Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1879, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1879—TWELVE PAGES. ty-four housa of the contest. Rowell left imme- diately afterward, at the end of 2833 miles, having made &6 wlles to-lay. Thus, with his trot, he had galned but two miles on Harriman, who kept up his steambont etride. Harrlman {3 now the favorita in tho betting. o'LEARY could not ho found at any hotel to-night, and the rumors that ha had been polsoned by his tralners, Barnoy Aaron and Hardfng, that they were arrested, and that O'Leary was dend, grow until Coroner Walteman and n Polico Captain sct out to find O'lcary and the truth, This they did after hours of scarch. O'Leary was found {n an upper roum at the Garden. Ho sald he was anything but o dead man, but was A DEAD PEDESTRIAN, and should never apoear on the track agaln, Ho did not think he was polsoned or drugged, and had full confidence in his trainers. e said e had been go slck he was obliged to give up, but leé.' ho was nlready ovar It, and nceded only to rey DEFEAT. e The Creat Walker, So Long Champion, Faces the Reality. e s 1fas Walked to Death’s Door, and Has Stopped at the : Throshold. Io Enormous Excitement in the Hall All the After- noon. WIAT O'LEARY SAYS, Hpectal Dimateh to The Tridune, New Yonx, March 18.—~To a Sun reporter O'Leary sald to-nfghts ** Well, you sve the machinery's run down, Constant dropping will wear away stones, and I've walked one match too many, I starled in siclk, and felt all through that somcthing was going to happen, but 1 stuck to the track to the last momont on account of my frienda. “1couldn't walk avother mile. Iam phbysically played-out. My mind is clear, and I do not suller bodily pain, but I would not make a show of myself by attempting to walk another step. I wonld oot have lost this match for o)l 1 have in the world, not on personal grounds, but on account of my any friends, who I know backed mo very heavily, I don’t care for the money I fniled to pocket, but for the maney my friends lose,” “'Fhen all bets on you are not drawn, hut lost 1" “ Certalnly.” In regard to the result of tho contest, O'Loary said it Jay, in his opinfon, between Rowell and Eunls, the main question belng one of endur- ance. O'Leary, a3 soon as ho feels ready to journoy, will go to Chicago. QUICKEST MILE, T the IWeatern Ausociated Press. Nzw Yonr, March 12.—The quickest miles made to-day wero by Rowell {u 8 minutes and 10 seconds, and Ennfs fn § minutes and 10 scconda, For twenty-four hours cuding at 10 o'clock ttis morning about $5,000 las been recefved at the box-office, which mokes ntotal of $20,000 reccived, Al 2o'clock between 3,000 aud 4,000 people were in attendance. Rowcll keeps up his jog-trot, and eo far has spent tho lenst time of any off the track, Nets wore made this afternoon 100t0 16ond 23t01 agalnat O'Leary. At 2:45 p. m, the score stood: Rowell, 215 milcs, 2 laps; Iarriman, 233 miles, G laps; En- nis, 221 miles, 1 lap; O'Leary, 213 milcs, 7 Grash of a Rotten Gallery and Wounding of Eight Persons. The ‘Unhappy Throng on the OQut- side Become Frantie=- ally Excited. They Believe tho Garden to Be on Fire and 0'Loary Killed. The Rumors Spread, an'd the Multitudes Increase--- O'Leary’s Condls : tion. O'LTARY’S FATLURE. Soecial Dispaich to The Tribune. New York, March 12.—For the first timein $is brilliant carecr as the champton pedestrian, @Lenty hos flunked. Whatover charges may be padesbout sclling the great mateh, and many wamade, nobody who saw O'Leary when he preuphisplace n the contest could doubt .hsttho man had wallked ss long as he could keeghis legs. 1lo wasso used up that the re- ports that o was dylug were considercd not at i improbable. THIS EXCITING BVINT of withidrawal, the most important of the .makch, oceurred botween 8 and 4 this afternoon. A18:31 O'Leary, looking sick and worn, quit the' track and went into his house. A fow minutes Jster WAl" Smith wont to the scorer’s stand amd msked for the judees. Thoy wro taken to O'Leary's quarters, and < O'Leary told them he was mot ablo to walk any furtber, and had concluded to withdraw. Dr. Robert Taylor, his physlician, ad- vised him that it would be at therisk of hislife #fhe walked looeer, and soveral other phyaiclans corroborated this opinfon. Ha denfed the re- ports that he was fntoxicated on Tuecsday, sald e had receivea the best of care, and thut NODODY WAS TO BLAME for his physlcal condition. Ilp was, therefore, formally withdrawn, and his record grased from thebulletina. This, of course, ecttied {t that {he belt should change haunds, and . the forme: champlon ba champlon of the world no lonecr. 0'Leary tooked ke a corpse. Wlhen ho came out after hia sickness on Tuesday ho had o little color {o his eliecks, but every trace of it was nowgone, e was the personification of & mon who had walked himsclf to doeath, NOWELL, tihe same time, looked badly, but in e differ- eot way. Ilis face was torribly flushed, and bis neck and chest was as rod as a beet, 0'Leary sald, beforo leaving his little houge, that hie should uever walk in another match o thiscountry, He did not zlve the rassons, but looked yery much a8 if ne wvever would walk awother mateh {n any country.:« O'Leary’s unfortunate failure loft the match with Rowell, Harrlman, aud Eunt: yeRowell lesding, Harriman sccond, and Enonis thied, Hotwlthstanding Rowell's lead, POPULAR BYMPATIY wemed to be with Harrfman, and Ennls was plodding around with great regularity, scemingly with some chance of overtaking his competitors. O'Leary was oft tho track oftener on Tusday dight than any of his compotitors, un- doubtedly on account of his fllnoss, which, though scemingly curcd, was still at work. e seomed glad to make cvery possible excuse for gctting off the track. - At8:80{n the morning Rowell and O'Leary bad & brief race, O’Leary walking and Rowell tylsg to walk by his stde. Ie kept up with OQ'Leary ' for\ three laps, ad then had to give 4t up, and broke fnto kis trot ngafp, From the time of O'Leary’s broak-down tho three remaining competitors kept at thelr worlk, until, at 9:30 B m., thelr scorea stodd: Rowell, 200 mlles; l!ufimnn. 