Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1880, Page 11

. - THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1880-SIXTEEN PAGES. il THE THEATRES. AGlance at the Houses---"‘A Mill- ” and the Florences. ———- ce’s Surprise Party---Its Members, Its ion = Business, and Its Extravae ganza. ————_ : ‘What May Be Expected This Week---Chai ‘About Things Theatrical. - The Professional Directory. AT THE TITEATRES. iA Million,” the new comedy in which the Florences appeared on Monday evening Jast at MeVicker’s, has been the dramatic novelty tthe week. Afr. Ben Woolf isthe author, Snd he claims, we understand, originality, vet there is about the work a certain Ger- : anic flavor. While the play during its four be five representations in the week drew tol- erably large audiences, it cannot be called a snecess, although with a better cast and with judicious cutting into the tediousness of the dialog 2 profitable thing, we doubt not, could pe made of it. There is too much talk and n,—a little bit of fun is 4 ittle actio 100 ed over agreat deal of ground; but. in ‘a former notice we entered into the details roduction, and to make lengthy com- oe yrould be merely repeating what has already been said, because subsequent performances have not changed the im- pressions created upon the first night. ‘The central’ figure of the play ‘is Mr. Florence, who presents an’ Anglo-Gérman character very striking in its originality, Our stage German has become almost_as great a buffoon as our theatrical Jew. Te is gen- erally presented either as 2 coarse, ignorant clown or as a’silly, sentimental fool. 3fr. Florence’s character isa gentleman,—a pol- ished gentleman in bearing and in dress; a man advanced in years, in whom the recol- Jaction of early university days has not van- ished. He might be taken fora retired offi- cer who has seen the smoke of war, yet he has the air of 2 man of pleasure. The actor’s interpretation of this rdle is one of the most credifable things we have ever seen him do, and it furnishes fresh proof of his great ver-, satility; for the contrast between Bardwell ‘Stote and Adotph Opstein is very great. His dialect is excellent, his gesture appropriate, and there is a charming consistency and lack of exaggeration in the entire performance. ‘Mrs. Florence’s character might be taken for sister of Afrs. Gilflory who has not had the advantage of foreign travel. But, slight as the part is, itis a good satire upon a phase of American women who have set up the re- ligion of dress, and devotedly worship their in the shape of Worth and his apostles. ‘A better organization of the kind than that under the direction of Mr. E. E. Rice has not een seen in Chicago for sometime. Of: course, the business here has been large. Such people as Miss Alice Atherton, Miss El- more, Miss Singer, Miss Baker, Miss ‘Merville, Shes Burgess, andthe Messrs. Edouin, Har- yison, Dixey, and Howard grouped together ‘could scarcely fail to draw in anything. Miss Elmore has even increased the number of her admirers during her visit. It will be remem- bered that she first made her appearance in this country with the Lydia Thompson com- pany about three seasons ago. When that A GLANCE - company broke up, she wasat once engaged, with the rest of the troupe, by 3fr. Colville, and she became # member of that strong Folly troupe which, by the ability of its perform- ers, received an impetus during the first year that has kept it going ever since. althou; ghits choicestspirits left it longago. Miss Elmore is unquestionably the best actress in the company of Mr. Rice. She is the soul of fun and frolic, always on the go. and every move- ient is graceful. We believe that before coming to this country she won in London a ideal of recognition in the legitimate drama, chiefly in Irish characters. ‘This is true we doubt not, but we'are fully satisfied with herin her present place. Miss Lina Merville was also a memberof the Thompson troupe. She always pleases.. Miss Alice Atherton, while she scarcely plays with the dash characteristic of the English burlesquer or the vivacity of the French bouffe artist, is a charming comedienne, and has a fine fund of humor as we have seen in her comical skit upon the minstre! business. Mr. Willie Edouin is well known by his long as- sociation with, the Best extravaganza or- ra ons ofthe past cizht or ten years. aie Lous Harrison, #1 prother. ae Miss ‘Alles pt iy be placed amon: 8 foremost in his line. The position he has-won ina very short time is greatly to his credit. Miss Minnie Palmer’s “ Boarding School ” possesses features that please a certain por- ton of our play-goers. The little lady’s act- ing Jooks very like a dead imitation of Lotta, buther audience overlook this and accept rer. The play is merely a string of variety features, antl these features are made the most of by five or six rather clever people. Bust drama and Joe Murphy retired from looley’s stage last night. During his en- Fagement, which has covered two weeks, he EG given us his well-known ‘Kerry Gow ” gud is : ey Rhue? Both are thread- people have been found to patron- te them ina generous way, : 3 DRAMATIC NOTES. Phil Simmonds, of the Baudmann com- * Dany, is in town. Manager McVicker has gone East to look after fresh attractions. = The “Baba” company recently organi a ganized by Hoefie has broken up. - The Réntz-Santley company at the Olym- meee their last performance this evening. An organization in this city now being Grilled by Harry Pearson talk of playing Othello” at one of our theatres soon. weuless of “The Contempt of Court” Party who havestrageled into New York, iti: said, complain that their salaries are orsites aint Will D. Eaton left. for New York last it ne, superintend the rehearsals of his the tothe EABe which will be produced on On Sunday next the Rice Surprise P: will al mn Snlebe at Haverlye the. ee ecting religious sci Ss el inatore one jeious scruples of the C. C. ‘Wash in the Streets” is the i eculiar but Ly 4 Gans enaperopriate title of aplay be WI Na- lonal the next six ‘evenings. ovate? T. Grattan Riges in “Shin Fane,” the Murphy, Joe... - Smith’s “Tourists”. Dockstadters, Cau E} Nii 's, Campbell and Burke, El Nino fiat, and Aliss Aigbel Neael sill be among morrow ero rae : e West Side Academy to- Jt. is rumored that the Eneli i English artist Whistler has been engazell bythe Musical fist promiatla nics. » phe picture on the one ino ee 's issue does resemble e scenic artists of MeVicker’s 1 k- on inodels from_the setting Sx pauses ins Dri nk ea rs Ambigiy to ue used ik”? V ill receive its fir: S eh lon in this city on the 19th. pigs “ssts. Charles W. Chase and C Watts open with their play of Qur Tatirosl j an on the Halsted Street Opera-House the paar willalso play one week on on tin ned Side, and then take the company rwatiety at the Olympi k. 4 y ympic the coming week. ze Lames are Crumley and De Forest, Flora Fame IW. Bingham, Clark and Edwards, baa eae Sans A Sey by Brothers, W. Spark: ¥ Saville, and Harris and Wood. Preparations are goil going on for the produc- Hoof the new play at the Olympic Biitled madly Gordon, Miner.” The cast has been by € up, and the leading roles will be filled any. Meroe Charles, steers, George F, Fs Edward Arn 1 Beorge $, Gren ott, H. W. Brown, and tad dgpsion of Augier’s “Les Fourcham- Hani f will, it is announced, be seen at tHe in’s toanorrow evening. Exactly who rast “bear in the play we cannot state, the of tae Dee i been mablished. Mr. Dalziel, y Lingard combination, is under- stood to be responsible for the company. i eo the Banker's Dau; i“ Bat ghter”’. by Collier’s ie hy will be seen to-morrow evening for Is sai icine at Hooley’s Theatre. Scenery: pecan ©, befrom_ the original models, and poingy care Will be lavished upon the .ap- many sntt peulerally? The cast eornbrises ein! Wh names,—Louis James, Charles Waleot, J. WV. Collie, B.