Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1878, Page 1

¢ Chicage Daily TPibune, VOLUME XXXIX. SPRING OPENINGA. ROOTS AND SFIOES. | D0YOU EVER THINK OF YOUR GRAND | SOLE? OPENING! csbsesnsss Co.’s Boot and Shoe De- partment SOLES are Field, Leiter & Co. looked after, but only WABASH-AV,, the masculine soles are protected by them. Wil make their usual brill- {ant display of Children’sClothing de- partment crowded all day Saturday. Try and Spring and Summer NOVELTIES! WEDNESDAY, come any other day but APRIL 10, Saturday. Whole Suits for boys, Coat, Pants, and Vest, $2.256; NEW GOODS ; fit boys 3 to 10 years old. This is a bargain. Come and see them. Eight new styles. Suits for men. Willoughby, Hill& Co. are working for life-long customers, at cor. Clark and Madison-sts. and 532 Milwaukee-av., cor. Rucker-st. Boston Square-Dealing House open every night till 9. Everything a man or bo wears the BEST and the CHEAPESTZ OLOTHING AT WHOLESALE. TO BUYERS OF CLOTHING AT WHOLESALE. Clothing is usually sold onlong time, at large profits. WE SELL THE CASH TRADE ONLY. ‘We can and do undersell any house selling long time trade. For proof please examine prices and discounts. CLEMENT, BANE & CO., BUCCESSORS TO ORNBY, WORTOY & @, " ERKENBRECHER'S Bon-Ton Starch Is absolutely odorless, and Chemi- oally Pure, It'in snowflako whito, It is suscoptible of the highost and most lasting Polish, It possossos greater strongth of body than othor trade brands, It is packed in Pound Parools. Full Woight guarantoed, It costs loss monoy than any Starch in tho World, It is manufaoturoed in the hoart ot :}hxobzrunzeu ooroal rogion of the obe. It is Bold universally in America b{ Grocers and Dealors. ts annual consumption roaches Twenty Million Pounds, ANDREW ERKENBRECHER, - OINOINNATIL. Evbenbrecher's World-Famous Corn: Siarch for Foed, FAVOR & HNAVNN, Bole Northwestern Agents, Chi RIS, Fic, SHIRTS. At which timothere will be ex- nibited a finely selected stock of Dry Goods! Garpets! and Upholstery! Comprising all the VERY LATEST productions of I'or- etyn Markets! NSPECTION INVITED — SPRING ~ OPENING! MANDEL BROTHERS, Wafiuesflay ~ Thurgday, APRIL 10 & 11 All are Cordially Invited. 191 & 123 State. o i TO RENT. e s s FOR RENT. CLARKST, NEAR MADISON ST 154 and 168 Clark-st., B mant sto; Ty 30x o aast shae iade and . 30x1186 feel k= n the streel, for. merly ocoupied by Ogieshy, B i arnita 3 i s 51, %° 04 Desrbora.st, sod much heavier Linens Ses—me———— n Are O y used, thus UOEAN STEAMSIIPS, adding to thotr service, and having our cute uuhsnd manufacturing done with greater National Line of Steamships, | SRS it oiork 3 wn 1o ba half dosen compatitorscombined. Sate SAILING TWICE A WEXK Fiio {sfiotion always guaranteed. New York I Queztslom, Liverpal, 14 Lante, LIk s, Wl s | YT TT,SON BROS., uced ratea {ry i 67 and 69 Washington-it., Chicago, ;Ill llrllulldud Iraland and 71 Pourth-st., Cinclonali, e R e, | 08 408 North Pourth-st.. Bt. Lonia North German [loya, 2cursion e o8 The slasmera of this Compaay wil) satt Y40 St ¥ from Lrame 5 1 of o aw Yore for ook 1 S ML e Y 34 paangs'apply 1o ELKIC 3558 3Bowltng Ureen, New York, L] MILLINERY, 2y ‘W are clesaing by our new Dry Process * 3,5”,1"3‘,‘,',“‘ (iinery Ladies' Ready-made Sults, ‘"A’i.?‘fi'i“' Ladies' Tolonalsey, NOTCHRIN. PALM| ET T aa tokuine Ladics’ Party Dresses e Ladies’ GEATES AND MANTELS, Ladiew Silk Suits, A e e pas oo P b Ladies’ Wrappers, Fuls. ufinined gna™ ¥ Bmoking Jacke SLATE MANTELS, [PRODASCO & RUMNKY RO¥ NTATEST. GRAT Children's Suits, e o— Lambremunfi BUSINESS CARDS, Fibou removal of trimat < The oriinas juttre 1s nor. dearored pg ol Vi 0FF 1 make & speclalty | this Plosens, Alw YEL)\% of x.mn-;n'imfiuxb. of Bitiag up stores | POPLINS, "SHAWLA GLOVES, sic.. 1o & superio T otk doge praid $TIces Taaa-all | maaacr. "Ordera recefved iod returaed by express. it SO RIDD RN, et AUG. SCHWARZ, 340 Dearbori-ste | 168 linols 100 South Clark. aad 363 Wyat Madipon-as. y CHICAGO, MONDAY. APRIL 8, 1878. WASHINGTON. The President About to Defy the Machine Once More. New Nominations to Bo Mado for Customs Offlcers at New York. Progress of the Conspiracy to Oust Him from the Party. The Necessity of Wiping Tilden's Shylockism from Public Remembrance, Governmont Prcparations Viewlng the Coming Transit of Mercury. for Possibility of a Rojection of the Caucns Nomination for Doorkeeper. Blalne Likely to Engage In Per- sonal Debate with Thur- man To-Day. Some 'Points” on the Way New York Importers Manage tho Under- valuation Frauds, TOE PRESIDENT. UB WILL DEFY THUB MACHIND. Apectal Disaich fo The Tridune, Wasminorox, D. C,, Aprll 7.