Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 13, 1877, Page 2

T THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MAY 13} 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. to trying put on g b excused himself on the" score of financial ina- bility, but his subjects may joln the Turks as volunteers., TALK WITH A TORR. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. New Yorg, May 12— The Tribune has the following: * Gen. Tevfik, the Tu.rkis!{ Inspccb?r of Arms in this country, in talking with 8. T'rit- une reporter about the war in the East, admit- ted that the Mobammedans persecuted .and wronged the Christians years ago, but the hos- tle feclings thus causod were gradually dying out, and a friendly and patriotic spirit was de- veloping amone the people of all créeds in Tur- key. It wasthe policy of the Czar’s Govern- ment to keep alive the old discord, and in prom- ising the Bulgarians and Greeks the lands of the Mohammedans.” . THE PARTY IN THE WAY. - Special Dispaich to The Tribune. WasmngTos, D. C.; May 12.—Blacque Bey, former Turkish Minister st Washington for many years, is said to be the person near the Soltan who dictates what favors shall be ex- tended Americans in councetion with the army. He has a pretty thorough knowledze of Ameri- can hewspapers, 25 he suffered at the bands of some of them. There is little doubt that the opposition of the Sultan In refusing to admit American correspondents to the Turxish army 1s the result of his adviee. % BREADSTUFFS FOR ENGLAND. , New Yomg, May 12.—Four steamships, start- ing to-day and to-morrow for Europe, will take nearly 100,000 bushels of grain, and the quanti- tyof fresh beel will not be far short of 1,000,000 pounds, while of canned zoods, pork, salt beef, ‘bacon, cheese, batter, lard, and other provisions, the aggregate is very larze. 8o anxious have British people become rela- tive to these shipments of food. that the mere sighting of a vessel g0 Joaded at any poiat slong their coast is made thesubject of a spedial tele- gram td London newspavers. TUE BIG LOCK-OUT. GLASGOW, May 12.—The shipbuilders’ lock- out willaffect 25,000 to 30,000 men. MEXICO. WATCHING AND WAITING. New OrLEAxs, La, May 12—Information bas just reached here from Matamoras that Gens. Ayala and Darala, both of whom at dif- ferent times have served the Governments of the State of Nueva Leon, have organized geveral hundred meén at New Laredo to co-operate with Gen. Escapedo in the in- terest of ex-President Lerdo. Indications are that the Lerdo party i5 ready to initiate a strong movement to Tegain power, commencing on this frontier. Great activity and watchfulness exists among the friends of Gen, Diaz on this border to_promptly meet and suppress any overt act of their opponeuts to- ward revolution. NEETING OF CONGRESS. Crry_OF MEXICO, VIA BROWNSVILLE, May 12. —Ou Wedneeday the Second Congress, with 132 members present, counted the Presidential votes and declared Gep. Porfiero Diaz President. On Friday, the 4th, Diaz went to the gates of the city and was present- ed to the army as President elect, and waos by 1t cscorted to the gnlace where, the troops passed in review, At o'clock yesterday he w; ioaugurated with much solemnity and enthusi- wsm.”_After taking the oath of office be solemn- 1y dedared he would occupy the Presidency for one term only. The diplomatic corps, with the exception of the Umted States Minister, was present. ‘The civil procession, tollowed by the ilitary, then escorted the President to tle na- tioual palace. The term of the present Congress will not ex- pirc until September. _An clection for Scnators and members of the Supreme Court has been ordered. 2 PILIBUSTERING STORY, ‘Wasmveros, D. C., May 12, revived of an organization of 3 capture of Sonora, and that the capital néces- sary Lo fit out three expeditions is secured. The expeditions, 50 gocs the story, start from Yoma. San. Francsco, and El Paso, the first by ladd, the second Ly water, to Guaymas; these to re- inforce the third in Sonora. THE THIEVING RAIDERS. Several davs ago it was found out_by the military authorities ut Washinzton that the emigrants in Texas on the Mexican froutier on tlie Rio Grande River should be protected in future from tbe raios of Mexican baudits, and the authorities of that uubappy country have Leen intormed that parties crossing from Mexico and stealing stock from the ranches on the frontier would be followed up, even'if they succeeded in cscaping with their booty from Awerican soil, and be Dbrougit’ back across the border aud punished. This action seems to have given offense to the “ greasers,” “Pheir papers in Matamoras and towns on the borders are- edited in the_main by _ex-horse- tiieves, guerrillas on the Rebel side in the late War, aud renegades wio aid aud abet in the raids which are of such frequent occurrence on the Rio Grande border. The following is a transiation of an editorial from a Matamoras ‘paper, which will mive a true index of the feel- inf there: oy 114 the general convictlon that with pradence (and capacity) oll the auperficialities of these American figures of specch con be confuted. It ‘cannot ve proven that the depredations committed in Texssare the work of ‘-Mexican bandits,” ‘That assertion is a8 gratuitozs as false, and he who Iusied it Can peither prove it, nor deny e fullow- acts: ngmudfln cupidity holds Texss as a conquered land, and the Americans who nave emigrated there Lave cstablished roboery asa trade, and deworai- ized ail who are willingto becowe (helr instru- ments. Naturully, 0 immoral a school has 1ts at- tractions, us all'of its” pupils can graep a share of the bounty; but there are few Mexicans who wouid condescend to belong to it.° Who were the rot- Dere in Texes nutil the Americans occapied the country? .+ |-The-Fateof fl{e First " Batch :Not Yet Decided. A,Gleam of H();Se Discovered i)y the Friends of Truthful Jacob. History of the Negotiations Between the Government and Its Special Counsel. The Price of Patriotism Therein Computed to a Dot. Latest Phase of the War Between Merriam and the Distillers. The Collector Believed to Have the ‘Weather-Gauge. CHICAGG. THE PIRST BATCH. Spetial Dispateh to The Tribune. g Wasnrxaroy, D. C., May 12.—Judge Lawrence withdrew from the Attorney-General's office the statement of Ayer and Dexter, in order to present it toSecretary Sherman. The Attorney-General is not disposed tn express any opinion until after ma- ture consideration. Before deeiding, he will send acopyof the statement to Storrs, with a request for bis views. That copy will scarcely be sent un- til next week, as Lawrence will not return the statement until after an interview with Sceretary Sherman, who will not be here until Monday. The Attorney-General eays that the Rehm suit is on a different basis from the first- batch suits. Tn the latter the prosecution was for taxes. In Rehm's case it was for penalty only, and the Attorney-General suid the $1,000,000 suit is, in {ts natare, A GRIMISAL PROSECUTION for forfeiture. The Attorney-General says that Jndge Lawrence claims that the President's par- @on isa complete bar to this suit, and that as ro taxes are due, and Rehm was not = distiller, any further prosccution cannot be bad. The indica- tions are that Rebm now, under the presentation of the case made here, has abetter . chance for es- cape than the first batch. FEES OF THE GOVERSMENT COUNSEL—INTER- ESTING CORRESPONDENCE SHOWING 1LIOW MUCH THESE GENTLEMEN THOUGHT THEIR SCRVICES WORTH—BREAKING TUE WINSKY RING AT $200 A DAY—THE GOVERNMENT AP- PLALS TO PATRIOTISM OF COUNSEL—DEXTER'S STIMATES. Fiom Qur Own_Corresvondent. W gtox, D. C.. Muy 10.—One feature of the whisky prosccutions has never been thoron; 1y undersiood in Chicago 1t probably is not known that at one time there was great dunger that the cases might be dropped, orat 1 Jured on account of the unwilli the special Government counsel to continue their further service for the Guvernment W fees. The fullowing oflicial correspon‘ience, which has never before been published, throws some light upon this question of fees. 1t appears that uf the Government counsel Wirt Dester considered him- pecially valuable. ie claims that his con- a3 that e should receive $2, 500 retainer and 3200 a day, making a total of $7,500. Some- thing of the nature of the ousiness of a successful Chicago lawyer may be. learned from the following correspondence. It appears that Bluford Wilson was obliged to appeal to the patriotism of the counsel: JUDGE BANGS FEARS DESERTION. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, NORTHERK District of ILLixots, CHicaco, April 26, 187 The Hon, Bluford Witson, solicitor of the Treq ury, Washington. D). C.~Stn: Some days since AMr. Dexter wrote to Attorney-General Pierrepont, Mr, Boutell wrote to yoarself, and Alr. Ayer wrote to Secretary Bristow, touching their compensation a<speciul attorneys for the Government in theee whi=ky cascs, since which none of them have peen Deard from. These zentlemen decline further service for the Government, unul they bear from the Department from the matter contained in their suid letters, The trials of D. W. Munn, Phil Wadswortn, and J. D. Ward, and of Batlentine and Lawrence, all of them very important trials, in which from the fir<t thesc yentlemen have been active, are to come off on the 10th of May next. Simple prudence would dictate that at Jeast one of those zentlemen shonld nssist in trying eald cases, and betier {wo of them. Please advise in the Ppremises and oblige. Iespectfully yours, Nanx Baxas, Uuited State’s Attorney. WIRT DEXTER PREFERS MONEY TO PROMISES. PortLaxy BLock, Cmicico, May 3, 1876, —70 the Hon. 8. 1. Bristow, Secrelaryof the Treasury =My Deag Sm: Your letter came to-day, and [ read it to Mr. Averand Mr. Boutelle. 1fthe At- tomey-Genersl bhad eaid the fond was low, and asked s to wait for the halsuce, we should have found no fault, althourh Mr, Ayer has pressing use for his earninzy, and Iconfess it woull not be in- convénient to me: and, as our cfforts had resuited inturning 4 good deal of money into the Govern- ment Treasary, it 18 hard to see why our bill could ot be promptly paid. We took the Attorney-General's Jetter to mean what it snid. which wns that onr charges were cut down fuo-riirds. This we resentéd, as the bills #rc_made up Bpon suc a reasonsble basis that there can be no dispute on that score. 1 speat: of my own, and of what Alr. er tells me of ‘the rate of lus charges. The éxperiénce of counsel, who have in times pust served the Governmeuwt at this point, has ocen o aufruitful thatnone of us wished to undertuke this empioyment without some personal assurance, . ‘This Gen. Wilson gave usin the beginning, and npon my return ffom Washington il the couneel were satisied with the etatement I brousht taat your Departent would see ux paid. When we found our bills cut down by the Départment of Justice, we retired from the service. Now, relsing upon your ussurance, we shall ren- der the District-Attorney such 2id in the coming trinis as be may desire. . . Wirt DESTER. The people know nothing of the nuimbers of rab- | BLUFORD WILSON AFPEALS TO DEXTER'S PAT- bers assaseinutell after their impnsonment, - nor are they aware of how many of them are puturalized Amurican citizens; aud there s Lus Jittle doubt 1hat this system of marders had forits sim the sup- pression of the fuct that the dead are Americun citizene, and that in the prosecutions at Corpus 2nd Browneviile the accurers are all Americans. Each case may be examined, but nothing wili be diecovered, save that the cause of all these rob- Leries hns always been, and always will be found w0 be. owing to the demoralizing intlucnces of American emigration. 5 1t is etated- that officials of high gradé in the Meéxican army aud merchants of the Mexican fron- tier have equipped and armed many of the partics Who rob the Texas ranches. ~ Lencath the Mexican uniforin beat hiearts inspired by the noblest patri- ouswm sud capadle of unspenkavle self-abnegation and valor; and the universsl credit, honot, and unblemished fame of our commerce is boyond Prale. for they bave yer 1o learn the art of fraud- ulent bankrupicies %0 common smong Americans, and alwars preserve a high sense of honor, morali- 1y 2nd self-respect. 3 The idea of noble romptings besting in the ts of traders in Mexican uniforms who come 10 steal stock onAmerican soil is certam- 1y zoud. Evidently Mectamoras editors need a little more thorouggh reformation than can be obtained near the American border. They shunld change thelr tesidences, - FRANCE, CHECKING THE DOSAPARTISTS, Paris, Moy 12.—In consequence of the sys- tematle disturbance in the Ghamber of Depu- ties by some Bouapartists who do mot conceal the fact that their object is the discreadit of the parliamentary Government, and Grevy aving threatened 1o resign the Presidency un. 1éss Lis hands are strengthened, LeClond (Mod- crate Repablican) to-day, pursuant toa resolu- tion of 1he entire Left, muved an alteration in e standing orders restoring the rules of 1649 which gave the President power: to suspend the ay of disorderly members, suspend thelr Tight 1o speak, and fix themn with the cost of placard- wg votes of censure. SOUTH AMERICA- A CITT DESTROYED. - Loxnox, Eng., 3ay 12.<=Iquique, Peru, was destroved by an earthquake on Thursdsy, the 10t of May. RARTEQUAKE WAVES. Wasmserox, D. C., May 12.-Assistant Davidson telegraphs C. P. Patterson, Superin- tendent of the Coast Survey, in rélation t6 earth- Quake Waves rexistered - in the tide gauges at Fort Point st the entranee of S4r Franclsco Larbor to the following eflect: Sharp earth- Quake waves commenced Thursday, May 10, at f18 3. m. Five flses and falls eighty mivutes. . Then . i nine mnxini: or crests minutes apart, with lorty- 1t gecondury maxims, the largest fifteen . in ?‘nen slm !b rists, rouneenh;nrhes R irregular broken crests one hour a 105 3. m. riday double maxima, as -‘:‘3; m;zn inencement, the jarsest rise being eight inchea, From 5:30 2. m. Friday 101 35 p, 4., irregniar niuxima; then a sudden fall sixteen inches, ind the avtioncontinding untll 5 p.: tn. ' There was no efined masima of action, biit - exhibi tions of a markedly differedt character. - 5 3""’ carthquake wave of the ereat earthquake in Japan s0me years aro. was twe -three min- utks raversiny (hE PAhd to S FAntee. KI0TisL. WasumixaTos, D. C., May b, 1870.—My Dear Ar. Dexter: 1 have eecu your scveral lelters to the Secretary of the Treasary, and that of Mr. Liontelle, in' refcrence to your compensation us #preiul counzel in the Chicago winsky-cases, The Secretary hae taken bold of the matter actively; and, as soon as the Attorney-Generl re- turns, will, - X" bave 1o doubt, secare further and luller payment to you. It i8 proper 1 ebould say to.yon, and throush you to dc. Aver and Mr. Boutelle. that the money collected ‘st Chicago In Internal Revenae cases §8 nou all availabie for the purpose of your fets. which are payible ont of epecial apprapriations which bave been exhausted, Tne new_Deiciency bill leaves the Departient of Justice, Tunderstand, still short-handed. o 1 hotice that severul statements of tue nccount run considerably over the sums originally fixed in our conference atChicago. - Your fee. for nstance, yasto be 57,500, ith arrangements for certatn additional ‘allowances, thut of Mr. Ayer §3,5 nd that of Mr. Boutelle $5,000. Of course T 321 derztand thet the Government has required very tuuch more of you than was contempiated ot first, 2nd for this reison 1 do not expect that you wonld be confined to the old figure: but 1 submit that it wonid Le falr all around if the Goyernmént were to pay you the sum-zbove named, leaviug the ‘question of your further und final compensation to be settied hereafter. o In this comnection I beg that you will bearin mind that we get nothing from *‘across the way " except what we fight for, and in: confidence I de- sire 10 ¢ay to yoursclf aud your ‘ansociules that have strong reason 10 bulieve tuat Caulfeld, who has been making an ontery abont the enorutons ex- pense of special counsel, bas got one cye at least upon tne situation at Chicago, abe important cases are yet to be tricd, War adsworth, and Muho. 1t would be quite’ a_triv umph for the other side if you gentlemen could be: squuesed or frozen out' of the prosecution, nnd Bangs left tu contend nlone azainst the strong ur- Tay of countel on the other side. I kuow that you will sy that this {s a_conslderation tuat conceérng the Government rather than dovs not unswer my dirst, for the reason that you are perhaps as mach a part of the Government us the Attorner-General, and you wust remembir taat neither the Secretary of the Treasury nor my- gelf can fairly Le held_rosponslble for his acts or his refusal to accord with vur views, of theee reasons I hope you will strengthen our | hands all sou can by making your churges 2 mod. Brute as you can, e rath o fon wit e truth Is. In your connection with these gasds a8 in that of the Secretary and mysell, The sentr: ment of pateiotiem appeals quite 84 strongly to you asto We ceitamnly nave nothin more at stake in these cases than yourself and swsocistes, 1 hope, thercfore, toat Fou will sen **shuck off " your coats all around, and go week relying ipon the - Sccretary of m“fl'e‘faf::x; and myself 1o stand by you faithfally and fairly, snd upon onr eorts 10 meet. every reasonavie Ao Lcipation in the matter of your fece. \With high regard, yourread, .. ~ BLuroup Wirsox,o 5, 5 ,Dz_n%n-sumr.x 24 0RTLAND ‘Bt a1C160, Ma 1876.