Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1878, Page 3

3 e fit 10 g . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY., NOVEMBER 24, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE VICTIMS. bbard, Burling, Prussing, Etc., L Appear in Court Bail to Answer the Charges Give bod Against Them. ° | Test of the Indictment Found Against the Custom-Honse People. es Charged Against Reg- 5 orer rs Hibbard and Crain. 1ste’ ‘Bange’ Eplanation of the Unre- gt 8 Perjury Indictment. turnel GIVING BAIL. THE CHICAGOANS ALL AI'TEAR. pablication fu udvance of the names of the gentlemen 10 be presented Dby the late Gnd Jury had the effect, among other things, ing tbem for the fortune in store for o , snd giving them abundant opportumty wlook up their sureties. The mon-residents ;re pot 85 yet beeu heard from directly, but ‘eidents indicted bave come to the serateh cand of their owu accord, and with a omptness which was calculated to inspire ad- Fesion u everybody except, perbaps, the Piied States Marshal, whose fees rather sut- by this exhibition of preparedness. ‘Promptly on the assembling of court yester- gy morning at 10 o’clock there appeared betore Juige Blodgett’s bar Edward + Burling, ex- seperintendent of the new Custom-touse; Foaer 5. tlibbard, Register fn Bankruptcy for and Joseph A. Crain, the Register . The fisdistrict; A g 1 Freeport. George C. Prussing sat in the taskeround, waiting for his sureties, who were ot quite 50 prompt as himself. BURLING. 3ir. Charles H. Reed appeared for Mr. Burling, 1d made the explanatory statement that he raderstood there was an indictment against his ient; which had been returned the previous eraing by the Grand Jury. He was toid that s information was correct, whereupon be said gt r. Burliog was prepared to furnish gl Tbe Court fixed the amount at $5,000, dthe papers were made out in the name of Edvard Burliog 35 principal, and Ezra B. Me- Cagg and Jobn M. Ewing as securities. MUKLLEE AND MILLS. Abont this time Alr. ‘Thomas Hoyne stepped forward and stated that, as the representative {fesers. Muaeller aud Mills, who were in an adjoining State, he was prepared to say that he 2ot write to_ them immddiately and secure {heir early attendscce; or,if the cause of justice required it, 8 warrant could be sent out after Them. The opinion of the Court and the Dis- 1rict Attomey Was that a letter would answer the purpose, and M. Hoyne gave his word that 1hey would respond in person in the course of a dsy or so—most probably by Monday afternvon. BEGISTER HIBBARD addressed the Judge at this poiot, remarking that he had inferred from the morning papers that be was indicted. If this were the fact, he was prepared, with his sureties, to furnish any smount of bail that might be required. The Court replied that the amount of the bond bad been fixed at §1,000. yir. Hibbard thercupon produced Mr. Jobn B.Dunliam snd Mr. Jubin R. Walshe, who, witn Emself, sicued the bond. After this matter ad been disposed of, Mr. Hibbard, again ad- gessing the Court, said he wounld like to Mrea bearing at the earliest possible day. Judge Blodgett replied that thar could onlvy bewhen there was a jury in the District Court, e present jury being for the Circait Court. Alr. Reed broize in at this point and inquired when that would be. His client, he said, was 80 very anxious for a speedy trial. The Court replied that it'would pe after the allof the second cslenaar. This svpeared to be tolerably satisfactory to the defendants, eager for a trial, and they With- drew from the judicial presence. MR. JOSEXH CRALY, the Fresport Register, came forward st this int, and, in accordance with toe Court’s di- his own personal..recognizance.was taken in the eum of 3500. From all of which it ¥mid sppear that the Court has unbounded cnfidence in Ar. Crain’s intention to come for- . werdwhen wanted. PRUSSING. After some Jelay, Ar. Prussing’s bondsmen, r. Georgesichneider and Mr. August Bauer, ameinto the court-room, and the papers were : mdeoutin the sum of $5,000, Mr. Henry T. Rogers appearing as the defendant’s counsel. . Burling made his exit from the building before the ever-present newspaper man could et in a word with him. His compauion in mis- fortune, Mr. Prussing, appeared someiwhat an- noyed at the issue of affairs, but notin 1he least dupirited. He bad notbing toofferin the way of 4 refutation of the charzes uzainst him save woat appeared in bis affidavits last summer dur- iethe preliminary inauiry by Messrs. Smith and Taomeon. What he had to say for himself would appear clearly set forth therein, and to those cumprehensive statements and those K:rmm denials of any wrong-doing; on his part badnothing to add. All tbat’ he desired 0% was & speedy and fair tria), as to the issue of which he felt no misgivings whatever. THE REGISTER. The reporter had a quict little chat with Register Hibbard in his oftice, and the topic of conversation was, of course, the resalts of the Jury’s work so faras it related tohimself. Ar. bibbard evidently feels, and rather keeoly 100, the unavoidable stigmu which accorupanies thefact of an indictment hanging over one’s and regrets the aunoyance to 3 it will naturally subject him. Bz for ali that he says he nas the sexs couscia recti 10 buoy bim up, and looks for- wnd to his heln_ng without the slightest doubt ;:x b will bring with it & triamphant ac- u"Dn 700 know what they charge me with?” sked the reporter, after the conversation b ed some few minutes. mmnmner gaye his imnpressions ot what ¢fadlctment contained. % TYes; they charge me with taking illegal fees ‘}h;n;mfi: \)é just $18.50. That’s all."” what bave you to say regarding this m;x}mn_vl aneried the interflcywfi m,‘“! my charges are lezal, every one of ~Will yon pl gty o> Plesse go fnto the matter more Mi‘unn objection to that, since the matter i become 50 public. The fndictmeut, as_you ml;fl: soectfies one item in one case, five in emu’. andonein another, and J claim that ey 0oe of those items is Jezal and warranted, Mmhrvwhlch it was charged have case, the Now, 8s to two items in oue g beBar Association Committee said _in mflm':&mlu: sommer the services were not now beg Whether they were or not, cannot that T htflnimynsccrmined. But I maintain in four Ve Dol personally made 8 single fee-bill Menor % Bor have I been able to_give my ity :‘w that kind of duty, but have intrst- wlnm?’h ¥hom I believe to be competent o le. When the Bur Association pro- ir repor:_these various fee-bills £iued thereln, and T guw them there for the hun“& 1 thereupon made = caretul exam- Toung into the fees of these several cases and o atin every single case more items, '&mm authorized by law bad been omit- n n‘gn:m wer« items to which the Com- W‘:umcd—eren if the Committee were e thelr decision as to the fees charged. the gy 0 PO: admit. Of course, in intrusting dielyay g of fee-bills to my clerks, I do pre- triet. o £ame thinur thar the Clerk of the Dis- 3 lirgs urt does, and as evers Clerk who has Myaae business must do. Auother poiaL: “tige Otion Lins never vet been. called to a hmm:w;a ;n)'b!ce-l:ill, beyoud l;ro gr t!);rec t by the report of the-Bar- fsociatiin_ Commitice. No bankrupt, 1o ai- m'{ifl merchant, or other person, to my ol oy oty bas eser made a qomplaint to any the -Q)“Mnor officers, including the Clerk of siaryourt: I have been the Kegister now for Dave i€ Years, and for nearly all that time I ’dl-lrzed the same fees which | am charging ‘»mma‘ w(l}llnh I mh“i it my duty ‘m o charze uotil gome decision theCow:n.! :Sr;me lboe th;:]comn\ry. thnve o number of Jawyers to take my anhfi the court for examination and cor- they \\'cfl; in error, but no attorney “The G, 0 this.