Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1877, Page 5

THE STATE-HOUS Some Unpleasant Facts Re- garding the Erection of That Costly Pile. Utter Disregard of Constitu- tional Restrictions by the Commis- sioners. Amezing Nonchalance with ‘Which They Publish Their Dereliction. A Steeple Which Swells Over the Edifice Yiike the Genie from the Bottle. The Elegant Grabs Mr, Richardson Has Had at the State's Money. His Stonework Default, and the Startling Severity of the Punishment. A Fat Job Fattened 40 Per Cont Dur- ing a Period of * Disgrace.” Special Dispatch to The Tribune. BroisoriELy, Jan, 31l.—There {s n bit of his- tory that will be of interest to taxpayers, which 1s burled fo the report of the State-1ouse Com- missloners, It is especlally fllustrative, this bit of history, of how the spirit of public improve- ment scizes upon public ofiicials nowaduys,— Liow preciaely, 5o soon a8 they aro intrusted with the expenditurc of the people’s money, public officials of the present day nre seized by this spirit of publlc fmprovement as tnevitably as fs an unacellmated Northerner by the yellow fever at Pavama {f he balts there durlng the preva- lence of the epidemfe. It wos what setzed upon Willlamn M. Tweed when that great public im- provement, the new City-Hall at New York, fell under his charge, It was TUAT IDENTICAL SPIMIT OF PUBLIC IMPROVE- MENT thatlaid hold of and posscssed plasterer Garvey, and Dicle Connolly, and the rest of the Tam- mauny tribe, and the same which Boss Shepherd cxperienced fn and around Washington City, The ¢hief symptotn of it fs that the public oflicial eefzed with this rampant spirit of publlcimprove- ment always spends a deal more of the people’s moncy thau they had authorized to be expended ; ond then, on the streneth of that willful violw- tlon of his duty, scts up as a great public hene- Iactor, and nsks tho publie to Intrust him with wure money to be expended n the further pros- ccutfon of the great public lmprovement. That 13 TRECISELY WHAT THE COMMISSIONENI OF THD NEW BTATE-HOUSE 1IAVE DONE. And the fragments which I now purpose digging out of their report and putting together constl- tute that bit of history to which I have referred, and which altogether ought to be mighty inter- esting reading to that Jarge and influentinl class who puy the taxes, and who want to kuow what they get for thelr money. The buflding of this new Capitol, it will be remembered, was long deferred, beesuse the people of Tilivols lubored under TAE LIVELIEST KIND OF APPREIENSION that the newState-House ineant a new steal or new steals, and on 4 large seale. But ere the flush tines of the eru of Inflatlon hod passed, and before the reaction had set fn, the work was begun. In 1870 the Hmit was sct to the ex- penditure, aud to the jobs and steals also, if Jobs and steals there were to be in the ercction ofthe new State-llouse, By the new Constitution, the total sum to be expended was Nmited to $3,500,000, unless the people. by pubular vote, shioull authorlze furtlier outlay, In 1570 the people bud ngaln begun to rockon the cost.” Tho stress of hurd times was not yet before them, however, and the lmitatfon wus fndeed most llberal, Even at the Inflated prives which ruled Qurlug the War, £3,500,000 wos quite sutliclent for the ercction of a splendid editice, that should be fn the full sense of the terms durable and substantial, 0s well aa 0 work of art architectur ally considered, both externally and interoally, Nuw the ¥3,600,000 have been expended, FOIt THEIR MUNEY, the people have o building of tnarble and of mud,~the most grotesque combination of the pulatlal and ghincruck shodidy,~baudsome in tnany fentures (n the orlzinal Plnn. but defaced by alterations destructive of [ts symmetry and hnrmony of proportion; and the whole 1s uu- finfshed, and bt Tess than 1,000,000 moroe will be required to complete the vuflding, though the estlmates, figured out, astestinntes ulwuys are, for less thawls required, put the figures ut less. ‘The mute of Assistsut Superintendent Bell s 531 5; thut of Architect Cochrane 1a 806,447, 50,—both gentlemen figuring It down 1o the vdd ents with that sdmirable Jm:chmu with which srehiitects and superintendents fg- ure it down to the Just penny—on paper—for thelr eathnates, Aud for the sums so laborlous- 1y eatimuted 5 EVERY BANE MAN KNOWS no public building hus been put up in this coun- try; nnd no sane man expects the new State- House, or uny other Loust, ey be completed for what architects und _superintendents who figurs it dow to the odd cents vatliate what the work cun be done for, “Fhe Commlssluners, uspired by that frrepressible spirit of public rruvuuu-m. which in these times possesses those ntrusted with the expenditure of the people’s muoney, naturally fgnore the odd cents and’ the odd dollurs, and I thelr report state It thus; 1t §s the judgment of the Commisuloncrs that for Sbout §150,000 to $175,000 the eaterior can b Ppreverved, und the interior tinlshed 1u a plain, #ubstantial manner, but not b u styls t comport wlth the other fnierlor work, tur In o wiyle to Bt the spprovul of the peoplu; that for 5540, « 000 fo £575, 000 the wholy cat Lo coupleted in'w style in harmony with the averago of the Antshed parte, and ou the whule, perhaps, quite sativfuc- tury fo the peoples and that for $675,000 1t can Lo tisdu to sutpuse, by far, uny public bufltig on thte continent, makhng the (neror of e Tty What it whould Le, the crownlng feature of the bullding, “TUR JUDOMENT OF THE COMM is 3 good phrase. In the judgin of these same Comuissloners, onl{ Lwo years ago, when they came before the Legislature asking the ap- propriation uf the €500,000 which cump[’exuu the 4,700,000, that upprovristion. would: sullice to complete the buildfug, They had then thely ed- thinates, und thoss of thelr urchitect, und plavs, and alrecmmllum, and el that sort of rubbish, and demonstrated 1o the Couunittees of the Legtaluture that with that uppropriation the Luilding would be completed. But the Come mlssfoners then had less to suy about “style to meet the approval of the whole people,” uud {*style u hurmony with the ayevage of the - fshed purts of the buflding.” Yet it Is tho atylo that bus all the thae evideotly concerned them, 84§t doos only public otlicials when selzed with the aplnit of “dmprovement at the I{uupln."l X~ pense. . They hud but one duty. Thut was to uild & §2,500,000 Btate-House.” They - wl, l&y puttiug on style upon the bullding, to Luildat o four-and-a-balf ur tve wiltion duilur Btate-House, TIKY FUT ON STYLE UPON TR DONE, Ju their lcllorl they vay the change In_the ma- terfal or this from froi to stone, *and the fn- erease made i the outside dlamcter and helght devined ueeessary bly the actinyg architeet in fully developing tfie plans o preserve the m:eer