Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 1, 1878, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: BATURDAY. JUNE 1, 1878—TWELVE PAGES. back of the ncck, and thus hg hung. There were but slight movements of the body, con- sisting of & drawing up of the arms and the usual ?ulvefinz of the entire frame. ‘While hanging, the crowd rushed up under the sealfold, erowding doctors, newspaner ren, and offcers actunily up sgainst the body. It was absolutely uscless Lo attomut to keep tha crowd back or handle them In auy way. When he was prononnced dead by the Coroner the word was taken up by those nearest him and passed from ‘mouth to mouth until the throng unitedly gave utterancs to a grand whoop. After & lapso of ten minutes more the Coroner gave or- CRIMINAL NEWS. Utterly Disgraceful Scenes At- tending an Execution Yesterday. In Chieago before belng forwarded to \Washinaton; l=0 that al) euch youchers on which payment liaa heen made to me during the past eleht montha have been pald by himaelf 85 snch diabnrsing Agent: alvo that his compensation for making such pay- ments, llke ming for tho stone-cutting, i 1o tha shape of & percentage on tho amount expended; alw that hie insiractions an such dishursing azent forbld him to make payments **inconalstent with the Iaw or regaiations,* or *in bisopinion unnec- ant or unaothorized ;" 8lao that he hae paid every voucher presented to "him for pay- ment under theas conteacts, withont any atatement or dedaction whateser: nlen that such payments [n. cinde nenrly £50,000, which he has paid to me for THE CUSTOM-HOUSE, earnestness, Another Mass of Literature on the Subject. found satlsfuctory to all classes of citizens. ¥ him in the employment of any one. The co: Mr, Mueller Explains, Denies, and Makes Various Counter-Charges. control, Hanging of the Colored Murderer Webb, at Mansfield, O. crowd, the “corpse was placed n the coflin that had been brought from the jall. Bayonets led the processlon of Blieriffs, pall- ‘bearers, pn{ulclnnl and nnwsrnpnr men tothe Jatl, where the coffn was taken to an upper room. Here u critical examination of his neck made, and no douht was left of its Their Slatements, the work on which, according ta. hia report, there han heen the most' naneceasary, extravagant, and feandnlent expendiinre; aleo that, while the pay- wients made by him do not roprescnt & large pro- twetion of the tolal amount patd under these con. tracts, they represent every doliar that he aver had Uhy pawor to pay. N A Mob from a Neighhoring Town Pays Department. Back an Old Grudge, T8 RTONE-CLTTING What tho Colleotor of Customs Has to Bay fhe Inclosure Torn Down and the Bogarding Mueller and Hill was Winle | do 1ot ¢harge William Heney Smith with | doing work. DosthFensity nioted dnctors W Enerth e toutd ot are. aieg sppien o iniarhs ovspaal i masing | s opriomente Jots, e syt st c ) ey nients, en nious | e in Publio. ensler.” Tho Sherlff turned f yed, | There came yecterday from Washington an- | (et R ich e empinys for: the prigpone of (mpll: | iy sawing. ekt forsbn tie Glorermmun wey other mass of documents fn relation to the Custom-Ilouss fnvestigation. They consist of m pale to and eald with a sigh of reliet: * I'm gtad of ft, cating others would bear mont sthongly sgainst had to doat, T dldn't wish bim Himaelts for {7 Cia eantracta are, an he raye;fraud: shiavet uatloss, that for, as long as I . | stones which were sawn to have no other work nund‘::gls h?rursg?dmvs nder the 0.x0 hard” Tho poskmostem - ravealod the | letters addreescd to Aulstant Becretary o tho oA 1 o conepired with one #upcrlntend | but upon thens than the rubbing neceruary to eight o ght-Seers. i Treasury French by John M. Muetler, contruct- | with the other far 1he allnwance of wastefai labor, | 1ake them smouth, and two barns fn the vicinity becoming teo heavily loaded wera smashed to tha carth witha terriblo crash. In ono {nstance, two horaes ting. The longest of these Is from MR, MUELLER. He begins by atating that the documents sub~ Disburaing-Agent. Uglesa this could bo effectsd all corrapt deviceswolitd fail, and the Department has clothed the Disbursing-Agent with speclal fimilar Flight of a Kindred Spirit at Bowling Groen, Va, or dressed. MR. PRUS3ING fucloses to the Assistant-Becretary a o ] - power to withhold payment in such cases, Nor which | wore within wers - mearly Kl | 1yiviog by Mesars. Smith and Thomson do not. | Eunid William Sensy Smitia contnet bocommuten | Ietter which he wrote 1o the Asalstant Uistrict- and Cwelite . wera ! badl sprained, | reqttire any reply or explanation; but there- | from '!collnsion® in what he calln **a negiixence | Attarncy, moking enswer to the intcrrogatorics TUE MANSFIELD EXECUTION: | Siler bufigings wors® badly. jujurode” 1o 1 | parts themaoives, by tholr misreproscntations | iichisholosteriminatmorailyfor hosayetiatan | propouaded by that eentleman. In bis letter Bpectal Dispateh o The Trivune. claimed that most of thess rioters wero from their frandnlent charucter, b S UL te Blunuuiting of fact and thelr charges and insinuations of conspiracy and fraud, demand a rejoinder from nd it 2 within my awn knowledge that he perronally examined these cop- tracts before paying me n dollar under them, T MARSPIRLD, O., May 81.—This has been o day of wonderful significance to this pleasant iittle tho neighboring City of Asliland, where a haog- from March, ing was madopublic by a Manstlold crowd about - him as & contractor aund citizen, which rejoloder e 1 . | buth ctitters and carvers would compare favora- flsnd city. It hos witnesscd tho flrat exccu- | tWenty-live years ago. ¥ Eaghce v ety Tactacts pson ! hive suflclont reason for romemboring this et | by in quality and quantity with the work per- tion ever performed within the border formed under Mke contracts in other Govern- Mr, Harrls, the Auditor of the Chicago Cgriome House, of the delay in the payment of the firet yunchers prusented to William llenry Smith as Disbnrmng- Agent, he explatned ihat Wiliiam Henry WILLFUL MURDER. Font McKinyxy, W. T, May 8i.