Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1877, Page 2

TOREIGD Sontinued Doubt as to the Attaine ‘" ment of Any Peaceful Arrangement. Bussta; in the Event of Disagretment, ~* Desirous of Enforeing the Con- z ference Programime. 'i'm-key Accepts' n Modified Plan of Military Occupation. The Various Provinces Protest- " ing Against a Territorial Reapportionment. Roumahia Will Not Snbmit to Further Turkish Encroachment. Decision in Which She Is Snstained by Germang and Ansiria, . TIIE BAST. B NOT IR D, LONDON, Jan, 5. —~There is reaton to bedleve g the maditications of the Eurapean pro- posals, adopted at the confidentlal mecting of the European Plenipotentiaries on Tucsday inat, were not mentloned at the sitting of the Confer- mee yesterday, GENMAN OFFICENS FORBINDEN TO ENTER TRE o HUSSIAN ARMT, The Emperor Witllam of Germany hasfssued a speelal order forbidding German officers an the active Het from entering the Russian army. PROVINCIAL INDIGNATION. * Losnox, Jan. B.—A dispatch from Constant!- nople says: The Austrian Slavs herc are all be- voming more and more Incensed niainst tho Russlans in consequence of the project of Gen. “goatfeff, Russfan Plenfpotentfary, of annexing ol Bervia to one of the provinces into which Bulgarla, according to Russfan proposals, is to * - divided. Naws has been recelved confirmatory of the Icepindignation of the Greeks at the propoenls of the Confercnce which tend to subonlinate the Greeks to the Bulgarione, and sacriflce the Turkish-Greek ponulations to the Slave, The hope Is unanimous that Midhat Pasha will be 1ble to carry out the reforins slugle-handed. ROUMANIA WILL FIONT. Bucuarest, Jan. 5, —~The Roumantan Senate . ndopted o resolutlon declarfng that the “."* of Roumanfashall remafu Intact, and culling upon the Government to maintain them u a mauner worthy of the State. NO HOVE OF AX ARRANGEMENT, Lovpox, Jan, 05 0. m—The Standard's specfal from Constantinuple, after reviewing o vroccedings fn Thursday's sittiug of the Junference, expresses an oplnfon thut the dan- serons part of the crisls is over, . The Parls Moniteur, which (s in close relattons vith the French Forelgn Oftice, however, pub- Ishes the followini parageaph: % We regret to tate that the disposition of Turkey was not mproved {n Thursday’s sitting, and leaves very Ittle hope of an arrangewment by diplomas -hovgh the Conference meets again on Monday, {r the situntion {8 not moedified, it may even 10w by stated that the task of England {s nded. BLRVIAL . . The Standard's Belgrade dispatch says the 3ervian Government coutinues to arm, and de- Tiands that the armistice be abrogated, oa Ser- fa cannot bear the prolonged uncertalnty which makes (L Imperative to keep her people narme, RECONNOITERING. Bucnanest, Jan. h—Rueslan officers are ecounoltering the Lower Daaube to find cross- ag-places, and ships are being constructed to *d in the crossing. . INSURORDINATION, +A Vienna correspondent of the Standard nays licre have been eeveral executions in Russian nabilfzed regtments because of the gross ““rhes of discipline and revolutionary meet- o A IREDICTION, ‘The Poat's telegram from Burlin states that it afirmed thut negotintions will be carrfed on AAsawhero if broken oft at Constantinople. No . erexcept Russfu §s Jkely to permanently withdraw its Ambassador {n the event of fallure »f tho Conferenve. EXPLANATION, The Cologne Gazette, the Timen Berlln corre- . mdent, and others, state that the Emperor Willlarn's order against German officers enter- pg the Russian service wus Issucd In conse- uence of the Czar's offering Gen. Manteuffyl a command of the moblized avmy. Gen, Man- “cuflel, nithough ut flrst disposed to nevept, de- slined fn consequence of the Emperor's prolidul- Jdon, ; TOUMANIAN NEUTRALITY. +‘The Berliu correspandent of the Times says it & stated that Austriu und Gennany have com- neneed negotlatlons upon the expedlency of sromoting Roumania®a tesire to have her terrle tory declared fndependent and neutrat, to se- - neatrality in the possibly fmpending onfitet. Turkey scemed {nellued to favor the dca. ‘The Russian telegraphie agency reports that the plenipotentluries remain united, and are re- solved to urge ou Turkey the uvanimous decl- stons of Europe, The Times printa prominently o Berlin special Mspateh relterating the statement that there #1ll be no absolute rupture between the Fue wopeun Powers oud Turkey. 30 1he latter ducs 10t yiehl, the ambassadors wilt dupart, leaviug *~Zes d'uffaires to transast the vurrent busl- s and continue negotfatlons, THERSDAY'S BITTING, Tho Parls correspondent of the Times com- aunleates further detalls of Thureday’s sitting of the Conference. e states that the Plenl- sotentlarivs submitted to the Porte n pro- cramumy substituting o Consular Commission or the Exceutive Commission at first proposed, and & plun for a corps of Bulgarian volunteers 10 be tncorporated in the Cudres recrulted i neutral territory for what was oniglnally +he forelgn oceupution scheme. The delexates . e greatly surpriced by vet Pusha reading s dectaration in which the Porte deemed ftaelt ablfged 1o yefect thefr proposals because they “eru contrary o the principles of Gttoman in- fepeudence, und to the new Constitution. The - bheats i WARNED THE POKTE 31 the danger b ran tn thus defying Europe, ns "™ _ia bad made preparations which compelled aer tu go to wur unless she obtalued adequate satfsfuction, und the Fuwers were agrecd that a seremptory refusal was the most dangerons of- out the Porte could offer Kurope, Safvet hen sald the Vorte, to show its desiro for wunderatandingand deference toward Europe, . ted the Bulzarian volunteer project, selleving It thus satistied all the Jegithnate and wep most esagpersted susceptililitles, The Sonference, after this unexpected snd insufile onclusiun, adfourned until Monday, in 2 “ope, meanwhifle, of effeeting o culpromlsy m uther poluts, - Jt 1y sald that Sdyk Yaska will weanwhilo be wpointed Turkish Furelgh Minfster, which vould judlcute 8 favorable chunge of polley, ) AN EXULANATION, The Zima' Turls correspondent, vontinuing he same telegram, quotes & letter wrltten by my of the most ewinent mewbiery of the Cone erenco to show that the complete change fng Ae uttitude of the Porte by which § iow propores térmy to Europe fnstead of o versa, 1y due to the fazt, of which the =t are fully eware, thut the Russian mubfl #3tion bas corpletely broken down, god that & of the other Furopean Powers are pre- » exert auything but moral pressure, degrapk conlinms the report of the an- e cptgnce by the Porte of thé proposition fur the ation of mixed milithy, but vays the ques- dun of a detiultive constitytion of fosye la left HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY for future conslderation. Porte maintatna Uts: ubfections ‘to” the” otlie}" provosals of the: Polvers. : 2 DERAIRES A CITANCE. : NEw Yonx, ‘Jan. 5.