—There f3 no doubt that the contest between the President and tho Benate will be renewed within a few daye. The fight will be made, as it wne before, on the New York Custom-House nominations. A gentlemen who conversed with the President last weok says he was thea Informed that a now nomination for Collcctor of Customs and for Naval Officer at New York would bo made within two wecks. Thero {s ns yet not the slightest indication who thieso men will bo. TR REPUDLICAX COMMITTER, It Is now known that those who were promi- nent in calling the meeting of the Republican Committes next week expected to boabte to reach an agreement that it would be best for the fature of the party to organizo for the next campaign with an understanding that Hayes is to bo Ignored, Some wantcd to go further, and start by denouncing his Soutbern policy, and charge him with tho destruction of the Repub- lican party inthe South, The vigorous support Riven to the President by Foster was unexpect- ed, and the further support of Hale, Page, and Phillips defeated the real purposcs of the meet- ing. Btrong efforts will be made butween this ana Tucsday night, the timo of the jolnt caucus, to rally the anti-Hayes Republicans foradefinite declaration against [Iayes. USUFRUCT. OBJECT OF NLAIN'S AGITATION. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune, Wasninaron, D. C, April 7.—The Demo- crata themselves are beginning to admlt that Montgomery Blair’s Presidential movement {s simply a now Tilden intrigue. Someyprominent Democrats do not hesitate to declare that the chief and first object 18 to keop the clalms of the Preaidency alive until 1880; that, whon the bill whiclila to be introduced meets with de- feat, tho cry will agaln be rajsed about a bar- galn with BSouthern Democrats. Then tho Presidential candidates In Congress who favored tho legislation which resulted In the seating of Hayes will be DITTRRLY ASSAILED DY TILDEN, Another class of Democrats insist that Bloir's movemnent is ac{giated by = desiro to turn public atteution away fgom the financial situation, and Eive tha people® something different to think about, so that they will forgot that Tilden rep- resents the extreme gold wing of the Democra- ey, Roforring to this brauch of the sulject, TIE WASTINGTON “HERALD," a atrong Democratic orzan, hus this to say: Anather object which tha contrivers of this plan for agitating tho Prasidency title aro alming at is to creats a divorsiun frum ‘the prevailing dnancial tido by gettlog the pooplo to thiuk mud talk of sometling clse, If tho fecling woon fnancis} questions continuea trong as it has beon for tho pust two or three { and greenback thievi retaln that proselyting vitalily which “shows itasif, and which, within thy last year or two, has et nch 8 patent political forca in the Middle tern Slaies, the Tilden game, with all 'nsufrict," possible or contingent, will be lost, 18 in at least cheerful to know that all financial ills will soon be cuted by tha application of the Biair panaces, and that, fn a few months at lateat, we ehall ail'be prospering under the beuericent, the mayical sway of tho litde dried-up wiseacrs of Grautorvy Park, ASTRONOMY. THE TRANSIT OF MERCURT. Bpecial Dispaseh 1o Ths Tridune ‘Wasnixarton, D. C., April 7.—The Navy De- partment obtained from the last Congresa 81,500 for observing the transit of Mercury the 6th of next May. With the oxpected ossistanca of voluntcer observers, It will sullice to gatherdata which will belp to solve several {nteresting problems that now engage the sttention of astrunumers. A pamphlct has beon prepared by the authorities of the Naval Observatory to amateur astronowers, eettiog forth the desira- bility of having as many observatious from different points as possible, and giving direce twns, The instrumental equipment nocessary to render the work of ainsteurs serviceable to tha roquirements of the Observatory aro, first, atelo- scupe of nos leas than thres inches aperture, with a magulfying power of aot less thau ninety «iameters; second, a chrouometer, or & good clock baving a seconds pendulum; third, o transit Iustruinent, or asextant, fordetermining the error of the timeplece. 4 TUX CORRECT OBSERVATION of the transit of Mercury is, according to Prof. Newcomb, of especial fportance as affording data which will be decisiva of the question whether the assumption of Leverrier—that the motion of peribelion of Mercury Is much greater than that due to tho actionof the known planeta—is really correct. Tho prepara tious made st the Obscrvatory . for the seicutilc work are as follows: Profs, Harkuess and Eastman will be scutto somo polntdin the West. Photonelio- graphs (nstruments used in celestlal photog- raphy) will bo scut to _Prof. Pickeriug at the Harvard College, and Watson st Anu Avbor, Mich, A tuird wiil be shipped to Ogdon, Utab, 1o be placed in charge of DR ANGOT, TOE FHENCI ASTRONOMER, who recently came 1o this country, baviog been seot by lis Government Lo obscrve the coming transit. One of toese instruments will slsv be in operation here. From each of them fifty impressions sr¢ to bc taken ot statea lotervals duripg the sereu hours which will elspse while the planet 18 in transit, snd the plates are to be forwarded to Washington for comparison with each other and measurement by delicate instruments and orocesses n wie by the Goyerament astrono- mers. The results, when found, will be pub- lished for the use of sstronomers everywhere. ANOTHIER COMING EVENT, the total eclipso of tho sun on the 20th of July, has for astronomers an Interest grester even than that of the traosit of Mercury. Bearcely one ohguflunl\y occurs In a lifetime so favora- ble to the study of some of the most Intercating phenomena with which sstronomy has to deal. Yet nothing has been done to take advantage ot it. 