Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1878, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, *DECEMBER. 1 , 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. k4 - - SPORTING: THE TURFP: DLACE PRANR’S' ENTRT. Among the manv cases which will be bronght pefore the Board of Revlew during its meeting hich begins at New York on Tuesday of this ok, is one in which Chicazo is interested, as ‘cclms to Dexter Park. The matter-in con- :i-;rr.‘ri\‘ js whether the entrance of the black idinz Frank at the summer meceting last Year, or that track, ¥as valid or not, and the evi- - e seems fo show that ‘either somcbody “P the names of Jobn ‘Forbes ‘and W. N. ‘;;:ncs 10a letter and telegram or that those Senare now evgazed in aidiog one Kingsley, 4be owner of Frank, in an attempt to’ recover oaey paid to scttie the suspension »ot his horse by makiag affidavits to matters which are not ‘woe. The factsin the Case are asfollows: Aout the fime for the closing of- entries forthe meeting above alluded to, Secretary Boyle re- ceired the following telegram and letter: 1. L0TIS, -7!31,\' fl};fi?iu—'{:‘ iree. !152. Mansur : Fuler ek GRLO0E ~7 Joux Fonpes. y 9, 1877, ~Secretary Dex- Please ¢nter black geld- W. N. BausEs. pade, and published along with the othess. Farbes, who was 3 member of the pool-selling frm of Quimby & Forbes, atiended the mect- iog in the pursuit of his business, but Frank did potagpear. AS DO eutrauce-money.\as paid, the horse was fuspended. He appeared soon after ap Buffulo, sud before being- allowed to ctart the §150 penalty imposed by Dexter Park s collected by the Treasurer of Buffalo-Park, who forwarded it to Seeretary Vail of the Na- . tignat Association, and that geatieman, in clos- fac his account with the Chicago. track, paid it over. Since then nothing has been hieard of the ‘matter. notil recently the followiug letter was reeened from Mr. Vail together with the exuaonlinary affidavits which follow it. "o NamioxsL TROTTING -ASSOCIATION, OFFICE or ThE SECRETARY, Lsntrony, Coun., Nov. 10, $im—¢. B. dansur—DEAR Smi Uncer ‘date of Juiy 20, 1677, by your order werecorded and Ufied the suspension of W. N. Barnes, Wood- nd the bk e. Frauk, for unpaid S150. L’Soug after this hurse was atered ot Butfalo Park, and the claim beinz pre- e the party having Lim_ in charge & posited ¢ amomnt clsimed - with H. AL Norris, - Sec- teisrr of siid park, and Mr. “Norris, sent {h money eré without any information of a protest on behalf of the horse, ond I issucd .the tomary motice of remstatement, placing the §160 to your credit, which was includea in the Zeltiement of account between us, for the balance -of which due you 1 sent_youa check. - Subsequent ottt setdlement, to wit, about the middie of De- mber, 1877, 1 roceived from J. W. Penderzast, U byracuse, come atiidavits denying your rigat 1o if cntrsnce-money. In the letter which Mr. Pepderzast wrote me, dated Dec. 10, 1877, he £4les That tho alidavits were sent me in the sum- sz m charge of Mr. Feek. when he was a Hart- jrd attending the meetinz, but that Feek forgot inleare them with me. Thus you will sce thatie denal of the claim did not come 1o my notice until Jonzafteryou had received your moncy. Some eurtespondence tollowed this between myself and . L Jobneon, of Syrpcuse, attoruey for, Mr. ey, ond reswiting in bid scnaing me several iy, as follows: John Forocs, datea April 6, 1875; W..N. Barnes, dated April 18, 1875; and Train Eingsler, dated June 18, 187S. These papers were forwarsed 1o me by Alr. Johnson Jene 16, 1578, which was many days after the ad- jourament of the June meeting of the Board of JReview at Pittsoure, consequently. 1o opportunity hae een presented for thie Board to take action Jvon the matter of this claim uanl the approach- ie meeting of the Board of Revierw, to be held in Xew York Dec. 3, at which the partics will ack Geciswn of tbe Board as to the legality of. your caim, and if the Loaré shail decido timt vou were zot entitled to- entrance from the horse they will then ask an order that you return the money. Yours trals, L Td Vaw - Cdpies of the affidavits were also forvmrwd. They are as follows. : 1w York, Onondaga County, &s.: Jobn Forbes, being duly sworn, says he resides in Wood- stock, in the Province of Untario, and has resided izerefor forty years, and that be knows Hiram Xiogelcy. of Byracase, and lus horee Black Frank; that e never had charze of suid horse, and Dpever, exner by word or writing, or hy telegraph, entered sld bonse at Caicago on the 26thday of Jaly. 18773 audibat he bad no zuthority from (firam Kingsiey weater eaid horse at Chicago. _That some time in Aegast last Mr. Kingetey eent for thus deponent to tomewo Yuilulo: thut déponent went to Bullalo at thetime the Buifalo Pari Ascociation had o trotting zaen, ana here found that. Heary A. Norri Secretary of said_Association:_clajmed of sgid T Riooley the sum of S103, Gut 166 AL tiation for Wie entry of said Kinpsley's black geld- foz Frank at Chicago, smd 10 be made by, this Geponent: and deponent furtber says that he told extd Norris that he did not enter said_horse at Chi- caro. and made an adidavit (0 that effect., and gave the same 10 ea1d Ringeley, Deponent farther savs thet he did not enter £aid horse at Cbicago at the mecting of the Aseoctation in the month of July at Cueago, mor at ny other time; that e did not then, nor never had any risht or autbonity from i Einzaley to enter said norse at Chicazo, norst 1oy otber place; neither had he any charge or con- trol of Faid horse 1 any manner. Thoat at the time e eaw Mr. Kinsley and Norns at Buffslo, was the first time be knew that any clum or pretense was made that said horse was, or had been, entered at tliczgo, cxcept tnat he was at Chicago in the month of July, 1677, and there léarned thiat 1t was reporied that eald borse was entered there, and 1hat aeoonent entered said lrorse -at that time vy telezraph: that depoment them denied that he entered eaid horse for e races hield there, and caal- leazed them to produce or show 2 telegrapa to that efiect, which tacy were unable to do. Joury Fonnes. Sworn before me this 6th day of April, 1875, §. E. Haxcocw, Netary Pablie. ‘The aflidsvit of Barnes is as follows: State of New York, Unondaga County, es.> W. . Barnes, being duly sworn, says tbat he resides inthe Gity of Syracuse, in £2id Connty of Ononda- £, and §tate of New York, and has resided there Eince April 1, 1876: that Lie hias resided in Wood- slock, Unt , 'and knows Hiram Kingsley and his horee Frank; aleo, he knows John Korbes, of Woo in sai¢ Province of Ontario, and that, during the tme between April, 1576, and Au- Fust. 1677, he had the care- of -ihe horsc of eaid lev. known aa the biack gelding - Frsok, and, byand ander the authority of said Kingsler, cn- tered g21d horee at Ruchester, Cleveland, Bufialo, 22 Gtica th 1870, and at Rochester and Buglalo in 1677, bt thek he did not enter eaid horse at Cmicago 3 18:7.00r had he any authority from said Kinge- I the owner of said bome, to enter for the trot or races at Chicago. That e did not dircetly or indirectly, or otherwise, Breto any person any authority, direction, or Heht 10 enter said horse ot Chicazo in July, 1877, 0rst oy other time; and that he had no knowl- eize that suid horse was or was pretenacd 1o be en- Lered 8t Chicago until he was informed by sgid Emasler; that there was 3 claim sgainst lum for Jbe entrance fee a1 Chicago, some time in July st at Bumalo, X. Y. That, vpon being 50 in- he- immediately made an afidavit to the dacts herein stated: toat he did not enter said horse ;!C:Ig::m and tnat be had no authority to do so ‘:mh.\ml:y orany other person, and swore to beeame, and gave said afliduvit to'eaid Kingsley. Jho wanled the ame Lo present to r. Norris, of jullslo, 28 the depozent was informed and be- Tiees. W. N. Bausee. Swom before me this 18th day of April. 187S. Carcs A, WeaveR, Notary Public. emlhese_ documents tell their own story. The icers of Dexter Park deny having bad any Thavertation with Forbes wherein he challenged m 10 produce the telezram eigned by him, inqmaking the cotry of Frank, 2ud that they mflp unable to do so. The telegram has been its e possession of Secretary Borle ever since i Y and is now in tke hands of Mr. Vail, Wing been forwarded to that geotleman imme- 1{;2‘;07.1 the receipt of his' communication Toeay the least, the case is a peculiar_one, 2ditls hardly probable that anybady forged imes of Forbes and Barnes iu making the fty, when that of either one of. them would "¢ doze a5 well. The entry from_Barnes is ?t‘?