Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1879, Page 6

Itouse bill 511, In regard to supplying lost papers in Courts, was roported on adversely. This morning Robinson, of Fulton, who bas drageed himsolf out of bed for the past week in order to et himsoll in the tfouse by 00, m,, ot which hour the tlonse las beeu meoting re- contly, introduced a resolution changing the Hme back to 10 a, m., the olil hour. ‘The reso- lutfon was roferred to the Cominittes on Rulas. HAVERLY'S TIEATRE. This morning Mr. Miclbeck presented the fol- lowing resolutfon: \Witzneas, The Clty of Chicagn [ the owner of Intee and valuable interests iy rusl estate which hinlony to the chool Fund, sod which it rents out for all sorts of purposes, and derives largo rents therefroni; sn Wikixas, The rreat firo of 1471 destroyed all of the pubiic Mbrarics of rald city; and Wirsras, The people from all parts of the clve 1lized world dnl m.mmmky take steps o restors and replica the librarics so deatroyed, and did cone tribnie large quantitiea of valuable books for that purposes and < W iizuras, The city authorities wera Instrument. 8l In ellectiig, o exclingo of s plece af ground belonwlug to the city with tho United States Uov- eomnent, for the Post-Ullice mite ana Lullding, which exchange was luade upon the express under- standing that the sald Fost-Otiice bultdingt was to bu tmmediately fitted ap'and used for the purpode of a publie library; snd \Witngas, When sald exchange had been effect- ed, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago nilerly repudiated the arrangoment, and took poas sosslun of sald bullding and rented it to parites to be run as a theatre, and has been (or soveral years nsed o8 n theatre, and the Public Library haa been lett without rooms or accommodutions it and sult- able, althongh sald city has belonglug 1o It larye Uracls of ground, eavecially the old " Post-Oilice aite; an ‘Wznzas, Sald Pablic Libraty 18 one of tho most oseful Insiltutions ever established in sald city. and fs patronized by thousands of people, bolh young ana olds now, therefore, Jteaplved, 'Thiat the Committes on Schoola bo di- rected to make provision by Inw compelling all Hoards of Kducation und all cillea mitnated the way Chicago la to make sultable provision for its Public Livenry, and set apurt a suticient portion of ground for a library buliding and Hheary purposce. On the jnotion of Mr. Shiermun the ‘reésolution rae raferred o the Canmittea on Edueation. MONE BILLS. On the motlon of Mr. Crocker, the rules wero suspended for fifteen minutes for the purpose of trapracting general business, This motion prevailed, and o large number of bills came to the Clerk's desk, none of which can possibly ecoine laws, and cau have no other effect than to lumber up the fles of the Houss aud lmpode legislation, - STATE AFFAIRS. Proceedings of the Illinois General Assembly. Majority and Minority Reports on the Rauch Inves- tigation. The Bonrd of Health Appointces, Including Dr, Rauch, Confirmed. Exercises ih Joint Session Com- memorative of Senators Mills and Early. Tigures Showing What Countios Arc Stuck for Extra Bohool- Money, Extended Discnssion in the Houso Over Trnosdell’s Fire-Insuranco Bill, The Spenial Committeo on Labor Writing & Report Stapendous in Longth, THE LEGISLATURE. BENATE. &nectal Dispatch 1o The Tribune. 8rrigrIELD, Iil., March 12.—8cnotor Hamil- ton occupled the chalr in the sbsence of Gov, Shumnn, who went 10 Chicayo ast nizht. The 8enato Committee on Miscellany reported favaratly on Bill 370,which amends the laty reg- ulating the practice of mediclnago a8 to allowa physician to ndvertiso his business, DR. RAUCH. ' Senator Dement, from the same Committee, then eent to the Becrotary the report of the ma- Jority on Dr. Rauch's easc, as follows: To the Hlonorable the I'rexident of the Senata: We, the nudersigned, a niajority of the Committeo on Mincellany, 10 whom wis referred the investi. gatlon of the charges against Dr, Jobn 1, Rauch, reapectfully heg leave (0 maoke the followiug ro- port of such fnvestigtion: That the fallowing chargee, to-wit: 1., That sald Johu I, Hauch s a confirmed and habitual drinker of spirituous llquors, and s un- dor tha tafluenca thereof to such an estentas to ‘be notorinus for excessive drinking, 2. Tint sald John I, Rauch s nnprofessonal, and disconrteous toward those who have buslucss with him at his office as Presdont of antd Board, and {8 znilty of nsing grosaly-profane language In bis interviews with them. 4. That Dr. John H, Rauch has tampered with the records of the Healih Office of the City of Chi- in Cook County, in the State of 1lllnols, tho aaid Raisch was the custodlan of sall rocords. Bpecification: That whilst the waid Taunch was a Hoalth Officer of raid city, und had tho enstody and contral uf the records of kaid oflce, ho, the safd Ranch, sowetime in the yeur 1872 or 1873, crascd from sald records the tavse of the destli of ona Jones (whose irat name |8 tnknown), as sald canse was found by a Coroner's jury, and Certified to by the aitending phiysicin of Jonce, and Ingerted In lion of the words 4o orascd tho words **delirivm tremens, ™ the said words vo crosed being **puenmonin,” or **typhold pneu- * mnonia,” sald erasure and lusertion of other words being then and there contrary to tho truth, and Liaving been dope without authorlty of law, —Are pot sustalued ns chareed therein by the evidenca praduced before the Cotnmitte. We would further report that the following charge, to-wit: That safd John I. Rauch pablicly, at the Patmer Hanse, in tho City of Chlcaro, tors down and car- Tied away Withoul any suthorily of law, the alun of ono L. A. Edminster, whu wns n gaest at said touse, and sald Jobn 1. Rauch then and ihero cinimed to do eafd act by virtuo of pollce powers veated In bin, the sald Kauch, —ly sustalned by tho evidence, but that your Commitico regards the charze as proven trifilnz, frivolous, nnd not worthyof consideration by the Benato. JoitN M, HaMILTON, Chairman. T C. TALLIATELNO, 1. D, Druesy, Granue Huxr, PARKS, Beveral anonymous communications have been sent to members of the Cook County del cgatlon here regrding the Park act, so calted, ‘These members deslre it to be understood that these gentlemen regard with suspiclon all let- ters 10 Which the authors have not the courage o appeud thelr names, Thero {8 much of this kind of seerot influence attempted to be exert- ed, but the ¢lTect sevms to be usually the oppo- site from what was Intended, FREW'S BTAT ACT. The Chalrman of the Judiclary Comnittee this morning reported back Frow's bill, No. 4%, for u stay lat, recommending that it do not pass. Mr. Frew moved that §t be ardercd to a accond reading and that it be printed, not- withatunding the report of the. Comnuittee. Mr, Frew sold this bill provides thut, where Judgment is for $200 or Jess, a siay may bo bad for ‘six months; where it oxcecds $200, for twelve months, upon sufliclent sccurity belng aiven, except where the judgment 1s for money held 10 a fiduclary capacity, and In some other equitable oxcepifons. e blll, Mr., Frew cinims, t8 not objectionablo a8 in countlict with e Constitution prohibiting any law impairing the obligation of contracts. The motion, on u division of the House, was carred by quite n mnjority. .TICEET-SELLERS. This morning Mr, Pearson obtalned leave of the House to have his bill re[}::n\lng the Sealp- era’ act repealed printed. Last evoning the Rallroad Committes resolved to repurt to the 1louse against the vepeal of this Inw. There s o strong lobby Inflnence at worl here {n the In- terest, of the scalpers for the purposc of obta'n- ing the reoes! of the act, Four years ago, when the geb was on Itg passagre, 1t was stolen from the files of the Bnrolling and Enmsshug Clerk at the Instanco of the scalpers, but that did not succeed in defeating {ts passage. ‘There isno great danger of the act being repented. 