Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 18, 1878, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, ‘1870, viewed, and all deny the substantial allegation. Randolph Tucker aays that he ncver eald he would be compelled to sustaln the power of tho President of the Senate to count the votes and dectare the resull, On . the contrary, he eays that he bind cxamined the whole queatfon hefore coming to Washington at that session, and was convinced of the absolute want of all powerin the Presilent of tho Senate to count the votes or declare the result. As to the reported scnsationsl interview on the floor of the House on Friday, Hewitt's only q\lxclflnn Wos to ask the name Of the witness who disposed of the Confederate archives— Pickett. Taln hie roported couferere with Honltt on ex; « roported confersncn e b R e iating that ho was not mithin twenty mites of thc House on that dav. As to the gencral question of the Electoral vote, Gibson denfes evervthing, and says: “Qfewitt did not inform me that Preshilent Grant hetd _the opinfon that the oresiding of- ficer of the 8enate had the constitutional right to count and declare the votes of the Electors for President, and that ic had resolved to en- force by arms, or, in any wanner, this deter- minatfon of the disputed election, I any man In Washington or elsewhere was more_anxious to ree Bamuel J, Tilden installed as President than I was, 1 DID NOT NEAT OF HI. There 18 probably no unwritten history of events connected with the last Presidentinl electlon worth telling, unless it be, perhaps, In regard to tho efforts of ugents or pretended agents of Gov. Tilden to purchase from the Re- turning Board nm{mn favorable to the Demo- crate, ‘This lend, {t {ncustriously worked, oy lead to disclosures. No other I8'likely to."” NOTES AND NEWS. VALENTINE BCRIP, Apecsal Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribune, Wastusoroy, D, C., Feb, 172,—Cblcago mem- Gers, and {ndeed the members of the Commit- tee of Public Grounds, which hns under con- slderation the bill to quict the title to public Jand in Chicago, aro much ecxercised at Com- misslover Willlams' Valentine-scrip declsion, Same of the members of the Publie-Grounds Committee who have given the case very eare- fu) attention say that, logically and legaliy, € Commizsioner Willlums' ruling can be sus- tained us to Dearvorn Park and the Lake-Front. aceretions, by the same reason the Government to~Iny owns the fec of all the strects and alleys in the Fort Dearborn Addltion, These Inwyers argue that, If tho Secretarv of War ‘had no right to dedieate s park for public uscs, in order to make the remaining land more valua- ble, lie had no right to give away the Innd us by streets and alleys, for the reason that strects and alleys are not “more useful for purposes of sale than a park 1a. Those who have fuvesti- vated the subject ridicule the declsion, and stato that it will be found to have no tuore basls in law than it hos in conunon-sense. * HAKER. There {8 much gossip among Illnols poll- i lans on account of the ugpulmmem. of Jehu Baker to be Minister to Venezuela. Persons who ousht to know say that IHluols would cer- tainly have recelved the important Berlin mts. slon had it not been for the persistency of Benator Oglesby In pressing the clalin of Baker for a forclim appoibument. A Cabinet oftieer s the reported authority for the stotement that IHinota could bhave had tho Berlin mlssion it Oclesby had not insfsted upon the appointment of Baker, but that the President would not ap- point him to Berlin, and that, beeause Oglesby yefused Lo recommetcd any one clse, Hlinofs lost this fmportant, mission. BENOR ZAMACOMA, *representative of the Dluz Uoyernment here, Is suthority for the statement that the Cabinet bas Jdeclded to determine this week the question 30 thy recognition of Dinz, A YVINDICATION, The fricnds of John . Smith, Jate Comiuls- sivnet of Indian Affuirs, clalm that the unani- mousreport of the Commeree Conumitteo fn fuvar of contiemlug him as Covsul-Goneral to Cannda, is o complete vindication amd a sharp criticism upon the report of the Interior De- vatment lovestizating Commlssion, THE FARIS EXPOSITION, Persons connected with the State Department arc understood to have received instructlons thut the Purfs Exposition may be postpuned on neeount of the poesiblifty of o generul European war. Secretary Evarts ‘suys to-nlcht that he haa to fuforination that would warrant bl in uuthurlzing such o statement. POSTAUE-HTAM I, . Tothe Weatern Asociated Press. WasHINGTON, Fob, 17.—Ofllcers ot tho Post- Oflice Department esthmate that the revenuca of the Deparunent are now suffering tut Juss than $230,0 per nonth by the flovd of stynps #old by Postmusters at smnll country offivds at -u disdount for wee I cties and towne, The ‘Pustmnster at S, Louls alone shows bis offlce defruitad of revenue to the amount of $150,000 pur apnum in thl ¥ DRI ——— PROTECTIONISTS, 2. Spectal Dispatch o he Chicuan Tribund! CLEvELAND, O. l—‘rb“ 17.—Ex-Congressman Tayne, ex-Mayor Otls, A, B. Stone, Fayctte Bruwu, and T, I Lumpson liave been appoint- cd o commltiee by the steel and _Iron manufac- turers of this section 1o po to Warligton to oppure the {mfinuu of the Wood “Varifl bill ‘There I8 much anxiety among this class of ‘the commumty over the present tarllf agitation, e e ere—— Puris Is the ereat centro fur this business writes the French correspondent of the 8t Louts Juirnal), which hus been brought to tho maat astontehing perfection, The astounaing transformation of wralns of heavy-lookine, alrty sand Into o dlamond of the tnest water is the dally avoeation of o lurge number of persons who avewedly work with the intention of de- ceiviug everybudy but the huger. Everything in the operation depends upon the quality of sund, and that uscd for the purpose {5 brought from the foregt of Fontainebleau, Large quan- titles of it are sent abroad, so Lighis the repute tn which It stauds, For imitating emeralds, vapphlres, and rubles a eolorlng matter ens tirely mineral In its original 18 eployed and ft hos Deen brought to a Dich state of perfectlion. About twenty years azo the prineipal mer. chant In this class of jewelry was o Mr. Bour- 'uuiuou. whose atelier was situated at Burrier u Trone. He wag the Prinea of his trade, and surpassed all others fu the excellence of his productions, He employed nearly one hundred workmien, besldes o number of women and young girls, whore business (t was to polish the volored atooes and line the falso pearls with tish-scales and wax, Tho scules of the roach und duee uro chietly ured Jor this purpose, and form a consideruble source ot proflt to the fshermen of the Sefue nthe' environs of Corbell, who bring them to Parls fn Jarce quantities during the season. They must e stripped from the tah while living, or the glistening hue which wo adinfre so much in the real peard canuot be fmi- tuted. 1t wus, nowever, to the * cultivation of the diumond that M. Hourgulgnon devoted his fugennlty, and, hua he detalled the mysteries of his craft, suie of the most styrular h ries of “funuly diamotds * and *heirloumns ' would Laye been brought to light, A Joulous Little Wife, w0 Yurk Felegrain, The so-calted Congrcss of Bewtity and Culturo coutiued at Glmore's Gurden Tasy evening, Abuut 0 o'elock u marred mun—uny oue could bee that he was mar wus whisperlig sweet nothings In the ear of one of the beautlful and cultured ones, when he was suddenly atfrichted o4 Ly on apparition, by Lelng caught by the cout cullar by o uervous lttle womun, wha berated L sounaly for baviug left bis wifo and home after belnginurrled only cleven mouths, “ Cowe atiun bouse sid gel o divoree,” shic + und then you can come buck for thut thing for which you descrted e ‘This was, 23 one of the byftanders sald, just Spie? tor the erowd, uud they weronat slow to tubie udvantageofit. * 1o ought to be ashamed of tisely” “Give 1t to hiw, wifey,? **Search his pockets when you get him howie snd »eo huw mauy vards the girls Have given bim,” and #uch spechinens of advice showered from asll eldes vnly helped to fun thoe flawe of the ltile woman's fury, The throng placed sl manner of vbstacles “fn the way of the thoroughly ubashed busband’s reaching the door, for whicli, wil the thae, be bad been struggliog fravtically, Lut by the aid o1 u policewan the two flusli got through the gate and departed hulnewar 1o renew the subjeet a la Caudle. e ——— “ Flick.