Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 15, 1877, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, 1877 1 P STATE AFFAIRS. A Comparatively Large Number of Legislators at Work Yesterday. Text of tho Bl to Prescribo the Prices to Bo Charged for Gas. Base-Ball Games Taken Within the Prohibition Regarding Pools, The Horse-Raco the Only Thing upon Which the Sucker May l‘nel.” Extended Discussion of Grain-Storage Bill in the Senate. the Grest Uncertainty ns to the Re Effect of tho Chango of Rotes. Epecial Dispalch lo The Tridune grarsaniiy, I, May 1%.—In the Uounso this mornlng the session was devolcd chicfly o first resding of bills passcd and sent In from the Senate, That done, Senate bill 237, the bill which should be entitled a Lill to prevent suit against raltroad companies, was taken up. 1t provides ** that here: after no proceediugs shall bo commenced against uny raltroad company for any penaily Imposed for viglatinz any law of thla State concorning tho rste charged for the transportatfun of any passenger or freight, nnlces complaint in writing, under osth, shall be ade to tho Railrond and Warchonse Com- missloners within ono year of the alleged violation, which complaint sball set forth the time and place, name of the company, ‘and particu- lsr monner In which the lmw bas been violated: pravided, ibat any defect In sald complaint, elthor in form ot substance, shall not o deemed 1o alect any vroceedings Institatod against any such rallroad company, Upon the re- ceipt of suc complalnt the eald Commisaloners ahall, 12 they are of tho opinfan that the law has ‘been violated, and proceedings ought to be com- menced theroon, transmit a copy of the complaint to some oficer or agent of the company complalned of, together with a notlco that unless the samo bo adjusted to tho satisfaction of tho party aggrioved, within sixty doys of the date of sucl notice, pro< cecdings wil) be commenced thereon, Be required by law. After tbe cxplration of the sixty days specided in ench motlce, the company complatoed of shall not kave farnished satiafactory evidence that the subject-matter of the complaint tas boen adjusted as nforesald, the said Com- misslgnors shall tranamit the complaintand notice, and all papers relating to the case, to the Atforney- Genoral, tugether with such statement and rocosme- mendation as they may doew propor. Upon the recelpt of such complaint nnd pupers, the Attornoy- @enera) shall carofolly oxawine the same, and, it e shall bo of opinfon that tho law hax beon vio- Iated) be shall couso proceedings to be matituted for the prosocution. uf the cowpany complained ol." Tulsis clrcumlocution enouch to dofeat al. most any wnit's bolng Lrought under the Rallrond and er“hullm act Attor sgme dlscussion, tho bill was recommlited 1o the Juficiary Commitice—ayes, 40; noes, 30, 6as. Mr. Racho sncceeded, under 8 suspension of the pled, In getting up w'bIl sogulating tho price of Wlumlnating ges, 1o offerad an amendment, whigh was adopted, fxing tho standard of vas at siztedn candle-power, tho Gordon test. . Mr, Armatrong offered sn amendment, which wasudopted, limiting the orice {n clties of the third clazs lnSl.flDrur 1,000 feet. The bill was then ordered to a third reading. As amended it rmvldu that all corporations, aasociations, and ndividuals which now are or which may heréafter be engaged in tho manafacture or sale of Numinate 10g 2as Within this Btate, in citles and to Inhabitants or more, In_ thele charges for the sale of such gos to $1.50 per thousand cublc febt: intowns and citles containing Joas than 100,000 and more than 50,000 inhabitants, to $2.25 per thousand cubic fevt: In towns and citles contalning ‘ot more than 50, 000 nud not lean than 20,000 1n- babitants, to §3 per thousand cudle feets In tawns aud cliles contalning not more than 20, 000 and not less than 6, 000 inhabitants, to $:1,25 per thonsand cablc foet.” Any such corporation, asvoclation, or Individual, whoshall charge, demand, or receive {rom any pervon or bernons, frm, assoclation, care poratlon, or munlcipality, any ‘greater prico for i g than tho' moximuin price spocifed, 1l forfoit and pay for each and ovory ch offonse the sum’ of $500 and tho coste of the suit, and also n rensonable attorney's fee, to bo taxed by the court in which such aait shall be trled, to bo recovered in an aetion of debt D{Elnc party aggrieved in any court having “Juris- diction, Any oficer, agont, or employe of auy such corporation, assoclstion, or indlvidual so on+ £aged in'the business of the manufacture or salo of Eni wwho shall knowingly violate any of the pro- Yislons of thin act shall bo lisble to the pensitles herein preacribed, to be recovered in like manuer by tho party agarloved. Any corporation or wsociation ncorporated or - onmnfzed under the laws of thiv State which shall be # second tima convicted for the violutionof any one of the provisions of this nct shall be decmed and taken 10 huve thereby forfelted 1ts charter, and #wuch corporation su & sccond time offending may be proceedod againet by the Stato's Auurnc{ u any Circult or County Court wherosuch corpuration i 1 oitica for tho s, OF upon ine formation In the nature of a quo warranto to Judg- ment of onster and final cxecutlon, tive to contracts by U ordered to a third roading. n}lnolntmunl one-third the mewbers of the County Bonnd, Which Coin- mittea shall audit all claius aganst the county. The blll, which relates only to a coun g having over 100,000 population, and woul -m:ly #olely to Cook County, furtber pro- vides that “no_ money shall be sppropri- sted .or- pald upon au claim ~ until asld Committeo sha)l bave audifed the samo aud the County Hoard shall have approved the report oF sald Commitice by » voto of at least two- thirds of the members olected to tho County Jloard. In case the County Lonrd of the county aha)| avpmg‘rllla oud pay moncy without first Subunitting the clalm thereror to tlio sald Flnance Cammitiey shall pay mouey for sy nglln. ma- teriale, or labor before tho ssme shall have Leen furnlalicd to the counly, or shall causs inoney ta bo vut of by vatd oul © Counly Trensury withont “untalning the vots of &t least two-thirds tha members County Boand, waa ‘This is tho bll)'which provides far tho ol s Finance Committoe, conatsting o H o of wald _County therefor, overy wember of wall Board for ' wuch’' misappropriotivn - of funde shal) be .umyn of a smisdoteasor, and, oo conviction thoreof, whall bo Siied in a sun nol te then §200 not morw than $1,000, and sha lmm:‘:l in the county Jsil not more than six PRIMARY ELECTIONS. » Tha bill to regulata gvlmuy elections, which has Beversl tmes been published In Tuz TIBUXE, wad ordered ta & third ceanin The bill "lN'ITc Lrg(}(ltl. to the Ii¢ appropriating §2,000 o year to the Hor- Hcultura) Bf!m‘;fl; waa pvn'md. I TONDS I¥ TUR STATE TUEASURY, hlr‘ Reed's blll providing for tho security of nds {n tho Stato Treasury was passed, and now E:'l tothy Senate, It requitcs all wich bonds to Ihmunefl. **Froperty of tha State of llinols, Dot transterable by the Treasurer withont the cons Seat of tho Uovernor, Indorsed thereon., * HALAHIVS. e bill approprinting 5200000 for tha salaries 91 Stats oflicers and of oflicers ana menibers of tho :::l. :llrlt.::nl Asscmbly was passed, and Is now o MEDICAL. cldh. Ui to regulate the pructice of medicine was lered 10 & third readlug, This de the bill which Dx%nvhm that 1o person whall practico medicine b ;";f“l;g‘tl