Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1877, Page 7

Onoe Again “They” Talk of Estab- lishing a New Track, pexter Park Doomed in Conse- quence of lts Location. @Why & Race Track Near the South Parks Would Become Fash- ~ jonable. The Disgraceful Brightwood~Clo- ver “Ringer” Affuir, ¥r. Trask, Owner of Lady Grant, Turns His Eyes Westward, " fhe Forthcoming Meeting of the Na- tional Base-Ball Lieague. Who of the St. Louis Club Wei‘e * Guilty of Crookedness? Why the * Gentlemen’s Game” Ysa Played-Out Institution. THE TTURF. A SOUTH PARK TRACK. At the close of every season in Chicago there is alvays more or lesstalk about the necessity for a new track. but it has mever ended in anyihing defmte. Evcrybods knows that althonsh Dester Park has, since it passed under control of Col. Monenr, been conducted in a yerfectly square ‘manner. and has increased in poprlarity sach year, it can mever become the scene of really sreat In the first place, the location is un- meetinzs. 1 garorable, especislly 1o pentlemen who Wish 10 drive o the races, the pumber of railrosd-tracks that must be crossed repdering the trip unpleasant and not altogether free from dsnger. The sicuation of the track ytself, in the midst of packing and siauzhterinz ‘Youses, 1ot 10 speak of stench-factories. is not the most desirable {0 the world, and, in gencral, & change of location for turl sports in Chicago could 2ot bat be beneficial. Some three yesrs azo, when the project of es- tsblishing & track at Centrzl Park was brosched, 1t was thousht that this cold be used for meetings stwhich money purses could be given, but. as the land on which the track s situsted 4= under the control of the West Park Board, it conld not be nsed for ench purposes. And even if 12 were possible to secure the pecessary legislation, 1138 zot probable that Central Pari would become 1" tavorite resort unless the management uuder- went o decided change. There is just one place where & track can be made popular and remuner- ative to those who g0 into the epeculation, snd tnatis o the vicinity of the South Park. There i plenty of vacant land thereabouts, which can be sccured either by a long lease or purchase. and, with 8 race-track in that place, success would be ‘fomething that could not be avorded. Inthe frst place, it wonld be fashioaable, and to mske it *‘the correct thing ™ to visit a track, in any large city, and especially Chicago, to in- gure its permanent prosperity. There is hardly a ‘man 1n Chicago owning & horse and vehicle that @oes pot during the summer months take at Teast one siring a week on the boulevard, and it i eafe 1o g tlub i well spooiuted and bonestly con- ducted race-track &t the southend of the park, nine out of every ten tbatdrive on the boulevard wonld take in the races. There are thousands of gentlemen ip 1his city owning borses that never o to Dexter Park oecause the drive is a dusty, unpieasant, and eometinies dangerons one. They e men who eujoy raciuz 85 they do 8 good dinner,—something .that they would take advantuze “of quickly enonsh were there 0 great amoant of trouble involved in securingit. . heee men may be seen taking the sir betuind their etecds on the boulevard sud in the Sauth Parks on the very days that ood racing 15 4u progress at Dexter Park, but they never think of driving over the mfle or'so of ground that_lics ‘Detween them and #port, simply because they have 10 notion of rattling over raitroua-tracks at break- neck speed to avoid moving traine, or of ridiug throngh clouds of etifling dust. They en- joy sport well enmough, _bur wifl mot any _pemonal ' inconvenience or 0 Eivcomfort to renchtt, Yih o Sonin Park track, these men would go to the races every time, and, what s more, taey wwould take theirfamilies along to swell the gepersl throng. Tlere is snotber larze clags that is never seen at Dexter Park, and it is onc without the snpport of ‘which no out-door amusement csn ever becoine u fuccess—the clerks and email business men. There is nobody that is = mcre enthusiastic eporis- 102D than your email tradesman or connter-hopper. Young men whose £ol ambition in Jife seems to be confined by privt< and tape, is mearly al- ways 8 lover of . apd can talk bare- ball snd borse like a “back-alley leather- tosser or a etable-boy. These Lave mever had a chance to patronize turf sports in Chicago, owing 10 the inaccessibility of Dexter Park, aud the ex- pense involved by a trip to it. Twenty-ave cents car-fare is no small 1tem 10 these people, and there are many who could well enonzh obigin leave of sbsence ufter 3 o'clock or xo that éannot get as in time to take o dommy 8l 2 0'ciock ehurp, With 2 track at the South Park, 10 whic, strcet-cars ran every few minutes, they Wowd all turn our. Several well-known and wealthy gentlemen have ‘been giving this matter of a South Purk track con- siderable thought of late, 2nd it is not at all im- ‘probable that, if they do not tisagree as tominor par- ticulars, they will conclude necotiations for & sui able tract of land, ana at once conunence work on the burldings. While nothing definite has been decided on, it i safe 10 €2y tnat the matter isra idly taking shupe, and promises to resuit in some- thing tapgible before another week enall have vassed. The gentlemen having the matter in band msy rest assored that wilha proper amount of energy 1bere can be no such thing as fuilure, THE STCRY OF THE BRIGHTWOOD EXPOSE. Ever since it begun to be _suspected that tbe now ‘notorious horse Brizhtwood was a *‘ringer,” and that the men who had charge of him were frauds of the first water, THE TRIDUSE has lieot its read- ers fully informed asto the facts in the case, and Tas farnished all the material ones in advauce of every paper in the couniry, the Eastera publi tions which devote their columng wholly to sport- iug matiers having been left far behind. “Last week it produced the afidavit made by the man whom the owners of Brizhtwood claimed 1o have been ibe breeder of that hore, and said that, if that docament was all the eyidence prodnced 10 satisfy the 1linois Aseo- ciotions over whose tracks the ‘horse won money tat he was eligible 10 the clusses in which Le wotted and won, §iwas entircly insuflicient. It now appears_ that other affdavite, corroborating 1ne one made by Pilkey, were also secared by Cum< Ler for the benefll of the Assol and Guring the past few days this paper has been enabled 16 &scertafn their contents. N The etory of the defection of Brightwood and e rascale who traveled whth him 18 an fnteresting one, and the fate which oversook this band of tlieves may serve 283 Warning to others of the eame ik who may in the future have thoughts of meking :1llinols the scene of their FEin-guino ex- loits.” With the fucts reisting to the trotting of richiwood through the lllinols clrcuit. aud the withholding of the purses won by lrim at Barit: ‘Tiekilwa, and Mendota, the reiders of this paper &re already familiar. These Associstions demand- ed of Cumber. fn whose nawe Brizhtwood w1a en- Sered, that Le Identify himself and the horse fally ore they would pay the money. He agreed i do £0, and. after the matter had hang fire come time, del ar_cred 0 Mr. Smith, of Earl Park. 1o whomiae of workinz up the case_shogld be given, the sEdavit of Pilkes, who claimed to bave bred Brightwood, and which was publizhed in last Sun- u{u paper. . ~The sccond document in the coilection was the &flidsvit of Charles D. flolmes, the botel-keeper, of Montreal, to whom Pilkey =0ld the 5-year-old colt thut answered so wel) to the description of Brighiwood. He deposed that on the 2d of last July he sold tg Timothy Cnriber a bay relding sbout § years old, with one white hind foot, hittle wlite iu the forchead, sloped-rumped, Touch- backed, .and short in the neck. The borse had a fair mape apd tail, and stood about fiteen and one-half hands bigh. Me swore that he bongut this horee of Peter J. Pilkes, of Iirantford, Ont., inthe fulf of 1876, Like Pilkey. Holmes describes the hurse's gait as ‘*mixed, " but that by the Tée of tog-weights he was made quite stead. 