* A correspondent of the Journal of Education thus relates ey experience fu uttempting to belp a chid write o composition on ber dog “Filck ‘v After a few seconde shie wrote as folluws: *Flick 18 a pretty lttle dog, with u fuce like 8 moukey; be has two bright eyces— ruzulsh eyes, my elster calls thew; e basa lit- tle tull! “Here Mary's (deas became somewhut confased; she wanted Lo sy soinethlng wore, aud yet she could not think of asything; Aually ehe cuntinuea: *Flick often runs to awuse him- scif at the minlster’s house. ber produ arwa, *Well, Mary,’ sad 1, *huve you finlshed CAL, shie replicd, 10 the most Inudeent wanner, ‘Lcan't Buiek 1oy compusltion—Flick bas not vome back et wuit till Le returus,’ The Teasull appeared o we v comival that 1 could B4y Lo wure.! g bas gone there to-day '—atd ut this place the child, havingread ou uloud, deliberately Juld down her penell, clused bier copy-bouk, and folded Ler e —— TILE KAILROADS, lesaattempt to Luiliup ono_ clty to the injury CONFLAGRATIONS. of every other in the United Btatey. 3 wha began the pursuit are wnder the same pro- tectlon of the law.” East cites also from Hale's Pleas of the Crown, referring to the Jackson case. Thus it {3 seen that it becomes TNR DUTY OF EVERY MAN to prevent an escape if a felony he com: and the same doctring 1e found fn 2 Hale, 75, 7, 01, 101, 102; Foster, 271, 309; 1 Hawkins, Chap. a3, Sec. 115 8.Just, 118; Wharton on Homickles, e 74, citing 1 Iinle, Pleas of the Crown, pages 459, 400. In Roscoe's Criminal Evidence, pnge 702, this doctririo Is Intd down: * Tn cases of felony actually cominitted or n dangerous wound given, private '):mmn mny appreheml withont a warrant, and will be protected, so that the killing of them In the exceuting of that duty wiil be murder." THE SAME DOCTRINE 18 held by Russell in his work on crimes, fourth Americsn editfon, Vol. 1, page (2, IN_THIS PRESENT CASR there wns n Constabic, George Moore, In pur- suit, who testifled that Le calied on Belden amd others to ald in the pursnit and arrest the man Rande; a fact which, under the authorltics quoted, tends o strengibien this case. ‘The conclusions to be drawn from theso authoritivs are that, where felony has heen committed, it ll the duty of private persons snd the country o tho would-be murderer hnd been found, the excitenent was Intense, and, when the man puased the railroad statlon, a mab of aboat 00 of nin own race gathered, with tho tntentfon of Ivuching bim. The officers were nearly over- powercd, but suceeeded in bringing their pria- oner to this place In safety, nnd putting him behind Iron :hare. Ponstey is a married man, and hos three children. “He s fve feet ten inches in helght, nud Is between 40 and 45 years of age. Tho feeling agalnst him Is intonse, " LIFE IN RUSSIA. Travellng In the Muscovits Empire, Iyll Ml Gasetee, Russia is the moet uncomfortable of countrics to travel In, Such rallways as thero are run mostly In straight lnes from terminus to terminusfwithout taking any account of the towns on their road. 10 {uu want to alight at a town half-way down the line you find that tho station which hears its name is somo v.went{ miles distant from the town itself. Yeou climb into a paracladnof, a threo-horse truck without springs, and ask that {nnr luggage may be put in with you. The station-porter, clad fn & kaftan réaching to his feet, smiles kimdly, but cannot glve you your luggage without the 1 mission of some oflicial who Is nbsent. 1t takea money fo find this ofticial. When he has con- sented to inspoct the luggsge, he proceeds to examine every articlons iT it weroa new and curious Invention, Moro money Is required to CRIMINAL NEWS. DBRIDGING TIIE MISSISSIPPL. | Thege i« an_achlevement of tha Iate John F. Tracy which wili conncct his name for all time to came with one of the most mportant legal conteats ovor witnessod in this countrv, The Rock Island Raflway reached tho Misstsaippi when tienry Farnum was fte President and Mr. Tracy its General Suncrintendent, The river Intereat, headed by the 8t. Louls Clinmber of Commeree, sxponded all the powet that money and their politienl fnfluence could command to prevent the Company from buillinga bridge across tho “ Father of Waters.” They clalmed that, under the old Enelieh Insw, re-enncted by all the legislation and. practice of this country, a vavigable rlver—certalnly one of such natlonal extent as tho Misslasippi—was *the King's Mighway," and its commerco could not be ob- structed by any bridgoe whatever, Under laws, opposcd most bitterly at every atop, but passed by the Illinols and Towa Legislatures, the bridge at Rock Island was at length completed, and then our 8t. Louls nelghibors and the river-men generally attacked it by Injunctions in the courts, and Incendiarfes attempted to burn it moro than once; but all their efforts were met 8t. Louis' Interest in Bankrupt- ing the Union Pacific Road. Eleventh Day's Proceedings in the Great Criminal Trial at Galesburg. Disastrous Fire in Twaenty-thirq Street, New York City. The Excelsior Building, at Sce. ond Avenue, Complotely Destroyed, Trme Inwardness of the Scheme for Pro-Rating with the Kansas Pacifio, Coplous Notes from the Opening Argument ot the State’s Attorney. Ruin of Two Churches Adjoining the Great Business Block, John F. Tracy tho Father of Brldges Over the Father of Waiers. Broad Protection Which the Throws Around the Honest Citizen, Law The Loss Fignred All tho Way Up to 5 l!llllofl of Dollars. Transportation Movement by New York . Merohants—The Ohicago & Northeastern, The Argnment Worthy of a Place in a Most Praiseworthy Prosecu- tlon. Fourteen Rtores Burned at tho Town of ' Midway, Als, BT, LOUIS AND TIIE UNION PA- CIFIC, 3 . To the Editor af Th Tribune. CnicAgo, Feb, 16.—~The cemetery and the dircctory mon having failed to demonstrate i IN NEW YORK CITY. Spectal Divpatch to The Chickan Tribune, New Yong, Feb. 17.—A fire, involving tng loss of 8500,000 and the almost total destrye. tion of three of tho finest bufldings on Wegt A Disbolically Brutal Orimo Roported from Ponnsylvania, PURSUE AND APPRENEND TIE FELONS upon hue and cry, and that hue and cry Is good warant, and if the felon pursueil kills any of the pursucra it §s munder. .\ to whether the com- mon law is In forcs fn Illinois, the Revised etop him; then you ecramble’into the truck | that 8t. : by tbat quict but Indomftable onergy for which Long Ben-chufosut: s :hlaving Satutey of s, bage 3, proids "t | sl and i ufi{n“nllinwmll!‘rel, e Kalmici D iy e iet Kopdiaue lir In the i, Tracy wa remariale and at Tength Jusice | TOOLSAIED steeets was dicavered It . 0. 4 4, river yelling o e way, an wacking e MeLean, of the 8upreme Court of the Unit . 2 est Twep. Hutikesdl SAL. Frang far_an “Who same - Is ‘soplicable anid of | 4iatis asth tho athnty of hlawhip be make you | Ectiome to bulld hereclt up iinto tho great com- | iarer dotided thote whtlo fof b b ofwhich ! 2 ty-third strect, n little after 7 o'clock this cven. ing. Tho policoman who first saw thc fire through the windows immediately gave thg alarm, but, notwithstanding ;that the Depart. agencral nature, and oll acts of the Britfsh Parliacient jinade in ald thereof, and to supply defeets prior to tha fourth year of Jamea [, with cestain apecificd cxcentions (not relevant merefal emporium of the West at tho expense of her more thrifty nefghbors,—Chleago, Mii- waukee, Cincinnot, Loufsville, Detroit, In- fancy that he Is dragging the vebiclo by himaelf. JThe bumping Is something to remcmber; for the roads are left to mend themselves, and in winter some of the ruts are big enough to Lotd the tmemory and_the laws of mankind ran not to the contrary, navigable rivers had been pro- tected from any obstruction whatever; yet rail- RANDE. BLEVENTI DAY OF 118 TRIAL. ronds were also great mnatlonal hizhwaye, Soectal Disnateh (o The Chicaan Tribine. to this "lfll‘l'l?