-L. ‘Tilton Harold Forsberg, Frank Roberts, Joseph A. Wilks, George W. Farren, A. P. Haughton, 7. McBride, Miss Marie Wainwright, Mrs, Charles Waleot, Mrs. Farren, Lizzie Caton Hudson, Le Petite Mc@arthy. ; Manager Emil Hoechster has succeeded in engaging the celebrated German tragedienne | Magda Irsehick, from the Court Theatre at Munich, Bavaria, for four performances at McVicker’s. She will inake her first appear- ance this evening in Schiller’s. celebrated tragedy, “The Maid of Orleans,” as Jeanne @aAre. Miss Irschick comes here with an enviable reputation as a most gifted trage- dienne, and there: are many twho place her above Janauschek. Wherever she has yet appeared she has received the unstinted praise of both the press and the public, and, of course, there is great anxiety among the Germans here to witness_her début with Hoechster’s company at McVicker’s to-night, ' and the house will no doubt’ be crowded from pit to dome. Mr. and Mrs. Bandmann appear at MeVicker’s to-morrow evening, supported by the following people: Miss Mar- guerite Bennison, Miss Eleanor Aiken, Miss Amelia Herbert, Miss Libly Noxon, Miss Es- tella -Mordaunt, Mr. Philip Beck, ‘ir. Leon- ard S. Outram, Mr. Charles Lobbett, Mr. Harry Barfoot, Mr. Wilmont Eyre, Mr. Hen- ry Aveling, Mr. Percy Lyndatl, Mr, Lawrence Denham, Mr. Harry’ Holliday, Mr. Harry Odell, Mr. Edward S. Gofton, The entire company: are from the theatres of London. Mr. Bandmann’s last appearance in this city, we think, was in the winter of 1864. He is a German by Dirth, having been born at Cassel. THis first appearance ,ivas_at the Court Theatre, New Strelitz. In 1863 he came to this country, and first acted in English at.Niblo’s Garden, New York. From New York he made the grand tour of the United States. and made his début in Lon- don in 1863. Te has achieved quite a name as an exponent of the Shakspearean drama, but perhaps his greatest. success has been as Narcisse_in a dramatization of, Diderot’s. novel, “Reyeau de Rameau.” Mrs. Band- qnann was formerly.known as Miss Millicent | Palmer. She has-been intimately comected with the British stage since 1864. Mr, Band- mann’s repertoire is extensive and varied in its character. The opening piece will be “ Yamlet.” PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. The ‘following stars and combinations will, during the coming week, play at the places named. Managers and agents please forward routes by Friday of each week: a Attraction. Location. Anderson, Mary. -Pittsfleld, Mas: Abbott, Emma... Abbey's Pantomime. Biaisdell-Dillon Co. ygansport, Lafayette, ind. Brovidence, 1 i ‘Chica (MeVickers). phi. Bendmann..... Barrett, Lat nilade! Berger ¥ ‘abash, In ‘Peru, In Rochest Kokomo, Ind. e Anderson, Ind Bowers-Thompson Co. 6 » Neil. 5-10 ae £8 Butfalo BUI. 5 Collier's Brker’s Daughter. 5 hantrau, F. 5, 5-10 Colvilie’s Fol; s — Criterion Com ‘Boston... jose 50 Glaxton, Rate. Horneliavitie, NOY 9 Denter, Tons. Selma, Aln 25 ‘Montgomery, 8 Columbus, Ga, 7 Macon, Gh. 8 Sterdian 33s, = Darling, Bessie. Aleridian, 3 ae Movil, A ta, Hopkinsville, fendurson, Ky Evansville, Ind. Duprez & Benedict... Davenport, Fanny. Zmmeb Je K--- Florence, Mr. and Mrs. Fray Gry, Gotthold’s Hermann, Pro! “Hearts of Oak. Haverly’s Mastodans. Haverly’s C. C. C. Haverly’s Juvei fy’s * Enchuntm e-Tiffany... Rida - OUR IMPORT TRADE. - Congressman Aldrich’s Bill to Foster It Reviewed by a Treasury Agent, Who Has Long Been Affiliated with the New York Silk and Glove Ring. His Objections Riddled by the Agents of Chicago Importers. ‘The following correspondence relative to the Immediate Transportation actof Con- gressman Aldrich will be of especial interest to the Chicago importers,“vho are among the principal beneficiaries of the proposed amendment to the existing regulations, The letter of Mr. James, the chief of the customs service, was referred by Mr. Aldrich to Sheldon & Co., of this city, who fairly repre- sent the views of the Chicago importers. Both the letters are given below: » JAMES TO ALDRICH. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE’ OF THE SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18, 1879.— The Hon, William Aldrich, House of Representa- tives, Washington, D, C.—My Dear Smt: T have examined the bili introduced by you, entitled 2 Dill “to amend the statutes in relation to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods.” Kin Lotta. eevee. Madison Square Co...... McCullough, John....... Macauley, B.. Mayo, Frank... Mitchell, Maggi jollet, South Bend, int Logansport, In ind. ‘Mapleson’s Opera... “My Partner ”.....-+00. Syracuse, D ‘Rochester, - Bumulo, N.Y Neilson, Adelaide. 5 Oates, Alice... “Oofty Gooft”.. Pizley, Annic..., Palmer, Minnie.. Pomeroy..-..+-: ‘ynenbure, Staunton, Vi Raymond, J.'T.....-.-+--+---Mobile, Aln.. Benue Cotumbas, Gi 10 Rankin, McKee........ New York (Op House) 5-17 Richmond & Von Boyle. 34 in, Pa. 6 Easton, Pa. Reading, P: Potsville, Ps indiunapolis Robson & Crane...-.+00++: Sothern, E. A.. Stevens, John. Strakoseh’s Opera, ‘Thompson, Den. ‘Tettendorn Weathersb: Win Webber, 1cBrookiyn: Kenosha, Wis, ‘Racine, Wi ‘Madison, V Wh Mi LIEUT. F. B, LANE. It was stated the other day, on the author- ity of the Quartermaster of the Second Regi- ment, that a man by the name of F. B. Lane had been collecting subscriptions from. the Stock-Yards people, ostensibly for the bene- fit of the Second Regiment, but had omitted to turn tkem, over. The following letter from aresporsible source shows that the Quartermaster was in error, and fully vindi- cates Mr. Lane from the aspersions cast on Mu: HEADQUARTERS Finst ReGiMent INFANTRY, Cnrcago, Jan, 3.—To the Editor of: The Tribune: Several articles appearing in the daily papers lately regurding the collection of money at the Stock-Yurds for the benefit of the Second Kegi- ment, and claiming that one F. B. Lance had col- lected this money and had failed to make proper report of sume, and niso claiming that this F, B. Lane was not an officer of the National Guard of this State, I wish to say: First—That I have examined the books of the Treasurer of Company E, First Regiment Infun- iry, IN. G., and find the following Stock-Yard finns stébscribed the amounts set opposit their names, ; which amount was duly reported by Lieut. Lane, and passed to the credit of the hon- orary membership account of said company: Wood Hros., $10; Piatt & Co.. 851 H. Grech & Co. 5; Hull, Patterson & Co. Bensley, Wagne & Co. Pickering & Co., $5; Gregory, Cooley &Co., $5; Rosenbaum, Bass & Co., $3; total, $43. Sccond—That the said F. B. Lane has cerved 2s a private in this regiment since June 10, 1878; was commissioned Second Lieutenant Feb. 1, 18:9, and was duly elected First Lieutenant of said Company E Nee. 19, 1879. * a, Third—Licut.Lane emphatically denies that he solicited any money for account of the Second Regiment, or that he represented himself as be- longing tothe same. He further states that if any of the above-named firms subscribed with the understanding that the money was for the benefit of the Second Regiment, the amount con- tributed by them will be cheerfully refunded if they will make proper upplication forsame, I am, sir, Very truly yours, - Jonn D. Banas. First-Lieut, and Q. M., Treas, First Infantry, L a Schoot Scene, Joi