Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1878, Page 5

e e, " night, and scema to possess nelther skill nor brains to think or play any other,~not evens yarlation on its “Ol-cent-dollar™ tune. monkey can grind out better musie than that. hen silver is remonetized, every dollar will contain exactly 100 cents, It will pay 100 cents of debt, and buy 100 cents worth of property, for It will be the metailic standard of the coun- tryuntll gold comes to the same purchasiog power. It will take & wiser concern than the Journal to prove that gold will not, under tho operation of tha law of supply and demand, very specdily approximate to the sams level as stiver? Why do 250,000,000 five-franc sflver pleces cireulate in Franceat par with gold on the basis of 154 to 1 of wold! Why do 200,000,000 of silver thalers stiil circulate fn Germany ot par with gold fn tho same ratlo of 165 to 11 Be- cause they are full legal-tenders. ————— On Bunday the Greek army entered Theasaly, not as invaders, they sald, but to protect thelr unarmed and helpless brothren agalnst Bashbl- Dazouka and other Turkish cutthronts. They moved forward without mecting any resistance untll they cama to the fortifications of Domoco. Itere the Bunday processfon of non-invaders ccased, and the mask was laid aside. The Turk- fsh garrison numbered nearly 2,000 men. The uext day the Greoks summoned them to sur- render, and, upon refusal, the Grecks rushed to the assault and took the place at the point of the bayonet; 1,800 Turks wera taken prisoners, the rest being killed. Gen. BAPOURTZARY with 10,000 Greek troops was ordered to enter Eplrus on Sundsy morning. And they, too,are #peaccably ! marching forward untll they meet an armed foe. The Greeks are very late In golng to tho rescue of thelr brethren, and it s doubtful whether thay succeed in thelr enter- prisc, aa the Tucks, slnce the armiatico with the Rutesians and Borvians, can dispatch large forces agninst the little Greek armics. The English have long professed great friendship for the Hellenes; it remalns to bo seen what they will oow do for the **clasaics.” ——— When the MATTHEWS resolutfon passed the flouse a week ago, by 180 to 78, declaring tho bonds payablo in silyer scrording to the con- tract, tho goldite newspapers all raised a howl that the *“national eredit' had received & dan- gerous If not mortal stab, and with ono sccord they predieted a sudden and alarming rise of gold and ather mischiefs too numerous to men- tion. But thelr raven cronkings have been fdla chatters gold is ns quiot as o Jamb at about 102, and the Lottom of nothing has fallen out ex- cept tho evil predictions of tho Bhylock organs. e ———— The Augusta (Win) Eagle announces that Tiereafter it will not opposo the remonetlzation of silver, For this rellof an apprehensive na- tion nation cries “much thdnks," Tho Presi- dent, alter this assurance, will not hesltate to sigo the bill, f AvausT DELMtONT cltes passages from Mr. liexpnricks' speeches from 1860 to 1874 to prove that that gontlemun cannot possibly ad- vocato the remonctization of silver. Mr. Bzt~ oxT evidently forgets that A man may reform. ———— Tho London press Is talking with great anxieey of “Germany’s attitude.” Germany’s attitudo is'apparently that of an elderly gentle- man engaged In patting the Czar ou the back and ejaculating ¢ Bully oy ¢ ——— GLADSTONB trylog to compromise with the war party reminds one of the attempt of cortaln Congressmen to fofst the trade-dollar upon the countsy. It Is & weak cause which can suggest cumpromlse. 4 Mr. Moony has begun a scries of meotiogs in Boston, and, | praycrs are of any avall, Gan HamiLToN and her Maine troops may be turned dack and a dreadful war averted. l Bon Toouns is golng to Paris toattend the Exjosition, Ho says ho Is goluz as agentle- man. Tfc has visited Parls soveral times before, Yot mever fn the same capacity. | Thero .should-be-no delay; aftor the sxperts: ices, of the Metropolis, {n ecrecting light- bouseh or deyising a system of signals to warn . Teasels from lifo-saving stations, | Moneny, the temperanco reformer, fa in Washington, where he contemplates making a vlzorous attack wpon tho cup—the Congres- sional tea-cup and hick-up. | 01d Mr. Lonp rodc out a day or two azo and sont lils team at a spanklog rate. He should ‘cod bis slipper in the same way la reference to bis troublesome sons. f Onc of the pecullnritios of the Slay languago fs that when tho Czar says he Is for neace, ho menns that bo has ordered n new lovy of 44,000 men, 4 AlL ot lovely between Germany and Aus- trin. Tho last time DBissamtcic and ANDRASSY took beer together they did not touch glas | The vote of the Domocrats in the House to Te'uatato the Income-tax was a left-handed com- pliment to thelr old friend TiLpEX, | Judging from recently-published correspond- ence, B1ston CAxznox has s misslon niter all. 1t 1a to marry the Widow OLiven, | King Homaenr of Italy beliovos that his volee Is ol for war, but he doesn't wish to hoar az echo from the Vatican, f ‘It 1s unkind to greet Mr, Hanpnices with the veuark, “ How do you fcel with your feet on o ground, Tomsy?" # Five murderers aro under sentoncs of death in Vermont. Is Vermont trying to become the Lempire State! % To make fnsurance doubly sure, the ofMeers of the compaules, it would appear, should bo Loncst nen, % “WeLLs dug out,” says the Philadelphis Jiwltetin. Tures days afterwards \WBLLS caved {no. { Europe hasits Greece, but America has its Greaser. Both are somewhat on the fight. | Joszri Cook hua had his halr croppea short. s Mre, DocexTT after hiin agalnl e ————— Tho Reoper of the Great Scal In Nova Scotla basbeen glvea tho savque, { Anzlous remark by DisnaELt Am Is Vassal A Peor! *. PERSONAL. A teamp 03 yoars old Is going through Eastern Massschusotts In sovera) pacticalars, 1t thero s no Hell,” saks an Amerioan Paragraplier of the period, ** how conld an En- ®lalinan spell *London 1" % We fudge that Mark Twaln has been Imi. faing Mr; Jonsh to some sxtont. **Latterly," he #ays, **1 heyo been down i the mouth, "~ Bufalo TN, "The vota on the election of Dr, Beymonr " 22Bishop of tho Dioceso of Springeldstandsssfol- 4 poy if such Ls the case 1 6 Dot Yory ereditable we: For, twenty-threey sgainst, twelve; yot to Yoo, thirteen, The San Frauvcisco Minstrels, famous all Over tho world for tholr fun, have no Tressurer. very Batarday nfght the bills aro sattled, aod the Drofits aze then and thero divided among the mem- bera of the company. At one of the Moody and Bankey meetings In Uartford fast week, two young men wora visibly MMected, and beforo the conciusion of the services, anannced that they bud bocomo convinced of the erior of their ways. Thelr sppatent sincority at- tracted favorable sitention, and s contribution Ys about to be taken up for thelr beneflt, when Mr, 8horev, the rofurmed drunkard, recognized thems as fellowa who bad boen followers of Moody 3 all partsof the country. They were profcs- Monal vagrants, und bad sdopted this way of get- Uuga gontcol living. 1t la pleasing to relste that Y spent the romainderof the evening at the Wlice statlon, and that the good work lsstill ¥elag oa tn Hartford. [ that Con /| Presidont Haycs and Cuabtnet, ALASKA. Why the Troops Were Ramoved from That Inhospitable Region, Gen. McDowell Says It Was Dono Bolely on His Sugges- tion. The Reason for tte Recommendation that the Collectorship of Sitia Be Abolished, An Interview with tho Late Collector that Amounts Almost to a Confesslon. What Shall Be Done with Alnska 7-ee A Brbject for Futurs Leglu Iation, ZFrom Our Own Correspondent. Baw Fraxcisco, Cal., Jan. 28.