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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. 3: FOREIGN. What Russian Diplomacy Has Ben Doing in Central Asia, bs Developed by the Publica- tion of English Blue- - Book Extracts. grery Effort Made to Keep the English Out of Afghan- istan. Iiberal Weakness as Shown by the Recent Election in Liv- erpool. How Near the French . Republicans Came to Losing the Senate. Napoleon Warned that the the Government Is Upon Him. Princo Eye of Iitets in the Prussian Diet on the Public Worship Estimates. eekly Summary of Events in England and on the Continent. GREAT BRITAIN. BLUE BOOKS. Lospox, Feb. 7.—The Blue Book on ‘Afghan affairs has been issued. erts reports 2 conversation in October, 1879, with Yakoob Khan, who stated that the Brit- jsh Mission under Sir Neville Chamberlain was turned back by the advice of the Russian envoy at Cabul, Stolietoff, and that when Shere Ali quitted Afghanistan in December, 198, he issued a firman to the same authori- ties at Herat, declaring that Stolietoif had written him as follows: “The Emperor’s de- sire is that you should not admit the English into your country, and, like last year, you are to treat them with deceit until the cold season passes away, and then the Almighty’s will will be made manifest to you; that is tosay, the Russian Government will come to your assistance. Either by diplomatic action ye will entirely cut off all English communi- eation and interference with Afghanistan, or events will end in a mighty and important ” 2 The Blue Book, respecting affairs in Cen- tral'Asia, shows that on the 9th of July, 1879, Lord Salisbury, Minister of Foreign Affairs, ‘asked Count Schouvaloff, the Russian Am- passador to England, whether there was any truth in the reports that the expedjtion from the Caspian intended to occupy Merv. Count Schouvaloff said the expedition was directed against the Tekke Turcomans, and that he entirely disbelieved the existence, among any section of the Russian statesmen, ofawish to advance on Merv. On the 16th of July last De Giers, of the Foreign Office, repeated these assurances to Lord Duf- ferin, the British Ambassador to Russia, in the most positive form. Baron Jomini told Lord Dufferin that the expedi- tion would“ stop 200 versts short of Merv, but added: “Although we do not intend to go to Merv or do anything which may be interpreted asa menace to England, you must not deceive yourself, for the result of our present proceedings will be to furnish ‘us with a base for operations against En- gland hereafter, should the British Govern- ment, by the occupation of Herat, threaten our present position in Central Asia.” On the 18th of August the Emperor assured Dufferin there was no intention‘ that Russian troops should advance on Merv, but Aug. 25DeGiers, commenting on: the terms inwhich Stanhope, British Under Secretary of Btate for India, conveyed Russia’s assurances on this subject to the House of Commons, said he considered Stanhope’s language ‘went too far, and that, although the advance on Merv formed no part of the existing pro- gram, Russia did not intend, by the solemn Hedge given for all tine, ae preclude theme ym ever fo Merv. Neverthe- Jess, Lord Dafferin might rest satisfied Merv ¥as in no sence the object of Gen. Laz: expedition. : eet SSUIEE FUND. 4 e fund instituted by the Duchess $f Manborough B for the reir of the distress in tures tote io £40,733, andthe expendi- ose an ai ELECTION. NDON, Feb. 7.—The Ti Lib- eral defeat in the Liverpool eleetion tee day cannot be explained away by the state- ment that Liverpool is essentially a Conserva- tive constituency. That may be its bias, but, since the passage of the Reform bill, it has seven times returned Liberal members, either the first or second _in voting, and since there have been three Liberal members. A third has always been Liberal. The Times’ con- clusion is that the country does not believe that the Government deserve the denuncia- Father thinks they shguid have’ ral aban shou! i to complete their work. aye a iair chance oe ze feaee OF AUSTRIA. DUBLIN, Feb. 7.—The Empress of Austria sirived yesterday on her annual hunting four in Ireland. She was received with the eartiest demonstrations of welcome, and Hay ate akeades ett sposition, so different from the conduct of Quecen Victoria in, se- cluding-herself e Sieh so completely from the peo- eland. FRANCE. ST. VALLIER. Panis, Feb, 7.—It is said that Count De St. Vallier, after repeated interviews with De Freycinet and Gambetta, has concluded to Telain his post as Ambassador to Germany. THE AMNESTY BILL. Loxpox, Feb, 7.—A dispatch from Paris Says: “Jules Cazot, Minister of Justice, in an interview with a committee on the subject | of the Amnesty bill, stated that the Govern- ment objected to it as reopening a question Settled last year by the enactment of the Partial Amnesty law. ‘They reserve to them- Selves, however, the right of individual par- dons, and would furnish a copy of the depo- sitions against them to any persons cori- demned by default who might apply for it, though such a favor is contrary to usage. The number of persons still excluded mned in person, ant yy defau: including Paul De Rochefort. LETTER OF THANES. 2 Casszenac has written a letter to Gambetta anking him for the justice rendered to the Memory of the former's father in the Cham- While announcing his death. 3 THE AMNESTY REPORT. topaz Feb.7.—In the Chamber of Deputies lay Perier read the Committee's report onthe General Amnesty bill. The re) Rivocates its absolute rejection: “The debate on the bill has been fixed for Thursday next, ‘Until which time the Chamber adjourned. REPORTED RESIGNATION. pat was Teported in the lobbies of the Cham- r that Admiral Jaureguiberry, Minister of arine, had resigned. “Arthur,Jules Morin is dead, aged S5. * BEOCA’S ELECTION. -New York, Feb. 7.