Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1879, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY. JANUARY 26 1879—SIXTEEN PAGES home about 9 o’clock, but the engines belongipe FOREIG?Y Work Before the Legislative Cham= bers of New Bulgaria. Interesting Ceremonies at the Marriage % of the King of Holland. Eoropean Governments Devising Means to Ward Off the Plague. frch Generals of Monarchical Pro- clivities Placed on the Re- tired List. Bcvcre Winter Weather in Great Britain and on the Continent. = BULGARIA. ' THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. Special Dissateh to The Triune. . Nzw YoRrk, Jan. 25.—The Assembly of Bul- garian notables charged to chuose a Prince for the new Enropean State met at Tirnova, the Capital; on Saturday last, andadjourned to pro- ceed to active business to-day or on Monday. it consists of 120 members elecicd by the people, who will elect 120 more in February or March, before the Assembly proceeds to discharze its finat daties, 124 Presidents of the local and gen- eral councils and courts, thirty delegates ap- pointed by the: Russian Administrator, Prioce Dondoukofl-Korsskoff, the vine Buigarian Bishops, the Tarkish Mufti of Widin, the Greek Bishop of Varpa, and the Jewish Grand Rabui of Sofis. Prince Donaoukoll’s Lientenant, M. Sukianov, will preside. The Assembly is relia- bly pro-Russian. -’ . THB PIRST WORK OF THE KOTABLES will be to adopt the Constitution, drawn up in odvance by the Russians, and approved by the Crzar. The orgabization will be practically that of a Turkish viiayet; the Prince cannot declare war of his own motion, though he possesscs the pardoning power; the Cabinet is responsible to a National Asscmbly of one Chamber, one- fourth of whom. are appointed by the Govern- ‘ment (clerical members, by the way, are not to vote on political subjects), and the !rcc_dom ?E the press and independence of the judiciary is -assured. Atilitary service is to be compulsory on all ‘males between 20 and 80, but Turks are for m.e present excluded from serving. The militia is commanded by = Rassian, Gen. Stolipin, who is assisted by some hundreds of old Russian nfi- ‘cers and soldiers; the Principality will mlti- mately have a force of 150,000 effectives. Its “arca 15 24,405 square miles, and the population is estimated at 1,775,000, of whom something under 700,000 are Turks. e THE ELECTION OF A PRINCE “will not be proceeded with till April. The choice of the Assembly must be confirmed by the Sul- tan, and assented to by the sigoatories of the ‘Tréaty of Beslin, which ihstrument also ex- ‘cludes the candidature of Princes of reizning dynastics, 28, for instance, the Duke of Edin- burg. Thereis a whole drove of candidates, bt only two or three stand any seriows chance of being struck by the Princely liehtning. These are the Prince of Battepberg, who is a nephew of the Emvress of Russia, and a. Rus- £izn officer, who could be elected, but may de- cline the seat. If elected, it is seid that he ‘migbt marry the Princess Beatrice of England. .Prince Dondoukofl-Korsakoff conld make the Assembly elect himself or Gen. Ignatieff, but for prudentiat reasons the Czar i said to op- pose sach a move. In the new rank. come Prince Georze Bibesco, son of an old Hospodar, and who has served in the French army; Prince Emmaouel Vogarides, a Bulgarian and very popular; Lis uncle, Aleko Pacha, long “Turkish Miuister to Austria; Prince Arnulph of Bavarla, at present in Russia, and old Bozo Petrovich, President of the Montenegrin Senate und father-in-law of the Prince of: Montepegro. ‘Besides - 'these, there are in the field the Roumanian Premier, Bratiano, whose real name Is Bratoff, and who isa Bulgarian by birth; Ristics, the Serblan statesman; Akeakoff, the famous Panslavist of Moscow Prince Heory of Reuss, the German Ambassador to Turkey; Prince Alexander Wasseltschikoff, Prince ‘Charles of Roumanis, Prince ta of Mon- tenegro, and Prince Milan of Serbia. HOLLAND. THE RECENT ROTAL WEDDING. Special Disnatch to The Trivune. : -N2w Yonrg, Jan. 25.—Late Continental mails roptain particulars of the marriage of the King of Bolland at Arolsen, on the 7th, to the Prin- tess Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont. The King's _brother, Prince Henry of Holland, was unable 1o attend, naving taken sick with the measles, from which he died a couple of das later, and the King’s two sons, who are disgusted with their father's remarrisge, being absent, the TPriuce of Orange at Nice, and Prince Alexander st Paris, on his way to 8pain. At 5:30 p. m. the invited guests—the' gentlemen in white yantaloons, by the way—assembled jn the chapel of the Chateau, to which the bridalparty proceeded after the civil ceremony, which was performed in the Princess’ motber’s private &partments (she is a confirmed invalid), the or- der of the procession being as follows: THE KING AND QUEEN OF HOLLAND, sttended by the ladics of the Court, the Qucen’s three sisters, Prince of Waldeck and Grand Duchess of Saxe-Wiemar, Grand Duke of Baxe-Welmar aud Princess of Lippe-Schaum- ‘burg, Prince Augustus and Princess William of Wurtemburg, Prince of Lippe-Schaumburg and Princess-Mother of Wied, Prince William of Wurtemburg and Countess Stolberg-Stolberg, Prince of Lippe, Prince Otto of Lippe, Prince Adolph of Lippe, Priace Heory of Wicd, Prince Frolberp-Stolberz, Count Albert of Waldeck, Envoys and their suites. ‘The King wore the uniform of an Admirat of the Duteh ficet, and the bride was dressed in white satin and zold, and wore 3 crowsn of mjyr- tle. They took their places in the choir of the chapel, the Queen’s sisters acting as brides- 'malds, the guests bring ranged in a semi-circle in the tracsept. Dr. Scipio, the Court preacher, offered a short prayer, read the 121st psalm, and pronounced & brief allocution, then, amid a salvo of 101 funs, the sacramental phrases were pronounced, and RINGS EXCIANGED. the services conciuding with a8 hymn. Count Schimmelpenninck then presented the bride with 2 bouguet from the Burghers of The Fague in 2 white satin holder wronght and in- senbed with gold, and the procession returned to the drawing-room, where congratulations were received by the newly-married sovercigns, after which 2 banquet was served. Among the bride’s presents were her parents’ portraits, a toilet-service of solid silver, a laceset of wonder- ful beauty from the women of Arolsen, a crown of Lrilliants from the Saxe-Weimars, six stars of diamonds from the Printe of Wied and other princely guests, a diamond. bracelet of great cost from the King's brother, a water-color by Camphausen from the regiment of Dusseldorf, of which the King is Colonel, efc., etc. AFGHANISTAN. VERY SAD. CALCUTTA, Jau. 25.—A dispatch from Jelala- Pad states that Yakooo Khan had seized Fort Fizen, belonging to the Babsba Kakhel Ghil- 3eais, taking the Chiefs prisoners, in conse- yuence of which the Ghilseais have commenced hostilities azainst Yakoob Khan. The Kohis- $anis and Gebzais “have also deserted Yakoob Ehan. S8OUTH AFRICA. THE ZULG WAR. N Loxpox, Jan. 25.