250 miles; Enonls, 243 miles,~a tilght gain for Harriman over Rowell, TNE CROWD IN THE GARDRN, I the weauwhils contined to increans every mioute, At 8 o'clock the Garden was full, and foz blocks around the strcets were packed with people, It was fmnpossible, however, for any more to get’ fuaide, aud no cowfort for those whowere tn. Buddenly thers came a tremendons crash the corner nearest Madison avenue and - Twenty-sixth street, Planks, boards, and tlmbers, thickly futermingled with bumon bodies, were secn falling a8 1§ outof the ceiling, Plercing cries arose in this wraer, and the crashing of broken timbers con- toned, The cries wero taken up oll over the Wuilding, - About nalt the spoctators bacame TANIC-STRICKEN, Andbegan a wild rush from the eceno of dlsas- ter. The other half saw the great daugerof o }’““f' kept thelr seats, and began to appiaud as loudly a8 possible, to distract attention. or 8 fei moments the pedestrians wers stop- ved by tho crush, By the prompt action of the polica a terribly-fatal crush was averted, As it &4, appeargtices {ndicated that scores of per- :(flfll must be crushied to death under the fallen mbers. ‘Thie portion that fell was an addition :Nhu fallery bullt on Jast winter, Twoor three u;:dred persons were In tho south end of this "h ery, and halt as many {n tho seats under it, Whea that end zave way, That the boards and Plaoks did not break, but bent and gave way endually, was all that eaved the hundreds of People from o terriblo crush. When the debris Wi deared away it was found that elglit pore %008 Lad been seriously fnjnred. f Soon alter the aceldent the danzer of panicwas h:f‘rud. But thocrics and comwotion luside laps. At 2:38:10 Rowell made his 245th mile. Tima of last mile, 28 minutes 45 ecconds, Ho then retired from tho track for about filtcon: min- utes, and after that continued his tramp. It was stated that Rowell’s left anklo was swollen, und bad to bo lanced, o wore a leather stock- fng, which kept the swelliug down and afforded him support. At 8 p, m. the scoro was: Rowell, 240 miles; Harriman, 234; Ennis, 231; O'Leary, 214, Each mude four wiles between 2 and 3 o'clock. USED UP, . Now Yong, March 12.—By tho advice of his physician O'Leary haa left tho track, not to re- turn agafn. The betting during the alternoon yarfed little from the limits of 7 to 1 against O'Leary, 100 to 80 agalnst Harriman, 100 to 50 ngalnst Rowell, and 100 to 10 against Ennls. & About 8:80 an under-curront of excitement sesmed to pervade thoss whom the publle de- nominates “the insiders,” and it was soon known that O'Leary had, contrary to expecta- tlon, and to the terrible disappointment of all his friends and backers, UTTHBLY COLLAYAED AND DROKEN DOWN. His physicians ordered him from the track, and howas immediately token home. Bogreat a chango as & few minutes produced in the noted pedestrian one of the physicians remarked he never saw. Ilis stomach, head, fect, mouth, tongae, and entire body scemed to have given away. It i3 very doubtful whother O'Loary ovor will walk sgafu {o a pedestrian mateh. In and around the Garden the scene was ong of intonso excitement. Of course tho gencral public know little ot the actual condition of the pedestrian, and several gentlemen who had taken long odds agalnat him were particularly downenat at the sudden collapse of both thelr champlon sud their Liopes. y Rowell’s heels aro blistered badly to-day, and bo haa eased them fn his walking whenever he could, The excitement will be {ntcanse thls evening, and Harriman stock is rapldly ristng, The doctors say that the rumors of O'Leary having been under the influence of stimulants of Into, and tuat his breakdown is attributed to that . ARE UNTRUE, and that bis fatlurae to keep tho track was sim- ply because hie was uscd up, to uso a euphounlsin of the day, * played out.” O'Lonry's condition when hoe Jeft the track was such 03 to excite the livellest fears of his physlclan, und the utmost that professional skill anqd gentlo caro can do will benceeasury to bring him round, " ‘The excitement I and sround the Garden fs momentarily fucreasing. ovr. O'Leary left tho track at 3 hours 31 minutes 80 seconds on hils 21uth mile, To returned ac 5 hiours 85 minutes 3 seconds, wulked oue lap and retired from the contest ut § hours 87 minutcs, having walked 215 miles, six laps, and 110 yarde. As hu loft (he track ho remark- ed to the seorers, ** ' oft.” e wus very sick, and was jwmediately driven to the Mutropolitan Hotel RIGNT P, M. Beore at 8 p. m.: Rowell, 2603 Narriman, 277; Enuls, 211, A PEARFUL PAKIC. Naw Youm, March 12.—Au uccident occurred in Gilmore's (larden, causing o panic and fear- ful excitement. At twenty-three minutes past 8 o'clock, whilo there was nearly 10,000 people fn the lml\nllng, a crash was heard, and o long sce- tion of the upper gallery on the south toor of the butlding suddenly "sank with a masa of struggling humanlty on it, Thers arose ahricks, proyers, aid eursch, A panle ensucd, nnd men rushed Imnl.(cull{ around, A rush wos mady for the door, and the cry of fire rang out. ‘the scono that followed l)eglucn description, und for a timoa it loaked ss il hundreds of lives would bo lost. Some men cadesvored to stop the panic by shouting TUERE WAS NO DANGEN, In less than ton scconds every window in the bullding was emashied open, snd many persons umped out sud went hume a8 quickly as posst. e, ‘Plie band kept playing, When the sccl- dent occurred, Rawell, " Harrlman, and Enois were on the truck, and they remuined there at the urgent request of parties who were tryiugto allay the panle. \When L was found that the butiding was not on fire, mul only o portion ot the ‘:nlrury had fatien, the paniesubsided, Btill, the fecllnis was unc of extremo dread smdnie tha erowd, uid & mero breath would have precipi- BYACHED THE THOUSANDS OUTSIDE, 324 they wery thrown tuto terribls oxcltement, 0¥ Dereons In the rear part of the south zal- :1. believing the wholo structurs was giving 1) Abrung for the window-sills, and some of euslics of the upper windows were knocked | tated auother paole. The polica worked W;:I' 1|hu throur outside Leard thu break- :flu 1‘1‘:‘.‘:‘;‘![ v‘!}zlgrnu:“‘::&'xrnah wcl?:um:ltlll:gg i Blass, . paw poople clluging for | wo usalst the porsons who fell lite to the window-sills, and | with the gellory, und the peoplo underneath, It 4P to the conclusion that the building was | took some Lime® to remove (e debrls, Mauy o fre, There wero cries g persous wera cut and brulsed soverely, but they of “firel" and a rush ! was were oblo to frco themselves snd get out, linde for the doars, tha crowd outside try- | Wien ardar wos restored 1t was found tiat tho 110 Retiu, whils somo thousunds juslde were e L"L’ 10 get out. ‘I'he result wes a crush at followlng porsons were injured: Jobn Folnj. } "adlson ayenuo gutrance, wnd & number of 314 East Thirty-filth strect, soverely brufsc Daulel lllw:‘, i) East Foriy-sixth ‘street, log ltnn:(r) Were fujured, nono of thew, however, ';::',}:",‘:.'; )i(w“;:d ]!)