Ppropurtions, inereused the” cost §295,- ST For this ncreased outlay the peovls . Lave this dome of * vroper propurilons,”” Aud A MAUVEL OF 4 DOME IT 13 1 mean, nat of itaclf, but viewed lu its rvlation 10 the remuluder of the Luilding, When viewed du that Haht, it s at once percelved that, 1 the £atlmation of the ucting architect, sud of the ounnlssioners who adopted Lis notlon, the Oper proportion was determined Ly this rule, wit:” That a State-House without & steepls Yould bo 3o Btate-House st wll; sod that to an almighty Stato-House, such 28 should befit the peace and diguity of this grest Btato, It wbould bave au-al mighty steepls uvon it. And it has This fowe 0f tocreased cost, a8 the Cuminlssloucrs ONERS { de explain In thefr report, fs seventy- £ higher than the dome of the Capitol at Washington, while the entire front line of the new Btate-House fs less than half that of the Canttol at Washington, Tiie result fs that the entiro new State-Ifouse bullding Iy dwarfed by this enormous dome, and what without Bu ALMIGHTY MUCH DO K would he a quite handsome exterior is reduced 10 pelly amd Insignificant proportions, Of corae § m::ly have been well ‘enough to invest i 80 much dome cven when, ns 18 the fact, the style of it is Incongruous, nondescript, though of eourse the architects can find Clcnl.y of names forft. But tho question I8, What Hght had the Commissioners to fncrease the cost of It SM5IMETY They knew what money they wera to expend on the whole building. 'l'llc‘y know no 8205,338.57 alditional outlay coufd be made out of that move Lo put the almighty steeple on the new State-House. They had §5,000 worth of original plans nnd speciflcations, and £9,000 worth of re- visions and corrections of these to go by, and thiese showed that the $205,380.67 additionn) ex- perded for the dotne would leave the bullding unflutshed when the full three and a balf mitl: fons were expenied, With lprhm also, it slgmflcantly indicates the value of the estimates submittci by the Corn- misaloners; they report that the marhle-workgin the grand * stafrcase and rotunda “wiil cost 180,000 or abuut $59,000 abote the estimates.' TINS MARBLE-WOIK is mvcrially dwelt upon in the report as requir- ing Incressed outtay. “In order to preserve the recommended harmony,” they say, they * founi It neceseary to change the style of the whole Interlor flalah, making it one’ beautiful whole.”” This “une beautiful whole® of the fnterlor 48 o inaevel also, Leave the rotundn with it marble panels and stalrcose and step into the Governor's reception-room, and the “one beautitul whote" fs manifest In the walnecoting and door frames covered with heautiful paint lald on in villainously tawilry dealgns devold of harmony or meanlug, snd underneathh which the unadasoned Inmber lius shrunk until the cracks are altogether too wide and deep and TOU MANY 70 NG FILLED WITH PUTTY. Tn the really rich and elexant walnut und other woad finish'also are cracks beginning to appear, Amongr Lhe marbles are the sham marbiea— composition columns which are not aud cannot be eolored £0as to hide the cheap and nosty cheat they are, Indoors, shieltered from raln and Irost, they will stand for soma times but it 18 but n question of time when they crumble to pleces. Then, to mld to the tawrdiness, there Is the mock bronze ornamcntations, tacked on to the eolumns in nearly every room in the build- ing. Ivepst more than woulil have real hronze and already fa breaklng off. The effect Is sin- ly that of clisap gilt molding of the gingsr- Erwl onder, butthat even canuot last. as wus roved by o Btate ofiicial, who the other day anmz oubted a statemant to that uflucr.l snapped off a plece of & with his thumb am finger. There was o patent on some of this composition worlt,—~ MOD-WORK 1t should he styled,—and when the subjcet Is fnvestigated one of the polnts of fuquiry should Le who made the money off that patent mud- work, for which many.thousend dollars have been cxlxundcd. But the seme of “harmony ' 1s reashed In the Bupreme Court room, with Hs flaning freacoing. On the sldes, the bare color fs o br!ck-rcfi tempered about as la brick-red by ex- posure to wind and sweather. The artist'here determiued not to be misunderstood by any dunder-headed publie. The mlgllxs; Kez em- bodied in his work, no one can mistake—that is, nobody who can rend, I caught it In the mys- terfous, small gilt fmum which, like soine curlous Chinesc puzzle or cheap-calico pattern, bespangled the wall, And there It was written ou ‘the brick-red *frescolng” fn gllt text,— letters half an inch long,—say a hundred thou- sand thnes repeated, the taliamanle word * Juatice.” After that who would not know it was a8 court-room? Naught more appropriate hus heen deslgned or exceuted since the days of the limmortu} artist who upon bis tuaster-plece fastened the placard bearing the never-to-be- forgotten legend, *ETIIS 19 A TORSE. But enouph of the * harmonlous whole.” Tt is about such aa the Arkausas Traveler might have produced if permitted to revise the pluns of Michael Angelo—exeept there s rather less trace of an Angelo 1o our new State-flouse than tho Traveler from Arkansas might have Jeftin the plana. But there remains the har- monious whole to show for the incrensod outluy mude by the Commissioners, und swhich also leaves a millfon or so to be expended to finlsh the bullding. ® Hut the most interesting bit of history buried an the report of the State-House Comin{ssloners relates to the stone work, 'They say, giving it us justillcation for their course: While the prico of Jabor and materlals hos been much reduced uince the fret cstimates were mudc, the Comuwiveloners have not been able, to any great cxtent, to avall themsclves of the reduction, Compelled Dy tho et 07 1800 to procire sl ma- torfale nud labor from the Penttentlary that it could furnteh, thiey arranged to pay for the cut atone, which was by far the Ilricnl tem, forming one-third of the antire cost of lhe bulliing, ut the price flzed by the revlaing archllects, and spproved {)] dint Jolut Coumnnitice of the Twenty.Sixth General Assembly, - By the direction of the Cuin- missioners, the architcets of tho new State-Ionge prepered their eatlmata of the cout of the cutiing of the atone, which was appraved, Tho Commie- wionicra of the Penitentlary declined to nceept, and appealed to the Goveruor, aé provided by 'lnvw, The Penltentiary, being in a great strait, —preased for means to mafntain tself, —secured the xympa- thy of the Governor, as ho has wince stated, and 1he State-Hause fund contributed 10 & conulderatio extont to the support of the Penitontiary, ‘This {s the most. INGENIOUS COVERING-UP OF RICHARDSON and his stone-labor cuntract that hns yet been herpetrated, although Richardson und hls stone- abor contract has been for a loug time in- dustrlously