~A-Berlin special ¥ays Russfa futends, after the final rupture of the negotiations, to nsk the Powers for authoriza. tion to enforce the proposals of the Conference fn thelr name, Turkey's final refusal 13 anticl- ated, and the Conference will then have no utthor husinces at Constuntinople, Ruesian papers are gn-nue' exasperated at what they term the pusillan(mity of Genmany amt Austrin, BULAARIA AND THE POWERS, Tho Loudon Spectalor of Dee, 18, 1870, ex- platns the reason that the European Powers have not beett able to agree as to who ahall oceupy Baigaria to seé that the promfsed reforms are carrled foto effect. It saya: - One pofnt comes ont very clearly In the dlacne- #lons of this week, and that Is the great diflcalty of ucenpying Dulantin by any troops otler than the Ruselan._Prince Bisinarck has vetoed the ems ployment of French troops, even If the French crament wWere furt mow willng {o nn. any European task Involving the of permancent displeasure at St Petersbury, “A German occupation swonld bo cone #ddered ton datizerous at Vienna, - An Austrian oe- cupation would bie unacceptablo at §t. Petersbury, and would, wmoreaver, b opposeil by the Magyars, wha think (hat 1t Anstria spreads castwanl they will be lost ‘fn the muifls tude of her Siavonlan eubjects, The filea of Mallan occupation, the “most _reasonable of afl, pofears 1o be rejected, becausn Auetria drends Ttalian ‘infinence on her fittorals and Switzerland has refured, becanse, §t 18 stated, khe has not tho meane of eompelling the Turkish Gova ernment to reapect her troape, A Rouwmanian oc- capation, though it has much to recommend it, ftommanta being powertal by heeself, and the Rowmunian army ~ being in some " nominal wey a ‘Tarkish army. wonkl probably strike both Ausitian and Rnssian dfylomatists an Placing too nowerful a weapon in the lands of Princo Lis- marck, Whose manter is the head of the houreto which' I'rince_Chiarlea beton: There remain Enzfand and Russia, awd from alf fnfellgence which reaches us, Englanl shrinks - from her whare {n e Etropean task In & way not ereil- itadle to her chiuracter for disintcrestedness. If #he wonl{ occupy Bulzaria south of the Balkan, he wonkl make the Russian ocenpation of thenorth - ernaldo casy, and at the kame tine protect herselt from any daiger of a sndden attack on_Constantf- nopie. Lord” Beaconsfleld, however, could not be expected to consent to nny meneure wo unipalitable 10 hin protezes the Pasias, while oven the Lilerals, we aro nehamed (0 eay, dread the certain stomin and possible coxt of rcrlurmlm! anchaduly, The work, therefare, 13 blirown on Rassla, whvich, never- thelcas, fa forblihien by tuternational jealadaics to attemot It, except ai the cost of war, and may be compelied, if sone of this weok's rumors are trne, to conrent to satme unsatisfactory or unwork- able compromize, which will leave the Christlana «till Jiable to tho terrorism which forbide them ta develop their natural clvilization, and compels them nlways to look for direetion to St, Petersburz, [t 8 nearly fneancefvable that the Confrence should permit the Tarkish troous to remain I the Chuietlan provinces, whether weatlered aver tho evuniry or concentrated i its #frong placea: but i such it comprottse should bo permitfed, 1t will be due salely to tho Beitish Gove cenmient, and the people of the East will new pround for thefe convictfon ‘Aat the only [dangerous ewemy fn England, which will neither protect” them, " nor govern them. nor leave them and thelr allles o act by themaelves. They do not know much of politics, bur ther are not s0 linorant-as not tu percelve but for Lurd Neaconsfleld the rle of the Pashar in Eropenn Turkey would by March next have be- come a misery of the past. GREAT BRITAIN. LONDON GOsaIr. Dispotch to New Yort Heratd. Loxnox, Dec. 3l.—~There I8 n strong feeling of sympathy amongz the Engilsh people, and particularly mnongthe aristocracy, forthe Tur! At a meeting held ae the Duke of Sutherland's town house $25,000 were raised for the rellef of the Turkiah sofdfers fn the Batkans. The Duke of Portland gives $5,020. The reports of authorized and competent acholars upon Dr. Henry Schllemzun's dis- coveries ot Myceme are’ engerly unticipated among the archawologists and Hellenists of Englund, and fudeed of all Europe. Prof. Erncst Curtlue, the German archreologlst, hins visited the site of the excavatfons, The deademy has uttered ity warning agalust the belief that tho discoverfes aro altogether those of the herole age. The aperations at Mycenro bave censed for the present, The reason of the dis- vontlauance Is unknown, The latest account from the German explora- tions fn the Altls, at Olvmpin, tells of the ex- humation of an exceedingly beautiful and ex- cellently preserved femnle head, which is doubt- Iews the work of Alkamencs, the pupll of Phidi In Catholle cireles much attention is ziven to 2 report that a pllgrimage of Amerlean Roman- its to the Vautlent, under Archblshop Bagley and Bishop Corrigan, {8 about to be made. Constiderable soctal feclinz exlsts supporting the Solritialist Slade, In his proposed prosecu- tion Ly the Government, It is wsald that the Urincess Loulse mud Lady Avchibald Campbell ure enthuslustie dlsclples'of bis and attend his nimble-tingered sea The erémation movement Is extending In Fn- rape. At Brussels a soclety with 100 members hins been formed, which gives great cheer to the Loy Lurners here. ‘The medieat Journals report the discovery by an Italian doctor of a enre for diphtheria. It conslats of the locul use of chloral and glycerific nd the internal administration of chivrate of notash, ‘The experiments of importine American beef Into England cantluue to be succesaful. Meat n")nm.'ullnx.: HXty 1 of cattle arrived n prime conditfon last week, The wiil of the Iate Geore Maore leaves £303.000 to charitable objects out of an estate of #2,000,600, Lord Loughton will unve) the statno of Rob- ert Burns at Glaezow on the 29th of Janua ‘The Times unnotnces that with the ¥ 1t will begln to Bssue o weekly edition nt 2 pence weopy, ‘The Daily News celébrates the holldays by the ercetion of its seventh Walter press. Eforts are Lelng mude dn Ireland to revive the anclent_pustime of faleonry, Subscriptions are solicitend to establisli u club. This i3 not in- tended to Interfere ln nny wity with the anclent Fish Haswkers” Clab, of ¥1ls Tane, Dublin, Herr Lukertort .‘u{ml recently sixteen shnul- tancous wames of chess Lindfolded, winning twedve of them. Mauager Chatterton, who lns un nblg-sus- talned reputation for dispututiousness, writes a vard n unswer to Dlon Boucleault, in re the Shawghruun plracy, - He gays that Doueleault made 5,000 moro than he'did bimsetl out of the Drury Lang en- wugement, und that Bouciesult received §5,000 tor the four weeks' performance sl the Adel- vhy while he (Chatterton) lost 8150, and was et by Boucleuult *remorselessly high and W' 7 Chatterton further Snthnates that the * Shaughraun™ §s partly copled from " Plke O'Calluhan," and the escape from prison from a Frencl drama entitled #The Soldier's For- tune,” In conzlusion he unctiously thanks God that Fglish dudies above bribery and corrupe ton have vindicated him, r INDIA. TUE PROCLAMATION OF QUEEN VICTOBRIA A8 EARESH, Dispateh to New Vork ferald, Loxpox, Jun, L—Lord Lytton, the Viceroy, to-day proclutmedQueen Victorls Katsar-l-1ling, or Empress of lndia, on the istoric ground overlooking Dellily the eapilal of the Great Moguts. &b wus splendld weather, and the occasion was one of mugnifieent aud dazzlivg dispray, worthy the ¥ gorgeous Fant thut showers on its Kings Darbaric pear) and gold Lord Lytton oc pled, [wun amphitheatre erceted for the cer taouy, ¢ duts, shove which, sutafied by gilded colunng, wus & canopy of crnnson and gold, with white