™ Isteng aud Jury secms to have been selected "% o the Court. anty g KInd of 2 way is that to reassess a ey ] believe that all the items cas- ""ved{ arged in my fec-bill have been ap- Epeciat g, the weneral practice here and by the qwnfiluus of the courts before which the the Bay becn raised. I am confident that Chicag, Betcralls, as well as the merchavte of bear 1o 'ho have had business in my oftice, will berg © € out in suying that in ereat num- dees LS fustances’ even Jess “ihan _legal have “been charged; nnv; I had im- = wntl the Teport of the Bar John Association Committec was made, that I had ziven greneral satisfaction in the administration of the affairs of the oflice. I have examined the {ee-bills of agreat numberof Registers invarlons parts of the country, and I believe that the fees charged by mé were less than the averawe of ;l;:»:z hich tues clarwed, and aieh iess thay heir fee-bills that hac N APProve: by their courts." Aibes apn i Reeister Crain was somewhat exercised over the Lill found against him, but appeared to take adeal of comfort in the thought that all the Grand Jury could complain of amounted, when put toether, to just $15. The jury seemed to find especinl fault with him beeause he charged 0s they allered, $10 for copying schedules, which, in their opinion, was a little steep. He waintained that it was not extrayagant by sov manner of means, as he would show Wwhen called upon to do so. As to the other items charged by him. he claimed that they trere strictly legal, and that he could substantiate that statement also when_the time came. Ile evidently feit thut he did not oceupy a very serious situation, in view of the fact that all the jury could bring against him was a matter of $15. and the Court had taken his own personal Tecognizance iu licu of sureties. . WHEATON. During the afternvou Alexander Wheaton, one of the smaller fry in the Custown-Ilouse string ol fish, came in‘and gave bail in the sum of. €1,500, with Jobn Angus and * Uncle Billy MeNeil, the brivk contracters, as his surcties. THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. FULL TEXT OF THE INDICTMENT. Following is the iudictment against Mueller, Mills, Hill, Potter, Reed, Burling, Prussing, and Wheaton: Inthe District Court of the United Statesof Amenica for the Northern District of Hhinois, Of the October term. in the year of our Lord eightecn bundred and seventy-eight. The Northern Dis- trict of Illinois, S. N. The Grand Jurors for the United States of America, inquiring for the Northern District of Jilinois, upon their osthix, present that Jolm M. Mueller, 3. G Mills (whodChristian name to the Jurors aforesaid 18 unknown), Jumes G. Hill, Ed- wardBurling, George C. Prussinz, William Al Potter, Georse Reed, A. C. Wheaton (whose Christian nume to the jurorsaforesaid isunknown), and divers other persous (o the jurors aforesaid unknown, on the 13t day of Septetnoer, in the year of vur Lord eighteen hundred and seventy-six, at the City of Chicago, in the District aforesaid, un- lawfolly devising, contriving, and intending to defraud the said United States of divers moneys of the said United States, did unlawfully conspire, combine, confederate, und agree togetner to de- fraud the said Umited States of divers moneys, 1o wit: Eight hundred and fifty tnousund dollars of the moneys of the United States aforesaid by then and there obtaining of and from the suid U States for stone furnished by the said John M. Muellet for the construction of the new Custom- Ilouse, Court-House, and Post-Utice building st Chicazo in #uid district, sud of inferior quality and unfit for the purpokes for which furnished, and not of the best quality, to be obtained frow thie quarry from which furnished, aud of divers colors und full of flaws, stains, and discoloring matter, payment s and for stone of the best quality to be obtained fromi the quarry aforesaid and fit for the purpose for which furnished and of uniform color and frec from flaws, staing, and discoloring matter; and by their a1d obtuining of aud from the United States for sawing of said stone furnished by saia Joho M. Mueller. and not by and on bebalf of the said United States, found necessury to be doue, payment. 28 und for sawing aforesaid found necessary by and on behalf of the sald United States; and by then and there obtaining of und from the said Unitea States for pretended labor not furnished and not performed in cutting, carving, and dressing said stone furnished by said John M. Mueller, puyent as and for labor furnishea and perfornied in cut- ting. carving, ond dressing the stone aforcsaid; and by tnen and there obraining of and from the sad United States, for hauling and transportation of esid stone furnished as aforesald, payment again after said hauling and transperiation had been paid for by the said United States; and by thew aud there obtaining of and from the said United States payment upon a faise measurement s0d over-measurement of Lo sawe for said stone furnished a3 aforessid. And that. to etfect the object of said couspiricy, combination, confed- eracy, and agreement fogether, aud 'in_pur- suance thereof, the said John M. Muel- and . S. Mills (whose Christian name to the jorors aforesaid is unknown), on the 10th day of September, in the yearof our Lord 1676, and on divera other days therearter and be- fore the finding of this oill of indictinent, at the said city in the said district, did make and cause 10 be mude, and prezent and cause 1o be presented for upproval and payment to and by the Secretary of the Treusury, and the Collector of Customs for the collection district of Chicago, then and there acting a8 disbursinz azent for the payment of moneys appropriated for the conatruction of Custom-touses, Court-Houses, ana Post-Oflices in the collection district aforesaid, aud the Superin- tendent of Construction of said mew Custom- House, Conrt-House, and —Post-Office ; build- oy (said Sccretary and Collector acting ay” disbursing ogent 2s aforcsaid and Super- intendent, then ana there being officers and persons in the civil service of the suid United States), divers ralsc. ond fraugulentciating of said AMaeller upon and azainst the GoverAmient of the said Umited tates aud the Treasary Depart- ment thereof, for payment for said stone by said John M. Mueiler furnished as uforesaid for the coustruction of said new Custom-llouse, Court- House, snd Post-Ofice building, and that said claims ond every of them were then and there for payment for said stone last aforesaid uccording to the terms of & ceriain contract mad: and entered into byand between tae said United States and said Jobn M. Mueller, whereoy then and there payment was to be made only for stone of the best quality 1o be obtained from the quarry aforesaid, and of uniform color and free from fiaws, stain, and discoloring matter, and fit for the purpose for which furnished; aod that eaid claims and every of them then aud there purported to be and were presented as aforesaid as for payment for stone of the best quality to be ootsined “from the quarry aforesasid and of uniform color and frec from flaws, etains, and discolonng matter and ficfor the parpose for which farnished, ‘whereaa in truth and in fact as they, thesaid Jobn AL Muclier and A. G. Milis (whose Christian name to the jurors aforcsaid 18 ungnown) then and there well knew said clsims and every of them were then and there for payment as aforesuid for snid stone furmshed a8 aforesaid, 2nd not of the best quality to be _obtained 1rom the quarry aforesaid, and not of uniform color, and not free from fluws, Stamns, and unfit. for the purposcs for which fur- nished, and of divers colors und fuil of ilaws, stains, and uiscoloring matter; thus the sid John M. Mueller and A. G. Mille (whose Cliriatiau name 10 tlie jurors aforcsaid is unknown) then and there well knowinz suid cinims and every of them to_be then and there fulse and fraudulent ss aforesaid. ‘And that further to effect the object of said con- spiracy, comoination. confederacy. aud agree- menttogether and in_pursuance thercof, the said James G. Ihll, Edward Burling, and George C. Prussing, on_the 10th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1876, and on divers other days Thereafterand before the finding of this bill of in- Giciment. at the city aforessid, in the district foresaid, did certify to and approve and aid in causing and procuring to_be approved for the said Tuited: States, ana paid on benaif of the raid United States. the aloreend claims and every of them, they, the said Juues G, Hill, Edward Burl- ing, and George C. Prussing, toenand there, well Enowing said clamms and every of them to_be then and tnere falsc and fraudulent as aforesuid. ‘And that further to effect the object of eaid con- spiracy, combination, confederucy and acreement togethier, and in prsuance thereof. the eaid Jomes GUHiN, Edward surhing, and George C. Prussing, on the 10th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1876, and on divers other days thereafter and before the tinding of this bill of indictment, at the city aforesaid, 1 the district aforesaid, did re- Geive, accept, and approve. and cause aud procure to be recewved, accepted, and approved, for the £aid United States, the said stone by ¥aid John M. Mueller, furnished as aforesaid, and then and there not of the best auulity to be obuined from the quarry aforessid, and not of uniform color, and mat free from flaws, stains, and discolorin atter, and unfit for the purpose for which fur- Mished, una of divers cofors and full of flaws; ns, and discoloring matter, ae and for slone the Dest quality to be obtamed , and_of uniform color and discoloring matter of from the quarry aforesai and fre from flawe, stains, 8 ftfor the purpouse for which furnished, they. the . Hill, Edward Burling, and George ’c’.