Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1878, Page 5

i H i i | ; , Guse of every home in Caicago. MiSS HWKEE. he Jury Acquit Her on the Fifth t Ballot. nts Made by Messrs. Mills and Dexter--The Instructions. 1o Women Brought to Judgment--- Scenes in Court. The last da¥’s procecdings in the case of Miss yleRee wese witnessed by a larger crowd than pad been in the Criminal Court before. Some ere £0 BXiOUF 10 5CC the end that they mather- :,.; the doors as early as § o'clock; and there were so many anxious o get in that the keys yere turned ot half-past 9, all the seats being then taken ap. The west side of the room, the ‘main fioor as well asthe gallery, was full of femsles, snd there were also quite 3 number ecattered about inside the bar, much to the dis- of the attorneys, who claim the space therein as their Property. :l_'hc defendant came in as usnal, on the arm of Sidoey Thomas, and sttended by those who had been with her from {he beginning. Mrs. McEllicote was also there with ber boy, aud was absorbed in_meditation, giving little or no heed, apparently, to what ; place. Uk e NE. DEXTER continued his closing argument for the defense, dwelliog on the right of a man to defend bis awclling, asserting that o law could be found forbidding & man to defend an assault upon his Droperty in bis own house by such measurcs and weapons as be might find necessary to resist the awgressor, even though they be deadly weapons. gren admitting that McENigott had a lawful writ, it had been decided by the Supreme Court that an eniral obtained by deceit and fraud a5 uplawful—the same as a violent entrance. The State’s Attorney asserred that Miss McKee Jould have distinguished between a felony and 5 treepass. What 2 monstrous position! T §t Dbuman Dature? Was it . ordic pory common sewse? Could she have e so under the circumstances? It was not pretended that there was a doilar's worth of property in the bouse subject to legal rocess: vet_men came without law to take it. T¥ould the jury believe that Chadswick didnt koow the Jaw of exemption? Had he been educated in the purlieus of the Justices’ Courts of this city in vain? He knew if the goods Sere abtained at all it must be by violence. A writ was carried aloug, but writs could be had fliedontormot. filled out. A remarkable fea- ture of the prosccution was that 1t was main. tained without any possible motive, and it was wterly avd absolutely preposterous on that sound. Tje jurs were esked to believe that she defendant killed a man, not by sccident, not ‘br mistake, althoush no earthly motive was as- izmed whv ebe ehould kill him. That ought to drve the ease out of court—should have pre- vented the return of the bill. No one wuld say Miss McKee desfred to kil AcEliigott. He died without daring to say she kmew bim. She said she had never seen him. Yet the prosecution asked o conviction, assien- inr oo possible motive for the deed. But there waca motive that would be operative upon most men and, Mr. Dexter thought, upon a1l wumen.~the preservation of what was left her, al! ¢he had.” That gone. she and her sister world be absolutely driven upon the street, with nothing betwecn them and beggary. It wisaid ghe had a right to expect au ofiicer of the law, knowiug there was a judgment arainst ber. Knowinr Chadwick as” she dig, and the azount of proverty taken, having been advised be her attorney that whet remaived was ex- empt, the presumption to her mind was that it wspaid. That Coadwick slept upon bis rignts fom August to December was inconceiv- abie. Mr. Dexter read Miss McKee’s testimony - foshow that there was a struggle, and that Mc- Ellizott hurled her from the parlor door. She bad tried her feeble hand against these two men. That being unavailing, she resorted to bt the low justified to defend her property. She said helaid violent hands upon her, and McEllizott died witbout denyine it, althoueh e knew Best and McElroy would say there wac s stroggle. There was Dot only o resson- hie doubt raited in ber mind in regard to the character of the parties, but he didn’t think there could be any possible doubt under any otber theors. If “the jury could construct a theory compatible with thie defendant’s safety it was their daty to doit. Her cause was the The case was sbeolutely destitute of any theory compatible with zuili. Not only was there 0o motivz, but o decirn tending that way. He expected the i:uv to vindicate his clieut, and to vindicate the ¥, STATE'S-ATTORNEY MILLS then losed for the prosceution. He desired to cuide the jury back to the solid places of law wd rieht [t hud been said he had no nfhb to prosecute this inaictment. But he had a 1uts 10 performz, and would perform it. Much bad been said sbout the sanctity of a nabitation. L was truc it _was sacred, butit wasnot so sated as the life of aman. Much Lad also been eaid about the majesty of the law being on theside of the defense. Before he got through ke would show beyond amy possibility of a donbt that on that side there was nolaw, but oy lawlessness, and that the waole theory of the defense, based as it was upon pure sym- faths, prejudice, and rentiment, was bascless tstolaw. Haines Chadwick, Constables and bailiffs, had totfing to do with thecase. The logic of the Celease was, because 3 error swas made in the matter of costs on a judement in Haines’ office; beause some Constabies of Cook County made wistakes and did wrone; because plaintifls in Kuits prosccuted their cases with vigor; because avers Lelped them to do so, the gentleman ¥ho last spoke should take a revolver, step down 10 Haines’ oflice, aud. without one word of ®arving, —simply because a mistake bad been wade,—shoot him and every man in the room lke a dog, aud then come into court, defsing lax, and, relying on sentiment, ask_the jury to &y, * You shall not be punished.” The lines that surrounded the case were to be foundat No. 3Lush strect and nowbere elsc. Mr. Mills then answered the question, What happened there! n': Guoting from the evidence, claiming that hcse were the facts: McElligott, with what be ’( ouzht to be a writ of cxccution, went to the mu;z He was accompanied_by two men, Best 0d McElror. The Jatter called first, and rang h e bell, and it was opeued by tbe defendant. 7 stepped in, carrying 2 trunk. They pre- teaced 10 be ottier than they were. They played ‘nnrk. That was admitted, because it iwas roe. Miss McKee was standing in the hallway. i DUy McElligott cntered tbe open door. Ltfilebvcd uptoher and addressed her. Ie e who s was, and, holding a_paper in bis b . be said, “1 have ot an exceution.” Was o 20y conceirable motive for McElii- £ oot informing her that he had an :“clkghlan! Whae ‘was she thinking adout thioat Momeut! Did she think tiiey were %S or robbers, or_mundercrs! Nonsense! ¢ bad rotten ja. The property was there. mfldre ¥a5 10 sirugwle. It was absurd to pre- by there was, In her anger, in her passion, : er lawlessncss, she was determined to pre- 'tnl the levy. There was ho outery, no vio- é‘";h"scd. one was necessary. She steped bt ¢ Slairway, and, returming, kuowing her mn. Pulled out her revolver, took deliberate . fired. and MeElHigott began his journey to m'mg home. * If she had thought the men Peinpourglars, would she not huve alarmed the vaghbors? It McElligott was not killed be- h;sc be was a constable seeking to exccute thcms’ why in the name of reason was The tremendous attack made on constables? iy Fhole defcnse was n confession of it. sroieeat deal has been said about Miss MeKee's mebeut. The jury had been told that they Ifkedmc it atone it reaching a conclusion. He Hneo the jury 20 remember that she had the i li.csl. inotive for telling what was not true. i ;clzan. Who would not lic on his dying bed, 0 st 00K out his writ and began reading it Lhe]‘ 8hot himn when he was standing ncar mendlnz. and that she also attempted to Wharoim when outside. Mr. Mills detalled fur gk Place at the house. and asked the iz oy they believed sbe did uot know what she ok 90fug? When the policeman went up the eha 2nd saw her at the window, she told him to: %ould ot let him in until she saw her at- n"fl!