Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 28, 1877, Page 2

2z THE CHICAGO TRIBIINT: FRfDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1877, THE INDIANS. He Dog and Othar Sioux Statea- men Interview the Presi« dent. Voracfona Savages Grumbling at the Size of Their Ratlions. An Ordor Issued to Btop Their H_nntlu with More Meat. A Catholie Priest Creates Tronblo at tho White Earth Reservation. THE §UEING SIOUX. Snertal Dievateh 4o The Ghicage Tribune. WasninoTox, D, C., Septs 27.—The Indfan Pow-wow to-day was on a more magalficent scale than hae been the custom of Iate yesrs, The twenty-three 8joux Chiefs, arrayed in the feath- crs and flsmmery of thelr tribes snd rank, as- sembled in tho East Room of the White-House, patd their customary saintations to the Great Fatlier, and frecd their minds, It was tha first cound] at which President Hayes has presided. Before it 1s cnded ho will ba more tuao ever imuressed with the gravity amd difficully of the Indlan problem. Perhaps the features of the council today which distingufshes it from thoss which lave preceded It within the past few years were the number of wild Indlans who hod never scen dvilization before, and the number of warrlors fresh from the war-path, Thera were somo Chiels present who were in the Custer fight, and they were as carnest as Lho rest in protend- in ta bie anxious for civilization. Aside from these two characteristics the council was like nearly all those which Lave occurred hers for tho last quarter of a century. The President und nearly all of the members of the Cabinet attendeid, and metaohorleally sssisted ot smok- Ingz the great plpe of peace. The medium of communieation betweon the Tudians and the Government does Dot tmprove with time. Thero were four Interpreters. Two of themn were frontier white men, who scemed to have a much better command of the ludisn langunge than they did of the English, At all cvents, the Indians appeared to have less difil- culty In understandiog thom than did the whites. Tnere was a young hall-breed Inter- preter who spoke English with fuency and com- parative cxcellence, but the two older white Interpreters are so Jealons of him that te was kept o the bLackground unmthl he was really forced to Interfere o prevent a cumplcte perversion of the senso. The Arl[:n- hoe Indian Iridoy even spoke as good English as the two profeesional white interpreters, It is easy enough to understand what the present Sloux Chiefls do not want, snd In to com- wrehiend what they do. They do not wish to leave their present reservation, cither for the Upper Missouri River country or for the Indian ‘Territory. ‘The_craft of Indfan divlomocy las scldom oeen better illustrated than in’the specches tu-day, fu which several Culefs epoke of the suggested removal to the Missouri. River tegion as a distant rumor which they have heard. They wished to hear no more of such o Tuwr, snd the grest Red Clund precluded all urgniments from tho President to-morrow by eayiug: * 1do not wish you to mentlon that nume (the Missouri River)tome, The Missouri River is the rond to whisky and yuln.”? Tho Indlans were aureed upon the benefits of clvilization, although there ‘was considerable variety tn opinion us to what white clvilization 5. Wagans and schoals, fertile lands and agri- cultural implements they all deslre. The wildest ronn of the plains hhd desires as crude as tha Chief who, n few years auw, liere us ong of the couneil, told the (reat Futhier that he wanted a house with stalre I it; e liked to walk up- stafrs, und Le thought that I he could have o houre with stalrs i it be could be civilized, Big Boad, a Chiel who hoe never seen civiliza- tion beture, and who ts fresh from the north and y Custer battfe-feld, sald he was ot o man to bargnin with anybody, but that he wanted to be clvilized, and would” be antistled If the Great Father w uu:nt utre hittn 8,000 boxes of moncy 1o with, Chiel, He-Dog, had no less mer- idea~. 11la uotion’ of " civilization was e had come fo sco the Great Father wealth. 10 learn how the white people ot rich, and he wanted to et rlek. ‘Theee Chlefs came here at the suggestion of Gen. Crovk amd others in authority on the ask that the treaty provisions of 1863 be enforced, That treaty gave the In- dians the right to select good ogricultur- ol fands, wnd pledged that the Gov- ernsuent wonld - gid - them. In _selecting them. This haa not yet been done. The treaty hus not been fultilled. Mcanwhlle the whitcs we crowding fn upon the Indlan rescrvations, ud Gew, Crook fears au outbreak unless the 1 Chigls can be satistied. peeches of oll the Chiets show that Gen, Crauk fs held In very high esteem by the In- dlans, lor they spoke of lim both as u great lehiter und as their great friend. It will be the nirpose of the Administration to convinee ehese Tndlans that for JnurJ'mn 4 least thelr treaty rights will be respected. Hayt, the new Commlsaloner of Indian Af- falrs, was sworn in this alternoon by Chicf- Justice Cartter, and will to-morrow enter upon the dutics of Lis olllce SIGNS OF TROUBLY. Special Disnateh 10 The Chicago Tridune. WasmisatoN, . C,, Septe 7.<The Indian Bureau within tho last few days has received ports that the Indians at the Red Cloud Agency complained of thelr beef ration; thot thero waa u scanty supply, and that the ludians conse- quently were llable to creute disturbanco. Con- wmissioner Bunth, upon an lvspectlon of the Agency books here, ascertalned that there was an abundance of supplics, and lmmodiately tel- egraphed to Nicholson, Indlan Arent In charge, to know the cause of these reports, Nicholson telegraphed thers wero supplics enough of all sorts, but that the Indlans complained that the bee! ratlon was fusufll cent. The Indlams are great beel- caters; aud are not content with small quanti- tles. The present ratlon ot the Cheysnne Agency has been three pounds per man daily the roush, making about a pound and a quarter of clear-ressed meat. Comiobasioner Smith telegraplied to Nicholsonto Increase Lhis ratlon to 1our pounys in the rough dally. It is supposed ‘l)llm ‘hulunyme.';llljl lfl“l’!hfl-lfifflmp‘(ll;:mg Tne uns, aud that the apprehension of the ur, i ot b reallied. ¥ o aléo Indications of tronble at the th reservation, Minucsuta. ‘There Lias been for some time o Catholic priest there who §s safd by the authoritieshere to be 100 pe titerous and seditious & persou. He s cun- etantly creating trouble, usurping duties which belung 10 the Government officers, lasuing pass- s, und generully interferiug with the discipline of the reservation. Olficial complaints have been made of bis conduct here, sud thy subject Luas beeu a matter of conference between Sccre- tary #ehurz, the Commiszioner of Indian Af- fairs, and the Catholle 1sember of the Board of ludian Commissivners. These all serecd thut the priest should be yemoved from the Apency, 38 be Was nota proper person o be there,” There ts no reliclon in the matter, as the Catholic member of the Indian Board, Ew. ing, cordiully jndorsed the revommendation of Becretary Schurz and Commissloner Smith, that e priest be removod, When the order to remove was iven, tho pricsy endeavored to fuelts the Cathotle Indisus to realetance, A company of troops was order- «d there yesterday, aud should be there to-mor- Tow, kud it 16 notanticipated that the resistance Wil gosofar us to cause su sttack upon the oups. THE CHEYENNES, The following ftens are furnished by the milk tary headquarters in this ity : Bowe docuients have been forwarded to the Indian Burcau at Washington from the Chey- L tune Agency, In the southem portfon of the “Lodian Territory, which pletures a most deplor- slle state of aflairs. Gen. Pope is fu command lere, sud e indorses all thut is sald. Anotber