'I'hie pathof totality of this eclipse runs diagonally across the centre of the United Htates, from Montana to Texas, and {s betwecn 120 and 150 mlles wide. Maoy of thc best pointa for obscrvatiou aro directly ‘accessible by rail- road, and A DOZEN YXPEUITIONS MIGNT DB RQUIPPED and sent to as mnnr differeut points, without & {ractlon of the outlay often made by European natious In single expeditfons for similar pur- poses. ' All the principal governments of the world,” sald Admiral Rogers, Bupcrintendent of the Uovernment Naval Observatory, * recog- nize tho importance of ohserving oclipses by sending costly expcditions when necessary to the very antipodes, and, bad there not been an impression abroad that our Government would make ample provision for studying phenomenaof such general in- tereat, and occurring slmost exclusively within our borders, expeditions would doubtless bo sent here from Europe. The Navy Department has urged the Democratic Appropriation Com- mittee to make an sppropristion of $5,000 for this purpose, which haa been refused.”” The Democracy is not a patron of science. st TIIE DOORKEEPER, PIELD NOT 80 SUBE OF IS PRIZE. 8peciat Dispateh o The Tridune. Wasnixaron, D. C., April 7.—Carter tlarri- son hins discovered that he Is a great political strategist. His friends declare that he consid- ers his speech In the Polk case the greatest ef- fort of his Iife,~one which will live in Coneres- slonal annals. The Democrais have always malntained tuat Harrison's motive in scokiog to remove Polk was that R. E. Goodell, of Cllca- g0, an old Drmocratle manager snd a capable man, might bs Polk's succcssor, but the fact that Goodell was supposed to bo friendly to Harrison was an Injury to lim. The South- erners were so enraged at the removal of Polk that they were determined that he should be succeeded only by s Southerner, and accordingly nominated Gen. Fleld, of Kentucky. It mow sppears that FIRLD 15 A COUSIX OP CARTER IIARRISON, 80 that the latter, doubtless, considers bis tri- umgph complete. In commenting upon this fact, the Capital says: To eap tho elimax, it tums out that Field, the eaucus nomince, i3 a cousin and protega of Carter Harrison, the leading spirlt In the prosceution of FPolk, 'This pecollar {act was not mentioned by Marrison In the caucns, but, after it was over, his amiable weakness of an overpressure of wind power became irrepreasible, and he foand it neces. #ary to run around bragging of the neatness and dispatch with which ho had mastered thesituation, RUT THENE 13 A STRONG POSSIDILITY TO-NIGAT that Field, the nominee of the Democratie Cau- cus, tnay not be elected Doorkeeper. The Re- publicans scem disposed to permit the case to stand s it is, and to cust their voto to-morrow for Gen, 8hields, the Democratic wounded Unfon soldier. Therc arc at least ten or a dozen Democrats who hayve privately stated that, if the fssuo {s made, they do not sce how it will bo possibla for them “to vote azainst Bblclds, Bomne of these gentlemen aro Bhiclds’ old intimate fricnds, such as Bpriuger, Eden, and Morrison, while Crittenden and other Mies- souri men arc very earncst in favor of Shiclds. It {s difficult "to tell how strong a Democratic caucus will prove to be, but there is a possibility that, owing to TIIE PECULIAT PARLIAMENTARY SITUATION, and tho curious political effect of a vote against Shields, the latter inay be clected by & coalition between Republicans “and & handful of Demo- crats, Thero {s no doubt that tha Republicans wilt vote for Shiclds acainst Field, and will base their votes upon the ground that Shields is o crippled Unlon soldier, . though o vigorous state's Rights Domocrat’of thirty l\;enrn‘ stand: ine, that he Is in ueed, that he has rcm:nthy made application to have his pension increascd, and that the Republican party takes care of the crippled Unlon soldier, without regurd to party. ‘The Democratic majority is quite demoralized by the situation. Its parliamnentary blunders are incxcuaable for cxpericnced political inung- Rgers. The party 1s completely checkimated, GEN, PIELD, Democratie nomincs for House Doorkeeper, says his famlly and Carter Harrlson's may have {utermarried, but ho does not know ft. 1losays he uevor spoke to Harrison in his Jife, and did not know who lio was till the other day, e says he will rigldly faco the law, and put none but erippled soldivrs on the soldlere’ rolls. SUIELDS COMES TO THB RESCUB. The Democrats will attempt to extricate themselves {rom thelr dilemma in the Daor- keeper matter by represeutivg to the House to- morrow that Shiclds will not sllow his name to be uscd a8 a Republican nomince for the Door- keepership. They clalin to have wgceived a tolegram from him to«lay from Boston stating that ho would not allow himsclf to bs used fn any way to disrupt tho Democratic party. TOE TARIFF BILL. A OREAT CIY. Bpecial Dispateh to The Tridune, Wasmxarox, D, C., April 7.