carrying over 30 degrees of irost into the very rooms where people slept. Fow -cellars st the test, aud copsequently all the perishable_provisions were frozen, which will prove a sad calemity to the poor, Who are ex- ¢periencing s difficaity to struggle throngh the winter with such hard times staring them inthe Tace, and so many out of emvloymeént. Spectal tspatch 1o The Tribune. : CARBONDALE, lli., Dec. 8.—The sudden cold snap of the last twenty-four hours has caused uite an obstruction i ?llu Missiesippi River. . Intormation recefved Dere to-nieht irom Grand Towersays the steam- er A. J. Baker and barges are blocked. in the centre of an jce-goree, two miles above that polut, and are in 3 very critical condition. ‘The steam-tug Mab. is endeavoring Lo cub her way to “the Baker. The steamer Capital City is at the bani above, and the ice is crowding lier ashore. get up, they accomplished the feat of toilet- commereial interests on* the past forty-cight hours has been winter,— | of time, and considerable damage done tobuild- |- The Grand Lake s laid up about five miles above the Tower. The r(veg is falling, weather clear. Mercury down to 4 degrees above zero, To the ‘Western Associaten Press. St. Louis, Mo., Dee. 9.—There was a sudden : change in the weather yesterday, sud last nizht was not only the coldest of the season, but un- usuaily coid for this season, the mercury sink- ing to 4 dexrees below zero. The harbor, -which was clear of ice twenty-four hours ago, is now closed, a result unbeard of before except- ing once, in so'short a'time. No disaster to steamers is reported, but several arc. fast aground or caught in the ice below here. The weather to-nizht is little more moderate, but still cold, the mercurs marking 8 above zero, o Speclal Dispatch to The Tribune. % KixgsToN, Dee. Y.~—A severe suow-storm, with intense cold, prevails in the enstern and northwestern part of Ontario to-day. - At Kin- cardine and Goderich the roads are blocked, and at Kingston no malls were.received from the States to-day. The thermometerwas4 below zero. i 2 A ‘7o the Editor of The Tridune, Fr. DonGg, Ia., Dee. 8.—We have had to-day -one of the hardest storms cxpericnced for Ifigh wind and very cold, but no falling . Breese’s large brick’ mill was partially unroofed, and the brick smoke-stack -seriously injured. Thermometer 8 degrees below zero early this morning, and has steadily fallen to 11 at §'o'clock. CRIME. IWATUKEGAN. & i Speclal Dispatch to The Tridune. Waugreoay, Dec. 9.~The trial of Joseph O'Keefe for the Lilling of James Burke was commenced last Thursday morning, W. W. O'Brien and Charles Reed appearing for the de- fense, aud J. 8. Wililams and Leonard Sweet for the prosecution.” The “circumstances of the hamicide was about as follows: On the 19th of February, 1876, O’Keefe and a few companions were standing near the corner of Anderson’s store, in Lake Forest,. when James Burke ssed by. O'Keefe said: “Is that you, Jim urke?” Yes,” replied Burke. ‘‘Stack your duds,” said O'Keefe. i ¢ All right,” replied Burke, Burke removed his coat, when O'Kcefe dealt him a heavy blow on the temple which knocked him down, and -consequently stunned him. He was taken up and carried to his store in the next block where ‘e remained unconscious till the evening of the next day, when he died. There was no testi- mony. proguced ab the trial toshow that the. killing was intended, it being clearly . proven that both were (ulli’: prepared for self-defense, ‘and, although O'Keefe was lying in wait for Burke, the fight was mutual. O’Keete is com- Enrilirely o young man, s was_also deceased. -Both were born in the sane neighborhood and were universelly respected. The jury were out until 9 o’clock this wmorning, whea they bronght in o verdict of “*Not guilty.”" ILLINOIS PENITENTIARY. * Bpectal Dispatch &> e Tribune. . Jouer, Ill, Dee. 8.