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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY., FEBRUARY 10, 1878—SIXTEEN_ PAGES. 5 CRIMINAL RECORD. Additional Testimony for the Pros= ecution in the Rande & Case. Details of the Pursnit and Killing of - McKown and Belden. The Prisoner’s Identity Estab- lished Beyond a Perad- venture. - © Work Performed by Jack Ketch During the Year 1877. Battle Between Revenue Officers and Moonshiners in Tennessee. The Fort of the Latter Oaptured and Their Stills Destroyed. RANDE. TESTIMONY FOR THE PROSECUTION. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. GALEBSBURG, Feb. 9.—The Rande trial was resumed this morning at 9 o'clock, a small audience being present at the opening. The testimony of the many witnesses from Gileon is monotonons in its character, consisting of details of the hunt after the man who burglar- ized Pearce’s house, with more or less direct testimony as to the shooting of Belden and AcKown, and winding up with AN ABSOLUTE IDENTIPICATION of the prisoner. People had about enough of this yesterday, and don’t care to turn out in the enow for a repctition of the dose. + The first witness called this morning was George G. Moore, a mechanic, residing at Gil- son. Hewas oue of the men who assisted in the chase, having joined in when he heard some shots fired. Hesawa man runaing, with four otbers followtng him. Cramer, Holloway, Clark, and the little boys were of the party. Witness was running closc upon the man when THE BOY KELLER WAS SHOT. He screamed, and witness followed after the tramp into the cornfield. As nearly as witness scould tell, Rande wasthe man. He was carrying ablack valise in his band when be started to run. After Belden was shot, witness went with therest of the men through the field, and fol- lowed up the hunt until sundown. The next day he searched for the valize, and mct four men on a similar errand. Mr. Hill found the valise near the northwest corner of the corn-field, not more than 100 yards north of the place where Rande entered. There were in it POUR REVOLYERS, one with the hammer broke, an old butcher- knife, a pair of nut-crackers, a small rule, a pair of scissors, and other articles. Mr. Bradehaw, of counsel for the defense, conscientiously objected to nearly eyery ques- tion put to this witness, and Mr. Stubbs, his associate, made the declaration that they did mot think the prosecution had a right to inquire as to anythive subsequent to the death of Belden. The Court could not eee it exactly in this light, and the defense objected again, When it came to identifying the satchel and its contents, they objected still more strenuonsly; in fact, they have done very little elso from the opening of the trial. TAE DATTERED VALISE and its rubbishing contents were displayed on the table, and Moore described thearticles which e recognized. He then resumed the stand and went on to tell how, a quarter of a mile east from Pearce’s house, they found hidden in the top of ahickory tree, which had been blown down, but on which the leaves still hung, a coat, overcoat, duster, some calico, a sack of apples, a pop-bottle with some vinezar fo it, and a crooked stick. Al this valuable collection was given over to the keeplog of Al Holloway, at Gilson. The tree was iu the timber just east of the corn-field,and only & few steps from it. In cross-examination by Mr. Stubbs witness said that they started out between 2 and 3 o'dock. The first two shots were close to- gether, but not simultancous, and witness could not tell whether they were PROM GUNS OF DIFFEREST CALIBRE or not, as he was about & quarter of a mile away. When he heard the shots ho started to Tun up to the party, who seemed to be going in a westerly dlrection. When he came up the pursuers were fifty to sixty yards behind the fugitive. They called out to him to hait, but ‘witness did not hear them say anything clse. He could not ray whether they were infuriated or afrajd, and, as to the state of their minds, about which Mr. Swbbs was so an- xious, wituess. lad uvo earthly ineans of kpowledge. He believed that about a dozen ehots were fired in all, the last one when 1be boy was shot. The pursnit stopped foranhour or s0 after the man got over the fence until ADDITIONAL TELP.COULD BE HAD. Probably twenty-five or tnirty men came up within the bour, two or three of whom were armed. Mr. Rebstock had a rifle, Band a double- barreled shot-guu, and Befden some sort of a revolver. Witness was armed—with a stone he ¢bad picked up. He could not say that Rebstock @r aoy other man assumed the position of Geo- eral, but Rebstock stationed the men around the feld. Witness did not bear bi:n order any oue to shoot the man. Mr. F. M. Hitt furnished another opportunity for the defense to object. His pame had been given as “ Frank ™ on the indictment, whereas 4t was really “Francis.” The- Court thought that Rande was the man. He remained there an hour and a quarter, and’ witness had a long talk with him. Rande wanted a_job of work, but witness had none for him. He asked for & plece of ramrod, and witness gave bim a piecs of omk timber, which he took up. It was a rod which he cut in half for the purpose. The rod produced was the same kind as that given to Rande, but witness could not exactly swear to it being the same. If it were, there had been SOME CHANGES MADE IN IT. The defense again came in with a series of objections; in fact, the atmospbere was dark- ened with objections for a few minutes. Mr. McKenzie, deprecating the petty quibbling which delayed the proceedings on purely tech- nical erounds, evaded the obiections, by varying the f?rm of biis questions, and Lilley went on to testify. He said thatthe rod he gave Rande was a rod for a .double-barreled shot-gun, aud if this were the spme it had been whittled down. It presented the appearance of HAVING BEEN WINTTLED . and turned end for end. After Rande left wit- ness’ shop be missed something. Here there was another _discussion, and Mr. McKenzie explained that they wanted to prove the identity of Rande with the man who drop~ ed the gachel. They were mot trying a man for murder and proving him guilty of robbing s bird’s nest. But they wanted to kmow abous the goods found in the sachel. The witness was aeain allowed to go ahead. He swore positively that of the articles which be missed shortly after Rande visited his place, he saw almost all in the valise afterw: brought into Gilson in the sachel. He IDENTIFIED THE BRACE AND. BIT, the scale, numbered from one-sisty-fourth of en inch upward, the screw-{:latc, and the re- volvers. As tb the latter, they had been left at his shop for repairs, and he identified them by the work he Lad put in on them. The tools strongly Tesembled those he had used for years. They were in the shop when Rande was there, and next day were zone. Witness missed also a double-barreled shotgun, which he founa afterwards at a man's house near Gilson. [This is the gun found in the fleld and thrown away by the man who shot Belden.] Witness continued: “I have scen Rande since that time, and TALRED WITIL IIM. I went into the hospital at St. Louis, where he ‘was lying sick. He seemed zlad to see me, and shook hands, saying that I looked better than 1 did the day lie saw me in my shop. He may have said the times be saw me, but he was only there ouce. Sheriff Hitchcock, of Peoria, was present during this conversation.