—In accordance with vour Instructlons, I have interviowed Gen, MeDowoell, Commander ot the Department, in regard to ghe removal of troops from Alaska. And 1 had the good fortuno yesterday to ncet Mr, 4, C. Do Ahua, late Collector of the Port of Bitks, who roturncd to this city on Saturday last per steamer Dakota, from Victorls, B. C., whare he was on route for his post when ho re- celved the notification from tho Treasury De- partmeat that his services were no longer need- cd by the Qovornment. As I had been led to bellove from Do Ahua's first and only report on Alaskan nffairs, an abstract of which found ita way fnto the newspapers, and from his general conversation, that he had information fn his posscsslon damaging to the Aisska Commercial Company, and thst he was going to make it uncomfortably warm for that fnstitution, I jm- ‘vroved my first opportunity to make his ac- quaintance td find out what he knew about Alasks, for tho benefit of the readers of Tus TRIBUNE. In his report to the Treasury Department abovo mentfoned, and in varlous conversations which iave found their wav fnio tho newspa- pers, Mr. Do Ahua charged that the Alaska Comtnercial Company consplred stand succeed- ed in accompllshing the removal of the troops from Alaskn, to tho great detriment of the Territory and danger of the fnhahitants; also that sald Cotnpany I8 eulity of other nion- sirous wrongs, such as the driving away of varlous small fur traders and dealers of varlous kinds wha occaslobally venture to that Inhos- pitable reglon; these, with varlous other vaguo charges which would be doing the Company an Injustice were 1 Lo repeat them, unsubstantiated a4 they are by tho Teust bit of evidence. Indced, Mr. De Abua and lis charges are bath alike too ridiculous to warrant my giving them much space, and wero It not that you want **the facts of the matter,” Ishonld dismiss the fellow with 8 paragrapt. But,. as “the facts’? will show De Ahuaup in no eaviable light, perhapa the gamo s worth the powder, as It will boa wnrn(nfi to othor Qovernment em- ployes who usc their official relations to assist them in forwarding thelr personal interests, In rogard to the removal of troops from the Territory, GEXN. M'DOWELL, than whom there 18 no miore cansclantious, hign-minded ofticor in the scrvice, sutliviently refutes the charge of conapiracy against tho Alaska Company to accomplish that end. 1do not clalm to roport the cxact language of tho Gencral, but In substanco he salds *The removal of troops from Alaska was ot my own suggestlon, and was dune purely on the ground of economy. 1 am aware that certaln partles had personal intcrests in having the troops left thers, especlally those who would be benefited by transporting “them thithor and ro- tur of furnishing aod iransporting sup« Mles; but, as far as tho Alaska Commercial ummnx is concerned, atl the geptlemen of paty wich whéthcl Yalked déer premely indifferent whcther tho troops woro re- moved or allowed to remaln, Tho Comnpany's interests lic nearly m thousand miles west of Bltka ot 8t. Paul and 8t. Georgo [slands, and arc wholly unaflected by the troops one way or another. ‘Tho (ieneral procecded to say that as a cltizen of tho United Btatcs he was opposed to the pur- chasc of Alaska from the first, o copstdercd the acquisition of detached territory ndetriment rather thao a benefit to our conntry, especially s region of such little value as Alaska, scparated from the States by such a long stretch of dan- gerous sea. Tho Geucral kaa never beon there in !}""““' but, fromn such Information as ho has at hand, o regards tho Lerritory s of very lit- tle value commercially, and _ho statea that he a would consider the United Btatcs Governmeont | aoing a wise thing to dispose of it, even giving 1t away, If no purchaser conld be found, ul;lwms country that would guarautee the inhabitants the protection which, under the treaty with Rus- sia, they have on undoubted right to demand of us, And right there, said tho Qencral, was a point which had escaped his attention when ho rocommonded and sccured tho withdrawal of the troops—thas fs, that our Uovernment owes protection to thp dozen or moro whites and acversl bundred scrawny hall-breeds who were there ot the timoe of the purchase; and on that view of the vase, viz.: that the United States bound itscif to afford these peaple pra- tection, he had alrcady recommended again that tho troops bo returned, Not that there was any especial danger to fear from the Indians more than frum the whites toward each other; but as thero was no civil law whatever in the ‘whole reglon embracing an arca sbout sixth the sizo of the United Statos and Territories, it scemed right that o sufliclent military force should bo at hand to cuforce the authority of the Government, it nccessary,to do so. About threo companies, he thouglit, would bg roquired for that purposs, ** But, on the whole," ro- iteratea the Genoral, “1 conslder It would bo better for the Government to dlsposs of it to some country that {s ambitious to acquire more territory.' Bomuch for Gen, McDowell, NOW YOR DB AlUA, and you shall sca how ho convitts himsel? out of his own mouth, without my taking the trouble fo obtaln other wituessos,—of—ol~at loast of conduct of which any Government oflicer o tabe asbamed. ‘Tho reador will readily ung stand the situatiou and givo De Ahun's offeuse 1ta proper name. 1 was appolnted Collector of Bitka on the 14th of August last,' rald De Ahus, * I had previousty becn ‘Yreasury Azeut al Punama un- der Bristow, and 1 was known to the Depart- went as an boneat mian. Do Anua did not_make it clear to the writer the clrounistauces of his removal from Panama, but procecded to say that, having gained o first- class roputation asan *honcet man,” th otil. cials of tho ‘Freasury Department wero anxious that ho should have *a good thing," and wero on tho lookout fur something of that nature “when the former Collector at Bitka resigned. Tuey immedlately sclected him o the right man for the placc, as, says Do Alua, *they belioved thors was somethinie wroug (n Sitks, and that I was just the man to ferrct it out.” For aman of De Ahua's paucity of intellect and unimpressivo bearlng he was, according to his own showing, on strangely good terms with But what s most strange {s that he did not detect those ofti- cials in theie “*dishonest connivance in Alaska affairs, as he now claims ho has found them out. Probably hu sll-pervadiug “honcesty ! blinded him to the faults of the authoritive at Washlog- ton. Mr, De Ahua would have me bellave that ke was on the most familiar, coufidential terms with Secrotaries Sherman and 8churz, and that he dived with Prestdent tlayos tho day beforo he lott Washington. 