Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1879, Page 9

o Burden of Mrs, Fried- ‘berg's Song. bjeot of Distinctions on the Bubjeof pelicato s —_— 1s Positive that the Bheeney Killed RNace. e olls What Ho Remembers of ‘His (Oriminal Onreor, PRSI simony for Both Sides All rhat's th fhe pumb T the TC 1n. ——— ng of the Criminal Court yes- u mmgr:;::g,z there bolng n large erowd st State's Attoroey Mills began ““’nt CROSS-EXAMINATION OF LAMD. lhc tad been known B8 Johngon, Will- bt g Hendorsop, He knew Phtto Dur- .‘:l\"nunms(l)cnnu) heknew by **sight,” o dnot been personally acquainted with ud b Toug time; gt acquainted with Grif- Nmm:uwycnrn ogo; had known riscoll flnlmr‘:nn-\rcara. o was born In Cleveland in ok ‘went to Michiran Clty when 7 yenrs ald; i mo to Chilcago when 10, Ho wns firat ar- sl um 1855 for some * trifling offeuse," such ted {Smiles] In 1850 ho got for larceny. The mnoxt to Milwoukee on a bery. ilis scntence was three i o_:(::;b ucrryvlng two years and scven :‘hvhe yas released, und nlady av Oshkosh nfl; su Interest [n bim, and he wout to work in w:m‘ at Appleton, Wis. There was an ex- ' sitentiary guord therey and ho talked, and 4 b lefs in two weeks, Then he enlisted in ) srmy,—~Twentieth Wiscongin,—and re- b tatcen months—until tbe War was mfl:_,y.nuury, 1864, Ho returned to Chicago ""1{“ 101868 he was arrested for larcony, and :uhuted. In 1867 or 1863 he got n year In the gute's Prison for larceny. Soonafter ha got out be received another year for larceny, Next he et down for another year for taking money ('w . M, Avery's safe. When out about a v‘uk bewas arrcsted on o charge of assault with isent to it bodily injury. Howas discharged i the Police Court. flo wns arrcsted fu Janu- for turning out the izas In the Coliseum, and forssanlt with Intent to do bodily Injury,~not ki, Ho got ten months for that. Ho was rested fn Detroft after the fire for lnrc{-ny, 4 tbres months; nlsoin Buffulo forat- m‘i« Iarceny, ana got slx months ol & 850 fne. That wne In 1807, Rehad been fined soveral times In Chlcaco. Jut beforo ho was arrested this last time, ho msconvicted in Mflwaukeo for carrying con- led weapons, and got three months, e had . e reached Chicaro Baturdav, and g::l:l;:v‘;s Smml and fined $100 for vaeranes idecnt to the Bridewell, There were ofl the tmes be had been arrested that he remembered. He bad noser seen Linnet's hores and wagon. U the 5 of October hie was not, doing anything urticalar, 11c was on the North Bide part o on the North md West Sides all be time, he thounghts ho did not remember belng 40 where clse. 110 was quite surc he was bon the South Stde. Ie wasin Peter Ott'a pon o the worning, and in the ofternvon he lud dowa in .\!cCoIrmlc 1fe did not remen- ¢! ¢ ho was, ké;!‘.’ {'% ‘A':l;run desired the Court to instruct be vitness that it wos his right to rofuse to snswer any question that would tend tocrim- nate bim 1o am‘uu‘mlnl\'yd i, Uourt 8o instructe: 3 fl;&:‘;uu at any tine on the day or night of Oct. 4 nn"lhe‘&mtll Slae “ . cline to answer.’ "%\!i:m you i a place near the corner of Fifth wrenue and Mudison etrest botween 8 and 0 gelogki" ¥ #1 decling to answer.” “On what groundi” 0y the gronnd 1hat it wonld criminnte me,!" Hedid not tell Offtecr Swauson that he was in 1uloon ‘at Fifth uvenue and Madieon street that night, Biwansan took him from the Armory tothe fail, Ho did not say a word untit he rat oa Clark strect bridge, when one of the ofiicera a that would be the last time he would ever ross the bridge. Ile replied ho cuessed not— byt be was dnnocent. He did not sav he could ¢ an alibj, but el he was on the North ide part of the evening, He declined to tell b0 gavo him the moncy Jound on im when arrested, Ie did not . nc- ue Laughlin of putting the money into is pocket to save gomte one else, After relat- o2 bis whereabouts after Oct. 4, he enld ho met jim MeHale’s wife und told her to ask Jim shether it would hot be better to wive himself in. McHale was the mun who fired at bim, Ilo lidnot fire &% McIlale. Ife won arrested nnd bscbarged, After the murder of Ofticer Raco ind upto the day of bls arrest ho hud commit- ¢} no erime. 3 On the re-direct hosald hie waa not cullty of one fthe crimes ol wuich bo was cunvieted—ihe llinsukes robbery for which he got threo ears, MR, LEASER FRIZDDERG rs then put an the stand, She trembled aftor iking the onth, and said, belure shn answered 0y questions, that sho wanted to have hierattor- ey (Col. Van Duren) present. Ir, Mifls eatd he could be sent for. The Court remarked that acother witness ould be cailed. Cal, Yan Arman had na other. Btate's-Attorney Mills desired to nsk ) 1L0UI8 LONGENETTO 1 few questions, and he was put on_ the rack. e testified that ho knew Linnot, but had never vorked for him. "They used to peddlc pickles locether. The horae” they had was white and &n “\;;Eun green, Baker owned the rig; Linnet MIlS, FRIEDBERG E:duflea fo testify without walting for her et B2 safd sho hiad no bustness nows the livonso teen revoked. Bhe had carricd on pawn- lfi:'!.ng Bhe recoliccted whon the ofticer was w Wlere wero you when the shot was fired 1" Iu the street in frons of my door.* “Wero vou 1 slzht of the officer when he ™3 shot ' wYes, sir, wDid'you sce the shot fired?? . Yes, mr “Did'you " :Yu,’.?fivf“ who fired {11! wDosot know the detendunt Lambim % it " “No, “:."m the shot? wibas ie thers that eventng1? ot to my lunawlcdm.-."" i n“hf‘n:y persuns cowe these with goods that " Yes, nir, W Wbo wero (hay " W o oune men,! .,Mhfl,wm their names? " lv;_llkuow. I heurd the namo of one— “Ilhlmn"xu"""' 1 don't know the other. It Un tlink I'would be able to dentity ey camo about, halt: -past 0 o'clovk. Sho saw E:nl;ohm and worou, 8he did not knuw the hmh"h"‘“"m the goods {n, Freemun had Hibou'};m storo tu the forehoon of thut day, s t a platol of hor; paid her for i, She bsbyng 2C¢ B aguin untid the evenlng, Iler ™ lfllho'(u not present in the forenoan, but Ut o pgierealis, “Ono of the wen askied her Tigyg KCL Blio didu't’ ask him what he 3 or loan hWlm one. fur %fl;ent to the door and suw a hiorseund wazon' there, N v v T g 0 one was fu the wagen, The m“:‘;l“:t‘mllongnmu ol it 8nc wan out, t P du ofticer.” 8ha looked north aud then Tront OIHN saw Ofilcer Race talking to_ a lady fn ity per o, 318 He teft the lady and camna to- By “:l‘v und she went s fuw steps und sold, W gomerPiease comefng Lwould ke to show g, o :lhhu:." Honald, “What e ft1" 8ho Cony lUmcn Dbers und bhrought somo_woods. Bing gy’ L MUOW it Lo you.? fle sald, “Neyer uig 800985 where ars the ment" She !nflc,,:} the wagon. " [{o walked toward it. 1 fomo talk, but could not teil the hhm“." lhu ueantime, thy wen had goitew U gy u'-ou. While ltace was talking the B _unu—llrcd Irom thw wagon. (After o058 0f thie men fired the sbotl” “‘lhu:;“me besltation)—t+The man who fired “flfl!ml."“ laclogg north, aud he turned sround Who wy, Py 4 the maa that fired the shot]” i tes b 1'could Tt b | oS 2u know lum at the thnef i TEy Well. it [ e may you .call Freeman, or the " 2 5 up® YA THE yun 1 oar FUBEAAN" kot |n¥O4 2¢0 Bim draw & weapon frowm bls The “oflicer, fell {mmediately, anl tho two young men ran off, one gettin ann {rom tho wagon first, and the other turning the horse around. Bhe - didn't seo nny more, ns she ran, ‘The report_wna ) lieavy that sho thaught sha was shot, " Lamb had ncver beon fa her placa. Bhe dtln’t know him at all. Tho first time sho aaw him was on Oct. 13 In the Armory, Bho lieard the eonversution between her hiisband ond {he man who brought in the goods. Hor hushand eald, *Take out the goods} I don't want them.”” Ong of the young men eame Infirst and asked her husband If he waoted to buy some silk- hawdkerchiefs, Her bushand said ho must sco them before he could tell whether he would buy. 