oflicfally concealed between the State-llouse Commlasfoncrs and the Penlten- thry Commlssloners. The act of March 1800, referred to as compelling the work to he doné at the Penltentlary was passold before Richardson had begun to flzure between the Stute-lHouse Commissioners and the Penltentlary Commissloners, 1t provided that the State should cmploy its own convict labor on such work for the new Stute-Iouse as conld be done ut the Penitentiary. That was the cut-stone work, As the act ftself pecltes, it was pussed “for tho purpose of cconomy to he Btate,” As, In any event, the State has to sustain the Penitentliary, und as the profits on the stone-work would %o to support that Nberal seale of payment for the cut-stono work was sgreed upon by the two Cummissiong, the Uovernor, and the lutive Commilttee, The wrork was'necordfigly begun ot the Penitentlary, thu State directly workinig the convicts in tie stone-yunds for itself, The result was, that the Penltentinry made o mineh money at the prices allowed that It becanie actually” self-sus- Unfog. At sich paying fleures, fo fact, was the Peni- teutfary puld for the stone-work that it qru\‘w.l altogether too grocd o thing to keep. the whole transaction consisted In the State's pa; ne money out of one pocket futo the othar,’ stuce the profits wnde by the Penitentlary were mude by the Btate,—1t was not long until'it wus discovered how the profits should ro, not into the Stat other pocket, hut Into somebody clics pockiet, Whether Rlchanlion made the discovery, or whether the Commisstoners dis- vovered Vichardson, 1s ono of the things which ut this day no fellow can find out. MICHAUDION'S UNTLRIRISE IN BANKRUPTING MACOULIN COUNTY fn the bullding of the Court-House there, for which he was contractor, had at ull events Sl cated that of all men he was ‘uubnuly best qual- iied to fntereept ln the tranelt from vne of the Stute's pockets to the othier the prolits on the stone-work for the State-House. "That s pro- clsely what, through ald of the two Cominis- slons, he bus from 1872 until now done, On the 1st of August, 1572, the 225 men at the Peniten- thury ciuployed upon the stone-work were, by the Comunissluners, leased to Williain D, Richi- ardson for five yeard, The leasing was In plaln Vivlation of the meaning and intent of the act relutlve to the Jessing of convict lubor, which wuxeepts convicts caiployed DK the Btate froin the provislon requiring the lubor of conyicts to be Jét tothe highest bidder, ‘e stone-work coutd therefure ho tonger be done by the Stare itaclr fur the State through the conviet labor; and, bad the Jaw wot been plainly vivlated, the contrset for the stone-work for the uew State-House must have bees advertised and fet to the lowust bidder, But from thut d:ium.ll this the new State-llouse Comuissioners Lave kept themoelves in dense oftlelul fgnorance of the fuct that the Penlten- tary did sot and could vot du any work for the new State-Houss, because the labor of the Pen- ftentisry bad veen leased. The Btute-House Comumissioncrs contluued to muke vut orders upon the Treasury for the stonc-work at tha very liberul prices afuresaid. The orders were tuwle out o the Wurden of the Penitentlary, but, us u matter of fact, were ndorsed by him {u advance in blank luluwlrdmn,vlhu had them tled out by the State-liouse Commlssioners, and collected the money, And now thu Staté-House Commissloners, who, through the dense oticla) gnorunce they all these years wajutaioed as to Riclurdson, take advantuge of their own wrong in violating the Jaw requiring the work to be let to the low- st bidder, and dalw thut, to keep up the Penl- tentlary, they wers compelled {u substauce to pay [or the stone-work more thau it was worth. Aund probably TUBY DOX'T XNOW OFFICIALLY to thisday that they havea't pald the Penitentiary at all, butpaid Richardson; and, under pretenss of payiug the Peuiteutlury, paid bl the exorbi- bt prices Bxed Tor thie benedlt of the 11, Penitentiay Not only that, but, sa the report shoirs, th l{ have gone on in ofliclal fgnorancs and pald Richardaon for a larze Jot of atone for the unfinishind work, and which eannot be finlsh- ed until a farther appropriation is voted by the people us provided by the Constitution. Bestiles, they haye ALSO PAID POR THR FREIGNT ON TIlS STONE, which s !)'M. i1 the yurd at Joliet, or ot least is auprosed to he there. When, If ever, the Com- mfastoners recover from thetr dense officlal Irlzno- rance of Richardson, they will report thus: * We wera unable to complete the new State-Touse With the $4,500,600 sct apart for that purpose becaunc we kept oursclves indense offleial ijzno- rance of Richardson, while making the work especially profitable to him aad givine hlrr.n n manopoly of ft. And at the satne timewe co:n- plained that the law obliged us to give the work ol Instead of lotting it to the lowest bidder as the law did, in fact, require,” The chapter on Richardson cannot be com- Yl el without reference to the report of the Penftentlary Conunissioners. The orders on the Treasury for the cut-stone work were nil outto the oflicers of the Penitentlary, y them Indorsed to Richardson, In the enae offlcinl fgnorance for these five years cul- tivated by the Btate-[louse Commissioiers as to Ttichardson, e conld not get pay for a dollar of the stone-work cxeent upon Indursement of the Warden. But so faithfully was all the money turned over to Richardson’ by the Penltentlary oflicinls that they actually FORGOT TO KEEP BACK WHAT WB OWED TIE PIISON for convlet-lahor. This_was carried on tntil he was In deht 840,000 or §50,00 to the Btate for prison labor, "The rest is told by the repurt of the Penltentlary Commisafoners: 'This contract, on June 17 of the present year, we were compelled to deciare forfeited for the non-payment of labor bille, 1t was done, how- ever, only alter repeated, earnest, and prolonzed cfforts had heen made to collect the nmounts dne from bilny, a9 well as to procure 6 good and euf- ficient bond to seeure the payment of thia kudebt- eidness, which had been constantly Increasing fn aumount, thouglt partinl payeients had bieen from month to month wide natil Juna 1, 1876, when the amount hal Increared to $40,808,62; where- pon, after prolonved consultations and numcron: attempts at collections and to oblaln security, we were compelled (o annul hia contract on the 16th of lll()“ ::;)(‘nlll‘h, a ‘I}X:e ’"hme‘llm"l‘:: to 1aake scttle- ment with him on the following terma: Taking cash. * e 8,000.00 #,050. 