—The following are Fpecial dispatches from Paris: La Republique Francaise publishes 2 tri- Umphant article concerning the election of r. Paul Broca, nominee of the Extreme ah who has been elected Life Senator, de- iting Bertoland, and succeeding Count de ‘ontalivet. The-article is very--severe on ules Simon. It says: “Had Simon and his lends defeated Dr. Broca, farewell to se- eurity; no more trust could be put in the Gen. Rob- | most solemn promises. Constant ‘ and treason might- issue pilin Woting, and event the painfully-acquired Republican ma- im y in the Senate might have been lost. a bel ie would have reassumed the direction the Senate, and new conflicts would have agitated and exhausted France.” La Soleil, Left Centre and Orleanist or- gan. consoles itself for Broca’s election by calling it ‘tan honorable defeat of its party.” GERMAN ARMAMENTS, Lockroy, svriting an the German arma- ments, says: “If France hadat her command pre. orytttge good iGenatalss she would be is is not so! want, but leaders.” Pa ene we an PARNELL, | ‘emps very severely blames Congress for offering hospitality to the Irish agitator, Parnell, and asks what would result If Par- Hiament were to adopt the custom of placing its halls at the disposal of foreign agitators. PRINCE NAPOLEON.” ! caise is devoted to Prince Napoteon and his pretensions as chief of the Bonaparte family and dynasty. The tone of the article is very menacing. It gives the Prince a significant warning in these terms: “If he thinks to dissimulate his actions under vague aphor- isms, he may rest assured it is not vague generalisms of this kind that will prevent the puardians and flefenders of the Republic om watching him closely, in accordant with their duty.” me es RESIGNED. Mace, Chief of Police, has. sent in his resignation, explaining it would be impossi- ble for him to conscientiously retain his post while the present organization of the polica is adhered to. Ie particularly complains of the long delays which occur between the commission of acrime and of transmission of the details to him by the Juges d’ Instruc- tion. To such unnecessary delay he at- tributes the escape of the assasin Walder. PAUL DE CASSAGNAC has resigned.as Deputy for Condom, and pre- senis himself as a candidate for. Mirande, in place of his father, recently deceased. : GERMANY. <1 THE: PUBLIC WORSHIP ESTBLATES. “BERLIN, Feb. 7.—The Lower: House of the Diet resumed the debate on the public wor- | ship estimates. Herr Jadezgevski complained of the harsh application of the May laws in the Province of Posen. Herr von Puttkammer, Minister of Wor- ship, replied that the Government never in- | tended rendering the care of soils in vacant | parishes a complete impossibility. The Min- istry throughout believed that the exercise H of certain offices by the clergymen,of neigh- : boring parishes was uot illegal. The legal authorities not always taking this view, the necessity for remedying the inconvenience became apparent, and the Government or- dered an inquiry into each particular case. Replying to Herr Clotz, Herr von Putt- | kammer said the Government will execute | main on the statute book. Herr Schorlemer objected to the item for the Old Catholic Bishops. Herr von Putikammer said this arrange- ; ment was sanctioned by special law and j Royal decree, and no ground exists for alter- ing it. The item was voted. THE CHURCH AND THE ARMY BILY. Lonvos, Feb. 7.—A dispatch from Berlin says: The appeal of the Bavarian Ultra~ montanes, imploring the King not to consent to the augmentation of the army, forecasts the attitude of the Centre party towards the Army bill in the hope of compelling Bis- marek to make concessions on the church question. This hope may prove. fallacious, as the Government is almost certain to have the’ requisit_ majo: without the Ultra- montanes. Even the Provincial Progressist organs are beginning to acknowledge the necessity for an increase of the army. ANOTHER ALLIANCE. The Magdeburg Zeitung says it learns from Dresden that the betrothal of the Austrian Crown Prince Rudolph and_the Princess Mathilde. daughter of Prince George, of Saxony, brother of the King, has been arranged. GERMANY AND THE VATICAN. Bentry, Jan, 21.—A rumor is abroad in the circles of ‘the Deputies that the Prussian Government has determined to take no further direct steps towards reopening nego- tiations with the Vatican. But, at the same time, it is believed that the Minister of Pub- lic Worship has been commissioned to repare an amendment to the May laws by which those clauses which have been found to be unjust and im- practicable would be abolished. ‘The Centre party is, indeed, not very well satisfied with this proposal of the Government, having al- ways declared their fixed desire to abolish altogether the Falk laws, and to give back to the Roman Catholic Church her former lib- erty. The Liberal party still observes a very strict silence, but the fact that the Liberaj press comments very hardly on the steps taken by the Government of Baden towards effecting a reconciliation with the Roman Catholic Church is very significant of their opinion on the subject. As the struggle with the Vatican began in the Grand Duchy of Baden; and its example was afterwards fol- d by the Prussian Legislature, it is natural that the Liberals should be uneasy as to the ultimate intentions of the Government of Baden. .A leading organ of the above- named party expresses its opinion somewhat jn the following terms: * “We are perstiaded that the steps taken by the Government of Baden will excite great and just astonishment among the many warm and“ symphthizing friends it has up to the resent moment possessed all over Germany. The tenor of the conditions themselves has not excited so much dissnproval as the way in which the Government has attempted to obtain the consent of the Vatican to them. They first consulted the Roman Catholic au- thorities in Baden as to whether they ap- proved them, and this policy must, there- fore, be regarded as the first step towards coneluding a Concordat with the Vati- can. The position to which the Gov- ernment of Baden has reduced itself is very humiliating. The Archbishop forbadeyounz priests to pass the State examination required of them or to ask a dispensation from it. People certainly expected that the Govern- ment, even before commencing negotiations, would demand the withdrawal of, this pro- hibition, by which the laws of the State were set at naught, and no doubt it did so, but without success. Itis only quite lately that the Roman Catholic authorities have ceded this point, and only under the condition that the obnoxious State examination shall be altogether abolished. No one can wonder thatthe Ultramontane press is lond in its expressions of trimnph at such a disgraceful capitulation on the part of the Government of Baden. We can only hope that the Cham- ber will not consent to finish a twenty years’ struggle in such a humiliating way- THE WEEK. ENGLISH POLITICS. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yor«, Feb. 7—A cablegram from ‘London to the Tribune says: The Tories triumph this week along the whole line. It is along time since they were equally so happy. Mr. Cowen’s Jingo speech, the Queen’s appearance at the opening of Parliament, and the Liverpool _ elec- tion. are each hailed as a distinct proof of the Ministerial strength. Mr. Cow- en is, however, no new recruit. For three years past he has been the leading Liberal Jingo of Mr. Walter’s company. The Liverpool defeat causes no surprise. The, Liberals expected it, but they calculated on less majority against them. Sir William Harcourt says they are content at having reduced the Tory ma- jority by 1,000, but the Liberals generally ad- wnit that they were thoroughly. beaten. It is not surprising that Liverpool, which foriner- ly sympathized heartily with the Southern rebellion, should again reiterate her ad- hesion to the Tory cause, which she has almost uniformly supported for forty years. The Tory organs, while rightly claiming a great victory, echo Lord Beaconsfield’s as- sertion on ‘Thursday that the true issue was between the principle of the union of the Empire on the one side and home rule and dismembefment - on the other. Many Liverpool Liberals refused yote for Lord Ramsay, considering the aan ‘alliance discreditable and. dangerous. The scope of Lord Ramsay’s Irish pledge is overstated, but the Trish supported him { unanimously. The Irish being stronger in Liverpool than anywhere else, the defeat is regarded. as far more damaging to the Par- nell party than to the Li 5 The Queen, in driving on ‘Thursday from ‘The leading article in Lu RepubliqueFran-' {the Ecclesiastical laws so long as they re-. . with Buckingham Palace to Westm: Parliament, —- ensiee ee open ai WAS COLDLY RECEIVED. lost papers say.