—Derry Juckson Eason, who was sent to the State Penitentiary from the EKu-Klux settiement in Williamson County in August, 1875, for six years for an attempt to murder, and James Brewster, alias * Charles ‘Wade, sentenced from Chicago in Jannary last to seven years’ imprisonment for burglary, were pardoned yesterday. The latter is a noted “crook,”.and this was his second term, he hav- ing served five years in this’ institution before. He claims to be- innocent of. this particular eharge, and secured a pardon chiefly through the exertions of one Rickey, a Chicago detective. James H. Burgess, one of the prisoners re- ceived at the State i’enlteutinxy yesterday from. Chicago, for one year for larceny, turns out to be Jolin Prescott, and he owes the institution three years on & former sentence from Sanga- mon County, also for larceny. He cscaped from the Sheriff of said county on the evening of the 8d of June, 1875, when that officlal disembarked at the Penitentiary with a party of prisoners, and his'whercabouts remained a mystery until his Jate arrival at the prison. . “The number of convicts in the Penitentiary is .mow 1,621, and recruits continue to arrive on nearly every train, while the decrease is com- aratively slight, only twelve prisoners haying .been discharged this” week, including pardons ‘and those who will be released to-morrow. DAKOTA ITEMS. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Swoux Crry, Ia., Dec. 9.—An attempt was made last night to throw a passenger train jon the Covington, Columbus & Black Hills Railroad, off the track by placing ties in the cattle-guard near Dakota City. The engineer saw the ob- structions in time tostop the train and prevent acollision. Officers are looking for the perpe- trators of the infernal work. William Dason was brought before Justice Congleton, of Yankton, to-day for examination on a charge of burglary, and held in the sum of $2,000 for his appearance at the District Court. In default of bail Dason was remanded to jail to await trfal. The attorneys for McCall, Wid Bill's mur- derer, yesterday moved fora new trial. The motion will be argued before Judge Shannon on: Monday. 4 DEATH SENTENCE. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. 81. Louis, Mo., Dec. 9:—In the circuit at St. Joseph, Mo., to-day, Judge Grubb passed sen- tence on death on John Lawrence, convicted of ‘murdering his father, Biram Lawrence, in Holt County. He was sentenced to bo hanged April 20. At the conclusion of the scntence, Law- rence, who all the time has borne the accusa- tion withstoical indifference, smiled sardonically and bowed his head in mock deference to the Court. - The prisoner declinesto be interviewed, but it is understood his attorneys will continue their cfforts in his behalf untilthe day of ex- ecution. CONVICTED OF MURDER. Darrox, 0., Dec. 9.—A verdict of murder in the first degree was to-day brought by a jury against Hurry Adams for killing a soldfer named Mullhanen on the 15th of February last. The murder was committed in an attempt to rob the soldier. Adams is a young man, s shoemaker by trade. His past life is unknown. Hehas only been in the city a year. He is said to have parents, brothers, and ‘sisters living in Bulti- more, but they have had mo communication with since his arrest. ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD. Special Dispatch to The Tridbune. CatRo, Ili., Dec. 9.—Heilbron & Weil, dry- goods merchants in this city, were arrested here this evening by Depnty United States Marshal Hill, of Springfield, on a warrant charging them with,violation of the Bankrupt l1aw, and attempt to defraud creditors. . e ——— © THE WEATHER. WasmwsToN, D. C., Dee. 10—1 g m.~For the Upper Lake reglon, the Upper Mississippl, and Lower Missour! Valleys,southeast to south- west winds and slowly rising temperature, with falling barometer and occasional snow. . LOOAL OBSERVATIONS. Cuigaao, Dec. 9. 'W., fres! 3 72 8, 2 45 ! -1, 08 0! 67 roal S, W., fresh, 5., fresh....ol. ‘Maximumthermometer. 2: minlmuj QENERAL OBSERVATIONS, Cu10AGO, Dt TFind. ‘5—-Midnight. l?alrlv [Peather. . fres .. bisk. ifresn. Lollaakalihs TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, § Special Dispatch to The Tridune. BURLINGTOY, Ia., Dec. 9.—At the sale of the Burlington Euening Gazette to-day, W. E. Blake, trustee under one of the three mortgages, be- came the purchaser for $3,450, he being the only bidder. This, it is understood, lets the Gazelte out of all its difficulties. It will be issued right along under the management. y NEW YORE, Dec. - The stesmship Britan ‘nfa, from Liverpool, brought £351,000 in specie” ' Special Disj o The Tribune . MINNEAPOLIS, Minu., Dec 9.—The Eyening Tribune devotes several columns to remarks of citizens on public holls and thefr means of _exit. Steps are being taken to close the Acad- emy of Music unless _the proprietors agree to lower it to the second floor. As afire-trap it is three times worse than the Brooklyn Theatre. Special Dispalch to The Tribune. . DeEALs, Iil., Dec. 9.