}- Did not that show an appreciation of i oiv.‘ she had done,~that, ghe knew she had not oL man who was lrcs%:lsscr on her goods? e ‘lhc reconvening of the Court, Mr. Mlls s 2% on to show that the defense was s fraud, 3¥inz that the facts proved that Alvina McKee 28d 1 4 man whom she knew to be an officer, ! :r Do other canse than that he had come the Ber Bouse 10 Igve a writ of exccution. He P éxamined the law jn order to find out what TS Euiliy of. She was guilty cither of nslaughter, having killed McElligott from mflflhe or frresistible passion or malice, or her B justifiable homicide. She had no ex- h;— illing an officer swho was serving a de- wagpc VT Was manslaugnter. This position o opOrted by authoritics. ~ e believed the g, 0 8cquit the defendant because she was b‘.“nan would fail. It was mever eafe to fol- appgoPllar sentiment or the volces of the g . There was eafety only iIn clinging to i goriaciples, He asked a verdict of guilty ot for any one person, DOt 0D THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY; F‘EBRUARY 3, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. hehalf of the widow, but on behalf of th munity,—in the name of Retite ity of the sauctity of the life INSTRUCTIONS. He concluded at twenty minutes of 3, and the Court immealately {nstructed the jury at great length. 1t was, remarked that hc let in fo- structlons which were even more liberal than those passed by Judge McAllister in the Sulli- ‘Van case. ‘anze w5t of both sides fs given in the follow- For the people: f the jury believe from the evidence, boyond a Teasonable doubt, that on the Oth day of Detem: ber two persons, Frederick Dest and Owen Mc. Liroy, gained admlssion to the honse in which Alvina McKeo was residing, thoueh wronzfally and frandulently, but tor the purpose merely of enabling James McEligott. a constadle of Cook County, 'to peacefully levy a_ sup- Posed writ of execution, issued by Jmstice laines ogainst ~ " Alvina McKee, . and that, shortly afterwards, McElligott entered the house and met the defendant; that mot one of those three Dersans entered the house for the pur- pose of or with the manifest fntent or endeavor to commit & known felony, such as murder, rapo, Tobbery, burzlary, and the like, unon either erson or her property, or in o tumultuaus, vlo- ent, or riotous manner, for the purpose of offer- ing pereonal violence to any person dwelling or being therin; that sald Constable llc}:lligau%ud in his posecssion such a paper, which nctually, though void, he belicved (o be a' valid execation} that the eaid McElligott in any way or manner notified the defendant that he had come merely to levy an cxccution peaccably and in due form of Iaw; that the defendant did not, when jndged by swhat 3 reasonable person ' would have thought and done under the same circumstances, Leleve, or have any reasunable ground to oelieve, that the s;d Constable, and Best, and McEiroy had entered her haoitation witn the intent to com- mita known felony, or in a violent, tamultuous, and riotous manner, wic. ; that shortly after the meeting between the said constable and the de- fendant he notified her, or in some way cansed her 1o know, that he was there merely for the purpose of peaceably and in due form of law levring a writ of execation; that he sought and proceeded by his assistants 80 to lovy on aid supposed writ; and that before doing €0 he endeavored 1o read the said writ; that she eaid, ‘*That is all right,” or words "to that effcct. and - after- wards started towards the Laeement, stopped on the stairway, drew from her pocket a loaded revolver, held it in her band, aimed it at Constavle McElligott, and intentionally and fetoniovsly fired at and upon bim, inflicting 8 wound which cansed his death, then 'the Court instructs the jury that the acts or acts of the deccased, and Best, and Mc- Elors amounted only to a treepnss in law, but that the Hinal act of using such deadly weapon and in- tentionally and feloniously causing a wound which produced death was monsiaughter. For the defense: The jury are instructed in the law upon the question of justification in defending one's habila- tion; that the Jaw on that eubject is well rettled in thiy State whatever 1t may be in otuer States and ' countries. 1f, at the time of the ehooting, the defendant, from the whole canduct af the deceased and his associates, had a reneomable and well-groanded fesr that a robhery was about to be committed, and under the influence of that fear killed McEilizott, then the killing was jusiifiable: and it 1s not indispensa- ble to this defense that the danzer was actual and poritive, out it will suttice If the aporchension or fear of the defendant was apparcutly well grounded. 1, upon the whole case, and all the circumstances in evidence, being copsidered, there is a reasona- ble donbt of the detendant’s guilt, 1t is the duty of the jury to acquit. NOT GUILTY. * The jury retired at ten minutes after 4. and were aosent a little over an hour. Notwith- stanaing the appearance of a dispute, evidenced by this fact, evers ome said *acquittal.” Miss McKee herseil was confident of it. Her attorness bad kept her ;courage up by tellinz her no jury would 'couvict Ter, She chatted zayly with Lier friends, and seemed to be indifferent. “Her father aud motlier were the only ones in the group around her who looked at all serions or apprehensive. Mrs. McElligott left the room soon after the jury. She, too, proba- bly, antidpated the result. She could not have failed to sce that the sympathies of the crowd were not wit the prosecution. ‘The buzz of conversation was checked by a loud rap on the door of the jurors’ roow, and when the twelve came in aud took their seats the utmost silence prevailed. Judge Jameson said e desired to make a re- mark before tho verdict was read. Whaterer it might be, it was of very great importance that courts of justice should be retained in all their purity aud efficiency: that verdicts should " mot be procured by clamor or public outcries —~that they should not be influenced by svmpathy or prejudice on the part of those listening to the proccedicgs. It was hardly more of an_evil that aa innocent man should be convicted thanthat & guilty man should be scquitted by mere public clamor. He said this for the benefit of those who knew very little aboucthe cllect of anexpression ofapinion. 