00 1 ‘Tak!ng not Real eatate 0 Other allowances and credits ,, esues 10,20 Stuce which time tlie labor of the 225 men I been temporarily leased to W, 1. Richardson ot 50 cents per day, “peuding negotiations to make a permanent contract for the same. The “repeated, earnest, and prolonged cf- forta® the Peniteutiary Commissoners made to eolleet what Richardsin owed will be fully ap- preciuted when 1t I8 kept in mind how, b{ é Penitentiary olllcials acting under order of the Penitentiary Commissioners, the ord upun the Treasury for payment for stone-work were REQULARLY ASGNED T RICHARDSON, It was nn *“‘earncst and prolonged effort to collect adebt by paying over money to a man who was In debt "to them, 1f the ]’cnllcnlk\?‘ Cominissioners wanted to colleet what Richurd- son owed, why did not they collest the Trensury urders made out to them by the State-Tlouse Cunnfesioners, who never heird of Richardson, oud oflidally supposed, the while, they were paying the Penltentlary Thien what sort of a forfefturc of Richardson’s contruct way that made Ly the Penitentfary Cowmissioners IHis contract wus for the labor of 235 man, at 8134 cents sur day, for five years, They dectared ft- forfeited, Richardson didn't pay up, aud yet they again lensed the same labor o him “ temporarily '* (“until the work for the new State-House 18" finlshed '? at 50 cents per day. That is, they forfelted bis contract bygiv- ing bim the mime vontract over again at NEARLY 40 PRIt CENT MORE PAVORADLE TERMS ron m! The bottom facts shout the State-House Com- misslon, the Tenltentiary Commission, aml Richardson can no Jonger be burled nut of klght. The ool showing of the State-Tonse Com- misafoners, that they need abont 31,000,000 more to tintsh the bullding, and the yet cooler. show- ing of the Penitentiary Comnmissioners’ us to thelr oxtraordinary deallngs with Richardson, reaulting, notwitlistandine the paper-settle- ment, inaloss to the State of abont §40,000, will provoke an Inquiry that cannot be squeleli- ed, Tt will beusto precaely how nuch the State has been doneont of by the Macouply Court-louse vontructor, and who did lie share withi JIESHTES TN —_— FIRES. THE RECOIRD FOR 1876, The New York Jusurance Chrouicle gives a fire- record for 1870, It shows that Ly 9,501 flres, ob- served and reported during 1876, amount of property destroyed wus 373,775,500, of which sum the Insurance cowpauies pald £33,252,100. These last tiro ftema for 1875 were 856,335,005 and $43,631,700 respectively, Arranged by lo- cality the tires of 1870 did thelr business as ful- lows, ay far ps the United States were vou- cerned: Tatal Atates and Territorie Alnbama, Dakuta Terrl X! 144, tie Delaware, .. 0 Diatrict of 400 Florkla, eorpin Winois ... Iudinna.,, Indian Terrltory, . G0, BL0, B 08,000 3,380, b0 1100 HI7,500 701600 41,600 1K, 500 515,000 1,101,400 (H) R51,700 1,000 700 Vi Ithode laland Huuth Caroll; 4 N, U000 12,700 248, 7 20, 100 U5, 700 Totaly..... Ui, 630, 600 In sddition the 231,374,500 e firea reported {n Cana- da where the losaes were $9,145,200 aud the fne surince Jusscs 33,557,600, The 0,501 tires tabulated by the Chronicle are subjected to cassllleation uider wore than 320 hewds, It s noteworthy that, as usual, were liberally burned up last year, & than one every day) having notice, too, ainonge the i grocery stures, 215 saw: 159 iquor-stores, 135 stores, 102 furniture-fa: allle 108 curpe 'y 1 aurants, ivery-stables, 100 druse. ories, ) pin-houses, ¥7 er-shovs, ™ carriages fuctories, 79 churchies, 74 blackamith-shops, (5 Dakerics, 3 plantig-illli, 59 lumber-yards, 4 Iee-houses, 57 niacl iops, und 80 oo throngh ¢ SO0 aid odd specitlcations of hazards, The Chronicls's tecord eschews dwelllugs and baruy., AT ROCKFORD, ILL. Spectal Dirgutch to The Tridune, Rockronp, 1L, Jun. 8l.—At 8 o'dlock this morning a flre broke out in the store and Post- Uilice of Witliam I, Garduer, at New Milford, about four miles from this city, It was flrse discovered by the proprietorts brother, Mr. Eu- gewe Gardner, who at once proceeded to srouse the famlly sleeping in the upper part of the bullding. Thls famlly consisted of Mr, Haley, wife, and sun. ‘Theru was barely tine to rescise them I their night-clothes before the entlro building was enveloped In flames. Every- thing wos burned, focuding fuent- ture, wall matter, pustage-stamps, ete. The stock of goods could uot have been worth less thun 87,000 The store was a frame butlding owned by Mr, B, J, Heagle, worth §3.000, Both stoch and store were jusured, the formur to the extent of #3,000, distributed In the followlug companics s Home of Hartford and Phownfx, each 31,000, ‘A he sture was fusured In the Alllauce for $1,500. Had 18 not been for the beavy ruin other build- ugs would undoubtedly bave been deatroyed. IN CHICAGO, ‘The glarm from Box 44 ut 4:45 last evening was caused by an Inciplent tire u the dry-goods store of A, 'T. Stewart & Cu., corner of Wabash avenue and Washington street. Damage noml- nal. Cuuse, spoutaueous combustion, The alarm fromn Box 563 st 10:40 Tuesday evening was caused by a Orc fn the two-story frane building No. 208 Milwaykes avenue, owned and occupled a3 a salooy aul dwelllug bouse by Alesuuder Kluge, Damage to bulid- lng, 8150; stock, o Tusured for §3,000. Ernst Schwab, residing bu the rear part up-staira, Hoses sbout §25 upon furulture, , 'HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1877 CRIMINAL NEWS. Another KusKlux Conspiracy Des tected in Williamson County, !ll. Several of the Leaders Arrested and Their Plans Exposed. Lee, the Mountain-Meadow Convict, Now Appealing for a Now Trial. Record of Crimes Reported from Various Localities Yes- terday. NIPPED IN THE BUD. Special Dispatch 10 The Tribuns, Manion, Ill, Jan. 8L—One of the most atroclous conspiracies cver schemed has been unearthed In this (Williamson) county within thic past week, the particulars of which are as yet very meagre and just made publlc to-day, The plot was to rob, burn houses and stores, aud murder if necessary. The participants are all rogues living fn this county. One of them, James Jackson, while telling his father of the plans, was overhieard by o third party, who gave information to the authoritics. Jackson was arrested, and from hin enough was clicited to warrant the arrcst of James Moss, the leader of the klan, Frank Palmer, and another, who were lodged In jall here on Sun- day. Since then all four have turned State's evience, iving {nformatiom nmounting to facts, 0a follows: robthe storeof D, It Harrdson, at lerrin’s Pralele, and murder him If necessary to carry out their plunderfog. To-night they Were to irathe barn of Dr. W. N, Mitchell, at this place, and while persons were attending the fire they were to plunder several houscs. Tomorrow night they were to store in Urassy Precinct. Several more rob- berfes in were view, and o regular programme lald out. It is zcneran{ thought that it was these same peraons wh wlfe here fn Decanber, and robbed several Iull particulars of which were published apers ot the time. hring In fudictments azainst those already arrested, aud every effort will be made to cap- ture those yet at large. Our cliizens may con- grutulate themseives for the tlm;:{l.lv bresklng up ol this, our sccond, Klan of Ku-Klux. COUNTERFEITERS, Special Dispatch to The Tridune. New Onnuans, Jan. 3l.