—The remains of Cor- ‘nelins Howard, President of ‘the Ancient Order - of Hibernians, killed here to-day: by the rail- road, will arrive in Chicago Sunday. morning by the ('Jhingo & Northwestern RAUWay, 3 LOCAL MISCELLANY. THE HUMANE SOCIETY. TALKING ABOUT A NEW NAME. . A special meeting of the Illinois Humane So- ciety was held yesterday afternoon at the Grand Pacific Hotel for the purpose of taking steps to .egalize the name of the Association. The Hon. R. P. Derickson presided, and there were present A. W. Landon (Secretary), H. C. Good- rich, W. F. Whitehouse, John T. Dale, Leslie Carter, John McDonald, John C. Dore, Eliza- beth Stone, Mrs. James M. Walker, and others. Mr. John C. Dore pointed out that the pres- ent title was too broad, and led people to be- lieve that their object was that of general benevoleace.: They hed not the funds to en- gage in this broad sphere, and the speaker sug- gested that if they returned to their legitimate nawe, ** A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,” no ‘mistake could arise ssto the object of the Soclety. * d ‘The Secretary stated that’ the name was | changed, in the first place, on account of the length of theold title, .The present name was [ ;8hort, and expressed all that was necessary for “the prevention of eruelty to animals. A num- ber of bequests had been made to them as the Illinofs Humane Bociety, and he was afraid, if the name was changed, they would lose the money. + The President remarked that the present title caused some little confusion in the public mind. He had-geveral communications in his vossession now making requests outside their _province. One was to suppress a vile news- Puper; another to look up a son who had ran away from home: and a third was from a de- spondent wife who wanted her husband, who was in a decline, brought to a lively city like Chicago.” Minfsters were continually writing himin aid of young men out of employment. He thought they should endeavor to do their lefiitlmnte business—the protection. of dumb animals, Ar, Dale was of thé opinion that the name should be broad enough to look after and pre- yent cruelty to children. * Mr. Doré remarked that it was no use cover- ing other objects thun their original one by the name unless they had the means to undertake the additional work. They should not sail un- der false colors and hold out an inducement for applications to which it was impossible for the Society to attend. He suggested that in order to cover everything the name should be made “The Illinois Humane Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals.” Mr. Whitchouse offered the following: Resolved, That the name of the INinois Society for the Erevem.lon of cruelty to animals be and the same js hereby changed to *The Hlinois Humane Soclety, " which {s hereby adopted as the corporate name of this Society in accordance with the statute of this State of Illinois. < On motion, the matter was deferred until the next meeting. % It was decided toissue an appeal to the own- ers of animals to take s little more care of them during the inclement weather. The meeting then adjourned. THE CITY-HALL. The City Treasurer yesterday received $80,000 from County-Treasurer Huck. The weck’s receipts from the issue of licenses 'were only about $600, notwithstanding the fact that 2 good many grocers took out saloon licenses. The number of buildings being started nowa- days is small, as the books of the Building De- partment show, only eighteen permits having been issued during the past week. Yesterday was the last one of the days of grace allowed for the payment of water-rents without the ‘additional 10 per cent, and the clerks of the Water office were kept. busy in taking in §6,340. -But little trouble has as yet been experienced from the freezing of water-pipes in the streets. ‘r'he cold has not yet penetrated deep enough to reach the pipes, but when it does there will be trouble. The firc-hydrants are all well pro- tected. The Mayor will take gossesslnn of his new rooms to-morrow. Everything has been put in first-class condition and’the office of the Chief Executive of the city will, for a short time at least, present a clean appearance; which will be a condition of things novel in the extreme. There has in the week past beena marked decresse in the number of deaths and in the general health of the city, und therc has been anc%x;n]ly marked increase fn the number of deaths of old_persons. Cold weatler certalnly has a pernicious influence upon azed persons. School-Agent Chase yesterday paid into the City Treasury $11,800, the proceeds of the rent- ing of school property, ana