—The woal ‘manufacturers have propared thelr protest to the revised Tariff bill, It will by presented to members to-morrow. The following arc some of the principal objections: During the ten years of the cxistivg tarifl, the united wool in- dustry of the country has mado progress un- oqualed in auy former decade. An essential feature of thls vrogross has been the material choapeniug of fabrics, effected by Improve- ments and domestic competition, Nelther the induatrics affectod mor the gencral public de- 1mand any change, much less the radical change proposed by the blll. This blll completely de- stroys an important featuro of the existing tarlff, nomely: TUB CLASSIPIOATION OF WOOLS according to character, o classification which s now adopted by theleading commerclal coun- tries, It wakes the rato depend wholly on value, causing the rato to ba too high on some classes and too low on others. It inakes, with sligit exceptions, the dutics wholly sd vulorem, thus increasing the evils of fraud and under- valuations. Tue rednction proposed on inauy fabrics of from 20 to 23 per cent would compel au abandoniuent of the manufacture of many of the important fabrica. There would necessarily be extended litigation befors o construction of the law could bo catablistied by the Departument aud t be Cuurts. THR BNAINEAGE reaulting from tho proposed bill 1o the woolen interest could not be ices than $23,000,000, This oyil would be azgravated by compotition frou European manufacturers, who aro auticiputlng an ootlet for thele surplus produce ju conse- quence of the grestly reduced rutes propuscd by the bill, Tlo Assoclation recommends the prompt defeat of the bill, and thery can be littie doubt that, after Wood's speech, attempt will bo made to strike out the enscting cluuse. REPRESENTATIVE CASWELL QU CORHRSPONDEXT L(AS A WORD TO BAY FOR UIMSELF—TIIE CHOOKED DRVICKS OF STATSS- MEN EXPOSED, To the Editor of The Tridune, Wasninoton, D, C., April J.—Representative L. B. Cuswoll, of the Madison (Wis.) District, published lo Tim TR uxz of March &9 = lotter relative to en faterview had with me on the matter of bis vote, tu the House Committee on Pactiic Rallroads, in tavor of the Tom Beott ‘Texas Pacific bill. There i3 one statemcnt in that Tetter of Mr. Caswell which should not go unnoticed. Mr. Caswell does not deoy ln any particular the accuracy of that futerview. Ho could not do so. DBut he attempts to make it appear that thas interview was published with- out his cousent, and lcaves wo under the fm- putstion of having violated contidencs, Ho says, *'This couversstion was had without avy |* idea on m{‘ part of publication, other than soime facts woich wigbt be gleaned therefrom;” and bo also calls tervicw as be intervicw “an alicged fo- reduced to writing by ygur corvesponacnt.” By that statemout Mr. Cas- well attempts ta put me fn the itiou af Lav- iog published the {nterview without his kuowl- edge, and of hoving violated some personal or profeesional obligation. It often happens with gentlewen 1n public Iife that words which at one timo they desire to Lave p Lave aver different look when they appear in type. common and convenlent recourse of public men, under such clroumstances, Is to complain that thcy have been misrepresented, snd that some- body has made an unautharized publication of their views. This ia an everrr-dly occurrence, at Teast In Washington life. Mr, Caswell has taken to this lsat resort of statesmen, Unable to deny the accuracy of the Interview, he charac- térizes it as having been obtained withol authority. It{s difiicult to understand how Mr. Caswell can corne to such & conclusion, The facts are these: Mr. Caswell's vote wasa great surprise to Western men who knew of it, including every Representative in his own dete gation with whom I have conversed upon the subject. Mceting him one dav, I told him that ho could not expect to_escape_criticlsm in the West for lis actlon, and that [should bo glad to know, and publicly to state. his reasons. [ am certain I added that, If be was to be attack- ed, Tuz TRibUNE would undouttedly be will- ing to publish his side of the story. Mr, Caswell could scarcely so magnify the impor- tance of his opinfons as tojthbinkithat it would be worth the while of a very busy man to reduce to shorthand notes a protracted conversation, or that a detailed_statement of bis views would he of [nterestto me except for ‘That his views were sought for publication was stated distinctly at the time; and, If this haa not been stated, the manner in which he com- municated this information muat certainly have concluded him from denying that the statement was to be published. Both of us sat sta table; he told his story ; | askedquestions; and, {nhls presenca at the table, at that tige, 1 wrote the questions and answers in sHorthand, Mr, Casweil manifested so much interest (n having the detalls correct, that he remodeled some of the senteices, transposcd words in soma places, ernsed others, and generally exhibited ex- traordinary interest in the statement, if it was for publication. At the close of the tatk he #ald, **That is all I care to say.” The Inter- view, which was subsequently published, was, €0 far a8 nn{ wards were put {nto the iouth of Mr, Caswell, a verbatim trunscriot of these shorthand notes, in cvery ling and lctter. Thera was not onc word _or -{llnhm {n the lnterview attributed to Mr. Caswcll that he did not utter. J\mi!i unless Iain greatly mistaken, the short- ublication, hand notes bave been preserved, B. Wianz. UNDERVALUATIONS. FOME INPOIMATION AS TO NOW THR UNITED BTATES REVENUR LAWS ARR EVADED, From Our Oun Correspondent. Wasnixeron, D. C,, Avril 5,—A gentleman who