“ked Woudstock, July Y, 1877, ana has shont Audearance of belng genvine. The story ot Jack Feek having the_aflidavits and for- fidog 1o deliver them to Mr. Vail ‘is. rather 0. - In Kingsley’s affidavit, which is Bot Q:n}. Le clains that he paid tiie money 10 Mr. e punder protest, but Sccretary Vail. it wiil Doticed, says that Mr. Norris, i his commu- i o0, made no mention of such protest. l’d‘lt 2 case which the Board of Review will do i nil:vcsnnlf very carefully, ;md, il -there ! Ok V' C- I m’-sbed.’ crooked work, it shoul d be severe Refesepc FESTERY ASSOCIATION. calngoence bas Leretotore been made in these 0mos to the fuct that considerable dissatis- mnh"fl eXisted in the West regarding the ad- tration of turf affairs- by- the National '-‘Mmu tiation, the complains being tbat its aifairs run oo much in the interest of *Eastern *men and tracks. At the time ToE Tais- the entered tg protest against these things lfldl Was uo_doubt that grave abuses existed, by £ven the New York orzans of the Natioual o S0ziation were forced to adwit g5 much. But e then the sspect of affairs_ bas materially. Mmd. The passsgo in New York and. Mas- ool S Of -laws prohibiting . the eale of tarr had a disastrous’ ‘effect - upon Tuneg terests generally. and . this season the W, <lf the prominent Eastern drivers to visit . estern meetings with their horses. s Never ore_did Mace, Green, ana, others, travel gh this country, and it is not to be sup- that they would have dome so this year e An:t the vrobibition of pool-seiling prevented bl sociations in the Eastern States from gv- pis,ike castomury fail meetings. That the ¢ence of tnese and ‘manv other Eastern :mmes has iiad a vencficial effect uaon Western cessful race-horse, aled N and and a few " discontanted spirits have taken cdvantace” of this fact-to acain agitale the gcheme of forming a Western Trotting Associa- tion, ‘cutting Joose entirely from the Natjonal Assuciation, and running things to suit them- gelves. Such au Association mizht not be a bad afluir if properly managed, but tac partics who now have the matierin hand cannot hope to make it a success. A few good mea have been roped into the scheme,. but their interest in it 18 of the lukewarm kind, snd will soon disappear altogether. At preseut there is a great blast of trumpéts and loud talk of ‘a meeting fo Le held in this gty daring the comityr wiuter. But it will amount to notniug. Ii the Western Association 15 ever formed, it will be through the cfforts of the men who control tracks. A conventior of track-officers wonld not be 2 bad idea; in fact, it is_certan that much £ood wight be accomplhished by such a gathering, but if the parties who are now talk- ing of a Western Association get together, it gxllllh result in pothing but @ vast amount of ¢ “RANSAS CITY GOSSIT To the Editor oy The Tribune. TaxnsAs City, Mo., Nov. 27.—As none of the Chicago papers seem o have correspondents here who take an interest fn turf matters, I thoughu that perhaps a few notes from this sce- tion might be of interest. Aud first, let me £ay that turf matter bereabouts are remarka- bly aull. “Ihe Riverside Track at this place, al- ‘thoush a member of the National Association, was never much of a suecess, and the ehances are deeidedly in favor of its going to the wall before next seasotr. ‘There was considerable fun during the recent meetivg at Emnporia o this State about ringers, several of them putting.in an appearance. One was the well-known mare Lady Lorue, that was in Dan Mace’s stable at the “beginning of the season, and bas a fust record.. She was entered in the slow classes. but the boys dropped on the game, ana no attempt 1o start her was made. 1t is also said that the well-known gelding Jim Lane, that has a record of *33 or 34, was in the 0 race, and that bis identity was not discov- ered. Tom Britton, record 2:27, is understood 2397, to be wintering somewhere in the . vicivity of Salina, ready for business in the sprine.” In spite of the watchfulness of associations and lLorsemen, there has been a good deal of ringing in this country this scason, and the prospects of more of it next year are good. Tom Battery, a borse that has beeu very uccessful in tue West Lhis fall, is more than ‘suspected to be Younx Bruno, record 2:233¢, and formerly owned by Joseph Harker, of Mew York. Then there is Bacchus, who has been out tnis way. Isit trae that his rizht name is Tattler Chief, and that be has a record ot 2:337 Charley Skinner ougny 1o know something about this. “There is a revort which Las grafned . consider- able earrency in this country that * Bi” Hawley, formerly of Michizan, but now a resident of Colorado City, recently received a provosition from the owner of Red Line to take that horse aod,ring? him, By the way, why has W. L. Beck, of Chicago, not_been paid the §5) due him Tor exposing Red Line at Davenport last spring, when he was trotting under the name of Jim Fisher? These are a few things that have come under my observation, and if any others present themselves they will be forwarded. v Kxeg-Boots. TRACK TALR. The Paris Jockey Club has decided to bave no more races on Sunday. The brown mare Nettie C., record 2:18; has been purchased by Chieago parties tor $4,100. Lords Rossmore and Mandeviile, a couple of Irish noblemen, have recently gone into turf sports quite heavily. ) The Edbsom Derby next vear will be ran May 23, the Oaks May 31, the Grand Prix June 9, and the St. Leger Sept. 10. The annual talk about forming a Jockey Club in Philadelpbia’ has again been started. As uswal, it will result in mothing. Shoestring, who won the Ferzerkerly Plate at Liverpool, was entered to be sold for 8250, but was bought in by her owner for §2, - The bay selaing Blossom, record 2:31¢, s at Matt' Fisher's stables in this cit; He s by Hamlet. Lisvon Gurl, record 2:34, is also {n Matt’s bands. Eph Snedivor, has left the service of Dwyer Bros.. and those gentlemen will hercafter train their own horses. Mc Laughlin will do the riding for the stable. Clover, whose carcer as a “rinzer” last year under the mame of Brightwood, is familiar to Western horsemen, recently won a free-for-all race at Attica, N. Y., in 2:31, 2:31, 2:31." The annual meeting of the Chicazo Jockey and Trottine Club takes place to-morrow at the Pacific Hotel. Important chaneesin the man- agement will ozcur, seven Dircctors going out. he sale of the fast Rlue Buil d-ve g S R Rusbwlle, Ind., is reported. The colt has shown aguarter in 37} seconds, anda half mile in 1:15. Acrobat, known as a game but mther unsue- v. 3, at the stables or his owner, C. 8. Llovd, Esq., Lolmdell, N.d. He was by Lexineton' out of Sally Lewie, by imp. Glencoes Mrs. 8. W. Wheelock, of Maline, TI1., recently purchased Mary Miller, v Guy Miiler, 2 mare that cano show a mile iu 2:23. She is onc of the largest trotters in the country, standing nearly seventeen hauds. A..J. Elder. of Rochelle, TIL, has bought of W. 1, Doubleday, AVhitewater, Wis,, Fayette, 2 horse that cautrot in 2:40. Mr. Elder aiso has a 5-vear-old mare, vurchased recently from parties in Rockford, that can beat 2:40. Msud 8. has been placed in the hands of Carl Burr, the famous colt handler of Comac, L L., for training. One well-known driver says that 2!l the horses by Carl will stop at the finish of a wmile, and instances Dame Trot s an cxample. - The_gray colt Altamo, oy Almout, out of Aljce Drake, has been purchased by R. B. Wal- dace, of Wallingford, Conn . and will be used in the stud. Aliee Drake is by Alexander’s Nor- man, the sire of Lula, May Queen, and Black- wood. - *Mr. Charles O. Avery, of this city, has pur- chased of 1saac Waixal the chestnut mare Anvie Lowag, by Lozan. She has no record, but has been driven a mile in 2:34. Mr. Avery will diive her with the white mare Josie Mansfeld, that can trot in 2:40. ) Between the heats of arecent raceat Fleetwood Park, William, a 7-year-old gon of John Mur- phy, the well-known driver, appeared upon the track bebind the pacing team, Mettle aud Re- triever, and drove them a mile in 2:40, The feat was loudly applanded. The Bonesctter-Proteine dispute over first money, in the free-for-all race at the recent meeting in this city, will come before the Boara of Review at New York, this weck, and H. V. Bemis, owner of Bonesctter, leaves for the East to-morrow nizht, to look after the interest of s horse. New York book makers are offering the following odds oo the carly spriug cvents at Jerome Park: Withers stakes, 5to 1 against Sperdtbrift, 6to 1 against Harold. or the King Earnst-Echo colt. § to 1 arainst Moni- tor. and 10 to 1acainst Idier, Boardman, and Dan Sparling. Belmont stakés—5 to 1 against Spendthrift, G1o 1 against Peoria, the King Ernest-Echo_colt, or Harold; S to1 against