pusiels, on which wero displayed nle ternately the Royal arms and the fmperial crown, With the Ingals 2 V, L» An enoriions erown suetmounted the highest point of the canopy., Fuciings the Vieeroy wero efghty vulimg Princes of Hindostan, goreeously attiréd, blazing with {cwuh. Bilken bauners of varlous lues, eme Pluzoned with rave and quatnt heraldle devices, fluttered over atl, - Eavh Priuce was surroundu by s retaluers, Qutshle the amphitheatre 13,000 mixed troops were i e, and the British scardet shone bes side medieval chain-nadl, On clther hund the dafs was flanked by a cunrt ol honor, and the backgronnd wos ovmed by # aajestie Mie of mgnideentlys caparhoncd vlephants and camels, with quaing vebicly a tremendous dust, aml u gaudilys attived multitude §n galu costumes, The En- whlali correspondents compare the pleture {n this r 1 1o the turnout o the Derby day, ‘There was a formal flourish of trumpts; the heralds catie Torward; the prociamstion of the Ewmpress was read in Euglish il Hindostuni, und the trumpets blared azaty teiumph and des Bar the Hoyal banuer was given ta the breezey the troops suluted It the urtillory fired thirty-four salvos of thrce fruns vach; the fne funtry a feu de jole thrico yepented; and the niussid band played the nattoad anthem, whils all stood up. Janl Lytton then rvoada speech aud a con- gratulstory wllices Drom the Queen, FTho anthein was plavel again, the troops chicercd, s4d the Viceroy aclarad e yepemunivs fiulshed, Thua ¢nled the grandest spncL;mlg British India | has vér seen. GERMANY, CONCHISIONS TO ALSACH-LORRATNE, Losnoy, Jan. 6.—The Fedetal Councll of Germany has made Important concesstons to Alsace-Lorraine, having agreed to proposais that the measures paseed by the Provincial Board of Represcntatives, i approved by the Fedeval Councll, shull become laws without pre- ;'.lnu;u approval ur cognizance of the German DISCOLNTS REDUCED. ~The {mperial” Bank of Ger- many has reduced {ts rate of discount for bills to 4 per eent and for advances on securities to 5 per cent. DANK STATEMENT. Bentiy, Jan. h—4pecle in the Imperial Bank of Gcrmany lins ddecreased 10,631,000 marks durlng the week, s TERSIA. EXPORTATION OF GIAIN PROMSDITED, Loxpox, Jdan, 5.~The Ofictal Gazette an- nounces that the English Minister at' Teheran telegraphs that, in consequence of apprehended rearclty, the exportation of wrain from Bushire and the Persian Guif’ls prohibited, SPPAIN, THE EXTRADITION TREATT. MapRip, Jan. 5.—The exteadition treaty be- tween Epain atd the United States has been signed. Tt applics to all criminal offenses ex- tept those of a potitical nature, Thy Cortes has been prorogued. No date is asslgued for reassembling. CRIME. CHECK-TORGERS. Spectal Dispatch fo The Tridune. PisLADELPIIA, Jun, B.—~Specdal Agent Bar- rett, wiho hus been Investigating the rubbesy of tho Philadelphia mail for Boston, said to-day in reference to somo of the cheeks that buve been s All that have been presented for payment have the name of the psyee, an intermediate name, and the nante of the Indor<er, which made thew certitied orders, Al of the forgerics wers skill- fully exccuted. The tolal forgerles amount to sbout 80,000, and tne Spcelul Agents have re- covered over 100 checks which had wot lieen preeented, The forger in well known, and our men ‘nro on’ hls lrmck, e fs without donbt the most accompifshied forger fn the couniry, and hne operated on - every prominent Lank I the world, * We wers only walting until we canbil b the entlro lot, when the teap wan pro- tatirely speang by Phskerton's wen, and, well, they wiere not caught, A letter accompanying oue check was found, which conclasively c-1ablishes the “guilt of the parties nrrested, °And, ngsto, one of them has made a full confession, which ftaplicates thoso nreested and others, Thin confaseion was made by Crawford, the driver of ¢lie mafl-wavan, who atatee that fio recefvedd at ono time 40 und 't another $30 for permliting the agn tohe romaved. o robbora ulwaye perufed ou the midnizht mail from this clty, wlich passed throuzl New York at.5 o'clock in the morning, “he forgerfes wera executed fu New York, and membernof tho ganz camo to this city Immediate- 1y, had tho checka: cashed. and returned to New York on the eurifest teafn, PARDONED. Speclal Dirpateh to The Tridune, Jourer, IIL, Jan. G.—Izanc Stine, who was scntented from Sangamon County In February, 1870, to three years' figrisontnent in the State Penitentiary for larceny and recefving stolen property, was pardoned to-day. Stine wus an engineer on the Toledo, Wabash' & Western Rallroad, and was convieted of stealing from the Company. Iiis brother, wlo nlso has three years for tho same celme, Is still {n prison. This cnse makes the Afth pardon this week. The athiers were Edward Halllu, seat (rom Adams County tn September, 187, for ten years for an assault to Andrew Cooper, sent from Fultan County lo December, 1875, for threy years for lareenyi Charles Ellls, sent from Alexander County [n Heptember, 1574, for six yenrs for lnrm:{; und Charles Turner, rent trom Henderson County in July, 1870, for fuur- tren yeara tor the murder of 8 inan namned Fred Watson tn a house of il-fame, FORGERIES. CINCINNATE, O, Jan, 5.~W. J, Saudford, City Clerk of Covington, Ky., Is charged with forzery by *Mr. Shinkle, Prosident ol the Ulty Councll, and, in a meeting of that body, Mr, Shiuklo atated that several city ordera had been ratred by Sundford, and the Iattor's books had Leuu tmade to ugreo with the amounts taken, A wireaht was swornt ont to-day by Shinklo for Sandford’s nrrest, but he could not be fuund, The nmount of the furzeries s not yot known, The Covington Council to-night suspended him from vflice. RONBBED, Bpecial Dispateh to The Tridune. Garexa, 1L, Jan, h—Ax the Hlinols Central traln wus mosing out of the Chlcago depot Jast night, a German vestding in Dubuque, while passluzz from ouo car to another, was robbed o uil his money, amounting to aconsiderablo sum, by three sharpers, two of whom piujoned bl arms white the other abstrac his pocl huok from an fuside vest-pocket, when the three j\mun‘?llrum the plutform und hastily disap- pearcd, A WOLY. Special Digpalch to The Tridune, 8ioux City, lu., Jan. h~The Rev. R. R. Ile- man, Methodlst clergyman at Correctionyille, fn this county, pucked up his baggaze and ran away yesterday, The cause of hils sudden fight I3 u chargo agoinst him of seductlon, preferred by a girl 14 years of age, an adopted duuzhter of Charles Fuster, where the minlster boarded, Lileman 13 #uld ta bave o wife and six chiltren living {n Ohlo. IANGED. conn, N, 11, Jan, 5,—Elwin Willis Major, ed fu Deceruber, 1875, at Nashua, of pol- soning his wife, was banged at the State Prixon here this morning, Major spent last night in reffgious devotfons, At thu scaffold he reft, ed his dedaration of lnnucence, Before the drop was sprung he fell upon his kneed, utterly broken down. 1le died without a struggle, SEDUCTION AND RETRIBUTION, dpectal Correspondence of The Tridune, Des Moiszs, In., Jun. 3.