Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1880, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: “SUNDAY; ‘FEBRUARY 15, Loo 1886—SIXTEEN PAGES, . time, created an immense fire on the fi Boor, the-building. The latter floor was soon famed ae and the flames seized on the goods stored in the basement. TIE FIRE WALL _ baat tween the two buildings, as mention Oowhere, ‘was a protection to the bonded. warehouse, but the fire got into the base- ment of the latter through an fron door in the basement,—the only connection between the structures,—the heat bursting it open. The flames hi grasped some barrels a e door and were making rapid prog cephen they were discovered cape at TO} aiiwink] of the Fire-Insurance andina trige ‘Marshal Swenie had some men in the basement, access to it being easy, as there isan open ‘archway onthe south side. The burning barrels were deluged with water, and the iron doors closed and barri~ eed an a pore watch e ce. ju Squeletiiog of the blaze, the warehouse would have been destr another $400,000 added to the loss. stored $275,000 worth of dry ‘root $200,¢ belonging to Field & Leiter, $75,000 to J. V. Farwell & Co., goods belonging to the following firms: Wilson Bros., hosiery and furnishing goods; Adams & Co., Gash ¥F. W. Hay & Co., wines and cigars: Chapin é& Gore, wines, liquors, add cigars; Kanzuler & Hargis, cigsgg; Kolman Bros. cigars; Lawrence & Martin, win and cigars; C. 0. Perrine, maple-sugar; Henry Shannon, wire- rope: Meyer Bros., caustic soda; Frederick De Barre, mineral-water and champagne; Frank Farish, caustic soda. _The value o! these goods is about $125,000, divided among the firms named in sums from $5,000 to $10,000, ~ Acall upon Deputy-Collector by 8 ‘Tripune reporter at B80 this morning did * pot throw much light as to the ownership of the goods in the Government part of the warehouse, though the gentleman was _wil- ling to impart all he knew. He said that in the Appraiser’s portion of the bond- ed warehouse . there | were ~ never inore than from eighty to 100 sample packages of goods at onetime. . He regretted that he could not get at the details because the books were in the vaults, of which Mr. W. A: Jewell had the keys and combinations, and he lived too far away to be. then sought out. The duties due the Government on the goods in the bonded ware- house, as far as he could estimate them, were $75,000, which approximated a yaluation of ds_at $200,000 ‘above that. They belonged mainly to Field, Leiter & Co., Farwell &Co., and-O. R. Keith & Co., who carry large lines of insurafice on their goods all “the time, though Mr. Keith had well paid up his duties. ‘The whole concern, so far as the buildings were concerned, belonged to the Empire ‘Warehouse Cotbabe, of which Phil. Wads- worth is President. Calvin Stambaugh is the United States Storekeeper, and Peter Al- mendinger is the Storekeeper forthe Ap- praiser’s office, which was. located in the south frent of the building, In this Office there is a very valuable sample accumulation, the result of years of rather- ing. There was a complete testing apparatus for liquors, inclu hydrometers, alcoho- meters, etc., and Mr. had a most excel- Jent private brary of several -hun- dred ‘volumes. Wadsworth’s warehouse, as it was known, being immediately next to the Appraisers office, it was used xery largely for storing imported cigars, whic! belonged mainly to Kauzler & Hargis, Law- rence & Martin, and Best & Russell. ‘The scales used by the Government were always stored here, but they happened to be taken out for repairs yesterday ‘The Jaaues line of propellers Janded at the Wadsworth dock, and all imported goods from Canada were received here. Mr. Hitt ‘was somewhat exercised as to the amount of work it would entail upon the Custom-House if the bonded-warehouse went. Upon proper application by parties owning goods, made to e Secretary of the Treasury, he will have the duties remitted upon all goods destrgyed wher the proper proofs are furnished. . The law does not allow a remission of duties by the Collectors of Custol and this can only be done through Washington. FIRE-MAESHAL SWENTE said he was driving home fromthe City-Hall when he saw a reflection in the sky, and, knowing their was a fire, drove at once to the house of Engine No. 1, cornerof Franklin Adams streets, and, after givi en & “still,” at once turned in Box 48. When he reached the scene he found that the fire, which was in the rear end of the third floor, had made considerable progress. This was at half-past 11” In half an hour the whole third floor was in flames, and large pieces of timber, which fell down the eleva- tor woll. ignited the woodwork on the floors below. The Fire-Insurance Patrol were early on the ground, and Capt. Bullwinkle and his men, armed with the tarpaulins, went in on, the first floor to save: property. They re- mained only a short time, however, on ac- count of thick smoke-and the blaze, some of their covers being burned while the men had hold of them. {It was evident, when the patrol were driven out, that the whole structare was doomed. At the outset, Jadders had been placed against the walls in front and on the north side, there being a vacant space at the latter end, which facili- tated the work. The heat, however, soon became so intense that the firemen could not remain on the ladders, and were therefore ordered down. A few of the iron shutters on the upper floor were bursted open by expansion, but those on the first and sec- ond floors at first, being out of the reach of the men on the ground, remained closed, and it was impossible to throw water into the structure except by way of the roof or the third floor. The steamers had plenty of wa- ter, most of them drawing a supply from the river; but, though ~ * YWELVE STREAMS WERE CONSTANTLY PLAY- ING, they had little or no effect upon the flames, which burned fiercely, mounting high into the air, and lighting up the vicinity for blocks around. Bylo’clock the entire free ware- house was a mass of fire, the basement in- eluded, and, as the walls seemed. to bulge, the firemen kept at a safe distance to avoid injury in case the walisfell. A number of firemen were on the roof of the bonded warehouse, but, as it was several feet below that of the free one, little execution could be done. When the flames made their appearance in the base- ment the men were ordered down, as it was feared. that the fire. might- reach some _whisky-barrels and cause an explosion. veral of the __ barrels in the free warehouse did explode with a con- siderable report, but did no injury to any yne, though the noise alarmed the specta- tors, caused them to move off several yards. THE CROWD. There was not a very large number of peo- ple.present, in view of the brilliancy of the fre, which must have been seen at a great distance. But the locality is not thickly settled, and there are comparatively few buildi inthe neighborhood. Super- intendent O’Donnell and a large squad of police were on the grouzid, and preserved ex- cellent order, keeping Market street. clear, and preventing any interference with the firemen, who, unhampered, did. excellent work, and deserve great credit for saving what they did. A THrBoune reporter met APPRAISER HAM, who came to the firein a hack to look