1le 2180 tertifies that the horse never trotted for money TP 10 the time be sold bim 1o Cumber, 2od that e Dever had 2 name or_record antil Cumber called bim Brightweod. _This afiidavit was éworn to bo- fore 1. Brodie, a Notary Fublic of Monircal. This scemed to settle the identity of the horse and would Imost _any ¥hen he pussed into Comber's Bund Bave been enoush cvidence for man. Bat Cumber was evidently determined that” the Tilinois people should not safer for want of agidavits if that was what they were 2fter, and prodaced a third onc from dean Baptiste Lepine. the proprietor of tie track known as Le- pine Purk at Hodnclaga, near Slonireal. This man Lestided that he was scquainted with the roach- backed, mixed-onited, slope-rnwped bay horse owned by Mr. Hoimez, the bote the gratuitous information that when moving slowly the animal +*looked as tnough he would £o 10 picces, ™ but when moving fast he Jooked all fizht. He had often seen Ar. Holmes driving this borse at Lepine Park, and was told that he tad sold e animal to Cumber. John the Baptist could not ®rite, bot made his mark to the atfidavit, whick ¥as sworn to before Notary Public Broaie of Mon- But the Thinoia people were etil} inclined to ubt the statements of Cumber rezarding these -keeper, and siung THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY., DECEMBEK , 1877—BIXTEEN PAGES el itron was Cinser, Tho 1 izbtwood was Clover, un- der another name; and George Voorlice, the owner of Cozeite. had made oath that Brightiwood Was none ottier than The Moose, # horse owned in Ozdensburg, N. Y., that trotted unsuccessfully {n the Eustern Circuit 'tvo years azo, So they began telezraphing to the diTerent I ties concerned in the mater. On Oct. 4 a dispatch was sent to ikev etatinz that Cumber had pre- sented an atidavit claimed to have Loen made by him (Pilkey) concerning the nie of u horee to Cumber, and asking If he had made such aMidavit, ~ On the same day an answer was received from Pilkey that he made the afidavit on Sept, 95, & Then Holmes was investizated. A telezram was gent 10 the commercial ugencs of K. G, Dun & Co.. in this city, asking it C, D. Holmes, proprie- tor of the American Touse. Montrea), was a mun of truth and veracits. Dun & Co. fepeuted the question to Dun, Winan & Co., their branch honse i and received & reply that Holmoas was spoken of as 1o character. The Eschange Bank of Burlville was then bronght into requisi- tion, aud the officers wrote to the Eastorn Tonn- #nip Bunk, at Shervrooke, inquiring as to Holmes, Indue time a letier wa recerved from William Farwell, Jr.. the Cashier of the institution, stuting that the bank bsd dealt with him for several vears rior 10 his goinx into the American o iad always found bim reliable and truthinl bad never heardunything to the coutrary. The Canaciun Bunk of Commerce. at Brantford, .+ Was als0 written to on the same riville Bark.and the manager, Wi erts, replied promptly that Holmes'was a1 hot: kecper at that place: was coneidered_respectable, and financiaily sound. “Alfred Wilkes, before whom YIRey swore 1o his “ufMidavit, was vouched for a¢ befug s Notary Puolic and soliciior. Holmes himseif was nlso telezraphed 1o concern- i the amidavit presented by Cumber and said to bave by Iie rephed promptlv that n it. and that it was nll right. With all these aflidavits before them, and the men who made them vouched for by bank oMcers and u commercial ugency, the Illinoia sssociations could do nothin=lut pay the moucy, und accor ingly they handed Cumber the cush 'for which he had been waiting so long, aud he specdily made himeelf scarce. By this time the horse Clover was trotting under Dis “neht name at Elmira nd Syracuse, N, Y. President Smiith of Earl Park imunediately wrote 10 the Sccretaries of the tracks at these place guesting them to send bim a deseripiion of Clo They did so, and the descriptions fited Brighi- woed exactly. The Tilmois men then saw that they had been sold, and, being thoroughls mail, begap 1o unearth the Swindle: In their eiforts in this direction, they received #id from an unexpected cource, It keéms that after receiving the money won by Brizhiwood, Cumber attempted to play o '=kin game on his confederates, tellng them that he had compromised with the soctutions for 5150 cach. The party who weot er the name of Smith when Brighiwood was in nd who was the moneyed man of the cd ut thix, und wrote to Mr. Smith, of what Camber had suid, stat- und wanted 2nother s 1le also intimated that L vould be around aeafn with another ringer. Tiv ad evidently helieved Cumber's story about the mise, sud arzued that, as the arsociationy were well in the mire by their action, they would Dot refuse his demand. This Jetter dated ut B . 1., and signed *- Lew Elli . Smith, of Eariviile, replied 1o this charminaly imuudent epistie. stating that_the Tlinois gesuci- ations did notpropuse to be blackmailed by any manz of scoundrels, Al this time Clover was beiniy wWatched at Foston by & man who had becn sent there by Seerctary Vail, of the Nutional Associa- tion. and the magner of his detestion hus already appeated in thes€ columns, About this time Mr. Smith, of E: that the horse had been purchased by some Buffalo purties, and went down there to investigate, Ile fourd that the men who owned Lim were Jumeson, {u whose nums Clover was entered at Loston. and 3 mon nawed Pettibone. Jameson he recog- mized 08 the man Wwho had the rosn mare Anna throush the Tlinois Circuit last year, snd had o aificulty in learning from bim that they hiad purchased Brightwood at the conclusion of his Western robbing tour, and began_trotting him under nis richt name—Clover. When Mr. Smith called Jameson's attention to_ the frct 1 Cl when ax Brigh 9 ot Freepo he wuas at the ordwas ma was trotied, ne did not ke it. sud couscquen wss not personaliy aware of thie fact. Teir a ion that they hiud purchased Brishtwood and bewun trotting him under his proper naw enouzh for Smith, but, a5 8 matier of curi he wanted to sve the horse. Jameson bone eaid he was at & farm nine miles distant from the city. Smith &aid b would 20 there 10 sce him. when it was sudd discovered that the amaal had beea remove vy, The result afidavite, as they had swore posttivoly that Bring Aville. heard y d- , Eurl Park has expeiled 3 Briehtwood, his own known In Hlinois asJones), Le 1. (known in Illinois as corze Nelson, the driver (known in iwood}. The identity of the latter individeal was fixed by Tne TESUNE two weels az0. in rezord to = paragraph in lastSunday's paper, rejative to his lendirz Cumber mogey. Mr. Smitn, of Earlville, wishies to expiain. - When Drichtwoud was 1o trot his second ruce st Earlviiie, Cumber came to Smith and szid that in consequence_of the refusal of the Association to pay the purses won by the-liorse, be was out of ‘money and could 10t pay the entrance fee of $60. Sinith told him 1hiat the horse could not start unifl the money was paid, and Eualls, i wih anotier génde- mon, advanced the ng Iy SmouLL, u fact & ing [richiwood far 360, thé lorse hat eveni the borse Clove Jones Salspuugh | fused the money ‘The only other occasion on w ber auything was while the identity wa proven. Georve Voorlies ad sworn t zhiwood was The Movse, and the Mendots eociution bad refused o puy the purse won by him, Camber. wno was hanging aronud Larlville, told Swith that it had been vroven that The Mouse wag at home 1n Ozdensbury, N. Y., fed sud he wou'd £o 10 Mendota aud get a copy of the wili Which the_ Assuciation at that place laa received from the New York purtics. A fewdays after this _onversation took pluce Smith saw Cumber and asked him why he had ot #ot toat atidavit. Cum- ber said he wus dead broke: fad not money enongh 10 pay his car-fare to eudoty, wherc- upo Smith gave him S5. which wus revaid. And now, in closing, a word rezarding Cluff, the pouleelier; There ardsome people wh thinks that ¢ d=served to lose the §200 which the Brizhtxood pariy owed Lim after the race at Earivilie, as he Lnew they were under suspicion and ¢honld have been careful. It 18 also thousht that if he auopted the ystem in s business, there would not De &0 much difiicuity fn collecting the money on wirning tickers as there was ata certain track in this State when scmebody defaulted his payments, A LETTEH FROM TRASK. Daring the pa=t three months these columns hare contaiped frequent iflusions to Mr. Trask. of Oteso, N. Y., and his mare Lady Grant, the ani- mal thiat, he