—Vesterday, reports were recelved here that Maj, C, H, Fleteher, of Fairfleld, bad been shog and kitlod, st Keosan- (lun. by 3r, Brown, of Manuing's Bank. The deceased had been dndieted for seduction of Brown's slster, nod thy shoyting grew out of thiat uflalr, ROBBERY, Spectal Dispatch to Tha Tribune. Dunvque, In, Jun. S—~An okl man named Welsh, reslding ubout elght wiles north of Earl. ville, was knocked down and robled of over £150, the procecas of aload of pork which ho Tad just sold, 158y Hareis, n youug mun em- ploved by Welsl, "hos been arrested on sus- plelor, HOMICIDE, PorrsviLLe, T, Jan. be~In a quarrel at Shenandoaly, last night, Oscar NeCoad killed Joseph Bokarty. T —— THE WEATHER. Wasimngtoy, D. C., Jau. =14, m.—~1n the upver Lake reglon, rishng barometer, southerty winds, shifting to colder, northerdy, with gen- erally cloudy weather and light snows. i !/1_-:_ (7 TENY e L7 57 " azhnuu thermotieter, 33: miatmum, OENEKAL OBSERTATIONS. f “B-Midulght, Statione, Har.| T m 0 SUICIDE, special Disgalch ko The Tvidune. MiLwAvkes, Wi, Juu. 5—This moruing a barkeeper at the Republican Louse, named Al- bert Roeser, suleided by shootivg himsclf throuuh the head with o revolver, Depression d by the loss of his situstion: was the Naw Your, Jun. 5—F. W. Marting, broker, | at 53 Exchanve place, und Rapbael Boluioon, i merchpoy, counaitted suiclde tu-dav, DARNED; OR DAMNED® That Was the Quastion which Agitated Gen. Franois' A. Barlow. And In Referenco Whereto a Categorical Answer ‘Was Required. In Default of Which, Plstols and Coffee for Two, Barlow Now Says It Was "n Joke, but the Jokee Can’t Exactly Seo It In That Light. Aew ¥ Tribune, Jan. 2, Reports of a strance controveray hetween ex- Attorney-General Francis C. Darlow and Elflu Root, and of n challenge sent by the former to the latter, have befn iy cirentation Inspiteof the cifarts of the friends of both to keep the matter fram publlcity, The story prescnts Lwo promls nent lawyers, antagonists fn a commonpluce sult, Inwyer's briols, cxehange of erlsp notes, advice seasoned with peppery eplgram more forcible than clegant, denmnded apoidgy, a suggestion of & duel in wintry Canada, orof a skirmish with revolvers In the streets of New York—or, If more agreeaple to the challenged person, a deelsive contest Ina referee’s private offiee; peace-making friends, and fmlly the statement, made by cnc of the principals, that itisn)l u Joke, The other principal apparently falls to geo the polnt of the joke. Everything conneeted with the affair Is suro to be cdught up with futerest by the publie, owing to the promineace of the persons (ovolved, and the strungeness of the occurrence, whether it is regarded only in the light of a practieal joke, ns Gien, Barlow eays hie designed it, or inthe Mzht of a serivus and unfortunate controversy, as Mr. Root appears to look upon it, Tranels C. Barlow, of the law firm of Burlow & ()Im?,nt No. 20 Broadway, was Attorney Gieneral of the State-fn 1872 and 1573, his term plring Jan. 1, 1874 As Attorney-General ho began the suit of the Leople against the Bank of Nurth Amerka, and ofter he had retired from ofilee was enzaged to con- duet the = snit hefore Referce Willlnm Starley, ol 10 Wall street, Mr, Stanle swas ussoclated fu business with the Iow. Ei- wards l'lcrreuuut, tho present Mindster to En- #iaud, M. Bartow has been spoken of by per- sons having Lusiness with him as ot timces very hifgh tempered. ki l‘no!, of the law-firm of Comptan, Root & Bartlett, No. 4 Pino strect, New York, was the oppesing counscl to Mr, Buarlow {n the enr- ings Lefore the Referce. The ault drazged, wid in Uetober lust the referce requested the counzel Lo tinfsh t! presentations of the caso by written briafs. Mr, Itoot prepared his hrief, and scat a copy to Gen. Barlow, About Dee. 20 there was some frlendly correspondonce between the lnwyers oves the trial and the brlefs, and Gen, Harlow: finally sent Mr, Root his (Barlow’s) _Urlef, accompanying it with s note tnd Mr, Root's brief, whivh, to the latter's slight surprise, Mr. Barlow roturncd, the usago among lawyers Leing to retaln briers sent in this way, Tt fs said that Mr. Barlow's brief bore marks of having passed throush the fetter- press, aod conseytiently must have been copled, Mr. Rout no sovoucr got Mr. Barlow's brief than he souzht for valnerable poings and mado elaborate notes on tha marghy opposits_stato- ments which he wished to confute. On Dec, & Gen, Darlow sent to Mr. Root for the brief, wideh Mr. Hoot supposed by nsage, ut least, to ho his own, and which, by tho marzinal notes, ho hud peendfarly up- propriated ns his own. Meturn it he could not witnout disclosiug to his Tezal opponent the line o defense which he stended to follow. Ho txplained the situation {n a note to Mr. Barlow, Gen, Barlow sent n note [n re(» e de- wanded of Mr. Root the brief fortinvith, I1fit was not fortheoming, hoe satd hie shoulil recover 1L by roplevin, 10 tho brief was tnisphaced or destroyed, he safd he should institute eriminal proceediugs ugalnst Mr. Root. Mr, Rool's response wis s siort aed uhurs» commu- aicatlon, {h which he ndvised (en, Barlow thus: “Don't make a d—d foul of yourself." Geno Burlow's answer to this wasn long letter, the nobmus of which was apol- ogy or uu qguarter, The letter contalned n daraft of an spology to Mr. Barlow which Mr. Root was to sl ond return, Retuss Lhis be was to face the alternative of accenting a challenge to fizht o duel In Caua fuged this aleo, Uen. Barlow smrmested that they miht fire on the flest_oveaslon of thelr mcethng on the street. Gen, Barlow advised M. Ruat to arm, as e would need to protect him- self. 10 they eloukl not mect on the streot he- fore Jun. 6, Lhe tne set for the next appearanve before the referee, or i Mr, oot preferred it to aatreet encounter, then he recommended §iy substance that they have it out in dead earnest in the referce’s uliee, umil that alr. Stanley be advised ro that he might be convenlently” abe sent. There was, fL I8 sald, no percebtible levity between the lines of the vigorous English In which Gen. Bartow's *foke " was conched, Mr. ftoot dil not lauih ot the *joke' nor slyn un nflflnu)’. He stmply wroto Mr. Barlow tiat his ‘ arluw's) lettar contained u threat of assussination incase he (Root) did not submit to Gem, Barlow's dictatlons, Therefore lic must dechiue to constiler the proposition, Mr. Root’s friewls were tho next to become Interested fn this hwely corresponence. They tuok Gen. Bavlow o be In carnest, und, not knowing whether he would wait forthe 6th of Jamury or take the fiest oppor- tunity of the street, they raw the District-Attore ney, with a view to J; ing ot a warrant ol ar- redt, ond thus shiclding Mr. oot from as-ault. The District-Attor consulted with Jadge Noah Davis, who rought sn interview with tiel Barlow, Gen. “HBarlow explained to dudga Dayis that 4t was nil o oke. I tben wrote o long lotter to 1r. Root's trieuds, fn which hoemphasized s statement to Judge Davis. The threatening Tetter, ho sald, was written fn a playful spirit, It would ltve absurd to chiallvnge & man on sn snsall a provoeation, amd it was novel to offer challenze and than threaten the gentles man chalienged with ‘wru in case lu should 5} T 2 not aecept, Gen, farlow d fhat thiv was additional evldence that e was merely Jol- Ingz. Yesterth foot's fricuds were expeets W Mr. dgg that Gen, l?.xrlall‘ wauld wake suie expla- nation to Mr, Root, A reporter of the Tribune called upon Mr, oot yesterday, but I refused absolutely to glve Bformation or answer questlons, Gen, Barlow, when nquiry was made of him, finmediately ranarke.d with'u langh that {t was call ubsundand