&!hfl" bethe rulo of decisionand | coffins, In some districts o chanco of being | dianapolls, Pittaburg, Cleveland, and other | 403" 0% Gooes' minst yield o much 75t | ment arrived with usuat promptneas, one of the Gatzspuno, 11k, Feb, 16.—An immenso crowd | shall be considered as of full forea usitil re- | elieviod by a pack of dinncrless wolves adds to | smallorcities, At tho tall end of herklto slio | thicir ~ *vested rights” as to permit | companics reaching the firo within three mig. thronged the court-room this afternoon in an- Dealed = L L e the Intrcat of the journey; butif it bo night o | proposes to giyo Kaneas City a “heavo,” to | bridzes to b ' bullt scross thent, | ytes after tho receint of tha alari, the lyilding lantern with a strong relfcctor hiing at the back of the carrluze will be enough to keep them from upfrouchlug. At length the town of your destination Is reached, and, pounding along tha unpaved eteeets with alast flourish of howls, the {svostehik uallovs tnto the courtyard of tho place that calls itself an hotel, Out tumbles a flat-noged ostler, whom the driver begins to thump and swear at, just to shuw his zeal in our service, Then comes tho landlord, genoral- y o German who talks broken Freneh, and whosu necommodation for travelers conalsts if two or three rooms without heds and some hot water. It s expected that o traveler should brimg his own provisions; If he has not done 80, hie_must pay for food at famninc prices—and tho detrlment of tho busincsa interests of Atchigon, Leavenworth, Topcka, Denver, 8t. Jugeph, Omalis, Council Bluffs, and other citics of Towa, Minucsota, and Wisconain, 8lo proposes to strip Chicago and thess other citics of thelr well-carned pre-eminence In the West- ern nud Pacific trado under the sham protext of fAghting Jay Gould aud the Unton Paclfic Rail- toed (n preventing, os she clalms, thefr dls- criminations against her trade. ‘This (s the flimslcat kind of a pretexe. While she s trylng to hoodwink the business men of -this city and the Northwest {nto the belfef that in order to accommodate the commicree and the travel that would naturally seek them asa means of transit. Modern civillzation bad nde them as essential to the commerco and the busincss neceesitics of the natlon as were rivers {n all tho ages of the past. It {s known, at lenst to somo of the readers of Tue Tanin- UNE, that in this groat conteat Mr. Teacy was the man who fougtt it through to a trimmphant success. Iis cool, sound judgment, and his unbending energy, were more than a match for ail tho muncey, the sclflshness, and the malle- nity that the enemies of bis great national measure could Lring to hear againat it. 1lis success settled the question that all the rivers of the contlnent can be bridged, ticlpation of the commencement of the nrgu- ment in the Rande caze. Both the hall and gallery were packed, even to the alsles, with an attentive and interested. audicnce, nearly hatf being Inales. At 2 o'clock State's-Attorncy Tunnicli addressed the jury. Mr. Tunnichift alluded to the presence of Bel- den's little boy In court, and, in speaking of Rande’s aged mother and relatives, sald {t was very matural for than to use all pos- sible cfforts to clear him. But neither the Insanity dodge nor sny other quibble or techuicality would save Frank Rande ‘The 8upreme Court of this State passed upon this question in 13th Iliinols, 070—671, cass of Plumlecich vs. Cook, tho question in thut case heing whether an action ol debt would not be for an escape on a writ canins ad satlsficien- dum. Judge Treat sald: **The Statotes of Westminster, 2 Ch. 11—18, Edward L, and 1, Richard IL., give an additional rumed{ by ne- tion of debt, and those Statutes, being In ald of the common law, ALE iN PULL FOKCE in this 8tate. Our statute mlopts not only tho common law of England, but also all statutes in uid thereol excepting, ete., ete., as specified. And fu 60th T, B2, Miles va. Weston, the wns pnst saving beforé n stream of water could be dirccted upon it. Tt was Olied wiey combustible materfals, belng used on threg floors for the storage of furniture, and in the third and fourth stories by the Elghth Reghnent as an armory. The firemen of tho first com. pany at the flre, seeing that {t was beyoud con. trol, had a sccond alarm sent without delsy, and as soon as Chicl Bates arrived ho gave the third nlarm, summoning niore than fifteen ep. gines. Su rapldly did vhe firo spread, howeser, lapping up tho highly-combustible contents an| 5 foflaminable interfor of the butlding, that tnlg ited him. Supreme Court says: ** At comman law, pri- | what food! It s no use asking for acliopor a | shic is o natlonal benefactor In curbing the { but that ft must be done so s to ’"":'" umdtle “‘::llfl:“:: :,fi‘lu“'c:‘ Mr. Tunnt- | Yote bersons are uthorized to arrcst street- | gieak, for the last griafron socn in Russia (cx- | development of ‘tha Unfon Pacific Raflroad | gler the least possible obstruction to forco wus not considercd ‘"m",['"“’ sl ommenting . A walkers,—and the comuon law fain foreo I this | cept,In private houscs) was the one which 1van | oo there shall be o dlscrimivation on any | Novigation. Many bridges now span the Mig. | moro Inquirlcs wore ordered by teicgruph, il ¢iIf clainied that proof positive bad been ob- | State.” Further authority fs found In 25th 11k, | the Terrible used for the brolling of refractors ¥ all tho surrounding. streets werc filled with stcamers aud trucks, Tho aveuues wire blocked, nad travel up and down town on thy western side of the city was suspended for sey. cral houra. ‘The Excelstor Buflding was one of the largest in Twenty-third street. It was bullt in 1871, of iron and stonc, and is a relie of the Ring, hay. Ing been erccted with funds furnished by lo wersoll and some of his compaulous, Mr. Ogle- ble, a relative of Mr. Ingersoll, being the ostensible owner. It occupled alx building lots, with elx stores on the grouna floor, and was six stories high. The (m. mense distanco to the upper stories fromn the ground was ono of the greateat obstacles with which the firetaen had to contend, By theting the engines got falrly to work, tho fnelde was s0 far gone that it was {mpossible to enter thy uppoer storics, and, although pipes were prompt. ly scot to the roofs of neighboring bulldings, tho tlames soon burst through the imimens toof, seattering thelr dangerous sparks o afl directlons. Tho throwing of water from nelgh. boring roofs, too, was much {nterfered with on account of thu character of the adjolnlng bulldings. Next to the Excolsfor Buiflding, on the cast, was the West ‘t'wonty-third Btroet Presbyterlan Church, a larze brown-stone cliurch with stone tower and frame steeple, and Its roof was so slssippl and the Missourl, and it certninly louki like retributive Justico that our amiable neigh hora of St. Touis have invested eome 815,000, 000 In o bridgo that is not worth and doca not pay intercst on onc-fifth of that sum. They tirat spent o great deal of energy and n large amount of mum:{ to prevent any one from brideing tho Mississippi, and then lost a cool 12,000,000 fn doing it for_themselves, All honor to the memoty of John F. Tracy, to whose energy and ability they are indebted for tho privilege of doing it, and_ the uatlon for a new statement of tho Iaw under which the land and tho water tranelt of the country are placed on a just and cquitable haals. —_—— NEW YORK MERCHANTS AROUSED. At o recent macting of the New York Board of Teade and Transportation the followlng po- titlon was ndopted, and ordered to be clreulated for signatures, preparatory to transmission to Congress: 7o the llonorable