has long resided In Earope, and who has had specful means ot knowlog the cxpedients to which European exporters resort to defraud the United States Revenuc laws, Las given me Information upon the subject of undervalua. tlons, which may be of interest in conneetion with the prescnt investigntion of that general subject n Chicago. Hesava: *“The question of undervaluations {s a very important oue. Bpeclal Agents of tho Treasury in Europe,who some timesinco inveatigated this subject, found thata greatinducement to under- valuntions was the Inxncss of the French laws relative to perfury. It was thendiscovered that a false oath to an invoice, before & United States Consul, s not perjury under the French laws. Tho legal definttion of perjury thero Is, false swearing befure a cour? In autne issue materlal toncase. An cminent French lawyer, whose opinlon was asked upon the subject, decided that a falee oath to an Involce, in ¥rance, da not b\:r?ury, and added, fu bis written statement, + Aithough reprobated by rellgion and vy public opinian, this perjury is a crime unknown to the laws of France, It is not a crime againat tho Corle of France.! i *41¢ 18, therufore, ensy ta see that French ex- porters would have o troubls about false oaths, The takiug of an ocath before a Consul isa ere matter of form. The foreign ex- porters say Lo Ameriean ofticials, * Your country obliges usto do tuls. Everyboay knows thatit is a mero matter of forni. We inake false statements, and your Government cannot help itselt.’ Bometimies the involecs are 73 pur eent under tho actual yalug of the goods exported. “dome of the New Yori lirms which Lavebeen conajdered very respectablo, and very success- tul as merchants, ave. in voint of fact, only sne- cessful smugglers. They ooperate in this wiy; They purchase evcrylhlmfiln a certaln tine of goods that 18 made in Europe. They then make their own prices on these particular roods, and, as theru are no other buyers and no other sellers, thera s no one who can successfully dispute thelr price. They make au_{uvolee-price to suit themsclves, and have their private agrcement as to the actual price. Some of the large American tirins, in fact, practically own the manufactorivs where theso goods are niade in Europe, and the matter of Involelng and exportivg is elmplya transaction between ouo member of & tirm and another. 1t can make no difference in tue mar. ket-rcturns of the firm ot what price this class of goods are involced. It Is very evident sometimes that they only put in the Involce the actual cost of the manufacture of the article. Coliusion between the wanufacturer and the merchant {8 not necessary, use the manu- facturer and the merchant, In these cuses, are practically one and the samo persons. ‘That is the method practiced by large buyers, “Take cost-bindings, Tho greater propors tlon of this article is made at Crepeld, 1o Gere many, where they also make the narrow velvet for coat-collars, It is very different from other kinds of velvet, Nearly all of these coat-bind- }nz maoterials are imporicd into America by one ousc. *“Pnke the articlo of silk. Bllk ribbons are mostly mado at 8t. Etienue, o place near Lyons, France, and at Baslc and’ Zurich, in Switzer- lnud. Thess arc the threo cheap sitk markets, A sharp feltow in New York City, not alung ago, ondered the ribbons manufactured for him to be put up in a way by which he could swindle the Government out of oue-third ot the dutles due. Ribbon comes on little woodey rollers, over the end of which there {s a priuted elip, stating the number of yards, the quality of ribvon, and_the maker's name. This New York Importer had his ribbons put up solid, without the wooden block, but had the custom- ary paper pasted over the end {n the same tnan- uer. Ho had these entered as of the same quantity ns if tuey hal been roiled over the wooden blocks, The resutt was, that his roli of »ilk was solld, aud that he pald duty only upon one-third of the umoant. “Takearticlcs of sllk and cotton goods mixed, There {s an_article in the tarli? which provides that sitk which has any cotton {n it shall pass at a reduced rate, u8 belog silk and cotton mixed. Some importers are fo the habit of orderiog one vottonthread to be placed in the margin of thelr sliks. By this devics they liave somotimes sue- ceeded ju getting a ruling which would pass theirsilks st the reduced rate. Yet the silk was in_every particular like the higher grades of sllk, except for this single thread in the margin, which, after the dutics wero pald, could be easi- It 18 very ditficult to teil tho ex- et quality of any silk shipped to the United Btates, as nearly cverythiug exported to the United States b made to onier, In France, sllks are qauenlly mauufactured: in dress- patterns of eighi or ten metrea. Bilke for the American market aro made fn rolls, and thero {s thus no basis of comparison furnished with Frouch sitks, It is sale tosay that fow frmes dealing with Europe do not in some way practice undervaluation. European seents o{ Awcrican houses have sometimes boasted that, it any Treasury or Consular oth- cial rported awalnst them for undervaluation, they would secure their removal, “A Revenue Agent iu Europe, who was charged with corruption, attempted to establish a preco- dent in prices by naviug the merchants ail agres to o certaln rute, It {s reported thst he was sucvesafuly that a stauding umrlu:l-griu! upon a largu class of coods was established, which was mado tho basta of sil fnvoices; that that prico was yery much less thau the real value and that that Agent receives a very consiacrable incume from that line of Limvorters to this day, The sams Agent s reported to bave mado $060,000 in obe transaction \llthlwlmflnfiu‘i‘ 1y pulled out, CONTESTS FOR BEATS, TUE FOUK THUS PAR DECIDED IN TUR HOUSE, ALL IN YAVOL OF DEMOCHATS—TUINTEEN MORE CAsEs, 3 Wasuisoson, D. O, March 31.