Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1877, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. AUGUST 19, “THE QUEER.” Capture of Walter P. Carter, the Silver-Dollar Counterfeiter.°*. All by Himself He Started a Mill on West Fifte@nth Street. A Mechinist by Profession, and 2 Coney Man by Compulsion. ‘The Entire Counterfeiting Outfit Seized at His Den. He Is Held in $9,000 Bail to the Criminal Court. The recent arrest on the West Side of 2 counterfeiter, mention of which was made in yesterday's TRIBUNE, Droves to bea more im- portant one than was supposed by those outside ofthe police circle. After keeping the facts as secret as possible Yor four days in hopes of capturing “the rest of the gang,”” Capt. Seavey came to the conclusion that he had all there was to get, and opened his mouth yesterday after- noon. It appears that the arrest was made Wednesday afternoon, and that the prisoner's name is Walter P. Carter, tnough he gave the alias of James P. Ferguson when booked. While Policeman Deveren was walking his beat on .Randoiph street, he was hailed by Dr. John H. Byrne, the proprietor of a drug-store at No. 235, who told him a man had attempted to pass on him what he believed to bea counterfeit trade dollar. Accompanied by the suspected “tghoyer,”” the officer went to the office of Preston & Kean, the bankers, but they couldn’t tell whether the piece was good or bad. Thence he went to s jeweler’s on Madi- son strect, who pronounced it all right. Un- _Satisfied, he stepped into another jeweler’s, who used acid, and said the dollar was spurious. ‘Then Devyeren took the fellow to the station. He was turned over to Detect- ives Flynn and Lansicg, who proceeded to pump him, men in the “queer” line being noted as the greatest squealers among criminals. But this one was an exception. Nota thing would he tell. He asked, as is customary, what “Denefit he would derive from talking, and was {informed that hie might save several years by it. Then he wanted to know if he gave up the maxer, whose word would be taken. The de- tectives could.’t say. And that was the result of their efforts. Having noticed that his fingers were stained, a8 if he had been using acids, they pat him down for the manufacturer, and ‘ocked bim up im order to give -him an opportunity to think over his situation, believ- nz. if.\. had anything to relate, he would ~-ue around in time, Only two COUNTERFEIT TRADE DOLLARS ‘ were found on him. But among the other articles taken from him was a bank-book, show- ing that he bad about $100 on deposit in the Fidelity. ‘Ihe name on it was Walter P. Carter. This was the best of clews. Flynnand Lansing tailed at the bank, and ascertained that Carter lived at No. 500 West Fifteenth street. Pro- suring a'search warraut, they went Lo. the house without delay, and there found one of the most somplete coin onffits which bas ever been taptured in tre West, f not iu the |country. Curter occupied two rooms on the second floor, faring the street. One he used for sleeping pur- poses, and the other as his “mill.” There were Lwo entrances to the latter, oue from the hall, the door being locked and barred upon the in- side, aud the other through the bedroom, there being two locks on the door, one of which was peculiar and very hard to opeu. The officers, however, forced’ their way iu, and were more than surprised at their success. In one corner of theroom, which was only x10 feet, was 2 lanze box {full of plaster molds, a few of them broken. Near by was a smaller ‘one, also fall“oi moldz. On one side was a battery, such as is uced for plating, ana pendent in the solution upon wires were two or three dozen “coins” taking abath. Fastened to 2 table was a little machine with a burr-wheel at- tachment, which is? used for milling. On the table were a number of molds, into which the metsl had been run, awaiting the uext stage of the operation,—a bath of silver; while scattered ‘on the floor were acids, glue, sand, whiticg, pieces of lead, copper, autimony,—everythicg which counterieiters use iu tleir business. There were in ail nearly 300 sets of plaster-of- Paris molds; tor els, halves, and doliars, and about $125 in ‘queer. All this stuff was removed to the Madison Street Station. it was triawphantly exhibized to Car- ter, and then he “laid down,” but stuck to it thet he was alone—had gone into the business Dy himself, made the molds, and did all his own ssing, not selling a doliar to any one else. fe, however, admitted that he had been in “trouble” once. having served three years at ‘Waupun, in the *60's for forgery. FROM LEITERS FOUND in his room it appears that. Carter’s mother, a ‘vers respectable lady, lived at one time on Wa- Yash avenue. She is now dead. After his re- lease’ irom the Penitentiary in 1869 lie came to Chicago, and up to the time he embarked in his last hed held the position of b.uxkeeper in several stores or factories. He claims to be 28 years of age, but is probably several years older. He is about five feet eight Juches high, bas a sandy complexion. brown hair, and sman side-whiskers. For what he says he fy machinist, he is remarkably intelligent, having ag knowledge of chemistry, aud is what the detectives calla “slick” one, which Indicates that he is far above the average man. When a Tripoxe reporter visited him yester- day afternoon he seemed inclined to converse, and advantage was taken of the tact to get his experience.. So the reporter said: “When did you go into the counterfeiting poeigpout ML 1576,” 4 About May, 1576,” was the reply. «What was your object ?”? e “To get a living. Iwas out of work.” ‘What had you been doing?” «Thad worked at the machinist’s trade.” “How did you commence operation: “T experimented with gambling checks.” ia what wag re took impressions of them,—made ef Paris molds.” : pase “¢What success did you have?” “Very poor.” ; “What was tbe next step?” “*T then took up nickels, but didn’t do much detter.”? “ Whot was the difficulty?” “Tt didn’t pay to make them very good.” «Was the operation expensive” “Tolerably so, compared with halves and dol- “How much does it cost t x nigel . o make a bogus ie ere are about 100 in a pound, and the metal costs 30 cents; and then there isthe time of runving.”” “+ How long does it take to make a nickel sold? a att ocey tale a dozen are made at a “« What material did ii “ Plaster of Paris.?? seus ’ + “Ts that the best?” “ About the best.?” bse wall spe tall me how you do it?” No. cline to give the modus operandi.” é When did you give up the nickel business?” Pe Ta about a week after I commenced.” = Shas was § your next venture?” 3 ey n't com! ee that time. I think mine were the fest thet were 2 PUT IN GENERAL CIRCULATION.” + What was the extent of your issue pr “Th fourteen months? abont $900 in “thirteen or : ie the halves par?” ach until the scales for weighing coin came “They interfered with the Lge “Yes, rather. Ibad either to make them see Dass them where there were no ‘Then ad Senet You advanced to trade dollars, I sup- “Yes, and Mexican dollars, and South A ican dol!ars; and SuallyI got’ vaited Scates dallar of ao Pee oe emlas United Did they pass readily?” ‘Yes, the tradeand United States dollar did, but the others were a little strange, and people didn’t like tu take them. Some knew what a ean dolisr was, and some didn’t.” “Were not the trad ever teatin le dollars ques- “Oh, yes. Some druggists would say the ere, goo, and some would try then wi iow often were they refused! About ouce in fifteen times I vould meet witha man who would bother me, and then I would pay for the article with good money.” . {How many would you get rid of in a day?” Inever devoteda whole day to passing. Generally I would be out four hours, and get 2 rid of eight orten pieces, whatever they might happen to be.” : cRVhat stores did you patronize? & None in particular.”