drew out $45,000, wherewith the School-teachers were paid their November salarics. The Police and Fire De- -partments_will be paid, the Comptroller says, probably Wednesday. The three members of the Health Depart- ment appointed as a Committee to nose around among the stench factories and the offal with _which Bridgeport is bountifally supplied and .Teport about what they found have been-indus- triously laboring and have gathered a good many facts which they will embody fa a report to be submitted to the proper autborities to- MOITOW. Health Officer Hooke bas not yet sent in that resignation. He told Mr. Wright, the Commis- sloner, that he would like till 8:30 a. m. to-mor- row to consider the matter. Mr. Wright did not assent, and will, Monday morning, preseat Mr. Hooke with * walking papers unless the latter gentleman relieves the former of any trouble on that score. Mr. Hooke had quite an animat- ed talk with the Mayor,—that is, Mr. H. ;talked animatedly, but the Mayor says that he thinks Mr. Hooke will resign. . Anitem published in yesterday’s TRIBONE ‘has been the cause of & good mnany inquiries at the Comptroller’s office. The item referred to said that the city was topay 85 per cent of the amounts of the certificates given by the city to ersons who had raised their own houses front- ng the Milwaukee avenue viaduct. The formation given to the reporter was incorrect, inasmuch a8 the city is not paying anything upon such certificates, if they may be so_called, ‘because they are payable out of the taxes or 1876, which have not yetreached the hands of the Town Collectors. The city fs now having made a survey of the 1and at Summit, where it Is proposed to build & dam across the Ogden Ditch, for the purpose of getting the best location for that dam. It seems that the owner of the Eroperty adjoining the dam-site object to its building, because it might cause an overflow of the low Jand surrounding. The city, however, can build and has secured rights on the shore where the ends of the dam wiil rest, but an effort will be made to appease the above-mentioned "&ro:enyflw.lers because it is desired to do all things amicably. A number of owners of nmg‘eny on West Polk street determined to have that street im- proved from Ogden to Campbell avenue, and, through the Department of Pablic Works, got up an assessment and advertised for and re- ceived bids for macademizing the street. The bids were opened yesterday, and were as_fol- -lows: John Duffy, $2.13 per front foot (both sidea of the street); James B, Smith, $1.25 per front foot, on each side of the street. Since theestimate on which the assessment was made was §1 per front foot for each side of ‘the street, the bids which have been received are too high. The work will, therefore, be readvertised to- morTow. £ The Mayor expects that before the 1st of Jan- nary the_apparert hitch between Mr. Billings and the Couneil will be adjusted. Mr. Billings has, from various little circumstances that have occurred during the seven months of ‘the gaseous discussion, been led to believe that the Council was trying to *bulldoze” him into sub- mission. Various efforts have been made, with doubtful results, to convince Mr. Billings of his error. It is, however, generally understood that the West Side Gas Company will do the fair thing and reduce the price per 1,000 feetto “hard-times” figures. - Some of the officials who think that the pres- ent City-Hall is not good enough for their oc- cupancy, and nof dxg'n?fled enough to be the home of the officials of so great a city as Chicago, are getting up o plan to render more habitable and more pleasing to the eye the buflding which surrounds the old water-tanks. A coat of paint upon the ontside of the bullding and a rearrangement ‘of some of the rooms would be some of the changes to be made. The water-tank would be divided into more com- partments to be used as vaults. The tank 1tself is built in sections, the walls between which are sbout four feet thick. By a small ontlaya large number of vauits could be made which would be b all odds the most secure, both &s regards thicves and fire, which there would be in the city. The est{mated cost of all the changes proposed is about $5,000, and sccording: to all present indications an attempt will be made to have the Council make the required appropriation. Buflding-Superintendent Cleveland, accom- panied by his ‘l’sealsum, Mr. Willet, and by Ald. Van Osdel, who is 2iso an architect, yesterday started out on their tour of inspection. They looked over Haverleys Theatre, but made no Nor will' .any be made untll sll the thestres have been in- spectéd thoroughly. Then L8 fall Teport will be made, aad after that atten- tion will - be paid to the application of the Iaw in those cases where the law is not satistied. After the theatres will come the clrches, schools, and other public buildings. After the inspection of all the bulldings of one cluss will come - the report and recommenda- tious. . In regard to the public schools, it can be said, upon the authority of Mr. Pickard, that the schools of this city are Ueiter fn point of constraction than those of any other place.