Paper. small boy got up to read a. composition on “Tho Tree.” He got, as far as “This subject has many branches,” when the teacher said, “Stop! you have not made your bough, yet.” “If you interrupt me again,” said the boy, “I'l leave,” “You give me any more impudence and I'll take the sup out of you. Do you-under-" stand?" said the teacher. “I twig,” said-the boy, and jfhen the regular order of business pro- ——___ . Fairer faces than those beautified by Glenn's Seipbar Soap ‘ate rarely seeu. Avoid counter- ‘The first change I notice from the existing law is, that the bill provides that when it shall appear by the manifest. of the importing vessel that the merchandise is to be consigned to, and destined for, either of the ports eperee. it shall be allowed to go forward, etc. The existing law says, when it “shall appear by the inyoice or bill of Inding, and by the manifest, etc.” The pro- sposed bill would hinder ‘rather than facilitate fhe transportation of the goods. The mani- fest is made up from, the Dill of lading, and the Dill of lading shows. tho destination.as far as the contract for freight goes; that when the contract for freight was between Liverpool and New York the Dill of lading and manifest would show the destina- tion to be New York. wheres the invoice might show the destination to be Chicago. I would sugeest that it be changed so as to read “* When- ever it shall appear by the invoice or bill of lading and manifesto, ete." ‘The next change is that the Collector at the port of arrival is directed to take such merchiin- dise into his custody, and to immediately for- ward the sume to such’ port of destination. It is not and should not be the business of Col- lectors of Customs to engage in the forwarding business, The merchants should have agents at the yurious ports, whose business it should be to see to the forwarding of the woods, ‘The pro- posed alteration would entail a large amount of expense upon the Governméht by the employ- ment of officers to attend to the forwarding; and I cannot see any valid reasons which can only be stated in ‘support of any such a charge. This section: also omits _ the words specified in the present Inw, viz.: “except wine. distilled spirits, and perisha- ple or explosive articles, or articles in bulk.” It seems to me that it would not be proper to inelude in this law explosive urticles. Isee no objection to including in it wines and distilled foe and perishable articles, and articles in mu ‘The second section omits the requirement of the entry made by Scc. 2,90. I think the re- quirement of the entry is necessary to the seeu- rity of the revenue, and should not be omitted, On line seven of See.2 the word “munifest”” should be erased, and the word “ invoice" sub- stituted. Sec. 3 provides for the trawsportation upon common-carriers giving proper. bond for the de- “livery to the Government at the port of destina- tion, but omits the requirement of 2 bond from the shipper, now required by See. 2,992. The in- yoice value of goods transported ear under the Immedinte-Transportation act was $8.7: on which the duty was 34,254, }. Of this, . Valued at. $6,051,476 were shipped from New York on which the duties were $3,101,959.11. The principal part of this transportation was done by a few companies, and under the pro- posed Inw a very large bond would be required, ecause it would not be proper to allow them to receive for transportation any goods after they had received goods of the value of the pimalty of their bond for which returns had not been re- ceived by the Collector at the port of arrival from the port of final destination, The objec- tion to accepting as the only security to the rev- enue x permanent bond from the trinsporta- tion company is, that the bond would become old, and sureties possibly irresponsible, where- as the bond of the shipper, given on each impor- tation, is # live bond, upon which thesuretics are not the same 2s in other bouds of like classes, and the bond of the shipper is, therefore, re- garded as a more substantial security than that of the transportation company. Ican see that embarrassments occur by each shipper be- ing required to give this bond; but if each prominent shipper could 'be per- mitted to give his own bond with proper securities, running for, say, six months, to cover all his shipments from the East to the West occurring within that time: i would help the importing interest, and at thé same time give us a substantial security, and in that case I think that the bond of the transportation com- pany may well be dispensed with, leaving the shipments to be made over such designated Toutes as might be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. EB Secs. 4 and 5 are substantially the existing law. Sec. 1 proposes to add to the ports spccified in Sec. 2,990 the Port of Chicago, and Sec. 6 pro- ses 10 add to Sec. 2,997 Detroit, Mich., and St. Paul, Minn. The act of Aug: 14, 1876 (19 Statutes, p. 139), added St, Louis to the list of ports in Si 2,997, and the act of April 20, 1872 (7 Statutes, 75), added Detroit to the list of ports to w unappralsed merchandise may be shipped in pond. The word Detroit was, however, omitted from Sec. 2.997, but the error was corrected by the act of Feb. 18, 1875 (18 Statutes, p. 316). ‘The ncbof March 14, 1876' (19 Statutes, p. 1), added the Port of Genesee, N. ¥., to the list of ports specified in Secs. 2,900 and 2,997, The bill should be amended s0 as to include this port. I have thus given my own views upon the matter as you requested. You will, however, of course understand that ‘what I say'is but an expression of my opinion, and is not in any way.official, nor is it to be understood ‘as committing the Secre- tary, or any officer of this Department, to their correctness, Very respectfully, = [AM . Be Chief of Customs Division. . The answer given below embraces the prin- eipal arguments of .the Western importers who are urging the passage of ‘Mr. Aldrich’s pill as a simple act of justice to themselves: SHELDON TO ALDRICH. CuIcAGo, Jan. 3.—The Hon. William Aldrich, House of Representatives—Smn: We have read the letter addresscd to you by the Hon. H. B. James, Chief of Customs Division, and on behalf of the importers of Chicago, and at their request, we submit to you our opinion on the -points of importance, covered by that letter. First—Objection is” taken to tho proposed change from the invoice or bill of lading to the ship’s manifest as the document from which to ascertain the destination of imported mer- chandise. Mr. James. says that it would hinder rather than facilitate the transportation in bond to interior ports, because: “The manifest is made up from the bill of lnding, and the bill of lauding only shows the destination so fur as the contract for freight goes.” ‘This statement is not in xecordance with the facts. Nine- tenths of the bills of lading show the ultimate destination of the merchandise intend- ed for transportation in bond to* interior ports, and if the manifest is a copy of the bill of lading, as stated by Mr. James, it ought also to show the place of destination. In any event, the practice could easily be established, or 2 sepurate mani- fest of the goods destined for interior ports would be still better. The retention of the in- yoice us the proper document or authority for forwarding scems to us altogether wrong. It leaves the tmnount of examination and conse- went delay to be undergone at the discretion of the Department, and it permits Eastern ports, possibly accessible to Eastern merchants, to re- tain the knowledge‘and