— luford “Wilson, keg., Treasury ’pg'mrlmnz, Waekington—My'DRan S1w: 1 received your 1etter this morning. * There. isa good . deal of force in’ wvhat you say of our duty as citizens. I think the facts show I have not béen unmindful of that obli- tion. 1 'whs to receive 3,500 retainer, which fovers amuit.iude of gencral interviews,~even- 10, etc., for which no charge is utherwice made. 1 was to receive $200 acay while in court. which 1 was g would takea monthy or wwenty-fve #, a8t was then supposed.] should. be needed trisls. This made u with a fuir regard for your in. only on This le up the $7,3500 to which Fou refer, N R SN = T You lost your District-Attorney, and his daties, were thrown npon me, contrary to and my own. ‘This unexpected <cunetitates the bolk of my bill. Of course it took wie out of sumed my time with the Grand s mnn;x{ In conrt, bat when at Sout expectation service yo willsee office “and ‘con: urs as completely * W uunxw‘t,: 1 :n{ *ahiuei{?galégih: iifiuum;. zad, rsolved 0 ke my bi adayinstead of $200. . ., 2 tipniatad for4300, aaat this eason oy time Is worth that., > T Our court practice comes in thé zevero winter montue, |1 Eeep sn olice force that costs me 3503 day, nnd-whlme chief e{plu;mzm 18, preparing - cases which I am to presen With three people on my hands, T cannot atlord to work on outside business for a'sum that Wou! otherwisc satisfy me, Since Dec. 20, with the ex- “Ceptlon of one case at Washington, T have not been able toargne or try ‘single cauge, on account o the Government cascs. 1 have employed others (o attend tomy causes, and have HOL yel reseive ‘from the Government as much 85 1 have paid out in that way. m T was afraid Mr. Ayer would uot go on at all, birt ho tolls me that he wrote your Departuent that B oe begin ddy aftor fo-morrow, ; they will take pmonth and perhaps two. Then comes judg- moat day, which will deprive ‘us of the prescnce oL pme of our prominent PO CA Y peren, i ‘WILSON RECOMMENDS PA'I'HI:.:\"T; Wasaiorox, D, C.. May 23, 1876.—To. the Ton. . Edwards Ficrrepont, Aftorney-General— S+ T Tave had several communications of late from Wirt Dester, £6q., special counsel in the In- {érnal-Reveuue cases 1 Chicago, in reference to his compensation and that of M. Aver, his asso- clato. S = tlemen, baving been retained at my In e e 10 Took after heir compen- aation. . honor to forward to you a fetter from, 1(:.%;:&:‘\': un‘:l have to sugpest that additioual compensation to the extent of 85,000 each be made and Mr. Ayer... - ¢ e w)‘:fiew of the extent and value of their services - to the Government 1 have no doubt that this pay- ment will be beld by you to be entircly rensonable. Vi tully, Bruronp WiLsoy, .. VErT IR - iiciior of the Treasury. SPRINGFIELD. THE WAR: UPON MERRIAM. Spectal Dispatch to The Trivuns, SeprsapieLp, 1M, May 12.—Tuz TRIDUNE'S full Washington dispatches regarding affairs in this revenue district and the fight for and against Col- lector Merriam create profound interest here. Merriam's stutement {n Washington, as Tuz Trin- UNE has it, elicits utter sstonishment, and esnecially go that portion construed as an assault upon the Integrity of his late Deputy, Mauj. Pink- ham. The lsiter was Gov. Oglesby's private secretary. He is highly connected, and has always een highly regurded, in which opinion Merriam hes always stated he fully. shared, and recéntly wrote Pinkham uacknowledging his integrity and his eficiency as Deputy Collector. A few days prior 1o his departure for Washington, Merriam personally testifled his high regard for Ris Iate Deputy. , . So much'of Merriam's Washington statement. as is constracd as reflecting upon Gen. E. N. Bates is regarded a8 astounding, as Gen. Bates s here and thronghout the State considered ns in the bighest scnse upright, and he never had the slight- est connection with the whisky Interest, and has always been friendly to Merrium. THE FIGOT 18 OPENED hereto-day, however. Pinkham's friends charge to-day that the original organization of Merriam's Pekin Bank, the First National, was by Mclntyre, the distiller; D. W. Lusk, now State Printer; Jodge Turper, formerly Merriam's Depnty at Pekin, and whose duughter Merriam recently discharged from her - clerkship here; Henry Westerman, Sam Jones, and Jonathan Merriam. - Before the organization wos completed Afclntyre and Westerman drew out. Among the present ofticers, Directors, and stackholders are J. Merriam, Charles Turner, late Deputy; D. Tlieronymns, Deputy here; Al Sweetzer, Doputy of Bloomington; A. B.lloblett, ex-Deputy; James Palmer, now Government Storckeeper at the Sangamon _distillery, and Ierget Bros., liquor- dealers at Pekin. 1t is urged that the bank beiny 80 largely officered by Government officials is antagonistic to the revenue service. Pinkhum also charges that the bank has advanced a large amonnt. tod.D. Mclntyre, distiller, taking security on spirits in the warchouse, am that this 18 SED TO PUBLIC INTERESTS. Pinkham also charges that Merriam didn't sign the stamps. 28 required by law. This latter charge is the only one admtted by Merriam's friends, who say that 8 practice obtains among Collectors to aliow the simuing of tncir names {n their avsence by Deputies; John T. Barper slways did, Merriam's’ friends charge that the Goverment officers and revenue agents here are present by conspiracy with distillers and interests inimical to Merriam. Dispatches toand from the latter have been burdening the wircs ail day and this evening, and Merriam is confident by telegraph that e can hold the fort. Westermaa was certainly bere this moruing, though keeping himself ont of the way, but he can't be found to-night. . The Visitinz Revenue agents seem’ to have con- cluded taeir examination of the ofiice proper, but say nothing further than that the stamp acconnt 13 ALL RIGUT. Two stranzers observed in conversatlon with the Agonts to-day ot 8 bugwy to-night and drove ont in the direction'of Riverton, althongh the roads are very bad. Why they did not ga by train can only be surmised. There have been numerous consal- tations_to-night between both factions among themselves, and much telegraphing to Washington has followed, but both parties decline to show theirhand. 3 = Col. Biuford Wilson says to-night that Merriom will be retained. Several friends of District-Attorney Comnelly marvel at the prominence given Merriam as pro- testing ‘ggainst the compromise of the Pekin whisky cases. Here Conneliy was only known as protesting vigorously, and all the time, against the compromise. Low the bt will end is bard to say. _Roth parties profess confldence, but especially Merri- am's friends. From the bad feclings cngendercd, gnd the ight among {he whisky-men themselves, it is hoped and expectéd that the inside. history of the whole Ring and its operations may yet be disclosed. > IN WASHINGTON. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. . WasnNeToY, D. C., May 12.—Collcetor Mer- riam, of the Eighth lilinois Revenue District, had 8 long interview with Commissioner Raum this eveninig i the matter of the charres made against the foriner by his dismissed deputy, Pinkhaui, and the convicted distiller, Ii. P. Westermun, under the name of L. I'. Brown, 1t is represented that Roum is convinced thut Merriam s a thoroughly good odicer, and that {he charzes had no other foundation than hus piready been mentioned in these dispatches. Among tile pupers containing the charges1s the foilowing dispatcn: - ... “Pexiy, May 8, 1ST7.