‘:Efl:;‘ld’mnm;&l&n‘ .?,':fl_‘;y, " Brooklyn, hurt _in small ot 1o of T0 ADD TO TUB RXCITEMENT back; John Naylor, JTES Clinton 'flhdu crowd outelde, the uows ot O'Leary's | sirect, Now York, breuat hu Tenry John- son, Jr.; Brookiyn, right srm brokenj Walter Harrlan, brothier of the actor, compound fracture of collar boue; Martin Bates, No, 247 E Twanty-sixth stroct, and rs. Bates, both badly bruised: tl, I Fuesctt, Twenty-cighth streét aud _ Eighth avenuc, arn brokenj Josephiue Listle, Fifty-fourth street, arm bruken, besldes seyeral others whoss namos could uot bu nscertained. AMBULANCES WENS QUICKLY SUMMONED, and tho wounded *taken to the Bellevuo and New York Hoapituls. < When the accident occurred thero wero 4,500 nuu:“l was known, aud the nowsboys wero of ‘g extrus sunouncing his death ‘The nows liks accident, exaggerated tonfold, spread h‘m: fash through Madison squarc, where ““m"{lwl peopla wers gatliered, and over to mm‘fll, aud the erowd immediately sur- mu""fl the bullding waa tncreased by thou- AT 13:87 T0-M10HT gimr;imn Teft tho track, Laviog foished bis aud mady 84 miles in the third twene people ontside the huflding strugaling to eam ndmiission. Therewaa n suduen stampode amone thein when e crasi wanheand, 'Fhe mass of beings was driven over to Madlson Square, and many badly injurcd by baing tramped upon, The greatest excitement provailed outside tie building, and rumors of thousands bulng killed wore circulated, The news apread nll over the city, and thousands of persons flocked to the huilding to learn If {rlends were among the in- jureds “The debris was soon cleared from the track, aud the pedestrians continued their watk, ADDITIONAL LIST. ‘The following s an ndditional lfst of Injured: Loulsa A bern, of 331 East Thirty-seventh street, wrist broken; Maria Bates, 247 East Twenty- fifth street, siight Injurles; Augustine Costello. Herald reporter, contuston of hip, "The above were scat home, E. E, Gezlnm, sged 30, back n- Jured, sent to Bellovue; Maria Lowls, back fu- ured, scut to Bellevue; Frank Murun‘mm, 213 ast Thirty-clghth street, aligbt injuricss Jobn Mobler, l1éx broken; Daulel Ring, 819 Firet avenue, body crushed, INVRITIOATION, The Coroner ealled at the Polico Central Office ot midnight, and was soon followed by two of Inspector AMurray's mon, ‘The Inspector aud Coroner afterwards stated, on account of a rumor that O'Leaty had been pofsoned, that they had eaused a fhorough fnvestigation to be made, They had been unable to find O'Leary, but, after four hours’ careful investigation, were satisfled there was no foundation for the rumor of polsoning. The operator at Gllmore's Garden at mid- night sald O'Leary was n the bullding. TIE EXCITEMENT, even atter O'Leary withdrew, appeared to In- crease rather thap decreasa, Rowell kept up his formidable trot, and showed no sigzns of giv- ing out, Ile keoos a steady lead on Hasriniau and Ennis, O’Leary’s trafners sald it was §mpossible to do better with their man, o was sick wlien he went on the track, and the slckness never left him, but contluued to increase. He could ecat vothing, and was kept up almost entirely sfocc Sunday night on stimulunts, Instead of his stomach getting in order it ot worse, aml the renction of the stimulunts ou 1 eupty stomach was too much tor him. He eradunlly prew weaker, and hia backers and friends, sec- lig b could not win, mud that it would bo dangeraus for him to walle any longer, foreed bl to give up the contest, though ha wanted to remafn to the end. 1t was rumored around the city that he had ‘z“‘l‘.d at the Metropolltan Hotel, Where he was aken, TIN PRICE OF ADMISSION herenlter will be 81, ‘This is to avold the crowd of persons seeking to gatn adiniasion, aud the fear that another disaater would occar from overcrowding the bullding, ¥ AT D:00 Rowell finished 271 milesat 0:45, and Harri- mnn 260 miles at 9:80. Hewas \vnl’klnr gamely, il nnrmred fresh and vigorous. Eunis fluluhul 245 miles at 0:50, He fs In fine form nud is going up in betting. O'LEARY FOUND. Coroner® Woltman and Pollce-Captaln Bro- gan found O'Leary at 1 o'clock this morning in A0 upper room in” Gilmore's Garden. Instead of belng dead, O'Leary was found suffering from an extrme bitlous attack. He wos almost #n_an unconscious condition, but Informed bis visitors thut he would never wulk again, 1185ED, TRowell waa hissed frequently by several crowids of roughs, but was Leartily applauded by all decent persons prescut, A muMoI. A rumor was carrent that O'Leary would ap- near on the track again, and thut his trainer was arrcated. Tley could not ba corroborated. TWELVE 0'CLOCK. At 13 o'clock the scorc was: Rawell, 250 miles _and 6 laps; Harriman, 267 miles and 6 laps; Ennts, 260 miles. FAST ABLEEP. O'Leary [a now fast aslecp in & room In the northeast tower of the bullding. Hels physically oll right, but {s broken down from over- exertion, Ile says this s his last appearance in public, Tadenics that he was drunk on the track or that his faliure {s due to belng druuk. His wifo and eblldren ara with him, THUE 8CORE AT ONE O'CLOCK BTOOD: Rowell, 233 miles and 4 laps; Narriman, 270 miles; Ennls, 250 miles. DRUNKENNEZSS CHARGED, New Youxk, March 13.—O'Leary'a trainers nnd friends hiave been promieing us a spust dur- ing the nigbt, but up to this hour Dan has not spurted, por is ho at all llkely .to. O'Leary moves alony, the shaduw of his formor sclf, 1lis logs are weak, his cheoks are suuken, and his eycs are expresslonless, The truth of the matter, If it must be told, {s that since tho big walk jn Eogland, O'Leary hias not becn tak- fug the hest of care of bimself, A short tiuie after his return he got into a drunken row in l‘hflndclfillln. and was roughly handled, Then he drank harder than ever, After the mateh with Jack Hughes was made, Al Smith, Dan's backer, told him he must let quor alond, uud if he did not be (Smith) would have wothing more to do with him.” Smith hired two men to wa'ch O‘Lenr{ durlng tho walk with Hughes, and to prevent his getting ot any whizky, In apite of alf Bmith could do, Dan bad two gallons of brandy smucgled futo his dressing-room. The result was that O'Leary, during his walk with Hughes, was nearly blind drunk oli the time, e then went to Hot Springs, Ark,, to rocruft hia healths but it seemns ho haes not been behav- ing himeelf very much better since his return. THA MO AT GILMORE' GARDEN ON BUNDAY NIGHT, New York Sun, March 18, Very few persons in the Garden knew how narvow the escape was, Only by the