‘%,’é’”"‘”; ihen ‘ond_there, well knowing the said stone as aforesaid, received, accepted, and approved ana_caused and procured to be reccived, étepted, and approved, to be_then and there not of the bext quality to be obtained from the quarry Sforesaid und not. of uniform color. and not free from flaws, stains, ond discoloring motter and unfit for the purpose for which farnised. and of Sivers colors and full of Haws, stains, and dis- colorinz matter. ; ‘And that further to effect the object of eaid con- epicacy, combination, confederacy. and agrecment thgethicr aad 1n pursuance thercof, tbe said Jolin M- Mueller and A. G. Mills (whose Christian nome to the jurors aforesaid is unknown), on the tenth day of “September, 1n the year of our Lord CiThtecn hundred ang seventy-six, and on divers Sther days thereafter and before the finding this vill of indictment at the city aforesaid, in the district Sforesuid, did make and cause to be made, and Dresent and cause 10 bo prescated for approval and payment to and by_the Secretary of the Treasury, T4 Collector of Customs for the collection dix- trict of Chicago, then and there dispursing _ agent the pavment of moncy appropristed for the construction of Custom-1louses, Court-louses, and Post-Ottices in the collection district aforesaid, and the Superin- fendent of Construction of said ‘new Custom- House, . Court-louse, und Post-Otlice building (said " Secretury-Collector actiug a3 _disbursing agent as aforessid. and Superiniendent then und thore being officers and persons in tne civil service of tne said United States), and divers other false ond fraudulent cloims' of said Jobn M. Muciler Lpon ‘and against the Government of the suid Uhited States and the Treasury Deportment there- of 'for piyment for the sawing aforesuid of the said stone furnished us aforesaid; ~and ibe said cwims last aforesaid, ~and every ohe of them., .were then and there for pasment for the sawing aforcsud according B ific terms of a certain contract made and ent 9 fnto by and between tae said Cnited States and taid Jonn A, Muciler, whereby then and there pay- ent was 9o be made only for such sawingas Mforesaid as might be found necessary by and on benalf of the swid Umted Siates: uud that said Oaims last aforesaid and every of them then and fhere purported to b and were as aforesuid pre- Eonted as Tor sawing as aforesaid. found necessury 56 aforesaid: wherea, in truth and in fact, 83 tney, the eatd Jobn M. Mueller and A. G. Mills (whose actine | . several couns, is Christign name to the jurors aforesaid is nnknown) then and there well knew said clalms last afore- said arid every of them then und there for payment #s aforesaid for eawing of the said srone, which last aforesald sawmg = then and there was mot und has mot been found vecessary 38 aforesaid, und was then and there unnecessary nnd useless lo the said United States, they, the said John M. Mueller und A. G. Mlis (whose Christian uanie to the jurors aforcsatd is unknown), theu sud there, well-know- 1ng suid claims Jast aforexuid and every of them to Do then and therc falsc and fraudulent 23 afore- said. And that further to offset the object of said con- spiracy, combination, coofederacy. and agree- went together, and in pursnance thereof, the said James G. Hill, Edward Burling, and George C. Prussing, ou the 10th doy of Septomber, in the year of dur Lord 1870, and on dlvers otlier dayy thereafter and beforc the finding of this bill of indictment, at the city aforesuld, In the district_aforesaid, did certily 1o, and approve, and ald in cawsing and rocuring 10 he approved for, and paid on behalf of. the said United States, the last aforesaid claims, and every of them, they, the suid Jumes G. Hiil. Buriing, and George C. Prussing, ‘then and there well knowing said claims last aforesaid and eve of them to be then und there fulse and fraudulent as 2foresaid. And that further to cffect the object of the sard conspirucy, combination, confederacy, and agree- ment togéther and in pursuance thereof the-said John M. Mueller and A. G. Mills (whose Christian Dame to the jurors aforesaid is unknown), on the 10th day_of Scptember, in the yeur of our Lord 1876, und on divers other duy thereafter, and be~ fore tne finding of this Dbill of indictmen mt_the city oforesald in the district afore- suid, did moke and cause to be made and present und cause to be vresented for approval and payment to aud by the Secretary of the Trcas- ury, the Collector of Customs_tor the collection diétrct of Chicago, then and there ucting as d bursing agent for the payment of mONCys DDrO: priated for the construction of Custom-Houses, Court-Houses, una_Post-Oflices in the collection district aforesnid, und the Superintendent of Con- struction of said new Custom-Housc, Court-House aud Post-Oftice buflding (said_Secretary und Col- Jector ucting ux disbarsing agent s aforcsid, and Supertutendent, toen and there being officers ana persons in the civil service of the anid United States), divers other false and fraudulent cluimy of the said John M. Muellor upon and azainst the Government of the safd United States, und the “'reasury Department thercof, for payment for Jabor then aud there falsely und _(raudalently pre- tended to have heen furnished for and pesformed in cutting, carving, and dressing the smd stone furmshed s atoresaid; and that said claims lnst aforesaid. and every of them, then and there pur- ported 10 be, and were prescuted au aforesaid, us for labor actually aua in good faith furnisicd for aud performed in cutting, carving, and dressing suid stone furnished & ufofesaid, whereas in truti and in fact, 23 they the said John M. Moetler, ‘and A, G. Mills - (whose Chrls- tian name/to the jurors aforesaid is unknown). then and there well knzw said claim last afore- said and cvers of them were then and there for Tubor not furnished and not performed in cutting, carving, und dressing sald stone furnished as afor £aid, and were then aud there for tictitious labor, they, the swid John M. Muelier and A. G. Mills (whose Christian name t> the jurors aforesaid s unknown), then and there well knowing said claims last aforesaid and every of them to be then ana there false and frauduieat us uforesnid. And that further to etfect the gbject of s1id con- spiracy. combination, confederacy, and suree- ment tugether and_in pursuance thereof the said Jumes G. Hill, Edward Burling, and George C. Prussing, on the_10th auy of September, in the year of our Lord, 1870, and on divers other day: Thereatter and before the finding of this bull of i dictment, at_the clty aforesid, in the district aforesmid, did certify to and approve and aid in causing and producing o be upproved for and paid on belmlf of the sad United States the Jast aforesnid claims and every of the they, the suld James G. Hill. Edward Burl and George C. Prussing, then and there well know- ing vaid cluims Just aroresaid, and every’of them, 10 be then und there fraudulent as aforesuid. And that further, to etlect the object of sal conspiracy, combination, confederacy. and zg: ment together, ard in pursnance thereof the said Johu 3. Muclicr and A. G. Mills (whosc Christian name 0 the jurors aforespid is unknown). on the 10tn day of September, in the year of our Lord 1576. and ou divers other days thereatter, and be- fore the finding of this uill of indictment, at the city