Monitor, and 10 to 1 against Una, Dan Sparl- ivg, and Idler. On account of his owner, A. H. Taylor, heing detained at bis home in New York by busincss, the stallion Florida will remain in Chicaso for a week or two longer than was anticipated. Mr. Taylor will leave for Chicago durinz the present week with two yearling fillies, one the property of 8. K. Dow, and_the other ot fl. C. Wicker, both wentlemen being residents ol Chicazo. They are by Florida, out of fast trotting mares. A semi-occasional sheet published in this clty, the editor of which probably cnjoyed din- ner at the exvense of Col. King, bas been say- ing a good deal recently about the vast smount of money made by tte Minneapolis Association at its recent meeting. If this is true. the Asso- cistion would do_well to settle the bill of Meesrs. Smith and Morse, of Earlville, IlI., who were judres at that meeting, and have never received a cent for their services, althouzh the Minneapolis men agreed to pay them well. They are ont 835 traveliug expensts, and natur- ally feel a little sore about it. A party of well-knowa genflemen met in Mc Cormick Block yestertav afternoon an formed themselves into an organization to be known as the Inter-State Agricultural, Fair, and Blood- Stock. Associztion: They bave securcd -an eighty-acre tract of land just south of the South Park, whereon they propose to build a trotting and running track together with fair grounds. Another mecting will be held to-morrow after- *noor, when the nevessary petition for 3. charter will be ready. The Gelation will be a stock company, and its projectors state that work on the'tracks will be beeun this fall in case-the weather keeps ‘pleasant. BASE-BALT,, THE LEAGOE MEETING. : There is promiscof a lively time when the ZLeague meets at Cleveland next Tuesday, This year the discussion will rot be over the merits of any particular brand of ball, or the rascalities of ‘players.sbut upon What the versonnei of the Leavue itsclf shall be next year, and this is probably as important a matteras could be brought up. Because Tone TRIBUNE has on various occasions - scen fit- to criticise Iuterests there s no: the slisktest doubt, | seme of the aczionsof toe lnternational A ssacia- tion, and expose the wrong-doings of certain clubs belonging to it, those papers published in cities where there are International nines have persistently abused this paper, o matter whao the facts might be. Their zeal in detending the International Association is pleasing cnough in itself ns an exbibition of perseverance in the face of diflicultics, but aside from this is not of much conscquence. The Buffalo Courier has dome yoeman service in this ine in the face of facts which would have ap- palled an ordinary person, but now it is plainly 1o be seen that all this hullabalon was kept up slmply beeause the Buffalo Club was an Inter- national Instead of Leaguo organization. It has been stated in these columns that the club wus desirous of catering the League next year, and, as soon s the news traveled back to Buf- ialoand wus contirmed by the foflicers of the club, toe Courier immedintely put away its old tupe and brought out an entirely different one, on which it has been practicing with reat vigor ever since. Not content with prafsing the League, it turns on the unfortunate Interna- tivnals and abuses them with the zeal and abii- ity of a fishwoman, * robbers? beiug a tavorite term by which to indicate them. It says: The League contains the very cream of the ball fraternity, and there will be no clubs breaking up during the scason aud rubbing otner clubs of their Just dues, as has been the case this year at the ex- Pense of the Buflalos. 1t certainly is wiser for our Dircetors to embrace the opportunity of enfering the League now before the Toll closes, as it does Dec. 4, “than to wait until Feb, 19 for the Interna- tional Convention at Albany, and then perhaps vet into nothing, for it is not at alt certen toat the lat- ter orzanization will continue auother year fter its farcical and dissraceful performances of 1878, And even if there were an International Associa- tion the mearest club would be at Utica, and it would be very diflicalt to get cinbs to como to Luf- {alo except to pluy championship games. Buffalo supported a number of International clubs last sca- sou who found good audiences here and never furnished them wien at home. Altogetner, we think our citizens are to b coneratulated in get- ting out of bad company and into good. It is the same in otber_cities where Interna- tional clubs hang out. Every oue of them nc- cuses all the others of being frauds and crim- inals, the scale raneing from chicken-roost de- pooulators to burglars. Now that thereisa Dossibility that some of them may get into the League, there isa general disposition to take back all the things that have been said deroga- tory to that institution, and cach club has pre- pared o repast of erow whicl it is not. only will- ne but apXious Lo cat. The friends of the top- lofty Stars, who bave n well-Gelined idea that the'sun makes its daily journey expressly for the benelit of Syracusc, are now quite ready to admit that the Learue is all that was ever claimed for it, the reason beins that the Stars have received a sort of sei-official notilication that they cau come into the League uext season. It is doubtiess quite true that the Starsand Buffalos will be admitted, but in rezard to the Albanys sud others, about which there has “been cowsiderable talk, mothing definitc has -been settled .upon. The Mil- waukees arc still in tic ring, olthough badly disfigured, and “Proprietor” Rogers is leading the forlorn. Lope. lle has adopted a very extraordivary course to “square the Club,—that of pasfue bills due players and others alter Munager Chapman had denied n the most positive terms that they existed, and the inaccuracy of his statements had been shown by Tug Trisuxe. His *organ” in Cin- cinnati says be Is going to settle thewm all before tie Leacue meets, and by coming before that body with a clean balance-sheet hopes to obtain another season’s lease of life for bis menagerie. Joe Ellick’s ciaim, the “orwan’ says, has been sent for, and will be liguidated. ‘Whether or not the bill of Mr. Starr, proprietor of the Hol- land House at Rockford, 1s also to be paid, the “organ? does not state, but probably it will be. A Rockford gentleman, writing to Tue TrioNe under date of Nov. 22, says: ‘The true inwarcness of the Milwaukees Is that they are franae, or nearly £o. They vlayea here durine the latter part of the gesson, and not anly left without paying their liotel bill. ‘but borrowed enoug of Mr. Starr, the proprietor of the Holland Tiouse, to gt out of town with, making hotel bill and horrowed money in all £50, giving Mr. Starra sixht-draft on Mr. Rogers, of Milwaukee, for the amount us security. 'The drait. upon presentation, was protested, and has not been ‘paid at present writing, 1hope they will remain in the League. We certunly do not want 10 sec them until they pay up, —or shut up. Tne facts in the case of the Milwankee Crub have been so fully presented in these columns that at this time no repetition of therm is neces- saty. Ivwould be very extraordinary, indeed, were the League to permit itself to be disgrace: by 2 member that goes around the country bilking hotels, and_keepivz its players in a statc_of constant demoralization because of unpaid salaries. 