™ ) 1t the cross-examination by Mr. Stubbs, wit- ness said that Elmwood, where he resided, was about sisteen miles from Gilson. Rande was eating a biscuit when he came into the shop. He said he was a gunsmith avd WANTED A JOB. He professed to understand blacksmithing and machinist work. 1t was about 4 o’clock on the Friday alternoon when he came in. Ie had a dark valise, very like the one produced, with him, but witness would not swear to the identi- tv. \Vitness missed his property on Saturday morning, Aug. 4, and went to Gilson on the fol- lowing §lond\w. He found the revolvers in the valise and had given them to the owners, There was an old-fushioned Colt, an lmEmved Colt, and two old revolvers. Oac of them was an imoroved Allen, but in bad order. It was not of the “pepper-box? variety. The other was WITHOUT A HAMMER, and witness would not have put a new hammer in and taken the pistol in pav. The jack-knife produced was the one taken from the shop and found in the valise. The veterinary’s *‘fleam for bleeding horses, which was stolen and after- wards found, had been returned to the owner, a horse-d r near Elmwood. The wituess could not positively say that the ramrod produced in court was the one which be gave Rande. Me vas taken to Peoria to identify Rande by Sheriff Hiteheock. : JONN W. LILLEY son of the preceding witness, saw Rande in his father’s shop as detailed, and found the next day that artfcles were missing. Runde had a black satchel, much resembling that produced in court, when be calldd at the store on Friday. The ramrod produced looked very like the one ‘his father gave Rande. Witness saw Rande in Andrews & Smith’s grocery after he left the shop. He then had & pop-bottle with vinegar in it in his hand. Witness had secn and identificd the revolvers. knife, screw-plate, and other arti- cles siuce they were stolen. He was certain that BANDE WAS THE MAN. The evidence of William C. Baxter was object* ed to by the defense, the name being on the in- dictment C. Baxter. Witness explained that his name was Campbell, and he was generally knowr as Cam. The Court raled that his evl- dence might beadmitted, and the defense noted an exception, Witnuss swore that Rande,whom he ideuntified, came to his shop to et a key fitted to a eatchel resembling the one produced in court. In the cross-cxamination, witness said he did not notice especially how Rande was dressed, but took note ot his face. CHARLES CREAMER assisted in the chase on Sunday with Belden and others. They followed the trafl, and founda shirt and vegt (produced). Witness got on a horse with apother man, and rode tbrough a field until they found Rande. They cried “Halt!” end he did the same, firing at the same time, and killing the horse. - Again he fired and killed Belden, who was standing a few feet from witness. Belden put his hana to his head and fell. and Ranae madeoflin a westerly direction. Witness saw the face of the wan who fired the shot at Belden. He examin- ¢d the vest thoroughly, and found in the licing a receipt from the exvress company. The paver was vroduced and found to be a receipt from the cxpress office at Elmwood for 21.25 to be scut to St. Louls in the name of Frank Rande. Tre State's Attorney read the receipt given by the agent at Elmwood for money deposited by Mr. Frank Rande, payable to George Wright, St. Louis, and dated Aug. 3. Defense MADE A FORMAL EXCEPTION. Being cross-cxamined, witness snid he found the men in a cornfletd about 2 o'clock. Belden and McKown were with him. Witness had o loaded shotgun, and some of the others had guns. Witness thought Belden bad a revolver. So far as witness knew nobogy called out to shoot Rande. They did call, *"There lie gzoes! ™ Belden took cbarge of the shirt. Witness was ositive about theidentity of the vest, which f’ an evelet in the back. The express ipt was iu the lning near the pocket. The examination was made after Belden was killed. After Rande shot and killed the horse, witness fired at him. Witness called to him to halt, but he did not qualify the reniark with any adjec- tives, profane or otherwise. ‘They were’ ONLT TWO OR THREE RODS APART at this time. Witness did not raise his gun until he saw Rande was going to fire. Belden the matter not onc of the most vital impor- tance, but Mr. Stubbs said they would reserve tbe pofnt. Hitt was then ALLOWED TO TELL WIS STORT. * He was not present at the fight on Sunday, but Joined in the search the following morning and found the vallse hidden in the weeds in the corn-field. Tue property, after being examined, was taken into Gileonand delivered to Mr. Law- rence there. When found the valise was well- covered up with weeds, and scemed as if it fad been hidden away. The valis¢ and its contents were once more put on trial, and the tedious oneration of de- scribing the brace and bit, the blacking-brust, and the nut-crackers was gone through arain, 1n cross-cxamination, witness swid there had been mauy tracks made around the old well xear which the valise was found. It appeared that an effort had been made to ;| HIDE THE VALISE in the weeds. There were four revolvers In it, some wrapped in paper. Mr. David Woolsey assisted in the search on Monday, beving heard that the man who had ‘been pursucd on the previous day had thrown away 8 sachel. They made a carcful search tbrough thie field, and witness struck a trail which he pointed out to Hitt, and which, when thes followed, brousht them to the old” well, where Hitt discovered the va- Iise. From the appearance of the grass and weede. they bad been parted and beot back In over the sachel. Witness saw the arti- s as described by previous witnesses, and . IDENTIFIED THE TRUCK produced, item by item. He said that therewas a0 appearance as if some person had lain down. here to rest. ‘The well was dry and had been tilled up—ali but the hole. It rained on Mon- day but not on Sunday, and the tracks leading 1rom the well had been. made siuce the rain, while those leading to it were made before i, Witness could not tell what kind of a shoe the ‘man wore, but from the distance between the marks judged that be made them while Tun- ninz. William R. Lawrence remembered the affair of Aug. 5. The sachel was brought to his store on Monday, Aug. 6, and left {n his charge. It was a black oil-cloth eachel, and contained four revolvers, a pair of scissors, ete. Woodford Pearce came down to witness' hoase, and he offered him first some shears that he had in his pocket, then another pair, anc FINALLY THE RIGHT PAIR, and Pearce refused the first two and took the other. The cross-examination brought out noth- ing new. i Mr. M. C. Lilley swore that he resided at Elmwood, and was a gunsmith and eeneral re- rer. He eaw the defendant in-his shop on ‘riday, Aug. 3, and there was no question bat did not eay anything sbout what he was wzoing to do to the tramp. ~ Witness did not @itically examine Belden’s wound, and could pot say whether the bulict raneed down, as it might have done if fired by a man on horse- buck. Belden was on higherground than Runde when shot. Iie was a_heavy-set man, perbaps five fect nine inches. Witness did not remem- ber seeine any other tramp that day. Tramps ‘were somewhat common round Gilson. WITNESS RECOGNIZED RANDE'S FACE the instant e saw him in custody. Rande wheeled and shot, and witness did not have his #gun pointed at him at that time. In reply to duror Fair, witness said