1do nutdeny that ho did; to President Hayes' goud taste, for the ex-Col- r's appearaiice (s that of a man who has dined off & butchier’s block most of his life. It is impossible to roport all Do Ahua sald to. me. Ho s & great talker, aud ju his talking he scattered his thoughts ltko an old shot-gun,— bit and miss. Aud v bappeoed during the bour’s couvcrsation I had with the gentlemau that ho 28 ofton hit himeelf as he did the object Lo was llmlu1 at,—tho Alaska Comuercial Company. As for instance, when Lo famitiarly apped Jobn Bherman on tho shoulder bofors feaving Wasbingion, and askea him whcther ho wanted him to “speak out and tell the truth when be got to Alaska; whether bo should pitch into the Alasks Comuwerdal Com- pauy or let it atone, be savs Buerman told him 1o o to Alaska uuprejudiced, and act for tho ood of the country without putting his oar an anybody's personal quarrel, but to report facts as they camo under bis observation, Well, De "Ahua hob-s-nobbed, 83 he would have posterity bellove, with the *‘biz guns* at Washinzton until tho 6th of Boptember, bavio, succeeded in somc way o gettivg au sdvaucs of eeriied su-. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, £1,200 on hia salary, which, however, did not bo- cin, according to the terms of hiz appointment, until be took possession of his office. It 1s ex- pensive traveling ¢ ACROSS TNA CONTINCNT with a large hml{l{ and _considerable bsgzage. 8o Do Ahua found ft, He thought, on account of his intimate relations with the powers at Washington, to get & rebata on the ralirosd charge of #105 for extra baggage, but. so far from -nu'cedlnfi 1 that, he had to pay 85 more for storage of thc same the threo days lio was buzzing acound town trying to accomplish that end, 80 that he landed {n Ban Francisco, as he says, with anly about $300 in hisocket. The fircller rt of his journey being still before im, it behooved him to “ralse tho wind™ i somo way, or gct Governmont transports- tion to Bitka, He tried the Iast-named cxpedient, tirst using the telegraph MNberal- ly to convince the Washington authorities that the Indlans were in a stato of rebellion at Bltuu‘ and calling for a_revenue-cutter to take him thers and protect him when there. This, Becretary S8herman did not ace fit to do, Inas- much as the report of the resident Deputy-Col- lector at Bitka and Capt.White, of ths revenue- cutter Thomas Corwin, which had Just been there, reported In writing that everything was all right In Alaska and no danger from the In- dians wan to be fearcd. Coplcs of theso reports were sent Do Ahua, with the request that he proceed to Blika at once, lflxht here, at this point, the glant mind of Do Ahna begun to sca Intu the “conspiracy of the \v'uMnFton authoritics lector at Bltks, and the Al Company, so ho says; and HE ASTOUNDED ME with the information that Gen. Urant ia a mient partner fnthe Alaska Company, that Morton was, and that Fred Beward 1s, also John 8her- man, and Robert C. McCormick, Do Ahua has somg doubt rs to I u*)el’ honeaty as well; but as to Carl 8churz and Du Ahua the quinteascnes of honesty, 1o had no doubt whatever of his own honesty. Meantimo he had made the scqualntance of Mr. Louls Bloss, Vice-President of the Alasks Commercial Company, and *‘struck” him for s loan of 8400. Mr. Bloss s Vice-Prestdent, mind you, of the Company which De Ahua thinks has such a cormuoting infiuence in Alaske, but which really hos littlo more to do With Alnska proper than Tus TRINUNE has 1ts intcrests chicfly llaon the tvo small islands, which it has leasod from the Government as far from Bitka 88 Chicago from New York Bo after *bumming*’ aronnd 8sn Francisco & month and failing to get a Goveroment ship to take him to Bitka, and missing one steamer, ho finally reached 8itka without his family Oct. 31, Rut thinking probably that 8an Franclsco and not Sltka the place to make monoy out of his oftico, he remained only twelve hours st Bitka, returning on the samu boat that carried him tiere. That was long coough, however, to get Lils salary to running. He arrived back tn 8an Francisco the fore part of November for his family, Immediately on s arrival ho sought out Mr, Bloss, who had be- friended liim by o loan of 8400, and “*struck him for $2,500 norc, or an advancu on his sdl- ary, Astho method of his roquost scemed to be oxqccdlng the hounds of friendship, the “lonn " was refused. Then De Abua sat down and wrote bis first and only report to Washing- ton on Alaskan affairs, in which ho scverely eritfelscd thu Alaska Commercial Company, as I have before mentioned, ‘The contents of sald report, more than that It was ascvere attack on the Alaska Comoany, I cannot state, but they must_tiave been of a mature to lead the Treasury Department to belicye Alaska too fn- algnificant a field to warrant the longer reten- tion thero of Do Ahua; for ex-Assistant-Secre- tary of the Treasury McCormick’s reply (Do Aliua showed me the original telegram) was to the effect that he shouid recomtnend to Con- uress the nbolition of the Collectorship of the Depnty-Col- aska Commercial Bitke, De Ahua's own report Indicating there was no nccessity for a Collector thore. Huch o recommendation has beon mado and is now vending, and now the astute De Abua aflects to seo connivance hetween tho Treasury Depart- ment and the Alaskn Company, notwithstand- Ing tha recommendation was based on Do Ahun’s own teports " Atter s while Do Ahus MADE A TAISE in some way,—juat how {s not known, but ve: likely from” parties who hope to ba benelites by stiering up sticring up strife againat the Alaska Commerclal Company, 4 company which, asnearas I can find out, has kopt its contract with the United Btates Guvernment scrupuously, and riven it pretty much all the revenuo it has obtalned from ita northern posscssions, ln- deed, tho Alaska Company has already pald the United States more than one-third more than was_given for Alaskn,. and aopually paysa handsome revenue over aud above what it costs to maintain In jdlesess tho half-dozen such fcllowa as De Ahua. Tho enemies lof, tho ,Company .have Ifu tho past suceceded {n stirring up one or more Concres- sional fnvestigations in the vain attempt to con- nect some of Gen, Grant's Cabluct with re- ported misdeeds of the Company, but the In- vestizations, thorough ss a Democratle Com- mitteo usually inake them when scarching for Republican wronz-doing, ha¥e not only falled to find any of (len, Graut's Cabinct or other prominent volitictaes connected in the least de- groo with the Alaska Company, but bave fafled as well in showing the least shadow of departure from tho atrict letter of the contract on tho part of the Company. Any one desirous ol verifying my statement can find a voluninous report of Comuuittes of tho Forty-third Congress, which will afford hitn reading matter fors month—the testimony of witnesses raked togethor from all arts of the globe, and carefully squeezed of all nformation on the dongs of the aforesald Com- pany—ritnesses who hud been industrious in scason and out of scason in esserting knowledge of cruokedness on tho part of the Alaska Com- pany, but who were unable to substantiate thelr aTEC, nnfi the Alasks Commercial Compauy have to still keep fighting the absurd storics of years ago, which have been long disproved, and which were certified as maliclous and unfounded b n Democratic Committee of the great fnvesti- gating Detnocratic House of two years sgo. ‘Thers aro plenty of ENVIOUS PEOPLE here to koep allve theso old stories, or force new ones to suit thelr purpuses. Fuliug to jnduce the Alaska Company to bu him up, De Ahua sold out to tho Company's caemics,—and hn mnust bave aold himself chedp, for ho Is ** dead-broke ™ again now,—and scot the report to \Vashington which acted as a boomerang, and declded the Treaaury Depart. ment to recommend the abolitign of the Bitka Collectorship, and, as the scqucl shows, to “snulf out " Do Abus. _For he had proceded no further than Victoria, B..C., on his return trip, when he was overtaken by a telegram toll- fuig bim bis term of oftico hind oxnised with the extra session of tho Benato; that tho Bltka Collectorship was to bo ahaudoned, and that ho was no louger an officer ot the Unlted Btates Government. 