1f it continues such a mem- ber in good standiug it will be,a marter of sur- orise to its friends "and patron The Milwau- kee matter will come before the Directors, who meet Tuesday eveninz. These gentlemen are Messrs. Hulbert of Cbicazo, Neff of Cincinnati, Rowers of Milwaukee, Perttt of Indianupolis, ana Soden of Joston. Under the rules Rogers cannot act as a member of the Commirtee while thecase of his Olub _is bems considered, and, as the Indianapolis Club is detunct, Mr. Pettit will probably not_be ou haud, This leaves Messrs. Hulbert, Nefl, and Soden as the men who will decide the matter, und_they will prob- ably see that justice is done. “Their report will be inade to the League, which meots Wednes- day, and the fiual action in the matter will be takdn by that body. ‘The same pavers which are detending the Mil- waukees so vigorously are remarkably oracular in their utterances as to whae the League will or will not do at its forthcoming meeting. Every one of them *kunows one League celegate™ who will not do this, or that, or the other thing. But with all their assumed knowledee they are very careful uot to indicate anvthing thac will be done, for the very good reason that they have not the slightest knowledire oa that poiut. Tug ‘TRIBUNE 15 aware of several matters outside of tae Milwaukee case that will come up. _Oune of them is the complaint of *The Only Nolan,” who was discharged by the Indianapolis Clab for lack of virtue. During the past wonth or so e has been hanginx around. Boston and Providence, lobbyme for reinstaliment, which it is not at all probable will be accordeu him. Aunother matter will be the introduction by the Boston Club of au amendment to_See. 15, Rule 6, of the Learue Playing Rules. This sec- tion nuw provides that: * Any base runner who shall it any way interfere with or obstiuct a fielder while attempting to cateh a tair fly Dball, ora foul ball, shall be declared out. If he willfuliy obstructs a fielder from fielding a batl e shall be deciared out, and if a batted ball strike bim he shall be declared out.” Un- der this rule, with s man on first, and another on third, with one out, the runncr on first may save a double play and Jet in the run from third by allowing the ball to hit him, or be may pre- vent the ball from being ficlded home on” a hit along the ground in bis directlon. The amend- ment to be submitted by the Bostons will pro- vide thet all base runners, except the one it and the batsman who Ints the ball, shall return to their respective buses. thus preventing the accomplishinent of the play possible under the rule as it now stands. “The Chicazo Club will proposc an amendment to tne Constitution. Seg 5, Art. 9, of the Constitution, reads: _“NJ game of ball shall be plaved between a Leazue Club and aby other club employing or presenting in its nine 4 player expelied from the League.” The amendmunt of the Chicago Club will consist in the addition of the following: *>for shall any League Club play auy club that has, at any time durine . the same playing scason, played a game of ball with any other club emploving or presenting in jts nine any player expelled from the Leaguc for seliing, mcmpzmg, or conspiring to- sell, any game of ball,” \ ‘This is a wholesale kind of provision, but will effectually bar all players who have been proven dishounest from obtaming emplovment. It will keep them out of: the business; just what is wanted. The other business transacted by the Learrue will occur in the following order: Rea ing minutes of last meetinw. Report. of Board of Directors. Miscellancousbusiness. Amend- ment of Constitution. Amendmeunt of Playing Rutes. Election of new mewmbers. Election of ollicers. TIE FALLACY OF FIGURES. Some years ago there was a very prevalent impression among people who took un interest ju base ball that, beesuse a man who batted or fielded well was a good player, a nine composed of men sclected especially for the brilliancy of their play at_the bat orin the field must neces- garily be” a first-class one. Even the managers of professional clubs, men whose experience in thbe business snould have taught them its fal- lacy, fell into this war of- thinking, and it was ot jong before nines bezan to be organized on the basts of the battiug and fielding averages of the ‘men cmployed alone, no thought being taken as 10 whetlier or. not these men would work harmoniously tozether. Of all the base- ball impresarios of aoy note, Harry Wrizht was about the only one who steered clear of tuis delusive rock on which so mauy fond hopes aud carcfally arranged nlans were wrecked; but, in spite of the advice of well- meaning {riends, he kept on fo the course he Lad marked out in the beginning, and had his rewnrd in the honor of flying the champion flag for many more seasons tlau any other manager. Izis ail very pretty on baper, this selecting of “ firare nines,” and there are still a few rest- Jess idiots roaming around who insist that fie- wures won't Jie; but they will, and uot only this, but will perforn such excraordinary feats {n that direction that, were they to be attempted by the tongue of man, that useful member would undoubtediy become paralyzed. To show the fallacy of figures, so far as ‘a ball nine is concerned, Tie: TRIBEXE wives below the best ficlaing ard batting nizes of the League and International Assogiations. Imagine a composea of Jim White, Larkin, Start, Ger. e, MeVey, Wergusov, York, s, sod Bign: am # FIELDING. NAL—~ ————LRAGUE——— b, An. P Club, Prov. 913 Bos il “J. White,.Cin. Argin. ! “Foley. “McGuiness 250—1fighatm. DAISY COTTERS. Joe Ellick - has received an offer from the Washington Club for next season. Jones, the Cinciunati left fielder, has gone down the river to New Orleaus for a pleasure trip. Capt. , Howgate, the well-known Arctic ex- Bllm;’cr, is President of the Washington Ball ub. _Mr. J. A. Williams, Sceretary af the Interna- tioral Assuciation, is a clerit in the ofiice of the Seeretary of State, Columbus, O. Albany’s nine next scason will be made up as follows:™ Allison, ¢.; Corx, p.; McKinnon,1b.; Murcan, 2b.; Schaefer, 3 0.5 Leonard, 1. f.; Mannin, f. At present the club bas no cen- re-tielder. Dave Birdsall, the old-time catcher of the Onions, of Morrisanis, and afterwards of the Bostons, is now_supcriotending a bit'iard-sa~ loon in Bostou. Dave will be remembered as Pabor’s catelier in the days when that pitcher was styled ** the old man in the red cap.” . New York fercury: * Whata conrast there is in the number of games played by a cham~ im)n club of 1878 and a” echamvion club of 1858, n the latter year the Atlantic Club of this city thoupht tuey were doing o lively business for that scason when thet plied in the first fifteen nine mateltes, and yet in IS/ we Lave the champions of Bullalo making thelr scason’s play with 110 zames—more than were played by all the clabs in existence sinee 1858, just tweoty years ago. The Buifalos wou 85 out of 116, a tirst-class record. Speaking of the decision of the Buffalo Club to enter the League next year, the Courier says, concerniog the price of admission: *“ For our part, we cheerfuily Jeave the matter to the judument and “good scuse. of the Dircetors, bopiug and believing that they will look weil before they leap.’ "This is one ot the most re- murkaole instances of sclf-abnegation on, rec- ord,'and the: Directors of the Buffalo Club .should be thunkful that the terrible young re- porter did not exercise his vrerogative and fix the priceat five cents, thereby insuring the finuncial ruin of the Club stockholders. As stated in a dispateh 10" Tue TRIBUNE sev- eral days ago, Bob Ferruson has finally settled upon Springficld, Mass., os his abiding place next season. Tho paers of that villaze claim that be entered the International Association beeause he believes it will suon take prececence of the League, but there is probubly no truth iu this yara, Theuine as now arranged is: Fer- gusou, Captam and short stop; Goldsmith and Lorcoran, pitchers: Powersand Baker, catchers; Latham, first base; Carne, *sécond base; Smith, third base; O'Leary, left field; Goldsmith and Corcoran, centre field; Cassidy, right ficld. The League meeting takes placein Cleveland, Dec. 5. The legistation which will probably en~ sue is not known. At any rate, the old rule of Elnyhl‘.! no outside clubs till September should e abolished, and “ the every bull a strike or ball* should not be engrafted on the rules. “I'he striker should have mare chance, for cvery lover of the game wants to see biz batting. It doesu’t matfer how many clubs are taken jnto the Leacue, the more thie 'better, if tbey-are sound financially. Give us o chance to play any clubs we want to, when -it does uot inter- 1ere with the Leeeue schedule.—Providence Dis- ‘pateh. e QUESTIONS ANRWERED. = J. J. B., Ciicaco—Has th¢ International cham. pionship been decided, and {f §o, ta whow was it awarded? Answer—The maticr is still in dispute, botn the Stars and Luffalos claiming the honor. The Juaiciary Committee will-meet at Albany on the 10th of next Feoruar: d give 8 decision. WRESTLING. WRIGHT AND- DOAN. Splcf;!l Dispatch to The Tribune, DeKavup, IlL,- Nov. 30,7710 the wrestling- mateh at the Opera-tlouseahere to-night be- tween Robert Wright, off Betroit, and Levwis Doan, of Parker -City,-P'tiyygaueh interest .was taken. About 800 persons-were present. The purse was for $400 2nd the” Boor money. Dana Earl was chosen referee, mul John McMahon, America’s chiampion, umphd for \Wright, and Heary Shaver, of Malta, fofDoan. In the first round thereiwere two dog-falls, when Dozn was Jaid squargon his vack bya grapevine lnck. Tune, 10 thinutes. 