? Es You wo into those you took a fancy " = Yes; Iwould'buy things I could use,—éat- ables, matches, soap, etc.,—anything: worth five or ten cents.”” Nt How did the officers get ontoyout” J “Tguess one was sent after me by a drug- st? « Fad you offered him a piece?” No, T wanted to buy -a newspaper, and the man took the piece over to the drazzist to gt change, He thought it yas countasfelt, a they went to a bank, but the people there conldn’t tell-whether it was good or not, but were doubtful; and then he sent for a police- map, and-he brought me in.”” “Where was your mill located?” ~“Qu the West Side.” “What kind of tools did you have?” «Molds, plating apparatus, ete.” . So filter you had molded a piece, what did you lo ++ Finished up the edge.” “How? i «Milled it like the regular coins.” Gwiat 13 THE OPERATION? «] put it into a little machine and turned it around with a burr wheel against the metal.”? “What next?” “Plated it.” “And then? “Give it a silver bath, then one of copper, and finally another one of silver.” “ What is the object of the copper?” “ That gives it a good ring.” e nae ‘piece Was ready for passing?” “Yes,! Hdw long would it take to makea dollar, commencing with the molding?” “Sometimes longer and sometimes shorter; onthe average acouple of hours. They are made in lots, and didn’t make a memorandum of the time. They go through different: stages. Some are ready for finishing when others are in the copper bath.” “ When did you work?” “In the day.” “ And pass the coins?” “At night” «Didn't the people where you lived know what you were doing?” “No.” “Had you avy partners in the business?” No. “Why not?” 2 “J had no particular friends that I wanted to take in,—no one I cared to take iv. It is safer towork alone. Then there isno danger of drunken men and of being interfered with.” ' «What were your profits ver day?” “*T could pass alone twenty pieces a day with- “GOBBLED. | . A Gang of Skillful and Successful Forgers Arrested. Details of a Patient Pursuit Car- * ried on for Six Months. Who the Offenders Are and How They Carried on Operations. Their Confinement at the Paci and Subsequent Le- moval to Now York. aa The train which left here on the Michigan Southern at 5:20 last evening took with it to the East one of the emartest and most ‘skillful forgers who has ever been arrested in this coun- try. He went on to New York in the custody of the’ officers of the law, accompanied by a minor accomplice, who has long resided in this city, being joined on the way by a person of even greater ability as a criminal, who will go along to the East, there to stand trial for a series of offenses extending over ,about ten years. During the latter part of last year and the arst of this a number of heavy frauds were bogus checks. Chief among these was one on the Sth of January, when the Third National Bank of that city was defrauded out of §26,- 936.75 by means of a check purporting to have been drawn by the firm of Winslow, Lanier & Co. Atabout the same time a check purport- ing to be drawn by the New York Life-In- surance ‘Company on the Union Trust of New York for about. $40,000 was presented and paid. There had been other operations of a similar nature, many of which have never been made public, although known smong Eastern bankers. The two firms whose names are given above were unwilling to put up with any such Juss as this wittiout an effort to bring to punish- mept the perpetrators, and they put the matter into the bands of the regular police. They, after about a month of searching, succeeded 10 out getting them too close togetber.”” “How much a day would you make?” “T say I could do that, but I didn’t. The profits are about 80 per cent, not counting time —simply material.” “Could you make 38 or $4 a day?” “T could have made that, but Udidn’t.” “ How much then?” “ About $2.7 “That is a pretty small gain for the risk.” “| judge it is, but I was ran down pretty low, ana had no chances to get a job.”? eviasen ever belong to a ‘coney’ gang?” No. . cee did you get your start from in this ine “I saved up the money I invested.” “Bow much did it take to begin!” “Not over $25 to start, though 1 bought tools to the amount of $150 altogether.” * “WHAT SUGGESTED THE IDEA TO Foul? “Silver coming ont, and my experiments with the gambling-checks.”” Se Had, youany knowledge of the business?” No? ie: nd no assistance?” No. «How did you know how to go to work?” “Tam a datural mechanic, and inquisitive, and have observed the manner of mol: and casting iron.” “Did you ever think you would be caught?” “Occasionally.” “You didu’t fear thatt” “No. Thad no particular fear, because when there was any objection to a piece I would al- ways take it back.” a “But when you commenced, did mind the probability of arrest!” “Oh, yes, but the thing was vew tome, and I didn’t know what the chances were.” “You were willing to take them, howgver!” “J had to take them or else go and bes? “What do you think of the *coney ? business as a means of gaining a livlihood?” “Tt is avout uscontemptible as any ‘class of thieving, anda little moreso, because it takes ‘people off their guard.”” “ Have you hud enough of it?” + “Thaven’t begun to think about that. The authorities baven’t got through with what they are goiug to give me.” “Hove you ever made the, acquaintance of any counterfeiters? you have in “Did yonever send’ any pleces out of the city? 0.7 ' : : ever went into the wholesale branch?” (austt Ms sorkmen never sre on me. gbter by the prisoner.] ‘They always agree with the boss.”? " ! ” eaereet ‘The questioning might have been continued indefimtely, but he could have added little or nothing of interest. He apparently doesn’t care what becomes of bim. In the afternoon he bad a bearing before Justice Morrison on three charges— making, having in possession, and passing counterteit money, and was committed in de- fault of 36,000 to await trial at the Criminal Comt. The authoritics have decided to prose- cute him under the e law, since the United State laws Ge not impose a penalty for making. molds or having tiem in possession; but the case is so ggtrong against Carter that it doesn’t wsatter in Which court he receives sentence, 8s he will certainly get a long term in either. FIRES. AT GAYXVILLE, D. T. Deapwoop, D. T., Aug.18.—The Town of Gayville, two miles from this place, was almost entirely destroyed by fire this morning. Only. one or two houses were saved. The fire orig- inated in Varne’s restaurant. There being no water for fire purposes the Teigs and inthe hours destroged ‘about 200 houses, ranging In value from $50 to $2500. The total loss is estimated at $60,000. Noin- surance: i AT ST. JOSEPH. MICH. 81. Joseru, Mich., Aug. 18.