Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1878, Page 2

. - % THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY ‘6, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. e e e———— e “LORD---HICKS, is the Aged Millionaire an Insa:ne Person ? & "His Sons Procure an Order for & Com- mission of Lunacy. Inferesting Particulars as to the Past Lifs of Mr. L.’s Bride. . Spectal Disoatch 1o Tha Chicago Tribune. New Yonrk, Jan. 5.—The Zimts says there is no doubt whatever that Mr. and Mrs. Lord, whose recent marriage and mysterions disap- - pearance have caused so much ado, have been passing their homeymoon in Mrs. Hicks' Fonrteenth strect house. Mr. Lord is gaid to be in better health and spirits thau for twenty years, and so enjoys the daity accounts fu the newspapess as to caper around .in 2 manner superlatively lively for one of his years. Another singulartact appearsthat there were two weddines, to make the contract sure. In addition to the ceremony performed by Cardinal McCloskey, a second knot was tied by the Rev. Dr. R. B. Vankleek, Rector of Christ Churen, Hyde Park, Mass., who was in town Monday. The certificate eranted by him was presented for registry this morning. Mrs. Hicks givesher age as4S, her birthplace Sam- any, South America. 1t is believea Mr. Lord’s sons know where hois. The parties have cer- tainly succeeded fn making a rousing scusation. New York Times, Jan. 4. The relatives of Mr. Thomas Lord have not learned the whercabouts of that gentleman. ‘They bave not heard from bim since the after- noon of Mondsy last, when he sent a note ad- dressed “To my dear children,” informing them that he had been married and had started upon a wedding tour, from which he would re- turn Friday (to-day). They do not believe that Le and his bride have gone far from New York, if ther have left the city at 2l Mr. Lord, they say, was too weak to travel, and ever since he was thrown down by a Madison avenue stagre, about six months ago, and had one of bis lezs badly hurt, he found much difficulty in walking. Besides this, he has suffered for 2 long time from diseases the frequent oc- currence of which prevented him from going long distances. His friends say that there is no Aoubt that Mr. Lord has been weak-minded, if 10t completely insane, for the past two years. dis methods in business—which were before the beginning of that period singularly exact— aave since becn extremely erratic: and he has somplacently suflered the Joss of 4arze amounts 2f money rather than give up some freak. He hes, they say, deliberately refused to rent many offices in his buildings uniess at advancedrents, when all other eal estate owners down town have lessened their rates, and he has become excited whenever an endeayor was made by kis relatives to infiuence him to change his policy. In fact, be has reiused to allow sny of his £ons to inquire into his business affairs, and has almost-banished them from his office. It is re- ported that be discontinued recently the an- nuities he had formerly allowed to his sons, and that since that period he has given them mover only when in a certain mood. This, how- “——ever, has not affected the gentlemen, as they are well 9 do. "U'wo of them live on estates on Long Island. The other two reside in this city. Mr. Lord has all his life been A VERT CUARITABLE MAX, He refused no poor person who applied to him for eid, and be always kept in bis office a supply of emall cofns to give to mendicants who appealed tohim there. Thischaracteristichas been well known, and has caused him to be imposed upon evers day. A scone which used, several months ago. to amuse the occupants of offices in the neighborhood of William strect and Ex- change place, wes the daily gathering at noon of several begmar-women, ope of whom pos- sessed a treasure in an infant. After a consul- tation she would leave her associates and enter Mr. Lord’s office, carrying the baby. Upon re- tarning to the corner she would exhibit the gratcity sbe had received from Mr. Lord. Another woman would take the infant and ea- fer the office. 8o the baby would be utilized until every_woman had procured money from Afr. Lord. “Then a gencral division of the spoils *would take place, ana the begwars would dis- perse, to meet again on the following day, This continued for months; but finally one of Mr. Lord’s crployes prevented the entrance of the women into his office. The meauer class of re, however, werc not the only ones to im- pose upon the benevolent millionaire. Confi- dence women told him tales that he could never vesist, and at least one of ther is kuown tohave orocured from him the means to live in elegavt - style up-town. This same woman also imposed npon the late Mr. Rufus Lord for 3 long time. At last be gave her severa) hundred dollars with which to pay expenses to California, where, she said, she nod wealthy friends who would re- lieve her distressed coudition. She did not leave New York Mr. Rufos Lord was informed of the fact, and ke was 50 angered that she never atterward dared to enter bis office while he was present. Mr. Lordrefused to allowan attendant toaccompany him when he was away from home. He elieved that he was strong and perfectiv able to take care of himself. He left his home in his car- nage shortly before noon on Monday last, and it was supbposed by the people thet he was simply going to his office on Exchanre place. They did not know that, altbough he bad left his house every morning, he had not been down town since Christmas-Day. The sketches of MR. LORD’S BRIDE that were published Jesterday were in many respects imaccurate. ‘The lady is not anative of this State, but of Louisiana, Her family was respectable, hut impov- crished, and she was educated to fill the post of a governess. She acquired many accomplishments, and when she was about 20 years of aze she camcto this city with her mother. Here she met Mr. Hicks, a merchant who was related to some of the best families of New York. He was an old man and very wealthy. Falling in_love with the handsome lady from Louisiana, be married her desvite the Protests of his relatives. This was aoout twenty years azo. Mre. Hicks was not immediately ro- teived into society. Shehad to force her way intoit, and this ehe did by givios grand enter- tainments in her house on West Fourteentn street. She was also one of the first womea woo ever appeared on horseback public- ly in this citr. Her grace and skill ®8 an equestricone aftracted gen- eral attention. She had a perlect command of her horse, and maintained her stately carriage by means of a peculiar arrange- ment of the pommel of ber saddle, und a sirap that passed over her thigh. Mr. Hicks was in- fatuated with his bride. Shortly after marriaze he gettled upon her a larze tract of land winch 1> now within the boundaries of the City of Toledoy, O. It was then of little valve, but was expected to become very valuablein the course of afew vears. A few years after his marriage Mr. Hicks failed in businese, ‘This affected his health. He 100k 10 his bed, and, after being a bed-riden invaiid for many months, he dicd, leaving Lis widow compara- tively little means. For several years sbe ~ lived very Li‘ulcfly. but 25 ~ her means increased with the growih of the City of Toledo, she resumed her former gayety, and was giadly received in society. In1S70 she told her acquaintances that her income was $50,000. 