Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 5, 1878, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1878 5 CRIMINAL NEWS. More Concerning the Kaiser Holo- caust in Monroe Coun« ty, Mo. The Awful Character of the Story Told in Certain Quarters, Widespread Bellet that Ialsor Murdercd Iifs Whole Famlily, Tho Marderous Arm of the Buicido Nerved by Btinging anegy. Additional Statements from Thoso Who Believe the Fire Accidental. The Quick Veageance of a Deeply-Wronged Man o Rorth Carolina, THE MONROE COUNTY TRAGEDY. 8. Loute Republican, Marc 3. Yesterday morning o telegram published fn e columns of the Repubiican announced that Moritz Kalser and_family were burned to death {o acabin neor Fish Londing, fifteen miles southwest of Waterloo. ‘That telegram, how- cver, told onlya Jesser part of the terriblestory. 1t was sufficient to provoke a deaire on the part of a newsman to know more of the facts: and a reporter would have visited the locality bad lie not had the good fortund to secure a very com- plete statement from Dr. Joseph 0. Wheeler, who was a witness to the shocking discovery. Dr. Wheeler resides at No. No. 1223 North Bixth strect, between Biddle and O’ Fallon. 1le was summoned to Ivy Station, Monroe County, on Wednesday Inst, and on Thureday night e lodged with 8 Mr. Kavanaugh, whose fatlier ho had been called to attend, Mr, Kavanaugh's liouso was within & quarter of a mile of the scenc of the tragedy. MORITZ KAISER was a German, 50 vears of age, who came tothls country about 25 Eenr- ago, in scarch of afor- tunc which was beyond his reach in the Old World. Eleven years ago he married a Monroe County orpban girl, who was only 14 years old, and togethier they embarked in farming. Ellen Kalser was a littfe German beauty of not much education, but an amfable character end indus- trions disposition. The couplo meumd ouly mederately, owlnF to the improvident character of Morltzand bis_high-struug temperament. Thoy sccomplished wonders, however, In the wuy of proweny, and when Ellen had reached the sge of 25 tlicre was un Interesting brood de- mapdiug her care, composed of John, Bamyel, Harry, Fred, ‘Thoinas, and Ellen J. They oceu- fed by leasc a form situated fu the bottoin Jand etwoen Fish Landing and Ivy Lauding, scarce half a mile from the Mississiopl, Last year Ralscr had i11-luclc with hls crops, and, desplte his carnest endeavor, his savings fell short of his rental, aud a couple of months ago he recelved notlce from bis landiord that, heing delinquent, be must vacate, flo at onco beatlrred himself to BECURR NEW QUARTERS for his littlc community, but his situatton did not carry with it a good recommendation, anid tho best he could do was to securc the rental of & small farm i the Columbia bottom, on which there was a littlo log-house that, by a judiclous arrangement of room, might toke {1 his famlly. (his was the prospect which Moritz Kafser contemplated last Thursday evening, I was & man of nervous temperament, and possesscd of a considerablo degree of pride.’ o' was liv- fug In a comfortable two-story housc, and had thus far known nothivg of want, 1o declared to s neighbor that ho would ratber die than crowd his family into a single room of a log hut alter the manner of brutes. He was heord to say, oo, that it bo died he would nat leave his +clffdren’ after him to Jive llko beegars, One nelghbor to whom he told this tried to infuse » some courago iuto him, tolliog him to brace up and bo a man, and that better men than ke had lived in lowly uarters, but he only replied, ' Ob, my poor witel Oh, my poor children| On gno or two occasions lio told his wife that he Intended to commit suicide, but cach timo sho dissuaded him by ssking what would beecoms of her und her littlo onea i1 ho were to do such a thing. SEVERAL TIMES AT Niont Katser went to the river and passed up and down the bank in an abstracted way, and when anybody asked bim what he was dolng, ho anawercd that Lic was waiting for some ong who was to come on 8 boat. In fact, ho was walklug there the night ot Ur, Wheeler's arrival, Ou Thursday night Kalser entered a saloon onthbe Waterloo road at Fish Landing, something less than a balf-mile from his home. Ilfs eycs were wild, and after glancing around tho reom be called for whisky. Tho saloou-keeper sct out the bottie and a glass, Ho took a heavy draught, Then, without u motuent’s delay, he Blicd tho glass ugain and gulved down the ligior, Acain he sot down the ginas and filled 1t, aud aguin ho tossed it off like water. As Kalser was not a drinker, the barkeeper made somoremark about this extraordinary bibulation, but Kalse r only laughed a hard laugh, and remarked thas® thiat was all right. Thon Lo talked awhile, an fnally_produced a bottie, which ho Liad flo with whisky. Ho paid bls bill with o sllve halt dollsr, which, as alterwards proved, had Veen given to his wifs on tho occaslon of the birthof her lust baby, by tho doctor, This waa, probably, the only money that tho family possesscd. Kalser &mt the bottlo of whisky in on 10slde pocket, and, alter remarking that he had to vacate hls home on the followivg day, Friday, started for homo n the darkness, o h:d p";p;lhmd h'.'f."?" to llul that l.»"milb was 10 event tha world from soylog that ho hed al- jowea Liis family to " SUFPFER FLIOM WANT. Dr. Wheeler rosted” uncasily in hls- bed- ot Kavansugh's house, and ot 4 o'clock a. he arosg and Jooked out of thu window towards tho river. He noticed n flickering retlection on the sky, which scemned to be caused by o light in the direction of Kaiser's house, wh!cfl way less Ahan balf & milo distant. He watched it uwhile, and, concluding 1t was caused by o burning brush-heap, ¢ veturned to " bed, Jle alept no moro, bowever, us ho knew Le must, arlse at 5 o'clock to start for the houss of his Bnucnt, which was Hitcen miles awasy, Ouo earing the clock strike he awoke hls lost, They happened to again Jook int) of Kalser's place, aud this time Dllln]l! aco the flames, Kuvennueh remarked that Raiser’s houee must bs burning, and atter watching awhile ho remarked that it was very ueer that though there were cight persuns n aiser's household no one seemed to Lo moviy, around the fire. The Doctor and his host (uufi breakfast at 6 o'clock, and then started for the fire, arriving there aoout half-past 8. They found thar sure cuough Kalscr's house was buruing, and thst about a dozen nelehbors, ;lr::c:fd by the light, had arrived on the nd, rection ey could THB GREATEST EXCITEMENT prevsiled omong the apectators, and, as (b scemed unwarranted by tho nicro fact of the fire, they were asked what was the mntter, The reply came quickly that the whole Kalser family wis {a the rulns. There was a clstern on the premiscs from which somu water was to be lad, and by per- scverng effort the crowd succeeded ju cx. tuguishing the Aames aftes the upper foor Aud A part of the walls of the lowcr Hoor had fallen in, leavlug unly ono corner, which was accupled by the bed of the woman, stunding, The Louse had been o lght sud cheop struct- ure, of ono and one-half stories, and was bullt Emly of frama and partly of brick. The main ullding was of dimensious 15 by 20 fect, and Sliere was an extenslon of shed on the east side, near the south end, which was uscd a8 a kitchen sud o dinjug-room. Thu hushand slept in th Bortheust corner of the mulu room on ncor Tac wlfe and her two youngest children oceys Ek-d & bed 1o tho nortiwest corner, with thele eads toward the north wall. The other fotir shlidren—all boys—stept fn the attic, which was connceted with the lower roous by a Jadder that -ulx;:d’ o l:fze snomlnzut col;m;,f ! cfore the flames were fully extiogulsbed tho L‘f‘.i‘?.f.