Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 7, 1877, Page 5

INSURANCE FRAUD! Collapse of Another Machine for Robbing .the Widow and Orphans, The History of the Protection Life as Relatad by a Policy- Holder. Its Managers Charged with Perjury, Forgery, Malappropriation of Money, Aud the Whole Catagory of Crimes Peeulinr to Dis- honest Officinls, How the “Mutual Plan" Was Worked to . Dofrand the Policy-Holdere: Assessments Levied to Pay Deathi-Claims and the Dead Men SUll Living. Porged Proofe of Death s Forged Buri. al Certificatos : Porged No- tarial Senls, Jasper K. Gooding’s Charges Agninst Prosident Hilliard and Becre- tary Edwards. Abont three yesrs ago the Natlonal Tife-Tnanre ance Company, ‘an insnrance-for-cosl companys went up, leavinga few centa’ worth of stationery andsomn donbtfnl mortpages s fte chief azsats, Its}alster, the Protoction Jfe-Insurance Company, dolng business onn similar princlpal, survived, and Up to tho present fime han weamed to be prospers ous,* Yesterday, howover, a bill wae Slod by Jusper K. Qooding, o noliey-holder, againat the Company and Lauorin P, Hilllard, Alaoson W, Edwards, Martin Ryan, John Reld, Jasper D, Wand, Charles Treed, ovd the Ger~ man Natlopal - Bank, In which thn af- fairs of thls co-operative inaurance company aro enown up in & most startling way., The alle- gations i the Lill are very minnto and elrcumstan- tial, are worn to and aleo supported by half a dozen aftidavits, and apparently show u horribly rotten condition of affatrs. The following state- ments aru all taken frons the bill, brt the formal parts are omitted to make it more readahlo: The P'rotection Life-Inaurance Company was fn- corporated undor o special act of this State, passed March 7, 1807, which was mmended In March, 1800, and has since beon dolng busineas in this and other States under its peculiar plan of lito-in- surance, which 1 descelbed au follows: All pollcy- holders and applicants for insurance are divided Into classes, according W tho age of tho Insured. persons from 15 to 25 yeurs uf age formning one class, from 20 to 40 years another class, those from 41 to 56U years another class, thuse from 61 o 05 yenrs another class, thoso from 50 to U0 years anothur class, and those from 61 to 65 years of age still another cluss, Every person becoming Insured 1s required to pay o memberehip-tes varylog from $10 to 820 on recoiving his policy. The policy la fasucd for the sum of 81,250, $2,600, ori$5, O with the stipulated agréement that the shall thereafter pay to the Compnny annually of from $3 to 85 ns annual memberabip conding to the amonnt of the policy of the assured, and shall also pay oo the death of any member of the Company bolling a poliey In force, his Just proportion (nccording to the age by which he 13 classed and the amount of his policy) of & anm sofclent to Mquidate and pay In full theamount for which sucls deceased member may have been assured, provided the numbor of policy-holdern liable to contribute ex- ceed tho number of dollars for which such: deceas- vd member bo assured, If the number of pollcy=- holdera llable to ba nascased La less than the nume ber of dollars to be collected, then each aurslving member {s to poy $1. The Company agrecs to moke the proper nssessnents when s member dley, ndding 10 centa to oach nsscssment fo pay for the cost of collecting the snme, It nlso agrees to cols lect theae anscavments as trastecs for the policy~ holders and beneficiarles, and to pay over tho auiount collected, lesu the 20 conts, on cach nsscey. ment ‘;mnln ninety daya of every respective death, slso It ogrees . to recelve the mums pald for membership fees and dues, and for collection of as 04 the sole fund w5ith which to pay all expenses of the Campany of every kind and nature, and guar- antees um n’ll such svacsvRChLA Mo shinll Mg&:m’ ald. Vot about sl years past th{ Protection Lite-In- puranca Compuny had advertiaed 10 tho world that 1t furnishe LIFE-INSURANCE AT COST, snd has always distinctiy stipulated with all fts fulllcy-holden that overy dollar of the assessments o 1] 8 for thu solo benofit of the assured, that al ssments were faithfully puut over to the uembers entitlea thercto, und that oiticers of the Campany wore only pafd from membership and aunual feew, Durlng the past four rd the Com- puany has feened u.great uumber neiburs rangiug in number from G, Deaths oceur among the members of the Conis eny. every month, and for ’ soveral yearn he’ Compuily has uade mnll!bl{ dencwsnients Yrofessedly to tect death losses, which Lave been colleciod and frequantly been pald. over. 1t has gustanteed that, whatever muy have been the lmmber of membiors i a class, It would pay.at Jenst 1,000 on n 83,000 policy, and a proportionsl fwount yn policive for o T'ho Company busslvo advertlsed for the last fuur years thut o securlty fur ite membors It bad 200,000 capital fuvested in good wecurities, Helying on a1l thess represcntations, guarantecs, and \mllllc statenienty, the complainant, Joseph K. Goailing, mado application. and on the 10th vf Jsnuary, 1871, becamo a ember of the Company, feo of $20, und re ilg o Lautin P, Jilliard Is and for wum, Lolicy for £5,000. four years has beon tho Prestdent of the Compsny, Alanuon W, Edwarde s the Secrutarg, which por #ition ho han dlled for threo years. - Startin Ity s the Actuary, and John Ilold fs Vreasurer. Thesy oflicors ‘have tho solo managemont of the Company; they mako and collect nsvessments, seitls clatnie, and run the corporation generally, hey also, together with Jasper . Ward and Clarles 0, Brecd, constitute the lioard of Direct. ory, and are largely responsible for ite acts, Good- 1 %, every month since ho became a member, buen aavensed, nud ha rezularly paid ull the pascis- aupnosiog the ulllcors of the institution Wereactiugin good faith, ltecently, howover, ho has Hos that he and wlders have heen basely do- "8 epresenintions are haw ot nor how it over 000, Yulve assexsments, ro- huvo been made, aud the fran- f the Compuny have been freely ued to cuntinuo such fruudy, = flcnufll Lnsurance law of 1809, to which the lon Lifo-Insurunce Company was subject, des that every nsurance rumpnn{ urumllnu 10te whalthave a capital of st Jeaul §1 000 fuvestud i Unltod States bonds or other atacke 10 bu appruved by the Auditor of the Reale, 0 FProtection Life-inwnrance Company advertives and Zoporty yearly that It hus a capitat of that simount, but in reality lts capital does not vxceed $1, 000, Certificates of full paid stock have boen fveuad which were mot full pald, but wero secured by mortgsges ol real estale, ‘The amounts o loaned on real estato far excoed the vulilo of the property. lnxéu plamber kst the Auditor had on opoeit ie secaritive of Couipany mortynges mecurin, 121, 000, Tho Compu‘x'r estlmated 'Im) 1a; -E worth 2001, 175, whilu It was ussessed