1f the vetdict were one of acquittal, the fricuds of the defendant snould withhold a show of approval; If of conviction, those Wwho were dis- avpointed should reserve thelr expressions un- il they left the 100m. 4 He ‘then directed the Shenf to station the bailifls so as to arrest any person wha expressed satisfaction or displeasure. Afl eyes were turned to Clerk Stephens, and, asheread in a loud voice, ** We the jury find the defendant, Aivina McKee, not guilty,” the words ** not guilty ”* came from a score of lips, and a score of hands came together, and half as ‘many feet struck the floor. TWO WOMEN were caught In the act, and, despite their pro- testations that they couldn’t help it, were cs- corted inside the bar, and requested by his Hon- or to face him. As they did so, an attorney whispered to them, “Tell bim you didn’t understand.” Their names were Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Ro- dolph. ‘- Did you understand what [ said?”’ asked the Court. e Jirs. Rodolph reolied that she did not. Mrs. Moore answered that her understanding was that wo loud noise was to be made. She hfid merely clapped ber hands once; that was all. The Court remarked that such conduct was very reprehensible. No true lady would be guilty ot it. However, a8 they did not under- stand him, he would discharge them. Neither seemed to realize the situation, but when a baililf told them they could mo they scemed greatly relieved. ‘The jury having been discharged, Miss McKee and ber vounsel shook hands with them, and returned thanks. Friendsdeserted the penches, and kissed “Allie” and congratulated her. “Tnose not ablc to get mear her shook hands with her fatler and mother. Fifteen min- utes were spent in this way. and more would have been if Miss McKee hadn’t torn herself away, and left theroom accompavied by her pa- rents and sister, to make her preparations 1or going home. Shebade adieu to the jail with no regrets. *lthough she felt more secure while there than at No. 36 Rush strect. It is understood that one of the jurors, Mr. Horner, had doubts about Miss McKee’s inno- cence, and voted to convict, and that this was the conscquence of their remaiuing out so lonz. Hevoted the eame way three times, all the others casting their bailots from the first for acquittsl; but was finally brougit around, and the fifth ballot was all one way. After the adjournment of court, Mrs. McEILi- gott went into State’s-Attorney Mills' office and thanked him for what be had done—bis full duty. She cried bitterly, and ber tears so affected Mr. Mathew Laflin, who was present, that his eyes became moist, and, pitying ber conaition. be gave a £10 note, and told ber if she wanted apy more moacey to call on him. ——————— FAST DRIVING. To the Editor of The Tribune. CrICcAGO, Feb. 1.—Will you be so kind ss to, in some way, if possible, give thosc blocknead drivers of fast horses on Washington strect a word of advicein such terms that they shall forever after exercise just caution enough to save their necks and those of others who may also choose to drive or speed (if it is but a four- minute horse like mine) by informing them that it is about as danccrous an act for them to do as can well be imagined, to turn around and cross_the street without even looking back to gec what is comini down at full speed ready to dash them to death? I have seen to-day flve or six of those biunder-heads turn across the strect right in the face of a great crowd rushing down at = terrific pace, and never look around any more than as though there was no onc upon the street than themselves. 1 hold that. the practice of specding down the strect can bhe made practically sale for all who please todrive, if those thoughtless drivers canbe made see the danger they place themselves and others in by such heedless turn- ing around at the lower end of the drive. Is thire any lanzuage you can frame by which they may be made to inderstand and keep their plages in sach a_laree crowd as must, and will, and have rights to, drive upon Washington or other strects? With the police at the street corners there need never an_accident occur of the character of a collision or oreak-down. If a smash-up oceurs it is invariably on account of gome one =0 thoughtless asto turn around to cross the street without Jooking back to see what'scoming, thus placing himself immediate- I¥ in the middle of the street when 3 half-dozen are rushing down rizht upon him, causing them to swerve €0 much out of thefr rightful coursc as to upset themselves or dash upon him. Jam upon the Washington street driveway each day, Iike thousands of others, to see the exciting amusement of who has the best horse, aud Ido Dot want to seeany one hurt, when, by the commonest of thought and attestion in driving, all accidents may be avolded and so make it pleasant for all who may desire to see and be V] heedless drivers take heed? e WL e WASHINGTON STREET. THE SOUTH TOWXN, Further Arguments Regarding That Increase of the Valuation. The Matter Will Probably Be Concluded Monday. The hearing of arguments in the case of the Merchants' Savings, Loan & Trust Company against Mark Kimball, South-Town Collector, on the motion to enjoin that officer from col- lecting its personal property tax, was resumed before Judge Farwell yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock. -+ * MR. ADANS, for the Collector, began by stating that if the bill was sustaived, it would cause a loss of one-sixth of the taxes. The loss on the State tax would be $14000.50; on the county tax, $33,046; “city tax, $105112: South Park tax, $73,254.10. While the bill was brought by_only one complainant, it was regarded as 2 test case, and a declsion in its favor would be hafled asa victory by other taxpayers. What the com- plainant, based its ground of relict upon was not any unlawful action of the County Board in thefirst instance, but on the fact, as they claimed, that the State Board lenored the action of the County Board in increasing the assessment 20 per cent. Their position was, in fact, that some action of the State Board on the action of the County Board was necessary to validate the lat~ ter's action, but a decision which would sustain such a position would nullify the action of the County Board. Counsel for complainant had read from the statute fn regard to rates being extended on the equalization of the State Board, but he had omitted te read Sec. 126, which pro- vided that the County Clerk should cxtend the rates. After equalizing the assessments, all the judicfal duty of the Stato Board was done, and nothing remained but 2 mere ministerial act, to be performed by the Clerk. This mere minis- terial act was not equalizing, as_counsel for complainant seemed to think. The result of the equalization by the State Board was shown only when the Clerk extended the rates. The officers who baa caleulated the rate and ex- tended it againgt the valuation as corrected and equalized bv the County Board had acted in accordance with the rules laid down, and yet the complainant asked that .tbis increase go for nothing. In his opinion, the Court could not inquirc into the basis of computation. It was the duty of these officers to fix the rates, which they did, but the Court, on_inquiring into the basis of ecmputation, would have to know the rates of every county in the State in order to know what had been the increase. In other words, the Court could not increase or reduce untfl Die kuew what the exact iocrease had been. No claim was made by complainant that its property was assessed beyond its value. The South Town nssessments had been steadily decreasing during the past few years, and ¥t the complainant and others were not happy. As a matter of fact, there were firms in the Softn Town that had sold more than the amount of the last assesement every year. In conclusion, Mr. Adams submitted {n writing a number of Fropuslllflns, which summed up the arguments he had made. . JUDGE WALLACE, also for the Collector, followed Mr. Adams. The complainant, he said, did not object to the statute, but to the proceedings. It was, there- fore, admitted that the statute was complete. He then went on to show in detall that the pro- cecdings bad been in thorough conformity with the statute, dwelling particularly on the claim set up by complainant. that the State Board did not consider the nction of the County Board, and contending that such was not the case, and that the State Board had acted _in full compliance with the statute. The State Board, he claimed, kmew, when it fixed its rate of 57 per cent addition, that the County Clerk would_be bound by tne action of the County Board. Ii did not know what that action was, and the statute did not provide that it should know, but it did know that, whatever the action, it would be_bindinx on the County