“é{' dlscovered fu the wunwnsl corner o LEAP OF HUMAN HEMAINS, 20d a0 effurt was st ouce wade to get them out of thorulus. This was very bard of scom- plhument, s the fire bud dovu vretty thorough Work, Whoen the Hames wers cxtingulsbied, the m:u: heads, aud partially-burned litbs showed ¢ Kalier and his vldest fuur children were In ae beap, at the foot of the ladder that bad led %o the upper floor. They werv taken out snd, 88 well us posslble, separated ond arrauged so 883 form dve distines skeletons. further luvcatization revealed a more * Buastly Lorror. [ tuo corser of the room Whicre tho walls atill rewoaived stauding, with ;unuuy of charred lugs, stood the bed, On k Jay the womau With the remslos of a 4bs on elther sldo of ber. The lower lgu\l widdle parte o 8 bed wero “:lnr:m uway, sud with it the lower 2bs aod 2 ‘portion of tho truoks of tho ©cvupsnts baud buroed. Bue there rewmadocd enough to tell a shocking tale of murder, The womun’s head rested on a plllow, which, for a few (nichas on ol(ther sbie, was unburned, Dr. Wheeler saw that tho hemd was somewhat charred, aud ns it was about to drop off, he caught hotil of it. Then he notieed that It stuck Tast to the bedding, and an egaminstion showed that the pillow had been drenched with blood, which had been cookeld by thie beat, Where hind It come from{ ‘The Doctor vxamined the head, and found agreat, gaping hole Inthe right temple, from which he pulled etrings of coagu- Inted blood three Inches long. Nothing had fallen an the body, nnd hends the wound tras not eaused sinca the fire. The Doctor next examined the remains of the onngest child, and_found that the skull had heen inashed flat. The head of the nther child, like thoso of ita fathers and brothera, had been burned completely off, and henco told no tale, The urns and Jega were also burncd off, It was clear that the man had murdered the cutire family, and then, starting tho fire, COMMITTED SUICIDR. No ather theory could he entertained, in view of the fact that,out of a famiiy of elght persons 1o one em\rud. which could neverhayve oceurred had they all been alive when the fire begang and in view of the other facts of the crushe skulls, which arcdetalted abave. After all the remains were removed they wero B!:"w" in a box and watched over by the nelgh- rs untll the arrival of the Coroner and some of the relatives, The Coroner simply viewed the bodies and remarked: “ [t 18 scctiental death by burning,’" and then went oft without holding an inquest. The residents, believing that an inquest should be held, sent for a mag- istrate to make the {nvestigation. Having to return hotne to 8t. Louls, the Doctorlett before the inveatigation was hield. AN INCIDENT. An fncldent connected with the excitement caused by the affair was the suspicious circumn- stances with which a prominent eitlzenof a neighboring village surrounded himself. The story, as told by Dr. Wheeler, was that a man who was his fellow.passenger on the bont stepped off nt the ramo landing, 'This man called at midnight of Thursday at Cavanaugh's and wanted to take lodgings, but could not be accominodated. Ile waudered up the rond towards Kalser's house. About hall-past b o'clock on Friday morning this man called ot a house on the main road beyond Kalser's, awvoko the family, and asked i he could get something tocat. The family sunposing him to be a tramp and notleing that lio waa drunk, refused, but before he left some of the members of the family discovered the fire at Kalser’s liouse and asked the man 1€ he came from that direc- tion. The supposed tramp replied that hie hindd, and that hie had a glorfous time watch- {ng that hell ot a fire from the bridize near tho house. e could not give auy intelligible in- formation concerning the fire, and was driven away, e returned to Cavanaugh’s house by crossing tho flelds, got his oreakfast and pafd for it, and followed the Doctor and Mr, Cava- naugh over towands the fire, Wnen the Doctor arrived near the burned hotro he yelled ont to Cavanaugh: “All the famnily are roastedi’ The strange mon responded: "I kiew that long ngo and foreot to tell you; I have been there all the morning, and had o good warin place.” It was svon rumored around that this strange man was the one who had cansed the tire, and, a8 the rumar epread and the fellow continued his odd antics, there waos talk of ivnehfng him. Fortunately sonc of the man's fricnds from Red Bud and Waterloo happened to be io tho vicinity later in the day, and ex- platned to the people of Tvy Station that the man was an honest, wealthy citizen of Illinois, who was on a snree, These friends took charge of the man and took him homu out of danger, AN ENTIRELT DIPPERENT BTORY—NO MUNDER, NUT AN ACCIDENT. Dispateh to Globe-Democrat, WaTERLOO, 11l Marct 2.—There fs not much to reveal of the terrible holocaust that ocenrred on the morning of March 1 at Joy or Fish Land- ing, twenty miles southwest ot Waterloo, and twelve miles west of Harrieonville, on tho Mis. sisslppt River, on the farm of Lewis Thorn. ‘Tl fire occurred betweon 8 and 4 fn tho morn- and the theory of its origln 18 trom a de- fective flue. The house was u light framo bullding, one and a half storles Weh, and caught fire In the garret. Belore the iflmates, In ther sleep, were aware of danger, the buitding foll in, smothering and burning the whole family, consisting of efglt persous, father, mother, ant six chlideen, Coroner. 8. B, Hilton ar- rived here this morning from tho hore rid scene, but can give Jittlo informa. tion nside from tlic evideuce brought out before tho Jury atthe Inguest. Nick Kautb, who wua Katser’s nearest neizhbor, o quarter of a milo away, sald he was with Kalser about 10 o'clock tho night before at the river, walting for o boat to get somo letters, and that they took 0 drink togethier and separated, The next morning when he got ta the firo the hoaso was falllng fn, bub hu could not seo any person around. The witness was woll acquainted with the family, which conslsted of Moritz Kalser, the father; Kllen Kalser, the mother, and Jolin Kalser, Leonard Kalser, Harry Kaiser, Edward Kalser, Tominy Kalser, and” Ellen I{n(lcr, the children, .ch about from 14 ycars to 1 month, So terrful burned were . the {nmates of tho house that ~Kauth could not recognize any ome of them. — Another wituess, Isadore Wagner, says that when he went to tho flre, about 4 o'clock, tho house was about comsumed: he site- ceeded, however, in turning a pair of mules out of tho stable, which was afterwards buthed up. J. W, Waldron testifled that when he got tothe fire tho house wna nearly hurned up,—thst he saw ono of tho bodics 10 the fire, but ii was so hot ho could not get 1t wut; that ho lovked further and saw them all; went to work and took them out with sticks and boards. The verdict of tho lury ot inquest 18 that the fomily camo to thelr death byaccidental burning on the morning of Mareh 1, Jacob Fults, 8, M, Brickey, D. 8. Calrus, J. W, Goodman, James Cannift, J, V. Waldron, Thomas Harrls, Henry Kettman, John Faulas, Chartes Tavlor, Isadore Wagner and Jacob Isehold, jurymen. Moritz Kalacr bv birth wasa Bwissand his wifean fimcrluu‘ poor, but hard-working peo- ple. T8 very next day they intended to move to & farm of Austin” Jauies, but by n siugle stroko wore sent to cternity Instead, Tho bodles of the cight persons were so thoroughly cons sumed that they wers burled in one cotilu, ——— LOVE, SIIAME, AND DEATIL Disputch 1o Cincinputé Enquirer, Cranrorte, N. C. March 2.