1n 1570 Mrs. Hicks made IER FIRST VISIT T0 ECROPE. Having Ietters of introduction to members of the British nobility from friends in ihis ci she was welcomed in London, and from then she went to Paris. At the time of the Ecumen- ical Council Mrs. Hicks.went to Rome. There she was welcomed by several American Catholic Jadies, among whom' were the Lenovoles Peters, of Cincinnati; Miss Polk, tne ex-Presicent. Polk; and Miss Carroll. of Baltimore. cy introduced her 1o _the members of the Catholic nierarchy and &he devoted herself to entertaining them. Mer. Capel was then in_Rome, and his lectures were attended by all society people, Mirs. Hicks went with ber frieuds to hear him, and was in- troduced to the eloguent divine. She invited him to her receptions, and he attended them with his nobte_convert, the Marquis of - Bate. Mer. Chetard, President of the American Col- {ezein Rome, wasalso one of her guests, and she aye special entertaiument to the American eraréliy, amongz whom Archbishop McClosk: hie und Bishop McGOL, of Richmond, Vi became per particalar friends. Mrs. Hicks | conversed repeatedly with these divines, and Mar. Cavel, and, being overcome by their argu- | Toents, ehe enterea the Catholic Church. Mar. Capel and Bishop McGill were her sponsors. During the carniral in Rome in 1870 Mrs. Hicks gave some giand entertainments, and at one Tyme the police requested her not_to distribute silver scudi from tbe windows of ber apartments in the Hotel Di Roma, 2s the lazzaroni were as- sembling in hundreds. Mrs. Hicks went from Rome back to London, and was there introduced . chiefly by Gen. Schenck, who was then Minister 1o the Court of St James. She spent her win- ters at Nice, where in turn she was escorted daily by Gen. Selienck and Adinieal Alden, who h cominanded - the United States fleet which had its station in the harbor of Villa Francha. A COMMISSION OF LUNACY GRANTED. Mr. Georze DeForest Lord, attorney for the sons of Mr. Thomas Lord, Sr., appeared before Judge Van Brunt, in_the Supreme Court, yes- terday morning, and applied for an order to inquire into the mental condition of that gen- tlemar, and also to enjoin any persons having ssion from disposing ‘Thomas Lord, Jr., Heury Lord, and Francis H. Lord, sons of Thomas Lord. join in a peti- ion and state that their father, who resides in New York, 1s, and has for some time past been deprived of his reason and understanding through old age, infirmity, aud decay of bis natural powers, and fs altogether unfit and in- capable for the government of himsclf or the management of his estate. Then foilows the usual formal praver for a commission in lupacy, |, The petition is supported by Thomas Lord, Jr., who says he is 41 years of_age. _His father, he says, bas lived i the City of New York betwecn 60 and 70 years last past, and is 10w 83 vears of age and upward. The’ atfiany says hi§ mother dled in 152, since_which time his father remain-d unmarricd. The old gen- tleman is now possessed in his own right of a fortune consisting of real and personal estate, the real estate being worth at present prices be- tween $500,000 and §1,000.000, 21l improved and under rental except a £mal) portion occupled by himself. His personaljestate.consistinzof bonds, e, worth, us pearly 89 afut can ascertain, £300,000, is under his control. For some time Mr. Lord the elder has exhibited weakness of intellect, consequent upon his advanced years, He has been in receint of sn income of about $125,000 a vear, and has expended not over $25.000 or §30,000 for his own living expenses. In early life he did business In this city, and ac- quired business habits which enabled him to make judicious investments of his money. Within"the last two vears he has disposed of large amounts of Government bonds, the sum being, as afflant believes, over $400,000. He was enzaged In'no business, and had no use for such amounts of money, and has never clearly explained what became of the proceeds, and the afiant knows that he drew on checks at one time for 5,000 in Ditlls, at another time for 3310, and at still another time for §5,000. He kept his account in the Na- tional City Bank of New York, but did not de- posit any of these three sums there, and de- poncat believes they are lost. He has said that a person in Europe owed him $600,000. When asked the name he became VERY NUCH EXCITED AND ANGRT, and turned the deponent out of the oftice where they were. There bas been no person in Bu- rope within the last two dy-e:rs with whou he bad business connection and to whom he could have Joaned so largeasum in the ordinary course of business, nor does he (deponeut) be- lieve he holds_ securities therefor, vor aav of the nsunl evidences of debt; on Dec. 2, and azain on Dec. 9, he drew checks for £2,000, and deponent believes they have been disposed of imprudently, without receiving value; this has csused alarm to his friends, increased by the fact that he has reeently borrowed very con siderable sumns of money, giving kis oblizations, now past due, and in one_instance 2 note, now under protest. On Saturday, the 20th of De- cember, he went to A. T. St Co.’s store and drew a check for $4,536.76, 8536.76 of which was used, the balance being obtained from that firm in bills. This check was drawn on the City National Bank of New York, where he bud no funds. Within the past ten days he sold $8,000 of second mortzaze bonds of the Brook~ 1yn & Coney Tsland Railroad for S0 per cent. of their face value, and offered to deliver first- mortgeze bonds of the same road which were worth par at the same tigure, and when his attention was called to the mistake did not secmn to understand it. He has pledeed the coupons of various securities in advance. He made a loan from A. Loeflier & Co. of $40,000, and when they presented their acconnt scemed 1o have forgoften all about the transaction, and not 1o know who was debtor and who was ered- itor, and it was with difliculty that he was per- suaded that he owed them inierest. Ou the 1t of November last 8 laree amcunt became due bim of rents, for which checks were drawn and sent to bim. ITWAS IARD TO CONVINCE AD that it was rent day and that this was the rent, ana for some time he refused to lndorse any of the checks pavable to his order. On one oc- casion Owen Marphy, janitor of a building, pre- sented a bill of §540 for repairs. The bill' was apportioned. the father of afiunt paying $310 and an uncle the balance. On the following day his father drew a check for the whole amount. Murphy went to bim and told him of his error, when the ola gentleman became very angry and threatened to dismiss bim from his service unless be accepted the ebeck, and on de- ponent’s endeavoring to convince bim he be- excited and angry, aod the son. failed to make any impression upon him. The ola man 50ld to his brother David a plece of real cstate within tbe last nine moaths, and took bis note for §73,000. They had other transactions, and in making up the accounts the aflant’s father made them up in five or six different ways, no two alike, and differing from $10,000 to $40.000 inthe ageregate, though embracing the same trapsactions. On onc occasion he left out the purchase price of a buildiog he had sold his brother for $00.000, and on another occasion be charzed his _brother with the note he had re- ceived for §75,000. At anotuer time he loaned his brother $10,000 in bonds of a Western rail~ road. These bonds were embraced in the above accounts, thougk he had credited no such léh e, and 1ailed to sec his error. - He with- bw his_box of securities from the Mercan- tile Safe Deposit Company because they refused to giveit up to o messenzer withouy such an orderas was required by them, but be did not notify them that he naa"ceased to use the safe, and retained the keys, Which shen rent was de- manded of him, he finally found with him, though be had denied their possession. Deponent’s father had a large amount of sccurities at No. 33 Exchange place. Some years since the safe was robbed while in posses- sion of Rufus L. Lord, and bonds for about £2,000,000 were taken from it, which have ouly in part been recovered. Nevertheless deponcst has been unable to induce his father to remove his sccurities to a safer place. About a month or six weeks ago his father LOST THE KEY3 TO IS SATE, sad they were not