—The Univer- salist Church _ Building, used as a storehouse, was burned last night. H.W. Miller lost seven- ty tons of excelsior, valued at about $1,200. S. Langley, S. Hannon, C. B. & 4. H. Potter, lost cutters, bobs, wagon-material, etc., to the amount of $500. Théloss on the building is $1,600. No insurance on the building or con- tents. It is supposed to be the work of an iu- cendiary. WASHINGTON. 4 Nepotism in the Revenue Service—The Su- preme Judgeship. Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune; Wasmrnetox, D. C., Ang. 1&—The Commis- sioner of Interoal Revenue wiiion Monday send a circalar to all Collectors of Internal Revenue, directing them not to allow, within their sev- eral collection districts, more than one person related to the Collector by blood or marriage to hold an Internal Revenue appointment, or more than two persons related to each other to bold such appointments. This reform fs the result of the investigation which Commissioner Raum for the past few weeks has heen conducting. The answers to his inquiries asto the number of relatives holding revenue officesare very inter- esting, and showa most astounding development of nepotism in some sections of'the country. This is most especially true of the Southern States, New York, Pennsylvania, and New En- gland. In one district in Kentucky there were ten persons related to each ‘other holding reve- nue offices out of some surty appomtments. In another district twenty. In one of the Eastern districts the Collector has relatives in office. In another of the New England districts there are five or six. The Northwest is more exempt from the abuse than any Jther section of the country. The Chicago lector reports no per- sou in office related to himself, and no person related to each other. In one Or two. of the rists ere are pers marriage to the Collector. eee Dow expected that the vacancy uy Supreme Court Beach will be filled ta ober, There ure nine candidates from the. South: Some of the officials about the Supreme Court who have observed the matter closely say that} * ; ithe candidate is nominated outd:de of the judicial district in which Judge Davis lived, the Senate would not be likely to confirm him: Waser MEE Attoraied Prev. ; 3 s, D. C., Aug. 18 —T} favolvine the ‘itle of the’ Slate of Recsse ‘over 236,000 acres of land, beine the aggremate of the grant of the State, under the act of 1861, sciairing Banas its the Union, has been de- e int ior De; cided by tt partment in favor of the finding aclew, and got on the track of the originators of ‘the fraud, but, as far as can be ascertained, ‘ WERE BOUGHT OFF BY THE FORGERS and abandoned the case. This conclusion is ar- rived at from the fact that the officer who was ‘at that time Intrusted with the matter sudden- ly came into possession of large sums of money, and hassince then been amusing himself at Suratova and other Eastern watering-placcs. Disgusted with this action-on the part of the regulars, the two firms changed thelr tactics, Tuey put the matter in the bands of Col. . 4H. Austin, a resident of Dover, N. H., a business-man connected with certain New York banks. With bim were associated S. H. Carney, of New York, also a Dusiness-man, and B, @. Jayne, the ‘Special Treasury Agent, of New York. These gentle- men arrived bere on their first trip about four months ogo, and put themsclyes in com- munication with the firm of Eldridge & Tourtelotte, from whom they re- ceived valuable assistance during their re- searches. Since that time these three gentle mien, and the operator employed by them, have been wandering over the United States. from the Atlantic to the Pacitic Coast following up the rarious persons who had been immediutely or indirectly concerned in these forgeries. They succeeded in finding that the + HEAD-CBNTRE OF THE GANG was a person With 100 names, sometimes called Stephens, sometimes E. J. Henderson,—e man of wealthand apparent respectability, whose business was that of a speculator, operating sometimes in corn, sometimes in cattle, some- times in stocks. He was evidently a man of means, for his check was good tor $50,000 at New York banks, aud bis respectability was further vouched for by an excellent family. Next to him came a man by the name of Nelson ‘3. Gesner, a resident of Mimesota, who had represented bis district in the State Legislature, who was also wealthy, and whose respectability had never been ies toned. Besides these there were the par- ties who passed the checks in New York. They discovered that iu this ease, ¥s in others, the chief criminals had nothing to do with the risky work. These drafts or checks, us the case might be, were put in the hands of subordinates, who drew the money and received a dividend for their hazard, In the course of their investiza- tions they found that a mau by the uame of Ely Bz Westov, liviug at No. 10% Wilcox avenue, who was at one time areal-estate agent, and who afterwards kept a horse-auction room at No, 198 Washington street, was one of the gang, and had been used by Stephens or Henuerson and Gesner for their purposes. It was nesessary for the gang frequeutly, when operating in a city, to have a person of apparent respectability whose business it was to vouch at a bank for the individual who deposited for collection, or pre- sented for payment, a raised draft or a spurious check. That part ‘was played in Chicago by Weston. ONE OF THE OPERATIONS IN WHICH HE TOOK PART is of so recent a date that it may easily be called tomemory. Early in February a man by the name of T. J. Henderson opened an accourt with the Third National Bank. He was vouched for by Weston. He deposited money and- checked it out, always keeping a satisfactory balance on. hand. Ove day he deposited a couple of drafts purporting to bave been drawn by the First National‘Bauk of Mil- waukee, one for, $2,500 on the First National Bank of this city, and the ‘other for $2,800 on the Union National. The Third sent them to the Clesring-House, whence they went to the banks on which they were drawn, and were by them accepted. After that had been done, Henderson checked ogaiust the amount which was then in deposit in the Third National, and ew out all the money except about $200, At tne end of the month, when the Milwaukee bank scttled ite account with its Chicazo correspoud- ents, it was discovered that the drafts had been raised. Subsequently suit was brought by the First and Union against the Third to ré- cover the amount of the torgery; but the gener- al drift of all the opinions seems to be that, under the circumstances, the Third is not re- sponsible. ‘The chief object of the representations of tne New York houses was to SECURE THE SIMULTANEOUS ARREST of all these parties, and to do that required an amount of flnessing and fine work which extended over about four months. During their operations they traveled over pretty nearly the entire country, especially in tollowing up the trail of Sucphens, who was perpetually migrat- ing from point to point. They were~ occasion- ally able to get hold of letters. wr.tzen by some of these parties, but it is a pect ity among gentlemen of this profession taat, if they are at Joilet, for instance, and want to write ‘to an accomplice, they date the letter as at Aurora, and send it by private hand or under envelope to the Postmastsr, and have it -mailed at Auro- ra, sothat it is frequently,as during these hunts, a matter of-exceeding difficulty to made anything out