-. The new baildings were constructed with special reference to ecase of ingress and egress, und, -with a few slight exceptions, comply with all the requirements of the Building law. . The old school = buildings have various ° appliances for the safety of the children, which, in case "of fire make smple protection. .They will all be inspected, however, and made absolutely safe if tbat degrec of safe- iy can be reached. Everything possible will be d{me to make parents feel that tueir littls ones while in the public schoois are as safe, if not safer, from aecident by fire than while at home. THE COUNTY “BUILDING. u;unv.ry deputies Sheriff Kern will appoint his to-morrow. k Commissioners Cieary and Guenther are among those whose .ears have been nipped by‘ the cold. . ‘The County Treasurer yesterday completed his semi-annual report, but prefers to give it to the County Board before he gives it to the publie.’ t Deputy-Coroner McGirr, it is said, on sc- count of continued ill-health will in a_few days send in his resignation, to date from Jan. 1. John Lehuer, an insolvant debtor, who has been eojourning In jail during the cold spell, was discharged yesterday apoa scheduling Lis property. 3 ¥ 2 Jonn J. Healy, Clerkof the Superior Court, informs the County Board tbat inside of a month e will nead more vault room for the keeping of the papers of his office. - Tim Bradley yesterday returned the safe that followed him out of the Sherif’s office when he left it. Mr.'Kern now has a safe “place for the money left over from his campaign fund. The Postis a candidate for the honor of be- coming the “organ ”’ of the County Board, and one of its proprietors was yesterday labor- ing in that direction, but with how much sac- cess remains to be seen. ‘Warden McLaughlin reports that about fifty tons of coal per day is-bemnz used at the new Hospital, or more every day than it took for the . old Hospital every week. At this rate, the $50,~ 000 appropriation” for the ruaning of the institu- tion will be half consumed in farnishing heat and steam. Commissioner Holden still maintains that he hasnot named the new committees for the Board. They will be announced, however, to- morrow, and it is by no means speculative to say that, when they are announced, it will be found that the expenditure of most of the pub- lic tnoney has becu kept in the hands of the old “Ring.” John Swinburne, a gentleman of reputation, who was a week ngo efccted Constable for- the Town of Lyons by the County Board, has #ver since been trying to give the necessary bond and qualify, but in vain. © Yesterday he ‘brought fn :in attorney as one of Lis bondsmen, but the io- dividual was so completely under the influence of bad whisky that the County Clerk would not take his aflidavit. Nothing was doue in the Criminal Court yes- terday, except the Eentendn% of a few prison- ers. Those sentenced were William Handly to two years in the Penitentiary for attempting to commit burglary; John L:&Fton, larceny, three years &t the Reform School; John Hartel and Matt Rvan, larcen; of Correction; an ‘Edward McCarthy, two days in County Jail for larceny. * THE COUNTY SCHOOLS. George D. Plant, Superintendent of Schools for the county yeswrd:ni, filed his _third aonual report with the Clerk to the County Board. The report shows the following: Number of | public. schools, 201 graded schools, 1073 hizh schools, 13. The number of persons under 21 years of age in the county appears to be 227,- 53; pupils . corolled, 67,950; teachers, 1,215 The expenses were for teachers, s'mz,mé,m: fucl and other expenses, $133,725,87. The finan- cial showing is as follows: Dr, Cash on hand Dec. 1, 1875.... Received on Anditor’s warrant. Received a3 intereat of State fands. 6,980 Fines from Treasurer Law Institate, il ’.\'og-ll recelpts. 131, 457 Paid Treasurers. Reat, fuel, etc. 97! Superintendent Commiasions. 