after the Government interests. He was unable to furnish any information of value, however. When it was believed that the bonded ware- house would be burned, he got a wagon and removed his library of 500 volumes and all his private papers and those belonging to his office. Amour 2 o’cLock it looked as though the Government ware- house was again in danger of: destruction, but the three steamers in the rear of this building that were drawing water from the river kept.the flames at bay. The roof of the structure was well ard: l eral lines of hose ha Gate takea upon it early in the nght, and as the wall separating the buildings was a sub- stantial one of two feet in thickness, not much_fear was felt. At this time the Em- pire Warehouse was burning with great fury, and the dozen or more streains bein, thrown through the windows on the first er] second floors seemed to produce little or no effect. The contents of - the build- ing, as before stated, were of a+ peculiarly imflammable nature, and as the fire was so widespread and fierce the pipemen were unable to do aught but stand in the street and send streams from there into the burning mass. Work was kept up vigorously, however, and it soon be- came evident that the fire was dying trom lack of material upon which to feed. The barrels of liquors all exploded or been charred so that they fell pieces, and the only evidence of the their presence was the blue flames which curled around’ the rafters of the second floorin fantastic shapes, and gave the crowd on the :opposit sidewalk something to look at. Shortly after 20’clock the light from the flames suddenly died away, and the few people left in fhe vicinity rapidly’ dispersed. It was which burned furiously in the centre bat z evident-that the Government warehouse ble material which dropped st the Sorat | was no longer in danger, and the original fire Tapidly- lo: its attractiveness. The apparatus to leavefor home as Hire Patrol No, 1, but all the engines were kept ai work until 3 o’clock, when all were sent away except a small detachment, At that hour, was. ctically ext 16 and the streams stil! belng thrown were sim- ply effective in closing up the nigats work. ‘Among the other firms who ad goods in the building was Chapin & Gore, who are by far the heaviest losers, having there 600 bar- rels of different brands of whiskies. ‘The value of the lot is estimated at between $125,- ny and S150, ule 3 the insurance is in the ne! orhor 0! I. < The Pheenix Distilling Company had 1,600 bags of timothy, worth about $13,000, which they were holding tors sreoulative purposes. rane Howell & a-lot of flour, worth $ ein Fe oS ee & Con flour and seeds, valued 0: at $10,000, ‘ = , Warner & Co., dried fruits and ‘A. W. Cobb, sundries, $2,300. : 0. F. Gibbs & Co.; seeds, $8,000. The total yalue of the contents is roughly estimated ,at $400,000, the greater ‘part of which is, of course, covered by insurance, but it was -im} ible to getat even an ap- proximation of the amount, so many different firms being losers. ‘WALLACE & KINGMAN. A reporter started at one for the residence of Mr. Kingman, one of lives gem $38 West jumping-off place.-‘The gentleman. was Toused from a very heavy slumber, and was naturally astonished, and:by no means de> lighted, to héar of what had hap- pened.’ As to what. his stock was worth, -hei could only "roughly estimate it at from $75,000 to $100,000, and he was more nfident that ib was insured pretty or iss to its full value, For further partic- vised the reporter to call on his fars he sale Mr. John J. Kneeland, though where that gentleman lived he hadn’t the remotest idea, outside of the very general understanding that it was “somewhere. up in the Northwest! heging good deal of hunting around,.the reporter found, Mfr..Kneeland’s house, No. 442 West Ohio street, and labored diligently at the front door until he awakened him out of a very deep slumber, With- out the books before him . Mr. Kneeland endeavored to recollect matters ‘as far as he was able, and through his valuable assistance, the reporter obtained the following information, which is as full as can possibly be had until the books are gk ten at this morning and the exactest details obtained. In the first place there were about $65,000 worth of timothy seed and clover owned by the firm, but in the care of the Warehouse Company, and stored on the second floor of Empire Warehouse Company, " held the Warehouse Company's receipts for it, and had obtained money advanced on’ the seed by Canadian ik of Commerce, with whom they kept their accounts... — ‘There was also on the same. floor about $15,000 worth of flax-seed owned by. Robert Colgate & Co., of New York, and bought by W: & Kingman for them, _It was being held here until the opening of navigation, in order to ship it at lake-freight rates. | ace fie Bet floor, which ‘was oceupied. en- ly by Wallace gman, there were about 900 bags of clover-seed, owned by Mc- Gowan Brothers & Co., of. Stenbenville, 0., who had bought it of Wallace & Kingman, and had it held awaiting the opening of nav- igation. on the same floor were about 6,000 bags of timothy-seed belonging to Conklin & Keeler, of Binghamton, N. Y. There were ahou 15,000. bushels of it altogether, worth about $2.75 a bushel, and this stuff was also awaiting the advent of lake freights There were also about 230 sacks of blue s on this floor, worth about 75 centsa bushel, and owned by a firm in Lexington, Ky., who had: left it with Wallace & King- man on consignment. ‘Then there were about 300 bags of clover on this floor which the firm were trading in from day to day, and four or five car-loads of timothy. The clover and the timothy to- gether were worth about $10,000, In addi- fion to_this, they had about $2,000 worth of millet, Hungarian, and red-top.. Some 5,000 bags of timothy, belonging. to Elmendort & Co., George A. Sidwell, George M. How, S. D. Foss & Co., and a Mr. Erskine, and worth altogether about $15,000, made up the seed stock on hand. | i . AS TO THE INSURANCE, the firm had $15,000 on its own seeds, the seeds which it held on commission for other parties, and $1,000 on machinery, office furni- ture, and fixtures. The machinery was worth some $3,800, and was consequently somewhat under-insured. The risk was in the Liverpool & London & Globe.. ‘The bank had an insurance of about $30,- 000 on the seed, on which they had advanced money to the What companies it was in Mr. Kneéland was unable to state, though he remembered that the Liverpool & London & Globe had had the placing of it. The insurance on McGowen Bros. & Co.’s $9,000 worth of seeds was also placed by the same Company, and as to what the amount was, orin what companies it was placed, Mr. Kneeland could not tell. f Conklin & Keeler’s seed is probably in- sured for $30,000, though ‘the exact figure cannot be learned until they.are communi- cated with. e, or The Chicago commission men above named managed their own insurance matters, and of course no details could be gotten from the firm’s bookkeeper on that score. Robert Colgate & Co. also looked after their own in- surance, and as to the other risks they were all included in the firm’s open policy cover- ing the stuff held on commission. it_is perhaps worthy of note in this con- nection when Mr. Kneeland called on the L. &L. & G. folks a week ago to see if they could take any more insurance, they replied that they were already full on the stock in the build: and didn’t care to assume any THE AGENCY OF MESSRS. MOORE & JANES had placed $20,000 on the building, but it was only the south postion which was covered by the policies,—$20,000 in the North British, and $5,000. in the Hartford of Hartford, Conn., the rest in a company which Mr. Moore could not_ recollect. ‘This insurance was put on by Wadsworth, who originally owned the building. He mort d it to the Connecticut Mutual Life-Insurance__ Company, _ and _ then leased it to Wadsworth, Dickinson & Co., and’ the insurance was placed in the interest of the mortgagees. ‘ Both buildings were of heavy stone and regarded as a No. 1 risk. The loss on stocks Mr. Moore regarded as very large, and his agency has placed insurance for Field, Leiter & Co. and Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.,—which, how- ever, were not damaged,—as follows: North British and Mercantile of London. .