found wil several dars after. This had happened frequently.” One time a hack-driver brought them home, they laving been probably leit by his father in the coupe, and deponent was compelled on oue or two oceasions to put a watch over the safe by plaving three men in the office to watch alter- nately day and night, feariug that what had been done might be dune again, which very much displeased his fatber.” Deponent has friven up bis residence in the country, and came to the city to keep an oversight over his father's affairs, and has made it a pojnt to be prescat whenever be trausacted business to see that it was dove correctly. The afidavit comeludos: “1 also further state that since the greater part of the foregoing aflidavit was drawn I am in- formed and believe that mv father bas been married.” Hewry Lord, an unmarried son, living with Dis fatber, makes an affidavit that his father's {aculties Lave been lately tailing from advanced age. e has uoticed that bie labors under many delusions. He has told him (dcponent) about Lis travels in Russia with his orother Thomas, and his being prevented from going to St. Petersburg by the cholera, when, 1 fact, he never was in Russia. At auother time he said- be was there with his brother Eleazer. His father now labors under tne delusion that he accompanied Henry J. Anderson, an uncle of deponent and a great traveler in Europe and Asia, durivg his travels, and gives detailed ne- counts of .where he went, when, in fact, he never traveled with depoucnt’s uncle at all, and deponent never succeeded in persuading him of bis errors. FRANCIS if. LORD, the youngest son of Thomas Lord, says he has lived away from his father's house, but their relations have always been pleasant and filial, His father’s mind has been ravidly and seriously tatiing throush old awe, physical debility, aud otlier causes. His father recently talied with Lim about_arranging a marriage between de-, ponent and the daughter of a certain lady, and detailed a long couvérsation with the lady. ' De- pouent ouly knew the lady by name, but his father’ insisted on his meeting her, and on Dis going with him to call on the lady and complete the arranzement. He wished him to call st 3 o'clock on a day named tomake the visit. From the very absurdity of the subject-inatter he dismissed it from his mind, snd paid no_further attention to it, con- sidering it one of his father's delusions. By accident _he happened to go there onthe day appoiuted before 3 o'clock, and found his father dressed, with a carriaze readv to take Iim to the lady’s house, and learned from his brother that he had been reads for some time. At first he refused to participate in such o ridiculous performauce, whereupon his lather beeame excited and_insisted upon'his going, stating that he had made an appoint- ment " with the lady for the hour named. Finding that resistance ouly excited his father, and being ureed by bhis ‘brother Thowds to go for the sake of pacityiug him, be got info the carriage, taking the precau. tion to have auother to {ollow 80 as to o about his business without delay when he left his father. They droe to the lady’s house, where, at his father’s request, he asked for the lady at the door. The servant said ghe was out shop- ping. He returned to the (frriace and tola bis father, whereupon he abeudoned the whole matter end went away, and has never alluded to the subject since. His father freguently i talked of travels which he never made, and e recentiy, when talkiog to his father avout ‘'his own travels, his father insisted he had been in the same cities and was as familiar witffthem a8 he was. OWEN MURPIY swears that he has known Thomas for twenty- five years, and lor twenty years he has been janifor of No. 27 William sircet, belonzing to Thomas Lord and his brother, David N. Lord, and bad charge of other property of Thomas Lord, so that he was familiar with his income, and had sbundant opportunity to observe his conduct. During the year or two past he no- ticed that Mr. Lord’s facuitics had been failing eradually but steadily, he often finding difficul- 1y in walking, and showing gencral physical de- cay, resulting, apparently, from his advanced age. His mental faculties have become fmpaired to a great extent, as is shown by failure of memory and induleing in fancies and delusious which had 1o foundation in fact. He was, orizinally, very careful in his business habits, conversunt with accounts, and correct in his statements and cal- culations. Lately he has become loose in Lis business habits, and has Jost the power of Lrans- acting business with ordinary intelligence. This decay increased rapidly during the last six months. In illustration, Murply speaks of the division of the 3540 bill. " He says Mr. Lord in- sisted on his taking a check for the whole amount, and, when he left it on the table, Mr. Lord returned it again and insisted on his keep- ing it. Mr. Lord had told him about bis visits to the forcizn couutrics,~to Liv- erpool, London, Rome, Vesuvius, Constanti- nople, Vienna, St. Petersburg, and other plaves. ‘These conversations have been frequent in the last year and a half, but he never spoke of them before. His relations with Mr. Lord made him familiar with his income, and there was no neces- sity for him to borrow any mouey, but for the last two years he took eccurities for larwe amounts from his safe, whick be sold, or on which he borrowed money. and afterward large sums were drawn out by him in bank-bills, de- poneut hiaving presented checks for him from 25,000 to 340,000, which deponent handed him in bills, and which ne took with him when he left the oflice, and never redepusited in the City Bauk, where he kept bis aceount. JUDGE VAN BRUNT ISSUED AN ORDER that @ commission in the nature of a writ de Innatico inquirendo be issued under the seal of the court directed to the Hon. Enoch L. Fan- cher, counselor-at-law, George A. Peters, M. D., and James D. Fisn, 10 fuquire by a jury inte the atleged lunacy or unsoundness of mind of Thomas Lord. Upon the execution of the com-4| mission the person or persons baving the care and_custody of Thomas Lord are ordered to produce him before the said Commissioners and jury to be examined, * And it fs further or- dered that the saii Thomas Lord, his agents, servants, and attorueys, and every other person in whose hauds any of his books, Dapers, voueh- ers, seeurities, &e., now are, or may hereafter come, are epjoined from interfering with them.” SILVER. THE NEW YORK BANKERS. NEew YORK, Jan. 5.—At the meeting of the Bank-Presidents at -the Clearing-House to-day, the efect of the Silver bill now pending in Con- gress was discussed, and resolutions ‘were adopted referring the matter to a committee, who shall recommend suitable action to an ad- journed meeting on Wednesday next. Repre- sentatives of twenty-four banks were present. The following resolutions were also adopted: Resoleld, Thut in view of the bill now under consideration in Congress, which proposes in cffect 1o supersede the existing law requiring the re- demption of legal-tender notes in gold cotn on and after the st of Japuary, 187, by making silver dollars of 41214 grains u legal standard for the payment of ali deots and measures of commercial | operations in the United States, 1t is the duty of bank otlicers to serionsly inquire what cffect #o jmportant a change in the circulating medinm will have apon the conduct of general business, and upon the respective institutions under their charge, and what practical messures, i ed to preserve their various decline which will inevitably foliow the passage of the bill in qaestion. - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be immediately forwarded 'to the Clearing-llouses of Boston, Philadelpnia, and Baltimore, inviting the bank _officers there fo consider the same. and, it practicable, to send