'This morningz Mr, Herrington fnformod the House of the nature snd effect of this measure, statin that 1t was to prevent sealpers from being son! to the Lenitentiary, SCHOOLE. Housc BN 59, whilch has reached the order ol third reading, provides for reaucing the qualifl- eations of teachors by striking out nusic, draw- Ing, vecal musle, the elements of Natural Selence, Phystolowy, and” the Jaws of Health, SBome membera contended, while the bill was up for mnendment, that the law ouzhl to bo amemded so that cach county could (ix ita own standard of education, and also thnt each county should matntain its own schools. As it is, somo countles have to m{ large sums ol mouney to malutain public schuols in other counties, 3. 8. Lxk, Gronar W. HERDUAK, €. P, Davia, F, E. W, Busg, ‘When the Secretary finlshed readiug this, Sen- ator Mayborne presented the followlng minority toport: 4o the Honoralle, the Preatdent of the Senate ! e, the undersigned membera of tho Commitice on Miscollony, to which Commiitoo was seferred the ‘Tnveatigatlon uf cbargen sgulnet Dr. J . Ktnueh, President of the Stato lonrd of Tieaith, Diegt eave to submit o minority ropurt: That, uns dor the resolutlon of 1c Senate, wa deem {t our duty toeay that, while tho clarzes may not ho fully susinined, yeu tho ovidence in the care docs diue clore tha paluful fact thot sald Ds, J. K. Rauch, a0 habit, todulges n the dally and frequont uso of intoxicating drinks. Respectfully submitted, J 1, MAYRONNE, M. M, Fonn, Senator Mayborne moved the adoption of the minority report, which was lost, und the report of {he majority wos concurred fn, REFONTS, Scnator White, of the Cominittes oo Munlcl- nalitfes, reported Senstor Artluy's bill, 800, | IroguolsCounty helngg an act tn relation to bets and wagers, and | Jasalle County. Lo proibit the selling of pools, with the recom- | Livingston Coun mendation that It pns; also, Senntor Julmson's | JordCounty ... bills to prohiLit the 10aning of public money, | Kark tounty. and to amend the Inw in refcrence to houses of | putnam Conuty.... correction, with the recommendation that they | Marshall Connty. pass, Woadford Counly Mercer County. Knox Connty. Warren County.. THD FOLLOWING STATEMENT shows, by Senntorist districts, the nmount each county pays out on account of the State achool- tox more” than (b receives; or in, ather words, it siows the countics that aro taxed to educato children in other counties than their own, ae cordlug to the Auditor's report for 1877¢ Htositlo Co Carral! County. Leu County Ogle Connty DoKalb County, Kendall County. Grundy County. Kune County...... Dulage County... Will County... N'CREA. + 8cnator Doment offescd a resolution suthoriz. ing the Commilitee on Miscellany to ¢mploy n stenographer, adwinister oaths, and scnd Tor persona wnd papors ju the McCrea Investigution, which was ndopted. BALARIES, At this polnt Senator Kuvkendall’s bill, mak- g n now schedule of salaries for State, county, wl Court oflicers, came un. ‘The Senatar nur~ ported his bill with a telling speech, but L tinally went to the Committee on Judlelury, e stren- uously objected to this, uu{im: that Comuittes hampaign County, milllon County.... sar COMnEY . £hiriatian County Montguiwery County. Sangamon Count, ‘was apposed to any reductlon of salarles, Adums Connty RAUCH CONFIINKD, $reun County The sccand speclal order of the morning then came up, belug the Governor's nominations to o Stato Board of Health, Tho vames bave already been published. Al were conflrmed nt one vote, except Dr. Rauch, nnd, on Wl con- firmatlon, six Senators voted szulnst htin, They Macaupln Connty, .. Jersey County, v, St. Clalr Connty, .. “The above shows where the money comes frow, and the fullowivg ore sanples of whera it gocs to: wers Kuykendull, Marahall, Muno, Mayborae, | Yeankil i 2 mumnf, and Ford, 4 4 QR R Shatag MBMORIAL EXEROIBUS, Suling recelvea 4281181 Tho Benate, with Mr. Hamilton In the Vresl. | Gsllutin recelves. .. dent’schinir, recelved ihe wembers of e House stunding, ‘Pho resolutions of respect to tho memory of the deceased Senators Mlls and Harly wora resd, whereupon Svnator Burt de- llycred u very touching mddress, appropriate to the occasion, He was followed hy ox-Benator Castlo, who bud knowu the two deceased Sunators lovg, snd who spoke eloquentlysud warwly of their many . virtues, . ‘Whiting followed with a eulozy Tolal vevnvrronsennennrnn aan The firat two counties nre noted a8 belug the locality whero the vendotta during Gov, Bove eridae’s adwintstration W s bloody work. This™ school tax must be wusted fn this district, and ought to Lo stopped. PABSED, The fotlowing bill introduced by the Judiclary Commistee passed the flouse this morning: teg, 1. Do it enacted hy thy peovla of the Btute_of Ilinols, represanted In the Guneral Aue sembly, That Sec, 06 of an act entitled ** Anact tu provide for the election and yualiticatlon of duaticus of the Peace and Consiables, awd to pro- Henatar Ridilo ollowed with a short address, | Fho'y¥ace n bivi cuson an it s doiion of Gy onlowiatic in ita charucter and sentiment, staules, and (0 repeat curtain acts therein named, Senators McClellun and Southworth nlsomade n‘mwu‘!l April 1, 1872 in fores July 1, 1872, short wnd appropriate sueechies, ‘The intervst~ | shall bo amended to read as fallowa: iug exercises were cloaed by Benator Humillton, Whoan it shall appesr, Ly the return of .an execu- who wada n few romarks n(;nmprlntu to the | Yon firt tssued, uv aforesaid, that the dofendunt ocenslon, whercunon Benator Muwn presonted s | haw not porsouul proverty sufticiont to sotisty the Jui sttt Sesreary o pti th | ludstientandesasvithnihs cou o viichfung: ;fi:&;‘élg;‘:‘mf”"“’hx and " oddresses iu o curtify o ::\:fi‘:lngk of 1he Cirenit Court of the ‘I'lie¢ vesolution was sdoptoed, sud, on motion L Menaall gliidont s senderedatran. script, which shall be gled by wafd Clesk, and the ot Benator Deacbory, the Sesate adjourued for | Judement shal) tiencoforward |ll'If all |§|'& t&l‘l‘n!l”(’)f tle day. o judgment of the said Uourl, and vruccsa shall lesite (hercon out of that court, to any county, as in other cascs. .. 317,011,680 Senator which was well received. Senator Dearborn made a briof and eloquent lnfi‘ifll‘ which aroused the warm blood of hls auditors, HOUYE, ‘This morulng Mr. Morrlson, Chbairman of the Commlttes on Judicial Department, reported back a large number of bills, with varlous recom- 5 i un act in relation to tlre-jusurance, mul provides ;‘n::d::::x.u Among those recommonded to “;fl:‘;‘ttnlmw .E“nln ““:‘: o '"m':.