custody of invoices of Western merchants. Sccond—Mr. James agrees that the delivery of merchandise to the Collector at_the port of ar- rival, he to forward the same to the port of des- tination, should not be the business of ‘Collectors of Customs; and that it should be the business of ‘merchants to attend tothe forwarding by their agents. He says the proposed ulter- tion would entail a large amount of ex- pense to the Government by the employment Of officers to attend to the forwarding, etc. , Mr. James must either pave taken thts position to willfully mislead you, or he is istonishingly izno- norant of the way the immedirte-transportation ‘pusiness is transucted. So far as the forwarding by the Collector is concerned, the proposed law makes no alteration whatsoever. The Collector, under the present law, assumes custory of mer- chandise destined for interior ports, and for- wards it. His subordinates, the Government Inspectors, superintend the unloading of itfrom the vessel, and the loading into the cars, which they lock and seal. Mr. James’ propeeal that the merchandise shall be forwarded by the’‘Rgent himself would entirely destroy the Government control st the goods, and Ieave the merchant at liberty to ship when and where he pleased, The question of expense to the Government is dis- cussed further on. Third—The exclusion of explosive articles from the benefits of the “I. T.act” isa smail matter; . though why articles cannot be us safely transported in bonded cars as in ocean steam- ships or cars not bonded is an insoluble mystery. Fourth—Mr. James thinks that “the require- ment of the entry ig necessary to the security of the revenue, and should not ‘be omitted.” The formal “I. 'T.” entry is made at the port of first arrival from the invoice, without’ any examina- fon of the roods; it is professedly not exact; it is entirely: disregarded by the port of destina- tion, where the actual entry upon which duty, is collected is made;. it never goes to the apprais- er, and it is never used’ or checked in any way in the computation of duties. How, then, can itbe 2 protection to the revenue ? ight here comes in the question .of expense. large force Uf clerks’ is now maintained at posts of first arrival to pass upon these useless entries. This force, under the proposed Inw, could be dispensed with. The Treasury Depart- ment also employs a number of clerks to go over and file uway forever theso useless entries. These clerks could also be retired. The same number of Inspectors who attend to the numihng now could attend to ft then, go ‘that ex- pense would be greatly reduced instead of in- ereased,—a consummation which we agree, with Mir. James, is devoutly to be wished. gy Fifth-Mr. James oppeses the abolition of the importer’s bond and the retention simply of the carrier's bond, because the latter might ‘become old and the sureties irresponsible. He parades ‘the magnitude of the amount of goods trans- ported in bond and the duties thereon, a total A-alue last year of some $12,000,000. Now of these $12,000,000 there are never over ,000 in course of transportation, which amount must be divided between four or five great companies, who are daity-transporting and are daily responsible for frec goods of a bundred times that amount. The bonds they give are not revokable unless the Treasury Department itself retires them and demands new ones, which itcan do at pleasure. They are the “‘livest” kind of bonds, and when at rare intervals 2 bonded shipment fs stolen or damaged, the companies at once settle with the owner for the value, -with duties added, and the Government never loses one cent, us it must get itsduty from the owner or the carrier. It is the Government’s duty to look out after the value of its “bonds, and, if the surcties.on them became irresponsible, or the bond in any way weakened, it can always demand a new pond. Bonded goods area very small fraction of the freight handled by the railroads. and to imagine that such dire and sudden porils beset dutiable merchandise while free go are trav- cling right along unmolested issimple absurdity. ‘The eurrier’s bond is an ample security. Itis pertinent here to cite some instances of that have been losten route. Dec. 1, 1877, there were shipped from New York, under I. T. bond No. 4,627, five cases of cizars consigned to Messrs. Lawrence & Martin, Chicago. Upon the arrival of the car at Chicago one case was found to be missing... The supposition was, that It was stolen. Dec. 15, 1877, the consignees paid duty on the lost case, and were reimbursed by the Mercbants’ Despatch ‘Transportation Company,’ in | Whose care the goods were lo: and who were _ consequently responsible for them. Dec. 1, 1877, there were shipped from New York, under I. T. bond No. 4,625, eight cases of cigars consigned to Messrs. Kantzler & Hargis, Chicago. Upon the arrival of the car at Chicago five cases were found to be missing, and were supposed to have been stolen. The duty+was paid by the con- signees, and the Merchants’ Dsepatch refunded them the same. ; These cxses show the absolute responsibility ‘of the carrier. Why, Without any bond at ail the liability of the Company as common carriers would hold them with inevitable firmness for the value of the goods transported, which in- eludes the duties, provided they enter into con- sumption in the Uni States. Other cases have occurred where goods have been found to be missing after duties were paid, and in every such case the {mporter has recov- ered bis duties from the carrier. The importer pays his duty to the Government as a matter of convenience, and collects of the carrier; but of course it would be a matter of complete indifference to the whether he paid duty to the importer or to the Government. Under the proposed bill it would probably be more formully correct for the carrier to puy directly to the Government, 23 he alone would be held under bond, though sure- ly it is of no importance through what channel the duties come, as the only object of all these bonds is security to the revenue. The Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, then Attorney- General, in nn opinion published by the Treasury Department July 12, 18%, holds that the trans- portation of merchandise in bond under the * Immediate Transportation act,” is a continua- tion of the voyage. Or rather, that the journey from Liverpool to'Chicago is one whole voyage. The stoppage at the seaport town isa.mere brenk or incident in that voyage. The surveil- lance of the Customs that begins there is, there- fore, merely a police functiomand uot a basis forthe estimation of duties, and it is utterly il- logical, and Molen contrary to the spirit of the Inw thus expounded, to demand invoices at the senport, to make entries, to pile bond upon bond, and otherwise usurp the rights of the port of destination. It would be just as proper to send out 2 Government vessel to meet imports on the len sons and tie them up with red tape as they muyel. ‘Your efforts have been watched and appreci- ated, The obstacles you have encountered are well known, and are by no means sinall. ‘But this is n question not only affecting Chicuzo merchants, but all the West; every man who wears an imported article, every woman or child who uses some foreign’ goods. . * All Western Congressmen should work for this cause heartily, for thinka moment how hbsurd it is that the Imperial West should be tied up in just such bonds and restrictions as when it was the Grent American Desert! With best wishes, we are, dear sir, yours respectfully, G. W. Suxipon & Co. ROBERT