claims, can trot a mile i two minute: Ie maac s0 much fuss about the beast, and was 6u earnest and persistent in his offers to éhowa mile in 2:14 for $1,000, ora mile in two mimutes for $2.000, thut his bauter was finally accepted by Puiladelphia purties, ~ But Mr. Trask didnot come 1o time, on acconut, he etates below, ef sickne: inhis family. In the meuntime, & New YVork ut o man (o Otero 10 inveatigate the Lady it of his trip was an_articie in it stated that the mare could trot in about = four munutes, and that her owner had Deem deluded into tae belief that she was a world-beater by practical jokers in the peighborhoed, who timed }lur miles i 17, 0, etc. This article was re- produced bv TuE TIMBUNE, and was taus brought 1o the notice of Mr. Trask, who naturally ignores the New York sporting journale, and lo0ks 0 Chi- cazo for the news. He fetts somewhat hurt by the statements contained 1 the article referred to, and las forwarded the following communication, which expiaius i I8 0 the Edltor of The Tribune. Otzao. Ofsezo Co. Nov. 26~ taw in your e of the 18ch {net, 'wn article headed, ** A Shattered e et bered Lot Ty a mare whoe welzot 1a 1.130 poutits. very Urlglit Usy, aud @ nice steuper. owiied by Wiliam Trask. of Utego, more admired by fier fricnds to-day than siany former perlod. She can beat 2:14 all 1o havings, wnd not pul. 1 'offered 1o Dac $1.500 with two Lmen ac Oneonta that she could” beat 2:10. but “they dare uot put down fe moncy. She trotted” the ~ samo - day on the Oneonts course a half mile {n 1:04. Now, 85 10 the article quuted from the [ury, Field, and Farm, every woril of i 1 false, o3 o was 3 nice Stepper and u bright buy. The statement about her belng tinicd boye who cave fabulous time, colnmencing three Y e fabrication. NOw, the Nrst timo frucd was auout oe ¥ear awo fst g0 track: sbe trotred a mile and + timed by men, not boye. One week tack she trotted ihe same distanc Mr. Plerce. of Cortiand County, ¥ o thie ssmc year, on the Unidliia he troited a mile eod slxteen rods fn lemung and Day of the same _place (bos "This sear stic has done inuch beti ok she trotted a mile and twelve rods’ in e once around in 1:03, anothier o Stement that at an agricaitural fafr thiy fall, not & tneusand wiles from Frankln, where Tods In n the s jow one mlle (o 2:10 for a speclal e Judges declared only 2:13. ~ Hore fof the repurter faid at tfic com- could not trot a mile Noy ¢ pgreelng 1o 1ot for S10, AL Place, 1t s utterly false. Tsce b;‘ )'nurvlva{mr you think meto be s canmiplon lar ora fvol. This opinfon is Varfapee vt the reporcer's, who fn hifsre- <t niated that Aald Trask was a tine. eandld, unso- phisticated old gentleman of about 60 years. Kt Sise siated tint bad weatlier was thereaton {dfd not to Philadeiphia. Here [e another mistak Siek- Test 1y f\ullflynlilh! ofl'._l’ xc‘.‘u?;ll j 4 %{g‘:ml r!sp(}‘yl cthier o ave Stopped . Yours c pati PR REERY LN TRASK: Tt will be_seen thatthe only statement of this paper to which Mr. Trask takes exception was fn Tezur to his veracity. What Tz TmAUNE taid \5as, that -* he was cither the champion lisr, or Dad been imposed upon by designinz partles, The latter sppears to have been the case. 1t atill holds to l?xls opinion, and thinks (hat a1l who read the above communication will agree with it. NEW _ORLEANS RACES. New Onieans, Dec. 1.—The first race, clab urze 3300. two miles over eizht hurdice, was won P 6rt Leonurd by three lengths, Typhoon. eec- ond, Kedding third, beating Lambry, Dick Adams, it Husten, and Ten-Pin. Time. 3:50%. Adams Yider foll st the second hurdle. The poois on the track sold: Redaing, $25; Typhoon, $20: Port Teonurd, $5; the feld, §7. 'Port Leonard Jed from rt. T S cerond race, Slocomb staxes, for 2-year- entrance, ploy _or pay, S50 2dded, one olde, iz, was won by dlary R.py 2 lengih, Duncan e emner | cecond, ilischiet third, _beat- ing Momentum, Capt Fred Rice, Bonmie Batrouge. and Ina Bell. Time, . Kenner ook the lead. Mary R. went fo the front at the lfin. continuing to the finish. In the pool on the | *‘snide " match. Ba Mary R. eold at $40, Momentum $30, the feld “The third race, Club purse $400, mile heats, re- eulted o follows Largenteen.. 11 Tielle 1gle. 3 2 Incommode. ro Jan 2ro Thocitity’ ro Elia Rowe ro In the pool on the track before the start Largen- teen sold at 330, the fichd 18, _After the firet fieat Largenteen eold mt $25, Beile I11= §.0, the fleld St The Jirst heat was won by & lensth, the second by haif head, and the Just was won easily, Weather cold and clear: track in good condition: and attendance very small. TRACK TALE. 2 The well-known stallion Rothechild, by Mam- Drino Patcien, died lnst Sunday of colic, The pacing mare Lady Bostivick, the dom of Mol Chief, has been purchased by F. P, Brown, of Ashiabula, O ‘The National Breeders' Association gives ite first annual dinner at Delmonico’s, New York. nest Tuesday evening. Mr. G. E. Brown, of Elzin, TIl., hes just im- ported bis fifth fot, of ‘Cloveland'bay and drafe wrses from England. W. J. Necley, of Ottawa, TIL, has sold to M. Myhoffer, of thic eame place, the 5-year-old trat- ter Prairic Farwer, and the brood-mare Le Paul, in fosito Necley's Henry Clay. Onc of the few eurviving daughters of dmported Glencoe, u bay, foaled jn 1838, out of Laura Webster by Medoe, and owned by J. A. Grinsieud, of Kentucky, died Tast week. She left a weanling Aily by Grltoy, The American Jockey Club has expelled W, Drennan, George Longstafl, and Barvee, the jockes. “The iinst twaare wners of the liorsea Ciper leldsick and W. 1. Higgins, who arranzed a ce rode the losing horse. Col. Penper, of Frankfort, Ky., has sold to C. M. Dunlay, of Mount Sterling, 1il., the brood-mare Jewel, by Alexander's Abdallah, ‘snd Passee, by Daval's Mambrino. These mures are m foul to the young etallion Coutractor. tuat Col. J. W. Conley Baid such a long price for two years ago, and nest seuson will be bred to Mr. Dunlip's stallion Amber, by Almont out of Patti, by Mawbrino Chlef. Tn the court reports of yesterday’s TRIBUNE wns announced the bankruptey of Col. Georze B. Min- sur, proprietor of Dexter Park. 1t #hould be wn- derstood that this does not in any way affect Mr. Mansnr's copnection with the Park, Since he as- sumed its management he bas elevated the toue of turf sports in Chicaro, and 13 bishly csteemed by horsemen all over the ‘conntry, Dester Park under his management being noted for prompt payment of purses. i Smugzler arrivea m_ California all right, and the work of advertising him has besun.” The San Franciéco papers state that **Lucky " Baldwin, Budd Doble’s father-in-lew, offered to match tho etalfion against Raras, mile” heats in barness, for $20,000 2 side. A5 Raras = in Cleveland, and will ot £o to California this winter, such talk is sim- piy poppycock. Itis just possible that Smugeler has epeed enough to beat Rarus ove heat, but that hecould ever win a race from him when Splan's horse i3 in_condition no one believes. Swmusgler showed himself to be a dutfer and quitter at Hart- ford in 1876, when. Goldsmith Maid_defeated him in the fourth, fifth, aud stxch heats, the stallion runmug nearly half of the lastmile to eave his distance. When both horses are fit, Raras can Deat Smaggler sny . part ofthe mile. Two ministers of the Gospel, who live in the suburbs of the city, a few days ago happened to stop at the sume feed-stable 10 have ticir horses cared for winle they did tihe shopping, und one bantered the othec for & horse teade. Doth wac- ruuted their horses perfectly sound and youns, fhe trade was finally made by the banterer siving his brother preacher $25 to boot. After They bad departed a couple of practical horsemen who witnessed the transaction, examincd the ani- mals, and found that one of them was spavined on both' hund legs. with fect badly contracted from navieulur diseuse, while the other was what i3 val- @arly etyled **moon-eyed." his ‘*wind" af- fected, ind be was supposed to have'been foaled in about 1860, Of course neither of the reverend gen- tlemen intentionally misrepresented their horses, for they have doubtless read in the good houk that “A falee witness shall not zo unpunished, and he that_speaketh fies shall not escape."