for tazen he sutn of $203, 740, making & diffarence of over 207,000 between the two valuativus, Feyort thu Company {ncluded two mortgages Suiong jt secoritics which aro not on fle ®iih - the Auditor, aud one of them, arporting to be made by L. P Iilard, for $10,000, was for unly $1,500. The reposts aled for differcnt years are thu @ property varled wensely, yel cach ono was sworn MO o4 correct, Tho vfiicial organ of the Company 4 the Adeo- gatey puv y I, aud Ju” which the capltal ntock fo represeutcd to' e pald up, a0d the seeutts tica are stated to be worth more thau double the #mount loaned on them, 'l‘lwnrh the Company ouly profeised Lo make members liublo for deatha vwnkfl after they jolued uny class, yet by Lalucly ¢d waecorments many Uhousands uf 1 ders wore geseascd for deaths for which uat liable, Sinco January, 1875, uo 4 bas been taken Lo give the date of 2’ membe: Seath, but all wmowbwrs wero held liablo at the thue " of " an usscesment notice, they hag Lolnul the Cowpany after t death of the Jasty for whoui they were Suscased. Dy (alscly siating the number bl to faeesament large suine have” boen collected. For dnslance, tho aunual report of Dec. 31, 1874, Ladu the ouwber of the members 9, 148, whily an Assesninont nolice, Uvo d fzed tia we celip 8t 8,508, 'sid Gouding (ke 330,000 b Leeu thus fraudateutly collected, 1n fact, all the 2 Vieal reporte Lave been aysteaistically wiado with all the uther bad hila eyes apened, and now char) volicyh fruuded; that the (¢ Tulse an L X Lad ‘ompan; In jte lawt TO CHEAT THE POLICY-HOLDERS, and numerous Instances of fuaccuracies urv given, f Accordiug to the Stste laws, also, the uctaal uuds of auy life-Insurouce company doiug Lusl- Teas lo thiy State wuss be of & net valus equal to * the net Value of the P'ullclu. uccondiug {o the | | has **comb] cocombined experlcuce ™ rato, With f per. cent fu- The Frotectlon Lifu-Tnauzrancs Compan 8oty Loweres, for years Lad 3ch & Tand, oven Ilmufih o o THE CIHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, [ MARCH 1877. though ¢ bas so reported from year to yenr. Dec. a1, 1875, the (Company &tated ft Asnetn t0'ho §:10, 075,00, nnd ita’Habilitics $1160, 417,07, Lmt the asmcle wero gremtly amd purposoly overs rated. “The preminm nofes-—constituting nn fte of abant $80,0000 in the 1at of asseta—nre alloged 10 ye worthlcas, or only gond for ano nisettment, ad to_avold thy laws of [Hlinois i rves, The Hom of $07,555,20 caely I« aleo #ald to have veen fraudulent, Bat of laxt December the Company made the follnwing ra- yort: 1. Iteal eatate nwaed by Company st cost vl er and ahare tncimbranced. 8. q " 0. Interes, 10. Interes ks.. 1, tiross ‘in force Dee., 3 4%.202.00 12. Postaga-stamps, 850,000 $381,057.70 Feom Ihis $10,000 wan to bhe dednetnd for deprh- cintion of vabianf nasnte. The renl entate, It I stated, I8 valind at 8155, (10 mora than it e veorth, there ‘helng a morigagn for Mial amount on it Soma of the inarigages are_ eeronconsly reported, and Iargoly ovoreated: (he loans on collalersls aea not one-quarter of thaie alleged vnlin; the pra- ilum notes ate not properly nusctr, and_ate eatls mated at $75,000 mora than thiey aro worih: the actnal cash on hand st the time above mentioned wae not over ona-half of the Amonnt. given in the repart, and what money was on hand helonged to the pollcy-holders on death losaes, and not to the flnmn-n{: tha gross preminme, so-called, sre sythical, nathere ara no deferred preminms {n the plan of Insnrance which the Company has ndopted and, fn short, the whole wasets af the Com- pany nre rated at many times thele value, and would, If estimated nccurately, not b snfMiclent o comply with the Tnmarance Jaws of Ihe State, Tha fictitionnassets amounta fo 8125, 418,00, and the ovar-sstimates on the athor neaetd (s at Ieast $160,000, On the other hand the labilition were nndeerated nbant 875, 000, Tiin Company aud ite aflcers bave dnring the Inet thren yeara viry ofian rtiated and appoed claime and policies on prpora tn commit a frand an_the poticy-oldoms and have pino. sottled ciaime st n smalf fraction af thelr value, and then assessed the whole amount against the policy-halilers. For intance in 1872 the Campany sascssed and col. lected 86,127 on the policies of one Phele fNath. wick, god then compromised the cinlma for 8250, pocketing tha differsnce, In May 1874, the pollcy of dahin ilenney was camnromisad for $300,and the Company enllcete 5,000, pocketing the differ. . In June, 1874, thoy collectod 0N an the faticy of Eitvbeth Patler, settiud fot £3,500, and cketed the Aifferonce, any other Instances of ike character ara given. bore than this, $5,000 was collected on the acconnt of Fred W, Fintier, and the whole was absorbed by the Compa- ny, who now admit that Fisler (n still llving. Gooding chary hat the amount thns emhorzrled vor $100,000, To make the record compiete he complainant allegea that the Company's ofiicers hiave forged proofs &f teatn aml certiticates of Notarles Publie, namas of nftending physictans, ete., and on them have mads sssnsxments on G- {i{fonn deatt Josres to tho mmonat of ot lesa than 7, 000, Pnlthmmh{t'l.lhl(r:. Gwdln“" on ta of (lio Compan: e o the ehrtar a0 their autlon anrme. tees, and havo taken in ali not fess than 8200, 000, and have d it fu nm-n.pxlnf 10 procure or pres vent cerfaln leglalation in thelr own - interests, or In privata investinenta, [y means of there repeated fietitlous reports . and frandu. foft' representations, and ibis employnient of thix fil-gotten money the Company hasr bach ahle to Imposo an ite polley-holdars and lu-osl ronning: bt now claime are growing preselug, judgments have been recoveted, and as the ofticers are worth- Teas there Is great hkelllioad that the Company's roperty will be wasted ond lost. Complalnant horeforn anke that the bariness of ghe Protection Lifo Insuranco Company inay be’dlesolved and closed up, and o RECKIVER ATPOINTED AT ONCP,— that tho present oficers bas remorodl, the ncconnta of the Camipany axamined, and the deatly lomsga scltled as noaras can bo:ihat the German Natlonal Tiank ba reatrained from paying to the ofiicors ol the Company what money It bas helonging to them, that the aficors lie compelled to retun the moneys taken out. and that after the expenses . hove been paid the balance be pald over to the policy-liolders pro rata. Filed with the bll) ware a number of afidavits, the principal one being that of Duncan 8. Gond- inz, “llo stated that the complainant I the sait, Janper K. Glooding, o the th of Jannary received o notlce of the death of J. Lober, of Chicago, of typhold fever, and of the death of 7. Goldenly, L"mm;(u. from typhold fever. Teb, 0, 1870, a notice was recelvod of the death of €. Kale from Dilious fever. Juno 4. 1874, a notico war recelved of the death of Kllen Itead, of Clhicaze, from quick consumption, Jeb. 5. 