—Some very fmpor- tant arrests were made here by the United States authoritics of noted counterfelters, In addition, there were captured some $4,000 in counterfelt siiver and nicliels, and the dies and campleto paraphernalia for the manufacture of counterfeit money. The parties urrested were Francisco Uttella, allas Francls Pontitlo, a man- ufacturer of 50, 23, and 10 cent sllver pleces, aud freent nickel colns; Guiseppl Martinl, alas Jo- seph Scaltl, Virgil Gorzanl, Salvatore Alberied, and one other. These parties, in addition to manufocturing coins us stated, are dealers Iu counterfclt 810 and 85 Natlounl Bank notes, aud $10s of the Richmond, Muncle. and Lafayette, Ind., Natlunal Banks, the latter three bring worked from one plate. The coune terfeits found In thelr pussession were of so dangerous a character os to wlmost decelve an cxpert, These partles Lelone to n gane whose onnections extend over many of the prin clties of the country, and durlug the past few months several arrests ave been made of thelr confederates In New York, Philadelphin, and other places, An oflicer of the Sceret Service of the United States Trensury Department worked up the case, nod was gssisted {n the arrest by the deputies of Mamshal Pitkia, Twenty-clght dollurs was pald Uttdlln for 3100 I counterfelt voln by an officer, und Utsilla arrested about twenty minutes later with the 828 ou his person, which was recogniz- cd by the numbers, which had beeu rrevluualv reglstered. These arrests, it s Lelleved, wifl arrest the creulatiun of counterfelt zofns with which this seetion hus boen tlooded for the past slx months, A CONSCIEN TRICKEN NOGUE. ST, Louts, Jau. 81.—A young man glving the name of . J. Crawford surrendered bimself to the police nutboritles to-uight, stating that, fn October last, be was telegraphing st Trenton, Mich, for the Lake Shore Raffrond, and that durlug the abenco of the Unlted States Express Agent hie recetpted for two money packuges, one contatutng §105 and the other $100; that be upproprinted ~ the former and abseowded, nfim: whet he has heen traveling and enjoying hhmsell. Hearrived here to<day destitiute of money. Feellng deeply consclence-stHcken, he pave bimself up, and expressed an urgent desire 1o be sent home and mect the consenquences of his crhue. He was locked up, and telegrums were sent to Detrolt to uacertain the truth of his statement. e says Lis mother fs Jiving In ',I‘rcmuu with g second Lusband, numed Charics Loop, —— CARBONDALE, Spectal Dispatch 1o The Tribune. Cannonvavre, I, Jan, 3L—Last night Plitip Blemun, o negro, ambushed himself about two miles cast of lere, and owalted the passing of Thotnas Marbley, another negro. As Marbley passed, Blemun fired both barrels of shot-gun st hin, but without effeet. He {3 still ay Jarge. Informatioa had been recelved here o fow days ugo thut O, W. Cattlen, who so mysterl- ouly disappearcd lust week, had cashéd the chieck he held on u bank fn 8t Louls. Later news contradiets this, and gruve doubts are now entertafved as to iy reported salety. Beaucoup Creek has beendrugged, but 80 far uo body Las been recovered. LYNCIIING THREATENED, LouisvirLe, Ky, Jan, 31.—An Owensboro, Ky, special to the Courler-Journal speaks of an unusual excitement there caused by the come uitad of & grave crime upon Saruh Bohaman, white, less than 12 years of age, by Morgan, colared. At une time it was thought he would be hung, but the better class of people sue- ceeded in paclfying the excited populace uud remanding the prisoner to jail, He {8 5 mulat- tu, and ser through the War inall the but- tles withs thie Confederate Gea, Johin Morgun. DISCITARGED, Special Dispatch to The Triduns, BunvingroN, lu, Jan. Ul.—Iu the United States District Court, now in session at Keskuk, the case of G. M. P, Tood, indleted for Utegally reglstering as a cltlzen previous to the lust Pres- tdentfal election In this cty was tried to<lay and resulted {n o verdict of not gullty. The ac- cused was discharged, and returued 1o this cit; to-nfzhit, The indictment neatust Jucob Wohf- wind for votlug twlce ut the sane election was reconsidered and withdruwn by the Grand Jury. A FORGOTTEN CRIME. Bart Lake Crry, Jan. 31.—The case of J. D, Lec, the Mountain Mceadow massacre convict, ou appeal for & new trial, was argued to«lay be- fore the Territorial Supreme Court fn ¢his ity by W. W, Bishop for appellant, and District-At- toroey lloward snd ¥. Tilford for the people. The principal exception argued was to Judgo Boretuan's charge on the trfal, which, it was beld, prefudicod the case, and was prejudiclal to Lee befora the jury, The Court took the caso uuder advisement. SUSPECTED, Bpecial Divpatch to The Tridune. FoND DU Lac, Wis., Jun, 1.—Henry J, Ger- vheide, the young lawyer arrcsted here yesters day for complicity with a Waupuu gang of cofu- counterfciters, Lus obtafued buil to appear at an examination sct down for }‘mn;h vext. Public Qt‘nlun favors bis funocence. 'The surcty fur- nlibed wus In the amouut of $750. FATAL QUARREL. PitLapxeris, Jun, S1.—Early last cvening Bamucl Ewlog und James Keeuan quarrcled with Jobn Pye aud John Keegan, at the coruer of Eightcenth and Whartou strects. Tho re- sult was that Ewing was killed by Pye, and Keenan was taken to the hopital. Pye' sud Keegun were arreated, RISy A CARELESS DESPERADO. NEw OrLEANS, Jan. 8l.—Ucorge Steloksmp, returning from a fire this moruing, was hl;uled by & pistol-shot fired from a disreputable bouse, lg)muphln sirget. Thomas A‘:nu Was ar- The klan was composed of twelve orfifteen persons. Lastnight they wereto rob a 0 ticd Charlle Kean's Grand Jury, now {n scsslon, will undoubt- through a mistake. MUST HANG. of Oflicer Brook, INSURANCE FRRAUDS. Jury at an carly day. FIVE YEARS. Spectal Disyatch to The Tridune, years in the State Prison, MURDERER SENTENCED. Detro1T, Mich., Jan, 31.—Maralne Smith, the Liard Iabor In the State Prison, MURDERER AI‘!RESTED. Mestrus, Tenn., Jan. 3f.—A dispateh from day of Rabert Drury, Albert Gibson, herc fast Friday night. s okt By STATE AFFAIRS. WISCONSIN. PILLS AND RESOLUTIONS, Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune. famous Potter law. These bills will doubtless stir up some excitement in the Capital City, promise biil. Bu Pcrlar. yeary. WISCONSIN CHARITILS. Spectal Dipatch to The Tridr lished. The re; were £22,710,50, leaving u balance on hand Nov. 1, 1838, of §2,532.23, The report of the Superintendent, Mrs. T, 11 cellent condition. the ostitution. Spectat Bivpareh i e Tribune, al Dispated to 2 ManisoN, Wis., Jan. 31, —fne Fiok-Salentine contested-seat case in the Asseinbly was made the spcclal order for to-nlght, and“was argued at deugth for four hours and u half, At a quar- terto12a vote was reached, and Mr. Fink, Re. publican, was scated by o vote of 60 to 80, OI110. PROCLEDINGS IN TIl& LEGISLATURE, Corusuus, 0., Jun. 3l.