Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1880, Page 6

T. DE WITT TALMAGE. The Brooklyn Preacher Satisfied with His Thrice Vindica» tion. Noithor He nor His Congroga- tion Will Leave the Pres- bytery. His Lecture at Musio-Hall on “ Bright and Happy Homes,” A Plea for All the Momo Comforts, Ine elnding the Bables. TALMAGE, HE 19 SATISFIED WITIT 115 TIMEE TIMES Te VINDICATION. “~~ The Rey. T. Do Witt Talmago and his son hy arrived In the city yesterday aud put up at i the Grand Pacltic Hotel. It was Mr. Tal- {i mago’s mission to come here and lecture, and a Tuipunk reporter could not forego the temptation of having a talk with the Brook- lyn divine, who has been more thoroughly abused by some of his religious brothren 4 than perhaps any othor minister who ever Eff bad acongregation in tho renowned City of ‘yi Churches, After the usual courtesies had 4 been exchanged, the reporter asked: | _ “How are your little dificulties between { Brothers Van Dyke and Crosby, of the Brook- lyn Presbytery ?” “O, well,” replied Mr, Talmage,. “the troubles are about ended. Ihave nothing to j complain of. I have been vindicated in } threo differtnt contests, which have occu- ; picd s great deal of tine.” at “Tbelleve your church has threatened to w thdraw from the Presbytery ?” “‘Thoro was oneo such talk, but the church > Will not withdraw from the Presbytery, +4, Presbytery did so grandly with us that we havo no disposition to leave.” “ Mow do Crosby and Van Dyko fare?” “YVhboy still preach in Brooklyn, "They i havo let monlonesines they have got through fighting, and sccing that I have been yindi- 7) cated every time. I don’t think that thelr +3; euagestion is very good. They do not seem to wht rake un very happy view of things. I wish st then ull fis Success, prosperity, iS sible, me truo that Crosby and Van Dyke nre jealous of you because you have an over- lowing congregation, and they have not??? pe os wouldn’t be modest in me to auswer sue is there not fecling which has arisen against. you beeanse you hiave preached differently from what ‘the Prodbyturiaat tenets have laid down, In other words, that you do not live up to the Presbyterian dov- trines?” 2). “Lwas bom and bred aPresbyterlan, I af have been a Presbyterian all my life, and I intend (o remain one, But they like the old ways best. Someof them sometimes forget thet we have advanced atall, ‘They want the } Preaching done from notes, and the sermon mmuatbeln three parts. As Lsuld before, £ <7 lave been a Presbyterian all my Ife, and £ «shall still remain one, Aman’ must adapt ‘ himself to the day in which he lives, and «1 try to make the Gospel os atiract- * ive “as I can, and the . more good by cheer I ean put Into It the hetler she people © Iko it, Men cara less for the icchnlenlities '¢ of. religion, They enre mais for Its spirit. “4. Tho world is large enoueh und there Is room ty for evary mun who wants to workin his own 5; Way, ‘Sne spirlt of Intolerance is the spirit ‘S| ofthe Dovil. Lf men differ from us we must i! also remember that we dilfer from them, £! You can't drive aman into the Kingdom of a Ueaven with the at BUTT END OF A CATECHTSM. 3, Christ was lifted up to draw ull men, and ‘Y nov to drive them olf, If Noah Ind tried to 3; drive the doves and plgeons into the ark he he would only have scattered them. When i Noah got his people to go with him into the Ai ark, he went fu and they followed him. He j didn’t stand on the outside and tell them to goin. Me went in himself.” ¢-, “Coming baek to Crosby and Van Dyke, do you think that they will fight you again 2? : “Ldowt think that they lave felt very | happy oyer the result of thelr previous forts, rifiety spirit duesw’t seem to be desir- | able, Tdon't_know tho motives which actu- t) ate thoin, but Lean only tell, by their actions J} thas they have been very bitter in their pur- aq suit af me fora whole year, But £ ywenton 2 preaching just tho same twice each Sunday S: and speaking once ench evening, LC went to M Huropo in the meantime, and lectured ninety- a six tlues fn ninety-four days, so that I in haven't been idles? wy ag 29, You think that they aro satistied now? “No, I don’t think that they are. They will _never-be satistled. But they will re- maln quict, 1 think? “Are they not liable to renew the fight 2 “YT don't think that, they will, The gencral opinion ig that they are dono—thelr ammuni- tion ty out.” “If tho fight upon you were renewed, * would you not withdraw with your churell “¢ from the Freshy tery Gs vy “Edon't think that they could put us in 42 any shape now that could drive us out—we < have been so well treated, L myself wilt ¢) stay In the Presbyterian Church. Chave no st disposition to chinge. Where I go my peo- } plo will go. We ure all one,” and. happl- 3 7 mien sited 4 rs 4 TIS LECTURE. “BRIGHT AND HAPPY 110MES,” A folr-sized audience greeted the ronp- Pearance Inst evening at the new Musle-Hall ;, of the Rev. T. De Witt ‘Lalmage, the famous *; pulpiteer and favorit plattorm artist. Mr, + ‘Lahnage has aged some since Inst n Chicago audicneo went wild over him, his voice his thord of the strident In Is tones, there fs less * agility in his upper and lower extremitics, St and, not to speak it disparagingly, he a Js somowhut aubdued,—that Is, comparatively “i 80. Tle can tell a funny story, however, |, throw In a bit of the pathotle, wax cloquent “J and oven grand at thnes, and, In short, In- ‘) terest and amuse an audience Just as well as & ever. “His subject Inst evening, * Bright and ¢ Happy Lomes,” was one which afforded him a falr field for tho display of his peeultar # gifts, and the opportunity was one which he & dmproved for ull It was worth, ‘ ‘Cho lecturer was intreduced by tho Rey, 41 G. IL. Peeke, of this city, whe alluded to the { fact that_ho and Mr, ‘Tulmage wore both % thildren of the Dutch Chureh,—both Dutch- “ men, In fact,—the only differonce being that Mr, Talniage was a ilying Dutchman. Ie had captured Brooklyn, town to England and Scotland, captured them, and, a8 ‘was @ well known, had captured the Brooke } dyn Presbytery. (Laughter) “de. was liappy: to introduce as his old friend Dr, ‘Talmage, the gentleman who, preached to E the Inrgest audience in Amorica, [Ap- © VLG. 4 ae “ At some tline every man builds © house, fy or ty Interested in the building of one? be Sy Bun the lecturer In his precipitate, Phung P' style. “It he don't get enough dollars wo do 7 the work himself, his children will do it, and he will be called upon for counsel in the 4, muatter, But say some, why build a house, and why go through all tho trouble of house- keeplng when you can spend your 3 ito tn ®& bowrding-house? = Sueh on ¢ place is eom es very — attractive and hometike, ‘Lue furnitiire {ndicutes that thers were other days of prospority, }} The pletures and other old-thue trices show > What had once been an afiivent home. But Hsuster or denth came, She who presides at the table once had other hunds whieh ACIJEVED HER LIVELUIOOD, * There 1g a’ long history of trouble in that + ehary of your erlticlsing, ‘Behulddhy mother"? But there were other bourditshouses ‘9 where the home feeling never entered, where Done had to lve in “hid trunk and swale # law his Indigestion. What melanchaly dagh, what vast Uneurtalntys-In the soup— what entire absence of fith’in napkins, how 3 the tablecloth was in perpetual mourntugt fiaughter.) Av had been told that the board- Iny-houses In Washington were perfectly te tolemble, and nul heard of a certain men # of Congress Afoetionutely * tho bourdlog-house muck +y ing tho finn H he returned the comlng full to take part In qthe next scsslon, [Laughter.) Not one in n of the boardiug-houses was worth calling + ahome. 