1876, 8 notice was rerelved of the death of 18, Bmith, Chlengo, from phthisis puluonalis. All theso noticea accompaniod nancss- menta on policien for 33,000, and Josper paid tho nssessment in each eane. Duncan then wentto work to ook theve cnses up. and he discovered that J. Lober was ilving in November, 1870, ten niontha after the Company had announced bis decease, No administrator by the name of I L. Kortes conld be found on_the county records, no sach physician as J, (%, Hib- baril, " who was nlleged” to have certifiod to the death, was_known, wor any undertaker by the name of J. Flkern. The Doard of liealth records contatned no record of the death of any J. Lober, Iiach uf tho notices of assesmnent contains the namo of the porson deeeased, the canse of his destl, the nome of his lll!nd‘nfi rhy iclan, un. d;rlukr.-r. ond some frieud, ond is sworn to by them. Duncan sought for the name of each of the sboya-nientloned persons who were sald to have died, but eould ‘ancortaln nolther thelr names from the directory, their death from the records of tho Bourd of "Healtl, nor the whercnbouta of any ot the [)h{llc]llfl‘ who wero safd to huve ot~ tended them, {1ix conclusion, therefore, naturally wai that nll these asionaments wera swindles, nnd were gotten up to defrand the polley-holders, Il alvo wroto to Springdeld, but could not find thot any such pursons aa J. Iner, W, Kalner, 8, Hale, Kzeklel 1, 8luth, and W. Kragmer had over heon Notaries Publlc in this State though their nanes fmported to Lo attached 2o the different proofs of death, and his suwpiclons wers thus conlirmed, Irabefla M. Martin In her aMdavit ways thit she 18 the benedelary under o certaln policy of Inaur. ance in the Company fsened on the life of Elizg- beth Parker for . Elizabeth Parker died In June, 1674, and the defendant collected the full amuunt of the face of the policy from {ts Innocent patrons, and then, after threala of itization, shy accepted 83, George A, hufcldt shows how the Prolection didn't protect. In or about the month of January, 1874, two policlos—one for $2, and one for 5,000—in the Company, on the lifo uf Pliche Jothwich, of Tlcf‘ ounty, Now York, and upon whleh they ware llablo by reasun of the desth of Pliwbo Bothwlich, were placed In his hands for co). lectlon, Thoro was conatderable negotintlon in latlon ‘to the policies, and tha deponent had seve eral fnterylews with A, W. Edwards, the Secretary of thu Compiny, in vogurd lo the same, Ho charged’ the Coipany with having collected from ita membars the sum of $U,127 on account of and for the payment ot the policies, which fact was not dented, but TI[H COMPANY REPUSED TO VAT 2 for reasous which he (the deponent) thouht friva. lous, Finally, the deponent was lutormesd by nald Edwards, otlicewlso known as 4 Fatly," that he Dad settled with the ropresontatives of the eald Iothwich, the owner of said pullcies, for tho wum of $250, and had got the Cnm,mny dischargod; and duponcnt, upon tho vrder of the awnerd, sutrendere ed tho same, 3o afterwards charged the said Dany with having collected the snd sim of 7 1rom 1ts membors by asscsments, aud with having appropriatod 83,877 to {te own use, In fraud of the gt of the nicoibers; and Lawrenca B, Hilltard, Preaident of the vaid Company, In s public lettor, publivhed fn "Tux Curcano Tnisuse, udmitted the making of the arsevament aml the callection of the money on tho Hathwich policy, and then stated that 'KVU’K dollur of the smin‘collected by - micut fram the poliey-holders on that claime crediled back to- the” mewmbers, as the Cownpany's records ahow, ™ Deponent furiher says: Thnt Le has cxaminad sasexement nado by the Company since tha = 0f the asscasment for the Bothwich palicies, and thut every one of such ausesynients s minde fall amotnt required to pay the given lossess and that no credit has beon given 60 any volley-holder on account of colloctions iade wpon the Bothwicl polley. tor for any allier sum or amount. Wiltlam Roblnson aadly rominates thus sfildavit: That he ki states and chargen its fnoda in his 8 knows and has known the Comi pany for four years paet; (ial during 18714 they umed to niske ausessiments upon tho death of e of it4 volicy-holders, Durlng years 1873-4, the Company &nd its officers, s appeara by an inepection of its own papers and records, woro (n the constant hubit of kiving false amd Actitious dates of the deuth of pollt(~hnlden. wmoving such dates forward from @ mouth to a year or fmore, the elfeel uud operation of such re- woval buing to enable the sl Cowpany to collect nme of inoney from policy-holders, who fu no manner were llabls therefar, ‘Thal the ss{d Compan@and Its officers also made and vublished false slatements as to tho number of policy-holdery inble for deathy which occurred on the samo day, to-wlt; Maxwell W, Morgan, Alblon, 1il,, dled 1871, sud on the 2d of February, oul e ny arsessed the aum of §35, on 8,017 menis | then representcd (a its -policy-holders Isttor wax the number of memburs lisble on the'24th of Decemuer for Morgan's desth, On thesame day vne (:l'(!u l;u""h dled at Wauki Yy aud oo the 4th of May, 1874, 1 licy- Weaile OCCURRED ON THE SAME DAY, aascrament oa ite 8,450 meuibare, & o Deponent thew says further {hut he Las exam- ined the l'lg;rrh wade by tho Company to the Au. Dec, 24 1874, the Coule rence of 1, for the two holders who were a which ditor of Pu ic Accouuts, containiug statements of tuo Company'y business for the Jrars 1675-0; that In such seport for s year 167 the Company oe, under oath of 114 oflicers, that the number of palicles torminated by death duriog the year was 118, He bas carefully exumined all the ase sowuients miade by sald Company dar- fng - the sawme time. and he states that the Cowpsny did scteally levy and collect from it mowmbors saseysments lu’ 146 pollcies, terutnated by death, an excess of more than $100.000. He further states that the sworn report of 1870 stetes tbe number of policies termluated by death ub 137, and by actaal count mado by the dapouunt from the asecsament nutlcys fLuppears that the Company sssesscd for and col: lected upon 153 policies from its mewmbers, un extuss of slateen policies, amountlug to S60,000, obove thy umoant stated I the report, Alarcus A, U, Packard comes neat withhils tale of ths Company'scrooketaess. s lsa lovsteratioce which ha shaws that fin hae & rad knowled enrporation known as tho I'rotection Life- [ on his father John U, Langzuih, Se., fo tled to the fall amount, ing out his ahirle Wivare that TNHARL and aw, He s in Marshall Connty, Retd & Edward'r Company lias an exlstence, i worey it has or haw hd. Hle alo knows Catha- rino Ilenney, of Plymouth, wlicre deponeul re- slden. She'is the widow of una Jolin Trenney, who dled about April 1%, 187, and che was the benefictary nnder a policy'of 3,000 on John's life, famued liy” the Protection, Catharine beeame ¢ne ttled to' the money, and deponeat wan empioyed nn her attorner, e Company Fefnmed to fork aver, and anit wod commenced. and Gnallv, after lligiting for over a year, and bringing the muit into the United States Court. he was “compelled to felinquish owlng tn the Ingeibition of. fie plaintiit and hor lackof funds, and accented §300 ofered by the Company. John U, Langzath planges In sith. hin story, In of the rance Ife wns Lenefielnry under policy 1), 268, Company. or 85,000 He died Junn 2, 1873, HmeIlcy Leing then in fall force, and npon the death denorient becanio antl- After much trial and trib. ilation ho wancompelled to campromise o $4, 500, Hg further avers that the Company. collocted the il 85,000 thronzh assenements on ita neinbers, Memues, Shufeldtand Weatorer nppear as solic- Itura for the complainant, CRIME. PEKIN WIISKY. & Zpectal Dispaleh to The Tribuna. BeriNarteLy, [, March G.