—Jonn Sherman, Sec- relary of the Ireasury: Bluford Wilson, on be- half of Collector Merriam, 1a a trand, and Merriam o first-clas liar. ~Letter for mail to'morrow. | Do not.trust Wilson. _ He would sell his Ubd. - (Sighed) e ‘'L, P. Brows." The Inzenions individual, L.°P. Trown, has overshot Rimself, as the charges over his' own name and those of Plakham's are g 4DENTICALLY THE SAME, with alittle difference in the statements, and all have been substantially disproved. Ore of the tricks of Pinkham was to represent that Merriam bhad favored distillers by taking bd bonds, The law provides that distillers shull give n running ° vond for - ome year, . which, at the expiration of the year, if {hero 1% no frauds is exbausted. ‘Tt s the cadton when dis. tillers are honest 1o continue to make & new bond with the same persons every year, so lonz 8 the sccurities aregood. Pinkhtn had grouped a num- ber of bondsmen who have been" boidsinen for several years on different bonds, added the sums of their Nabilities for the respective years as their present habilitles, aud charzed that Collector Merrinm has tuken them as xecurity for such sume. This charge was addressed personally to Scereary Slicrman, and designed evidently for his eye only. —_— : FIRES. AT JACKSONVILLE, TLL. yoursolf: but that Spectal Dispasch to The Tridune. JACK20XYILLE, 11l., May 1. —Another coneldér- able fire accurred in this city 1ast night. This is the Afth within a period of three months, and prior to that the city bad baraly esperienced 2 fire in ten years. This one was in une of the best brick blocks In-the city, - known as Chamoers’ Block, on West State strect. ' It ‘broke oiat nbout midnlght. It was probubly kindled in the rear part of the second story by an fucendiary. The Flre Depart- ment were early on thd ground, and, by herofc fighting, confiucd the arses fa the ipper stor and the roof. The merchandise on the groun, floor waa entircly saturated with water, and much injared. . The damazed block was owned by Byron Felton, &. M. Chambers, Sr.. L. M. Chambers, 2nd G. M. Chamhers, Jr., ‘and their losses will Amount to 5,000 or $10,600. The stocks of goods Tere owned as followa: S, Cafky, upholsiery, loss, $1,500: €. M. Hagdeh. dry foods mpd fFroceries, $2,000; Wyman & Co., quecnsware: $1,000; Epler & Callon, law library, 81,000, . The Pankesty was all well ‘insared fu 'various com-- AT EAST SAGINAW. Special Dispatch o Tne Tribens. Euist Sagixaw, Mich., May 12:—A frame hotel- Dullding owned by J. V. Blair was destroyed by ?;: 5.’3)0. uzfn wmorhing.” Loss, 82,500. ‘lnmr'ed_ AT WAHOO, NEB. Oxaxia, Neb., May 12.—A fire at Wahoo, Neb., 185t nizht destrosed three buildings. Loss, §4,000; Insurance, $1,600, n the Orient, of Bartford, plet i e o FINANCIAL, - ; 3 Special Dispatch to The Tribune. 1 P Fonr Warse, Ind., May 12.—The. fallure . of Stopplet & Bros.,; dealers fn staves and hardware, | é’s D:’i;::?nfaced. Liabilities, $12,000; assets, SUICIDE, - : Special Ditpdteh to The Tridune, .. . Minrsoy, Wis., 3May The wife of, John Endreas, a farmer of* Springtield, in this county, committed suicide yesterday by catting b No hfw:_uixned}qr the See] CMuE her throng, .. VANDERBILT. ' Another Claimant for a Moiety of the Rich'Man's Estate. The Same Being, No Other than the No- : -torious Tennie C. Claflin, = * One Hundred Thousand Dollars ‘Will Satisfy Her Present s Yearnings. Téunie ‘and Vio Recount Their Business Dealings with the Commodore. ‘Embellishing Their Story with Mysteri- ous Hints and Innuendoes. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. New Youx, May 12.—The Zimes to-morrow will print the following: ‘*Among William H. Van- derbilt's recent annoyances has been the presenta- tion of a claim by Tennie C. Claflin upori Commo- dore Vandorbilt's estate for an indefinite amount, saated at over $100,000, or $70,000 and compound interest. ‘A Times reporter who called on Miss Claflin yesterday was shown & copy of the paper served on Mr. Vanderbilt, It receitos that in the fall of 1871 she gave Commédore Vanderbilt $10,000 to operate with in New York Central and other raflroad stocks, as she had done before. She nsked him to keep the money and whatever ac- cumulations might accrue for her until called for. In the spring of 1873, when scverely vreseed for money, she sent her sister for a portion of the amount. He replied he had promised her mother he would xot let the money ret out of Lis hands watil it went to purchase 3 home which should be as finc as sany house 1n the city. He ndded that the orlginal sum and its accumulations then amounted to 570,000, Some time in the autumn of 1874 Miss Claflin, fn com- pany with Mra. Woodhull, called upon the Com- modore, and also at other times, to get some of tie money. ' HE RERUSED TO GIVE THEM ANY, stating he did mot beliove they wonld nse it judiciously, and thought the best thing he could do was to keep ft until they were - omt of their dificulties aud - had better appreciation of the value of money, and until it amonnted to such 8 sum that it would be a sure reliance. Having fall confidence 1 his good intentions-and in’ his superior wisdom and judg- ment they allowed him to retaln it. Miss Claflin was unable o say o what extent the nccumulations bad grown, but she thought they ought to reach $100,000. From what the Commodore had eaid to her during his lifetime they should vastly exceed thut sum. She left it 10 William 11. Vanderbilt's generosity to say what excess shonla be paid her, Mrs. Woodhnll and- Miss Claflin protested they hadno wishtogive the matter publicity, but at the same time rattled off the details witha vigor thut scarcely gave them breathing space. They eaid the Commodore STARTED THES IN BUSINESS and furnished them with his checks to carry it on. It was in compliance with bis desire that their Weekly was started and published, and his money paid its oxpenses. Heacted as their banker for years, having large amounts of their money in'his hands coutinually in trust or for Investment. They madé his acquaintance in 1838, and he had taken a fatherly interest in them cver since, treat- ing them, Miss Clalin added, ‘‘too much like childres Mrs. Woodhull said she had as much as 817, 000 in the Commodore's hands atone time. IHe often told them he ntended to leave them half a milllon in his will, and that they believed he did so, butas they are denfed access to hfa private papers they ° arc helpless to enforce its payment. The moncy on which their claim is based was invested in New York Central below 90, and margin. ‘When they presented thieir claim to William H. Vanderbilt heasked them WHAT PAPERS THEY HAD to $how. - They told him none, as the Commodore never gave them any receipts or accountings for the money they depoaited with bum. He suld that wasso, s father never gave anvhody a receipt, and riever kent uny books, and he added their claim would be ail right. As soon us hie got the will pro- bated he would attend to it.- -*At that time,” said Miss Cladin, ‘**he thought I only wanted my $10,000 back with simple interest. There were gome facts I knew which he did nut wish to e made public. After the probate, Mr. Vanderbiit senta gentleman to see Miss Claflin, and ask her what ehe wonld take. She totd him, and he binted that §14,000 or $15,000 would be o nice thing, but she gave him distinctly to under- stand she would listen to NOTHING OF THE SORT. The settlement was delayed on varions pretests, till finaily Mr. Vanderbut informed ner he had o year to clear off his father'sdebts. 