the Membders of the Senate and Jlouss of Revresentatives of the Uniled Slates: The underatgned morchants and citizena respect- fuily petition your honorable bodies to appoint a Joint Committeo for the purposs of investigating the workinzs of _ the Inter-Stuta raflroad aystem of the United States, The lutercats of the producers and merchanta of tha United Btatea aro syatematically disregarded, the ratce cnarzed are in many instances out of all’ propurtion, favoritiam to Individual shippers, by which ond¢ peraon, irm, or place {a bullt up at the expense of anothier, largoly proval and there Ia a genoral fack of uniformity nnd sy tem which anght to govern the administration of all great public trusts of this nature. Your petl- of the Pacific Hnes, she s In renlity attempting to striko n destructive blow at their, vital interes's for her own agerandizement. Under this pretense, and upon the principle of stealing what she cannot earn, 8t! Lotls has {n- duced Senator Chaflee, of Colorado, atd Repre- ecntative Crittendan, of Mlssourt, to fntroduce 8 blll in Congress to compet the Union Pacitic to pro rate {ts rutes or carnings, mile for mile, with the bankrupt Kensas Pacific Hatvond, By a singular omiseion or oversizht nothing is sald In the bill about forcing the Kansas Pacitlc line to pro rato on the same basls with its conncctlons in Knnsas and Colorado, and with the Union Pacific Rallroad. The bill falls to give .that | {rflfllcqu to these connections of the Kansas Pacific line, but compels tho Unfon Paciile to cxtend IL to its cumpetitor at Cheyenne, It will thus bo scen that thumeasuro is o onc-sliled aflair, aud that thero 18 no justicoinit, Itisa blow almed at the Unfon Pacitic to throw ft Into Lankruptey and defraud tho Goyernment of its llen of 330,000,000 sceund mortgage honds on the property of that company, which licn 1t Is willing to pay. Much as we berato that llno, the prosperity and untrammeled action of tho Yllxln«x Vaclfic Railroad to trausact its busincss is inscparably connccted with thebusle ness suprewacy of Chicago and the entire Northweat, If ono js strack down the other will folluw, and 8t. Louts will be the galner. The mensurce {8 nothing more nor less than o * jug-handled schiemo ™ to huitd up 8t. Louls to tho fojury of Chicago aml her uclghbors east of tained of Rande's identity with the burglar, ‘Ihat ho wna the imurderer was absolutely shown, Iledeclared that no compromise verdict would be satisfactory to the people or the pros. ceution, but that outraged fustice demanded the inflfetion of the scvercst punishment known to the law, ATTORNEY TUNNICLIPP'S ARGUMENT. The State's Attorney began liis speech by ro- ferring to the extraordinary holdnecs aud dar- ing maonifested fn the perpetration of this crime. and the atroctous cliaracter of the crime itself. At midday, in a thickly-settled part of the country, and within the Hmits of the Village of Glison, the defendant committed a most darlng burglary. Pursued and tracked by the citizens of the county for the purpose of arrest. he turned ou his pursuers, and, single-handed, defied o whole township, and, with a_bravado and coolness which awu:fy finds s parallel {v the DLOODY TALES OF TIE BORDER, Kkilled one, wounded three, and cscaped into the woolds. The whole country was aroused; citl- zena turned out, and for days together scourcid every foot of ground for inflesaround, Rewards were offered for the apprehension of the crimie inal by the township nnd county authoritivs, and by the Governor of the State, for no man felt safe in person or property whilo such a des- perado was allowed to be at large. But for a time 16 seemed that tho murderer of Charles Belden would not be brought to Justice. 17, Bmith va. the People. ‘Ihis common-law principlo, theright to arrest upon htic and gry, is touchied upon and recog- nized in the casé of Maln vs, McCarthy, 15th Iil,, 4423, an nction for assault and buttery and false Umprisonment. THE VITAL QUEATION there was the right of o policernan in Chicago o make orreats without wargant for a breach of o city ordinance committed I lis presence, Cominenting on_this case, the Court saya: #Tho elghth and ninth nstructions nesuino that, to authorlzu the interference of watchnen called on to the assistauce of another, tho offensc must be committed it the presenco of all, or all arc llable for ARRESTING WITHOUT WARRANT, ‘These aro two broad, Whercone who Is presont at the commission of the offense, or ON HUE AND CRY 1s not nble to make wrrest and calls in other oficers or the posse, their justitication is s broad ns his own." The same rule ns Iald down fin Bryan vs. Bolea, 15th 1., 84 and 89, where [lale’'s Pleas, Dpayten 397, 188, are cited, The case of Smith vs. Donnelly, 06th 111, 464, 460, an_action for false imprisonment,disposes of the erroncous fmpres. lon thut private persons have vo right toarrest offervlers witheut warrant. Defendant In this casa left bis horso and busgy onthe strect; some boys took it, and IE AND 1113 SERVANT PURSUED, About 11 o'clock at night thoy foum| the boys with the bugey, the hiorss having the appear- ance of laving been furlously driven, The owner of the buggy druve the boya home, tied courticrs. A chaunk of beef stewed n sugar and vinegar and served with o saucerful of salted cucumbers and piekled cherries will be ahout tho extent of the bill of fare; thourh §f there huppen to be a wedding golug on in the town, the lundlord will run off to beg some choleer dainties, sl _return In_ triumph with the leg ot o pgooas stulled with cloves, or a pleco of pork bralsed with nutmezs and inarsb-iwaliows. to beus, they are quite a modern innoyation in Russla, and many well-to-do louses are stil] unprovided with thes Peasants sleep on the tops of their oveus, middle-class people and Ecrvauts cur! themsclves up in sheepskin and He down near stoves; soldiers rest upon wooden cota without bedding; and it {s only within the lust ten years thut thie students ln State schools buave beeu allowed beds, A traveler must thercfore roll Iimself up In rugs and furs, and spend his night on the floor of his inn-room, Russlaus scc no hardship in this, even If they be rich aud accustomed to luxurics. They rather refer boards to mattresscs, and arc firat-rate ?rlnvclcu, for they make sbift to slcep any- where. A man had better not fall M1 while in a Russtan country town, for al the docters out- side the Jarge cities are bellevers in phichotomy and violent purgatives, They prescribe tea, but drug it without tolling you, and tha cifocts are felt for days sfterwarda. Thelr fco is anything you like to give; but whatever you may offer they will be sure to usk more, and must there- fore bu dealt with as bluntly as tradcsmon. ‘The prices of goods in Russian shops nre as- sessed according to the apparent wealth of tho customer, A stranger must first choose the TILERR WAS ONE CLUB, howeyer, to hls ulentity,—tho express recelpt found In the vest which the munderer threw tioners thiereforu pray that eacly action bo taken 1o away in the cornield,—~and to this | thelr hands aud fect, and contined them in his | article ho wants, then offer what ho thinks [ the Miss{sslop] Kiver. It also enhntces the (m- | fuyeatizato tho wholo subject in ita various stcep that only with great difculty the firemen was' dite bis arcest. ‘The circumstances | Larn until morning, when ho took them tb the | reasonable, and turn on his heel If the tonder bo | Bortanco of Kansas City to the detriwont of | fngs, angd report at the noxt sexslon of Congre obtained a foothold npon it. ; of this orrest, the murder of tho brava | calubooso and entered complaint before a Jus- | deetined, Should tho tradesman hurry after Atehlson, Loavenworth, Tup("kn{ Denver, 8t Mr. Thurber, in offering tho petition, sald Next to the Excelsior Bullding on tho west offlcer fn the dischargé of Nlis duty, | tlee, who discharged them, They brought sult | him Into the street, he may be surc that he has Joseph, Omnlmhnnd Councit