$10,000 Hartford ........ - 10, National, Hartford. German-American, New York. Irving, New_York. “American, New Yo St.Paul Fire & AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE, it isa mystery. There was an engine and boiler inthe basement, but the fire in the latter had been “banked” about 5 o’clock. There were only two stoves in the building one in Wallace & Kingman’s office, and the other in that of the Empire Company, both of which’ were remote ‘from the place where the flames were. first seen. <A theory that the fire started near-the engine and went up the elevator-shaft, was laughed at by those familiar with the ware- house, they saying that there was nothing inflammable near the boiler, and that the elevator-shaft was t feet away from it. The: rear part of the third floor con- tained only seeds, and how they could catch fire no one was able to explain. The whisky was in the centre and front, so it is not likely thata barrel of it exploded from heat, though some ad- yanced that idea. A more thorough exam- ination than was possible early this morning may bring something definit to light. The first information obtainable was to the effect that it started in the basement as stated, as the timbers near the -iron door be- tween the two buildings were charred, as if fire had swept over them and gone where it could find more palatable food. It was, too, about over the .elevator-shaft where Marsnal Swenie first saw the flames. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE COMMENT about town yesterday concerning the harum- scaruam manner ‘in which the. Fire Depart- ment responds to ularms in the business sec- tion of the city. Only ‘a few days ago a freengine dashed at full specd through South Water street, a thoroughfare isalways densely crowded with horses and ms, instead of going along Lake street, which was in a direct line with the box sounded. Dozens of horses ran away, (and great damage, not to mention the loss of one man’s life, was done. Yesterday afternoon, in responding to an alarm from Box 22, there were several narrow escapes,—for instance, Builwinkle’s cart would not have looked well inside. that |” Clark street_ car loaded with passengers. A dozen buggies were wrecked, either by collis- off everything else. On B. The firm |- with fire-apparatus or with other ve- mo responding to the alarm at 6 u’clock Marshal Kinney on his way down town Tan intoa horse and bugey belonging to some one whose name was not ascertained. The shaft of the Marshal’s cart, penetrated the horse’s breast, injuring it so badly that ithad tobesbot. - PREPARATIONS FOR REMOVING GOODS from the Government bonded warehouse. a Jow and. fiat two-story and basement.brick structure to the south of the warehouse de stroyed, were made as early as 12:30, an teams belonging to A. T. Stewart & Co. and Joseph Stockton & Co. were placed in posi- tion to the south of the warehouse, and a lar ng of workmen were ready in a Se vords notice... Ald. Dixon, who work, several times asked supervised this wi Bulbvinkle to consent to the removal of goods, but Bullwinkle was firmly of -# opinion that the-fire, was not going to in- clude the bonded housé, and he Keptputting the Aldernian off. The latter kept’ on ques- tioning if the fire was not going to spread, but Bullwinkle still held o. His. judezmen' in this” proved good At ~ 2:15 in the morning, when the fire had been gotten completely under control, a reporter accompanied the Alderman in a tour through the warehouse. The only articles found to be injured were ‘some bags of imported salts which rested directly upon the floor in the basement, and which were damaged by water. The loss upon thein, however, will not be ~ great, as only the lower bags in the pile were wet, The charred woodwork showed how closely the fire had come to working its way into this building, and had it once ‘ob- tained headway the destruction of the whole would have been certain. On the upper loors a few cases of dry goods were slightly lampened by water from the roof, but the ‘within the cases will doubtless foand uninjured. ae ‘At 2:30 the fire was completely out to all intents and purpdses, but: combustibles in various corners of the ruins kept the firemen busy, and the signal for out, which is given prior to. the ‘Department retiring, was not sounded until 3:06 o’clock. THIS UTTER WASTE OF TIMOTHY SEED, is one of the peculiarly deplorable -things in connection with the fire. Not long ago timo- thy was selling at $2.35 bushel But there came a boom in timothy, and with- in a‘ short time past it went 40 cents a bushel better than the former figure. It was only yesterday that Wallace & Kingman sold 1,200 bags at $2.75 per bushel, anda check for some 38,200 was lying in the safe when the fire broke out last night. The safe and the check are proba- bly all right, but the timothy on hand will doubtless be decidedly off color, if. not laxseed there has also been a late advance of 25 cents a bushel, —an advauce whose prospective benefits are utterly lost.- iy LAST JULY. It will: be remembered that: the Empire ‘Warehouse has not escaped disaster hereto- fore. On the of July last, along about 9 o’clock in the evening, the watchman at the building heard: two loud ‘claps of thunder, and _ shortly always been occupied by furniture firms. It is built with watane and iron front, having forty-fire feet front and is 160 feet deep. ald. ‘There was $20,000 insurance on the ibuild- ing, placed-as follow: ; * Northwestern National. Sud In addition to this, there was 24 insur- ance on the rent placed in the London rae surance. ‘The loss will not exceed $4,000, it is that. The building has an interesting recollec- tion for the firemen, as its site was the spot where the Department fought out the great fire of July, 1874. eo AS TO-'THE ORIGIY the | of the fire there Je, of /coureey nothing accu- ughlin says it started about midway between front and rear, and he- is probably right, as it was there the up- holsterers worked. Near by were packages rately known, of benzine, which syere heard to explode as_ the fire progressed. The probable | origin was carelesness of the’ workmen in leaving fire in their stove, or in leaving oiled rags about. |. At 6:30, while the -fire was in progress, George ©. Magis, bookkeeper for Charles Brachvogel, third door north of the burning building, broke his right leg just above the knee by falling off a Iadder leading from the top floor to the roof, He was en, d at the time in carrying pails of water to the roof of the building. THE ALARM FROM BOX 33 at 4:40 yesterday afternoon was caused by a fire between the roof and the ceiling of the Portland Block, at the southeast corner of Washington and Dearborn streets, Cause, explosion of a quantity of gas. Damage, nominal. CINCINNATI, Feb. 14.