—The news from South Africais that the Zulu King refusesall the British demands. The Kiog has assembled 8,000 meu on the border. Gen. Chelmsford and stall Jeft Capetown Jan. 3 for the front, and tse Briush troops advanced, reinforcements having arrived. A dispatch from Maritzburg, Jan. G, says: “The High Commissioner bas placed all matters connected with Zulu affairs in the hands of Gen. Chelmsford, but gives King Citywayo until the 1Ith of January to make a full and unconditional submission.” THE PLAGUE. - ECROPE ALARNMED. Loxpoy, Jan. 25.—The Russian and German medical journals state that Eastern Europe is in a state of great alarm at the rapid progress of the plague towards the porth and east of Russfa, from the Caspian Sea along the course of the Volga. ¥ A SCARCITT OF DOCTORS. One dificulty in preventing the spread of the plague is the want of physicians. About one-third of the Russian doctors died either during the war or from the typhoid fever which followed it, snd a large number of young students have been summoned from the hospi- tals und medical schools to take their places. One medical journal insists on the importaoce, in the interest of all Europe, of providing Rus- sia with doctors and belping her keep down the plague. ON THE VOLGA. Vienxa,dan. 25.—Io the Lower Houseto- day Prince Aucrsperg faid there prevailed in six villages on the Volza Rirer and island in the river an epidemic geuerally considered to be the plague. He added that extreme measurcs do not seem at present justifiable. RUSSIA. * ETUDENTS UNDER ARREST. St. PETERSBURG, Jan, 25.—Forty students are still under arrest at Charkoff. The University will rematn closed until Feb. 13. ROYAL MARRIAGE. St. PETERSBURG, Jan. 25.—The Grand Duchess Anastasia, daughter of the Grand Duke Michael, was married vesterdaj. to Prince Frederick ot Mecklenberg-Schwerin, at the Winter Palace, with great ceremony. ‘The city was illuminated atnignt. Te deums were sung in all the chyrches. The bells will continue ringing three days. SEVERE WINTER. FROSTY REPORTS. Loxnox, Jan. 25.—The weather in Great Brit- ain continues eevere, and the number of dis- tressed poor is greatly increased. In Paris traflic is almost suspended by the snow. In Brittgny and Other provinces tele- graphic and raflway communication are inter- rupted. Light ships ate abandoning their sta- tions on account of the ice. The pavigation of the Scheldt is decided dangerous, and pilots are only granted if the masters of vessels will as- sume all responsibility. AUSTRIA. MINISTERIAL BRAVADO. VIENNA, Jan. 25.—In the Lower House of the Reichsrath to-day, during the debate on theBer- lin Treaty, Minister Unger defended the consti- tutionality of the conduct of the Ministers, and created a sensation by saving they longed for the moment when they could be relieved, PANAMA, DEATH OF A PROTESTANT MISSIONARY. Paxaya, Jan. 25.—The Rev. C. M. Birdsell, Protestant missionary at Aspiawall, died on the 14th inst. He was a graduate of Baldwin Uni- versity, Ohio, and had been on the Isthmus only three months. Four United States war vessels are in port. TURKEY. RUSSO-TURKISI STIPULATION. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 25.—The Russian and Turkish Governments agree to the clause of the definitive treaty of peace stipulating that the Russians shall evacunte Turkey within thirty- five days of the signature. MEXICO. THE AMERICAN EXCURSIONISTS. ‘New ORLEANS, Jan. 25.—The steamer City of Mexico, from Vera Crnz, brings City of Mexico dates to the 16th. The American excursionists are atl well and delighted with the reception by the authorities and people. SPAIN. ARRESTS. MapRID, Jan. 25.—Three arrests have been made in Reus Catalonis, and thirty muskets, a Republican flag, and seal secured by the police. GREAT BRITAIN. “ OLD IRONSIDES.” Loxpox, Jan, 25.—The United State frigate Constitution has been repaired, and will soon restart for home. FRANCE. RETIRED. PariS, Jan. 25.—Gens. Bourbaki, Bataille, Renson, and DeCartique, commanding respect- ively the Fourtcentn, Fifteenth, Sixtecnth, and Twelfth Army Corps, have been placed on the retired Iist. COMMENTS OF THE MONARCHICAL PRESS ON THE SWEEPING REPUBLICAN ELECTION TRI- TMPIOS. Special to London Times. PAr1s, Jan. 9.—The guccess of M. Camparon at the third ballot in Haute-Garonne, and the re-clection of M. Desmaze for Martmique, swell the Republican returns to 66, as compared with 16 Reactionaries, and the Senate, allowing for two vacant seats on the' Rizht, and reckoning M. Wallon and Admiral Fourichon ag Conserva- tives, is now composed of 177 Republicans and 121 Conservatives. The latter may be subdi- Vided to 60 Legitimists, 35 Orlcanists, and 26 Donapartists. Thus the Bonapartists, the most numerous section of the Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies elected by universal suf- frare direct, are the least numerous section in theSenate elected by universal suflrage indirect. ‘The opposition papers comment on the clec- tions in everv variety of tone,—from equanimity 1o despair. The Orieanists are the lcast pes- simist. The Aoniteur is satisfled that if ever the Republican Government alarmed Conserva- tive interests, the Right, through secession from the Left; would recover their majority; for many of the latter have served former Gov- ernments, and are Republicans from reason more than from faoaticism. It advises the Conservatives to repair a deserved defeat by advocating wise reforms,—as, for 1nstance, re- garding wills, pensions, ete. It points out, moreover, the overwhelming defeat of the Bona- partists. The So'eil hopes to find co-operators even among the Left in the defense of the permancnt interests of socicty, remarks that the Radicals bave not won a very large share of the victory, and bolds it to be the interest of the Republicans that the Sen- ate should be a barrler agamst excesses and passions. The Constitutionnel regards the elec- tions as the defeat of Radicalism and as a proof that the electors are more Conservative than the so-calied Conservatives. The Bonapartists affect to take their defeat very calmly. The Ordre discialms surprise or wrath, it having ex- ‘pected nothing wood frum a suffrage devised by the Orleanists for the exizencies of anarrow and precarious policy. _They thereby gave the Re- public a two-edged sword, which now an un- principled Government could turn against their adversarics. It ascribes the result to threats and cajoleries unsurpassed since Louis Philippe’s reign, and expresses disgust at the defeat of Marshal Canrobert by a veterivary surgeon. The ZFays remarks and_ the epublicans, though ~ not like children as regards ionocence, bhave also had their efrennes, describes the Senate as little iuclined to follow the Chamber in the revolu- tionary path, and expects, as disinterested, amused spectators, to witness conflicts between the two bodies. The Legitimist Jnion points out that the country has again displayed its de- liberate hostility to the Empire, whose origin and concessions disable it from strugglin, against the revolution, and its urres the Royal- ists to withstand and protest against the im- pending violations of liberty. The Gazelte de France also notices with complacency the de- fear of the Bonapartists with their own weapon —the suffrage—and it predictsrain, disquietude, and re\'uluuonarf trouble, leading up to the re- storation