Tudian war (s oue of the things mosy Mkely to break out at any time from this section, as the ludians sre starviug. They bave abeolutely uothing to cat, nnd they have the ouly slternative of starving or breaking out ana gulug upos scarch for food. When this ls brought sbout, the whites will fotlow them up, two or three of themn will be killed, and the result will be as lwretofore,—general massacres und expensive wilitary cumpalizns, All this is poasible and likely to occur, und it is shuply beususe these Indiuns are belug robbed by the thieving ageats of the Indiay Rlog, Itistheold atory over Promiees have been made tothe Indiana that it they wonld 2o to this Agency the Gov- ernment wonld feed and earo for them, and ottcmpt _ to cviliza them, pro- vided they _kept peace lowards the whites. The Indians at the Cheyenne Am:m-{ hare been quiet. They have becn true to all their promises. They have submitted to being cheated. to being led to and robbed, untll their vatience has nearly given out. They have ab- tolutely nothing to live on at present, and nothing Is coming In at the Agency for thewn. They have becn vheated in quality and _quan- tity of eoods when they did et thera. Just In thetr sight, but out of the Indlana’ reach, tens of thousands of Texaa cattle aro herded. The Indians sce them, and ouly become more dis- satisfied, nntil tbey are aimost beyoud control. Qen, Pope warns the Indian Department of the result which must fneviiably follow this breach of faith, and wants the blame put Just whiere it lelongs, and not upon the army. The handfnl of troops there can do but little. The Indians naturally g7 to those {n authority for rellef, and the ofiicers fn command are unable to do snything. Gon. Pope wants aathority to buy np some of the cattie-herds in his immediste " vicinity for a very low price, which he can do, and thus prevent the scrious consequrnces of another Indian campaign. The Government Is sumdenulwnmed of what L wmay expect, sndl the truth might as well be told {frst as Jast. The Indians are simols being cheated, and robbed, and fwposed upon by their Agenta, and tho sooner ihis s remedied ;the rooner, Gen, Pope thinks, will there be a cer- tainty for peace; and the ouly way to prevent n general massacre and anothier Judian war 1s by g!v‘vyflu Iudians the ratioas to which they are entit again, CHIEF JOSEPIH. Advices at military headquarters [n this city lend to the belief that Chief Joscph and his gang have made o break for Sitting Bull's re- treal, tn the Dritleh Posecssions, and that onc is consoling with the other and plaoning new schemes for butchery aud robbery, e ————— SPORTING NEWS, BASE-BALL, TOSTON—TIARTFOND, Special Diapaich to The Chicaco Tridune. Boston, Bept. 27.—~To-lay’s game between tho Boston and Hartford Clubs was slmost a dupliation of yesterday's score—13 to 2, It was the twelfth of the scries, Boston winning six, Hartford five, and one being o tle. Tho champlon flag for 1678 will now ba “kissed by the breezes? of Boston Bay, and it Is generally considered by all that tho bestclub won, Tos day's score by 2 1-13 1-2 . Samner, 1OUISVILLE—CIIICAGO, Special eputch (o The Chicayo Tridune, TotsviLLe, Ky., Bepl. 37.—After nino suc- cessiye defeata by Leawuo clubs, not counting the Ciociunati gmmes, and the numerons defeats sustained at the hands of country clubs throngh- out the Union, the homu club to-lay suceeeded fn winniug a gasme from the Chicagos, tbouyh it requilrod ten Innings todo it. There wos but a small attendance, 'The following s the game 3 ’Irmimn 12345678010 L.onisvill 120030710 1-9 Chicago. 00100000 0-8 The Chicazos play In Cinclnnatl to-morrow, :ml tho Loulsvilles play the Bt. Louls Club cre. ALLEOMENY—STAR. PAngER's LANDING, Pa., Bept. 27.~Allegheny, 16; Btar, 6, 1 ST LOUIS—INDIANAPOLIA IxpiaxaroLis, Ind., Sept. 27.—8t. Louls, 85 Indfanapolis, 1. THOE TURF. -AT TOLEDO, O. Torgpo, 0., Sepk 27.—At the races,~third day,—In the 2:40 clasa, purse $600; $300to first, $120 to second, $00 to third, $50 to fourth, cight entrics, Ove started, was won by Joe Kel- logi, of Hudwon, Mich., in three stralght heats; Frank Kernap, of Dullalo, sccond; Cottage Wisl, of Springdale, 0., third; Frank Sloan, of Deluware, 0., fourth, Time—3:97, 2:85, 3:45, Goldsnitth Mald trotted three hats azainst time tor $1,000. Tlme—2:23%¢, 212134, 3121 FLEETOOD PARE. Naw YOng, Sept, 27,~—At the Fleetwood Park races the 2:21 class was won by donn iy, in the firat, sccond, and fifth heats. May Blrd won the ‘:lh‘fid gl}lll ourth, Timo—2:21, 2, RS 31, 2 AQUATIC. COURTNET AGAIN WINNER. Aunvny, N. Y., Sept. 27.—The single-scull race on Owasco Lako, one-and-g-half miles aud return, was won easily b,r Courtney. Rfley sec- nnd, Ten Eyck third, Time, 21 minutes and 2054 sccomls. CASUALTIES. LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION. Sveciul Diguaich to The Chicago Tribune, Nasuvitte, Tenn., Sept. 27.~Willls Lesllo aud Abram Gant, jockeys, and John Bilbo, groom, who were on sho traln of the Loulsvilly & Nashville Rusd lust night when tho loco- imotive explodid, state that the explosion was us quick as a Nash and terrifle. Tho runutng train was suddenly Impeded, when the cars rolled down tho slde of a thirty-seven-foot e bsukment one after anothicr, smashing each other and piliog all up fn a heap, Bilbo says the top of his car was taken off and the door Lroken down, when the Linck pony's Jockey Jumped out, Bilbo following. Dilbo saya he thought he was flylne untll he alighted among -the debrls badly Lruised. Leallo was severely brulsed about the legs and face. Abram QGant was nalecp 4t tho thng of the accidont, e saya that when he beard the nolse bis jumped up with the hope of escaping, when something struck bim on the head and knocked bim down, A sack of oats fell upon his face and almost suffocated him. When be came to his souses Trinket was lying dead upon hly breast, while Batinet was across lis legs and bad béen kicking tlm, whilsa bale of hay held his hand fast, crushing tho lttle Buger snd nocessitatiug amputation. 1lis head aud breast were very badly brulsed. The en- giueer, fAreman, and brakeman were all on the eogiue, sud were scalded to death. - Tho cugine was of the Baldwin pat- tern, had bLeen running since June, 1870, and recently camo out of the shops lo & first class coudition, Bazarac, Trinket, und Linck's Eafleld Filly, which wero killed outrlght, and Bergumot und Satinct, which were badly wound- «d, Were on the way to Loulsville to particlpate inthe Loulsville rawes, Batines and Trinkct were the property of George Darden, Socretary of the Nsabville Blood-Iforée Assoclation, and the others of W, T. Quick, of Nushville, Tweu. ty cattle were killed. The train conslsted of eleven loadud aud four empty cars, and s & complete wrock, Tothe WWeetern dssoctated Press. LovisviLLk, Ky., Sept, 27.—The boller of en- #iue No. U, ol frefihit train No. 8, of the Louis- vills & Nushville Raitront, exploded at § o'clock 138t nighit we Rocky Hall,Watren County, kiling Churles Wilson, the englneer; Thomas ilcCrcu, freman; McCormick, “of Greensburg, Ind., brakemu, aud wounding slightly several others. A L. Church, couductor, was budly crushed, but wasable to crawl fur enoush forwant to flag the south-bound passcorer train nud avert avollislon. A number of race-horaes wera on the traiu, Bergamot was ivjured, Sasarae killed, Hatinet injured, and'a Morgan Ally, killed, ' LoutsviLLe, Ky., Sept. 2.—In additlon to thoso en killed by’ the sccldent ou tho Louls: villo & Nasuwille” Rogd, the following wero wounded: Peter Bweeucy, brokemnaw, snkle sprafned; A, Churely, couductor, cut on noss aod brulsed; Willlam Shaw, Lesnder Bilbon, und Peter Sanney, colored ¢toployes; William Jenks, of Nashyille, [njure glu Gaunt (vol- ored), lNttle fuger cut off; Wilbam Knox (white), slichtly Injurcd. ‘Fhres other negrocs and one white inan were slightly injurcd. The ruce-horse Bergumut was badly jujured. The race-burse Susurac and a John Morgsu tilly were killed. 