—The feed store and stable of Fred Koons, East Walnut Hill, was burned to-night, and four horses perished in the flames. ‘The dwelling-house of Henry Meyers ans damaged: Loss estimated at $2,500; fully insure WHY THE TAY BRIDGE FELL. Glaring Errors in Its Construction, Scamped Work, and Neglected Pre- cautions, Edinburg Scotsman, Jan. 28, At the general meeting of the twenty-third session of the Institution of Engineers ana Ship-Builders in Scotland last night Mr. St. John V. Day, C. E., F. R. S. E., read a paper on “The proposed bridges for carrying the North British Railway across the Firth of Forth, with some remarks: on the structure’ and cause.of the fall of the Tay Bridge.” On the latter subject he rejected the theory that the fall of the bridge was due to the pressure of the train upon it when the gale had reached a point of high intensity. Nor could he give any credit to Sir T. Bouch’s theory that the oyerbal- anced train tore down "the eastern girders. Itseemed to him that the cause was in the pillars. The structure of these columns was afterwards the sound was.varied by that of cracking timbers in the north end of the warehouse. .Investigation showed that the interior was a total wreck, the second floors _ having given way and buried B _mass’ - 0! goods beneath them, while an ugly hole in the roof opened the in- side of the building up to the rain and the storm, A careful inspection of the ruins re- yealed the fact that'the architecture of the building was decidedly defective, and several thousands of dollars had to be laid outin putting it in fair shape again. CHAPIN & GORE. is the insurance on Chapin & of between 500 and 600 barrels Followi Gore’s stoc! of whisky: Farmers, of York, P Western of Toronto New Hampshire of New Hampshire. Kings County, N. ¥ Firemen's of Brook! American Exchange, New York. United Firemen’s, Philadelphia, Merchants’ & Mechanics’, Vi Union, New York. Total........ J.-H. HOWELL . loses 100 barrels of flour and 150 barrels of beans, valued at $3,000, which are insured in the Queen’s of London for $3,400. MINOR EVENTS. THE ALARM FROM BOX 54, at 6:04 last evening, was turned in by Owen Coughlin, one of the Pinkerton preventive watch, who discovered smoke issuing from the windows at the top of a four-story and basement double-front brick building, Nos. 267 and 269 Wabash. aveuue, the prem- ises of Bamberger, Bloom & Co., deal- ers in fine furniture. The Fire Depart- ment. responded promptly, but ow- ing to the inaccessible location of the fire, and to the combustibility of the ma- terial on the top floor, the fire spread rapid- y and soon worked its way out at the win- lows in the front and rear and through the roof. For the space of half an hour the top of the building glowed like a furnace, and ¢louds of cinders were sent flying before the wind. Asecond alarm was turned ‘in by Marshal Swenie at 6:17, and this brought the scene about all the apparatus that could be handled toanyuse. The fire in the front burned’ most furiously, and to quench it the Skinner ladder was put in_position directly in front of the building. The telegraph wires inter- fered, as they have done repeatedly of recent date, but nevertheless ‘it was possible to throw a good stream of water from the lad- der into the top windows, and in a few mo- ments that portion of the fire was under con- trol. The rear was left until the last, and in the meantime Marshal Swenie directed all his energies to THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, the only accessible side in fact. The adjoin- ing building on the north is some six fect lower, thus making it_an easy matter for the firemen to dig holes in the masonry of the burning building. In this way four streams were directed from the roof ‘of No. 265 Wabash avenue, through these holes, and directly info the mass of flame. When this was accomplished the fire had but little chance to spread. A few. well-directed streams from the rear soon blackened.the mass, and’ the firemen rushed to extinguish the burning embers. At one time it looked asif the building was all afire from the basement up. Smoke issued in volumes frum the windows, and fire was plainly to be seen in the rear basement. Investigation showed, however, that the fire was simply about the Slevatoratrate and by turning a goodly. stream down it, all danger in this direction was averted. The fire was therefore confined to the top floor almost ex- clusively.. There was a little blaze of a few ininutes’ duration on the third floor, but it was quickly put out. MR. BAMBERGER ‘ was the first of the firm to put in an appear- ance, but he betrayed a woful ignorance of the business, and sent at once for his partner, Mr. Bloom, who reached the store about 9 o’clock. ‘The top floor is occupied * chiefly as | workshops,— the ‘finishing-room, the . upholsterers’ apartnents, and general working apartments. The firm employ about thirty-five men, a ma- jority’ of whom are’ located on this floor. ‘hey all quit sors however, at 5:30 o’clock, and at the time the fire originated no one was in the building. Mr. Bloom was in low spirits, and said he would not give 25 per cent of $30,000 insurance for what was left. But doubtless, when he comes to look over the stock, lie will find that the. loss is not nearly so great, and that $10,000, and cer- tainly $15,000 insurance at the . outside figure, will cover the loss. The building, to be sure, was thoroughly drenched with water, and when thg firemen left the base- ment was a miniature lake. But the Fire- Insurance Patrol preserved large quantities of furniture on all the lower floors beneath their tarpaulins, and many thousands of dollars’ worth will be found uninjured. Mr. Bloom kindly gave out his insurance, which isas follows: LaCaisse Generale. North German.. seeee, 500 The huilding is not extensively‘ dama; the walls bene left intact. It is owned Reds THE REV. W. H. RYDER. The building was built shortly after the fire Total... of 1871. It was originally built for Gilbert Sampson & Co., at a cost of $51,000, and has singularly at fault. They had to carry the permanent ‘‘dead load” of the bridge and its transient “live load.” In the case of the higher piers each of the sets of legs or struts forming the bowndaries of the elongated hexagon was straight throughout its entire length, the outer leg or strut having a batter of one to forty-one, or two feet in the cighty-two feet columns. | ‘Then these legs or struts carried .at their top a triangular box girder, and. the main girder rested midway between them, It would therefore be seen that the single outer col- umns of the three at each side of the hex- agon had the same load to carry as the two inner legs carried together.’ One-half, there- fore, of the “dead” and “live”? loads of that partof the bridge was carried by the two outer endward columns of the hexagonal towers, while the other half had double the number of colums—these, furthermore, bebiig-vertical—t9 carry it, A more errone- ous disposition of the load it would be difficult to produce, for the two outer raking columns had twice the work of ‘carrying the girder to do ofeach of the four innerones. It was true that the outer columns were eignteen inches in diameter as compared to the inner ones, which were sixteen inches, buf, not being perpendicular, they were in a less favorable position to ‘resist the downward stress of the load. Had the load been plaeed on the four intermediate columns, and the two outer onies been used for shoring-up the structure against lateral wind pressure, the bridge would have Had a much higher mo- ment of stability; ut, the original design having been departed from, it became impos- sible, with the tloorage over which thebraced columns were ultimately erected, to provide a proper distribution of the load,.for in con- structing them no other form than a hexagon could produce sufficient width of pier-head for carrying the -highest girders when founded on the ashlar caps of the dimensions with which the submerged portions of the piers were finished. ‘It is not to be forgotten, either, that the ‘triangular box-girders on which the main girders rested were not tied together, and that if they had been connected with other cross-girders so as to form a continuous box-girder hexagonal top to the columns, the stability of the bridge would have been enhanced: He noticed in examin- ing the columns that provision had been made for the introduction of three ties of deep iron girders at:about equal intervals in the hight of the columns, which would have added to the stability of the structure. ‘These girders were shown in situ in a model in the Dundee Museum, and they might well ask why they were omitted in the actual structure. = With regard to those’piers_ which carried the girders on either side of the highest por- tion, there also was a glaring oversight in the use of material to the best purpose. The six columns or struts were all vertical, except- ing the upper’ ten-feet Jengtbs of, the two outer columns, which were inclined inwards until their heads came in line with the heads of the two other columns, and a straight box-girder rested upon the whole. - It would be evident that nothing could be worse than this arrangement of these outer struts to resist. the pressure of the wind, that being further aggravated by the absence of any direct crossties at the angle, the weakest portion of these col- umns, The bracing of the columns was de- fective, and the holes inthe flanges of the columns were much too large for the bolts. Another source of weakness was the insufli- cient length of the holding-down bolts by which the iron columns were attached to the pier-hesds, as they only extended through the first'two courses. of ashlar. ‘They were told these ‘cast-iron tubular legs were filled with concrete, and it was next to impossible that such a cast-iron tube with a hard concrete core would resist the stress of contraction to which it would be exposed. It appeared to him, from an examination of the concrete place in some of these tubes, that there could hard- ly be a doubt but thata numberof these tubes were burst. If so, then during the last twelvé months the iron superstructure of the bDeidee must have been in a rickety condition, ready to break off and topple over as Soon a3 the gale occurred. The filling of such col- umns with concrete for the avowed: purpose of protecting them from rust without the use of paint had been a fatal mistake, Then, care did not seem to have been taken to insure uniformity In the thickness of the metalof which the. legs of the piers were formed, while it was clear that they had been cast on their. sides instead of their ends under the pressure of a high coluinn of fluid metal to insure their solidity, so that it was not’ even probable, therefore, that all the columns were sound: He is in- clined to the opinion that it was the northern end of the bridge which first gave way. They must not forget that these 245-feet irders were joint together in sets of ‘ours, that at the middle joint they were bolted down to a pier-head, and that the northern end simply rested without an attachment on a box-girder at the end of the northern section of the structure. With a strong wind blowing he had observed the floor of suspension bridges lifted, and in view of that with a gale acting.on the west- erm side of the girders, as well as beneath them, with a leverage from the fixed middle jolt of 490 feet, it was reasonable to suppose hat the lifting effect thereof on the under side of the floor of the girder would so re- duce the Insulent weight thereof on its rest- ing points that the friction by which it re- sisted lateral movement was thereby much reduced, and facility afforded for turning it off the north end resting surface. 5 —————_—___— Old Men in New York. : New York Times. Many of the most respousibie places in. firms and corporations are held by men of 70 or there- abouts, and they evinge no disposition to retire. New York is noted for vigorous old men. Inno city on the continent, and in hardly any city in Europe, can so many'hale, active men of 05 and upward be found. Walking in Broadway, Wall or Broad streets, in Fifth avenue, or any of the prtetpal thoroughfares, one can fail to struck by the gray or white hairs and wrinkled faces coupled with erect, elastic forms, and sup- pleness and rapidity of movement, There a) pear to be numberless ancient heads on compu aie ‘oung shoulders, The opinion long pre- vail t rural regions and rural pursuits ‘fa- yored isngevity. ‘Dut if it were so once, which very dubious, it is not 50 N0We ’ -Hiram Price, ; PRESIDE A Full Crown Blaine Club Springs into Existence in Washington. ‘Arrangements to Follow Suit . in All Other Large Cities. More Signs of Secretary Sherman’s Influence Among Ohio Office-holders, Who Are Now Engaged in “Keoping the Word of Promise to the Ear.” New York Merchants Organize-a «John Sherman Club.” BLAINE CLUB. Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasurxeron, Feb. 14—This evening a prilliantly-lighted transparency with the words “The National Blaine Club” inscribed thereon was displayed from the first story of the Hooe Building, a large iron structure on F street, a few doors east of the Ebbitt House, The spectacle attracted a crowd, and ‘| throughout the evening the two spacious rooms of the Club were visited by. large numbers of persons. “What does all this mean?” asked one of the’ callers of his companion. “It means that Blaine has begun his fight for the Republican nomination for President. I understand that there will be a Blaine Club in nearly every large town in the United States within the next fortnight.” There were a dozen gentlemen on duty at the club-rooms, which consist of two spacious apartments opening into each other. Ex- Sergeant-at-Arms French, of the Senate, ap- peared 'to be one of THE MASTER SPIRITS. The club-rooms were still in disorder when the writer called at the Club. The gentleman in charge, in reply to sundry questions, said that things were in a little confusion yet, but by Monday next the Club would be in good working order. “ Does Mr. Blaine know of the formation of your Club 2” “Certainly. He knows all about it,” an- swered the manager. Then, suddenly check- ing himself, added, “He -has nothing to do with it.” “ What is the principal object of your Club 2” : ““ To make James G. Blaine President.” “* How do you propose to do it?” “ By working hard for him. We shall do allinour power to advance his interests. We will put ourselves in connection with all the Blaine Clubs in the country, so that-we may pull harmoniously together.” Upon oneof the desks wasa large sub- scription book, but it was yet too early to expect many contributions to the cause. It was noticeable this evening that Mr. | Blaine’s friends were MORE PRONOUNCED THAN USUAL in their advocacy of their favorit. There was also much more Presidential talk in the hotel lobbies and other public placesthan has yet been heard, 3 It is expected that the Grant and Sherman men will next form clubs. The location of the rooms chosen for the Blaine Club is al- most a defiance to Senator Matt Carpenter, whose roomsare adjacent. Carpenter is sai to have promised the State of Wisconsin for Grant. The Blaine men do not intend thathe shall keep his promise. Mr. Frye and others who are active on Blaine’s behalf express the opinion that the movement 5 WILL NOW BE GENERAL throughout the West in behalf of their can- didate, and that the manifestations of enthu- sinsm for Blaine will prevent the success of Grant at the various Western State Conven- fons. A talk with the Blaine managers shows that they have great hopes. ‘The recent newspaper canvasses in Michigan, Indiana, and Iilinois were referred to as striking indications of the_ growing strength of their candidate. His friends said, too, that Blaine’s strength in the East is rapidly developing. Itis the purpose to have the delegation to Chica; from Maine one of unusual strength. e Blaine men expect to secure New Hampshire, although that State may not be instructed. They also hope to get Vermont after a ‘complimentary vote for Edmunds,.unless the. latter. should de- yelop great strength elsewhere. As to New York, there is a report that Blaine and Sher- man will unite their strength to prevent the Convention from adopting a resolution of in- structions for Grant. 5 THE OFFICERS, The Blaine Club organized by the election of the following officers: President, the Hon. ‘Towa, ‘Vice-Presidents, the Hons. J. C. Burroughs, Michigan; Hf. W. Blair, New Hampshire; William Brown, Kentucky; Newton Booth, California; S. A. Hurlbut, Illinois; John Lynch, Mississippi; Jere M. Wilson, Indiana; Gi hn H. Ketcham, New York; Charles G. Williams, Wisconsin; RC. McCormick, Arizona; C. B. Purvis, District of Columbia; D. C. Ha: i Kansas; John J.’ Mitchell, Pennsylvania; Thomas M. Browne, Indiana; 0. E. Hine, Virginia; T. _H. Brents, _ Washing- ton Territory D. J. Rankin, District of Columbia; W. A. Landermilk, Maryland ; James F. Wilson, Iowa, Secretary; J. B. Bartlett, Massachusetts. ‘The following are the Executive Commit- tee: The Hon. Hiram Price, W. E. Chandler, John H. Rice, John K. French, and J. W. Bartlett. ‘There was CONSIDERABLE ENTHUSIASM manifested, and a number of speeches were made., Among the speakers were the Hon. Hiram Price, Gen. Hurlbut, Charles G. Will- jams of Wisconsin, the Hon H. Calkins of Indiana, the Hon. T. M. Browne of Indi- ans, the Hon.T. B. Reed of Maine, Mr. Hardy of Mississippi, and Mr. Bryant of Georgia. The noticeable speeches were those of Brown of Kentucky and_ Bryant of Georgis. _ Brown confessed tthe South might not be able carry a single Electoral vote, but it would have power in the nominating Convention. He extolled the name of crank but warned the Club that Sherman was getting the entire machinery of the Custom-House and Internal Revenue Service into position. He would, however, ic AS SOON VOTE FOR AN ICEBERG for President as forSherman. This shot was gteeted with applause. Grant wasoneof the greatest soldiers in history, but to be a great Soldier was not to be a great statesman. In- deed the two qualities are rarely found to- gether. 3 Dr. Purvis, colored, of the District, wanted to see Blaine elected, because he wished to see an end to “this nightmare which the present Administration has brought upon the country.” He said slavery was dead, but its spirit still lives. When Grant was elected President the first time, ev Southern State was in the hands of the Republican: and when he went out of office every one o! those States was in the power of the Demo- crats. That is the kind of a friend Gen. Grant was to the South. : go down there. The speaker replied that it would be‘as safe for Northern as for Southern Republicans, whereat there was some laugh- ter. The meeting then adjourned until next Saturday’evening. These meetings will be held regularly each week -until the Chicago Convention meets. OHIO. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Crverxnati, O., Feb. 14.—There are some peculiar phases'in the Presidential situation in Hamilton County. Said a prominent pol- , iticlan and officeholder: “Why, you would be surprised to know how solid they are fur Sherman in our office. Just yesterday a Sher- man pétition was passed around for clerks to sign.. Weal! put our names to it; not be- cause ‘we were for, Sherman, but because we knew too well what the result would be if we didn’t, But I’m for Grant and Blaine, and it will not be long before I shall be in a position that I can declare myself’ without losing my place.” " A reporter attempted“to interview a Post- Office employé as to.the President’s influence of himself and‘ fellow-clerks: He said, “Good gracious; you don’t think we dare talk about anybody else but Sherman, do you? We know better than that. PH yen- ture to state that there are mighty few of. us who dare speak out in favor of anybody else but Sherman.”” : ne, A dispatch from Lafayette, Ind., tells of a loyal Democratic Teague of 300 members in that: city which is for Gen. Grant. solid should he ‘They are’ agains’ State, Church, . South, and against free schools, free press, and free ballot. They are for Grant because they be- lieve his election will be the end of social sectionalism in this country. It is composed of young Democrats and ex-soldiers: | No politicians or hard-heads will be admitte: under any consideration. They are plodget not to vote for any State or National Demo- cratic candidate till the South becomes less solid, A JOHN SHERMAN CLUB. New York, Feb. 14.