'The youar man went out, anl {n a few minntes broitzht in the goods, Bhe bad acen Freeman onco before at the store, nicd nlgo agaln in the ofilce of A. 8, 'I'rude. 1le brought o ot of cutlery,~knives, forks, and spoans, ‘Tle eross-examination was vory long, andwas very interesting, 1t began with the :rmtlon: * Have yoit told the truth hero to-day " “ Yes, sir," was the reply. + * laye you nlways told the truthin connee- witn this case?” | “WILEN 1 WAS NOT USNDER OATIL 1 diin't say alf, but I think it 1s ;my duty when under oath to téll the truth.’” “lslt yourdm‘ wheu not under onthi" " Not as much,” “Do you consider youssell at Jiberty to lef" n "‘} dun't think anybody can say I did saya e, “No 'you constder it right to lie?" \ell, I dou’t thiok L did le.” SWill you anatver the aneationi’! *Well, 1 don’t llke to auswer that question; Ishould like to explain to the Court.” Mr, Mills withdrew the t“wnl(on. the Court remnrking that ho didn't wish aay explanation unless the witness answered. Ste hod had wany CONVERSATIONS WITIL SUPT. SEAVEY, but had not told b the story she had related tothe jury. “DId yuu ever charge this murder on George Frceman to Supt. Seavey " “No, sir,”? wpid you eyer ichargo it on any one clsa to Bupt. Scavevi" " No, sir.” # Aro you as sure that you never charged the murder on another man to Supt, Scavey as you ?rc l:llvyefcrcnun to any fact you have sworn to lere! ' { nover charged the murder on anybody.” ‘The question was repeated, and ‘Col.” Van Arman objected, und noted an exception. **I am not sure,” sald Mrs, Friedberye. She had had a conversation with Asst.-Supt. Dixon, but had never_charged the murder on nn{ one olse besides Freeman. t this juncture, Freeman was brought to the front, und sho waid ko was the man; she had no doubt about. it. “Two weeks ago_Baturday dld you have an interviow with the Superintendent” and Assist- nub%nner:m;fndcnl at Poltes Headquartersi™ “Yes, sir. “pia’ you then say that the man who shot Oflicer Race was not Freeman, but Willlams (Dennis), the other mant? * Pleasa let e explafu.” Mr, Mills—Answer yes or no, v 1o the best of wmy koowledge [ cannot state,! = It you did, was it the truth or a lel" SIE was a lle,"” - “Don't you recotlect that you didi* 41 do not." “Do you reeollect saying to Supt, Seavey, fGet Willloma,! whcrm:‘pnu he enid, *Is Will- fams the man who killed.Race? and thercupon you said ‘Yes''. E 1 DON'T RECOLLECT THAT." “Did you have a conversution with mo, Ia my 1lbrary, about n month _ago, u the presence ol your counacly Mr. Van Bureat” “Yes, slrt - F # Did I not then ask yourself and your .hus- band, in the presence of ‘your counsel, If yau could tell me who was the man who drew “the revotver and killed Otlleer Rucet ' 161 don't recollect,! 4 Do you recolicet that you then stated that you could nat tell because you didn’t sce?? I did say s0.”? # Do you recotlect that Jnn and your husband arose from tho soln, raised yourright hands,and sald thut you had told all you kucw,—that you aldn't see the shot fired,~that you didn’t sen the sfticer fall,—that if L ever cauzbt you in a 1le, orin thut fnterview caught you fn’a false- hood, you would -never ask me to believs you ogaini? 3y i ** I DON'T RECOLLECT that T sald so much.” 4 po yon not recollect um'nyu sald you had, then told the entiro truth n: referoncy to this casel” o, “ 4 No, BIR" © You did say that you dian’t know who fired m?‘ !ll"l’l‘lln g0." (] 81 o > L ll: the u’ sence of your husband, who sald thie same thing?? * Ho sald s0.” % Did youand your husband, {n answer to any nquiry in the presence of your counsel, say that you could not tell who fired the shot?” 5 DON'T REMEMBER. Ididn’t tell who flred the shot.” ¢ DId you then knowi” I can bring witneases—"" t Answer the question, yes or not" Yes, I did know." “Did y[o\:'uwn tell who fired the shoti'? * No, slr. Did you not then say in nnswer to my ques- tion thati you could not tell{” w [ don't remember that Isald ‘I can't tell who flrca the shot.’” # DIdn't your own counsel, in an effort to get at the truth, then say, *Mrs. Friedberg, it you did seo this shot fired; now {s the time to tell the story?'” : H1 pon't REMEMDERLY ‘: ’l( that had occurred, wouldu't you recollect W1 know thut Tdldn't tell that thine who firea the shot.”” : 2 “Didn't you state that you aldn’t know1" 41 don't ronember saylng that 1 did not koow." [ that interview, dldn’t you and your hus- band state that you were not vuiside of the door and couldn't seed ™ s [e 1 did, I was not under oath,” S Didn't you and e'our husund say you wore not in o positfon where the man’s faco could Lo seen, or the man who shot??, No, sir; I 2id pot.” She had told Bupt, Seavy that sho was ontslde when tho shot was fired. “DId he not, and the Police Department, always do tlicir best to get you to tell tho truth " “Yes, sir." # Haye you told the truthi” “Here In court,” »Did you over tell the truth beforei” ] was not ou the stand before,” # You cousider you arc not "bound to tell the truth, not being under oath 1" w1 consider whien 1 amn under oath I must tell e truth,”? s Must you tell the truth when not under oathi" WTIAT DEPENDS ON CINCUMBTANCES." ¢ s that the way you look st the offcnse of Iyng?! y“?dmn’l le. Ididn't tell all 1 knew,” 8ne hud had a conversation with Jolin Bell, Deputy Clerk of the Court, but did ot recul- lcet télllng M that she did not know who killed Rave. Dixondid not saytoher that hawas wglek of this nonsenso und lylng™ and leave the room nor did Scavey say he was “sick of thess Mes,” and didn’e waot to talk any more with her.: 8ho owned the pawnshop, Her husband worked for her. 8be dld niot ro- member how Jong thut had been so. 8he had always owied the store, ,‘The first liconso wus taken out o her husbaud’s name, Sho had rse ceived many telegrums, but none o reference Lo sffk from the Lust; nor did sh recollect pur- chasinyg allk brought here froin another city, Bhe rememnbered negotiations about sitks with'n parey in Plttsbure, but not when it was, 8he sent nnonuy teleeruin, but didn’t recollect the amount, A man wrote the telezram for her, Sho did not kuow where it went to, It wasona piecu of paper whero to send the telegram. Bho could not toll who wroto the address. A bundle came to her with a request to send §50, It con- talneda dress-pattern of silk from the Bast, Bhe didn't know the place, She could uot recollect the nawme of the party tu whom she scut the mouey, 'I'hie State's-Attorney suggested “Georgro Koe- gle,"" und the witness sald thut was the name, ‘I'he eoxprussman opencd the packege, She asked ‘Ltm to, because she did not expect any- thing. Buodld not know it was stolon progerty. The pattern whs not wrapped ur in two news- papers—a Gierman and an Englsh paper—von- taining au account of a burglary committed n Pittsborg, Bhe *had never seut money to Froe- mao, fu Jail or auywhere elss, at uny time, to her knowledgze. She then wont on to toll about being {n the sitting-room reading the paper, cte., when the mun cume into the store, differlug from Harvey fo thut she sald Harvey was in the room at the timo, whercas Harvey testitiod that when hie entered the store Freeman aud Fried- burie wero talking tugother, Bhe saw the roods when they wera dropped on the tloor, Noticing that thcy were tied up with sllk bundkerchicfs, she didn'L think they wers honvay goods, It was 1ot Freeman who Jropped them, - 8tis told lml' b\ubmln.d ulgl hlrl.shuvu{' tinlu 'Al;u‘ \{;. oinyg to call an oflicer, ¢ sl arvey in the 50:::'.’ *I'ni door was not Jocked after the shoot- fog, Bho was positive ofit. /DON,T B,EMEI\IBER- 4 No, slrs 1t.was too dark to see that.” At the afternoon sesston, Col. Van Arman took the witness In hiand again for : TIW REDINECT. 5 8ho had talked with Mr. Forrest, hut he never deslred her to tell anything hut the truth, Hho thmmht‘ as she was not asked to zo heforo the Coroncr’s Juryor the Grand Jury, that it was not nccessary to come to cmm1 nnd she had heen fold it sho came and told she would bg In- dicted, Bhe didn’t like to say who told heg that, Truda was ber hushand's first counsel, [ raid 1€ they told the truth they would bo sent up for ton years, An effort had been mada to keep her from testifying. She wouldn't llke to tell by whom, Mr. Mills had no_objectlon to licr saying If it was any member of the Police Department or himsell, |fi“" Van Arman dida’t understand 1t was either, Witness then, with reference to the pattern, told a story about aman in the Enst, who was woing Into bankruptey, desiring hier to bLuy some woods, A letter_accompanied the bundfe, ask- fugg her tosondd 8§50, 8he sent, shie thonght, be- tveen $J0 and §35. 8he had not heard of the tunn slnce, He had not sald whero ha lived. When Freeman came to the stora with the gouds (cutlery) ho sand ‘Urnde gent him. Trude told hier not to tell anytning, 8he bhad no other reason, She had told ex-Deteetive Rickey, Akl, McCalTrev, Detective Fiyon, wml others that Freeman fired the shot, On the recross withess admitted that she had testiled fn the morning (lint. slie had never told anybody that Freeman fired the shot, The defense here rested their case, Stata's-Attorney Milis recalicd MR. PORREST, who eaid lie hnd lived {n Fond du Lae In 1860 or 1870, nnd knew Dr. drillln, **Were vou ever arrested In Fond dn Loae charged with stealing a cont or elothingd ¥ *+ Never for steallug a cout or clothing, Sev- eral school-boys went into n clasamate’s room, und some goods were mnlsshng, and somo of us fot Into trouble, und {t ook us some time Lo #et out of ft.”” “ Waen't your final escape from that eharge duelt’t‘x the Interceasion of Dr, Griffio and oth- ers “They eamo around and testified to my char- acter." ‘¢ What was the charze?! “Idon't remnember distinctly. I remember we grot into ditticulty." On the cross ho sald he and others went down to haze a boy, and_thines were thrown around, and to or thres of them were arrested, 'Fhe charge was lurceny. JOUN BELL, fu rebuttal, testifled that Mrs. Friedberg had Lol Wim, when her husbamd surrendered bim- sell, thatshe didu't know who killed Race, A 8 TRUDE was then sworn, nnd sald he had met Forrest three or four times, Ite had been requested to be the counsel of Freeman, but refused, Wit~ ness had not been his counsel, e recollected an interview at which Lamb, Freeman, Forrest and hfmself srere present. Ife then umlw‘ what took place, denylng that anything was sald about eharglug the murder on the Friedberga, Lamb told him that Forrest wanted to make reputation out of his case, Ile did noi take Forrest into his confidence. Nothing was safd ar suegested looking to the_committing of per- Jury by Lamb or Freeman, - Ho told Forrest that he wotld nat be nparty to putting Freeman on the stand. 1t was moi - clalmed fn the uowspaper statements that the Jewish people fired the shot, 1fe did not hear State's Attor- ney Mills say in his ofilce (as Forrest ind testl- fled) that Lamb snight as well haug {n this conn- 1y 08 any other, On th vross, ho testlfled that there was some feelingr between Forreat and himseif. It grew outof aremark he made to Lamb, which was overheard by Forrest, thut he (Forrest) was known as “Bean-cating BIN " o Chelsea. 3o told Lamb to tlo to Col. Van Arman. Ha nsked him who discovered Forrest, and told hin he would be lils pali-bearer. Lamb suld he (For- rest) practiced law on his legs,~ran around and ot witnesses, Witness was friondly to TFreeman, and wanted to see him acaud tad.” He had advised Forrest to take o chango of venue In Freeman's case, consudering bt his attor- uey. He had told the Friedberes not to open their lips; he told every ellent that, BUPT. AEAVEY testified to baving bad frequent Interviews with the Friedbergs, and she enld she didn't know anything about the shooting, as she was In the back Hurb of the house. Two weeks o Satur- day ebe eaid, i 1he presence of Dixon, that if ho'(Scavey) would arrest Williawns (Dennls) she would tell ilm who fired the shot. [y asked hier {f she pretended to tell him that Williains was tho one who fired the ahoty aid sho said it wus lim. Harvey atd not identify Freeman, e anid be would bave to be shown a larger man for the one who bLrourht the gdods into the store, He had told Mrs, Friedbery, as he did every one who came to identify a prisoner, not to sy anythiug i his prescnce, On thie cross, he sutd they always scemed une willlng to say anything. WILLIAN TAYLOR, Janitor of the County Building, * testified that Josfo Atherton’s name wus Kate Caltahun, und thut her reputation was bad, and he wouldn't beliove her under The prosecution gave way for n moment so as :n IE“:. Fredigke, the druggist, n chanco to ook a NS, CHAPMAN, - Fiye wonen wera brought in,—all of about hie same color. After bie had Joolked them over two or threo minttes, he poluted towards one and then towards another. The accond was Mra. Chinpmnn, Put on the stund, he denfed that he had polited nt any other, Mary Jaflrey, one of the five, testificd that ghe had noticed Fredigke, and that he did point at the other first. She hud known Mrs. Chapman for twonty yeurs; her reputatlon was good, und sho would belleve her under outh. On the cross, wituess sald Mrs, Chapman was hier half-sister. Surah Felton also testificd to Mrs, Chopman's good roputation, as did Mrs. E. Wilson, tha lutter paylng it was *‘pretiv good,"—passable, On the cross, witness said Mrs, Chapiman had had somu lmufnln with her husbands they lved together once fn swhile, had n lttle knock- down, snd |In-u‘*mrlml wialn. | Lnuzhter.] Deputy-Sherifl Miller testified that be was no- tlelng Fredlke partieulurly, and that he flest pointed ot Mrs. Felton, touching her shaw! Asst,-Supt, Dixon testilled to the quard the ity nid the patrolling of the county ronds, and the efforts made (o canture the murderesss also ahout the identificatlon of Lamb by Mrs. Chprman, sanl 13 to what tookIplace at” police headquurters, corroborating Supt, Seavey, Hav- [z safd Freeman was not the man who brought the woods into the store, Mys, Friedberg suld on several oceasluns that sho dldn't know; that she couldn't tell; thnt sho was fn the buek room, and It was impossible for her to tell who fired the shot. Two weeks agzo sho soid Willfars (Dennis) fired the shot, This ended the case of 1he proseeation., Col. Vun Aninan had nothing imore to put in, ‘I'ne Court thereupon adjournzd wnth 10 g‘cllnuk this morning, when the arguinents will ejrin. —————— Blusting an Artlficial Tee, Sclentifte dmerioan. A skating-rink, offering 16,000 square feet of artilciul e In one sheet, s in successfnl opera- tlon in Now York, ‘The projector, Mr. Rankin, is widely known fncoanection with the leo trade, particularly fn the West und Houthi, where his machinos lor producing fee are largely used. s vresent enterprise Ja notable chiefly for its mugenitude, the ares of fes produced beitg very niany tinies larger than anything ol the sort pres vivusly attempted, Somethlng 1iko nine miles ol gas plplyg ave required for the circulation of the relrigeruting Mguld, which pumped through the pipeaafter baving had its tempera- ture suffleiently reduced in g Irct:z!hF chamber same 250 fect long, in which fee 