—Information waos recelved here this evening of a scandal which ledtoa trogedy in Clay County, Tho Iocatfon Is {n the chatn of the Blue Ridge, fn the western part of this State. Miss Adn McClay I3 the daughter of the late Hon. Richard McClay, who was o wealthy and esteemed furmer and politician of the couunty fust naned. 8ho 1s 23 years of age, beautiful, reflued, and accomplisted. Bho was educated st a scmiuary in Lexington, Ky., baving gradu. ated there with tho usual hosors about four years ago, ' Juat after leaving her almn mater slhio made her debut at the Whito Bulphur Bprings, W. Va., and has visited that place of fushionably resort overy sumer since. It secins that o your a0 lust sumner she met there a Mr. Witllam £, Bhelburne, o handsome and pollshed gentiemau of 26, ‘The couple fell in love; courtship followed, and they wero be- trathed, He lived in Noew Orleans, and bnd visited Misy McClay only three or tour tlines at hier homo in Clay "County, but had kept up a regular correspondence, 1o had not seen Kcr for ten tonths uutil Iast Monday, when ho came to fwill his plighted trotl. 'Tho duy set was tho 1st Inst.—~ye: dny, They were duly murried, the vuptlal ceremony taxlug place st poon. The company {o attendance was not lurgre, but ft was elezant and aristocratic. 1o olternoon aud evening wero spent in wedding festivitles, and it was a late hour when the brido and groum retired for rest, But then —oly, sad to tell!—8helburue discovered that his falr love was cncelute. In a rago hu blus- hiemed sud ratsed the deuce. Jlo threatened to 111 her dn ble freuzy, and only deslsted on tho condition that she would roveal thonamo of hee scducer, Thissherefused to do st tirst,but fiually told hiin that Simpson Forrester was the man, He lved sdfoluiug the McClay mansion, and had recently rvrulu:nml at one of the colleges in Virginia, Ile was only 23 yuars of age, but had the reputation of belug gullaut, and ot the White Sutphur last summer was a fuvorite with the belles. Bhiclburue's bride declared Lhat Lhls gay Lotharlo had accomplished ler ruln tlve manths age, and thut sk had sworn uever to betray bim,' Ho vislted tho house ltko an inti- mate Tricnd, and last nlzbt ho was oue ot the guyess of Lbe zay at the Leatal board. At U o'clock thils mornlug Shelburne pulled on bis clothes, armed hlmeelf with a double- barreled suotirun, and went to Forrester's home, The youurr brids followed, sereamiug and be- seccliog bl not to whioot Ler destroyer, that she bad forgiven him, But Shelbarne wus deter- wined. {o aroused the Korrester fawily, cousistiog of iwo or thres slsters und the wother, and called for the guilly nay. Forrester felened surprise when hg faced Shelburne, sud dended knowing snything about the lmlg'n sbame. Only atew words eusued, when Shelburne bangdd uwav, dischargiog s loud of buckshiot futo the shivulderot his coctuy, who bad uo weapon of defense, Tho wouudeé wan exclatwed, **{ am killed, and have deaceved tall!” Tl second barrel was not Hred, for Blelburue, thinking the man dead, turued sud saw bis wile, who witbessed the sffulr, bad talutod, ‘Lhe murderer 100k » borse from the stavle of Mre. McClay sud tled tle countsy, golug tu the directiou of Teauckice, The uews of the trugedy suon spread. Bpecal Constable Dolley guthescld @ party of men and weut i pursuit.” The escitewent o tho noigh- borhood was Intensc. Dr. Heather was sum- moned to attend the dying man. His wounds were dressed, but little hopes are entertafned of his rrmverr. ‘To aid to the scandal the brile gave birth In a few hours after the tragedy toa premacure child. THapateh tn Bt 2anis Qlave Demoerat, Citantorre, N. G, March 3.—Mrs. Willlam Bhelburne, the nnfortunate bride of o dag, whose husband shot her reducer, in Clay Coun- L{ yeaterday, died in the nigit, after baving gvun premature birth to a child. Although impson Foster, tha young student who had accomplishied Mre. Shelburne's ruin, was terribly wounded In the right shoulder by the Infuriated ana betrayed husband, is now pronounced out of danger. Mr. Bhelburne, fmmediately alter the shiooting, lelt for parts unknuwn, absolutely refusing to sce or speak to his dying wile, who, whila »she re- tained consclousncss, pitconsly declared her Tove for her decelved husband and her contemnt for Foster. ‘Tho indignation against the latter Is great, and as Bliclburnce’s fricnds have taken the matter In hana, It 1s_thought that as soon nshols inforined that Foster will recover, ho wlll at once return for the purpose of killlng the scoundrel. Tho sal affatr has created the tost intense excitement thronghout this section of the country, owing to the high social nosition of all the partieipants and tho popularity of the young people, who wera universally esteemed. LYNCHED. Bpecial Dispaick to The Trivune. NAsaviLLE, Tenn., March 4.—An American special from Clarksyillo says: “The body of Winston Anderson, a negro who attempted to commit rape onn white girl, aged 14, last Wednesday, was found hanging to a small thorn-tree one mile from town on the Nashville Iond, 8aturday morning. The negro was evl- dently choked to death, 88 no marks of violence on his body were found. Ilc wasstanding near- Iy flat-footed when found, Thousands visited him hefore his body was cut down. Coroner Rowls held an inquest, and, alter hearing Jatler Perkins' testlimony, declared thas Anderson cama to his death through unlasful hanging by parties unkunowst. Anderson had heretofure burve o good chgracter. Je had o wifc nnd children. There s conslderable cxcitement among the negrocs. ‘The negrues threatened to Iynch Perkins Saturday uight for giving up Anderson. Perkins moved his family out to the huuse of friends. The whites oll say tho negro deserved his fate. Perking says tho men were ail armed with shot-zune, and zave him no chanee to protect his prisoner, three men having held pistols to his licad whilo others took Anderson out of the fall. When the negro sttembted to rape the wirl, she Tcased liersclf and ran up-stairs. Il followe, and told her he had meant uothing, but, il she told on him, he would kill her, Alf thy’ young mirl’s people were away when Aunderson ate tawmpted the outrage.” LAWLESSNESS. Speciat Dimated to The Tribune. OTrAWA, 1H,, March 4.—Lawlessness and highway depredations fo the vicinlty of Ottawa still coutlvue. Tho Jatest victim is Danlel Leahy, o boot and shou dealer of this clity. Whien returning homne from the storelate Satur- doy eveniug ho was attacked by two highway- men when in the vicinity of the Congreguational Church, wbo pinfoned his arms and gagged kim, They then “went iffrough ™ his pockets, toking about 85 jn change and the sture-key, but falled to obtuln posscesion of quitc a lane sum_of money Which was concealed in wnother pocket. It Is probable they knew of Iis having thia toney, when ho teft tho store. Lust cvening two men were Allglclted on suspicion, and now awalt cxamina- ™ 3 ‘The city s full of lawless characters, and cltizens are taking means for aclf-defense. In the = townships south of Ottawa a Vigllance Committeo hos been formed for protection against horse-thieves, There will be no relief from the depredations of crime until our laws are better enforced, and the Rullest punishment possiblo inilicted upon evil<loera. Then, i the{ will not obe! through love, they will through rightcous fudzment. AN INCENDIARY PLOT, Epectal Diswaleh to The Tritune. Prrrenung, Pa, March 4.