a l;;u.l:r rudunte, 'ium-.; hvf %hlll vave o e State Buard o t '«Uulflnl“y’, ite e ¢ Health or State UTHEH DILLS PASSED, wabe bill making appropriation for the Sonthern ] ormal Schuul was passed: als the bill vroviding 22¢ the payment of the vapeose of prosecatlog i 4Dother §tato Whoever shall kidnap or entice and Tl uutof the State sud murder a citizen of THR SENATE, fora wonder, Is growing Industifous in (he most Uiracloue fainion, Saturdsy tho Senats warked uch, to bo ur 3if o day, —not dolug wi lnz theough the wotlons with duy Yiourday the lonse soldlercd. This b 0k st with a sl aticadaace, ; b TP cluck eighty mewbers worveiu i 40¢ Senate opuned up with thirty;8ve out of Tos Aty-one Scaators ju their sests, ~ ‘Fhe follow- ug 1a the 2;: uf the thirty-tive ATOS WIIO WERT ON HAND l:da somathiog of this Monduy moraing: but still ewnity. Telay, Glauf s SRS, gl gelsrol niell, fod Lbiitacrazewn, ok .'lau.fiv;‘ %a{?”l (Cook)s {'[:mih Marehatt, 'I'A‘l‘lln(ul'm..' rantz, Scbowel Wbfl‘lu& QRALN BTORAGE, The Touse Lill xing the rute age to: s wnstalien up on aetond nfi-mmw‘f' sionaetos : Whitlo, : M‘l: ‘:. e __‘k_,fl.‘.’.;e to saseud by adding 1o the Shail bo the duty of 1 s Commlunaereto 1 ket 15, ARG 1o o Saosss w': M‘m ol wel, nlflx.fil'flll dceived luto the evlousca of U K7 ARG, nad e (i PEL the same defective, fnaccnrate, or fn tain or Improper, they shall ditect w} e made 1o Inyire Sust and Fair results, pont rach welzhi y. ancer. "ehanges ahall They shall ni vlre‘l.x‘num 1 o) At e make sueh rufed and regulations as necessiryt but thay sball have pro ronvcnience of the managers of the tilelr power tu that cxtent which shial welghing of grain ss lo colninsnd Any owiet, lesser, or iansyer of Toitee why Fofused oF noglects, after d natice, to cutne+ Pply with the orde and directions of sald Comintesions ini gral) negléet Lo comply ctiona. DIBCUSSION OP TR RILL. Br. Robison, of Tazewell, d the blll would mako the rate'of atornge 18% conta per bushel per anuum,—which would pay for the whole ware- louseina {ur. Mr, itiddle sald the Senator forgot that for the n)v‘c winter monthis but four cents storage are charged. Mr. Rohingon, of Cook, offersd an smendment striking out the proviaion of Mr. Whiting's amend« ment for the appointment of weighmastors, Adopted—ayes, 18: 1, ke out **Clans A" If ltwun;iood thing for Chicago elevators topnt der these reatrlctions, the thing ought to d for Peoria and the rest of the State, r. Kobod's amendment was lont—ages, 103 noca, 18, Mr, Whitlng's smendment ns amended was then lost—nyes, 14; noes, 19, Mr, Lec offered an amondment makinz the storago for tho first ten days 1 cent Instend of 1Y cents, 4 bllllh' Bonfleld called nttentlon to the fact that the TIAISED TIE RATRS OF STORAGH Ifrom 2 to 2% cents for the frst thirty days, Tle hoped Mr, Leo's amendment would ba adapted. Mr. Loe's nmendment wns carticd—ayes, 26; noes, 7. The voto atoud as follows: YEAS, Arcner, Hamiiton, Ttgbtaan (Tszar Aratzen, Hlunt, 'irl . b, eliac, zotadon (Cook), Tondeld, ce, shutt, 0 Brewer, arshall, ;m th, Brown, I- borne, 'stiaterro, Delany, clowell, ‘Thempson, Franta, urkan, Whitlog—23, Ulassford, ‘“"m.i.u‘l Tinebler, Jovlyn, Moderwell, Drementy - . Mcleltan Riddie~7, Halnes, Mr. Robison, of Tazewell, moved to amend by ririking out the words and Szures **ten (10)," and insert *'fifteen (16)" in the bill. This would niake tho second storape ball o cent for every Of- teen days, That was the present law, and A TITA TATR WAS ENOUGIL To make it halt a cent for every ten days after the frat storago ws to ralso th rates 5O por cont. Mr, Robinson, of Cook, sald about ninety-nine ono-hundredths of the grain stored only pald the firet storage, | “Me. Tioblaon's amendment was lost,—yeas, 105 nays, 23, 'Tho vole wna os follows: Duehler, Harrolu, Roblson, of Tazes Trawer inrahall, Thompabn-10. w n ~ Glasarord, lump, Archer, Tut : ddte, Artzen, Tt Tobiison, of ook Lnan, Kehoe, uit, Honflotd, Fayol 1t Delany, McCleltan, Houtliworth, Demen! tcDuwall Taliaferro, Halnes, Moderwell, Whitlng—4a, Namilton, Morgas THE BILL WAS THEN ORDRRXD 7C A TIURD LEADING, by the adoption of Mr, Lea" lés firat atorage for ten dayw at 1 cent tor twenty dayaat 1% ceuts, Under t law tho storage is 2t centu for thirty daye m, _After the first thirty daye, under the ], the atoraga is rajsed from i cent for each Aiftcen daya to % cent for each ten days, RAILROAD AND WARRHOUSBE COMAMISSIONKRS. The bill reducing the sslaries of the Hailrond and Warehouse Comu monds 4 waa: ayes, U; noos; 18: and (he bill, failingto reach third reading, was done for, TR EASTHUN INNANE ASTLUM, The bill appropristing $200, 000 for the proposed Eastern Iusane Aeylum was taken np, M. Leo moved to amend by strlkipg out **Eaatern'’ and inscrting *' Western, " and & proviso that the pro- posad aeyluin sbould be located west of thoe_taird um:clg- meridian, Lost—oyes, 13; noes, 18, Mr, Jluines offered an swepdment, which was that the Comwissloners ap- d the muw asylaw eball not incur any liabllity In behalf of the Btate ln excess of tho 8200,000 appropriated by tha bill R An osmendment offcred by Mr. Whiting was adopted, providing that tha Fenitentinry might take the contract for the stonc-work, and the bill was ordered ta a third reading. A DOCTOR’S BILL. Tho bill to eatablivh a State Board of Health was ordered toa third reading, with an amendment offered by Mr. Riddle providing that all the mem- bers of (ho Board ahiould not be practitionare of | tha sama schaol of mediclac. 1 A LAWYED'S DILL. « ‘The House bill providing that unl(v ntlamex-- Taw shall be cligible to the ofice of Htate's At ney waus lost, the Scnate refusingto orderit to o third reading, QULEENATORIAL NOMINATION, Gov. Cullom to-day nouinated Ethelbert Calla. ban, of Crawford, to be o Trustes of tho Institute for Pecbila-Minded Children, On motlon of Mr, Dearborn, the nomination was unanimously confirmed, IN A FURTHER ¥IT OF INDUSTRY y tho Senate held o night noselon, DILL TO TUNISIt STRIKERS. The ITouse bil) providing for the punishment of locomotive engincers who abandon thelr engines upon the road wna ordered to o third rvullnz. makes the penally a fine of not less than §20 nor more thau $100, and jmprisonment not loss than twenty nor more than ninety days, Tho bilt also provides for the punishment ot persons wlho, by any act or by Intinldation, shall obstruct the ron- ning of any Jocowotive or trsin. Conepiracy, by intimidation or otherwlve, Lo obstruct the runnlng of a locomotlve or truin, s also made a crime by the bill, which is aimed at strikers, EXTONTIONATE FEES. ‘Tha bill to punish clumln‘r‘or recelymg extor- tlonato f irdi to a thind reading. It lln’yw ' than $25 nor more than $100 upon any oMcer who shall demaud or re- celve greater fees or pay than is aliowad by law, and for the second offensé hoshall forfeithisofica, Fisi, ‘The Ilouse bill, prepared by Mr, Palrbanks, of Chicago, providing for the appolntment of threo Flsh.Commivsloners, to serve without salary, and not (o cause an expense exceeding $300 a year, was ordered 10 a third reaaing. ‘The bill proy! that no appeal In tuz-cases unicss tho amount of thoe tax be Arst doposlted with the Caunl‘ Collector was ordered to Tln bird reading. The bill has already passed the uso. FINE-R8CAPES, Tho Tlouse bill raquiring all hotels over two sta- rles iu height 1o bo provided with & wire-rope fire. cacape for esch room was reported back with amendments onough to kiliit, Mr, Robluson offered an amendment uuapdn‘ the Paliner Housc, which, he sald, it was well known, was fAre-proof. Mr, Bash wanted to know If it was viell Znown that the Wabash svenue front of the Palmer Jlouse was notfre-proof? 