1y liquefled by means of salts wid other solids, ‘Phe priuclple involyed is stniply that of the fee-cream freezer, Artight floor was lald over u surfaco of 200 et by &) feet s on this floor n network of pines wus Tutd, and the whols flooded by two or thres fach= es of water, On pumping the refrigerating fluid throueh the pipes the water Is Irozen nud kept 0 cold that the surface of the fve remalus dry, though the atmosphere of the rink 1s warm- «d by holf a dozoo Jurge furnaces, ‘Ihe project wight have been carried out equally well und nuch more protitably at midsumuicr, when o skatiuyg rink would have been mors of anovelty, Mr, ltunkin fufurms us that the temperaturo of the refrlzerating Ilf,md 18 rafsed but 10 degrecs whtle on its nlne-mile jouruey. e e — A Duty on ITumuan Corpses. Landon Truth, Red-tapelsm fs not & plant speeinl to thean realns, il it thrives on Italian woll us well, it [ am 1o belluve the ghastly story which fs just re- ported from Naples, A family ot well-to-do merchants of Toiedo street hud wade, fn their own carriage, the pllerimuge of Monts Verglue, when, on cotuing back to town, they were hug- ried down over a preciplae, No less than seven ersons-~father, mother, duughter and sons— jost thelr lives by the dreadful uccusreuce, aud it was only afterthreo days that their remains could bo huuled up frous the fatal spot aud brought down to the dzB ‘Now, what do you thini the gentry at the Uctrof did uder the clr- cuwstances! ‘They alleged that whoreas there was o exception for *human meat" on the 1tat of duties, tho seven corpses could not be al- lowed to enter the town gates except on paye meunt of the general duty ou. freah- west! "I'lio relatives of the dead fuiily objected, und dis. uted the cases but it was'of-no use. They had 0 submit, und to pay dowu 850 lire for gulning admitiance. L E THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1879—TWELVE PAGES. TIIE MILITIA. Something About the Responsibilities Assumed by Eaw Reoruits, All Desortions and Dishonorable Dis. charges to Bo Published. The First Regiment Weary of Supporting Iself Withent Extrantons Aids Mllitar; Gossip, Elections of Offi- cers, Promotions, Ete. A notlon seems to pervads the minds of some of the younger tnumbers of the milltary ur- ganizations that the mllitia s something to bs cutered into aud departed from nt will; that any acts of insubordination on their part will ve overlooked by thelr commanders rather thon to liave any unpleasantiess; that they are at Mherty to be good soldlers nand under strict military discipline 50 louy s evervthine runs muoothly and fhe orders meet with thelr ap- provali ‘but, when they do not, they are at Hiberty to create uli the dlsturbance und mutioy which they I their judement tnay see fits in short, they fee) ot perfeet. 1iberty to do as they please In all respects, nnd be rubservient to the commands of their officers only whew atieh com- mandasrein perfect harmouy with their feelings ‘Uil stute of fecling among the residents s partly justitiable, In so far as hey are ignorant of ull the facts exirting, The military organi long in this city aud Stote were first naug rated when there was no law to govern them, ‘They were voluutary In all yespects, ‘The coutd enliat, reslgn, or_he transferred ot pleasure; they could sttend drills or remaln ot howe they could turn out in time of riot or could ab- sent themselves from thelr eommands, accord- ing to tnse; Lhcre was nothing to compel them to obey orders exeept the rules of the particulnr command to which they betonged and (he fear of expulsfon, But when the new Militla law was put futo force, there was a general reorgans fzation of all the State military regiments® and companles, Thoge of theold mvmbers who wished were enrolled, and uew men were en- Msted for o perlod of five yeurs, Every mon, upon slgslngz his name to the rotl, was ublized to, nnd did voluntarily, take an oath of allegiance to the State, in which e pledged him- self 10 obey uvery order fssued by his superior willeers, il to perform all his duties, and con- duct hinself as a goldier in all respents, umnul{- ing with all the ordera and rules mado by his oflicers with implicit cbedience. Any manwho has wiltfully viviated this pledae in any of its potnts 18 o perjurer, and may be tried by Court- Martlal, and mm!ulmd fu accordance with the Inws of the State. A State soldier s a3 much of a roldler, so far as the requircments are con- cerned, nsan attache of the Unlted States army, utct e ean_be held a8 rigidly to aecount for his actions, If ho escapes punisbment for dereliet conduct, it 1s owing to the laxity und in- citictency of hls officers, It™ {s just as mueh a quoliffication of a good soldier to obey, withont questioning, the ordera of his his superfor ofllcer as it s to beable to handle a musket akillially,or to lead a company In n moreh. No non-commissiuncd otlicer or private A8 ANY RIGHT TO CRITICISE the actlon or motive of his company commander in muking appointments or i reducing non- commissioned officers to the ranks: und those who take it upon themselves to eall il to pe- count arezuiity of o breuch of discipline, and they are Hable to be Lrought hefore a Court. Muruat zud severely punlshed, even to contlne- ment in the Conaty Jull, Non-uttendance at drill aml non-payment of dues and flnes are offenses which are punished in the same manuer, amd any person who absents himselt from his * command without leave Is . constdered ns n deserter. Herealter there will be' very fow dischares piven at ringticld, so suys the Adjutaut-teneral, wnd a more rigld course of discipline is recom- meuded, 18 without discipline [t {s n recoznized fact no efflclency can be gafued. The company conumanders of some of the orzanizatious in this eity are endeavoring to make desertlon and distionorable discharges us odious as possible, andy with this end in view, they have uzreed thut the name, residence, and’ place of business of each person conducting himeelf in stch a man- ner 04 Lo Eustlly treatment for desertion shall be publishied hi full in the daily papevs. In the mutter of promotions, the Cuptalun of n com. pany is the best able to judee of the fituess of the men under Lis comipund, wutd, no mmatter what may be the privato opinjun of & non-com- misnlunm?oillcfl:r or urivate, his commander’s word 5 lnw, and thy regimental commander, it he does hils duty, will sustain Lim in his action, ‘The niembers of the mititia should remember thut they nre soldiera, and not boys, and if they wish to secure any respeet for themeelves they must act us such, Ho much for the dutics of the culisted me: The comnisstoned Hue offleers are all eloete v the ranke ail flle, with wylew to thelr mihtary capuelty snd generl fitness, Thus the Captali vo Lleutenants of . cach compouy are by popular vote of the company mem- Once elected, they are to be uhue'uu uml ona de- mand., Every man and every oflicer is subser- vient to the will snd comimand of his superior, ‘Ih¢ 1ine or company oflicers clect thelr tield or repimental oflicess with the same object in view that prompted their own election,—titness, The tequiremsents of a Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, angd Major in a mititia reglinent are military ef- fleteney nd reputation, Polltleal Infleence is nelther required nor desired ; In faet, Jt |8 utter- ly tobooed, us u politivian at the liead of n command of soldiers would very scon deworulize the whole organtzation, sl vender ft unilt for the purposes tor which v was ercated, And what s trucol the reglmental officers s Mkewiso true of the brizude and division commumiders und tnelr