80 Do Abua came back sgaln, but before starting from Victoria he tclegraphed suc- ceasively to President Ilayes, Secretury Sher- man, Beerutary Schurz, and Asslstant-Secrctary Frederick Beward for an explanation of his re- call. But bo reccived no “reply from any of themn, This ia his own nur( anil it fndicates to o that the puthoritics at Washington had ex- hausted their paticnco with UBEA?IIIA. and did not cars to encouraze bis * cheek " any further. But thie ellcnco on thelr part 18 construcd by Do Ahua as evidence of dishonesty, and he does not hesltate to charge most of thu gentlomen above uamed with belnig garticeps criminla with tho Alaska Commerclal Cumlv.nny in_ sumo mys- terlous fraud,—just what It is Le dous not un- dertake to say, . Do Ahua was *dead broke' at Victorla, and it taxcd bis wits and his * cheek to theutmost to find a way of changlug his bato to Bsu Fran. claco agaio. As (liustrative of tho character of the mau, snd his unblushiog fmpuacnve, I will hero stato that ho tried to get the Captain of the boat to take anorderon Mr, Bloss, of the Alaska Commervial Company, fur tho passages money of Limscll and family, This, mind you, after be bad becn successiul in extracting one lean of $400 from Mr. 8., aftcr his lll-success in getting auother loan of $3,500, and after attack- ing the Alaska Company Iu bls report to Wash- fngton. Dut he mmanaged In somo way to reach thls city, and now bo declares he i determined to o to Washington to stir up the Adininistra- tion and the Alaska Company, so Lhat you may next hear of him from that quarter {1 he suc- ceuds In ralsiug tho wherewithal to pay Lis rail- roud fare. Now, {n regard to Mil. DB ATIUA'S CHARGE against the Alaska Compauy, L have ouly this tosay: First, the storles are old, having been [nvestigated by Congressionsl Committees and found to be falsc some time ago. Secoid, all that De Abua kuows about them lsfrom hear- say, as be bimself admitied 1o me. He was at Eltka only twelve hours, and had no opportuni- ty to luvestigate auytbing fo bis own behall ‘Yhe Alasks Comyavy’s ialands sro over 1,000 miles from thiere, aud'De Ahua wes nevor at 8t. Paul or 8t. Georire io bis lile, "The fact is, all Do Abua got concerning the Alaska Company camo frow rnmu trylug to {njure thu Compa- ny'sreputation, and tle reason of his giving carrenvy to thuse aucicnt reports was bucsuse the Compaqy had refuscd to denoto bim 8§23, These epewlea of the Alaska Company bave probably paid De Abus a swall amount Lo keep Lim yoing, but as be bas injured bimscit mors thaa {hc Cotpany every timo ho has opeued his mouth or taken ud a pen, they will probably drop i 1tk & bot potato uow that be is shorn of tbe fusiguis of oftice. As between the Alaska Company and ita per- sonal cocwies, that fsa 8gbt fu which, I pre- sume, the public s vory Mitle lutereated, but e belleves them” when apublic officer takes « hand in and evinces auch n deslre to make money out of thr ficht as De Ahua did, it §s well that he be held up to the public gaze. And that Is my excare for taking up so much space In comalsing with your fns atructions for Information on the situstion in Alaska, 1 WILY ADD that Gen. McDowell's estimate of Alanka (s hald bymany leading businesawith whom I have talk- ed,and the opinion {ss0 common as to be aimost tiniversal that tho Government would do weil to farm the wiole Territory 01t to some one who Would take it and pay a reventie therefor under certain sslutary restrictions,or else that the bar- ren, frozen region be made a gift of tosome friendly power. Pro Boxo. e AMUSEMENTS. TIE OPERA. Tt In lgnifizant of the Intereat which has atiachdd to the debut of Mile. Msrie Rozo that Hooley's Theatre waa crowded last evening upon the occa- slon of the performance of **Favorita,** the aa- dience in attendance being fully as large as on Monday evening, when both Kollogg and Cary sangand a very populsr opera was given, It le only truth to say that ** Favorita,” notwithstand- ing its name; han fot been 4 favorita opera in this city, Tt has beed givdd bal éight {Imes here; ita st performance having been withesfed at Me- Vicker's on the Sth of March, 1830, 8o that on the average It has only been heard once in over two yesrr, Any really dramatic singer, however, conld hardly ask for a bettor opera in which to make & debut. Lucca choso it on that sccoant, and Marie Roze, who in many respects closely tesombles the lttlo German prima donns, probably selected it for the same reason, Whils It has o reality ‘but one prominent sria, thers is ample scopa for & fenulne artist to assert hereelf 1 the gradually- lncreasing opassion and Intetisily of the role of Leonora. It added, farthetmore, to the in- Lorest of this debut thasMarle Rozu is not anovice, but comes hers with a reputation which haa been established and with an unquestioned position asa prominent arilet oti the Europead boards, liet re- ceplion was more than & recognition, It was cor- dial and enthusiastic enongh to Indicate sympathy and intercst, and to assure her that ahe was warm- 1y welcome. Bhe combines many qualities that wiil always commend her to an audience: In personal appearance she In tall, robust, and commanding, with & very sweet and expressivo face, a natdral courtliness of prescace, and an eqnally natursl eass and grace of manner that prepossessone in her favor the moment that she appears. Iler casa nfmn the stage indicates thorvugh familiarity with all ita requirements of businoss. AN nctress aba {s 6 tha atandard of Iyricartiats, the mostof simply conventional. Hleretage presence is_always attractive, and whilo of nccessity she muat indalge, especially in reciiative passages, in more or less of the stereotyped gestars and pasture of opera, aho Inveals them wItE a pecallar charm by rcason of her exquisite grace. ‘Through all bér action l?pcnn that principal characteristic of the great artist, simplicity and repose. 8he sacrifices nothing for effect, and does not seck to make points by sensations or catbursts of power for ‘which sbe bas saved herself. Evcry movement In actlon ani cvery cffort in vocalization ahowa thor- ouih training and the trao srtistic finish, ro that, althongh she never surprisce, her persanation from commencement {0 end {8 harmonlous and aymmet- rical, Iler voice, although it is of good compa: and Iresh, smooth quality, is not st all & phens nalor even & gurprising one. It § B““ of very agreesble, smooth, and - ra throughout iis range. The lower voice, though yery rich fn quality, is not strong. The mrddle tones are beautifal and very sympathetic, and the upper very ewect, though not very stiangor pene- teating. ‘Tho beaoty of her art, both lyric and dra. matic, lics, as we havo said, in her simplicity and repose, as well as in the exqalsitc grace of all that olie docs, and these qualitics evidently impreased themeclves upon the audlence, as it Is rare thata debutanta has made a more uncquivocal success unon our lyrlc stage. Tho hearty appreelation which met her oarlicr efforts gradualy warmed into enthuslasm ns the movement of the work de- velaped 1n tntene J snd called odt her dramatlc power. The **O mio Fernando,” which Is really the culmination of her rale, war sung with™ charming expresslon ande trme pathos, and received o well-deserved encore. Tho res! ol the real work of thie oporn was shared by Katl, Conly, and Verdl. Whilo nelther of the three may be called great artista, it 18 to their credit that they sang with e s and suficiont enthusl- asm to sustain tho interest of the work. The only drawbacks upon the performance were the long ‘waits in the ents'actes, the careless singing of the chorus, and & ballet divertisement which only served to necdlessly prolong the performance. Upon so0 small a stage & ballet fs superinous. This evening **Faust" will bo given with M Tiore 1n the role of Marguerite, which will afford & sul] more exacting tost of her abllity, DE BAR'S OPERA-HOUSE. Special Disvateh to The Caieago Tribune. 