quick rush- Ingg of Capt, Willinine and tweuty oftlcers, with clubs drawn, was un avalancho of 10,000 persons stopped at the Madison avenuc door. A second Jater aud the Garden would have been crushed und Jammed by a mob thiat had been excited be- youd all gontrol, and was buuud to get fn., 1t appears thut Capt. Williums, who bnd walked rapldly around the track nbout 12:80 o'clock und scanned the tiers und the multitudo on the tloor, gavo peremptory orders that uo more tickets be sold, MHe sald that the force of policc fn the bullding was utterly inadequate, for no such throng had been antlelpsted, and the spectators were fo such feverish condition that a spark would bayvy turned thoso {uside into & mub, Butthere were ten thousand persons outslde stitl trying to et in. A dozen tickut-tukers were annnln themn by rupldly when the order fromn Capt. Willlams wusgiven, Ils doors wera shut. They aro strong snd massive, but they ylelded like o bal- Joon fo a breeze. ‘fhiere wus the prossuro of thousunds of men upon them, ‘There wers shouts, and not a little cursing, and when the chicera from the nsldo attosted that the pedes- telans were on the track, the fury of the outside 1aub could not be reatrained, 'Lhero wero men I the crush who would havo given a big sum (o lnvels-ut out. Dut thers was uo getting ont or fu. One man begged them to stop crushlug bi, wsud sald that they wore kil him, snd he shricked with pain. No _ouo pal any attentlon to him, Thu chicers und clapplng thut were continnous luside {nflamed those oulalde the more, It was a black, dense mass inoving as one budy, aud strotehing up und down Madison avenue for several blocks. Un- der the preassure of the ob the masslvo doors begau to creak and then crash. Those nearest the doors cheered, and they at Jast got them open; then there was ouly tho thin barricade of the partition doors. Oue bump agaiust it und ft creaked dismatly, anothier und the elustic fattice-work pino bulged ke a bug. The wood would stand uot uiore than Oue Or tWo moera ressures of that kind, Plunks wero put agaiust it Lo brace it up. ‘Two police-villcers wero there, powerloss, That peculiar uminous sound thut orlses from amob could bo heard fuside, but only I&* those uear the door, und wmavy of these hurrled away, ‘Phey knew that ouce thu slight barricade down that the mass of people would cows in with a rush thut must wake everythlug inside chaos, ‘Thore was another crash, Even the pollce officors stepped aside, Oue more and the mob would be "in, and the- chances were woula be trampllug over evary one who lost hls foothold, Just then there wis & rush from within, Man were swopt aside so quickly aud violently that they had timo ouly to soe the flnsh of blut-coats, Wiih his long elub bold up over his hoad, au his tall form conspicuous among twenty of bl wen also swinging thelr cluba, Capt, Willlams swung open the little side door. ‘Ihicre was uo timoe for delay, There was the whistle of clubs; but the oflicers wery discreet. The blows, s0 far ns could be learned yestorday, fell upou the shoulders and bodies at” the forcmost. ‘Fhe attack was so sudden that the mob halted, staggered, sud turned, In Qttecu mivutcs the street was cleared ou the block that fronts the building. . WRESTLING, Bpecial Dispaich to The Tridune, Bosrow, Mass,, March 12.~Tho collar-and- clbow wrestling mateh between McLaughlin and MeMubon, at the Boston Theatro thisalternoon, drew an audienco of 8,600, ‘Tho countest lasted for four hours, when, cach haying obtalved oug fall, the match was declared o draw. Tho ox- hibition was probably ono of tho best of the collar-und-¢lbow stvlo over given. The two muovements upon which they bath relled prinal- pally wero the cross-too catch und the grape- vive lock, 'Ten times during the contest Bfc- Laughlin got a crosi-toe upon bhls opponont, I/ 1 the swung him off hi§ feet, whirl- g hlm through the afr, but each time McMalion turned with Jghiolug rapldity and fell faco downwards, Neither cculd move the other with a grape-vioe lock, except once, when McLaugblin won the first fall, which was inone bour and five minutes sfter they frat appearcd upon the stage. McMahon won the eccond fall fo fifty-fivo minutes by o cross-toe cateh, throwing Mclaughlin squara upon his back, s0 quickly that tho' audionce could bardly sce how It was done. McMahon tried once or twice to get McLaughlin across his hip, but could nout draw him far enough to ralse biin. Both men were extremely cautlous, and thowed more sclénce in avofding falls than in obtaining them. ‘The match was for 8250 a side, the winner to et thres falls out of five, To the IWrstern Astoclated Press, TosTox, Mass,, March 12.—No lers than 3,000 persons assembled at the Hoston Theatre {his afternvon towitness the eollar-and-ellow wrest- Jing mateh for 8500 and tho champlanship of the world, hest three In five in Barness and jacket, nlternntely, belween Col. J, Ho Mee Lauehlin und John MeMaton, McLaughlfn gained the first fail by s grape- vino lock, after ane hour und five ninnies of eptendid sclontific work by both men. McMahon won the sccond toss by a hip-lock (n fifty-live minutes. The referce dectded (he third hout in favor of Mclaughlin, but soon after reversed hia decislon, and declared the mnteh a draw, as the men would not have time to tinish, it heing then nearly time for the regular theatrical per- formance, THE TRIGGER, At n reggular meeting of the Bouthwest Chicn- go Sharpshooters’ Soclety, held a fow days ago, the following oflicers were elected for the ensu- fng year: Dresident, Dr. F. Merckle; Vice- Presidont, ¥rea Nlomelr; Treasurvr, Charles Kotzenberg; Secretary, Il Schumacher; First Sergeant-at-Arms, Jobn Pfelifer; Second, Wil famn Boebmers Trustees, M. Gottfried, Isaac Schuler, Charles Kotzenberer, August Boeldner, Charles Fleck, Fred ‘Toggenbereer, Fred Ilart- wan, James Oswald, 'The park used by this So- clety s situated ot the corner of Fifty-sccond nud Haulsted streets. 3 . ARCIERY. The Execotive Committee of the Nattonal Archiery Assoctation will meet at the office of the Corresponding Secretary, 11, C. Carver, 25 Wabash avenite, this morning at 9 o'clock, to mml‘flnu arraugements for the July tourna. wicnt, "CASUALTIES. ICE-GORGTE. Look HaveN, Pa., March 12.~An lce-gorgo has formed at Fareaudsvilie, extending o dis- tance of threo miles, piling the fce up thirty feet high. The Philadelphin & Erfe Railroad track {8 covered ten fect deep, and telegroph- polcs are swept away. Lock 1laven, March 12.