1t were better to rent two rooms ti ‘ Oy bidding hile expre erel, Wi elict that le would seo it when, ES} a fourth plor and Bo to lahit Housekeeping an livo in the average apeelmen, When « home was built up, the curner-atone should be THE CIMICAGO TRIBUNE: SATTRDAY, FRRRUARY 14, propert latd in tho presence of relatives, ‘amily friends, and nelghbors, and the cen ston properly celebrated,—ug much so as lay- Ing the corner-stone of a church, Home was A place for everything tender and pleasant. Tho parlor In the model house which ho would erect should havo pletttres,—home scenes with a streak of nature in them, no inatter whether thoy were cutoutof a weekly. yaper or Hob nlehtrcs of the boys coasting, a boy going through the torture of having hls halr’ ent, n rusty, alfectionnts antinals rather have a good than a whole parlor Tepresentatives — of——nothing, Laugh: ter} Men eave yast amounts of money for works of the ol masters,—mnade down Enst, baked, and gold nt so inueh x dozen. (aughter.] Pie had seen two pletures, ono of the * Dogeof Venice” and the other of 9 dog, and had Heard a “worshiper of art? falthfut dog, liku some he had seen. He would picture of 1 dog Cull of Ttatlan refer to them as “tho two dom.” fLaugh- ter.) What aifectation was often found in art! Ifa honse couldn't havea nd pine, Jet It haven guitar, or, If not that, atleast an hecortteon, even If the latter was a little the Worst music possible, Laughter.) What a Wealth of Joy In musie about the home circle! ‘Then let the children have agood romp. He knew of a Pennsylvanian woinan | who Wwouldit Iet her children, play with doll- Dables because it was TOO MUCIT LAKE WORSHIPING IDors, (Laughter.) Ie hind also heard of a Boston tan who stole a horse Saturday. night, but Who wouldit get out of town’ beenuse he hal_conselentions seruples about traveling on Suniay. [favughter, Tle was in favor of the goott old-fashioned giines, even blind man’s buff,—anything that brought Innecent 1°, aud merriment tothe family-cirele, But he shonid be partieular with his model house to have his parlor-door tnrn ensy, Men were but men ufter all, whethor they were clected Constables or United States Senntors, and thore were times when they felt Itke chil dren, and must aet Jike them, play with them, and ron with — then Dress should make difference, and It mattered not whe 0 man's ancestors were, or whether he pleked up his ancestry out’ of the cominon pire 8 most people. fLaupghter,) Jt was no particular credit ton vol that he hud a wise grandfather, [augtiter.] Every man was to he judged simply by what he himself was wort! lawyer, In tevin to maken witness apy fool and thus discredit his testhnony, asked in who made him. The witness thought » minute, and blurted ont, “Moses? {Liughter.] “That shows, your Honor,” said the lawyer, “that the ‘nian’s 0 fool? Zhen the witness asked the Court the privl- legs of putting ‘a question to _ the Inwyer, and It” was ‘anted, “Who minde your? he nsked tho lawyer. Pho latter thought no moment, and replied, “Houm—well—tium—well—L guess Aaron innde me,” Well? sald the green-looking witness, “I knowed Aaron made a calf, but Tdidi’t know the pesky thing had got clear here.” [Ronrs, After this characteristic #ory, destened to show that fine feathers dowt necessarily make fine birds, and vice versa, the lecturer went on to say that thousands of beautiful homes are belo broken up by dissipation beeanse jnen and women didn’t appreciate the yaluo of a | home = and know how, {o preserva it pure and sweet, Stepping from the parlor to the din- ing-room of tis model house, he would haye a cherry, homelike room—the room of tho house where tho family all met. Life would be prolonged If men, INSTEAD OF LUNCIING DOWN TOWN, would come home to good, digestible din- hers, As it was, men went around all tho afte crnonn sour and cross, the viething of Indl- Reston and fdod-bolting, In whose stomachs te Lamb and the cow My down tomuthor and get upwhen they had a inind to? [aughter. ut it didwt so much matter wiint there was to cat on tho table as what was salil by the members of the family, Fathors hardly knew thelr ehfldren nowa- days, so ubsorbed were they in business cares. In this model dintng-hall he would three times in day culture the domestic Virtues, “Let tho children put ridtentous conundrums, If they wanted to, and enjoy themselves us only children could. Whit difference did It make, for Instance, If one o£ them asked why o paneake was like the sun, aud, falling to get an correet answer triumphantly explained thut it: was “Cos it rises tn the yeust and sets In. the yest.” [Itonrs.) “Lhe wife mizht have aged, but the husband knew that the silvered hair was only the frost-work on the window panes of wv patace, and the only emotion which should find a. place in their breasts Was that of ye for one another,—tove like that so sweetly sung in “John Anderson, my Jo, John,” one or two stanzas of whieh tho lecturer: reelted with rare taste and ear- next. Fooling: ‘The teu hour was always dreamy. aces of tho long ago stood looking at us through the dust, and then we thought of the banquet above, with sugely for eup-bearers and the frult of tho tree of Ife for nourishment. But what was that great meket up-statrs ? The muersery, His hearers might wonder that he didu’t go into the kitchen. before passing to the nursery, bub men had better eep out of the ‘kitehen. [Significant suuiles.) Children always had made uracket, and always would. When he was a boy he had sat perfectly quiet for three minutes, but ever sinee then he had kopt in rapid moe fen, to make up for the loss, [Great laugh- Tr, THE PRETTIEST THING IN LIFR was a little girl of five summers, with fifty Springs In each heel and the yoleo of the “nightingale in’ her throat, romp. Ing, playing, and. singing about the hone, Th irs six” yeurs _ of wehild’s ife might dectde Its destiny, He- Iiglon made no monstrosities, thougt some very good people enrried their religion ns they would a basket of eggs, for tear they they would break. Some mottians would. r6- prove a boy for jumping by sternly Inquisin “George, don’t you know you aren member of thy chureli 2” {Inughter}, but he had never heard of any haw forblddlug a boy's jumping a4 high os ho wanted to, provided ha dle tear tha carpet. (Laughter, We would all live longer if wo spent more thne In the hittrse! le had hardly aver felt 9 fist tig" but. he could cure it by ust two clreults around that roo on ils hands and knees, [Eauenter, lle Was often vlotently amused ‘by the theories of nursery government Brevounded by those who had never been ealled upon to assume parental responsibility, Frequently the men Who had stich tir notions made ‘most. un- dignified spectacles of themselves in admit ing children’s natures, ull the. while up. setling those nice theories, ‘The lecturer pleaded for children's wrongs. What hulsanee to be called in ‘from & game of marbles Just to be washed, and buve the nose rubbed up the wrong way! [Frautic Haughton} There ul been so much of tho hitter proceeding, Indeed, — that somo of us hadwt got our noses down yet. (More of it.) Make the nurse: bright, for Wo never esenped from its power, In this model Louse, 9, ral, he would have he anost convenlent, alry, well-ventilated steeplng-roons, Without ‘the Hehe Kind of sleep inthe right plice one could not prop erly go to work, If ane was used to shore ing Jet him try to get an easy position, And ye SNORING WAS AN HONEST IANIT, snd he had) frequently been most deeply, If Notugreeably, linpressed by the solomi ear heatiess with which It wus indulged In, (Grins) He had been In the same room dt erowded hotel with ono of these devoted snorers, aud he had oveaslonally taken the ree spousibillly of rolling such an one over to henr the varieties of sore with whieh the artist unwittingly entertained hia, (Snick- ers.) Ho had” returned his pillow astounded at his capacity, and wondering 1f It were a natural or mn acquired gift, ‘Thon, tostrike nw now sort of snore, he hnd pros jected his pillow across, the room, and res celved a response more than he. could have Autielpated, or even usked for, tonrs.)] Me Jind no objections to snoring, If lt was well done, [Screnus.} There wervsevernl disthuct and sonnets kinds of snore, ay che Was abundantly able to, testlfy,—the hissing shore, the guttural snore, the Touche snore, the cho ns snore, the scattering snore, tho easy snore, the strangulating sngre, the erushtig snore, the trrripplay: shore, the hurricano snore, and the snore altogether, to Which inight be wdded the snore up and the snore down, tha snore peeititar, and the shore cestutic, the shore melancholy wad the snore trhumpliant. [Conthiued ened nation.) Ww fact, ho had heart one ian golng through all these churacters In. the course of (un hour He begun with 9 sound that might be “mistaken for tho. velee of an dnfunt, varled it ntl It resembled the nolse of a wheel In tho pilot hotisy of a stenmbout, changed it to u pull, put, puff, sulemn and regular as the pull of an engine, eepening It dnto w growl, then a wild gurgiing ot the throst as though he Wore throttled, then a rour as though a ton ratlrond train were colng over the bridge oF his nose, then breaking forth Inte ebullitions of wound that uve ono the idea that the whole air was disturbed with tho ripping of shooleather, until at lust the ecstatle per- former woke up UXPUESSING LIS ASTONISHMENT that his roommate couldn't sleep, [Roars sman from the old Ninete of Inughtor.] Lfe had heard of n snorer who was outsnored, and begged his rival in pite- ous tones, Do let's begin over and start even.” [Ronra, Tn tis model sleeping-room In the model house, he would havo every one go to sleep without on care, Do you. know," he continued, “ that you will bo rich men be- fore you dle—It it is best for you?" ‘There Never was stich a time for staring out in tho world as now. The workt was brighten- ing, Instead of — gettin, worse or poorer, and tho timo of the full tldo was coming, Let the young start out, animated by some noble idea,—the Idea of saving some ily. ‘There was no use worrying avout the world as If it were going to ruin, for {t was going to salvation. The two wings of the ‘ent army of clyilization and salvation—the Amerlenn-ond the English—were to go on conquering and to conquer, and finally to en- joy the tru uphs of victory. Away with rotting when there was so mich enuse for encouragement. At the door of the hesrer’s sleeping apartment In this model house he would leave im for tho night, after advising him to put his shoes where he could get them quickly in case of 0 fire. [Laughter,) Let the old finve no aches or paing, and the youth have their dreams Aled with springtime and Heaven. “On the comfortable couch,” said the lecturer in closing, “thank Hin who had not where to lay Tils head. Good-night, Good-night.? [Prolonged applause.] MAHLON D. OGDEN. Death of an Old and Well-KKnown Cltl« zen . Mahlon Dickorson Ogden died at his rest dence in Elmhurst about noon yesterday. Ie was attacked two years ago with an kidney malady, which, {t was thought, would result fatally, but ho rallied and apparently recoy- ceed, having enjoyed for some weeks past better health than ever before in his life. Iie wns at his offles in the city only Inst Tuesday, remalning — there allday, and remarking upon his Improyed. condition, which was also noticed by'his friends, After returning home in the evan- ing, however, he was suddenly taken with pneumonia, and suffered severely from the pain. Dr. Ieidemann was called in, but couldn't afford him much relief, ‘The noxt morning Dr. Hawkes was summoned, and continued with hin all day and night, ‘Then Dr. Small was sent for and n consultation held, It was thought Thursday that he could not recover, yet he seemed to improve in tho evening, and slept for aon hour and on half—tho first rest he had had since his prostrition. —Yester- day morning he was, to all Sppearaice, even better, and greater hopes were enter- tained of his survival, Between. 10 and IL o'clock, however, a sudden change accurred, anda little before noon he passed aquletly aivay, Mr, Ogden, tho younger brother of William B. Ogden, was born in Walton, Deluware County, New York, in 1811, being 63 years uf age last summer. ito was’ named alter. the Jfon, Manion Dickerson, who nt one thine represented New Jersey In the United States Senate, and was also Governor of that State, he and Mr, Ogden’s fathor haying “ poled * thenselyes tip the Delaware River to Dela- ware County In 1703, Mr. Ogden was educated nt ‘Trinity College, Geneva N. Y., and, after’ graduating, — wen to Columbus, 0., where he studied law in the office of Judge Swain, now one of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court, He remuatned there until 1853, when he came to Chicago,and subsequently formed a law partnership with the Hon, Isaac N. Arnold. rons 1839 to 1847 he was one of the Probate dustlees, In the fatter year lie beeame con- nected with the Northwestern Land Agency, which had been established by Oxden & Jones, the senior member being his brother, William B. In 180 he obtained an interes in tho business, and was subsequently o member of the tirms of Ogden, Jones & Co,, Ogden, Fleetwood & Co,, and Ogden, Sheldon &Co., in which tntter’ Wiltim B. was a allent partner up to the time of his death two yenrsago, Mr. Oden continued steadily in tho renl- estate Ine, deviating only once, shortly after the fire, when he was elected Alder- nth, beating Me- Cauley, of ring fume, and served two years ereditably. in the Council. Jie was married twlee,—tho first tino, in 1838, to Miss Kasson, of Columbus, by whom he hat two’ children,—a son, Charles, now Hyung in Little Roek, Ark. and a daughter, the wife of Gen. Willan E. Strong, of thid elly. Mix. Ogden dled In 1851. In the sume mer of 1855 Mr. Ogden married Mig Fmnces Sheldon, the sister of Mrs, J. Youftg Senin- mon, who survives him, with three children, i datighter and two sons, He was @ mem- ber of St. James? Chure! While alr, Ogden hind lyed bere a great many yoars, and was well known and es- teemed by nll the older residents, yet it was in connection with nis house rather than Jilmself that