87. Lovs, Fed, 5,—~The announcement ia made that the management of DeDar'a Opera-1fonse have' Riven their stock company notico that thelr en- gogement would terminate at the end of threo weeks, This canses much comment in theatrical circles, and carrles conaternation into the camp of tho company, who assert that such a notice is an- procedented, and in violstion of the custom and ueage of dramatic engngements, a8 companies aro generally engaged for the season, and the termina- tlon of the contract in the middlo of the season will cenforco fdloncss upon the members of the tronpe during the unfinlehod period, There {s a thres- woeks clause in most of the engagements, which thns mansgement are detormined to abide by, but which the sctors claim was only Intended as n menans by which the management musm terminato the engagements of partics supplied them by the dramatic agencies who did not suit. The manage. ment state that combination troupes will visit thelr theatra during the renialndor of the ecason, but rumor says that the action is for the posE of woeding out one or two members of IR- com- pany who are a drawback to i1 merits, SPORTING BILLIARDS, The billiard game Jast night at Brunswick's was won by Hoa after an uninteresting con- test. Hoa started out beautifully, but dropped toward tho close of the game, IHonahan playcd In poor forim. . THR SUMMARY. Cuscaao, Feb, 5. —Twenty-second game In the tourmament for t! chamolonship of Chicagi Jayed st DBrunswick's Hall, betwecn Hdh an Plananan, 5510 Brunewick & Dalka tablos 5% balla; A, Bassford, rolerec. Ilos wins In 88 in- ninge; Avorago, 3.40; best rune, 17, 20, 10, Honahan's scoro, 245; average, :.78; best runs, bt . The scoro: black)-0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 2,0, 12 2, 7,17, o, , 2, 0, 7, 20, 2, 10, 0, 0, D, 7, 0, 3, 0, 4,0, 80,0, 8 1,8,1,'0'1:5,0,"4,' 5270, 4, 0, 51,0, 1,0,0,8 0,5 B, 5 8 0,8, 0,0, 3 0, o, 5L 1,4,4001,02 4,20014050, o, A "[lonshan (white)-0, @, 10, 7, 0, 3, 1, 0, 2 912700050 %1.3 10100 4 27 v Ay 0 0 8, 2, 2, 1, , 13,'0.'0,0, 0, 0, 0,2, 1,70, 1, &, 2, 15, 0, . 0,6, 1, 1, 0, 14, 0, 0, 3, 0, 075, 0,4 5 1) 2, 1, 0-245, n 00 0 New Onrtuans, Feh, 5,—A billlard match bo- twecn Sexton aua Cyrille Dion, 1,000 points, for £3,000 a side, was played to-night at the 8t, Charles Theatre. Bcorc—Sexton, 1,0003 Dion, 705 Including odds of 200, Best runs—Bexton, 238, 188, 186; Dion, B4, T4, 88, Average— = , 0, . o 17m 239, 1 26103 Dion, 19, ¢ THE RIFLEMEN. New Yok, Feb, 5.—~At a mceting of the Board of Directors of tho Natlonal [tiflo Asso- clatton it was resolved that tho President be em- powoered to {nvite, fn the namno of the Assocls- tlon, the ofticers and members of the varlous Rifle Clubs and Associations throughout the country to assemble fn convention at Crocd- wmoor, or somao suftabla placo In the city, upon the occasion of the next spring prize meeting, for tha purpose of considering and detcrmining upon allguestions which may bo presented relat- ivg to ritle-shooting and rifie matters gencrally, ——— THE TURY, CuaARLESTON, B, C,, Fob, 5.—The races at the Bouth Csrolina Jockey Club's feourse to<lay se- sulted os follows: ‘The mile dash, all ages, was won by Egypt, Belle Islo second, Ploneer third. Time, 1:5{8¢. The second ruce, two-mile” htats, was won by Wash Booth over an unnamed bay mare. Time, 8:53 and U:B3Y, X Tha third racc, mile heats, was won by Gen, I’hllllpnlr Dalgasian secontl, Gov. lHampton shird, Time, 1:33) anu £:50 ——— PEDESTRIANISM. Nzw OnLmaus, Feb. 5.—Ifcury Bchmebl, pedestrian, completod his 100 miles In twenty- threo hours and eleven minutes at 8t Patrick’s Hall to-night. His walk of 500 wiles In 143 hours is progressivg with confidence 8o himself and friends. Tho medical profcssion is taking alively intercst in the wnIE. Mcmory, bis 0p- vouent, left the track aud hall st the comple- g)n: r:;:c‘«liu thirty-third milo, exbausted and dis- DISPUTED AUTHORSHIP. 8pecial Dispaich ta Tha Chicago Tribune. IxviaNaPoLs, Ind., Feb. 5.—A. E. Sinks, an artist who was confined Iu the Insane Asylum with Luther Beason, temperance lecturer, and author of * Fiftcen Years In Hell,” bas brought sult agaiost Beuson for 81,000, alleging that ho gfllnh} 1s the muthor of the book. Benson snd is friends claim thoy have abuudant proct that ¢ 14 » scheme tu extort woney, FEBRUARY 6, 1878, 5 RAILROADS. An Attempt Will Be Made To-Day to Solve The Eastern-Bound FPreight Troubles Now Existing. Bursting of the Southwestern Pool by the St. Lonis Roads. Vanderbilt Roported to Have Again Oheok- " mated the Grand Trunk, THE PEAUR CONVENTION. The meeting of the mafsgern of the Western conuectlons of the New York trunk lince and the Eastern Pool Commissioners st the Grand Pacific Hote! to-day will undoubtedly bo one of tho most Important rallway meetings ever held here, a8 from ita action depends whether the disorzanized condi- tlon of the East-bound freight business shall bo continged Indefinitely or brought toa close. The indlcatitma are that the meeting will be & hermo- nios one, and that s settlement will be effectca on {be basls of the recommendations of the trunk-line Presidents, If they wore in earhiest whan they made thelr 1ast agreement, which was published in yesterday's Trisuxz, the Western managers will be compelled to stop their fighting and submit to the authority of the Pool Commis- sloners. It s expected (hat every rromlnent Weatern rosd will have a representative atthe meeting, A numboer of railway managers have a1 ready fmml here, and the others are expecte ihis mornln;. Among those will ba Pt ssloners Fink snd Gullford, Mr. L. J. Beat- geant, Trafle Mansger of the Grand Trunk Rall- ‘wan sabjectea to thd interviswing process by & TRiBUNE reporter at the Tremont Hotse last evening, o stated that when the Convention was hold in New York st which the ] for West- bound 'rcl‘ht was_made nup and Albert Fink was avopointed Raliway Commissioner for the same, the Grand Trunk was not 1eprescnte 80 he wupposed it was the intention of the combination that this rosa shounld e represented at the meeting at this end of the line, that all the trank roads might be representod at one polnt or Anothor, 1ie sald thero was s gen- eral nnsctiled and uneatisfactory feeling among ahippers on account of the conetantly-changing ind it was tha desire of ali partioe concerncd meo sort of an agrecment should ba arrived at, Mr, Nathan Guilford stated that he had recently hee: ppointed Iailway Commissioner of the A und frelzht at Chl u?