—Something of a scnsation has been caused here, as well as fn the oll-reglons, by tho dlscovery of a sccret organi- zation ameng ofl-well employes, drillers, pump- ers, ete,, whose object Is to burn all overpro- duction in order to keep up tho prices of olland the demand for lnbor. The organization ap- pears to hayo been in existenco but a short time, and it {a not _known whether 1t Lios yet put ity Incendiary principles in operation, thouel it {s suspected that several recent tank-tires are traccablo to it, Uperators arc greatly alarmed for the safety of their oll property, and watchmen have becn put on du‘l!y at all the largo tanks to avert the impending danger, The leaidquartera of the orgauization are supposcd to be ot Parker Clty, with posta in all Lhe other important oll towns, Detoctives have been put ou the track of the fucondlaries, nnd every of- fort will be made 10 bunt them down and bring thens to punishment. ear of n SERIOUS CIIARGES. Spectul Dispatch tn The Tribune, New Youk, March 4.—Thae World says charges of an attempt to poishn his wifo havebeen mado agafnst the Rev. Georze B, Vosburgh, pastor of the Madison-Avenuo Baptlst Church, Jerscy City. A doctor end a brother of thelady told the church deacons that they looked throughn keyhole, and saw the minfster pour u_powder futo the hameopathic medicine prepared for his wife., After an extromo lliness sho s convalcs cent, Mr. Vosburgh pronounced the charges mullelously false, dared the parties to present them In writing, oend says ie will have a rigld investization, not by church deacons, but by the legal autborities, Ho says his caso shall not leave him with a blackened reputation, like tho cascs of Becchier and Glon. denning, His wifo joins him In {ndignation, and the ghurch havo voted conlldence. BANK OFFICERS CONVICTED. Bavrtnong, Md., March d.—In the caso of Bamuel Borth, President of the late Union Banking Company In this city, Fellx A, Savin, Cashier, and M, D, Savin and J. M. Baldwin, New York, inalcted for consplracy to defraud Bargeut Brothers, New York, by fraudulent certiticates of deposit fssued by the Banking Company, Judge Brown to-day gave his decislon of not. % 11y s to Barth aud guilty as to Felix and M, D, Bavin and J, M. Baldwin, Counsol for defense gave notice of a motlon for new trial, aud sentence was deferred. Thu caso has been o trial before the Court with a jury for uearly two wocks, A IXANSAS DEFAULTER. Torxka, Kan,, March 4,—E. P, Bancroft, of Fmgorio, was arrested yesterduy on o cliasge of appropriating to his own use $10,000 to 15,000 in money belonging to the State Normal Schoal, Ho bad been agent for tho sale of the lands belonging to that fustitution, aund had not peld over the moncy he had recelved. Sumo of this money bo had coltected sluce his sppolutment us airent was revoked, Ho had an examiuation to-day, and was hcld to batt {n tho suin of 10,000, in defauly of which Bie wus comuitted to fafl, The proof 18 safd to Lo overwhehnfog, and that hoe virtually sdmite ays he used the mnoney when bard up, and had hoped toretury it. LYNCIIED, NasuviLy, Teun., Msrch 4. —The dmerlcan's spcclal says Winston Anderson, who attempted to outrage a little girl near Clarisville, was Iynched on Fridoy uight. A large body of armed meo surrounded tho jail, forced the jullcrloulvnu’pmu keys, and took Anderson out. Peogle fouud thu body late Baturday morning a'wile from town, bung to o tree. THE WIDOWS SAFE AGAIN, Speclal Duspateh fo The Tridune. WiNoNa, Mina,, March 4,—Dr. C. H. Rocmer, bigamist, who forfeited his ball and rau away on the day of his trisl here a few weeks ago, was arrested by Bberiff DAl ‘in Philadelplis this ‘I:l‘lgnlflln A requisition has been lu:w.»’udcd for TA1 TAL Hpecial Dispaich (o Tha Tribune, MiLwaviss, March 4.—~Tho Sentind’s West Beud speclal says: **A. Weadt, a promlioent willer aud business man, has decamped, leavin creditors i she lurch for $11,000. He secure all avuilable funds before golng. BEATEN BY BURGLARS, BosTox, Mass., March 4.—Odicer Griffio was probably fatally beaten last night by four burg- lars, whom bhe detected breaking iuto a grocery store, No arresta. THE FAR WEST. 8an Fmaxcisco, March 4.—A Virziola dis- Datch says Chief-of-Police Breet was beld tu the sum of $4,000 to-day for Uberuting & Chiveic the lnws murderer and permitting the substitution of another man. The rea) murderer has becn cap- tured and fulty identified. A Colusa dispateh ssys John T. Arnold, City Marshal, was killed to-day by D. 8hepardson, whom he was sttempting to arrest. HELD FOR A CLAIMANT. Pmitapetriia, March 4.—0r, Charles 1. Ruoemer was arrested hero to-day at thein- stance of the Sherl of Winons, Minn, ona charge of bizamy and theft, and as a fugitive from justice. o will be heid till the arrival of & requisition from Minnesota, AMUSEMENTS, ITAVERLY'S TIIEATRE. #Cllo," the Iatest helr of Bartley Campbell’s inventlon, came into the world last evening at Haverly's Theatre, and was recelved with the usual msnifestations attending a new birth, The house was well filled, and probably every one present was expecting a prodigy of spotless Leauly and perfect symmetry to emerge into Letng when the curtain rose. Experienced people knuw that bables, when first scen, are nsually somewhat spotty, and not at all Aymmctrical— and thus it was with *Clio.” The play was ushiered Into the presence of @ " most Irlendly sssemblage In a condition which can ardly be expressed by the word deshalille, * **dent Into this breathing world searce hulf made up," as Hichard says, would boa it comment upon the production scen and generously welconted last evening, It 18 evl- dently ond of the most ambitious cfforts of the dramntist, und it was il the more duc to him- »elf,os well as to the public,that due preparation shotild have been glven to its presentation. The world would hase been willing to wait for an- other week—yen, for a whole year, for that mat. ter—in arder to enfoy o new product of modern dramatie art. The world would have been per- fectly contented to read from day to day that Mr, Campliell was engaged apon a work of this kind, and would have encoutaged him (in the shaye of paragraphe) to continue his noble effort,"and perfect Ity IF 4t took him til the millenfuwm to complete it. Mr, Cambbell 1 not one of your artiats that have learned to labor and to walt, and he suffers thereby. In nothing can he hiave sulfered more seriously than in the hosty manner in which ihis, his Iatest drmma thaos Deen rushed before the public. It wouls e impossible to glve o deoliberate judg- ment on the merits of o piece which was_prescited throurhout in o wa that coull only have been excusable at a rehearsal, ‘Thio applause was bestowed on individuals of the comran{np:uml deal more than it was on the play itseif, probably for tho reason that the actlug of the iudividunls, taken us parts without reference to awhole, waseasvof comprehension, while the play, as rendered, was fucomprehiensible, 'The story, such os it 1s, s not well Lold, or elee the way In which the pleve was represented last eveniug made it nppear so. We prefer for the present 1o give the author the venefit of tae dount. The ellect, as a whole, was quite kaleidoscople, and tho must Intellf- gent and attentive