—The {ce gorge four miles west of Lock Ifaven broke at 10 o'clock last night, earrying everything before It until it reached Queen Run raftroad bridge, which with- stood the shock, The fee, vnssing on, reachod liere at 14 o'clock, 'The water rose four feet, snd carrled the fee far uunlonF the ull.ly front, No serlous damage was done fo this clty, but it fa feared that the boomi-plers have sustalned much damoge, The damage at Queen Run and Farvandavfile 18 very heavy. A log bouse wos demolishicd, and another house carrled some distunco and lodred agoinst the mountaln, the occupants barely escaping. ‘Tis wornlug the Philadelphia & Erio Railroad Cnmpnnr sent 500 men to the scene to clear the track. They cxpect by to-morrow nicht to met trains through, In many places both the track and road-bed are washed mway. Two culverts bave been washed out. " DROWXNED. &pectal Dirvateh to Tha Tribune Vixcenxes, Ind, March 12,—News reached here to-day that, while attempting to ford the ‘Wabash River, three miles aboye Mcrom, yester- dny, Mr. Jason Maxwell, a well-known and {o- fluential citizen of Ilatsonville, IIL, was drown- ed. The river has risen rapldly during the past two days, and Mr. Maxyell, who crossed tlirec days before, dld not realize the change. Norwici, Mareh 12.—Mrs, John Taylor and two sous, Willie, nyred 10, und Johnuie',5, wero drowned in the Niantle Ice Company*s pond st Niantle to-day. ‘The children went for o pail ot water and fell in, Mrs. Taylor, hearlng their cries, mn to thelr nselstanco, and was also drowned. e TORNADO. 81. Louis, Mo,, March 12.—Information has reached hicre that o vivlest wind-stormn, amount ing almost to a tornado, passed over the south- ern part of Macoupin County, Illinols, yusier- day, deatroying houscs, Larns, aud other prop- erty. Edward McDonald, llvlni: ncar the south- orn line of the county, nnd his little grandelnld were killea, and several other members of his family soverely wounded. One or two other deaths are reported, but the facts aro not ob- talnable. Thestorm is gald to have been about a quarter of a mile wide, and camo from tho -northwest, FROLZEN. Bpectat Dispatch to The Tribune, GrAND Rarins, March 10.—A speclal to the Graud Rapida Zimes from Petoskey says a party of fiftcen men arrived there this morning fua mos pitisble condition, They had been at work in o lumber canp on the upper ponlusula, uud weore cheated out of thelr wages, They started to walk to thefr homes in Canadn. . Coming across the straits they became exhausted, fol asleep, und nearly all of them {roze their lower- limbs to the knee. Bomu ol them will have to suffer amputatfon, or worse, ——— THE WEATHER, Orrice ov T Cumigr BIGRAL OrrFiore, ‘Wasminaron, D. C,, March 18—1 a. m.—Indi- cations—Yor the Lower Loke Region partly cloudy wenther and light rains, falling, followed by rsing barometer, southerly winde, shiftiug to weaterly and northwesterly, and slight faill fu tempnturo, For the Upper Laka rexlon, Upper Missiasip} ptund Lower Missouri Valloys, colder, northrly to westerly winda, rising barometer, and partly cloudy weather, with lizht snuw in the north- ern portions, followed lu the northwest during the night; by falling barumeter, For the Teoncssea ond Ohto Vatloys, clesr or fair weather, wiuds shifting to westerly aud northerly, slight fall in temperature, and slowly rising barometer, The Onlo River will rise alowl LOUAL OBIENYATIO! | Har. |nr 2411 40 100 52 Susfce ; taiuluru, o, GENSMAL ONSENVATIONS. Cuzaaan, March 1310118 p.m, Har., Alattons, SoIEE zZEESE ZZFTI I ETIZIITE T L Cruasy, Leavenworth)s Loutsvilloe . 50,04 ZPSZEREATZ, A OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Boarox, March 13.—Arrived, steamer Iborlan, from Liverpool, Nuw Yorxk, March 13.—Arrived, ateamship Wisconsin, from Liverpool, PuinapeLyus, March 13.—Arrived, steamer Lord Clive and the Oblo, frow Liverpool. Laung, ch 1% —Arriyed, D [{ an!orkm yed, Dovonla, from THE OLD MAN’S MONEY. Being in Want of It, Disappointed Relatives Harass the Widow. Failing to Induco Her to Divide, They Institute Criminal Pro- ceedings. The Grand Jury Dismisses the ' Case aud a New Scheme Is Incubated. Arrested and fn Jail Charged with Haviog Poisoned Her Hus. band, ‘There were developments yesterday In the Nittte village of Arlington Helghts which would 1nore Lhan furnish a novelist bis gronndwork for a thrilling romance, A last will and testament, jealous and graspiugz helrs, conspiracy agalnst the widow of the testator, bier arrest on the clhiarge of having polsoncd her domestie port- ner, attempted scheme to extort money, sue- ceeded byan unsuccesstul attempt at compound- {ng a felony, and the final triumph of the one spalnst whom all this plotting was engincered, would asct up the average novellst with a ‘“lay-out wupon which to erect o lterary structurs of the most sensatfonal stripe.” To tell the story as it was gradually un- folded to the reporter, who casually **dropped " on it last evoning, will bo 8 much simpler task, While {n the office of the jail last evening the aforesald newspaper emissary's eye fighted upon a cortain forinl-looking paper, which curfosicy romuted him to examine. It wos o mittimus n the case of The LPeople vs. Busannah M. Underhill, addressed to **any Constable or Deputy 8beri tn Cool County,” and dirccting that the sald defendant be delfvered over to the SherlfT of Cook County, and kept until the 14th insL., Lo await furiheréxamination on thecbarge sworn out by one L. O, Wilson, of baving pulsoned her Husband, the late Edward Under- Nill, Theback of the paper borethe proper evidence of its baving been served by Deputy- Bherlll Blum, I course the proper and the only thing for a newspaper man to do was o “work it up,” anid the artist on the spot procecded to doso, In- quiry deyeloped the fact that the alleged imi- tator of the Dorgla had come in some- where about half-past 0 o'clock, and was at that momeot fossing on her cot. Blic roused hcrself ns the reporter stepped up fn front of her door, rubbed her eyes, asked what the moatier was, and wos acquainted, as gently as possible, with the milyalon which Inspired the visit. W What explauation can you give of tife, Mrs, Underhill asked the futerviewer. [ \Yuy, 1wy dend husband’s relations accuss mo o - NAVING POISONED HIM, when God knows I didn’t do it. He was the Dest friend T had (n the world.” * But they must have some apparent founda- tion for such a churge. What fa it “ Nothing in the world, that I know of.” )jow do you account for their making ft, theni" “They wanted to get the property willed to me by my husband.” “\Whoare they 1" #Tyo of his brothers and some nephews.” ©What kind pl property is thist? Bixty-two and o _half acres of farm lands at Arliugton Ileights, which my husbund willed to e shortly after our marriage, about two years 0.1 “ But tl‘\’c,au relatives ao not appear in the complaint # Mr, Wilson, thelr lawver, mode the charge.” “'When did your husband dfe, Mrs, Under- min * In January Jast.! 4 What was the couse of his death 1" - t Dr. Hawks, who attended bim in his sick- ness, satd {t was oid mge—he was about 81— and pon-circulation of e hlood."” Was your married life happy?