1u the second round Doan threw Wright twice 0a the shoulder Witliout breaking the bridee. He then Iaid himy ‘squarc on his back. Time. 7 minutes. ; Ttard round—One doz-fall; then Doan ot in a grapevine lock, bringiugnvripnt to the floor, McMabion claiming the bridize was not broken, but Shaver claimed otherwise, aud the referee decided with the latter, giviog the decision in favor of Doan. Tine, 6 wifiutes. Doau has vever yet been'thrown, and Wright only once before, and that*oy MeMahon. Wrigne's weight is 163*founds, and Doan’s 179, It is said §2,000 chavted hands, and it s also reported that Wright will challenge Doan i&) agaiu test their scicnce and strength for $24- It s also reported that McMabion will be pit- ted acainst Dana Earl, the mateh to come off bere at nodistant day. Ear! av one time bad an eaviable reputation, but fer years has been out of tue ring. SUNDRY SPORTS. PEDESTRIANISM. BSpecial Dispatch to, The Tribuns. Racrsz, Wis,, Nov. 30,—The walking match 2t Belle City Hall this evening, in which James Swith and George Guyon were to walk four hours - against twelve amateurs of Racine, was won by Smith and Guyon. The former walked the drst two hours, maki; thirtcen miles and tenlaps in oue hour fifty-five minutes and fif- teeu scconds. Smith waiked fourteen miles in one hour lifty-seven minutes and thirty seconds. The New York ZTimes ofiNov. 25 has the fol- lowing concerning-Q'Leary, the champion pedes- trian, and the chances of a contest between him and the best men in Englan Danicl O'Leary, of Chicago. the champion Jong- aistance walier, stopped at the Metropolitau Hotel vesterdny, -on his way 1o Piludelphia, where he . to walk 1 Horticultnral Lall—400 miles against time. e hegius nest Monday, and expects to ue- complish the feat in four days. I lcaves for Philadclohia w-day. My principul reason for comiug on, " &nid he. **was to get upa match with Campana, ' Inever saw *Sport.” but, from counts I have read concerning him, be must hea govdman, I am resay 1o bet $2,500 against 2,000 that T can beat him on a six days' walk and run. or “trot,’ as they call it. I huve secn none of his friends yet. Al Smith, who is at the Gilscy 1ouse, 18 ready to put up the money. e left it ut the rooms of Kelly & Bliss last week. Towe New York o guod performance, and 1f *Sport ' comes to the front I will give bim » chance’ to streich his Jegs.” * “'Can you beat the recora he claims to have made?" **Iam willing_to wager $2,000 against $3,000 that 1 will walk 540 miles in 114 hours, walking a fair heel-and-toe walk. Of course, the oddsare against me.” ¢ en does the next contest for the possession of the Astiey Champion Belt come off¥” i\ Blower ' Brown wants the match in Febraary. 1 have till May 23 to accept under thé Astley rules, but 1 snall nceept before that time. Corkey and § have come tono terms yet. e has put np vuly $50, which i3 a very small forfeit ina match for $500. 1 do not propose to walk this match 1o Lon- don, and his offer to pay my expenses there will not cause me (o change niy resolntion. 1 will hold the belt bere asa Umited States trophy if | can. No one puid my expenses when 1 won it,and 1 don't cxpenses patd now. - Several pedestriany ¢ in the match. and all can chip in ana ther on the some tmck, [t 18 posible that Harnwan, of Boston; Grion. of Milwauker, and Schmehl, of Chicago, will enter, 1 have the right to name the ground.’ and can fake them to San Franciseo or ‘to Australia if 1 desire, but. of course, 1 will take them 1o the place that Suits me best, which will be either Chicago or New York, probably the latter, 1 am more snxious-to mect the Enchshmen. on account of their 2ood-vecord, than any, man_in this country. 1-thtuk Vauzhn, when in condition, 8 the bést pedestrian in En- lund. ™ % & Minve you seen your opponent in- your late” walk at Gilmore's Garden®” e T =~Ch, yes; several times. 1f and Al Smith- called on Hoghes to-day. eeps a place in Tienty-seventh strect. near Gilmore's Gurden. He enid nothing abont walking, e was very friendly. Hesavs he will run any man in America twenly miles for $500." A ' . *+You are not accustomed Lo teain, before, walk- ings” = ¥ have never trainea fewularly Tor any fnatch, but always took considerable exercise' in’ 2dvance, In my nezt contest with the -Enxlishmen -1 shall train and get myself in the dest possiole condition 10 be able 10 make an extruordinary performance. * 1 don’t 1ntend 1o let the belt leave my banas.” O'Leary louks the pictare of health, und welghs 152 pounds. J . THE RIFLE. . The anoual shoot of the Lake View Rifle Club came off on Thankseivine-Day. To make the competition more interesting the follawing rizes were offered: First, a silver-mounted mproved Smith & Wesson pistol, presented by Mr. Georze McCoanell; second, o silver-mount- ed bass rod, given by the Ciub; third, a fine copy of Landscer’s “Monarch of the Glen,” framed, presented by Mr. John McConnell; fourth, twelve pounds of hest rifle powder, given by the Club; filth prize for the lowest seore, a silver-star-spanclet Hambure rooster, presented by Mr. Heory C. Bradley. “The fol- lowing is the score, 200 yards, off-hand: L. 1t 4 PRI R A OSSN T S N S I P e 200 1 e LA e 1 O Lk et e e 3 0 G 030 A B e R 21 1 e A e e KO de e e b s Ok AL e e O e 21 1la s 222 The Ritle Club conacted with Post 23, G. A. R., huve opeued at 243 West Madison street the largest and best-arranged gallery for rifle prac- tice in the city. The object s to raise funds for reliel purposes, snu to encouragean increas- ing popular sport with therifle, - BILLIARDS. Eightcen months ago vesterday William Sex- ton, of New York, won the medal emblematic of the championship of the United States. By the couditions under which it was contested for the medal became the property of Sexton -in case he held fta year and a balf against all comers. The time expired at 12 o'clock last® night, but during the day Slosson forwarded a. ¢hallenge to Lhe giver of the medal, Matthew Deluacy. of New York City, the forfeit money, $250, having been put up by a New York party. The game will be for $500 a side, and will nccessarily be played in New York, where Sex- tou resides, te having the privilege of naming the place and date of the match. Slosson says that it was having this match in view that prevented him | from accepting Schaeter’s recent challengze, he not wishing to have two rames, to be played on tables with differeut cushious, on hand ut the same time. SHERIFF HOFFMANN, End of the Attempt to Kecp Iiim Out of Office. There was hardly 2 word said yesterday about the abortive atiempt to keep Sheriff Holfmaun out of his office’by a resort to the courts. The scheme, devised by a few Democratic politicians who wanted to keep a Democratic Sheriff in during the spring election, and by a few dissat- istied Republican sorcheads, whose enmity to Hoffmaun has remained unabated since bLe won the day in the Convention, turned out to be onc of the deadest failures that this city has everscen. Everybody admitted yvesterday that the whole thing Wus absurd, and bad no stand- ing in law or cquity. 1t was denounced as im- politic, unwise, and wrong. In the report of the interview with Mr. Jues- sen, printed in yesterday’s paper, asentence was so worded 25 to imply that Mr. Juessen said that Ignominious Mr. Kern was aware of these iujunction pro- ceedings from the beginning. This was incor- rect. Mr. Juessei stated that, as far as be knew, Mr. Kern was not aware of this scheme at tbe time that it was oririnally hatched, and learned about it only a few days ago. THE SUERIFF'S OFFICE. To the Editor of The Tribune. CH1CAGO, Nov. 80.