delegates to attend our meei- ing on Wednesday next, with a view to mutnal counsel and concerted action. Lesolved, That the Presidents of trust com- punies, eavings banks, and life fnsarance com- panies in this citv be also Invited to attend the same meeting, and to participate in the discussion. The following were appointed as the Com- mittee provided for by the resolutions: Georze . Coe, William Dowd, J. D. Vermilye, Moses Taylor, H. F. Vail, and_C. F. Hunter. William Dowd, the President of the Bank of North America, oceupied the chair at the meet- ing, and William A. Cnmg, the Manager of the Clearing-House, acted as Secretary. The répresentatives of banks present were Messrs. iy, Bank of New York; Morrison, Man- battan; Vermilye. Merchants’; Thompson, Merchants’ Exchanze; Tappen, Gallating Pear- s2l, Butchers’ & Drovers’; Montazue, Seventh; Coe, American Exchange; Dowd., Bank of North America; Hunter, People’s: Woodward, Han- over; Jewett, Irving; Comstock, Citizens's Harris, Nassau; Boyles, Market; Smith, St. Nicholas; Stout, Shoe & Leather; Pool, Manu- facturers’; P. C. Calhoun, Fourth National William ~ Wheelock, _ Central National Nazro, Ninth Nationel; Baker, First Natioual: Gordoo, Third Natiooal; and Rocholl, German American. NEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 5.—The following yreamble ana resolutions Were passed by the New Orleans Clearing-House Association this evening: WuErgas, There passed the Touse of Represen- tatives of the United States on Nov. 5, 1877, dur- ing the special session of Conaress, an act com- monly known as the ‘*Bland Silver bill," the purpse of which act is to remonetize silver, which s demonetized by an act of Congress passed Feb. 12, 1573, ond to make o lceal-tender at {15 face vaiue of what is only at present worth in the mar- kets of the world 90 to 81 cents; and WHEREAS, It seems 1mminent that this bill may pags the Scnate. and posaibly that it may become the law of the land; an WuEReas, Cerfain newspapers of the Nerth have charsed that the South was favorable 1o the passage of this law; novw, therefore, be it Resotoed, By the banks composing the Clearing- Tipuse Assoctation of New Orloans, and represent- ing almost entirely the bank capital of the Iargest commercial city of the South, that we most un- qualifiedly deprecate and protest azainet the pass- age of any law authorizing the coinage of stlver except a3 4 subdidiary coinage without legal-tender vatie, or if go, for a very small amount. Pesolved, That we look upon gold as the recog- nized standard of valuc of the world: thatwe con- sider a bi-metallic standard &s not only dangerous, bat entirely impracticable in the face of tho im- mense increase in the production of silver, and its consequent fiuctuation in value, and that for this country to adopt silver a monometailic standard just at'the time when we are feeling the need of more extended and reciprocal commerce. with other natione, would be o work an untold injury to almost all our industries. Resolved, That, if for no other reason, the bulk of ilver alone makes it entirely impracticable us o medium of effecting exchangesof value in any con- siderable smounte, Jlesolved, Thatthe couutry has been suffering for sixtecn years the evils always consequent upon an irredecinable paper currency; that throngh much tribulation, and malnly by the redaction of interest upon the public debi of the country, ren- dered possible only by fhe preservation o far in- violate of the financial pledges of the Government, and which. in our judgment, is at once the cheap- est and by far the most honorable wuy of reducing the burdens of the people, we have reached & pomnt_wiiere our Guwernment's interest-bearinz Dromises to pay can be cxchanged for gold ata disconnt of only 2% per cent, and where the nation can borrow money at 4 instead of G per cent. imerest, a saving to the people of 3315 per cent, and encouraging us to hove that at no very distant day gold may be at par and our country be on solid tinancial ground for fature expectation of pros- perity, and that at such a time it would not only <|be a very Jong step backward, butan utterly de- moralizing fbancial experiment; to rehabilitate silver with the legal-tender power at ajl, and far more 80 at an iniated and fictitions valuation of 10 per cent. Common honesty and public morati- ty alike demand the prompt payment in full of all obligations, and our Government should be the last to set the example of afiixing a fictitions value to anything. e SUICIDE, Srecial Disnatch to The Chicago Tribune. GRAND Rarips, Mich.,Jan. 5.—William Sher- wood, a single man, died in this city this even- ing from an overdose of morphine, administered by his own hand. Whether Le took it to com- mit suicide or accidentally is not positively known, though it is teared he intended self- destruction. He is well known to the traveling public in the West, having been a clerk in the Burdick House, at Kalamazoo, and the Hibbard House, at Jackson. No cause is known or sus- pected for his committing suicide, thongh it is known that he had been gloomy for several days. LR —— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. NEW YORE, Jan. 5.—The suit azainst Samuel J. Tilden, to recover his income-tax, has been ‘postponed til Saturday next, bis counsel being engaged iu the Erie suit. Porrsstouts, N. 1., Jan. 5..~The Prohibition- ists of this State will nominate State and county tickets. NEW YOREK, Jan. 5.—The Shafer Farm Oil Company has voluntarily dissolved. NEW YORE, Jag. 5.—Five steamers sail for Europe to-dsy. Four carry passengers. The {relghts are very large, every available foot of e B o0 oh 70 Ths Chienao Tom pecial Ispal o icagn Tribune. JoLiET, 1., Jau. 5.—Ex-Mayor W. A." Steel and wife celebrated the sixtcenth anniversary of their marriaze last evening by a brilliant recep- tion at their home on Scott street, whit tended by a majority of the leading the city. NEW YORE, Jan. 5.—In December 4,570,000 bushels of grain and 869,000 barrels of flour were received by rail in this city. BosToN, Mass., Jan. 5.—Augustus Hemen- way, of the class ‘of 1875 in the Harvard Col- lege, s given the institution suflicient money to erect a new gymuasium thas will accommo- date 800 persons. THE RAILROADS. AMERICAN RAILROAD CREDIT. Mr. George S. Bowen, of this citv, has re- ceived a letter from Mr. Robert McKenzie, of Dundee, Scotland, in regard to foreizn invest- ments in American railrond bonds, from which the following abstract is made: 1 regret that the sirnation in this country in re- oard to American railroad bonds does not appear to have changed for the better. The feeling is &till one of extreme distrast of all exceptinga few well-known rouds. A good deal has been snid lately apout the want of perfectly reliable informa- tion as to the true potition of ‘companies, and I doubt very much whether American railroads will enjoy the credit lef' are entitled to until you have 2 compulsory Yuh ication of railroad accounts as we bave In this country. Here any one who wishes can knnw the position of n reilway com‘:uuy just as well as the DIi- rectors do, but the people say, justly, that there {8 no getting at the truth about an American company. 