of iufurwation which was thus oo- tained. ‘bere were various tiores when the New Yorkers were almust on the point of pouncing down upon their victims. An opera- tor accompanied Gesner unce for two or three weeks, was witb him at Minneapolis, and occu- pled the room adjoining his; but did not dare to touch his man for fear of inability to have Stephens and one or two other parties arrested at the same moment. Finally, uowever, things drew toward a focus. About the middle of last mouth the. Special Agent, Jayne, turned up at the Grand Pacific, where: bé registered as J. Howard, and remained there from that time until yesterday. Not long aiter that 8. H. Carney, sometimes called ** Doctor,” turned up, aud also installed himself at the Paeific in an adjoining room. A few days after came Austin. On the 20th of July warrants were sworn out before Pollak for the arrest of Gesner and Weston. - DECOY LETTERS 2 had been written to the former, who was then near St. Paul, and acting on them he came down to this city ‘Thursaay and registered at the Pacific. On the 17th of July Carney started for Michigan. Intelligence had been received that Stephens had left Rahway where he had. been stovping, and had gone with his family to a place near Detroit for the of spending a few of the summer It was decided, after consultation, tu the blow ‘Chursday. Tbe first man picked up was Gesner, who was arrested at his hotel. The warrants had been placed in the the hands of Constable Hartman for the reasen that he was a stout, rough fellow, ready to knock down and drag out, and who, it was ex- pected, would not stick at anybody. It had een expected that resistance would be offered, because the arrested parties had No REQUISITIONS. The reason for coming unprovided with these documents was that there was a leak in the District-Attorney General's office. Whatit was no one was able to find out, but it was certain that spplieation made there for requisitions for any of these parties would have come to their ears ina very short time. There was no such committed upon New York banks by the use of. trouble at Springfield, but thore was a fear that an application there might result, through some inadvertanceyin something getting out. But, contrary to tfie expectation, Gesuer made nO resistance whatever. He teok the intellizence with the utmost quietness, 0 a muscle of. his face changed, @ he walked of tothe room which was temporarily assigned him as indifferent and as good-natured as be were going to a card-party. Weston had been invited down to the Sherman House. His ar- rest came very near misearrying. Hartman hed been told to be at acertain point at a certain time, and there to pick up an individual who yyould be pointed out to him. But just about that time he wandered off to the water-closel, as he states, or to get a glass of beer or some: thing else, aud came within an ace of missing his man. Luckily, his negligence did not result 95 badly 23 it migut. and Weston too was arrested ‘and taken to the Pacific. ‘There the two men were KEPT IN CLOSE CONFINEMENT from Thursday until yesterday. ‘Their. rooms yrere changed at brief intervals, and they them- selves, by nieht and by day, were kept hand- cuifed and chafued to the bedposts. UPON EXAMINING GESNER’S TRUNE it was found tocontain an immense a:sortment ot implements necessary for his profession, There were a great number of little bottles containing inks of all colors and kinds, including the most expensive bank inks; microscopes, acids, rules, brushes, pens, tracing implements, and little delicate steel appliances for keeping the fingers stiff and true while writing. In Weston’s pos- session were found @ number. of washed rafts on which everything had been obliterated by acid except the cashier's signature; and alse an immense nom- ber of tracings of these same drafts. The ob- ject of the latter requires explauation, When ‘dealing in drafts the cang were in the habit of buying them for small amouuts on certain banks, and then obliterating with acid al] the iuk marks except the cashler’s name. Before this was done, however, @ Very careful tracing waa token. Then, when the larger amount was written in on the face of the draft, they had on the tracing a facsimile of a number of the let- ters and figures which were uzed in the greater amount. If, forjustonce, they bought a draft for “ forty-five dollars,” they had ou the trac- ing nearly all the letters which went to make up- “four hundred and forty- five dollars,” if they chose to fill in a craft with that amount, These tracings can in every instance be identified by the banks, and thus furnish absolute evidence. The oblitera- tion of the ink was remarkably well done. An examination with strong microscopes failed to show that anything had been removed, except, perhaps, where a person knew that acid had been used, he might fancy that he saw a differ- ence in the color of the paper. But that almost imperceptible differevce ceased to appear when the false letters and figures were written on the face of the draft. AS REGARDS CHECKS, the operation was perhaps a ttle more compli- cated, since it apparently required more confed- erates. They had to learn from somebody in a bank or in the office of a firm depositing in a particular bank just how the deposit account stood. Itis said that some forged checks have been drawn for sums as high a3 $75,090, and that these checks were not only made for amounts which were in the bank, but that the false check had the correct, or nearly the cor- rect, serial; thet is, if the last check which this particular firm .bad sent to the bank was No. 1,856. the torged one wodid be 1,529, 1,839, or 1,831, So, in the case of the forgery on Winslow, Lanier & Co., the formers got their information either from somebody in -the firm's office or inthe Third. Nativnal Bank of New York. To draw for a greater amount than the firm had to its credit would be a dan- peroue mistake. The object was to get as near 7 ag possible, to size a man’s pile as closely as the? could. Itfis alleged that these two per- sons, Stephens and Gesner, the one the bru:ns and’ the. other the intelligent hands, ave been working together for nearly ten years, and have during that time plundered banks toan amount extending into millions. Neither of them has ever becn arrested before, and neither bas been suspected. Many of the heavy losses here by banks have never been made public, since communicating intelligence of them would injure the bank’s credit, as well as reflect upon the capacity of its officers. The arrest of these two men in Chicago was thus safely sccomplished. But the parties managing it were in great trepidation until they HEARD FROM STEPHENS. as stated, went to Michigan on the ‘He returned on the, 15th, and last Friday having learned where bis man was went thither again. ‘They were afraid that this suepicious and wily individual would hear in some inconceivable way of what had happened to his associates, and would slip out ot their Lands. But about a quarter of 5 yesterday they learned that he had been quietly captured and was on his wayto New York. So. they took their prisoners and rushed off for she Micnigan Southern train, which they barely made. Both Weston aud Gesner went quietly. Each dcelined to make any fuss, or to wait for a requisition, stating that it was a dead clear thing on them, and that there was no-particular object in making a fight. esner is a man of abont 8S, of a florid com- plexion, i Carney, 12th of duly. and has reddish side-whiskers and inustache; is rather good-looking, and of an immovable and imperturbable temperament. Weston, who plays 2 subordinate part in the matter, has been known in this city for some time, but it was never sus- cted that he was in any crookedness except in a horse way. When he joined the gang is not known. His family, whe lived with him on Wilcox avenue, were apparently ignorant cou- cerning him yesterday evenini, and declined to say anything’ as to his whereabouts. "These were all the arrests to be made west of the Allechenies. The persons Who passed the Bogus checks are in or near New York, and they were probably arrested last night. ——— CANADA Fast Steamship Time —Immenso Sill Robbery—The London Times on the Fish- ery Question. Speclat Dispatch to The Tribune. Queszc, Aug, 18.