he was two or three feet from Rande when he shot Belden. Dr. D. W. Aldrich, Coroner of Knox County, testified: He held ‘the inquest on the body of Charles Belden, and was assisted in the _post- mortem by Dr. MeClellan and Dr. Miller. Found a butlet at the right of the breast bone and left of the right nipple, probubly an inch and a half from tue latter. The bullet passed between the fourth and fifth ribs and THROUGH THE RIGHT LUNG, * heart, and diapbragm, between the heart and stomach. It perforated the liver, spleen, and stomach, and muscles of the back, where wit- ness found it. [Bullet produced.] Witness opined that Belden came to his death from the etleet of the shot—a very natural conclusion. Dr. Aldrich testifled that he visited Rande in jail in_compauy®vith State’s-Attorney Tunni- cliff. The latter sald he would just like to have Rande tell him how he (Rande) zot out of that corn-field. Witness did not Lear Tunni- ¢l make aoy prowmise or inducement to Rande to get him to talk. He and Tunoicliff went tbere together, and sow Rande in the cell. His understanding was that Rande’s statement was ENTIRELY YOLUNTARY. Could not sny anytbing as to Rande's bodily condition, but he seemed smart enouch. Tun- nicliff made the remark quoted. de re- Dlied, “You assume too much.” The Sheriff shiowed him a revolver, and he was asked if he ever saw it before. Hesald be had; that was his pet and his darline. He spoke of having lost the cylinder in Inaianapolis at the time be shot the policeman there. Defense vrotested, and MeKenzie, for the rosccution, replied that they had grumbled ecause they dia not get enough of what was safd, and now complained because they got too mmi,!;. u i ) Objection noted and witness proceeded. He had tried the ball taken from the bo Belden and it o body of I . mxr;rrxn duxni’s PISTOL. . twas ibre. He took a eimilar ball from the foot of the boy Willie Keeler. Bradshaw demanded that all the testimony of Dr. Aldrich be cxcluded, at least that relafing- to the Indianapolis shooting, and asked a rul- ing of the Court as a guide for the future. Me- B ———— Kenzie claimed that the whole conversation is t of the res gest®. g ‘Vrnlfc urosecuugu ‘proposed to produce a wit~ ness from Indianapolis who found the cylinder, and would prove the shooting there occurred subsequent to the Gilson murder, and would prove that Mr. Rande’s pet caused the death of Charles Belden. The Court overruled the motion ta rule out ‘the testimony. Being crosgmm(nfl by Stubbs, witness said THE BULLET TRAVELED DACKWARD, from the right to the left and downward. There was considcrable of a descent from the breast bone to where the ball waos found. It struck no bone so far as witness knew, and the ball was not abraded. He thought, however, that the ball was deflected in in 1ts course, otheriwise the body must have been in a stooping position when hit. Witness believed the ball was deflected, because he found it had followed the muscles of the back dowoward two or three inclies. If the beart had been in a state of con- traction whnen struck that might bave ALTERED THE COURSE OF THE BALL. ere Rande reached over and. handed his counsel a paper purporting to contain nptes of a conversation had with him at jail by Tuoni- cliff. : De]fl:nsc got at witness again, and. quoting from notes with the assistance of the prisoncr, asked & number of questions. Witness said he never told Rande that the ball entered close to the right armpit, norhadheever heard Tunniellf make any promise of reward to Randein con- sideration of his telling about the murder. Belden had a natursl stoop, which witness caused some merriment by imitating. DR. M. A. M'CLELLAN, of Knoxville, physician and surgeon, said he bad bad thirty years' practice. Saw the body of Belden, and was prescot at the post-mortem. His description of the_fatal wound agréed with that of Dr. Aldrich. In bis opinion the bullet track was straight until it touched the heart, when it deflected downward. This fact was noted at the post-mortem. Neither of the coun- sel for the people had told him what they want- ed him to testity to, or had prompted himn. At this point the Court adjourned until Mon- day morning. DAGGETT—WHIPPLE. THE TRIAL IN NEW YORK. Specal Dispatch 0 The Chicaga Tribune. NEw Yors, Feb. §.—In the Prouty-Dageett- Whipple case to-day David Hymes gave further interesting testimony. When asked if he told Dagett or Whipple before they pur- chased the goods in question that Prouty’s reputation was bad, witness did not remember having any conversation about Prouty’s bad reputation before they purchased. Ile was in- structed to tell Daggett and Whipple all about the goods, but not about Prouty’s good-will. He told them the whole truth about the mear as he can recollect. At gooas as one time he told them the stock was worth $250,000, at another §200.000, at_another time 3100,000, at anotner 50,000 When asked if he had told Whipple or Daggett 2 falsehood with reference to the goods, witness said he might have told them some things not truthful pefore he became familiar with them and the circumstances attending their presence. When asked if he intended to lic to them, wit- ness said that he understood them to be traders intending to buy tne stock, and he thought it best mot to say too much then. “If you call it "lying, 1 suppose Ilied.” When asked if he lfed or made mis- statements to aid (Goss, witness insisted that he used the ordinary busitess precaution any man would have exercised under the same circum- stances. Dagwett and Whipple never com- plained to the iritness that he had misrepre- sented the stock to them, but kept him in their employ, and he is there now. The examination ‘was then adjourned. THE GALLOWS. LIST OF ITS VICTIMS DURING THE PAST YEAR. ‘There is no subject which possesses so ex- treme a fascination for people of all sorts as the cxecution of o human being, whether the in- spiring motive be vulgar curlosity, sympathy, regret, or that interest in the meeting by a fel- low-creature of the accident of death to which one must in his turn submit himself inevitably. For these reasons TUE SUNDAY TRIRUNE, though not addicted to catering for the preferences of the cluss which most deliehts in reports of things affecting crime and critninals, thinks it well worth the trouble to collect and classify the statistics of the gallows in the United States and Canada during the year 1877. According to a table published in the New York Times, which bas been somewhat widely copied, there were cighty-three executions last year. Tog Tnip- UNE'S list is, however, somewnat largér, though probably it does not contain the names of all the _criminals who were scaffold. It is as follows: JANUARY. 15—Daniel Price, col., murder of his white paramour's husband, Watrenton, Mo. Cit; 3 Nev. '_Simon Rayland, col., outraging a white girl, Williamston, X. C. 26—Wiiliam Neil, murder, Albany, Ore. FEBRUARY. 1 9—artin Heary, col., and Chales Il. Simpson, ‘murder for pluncer, Port Tobacco, Md. 13— William Greon, col., murder of - hi3 half- brother, Fittsburg, Pa. AR 15—Charles Uschwald, murder of- ofiicer while committing barzlary, Newark, N. mas, Cal. MARCH, 1—Jack McCall, murder, Yankton, Dak, 16—Adam Johnson, col., Nelson Brow) Lucius Thomae. col., and John Il, Donnit double wurder for plunder, Aiken, §. C. 23—John D, Lee, mussucre of immigrants, Mountain Meadows, Utah. APRIL. 