—Inthe Senate to-day, the Senate bills to compel corporations to pay waged to thelr employes on or before the lust of each month, and to give employes, except oflicers, a first Jien upon the property of the corporation for wages duc and unpald; to authorize County Comnissfoners to build brideres and culverts aml {esio Londs to pay for the same in antieipation of taxes, were passed. Bills were alsu introduced to compel officers of savings fustitutions and trusts to report annually to the Htate Auditor; to fix the salury of surveyors {u counties contsining over 40,000 fuhabitants, at §2,00 per year, and to allow them mllentre, In the Hounwe thls afternoon the Special Com- mittes nppointed to fuvestivate fntw the facts counected with the alleged polsoning of convicts at the Ohio Peniteatiary lust Junuary submit- ted a report declaring they were unable to fully aseertaln the vxuct case of the polsoning, but all evldence upou that point at which the Come mittee could arrive Indicates that the sickness Wwas caused by tartar-vmetie, which by some un- explalned méuns hecame mixed with what was suppused to be bl-carbonate of soda keptina ke and used In nakiog corn-bread for the use of prisoucrs, The Committee sy that the of the mixture caused the serious [liness of 12 persows, but all tinatly recovered, They further sufd thut but for the curclessness of certafn em- ployes this mistalie could not linve oc I the Benate, constderation of t) election case of Cox va. Harmon was restined, ‘I, C. Campbell, counsel for Cox, and Judwe Houwlley, of counsel for Harmon, veeupled the ufternoun with arguments, HKANBAS. SENATOR PLUMD, Torgra, Kan., Jan. 31.—The anti-Plumb eau- cus, which was in sessfon most of the night, had o weeting this morning and vumerous balluts. D. I. Low, of Fort Scott, wus declared the auti- Plumb candidate, The Jolnt Convention met at 12m,, and the eixteenth ballot resulted in clzhty-nine votes for Plumb to sixty-three voles for Low, und Plumd was declared clected. Butl Houses then adjourned tiil Feb, 6, Col. Plumb 12 & printer by trude, and formerly published the Empuria Nore. He eame to Kan- A8 from Zuuesville, O, In 1857, Me {3 now President of a Nuttousl Bauk gt Empord, and fa reported to be worth §200,000, which he has made by speculation und practice of law, CASUALTIES. ASITTABULA. CLEvELAND, O, Jaun. B1.—The Leader's Ash. tabula special says: At the Inquest to-day, Albert Howlund was recaled. e found evie dence that the I beams of the top chord fn the south truss were bent toward the sauthsta polnt about twenty feet from the west end of the truss. ‘The wooden floor system was such that it could not be dependey "Yu to give tateral support to the bridge, e consk the whole “system of latersl bracing o defective point In the bridge.” In his oulnfon, It was o serfous defect in the Lridge that the compression members depended to n great extent uvon thelr function for retalulng thelr proper position. Adjourned until Bature day, flmu-mu. Jan, 91.—A telegram from Ashta- bubs thls morninz says Col. Harry Tomliuson, o well-kuown insurance agent of this city, an, for many years President of the St Andrew's Bodety, s n g uying conditiom He was one of the victhms of the bridge disaster there, TIHE RIVERS, Spectal Dispateh (o The Tridune. 87. Lowis, Jan. 8l.—For sume weeks grave apprehensions have been felt by steamboat men and merchants generally at the probable break- up of the gorged fee fn the Misslssippl Iiver. This wosaday of excitement va the levee. Tugs were sneaged in breaking up the fee on castern shiore of” the harbor, and suc ed in purtfally opening {t. At 8 p. 1. there was open water from the bridge to Cliestiut strect, and awners of steamers wud wharf-hoats felt easy, I the present warm weather contlnues for forty-clzbit hours no boats will_be endangered. ‘I'he splendid steaner ot St. Louls wus cut down_at Sant (iency L two this morntug, and will be a total loss, with u carva of 500 tons frefzht. Bhe wus valued at $50,000, and s {ue sured fur 330,000 In Cinelunatt companics, A MYSTERY, BSpecial Dispalch o The Tridune, Gnaxp Rarips, Mich., Jau. 81.—A man whose powe wes unknown was found dead in the woods in the Tuwn of Byron, in this county, to- day. He dled from 3 gunshot wouud, but whether sulcide or murder has not yet been learned. The offalr conses sometbivg of a sen- sativn. The fnquest will be held to-morrow, THE BROOKLYN IN[SASTER, New Yoax, Jau. 3L, —~The Corvaer's jury o the case of the Rroaklyn Theatro calamity gave averdict today, They say that of the 218 victims of the fire, two were burned to death sud the puwainder sutfocated. There wre numerous suggestions for the preventiva of fred L tho futute, rested, who, tmrosu mption s, shot Steinkamp TnextoN, N. 1., Jan. 31.—Gov. Bedle declines to convene the Court of Pardons in tho case of Ashwald and Ryan, sentenced to be exceuted at Newnrk on Friday of next week for the murder New Yonk, Jan. 31.—The Zribune says that Indictments for embezzlement and perjury agalnst the ofticers of the 8ccurity Life Insur- ance Company arc expected from the Grand Mapisox, Wis., Jun. 3l.~(enrge M. Wheeler, the defaulting La Crosse Bank-Presfdent, was refuscd a new trial to-day, aud scatenced to five murderer of young McKeon, was to<day sen- tenced by Recorder Swift to twenty-five years at Paducal, Ky., announces the arrest there to- who murdered his uncte, Mapisow, Wie., Jan. 81.—Two Important bills were Introduced fu the Assembly to-day. One forblds any but those holding common or pre- ferred stock to vote at the clection of Directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. Another fur the repeal of the Vance Rafiroad law of last winter, and the recnactment of the A resolution was presented In the Assembly to-duy, declaring it bencath the dignity of a United Btates Supreme Judge to seek a political norition, and asking for an amendment to the inited States Constitution making such Judizes aml thelr successors fncliglble forever from hold- ing a polltical oflice: also, a resolution thankiug Senator Tim O. Howe for his action on the Com- A bill was Introduced for the completion of the Wisconsin Centrul Roud from Ashlund to e Henate passed tho bill exemptine lands of the Wisconsin Central from taxation for fve 3 Javcavirie, Wis, Jun. 8l.