of the Monarchy. The Clerical Univers advocates the judicial defense of Catholicschools, monasteries, and priests, and an orzanized and uncompromising -Tesistance until the not- distsut day of reconstruction. The 3fonde, the Papsl Nuncio’s organ, admits that many of the Republican Senators are Moderates, and thinks it possibie they will not beso timorous aund ab- uc de Brogiie’s paper, declares that it ex- pected the defeat. comments on the tendency of French movements to go ou to the end, asks what the end will be in this case, and predicts for Radicalism a fall as rapidus its mise, but, perhaps, involving grievous losses for liberty or pational independence. It augurs attacks on il ject as the Conservatives. The Francais, the. < the army, magistracy, and civil service,. economic yiollicg?.mnl 3 rash forelgn poli- ey, This is decidedly the "~ most ; misera- ble. utterance on the - Conservative side.: It is_ucedless to cite the jubilation of the Republican orgaps, which 'is in general-tolerably sober. lumay be well, how- ‘ever, to pote that the Republique Francaise, 3. Gambetta’s paper, after remarking thag the third of France which voted yesterday was bith- erto the Reactionary strongbold, says: “The Conservative feeling will continue be- yond doubt to prevail in the new Senatorial ma- Jority, but it will be composed of loral Repub- licans belonging to the various eroups whose uaion bas stood the ordeals to which France lins just putanend. . . . Without opening the Qiscussion on the reforms and measures she has, arightto expect, we will at”once say that the impenitent enemies of our ‘institutions must cease to find in the public deoartments a tolera- tion und treatment which France refuses them under whatever form ber opinion is taken.” RUSSIA AND TUREEY. THE NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THE CONVENTION. Dispatch to Loudon Tunes. ViENN4, Jan. 7.—The news from Constanti- nople concerning the negotiations about the Russo-Turkish Couvention continues to be favorable. Itis reported that the conciliatory disposition with which the present negotiations began has continued, and that under its influ- ence the points of difference hitherto remaining have been settled by a compromise. One of thes chief points of dispute was about the surrender of Podgoritzu, on the accomplishment of which the Russians made the evacuation by their troops of Turkish territory dependent, while the Turks wanted to make these two events go hand in band. On this point the Turks bave now yielded, copsenting that the surrender of Podgoritza and the other territory to which Montenegro has a claim should precede, or, at any rate, be carried out at once independently of the evacnation. This concession once made by the Turke, the Russians bave showed them- selves accommodating on tbe subject of the details. The threatening attitude of the Alba- nians considered, the -confplete surrender- of the territories due to Moutenegro is a ‘task which might take some. consideraole time and require some delicate management. Prince Lobanoff, however, has given assurances that, provided only a begioning was made in earncst, the Russian army might nou await the entire completion of that work before retiring from Turkish territory, but might begin the evacua- tion and eventually complete it even before the time stipulated by the Convention. In return for the concession made by the Turks with regard to Podgoritza, the Russians gave way on two points. The first of theseis the payment of the war indemnity, with regard to which- the Russians asccepted the lonzer terms and easier tonditions proposed by the Turks. The other'is the sccond point of the Convention proposed by the Russians, according to which the Turks were to pledge themselves to carry out all the stipulationsof the Berlin “freaty. This point was the one most objected to by the Turks; and naturally so, as it would have given to Russiz a certain amount of con- trol and_certsin means of pressure upon Tur- ke, while, on the other hand, it could scarcely have been agrecable to the other signatory Powers that Russia shuuld thus be allowed the exceptional position of special guardian, as it were, of the Treaty of Berlin. The Russian view of the case ¢eems to have been that the Treaty of Berlin havirg greatly modified the prelimlnary Treaty of San Stefano, and, indeed, displaced almost all its essential stipulations, it was not well to omit all reference to the former treaty in a conven- tion which was to couvert thé preliminary agrecment between Tarkey and Russia as em- bodied in the Treaty of San Stefano into a de- finitive one. Although the concessions made by Turkey in that preliminary arrangement had been considerably reduced by the Treaty of Ber- lin, the latter was based on the preliminary Treaty of San Stefauo, by which Turkey was specially bound towards Russia, and the lauter had, therefore, the right to demand that in the definitive Convention this obligation towards Russis with regard to the stipula- tions of the Treaty of San Stefano as amended by the Treaty of Berlin should be recognized by Turkey. Plamsible as such an argument mizht seem, it raised a question of principle, claiming as it did for Russia a privi- lezed position above the other siznatory Powers of the Treaty of Berlin, and making the Conven- tion appearin the light of an ulterior ratifica- tion of the Treaty of Berlin. As the negotia- tions with regard to the Convention were sup- posed to refer exclusively to_the remaining stipulations of the Treaty of Berlin, a direct interference on the part of the other Powars was excluded.- When, however, Count Schouva- 1off confidentially communicated in London the original dratt of the Convention as proposed by the Russian Government, he was informed that the British Government could not recommend to the Sultan the acceptance of this point, sce- ing that it would give io the Convention between Russia and Turkey a character which was scarcely compatible with_the Treaty of Berlin as an European treaty. Still, as Rus- sia seemed to lay stress on this point for the sake of recordinz the prominent part she had taken in this new Eastern scttlement, aud asa great deal depended on the wording of the point in question, a formula seems to have been sought and, apparently, found which, while riving the Russians the desited satisfaction of recording their share as the real autnors of the Beriin Treaty, docs no prejudice to the latter as the final settlement between Russiaand Turkey, nor gives any ‘privilege or meaws of action to Russia above that which the other signatory Powers of the Treaty of Berlin may claim, The concession made by Russia in the inatter seems to be that they have accepted the formula pro- nnscld n‘f ‘Turkey, at the advice, it is thought, of England. 