—Harry Anderson, an employe in the Quartermaster’s As to the varlanco on the atone contract be- of Riciland County, and ¢ has been tween the advertisement and the contract, he s wonderful one, Edward Webh, the col- tlandard of comparfson. It {8 acknowledg petson, he calls attention to Mucller's clalm, against which he protested with all pasaible He In very desirous of rematning in the position of Buperintendent, having a pride in the completion of the work, which, as far as relates to the hullding Itself, will, he thinks, he has never allowed personal motives to influence tracts for the stock-cutting and sawing he was led to regard as matters over which he had no A letter of 1676 to the Supervising Architect Is evidence of what his feelings and i w | vicws were at that tima regarding Buena Vista tone, for culting, for sawing, and for ** haaling,* | V! & dera to cut the body down, and, with byt chho declares to ba | 8tone. o farasthe work on the bufiding is great difiiculty, on © stcount of the | Messrs. Burling and Prussing Also Make lI?:u':l'::d‘:;fl'ufl?x’{:‘;:lf‘:n:’dn;;r the very portions of | concerned, no fsult has been found with Mr. Hurling, either by citizens of Chicago or the has always boen 4 source of yexation and sax- fety to him, and a subject of frequeut protest, 25 3 most nutragcous and wastelul mauner of he knows of faces of A large amount of saw- it would stlll rematn for mo obtain | Ing done on the stoncs now in the work has ful- During the terrible rush of peoplolarge num. | 5 Edward Buriin, hperintendeot,and Gearge | 1, wawd stil rymaia Jor me (8 Ovn | 3 e e Iatended, and. those bers ascended nelghboring barns and bouse-tops, | Erussiug, former Superintendent of stono-cut- | yices, i ‘T conid obfatn only o (e n’lunu thus sct have mot been chiselod of the 1870, to Uctober, 1837, and duritg thattime the amount of work perfurmed Ly ment buildings. This be believes to be the only newepapers there Is walling on the part of & selcct few, MR, THOMBON. The Asslstant District-Attorney, #ho wan 8180 called on, had but little to 3dd 1o what he said the day before. 8aid he: ' With rogard to ail these atatementscontaln- cd in the papers which vou have shown me, | have this to say: That I donot propose to enter into any controversles in which the maln ques- tion may be lust sight of. In response to m request, the Department has returned to Colt lector 8Bmith the books containing materlal por- tions of this testimony, That I construc as an {nstruction to proceed, If 1 have nny tastimony on which to proceed. And, unless I recelve peremptory orders to tho coutrary, 1 certainly ehall procecd. In the meanwhile, do not think thera 18 the leart occaston for me to enter into any defense against what Mr, Mucller hns Aeen it to criticise in my actton In this at- ter.! RELIGIOUS. LUTHERANS AND ADVENTISTS, Spectal Dispatch to The Triduns, Mapraox, Wis, May 8l.—fhe Norwegian Lutheran 8ynod ecommencod to-day at Pleasant Bprings In this county and will continue through Wednesday next. On Sunday wil be held a Jubllee festival, it being the twenty-fifth an- niversary of the orgzanizatton of the Bynod. The festivat services will be held tn the open afr, If the weather 1s favorable, o short distance from the church, undera largs oak tree, which (s notable from the fact that the first Norweglan Lutheran sermon ever dellvered in this sectlon was preached under Its shade some thirtv-lour reau 220, A large attenidaucs upon the meet- inge of the Synod and the anolversary exerclses 1a anticipated. The camprineqiing in Rodermund'’s Grove Is attracting considerable attention In this city, e b states that that was customary; that, in pre- n that oll work done by mechanics for | and s well attended Voth by our citlzens H ] treo watchlng @ lerd of mules, was | Leen an allowance of an inch on quarry dimen- | nished them to hiin for thatpurpose. o much for tty than it n“ i D“‘Y Adventists _have been heretofore glary ut aqulet farm-house sonic twomllos from | o 0 o bobind, fostently killed, 3 | stons: that, swhen fo securcd his sontisct, Mr. | the purpons of showing iow cany I Is o weave s ner quant! xmmn( would cost to private In- | but littie known here, and no little curlosity {s the village, tn Decomber last, was banged, and, | f'0t from nd, - lostantly ety A 4 SRy utract, Br. | ¢haory tmpating s frandulent character to the | dividuals, "This Is fosurmountable. The Gov- | mauifested to learn something concerning them. then robbed on the 24th fust. Busplcion reated on o soldlor of this post as tho murdeérer, from the fact that a cilizen saw tho soldler in the Immediate vicinity of whore the murdered man's body was fouud, with bis gun aud belt full of cartridges, s short time hoforo the finding of the body. A Board of Mullett attempted to discriminato against bim, and refused to atlow him this inch becausc he was furnishiog eald stoue, whilo other contract- ors were furnishing marble or granfte. Subse- quently he succeeded fn inducing Mullett to allow him half an inch. But for this allowance he never would havo signed the contract. contrary to tho laws of the State ft has been a publle exccution. The dny dawned bright and clear, and ot an early hour the city hegan Miling with people from tha surroundlug country, drawn thither by morbldSeurlosity, and refoleing that the law was Lo mete out its just penalty upon this des proper perfurmance of a lawful act. M. TIIOMRON. He eays that Mr. Thomson observes, * The sole apparent motive for the waste of labor acems to have been to enable the contractor to charge the Government 15 per cent upon labor allowed him by his contract.” Why, he naks, does not Mr. Thomeson say thist the interests of of the system of the 15 per cent contracts, th ernment {s exacting in the quality, and the men produce it st the cost of quantity. The men work with o measared and deliherate slowness, especially when the stone-cutting is done under tha 16 pér cent contracts, UOwing to the evila were done away with In 1877, The greator cost of this work over that done for private purties ‘The® mude of conducting camp meetings is certalnly in advance of that practiced by avme people.” There s nu excitement nor confusion and disorder, which {s usually so characteristlce of such gatheringa. Perfect urder Iy obscrsed under strict rules. A discourse by Elder Con- right was given last cvening, and attracted cou- siderabla attention, The Elder held that the ry Officers _hos been ordercd ~ to iovosti- | As for the cutting contract, be says thut hiois | the workmen, regardiess of the Intcrests of tha | W08 8 frequent theme of conversation,and many | vision of John, recorded {o tho thirtesnth chap- perate law-breaker, Tho prisoner was awako | gato the matter. Tho _circumaton- | ypg s ,,;,,;.m:,g bk l’,,lmm Ymmu,u’;l',, Contractor, Turuish the sole apparent motivel | Werethc consultatious bad about betier ways of | ter of Reyelatlon, polnts out the bistory of our at nan early hour, and rccefved & con- | tial evilenco o0 far produced will y o But he conceals this fact from fear of the | Landling the men with & vlew 1o ac- | country in the description of the two-horued siderable number of frlends and acqnaintances, | ovidently convict the soldier ot willful muder, | riminated, for Mullett attempted 1o deprivo | ynpie undertaking of prosceuting several | Celeraling thelr movements, = snd wa- | beast. " The sersices of to-day have been fnter with whom he conversed in his usunl luvlni Blood was found on his boots, which he se- | himof tho benefits of the 15 por cont basis. fi‘undrcd men, each of whom, according to his | flous —measures and regulations looking | esting. Three discourses, two in. English and creted, ond also on his socks, caused from & holo in his boot. The blood was examined b {)}I)’llchnfi here, and proved to be human blood. 