&&lm:‘t“ t e} iat muy be hereulter cxecute he de- Ihe bill consolidating the Bupreme Court ot Peudunz shall 1ot be permitted to deny that the Springdeld, |x;u||:urly iuuur«d l(‘lxvneb au{wciylnh,m lllne tlmv; ol he executlon thereol he full suin Ineurred : hofi?::flcfi:l:ufltfié:u?::‘“‘uu fxing the Lo Of | thereon, and of whic sald dofendant then lad notice und fu the absence of fraud subsequent House bill 672, changing the time of holding | to the sxccution of sald pollcy the pluintif shall the Appeliata Court fu the Third District to the | bo entitled to recover the fullamouut lost there- Sirst Mondays of Apri) and Beptomber, ulndfir..1 Provided, |‘hfll wothing herein castatned House bill 60, providia for tho uppolutinont | Hirace unon crelnitics W hoevbs, ha-prioe of o guardisn for mivor belrs, aud for & flusl | cipul, n;iuu, or otherwise, shall knowlogly par- settlement. ity Mouse'bill 680, smendlng the Criminal Code tictpatein the negotlation or exceution of u tires tusurance policy for w suin exceeding the then £0 83 not to conalder drunkeoness In witigation of damages. " PINK-INSURANCE, Mr, Trusdell's Ill, which wos the special order for the worning, was token up, This fs value of the broperty thereby lusured shall bo guilty of a misdemeavor, and on conviction shall'be fined iv any sum ot exceedlng $1,000, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, MARCH 13, I870—TWELVE. PAGES. or imprisoned fn the Conuty Jall not exceeding onn yuar, or both, In the discrction of the courts," ‘The measuro elfcited much dlseussion, and waa finally amended somewhat and ordercd on- grossed for & third roading, M, 'Taylor offered an nitcodment to the fore- golng mJ, providing that the full amount of the policy aionld be rccu,yfred only In_the nbsonce of fraud on the part of pe insured. This was supported by Mr. Bherman, Mr. Nell, and others, and onposed by Mr Trusdell, Mr. Mitetiell, and othera. As tho llousc was about to adjourn this morning, Mr. tiranger presented s resolution, which was adopted, provlding that the Houso meot at 2 o'eluck P. 1, anid €0 in a bady to the Senato Chamber, for the purposs of participat- Ing in the smemorial _ceremanies fn honor of the meinory of the late Scnators Mills aud Early, TIN JUDICIARY COMMITIRR. Mr, Shaw, Chalrman of the Judlclary Com- mittee, this morning reported back twenty-five bills, with vorfous rocommendations. ~ The Judiclary Committee Is & luboring committee. TARK COMMISSIONERS, Senata bitl 114, providing for the clection of Park Commissiouers, {nstead of lenylui the aj pointmant with the Governor, ‘has been mada 1he specfal order for to-tnorrow bl\; the House Comunittee on Corporations, und 1t will be fully discussed on that oceasion. Mr, Weber'a bill rmvid(nz for the glection of the membera of the Cook County Commls- sioners blennally, seven and olght nlternately, will comp up _for action in the Committes on Municipal Affairs to-morrow. CRESTATION, Mr. Hookins (this tmorning introduced & Cremation bill, This measure {s as followa: A Thy for an act making it lawful to, establish and malutain crematorles, Any city, village, or township in this State may eatnbllsh ana maintain, or may suthorize associa- tions or indiyidunla under auitable reatrictions to oalablish and maintaln, crematorics for the burn- ing ur dizposal of the bodica of the dead, fn cases whora cremation Is prefereed to burial, ‘Phie 2amo laws and regulations thet "B"" o tha burial of the dead shail be,andare hereby, apolica- bio o all cases of crumation provided, however, thint whenever two or tnore persona of tawful age shall mako aftidavita befors n Coroner or Justice that they have reason to belivve and do Lelleva that death resnlted from polson or murderous in- tent, nnd that it Is necessary tuat the dead Ludy ba retained o determine that fact, the said body shail not be cromated uniil 8 sustable tune shnil bave slapses for snch examination to be made, In caee any persan or persons in charge, or in any way contiecied with & crematory, shall hate & body in hia charge for cremation, “snd shall, with evilintent, or for pecunlary galn, dispose of sald dead body in nny other maiiner, ko or thoy alall, upon conviction of said offenwe, be confined fn the Yenitentiary for n term notless than ono year nor more than fen years, The Committee on Corfnrauonu Qectded to- day to report back favorably the Matthews bill permitting railroad compniiles to chattel mort- eage rolllng-stock and other personal proverty for more than two years; also iart'a bill per- mitting owoers of blocks of five acres or more withli or on the borders of a ity or village to become disconnected therewith on payment of e nmgomnnnto share o! the indebtedness thereof, by a two-thirds vate of the Clty Council or Trustecs, IN MEMORIAM. 5 The Houso met ot 2 o'clock this afternoon, and, with Speaker Jomies at thelr bead, pro- cecded {n 2 body to the Senate to varticipste ns spectators n the memorial ceremonies in honor of the memory of the late Scnators Mills and Early, and upon the conclusion of these exer- clses returned to their Chamber and adjourned for the day. DRIVEWVAYS, The Lill of Senator Bash providing for drlve- ways to the Imbllu parks hayat last found fita way to the House from the hands of Mr. Gross’ Cummittes on Municlpal Affairs, It was re- ported hack this moerning from the Commlitco In the same condition {t passed the Senate, With ihe recommendation that it pass, In the Com- mittee-room, it s sald, quite o strugele ensued wver an impractiendle amendaent proposed by My, Wentworth, but, ja_the end, the amend- ment was vated down by 4 unaul- mous vote, and the bill "~ recommend- ed back a8 stated. The mensure {8 now in the order of sccond reading, with every prospect. that it will bo specdily passed. Ever: member of the Covk County dolegation Is for ft. with the exception of Mr, Wentworth, who will probably seck to umend It when it 18 firgtrend in the Houso ut large, MORE OFPICERS. ‘The Committeo on Labor snd Manufastures have reporied buck the bill providing for u pub- 1ie fospector of steams apparatus fn cach Con- gressfonal District, to be appointed by the Gov- ernor, with the recommendation that {t pass, Tis bill provides for an Inapcctor nt a salary of 31,800 per annum, and & Sub-Inspector at o'aal- ury of 81,200 per aumun. ‘This billalto requires thint all engineers shall pass examination before a Board ot Inspertors, and be required to take out a license. “Tle salarles of theso 1nnguclorn i3 to be pald out of the fund created by fees arlsing from the ofiice. FOLICE AND FINE COMMIBTIONERS. House BUI 738, introduced by Murray, of Couk, entitled a bill to amead Sce. 1of Art. 5 of *"An act to provide for the incorporation of citlos und villages,” 1s a bill which Is understood to be a compromise measure for the ** Board of Palice and Fira Commissioners’ BINY intro- duved b{ the sane member, Murray says the Ttoard blll would Inck six votes of passing the 1louse, ansd that this new bill will gain the favar of mwany who opposed the previous bitl, It amends provislona GLand 66 of Sec. 1 of Art. 5 of this act, and wlves menbers of Polive and Fire Departinents! right of trinl und appeal to the Cireuly Court, THI LABOR COMMITTEE. WHAT MR. JMORUAN AND IIt8 FELLOW-SOCIAL~ . 18T DEMAND, Eneclel Disnatess o The Tridune. Seminareup, March 12.—The Special Com- mittee appomtéd by the House to co to Chica- go und Braldwood for the purpose of investl- goting the condltioa of the workiug classes, at thoe request of the Chicago Soclalists and trade- unfons, have been laving thelr proceedings written ent. ‘They embrace o voluminous mass of matter taken from pamuhlets, circulars, wnd statlstical records of other States, comprising at least 50O pagres. A meeting of the 8peclal Com- witteo was bield this alternoou, at which tifts pllo of undigested mnntter was presented, nmd from which the Commigles wil prepareare- port, to be submitted to the House, THS MIOCEEDINGS presented for the consiileration of the Commit- teo embrace all that has been printed or apoken on the labor question in tho United States, and all the archives of the varlous unions have been poured into the general hopper, to be ground out for the benefit of the Leglsluture. No new 1ght {s siied upon the subject, and there {s Nitle prospect of wisy bonefit arlalng from the fuvestl- gatfon alther to the working clusses or to the meneral community, ‘Ino action of the General Assembly will bu In sympathy with hovest favor, but ugaiost dleness, vugabondage, and soclalistic lunacy and communiam. THE DEMANDS, The following demonda embraco an epltome of what these so-called laburlug men desire us presented to this Comwitteo: 1, ‘'he right 10 employment and llving wages, . 