\s. 1t was desired to form 8 pool for the cqual distribution of frelght over the lines to the E. and the principal object of the meeting was fo bring nr Fink and himeelf into currespondence, or face 10 face, that the differences existing might be set- tled, and that the eompetition and rivairy between this Weetarn connections might cesse, It 15 ex- w:cled that the Managers of ali the roads In the Veat connecting with the trunk ifnes will be prea. ent at the mecting, but taere will rmbnly be no other representatives of trank lnes here thatl what have already been mentfoned. eave Rallway- .| Commissioner Fink, who is expected this morning. d that he could not tell ould take for his road ntil after the mecting, glbe main object was to harmonize, s0 far as possi- THE BURSTED POOL. The managers of the Chicago roads belonging o the Scuthwestern Rallroad Rate Assoclation met 4t the Grand Pacific llotel yeaterday to take into conslderatioh the notice of witldrawal from the combluation of the mansagers of the 8t, Louts, Kansas City & Northern and Missourd Pacific Raflroads. The sudden declsion of {lie managdra of the Bt, Louls roads waa severely criticlaed, nnd thelr action denounced as & vlolation of good faith, At the last meeting of ithe Assoclation atthe Grand Pacific Hotel, the §t. Louls mansgers whined be- causo they did not get all the buelness they thonght they wera entitled to. The Chicago man- agers, in the goodness of thelr bearts, sgreed to give the 8t. Louls roads 30 por cent of tha sarplas, and dating it back to the time when the combina- tlon was formed. Tha 5t, Louls managers secmed to be overjoyed with the concession, and signified thelr intentlon to be loyal to the pool forovermore. Thelr loyalty lasted just until thoy had pocketed the 30 percontof the surplus allowed them, and then they eat downand Indited their letier of withdrawal from the combination, Of conree, no one doubts the statement made yesterday that the St Lonis managers were aclusted” by s desire o ** bulldoxe '’ the Chicago & Alton, and provent it it possible from conatructing ita new line ta Kan. sas City. -The: managers of the Chiesgo & Alton bave not the least doubt that the 8t, Loals, Kan+ 128 Clty & Northern , which they now nse as their Kanesa City connectlon, will try todeprive them temporarily of » Bouthwestern] connection and harass thein all they can. They have no doubt, however, tuat they will bg able o make lemporary arrangements with the ilanuibal & 8t Joe for their Houthwestern businoss, and thus be inde. pendent of the St. Louis, Kai City & Nortbern until their now liae is complel 1f the manazers of tho 8t. Louls roads tnink they can by this fc- tion ecare the managersof the Chicago & Alton sufliciently to give up ibeir intention of building alinc to Kansas City they do not know tho men with whom they are dealing. Tho Allon man- agers don't scare worth & cent. Onthe contrary, tho action of the St. Louls roads has stimalsted to hurry up their project and commenca the con- struction of the new line atthe earlicst posslble moment. Therefre no more obstacles in the way of beklnnln:‘ the new road, and the city sathoritice of Kansas City have jnst done the handsome thing, and granted the Company tho right of way into the city, The Company would liko to got a littie more bot this will undoubtedly be forth. on #a the conatruction of the road has commant Tlhe new extension from Mexico to Kansas City, & distance of 160 miles, can bo com- leted In threo months, with the cxcentlon of the Erldgu ovor the Missourl River, Dut, pending the erection of this bridve, the transfer can be made by ferry-honts. It was atated yesterday thatthe . Louts, Kansas City & Northern and Missouri Pacidc R completed arrangements to take all their Mlssourl River business vis tho Wabash and Canada Southern, thus cutting off_the Alton, which heretofore got dhe bulk of the Bast-boand business from the former rond, ‘The mansgers of the Chicago roads, at thelr mweating yesterday, decided to bold the 8t. Louls roads to I‘ reement which provides that forty days' notice |s neceasary, and Leforo the expira- tlon of that time it {s nnl‘gmbflbll that active hos- tilitles will commence, When tha fight does bo- gin the Chlcago roads will undoubtedly work in harmony to bo the better enahled lo checkmato thelr Bt, Lauis rivals, Itis tho intontion of the Chicago roads, in case of & fight, to make the rates ta and from Misrouri Itiver points the same from Chieago a8 are charged from S8t. Louls, In this manner they have brouglit to terms the cantanker- ouas 8t, Louts roads on scveral occasions, THE GRAND TRUNK'S MISTAKE, The N3w York Central Railroad 18 just now en. gaged inalittle game which, If successful, will greatly delay, if not sltogether prevent, the Grand Tronk Rallway from ualng the Chicago & Lake lluron Road ssan ontlet to this city, as has been its intention, The Chicego & Lake Huron Toad, up to about & year ago, waspot & continu- ons line, but was divided into two parts, one s tlon from Part luron to Flint, and the other be. tween Lansing and Valparaleo, leaving & gap of about twenty-six miles betweon Lansing and Flint, After this road had been thrown Into bank. ruptcy, the old Directors declded to camplets the unfinishied portion belween Lansing and Fliant, hoplng thersby to save something on the invest- meats puflomI‘ made by joining the two old sec- tions. ~ As the Chirago & Lake Huron was in bauk- ruplcy, they were compeliou to ge fof for'tho_section betweon Flint a pecisl char. 2 road. Though tho Recelver mauages tho ontire lind from Fort luron o Valp: yeb the old iwa sections only sre controlicd by the Court, while the section known &s the Chicago & North- eantern ls amenable 1o the contrul of tho Directors, For some {ima past theGrand Trunk has becn buy- iog up the securitics uf the bankrupt Chicags & Lake {lnmn Hoad, and It i reported to hold al- ready a controlling foterest. “But somehow or othor it 100k no steps 10 socure the Chicago & Northeastern, which was needed to make tho road & cuntinuons line and of any valuo to the Qrand Trunk. nhlbl;n tho mai Trunk thought il Chlcago & Lake Huron in their vo: would fiud no trouble fn -:nmnf 1h Northeastern at o faie valustion. It now sppears that that the mausgers of the New York Central, who are opposed to the Grand Trank's scheme, have taken advautage of take on tho part of the Grand Trunk managers, and for soma time pass they aro reported to have been secretly negutialing ‘lldx the Dircctors of the Chicagu & Northeaal. crn for the possession of the property. It {s now understood that thesc ncxolistions have becu successful, and that the New York Central will shortly become the owner of O 1f this provea to be so. a sad blow to Trunk" to tois city has becn lnflicted, aod it will be lled to get 8 new charter and bulld s now Jine between the two sections of ihe Chicago & Lake tluron, in ordorto make thew syailablo. The managers of tho New York Centrsl, Lake. Bhore & Mlchigau Southern, and Michican Conter § will, bowe: do tbelr best to provent the Uray . Truik from gettig » now chartct from the Mic' .. gan Legialature. Mr. Vanderblitcan make usr | of the Chicage & Northesstern In conncction with ,'the Lako Shore & Michigan Bouther, which °.ag & branch to Lansing. . —— THE CHICAGO & PACIFI(, The ausual meeting of, tne stockholde s of the Chicago & Paclfc Mailroad was bold yo sterday at tue office of the Company, ¢o rmer of Ll o and La- Salle strects. Mr. A. ¥. Brown was chosca to preside, and Mr, George 