bls name became familar to the younger generation and to strangers, Itwas & case where fine was derlyed froma bulld- ing ruthor than from the “owner's personal qualities. Hv long ago pureliased the block ust north of Washington Park, and there built his home. Attho time of ‘the fire of 1871, the open ground to the south and west and the trees with which his own house was surrounded and the park Med, conjoinel with the exertions of himself and family, saved hts proj perty from the flames, Itwas the only building: left untouched on the North Side In the long atreteh from the river to Lincoln Park, AS the sole survivor of the contlagration, It won lasting fone, and hardly a day pas: tit, Wwhht somebody on a sircet-enr points out to his companion the tree-shaded building as the only one that was not burned up in 1871. ‘This homestead, however, practienlly passed out of Mr, Ogden's hands, Owing to de- preciations Inthe value of real estate, in which he was largely tnterested, following the panic of 1873. he was conpelted to mort- page his piace, fo nn Insurance company, and Chad substuntlally posed antof his control, He himself had not lived in tt for some years ithaving been occupied just after he Teft tt by Mr. Pottor Palmer, ard then by the Union Club, which fs stil! doimielled there, The vrrangements for the funeral are not yet perfected, but it will probably take pince 3 ondny. ‘Tho remains will be buried inthe fumily lot ut Graceland, ———— A MARINE LAWSUIT. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Minwauxkex, Feb. 13,—Tho case of Zach Saveland ys. John Kilderhouse—a suit for damages because of the violation of a vessel charter In 1874,—which hns occupied the at- tentlon of the United States District Court nearly a fortnight, was given to the uy last “evening, with | Instructions ony dudes Dyer favoring tha appellant and leaving the amount of the damage award only tobe dotermined, ‘This morning 0 ver dick was returned in favor of the plainthf for tho full amount of damages elated, $1,000, with Interest, the whole nggreguting a trills over $2,500, In 1873 Saveland chartered the schooner 2. F. Brace, owned by Kilderhouse, to George L Jones & Co, to carry 45,000 bushels” of wheat to” Buffalo” at "10 cents por bushel, This charter, made through the medium of a Bustild agent, George W. Bone, Kilderhouse, refused to recognize, Jones & Co. consequently wera compelled to charter another vessel at an advanced rate of frelght, and foreed Saye Jand to make good to them, tho difference at the tall end of a lawsuit, Saveland in turn sued Kiklerhouse, with tho result stated, = BONDS CANCELED Bpectat Duapatch to ‘The Uhicaga Tribune, Sriunerrevp, I,, Feb, %—Tho Auditor to-«lay registered §1,000 of ‘Tazewell County refunding bonds, and esneeled $31,000 of tha bonds of the same county Issued to the Pekla, Lincoln & Decatur Iallway, Ho also ¢ancelud $38,000 of Pike County bonds, <<a rotulons swelllngs, carbuneles and bolls, bidtehes, pimples, and. eruptions, enlarged glands, Internal soreness, torpld ‘liver, and clogged condition of the system, all dug thio to Nature's sovereign rem ady,—Dr, Pierce's Golden Medleal Discoy- ery, Soltaround the world by druzgists and chemists, Forelgn trade supplied from papion branch, . Words Dispensary, Ale ful} Ssoclatlon, propricto ulfulo, N, RLY. Pierce, 3 Dy President, ot Ne Yo Wesr litue MouNp, Wis, Marel 8, 187.— Dr RY, Plercom Dean SI Taving suf- fered many weary months from liver eon plalat without relief, Twas lust summer ine dueed to try your Golden Medlent Discovery pil Pelluts, “At the thine 1 was searecly able to walk, Owing to thelr effect, P commenced to improve rapidly, and am now as well and strong as ever, I thank you from the depths of my heart for the good they have done me, and wish you all success. Fours truly, Alas, 8. STAGNER, a “ Halr Rovivum " restores gray hal rigs tal oolos for W ounta, ° BT¥Y Bale to lta} 168)? SIXTEEN PAGES had never been convicted of Telony, and had never been sentenced to the Stata Prison, ‘The attorneys for defendanta determined to havo hii arrested on a charge of herlury; Evldently suspecting what was coming, Ford falled to show. up to-day, and an order for his arrest was iatued. Ford ing haste toward the river, lams enlled to him, when he aturted on arin to the ferry-silp, ‘The ofttcor followed, and collared Is man after a sharp chase, Ford Was coinmitted to tie County Jail to awalt prosecution for perjury. CHARGED WITH MURDER, Spectal Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, Kansas Crry, Ma., Feb. 1,—Grent oxelte- ment was ereated here to-day by certaln tne formation lodged against ‘one Samuel Moora by his wife, charging him with murder, Tho woman went to police headquarters and CRIMINAL NEWS. A Woman in Kansas City Charges Her Husband with Murder, Patrolman Wille The Crimo Allcgod to Have Oc« curred Last Septombor, Another. Defaulting Olork Turns Up, This Timo in Louisville, The Andover Treasurer Cqnfesses—Miacel- lancous Criminal Affairs. made afidavit. that on ts alght of NE AISAP AD) the 16th of Inst September hor hus- A bid pre or DET eer ARS band selzed on ntranger oon tho Ebrektt Cerreapodidente aft'ete saieag fron bridgs which crosses. tho = Kaw Battie Crexx, Mich, Feb, .—Much ox- eltement has prevalled here this week over tho arrest at Evart, Osceola County, Mich., of “Dr” William and Frank Koxford, and their sister, Mrs, Dinntha Neven, formerly of this elty, for the murder of tho latter's hus- band, John Neven, also a former resident of Battlo Creek. Robert Neven, of thts city, father of the murdered man, returned to-lny from Eyart, where he has beerin attendance upon tho examination of the parties, whieh js still ft progress, nnd will continue through the week. From Mr. Neven your correspondent learned the particulars of the murder, whielt was 8 horrible deed, and the subseqitent de- tection of the crimehy Pinkerton’s detectives, John Neven was tn the employ of Hurd, MeFarlin & Co.'s Iumber-camp, seven miles from Evart, as an engineer. From the enmp tothe Muskegon River, n distances of ten River near this polut, and, after entting hts throat, hurled the body over the rail Into the water, All the details of the horrible afar tre minutely given, and the erime was come mitted for plunder, ‘I'he day on whivh It o¢- curred the stranger exhibited n large sum of money, and Moore followed htm to the bridge und then counnitted the deadly ns. sult, The wlleged murderer ins been are rested, and is now In jal, and diselating alt knowledgo of the mutter,” The wife's motive for peaching at this Into tay is, she says, that hor husband hing threatened to kill her on several occasions, and sha Js afrald of her ie ANOTHER DEFAULTER, Spectat Diepatch to The Chicago Tribune. Louisvinnn, Ky, Feb. 13.