—I know of nothing that a Sheriff can hold on to to prevent, the expiration of his oflice. If a Snerill bas commenced the execution of n writ, he may complete it after the exoiration of his office. That is, if he has served a summonswhile in office, he may return it afterwards; or, i he has levied an exceution, he may procced and gell the property levied upon, notwithstanding bis term of office has ex- pired and another is Sheriff. Possession of tae prisoners and possession of unexecuted writs does not make him Skeriff. By the Constitution, Art. X., Sec. 8, it was cnacted that *In cach county there shall be elected the following county officers: County Judge, Sherif, etc., cach .of whom shall enter upon the duties of his oflice on the first Monday in Decemberafter theirelection.” By Art. V. the supreme exeeutive power of the State isvested in the Governor. with the injunction that be shall take care that the laws be . faithfully executed. The =reat seal of the State is committed to the Secretary of Stato 1o be used a3 required by aw. The statute vrovides (R.8., Ch.135) that every Sherifl shall be commissioned by the Gov- ernor; but no commission shall issue except upon the certificate of the County Clerk of the proper county of the duc election or appoint- inent of such Sheriff, and that he has filed his boud and taken the onth of office as hereinafter provided. Chap. 124 makes it the duty of the Secre- tary of State to countersien and aflix the seal of State to all commissious required by law to be issucd by the Governor, and to Keep a register of all such commissions. Chap. 77, Sec. 4, gives power to every court of record in the State to issue writs to the Sherill of Cook Couhty to exccute, and more than 200 courts look to'the office of the Secre- ary of State or 1o the great seal of State to see who is the oflicer whose nume shall ghow a valid return. No court can question the official character of any act performed by the person who holids that commission, nor can any execu- tive oflicer or private person. The tunztions of State Government performed through this ice, and the nature of the poswers to be ex cited, forbid that anv question of eligibility should arise collaterully to impeach the com- mission under the great seal of the State and the resistry of its issue. Nearly all the rorcible process of the State {s exerted througli this oflice. Summons, executions, deatb-warrants are issued n yhe name of tue people ot Llinois 1o tne shertdk of Cook County.” The man is rarely, if ever, numed. A Governor’s warrant under Chap. €0 will authorize a Sherifl to arrest 2 man and deiiver him as a prisoner to be car- ried out of the State. But in all cases of war- rants for arrest, or for breaking into houses, or tdking property, no persou is bound to yield his person or property to any except the ollicer au- thorized by the wric. or his deputies. Hence, if one, supposing that the person Is not an officer, and Is using tbe writ asa cover for robbery or crime, reslsts, ond in So doing Kills, it may be Jjustitiable bomicide if the person killed is a tres- passer, but if he is the aceredited agent of ther State, the real officer commanded by the writ, it wouid ve willful murder. So of a summons. If s summons dirceted to the Sheriff of Cook Countv be returned Dec. 2, 1873, served, ete,, - **T. M. Bradley, Sheriff of Cook County,” or *Joln Swmithi, Sherifl of Cook County,” and any court in the State should render a judgment or deeree by default, it would be a naility, and if titic to land should Ve catled iu question by the judgment, it might be sbown twenty years from now that the sum- mons was never exccated, that ncither Mr. Bradley nor dr. Smith was Sheriff of Cuok County, and consgquently the Court had no vower to enter judgment arainst a person never summoned. . 3 Comparatively few writs are delivered di- rectly to the Sberil; they pass through the bands of attorueys and parties, but can be Teturned only by the officer to wiiom they were directed, with his certificate of the manner in which he has_exccuted the same, and parties, attorneys, and courts must ee to it at their peril that the person who sizns the return has the authority ot the State for that purpos 1 8 person not a Sheriff or deputy levies an exccution or attachment on personal property, be will be liable for the full value of the goods, and for punittve damages for the trespass, and those who abet him may also be liable. leasons of securily to society and cood government have forbidden colfateral fnquiry into the right of the accredited person to hoid thie oftice. Monday Sheriff Hoffmann is by the Constitu- tiou required to enter upon the dutics of his oflice. fle may appoint deputics, and thes mav execute the warraut of the Governor directed to the Sheriff of Cook County, and will not be sndictable for kidnapping if the person they ar- rest on such warrant is carried beyond the limits of the State. So, too, they may serve the summons of the { Circuit Court of -Alexander County, or of this, facd the retury- signed- John” HofTmann, Sherir | ot Cook County, by - Deputy Sheriff, will ‘be 4 return on which the Court can render Jucg- ‘ment. 1f. questioned, the;‘commission is cou- clusive evidence of the name of tle Sheriil. ‘e Zliabiliy of the bondsmen of the present Sheriff expires- to-night, eXcept as to the final :duttes of the Sherifl. Tney arc liable for auy failure to deliver to his successor all unexecuted i wiits, ete., and for nnvgnuua): that he may col- iJect on éxecutions already levied, or for.morey in lils bands that Le fufls to pay to tne proper parties. - Titey ‘are not._ liable for acything he : mmay du with a pew writ that-he may et into bis : possession aiter his commissfon has beenguper- seded by a new one. ) i ‘e Supreme Court have held that-Cool County Is still under township orzanization. Sothere is a Town Collector in each town. Each county, city, town, villaze, and school district in this State may levy and collect taxes for cor- porate purposes of the particular mubicipality only. The expense of collecting the tax may he n corporate purpose of the municipality Teryfng it, but the expenses of tiie town are tot corpurate purpuses ither of the dty oz school district which may embrace part of .its area (Livingston Connty vs. Weider, 64 111, 431), so that the Town Collectorcould not be authorized to pay to towns any of the money levied for any other than town purposes. Nor can a local ex- ception be made in regulating tne affairs of townships and counties even if it has the form of a general Jaw. (Const., Art. 4, Sec. 22; The TPeople vs. Cooper, §3 IlL., 591) *The fees of township officers and of each class of county officers shall be uniform in the class of countics towhich they respectively belong ' (Const., Art. 10, Sec. 11); and Sec. 13: “The General Assem- bly may by general law classify the counties by population into pot more than three classes, and regulate the fees according to class.” _This seems to destroy the valldity of the pro- viso in the Fee and Salary law destroying uni- formity of fces, aud it seems clear that the law rexulating the fees of all Town Collectors in Cook County i3 the same, and that cach hada right to retain the same percentage. The members of the Constitutional Conven- tion understood that the proposed Constitution would abolish' township orgarization in Cook County as perfectly as if the people should vote under the Township Orzanization law for its abolition. And they understood that under the general laws the matter of collecting taxes would fall into the hands of officers whose lees wera limited by Scc. 10 of Art. X. It will hard- Iy do now to clarge 8 man with erime_that the upreme Court lias held to be lawfully in the oflice of Town Collector for taking uniform fees with all other Town Collectors in the same class of counties, wuich fees arc expressly given by the uniform law. Epwirp Roby. LOCAL MISCELLANY. MR. M’BRIDE. WAS TIE LECTGRE GOOD OR BAD? Thanksriving evening a reporter of Tuz Trin- ©UXE was dragged from his turkey and mimce-pie by & tern sense of duty to #0 to Hershey 1fall in order to make a brief report of the lecture to be delivered by Mr. G. McBride on *‘The American Crisie.” ' On arriving at the bell he swas warmly grected by the lecturer, who was contemolating with something of sadness the small sudience which had gathered to listen to him. In order to 83 ve the reporter trouble, he wave him a brief ab- stract of his lecture, whicl was pablished the fol- lowing morning 'with some accompanying remarks. Unfortanately Mr. McBride in- sisted that the reporler should remain to listen to the lectare, In a moment of wenkness the latter consented, sat down with the meazre andience, and began listening. After a time Mr. Mcliride Jost bis place in his manu- script, and fumbled around for some time in the hopeless efforc of finding himsclf. About a third of the nudience ot wearied with this, and arcse to o out. The reporicr thouzht this o favorable op- portunity, and went out with them. XNaturallv, ander all these circumstunces, his acconnt of the lecture in the next moming's paper was tinzed with the melpocholy of a mind Barassed by disan- pointment. Among other things he eaid that G. McBride's debut was **anything but satisfactory " healluded to weary remacks,” and sarcastically tauntea McBride by referring to his **sparkling thought,” and closed with the remark that ‘*if the rostram was his dest hold, he had very few stronz points, Alter tais, of conrse, WAR WAS DECLARED. The lecturer advanced upon Tus TRIBUNE office armed to the teeili with his_dreadful manuscriot, and insisted upon reading 1t to the editorial atall 10 prove iow unjustly he had been criticised. This was taking an unfawr advantage. Dut the city editor ¢scuped the_doom thus prepared for him by saying that he would scnd another reporter aroun to interview different persons who had been among the