—At the be- ginvlng of the present Congress thero were seventeen contested clection cases to bedecided by tho House. Of tbls number the tollowing have beeu disposed of fn favor of the contest- auts, who, inall cases, wero Democrats, namely; Califor P, . Wigginton; _Colorudo, ‘fhoias M. Patterson; Louisisus, J. H. Acklenj Massachusctts, Benjamin Dean. The followlng cases are yes to be scted upon by the Elcctions Commlitteo; Alabsma—Jero Haralson (fep. ) agalnat Charley M. Shelley (Dem. ). Florida—J. J. Fioley (Dem.) sgeinst Horatio Blsbee, Jt. (Rep. 3. o Loulslana '(Fourth District)—Geotgo L. Swith agoinst J. B. Elam (Dem. ), 'Loulsiaca (§ixth Disteict)—C. E. Naub agatost B. W. Robertson (Dewm.). ¢ ul:ln)uu‘:k—’lr.“ém‘o‘f I’EIIMI Lyue B. Metcalle pe) Miralasippl—John R. Lynch against James R. Chaimers (Dem. ). Pennaylvania—James L. Nuotting against James B. Reilly (Dem. ;, Bonth Carolina (Fieat District)—Joha 8. Richard- inst Joseph 11, Rainey (Rep, Bouth Carolina (Second Diatrict)~M. P. 0'Con. nor against Richard i, Cain (Hep, 8onth Csroltna (Fifth District)—G. D. Tiliman against Hobert Smalls S!!lcg. ). Wli)fileann—s-mul W. MeDowell against Richard a (Rw.p Virginla—=William E. Hinton sgainst Joscpn Jorgensen (Rer. ). DA{II:::\:-—WL Itam H. Hardy sgainst I, 8, Stevens —— NOTES AND NEWS, TIMBRR, Special Dirpateh to The Tribune, Wasnainotow, D. C., April 7.—~The timber thieves are determined to harass the agentsof Becretary Bchurz in every possible way. A pri- vate telegram from Lake Charles, La., states that the Grand Jury of Calcasicu Parish has fn- dicted Carter and his asslstants for obstructing pavigable rivers. Cartor was In New Orleans, where he went to meet Adams, but his Chief Deputy was nrrested. Carter is an agent of the Interior Departinent, who went toLoulsi- anato stop timber depredations, OX TIHE SIXRING-PUND BILL to-morrow, Blaine will deliver a carefally pre- pared speech agalost Thurman's bill. He has been huutlng over the old Congresfonal Record, and claims to have discovered specches and votes of Thurmau that wili make Thurman's present position appear inconsistent. Blaine will make this point un Thurman, and will prob- ably excito a personal debate. Conkling snd Edmunds slso intend to speak ou the bill, and Eaton awaits a chance to talk. Thurman wilt make another effort to have the 8cnate remain h;dscdulun to-morrow until the question Is de- cided. A RECENT WHITEWASIL, Tho Sunday lMerald, o strong Democratic organ,—certainly not s friend of Bcecretary Bchutz,~—charges that the reports of the Benate Sub-Committee Investigating the Frecdmeu's Hospital, the management of which has been condemined by Schurz, 88 whitewashing aflair, and that schurz §s right. Among uther things, the Herald says the Senate Sub-Commitiee was composed of strong political enemies to Bchurz, who are bent on bringing his reformatory meas- ures {nto disrepute; that, although furnished with 8 list of witoesses, this Committee, in keeping with an cvidently predetermined pur- pone, fgnored the appeals of those Interested In the prosecution, and at su early stage dectined to hear any further testimony; that the accused were freely sdmitted to the comunitiee- rooms while others excluded, 20 that witoesses declded on thelr testimony for ratention in the hospital, and were coufronted by these managers as if con- victed felons; witnesscs having testifled against the mauagers were brought out of the hospital, and that one of thesc luyalids, baving returns with an order for readmission, was hrutally scized by Dr. Purvis, the order taken {from him, the man then handcufled, and then dragged juto the strect by a policeman catled [n by the valiant negro doctor. N0 FINANCE. ‘The Congressional Campalgn Committes at their recent meeting were generally of the opin- fon that thefinance fasue should not bepermitted toenter into the campalgn this fall, on account. of the diverelty of sentiment {n the Republican party, MEXICO. To the TWalerm Assoctated Press. ‘WasuiraroN, April 7.