1iloss tho soldicr can prove an atibl, which ho hins not yot dorie, tha chances are arainsl him. e worked for nearly a year under tho other system, aod Lis workmen strnck, and he refused to go on excopton the 15 per cent baels, which he sccured in 1878. Tho theory of conspliracy, was particeps criminis. The men were intelfigent aud good stone-cute tors, and did thelr work well. In this particular investigation, says Mr. Mueller, facts and figurces taken from the offi- style, aud fndulged in loud Jaughter, which was plalnly heand by the crowd surrounding the Jail and 0lling tho street. All night the Mans- field Bluos, In full uniform, had bivouscked suggested and tried. That bis endeavors g 11o is now confined in the post guard-housc. Government was not delivered over by this con- | clal records and papers, together with the state. | PUS [ust be charged directly to the ssateu. sround Wi rouch "inclosure, and koot e tracta bound and helpless victim to Mucller, | ments sworn to': and’ others to which persons | Jhi8 disappolated and alled him, snd he ro- back the curlous crowds who came ANOTHER S8CAFPFOLD, signed his position before the work wes com- but tha work was so hedged (o by regulations snd Instructions osto save the Government from sll possibility of Joss. As a contractor, heis In favurof sucha contract as will yleld him tho largest profits, and his 15 per cent one ylelded bim a much smaller proportion of profits than “lump" contracts which he has performed for private corporations and citizens, Tt was the system adopted, however, aud in use by the Government, and had been for about three years, He invites 8 comparison of the work done by him under the 15 per cent system and that of any other contractor. As rogards the contract for sawing, ho makes substantially the same points agalnat the report of Mr, Thomson s docs Bupervising-Architect called as witnesscs refused to swear, were dally peddled out to the Chicago press, It was the dally practice of Mr. Thomson to receive a re. vorfer of the 7imes, and talk over the results of the day's lubors with him, which would be fol- lowed by the appearance in tha columna of that paper on the succeeding day of infainous_slan- ders concorning Mr. Mueller or others, Every means which malica could dictate or lnz!uuu{ devise was resorted to to fucite a public sentl- ment sgainst persons named in these reporta, and others whoin thesu invostigutors had not had *the uerve” to name. Bmith, when the investigation d falely begumn, ook occasion to make statements {n the public press to theeflect toat * the result would prove that frregulonties, glaring and p:u}mh.lc, had Ueen porpetrated from the outatart.” This was but one out of many similar statements. Tha olt night to witness tho exceation In thomornlog. The stondy movement of tha puard Lack and forth in front of the jall was an absolute neceaslty, in order to keop the anxious crowd in check, Oniy those having the follow- ing poss were permitted to enter: Admit the bearor, an assistant, to the execution of Edward Webb, May 31, 1578, at 12 o'clock m. Jaxgs Ritcitx, Bherlff of Ashlana Connty, Ohlo. At 7 o'clocle in the morning, alter the prison- er had attended to his religious exerclses, Deputy-Snerllt Grove told him he had now only nshort timo to live, and asked if thero was puything that he could do for him— any reasonable request that he. could grant. Mrvronn, Caroline Co.y Va., May 81.—The oxecution of Willlam H. Roblnson, colared, for tho murder of Eliza Ray, colored, two years sloce, took place at Bowling Green to-day in tho presonce of 400 persons, The prisoner ad- montslied his hiearers to beware of evil company and adhers to the teachings of thelr parents. 1lo acknowledged committing the deed for which ha was to suffer, and said he was pro- pared to mect bis God. Av 12 o'clock the cap was drawn over his face, rnd_the unfortunato mun launched into eternity. He died caslly, his neck beiug brokon by the fall, heads. Toward the end of the work, the mei worked with unusual slowuess, but took go Government time-kecper, Then, ments made in them or 80 explains them us the ground which has alre THE COAL CREEK MASSACRE, Bpectal Dispalch to The Tridune. dressing of the stones after they had be toward tho greater efliclency of the forve wg not mect with better success cannot ba sccount. ed for by diminution of zeal on his part upon finding the hopelessness of the undertaking, pleted beeause of this fact, and because he wonld not make himsel! rcaponsible for the ex- traordiuary time which was belng apent upon tho last atorles,—the urns snd the chimney- knowing that they would soon be out of a ]'J:u cars not to be caught loalinz and loitering by a writing " to Mr, French, the Assiatant Treasarer, Mr. Prus- eing gocs on to speak of the aflidavits which wers submitted, and either denies tho state- show that he was gulity of no lmoropriety. In regard to the suwiug contract, ete., he covers 11 20UG over by Mr, Hil], and cxplains at some length the on set. ona in Scandinavian, two soctal and une busl- ness meceting, have been held, Elder 1L W, Decker delivered tho forcnoon sermon, sad Elder Conright preached in the afternoon. TO id REFORMED PRESBYTERIANS, DurLIxaTON, la., May 81.—The second day's seaslon of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod at Bharon, [o this county, to-day, was principally devoted to reports of Presbyterics and Boards, A motion to appoint a delegate to the Now- Lignt Cuveuanter S8ynod was voted down by a large mn]orli?'. Resolutions in fuvor of a better observance of the Babbath were paescd, as were als0 strong temperanco resolutions. Tty NEW JERUSALEM, Boston, May 81.—The fifty-elghth annunl sesslon of the General Convention of the New Jeruealem Church in the United States mes hero to-day. The Rev. Chiauncey Gilcs, of New York, madea mrort showring that the organ- {zation was guinlng cousiderabls strength iu this country. o Iu a supplemental lctter to the Assistant Sec- The rteply of Wabb canmot Lo given, Covixaton, Ind., May 8L—The Btate con- | 14" fa dentes the accuracy of tho ilzuring of | Bucretary of the Treasury bad the fairncss to s to tat ad Ememmans =2 Hewas “",l: that to grant his mq“:t 'fl b'; cluded it rebuttal teatimony this morning, | My, Thomson, and of the an’mm wlio Wero om - | order thiat theso reports should not be given to ;e'.nrruy n’,fl (:; w;(r. E:Inll‘u. B(‘g“‘lhem e‘l’tet’v‘. BUSINESS NOTICES, which ellcited the fact that Ed Perry loft Cov- inzton and arrived {n Btringtown at 8 in tho the preas yntll the accused partfes had been afforded ag opportumty to reply to thems but | 18t yond the power of the Deputy, and, with a Eluvul by him. The Goverumeut, he says, has brutish Jaugh, which made tho walls and fron jad the benefit of many thousand feet of saw- ing the past iwo years is to the effect that ovel . Ty o which its agents refusod to accept, and for | the reports wero, iu detiance of his order, given {Tort A th tractof d th Dbara resound, he said ho supposed that was so. fl:&gwnihmmgln.