—Dave MeChure, clerk of the steamer Gen, Lytle, of the Loulsville & Cincinnatl Malt Line Company, isndefauiter, He has been under a cloud for avout a week, but to-day his erie inltes, is a logging rallway for the transpor- | leaked out and fs tho theme of vere: conversation in marine clreles. Ife tation of logs. On this road Neven ran a hrs ner, LOnMEREL wie {is pony-engine, About 0:30 ofclock on the evening of Nov. 6 last, Neven was hauling down fourteen carloads of logs, when the engine struck « large log which had been fastened across the railway, and was thrown from the track. The fourteen cars camo crashing right through tho pony: euging, and Neven was pinned fast in the cab, where he was sealded and boiled nn horrible manner. He was fast In that: horri- ble position for three-quarters of an_ hour, When ho was taken out. Ie lingered until So'clock the next morning, when he died Peter Ross, the fireman, wis Instantly kille He reslled jn Evart, and left a fanity. Peter Du Len, the cook of the camp, was also on the engine, riding town to Evart. He was fatally Injured, and dled. the following Saturday. He was buried tn Evart,as the residence of his Fully could not be aseer- taliued. Subsequently fils father, who Testes in Ottawa, Cun, came atter hls body, Nev- pn‘ retunl ns were brought to this’ eity for trial, F Much exeltement was caused at Evart by this terrible event, It was ovlitent that tho log had been pinced Upaty the traek for tho psfposa of wrecking the trang but the opine on Was, that it was the work of some dis- charged employé, whose object was the de struetion of property to satisfy his revenge. Aiurd, Mclartin & Co, tnimediately om ployed the services of tio of Dinkerton’s men to ferret out the verpatestore, They were given employment in lumber-camp ug laburers, One of tho detectives, Jolin If. Guillott, obtained an Introduetion to Mrs, Neven, having suspected her of the erime, Ho becane aupplelous of her from tho first, on account of her seandalous behavior after Neven’s death and funeral. “Ue represented Company for a mtunber of years, and hag alwitys been a trusted employe, He married anestlinuble young lady of this city about a year ago, and they have one child.” Phe ex- tent of the defaleation ts nob known, but 1s supposed to be considerabl ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER, Munasia, Wis. Feb, 13,—Yesterday Jacob Henntngsen shot at his wifethree times with a revolver, neither of the shots inking effect, ‘Tho third one struck locket whieh hung around her neck, the bullet glancing off, Ue then fired two shots into his own body, but his wounds are not fatal Tlenningsen and wife eame to this city from Chicago about a yearngo, but shortly after quarreled, the woman returning to Chiearo. She was in- duced to return, coming back about six weeks igo. ee —= 7 BERSIG’S PLEA, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Srrixarin.y, UL, Feb, 13—Joseph Ber- six, the Demoeratic Judgo of election in Cumberland County who was {ndleted for cominitting frauds at the Inst Congressional election, as heretofora ruponed in these dis- patches, pleaded not guilty in the United States District Court to-slay. tls bath was fixed at $1,500, which he was unable tu give, SKIPPED, Pumaprirnta, Feb, 13.—Several months ago Alexander Inndy established a com- mission house In New York and a branch house here under the nameof W.K. Wyman. to Mrs, Noven that he had -been pra- Forty to fifty thousand doltare’ worth of moted to assistant olen of the (ae poate were parehnent In New York on time, at the camp, and that he would shipped hero and sold hy Wyman for cash. have an ofice in Evart. She became The notes aro due and aly and Wyman “mashed”? on hin, aud he visited her eo stantly. Ifo took her ton Christmas dance, and also to one on New Year's. Waving heard that the people wore shocked at her conduct in attending a dance so soon after her husband's death, sha told CGuillott that she “did not care a d—n,” ag she had made Neven merry her, and that she had got out of him all that she wanted: which referred to his property. Neven, at lus death, owned farm near Evyart of eighty acres, worth Juve disuppeared, a PARDONED. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Srunarivin, ML, Feb. 18.—Lhe Governor toxtay pardoned Christian Richter, who was sentenced by the Champaign Clreuit Court, just September, to 100 days In the County ail, for selllng liquor in violation of law. a - rey, | Richter has twenty days to serve, and the Pe Se orca ee ca rupees 1p bua hg | Stute’s Attorney certified that he was Hable gut possession of, and was probably tho | t0 dle If not released, motive for commilting the deed. Sho had also urged Noven Fepeatedthy to get his Iife Insured, but he refused to do so, At one of tke dances Mra, Neven got drank and veted Inn most scandalous manner, Gulflott soon obtained: her confidence,.and proposed marriage. Uy also originated a scheme with her. After their tnarrluge he was to get Isls Ife insured for $25,000. He would then steal nway to Montreni, Canad, Jeave his hat by an open hole In tho ice ont the Muskegon River, and have two inen, whom they would get in ns confederates, swert that they saw him go through the fee, As the river rtins rapidly, there would be no use looking for the body, as it would be eure ried down stream, Who would they get for confederates? Mrs, Noven immediately pro- fiosed her brothers, Gulliott was afratd that hey would not have the pluck to carry it out. Right here she made 2 confession, She sid that her brothers were men of nerve, AN IOWA MURDER. Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Exam, 11), Feb. 13,—To-day news was re- celved here that Willian Edwards, formerly of this city, has been murdered at Cresco, fa. He was killed while at work in his wagon- ghop. Alls property, sume $20,000, will full to he mother of the murddred nian, who lives du Brandon, England, A. CONFESSION, LAWRENCE, Mass,, Feb, 13,—Andrew Smith, of North Andoyer, tho defaulting ‘Town ‘Treasurer, necknowledged that yearly, since first elected, In 1809, he lind converted money of the town to his own use. ‘Cho amount of the defaleation fs $20,827 ‘The smallest ir- wae town note is for $100, the largest for 5,300, The ' Doctor” was one of the best ies 81 GUILTY ‘OF MURDER. fae ney aun hat. Ye ae ae Newank, No Jy Feb. 1-Mho jury In the track, and” have worked right’ In tho | ease of Margaret Melrhofter and Franke gamp ever since, and no ono tumbled to it, ‘Those boys nre game and thoroughbreds,” It was then declded that the boys should bo admitted into tho secret, but that thoy should sweir that they saw hint drowned, LU things being’ in readiness, Gulllott and Irs. Neven started for Muskezon to by mar ried. They stopped at Big Raplis. Hero a tought struck Gulllott. Ho saldio Mrs, Neven, “Suppose I do go to Montreal,—how am 1 to know but what you will take tho 2,000 Ifc-Instirance and ‘skip? with it, and not divide with me?” Le then suggested that each confess n secret, 60 that they would have a legal | upon each other, Ile salt nat there wai Wind offer of $1,000 reward for his apprehonsion for the robhery of n safe In Towa. She then made a full confession of Lummons, charged with the murder of John Melrhotfer, tho husband of Margaret, in West Orange, Oct. 9, 1879, rendered 1 vordict of gully of murder in the first degree against both defendants, THE HMOTEE LITIEF. Special Diepateh to The Chicago Tribune, New Yorr, Feb. 13,—Willian D. Bigelow, the defautting hotel-clork captured in Chica- go, was arralgned before Justice Kilbreth at the Toombs Court this morning, walved ex- mutation, and was. commllted” for triutin default of $1,500 bail, WALK IAMMOND. her complicity with her brothors fn the kU ,_ Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, toy of Neven, Gulllott suggested that sho Spuwarie.p, ll, Feb. 13.