Cierk, and that the Clerk koew what that action was. Hence the actionof the County Board must have entered futo its consideration. At this point the Court interrupted Judge ‘Wallace to ask several questions in regard to the intracacies connceted with the method of making assessments, fixing _rates, ete. - In the course of his questionings the Court expressed some doubts as to whether the State Board had not gone outside of its dutfes. Judge Wallace referred the Court to the statutes, and claimed that they fuily answered his questions as to the dutfes of tne State Board. Corporation-Counsel Bonfleld referred the Court particularly to Sec. 108 as an angwer to his questions about the State Board. MR, WILSON, for the complainant, followed. His first claim was that all taxes must be extended over the same valuation. The bill filed stated all the facts, and then went on to state that there was no addition of the $100,000, which was the act of the County Buard. Inview of the proceed- ings of the State Bord, the 57 per cent addition, he claimed, should bave been added on the original valustion. e objected to the tax om the ground of the . action of the County Board, which had no right to do what it did do. But counscl had insisted that the State Board considered the County Board’s return, the evidence being that it was returned to the Auditor, and then sent to the Boara of Equalization, and the Board requested the At- torney-General to give his opinfon on the logal questions growing out of the presentation of the return. The opnion was. that the Board was not bound to take any notice of it, but that cquity demanded that they ouzht not to act without taking notice. ‘The sccond claim ad- ducca_in supoort of the asscrtion that the State Board considered the return was, that the report of the Committec on Personal Property recommended the rate of 63 per cent, that Mr. Root moved to reduse it two or three times, and that finally it was lixed at 57 iustead of 63. Mr. Wilson ciaimed that instead of reducing the rate tor Cook County from tne original report, the State Board increased Cook County and de- ducted from the others. To sustain this claim, e referred at Jenrth tothe procecdings of the State Board, including several tables of figures which he endeavored to explain to the Court. The addition of 57 per cent, he claimed. was based on the original_return of the Assessors, but the avtion of the County Board was ignored by, the State Board. Counsel had claimed thit the County Buard bhad a right to cqualize not only between diflerent towns, but also between different classes of property throughout the county. 1t was on this claim to equalize between classes of property that this sction of the Board was based, and if that clatm was not sustained this action could not be sus- tained for a moment. The great difficulty was that there were two bodies sitting at the same time to correct the same evil, and the eneral result was that the addition made by one was piled upon the addition of the other, making the cvil all the worse, 1t was bad enough when the Jaw was without flaw and was honestly admin- istered, but here was a law whose very Drovisions contained a flaw, and they could not be carried into eflect without bringing about injustice. The County Board should m&unlizc differeat towns and not interfere with the fuuctiou of the State Board to cqualize different classes of property. Mr. Wilson next examined the question as to the power of the County Board to increase as- sessinents, holding that the inerease must be merely incidental, and theincident unavoidable. In the present case the addition was not in- cidental, hut was nothing but a bold and af- firmative increase of value, and complainaut had a right to pray for relief in a court of chancery, as Mr. Wilson proceeded to show by quoting the case of the Bank of Shawneetown vs. Cook, 7 111, 622; Darling ve. Gunn, 50 1L, 425. The cases also sustained Mr. Wilson’s claim that a taxpayer must have notice of an increase of as- sessment. Counsel had taken great pains to show what would be lost if the bill was sus- tained, but he did not consider it a question of lors, but u question whether an illezal assess- ment was to be sustained and an iliezal col- lection made. The County Board had changed the ageremate by addinz 20 per cent to persanal Progerty, which was contrary to the provisions of the statute. ‘The present case mizht not av- pear to be a vers aggravated one. about $6.000 was added to complainant’s taxes, but if the tax was sustained there would be no limit to the injustice which might fall upon the taxpayers. According to the construction of law by couusel on the other side, a man was to pay his debts twice. In fact, it was like trying 3 man in.two courts at the same time, entering two judgments against him, and seckinz 10 en- force them. The law must be construed, he contended, so as to make its operation har- momious, and, If fairly exccuted, produce exact justice between man and man. Corporation-Counsel Bonfield followed in a brief reply for the Colicctor. The hearing was then continued until 9 o'clock Monday mornine. e ——— IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT, To the Editor of The Tribune. ° Cmrcaco, Feb. 2.—I noticed a report in regard to Supt. Hickey calling on the Council for au- thority to put operators in the police stations. It seems strange this has not been accomplished before, belug one of the areatest improvements at the least expensé that conld possibly be made. The operator could be required to Go the work now performed by the Station-Keeper. In this way the only extra expense would be the vost of the telegraphl instruments, which would be very small. Even if tho city pald 31,000 a year to reliable, trustworthy men, the ad- ditional expense would be nominal. When the public saw and realized the advantages that would be gained over the present metbod of using printers, burglars would have to study up some nesw way to avold being caught, fora minute report or description could be given to all police-stations in a very few minutes. Iam informed, and correctly I think, that, with the instraoments pow in use, it takes a long time, allowing mauy rozues to escape, the communi- cation between stations being so slow. We had a chance to see the necessity of immediate com- munication between stations last summer at the time of the riot, Supt. Hickey being compelied to call on thie Western Union” Telegraph Com- pany for operators to put at different stations. I they nre needed, why not have them? I hope the Council will attend to this as early as possi- ble. OBSERVER. ) 'THE BANKS. Report of tho Expert Mechelke on YWhat Ho Found In the State Savings Institution —Facts and Figures of Its Hollowness— Affairs ot the Other Banks. Some months azo, Recefver Otis, of the State Savings Tostitution, employed Mr. C. Mechelke, an expert accountant, to make an cxamination into the affairs of the concérn. Mr. Mcchelke has been for some time through with his task, but it was not until yesterday that his report was submitted to the Court. Oo examining it, the readers of Tue TRIBUNE will notice that a large proportion of its contents appeared in these columns Dec. 20. Following are extracts from the report covering everything of import- ance which bas not heretofore appeared in these columns: 0f the original stock of $100,000 eubscribed. $10,000 eceme to have been paid in cash, and the notes of the subscribers taken for the balince, and afterwards canceled, as paid by the profits of the boeiness, and by incrcase inthe value of real es- tate. March 10, 1 the capital xtock appenrs to have been $105,000, st which time it was resolved to increnge the same to $500,000,—the increase to be taken by