Blu(ts. that, during tho past fow months, more than was the Church of tho Covenanters (Refored Presbyterion), s stouo building, sinaller and Tower than the other, but preseating the same obstacle, n ateep roof. Tho Ilght woods with which the Exeelsior Bulldiug was filled, aod the inflammable stul used fo. the construction of its. fnterlor, zare food to the flames, and thu{ burst through the roof with great violence, threatening distrue tion to everything within their reach. Heelng It vas finpussiblo to save the armory building orfts conteuts, tho firemon devoted thelr attention to the adjoining churches, The high steeple of ths Twenty-third Btrect Church ol indicated the terrible character of the man. | for false imprisoninent nnd Publle indlznation was su_crdal that it was eared for u thne, both in 8t, Louls snd here, that the rago of the people would rob justice o {ts prev, and that s public trial would” be mady fmposstble. But, thanks to tho law-abiding, order-loving eitizens, no dlsgraceful acts of vto- lenes ovenrred, The law, In {ta supremo maj. Bty offered too much; should ho be allowed to go, hia bIA has really been too low; and of course this Is lfuble to lmp})uu with persons nccustomed o Western prices, for tha coat of everything in Ruerin Is cxorbitant. A sult of falrly good clothus coste £14: a palr of knce boots, £0; an uverago clgar, a'shilling. Tl n.o»{(.fhcnn Mings aro toa, vodki [whisky), and articlea made of Ieather; but even theee cannot be had ot a rea- ronable price unless bought through a native. In the large Krench hotels of 8t. Petersburg, where Parisian furniture and beds are to bo had, the duy's bosrd for n bachelor without n servant cummot be put down at Jess that £3, - The prico To extend tha matter further, the bill is sabldly sectional, and will injure tho buaincss interests of overy Western and Southern Stute except that porifon of Missourl along the 8t Louls, Kausas Clty & Northern and the Mis- sourt Pacific Rafironds.~ As o milksop thrown to tho Northwest, the bill gencrously permits two small rallroads having thelr tormini to pro rate with the Unfon Pacille at certaln poluts near Omaha, Such o concession {3 of no prace tical use to nnrhufly. ana_the peopla of Nebras- ka overwhelm nuH’ repudiated it at thelr last Stato clection. Senator Chalfoc must lave known tho worthlcsaness of this concession ever before, thers scems to liave beon a diserim- Inatfon against New York, aud n disorganizns tion of rates both on East and West bound Ireight, that mado it impossibie to do Lusincss successfully, DBaltimore bhnd already taken actlon, hut the bill before Congress cmanating from that city for the provention of certain forms of discriinination covered but one phasg of the trouble. The supervision 6f a Board of United Btates Commissioncrs wns nccessar, In addition to the 8tate supervision, The fol- lowing resolutlons were also adoptod by the meeting: (0T A JUDOMENT, The case went to the Bupremo Court, whero the Judgment was roversed. Judgs Lawrence, fu delivering bis opinlon, sald: *Our criminal law wmakes the uniawful tuking ol » horse fromn wheru 1t was loft by the ownern high misde- meanor, and subjects the person gulity thereof to fine or Imorlsonment, und’ of this misde- meanor_plaintid and others, If they took the horse away, were guilty, and the defondant (. €y the owner) lind a right to arreat him or them without sulng out a warrant or calling an ofticer. . o . Both of these fnstructious ITOTECTRD TIE CRIMINAL, wave him a fulr trial before o Jury of the county, with able counscel to defend him, and when that ury returned its verdiet all would feel that the i hud beeu vlmlk—.uml{ and the bloody carcer bt Wiznnas, It has been mainly throngh the agency | was not tall cnough to tower above the [ the Knox County drsperado—the “daring | should have told the jury that dufendants of n stugle room will range from 15 franca to | When ho . wroto the _blil now pendlug | of'tig Erie Canal that our State and city havo nt. . Youni bundlt of the Wabash " —was at an end, HAD A HIIIT TO ARRENT 20 frauca;, table d'hoto dinner costs 13 france, | in Congrees. A furthor clfect of the Tro-rato | fained thelr proud nositon of supremacy in popu- | Lages that u‘?“p"‘thm:{“’“"“ B g‘?‘d‘ Counsel for the defenss had, in u}wnlmz the | It the boys wers wuilty of clther of thesoof- | without winei o bottlo of vale ale, one ruble; | bill, if successful, will bo to degrade tho City of | lation, commerce, anc wealths and lufm of taking flre, and, n few nilnutes later, tho wooden stecple was in s blaze, Thiswas buyond the rouch of the Hames. 1n a fow minutea it was turned Into a pinn: of fire, reaching high into the heavens, aud pre- senting a’ beautiful sight that could be seen from almost any polut iu the city Almost at the same timo “the Reformed Church took fire, and soon tha interiors of both churclies wera wrapped In flames. ‘The walls of the Excelsior Bullding stood Qrin til] 8:80, more thau an hour and & qunrter, before they ed any siyus of eiviog way, sithouch "t intorlor dligappearad rapldly. About 8:43 the wall of the Bxcelstor Buildlng fell. It was of Nova Scotia stone, and fell futy Twenty-third streot, Tho Excolsfor Building was tho vietim of an fenses, instead of continlng the right to the case of steallme,”” It a privato person muy arrest without war- rant, a3 our Supreme Court holds fu case of o high ml«lemeanor, what doubt can thero bo of the rlzht in caso of felonvi "Tho Bupreme Court nas repeatedly held that whero a erline lins been committed private individuals may ar- reat without warrant, and will bo JUNTIFIED LY BIOWING GUILT, Seo 43 1L, 05, Dodds vs, Board, and Bt 1), 401, Kindred s, Stitt. It Is otherwlso with n peace officer puthiorized to moke urrests, as ho may arrest without warrant when there {s strongg probable vausa to bolleve the accused to be guilty; 43 Ill, 06, The reasons that privato versuns may arrest where a crimo has buen committed s that crimiunls would frequontly Denver into a way-station on the Kansas Pacliic Rallrond line, and a sccond-cluss trading point with the mountains, while Cheyenuo and Uolden, a few iniles hoyona Denver (through the operations of a third rall weat of Denver to counect with tho nurrow-gaugo lines to the south and west of thaot uuy{ will sccure thy cream of that trade, This will be accomplished on the priuciplo that cach railroad line will be {ntercated In getting tho beneflt of the lonwest haul to thcir respective torminl in Colorado and Wyoming. The Kansas DPacitie will bo ntoreat- ed In bullding up Cheyenne, and the Unfon Paclfle, through its conntctions with the Col- orado Central Railroad, wlil mako Golden its objective point for tho trade of that Btate; meeting tho narrow-gauge system at (Golden, and counceting there with the Denver & Rio caau for the peisoncr, stated tho defense they woutd make, and referred with upparent levity to the fact that the prosceution should o far presume ns to read from Blackstone statutes and principles of law in force so for back us the relgn of King Edward I, of England, aml clafmed that it was uunecessary to 2o back to times wheu witches wers condeimned, and mar- tyrs burned, order of the luw, DBut the common law of England Is the law of 1llinols o far as applicable, and all statutes and Jaws of & general nature ARE OF FULL FORCE in this Btate unless repealed by tho leglsiative outhority, aud the statutes provide that all trials for criminal offunses shiall bo conducted according to the coursy of the cominon law, Dlackstone Is a atanglard work with the lawyer one of caampagoue five rubles, and so ou. Amusciients, such as theatres ond concerts, cost about threo times as muchas in England. On- tho Patti nights at the Italian Opera of 8t, Peteraburgr the stalls are bought up by Jews; and one can scarcely be procured under £5. At the French theatre thore Is often a similar aglo on the seats, and the plavgoer has to add a reekonlng of valls for box-opencrs and