—'Lhe motion to pub it in writing so “that ho could | quash tho Information furnished agalnst hold ft ay an assurance that she would Walk Hammond, of the noted Pete McCart- Noy counterfelting gang, was to-day over- riled in tho. Untied Sehtos Distriea’ cover and he will be tried next week, 113° leave lim tn the lure when she got the nioney. She consented, and went with hin ton room, where his brother-detective and the Clty-Mtarahal oC Big Itaptls were ne ereted, “They heard her confession. while Guillott wrofe it down, “She then sled tho paper and wont outof the room. ‘The other detective and the City-Marshal then stepped th the room and signed their names. to the paper, Guillott folded it up and put It In his pocko! ! From Big Rapids they went to Muskegon, where sho was arrested, ‘This fs the wholu story of a terrible crime, briefly told. =, The examination of Mrs, Nevon and her brothers fs still in progress at Evart. ‘Phere fire witnesses to prove that the Rexford boys Avera Roun near the place of the accident that evening, When Mrs, Neven lived tn Battle Creak sho was u * grass-widow,” and made herself tite conspicuous at dances, Jer father, IL, Rexford, ran a cobbler’s shop here, Euuerr, —— : IIELD YOR VERTJURY, Speciat Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribune, Dernoit, Mich. Fob. 13,—A deetded sen- sation was created to-day by tho arrest, on charge of perjury, of Charles 1 Hord, plane {it In tho case ngalnst Foxon, Newman & Co., now on trial In the Superior Court, Ford sued Foxen, Newniin & Co, for breach of contract, alleging that the firm eontracted with him for the manufacture of quantity of clgnrs, and that they subsequently refused to fulfill the coutruct. Foxen, Newnan & Co, deny that any contract was over made with Ford, and assert that the sult ls an attomptto extort money, ‘Tho firm have refed upon the fmpeachmont of Ford’s character as Its defense, and have shown by reputable wit- Nessoes, court frecords, and other documents that his charactor is bad. From eyldence produced by the defense tt appears that Ford, Is been gullty of forgery and other offenses, and that in 1868 he was sontenced tothe Jack- gon State Prison for three years by Judge Edwin Lawrence, of Washtenaw County, for forging tho nuimes of farmers to promlasory- notes for various amounts, Ford was at ona tine a preacher In Northern Michigan, From preachor he turned his attention to Jaw, prac- tced It nt Cadiltae, Woxford County, and was once Prosecuting- Attorney of Enuilett Coun ty, Renouncing the Inw he enguged in other pursults, and now -appears ag 6 mauifacturer of clear. It was shown that he had been arrested for various offenses; that he had been In Jal, and had been sentenced to State Prison. “Oud Wednesday Ford positively swore that he THE BROWN MURDER. Special Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, InptaAnavoris, Ind., Feb, 1%—'Lhe Coro- ner’s vordiect In the Brown murder caso !s that John GF, Brown caine to his death by blows Intlicted by Joseph Wade with s wood- en mallet, at or about 6 p.m. of Keb, 6, in Brown's yard at his Inte residence, CONVICLED, New Onvans, Feb, 18—Tho jury brought inn verdict of gullty In the ease of Edward C. Palmer, charged with hiving, ns Prosi: dent of the Loulstant Savings’ Bank and Safo Deposit Company, embezzled Its funds, DISMISSED FROM ODD-FELLOWSHIP, Apeclal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Spuinavieny, IL, Feb, 18—During the seston of the Thirty-first Generat Assembly quo of tho Democratle membors of the House, from Sangumon County, acquired an unonyl- Able notoriety by reason of a series of open nels of lmmorality which brought him intos prominence he could not have otherwise achloved, ‘This worthy was the Honorable fy Carter ‘Tracy, of Rovhester, and ils rece career shows in a striking numnnor the du. poraltzing effects of enguglog in pollticat fe, racy is a merchant at Rochestor, and un- Ul recently possessed conslderable property, Mu was generally respected, and possessed considerable Iniience dn hfs township and among the Democratic politiclans. of tho county, being almost fn control of the party wmuching, He was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors, serving for several yey, ond belng Chairman onw or two terms, Tho resulé of this promtuence was that he soon begun to travel road. ut when he waa elected fo the Jwegistature, his head became turned, and hu took the express-train. to pordition, His actions caused considerable ndal, and occusioned a mumber of street secnes, some of which were written up In the State Journal, Things went from!bad to worse, until finally aven the Demucratic Jecal papers were forced to denounces hhn, ‘Tracy was both 9 Mason and an Odd Fel- fow, and thesa bodies have been Inveattgut- Ing his coniduet for the past year, He owned the Masonic Lodge buildlig at Rochester, Which, after an oxciting trial, acquitted him’ Aappeal was taken to the Grand Mastor, who, after investigating the fucts, has or? dered his expulsion, Ills trial in the other body took place last night before Springtield Lodge, No. 465, the the downward was secn mak- fuumorality, lbertl frveral cha: beln sm and conduet unbecoming an’ Odd-Fel- low, Titty gentlemen were present, Among the members of the Lodge who passed Upon Ais nse were Col, George IT, Marlow, AyD. Sanders, P., Khuble, Chris Wolf.S. di. Wie lett, F.1D. Roper, Charles Hamifton, Fred Trapp, Sandy McPherson, J. O, Rames, Dr. Hope Davis, 0. B. Stebbins, ‘and Maj, A: Orentlorif, Among tho visitors werd’ the Hon, aot Oberly and A. A. Goodrich, of Jerseyville, ‘Tho trint Insted until 1 o'clock this morn- Ing, Aunbunitanee of testimony was pre= sented, ‘The charges and speelfications wero yote on separately, ench and all belng sus+ fale, and Mr. Traey was expelled from the rder. MR. WAYT’S DEFENSE, Mis Reply to’ the Indian Board—Tho Eex-Commilsatoner Doclares that Thero Was No Unnoceasary Delany in the Proaccution of Agent Hart, and that the Kvidenco Docs Not Indlente that Me Had Any erest In the Arizona Minc—Ann Assunlt Upon Gen. Wisk. Nuw You, eb, 10, 1880.—7'o the Editor of the New York Tribunc—Suts The report of tho Committes of tho Board of Indian Commissioners, as finally adopted, is not so offenslye in terms as the report originally presented by the same Committee, As, how- ever, the Committee hus iguored theovidence taken and hus traveled outstde tho record, and thereby drawn conclusions not warrant- edt by tho fucts of the case, I desire to lay be- fore tho public the antidote to tho poison contained in sald reports 4. There wus no unnecessary delay tn the prosceutlon of Hurt, ‘This faet sufllelently Oppears from tho evidences of the Chief Clerk of the Bureau, tho Secretary of tho Interlor, andinyself, ‘There were two distinct and. separate cases against Agent Hart. ‘Thoone first reeelved by tho office involyed ilart, with elght or ten others, In an alleged con- splracy to defraud tho Government. ‘Tho second ense received was forwarded to the Indian Once by Inspector Hammonc, on his second visit to Artzonn, whither he went by tho order of tho Sceretary of the Interlor sent on tho oth of June last, while Twas ah- sent frum Washington on Government busi- ni The second ens was much slmpler