—The twenty- seventh aunual report of the Board of Trustees of the Institution for the Biind has heen pub- ort 8hiows that the recelpts dur- Ing the year ending Oct. 31, 1576, were 25,242.82, while for the same time the current expenees Of the building fand of £549,500.83 there have been expended ¥57,010.53. Little, A, M., Bhows the institution to be in ex- The vumber of puplls from Oct. 1, 1675, to Oct. 1, 186, was clehiy-six, o larzer number than was ever before recelved at WASHINGTON. Debate in the Senate on the Pacific Railroad Bills. Lee Count, d T Lo oo : 5 and was beloved by a large d.xp)a Boectal Dirpatch to The Tridune. © Kexosna, Wis., Jan, 81, —3Mr. P, W, Volid, a - wealthy and respicted citizon of thia piace, dipd - this morning at the American House, of dropsy. Mr. Voltz was on old resident of this city, and ; for many years proprietor of the Ametican § House. 'HI3 funeral takes place Fridsy at 3 o'clock, from his late rumenbcc. sy £ I)zrnorr} Mich., Jan. 81.—The Ion. Chauncey” 8. Falne, of Flint, Mich., dicd th Tnoon theaga oesr, oo dicd this atle OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, - = - = New Yonm, Jan. 8lL.—Arrived—Steamship Frista, from Hamburg, 3 HavLIPAX, Jan, 81.—Steamship Moravian, trom Liverpool, has arrlved. .y Lonox, Jan, 81,—Steamships The Queen and Californls, from New York, have arrived. . BUSINESS NOTICES. Little Prospect of Final Action at This Session. The President 8till Working at His Pel Resumption fchome, PACIFIC MAILROADS, " TME DILLS NEFORR THE SEXATE, Spectal Disyatch to The Tribune. Wasmixorox, D. C., Jan, 81.—The' Pacific Railroad Siaking-Fund biil again held the floor in the Benate all the afternoon. A vote would have been reached bad it not been for the inter- position of Gen, Gordon, who dcslres to speak in support “of his substitute for the more trenchant measure of the Judiclary Committee. Huntington of the Central Pacitic, Dillon of The ITaman Halr.—To glive It strength and lustre, ta Improve ita texture, to prevent ita falling out nd quicken fta growth,—n short, to - make it an Intended, the crowning personal charm af hoth nexes, —this is the work Hurnett's Cocogine will accomplish, if falthfnlly ured, There i & the Unlon Paclfic, and many other prominent | Atimnlating propertydn thia preparation which { officlals and finanefers conneeted with the two fi::‘:{;“’,‘i;‘":fefi",‘,fifn}'fl"’fflfl;"a'd"c'l““.'u::‘" o roads, are here watching the progress -~ e —— : of legslation. .They sppear to be un- { To the Consumptive.—\Withor's Compound : willing to scespt the Gordon bill, under which cach road 18 to pay §750,000 aunually into a sinking fund, and they make usc of this mensurc as a sbield with which to protect themsclves agalnst the passage of the Committee's bill, of Cod-Liver Oiland Lime. withant porressing tha yery naaneating flavor of tho srticle as heretofors nwed, I8 eodowed Ly the phosphate of lmo with & healing property, which renders the olt doubly eficacioun, - Remarkable testimonlals of Itseficacy can be exhilnted to thase who deaire tn sce thew, Forzale by A. B. Wilbor, Chemist, Doston. ——— An Extended P'apnlarity.—Each yesr finds ** Brown's Bronchial Trochés" in new TocaMties, In yarlous fn"‘ of the world. For relleving Con ) Colds, and Throat-Discases, the Troches hlmugum proved relishle. t MR, WEST delisered a lonz speech to-day on the sfde of the raliroads, and Mcssrs. Sherman and Thur- man replied. Thurman stated that the practi- cal effect of the Gordon plan 15 to have the Goy- ernment go on paylng $3,000,00 a year [nterest on the raflroal bunds, the roads’ meauwhile putting together only £1,500,000 annunlly nto o sinking fund, bat by reckoning compound inter- et on these payimenta the principul sud interest of the debt [a to be wiped out fu twenty odd years, The Judiclary Committee proposes to make the roada pay one-fourth of their net earnfngs into the sinking-fund, not to_exceed, howeser, the sum of &1.: cach. They assert that the companies can do this; can pay the interest on their mortauzes and bonds, and besldes, even in these dull thnes, can pav between 8 and 4 per cent dividends to the stockbulders, MR, SHERMAN asserted to-day that the companies ouglit to ask far no more liberal terms than these, in view of the fact that but n sinzle road in Olilo, and scarcely o score of roads fu the whole country, now pay dividends, The chlef argument against the bill 13 that Conyress hasno right to pass it because {t changes the existing contract between the Gov- ernment and the companies and the auswer to this 15 that Congress BPLGIALLY RESENVED TOL RIGOT at any time to slter, amend, or repeal the acts incorporating the_compunles, und conferring Itoland’'s Aromntic ISitter Wine of Tron I1m remedy for nervous debility, (mpoverished blood, andimpulred digestion. Depot, [ Clark street, Mra. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for ehils drenteething, softens the gnmn, reducesinflamma- tion, allayx all pain, Bure to regulate the bowels. ——— Keep's Patent Partly-3ade Dress Shirts s the very buat; akx for 86: can be finished ag easily s hemming a handkerchief. 173 Madison atreet. MEDICAL, SNEEZING CATARRH. This!sa constant snecze, mnerze, pucerc, until yo heal seems teady Lo iy o, WAt o wore et s discharge excessive quaatiiles of mucas, tain, Kerid, aud patrunaus, tintll, untit for business or piessare, you Bumber yourself enong U oyt aficied of Mt destined tw suffer periodically the greatcat disress SO et thelr franchises, It 13 scarcely probable that | Dreathof alf vt amommons in Fugcr RERY, STERY nn_\"h!.-zlmlllou onrihls a'ubjuut lwll be adopted m:'f-um I\rll.lxt; rk" 1, and crn:\mu:fly c-.m":n u.‘; 3 ¢ this sessfon. 'There fs not time enough, with e K ntarace teducto. cunatitdutons the Electoral count on hanil, to pass any vigor- i‘é‘.!.‘5?‘&.35:‘!:E.’;‘r‘:i'u:‘,‘;’.’m‘x'&f"}k."n".* ::x!l’l“l?r'.:tu“r;' ously-contested measure like the Thurman LilL. | of this distruastini mAleay BANPORD o Hatiore o FORCAVALKI 8w never-falling specific, [netant pae et follows the frst dose, gl estroys the mordid - senstivencs tn stmosphicric changes which predisposs heople to thisdisease. and fa sure (v prevent an atiack of. & CuLoXic us ULOEEATED CaTannis, B CHRONIC | CATTRRH. : Fymptome=Obatracted breathing, partfal closnre of v, # stopped up, " **utufied up® feel- fEg{n the head, constaut blowfng of the nuse, dis- charies from the nose of 0 wate: or thick yellow RESUMPTION. THE PRESIDENT'S HCHEME. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Wasnineroy, D, C., Jan. 81.—The Presldent to-dny held o long conversation with a gentle- man who hus devoted much attentfon to finance. He Is atill engaged {n preparing materlal to sus- taln the views which he will submit In his prom- lsed messnge. He has cauged to be prepared at the Bureau of Statistics an finportant table showing the tendeuey of the volume of gold and sflver during the last twelve months. This table shows that in the last slx months there S has been an excess of {mportation {n | Rreenlsh maeus, trequently atreaked with blond, pomar. 