the stockholders pro’ratu, at their op- tion, The cash book shows entries of payment for the increase of capital stock, but an examination of the Teller's cash account, covering the period of the traneaction, secms 1o show that thest cntries were fictitious, Tle fact acems to be that checks were given and carried as cash, from March 27 to April 1 and 2, 1873, when the checks appear to have been taken up and notes substitated. ‘The Institution was not o member of the Clearing- Honse, and T find no memorandum explainivg the tranenction, and henee its details cannot bo ac- curately traced. It apnears that Spencer opencd & private ascount on the commercial ledger on March 31, 1873, de- positing the sum of $201,804.39, of which §250, - 000 appear tobe his own notes, and were charged to the New York State Loan & Trust Company and American Exchange Bank, as having been de- posited for account of . D. Spencer on the same d: A few daye after, D. D. Spencer drew zuinst this his account, and the checks drawn correspond with the payments made for the pur- chase of the ndditional stock by Dobbins & Spencer. The following statement will show the condition of_the institution on the morning of March 27, 1873, prior to the issuance of the additional stock, and al<o the cash receipts and disbursements dur- ing the day, including the psyments made for the. udditional stock: . LIABILITIES. Cash on hand. $4,299,620.10 ANALYSIS TAKEN FROM CASH BOOK. BECEIFTS. Cash on hand....... S 82,0737 Recelved {rom siidry & dniginu .S 70,600 () 000 C.T. Bowen. 40shares. 4,000 D. ‘Goodwin, Jr.. 30 atiares. 4.00 D. . Smi 1,000 P- Bass, 20 shares...... 00 N\ B. Kidder, 4 shares. 400 L fL. Foster, 4 shares.. 400 3. H. Turner. 100 sharcs 10,000 Tirner & ay. 44 sliares 4,400 Turner, Trustee, { shares. . B. Shedd. {0 shares ¥, 5 shares, Trust] Commercial deposits... BavIngs ACPOSIta.rsenrrs Dividend pald. ... Loans and otiser (tem: Pald commercial dej Pald savings. Total.. Balance cash on hand. T, E00. 3 ~—5686,243.81 A dividend of 100 per cent was declared and paid on the capital stock of £105,000. which was taken oat of the surplns fund. Marcl . 1873, on the sume day when the capital stock was increased to $500,000. The dividend paid pro rata amonxst the stockholders amounted to.... which, presumably, was credited on the additional stock lsnied 10 theim, Another dividend of 21¢ per cent on the cap- .ltal stock of $500,000 was declared and whald April 3. 1875, amounting to. hy the Board of ‘frastees declarcd a div dend of 235 per cent on safd date, only six days azter the ssue of the adaitional stock, s {nexpticable. On July 1. 1873, another dividend of 21§ per cent wa3 declared on the capital stock of $500.000, smounting: to. . . 12,500.00 On Jan. 3, 1874, another di T cent was declared, amounting to. 25,000.00 The last dividend. smountiug 10. 915.00 waspafd on Auz. 1%, 1877. "The names of the stockholders who pariicipated in thix dividend do not appear on the books. The amount recefved for interest on loans and bills discounted was 8913, 913.29. g The following amounts were credited to savings deposits for interes Amount credited fn 1873, 12.500.00 Amount credited n 1877.. Total. L S786,G16. 1n addition the following amounts were paid for interest on temporary losns and certificate of deposits, viz.: Intereat pald on temporary 1oans ... Interest pald og certlicate of depos $44,056.71 4,307, 20 $18.963.01 There was also credited up to interest acconnt tne accrued interest due on morteages, call loans, and bills, discountea at cach quarter preparatory to the publishing of the statements, the following amonnts: ‘Accrued interest for 1873, ‘Accrued fntercst for 187 Accrucd {nterest for 1875. Aczrucd interet for | Accrucd futercst for 1877. £ Theee nmounts of accrued interest were charged back to interest account a few days after the pub- lishing of the statementa. As stated before, Spencer's deposit account was opened on the commerelal ledger. April 15, 1873, by a deposit of S201,8U4.30 (including bis two notes, amounting to $250,000), of which 254, - 803,91 was drawn out on the same aay. After closing the commercial acconnts, Spencer's ac- count was apened on the £avings bnoks. showing ouly small deposits, and formally closcd August, 7 -S157.404.01 .59 7. Beside his account on the ledger, the certificate of deposit account shows the following deposits of Spencer. Whether any -of sald accounts were fic- titions, and only deposited to increase the cash, I have not undertaken to asceriain, on account of the difliculty or finpossibility of the task: tarch 41, 1877, deposited. 50,000 April 2, 1877, drawn eut June 12, 1877 devostted. 20,000 Aug. 10, 1877, drawn out. Tot STATEMEN DOBBINS Jan. 2 1673, toanmade to Houg cer, and Dobbins, amountingito. $ 11.002.00 0n Moy 6. 1873, this amount I charzed to D. 1. Spencer. snd {s Included ia amount of 223,530.13 T. S. Dobbins' loan, which had been extended from time to time. appearing_on cash-book under Aoril 1, 1876, have been canceled by Calumet stock, amounting to $106,650. and by profit znd loss, viz.: Call loans, S11%,614.99. The last o loans, amounting 1o $35,000, withaccrued in- terest, in all $37.326.74, were canceled by profit and uss on Jnly 1, 1877. T C. T. Bowen's loans, representingithe Cnicazo & Calumet, and Chicago Dock Company, canceled by stocks and bonds of said Company. “On_Nov. 10, 1! 562.49. were canceled oy Calamet bonds. Another item for explanation fs the cost of the deposit vaults, which appear among the assets to the amonnt of £92,675, but _the total amonnt paid ¢or the construction of said vaults was $51,883.98, discrepancy of $40,791 over the actual cost. e items comprising’ partly this discrepancy ap- Wear on journal under Dec. 21; 1875, showing the “following entries under receipts charged up to the cost of the vaults, viz. The ltem puder demand loans. amounting to 21,952.45, appears to be rome uncollectable notes which should have been charged to proft and loss, but were concealed by adding them to the price paid for the vauit. The amount paid toJ. C. Dore {s clafmed to have been paid fo him for scrvices in reference to the reduction of the in- ternal revenue tax on capital etock and deposits. The total amount paid for salarics since Jan. 1, 187, fs mven as $199.223.08. Included in tho above s the salary of D. D. Spencer at the rate of $10,000 per year. The total oxpenses aro shown- on the books as followa: ‘Amounts pald In 1873.. Amounts pafd {n 1574, Amounts paid {n 1875.. Amounts pald n 1574.. Amounts puid ending Total... In the amount of expes 1677, thero fa dncluded the sbm. of S13.523 for legal seryices, and $3,750 paid to John C. Hainee, gud $1.250 paid to’ Sidney Myers, on April 7, 77 An fuvestization of the accounts shows that at the time of the great ire the State Savinzs Institn- tlon held about $117,000 in _the stock of the Gar- den Gity Insurance Compuny. The Company was, of course, rendered insolvent by the firc, and its stackholcers beine liable for its debts, an arrange- ment appears to have been made for tne purchase of the outstanding policies iseued by the Company, and that there was paidon that account by Spen- cer and Bickford about $49,000, and by J. C. Dore, $28,000, making, with ‘the stock, a_total invest- ment of'5164,000 of tae funds of the Institution in the affairs of the Insurance Company. Investments appear to have been made in the way of Joaps to politicians, secured by incum- brances on suburban property at fctinous values; and, in some fnstances, seem to have been takes in payment of indcbtedness at extravagant prices. In some cases the lands are scarcely worth one- fourth the smount for which they were taken. ‘The income and disbursementseince Jan, 1, 1873, were: Savings deposits, $17,803,504: savinza drawn out, 110,613; “interest received on loans, 8040.447; Interest credited on_deposts, $786,045; salarics, $139, 223; expenses, $117, 9505 tuxes and other items, $277,050. MECAPICULATION OF SAVINGS DEPOSITS. Duc deposttors. . Eavines depostis closi of bank, Amount of intercst erediied u) ..