“l.’nrk:wr:-ldlnb’ ‘h,‘;fi';.‘; which it never pald, sud never will pay, Its | totlic press from the G“"’“‘““'l' ottices fn | 4,000 ¥} E‘\:;;::lu:u%!un: mc'f& e, “proufum Tnen, to further complicate 'his unaccountablo e A lmrlu.‘ Boveral | aents wero frequently arbitrary in thy exer- Ehl 0, '}‘utfi '.l:!ll 4m‘t:m‘%r!u ':a ?fl te znl‘ctinlli tke work, lucreaso th cost to the Goverumeut, ii’:f:fi‘”".. Dlw oo - aTter b,ffl.‘,‘,“"&‘," oe:fl(.’é witnerses Lok the stand and succomafally ro- | €110 of thelr powar to accept or rojoct tho saw- Dol thry will doubts - ‘The burdon of tnis | 30d swell the recclpts of the contractor. Tho butted the impeachment testimony of tho de- truth of this he avsolutely denies. fensa sgainst AMlrs, Parks. {ng actually donefinnd. in view of No s It with tho utmost apparcnt care. Ife soon bo did tho sawing, he has dastardly act sud contempt of the Secrotary's Bfter told tho Depu'.[\:lllml. it ho was carrled standivy onler ls therefore upon Mr. 8mith or Mr. Thom more right to complain than snybody clse. Tho nrgument was on whic vledge, puld for by the Government, and no ont unbound, hewould mako a rovelation which | opened by Honry Docterman for the State, The allegdtiors of the report in regard to the | 8on, *for as these ofllcers bad the responsibility k““‘l"’ carrl the rollsat a W nll tho world would Lo wlad to kmow, but, it [ and wiit ot bo Guiabed bl gome tmo to-mor- | o tbe BIEEIEE S L St in "mrecinoly | thoy must bo held respomaible. The nows. | {3ef were cartied on tho solle®t & time when taken out as a beast, bound, he would say nothing. At 10:50 somo of his colored fricnds called up- on hlin, and, after .singing * This Isthe Wav I Long Have Souy hty" ecyeral prayoers wero of- fered, all of which wero plainly heard In the yard and street. At o few ninutes beforo 11 o'clock, the crowd, which had been {ncreased by full trains on every road running futo tho town, and numbered soms 15,000 people, bogan 1o hoot und holloo In the wildest manner imogi- nable, and to crowd against tho gunrds, Froin row by Goorgo McWilliams, A CIIARIVARI ITORROR, Apecial DiraicA to Ths Tribune. . Covinorox, Ind, May 81.—~While a sere. nnde ' was being given o new-marrled cou- ple last night at Wallace, fn Ohlo County, the briae, Miss Bowers, wos shot and {nstantly killed by a paper wad fired from s tusket. As ¢t tho perpetrator of tho act is not known. lo:our. two of tho belling party are under ar- Tas R apers had moro power than the Departinent n the matter of the publieation of these so-called roports, and the nowspapers stood ready tochamplon thelr pald agents aven agminst the Secrotary of tho Treasury, The Chicazo Zimes hiad, in on cditorial nddreased to the Bec- retary, sald that he was * ambitious, and some- body sbould whisper in hisear that theman who made one President out of rather unpromising material 18 not a safe person to quarrel with.” Mr, Mueller says hie is _quitq willing to concede that AMr. Bmith Is oo influcntial citizen; that he is the Agent uf tho Westorn“Associated Yress, the samo way thot the Supervising-Architect answers thewm, Roferring to Mr. Smith's statement that ' the architects and wmasons consulted arcof the high- cst character and standing,” Mr. Mueller gives thelr names and then proveeds to state that, with lmrd}ly an exception, they amount to nothing. Tho oniy falr basls of comparison would be between the cost of tho stone-cutting done by him and that dono for sny similar bulldiog under similar contracts, Tho actual cost represonts the amount m&ulnrlv pald him under a contract duly certificd, under all the noglecting their dutles. COLLECTOR 8MATII, asked hil 1is reply was: with his supcrior oflicer that this moment 1t became evident that, soouer or rescril atfons, If the | Collector of Customs, and!Disbursing Agcnt, [ You will recollect that when it was anuvounced later, ho guards must give ' way ond | | SPORTING. :2{{;":120“ .,.'.’3;’,‘1 n'?{,,f{,{fit",‘.'.p:,c.,m to ‘bn and has Influence, but it {a none the less the fact | the Becretory bad received an oflicial communi- cemit the wild mob access o Towor than tho estimate, the latter would havo | thiat bic kas used bis high oflics to qualify the | cation from me, transmitting tho result of Mr. lio {nclosure, One man passed n no cffect upon the poynien's. projudices and appetite for scnsation of uews- | Thomson's exumiuation, your spectal corte- the guards, and then another, and cach new one BILLIARDS. spoudont sonouuced the arrival fu Washington Ths queition of the validity of the contracts 18 then gone into by bim, and he, liko tho Su. pervising Aschitect, finds them all legal, and belloves that no evidenco exists to prove them tlicgal fromn frand or from varianco betweon the controct and the advertiscinout, THEN 1B COMES TO Til# ALLEGRD CONSPIRACY. Heo anys be did not butld the Custom-Houses, or net the stone, or have anything to do with the work of constructing the bulldivg. Iis con- tracts wero_ simply to lnbpl{ labor_and ma- terials, and here his duties closed. If, In this counection, tho character of the gentlemen then 1mmtdmu‘y in charge of the stonc-cotting and the mason-work wers brought into question, either ns. to integrity or capacity, ho had no doubt they would bo fully youched for In both Bnpcrs whoso pald scrvant hois; ond that ho a8 presentod & false report to tho Deportment 08 8 basis for its ollicial action, Mr. Mucllor then concludes with an apology for the "‘,{’f."“' of his statowent and the vigor of somg of rejoinders. SUPT, DURLING says when he was appointed, fn Novewber, 1878, Mueller, the contractor, was at work, ant no hint was given Mr. Burilng that anythin was wrong. Mr. 8, Holman_was in chargo ol tho stone<cutting, and My, Burling's time was devoted to the bullding, Hu did not weglect the stone-cutting, but his connection with it was principally of an udvisory character, Early 10 1876 ho got & letter frow Mr, Potter, callij bis attentlon to the largo variation in the cos To the Edllor of The Tribune. * Cmtoaco, May 31.—In reply to the proposl- tlon of Mr. Willlun Soxton, date of May 28, rolativo to & match for $2,000 a side between Uimself and Jacob W. Behaoffor, proposed by mo in & communication dated May 24, I ‘would ssy that {t was not my intention to im- posc sny unfalr conditions. Ibad been led to believe that Mr, Scxton had come to Chleago for the express purposs of **taking the concelt out of 't Mr, Bchaeffer, and, bolleving that to play ell threo games in ono city would be a bet- ter evidenco of good faith, and look less like o scries of gatc-money matches, than to travel ‘was cheered fu the wildest manner. At longth furious blows in the midst of horrible yells and cheera began to be dealt upon tho bourds et tho Inclosure, and they one after another hon_gavo way. ‘Two men rushed through tho rough door, and the guard rushed upon them with livid countenance, drawing hls revolyer. Wilaty tho intruders trivd to refreat, but just then o perfect stream begau to pour umnuih the threo or four holes that had been made in the inclosure, and the guard withdrew his threats and turned in confusion. The reporters, doctors, Sheriff, ox-Sherifl, and Ueputy Sherift hastened from the yard into the lttlo nunugu Which had besn ynade from tho {afl to the Iuclosury, the high walls trembled as though of meetiug of these gentlemon with the Buperv fug Architoct i observablo In tho letters whi ?