—The mail -stezmship Cir- cassian,. of the Allan Line, from Liverpool Aug. 9 and Derry the 10th, passed Father Point at 9 o'clock last night, making the fastest passage across the Atlantic via the St. Law rence on record. . Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, MowtReaL, Aug. 18.—A great robbery of silks, amounting to froin $50,009 to $80,000, has taken place from the wholesale dry-gaods house of T. J. Claxton & Co., by two cmploves named McCoy and Harvie, who had heen manipulated by the notorious thief Vosburgh. The latter has escaped to the States, but McCoy and Harvie have been arrested. The latter bas been in the employ of Messrs Claxton for auumber of years, and enjoyed their fullest confidence. The removal of goods bas been go- ing on for some weeks, and it is believed that most of them were smuygled across the line. ‘'T. J. Patterson. Secretary of the Board of 3 W. W. Ogilvie, Jobn Kerry, and Thomas , Jr., left to-night for Milwaukee to at- tend a meeting of the American National Board of Trade. ‘Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune. ToRonTo, Aug. 18,—A special cablezram says the London Times, in a long article on the Fish- ery Commission at Halifux. says: “There can be uo question that the Canadians bave the right to exclude foreign fishermen it they choose, under the Cunvention of 1818. It the Washington Treaty gave fuller rights of resortiug to Canadian’ waters, it allows that compensation may be required for the concession.” ‘The Zimes sees no clear way out of the numerous dificultivs. Tne best course, perhaps, would be for the two Govern- ments to come to a preliminary agreement to wive to the Commissioners power to decide the whole of the cases laid before them, giving such an enlarged interpretation to the clauses of the treaty as would do substantial justice between the dispatants. = THE WEATHER. Wasurxetos, D. C., Aug. 19—~1 a. m.—For the luke region, slightly-nigher pressures, pos- sibly followed ‘py falling in the Western por- tion, warmer, southerly winds, except northerly on Lakes Huron and Superior, and vartly cloudy or clear weather, with occasional local rains. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. cure ‘Bar. Thr Hu., Wind. ‘Maximum thermometer, 81: + GENEHAL OBSERVATIONS. Catcago, Aug. 18—Mldnight. Wind. Featl Bar. | Thr. Tas Rain 96: 71 Teather. TBRRIES, re Sarg; 1877-SIXTEEN PAGES. WILLIAM VOCKE. His Qualifications for the Position of Schoo! Inspector. J ‘What a Number of Prominent Germans Have to Say on the Subject. It Is Probable That He Will Be Con- firmed To-Morrow Evening. . At the last meeting of. the Council the nom- ination of Mr. William Vocke. for {nspector of the School Board was @ot confirmed, owing in part to the absence of about a dozen members. Since this action of the Council—which it is be- lieved will be reconsidered at its meeting to- morrow—a virulent warfare has been waged upon Mr Vocke through the columns of a local newspaper, the cause of which is probably per- gonal jealousy and private spite. For the pur- pose of ascertaining the opinion of representa- tive Germans as %o Mr. Vocke’s qualifications for the position tendered him by MayorjHeath, and to find as far as possible to what extent his election would be satisfactory to the Germans of thiscity, a reporter yesterday called upon Messrs. Henry Greenebaum, Henry Ciaus- senius, the Rev. Mr. Hartman, and others whose names appearbelow, and obtained from them in a concise form their opinions as to Mr. Vocke’s fitness and acceptability. EMLL DIETZSCH. “T hope to get out of here.soon,” said the worthy Coroner of Cook County whena reporter called on him yesterday morning at his residence, and found him in asomewhat doubled-up posi- tion in bed, suffering from an attack of rheama- tism. ‘Did you ever bave it Ain’t it an aw- ful thing?” ‘ ‘The reporter assured him he had never been floored by the disease, and expressed a wish that itmight never be Jot tu go through a siege of it. The big-bearted Corunere-hoed the wish. “| What I want to know, Mr. Dietszch,” said the reporter, “is waat you think of Mr. Vozke’s qualifications fora place on the Board of Edu- cation, his status among the Germans, etc.” “*T Had never kaown him very much tp to the time of the last campaign, when used to meet him very often, and we be- came somewhat intimate. My opinion of him is that he is perfectly capable of tiling a place on the Board of Education, and witn credit to himself. In fact, he wonld bea for better man than some who are now in the Board that Ihave in my mind. Mr. Vocke isa well-educated mav. He hes published a tran: lation of Rodenberg’s poems, which was reall very creditable, and. he bas delivered a lecture which evinced a good deal of profound thought expressed in a cory clear, intelligent way, be- fore the Philosophical Society. Besides thut, he has made speeches at several gatherings of the German people of Chicago, and has also spoke during the campaigns. Perhaps you recollect his speech at the dedication of Hum- boldt ark. Mr. Vocke has a lit- crary. ambition which is certainly very praiseworthy. He is always. seeking light and Knowledge, and is really an indefatigable work- er. He cane herea poor boy of 17, and has worked himself up to the business and social position he now occupies. In fact, he is a self- taught and self-made man. He has never push- ed himself forward among the Germans, but is well liked by them, aud looked up to as a representative mau. ‘Iv my opinion, as far as ability and character go, the Mayor coud hardly nd @ better man for the place:”” Mir. George F. Blanke, the lawyer, was not in- timately acqnatuted with Mr. Vocke, but, from what he did know of him, could sately venture the following opinion: ‘* He is a man of educa- tion and great strength of will, and I know nothmg against him.” As far 2s my observation extends, however, 1 do not regard bim as avery popular man, but us to his ability, I should say be was well qualitied for a place on the Board of Education.” Mr. August Beck, the tobacco man, had evi- dently been interviewed some time or other in his life by a Times reporter, for he was not in the most amiable mood when his visitor hap- pened to mention that he was a newspaper- map. The utmost the reporter could get out of him was that he considered Mr. Vucke a fit man for the place, and that