—/n" dianapoalis People. BASE-BALL. THE LEAGUE'S TASK. - Tne event of the week will of course be tho meeting of the League,—thut is the National League of Professional Base-Ball Clubs, —which will take place in the Kennar House, Cleveland, 0. The Directors will meet Taesday evening to pass npon o number of questions, aud the Lenzue itself will convene &t noon of Wedncsday. The Board, as drawn at the last League meeting, con: cd of Messrs, Soden, of Boston; Chaze, of Louis ulbert, of Chicago: Fowle. of St. Loui Bulkeley, of Hartford. Whether Mr. Chase will be present no one surely knows, und Mr. Bulkeley is sure not to be, he having given up all connec- tion with tne business. The Board will no doubt be made up of Mesers. Soden, Chase, Hulbert. and Fowle. 113 business will be the most impgriant of tho League session, as it will have to pass upon several cases likely to come up. . Amon thet may be mamed the following: Whether Craver shall be reinstated after his Louieville expulsion, it beinz understood that be has an appeal ready. Also whether Walker shall be purged of hi= cxpulsion by the Red Cape of St. Panl. als0 to aecide upon the status of the Hartford Club, o, rather, upon the franchise which that Club once held in the Leagne. One of three things must besettled on: Elther the Hartford Club has lost it franchise, or the franchise remains with the city and falls upon the new Club, or remaing in Lrookiyn and may be assumed by some new Ciub on the Union Grounds. The awarding of the cliampionship is merely formal. Possibly Louis- ville may press for the forfeiture of sume games, but it would make no_difference to the result if they hud their way. The applications for member- ship will also be heard. Who will make them is not known except in the cace of Indianapolis. That Club will be represented by its President. Mr. Petuit, and will, without doubt, be admitted. Milwankee, which has arranged for n very st.ong team, scems mot to have settled upon ity future, ond no one seems to_know whether it will apply ornot. Syracuse is also’ problematical, to- getlier with Buffalo and Rochester. Tartford may, g may not, spply, bt probunly will in ce i aim o the-old ‘franchise is disallowed i is an_entirely unknown quantity, writer is concerned. It scems pretty cl neither Brooklyn nor Philadelphia will buve any~ thing better than the Iatter had this year, which wus <hiftless enough. God knows, Tt considera- tion of these sublects, cspecintly of the espulsion cases, will make o hatfal of business. The Leazue will be niade up at its first zathering together of represeniatives of Boston, Chicazo, St Lonfe, and Louisville. To these wili be added-at ouce Cincinnati and Indianavolis, with, of course, the chences of the other cities ‘spoken of above. The work to be done by tnis hody will be the revislon, to such an extent as may e necessary, of: the rejort of the Board. They will aleo have to ga over the constitution and the playing rules, but that need not take up much time. The fewer changes they make in the later the better. There arc a few thinge, however, which must lave careful attentiou. and away above all others i4 the matter of selecting umpires. Tue system in_use the past_season hns been infa- mous in its workings in t least two cities, and it mnst be tossed overbontd. The sysiom of 1875 wats not 20 bad. and, in default of 2 betcer ucheme, might be revived. 'Tux Tiinsr bas, of conrse, ite own plan, which may be stated in the form of aa:amendment to Kule VIL, as follows: 8£0. 1. At the annual meeting of the League the delegates from the cluos shall choose—by a two-thirds Yoteln eyers case—twents-seven honorabie and rompe- tent gentlémen 1o 8ct as umpires in games for the champlonship. Not more than two of thess umplres shwil Teside 1n agy city where there 112 Leazue Glub. At least three days belore every champlonship game, s set down in the schedule, the Secretary of the Lengue shall sclect an umplre for such game and notify 1iim by letter o telegTapl to proceed to the city wherc. in the game 13 to be played, and umplre sald game. It shiall be competent for club MANIZETS 10 AZTee upoa an umplire, or umpires, for m:! game, number of games, or series of gawes, provided sald agreement be reducad to writing, slzned, and sent to the Sccretary of the Tieajeue at leass three days oefore the game or games to hich ttrefers. 1t seems as if this wonld remove any poesible danger of tampering with umpircs by either play- crs, managers, or pool-room keepers. If no one knéw, or need kno, before +*play »'was_catled, who would umpirc’ auy particular game, there would be almost no danger of corruption. In point of fact, however, nearly all the manazers would agrec on thelr umpires without tronbling the Secretary at all. Tery few changes outside the umpire question should be made: WHO WERE GUILTY? It is someswha’. puzzling work to keep track of those St. Louis fellows, thes douge about 8o, For cxample, the Globe-Democrat printed in it seuo of Wedneday, Oct. 81, & furious attack on two members of its nine’ (names not given), stating that they corruptly lost the. Chicagzo-Si. Louis game of Ang. 24. Well, a reporter of this paper Turned to his base-ball fles and found that the Globs-Democrat charges the loss of that pame on Force, Blong, and Battin, The score showed also that they made the errors, —Blong, 3; Battin, 2; Force, 1. Now, it only remnined to find_out which two of the three were, in the G.-D.’ opiniun, the euilty nair. _ Now comes tha remarkable part'of the story: The G.-D. took great pains within a short time to say that Battin was pure 85 the driven enow, and that sized it down to two,—Blong and Force. ~ And now Force turns up with a clean, slick, and clear release and certillcate irom the club mahaser. Can it be that Joc Blong was in himself the 1o men who sold the game? And when he gets his clean papers what can we think of the Globe-Democrat's sensation? In this connection may be given the following from the Clipper: Aot do the St, Louls papers mean by announcing that Forosy Blone. stc.. bavebeen or are to be expeiied frexa the Se. Loujs Ciab, In the face of a fact like the oiie we give below. Wwpich fing been kent ua by the Duf- falo Cidly, manager? Yhe (Acv we Tefer toIs the 3 aded **honorable re +ase * from the St. Louls Club. { no charzes have been found true against Force, then the St. Louis journals snd other Westera papers’ have done Bim injustice. E{tler the players who_ have ety charged wih crooiiedness are gullty or not gull. * 1 gulity, put them out of the fraternity, as has been doas 1n Louisville, If not, then coms ouloflenl’ and say not through one member of toe Club, but over the sl natures of all the Directors. The reles only signed by the Club Msaager, who himself = In question i has been chn ed workk by Devinney, and no satisfactory examination has been made of the cave that We have heard of. | Wil Messrs. Fowle and Bishop post 18 npon the facts? 2ALQUANTERS BROWN STOCKINGS I, B. GLUB, ST. Locis, Nor. —ifr. E; L. Spalding, il B2, Associaiton ;I toke the plcasure of noti(yin: Foutha e B W Force lias beca honarably’ Toleazod the 8t. Louts B.'B. Assoclatio 2 Hies G, MMaxUs, Manager. SCRAPS. . Tho Anbarn team g0 far as engaged are: Dorsey, Relpslager, Roscman, Fair, Mansell, Fisher, Wels Atlison, Neagle. The Dreadnanght Base-Ball Club. of Chicago, will gve their 0fih_annusl bull next Friday even: ing at the bl on the cornet of Green and Wash- ington etreets. < The Clipper says that the Chicago Club had Waitt in jis tcam for 1870, That is equivalent to saying that the Club had him two seasons, for he was herc in 1877. Two seasons of Waittll No, thank you, part of onc year wis quite a plenty. On 2 gold medal found in a New York pawnshop recently were the inscriptions: ¢ We strive for vietory,” and ** Presented to Edward Plukham by the White Stoegings, of Chicavo.” Below was the *W. §.." and artf3tically grouped two sed with 1o balls suspended by chains. — Globe- Democrat. The Syracuse Courier denies the story that the Cricket Club, which played this senson in Bing- humton, York City. It believes that they will locate tica, as orignally planned, und says they bave engaged Lathany, of this year's Louisvilles, Tor sccond ind J. 1. Gifford, of Cincinnati, 8s manager. Davy Force, on his way Enst, stopped at Bnflalo Tong chough to mect a reporter of the Erpress. to whom lie confided s delict that the uine of that city conld be ranked befow oniy Boston and Chi- cago, e aleo ownvd up that he himself was not craoked, and closcd with the statement that an offort was befnz made to have fail and Devlin re- instated in the Leazue, ** with falr houe of suc- cess. ™ The St. Lonis_Globs- Democrat of Nov. 18 says that the St. Lonis Club Directors have oublished a statement o the effect of their having fmplicit con- fidence n McGenry. Who has scen such a state- ment vutside of St. Louis? Send it on East, 50 that people muy see how very confidfng the St. Louis Club Direciors are. They should have Mcluded Force and Blong in the same statement. one is worthy of it, all are.