—In the District Court, W, I1. MeIntyre and Haram Vandservoort pleaded pulity to o violatlon of the Rovenue Jaws and were fined $200 and coats eacl D, 8. and (L T. Wisinger and I, . Kickler. aleo pleaded guilty of the sume offenac and were ined $300 nodt costw eacl, The Indictments Agatnst A, [ Day und T, Scibas, In the same case, were dismiased. John L. Smith, same, pleded_grullty wnd ‘was fined 80600 aud costr, There were soveral vounts In cach of these fndictinents, but, on Jnlwllnn to one, the others were dismissed. The penalty of lmprisonment was suspended Ly the Court on wl{lnl‘l". of the fnes awl costs. " These aro part of the Pekin whisky indictments, nnd the uleas Indicate a break {n the hitherto eolldly realstant ranks. Flfteen other Indictments are ending, nind It appears of record that thelr trial ¢ cantinued untfl the 16th, Several of the in- dleted, however, will undoubtedly appear and Ylenfljmrore that time._Another Pekin case, IL. . Westerman, J. L. Bmitl, and George C. Glassford, Indlcted for conspiracy to defraud the revenue, twas catled, the indictment diemiss ed us to 8mil, and the ense of the olhers cuir- tinued by sgreement, Westerman Is tho re- puted kead und front of the consplracy. DURGLARY. &oectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Granp Rariws, Micl, March 6.—Frank Kon- Kle's residence in this city was entered by burg- Inrs last night, and §150 in cash, a gold wateh ond rhain valned at $330, and $200 worth of Jewelry atolen. ‘The burglnr, in esmplns. tip- ped over a lizhted lamp mmdini: on g table, and & dlro ensued, which would have burned the bullding had it not. heen promptly discor- ered. No clew to the vlllatn. PARDON, pacial Dispalch o The Trisune. i BrivarizLn, 1L, March 6.—tioy. Cullom to- day pardoned John Evarts, convicted of Iarceny at the Beptember terin of the St Clalr Court, and scotenced to the Penltentiary for one year, on the representation of the Judgo and State's Attorney that hie -pleaded guilty, with the un- deratunding that the thoe e 1ay {n foil awaiting trinl was to be - deducted from his ‘term of fme prisonment. WELDON, Nrw Yorg, March .—A Philadelphin dspateh says that Witliam Henry Weldon, who attempte ed the lifo of ‘Gov. Packard at New Orleans on the 15th of February, arrived there yestenday, mmmgnulcn! by his father, tho Rov. C. F, Wel- don, He s at larze on $5,000 bail, but it is fn- timated that bo will not. be prosecuted, owlng to the Interposition of fricnds of his fathor, BRUTATL, MURDER. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, Broovisaroy, 1L, March C.—At Walnut Grove School-House, near Marfon, DeWitt County, Saturday, Churles Boratt was fatally stabbed by Saut Lowle, Spratt and his swout- heart attended a religlous meeting, and, while in chureh, Lewis turned thelr waddies, Lewls I under arrest. ALLEGED ROBBERY, Sprcial Dispateh to The Tribune, DANVILLE, Il Murch 6.—Bruce Phfllips, fa- vorably known In this commmaity, was arrested to-day on o charge of robbery amd bound over to auswer at tho next term of the Clreujt Court. — 3 A BAD CITIZEN. Bosroy, March §.—Jimmy Blanchard, who enactod o sensation some thne ago in the clar- aeter of Charley Ross, has been arrested at Mil- fond, N, 1L, for burgla GFRORGE WASIHINGTON, COLORED, Lirtie Rock, Ark, Mareh 6.~George Wash- Ington (colored) was shot and killed this moru- ing by a Sherifl's posse attempting to arrest him at Cleur Pleasant, s COBURN SENTENCED. Nrw Yonk, Morch 8.—foe Coburn, pugllist, convicted of shooting with attempt to ki) po- licemen, has Loen seutenced to ten years In State's Prisou. CASUALTIES. BURNED TO DEAUIL, &pecial Dispateh to Thc -..=1ne. fr. and Mrs. Thomas Hogarth, of Bridgewater, Clay County, last week Ieft home for the count; somu purchascs, leaving threo children to keep house,—a rirl of 19 years, a hioy of 9, and a ctnld of 8. During the day the wond-box caught tire. The glrl cudenvored to amother the flames with o bed-quilt, while the boy ran for help to the neiebors, When e returned the house wus all in lames, After it was burned, the charred re- malus of the twa children were found in the nahies, - This 45 a sad blow 10 |¥a purents, who arc Llghly csteenied, nnd have the sympathy of the wholo nefgbborboud, . | FATAL COLLISION, PHILADELPRIA, P, March t—About 7o'clocke this morning a train on tho Norrlstown branch of tho Readting Rarlrond camie In colllsion with 0 horse-car on the northern extenslon of the Thirtcenth and Fifteenth Streets Huflway, Ine -lnutl, killing Policeman James I, Hoyer, and breaklng the Jezs of snother officer named Henry Lucag, aud badly fujuring the driver, Wiillam Bartol. The collision 15 uttributed o ¢ negligence of the Qagman, ———— A SAD OCCURILENCE., Prrrsnung, March 8.—A Knrus City telegram Rives the followinig additional particulars of the fire at the Buteman House yestenday. Upto® o'clock this morning, five bodles have been taken from the ruins, The remains of N. Brown, Jr., of No. 20 Chestuut street, Uhiladelphiz, have been Sdentitied by a key-cheek, Chartey Bute- man, aged 13 years, who was rescued ‘hy his father, “died of his fnjuries this morning, Mr, Bateman, tho father, and ouly remainling vne of the family, les fu a very erittéal comlition, e BURNED FATALLY. Bpecial Dispaich o The Tvidune. Leavexworen, Kan, March 6,~A fatal acci dent uccurred about iftecen miles cast of this clty last night, at the residence of Thomas Gibson, The !nm“l‘lf had all retired but the wife, 2ud shy attempted to blow vut the lamp, when un oxe loston took place und the burnlig fuid set fire 0 her clothiug, 15 the he 3 Imr‘ned. othing, It is thought shels futally e—— . MUNICIPAL ELECTION, Bpecial Disputch 6o The Trivuwe, \VAUKBGAN, March 6,~0ur city cleciion wng held yesterday, and the Democratis candidates were “laid away.” The principal ght was on Mayor., The Hon. W, 8, Dodge, Reoublican, rou against the Hou. W, B. Werden, Democrat, and sevelved but piug more votes than Alr, Werden. Mr, Dudge {4 an old resident, a lieay; gjr‘(‘:pmy-ownur. aud an exceedingly popular zen. Niw Youx, March 6,—Municipsl elcctions wero held fu thoe various citics of this State to. duy. Troy electod a Demozratic Mayor by 3,300 majority, Utica chose o Republican Mayor by G0 wajurity, and _a Democratic Treasurer by mafority, Elmira clected o Reoublicaly HRecorder by "850 wafjority. The Republicans carrled Rocliester, where ouly minor oflices wery voted for. e — THE LAST OF HARPER. &pecial Dispatch 1o The Tribune. BPRINO¥ISLD, M., March G.