$ 24,775.54 53885 523,120,047, 50 Deposits drawn out from Jan. 1, 1878, 1o, " close of bank ... ++++520,140,813.03 Due deposttors. . woruenennns §2,670,433.60 The recapitulation of income and disburscments shows: _Disbursements, $1,192,924: income, 7; excees disbursements, $243,477. The forcgoing statements and tables will cnable you and the creditors of the Institation to under- Etand, In a ceneral way, the manner in which the principal losses of the Institution occurred, and who are responsible for the mismanazement that finally resulted so disastronsly to the depositors of the lostitution, L have found it a matter of great dificalty to se- Ject and present out of the lirge mass of material which T have had in hand_such matters as scemed of most vital importance, withont making my re- .0ort too voluminous for practical use, I have aimed at distinctnessin regard to the most important matters, rathier than completencss of de. tail, and respectfuliy request that if, iu your judg- ment. any farther information in regard to any of the matters treated in the foregoing report, or any statement respecting any matter omitted there- from, would be of advantage in the discharge of your daties, You will call my attention thereto, when 1 ehall be happy to make snch farther or more specific report as the nature of the case may require. * TIE OTHERS. Recefver Jackson, of the Third Natfonal Bank, began pavinz out that 45 per cent dividend yes- terday morning, the following notice having been sent, Kriday afternoon, to’ the 050 deposit- ors who have proved up their claims, amount- fug to $443,000: 3 OFFicr of REGRIvER Tmind NATIONAL BANE, Cnrcaco, Feb. 1, 1878.—The dividend checi- 00ks were recelved from Washington to-day. and the dividend of 45 per cent is ready for payment, Holders of Recelver's certificates will be required topresent them to the Receiver before the dividend cticck is delivered, in order that the amount so paid may be indoreed npon the certificate. The divi- dend checks will e delivered only to those to whom the certificates have been istned, except in cascs where an_assignment has been made in con- formity with the notice upon the certificate, or where power of attorney has been issued authoriz- ing the atrorney or agent to collect and execnte a receipt. Non-resident holders of certificates shoald forward their certificates with power of. at- torney to their correspondent in Chicago. HusTiveToy W. JACKsON, Receiver. Up to noon checks to the amount of $91,000 had been paid out, with a probability that be- fore the close of business hours the amount ‘would go up o $125,000, and perhaps more. Receiver Glover, of the Central, also received his signed check-book from the Comptroller vesterday. It contained 250 signed checks, call- ing for 358,000. The first ch. paid out was one for $4, and up to roon it was the only one. It was expected that from $4,000 to 35,000 wonld be paid out during the day. Manager Day, of the German National, has thus far paid out $30,000 on the 25 per cent divi- dend recently declared. The amount required topaya dividend on all the clums that have been proved up is $15,000. The $18,000 differ- cnce is divided up among small depositors who seem to be in no hurry to get their money. To use Mr. Dar’s own words, they are **as slow as molasses in January.” There was not the faintest glimmer of news at the other institutions presided over by Re- ceivers. ——— STAINED GLASS. To the Editor of The Tribune. Norwoob PR, 11l., Feb. 2.—The short artj- cles on** Stained Glass,” by Messrs. Thomas and Eastman, which has been recently published fn TaE TRIBUNE, have awalcned, to 8 moderate degree, a desire for more information on the subject, and it is to be regretted that they had not gone & little farther, and given more ex- tended notice to a branch of art which 1z now becomine so popular, and of which so little is generally known. The acticlesin question were called forth by the recent introduction into St. James’ Church of » memorial window called “The De Koven Window,” which ie an exampie of the revival of what is known as_the Mosaic method of glass-painting. The different sys- tems of the art not being generally understood, they might here be stated : ‘The character of work called Mosaic may be described by eayine that for each color in a window a separate picce of glass is required. These picces are fitted and joined to each other by lead bands which forin the heavy ontlines of the figures in the window. The_ tracing of the finer outlines and the shadinz is done with a brown or black pizment, noother coloring being used. The earliest positive information we can gain in regard to stained glass windows stows that the art attained its first principal excellence ot the beginning of the tenth century.. It is quite probable that. colored glass was windows much earlier than this, as mention is made of its use in_manuscripts written in the third century. But it is undoubgedly to the fos- tering care of the monks and relizious com- munities of the tenth century that credit is due for the production ot the first reafly wood examples ot glass-painting. The windows of this time were of the Mosaic style, as it was not until the beginninz of the sixteenth century that the discovery of enamel colors was made, and the easc and readiness with which they could be applied, and beauty of the results being so apparent, they ‘soon came into gencral use, and the Mosaic method declined. At this time many windows were painted cntirely with enamel colors on white glass, which is” known as the enameled method; and it was thourht that the art was greatly advauced by this important discovery, particularly a8 the frecdom with which these colors could be laid on with a pentil gave a vaster opportunity for color-shading and greater retinement in drawing. But after a period the two methods were combiped, and the results were 50 good that the system has continucd in vorue until the present day. It is true that with glass of the middle ages colored through- out in {ts manufacture greater brillianey could be obtained, but it lacked the soft, meliow fin- ish_and graceful syle of windows of a later period. The revival of the Mosaic method isan ¢ffort of an English house, Cox & Som, of Lon- don, and théy have met with some success. But the glass munulacturers of Germany, France, and Hotland follow still the other system,which also Is used in our own _country, and indeed the distribution of prizes at the Centennial of 1876 ehowed conclusively that the degree of skill in glass-painting attained in America was hardiy excelled by European houses. GEORGE S)ELLS. —— MARDI-GRAS. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2.—The Mystic Socicties are all makiog claborate preparations for the carnival here. The Knighis of Momus will open the festival with o grand parade, bail, and tab- leaux om Thursday, Feb. 25. Oan Moudfly& March 4, the King of Carnival will arrive, an v Depariinent will have thewr annual parade, and on Mardi-Gras, March 5, the King’s procession will parade in the day time, and the * Mystic Krewe at night. e ————— NEWSPAPER POSTAGE. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2.—A number of promi- nent publishers of this city met to-day with Postmaster Snowden and A. H. Bissell, Assist- ant Attorney-General for the Post-Office De- partment, to hear the report of the Committeg '(Frldny , and he declined. 