7—dJames layes, murder, Bakersfield, Cal. col.. ol.., 20—Stephen Anderson, col., double murder for plunder, Ajien, 8. C. 21—Charles W. Sterling, rape and marder, ‘Williams, col., child-murder, a. id L. Beck, murder in quarrel, Summer- ville, Ga. William Pintz, murder of paramours child, Marble Hill, Mo, ST 4—Willlam Meeks, murder, springing from adultery, Cedartown, Ga. Chin' Mook, Sow, Cin- nese, mieder, Sen Francisco. . John Allen, col., Wightunun Alien, col., and Jenkins Wihitner, col. murder of oflicer to rescue prisoner, Abbeville, S.0. 17—Patrick Quigley. wife-murder, Philadelphia, Sumuel Orr, murder for hire, Mount Vernon, Mo, 18—Charles Tominey, col., murder for phindor, Americus, John ' Burgoyne, col., marder, Marion, S. C, 5 yitL~Simon Sattles, col., wife-murder, Meridiau, 2—Austin Homphrey, murder in dispute sbout wages, Windsor, Cacods, i JUNE. 1I—Julm Salnzar, marder for plunder, San Rafael, al. 8—John Pleasants, col.. inurder for love, Dinwiddie, Va. Louls Rousseau, murder in quar- lotieas, La, corge W. Fletcher, mnrder, Philadelphia, 15—Ralph Melton, col., murder, Marion, Ark. George Morris, col., murder from’ jealousy, New Orleans. An Sin Fo Ren Ze, Chincse, murder of wife from jealonsy, New Orleans. Adrlen Eveque, col., maurder, New Orle Harry Adams, murder for plunder, Dayton, 0. Stephen B. Birinkley, murder of * divorced wifo Jealousy, Newnan, Ga. 21— glexunder Campbell, Michael J. Doyle, Ed- ward Kelly, and John Donokae, Molly Sagaire murdercrs. Maach Chunk, Pa. James lgtle. James Carfoll, Thomas Duffy, fugh 3cGesis Thomas Munley, and James Ttoarity, Moiy Mnzuire murdercte, bottsville, Pa. Andtew Lan aban. murder, \é',.k:mm.dpn.' ~—Anthony Gobie, murder for revenge for an ingulr, Eflijay, Ga. 8 30—allan Cox, murder for love, Cassville, Mo, Ju] rom 6—John Thomaseon, col., double child-mur- der from impulse, La Grange, Ga. 11—Frank Wilkon, col., murder for plunder, Barnsburg, Pa. 13—Poindexter Edmongon, marder for revenge, Bioomfield, Mo. David Pierce, col., and George Stevens, col., murder for plunder, Charleston, 8. C.'Willfam Bradley, col., murder of brother.in- law for interfering to eave his wife from a beating, Barnwell, S, C. 14—William ¥Wilson, col., murder of an officer for halting him, Juckson, Tonn. 20—Peter 1i. Penwell, murder of wife through jealousy, Eimiira, N. Y. 25—Julcs Gui murder of his wife's para- mour, Lake Charles, La. 27—Richard 1i. Shuck, murder of his father-in- law, Owenton, Ky, _Albert Trammel, col. clergy- man, wife-murder, Rosston, Ark. Norman Lind- £ny col., murder of & colortd clergman, Helen, Ik, . AUGUST. 30—Perry Dasts, col., murder of officer, Waco, ex. BEPTEMBER. i 10—Thomas Francis Curley, marder for revenge, Norristown, Pa. 21—Jonn Rhode, col., murder, Newcastle, Del. nderson Shiflet, murder for bire, Harrison- 5 bure, Va, 28—John Thomson, muraer, Seattle, W. T. OCTOBER. & 5—Giles Dickeon, col., murdel” from impulse, Rockport, Ark. : 30—Robort . Crazier, murder in aance-houe brawl, Winnemaces, Ne VEMBER. 2—Nathan P. Overton and Noah Taylor, gol., murder for plunder, Washington, N. C. Thomas Stayner, murder of two women, one his aunt, for vlunder, Benton, Ark. Hillman Morgan, col., marder, Loulsburg, N. C. ontraging colored —James Edwards, col., 16—George Walton, col., murder, Utica, Miss, 9. child, Norfolk, Va. put to deatht n’ the ' 5—Edwin W. Major, wife-murder, Concord, N. H. * 10—Peter Larkin, murder of his rival, Virginia | bers of their Svaety. 19—James Milier, col., murder in riot, Las Ani- 23—Jumes R. Hawkins, col., outrage of school- &irl of 14, Towsonton, Va. X 30~—Andrens Mateo, Indlap, double murder from impulse, Napa, Cal. John Williams, wife-murder, Toronto, Canada. . DECEMBER. £ 7—Willlam S. Bergin, murder from revenge, Mount Vernon, 0. John C. Collins, murder of fellow-convict, Auburn, N. Y. Waulter Riley, murder of John W. Sully (Chisholm tragedy), Scaoba, Miss. . 13~James McClendon, col,, murder during no- litical riot, Bastrop, La. John Jones, col., mur- der, Marianna, Ark. 18—Andrew Jackson Hunt, murder of his wife, Madisonville, Tenn, £ 21—Sa el Mills, col., murder, Elko, Nev. John Van Dyke, wife-murder, Canton. N. Y. Tienry Norfolk, col., wife-murder to marry her sister, Annapolls, Md, Tilliard Morgau, col., burglury, Goldsbaro', N. C, _28—Jacob Harnfss, murder for revenge, Knox- ville, Tenn, 20—Alfred Marshall, col., murder for {nsult, Columbas, Ga. S THE, GRAND TOTAL. This gives a grand total of 96 men hanged in the United Statesand Canade during the year 1877,0f whom 43 were negroes,2 were Chinese,and 1 was an Indian. There were 3 double, 2 triple, 2 quadruple, 1 gextuple, and 70 single execu- tions, which took place in"the following States and Territories: State. Ez'na,| State. Ex'ns. Arkansas. . Ohio . ki Californin . 5,0regon ... 1 Delaware 1{Pennsylva i Georgia . 8!South Carolina 2 Kentucky .. . 1jienncssec 3 Louisiany . . 0/Texas 1 Maryland, «+ 3{Virginia. 4 Mivéisaippi . 3{Dakota Territory 1 Missour] - 5/Utah Territory.... ... 1 Nevada ... - 3\\Washington Territory, 1 New Hampshire....[.] 1{Canada s evererunrss 2 New Jersey. S = New York ... 3 Totalisveeniireenen.06 North Carolin 5 REMARKS. TnE TRIBUNE believes that there is no hang- ing-law in Towa, Maine, Michigan, or Wisconsin ; it follows that, excluding these. last year there was no murderer executed fn thirtcen of the States of the American Union and tive of the Territories. In the Northwestern Btates, Ii- linois, fudiana, Towa, Kansas, Michizan, Minne- sota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin, with a popula- tion of 8,580,345 souls in 1870,~it is probably vearer 10,000,000 now,—tnere was no murderer hanged last year. Taking the great cities of the American Unton and Canads, we find that there were exccutions only at San Francisco, New Orleans, and Philadelpbia; so that, with all their areat criminal classes and tragedies of almost daily occurrence, no one was in 1877 brougnt to the scaffold in Chicago, Indianapo- 1is, Louisviile, Baitimore, Boston, Detroit, St. Louis, Jersey City, New York, Brooklyn, Cin- cinnatf, Cleveland, Milwnukee, Montreal, or Quebee. In New York City alone there were over forty murders committed last year. THE ‘ UNLUCKY !” DAY. Taking up the time when the men were exe- cuted, we have the following showing: Month Ex'n 11{November. 23| December June... o The unusually large number of executions in June is made up by the hanging of ten of the * Molly Maguires” in Pennsylvanin. Exccutions toflk place on the several days of the week as follows: Exn's.| Day. Exn's, G Thursaay..... 