C. WRIGHT. The Funeral Services Held Yesterday Morning—Sermon by the Rev. Canon Knowles. * In spite of the intensely disagreeable weather of yesterday morning, a large num- ber of the friends and business associates of the late Robert C. Wright gathered at the family residence to,’ pay their tribute of love and respect to one who was so eminently worthy of it, The remains lay coffined in the front parlor, the features somewhat’shrunk, but still recognizable to all who had known them in life. A PROFUSION OF FLOWERS spoke the love and affection which prompted the givers. A sheaf of wheat, with project- ing tea-rose buds; a wreath of simple flow- ers; another of tea-roses, carnations, and smilax, with the word “Rest” formed of vio- lets; a floral heart, with its violet letters forming the word “Love”; an elaborate raised wreath, with the word ‘‘Grandp2” across the centre; and a floral star of the most beautiful description rested on the pidno, to the right of the coffin. Ona mar- ble table at the head of the coffin had been placed a floral pillow, with the word “Father” nade of violets, while back of it rose a star and crescent, with the word Husband ” sim- jlarly formed. Resting on the coflin at its foot were a floral anchor and cross. By half-past 10, o’clock, the hour at which the services were announced to commence, the parlors and the lower hall were well filled with ladies and gentlemen, who had known the deceased in the family or the busi- ness circle during his active and honorable life in this city of his choice. Among the more PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN PRESENT were Elijah and Joseph Peacock (cousins of the deceased), Philo Carpenter,Jacob Beidler, S. B. Walker, George F, Foster, John T. Jen- nings, John A. Tyrrell (lon the _part- ner of the deceased), Albert eep, James II. Rees, Bacon Wheeler, Henry Keep, James _A. Sleeper, F. S. Requa, Carlisle Ma- son, Edson Keith, Elbridge G. Keith, W. A. Butters, the Rev, Canon Knowles, the Rev. E. P, Goodwin, W. F. Whitehouse, H. B. White- house, J. A. Farwell, T. B. Van Wyck, Fred- erick Tyrrell, Thomas Buckley, E. C.. Cole (a son-in-law of the deceased), John Borden, John McArthur, Henry Greenebaum, Capt. Connett, Joseph Beetles, and Geo “Merrill and John Green, the only two survi mem- hers of the little party of six who, h Sir. Wright, made a trip across the plains to Cali- fornia when the gold excitement of those early days swept over the continent and at- tracted multitudes to the new El Darado. The services began with the singing of “Jesus, lover of ny soul” by the choir which had been selected for the occasion, and which was composed of Prof. Gill, C. A. asuorTs ‘Mrs. A. Hl. Johnson, and Miss Jennie utton. CANON KNOWLES read with great feeling the Episcopal burial service, and supplemented the reading by the following impressive Temarks: When we are brought face to face with the inysteries of death, it is time that we should look at those mysteries. They are then brought. before us ina nearnass and clear- hess such as we never experience at other times. It seems to ie fitting to add_ to the burial service of the Church, of which our beloved brother was an earnest and faith- ful member, not only of the Church in ‘this Jand, but of the old Mother Church in En- gland, where he got his good training, and where the foundations of this sterling, splen- did character were laid,—it is well to look at this mystery; and perhaps the best lesson we can learn from the mystery of this present is to look at the occasion f causes which led to the ‘formation of the character of him who sleeps his last sleep _now__ before In our busy you. city life, with all its fiehteul temptations, with all its dreadful incidents, it is worth something to’ look ata life like that. led’ by Robert C. Wright. He was quiet, patient, and conservative, steadily applied to his business, ever ready for all the quiet, humble, good works which came before him. He was never swept off his feet. by the fever of improper speculation. No one ever laid to his charge any fraud in any trust com- mitted to him, He was faithful and true, and won for himself in this community a sterling name which it isan honor to in- erit. 5 What was the cause of that? In my con- tact with him he seemed to represent the stability of those old institutions which we sometimes sneer at.. He was brought up under the rule of that old land which he con- stantly Joved, and, although a citizen of this great country, he never ceased to respect that old England from which he had birth. He also loved that old chnrch, and it was his de- light and glory in his sickness, in the con- tact I had wit): hini,’ sometimes to show me the oldschool wherehe attended, to tell methe history of that church where he received his early training, and to refer with pride to those hallowed spots and those old - scenes. There he was brought up, under those insti- tutions, to recognize her polity, to respect, treasure, love, and honor it. He was brought up, under the influence of a fixed, established Church,, to recognize the brotherhood of man,—that we Nave duties we can never shake off, and which form the web and woof of all our actions. Those sterling principles, implanted in his mind, bore their fruit in -this community. He never wronged any man, was just an@ true in all his dealings, neyer forgetting the lessons he early learned in his catechism. There were about him at the last not exactly doubts, but difficulties, at th reat mysteries of our holy faith, though there was a ealin satisfaction arising from the repetition-of the Lord’s Prayer, the creed, and the litany, and he frequently asked me to read to him the fifteenth chapter of i. Corinthians, which forms a part of‘our burial service. His death was that of a child going before his father, trusting in him for all things, conscious of his imperfections, but trusting in the goodness of our Meavenly Father, ant hoping that all would be peace at Iread a few weeks ago a remarkable ex- pression speaking of the face of the dead— ‘the dead suddenly seem to know alll things.” Hence an unutterable peace comes forth upon their faces. All the secrets of the future are open before him. There we leave him before his God, confident that the imperfections, the dross of. earth, will be, by the merits of our blessed Lord, purged away, trusting that his faith will be made perfect, that he will be presented at that final great day ure and cleansed from all earthly imperfection; sown .in_corruption,- but raised in incorruption; sown in mortality, but raised in immortality. ‘We lay him to rest upon the bosom of his mother earth, leav- ing his soul before the throne of his Father, God. And there we leave him to the merci of our merciful Creator. It was a pri to be with him in his last moments,—to see the calmness with which he bore all sufferings, to be a witness to his patience, quiet endurance, the love which bound him to all around him, until, at Jast, after many weary months of anxious waiting, that he might be drawn hence to his Father in Heaven,—at last, likea child going to sleep, he peacefully expired. We leave him to his rest.. May light eternal: shine upon him. ‘The quartet sang “Nearer, My God to Thee,” Canon Knowles wad the concluding services, and-nn opportunity was given, while the quartet sang “Gone to Thy Rest,” for the friends to gaze upon the face of the lead. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SERVICE, the pall-bearers, Messrs.