he stood well among the Germans of Chicago. . COL. ARNO VOSS iad known Mr. Vozke more or less intimitely for the past ten or twelve years, und regarded him as a man possessing qualities which emi- nently fitted bun for the place. He was an ed- ucated man of 4 good deal of literary ability, and possessed great energy and strength of chara For his eduatioual attainments and his advances to the present high position he oc- cupied in his profession and in society. he had himself to thank, for he was eminently a self- made man. ‘Dr. James Deschauer, the dentist, had known Mr. Vocke for twenty-two years. The sum and substance of his opinion was that bis friend was an honest and u well-educated man, and he diiun’t think is possible to find anybody who was better qualified to fill a place on the Board of Education. ‘MR. WILLIAM Ht. LOTZ, the architect, referred to Mr. Vocke’s literary and business ability, bis high moral character, and his promineut position among the Germans, and suid he didn’t think it easy to finda better man for the place. ‘Sheriff Kern, on being questioned, said that he had the hihest opiulon of Mr. Vocke’s fit- ness for the position, and that his election would be eminently satisfactory to the Germans. ‘Mr. J. H. Muebike and Dr. T. J. Bluthardt were equally warm in their indorsement of Mr. Vocke, \ir. Adolph Shoeninger said: “I am well sat- isfied that the Mayor has made the nomination: Tam a personal friend of Mr. Vocke’s, and he ts Well quatified to fill the position. Heis a man of character and education.” THE HON. CASPAR BUTZ, City Clerk, said that there was probably no geutleman in the city better qualided for the of School Board Inspector than was Mr. Vocke. He was an educated gentleman of rec- ognized ability. He was a gentleman fond of Iiterary and scientific study and research, and took a lively interest in those. matters witn which the Board of Education had to deal. The fact that he was qualified to deliver scientific lectures before the Philosophical Society, as he had cone, alone testified to the fact of his ample uulification for a seat among the learned gen- tlemen of the Board of Education: Mr. Vocke was amau of broad and comprehensive views, and would make a worthy and able School In- spector. s ‘fhe Rey. Henry Wunder, being asked regard- ing Mr. Vocke’s qualifications, sald he regarded him a3 well fitted for the position. He wasa man of education ana of good character. As the Germans who knew him respectcd him, aud he was considered to be an upright and honest man. Mr. Wunder knew him personally, and esteemed hyn very highly. i ‘THE REV. JOSEPH HARTMANN, in answer to a similar ing airy, stated that he be- lieved Mr. Vocke to be one of the best-educated German-American young men in the city.. He was also honorable and honest, and a man of ‘haracter. Mr. Hartmann hadjkuown him since e had lived in‘Chicago, and to his mind Mr. Vorke was just the man for a School-Inspector. Everybody liked him, and his standing among the Germans was high. ‘Tue reporter also visited Mr. Charles Kno- belsdorff. Mr. K. had but one opinion on the matter, which was that Mr. Vocke was, in all particulars, eminently well fitted. for tue posi- tion to which he had been nominated. He was unable to expluin the reason for any opposition to that gentleman’s appointment. “Probably it was political, and instigated by a faction. Sire Vocvke was a man who had taken much interest in educational matters, and who fully repre- sented the feelings of the German citizens. Pohtically he was a Republican; in religion, a Protestant of liberal opinions.. As to the “Bible in the schools,” there was no doubt that Mr. Vocke would vote to continue the present system, that oi the exclusionof that work from the public schools as a text-book. ‘The speaker held that Vocke was more a repre- sentative of the educated German element than Shoeninger ever was, and fayored him first, last, and all the time. ME. HENRY CLAUSSENIUS, banker, of No. 125 Fifth avenue, held similar views in regard to the fitness of Mr. Vocke for the position to which he had been nominated. Mr. Vocke was a well-educated man, who had taken much interest in the school management, and wasa thoroughly representative German. He held liberal views, and would make a tirst-class School Inspector. The speaker bad taken no active part fo politics, but had watched matters closely, and believed that the confirmation of Mr. Vocke would be acceptable to the great body of German citizens. |, MB. HENRY GREENEBAUM ‘was positive in his declaration, that. Mr. Vocke was acceptable to the better class or Germans. Br that he meant Amencanized Germans, those who were willing, even anxious, to assimilate to themselves the ideas prevailing in their adopted country. The opposition to Mr. Vocke was senseless, and he ought to be elected. -No bet- ter mar could be found for the position. ‘Mr. Adolph Moses, a Hebrew Jawyer who has his office'at No. 78 Fifth avenué, was the next visited. Mr. Moses said that he had had a great deal to do with Mr. Vocke oyer the affairs of the Germania Insurance Company, of which Mr, V. was Assignee. He belleyed that Vocke was notto blame at ail in‘ that regard, and if he were a member of the City Council he would yote for Mr. Vocke’s coniirmation. Heaps of ditt -had .been“ thrown at Vocke over that matter, deponcut held that. it anybody was to blame it was the Court which approved the sales made. | Mr. Vocke bad educated himself, and was en- titled to respect therefor. He took a great deal of interest in scholastic. matters, and was inevery regard a representative man. Some- thing political probably stood in the way of his ccntirmation. but’ BIOGRAPHICAL. - ‘Mr. Vocke was born in Prussia, in 1839. He attended school until 1853, and trom that time ‘until 1856 was an apprentice in 2 store in Dort- mund, and emigrated to America when he was 17. He worked in New York, and afterwaras jn Massachusetts, in very humble positions. He was clerk in a grocery store, worked in a manu- factory, and not only earned ti own Hiying, but helped support his family in Germany. | In 1837 he came to Chicago, where be worked in a whitelead factory, learned tie cigar trade, and lived for some tiine on weckly waves which were hardly as great as what mauy worlamen were in the habit of spending at a single Sunday pic- nic during good times. He even worked un the streets as a day-laborer, and is justly proud of it to-day. In 1859 he became a news- puper-cafrier, and used his spare moments to complete his education, and also to study law. When the War broke out in 1861 he en- listed a3 2 common soldier, and was in the serv- ice three and a half yeurs, rising to the rauk of Coptain. After he was mustered out he worked on the Staats-Zeitung under Mr. Brentano as city editor, and was chosen Police Court Clerk in 1865, which office he held until 1869, eervio for two terms. During this time he continue: his legal studies, so that in 1807 he was admitted to the Bar. Since 1869 he has practiced as a lawyer, and is to-day, by eneral consent, one of the most estimable and Eonorable members of the profession. He has not negiected his general studies, but is one of the prominent imembers of the Philosophical Society, and his translations of Rodenberg’s poems {nto Enelish have met with general favor. Owing to his lezal ability, bis thorough literary culture, his personal popularity among Ger- mans and Americans, and his tried and sterling honesty, Sir. Vocke appears to oe one of the best men Whom Mayor Heath could bave selected for the important position which he has tea- dered him. ae: ae MARINE. BUFFALO. Burrato, Aug. 18.