5 vor of making the “unlucky day’ of Friday the day for exceution is still strong in the minds of Judges and Governars, over 60 per ceut of the ions taking place in the United States Jast year happening on that day, and both of those in Canada. Indeed, on the 13th of De- cember, at Wilminzton, Del., two negroes, George Collins aud Samuel Chawbers, convicted of an assauit on a white woman, were sentenced to be hanged upon the 19th of March; but after they had been seutenced it was discovered that the 10th would full on Tuesday. They were again brought into ‘court and sentenced to die upon the 22, Friday. It is worthy of remark that with a view to breaking down'thls super- stitious selection of Friday, Gov. Hartranft, of Penusylvania, invariably sclects another day of the week, gencrally Thursday, for the carrying out of capital sentences, CAUSES OF MURDER. In taking up the causes impelling to the com- mission of murder it is found that in fiftecn causes particulars necessary foran exact clagsifl- cation are lacking, these being asa rule cases where only s telearaphic announcement of ex- ecntion for *murder ¥’ have been received from distant points. In sixteen cases murder was commitied deliberately for pluander. In one two burelars shot down an officer who came upon them in the act of rifling a house. Three murderers were banged for killing ofticers from whom they took prisoners; a fourth shot down the policeman who halted bim at night. Ten men were hanged for participating in the mur- ders of the Penusylvania thugs of the Molly Maguire *? orguaaization, having stain obnoxious “bosses,” or witnesses, Or men whose taking off was desired by other mem. One_mag, Bishop John- D. Lee, of the Mormon Church, was shot tor his participation in the Mountain Mesdows massavre; one man was hanged as the author of a murder iu 1 street riot; one as the doer of a political murder, and oue for killing the no- torious Kemper County desperado, Gully, which mizht also be called a political murder. OF murders prompted by sheer diabolism, there mizht be mentwned the double murder of children by a colored Georzinn; Jesse Pomeray, wio could aseribe no cause for his act—indecd, for whose act no cause cculd be found. Passion brought several men to the gallows; one mur- dered his nalf-brother in a quarrel over some potatoes; one the card-player (“Wild Bill””) who had advised him not o make bets he wos wpot prepired te pay sbould he losc ihem; ~one destroyed his child because he could oot lecarn it to walk ranidly; one killed a neighbor who threateaed to seize lus crops; one shot his em- ployer in a dispute about wages; another killed a ereditor for dunniug him; another shot down an officer who asked where he and some disor- derly female companions were oinz; one, a mere hoy, killed the servant who detected him iu a lie and sccured a reprimand for him from nis master; another slew the man who some weceks before had struck him; another beut the brains out of an old man who said that the murderer’s father haa plundered his meat- house during the War; another kilied the floor- manatrer at a ball for a fancied fusult; another slew the man whom he fancied to have beeu in- strumental in having him dismissed from his situation for outraging awoman; another killed the man who, during the War, sccured bLis arrest as a Untonlst; another killed a cus- tomer who resented beiug calleaa % liar » for uestioning the freshuess of the cgas the mur- 3&:‘\:!‘ had for sale, and auotber brew off the head of a hotel-keeper who said he had never heard of his valise. LOVE, JEALOUSY, AND LUST, “also made motable contributions to” the lone Dblack-list of crime. One man was hanged for murdering his wife's suspected paramour; anothier for a marder soringng from the allega. tion of her faithlessness; taree slew their wives for jealousy and one his mistress; in two cases men destroyed their wives 50 as to be free to enjoy the love of their wives’ sisters; onc mur— derer shot the wife he had seduced and forced tomarry; one, while drunk, beat his wife to death: one, an habitual wile-beater, at last killed her deliberately, and another slew the brother of his wife, who interfered 1o save her from a murderous thrashing. One man glew his paramour’s husband to simplify the situa- tion; another her child, that he feared had been witness of their gullty love. One killed his rival u the affections of a prostizute; an- other the sweetheart who had refused to marry him; four men were hanged for tiendish out. Tiages on girls and children, the outraze in one case being followed by murder. Three hired assassins were brought to the gallows; in one case a wife hired her brother-in-law for $50 to kill hier husbaud;; he sublet the contract to a ‘*second murderer” for 320, and of the three only the “second murderer’ came to the gallows. The woman Mrs. Lawson, of Vir- Zinia, was the only female condemued to death during thel year. Ooe man slew a fellow-carouser in_a dance-house brawl, ana was hanged theretor; auother shot down a ncighbor for the gratification of some friends before whom he wanted to be ¢ a show-ofl big nigger™; finally one man was hauged fn North Caroliva for burglary. Hilliard Morgan, the man_thus punished, was hanzed {or breaking into a farmet’s house at nieht and stealing 2305, being the third of four brothers who ended their days on the gallows. TIE LAY IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1t may be of interest to say here, has some sur- vival of the severity of the old English code for such offenses, for it will be remembered in the case of the Nortnampton Bank robbets that, to secure a heavier scntence, it was attempted to laye them convicted of breaking into the cash- ier’s house at night, ratherthian to conviet them of robbing the vaults ot the bank itelf, from which they took nearly a _million and 2 balf of money and sceuritics. Up to a very recent date in Prince . Edward’s Island—within the lust two years, that is—the pillory and the whipping-post bave been prescribed for such offenses as_horse-stealing, and capital punish- ment has been ordered for burglary, though .the sentence has not_ been carried. out. - It is only necessary to add, in concluding this branch of the subject, - that in ten ‘cases men were hanged for the murder of their wives, while six other murderers came to the gallows for the slaying respectively of a divorced wife, a child, a half-brother, a brother-in-law, an aunt, and a father-in-law. There were ok " SEVERAL NARROW E from the hangman's cord chronicled during the ear. . Meed, ‘the Lebanoun, O., murderer, who ad been sentenced to death fa 1876 but had es- caped, on being found, nearly a year later, wounded in the hip and in imminent danger of recapture, blew out his brafns as he Iny hzlpless on the eround. John Smith, a convicted mur- derer at Danville, Ky., cheated justice by hang- ing himself in his cell with a rope made of tow- elsand his handkerchief. Ryan, tbe ‘““pal’ of Oshwald (who was hanged at Newark in Febru- ary), died six hours before tha time set_for exe- cution. probably of poison. Willinm Sterling, who was hanged at Youngstown, O., in April, tried to commit suicide by inbaling gas; then furiously attacked 'his arden in the vain hope of . befng shot. George Morris, executed at New Orleans in Jupe, made a like attack with a knife on his keepers in tle same hope. Fletchor, hanged st Philadelpbia the same month, came within an ace of succeed- ing in his ‘attempt at self-destruction wu}: match-ends. More successful was Georze W. Farmer, of Rockwall, Texas. His devoted wife was permitted to spend the last few days of his life in the cell with him, and on the eve of the execution both took poison, which she had pro- cured. When they were found in the morning the woman was dead. Rockwall dled’n few mo- ments afterwards. Curley, hanged in Pennsyl- vania, in September, however, despised suicide, and showed three times to hissurprised keepers whera he had concealed koives and razors in his cell. In October two murderers under sentence of death, Henry Shaw and Gus Johnson, escap- cd from the Atiantn, Ga., jail by burrowiog out through the soil and reaching the scwers. On the 23d of November, Richard Ross had mount- ed the scafold at Lonoke, Ark., and made his dyine speech, and the Sheriff was just fixing the noose to the rope, when a repricve arrived by teiegraph. John F. Thayre, <ondemued to death in April at Windsor, Vt., was saved by a quarter of an_ hour, through the accident of a perfect stranger reading his story ‘in a paper and recollecting that he had seen some one very likc.figp at the time and place necessary to prove an alibi, MISCELLANEOTUS. PROBABLY CHLOROFORMED. St. Louis, Feb. 9.