* “It wae, sir, untll people interfered. They told my husband things about we, und told me things about bim, and it made him svgry to think I sliould listen to what they said.” “But things never came to auch a pass, did thoy, os to sugeest to you the propriety of put- ting your husbund oul of the way through the fustrumentality of polsont’ “No, sir; far from . AsT sald_before, he was the best [riend I had in the world, aud I had 1o cause to wish him dead.” “There was somo examination of the cnarge to-day, I belfeve!” “Yea; the Judge heard some of the teatl- mony,” . 4 {Yhat was its naturel # Oh, simply in rezard tothese 1ittlo domestic troubles. There was no cvideuce {n regard to the crime 1 am charged with,” » Were you represented by an attorney i 4 Yes, Mr. Woodbridge, of Lhis city," 4 When was the charge against you brought ) “WNot untll I _beat thess peopls in a criminal suit. You gco they accused me of atealing before this, and the matter was brought up before the Grand Jury, but they sald l.t. \‘v’lmu’t riglt to bave me indicted, and I wasn't, "+ And you think this last charge may bavo grown out of that circumstancel” 41 think so.” Mre, Underbill tried to oxolain farther in re- gard to the charge of larceny, the way & was brought und disposed of, and”the subseguent nets of the relatives in regard to the polsoning charge, but, owlng to her nervousness,—due partly to the delicate state of health ghie is fu—she was unable to give anything like a clear statement of hier woes, and ot Inst referred the reporter to M. Woodbridge, wrhig, eho sald, would be ablo to TELL A STRAIOUT STORY. To Mr. Woodbridge the reporter went, The 1awyer was fouud at his residence, No. 177 Rush atréet, and, jn resgonso to the reporter's re- quest to be enlightened, sat down und told him oll e knew about the wholo course of Ars. Underhill's troubles. ¢ { regrard the caso,” began Mr, Woodbridge, “ng ona of the grossest outrazes on a sick, fo- noceut, snd defeuscless woman ever perpotrat- ed. Togo back to the bexiuniug, her husband dicd on the £2d of January last, unvm&: her all hisproperty. B8ince that doy she hos been the victim of succeesive persccutions desizned to extort mouey from her.” What proocrty Lss abel” ¢ Her husband Jett ber about 810,000, mostly in uutneumbered real estate. Bhe was his scc- ond wife, but_the old pentleman had wo chile dren by his first, The pelghbors In the first place wero prejudfeed against her, and the proj udlee culinfoated in an sttempt to get her in- dicted for Iarceny. 8he wus bound over by Justice Dunton on that charge, and gave bonds iu the suta of $1,000 to awalt the action of the February trand Jury. 'The witnesscs appeared bufore that body, wlileh henrd all the testimony and fluslly lenored the LI, although they 14 think seriously of idicting some of the wii- neases ngainst her for conspiracy to defraud hor, 1 think ut one thine they did vote to Indict them, but the fudictiments wcero, I believe, afterwards withdruwn. ‘The jury's action dlscharged theas bonds and it was “supposed that sho was free. But some of the beirs of ber husband—princl- pally, think, a man by the namo of ~ Danfel Unaerhfll, =& = brother—flled u bl opgainst her for the porpuse of setting asido Mr. Underbiit’s will and partlei- pating in the property, ‘U'he effect of this bill, I( it should be decreed, would bs to glve one- half the catato to the hicirs. The otlier lalf was hier inberitonce from her husbaud, thero being uochildren lytug, Thu blll was brought by a youug lawyer, L. O. Wiison, of this city, By the way, the will—whicl I drew nysolf, having been Mr. Uuderhill'a lawyer for years—made a man by the nomo” of John Bucklusd joint-executor with her, The next step was aken when Mr, Wilson appenred before Judgo Kuickernocker with a motlon to bave her re- movod, Buckland, {n the meantime, bad mado on stidavit chargiog tiat Mrs, Underhifll had been indicted for larcauy. That atildavit was of course false, the Grand Jury having ignored the bl Judeo Knlckerbocker REPUSED TO XNTERTAIN THR MOTION, and touk occuslon ta say to Ar. Wilson thut tho ooly thing bie would cousider would be a cons viction for an lnfsmous crime,—thal no pro- ceedings bascd on such anatiidavit as that would be regarded beforo him, Theroupon Mr, Wil- son swors out a complalat before Justice Dun- ton, lu which he set out that she bad pofsoned her husband and killed him—without soy prov- ocation, He did undertake, howeyer, to (ual- ity that statement by saylug that ho believed sl had killed bim, *Yesterday Mra, Undorhiil was takon out ot Ther room bya Coustable somewhcra In the coun- ry, alded :)g- clty detective, who Las besn worklug with him in this porsscutlon, aud car- ried to Arliugton Helghts without auy opportu- nity to consult hor. counsel, When the Cousta- ble arrived thero and gol her out of the carriage a number ol other persons surrounded ber and heard oud saw whattook place. This Constable ~whose pawe, as well as tho detective's, I do before this thing 18 over—proposed to her, In the hearing of these wittesses, that i€ she would divide her prupmr evenly, 20 as to wive one-half to the natural belrs, then all these procecdings against her ot n criminal nature should be” suppressed, including the complaint for ?nxrfl‘fr‘" 1+ Frank cnough,” Interrupted the reporter. 