—Accounta from the Toxaa border show that recently there has becn but few, if any, Incursions from the Mexican ‘side, Members of Congress who have the sub- Ject of our relations with Mexico under coosld- eration say the delsy’of our Government in recognizing that of Mexico has produced an improved condition of affairs on the border, but that the Government has not yet done what s roq\ulmd by our owu as & prereauisito to recog- nition, Ono of the most acrious causes of com- plafat s that our citlzens are not protected from { loans, whilo British and French subjects residing in Mexico are, it is satd, not subjected to such filegal transactions. THE PACIFIC BILL. It ia thought very probable that Scnator ‘Thurman will sucure & vote on his Pacific Ratl- road Sinkiog-Fund bill to-morrow night, ashe will ask the Scnate tosit it out. Tho general {mpression {s that It will be pussed by the Se ate with some smendments. The frst ques- tion will be an amcaodment offered by Senator Blains to the concludingsection of theJudiciary Commlttee's b, fn these words: Bo long oa sald Central Paclle and Union Pacific Railway Companlea shall faitbfully comply with the provisionn of sald act of 1862 and 1804, “and of thiz act relating to payments to the Unitod Btates on nccount of “bonds advanced, and of & sinking fund to be_ established as sforeeald, euch com- pliance sball be deeted and taken as'sufliclent to meet the obligations of esid Companies on ace count of such bonds prior to the maturity thereof, 1t 1s pelieved this smendment will be sdopted. In offering it, Blaine fudlcated that, In the event of its adopton, he would support the Judiclary Commitleu’s bill. Benator Sargent bas the floor at 1 o'clock to-uiorrow to flutah his speech, and 1t I8 expected hie will be fol- }fwed by Benators Blaine, Edmunds, and Conk- ng. SUICIDE. Doath of Paul ¥, Lemke, of Albany, N, Y., at Bpriogfield, Il—Other Victims, Spacinl Dixpateh lo The Tribune. SprrinoriELD, 1L, April 7.—This evening, at the Lelaud Hotel, it was discovercd that Paul F. Lemke, of Albany, N. Y., o guest tvho arriv- ed Thursday night, bad committed suicide. On Friday he was scen about the corridor fronting his room, and Buturday, when a clambermald rapped at his door, he fudicated a desire not 1o be disturbed. This cvening, the gus in the room belug still burning, the watchmsn peesed sbove the transom and discovered the body 1yiug upon the bed, which had not been disturb- ed otherwise. Upon cotering the room an lugenlously constructed palr of scales was found, ou which had been weighed the fatal dose of morphia taken. Evidently a socond dose had been taken, the first haviog proven roo large, and made the man sick. On tho bod lsy the victi, neatly arrayed i an ex- penstve black broadeloth suit and new shirt and cuffs. It waa cvidens that he was & gentleman, and the address indicated an aristocratic por- tion of Albauy, N, Y., uear tho State-House. The deccarcd was apparently about 85 years of age. A Coroner's jury was impaneled, of which Distitct-Attorney,Connolly was foremas and Auditor Needles clerk. A verdict of suicide was returied, Two emall vials of morphia were fuund, and two letters, tho first cvidently addrossed to tho writer's wilispeed, in Albany, inclosiog & reculpt for o gold watch aud locket sent Ly exoress, sud the wecond o Mr, Lelaud, judicating where monoy to pay hls] board could be xnuuS. and express. fog a deslro that it bu so applied. Both letters oxprested 8 hone that deceased would tind_ for- veucss for his rash act. The New York riends, whose address was found, have beeu tuleanyhzdlo. and the remsjus awalt thelr disposal. Hpecial Diepatch Lo Ths Tribwne, InpuaNaroL1s, April 7.~Mrs. Barton,a young married lady residing in liendricks Couuty, comuuitted suicido at the Iusans Hoepital Fri dm night by stravgling berself, She was suf- feffo Trom a Lewpora:y sberration of miud, Speckal Di o The Tridune 8t. l.cuu“ Mo, April 7.—Peter dchinitt, an eceentric old bachelor who lad wecumulated o largo fortunc as & poukscller and uews-stand owuer under the 5t. Nicholas Hotel, has been wissing fromn Jan, 6 until to-day, when his bod; ‘wus discovered fuatiug in the river. There 1o doubt that he committed sulcde. Dayron, 0., Aprit 2.—Luouard Helmatader, liviug near Dn{zuu. committed sulide at the Uunlon Hotel, lu Eaton, Pretlu County, last night, and wus found hangiug to & bed-post this wornleg. Helmstader was un old resldont of this county, a butchice by trade, engaged in act. ive business. [y bas Leen actiog strungely for sotnu time past, and is belleved to have beeu derwngoed when he left bome Saturday. e ———— . THE CINCINNATI CONCERTS, Cuicinnary, April 7.—The salo of scason tickets to the May musical festival will com- wence Monday, April 15. During Moadsy and Tuesday tho cholco of seats will be disposed of at auction, bug purchasers will be limited to ten tickets cach: Theru are (ndications that the de- mand will be large. .Tbe ball hus seats for 4,200, with standiog roota for &3 many more. ‘Tbo ho- tels are wiready rocelving onderd for rouins for festaval week. Work ou the wrest organ is be- ing pushicd dsy snd night to insure its comple- tion and tuning before the festival, which will open May 14 T PR[C{&E;IVE CENTS. iE b R INED ALIVE. Fifteen Maniacs Perish in a Cone flagration at Bath, N. Y. A Portion of the Steuben County Poor House the Structare De- stroyed. Lighting of the Dreadful Pyre by One of the Insane Viectims, A Boens Pushing Close upon the Re- alization of Pande. . moninm, A NOLOCAUST. Eprciat Dirpateh to The Tridune, New Yorx, April 7.