8. J3owen wass sclected s Boceclary, Toe §z! $iuw da arderrea the alac. smbitlon ta sccure an immedi, Brown, F. A, Winkelman, Walter L. Pease, and L. P, Hllliard, The total number of votes cast Operating expenies John 8. WI shipping businers of that city has been falling away danng the past four years, and with 8 view of preventing fariher decline, and regaining what 18 loat, merchantsare circulating and signing peti- direct cannection with the Hoosac Tunnel, in or- and ezplained that he found tho forged tickets on a reat ina railroad car. ed rather thin by Jastice Bammerfield, and he was i, that eection, operation, and fifty miles more sre graded an Bpringeld & Northwestern -nussloners to atiend to tion of Dirditiors for the ensuing year. The bal- Tot resnlted &4 follown: Thomas 8, Dobbins, George 8, Bowen. John 8. Wilcox, Albert F. VEGETINE. The Following Approved Statement will Speak for Itself: BT Bostox, March 23, 1874, TRVENA: . Dear Bir ¢ A few “‘{' after the Foarth of Inly laat I iot mY leg hurt by a fellow-workmam Tetting s plank fall, whichstrack meon the knee. Fop four months following I_was nnder the treatment ot the physicians at the Dispensary, at the end of which time lhns told me they coald do nothing more for me, and that munfin to the hospital and have my LEG AMPUTATED above the knee. I was removed to the hospital, and lay there ton weeka under the treatment of tho best akill tha hospital aflorded, and no _pen can describe the great suflering [ endared. My leg was swollen to ncafy toe alze of my bod! and all the snrface of myknee tarned black, and | was told that my kneo w2 80 disenned a9 to renderit impossibleto save m: leg, and urless it was ampatated soon I WOULD DIE, WhenI first went to tho hospital, T raised were 1,847, ‘The road being In the bands of s Recelver, who has {o make monthly reporta to the Courf, the President did not submit & reenlar snnuat report, but he made & verbal statement: Grows eamnings. . 8183, 201. 83 110,4m, 18 Ket earniogs....oo, $ 63.7u7.65 Buheequent to the stockholders’ meeting the Di. rectorn met and adjourned, The following officers ‘were elected for the ensning yesr: President, T, 8. Dobbins; Vice-President, W. L. Pease; Sec. retary ana l'g:nnm. Georgs 8. Bowen; Boiicitor, x. A BOSTON SCHEME. Nxw Yonx, Feb. 5.—A Doston dupatch says the tlons to the Doston & Albany Rallroad to make s e e I icaqn and | otber commercinl contrenf | thch mobjcctionto the smpatatlon of my leg, e onscnted to try ane alternative, wi the West myia brooght into closet relations with | to cut ont all the dhzlud flesh and replace fx.hw‘{:r: the Enst, nound flesh from tho other leg. They didcat ——— CAIRO & 8T. LOUIS, Spect al Dispateh to Tha Chicaga Tribune. Catan, 11, Feb. 8,—~The arst pasacnger-traln gince the suepension Iast fall arrived in this city about 8 o'¢lock this evaniog, over the Cairo & Bt. Loals Nlmw-fl-n;fl Hsilroad from £t. Louls. nix pieces from my well leg, and pince 1t whero the diseased fcsh had heen removed; but the bona was 80 much diseased that this experiment proved 8 failare, and I was removed Lo my homein & hope- less condition, Other physiclans wers then em- ployed, nntil all the money which I had saved from my earnings had been tlnemledl and_one thing after another dispored of TO PAY DOCTORS Passenger and freight trains wlxll now run regular- ml’;l.i‘i'm‘mnm l-m;ly was l?'l d:-uénml Icnlndhl- B orning. . R inpo for myeelf except rellef T MpaRkn Rl e 08 death. Atthis ttme Mr. THIIl, the police omeer in my street, calied in to sea me, and, after rendenng ccuniary aesistance to my family, brooght soma egetine for me, urging me to aivo ita faithfnl teial, saying when those two bottles werogong he woald sec that I had some more. After I had been taking the Vegetine three days the uicersin my knee commenced to discharge, and I esnnot begin to dencribe the frightfal quantity that ae discharged during tho following clfihl daye: and thoagh nrevlunll{ 1 had saffered indescribablo aln, tendering alecp impossibie, after taking the egetine three’ days the pain all left me, and my whole complaint acemed to be ponringont of ma with this corrupted matter, ‘fhe Vegetine was not only forcing disease from me, but it gave me strength from day tu day. When I commenced on the fourth bottte'of Vegetine the awelling had all left my leg, and the sore which covered tho whola surface of my kneo commenced to heal next to the bone, 1smmnow on the sixth botile; the sore Is entirely healed, and my health o improved as to enable me to walk all _oyer town. The Vegeilne HAS SAVED MY LIFE. It haa cured my Jeg and restored mo to health; my knea bears the marks of my great suffering, and “{t will always aflord mo pleasure to show the proof of what this good medi- cine has dona for me, POSTPONED. Spectat Dipateh (o The Chicago Tridune, BPRINGPIZLD, 111, ¥eb, 5. ~Judge Drummond has postponed the ssle of the Springfleld & Northwestern Rallroad until the 23d inst. ITEMS, The ticket-forger Andrews, whoso arrestwas recorded yesterdsy, was arraigned beforo Justice Summerficld to answer to the charges of forgery and paesing counterfeit tickets, both the Lake Shote & Michigan Bouthern and the Chicago, Mil- wagkeo & Bt. Paol appearing aguinat him. The fcllow claimed to be an attorney by profession, Hin defenre was conshier- hela to the Criminal Conrt under bonds of £8,000. Not being able to securs bail, he was marched to Dr. John Evans, President of the Denver, South p Rallroad, formerly o prominent ._1am, doar air, vory grata. ::'«;fzn&ollc'lfl‘cnfn. was in the cflfienemr‘ 1o | falins Joux Wrict, 03 Kneoland street. informed a Tmiauxe reporter that work oo his foad is progressing very favorably, e rond runs The Pollceman’s Statement. The above atalement is true. 1 procured the Vegetine for him, and carefally ohscrved his con. ditlon from the time ho commenced to use it until he was cured, WiLLtax B, Hut, Polico Officer. Statlon 4, Boston, Mass, VEGETINE. Safe and Sure, Mr. IL R, Brzvexs: 1n 1872 yonr Vegetine was recommended to me, and, ylelding to tho persuasions of & friend. 1 con- sented to try it, At the time 1 was suffering fromn eneral debility and nervous prostration, iced by ovérwork and frregular ha wonderful strengthening and curative properties reemed to alfoct my debilitated nystem from the first done, and under Ita persistent s I rapidiy re- cuve: grining more than usual Liealth and good u:lInF. Since thenIbave not Lesitated to give ne frota Denver in 8 mmhwuk-r:{ direction to the Si-duty ilop Soonty nd pics mplied ng the T B P Een complcieds 1t will bo 200 miles In length, Hixteen miles of it &re now in the iron. "’.l“}lycm"'ilu:l::m Cincinnat! & At Louis Railroad has commenced narrowing the gauge of Ia track from four fcet ten inchee to faur rect nine inches, The regnlar monthly meeting of the Erle & Nor(h Bhore fast-frelght line will bo held at tho Graad Pacific Hotel, in this city, to-dsy, The ladistispolle, Bloomingion & Western Rail- road is m:l‘;{ rul nlng :hrnngh cars between Indlan- ausas U lpfr{‘l‘h'anurec osure Cise of Glovet st al, va, The oF hex “‘l’tlemndl pany, mmond Yesterday, after s long argu- f"u.a“ 5 eglrgnd an order wnpcnln? the saie of the toad to Saturday, Feb, 83, The Indiana Hanking Cummni. -nmgn:r. made ll;u ‘2‘;{';‘,%.