a juke,” though it was very evident from his mavtier that W wilir did uot rest lishtly on hismind, He sald ho thought the littlo matter hetween biwselfaml Mr, Root onghtnottobe printedinthe newspaners,thousl, as far as he Mwsell was conecruch e did llul(.h{e.'l. Ie would bu Jf able, howuye a3 leading to the aunoyance of explanstfons, cte. Mr, Root and be Lad some correspomdencs about submitting briels to areferee, (o fuud written Mr, Root playfully to busey up his briel, amd suteequently” wrots hlin to wetuen hls o (Burlow’s) " bilef that ho might sabmit {t to e yeferee. When wked whwut the Jetter fent to Mr Root, aut which contadned the affusfon to ma tul combut, Mr, Barlow la 1 wgaln, wtl ot o a duel or anybody ¢ ul It hewere to challenze unybody it would not be over such a altey thing a4 an wttornoy's hrict, and, beshies, o suid, Mr. Moot had a perfect right tokeep the brick - Neww Yurk Tribume, ( There 13 itle to add Lo the Frivine's account of the rumruwraf could be of further In- ept the pnnlication of thy ortespondence which passed — between Mr. Barlow and My, Root, ‘The filenda of both ot first decided thut farther publicity to tho quarrel should be pre- vouted ax far u3 possible, und at first tho appli- catlon of the 7risuue yeporter for the letters wacdended, Late fu the day the refusal wag re- conshdered, and the letters were furnlsbed for pithiication. I will bo remembered that Gen, Barlow aud Mr. Root were upposing connsel fu " m(& beard Leford Wilifam - Stansley, ret: ereed that they hud excianged briets, us s customaryy that Mr. Roo uotes on Mr, Barfuw’s argument us he expectad to keep the brief as hits proporty, as 13 also the Custon; and thus he etuted the aboxe as the resan why he could not yeturn the brief when. reguested 1o do so by Gen. Barlow. Then came the following letter from Gen, Barlow foreboding troulles New Youx, No . —DzanBiu:’ 1 hove beretulore requ turi of wy Wwritten arzument i the Feoply oguinst the Bank of North America. 1 masvlhiow a fusther oud formal request, for the Dirpose of bushis ubon 6 10 st uncogpiled with. on serion of veplevin,’ or, §f the arguweny haw Been destroyed, an uction of trover, coupled with the arredt of the gullty parties. Yours, ek Evimw Root, Lag, Frase G Lantow, “Thls colled out the followinz very lacanle re {omdvr from Mr. Root, aud as it fcujthepticated n (his forin by its uuthor, Gen Barlow will be fu douby no jonger as fo whetaur Mr. Kool was Dad pade marginal { for eonv@uienco (n in the piire veracular: £ ge, 27, 1810, —Francit 0. Jiaklorn, VEag. ~ DEap Sin: Don't bo n damncd fodl, Nours, eley, o, i Bitny Ruor fl'lxnr}mmc the climax of the qi farm of Gen, Barlow’s pointed commitisdeat{on addressed to Mr, Root, which welghs in the hal- ance of injury the worl weed, and the wod which hathought. might have heen intendel, wiil which defluea at langih'the médes in which *eatisfuction” micht be miven him.. It s nee. esaary to add tn explanation that Senator Ker- nin was conneel with Mr. Root fn defending ths sult. Mr, Barlaw wrote: New Youg, 200 lleoanway, fec, 97, I870,— Fiihu jiool, Krq,—Sim1 1have received your tor of this date containinz an offensive epithet, 1 redret that the 1wl controversy “betwesn us (Y Alnde now i0 the comersion of “my written argument) should have hecome euibarrassed Ly the nporaonalities which von - have -choven 10 bring Into the controversy, . shonld have pres ferred fo Jeave the mattora “of difierence between 1% to the courts, but T mnet accept the personal fasue which you have Injected into the atfale, At the outses 1 am enibareansed by an indlatinct- néss [n the writing ofyour «Jast nole.- £ am™ not certain whether tie offenslva word netd by yon (nr rather ono of them, to spoeals with en. ire aveumey) fe Stuamned® nr Stdamed. ome of my fricndy whom 1 have conenlted thinle that tho latter I« the expression. which may poscl. 3 by be fems otfensivo In fte fmplication than the rmer, I shoulll he glad 1f° that point cauld bo settled nt the outeets but withont dwelling longer onthfsvolnty Imatie, the following roqrierls of you, In orler to Jay o basin for fupnte actlon: Firs{—Tlat you will define your oxact meaning, 1 vou will sate whether the adfictive ter of to-day way *‘damned” or Second~That yon withdeaw uncquivocally (he entirg espression of yonr fiote of tu-day. 1t will . he enpogh hat son oy smply: ** 1 witbdsaw the aftensive expred«dons (using thic plaral to cover tha whale expression) of iy note of NDee, 27." Snould yon dectlug both the abova propositions, 1wmnet declare my foture contre—not by way of threat, far 1 consfider that nnbecoming, bt slmply that you may reallze exacily the situntlon, 1 re. ptest that you will Inform me on or before 12 m, Saturday next” whether you will ‘meet point to be designated by yourself in during tho comfng weeky that we may this malter of difference In u dignified way. you answer in tho afirmalive, L will requcst a d to walt npon you, whom' you can refer to entleman who sill act for you. ould you decline to give me this ratisfac. tlon, T can only ek yon to he prepared to defend yoursclt of ” courss I moan by 1o wre of firearmx) whenever nnd wherever T may meet yon, alwnya excenting, of course, the corts a8 a place of encornter, Upon fecognition, 1 shnll feel ‘ut liberty (o fieo upon you, as the only method of adjustment lefe me of this dliliculty. O courne the appeal fo.the conrts which 1 intend In the matter of the nreument Wi} ko on ex. cluulve of thls method of scttiing tho: personal didlculty ‘arfelng from? the ofiensive Temarks, Should you decline the'retractions sl explana- tions and the other methods of seitloment which I propose, and I shonld not happen to meot you hae fore Jan, @, 1 would suesest that you nofify Mr. Stanley of our Intentions, that he mey abaent him. #ojf from tio raotn until the restlt'of onr meeting Is dletermined, S , Foresibly 1 shall be compelled fo give Mr. Kernan A wimlinr notlee a3 to our mecting (my mecting with him)y, I have written him to luqnire whether he ls n nn{ way responsible for this oilensive. note (yoara of Doe, 47), ny it looka (o e ad i it wera a roncerted nctlon between you. You woukld re- Tieve the cae from some complichtians by avowing yonrself alone respouxible far the noto of thls date, An carly anewer will oblige me, Yours, cte,, Fraxcis C. Bannow. To this, which Gen. Barlow now says was in- tended s a juke, M, Ltoot replied in brief terns on the subscyuent day: stnint, Now Youw, Dee. 28, 1876,— dlartow, K. —Sin: Yonr second lete th Inet, was recelved do-duy. s a threay of aseassination unless I your dictation. ma atn comply wi Thai alone is suflicient to preclnde me from con- ldering anything fatther [n” your communication, LLing Roor, ‘Then Mr, Root's fricnds sought a wareaut_for the arrest of Gen, Barlow, and Jidgoe Noal Da- vis interposed to clear wo the diffteulty without resort to the courte, 1n consequence of Judgo Davig' feicodly interposition, Gen, Barlow wrote o Jetter usserting that his challongo was Intend. cd us & joke. - —— WASHINGTON, The Texas & Taclfle and Northern Pacifle Ruitrond 1ills---The Polico Imbroglio House Procneidings, Speciul Dispatch to Tne Tridune.* Wasnixaron, D. C., Jan, 5.