3 17 at last all has proceeded smoothly fn the negotiations zbout the convention, this is no doubt in a_great measure due to the resolu- tion of the Porte to carry out in good faith the surrender of the territory due to the Mon- tenegrips. Kiamil Pasha, late Ambassador in St. Petersburg, has been apoointed Special Commissioner, and has received stringent in- structions to call together the Albanian chief- tains of Scutari and neiztiborhood, and to in- form them of the resolution of the Porte to surrender Spuz, Podgoritza, Zaljak, and the rest. All the Mahometans who do mnot twish to remain will receive gravts of land some- where elsc close by, and corn for secd, as well as means for buildine themselves houses. A term will be fixed for the acceptance of these conditions; atter winch the Turkish garrisons will be withdrawn, those who choose to stuy being left to their fate, and the Porte dis- claiming all responsivility for what may efter- wards befall them. TELLER’S COMMITTEE. Testimony Taken at Charleston and New Orleans. CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 25.—The Teller Com- mitt ee to-day took additional Republican testi- mony, showing the voting of tissue tickets wrapped in Iarge tickets at various precincts in Ricnland County. Gen. Johnson Hagood, Comotroller-General, descrived the meetings at Sumter, Oct. 12, tes- tifying that both races were excited, and the whites expected to be attacked by the negroes. The blocking of the street by colored people threatened to lead to trouble, and an alarm- bell was rung, but order was restored with little difliculty. g Whité and colored Democrats from Sumter County testified there were from 1,500 to 2,000 colored Democrats in the county, and hundreds of them were seen to vote the Democratic ticket. Two testified to being cureed, jeered at, and threatened by colored Republicans, one being oblized to leave bis church. W. J. Whipper, colored, Republican, describ- ed the turbulent conduct of the Democrats, and the demand for a division of time in Hampton County. Three Republicans from Colleton County tes- tified to intimidation, and the use of tissue bal- Jots in that connt{. In one Jarge ticket there were fifty-ine tissmes. This testimony was flatly contradicted by the Democratic Connty Chairman, who swore to the thoroughness and peacefulness of the Democratic canvass, shich, with the accession of prominent Republicans after the Republican nominations were made, fnrv“c the Democrats the connty by & decisive ma- ority. NEW ORLEANS, Jon. 25.—The taking of testi- mony for the Teller Committee before Commis- sioner Lane continucd. J. P. Hartmap, U. P, Brazeal, J. Moses, William Levy, and others of Natchitoches testifled, being called by the Dem- ocrats. They generally contradict the state- ments made by the Republican witnesses as to intimidation, showing they apprehended vio- lence threatened by the mnegrocs, and their action was for the purpose of preserving the pea 0 that many negrroes voted the Demo- eratic ticket. —————— PEDESTRIANISM, Alme. La Cbapelle started at the Folly Theatre at 8 p. m. on her undertaxing of walking 2,700 quarter miles in 2,700 consecntive quarter hours. Her first quarter was done in 2:25, and her twenty-fourth she finished in 2:57. Special Dispalch to The Tridune. ELGrs, lil, Jan. 25.—To-night Guyon com- e}z.c?é:ufi%&;nfle wlul in fifty hours and twen- e utes. ‘There was a c ai the close of the walk- serondet hm“. CRIMINAL RECORD. Alleged Defalcation and Flight of the Secretary of the Eeokuk Gas Company. A Frail Woman and Dissipated Habits the Cause of His " Downfall. S Shocking Domestic Tragedy En- acted Near Dayton- P ville, Ta. | 4 Pather Deliberatoly Murders Tiis Daughter and Then Commits Suicide. GONE FOR A FEW DAYS. * Special Dispatch to The Tribune. KeokUz, Ia., Jan. 25.—This community s considerably agitated over the prolonged ab- sence from the city and the strange conduc_f. ot H. G. Boon, Secretary of the Keokuk Gaslight & Colke Company. For scveral dsys past there have been vague rumors concerning his disap- pearance, but there is no longer any attempt to conceal the fact that he left the city undera cloug, and the matter is now publicly disc_ussed. On the 8th inst. be left-bome, ostensibly to visit friends at Savaona, Mo., representing that be would be back in a few days. Failing to return, | ingniry was made as to his whereabouts, and it was ascertained that a{ecr remaining -one day at Savanna, he went to St. Joseph, Mo., and that is the last that has been heard of him. He took with him the key of the safe, and this at once aroused suspicion. His father-in-law, Judge Moore, who was spending the winter in Texas, was summoned home by telezraph, and arrived Iast night. By means of a duplicate key in his possession he gained ac- cess to the safe, aud is now making an examina- tion of the books of the Company. It is reported -on the strcet . that Boon is short in his accounts, but to what extent, if this be true, is not known. The only statement Judge Moore can be induced to make concern- ing the matter is that Mr. Boon’s disappearance is shrouded ip mystery which ouly time and an investigation will cledr up. It is also currently reported that there is & woman in the case,—8 dashing courtesan with whom Boon became in- fatuated, and s sald to have lavished money on very freely. These rumors are seerally cred- fted, though not fully authenticated, because those in possession of the facts decline to give aoy information. It 15 well known, however, that Boon has been indulging in extravagant and dissipated habits of late. Boon marricd into one of the first families of the city, occupied ahigh position socially, and his prospects were regarded as_very flattering. That he should abandon family, society, and wealth in the manner he did has” occasioned no little surprise here. HORRIBLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. WASHINGTON, fa., Jan.25.—One of the most shocking and terrible tragedies that the human family bas ever been called upon to witness was the murder yesterday morning, about 1 o’clock, of Miss Emma Hull, by her father, O. P. Hull, who resided four miles portheast of Dayton- ville, in the.north part of this county. Miss Hull had been out in company with other members of the family, attgnding a spelline- school in the neighborhood. * Her coming home rather late secmed to trouble her father, who, hearing them comjng ioto the house, got out of bed, partially dressed himself and met them, as was his usual cus- tom. Soom all retired, without sny- thiug unusual being noticed. It appears that, about 1 o'clock, the father arose, procured an ax, went to the bed where his daughter was asleep, and in a moment of temporary insanity, e must conclude, reacked over two smaller children, and sent the. ax with a terrible blow through the brains of his darling child, splitting her head almost in two, from the lower part of the ear across the top of the head, so causing instant death. He'then left the room, and the first alarm was given by one of the smaller children catling their; mother, sayinz something was the matter -with Emma. The mother, on going to the bed, found her daughter swelter- ing in a pool of blood. Not yet discovering the true state of affmirs, the father entered the room again, aud with the exclamation, **Oh, mother,” shot himself in the head with the re- yolver, and fell to the floor a corpse. Mr. Hull was o higbly respectableand well-to- do farmer, about 40 years of age, and of more toan ordinary intellizence. The cause of this unfortunate aflsir will, perhaps, never be known, Emma was a