lecturer's audicace. and get their opiuions. ‘Thus it hapoened that a reporter vesterday start- edout to iind somcbody who had been at the lecture. Out.of 2ucore of people it wonld.uot have been wifficult to arrive at an average upinion which would give Mr. SlcBride the justice which be de- sired. “But’ unfortunateiy there arose numerous obstacles. Severni men, who can be positively identificd as haviog been in the' audience, when spoken to on the subject, denied all knowledee of the affair with an abrupt- ness bordering on anger. Others acknowledged huving been there, but immediately began to make escuses and profuse apologics. as it they had been detected in wrona-doioz, thus throwing the re- porter off from the track and preventin:t him from getting the wished-for information. One man and wife expressed their regret at havinz fallen asleep, a calamity which was brought abont either throngh cexzessive weariness or beat, they were unable to say which. Only one man was found twho ex- pressed an opinion of any sort, and he said stmply and tersely, ** Get onr,” and the reporier came awar. 1t will be seen, thercfore, that a task of great gifiicalty lny before tuc reporter to whom this mat- ter bad bren referred. Anxious fo do jnstice both to Mr. Meliride and the public, ke found himsclf bafiled at the very door of the inguiry which be had instituled. It may be said here that it is not often that the modus operandi of news-getting 13 exposed to the reader’ ns itis in this case. The public is treated to the tangible results in 8 con- densed shape, and is epared the recital of how and where they were obtzined. In this instance, botw- eyer, 1he Circomstances are of €0 pecaliar o natare that the digression may.be pardoned. As s farther step in the investization, the re- porter referred to the advertisement of the lecture which appearvd 1 TiE TriByxE Tucsday morning. There, after the usual head-lines, appeared the following: “The Amerfcan Crists, 1673 t0 1900, by Mr. G, Me- Dride. A First Appearazee. The Subjeet Matter of thfs Leeture Is fndursed os Excelient by Mr. Metealfe, of the Nortn Americin Reriew. Local indorsements: **Intercating ‘and_sugscative."~Prof. Swing. **In- {gusely. fatcrestings shows umarked abilty.>~Disliop “heney. - . TROF. SWING. The residence of Prof. Swing is on Superior street. Toither the reporter went. **1 don’t know anything about Mr. McBride," said the Projessor, **except that he came to my house gbout a month ago, and told me that he had written a lecture upon which he wanted my opin- jon. I told him that I hadn't time just then to read it, Lot that he micht leave it and I would look at'it when I found time.” ** ad you ever secn him boforex'! ++No: 1 understoud thst he was a theological stadent,—quite 2 young man,—and I had no con- dence in hie lectare amonnting to enytoinz. " ** And you were agrecably aisippointed?” inter- rapted the visitor. I did not say e replied the Professor. “*The fact is, that I read about a dozen pages, and swhen Mir. McBride called I didn't want to hurt his fecling: T enud that [ thougat it wmteresting, ul- thourh T disagreed from his views,” **Was that ail?™ *“No; I afterwards read the rest of the manu- script, and one day I was coming up from town and I met the youns man. He turned aronnd and walked with me. T told him that the lectare was suggestive, but edvised him not Lo attempt enter- ing the lecture field on an ambitious scale. e swid that he had made an arrangement to deliver the lecture in Hershey Hall in behalf of some charity, and wanted me to help him get an audi- ence. " 1 refused him plainly. " **Have you siuce seen bow he used vour in- dorsement in his advertisement of the leciure ™ “-Yes; he has taken the.(wo complimentars words which 1 used and put tuem in, at the same time leaving ont what I said to discourage him. Among other thingze, 1 remember that Iadvised him to send the ariicle to o' mazazine instead of using it os a lectare. I sce by his advertisement. that he has put in the edilor of the North Amer- ican as indorsing it I presume that means simply that he sent the article to the Nort/ American,and it was returned by Mr. Metcalf with the remark that §t way excelient, but oot suitable for the Resiew,~n common and polite phrase among maga- Zzine editors when they refuse aricles, " “*Rather sublime, though, for him to print it as an_wdorsement. © Did you read TUE TRIBUNE'S crilfll%ism on the lecture the day after 1t was deliv- ered?" m“ 14id, and thonght ‘it was a very fair crit- sm. s ‘The visitor handed the Professor a clippingz con- taining tne criticism. He read it over carefully and said: J ** 1sbould jrdge this to be all right. There is nothing very bad ahout it. I have had worse crii- icisms on mysclf than that.” Indeed I ! ** Why. when I commenced lectaring,” safd the Professor, smilingly, **1 used to #o before parlor andicnces ond_school-house meefinge, | didn't dream of making a public spectacle of_myself un- til I had been taoroushly trained. The idea of Jectaring in Herahey Hull wonld have soemed pre- posicrous tome. I told Mcride this, but he said he conldn'twaii. e wanted toachieve fame at o boung. " > “* Yon weze severely criticised, yon say?” “‘Yes: Iremember once 1 went over io Middle- town, 0., and lectured, and the Middletown In- telligencer eaid that 1 spoke like thunder, and went through with my Jectare like lightning. Well, I didn't get mad. 1took the lesson to heart, and the nest time I lectured I made yn effort 1o speak slowly and dietinctly. " *+1 takes @ good many qualitiesto make a popo- lar lecturer.” 1 In the first place one must bave, or onght to bave, zood delivery. Without that few lectare sudiences can he interested. Nexb 1o oratory comes the arrmngement of the sudject, and either beanty or strength of words. Lastiy. in lectures, comes the idea, which should, of course, be orig- inal. uithough it seldom 1s.™ 3 The only other gentleman referred to by McBrido 23 tndorsing his lectare was BISHOP CHENEY. Tle was called upon oy the roporiet yosterday and said that he had aad no acquaintance with Mclride until about o week azo, wien that person visited him and requested an opinton resarding tiie merits of a lecture whicn he proposed delivering. The Bishop had elanced at the manuscripl, and had been interested in the ideas tnerein: propounded, althonzh, like Prof. Swing, he coold no: indorse all of them. He had given Mr. McBride anthority 10 use his name nsa reference. and regarded the criticism in TUEZ TRIGUNE 8 severe. The_resuit of this investigation, then, Is that Prof. Swing and Hishop Coener diifer asto what Coustitutes u good lecture, To be sure, 2 manu- script lccture iy very much like 8 msnuscript play, and its succesy can- only- be determined ftef its production im pabhe. ‘The public failed o appreciate Mclriac’s picce,—that is cvident, 1n conclision it may be well to quote from a letter wkich the lociurer hag sent to Tz TnisuNE: But | would not"have presumed to come hefore tha pubiicas 1 did isd ot the . manuscript {rom which 1 7ead ren pronounced philosopnical. ttensely interest- Ing, and £ood bY gentfemen upon whose judzwent ia fuaiters of kuelr efilclsm 5ou must place &ime re- ance. These interesting investigations, unfortanately, leavé affairs In a somewhat unsatisfactory condi- tion. Prof. Swing and Bishop Cheney are by no means of a ming, and who shall decide when doc- tors disagree? As for the reporter who went 1o the lecture, it has been suggested to him that he read the .manuscript, but that he has Grmly de- clineds to do, and there seems no way of making him doit. The question will therefora be thrown open to the public. Tne manuscript wilt be in this office on exhibition all of to-day, und any gentle- man who chooses can come up here and read it througk, and put in a hat his expression of opinion as to “whether the reporier was justified in bis opinion. The result will be sunounced AMouday morning. MIKE M’DONALD, HIS LICENSE REVOKED. ©On complsint and recommendation of the Soper- intendent of Police, the Mayor yesterday revoked the saloon-license of Mike McDonald. A Tuwoxs reporter called upon Mayor Heath Jast eveningand asked for the specific reasons of the revocation. His Homor replied that he had ot given the matter 5 thought, and asged why the specific rcasons wera asked for in this case "any more than they wounla be had he revoked the licemsesof hundreds of other saloons for cause. ‘The reporter explained that as Mike had attained 4 degree of notoriety in the city beyond his fellows, e presumed the revocation of his license would be of more interest to the ‘public, both repatable and disreputable, than wonld be' the closing-up of & less celebrated concern. His Honor adwitted that perhaps this might be 80, and i: view of the fact cheerfully stated the circametances of the revocation. He said that all revocations of licenses came abont from the com- plaints of the Policc Department, which was the most compeient to judge of the matter. If he re= membered rightly, the charges made azainst Mike McDonald were, firet, that he defled the city au- thorities and pemlstid in violating the ordinances. Second, that hia place was the resort of thieves and baa characters generally, as had been proved time and again. = Third, thathe insisted npon keep- ing a gambling-house, contrary to the city ordi- nancesand the ordersof the Chief of Police, Fourtn, that a few nights azo a. fl;;ll,xl occurred in his saloon acertain Licutenant of(Police heard the row and went in to quell it, when he was assanited by Mc- Donaid, **1snould think these were cnough reasons to prompt 2 revocation,” soggested the mewspaper representative. **1 thought so," returned the Mayor, ‘*or I ‘would not have revoked his license. 