subor- dinates, ‘Thes are appolnted by the Uvvernar of the State, and i€ be allows himself to be influenced by political motives in mnking his appointinents of Adjutant-General, Major- Gonern, Brigndier-Generud, Inspoctor-General, ete., he commlits an error which will one day be- tray lm, i that it will show the wenkness of his” appointments with the motives which prompted them, and securo for him the conden- nation of all the men who arecompelied to serve under persons whose only quallilentions are it they ure polltival wire-pullers, und are uslng the miltary to further their own per- sonul ends, Mililury sud polities OAN NEVEI GO TOGETHER LONG, for 1l lutter will soou destroy the former, ng haa beon abundantly attested by exnerlence. Auy uttempt at political mterfereuco with the mili- tary of the State shuuld bo promotly snp- rreswl; a court-murtiul should bu appohited to nvestiguto charges wado opalnst members, of- fieers or men, und the military organizatlons should not b wriffed with nor their commanders made seapegoats of by politictans, 0 the people of the State wish to cujoy the feeling of ‘secur- Ity which fs prompted by o regulurly-organized und etlleiunt body of troows, ‘Ihe First Regiment hus been conatdercd as stuuding ugon the best fuotng of uny organiza- tlon in the State, The members are mostly welt-to-do, nud they have taken a pride fo keep- figg up the reputation ofthelvcommund, but they have reached that poiut of exasperation which will uot require much additionar incontive to Induce ttiem to disband, From the date of thelr orwanization to the preseut thng they ntave sup- parted themselves by golue down Into thelr own pockets, und the drain bus been very hicavy upon them, Thelr expenses are great, und their in- coma smadl, ‘They have become tived of the constant strain upon thefr gencrosity, sud the discouragement with which they aro miet by the peopte. When the rlots brolte ont they ‘vere Just reorgunizing under the Mititle law, and the Tulls hud nat been signed or the oath taken; yot every member of the reciment who was in the clty turoed out, und nobody can say the commund dld not do its duty bravely, l"l.nme- Qiately after the troubles the members setabout bers, “respeeted ns the dignity ol their posit ratsing funda to asslst in uniforming themselyes from o grateful () poople. Thefr of- forta in the way of subseriptions met with IndiiTerent success, but atitl they realized n covsiderable aum, Tut just theu the Citlzens’ Assoclation stepped fu the requested them to “pool thelr (ssues,' promislug that they shonkd have thelr full share, Lhe Assoclution then went around und collected 0 large sum of money smoig the cltlzens *for the milltary companles,” This was divided up amounyr the Police Intantry, fnllv equipped with wrms and ainmunition; the Polico Battery, with two full parks of artillery and a Gatling ‘guny the vegimont of cavalry, the Bixteenth Bat. tallon (volured), the Sixth 'llauullun. tho econd Regiment, wnd the First Regiment, the two pollce orgunizations recelving the Hon's share, and the First Reciment recelvimg by far thy smallest pru‘lmrllmx of auy,—~not eyen as much gs they hod colfected tor themselyes. ‘They have ‘mever recaved a dollar from the Etuto Tor their services In the rlot, 'fhe members ara losing thelr enthusiasin, il ars becomiug discournred, becuuse they foel that thelr efforts are uot apprectated by thy people. Unless sutncthing 1s douo soun ‘there will not bu an efflcient military organization in the city or in the Sute s year heuco, : MILITIA NOTRS, J, Hugh has been clected Captain of Compan; Ay Bovefith Reglment. it ‘Thie resignation of J. D. Beach, Firat Liguten. aat of D Cowpasy, ‘Twollth Batatilen, o ac- count of removal from the State, has been ac- cepted, The resignatlon of Capt, A, E. Ingalls, of K Cowmpany, Third Infantry, has been adeepted. The resignation of Capt. B, C. Robinson, of Corinzi-my ) Fifteenth Battalion, has been ac- cepted, The reslgnation of First-Lieut. A. 8. Hunter, B Clml;npmy, ‘Thirteenth Battulion, hias Leen sc- copted. ‘The resignation of F. Kratorhel, Becond Licutenant of I Company, Third Infantry, has been accepted. Capt. J, W, Auderson will take his company, the Clark County Guards, to Terre Iluute, Ind,, March 11, W. ¥. Bkinner has been discharged from C Company, Seventh Regiment, * for the good of the servfee,” C. A, Wingg has recelved an lionorable dis- charge from 11 Campany, Sixth Hattalion, on account of belg a non-restdent. On recommendation of Cu?l. Willlam Black, Compuny F, First Iufantry, IL. C. Hoffman has Ueen discharged *or the good of the service.” A. 8. Cusle has hean clected Cantaln of Com- pany D, Fourth Infantry. D, J. Foster was clected * First, and . C.” A, Palmer, Second, Lieutunant. Itis pretty generally undersiood here that the Houee sud Senate Joint Military Committee ot Epringtleld will renort n Militis "blil contain- Iug & provislon for a Divielon Hendquarters, hut that there {8 o nujorll.{ of the Hilliard eletient in both Houses that wil cut it out, thus throw- iz the entire control of the militla orzanlzation mm'xlhu hunds of one mau, to use as o political machine, It appears now as though the Communisile element fu the State Leglsiaturo und Senate Wwas going to succeed 1n beatinge not only the new Militla bill, but even the biil providing for the payient of the troops who nut down the tots oll aver the State n 1877, The only possi- ble Inference Is that the men who oupose this meazure ure {rresponsible, and are not taxpayers toany vreat extent, unid they will not be car- ryltr out the wishes of thelrcinstituents If they Klil these measures or cause a delay so thut they will not be pussed ab this seasion. I this rerult is brought aliout, or the military organizations arc subjected to ndverse legislation, there will be bit one thing left for them to do—to dls- hand anid by next fall there wiil be no occaslon for o mititia law, for there will not be a vestige Jeft of vur boasted military of which we ore so Justly proud, and the Commuuists will have var- ried their point, ATMOSPIERIC PRESSURE: Tomarkable Discovery by o Toledo Tnvent. or~A Contrivance to Halse Graln us §f It Wero Wator, Toledn Maite, One of the most remarkable inventlons of the times ia now belng perfected and experimented upan by Alfrsd Wilkin, of thiscity, For sever- al months Mr, Witkin has been trying to study out somne more speedy and economical method of clevating wrain fn bulic than any now In use. The results,as alrendy shown by hisyet imperfect model, aro astonlshing, and promise to work al- moat a revolution in the graln-carrylne trade, The principle made use of fn this curious little machine is simgply that ot ntmospherie pressure, or the exhaust process which has lately.been applied with such wonderful succossifin the great Westinghouse atmospheric brakes. The model which M. - Wikin bos used to far dsasmall alr-pump, rather ridely constracted, yet answering for atl prac- tieal purposes at present. Connccted with the puthp I3 0 one-uch tin pipe, ayphon-shaped, and at the elbow or tov (some three feet abuve the pump) (s n cylinder sumewhat larger than the pipe, and connecting both partsof it. Inside of this s a smaller perforated cylinder, white at the lawer end of it is a valve through which tne grain drops out. The other arm of the syphon is extended down Into the graln-plle. When the muchine was ifrst ready to Lo started, some wheat was put in o common en- velope-box, to represeut the car or vessel, and the grain was sucked up at a rate that was verfectly astonishing. As some one remarked, at this rate the complete machine would *“dra w the Insldes