—Charters—Schrs Hart- ford, coal to Milwaukee at 25 cents; A.B. More, coal to Detroit at 20 cents; Nellie Red- dington, coal to Chicago dt’ 30 cents; Journey- man, coal to Detroit at 20 cents; A. Ford, coal to Cleveland st 20 cents; Angus Smith, coal to Milwaukee on p. t-3 Cohen, molding sand to Detroit at 40cts. perton; Lyman Casey, salt to Toledo on p. t.3 La Petite, ce- ment to Cleveland at4 cents, free on board; Dayld Vance, sand to Chicazo at®0 cents; WwW. S. Crosthwaite No. 1, ‘coal to Chicagoat 30cents; ‘Annie Vought and Nellic Wilder, coal to Chica~ goat25cents; Lively, cement to Detroit at 40 cents, free on board. ° ‘Cleared—Props Commodore, Chicage, sixty- tivo briscement; A. Young, Chicago, 2,675 bris salt; schrs C.J. Wells, Chicago; . R. Will- jams, Toledo; Aug Ford, Cleveland, 800 tons cecal; Lyman Casey, Toledo, 500 bris salt; Smith, Milwaukee, 300 tons coal; N. Ri re ton, Chicago. 900 tohs coal; H. F. Murry, San- dusky, 314 tons coal; Vienna, Wallaceburs; scows E. R. Kane, Rondeau; Russian, Chathan; barges Cohen, Golden, 100 tons molding sand; William Treat, Sacinaw. & ——— PORT HURON. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Port Huros, Mich., Aug. 18.—Down—Props Sanilac, Scotia, Canisteo, China, N. K. Fuir- bank, C.J. Kershaw, Tioga and barges, Tem- pest and barges, D. #', Kose and barges, Fred. Kelley and tow, A. A. Turner and barges; schrs Annie M. Peterson, Col. Ellsworth, J. M. Scott, Lem Ellsworth, Thomas Quayle, Edgar Masters, Unadilla, Oriental, C. H. Burton, Ce- cae MBrops St. Paul, "J 'rops St. Paul, Japai Hur, Gly, Russia, James Fi Empire State, , Jr., Europe, Inter-Ocean and tow, Buy. City and barges, Raleigh and - consort. Piymoutp and ‘barges, _ Havaua und _—_barges, Rust and barges, Jarvis Lord and tow; Ohio aud barges; schrs D. A. Van Valkenburg, Flying Cloud, Ellen Spry, David A. Wellé, Young ‘America, J. V. Mayes, Empire State, Swallow, ‘Anglo-Saxon, St. Lawrence, Canada, Leighton, Daniel Lyons, Senator, Bridgewater, Erie Belle, Charles Foster, Homer, H. P.. Baldwin, J. H. Mead, Spademan, Home. M. L. Collins, Oliver hell, E. R. Turner, Eaglewing, Donaldson. Wind—Sonthwest, gentle; weather fine. LAKE FREIGHTS. Cntcaco.—Charters were made at 4c for corn, 44 @4igc for wheat, and 3}{c for barley to Bui- falo. Roomavas engaged during the day for ‘€0,000 bu wheat, 450,000 bu.corn, 14,000 bu oats, 34,000 bu -rye, and 26,000 bu barley. Charters: To Buffalo—Schrs J. B. Merrill, D. E. Bailey, TT. A. Scott, corn at 4c: prop Java, oats and corn ou through rate: schr William Jones, barley at 83{c; schrs.S. V. R., Watson, rye at 4c; North- erper, wheat at 434¢; Lafrinier, wheat atic. To Collingwood—Schr D. W. Powers, corn through. “lo Kingston—Schr Florida, corn at Ge. To Sarnia—sarge- Portland, corn through. In the afternoon the schrs San Diego, Dobbins, Moonlight, and ‘Iwo Fannies, for corn to Buffalo atde, and sehr K. L. Bruce, corn to Colling- woéd, through. MARQUETTE. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Marguerrs, Mich., Aug. 18.—Arrived—Schre Eveline Bates, 8. P. Ely. Cleared—Props Oscar Townsend, Fletcher; schr Ironton. Passed up—Prop Arctic. Down—Fro} Hurde oe -Weather—Fine. THECANAL. BrrpGepont, Aug. 18.—Arrived—Neptune, Ottawa, 5,700 bushels corn; G. L. Booth, Utica, 6,000 bushels corn; Lockport, Lockport, 1,100 barrels meal, 240 barrels flour. Briperrort, Aug. 18.—Cieared—Montreal, Ottawa, 20,438 feet _Tumber, 60,000 shingles; T- Ryburn, Joliet, 54,082 feet lamber. . A HOT CHASE. A Cape Cod Captain’s Encounter with = #. Spanish Cruiser. Boston, Aug. 18.—A letter received from the Captuin of the schooner Edward Lee, of Prov- incetown, by his mother, dated March. gives the following facts: Sailed from Province- town Feb. 5, nothing unusual occurring tocause any deviation of the voyage from that usually pursued by whaling vessels uutil arriving at and whilecruising off the south side of Cuba, when the lookout reported a vessel close into -the land changing _ her course and coming towards them. . When within range, the vessel, showing a Spanish flag, without any warning whatever, sent a cloud of smoke followed by a Teport, ‘and then there was an explosion of asheil just clear of them astern, which was followed by another discharge of erapeshot. Capt. Atkins imme- diately crowded on all sail, aud showed the sail- ing qualities of Lis vessel, the Spanish yessel keeping up a running fire of solid shot. The chase was kept up for-some time, but finally abandoned. Capt. Atkins sought other whaling-prounds, and the prospect is that_heé will be obliged to stay outa year longer. He has already sent for supplies to be shipped to meet him at the West- ern Islands. ee 5 * TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. New York, Aug. 18.—The bond in the case of the National Steamship Company’s steamer Denmark, libeled for silk-smuggling, was filed to-day. This frees the Spain, which was held as surety for the Denmark. > Buruieros, Is., Aug.18.—Ata citizens’ meet- ing to-night the sum of $8,000 was raised to build rolling mills and nail works here. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and Burlington thinks hard times are over.’ A project to erect a handsome opera-house has already grown out of the enthusiasm of this meeting. Special Dispatch to The Tribune, TERRE OTE, Ind., Aug. 18—The will of the late Chauncey Rose, filed for probate todas, gives the bulk of decedent’s property and $10,- 000 to the Kose Polstechnic Institute. He leaves an additional $150,000 to the endowment of the Vigo Orphans’ Home, and 375,000 to the founding of a free medical dispensary here; also various sums and. parcels of real estate to A STRANGE STORY. © A Child Stolen on the Strects—Curions : Conduct of the Mother. A Baby at the Foundlings’ Home Anntite. ing a Claimant. What promised to turn out a genuine case of kidnapping bas apparently Jost the essentls} feature of child-stealing, but rained sn elemen; - of mystery wnich makes it perbaps all the mora interesting. A Taiscune reporter learned las; eyening that a child belonging to a lady board. ing at the Neyada House, on Wabash avenas near Madison street, had been stolen. Such pieces of news are happily rare in Chicago, the Jast case of real, genuine chile stealing having occurred some yeaty” ago. It was, therefore, with soris degree of interest that the investizator set out on his bunt for the particulars. At the hote he found out that the mother of the child, 2 ‘Mrs. C. R. Phipps, was out searching for her lost offspring, and was obliged to take the story second-handed from the proprietor of tie house. From his tale, as it was told to him by Mrs, Phipps herself, it appeared that she had taken her child out riding in its baby-carriage Friday evening; that they flually halted in front of astate Street candy-store, whére Mrs. Phipp left the baby-carriage on the sidewalk, went in to buy some of the candy-man’s toothsome wares, and, on coming out, found the baby-car- riage unoccupied, and THE BABY NOWUERE TO BE FOUND. The mother instautly