—Mr. Adolph Amson, the merchant who was shot by a burglar early yes- terday morning, still lies in & critical condition. His statement is that he followed the burglar down-stairs, and was shot at the kitchen win- dow, the burglar having escaped to the yard. The police nre mnow .of the apinion that the whole family was chloroformed and that Mr. Amson, waking partially from the stupor, raised himself in his bed while the burglars were plundering the room, and shot and fell back in a swoon. None of the rest of the family awoke until late in the forenoon, and Mr. Amson was then found Iying in bed covered with blood. The shooting was heard by the neighbors, but otherwise no attention was at- tracted, and the uffair was not known until the members of the family awoke from their leth- argicsleep. Mr. Amson is a wholesale notion dealer, and formerly lived in Cincinnati, The mystery baflles the police. FIGNTING THE MOONSHINERS. NAsuvILLE, ¥eb. 0.—A letter from the Rey- enue parties now raiding in Jackson County gives the details of the fizht with the distillers. (he latter were strongiy fortitied at Campbell Morgan’s distillery, and threatened death to all assailants. On the approach of the party, Mor- gan fired from port-holes. The revenue party returned the fire, shattering Morzan’s rifle. *Morgan fired agzain with anotber nfle. The fizht then became general, each party firing through port-boles at one another. Morgan finally called out that he would surrender, and threw open the door. He was found to be wounded in botharms. The Revenue men tien destroyed the distillery. The party then raided Macon County, destroying three liieit distiller- 1es. Evaxsviiir, Ind., Feb. 9.—A Journal Owens- boro special says: “The oflicers in Cumberland County yesterday captured several moonshine distillerles, also a larze quantity of brandy and whi from two years to twenty minutes old. The raid was a compiete success. The posse is in pursuit of other illicit distillers.” FATAL 8HOOTING AFFRAY. 3 NEw ORLEANS, La., Feb. 9.—In a shooting aflray between Capt. James Tronsdale and Capt. J. M. May, formerly river men, the latter re- ceived two shots; one went in the left side of the chest, coming out onthe right side between the fourth and fi{th ribs; the other entered the left side of the abdomen, and, passing through to the back, is still in the body. The doctor gave his oglm‘on that the wounds were fatal. Tronsdale has been arrested. TURNEY'S EMBEZZLEMENT. New Yorg, Feb. 9.—It is authoritatively de- nied by the Bank of North America thai the aggregate amount of Turney’s embezzlement reached $233,000. That is the total amount of the fmpairment of the capltal, but less than $100,000 was cauged by the embezzlement. The Board of Directors have decided to reduce the capital to §700,000. ; INDICTED. Specind Diszatch to Tihe Chicagn Tribune, New Yonrg, Feb, 9.—The last President of the National Trust Company, Darius Maugum, has been indgicted for perjury. There are two counts, that of swearini to false returns being the more serious. Mangum is said to beiill af his residence. There are stories, also, that he has left the city. LEFT TOE COUNTRY. MonTrEAL, Feb. 9.—E. H. Gofl, ex-Manager of the Canada Agricultural Insurance Com- 1y, charged with making falsc aund fraudulent failed to appear at the Police Court to- e is supposed to have left the country. MADDENED BY JEALOUSY. Bavrivore, ‘Md., Feb. '9.—Charles Baker, aged 40, keeper of a saloon on Light street, shot his wife twice this afternoon and then killed himnsclf. The widow may rccover. Jealousy was the cause. BILL OF EXCEPTIONS. New Yorg, Feb. 0.—Dr. Thomas 8. Lambert, the convicted ex-President or the American Popular Life-Insurance Compauy, has secured & biil of exeeptions in the Supreme Court. MOSES. Tho Last Frenk of the Robber-Governor of South Carolinn. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. PriLApELPHIA, Feb. 9.—A promiuent Union General, Iate a resfdent of South Carolina and now in this city, gives a bad report of the recent doings of ex-Gov. Frank J. Moses, the notorious robber-Governor, who secured immunity from punishment by telling a good deal that he knew to a Committee of the South Carolina Legisla- ture. Some months ago Moscs, who had been living in open adultery with a low worm- an of Columbis, was obliged by the friends of his wife, a refined and most estima- ble lady, to consent to a separatior from his family. He recently, however, souznt his wifo with a view, as he said, to reconciliation, a3 a step towards reform. Feigning penitence, and pretendiug that ho was about to go West to practice law and' begin to lead an honest life, he so worked upon the feelings of his wife and her family that he )}ns allowed to remain under the mother’s roof Yor two or three days. This kindness and hospitality was repaid by the basest dishonesty. One night the ex-Governor decamved, taking with bim all the personal property of bis wife, jewels, wearing apparel, ete., that he could lay his hands on, together with a good deal helonzing to other members of the family. Detectives are now on his track, and ke is supposed to be in New York seeking tosella full'story of the plundering and mis- pgovernment of South Carolina to a well-known newspaper for a price large enough to enable it to quit bis country for his countrs’s good. ————— FOR THE PARIS-EXPOSITION. New Yors, Feb. 9.—The American Art Com- mittee for the Paris Exposition expect to have on exhibition by Wednesday the coniributions of artists who have been invited to send pict- ures. Not more than eighty-five, ‘probably only seventy-cight, works can be sent to Puris. ‘There is not room for the display of more than the former number. The Committee will en- deavor to make the most creditable possible exhibition of American art, and to do so with- out fear or favor. It is expected that of ne- cessity sume worthy artists will be disaspointed when the tist of pletures aceepted s be pub- lished. ———— OBITUARY. Carro, Feb. 9.—Quiros Beclkwith, the wealth- iest and most enterprising farmer on the river between Cafro and Memphis, died at his home on Wolf Island yesterday. Dexveg, Col, Feb. 9.—John W. Tiff, the E;:“ cattle king of the West, has just died at et Piagi 1o The C " Axx" Ko, Hiely Bob. bretlar, Ghacles F. Trowbridge, son of the Hon. C. C. Trowbridee, of Detroit, dicd here to-day. He was o gradu- ! ate of the University of Michizan; entered the War at its ontbreak; served at Buil Run under | Gen. Porter, at Lookout Mountain under Col. Crofton, and marcned to Atianta under Gen. Sherman, on which march he contracted a dis- ease from which he never recovered. He was suceessively made Captain and Major for gal- lant service. tie Icaves a wife and two children. He has lived here for the past five years, ~ Sozcial Dispateh (o The Chicagn Tribune. CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 9. —Private advices an- nounce the death of Col. Harry W. Payne, youngest son of ex-Conaressman H. B, Payne, of this city, at Mentone, France, in the 82d year of his age. ‘He was extensively known in this State as 2 business man and genial zentle- man. He went abroad about 8 year since hop- ing to benefit his health, and at the time of his death was in _company with his brother, ex- Mayor N. P. Payne. . CASUALTIES. THE METROPOLIS WRECK. WastiovgToN, D. C., Feb. 9.