young lady, 10 years of age, of ‘prepossessing appearance, a favorice Iin the com- munity, and ber father's idol. Nothing scemed tou much for him to do for hercomfort und wel- fare. He scemed to: abhor the idea of baving ber leave home for the purpose of attending any kind of eutertainments. An idea secmed to pilusscss him that something was zoing to bappen er. A wife and five children sufvive to mourn this most terrible calamity. Mr. LlulP’saged parents and a younger brother reside in this city. FATAL FIGHT, Special Dispatch 1o Covisartoy, Ind., Jan. 25. tragedy hos been enacted at Coal Creek, which causes intense excitement. The cold-blooded murders which have been committed there dur- ing the past year were not more gtrocious than the ome which transpired last might. Two young men, friends, between whom no con- tention or strife bad ever existed, were engaged in a social game of cards in Reynolds’ saloon. Neither was druok nor had been drinking, ‘when, during the course of the game, a dispute srose, anery words followed, and finally the “liar” was paesed. Both got up from the table and advanced toward each other . in a threateniog mannnck, when David Hughes, the taller and stronger of the two, grasped his autagonist, William Daily, by the coat-collar, and beld bim at arm’s length, | only for a moment, however, when Samuel McManagal separated the combatants; but, with 2 movement quick as lightning, Daily drew a revolver and fired, the ball striking Huphes = little to the left of the pit of the stomach, passing down and to the right, making its appearance above the right hip bone. Hughies was conveyed to his_home, where he expired witnin an hour in the arms of his agounized wife, who, with three small children, remains to mourn bis loss, Daily was soon after.arrested, but evinced no emotion nor offered any theory in palliation ot bis crime. On the preliminary cxamination, the evidence adduced warranted the Justice in ree- oguizing him in the sum of $5,000. Daily is now in jail at Covington. POISONED. Svectal Dispatch to The Tridune. TeRrRE Havre, Ind., Jan. 25.—On Jan. 13 Ishmael Manuel, a mulatto school-teacher here, and much respected, was found dyiog from the effects of an overdose of morphine. After death an autopsy showed a great quantity of the drug bad been tsken. His brother came here from Chicago, and was satisfied a crime had been committed, and, with the aid of Attorney Tom Foley, found good evidence that Manuel had been murdered by his wife, Nettie Manuel, who Pnd given him the dose in a cup of coffee. She is a very handsome mulatto, almost white, and known to -have been of bad character for some time past, associating with other men. She is aiso believed to have poisoned her hus- band’s sistcr several montns azo. The case was iven to Deputy-Marshal Vandever last evening and be srrestedghe wife and a white girl named Minnie Price, @irged with murder. The trial will take place on Monday, the 27th. MUST GO. Speclal Dispatch o The Tribure. MILWAGKEE, Jan, 25.—fn the United States Court this afternoon, Judge Drer overruled the motion for & new trial of Christian Salentine, one of the proprictors of the Milwaukee Kedis- tillinr Works, who was scveral months since convicted of the crooked manufacture of high- wines out of molasses. Accordingly, Salentine will now be sentenced. SUSPICIOUS. Svectal Disatch to The.Tribune. _ WHITEWATER, Wis,, Jan. 25.—About a month since a youog Danish gir] named Bejty Hanson committed suicide near this place by taking Paris green. The case was a singular one, and created considerable talk at the time, and th,s talk has increased, aud has been accompanicd by many_ expressions of distrust. Finally, it W};.s dec{fled qu exhume the body, which was done yesterday, and a post-mortem exnminatfim was made at Cold Spring Villaze- to-day. i quire Hammond presided, and Drs. Horton an Miller, of this placc, performed the operation. The stomach_will probably be sent away ro: chemical analysis. ~All suspicion that the gir killed berseli through fear of impending dis- grace was digpelled by the examination. FRANE. Special Dispateh to The Tribune, Sr. Paor, Jan. 25.—In_the Frank habeas cor- pus case to<lay before Judge . Wilkin, in the District Cdlrt, counsel for Deputy-Sheriff Burke argued that no court, except in Iuiun_is, could have jurisdiction to question the validity of the procecaings under which Frank was ar- rested by Burke. Judge Wilkin beld that be- fore the question of jurisdiction could be enter- tained Frank must be produced 1n Court, which was done, when further action was postpoued to Monday forenoon. A DMISSISSIPPI MISUNDERSTAND- < ING. MERIDIAN, Miss., Jun. , 25.—Three negroes named Alexander and three white men named Gawblin quarreled yesterday about the possc: sion of some Innd in Wayne County. Later the negroes ambushed the white men, killing one and wounding another. 'The fire was re- ‘tluaned and two negroes were killed. The other ed. . SENTENCED. BeLVIDERE, N. J., Jan. 25.—The convicted ex-officials ot this county have been sentenced to terms in the State Prison raoging from one to two years, all at hard labor. The contractor involved iu the conspiracy to plunder the Treas- ury was sentenced to six _months io the County Jail, and to poy a fine of $500: DISHONEST COUNTY TREASURER. CINCINNATI, Jan. 23.—G. M. Nelson, who has held the office of County Treasurer of Fayette County, Indians, for two -terms, and enjoved the confidence and respect of all, has been ar- rested, charzed with embezzlinz $9,000 of the county funds. The trial takes place in Wayne County. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. BosToN, Jan. 25.—Albert C. Andrcws and James W. Colting have been arrested on charges of conspiring to defraud merchants out of property valued at about $32,000. Andrews bas becn long in business in this city. ESCAPED. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 25,—Wright and Johns, the two convicted members of the Bre- vard County Canvassing Board, escaped to-nizht from the County Jail. ARRESTED. BUFFALO, Jan. 25.—Joseph B. Weller, of Belleville, Ont., was arrested to-night, charged with defrauding the Merchants’ Bank of Canada out of §31,000. * CASUALTIES. FATAL ACCIDENTS. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridune. Detrorr, Mich., Jan. 25.—Anthony Tocpel, aged 18, employed at Bullocks & Co.’s corsct factory, was hoisting wood from the ground- floor to the fourth story this atternoon, when he lost his balance and fell through the hatchway, a distante of fitty fect, striking on his head and shoulders. His “gkull was fractured, and he died shortly after. John-Hanley, a tailor, azed 50, walking along the railroad & rack, just beyond the eity limits, this goroiug, when the “Grand Trunk train struck him. The ‘fireman clinbed out on the cowcatcher and seizea him. as he was thrown up. His skull is fractured, and be must die, : OMAHA ACCIDENTS. O»amy, Neb., Jan. 25.—D. D. Park, an em- ploye at Schal.er’s hog-yards, had his skull tractured and was fatally injured this morning by a falling *‘apron while loading hogs. Katy Schuh, a child of 4 years, was run over in the street to-night by a team and killed. The teamster has been arrested und held to bail for criminal indifference. d . DMINE ON FIRE.. % PoOTTSVILLE, Jon. 25.