-Albert Keep, James Ti. Rees, Bacon Wheeler, Henry Keep, James A. Sleeper, and F. S, Requa, bore the coflin to the waiting hearse, the family, relatives, and a few friends proceeded to the carriages, and the mournful procession started for the Kinzie street depot of the Northwestern Road, from which a special train conveyed the remains and their mourning attendants to Rosehill. = : MUNICIPAL MORTALITY. Some Interesting Figures from the Fortheoming Annnal Report of the Health Department. -The Registrar of Vital: Statistics, M. D. Gleason, is preparing the annual report of the Health Department for the year just closed. Ifshows the total mortality to have been 8,614, against 7,422 for 1878,—an increase of a little less than one person for 1,000 in- habitants, while the calculation is made upon the basis of the population having increased about 10 per cent. Consumption appears to have led all other diseases, there having been 745 deaths from it; against 697 for 1878. The next. disease, in its fatality, was convulsions, 732, following which come diphtheria, 604; cholera infantum, 525; pneumonia, 454; croup, 364; scarlet- fever, 389; inanition, 313; heart-d: diarrhea, 215; old age, 212; typhofd-fever, 208; cancer, 177; bronchitis, 143; apoplexy, 103; Bright’s disease, 81; railroad accidents, @S; by falling, 58: suicide, 57; drowning, 53: measles, crushed, 19; run over by wagons, 16; manslaughter or murder and burning, 14 each; scalding, 13; gunshot 12; poisoned. T: larcerated, 6; suffocation, explosion, an fracture of the skull, 4 each; strangled, 3; exposure, 2; and shock from surgical opera- tion and smiall-pox, 1 each, i ‘The deaths by wards are shown by the re- port to have been as follows: First, 109; See- ond, 28+; Third, 163; Fourth, 357; Fifth, 751; Sixth, 72; Seventh, 359; Eighth, 544; Ninth, 991; ‘Tenth, 235; Eleventh, 257; Twelfth, 9813 Thirteenth, 2775 urteenth, 1,195; Fifteenth, 582; Sixteenth, 530; Seventeenth, 42; an Eighteenth, 267... Apportioned between the sexes, itappears that 4,570 were males and 4,044 females, of whom 6,095 were single, 1,915 mar- tied, 414 widows, and 190 widowers. Of the entire number 503 were white, 111 colored, and :4,444 were under 5 years of age. The deaths by months as compared with last year were as follows: 1879. 1878s 64 The deaths occurring from the principal zymotic diseases. compared with previous years, were as follows: - 1876. 1577. 1878, 1879. Tz 5 Bl Diseases. Cholera infantum, Cholera morbus 130 BB Rt I 2S 70 3 53 6L 3 98 1m. Ill 10 a9 13 89 6S 459-146. 208 feasles. 1 9 3 51 The following table, compiled from the re- port, isa comparative exhibit of the death rate for the past eleven years. The population is estimated since 1870, or based on the school census: . - Wo, deatha to 1,000 of ula- pypula- tion. ‘Br Whole No. of deaths. 1879. ee 8,614 ‘The following is comparison of the 1 tality of Chicago with the other large cities in the country and world, as far as have been heard from: Deaths to 1,000 population. Cities. St. Petersburg - It wil be observed that ity’s death- rate has not increased in the same ratio that its population has, and, furthermore, that, while the rate is large, it has been smaller than in the other cities of the country of the same population, all of which is credita- ble to the Health Departinent and in defiance | the city’ of our ill-smelling river. Attached to the report be a report of the Health Officer for the year, which is about ready. It shows that 383,311 jounds: of diseased ‘or tainted meat have en condemned while in the markets and being offered for sale; and, further, that 11,41 nuisanees have been abated; that Si sewer- connections have been made; that 14,785eubic yards of night-soil haye been removed; that & ermits have beenissned to constructnew yaults; that 214 suits have been commenced for violating health ordinances; and that 10,774 dead animals haye been ‘removed from thestreets. OF theanimals, 1,464 were horses, 83 cows, 8,864 dogs, and 363 cats. 2 ————$_$$— A Monster Ship—The Steamer That Is Now Building in England for the In- man Line. 2 New York Times. ‘Anew steamship. which, when completed, will be the largest and finest merchant vessel in the world, is now being built at Barrow, England, for the Inman Line. She will be ready for use’ fn the spring .of 1981, and wili then begin mak- ing regular trips between this port and Liver- pool. The City of Rome w ed ns the most appropriate name which could be given to this nddition to the Inman _ficet. Her dimen- sions are to be 2 follows: Length of keel, 16 feet; leneth over all, 590 feet; breadth of beam, 52 feet: depth of hold, 3S f 9 inches: aud depth from top of deck-houses to keel, 5% feet. ‘Her measurement will be 8,300 tons, or over 2,000 tons larg¢r than either the City of Berlin or the Arizona, and $00 tons larger ‘than ,the Servia. ew — Cu steamship, which will be completed this fall. She will be of Dr. De Wolf will over four-fifths of the size of the Great Eastern. The engines. of: the City of Rome will be of 8,500:horse power, With six. cylinders, three of which are high-pressure and three low- pressure. There will be eight boilers, heated by forty-eight furnaces, and the vessel can be pro- led at the rate of eighteen and one-quarter ots an hour. She will carry four large masts, and three smoke-fumnels. A large spread of canvas can be set, which wili enable the sterm- ship to make good time, if necessary, without the aid of the engines. The saloon and state- rooms will be Finest amidships, and will contain every facility for comfort and luxury. All the latest improvements are to be added, and the entire cabin will be splendidly furnished and up- holstered. There will be 2%5 revolving chairs at the saloon-tables. and the state-rooms will easil: accommodate 300 first-class passengers. Z drawing-room: which can be occupied by 100 Indies at once. will be placed on the deck immediately over «the saloon. The smoking-room will be above the drawing-room, and will accommodate 100 smokers at once. The saloon will contain six bath-rooms. There will be room on board for almost anf number of steerage passengers, and space for an enormous quantity of freight in the hold. The City of Rome is to be built of steel, with 1 double bottom, and eleven bulk- heads. , Two longitudinal bulkheads are to be | run through the engines’ and boilers’ space. These will greatly decrease the danger of the vessel sinking in case of a collision. The top decks are to be of the best teak. No expense is to be spared in making this magnificent steam- ship perfect in every respect. She will havo the highest classification of any vessel in the Liverpool Red-Book aud in the British Lloyds. The Inman people expect that, so far as the transportation of passengers and freight gocs, the City of Rome will prove the monarch of the seas. Work wns begun on the new vessel as "soon as the contract with the Barrow Steamship Building Company had been closed. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Dr. Thomas and the Colored People. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cmcaco, Jan. 3.—Please allow me a small space in your paper to express publicly our appreciation and respect for the Rev. Dr. Thomas. In some of his very powerful ser- mons he commended the course being pur- sued by a race that has been over 200 years in bondage. We sincerely thank him for‘his encouragement and support; and that hemay have many years of happiness, health, and vigor of inind will be the prayer of many of our race. W. D. D. Erastus I. Burkert Beat. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cmicaco, Jan. 3.