-~Brooklyn Edgle. L. P. Tteie, one of the pitchers of the Chicago team of 1878, sioned his contract for the year yesterday. lie bad previonsly been engazed vor- baify, but yesterday he wade the nercement fully binding. “The players now under contract for the team are Terguson. Start, Anson, Iar- bldge, Larkun, liallinan, Cassidy, Haukinson, and 'Reis, With Larkin, R Iiankinzon, and Cossidy for pitchers, the former will havo 00 renson to keep upon his mettle or the other cliaps will hurry him right alon; QUESTIONS A ves the information you wish L.—Yollowing are the figures yon ask for: Felding, it ave vish. Asamat- ter of opinion, would rather have McKinnon than any other player you nume. J. G. R.—**(1) Tow do the records of Foley and e compare? (2) Did Foley have more than one base-hit to o cume this year? (3) Was ¥ rd better ‘in 1837 thian in 1S78" e was the best batter; s record *s .200. Foiey was the best hi 9 to Harne's . 746, He pliyed 62 games and made 50 hits: flelded better, but did not bat o well. E. M. B.— **Why was Fajlinan_engaged for the Chicagos’ left fleld fustead of Glenn, twhen the Iatter hus the best record of suy man in the coun- try n the position:™ Ansrer—Iit is not fair to ask & newspaver w club munnzer selects one of two men. St may be becanse Hallinen is much <iie Letter batter, or for some private reason. You t call on the President of the Club and ask Ansier—(1) 1 +—(1) Ts Mills or Goodman the best batter, runuer. ana_ first-base plarery (2) Which ald you prefer in a nine? (3) What iy Folez's record? (4) Did Holbert or Cremmer ever play second base, and what was their record? (%) Should theremot be n Leas ¢ ook a3 well s 4 Leazue Book of 1t Angicer— 1) Mills is no donbt a shade the bext batter, while Goodman excels in both othier points, () Good- man, (3 ans oS G.ER. (4) Cresmer ers. annocks. Don't Holbert ever plaved the place professionally. Have 1o record of Cresmer's performances. (3) There will be beforespring. J. & T.—(1) Who composed the Atlantic Club Ol 1870¢ (2) Who were the plave: Iund Torest Citye in 18717 (%) players in the Ruckford Forest Citys of 1871F (4) Huve either Hemsen or I ued with the Chicugos for next vear, aud shat s there fo hinder 18 (5) Can Ancon play Fec- ond buse, and has he ever plaved its () Do von think it dvizable for the manaverent to reduce the price of wdm L Ferzuson, Zettlein, mith, P Chapmar, Geor: V] won't tell. 17 i+ however, likely enouzlt that nothing hius been battled. (5) Ie never Has yed there, but the p ion 8 not more diticult his hoase plice ut third. (G)Undes the present : each home club has to zive i ‘cents on czeh ticket. No club coutd live and give up three-dfths of all it carned ot ome. BILLIARDS. To the Editar of The L'ribune. THE WHY. cimcaso, rve fn the sporting col- umn of T morning vou treat your 1 and race- Wiy don't you ntirely of which during the winter months would. in on, be as aceeptable as the Bporting Intelllzence a! ¢ referred to, 1LLIARD! A reporter of this paper was, only a few days ago, referring to the past of ‘‘the gentlemen's clve us some biil{nTd b icuored (hat gaine, | game’¥in the presence uf one of the old-time con- testants for the champlonship of the State, when the ex-player broke out into an explanation of what the matter was. **Why, " saidhe, ** we used 10 have good times and lots of fun Jinong our- gelves untill those Frenchmen came here. We had right here McDevitr, and Coons, and Snyder, and Rhines, and Vermeulen, and Parker, and Hona- ban, and LeBrun, and Tom Foley, and more of them, and we mado our little matches, and we played our little ames, and bad all the fun we wanted, until those Frenchmen spoiled every- thing. DBefore that the roows did weil, and the boys played a clever game, and we all enjoyed our- selves. Well, then there came along Carme, and hesetupon Randolph street a hell-hole for pin- pool, and the boys got wilil for that, and of courso that hurt the rexular_game. ‘Then Rudolphe, he showed up with his wife, orwhatever she was, and they set up on Clark street. And not loug after- wurds came Garnier and his wife (and a nice, well- behaved woman she was), and they set up on LaSalle strect, and 'wo were ixed,— 1vo much fixed, in fact, From that time till this billiards hove been going ump in Chicago. Best we could ever do was to getan-~ other Frenchinan, Cyritle Dion, to play Purker for the championsbip which lie got away from still an- other Frenchman, Rudolpbe. Now, who has seen il that day tothis? Of conrse i ran away, and then what did we have leftr Coons went und died, Vermeulen went off to Tesas. Snyder worke in a pool-roow, Rhines and lonolhan were tending bar, and that was zbout all there was of §t. We never had any luck, or wuch of any games, after those French- men spoiled the interestthe boys took in the players right ut home. Well, on top of all that we haa some good games, —along in 1872, 1 think it was, — when aunother Frenchman named Ubassy came over and pluyed o young fellow named Bessuneer. e may not lwve been a Frenchman, but his name was, anyway, Since that time we never have dont any good at all. The young fellows grew up, but the &mb“c woaldn't have anything to say to them; and. besides, some of them were scoun- drele. Why, the lust match played in this town was owned up 10 be a sell-oui. Of course all these things worked against the room-kccpers, and their business has run right down. Bat they couldn't be satised with that, they had to go to cutting cach other's throats on vrices, and nobody could possibly live at the prices they now have. [ tell you the gume in Chicago is busted. 1 dou’t know what the boys do with thelr money, but they don’t put it out in the Billiard-rooms. it is all owing o them Frenchmen they started ali the trouble.™ “Vhen a man asks for hilliard news he asks for what is not. 1f uny two men of repate will get 1o a match, Tk Triscye wil aunonnce and re- port it. 50 far as it kuows, no two uien are either wiliing orable to make a match in the Weat. In the Enst matters are about as bad, and about the only places where there is_gny intercat av present are St. Lonis and New Orleans. Tom Gallagher and Heiser have plaged some games in St. Louls, but ther were by no means of gencral interest. ‘The fact Is, a3 it appears, billinrds as an exhibi- tion is dead. ' That's ufi the news there is about it, end the correspondent should be satisfied. OTHER SPORTS. TRAP-SIOOTING. Graeno Smith, of New York, and S. H. Turrilt, of this city, have arranged for & shoot at 100 birds each. ground traps, Hurlingham rules, which will come off a3 Dexter Park on Thursday at 10 a. m. At the concluston of the match, which s for & prize of some value, Tom Stagg will furnish wild birds for sweepstake shooting, Both men being crack shots and well known fo sportsmen, there will no doubt be a goodly gathering, ————— SPRINGFIELD ITEMS, Spectal Dispatcn to Ihe €hlcago Trivune. SeprvorizLp, Ill, Dee. 1.