'The buggy-horse Satinet was in- jured. Liok, of Nashville, owned all but the i)y, which belongs to Daden’s stabics, —— RUN OVER AND KILLED, Speciul Disvatch to Tha Chicayo Tridune. Dusuqus, In., Scpt. 27.~A sad accident oo curred this evening os the Bouthern traln was ucaring this eity on the Chlcago, Clinton & Du- buque Railroad. Wheu about one mile Lelow Codiish Creek the eugineer, as s rounded the curve, suddenly obscrved & young man lylog on the track. Ho imuiediutely opened his whistle, but touo avail. Tho traln passcd ovey Lim, hurfibl{- mutilating his body almost beyond recogultion. ‘Ll remains were brought to the iy, where they wero lound to be those of Phile Up Blewpler, aved 15 years, sou of & sboemaker M‘l‘: diye He was evideutly alecp on tug THE BUSTED BANKS. Ex-Manager Myers Gives Bail, and Is Released from Custody. The Recelvers of the Defunct Institne tions Pegging Away at the Books. All Quiet and Serene at the Live Banks. MYERS ON BAIL. Bydney Myers was ns fresh, ruddy, and tnco~ herent gesterday as i ho bad slept at homo the night previons on s pillow made of his surplus ' Hard-Times " pamphlets. He talked to all visitors, aad t1pon all concelvable aubjects at the same time. T fail he was visited by numerous attorneys anxious to defend biim, and atao by several members of hils tawily and his family friends. He entertained them in a roysl man- ner, and appeared 48 conifortablo ns could be At ahout 10:30 o’clock: hie appeared in court nceompanied by Mr. Trude, bis attorney for the time belng, and Mrs. Ifarmon Spruance and one of his daughiers, to have his ball ixed, There he took a back seat,—to usc an expressive phirase,—and allowed bis attorney to do the talking. fle was not dramatic, as he had been the day before, but was cheerful and conversed freely with his companjons while the motlon to Ox his ball was belng passcd on. 1118 hail was fixed at §20,000, aml ho was escorted hack to jall, Lo reappear on thie scenu late in the afternoon to furnish the bonds and have counsel appoluted for him. On being reassured by the prisoner that he wns unable to employ .‘( ‘Trude or other counsel, the Conrt appointed C. fl. Reed, Leouard swcn? and W, IL Barnum, ‘The appolntment was satisfactory, and those ap- yulnted agrced to serve. A moment later ho rave ball, Ilarmon Spruance ami Dr. W. W, .r\upon signing Lis bond, and ke was Lappy and ree. At the bank yesterday, Rocciver Ward was stiil “digging,” as he expressed but his lsbors were not rewnrided by upcarthing much, Progress [s necessarlly slow on account of Myers' ullar system of bookkceplug, and a detinito fdea of thu nseets is as much a thing of the future o8 it was m week ago. The main work nuw on hand Is the urn‘mmmn. from tha books fu tbe Heconler's ofllce, of a list of all the real estato which has Emcd through thy hands uf 8yduey or the bank for the past year, The object of examinlug these trsusfers is to sva wirether there i8 anything crooked In them, and §f something catinot be got out of the property for the benefit of the ercditors, It seems'that up to Sevtember, 1874, everything was Itemized on tho bouks of the bank—tbat ls, one could tell what the bank had dong by the entries inode; but subsequent to that month the lumping of matters was commenced—o sys- tem which 1s_utterly incomprehensible to uny ouno cxcept Myers, who furnished the boaks keeper with memoranda, {n order that he could not learn the * serreta” of the Institution. The Journal and cash-book of the old sct are In the vault, but the ledzer {8 inlesing, and a new oue will probably bave to be posted. As to naset nothing that can be depended upon was fount yestenlay, but Mr. Ward has not yet examined ail the papers. [le hosa tedlous” undertaking before bim; nad Lopes the depositors wiil not linlnk him derelict because Lis progress {8 so slow. — TINE TIDELITY. Recolver Turpin cawo down to tho bank yes- terday morning at 8 o'clock and resumed his work of lcoking over thie necounts, scelng how the things on the books agreed with what was found on hand, and counting tho cash, With the pesistance of Mr. Charles J. Haines, and his oxperty Mr. Shenman, who, by the way, Is the Receiver of the Fourth Natlonal, Dr. Turpin was nble to make some considerable hendway, althouzh he was subject to continual Interrup- ton by people who wanted to interview on one thing and another, Most of themn were de- positors, and after getting pretty wall through Dhis duy's work tho goud Doctor gave orders at thodoor to admit every depositor who wanted to have a talk with him. The Recelver believes in giving them all the information In his power, although it 14 necessarily of a sowmewhat linited kind just at present, Thus far he has checked off the investinent account, and foynd cvery~ thing straicht as o string, Pnruculu’hy docs hio commend the ordetly, business-like way in which Lhe booka were kept,~so different from tho slavenly stylo &mmml at the State Savings In- 0 atitution “an tho Bec-Hive. Having checked oft this investment nc- count, Dr. Turpin will probably o Into Court this morning and ask for the ap- polotment of uppralscrs to appraise tho property on which tho baok kas louned money. The re- sults of tho appralsers’ examiuations will be embodled fu the report which the Recelver will make to the Court st an early day. As tothe cush, that was found to amount to some #0,- 00, exclualve of o few gold colus, some silver, pennles, and nickels, said to amount altozether to about $800, and the amounts Iu other banks, which wil swell the totsl of cusli to ubout $70,000. Dr. Turpln deposited the $G0,000 yesterday with the Corn Exchange Natione ul, whero bo will keep his muueys hereatter, Tiaving looked through nearly cvery sccount, the Recefver is ablo to sdy what everybody supposed would besakd Lhat there hasbeen no steallng, no inisappro- priations, but ouly some bad ‘uv:slmunu, on whieli the prospect of reallzing much of any- thing {s not the most encouraring. The bund aceount will bo checked off to-day and reduced w‘rm er shapo, so that the detalla can be om- bodied iu hisreport to the Court, Tho customers of the safety depository will be ghad Lo learn that there is to be no change In the management of that departinent, and that everything will go on as usual under the wmblo dl[fifiufl“ of .\lr.’ "uy. s i 'he reorganiziug cino gocs on_ slowly, About 100 names hiave b nzzh(nlnu] to UI’H agreement, which s scattered around town in convenlont plices whero depositors can eeo it and add thelr names theroto If they so deslred. TIIE STATE, Judee Otis had 'a generous proposition made to hlin yesterday, An old woman camo in sod asked tosce bimon very particular business. The Judge accordingly revealed bimnsell, where- upon his visitor myateriously beckoned him off into onecorver nud imparted to him the fu- formation that she had $200 on depusit, to which shioulil be sdded $13 for intercst. Inview of the fact that she wanted the monoy very bad. 1y, she would conacut to throw off the lutercat, pocket the principal, snd say no* moro about ft. The Judge sald he would only be to glad to ace commodate her, If bs could do the same thing for all the depositors; but, as ie could nat do that, it would be manifestly unjust to elve her auy preference. 