“ enthusiastically,” bi - partial observers describe the devionstatnn as respectful, but not cordial. There was great pressure for tickets of admission to the House of Lords, yet- during the ‘ceremony there were numerous vacant places. In the ladies’ seats there was a moderate attendance ot Peeresses. The Royal family appeared ‘nearly in full: There were numbers ‘of diplomatists - and - Bishops, but only three Judges.. There was much com- ment on the appearance of Mr. Hoppin, the American Chargé d?Affaires, in ordinary evening dress, everybody else being reepusly appareled. The. Russian Am- assador made his first public appearance. ‘The Queen looked in fairly good health, but refused elthor By rear the stows, and Royal read the speech, wi Chancellor read for her. i eh te ore THE SPEECH MAKES LITTLE IMPRESSION, being considered . unusually. argumentative nnd rhetorical. The session opened heavily in both Houses. There was no strong speech. ‘The Liberal leaders denounced alike Irish agitation and the failure of. the Govern- ment ‘to provide for the Irish distress, ‘The Irish members, deeming the Ministerial prom ises unsatisfactory, executed a threatto move an_amendinent to the. address. Sir Stafford Northcote first attempted to. stifle debate, but speedily collapsed, and consent- to an adjournment to Thursday. The collision scarcely attracts attention, but it is understood to a recommencement of obstruction, More sensation has arisen from Mr. Sullivan’s -accusa- tion, charging the Conservative party with originating and supporting home-rule. The official Tory denial produced a fresh de- tailed statement, Mr. Sullivan alleging much plausible evidence which remains © unan- swered.’ . LORD BEACONSFIELD, who was unable to appear at the opening ceremonies, Subsequently spoke, but every- body agrees that heshows signs of severe illness. His speech was wholly wanting in his usual animation and vigor. Lord Salisbury’s illness continues. |The Queen has again sent Dr. Jenner to Hatfield. Private friends say that they are ignorant whether the attack is bronchitis or gastric- fever, but admit that the Foreign Secretary’s condition is serious. : The usual official Parliamentary dinners took place on Wednesday, Lord Beacons- field secured the presence of the Duke of Cambridge, the new Duke of Portland, with eleven other Dukes, eight Marquises,. thirty-three Earls, besides Vis- counts and Barons. Earl Granville mustered comparatively few supporters of high rank. Lord. Beaconsfield loses no opportunity to advertise publicly the Tory preponderance in the Peerage. Public feeling fs at last thoroughly roused’ about Gen. Roberts’ hangings. A memorial numerously signed has been presented to Beaconsfield, and the Ministers have been questioned in both Houses. The answer is at they have no evidence of cruelties, but they expect a full report from Gen, Koberts, whose friends publish private telegrams denying that any prisoners of war were hanger THE SLAVE TRADE. The pretended Convention with the Sultan for the suppression of the slave trade is re- garded suspiciously, as the trade thrives hroughout the Turkish Empire. It is not believed that the Convention empowers the abolition of the traffic at Constantinopl where the Sultan’s harem is fille white slaves, still, less in the Province of Mecca, where Consular con- trol has hitherto.been excluded. ‘The Con- vention is only one more Turkish promise never to be fulfilled. ‘A FRESH ANNOUNCEMENT of the intention of Dean Stanley to allow a completed statue of Louis Napoleon to be erected in West- minster Abbey occasions general sur- prise and regret. It was believed that the Dean had yielded to previous remonstrances, but it now appears that Courtinfluences are stronger than the -national wish. Fresh protests are being prepared in numerous quarters without distinction of | party. The Liberals are - unanimously hostile, and .many ‘Tories oppose the project. The Pall Mall Guzette publishes a long and powerful letter declaring it a desecration of the noblest national shrine. The Queen is reported to beresolved to insist on the monu- ment being erected in the Abbey and no- where else. g BALL AT THE ELYSEE. Spectat Cable. | Panis, Feb. 7 ithe first ball at the Elysée, under President Grévy, was thoroughly suc- cessful. Five thousand invitations were sent out. M. Gambetta was absent, not from dis- courtesy to President Grévy, but to avoid Mme. Adam. The salon reserved for ex- Queen Isabella of Spain was opened to all the instant her Majésty was conducted there. She sat before the fire-place screened with yerdure, attired in white satin flounced to the waist, at the back and front, with nar- row Brussels lace. She wore the regal diamond tia When the Queen was seated every one présent was free to do ‘likewise. The Princess Hohenlohe sat on her left, the Baroness Dyens on herright. The attendant ladies were further off. The German ‘Ambassador paid the ex-Queen assiduous court.. A plenipotentiary, observing this, said Germany would place France between two fires if she sides with Russia, whom Prince Bismarek wants to attack while she is weak. The Emperor’s affection for the Czar is the main obstacle, which would disappear if the Czarowitz forced his father, the Emperor Alexander, to abdicate. Mme. Grévy wore a_high dress and a ruffled lace neckerchief. Mile. Grévy was attired in white stin,trimmed with tea roses. ‘The most ele- nt toilets were in white satin and black. \fme. Adam wore white satin, and, radiant as Venus Victrix, was conducted by 2 General, blazing in decorations, through the salons. Later, up-stairs, where guests were sparse, she was the centre of military notabilities. Public men shunned her on account of a ulent attack on Prince Bismarck in the mag- azine, the Nouvelle Revuc. OPERATIC. The advent of Mme. Patti and Nicolini is exciting the fashionable world more than the Governmental victory at the Senatorial, elec- tion over the Simon-Broglie coalition. Mme. Patti is in fine voice, and elated at the pros- pect of Nanquiet’s divorce bill being. passed. FRENCH POLITICS. ‘Special Cable. Lownoy, Feb. 7.