in character than the first, and was recelved by tho Ofico about the 24th of July, It ets sisted of an-alleged conspiracy to’ defranit the Government in the reeelying and welgh- ing of beef cattle by Agent Hart, is clerk Massey, nnd the partner of the beet -con- tractor, Tho offense consisted In art's calling out six head of cattle when” there were elght head on the senles, thereby [n+ creusing the avernge welglit ubout 304 per cent, and, ufter golig through the forin of Welghing them In that manner, Hart turned the cattle he reevived baek into’ the hands of the contractor, to enable the Intter to Ket Into Is possesslon the enttle wel hed but not counted by Hiurt. By this method, in a weekly dellvery “of 125 head of eattie the Governmetit was probably de- frauded out of 01,000 pounds, ‘Tho three respectable witnesses to thls fraud were non- residents In Arizona, and the Office desired to have tho bonetlé of thelr testimony, and therefore prepared thd ease fmmedlately and forwarded It on the 80th of duly, through tho Interior Departinunt, to the Department of Justice. This case pelo complete, and in no way connected with the first ease re- celved, and, In the judgment of competent lawyers inthe Department, was one on which 4 conviction coutd be eusily obtained. ‘Phere was therefore no delay necessary, ag all the evidence required In the case was’ In posses- ston of the Onlee, and was duly forwarded. In the first case reeelved there weren larger numberof pregonsinyolved In mralleged con- splracy with Iurt, and more specitie Ine formatton was needed on several points, and the requislt_ information was not. reedived until Dee, 4, 1870, whon I directed the crse to bo mado up nnd forwarded to the Depart- mnmentot Justice. Owlng, preasire of business, and the Lirge calls for information by Congress, ever. Copy ist wag changed in copying Congresslonal matter, aul ig a conseytencs the case was not com- pleted unll Jan. 7, 1880, when if was for- warded through the usual channel to the Department of Justlee, Such 4 brieily the history of the caso as shown by the evidence taken, and there was not fpartlcle of evidence produced to the con- trary. ‘Thorefore, the conclusion arrived at by: tho Committes was not warranted by tho testimony, ‘Tho penalty In both enses being the anine, how ean the Committes truthfully ay Hint there was any leniency shown to fart? Sccond—Tho next point in the controversy wasns to any Interest Cimight haye in tho purelinsy of & mine. Store again tho Com- nulttes gq outslde of the sworn ovidence in tho cuse, and suspect that L night have had un Interest. Every witness who could know anything about the mutter testified positively. that Lhad no interest whatever inthe said ining or its purehiase, ‘hore were four wit- nesses on this polnt, afl testifying In my favor and nobody against me,” ‘T! horefore, hind the Committes proposed to try the ense on the evidence, there could have been no possibility of fding any other verdict than A verdict of pequittal, In order, howaver, not to do It, the Conimittes did resort to the Most extraordinary prococd nes ever heard of, and by n disreputable device did inject something Into the case that did not belong fo it, “Pho testimony from tho beginning liad beon taken down by a stenographer In the presence of my counsel, Messrs. Shella- barger, Wilson, and myself, On ‘Thursday, Jan, 20, in the afternoon, withont notice te my counsel or myself, the Committes held a private interview with a witness who had already testified, and aga result of that inter- view the pages tn the pestiany, ninbering: between twenty-seven and thirty-two wero extracted from tho dlrect evidence and de utroyed, while two pages were Inserted. con- tradleting the ovidence already given, and how matter was infected without permitting the possibiilty of i cross-xninination, ‘Lhe proceceltng. on the, part of two members of he Committea waa high-handed and an serupulony, and much worse in character than any of the allegations agalust ine, len. Wisk nude his’ first attack on ma through the Tribune of Dee, 23, 1870, and nt the meeting of tho Board on the 8th of Jan- wary he rend ditusy allegations, which ho caused to be published In te Tribune two days afterward, and from that thie onward he caused to be published garbled ments, largely fictlions, concerning tho pro- ceedings of the Committee, ant horeby en- deavored to manufacture publle sentlinent ngainst me, and threatened through the nowspapers any members of the Bourd who should favor my nequittal Lis course It this matter bas been highly dishonorable from: the beghining. — Te‘ has enused his coarse jokes to bo pub- lished, which. wero nover uttered in my presence, Gen, Fisk was the only witness oxauilned for the prosceution, and T was un- able to get him to be exumined until the 2st ot January, a month lucklug a day after te date of hls trst pire In the Tvibune, Ho then swore “that he didnot know of lls own knowledgo py ting to connect me with the purchuse of the mlnu’ Infact, he knew absolutely nothing fn fupport of the charges he had made. No sad he expected sone alitdavits from Arizona which he would file, but he never filed them, Fisk's testimony Was the entire case for the proscention, and was taken down in. ffteon or tweitty mine ules; while the evidence presented by me Was & completo refutation of his original charge, ie, “That LD had compromised a greut wrong to cheapon a mine,” Af any one will carefully read the majority report of the Bourd of Ladin Comnilssfon- ors, It will bo found that there 1s no pretense of any actual proof of any Interest on amy bart In the purchase of the mine—cither bresent or remota, direct or indirect, or [1 any other way; also, It will beaven that there is no, proof of ‘any unnecessary delay on my bart in prosecuting Harts on the contrary, ull the proof shows a total absenes of titer: est on iny part in the purchase, and no jnotlve whatever to delay the prosvention af Jlart. ‘Tho report ts made up of mero state- ments of susplelons, whieh report had been signed by a majority of tho Committes befora I’ was examiiod elther in Wash- ington or New York. No one. can deny this, If the “Board “will publish the whole testimony L will be content with It for my yindlention; and I now agk its publication, tf it ly not published, Lean fire ish on exact copy of what occurred before the Board in New York from. the stonog- Taphers notes, so that the publle can: seo fromm tat nlons-how unjustly 1 have been dealt with, Moro than two months ano Twas warned by a friend that a formidable attack would be iiado on me with the Intention of seeuring any removal frum the Indian Office, E was further Informed that this attack would be inspired by eertain Arizona contractors alded by pluploges discharged from the In- dian service, ‘Cho animosity against me waa caused by the facts that i lind exacted heavy. nalties froin certain flour contractors, ant ad held back @ sulllclent amount of uioney however, to the states due on beef contracts to protect the ker nent against frauds belug practleed prt Helivury at heat ent tle, f if ed In the Now, 28 cot ne link betwe Fisk and the Arizona flour contraninn fen, show that he by letter advised the Tiitoring Department, ag 8 reason for an abatement of the pennity I lad) enforced