8ho saw the forve of his ro- murks, but wished circumstances bad been otherwise. Judge Otis Is collecting a litle xnun::{‘nuw and then, but prefers 10 muke all roports on this head to the Court, and not dis- close these matters through the papers. It there Is oue thing he wants 1o do mqre than an- other it is to scll the bunk bullding and lot it e can get -n{lllunzucnr what it Is worth. The highest offerbie hias bad thus far fs $100,000 for the building sud lot, but aé the billd £150,000 and the (ot $00,000, that he will jump ot the bia. ——— THE LIVE BANKS, ' Auy excitement to-day1 wad the question addresaed to tho inanagers of the open savings bauks yesterday by a TRIBUNE reporter, * Noue whatever. Deposits are picking up,"” was the reply of all of them, Tbe otllcers say that there will be no more suspensjons,—that the storm has passed; and, while it may be somo timo befors confidence is fully restored, they unticlpate no more thun ordfuary dewunds for woney, It was very evident from the qulet- Dees b tho savives banks that the Hurry bas subslded, and that the pay-fu-(ull policy bas bad the effeet Lo allsy aluria on the part of thoss depasitqrs wno were disposed to Jook upon cvery bunk aa weak bevsuso thres of them broke duwn in succession. Al those which rewmain ure doubtjess solid, or by this time thero would have been snother added 1o the dist of fullures, ~ Certutaly not oue gives sizus of weuk- uess, aud thls is a'pretty vood (ndkation that all will sail ulogr ae before, The Diwa Saviugs Baok reduced 1ts intervet a year 8g0 L0 5 per ceut, und contemplates a further reduction W 43y per cent, uud no de- ts will be recelved from any person exceed- ug $1,000 fn the u{wcuuu. They bave during thoe late excitvtent paid thelr depositors on de- tusnd, and bave not required notice of withe drawal. One man, however, a nou-resldent, sent {u a notice fur 853 about the thue the Ntata went down, but it was not required. This by Lo wuly case whero uotice waa glven, The averuze futerest paid under the 5-per-ceut ruly was sbuut U per centy and uuder the uew rutes itls estl- wated will gyerage sbout 2% ver ceut. Four ng cost it la not probubl‘e utder the Unfted States laws to avoid the 1§ per cent Internal revenna tax on deporits. CORRESPFONDENCE. Ta the Editor 0¢ The Tridimne. ‘Cnicano, Sept. 27,—Who are tha contributars to the Chieago Times ! This question is often asked by wives of thete Lusbands. The answer {nvariably is, Those who lave to read what do- moralizes them the wost. But why does a law and order-loving people tolerate such a paper in thelr mldst] Are there no right-minded men who subscribe for the Z¥me/ Of course there are men Influenced by party and politics whose vrejudices blind them Vo Its demoratizing Influ- cnee that might be likened to a firebrand sent forth [n a gale of wind to come in contact with every vile combustible matter In ita way. This 1aat abuise of Mr. lainea is the siraw breaking the back of the,public indignation. Public sen- timent stands achnat st such unprovoked amd undeserved attacks upon a man wio bas given the brightest example of an honcst man that Chicago has ever dared to boast of. Indeed, lonk where one will, can & parallel be found of such sell-ancrificing honesty a8 has been shown uy our honored ex-Mayor and his sons}l Thers 4 not a single slcpositor that can complain, It is ulucnuun If they bave not even heen better cared for by Mr, Haines than they could have cared for themscives. The question s, would they have saved frow 70 to 80 centa on the doliar if they had Inoked after their own money! Can'the Times or Journal, of any other paper, feel guiiticas when they compare ther efforta with romo of the depositors in blighting the prospects of an honest, Christian man,—n man who never mennt 1 or 410 1N to any one,— aod then reflect f they had waltedand given Mr. Haines time be would, In the opinion of the best bnsiness men. have worked this vast concern out all right. and totho satisfaction of all. As it is, Lo s the only true sufferer, while none needed to have suffered, comnparatively spesking., I have watched Mr. Ilnines’ career from a boy, amd have often sali, *‘There was n man 1" would trust with uncounted goll.” Ho was s pure- miuded hoy, pure In word, thought, and action. The chastest virgin car was vever sullied 1y aught that fell trom Lis lps. o chuso his companlons from among the temperate, tho pure, and the good, and when he chose the ono most fitted to be the wife of such n man, an angel mizht look down with approval upon thefr unptials and buw her head in approval upon their earthly career. They are truly Lionored in thelr children, and thelr children will yet risc up nnd call them blessed. The writer of this liaa been a nelghbor of Mr, Halnes for twenty years, and does not fear Lo challenge n respunse 10 all s says froim other neighbors, 1never cast an cye across to thelr dear, familiar mansion that'a fecling of peace and security does not steal over o, for there [ know “live those whose Jurlty of example will cver remain stainped upon the hearts and memorices of thoso whose good fortune it has been to live within thelr fufluence, In the good Book wa are told that all things will work tozether for good to those wholove God. We Tove God through Hia crenturcs. It fs a comfort to Mr. llaines' [riends that he has loved his nelghbor boiter than himself. There are brighter days in store for him and his. Such unparalleled honcsty will not fail of its reward, Verily, he will have his roward. A Wosax Drrpositon. of e Friuhs, hopg that the move- ment for the rcorganlzation of the Fidellty Sav- ings Bank will Auccced. Of necesalty, there must benany and great sacritices mado by tho Recelver in c{ulnz its afalrs. 3luch of this loss can unquestionably be avolded by putting the bank on {ts feet agaln nunder the charge ol a good Board of Directors, 1f the plan is feasible, will you not make rs;veclnl muntlon of it in your columnsl’ Surely everything that can Le dooe to swell the dividends nud save & dollar to the depositors should be undertaken. Let me quote o case where this fallure bears very heavily, The party In question—a master mechaniv—has haid doposits of from 8500 to 31,200 in each of tue following banks : the Scan- dinavian, Skow-Petersen, State Savings, Mer- chants’, Farmers® & DMlechanics', and, last of all, the Fidelity. Now {f the value of this Kro’cd can baclearly shown to tho depositors, I belleve that a majori- ty of their signatures can readily Lo obtalned for it. I reprosent threa accounts, and will gladly sign for that nuniber. Let It bo known where thoblanks for subscrip- tlon can ba scen, or, better still, Jet a blank, fully describing tho' plau, bo_mailed to tho nd= dress of each depositor. Immediato action sliould bo 1aken, Oxz Huxpaep Cexts oN TR DoLuam, To the Fdl Cincado, 8cpt. To the Editor of The Tribune, Cui10AU0, Bept. #h—The: Government of the United Stales owes all the protection required and that can ruulhly Lo given to all of its clt}- zens—protection to ‘life and the property the posscas, which enter Into the composition of thetr present hn;fi)lnm. This promiso Is to alt classes and conditions, and the Government, or {ts representatives, should avall themselves of every opportunity of doluie the most good to the preatest number. The recent experlence with the savings banks [n this city will, I doubt not, make it wyident” to the Lreat mujurltr of our poouple that they aro not ull our fancy palnted them, aud that If a person deposits §6a month in A bee- hive, o blg dow, or soma other symbol of Indus- try and Jnl il.y, you eannot ‘slwaystell to a fraction just bow much he will get out. Tha onl; ody 18 by tho cstablishment of post-oflice ln\'lmzn banks., The people who now own nearly $1,000,000,000 in saylugs-bank deposits must be provided with a placo of_de posit which will bo absolutoly sccure. T cannot be given by the ereat mioral fluanciers whu have cupturcd the savinus banks and turncd the deposits fnto tho Calumet River and Lake MIL'llkiml, The pcople will not boe led away by the howl ol these parties and thelr friends agalost in- creasing the number of ofliceholders. One- sisth lnfl. of the nuwaber of persons employed in savings banks in this tity (or so employed two montis ago) would perform all the l.x!mr thint would pe rer\ulrml in the offlee in this cit; under the English systein. [t would mnot cal for additional clerks lu the country ofllces, and, na the ,p«.