'She thereapon consnlted Scott Lord. Cornelins Vanderbilt's connsel advised a reference in the Surrogate Court, but this proposition waa rejected by Mr. Vander- bilt. Miss Claflin thereupon retained Mr. Lord as ber tounscl, and employed Jobn D. Townsend to draw up the papers in a suit to compel the payment of. the cluim. This suit she intended to bring Monday if o settlement was not effected meantime. She was then awaiting the return of ouc of her atterneys, who had goné fo the liritannic to make n fipal effort to secure an amicaole adust- ment, -‘Understanding,” said Misa Ciafli ‘‘that Mr. Vanderbilt had mover denlod’ the justice of the claum, but hopes to force me o accept ansthing he chooses lo give, knowing 1am poor. A man with his money 13 we)l able to scttle any time, and [ consider it o shame that we have been compelled to wait. Butyon needa't be surprised at his course when I tell you that in pay- ind his slsters their legucics, he cut off and kept tue conpous, which~.weré within- a day or two of falling due.” -*We have been prevented from goidg.to Europe,” said Mrs.Woodhall, < \ve have had"the pavers ready 1o simm for over six mionths, by which we would have been enjoying a prolitabe series of lecmring engagements on the ther side. We lave lost over $100,000 by the delay already. **1f Thad taken my $10,000 and interest, - énfd Mes. Claflin, ‘1 would - have been . paid * long: ago, but Mr. Vanderbilt will have to_pay eventually. - Too much proof. .1 have over “100° witnesses. Wiy, Commodore Vanderbilt himself testified before Judge McAdam in 1374 that he had then an open account with us, 171 was to tell you all I know it wonld be worsea kreat ddal than the Beecher case. 1t would make a spleudid scnsational article, " eaid Mrs: Woodbull, **1f we gave you the reasons why Commodore Van- derbilt took sich an futerest In 2 paper that cx. reseed she most radical of radical views, * But our ips are sealed on the strength of this claim,™ OQUTWARD 31GNS. Woodhull snd Claflin, who could &carcely get their bread a few weeks since, have rented an’ ele- gant house on Forty.seventh stret, and aro liviag n the most clegunt style. . Mr. Vanderbilt, questioned in regard to the sait on board the Britannic this afternoon, saidz,. *¢ Ol, that §s ridiculone, Miss -Claflin has made some prepostorous claim of tae pature sou mention; but am uot aware she has taken it nto Court. ' Her Cluim don’t amount (o auything, ~ Keally. itis too ridiculous to seriously discnes, ¥ Mz, Vanderbilt further said thathe was not going abroad forpleastire or health. ** You can state that Tam going abroad:on important business, but ichat the nature of that ousiness is I am not at liberty to state: I shaiPbe away nbout a month, Pozsibly a little longer. ™ * The Graphic says this important bns is to start a line of freight steamers in opposition to thuse which Presidoat Garrett. of the Daiiimore 5 Ohio Railway, controls. Alr. Vanderoiit's xon Cornelius denfes this pos- itively, and saya its absuzdity appears ihen it is femeinbered that one-half the steamers now owned by the various lincs are Iylng idle. 3 ELOPEMENT. ~ - Speclal Dispatch to The Tribune, St. Louts, Mo., May 12.—A social sensation hae been created here in certain circles by the discoy- ery of the fact that George Overstolz, the20-yenr- old and oly 800 of our preeent Mayor, had eloped with Mids Lizzie McCall, a prétey actress, who bas been o member ‘of De Bar's- Opera- House compsny during the past’ eoason. ¢lopemeut thok. place G, Darh a0 g e riage is Baid to have {mmodiatyly folcwed’ The Overstolz family. are much distressed over évent. The bride Is a fow years the senior ot 1os licge lord, but handsome_enough to make ap for 4ho'discrepancy inage. Youns Uverstolz has pecr Jery asiidnous in jus dttentions all winter, secing her home from the theatre almost every nj ight. o . : TELFGRAPRIC NOTES, NEw Yoms, May 12.—The jury in the suit Dbroight by Abram H. Daley agdinst Waller I Livingston under.a writ of quo warranto toonst the Iatter froni the Sutrogatesliip of Kings County, feroqkl::. guve a verdict for plaintiff. *Judge Gil- rt, in his charge o the jory, held t A cepted the ballot-boxes, f)nli} s it ?‘ifi’zfi, ddnered 10 tae returns. Livingston was elettod. : PHILADELeuIA, May 12 —Ex-President Grint held a reception in the Unico League House from 2 i1l 4 this afternoon, after which, in company with Gov_ Hartran(t and staff and o number of promi- ST, b T o iy e First Regiment of Infantry. SDG%I Dispatch to The Tridune, u;:ry Wik, Muy 12.—Thé iion. Fred Kahn* urer, ' dives notlck that the interest and taxes on land bought from tie State on contract will be due on the last day of May, and non. fillment wil] necessitate the ‘exnction of. penaltle - Special Dispaten to The Trivune. New, Yows, May 12.—sosh Iart will begin his suit agninst Anna Dickinson to recover. S, 0D ou Monday. Gen. Roger A. Pryor is Miss Dickinson's Zounse. . - Spectal Dispatch to The mn;u‘h n ‘HoLraxp, Mich., May 12—, D. Post bas been appointod Deputy tollecior for this port. The of- fice has been vacant ,since ‘January, and has kept several applicants in suspen, Post has held the ve 4 0 1877 e e e e Drimich fo The Trivure - EAst Saatxaw, Sich., May 12.—One hundred and thirty-three thousand cubic_feet of oak timber was shipped from the Samnaw River yesterday for Europe vl’; the Lower Lakes CRIME. - TWEED, Special Dispaich (o The Tridune. New Yomk, May 12 —Messrs. Peckham and Whitney had a consultation with Attorney-General Fairchild in regard to the value of Tweed as " o witness. Mr. Whitney, Corporation Counsel; expressed himself satisied from the con- versations he had beld with Tweed, that Tiweed's cvidence would crush the Ring suits against the city. Mr. Peckham, counsel forthe prosecu- tion against Tweed, wasalso convinced that Tweed ‘was of importance to the State in the Ring cases, Nothing was said about evidence criminating par- tizans, the vulue of Tweed’sevidence being bnsed on what he could tell of the suits in which the city is interested, Messrs. Peckham and Whitney therefore favored Tweed's releasc.. The Attorucy- General went back to Albany to-night, sayinz be would consider his final action in the matter there. 1t Is at Jast wholly probable that Tweed will soon be oat. 70 the Western Associated Press. NewYork, ‘May 12, ~The Alcpress says that the Attorney-General has concluded that the state- ment of facts furnished by Tweed cannot be used incarrying on the prosecutions against the old Ring thieves, and that he has much ipformation re- served which he refuses to disclose £6 save certain of his fricnds. The Attorney-General is reported as di; Eusled with the whole busineas. Ie has re- turncd the papers to Tweed, and has dechned to releasé him. AN INDEPENDENT JUROR. Spectal Dispateh to The Tribune. PurLApELPILA, May 12.—The jury in the Dotts case were dischurged to-day. When they first retired they stood five to five, with two doubtiul. To-day they stood eight to four in favor of convie- tion. Judge Elcock, before discharging them, catled attention to the charges mada in the Tines aguinst one of the jurors. The Tunes reporter was placed on. the stand, and “testifed to the truth of his story, and Robert Diamond, one of the general panel, but not drawn on the Bott case, testiffed that A.IL. Hodgeson, one of the jurors, told him after the trial began that it made no differ- ence to him what the evidence might be he would not convict Dot if be was to stay out six weeks, 1lodgson wus put on the stand, but did not deny it dudze Elcock held him for the District-Attorney to prefer charves, and also for contempt. ‘The case will i tried uigath a5 500n a5 possible. - Since the trial began, it has come out thut Bott seduced bis wife, now living only married her at _the muzzle of u pistol, and afterwards was caughtin bed with her sister by the injured husband. AN OLD OFFENDER. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. PimeapELruia, May 12—Richard Lemnix, a eelcbrated confidence man who was srrested here on yesterday, proves to be the same person who obtained $1,100 from the Home Bank, and from Heald's Bank, in Canton, Til., several weeks ugo. After obtnining the monmey from the Canton banks by means of forsed drafts, he visited the First National Bank at Bushnell, 1il., where be perpetrated & similar trausuction. Immediately thereafter he made tracis for Canada, where hie conddenced a bank in Montreal out of a cousideruble sum. From Montrear he went to Quebec. - where he Zot into a bank on a similar dodge for another large amount. From the time he con- fidenced the Cunton banks his steps nave boen dogged by the oficers, but he managed to elude all efforts to capture bim untll yesterday, when he was overhauled. irank Hitcheock, an 1llinols Sheriff, is here, and has identificd him as the man wanted' for the Canton transaction. Thero fs scurcely o State in the Unfon in which he is not wanted, and »0_shrewd un_operator has he been that he has defied the authorities for years, His arrest will canse erent satisfaction to nenrly every banking institution in the wholc coantrs. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. ., May 12.