aforeaald, in the district aforesaid, did mike and cause to be made and did present and cause to be preseuted for approval and payment to and by the Secretary of the Trensury, the Collector of Custome for the collec- tion dustrict of Chicago, then gud there acting ns aisbursing ugent for Wie.psyment of moneys ap- propriated for the coustraction of Custom-Tlouse, Court-1louses, Post-Offices in the collection dis- trict_aforesaid, and ' the Superintendent, of Con- struction of sald new Custom-House, Court-louse, and Poet-Ofice building (said Secretary and Col- Jector acting a3 disbursing’ agent a3 aforesaid and Superintendent, then and théro being oflicers and persons in the civil service of the United States), divers other false ana fruudulent clsims of the said Jolm M. Mueller upon and against the Government of the suid United States and the Treasury Depart- ‘ment thereof, for puyment for hauling and trans- portation of £aid stone furnished as aforesnid, from the cutting yards to the site of gaid new Custom-liouse,” Court-liouse, and Post-Ofice buildivg, which said = hamhug and transporiation us aforesald, he: as they the eaid John M. Mueller ana A, G. Mills (whose Christian name to the jurorsuforesaid {s unknawn) then and there well knew had been then andthere already paid for, by and on bebalf of the said United States, they, the sajd John M. Mucller acd A. G. Mills (whose' Christian name to the jurors aforesaid is unknown), then and there well know- ing said claims last oforesatd and every of tacm to be then and there faise and fraudulent as afore- sald. ‘And that further to.effect the object of said con- spiracy, combination, confederacy, and agrement, together and in parsuance thercof the said James G. Hjll, Eaward Burling, snd George C. Prussing on the 10th day of September in lhe' year of our Lord 1876, and on divers other days thercafier and before the finding of this bill of indictment ut the city aforesaid in thé district oforesaid, did certify ana approve. sud aid in causing and procurinz to be approved for and puid ou behalf of the #aid United States the said claims last aforessid, they, the eaid James G. Mill, Edward Burli nd George C. Pruesing. then and there well knowing said cinims last aforesaid nnd every of them 1o ve then aud there false and fraudulent a8 aforesaid. against the peace and diguity of the gaid United States, and contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided. —Mank B. S, United States Attorney, INDICTMENTS AND REPORT. REQISTER HIBBARD. The indictment against Reister Iibbard is on three counts. The first charges bLim with wil- fully, corruptly, and cxtorsively, and under and by color of his office as Register, demanding, taking, recelvinz, and extorting, March 1, 1877, from Delos S, Mills, bankrupt, the sum of §3, as a fee due himm for taking, aceepting, and re- ceiving the surrender of the bankrupt Lo an ex- amination, which fec was otler than a fee al- lowed by Jaw. The count closes with the state- ment that the Register well knew at the time that he did not take, accept, and receive the said surrender as aforesaid. “The second count charges him, April 10, 1877, with taking an illegul fce of $1 in the case of 1. S. Freeman, bankrupt, the charge being for fil- ing and hearing an application tora first meeting of creditors, as he (the Register) falsely, ete. pretended to have done. ‘The countalso charges him with taking another fee of §5, due for pre- tended service in making a report on a composi- tion meeting of creditors in the same case; and a fee of $1, for accepting Assignee’s bond in the same case, as the Register pretended to have dove; and a fec of $1 for approving the bond in the same case, which tbe Register falsely, cte., pretended to have done; aud the sumof 50cents,, as a fee for administering osths to the bond, which he, the Register, falsely, ete., pretended to have done, whereas,” in fact, as the Register well “knew, 1m0 such fee was due him for filinz and bearing the applica- tion lor a first meetiug, for takiug the bond, for approving it, for administering the oaths. The count closes with the allegation that the Regis- ter well kuew no fee was due him for the suid pretended servives, und that no such report had been made. g “The third count charges him, Feb. 10, 1577, with taking, receiving, aod extorting from George W. A. Biddic aud Kobert Boyd, bank- rupts, $5 asa fee due him for recewving bank- rupts’ surrender to an examination, this fee be- jug other than allowed by law, and tbe Register well knowing he had not tsken nor re- ceived the surrender. ENDICOTT. ‘Fhe indfctment against William F. Endicott, Jate President of the late Central Nutional Baok, is in eight counts. .The first_charyres lum with embezzling, Jan. 15,1577, $1,000 of the bank’s funds aund unlawfully couverting it to nis own use. The second countis & practical repetition of the first. The third charges him, May 9, 1577, with embezzling and converting to his own use, and lending the same to himself, witbout authority from the Bank Directors. or any proper authority whatever, the sum of $14,500 of the bank’s funds. The fourt recites ihe same offense as the tlurd, with a deal of verbiage, The fifth charges him, June 2, 1577, with embezzling, converting 1o bis own usc, and lending the same to himself, without authority from ‘the Bank Directors, ete., 53,300 of the bank’s money. The sixth s like unto the fitth, and really charges the same offense more spect- fically. The seventl chargres Enaicott, Junc 30, 1877, with embezzling, couverting to his own use, aud lending the same to himsclf, witlout authority, etc., £35,000 of the bank’s moncy. The eighth is, o effect, precisely like the rev- enth. e Tue bail is fixed at 210,000, but as yet the Dbanker baso't put in-an appesrance, and isn’t very likely to. v i CRAL. The indictment against Register Crain is in uilton the style of that against Register Hibbard, which may serve ss s sample, aud charges the gentleman Irom Free- port with taking illegal fees to the amount of $15. RESOLUTION AND REPORT. The resotution adonted by the Jury and the report submitted by them to Judge Blodgett DBlodgett arc us follows: Resolred, That from the evmunui. docamentary and oral, before this Grand Jury. it mentthat A. B. Mullett; Supervising 4 J. 1. Robinson, Selicitor of the Treasury Yankin, Superiutendent of the buildi Montrose, Inspector of Material, arc more or less guilty of criminul’ acts counection with the Wwork ,upon the Chicago Custom-House vrior to'and “during the year A.D. 1875, by which the United States were defrauded of s lurpe amount of money; bhut, being barred by the statute of limitations from indict- ment, we deem it vur daty 10 report the sume to the presidine _Judge of the Unkted States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, J. E. Moxiow, Foreman, Adopted Nov. 18, 1878, E. W, StiLes, Secretary. ‘And the jury further presents to your Honor the following facts, us they believe from the evidence, in regurd to the persons named in the accompany- ing rezolution, to-wit: 3 A. B. Mullett was the Supervising Architect from the inception of the work till Jan. 1, 1875, and he was cognizant of the frandulent character of the contract for cutting and for sawing the stone. Mullett made the etock contract, and in_eo doing he deviated unlawfully from the wording of the adverlisement inviting Lids, and ulso deviated from the terms actualiy offered by s1id Muciler, so that Muilett actually made a contract allowing Mueiler pay for one-half inch of marmn—or rougl age—not warranted by the advertisement for bids, nor by the bid thut was acceoted: and this fraud cost the Government hot less than §: 000. Also, ,\Xullelh in his contract, unlawfully devisted from Mueller's bi in the prices to be paid, vy whick Mueller ulti- mately got paid for u certaiu class of large stone— that i, for stone over 150 cubic feet—five cents per faot more_tnan Mucler hiud offered 10 sapply the samge for in his bid; and this fraud cost the Government not less than $12,500. Also, Mullett was cognizant of the uniawful payment of the first 10 per cent reserve fund. And the jury further presents to your Honor that Rankin was the first Superintendentof the WOrk in Chicago, from its commeucement until his dismissal m