2,613 -§130, 787 Cash on hand Dec. 1, 1876. 873 The report concludes by asking the County Board to have 2,000 coples of it printed. THE NEW DEAL. . The election of county officers will occur, most likcly, Thursday. - At least, suca was the gmgmmmr: yesterday. Rountree will of course ¢ retained; 5o will McLauohlin as Warden of the County Hospital. Welsh will step down from the office of Warden at the Tosane Asylum, and give way to Ed Phillips or some cqually liable individual. Phillips is backed by Mike Er:ms, Dave Thornton, and the whole ballot- box stufling fraternity, all of whom have been putting in _some heavy work for. him during the last few daya. Welsh will be_retained as “Assistant Warden. Dr. Holden calculates that he is safe for re-elec- tion as County Physiclan, and_Dr. Cunningham has no idea of leaving the Poor-House. ‘The real fight for position promises to be on the office of County Agent. Johnson and Dledén are the most formidable canaidates, and who- ever can best be trusted by the Ring will un- doubtedly win. CRIMINAL. Jack McDonald, an old car-thief, is locked up at the Armory for the larceny of blankets from the Rock Island Road. Howard Mulliner, the last of the Lew John- son gang, who' recently burglarized the drug store of H. Backman, corner of Thirty-first and State streets, was vesterday captured by the Twenty-sccond street police, and was held in $600 bal to the 12th inst. W. H. McKenzie,who was promised his freedom for expcsing John Timmerman's traffick in spurious $20 greenbacks, was yesterday takeu, with Timmerman, before Commissioner Hoyne per order of Detective Tyrrell, and. upon their -own confessions, the two were held in $800 bail each to the District Court. Elwoud Bishop and Ruth Jackson were be- fore Justice Summerfield yesterday for stealing: some money and clothing from Josie Babbitt, an jumate of their den, No. 517 Clark street, and last night Cornelia Bell and Hattie Taylor were locked up on a similar charge. There are slight prospects of a colored civil war in Cheyenne in consequence. Jack Conover, one of three notorious crooks, who, some time ago, amused themselves and fiiled their pockets with wealth by passing forged checks upon banks and busineéss men in the vicinity of the Stock-Yards, was recently arrested in Pittsburg upon information received from Supt. Hickey. Yesterday the Pittsburgers refused to deliver him up, they themselyes wanting to con him over for several burglarics. Detective Bander vesterday neatly captured Teddy O'Brien in a hounse of ill-fame at No. 22 Desplafnes street, upon a telegram from Mil- waukee stating that O'Brien bhad burglarized thg residence of.A. R. Matthews, 2 prominent roader, of a valusble gold watch, some clothing, and_s thirty-ride ticket between Mil- wauke and Chicago. The plunder was divided between three of the rapscalifons two of whom are yet at large. Justice Summerfield ycnterdn[ held the fol- lowing: J. A. Lefevre, larceny of Frank Adams® coat, $300 to the Criminal Court; George Whalen, larceny from George Bridge, $200; L. . Bird, malicious mischief, $300; Thiomas Pres- ‘ton, vagrant, sixty days to the House of Cor- rection; Mary Shafer, drunk, sixty days; Frank Parkburst, vagrant, ninety days; Patrick Daly, sixty days. The two last” committed their of- fense willfally as a pretext for getting back to the House of Correction for shelter. Shortly after_noon yesterday a money mes- senger named B. Waygland, in the employ of the American Express Company, while passing through the halls of the buliding came upon a _boy lying in a dark corner bound hand and foot and gagred with a large sponge. He promptly released him, and then was greeted witha finr— rowing tale of suffering. After giving his name, the little fellow said he was in the employ of Spieget & Cahn, furniture dealers at No. 251 ‘abash avenue, and had shortly before been to the bank and had drawn $350 in currency. Re- turning he called upon an errand at the olfice of Smnll & Moore, in the American Express build- Jdng, and while in_a dark passage-way bad been . set upon by a robber. But the fonn" man’s story was just a trifle thin,—at cast 1t looks that way. The money was safe in his pockets, and Mr. Wayzland says he heard no retreatiog footsteps. Later the boy denied to his employerz that any one had aitempted to -rob bim,: The conclosion of the detectives is that the job was put up by the mfi ‘himself or a8 confederate, out of some inexpl le boyish ‘bauled up four