—Although the reactionary journals would fain make people believe that France is in a bad way, and that the Government is menaced by dangers of all kinds, the country itself, seems happily un- conscious of its peril, arid appears satisfied that its destinies are in good hands. Plainly they are told that the present Government is precipitating them into another revolutiov- ary convulsi ony and that Germany is arming to avail herself of it. They take no heed. o! these croakings. To those who ‘em- phatically lament the decline of ‘France under Republican institutions they. oppose the cheering character . 0 their Parliamentary budgets and tha steady dimi- nution of their burdens, and to these _who evoke theterrors of another German inva- sion, they reply with reason that Bismarck will have too much to do to hold his own to make another venture of thatkind. Asto the INCREASED AMUSEMENTS = which are giving so much concern to timid people, the best and most natural explanation of them is that given in the France. |“ M. De Bismarck,” says that journal, “is a miser who is gettmg another satety-lock put to his strong box. le .:ca now only oppose to the cause of right his own force. Although no black apot.is form- ing on the horizon, although “the nations are fimly decided to remain at peace and Teave the iron man. téte-a-tate with himself. distrusts the -_ present, and bis “apprehension of the fut ure is constantly on the increase. He is preparing to resist the impending coalition of right and interests,—the coalition which is to be foreseen afteran interval more or ie 0: distant,—the gigantic effort EAS ha Which all conquerors_have sought in, vain crush. is . the nyiction of the truth embodied in these eloquent lines which renders the ¥Erench eople so calm in the presence ofso formida- Bie a fact. They feel that they are impregna- ble in their determination .to devote them- selves strictly to their own affairs, and to af- ford no pretense for aggression; for, -by adhering to this line of policy, they will com- mand the sympathy .and ‘support of the vorld.” : : “the ‘minority is reaping the fruits of its late bold and decided course in the reconsol- jdation of the fast scattering elements of Republican strength. The defeat of the trimmers of the Left Centre in the recent Senatorial election is the first step that has been made to the formation of a re- liable governing majority in both Chambers. Buta truce_to politics. Pierre Elzear’s adaption of Daudet’s'“ Nabob,” which con- tinues to draw crowds nightly to the Vaude- ville, is another illustration of the axiom that good novels make bad. plays. However real and brilliant are Daudet’s powers, this observer and painter of French life is not yet familiar to the great mass, Mme. Annetta Essipoff had such succe: the Concert Pasdeloup last Sunday yeogse at Plays again. to-day, ‘he rehearsal of. “Aida” under the per- sonal direction of Verdi is to begin on the 15th. Verdi is expected in afew days. He must return to Milan before the 15th of Mareh to superintend: the execution of his “Padre,” “Nostro,” and “Ave Maria” at ‘a concert for the benefit of the poor. A five act drama in verse, entitled. “Garin,” by arising poct, Paul “Delain has. been read to the artists of the Comédie Frangaise. ‘The chief parts are destined for Mounet Sulby and Sarah Bernhardt, -The composition of the Italian opera com- pany at the Gaite leaves much to be desired. ‘atti and Nicolini are the only stars. The rest are poor. . ‘M. Taine resumed his lectures on the history of arbat the Ecole des Beaux -- Arts on Wednesday, the subject’ being Greek and Roman sculpture. The approach of Lent, revives interest in -| the preachers. Pére Didon is to preach at the Trinite, and Pére Monsabre, as usual, at Notre Dame. The latter has this year chosen for his subject, ‘Christ, the “Child, the Workman, the Physician, the Wonder-. Worker, the Prophet, the Martyr,- the ‘Triumpher.” . LITERARY. : M. Littre’s essay on “The Composition of French Society Under the ‘Republic?’ in the February number of. the La Nowvelle Ri is attracting much attention. The opening ot the essay is devoted ‘to a historical retro- spect, not very new or striking, but- when sociological points are approached highly interesting. ‘ French society,” says Littre, “is based on peasantry, workmen, and bourgeoisie. ‘These classes are the débris of the hereditary nobility and rival dynastie: which it would be advisable not to attempt to suppress violently. The dynasties neu- tralize each other. - The nobles give use- ful examples of politeness and culture. It is doubtful whether it is good for Americans to be without an aristocracy.” ML. Littre proceeds to show the opposition of ideas ex- isting between the working classes in cities who aspire to absolute. social .equal- ity and the peasantry and _bour- geoisie, who, possessing landed or other property, are more conservative. The former desire a democratic and socialistic Republic; :the latter prefer a liberal and parliamentary Republic. . If the peasants are guaranteed against the interference of priests and nobles they will remain Republicans. « ,EWo Grand schemes,” says, M. Littre, chiefly trouble the brain of the ‘Socialist workingmen,—the suppression of the bour- oisie and the abolition of private prope Such are too much opposed _to- the He isting constitution of society.”" M. Littre then inquires whether it would be advisable to_ separate Church and State in France, He pronounces it inoppor- tune. He questions also whether such separ- ation would harm the Church. He refers to the United States, and says, “To be sure the people of the United States are among the most religious on earth. :. They are certainly much more religious than the French. It is not the country which refuses to pay its clergy that is free from theological fet- ters, but the country which does pay. The question of payment or non-payment has little or no influence over the conflict en- gagedin in modern society between Church State, and between the secular spirit and theological s in France. The sup- pression of the religious budget is purely an affair of expediency. It is not only notexpe- dient, but would involve the Republic in faye difficulties if an attempt were made to eal so direct a blow at the traditions, habits, and belief of the mass of the nation.” BALLA ‘The report of the meeting of the Balla Ten- ants’ Defense Association is entirely correct. Messrs. Egan, O’Sullivan, and Biggar were not present. About a hundred almost starv- ing heads of families attended the meeting and made application for relief, as it was rumor that some money had been received by the Land League. Mr. J. A. Walshe, the President, being informed night, and express themselves highly grati-| with their visit. ‘They were the special. objects of attention: of the authorities there, staying in the municipal palace, where a ban- juet in honor of the ex-President was given. ‘They visited the caves of Bellamar. and the-} | picturesque LOCAL CRIME. THE OBSCENITY CASES. ‘The case of Peter VW. Williams, the novel- ty swindler, who was arrested for mailing envelopes containing “obscene, lewd, and lascivious pictures,” and “circulars giving information where, how, and of whom said pictures and indecent publications might be obtained,” came up before United States Commissioner Hoyne yesterday morning.’ . The first witness was W.R. McAfee, He testified thathe saw.Williams mail between surroundings of Matanzas. two and three hundred letters, one of which | was addressed to Richard Lioyd, Verden, IIl., and another to Horace Hubbard, Dayton, 0. Mr. S.K. Dow, the-attorney for the ac- cused, used up an ‘hour in the cross-examina- tion, but gained ‘nothing whatever. McAfee said he was the agent of the Western So- ciety for the Suppression of Vice. He was nota member of the Young Men’s Christian Association, but belonged to’ the Presby- terian Church at Collinsville, Il. : . G. Sparks, Postmaster at Verden, testi- fied to the receipt and contents of ‘the pack- age for Lloyd. It contained circulars, and. jthe picture of a nude woman. The; pack- age was opened in his presence, and he imarked the contents, which were handed to “ im. -On the cross he stated that Special-Agent Stuart notified him that the letter was inthe mail, and requested him toask the one for whom it was intended to open it in his pres- ence, if he had noobjections. Lloyd was not n the employ of McAfee. L, J. Judson, Assistant.Postmaster at Day- ton, 0., identified the Hubbard letter as re: ceived there and opened.in his ‘The contents, three circulars and the photo- gyaph of anude woman, were marked by im. ‘The prosecution then closed. g For the defense, Frank S. Blaine, formerly‘ a clerk in the unmailable division, was called,. and testified that Horton, but not Williams, submitted a lot of pictures to Capt. McGrath, the Superintendent, to pass on. Some were objectionable. The onein question, witness thought, was allowed to go through the mails as third-class matter. Mr. Dow said that Horton and Williams were acting in concert under his advice; that 157 photographs were submitted, and al the objectionable ones, including the nega- tives, had been destroyed.- Special-Agent Henshaw testified to going through Williams’ office hunting for an ob- scene book, which he advertised for $2, and finding a pamphlet with that name on the cover, but containing 8 collection of atale jokes and receipts. He recollected the sub- mission of pictures by Horton, but was posi- tive the one in question was not among em. Supt. McGrath testified that one of the cir- culars had been allowed to go through the mails because there was a question as to its objectionableness. Taken by itself it was vile, but in connection with the book it re- ferred to he regarded it simply as a fraud. As to the photographs, he rejected some. He did not recollect seeing the one in question. It was objectionable, and he would not have allowed it to go through the mails. ‘The examination was then continued until Monday afternoon. < resence. DARING BURGLARY. Charles Gurneke, a character who has been loafing about in the free-lunch saloons about’ the corner of Madison and Canal streets, was yesterday caught red-handed in a daring burglary, and from the appearance of. things he will be identified for sundry burg- Jaries. and larcenies about town, and that rent had been paid by many of the ap- plicants, proposed _that no relief should be granted them. This was carried by a ma- jority. The report was published in the news- papers throughout the Kingdom from Jan. 20, and has remained uncontradicted to the resentinoment. JohnRaduff, tenant of Sir Robert Bioise, applied to the Committee for relief. “Mr. Walshe asked if he had paid rent. Being informed that he had paid, Mr. ‘Walshe proposed that no relief be granted in consequence of his rent. having been paid. This was adopted by the Committee unani- mously. THE POPE’S HEALTH. _His Holiness Pope Leo XIII. has en- tirely recovered from his recent indis- position. Heis driven daily in the gardens of the Vatican. To-morrow his Holiness will give audience to the Lent preachers. ‘To-morrow isalso the anniversary of the death of Pio Nono. A funeral seryice will be held in the Sixtine Chapel. Cardinal Di Pietro will per- forin a requiem mass and the Pope will give absolution. oo The Carnival has been a very brilliant one. King Humbert, Queen Margaret, and the Crown Prince of Germany occupied seats in a balcony on the Corso and: were enthusias- tically applauded. All the week there have been brilliant festivities. The maskers have outdone themselves in originality of garb. The rain of sweetmeats has been falling con- tinually from windows and balconies, and the carriages have plowed their way through fiower-laden streets. The project of Supe pressing the races this year was speedily overruled, and the barebacked horses, with jingling oads at their sides, were duly started..on Saturday from the Piazza del Popolo. There have been balls in the Politeama, and dancing at a new theatre, the Alhambra. On Monday the popular lottery was drawn, on Wednes- day the Lotteria Gastronomica. | ‘The Piazza Nordua, brilliantly illuminated, has been decked outas afair, Prizes hore beer distributed to the most fanciful‘of the 9,000 francs for/the car- masqueraders; fr riages, 100 ‘francs ‘for each Of the foot-passengers. A new natytal gallery has been inaugurated in the Va Nazionale; aa industrial exhibition He, been opened: has. been triumph of On Tueslay the Moccoli innocent gayety. x “ATTi thylast candle is ex- are to be carried, and as thy,'S- 67 Mine one tinguished, the “AngebS” x Geg!, and the Carnival from the Church of Ge tthe past. of 1680 will be a thing —— * - apeftRIA. CABINET. Vienna, Feb, # The Fremdenblatt states that it has trapwvorthy information that’ no member of pé ‘Austrian Cabinet has ten- dered his resignation. a van INTERPELL ATION. eats VrexxA, Feb..7.—1n the Lower House to- day Herz ‘Mernger submitted an interpella- tion describing as a menace to the internal peace the petition presented by the Minister of Worship before the Bohemian Bishops asking for the restoration of the confessional and clerical influence in schools. Herr Mern- ger asked the Government what steps they intend taking to, ward oif such attacks on a the peace of the State. a AFGHANISTAN. STOPPING SUPPLIES... Lonpoy, Feb. 7.—A dispatch from Lahore says: ‘A great scarcity of food prevails in Jellalabad. Mahomed Jans’ emissaties are gaining influence in the Maidan District, and are stopping all supplies destined for Cabul.” Catcurra, Feb. 7.