1 think there will come a time when American railroad bonds will be azain a favorite eecurity in this country, but that willnot be till your law compels a rezular pablication of acconnts according to a apecitied form, with criminal penul- ties for false returns, as we have bere. When that isdone it will be_easy to get money for zood American roads, Meantime I bave censed to do anything i this business from the absolute impos- sibility of muking prozrress. This letter bits the nail cxactly on the head, and gives the troe cause of the decline of ceurities in Europe, and the disinclination of capitaliststo make investments in American railroad enterprises. it has been the favorite argument of our railroad managers that this state of aflairs was caused by '%xe Granger laws. While these laws may have Hid something to do with the matter, yet the true and principal causefsas Mr, MéKenzie graphical- ly states, that there “is mo getting at the truth aboht an . American company. A grear_mistake was undoubtedly made in making the railroad laws of some of the West- crn States. The matter of fixiug rates ought to have been left to the roads, which know more about this matter "than untutored Commnission- crs. Haa the laws been applied solely to the matter of compelling the roads to make regular monthly or quarterly returns under oath ouch good would bave been ished, and i il er to-duy in the estimation of foreign capitalists. There are such luws now in the States of New York and Massachusetts, and it is generally admitted that they are working very beneficialiy, and the securitics of the roads in those States stand much higher than those of the West. It is doubttul, however, whether similar laws m the Western States_would reach the matter, inas- much as most of the roads run through several States, and unless the laws areuniform, nothing can be nccomplisbed. The only way In which this matter could be satisfactorily regulated would be for Congress to pass a law which would compel 1be roads to make regular returns to a United States official appoiuted for this purpose. The inct that the raflroads in this country are con- *| trolled by a few railroad magnates wio care for no one’s intcrest but their own, sbows the necessity of 8 law which will prevent them from using the roads and their. ipvestments for spec- ulative purposes merely. Unless some such laiv 15 passed it will belmpossible to get fair and true returns from the roads In this conntry. It is a well-known fact tbat Jov Gould obtains control of roads merely for the purpose of stock speculation. He bas secured the Union Pac the Chicago & Northwestern, and the Chicas Rock Tsland & Pacific tor thi$ purpose mer Personally, he has but littl: money invested these roads, yet he dirccts them the sawe as if he were the solc owner. He cares but little if the credit of the road gous to smash so long as he secs any money in it for himself. Every once in a while he causes to be published in his New York paper statements_rezarding theso Toads to suit his purposes. When he wants to bring about an advance in the swock thesestate- ments are favorable, and when be desires to accomplish the opposite result they are unfay- orable. But in cvery instauce they are totally false aud cooked up to suit the occasion. So Tong as such things are permitted to be done, there is no probabilicy of a change in the situa- tion, and American railroad investments will re- main tabooed by foreizucapitalists. And noth- ing can possibly effect a change except national legislation which compels railroad managers to make a regular publication of accounts “accord- ing to o specified form, with criminal p nalties for false returns, as is now the case in England and other foreizn countries. ITEMS. The Railway Purchasing Agent is the titie of anew journal devoted to the interests of the purchasing departments of railways, which is published monthly in this city. The first bum- ber, which has just made its appearance, is re- plete with matters of interest to rnilroad Pur- chasing Agents, as well as other railroad offi- cials, ind,” it contioued in the some manner, cannot fail of filling & want long felt, and be- coming a great successin every respect. The following abstract frowm its prospectus sets forth the object of the new publication: Purchasinz Azents have long studied and experi- mented under disudvantages,” Thelr business and circumstances have been #o peculiar thut each man bad to fnd out slowly for himself much that be might bave lenrned from the expericace of oth- crs hud it been accessible to him. ' Mucn time and money bhas been wasted which might have been saved by a little co-operation, If. instead of cach man's dabbling, os well os he couid, in a vast variety of investizations, he had selected some particalar_line, and all had ehared the knosledge acquired by esch other individual, tmmeasurabiy greater progress wonld have been made. We donot sllude, of course, to those matters which ure sc- crets with the aggnt and. his company, but to that vaster fleld of sct¥ntific information which all may share without injury or lo¥s to any onc. Thisis the fleld which we “shall endeaver to oceupy, and this is the object which we propose 10 assist in ac- complishing. If so able a body of men as those who have charge of the purchasing department of our railways do not appreciate the advantages tobe deruved frow the publication of such u journal, we shall be much disappointed. ‘Mr. Willard A. Smith, of the Chicago Rail- way Review, 2 gentleman of great experience in mi{ro:nl Jjournalism, is the editor of the new publication. The Loke Shore & Michizan Southern Rail- road i now running three mail-trains between this city and New York each day iustead of two as heretofure. The new postal-cars constructed for the fast-mail service are run on these trains, and the mail-matter is all distribnted on the cars. The trains leave thiscityat Da. m., 5:15 p. m.. and 10:20 p.m. The latter malkes a connection with the New York mail- train for St. Louis. The annual report of the Louisville & Nash- ville Railroad, wnich has just been published, shows that the net earnings of the road for the past year were $1,675,840.40; the interest on the bouded and ilonting debt of the sume, $§1,025,903.98,~showing surplus carnings: of $049,037.18. ' In the uyem- 1876 the surplus earninzs were $310,520.40, an increase of surplus carviugs this year over last of $309,416.73. Notice is riven that fifty-five of the consol- idated bonds of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- road bave been drawn by lot, 1o bc paid at par and acerned juterest yn prescntation at tuc Company’s office in New York, in accordance with the terms of the mortgage. Iutersst on these bonds will cease July 1. 1578, The num- Ders of the bond 336, 507, 393, 46, 53), 503, 568, 722, 9 1141, 1466, 1610, 1SS, 2378 2259 2120, 210 9573, 2335, 9363, 4011, 3033, 5240, 3321, 3400, 613, 35, 909, 3953, 3970, 3991, & ), 2733, 27, 4702, 4707, 4923, 5046, 5054, T2, 5604, 5702, Siil. ‘This Compauy is putting up a new iron bridge .over the Wisconsin ltiver at Kilbourn City, Wis., to replace the high wooden bridge erected there twelve years ago. 1t will be both a railroad and a highivay bridge, having two decks. The Bal- timore Bridge Company has the contract. Tnis learncd that’ the Frankfort (Germany) Committee of Bondholders of the Rockford, Rock 1sland & St. Louis Railroad nas declared a dividend of 13 per cent from the proceeds of the sale of the road. Thisis probably all the return that the old boudholders will receive {rom their investment, 4 Mr. Georzre Skinner, late General Supcrin- tendent of the Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis Railroud, has been appointed Division Superintendent of the Canada Southern Rail- road, at 3t. Thomas, Out., in place of Mr. James Webster, resigned. This change undoubtedly i to the rumors that Mr. Skinner would e flnppo nted General Supcrintendent of this road. The Reading Raflroad - Company will remove the stoves from all its bassenger cars, and tacir ‘places will be suppliea with furnaces under the cars. ———— TRADE WITH THE WEST INDIES, N4sHVILLE. Jan, 5.