—The sum of §12,000 was pald nto court to-day by the banks that Licld the Harper-Smith notes, and the cuse :m L;:rubably come up fur final dispositios thls ock, CONFLAGRATIO The Bmlding of the Waltham Com- pany in New York City Destroyed. A Five-Story Edifice Filled with Safes Full of Watches pgnd Jewelry. Loss Over $800,000---Damage to Surrounding Struct- ures. Fires nt Juhonving and Champaign, IlL, and Lansaing, Xa. E: IN NEW YORK CITY, ' Spectal Dirpatch to The Tridune, New Youx, March 7.-2:25 a. in.—The build- ing known as the Waltham Manufacturing Com- vuny's building, at Nos. 1, 3, and 5 Boni strect, near Broadway, was burned to-night, The Ioss on the structure and its con- tents fs catimated at from $300,000 to $1,000,000, The fire hroke out carly in the cvening in the aub-cellar, smoke having been fiest dlscovered from the area gratings about T:3), The nlarm was struck at 7:40, and the engines wern soon on the spot. The flames vonld not he reached, however, and smoldercd {u the bnscment storles for an hwur or two before soreading to any great extent through the bnilding. By 10 o'clock the whole luterior was In flames, and ¢ was evident that all efforts were vain except to eave the adjoining bLuild- ings. Between the Waltham bullding and Broadway was the Willcox & Olbbs sales warchouse, separated only by a narrow alley, which extended also behind the burning bullding, separating it from the structures fronting on Bleecker street, Unthe west, divided onty by thelr own walls, were the stores of Horstuan Bros. & Allen, dealers in mlliinery goods, and Bpadene & Abel, jewelers, No. 0 Bond street. These bulldings wery similar to the one wich was hurning, and for & long time It was thought that tho fire wonld inevitably extend to them. The walls of the Valtham bullding, Lowever, stood firm for o thne, and, during the time when the fire was hottest, the flamnes shot dircetly upwands as from the top of a high chimney, and surround- ing buildings were only endangered by expos- tire tu the intense heats A few minutes before 11 o'elock the mausard story fell inward, Boon after the interlor walls gave way, naud one by one the heavy floors, made heavier by the masses of silver- ware aml the heavy safes contalning jewelry and watehes stored Wwpon them, gave way, scud- ing up as they fell sheets of flame and clouds of smoke, flled with glittering sparks. Through the large wiudows, from which the plate- glass had Jong ngo disappeared, the fre was rcen Dlazing with fntense flercences, showing that there was an abundance of material of some sort for it to feed upon. Bhortly before miduight tho front wull becamo scpurated from ‘the western side wall, and. warped by the heat, leaned out over Bond street in a threatening manner. The warning was heeded in ample time. The few fireuten and policemen who had been ablo to maintain thelr places subjected to the intensc heat fell back from thelr exposed positions, aud just at midnight, more than four hours nfter the discovery of tho fire, tlie two upper storfea of the front wall fell crasbing Into the street, without fnjury to any The firo Ly thfs thne hud ‘doue its warl, and the walls'had stood sufficfently long toprutectnxljnlnhu_rnropertlf. Itwasnot thoucht at that time that the fames had involved any of the Lulldings In the vieinlty, Some fears were entertalned, however, that they might have extended to the lower part of No. 0, but it was found that the fire bad been checked ut that point, After the falling of the Bond street wall, thy flatnes quickly subsided, and gave place to col- uinns of Llack smoke, EThe tlrst story of the Waltham bullding was oceupled by Taylor & Brother, and thé Gorkam Manufacturing Company, cach of whom will lose ncarly $50,000, They are fully Insured in severul compaufes. The second tloor was oceus pled by Carter, Hawkins & Sloan, and Baldwin, Bexton & Peterson, the Adums & Shaw Company, Thomes @i, Brown, Rubbins & Apvleton, and Jesse 8. Chieney, The heaviest loscrs on this floor were Robbiis & Ar:rlucon. #ho owned thy butldlug, und the Adaums & Shaw Company, On the o lnl’ floor were J. E. Robert & Co., Jacob Gerard & Co., Pearce, Kursh & Co., Dominick & Hotl, and James & George Dur- res, oll denlers (n Jewelry aud silver-ware, and all hieavy losere, 2 ‘The fourth - story was nsed 2aa factory for plated-ware by Batdwin, Sexton & Pererson, Lvorything was destroyed with the exceptlon of suma articles In tho sal The fth story was partly occupled by Hale & Mulford’s mantfactory of sliverware. ~ Robbina .!iAunluwu'n manufactory was i the same story, 'l'fle Gorham Company had 880,0004n the Con- inental Fire-Insuraucs Company, but an un- el ated thot this Compiny was carry. s only 39,600 of this umount, Tho rest had been " Telnsured In the New York City, the Empire City, Btamdard, snd Brewers' and Maoltsters' Firo (}umm"lul. The Continental Fire-Tnsurance Company had a policy of $10,000 un tho stock on the floor above thut vecupled by the Gorham Compauy. The hullulubm or several blocks around wern threatened by the showers of spurks from the " burnlg efructure. Many cauzht flre upon the rof. In the mujority of cascs the flames were extingulshed by persons stationed upon the hulldiugy with lusu or buckets of water, In others tho sorvs fees of the dremen wers required. From several of the threatencd bulldingsthie ceeupanta moyed the valuablo portion of thetr property, and n - this way also Josses were sustained. Tha four " bullilugs on Hromiway directly’ sdfolnfng the Wultham Buflding were hireatened throughout the fire, but were only hie Jured fn the rear, the dumagze In eavh case, upon fhe authorlty of the occupants, ruusing from €100 to $8,000, Willeux & (lbls, at 408 Broadway, sustalned ooly a slight dams age. Noue of thuir extenslve siovk was_rentove e, The vear of 468, occupled by J. €, Mum, dealer i carriages, was dutiaged to the extent of ubont $,000, The removal of tho stock of earrlages resulted in Joss of sbaug 31,000, Flowers & Hall, carrlaca dealers, oveupled Nu. 056, and sustained, Mr, Flowers stated, sbout $1,500 damage from the removal of tholr cure risges. Tho bulldinge is owned by the Steveus citate, and e dwnazed to “the extent of about 83,000, No other renovals wers made on the Broadway side, Bangs & (Yu“m\-up\'lnu the second and upper floers of No, 45, sustulne ed slight damnage from vreparation for remuval, "'he nfummnu damaze to the yools of the bulidings on the slle of Bound street oppasite the fire was cstimated ur § . building oceupied by the Wiileox & (iibhs Bew- n;i-)lurl:lns« Company took fire seversl thues, u f i Lut was suved from destruction hy the cfforts of the flremen. The luss “upon this property is at - 1,000, Slo- ra's gullery, at No. 707 Nroadway, next 1o Heller's Wonder Theatre, caught fire and tho roof was alost fmmediately ablare, The en- tire roof was torn off before the tire was stapped, The damuge at this place was about ?uu @ fur as could bo ascertalned, it wos ully insured, It is eathuated that the total Tosd will be over §500,000. ——— AT FOSTORIA, 0. CLEVELAND, O, March f.