audience would ave found it rather tiard to follow the thread of the narra- tive without a previous wotlfleation of the author’s deslen, Three of the four acts te- late _to ailairs of the world, One act—the third—{s n dremn; but there {8 no fntimatlon that [t 1s so, and then the dream portion 1s a8 much of o wila phantasmogoris as the other. With another rehicarsal may'coine o clearer_comprehension of the meaning of the play. Meanwhile it Is but Justico to say that there were many enjoyale features fo ity and that the audlence showered its applunse very Nberally upon all who assisted in the perform. anuce, OATES. ‘fhe Oates season opened at ITooley's last night, with *Girofle-Girofia;* and the company was weleomed by o falrly good house, Mrs. Oates’ personation of the Spanlsh twins 18 too well known to require any special mention now. Sufllce it to say, she was as lvely oud Jolly as over, nnd lier voice appears to have Jost nathing of Its aforetimu quality, ‘The troupe difTers lareely in composition from the one luq‘nurnm: her Inst scason, Emu Rouscau, Rose Temole, and Mra. Chapman bave been replaced by Eima Delaro, Jenulo Wineton, and Mrs. Macder; Messrs. Habl, Allen, Sevmour, and Bel) appear instend of Mesars. lSruw, Huwson, Junes, and Mafing and My, Laurent hus become fiyst in- stead of second tenor, Mrs. Macder, who fs an old-time favorite here, nets with as much foree ou tho Ivrle as she formerly did on the dra- matic stage. Misses Delwro and Winston are pleasiug in volee and nctlon. Laurcnt is ot 0s goud A singer or sctor as Drew; Lut has ftne flmvcd since bis last appearance here, and filled fs rolo very creditably. Allen Is, of course, weaker than Howson, and Hall is not exactly in vlave in extravaganza; opera-bonflo 48 noy re- arkably exacting In {ts requircmients, and bath were reasonably successful In tuelr character- fzatfons, The chorus §5 young and fresk, and did its work well, The cucores of the evening were awarded to the cnsemble, *She's the © of hev aifter 'y Laurent’ssong, “Stolen I3 1s Mrs, Oates' “Punch® song; tho Luurent-iail duet in the drunken scene; and the ante-dinner can-can of the second act. To-night, * Madame Angot's Daughter.' THE LUMBARD CONCERT, Mr. Jules G. Lumbard, who for so many years was in reallty the only prominent basso Chleago possessed, will pgivo a concert at Hershey Hall on Thursday evening next, upon which occaston he will be nssisted by several of aur resident_solo singers, Ly Mr, Lewls, and the Orlental Quartettu. Mr, Lumbard, sinco is absenco from Chicago, has held a prominent position in New York, and during the present season has made o successful tour with a con- cert troupe. 1118 present appearance ought to call out o Jarge crowd of histold admirers for old assoclationa’ eake, and of those who have wever heurd him for the sake of hearing a most. cxcellent bas ————— GAETANO ROSA. Licut, Me¢arigle and Ofticer Joseph Kiplev are rlvgd In this city last cvening at 7 o'clock having in ¢parge tho Sicillan murderer, Gactano Jlosa, agalnet whom thero s an fndictment for the mur- der of Salvatore Pltereso, ut_the corner of Htate und Ninctecnth atreets, In November, 1870, In appesrunce Mosa ¢ ' rouch cnough, baving o thick, heavy head aurreunded by Dbushy Black halr, " set upon n thin, wiry body ander the average holght, The eyes and gen- eral oxpression in the faco are repulsive. 1le was suffering last wight from n severs headache, and !m iyely refusad to say onytbing, but promtsed o nlnk freely about the” case as woon 8% e recove ered, ‘I'ho officers atate that he received the news of his befng_wanted for murder in a cool, calculating way, but at no time made o single remark thot ro- ferred directly to thecase, 1n New Orleans, where ho was arrested, ho was known (o bo a_hard man, and wae feared accordingly, zud it s relatea that he frequently went Into saluony, and after exhibit. ng his weavone demanded 85 or §10, ai nuver falled to got it. In bis ponsesslon wei & cheaply construcied yet formidable plalol, ui triangular-slaped attfetto about nine Inchee ln length, and of blacksmith-shop make, This Iatter wav sheatbed In @ cuzlous-looking case that lv -m.umwd with some vintment, e3id to bu & duadly polson, The evidence In the cass ls thought to bo sufl. clunt to convict, aithongh Mrs. Jtoss and €asimo Vatrosa, two Important wituosses, havo sluco es- caped, o latter was suspected and tried a3 accensory, bul the charzo was not proven. Yestel day the Uovernment uflicers walted upon Su Hickey ana {nformed him that if the murder caso fell through, they wonld take the privoner on a chisrge of counterfelling, In which the prool is conclusive, Indoed, the man was murdered bo. cause of Roww's fear that hie would squeal about Liv counterfelting uperations, EVANSTON. Msj, Mulford, probably the oldest zesident of Evanston, a man osteemud by all who know biw, 1 lying at the point of death at his home on the Ridge road, near Oaklaud, and the probability s that he'will not survive, 1le has becu slowly ap- proaching tne verge of the grave for years past frow old uie and natural decay, The causo of hls present conditivn Is {ndamation of the bowels, At » meoting of clizeus rday eveniog In Jenninge’ 11sll, called to deviss meaus for ree ducing the taxes ot of resolutions wero passed sulting forth that euch reuuctlon is dmperaiively needed; that every citizen ought o pa{nhh taxes; tiat ta3-ogbting te reprebensiles that public giicers bughs to Uo kald to strict observance of the W, t the franicrs of the resolutions wquld, after this year, resist unjust tazes; that etliclent mabavement of the villave ~under ceconoink moet ba bad; that 6 public schools aliould bo ro- 3 thal the i4igh School a 'public-school ezpense; c oficers whould be reass onably reduced; and that every citizen ougnt to o 1018 that o' filegal votes wero cast at th cor- orato tlectionw. It wae showa that the bonded dsbtedness of the villazu 1s $101, 000 that cer- o the amouut of $3,000 Bave been ot the present taz-1cvy, and that it is e or the village (0 Luy 1t bonds for less han g premiuin of 10 per cent. THE NATIONAL PARTY. PuILADBLPHIA, March 4.—Tbe address of the Natloual Exccutlye Committee of Peuusylvanla of tho new National or Labor-Greenback party to the citizous of the Statc will be lssued at Pottsyillc to-morrow moruing. The objects of the urgsnization ary set forth as given fu tuo plattosia wdupted st Toledo, Feb, 23 whould be abolisbed ai that tho walarios of publi TORNADO. Sweep of a Besom of Destruc- tion Through Casey County, Ky. A Great Number of Lives Lost, and Much Property Destroye«d. The Members of a Large Family All Carried Away and Killed. Terrible Carnage Among Domesticated Animalse«The Swath 400 Yards Wide, Great Devastation Caused by the Flood In the Sacramento Valley. TERRIBLE TORNADO. LousviLLe, Ky., March .