—Locost’ Gap Mines, be-" tween Mount Carmel and’ Shamokin, operated by Graeber & Shepps, are on fire 800 feet below the surface. It is thought they will have 1o be flooded to prevent the flames spreading to other mines. - FATAL COLLISION. * TULLEYTOWN, N. J., Jau. 25.—A collision be- tween a freight-train on the Central Road re- sulted in the death of Byron Wright, conductor, and David Joues, fireman, and the smashing of four cars, locomotive, und tender. “DR. CLYDE.” Production of the “Doctor” =zt the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, Last Evening. Special Disvatch to The Tribure. NEW Yomrk, Jan. 25.—Dan Harkios produced “Dr. Clyde” at the Fifth Avenue Theatre this evening. The plece was done on a seale of splendor which has not until now been seen in New York since Augustin Daly’s palmiest days. was surrounded by the most lavish mountings that . can be well imagined. It was cast with great discrimination aund utterly regardless of the salary list, and it was conse- quently put before the public as well as ever a play has been. But with all that, its ultimate suceess is questionable. It is brimming over with fun, but it is as plotless as a temperance lecture. ' The dialogue and situations were very laughable, and the audience roared at almost every senterce, but therc is no coherence in the story, and uo story to'tell. Still, the people to-nfeht enjoyed it_all with such zest that the performance must be set down gs a success for the time beine at all events, Charles Fisher, Frank Hardenberg, Laura Do, Ellie Wilton, Owen Fawcett, and George Chaplin did the biagest part of the acting. "It is utterly ncedless to say how that acting wasdone. It was simply a triumph, on their part. There were several recalls, and at the end of the sevond act Mr. Harkios was yelled for and loudly cheered. 1n response, he made a pleasant little speech and left the stage amid _the cathusiastic * Bravas » of the frindly people who were in front. On the whole it may be snid that the theatre has reopened for success this time. It is under the most popular mauvazement ot its whole career, and it ought to make heaps of money. — THE ST. LOUIS GORGE, St. Louts, Mo., Jan. 25.—The weather for a few days past has been so mild, comparatively speaking, that the opening of the river is looked forward to as something in the near future, and measures are belng taken to preserve and pro- tect as far as possible 41l crafts and steamboat oroperty In the harbor. With aview to this, the barbor-boat E. G. Smith was set to work this afternoon breaking the ice below Chestout street, and she plowed her way down through the gorge and disappeared round the bend in the course of two or three hours. The river is pretty well blocked between here and Caronde- let, but the Smith will cut her way through to that port if - possible, and then, tozether with. the transfer boat ‘Bozy and several tugs, will break ug the entire gorge below bere to open water at Carondelet. This will enable steamers, bargcs. und other crafts to ob- tain safer positions than they now occupy, and will give: the very thick and dangerous fce of the gorge above the bridge free and rapid move- ment in and through the harborwhen it breaks, and thereby greatly lessen the risk and danger to -property - along the shore. ‘The river has risen about eight nches the past two davs. and, should this weather continue a few days longer, the Osage, Gasconade, and other streams hav- ing thelr riseinthe Uzark Slountains, will swell, burst their ice bonds, pour their floods into the Missouri, and open- that river with a rush. This, of course, will sweep out the gorge above here, and open the Mississippl to Cairo. —em— RAIN IN CALIFORNIA, SaN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.—Within the last three davs a general rain has prevailed through- ont the State except in the extreme south. In the northern and central portion snfficient has fallen to insure fair crops with the usual spring rains. The weather is still unsettled, and re- ports from southern countics indicate the pros- pect of the storm reaching there. - . —— ——m— TUNE YOUR -LYRES. CiNcrwxaTe, Jan. 25,.—The Cincinnati Musical Festival Association announces to-day that it will give a prize of $1,000 for an original compo- sition for the orchestra and . chorus, to be per- formed in the festival next vear. The composi- tion is limited to natve Americans, '| tectionto the interests involved. FIRES The Danger at the Sfock-Yards Yesterday Morning. How & Most Disastrous Blaze Was Happily Averted. Snggestions as to Securing the Needed Water Supply. THE STOCK-YARDS. The threatened destruction by fire of Armour &Co’s packing-houses at the Stock-Yards Fri- day pignt and published in yesterday’s TRI1B* UNE caused _intense excitement to prevail throughout the city. Indeed, all fumiliar with the trade were interested to know the facts, and almost by the dawn ot day larze delegations of citizens were en route to the scene of destruc- | tion. But the fire bad been gocten under con- trol, and what promised unlimitea destruction at 4 o’clock was an hour later comprehended in an actual loss of about $12,000, nominal in com- parison with the amount .of capital invested. The ~establishment is _ situated fn the Town ot Lake, at the extreme south- west corner of the Stock-Yards. Its ap- of the most extensive pointments are charactér and the money invested in the busi- ness is simply enormous. The firm’s “village ” is composed of slaughter-houses, packing, cutting, and curing houses, in addition to its lagest acquisition,—* Warehouse C.” This building is 425 feet square, built of brick, four storles in height, aud, as Mr. Armour stated sesterday to the reporter, as solid and fire-proof asmoney can make it. It was bezun last year, and constructed under the immediate super- vision of Armour & Co., being tully completed awonth or more since st & .cost of $150,000. The building was occupied in part us an ice-house, as.a store-house * for lard aund pork, and - for hangiog and cooliug purposes. As said, it is supposedly fire-proof. The compartments ioto which the buildive is divided are separated by thick, beavy walls, and the entrances are of iren, the doors of the sam material, for the purpose of cutting off any ad- vance of the flames. In addition the premises are completely supplied with hose and the va- rious implements uecessary for the extinguish- inz of fires, und also with mex traiped in the busiuess to direct - their “handling. ‘In short, nothing has becn left undone by Armour & Co. that can contribute to securing the amplest pro- With such auxillaries for = the prevention of calam- ities by fire the surprise Wwas ex- pressed yesterdsy to Tue. TRIBUNE re- porter that the fire originated at all; and after it had broken out, thut the fire was extin- guished, uwing to the indifferent supply of water to be had. As stated, “WAREHOUSE ¢ is occupied in part as an ice-house, the western portion being devoted to this purpose; and is about 425 feet long by 200 teet wide. During tiie past weeks bands have been employed by the firmn to {ill the ice-house. This, it seems, had been partially accomplished, and Friday tie “ cane? was oceupied in filling it with saw-aust for the protection of the ice. About midnizht Friday night a watcbmaz »pamed Camp- DLell passed through the room wherein the fire is said to have originated, at which hour evervtning was apparently sccure.. Half an bour Jater William Jackson, Cnief of the Ar- mour fire-brizade, was carryivg some hose to the roof, where it is_always “kept to be used as necessity reanires. While thus oceupled, efther Jaclison or one of the men assisting him smelt the odor of burning wood, which oceasioned some surprise, aud caused them to make searcn for the cause. It was found tolLe “an incip- ient conflagration,” under way iu the southwest corner of the ice-nouse. 