~One of the officers of 's Bank in this place ‘eft for Philadelphia to- day to identify Kiehurd Lennix, who confidenced the_bank in this city a few weeks ago out of §1,100. TUNPROVOKED ASSAULT. Special Dispatch to The Trivune. Dosuque, Ia., May 12.—This morningabout 10 o'lcock ns some workmen were engaged in loading gravel above McKnights Springs, on the Chicago, Dubuque & Minncsota Raflroad, H. Lang sprang on tothe train, and running up to John Mack, struck him 2 blow with his shovel over the head. -Mack fell from the car to the ground, from whence e was picked up and conveyed to the foundhouse. Lang was im- mediately seized by the men, and brought to the city und lodged In juil. Tae physicians that were gent for found Mack insensible. Besides concussion of the braim, and fractured :1 he was injured by his fall from the car, as he emed to suifer considerable pam in s Jeft enonlder. Lang I8 a stranger . here, and hus oniy worked o few months, A report _in circulation is, that he was Jately discharged from the Insane Asylam ot Independence. DEATII WARRANTS. TIArRISBURG, May 12.—Gov. Hartranft has issned warrants of exccntion for George W. Fletcher, Philadelphia, June1l, and Frank Wilson (colored), Harrisburg, Jaly 11, 4 : Special Dispatch to The Tribune. S1. Louis, May 12. —Poindexter Edmondson will be hanzed' at_Bloomfeld, Mo., next Tuesday for the killing of Wiilinm Shaw last October. '‘The yerdict was adlemed Ly the Supreme Coort, and the Governor has refused to interfere. This is the second execution -that wiil have taken place in the history of Stoddurd Connty. The evidence was entirely circurstantial., Itis believed -others dre implicated: that Edmonds will scknowledge h({!hcin;me and name Others that arc connected wit . SOUTH CAROLINA RIOTS. CoLuymii, 8. C., May 12.—Gov. Hampton to- day submitted to the Honse of Represchtatives a communication from Presisent Hayes, stating that the District-Attorney of South Carolina bas been Instructed 1o prepare for trial on three cases of the Ellentou prisoners. . TOE KENTUCKY ARRESTS. Louvisvirre, May 12, —Judge Batlard held each of the four Depity Narshals in $2, 000 bond to answer two wecks hence. e R . EXCURSIONISTS. ; Ricixoxp, May 12.—The Western visitors were ‘welcomed npon thelr arrival lagt night by a large concoutse of people assembled at the railroad de- pot, and the hospitalities of the city were bostow- ¢d by Mayor Carrington, when the company were escorted to the Exchange Hotel. Thls morning s formal reception tovk place at the State-Honse, Mayor Carrington and_Gen. T. M. Logan wel- comed the guests to Kichmond and to the Soath, and Capt. C. M. Holloway, of Cincinnati, Breai dent of the excursion party, made an acknowledg- ment. * Addresses foliowed from d. S, Bhelps, af Louisville; G. F. Covington. of Cincianatl, Judse Cocliean, of Peoria: Gov. Kemper, of Yirzinia, 2nd others, after which the compary were drived {o various points of interest n the eity.” & grand anguet was given to-night. e visite themstlves doiigites, 20t altors; Expissy R —— 3 OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, NEW Yorg, May 12.—Arrived steamship Cana- da, from Liverpool. - Fantuen Poist, May 12,—an " Hibernian and Palynestun, from Tiveapary: 2obips OBITUARY. ScaeNectady, N. Y., May 12.—Dr. 1 Lerwis, of Union Coliege, died rast aigne sgaass gl sl ¥ow Russians Learn Erglish, The Russion méthod of acquiring foreign Jan- £uages 14 more methodical than that of any otner nation.: In the first place, a foreign nuree, nanally English, Is secured for the baby. The Russians 8re very carefnl in clioosing this personage, be- ¢caue, a3 she Is not on any account - to breathe tnto the fnfant's ears an nccent of plebeian Russ, her Spcech must be free from those colloquialisms in Which Iadles like Sairey Gomp are apt to. Indalge, When the child is aboat 9 years old for- elun playmates are sought for it. Duringthe sum- mer ionths the chilaren of the English and French restdents in Rusain are at a premiuns. ' Tt1s a regu- 1ar practice for them to spend thelr holidays un the estates of Russian nobility. Beside the pleasare. which the Leip into the interfor affords them, mostly return home Inden with presents, and if & Loy is sharp enongh to be able to add a little gram- matical instraction to his practice a3 *conversa- eativnslisf, " he muy pickup encazh pocket-money 1o last hint the remaimier of the twelve monthg, Lastly, & tutor or gdverncss I8 engaked for the child unitil it can converse ina fm'nE‘n language as freely and fauitlessly a4 8 native. Language mas: ters maxe o fine liviax in Russfa. . T spite of thif numbery—English teachers may be counted by the bundreds—tney charge n high price for theit fn- ‘Straction; and are held in great esteem by the Raa- glans, who often retain thelr scrvices for years. they | ROCKFORD'S RUINS. ‘Searching for Bodies in the Debris ¢ 1 of the Court-House. « Two Men Missing, and Befievedfe Be Among the Killed. Death of Another of the Unfor- tunate Victims Yesterday, ‘What Chicago Architects Have to Say About the Mattex THE RUINS. . EXCAVATING. - Spectal Dispatch Lo The Tribune. Rockrorp, Iil., May 12.—The shocking catas- trophe of yesterday s still the ‘absorbing theme of conversation here. The excavations In and about the ruins were continued ali last night by the aid of torchlight and bonfires, Large crowdsare atfll atound "the building, and the excavations are eagerly watched. The body of A. Il Hollenbeck basnot been found yet, and great anxicty is felt here about it. e wasa very estimable and promi- nent man. - Hig bereaved family have been to the scené of the disaster several times during the day. Fred Hang's remains are still under the roins. 1t is not Imposslble that the bodies of ‘other persons | as yet nnknown are baried beneath the debris. It was rumored that Sapervisor Fabrick was \ AMONG THE KILLED. John Peck died at.1:30 this a..m. in great agouy, The inguest was held on his body by the Coroner's jury this morning. The mangled remains of the unfortunate men were placed in their cofilns this morning, and lay in 2 row in the north wing of the old Court-House. The body of John Warren, takenout of the ruins late last night, added one more to the mournful row. Five of the bodics, John Warren, Geojge Glass, Albert Hang, J. F. Peck, and J. Pipe, were taken on the tram . this morning to Springfield. Mr. W. D. Richard- son superintended the sad work himself, and has been throughout unnrinyg in his efforts to alleviate suffering, and sce pérsonally that all the wants of the injured were attended to. The Rockford ladies have aldo COME FORWARD NOBLY and worked personally with sufferers. Poor Jerry F. Parris, of Dixon, had his leg taken off this morning. There is mot much hope of his recovery. Itisfeared he Is internally in- jured. Dr. Vincent, assisted by,Dr. McAffee and other surgeons, performed the operation. THE INQUEST was renewed at 0 o'clock this morning. The bodies of Peck and Warren were identified. Mayor Dun- can and’ Ferguson,, Chairofn of the Court-House DBuilding Comittee, went before the jury .and nsked that some civil enmineers be sent for to ex- amine the building and assist in the investigations. Mr. Fersuson was appointed to go into Chicagound procure the services of experts. The Coroner hus cliarze of all the plans and specifications. Mr. Richurdson delivered them over L him to-night. The examination will be scarching and thorough, and will occupy over a week. A large number of witnesscs are subpeenaed to agpear on Monday. No tesumony has as yet been taken. ; 1i. L. Gay has arrived. He 2ssumes an air of unconcern. The streets are rife with all eorts of rumora, bot . the facts wiit be placed before The TrBUNE read- crs as developed in the course of the investiza- tion, THE SPRISGFIELD VICTIMS, Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. SrriNerIELD, I, May 12.