—In response to invitation, Gov. Cullom, with the ladies of his family, will to-motrow join President Acker- man and a party of railroad officials and invited suests who are tovmake a trip to New Orlenns, the purpose of which is to inspect the latel uired Southern connections of the Central. he State Railroad ‘Board is to meet here on Monday next to complete its annual reports. $50 fine; John Gore and Joseph Driver, davs each: Peter Lawler, assaulting James and thirty LOCAL MISCELLANY. THE COUNTY BUILDING. Most of the outgolng Commissioners were around yesterday to draw thefr per dlem. Adiscount of 20 cents on the dollar was Fes- terday paid to sccure the cash on a county order. ¥ 3 The trial of Alexander Huhn, for the accl- dental killing of a little girl on Clark strest July 4, has been set for the 13th fnst, The sentencing of the prisoners convicted during November was yesterday postponed un- til to-morrow on account of the rush of other business. = _The trial of Gfiorge Eacor aud others, for rob- bing & Granger on Pacificavenue, ocetpied the Criminal Court again_yesterday. ' The case was given to the jury at a Iate Lour fn toe afteraoon with the understanding thatif o verdict was not reached by 9 o’clock a seated verdict should be returned té-morrow. There was another eaucus of the Republicar mewmbers of the Board yesterday, the. chjees tils time befng fo arrange the’ Commiitecs and apportion the patronage amonz their {riends. Nothing 1s definitely known of what was don because the mecting was strictly private, bul those who assumed to know corything’ said s P. Root bnd been. sgreed upon for v Attoracy. One of the members denten during the day that George Muirhead had been agreed upon as County Agent. Some weeks ago the County Board granted the State’s Attorney suthority to emplog anothe er assistant, and since then ¥r. Mills has been Desterred on every street-corner for the position. From the dozens of applicants for the place_he yesterdav sclected George A. II Buker. Mr, Buker bas for a number of years been connected with the city press, and has emmvloyed his_spare moments in studyiog law, and was admitted to the Bar some months awo. He is 2 voung man of more than ordinary ability, and his sclection for the position is regarded as a good oge. Last evening the County Court room was the scenc of u presentation on the part of the em- plores of the County Clerk's office to the en- ticmen who have held the positions of Superin- tendents in that department of county aflairs, The mecting belng orzanized with Mr. Bartlett as Chairman, ana R. Langan as Secretary, a com- mittee was appointed to walt upon Messrs. D. 3. Anderson, W. H. Hornaday, and Arihur* Gleason, the gentlemen Interested. The presen- tation speecti was made by Mr. Hans . Haerting, in behall of the employes. Mr. Auderson re- spouded, and was followed by essrs. Horna- day and Gleason. The articles were handsome gold-headed canes. The County Clerk sesterday morning caused vouchersto be madé out fu the name of his severa! employes for the money that was com- ing to them, minus their subscription_ for his benetit and the advances be bad made them, payable from the County Treasury. Mr. Huck refused to sign the vouchere, and for atime there was considerable uneusiness all aromnd. Subsequently, Gen. Lieb made a de- mand npon the Treastirer for the fees beloning. t the Clerk’s office collected by him, and re- ceived a check for $9,000, but it was alter bunk- ing hours. At a Iate hour in the afternoon the General was trying to get the cbeck cashed, which, xdded to tlie $11,000 be had in his hands, would very nearly pay ‘his men. In the evea- ing bis emploves beld a private jamboree at at Brand’s Hall, the nature of which fs not known. Achlng hesds and inflamed eyes will 1o doubt tell the whole story to-day. THE CITY-HALL. The Treasurer's receipts yesterday were £1,030 from the City Collector, $13,033 from the Water Department, and $1,219 from the Comp- trolier. It may perhaps be a little comforting to those who anticipate an afiliction of the small-pox to Know that the Health Department bas had the uew double ambulance put in order, und it will be used hereafter. It is not painted yellow, lest it should prove terrifying to the public, but presents a sombre, diguified appearance. Two new rases of swall-pox were reported yesterday. They were at No. 893 Blue Island avenue, and near the corner of Maplewood snd Twenty-second streets,—fur away from dense opulation. Mr. George Stearns, who lived at No. 523 West Congress street, and was taken to the pest-house but o few days sgo, died carly sesterday morning. _The Committec on Streets and Alleys of the North Division met yesterday, and decided to report favorably upon 2 petition requesting that the North Division Street-Kailwway Company be required to lay tracksand operate & railway upon Centre and Sophia streets and Racine avenue, and the Corporution Counsel was instructed to Drc’u:\rc an ordinance to be submitted Monday night. The Mavor Las not, yet signed the ordlnance William Dening, $600 to the Sth. Justice Mor- g:‘u:ther]d P:ltflin BJDWD in £300 to tD: Ccriml:;l or attem| bl pting to carve Joseph Match Minor arrests: John Ostan, 50_vears of ae. lareeny of two coats from C. V. Henry, of No. 159 West Madison street; Lizzie Bebling and Martha Gabert, two_youns runaways fron Mil- waukee, who were arrested by Officer Thomas Murphy out of “Rotten Row,” on Clinton street; Bridget McKenna, dashing her child to the pavement while she weat for Edward Con- Jj:{ in %uc'[flhtl,c stylfil;ml.ouls Stieer, stealing a utter, for which an owner i the v r is wanted at A wetl-known gentleman residing in this et claiming to knowgll'mde. toe St. Lonis m\mler): er, almost from infancy, nsserts that his real mame Is “Bave” Montwomery, His parents were Scoteh, and_resided for a Ione time in Co- lumbia Count,r, Pa. For many years his father Wwas a stanch Presbyterian clergyman, Babe was the nickname given hiti because of his diminutive stature. ‘In carly life the boy was m p\'cr{ respect indicative of what he has since become, but was nevercheless toler- ated in goud socicty because of his garrulous Dabits, his good clothes, aod the advantaze of a Tespectable birth. At the early age of 19 years be ran away from home, and soon afterwards murdered 3 man, which was the actual cause of him runniug away to Texas. The name Van Zandt, given by him while in Michizan City Penitentiary, was a5 much o wlias as that of Frank Rande. This sequel to bis life is given for what It i5 worth. The gentieman from whou it eame Is reputable, and comes from the sawme county, hence there are but few chances that heis mistaken iu the identity of Franlk Rande. Should it prove true, the biogranhy of is life will probably be soon fortcoming, and it will no daubt prove as interesting as that of his recent escapades in St. Lons. ) CLEVER CAPTURE. Detectives Ryan and Osterman think they have struck color. Withlu the past two days they bave arrested five persons, but the case bas nmot yet reached maturity, and they are necessarily obhzed to keep back some of the particulars. ~ Scveral days azo the wholcsale honse of Clayburgh, Einstein & Co., on Wabash avenue, was visited by burzlars, who car- ried away wearly 31,000 worth of _cloths, velvets, “and silks. '~ The mext day or 60 a place on Archer avenue was entered, and about §500 worth of simflar goods taken. The oflicers worked meritoriously on the case, and after getting in a sociable crowd ot a clue. The flest arrest made was that of Jutius Stein, proprietor of the clothing bazar, No. 250 Clark strect, who was © collared » Ja the Crimlnal Conrt_while waiting to appear asa witneas in the case of George Fager. The sub- sequent arrests ‘were two youni men, ouc of them named Jataes Burns, Who had had suits of clothing nade out of the stolen goods in 8tein’s shop. I'wo other young thieves, also Implicated in a fike mander, were arrested. This done, Steln’s residence, No. 413 Wabash avenue, was searched, and there were recovered a bolt of fine silk-velvet and threesolis of cloth, all of which were casily identified by Messrs. Claybuel, Einstein & Co. Al the prisoners are kept in the closest survelllunce, no one, not even their relatives, being allowed to sec them. J. Lyle King, Steit’s attorney, asserts that Stein merely took a contract of making the 200ds up into Suits, not kuowing or suspecting that {t was stolen. The detectives are not not vet Lalf through with the develop- ment of this latest crooked job They have found that several pawnbrokers have furnished Stein o means of zetting rid of a vast quantity of such stolen muterial “as be could make up. And besides by laving low they hope to recover the balance of the stolen #00ds Perhaps nest Tuesday will sce rich developuments. v RESISTING AN