~The signal- service station at the wreck of the Metropoiis reports that a trunk marked * Bartlett,”. con- taining elothing, and a tin truok supposed to contain money, were found by a patrolman, who had to break the trunk open, he being unable to mgvc it, and it was unsafe to leave it on the beach. Capt. Harrison is taking up the bodies from the south end to-day. He will continue to- morraw, and thinks to be able to furnish a list of all the bodies identified by to-morrow even- ing or Monday. _All the bodies identified will be gent to New York on Tuesday, and thence to Philadelphia. The ship-stores and clothing are still washing ashore. STRUCK BY A TRAIN. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune. MrLwAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 9.—This morning the body of Charles Frank, a well-known farmer, was found near the railroad bridge at Oakwood Station. He started to walk home from Oak- wood on the track Iast night, and was probably struck by a train THE ELECTORAL MUDDLE. Latest Sensation Emanating from the New York Sun Ofllce. Specfal Dispaten 1o The. Chicago Tribuune. Nsw York, Feb. 10.—~A Sun Washington special has the following: “An interesting in- cident occurred yesterday in one of the Senate cloak-roms. As half-a-dozen Republican Sena- tors were sitting there, smoking and chatting, Scnator William Pitt Keiloge entcred. His Republican colleagues immedintely began to guy him about the conviction of Tom Anderson, and wanted to know about his title to a seat in the Sehate when one mem- ber of the Returning Board tbat counted in the Legislature that elected- him was io jafl con: victed of forging and altering returns, and the others were about to follow. Kellogz did not appear to be in 2 mood for jesting, and retorted, “How about Hayes’' title} Its a curious coincident,” he continaed, * that I should on the very day that Anderson was convicted be called upon to pay to a Chicago bank $20,000, the money that -made Hayes Presi- dent of the TUnited States.” And then Kellozr went on to tell how it happened. The visiting statesmen were in New Orleans, and the Returning Board were ready to do the job required of them. But it Was necessary to bave witnesses to get up evidence about intimidation. Clerks bad to be employed, and the affidavit-mill had to be set pgoing in the Custom-Homse. But there was no money to do it with. There was taik about passing around the bat to the visiting statesmen, but those gentlemen were there to witness the cont, and give ea- couragement, not cash. Tbe money must be raised outside of New Orleaus. They cculd not g0 to the banks there for it, and it had to be had right aways Charley Farwell, of Chicago, was there. He wesa Director of the Union National Bank of that city, and he sent for the money, Kellogz: giving his note for the amount, §20,000, aud Farwell indorsing the same. It was payable on demand. Farwell had 1o trouble to arrange it satisfactorily as long as Mr. Coolbaugh, President of the baok, was liy- ing, but when Mr. Coolbaugh died his estate, of course, had to be settled up, and payment of this mote of $20,000 was demanded. Kellozg sald he bad just had to secll some-bonds at a sacrifice to raisc $5,000, which he had sent to the bank, telling the officers that they must be satisfled with that amount for the present, if not tolet the note be protested. He could not do any better at this time. This was Kelloga’s story. He did not telt that it was arranged that the National Commit- tee was to wake good the $§20,000, but that, afrer Hayes came in and went back on Zack Chandler, that worthy refused to do anything more. Chandler said he ’ was out about £75,000, and he was not going to invest an- other cent. “The fraud in the White House bed got $10,000 out of him to save Ohio in October, and he was d—d sorry he had cver been such a fool as to throw away good money in that way. COL. BOB. The Great Orator Talks Against Space in Gilmore’s Garden. pectal Disnateh (o The Chicagn Tridune, NEW Yonrg, Feb. 10.—Col. Ingersoll repeated his lecture an *‘Skulls” to-night. Owing to the immense rush to hear him on Sunday night last, when many persons were turned away, it was thought it would be a good specula- tton to engage Gilmore’s Garden and give the multitude a chance to hear this, the fun- nlest of the Colonel’s three lectures thus far delivered in the East. A hnuge platform was crected in the centre of tho vast auditorium and many thousands of chairs were arranged in what the lecturer would call *ortho- dox rows” in all directions. At 8 o'clock about one hundred persons were scattered about the immensc waste of spacc, and at first glance there did not seem to be anybody pres- ent. A guarter of an hour later the assem- blage had about doabled, though apparently the increase was slight. The Igegurer, who had becn stauding with his bat and overcoat on near the platform, now mounted it and divest- £d himself of these garments. Simultancouslty the scattered audience made a general rush forward, fenoring the rescrvatfon of seats, and formned a httle patch of black in the wilderness of empty chairs. Later on, after the Colonel had comimenced speaking, ‘there was another contraction of the assembly and another degree of ridiculousness was added to its smallness. The lecture was almost identical with that previously deltvered,and ten times the audience fi;u‘l‘d bave been accommodated in Chickeriug all. THE PARIS EXPOSITION. Notlce to Contribators. Svectal Dispatch to Ths Chicagn Tribune, PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9.—The United States Irigate Constitution, better known as *Qla Tronsides,” although few of the original timbers of the old Ironsides remain, is now about ready to receive the woods for exhibition at the Paris International Exposition, and will certainly sait onthe 25thof February. Commissioner-Gen- eral McCormick bas issued a circular, the fol- lowing extracts from which arcof interest to those in auy part of the country who contem- plate sending goods to Paris: Shippers vutside of Philadelphia who have not thefr own agents in’ that city can send their ship- ping receipts to Alonzo Shotwell, No. 2 Chestnut street, who will uchrimend the transfer of their goods from the railroad depots or wharves to the Constitotlon. All expenses connected with the transportation of zoods to the vessel -must be borue by the exhibitor, The attention of exhibit- ors 18 called to the great importance of care in in- voicing, boxing, and labeling their goods in accord- ance with the tnstructions furnished from this of- fice. Receipts will be given in the name of the Commissioner-General for ull goods delivered at the #iiv in good condition and properly mnvoiced. The communding oficer of 11':5 United States steamer Constitation will give no receipts. . ———————zm— A NOTABLE DECISION, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. PmrapeLruis, Feb. 9.