—The “John Sherman Club” was organized to-night by merchants, with Samuel A. Haines as Presitient. The resolutions declare: “Ie has maintained the public faith and lifted high the standard of National honor; he knows the resources of the country and its needs, With him for President, we know that the whole influence and power of the Executive office.would be wielded to enforce the law, to maintain lib- erty and the rights of all men, white and black, throughout the length and breadth of the land; to maintain resumption; to embody into law sound financial and economic meas- ures to-nurture and increase our manufact- ures and our-commerce, .and build on the rock of sound finance all business interests of the country. Therefore we advocate his nom- ination for President of the United States.” ._ MY. CARROLL, ILL. Special Dispatch to The CAtcago Tribune. Mr. Carrout, IL, Feb. 1£—A Washburne meeting was called here, but no club was formed. There is a strong preference for jaine, ry SAMMY. Columbus (0.) Democrat (Dem.) Feb, 11, Knowing that Representative Clough, who happens to be in the city, had just returned from the East, a Democrat interviewer cor- nered that gentleman yesterday and drew out some meaty results: “So you are just back from the East, Mr. Clough? “Yes, from New York and Washi n.7? “Well, what’s the news froma political standpuint? Did you see Uncle Sammy?” . ‘Yes, I saw Ar. Tilden.” “How is it,—is he a candidate?” “In every sense of the word heis. He told me that he was a candidate for renomi- nation, and not only that, but he expected to be renominated.”? .CRIMINAL NEWS. f MURDER AND SUICIDE. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. * Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 14—Between 9 and 10 o’clock Jast night aman and woman en- tered the City Hotel, No. 92 West Fayette street. The hotel is, in fact, simply a saloon with 2 few bed-rooms, and can hardly bs graced with the name of hotel. It bears not the best reputation, and is known to the Police and the class who. frequent itasa bed-house, The man stepped to the barroom and stated that he desired a room for himself{and wife. He paia the proprie-. tor, Charles Coppins, $1, and was shown toa room. An hour later he came down-stairs and procured some port wine, which he took tothe room. The couple did not come down to breakfast yesterday morning, nor to dinner, and it was. thought they had departed. The ‘chambermaid -had other work to do and did not commence to make the beds and arrange the rooms until the middle of the afternoon. At 4 o’clock she tried the door of Boom No. 3, but found it locked. She looked through the keyhole and perceived the key in the lock, and in. theinside, She informed Mr. Cop- Pins, who at once became impressed thatsome- thing had taken place. He obtained a knife, and, accompanied by others, went back to the room, With the knife the key was turned sufficiently to push it out. .Another key was inserted and the lock sprung. On opening the door a fearful sight was presented to the spectators. At the foot of the bed, on the floor, partially on her left side, lay the woman. In her left hand she held a small hand-glass and in her right a revolver. From a hole in her right temple a stream of clotted blood extended across her head to the floor. The carpet was saturated and her hair was matted with gore. The woman was partially ‘disrobed. She had removed her shoes and dress, but had not taken off her underclothing.. The man was lyi his left side at the front of the bed, with the sheets pulled up around his neck. His face was calm, but Bn his -left temple _ was orifice an from which the blood had stained and col- ored the pillow, sheet, and the ticking under- neath a bright red. He had on nothing ex- cept bis underclothing and shirt The po- sition of the bodies told the terrible tale. ‘The woman had shot the man and then deliber- ately killed herself. The parties proved to be Julius ©. Mantz, a well-known mu- sician .and band-master_ of this city, and his cousin, Amelia Mantz. The ‘latter BLAINE WAS GREATER THAN GRANT as astatesman, and as a friend of the. South he was truer. Mr, Hardy confessed to having been a carpet-bagger in Mississippi, but he left there when It got too hot for him. He has lived in Washington since. He attacked the Northern Republicans, whom he char- acterized as cowardly, in not standing up for nes Southern brethren when the latter were peril. Mr. Bryant took issue with Mr. Hardy both as to the importance of the South in the Convention and as to the culpability of the Northern Republicans. As'the South cannot elect an Elector, it should not attempt to dictate terms. What the South wanted was .. GOOD, BRAVE NORTHERN REPUBLICANS to go South and enlighten the people. exe some one asked it i¢ would be safe to was a domestic, having no pretensions to persist in voting for an acquit posure of his conduct was tere Page a ants were convicted. Respondent is the; ot adjudged guilty of the specification chore in the order to show cause, viz.: goin, ine night-time to the house of Marcus Ry the Stine, one of the defendants, for the aid of corruptly conferring with said Bu, -of and concerning said caus conse ing the verdict thereafter % ‘be songs therein; and is further ad; fine of $100, and to be coma pee yin a troit House of Correction until the te , this sentence are complied with. “Afters gt decision had been read Mr. Rome? called the Court’s attention to the fe that his client was poor, . and t not be able to raise the mone ght once. He therefore asked ten days? tie at. Dr. May.. Judge Brown replied that 2 days was too long, but under the cirey stances he would grant an extension of th ‘, days in which to pay the fine. The fact oo Dr. May’s straitened circumstances het been taken into consideration before passe sentence, otherwise the fine might have nee as large as $500. ae ssuunderstood that “4 al 0} 16 tobacco i place in April. e 59 Nea aks ENDICTED FOR BIGAMy. Bpectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Gaena, UL, Feb. 14—The Grand Sury of this county has returned an indletmeng. against Geotge Woodard, the bigamist, wie has been confined in the jail in this eify po some time past, Testimony was addy showing that the accused has two wives jy. ing in this section,—one at Jamestown, Wis: and the other in Rice Township, this count Hikely to bo contronted by a third wees kelly e confronted a lives at Grand Rapids, Sich. ‘The sastsrt about 40 years of age and anything but pre possessing in appearance. He endeavoredt in his freedom the other day by resort o the insanity dodge, the true inwardnessqj which was discovered. by the physicians }; whom he was ordered to be examined. ¥ SELLING CANCELED STAMPs, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, SPRINGFIELD, Il., Feb. 14.—W. W. E; Postmaster at York, Clark County, way brought in by a Deputy United States Man shal to-day, under an indictment charging him with selling canceled stamps and mak, ing an unlawful disposition of stamped en- velopes. He entered a plea of guilty, ang was sentenced to the County Jail for six months, It seems that Evans has given him: self entirely-up to drinking lately, and hag been selling stamps for whisky whenever ha doubtless cause a ,vacancy ‘ot short of money. His imprisonment ih the ones Postmaster at York. E HELD FOR MURDER. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune . ~ -Ionta, Mic&., Feb. 14.—The Coroner's ine quest over the cause of William Hendérson’s death, as reported in yesterday’s dispaten. closed this forenoon, after atwo days’ ses- sion. Their verdict is that William Hender son came to his death by strychnine ad ministered by the hand of Ellen ©. Bemis, ‘The verdict caused intense excitement in tha city and adjacent towns. Sheritf Matison ar- rested Mrs. Bemis at noon, and lodged her in jail, _ Her dislike for Henderson, her sonine law, is the supposed cause of this murder, ‘WORK OF BURGLARS. Sanvovat, IIL, Feb. 14.