-o}»lc pay tho cxpenses of running an; system, they would be Eainers in the item of cxpenso, to say notblug of the diferenco in so- curity furntshed, As the best way to arrive at an understanding of suy subject 18 to debate {t thurouichiy and from “all poluts, 1 give my fdcas here, ‘hoping they may at least bLring forth opinlons from othcra that may by of hon- cfit to thuse who will be called upon to logis- late ou this subfect. I would mako the Government responaible for oll deposits, Make only money-order offices post-oilice savings deposit oftices; fucrease the bond of the Postmasters sulliclently to prevent loss. The Uoyernment Mlut: 1n ol cascs a pro- ferred ereditor would rarely lose by the defalea- tion of a Postmaster, aud the depositor would be secure azuinstsuch chances of loss, Arrange the utlices In proups thus: Let the New England oflices divide their doposits between Portland, Boston, and Hartford; New YorkState betweon Now York City aud Buffalo; Obio between Cleveland and Cincinnatl, and so on,—all otllces 10 keep on hund a certaln reserve, the balunce to be transuitted to tho prineipal ollice in the 3 zmug. and the rescrve uf thosa oilices t bo eent to the ‘Treasurcr of the United States at ashineton City, Money deposited in this way ahuuld be pald by any Postinster at a like oflice withln the Uniteid Btates. Limit deposits to 8500 by one depos- itor, but arrange it so that by detositing §100 or any multiple of it with the lostmaster a houd properly registercd will bo fssucd by the ‘Treasurer of the United Btates to the d'cnoo- itor, this bond to bear tho sume interest as the savings deposit, which should, I thiuk, be 8.65 per cent, and not transferable unless proper no- tico was given to the United Stated Treasurer, Boma will urge the danger of paylog money to the wroug person on forged sizuatures, stolen books, cte, witt be no greater task ta guard thoss books than tha oues f"m out by the savings bauks, sod the holder will have the sutlsfaction of knowing that every dollar he calls for s worth 100 gents, and ot from 20 to 40 cents, This would give the Goverument the use of a greater sum than is now {u the savings-banks of the country, for wany who have uo eunfidence fn theso Would deposlt with the Hovernment, I belleve atter one year they would have the use of $1,000,000,- 00U, * "They could retlro the greater part of the present bonds, and, with due defercuce to our great tinancierd, thy country would be better for vayfuyr juterest to ber own people, instead of to the forclgu boudholder. The Incentive to save 'xluuld be lucreased smonz our people, and we would see uote of thy misery aud milsfor- tune that fu the last thirty davs Bas come upon 80 many of the poor people of vur ““{,‘fi No more lmportant measure can be brought before Congresa at fts next mectlug, and let us hope ibut our worthy Represcutatives—>Messrs, Al drich, Harrison, and Breatauo—will thoroughly conswder the watter aud give it the stteotlon 1t deserves, Very sespectfully, C. I Wi, ———— MILWAUKEE CHARTERS, dpacial Dispaich 5o Ths Chicayo Tribune. MiLwavkgy, Bept. 27,—Charters—To King- stou, schrs Mary Copley and James Wade, wheat at 8%¢¢; to Buffalo, steam-barges W. H. Barnuw, Sparte, barges Geuoa, Bumatr, schrs ‘Thowas W. Ferry, John Bure, H. A, Keat, Thowas Quayle, David Vsuce, J, L Case, wheat #t 45c; shr Libbie Nuu, wheat and ryu ut b, wzareaty 47450 d a half T:r cent I a8 low a rate ascan be naid TIE RAILROADS. Gould and Dillon Challenge Tom Beott to Deadly Combat. The Rew Line Delween Kearney and New Vork Death (o the Southern Facifle. Annual Report of the Michigan Central. GOULD---DILLON. A DLOW AT THE SOUTIIERX FACIPIC, Svertal Dizpntch 10 The Chiengo Tribune. Qeixcy, 111, 8ept. 27, —At last I am able to give you detudls touching the great rallway com- bination which for months has Leen engaging the attention of the leading rallway men of the country, Yonr dispatches bave annovunced the presence out West of Jay Gould and Sidney Ditlon, of New York. It was my good fortune to meet Mr. Dillon for a few hours, and from him I learned enougli to justify me in making public the tast and by far the most important move ever made {n Western rallway circles, ‘The plan now abont to be carricd out Is really intended as s challenge to deadly combat be- tween Gould and Dillon and Tom Scott, and will be 80 far successful as Lo enable the former genllemen to suthoritatively declare to Cone greasmen that there is no need of a Bouthern Tacific Raliroad, muchless the heavily-subsidized corporation wnich Tom Scott heads. Messts, Gouldand Dillon, by the time Congress gots ready to act on the Bouthern Pacitic acheme, will he able to say to PaciGe Weaternand Northwestetn Cupgressmen: **We can give you every rall facility thy vommeree of your people requires without asking a dollar In‘the shape of subsidy,"” When this declaration Is made, backed up us It will be with unanswerable siatistics, no Pacine 8lopa Congresaman, no Congressinan from tho granaries of I.Imfrunl. Weat aud Northwest will dare vote for Tomn Bcott's Southern Pacific scheme. ‘The Gould-Dillon railway project fa as fol- lows, every detuil of which is now perfect: Now York Central Canada Sonthern.... Wapash Ratlway 1labnibal & St. do Bt. Joc & Denver. Total e con sensosnen The route nt present of Tast and Far West (e t follows: d between the y wlles louger, na New York Central. Lake Shore & Michl lowa pool roads, .. Union Pacide to Kearnoy, Ot s sreaianciien soorsesnssnns seaerennad, 007 Tho Gould-Dillon combination, while 1t will have thirty miles the advantagoin distance, will have * FONTY-RIGNT MOURS TIIB ADVANTAGE IN FRRIGUT-TIME, as it Is Impossible to get throngh cars ia and outof Omaha under twenty-four hours, or In and out of Chlcago under tweuty-four lours. But the new. lino will take cars from the Unlon Pacitic at Kearncy, run direct to Ilannibal or Quiney; then ofl and make-up for Buflalo, and with six hours’ delay they are off on the Central four-track roud for New York and foston, ‘The \Vabash Railway s now {n tho poul, and Nov. 4 the launibal “& 8t Joe, tho only re- malning link, will pass unider the control of Gould _and Dillon, which completes the pool Mue. The strife for wastery of the Hannibal & 8t. Joa has Deen 8 long and bitter one. Mr. Neilson, of New York, when President in 1875, favored this combination? but Jolin P, Acker, B. F. Carver, and Joseph Richardson outgen- eraled hlm, nud, by forcing the stock down to W34, froze himi out. Last spring another move was made to get control’ of the road and oust Ricbardson, but Geweral- Manager 8tevens called a meeting of a minority of the stockliolders st an earty hour in tho day, and voted himsclf and Richurdson Iuto power. Now, however, Mossrs. Goutd, Dillon, IHam- mond, Morse, \lcndurnhnu. ot al, have three- fourths of the stock and, having given _the no- tice required by the by-laws, will, Nov. 4, vromptly reorgauize and’ reconstruct the Com- pauj'. nd 1t Is bigh time. The Hannibal & 8t Joe Is ouc of the most valuable cast and west roads in the Soutbwest, but jts manage- ment 1t s alleged has culminated to<lay in utter poverty, being compelled to. borrow engines and coaches from the Chicago, Burllug- ton & Quincy Compauy to fulfiil its mal con- tract. It wus one of the carlicst land-grant roads, the Btato of Missouri giving 1t {micnse tracts of land, and also Joaning it the bonds of the State. After awhilo it defaulted {n the tnymcnl.nl cither principal or {uterest. The ciisluture sought to protect tho rights of the proposed a foreclosure, but it o matter of hlstory that Lamb_ and other oflicers of the road went futo tho lobby at Jeflerson City and prevented a forcclostire, About 82,000,000 of these Jaud- Erunt'lmmlu. however, were about to revert ack to the State. 