OFFICER. Ofticer John Linn yesterday morning shot William Wisuer in the arm. near the clbiw, woundinz bim so seriously that it is expected be will have to suffer an amputation. The affair ovcurred about a quarter past 7 o'clock. Wisner has beena teamszer in the employ ot Stafford & Murphy, coutractors, and drove o sewer-lushing wagon, drawn by four borses. He was on his way, when the shoot ing occarred, from the Dbarn, corner of Wells aud Ontario strects, to bis work, corner of Larrabee and Clfhourn avenue. In driving off Chicago avenuc to Larrabee street he ot blockaded on- the var-track. His borses were somewhat unimanageable, aud, owing to the crowded condition of the street, he was unable to raise the blockade. Johu Linn came up. ares attire, anid pulled at one of the horse's bits, so that he tbrowvn upou his . Wisner protested, when Linm, it is allezed, not yet bavin made himseif known, jumped into the wao Naturally, the driver resisted, when Linn, it i 1, pulled outa ‘‘bandy-billy™ and strack sner several blows on the leac ensued, durfug which the aud he ranaway a short distance, s volver, and fired two shots, one of which took effect, with the resnlt us above stated. Wisner | was arzested and held in S300 bail by Kaufmanu for a hearing Thursday. In the meantime Wisner way lose Wis arm. Tle was taken to his tome, corper of Wells and Ontario streets, op- leasing the Luke-Front to the Chicago Base- | posite the_barn where the borses hie drove are Ball Club. His Honor said yesterday that | stabled. Those with whom Tik TRIBUNE ru he was - allowed till the time of the meet- | porter conversed in regard to the affair say that { ing - of the Council to-morrow night to | Liun transcended bis authority, and that toe afix bis mark of disapprdval. If he | shooting was uncalled for, aud some evenassert foils to veto the measure before that | that the officer was intovicated. An investiza- time the ordinance becomes valid without his | tion by Col. Hickey into the aflair woull not De out of order. 3ir. Murphy. one of the bers of the frm 1hat employed Wisner, that he bas worked for them two years, aud that lic is steady, quiet, and anything but ag- gressive or yuarrelsome. H. J. FURBER. Effort to Get Nim Indicted—Both Sides of the Story—Mr. Furber's Friends Say It s a Movement by Enemies of the Universnl Company. New York Tribune, Nor. 29. A representative of the Committee of poliey- Tolders of the North American Life-Insurance Company, who waited upon District-Attorncy Phelps on Wednesday for the purpose of askive him to take action for the indictment of I J. Furber, went to Albany Wednesday night, to confer with the [nsurance Superintendent. Mr. Phelps says that he is not at liberty to speak at present on the subject, but it has been learned that he has asked the Insurance Department for all the facts pertaining to the statements made by the oflicers of the North America Life-Tnsurance Company to the De- partment, and . the relation which these state- meuts bore to the actual condition of the Com- pany, according to the desclopments that have since taken place. 1n making the report of the vame attached. He held out no indication as o what he would do with the measure. There was another conference with Messrs. Iloyne and Bonfield, but it bad no results. DectectiveJohn Macauley was before the Police Board—Heath, Hickey, Dixon, Ward, et al.— Jesterday aftommoon to'augwer to tho thaszo of nsubordination preferred by Deputy-Supt. Dixon. 'The trouble arose out'of the manage- ment of the case of the servant-girl Price and the man Sherry, who recently robbed so many private houses - thronghout the city. The two disputauts contradict each other at every point, and the evidence may therefore be said to show that Macauley was insubordinate and impudent, and that Macauley was neither insubordinate nor impudent. Chiof Hickey took the case under advisement. About two yearsago a lot of owners and patentces of Smoke-consuming inventions re- quested permission to test their various devices under the boilers of the North Side pumping- Works. fter about a year’s wrangle a competitive test was arranged, the pateut fuel-savers put iu, the test made and figured upon by experts and the result, recom- mending some one of the machines as most 1ucl-suving and complete in_its work, given to the Committee on Fire and Water. That was montus ago, and notwithstanding that the Council bas since demanded the report, it bas not yet been submitted. ‘The persons interest- ed are beginoing Lo wonder what has become of the report, and if the experiment was unsatis- | North America’s affairs to the State. Depurt- factory. ment, in January, 1575, the oflicers, it is allezed, swore that the Company had a surplus of $151,~ 940,33, and possessed cash in_bunk amounting 10 §690,000. At that time the Company, it is now aliered, was insolvent, $650,000 of the as- sumed assets consisting of a check borrowed for the oceasion from the Commercial Warehouse Cuwmnpany. Tt is claimed by Mr. Furber’s friends that the primary object of the present movement azainst Bim fs to prevent, if possible, the reorzaniza- tion of the Universal Life Company. Already more than one-half the policy-holders of that Company have given their 'ut to the scaling of their policies to one-half their face value. aud Mr. Furber’s fricnds say that the enemics of the Company have become alarmed at the prospect of an early reszmption of business by the Uni- versal. These triends cmobatically deny the story that $650,000 was torrowed of the Com- mercial Warehouse Compang, and say that the total amount of money reported y Mr. Furber to the Department as in bank was actually on Dhand, as can be shown by vouchers and reccipts in his possession. They also claim that Mr. Fur- ber reduced the linbilitfes of the Company 000 to $200,000 during the time he had cor of it, and that all of his transactions in the man- agement of the Company were strictly legiti- ‘mate, and will bear the closest serutiny. 3r. Furber was at bis usual place in the offise | of the Universal Life Company yesterdny. He stated to a Tribune reporter that be kuew noth- ing of the charges against him, nor of the re- port that he was_to be indicted for allered per- Jury in making bis statement of thecondition of the North American Lifc, except what he had read in the papers. He declined to make any The report of the workings of the Building Department_during the month of November shows that the receipts were as follows: From 139 permits for 144 structures, $72; 12 street- obstruction permits, $12; 15 house-moving per- mits, §75; total receipts, $15). The cxpenses were $509. _The amount of water-tax certitied to by the Buildiug Department and collected by the Water Department was $260. The 79 billdings for whose construction permiis were issued have & strect frontage of 2,006 fect; 45 of them are brick and 34 stone fronts. Their cost was $344.000. and the cost of additions, ete., built during the month was $39,500. mak- ing_a total of £373,500 for the montl’s work against $379,100 for the corresponding period of 1nst year CRIMINAL. Davidson, who {s accused of the murder of Squire Robertson, near Barrington, was yester- day removed by the Sheriff of Lake County {from the Chicago jail to Waukegan. His trial will begin Monaay. Lewis F. Cummings, a lawyer, was before Justice DeWolf yesterday, charged by Mra. Marcia C. Palmer with getting from her a note and a mortgage, valued at about $1,500, ana refusing to return the same to . her, his clfent. The case was continued for farther hearing. John Savage, 50 years of age, in a fit of detpondoncy. Caused by diflicuities with s childrea, yesterday aftérnoon tried to hang ; ke Thimself i his barn, situated in the rear of | statement regarding the matter until he Knew Turner Hall on North Clark street. He was | more about the actual charges, if any, azainst cut down, however, in time, snd was Jocked up { him. at the Chi’mgo Avenue Station for disorderly "‘“‘"“'_“y w.