—The delay It re- purting the Texas & Paclfle Riflway bill from the {louse Committoo is due to two causcs. The first s the neeussity of carefully. rovising romo portions of the bill growing out of the division of the rond between two compantes. Thobill has to be so reconstructed that the failure of ono compuny to comply with {ts provisfons shall not Interfere with or cmbarrass the prosceu- tlonof its work, and thls rovision requires careful consideration. The scvond clause is the dealre of the luntington party to be permitted to build the Southern Pacifle Road directly west from San Gorgonla Poss, and to wako fts Ban Diego conuection atany polnt it inay hereafter select, Laniar, Cliafrman of the Committee, is epposed to this on the ground that, if the Southern Focifie Company is not requlred to hegin {ts San Diezo Ine at or near San Gorzo- nin Pass, it may continue the road to the Pacific Coust, muking some other point the main west. ern terminus to the detriment of Ban Diego, which then would only bo ou a braneh line, ‘the House Committee on the Pacific Rafl- roadd has agreed to report favorably tho Senato bifl to extomd the timo for the coustruetfon and completion of the Northiern Taeific Raltrond, with an amondment providing that tho Com- pany shall, hefore tho 4th of July, 1970, at its owh expense, cause to be surveyed and located {ts entiro line, and file & map of it with tho Sce- retary of the Iuterlor In order that all lands not fucluded (0 the grant Lo this rom may at that time bo throwa open to nctual sottlers une der the Pre-cmption aud Homeatead laws, The bill _extends ths time for wmyluunF the road efigut years under its charter and the ncts and resolutions of Congress relating theroto, ‘Ihe extension 13 granted on the express cone ditton und understanding that where precmp- tion aml homestead claims wero nitlated, or private entries aud locations wera allowed, upon tho lunds embraced ju the grant to the Company prior to the receipt of orders for the \villu&m of them at tho respective district Tand ol tho titles moy perfected, aud the Company shall receive indemnuity there- for, ws now provided Ly law. The oxten- gion o thae grantod the bill does nut apply to the brauch Hine of the rond from Lake Pendarcille aeross the Cascade Mountnine to Puzet Bound and Washiugton Leeritory, The Northern Pucltie Combany 5 alsa required to il with the Seeretary of the Interior within six months from thoe duto of the P.un:xu of theact its ussent Lo and necentance of the provisiuns of thudvt, ‘The bill will probably be reported to the House next week, ‘Au investization which prowmlses toboof a verv lively character is to be made In the House next Monda, It sprinus out of thoe removal of tha Pollvo Comunsgloners by tho Prosideut, and the friends of the Predident zre moving to seeure tho fn- quiry.t Couk, Wlw was onp of Babeock's conns el I the whisky trial, wnd who was enguged & fu the date luvestivation ordered by the Pollee Board® a wanl o gambling I the city, has publiabed @ letter donounetng Murtawsh, editor of the Zepub- dan, whom the Presldent has just removed from the Hoard of Polica Connuiselonerd, futi- watinr plainly that he intends to open up to the public sume savury matters i which varlons Distriet Rings have partleipated. One matter refesred to by Couk 18 stated by him to e o charzo that, dading the nvestization hy the House Nival Committes of the frauds of the Navy [epartment, Murtaugh engoged two du- vctfies to cutla Str, Whitthnrnc, Chalriman of the Conuittae, lnta & gambliug saloon, which was to be paliled Enmedintedy after he bewzun ing, Whitthorne arrested, and the mutter el oser I m to eontrol him in his repart. iy the Western dssociated Preas, WasnisuiuN, Ly Uy duti. anpropria- tlon tor the transportation of Unlted Btates nutes and sceuritics fur 16 prosent Hecul year Is cxhausted, and, unless & dellciency appro- priation_is unmealately made,. the Teeasurer Wwill not Lie able to move funds Irom ono polnt 1o another, and the result will ba the virtual ension of m)'meulu by the Goverument in ad localitics, Wasnminorox, D. C., Jan 5.—The House Com- mittee on the Pacitie Rafiroads to-day ugreed to repurt the Senuto biil to extend tho tiniwe fur the compietion of tho Northern Pacitic Road elght yeurs, Without sicodinent, except one provid- ug that the Copany shall nue be required to lm-slxlw s route shrough Idaho before July 4, 181! Un wnotion of 3r. Atkins (Tenu.), the Senato amendiients to the blll makby sppropristions fur the payment of fuvalld wud other pensions wery coleurred in. t ‘Ihe Houas then went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Hoolcer in she chalr, on the urivate calendar, T'he Scrreant-at-Arms was dirocted to retaln Mr, Barues in custody. ‘I'be House then went lnto Commiltee of the Whole on the Contwigency Defidency Lill, 3lr, Hasking (N, Y.) i the chair, After uboul Lwo ‘hours spent over tho Defl- vieney Wi, tite Comniiten rose and the bill was passd, aud the House adjournod tlto-morrow. ried In ' the, : The Non-Action of the Firemen Nep Hat- ASIITABUL The Boifes of Soveral Additional Vie. tims Identified. Testimony MTaken Yesterdny at the Coroncr's Tnquest. {sfactorily Explained. TIHE VICTIMS, * PHOXEN CONISES, Spectal Dispatch fo The Tribune. CLEVELAND, ., Jan, §.—1liere ‘aro ninetecn Dboiles more or less’ completely proserved yet remaining unidentitied In the morgue at Ashta- Pula. Twoothers were to-day recognized as those of L L. Holl and wife, of Chicago, They Wil be sent ta-biorrow to thelr frionds for burinl, ‘The tematns of Q. 1. Hubhiard, of Poli City, In,, are identified by hig motber frum marks on ua- derclothing. Tha gold wateh of (fcorge Kepler, of Ashtabuln, {s wlao recognized by the number registered on the boola of o jeweler, There I3 also at The morgue & silyer Waltham™ wateh of the * Wililam Ellery? movement, No. 275,87, Ffor which no owner, can ba found. TIE ABARCI, Very lHitle fu the way of remalns or.relies waa recovered to-day. The only froginent of n hine man budy found was the foot of o ¢hild or smull woman, It §s In good preservation, aud muy yet possibly bo ldentified by the shoe, Be- sldes this, there was found a large gold Roman cross attached to a lucket set with diamonds, and bearing in monogram the characters [, C.** Forty perrons, vatlously supposed to have been on the train, have been ascertained by the rallway authorities to be at homne safe. THE DISPUTH a8 to the number of persous on the train s ps far from scttlement as ever. Tho raflrond oflicers aro convinced that the number could not liave been more than 140, while the pnescugers are sure thero could ot havo boen less than 200 ADDITIONAL NAMES OF LOST. Asutanuid, 0., Jan, 5—~The followluz are sdditfonal nasmea now known to havo been lost in the wreeks Mary Austin, Omaha; Ellen Aus- tin, Omahas Dr. A. W, Hopkins, Harttord Four Coruers, Vt.; George . Spoouer, Petersham, Mass.; Williaw Wilson, Boston, Mass, CiNciuNATI, Jan. 5,—The Commercial’s Fort ‘Wayne spectals says Mra. Col. Mortun, of New York, formerly Miss Bruns, of Fort Wayne, and but lately marrled, 13 suppused to be one of the Ashtabula victims. 8he lef New York at that thno to vieit relatlous here, and has not been heard of since, DIt HTBLARD, CrevELAND, 0., Jan. 5.