1N TULY BMRROENCY, John P, Acker, Managing Director of tho Han- nibal & Bt. Joe, sought an opinlon from Will- fam M. Evarts, of Now York. Alter carefully cxaminine the matter, Mr. Evarts dechded that the Company could not retain the bonds, Gen, Jumes W, Singleton, of Quincy, nunuvurl people, und 18 maintained that the Company coulid hold and negotlato the bonds, Mr, Acker then agreed, 1t s clnlined, to give Geu, Shiglcton $50,000 1 lie would conlirm the bonds. mpany’s title to the After the usual litigation, Gen. Single- n the case, - Before his fee wus puld cker died, aund when Sfugleton demanded n settiement with Richardson, the President, the Iatter dented any knowledizs of the transaction, snd repudiated the justice of the clalm, Last Fridey Gen. Bingleton obtained a distress warrant fn the United States Court at. Bpringlicld, and Baturduy the officer Jovied upon and set out on & gldo-track here ono passenger engine and six couches, The Company gave no lucuil.ty. and UGen, Bingleton will' foreo it into courf In regard to tho application for s Recelver made b{b. W. Morss, and to be heard fn a Miasour] court Oct, 4: Hendershott, a proml- neut railway attorney ot New York City, here. He says the “ovidence isnll in’ favor of orso, aud that 1f between now and Oct. 4 Richardson and Stevens do not maks restitution and withdraw fromn tho Company, s Re certainly be appuinted. I Richandsor vens reslst, Gould and Dillon will b present by attorney, and, as they are the largest creditors, willundoubtedly namo the Recuiver, sals custom- u{. Uut I do not think it will go this far, The only object sought to be obtained fs to force the reseiit management out of the Company, The New York World articls, just now going the rounds of the presa, to the cifect that the carn- {ugs bave {ucreased $23,000 over corresponding perlod last year, Is sald to be u stock-jobbin schena, under cover of which’ ‘Richndson sus his fricnds are expected to unlosd. The Han. nibal & 8t, Joo I8 sall to be hkopelessly in debt, with no human pussibllity of extrication unlcss 1t gocs Into the “Gould-Dillon Fast and West pool. The road owes the Chlcao, Burlington Lg fiulnuy over $75,000 for tolla ou the Quincy ridge. now MICHIGAN CENTRAL, THE ANNUAL REPOLT of the Michigan Central Rallroad Cowpany for the flacal year coding May 81, 1537, bas just made ita appearance, The statcments are very couclse, aud make abetter showing than the reports Lor the past few yearss ‘This railrosd cowprisca 284 miles of Mala Line between olruit aud Chicago, the **Arr Lino® Lo~ tween Nlew and Jackson of 103 miles, with ita lo- buing uscd as a sccond track, coustl. "l . Theruare 155 mlile nes. of nes. Thero are 72 miles of ddition to that furafsbed by the Alr Ling, sud sl steei rai). o Tae leased wnd brauch lines, ‘not including sir line, aro 410 nles fu length, makiug & total of BU3 mllea operate lo vxtent of line has not ho:::mnud lu”hllh-:h‘hu yuaArn. ding May 81 The Kross trettic for ear o 8] 1877, was: z el 78, 413 25 1007433 1083 47,054 $6, 850,004 408, A decrease in tho g1 carninzs of §352, 837, 80, The operating cxpenecs for this last ycar o Slst of Moy, 1h775(wkich inclade $100,000 for taxes, nglug L0 the previous year). wery for 412,003 ¥ b for 1874, $1,80?,002, 23, expenses o earninge-in 1874 were 70.10; In 1877, e "The uctuul decrease in expense Ls §100,460.17. The et carniugs of the prescut year abo) 1] vxpeuses of operation and taxvs were 1,781, - U51.50, while }o e year befure they were §2,- 048,001, 5%, showing 8 decreaso during tbhe past Jgat In i net carnitgy of tho property of §250,- L L. Yous Dirvctors bave endesvored 1o cxam'ne the causca which bave so lurgely reduced the lucome of this property, and bave causcd a statement to e pregarvd of tue tonnagu of 1o catlr lino woved in cach year f0F wx yoars ifferivg somewhig from previous repurts, which confncd tho a meat of {reight trathic 10 the tonnaty moved upon the 1sin line unly{. frow 1572 to 1877 lucluaive, and tho groas carnlige frow i, Lbe expeuscs for _1he Board chanve the fiscal year, 80 that it each year, and the Avernge rate pee ton per mile, which f8ar follows: 34 S 3 ;. X0 150 Fité perton Trtalerpenses ar nerrion. S5 A4T A T 05 3.5z0801 & 0! The Varge "ncrenss of il be m\lve.x, anwell g8 the rapid mge rate, The separate trafiic of the heanch Iincs has in- creased from 470,051 tons moved in 1872, to 10117, 287 tons moved fu the Jast year. This 18 me‘,)"fimt' and in that period of time hasgneasly aubled. ‘The aterace rate of freight upon all the tonnage of {he line in 1873 was 1 17-100 Cents per ton per nlle; In 1877 the average rate npon all freight was #4-100 of & cent, being slightly more than one- half the rale obiained five years proviouely, The working expenses of the paseonger trains have not varied much in this period of time, snd thele mileaye han been quite uniform. ‘The nuinber vf Dassenger Lrains run has not materially changed, Two-tuirds of the incotue 18 dertved from freight, and the expences of thie freight traffic form the largest proportion of the oxpenaes of the line, ‘Fliere 13 no pusaible economy of expenditure, in the opinton of this losrd, whick will meat this case, and your Directors atate feankly thelr npinlon 1hat the tronk lines leadinge from New York, Usltimore, snd Philadelplia w tlie West have pursucd an erroneous policy; thata reinrn 10 dividends will unly be reaclicd hy wiser co-operation with each othier, eatablishing rates for their fretght trallic upon bnsimers principics, undflrt]ecllng trafic which leaves no margin for profit. ¥ Your Directora bellove that the incomo of thls }lrnpl‘fly during the jiaet year has heen rcriously mpaired 11 e contest of the trank lines, but they are gratificd (o observe n general snd wides apread eflort to establish & sounder policy among all the varlous raliway corporations which have Deen partles to the severe and ruinous competition of tha past year, Whiiie the operations of the line the past year hare afforded no surplus for n dividend to’ the shareholders, the Directors wish to call atiention 1o the fact that the floating debt, which was §1,- 00,000 on the 1nt of Jutie, 1873, and $700, on the 18 of June, 1870, bas becn steadily dimin- shing. The actunt debt June 1, less the cash on hand applicable to pay upon It, was $209, 671,42, There has been some atill fartber reductiou Ll now with caslt aascls on band 1o meot ity it may be conald- cred as practically all extingnished. At the aunual meeting thu accounts for the year had not been nade g and only estimated Ataloments wero nde. e statement sa then mado was smaller thdn the above smount. "I'he impossibisity now with the large extenalons and Increase of businoss In the last ten years of mniluwnr the mccounta In the very shorl time After the Ist uf June, and before the anuual meet~ intg, was Uie accasion of the passnce af a resolution at"the stockhbolders’ moeling, recommending thut way close with (he culendar year, 1t is probable that the Board may act upon this recommendation in taturs, While the iloating debt tas beon discharged, there bitve been large and valuable improvemcnts made {o the vroperty, by ueariy completing the lying of steel ralls Wpon the maln and sif foes. There are only five miles of lron