1 havealways heen very carcful about exercising my power in re- voking licenses. I do not wish to be unjust toany- boay, and 1 never revoked o ficense except upon the recommendation of the Police Departmeat. I. buve many tioies been importuned by citizens to revoke eomcbody's license, and they have felt bard toward me for mnot comply- ing immediately with their requests; but I bave simply pinced the commumcations in the hands of the Police Department and Instructed the otlicers 1o investigate the matter thoroughly and report. 1t 1 cousidered that there was sufficient cause T Luve issued a revocation; if not, I have cautioned to be carefal in the fature and spered them. The same cause that would bringabout & revocation of any oiher saloon-keeper's license’ would close up Mike McDona!d just as guick.” **Then it 13 not your Intention that Mike McDon-~ ald should ranthe city " **Eitber Mike witl run it or Mr. Seavey will have to, and 1 think Seavey will runit unil he' is re- moved. " The notice 0f the revocation was served by Of- ficer La Bounty at about 5 o'clock in the eveninz. McDonald hurried to Lawser Trude, hut the place was not closed, and liquors continued 10 Le sold ali the cvening until closed by the ordi- nance at midnight. Neither Capt. O'Donuell nor any of the South Division police knew anything of the revocation of theflicense until they heard the report on the street. McDonald boast- ingly says he ie going fo it them at cvery passibla oin! 5000 ag Mr. Storts returns to the city he will institute a suit for trespass upon his premises, with damages at thousands of dollara. THE COUNTY BOARD. THE LAST MEETING. = ‘The Connty Board met in extra session yeeterday afternoon to wind up the business of the year. Al of the members were present, Mr. Senne fn the chair. On motion, the rules were suspended and the pay-roll of the County Clerk's ofiice for Novem- ber, amounting to $6,430.50, was passed upon and ordered paid. The pay-roll of the mechanics at the Insane Asylum was also ordered paid, The several committees reported on a large nom- ber of #mall bills, and all of the reports were con=~ curred in. The Committee on Public Service reported on tha per diem of the Commissioners for the last quar- ter, as follows, aad the report was adopted: titeage end Flozeoraid. Tioifman: Lonzen Meyer. .\slfxgv-my The Committee on Public Buildinga and Servi <reported on paying the Conri-House coniructors their withneld percentage, saying thut their re- uests were reasonable, and recommending that the Board consider the same at an early day. The report was adooted. 3Ir. Fitzgerald then made a speech, in which he commendud the retiring memoers of the Board, and moved a vote of thanks to them, which was upanimoisly given. Mr. Senne followed, readinga paper reviewing the Jabors of the Lioard the past vear, which was replete with figures, e snowed that the orders drawn against the General Fund had been $21:1, 000- less than the year before, and-beside that abont $230,000 of the temporary loans had been tager up. 'Ue was given a vote of thanks. ‘The Board thep adjourncd sine die. and a Jast farewell was had. The retiring members were f 111 of regret, of course, and they were decply sympa- thized with by their hoid-over associates. » | 5 SUBURBAN. LARE VIEW. An adjourned mecting of the Board of Trustees of Lake View was held Friday, the fall Board being predent. s A report was received from John A. Cole, -Civil- Engineer, of the snccessful ralsing of the Water- Works cribone foot higher, thanits former level, and excavations made around the inlet-pipe, and that thercby the inflow of sand had been stopoed. The Committee on Roads and Bridges reported ‘having conferred with the North Chicago Railroad Company in relation 1o moving their tracks between Fullerton avenue and Diversy street. The Compa- ny agreed toput its tracksinthe centreof tns street and pave ‘fourteen feet in width. provided the town or property-owners in the vicinity woald improve the remainder. The Company favors pav- ing the whole strect with block pavement. Besides their fourteen fect in their. tracks, they owna frontage of 400 feet, which they are willing to pave as above. It I8 desired to .bave a permanent im- provement, and the Committee recommend that a svecial asseasment be made, or the concarrence of the property-owners had, for the improvement ‘with gither cinders, clay and gravel, or block pave~ ment. - Several bide were read for the grading of Clybourn: aveaue, from Fullerton avenue to Beimont avenue. ‘The bid of Joseph Pasey vein the lowest and best, Commissioner Goode was {ustructed to make & contract with him, providea the rznt of way is ahtamned, the road to be efght fec . tap and twenty inches deep, the work to by paid for when com- vleted. NIYDE PARK. ‘The Board of Trustces of the Village met at the Town-lall last evening—all present. David Hallinan resizned the position as umpire between the Villageand John K. Beaty, or the Forty-first stroet sewer contract. Willism Dee was aathorized to act. William Coppers offered proposals to constract & ditch on Fighty-seventh street for 11X cents per yard, aod D. Healy a 12 cents. Referred. On motlon of Mr. Wrignt, the Village Treasarer ‘was instructed to transfer 37,000 from the inzerest and sinking fund to the water-pipe_soecial asscss- ment fund; and also to transfer $2,000 from the police to the street and highway repair fund. ‘The Water Commissioner and Finance Commit- tee were Instructed to astertain the costof mora efficlent machinery for running the Water-Works, and purchase the same, with the understanding tout the Town of Lake shall pay not less than three-fifths of the cost. snd that Hyde Park shatl 10t be liable for more than $10, 000. The Village Attorney was instructed to prepars an ordinance for opening up Eighty-seventh street from Cottage Grove avenue to Stony Island, 200 feet wide. 1t was resolved that no contract shall hereafter . be entered into by the Board of Trustces, or any Committee, or any member thereof; and no ex- pense shall be incarred by any oficer or depart- ment, for ot on account of any improvements here— after to be made, the cost of which, or any portion thereof. other than the coat of méklng and levying an aéscesment, Is to be provided for by special as~ sesyment, unless at least 70 per centum of the ‘amount to be raised by such assessment for said improvement shall have been Grit collected and aid to the Treusurer of the Village; provided, owever, that the ordinance shall not apply 1o the aissessments already directed by ordinance to be made for the wideninz of Euhty-seventh street ditch and the constraction of a sewer on Hyde Park avenae. “The Board then adjourned. % EVANSTON. ‘The first of a grand concert seties iz be gjven in the First Baptist Charch Tuesday evéning. The programme for this firat entertainment is a fine ove. An.aisrm of fre starticd the resideats aboat 3 o'clock Friday morning. It proved to be an at-! “tempt £0 burn the pining mill, bat was discovered 00 5008 for much losa. 7 I Two marriages are to’occur i Evanston soon.” Tuesdayalternoon. iss Anna Geduey is to be- come Mrs. James . Kline; and & few days later, Miys Lottie Powers, danghter of Il. G. Powers, is t0 be married to Mr. W. B. Gilman, =+ Dr. K. M. Hatfeld will preach jn the First’ Methodist Church this evening; this_morniug, mopthly communion services, . Tae Rev. Me, Walker ofiiciates at the Baptist Church to-day. ‘The Congregational and Preabyterian Churches hog\d toeir customary services, ai, indeed, do Lhe others, $