—A snecial to the Tima from Bath says: “ A disaster of the most shocking description occurred hero at an early hour this morning. About 1a. m. L. C. Ford, an Inssne man, sent to tho Steuben County Poor-House from Hornellsville, sct fir to the buflding used for the insane department of the County IHouse, in which upward of sixty insane peoplo * wero sleeplog. The fire spread rapldly, and made the resculng of the Inmates a matter of great difculty and danger. About forty wero rescued by offi- cers aod citizens, and some others escaped ; hut it 13 certain that fifteen of tho crazed unfortu- nates have perished [n the flames, and one Is in-- jured shockingly, and probably fatally. Tho scene of thie disaster s too sickenlng for deserip- tion. The bodles ! five nales and ten fomales are among the dead, and the rulos ares horrible mass of charred human remains, mingled with the debris of the buliding.” FURTUER DETAILS. Ta the Western Associated Press. Barm, N. Y., April 7.—Onoof the bulldings of tho Hteuben County Poor-llouse, near this vlace, burned last night, and fifteen {nmates perished. The firc was set by anInsane pauper. ‘The bullainz was of brick, with iron-grated windows and doors, and the inmetcs wers une able to escape. THE FRIOATYUL LIST. There were sixty or soventy inmates alto- gether. The names, cause of confincment, and age of those consumed are as follows: L. C. Ford, fits, 48. Jobn Alvian, cripple, 58 Davld Curtls, eripgle, 98, Jobin Messinger, ofd age, 84, Buel 3. Pago, fits and biind, 40, Betsey Smith, idiot, 63 Julta Davis, Idiot, 83. Rose Welch, {dlot, 20, Amy Ranger, idlot, 27. J Mary Btone, idlot, 0. Chloe Mudge (colored), fdfot, & Ablgisl Bhultz, old age, 63. Catharine Sullivan, insane, 71 Jennie Mills, child, 4. Mary Hewitt, child, 1. 5 The detalls of the terrible aceldent are BLOOD-CURDLING. Over forty were rescued, several escaped and one wman was badly Injured. The scens at the ruins was sickening In the extremo. 1. C. Ford, who fired tho place, and burned with the others, was thought eafe to bo trusted. — WASHED ASHORE. Bpecial Dispatch fo Ths Tribuns, MusgzgoN, Mich, April 7.—The body of George M. Allen was washed ashore near Beld- ler's dock this morning, From papers on the body ho was found tobu a Master-Mason of & Dominlon Lodgo. The body was very much deo- composed, and must have Jain in the water all winter. CRUSHUED TO DEATIY. Burearo, Aprll 7.—A largs vat on the Afth floar of the Buffalo Grape-Sugar: Works, con- talning fifty tons of wet corn, burst to-day, carrying the corn and a portion of tho vat to the ground floor through o hopper, erushing to death Henry Bast, two othors harrowly cacaping (‘ll-,-uth. Tuo vat was belug tried for the firet me. D POOR VOLANTE. Provipexcy, R L, April 7.—Mile. Volante, who was fatally shot on the Opera-House staco at Pawtucket, dled this evenlug. The reat namo of the girl was Lottic Maloy, She was 28 vara oll. Her aister was the only one of the amily who kuew she was on the stage. DROWNED, Nrw URLBANS, April 7.—Thoe steamboat Col. A, P, Kouus struck a snag and saok ycsterday at Negro Point In the Red River. Three roust- ohouts were drowned. The wrecking-boat Osago has gone to the scene of the disaster. TIIROWN FHROM A BUGGY. NEw Onveans, April 7.~Jonas Pickles and ‘wlifo were thrown from & buggy yesterday ovoh- ing. Mrs. Plekles was elightly burt. Mr. Pickles was fatally fnjurcd. e dled last night. e BEECHER. “Boul-Itepose "* Is What the Famous Gloom= Trogludyte [s After Now, Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridune. Naw Yonk, Aptil 7.—Mr. Heeclier, in his sore mon today, spoke of the growth in religion, and the chango of the fdca of Ued from s Thun- derer to the Uuiversal Fathor, e said: Howe of wy congredution have beon brought up a8 Unitarisus, —well brought up, too,—but they re- fuse to wors Chirist. ~ Thelr Father and my Christ is the same. When you rospect Lyman Beechor, aud I respect my fathor, we both rover- me mau. I thero is a'litile difference, 1a God to be Bugty over your polty mistake? Do yuu supposy Ilo stands on & name? Yon wsy call God wliat you pleasc, provided you know what Is in- side uf the term. Worsbip 18 uut geiting down on onr kuees aud mumbling & few prayess. 1t 1s the jesning uf one pervon on auother, and dynastiq distinctions won't stand the eye. Maoy persons bupe ny~lnd-bJ‘ to sttaiy & condition of soul- repose, | use the broadest expreesion porposely, becauso wy mlssion ls not to interpret auy sect, but revelation and fuudumontal religion fn s com- mon-scnso light, : e t——— BIGELOW. gpecial Dispaich to The Tribume. Boston, April 7.—The case of George B, Bigelow, s rowineut Boston lawyer who was charged with emnbezzling $40,000 from the Bufe futon cstate, of which he was Trustee, bas been disposed of, by the Urand Jury roturoiog *no bul* againss Uim. The courts declded thas the law puuishing Trustees for tnalfessance, under which the charge was mady, could not cover iy« regularities extending vver several years.as (¢ was ouly passed last year, end hence the ac- tion of {ha jury. lutense l{mpnhy is felt for the defendaut, who, it ia clalmed, is the victin of ay outrageous sttempt at blackmall. At an; ratae, he relcased the catate to the helrs seve; years ago, and it i3 oaly within a few mouths that the cfmxu hava been preferred. RETURNING. Bavaxwan, April 7.—A special to tho Morw- ng Nnos says the loss of the steamship Agnes, off Moaquito Iulet, Fla., will preveat tbe Postal Commission from goiog to Havaua, They will return to Waahington at once.