out of a vessel in less than no thne” This was making nu elevation of about five feet, mul some who viewed the remarkablo effects of the crude alr-pump reasoned that i would be npossible to ralse grafn only about thirty-two feet, or as high a8 the alr will sustaln o column of water, But, without argiing the case, Mr. Wilkin_quictly had a lot of addltional m|1u made, amd, plant- ing bis machine In the third story of the Cus- tom-1ouse, forty feet from the ground, had the satisfaction of seeing it take up the wheat and corn out of the box pluced on the ground as cusily a8 the whirlwind would take up the dust from the rond, The next siep was to pliace the afr-pume In the fourth story, over fitty feet from the ground, where the result was_similar. The only drawhacks were the mechanical defeets fu his wppliances. This settles the question about ralsing grain to great hulghts by atmosrpherie pressure, By'The reciproentiiz-puimp will be supplanted in practive by powerful blowers, which, with thelr continuous actlon, will exhaust the air so ravldly, the munutacturers think, that an cight- Inch pipe wiil give all the pressure usked for by the luventor, « The economy of power and the rapldity of transit of thezrain nre, of course. problematie- al. But mnnyof the great ndvantages of the arrangement are apparcnt, Amoni these is the eapacity for discharging several cars or vessols at the same thue by making the supply-pioe furk {nto suveral vipes leading to the different lota of grain, Then the expense of shoveting the mrain up to the leg of the elevator, as undeft the present avstem, is saved. ‘Tlis amounted £ $i1.50 pey 1,000 bushels in Buffulo last scuson, —S$150 to §200, sny, tor a larire schooner, When held at the surfuce of the erain the nipe, woile In one_ position, would draw up m:nrl]y if _not quite all the wheat or corn In the envelope-box, so that by alittle moviog, as a firewan would move the” nozzle of his hose, it would quickly take un ull the grain o o vessel. ‘Thiera would bo u saving of nhout onc-hnlf in Insurance rates on grain i store, us there would bo no sunchinery in the building,—hence no trie- tlon, and no danger trom fire {u the bullding, Not the lesst among the desirable features of this metuod would be the cooling of the wrain by passing 1t from ouc bin to nnother, and clean- ing it ot dust snd dirt at the samo time. The imfense beuefits such a system would confer upon a port Hike Toledo can be readily seen. By making a large reduction in the cost of traus- ferving und storlng erafn, not only here but at terminal Jako points, 8 supremney would bu given our great water routo Which could not be suceessfully challeuged by uny raflroad com- binationon carth, I'lIlLAD]TZLI‘]{lA AND PARIS. The Tiwo Expositions, Thelr Attendanco and Thelr RoculptumCurd from Gen, Goshorn, CixcINNATY Feb. 87,—70 the Editor of the Cin- clnnatl Datly Times: Permit ine to correct an evident misprint In your roport of my remarks before the Young Meu's Christlan Association concernlng the recelpts and admissions to the Purls Exnosition of 1878, ‘Tha total recetpts for admissions were 12,62,+ 817 franes (not dollurs, a8 reported), or about $4,524,700, The Fxposition was open JU3 days, and the “offielal reports’? show un attendunce of ¢ Tatd admiesions ... Freo ndmivalons o Totthueessusanss ‘To which {s saded Tovitatfons to opening cerenone Admissions at &5 centimes, Worklugmen's delugatiun Grand totals veesveen cane 16, 160, 710 The _recelpta for admisslons to the Philadel- whia Exposition ot 1876, during 159 days, wero $3,813,724.40; the total fucome from udints- sionn, concesslons, ete, was $4,621,835.78. ‘The total admisslons (139 days) wer Pald .. Free .. Grand total, oen e Froo admisslous {nclude complimentary cards given to atllcluls, and tl ssued Lo ¢xhibite urs and employes, Yours respocttully, A, 'L Gosnony, 10, 1t 460 e Qnly & Deait Man Cun Have 1118 Will Proved, Noo York Graphic, Seenos Burrogate’s oflive In 4 wpelghboring clty—Enter a goutleman who, aftor consldurablo stragellng, wakes hla way to the desk of the Chiet Clerk, to whom be bunds a folaed docu~ nent, *What |3 this? " says the functionary, #That s uy will,” reples the visitur, # What do you want done with it1" 1 want it proved, so that after Ioam dead theru will be uo trouble about " ) 4 You want it proved! \Vh{. o van't have that dong,” savs the Chiel Clurk wrlounl(. Suntil you aro deady but it &ou will briog in your will after you' are dead wo will prove it Wit tho groagest pleasure,’? > Exit (Lo applicuut. LUMBER. Annual Meeting of the Chicago Exchange. A Remarkably Healthy Showing for the Trade of 1878, Reports of the President, Etc,---Elac. tion of Oficers. The aunual meeting of the Lumbermen's Exchange was held yesterdny afternoon at 2 o'clock al the rooms of the Exchange, No. 233 Sonth Water street, Mr. Thaddeds Dean pre- sidinz. ‘The report of the Exceutive and Auditing Commfttce was to the effect thatihe Seeretary's acconots had been examined and found cor- rect, It was aceepted and placed on fite, Therepnrt of the Dock Committes stateid that they had rented docks from Wells to Lakd street for a lumber market, und hal nssessed the members of the Exchange pro rata to the smotnt of Itmber soid, the assessments bhelng puld up to May 1, 1870, The assessment was one cent per 1,000 feet of lumber, This report was likewise neeeptad. TREREFORT OF TIR PREIIDENT was then read, und was as follows: 70 the Manhers of the Lumbernen's Erchanne of Chicago—~URNTLEMEN: AL the clnva of another Lusy year I the lietory of our trade, it mient by Insiricitve to wiven pasnng motice to our sare roundings, thal e may prodt by the lescons of the past and awaken to some new 1igat for the hopo- al fuinre, At the commencement of the last fixcal year we calcniated upon a large contraction of our_baslness for the incoming veae fust past, The factors cminloged i the calcuinilon appeared to i1 chosen, Tor the winter had paced away ut the taual fall of snow in the lumbering reglons, and this inconsiderate action on the part of Nature lad dishrattencd the Jogzees, aud final- Iy, awif to complete tho diraster to our sutercaie, swhat little snow we had formed an nllisnce with the nlugyish spring rains aud eloped together over Niagara Falls, 1l.uuxlm-v.]l So at our last nunuat pieeting we ocenpled theea chinirs n hablllments of sacteloth, while onr thoughts were turned towards (he pine-forests, where the scanty piles of skidded logs were bein, tnconnlerafuiv eaten up by the worme, e fell then very weak and very tired, and wa wondered It tho spring winds, so miveetly' **tempered to the whorn tamb,*' would blow any good to the heart of the lumberman. Forthwith fresh rpirit began to enter the heart of the loeger, new modes of moviog (he lox crop were dnnngurated, and shute troaghs, tramroads, und rallways were constructed, by which teans we were etocked with Tumber more raptdly than ever before. ‘This lexs son, then, we lave Jearn=d: that the lnmbermen f Chicago can never suiler for stock to meat the wants of their customers. The ontlouk for ths coming vear keciud to warraut the bellef that we we shall have fully au larea n xtock of nmber to hundle the comtng season us ever nefore, aml that our friends of the Mi<sissinnl Valloy wiil be equal) oa well stoesed and prepared to move aronnd with us amone the Western consumers, 'I'n meet onp Tezitimate comvetitors of the river country, aud not 1o ho worsted i the encounter, becomes our flrat study. ‘Fhat the profit on_our toods sl ho cut cown to the Juwest farthimg Ix almost an ardured fact, The Imp tant guertione it s witl be, Tow ehienply can we handle