'Fho estnblishment of State Commission for Labor Siatistics, d. Abulition of the lyl\\\T of awarding contracts for publicworks. Thu publicimprovements should bo executed by the wurkerw; without miudlemen and contractors. 4, Minority urmm.uunn in the L»i‘luu\luu, cmmn‘: and City Soards of Logislation sud Admin- ¥ i, Tho reuulation of Jabor according to a legal ork and & h-J:nl dnlv'l wages. il Iuspectlon and reiulation of factarics. 7. Jenponsibility of employers for accidents to the smpluyes, . Alwlitlon of labor of all chilldren under a cor- taln age, and compulsory education of childron up 10 cerinin age, 9. ludusirial scbools for tha masses, 10. Itegulntion of the labar of females, protoct. Ive anenvittos for young |'u:ulml wud pregnant women, Night-work should be foroldden 1o alt l'ulnulnl in facturica and othior indusirial Jnstitu. tlous. 11, "In auits for wages thero shonld not bo any fees In courts payable by worklogmen, 12 Wages un 1o $75 should not be garnlsheed, 1L Wages should bed lein on the rrnnuny of the canlnrcr. aud sbould bo paid fn fuli before all other debly, 11, Alolition of ths *‘truck®’ aystem, 10, Abohitionof the competition of convict tabor with freo labor. 6. Abolition of the perambulsting auctlous, 17, Compuisory trad-marks for all iudustrial worl 1. Adulleration of fuod and drinke ahould be torbldiden by havy Snes, 11, Advertisements of quack medicines should e forbiadon, Jtegulution of public hes!ih and sopropria- public batby, 21, l'he dire-insurance businoss and other fu- ;;:n:uu busincss should be undertaken by tho i, Railways and tolegraple should become pub-~ tutlong, owned and controlled by the He Stute, 24, Our revenua system should bo so amended s 10 cxeinpt the vmall honestead from all taxution, . Asscazinont and taxation uf church proporty. 35, Thy tranasctionw of Lo I ‘Trado and Stock Bourds for mining aud ralirosd stocks should bo taxed, eithor by license or by stamp duties, - PRINTING, ‘The Commlttoe, composed of Alessrs, Erharat, Taylor, of Cool, ‘Iruesdell, Foy, nnd Mc- Fi¢, hold a meeting this afternoon, and resolved to have the avhfi!ncu they had acenmulated printed. This acems to bo an unjuatifiable ex- pensc to the State, The mass of rubblsh ne- cumulated by the Committes cumprises ahont 500 pages of “foolscan, and will mskoa book Iarger than ono of Ned Buntline's novels, and twico e sanguipary, It cmbraces a lot of statlstics from other Btates, reports and docu- menta of great variety aud vndless lenmib, which can neftlier enrich the literatare of the languave nor_increnss the atock of uselul fn- formation, The prlntlu;{ of this report will cost aeveral hundred dollars, in addition to the clerleal and traveling expenses fncurred, INDIANA. TNE STATE-HOUSH, 8pectal Disated (o The Tridune. Inpianaronts, March 12.—Tho Brate-House Appropriation i1l finally passed both Ilouscs to-day. ‘The tax is placed at two cents, and an approprintion of $200,000 mads for thls year and $100,000 for 1830, MAD. In the House this morning Reprosentative Salnt, of Henry County, Introduced & long pre- amble and resolutions declaring the message of Gov. Williams undignificd, and an fnsult to a co-ordinate branch of the Government, and ask- ing for a Committee of five members to conaider what actlon {a necessary to vindicato the General Assembly from the,insult to the Legialature, and, through them, to the people. 'The resolutions were Jald upon the table by a vote of 50 to 385, Several Democrats expressed their opinfon that the messago waa entirely beneath etch no- tico as was proposed, and would burt only the man who wrote nud dettvered ft, THIRTERY BILLS. Attornoy-General Wooten declides that thir- teen bills ‘passed by the Inst Legialature, but which failed to be submitted to ihe Governor bufore midnight of Saturday, are lost, aud will have to be repassed. MICHIGAN. TROCREDINGS. Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune, Lansixg, Mich,, March 12—"The Benate pass- cd bills allowing the Michigan Central Raltrond Company to change the datoof holdlg the anrual election and providing a penalty for the abuse of lepal processes. In the Houssa bill redlstricting the Judiclal Clrcuits passed. 'The following shows the changes: Firat, Iillsdale and Lenawgo. Countfesj Fourth, Jackson and Ingham; Scventh, Blunwassce, Livingstone, and Genesce; Thirtcenth, Kalkasks, Grand Tray- ciae, Loelanaw, Antrim, Charlevolx, Emunct, and Cheboygan; Bixteenth, Macomb and 8t. Chair; Eighteonth, Bay sand Ogemaw; Nine- teenth, Osccola, Lake, Mason, Maulstee, and Benzio; Twenty-first, Isabella, Midland, Gladwin, Clare, and Gratlot; Tiwonty-fourth, Washtenaw und Monroc; Twenty-lifeh, Santlac, Huron, and Tuscolat 'I‘wenlymlxth, Toscom- mon, Crawford, Oteeeo, Missaukee, and Wex- ford, 1nthe last three circuits, which are now and created by this act, the Judges will be clected this spring, nud hold oflics two years therealter, to conform to the terms of thoother Clreuit Judges, The Alpena Railroad bill was taken from the tabla and placed on the order of third reading. NEW YORK. SMYTIl BTILL STICKS, ALpANY, March 12.—Tho Scnato refuscd to remove Superintendent of Insurance Bmyth. ‘The vote was 12 for removal and 17 agalust, OBITUARY. MRS, GEN. T, W. SIIERMAN. Newront, R. I, March 12.—Mrs. UGen, Thomas W. 8herman dled this morning of con- sumption. The Genoral s very low, and but sllzht hopes aro ontertalncd of Wa rocovery. s discaso is pncumonia. Mrs. Gen, Sherman was the daughter of Gov. Shannon, of Ohfo, who was afterwards appointed Qovernor of the Territory of Kansas, Gen. Thomns W, Shermon is o native of, Rhods Island} groduated from West Point in 18383 tuok on netive part fn the Florlds, Chorokeo, nud Mexican wara; aleo in the Rebellion; lost a leg at Baton Rouge, was appointed s Brevot Major- Ueneral for brase and -gallant eervice, and put on the retired st kome time ago. Gen, T. W, 8heeman Is 60 low that It has been deemed advisable nou to inform him of his wife’s denth at opresent, The physicians have but siight hopes ot the Goueral’s recovery. Mrs. Bherman recently underwont a sovers surgzieal operation, and this undoubtedly was tha {rumed{ate caneo of death. ROBERT PARK. #special Duapatch to The Tyibune. BLOOMINGTON, I, March 12.~Robort Park died in 8t. Louls this morning, aged 03, from opoplexy. tleias one of the oldest and best kuown busincss men of Bloomington, having hero for twenty yeara, from the opeulug of the station In 1853, Tle was born in the Country Antrim, Irelund, nud, when o young man, came to New Orleaus, where he onwaged fn merchan- tile puranits moany years. When be died hoe was Beeretary of the Company constructing the Kansos City oxtension. ARCHBISIIOP PURCELL. 110 Finally Gacs to tho all, Relloves His Brather of tho Responsibility ns Principal, aud Duclnres Mimaclt a Bankrupt, Suectul Dispatch to Tha Trivune. CINCINNATY, O., March 12.