May, and was, gsthe jury believe from the evidence, perfectly cozmzant of the imperfect character of the stotie dclivered and accepted, and of toe labor cbarged and paid for but not performed, and al:o the sawing done aud paid for, but wnich was not required by the best 1nterests of the Governmeut. Aldo, the jury further represents that the said C. A. “Montrose was the Inspector of Stune for nearly three years from the beginning of the work, faud, a3 the” jury believe, had full’ knowledge of the bad stone beingreceived and paid for: and that he also re- ceived, und caused to be paid for, a large amount of stone in advance of its requircment, seemingly purely to benefit the contractor Lastly, that I onr_ jods- whect H. Xobinsow, the Actng Solicitor, ap- proved certait of the lmproper .contracts: and he jury believe that, . if e examination and approvul meant anything more than a jdle formality, then 1 he crimiually surable; and but for the fuct that this jury formed thst-the statute of limitations pri them, the jury would present indictments agaiust each of the hefore-mentioned persons. Adopted Nov. 22, 1878, J. E. Monrow, Foreman. E. B. StiLes, Secretary. PERJURY. WHY THE OTHER INDICTMENT WAS NOT RE- TURNED. As was intimated in yesterday’s TRiBUNE, there was a second indictment against Ke Hivbard which the Grand Jury had decided to bring in, zad bad actually caused to be drafted by the District-Attorney, but which at the last moment was dropped for reasous about to be named. The indietment charged tomer N. Hibbard with perjury sad fraud in making out his aunual statements to the Attorney- General, wherein be had omitted to include large sums of money which be had really re- ceived us fees. The indictment was in three courts. The jury were led to make tnis indict- ment against Ilibbard by discovering that he hus for some years past accounted for only a small portion of s June fees. The end of the fiseal year -is June 30. During the moath of Jaue there would come into the Register’s office a large namber of estates for adjudication, but only the initiatory fees would be paid before the 30th. These he would include in his au- nual report. But the scttlement of these es- tates would run through the next year, or & large part of it, perhaps, and it has never been his custom to make any returns of the fees re- ceived. The jary came to the conclusion that Mr. Hipbard pocketed in this way from 35,000 t0 $5,000 n yearof which henever madeany aecount. ‘Thiis, then, was the ground upon which the Grand Jury directed the District-Attoroey to draft a second snd a separate indictment inst Reaister Hibbard. The ;document was pre- pared by Judde Bangs, but shortly before the adjournment of the jury he appeared in the jury-room and said : . “Ggntlemen, 1 have drafted the indictment according to your directions, and here it is. huve, however, had a conversation with Judse Blodgett, and he instructs me to tell the jury tuat the second count of the indictment s “tm- proper, as Mr. Hibbard’s action in regard to the June fees was sustained by him, and was in ac- cordunce with the law. e desires me to say further that, if the jury are dissatisfied, they can come into court and he will read the law to them.”” ‘Tnere was a dead silence for some moments. The jurors excbaoged ldoks of astol Judge Baugs withdrew, aud thenthe expressions of opinion that were frecly mads were quite uncomplimentary to Judge Blodgett. The jury bad been unanimous fu ugrecing to have the indictment drawn up, aud this sudden outbreak from the Judre seemed like bulldozing. Some were uxious to go on and boldiy present the disputed indictment, notwithstanding the order of Blodgelt, but others were moderate. The District-Attcruey was recalled, and stated that if the jury persisted in their intention to scnd in the indictment, he should be compelled to withhold it fromdthe jury. Accordingly, no ac- tion was taken. This lucident detained the jury from 7 o'clock until 9, so that the hour was late when they finally marched into’ court, made their report to Judge. Blodgett, and were dis- charged. JUDGE BANGS was sought yesterday for his explanation of the reasons why that rumored perjury indict- ment aeninst Register. Mibbard was hdrawi. He gave it very readily, premising, however, with the statement that’the matter was so very simple that he didn't see why 5o much fuss bad been made about it. S By the act of Congress of Juve 22, 1874,” he said, with his finzer fotlowing the lines of the sct in the Revised Statutes, *to amend the Bankruptcy act, the Marshal and Kegister and Cleric of the Court are to make certain reports at theend of the fiscal year,—that is, cach of them is to make @ report 1 July of each year of certain matters which occurred during the year ending the 30th of June previous. In the case of the Repister, the act requires that hie shall make a report in the same month of July, and for the same year, in which report hie shall give, fiirst, the number of voluntary cases in bankruptey coming before him during the said year: sec- ondly, the amount of ussets and liabilitics, as wearly as may be, of the bankrupts; thirdly, the amount and rate per centum of all divi- dends declared: fourthly, the disposition of all such cases; fifthly, the number of compulsory cases in bankruptes coming betore hiihi in the ame way; sixch he amount of assets an liabilities, as nearly as may be, of such bank- rupts; Seventhly, the disposition of all such cases; eighthly, the amount and. rate per centum of all dividends declared in such cuscs, mouthly, tbe total amount of fees, charges, costs, and emoluments of every sort received or earned by such Register during the said year in each class of :ases ahove stated.”” « Further down in the same section,” con- tinued the Judge, ‘it says ‘all statements and reports herein required shall be under oath and sizned by the persons respeetively making the same.’ When this law took effect, the Registers sought the proper construction of that statute. ‘['wo coustructions were hetd. One was that in the ninth item they were required to report only tbe fees and charses, costs and emolu- ments, of . every sort received - or earncd by stch Register during the said year in cases that, during that year, were brought in- to the court; an in‘such cases, oft I year in which they were instituted, no fees w 1o B¢ reported. ‘The other construction that this report did not coufine it to those years n which the cases were instituted, but that the statute intended and meant that oll the fecs that & Register might carn in any cases, whether they were old or should bé reported each veuar. Now, the Urand Jury were inclined to the latfer coustruction. 3. Ilibbard had acted on the former. It appeared in evideoce that he hgd consulted the -Court, but wich what result did mnot then uppear. After they had voted upon the indictment for Dperjury,—for swearing to a false report,—the Court nstructed me, as the District-Attorney. that,upon application of these Registers, asabove set forth, [or a construction of the statute, the Court had given the construction upon wihich the Register nad acted; and that, having thus seted, it was exceedingly improper to Lring in an indictment for perjury. The only source of Jeual advice e Grand Jury, you know, I3 either the District-Attorney or the Court. Upon being advised myself by the Court that such was the coostruction which he bhad given to the statute. 1 stated the facg, and added to the jury that it would be proper for them, if they désired, to go into the court-room and take the advice of the Court. Thereupon the jury said they were entirely sat- _the' inmates istled with my statement as to the Court’s opinion, und asked me if, under that statement, the jury shoyjd still desire to present the fn- dictment, I wou'd feel it my duty to witbhold it. 1told them I thought it would clearly be my official duty so to do, and the jury acqui- cseed in that, notwithstanding thé fact that they had gone to considerable labur to draw the ludh.:\uucuL" ‘*And there was no feeliug between you ond the jury, Judge?” & 3 No. not that I discovered. The fury, as I said, acquicsced fu my statement of the Court’s opinfon, as exvressed td me, aud everytoing was plesant between us.”” ° ‘“ But how about that report published in a moruing paper, which purports to lave come from the jury, but which they did not present to the Court, and which states, in substance, that the indictment was withbeld because you fn- formed them that the Reister, fa making his reports, followea the coustruction of the law by J‘|‘X ‘_]e [(flo'dgcn.f" i “ Well, if the jury prepared any such report a8 t‘hnlv 1 do not know of it. I certainly ng:')l:r saw anything of the kind until it appeared in print; and, jodging from the way they ac- quiesced fn what the Court saia, I nad no cause I.o,suppcsu they intended taking such action. Ivs all news to me, I ussure you.” THE INDICTED. . ARCHITECT HILL. . Spectal Dispatca to The Tribune. ‘Wasnixgrox. D. C., Nov. 23.