—The delegation apnointed br the Merchaats’ Exchange to visit Cuba to in~ vestigate the matter of direct trade with the “West Indies, beld a meeting - to-day and organ- ized, with Col. Jonn C. Burch as Chairman. The delegation from Nashvillle numbers about fif- teen. Besides these St. Louis will probably send a dozen prominent citizens, Cairo, IIL., four or five, Henderson, Ky., two, Knoxville, [enn., four, Chattanoogza, Tenn., four, Macon, Ga., four, and Augusta, Ga., four. The steamer leaves Savannah on Sunday, the 13th inst. CRIME. A CINCINNATI TRAGEDY. Cincinnati Commercial. There has been no trazedy in the history of Cincinnati that has been more distressing than that of the death of Mrs. John Church, on New Year's Day. The whols story is a bitter one, and in many particulars the art of the dramatist is ineffectual in comparison. A home to all ap- pearance happy -was, a few ycars azo, invaded by the scarlet-fcver, and the videst, a boy named bis mother’s family pame, after weeks of suf- fering, was taken. Two little girls were sorely stricken, but survived. The mother was worn out with grief and watching, and the father sorely baragsed. In a moment of irritation there was a scene of exciiement that was stranee, and the wife said there was violence, #The imputa- titn was resented by the husband. The wife left her home for her father'shouse. There was a separation. The children were two fittle girls. Each of the parents took onc of them, and they were taken to New England. The separation of the children was terrible. The one in the cus- tody of the mother died. Then, as during the fatal illness of the little boy, she showed how fervent was her mother’s Iove, and the wife's heart appears in the tender messages to the busband from the death-bed side of the little ouc. And mnow there was but one lelt —little Editb—and . the mother grieved over scparation from _her—mourned for her chidren ke Rachel for her children when they were not. Her petition for a divoree was to zet possession of her child. Her whole soul was in that, for the sake of lLer child, Testimony was being taken, and ber anxieties were incxpressible. She did not eat enough to sustain her strength, and, falling ill, begwea for ber child. It was sent for, and a most unhnm){x misunderstanding arose in- stantly upon her arrival. The announcement pad been madeto the suifering woman that Edith was on the way, and she brightened. Edith was taken to the sick-room, and, weary withr traveling, fell aslecp on the inother’s bed, and the mother looked upon her sleeping innocent with eyes giistenine with joy, ot knowing that the parting was to come so soon. The news that the child must go was communicated to the reviving invahd, and she was heartbroken by the blow and died. The father saw in the appeal of the lawyer, which his child handed him, only an attempt to cir- cumvent him and gain possession of the ehild Dy stratazems,—a strange and wretched delu- sion,—and thot very night he was on the cars with®poor Edith, bearing ber to her Eastern home, fully convinced that the illuess of his wwife was but part of a deep-laid scheme to zain anadvantage. The death of his wife will prob- ably reveal to him the truth that he was awtully mistaken; and we hope-he has no eneiny who woutd add to the torment of the tiought that his harduess was based upon injustive, and his porenensious wi thout warrant. THE O°NEIL MURDER, Spectal Disvateh to The Chicapo Trlbune. BLOOMINGTOY, il Jan. 5.—The examination of Dwight E. Wheaton, night sardmaster of the Chicago & Alton Road, on the charge of murdering James O'Nvil, engineer on the same line, on Dec. 27 last, created excitement here to-day. Justice Hendrick held court in the Circuit Court-room, & vast audience being pres- ent. State's-Attorney Fifer, assisted by Gen, Blocmlield, acted for the presecution, and Rowell & Hamilton for the defense. The court udjourned at 5 o'clock tnis afteruconm, to meet again Monday. Nothing new was ndduced by the testimony, and it is thought the case against Wheaton is a weak-one. A DESPERATE CIIARACTER. Spectal Disputch to I'he Chicago Tribune, Fort WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 5.—Fuller particulars arercceived of the tragedy at Montpelier, Ind. 1t appears that after Kreuntzer had received his death wound be shot tiice at McGrew, saying, “You shot well, and I am a. dead man, but 'l try you.” Kreuntzer then fell dead. Un his person werz found two revolvers and a knife. If he had killed McGrew he would piob- ably have been Iynched, so bitter was the fecling against him. Ilis funeral took place to-day. McGrew waived an examination, and gave $3,000 security for his appearance. FALSE PRETENSES. CixcrNyary, 0., Jan. 5.—A short time since the firm of Hofl & Co., whisky dealers, estab- tished nere. They bought whisky from differ- ent distillers in this vicinity, on thirty and sixty days’ time, shipping it to Southern markets. The firm obtained $30,000 worth of goods in this way, which were all gis- posed of. To-day Anthony Trempe, a member of the tirm, was arrested, charged with obtai ing goods under false pretenses. Hoff caunot be found. 1t is supposed be bas sbsconded with the proceeds. JOLIET. Special Dispatch 1o The Chicago Trifune. JoLIET, Ill., Jan. 5.—James Day, alias Thomas Golden, alias Johnson, a Chicago crook,” who was sentenced from Morzan County in August, 1876, to three years’ imprisonment in the Peni- tentiary for burglary, died in the prison hos- pital Wednesday night. He was serving his second term, baving been pardoned in April, 1873, after serving three years of a ten gentesee from Chicago for burglary, ore l(:fl;vbi]ch he had graduated from the Reforin School. NEW TRIAL REFUSED. Bostoy, Jan. 5.—Judge Bacon to-day over- ruled the motion for a new trial of Guilford White, a member of the Suffolkc Bar, swho was convicted at the last January tern of receivinge two registered United States bouds, each of the value of $10,000, knowing that they had been stolen, and he was sentenced to the House of Correction for two years, and to pay & fine of $500. He was also disbarred. CONSPIRATORS INDICTED. SAx ¥Frascisco, Jan. 5.—~The Grand Jury to-day found an indictment against Kearney, Wellock, and O’Donnell, the incendiary agitat- ors, for conspiracy to incite riot.” All furnished Dail and were reléased from custody. CANADA. Emigration to Manitoba—Navigation Statis- tics—A Defuulting Clty Treasurer. Snectal Dispatch to The Chicagn Tribune. MoNTREAL, Jan. 4.—A movement is on foot here to organize a band of Protestant settlers to procecd to Manitoba in the spring, to take advantage of the Government grant there of 160 neres to single men and 320 acres to married men. The intention is to take their own minis- ter and schoolmaster with them. The Harbor-Commissioners’ report for 1877 gives an exhaustive review of the navigation of the past season, which commenced about the 11th of April fof tugs and Inland vessels, busi- ness fairly commencing about the 1st of May. The arrivals of sea-going vessels during the spring aud summer months were not so great as in some previous Fears, but the arrivals in the dutumn showed a fair average; and, cons{dering the depressed state of trade all over the world, the year’s business compares favorably. Tke report goes on to state that, out of 530 sea-zo- ing vessels that were euzaged in the trade of the port this season, were built of iron, of the agzregate tonnage of 297,831 toos, and 237 were built of wood, of the azsrecate tonnage of tons, composed b the following nation- alities, numbers, and tonnage : British........ Norwegian Aunstren.... United States.. Vo. Tonnaae. 350,157 sea- men. The total number of vessels for 1576 was 602; tonnage, 291,180, The number of ves- geis, all told, for 1877 was 6,333, of a tonnage of 847,073, Greatest number in port at one tune, 258. This was an increase, both in number and Tonnage of ships, over 1576 Specral Dispiich 1o The Chicagn Tridune. Tonox70, Jun. 5.—~Two thousand seven hua- dred and eizhteen jmmigrants arrived here in " the year just closed, aguinss 7,135 fn 1876. Of the arrivals in the last twelve munths, 1,815 left for the States, against 1,616 in 1876 Srecial_Disutch to The Chicagn Tridune. _Loxpox, Ont., Jan. 5.