—A now phase in the afalrs of Archblshop Purcell was developed to-day, by his making a personal asslgnment for the benelit of bis creditors. ‘The assignment last week wos mado by his brother, Edward Purcell, the Archbishop having previousty trausferred tg him certaln pleces of diocessn property, ‘That inethod of proceeding was ad- vised by leading Catholles, who wanted to save the Archbishop nnd the Chiurch the humillatfon of a confessed financlal follure. Bovero criti- cisms followed, resultiug finally In o sult to havo the transfor of the property by the Archblshop set aside, ns tending to dofraud his creditors of their rizhts, ‘This sult, brought by Thomas Brennan, has causcd much indignation on the part of the Archbistiop aud his friends, who threaten to site Brenuan for libel for hint- ing at fraud in his petition, By his assignment, to-day, the Archbishop assumes tho full pross- uro of tho calamity, und takes the responsibllity off the shoulders of his brother, who norely acted 08 bis ngent, Bluce the encouraging news from the New York conforence, the nged pre- It bears his burden inuch more lightly, FEARS THAT PATIER BDWARD IURCELL WILL DE CIIMINALLY PROSECUTED, Concinnutl Bugutrer, March 12, "The priests talked {nformally over the situn- tion, und it was adwmitted on all sldes to be most doplorable. 1t appears thut many of the clorey fear thut Father Edward Purcoh will b suli- Jeeted to eriminal prosceutlou, and that, too, speedily, ‘They talk amoug themselyes of o certain” wealthy lady, who beeano aconvert to Cathollelsm, and doposited u lorzo amount of Governuent bonds in trust with Father Pur- cell, Theso bunds cannot now Lo found, and her - friends clajm that they wero converted Inta money and lost in the gen- cral wreck, and they are prum[ulm: her to prosccute him for mlauupnTnu lon of her funds. Then, too, & certidn Mr. O'Noll died sumg time wgo, leaving an estato valued at 210,000, Father Purcell was appointed udinln. Istrator of Lhe eatute, At the time it was sup- posed that Mr. O'Neil had no relatives lving; but now one of Lis near kinsmen turns up ane demumls 8 scttlement of the estate la accord- anco with the provisious of hia relative's will, nil Kather Kdward I8 unable to umnyl{ o a satlsfoctory munner with his mlucn. or {8 this all, “The recont Fair held in Greons wood Hall, Cnristinas and New-Yeur's weeks, for the benellt of the orplnus of 8t Jusepl's Asyluin In - Cumininsylllo, desplse the hard tines, netted soncthing over $10,000 for the futheriess llitlo opes. “Fhils money was lor some time in the }mucnluu of Father Quat- wan, who, fearful of the danger thut it would be subjected toif placed in o bunk that might Dresk nnr nnf. kept 1t In his room in the Archi- wplscopul resldunce for severnl days. Finally he deposited all but $1,500 of it with Father Pur- cell, the sum rotalned bolug patd over to the Asylum tor Its immediate needs, The mono of the orphans fs sald to bo gone, aud they will specdlly have to makea frcsh appeal fothe public for funds for maintenauce. e COAL. New Yons, March 124.—Fifty thousand tons of Lackowanua coul werg sold to-day by order of the Delawure & Hudson Canal Compavy, which guaranteed the coal to be fresh mined. The prices obtalned were: Stcamer, $3.173¢3 grate, $23.20; egg, $3.95@2.87/¢; stove,] $3.65. been frelght azent of the Chicago & Alton Hoad.| “BLIGHTED WHEAT.” 1t Is Said that Much of the Stock on Hand Is Unfit for Seade ing. The Latest Canard for Ixtri- cating the ¢ Bulls®? from Their Porll. A Sclentific Investigation of the Ques- tion of Germination, The Speeulators Will Iavo to Invent Ane oflior Btory for Thelr Pur. * POSEBs It 18 not at all surpriaing that annuslly, as the " ley hands of wintor” aro melted by tho genlal tomperature of spring, and the attention of the husbandman is turned to preparation of his ncres for the erops which the ansuing aeason are to fructify and mature, thatat that particu- lar juncture thero should come up the old and o forehoding look for the earth’s produce in thoso llnes Which into famillar ery of eoter so consplcuously and vitally the world's commerce. It Is strange, however, that the pubtic cannot bo made to understand that theso notes of alarm are, ns a rule, sounded by those who are dircctly luterested in the. muonipulation of the markots, nnd that in nine cases out of ten the propheciea of short crops aro based, mot on the actunl conditions of wenther or the prevalenco of pestilence, but the desire to create a fecling of {nsecurity, and thus olevate or deorcss tho prices of produce for their individual gain, The markets are con- trolled by the few, and if thess {ndividuals, b cambination or otherwise, can succeed in spread- fug the belief that the lonlxcnmlmrr crops are to be materially lessened, while at the same timo the demand 18 constantly increasing, they see thelr way clear to an appreciation of values ns pertaining to thie presont nupnl,}i that will ** put money in their purse’? 'hero are the periodic reports ~ of floods in grain- producing teglons of Europe, of blight, and rust, and mildew, or pestilenco that pros- trates tho encrzles of & nation; thers ars rumors of devastating winds, of the ravnges of red weevll (cecidomyla tritici), of the ilessian fly (cecidomyyla destructor), or the myriad other cqually destrvetive animal parasites thnt affect the plants which composo the vegetable King- dam} and there are other fndustriously circu- Iated storics. all of which are oftentimea started simply to influence markets, when there may uot be _the slighest foundation for the rumors, Before tho truh or falsity of tho atate- ments can bs verified, the objects for which the reports were originated have beon accomplisbed, the financlal harvest reaped, and then it matlers littlo to those who were instrumental In spread- Ing the damaging reports what the after result shalt be. They quietly await their next appor- tunlty, and nfi:lu concoct what may in commer- clal parlance bo called A 9 DULLING ! sOmEME, as soon a8 they have succeeded in galning pos- scssion nb low figures of a sufticiont quantity of praduce—wheathier it be graln or gome ather commodity—~to cut an Important fizure in the trading transactions of the recownized commer- tinl marts ol this or some farelizn country, Just now the articloin hand {s wheat. Itis that scason of the year when the surplus wheat uot needed for immediate or homa consumption is, to a Jurge degree, lying fn thoe clovators and interior granorles ol "the country, anq also just when a certaln clique of operators in Chi- eagoand Now York are resorting to cvery con- celvable stratagem to put up the market, so they may Lo enabled to closo out their deals at greatly enhanced prices above the purchaso vatuation. It {8 not that the mea who deal In wheat care for the price of bread, present or prospective, ot that they have aoy intercat, asa trad(ng class, in the cstablishment of o healthy tone of the market; not that'they have the in- torests of - the agricultural commumtles so closely at heart that they are fmpelled to strike an alarm now and then, nud throw out wise intl- matlons of what tho futurc has in store. Watch the markets closely, and the reader will bo able to perccive the animus of their “warnings," and when it is understood how closcly the de- velopment of ‘‘corners” and an en- hancement of valuations follow upon tgtartling reports? ol anticipsted short- ages lu the praln dylold. tha additional fact, more than hinted at nbove, will stand boldly forth that stock-Jobbers arg the ones genurally who foretell diminished ylelds of wheat or disasters to fall upon crops gonerally. ‘Tho Intest *scare® is.atill fresh from the printing-press, It {s but tbirty-six hours eold, and is to the following effect: A Now York City paper of Tuesday aunounced in bold und staring letters that— Bome eclentific tests which have been in progross for neveral montha u{ ong of tho most aistinguished Professors of agricultural cheinintry In the country have devoloped rather o startiing fact that tho sprouting qualitics of last year's crop of No.2 soring wheat have beon eerfously damaged owing to tho excesalvo lieat which previdled just beforo the harvest of Jast yoar in varions parts of tho West, notably Minncsots, and In consequence of