months in the House. fancy for notoriety, or rhn;s for the purpose of lg:x:mg away with the money ina plausible manner, EVANSTON. - AN INTERESTING ANNOUNCEWEST. It was ascertained yesterday that Mr. J. C. Ambrose has nearly completed nis new lecture, which is soon to be delivered st Jennings® Hall for the benefit of the Tubman Club, and that Mr. Henry M. Ridder has kindly cousented ta gustpong his contemplated hunting excursion in [ontana for the pur}xusc of introducing Ar. Ambrose on thes occasion of his lecture. # . RELIGIOUS PARAGRAPO3. ) ‘The pastor will preach at the Baptist Church this morning on “*They Know -Not What They Do,” and this evening on ““The Broad Way That Leadeth to Destruction.” * The prayer-meetings held at the Methodist 'E‘;‘:Elc?» doring the week have been well at- ‘The officers of the various Sanday-schools are making preparation for their Christmas festi- vals, and it is noticed that the attendance of all the 52h00ls is considerably increased. G The Vestry of 8t. Mark’s Church have de- cided that hereafter the seats at the Sundsy eveniog scrvice shall all be frec. ‘The Rev. Mr. Chamberlain was prevented by sickness from preaching at the “union praser meeting Friday evening. His place was- diled by the Rev. Mr. Walker. These services are af- tracting general interest. Dr. Wentworth’s powerful Thanksgiying ser- mon has just been published in neat pamphiet form by the Judex office. Price, Scents. - UNIVERSITY NOTES, The hazing scrape first reported in Tas Tris- UNE has been the leading topic of conversation during the last few days. Tne Faculty haveln- terviewed nearly all the Sophomores, who nat- urally first fell under suspicion, and questioned them a8 to their whereabouts that evening. The boys all declined to answer, giving a3 2 reason that, if those who are innocent should deny the charge, it would be easy to detect the zullty ones. 1t is now reported that the Faculty hava some of the upper-class men under suspicion, but are not fully satisfied as to who the “bulldozers” Teally were. A certain amateur reporter, who, in addition to his onerous journalistic duties, is supposed to devote a littie time to the fruftless pursuit of an education, 1s said to have requested the President to mive him for publication the names of those students before the Faculty. The worthy Doctor replied as follows: “glfiou put any of their nawes.in the paper; you be put cut of this institution yourself.” 5 ‘There are two interesting “coming events in prospect this week. The lecture of the Rev T, DeWitt Talmage, in the auditorium of the Methodist Church, Wednesday evening, promises to draw immensely. Several hundred reserved seats have alrcady been sold. Those who have kei:fitm lecture say that no one can afford to miss it. The otter event is the jolut public sesslon of the Adelphic, Hinman, and Ossoli Literary So- cieties, which will- take place at the Woman's College Friday evening. ~ The programme is as follows: Declamation, F. D. Sheets; essay, Miss E. R. Hunt;*declamation, tion, Miss J. Moore; debate, Messts. Haney and Kryder. The music will be furnisbed by Misses Pomeroy and Prindle and. Messrs. Waite and ]&:}rr. A sociable will follow the literary exer- es. Prof. Camnock starts for the East to-morrow -on a reading-tonr. The term examinations commence Thuraday. John R- Edwards, '78, Ts preparing to leave for Germany fn a few weeks, intending to enier the Ubiversity at Berlin. W. E. Brown, with cated at DesMolnes. ‘The Dean delivered an interesting lecture &% the Women’s College Friday afterncon. Sub- ject: *‘A Dayand Night in Rome.” MISCELLANEOUS. The Execative Committee of the Benevolent Society will meet Taesday morning at 10 o'clock at the residence of W. E. Clifford. There will be an adjourned mecting of the C. J. Gilbert Hose Company one weuk from Monday evening, for the purpose of clecting a foreman to succeed William M. .Gamble, ap-~ pointed Fire Marshal. =% Beveridge Post, G. A, R., will meet to-morrow evening. The Trustees all assembled at the Village office Friday evening and consulted for svme time in rezard to the proposition submitied by the bondsmen of Merril Ladd, and finally con- cluded to adjonrn until Tuesday cvenin; the proposition had not been sitmed by bondsmen. This proposition has not “yut been ‘made public, bt it is understood to b as fol- lows: The bondsmen to- pay $6,000 {n cash, $2,000 in thirty and sixvy days, respectively, wita § per cent interest, the village to relievo them from - further = respomsibility and to be- a creditor of r. fur $3,600, on .which claim. 