—An important de- cision was rendered by Judge Asbman to-day touchine the lezality of paying a bequest to be expended in masses. Martin Power, after mak- ing provision for all the members of his family, devised the residue of his cstate to St. Mary’s Catholic Chureh, to be expended in masaes for the benefit nod repose of his soul. He died within thirty days after the execition of his wrill. The residue of his estate amounted to 3649, The Court ordered the bequest to be paid, holding that “a_testators fm continued ctlicacy of these orasers loggs A the devate his property to securigs them| im ty death. We should be carefnl that, u de altey of a statute intended to protect him fron OT® position, we donot hinder him in ‘hgrmn in. of what he may regard as a religions dm‘y‘f;‘& Pt FINANCIAYL, y PHILADELPHIA, ILADELPAIA, Feb. 0.—The creq, J. Fell & Bro. met to-day anq lpnnorlsm‘:zc committee to investizate the accounts of : firm. “The labilities foot up 317311940 gy Bills payable, $25,530; open accounts, su:o ;;;: Assets §225,075, a3 follows: Bang g - $25,685; merchandise, S$488; reqy $157,922. The creditors e: surprise to hear that Wilflam 3], G 4erle itor_in the sum of $600, had sueq out 4 for C. J. Fell and J. E. Taylor, measy s firm, charging them with conspiraey g Ly 6 and defraud, and obtaining goods nnderm prctenses. After the meetisg Fel gy 5,08 were arraignes ore o May Bail for a fature bearing. < e Wl held g e gxlmm’l) RAPIDS. % vecial Disnatch to The Car GRAND RaPIDS, Mich., F:;,”m:‘ml Wilcor, of Chicazo, obtained a decreq of % closure against the S. N. Wilcox Lumber cr.ro- " pany, of Muskegon, in the United States ;:n- trict Court hero to-day, The amouyg el o 13 about $17,500. e Young & Darrow, one of the R srrocery Brms b Bir Rapids, mags omieat szx;zr. to G.tI-'os:er itufims, of lfi cly, de:-;_ Tes no! Ve 4 by glven, but undersiddd 1o be quite ORDERED TO QUIT. BosTox, Mass., Feb. 9.—The Dorchester S ings Baok, of Dorchester, and the o Savings Bank, bave both heen enjoined frop doing furtner business. - The Dorchester Bagj has deposits of $440,959, which will probably b aid in time, and the same may be 8aid of thy ockport Bank, which has deposits o 3oy ‘Their suspension is due to the gradual d i i eoreass of business and decline in value of real tate, ,3 CINCINNATL H Cr¥ersNat, 0., Feb. 9.—A deed of 255 E ment, execated by the Catholic Institate for the # benefit of the creditors, was filed in thy 3 bate Court yesterday. The princioal real sy~ § owned by the “Institute’ is the by the northwest corner of Vine and I‘Erm streets, formerly Mozart Hall. The asslgy bond is in the sum of $200,000.. ¥ AT HAYDENSVILLE, MASg, NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Feb. 9.—The Hayden, ville Savings Bank, of which Joel Hagien, . cently failed, is President, has suspended py. ments on call to depositors, requi ;11:;)‘5' nut}&cl. Thflpfi;ju;sficeglq;:?ngr% yden’s fajlure an connectfon bank caused a heavy run. g CLEVELAND. Spectat Dispaten o The Chicago Tribuss” CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 11.—Hull Brothers & Company, for eleven years doing what way deemed a very safe business in tobacco and ci- ears, and who had_built opat 8 Bong in Northern OBIO, Falle bere s a2 10 ing an assignment to L. C. Corran. L!:\D‘L'flu, $40,000; assets from 315,000 to $25,000. " RECEIVER APPOINTED. New Havsw, Conn., Feb. 0.—L W. Sperry bas been ‘appointed Trustee of the property of the Natfonal Capital Life-Insurance Company, of Washington and this city. The Company’s building and real estate is here, ) . EAST SAGINAW. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, EAST SAGINAW, Mich., Feb. 9.—C. B. Jonés, an old and prominent merchant, fafled today, Liabilities secured, $18,000; unsecured, $25,000; nominal assets, §30,000. LOUISIANA. The Returning Board Prosecutions=Till the Administration fnterfere—Anderson's Connsel Apply for a New Trial. Svecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunk. ‘WasmNGToX, D. C., Feb, 9.—There hssbeen a singular abseace of information from New Orleans to-day. The opinion is expressed hers that the President is not disposed to permit ths Returning Board to be imprisoned without in some public way expressing his ophalm that such action is a violation of the pledge of the Nicholls Government, Arrangements are making by the former counsel for Wells and Anderson to have their cases brought toths United States Supreme Court on a writ of er- ror. This course was indicated in the opizion = of Justice Bradley, denying a writ of certioriul. Louisiana people stilt think that Gov. Nicholls will not exercise the pardoning power. There port by some of the Louisiana men that the pardoning power was vested in the State Yen- ate proves not to be correct. Geatlemen who witnessed the counting of the returns areun- derstood to say that they krow that Anderson -was - mot present when the returns from Vernon Parish were opened, and that had he been present it is hardly likely ths he would have-allowed the candidate for Paris Judge to sutler for the action of the Returning Board, as that Parish Judge was Andersoo’s iz- timate personal friend; vet the action of the §emmmz Board bad the effect to defest this 5 udee. ! It is understood that Anderson will not re- sign his place in the Custom-House unless re- quested to do so the President. What course the President wili taie is not koown. It I lati- mated that Attorney-Geperal Devens, in view of the violation of pledges as to politi- cal persecutions on the part of the Nichalls Government, will direct a continuance of the prosceution of the old White League cases still on the docket, known as the Grant Parish cases. Thereis no doubt of_the rejection of Will- iamsonjas Collector of New Orleaus. Hisde- feat is sought on purely personal grounds, g Kustls and Packard joining hauds fer that pur- k. pose. Eustis Is understood to think mml:e appointment of Williamson would spiit the Demoeratic organization, as Williamson knl native Sonthern man of sociul fufiuence, "da would undoubtedly help to bring over a cunsid- cruk_)‘lc number of Democrats to the new ublican party. P NEW ORLE}-xs, La., Feb. 9.~In the Sunm:{ Criminal_Court, the rule of contempt agafn Deputy-Collector Tomtmson, United Slil‘l: Commissioner W. G. Lane, and Deputy- shals E. 8. Wurzburger and Charles Stecle was continucd uatil Monday at 2 o'clock. 1 On motion of Messrs. Cullom and Clsl'ffis Janos, of counsel for Thomas C. Anderson, . ordered that the Attorney-General show d“id on Wednesday, the 13th, why a new trla! ahfllflbe not be granted, upon the ground, first, :wfl verdict i _against the evidence, and, secostlfy contrary to law, as more specifically set Xoflh the bilis of exception taken during mw:n- now o record and made part of this mo! THE WEATHER. ! Orrice oF THE CHIEP SIGNAL omcsz WasniyTos, D. C., Feb. 10—1 . m.—ndi tions—For the Upper Lake Regloo, Upp® Mississippi, and Lower Missouri Vallers, ™ ing weather, preceded at the southeast statss by areas of lizht snow, colder, nostheast ¥ porthwest winds, stationary or higher pressi LOCAL OBSERFATIONS. - Cutasgo, Feb 8- Time,_ Ber, (Zor | Wt |5ek B Tl o b 2 30 20 | 0o LEmS ottt 18 13" {Leear 00 A et 10:18 pom: 15 1.5 B2 Mazbmum, 35 misloum, 25 GENERAL OBIEUVATIONS. Cit10400. Feb. 9-Muslél. \Bur.) Thr. | [Wind. | Bain, e — e olf- Stations. TR cl o j [m—— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. = BALTINMOKE, Feb. 0.—Arryed, sieamstip P ruvian, from Liverpool,