—In last Sunday’s Trm- UNE I noticed Mr. Burkert’s claim for the championship under the head of “He’s Ahead So Far.” He succeeded in writing 4,037 words on one side of a postal-card. I, also, without the aid of: a glass, wrote almost three columns of Tire Trpunr in the same amount of space. Icopied your account of the shooting of young Gould, commenctt with the heading “Joked to Death,” and coming as far as the twentieth line in the third column of Page 2, in all 4,100 and some odd words; consequently ‘beating Mr. Burk- ert. ‘Fnep A; BRUETZ. Cruelty to Animals. To the Editor of The Chtcago Tribune, Cmicaco, Jan. 8.—There is no valid excuse for cruelty to animals upon the part of a rich corporation like the South Side Street Railway Company. This Company are to-day using horses on their car$ which are scarcely able to “stand alone.”- Car No. 289, of the Cottage Grove line, leaving the city limits at? o’clock this morning, was drawn by.a poor, weakly little pair of scrubs: which could scarcely start the car or keep upon their fect while moving. An - individual would speedily be called toan account for such cruelty, and why should a street rail- way company be allowed to thus abuse dumb animals? ‘ E. George Van Hollen. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cmcaco, Jan._3.—Will you please state whether George Van Hollen ever held _ the office of City Collector by appointment of the Mayor. [George Van Hollen was elected City Col- lector in November, 1871, for two years; November, 1873, he was again elected for two years. In April, 1875, a new city charter was adupted, taking effect in May. ‘This charter carried the terms of the persons in office over from November, 1873, to the next spring. This charter, however, in providing for the city officers to be elected or appointed, omit- ted* that of City Collector. The charter authorized the City Council to establish such other offices as were needed. By impli- cation this abolished the office of Collector from the date the new charter went into operation in May, 1875. The Council did not, however, establish the office of Collector, and Van Hollen continued to act with the other officers, holding over until May, 1576, when he left the city. ‘These are the facts.] poeeerases beri ies AMERICAN MEAT.’ What the English Parliamentary Com- mission Are Learning in the United States. Philadetphia Correspordence London Times. ‘The cattle and ment trades naturally attracted much of the Commissfoncrs" attention, and they closely examined the fur Western stock-yards, where cattle arc loaded on the cars, and the Philadelphia stock-yurds and abattoirs, whence they are shipped to Europe as live or dead meat, as the case may be, and also the methods of pre- paring the dead meat and “refrigerating” and packing iton the steamers. They were charmed with the facilities given for this trattic in Phila- delphia, describing the arrangements as com- plete, ‘and the abattoirs and yards as the ‘most systematic und cleanly they! had ever seen on either side of the ocean. The trade is a large one here—live cattle from April to September, und dead meat the rest of the year. It is x new business, being. all the growth of the past four yeurs. Martin, Fuller & Co., the chief shippers from Philadel- phia, select the finest cattle in the ‘country for this trade, refrigerate the meat for forty-eight hours, so that the temperature. is reduced to about 36 or 8 degrees, keep it at this tempera- ture on the ocean voyage, and deliver it in this condition in the great English murkets. eir shipments average 300 cuttle or carcasses on each steamer, the dead ment being sent in quar- ters. They have sold it delivered in the English markets a3 low a3 5d. per pound all round, and as high as 64d. If it realizes 6d. per pound, this, they say, will pay all the expenses and give them a. living profit. They prefer to Send ment, becuuse with their live’ cattle they do ‘not in England get the re- turns they ought from the hides and other pro- ducts when the meat is killed there, und they éan do much’ better with these products in the United States. Rut they complain that their dead ment {s not handled properly after it passes out of their control in England. When they sell it, the mext ig the finest that can be produced, nnd is in the best condition, but it does not get .to the consumer in England in this way, They say it is almost universa. there to sell their good pieces as cut from-Englisb or Irish cuttle, and to call inferior meat, wherever raised, * Ameri- can." ‘This examination demonstrated that the finest American meat van thus be sold dressed in the London dead-meat market, at 5d or 6d per und wholesale; und as the supply seems prac- tically Iinitless on this side, the English farmer will have to compete with this price for some tine to come. Fi ‘When such is the condition of affairs it will be seen how readily the Conumissioners can ascer- tain and report facts and statistics, and how dif- ticult it will be for them to report remedies, But upon one thing Engiand may depend. The Gov- ernment bas sent out for this purpose men who will nucertain all that ern be learned on these important subjects. They have found the Americans courteous and anxious to aid them in every possible way In the matters of inquiry, this being the cuse wherever they have gone and thude the object of their visit known. They re- gard Philadelphia as rather the cheapest port for foreign shipments, the elements conducing to this. being 4 shorter railway line from the West, a more complete terminal system for transfer between railway and steamer, and lower port expenses for.vessels. Hut thes are lost fit ndtniration ut the vastness of everything In the United States, and the enormous scale on which tratlic is done, tnd will go home with a very fa- yorable Jmprension, not only of American kind- ness, but also of American ability to maintain competition. MILWAUKEE MARINE ITEMS. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, MitavaukkE, Jan. 3.—The schooner D. E. Bailey was chartered to-day to load wheat at six and a ‘half cents per bushel for delivery at Buifaio’ in the spring. Capacity, 48,000 bushels. s warm rain has loosened the ice in the river, so that the tuz Welcome experiences no difficulty in handling the vessels that are to be loaded. . . Strawberries on Christmas. Columbus (Ga) Enquirer. We were shown on Christmus-Day, by Mr. Robert Ware, 2 box of fully ripe and matured struwberries, which hé gathered on his pluce, about 2 mile’ from the city. They were grown’ in the open air, and he represents thar the vines were full of Blooms und youbg strawberrics,- and, if the cold does not ‘come and kill them.. large quantities. can be gathered in a few days. ‘They received only the ordinary cultivation and attention, and are of the Wilson variety. PIG-STICKING. The Union Butchers Anxious to Secure a Compromise, And Are Ooldly Rebuffed by the Packing- House Owners. The Attention of the Grand Jory to Be Called to the Situation. Yesterday was a bad day for the strikers, Keenly alive to the fact that something had ta be done to keep up the spirits of their follow- ers, the officers of the Union made three sep- arate attempts to get the thin end of 2 com- promise-wedge into the firm body which the anti-Union packers now present, and each time they met with a chilling rebuff.’ The first house to which they made. their propo- sition was that of the Chicago Packing & Pro- vision Company, and ‘iollowing were tha terms upon which they oifered to go back to work: . . First—The Union to immediately supply the packers with all the men necessary to do the work of the several departments, and, upon failure to doso, the packers to employ non-Gnion men, Second—The men to make no further de- mands upon the packers this season respect- ing the price of wages or hours of labor, which shall remain as heretofore. : * Third—All inen to be restored to their former positions, and no man to suffer loss of situation on account of allegiance to the Union. Fourth—The packegs to discharge any man for incompetency, drunkenness, abusive language, or disorderly behavior without the consent of the Union. Fifth—Should a disagreement arise be- tween the packers and the Union, the entire force to continue at work for three qays after giving the packers notification of their grievances. ‘These propositions are quite 2 back-~lown from those upon which the Union originally stood, and the Union officers expressed them- selves to the members as confident that they would be accepted, and that all the packing- houses would be running on Monday ona Union basis. This was a great mistake, how- ever, as the Chicago Packing Company de- clined to accept the temns, and declared that they would have nothing todo with the Union in the future, the fact of the matter being that all Union men who hope to return to work in their house must, first of all, sien their resignation from the Association, while te join no body e house. The non-Union men must agree inimical to the interests of disappointed delegation then visited the of- fices of Armour & Co, and Fowler Pros., each of which firms declined even to look at, much less to consider, the proposition which the officers of the Union had to make. ‘The three leading non-Union honses killed. yesterday xs usual, and then postponed oper- ations until Monday morning. The Chicazo Packing & Provision. Company. killed sv0 hogs, and purchased 800 more with which to begin operations next week.* Armour & Co. did a slashing day’s work on_ two benches, Killing 3,200, and laying ina fresh supply of 0. Fowler Bros. killed 1,400 and bought 2, Fowler Bros. reported that none of their men had been interfered with during the morning or the evening of the previous day, but at Armour & Co.’s some of the workmen had tales to tell of intimidation, some of them of a very gory, nature. These, how- ever, lacked substantiation, and such eases as were duly vouched for did not tum out upon investigation to he very serious, A man named R. T. Griffin, engaged in trucking on the second floor, z3 : SHOWED A BLACK EYE, which he said a gang of six Union men had given him on Halsted street. near ‘Thirty- eighth; but he was working as usual, and did not seem to consider himself very badly abused. A few stories were told of glorious victories achieved by non-Union men over their Union tormentors, but a fishy flavor hung around them, an imaginative ef- fort, however, the horrible tale told by the “Professor surpassed the rest. The victim wasone of the canners, who.was attacked by a ferocious gang on the corner of two streets (names uncertain). The man escaped w- seathed, as he believed, until hinch-time, when he found in his dinner-can his left ear, which the villains had lopped off and ‘placed. there to remind him of what they had done, ‘The Professor” claims that this story can- not be surpassed, and until it can no more tales of illegal intimidation should be published. : ‘The packers are firmer than ever in their resolution to yield not a step of the advanced. ground they have taken. ‘The action of the Chieago Packing Company in abgndoning the “mixed” position which they occupied early in the week for the solid non-Union basis hag caused the remainder to feel that victory isifow buta matter of a few days, as the evidences are growing plainer that the Union is drawing nearer the end of its finaneia ther. If was stated yesterday that a Union. Committee was gathering subscriptions front some of the city business-houses, and that someof the brewing companies made them handgome donations. “The firms which are now united in an agreement to eranloy no moré Union men are Chapin & Cudahy, Fowler Bros., the Chicago Packing & Pro- yision Company, the Ricker Packing Com- any, Allerton’ Packing Company, B. F. Murphy & Cé,, Armour & Co., Jones & Stiles, George D. Baldwin & Co., Charles Counsei- nan & Co., Thorne & C ‘The firms which are giving employment te exclusively Union men are HU. Botsford & Co., George W. Higgins & Co., Davis Bros., Davies, Atkinson & Co., L. B. Dowd & Co.. Jonn C. Hately, Teufel, Son & Co., and Moran, Heeney & Co, ‘All of these firms signed the following reso- Jution, which ws unanimously adopted at the meeting of the packers and ourers on the ith of November last: Resolved, By the packers and curers, 23 per names annexed, That they agree to act in tuil harmony, one with the other, in ali matters per- taining to the employment of Inbor, and espe- cially ns to thé right to hire or discharge uny men they see fit, without regurd to any Union or Association. ps It. is the general belief throughout the yards that, had this resolution been as uann- mously adhered to as it was adopted and the strike would not have lasted a at the same time, the packers signed, week, though, -who have houses in other cities acknowledge that this fact was a strong temptation to the others to go to work as they have done. "To-day nothing will be done at any of the acking-houses, and it is hoped that’ the Un- ion imay meet and decide to go to work on Monday morning on the terms proposed by the packers. THE STRIKING EVENTS of the day among the’ packers was the visit to them of s deputation from the Union, headed by the President, O'Connell. At the offices of Armour & Co, and Fowler Bros. the deputation of three strik- ers were met y_- the response that the embers of the firm were. too busy to talk to them. This was quickly inter- reted. ag it was meant, and the Committes: left without a word of consultation. These tio firms say that all they want is to be Jet alone, and that they are more than satisfied with the non-Union men who are now work- ing for them, and that the men have made more progress than they had dared to hope for. . With the Chicago Packing & Provision Company the Cominittee were wore success~ ful, in that they secured an interview, which lasted for an hour, in. the rooms of the Call Board. Mr. Kent said, In answer to the in- aniries, that his firm would continue to ¢m- ploy non-Union men as heretofore, and that the yisit of the Committee hil caused no chang! in. the aspect of ‘affairs. This last visit of the Comuittee was yester- day interpreted by the packers as a visible sign of weakening on the part of the Union, and served only to strengthen the packers in their intention of holding ont. ‘The reports of intimidation were numeroua yesterday, ‘but as heretofore they were not inade public for fear of frightening the new- comers. It was also learned that an effort was yesterday made to present the ot several of the violent’ strikers and intimi- dators to the Grand Jury, but that that body had adjourned before the Committee of the packers appeared, Another effort will be iuade to-morrow morning to indict the Grand Jury to take cognizance of the unlawful acts and indict the ringleaders. — - Meanwhile the packers express themselves as confident that the violence will not extend beyond individual acts, and stoutly deny the reports of actual shooth : Many dentists recommend Brown's Camphor- ated Saponaceous Dentifrice, becnuse every in- gredient {s hexlthful and tends to strengthen the teeth and purify the breath. 26 cents.