pro- gramme venders, who will leave him no peace until compounded with, Thg theatres and res- taurants of the Capital arc luxurious, und so arc tho first-class rafiway carriages on the lino from Bt. Petersburg to Moscow. If a stranger confined bLis travels to a journcy on this line he would go awny with o flne {dea of Russian comfort, for all the Jatest Amerlcan {mprove- ments in tho way of sleeplug and dining cars, Wugnzas, The inanageent of the railroad cor- rations of our Statc, a¢ well aa thoso of other Lates terminating at the portof Now York, has been characterized by an ntter dlsregard for the interests of our citizons, by the unjust euforce- ment of rnlnonllr discriminating rates against them, which has already beon tho means of inftict- ing great loss, and threatens the diversion of our trade and commerco to other scabourd citiea; aud Witgnzas, Tho wisdom of the policy of low tolls was conclusvely demonetrated durfng tho pnst scaron by the vastly Increased amount of produce and merchandise that was transported through ths canals ot about onu-balf of the rates exacted by iiways; thercfore, fgedd, ‘That it I of the drst fmportance that iala be mnnmiud with the utmost ¢conomy conefstent with thulr proper ifciency) snd thit thoy be malntained at the carliest poriod pructica- hle by a gonoral tax upon the Htats, inorder that 3 L This g csape while the poraoh or oficer wus gone 1o | dressigz-rooms, and attendance are available, | Grande Raliroad for the South, the trausfers | thoy bomade froe to the commerco of tno natiun, | elevator-hole. Althongn the fire started In tie gl‘al 5.'315’.'3; tlr:'au;‘rfchmllfirb ?nl: {‘Zg.'xlm‘nfi'.‘“,':fi'fllf un;clzlrn awarrant. ¥ Nor ‘oif this one lioe aro ther any vexatious | Will be mudo there, and the trada for Southern lmlfinlnu thial the cost of their maintonanco will b | basement, - below — the sidewalk, it was becones hecesslty of 1is practice fn his riper | A peaco olliver niny formalitles about lugynge and pussports. | Colorado and New Mexico willbe carried nround | Feturnud fo our citlzend inany fold by tho progts | not scen uptll It had reached tbe that will bo Jerived from thcir groatly enhanced comenerct, Jleavlved, That the concnrrent resolutiona that bave bean Introduced in thy Loghlature by Tho llon. Isanc 1, Hayes for the purpuso of submnitting to tho voters of the State constitutional awend- ments that witl, It adopted, freo onr canals from tolls, moats with our hearty approliation, and thut thls lioard wil) uss ita utmost cllorta to ald I tho accomplishment of the desired result, Resolred, 'That the Hecretary be and hershy fa directed to transmlt coples of thesa preambles and resolutions to the Governor, membors of tho Leie falatare, Suncrintendent of Public Works, the Canal Board, aud Ci Auditor, upoer storles, the fron doors and shutters of tile lower atory shutting it from ahizht, By § o'clock the fire was under control, Bofore tais, however, the rear wall of tho building fell, var rying witli It the rear portions of several linises frontiug un Twenty-second strect, The Excelstor Buliding {s mtnll{rgmm. ‘I'lic Twenty-third Street Presbyterian Church was deatroyed, with the exception of the bug walls and tho tower in front, and the Reformed Uresbytorian Church Is badly damagoed. The Excelslor Bullding cost over $400,000. 1ts losa, counting in gencral shrinkago In val- ucs, f8 put at $4350,000. The West Twentys third Street Cliurch waa valucd ut 3100,000, aid the Joss is put at 875,000, Theother church loss is nbout $40,000. ears, and grows upaen bim day by day, ; ‘Thu corminon law s the foundation of Stato Government, and, old as it, 50 old that *‘tho me nory uf mau runoneth vot to the contrary,’ ita ugels A STHENOTIL RATHER THAN A WEARNESS, for It cinbadies the expericnee, thouwht, and muture judgmient of the greatest legal minds In hiatory. Lhe sun of the comnmon Jaw lfted the mista of fgnorance, und what scemned at flrat diflicultics and troubles becamo a beautiful system of Inws apulicable alike to Englund and to Ilinois. Liko the mighty Misslssippl, in- creasing and cxpondlug os it recelved fta tribu- tariea on Ite seuward voyaxe, 80 the common law, enrfched Ly the contributions and wisdom of ilule, Coke, Bluvkstone, and the thousands ARBEST WITHOUT WARNANT} Btatutes of 14874, puge 40, See, 393, Georgo Moore was a Constuble,—a peaco ofticer,—and be callod upon Charles Belden to pursus and mako arrest, and liclden was under the same protection s the officer Moore. The offonse wwus burclary—a larceuy committed upon the dwelting-house and property of Woodford Penrce, ‘Fhe statuta eay: Hvery person eon- victed of the crime of lurceny, 1f the property stoten exceeds the value of $13, shall be impris- oued o the Penitontiary." . RANDE'S ACTIONY, During the dellvery of this mildress the in- sanc prisoner touk coplous notea of the legal authoritics cited, with the page and volume referred 1o, When not thus einployed he and never sco Denver at all. Bo what ad- vautage can it bo to that city to advocate the bill proposed by the Senator and the Kan- sas_ P'acitle Raflroad! The mensure 1s fraught with inlquity, and Mr. Chinffce Is {n the same category as that of tho bird befounllng its nest, in this nttempt to Injure his own city and the Peu»lu who have exalted bim to his bigh pos!- lon, for the purposu of bullding up active rivals at él'ncyenne, Uolden, Kansas City, and 8t. ouls. Betwoen tho vigorous competitions of. the rivals, Deaver wiil bo placed between the upper and nether_millatones, sud Lzmuml to powder, Her supremacy will be wrenchied from her, and bher extensive trade forever loat, f the Chaffeo blll becomes o law, what will Everwhere else u passport 18 {n constaut re- nluuu, and the uul{‘way to avold exhibiting It o dozen tiines a day Is to produce atwenty-kopeck plece in its atead, The traveler who forgets the coln is lable to by inyited to step into the pullec-uftice, where he will have to prove, by showing other papers, that the passport 18 reatly s, and not one that ho has stolen, “‘There is ouo ood alde to traveling in Russis, amb it tsthis: I natranger be not faring forconi- murelal purposcs, he une will be made a welcoma guest ot the houscs of the nuthorlties fu any town where ho inay wish to spend more than o day. ‘The civil Dovernor will dispatch o scere- tary to lils hotel, and be glad to have bita 1o dinner for the sole suke of heariog what nows he hus to hrlnF. & —— TIIV: CHICAGO & NORTHEASTERN. The announcement recently soado in Tun [ius Is plussant enough, and ¢ Ni ¢ Iudlvidyal losses and the insurances could uot 1 others who liave labored i tha legal fleld of | wus joking with his wuards or passing | th Lospitality s the morn graclous as the puss- | bo the ¢fect upon polnts norsh, east,'snd south | THIBUNK that tho New York Central interest this country and England, bas expanded fnto ,,m,,.’ mw tho reporters. Amnnu" hiis | fme stranger” cannot make uny return for it | of Bt. Loulal Bhe wiil at once be fu u position | bad ebtained control of the Chicago & North- b“,“.":’;“fl!