—Commander-in-Chief Haines will go to Peshawur on the 20th inst. ——_ RUSSIA. ‘ ANEW PAPER, Sr. PsrERsBURG, Feb. 7—The Government is about to start a journal to combat the Ni- iflists. = and the week VARIOUS. THE SOUTH AMERICAN WAR. Ly, Peru, Jan. 18—A rupture is ex- pected between: Chili and the Argentine Confederation. Chili was to call for 50,000 men, and heayy bounties eh being offered. tines, it was said, had purchased Fee yAtinn ironélads Roma and Venici, is ,° GONZALES. , Feb. 7.—At the trial of Francisco Rg Peat the would-be regicide, the Crown prosecutor demanded, as a penalty for the crime, that the sentence of death shall be passed on him. Counsel for the defense urged that the prisoner was irresponsible for his actions at the time, that the crime was unpremeditated. THE HUNGARIAN as esti, Feb.7.-—The Tribunal has applied tothe 3 Fiotse of Magnites for authority to arrest Baron Marthanyi for fightin, uel ith Herr Verhovay, on the 10th of January. mith Hert Von was referred to the Commit- fee on Parliamentary Privileges. a a qnaxt BARTZ. : HavanasFeb. 7.—Gen. Grant and party returned té this. city from Matanzas last is thus insured for a long term in Joliet. It was at about 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon that W. A. Skinkle, of the Crane Bros. Manufacturing Company, had occasion to go to his room, which is No. 33 on the third fioor of No. 105 West Rar- dolph street. . A burglar had just suceeded in prying open the door with a jimmy as Mr. Skinkle came upstairs, and #e burg- Jar, finding it impossible to espe with- out detection, drew’ a rewlver and, plumping it full at “Mr..SkinMe’s head, or- dered him to stand aside. 'Thyburglar made his way down stairs closely Pllowed by Mr.. Skinkle. Thechasecontinv‘d through many byways and alleys, and ws participated in Officers Jennings ‘and Pslmer, who finally succeeded in tracing him to. Fink’s saloon, on the nortt side of Madison street, near Canal./ Entering the place they asked of th’ special policeman on duty there if anyone answering the de- scription had come isto the place shortly be- fore. He pointed cit a man sitting with his ace concealed in is hands in the rear of the saloon, whom hy aid had just come in,-ex- it pathel in sweat. As Palmer ap- Sroashed, the ow, made an attempt to get ui ie volver git of his pocket officer Olver ga down upon tim before he could we it. When searched .at the station a detinger pistol, which was the only thing stol® from Mr. Skinkle’s room, was found upd him; alsoasix-shooting 22-calibre revolver’ jimmy, a fine bunch of skeleton keys, a/pair of nippers, athin knife used for turnips off door-latches, locks, and window- fasterings, a lady’s open-faced gold watch, andé pawn-ticket dated Jan. 31 calling for a hiyating-case silver watch. A brown chin- elilla, overcoat, which he wore had farmer's satin lining and sleeves lined with red silk, marked “F. K.S.” This is also supposed to have been stolen, and an owner is wanted. ROBBED HIS EMPLOYER. James T. Dunne, head salesman in the gents’ furnishing house of Wilson Bros., on State street, was yesterday arrested and locked up at the Armory by Detectives Swan- son and Ender upon a charge of robbing his employers. He was detected Friday in stealing a couple of handkerchiefs, and, as goods had frequently, been missed before, he was suspected as the thief and subjected to an examination. Though his salary enabled him to live com- fortably, he lived still higher than he really could afford, and was found tobe wearing silk underclothes worth,$30 per set, and hose worth $5. His room‘ at the Commercial Hotel was searched, but nothi of consequence was found there, and had it not been for some information gleaned while working the case his detection would have failed. ‘The plunder taken from the store by him was neatly done up in packages, and was kept in the coatroom at, the hotel. Dunne was cunning enough not to keep the check to these packages, but gave it to one Belknap, his friend, an employé of Willoughby, Hill & Co. The packages were found to _ contain upwar of $200 worth of goods, all of which Mr. ‘Wilson identified. “The entire amount stolen by him is fixed at $500. He was a promising young man, and came to the rfim highly rec- ommended from. Bridgeport, Conn., where his parents reside. In his possession was found a handsome hunting-case gold watch, lady’s size, James Turne, Locle, maker, to which was attached a long linked chain with aneat gold locket, containing some tawdry, coarse, and bleached-looking hair. . This is supposed to have been stolen also. A PIOUS FRAUD. Warren Goss, alias ‘ Goose,” an alleged sanctimonious fraud, was last evening at- rested out of a mission Gospel house which recently superseded a saloon at No. 704 West Lake street, The warrant upon which he was arrested accused him of having stolen silver watch worth $85, and with having pb- tained two weeks board by false pretenses atthe house of Peter Pierson, on Laughton street, fourth door, east of Leavitt street. Upon the margin of the warrant was written the address of the plaintiff, together with "CRIMINAL NEWS. . Robbery at Knoxville, ML The President of the. Bank Hor- | . xibly Tortured by the Robbers. ‘An Ex-Convict Murdered’ by His Wife and Her Paramonr. Qonant, the Boston Bank Cashier, Oon- vioted of Embezzlement. DARING BANK ROBBERY. - Special Dispatch to-The Chicago Tribune. GALEsBunG, Ill., Feb. %—A daring bank robbery took place at Knoxville, five miles from this city, last night at about 2 o’tlock. Mr. E.C. Runkle, President of the bank, sleeps inthe building. After the three rob- bers effected an entrance they bound Mr. Runkle and demanded to be placed in’ pos-' ‘session of the combination that unlocks the safe. Mr. Runkle refused fo give the infor- mation,-.nor could. he, as. the safe is fastened with a time-lock. The robbers, not satisfied, resorted to torture, and roasted the aged President's feet in a shocking manner. ‘They also beat hiin, and hung him up by the chin. At last they departed, taking with them $3,150, which amount was not locked up. There is no clew to. the perpetrators. Great excitement prevails in and around the ARRESTED ON SUSPICION. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 7.