‘lr‘ Hill and Mr. Mucilor have ic.. that hand is owned by M agent who {s trausferred from the Goveruwe survico to the service of the contractor, T 0 04 it 18 possible for two Eu papers to earing different signaturcs. wmeut oflicial seeused of neglect of 0 testimony of workmen employed dure wark as tnaking slceve-buttons was, to his After baving read all thess documents, es- peclally Mr. Mucller's lettor, a reporter called on him, stated the substance of the vapers, aud rm {f bie liad any obscrvations to maks “As1have no official communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, 1 do tot propose to pay any attentlon to what Mr, Hill has safd, He'is a clerk under thu Horrclnx?v and it is only have dealtngs, John M, Mueller and his agent, Mr, Mills, crsiwhile an employe In the office of the Bupcryising Architect.” Tho result ol the Flvcn to tha pub- The same hand {s obscrvablo in botb, and ir, Mille, the smart two papers arc us near alike in spirit oud fan- Here wo bavo the spectacle presented to the cotintry of a Govern- duty, labor- ing with a contractor, Whosu {uterests are Asthmn, ~Thoussnda of the worst enses of asthmn have boen roliered by nsing Jonas White comb's Remedy. In no case of purely asthmatic character haa it fsiled to giva rellef, CINCINXATY, Jan. U1, 1WTH.—Measrs. Joseph Burnelt & Co.. LomMon—GEXTLENEN: 1 am hlpg’ to bo able to recommend to those suffering fromtho aathma, voor valuable rellef, Jonas Whitcomb's Asthtna Remedy, 5o far as I have oeed 1t my statement concure with othore with whom I am familiar, as to the most favorable results derived from its use, J. N, Deax, Btudent at Cincinnatt Law College. e — ch Measrs. Woolrich & Co/t Will you please send me a case of Dr. Ridze's Patent Fool o the New England Hospital for Women and Children, 14 Warrenton. Doston. We find it so cxceilent in 1ta effects we do not lke to bo without it. M. E. ZARnzENsiA. Gole & Blockl, Agents, 85 Bauth Clark-st. snd Paler Uonse drog-store. e Charlos Ilefdsleck's ch-mr-rnu.‘rm Lol ular 8lilery snd the super-excellent ** Dry Meda), " #0 hichly apprecinted in England, Germany, and Russla, are belng constantly receivod by M. Emil Schultze, 33 Beave X Now York. VEGETINE For Dropsy, Cestiat Fatis, R 1., Oct. 10, 1877, R. RATEVEXS! 8 plessure to give my testimony for your medicine. 1 was alck for a Jony timo with Droney, under the doctor's care, e said It was Waltor betwaen the Heart and Liver, 1 received no benettt antil 1 commonced taking the Vegetine: in act, ¢ growinz worsn. 1 have tried many remedies; thoy did not help e, VEuETINE Iv tho medicine for Dropsy. an to feel botter after tacing & fow bottles, 1 have taken thirty boitles 18- ch ut be ba slaken Ly sn ocarthquake, there were us many | sround the country alter the_former fashion of by distinguished citizens of Chicago | of cutting . fio Investiated tho matter | dismetrically “opposed” to the iuterests | 1nsil. 18w perfectly well, —ncver felt bettar. No Deopla as could stand wpon. 1o callold, and | Uoldsmith Maid and kaucy, I named Chicago as | Do siasg :oumunl,'.‘,";:fiznfiu.fllflomfh, A | oo 1o Deprioent raveiying | of the Gosorument, to explaln away tiat | 008 AR feel tnore thankful than I do. vnly one sidv of the wall was now loft atauding, and this mnust soon glve way before the furfous blows that wero buing dealt upon {t. The fear was that, If this wero torn away, the eeaffold, with which it was connected, would also {fa1l, as well as the heavy tiinbers nl’ which the fuclosure was compostd, The Bheriff now rushed upon the scaffold and asked that the [:«opln be content, aud permit threo men whom e should designate to tear down tho rcmnlxxluz boards. This wna soon done, and all were satisfled except tho owners ot soyeral flg-rdnm in the surrounding lots, But Bheriff Ritchie Iuformod them that tho vounty would take carc of the expenses which tho citizens of the county had made. Criea wero pow indulged fu of “Dring ovut the nigger(” © flang tho black brutel” eto., and Bheriff Ritchlo came to tho front of the scaflold, saying; Urxvrexuxt Blost of you have by yoor votos electod o Shork of this county, and { know that nong of you domire that I xhould violats any of the laws, lm" \r{lnql o duty, the most conventent and sultable place for tho doclslon of so important s contest, * slr. Bexton seoms to have thouzat dlfferontly, and to have concluded that the aggregate door-receipts would be reator, aud his chonces of winning botter, it the games wero plaved In threo different citleg. Tomy mind the main ““"F 18 to bring about’s test of the relative abiliticaof the two plavers, and to effect this 1 am willing to walve minor points of 1uu.i- mont as to dotails. A falr game aud no favor s all that {s asked 1n behalf of Mr, Schaofer, and from what I know of Mr. Bexton's career 1 amn convinced that he is of tho same miud, With referenca to Mr, Sexton’s gratuitous assump- -tlon asto the choice of table Mr. Bchaeffer would mako were he not In tho einploy of a billlard. table manufacturer, I would say that tho very fact that ho wont so far out of his way to cast this unealied-for slur would to the minds of many peopio be a clear ludleation that Mr. Sex- ton hinsell was uot so untrammeled or go dis- intercated na ho would like to bave_ it appear. But all this is not to the purpose. Ihoreby an- a reply which he understood to meah that tho [ Begleet, and, =~ ab tbe same cxisting arrangemonts could not be altered, and that all that could be dona was to keep a shal lookout to see that Mucller did s duty, whict he bolleves was done. In regard to the cutting of tho chimucys, ho frequently interrogated McQuceney as to tho oxtraordinary time con- sumed, but got no satisfuctory answer. Bir. Prussing, who wos highly recommended, was, after a timo, put fu charge of the stone-cutting. Tho Suporintendent had reason to belleye Iy bis fotelligence and desirs to perforin his duties roperly, and knows of no iustauce whero ho renfi himself to snything linproper. The stone- cutting bad come to be reganded a8 a distinet matter, and Mr. Burling, owlng to his time being fully occupled with tho buildiug proper, had no opportunity to look after It as closcly as he would otherwise have done, In regard to