5 to examine the bill proposed by Bissell in refer- ence to the transportation of second-class mail matterand the postage thercon. <The Com- mmittee recommended several important changes, and, after a free discussion, it was agreed that the amended bill be forvarded to the Post- master-General, with the request that it be z::::mu intoa ;nw, ,E)uuavinzb(hnb it vrmbx;fsrgove )y causes of controvi ctiveen publishers and the Department. il B THE “ INTER-QCEAN.” Discussing Reportorial Rights Before Judge AMoore—His Ionor Ratber Evades the n-1 sue. Promptly at 10 o’clock yesterday morning dr. E. A. Small, of counsel for the Inter-Ocean in the suit of Fawcette versus that concern to re- cover balance of salary for services as financial cditor, appeared in the sanctum of Judze Moore, to whom is committed the chancery department of the Suverior Courz. Mr. Small was accom- panied by a huge roll of manuscript, to which was attached, by means of the Spaulding glue process, several sections of encerful and newsy watter from the columns of THe TrizoNe. He was convoyed by the Hon. J. Young Scammon, who was the founder and is at present one of thelarge stockholders of the Jnter-Ocean. Im- mediately after the bailiff had formally an- nounced the opening of court, - MR.SMALL rose and remarked that be had o somewhat un- usual request to make. For several days past the Master in Chancery of the Court had been takine depositions in the case of Fawcette vs. the Jnter-Ocean. A TRIBUNE reporter had been present taking notes; no other paper was rep- resented. The reports made by him were garbled and so published as to work an injury to his clients. The Master had been appealed toto conduct the taking of these depositions in private, but he declived on the ground that & Wilson. Learn the numerons and ascided advan- tages it claims over all others, ot 155 State street. —— e Can’t Talkc withont showing the condition of our teeth. Ev- cry langh exposes them. In order mot to be ashamed of them, let us use Sozodont. which 1o sure to keep them white and spotless, and to give fragrance to every word we niter. BUSINESS NOTICES, Malt Extract—~Charles Pope's celobrated malt extract is gaining raptdly in favor with the public’ and the medical ' fraternity as a health remedy and beversge of heaith. For sale at Gale & Blocki's drng-store, No. 85 South Clark streer, and No. 44 Monroe street. Palmer House. ————— Dunbar's Bethesda Water of Waakesha, for all kidney ditffcalties, fresh from the sprins and eold in any quantity by Gale & Blocki, 85 South Clark street, and Palmer House Drug-Store. e i Dr. Clesson Pratt, of 202 State street, en- joys the aavantaze of twenty-five years' cxpericnca inthe special treatment of catarth, and has more than 100 patients underhis care at the present time. ——————— Harkins {s making fine custom boots and ehoes for ladies and rentlemen at 94 Dearborn strect, cormer Washinston. Special atiention given to tender feet. VEGETINE. VEGETINE Is My Family Medicine; I WISH N0 OTHER., ' Provmes 7, 1876, M IL R, Stavmven oo APl T, 1875 e betieved himself to be a branch | ¥ MR- Ste: 2ar Sir: When 1 was about 8 ye 2 arbzhc Court, aud therefore the general | numor broke ont npon me. waier m;"ixl:,:lhce'rnx;iem‘l public was entitled to access to the to cure by giving me herb-teas and all other such hearing. The Master was not acting in a ju- dicial manner; he was simply acting in an administrative meuner. Under these circum- stances the public was not entitled to be pres- ent at the taking of these depositions. As soon as they had been completed and filed with the Court, then, and not until then, were the pub- lic or_the reporters entitled to see them. The case did not differ from that of & Notary taking depositions. The Court here remarked that he bad never before heard of the question being raised. He had always understood that depositions in the process of being taken were to be regarded as private. When they were filed with the Court they unquestionably became public property, and so were open to the inspection of anybody. With this view Mr. Small concurred in a monosyllable. o e TIE COURT, » {aintly noticing the concurrence, continued, and said that the reporters of Chicago were noted for their enterprisc. They were in the habit of Zoing any and cvershere in, search of news. In fact he did not know why he should be called upon to determine_the question raised by the learned counsel. Ha supposed that the office of the Master was his private oflice, ‘and he could exercise such discrétion as he saw fit. Be supposed that if the matter were properly laid before THE TRIBUNE manager it could be satis- factorily fixed. remedies as she knew of 3 but 1t continaed to grow worse, until finally she consulted a physician, tud ke &aid 1 tnd the Salt Khenm, and doctored mo for that complaint. e reifeved' me zome, bnt s2ill Lcould not be permanently cured, us the discaso origrated in the ~blood.” 1 remiained a great eutferer for ecveral years, until I heard of and consulted a physictan who said [ had the Scrofulons. Humor, and if { would allow him to doctor me ha coula cure me. I did so, and he commenced heal- ing up my sores, and succeeded In effecting an cx- ternal cure; butin a short time the disease ap. peared again in a worse form than ever, as Can- cerous Humor upon my langs, throat, and head. 1 suffered the most — pain, and there scemod to be no remedy, and my friends thought I must soon die. when my attention was called, while reading 2 newspapcr, to a_VEGETINE teatimonial of Mrs. Waterhouse, No. 36+ Athens-st., South Bostuns aud formerly residing in South Boston, and betng ersonally ucquainted with her, and knowing her former feeble heaith, I concluded I would try the VEGETINE. After T had taken a fow buttics it seemed o force the sores out of wy system. I hud running sores in my ears, which' for a time were sery painfal; ont 1 continued to tage tho VEGETINE antil 1 'had taken about tweaty-five Dottles, my health smproving all the time from the commencement of the frst bottle, and the sares to heal. Icommenced taking the VEGETINE in 1872, and continued its constant use for six months. At the present time my health i better than it ever has been since 1 was a ciild. The VEGETINE {8 what helped me; and I most cordially recommena & to all aufforers, especilly my frionds. 1 lid cen o sufferer for over thirt: ars, al Mr. Small thonght not. THE TRIBUNE was | uged the Veorminz I found mo rome y‘fd 25“.3% hostile to the fufer-Ocean. . THE TRIBUNE re- | use it as my family medicine, and wish no other. porter had been asked to withdraw yesterday | * MRS, B. C. COOPER, No. 1Joy-st., Providence, R. L. 'VEGETINE has never failed to effect o cure, giv- ing tonc and strength to the system debilitated by sease. VEGETINE. The range of disorders which yield to the in- fluence of this medicine, and thé number of de- fined diseases which it" never fails to cure, aro creater than any other single medicine bas hitherto been even recommended for by any other than tha proprictors of some quack nositum. These dise cases are Scrofula and all Eruptive Discases and Tomors, Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia, and Spinal Complaints, and all infammatory symptoms, Ul- cers, ali Syphilinc diseases, Kidney and Bladrer diseases, Dropey, the whole train of painfnl dis- orders which o generally aflict American women, and which carry annually thousands of them to ‘premature graves, Dyspepsia, ~that universal curso of American manhood, —Heartburn, Piles, Con- nability to eleep, and im- ‘The Cours further remarked that nobody con- tends that a reporter bad a right to go into a lawyer’s office and insist upon seeine any paper he might desire. He did not consider that the Master's office was a court-room in the sense of the term. It was not a place where the records of the court are kept. And he did not know what law there was for reparding a deposition ublic property ntil it be filed with the court. 