—The announce- ment of the indictment of Supervising-Archi- tect Hill and others was received here tnis morn- ing with surprise by the persons interested. To the last moment they bad expected and hoped that the reports that indictments had been found would prove to be unauthentie. Accord- Ingly they were much astonished when the of- ficiat news finally came. Hill said that he really haa nothing to say; that ke did not know the nature of the indictments; aod that he was thoroughly conscious that he had always been an honest man, He was particularly dissatisfied with the tone of the As- soclated j{Press dispateh from Chicazo, which, he charged, was ontrageous and without justitication. Hill does not expeet to o to Chicago to ‘give bail, but supposes the process will be that he will be served with a warrant by the United States Marshal in this district ac the request of the' Marshal in Chi- €20, anda that he can. GIVE BAIL HERE. If this plan is followed. Hill may noteo to Chicazo until the time of his trial. 115 suys, however, he wants an_early and separate trial, as he desires to obtain the speediest possible vindication. He declares that there can be no other result of & fair trial. He does not desire to be tried on a joint indictment, as he wishes to stand upon his own responsibility. ‘ The statement in the Associcated Press di patches that nobody but Judge Banes had any- thing todo with the Grund Jury er result, Hill considered crroncous. He said that all requests which Bangs had made to the Department for for pocuments contained the statement that these papers were cousidered necessary by Col- lector’ William [enry Smith und Assistant District-Attorney Thomson. Hill thought. morcover, that if there was any fraud about the Custom-Housc business, the Grand Jury had INDICTED THE WRONG PARTIES, If there was any fraud in it it existed in the original choice of the stone, and it was a_fact e knew that the stone had been sclected by the then Supervising Architect, Mullett, iu the face of an official report from the chemist that IT WOULD NOT ENDURE FROST. Hill claims that he, bowever, could innowise be held responsible for the stone, as 1t was all de- livered before he became Supervising Architect. Alter that time be had nothing to do but to continue the work as it had been arranzea bv hiis predezessors. The contract allowing one- half inch was arranged in the office at Washine- ton between Mucller and Mullett, tnere beinz nb witnesses. Mueller at first wanted an inch wllowed, but Mullett declined to allow more than hall au inch. Hill thought the indictment of Potter, former Supervising Architect, was an outruge, especial- Iy in view of the fact that Potier had reported agalost the stone, and had recommended that it SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED in all future work. Hill said thac it had been suggested in some quarters that Goveroment officinls, upon eater- inz upon and leaving their offices, should be very happy to do this. He had saved out of his two years’ salary as Supervising Architect a small sum, which was every, Collar he had in the world; that sum he would be happy to schedule, and he could prove to any one the source from which every dollar had come, and where it went to; that the Associated Press dispatch should bave wmentioned that the name of Jacobs, present Chief Clerk of the Supervis- ing Architeet’s office, was from the indictment, H outruze, s no mau, be said, was more bonest than Jacobs. The question of the suspension of Hill pend- ing trial bas not been settled. Walsh, Saperin- tendent of Coustruction at St. Louis, was not suspended until some timeafter the indictments had been found, avd was not then suspended until the District-Attorney had declared that it would be impossible to get vvidence aguinst him as Jong as he bad office. Aunderson, of the Returning Board, however, retained his Federal ¢in New Orleans notwithstanding the in- du:ILment, and signed his oflicial papers when in juil. MRS. MIKE M’DONALD. Tilegally Resisting a Police Invasion. At 9:30 last cvening Officers La Bounty and offraan, constituting the svecial detail for the suppression of gambling, made a descent upon the building No. 176 Clark street, owned by Ed Walker, and occupled us a ligor- house, saloon, gaming-room, and board- fog-house, the former comprising the +*Store," and the latter the Palace European Totcl. 'The detail were alded by nearly a dozen patrolmen from the Armory. The gaming-room in the house hasalways beenin therearof the second story,—at least thatis where the police have hitherto capturcd tha **tiger.” Bat last night they claim to have had o pointer that the zame Wwas in progress 1o o room on the third floor - and in the rear. They cntered the building by the outside stairway, Othcers Fiorence Donshue and La Bouaty goiug anead, and Officer Hoffman bringing up the rear \With the squad: As they reacued the third loor, Mrs. McDonald, wife of the proprietor, was en- countered. Oficer Swanson informed her that they had a warrant for Mike iMcDouuld, keeper of a mambling-homse in that vuilding, and demanded that _ehe open the doors on that floor. She refused peremptorily, tcld the ofticers that she had been bothered alto- gether too much by policcmen upon lie sawe crrand, and that the hotel of whicl she was man- ager was a8 reputable as auy in the city, and thercfore entitled to 23 much prowction. She ended by orderine them out of the Lall; that the rooms they wanted opencd for thewr inspection were occupied by guests of the hotel wio were entitled Lo all the proteciion due private individ- uals in their own domiciles, Notwithstanding her tirade the oficers held a consultation as to whether jt were best to force an entrance with the jimmies they had brought with them for the purpose, and, just as they were about to act, onc of them, Don- ahue, said that he had heard talking in the room, a Window opening. glass smasning, and tnat Lad- undoubtedly “fled through oue of the r windows of the third floor, °| aud by sume means unknown gained access to the fourtn story. They hostily.decided to go to the upper floor, but Hrs. McDonald, who had preced- ed them, warned them froz tue head of the stair- way that they were encroschins upon her private anartments,—the home of Lerself and children. The oflicers say that she repeatedly ordered them out, but they considered tiat the warcant was suf- fSctant.and they went ahead. When within a few steps of the top, ehe again orderea them down. 20d npon a refusal drew = revolver, **Pete’ by ame, and which, by the way, has quite 3 history attached to it, and fired directiy at Oflicer Dona- hue, who was' in froat. Hejdodyed: the bullet pasded through his evercoat i three placea on the left reide and well to the back, and, passing through Ofiicer La Bounty's cont, buried itself in tae ca: Neither “of the ‘otficers was injured bodily. Odicer Donahue says she was about o fire 2 second time, when he Tushed forward, and, snatching the weapon from Bor, passed it to Lu Bouuty. Mike and lus brother Ed Were Boon uvon the scene, and a ccaflle ensued for the posessibn of the revalver. While this was one of the goinz on s, cDozald seize of the vessy immies whicl 0 ice o) it them and dropped it n stairs. It fell upon Oflicer Ed Walsh who in tiie lower hall, making a deep dinze in Eis back, and causing hie to retire first to u doctor's oftice and thence to his hopie. The wound, thouZh pain- fal, was not considered dangerous. “This was about nll there Wwas to the scrimmagze, and arter the principals