'The origin of the fire seems to be uncertain. Some argue that a cinder 1rom one of the workmen’s pipes had fallen into the sawduse during the dayv. It bad been over- looked and not thoueht of uniil it vad ripencd into flames that for awhile defied the efforts put forth for their suppression. Others are of the opinion that 1t was caused by a candle carelessly letr unsouffed. The gio remained. anattended to until 1¢ had burned to the ket, and, fallie over, ienited the sewdust, whick smouldered for & seasoh, finally starting up aud burning fiercely. When Parker, or_one ot hbis subordinates, real- ized that the fire had -gotten a start their eifofts couwld not stop, tuey at a shart time after half-past 12 Saturday morning TURNED IN THE ALARM connecting the packing-house with the engine- house in the Stoc! rds. This was responced to at once. and, assisted by companies m the Town of Lake znd Hyde Park, an effort was made to siay the fire’s advance. Alter some delay, the mechines were gotten into pt and an attempt ace to chieck the flames. Tais proved fruitless, however, sud a jong line of bose was extended trom the roof of a building to the burning premises by weans of a station- aryladder. But no effect beivg produced on the fire, a still alarm was sent at 12:45a. m. to Engine 29, which was heard by Marshal Meyer, who responded at once. He reached the seene to which he was sum- moued in a short time from the corner of Twen- ty=sccond and May streets. A brief survey of the situation was enough to convivee him that, with the force on hund, the fire would soon Le beyond control. There were five enginesat work, but tbe inadequate supply of water in a measure palsied the efforts of the liremen. Acting upou the conclusion above stated, Marshal Mejer hurried to_an alarm-box in the southern city limits and sounded a genmeral alarm, at which time, he stated to a TRIBUNE re- porter, the entire u¥uer portion of the iee-hiouse was in flames. This was the coudition of affairs when Masrsbal Benuer put fn an appear- auce, which occurred shortfiv after 1 o’clock yesterday morning. In response to the general alarm enmme Companies 2, 15, 16, 19, 28, 29, and Hook and Ladder Companies 8 and 4, toiled through the slush and got into position ready for work. That THEY DID SPLENDID WORK after the teyrible journey to their field of labors those who witnessed the efforts made, and the success which attended such efforts, will testify. It was found to be pext to impossible to seale the first wall and thercby obtain access to the southwestern portion of the buildiog, wherein the fire was raging. This was accom- gmhed, however, but not until the roof was on re in a dozen places, and boyond salvation. To add to this a brisk breeze blew up, and threat- ened to spread the fire to the adjoining build- ings. This was prevented, though, by good management and bard work, und they to.aay remain an evidence of what pluck, skill, and hard work can accomplish. From 1 to 3 oclock’ the safety of - the premjseson fire, those adjoining,—in fact the row of packing-houses contiguous to one another in the vicinity, was a question of chaoce, Resi- dents of the Town of Lake and all parts of the neighborhood bad heard that the packing-houses Were alire, und hurried down to see them go. The cattle ip the peos and live-stock of cvery descriptionin the yards set up a roar that conld be heard for squares. The air was clouded by dcose masses of smoke. Those on the ground, or many of them, knew that the build- Ing contained thousends of pounds of meat and tierces of lard, valued in the aggregate at $2,000,000. If the firc should react this mass of combustibles, no morial help could prevent a conflazration more disastrous than any that had occurred since the memorabte conflazration of 1§74, In the basement and first floor of the ice-house building wmeats valued at $600,000 were stored. They, too, were of the most in- flammable nature, und would, if ignitea, go up S:::nukc. At this time it began to be binted THE WATER SBUPPLY was running short, and there was dange: mains becominz exhausted. Hnnpll% Zfin"hi calamity as this, which was fn fact imminent, was averted, and the public spared from cou. templating ruin entailed through lack ot proper facilities for prevention. Along about 4 o’clock the artesian wells at Armour & Co.’s, the Stock- Yards, and elsewhere were let 20, and furnished a sufficient mpplg loug enough to get the fire under control. But to the efforts of the fire- men and the barrier made by the ice between the fire fitself and the lard sud meat on the lower figors, rather than the Town of Lake water-supply, are duethe absence of ereater loss. As is known, the second floor was used as an ice-house. 1In this compartment the ice was packed in to a hight of twenty feet, in others to_the hight of sixteen feet, and in 'mxrs still it was two or three tiers in bight. ! the fire not been gottenunder control when t was, the conclusion seems to be that it must %n:e melted the ice sufficient to reach the lard. his was on the floor beiow. . Had the fire gut_},cn 10 the meat and lard, said o mano ;o THE TRISUNE reporter, the end would not ave been reached until all that was in the least w;y combustible at the Stock-Tards and there- Abouts had paid tribute. It wasn't the supply ?,1 water, he said, that had prevented it, but fi;uvndeuce, the firemen, and the ice. The city emen began to take up hose and pull out for in the immediate vicinity remained on dupy e til near 3 o'elock in the aftcrnoon. Tho. oy ing, thatis, the part used as an ice-hoyge, 1, completely unroofed. The reporter weng prcizu thoroughly througk the building, and byt r' the smell of burned wood and ocmiomldmw pine of water through crevices [ the root, oy could scarcely know that a fire haq oegu'n,,f Some slight damate to a portion of the stock from cinders aund water may follow, but this will ounly be nomival. Laborers were busil, occupied vesterday 'in removing the deb‘y which will he accomplished, the building roof and its orizinal perfection entirely Testoreq within a week. Business in the other depurs. ments yesterday was proceeding as uspg though the *‘killing brauch” Lad been leq-l: poriaily suspended. The loss on the buildigy and contents is’ variously estimated at Irué $12,000 to $20,000. Mr. Armour places it at, say 315,000, the building comprehending abogt 60 per cent of the loss. The {nsurance on -thg building 1s stated at $17,500; Manufacturery & Builders’, Transatlantic, and Importers’ & Traders’, $300 eacli: Eagle, Globe, Nassau, ang Onio, $1,500 each; and Knickerbocker, Dela, ware, and Dayton, 3730 each. THE INSURANCE ON THE CONTENTS, ageregating $200,000, is divided among the fo). lowiug companies: 5,000/Boston Und. 5.000.St. Paul . £ 8t 5,000 Harrisburz-3ag g - 25 North liritlsh Mer 3.000iGerman A o Hamburg & Bre'm 5.000Hartford. 