which, ~ a large Tmnmy of the wheat product §s utterly ruined by tho blight, This fact s of Incaiculable importance to farmars out West. No. 2 spring s the grade which is genernlly uacd for aowing purposes, and it fs feared—unlces tho farmere aro prowptly inforned of thia timely discovery 8s to the destruction of last yoar's praducts, and make ample allowance for it in their arrangements for sowing thisspring—that the next crop will not eaual 50 per centof the ususl product, 1t §a statod that damage to the aprouting capacity of the kernel i3 not such 11 to aflect its valuo for milling purposes. Outwardly, to all appearance, tho kerac i plump and uninipaired, Dutit fu the structural Intorior yrowth which 18 affectea. The dlscovery of theso facta fs timely indecd, and if proporly promulgated, may avert protty disastrona conscquences, such as wonld surely follow on a generul neo of damaged wheat for sowlng, At the samo time, tho fact {s ono of great importance to all who are {utorested fn the course of prices for heal. “'ll‘lm this fact 18 “ono of great fmportanco to oll who are intoreated fa the course of prices for wheat " will not bo contradicled for a mo- ment. IT18 CONGEDED AT THIX OUTSET as a foregono conclusion, and thero is but Jittle doubt but that *all who are Interested” will heave a greot sigh of relief to think thut what has for o few doys been o downward markot may now be relnvigorated under the cifects ot a herole dose of scare, and begin climbing once more towards that plump and round-bellied flznro of $1 per bushel Evor sinco lnst harvest it hos been protty generally reported that the wheat crop in Southern Minncsota aud Northern Iowa was so badly damaged that the yield thero was prac- tieally nothiug a8 compared with ‘former yoars. ‘Tlio fieavy storms of wind, it 18 sala, lodged the wheat so badly that It was acomed {nexpedient to havvest the greater portlon of it ‘Lhenon top of this came tho hot weather, which dried the berry In tha milk and maodo {t practically valuels ‘Fhis was, indeed, a severe blow to the sericultural Industry of that sectlon of the country, but in the faco ot this reported drawe back stood forth the fact of far areaterim- gomnw, that the wheat yield of the United tates fn 1678 was far in advance of auy pre- vlous year. But for the damage In the region mentioned, the yleld of sprin wheat per ncre over the ylold of 1877 could scarcely bave boen less thau 10 por cent. If 180,000, bushels (which 1s 40 per ¢en|.) of the 325,000,000 bushels crop ot 1877 was spring whout, the vicld for the same numbor of acres {n 1878 would have been 148,000,000, But there was an locroased area of 9,000,000 peres planted, and to the Icrcnolnfflmmu. i we add twelyo bushels per acre for this fnerease, we have 134,000,000 bush- uls, which will givo a total of 107,000,000 bush- cls of -Brlng wheat, and a grand total of 417,- 500,000 bustiels of winter and spring wheat in the United Statce, It {s estimated that tho damege to the Minocsota and fowa crop wnounted to 25,000,000 bushels or thercabouts, uud, wheo wededuct this from the yleld which should have resulted, wo have a total of 882,500,000 bushels, 1t appears from recont tizures that the total of the wheat crop of 1878 was about 00,000,000 bushels in excess of that of Hmfl \.rhh-h would run the total up to 885,000,000 ushols, From theso figures it will bo ply of wheat o the country i whatever demaids that inay be made, In 1877 the United Btates had 100.000\(!)0 bushiels for ex- port out of a crop of ,000,000 bushals. the requircments for hows cousumption ind seed were, thercfore, in the nelghborhood of 216,000,000 bushels, A statis- ticlun, assumiog that the requiremouts of this country up to the 1at ot mlumhnr for con- sumption snd seed will bo 220,000,000 bush and that is filvlug a wide margin,—arrives at the concluslon that we ehall have left for export about 105,000,000 bushcls. Look at Jowa aud Mjunesota, whers the dam- age I8 said to have been done thint bas g0 sori- ously aifected the prospective wh ‘: erop. 1o 1877 lown produced 17,810,000 bushels of wheat, aud Minnusota 59,524,340 buskets, a total of 71,134,846 bushols. Thls was produced on 4,400,000 ucres, Assumo now that on 1,409,660 acres, or one-third of the entire srea, the cro was Jem’oyan,—ny 25,000,000 bushels, It wil requiroat the outsido say 13¢ bushels to seed this area, or 2,204,554, Take this from our &zfln surplus, and wo still_hava nearly 163,000, busheln o winter nud spring wheat. THA IXFRAENCE TO 1B DRAWN from the roport which has come.out from New York fs, that the entlre yleld of sprlny whent In the country hna suffered from tho “blight," Now what s “ blight"'? Klippart, an nutbority, snys: A dry state of the -!maarhuu and a clear slky and great heat of the mun lmmedlatoly following Neht stiowers, at the perfod whon wheat s **in the milk, "1, ¢, when the allnmen and starch are still in a lquid stato,—or n prolonged dronght at the same perlod, are ordinarily tne causes of blight or withering, This conststs essentially too carly dealecation and maturlty of the cral by means of wiilcl, not Laying coniinued ina stats of growth long enough to be well filled by a depo- sition of the proper contents of farnia, nithough tho akin of tho prain was folly doveloged, it as- sumes & shriveled apnearance, ‘and does fiot yleld Iarely ‘of flour, Such wheat fa called blasted, blighted, withored, or badly nourlahed, Ona can hardly reconcile the statemonts of the New York repott with the closecbservations of o chemist. It isin the firat reported thnt this blight will “not affect the mlliing pur- gosul" of tho wheat, whila the latter says lighted wheat will *not yleld Iargely of flour.’ As(de from this dlscrepaiicy it scouis a rather Inte day to spring a report of this character, fory bad the blight seriously affected the enormous THE BULLET'S VIO Death of David O'Neil, Who W, Shot Thrae Waaks Ago, - ‘Thomas Ellls, tho Assassin, It Coolly in Jail, —_——— Coroner Mann to Hold tha In. quest This Afternoon, * Tokes David O'Neil dled at 11:23 yest, noon nt his house, No, 203 Norylh El’)‘c‘::';l:;:& street. Ile suffered considerably during u“ lost week of hin fliness; amt wag Unconseloy . for about an hour provious to his deat, M\u is three wecks since O'Neil was shot dov;n b) . cowardly nssnssin, a resume of the maln u:u’(l the nffalr will not prova unintereatiug, 'ry,n evening of the 20th of Fchm"} ‘: about 7 o'clock, O'Nell was buay -t'lcna.' ing to the making-up of tragy yield of wheat of the United States it wonld np- | the Northwestern Rallway, Wisconsin Dy by Ivislo; Dear that the matter which, there ls nio | his positlon belng general yardmaher, A.:' fi"“mf“:" ; VLtrnl ey it ‘z{"fi' WO:M l:'l“‘m lwlvn passed under the Erle stroet viaducr, wiyy m: 10! on) ‘Q v And yet nothlug has becn sald concerning {t. The ngflcuuuml%rnu Jantera fu bis hand, ho notleed Thomas Eille, & of the country has not mentloned auch o thing, and it would most decidedly have bad the sub- ject brought to its attontion had there been an, Toundatfon for the rumor. On the oiber hand, the market quotations do not show that thers Is any appreclation of values in flour, owing to the fact that the *‘blight » has injured the crop of tho country. former englneer on the road, standin shndow of the vinduet, He did not fné:k": him, although e recognized him well, becaus, he was at that moment quite busy, and way nu:. rylug to get throuch with his work, Just ns by had passed Elils whipved out a smail rovolver, and without a sinple word of warning a orany we THOBE WIHO HAVE STUDIED whatgoever fired Lwo shots in quick lutt{:n‘!’