—Relatives of the Springfield victims of the Rockford disnster have been in constant tclegraphic communication with the authorities there. The following among the victims were citizens of Springfield and have fami- Ties here: s 2 Fred Dang, killed, was a vrother of Chris Iang; who formerly kept & marble-yard here. He leaves a wife and four ctuldren. N Albert Haug, killed, was 2 son of Chris Hang, above-mentioned. Leaves a wife and children, wio reside here, John L. Pipe, killed, came here with his father, Georgze Pipe, from St. Loni: neyw State-House. Ile had been in Rockford about two years. The father 18 foremsn of the bri work on the Court-louse therc, He nelda Iil position while employed on the Sate-House here. Georze Gloss, killed, colored Iaborer, has a wife and threc children, who reside here. lled, also colured, has a wife and toree children, who reside here. e was em- ploved us a rigger. ‘Two other men, Lawson and Hollenback. among the list of killed,' did not permanently reside here, but the latter did temporarily, while working on thie Stute-House. ‘Thomas Iayee, !n{nrfli‘ is 2 young unmarried man, formerly empioyed at the State-fouse a3 an engineer, 7 i cero Dickens, wounded slightly, has a wife and reven children residing here, » € Gus Luces 1 an engineer, and {s a man of He has a broken leg, and is reported here us badly injured. Tugh Eldridze. colored, more or less injured, is also of Springaleld. The Jourual Las a dispaten from Thomas Hazes staiing he is not 40 badly hurt a3 previonsly re- porte Tihe bodies of Fred and Albert Haug were expect- cd to-night, but a dispatch from Richardson says Fred llaug's body bas not been found yet. The ro- maing of all the Springlicld dead” have beer sent for. A publlc memorial service is in contem- plation. - There is great saunc-3 over the ill-tidings a3 decy 83 upon tho occasion of the Lemont rail. road disaster, - when four citizens of Springfield were instant)y kiiled. sirs. W. D Richardson and Mr. Charles Richard- son left to-day for Rockford. & 2 Xelatives of the deceased complain of great de- lays In recelving answers to their inquicies, - - - Some of the architects here say that they re- garded the plans of the Rtockford Court-House 83 contemplating a showy rather than a substantial building, andit s stated that Richardson himself orged the putting in of beavier supports, ! CHICAGO. p - WHAT THE CITY ARCHITECTS SAY. : The architects evidently sympathize with Ar. Gay in_his misfortune, and are disposed to be 2s charitabie in their views as possible. Yet they feel that It fs but justice to the public, as well as to the profession, that they should understand just what sort of an architect he 1s, that people may be warned agalnst employing others like him,—of whom there are niot a few. A TRIBUNE reporter conversed yesterday with seversl prominent gentle- men in the profession, and herewlth presents what they had to say: 5 One of the leading architects in the city, who re: quested, however, that his impersonahity be pre- served in the paper, told the reporter that Mr. Gay bad been employed in hys office ‘about eloveii yoars 930, while lie was learning the trade of a draughts- man, - The young architcct was with him for a couple of years or 'so, but, provinz incompétent, was discharged at theend of thattime. Since then 3ir. —— had witched the young man's course with more or lees interest. le was pleased to tunk that Mr. Goy had been 50 successful some years ago in the erection of the Congregntion: church corner of Washington and Aun streels: the one which was burned. Ile- was not £0 well pleased with what Le had heard about sume of Mr, Gay's other works, For instance, Mr. Gay was thearchitect of the Grand Centeal Hotel, on’Mar- ket sireet, the whole front of which gave away in the ficat etory from ack of strength in the brick fecs. Mr: knew this to be so, fof he d seen “it. - In addition to this, ' he had heard it stated, and not denied, that Mr. Goy's - plans for the .new Matteson Honse were 8 failure,—40 much o, infact, thata portion of he structure fell in while the house was bnild- ine, and It had to be trussed on the roof to support be dining-room. **The whole trouble with Mr. Gay," enid the reporter's informant, **has been tunt he trusted too much to urickwork—brick piers, I'mean. I lLave never seen the plans of the Rockford Court-Honse, but from the reports in the Flpcm I judge that this terrible ‘accident was due o the weaknese of the- brickwork, fn which ho #cems to have trasted so implicitly. Then there is another thing in this connection iwhich the E\lbhc ought 10 understand. In these competitive ids people judze of plans too often by. examining the pictare of ‘the building as it isto be. The substantinl and the durable elements do not.enter into the question, but the choice is made on the question of beauty of design.. Well, what more can be expected when this_choice I8 put Into the hands of a Board of Commissioners of Supervisors {¥ho xpow nothing about the true principles of architecture? What they ‘should do would be to call in & number of e: cite, who should carefully examiiie the plans an adr“_eh the Commissioners en as to their ~worth. this - conrse is° pursned in the ercction of our public baildjngs, and when it ceases to be a matter of tasto and “fancy, and- becomes one of durability, then we shall cegse to hear of such terfible occur: resces as the falling of the Rockford Conrt-Honse, -| snd lives and property will be as secare as any humsan agency can render them. " . o 3iR. GEORGE C. GARNSEY i was next found, and asked his views on thig tnfor- tunate bsiness. He sald that the Rockford people bad applied to him, with 8 requeet that e comper for the award: 'He had no desite for it bowever,’ having become tired of . this com- peting - business, and having enoush else so attendto. Gay's plans were submitted, and finally adopted with the ald of o local architécs who nay **influence.” " Thede plans Mr. Garnsey had never examined, but it seemed from all acconnts that the whole tronble way owing to 8 mleconstruction. Such o building as this was; as eany to build as & {50-5tory frame hoiee, and_the fact evidently was | tlst the “plans were not made uo that the thing conld be boile and, stand. £33 idea.” cald M« Garngey, **{s that the yonng man has not had'the experience . he. should : have .bady and. that he has % been load that the walls wonldn't ‘carry, The man haen't the requisite amount of constiyop Youny ability, and be has failed. Thesume troutecut noticeable in nis plans for the Matteron Hopy e they had to put rods through the Upper sty o"keep the roof from coming down: el - ‘True, the best architects will make mistat it scems to me that when Gay had his own jeset on this Court-House 23 to the construction apg ) rangement of roome, he _ouZht ta have constmer, ed o bulld]nf that would “have stood the fesy - If he has tried to cafry 3 heayy dome with the ;. that it was to rest on almost ‘nothing, anybody common sense down there onght fo o tl the nol;. lt| i: gomg to Au{! tuere, trary of that proposition s equaily trae.© & Siten architects try to carry ln?menge w:'lun‘u' t roof and towers on trusses. but hat s wvery ;- erous way 0 pat ap buildings, and w| y fre a0 Tcomsttucted” they wa Toun " ey down sometime. The only #afe way’ I3 to by your tower with its dome; not in the cemre of building but on one side,'and to build it right G4 from the botlom, ‘Without any of this tingerng P Make it rest on itaelf aud not leave It with nothing. bt jnsecure brick piees to rest npon. One iRE" trouble is that the pcople who award contrac| pudlic _buildings ~ do ~ mat generally any more: sbout What a' building sBoulg than Bo many monkeys would, Now, i the Superintendent shonld Doint out 'mistakes—gy bo claima to have done—Gay might have said, +0p that'a all right.* and if they took any stock In Ry they wouldtake his word. 1 Gay had any e in construction pointed out to him. he oug ot to bave called & halt lmmediately, and fonng o2 whether he wae safe or not. You can count oy one thing, and that is that bad WOrkmanship neyey; brought that bullding down. I mean musonworer: In my opinion, you Cant’t put muson-work intg 5 building 50 Uadly that it will. tumble down a ot ing of wionc and brick like that. They ought o appoint a board of experts to examine the bafl,y and see whos at faglt. It may turn out—1I hopy will—that it wasn't Gay's faqlt atall, and yet it seems that the Superintendent carried "out Jl his pluns. A ... _ :MR.OTIS L. WHEELOCK, vy another promint architect of this: eity, took about the same view of the matter. While Yy - Gay was 2 smart young man, of great energyagy’ considerable self-esteem tithal, he hag 10t hag enough experience to fit him fo_underiake a wory of such magnitude. It was Mr. Wheelock’s der- standing that Gay got the contract thr h the - intervention of the Mayor of Rockfosy.. —a -particular friend “of Gay,—ang it even been #aid that the Mayor wouldnot loak 13 any other architect’s plans, and had declared thas if he was to_have anstning to do with the Conrp: Ifouse Gay should have the joo. What Gay shoglg have done would be to have Zone 10 some wiserang oldermen jn the profession and taken their adyiey on,guch an important matter, AR **From all | have heard." sald Mr. Wheslock, **the Court-Touse was very badly construcied., The {dea of having those columns and. that dome rost on the top of a buck e thirly feet high was 4 bad ope ought mot to have put such an immense weight' on's brick wall. ‘The welzht was stmply fo great thatit crushed the wall. It woald be an imporiant tning to know whether or not that brick wall ey built in frosty weather. ™ ' ]"\vmz beuring would that have on the ques. tion?" ** Counsiderable. If it was built in frosty weather the mortar would be more like dried ashes, It wouldn't cement. = Brick may be laid mn the md- dle of summer and, If they arenpt wet, the same thing will be true of the mortar.