'he Master had perfect control of his office, and it was his province to admit or exclude whom he might see fit. A lawyer was an efficer of the court, but that did not give any person the right to go futo bis office and examine affi- duvits’ and Driefs_on which he was engaged. However, as he said before, the guestion was one that never before had been suggested to him, and he would be glad to hear from any of the lawyers present on the subject. Mr. Small remarked that he bad searched the books and failed to find any authority for pub- lieity, so far asthe taking of depositions was concerned. He then read stipation, Nervousness, ‘pure blood. This ie a formidable list~of human ailments for any single medicme to snccessfally attack: and it i3 not probable that any one article before the pub- iic has power to cure the quarter of them eXcept VEGETINE. It ln(a the ax at the root of the tree of qisease by firat eliminating every imparity from thu blood, promoting the secretions, aponing ihe porcs, —the 'zreat escape-valves of the syslem,—invig- orating the liver to its full and natural action, cleansing the stomach, and strevgthening di- gestion. This much accomplished, ~the speedy THE FOLLOWING EXTRACT from the record, in_which he as counsel for the defendant protested against the presence of the reporter: Defendants’ counsel reguest the Master to ex- clude from the room, during the taking of this testimany, the reporiers for the press. The Master Deing of the opinion that the reporiers may not properly be excluded, defendants’ counsel desire that the question may be certified to the Chancetlor for determination. At the same time the defend- to coansel for com- > 13 ropore :}‘,,'f“,.fi’""’"‘, PRke™® the “Gestimony . | and the permanent cure of mot only the dischscy Torc any person or oficer whom be may | We bve enumerated, but likewise the whole teain suzzest, | of chronie an consttitional disorders, 18 cortain to follow. This Is precisely whac GETINE docs; and it aoes It eo quickly and 6o easily, that it is .an xcnnmrlis_hed fact almost before the’ patient is “mware of it himself. eelect at such place or time as be ma and on their part the defendants’ counsel agreee 10 stipulate that such testimony eo taken shall be re- garded as it takea before tae Master in Chancery, pursnant to this reference, —the purpose of such raceedings on the part of defendants counsel be- [z to hove the testmony taken privately, and with:ont unnecessary publicity, nntilitis complete- Iy taken. This proposal oefng rejected by com- plainant's counsel, acfendanis’ counsel also ask that the question of the manner in whick this tes- timony ehall be taken #hail aiso be certified to the Chancellor. The grounds npon which the defend- ants’ counscl base their request for the excinsion of the repurters of the press are that from the com- mencement of the Laking of this testimony before the Master Tue CiicAco TRIRCNE has from day to day published unjust and sensationai reporty of the testimony, witn & view of :njuring the prosperity of a rival Lewspaper, and that in some cases anso- lutely false staiements have been made with that view, and to the great injury of some of the de- fendints. Continuing, Mr. Small said that Mr. Fawcette had cone to the Timesand re&uesled that paper to send a reporter, but it had refused to do so. Mr. Fawcette had at one time been connected with TRE TRIBUNE, and was now occasionally contributing to it; und he (Fawcette) had stated that he was going to show up the Juter-Occan as beiug connected with a Custom-Hou: ug. Mr. Fawcette (who had just come in), sotte voce—That’s a lie. The Court again suggested that the question at barwas one that had never before been raised | sapay before him. or Mr. Small—I will tell the Master what your 0Q0LOYG | Honor has said. Would it not be well for some- | PRost importe thing to appear on the recora. showing the ac- | guNpowpii l y i J VEGETINE Prepared by H. R, STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold hy Al Druggists. TEAS. CORETO THE GREAT SALE tion of the Court? ‘The Court—There is nothing to take action or upon. 1 think, however, that it would be bet~ ter not to have partial reports made; the pub- lic could have access to the testimony after it fs filed with the court. Mr. Smalt bowed his acknowledgments- and retired in good order, accompanied by THE TRIBUNE reporter, to whom he said that“if the Master declined to make the proccedings pri- vate, he would advise bis clients to object to any further taking of testimony. —— ‘' THE POTTER WATCH.” All those who have scen . this famous time- ‘icce, both in this country and in Europe, un- hesitatingly pronounce it the best watch in the world. In its manufacture time and money are not taken into consideration, and the only point aimed at is to produce a time-piece that, in prin- ciple, workmanship, adjustments, and perform- ance, shall surpass aovthing ever produced; and that this has been accomplished many of our best citizens who are earrying these watches can af- firm. If you desire the closest-performing and best watel in the market buy the *Potter watch.” They are kept for sale by Potter (brother of thie manufacturer), No. 90 Madison street (TrisoxE Building).who is the only party in Chicago making the watch trade fn all its brauches an exclusive business. e ——————— TAX NOTICE. Taxes on personal property for 1877, and on real YOUNG HYSON Flnest imported. The ebove are from the stock of a Bankrupt Importer, and are from 10 to 20 per cent less than jobbers® prices. Hickson's Gash Grocery Housg, 113 East Madison-st. IUMYSS. SWEET KUMYSS. $1.5) doz. pints; $3 doz. quarts, delivered. Best In market. . Kecommended b bl physicians. - Thia 13 nos ‘ bt at Tivoll. four. On draught a1V eaGo KuwTSS co., Ofice, Foom 4. 157 LaSall PEUSER'S ~ % and Fifth-av. estate for 1877 &nd prior years, Including city tax == = for 1873 and 1874, now due and payable a56 | . CATARKEM CURE. . South Halsted strect. Pay at once and save costs, Joux HPFMASK, Collector Town of West Chicago. o PEACE, PEACE. n o other onc thinz has caused so much domestic | what 'J-ouy D ek Lo SURE W PN SYR TARRIL" This was after 1 had paid out over $1,200 and was nearly gone with consamption.” The testimontals, home and otherwlse, mece -re- disturbance s toothache. Teeth extracted cvery ‘morning before O frec of charge at the McChesney Institute, Clark and Randolph strects. The finest geived. pow cunns fato e Shomands, Radess be seen o stmy office. X st trial gt re: kold and cnamel alling at lowest rates. The best | i PESUC (% ot dpdhon ot (e Al By set of teeth $8. —~— WEDDING PRESENTS, Mr. W. E. Hicby, jeweler, does not carry an immense etack, and thereby accumulate unsalable goods, but cets the latest and bestas soon as out. Examine his stock of novelties, 125 Staté atreet, corner Madison, second floor. ————e——— RIEDS. Tmported Hartz_ Mountaln and Belgian Canaeies, Parrots, and Or- namental Birds a lowest prices. Gages and sctentitcally prepared | NEW YORK BIRD STORE, 1281 Madison-st., near the Bridg — BILLY CUMMINGS, the black Senator in stamp oration. was one of the MISCELLANEOUS. chief features of the programme at the Colisenm NOTICE. on Iast Taesday afternoon. §T. Lotis, Jan, 29, 1878.—Fred Lavercombe, having e Dbeen discharged from our employ. is no longer Author~ 1T 1S POSITIVELY THE BEST SEWING-MACHINE ized to represent us in sy capacity, nor will we pay ever offered to avy public. We referto the new | 817 drafis drawa by ssid Lavercompe o by fl" Saw Man'Tr St. Lol Ko, No. 8 family machine recently isened by Wheeler