~—Leouand’s Operas House wua totally, and Robbins® Block was par- tially, destroyud by fire carly this morniug, at Fostorta, O, The loss on the Opera-House I $10,000; Insured fu the Home, of New York, $4,000; Cooper, of Dayton, §1.000; Millviile, of New Jency, $1.0005 and $1,000 on contents in e Jefferson. Loss on tho block, $5,000% {ne surcd |n the Home, of New York, $1.00; Phenlx, of Hrooklyn, $1,500. Tho origin of the Hro is unknowu. catimated e E Al JACKSONVILLE, ILL. Special Diepaich to The Tridune. JacxsonviLes, 1., March B.~A fire broke Out on tho southeast corner of the public siquare in this city this moralog, about ball-past 4 o'clock, in a two-story brick buflding. The fire, when Hrest discovered, was fn aa onen stalrway Jeading- to the strect, anl wmust bave becu the work of au Iucendlary, 'The brick butlding belouged to Wiltiam Wuble, was worth ubout £5,000, snd was totally destroved. Iu the first story was & stock’ of boots and ghoes belongiog to (vorge W, Hobbey Wlieh was™ saved without wuch loss. = Mra. Hillerby's millinery stock, Y in unchier Lrick bulldlug adjoining, was dati- ! azed to the cxtent of afew hundred dollars, but was covered by Insurance In the /Htng Company, Mr. John Ptaseyk, plano-tuner, oetnpfed one portion of the Luilding and lort a valuable plano and e other fn- straments, The fire extended to o frame row adjuining, which was oceupied s a sewing. nuchine depot, inarbic-Lutter's shop, ete,, aintit wholly deftroyed. The fire departinent 310 fent serviee, ainl prevented the spread of ic flames. The total loss will not amount to urer $2,000, AT LANSING, TA. Special Dirpatch 10 The Trivune, Mefinegon, o, Match G.—Lansing Is on fire, ond afd §s called for from McGregor and La- Crosse. Spectal Dipatzh to The Trivune, LaCnrossz, Wis,, March 6.—Alarming tele- grams, Just reccived from Lansing, o, report that place on fire and burning up. The Fire Department there have lost all control. The .\!u{vnr there has telegraphed herc furafd, A trein Ia just leaving hiere for the scene with o al Dispatch to La Crower, Wiy March 110 1 m.—Tt is thought now that the fire at Lansing is under control. One whole block burned, between Third and Fourth strects, on the north side of Main, - Mayor Hemway, of Lansing, telegraphs that the fire 14 now under control. 3 AT CITAMPAIGN, ILL, Bpectat Dispatch to The Tribune, Cuastestos, Hh, March 6,—A geist-mill at Ogden, sixtecn miles cast of this clty, owned by E. V. Miles, took fire In the upper purt to-lay, and was burned to the ground, The will was probably worth £12,000, nnd was fnsured I the North Britteli for 82600, and Mercantile for , §2,500. There was algo an insurance of 3,000 on graln and flour in some non-board companies, wiose name the agent lere could not reveal. There Is supposed to Yo other fnsurance, but its suwmount {s unknown. IN CHICAGO. The alarm from Box 313 at 12 o'clock mid- night was caused by clothing catching fire from n gas-jet {n the resldence of J. C. Knickerbock- er, ¢Z Moditon street, Damage, $50. Canse uuknown, =¥ IOWA. Guhernatorinl Candidates, Bpectal Correspondence nf The Tribune. Des Moixes, Ia., March 8.—Those follows who carry offices around in their breeclies- pockets are coming to the front, and Guber- natorfal candldates are numcrous. The 60,000 Republiean inajority in this State throws all the bara work of office-getting into the period fm- medlately before and at the State Convention. A nomination is equivalent to an clection, overy time,—leastwise such has been the resnl! careful obscrver may see elewcents now at work In this State which will reverse that, At the close of the last Legistature, it was generally admitted among the members that John H. Gear, the Speaker, was to be indorsed os candidate for the next Governorship. He las since that time been s candidate. Others lve also been nawmed: Eenstor George G, Wright; Representatives Jawmes Wilson and James W, MeDill: Gen. J. B. Weaver; the Hon, dJolin Shane; §. M. Ballard, of Anderson Cous tv: the Hon. M. T. Whilams, of Mahask Buren R. Stermun, State Auditor; Hoberl 8mythe, of Llon County; and Gov. J. G, New- bold, ad interim., These are good names, and most of them fa- nillar to the people; but Wright, Wilson, and Bhaue, positively refused to be candidates, Dr, Ballard 1s reporied to have the backing of Kirk- wood’s friends, presumnably referring to bis {riends as doveloped In the “Benatorfal contest Jast winter, It will surprise 8 good many to know that In the bargalng and eales made In that contest, the Gubernatorial offlee was amaong the conditions prevedent. 1t remalus to bu secn how much foundation in fact there i3 for the declarations of De. Dallard's frenis, While this remnant of the Kirkwood Senatortal Jeaven {8 working to rufse Mr. Ballapd, it should be remcmbered that another Scenatorinl contest I approaching, in which a scetion of the State witl have a hand which ean muke nore noise. pull more wires, and moanfpu- late more combinatlons, In s eiven time, than any other section I hove yot gecn ina State Convention. It representatives will come here repared to trade, aud will swap Governors fur nited Btates Seuators, or vice versa. This fart Mr, Ballard’a fricnds, - with thelr Kirkwoud n‘uuduneut, moy as well understand ut the start, I Another element st work, and which will have much to do with the declsion of she Gub- n, {9 the temperance questlon, noustrated repeatedly thut the majority of the Republican party fu” ths State s “ln " favor of prohivition; but lest peradventure such amcasure as o License law should be passed by u bare majority, the tem- peruuce peopls are determined “to place iu the Executive Chulr vue who will not sien sucli 8 lawe—~knowln that, If votoed, ft_conlil not get amalority sufiicient to set aslle the veto, Tothis end the State Temperance Alll- ance has heen organized and Incorpunited unds the statutos, with suxillaries §n ove ‘{ coul and town fn the 8tate, 1t 1s proposed to rose $1X,000, to bo so fnvestad as to fursh s in- terest fund, which, together with other dona. tlons, will be ured to perfect the orgunization and carry out {68 plane, This element will be prexent Ju the State Couventlon, so crystal- fred ond such forco as it never waw before, The Gubernatorlal candilate will be confronted with quertes, to which ho must make categorical and unequivoeal an- swora. Premisty 18 much, It only necds tho applleation to the varlous candidates to juilge ot thelr probuble success. 