were_placed under arrest, ithdrew. Mre. Mchonald was booked at the st Madison Street Station for au aséeult with a deadly weapon with intent to com- mit murder: Edward S. McDouald, fur assanitiug an oflicer and for carrying concealed weapons: aod John Noonun. a relative, wito, it is saic. appeared upon the scene with 2 knife, for assultng an ofi- 1f Oificer Swanson way really possessed of a s arrest, he missed 2 zood opportunity of serving it. Mike was not arrested, “'he affnir created considerable commotion bota on the street und in the Police Department, apd groups of men sthered ahout on the sirect to Qiscuss it. . Lawver Trude happened to be down town, and he farnished bail for the arrested per- ile; of course, claims that Mrs. McDonald was justifd In shootine, even if she bad killed dozén policemen, and will undoubtedly make a strong legal tight in ber defense. il i Shave Not Thy Beard. The Cleveland physician who maintains that shaving i3 & cnwme agelnst heaith and good looks has heen ransacking his, Bible for texts. He finds in Leviticus the injunction: “ Neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.” He infers that the chiidren of Israel, while in bondage to the Egyptians, fmitated manv of their heathenish customs, and the shaving of the beard was one of them. Hence, the reat Luwgiver condemned 1t most emubatically, and a careful study of tory shows that the Hebrews geverally discarded the use of the razor,and the primitive Christians generally, imi- tating their example, wore their beands lon:z. Tertullian, an emiuvent Christian writer aond fataer in the Church, says The practice of shaving the heard is a lie against our face, and au implous_attempt to improve the works of the Creator.” The Doctor wishes to know if David’s men, who were shaved, only half shaved, by the order of Haunun, looked any better?’ Not then, in their own eyes, nor i the eves of King David, nor in the eyes of all the ews and Gentiles of their time, for one reads that *“ the men were greatly ashamed, and the King said tarry at Jericho until your beands be grown and then return.” The Doctor’s argu- ment is based upou natural history as well as Scrioture. The lion has a flowing beard which distiniruishes hita frow his wesker companion; and likewise in man the heard tmaris nost dis- tiuctively the chief peculiarity ot the counte- ances of the two sexes. \Whena man shaves off his beard his face approxmnates that of a woman more nearly than Nature designed. Ac- cordingly he argues that, it the meu wish to preserve their ascendency as the lords ol crea- tion, they must put away their razors. sk petmion iyl RAILROADS. THE IOWA POOL. Compiaints are being heard ou all sides be- cause the Iowa pool lines—Chicago & North- western, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, aud Chicago, Burlington & Quiney—are taking the business from Omaha and Councll Blufls to Milwaukee, Peoria, and other poiuts, instead of to Chicazo, because by doing so they can betier compete with the Wabash and other cross lines, whicn make great efforts for this traflic. ‘The rules of the pool prevent the pool lines from cuttine the rates to Chicago, but there is noth- ing that prevents them from making any rates thef‘ chioose to outside points. The conscquence is that Chicago haa lost miost of this business. Not ouly are_the Chicazo merchants cowplain- ing about this state of affairs, but the merchants of Omaha are no less indignant about this w just discrimination, as will be sven by the ful lowing article from the Commercial Ezchange of Omaba: Thddiversion of the entire srain trade from Chi- cawro has at last waked that city to the truth of the situation _concerning the arbitrary rates of the *‘Jowa pool." A difference of 30 cents a hun- dred, or $60 a car, cxists on certain kinds of freights to-day by routes which avoid Chicago. from Eastern points to Omahs. Where and how this occurs let merchants find out for themselves. 18 the **pool " broken? The officers of these lines say {tisnot. Our most natural market ix Chicago, but we are effectually shutout of it, except by ruinous freight charges. Look at our Zrain trade. Four million bushels is o prize that not ouly St. Louis, Milwankee, Toledo, Pcoris, Baltunore. New York, and Montreal are contending for, while Chicazo ets less than one-fourth, and at times lesk thun one-renth. Add to Omuha's shipments those of the State and Western Towa, 2nd the prize 18 not unworthy the contest. The rate (nominal) on wheat from Omaba to Chicago is 33 cents, ond i8 to be advanced Nov. 23 on the throngh business five centsmore, This is almost extortion nt. the present price of grain, and two results are Jiable to occur, either fhe storing f 2rain in the West till spring, ora grand battle of the trunk roads the cominy winter. The Sara- toga combination caunot continue withoutstopping the produce movement from the interior, us 70 cents to the seaboard from the Missouri Kiver is prohibition and aimost annihilation to producers and shippers. The dam raised by the ronds we fear may cause a flood as pent up waters may over- flow. A great many rumorsare afloat that the pool is broken, and that henceforthit will be a fizht with the Juy Gould roads, Chicago & Nerthwestern and Chicazo, Rock Island & Pacific, with tneir connec- tione. against the Chicaco, Burlington & Quincy and its branches. The near completion of the St. Louis ahd Omaha_Air-Line, wilt let the Baltimore & Ohio into tha arcna, and the Pennsylvani Com- vauy, with the New York, Erie, and Western, the Canada Southern, and Wabash, and the Vanderbiic Ines will also take o hand in'the fracas. Tn the face of it ail the Mississippl River is rapidly in- creasing the grain movement via New Orleans. ° THE CANADA SOUTHERN. The Canada Southern Railroad Company makes the following statcment to the New York Stock Exchauge, with its apolication to have its stock placed on the list: .$15,000,000 +$10,862,686 T old D3 & W URCIOTfiEE to exchange for $53; firats a¢ par and $351,565 sec onds nt 3155 Dapaut vouchers and wages. Sundry accounts payable. Iucome aceount.. Total Construc Stock of controlied ifnes.. Bonds of controlied lines. Stock New York Ceniral Sieep- Ing Car Compans. Materials on haud.. Cash. ‘The stocks and bonds held are 2 and_$840,000 bonds, Canada Southern Bridze; $838,000_stock, and S$1,451,23 bouds, Toledu, Canzda Southern & Detroit: $100,000 stock, and $600,000 bonds, Erie & Niazara; $204,125 stuck, and $189,495 bonds, Michigan, Midland & Can- ada; $350,000 bonds. Chicago & Carada South- ern. The followiug sho+s thespplicationof the Company’s new first mortzage bouds “Total isiuc suthorized..... Applicd to refunaing scheme, as above Iteld for pure Southern Bri 14,000,000 of ¢ . Toiedo, Cana- ds Southern & Detroit, * and dichigan, Stidised & Canzda jalance unused. The balance is to $624,057, accounts payable, and for the general purposes of the Company. Interest on the bonds is guaranteed by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. ITEMS. ‘The Illinois Ceutral Railroad Company is in dead carnest with its new independent line to St. Louis, and the prosoects now are that tie new extension will be finished long before the ‘Wabash will have commenced work on its Chi- cago extension. Surveying parties will leave the city Monday morning to locite the new route of the Ihinois Central to St. Louts. The probable route will be from Keuny, on the Springficld _Division, to Edwardsville, and thence to St. Louis. This route would be shorter than any other Tunniog to St. Louis. The cost of constructing the line will not be over §1,500,000. Although the East-bound freight tariflwhich will zo into cflect Monday has lower rates than were eftected at this time & year ago, still it is pelieved that the railroads have made 2 1ois- take in deciding upon the advance at this time. The business on the roads-leading East has been small during the last ey weeks, and it is believed that the advance will cheek shipmeats still more. With the present prices of grain the producers cannot stand high freizht-rates, and they will ruther hold their produce uutil the oncninz of mavigation than pay freight- rates that leave them no margins whatever. e Princess Thyra's Mad Lover. The King of Denmark is one of the kindest of