—A Stanford, Ky., special Lo the Conrfer-Journal says aterribie tor- nado, with a width of 400 yards, swept through Casey County hctween the honrs of 2and 3 o'clock Saturday afterncon, doing frightful damage In the nelghborhoud of Rich Hill and Mount Otive. The whole of the family of Vin- cent Wealey, near Rich HIll,. conslsting of himself, wite, two grown daughters, and boy pamed Sloan. nephew, and Willlam Taylor, a neighbor stopping at his house, were killed outright. Another man .named Richardson had his shoulder and collar-hone frightfully smashed. Mrs. Westey's hody was blown 400 yards. Iler clothing was entircly stripped off. * The two daughters were car- ried fifty yards, and were found Jocked in cach other’s arma, The fatlier and neplicw wero fearfully mangled, and all must have been killed by the first force ol the tempest, The dwelllng, stables, and onthouses were blown eutirely away, the logs being scattered for many yards along the sweep of the tornado, and the hearth and foundatlon-stones blown from their places. In the viclnity of Mount Ollve, Mrs. Morgan, wife of John W. Morgan, was killed, and the dwelling and outhousces of F. Floyd were com- pletely swent away, and the timnbers scattered 1o cvery direction. Inthe Villaze of Mount Olive scveral houses were swept away and the remoinder otherwise injured. Fenceswereblownaway alongthewhole course of the tornudo, posts and ralls being drawn out ond torn fnto splintera and utterly destroyed. Large trees were twlsted from their roots and carrled hundreds of yards. A con- elderable numbcer of lorses, cattle, and other stock, and nearly all the pouliry in its courae, were Lillled. The provable damage is uot Jess thou 850,000, TIHE CATIFORNIA FLOOD, 8AN Fraxcizco, March 4.—A corrcspondent of the Calllornla Associated Press who has os- cended the Sgcramento River to Monroeville, 100 miles above Sacrnmento Clty, telegraphs that for the entire distance the country pre- senta the appearance of a continuous sea on both sides of the river. Not 5,000 acres of land along the river for the whole distauce have ca- caped the floed. The river {8 now falling ravld- ly, and vast tracts of wheat land are making thelr appearance, much of which may be saved if drving nortu winds follow the recent con- tinued storm. Between Bacramento and Mon- rocville there aro mbout 230 breaks in the tevees, Dr. Glean, o large farmer fu Colusa County, lost 20,000 sheep and 0,000 acres of wheat by the flood. The main wheat lands of Colusa County are tive miles from the river, and aro safe. Apout 10 per centof the wheat crop of that county s ruined, and about the same amount damazed. The loss between Sacratento and Monroeshlo in levees, bulld- ings, stock, and crops, will reach £500,000, be- sides the decrease of the valuu of property somo localitics, There Is, however, a urospect of an cnormous harvest, and tuch sediment has been deposited, which will renew the fuud where worn by coutinuous cropping. Tho fload hascaused comparatively few cases of personal suffering and want, San Francisco fulletin, F¥b, 2. Thero is at this date un aren of land in Calfe fornla under water sufliclent to form n good- sized Btate. This arca ombraces the and most productive land, Much of it bad been rcelnimed, in part, or wholly. Costly Jovees had been constructed, farms opened, ronds sud farn-ho bufit, orchards planted, vegetablo ranches and gardens brought nto o highly productive condition, In short, thearea of Jand now uuder water and where the crops are neurly or quite destroyed, s sutlls cient to producc cercals for the cutire popula- tion of the State, Last year was ono of drought, ond much of the upland had rest, This yearls one of floods whick covers the low lands with millions of tons or atit, Farma have been de- stroyed, houscs, barns, and cattic have been carried away, and@ desolating waters are over oll the tule rauches of the Sacramento Valley. One cannot Tead tho account contained to-day 1 a letter to the Bulletin without freling that these tule farmers have been overtuken by a Rreat disasters and yet the first nccounts are always exagperated.” The water subsides, farm- crs aioin ciear up thelr ranchics, some lute crops aro put in, the rufs s i o mweasure repatred, good liarvests corse aloug Iu ycars whes the crops on the uplands are pluched’off, Even the waters which have wrought so much disaster have also carried thelr furtilizing depovits all over these nundated valleys, Tho lands wilt nover wear out. What the Valley of the Nilte 18 to Eoypt, the Valiey of the Bucramento wili, ong day, Lu to Callfornls. [tisa curlous fact, Shat whilo the Goods sprad out over the Sscra: wentu Vatley lu somu places fifteen or twenty wilcs wide, and th largo {slunds in that river are under water; thure 13 no flowd fu the San Junguin River. ‘The average ralu-fall for thut entire vatluy can bardly b more than nine inchies, aud_this mofsture has Leen nearly all absorted, The Sau Joaquin s fed from’ tue mountaing, and ta auzmented very Mitle by atiiuents, The rise fu that river will come later when the snows of the mountains melt. ‘The fmmediate josses n the Sacramento Vale h?' amount to several mitllous of dotlurs, Muny of the larger tracts of land arv held by rich men who have spent large suins fu Luunmutlufi Jevees. One Inatance ts recalicd where it is aat that u capitalist nas lost not less than & willion dollars. 'The furmers having moderate holdings will feel the losses most, becauss they depeaded upon tho crops of the prescnt scason to help tbem out. In sume places whery silt hes been deposited, it s snifd that at lcast a year inust clapse before the ground will bo fn condition to cultivate agaiu, On Urand Island, one of the largest in the Bac- rameunto River, a steam puinp wos kc'sn. 1n oper- ation hearly all last suminer, which discharged about 80,000 gallons of water a minute, and was waid 10 be cqual {n capacity to the best pumips used {n redecming the Jow lands of [Tolland, Thiu fsland was defonded by o most substantial Jevee, and was the ast 1o Zive way 1o the flued, Bherman lsland, contalug o town, and having o Ereat number of the bust frait sl vegetable ranches fu the State, was lnundated sowe days o, .‘Loaklnu at the present condition of things, the question may be rulscd whether the ievee em of reclamution adopted with res] these lands has really been . suceess. scason the question might be prescuted {n au- other aspect, The tule furmers have had a suc- cession of wondertul crops, ‘The schooucrs came down from thelr runchies loaded with the produce of siugle farms, ‘The ranchers got abead rapidly. Last ycur they wereiu bigh feath- or. ‘Chis year they, ur theit raucties, ars uuder water, Tho bed of the Bacramento has been clevated soveral fect. This clevation fu sowe pluces fuat the rate of uearly u foots year, if we may rely on the loval accounts. Tho volume of water coming down the Bacramento River was never yreater than now, at luast sluce the Auiericans Luve vceupled Califoruta. If the bed of thio river 18 elevated, the water creeps up the bunks af tue lovecs, Can thesu tule lauds bo guarded szalust Hoods when the bed of the Bacramento kiver §s Leing constantly elevated | Or will these floods, at futervals, always cuver the low lands | Cupt. Eads, aftes having performed tho most successful eniveerlog feat of modern times L deepeniug the mouth of the Misstsslupl River, proposes now t0 preveut inundation slong that river, bot 80 much by levics as by deepeuing tho tied of the river by scouriug processes, and by cutting off the sharp turns sud obtuse sugics slong tho bapks of the river. Itmay yetrequira the services uf Capt. Exds to solve the problem of the Sacramcuto. No wethod bus yeb been devised Lo confing these Hoods to the natural bed of tho river. No lovea bias been constructed of any great length which can resist such floods na awept over Grand and Sherman Isiands, The waters will subsice, and the levees will be mended, In yeara to come immense crops will e taken from these frultlul ranches. But un- tH engineering sclence haa made some greater prozressin the construction of tho levees the waters of the Racrainento will oceasionally over- flow ltke the Nile. —— DBURNED AT BEA. Nzw Yonk, March 4.