—The buggy found last night with cushions and Japrobe sat- urated with blood proves to have been the property of John G. F. Brown, whose body was found this morning.on the road near by, abullet having penetrated the head from skull. The ball entered over’ the right -eye, the orifice being an ugly-looking hole half an inch in diameter. - On: the left eyebrow was a bruise and cut that may have been caused by falling out of the buggy -or by a blow. The hair was matted and tangled, the face bloody and discolored, and altogether pre- senting a most;revolting picture. The Coroner immediately. took charge of the body, and, suspicion falling upon the wife and a hired man, both were arrested, and are now: in the custody of officers. It . seems that Brown’ returned two or three weeks ago from a year’s residence in the Peniten- tiary, and found living with his wife one Joseph Wade, an ex-saloonkeecper, who, she says, worked the farm, and otherwise assist- ed the family. It is believed, however, that he was a husband to her, and that the murder is the result of a premeditated plan to get outlof the way the returned convict. Fe owned a ‘good farm ot forty acres, well stocked, and with. good buildings; besides he was 52 years, old, while his wife is only 33, about the age of Wade. To a re- porter Mrs. Brown ‘said: “My husband left the house last night at about 6 o’clock, say- ing he was going to the city to get his brother, Janjes Brown, to come ont and make clap: boards for the barn, He told me he ex- pected to be gone three: or_ four hours. n: the. way he intendéd to stop at Jacob Geist’s and ask him about buying 2/ cow and some hogs we bave., He had al- ready bought a calf from. us. ;When he le: Iwas putting away the dishes, and after fin ishing that went over to Smitl’s and spe an hour or two, returning at about 9 o’cloc}. Wade came back ‘with me, and_was oy there while I was.’ He ; wis about the. place’ when Brown. Eft and did not leaye except to go to Si ths with me.” Wade’s story is very similr co this. In tracing the track of the vehice the officers found. it led them to the hoje of Jacob Geist, where a turn was_mad, and then lost amidst other tracks. The flicers think this was a blind | to them as to the identity of. the Drown bure # DAC Teputation in ty NARhvOT hood, and, with his wife, was indéted for grand lareeny, for which he was smt to the Penitentiary fora year. His wife,-releaed on her own recognizance, is now-hel.on the former indictment until the matters sifted. ‘On examination, it is found: that Brown was killed by blows on the head with a ham- mer or some blunt instrument. le was as- satlted at the door of his house on his re- turn from the city. His bloody body was wrapped in the lap-robe and a horse-blanket, put into his buggy, and driven some three miles to lay by the side.of the railroad track, in order to have. dt. appear that, he had been struck by a‘passing train. There is no longer much Wont as to the murderers. Wade has declined to talk, but Brown’s wife sent for the Prosecuting Attorney, and said if she could be promised safety she would tell all about it. She began, and said that she and Wade were in the house in the even- ing, and that she sent the children away to the neighbors’. Her story’ before was that she was away until a late hour, and came back in company with Wade. She stopped at this point and refused to say more, but it js evident that the criine was agreed to and carried out by her, and_her paramour, who knew the time -when Brown would return from the city. She also said that Wade swore that if he could not enjoy her love it would be worth nothing to any one else. Brown’s lawyer also’ says im an interview with a Journal reporter that Brown was expecting trouble ofsome sort. He had made up his mind to forbid Wade the house and to break up the intimacy between him and his wife, and as he parted with the attorney, Brown shook his. hand and said: “J may never see you again.” This inter- yiew was on Thursday night. CONVICTED OF EMBEZZLEMENT. ‘Special Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune. Boston, Mass.. Feb. 7.—Royal B. Conant, Cashier of the Eliot National Bank, was to- day found guilty of. embezzling $70,000 after atrial of six days. The case had been post- poned from term to term to oblige Gen. But- ler, counsel for the prisoner, who has al- Jeged all sorts of engagements to put off the trial, but at last the patience of Judge Nel- son, of the United States Circuit Court, was. worn out, and last week he noti- fied; the assistant counsel. that . the case would be called for. Monday, and if Butler was not present, he would go on without him. The General coutd not get back from Washington, and‘Seth J. Thomas was oneal ed in his place. The new. counsel imitate utler’s tactics to a large extent, and the jury after being out eighteen ‘hours Daring and Successful . Bank front to'rear, and in its exit crushed the- miles | sented the Merchants’ Fire-Insurance Com- pany of ‘New York; the Fireman’s Fund of ‘alifornia, New York City; the Fire, Knick- erbocker. Casualty, Commercial, Farragut, and Guardian, of New York and Hamburg;” and the Magdeburg, of Germany. - AN INHUMAN MOTHER. © ae Jersey Ciry, - Feb. -7.—John Justice, -16 years old, has just been tried for the alleged < larceny of a doli valued at 15 cents. Tho: / complainant was the boy’s mother. It ap. | .| Pears the little fellow was innocent, and the unnatrual mother only: wished to get, rid of herson by having ‘him ‘sent ‘to’ the-Reform School. She had him arrested once before, ‘he Judge. expressed did not take proper care of the boy he wi see that she was punished. ¥ oul - | MURDERER ARRESTED: - Special Dispatch to The.Chicaco Tribune. Derrorr, Mich., Feb. 7.—Some ‘time eg the police received. information that Charl Brady, alias Robinson, alias McCoy, who w; wanted for a murder committed . et-Ne Bremen, 0., in November. last, was Chatham, Ont. The Canadian _authorit | were notified, ‘and Brady. was taken i eustody to-day. He was brought to Windy, * | Opposit this’ city, to-night, and will be hfl* for extraditiou. The prisoner is allege be one of 3.gang of 3 | third Tuan arrested. Pu ene he makes fe. \ FURNISHED TIE. WEAPON. | Brooxiyy, N. ¥., Feb. %—The Coro; .| inquest in the case of John Morris, age; who was killed by his brother William jth a blow on the skull with an ax, has revded: the fact. that William’s little daughter ia, aged 10, when she saw her father engaz the struggle with ‘bis brother, slipped ask her for it. Shane ainoneh he aipucs INDECENT SHOWS. Crxcrynati, Feb. to-day decided the grdinance ree giving the Mayor pgwer to licens, se valid, on the appliastion of Sneyake 4or-2 mandamus to conpel the May¢, tissue a license. to him. Bis mandan was refused. Thisdestroys tha? of the City Goveninent a; shows. THE NEWCASTLE, all of them coyvicted of pef offenses at the _ February tert of court/Wete publicly whipped in tR jail-yaraf: Newcastle this a} fe f about 200 spec-: forenoon in fhe presen white; the rest ‘eb. 7, Not GPLTY.. -- / cisco, Fey7-—In the case of the arainsp- J- Baldwin, charged> venue in connéction: f his distilery at Los it evening brought ina ‘i, REFUSED. : Gi, Feb. .7.—The Supreme: sed Dew trial to Cox, sentenced’ at for life for the,iurder of: ‘on. The case will be carried to the - Court of the United States. Ww : e ; ; A TEXAS MURDER. . LVESTON, Feb. 7.—The News’ Palestine. spgal says early this morning at Cromp’s" sajon John Kerr wae shotdead by, Kirk . No apparent cause for the murder. - DERED FOR A DOLLAR: |: { Jecatur, Ala, Feb. 7.