1t was 10 more fire~-proof th: any other buildiug, and ought not to bu cxcepted, rom $ho bill, ‘I'he bill and amendments weyo or- ercd printed. MORE PAT PLACKS, Tha bill to estsblish & Clsivis Comminslon, which hoa already passed the louse, came up for secoud readin anna offered o substitute toSec. Gof the 3 ection provided that, when tho Com- misdoniers had mado their a upon u clalm, they should draw thelr warrunt upon the Treasury fu favorof the clalmant for the amount awarded, Hu did not believe in_haviug payment made upon the order of the Commisioucrs, * They should re- lwfl thelr finding upon the claiing to the Legiela- ury, whish could tben maka the apprapriation. 1tlu substitute was to require thet 1o be done, Mr. Haines ofdered an smendment providin that the Stebbiine & McAllister **claim," -n-nunlf shall in no event be passod upou by the Commis- on, "The Lill with amendments way roferrod (o tha Judicary Committee, HUIFPING CATTLE. What 1s known ss the Cattlo. ME 18’ bl was ordervd to a third reading, JTChis bill, which has already passed the louvs, sequirce o raliroad upon requeat of any sbipper Lo glve him the. privilege, upun payment of tulshl. 10 unload tho car an Luve (be sume reloaded sny tios within thirty days upon payment of ‘5 J’“ oar for unloadiug aud reloading, The billls dosigued to enable cat- tlc-shippers to unload and reablp cattlo which may £t out of coudition ju trandl Followinc petition, sighed by 800 th ollowine petitlon, signed by ersons, —iho frat tifty names on ‘“Kfl tition will Indicate the character of the citlzen-taxpayurs opposed to any change {n the wanner of sppolutment: i T4 th ble ihe Leglslat the gtat Iilob e e uasbiehad, siskene of Yoa t owyof bontl Chilcago, Uyde Park, sod Lake, du mnost respect uily ramonsirate sgatns’say sud Uil ehasyes 1o | mede sad :oanner 0f sppoluting Seuth Park Comuil aticipted chabued boung guntrary (o ¥ as subimitied 1o sud ratied by tho vi ere, ~ ull 4 tue terins of Ly ) Yoters of sald Lo m Martin Al % D wio, dhaii, ansen, 3 Yous doerts o i e Canaou, Pirte, Beott & Co,, Augustu Eddy, . L Chatle 4 1 Co A, Lewl & W, 5 : W, tansom. ! arcus A, Yarwell, A AL Wermuo, e Kbohus & Mooy, L. D. Booue, Hivhard, Bpencer & €0.. J. R Gre, Fiake W Hinga Guorge W, Lyoa, b 5 e HYMENEAL. Bavriions, May 14.—Gov, Jubn Lea Carroll aud Miss Carter Thompson, formerly of Staunton, V., were mawled 1n the Catbedral this afternoan. ‘Tho Ruv. Thouss 8. Leo offictated. The wodding ‘Wi a private sdlals, | Unitod Btates Uovernment, © ‘.‘ tJl WHISKY. The Second Seizure of the Illinois Distillery. One of Its Employes Detected in Filling Barrelsinthe Bonded Warehouse. The: Simple and Ingenlous Way in Which the Business Was Worked. The Officera of tho Company Charge It to the Offlcious Zeal of an Employo, Oompléte Triumph of Collector Merriam Over His Enemles inthe Pekin District. THE ILLINOIS DISTILLERY. 173 SRIZUNE DY TUE REVENUE OFFPICEU3, Sorebody once remarked that Jizhtning never strikes twico In the same place, but the man who ave uttorance to that sentiment lived ages before the Qovernment Impased a tax of 90 cents gallon on highwines, There was tronble in the whisky camp yesterday,and much oy on the faces of those Intrusted with the collection of tho Internal reve. nue, Lightniug struck the sccond time, and the Tliinols Distilling Company §s the victim. And thle i3 how {t came nbont: Some time ago—not to be too exact, several weeks ago—the Government offictals beeame nuspicious thiat thinge were not ns they scemcd to Lo at the Nllnois Distillery, The frequency with which barrels of highwines contalning from one-Kalf to three gallond lews than their capncity were rolled jnto the bonded warehouse aroused n suspiclon that therc was an object in ft. - The distillery oficlals were casually nounded on the subject, and they promptly and Invocently remarked that it was to QET THE UENEFIT OF TILE PRACTIONS, Parentlietically it may he rematked that the frac- tion {s any portion Jess than lialf a gallon to the barrel. On thls Government does ot Impose un tax. Shonld the fraction Le over half a galion, th distiller I required to pay the tax ou a full gollon. Deputy-Collector Eomerville accepted the reason givon for what.{t was worth, and devoted odd evenings to making claborate computations. e atscovered that the **tractional” saving cxlated only In fmagination; that had the haerols been flted there would lave accrued Just o much profit fo the manufactorer. Jlence he came tothe conclusion that the **fractional™ claim waa a blind, and that there was an African of juore than average proportions cunningly cone cealed {n the wood-pile. Over this conundrut he pondered, 1tdlsturbed him In the wilent watches of the night, and haunted him from early torn till dewy cve, Finally he becane convinced that there was whisky-utealing going on, snd that the 1ifinola Distililog Company had Imported the Clacinnati lan of balng able to manufucture whisky and sell L for less thau the cast of producing, aud grow rich ot it. Sotisfed In his own nind that he bad discovered the thread leading to Hosamond's bower, he determined to place the distillery under tho atrictest survelllaneo, Tols was nccordingly done, nnd done 50 cleverly that the distillery at- taches never dropped to it. Abunt the first thing discovercd wan A BECRET TRAP-DOOR, constructod with as much ulcety 33 8 pleca of mosalc work, giving access from the Lacrel-room to the wing-room, Over the former the Government oficials on duty st the distillery have no cuntrol. ‘The latter Is in chargo of the Unuger, who carrios the koys appertaining to it,us well hose bolung. ing to the ighwino tuds. Tho artistic monner in wEh:h this trap was constructed gave to susplcion n confirmation strung as holy writ. The revenua ofliciula were too cute to fusn their game, The watched the hole, and looked to sco where cawe out, In 8 further cormer of the barrels roum was o plle of chercosl in bags, This charcoal 1s used in the menufactare of gologne apirits, 1t was npparently piled up care- Jealy In the corner, but the lynx-cyed oficlals dis covored acat fo that meal-iub. The bags con- cealed two movable boards in the wooden partition botween the barrel-room ond the house. ‘The nnderground railroad was now discov- ero ere only remained to cateh some cur trave cliug it §n violation of thuse sectivns of the Hevised Htatutcs reiative to the ruuniug of distilleries, The following diageam will give the render AN IDEA OF THE SITUATION, sad It will bo found more Interesting than the aver- ago War map, becauve the nanesjarc less perplexe 1ng and more eavlly pronounced; A-DBanded warehouse, B=Clstern.room {n which the highwine frnmlll:m ‘1'}1“)’:\#‘" ‘worm. B> Harrel-room. ZSeirel trap-door from clstern-room to the barrel- TS toveabls planks in the partition between the bar- Fel:Foom and thie bodrd warehvuss, '~ ogr conimunicating between tho twa sections of the bonded warchouse, U-~Dour to bended warshioussj key I charge of tho Bloreecper, H=Door 1o clatern-roon; key fa chiarge of the Quuger. In order to catch tho lively pligrim over the Jer- Icho road so clearly depicted “above, a vigorous quaranting was kopt up, ~ For every mlnuto in the twenty-four houra the place was whadowed by two or