(:: this subject inform Tiug TRIBUNE reporter thnt | full into O'Neil's back. At the sccond abot, s 1t cannot bo conceded that the warm wenther of | waunded man turned fues to faes aasassin and mado rab for him, and 5‘;‘1}{,“.‘,2;’ Just cocking his pistol to fire a third time When C. F, Darker, a brakesman who bna witneseed the sliooting, grabbed his arm and wrenched the weapon away from him. Conductor Frank Og. fiood also rushed to the rescuc. Ellis cavered 18 face with his arm, and ran out of the yad nnd towards Halsted street. A flagman named Edward McGow mndo only ‘a feeblo effort 1o stop him.. There wers 8 number of emplages abont the sord, most all of whom heard the shoollbg, but the nbovo g all that ave known to hava been nctual wite nesses, except, perhaps, one Peter Nolan, who was descendnyr the steps from the viaduct, and who 1s said to have scen the flash of tho shots, ATrinyNE reporter visited O'Nell the samo night, und questioned himn closely regarding tha shooting. He was “porltive that Ellls was the man, a8 wera the threo eye-witnesses, Later in the night, a8 it was cxpected that he would die, Ellfs was taken bofore bim, aud positivoty Identificd, and D, W. Manchoster, Notary Pub. lie, took the followlng ante-mortem statement: I, Dayld O'Nef), being wounded by & pistol- ball fired by Thoman Ellis, on the evonlng of tha £0th of this month at about 6 a'clock, do say that ‘Thomas Elils, - the mon just brought before my bedside, 18 the one who ‘shot me;” and believing that I am shot to death, and that I will diefrom the wounds that I lnve recolved, 1 make this my antes mortam statement of the ease: 1 was slanding on the Erlo atreot crossing of the Northwestern ltail- road yard when Thomas Ellis passed me on the left alde.” 1 waa facing nearly south (1 had a lanten in my haud), when withont a word heing spoken by eliher of us, he drew some kind of n pistol or n ganand shot mo twice. 1 calicd ont immediate- 1y that T was ahot, and shat Thomas Ellia had shot me. Thoso ara the wounds which I now bave, and from which T expect to die. 1am the Yardmaster of the Wisconsin Divislon of the Northwestern Rullrond Company, and L know of no_cawis nor 1il-feoling in him against mo, unless, perhaps, ho thought lie was worked Loo late, e was s switch- enplucor on the ewing rand, L had not euoken to him fu three or four months, Thesoaro all the facta connected withl the shooting, Durlog his {llness O'Nell frequently con. veoraed with his relatives und {riends s to the probable tause. Aungrv words had scldom, It eyer, been exchanged between them during the number of yeara they bad beea emploved upon lnst year destroyed the germinative propertics of wheat, It fa'well known thint the principle of germination beging with the maturity of tho grain, and, if the ecrain {8 sur- rounded by warm, dsmp atmosphere, tho gcrmlnnllon 1s hostened, aud soon dovolopss ut {f the molst surroundings aro removed, a the wheat {s kept {n cool, dry atmosplere, the germinative properties ars licld back in their normul state. Hosrever, should sudden cold be applied after germination bad begun Lo aevelop ftself, then it would, under the sudden check, be killed, and the graln, for secd, be of uo value. The destruction oi the germinativo char- acterfstics of grain, to any great degree, in this temperate latitudo is almost unknown, True, it may lmf:pnn that o fow kernels of wheas or other grrain will b killed, oa to its reproductive powera; but as for this oceurring over the entira breadth of the country, and thus imperiling the fate of the fature crop, tho ideafs n pre- posterous one. ‘The obacrvatlons and practical experfenco of the agrleultural classes navo led them to the conclusion that wheat ent from ten to fiftecn daya before thoroughly ripening is beat for mill- Ing purposcs, produchig more and better flour. In this connectlon it might be stated, also, that Lucanus, made many experiments to prove that sccde which were gathered when unripe—that 18, when the kernel s soft and milky, or, in the caso of cereals, even before starch lins formad, and when the ]ulm of the sced 18 ke water in appearance—are, nobwithstanding this fact, capable of ermination, more especially If per- mitted to dry tn connectlon with the stem, Im- mature sceds, such as these, it is sald, have less yrerminative power than seeds which havo been nllowed to remain and germinate perfectly. Maony of them fail to come up wlien sown, und, should they sprout, the yicld will be compara- url:lsly weak plauts at first. In poor soll they Wl OIVE A TOORCR ITARVEST than well-ripened sced, While the practice s to cut whent beforo (¢ has porfectly riponed, it 1s, nevertheless, in o state " advanced be- yond that which Lucunnue hero de- Beribes, and perfectly eapable of re?roductkm. It boa that * treasured forece ™ or * eneruy of position ’ capable when released of performing ) the road, nid the only possible causs for com- in its descent a certaln amount of worit, Inint O'Nell stated was concerning Ellis’ work- It {s well known that the garminative proper- g hours. Up to within 8ye mouths of the ties of seeds may be destroyed by subjecting the kernets to hich “temperature, aa, for Instance, immersing them fn bolling water. But, whilo some may Do destroyed ot this temperature, others may stund o highor degres, owing to the peeuliar formation of their covering, It {s not established by the Zrecords nt what oxact degree of tempernture lower than tho bolling point secds inay bo rendered valuclesans to germination. This alone would diseredit the statemert that the hieat of last summer scrlous- lyldnmnged the sprouting qualitics of No.2 wheat, . 1t should be borne In mind thnt the grade ot wheat Known as No. 3 has beon rapidly aecumu- lating in the warchouses of the country, untl shootinyg, day employes hiad been in the habit of using Ellls’ onglus, but O'Neil, o8 Yarlmaster, put a atop to this, and in conscquence Ellls was obllzed to begin work about an hour sooner than he had Leen in the habit of dolnz. Hecom- plained that he was not pald for this extra time, as e termed it, und the day when b re- slgned his position it s sald he made a threat that he would some doy *shoot the heart out of that Iriah Catholic — —— —" O'Nell did not hear nor know of this threat uniil after the shooting., From the day that Ellls quit untit the momnent of the shooting they had not met, n]cr had any koown quarrel existed between them, . Detectlyya . Schanck and Whelan captured thers are now . In Chlcago olone °hearly | Eills at nbout 10 o’clock upon the night of the ,000, bushels, while In Milwaukeo | ghooting, ns ha wis l:mss‘l’ng Chicazo ayenus thers are wnearly 6,000,000, and it 18 | yridze from the West Divlsion. Io sald that there 18 an enormous (n(l}:nud fnnocence, nud denied all knowl- le J:u of the shooting. ‘The oflicers, who had’been at work all the evening upon the case, were prapured for this denial, as they bad traced aut the manuer {n which Ellis had visited various boarding-ouacs, saloons, and other places in the North Diviston, and had doubled upon his tracks, 50 that 1t was plainly visible thal ho had Tuid the wires for an nlibi, in case he was sus- pected of the shooting. ‘Theso precautions, In view of tho completo evidonce of eye-witnesses agaiost him, will only tend to show ln still utrn&ljzor \lght that the Kllling was fully premed- itated. 