—Advice comes $r¢m Moulton that, in a fight which -resulted } grom-a quarrel about a dollar, John Williams killed T. B. Falker, in Landerdale.County. FOUND GUILTY- 8 8 Bostow, Mass., Feb. 7.—Royal B. Conant,- late Cashier of the Eliot National aaa ae deen found guilty of embezzlement, an . bail has een increased to $30,000. POST-OF FICE ROBBER. “Yawxroy, D. T., Feb. 7.—Barney, R. Riley, was arrested here to-night for robbing the Post-Omice ut White Swan, -of-- registered letters. : CHARGED WITH MURDER. CHATHAM, Ont., Feb. 7.—The police to-day arrested Charles Robinson, alias Ryan, McCoy, charged with a murder in Ohio. 5 << FIRES. i: IN CHICAGO.° A ‘The alarm from Box 412 at 5:20 yesterday afternoon was caused by a fire in a two-story building at the corner of Bradley street and the Northwestern Railroad, owned and oceu-, pied by IL L. Spangenburg as a. tannery. Damage to building. and stock, esti- mated at $2400, which is covered by $5,000 insurance, locatedas follows: Traders” of Chicago, Shawmut, Al lemannia, Hekla, and Firemen’s of Chicago, $1,000 each. Thero was some talk about the reighborhood about the fire having been the work of an incen- diary, but this Is scouted. Three tanneries have been partigily burned ‘in the past week, but the cause in each case was probably care- less handling of fire in the boiler room by the watchman or others. 7 ee ‘The alarm from Box $45 at 11:50° yesterday forenoon was caused by a fire in a cattage at No. 25 Vine street, owned and occupied by James Brickdale. Cause, « defective flue; damage, $25. eS e NEAR WHITEWATER, ‘WIS. ‘Special Dispatch to The Chicego Tribune. Wrrewater, Wis., Feb.7.—The. house of D. B. Rowe, about three. miles northwest of this place, was burned this morning, with all its contents. Loss, $2,000; insurance light. Cause of fire unknown. ‘ AT .MEMPHIS. i Mempnis, Tenn., Feb. 7.—A fire this, after- noon destroyed the Memphis, ginning estab- lishment, J. V. Patrick owner. Loss, $5,000; insurance, $3,500. , a AT CINCINNATI. ‘4 Crxcinnatt, Feb. 7.—A’ fire ‘to-day’ dam- aged Stichlenoth’s malt-house to the extent of $5,000. Fully insured. a ———— on A MODEL BUILDING. pees Our business-men have been watching with no small amount of pride the building of a new and entirely fire-proot building adjoin- ing the Merchants’: National .Bank,.on La returned a verdict of guilty: ‘This was quite unexpected, and the prisoner’s counsel at once filed a motion for a new trial. ‘The bi was increased from $20,000 to $30, FALLEN FROM GRACE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Kaysas Crry, Mo., Feb. 7.—A. J. Kirk, an ordained minister of the United Brethren denomination, was arrested here to-day ona telegram from Ottawa, Kas. He was formerly a pastor there, and is charged with swind- ling, seduction, and wife-desertion. ‘The sec- ond charge does not seem to be so well sus- tained as the rest, although there are strong rumors of his having dallied with some of the lambs of his flock. The other charges are understood: to be well proven. Kirk fled. from - Ottawa Dec. 35 and. has since. done laboring. work in Kansas City. ‘He kept his whereabouts un- known until yesterday, when he was discov- ered by means of a letter which he had sent to his wife. He is married to a girl of very respectable parentage, but has failed to suyp- the _ following: * Defendant—sanctified Doarding-house .dead-beat; to be. found wherever a square meal can be had for nothing.’ The police arrested him upon a photograph furnished by Mr. Pierson, who says he can bring to the prosecution a dozen good people who have been deluded into giv- ingGoss a home. ‘The young man 's pockets were filled with tracts, and he is said to be- Jong to the X-M.C. A., whose influence he recently used to procure the situation of janitor at McChesney’s dental-rooms, corner of Clark and Randolph streets. ——————__— Oatmeal.’ Old Sam Johnson hated the Scotch with irre- ity, and never lost an oj ressible malignity, i on he ableat Waca ‘his famous dictionary he came ged On Wis eal,” and described it as fol- Jows: ":A substance that is given to horses in England, and to men in Scotland.” One of th EGinburg Professors saw it, and :* Aye, and what splendid horses you have in England, and what splendid men we have in Scotland!’ port her. A NEW TRIAL GRANTED. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Qurxcr, Ill., Feb, 7.—In the case of: Frink, sentenced to the Penitentiary for man- slaughter, Judge Williams has granted a new trial. The action of the Court gives general public satisfaction: : ABSCONDING INSURANCE AGENTS. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb.,7.—It is asserted that the firm of. Yorkey & Waterbury, insur- ance agents of this city, have absconded. ‘They leave behind them considerable irregu- lar paper, some of it supposed to have been forged, with outstanding indebtedness prob- ably amounting to $10,000. They are both youre, married men of food connections. ‘ast living and lack of tions are said to be the cause. | future greatness than usiness qualifica- ‘They repre- { County, Salle street, by Mr. Chancy B. Blair, ,Presi- dent of this bank. Wecannot imagine a more enduring monument to Mr. Blair’s good. judgment, enterprise, aud faith in Chicago's ~ this splendid building will prove, nor 2 more flattering: indorsement of superiority of fire and burglar proof vaults, safes, Jocks, ete., than’ the lil rak orders Ar. Blair rave the Diebold: Safe & « Company, of Canton, O., through “Afr. John W. Norris, who represents that Com~ pany in Chicago. We. understand that the safe depositories in their spacious vaults are renting so rapidly that the vaults in this new building will soon be called’ into requisition to meet the increased demand. i this speaks well for Chicago’s business “boom.” FOUND DROWNED. = - |, At 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon the bridge- tender at Twelfth street found floating inthe river the body of ayoung man, which, was fished out and taken to the Morgue by Officer Madigan. .The deceased was about 23 years of age, ‘five feet seven Inches tall,- light hair,” smooth face, and was .clad in a ‘black chinchilla _overcoat,.. a- black diagonal dress-coat and vest, dark cassimero pantaloons, a blue flannel double-breasted shirt, white undershirt, a brown silk scart with gold pin, and’a new pair of hand-sewed boots. In his pocket was a New Year's cali- ing card bearing the name of J. C. Frame, and also a photograph of @ young woman, taken at Hutchinson’s ery, ‘No... Twenty-second street. The directory gives the residence of John C. Frame, telegraph gperatony 25 NO ur te police Tecoras show ‘own 0! Ke, Dul ie pi no report of ‘any such uran: having, been misses iss ~ RESIGNED. Dispatch to The Chiteago “ Spectat SPRINGFIELD, LL, Feb. 7.—The Governor to-day received the resignation of F.. aL Greathouse as County Judge of Calhoun to take effect Nov. 20.