—Early Thursday morning burglars entered the drug-store of John L. Robertson and blew open the safe, which, contained some 3300 in money mq $4,000. or $5,000 in-notes and mortgages, ‘ter securing this booty they set fire to the building and completely destroyed ‘it, to: gether with a residence adjoining. Loss, 10,000; but little insurance.. Forty tore kegs of giant blasting powder werein & mage azine in the rear of the building, but was all saved with the exception of one keg, which exploded. i A-DESPERADO CAUGHT. GALveston, Tex., Feb. 14—A News spas cial from Denison says: For the past two years trains on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Road have been fired ‘at just alter darknear Codda, Indian Territory. Cab windows hava been smashed, cabooses perforated, and e plo: The Gaited States Mz sh canbe Re arhlte man panel Me @ act of fg on the: train, and so desper- ately did Meyers resist arrest - that, shot” him ‘fourteen . times fore. iia Sues cumbed. a HOW KOHLER WAS ROBBED. Mippeport, O., Feb. 14—The alleged robbery of Kohler’s jewelry store of $4.19in money, and six gold watches, created great excitement. Kohler claimed that three dis- guised men had overpowered him in the store and effected arobbery. The excite. ment took another turn last night, caused by a negro finding the money and watches hi in Kohler’s back shed. The money. and watches belonged to another man. ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT. Special Dispatch to’ The Chicago Tribuns.”' : Minwavxee, Feb. 14—Louis Conrad wat ereied late to-night on a charge oe zzlemen’ referred by the wholesale . Rquor fir, of EB Smith & Go. Conrad was wanted by a Chicago house two years ago onasimilar charge, but the case could not be made to stick. He is an old hand af such crooked practices. AMBROSE. Crsonrnatt, Feb. 14.—Suit was brought to- day in the United States Court against Thomas Ambrose, late United States Clerk, and his bondsmen, to recover $13,240 cok lected by Ambrose ‘and not turned over to the United States. "JUMPED HIS BAIL. Bosroy, Feb. 14.—Stephen Longfellow, nephew of the poet, jumped his bail for fore gery, and sai.e for South America. . ‘ How Pius EX, Was Boeceived in Paras dise. BS According to Le Pelerin, an Ultramontene Periodical enjoying a large circulation in ortho- dox French circles, and laying claim to derive itg information’ upon religious subjects from altogether exclusive sources, Pius 5 entering Paradise shortly after his demise, 2% there recelved with somewhat exceptions! honors. We subjoin in literal translation the account of his reception printed in the Puerim, and purporting to be the tuithful re] reduction of acommunication “ received from the-highes authority": | Wuen Pio Nono entered Paradise he atonce obtained @ crown frum the bando rown which he had bestoweg upon her his sojourn upon earth. as h, whom be had made patron and protector of the Cht shook him heartily by ‘the hand and thao! good looks. The two have maintained a illicit relationship for the past four years, one child having been born out of the unholy alliance. Mantz had promised to marry the. girl, but. had put off the ceremony from time to time, It is supposed that they quarreled after retiring, andthat the girlcommitted the mur- der while her lover was asleep, afterwards committing suicide. On his person were found a large number of letters written to him by a circus-performer with whom he appears to have been in love. The letters are very nicely written. There is a smystery about the shooting, awing to the fact that no one heard the shot fired. When found the bodies were rigid. and had been dead probably ten. or twelve hedrs: Up- 000 persons vie ains at the Morgue to-night. evrod the ze A CORRUPT. JUROR FINED. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Dernorr, Mich., Feb. 14—The case of Ed- ward S. May, one ofthe persons-in the crooked tobacco case, who was charged with offering to accept a-bribe, which has hereto- fore been mentioned in these dispatches, was finally disposed of to-day in the United States Court. It will be remembered that May was the only juror favoring acquittal, and the Government officers, learning that he had visited the house of Marcus Burnstine, one of the defendants, while the case was in progress, commenced proceedin: EY st him.; May came into court with ape weak defense, to the effect that he went to Burnstine’s to inform him that a milk-dealer named Miller had told him that there was money to be made out of the vase. Miller, as “far as any one in Detroit except May knows, isa myth. In disposing of the case Jndge Brown said he could not accept this defense. From the facts in the case it seemed to him that May went to Burnstine’s house with the intention ot entering into a corrupt negotiation with ‘Burnstine:* He thus pus himself in-a- posi- tion where he could not do otherwise than -made in medicine him, ‘Then St. Peter gave out the key in which the hyinu of weleome was to be sung, end 188 celestint choir chanted it, while Francis de and Alphonso Lignori, whom b@ had formerly proclaimed teachers of the Church, alternately recited in laudatory terms the deeds and senlers ments of his Pontificate. Fifty-two sulnts ‘he twenty-six of the blessed, all of whom owe ei} resent position to Pius LX., greeted jonious choruses.”” Tho Mistake of a Lifetime. : London World. So many broad or covert allusions have bees made within the last fow days to the clreutr stances which saddened the [ast quarter of 2 Jules Favre's life, that it may not be state the facts plainty, from bis own public oon fession, made in 1871 ut the Assizes of the Sela It seems that about 18i2—be was then 3 5 \—" vt mi old—M. Jules Favre fell in love with o mA, left her husband, who subsequently, Keep out of the way, and rotired to Algeriss where he lived for the following twenty Years chiefly on subsidies forwarded by his wife, Sate M. Jules Favro: Je l'ai aimée passionnémen’s ous avous passé quinze ans dans une retrays absolue.”” A child was born. According 10 or provisions of the French law, is pater est qitce nuptise demonstrant, it was legally the ch a the man at Alziers, But was none the less me" tered as the child of the lady, fafber nomen tioned, which, at all events. was correct 20q or three years later a second child was fedtile 4 was registered a8 the son of M. Jules Favre Mile. C., spinster, which amounted to & Choy ualified in the ‘French code as suppressio! "état, the lady’s husband being alive. ——_— Carbolic Acid as a. Prophylactic of Scarlot-Fever- ‘Indianapolis Journal Mr. C. E. Wright, of this city, has been n experts ment with carbolic acid as @ prophy! with, scarlet-fever, and is favorably impressed in its efficacy. Itscems to abort tho disease, numerous cases persons in an infect hold who took the acid have every one escal infection, while all who failed to take it were oe tacked, tn the famlly of Mr. C. L. Diving, fr man-of the Journal com| ‘001 ho Te took it escaped, while the servantegirl w fused to take it, is now down with the disease The subject ig one worthy the study, of or physician, and, if the theory {3 establishe er" iscovery is one of the most importan! ‘Tha Doctor puts fire drops of acid in a half-pint of water, and gives ® ‘ul four or five times a