thres Government officials, Doy in and day out, durlng the weary watchos of nioonle nlqh wai the vigil kept up. On two ‘wuccewsive nizht Tust woek, ono Micnael Duddles, th man-of-all- work, wlio had pasutiur chargo of the fliling of tho Larrela under the supervivion of the Gaugor, was obssrvad ta * ATHALTHILY OLIDE TIROCGH TOB TRAT, unlock the cistern with s key to which hy nn logs! nght, tuke thurefrom & big case of wplrits, roturn through the barrel-roow, remove the twa loose bosrds, enter the bonded warchouse, snd pour the contents of the can into tho burrols stored therefn, Thisoperation he repcated sovern! thuos, It was necessarily a slow and cautlous one, because it would neverdo 1o makeanolse snnicient to srogso the -utEIninm of the night Slorexerper then on duty, dunday Me, Duddics dovated to de- frauding the Quvernment in this way, when Lo oughit tu have boen at chiurch lstenloyg o a sermon on tho berncious effects of tho.adder that Jurketh i1 tho Luttain of the wine-cup. ACTING COLLECTOR SUMERVILLE was duly informed of tho discoverles mude cach y,, Butlsfiod from the report miade to bim of Sunday's cruoked operationa that the tine had ar- rived when lzhtning should strike, he decided to selzv_the place und arrcst Duddics. At an varly hour yesterday worniay, Deputy-Collector Spelnge er was dotafled to visltthe ditillery and keep an eyoon tuinge, o did yoi bis vials wie s clisttul re recelvod oue, ile was cordislly recelved. Duddl 00k bins warnly by the hand and was glad him, Lut somchow or auother ho smelled a rat. shortly ajterwards o Went across thio atreel to gol s glase of bear and forgot to returt. Two or three buurs lator, Deputfesd Munn, Cawpbell, und Loughlin sppoared un the scuun with w warrant of selsure directod agafust the places und 8 ywinewhat similar Juper for the wpprehemalon of Duddies. ' Thy ortaer was taken poseesslon of fu the name of thu Thu fattes was non Deputy Lauzhli wa'placed i charge, and ecpars Jiayiwurd aod Hloamer were detalled ist b, The machinery was kept [n motlon, beer" tuat wus ready for runuing into d 1nto whisky {n the ususl man- tance of the employe: Alou iu tho afternuon 8 TuisUNE reporter visy- o the down-town rectifylug house of the concern and thare mot MH. JOIN HOBINSON, one.of the firm of Balleatine, Laur¢nce & Co. ++\What have you been selzed forr” inquired tho rier. TEROL Won't unow anythlog sbout It. I was on ‘Chapgv, and didu’t bearof it untila litile while 0. ] But you certainly muet have some {dca ubout 1t? 1 waut to give you the beuctt of yoor explan. ation. " *+You had better see Hallentine; e has charge of the distillery and koows all sbout it.* +Vhat havo you been doing up thero tust the uient should clamp down oa your' uuthiug i it IUs ouly wome in- technical violation of the regulstions. becn dotuy anything crooked. " CThery tust be sumething morv than s mere 38, Store] tne.chnlu‘l‘ olation of tha law, clas you would not O, It'e al fght: 1t's slmply & misunderswand- uewhere. heo tho Lodkkeeper, whowas present, ndded: Wit beall right, they have sent 8 note to thy diatiller to go on with tho wakiny of bis yeast.” ++What would happen if be should ccass making ant *+\¥'e would bisve to shut down for threo or fuar doyv. We inteuded to close ur this weok for the Auss00. Our cattlu-feeding contract hus about ¢x- plasd, and, as the Cincinvutl warket is lower Lhin ey, wo delermined to quit for the season. We cen’t afford Lo make wiues for 110 cvuts aud cora 1 A} ceutd pur buanel. " 1ig, Hobinsou declining to go iote tha ectusl bonted ware- facta of the cal and atarted In s the reporter bade him good-day, reh of M. LAWREXCE, That gentleman he foand busily engaged 1n an fo- *terview with Acting-Collector Somervilie, ‘; What's up ovenst the diatiilery?™ said the re er. por We have boen eefzed, thot's W hist bave yon been dofngt™ ohing. We have not defrauded tho Gov- erament ont of o cent; neither have we tried They selzed us once before. We ready _for trial, but the Government wasn't, #nd they Snally, nol prowd it. We hase nbout 7,000 Larrele of highwinos i hond, and dues any sane man think that we wonld ek it for & few gallons of atolen whisky? - The {den la absurd. You can say in your psper. Mr, Iteporter, that we are not such foofs. We have not attempted to beat the Government out of a cent. IF there In anything wrong at the distillery, it 1s purely of 8 technical charscter. This 13 the atrictiat district In the country, and wedded ex- iveiy to red-tap: 0w that the' dlstlliery has been selzed, will you bond It out>" **No; not at present, Wo were going (o close down {1 a few days; the warchouse s full of guods which we nre determined to hold for a hettor nal We ahould have ciosed up on Wednesday, re you tunning fall cupacity?™” + ‘only abunt nne-third, —a little over 1,000 hushels per day, \Whisky ha¢ been a drug for mome tinic, and we reduced our capacity, J:m cnough to feed what cattle we had In the sheds.” Acting Collector Somervillo aaya there are abont 4,000 bareels of highwines nud alcohol !n the bonded warehouse, whi with the distillery proverty, wurklng plait elc., fopresenta & total valuo of ‘betwean $250,000 and £300,000, RETHOSPECTIVE. On the Jast day of that eventfn] year In the ca- reer of the wwhisky.-men—1875—the Illinois Distil- lery wan s+lzed on the order of the Iate Uen. J. D. Weabsler, then Collector of the district. for viol, tion of the levenne lawe. Subseguently the Con d Ituut, At the scasion of” the Grand aty, 1870, Indictments wwere found against Mesirs, fallentine, Lawrence, aud lNob- inson. When the whisky cancs were called op foe tetal, Judge Hodgets declined for personal reasons 1o Livat the case ngainst them. The fallue of the Uovernment to consict Munn, and the questionablo miiccess (n capturing Cullerton, did not inspire the proseeution with much hope of securing Any ade itiunal cunvictions, and the indictmeuts ogainet the finois gm-numu were allowed 10 bang along unth] Oct, 20_lant, when they wera nol. pros'd by direction of Judge Nanya, MU, BALLENTINR. A Tnnusc reportor last evening called op Mr, Jamea M. pallentine, Superintendent of the fiil- nols Distillinz Company, at his réeldence, Nu, 728 xcdzlwlfl: trect, where the following conversation vean held: Eald the reporter—** Lave yon anyibing tosay, Air. Ballentine, about lh?_'cllllcl whiict Jed 1o the aclzure of your dl-\marg. “Depuiy Cotlector Somerville sald it was for n the warebouse. e sald they i, nothing. flling up goods | hiad cuughit a mian dolng 5o oa Sunday,™ ** Who was this man? ‘*Ifc eald 1t was Michiel Duddles, who had charge of our warehonse and acted s foreman, He had tio bmalness In thore on Hunday, oron week days for that matter, except in thu presenceof a Government flicer. ™ **\Where 19 Dudidles™ **Idon't know: I saw him thie morning about half on hour beforo the seizure, and be did not suy anvthing tu me about filling np the barrelw. he hed gane down into Lndwuna to parchiose slayes, Ile makes some barrels for us, us well as scting foreman, 1le has never goue away before on any such errand,"” **Wiat do they mean by saying thot he was )1~ Ini 4p the barrela—what was the object of dolng 10} 4+ \Whisky after it fs pauged often loscs consider- ably by lenkage “and other causes, and the distlior hias 10 stund (hie lows If the quantity doca not come outas per fnvolee. The last ahipment wa mada wna of 1,000 barrels to New York in January last, and thewe were cat, 8o that we sustalued s low. " 