Agabnst thee contractors, that the flour delivered by thet at thy San Carlos Agency was Bo, whole some flour, whereas Mr E.R Avermay re the flour expert, employed’ by the Guyer mont, reported offletaliy’ Hiab the same thon was worth 7% cents yer 100 pounds fess th 4 the sample on whieh the contract was, fn tatned. ‘he contract ealled for 8 penall; to three tines the deficiency fn yalue, amoung Ing to $2 per 100 pounds, So far, ther Ture, sina Fiend of Gen Fisk have suffer, etl n penalty of over ona oot the t vii mee uring the two yenrs and four mo I administered tho affalrs of the Tt Sst rea LT owas uniformly on the side of thy Government and the Midian, and by no act of inine was elther of them tert Unprotect agulnst fraud; on the contrary, 1 Bained the hearty Dl-willof all the dtshonest contractors aud oll clalin agents secking the Dtyment of doubtful and) fraudiuent claims, and Tehab lenge ny hnpartial tribunal to find any fnetg to show the contrary, Itwas sluply beeatisg of the rail business management of Bureat affairs that the Indian ring demanded my Te moval, Which has been finally necomnplishee, it is not tho first time Gen, Fisk has inter. fered In the fnterests of that fraternity, ag will appear notably when he alded lils fri end Columbus Delano to organize a Commission 4 which was Intended to squeleh Prof, Mars! for lis impertinent interferences with their vested rights, ce A, Hayn, AID TOR IRELAND, . CHICAGO. The Rey. D. J. Riordan, Chancellor of the Diocese, makes the following additional re. port of collections made in tha Catholle churches of the Diocese for the relief of the sullering Trish: Bt, Patrlek's Store Wilmington (na fing quad’)... ditional) ... tT Inwolvessiva ; m ts 10 ststenhe : . Stephon’ cau (aud a Bt. Anthony's, B Chicago, i St Mary 103 cnyo.,. St. aAnn’s, nS, Holy Pointy bir % fal, Chicago: a Collection is ba hee 2 octal Temporny = a elety... + bi GI ceecees mH Boys’ Parochtat St. Mary's, . School........ 308} port 25 Cathollo'Teni. and Fa} ot, Abs, anid B, Eo Bualaty 00|Mantono. ih Shotlield. 115] Woodstoc! 4 Fulton, TiS. Mary's Bt. Jotin’s; Joifot.. 42)” dota. Seimei lanl Soiatan ke 8 5380 CATO wee. ‘otal this wee! ; pokub adit, alpen 7k Syeninore, mH inowledg ene 0,003 Minooku, | Arlington 63] Total to dato... $11,417 ‘She following sums have been already fore warded to tho clergy and others named! Tho Most Kev. Dr. Croke, Archbishop o: Cashel os $ The Most ior oc! es pniaee. Ae ee 0 Visitation Nuns, Waterford, aA Convent of Poor Claires, Kinmaro ...... 20 Sistors of Charity, Balligduderin,.. 30 Sisters of Morey, Oughtorard,... 20 Acvording'to previous statement. We Total... ssrecers + 89,05, THE HERALD 'O PARNELL, Nw Yorn, Feb, 14.—Tho Herald names As the Committes to distribute Its Irish retiet fund Col, King Harmon, M, P.; Mr, Shaw, M.P.; Prof. Baldwin, Cardinal McCloskey, and Mr, Parnell, Tho Cardinal nt first de cHned to serve, but has since reconsidered Us declination, and now consents to render the requested service, Mr. Parnell niso de ctined when his services were first asked, but the Herald hopes he will reconsider his de- cision, and grant its request that he muy act ua one of tho Committee, “ notwithstanding Ils strange course toward the paper.” ‘Tho editorial upon the subject in this morning's Herald concludes as follows: “ We offer Mr. Parnell such % committes ag he thinks desir able, naming himself*a member of it. If ho again declines, the verdict of the American public will be that Mr. Parneli’s abject [5 1108 rellof for his starving countrymen, butseltish agitation for his own political and personal aggrandizement, and that he is not only an obstructionist In his own country, but an ot- structionist to charity here, he dellber- ately puts himself In thig position, the Amore {ean people will think it xbout thno that he end his farce, We suppose all sensible Irlshe men will indorso this conelusion.” - SPRINGFIELD. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Spninariexp, UL, Feb, 13.—Tho treasurer of tho vommittes appoluted to ralse subserip- tions for the relief of the suffering poor of Troland to-day forwarded a draft for £33 to Patrick Engan, Dubltn, Ireland. In addition, $470, contributed by tho Catholic churches, was forwarded to Bishop Baltes, at Alton, and will be forwarded by ‘him. to tho Irish wand League, Parnell his notified the Com- jnittee that he willbe in this city March 3, and preparations are being nude to give him agrand reception, the frlenids of the cause je Surrounding towns proposing to join those hore, WATERTOWN, WIS. Speetal Dispatch to The Chteaga Tribune, Watertown, Wis, Feb, 13.—Tho ward committees appoluted to collect funis from our citizens to ald tho fanine-atricken people of Irelond are actlyely engage tn thelr work, and will bo able tin fow days to minke u favorable report of thelr labors. ‘Thu com: inittees also fn the surrounding towns ure at work successfully to the same end, and taken altogethor a hnndsome sum for the charitable object In view is expected to be realized, PARNELL IN BALTIMORE, Bawrinone, Fob, 18—Parnetl addressed an immense audlence at tho Academy of Musle to-night. ‘Lhe Mayor presided, and among those on the stage were Coy, Hanll- ton and clergymen of the Methodist Eplsco pal and Catholic Churches, PINLADELPITA. Pintapenrurs, Pa. Feb, 1%—Tho Com merelal Exchange la moving to send a ship: load of Brain and flour to tho starving people in Irelan $< A FIGHT WITH INDIANS. A telegrain was recelyed at military head quurtors yesterday from Col. Miles, dated a6 Fort Keogh, M. I, Feb, 10, as follows: “On the 3d Inst a war Mivty of Uncpapa Indians attacked two eltlzens fy camp on Fowler Iiver, On the Sth, Sergt. hanna Glover, with elght men of the Second Cavale ry, left Keogh in pursult, ‘They trailed the Jndlans about sixty-five miles to'Alyiio, neat the bend of Pumpkin Creek, where they drove them into a raving ,and held thom until the arrival of Capt, Snyder, whet the three surrendered, “In “tho atfalr one Andian, has heen Killed. ean Wo wounded, Geor, EK. Douglas, Cavalry, dead, and Charles W. Garnsoy, See- ond Cavalry, wounded. ‘Cho Indians lett Bitty Bull's camp, north of the Canadian line, fora raiding expedition, ‘These three Indlang would seem to be amenable to trial by witlitary commission or a elyil tribunal, would Haves guod effect, und tend to, stop the depredations of small war partles, If they Yoru sentta Leavenworth Alflitary Prison Sergt. Gloyer and party are entitled to much credit for thelr skfll and furtiuude, ” “Mines, Colonel Commanding.’ WISCONSIN WINTER WHEAT. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Watertown, Wis, Feb, 13,—'The opinion {s quite genera! among the farmers that the winter wheat in this section has sustained no In| ary, Indleations belng that the season thus far has worked favorubly for the crop. It gives mo pleasure to {inform you that the Bt, dncobs Olt dooonn ished n graat dent of good My our county, A Indy of m: woquaintance suffered with rhenmatism to such an extont thal sho loat the use of ber arm, aud could not atten to hor hougohotd dutios, dha bought a battle of St, Jacobs Ol}, and was cured uftor applying tho samo only a fow tines. 1 could mentioa a buns ud sinillur casea which havo come to my kuowlodgo, ‘H. Buiw, South Adams, Math