men. A few years ago a geotleman presented himself in the Salle des Pas Perdus at one of the public receptions which the King zives nearly every Monday, and was in due time ushered into the Ilogal presence, when he startled his Majesty by formally uskiniz for the hand of nis davghter, the Princess Thyra. He was, he stated, and which was perfectly true, of good family, had taken all his degrecs at the University, and. as be was able to maintain & wife and Lad fallen in love with the Princess, he came to ask for ber hand. ‘The King, of course, at once under- stood that he had to do with a madman, and with his usual tact ana kindness of heart, which so completely bave won him the affection of bis subjects, h ed M. X— for his offer, but thousht it necessary tirst to consult with the Queen, as well as to ascertaiu the sentunents of his daughiter, before he gave a tinal reply. Tbe poor fellow was quite saussfied, but was later by his fam ent to a privaté lunatic asylum for souie time, and he is now walkinge the strects of Copenbagen, a-most_inotlensive and, in Lis lucid 1noods, & wost intelligent and highly- cducated gentleman. e S Fratricide Among Russian Nihillsts. A letter from Ruseia to a Paris paper speaks of two brothers, Doweti and Pimene Enkouva- tog, of a noble family, who, after a youth of the closest affection and of constant compan- jonship, joined a Nibilist society, in which fatm- ily tics and. conjusal rights were fzuored and freedom in love wag fully recognized. Dometi, notwithstanding tfe sentiments of his fellow- members, married 3 peasant girl to wnom he was passionatety attached, but who also iu- spired 8 profound passion in the heart of his brother. Dometi, under these circumstauces, might be exvected to separate himself from Pimene, bat such a course he reaarded 3s cow- ardly and contemptible, aud tiercfore continued 1o live urder the same roof with bin, notwith- standing that Pimene mcessantly demanded that he should relinquish bis rights over her. Dometi gave as ap escuse for refusal that his wife preferred bimn to any other person, and asserted that had it been ‘otherwise he would not have hesitated to comply.. Pimene then in- - sisted that Dometiand his wife should compiy with the rules of the Socicty and live as did the uther men and women, separate. To avoid fur- ther trouble they complied, but one nigh Mme. Dometi rushed into her husbaud’s routs, saying that Pimene had threatened to kill nur. Dometi then seized a revolver, and as -his brother approached, shot him dead. 1lis grict was {mmediately overpowering, and he surren- dered hiwself to justice, but was acquitted ou nfi.scmn that hé was right in defending Lis wite, * THE PROTECTION TRIAL. ‘Terpenny Did It To the Editor of The Tridune. Cmicaco, Nov. 23, —By the verdictof the jury in this case it is found that the olticers of the Pro- tection Life Insursnce &mpany are all hooest men, against whom a consplracy was formedt to send them to the Penitentiary. The jury ulso found that Terpenny cid it, and was the guilty man. Terpenny orgsnized this corporation, got Hilliard, Edwards, and Reld to subscribe. to the stock, forced them to make bomas, mortzages. and trust-deeds. ‘Terpenny elected Hilkiard President, Edwards Secretary, and Reid Treasurer. | Terpenny made out all of the annual reports which it 18 alledged were false, and comoeiled Hilijard and Edwards to swear to them. Terpenny ‘bought up the Insurance Department. and ot just auch reports, statements, and afildavits as were neeessary to indorse the Company with the public. Terpeuny sold 5,000 blank polictes, signed by the otlicery, to CnarlesJ. Hess, of Ohio, obtained S for each policy, and put the money in the pock- St of the officers, He then orzanized the fraudu- Jént trust associations, by weans of which the honest policy-holders were swindled ont of up- wards of $300,000. Terpenny forced the oflicers to mako the alleged false und fictitivus assessmenis UDOD pPer:0ns WHO had never lived or died at the rate of above $100, - 0001 year, ana generally paid the money over to nis creatures—the officers of the Company. Terpenny paid out all the money, forced Hilliard and Edwads to sign the chceke, and thua scattered the funds of the Company right and left amunz his jends; he bribed the news- papers and hired | the reporters. owned a score of detectivas, and generally ran the whole inatitution in_his own way. And Terpenoy was contented to take for all this the nodast situation of bookkeeper ‘aud a compensation of S100 pec month. Heought to be tried and cunvicted of frund, perjury, and larceny, and sentenced t the State’s Prison for life. Therc 18 an lwpression upon the mind of the publie that Cooke, Receiver, was in_some measure respousible for the crimes commtted 10 the name of this Company. It is trae that Couke ouly came into the possessiou of the Company's books aud papers after its dissolution, and as au oficer of the Court, and had no knowledse of the Compuny or its evil ways until that time, but according to the veraict of this jury Couke is plainly guilty of complieity with ‘Terpenny in per- itting this raudulent institation to commit it crimee, Lax, _—— * Obituary—Princess Marie fof Mdsse. Adispatch from Darmstadt, dated Nov. 16, states thut the Princess Marie, daughter and youngest_child of the Grand Duke of Hesse, has just died of diphtheria. Tne Grand Duke bimself and four more of bis chitdren were suf- fering from toe disease. The Princess Mire Victoria fifi:’lure Leopoldive, the sixth and youngest ¢hild of *Louis IV. ot Hesee, and the Graud Duchess Alice (one of the Royal Princesses of Great Britam), was born May 24, 1374 Tne other children are the Princess Victoria. born April 5, 1863; the Princess Elizabeth, born Nov. 1, 1864; the Princess lrene, born July 11, 1366; the Prince Eruest Louis. born Nov. 23, 68: and the Princess Alix, born June 6, 1572 'ne Grand ke succeeded his uucle, Louis 111., on June 13, 1877, aud is 41 years old. e e A Dead Man Elected to Otlice. Eriznoeth ( Wiliiam Keller w: cratie ticket as Justice of the Peace forthe short term, i the Second Ward, and last Fue: received 59 votes, and was clected. It s vow stated, and we believe tie stutement to be true. that Mr. Keller bud beca dead for about six months. The City. Clerk was this moruing iu- formed of Mr. Keller's decease, and is now ina quandary to know how tu notify him sccording to law. ~ But itinay be that the report is incor- rect, and, if it is sv, no"doubt Mr. Keller will so0u contradict it. : e — Why It Was Hung- The Princess Louise recently visited the Gros- venor Art Gallery, in Lundon, and was much interested in its fine collections. To some of the pictures, however, she took such exception as even to wouder how they could have been hungat all. **Now, just look at that dzub therc: how could you hang such a tuing us that?" she snid to Sir Coutts Lindsay. * Wel,” he replicd, ** that is one of my own.” e —— The Difference. Norriszeima Heraid. A young man who is ambitions to become 2 humorist paragraphist wants to kaoow the dif- ference between the new Governor-Geoeral of Capada and a couple of young men going on o sprecatda m.¢ He says, * Oneis the Marquis of Lorue and the other *larks’of the morn.” We have heard worse—but not wuch. CLOAKS. ‘ 9 RIRIINES. LOAKS! (LOAKS! ‘We have just received, on consignment, from one of the leading Cloak manufacturers of New York, 5,000 Ladies’ and Children’s Cloaks in Matalasse, Diagonal, and Plain Beaver. ‘We shall offer them at a very small advance from the actual cost to manufacture, and guar- sntee the prices from $2 to $8 below those asked elsewhere. Beaver Cloaks, Sitk trimmed, at $4, $5, $6 and $8. Matalasse and Diagomal Cloaks, ele- canily teimmed in Silk or Velvet,af $7, $8, $10 and $12. Imported Matalasse -and Diagonal (loaks, elegantly trimmed in Silk, Satin, or Velvet, at $12.50, $13.50, $15, $16.50 and $18. Matalasse and Diagonal Dolmans, nicely trimmed in Silk and Fringe, at $15, $16.30 and $20. Fur-Lined Silk Civeulars, fine quality, full length, at $40, $30 and $60; olhiers ask from $50 to $85, N. B.—Ladies will please re- member that we mark all goods in plain figures. Strictly one price. Doney cheerfully re- funded if goods are not satis- factory. PARDRIDGEN MAIN STORE, 114 & 116 State-st.