our Inmber, and at hoiw low a price will the rullroads frelght 1t 1t wonld svem thut the wuges of the laborer were snalt enouch, and that 1t s our duty to malntaln the preseat’ prices it possible: but 1 cerininly think that, with the increased dock fachitties that the mast of s have acquired, we should co avle to fhiow niore ekl In the handline of our lumber, You well know that It is our habit to handle over every atlck of lmaber on unr dacks from two to three times before it in aent to the plle. Fhis wonld seenit to be o waste of lubor, and 1 pelieve thuta Hitlo planning on onr part, ana 4 littl pattence fn nstructing one workmen, wight remedy fn purt thiy wuste of muscular strengih, A part of the oxpenss of mwitchiuz cars, ft e hoped, Hm? Be snved the comiug year, winle the price of sullroad. freicht is of euflicient Intercet 1o o kept constantly on vur mfnds, Tt is intiuated that the cost of himber at Misuiasippd River polnts shonid ll.sc na more that the coxt of the materiul Iald dows here, I'he difference, then, between the freight from Chicayo nnd the Fiver t) points west of the Missis #1pp! represents the ndvantage that the rver lum- hermen have over ue, You will therefore be avle at ull thues to compute the niannt to be overcompe bya superr skill In busities, of lost from the fuct of your pot posserring it, 1t will he temebered that the Bxchnnge by reso- tutlon arreed for the termn_of sl montlis to abide by ncertaln rule of the Natlonal Awsoclstion or Lumoer-1lenlees, which ruie reantred the wholes #ale denlers of thisclty 1o pay o penalty of from 85 1o 8 u car-toud for Tumbar kald to, or forwardel 10, ludividuals other than Iumbet-deaiers, nt stutlone wheroe thero wan o lumber tirm conneeted with the Nntlonnl Associntiun, The #ix months' term comprehended by the recolution hins expire and other action in the prenyses would be pro ‘e simount of aney involved by the questivn Is uot very conslderal Many assunie, however, that there f0 0 questlon of princinle involved which ehonld give forco to onructiun, Unfor- tunatelv we aro nut smnsibcie npen tho question an fo which rlde has the right In the dispute, Asa rulo of business, we shouid i to bencllt those wno help ns, and in this mat on will not Jose sizht of the fact that the nnmes of many of our lest friends aro nmnoered in the ralt of the Axo- cintion, In concluston, Mr. Dean returned his thanks to the Board of Dircctors for the kind treut- meut he had universally recefved nt their hands. “Flie roport was accepted, 35t A, IL HITCHCOCK, THE SECRETALY, read bis annunl report, which was full of fucts, figures, und mportant recommendations, As compared with the preceding year, there was o eratifytug fncrease In the yolume of business,the recelpts reaching o total of 1L,179,934.510 feet, an fnereone over those of 1877 of 114,570,346 fu With the excention of 1872, when the areiv footed up 1,183,050,250 feet, thess were the largeat ever known. — ‘There wern now 10,000,000 fect less lumber in stock than at this thne last year. Remembering that, at the opening of nav- Tzation Just soritng, the availuble log stock on the streans tributary to Lake Michicun was mony millions of feet “less thun ususl, these figures became o most signiticant. commentary unon the ability of the manufacturers cutting for this market t0 meet 1t demands, and must forever rehieve Culeago orumlurs of any uuxlul,)' reiurd- fug u short supply of lumber,” The shipmuents for 1678 wera 620,850,800 feet,—an increase over 1877 ot 89,800,074 feet, It was believed that the movement of lumber ta the country fn 1873 wus really the heaviest eger mude from tnls muarket, and thut Chieago was b grentest ping market In_the world, ‘I'ho r ceipta of shingles for 18575—the largest on re ord—showed a gain over those of 1877 of I 102,700 feet, those by tnko aggrexating 605,041 000, those by rail 8,503,700, or a totul of (4 544,700 fect, Of this amount not less than three-fourtlis must haye been sold to outside buyers. inatead of any decrease fu the shingle trade in 1578, as might appear from the ships ments, thers was an uctunl increase of nearly 100,000,000 fecer, This nerense dn the volume of tiade was explained as being larzely due to the shortage in the supply tn thoe Misalssipnt Valley, nithouwh 1t was spuarent that muny deaters fu the West nud Southwest cate to Chivugo for Bome other reason than that of necessity—naimo- Iy: fuvorable frefght rates, A comparison of prices would doubtless show thut the averagy » or 1878 was consfderably above thut for 1877, but it was & question wheths ¢r e meb results were any mwre satisfactory, Drices opened well, and during the winter nd spring were well majotafned, under the tmpressfon thut, uwing 10 sbortage in thie loie crop, lumber would hiecoms a searcs und duslrable commodity. ‘Lhese expectations wers nat reatzed, thers was stock enougi, und pricea fell off raphily wntil they thnally touched a point which was hut lttls If auy ubove the hottom of the market in 1877, Efforts were made to bol- ster them up by mesns of urlce-lst Jueetings, and, 8% luse resort, an aerecment, entered into by upwards of sixty louses, to disp withthe drummers for sixty days. The experiment, i€ not an uuguallficd suceess, was as far from be- Ing a complete fullure, for {u halped to preventa atifl further decline of prices, und it wia not on rvecord thut fu had Interfered to auy importunt extent with shipments to Westorn potuts, * The agreenent, howover, caused some dlesatinfaction, and was not renewed, Prices, however, had becomo established ou o tolern- bly untform busts, under tho operation of thls anti-druminer compuct, sl continned 1hrough- out the rewalnder of the sesson without much change, * ‘Chereportreferred to thestatistical work of the Exchange, which hud been kept np, and had given as iouch satlsfuction as usual. ‘Lhe ree- orda of stock on ol in city yards, publlshed mouthly, were probably the most accurate lun- Ler stutistics ever compiled, Reports of rall recelpta aud shipments, lowever, wers not so aceurate, but they might be inode s0 by the ndn]mlu:lul & eystem of montlly returns frum each yurd, 'l'ln’! vrosperity of the Bxehango ina fluoucial way since the lust annusl moctiie had been ult thiit {ts friende could geslre. "Pliers had been no arsessments or subscrintions, sud the re- celpts excoeded the expenditures, ‘There wero no lHatilitics, il the Exchungo bind 4 respect- able balsuce of cush on bund. “Uhe ruport was uccepted, und, on notlon of Mr. Vau Stalek, it recommondations were ro- ferred to the next Bourd of Diroctors. “Llio vext busincss iu order was FTHE BLECTION OF A BOARD OF DIRECTORS. It was, as usual, a rather loog-drawn out und oxecedlugly tedlous, process, but It resulted fu the cholce of the following excellent lot: Thud- dcus Dean, John .Mclaren, A, @, Van Schafc 8. A, Irish, B, ¥. Ferguson, 8. K. Martln, A. A. Carpenter, L K. Hamilton, W. E. Keilay, Periey Lowe. “The (ollowing-named gentlemen srere elected a Committes of Arbitration: Phillo Auten, M. B. Iql'uu, Alexander Officer, C. C. Thompson, J. « Sizeele. xS Messra. J. P. Kelchum, J. H, 8wan, J,C, Brooks, Thomas Walkiip, snd C. A, Btrost were clected o Committee of Annvnll. Mr. I, L, Auderson desired to get the sense of the meeting In regard to whother It was' de- sirable to continne TIE ARRANGEMENT WWITIL TIIE RRTATL DEALERS, | ;uul accordingly otfered the following resolus lon Rlesolved, That {4 is the that the nrrauzement made laat June with the Na. tlonnl Aseaciation of Lumber-Dealers restrictin the rales or Chieago dealers to dealers only * shotl bedlscontinued 1n June next. hS Mr. Henry sald there were