13 flling up allowod? **Gen, Wobater used to allow 1t; If thore waro two or thrce rallons less Intbe barrol than the marka called for it was the practice to allow tho distiller to 1l up to the standard, Lut withiu the past two or threo months the Goveruwent by got- ten much siricter, and the Gaugers are Ine niructed to allow'no filliog. Forwerly when wowanted to make o shipment we would call in r, Danks, the lioard of 'Trage Inspector, and bie alwaya allowed {t. Nobody has sutfored auy Jous, for ol the goods wera 1u tiie warchousa yet, 1t fu Impossible to send goods East and got them to hold out, The (nugers say that the rules are a0 stringent as to compel thew tu guuge very closely. ™ *1What dld you see of the seizure 41t was munde before I flll there and T went to 00 Somerville about it. T don't know anythinz aboat the Glling of barrels, The Uovernuent say Dllfldle: did it and they will have to find him and rove it ** *+ What benofit would it bo to bim to 01l up your whisky barrelsr* ‘'None; It could only be the over-officious zeal of an employe. " *¢1)o you wish to make any more cxplicit stato- ment about tlie matterr' . **Ko; we shall have to stand @ trial, and that will be the {bwpur tigie to vindleata ourseltus, Mind, T don't wout to be uimderstoud o clalining the right to Ml up barrels up to the gauge marks. The Instructions are agulnst It, and whisky once inced In tha wine-rovin must not Lo tonichud, jut as 1 said, such corrections ns might be neces- sary have alwaye been allowed. As far os vioiat. ing the law, 1don't think we nave done so, 1t wo lave it has been entirely without aur knowledzo. " Mr, E. I, Lawrence, President of the Company, ‘who was prescut, here chimed in With the declara- tion that they dld not want to w{ enything which might Jook like ntteupting 1o petilfoy their casa. “they bad {ntended to clive ugi on Wednesday, for tiiero was no proft In whisky ‘at prosent ficures, and esnecially us {ho summer was conilng on and hey would hove W waste the 5 in fact to pay fr {ts removal, Hoth gentlem: united In declaring that the manufactare of whi hod been profitless sinco the D0-cent tax was |m posed in March, 187 In conclusion Mr, Lawrence sald that they would say In a general way that the Government bad not Jout a B¥u-cent piece by auy crookeduess fn their dlistiliery, r. Hatlentino statud that tho goode wera all in the warchouse, and an examiuation would show if any fmuds had been prac. ticed. 1o spoke of the selzuro ae an informul one, and sald that lie did nut know wnat would be tha next move. No papers bad heen servod, but he understoad that a watrant was aut for the arfest of Duddles, Ho thought the Government officers were all adsift as to what they would do next, NEIIM. JUDGE PRENCIl TAKES 1IS CASE 1N TIAND, Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune, Wasmixotoy, . ¢, May 14.=The Attornoy- General informed Judge Lawrence this morning that inasmuch 88 the lehm case was a revenuo case {taliould have its first conslderation in the Treasnry Department, Tho papers belng carrled there, the Becrotary referred the case toJudge French for examiuation and report. Thie will re- quire two or thrco days, Attornoy.-Genoral Devens fs of the oplulon that tho present million. dollar-wuit fa not a civil but o criminal ouve, and In tho naturs of a cumulative punishment, Judgo Lawrence cortalnly belleved the Attorney- General, when the casw teaches him, witl decide that pardan s a bar to the suit, and that as Rehm ‘owos the Government no taxos the Qovornmont hay no clvll remedica against bim. The Atlorneys Genaral Inclines apparently to this opinion, and aaid it ls common in most Statos to oxecute crime inal penalties elthor by imprisonment or WY CIVIL PROSKCUTION. Judge Fronch did nut commenca L7 examine the papers until this evening, Heo ssys, however, the Rehm suit is clearly of a criminal nature only, lle fnds Rehm was uot a distiller, owes the Government no taxes, and that the only actlon the Government has properly agalnst hin for punishment for participation n the con- »lnu:j‘. Whetber the pardon s a Lar to further , Judge ¥rench bos not yet declded, Ho evi- dently does not agree with Btorrs, for he hiad re- Eolved o teloram from Blorra afternoon in which the latter proteated agulmet granting Rehm civil lmlmml“r. a8 the Uoverument lawyers there donot pretend It was grantbd him, _Judge French says uo such clalm fa made he The eotiro case of Letim differs from tie ot and Jawyerd inwiat not that ho has been granted civil immualty, but Lo has LEEN ORANTED CRININAL IMMUNITY{ that he bas recelved pardon, and that the present wuit fs In the nature of & further enminal prosecu- tlon lnll‘l)unhhmenl for su offcnse aiready pun- {obed aud pardaned, ‘The genvral drift of opinion (s, thst, while the first and second bateh certatnly will not get free. Ttchm possibly may, Judge Prench sald hu should osawine the subject aimply sv a legal propusition, and that it others chouse to find apy politics fu it they can, Judize French was o unfuwmiilar with the political Listury of 1tehm that ho asked wheths or be bad been a 5.“ Iticlan, aud, if so, towhich party by belopget _* PEKIN, NERBIAM ALL RIONT. . Bpecial Dispalch to The Triduns, Wasnixurox, D, U,, May 14.—The tght sgalast Collector Merriam, of the Elghth IHinofs Revenus District, was scttied to.day, as will be seen by tho following letter: Turascuy DErantueny, Orrics or IxTsaxaL REYE5UK, May 14,—8iu: The answer you mske to the various charges preferrod against you as Collector of the Bizhtt Districs of Lllinols, reflect- ing upon your character s an oficor and as & clt- Jscu, W entirely satisfactory. It & proper for me to say that st 0o tlme have 1 bad any doult of your personal integrity. [Itsust that your future man- agement of (ko ofice will be as successful as in tho past. Yours respectfully, Guxxy B. Ravy, Commissioner. The answor 10 the charge was the same 88 bas alrvady been fndicated in thess dupatches. 1t was wmanlfest that A covsrittacy was formed against Merrlsm by convicted distilicrs iu Lje districs and subordinsics discharged for caudd, Instigated by pervons pat ¢ loconvenlence by Merziams futegrity, This lfttle Aght bero bas discovercd 8 large pum- ber of Lristow men. Tue chsrges sbout the caficd at his house this evening, and Liw wife sald, Farmers' Natlonal Bank at Pekin havo beenn carlous Incident of this ight. An examination nf the “bank by officers properly authorized shuws §t J¢ not managed In intorests of dls- tllers. A Jetter was recelved here thls nlorning at (he Treasnry from the Crahler of the bank, statin: that Revenuc-Agent Gavett had ap- [wnenl at the bank wnd demanded of the ishier he rlght to Inspect it. stating he had aathority from Secretary Sherman to do so. The autbor.ty was demanded, but Gavett declined to Jresent and uiite (hreatening, Meanwhlie, ofcers wno had anthority In writing were FPERMITTED TO EXAMINE 1T, The letter of the Cnaliier reached Secretary Shere wman, who Immedistely inforired the Commis. sioner of Internal Hevenue that Gavett had no such mothorily from him (Sheeman), A telegram was immediately dispatched to Gavelt d(mlln‘z him to Jenve Lhe district and to retarn {0 his present assignment at Chicagn, ‘The Rerenne Agenta who have hieen visiting the Elgnth Dustrict 1n such nambers will soon retlro from it, ag telegra; A1 be seut dispersing all ex- cept those who belong there. TR FEKIN FOST-OFPICE, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribuns. Prxix, 1M, May 14, —~The last muve of the Ring bere to get posscasion of the d'ost-Olce o the clr- culatingof 8 rcllll(m among the faithfal aettls forth that Huntinglon and Jones, the ' gents who wero senl here {0 iuvestizate -Office miatter 8 few weeks ago, were drunk, ond that these nvestigation was anunfair one. This wetition will probably be sent to the Depsriment at an early day, if it has hot alreaty gone there, Hince his retorn from Spnngfold 3 . M, P. WESTERMAN has shown more signs of Insanity that ever before. Thove who ro Lest acquainted with him atteibute it to atrong drink and the constant strain npon hie nervous system for the Inst two vears, He s re- garded by nearly every one as Jiitle hetter than a chatlering fdlot, The old Rting are deserting him, and It in thought that, anless he be aent to an saylum, ho miay do bodlly harm, either to bimself or'some of his old assoclates, ERRORS “HECTIPIED." To the Kditor of The Tribune. Pexiy, 111, May 14.