'The Temperancs Alance will wot support Mr. Gear,—i¢ will support Gov, Newbold, The latter has also he udvuntage of the two-term rule fn his favor, and s the direct line of promotion. Mark you, am nut passing upon the merits of uny person, but sluply forecasting the vrobalde catiidate for Governor from present sieround- inge. From what [ kuow af the other eawd). dates, T oplue that many of Mr, Shormun's fricuds were plodged ta Mr, Gear before Slier- mun wus announced, All things considerd, it (s uow quite apparent that (fear and Newpold have tho race between then. Now it has fnvariably been the cuse i this State that wheu the Uine cones fovote, the Prulilbitionlsts havo comprumised their valical notions, arcepted the candidate of the party, aud satfstled themsulves with sayine that, tie Renablican party s the temporanco parly of the State. Tstory repeattng itself woulu give the nomtnation to Gear, 3 Since commencing this Jetter, 1 sve itannounce ed that Cal. Bmythe will not be 4 candidate, e r——— ORITUARY, Apecial Dispatch {0 The Tribuve. KRoKU&, la. March th—Cot, 8. M. -Archer, an olil and prominent citizen of this city, died of conaumption lust night, The decessd was Colonel of the Seventeenth Jowa Infantey, and mude s very brilllant mBlitary record. Mo was for muny years agent of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company at this place, und st the thme of hls death was o member of the City Counvily . e ——— . N GRINNELL, IA, ipecial Dispasch (o Tha Tridune, GriNseLl, Io, March 6,—Fho Suyder ouse, alarge brick hotel lately vompleted herw, has been purchased by George M. Chriitian, for $2,000. This fucludes the furniture aud fix turvs. The hotel §s situated at the Junction of thu Chicwgro, Rock Istand & Pacile and the fowa Central Kallways, This gives Grluncl twolirit- cluss hotels, s MAJ, RENO, Bpecial Dispateh o Tha Tridune. 81, Pavr, Min,, March 6. —~Arwy oftivers are arrdving t torm a court martial, betore which, ruior says, Maj, lteno, of the Seventh Cavalry, and Capt, Bell, of the same Fegiment, will be wrraigned on charges preferred by cach agalust the other, but u f fnvalving Reno's action on the Litste Big } et~ WITHDRAWAL, Speclal Dispalch o The Tribuna. SrriNariaLy, I, March 6.—~The Alllanco Fire-Iusuranco Company, of Bostou, bas with- drawn from business in tils Stute, e e —. About Clotlies.Pi Insigulficaut as the colnmon wooden clothes- plu is Lo ftaclf its manufacture formg no mean part in Amerlean duetries, sud the pumerons States factories fu Now Enelund and other 'llyrn(sll cuiploy ¢ tu thousands of 1"' here are several arge clothes-pin sanufactori fn Peunsylvaula and Ohlo, and one b the vicinity or Saratogu, each of which b capable of turning vt 1,000 boxes, ur T0,00 plus ver wi ‘Therg are several sy torivs acattered throushout Massachuseits, ) dlamusbilre, uud Vermont, and all are run by waler bower. As 4 rule, those vuguged 1o 'the wanufaciare of clutbes- l | pins are Quakers. Bech, white birch, and pu’\hr are the woods userd fn making the article, he birch and poplar betng considered the hest. The machinery employed I very simple. The wond I flret sawed Juto logs fouf fret (n length, and then ent into small prl ¢ aticks hy means ‘of a4 cntting wachine, Each stick, affer betng rounded tn"a lathe, I8 paxeed fnto another nchine, which throws out a mumber of per- feoty-furmetl pins at one cuf, and with great rapidity. The rm.« are then thrown into a laree revolving eslimder, and smoothed by frelction with cxch other. New Yorkand Bostan are the principal markets for this ware, il heuge they are ahj ped I larre Tnmmles to the Weat abd to Englamd and ustralla, Over 100,000 boxes of pins are an- nually sent to England, and a corresponding number to Melsille, Bidney, New Zealand, and the Sandwich Islands, Owing to the depres- sion fn busiuess, prices during the past two years have fallen off 25 per cont, and some of the manafacturers in New England have ceased operazion hecause they conld hug cheaper from the West than they vould manufacture themselves, hesides saving the expeiise of ack- ing and travsportation. The priee deponds entirely upon the finfsh and number ln a box, et —— . HEAVY FAILURE. Mr.Jolin A.Toyt Collnpress--Ttoyal-Bengates Exhibit. Special Dispateh to The Triduna New Yonx, March O.—John A. Ilost has falled, with Nabflities amounting to $1,70,828.25, Mr. Hoyt, for scveral years past, has becn an_active speculator In varfous coterprises of dublons character and proepocts. 116 twas ut the liead of the combination of rallways known as the New Yark, Boston & Montreal Company, and of the Lake Malopac Land Improvement Company, bothof which were early discovered to be unfortunate schemen, My, Hoyt was nlso at one time prominentlypushing the Gilbert Elevat- cd Raflwayas o meansof enablivg the New York, Boston & Montreal Raflruad to enter the clty, and enme very near ruiniug that enterprise by revealing his purposes, and thereby antagoniz. ing the Vanderbilt {nterest. Mr. Hogl hns been adjudicated & voluntary baokrupt, iis nom. inal labilitics are stated n Rh petition ot $1.780,820.25, of which £055,910.49 is secured, 8323, 4! unsccured, and 875147048 I8 nc- cominodation paper. The principal ecreditors are the New York Loan and Indemnity Com- 0. Richard Bcrrldzefr of Lon- ) Mre. Dorothea Wolt, £10,000; e 92,3773 John M. Cheever, £55,733.2 0 Mutual Life-Inurance Company, of Maluc, 840,000, Mr, Hoyt's name Is also it accommodution paper due Bischofl- schelm & Goldschmidt, London, for $680,830.66, Tho nasote will not excecd $225000 fn value, and _will much reduced Ly ltigatfon, Many of the stocks anid bonds included fn the schedule have no market value, and the real estate 18 heavily Incumber. ed. Andrew McKinney, who was largely inter- ested with Mr. Hoyt In his spcculations, was adfudicated o bankrupt on the mame day with Mr, Hovt, and jt s believed that be fa Jolutly itable with L to tho cxtent of $1,000,000, —————— ) A _CORRECTION, To the Editor qf The Tritune. Ciicaao, Mareh 8.