guye notice of ber loss, and, as she told the proprietor, reported it to the detectives. “The child was described as a yery fine-luoking, rather elaborately dressed, 13 months ofd boy. . According to Mrs. Puipps’ story, the detectives went to work at once, but -got no clew to the baby Friday night. The mother is reported to have paced the tor: that night in ner deep mental anguish, and to have given away to all the other usual manifes- tations of grief. Between 5 and 6 o'clock esterday morning she went out for te ostensi- bie purpose of guing over on the West Side to see suine relatives, and the idea seems to have possessed her that they had got- ten ‘hold of - the baby in some unaccountable way, and were detaining it a3 a juke. She came back 1rom ‘her quest unsuccess- ful, but during the day reported to the hotel people that the detectives had gotten a cew and hoped to restore the child to her between7 and § in the evening. But they didn’t come, and Mrs. Phipps went torth once more, ostens bly to see the detectives and make further in. tiiries. The hotel proprietor also steted that the woman hed come to his house last Monday, pail ker bill Thursday, and was goivg to leave that night. In the sfternvon, however, she had her pocket picked of what little movey it contained,—some $17.— and her journey had somewhat necessarily been postponed. From what he had learned, ber busband was a conductor on some Westem railroad, and managed tocome to Chicasu oc casionally. ‘That was-all mine host bed to re late. Having got this much, of course the reporter, yisited the Central Station. Not a det ctir was there, and a perhaps not unnatural cuncit- sion was that some of them were out with the forlorn mother in search of the little one. 4: frequent intervals the reporter dronped ina} the Nevada, but it was not /antil Saturday. night was just becoming Sanday moruiny that ‘MRS. PHIPPS DAWNED UPON THE SCESE. The reporter told her what he did know » well as what he wanted to know, and wa rather surprised to hear her sav iu vee that she had been assured her would be returned to her this morning Arelutive had it; there was some joke about it; ond, in short, it would be ali right, and the re porter needn't trouble himself about it. ‘The naturul- inference was, of course, that there was something back of this very pretty story, aud the reporter ventured the remy that such a joke was of a very serious uature, and that they oughtn’t to be allowed to happeu very often. Wouldu’t she piease tell the whole story? ‘Sternly she refused. [twas a personal mat- ter—a family matter—which it would be unwise to place before the world. The reporter’s anxiety to bear the whol story was not at all relaxed, but his patience was worn outin endeavoriug to get it: Ail abuve repeated again and again. Tien the lady walked over to the office, left acall fur o'clock this morning, and went to her room, beckoning the clerk to foilow. That individual shad been gives the wink und understood it But thr wenen was equally ‘on the alert, and retused to say anything except that she had not seen her child, taat it was in the hands of a relative, and thet v4 was going out after it this morning. Ler than this ske said not, because, as she suld, the was afraid the reporters would get after it. " Mrs. Phipps’ rather fishy story, taken in con- pection with : ANOTHER PACT abont to be related, casts somewhat of a shadow of suspicion upon what she thought to impress the reporter with as her ‘“ower-true tale2? Abont 12 o'clock Friday night/ a Paice officer found on the sidewalk, in front of No. 62 West Monroe street, a certain coun- tryfied-looking satchel, which, on closer inspe~ tion, was found to contain a baby a few months old, rather claburately dres: and a goodly supply of babies’ apparel.» The infant was taken to the West Madison Street Station, and thence to the Foundling’s Home. Considering that Mrs. Phipps was about pegniless after pay ing her hotel bill and losing ber mo aud that a baby under such circumstanct: was rather of an unnecessary luxury, mizht it not hare occurred to some Women that it would be a particularly fine scheme to drop it at some body's residence and have that somebody take itoff their hands for good? At sny rate, if ‘Mrs. Phipps doesn’t take that 5 o'clock trip, this morning to see the mysterious relative, Tae ‘Trisuse would suggest that, if she i very anxious to find the missing Phipps, she go dircet to the Foundling’s Home and make inquisition for the same. if it be there., PaaS CHAUTAUQUA. “From Grave to Gay: from Lively to Se- vere. Farporst, N. ¥., Aug. 18.—The Rev. J- ML. Buckley, D. @., of Stamford, Conn., at half-past, 8, delivered a very entertaining and instructive address on “Studies in Human Nature.” In the pavilion at 11 o'clock, in response toa request unanimously adopted by the Assembly, the Rey. John H. Vincent, D. D., General Di- Fector. of the exercises here, delivered a com- panion lecture to that known asas “Thst Boy,” entitled “That Bey’s Sister,” to one of the largest audiences that has ever gathered at Fairpoint, and his appearance on the platform was greeted with applause. The Rector stated relatives and iriends. ——— ALASKA, San Francisco, Aug. 18.—A Victoria dis- patch says the revenne-cutter Corwin has ar- rived at Sitke. The alarm among the settlers is subsiding. ’ ae he should speak to-day of woman in childhood and in maturer age, of woman’s sphere. of woman’s work, of woman’s power, and proceed- edtoread a fascinating story about Gertrade Oliver, with a robust and sturdy moral. On the completion of the lecture, Mr. Vincent enjored an ovation from the multitude present. At half-past 2 this afternoon, Prof. D. Ogden Doremus, of New York, aseisted by is son, Dr. C. A. Doremus, gave a lecture, “The Spirits of the Air,” illustrated by scientific apparatase The Professor at the outset said that Prot Latimer, of Rochester, N. Y.. now cbere, pro ounces’ the water ot Chautauqua Lakt the | purest he has ever. seen. a "At 4 o'clock Mr. Frank Beard, of New York, drew a number of caricatures on some people at Chautauqua, which greatly pleased the andience.. ~ 5 o'clock Miss Edith K. Session. asaghter of the Hon. W. L. Session, of Panama, recit Trowbridge’s “Vagabonds”. with excellent effect. ‘The day closed with the singing of asong bg Phillip Phillips, of the Young Apollo Cluo, New York. —— SPRINGFIELD ITEMS. Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune. SprrncFieLD, Il., Aug. 18.—The Gorernor has returned from the inspection of the pr posed Soutbern Penitentiary site at Graad Tower. He is reticent as to whether he will o7 pose the selection. The site itself is rezar as oud, bat the inaccessibility of Grand Towe | to a large portion of the State is strongly u! against it, The Locating Commission will m Mondas, and it fs possible; may reconsider th? Sote naming Grand Tower. If uot, the aprrorl or rejection rests with the Governor, Audio and Attorney-General, and they will pro finally consider the matter Tuesday. ‘The statement for the last quarter, the Auditor's office to-day, show the. ae | the Illinois & Michigan Canal for that- jod $28,682,53; disbursements, $28.841. F ‘A petition in bankruptcy was to-day ge against Alfred E. Browe and Sainuel Guthen® of Lincoln, and their stocks ES that Could be gainea was a statement like tle -