™ It is more liks dricd ashes than anything I ean compare it fo." of counse it won't stick, and intime the wall crnmblesto ieces. This is sure to take place unless the icksare wet. Ihave seen dry brick laid in mortarand in two hours afterwards the mortar cm‘hllrbe picked out like ashes, It wouldn't cement atsall.” I 2 gm | yon ever see his plans for this bufldlngy “No Y ¢+Did you for any other” “‘Tynderstapd he had & plan for the Chlcago Court-tiouse.” ;*What was thought of it among the pratession?” ¢+ Well, the old architects thought his pictures were pretty, but they hadn't'much 10 ssyin favor of Its pructicsbiiity. Sl **Do yon know anytliinzabont Mr. Gay's expe- rience in putting up Chicago bnildinzs? ** Nothing but his connection with the but of thie new Matteson House. 1t wasa farjare, an 80 considered by the nrchitects appointed to exam- fneit, of whom I was one. In making our repors, we ?f‘“ed in substance thatit wss 3 pretty bad \What was the particular troubler™ . .. They wanted to span a place acrosa the bil- Tard-room, —which 15 about thirty-two feet,—azd they didn't want to have a column, becansels, would be inthe way of the billfard-toom. Therefars they put 4 truss across there, and were golng to buiid four or e stories of sixteen-inch brick wall.. on top of that. Several persons eaid to Gay that they thouzht this wonld not do.__ Kut. he. knew it would hold it up. . Well, he put on’those timbers and commenced his brick wail, and “before he got 1t haif way up it came down—one night, [ belllt;r: lar,, know —with a terrible crash, went clear to thy and smashed everything in its wiy. had a mice fime abomt ft.- they fised it up and got a truse acrogs and iron columns under it to_ hold it up. s they should have done in the first place. That house is going to pieces to-day, for ali that: I saw.. one place where the floor had zettled 80 tht yoa could run yonr hond down between it and omé of the doags? 1n other words, the tloor was w0z one-hall inches ont of levei. Altogether, it cost the Matteson-House folks thourands of dollars fixit’up, andtruces of the bad construction plainly evident even now," 0 v e g JUDGE FARWELL.' pEape The reporter also calied in the evening on Judgs Farwell, who erected the Grand Central Hotel just after the fre. The building was commenced that: fall und was finixhed the followlng apring. .~ Defore It had reached 1ts fuil - height, the brick ‘plers fell, nd the front of the first story gave way, cansing considerable delay in the progress of the buflding, - Gay'! Judge Farwell said e had never biamed 3is: G for this, and for these reasons: in the first placi brick 'Were nov atronzi in _the : second rnne. he - anderstood that Mr. Giy had. dms. ust” what a ‘great many other architecs ad - done, and that several building, down town, erected aboat that time and sfnck, bad : met with.a similur fate. ‘The Judge Turtheksald,” however, that he never did think brick. picrs sull- cient tosupport such tali buildings, bt he guall fied what iittle blame this remark might convey oy saving that the hotel was run up lo & grester heizht than it was at first intended to build It, and this additionnl weight probably had mare or less o do with the piers giving way. 7 MR. HESRY 8, GAY, , -° %' Ihe architect for the Rockford Court-House, was diligently . sought-- yesteriay, - bot* ok found.” A TmisUNE reporter learned st his * “office, ~ however, ~that Mr. - bad left the city Thursday night for Geneva Lake, | where he lives. = He was informed by telegraph Fn- day of the catastrophe, but no answer was receiv-- ed. . Yesterduy morning his brother-in-lamy ¥z. - John Jobnston, Jr., the lawyer, went down W Rockford, where be expected that r. Gay woald meet him* "The circamytance of Mr. Gay's notre:s lying to the telegrama seut Fridny- {s ‘explan y the fact that he lives_n _little back.of. Ganers Lake, and that when he received the telegrams It was about train time, o that he may havé con: cluded to take the first train for Rockford witho further delay. At Jeast this was Mr. Joason's supposition. ——— . SUNDERLAND ON MOODY. .- :Thé Rev. J. T. Sunderland, pastorof the Fourth:! Tnitarian Church of this city, does not Jike Broth Moody's theological narrowness, is he seéms %0 considerit. He this relatcs how impossible b¢ fonnd it 15 co-operate with bim In_the_workof saving sinners from hell: 4 When 3r.” Moody went to Northfield, Miss, 8, year ago last antumn, to begn his Yevival thefe. pastor of one of the churches of the place, I went to him and, in a long talk, urzed upon him a.5eps- ration—such as would mfx‘u fi;a.flhlz for me sad’ all.who with me belleve in-rightecusness and tém- crance and love to God apd man, but don’t lieve in his peculiar theology, lo_moite ®ith him in at least a part of his Work But so far from making such a separstion, of promising to .make it, he assured me in the moss- DOSILive Way that no separation could~ be-made. His work, as he contemplated it, was:not s double | york, bt asipgle; Tuat single work was satizg men’s souls. Men's sonls could: be saved only by the application of ghe blood of Jesns, Everstpiat. elec but thus ving meu's souis was | facl dental. He would have men temperate, Dut. he would hate tnem become 50 lhm“w, his prescribed theological channel, and he would; Dot unite with any one to make men tempetsic, throtigh any other channel. ~ He woald have"gieat virtuous, but he would have them become W: through ** converafon, " and not in any other War. { So that I waa shot up to the alternative of- joinisgi in the theological part of his work as well a8 fest, thus indorsing and helping on what [ did 10t believe to be trae, or else standing aloof from all: And this is the alternative that he purposely:pre- sents to everybody wherever he goes. ————— 2 . THE INSANE ASYLUM SMOKE-SHAFT. - 70 the Editor of The Tridbuns. g ' Cmcaco, May 11, —Alter some four days™walllnz areplytomy communication of the 7th’ inst & card has appeared fn this day's Tasixe from Mr. | MacMillan, who asserts that he is the builder of | the ** shaft at the Insane Asylum.” Thisissome- ¢ ¥ what ambiguons, but I suppose he means ihe smoke:shatt of the engine honse of that lufl.lgd tien. . If s0, I stand to my former assertions; e In the face of the disastrous cvents tnat lately 0¢- , carred at the Post-Office of Xew York nnnmm House ot Rockford in this Siate, .1 call o B Cottnty Commissioners to avert a similar G21am’ atthe [nsane Asylum, by fmmediately orderint bt 1nqulry into the charges made, which, &% . should be aitended to forthwith. Billingeimte 8138, or aenial don't controvert the; facts I bave | "3; stated, will now relterate, snd, if &emnwd, jobeguctic’ The iorks®i New York and” B ord Were **built for some time, " yet they tam’ ot in, sacrificing _to the- Moldch of ‘lacomaetefts , Beopotism, and greed the lives of valusble ”uum'»‘» and as like results come from like causéd test will inevitably occur at the Jefferson instimion * it not averted by timely Intesfeseace. ‘I:Bergl . stato that the contractor and Superjnendent & Dot earry ont entice ‘the archiseet’s plant A%( gpecifications ” of the ahove-mentioned works. 802 2 them to the proofl. Reepectfal! !~m i Geotaz McDoszLL, 09 Thirteent s 5% .. FINANCIAL: Yl Bmyrsciti,: May.12, ~Willlam Bidw & o057, brass fonnders, have failed. Liabilitles, 268,000 !