7 shold any 1t waatr 2, “What did Mrs. Underhill any to thatt" “The fact is she hecams futimidated—she was alrcady alck and her uerves completely un- strung—and agreed Lo do ity while they, on the other hand, agreed to suppress all these pro- ceedings., ’l‘hcyl pressed upon her the caution thntft wouldn't be worth her while to let Mr. Woodbriige know auything sbout It Justice Dunton, however, when the cass came up, sald §t wos but jost and proper that she should have counsol and some onecatne to m‘y office befora T arriged there this morning to inform e that Mrs, Un- derhill was fu great trouble at Arlington Heights, and that T had bester go up there. took the 0:10 traln, found her there at Justice Duntan's oflice, and |mmcdlnwlrv demunded a nrivate consultation with her, ‘fhie Justice con- ducted inc into 8 private room,nnd I hadn't been there long beforo TUAT SCOUNDREL DF A CONSTADLE tbrust himself in and refured to depart. Ttold him bis {ntrusfon was an_impertiuence, but hio {usisted on remalning, adding that Justice Dun- ton had told bim he might come in there. T went out, saw the Justice, and he denled that he hiad aafd any such thing, We were then left alone = while, and I finally said 1 would goto triat on the quesifon,” “# What sort of testimony was brought out {n support of the polsoning chargei!! “‘None at all. Mra. Bucklund, wife of the co-exccutor, was onc of the witnesses who tosti- fled to various quarrels between Mr. and Mrs, Underhlll. They all drew it pretty strong, but the cross-examination brought out the anlmus :5 il..lnllul. l'r nnkcd {m, Buukh;lud wheth- 8 nof uarrclin vit. Mre. Underhill st the :M rfnnfiucal‘.‘mh She eald noj that shie felt very friendly to her. Then I asked her if it wnsu't aTact umysuu wras ot present enzazed o a sehieme to get Mrs. Une derhill to divide her property. *Oh, no,' was her rcplf. Then I asked ber if she dign't, on 4th of March, 1870, say as much in writing,— and I held the following letter in my hnnda, which she evidantly recognized, and which ape parcntly discomfited her in no small degree:" Dear Mre.—: 1 think 1f Suaan will take a triend's advice, sho would let the lieirs take thoir rights and sho her thirds, or if alie don't, the law will take it all or her share. She lios 'becn so averreachiug for everything, and used her friends 0 cruel, but she In at'last canght in_her own trap, Isuppore you will have her tumbling to pleces pretty eon, as she told me sbie dated from the 5th of last July— From your Affectionate Friend, U, L. Buckuaxp, The name of the lady to whom this fool's e{nstlu was nddressed {5 suppressed for the sim- ple reason that to publish It WOULD DO KO GOOD, and because the I-d?' in question, as far as lenrned, took no part fn and held no sympathy with (e scheme so nively outlined by the ‘" Affectionate Eriend.” ‘The closluyz portion of the Jetter, which mnf- be rather unintelligible ag it stands, was slinply & clumsy sllusion to the Yhymul coudition of Mrs. Underhill, who, as Richard Grant White would remark, isa “chlig- inyz mother, ** What did Mrs. Bucktand have to say to this poeer!” Inqulred the reporter, 'Ol ! shejndmitted that stie had stated what { claimed in writing, became very much confuscd, and broks down completely, I openly de- nounced the whole proceeding as consplracy to extort money by means of a crimtnal prosccution, ‘and” then to compound & charre of felony in - settling it Mr Wilson immediately rald hie haa had nothing to do about settling it, but I told him he wonld have Lo swear pretty hard before anyboedy would belleve that statement, inusmuch as he had tiled the bill to sct aside the will, made the affidavit on which the criminal prosecation procecded, and the Constable he employed was the sctive agent 1o pressiug this settlement.” “Was anything else done]" *The day was taken up in the examination of witnesses as to domestic Infelicities between Mr. aud_ Mrs; Underhlll, but there was nota word tendlug to show any polsoning or anything of that sort.” Op tla contrary, it was very platy that the man died from o lingering {lincss, last~ Inyz from tive to slx weeks, the reault of extreme old age. At the conclusion of the day, Mr. Wilson Hrutcndu\ that he hnd other witnesses whom he could oot then obtaln, and that ho wanted to have the body exbumned und search made for the polson. 'The object of that plan, os it occurred to me, was to get another night to operate upon the feelings of the woman in y ahacnce, und T demanded that, {f the exami- nation was to be contlnued, the woman, Instead of belng left (o the custody of the conspirators, should be made aafe from thefr: attacks by belng committed to the County Jall, -Inssmuch as the Constable had been the agent in attempt- ing to extort money, | demanded that s should be discharged, and the mittimus placed {u the hands of some disinterested person. Justice Dunton saw the justice of this, and placed the paper in the hunds of Mr, lllum. who came in with us this evening. ‘Ihe detective who was so actlve in working up the case for the conspirators had the pssurance to nccompany us to town and to the jail, where ho attempted to renew his machinations, But his attempted {otimidations failed.” ““The Justice sccma to have given the caso fm- partial consideration.” . “Yea; und J wish to say that I don't belicve ho is in any way a party to this MMMI‘N?V‘ for it seemed to me that bi appeared to see, in the cotrae of tho trial, that the WHOLE TIIING WAS AN OUTBAGE, and I have no doubt his will dischurge ber whon they cet throuch.” * Now, Mr. Woodbridge, as to the futurel® “*The case was continued with the under- standing that it the Coroner had not made his Euswnarwm examination by the J4th it should o furthercontinued, As far ns we are con- cerned, we bhave no objection to au exnumation amd an examipation, In fact, I personally prefer that 1t shiould be done, 80 a8 Lo sut even the falntest susplcion of crime on Mrs. Underhiil’s pare at rest.’” : 5% 1'!,1'10. whnt {s to be done with the couspira- ors * Proper proceedings will beinstituted nfn!nn them at the termination of thesa; uud, ns 1 feel now, I think 1 should have them indicted, or otherwiss punished ns thetr crime deacrves.! * Mr. Wilson, in that case, might be in dan- ger of beln disbarred, might ha not!