sawing the atong, he discovered that more was done by the contractor than the Superintendent thought waa requisite, and the latter made out a schedule of what was required, which was for- ays that Mr, 8mith asscrts in bis report cvory effort was mado by the contractor ssistant SBuperintendent to delay the rOQT f tho work, lucresse the cost to tho uunlmmthnnd swell the recelpts of tho con- tractor,” 'This asatemwent, he says, Isabsolutely false; and a reading of it must have shown Alr, Freuch that Mr. Muallor was not referred to clther by name or us contractor, ncither {s any ong yoprosenting him referred to in o siugle line of the testimony., Thore were charges made, he says, about the workmen maoking sleeve-buttons, golng vachting, and piaying ball, and chA(x?zu thus made, after beina peddied out to bleago newspapers by thesa invostigators or their allics, wcro the theme of ponderous editorials and columns of locale; snd Mr. Smith points the Becrctary to too afildavits in proof of the charges, but the allidavits disclose sbsolutely not the remotest alluslon to_siceve-buttons, yuchunxl or ball-playing. Mr. Mueller has scen comment on this extruordinary spectacle, at a glance, not disprove the record aa written in the stos ‘They are, thercfore mn”l!!on‘ b tempt. “ Mr, Hill {a ruyment, aud thus requiriog bim icels on the steps of the Custom-iouse, Noveuiber, 1 had ki 9 iy n artlstle pair of slcove-buttous, sald to Lave | warded to Alr, Fotter for bt approval. A com- | travssctions with the Government as L knew in | €ough, and it strengtbens me. I am naw abla lo g shatl, w pormitted, 1 | nounce my acceptance, with_oue_excoption, of ;ve:lrcut byl\)me of his stono-cutters, but nothing | plete ‘chedula of tho stock Tor. Lo aitlc story | Pebruary, and kunow now, hie never wonid have "’," iy work.| Naves Liave found anyihlns Itke tho L ,‘“fi"""“\,‘ Bae o ovkivon. ,',f}."‘““' I,E‘.'fi‘ Mr. Bexton's proposltion of May 28, to-wit: of the kind was donoby hiadircction or su- | could not be made, because it was desired to usa | received & check signed by me, And it 1a prop- [ FRORTENE b} "“"M’:m“ P S e do. 838000 a8 ] har froi. lia, I ahail go fore Y il play M, Schasflar 4 matchigome, of 2,000 | thority, and he lo uo. wililng to nl;allgl\'u that pintta 1;:3-. uantity owonwn‘mn ¥as 0q o fig ::ffifi.lgnlx'v":fc?r"fivlfi; Jhat 11“-&.:"« " e e g poluts, Froach caroms, on 22 ablo, 2% ” eke rs, as conscientious s o et arders wi lven the Inspector to . 1] . . o ek ey pisdee; TomAqulat80d griatyy 1OEA3/000 & L4 br miareknil ihg Tecelpinfor adt | Mosara. Cooper and MeGuceney anpear 10 be | allow no sawin on ony stont Inspccted unless | faatter $0 tho Becrotary of tho Trensury, and | goy Sakteys i nourlsbingand strengihontos: pac uulor enves, @ one reaching Lhe 3, 600 Mes The speech was received with rounds of ap- frowm thelr aflidavits, would have allowed any- | it was useful, it being understood that sawine | having recelved therefor special orders, "It w! points st to be the wiuner of the motcl, I wauld i ¥ thiog of tho xind to be done during Lours of | was always . Hu bad no { thus buseen that 1 begun by questiouing John &::fif:fi?“ '.‘.‘},‘{,‘{,"‘{'q",",,'m{‘,:‘.":{‘c_“’{-h‘j"fi"‘fi Takkelt o condition that 1, D00 walnielie plvd 1n 1600F patd for by the Govorument. - fo doubts | knowlede f sny sawing that did ot come un- | M. Muellor, and contiied my {uvestlzaiious Putches wero ns follows: T ulpefll‘wly‘ r. BelinelTer and mysel totors for | iC &1 much timé, paid for by the Government, | dcr this rule. Bawing stqno lud siways | until the frauds upou the Goverumeul were 1o cholce of tal and city for the bas beon wasted i this woy as actually has oints, tho luser of this choice Lo Smith compelliog workmen supervision to wait around in compliance with bis un- precedentea and unauthorized method of vro- tectiug his persounl interests ss dlsbursing sgent. thousand the _privi- joge of naming the tablo and one of the two ros maining cities for tho second thousand polnts, sud tbo third thousand paints 1o be plsyed fn the re- malning city, ot & table the cholco of which whall Vo lossed for, The oxmrllnn Imake s {n roference to that been done, ond had wet with' tho aporoval of the Depurtmeut, In 1570 Lewas directed by the Devartcnt to mnake a scttlement with Mucller for sawlng In stock size fustead of vet size, except in sngles formed by sawn faces. He had to chargy stone 1o the batlding figured according to a diagram sent bin from the Do- Gov, T Al Blshop, Columbus, 0.t A mob §1 0,000 poplo uve i.f’,{“, vown h:lh taclusure, 0 not baog him publici oy wi ur down o fall. Aoswer Ilnmndluu’ly. 2 Jaues Rircuix, dur] ottieis! is such @ sourco of sorrow and humitlation the flrst uinety duys ot beon wastod by Alr. under Mr. Burling! Tha renly read: Cotuunya, O., May H1—11:48 o'clock—James o7 Hehtand Sher\yf 2 : TERSONAL. partment, elghth of 1 per cont for doing so. 1t is a ver, tente, o N e oty gRxio "‘“:‘:;j{, a"-,_f,‘::g:,‘:‘a"f,‘;’}’“&_fi"w'gfilfic;:‘: JSome of my men have sorietimes tnulged in ! as 1o aum excessive cost | suisl | busluces, fonl yuu brin It hmiqulllt:'nx ma eal [l ! playing " aiso, out it haw bees & wiedge of ‘arithmetic, you w i slminl et totne tucloaure, | {00t e thais atako. 1t will bu s6on | dube avces and with Tho bonden. of the Govern: | Of the workau thia cutting, independent of the | yuut ErowIK . scoshat uov, Uovaraor. . wrong systen, & part of {t was duc to orders mien| manner a8 when 1men Lavo Promptly at the cxplration of the twenty | OB refoction, that such & plan might involve | mients suent, In like manneras whes 1nen LANC | which scemed tobo pecessary to protect tho | of the ouchers ald by me, was 88045, TIxapACUE. ~There sre varlous canses for head- tho playlug of four gemes, OF evin more, to 3 Governmont, but which worked badly, Tho | this I sbalt Taponl at lclaaros schie, s derangement of the elrealating systew, of ?::fl‘fl&:fi:&offlfil:flfl ;‘l‘rfi%‘:«:;l.chl‘(lah:hl]s“l& ductle thg luatch, 1t woukd “,u"""y require | of tmobe ';:!fiu::rlfa.rmllll-‘;: e fi:u(;m’.mfl'?: rulo that "workmen. sbould bo ydocked +3r. Mucller's excussive bitterness may bo [ the divestive oreune, of the narvuus Syatem, sic. companied l»xy all the Sheri's assistants, tho "}“'“r_"‘“;“ a“l'f:"g"f;"g,“‘;{,‘ etraighe ,“m‘:‘: ust possible tlal capod | for stones spoiled by thew made them xorm}-cu »&E«m :1‘.1“ uudcmondn ‘:Im hio s tights Y,f,‘;;':f,,'.,:‘,;‘,";,:" {toba s auro rowudy ot the Caliuers,, jone. 10, e PR o | gnmnhnl 1,000 w‘:fln n:fih :lm:lldg bo p‘[:yn?. pisyiugy whea b ould babu beou at works bib | coutract which offered the contractor & would ot 20 d for tho extras which ,".‘}",'.'",‘,?,'fif“'.‘fl‘;‘ Wihiess) Nfi‘u’ ditlculty - that o possage-way wes kepe [0 tho man susking tho larcest sgareuatd | 1 novas heard of such s cavo, and i mo o wfuin to lncreasa {ts cost and thuroby to | o hos already preseuted to the Govermment, | Wy score in the three game: the match aud the malo stuke. 