5\]} Queen's. 5.000; Natfoni o Lancashire A0 Trving, 20 , 500 | Manufacturers .. Kings Cogntv.... Sorian Nattosal. 2.5.0 Merchant” New Orleans Ass'n 3 Cltizens’ ..oooveuds Fireman's Fand... St cholas. 3 BE88838558858858 E reon. 2,500 Fireman's £°d, Cail 1219000313192 2121303121313 5 IR K IS I1 13118 State of Peunsyl's. 500 National, Bal're. Commercial .. - z50Pnents . 2 Firemun's, of o 1] Pacitic, . Yoeoooo | 3 United’ Firgnica's. 3 Standand, 5 g Towsry, S8 lercaaitie 0 Ievere. 240 Comuionwealth .. 200 Zon B Firem's, of Ly =02 Witliamsburg Cliy Totakucee <ve..$200,000 . In the course of his inquiries, the reporter fearned one unquestioned fact. That was, the utter inadequacy of the watter supply for the needs of the district in which ‘the Stuck-Yards and packing-houses are located. The citizens realize this, so far as the reporter could -ascer- tain, and were-emphatic in their determination to use their efforts to remedy the defects. ', IT 1S BVIDENTLY NECESSARY .7, that something should be doue to better the water suoply at the Stock-Yards. Friday night's experience showed that it will not do to depend on the Hyde Park Water-Works. Had the fira came a few days earlier there would have been no water at all obtained from that quarter,.and the tircmen would have been compeiled to full back on the chauce supply in - the tanks and the Artesian wells, ‘The interests involved are too vust to be exposed to any hazards. There ara millions upou milliops of dotlars’ worth of prop- erty at the Stock-Yards. which, though ter- ntorially within the . limits of the” Town of Luke, belong ta, Chicagaans, and whose de- structivn would strike a serious blow to the iz terests of this city. It is to Chicagro that all ig- terested in . the Stock-Yards nacurally look for protection, and it is from therg that they gen- erally get . it,—they certainly did vesteniay meorning. Inorderto muei the eXigendiesol the situation there ought to be a fhree-foot fain, at least, runaing from the West Side Water- -Works down to the Stock-Yards. Thelaying of this would be attended with some little expense, owing to the tunuel . under the -»xgmm Branch and to -the cust -of . cutting through the riage “of rock - which comes up to the surface on Halsted street, near Thir- ty-seventh. But this would be nothing in com- parison with the reduction of rates which would Tollow the moment the pipe wasdown, This fire of last week, und the great perils which property ran, will be apt to scarce the insurance men and open their eyes to the dangers of the sftuation, For, white a'lire {3'hot so apt’ to occur there, yét when it oace gets fairly started the destruction is enurmous. It'would be mobey in the pockets of the packersto have such a maio “laid, and there is no doubt that they could oytainthe con~ sent of the Council for the rignt of way if they would only ask'it. The subject, ivis understood, will come up at an early day beore the Board of Underwriters. P & NEAR ST. JOSEPH, MO. °. St. Lou1s, Mo.; Jan. 25.—A 8t. Joe (Mo.) dls- patch siys: “The State Lunatic Asylum, adjs- cent to this city, was discovered to be on firg at 1 o'clock this afternoon, and was totally de- stroyed. No sadequate means had ever been provided to extinguish a fire, and ‘but little re- sistance could be made to the spreadiog flames. ‘The fire originated in the Jaundry, and some of the emplQyes were sligntly scorched fn attempt- ine to argest its progress. The paticats, about 250 in number, were ssfely removed, and now occupy the Cour:-House in this city. | Every- tuine is beinx done for their cowfort, but they have suffered somewhat from exposure and ex- citement. - "The building was erected four years av0 at a cost of $1¢ Eighteen mounths ago there was $100,000 insurance, but the State re- fused the appropriation to continue the same, therefore the loss is total. 2 % . .- IN CHICAGO. 53 The alarm from. Box 502:at 9 o'lock last pight. was caused by a slignt fire in the oner story frame buitding occupied -by Kuntz Bros. & Co. 23 a foundry, and owned by them, Dam- age trifling. B o AT WARWICK, N. Y. . WARWICK, N. Y., Jan. 25.—Eager’s Block and five buildings opposite were burned this morm ing. Loss, $50,000. ——— THE MICHIGAN SENATORSHIP, Special Dispatch to' The Trioune. ¥ LANSING, Mich., Jan. 25.—The Legislaturs has been ina fever of excitement to-day over the steadily-growing beliet in the Tresignation of Senator Christiancy. The belief is based on a telegram yesterday from prominent politicians in Washington to the effect that he would re* sign about the 1st of March io fccept the mis- sion to Peru. - 1t is stated as a fact that Senator Palmer to-day received a dispatch in confirma- tion of the same. There is much enthusiasm maoifested by Chandler men at the prospect of again having an opportunity of voting for old Zach for Scnator. A canvass shows that aboud seven-eiphths of the Republican members woald support him. It would be no walkaway, bow- ever, as Jobn J. Bagley would be in the field, and might prove a formidable opponent. ———— CATON, J. P. . Special Dispatch to The Tribuna. s BPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 25.—A question hav iog.arisen a3 to the date of Judge Caton's eles: tion as Justica of the Peace in Chicago, at his request the records in the Sccretary of State’s office were examined to-day, and showed that aé an election held at the house of Chester Ingro- sall, in the Town of Chicago, July 12, 1834, here- cetved 182 votes aud Josiah C, Goodfiue 47 votes {or Justice of the Peace for the Chicago Magis- trate’s districts. The number of votes bas sincs somewhat increased. = — : RESTORED. RicEMOXND, Va., Jap. 25.—The East Hanovet Presbytery, by a voteof fifteen to six, has re= stored to the ministry Dr. E. T. Baird, who was suspended last year for allezed irrezularities- with the funds of the Presbyterisn Board of Publication, of which body he was the Secretary. The grounds for his restoration are thatthe Presbytery finds that Dr. Baird hias made a dis- tinct and peniteut acknowledgment of the moral ‘Wrong done by him, aud expresses a penitent sorrow for the great injury to the cause of Christ and the Church resulting theretrom. S iR e THROUGH FREIGHT RATES. N Specta) Dispateh to The Tridune. New York, Jan. 25.—The Foreign Freight Committee appointed at the recent conference of railroad managers to-day agreed to accepl with slight modifications, the suggestion toward equalizing through freight rates embodied 18 the letter of Thomas 8. Sanford - What the slight modifications are the ‘Committee refnsed to disclose, but clam they are unimportant- They will report their decision to the Exccutive Comnmittees of the trunk lines for action. X CANDYX. E.J. LEEMANN 16c, 15c, and 28¢ 1b. Try uk Corner State and Adams-<1s. Send forowr B2W CaLAWEUY s G 85