—The exports to the United States from this port for the last quarter of 1877 were $185,4%3 more than for the same time in 1876. Snectal Disnateh to The Chicaga Tridune. QuoEsBC, Jan. 5—The fact that Attorney- General Angers did not call on Lieut.-Gov. Leitelier with his colleagues on New-Year’s Dav has given rise to mucn speeulation, and a number of sensational stories are afloat as to his reasons. for declining to pay hix respects to mer Majesty's reoresentative on that occasion. —‘Tlie particulars arc these: At~ torues-General Angers felt aeerieved on the question of precedence at the seat accorded him at Spencerwood, the Governor's residence, on the occusion of the Licutenant-Governor's din- ner to Bishop Conroy, the Paoal ablegate, last summer. Remembeting the slight, as he'deem- ed it, on receint of an oflicial invitation to dine with wie Governor at the opening of the present session, he wrote in reply: *“The Attornev - General refuses ~ to dine with the Lieutcnant-Governor.” Lieut.-Goy. Letellier showed this note to Premier Deboucherville, who insisted on an apology [rom Angers to the Governor. rers at first vefused, but subsequently procecded to Speneerwood and apolozized verbally to the Licutenent-Governor. A “written apology was also demanded and given, The City Treasurer, Louls Dorion, is a de- faulter to a large amount. Investization so far' shows that he made advances to Pitou & Co., contractors, on his own respousibility, amouut- ing to §35,000. Messrs, Piton & Co. have been in difficulty for some time, and yesterday made an assizowent. CASUALTIES. NARROW ESCAPE. Newrort, R.I,Jan. 5.—When the steamer 01 Culony, from Fall Rivér for New York, was off Point Judith, early this moroing, with a very high sea running and heavy gale prevailing, the flange of the upper steam-chest which connects the vertical steam-pipe runniog sbove the burricane-deck, burst, breakineg the pipe squarcly off, badly twisting the stcam copper pipes leading from the boiler, and throwing the smokestack amcross the upper deck. The startled passengers, of whom there were seven- ty-five, attemoted to escape from their rooms, but were driven back by steam snd smoke, which filied the cabins, and made their way on deck through the windows. Rockets were seut up, and the whistle was sounded. but no assist- nnce eame. The boat fell into the trough of the tes and was swept Dy the waves, making her position perilous. A quantlty of carzo was thrown overbpard. Finalty, after drifting about twenty miles, the Wrecking Comoany’s stamer hove in sight, ot a hawser out, and towed the disabled steamer to this port. Only one passenger, & Woma, was. scalded, but mot atally. DROWNED. ‘Svectal Dispatch to The Chicado Tribune. MILWAUKEE, Jan, 5.—This afternoon the body of Nick Jung, who was missed from his home Weducesday, was found in the river near Menom- inee bridee. He was oceasionally troubled with faintine fits, and his friends feared be had been attacked on_ the street by his infirmity and walked into the river. Search was made with the above result. No marks of violence were found on the body, and there is no suspicion of foul play. Deceased formerly was a banker at dJefferson, and was possessed of considerable proverty in that city. He leaves a wife, bus no children, A THE BURNING MINE. POTTSVILLE, P, Jan. e fire in No.4 coliiery, at Summit Eill, was of incendiary origin. The whole Panther Creek Valley is en~ dangered. Al available water bas been turned into the mine. PorrsviLLE, Jan. 5.~—Colliery No. 4, near Summit I0ill. is still burning. As the coal burns away the ground caves in, endangering life and property. Oune of the engive-houses af the head of the slope caved this aftermoon, and six men were overcome by sulphur and smoke, and were carried home insensible. WRECKED. BosTON, Mass., Jan. 5.—A schooner, supposed to be the Martha Inoes, went ashore on Cape Cod on Thursday, and the crew of six men were drowued. Bostox, Jan. 5.—Several vessels were driven ashorc and foundered in the gale last night. The loss of life is not serious. 3 SEVERE STORM. HALIFAY, Jan. 5.—The severest storm experi- enced here for a year began last night and con- tinued until 8 a.m. to-day. The wharves were slightly damaged. No serious disasters to skij ping reported yet. - STILL ANOTHER. - New York, Jan. 5.—Anotter body, or parts of one, was found to-day in the ruins of the Barelay street fire. There are now four um- identitied bodies of victims of the fire in the Morgue. EDITOR BYRNE. A Little Simple Justice Meted Out to Him, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New YoRE, Jan. 5.—C. A. Byrne, cditor of the Dramatic News, was thrashed in his office this afternoon by George E. Perrin, first trainer of Flora Temple, and a hale old man of 60. The cause of the at- tack was an article in the last issue of the News, which stated, without giving names, but 50 65 to indicate the parties, that the wife of George Fawcett Rowe, known on the stage as Miss Kate Girard, had been sent to a lunatic asylum. Mr. Rowe took no notice of the article, swhich s 5aid to have been dictated by malice, but Mr. Perrin, father of the young and beauti- ful actress, deelded to have revenge in a sum-~ mary manner, 0s indicated above. The state- ment that Mrs. Rowe 1s insane is fodignantly denied. and she has wot been in an asylum. She was in the cast of the *Two Orphans at the Brooklyn Theatre, and narrowly cecaped 1rom the building on the night of the disester. From the shock of that occasion she did not recover for some weeks. In resuming the stazre she was married to Mr. Rowe, and sup- vorted him in “Brass,” “Fifth Avenue,’” and other pleces. She - plaged with him in London the past ~ summer, and they returned to this city two months ago. since which time she has been physically pros- trated, and at times delirious from pain. Mrs. Rowe made her debut at the Union Square Theatre two or three years azo, and has played with usiform success and favor both by reason of her talents and unusual beauty. Byrne is the same man whose face was slapped by William Winter in front of the Park Theatre last winter, and is in general disfavor with the profession. St e o THE WEATHER. OFFice oF THE CHEF SIGNAL OFFICER, ‘Wasnixagrox. D. C., Jap. 6~1 n. m.—Indica~ tions—For the Upper Mississtppi and Lower Missouri Valleys. aud Upper Lake region, rising barometer, cooler northiwest winds, and clear or partly cloudy weather. . Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Lage City, Minn. Jan., $.—Lake Pepin is freezing over for the sccond time. The country~ roads are sofit, but rouzh. We will get heavy reccipts of wheat 1 a few days. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. OT1TAWA, 1L, Jan. 4.—The first real wintry day of toe season is upon us. Througout the forenoon a suow-storm from the west has pre- vailed, but, at present writing, is, subsiding. The mud, which for two months held suoreme sway, is frozen solid, and prospects for trade brighter. The country is filled with products of the farm, awaiting market 2s soon as the roads are pessabte. LUCAYL, ODSERVATIONS. Cuicago, Jan. 5. Timie. _1Bar. Ty Foi| Wind. |Vel.) tin. Weather VATIONS, CIICAGO, Jan, 5—Mldnieht. Thr.) Wind. ‘mm Teather. Marquette! Escanaba, St. Paal. ———— THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS, NEw Yo=r, Jun. 5.—Ffhe- question of doing away with the present system of commercial traveling, or selling goods by sample, is etill discussed and causing quite a flutter among those who are interested. One traveler says ha thinks that the abolition of commercial travel- ing would be suicidal to New York, a5 other ¢ cities will then miake more strenuous efforts to get the trade, and good travelers will seek thosg citfes for and obtain employment. Being known to customers, they will be able to et the trade us well for onie house as another, and the tray. eler who has a long list of customers wil} not be longidle. & FINANCIAL. THE BUNN SUSPENSION. Spectal Disoatch to The Chicago Trivune, SrriNGrFIELD, IIL, Jan. 5.