—y attention was called fon short telegram iIn Saturday‘s, lssue of Tnx Tatevxe, dated from Springfield, In which ale lusion was made t6 Jon D, Mclatyre, D. T. Thunpsou, and Johin 8. Smith, In regard to the -named perron, allow me to sy that the Gove went has no claims agalnst him In any shape whatever, and, furthermore, he is the only dis- tliler in Pekin who rune bls distlllery in his owa name, apd who I regarded by the Departiment as Gne of the very few gistiilers In the whole countey an. In years gono among those whom the Governmen ip with a round “turu for runsing crooked s property s all" confscated, — and bl disttifery, rectifer, etc., wold. liv imsell wa tried i Springleld for defraudlng the Uovern. ment, and ined in all something ke 342,000, al) of which he paid, and nut a single solitary uthur bl d’ man in l'ekin ever pajd 8 judemont ob- against him by the Uovernment, As regards Swith, he does not Intwad W vialt Toxas or anywhere eise. Againet Wm the Government holds u Judgment for somothing like 31,000, He has one unt of the whisky busincss entirely, and will perhinps naver sgalu go fulo 1. Agalist 1. 7. Thompson the Government has o judgment for 817,000. e s il the whisky businees in Pekinnsau **employe " uuly, The dispatchslin refers to the Dopaty Coliector, Ar.A. 1L Purdle, ¢ eing In Spetagheld Epldy Jaat, ALv. Purdle wasuor there, nefther ald hw'*have any lutention of going thera. Your reporier at Kpringfuld has been fmposed tipon by sotae oue of the fckin ang amt, it Tmistako not, the diupatch wan rebostied by Westerman bafore ha loft Pekin for Springiiaid Inst weak. Vhis boatility to the rement rovenuo ofilcers fu tuls district {3 stmuly this: Undorall foruier lieputy Collectors tu Pekin tle Ring wore in the Labit of buylg stampw oa n cradit, and Mr, Purdiu's predeceasor 1n otice, Judge Turnor, of Vekin, went out of ufllce £0,000 Leliind, vilich ho biinsolf ad o make yood, " Sivce 3r. Purdie has been Deputy Collector in_ Pekin 1o dlstllier hay ever purchased a stamp witliout firet paying for it ‘These ure llulwyncu which xuy oue to the whis- ky businass Ju Pekin can testify to. Ad regards the bottom facts in Pekln, Peurld, and Sprngdeld, you will be furnished with them at the proper time, aud from a source which will be authentla, ExelicrnEn. INVESTIOATING COLLEXCTOR MERRIAN. Willlam A. Gavett, Havenue Agent In chargo of Northern Illinols and Wisconsin, and Col. Wheel. ¢r, Revonue Agont at largy, camte up from Pakin Jast night and were stowed awayln the Grand Pacide, whero a reparter found thetn engaged with Chiof Dgpaty Collector Bowerville in comparing Hotes of “wbat was gologonin whisky malters in the State,~partlcularly with regard tu the Investigation tho vidltors have beaw making into the charges ogalnst Collector Merriam, It will not be rashly auppused by anybody that this con. versation was Jung cantinuad aftes the reporter's arrival. On the coptrary, thy genllemen were very careful to make 1o “statement which wonld give snyhody suy accurate Idea un (o what thelr re- port would e, ~Glittering generalitics hencefors ward formed the wiaple of their conversation, and when the reporter musalled them for news 1t was plven In thut vague, unestinfactory manner which wome men, and partfeularly ofticers of the Internal JNuvenue Department, s0 well know how to adopt. Stated briefly, these gentlemen fet forth that they had recelvod instructions from Washington, dated April 2, torepair to Pekinand Investigate tho be was brouzhit charges ' made ogajnst Collector Merriam, These _aubitanca of thuso _charv 13 {s well known, §s that = Merrn has shametully neglected the dutlus of his offico, pay- inz oo attentiun to fte wor Lut coming aronnd at tho end of each and unflinching devotlon to tho srduous task of draw- poy, aud that he hns allowed 8 system of falso yuugtig to ba practiced in hie district, by fi\is have Lecn gauged lowor tnan the actusl gauge, to the damege of the Uovernment, ‘which * WAS TIEREDY DEPRAUDED ont of n portion of the tax, To wich an extent had thiv been carried on that {t appears, by thess pecullaritles of wuuging, E:cknw- have beon * found in whicn =t ‘Uauger's wensurament was 1 per cent lces thau the aciust amonnt contained therein. The wholesyatem, in »hort, bas been to put the splirits in Lond at less than the actual gauge. In one dise thilery, 1t hay boen said, wero found 400 gullons which were put In at 1 per cent tuo low, Thoese thiugs of course demanded i nd benco St commissloned Ihese exports, with levenue Agent Kinney, of Southern 13, and Revenue Agent Mitchell, of Philadele to mnke @ scarching investiga- snd the results of thelr watchfuluess to headquarters, It wos arather formidable prograume, but tho Investi- gators, after working aimost night and day for two weoks, bave caughtglimpsca o daylipht snd wilt be able tomake thelr Teport 8t nu very distant day, They say that they wlill probe the matter fo the botto befute they get through with it without fear or prejudice, and render a teport |n uccord- snce with the facts, They deny the reports that they have put up jobs on lnybm.lz, anl denounce tuem as “Eolly fuise, ‘Thoy uay they are not preje udlced against Merriam, and that thcy were vrderea 10 make the Investigation without us much us fit- teen minutes' notice, NO INJUSTICE WILL DE DONE Colloctor Merrinm, but if they do learn they will repurt ft, although the hea That {s the substance of what these discrect ofticers ara willing t0 state, What they are at present, be- fore finisulng the investiyation” and makiug thelr report, unwiliing to state would no doubt make a very pretty and bighly-interesting stozy, but the fnsfde blstory 1 Jocked up fu Lh boson: which Keeretary Shuerm ¢ oner Iaum, and nthers of the pu uue hold the keys, % MERRIAM’S FIGUT. 