1o has sfoce been conilned in tio County Jafl, und hoa accupled eell No. 61 o was visited by representativee of the press yestorday, who talked with hitn upon the sub- jeet. fle’ sald that Tam Currler had told him ihat O'Nejl was dead. He know nothing atout the_ affar until ho_was taken by tho officers to O'Nell’s house, and the latter thought ha recog- nigod _in blm the man who did the shooting. lio bas o0a yot employed no coun-- sely and 18 walting for advico from his friends, He did 1ot appear to bo zrently concerucd nbout his situatlon yosterday, ingz occupied in nlmfllin;i curds at thie time the writer visitod him, Eilis s n_marrled man, but Uns been separated from Lis wile for sbout two years, wid ho has no childron. fis wifo do%s not reside lu this eity. ‘The deceased was about 87 years of s8¢ and was born of Irfsh parents in Byra lt" N, Y., but lived In thls city for (u(lywun‘vx years, 1o married a worthy young 1rish 1‘”-1 inst June. His mother, an aced, wlnlv!}n‘fli woman, und his brothees and slsters Tived : the linmediate nelghborhood, und were atl al his bedstdo when death came. b o Dr. Ishatn, who had attended him all throu N his llinees, made a post-mortem vxnm!nnuo‘n n the uftersoon, und found that tho bullet uad brokeu the twelfth il on tho Jeft side, hat c3t ried n piece of the broken bono into the pleutd, and had itself loaged just behind the kllhw:‘- Tt was of the smallest colibre. The (uquu-“ will bo held at. tho Chicaro Avcnug Blatlon 5 4 o'clock to-duy, when the ubove aud vthicr @ niesses of the affair will tell what they know. POLITICAL. « LII'E OF BUTLER.” Hpeciut Dispaich (o TAs Trituns W Boston, March 12.—A Butler Burean will .: oatablished fn Boston about the saute tiio " the Tilden Burcau and newspaper nmwnru", Chicago, The old meu's aspieations for e Presidency have long been hiated at, but by gt it 18 positively stoted that ke has rle m{ ontered tho feld, und s now havlug Dn; o 100,000 coptea at hls life for general distrlog rlln. but especially through the South aud L In this, as {n nearly all other "mm“r'wcd his, Butler’s namy doca not uppcflr‘b\‘ll';h’ ot understood that his motioy ‘da hatl M| ot enterprise. The_ book, which will D R by Leo & Shepard, tn o fow days, is writte oL fir. Bland, of Washington, from ln(.or“u;mm Turnished by Bugler bimaelf, utd gllll;l.fin frem other sources, 1t treats especially o llack " tary carcer aud his poaition a8 gwexui e vocato, Oue quarter of the number o IYI“DDDGH will b printed fu cloth nnd the rest e und It 18 proposed to sell os m-ny'u‘ll uwv e und throw the reat broadenst anoug B quantity lylng in the country awaiting shipmeut. 'The pravarfes of New York are full ugl the samu grado, and the forelgn shipments zo on vom- paratively slowly. The mado of wheat bourht and sold "chielly for consumption s No. 8, und the consequento §s, as av Inteltigent operator re- marked, there must be a demund created and the price enhanced. Those who havo discussed this subject ainco the explosion of this new scare, remork thatis Is somewhat significant that the parties who are evidently at the bottom of it should bo so careful ~as to withhold the nomes of the eminent chemists who have been making the examinations which have led to the dis- covery of ' the poor sprouting qualitiea” of the wheat. It certaluly DORS NOT REQUIRE MUCH CHEAMICAL analysls or microscopleal nvestigation to show whether wheat will sprout or not. Pluce o fow kornels on o plece of cotton eaturated with nm- monia, sud cover thiem with cotton, then, place them (oo warm spot, and i€ there be any life P"m in them they will como out inside of orty-cight hours, It is a little singular that it ahould have roquired “*some scientlfic tests for soveral tuonths? to accomplish the work of o few hours, There Is one lhlnz.i to bo obseryed In the han- dling of wheat that Is intended for secd, and that {8, care g8 to the temperature by which {t {s surrounded. Warmth, In o certatn degree, Is just as cssentinl to the sced in the proicas of germination as it s to the crg durlng fucuba- tion, yet, if the other agents or external condis tions are not appiled, warmth alono will not causo the sct of germination to bo called into activity, It sceds can be so placed ns not to b affected by moisture, clevation of lemper- ature will not exclte the germinating powers, If tho rising temperature fs uttended by the formae tion of vapor permination will beeln at once, but if the molsture Is removed und the temper- aturo ralsed bigher gerinfustion coases, and after is has once stopped it cannot agaln be exclted Into ncuvu{. % “Tho folly of such areport s the ono now made publie,'” sald & gentleman to a Trinuxne reporter yos(«nluy, “is+ noparent on thu face of it The . agricultural ever nllve to the dntercats of country, and well advieed na to the condition of the whoat crops,~for there are sclentiticimen wha constantly atve them the frulta of their ob- servations,—hos had nothing to say concerning this subject. When It tells mo that the spriugy, wheat crop was ruined as to its germinative qualities, I willl betiove it. Untll then I wihl look upon the whole thingas o grand wheat *bulling * scheme,” It may be tuteresting to note hera tha fact that cold has Netle cffect upon wheat grains. Dr, Schomburezk relates, in Gardener's Chron(clo g‘nndon), {n his veport ou the Adelatde Botanlc ardens, that he recelyed a sanple of wheat from =& quantity lefc_ by the Ameriean Arctic Expedition ship Polarle iu 1871, whictt had been _obundoned o north latitude Bl deg. 16 min. This wheat was Jeft on tho beach, ex- posed to the snow and o temperature of 73 dee, to 104 deg, of frust for five yeurs, Lt was (ound in o heap by Dr, Ninnls, of "ber Mafesty's ship Discovery, on the return of the last Arctie o: pedition to England. Ur. S8chomburgk saved about 300 grains, of which sixty germinated. The plauts were healthy, and reichied a hight of from tarco to four feet. = —————— THE IRON TRADE, Bpeclal Dspatch to The Trfdune. Prrranune, March 12.~One of the most promipent Iron manufacturers in this city sald to-day that the advance ordered by the Iron Merchants® Associatlon of Phladelphla would not affect prices here, which are governed l\llUlHFAN. i #nectal Divouteh v LANSING, Mich., March 12.—The mmg«-rh-:: Btate Ceatral Committey hold a meetivg e to-dny, But nlocteen inembess weed bgvr:mh“ Roporta from the dlstricts are sald Lo gt by the Western lron Assoclation. He | mixed. A Comuitteo of '1""“—0"?‘ f&'flm further eald that fron has not undergone | and O, M. Baruos, of Lausiug, repare any change within the past two months, and §s | Brodie, of Datrolt—as npnol“é“l‘l n‘:?,'“u,mo- now os low 88 It ever was in the history of | un address to conclliate the baf the trade, a great desl lower than it trtulnlovo'tl_::g;huluulouu should be, too, and a changs for the better would be hatled with great dulight, ‘While manufacturcrs are tired of the hacknoyed phrage, “Times are hard,” novertheless they are {orced to admit thot trado {a about ns staguunt as it can be. They ara hopelul, howevor, that brighter timesare uot far distant, It isbe- MNeved that whatever advance is mada fo £hila- iie. Mrs, Clenunec on onalor Burnd Clemmer accuses Scustor Buruslde u&m‘fifi chietly dovoted to is clotbes and says ! e Seward ho s pletured fu tho tailore’ fugiil lates, © bio s tho most luxuclous 'v:n.'.v’“ . ot visible in tho Sunatu, a8 he 'SDICMEL gy, With brosd, pravelug slde "f"'kfirfx'.fl chlte ot cap to covor his lfllua\f‘ :;ec::l s ’v: L e B ono figwering cashmere i 18 delphia it will be entirely locdl, s was the ad- | of tho most ‘nobby ' bjects 68 fle B ashes yaucain tho. plc;&r‘gn millrkoll 8 waekur two | the eylcnun‘f“ flam:{é:‘-’w iy mmuhnzxm‘vz since, which was result of a big contract rough o ver! cl the Fhenix Iron Company, which at once nady young lady, with a decorated ctiken, L 8 demand for all th Zlose behtnd.? ~But Mrs. Clemmer tion, g PI& avuilable lu that sec- o 18 thio superior of Conkling as 0 tempsle