—Seven of the crew of the German bark Otto George, burned at sea, report that, being unable to extincuish the flames, they wero obliged to abandon the vessel on the 6th of last month. hile getting Into the boat, the boatswaln, Frederlek Rickard, fell overboard and was lost, and, the patnter parting, the boat drifted away, leaving Capt. Gemnpke, the mate, and four men on the burning vessel, The steamah®s Chilian eighted the bark next day, and, fafling fn its attempts Lo rescun the two men seen on board, owing to the severs storm prevailing, bore away; leaving thewm to their fate, BURNED T DEATIT. Apectal Dispateh (o The Tribune, East 8aGiNAW, March 4—While Mr. Brown and family, of Otter Lake, whre boiling pitch at a late hour Saturday night. the kettle was up- set. The plich took fire and the house Lurned 1p, and a dittie child was so badly burned that it dicd soon after. Mr. and Mrs, Brown were ulso lerribly burned. RKILLED BY LIGHTNING, Fpecial Dipateh to The Tribune, KALAsAZ0O, Mich., March §.—James M. Phil- 1ip, a farmer of Bedford, was struck by light- nInF and fostantly killed nt Battlo Creck on the 24 fnst. CONDUCTOR KILLED. 87. Louts, Mo., March 4,—James Percell, formerly passeneer-conductor on the Chicago & Itock Island lmlwnrv was run over and killed on tho Missour! Paciile last niht, THE RAILROADS. FREIGHT-RATE PROBLEMS. The meeting of the trunk-line Presidents, Fx- ecutive Committee of Western Rallroad Man- agers, and Pool Commissloncr, which will be held ot the Windsor Hotel, New York, to-mor- row, I8 belng looked forwanl to with much in. terest, as upon its actfon depends whether barmony shall be restored among the varlous ronds leadlug East from Western points, or the present unsetticd state of sfairs fu regard to freightorates shall continue until the cluse of nest summer. Tho various members of the Western Exccutive Committee left for New York yesteruay to take part in tue proceedings. As far as can be learned the managers of all the roads are heartily sick of the warfare, and every one of them scems to be ready to make con- cesslons 1o order to ena the present disastrous competition. Yet it s by no means certain that this meeting will be more successful than 1ty predecessors, owing to the rivalry betiween the principal seuports. It looks as If Vander- biit 18 hieartily sick of the New York pool, for there can be no doubt thnt the business ister- ests of New York have suflered se- verely since the tormation of the poal, thouih the roaas ndividually may have irafnee by it. The merchants of New York bave been niter Vanderbiit Tately with _sharp sticks, and bisreplies 1o the Buard of Trade Committées show that he Is not entirely iusensible to the prickings he Is receiving. He promiecs, if alded by the inuuleipal suthoritles, tu make sll noees- sary cfforts sud expenditures to compete with the roads lewding Lo other seaboard cities. Thls promise be witl hardly be able to keep as long nsthe New York poot s kept Intact, Every steo that his roads have token during the lust few months {ndiate his desire to treak up the pool without engendering too much hostility from competing roads. If the pool (s main- tafued any longery the prospects ure that the New York Lewislature, which will be appealed to b?' the merchunts of the metropolls, will pass & rallroad law that swould rather be unpalatablo to Vanderblit und other managers of New York roads, und this fact s undoudtedly also souwiee thing to do with the desireof Vandertilt *to get from under ' before 1t will be too late, East-bound rates still continue to be quoted at 20 cents pior 100 pounds from Clicago to New York, The rates from St. Loufs and wther Western points are said 1o be still Jower! Tue quantity moved at theso rates ns to be Himited only by the number of o avallable, nnd doubtiuss thiere never was before so heavy a winter tratlle ju Northwestern produce; and tnost of the ruads are muking unustuatly Jargs gross carnings. But {t {s Lwpossible that any profit can be made at such rates. That reported from St. Louls Is at the rate of 0.1 cents per ton per inile, and these are heavy terminal ex- penses ot New York which remain” the same, be tho frelght-rates bigh or low, e THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD. PuttaneLriuta, Pa., March 4.—=The thirty- first annual report of the Directors of the Penn- sylvania Rellroad will Le published to-morrow. 1t shows that the carnings of the maln line the past year were 18,085,430 total cxpenpses, $10,751,183; net earnings, §5,232,318. A sum- wary of the lnes directly operated cast and west of Plttsburg shows: Gross earnings of all the lnes frow wratlle fn 1577, &34,150,720; gross cxpenses, excluding revinls, iuterest, dividends, ete., $31,022,320; net caruings, 8§20, 187,40, “Allu lug to the plans adopted by the trunk lines to sceure nory_reasvuuble rémuneration, thy report says it i hoped that the expuriciicy ot truuk Mues will satisfy their Westeru conuee tioas thut the only trae remedy for the present ditliculty fs to adopt s system on East-bound teuflic stimilar to that now prevalling ou West- bound tratlic out of New York, Tucro is no practical diffeuity fn fixing upon the proportions of competitive tratlle to which each of the hues tnay be entitled from the scyveral importunt trude centres of the West. Should that system be accomplisbed, 8l East-bound shippers will be placed ou an eutirs cquality, discrimlnations avolded, and the business of the conntry couducted on the regular busts wuch fatrer to all futcrests than th w beretofore ursucd, G ‘L'he luss by prnml traffic fncident to the rallrond war was $1,000,000, and o hke amount cavers the loss of stuck and merchandlse troi the same causv, Bult has been lustituted to re- culvul- this lmul‘xlul. risto $100,000 pe t Is proposed to appropriate per wmonth Jor purchasiog bouds und ebares of other cutpaniea which are guarauteed by tho Peun- sylvania Raltroad Cowpany, und o powerful ar- gument ls prescuted I support of tue plan, Sibizaiuinl TUE CINICAGO & NORTHEASTERN. A few duys ago it was stated that o sult had been broughit by a Mr. Lowes agalost Mr. W, 1. Vouderbils aud others to prevest thom from taking possessiun of the Cuicago & Northcastern Ruilroud, the section of the Chicago & Luke Iluron between Fiint and Lansiug. 'Che direct- orw uf the Chileago & Northeasters, who lave wid out to Vanderbilt, ure now trylug to get even with Bowes, sud have fnstituted & counter sult agninst him, The Detrolt Mres Press hus thie following In rezard to thls matter: The Culcago & Nartheasteru Hiallroad Company commencud o a3t by canias out of tis Wayne Lir- cuit Courtagalust William E. Bowes, its Secretary, Mr. Bowes when scrve § with tho capias was ju the city attending 10 sowu watiors counected with the Suittn the United tatew Circait Court aatust William £, Vauderbilt, this road, aud otherd, o ]l account of which was givea fu the Free Ireas Tuweday morntng, In that suit he prayed, smonyg othcr things, that tr ed fu the nsture of o mortgaye Kiven vy the Company be foreclvaed, and that fu (oo meantime o Rocolver bu appointed for the roud, The Company commeuccs this sull sgaluet Bowes on the ground that he Las cowmmitted & breach of trust in refusing to turn uver to the Treaaurer certideated of Iudubtcouvss of tha Iteceiver of the Chicaze & Lake fturun Hailroad to the umount Of about $30.000. Those certificates were given to_Lim us Secretary of tnv Chicago & Nurtheastern lallrowd Compauy lu payment of dues for tratic. The Com- pany claliug that they sbiould be turuud_ over 1o the Dreasutr, whils liuwes pruposes to keep thou u- il the question of tue appulutment of a Kecelver is deterwued. The Compauy also clafu that Wil L. Dancroft, late Heceiver of the Yort Ttuson & Lake Micnigau Ltatlroad, te fu coliusion ul:n Bu;". m; haviug uml' 9 theas. d“'luiuu- paye U] i aé Becretary ol 0 3 e iowes wes not dutained In custody. 