4 PRW INCIDENTS. Bpecial Dispadch to The Triduns, Wasumuton, D, C., May 14,—=Thne fight on the Collector of the Eighth llinols District {vover, and has resulted in the total rout of the Iting. The Collector, Cot, Jonathan Merrism, met the charges of the conepiratars, and demonsirated that thy whole move was mado by revenue-thloves and dis- appoluted pulitical mspirauts, Bo far had those cousplrators progressed In this schome that the papers were all made out for Merrtam's romoval, and only swaited the appointment of his succcssor, when be culled upon Comuissioncr Rawn fol ten-dsys' furlough, and the Department dolsyed b removal uptil his #ide should bu presented, After telegraphingSecrotary Bherman that ho had asked Raum fora furlough, the Collector was dotided that the furlough would be granted, This was THX PIUST SBT-DACK tho Ring recelved, oud In sl probabllity the Col Jector would have been removed hiad he not notld- ed Mr, Sberman of bis request. In reply to tho Collector's dlspatch which ho scot to Raum asking for ediclent and competeut Revenue Agents to tuke the place of those who woro thon [nvestiget- Ing the Hamburg distillery in Pekin, 1l., that of- fefal sald that bo consldered Mcssrs. Gavelt and Kinney rellable. ThoCollector n the meantimo wi putting bimsclf ju correspoudenco with Becretar, Sherman entlrely unknown Lo Couttsiesioner Haum. Tho malu polata the king ospected to make agalust the Collectos was that the bank of which be was President was careying J. D- Mclntire,a Pekin dls- Lillet, for a Jarge smount of %hluky In bond. This bank pever hod as socurity OB GALLON OF WHIIKY, nor pever carried Mr, Mclntire for a dollar, us was proven. It was aléo proven thdt the L. Brown Tet‘ers and telogtais were written by Westerman and PinkLam. ‘FBe bostillty of Raum to Merelam, and thers oxlsts some beyond a question, is hava come from the latter's rotest to the mxfir fa wbich the Commisaloner ogreed 10 set- tle thu clsims of the Pekiu and Springield Ring n Februssy lust. 1t was ayrced thatthose of the Pokinltes whoweru ralded by Bristow SUOULL ALL ESCAVE, o¢ rather suttle thelr didlculties upon payment of 700 each, when tho costs aluue in woue of these cascsgmounted to nearly $1.000. The uriginal Pla £or the seltlewent of thuse cavos wos tht cach crook was to psy & cettaln per cent of their old Judzments, wllch woald Smount tu all to mearty 3200,000. Ly the come Y romine, however, the crooks wera to pay abont | The Coconine nas earned a dererved reputation £ BET000 an ercape Al the ol Intmenls and the | St e e o oeved Teptation fo Bristow inictmrents, Ex.Congresaman Jim Rob- | the homan balz, Ladies dressing thelr hair elab= inson and John M. Palmer went to Washington in | orately for the evening wlil find that It Impa; December Jast with thik proposition, to which healiby nataral glosa to the halr, and will Tnse it MERRIAM ONJFCTED, 10 retain ita shape for hours, Seax The ‘ommissionce's promise fell throngt. and was referred lo_Distriet-Attorney_Connoliy and Mer- riam fur final scttlement, ~Theee two oficiale } Keep aolls the heat and cheapest ahirts in the “world: 'also collars, elegant Atyles, best wonld have nothing to do with the matter prior to - g3 therr adminiatration. but ntsted Tt escnnatet. | Quallty, 8160 per doz., alx for e, 17 Madison « crook should plead gofity 10 defeanding the revenne, After akirmishing bask and forth from Pekin to Sprincfield, the followlng crooks pleaded guiity and paid THE POLLOWING AMOUNTS, the Imprisonment in each case befng walved: 11,1 % Toland’s Aromatic Bltter Wino of Iron Inm remody for nervons debility, Impoverished blood, andimpaired digestion. Depot, 13 Clark street. | Wenterman, 2800: Robert Waimer, 8800, W, Uno ¢ Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup* for Ackerman, $700; W, 11 Mclntire, $314; J1. Van: | children while teething. ‘It cares dyecntery and dervoort, :'11," Rickler, $333; George and | diarrhas, wind colic, and regalates the bowals, | Dan Relsinger, $906; John L. Smith, $750; George R. Caolbsugh. $300, berides nne or twn others, Thene crooks, althongh they had evaded the law for years, 8 portion of them commenced thoir war npou the Collector, who has COMPLETELY BROREN UP THE RING and driven their Ieader inaane. Thua ends the fight upon the Colicctor. 1iis conrsc hen been nunctioncd by Mr, Sherman, apd he himself com- plimented by that official. Sherman and Mer- rism- apent the preater part of the day together, and to-marrow the atter atarts for Iilinol David Davis hna el firm by Merriam thtauzhout the whole affair, and provious to his arrival in Washington he gavo to Secretary Sher. man aatrong indorsement of Merrlam as a faith- ful, unright, and eflicient officer, and one that the Revenue scrvica could Iil afford i disneuse with, Tho feeling agalnat Roum among the Kqvenue of: ficlals at the bepartment Ia_yeowing stronger, and Lia removal may be looked for at any moment. MISCELLANFOUS, THE IMMUNITY SREKERS, Charles H. Heed, connse] for o portion of the **frst batch,” retnrned fram Washington on Sun- day morning. e declines 10 be Interviewed an the civil Immunlity question. He had o conference with Jndge Bangs yesterdny, but its details are shroaded In impenetrable myetery, Tinah, Powell, and. Barronghe, of the **second Jeffors' Froneh Catarrh Care Is tho hesy remedy known for catarrh, asthma, and hay fovar, Trisl frec. Offico and depat, te & (O Wo are offering this week the following ‘“‘AUCTION LOTS,” which will be found to be the greatest bargains of the season: 20 pes. Black Gros Grain Nilks _atels, 2 pes. extra g‘nallty Black iros Grain Silks at $1.00. 20 pes. Colored Gros Grain Silks at $1.25, equal to ool sl | A0giiing ever olfored af e L e R R L L T : e g, st of w1 ) 25 DS, Sublimo quality, 24 fher v Stasmo e tey | neh, Golored Gros Grain B o o eni e niry Vet | SUKS 1t $1L60 5 cannot-be it el Tl S ke | Black Cashmere at 50 s, R e, Rt | 20 pes. 48-inch Black Cash- Swdnieemda e Sisres | jere, extra quality, at Toe. 100 pes. more of those 48- inch Black Cashmeres at $1.00,which have had such a remarkable sale. Thoso of our customers who fail- ed to secure any of the last Iot will now have an op- golrtnsmty to supply them- olves 200 pes. assorted styles Dress i e ; s| price asked, Mr. Thorne, ne Rudolph, waw ndmired bv many he should have be s capable of beluy, as W. A. SINPSON & CO., : ] s - owall balch, " who went to Washinatun reveral dags auo toeccare & compromilse of the suita entered ngajtint them in recover penalties, back iaxes, eic., ars "till in thatcity, holding dslly Interviews with Cummlissioner auns and othor Treasury ofticials, ————— AMUSEMENTS, ROSE EXTINGE IN “LED ASTRAY. **Led Antray " ia too familisra play o require note or comment at this time: and, to tell the truth, it gets along much better without extrancous | ald, It 19 huppily removed from the reglons of the 1 4 (=} v e o A D e oy 3 cellent, and she only wanted moare nbusidant of portunitics to disvlay her bigher accomplisl ments, What these are, the palilic was permitt loace in the repreventations of **ltose Micha! Inst year. At ihat time Tiz Triaux fonnd oc- casion o, peak of her with the enthualasm that her' wart seemed to and what wae then sald found o responsive echio in the popnlar heart. She ahows In **Led Astray* moch of the samo nrt, eo carefully re. moved from srtifice, that she manifosted on the ve- casfon of her first appearance, bnt she was Jeas than before, becatse sne had niok the same oppore tunity, ‘The partinig scenc, ¥® Iar as alie was cune cerncd, was aptly managed, as was aln the sceno with ifector, immedisly after the discuvery of the relatlons between Susunne and Rudolph, There 1 Infrequently a tonc of hardneva In Miss Eytinie’s metlod, as i bor finlkh were too smooth snd lished: but the weneral cffect of her sety [n always agreenblo and Lmpressive, She maki Armanite renl and vital, 1fer acting of the chame - teserve, AN 2 ecn s N A T v e R eycs, and srmands was_for the time a thing only of preclous memors. Now, Mr, Thorne did not , and RudolpA. Onthe other haud, Miss Don, as Mathil, o etiorming, knd eouid nol v’ Lien shimassel exactly knotw kis lines thorougbly, and quite mangled the parting acens, which aboul have been the most effective In the play. ‘The ucting uf Miss Eytinge in the original cast. It Is a part sdapted o hee. Mr. Lee, a3 Georas Deleaparre, way carcfully made up, and fully equal to the de- st this point, as in All other situations, was e: mande upon hin, A Rowances shonbt o oisste ToF the parforoiance of the company I18et night, in view 79 & 81 State-st. wd of tho fact that Misa Lytinzo wos dolayed aevern] | ms———m—— et hours, and only reached thie city a few minutes e. fore the eurtain ruse, There was, consuquently, na tinie for a rehcarual of the play with ) Un- der the circumatances, th TIMAIR INVIGORATON. TDR. GUINETS ftalde o all Wil | be repeated to-night and to-morrow night, The IMPROVED attendance last nichl was larger than tor some ¥ weeks past, nnd 1L 18 not fmpossible that Misa Ejytinge may bo greeted with full houscs before ber departure. 