™ I ghiould say e would.” Who the detective is remalos a mystery, The Doputy Jaller descrines the fourih member of little party as en_oldish man, with gray hair, but who he Ia he doesu't know, uever haying secn him befare. Mrs, Underhill hersclf s a small-sizod, norv- ous-look!ng ereuture, whose troubles bave prob- ably had quite ns much influcnce on her mind as on her body, which hasu't the freshness umid clasticlty of youth by any manuerof meaus. Her history is rather romantle in some respects, Bho 18 an Eu&lhhwumnu,nmcm of the cele- brated Or. DTercirn. fer father was a ‘(ood-unurcd, casy-going Englishman, who n his youth “speut money ke o Lord, ~aml ot = Jost emigeated to Australia, where he marriea an Euglish girl, by whom he had o daughter, thu objuct of this cheorful conspiracy at Arlington Heights, Re- verses camu, her parunts died, shic was flnally forced to go out to servico, md in timo came to this country, where she married old Mr, Under- hill, a8 slio‘says, about two yours ago. A BRACE OF ASSAULTS, Last nignt the pollce were called in to sup- prees a tremendous racket fn the honse No. 128 Pucitic avenue, nud upon entering they found a votorfons wench nomed Maud Kinuey hold- oy down Jolm Joues, an employe of the Michigan Bouthieru Ruoflrond, and beating him over the head with a broken plate, Jones had & cocked revolyer In bis hand, aud had fired two shots st random. IHe clulmed that he bad caught somu thiaves breaking into tho frelght cars, und had pursued them to the Louse, but his story appeared to be a little thin, At 4:15 yesterday afturnoon some smoll bhoys who wors loafing about in front of the rookeriea at No. 24 Meridisu street cvguged In calling In- decent nawe to o youug msn named Georco Stoncfletd, Inthe crowd were two largs boys, und Stovefluld, expecting that they bad put the boys up toit,stepped up to thewm und said hocould whip elther of them, Una refused to gt bl the othiery & boy named Willlun Harper, son o Mother fluper, Hying in the resr of the aboye number, tovk up the chalicage, Hoforo a single blow was struck Stouofivld drow from his” pocket an fmweuso clasp-kuife sud plunged it with all Wis wight into Harper’s back, ‘The knlfo stuck fast ju the left shoulder, sud the as- sallunt run away pursued, by the filuk of boys, wany of whom drew = Hieir knives to avengoe ths ussault, A sull poy druw the kuifo out of the Jesh, uud young Harper run - screamlog for help to Heflund'y drug-store at the coruer ol Madison und Des- plalucs strects, Mr. delland pluced o sponge with cold water to the wuund, and the bleeding soun vouscd, 1t was thought that the boy wus more scared shan hurt. Lator fu the eyveniug the patient sutlcred cann!dnnblfi fu Lreathiug, and ‘was thought thut the blade had - peosetreted tho Jung. Aftor comiuitting the asssult Stonofleld ran to a bukery at No. 837 Weat Madison street, gob what monsy was owlug biw, sud Opding not now know, hut will know L thnt his pnraners were closs npon his track, ) iumped through & rear window and ran away. o dning so he cut himsecll aevercly about tie hands and arma. The cause for the agsault was an old dispute, Harper used to work at Plper's fce- biouso, and boarded at Phillips” house closs at hand, In which Stonefield was employed as & Cx wniter, ' Ono moralng they guarreled, and Har« per was told that he was n{? frst at tho table and the last to leave It. to a late hour Btonefleld had not heen eapture TR FIRES. IN CHICAGO, ‘ A still-alarm to Chemlcal Engine No,1at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon was cansed by a fire on the roof of a two-story frame bullding, No. s 3 West Lake street, owned by Mrs, Buinmers, .~ and occupled as & dwclllnli‘ by Frank. Husle. Damage to bullding, 85, Causze, a defective -chimney, AT SPRING WELLS, MICH, Apecral Dispateh to The Tridune, Detrorr, Mich., March 12.—A fire this after- noon destroyed Joun P. Clark's saw-miil in * 8pring Wells, and damaged the upper works of - the United Blates steamer Warrington to tho ::u:n of scyeral hundrod dollars,” No insur- c AT HANNIBAL, N. Y. 0awrao, March 12,—~Eleven bufldings fo tha Village of Haonibal, io this county, were burncd last night. BUFFALO MARINE NEWS. Bpecial Dispatch {0 The Tridune. BoeravLo, N, Y., March 12,—Following are the propellers of the Unlon, Anchor, and Western ‘Transportation Lines that will constituto the 1ine of the Lake Superfor Transit Company this season: China, Capt. Angus McDougall; Wins- low, Capt. W, B. Murcn; Indls, Capt. Ben Wil- kins; Japan, Capt. M. Niland; Arizona, Capt. Fred Mooney; Atlantic, Capt. Robert Rhynas; Arctle, Capt. John McLeod; Pacifie, Capt, E. M. Marlon; Badger Btate, Capl. A, Btewart. The Cattle-Drive for 1870, &an Antonio (Tex.) Fzpress, March 7. Several protoinent stock-raisers snd drovers have been in the city tho past week or ten daye, and they almost unininously unite oo sn estl- mate of 175,000 to 200,000 head as the numbor of this year's cattle drive from Texas. The first number {s considered low, and the last tho greatest that' can bo expected. The greater proportion of the driva will be ycarlings sod two-yesr-olds. Prices are consldercd high, but holders are firn. The demand for cattle I8 very great, but the transactious have been rather light of late, many who came hera to bay preferring to wait for Letter rates, or falllng in that, to tako thelr chiances after the cattls react the North, The margin [n the cat- tle-driving business fs now cousldered so clora that buyers hesitate before they close acontract. Profits are estimated by centa, alinost, to whera the were formerly calcalated by dollars. Cattle iu Western Texas are scarce, and, with the littlo profit now made, there are many advo~ cates of stopping the drive entirely for a fow ears, In onder to restock the country and there- ( reduce the lnpp{s, und consequently Increaso the demaud in the North. This plon would no daubt be the money-making ono if our stocks ralsers could afford to wait; but the eagor- ness to drive cyery hoot that can find a market wilt keop the supply in Kansas so great that the prices nccessary to make the business here sclf-sastalning will remaiu too hizh. to make It safo for speculators to drive. Let the Northwest become drained of {ts cattle, and the old prices for Toxas cattle would revive, and then our stock could readily be sold ot rates fnr in advanco of what 18 now consldered as entiro- Iy too high. This, it fs believed, conld be ac- :omfllhhcd by stopplng the drive for a year or 0. ———— A New Foasil. A companfon has been found for the gontla fethiyosaurus and the mild-cyed megatherlum. One Ar. Baln, in Bouth Amerien, found some fossil-bonos blenching beneath the southern sun, und forihwith forwnrded them to the Brittsh Muscum, whero Prof, Owen cxamined them, A few water-worn fragments of bono fndicate 8 huge theriodont repille new to sclence.”” Whereupon s new geous is evolved from the Professor's [uuer consclousness, sud plasted with the name of titanosaurus ferox,— to indicate it great size and ferveity,—uanid it g grayely remarked that it *possibly ! fed upon such creatures s the paricsaurl, the oudeno- donts, and the taplnocephaluns, Some people, however, are {nclined to think (from the shana of the left molur) thut the fa0l of the auimal was the valeaneria, . BUSINESS NOTICES, Chew Jackson’s Best Sweet Navy Tohacco SANFORD’S RADICAL CURE T catammi 3 Clears the Head, Renders the Breath- ing Easy, and Breath 8weot. 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