“;’d“ timates tho lasses at 8715003 A MAGNIPICENT SYATEM OF JURISIRUDENCE, other oceentricities may noted his | beyond thinks. On the other hand, n stranger | to import tho raw materials for her manufacto- | eastern Raflrond—the section of the Chlcago & The h,." “' o are 3,’, “:' Execk for providing a semedy for every wrong, o punish- | penchant tur Keoplng up his chavacter asa | who settles for nnY term exceeding o week lu o | rics ut a nominal cost tipgn thu river system on | fake’ furon Rallroad between Flint aud Lan- | lhlll h ofiulu T e W, fi fi‘fl\- it for every erimmal. dosperauo ‘b seowling and mukiig dewonetra- | country town Wil liavo to b eurefut of the | which that eliy is locuted, turning thom futo | (G50 "ERR (AR DOLEREE FEBS Bl Lot | Bulldlog, the etata of Mo 1 Morly 1lue aud ery may be ralscd elther by precept | tlous at WIlncucl, rad signitylng ‘Slll ntention | company into whichhe Ialls; for Russlan friend- | manufactured “articles, with tho vautuge of | * - ; )\ < road clre z;; ek ?g ”'8' 0003 u’?w'qu- of u Justics uf the Peace, or by o peace oflicer, | of baying polico allicors and réporburs out when | ship soun turns to familierity, and ono of the | the sbortest distaues to the Vdeifle Conat | ¢los at the time of Its publication, and ofturts | the = Covenauters, =82, ho et p third Btrect Presbyterian Church, §60,00; C. R, Gross, furnlture, #50,000; Davls & Coy furniture, 50,0003 ‘Theodure Docnch, parlof furniture, 875,0005 Roux & Co., parlor furb ture, $40,000] a 'State loss on uniforms of £30,000; ot atunds of arm, cte., 315,000, aid to members of the Eigint Reslmont, of $15,0% The juaurances are not known. liegets to hell, or carlier If possible, 1o elther Lelleves that ho will gt s case reviewed by the Bupreme Court or pretends to do so, Having almoat concluded his argument on tho evidenco presented, kb beeamne apparent that tho uestion of (usanlty could not be eutered on this evenlug, amd the Court accordingly ad- Jourued unttl 0 o'clozk Monday morniug. or by auy private inbw that KNOWS OF A FELOXNT, The party ralsinz it must acquaint the Consta- blu of the village with all “the clrcumstances whicl he knows of the felouy and the person of the felon, and thereupon the Constable is to search his town, and rulse all the nelghboring villages, and make pursult with horss amd foot, firat manifestations of tamlllarity Is to ask the stranger to take u hand at ecarte. Then it be- comnes a4 question of refusing und belug deemed 8 boor, or aceepting and heing prom Puy cleaned out, ‘The Russluns are fearful camblers, and o strunicer with circular notes in his pockets 1s a godaend to them, They do not chieat 3 but play and play until the result is utter linpecuntous- were made by certaln nterested’ partics to dis- eredit the ftem. . AsTuaTiisuns had obtatucd tho news from the wmort reliable parties, os 1t elways docs, It looked upon tho lucredulity of thess partles aud sundry “‘scooped! nows- papers with cousiderable unconcern, knowlug ful well that fn time the report would be con- over auy of her nclghbors, and lmvhui tled up the ~ Unlon Pacitic (and through it its Eastern conncctlons through lowa and other Btates to tbo east, because tho Kausas Pacitic s bankrupt, and no solveut lne can succcasfully cotnpete with un [nsolvent one unless it gocs Into bankruptey also), and leaving the Kansas Paciflc to mako'sny rato it clmu-cni no matter r v ¢ T ths_Western Asioclated Press, and, fu the prosceution of such huo and cry, the S ness to one of the two partles to thogame. | how low, to dlverl the overland frelght and [ " " %o Constublo and bis attendants Luve the snme MISCELLANEOUS. Ty wonien are us bad as the men, und think B‘n’ntnxur tratlle tromn Chlc,au aud her nelichs g:""‘t"l“lcm l;:‘:llr?:j":\‘!tw’:flflnlirz(:uihu t(],nm:dl ou’:l‘l:’l}::::l’:‘-u‘;fil:; lr;'.n.l;l:‘l'smn.\fimflfil:lru l:ro" bRy et nnd‘ h ( fl“:;mu&"w h .m“ A BEA-CUAKE, }lx:‘nu‘:"u‘l.: :’llxu;ll:::l"n,lnllu“:;t?ulr:;l:;«l"fl: D:Lno‘:" u:';r:u lsl:u L?:'l:iel:l ":flf’&?' utlln:: “u'lnl:;:‘ulumg portant news at firat, 18 now wmpcul‘;fi tu.fhr:\lv. 84 the Exculsior Bullding, on the st uf Y ¢ Loty i e ey own | sc bt ) E‘j{'{‘ uinder & warrng of & Justiew OLEW | g,y prancisco, Cal., Pob, 17,—Detectlves, ( moro thana week. It must ba borno in mind | Western hatf of the coutinent, whilo. every city ' Twenty.third “""“ neur Becond ayenue, | 19 up the sponge and acknowledgo tho truth fo the following remarks; Tho report that- tha Lake Shoro & Michigan Bouthern Rallroad Company had purcbsscd the liok of the Culcago & Lake luron Raliroad bae tween Lanslng aud Flint 1 olerably well suthen. tlcated, 71 to an organizution that tho ladics here nlluded to are those of a certain rank, who affect to copy Parisian man- nera; for those of the mndile class do not ahiow themselves to thelr husband’s gucsts, 1n country houses card-pluying s tho ordinarv cyoning’s amusement, cotinters belog used having becotme posscasud ef fuformation lead- Ing them to belleve that J. C, Duncan, sbscond- ingg manager of tho defunct Ploncer Bauk, was ubout to attempt llight from the city on the achooner E. J. McKinuou, wkich was to have ‘Tiis principle of law_ has been ndjudicated and passed upon in the English courts, andis ln foree du this State, TUR LEADING CASE ia Rex. ve, Jackson et al., found in 1 Nala's Pleas of the Crown, page 484, aud is o case al- and evcrfi rallroad linc cast of tho Missisalppl River suffer in proportlon ss 8t. Louls fu- creascs horcommerctal pro-eminence throuzh the operations of this piratical rald as advocated by Scuator Challve and Representatiye Critten- en. Anothier feature of the bill is, that, it the building contatneg six stores, Nos, 216 to 222, - clusiv. The Twouty-third Strcet Prosbyterian Church, adjofning it 'on the cast, and thu Scutch Covenanters® Presbyteriuy Church, on the westy were entirely destroyed. The total Joss s varl ously estimated at trom $500,000 to $1,000,00 Tha rasd beloogs The third aud fourth floors of the Excelsivr nust parallel wi . or Corinto, Central Ame: when moncy s not fortheoming; but (n these known as tha Chicagn & Northeasters, whoseof s sl , - e e iy gy s Ceeislng o tha cab sk ?fimé,hfiu&lfio sehee o Srthpon | Maces 8 stéaner wil ofion Keh two-or three | Unlon Facif attempts to sto the iversion of | Jumes A, Tarast, of Lansing, 1 Frevtont: bat | Bullilug wore occupled a8 an rmory aud dal W At Newiate' In- Lent vacation, 20 Car., IL, | as sho wos gettiog up sall, sbout hulf-past 3 | days® excellent shoating in return for the bauk | the overlaud trade from and to St. Louls by | tho Chicage & Lake Hurun il Fupit aeages Nitional” ool “Tuo 'Hfh and sixtd thu ‘cuse was thus: Fivo perscus committed a [ o m, Duucai’s effects were found on bourd, | hotes be drops on s host's table at night, | the action of the Kansas Pacific Rallrod, and to | Blents oxer ity and tho two nave been practically | (aatanal cuard | The, anuacturlig robbery about Houusiow but pot thu fugitive himself, Meantine, the | Kussian gume couslsts of wulves, foxes, hares, | save ltself from bankruptey, the Government Is | gperated as one fine, 1f the seported salo ahould ors - were. e ok . mau ath, o Aiddlesvx, viz., Juckyon and four others, ‘Tl party robbed ralsed o huo and cry, the country pursued them, aud, at llnluPllvad, Jacksou, one of thy tive, turned uvon bis pursucrs, the rest bulug In the samo fleld, aud buving often BESISTED THE IUNSURGS and refused to ylell, killed one of the pursuces. By five Judges then present it wus ruled: Firet—"That this wis murder, becauso thy coun- try, upon huv and cry levied, aroauthorized by law 1o pursue and spprehend all matefucturs, and In this case thero was a felony done by thoso per- that were thue pursucd, Seeund—That slthough tliero was no warrant of @ Justico uf the Peuce 10 ruiso hue and cry, sud though there was na Constablo In the pursail, yet the hie aud cry was o ¥ood wurrant ln jaw for thew to upprelicud the vifecdors, and the killing by confirmed, it will afuctually clieck the tirand furniure by Theodore Krench & Co. Tud Trauk Compun, scond loor was unoceupled, and the first tour wus used for salesrooms. Tho tenants on the ground toor wers Willlam Gross & Co., furol ture, Nos, 218 and 2185 the Manbattan Stesn Lauudry, No. 234; the Zero Refrigerator, No- 23, Nos. 218 and 220 were vacant, The bulld: ing was built fu 1570 by Junes H, Ingeraoll dur fug the days of the Tweed Rivg, oud s sald 10 huvo cost $100,000. , "Ll ‘Twenty-third Street Presbyterian Churc was valued at $60,000, with fts contents; fnsu for $45,000. Tho Covensnters' Church cost £30,000; insured for $16,000. The Presbyterbia Church had a tall apire burned off, which ¢re sented o most beatitiful slgit. The Excelsivs Hlock had been rearded us a dougerous build tug Redmond, which it was understood was to couvey Duncan to theschooner, hove in sight, but, sceing the steam yocht Elaine, which