~Tho body of Dr. G, F. Hubbard, of Polk County, was to-day fientt- fted at the Ashtabuln frefght-house, where it has been laying since Baturday, A sbawl-strap and two shirts were found several days eluce wlich wure known tu belunz to Dr. Hubbard, A brother came on to-day and fully klentiied the Lody ulsv. ANOTIER. Spectal Disp.ach 45 The Tridune, DLOONINGION, N, Jun, b=\ woman giving Ner namo as Mis. Mary Green, of Winchester, Seott County, Iil, urrived lcro to-day, and {3 Iying slek with signg of premature Jabor. She cnlins Lo have been Injured; Jn the Ashiabula disaster, in which shy says Der hustand was Kilted und her clothiug lost. She mys she was unconsclous untll the Munday atter theacclledt, She was on ber way from Ashtabula County, O., to Bloomington, where she says licr husband’s _relatives reelde, . P Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. BLOOMISGEON, Lk, Juth, So=—1t fu Ltared that ", Sherman, of Chicago, who formerly Hved in Bloaminglon aud Cliuton, was n victim in the Ashtatiuln disaster. 1o left New York Inst week, and has not yet been heard from. 10WA VICTIM, Speclal Corrraonilence of, The Tribune, Drs Morxes, la., Jan. 3—"Two nersons from this county ure now known to have heen on the fll-tuted train ot Ashtabule. Mr. Joseph 1. Aldrich, a bost-sud-shoe merchant of this it was fu the East, buyiog gowds, and was exped cd to start for home soas to arrive last Sat day, As soon o8 the news of the disaster reached liere, telegratus wero sent tu Enstern cities to ascertaln his whercubouts, A dis- pateh from a nerchaut ssld thot le deft Woreester on ‘Thursdoy fur hoine, and cnually stated that he was going b{ the Lake-Shore route. Saturday night his wite started for the seene of the disaster, and this morning comes a telegram that a pin-cusion which My, Aldrich ceried bad been tound in the debris, which was all that could be gatherul, but which solves the doubt and upcertidnty ns (o hs fute. {lo was u young man, whose charncter was u{mtlu»s. He lowves s wifo and babe, and an aged mother, to wmonrn his loss, Dr. G. F. Hubbard, of Palk Clly, twelve miles distant, was East, visiting fricnds, nnd was expeeted home obout Now-Year's Dav. He waa expeeted at Clevelind the night of tho dis- aater. - Notarriving, telegrams wers sent where, but o tldings catnes Tu the wrecke train wus the next stép, and yesterday d shaw strap ‘and two shirts bearlne his namo wers foudd fu the debrls, which leaves 1o room tor doubt s to hus aate. llo has a wife und twa childran, waitlog ln terrible suspense the result of the search. Iherg Is_a possibility. that ic Lod checked bis Lngeage to Cleveland, while he detoured on some deroute ta co fricads, FATALITY, New Yors Taen, The bellevers n 4 tatality " will sco n new contirmation of thojr thoury lu the late terrible ralway disaster on the Lake Shore Rullroad, at Ashtabuly, O,, anl the less disnstrous ensualty to tho Muntreal express train, at Pittsford, Vi, Both of these trafns left the tiruud Central Depot in this ity In ong continuous trahy, nt B:00 o'clock Jast Thursday morning. The truin camprised engme No. I, two cars, two_ cupress ears, the drawlng=room car Yokobama, snd the sleeping-cars Palutinc, Ossov, City of Bulalo, Linuen, Schencetady, and Plattsbure. The trala was on e ull the” wuy to the statlon st Al- bany, which wus reached at 1:00 o'clock on Fri- # orniug. Ilero” the engine, n haggape car, the draping-room ear Yokohamu, - und tho sleeping-car Plattshuris were detached, and stusted on the route to Montreal. A fresh one gine was attached 10 the remaluder of the traln, which proceeded to the West, and was subsc- quently wreckied at Ashiabula, whils the other purtion of the same train was hurled to destris fon at, Pittsford, V. Couslderable comment hus been made upon the danger attaching to fron bridzes in cold weather, owinie to the ten- dency o1 iron to snap when thorougly periivat with frost, It wis un fron bridza Which eaused the culamity at Ashtabuly, while, un the gther, land, a pirt of the same traln was wreeked upoi s wooden bridge in Vermont. The eofn- chdence Hey Inothe fact that two componeut parts of o traln woro wreeked on ths xanas doy, and at nearly the same hour, in distant purts of tho country, TIIE INQUEST. ADDITIONAL TLESTISIONY CLEVELAND, Jan, 3.~The Leader's Ashtubula apectal glves the followiniz: 2 ‘The Coroner™s Jury resuined the examination | John P Mannlug sworn: Restdes at Ashta- buls, Is manager of the depot tefegraph oilf e at the Lako Bhore oftive. Has means of knuw- ngz of afl messaces recelved at that depot whily there. Was ut thu depot at the thne of the e cident, Remained o8 his post from that thue untif Sunday morning at about 8 'clock, Nu record {8 kept fun bis otticu of dlapatehes which might be sent by any raflrond oftictal alang the Line of tho road toany ofiver hiere, 1lud knowl- edze of all such communiestions sent durlug that wight. No tucssage was reccived by an . offal hero coucernlug the ape plicatlon of water to the fire. No messape relating to the fire was recelved by Biw, 1fu telegraphed to M, Coucls, Buperite tendent of the” Eriv Divislon, that tho fireimen were on the ground. Hus nu Kuowledge what- everof any order being aceelved to ek the wreek burn, Il bas no knowledse of sny gens oral onlers, understaudung, or duslre existiys between tho oftleers of the corparntivn to jet & r‘(w:k burn fn case of Gee where lves have been ust, CUALLES L. SCOVILLE lizcovered L auly e Ve vnhly business, mir s tb"“ y conld not have known his business. ten duys, but thero 1, fortunately, no sertous Injury. pulier, whicly belug; ho au, |\ Rallor, €o aud Forty-niuth stroet, with n mmber of car- tridgy hera Lhils alternovu, daughter of €, B. Smlth, of Middiehury Town< shilp, awho b b s previolisly suspected, never fudu Lyliens ¥ st roging, at 3200,000, L iy doubtinl whetier, {n case thy tirg Lo extiuguished, thay wor 1 before siest sumiser, ployed i the seve 1,000 of whoin waried 4 t Jucob Gurz und wealthy (uiluson) county, w Ple by u Horse, s o'clodle st uksht b Joseph 'Lhornton, at work u of witnessesat 1p. m. & ress o ternavly burned in Newark, N, J., g cangli ) died 1ast ovenlog at Bt Michael's Hogpital, Miss Lonsidale’s real namo was Masy Reazan. north oi the Cincinati, Raitrond was thruwn from tno “rack ang “the muxb.ully wrecked near Hawilton te-day, No one hurt. workmen, One will probubly dl - AwoRriag In the Yonkeo dfaloct—diryed -or : ond In search of liose, Could not find the hose, Looked down on the wreck and saw bodies brrning, and gald, * My God, why don't they thraw water” Then returned to eare for his emgine. 1o woulil hase thrown water If ho had had control over tie hose, W W, ALMONS SwoRN | eafdes in Ashiabutlag 1< njzht ticket agent at the Lake Shore depot. Knows nothing of any - onier being reclyed that. night v Mr. Stranz coneernineg (hrowing watee on ) o fire, - Hna never told any une that such order had Leen e . velved, TRNAY APTHOUD 3IWORN Restdua in A<htabitly s §s emplogen by the Lake Rhore Iailroad Company and Western h Company Jointly, Heard the i baldee mnd liwstened to the Climbiis fito n sleeolnz-car, he helped uita ¥ pienger t car aud tevk, one man out who wat hiyan alonsst wanen; state. 