1 btk was fized by Circuis Court Cownilvsloner Rsndall st $10,00, aud B. W, Meddaugh bucawe sure'y. L.y L. & G, Architsox, Ks., March 4.—The case of the 8tate of Kansas agalust the Leaveuworth, Law- sence & Galveston Raflroad Compaoy is belog aurgued before Judee Foster,of the Uuited States Coutt. Gov. Anthouy fé bere, giviug hls per- soual stiention to the suif. ‘The cuse 18 brousut wzainat thy Rallroad Cowpany for a violstiou of its charter o falllog to ruu tralus frow the terouuus. . 8T8, LOUIS AND PAUL. Br. Lous, Mo., March 4.~Tbe first through cars Letweeu St Louls and Bt. Feul, wess of the ississippl, commanced running regularly tolay. — ITEMS, Those who know tho brusque manner of Mr. 8. 8, Merrill, General Manager of the Chicazo, Milwaukeo & 8t. Paul Railroad, wiil appreciate the following story, which is told by Fatber Fagin, of the St. Francls Academy, at Milwau- kee. A young theological student from the) abovo fnstitution called upon Mr. Merrill & short. time ago and requested a half-faro permit to La Crosse. Mr, Merrill, not being in the best of humor, told the inciplent priest to go to h—), The student, without sasing a word, went 08 fsr as the door, then turned round and politety sald: _“Mr. Mernill, §f you would only go alon would feel quite sato In golng there!™ Mr. Merrill Jooked uo sur- nrised, ond, without a mownent's reflection, told Lis clerk to gve tha young student a half: fare permit. *“For how loug shail I make it goud 1! asked the clerk. * Make it good for & year," gaid Mr, Merrill, ¥ the young man de- acrves (1. The cheapness of raflroad construction in these hard tines, rays the flailroad (lazette, 1s very clearly shiown by tha fact that tho Chicreo & Alton Company, which (s not one that will not put up with anything icss than first-clasa structure, has lot a contract for the extension of its Missourl Line to Kansas City at thy rate of £15,000 per mile, excepting the great Lridge over the Missourl, the bridzes to be fron and the raila atacl, the Company can ge# money at about 6 per cent, it will only need ta make about 81, & year net carnings to pay nterest on this cost. M. 1, C. Wentworth, General Ticket and Passenzer ‘Agent of the Michlgan Central Railruad, accompanied by his famiy, left for Jackeonville, Fla., lnst evening, to participate In the proceedings of the General Ticket and Passenger Agents’ Conventjon, which will be held at that place on the 8tif inst. e ——— FIRES. AT FOND DU, LAC. Bpeclal Dispatch to.The Tribune. FoND DU Lac, Wis,, March 4.—Two dwell. Ings were destroyed by fire {n this city this morning. On one the loss Is fully covered b insurance. The other had an insurance of 87 which does not cover the loss on building and furnlture. AT FORYXTH, GA. ATUANTA, Ga., March 4.~By o large fire In Forsytl, (., this morning, a fotel, bank, and six storca were burned. Loss, $30,000; covered by insurance. A falling wail killed a negro womat and flrlmxul[vI tnjured scveral. Bearch Is being made for other bodles in the debris. AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN, Special Diepateh to The Tridune. Mimmgarorts, Minn, March {.—~The resl- dence'of Erastus Byrers, of the Bank of Minne- :uum. bursed to-dey. Loss, 820,000; insurance, 000, i BUSINESS NQTICES, Use * Mrs. Winslow's Koothing Syrup* far children while teething. It cnres dysentery and wind collc. and regnlates tho bowele. LEEPING GOODS. fiest B Doy Coods Honse, Madison and Peoria-sts,, AND North Side Dry Goods Honse, North Clark & Erie-sts, In addition to attractions previ- ously advertised the ollow= ing bargains in HOUSEKEEPING GOODS Wo are offering at prices never before henrd of in Chleago: THoayy L.oom Dice Tablo Linen, 00 inches wido, 330 ¢ formor price 50¢, Very hoavy soft finish Loom Damask, 60 in. wide, 6003 former price 700. Extra heavy Barnaley Loom Damask 64 in, wido, 760. Widest and bgst qualities Barnsloy and sgnfin Loom Damaals, #1; former prico, Bleachad Table Damasks, 00 in, wido, 356 and 4003 former price 50 nnd G0, Heavy Bloached Damosk, 02 in. wide, 5003 tormer price 8bC, Veary hoavy Bleached Damasks, 04 in. wido, 760} fornior prics 81 Extrn Honyy Blanchod Damnask, soit finish, 04 1n, wide, 17 former price $1.35. 5-8 Damaak Napkins per dos, §1; former prico, $1.76, Full sizo benvy !I\llll? Damask Napkins, 1,35} {oIeru v;wfi. z 45, 0Honns cautiful Damas] apkins $3.80 an 8 ormor price §3, 33,60 snd'sa. Bottor qualities reduced §n same proportion. wn in, wido Twillod Orash Bo; former prico . Teavy Twilled Crash 74c; former pricel0o Rusaia Orash 10 and 12%4ct former prico 191 and 180. 20 in. wide All.Linen Bloschad and Browa O 13);0 former price 170, Heavy Loom Damask Toweling, 13%cj former prica 1do. Blesched and Unbleachod Huckabuok Tow- ?gk‘ 40 by 33 inches, 12}50; former price [ Unbloashed Damask 1503 former price 30 Large sise Bleached and Unblesohed Dams ask and Hucksbuok Plain ana Knottod g‘slnnad ‘Towals, 4503 former prico40 and 2. Towals, 20 by 33 in., and 280, Botter qualitios roducod in same proportion. 11,-’:1 l'l%%-ynnmb Bedspreads, 75c; formor ! 0. 11-4 Heavy Bedquilts, 860; formor price §1. u-azx r,lqlgnlvy Bedqulits, $1,28; formor price 1,78, ns.q Marsetllos Quilts, $2; former prics 1.4 Toayy Marsollos Quilts, fost baok, $1,601 former price $3.80. ‘Efegent Marseillos Quilts for $3.50, $4 and 83 reduged one-third. Nottingham Lace Curtains at lower prices than 1mportor’s cost. Elogant Nottingham Ourtain Nets in beau- 'anuwnu. vnr; wido, with double bor der, per yard, 35, 40, 600} former price 40,'d0 and 780, Great bargains in Blankets and Flannels. GARSON, PIRIE & GO0. FOIR SALK, AR A R S I e AR AR AR ) dersigord Apectal Commissioner of the Unfted B e e iokaby Ora Faf aalo tos lif: 2 wher, Pile-urivers, aud othier machinery sraltire sud nxjurés, (e Property of tie astinons & Conuell, vl il s ituated at foob ut 1,000,000 m aw-paill and appuricaances ] aso o grou m sad sswed thuber, iird—Traveting cogtne and trestle-work. Fuurt! te-drivers aad appurtensn Fitih-| tink-gbaive cuglncs. bollér sic.. elc. 4 Elgltb—mce- furniture and Bxtures at 100 Wasbiug- Soncat., B dUaatiy o oid froi. 34 milsculaaeoss tuvis sod makhiuel All the sbove asects may be scen at the mill pud yerd fout of Hllfauts-at., Chicagy, 1il. @ bida brust o separste for esch clsas, and for casl, #0 that if any porsou wislies 1o bid fur the whole p laroquticd w pu 1 & bid for each class a8 8 scparuic 1y 1ds will elved up to sud duriog the 0th day of iy witve el s osad g ho ot o of nat. urther i formation deaired by persons wishl P ey e by the enderslined ot bla ftérand Creaceat asd blar Mills, 0. ¢ Weis laudolph-at.. CLE €ago, I Al sales sul Vot 1he Cure. BRIUGS. Clreuit (s, biect 13 anror Sveclal Commlssioner OFTICIAN, “BIANANNE, OPTICIAN, Tribuue Bulldiag. Finef 1ed to all gl 03 seleoting pria- cijles Upers and Fleld Glassch Tolesupets Alcro~ ichith, Bivdelers, we &