'HATR INVIGORATOR This EXCELLENT Proparation {s warranted 4 T0 priniuce Neww Habe.” . **Tu preyent ihio Hair frum falling of or becoming {17 rrutore Gray Halr toltx ociginal color;” THE CIRCUR, For one thlag, if for nothing else, Porepaugh's circuy, {s entlited to credit, and that is o faithful performance of the brilllant colored promises ghly reinavo nf DRSPS N £ e kgl Tl arilele for e toliet: Detag. Henl 45 de 3 posted on the fences, Ordinarily the circtin voster el Aid renders the LAlF Novts Gokeys and y ? ! 4 1 i By o (loAny, andclrcas parformance aro two vastly different | Silkye without causing sny unpisasant greaniness, atfairs, but thu show that opened yesterdsy to ll.ldr‘l a DYE, Illdtflullllllhle LEAD, I-U.il 'yl t or other dejeterious inpredient, The pruprietors MTuv erowded tents on the Lake-Uront reems 10 have s | clailense the world to prodice 'au_ Ariicls that wil -‘a iallowed reepuct for tho vroplietic lekende with | iorughiy perforuy ali" st thoy Fiatin” o™ bit, L: T st | BUTESERENED na TN IGORATOR. 1 Manauoment bas decorated the dead | PUERFLSHLEIIOVED AL o AT O sl Tiuving mspired confidence [n the minds of the | SACHET Ui Qispisy uf 8 llewl copered with new lair. 1y aiid uva L froely on o = < AL e A I getioral publle, it was not perliaps remarkubly that | pudan iholr ektitren. | It imparisa Deaatital laxive {o ho luge pavillon wes jamuted yesterday nnd ust | the Ha nd tecledtatni propertica, freciug toa sealp {2 evening 'to ila utmiost capacity, Forepaugh | Ofall 5 nurl)lxmrnmrrulxlv:l deseryed placa ! has erocted one of “the largeat tents oy- | onthetoilettavte.” (no frial’will convinco the most ; o S ror Mach S talartain. | tneredulaua. Friée & ceute and g1.00per uaitia. ) ment within the Mmits uf Chicago, and yet “"“":‘ el Lroprisiors: [ it wasscarcoly big enough to accommodate ihe = - 0. Box 370 Chicage, Il it peuplo who apphled for sduwlwsion, By a juiiclous . SCHAACH, STEVENEON & REID, e arrangement "of the monagerle, it affords all com- £ = 3 Rl crsan oppartunity **to view those wonderfal liv- OVE i fug curlosities from the inhabitable oy well a3 the . ¢l uninhabliably glube, * ng the side-eliow inan would Nt T AN I N T e 1 express it **Thu areva™ offers tho orthodox en- 5 tertalnment In principlo, vantly improved upon fn a degrec, The riduiy, tumbling, sod in fact the { & whole entertalnment, I8 excellent, One of the fen- 3 tures of the show 1e the display of Liomus and Al trained elephants, ‘The lattor wuder the care of L5 Mr. “Aduw Forepaugh Lave been Dbrought to a i high standard of perfection, Thu **Daby Ele- e phant™ over whose sunuy curle but fow suipmers iy lwvu Hoated, is probablyone of the wost reoiark i H able brutes ever exhiblted, lic doesn't o Iuto the mo inctoodical alr that *feat business "' with the characterisea the rest, but acemw, lke Lugeno Aram's puplly, better ‘nh:untd when **turning to mirth all thingv of carth,” as only paby elephant- hood can, ‘The enormous hegbifora aroumt himn assume a sorious aapect that ke apparently docsn't understand, aud his portion of tho grand ‘pyramid —a great act, by the way—Is perfunctory sather than voluntary. ‘There aro suma r»oll tight.rops business, and some magalficent leaplug. The equestrisn end of the schedulv ls faithfully sustained by ‘The new Prrrxct (os Stove, Chespest form of sum- mer cooking in the world. ~ Will o the XXTIXE famnl] lius | coul nn Mollie Hrow and 3r. Romva Scbostisn. Billy r of cos fiurka and Harry Woods aro fulr i the clown | Mook 4rotl Derteeny aiorices, bame work aa othel parts, and the reat of the cast is good, Ahird less gas, Sald by dealers gunerally. RETORT GAS STOVH COMPANY, AIMEE, Brogid o night, for the frst thue n this city, will bo | smm—————tOECORO prescuted +* La Houlangero s des Ecus.™ This ls, ACHE DIROPS, with the exception of **Dr. Ox," Offenbach's latent work, DR GUINET,S must E“I?FFP“E %.‘Enfl!nl" En?:!-sn‘mmu of S ' CELEBRATED s wsit, the bowels, tne kidngys, and the pores, or, in TOOTHACHE DROPS- defenlt thercof, polson and disorder tho flulde of $uo egatem. Lo order tu ellect e omplote expuly | An old aud wall el remedy, Quickand Cortalnty fon of this dangorous refuse, the organs through | It lect Thuy It aod tey b1 g Rith 1t passce OF must ba ACHIY 8ud WaOBFUCH: yuruux_ufaé;u 1l b tirmd laio JOY. A Hure ed. Fortunately there 1a & cortain wesns of r ure. Frics 23 ceo! AMET & CO., Propricters, P, 0. Bos 379, Chicagu, Lil. by VAN SCHAACK, ETEVENSON & RELD, Al A bato Aot Ceni Tk AUVERTISING, “ADVERTISERS Dealring to reach couutry readors can do 8o in the ut and cheapest wanner by usiug ng theis 80 when thoy nat, floatelt aro Stomach Bliters stimulate “:. action of the exere: tory organs, and by difusing & genisl waratl throuzh the_ clrculatlon encourage woderate pere spiration, By this telple etfect the exodus of thy foucal and other wasty nattel conraged, aud the system freed from penl uld otherwles tn- cur. Thoaction of thy bowels which folluws the usv of thld beneficent alterative ls casy, aud onac- cowpanicd by griping, und its stimulative cect upout tho urlaary orguns very conduclve 0 their local health. . BUSINESS NOTICES. The Latest Novolty lu Ladles' Dress Gaods, Ouz principal reall dry-goods emporiutis, during these plessant spring duys. present o really oui- matad appearance, 'Tho show windows sro dressed iu the wost artistic style, while the futerlor is uo Jeua siteactive; fudeed, the crowds of Judlcs come inu sud golng fndicate v very prosperous trado with our dry-gouds nerchants, One of the preat novel- t1cs of- Lhe wedson s the now summer fabeic known o8 *‘uuntivg, or Seasido Cloth, " Awongthe wost a*rractive colors aiu **lIght-blue, navy blue, fawn, o, yellow, brown, 3ud creamy tints, ull wool, wucus o salt watir will Lot dumsge. Betico (Lo nawe ++Seaslds Cloth. " Bulta telumed with friugee nnd ruches, or mixed with slik fu costuwes, worh over sunio taln fosudation, o wade up with &lis plaiting or xulloon triaal ng, thie fabiel te very beautiful, "1t drapes castly, does ot crease, (3 ligkt, cool, durabl and fushiouuble foparately or compinc, or by Siatu Sactions For LJow sl ey to « Ny 2. W L0 T dackaoi- Letters (;T‘ Credit for " Travelers Abr_oad. Kouatze Brottiers, Davkers, 12 reitatiou, ve- | 1 Lol GE Croet and Cirkiar ud invigorates | Hiauk, Loadou, availably b the peiac bighest Cegred, § rope, sud Ly ail oiber parts of ta worl Chicago, fiL. Tncspensive, et Ca—— Burnott's Cocoulis ulisy poves all tendeacy to dandrud, tav dctlpn of the caplllacive la the