1le thinka Init in that car, He went to the ne found no one. e wept then i se: day conchies, which aze s Bledd than thy sleepets, lins any orders feont aug eaftroad was not wanted on thal fre, Al adt dy (he poseer of n wounded aml victims of the tesrible wreek, — CHICAGO, X A FHEORY, i The most plausible of tho many theoret evolved fo neeonnt for the Ashtabula accldent fa advanced by Mr. J, F. Burehell, of this ity whowas a’ passenger on the tral with & few sleit hrafsesn He remembered that the front enefu tha track, that the Palatine fell nearly square, and the cars on cfther sfde slanted toward this Eelceper, and the Jaat car. on tite tealn stood ol- most on fts end. Al with very few exceplior Whu. wera saved wers i the Palative, it not Delug bruken or smashed 18 were the vthiers, These facts Alr, Burchell regands us concinsiva evidence that the hrldge « the Palating was movinz along: B Mt EAL Numberless inquivles lave heen made s to ‘!ll! extent of the injuriea suttained by Mr. J. Easteonst Earle, Genern) Western Agent of the Anchar Liue. of steamships, vho wus on board the fll-fated teatn, Very ltte information could be abtalned, Mr. ¢ sitiply telegraphs fuee that Tie would epecrlly retum’ to Chitnto, As e did not nrrive, howerer, Mr, Anson Gor- ton, of the Adoms Express Company, tele- graphed to o fricod at Ashtabula to tovk hito AMr. Earle's condition. Yesterday the follows Iug dispatel was received; A, Barla {8 surlously firt on back of tiead; hy elait e fient time. toeds he thi‘x‘:ks \\muhn P.T Chicago Tueulgy thanks you for hind fnquicless hus F, SILLINAN, eli of the nuwludae ot oliclals that water hluks Mr, Stroe The friendsof Mr, Earle arganslously awaiting, furtlier newe, ns they think from the above that hie Is dangerouely injured. ¥ " . . A, noGCus, Yestetiday Mr. 1% A, Stune, irember of the coal firm of logers & Co., tried to further intelligence in regard to Mr, I, A, Rog- er4, who was'om the train that went down itk the brideee at Ashtabuluy He visited thy injured aml survivors now In' tho city, lncluding Mr, ticorge A. White, Mrs. Bradley, and Mr, and Mra. 8wift, © Al recoenized “the photosraph which Mr, Stone had with him, but nono fear¢ anythinz from Me. Rogoers aiter the wreel, Mr. Rourera was in the sleeping-car City of- Dufalo, out of whioh only two_ persons, out of not Jess than fey. escapid. 'This ear tell on §is end, and no e “ever. lheand asound from it afier that fearful fall. Everybody in i, exvopt tlic two re- ferred to, must liyy, veen killed or rendered eenscless instantly,and (hen bumed. Not a trace of any of theas passengers has been found rullictent Tor fentification,” Mr. Rogers had a valuahle xold wateh and chialn upon his person, o which was nttached o peentlav pencily be alsn had o Swiss el in ‘Ns trunk.” But even of these not u teace has heen found, g Mt AWIPT S g reeelved a more serfotis Ijury tian “ivds ot first supposedt. Atter Lis arrival at the Tremont House Dr. Mitchell was summoned to attend Dim and Mre, Swifs, The sur: n mmediately M. Bwiftls rizht shoulder was broken. He redured the fraciure, The phye sivian who attended Mr, Bhit ot Ashtabula L\wi'r- Mry b rays that ho waos very nevvous, nnd nsed lots of iz words, but, a) umcml{ kuew hittle of y or medicine, Mts, Swift was tonsider- mproved i condltion yesterdav, Blie will prubably be confined to her Led about » week or Ier hrufaes ard of a pafnful mature, OTIIER CASUALTIES. NURNED TO DEATIL Fpecal Dispatch to The Tribune, Dusuqun, L, Jun. b—Mrs. Charies McCarty, of Montleello, was ncnrlf burned to death while seated near o stove peel| catehing on the back of her dress. have no bopes of her recovery. gz upples, by n sparlc Thedoctora Spectal Crrremyondsnce of The Tridune, Drs Morxus, la., Jan. 8.~0n Wednesday hiter, 5 years old, of Judson Kerr, b mear Alble, was burned to deatls It I8 “gsup- pused that, during the temporary abrencoof her mother, #hie attenipted to stir the fire with o ls[lfl ured & cloth, aud the cloth, taking fire, ignlted her clotles; fory when her niother reachied hier, shie was in flacs, amd before her elothes could be stripped from her she had received tatal Injuri GIANT-'OWDER DEMON EW YouK, Jai 5—Nichacl Maltoy, & quar- (cr\lu{ cntered the houss ofeJolin e ol Mot avenucaml One Hundred of giant powder which had been frozen r, und ect about thawing them before & Mulroy sat down, Loldiug the cartvidees close talt, and conversing witi the Inmates. Suddenly six two-pound carteidges explode.d, completely b [HS nolishimg the rearof the bmibd Kudlor, 4 years old, was fnstauth lor and Infant were scrle Geors killed, and Mrs, K augly Injured. Mulroy was badly burncd about thié budys KILLED DY CHIOROTORM, Spevinl Dispatch to The Tribu: Gosiex, Ind,, dun. be=A rud allubr oceurred Miss_Libble Smith, a eh attending schival hae this Iunl some teeth filfed and was suilering ble pulu, Shie went to the oflice of lice aoks a vial of enloroform while thu 3 nbsent, utid went 1nto LS room, nud, t allevinte the poin, it 13 supposed, took s averdose, as shoe was found dead. fpuezt will bie heka to-morrow, A Coroner's PUBELY ACCIDENTAL, Sr. Lows, Mo, Jan. 6,—It 15 pretty definitely ascertalned to-day that the death of Charlea Bieiield, the potfeeman’ who was supposed to Tia mml track, wis purely acvidental, and i3 cens Kiited und bis body placed on the rail positively Kiown that s wad not intoxieated, He was' a mim wao jspedd fn drtuic, STILL DURNING, s Manweneno, Po, Jun, 5.—The fire fu the Valley and Short Mountaln mines {8 The damawe alecady 11 esthigated ho resumed 4 [u Lvkens Valley, harniog minca, KICKED 10 DEATH. o Syectal Dispateh 1o Thé Gribuns. Towa Cuay,y daity De—iustenday worning hy 1) years of axe, ay old gettior armer i Antisll Colony of this FATAL PALL, Epectal Dispateh to The Tridune. PEORIA, dily Jath it stouecutior named ear Wie Congresas batle on Worth (ofdlng in tho mal wow hein from somo o Mimroy flre m , fell i Dbullding this adternvon amlwaa lnstantly kfided. s fatd Vias abuul J00 fuct, ... BEATHOP AN ACTRU:SS, Nuw Yo, Jun. b=, have Wednestay evénliz, throwsh ber clothh rechivntlyTn her Aressinz-room, OFF THE TRACK, NaTI, O, Jui 5—The Toledo express Hamilton & Dayton Cine BOILERL EXPLOSION. . - CiscisNaTt, Jau. d.~1he bailer of a portable saw-will gwned by Nott & Ca. exploded pear Marietts, O., to-itay, uvrun-hl- tnjuriny- four . JOLIET ITEMS, Haeclal Dispalch ta The Tridune. JorieT, LI, Jan. 5.~The funeral of ¥ames Carew, who died on Wednesday last of heast dsease, occurred to-day trom bis late residence, aworn:” Resldes fn "Aslitabuli. 18 englucer of | No. 13 Mlesisslppl avenue. The deceazed was the steamer Neptune. Weat to the depot with | G years of age and an old and wetl-Enown peals the englug, Which wus thew i condutlun fur wac, Heard souie one say that they il bot need watep, but Lelp, Many people usked him (Sco- vitle) why ho didu’t throw water. ife unawered that be ol orders Lo return with bis engine, They tuld bim the s were burning, sud he sadd’ i thab was the case, e woull wct b englie,, DI so, sad then blew the whistle for the ‘hose. bLut. uo bose came. . Ho thea went to view thawrech, | acit of this vity ‘Twelve thousand dollars were patd out on the £treets of this city yesterday by our pork-buy- <13 to furtners marketing their"hogs bere, On ordivary market-days the buycrs pay out an ogrgreeite of 810,60, The seasou has been wu exeelicnt oue so far for both the purrbasers and praducers. The xecelpis today were fuir, withh wricea, ruling from §7.000720 .per owi. fur wine drwcbnl hotse + enezally more nearly. rial man to sava_ tha., A1 not leave® ve Wiy abuut whero * ot soma, e L e e A R