raila left on' the main line, snd thirty miles npon the air line. Fourleen locomatives bLave been entlrely rebalit: seventy-aeven locomotives have nndergone general repaira: neatly the entire passenger and frelght equiipment has also been ro- pared and fully maintsined, beajded tha purchase of nix new locumotives. Hince the laat report the Board bas succeeded in somploting un_afrangeincnt, with tho Tackaon, Lansing & Saginaw Rallroad Company, whose road 18 leased Lo Lhis Company, by winch the entiro not proceeds of the land-geant, amountd aboub 300, 000 Acrew, and all the proceeds of land rold, Aniounting to ahout $:100,000, and yet to be paid, will be applied (o extingiilsh’ the bonds of ‘ihat Cowmpnny, for which by the terms of the lesso this Company waa liable, “This utrangement will diminish the amount of rent, payable in the form df intereat snnually, by Tie full ‘amiount reallzed in cach yoar frot tha tands, During the Jast year thcre bave beon paid and canceled 140,000 of bonds. Ior the condition of the sinking fund, stock- holders aro refcered to tho eeport of the Commla- aloners’ report herelo annexad. For the statemont of the bonds outstanding of 8l claases, and Income accounts and other detalls, thiey are rofurrad o tho statement of the funded debt, renls, and intercats contained In tho tablus hercwith furdished, The Directors further report thst aince the cloro of the fiscal year higher faten fur through frelgnis have been estab: lished, and thelr hope and oxpectations nre that the unwiso cffort tocarry an imunente tons nage ovor theso tenuk lnes at a'nominal rate will be abandoned, that tno linea will conling themselves 10 thelr legitimate trafe, and alscoutinuo a polls cy which has reaulted In large oxponditures, and created an artiflcinl voluume” of trailic, which has Jeft an unproftable rewutt snd scrlonsly impatred conlidence In raliway rocurit] X Our property Is woll Jocated, traversing o denso yopulation, and for twenty y has had & con- stant Increasa of both passenger and froight trattic, It is an excoptionnl ling In the fact that no sorjous accident or losa of life have nccurred In thin pertod of lime. The rexources of the property are groat, snd the Board look hopefully to futars results. TOE TRUNK LINES, PATCIING UP, Spectal Dispatch {a The Chicago Tribune. Naw Yonk, S8cpt. 27.—The mauagers of the truuk lucs {n the apportionment plan met ot the Windsor Hotel Wednesdsy ovening, and ogaln this afternoon, prepared to recclve any communication from tho Western Freight Ageats, who have been In cunyen- tion for two days at tho Metropolitan Ilotel. A committes from the Frelght Auzents walted upon the mauagers of the pool and asked them to co-operate with them for the eatablisiment’ and maintevance of Eastward rates ou the different liues, A . reoly wus made to the effeet that, If the Western liues would maks thelr rates and agree to stand by them, the trunk lnes would assist them in carrylng out the rates, and the Freight Agents’ Commlttea withdrew. They will make their roport to the mavagers of the trunk lines next week, when another meeting will bo betd. There was no discussion or dispute about the ' pool- fug arrangements, There was some consideration of the proposition. made at a recent meoting to advance Eastward rates o October, and it is probable that the advance will be made about the 15th of next month, The advance hasuct yet been determined upon, but it will probably be uot lesa than five conts a hundred, Tho Freight Agents aro still in scs- sion, but have done litlle besldes routine busi- i To (ke Tatern dsiociated Prens. New Yorx, Sopt. 27.—~The mecting of the managers of the trunk Mnes to-day resulted in the witidrawal by Vanierbilt and Garrett of thelr clalns for & larger percentageof [frefght than is allowed under the spportionment scheme, It was ordered that ncreascd rates on petroleum~$1.50 per barrel for refined and §1.15 for crudo—should go (nto effect Oct. 1. New Youx, Hept. 27.—The meeting of West ern rallway frelght agents and managers of truuk liues, was_attended I:{ represcutatives of the Michigan Central, L Bouthern, ~ lndianapolis & 8t Louls, Bt. Louls, andalia & luslhnupulfi Ohlo & Misslssippl, Ciuclnnatf & “‘:i Toledo, ‘Wabash & Western, an: al ‘Loledo, Peoria & Wi ing was called to linies to entorce the frejbt sgreements, and to withdraw patronage trou such roads as adopted tho cutting of rates. - Oos of the delegates sald that two months ago, b a conventiun in Chi- cugo, the pooling of earnings on live-stock ship- ments wos agreed to, Bearcely had the new scheme goue into effoct, whan the Chleago roads berun cuttiog rates, aud when remoustrated with it was clafimed that the tirand Truuk Road, of Cabada, had *‘bolted,” and forced tho other roads to reducs rutes, All efforis to arrange this dm!culti fulling, 1t was declded 10 sppeat to the trunk dues. The Convention tu-day appoluted n commilteo 10 arrauge the detalls of the work and new rates, and to walt on the mausgers of the truuk lines. This comn- mittee ropurted that tho Presidents would aid {n enfurciog the ratos sggreed on by the Western ¢ A r.hnn{:ot what lscalled * evening u) also laid belore the lre!%ht agents ugatust the managers of the trunk lues. It was all that for over a year three of the trunk Mucs had been at work under agreement with Chicazo stock dealers for the iransportation of live stock, and as a reward for thelr scrvices hud sllowed o druwback of $15 per car on every car-leal l:rlvlnfi {u New York ur Jersey City, wnd that the trunk lioes engaged fu this matter had in the past year £1,000,000 {n drawbacks to cattle-men alune. The inatter was referred 10 a Special Commitice which will uicet Oct. 4, A plan wus suugeated to arrange s schedulo of cheap rutes to Boston, where the apportion- {"‘F"L nhcxuulhnmit in lulr‘u:‘,o:uu thus fnduce eatern merchanta Lo see ton as a warket. Adjoursed til Oct. & L ! was MISCELLANEOUS, ° DETROIT & MILWAUENE. Spectul Iisvaich Lo Ths Chicago Tribune. DxTioiT, Mich., Sept. 27.—The bondbolders of the Detrolt & Milwaukeo Road met here to- day. Capt. Puvy rvprescoted $2,651,811 bonds ‘tormer place held by English capitatista, and stated that these holders woulil stand o ‘more housenee, g would, 1f xmlh!l)&ln'ucr offered, aeonpt thie of for of tho Gireat Western Rallway to leam the line and indorse the bonds. Hle declared tlag Engliah bolders would prefer the road fo remain under American control, hyg any propoltion from Michigan men mipat e accompanded with the money, It anytling was broucht to oppose an amicable artangenont English boldera would fight it. 11 cversthing wan amically ‘arrangod, the first, secorid, and coupon bonda would _all share sllke. Detrotg capitalists by John 8. Newberry, offered $4,50),- g(g for {.l{.e r?]ml.b "fi‘f}"’j‘,"{’"‘ and Lslance 1n 5 cent bonds, by 8 Jid not meet of Capt. Pavy, and he withdrew, the tlews TITTABUNG & LAKR RRIZ, Soecral Isatch 1n TAé CAteagn Tridung, Pirrsncie, V'a, Sept. 27.