1 bave this day deposited 81,000 with the First Natloual Bank 6f Gbicago to cover Mr, Bexton's Lnit forfelt to a lko amount, and promptly upon the sclection of 8 finul stakeholder to act for the cantlre mutch I will put up the remaln- sier (o prove that Willlam llenry Smith has not oted an aversge of two hours perday to his oficlal dutle: nce his accession to the office of Collector of Customant tho port of Chicago than that the Uovernment bas pald fora 's fume of any stonecuttor angaged i chtlug** ‘or ** ball. " and that, whils the stunccutters had no open thropgh the crowd, but st length the Bcaffold waw reached aud ascended. This was the flrgt timo_the prisoncr had secn the uoylight i Qays, and he Jooked sbout him wupon tho crowd o & tnanner that betrayed both curiosity and won- Lis profits, ‘The workwen employed “took ad- vanisge of the situation; snd, by concerted actlon, clrcumyented the time-keepers In ever: possible manuver, Asto thoe chlimney-tops urus, they were the last work doiie on the bullding, ‘and the workmen, with moro than Mills, Burliog sa. not at all_unlikl! , he found it usel ment ou account of its lIpomu-y. exposure of the Ring, e tood perfet cu of revepue than the wages earncd | thoir usual cuuulng, protracted the work sa | agood chance of continuiug to draw several fl:f::;zflflh#&; A srtased 1o have boug | lme 81000, { wouia augeest & meating st the Ghem . on this . work, Wil Hewry | L0 SToLber “Tho Buperiatendent. did tho | lafge suma from the Treasury. ‘Tho disappoar- diflietity 10 breathing, ond, to assist b, beld | €artiest possible date butween Messrs. Sexton | Sumith ‘tthe nervo™ “lo drew & 187€9 | 1ot 'ho could to hurry up the work, wud Hoally | suceof much fatness is evough to make a man Is mouth wide open, Ilig i srched | 80d Bchaeffer 10 arTange e¢ to stakeholder, date | salary frum the Governmont, 2od yet take ero took the stones from the workmeu in oo un- | lose bis temper. In thts raid, Mr. Hul Las a ol games, choico of tables, ets,, wnd would | suliclent ' time ta render services 10 FOWAL | fighod state, Of the extra cost of the par- | kindly conscutcd to tako a purt, while offeriug Bt B b mur Vosnop, | bame tho Palier touse at 5 o'elock to-morrow | pavers, for which services thep oay s 85,900 ket | Lliae” fob *ho' could know. notbink until | 0 tha Secretary a defeute of bis own eonduct, sfternoon, June 1, as the time and place of such udjusted tho black cap, and, ICWK}I-H{ over, ad- evolved from patiant {uvestigation of frregularities | tha work was fully completed. The atones e u 3 meetog, - Very resycctlully, Ta the custonss service, and_ adopted by your De- | for the main cornice required s jargo amount | repors I wrots to the Becretary of the | , VBOSTIXElea great panaces for our sgod fathers fised, tho strap abelat Ha ‘anitew Blrit g M. Dawsrnarx, | | Jhikiiecs, that - Jycaaot bo doubied that &5 003 | of work to. reduce thoui A8 tho stock Ba | Tfensury wis & Drivits revort, o for ie | §amothem, for It gwes thew sirougts, yulets *#Edward Woob, bavo you anything to sayt | Ofthe J. M. Drunswick & Batke Conipavy, 47804 | cer has n right to take at will the tiue wot 8part | been inupected aud pald for by the Goverumeut | information and at his suggestion. Tho ¥ 40 Siate street, Chicago, b —— BASE BALL. Eniz, Pa., May 31.—Dase bull: Erlos, §; Bluo- for public duty fur bis own purpas lut Whham Renry Smith l?ulll hnpartial 1o tho distribution of bis charyesof fraud. Having disposcd of e by referring 1o what th aflidavits rvallegod 10 say in regard Lo **cuttiug sicores e doowed wan appedred not to Leur what :‘;u Lnlld. end no chuugo of expression cue er ki, Tho Ber!® remarked: *He bas nothlog to the stoncs bad to be cut, Hogave in 1678 in- structions that no stock should bo cut fu excess of au fuch ou thy schedulo thickness, but this order was Doctor's Report. sav, Proceal” Btockiugs, of Genova, 0. buttons, yschting, snd ball-playiug,” he bears MADE NUGATORY BY OENERAL INSTRUCTIONS s susceptible of proof, 4 Tha lov, Br, Bray (colorod) then read a short oo D) u.," BL.~Base ball: Manches- | duwn sbin 1ho Supervlsing Krcuoctfa tho ful- | received ahortly fiorwards from tho Suberyle- [ o1t 1s also 8 cuuso for grict to Musllcr that ki, B0 fosa vl yous vduabio Passage of Beripture, buglonlugs “Evory one | terw, 5; U ), & lowing languauet '"L. vouchers "1:17 mu‘w fog Architect, - He seut every wonth to tue De- | the nMn‘a- Yorl 8 been Inquf ‘lulub P | veyqting three yoars, and we dud that It gives per- L us shall give a0 dccogut to- (o, and the | “RocHxersty Msy 8L—Dase ball; Tocumsebs, | Wasbington, showing the smount pald for sawing | purtment a full report of all oborations, accomu- | fesslunal newspaper-men. Liko Bon Butler, bu | fecf satlafaction. s bejove 14 ta be the best Rev. Frank of the Congregational | 8; Lodhoaters, 1. -n-lenunz-llgf fl;"‘“‘g‘;‘g{":{ "; J.‘"E‘f. ;gr;l.‘;fi; pavied with s spoclal report of one stono for | baaa contempt for newspapers. Thls griet Is | blood-purifir now sold. = Very reapecttally, Church, offcred g very bricf preyer | Pirrssuke, My 81, —Alleghonys, 1; Forest f‘"‘;x"""‘ nd ,',:d"h‘;;nw.m, tne. ';“wwmm, esch kind cut and finished during the | not sbared evverslly by the tax-payiug public, DR, J. E. BRUOWN & CO., unn{m Tho scrvices wero vondquctid ja tho mldst of tho | Cit % 0 Ten inninga. vy A pubordiatus. An afciont and bonust | wonth, Eivlng tlo nuncndnl tho cutters, | und dt;;»mnlg( ot cusa lby __ Uniontown, Ky. }‘[:?W\;hxmguflon tngelnable, Btreams of live ‘Wohsinaron, I Moy 9L—Base-ball: Davea- | oticer upos belug wads scqualaled with the fraudy B e, i | s it mation, afor oo e 99 | - Vrosriue bas nover failed to ofuct & cure, glviog the m!!ol&.m.Anll ,&‘5,'“'2? l‘l:lump?llu:'md voris, 10; C |u(fl1flfl. Would bave refuscd payment and taken bis chancos | was rf&ulud 10 give. Tho atlidavits state that | walting, the rootless structury on Clark strect, :".::.“"l strvogth 1o the system debilitated by dis- miltary were futls to keep them back. & R a3 fu tho courts, 1 not posscssod of sutlicient nurve | the faclng of thu rough stock for bed-work | They kuow that tbe reason the building is pot ——— They wero simply crazed with excitement. THX OAR. for tls,* elc., sle. 5 would be from 10 to 13 cents per superfcial | comleted 18 not Lecause of a lack ot money, VEGETIINE Tut fap of tha bluck cup was placed over the | WATEINS, N. Y., May 31 —Tho socond beat fn | _ It sprarcuily sarves William Henry Smith's pur. The correctness of this statomcut be do- | but of the lbsatiablo grecd of the Ring. oy s face, ung the spriug touched. Tho neavy body | the four-oared representative race was won by f:‘:'n:lnenfl:m-r‘-‘:z’fl m"“‘j‘,’:."m oAl i Gy nd tokes exceptions to sowe of the per- [ nowspaper-nen u?