5 tnies tho matter heconien (neruste e favor of the United States of sev- | fakce ai ieremmored oy th poeoadl, the nasal pts erul millfon dollars In gold ond afl- | fuorioK on eisiag the exmintony re the worst, Feat blowluge, hawking. and spittiug until the crasts a remaved, az'leaxt paril Al the throat 1s freed 1rom tho matier that I Finally the “potscuo retions sitack _ihe th Lr:ulllll'ull‘l tubes. '“"‘]".1'{;""3.“'{’" n Lutmouary cund inptiog, accampanied by n mort oensve breat) fwpalred eyeaighy uod hearing. TR ULCERATIVE - CATARRH. This ta the destructive i ease. Tha whole nasal pass o tonsil, throat, b fieranutter, ver. The Iessons which the Preshlent derives from this and other current facts is, that the time is opportune for rerumption, and ho would be greatly pleased to have specle payments re- sumed fwthe clostne days of his Adininistration, But hLis dream will lardly be realized, The President's plan for the finmediute resunption of specle payents Is recelved with almost utter {ndilerence by the Congressuien, except perbaps 1 dozen men.” A few readize the fnportance of the opportunity, but until the count of the Electoral votes is completed the subject caunot sccure u hearlng. When it does come up, the old difticulty of getting those who have the same cod in view 1o arree upon any one method of restming will stand in the way, Ay action by this Congress to oid {n hastening spo- cle payments cannut be hoped for, and the President, deprived of the support which ouzhit to be carnestly glven him by the law-making power, must be content with maidng an oflicial record of his views znd opinfons. terrible staze of the die: including the eyra aud ulal tubes, utid, Tutiste- nffected, Inflamed. dlcarated, and stiee uls IS vloniter, A put cullar cencrated and set"at herty by this dis. eare, which, fermeatiog the blood, weakens aud de- SUFOFA 114 FeNOVALINE power, aid Allowa (be system no OHPOFLUNILY 10 throw oIl the innlady undl the' potson 18 . neutralt ! nd expelicd. IUin here that coustitutions becomes of the most vital consequinec. unleas mirested at this ataze the disvazo will —_— d protae toxarts puiiegiiry Chuaiinpiion. VOTE v AW 4 ‘s Hovaehatd Paysiclan. Mewnwiiile & soothe NOTES AND NEWS. Ing. lexling, aud astriagent Gedictio. must b CONPIIMED. difecti 2 this formlng 0 ¥ to 14 pasage perfecitrentment of the disense pousible, PERMANENTLY . CURED. FaxroRn's anical CCnEyon CaTammi {en safe, . certaiy and periaient €U for Catarrhor rcty forni 5 perivet renied v ever devives s pura+ v & vegelaie diatlation, and s spplfed Ilr las itdation, and constitutionslly by ulstra- 0. cally applivy relief & H@neou; It uuthes, Lieals, aud cleaiincs thie nuss) pessags of wvery Tecliug ut leavitiess, obatruction, dullies, or dizzi esa. Contiltutionally wiininlaterod, 1 fonovates the o acld pafrua witl which 1t te al- 5 Cutaih, st ulatestie stomnch, Uver, Jarfectalikedion, makes vew blood, and permits ie ‘formation of sounid. lvulthy. teue, and Nuslly vbialy: npiete conirul uver the disense. The . ‘ ble curative powem, when all_ uther remedi 4 f D 's 1ta: AL WasiinagroN, D. C. Jan. 31.—The Henate conflrnied the following nominations: . W, United States Marstial for West Vir- givia; Allen T. Wykoff, Pensiou-Ageut at Columbus, U. NOMINATIONS, The President nomfnated the following Post- masters: €. E. Yost, Umaki, Neb.; Madlson M, Harley, New Abany, Ind.; Willlam E. Hobson, Bowling Greew, Ky.; Irving W, Card, Muson City, L. CLAIMS LIQUIDATED. The first Instalment of $3X0,000 due hy Mexieo to the United States, under the Converi- tion of July 4, 1563, for the settlement of elufms, has to-day been pald to the Seerctary of Ntate by the Mexlean Minister, e t— THE WEATHER. Wasnixarox, Feb. 1—1 a. u.~In Tennessee, the Ohfo Valley, and lake reglon, rising barome- waye cliarg and kiduey ter after o ‘:Yemlpor:ry mn‘. le;zd;hu‘Lowu fannot be “,,‘:,,;,‘,":l,“‘ i "“':" " akes, southerly to westerly wiuds, clear or | lahie rcferences. 1o reat and good toedsc 1) dence, ksl ¢k ontal T 9 partly cloudy weather, and stationary or lower | T3 Caharh and e, Sanfords Tirotor foanas tate fons fur I8 uxe In #ll cxses. tavicaL Crne to sold hy ail whotesale 310 througliont (he Unitud states. Price 8. LAME BACK. Lamo and Painful Back, Twelve Days in Hospital Messrs. TWoels i Poiter—ijentieman : 1 have Just rae €overed from a lanie and paintul buck’ through tho use of your COLLINN VoLTaTe PLANTYES, My Lack was 8¢ lasns sid alital that ] culd not’aidop. or da duty ot any kind, and was placed i ¢ welve days without care. | then ask Lhe surgeon to try the CoLLINe' VULTAIO PLasrERs, oud 0w fiw hours after putlibg one on was eatircs Iy velleved oF pain aud whle 1o bend my backs am how thoroughiy weil: | ¢onalder thers siaply Womdersul E L Al ALEXANDEI JAMESON, iy Ca. 1 Firat Astulery, Fort Warrea, i Boatox, May 3, 1y7a. ?'\ . * ARE DOING WONDERS.” Hoawe, Weeks & Potter—Gentlomen; CoLLius' Vortaa 1¢ Prasyers are doing wonders, Ley work ik magic, and thuse you sent here last are all suld more wanted, Kend mo three dozun 84 8003 M YOU geb i Sy oclabed Bareinr vl {he Losior- W otgii, i owibie: - 1n basts. You e B i E ¥ PALMER, B, M, No. Fuyette, Me,, May 1, 1874, temperature, LOCAL ODAERVATION®, Ciucaco, Jan. 31, Mazimum therinonieter, axs SUICIDE, Special Dispateh (o The Tridune. Cepan Rarvins, In., Jau. 3l.—James D, Os- borne, aged 21 years, lving about two wles from Centre Polnt, Linn County, sulcided by shooting hlnself through the beart, ile had been the ufllunced of Miss Flora Hunt, of the sume pluce, who sufcided by taking poison a fuw weeks ago, ——— OBITUARY., Special Dispalch to The Tribune, Dixon, [1L., Juu. 8L.—Col. Platt Townsend, formerly of Walton, Delbl County, N. Y., and fur wmany years un honored citizen of this city, but fur the past few years living with his sou- bi-law, the Hon, Witliam E. Shellicld, of Kansas City, Mo., was burled here to-day, Mrs. Eugene Pinckney, after o lous and paiuful filuess, died here thls momning, Mra. Pluckney was born here; was the daughter of the first Bherltl of Botd by all draggtats, Seat by roatl on ‘r::flét o3 5 for sl or fa. e Y wraned, S warranied: b7 LKL EOTTE Proprietora, Buston, Mass. DU p 5 Universily of Notro Dame, NOTRE DAME, IND. TR, ey Touma, P 1. et . P, J, COLOVIN, C. 8. C.. s By ds Vel Notre Dane, Ind. llu*’AL BAKING POWDER, BoINuney ROY AL BAKING POWDER. - Absolutely Pure. (¢ o8 akiop Powder Is prej on sclentific principles, from lagredients that ate tha Boh e ot miepa oW isc Jspronered span arlentits piaciples, from Lagredleaty that ate fhe B s G conte FoF 11 ot 6oL Tor J41 b it s eyt BeL s Bt o o et o [ i\ 11b., ai gl lor $;1b., direc 8! R Fo s Y, g I xxfi‘:’i‘:r\lrfi?fl Fottra FuAlL, cfiummm'd 1 dizcetions fur snaking 1ae delicious Yicuus Eolls, Jw, tul seut frce 01 sppilcation, cuclostng 3 cent atawp.