—A meeting of Dortion of the creditors of Bunn's Bank wa beld at the Leland House this afterrvon, abog fitty in number. Ex-Mayor Priest presided, and Oscar F. Stebbins, a hardware merchant was Secretary. Perhaps as much us $100,000 of debt was represented. The meeting appenred to have been ealled in behalf of an effort to [ duce Mr. Bunn to persoualiy resume control of bis affairs in trust for the creditors. The most unbounded confidence was expresseg in his integrity and ablity, if e resames, to conduct the estate for the best mterests of all concerned. Gen. John Me. Connell was the principal speaker, and urged Mr. Buno's’ resumption under these circqoy. stances. This he cannot do even if he wishes 1o, which he does not, as he and his wife haye “ransferred all their property over to the As- sizmee, who to-day filed 3 bond in the sum of $160,000 for the exceution of the trast, and everybody betieves will successfully admintscer the estate. Thus the well-intentioned effort of the meeting is of no avail except as givipg voice to the gencral confidence of bis creditors to Mr, Buon. NEW YORK, . Nzw Yors, Jan. 5.—The following securities were sold at auction to-day for accouat of John Bonner & Co.: 1,00 Union Pacife sinking- fund bonds, 93} 100 shares Panama, 109; 100 Northwestern, common, 843{; 100 St. Paul, common, 3515 200 St. Paal, c . 35; Fane Seanc s oo S mon. ; 300 Brokers’ Assoclation, ;300 Union Pacific stock, 64%(,/‘ a 5 he Receizer of the National Trast Company has been authorized by the Court to pay a disi- dend of 50 per cent. ‘The Commercia! says instead of Bouner de- camping with a large amouat, it was said on the * street to-day that_he could not possibly have taken more tnan £700. The reasons eiven are, that if he had such a large sum as reported ho could have purchased the' outstandine stock of the Bankers’ and Brokers’ Assotiation, and thus augmented his rehypothecating prog Ttis said that had e been able Lo pursue this plaz e could have burnt the certificates and readily covered his gruilt. It is the Oriental Savines Bank, not the Ori- ental Bank, which is closing up its business. DECATUR, ILL. Special Disputch to The Clte:1g0 Tridune. + SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Jan. 5.—The news recelved here to-day of the suspension of the old estab- lished bauking house of Peddcord & Burrows, of Decatur, created much interest, though the details are wanting. Ths concern owed the Buun bank $5,600, which the Assignee tole- graphed for yesterday, but has not® received. It is belicved that the same causes which com- pelied the suspension of Mr. Bunn required the Decatur house to close its doors. It had a large amount invested in_real estate and other unproductive assets. ‘The house is avont as old as Mr. Bunn’s and has been held in equally bigh esteem. Senator Oglesby is_one of the creditors. ? THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. Bosto, Jan. 5.—A Sprinzfield, (Muss.) spe- clal savs: ““ The Thompsonsille (Conn.) Savings Bank has been found to be unsound,und the Bank Commissioner has forbidden it to make further payments of principal or interest to its depositors until the amount due shall be scaled down according to the shrinkage of the assets. This shrinkace is chiefly duc to losses un the stock of the Ninth and the Park Natlonal Baoks of New York. ‘The Treasurcr of the Savinga Bank thiuks that the depositors will. lose only six months’ interest and 5 per cent of deposits.” —_———— FIRES. IN CHICAGO. The alarm from Box 46 at 7:05last evening wwas caused by the discovery of fire in the second story of a two-story and basement brick buil- ding No. 13 Quincy street, owned and occu- pied by Mucray & Nickell, manufac- turing druggists. ~ The inflammable materials on the upper floor made a brisk and lively fire that might have made an _excellent starter for a large fire, had it not been that the building stands almost alome, with easy approaches on all sides, 2o that the iremen ana engines had everytting to their advantage. And therefore it was not thonght necessary to sound a sccond alarm, The buflding was filled with drags in storage and in process of manufacture valued at nearly $15,- 000, machinery 6,000, upon which there will be 2 fair salvage, and the building itself was valued at $2,500. The structure and contents was damaged to the extent of perhaps 75 per cent, which will place the loss at about $15,000, upon which there i3 about $13,000 insurance well di- vided up fn Eastern companies. The origin of the fire is a mysters, but is supposed to hart been spontancous combustion. AT DENVER, COL. DENVER, Col., Jan.5.—A fire broke out inths {freight depot of the Colorado Central Railroad early this morning. The building and its con- tents were consumed. The loss i $15,000, with no insurance. AT CINCINNATI. Crxcrxyary, O., Jan. 5.—~The Vine street - brewery was damaged by firc to the extent of $15,000; fully insured in Ciocinnati compa- nies. NEAR JERSEY CITY. NEw York, Jan. 5.—What scems to be a large firc {s burning south ot Jersey City, but no de- tails can be obtained to-nizht. ————— HARDLY DEEP ENOUGH. Svecial Disvatehto The Chicugo Tribune. Rock Istaxp, IIL., Jan. 5.—Valentine Obl- meiler, an old andwell-known citizen, attempted suicide this evening by cuttinz his toroat with arazor. Heinflicted upon himself a fearfal gash in the presence of his wife, who strugeled to prevent it. She had rasved his rignt hand, whereuvon he transferred thie razor to his left hand, and drer it across his throat, cutting but not severing the windpipe. He will recover. The cause is attributed to domestic Infelicity, springing out of preuniary reverscs. — SILVER AT ROCKFORD. Soectal Disnatch 1o The Chicagn Triduns. Rockrorp, IlL, Jan.5.—A larze and enthu- tic silver meeting was held in the Court- Housc in this_city last mght. Speecheswere made by the Hon. Witiam Latkrop, Dr. R. P. Lane, President of the Sccond National Bank of this city; the Hon. E. W. Blaisdell. and the Hon. Seely Blaisdell. All the speakers took strone ground in favor of the remonctizing act. Resolutions were passed calling upon Congress to F:lss the remonetizing bill as speedily as pos- e. sibl —— CORONER'S INQUEST. Coroner Dietzsch vesterday held an inquest upon Alexander Murray, was was run oves by a street-car Christmas morning at the corner of Fifth avenue and Madison streets, and whodied of pueumonia and the result of his injaries some days later. The jury returned a verdict In accordance with the facis andexonerated the railroad company {rom all blame. ~_An nquest . was also held upon Mrs. Barbara Feher, who died of rheumatism and alcobolism™ at No. 88 Sherman street. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yorr, Jan. 5.—Arrived, steamship City of Montreal, from Livespoul. Livereoor, Jan. 5.—Arrived, steamships Java, from Boston: Baltic, from New York. NEW Yorg, Jan. 5.—Arrived, steamship Brit- anois, from Liverpool. COLORADO GOLD AND SILVER. PuesLo, Cal., Jan. 5.—From statistics com- piled from the best possible sources, 1t {s learned that the Colorado product of gold and silver for :g.z year 1877 reaches the neat shm of 37,879~ —— Some of the pravers of eccentric men have been worth repeating. . Adam Scott had o boy, Kob, who was a great ferror to him. He prayed very earnestly for him, and oncein this wise: 40, Lords ha'e mercy fon ob. Ye ken yoursel he s a wild callant, and thinks nae malr o’ com- mitting sin thana doz does o’ licking 2 dish, but took thy hook in his nose and thy bridle in his glib, and ¢zar him come back to thee wi' 8 {crfi' tb,:'m he’ll no forget the longest day he has 0 live.’