‘:’:“;, lsnl:‘ . rfT, of Kpnagfeld, ¥ - {oriiyar the ‘bomduoldeis, and 3ir, Ketchum for the Company. Vezetine my mostunqual{fied indorsement as being s 3 s‘:u, ".n;i“ nlfi}p«werl{’u&nen:m ngmnun”uhfl and restoring the wasted wyatem to now life on STATE AFFAIRS' energy. \'e‘;uune 18 the only medicine I use, and g aslong as I live Inever expect to find a better, IWISCONSIN. Yours traly, V. 11, CLanK, W Special Disvater 1o Tha Chieada Tribune. 120 Monterey strect, Allegheny, Pa. ‘Mavpisox, Wis., Feb, b.—{n the Assembly this mornlug resolutions wero presented asking for VEGETIINE tho repcal of tho Bankrupt law. A resolution was adopted cuttiog off new Prepared by business after the 12th of February, Bilis were introduced relating to tho descent of real and personal property; deflning certain offenses and prescribing punishment therefor; to encourage keeplng thoroughbred stallions; amendioyg the charter of Milwaukee: relatiog to tramps and vagabonds; for the preservation of game. Inthe Senate bills were introduced for the exhibition of Wisconsin dairy products at tho Paris Exh&blunn,.nv.lwngpolnung. thres Com- 0 same; for the fence authorizing the appointment of Commissioners to the Prison ~Conpress in Sweden in August next. About ffty Milwaukeesns, consisting of the Common Councll aud Board of Buoervisors, arrived here to-night on & tour of inspection. They are being extensively beered by toelr {ricnds, The Asscmbly Chamber {s crowed to-night to hear papers hefore the Jolnt Canvention of the Btate Agricultural and Hortlcultural Socletics, Prof, Scaring delivered a paper on * Forestry,” Bouator ‘Torrey on * Industrial Socleties,” and Prof. Chamberisin on **A Proposed System of Experimental Farming." H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists. ANNUAL CLEARING SALE. ANNUAL CLEARING SALEF Fest End Dry Goods Houss Madison and Peoria-sts., Narth ide Dry Goods Hous North Clark & Erie-sts. ing of ralirosds; MINNESOTA. Specral Disvaich to The Chicago Tridune. 87, PAUL, Minn., Feb, 5.—The Scnate ordered an inquiry {oto the legality of the arganization of Altkin County, on the Upper Misstssippl, which, Jike Unss County (abolished last year), bas few residents, while the taxpayers arc mostly non-residents and ploc speculators. A naw Grasshopoer Rellef bill, reported In {he Scnate this morning, contemplates the lin- mediato {ssus of $100,000 of bonds, bringing the State debt to the constitutional limit of $400,000, with a further issuc of $100,000 more whon that amount_of present existing bonds will be taken up. Thae State's bonds arc placed *| fn tho permapent school fund. A res- olutiun was also {ntrojuced Ympmlng to avold the constitutional limitation of the debt by authorizing the Btato Auditor to arrange with the banks to cash $50,000 of his warrants for tho purchase of sced grain, ‘The Houss fmud the Hastings & Dakota Extension bill, with au amendmentarcserving & legialative right to rogulato and rovisc the rates ou the road, and a proyisu that on 8 fallure to comply un the part of the Hastings & Dakota Company, some other :omrmy may have pos- session on condition of bullding tlity miles a year. ‘The pill passed unnnlmou_oly. —_— L) In addition to attractions previ- ously ndvertised the tollow= ing bargains in OUSEKEEPING GOODS Weo aro offering at prices never before heard of in Chicago: Loom Dice Tabls Linen, 80 inches rice 600 o 8'1 8, 880 former price 50 onlo. Corumnus, 0., Feb. 5.~In the House bills were introduced to require clerks of courts to keep a weekly calendar of all cases filed; to provide a stay of exccutions for the collection of debts for two years; to roquire tho salarics of Mayora of [ncorporated villaged to be tixed by o vote of the people from year to year: to mako it amisdemeanor to treat anlmals cruelly: tofix tho compensstion of Prosceuting-Attor- neys in counties coutalning less than 80,000 pop- ‘ulation at §600. In the Senate the Scnats bill to repeal the Iaw making it necessary to record chatiel mort- gages, hut providing for the kecplug su index of tho salc, was passed. 1n Cosnmittee of bill, an smendment to provida for taxiug all church property was agrecd to—15 to 13, 1n thy flouse the Ilause Joint resotution ssk- ing Congress to repeal the Resumptlon act was adopted. by a party vote, the Democrats in the afirmatdive and the Republicans 1n the negative, et SPRINGFIELD, ILL, iecial Dispaleh §0 The Chicagn Tridune. SeaNariELy, It Fob, 5.—Thelr creditors to-day filed a petitton in bsnkruptey sgainst John, Killlan, of Jacksonville, me Jack D. Wright, of Petersburg. The Episcopalians are asking of th: Oa:lernor the apbointment of & minister of that faith as C!unlgln of the Bouthern Illuols Peniteutlary at Chester, ga lw’ul, lnnu':n. . 80 uro. o sulted to ach dental want, The fragrant Sozodont, BUSINESS NOTICES, To One and All—Arp You Bufferlr various pulmonaty trunbles, that so tnnlllmgihln' 1f's0, uss ** Wide often [ ration, ' ‘This l:‘ 0 g;:c: P lieal Tacul” ok Is reguiarl [ v, Maput. onl muhg‘uwh Cueamlat. " §ut0n, Boid” by Ailss! at oprl £ve, sCroi- sa88 arlal g (rom Imipurities of tae blood. The ¥ uter ta sold by all prominent drusyists, and PARLIcls coutaining wonderful cures can vo had by sddrcasinz **Missisqual Springs," Frankiin Couaty, Vt. ————— Husband's Caleinod Magnesis..Four first. More sgreeablo remium sllver wodsls awarded the taste. and amalicr doso sia. ¥or pale 1 Goverament-a drugzists’ and countey stores, n other ag wped bultlcs thie Whole on the Taxation a coagh, cold, sathma, broachitle, o * -8 from Lcer Ockand Lime, " naato snde” o T8 T8 0o pro- R ——— uol 8ot g Water,—The water of this 384 apecific for cancer, Bright's dis- o tutancous afactions, avd sll dus- Very Boaxy softais Loors Damask, 60 fn. o, 500 ; formor price 750, Fxtra heavy Barnsloy Loom Damask 04 in. T and_best qualities Barnaley and b an eat qu v%‘é‘:&'eh Loom Damask, §1; former prico, 1,28, Bleached Tabla Damasks, 80 in. wido, 35 wnd 4003 former price 50 and 80c. Heavy Bleachad Damask, 03 in. wide, 5003 tormer price 85¢, Very hoavy Bleached Damasks, 84 in. wide, 7803 former price $1. Bxtra Heavy Bleached Dmukilo“ finish, 4 10, wido, $1¢ tormer price $1.35. 6.8 Dun’r%lhvklnl per dos, $1; former rice, ] !\Dlll aize heavy qulll? Damask Napkini, $1.25; former price, $3. Beautiful Dsmask Napkins £3, $3.50 and $3; former price $3, $3,50 and $4. Detter qualitios reduced in same proporti’ ey l% in, wide Twilled Oraah 8a; formor’ ang 0, Heavy Twilled Crash 7}ic} former Russia Orash 10 and 13Ko; 134% and 16 0 20 in, wide All-Linen Bleac* Orash 12303 former pricr ‘1'" and Brown Hea Damesk 2179 mrgarxfifixea. Towoling, 13140; pricol0o «smer price Bleached and Unbler " uokabuck Tow« 218, 30 by 33 ino* Y toraer pete Unbleached D - .emaask Towels, 30 by 33 in. L2308 ©0rBe Prige 30 and 266, i y B 8&%“3&?%!5?‘&”‘1%%: d B g D e s Dl0o40 aad . 4 B e Qualitieazeduced in same proportton. sl Honeycomb Bedspreads, 760; former price 800, 114 Hoavy Bedquilts, 850; former prico §1. u-t] Bzirs Heavy Badquilts, $1.88; formor price $1.75. ll’-g #momu Quiits, $2; formor prico 114 Heavy Marsoilles %“flll‘ fast back, $3.60; former price 0. Elegant Marsoillos gul ts for $3.50, $4 and §5; reduced one-t. Nottingham Lace Curtains at lower pricas than importer’s cost. !.‘hfnnl Nottingham Ourtain Nets in beau. ful Designs, very wide, with double bor- der, Jm':u'd 35,740, "800; former price 40,60 and 780, A fow cases 13-4 Pine Californis Blankots at $4.50 J::un the lowest price they have at heretofore is $8. DroTt bargaies in other Blankets and Flan- nols. CARSON, PIRIE & CO.