15 cents ou the dollar may possibly be realized. In view: of the action taken on che other proposition, it is not propable that the ‘frustees will accept this one if the terms have been correctly stated. The matter will he settled definitely Tuesday even- ing. E"nu_ following resolutions were receutly ¥oute& hy Joseph Malins Lodge No. 2, L. 0. G. 50 fast year, Is mow,lo- Resolved, That this Lodge heartlly indorses those persons wha fousht nobly for tie equality af man, and who so boldly and fearlessly stood frm by our laws. - - Resolved, That In the Rev. James Yeames and his pssociates, we recogiise tried und true Good Tewplars snd members who maintaln lnviolate the Tesolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathy 1o the officers and members of the Hight Worthy Grund Lodge of the World, as wh:; prompted in thelr actions by legal power, by pare Carstian matives, and by brotherly love for fallen huuninity, and that to them we ple our individual alleg- iance and xupport. ; A new time-table for the Nortbwestern Raii- road -goes into effect to-day. Theve are no changes in the accommodation traiss. -The morning express leaves Chicago at 8 instead of 7:80, and the Green Bay train Jeaves at $:30 p. 11:3,1 Dinslcnd of 9:15, arriving at Evanstoa at HYDE PARK. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The sleighing to Hyde Park from Chicago 1s splendid, the snow covering the road all the way, and being well packed down and slippery. The parties who have enjoyed the boulevards and drives of Hyde Park during the past week have been many, some bound for a short $rip and return, séme for South Chicago and for the Hyde-Park Hotel. ihe last-named resort has Tield open house to seven large parties during the past week, giving them supper, and opening the spacious patlors for dancing. The roads weri never better, aud many arc expected this week. & The: Board of Education met at the Town- Hall Friday night, snd, after discussing the chances of their water-pipes freezing, the price of coal, cte., passed upon a few bitls. R. D. Whitehead, and J. H, Johnsun, who s in his employ, had & fracas Friday evening, Yor which Johnson had Whitehead prrested on the charge of assault and battery. That Johnspn was battered was shown on his face, which Jook- ed like a pufl-batl. E The Shakspearean Club has reyived from ita summer slcep and entered upon its fourth year, at the residence of Horatio L. Walte, iiyde Park avenae, Kenwood, last cvening. The Club has not Jost any of its life, and sails out with its usual pléasant mewmbership. Tn answer to the reeated callsYor a skating- bouse at South Park pond, the Park Commis- sioners have ordered a splendid skating-houss of the latest and most fnshionable style to be constructed. - The thanks of the lovers of skat- ug are due to the Commissioners for thew efforts to please. The Lyceum lecture by Prof. Winchell on“the “Rhine and 1ts Legends™ will occur Wednesday at Flood’s Hall. ‘The house-owners and renters are in n fearful condition with their water-pipes, which froze Friday nizht, and propose to stop tise cold with :oal, éar be sold out ¢f their homes o the at- empt. The Forrestyille Club will give their social at their hall Friday. . ‘The Board of g‘runeea meet at the Town-Hall Tuesday afternoon. CHURCRES. The Rey. James Goodman will occupy the pulpit of the First Baptist Church this morning. Ad e of the S y-school bour from 8:30 to 9 o'clock takes place to-day. The Rev. Mr. Fisk will preach in St. Paal’s Episcopal Church to-day. ‘The pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church +will be filled by the Rev. Mr. Johnson. Young people’s meeting at 8:45. The meetings of the week are not yet decided upon, but will proba- bly occur Monday evening and Wednesday. he Rev. Mr. Williams will preach sz the Forty-seventh Street Congregational Churvh this mo; and at the schosl-house on the corner of Forty-fifth strect and Vincennes ave- nue fn the evening. “The Wilson Hose Company No. 4 give a grand ball at Grand Crossing Thursday. ® OAKLAND. The Ladles’ Aid Soclety of St. Mark’s Epfsco- al Church give a grand fair and festival at the g}lfls Avenae Music Hall Dec. 14and 15. | The J. F. F. Dramatlc Club are preparing to play ** My Brother’s Keeper.” Dr. A. Reeves Jackson will lecture at the Ellfs-Avenue Music-Hall Monday_evering, his subject befhg * Doctors.” Dr. "Jackson took the part of the Doctor in Mark Twain’s “ Inne- cents Abroad.” 5