tho dutectives had em ployed, slongside, made off Ina hurry, pursued by th Eiine, TheRed- mond was lost off Buu Elito, found ugaln near Limepolut, lust wealy off City Frout, and tiually discovered tied up ut Hunter's Poiut, withyut i soul on board. Whethor Duncau left her at san Elito or Hunter’s Point remains uncertuie. ‘Tho schooner was selzed aud hauled {oto dock, und the urrest of her Captain und of the Com- mander of the Bedmond are reported to have Leen wade, partidges, und several varleties of wild fowl} und uday with the guns leads to o turn-out of ull the rabble doguery of the country, Al tho mujleks round ubout leave their work to see the sport, uud alinost every one brivgs a dog with him. = Napplly, tho game 1s noL wild, clse it would be all scarcd away by the frantic shouts ralsed by the peasunt every thne a bird rises on thy lue of swiit or o gray fox siluks uway down o furrow. Another favorite country-house amusctuent s dunclng, sid a forcicuer will be delighted by the pretty ]lus.w Russluny ladics dunce with scarfs or shawls sowethiug alter the fashion of thealu They will sfugs, Lo, uceqinpanying thee with triangulur Jpuitars rather like banj It should bs wen tloned that there §s no colloquinl equivalent In ecmpowered to appolnt & commissission to ex- omine. its ofliclals and wiployes aud inspect fts Looks upun any trumped-up charge of the Kansas Pacitle,” and report to the Beere- tary of the Interfur, who stall transmit tho papers to the Auoruu‘ Qencral, who skl sulzy tho road thrduzh the action of the Cireult Court of the Uuited States, and so on ad libitum, The result will bo that the Kausas Pacific Railruad Company, already bankrupt, and now in sosacsslon of_{ts frst-mortiage bondholders (by which tho Governwent tlen of 311,000,000 second-wortgage bonds has gone vut of sihit) Pmmm to bankrupt the Unfon Paclile Hue, hereby causing ag additlonal loss to the Gov- crament of 830,000, ambltion to reach Chicago by the Chlcago & Lako lluron line, which it was dls- d tobuy. 'The Jonesville branch of the Mich. gan Southern torminates now at Lansing, and con- uccts with the Chlcago & Northeastern at that polnt, The distance from Fliut to ort {luron | wixty-aix miles. If the Michlgun Southern is d sirous of eutoring into mory utlimate relatiol with the Grsud Trunk than it alresdy enjoys, tn this clty, the obstacles in th® way of procuring control of the vastern end of the Chicago & Lake Jlurun Ratlroad would uot be insupersble. Tho dirtance from Port Huron to Chicuge over tho presont Chicavo & Lake luron Raflroad to Lanelug sud thence over the Michigun Bouthern via Juncs- sule, would be 327 miles; the rout via Detroft iv 40 miles. Doubtlews these fact have been co midered by the Michigan Southern Compauy. T A BLACK FIEND. ,000 sccond-mortgagy bons “ § ” . = fes who bullt the Chicavo & Nostheastern Rul ng, aud surroundiug property owuners have b - by dack: or, Ruaslan to **BIr” or * Mudain,” and this puts | which the Company is willing tu vay when due, | B 3 . 1 y I " oy oa sl 1k sebiacs woresi & Mattle Kane, of Lincoln Statin, [ soclal velutions at onco un u very frivndiy Joot: | and mako ftself the maln thoroughfaro scross | & e bie s "Sbich ‘i, Shbortumty L wake | to puy s extra rate of lisuraucs un sccolit company, sud made a common Fe~i-lauce, and 8o ing. Tschinovniks snd their wives are ailldress- | the contioent, with 8t. Louls and "Kansas City :n.fir voad atforded them. upon Allu ! gt & Cliester County, last even n'.rl‘lenvluv “:gefuwxll{!?l{vmc" wus owned by W. H. Omiviey - ible thid ona auimated tho other, all those of the company | dylug conditton. Sliss Kaue ls s youn ed by their infertors us * Your High Origin™ | as its castern basis, by controlling tho western = 2R ther-lu-law. It wus fnposaible| of the robbere that wero i the saue “'l‘h “houch | 10 yeurs of uge, She was formurly of Plutadel- | or * [ligh Nobillty,” as thy cass may mlf"x.m hatf of thy Union' Pacllle, and Sorco all tho 1TUA eveulng to ascertaln the amount of thy losecd At & distance frow Jackson, wure all principals, | phia, but bas been lvivg with Mr. John Bmith, | amouget equals the usual foriuula is (0 addruzs | overland freigit sud passeoger tgaflic throush OBITUARY, teuants. viz.: present, aldiog, sud aveiting, ot Lincoln Station, for somu thwe, Last uven- | o person by bis Christfau name coupled to that | Kansas City and 8¢, Louts, to the Ftoleut injury Bvecial Disnaich & The Mhicazo Tribune. . THB SAME PRINCIPLE fuy, umu ber return from tbo store whero | of his fatlier—as thus, Vsul-Petrowited, L ¢, | of Cleveland, Chieago, Council Dlufls, Omaha, Mr. Veayoy, lil, Feb. 17.—Willism Maddox, | IN 8T, LOUIS, pals is latd down in | Esst's Pleas of the Crown, | sue d beeu for provislons, shu | Paul sun of Peter; and the sume fu rezard to | and every othier city and hamlet on this paratlel. | an old and well-kuown citizen of this place, and | 8T Louis, Feb. 17.—Flro broke ou pajo 208, Bee, 67, Chap. B: *If @ felouy bo | wus wiet by Ponsley, who struck | women, “Marla-Nicolulevna,” Mary, daughter ‘Thls nicasure ls worthy of the serlous atien- | g, wuby years a prowfuent Republicau poli- o'clock this morniug in thie four-story bulldia? cotmitted, and the felon dy from Justice, or a | her over tho head aud feileld'bor to tho ground | of Nicholas. It gocs without saylng that the | tlon of the business wen of " tho eutire North- Nus. 410 And 412 North Third strect, asd &4 dangerous wound be given, ¢ s the duty of | with & club. Havisg sccomplisbed by pur- | pucet-cbumber i o Russian country-house s as | west, and Board of Trade und other comumercial | telan of this part of the Stato, dicd last night, v 3 ¢l dasmage to the amount of $15,000. The oot ©Very tan Lo Wse bls endeavors for preveatiug ses, b0 drugwed bls victln for 200 yards | devoid of bueds s 8 country botel. At wost o | fustitutions should take fmmediate sction to | aiter a bricl llluess, His age wos 63 years, He R g L sn cscape, snd i fn the pursult the felon be mrunzh the wouds, with the inteution olthrow- | foreigoce wlil b acqoumodated with an otto- | thwart the peruiclous effeet of such sectionuly | wus a native of Virgiola. 1o was a weber of mln"&? ‘é‘,‘,},;cm‘ C:g:lg:ny. Laray hllllcll‘l‘;u\:lh:‘(:u li\e suufi("‘l mlbsm‘llue‘bn u\l‘cn{.\liu:n. fuir her futo @ well, but becano frightened be- | wan spread with catsking; but even if Le have | untriendly luslation o this bl proposcs, aud | thé Masoule fraternity, sod was burled with the 3 u cide s justifable” Tuls rule s not {l\fru carrying out hls purpose. ‘The body wos Brotuers® printing establishwent. scov alarm. to avert the danger to our business luterests. A vlgorous protes from every town sud honurs of that Order, New Youw, Feb. 17.—Jobu B. Norris, of Urecnleat, Norris & Cu., bsukers, fu Exchange to lio on the floor, bie will be sure to slecp, for a “taightcap il bo given bl I tae shape of & pint vuwl, full of umixture of tes, exg yolks, cotfined o Lthose who are preseut 50 @3 to have ocular proof of the fact, or to thooc who trst i by Frank Daclington, who gave the ‘he poor pir] was taken to ber how, should be sent to Cungress city fu the land aguinst AT MIDWAY, ALA, come tu the knowledze of It for jt, in theee | but cannot lve. Pousley was placed under ar- | and arack punch, enough to make biw ory whea | the pleacy provoscd by 8t,’Louls under the op- | place, this uty, aud Presideut of the American LorauLs, Ala., Feb. 17.—Fourte awruhl; cuses, Lresh sult Le mude wnd 6 furtiorl, i bue | rest by Conatable Hogan, aud wade u full | he swallows bt and wurranted to procure him a | eratious of the Chaffee-Crittenden-Kaueas-Pa- Midway, Bullock County, Ala., burued to-ulcbt Districs Tetegruph Comnuuy. of Brooklyn, died aod ery be levied, Wl who Join'fu ald of those | coufesslun, When ¢ becune koown that | grand scries of ulgltwares tHl woruog, citic Pro-rata L), which 15 nothing but o shune- | last night frum congestion of the bralu, Luass, $50,000. Keruscus lawo.