‘lwut (ul woralize on the reparcd by 1ell with & thud, Lu which the sharp erack of tho | Bhowsecamettos in 7:30%. Tho Watkins cfew mvml The Goverament, 1o wbolly {guoro ‘fi. fol- | sous who iuake theso atlidavits. iia relations | weaknessos of mavkind, avd 1 aw woved to re- | B, R, STEVENS; Boston, Mass, Deckin breaking wasdlistinctly bgard. [u falling, the kngh, which - bad been aifusted 35 Lsuad uuder tho lett car, slipped around directly with the contractor bave been almost eutlrel of an uvofficlal vature. Indefeasc of blmsclt agaiust un fwplicd chargo of collusion with thag wers threequarters of 3 luogth bekiad, and the l‘-";ummu. a lougetor iwo lu the suar of the utkdos, wark on w frequuntly observed effeet. [ t *youchers' walch b notfee that whebever rascality is uncarthod Iuwln{ facts: t says Pan huneat aud clliciunt oiicer ™ would b to pay aropaid by tho disburulog time, tomako out a case forthe contractor agalust Uovermment. It ia hundly vecessury for me to your roaders will be able to see its stenliicanco " As to tho bricks which these gentlemen throw at ine, alt I have to say s that they do books, and other fucts collated by the Cow- 1nissfon for the fuformation of the Becretary, of no importance, and’I tu pass by such assaults with con- eved that T should pay upon youchers created by him, ond recelve theretor n commission, Mr. Mucller I8 gricved from the suue cause, and for the edditional offeuso of my haviug calied for thucontracts beturo naking to cool his cun say to Mr, Mucller that 11, fu October and nown as much sbout lis lull{ doveloped, Tho fuquirfes which 1 made u I service led to tha Investigation whic Muelier and HilL. I confess that it was ungrea. clous to call in question the honvsty ol thess men, aud then sceept the colnmission of one- ithe uxact comtnlislon ou §43,853.23, the unulxfi sud which are” being cngloeered by his oy that, as Supt, 38 to contend with thu utuence of Mr. Mills fn_the Depar But for this ueller would bavo stood “*Fioally, it should bo borne 1n inind that thy couteuts of that report were given out forw consideration by some one conuected with the Bupervising Architect's department. No ouo here 18 respoosible for the publication, aud this d the vlaus of ruscals ary futerfered with Ly tho 1am, desrslr, mlulnh{‘yfinr‘hmu"am VEarrive,~When the blood becomea llfelesy and staguant, elter from change of weather or of climale, want of exerclee, irrcgular diet, or from any other cause, the VEuTINE will ronew (he blood, carry off the putrid humars, eleanss the atomach, regulute the bowels, and fmpsrt a tone of vizur to the whole body. * VEGETINE For Kidney Complaint and Nervous Debility. nono, Ma., Dee. 28, 1877, Mn. StevExs: Dean Sin—1 bad had a cough for eightosn yea: when 1 cominenced taking the Vearrise, 1 very low: my syatem was ucbilitatad by disoss Dbad the Kiduey Complaint, snd was very norvous, —cough bad, lungs sore. "When 1 had taken ons bottle 1 found it was helplog me; it hea helped my no i fies the Llood, regulates the bowels, quicts the nervous systons, acts directly upon the secrotions, snd arvuscs tha whols ¥ystum to action. f VEGETINE For Sick Headache. Hvaxsviees, Ind., Jan. 1, 1878, Mg, Brevexs: DranSin-1 bave used {lfllr\'lfllfl!l for 8ick Headache, snd been greally benefitod theroby. 1 buve every reason Lo bolieve it to be 8 guod medi~ cine. Yours very respocttull MRS, JAMES CON Al o i, a1 Thirdea, wever regrot VEGETINE Doctor's Report. Da. Cras. M. DUbvEXUAUSEX, Apothecary, vansville, Ind, The Doctor writes: 1 have & larre uumber of goud customers who take Vegeting, Thoy all speak well of it. 1 know It Is & good medicine for the complaints for whigh it is recommonded. T 3 VEGETINE Vozotino is Sold by All Drugeists, SILKS. . West T Dy Goots Hoiss, Madison & Peoria-sts, bargains in SILKS Are well worthy the imme- diate attention of purchasers: 40 pes. Blk, Lyons Gros Grain Silks, rich lustre, hieavy large grain; sold last season at $1.40, we offerat 86e. Ono ease BIk, Gros Grains, all silk, hargain, Gae. 5ie The following extraordinary Large lot elegant quality Lyons Blk. @iros Graing, very hieavy and rich; sold not. leng sines at $1.655 now offered at $1.00, Line of good shade Colored Silks at 76e. (lood Meawy Col'd Gros Grains at $1. Lot of wide and specially rieh Lyons Col’d Gros Grains at $1.25, Tine of Fancy Silks at 50e. Choice new Style Summer Silks ab 65 and 7oe. CARSON PIRIE & CO. CRE A, CILOCKEIY, Lt Co BURLEY & TYRRELL, 83 & 85 State-st., Invite tho attention of HOUSEKEEPERN TO THBIR COMPLETE STCCK Crockery, China, Glassware, Table Cutlery, and Silver-Plated Goods. New Styles—Recent Tmportations, instruments. turing Or bled to gl Sole Agents far MATRUSHEK, HAZELTON BROS.' AND DEGKER PIANOS Also PELTON & POMEROY ORGANS, We respectfully Invite the attention of dealers, and wll others wishing to purchase Planos or Orgaus, to the above calobrat Our facilitles for manufa AT LOWEST RATES. PELTON & POMEROY s ure such that we are vnu- extraordinary Inducements. Any partios wishing to purchase will find it to tholr Interest to write us at once for SLLUSTRATED CATALOGUES anid Price Lists, with fall particulars, which will be sent froe upon application, PELTON & POMEROY, Offico and Warerooms ¢ 150 & 162 State 8t.. CHICAAD 777, e WINES, SOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITEDSTATES Alro and Edcil Agents for MARTELL & CO. COUNAC it & CO. BORDEAUX, T NPOUKHOLDERN MELTING, &EE; 'Jfir; Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company, l\o 52 Wall-st,, NEW T [esting of tha hiocl Boiers o e Compgoy tor the. Eieetion of Dir 8 transaction of aucl pursusnt Lo law, an 1d thuoting, wil s nay cours befory Company, fa Chirags, on usuuas at the Ofice uf th DAY, the éth of civse . and ohenon will authcuticale M, L. SYRES, fort 8 Col June nezt, 5, on 3 the! Jr., Becrotary. T UIIT:A‘Y.V\I'?&( u RN e o e Baian rozlutratl (B, Tronident. ORK, April 34, 1575, kiiolders and Honds o cf ) bo THU 22 OFFICE_CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AX PACIFIC RAILROAD €0, Aprit 22, 1878, ‘The Annual eeting of the Btockhalders of the cago, Rock Island & 'scite Rallroad Co., for the clee- tivn of Dirgctors parsuact 10 law, and tho transsction of such other busiaeas 83 may come beforo thow, will be lield at she oftice of 1he Compaay In tne city of Chl- c8go, oa o'clock & m. Mk Wige. Tho Kiagof Foods P T e e et derful utifiive slomac] other f fut i ot reto Dyspeptica andtlie w duesdsy, the 6ih day of June nuxt, st 1 HUGU MIDDLE, Prestdeat. ¥. 1I, TOWS. Secretary. ARBENDS KUMYSS o original and 2 0f Wour Wer, gratatul 10 the s dellcate myed., Mark: Sature does ot ln"mldrugl {s‘e&%n:‘x .tt‘lcnllm 71 = Origioator of Kumyialn America. LT makes blood reg bealis when wipdiclues fail. georally, abould drink Ku: make fesh snd blood uts. Oalydee N, ] No RUSSIA I:AI.VI:. ¢ USE RBDDING'S RUSSIA SALVE olate Vrssitalas, Batt r Flesh Woun, outs, and ail &) balyu i Lo w & ., dCuari Bores, Sore sndatrengtn w vl g 3 DRSS, sotant et KEDBINY Doston, Mase