—You do the Chureh " great. fnjustice fu speaking of the resolution offered iy Dr. Everts In the minis- ters! meoting (Baptlst), complimenting the Rov, J. M. Whitclead for “hia faithful scrvice, cte, out state that the rosolution condemned g cer- talu portlau of the **North Star Church.” This is a ecrious mistake, The resolution cowmpli- tnented the * North Star Church® for fier bravery and courage in_ bullding auch yaluable property under such trying circumstances, ‘The resolution condemned the ol ** North Church for disbanding after the * great fire.” Konzrt P, Al Pastor North Star Iapf e — The Black Hilla. The Unlon Pacific Railroad Company has de- elded to coustruct and equip a branch road to the Black Iilie. ‘Three routes are to be survey- «ed this spring, and the work f voustruction witl be bezun assoon as the ling fs located, The branch will prohably start on Nebraska sofl. It I8 now harely clghiteen months since gold w, discovered n the Black Hils by John 8, ton and six companlons, The plonecrs had traveled 140 miles, aud were restiniz on the bank of a lttle stream. Bemr thirsty, the leader of the party threw himself on his ?um-ls and kuces and berit uver the bank to lap up the water, A frazment of white flint quartz glis. tenod In tho clear water and caught his eye, It was Lhe first wold found In the Bluck Hille, Hoye, you can stick your pezs here,” ho cried. "'flxer’e" I8 ol and )m- wf it the 16th of Auguet, 1875 Jocomutive, 11 "have 1.7, 1t was And now comes the BUSINESS_ NOTICES. Aromatio Bitter Winanf Iron Ian wesvous dobllity, | d digestion. Depot, “Toat s Highty and Wil v Sworn Statement BOSTON POLICE OFFICER, 1. 1. STEVENS: Dieir oirs Fiom expos: Jearsago with Kheuins ered Bbout funr wouths. c 1 luud i aclr utferiug with pato la juy side Whieh brought o Ui ples. | cousil an, st (el b over $30 tur attending we. 6 Whidle | Was gradually growing worsn. Tlen LU bliyslelan after another was employed, untit sevon ::'l‘!it est plhiysiclans of Boston hud takeil juy case fu Ou ctnaultativn between seversl of the le phy- L was 3 wihg sleisns, they couctudid ury vompinin keneraldebllity, 3 had kreat ditliculty in hlug, iy fnhalr was required Lo aord tnn hreat; uugh the trestment of o phyalelan | Lok frm 75 to buaesut calomiel bitle, and faithfully tried all the medilos thst h phiysiclan preseribod. From iny fong slekneas and Lie Vaat amount of mediclue used 1 OVEreOle the Ureat paliy, ty kidneys becaina freted, aud | suffered excructatiug patn fo t uy bk, with great l"lflflll"( it paseing iny uriue. hie physleinn said | was dlscased thruugh iny sys. tems, and he regioited Liat be coyld Yo e nu Liupa Tor hiewlth, y Ium‘flllt( fruus IdIgmtnn waeso great that 1 was [nipowible (o keep any solid food on ny siuniach, wil tli whiote uainrs of Tuy fid was broth it oatinea. cai, 100k & prescription frow a ceicbrated Engiish 110 Sa0d iy (L md Bruisciiiin o Topa, elglitecn buttles of mcdicliy evpeclaly L iy sed B et deat'of criptton, T have inken i the botiles by tin rly all tie paputar L | have klven u Ses o talr Wikl | hed & drvadful g e dud Arurace over iwahouns'stéep anight for elizut yoarn, Al pulleeman dned me Lo try Vagetiue, bt for u loag g 1 pefused, Baving wot compietely s & s thiich edicine wl beleBiy liowelof, stier yrieul wrsunston, 1 i X Lud ised unebottle |cuuld eut and Lol on fny atumnac 1ateak, & thivg | kv not beon able to do before (uF years; ndved, T ubiataed nure suts stazbia benenit fioni th ic iirat Doftle uf - Vegelle o Trom wlh oiter edieles witel 1t guken e | o Hian Huproviug, wid Xebt on uslug yeriociiy ute ad tukens, [ Repton Vegilna until {was | day, €at wnd uls Kat oy Foed, aioep well At Wight, and 1 am now § pounits heavier than 1ever wus befor In wy life, and i an bk wilviugecntradiction of ino Lroply Vi lost Tearuud micdieal t New X it aif ety combiacd wladuty tey vy Wi itich asthat slrople el 0 which | uun el aVpiLos. A g 307 Atheus BUrroLy, 83, Bostoy, Maw., N chvouslly spjwajed the sbove-nanted Fugeue E. sulif Su, aud wisde wath thay Lie turvgolig siatetien ls ué, e, i HOSEA I, BOWEN, Justice of the Peace. - - FURTHER PROOF. Facts Will Tell. I 8. STEVENR, Esq.: Dear sir: Allow wo (0 13y 8 word 1o favor of Vea- xTink, Dorlig the sk yoar | Bave sudera trota & complication uf disesses. *1 Tay 10 bed Trows tho 4 of Noveuber untll the middle uf ihe followlug June, 804 90 BuaVCTagy dd Bal sh U LW Bours w week. | g [ KTSE worms They wgread vart dlscasy, phihisin pywinia. uad klducy com pistul and could beverba auy better, | was roduced lo Sulihit S0 pouinds, which 14 mack, for' | sin naturally ) 1o June, Qudiug | was falliog under the treatment of e physlcinus, | commienced the use of Vet ring {hirugh the camest jeruaston uf Irisnda aad:"] i o, dntey with g roruita. vt Nalied 'V walk balfa mite, poifiiiie tn welght, can st upall day, aud rld edgud ahall contioug usiag the e i 18w greatly cocous VaGKring 101 can Geb1t. | am & puor wan. but Tuf the traibor thlsstateulent [refer by 8y bt Gotilowa oryiclulty. Yours, very thaokfully, A . BUKBECK Aug. 3, 1975, ‘Gottstown, K. 1. 8.8 Vegeline is €old by all Druggists. ENI!.I“OIDEI'IIE.& &c. ENMBROIDERIES LACES! |SPECIAL SALE! Field, Leiter & Co. latest tmportations of tail trade. They ar wear, L, lines of LACES, STATE & WASHINGTON-STS., Call special attention to thelr ENBROIDERIES, which have been. selected with yreat care, especially for re- in all weights of cloth, and suitable Jor trimming dresses, under- Particular attention. of las dies is ulso invited to their REAL ANDIMITATION: Including Capes, Scarvfs, Iich- ues, Colluretts, &c., in Polnt Gauze, Duchess, Spanish , @1l line of Torchon: Laces vorth star | GUEDUYE; also to the finest ever exhibited tnthis city, and all at prices that defy compe- tition. ACK GOODS, Madison & Peoria-sts, lack Goods, bargain, 86r; worth 80c. 76 and 86¢; under yaluo. 95c; worth $1,25, $1,00; worth 51,25, roportionatoly cheap. specially choap. worth §2.25, oxtra bargain, spocial barguin, Cloth at choa; 85¢ qualif 760 quali Blaclk Baratheas, nico quality, Black Bombazines from $1 yd tios, £1.25 and upwards, Black Tamise Cloths, good quality, * 76 cots. Black Crottones, 850; worth 81, Bpooinl Bargains in Black Silks, GARSON, PIRIE & GO0, Mudison & Pcorin-sts, ¥ CARPET i GOODN, Annmal Glearimg ale? West End Dry Goods ouse, GRBAT BARGAINS All-Wool Black Fronch Cashmeros at 60 cts; doublofold,and a groat 40-inch Black Fronch Cashmeres at 40-inch Black Fronch Cashmores at about 20 per cent .40.inch Black Fronch Cashmere at 48-inch Black French Cashmeres at Finost qualities of Black Cashmeros 4£lnch Black Drap d’Eto at $1.60; 48-inch Black Drap d’Eto at $1,76; 2 casos Black Mohairs at 45c yard; 5 casos Black Alpacas, handsomo finish and quality, ot 26 and 80¢; 50 pec Blagk All.-Wool Empross 40, 45, and 80c; very Auntrcfil’nn "Cmpos at 6500; regular Australian Lgx"upus at 80c; regular 750. vory cheap goods vl Hnu;{otm (?Iov.hs, ;!aa'\rub!o qualie St CARPETS! We beg to anmounce the arrvival of 1 YERY LARGE STOCK ot Body Brussels, Tapestry Brussels Ingrains, & 3-Plys, Of the NEWEST DESIGNS, which we ofter at greatly res duced prices. - AN INSPECTION SOLICITED. MANDEL BRO 121 & 123 State-st. ' ' t | ¢ § 1 !