__hlwm‘"— conAuC 1 o Detrott Free Press. Among the indictments returned bythe Grand | omen can’t read o bos's nature a8 men can, Jury yesterday was one forfi:fl“{{ agrafost Jobn | gnq they might s well own it up. The Sibley- Reid, Martin Ryan, L. P. Hillierd, and A. W. | 5ireet mother who yesterday seat her boy to s ‘Edwards, late of the Protection Life Insurance | §rite'stors with a boitle and & scaled note imig: Company, committed In swearing to false state- | GEoF it Ro o Sharper than the serpents ments of the condition of the Company, aud | 4ooth when she wrote to the druggist: * Send one azainst Georze Morton for murders fie was | (20 bLI T Dt or Dort-wine, and srrite on the onnerted with Ganuon and others f_the Kill- | TE ™ A “plison » " The druggist folo fug of William Shanley some months 4o, and | 13003 orders, aud, when the boy got outside, and has but recently been apprekend . he“‘Pu"i\ off i){,c m,_,mh, and ,e:‘i the: le:bcL = co_Summerfield yesterday beld the fol- . W.—Poison,” he mused, as he walk lo"rylfichfiemmm ‘Henslo, Jobn Deverau, Will | along’ “wonder what thais1 ~P. W. doesn’t Powell, James Field, $100 cach or leave town; | stand ' for bed-bugs, aod I kmow it and it : e | Anotner chop, please. dipper of water, filled u% the bottle, and the Sibley-street boy trotted homewards, whisper- “P, W. means purty weak, and, it she finds 1t 80, she musn's blame nobody but the drug— ghach 2 ON THE RIO GRANDE. A Brief Interview with Gen. E.O. Ord—R. Confirms the Report tliat Trouble with Mexico Xs Tmminent. St. Zouts Republican, Dec. 1. Gen. E. 0. Ord, commander of the Texas De- partment, passea through here yesterday for Washington, where he has been summoned by Gen. Sherman. He is probably invited to Washington to confer on military matters con- nected with the present anomalous and unset- tled condition of the Mexican border. With & view to learn what he had to say, & Republican reporter sent up his card to the Genersl, who invited him to his room at the Lindell. 2 After passing the time of day the reporter announced the purpose of the call. As the General was just from the headquarters of his command, possibly he had some mformation as to Mexican troubles. The General seemed rather reticent, and_assumed a puzzled look. He cautiously reolied: * Wnr, you know more here abont Mexican matters than [ do. I you read the letters by the correspondent of the New York World, from the Cits of Mexico, you hiave learned more than Lean tell you. That seems’ to be a very intelli- gent correspondent, and bis Information seems ul. He says that Vallarta, the For- eimn Minister, who is hostile tothe United States. will remain in President Diaz Cabinet. The Mexican Government are sending a large force to the Rio Grande, under Gen, Trevino. This force is composed of regulars, and is larger than that commanded by Gen. Tavior,” z 4 By Gen. Taylor at Palo Alto and Resaca o alima, do you meau? » - “No: by Gen. Taslor in the battle of Buena Vista. The Mexicans, besides this forve, bave regular troops and militia along the border.™ ‘When did you leave San Antonio, Gens ergl? " * Let’s sce; this is Saturday? “Friday, Gemeral. Yesterday was Thaokse giving.” _{*Well, one loses his reckoning on the cars ridiog nizht and day. I left San” Avtonio on Monday morning.” *¢ Anv late news, or have any recent ontrages oceurred that have not been telegrarhed 17 “ None lately, but a state of uncertalnty pre- vails.” **Are not the rumors from that quarter some- what intensifled or exaggerated just at thiy time, in order to influence Congress to send more troops there or increase the army2" * Not at all; the situation is critical and mors troops are needed. We should be In such a con- dition that, if competled to follow hostile bands across the border. we may be able to send a suflicient torce 50 13 not to come back with our tails betind us, so to speak.” # General, may not the reason for the move- ment of 4 large regular force towards the fron- tier be owing to the pressure upon D the border departments,—an effort to concili- ate them, as it were, and to retaio his prestige? * No. it i$ the upper classes that_incline to hostilities. The large body offadventurers, speculators, and the- contractors favor a collie sion. The nuthorities are not controlled in this respect. by the masses, who are mostly ignorant, ana get all the information they have from the Capital. The common people don’t know, nor care much adout how matters may turn. The Indians who formerly went from our side have joined with the Mexican Indians and Mesican outlaws, and they are_ready for plunder and rabbery. A portion of the country has suffered la { rom o drouth, and prosisions are scarce. Thesa classes are ready to juin the outlaws and go on exneditions for plunder and robbery.” - The General, in reply to u question as ta whether there had been raiils into_the Mexican Territory from our side of the Jine. said that. there had been some incursions of Indiuns from our reservations. MARS' . HOONS. When the telezraph announced the discovery of Prof. Hall that our neighboring olanet had two - satellites, and the dispateh was read the next morning at 10,000 American breakfast tables, what think you was the effect upon the . hearers! Some colloquy similar to the follow- ing was sure to ocenr: *“Mars has two moons, Passme the milk. Kitty. Strange, isn® it, that astronomers never saw them before. I wonder what they’it discover next! These corn-cakes are excellent. What's the latest from Europe?’ We bave be- come so accustomed to startling discuveries and announcements, that we take them as a matter of course. Even truth must appear in daming colors to malke herself seen. The virtues of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets have been tested in 10,000 housenoids, whose. inmates will tell you that they consider the discovery and Introduce tion of these remedics of far greater importauce to the world than the moons of Mars. SHPMAY, TLL., June 13, 1876, Dr. B. V. Pierce, Builalo, N. T. Dear Sin: Last fall onr daughter—aged 18— was {ast sioking with consnmptlon. Different physicians had pronounced her case fncurable. £ obtained one-half dozen bottles of your Golden Medical Discovers. She commenced improving at once, and fs now as hardy 8s a pine kmoty Yours respectfully, Rev. Isasc N. AvarsTise. CIROCKERY, CI{INA, Etc. Burey & Tymrell 83 & 85 State-st., Offer a complete stock of DINNER, TEA, and DES- SERT SETS, from the best makers, all of the newest styles. Vases, Mantel Ornaments, and Artistic POTTERY, in unique and beautiful de- signs. Fine Cut and En- graved Glassware; Mon- ograms, Crests, and Ini- tials engraved to order. An examination of goods and prices solicited. PIROPOSALS. Proposals TUI‘_BI’BHKWH[GP. Orrice o Tux Coxyssiowenn or LixooLy Pame, } ve R003 8. ASILAND BLOCK. Citicano. Nov. 30, 1877. The Commissloners of Lincoln Park will récel roposalsat their ofice until 12 o'clock m, Tharsday, ec. & 1477, for the construction of swo thousand feet, more o [css, of shore protectlon fa front of Lincots Tark, to consist of Lrush facines and stone secured by piling, In sceordance with specifications on fle in fice. :'Lfle Board reserve the right to reject any or all o E. 5. TAYLOR Secretary. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. e AMERICAN LINE. Philadelphia and Liverpool. The oniy transatlantic line safling under the Ama can n'ifi.’ Lafing every Thursday from Phiiadeloh and Wednesdsy from Liverpool. RED STAR LINE, Carrytng the Belglan and Unfted States mafls. _ Sallin ternately from PHILADELPHT T YoM DILECT 80d ONLY 10 ANTWELES $hafixin ammonis fosalt, DRt PETER WRIGHT & SOXS, Gen'l Ageuts; 118 Hast Randolpli-st, Chicizo. W.E LAV CE. Manager. - « THE FAIR.” X0 ‘BUT BARGAINS 3 hooting at Constable D. S. | doesn’t mean rats, either. P. W. can’t be bair- oo Tvgh?l:e'thi latter was trving to serve a | dyc, nor scalp-wash, and I'm going to touch my Baleor, ; d nue, $500 0 the | tonkue to it.’” ’ T Foms ek e touched. It tasted so_good that he took 3 Eyster, meking threats to S Sonree, B30 e Sons Mry Green, | a.5ip, sad, meating thrce or four boys fust theny from _the atore of | the crowd entered & lumber-vard od . W. larseny o @ G im0 to 1 the contents of that bottle till only a gill was ey to the Criminal Court; g%s#}ftfmggyfiasmn Irom A. Andrews, | left. Then cac f the laderen home efter & TRASH {08 LOT OF FANCY GonDs, “SOLD NOVELTIES, CUTLERY, Gents® I‘um‘i";hlng Goods AT o~ At S0con the $. L THE P [ [0e stace-st., sl.tf;u, aud €