negotiations pend- fng with the Arsaclatton, and he did not think it wise to net at present. % Mr. l{-;er;;mmu moved to Iny the resolutfon” on he: $nble, Alr. Anderson thought it was timo toact nov, * unl Intimated that an Infuslon of * backbone " wouldu't be a bad thing, Mr. Bkeels thought the question should be fully considered before nuy such rosolutlon twas adopted, g Mr, Ferzuson thought a speclal mectin should be ealled to cousider the subjeet, ai that representatives of the vther body should bo foyited to be present. Mr. Anderson, In vlew of the prevailing sentl- mept In fagor of delay,deracefully withdrew his resolution. Mr, Thompson remarked that it scemed as 1€ they were all afruid to touch this subject. [Laughte 3 Mr. Anderson hoped the, reporters would climinate all references to the matter. B ** Another man=vithout any backbone,” siyly reniarked the Presidont. On motfon of Mr. Van Schalck, the retiriog President—whose fun and geod-nature are pro- verbisi—was tendered o vote of thanka for the hum y inanner {n which he had presided over the deliberations of the Exchange durlng the past year. ' President Dean, fnstead of making the usual fet. apeech, modestly repiled, © Yerfectly prop- er. “(Laughter.] ‘Fhie suecting then adjourned. . A meetivg of the newly-clected Board of Di- restors was subscquently held, but it was moro in the nnture of o caucus than anything clse the election of officers being postponed until another day, ABOUT WHEAT. What Has Locome of tho Immense Sup- piles from tho Crop of 1878-109,000,000 Bushels Fxported Jn tho Last Kight Monthe=The Great Ballkc of Which us Gono to Frunce and the Contlnent—Wo Can Begin to Seo the End of the Burplus from tho Crop of 1878, 3 To the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicaco, March 2.—Tle total exports of wheat and wheat-flour from all the porta of tho United States in the year te June 89, 1877, as reported by the United- States Burcou of Sta- tietics, were equal to 57,043,086 bushels af wheat, nnd for the year to Juno 30, 1878, they are given by the snme authority as equal to 02,~ 139,33 bushels of wheat, 1t is well known {hat the stock of wheat {n the United States on ly 1, 1573, was unusu- ally Jow, nnd it Is therefor: fair to presume that 1he export of, say, 92,000,000 bushiels up to that time wan the utmost wo could spare—~above our own requirements for consumption und secd— out of the crop of 1877, THE SURPLUS FOR 1878-'70. Now,—without enterlug into the discussionas to what was thetotal of cithier of the last two crops,—we may pssume that the crop of 1878 was, Bayy 60,000,000 hushess greater than that of 1877, But ns it fs well known that It requires more of the apring wheat of 1878 to make a barre! of flour than ft did of the spring wheat of 1877, aml a8 It s gleu tolerably certnin that our requirements for consumption and seed will be o Ilttle Jarger fn 1878~ than they were in 1877-'8, the increaso of 60,000,000 busheds In the lnst crop will not add more than, say, (3,000,000 bushels to our surplus available for foreiey export, ‘This fucrease, ndd- ed to the 92,010,000 exported in the previous year, would imlleate onr total surplus available for toreign export in the year to June 30, 1870, at 147,000,060 bushels, Lot mo seo how much of this hus atready poue, v . THE EXPORTS SINCE JuLY 1, 1878, % The totul exports of wheat and flour (lae lat~ ter ut five buebels to the barrel) from all Unlted Htates ports trom July 1, 1878, to Jan. 1, 187, were Just about 13,500,000. bushels, rs follows: Atlantic poy 70,162, 200 403,892 Paclile ports 3 N uy 2,000,000 New Orlen Tl gossdine 570,188 Trom Jdan, 1 to Feb, 25, the totsl exports from all United Stutes ports aggregated about 106,000,000 buslicls, us follows From ali Yacific ports and from New Urleaus, uay... From U, 8, Atinutic narts, each woek, s fullow 3,000, 008 1,350,000 240, 000 101, 000 0 - 13,140,350 1 to ol 96,0 ¢ 16,100,350 Previously since July 1, 78, 03,576,188 Total from July 1 to . Fobl vvee ve vroenes 100,773,547 Deducting the 100,773,617 from the presumed surg.us of 147,000,000 buskels avallabloe for for- cign export out of the crop of 1878, it would leave 87,230,453 availuble for_export yet, before another erop s harvested, But the” presumo tlon of so luree a surplus for foreign cxrun yot I8 bused upon two propositions: (i) ‘That the inereasc in the erop of 1878 wos as lurgo us 60, (00,000 bushels uver thut of 18775 (2) that THE VISIILE SUPPLY BUALL BB JIXDUCED by July 1, 167, to us low n point as ft wason uly 1, 1878, viz,, 4,048,033 bushels. It the ex- ports should continuo at the present rate for threa months, our fmmenso surplus frowm tha crop of 1678 would bo practically gone, und the stock of wheat i the United States would be reduced to about its usual average at the end of. the crop year. It sccms probable that the low vrice will induce the holding back of considerable wheat in the country, and that after the soring planting begina the receipts of wheat from the cauntry will be lizhter than usual. ‘Chis sueins the nore likelv to bo tho case when the visible supply begins to diminish, and it begins to bo uppnreut that the surplus from the crop of 187 s ulmost gone, Hitherto, nlther deslers nor ni tlntors linve been ablo to sce the end " of the supply, but when' they do it {s not fmprobas. ble that it will result {o greater Armuess ou the purt of hiolders, L Much depends on the character of the weather durlng the next six weeks. 1f thespring shonld be late or wet, farmers would bo less willlog to part with whatever they may have on hand; und unless the prospect for the nuxt crop should ba fuir for a yield equal to lust vear, the surplus would probably uot bo sold out ay clean as i§ wpa [a July, 183, k THE FOREIGN DEMAND, Just at preaeot the prospect s that tho for- etgn demnnd, which las nlrcady exceeded the most supiciue vxpectations, will ‘continue., “The lutest advices trom Franca (Lo ubout the 10th ult.,) suy thut thy deficieacy in the French crop waa greater thun had been cstimated, and thut France will continue to b an {mporter of forelgn wheat, The quality of ‘the French wheal [s alao represented ns 5o poor that it re- ¢itires 20 per cent twore wheat of the crop of 1578 to muku the same welght of flour than it did of the wheat of 1877, Thus the detlclsncy in the Froncl crop was in reality greater than {6 appeured o bushels, n view of the GREAT APPARBNT HUPPLY of wheat in America, Great Britain bas oot bees in un{ hurry to buy, und from Sept. 1, 1673, to Jan. 1, 1870, her total net {mports of wleat (over sxports) were nearly 2,500,000 bushels loss, thou for thussme yeriod of 1877, ‘I'ie only countries of Europe that bave any surpludof. wacat for export ure Russln, Hungary, und Rou- mania; ull the rest had deficlent crops in 1378, and have been steady fnporters up to the prese ent time, 'I'he great bulk of thefumenso quau- - tity of wheat exporied from the Unitod Stutes n the tust elght mouthis bas goue to supply du« flelencies in workets which kad bitherto tuken Hetlo if any Awmerlcan wheat, W, L. §. —— ——— Nismarck's Sivage Dog, Total from Jan. el 95 Blemarck’s immenso dog has again been dnlfiF [ i mischlef, this thme killing the pet dog of a rail woy employe at Friedrichsrub. Biswarck ax- pressed bis regrets, and told the raliroad 1msn to go to Humburg and, at his cxponss, evleck uny dog thero that might pleaso him, ‘The uuiu repliedtlut §t waa not'worth whiles he had enly been kevping the auimal for bis coildven 1 play - with, Blsmurck sunt the children a bend-orguu 0 replave thelr dog, ¥ < Mal- ™ colm McDonald, R. L, Henry, T. W. hrwly,» 3 nenso of this meeting ' "