—The contract for building the Pittsburg & Lake Frle Railws, from ths city to Younstown, 0., (o conner) with the Atlantie & Great Western amd Lk, hore Roads, formiug a new outlet to the Wewp to compoete Wwith the” Pennaylvania Companyhy roade, wan awarded to J, D, Metioaun, ol 1o caster, Pa, for $2,500,000, to be completed In twelve months from date. The road connecty at this polnt with the Baltimors & Onhio, The rtockholders are mostiy leading Pittshurg man. ufacturers, who have entered lnto an sgreemeng to mamtain the road perpetually as an Inde. peadent corporation. A REORGANIZED POOL. ‘The Southwestern Railrond Rate Assoclation continued {n scaslon yesterday in order to effes, a roorganization on & plan which will obyiale the troubles which lave bothered the orgauizg. tlon hitherto, and finally the propoeftion Lo juop tho gross earnings wus agreed upon, Unger this plan all the carnings are put in the Ppool, whilo under the old oo only 40 per cent werg put In, tho 60 per cent being retained for oper. ating expenses by each road. The larze amount retalned for operating expenses induced somq of the rouds helonglog to the organization w make extraordinary effort W do & large, byap. ness, and {n these efforta they wore not alwayg too particulsr as repards the regular tarfg. rates, or to give business to roads unfreny) to the pool such as the Wubash, Indianapijs, Bloomington & Western and ottiers. The Wa' bash particularly has been a thorn In the shleg of tho pool which it was liard to extract. Thig road ano extreordinary inducements to the Hannlbal & 8t Joo and somo of the 8¢, Louls lines In order to divert the Missouri River busi. ness from the Chicago ronds, and the rates werg often violated for this reason. There were but tio courses to pursue by the combination if it weant to live, and these wers gither to adopt g ‘ylnn which wonld prevent the Wabsah Itosd rom competing for this business or toadmit the Wabash into the pool, To do_the Iatter would haye beou unwise, na 1t would have opened the duars to roads which renll( iad no diroct routes to Missourl River polnte, and wers not really competltors. Therefore, new plang for strongibening the ol pool were dls- cussed, among others the clearing-houso sys. tem and the proposition to pool the gross ear- ulmin, glving each roadian arreed percentage of the fucome. After a full interchange of views the latter was ndopted. Under thils plan.q toa] belonging to the Puol can bave 1o object in working with an optside Hue or to break thg ratea to sccure au extra smoint of business, fur the surplus would ¢o to the other roads, as {t conld get no more than its percentage. Nor will it mako any differenco hereafter what kind of business is carricd by Lhe rosds, and there can be no jealonsies on” this account, Thera will bo an agent of the pool, with licadquarters nt Knvaas Uity, whoso duty it will be to Bppors tion the busincss that starts from or ariscs at Missonrl River points—that is at Kansns City, loavenworth, St. Joc, and Atchison—amaong the varfous lines so that each Tonds tets vho tonnage as near to 1Ls percontage 8a practicable. It s belleved that this plan will work better than any other heretofors adopted by s combination of ronds, and it {s belicved to bio a8 perfect A pool as can be dovised. The or- gunization remains tho same s leretofore, and tho old officers hold over, Messrs, Huch Rid- dle, President of the Chieago, Rock Inland & Pacifle, J. ©. MeMullin, General Buperintendent, of the Chlcago & Alton, and A, A, Talmadge, Genornl Buperintendent of the Missurl Pacilie Hallroods, are the Exccutive Committee, and Mr. Hngl Riddle as Chairman of the Commitice is virtually the presiding oflicer, Mr. J. W, Midgeley remains the Secrvtary, with headgquar. ters in this eity. ‘Tho rosds belonging to the poul are as follows: C)lIcn;iu Burlingion & uincy, Chicago, Tock fsland & Taciflc, Chic dago & Altow, Missouri Pucific, St. Louis, Ka- #ns Clty & Northorn, Fannibal & 8t. Joc, sed the Kanaas City, 8t. Joe & Council BiafTs, TIE LIVE-570CK LUBINESS, ‘Tho managers of thu New York trunk loes . and the roads leading East from Chicago and Bt. Louis met In Now York vestenlay for the purposo of taking some actlon in rezard to the dilliculties which have arlsen lately on nccount of the live-stock shipmenta. As ia well known, this business is pooled both from Chicago ane Ht. Louis. Both the rouds from the latter city bLove been complatuing that tho lines from tlo uye the advantage. The great ditllcuity to be overcomu §s an arrangement by which o certaln mumber of shippers calleil “gyenera ' reeelve o rebato of §15 per car, It fa belleved that this arrangement will bo abol- fabied, and that tho poo.s will then work satls- fuctorily as now, organized. As far as the pres- ent rates are concerned, they are certainly in favor of Bt. Louls, Nothing us to the result of the confercuce has yet been recelved in this city, WASHINGTON. Examiolng Lho Iublic Dulldings—Ilous Ofices—DPatent-Ofiico Losscs, Bpectat Disyatch (o The Chicago Tribune, Wasuinaron, D. C., S8ept. 27,.—0Ou Saturdsy Inst tho Superintendent of the Treasury build- Ing reported that there was great daugger from fire from palnts and ofls stored In the upper part of the bullding for use fn the print- ing divislon, and they were prompily removed. To-day workmen wero gngaged in removing the cclling of the ex- tenslvo porch on the east frout, It counsists of wooden Jath attacled to pine jolsts, and In case of firo obtalnfug a lodgment hero at any time, there has been dry wood coough In this apaco which could not have been reachied by the firemen to mako & hot fire for scveral bundred feet directly under tho exposed cdgo of the maln roof of the building, aud,udjscent to scy- cral of the Jargest filo rooms In the building. ‘The Postinaster-Gencral does not expect to 1&? puugfal to ulk Congress for any deficiency st o special session. Ex&luprewnullvc Caldwell, of Alabama, Is on tho track a8 a rival of Adams for Clerk of the flouse, llis fricuds sru procceding on the theory that Randall will have the Bpeakership and Thompson be Sergeant-at-Arins. Granting eso North, thicy claim that the least that can e done for the Bouth will be to concede the Clerk to that section. TUR PATENT-OFPICE FIRK. To the Weslern Assoclaled Press, ‘Wasnivaton, D, C., Bept, 37,—The Commis- sloner of Patents makes tho following official announcemeut regardlug the late tire: Apart from the damage done to the bullding, the pecunlury lods uccasioned by the fre is not very great. No tilos o pending applications or of patonts, or of rejected applications, were lost or damaged, and no origziual drawiugs, excopt in & very few cases, wery dcatruLuL iose draw s destroyed were only of one lssue (Bept. 4, 1877), and of those photolithographic copies had boen made 8o thal ho Incouvenlence will arise from thelr destruction, A considerable quantity'of hotolithograplile coples were burned, but of licse In no case were all the copiva burned of onc patent, apart of the copiea having been gmu-rvul by storage i another room of the ullding, which was uuinjured. There will be uo futerruption of tho business of the oflke. The examination of spplications witl o vn a8 usual, ana patents will be {ssued without delsy. e ee—— MORE LAW AND LESS JUSTICE. Special Mapach (o The Chicage Tribune. Mount VEunox, I, Scpt. 27.—Information was recelved hiere to-daythat the Justices of thy Suprome Court of tho State had made an order asslquing tho following Circutt Judges to the Bench of the Appellate Court for thls(tho Fourth) district: James O, Allen, Tazewell B. Tanner, DavidJ, Baker, The Appellate, as i3 generally known, 1a the new court vreated by an act of the last Leglalature. The court for this dlstrict will bave two terms a year in Mount Vernon, commencing tho tirst Tilesday fu Feb- ruary ' und Jul{. The following, countics arc embraced In the districts Alexander, Calhoun, Ch;‘y, Clinton, Crawfor ards, Etlingham, Fayette, Frunklin, Gulls tin, Hawlilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jaspe! i{ sou, Jersoy, Johuson, Lawrence, Madisoiy Marlon, Massac, Monroe, Purrg Pope, Pulwkl, Randoloh, Richland, Saline, Bt. Clalr, Union, Wabash, Washineton, Wayne, White, Willian- son, FINANCIAL. Nuw Yok, Bept. S7.—Lounett, Schenck & Earle, for forty years i tho tes business, but now cigar mavufacturers, have falled. Lisbllt tics sbout $30,000; assots unkuown. ] Mass., Bept, 27.—The Bar- stublo Bavivgs Bank has closed. 1t is thought - 14 il be able o piy dullas for dollaz.